RESOLUTION NO. 24-50
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM GRANT TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY’S COASTAL RESILIENCY PLAN AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM WHEREAS, on April 24, 2014, the City of San Clemente received a grant of $90,000 for the City to re-initiate efforts toward certification of an Local Coastal Program (LCP); and WHEREAS, on February 2, 2016, the City Council approved an update to the City’s Coastal Land Use Plan which was submitted to the California Coastal Commission (CCC), approved with suggested modifications by the CCC on February 8, 2018, approved by the City Council on June 12, 2018 and certified by the CCC on August 10, 2018; and WHEREAS, on January 3, 2017, the City of San Clemente received a second grant of $135,000 from the CCC for the City to continue efforts to develop a LCP and prepare a Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment; and WHEREAS, the City completed its Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment in 2019 and continued to make progress on its certified LCP efforts; and WHEREAS, in January 2019, the City was awarded a third CCC grant in the amount of $75,000 to assist the City in preparing a Coastal Resiliency Plan and continue efforts to develop the LCP Implementation Plan (IP); and WHEREAS, in December 2021, the City completed the Coastal Resiliency Plan and conducted a public hearing before the City Council on December 7, 2021 and has made substantial progress on the Draft IP; and WHEREAS, in March 2022, the City was awarded a fourth CCC grant in the amount of $570,000 to assist the City in preparing a Nature Based Coastal Resiliency Feasibility Study and continue efforts to develop the IP; and WHEREAS, on February 20, 2024, the City Council reviewed a draft of the Nature Based Coastal Resiliency Feasibility Study and directed staff to continue work on that planning effort, re-initiate the Sand Compatibility and Opportunistic Use Program (SCOUP), and bolster regional coastal resiliency projects and planning efforts with the County of Orange, OCTA, and SANDAG; and WHEREAS, the CCC has announced a rolling grant program to support local government coastal resiliency efforts. Funding is provided by the Budget Act of 2021, which appropriates $31 million to the CCC to provide grants to local governments for projects that are designed to assist local governments in assessing impacts and planning for coastal resiliency; and WHEREAS, the City desires to implement recommendations contained in the 2021 Coastal Resiliency Plan and continue related planning efforts that could be assisted by CCC grant funding available for a grant term through May 2026; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente has a certified Land Use Plan that was comprehensively updated in 2018 and the City released a public review Draft IP in early 2022, which requires further updates and analysis prior to being submitted to the CCC, and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente has made significant progress toward LCP certification by the CCC, which will result in the City assuming permit issuing authority in the Coastal Zone, as provided under State law; and WHEREAS, the City intends to submit an application for a CCC grant to be reviewed by June 2024, building on the successful efforts supported by four previous grants; and WHEREAS, the City will also utilize in-kind staff and contractor time as a source of matching funds to increase the competitiveness of the City in the grant award process; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente does not yet have an effectively certified LCP; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente desires to pursue a project that would result in the completion and submittal for certification by the CCC of an Amendment to the LCP; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente commits to and agrees to fully support a planning effort intended to complete a certified LCP pursuant to the provisions of the California Coastal Act, with full public participation and coordination with the CCC staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. City staff is authorized and directed to submit a grant application package to the CCC to provide financial and planning assistance, under authority of the California Coastal Act, in the amount of up to $1,455,000 to fund the projects more particularly described in the grant application package.
Section 2. The City Manager or his designee is authorized and directed to execute, in the name of the City of San Clemente, all necessary applications, contracts and grant agreements and amendments thereto and to take such other and further actions and execute such other documents as may be necessary and proper to apply for the grant from the CCC or accomplish the purposes of this Resolution.
Section 3. The Mayor of the City of San Clemente shall sign this Resolution and the City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and it shall become effective at the time(s) specified above and in accordance with applicable law.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ____________________, _______.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Mayor of the City of San
San Clemente, California Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 24-50 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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