RESOLUTION NO. 24-93
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS DUE TO SAND EROSION, AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO GCI CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE NORTH BEACH EMERGENCY SAND PLACEMENT PROJECT, PROJECT NO. 14901, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,726,000, APPROVING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION AND FUND TRANSFERS TO THE PROJECT ACCOUNT, AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15269 WHEREAS, the City is currently experiencing critical erosion hot spots along the shoreline at North Beach due to lack of sand supply and deficient prevailing sedimentation; and WHEREAS, due to the potential for further impacts in the absence of natural beach sand replenishment from creeks and stream channels, the City is unable to open the beach facilities at this location as they are currently being undermined by direct wave impacts; and WHEREAS, the City is actively developing a comprehensive, citywide coastal resiliency strategy using beach sand replenishment and sand retention as the primary means of restoring the sandy beach in the City; and WHEREAS, in February 2024, the City Council directed staff to take all steps necessary to re-establish a Sand Compatibility and Opportunistic Use Program (SCOUP) in the City and a contractor was retained by the City in May 2024 to assist with formally re-establishing SCOUP; and WHEREAS, the emergency response to beach incidents are now significantly impacted at North Beach due to the coastal erosion. At present, emergency response vehicles cannot access North Beach at high tide while the secondary path via the Coastal Trail is temporary closed due to a recent landslide that resulted in the removal of bridge segments, which constitutes a public health and safety concern; and WHEREAS, SCOUP is consistent with federal, statewide, regional, and local shoreline management goals that recognize the importance of public beach restoration along the South Orange County shoreline as the preferred method of addressing the critical coastal erosion problems caused by an overall lack of sediment supply; and WHEREAS, in the absence of a SCOUP program, continued erosion and loss of the sandy beach is expected to occur; and WHEREAS, due to these emergency conditions in San Clemente, staff is planning to implement an emergency SCOUP project at North Beach in the amount of 30,000 cubic yards of sand made available by the County of Orange for beach placement in the City beginning in July 2024; and WHEREAS, sand is currently available from the Santa Ana River which has been cleaned, sorted, stockpiled and prepared for spreading along the North Beach coastline; and WHEREAS, City staff issued an Invitation to Bid to both local and non-local contractors and published the notice on Planetbids for sand delivery and placement services to obtain cost effective and competitive bids from qualified, experienced firms to deliver and spread the sand from the Santa Ana River at North Beach; and WHEREAS, GCI Construction, Inc. submitted the lowest cost, responsive and responsible bid for delivery and spreading of the opportunistically available Santa Ana River sand on North Beach; and WHEREAS, entry into an agreement to implement an emergency SCOUP project in the City as soon as possible is in the bests interests of the City and the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and fully incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. That an emergency exists due to sand erosion and an immediate need for sand placement at North Beach.
SECTION 3. That based on a review of the record as a whole, the project is hereby determined to be statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Emergency Projects (i.e., Emergency Projects - 18 CCR §15269), Section 15269 of the State CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 4. That a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $536,680 to the project Account No. 001-636-45300-000-14901 from the General Fund Unassigned Fund Balance is approved.
SECTION 5. That available funds shall be allocated to support project implementation from account number 001-636-45300-000-14901 with transfers from the accounts shown below.
Transfer From
Project Name
Amount ($)
001-636-45300-000-19907
Army Corps Sand Project
$750,000
001-636-45300-000-14809
North Beach Concession Building
$300,000
001-636-45300-000-14193
North Beach Playground
$150,000
001-416-45710-000-22307
Avenida Victoria Sidewalk Widening
$300,000
Total:
$1,500,000
SECTION 6. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute a construction contract for the North Beach Emergency Sand Placement Project, CIP Project No. 14901, with GCI Construction, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $1,726,000.
SECTION 7. That a 10% construction contingency of $172,600 for this project is hereby approved.
SECTION 8. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute such documents and take such other and further actions as are necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 9. That 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 ____________________, 2024.
ATTEST:
___________________________ __________________________
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. 24-93 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:
___________________________
Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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