RESOLUTION NO. 24-142
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING FUNDING REALLOCATION WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH EMERGENCY SAND PLACEMENT PROJECT, CIP PROJECT NUMBER 14901 AND AN INCREASE IN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY FROM 10% TO 19% WHEREAS, the City was 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 was 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, a contractor was retained by the City in May 2024 to assist with formally re-establishing SCOUP; and WHEREAS, SCOUP is consistent with Federal, Statewide, regional, and local shoreline management goals which 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, the City is currently engaged in the replenishment of approximately 1,500 feet of coastline at “North Beach” with 30,000 cubic yards of sand under a construction contract with GCI Construction, Inc. for the North Beach Emergency Sand Placement Project, CIP Project Number 14901; and WHEREAS, City staff has realized cost savings in multiple aspects of the project’s effort, which has freed up funds within the project budget and allows for the increase of construction contingency from 10% to 19% of the construction costs within the current budget allocation; and WHEREAS, by increasing the construction contingency amount, sand can more cost-effectively be delivered and spread for the replenishment of North Beach; and WHEREAS, this increase in contingency will provide for the delivery and placement of an additional 7,000 cubic yards of sand to the original 30,000 cubic yards being placed; and WHEREAS, the City previously determined that this project is categorically 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and fully incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. That project savings shall be utilize to reallocate budgeted costs for the North Beach Emergency Sand Placement Project, CIP Project Number 14901 and an increase in the construction contingency from 10% ($172,600) to 19% ($327,940) for said project to provide for an additional 7,000 cubic yards of sand to be delivered and placed at North Beach is hereby approved.
SECTION 3. That staff is authorized and directed to execute such documents and take such actions as are necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 4. 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:
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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. 23-142 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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