San Clemente City Council
February 13, 2025

Coastal Administrator: Review of Year 1
USACE project first event delivery of 200,000 yd.³ of sand in 2024 Completed permitting and environmental tasks to utilize a second borrow site for USACE Project in 2024 (From Santa Margarita River to Surfside Sunset) Delivered the North Beach emergency sand project permitting up to 50,000 yd.³ (all available sand was placed => 37,000 yd.³) December 2023: Started a staff level working group of South Orange County agencies with quarterly meetings building regional coastal resilience Successfully led the effort to get the City included in the SANDAG RBSP III project which paved the way for other South OC agencies to join in Continued progress on the nature-based sand retention design project Managed implementation of the City’s regional shoreline monitoring program Obtained a new (5th) Coastal Commission grant of $1.5M to fund the offshore borrow site investigation and LCP tasks Prepared a Coastal Strategic Plan outlining priority projects and costs Managed an economic analysis of coastal resilience funding strategies Re-initiated the formal SCOUP program in the City
Applied for federal PAS program for grant funding to the City Assisted in the preparation of a DOD grant for communities adjacent to military installations Maintained regular coordination, outreach and presentations to the San Clemente Coastal Advisory Committee Maintained regular outreach and coordination to various community groups and neighborhood associations Presentation to the State of California Problem Solvers Caucus (bipartisan + bicameral) Attachment 2