RESOLUTION NO. 25-107
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF San clemente, CALIFORNIA, accepting a grant award from THE caLIFORNIA coastal commission for funding to conduct a beach attendance and fiscal impact analysis of the beach study, approving and AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A RELATED CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CETO CONSULTING, LLC AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) under Class 6 of the state CEQA Guidelines, Section 15306 (14 CCR § 15306, Information Collection) ..body
WHEREAS, coastal erosion is a very significant problem in the City of San Clemente that threatens the public beaches, coastal public access, key public facilities, existing structures, and critical public infrastructure; and WHEREAS, based on emergency conditions on City beaches where there is no dry sand at high tide and public beaches, existing structures and critical public infrastructure including the railroad revetment is direct to direct wave attack and being undermined; and WHEREAS, the City has begun implementing 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, the City has obtained grant funding to collect data on beach attendance and to conduct a fiscal impact analysis of the beaches as part of the City’s Local Coastal Program; and WHEREAS, the California Coastal Commission (CCC) has been a solid funding partner for the City on various Local Coastal Program elements; and WHEREAS, the CCC issued a solicitation in 2025 seeking grant applications from local agencies seeking funding for Local Coastal Program related studies and projects; and the CCC invited the City to submit a grant application in response to an inquiry for the subject study; and WHEREAS, the City staff submitted the grant application to the CCC and was successful and has been awarded a $59,000 grant which is available on a reimbursement basis through the end of 2026; and WHEREAS, on June 17, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution 25-102 to accept a grant from the Coastal Commission in the incorrect amount of $50,000, make a related appropriation and enter into professional services agreements with Ceto Consulting, LLC and Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc. to conduct a beach attendance and fiscal impact analysis study of the City’s beaches; and WHEREAS, Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc. will now act as a subconsultant to CETO for this project and therefore a separate professional services agreement with Surfline is no longer required, but an amendment to CETO’s contract is required.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente, California, does hereby find, determine, and resolve as follows:
That the foregoing recitations are true, correct, and incorporated fully herein.
That, based on its review of the record as a whole, the project is hereby determined to be categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 6 of the state CEQA Guidelines, Section 15306 (14 CCR § 15306, Information Collection) because it consists of basic data collection, research, experimental management or resource evaluation activities that will not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.
That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with CCC for the grant awarded to the City and execute such other documents and take such other and further actions as are necessary and proper to receive the grant funding in the amount of $59,000.
A supplemental appropriation of an additional $9,000 to be reflected in the following revenue and expenditure accounts: 001-000-33446 ($9,000 as Revenue) and 001-433-43695 ($9,000 in Expenditure) is hereby approved and authorized.
That Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with CETO Consulting, LLC to reflects the full amount of grant funding available to the City for this grant in the amount of $59,000 and for Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc. to act as a subconsultant is hereby approved.
That the City Manager is authorized and directed to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with CETO Consulting, LLC in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on August 5, 2025.
That City staff is authorized and directed to take such actions as are necessary or proper to fulfill the purpose and intent of this Resolution and/or proceed with the Study.
That the City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August 2025.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Steve Knoblock, Mayor of the City San Clemente, California of San 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. 25-107 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the 5th day of August, 2025, 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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