RESOLUTION NO. 26-49
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS DIVISION OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS SHORELINE EROSION CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NATURE BASED ADAPTATION PROJECT WHEREAS, the mission of the California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways’ Shoreline Erosion Control Program is to preserve and protect the California coastline by restoring and maintaining natural and recreational resources and minimizing damages by natural or man-made induced beach erosion; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente has suffered severe beach sand loss in recent years, which has resulted in the loss of recreational beach, damages to and destruction of beachfront facilities and increased risk to beach patrons due to the exposure of underlying hard structures; and WHEREAS, in 2025 the City of San Clemente completed the first phase of a multi-year effort to develop a multi-purpose, nature-based, sand retention pilot project using grant funds obtained from the California Coastal Commission in 2022; and WHEREAS, sand retention is a companion strategy to the City’s primary costal protection strategy of implementing a comprehensive and long-term beach sand replenishment program; and WHEREAS, the recommendation in the 2025 final Nature Based Adaptation Project report was to pursue additional design, engineering, technical studies, environmental review and permitting for a potential future project at North Beach; and WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the next phase is $2,600,000, which would include a local cost share of between 15% and 50% depending on the program DWB determines is most appropriate for the proposed grant with the City as the local sponsor and DBW as the State funding partner; and WHEREAS, the City has traditionally sought grant funds from State Parks, Division of Boating and Ways under the Public Beach Restoration Act Program which provides up to 50% under the Shoreline Erosion Control Program for coastal projects involving physical structures; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente wishes to submit an application to the State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways for funding to initiate the second phase of the Nature Based Sand Retention Pilot Project in 2027 through 2030.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council approves the filing of a grant application requesting funding for the next phase of the Nature Based Sand Retention Pilot Project, under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of the State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways’ Shoreline Erosion Control Program, including the commitment to a 50% local match.
SECTION 2. The City Manager, or his designee, is authorized to act as the representative of the City of San Clemente and to sign and submit the grant funding application and provide a copy of this signed resolution to State Parks prior to April 15, 2026.
SECTION 3. 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 March, 2026.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Rick Loeffler, Mayor of the City of San Clemente, California 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. 26-49 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of March 2026, 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 March, 2026. __________________________
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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