RESOLUTION NO. 26-86
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF San clemente, CALIFORNIA, approving AN AGREEMENT WITH, AND ACCEPTING FUNDING FROM the orange county transportaTion authority TO SUPPORT PHASE 2 OF THE OFFSHORE SAND SOURCE INVESTIGATION, amending the CONTRACT with COASTAL FRONTIERS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE RELATED AGREEMENTS, MAKING RELATED SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND FINDING THE ACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT ..body
WHEREAS, coastal erosion is a very significant problem in the City of San Clemente due to sediment deficit conditions that dominate in the region and which threaten the public beaches, coastal public access, key public facilities and existing structures including the existing rail line and other critical public infrastructure; and WHEREAS, the City has begun actively implementing a comprehensive, citywide long-term coastal resiliency strategy using beach sand replenishment and sand retention as the primary means of restoring the sandy beach shoreline in the City; and WHEREAS, based on emergency conditions on City beaches where there is no dry sand at high tide, public beaches are in danger of erosion and critical public infrastructure including existing structures and the railroad are exposed to direct wave attack, runup, overtopping and undermining; and WHEREAS, the City desires to develop additional sand sources as close to the City as possible to sustain a long-term comprehensive beach sand replenishment program; and WHEREAS, in 2024, the City applied for and was awarded an $800,000 grant from the Coastal Commission to conduct an offshore borrow site investigation to identify new sand sources that could be used to sustain the City’s planned sand replenishment program; and WHEREAS, in 2025 the Orange County Transportation Agency (OCTA) provided supplemental funding in the amount of $180,000 to support additional field work and vibracore-based geologic sampling as part of the City’s Offshore Sand Source Investigation; and WHEREAS, the City retained a team of coastal experts led by Coastal Frontiers Corporation in October 2024 to conduct the Offshore Sand Source Investigation on behalf of the City; and WHEREAS, in 2026, Metrolink/Southern California Regional Railroad Authority provided beach sand impact mitigation fees in the amount of $300,000 to the City to support a second phase of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation fieldwork and acceptance of the funds was approved by Council on March 17, 2026 through adoption of Resolution No. 26-48; and WHEREAS, the City contributed an additional $100,000 to the Offshore Sand Source Investigation Phase 2 and will also utilize $49,000 in funds reprogrammed from an expiring Coastal Commission grant to support this effort; and WHEREAS, OCTA intends to provide the City with an additional $120,000 in funding to support the City’s Phase 2 efforts of the OSSI in order to locate sufficient quantities of sand for their planned beach nourishment projects in San Clemente; and WHEREAS, entering into an agreement with OCTA to receive supplemental funding for the Offshore Sand Source Investigation Phase 2 will support extra days on the ocean increasing the potential for locating beach quality sand deposits for use in San Clemente; and WHEREAS, the Coastal Frontiers contract requires amendment to reflect the additional funding commitment from OCTA for Phase 2 of the fieldwork.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente, California, does hereby find, determine, and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and fully incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. Based on the review of the record as a whole, the City Council finds and determines that these actions and Phase 2 of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation study is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 6, Section 15306 of the state CEQA Guidelines (14 CCR 15306 – Information Collection) because the project consists of basic data collection, research, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Cooperative Agreement with OCTA to accept the additional $120,000 to fund Phase 2 of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation project in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on May 5, 2026.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby accepts the revenues contributed by OCTA in the amount of $120,000 to Account No. 001-000-33490.
SECTION 5. The City Council hereby authorizes a supplemental appropriation of $120,000 to Account No. 001-433-43695.
SECTION 6. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute an amendment to the professional services agreement with Coastal Frontiers for Phase 2 to increase the budget by $120,000 to support the completion of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation study in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on May 5, 2026, following execution of the Cooperative Agreement with OCTA herein approved.
SECTION 7. That the City Manager or his designee are hereby authorized and directed to take such other and additional actions as are necessary or proper to fulfill the purpose and intent of this Resolution and/or proceed with Phase 2 of the Study.
SECTION 8. 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 May, 2026.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Rick Loeffler, 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. 26-86 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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