MCC Meeting Jan 13, 2016

Agenda for January 13, 2016, 7:00 PM
GCSD meeting room, 504 Ave Alhambra, 3rd floor, El Granada

Supporting documents:
    Consent agenda: Minutes for Dec 9, 2015 (approved)

Lighthouse/16th St Crossing: Dec 2015 grant application - MCC support
    2015 preferred design Alt 1
    May 2013 request to include lighthouse crossing
    June 2012 grant application - appendices

Hwy 1 Parallel Trail: conceptual designs for side street crossings in the southern segment: County presentation

UPDATE: 1/13/2016 meeting video & minutes

2016 El Niño Coastal Erosion

At Surfers' Beach, as Caltrans works to extend the riprap southward to protect the highway and the Coastal Trail, the existing armoring to the north is failing.

At Mirada Surf, sea cliff erosion is digging deep indentations into the shoreline.

At Fitzgerald Marine Reserve overlook, a sinkhole has developed behind the deteriorating armoring. 

In Moss Beach, large chunks of bluff are falling at the end of Beach St nourishing the beach — slides.

Slide presentation Dec 2015 on the history of shoreline armoring in Montara, Moss Beach, and Princeton.

CA Coastal Armoring Report 2015

SF/Pacifica Coastal Regional Sediment Mgmt Plan

The draft San Francisco to Pacifica Littoral Cell Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan is now available for public review and comment. View the draft plan and comment here.  UPDATE: Comment period extended to Feb 17, 2016.

There will be a local public meeting to present the draft plan’s purpose and contents, answer questions and solicit comments on Thurs, Jan 21, 6:00-8:00 PM, at The Little Brown Church, 1850 Francisco Blvd, Pacifica.

Coastal Regional Sediment (sand) Management Plans (CRSMP) are being developed for specific portions of the coast (littoral cells).  The program seeks to present ways to restore and preserve beaches, reduce the proliferation of protective shoreline structures, sustain recreation and tourism, enhance public safety and access, restore coastal sandy habitats, and identify cost-effective solutions for restoration of areas impacted by excess sediment.  

Santa Cruz Littoral Cell CRSMP includes the coast from Pillar Point to Moss Landing. The final plan (17MB) was released Sept 2015.  

The Midcoast north of Pillar Point is not included in either of these studies. See MCC presentation 12/9/15.