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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5768 - Beach Erosion ControlWWCsmec 4/23/63 RESOLUTION NO, 5768 said plan would not cause damage to beaches or beach front property within the City of Newport Beach; and .WHEREAS, further study of said Plan A has convinced-the City Council that said plan will result in damage to beaches and beach front property in the vicinity of the offshore breakwater proposed under said plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council has recently learned that the United States Corps of Engineers will consider a modification of Plan A which would change the location of the proposed offshore breakwater to a position upcoast of the Santa Ana River, and would add a beach fill area southeasterly of the river which would nourish the beaches southeasterly, although detailed plans and specifications are not yet available to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council, on the basis of the information available to it at this time, believes that this aforementioned modification would be less damaging to beaches and beach front prop- erty in the City of Newport Beach than would Plan A; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH:ENDORSING BEACH EROSION CONTROL WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach is deeply concerned over the damaging effects of erosion on the beaches of Orange County; and WHEREAS, the City Council is convinced that, in attempt - ing to solve this problem, the beach area between Surfside and the West Jetty of the entrance to Newport Harbor must be considered as a single, indivisible unit for purposes of existing and proposed erosion control programs; and WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore expressed its approval in principle of the Beach Erosion Control Report on Cooperative Study of Orange County, California, Appendix V, Phase 2, dated March 1,. 1962, which included a recommendation for beach erosion control known as Plan A, so long as the implementation of said plan would not cause damage to beaches or beach front property within the City of Newport Beach; and .WHEREAS, further study of said Plan A has convinced-the City Council that said plan will result in damage to beaches and beach front property in the vicinity of the offshore breakwater proposed under said plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council has recently learned that the United States Corps of Engineers will consider a modification of Plan A which would change the location of the proposed offshore breakwater to a position upcoast of the Santa Ana River, and would add a beach fill area southeasterly of the river which would nourish the beaches southeasterly, although detailed plans and specifications are not yet available to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council, on the basis of the information available to it at this time, believes that this aforementioned modification would be less damaging to beaches and beach front prop- erty in the City of Newport Beach than would Plan A; It ?? r NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the City Council endorses the afore- mentioned modification in principle, subject to the following reservations and conditions: la That the contracting agencies agree to assume joint responsibility for the cost.of correcting any adverse effects to the shoreline or beach area northwesterly of the West Jetty of the Newport Harbor entrance which results from the execution of said plan, 20 That the beach erosion control study to determine sources of replacement sand and sand migration go forward immedi- ately and that no construction be commenced on the offshore break- water until the results of this study have been analyzed and made available to the City of Newport Beach. 3< That the proposed formula allocating local costs on the basis of front footage ownership of beach property be modified in such a manner as to provide for a more equitable assessment on the basis of benefit to the public generally for beach use, 4e That persistent and continued efforts be made to give immediate relief to the Surfside- Sunset Beach area. ADOPTED this 22nd day of April, 1963 ATTEST: 'ity Clerk 2e o Xempore STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH) I, MARGERY SCHROUDER, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that according,to the records of the City of Newport Beach filed and maintained in my office, the foregoing Resolution No. 5768 was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach,. California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at.the regular meeting.place.thereof, on ,the 22d 1963 ,. by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: NOES, COUNCILMEN: ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Dated this day of April , Stoddard, Gruber, Cook, Hart, Lorenz, Marshall, Elder 23d day of None None City Clerk-and E�-Offi4 City Council, City of N State of California. 1963 Clerk of.the )ort Beach,