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Home My WebLink About07 - Public Beach Restoration ProgramITEM TO: Members of the Newport Beach City Council FROM: Tony Melum, Division of Harbor Resources SUBJECT: Grant Application to the California Department of Boating and Waterways' Public Beach Restoration Program RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution #2000 , approving the submittal of an application to the California Department of Boating and Waterways for a Beach Restoration Grant, totaling $400,000. I:1LyC<e]t0lljL1DIP The City currently budgets $35,000 per year for bay beach restoration. This money is spent to rebuild public beaches and small pocket street end beaches within Newport Harbor. Annually, the Harbor Resources staff surveys all of the beaches and street ends within the harbor. Based on that survey, those beaches in need of restoration are listed and prioritized (see Attachment B). City staff also meets annually with Balboa Island Homeowners Association representatives to identify those beaches around the Island that receive high public use and are in need of beach restoration. Based on these surveys, we prepare an annual list of projects. Historically the following beaches have needed routine maintenance dredging: 1) Balboa Island, because it is one of the largest access points for beach users within the harbor and because it experiences routine sand loss it's dredged yearly. Expenditures here have been in the range of $15,000 to $20,000 per year. 2) The Peninsula, including 181h and 196, and Bay, 10f and Bay, Montero Street, Channel Park on Newport Island and various street end beaches; and 3) China Cove Public Beach. Beach restoration takes place in two ways. Where appropriate, tractors are placed on the beach and existing sand at low tides is pushed up to establish a useable stable beach. Where this is not feasible, hydraulic dredging is done. By this method, material is taken from offshore in deeper water, deposited on shore and if necessary graded to a Newport Beach City Council stable profile. It is difficult to quantify the amount of material that has been put back up on these beaches annually because we have sifted our focus from hydraulic dredging to tractor -based sand transfer (the latter is the preferable method because it is more efficient for dollars spent). The budgeted figure of $35,000 is sufficient to restore the most highly used public beaches.. However, to restore all of the public beaches to useable, stable profile, it would be necessary to spend at least $70,000 for three years. Beach restoration has recently become a statewide concern. As because the California coast is a naturally eroding shoreline, it becomes both socially and economically important to minimize the loss of the state's beaches and preserve coastal resources. Studies show that beach- related visits bring about $14 billion in revenue to California. When erosion threatens to damage valuable infrastructure or when there is not enough beach width to accommodate the recreational needs of the local population and the states many visitors, beach erosion control and "nourishment" projects in carefully selected places can solve the problem. Recognizing this, the State Legislature passed AB 64 (Ducheny, 2000). The purpose of AB 64 was to establish a fund administered by the California Department of Boating and Waterways (DB &W) to restore, enhance and nourishing public beaches. Boating and Waterways will distribute these monies under the Public Beach Restoration Program (PBRP). The Mission of the PBRP is to preserve and protect the California shoreline by restoring and maintaining natural and recreational beach resources and minimizing damage caused by natural and man-made induced beach erosion. The PBRP is a local assistance grant program designed to support projects that are deemed to be in the best interest of the state. Funding may be requested for the purposes of beach restoration and nourishment project. An eligible project must protect public facilities or restore public beaches in areas with sufficient public beach access. In locations other than a State Park Property, the Department of Boating and Waterways will fund 85% of the project. The local share, 15 %, could be required in either cash or in -kind services. Application for the grant must have been submitted by December 1, 2000. The City met this deadline by submitting an application that did NOT include the resolution proposed by this Agenda Item. The Department of Boating and Waterways indicated that the resolution could follow the application submittal. Grantees must execute a contact for a project or study prior to May 15, 2001. Work to be performed on the contract must be completed prior to June 30, 2003. Grants are awarded for a one -time expenditure and may not be used for ongoing efforts beyond the completion date for items such as maintenance, monitoring or continued studies. Newport Beach City Council As mentioned above, if we are successful in the grant process, the money would be used for beach restoration within Newport Bay. As a result of the fact that Balboa Island provides the most public access and has the largest maintenance problems, it is proposed that the funds be spent on a restoration project on Balboa Island. We plan to use the $35,000 already budgeted in FY 2000 -01 to partially meet our "match" for the AB 64 grants. If we receive the full $400,000, it will require an additional $25,000 as either a budget amendment in FY 2000 -01 or a new $25,000 CIP in FY 2001 -02. Prior to completing the filing a successful application, the City Council must adopt a resolution requesting the AB 64 funds. This resolution is attached (see Attachment A). Newport Beach City Council RESOLUTION NO. 2000 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS. WHEREAS, the California Coast, one of the state's most precious resources is a naturally eroding shoreline and; WHEREAS, it is both economically and socially important to minimize the loss of the state beaches and preserve coastal resources, and; WHEREAS, erosion threatens to damage valuable infrastructures or where there is not enough beach width to accommodate the recreational needs of the local population and the states many visitors, and; WHEREAS, beach erosion control projects at carefully selected places can halt erosion. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach authorizes the submittal of a grant application to the Department of Boating and Waterways Public Beach Restoration Program. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby authorizes the City Manager or his designee to execute, in the name of the City of Newport Beach, all necessary applications, contract payment requests, agreements and amendments hereto, for the purpose of securing grant funds to implement and carry out the purposes specified in the Grant Application. ADOPTED this day of 2000. John E. Noyes MAYOR ATTEST: LaVonne Harkless CITY CLERK Newport Beach City Council ATTACHMENT B Annual Public Beach Survey of beaches needing restoration Date 3/00 H = High /M = Medium /L = Low Public Beaches 1. 43 and River (M) 2. Channel Park (M) 3. 18�h,19�h and Bay (L) 4. 1011, and Bay (L) 5. 1511, Street (L) 6. Montero Beach (L) 7. N and Bay (L) Street Ends 1. The Peninsula A. Coronado (H) B. Palm Street (H) C. Cypress Street (H) D. Alvarado Street (H) 2. Balboa Island A. South Bay Front 1. Pearl (H) 2. Agate (H) 3. Turquoise (H) 4. Sapphire (H) 5. Marine (H) B. North Bay Front (H) 1. Pearl (H) 2. Ruby (H) 3. Apolena (H) C. East Bay Front (H) 1. Park Avenue (H) 2. Balboa Avenue (H) Corona Del Mar A. China Cove (L) B. Fernleaf (L)