HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 - Requesting the United States Army Corps of Engineers Fund and Immediately Proceed with Surfside-Sunset Beach Nourishment Project Stage 13 from Anaheim Bay Harbor to Newport Harbor - Amended PageApril 27, 2021
Item No. 5
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING
THAT THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS FUND AND IMMEDIATELY PROCEED
WITH SURFSIDE -SUNSET BEACH NOURISHMENT
PROJECT STAGE 13 AND PRIORITIZE ALL FUTURE
BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECTS FROM ANAHEIM
BAY HARBOR TO NEWPORT BAY IN ORANGE
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, the longshore current carries beach sand southward along the
California coast, nourishing the beaches of Orange County from Anaheim Bay Harbor
through Huntington Beach to Newport Beach;
WHEREAS, the construction of engineered flood control structures between the
San Gabriel and Newport Bay have prevented the natural transportation of
sediment and sand from the Los Angeles, San Gabriel and Santa Ana rivers, which would
otherwise, naturally replenish sand depleted by winter storms and other naturally
occurring sand depletion actions;
WHEREAS, in 1962, the United States Congress passed the Rivers and Harbors
Act, Public Law 87-874, which required the Army Corps of Engineers ("Army Corps") to
address the impacts of flood control structures on natural sand deposits;
WHEREAS, the Army Corps studied and issued House Document 602, October
2, 1962 which led to beach nourishment projects wherein sand was imported onto
beaches where sand depletion was occurring;
WHEREAS, from 1964 through 1997, Nourishment Stages 1 through 10 were
completed, however, since 1995 the Army Corps began a phase-out of nourishment
projects;
WHEREAS, Nourishment Stages 11 and 12 were completed in 2001 and 2009,
respectively;
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2016, the City of Newport Beach ("City") and
County of Orange entered into an Agreement for Periodic Nourishment of the Orange
County Beach Erosion Control Project Stage 13, in which the City agreed to contribute
$158,601 towards Nourishment Stage 13 with additional funding from the State of
California, City of Huntington Beach and others contributors;