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RESOLUTION NO. 7 2 9 9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY - COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH URGING IMMEDIATE ACTION TO
ACCELERATE BEACH EROSION CONTROL MEASURES AND
TO RESTORE THE QUALITY OF SAND ON BEACHES IN
WEST NEWPORT BEACH
WHEREAS, there is a federally authorized multi -stage
beach erosion control project involving ocean beaches in the
western portion of the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, Stage IV of the project originally provided
for the construction of a new groin, the repair and extension
of two existing groins and placement of sand fill on an
endangered section of beach, and also provided for the
restoration of the quality of sand on large portions of the
beach, all of the foregoing to be accomplished in the fall of
1970; and
WHEREAS, Stage IV beach erosion control work has been
deferred for one year; and
WHEREAS, the beaches in the City of Newport Beach are
utilized by over 8,000,000 people annually, 85% of whom come
from a wide regional area embracing the Counties of Orange, Los
Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and from other
areas in California and other states; and
WHEREAS, the inadequate amount of ocean beach available
for public recreation is a matter of regional, state and national
concern; and
WHEREAS, the condition of the existing steel groins
presents a serious hazard to swimmers, the present eroded
condition of the beach in the vicinity of 32nd Street presents
a danger to property and reduces valuable recreation space, and
the high clay content of fill placed on the beach in 1969 by
the Corps of Engineers is obnoxious and destroys the recreational
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beach atmosphere for millions of people;
SNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach, as follows:
• The Governor of the State of California and elected
representatives of the State of California to the Congress of
the United States are urged to seek immediate action from the
Corps of Engineers to abate existing dangerous and hazardous
beach conditions, and to restore the recreational aspects of west
Newport beaches by removing clay fill and replacing it with
beach quality sand.
ADOPTED this 12th day of October, 1970.
ATTEST:
Ci y Clerk
IFIED AS THE OR AL
CITY CLERK OF THE CI OF NE T BEACH
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