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City of Solana Beach
Section 1
Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Management Strategies Draft MEIR
Introduction
programs available to the City. This includes considering policy and program alternatives that
would accomplish one of the following:
Leave the Ordinance in place, and thereby continue to attempt to balance the rights and
privileges of shoreline property owners to preserve, protect, develop, and use their property
with the rights of the general public to ensure protection of important natural shoreline and
coastal bluff resources and processes
Repeal the existing Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Protection Ordinance and let the California
Coastal Commission and/or others regulate the construction of shoreline protection devices
Reduce the need for shoreline protective structures by regularly importing sand resources
and constructing retention devices as a way to maintain or increase the width of Solana
Beach
Return the shoreline and coastal bluffs back to nature over time by implementing a Planned
Retreat Policy whereby the City would not protect existing and future structures atop the
shoreline bluffs
As will be explained in more detail in succeeding chapters of this MEIR, implementation of the
third option will likely require close coordination with, and major financial assistance from,
SANDAG and agencies of the state and federal governments, as the City lacks the financial
wherewithal on its own either to fund the periodic importation of large amounts of sand or the
construction of offshore retention devices. The fourth option, moreover, cannot be implemented
by the City on its own because, as noted earlier, state law currently allows property owners to
obtain permits from the Coastal Commission where shoreline defense structures are necessary
to protect existing structures from erosion, provided that adequate mitigation is available to
address the loss of sand along the beach. Thus, a change in state law will be necessary before,
if ever, the City and the Coastal Commission can together implement a "Planned Retreat
Policy."
In weighing the options set forth above, the City Council will consider the following formal
project objectives (see CEQA Guidelines, 1524, subd. (b)):
Adopt, continue, or modify local policies governing shoreline erosion issues so that they
achieve an acceptable balance between environmental, economic, and social
considerations;
Take action that will not be at odds with state law as embodied in statutes, regulations,
and state agency policies that are likely to remain in effect for the reasonably
foreseeable future or are likely to be adopted in the reasonably foreseeable future;
Take action that is fiscally responsible and realistic in light of (1) the amount of city funds
that can be responsibly devoted to dealing shoreline erosion issues, (2) the amount of
federal, state, or regional assistance that can be expected to be forthcoming in the
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