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 City of Solana Beach
Section 2
Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Management Strategies Draft MEIR
Project Description
Planning responsibilities for addressing coastal erosion is shared between multiple agencies in
California. The federal Coastal Zone Management Act requires that state coastal management
programs include a planning process for assessing the effect of, and studying and evaluating
ways to control, or lessen the impact of, shoreline erosion, and to restore areas adversely
affected by such erosion. (16 U.S.C. 1455(d)(2)(I).) The California Coastal Act assigns
primary responsibility for carrying out the California coastal management program to the
California Coastal Commission and the State Coastal Conservancy.
The California Coastal Commission is the lead agency responsible for carrying out California's
coastal management program by planning for and regulating development in the coastal zone
consistent with the policies of the California Coastal Act. The California Coastal Commission's
role in land use planning is discussed more fully above.
Through coastal land acquisition and resource restoration and enhancement programs, State
Coastal Conservancy complements the planning and regulatory activities of the California
Coastal Commission. The Coastal Conservancy uses entrepreneurial techniques to purchase,
preserve, improve, and restore public access and natural resources along the California coast.
2.4.2 Intensity
Under this alternative, the seacliffs would be allowed to naturally erode, allowing the landward
boundary of the beach to occur naturally. To protect property and personal safety, two setback
lines would be established to limit new development beyond the point of estimated bluff retreat.
Under this strategy, the City would be obliged to acquire properties west of the planned retreat
lines through purchase or eminent domain. It is assumed that the City would have to acquire
50 single-family homes and 69 condominium units that may be affected by natural erosion over
a 100-year project life.
2.4.3 Location
The 50 single-family homes and 69 condominium units are located along the bluffs in Solana
Beach (see Figures 2-1 to 2-7) and are affected by the 100-year setback line as described in
Section 2.4.
2.4.4 Implementation
An economic analysis for implementing this Alternative was prepared by Economics Research
Associates (ERA) in May 2002 (refer to Appendix D). The coastal retreat policy alternative
involves 1) Purchasing homes within the 50- and 100- year retreat zones, 2) relocating
residents, and 3) relocating existing utilities, as described below.
Project No. 323530000
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