Would Artificial Reefs Mitigate the Pillar Point Harbor Breakwater’s Sand Starvation of Surfers Beach and Mirada Road?

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VIDEO. From the California Coastal Commission meeting on Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 held at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown-Arena and as a hybrid meeting.

 

From the Executive Director’s Report Agenda Item 6d.

Concurrence with the Executive Director’s determination to transition to a reduced monitoring scheme for Southern California Edison’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) mitigation reef.

 

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Starts at 1:54:16

 

Report

Executive Director’s Determination to Transition to Reduced Monitoring at the SONGS Mitigation Reef

This report provides the Executive Director’s determination that the Wheeler North Reef mitigation projects is successful, based on satisfaction of all performance standards each year for a three-year period following the completion Phase III reef construction in 2021. The Executive Director is therefore recommending the Commission approve a reduced monitoring program for Southern California Edison’s (SCE) San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) mitigation reef. This reduction in monitoring is
allowed for through Special Condition D, Section 3 of SCE’s Coastal Development Permit (No. 6-81-330-A). The motion and resolution is provided on page 5 of this report.

 

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Exhibit

Performance of the Wheeler North Reef 2023 Monitoring Results

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Yes, the beach used to roll up right to his door in Miramar, by the Medio (Miramar) Bridge, in the 1960s. The US Army Corp of Engineers has admitted that the Jetty Breakwater is the cause of erosion for the Miramar bluffs, south of the Jetty.

 


 

Other Artificial Reef Project Samples

 

Oceanside City Council Unanimously Approves RE:BEACH Project

January 2024

Based on the Jury/Advisory Panel deliberations and public feedback, two key modifications to the design will be promoted: (1) refinement of the top of the headland space to use more environmentally or aesthetically pleasing elements that blend with Oceanside’s character, and (2) utilization of rock instead of geotextile bags for construction of the artificial nearshore reef.

 

 

 

Australian Firm’s Proposal to Build Headlands, Artificial Reef in Oceanside Gets Nod

From the San Diego Union-Tribune on  Phil Diehl.

A plan to build headlands and an artificial reef has been selected from three proposals by international design firms for a pilot project to restore and retain sand on Oceanside’s eroded beaches.

 

 

 

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A Guide to the Artificial Reefs of Southern California

From the California Department of Fish and Wildlife

This Internet resource is a modified version of A Guide to the Artificial Reefs of Southern California (1989), by Robin D. Lewis and Kimberly K. McKee, with the Nearshore Sportfish Habitat Enhancement Program. The guide was updated by Dennis Bedford in 2001.

 

 


 

 

Surfers’ Beach & Miramar Shoreline Erosion & Armoring

From the Midcoast Community Council (MCC) website.

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San Mateo County Harbor District Board Meetings ~ 3rd Wednesday @ 10:00am

 

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