San Diego Coastal Resilience Master Plan
Summary
SCH Number
2023120075
Public Agency
California State Coastal Conservancy
(SCC)
Document Title
San Diego Coastal Resilience Master Plan
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/5/2023
Document Description
The City of San Diego’s Coastal Resilience Master Plan (the Plan) will identify potential nature-based solutions for locations along San Diego's coast to improve the resilience of the coastline and communities to sea level rise while also benefiting wildlife, habitat, and natural coastal resources. The Plan is currently in draft form, and Conservancy funding will support the finalization of the document. Identified within the Plan are six proposed sea-level rise adaptation project sites that were prioritized based on sea level rise vulnerability, proximity to disadvantaged communities, ability to provide habitat benefits, and feasibility for implementation of nature-based solutions for coastal resilience. Each of the six proposed project sites are highly popular beach destinations that will experience flooding and erosion impacts due to sea level rise. Using nature-based solutions for coastal resilience at the high priority sites will provide additional resilience, environmental, and socio-economic benefits such as enhanced or protected habitat, coastal access, green jobs, and environmental education opportunities. The City’s goal is for the Plan to include designs for three of the six locations.
The project consists of the actions needed to complete the first version of the Plan, which are additional community and Tribal engagement, and preparing engineering and design plans for three of the six high-priority sea-level rise adaptation project locations. The preparation of engineering and design plans for three project sites will include 15% project design, technical studies to support design, and additional environmental analyses as needed. Technical studies include coastal engineering analyses, materials sourcing study, and evaluations of the existing and historical ecological settings of the sites to include appropriate biological features and supporting physical characteristics into the designs. In the future, the City expects to release a second version of the Plan with designs for all six locations.
Contact Information
Name
Kellan Warner
Agency Name
California State Coastal Conservancy
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Diego
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Mission Beach: 32.769505, -117.253200
La Jolla Shores Beach: 32.85814134983223, -117.25612699854655
Pacific Beach (Tourmaline):32.805363401823094, -117.26198331006918
Ocean Beach Dog Beach:32.755970618563275, -117.25115553989933
Ocean Beach:32.751509437311725, -117.25237381007588
Sunset Cliffs: 32.73212386976448, -117.25656283493299
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14 California Code of Regulations Sections 15262
Reasons for Exemption
Project activities involve only data gathering, resource evaluation, planning, and feasibility analyses for possible future actions that have not yet been approved. The project will consider environmental factors.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14 California Code of Regulations Sections 15306
Reasons for Exemption
Project activities involve only data gathering, resource evaluation, planning, and feasibility analyses for possible future actions that have not yet been approved. The data collection and resource evaluation components of the project will not cause major or serious disturbance to the environment.