City Council

10B. OFFSHORE SAND SOURCE INVESTIGATION RESULTS AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING PHASE 2, ACCEPTING FUNDING FROM AND APPROVING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH METROLINK/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAILROAD AUTHORITY, AUTHORIZING AN EXEMPTION TO THE FORMAL SOLICITATION PROCESS, AWARDING A CONTRACT TO COASTAL FRONTIERS FOR PHASE 2 FIELDWORK, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE RELATED AGREEMENTS, MAKING RELATED SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND FINDING THE ACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT Recommended Action Adopt Resolution 26-48, which will: 1. Approve Phase 2 of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation project to further study the San Onofre/Agra, Santa Ana River and potentially other sites. 2. Approve, and authorize the City Manager to execute, Contract No. C26-23, the Cooperative Agreement, by and between the City of San Clemente and Metrolink/Southern California Railroad Authority, to accept $300,000 in mitigation fees to fund Phase 2 of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation project (Attachment 2). 3. Accept revenues contributed by Metrolink/Southern California Railroad Authority to mitigate impacts on sand supply from a past project on the beach in San Clemente in the amount of $300,000 to Account No. 001-000- 33490. 4. Authorize a supplemental appropriation of $300,000 (mitigation funds) to Account No. 001-433-43695. 5. Reassign $100,000 in the FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget in Account No. 001- 636-45900-000-35807 (previously assigned to SCOUP permitting) to support Phase 2 of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation study to account 001-433 -43695. 6. Re-program $49,000 in unused funding from California Coastal Commission LCP Planning Grant 21-07 to LCP Grant 24-01. 7. Award a contract to Coastal Frontiers in an amount not to exceed $449,000 to complete the fieldwork portion of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation study. 8. Approve, and authorize the City Manager to execute, Contract No. C26-24, by and between the City of San Clemente and Coastal Frontiers, providing the fieldwork portion of the Offshore Sand Source Investigation study, in an amount not to exceed $449,000 (Attachment 3), following execution of the Cooperative Agreement with Metrolink/Southern California Railroad Authority. 9. Authorize an exemption to the formal solicitation process under City policy 201-2-1 Section XI.A.1.2. 10. Determine that the actions are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 6, Section 15306 of the state CEQA Guidelines (14 CCR 15306 - Information Collection).