RESTORING THE BEACH - Science, Policy and Funding
California Shore and Beach Preservation Association (CSBPA)
and California Coastal Coalition (CalCoast) Joint Conference
with local sponsor
San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
San Diego, CA
November 8-10, 2001
Conference Organizing Committee:
Executive Committee
Reinhard E. Flick, Ph.D., General Chair
California Department of Boating and Waterways
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Steven Aceti, JD, Chair
California Coastal Coalition
David Cannon, Co-Chair
Everest International
Chris Webb, President CSBPA
Moffatt and Nichol Engineers
Program Committee:
Susan Brodeur
Secretary, CSBPA
Holly Celico
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Walter Crampton
Terra Costa Consulting Group
Steve Jantz
City of Carlsbad, CA
Steve Sachs
San Diego Association of Governments
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2001
7:00 - 9:00 pm CSBPA Board of Directors Meeting
THURSDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2001
8:00 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Speakers: Supervisor Pam Slater, County of San Diego (R-3rd District);
Supervisor Tom Wilson, County of Orange (R-5th District), Chair, CalCoast
Board of Directors; Mayor Pro Tem Ann Kulchin, City of Carlsbad, Chair,
SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Committee; Colonel Richard G. Thompson,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District
10:00 - 10:15 am SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Fauna Numbers: City, Mountains and Beaches
Katie Risser, 5th grade student, Benchley Weinberger School, San Diego, CA
10:15 am - 12:00 pm SESSION 1 - NEARSHORE PROCESSES
Lesley C. Ewing, California Coastal Commission
San Diego County's Beaches Prior to the Regional Beach Sand Project
Craig Leidersdorf, Ricky C. Hollar, Coastal Frontiers Corporation, and Steve Sachs, San Diego
Association of Governments (SANDAG)
Southern California Beach Processes Study
Richard J. Seymour, R.T. Guza, William C. O'Reilly, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Steve
Elgar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Trends in U.S. Tidal Datum Statistics and Tide Range
Reinhard E. Flick, California Department of Boating and Waterways, Lesley C. Ewing, California Coastal
Commission, and Joseph F. Murray, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Intensification of North Pacific Winter Cyclones 1948-1998: Impacts on the California Wave
Climate
Nicholas E. Graham, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, R. Rea Strange, Pacific Weather Analysis, and
Henry F. Diaz, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Beach Response to Sand Nourishment
M.H.S. Elwany, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Reinhard E. Flick, California
Department of Boating and Waterways
12:00 - 1:30 pm Luncheon
Speakers: Hon. Denise Moreno Ducheny, Former Assembly Budget Chair (D-79); Brian Baird, Ocean
Programs Manager, State Resources Agency
1:30 - 3:15 pm SESSION 2 - CHALLENGES OF SAND STARVED BEACHES
David G. Cannon, Everest International Consultants, Inc.
Saving America's Beaches-The Causes of and Solutions to Beach Erosion
Scott L. Douglass, University of South Alabama
Sand Transport Rate ? Actual v. Potential
David G. Cannon, Everest International Consultants, Inc.
Dealing with Coastal Erosion in California
Tim Eichenberg, Ocean Conservancy
Cobble Berm Performance in Southern California
Craig H. Everts, Carolyn D. Eldon, Everts Coastal, and Jon Moore, Noble Consultants
Processes on Narrow Beaches with Sandy Foreshores and Cobble Berms
Douglas L. Inman and Scott A. Jenkins, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
3:15 - 3:45 pm Afternoon Break
3:45 - 5:30 pm SESSION 3 - BEACH SAND MANAGEMENT
Steve Sachs, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
The Demand for Beaches in Southern California
Philip G. King, San Francisco State University
Integrated Beach Restoration Design - Project Financing and Public Perception as Engineering
Design Parameters
Peter Ravella and Michael P. Walther, Coastal Technology Corporation
California Beach Restoration Under Assembly Bill 64
Greg Hearon, Craig B. Leidersdorf, Coastal Frontiers Corporation, and Kim Sterrett, California
Department of Boating and Waterways
State Beach Restoration Funding
Steven Aceti, California Coastal Coalition
San Diego Regional Beach Sand Project
Hon. Ann Kulchin, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Carlsbad, Steve Sachs, and Rob Rundle, San Diego
Association of Governments (SANDAG)
Monitoring of the San Diego Regional Beach Sand Project: Lessons for Future Beach Sand
Nourishment
Teri Fenner and Shawn Shamlou, EDAW, Inc.
A Sediment Trend Analysis of Santa Cruz Harbor: Implications to Dredge Disposal
Operations
Patrick McLaren, GeoSea Consulting, Ltd.
6:30 - 8:00 pm Reception
with Western Dredging Association (WEDA)
7:30 - 9:00 pm CalCoast Board of Directors Dinner Meeting
FRIDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2001
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:45 am SESSION 4 - WETLANDS AND INLET DYNAMICS
Christopher Webb, Moffatt & Nichol Engineers
Preliminary Engineering Design of the Bolsa Chica Wetland Restoration Project
Weixia Jin and Christopher Webb, Moffatt & Nichol Engineers
Beach Recovery Following River Mouth Scour at Del Mar, CA
Scott A. Jenkins and Douglas L. Inman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Evolution of a New Tidal Inlet - Crissy Field, San Francisco
Robert T. Battalio, M. Lighthiser, and Carmela Chandresekera, Philip Williams & Associates, Ltd.
Shoreline Analysis of the Bolsa Chica Wetland Restoration Project
Seamus Innes and Christopher Webb, Moffatt & Nichol Engineers
Environmental Monitoring Programs for Southern California Lagoons
M.H.S. Elwany, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9:45 - 10:15 am Morning Break
10:15 am - 12:00 pm SESSION 5 - WATER QUALITY
Hon. Pam Slater, Supervisor, County of San Diego
Nearshore Oceanography and Beach Closures
John L. Largier, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Understanding Microbial Contamination of Beaches in an Ecosystem Context
Farooq Azam, Richard A. Long, Rosa Mourino-Perez and Douglas Bartlett, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
Marina Beach Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP)
Joseph Chesler, Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, and Greg Reid, Concept
Marine Associates, Inc.
The Effects of Leaking Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure on Groundwater and Nearshore Ocean
Water Quality in Huntington Beach, CA
Wade Major, Anthony Brown, Shawn Roberts, Lee Paprocki, and Anthony Jones, Komex-H2O ScienceInc.
Assessment of an Artificial Breach of an Impounded Coastal Water Body: A Case Study of
Goleta Slough
Ian Adam, Michael Asakawa, Ryan Edwards, Shawn Kelly, and Sandrine King, Donald Bren School of
Environmental Science and Management
12:00 - 1:30 pm Luncheon
Speaker: Steven Stockton, US Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division
1:30 - 3:15 pm SESSION 6 - INCREASING SAND SUPPLY
Melanie Coyne, California Coastal Conservancy
California's Beaches: Lessons from the Past and Recommendations for the Future
Gary B. Griggs, University of California, Santa Cruz
Contributions of Coastal Cliff Erosion to the Beach Sand Budget in California and Effects of
Armoring
Kiki Runyon, University of California, Santa Cruz
Beach Sand Delivery by California Rivers and Human Impact on this System
Cope M. Willis, University of California, Santa Cruz
Sediment Impoundment by Coastal Debris Basins in California
Jean T. Ellis, Texas A&M University, Andreas C.W. Baas, Kamron M. Barron, David J. Hansen, University
of Southern California, and Douglas J. Sherman, Texas A&M University
Impact of Dams on California's Coastal Sediment Supply
Douglas J. Sherman, Claudia Avendano, Kamron Barron, University of Southern California, Jean T. Ellis,
Texas A&M University, Mark Lange, and Isaiah Mack, University of Southern California
3:15 - 3:45 pm Afternoon Break
3:45 - 5:30 pm SESSION 7 - BEACH SAND RETENTION STRATEGIES
Jon Moore, Noble Consultants
Offshore Beach Retention Structures: Functional Design Complexities
Craig H. Everts, and Carolyn D. Eldon, Everts Coastal
Innovative Coastal Engineering Applications in the National Shoreline Erosion Control
Demonstration Program
George F. Turk, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Laboratory and Field Performance of the Permeable Pile Groins of Naples, FL
Sean E. Mulcahy, Project Design Consultants
Strategies for Sand Retention in Southern California
Russell H. Boudreau, Seamus I. Innes, Moffatt & Nichol Engineers, Craig H. Everts, Carolyn D. Eldon,
Everts Coastal
One Year of Pratte's Reef, America's First Artificial Surfing Reef
Jose C. Borrero, University of Southern California, Seamus I. Innes, Moffatt & Nichol
Engineers and David W. Skelly, Skelly Engineering
7:00 - 9:00 pm Awards Banquet
SATURDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2001
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 11:45 am SESSION 8 - THE SEAWALL DEBATE
Reinhard Flick, California Department of Boating and Waterways
California Coastal Commission's Program for Mitigation Impacts from Seawalls
Lesley C. Ewing and Sherilyn Sarb, California Coastal Commission
Sand Mitigation Fee Policy Implementation Concerns in San Diego County
James Jaffee, CalBeach Advocates
No Constitutional Right to a Seawall!
Todd T. Cardiff, San Diego Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation
Saving the Coast after Nollan, Dolan, and Ehrlich
Jean A. Getchell, Law Office of Jean Getchell
Local Agency Involvement with Beach and Bluff Issues
Robert W. Semple, City of Solana Beach
The Beach and Bluff Conservancy (BBC)
Paul Santina, The Beach and Bluff Conservancy (BBC)
Sand Beaches vs. Seawalls - A Geomorphic Perspective
Walter F. Crampton, TerraCosta Consulting Group
12:30 - 5:00 pm COASTAL FIELD TRIP
Coastal scientists and engineers will lead a field trip to San Diego area beaches between Oceanside and
La Jolla. The trip is intended as a general introduction to the geological, physical, and human setting of
the central San Diego County coastline. A chartered motor coach (with full restroom facilities) will depart
from the hotel at 12:30 PM and return about 5:00 PM.
A gourmet deli lunch will be provided, as well as a range of snacks, fruit, and beverages, all included in
the fee of $40 in addition to conference registration fees. Individuals not attending the conference are
welcome to register for the field trip for $40 on a space-available basis. A short field trip introduction,
guide, and map will be prepared and distributed during the trip.
The field trip will begin with a lunch-time bus ride to the coastal area south of Oceanside with stops at
several of the following locations: Carlsbad, Leucadia, Encinitas, Cardiff, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Torrey
Pines, La Jolla, and Mission Beach. The beaches and cliffs in many of these areas are eroded and
retreating. Sites where human intervention has impacted the coast will be emphasized, including
infrastructure, residential and park development, coastal protection structures, and beach nourishment
locations. Stops at several coastal lagoons are also planned, including Agua Hedionda, Batiquitos, San
Elijo, and San Dieguito.
DAILY
8:00 am - 5:00 pm TECHNICAL POSTERS
POSTERS
Verification of 3D Flow Models with ADCP Field Measurements
Christian Winter and Roberto Mayerle, University in Kiel, Germany
The Error Index for Beach Planform Models
G. Iglesias, Universidad de La Coruña, Spain
Big Sur Coast Highway Management Plan
John D. Duffy and Aileen K. Loe, California Department of Transportation
Monitoring of the San Diego Regional Beach Sand Project: Lessons for Future Beach Sand
Nourishment
Teri Fenner and Shawn Shamlou, EDAW, Inc.
A Dynamic Policy Model for Sustainable Beach Management: the Case of the Sand Budget
David Turbow, University of California, Irvine
The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Sediment Discharge to the Santa Barbara Channel, CA
Jonathan A. Warrick, Whittier College and Leal A. K. Mertes, University of California, Santa Barbara
Please contact CalCoast at (760) 944-3564 or steveaceti@calcoast.org for more
information about becoming a conference sponsor or exhibitor