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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Find that the Carmel Lagoon Winter 2015-16 Sandbar Management Plan (Winter SMP) is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c) for emergency projects;
b. Approve the Carmel Lagoon Winter 2015-16 Sandbar Management Plan; and
c. Authorize the Director of the Resource Management Agency to obtain required permits and fully implement the Carmel Lagoon Winter SMP if needed during emergency situations throughout the 2015/2016 rainy season to alleviate flooding.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution (Attachment 2):
a) Finding that the Carmel Lagoon Winter 2015-16 Sandbar Management Plan (Winter SMP) is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c) for emergency projects;
b) Approving the Carmel Lagoon Winter 2015-16 Sandbar Management Plan;
c) Authorizing the Director of the Resource Management Agency to obtain required permits and fully implement the Carmel Lagoon Winter SMP if needed during emergency situations throughout the 2015/2016 rainy season to alleviate flooding.
SUMMARY:
Carmel River Beach State Park is located at the south end of Carmelo Street and Scenic Road in the unincorporated Carmel area of Monterey County. The Carmel River watershed has extreme variations in seasonal and yearly discharge rates. Developed commercial, residential and agricultural areas within the 100 year floodplain suffer from periodic flooding from high river flows and ocean storms, in some areas nearly annually and in some cases multiple times in one year. An area of this increased annual risk exists in and around the Carmel Lagoon. RMA has assumed lead for managing efforts to protect life and property from perennial flood potential due to the inundation of the Lagoon and surrounding, low lying properties.
Since 2011, the County Resource Manage...
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