{"id":2427,"date":"2019-10-21T15:25:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T22:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2019-10-21T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T22:25:37","slug":"coastal-commission-blasts-del-mar-for-stance-on-sea-level-rise-del-mar-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/2019\/10\/21\/coastal-commission-blasts-del-mar-for-stance-on-sea-level-rise-del-mar-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Commission blasts Del Mar for stance on sea level rise &#8211; Del Mar Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_1A8HAnrUwiod5V_K23G0jW _2dudd1Co_AQo__3Mg48CAr\">\n<div class=\"_1rGA5291Yki5ZAtnlCWE_6\">\n<div class=\"_1RXgKvT5uZsOz60ou2Py5p\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aKEZUGyWi5haT6riFXgvp customScrollBar\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"wide-content-host\">\n<div class=\"_2Tgrtrj5ACwo2I6mKHcBME\">\n<div class=\"_3Hm3ZM9O51bIychTJ1c3om\">\n<div class=\"ms-Persona ms-Persona--size40 _3fxSw_KFta16t28JP70e_s root-140\">\n<div class=\"ms-Persona-coin ms-Persona--size40 coin-113\">\n<div class=\"ms-Persona-imageArea imageArea-143\">\n<div class=\"ms-Persona-initials initials-414\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div><span class=\"x_Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass\"><span class=\"x_Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass\"><b>Planned Retreat: \u00a0Coastal Commission blasts Del Mar for stance on sea level rise<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"x_Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass\"><span class=\"x_Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"x_Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass\"><span class=\"x_Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass\"><b>Watch the YouTube &#8211; Coastlines<\/b><b>\u00a0Under Attack\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yYppbfaZw6Q\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/yYppbfaZw6Q<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delmartimes.net\/news\/story\/2019-10-18\/coastal-commission-blasts-del-mar-for-stance-on-sea-level-rise\">https:\/\/www.delmartimes.net\/news\/story\/2019-10-18\/coastal-commission-blasts-del-mar-for-stance-on-sea-level-rise<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"aKEZUGyWi5haT6riFXgvp customScrollBar\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"wide-content-host\">\n<div class=\"_2Tgrtrj5ACwo2I6mKHcBME\">\n<div class=\"_3Hm3ZM9O51bIychTJ1c3om\">\n<div class=\"ms-Persona ms-Persona--size40 _3fxSw_KFta16t28JP70e_s root-140\">\n<div class=\"ms-Persona-coin ms-Persona--size40 coin-113\">\n<div class=\"ms-Persona-imageArea imageArea-143\">\n<div class=\"ms-Persona-initials initials-414\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_3FAYod7kjH9o5HZX_Phvf6 allowTextSelection\">\n<div class=\"_3tBxnKAWFWDe41Zarl9mN\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-automation-id=\"visibleContent\">\n<div class=\"ms-FocusZone css-58 ms-CommandBar _3CHzUb8E75dSDcMFHT_8Qx root-149\" role=\"menubar\" aria-label=\"Message actions\" data-focuszone-id=\"FocusZone17583\">\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet ms-CommandBar-primaryCommand eeijf3m13i_oYyGsPmueH primarySet-151\" role=\"presentation\" aria-orientation=\"horizontal\">\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet-overflowButton overflowButton-66\">\n<div class=\"ms-TooltipHost root-152\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Two top officials at the California Coastal Commission blasted Del Mar this week for continuing to reject \u201cmanaged retreat\u201d as an option to deal with sea level rise, saying they hope the city will reconsider its stance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Commission Executive Director Jack Ainsworth said he initially was inclined to deny Del Mar\u2019s request to postpone a hearing Wednesday, Oct. 16, on the city\u2019s proposed plan for adapting to higher water. However, he granted the delay after the city manager indicated Del Mar remains open to negotiations.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cI hope that cooler heads will prevail,\u201d Ainsworth said in a public explanation of his decision at the commission\u2019s monthly meeting in Chula Vista.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>If approved by the Coastal Commission, the adaptation plan would become part of Del Mar\u2019s Local Coastal Program that gives the city authority over local development.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"GoogleDfpAd-wrapper\" data-hide-ad=\"true\">\n<div id=\"googleAdff0ac20c-6ae3-4512-9691-2e13e965a2ed\" class=\"GoogleDfpAd injected\" data-slot-name=\"\/21787098806\/web.delmartimes\/news\" data-slot-sizes=\"[[5, 1]]\" data-module-targeting=\"{&quot;instart&quot;: &quot;false&quot;}\" data-google-query-id=\"CLXsk7CyruUCFaIYrQYdhSYB0g\" data-current-size=\"[5,1]\" data-hold-size=\"[5,1]\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21787098806\/web.delmartimes\/news_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21787098806\/web.delmartimes\/news_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21787098806\/web.delmartimes\/news_0\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Commission Chairwoman Dayna Bochco, who said she grew up in Del Mar and remains \u201cvery familiar\u201d with the coastal community, also weighed in on the issue.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cI just hope that the city of Del Mar and other communities up and down the state begin to understand that this isn\u2019t about the Coastal Commission, this isn\u2019t about us doing things to you,\u201d Bochco said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cThis is about sea level rise, and it\u2019s coming,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s coming much more quickly than anyone ever expected. I would really encourage local government and citizenry to read what\u2019s going on on the East Coast, where they have had so many situations in which homes have been &#8230; destroyed through hurricanes and sea level rise. This country is going to have to adapt.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Del Mar created its plan to adapt to the rising ocean after four years of meetings, phone calls and detailed correspondence between residents, city staffers and the Coastal Commission staff.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"nativo_1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cWe have a long-term plan, and we think it will work,\u201d Amanda Lee, Del Mar\u2019s principal planner, said following the meeting. \u201cWe are going to try to set up a meeting as soon as possible, probably in the first or second week of November.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Any proposed changes would have to be reviewed by the City Council and the adaptation plan could be back on the Coastal Commission\u2019s agenda in February.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Del Mar initially submitted its adaptation plan to the commission for review last year. It relies primarily on maintaining its existing seawalls and the continual restoration of sand to its eroding beaches, and rejects the sometimes controversial strategy of managed retreat.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Managed retreat, which calls for removing structures from the advancing sea, would not be practical in Del Mar because of the high property values there, the city said. The Coastal Commission countered with 25 suggested modifications that the city has said could become a \u201cback door\u201d to retreat.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cI was quite frankly surprised and very disappointed that the City Council summarily rejected all 25 of our suggested modifications without any discussion or consultation with us whatsoever, Ainsworth said Wednesday, Oct. 16.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cOur suggestions were incredibly measured and, for the most part, simply incorporated the adaptation strategies and measures from the city\u2019s own implementation plan,\u201d he said, adding that most of the suggestions were merely \u201ctweaks\u201d of policy language.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>While the state\u2019s report did not specifically say Del Mar\u2019s plan must include managed retreat, residents say the requested modifications are much the same thing. They include additional monitoring of coastal conditions and \u201ctriggers\u201d that would require further action by the city.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Specific triggers, such as the erosion of a bluff by 10 feet or the removal of the coastal railroad, have long been a sore point with Del Mar residents.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Del Mar City Council members discussed the proposed modifications at their Oct. 7 meeting and agreed to oppose them all.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cWe have managed retreat lurking between these words,\u201d said Councilwoman Terry Gaasterland.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Sand replenishment is expected to become more difficult and expensive as sea level rise continues, according to scientists. Simply putting dredging equipment into place to start an operation costs $1 million to $2 million.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Also, that solution can be short-lived. A single powerful winter storm can wipe away huge amounts of sand.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cOne of the critical issues is that we start to come to grips with the cost of sea level rise &#8230; what it means for individual communities and the region &#8230; and how that affects the strategies,\u201d said Donne Brownsey, one of the 12 voting members of the commission.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned Retreat: \u00a0Coastal Commission blasts Del Mar for stance on sea level rise \u00a0 Watch the YouTube &#8211; Coastlines\u00a0Under Attack\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/yYppbfaZw6Q https:\/\/www.delmartimes.net\/news\/story\/2019-10-18\/coastal-commission-blasts-del-mar-for-stance-on-sea-level-rise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coastlines","category-hot-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428,"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427\/revisions\/2428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopthecrime.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}