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| The beach at Mussel Rock in Daly City - lost by a rock revetment that protects a former landfill. Sites like this will be under discussion at Wednesday night's meeting of the CRSMP |
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Greetings Surfriders and Friends,
The Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan (CRSMP) has a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday November 14th in Pacifica. Coastal Erosion and sand replenishment issues will be discussed for San Francisco, Daly City and Pacifica. Public participation and feedback is most welcome. If you can make it, please register. RSVP is requested (see below). Surfrider is calling for the use of managed retreat along our coastlines whenever feasible - especially on publicly held coastal lands. Erosion and sea level rise are not going away. With managed retreat, we can best preserve our beaches and avoid endless sand replenishment projects.
Speaking of which, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the issue of sand replenishment and coastal erosion response is now on center stage. Hopefully, citizens and public officials alike are asking hard questions as the rebuilding process gets underway. Does it make sense to rebuild everything, in all locations - even beaches and boardwalks on sand spits and low lying barrier islands? If so, who should pay for it? Does everyone recognize that another storm like Sandy can easily hit the coast again sometime in the near future, triggering similar levels of damage?
Sandy brings up questions and issues all people that live on developed coastlines should seriously consider. Coastal Managers know that storms, beach erosion, sea level rise and flooding are a fact of life for shoreline communities. Surfrider urges the public to take note of the natural processes of our waves, waters and beaches, and to integrate that knowledge into development practices that strike a more balanced, sensible approach with the environment.
Below is the invite to the CRSMP meeting...
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Hello,
You are invited to a workshop on the Coastal
Regional Sediment Management Plan for the San Francisco Littoral Cell
(Fort Point, SF, to Pedro Point, Pacifica). The meeting will be held
from 5-8pm in Pacifica (540 Crespi Drive, Pacifica Community
Center Card Room). The goal of the meeting is to inform and educate the
public about coastal hazards, allow municipal and landowning agencies
to present some of their preferred alternatives for consideration, and
hear input from the public. A read-ahead packet
of material will be distributed and posted online later this week.
Please RSVP to me so that we can estimate attendance.
Thank you,
Athena
Athena Honore
Communications Officer
San Francisco Estuary Partnership
Association of Bay Area Governments
1515 Clay Street, Oakland CA 94612
www.sfestuary.org
