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| The beach and surf in front of Sharp Park Golf Course is at risk from coastal armor, natural erosion patterns and sea level rise. |
Greetings Surfriders and Friends,
This month, the California Coastal Commission will consider a proposal to upgrade the water pumping system at the Sharp Park Golf Course. As previously posted, Surfrider opposes any move to perpetuate the 18 hole course. Maintaining the links at Sharp Park will eventually require the reinforcement of the seawall (see photo above). Most of Pacifica's beaches are already submerged due to fixing the shoreline with boulder like seawalls (also known as revetments). This practice needs to end. Due to sea level rise, beaches will require space to migrate inland if they are to survive.
Places like Sharp Park are ideal sites to implement managed retreat. Sand replenishment for Pacifica's beaches is not a sustainable option. Let's close this golf course and return the land to the GGNRA. Please join Surfrider, Wild Equity, Sierra Club SF, National Parks Conservation Association, and others to speak out against the pumphouse renovation project.
Date: Thursday April 16, 2015
Time: Permit will be heard sometime after 10AM. However, please show up between 8:30AM and 9AM to fill out a speaker card to ensure yourself a chance to speak.
Place: Marin County Board of Supervisors
3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 329
San Rafael, Ca 94903
415-407-3211
For more info, see http://www.coastal.ca.gov/mtgcurr.html
