Shoreline Preservation Working Group

Meeting Minutes

Thursday, September 04, 2025 at 11:30 A.m. - 1:30 P.m.

SANDAG Boardroom

1011 Union Street, First Floor

San Diego, CA 92101

Voting Members Present:

• Chair Kristi Becker (Solana Beach)
• Mayor Pro-Tem Priya Bhat-Patel (Carlsbad)
• Councilmember Amy Steward (Coronado)
• Mayor Terry Gaasterland (Del Mar)
• Mayor Bruce Ehlers (Encinitas)
• Mayor Pro-Tem Carol Seabury (Imperial Beach)
• Councilmember Jose Rodriguez (National City)
• Deputy Mayor Eric Joyce (Oceanside)
• Councilmember Jennifer Campbell (City of San Diego)
• Commissioner Dan Malcolm (Port of San Diego)
• Jessica Curran (U.S. Navy)

Voting Members Absent:

• Councilmember Michael Inzunza (Chula Vista)
• Supervisor Paloma Aguirre (County of San Diego)

Others Present:

• Reinhard Flick (Scripps Institute of Oceanography)
• Darren Smith (State Department of Parks and Recreation)

Meeting Video

 

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1.

Call to Order

Chair Becker called the meeting to order at 11:36 a.m.

2.

Non-Agenda Public Comments/Member Comments

Public Comments: Steve Maschue, Gary Murphy.

Member Comments: Mayor Gaasterland.

3.

Consent

Public Comments: None

• Motioned by: Mayor Pro-Tem Seabury
  Seconded by: Mayor Ehlers

  to approve Consent item no. 3.1.

  For (10)	Mayor Gaasterland, Commissioner Malcolm, Mayor Pro-Tem Bhat-Patel, Councilmember Rodriguez, Deputy Mayor Joyce, Councilmember Steward, Mayor Ehlers, Mayor Pro-Tem Seabury, Councilmember Campbell, and Chair Becker
  Abstain (1)	Jessica Curran
  Absent (2)	Councilmember Inzunza, and Supervisor Aguirre

  The motion passed. (10 to 0)

3.1

Approval of Meeting Minutes

Approved the minutes from its June 5, 2025, meeting.

4.

Distribution of Funds – City of Encinitas' Public Recreational Beach Impact Mitigation Fund

Associate Regional Planner Courtney Becker and Ben Stryker, City of Encinitas, provided a presentation.

Public Comments: None.

• Motioned by: Mayor Ehlers
  Seconded by: Mayor Gaasterland

  to recommend that the Regional Planning Committee approve the release of funds from the City of Encinitas’ Public Recreational Beach Impact Mitigation account to the City of Encinitas.

  For (10)	Mayor Gaasterland, Commissioner Malcolm, Mayor Pro-Tem Bhat-Patel, Councilmember Rodriguez, Deputy Mayor Joyce, Councilmember Steward, Mayor Ehlers, Mayor Pro-Tem Seabury, Councilmember Campbell, and Chair Becker
  Abstain (1)	Jessica Curran
  Absent (2)	Councilmember Inzunza, and Supervisor Aguirre

  The motion passed. (10 to 0)

5.

West Coast Beach Nourishment Dredging Panel Discussion

C.M.

great job to the Shoreline Preservation Working Group.

Deputy Director Keith Greer introduced Chris Webb, Moffatt & Nichol Engineering, to facilitate a panel discussion amongst representatives from the dredging industry, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and coastal engineers focused on beach nourishment dredging to provide insight into current practices, challenges, and opportunities to raise efficiencies and minimize costs.

Public Comments: Ellen Burn, Marco Espinosa

6.

Adjournment

The next Shoreline Preservation Working Group meeting is scheduled for December 4, 2025, at 11:30 a.m.

Chair Becker adjourned the meeting at 1:26 p.m.