Thursday, Jun. 25, 2009
Coastal Commission to meet in SLO
In the three days the agency will be in town, a full day’s agenda is devoted to local items
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closeThe state Coastal Commission will hold three days of hearings in San Luis Obispo beginning July 8 with a full day’s agenda dedicated to Central Coast items.
These include several from San Luis Obispo County. But the only item that may be contentious is an appeal of a seawall in front of a home in Cayucos.
All meetings will be in the Board of Supervisors’ chambers in the County Government Center at 1055 Monterey St. A reception for the panel is scheduled for Wednesday evening at Lopez Lake.
Three updates to the county’s local coastal planning framework are also on the agenda. Two of the updates are considered minor, and the third is recommended to receive a year’s extension.
The coastal plan — crafted by local authorities but requiring ratification by the commission — regulates building and other uses in areas near the coast.
In the seawall protest, commission staff is recommending that a rock embankment be removed and replaced with a concrete wall at 463 Lucerne Road, facing Cayucos State Beach.
The rock seawall was originally built in March 2001 under an emergency permit issued by the county when a sinkhole appeared on the bluff edge 15 feet from a residence.
A commission geologist says a sloping concrete wall would be environmentally superior to the rocks.
Rock seawalls are the easiest to construct but take up space on the beach that would otherwise be available to the public and disrupt the natural distribution of sand.
The Coastal Commission is a powerful state agency that has final say over all development and land use along the state’s 1,100-mile coastline.
It has 12 members including local elected officials and members of the public. Supervisor Katcho Achadjian is this area’s elected representative on the panel.
The Lopez Lake reception will take place after the commission finishes its Wednesday meeting.
The event is open to the public but $20 per person reservations are required. For reservations, call Vanessa Miller at 415-904-5201.
Reach David Sneed at 781-7930.
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