Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jonathan Gervais, Parks Director
Subject: California Ocean Protection Council Grant Application for the Coyote Point Eastern Promenade Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application for $650,000 to the California Ocean Protection Council's Proposition 1 Grant Program under the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 to construct the Coyote Point Eastern Promenade.
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BACKGROUND:
In the 1920s, the Coyote Point Promenade was built as part of the Pacific City amusement park as a pathway alongside the San Francisco Bay. Since the County acquired the Coyote Point Recreation Area in the 1940s, use of the site has always included a shoreline trail and access to the Bay for non-motorized recreational users.
For over seventy years, the trail and adjacent beach have been heavily used by park visitors. Families have picnicked and played along the shoreline. Others have walked, jogged or bicycled along the trail and watched wildlife in the Bay or airplanes flying overhead to and from the San Francisco International Airport. Windsurfers, kiteboarders, and kayakers have also accessed the open waters of the Bay from the Promenade.
The Promenade is recognized in two regional trail plans. It is a spur to the San Francisco Bay Trail as it connects to the Coyote Point Bay Trail and allows pedestrians and cyclists to travel through the Coyote Point Recreation Area to City of San Mateo neighborhoods and businesses. It is also listed as a high-opportunity site in the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Plan and could be included as a permanent site once improvements have been completed.
Strong winds and tides have deteriorated the shoreline pathway and beach to the extent that an engineered solution is essential to prevent permanent closure of the site. Managed retreat solves coastal erosion and floodin...
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