NCAC meetings and Recent Items:

• The November NCAC meeting was held on 15 November 2023, via Zoom. Link to the video from the meeting is HERE. ​

  Items covered during the meeting included:

  • Update on the Chumash Marine Sanctuary and the Wind Farm Program. Community input on the wind farm program.
  • Update on the skate park
  • Update on storm repairs – park stairs, seawalls, roads
  • Continuing saga of abandoned Harvey St. house
  • Plans for storm repair work on both parks and personal property
• Here are the latest links to NOAA's Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary:

  • The Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/chumash-heritage/

  •  Here's a link to the 5 boundary proposals: https://nmssanctuaries.blob.core.windows.net/sanctuaries-prod/media/chumash/2023-chnms-boundary-alternative-maps.pdf

  •  Here are links to the designation process:

    • https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/designations.html

    • https://nmssanctuaries.blob.core.windows.net/sanctuaries-prod/media/chumash/2023-chnms-draft-designation-documents-informational-brochure.pdf

Summaries of recent meetings and other activities may be found on the "Recent Activities" page, while meeting minutes may be found on the "Minutes of Meetings" page. 

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Following a recent meeting, county planner Kip Morais reached out to  the Parks Department after the meeting and got this:

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Based on discussions with planning staff on other storm damaged infrastructure along coast, per County regulations – emergency permits may be issued to implement temporary stabilization measures, and may require additional permits i.e. grading/ encroachment permit(s) as applicable.  We determine this in consultation with Coastal Commission staff and other dept staff.   After the emergency ceases, and within 30 days of issuance, a proper Minor Use Permit / Coastal Development permit application shall be submitted to have the improvements carefully reviewed in compliance with the County coastal codes and policies. This may result in possible removal and/or alterations of the improvement installed.

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An emergency permit will not speed up the process for implementing the ultimate long term project, it is just a way to stabilize vulnerable infrastructure temporarily until a permanent fix can per fully designed permitted and implemented. The coastal accessways do not meet the criteria for an emergency permit.  Here is the full code section below:

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Emergency Permit  https://library.municode.com/ca/san_luis_obispo_county/codes/county_code?nodeId=TIT23COZOLAUS_CH23.03PERE_23.03.045EMPE 

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