Trestles Case Study – Chad NELSEN
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This document discusses efforts to save Trestles, a natural area in California, from a proposed toll road project. It notes that the toll road would have major negative impacts on the sensitive environment and would be inconsistent with state and federal laws. After a massive public response, the California Coastal Commission and US Department of Commerce rejected the toll road project. However, the threat is not completely over as alternatives are still being considered. Key elements to the successful campaign included an effective coalition, strategic focus, coordinated communications, and large public turnout at hearings.
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- 1. Save Trestles A case study in wave protection
- 5. The threat
- 8. California Coastal Act “[I]t would be difficult to imagine a more environmentally damaging alternative location for the proposed toll road and one which would be more clearly inconsistent with the environmentally sensitive habitat resource protection requirements contained within Coastal Act Section 30240.” “No measures exist that would enable the proposed alignment to be found consistent with the Coastal Act.”
- 14. Conclusions Major impacts to a sensitive & highly used natural area Not consistent with the California Coastal Act. Inconsistent with other state and federal laws? Massive public response was the difference Toll road project rejected by the CA Coastal Commission & US Department of Commerce The threat isn’t over
- 15. Future TCA back to the drawing board Lawsuits settled but can be reopened TCA considering alternatives Project isn’t dead TCA has no reason to stop promoting the road Toll road alternatives vs. transportation alternatives
- 16. Key Elements Effective Coaltion / Strong leader Strategic focus Coordinated communication / strong brand Activist turn out Well supported
- 18. A Special Place Healthy, natural watershed San Mateo creek is a baseline for clean water San Onofre State Park Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy 11 Federally listed species Native American archeology Trestles: A World Class Surfing Area
- 19. IMPACTS Bisect State Park Eliminate campground Pollute creek Alter sediment transport in watershed Alter surfing Destroy Native American archeological sites
- 20. Massive Public Response TCA EIR hearing Largest attended California Parks and Recreation Commission Large Coastal Commission hearing in history (~3000) Secretary of Commerce hearing (~3500)
Editor's Notes
- At page 3 of the Executive Summary & at p. 10
- During what the media called the “Woodstock of the surf movement,” you could feel, “the energy in the air-a booming resonance of civic duty,” said Stefanie Sekich, Surfrieder’s Save Trestles Campaign Coordinator. “Seeing thousands of people come together in an orderly, positive fashion made me feel hopeful for the future.”
- TCA back to the drawing boardLawsuits settled but can be reopenedTCA considering alternativesProject isn’t deadTCA has no reason to stop promoting the roadToll road alternatives vs. transportation alternatives
- Paving part of a watershed will compromise the waves.Sediment disruption will change the wave structure.Trestles—the only Continental US area for WCT competitions.TCA’stwo contradicting studiesCCC report—TCA did not adequately demonstrate surfing at Trestles will be protected
- Paving part of a watershed will compromise the waves.Sediment disruption will change the wave structure.Trestles—the only Continental US area for WCT competitions.TCA’stwo contradicting studiesCCC report—TCA did not adequately demonstrate surfing at Trestles will be protected
- Largest State Parks Commission hearing in historyLarge Coastal Commission hearing in history