Solutions to Flooding on Pescadero Creek Road
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Hydrology | Hydraulics | Geomorphology | Design | Field Services Photo courtesy Half Moon Bay Review Solutions to Flooding on Pescadero Creek Road Prepared for: San Mateo County Resource Conservation District Prepared by: cbec, inc. eco engineering with assistance from Stillwater Sciences October 17, 2014 Project # 13-1032 SOLUTIONS TO FLOODING AT PESCADERO CREEK ROAD Prepared for San Mateo County Resource Conservation District Prepared by cbec, inc. With assistance from Stillwater Sciences 10/17/2014 cbec Project #: 13‐1032 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 1 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 5 2 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 PROJECT AREA ............................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHRONIC FLOODING ................................................................................ 5 3 ASSESSMENT APPROACH ...................................................................................................................... 6 4 SUMMARY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 8 4.1 PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................. 8 4.1.1 SEDIMENT DELIVERY, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE ............................................................... 8 4.1.2 HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL RESULTS FOR THE CURRENT CONDITION .................................. 11 4.2 TRUST SPECIES ............................................................................................................................ 12 4.3 OTHER SPECIES ............................................................................................................................ 15 5 PERMITTING ........................................................................................................................................ 16 5.1 INFLUENCES ON PERMITTING LEVEL‐OF‐EFFORT ....................................................................... 16 5.2 SUMMARY OF PRIMARY PERMITS .............................................................................................. 19 5.2.1 CWA SECTION 404, SECTION 401, AND NEPA ..................................................................... 19 5.2.2 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) ....................................................................................... 20 5.2.3 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME CODE SECTION 1602/SAA AND CEQA ................................. 21 5.2.4 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME CODE SECTION 5050/FULLY PROTECTED SPECIES ............... 21 5.2.5 CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT/COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT .......................................... 22 5.2.6 CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (CESA) ................................................................. 23 6 PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL COMPONENTS OF A SOLUTION TO FLOODING OF PESCADERO ROAD ...................................................................................................................................... 23 6.1 DREDGE WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT‐OF‐WAY AT THE BRIDGE ........................................................ 24 6.2 DREDGE ROW AND DOWNSTREAM ALONG HISTORICAL CHANNEL ........................................... 25 6.3 DREDGE ROW AND DOWNSTREAM ALONG HISTORICAL CHANNEL AS PROPOSED BY SIGMA PRIME GEOSCIENCES .............................................................................................................................. 25 6.4 DREDGE ROW AND DOWNSTREAM ALONG AN ALIGNMENT PARALLEL TO THE HISTORICAL CHANNEL ................................................................................................................................................. 26 6.5 DREDGE ROW AND DOWNSTREAM ALONG AN ALIGMENT ALONG PESCADERO ROAD THROUGH BUTANO MARSH ................................................................................................................... 26 6.6 DREDGE ROW AND ~800 FT DOWNSTREAM ALONG AN ALIGNMENT PARALLEL TO PESCADERO ROAD .................................................................................................................................................... 27 6.7 EXCAVATION OF A DETENTION BASIN WITHIN BUTANO MARSH .............................................. 27 6.8 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CHANNEL ................................................................ 27 6.9 REDUCE SEDIMENT SUPPLIED FROM OUTSIDE THE PROJECT AREA ........................................... 28 C:\Work\Projects\13‐1032_Pescadero_Rd\Reporting\13‐1032_Pescadero_Rd_Flood_Solutions_Rpt_2014‐10‐17.docx 10/17/2014 i cbec, inc. 6.10 REDUCE SEDIMENT SUPPLIED FROM WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA AND RESTORE THE CREEK'S ABILITY TO STORE SEDIMENT ON FLOODPLAINS .................................................................................... 28 6.11 RAISE EASTERN ROADWAY ......................................................................................................... 30 6.12 CONSTRUCT ELEVATED CAUSEWAY ............................................................................................ 30 6.13 CREATE A BYPASS CHANNEL THROUGH THE FIRE STATION ....................................................... 31 6.14 OTHER POTENTIAL COMPONENTS .............................................................................................. 31 7 IN DEPTH DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL COMPONENTS OF A SOLUTION TO FLOODING AT PESCADERO ROAD ........................................................................................................................................................... 32 7.1 DREDGE WITHIN COUNTY ROW AT THE BRIDGE ........................................................................ 35 7.1.1 HYDRODYNAMIC AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL RESULTS ...................................... 35 7.1.2 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND POTENTIALCONSTRUCTION COSTS ................................ 36 7.1.3 TRUST SPECIES IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................ 37 7.1.4 PERMITTING IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................... 37 7.2 DREDGE ROW AND DOWNSTREAM ALONG HISTORICAL CHANNEL ........................................... 38 7.2.1 HYDRODYNAMIC AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL RESULTS ...................................... 39 7.2.2 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND POTENTIALCONSTRUCTION COSTS ................................ 40 7.2.3 TRUST SPECIES IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................ 40 7.2.4 PERMITTING IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................... 41 7.3 DREDGE ROW AND DOWNSTREAM ALONG AN ALIGNMENT ALONG PESCADERO ROAD THROUGH BUTANO MARSH ................................................................................................................... 42 7.3.1 HYDRODYNAMIC AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL RESULTS ...................................... 43 7.3.2 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND POTENTIALCONSTRUCTION COSTS ................................ 44 7.3.3 TRUST SPECIES IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................ 44 7.3.4 PERMITTING IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................... 45 7.4 DREDGE ROW AND 800 FT DOWNSTREAM ALONG AN ALIGNMENT PARALLEL TO THE ROAD . 45 7.4.1 HYDRODYNAMIC AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL RESULTS ...................................... 46 7.4.2 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS ............................... 47 7.4.3 TRUST SPECIES IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................ 47 7.4.4 PERMITTING IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................... 48 7.5 CONSTRUCT NEW CAUSEWAY .................................................................................................... 48 7.5.1 HYDRODYNAMIC AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL RESULTS ...................................... 48 7.5.2 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND POTENTIALCONSTRUCTION COSTS ................................ 49 7.5.3 TRUST SPECIES IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................ 49 7.5.4 PERMITTING IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................... 49 7.6 REDUCE SEDIMENT SUPPLIED FROM WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA AND RESTORE THE CREEK’S ABILITY TO STORE SEDIMENT ON FLOODPLAINS .................................................................................... 50 7.6.1 HYDRODYNAMIC AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL RESULTS ...................................... 51 7.6.2 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND POTENTIALCONSTRUCTION COSTS ................................ 53 C:\Work\Projects\13‐1032_Pescadero_Rd\Reporting\13‐1032_Pescadero_Rd_Flood_Solutions_Rpt_2014‐10‐17.docx 10/17/2014 ii cbec, inc. 7.6.3 TRUST SPECIES IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................ 53 7.6.4 PERMITTING IMPLICATIONS