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Clean Beach Projects (A) Project Number Beach Description (B Clean Beach Projects (a) $$ Project State Board's Project $$ Authorized Committed Beach Description (b) Number Manager in Budget Act by SWRCB (c) Feasibility And Construction Of Water Mothers’ Beach-Marina 1 Infusion System to Improve Water Mark Fong $2,000,000 $250,000 Del Rey Circulation Storm Drain Filtration and Disinfection at 2 Surfrider/ Malibu Lagoon Bruce Locken $2,000,000 $250,000 Cross Creek & Civic Center Drains Installation of Polluted Runoff Treatment 3 Malibu Creek Bruce Locken $385,000 $50,000 Technology TMDL Technical Assistance and 5 Los Angeles River Bruce Locken $500,000 Implementation Of Trash TMDL 6 Colorado Lagoon Storm Drain Diversion and Disinfection Bruce Locken $500,000 $100,000 Water Circulation Improvements Feasibility/ Design; Alternative Water 7 Cabrillo Beach Bruce Locken $1,250,000 Recreation; Sediment Removal Along Breakwater Sewer Line Upgrades, Netting, Fish Bait 8 Santa Monica Pier Waste Collection, Bird-Proof Trash Mark Fong $350,000 $350,000 Enclosures Sewer Line Upgrades, Netting, Fish Bait 9 Redondo Beach Pier Waste Collection, Bird-Proof Trash Mark Fong $350,000 $350,000 Enclosures 10 Temescal Canyon Dry Weather Diversion Mark Fong $800,000 $800,000 11 Manhattan Beach 28th Street- Dry Weather Diversion Connie Perkins $200,000 $200,000 Santa Monica Canyon- Dry Weather 12 Santa Monica Canyon Mark Fong $1,020,000 $1,020,000 Diversion 13 Imperial Hgwy Dry Weather Diversion Mark Fong $810,000 $810,000 Implementation Of SMBRP Septic 14 Surfrider/ Malibu Lagoon Bruce Locken $794,000 Management Plan Dry Weather Diversion and Tidal Connie Perkins $248,100 $248,100 15 Avalon Beach Circulation Feasibility Study Source Abatement Connie Perkins $251,900 1 of 3 Clean Beach Projects (a) $$ Project State Board's Project $$ Authorized Committed Beach Description (b) Number Manager in Budget Act by SWRCB (c) Dry Weather Diversion and BMP Mark Fong $705,000 $705,000 Implementation 16 Kiddie And Hobie Beach Tidal Circulation - Feasibility/Design/ Mark Fong $795,000 Construction 17 Rincon Beach Septic to Sewer Mark Fong $500,000 $200,000 Arroyo Burro (County of 18 (a) Vactor Truck Mark Fong $278,000 Santa Barbara) Arroyo Quemada Beach 18 (b) Septic system upgrade/replacement Mark Fong $125,000 (County of Santa Barbara) Mission Creek/Arroyo 18 (c) Burro (City of Santa Stormdrain treatment facility Mark Fong $600,000 $125,000 Barbara) Refugio Beach (County of Septic system upgrade/replacement & 18 (d) Santa Barbara/CA State Mark Fong $723,000 $70,000 wetlands construction Parks) Jalama Beach (County of Septic system upgrade/replacement & 18 (e) Mark Fong $250,000 $60,000 Santa Barbara Parks) wetlands construction Dana Point Harbor- Baby Dry Weather Diversion and Tidal 19 Bruce Locken $750,000 $350,000 Beaches Circulation Feasibility Study Dry Weather Diversion; Wetland Treatment 20 Aliso Beach Bruce Locken $500,000 $500,000 of Runoff Dry Weather Diversions and Pollution Doheny State Beach (San Abatement -Alipaz Stormdrain Treatment & Laura Peters $369,500 $369,500 21 Juan Creek ) Diversion Del Obispo Diversion Laura Peters $380,500 $380,500 22 Newport Bay Dry Weather Diversions Laura Peters $500,000 $200,000 23 Dana Point-Poche Creek Dry Weather Diversion Bruce Locken $500,000 Huntington State Beach- 24 Dry Weather Diversion Laura Peters $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Santa Ana River 26 Moonlight Beach-Encinitas Ozone Treatment of Runoff Laura Peters $814,000 $814,000 Source ID Survey Laura Peters $650,000 $650,000 27 Mission Bay Fecal Bacteria Source Abatement Laura Peters $650,000 Rose & Tecolote BMP's Laura Peters $1,700,000 $170,000 2 of 3 Clean Beach Projects (a) $$ Project State Board's Project $$ Authorized Committed Beach Description (b) Number Manager in Budget Act by SWRCB (c) CODAR Study Laura Peters $750,000 $750,000 28 Imperial Beach Dry Weather Diversion - Date Ave Laura Peters $375,000 $375,000 Dry Weather Diversion - Palm Ave Laura Peters $375,000 29 Coronado Beach Dry Weather Diversions Laura Peters $1,000,000 $1,000,000 San Diego River Restoration Phase 1 Laura Peters $500,000 $500,000 30 Ocean Beach San Diego River Restoration Phase 2 Laura Peters $1,000,000 Infiltration/Exfiltration study and repair of 32 Connie Perkins $548,600 $548,600 Main, Cowell, and sewer lines 33 Seabright Beach 35 Storm Drain Diversions Connie Perkins $926,400 34 Capitola Beach Storm Drain Diversion Connie Perkins $100,000 $100,000 Bodega Bay-Campbell Fecal Bacteria Source Identification and 36 Connie Perkins $500,000 $220,000 Cove Tidal Circulation; Source Abatement State Beaches At Fecal Bacteria Source Identification and 37 Connie Perkins $250,000 $175,000 Pillarcitos and Gazos Abatement Storm Drain Retrofitting to Reduce Fecal 38 Pacifica State Beach Connie Perkins $500,000 Bacteria Pollution Lift Station Replacement to Reduce Fecal 39 Pismo State Beach Connie Perkins $1,200,000 $1,200,000 Bacteria Pollution Dry Weather Diversion; Tidal Circulation 40 Lovers’ Pt. Laura Peters $500,000 $500,000 Feasibility Study; Source Abatement (a) The project number reflects how they were listed in the Budget Act. (b) The State Water Resources Control Board is working with project proponents to insure projects are consistent with Prop 13 Coastal NPS Grants and CBI. (c) As of June 20, 2002 3 of 3.
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