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Recommendation to receive and file the Tidelands Report; and authorize City Manager to proceed with evaluation of financing alternatives, including bond financing and/or private/public partnerships to provide funds to complete the rebuild of the Alamitos Bay Marina, refurbish the Belmont Plaza Pool, provide funds sufficient to encourage a public/private partnership for a world-class, community-serving Long Beach Aquatics Center, refurbish the surface of the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier, move the Bay Shore Avenue game courts to the Granada beach parking lot, rebuild the Leeway Sailing Center, and replace eight beach restrooms. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Tidelands History
"Tidelands" refers to Tidelands and Submerged Lands, which are the lands bordering the city that are below the mean high tide line, as the coast existed before human interference began reshaping the coast, generally dated to about 1880. The State of California claims as State property all property starting below the mean high tide line and extending for three miles. This area is known as Tidelands. Currently, the boundary line between Tidelands and Uplands (all property within the city other than Tidelands) is called the Chapter 138 line. That line generally runs along the beach about 10-20 feet seaward of the toe of the bluff. This is commonly defined as the first street from the waterfront.
In a legislative action in 1925, the State Legislature granted the Tidelands adjoining Long Beach to the City, to administer as the Trustee of the State. The Trust provisions allow the City to utilize the property for marine commerce, navigation, and fisheries.
Later actions broadened the provisions to include marine recreation. The California State Lands Commission oversees the administration of the Trust for the State. The Trust provisions require that all money generated in the Tidelands must be spent in the Tidelands, in order to administer those lands. The City Charter divides the city's Tideland...
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