3/20/25
The Hemlock Project has been approved by the Waterboard.
401 WQC 23-172 West Hemlock Street Seawall Repairs_combined-1
We are grateful for the efforts by the city to stay in touch with us and to stay engaged in efforts to expedite the approval!
3/12/2025
The City has posted a very informative page about the history of our Seawalls and Current Mandalay Seawall Projects.
The Hemlock Project is currently awaiting approval by the Waterboard.
The City permit request has been sitting with them since October 2023.
This delay by the waterboard is very frustrating, the City has received approvals from the California Coastal Commission (5/10/2024) and the Army Corp of Engineers.
We are grateful for the efforts by the city to stay in touch with us and to stay engaged in efforts to expedite the approval!
Updated January 9, 2025
This page is updated as information becomes available.
January 2025 Seawall Project
The Hemlock Project
Construction will go out to bid as soon as the Waterboard approves.
CIWHA letter to waterboard West_Hemlock_Street_Seawall_Repairs_File-No23-172
Posted May 10, 2024
Coastal Commission APPROVED May 10th 2024
Posted May 8, 2024:
The Seawall Project for Hemlock will go before the California Coastal Commission on May 10th 2024
This is the R&D Project that had been fully approved by the Army Corp and Coastal Commission in 2017 & 2018.
In addition to much needed work to be done on Hemlock, this is an important project for gaining valuable information on best practice for projects that will need to be funded for approximately 40% of the 7 miles of seawalls in our development.
In addition to the permit hearing signs posted at the W. Hemlock Street, the City also uploaded the CCC agenda item on the official City of Oxnard Mandalay Bay seawall update website here: https://www.oxnard.gov/public-works/special-districts/mandalay-bay-seawalls
CCC agenda item https://www.oxnard.gov/wp-content/uploads/F10-5-2024-report.pdf
Current Project Updates
West Hemlock Seawall Repairs (3966-3900)
JUNE 2024: Pending approval of Water board and Army Corp of Engineers.
June 4, 2024: City Council Approves 2.5 million in Capital Improvement Budget for Seawalls!
MAY 10. 2024: California Coastal Commission APPROVED Permitting at Public Hearing:
CCC Permit Waiver 4-23-0827-W 2024.05.14
Apr. 2024: Permitting Public Hearing scheduled for May 10, 2024 with California Coastal Commission. View the Agenda.
Jan. 2024: Environmental Permitting in progress
2023: Plans, Specifications and Estimate completed
Mandalay Bay Seawall Monitoring Program [UPDATE SEE Monitoring Update: Mandalay Seawall Projects 2024
Jan. 2024: The City has contracted with Duncan Engineering (estimated start Spring 2024)
This page will contain schedule updates and information for residents to be impacted by this project.
Please post comments below if you want more information or have any issues or concerns. We will not post your contact details publicly but your comments may be posted if we can share useful information!
On my seawall footing, the apron is detached and there are two long, wide gaps where it should be attached. Please add this to the list for repairs.
We have a Zurn wall and it is important for the apron to be attached. Also we are on the main channel so there is lots of wave action which makes this more critical. Thank you.
P.S. Have pictures but don’t know how to forward them to you. 2-4-2025 5:26pm
A reply was sent and this response was sent back by email:
Thanks Debbie.
I actually was able to talk with the guy who did the seawall inspections at the CIWHA meeting (can’t remember his name, contractor who has studied the walls for many years) and he said the gaps were not a problem because he measured them throughout the area and calculated the depth of any opening and we were OK. I was able to show him photos. It was very helpful to be able to discuss it with him in person. So glad he was at the meeting and stayed to talk to homeowners.
Who is paying for all of this?
There is an agreement with the City to split the costs 50/50 between the City and WAD1 for seawall repairs and Maintenance.
The funds for WAD 1 are accumulated in our Waterways Assessment that appears on Property Tax bills of homeowners.
Mandalay is Waterways 1 (WAD 1) and documentation and information is available on the Oxnard City website:
https://www.oxnard.gov/public-works/special-districts/waterways-assessment-districts
Due to the limits on the amount collected, we must accumulate funds for projects like this over time.
Once the Hemlock Project is complete we hope to have the engineering document required to bond a project for a greater portion of the 7.7 miles of seawall repairs.
There is also another project for footing repairs that is underway.