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APPENDIX A 



MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 



BETWEEN THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION 



AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 



FOR COLLECTION OF DATA AT BEACHES ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST 



I. General 



Early in 1966, the Department of Water Resources suggested to the 

 Department of Parks and Recreation that there was a need to document 

 existing beach conditions, particularly in the northern and central coastal 

 areas. A consideration was whether park rangers and attendants at manned 

 state beaches would be available to make these observations. 



In late 1966, representatives of the State of California Division of 

 Beaches and Parks followed up this recommendation and expressed an interest 

 to representatives of the San Francisco District Office of the Corps of 

 Engineers, in initiating a cooperative program of observations along state 

 operated or state affiliated beaches, where park personnel were available, 

 in order to document certain littoral forces and the resulting changes 

 which occur in beach configuration. 



This program has definite merit and will provide much needed basic 

 data on waves, currents, and erosion along the California coastline. It 

 is envisioned that the program will be expanded to encompass other than 

 state operated beaches and will utilize the services of cities, counties, 

 and other public districts with a vested shoreline interest. 



Therefore, the intention of the memorandum is to define the objec- 

 tive^) and general guidelines for the proposed study and responsibilities 

 of the various offices concerned in carrying out various phases of the 

 proposed study. 



II . Objective of the Study 



The objective of this study is to establish a reservoir of repetitive, 

 systematic measurements, by qualified observers, of some of the meteor- 

 ological and oceanographic forces which affect the shoreline and the re- 

 sponse of the shoreline to these forces. It is hoped that analysis of the 

 data will result in meaningful correlations between the various recorded 

 parameters and will lead to a better understanding of the physical charac- 

 teristics of the California shoreline and the littoral processes occurring 

 along that shoreline. 



III . Duration of the Study 



In order to provide a statistically significant volume of data, the 

 study would be pursued for a minimum period of three years . At the end 

 of this period, an evaluation of the study, as a whole, will be made by 



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