CITY OF DES MOINES SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM

Des Moines Shoreline Inventory and Characterization
Segment G - Redondo South
Table 15 below summarizes the shoreline characterization for Segment G.
Table 15. Shoreline Segment “G” Summary
Land Use /
Transportation
Stream
Discharges
Public
Shoreline
Access
Hazard
Areas
Habitat / Habitat
Potential
Single-Family Res.: 79%,
Multi-Family: 13%, Mobile
Home: 4%; Redondo Beach
Drive S., Sound View Drive S.,
and local streets
Stream: Cold
Creek
Redondo Sea
Wall & Beaches
Landslide,
Erosion
Wetlands, Subestuary,
Fish and wildlife Areas
(Forage Fish,
Salmonids,
Segment G provides for limited restoration/enhancement opportunities due to the existing
seawall extending along much of the segment’s length. However, opportunities do exist for
public education targeted at private landowners along Cold Creek. Cold Creek, north of
Redondo Beach Drive South (Figure 15 -Area G-1), travels through a residential area, has been
channelized, and contains no structure and little riparian cover. An opportunity exists to educate
landowners on the benefits to salmonids and other fish from adequate riparian habitats associated
with the streams where they live, and to try to implement a creek restoration project.
Landowners would be given the chance to improve habitat in an organized way and to have
salmon spawn in their backyards. Removal or pullback of riprap, riparian plantings, and
installation of large woody debris (LWD) would be the basis of a creek restoration project. The
existing box culvert at the mouth of the creek should be further investigated, but seems to allow
fish access from the beach under the road at high tide. The NOAA Community Based
Restoration Program would be an ideal fit for funding this type of project.
Public access is fairly good in this area with a walkway extending almost the entire length of the
seawall, however beach access appears to be nonexistent. Private beach access only appears to
be available at the south end.
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