[Bboa-members] Re: WFC

[Tom & Lori Jeremiason]

I wanted to chime in on this...

As stated in past meetings the Safety Committe is a priority to the Berkeley
Boat Owners and we would like to know who the new Chair is...

I would also ask the Waterfront Commission considier addressing the
following issues:

   - *The recent shooting in H's Lordships parking lot on July 21st*
   - *The loss of the Berkeley Police Marina Officer position  *
   - *The emergency closure of the Marina entrance on Sunday as a result
   of the **overwhelming Kite Festival traffic.*
   - *Night Time Harbormaster position*

Some suggested proposals:

   - Is there a possibly of using the funds for the Police Officer to pay
   for private security?
      - Private security cost 1/3 of a Police Officer and would
      provide more coverage (Seven days a week). The Security Officer in turn
      could call police when necessary.
   - Is there a possibility of closing H's Lordships parking lot after
   the restaurant closes?
      - That area is very scary at night and there is no reason for
      people to be parking there after the restaurant closes and park curfew
      hours.
   - Is there a possibility of reinstating the night time attendant
   (Assistant Harbormaster) to patrol the parking lots and answer calls for
   service?
      - It appears we have the same amount of Assistant Harbor Masters
      working as we did when they had an night time Attendant working,
but all of
      them are working 8am to 5pm
      - This could potentially save money in the long run having them
      respond to water breaks or other problems instead of calling in
Public Works
      in the middle of the night and being charged overtime fees (ie:
broken pipe
      - turn of the main till morning and have parks crew repair pipe)
   -  The Kite Festival has now become a very large event rivaling the
   4th of July. The traffic was overwhelming and forced the police to close the
   west bound lanes of University for over 30 minutes on Sunday to allow the
   cars to leave safely. This trapped berthers, restaurants/hotel patrons and
   park users from entering the Marina for over 30 minutes.
      - Next year have a better traffic management plan in place.
      - Next year have more police officers for traffic management
      - Next year if you are going to allow the charities and the
      Hotel to charge for parking, work out a plan to keep the Kite Festival
      Patrons out of the remaining lots. It was obvious that the Kite
Patrons were
      using other parking lots throughout the marina to avoid paying
for parking.


Thanks,

Tom Jeremiason
O Dock Captain



On 8/1/06, Paul Kamen <pk at well.com> wrote:

>  Yes, let's keep the Safety and Security Committee active. This is one of
> the major concerns of marina berthers, and I think there will be interest in
> continuing the subcommittee's role.
>
> Meanwhile, three more agenda items for next week:
>
> 1) Action item: Berkeley Ferry terminal location and implementation
> timeline. I have materials for the packet that I can drop off this morning,
> and some wording for a possible recommendation to Council will follow. I'm
> imagining three parts to our recommendation:
>
> a) Recommend that the council express a preference for the DoubleTree
> hotel location for the Berkeley Ferry terminal to the Water Transit
> Authority.
>
> b) Recommend that Council request that the study now in progress by WTA
> should take into account the cost differential between building a new
> terminal at the other two candidate sites (Hs. Lordships and Fleming
> Point) v. using existing facilities at Doubletree.
>
> c) Recommend early start-up at DoubleTree, ahead of the 2010 WTA
> time-line. This is realistic because there will be no new breakwater or
> channel construction, no new environmental disturbance, and very minimal
> shoreside and float construction required to initiate the ferry service from
> the DoubleTree location.
>
> (Depending on how one interprets the enabling legislation for the
> Waterfront Commission, we may be in a position to communicate these
> preferences directly to WTA instead of or in addition to Council
> recommendations. Personally I think it's pretty clear that interactions with
> other waterfront-related planning authorities is part of our charge, but
> this seems to be a minority opinion...)
>
> 2) Discussion item: Policy on use of westbound U. Ave. for event
> exit. (There were quite a few complaints about Sunday afternoon - missed
> reservations, incorrect info from police, etc. etc.)
>
> 3) (maybe) Has there been any progress on the revised bids for the H- and
> I-Dock replacement? Unless there is some very good news, it might be time to
> start seriously considering a change in strategy for the dock replacement
> plan. As you know, I favor the scenario in which I-Dock becomes a dedicated
> fish boat dock, the houseboats move to the end of K-dock, and G- and J-Docks
> are extended into the space left by the old H- and I-Docks to provide at
> least the same number of new berths as the current proposal. (more berths,
> actually, and in a much more marketable size and location, and for what will
> probably be significantly less cost.)
>
>
> On 8/1/2006 at 10:34 AM Smith, Brad wrote:
>
> Let's leave it on, Barbara.  Linda and I are going to meet with some
> folks who live at the Marina today about security issues.  Something may
> come out of that meeting that's worth reporting on.
>
>   -- Brad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Perry, Barbara
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:08 AM
> *To:* Smith, Brad
> *Subject:* WFC
>
> Good morning Brad.  I have Paul's report, thank you.
>
> Since Anita has left, is the Security Committe dissolved or is someone
> going to report on that?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> *Barbara J. Perry*
> *City of Berkeley*
> *Marina
> 201 University Ave.*
> *Berkeley, CA  94710*
> *(510) 981-6738*
> *bperry at ci.berkeley.ca.us*
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> ---------
> Paul Kamen
> Chair, Berkeley Waterfront Commission
> 510-540-7968  510-219-8106 (cell)pk at well.com   www.BerkeleyWaterfront.org <http://www.berkeleywaterfront.org/>
>
>
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