[Bboa-members] RE: Marina Security Meeting

[Paul Kamen]

On 8/13/2006 at 6:53 PM Tom & Lori Jeremiason wrote:
Amortization:
Capital Improvement cost amortized over time is a wonderful way to go… If the Marina can figure out how to do that and repair the docks, then we could use that model to build the guard shack.
 
The marina has figured that out - it's the Cal Boating loan. We are about to spend close to $10 million on dock replacement projects. The guard shack and necessary gates, if your $75K estimate is correct, is less than one percent of that expense. 

Diverters/Gates/Lighting:
The roadway would have to be choked to two lanes in and out to be effective. The traffic Island is too wide to place the Guard Shack in the middle of University Avenue. Most likely you would have to divert all traffic to the west or east bound lanes to reduce it to one east and one west bound lane with the Guard Shack in the middle. Because of the traffic changes you would have to install additional signage and lights to warn drivers (Liability).
 
I don't follow the logic here. The existing turn-around cuts in the center divider are fairly wide, and I don't see a problem putting the guard shack near the middle of the road with gates that restrict traffic to one lane each way only after hours when the guard shack is in use. In any case this level of detail is best left to the landscape architects and traffic engineers. 
Employee Working Conditions:
Since there is no bathroom in the area… how would you expect the employee (Probably union) to be able to take bathroom breaks? The contract could be written that the Security Company relieves their own employees, but you will add about 15% to the overall cost, which over a year would pay for a bathroom. Heating the guard shack is another issue. It gets to be in the low 50’s here…. Are you seriously suggesting that the building not have heating? 
 
The volume of a guard shack is very small, and a simple electric space heater should handle 50 degree weather just fine. 

>From the preceding dialogue I think we both agree that the security person should have a vehicle, and should be able to close down the guard shack temporarily to patrol around the marina as necessary. So a bathroom break is no problem. Presumably the security person will carry the key to marina bathrooms.


Tom  Jeremiason
 
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Paul Kamen
Chair, Berkeley Waterfront Commission
510-540-7968  510-219-8106 (cell)
pk at well.com   www.BerkeleyWaterfront.org

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