[Bboa-members] berth vacancies and liveaboards..Marina Fund losing $$$

[Helen Christensen]

here is what seems to be happening..
1)Paul, the commissioner, keeps saying that large berths are not popular, but the wait lists for berths indicates that there are large boats on the waiting list with no preference for upwind,downwind or away fromn houseboats.
TOTALS;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;...46 REQUESTS !!!!!
  7 requests for 60' 
  3 requests for 52'
 10 requests for 50'
  2 requests for 48'
 24 requests for 45'
 ..
2) We are losing as much as $40,000 a year in by not identifying and requiring liveaboards to pay.
The electronic gate system was installed at some expenses to provide this information but it is not being monitored or enforced.
Liveaboards records are not consistent with the billing 
i.e. Robert Panther  H 14 -was listed as a liveaboard on the computer screen last week but he took his name off and stopped paying about two years ago.
3) Brian Leary, commissioner is looking at these figures on vacancies, berthing requests, and liveaboards.
...
WE NEED TO HAVE ACCURATE RECORDS IN THE OFFICE.
WE NEED TO HAVE LIVEABOARDS IDENTIFIED AND MADE TO PAY.
WE NEED TO HAVE reports made to the Waterfront Commission about vacancies, liveaboards and numbers on wait lists   
  ..EACH  month.
As Larry and George and others say, 
let's run this like a business.







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