November 2008 Harbor Commission Meeting

Friday, November 14. 2008

We were presented with some of the documents the Harbor Business and Transit Department and Fire Chief prepared to apply for a grant from the Department of Boating and Waterways for transient moorings in the harbor. According to the chief, we can expect to hear something in about 6 months.

The commission was also presented with a summary of the City Council's September 10th Strategic Planning Workshop. The City Council has had these meetings on a 12 month cycle in the past. It appears they are shorting that cycle to 6 months.

It seems the meetings help those involved in the highest level of city government set some goals and deadlines for their achievement. Without the benefit of having performed a detailed analysys of past goals and their current status, it appears the city's overall record is satisfactory. You can see an outline of the objectives at http://www.redondo.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=17222.

Director Parker presented her report summarizing some of the recent activities in the harbor such as the Lobster Festival and the visit of the tall ships, Lynx and the Californian. She also summarized some of the upcoming events such as ribbon cutting for Seaside Ice, Santa's visit to the Pier and the boat parade.

The Harbor Commission saw the completed (at least for now) version of the web site that's intended to draw visitors to the Harbor/Pier area. There was another round of complaining about the name redondoharborresort.com. In case you missed it, some of us, me included, believe it's misleading to call the harbor Redondo Harbor or even Redondo Beach Harbor because it has a proper name, King Harbor. Overall, the site looks good and we have great hopes that it will stimulate activity.

The Mayor sent a letter to the commission, which we assumed would be sent to all commisions, regarding the City's Utility Users Tax. A committee made up of the Mayor, two City Council members and the City Treasurer will recommend to the City Council that it, "approve a modernization of the existing UUT tax with NO increase in the rate."

Budget and Finance Commissioner Gary Ohst suggested that, "Anything that hints of an Internet tax loophole will meet with opposition." We will certainly hear more about this when it becomes a ballot measure.

Posted by Harry Munns in Habor Commission at 21:20 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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There seems to be great interest in getting more people to come to King Harbor, and I really have enjoyed the Pier there [especially Naja's] the few times I've visited; but I've been searching around, and can find nothing pertaining to guest slips, transient moorings, or even anchorages. From what I can see on my [admittedly a little outdated] chart of that area, the nearest anchorage is outside the harbor, off a lee shore [usually].

Catalina and Dana Point make it easy to get info on these things, I bet it would help Redondo as well, at least a little! I hope it would anyway, I haven't been there in years and I miss it... but driving in LA traffic is not something I do for fun anymore.

#1 Louis on 2009-02-25 00:32 (Reply)

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