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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSS3 - Public Piers - Staff PowerPointJ Agenda Item No. SS3 February 25, 2014 City of Newport Beach Harbor Commission report to City Council Recommendations on City Owned Public Piers February 25, 2014 Harbor Commission Objective: Continue to evaluate the placement of existing public piers that facilitate visitor access to harbor area businesses and amenities. Develop recommendations for the repositioning or development of additional priers to improve visitor access Approach: • Review existing piers • Review prior efforts /progress in support of the objective • Identify what businesses and amenities boaters desire to visit • Identify where public piers (or the absence thereof) limit boater access to the desired businesses or amenities • Recommend where the City is likely to achieve the highest returns on investments in Public Piers • Relate recommendations to Harbor and Bay Element section of the General Plan, the Harbor Area Management Plan (HAMP) and the Tidelands Capital Infrastructure Plan Steps taken: • Collected information on prior efforts supporting this objective • Conducted multiple reviews of existing public piers and patterns of use • Reviewed shore side businesses, services and amenities boaters wish to visit using peer harbor and boating community member sources • Refined objective: 1. Improve use of existing piers to facilitate visitor access to harbor area businesses and amenities 2. Identify opportunities for additional piers to facilitate visitor P-DOM M • Developed recommendations in support of the objective • Reviewed, referenced and ensured concurrence between recommendations and relevant sections of guiding documents: • Tidelands Capital Infrastructure Plan (Small Cap Projects and Maintenance Projects) • Harbor and Bay Element of General Plan (Public Access, Goal HB 6) • Banked suggestions /recommendations for improvements to Public Piers that were not in direct support of this objective • Presented recommendations to Tidelands Management Committee and incorporated feedback Observations - the strengths configuration, accessibility, maintenance /attractiveness, location Observations - the challenges maintenance, cleanliness, signage, boater usability IM Observations - the businesses and amenities boaters most desire to visit when they come ashore: 1. Restaurants, bars and entertainment including theatres 2. Provisions and supplies including water, groceries and marine hardware 3. Shore side services including power, laundry /dry cleaning and aesthetics (gym, spa, massage, hair & nails) 4. Access to alternative recreation (hiking, biking, kayaking, SUP, etc...) 5. Access to public restrooms /other public facilities including libraries, police stations, fire stations Observations — concentrations of the businesses and amenities boaters most desire to visit when they come ashore: LEGEND I - Existing City Owned Public Piers - Restaurants, Bars and Entertainment - Provisions and Supplies - Shore Side Services - Alternative Recreation - Other Public Facilities Conclusions: • There are opportunities to improve use of existing city owned public piers through additional maintenance, improvement and attention • There are opportunities to place additional piers near businesses and amenities boaters desire to visit Proposed Recommendations related to Improving Use of Existing City Owned Piers: 1. Perform more frequent and extensive cleaning, maintenance and dredging under and adjacent to all existing public piers and floats. 2. Reconfigure or reconstruct docks to optimize available space and better insulate piles /pilings from boats that want to make use of floats 3. Institute a "sponsorship" or "Adopt -a- dock" program approaching businesses, community organizations and /or individuals to partner with the City to ensure the various public docks are well maintained, safe, clean and signage is intact, complete and accurate 4. Improve existing and add amenities on the public piers that boaters use including public restrooms, fresh water, 30A electricity, upland loading zones, bike racks and marine recycling facilities 5. Add a dedicated function similar to the City Park Ranger or Police /Sheriff's Explorer to enforce rules, identify areas /amenities requiring more attention, raise awareness and improve appeal of the facilities and emphasize the presence of this function during busy days and times of harbor use Proposed Recommendations related to Opportunities for Additional Piers: 1. Develop new public pier at Lido Marina Village 2. Develop new public pier at Balboa Marina (Cal Rec) 3. Develop new public pier at Lower Castaways 4. Develop new public pier at the northwest base of the Lido Isle Bridge 5. Develop new public pier with access to West Pacific Coast Highway such as the east end of the Balboa Bay Resort property or equivalent t Proposed Recommendations related to Opportunities for Additional Piers: LEGEND I - Existing City Owned Public Piers - Restaurants, Bars and Entertainment - Provisions and Supplies - Shore Side Services - Alternative Recreation - Other Public Facilities - Recommended New Pier Locations Promising Postscript Observation: �a Follow up /Follow on: Questions? Further areas of review /exploration?