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HomeMy WebLinkAbout15 - Harbor Commission's 2018 Objectives - PowerPointFebruary 13, 2018 Item No. 15 Harbor Commission Objectives Calendar Year 2018 (As Approved by the Harbor Commission in January 2018) City Council February 13, 2018 City of Newport Beach Harbor Commission Purpose & Charter Newport Harbor supports numerous recreational and commercial activities, waterfront residential communities and scenic and biological resources. The purpose of the Harbor Commission is to provide the City of Newport Beach with an advisory body representing these diverse uses of Newport Harbor and its waterfront. 1. Advise the City Council in all matters pertaining to the use, control, operation, promotion and regulation of all vessels and watercraft within Newport Harbor. 2. Approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove applications on all harbor permits where the City of Newport Beach Municipal Code assigns the authority for the decision to the Harbor Commission. 3. Serve as an appellate and reviewing body for decisions of the City Manager on harbor permits, leases, and other harbor -related administrative matters where the City of Newport Beach Municipal Code assigns such authority to the Harbor Commission. 4. Advise the City Council on proposed harbor -related improvements. 5. Advise the Planning Commission and City Council on land use and property development applications referred to the Harbor Commission bythe City Council, Planning Commission, or the City Manager. 6. Make recommendations to the City Council for the adoption of regulations and programs necessary for the ongoing implementation of the goals, objectives, policies of the Harbor and Bay Element of the General Plan, the Harbor Area Management Plan, and the Tidelands Capital Plan. 7. Advise the City Council on the implementation of assigned parts of the Tidelands Capital Plan such as: • Dredging priorities • In -bay beach sand replenishment priorities • Harbor amenities such as mooring support service areas and public docks Harbor Commission - 2018 Objectives The following objectives are intended to support the mission of the Harbor Area Management Plan and the two most essential responsibilities of the Harbor Commission: (1) Ensuring the long- term welfare of Newport Harbor for all residential, recreational, and commercial users; (2) Promoting Newport Harbor as a preferred and welcoming destination for visitors and residents alike. These calendar year 2018 Objectives are subject to the review and approval of the Commission, and final approval by the Newport Beach City Council. Harbor Commission ad hoc committees, as established by the Commission, bear principal responsibility for coordinating the Commission's efforts, along with staff support, in achieving these Objectives. City of Newport 2018 Objectives Beach - Harbor Commission 2018 Obiectives 1.1 Identify sustainable Iow-cost solutions to dredge #ire deep -grater channels throughout the harbor. 1.2 Ide ntify o ppo rtu n iti es to streann I in a th a RG P64 perm 1 t process. 1.3 Evaluate *ptl*ns for near shore dredging. Establish a sustainable program than con sis ntly nourishes harbor beaches on a yearly basis. Functional Area 1,0 Harbor Dredging (Cunlngharf1.j � ase the L.'fty Cs OL!�CrI O!}: -. Dredging r; , ethos !'CJies Elr'inQ 2.1 Evaluate current enforcement of applicable City codes th roug hoot the her ter. Report beck to Co rmmissl o n by July. Future Priorities A. Work wit h H arbo rm aste r: s off ice to eva lua to me o ri ng management and oversight. B. IclentKy a ncl ad d re ss derel i et vesse Is i n the ha rbo r. 2.0 Harbor Operations and Management (Dr -jyl,)ri) Matters per taininq to U, contrU. operation. ;= roniatror reoalatior; Cf aff vessels and rve -Le rcra. 1 Evad nate potential en h anceme nts: to a iter amen ities provided to mooring permittees, residents and visitors. 3.2 Establish policies for modifications to mooring size Future Priorities A. Complete evaluation for establishing day rnoorir i�t� off dig Corona beach. 13_ Evaluate options to consolidate and reduc;s the footprint of current moring fields. 3.0 Harbor Amen ities and Capita) Improvement& (Mooring Fields* Shore Facilities, Docks) (Bear) Advise t Citi Council on }nosed harbor -refaced rr nprorer nents. AdVise the City Councfl on t; arbor amenities such as rr,00fing support &arvice areas and pubirc desks. 4.1 Review and update City Municipal Codes, Title 17, Harbor Poll icier 1.5 and IVIla r i ne Aotiviti es Per rn its. 4.2 Sec u re Cal i fora is Departmen t of Rec reation app rov all fo r an amendment to the Harbor Code granting an exception to th e h a rbo r F. peed I ins it fo r sancti oned s a it ra-cing and h urian powered racing events. Wjth such autho ri zati o n, reco:mrne n d a Harbo r Cosi a amend wren t to the City Cou nci 1. 4,0 Harbor Policies, Codes, Regulations (Mcl rrtosh) Approve, r7djtjonally apprclve, Of disapWV0 applications on al) harbor mics. o See as an appeffate ancf r-eu'evLfrV fly for decrsiorrs on harbor perm ots, Ie 2ses. and other harbor-rafeted administrative matters. City of Newport 2018 Objectives Beach - Harbor Commission 2018 Objectives Functional Area 5.1 Establish a dialogue vdth representativas of the Harbor 5,0 Cornmercial, Recreational and Charter Fleet industry, other commercial vessel Educational Activities operators and rental concessionaires to promote test ( i rl i ng) pra ctices fo r cha rter an d corn mereial boat operations i n Newport Harbor with particular attention to vessel Matters padainPrg Cr specifications, noise ani pollution co ntro licomp I ianoe control, opera tiGn, pr r otior.. and long-range plans f*r berthing. regulation orals S. 2 Rev iew c u rrent rental concess i o n a i res fo r safety a nd regulatory compliance (e.g. unper mItted rental operations for SUP's). Serge as an appeVate and ragvia inq body for deuI'S?'0 S cf the city Managar on arbor permits. leas -es, offier harbor-.reiated aprminist abbe matters. 6.1 Draft a Harbor Plan that can be used independently or in co n j u ncti*n merit h a n u plate to th a Gen eral P Ian and/or Harbor Area Management Plan (HAMP). Specific attention should be paid to state requirements including conservation for harbors, MI- PAIM PAs and fisheries and work p rev iou s ly don a by the Ha rbor Corn miss ion related to preservation of mrine related activities and businesses in Newport Harbor and the Harbor Financial Mater Plan. Future Priorities A. Create a Vision Statement for the H a rbDr describing the pu rpc ses, uses and c haracte ri sti cs i n the yea r 205-0_ Reference h ow that Vision a I i g ns with t I cu rrent tv�eo most essenti a I re spans i hi lines of the Harbor Commission: (1) Ensuring the long -terra we Ifa re of New port Ha r ho r f r a I I re sideritia I, recreational, and commercial users, () Promoting N ewpo rt Harker as a preferred and welcoming desti nati o n f r vi situ rs an d residents a I i ke. 6.0 Long Term Vision for Harbor (Harbor Strategic PIan ningr (Blank) r Adtirdsethe City Councfd rj- the Cott' G Of2l Plan.