ITEM TITLE:
#23-19 - Naming Rates & Fees for Use of Facilities in the Valdez Harbors and Repealing Resolution No. 21-53 Naming Such Rates & Fees
SUBMITTED BY: Sarah Von Bargen, Harbormaster
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve recommendation to City Council to name rates and fees for use of facilities in the Valdez Harbors and repeal Resolution No. 21-53 naming such rates and fees.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Ports & Harbor Commission has reviewed the attached resolution with proposed increases and changes to the Harbors’ rates. The Commission and staff are now submitting to City Council for approval their final recommendations for rate increases and changes for use of the facilities within the Valdez Harbors.
The new following recommended changes for approval are:
• Pro-rating annual moorage for new tenant holders who are assigned a slip at various times of the calendar year.
• Adjusting the itinerant passenger vessel fee from $1.00 to $2.00.
• Requiring a valid City of Valdez business registration/license for all commercial passenger, charter, etc. vessels while operating in the Valdez Harbors.
• Removal of monthly live-aboard fee.
• Adjusting the north basin upland summer storage fee from $6.25 to $6.50.
• Setting a monthly electrical rate for upland storage and maintenance/wash-down pads which matches the rate charged for in-water electric usage.
• Adjusting the minimum length of boats using the Travelift from 35’ to 30’.
• Addition of daily jack stand use fee of $25.00/day.
• Addition of fee for vessels requiring use of the Travelift that are uninsured.
• Adjusting the pump-out fees to be per pump instead of just a single flat fee.
• Addition of $60.00 flat fee if other harbor equipment is used for customer assistance.
• Increasing the collection fee from $100.00 to $500.00.
• Addition of seven new miscellaneous fees/fines:
o Defacing of Harbor property - $100.00
o Release of fireworks within Harbor property - $500.00
o Failure to return temporary card key - $50.00
o Unauthorized use of wheeled or motorized conveyances on docks and in water - $100.00
o Unauthorized attachment of cleats, bumpers, etc. on floats - $100.00
o Utilization of boat grid without authorization - $300.00