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apartment, saying the lack of ameni- ties offered to moored boats does not justify charging anything more than $35 or $17.50 per linear foot. He said moored boats do not have convenient access to parking, restrooms or dinghy boats. “Until we make it a nice product
like the Newport Harbor Yacht Club mooring field, that has a shore boat, that has a work dock, that has a rest- room, that has parking, then and only then can you justify raising the fee,” Duffield said. “Obviously we can’t pro- vide that for lion share of the mooring that are out there, so there will contin- ually be a poor product. At this point we’re lucky to get $35 a foot.” An Orange County Grand Jury
report published in 2007 stated moor- ing fees should be assessed at fair mar- ket value and collected revenues should be spent on the tidelands. “In the case of mooring permit fees and their transfers, the money collect- ed from the tidelands can only spent on the tidelands,” the Grand Jury report stated. “The money collected belongs to the public to make the qual- ity of life better and more effective.” The Grand Jury stated money col-
lected from mooring permit fees could be used on dredging, equitable access to the waiting list or water clean up. Grand jurors also found, among
several issues, private parties were profiting from the transfer of mooring permits located on public tidelands and the city had not initiated a fair market value of permit fees between 1996 and the jury report publication in 2007. The city voted in November 2010 to increase mooring prices by nearly triple. James Netzer, a professional real estate appraiser based in Costa Mesa, submitted an appraisal report to city staff on Jan. 6 and stated the annual fair market value for offshore mooring rates was $32 to $38 per linear foot. He added the annual fair market value for onshore mooring rates was $16 to $19 per linear foot. Netzer added San Diego Bay is simi-
lar to Newport Harbor in offering moorings for pleasure craft. Many other marinas up and down the California coast generally offer moor- ings for commercial vessels. The council considered two alterna- tive motions before ultimately approv- ing the offshore and onshore mooring rates. Council member Ed Selich request- ed his colleagues delay voting on the proposed fees until the State Lands Commission had the opportunity to review Netzer’s appraisal report; the proposal failed to gain enough support on the dais. Also defeated was Council member
Scott Peotter’s request to approve the proposed offshore and onshore fees but have the council annually review and authorize cost of living increases. Selich was the other council mem- ber who voted against the fee reduc- tion. Newport Beach issues about 1,200
permits annually for offshore and onshore moorings, according to city
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staff. “Onshore moorings allow persons
to story smaller vessels off of harbor beaches, while offshore moorings allow for the storage of larger vessels in the center of the harbor,” a city staff report explained. “The city’s General Plan speaks to a broad goal that onshore and offshore moorings should remain an affordable method of bring- ing boating to the general public com- pared to berthing in the traditional marina environment.” Onshore moorings are 50 percent cheaper than their offshore counter- parts, according to city staff, because “onshore moorings are intended for smaller vessels with an 18-foot maxi- mum length.”
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Fees for moorings have been a hot topic in Newport Beach ever since an Orange County Grand Jury report in 2007 stated the city should asses mooring fees at fair market value and distribute collected funds exclusively to tidelands projects.
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