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(East Basin) operating agreement in February 2021, a cost analysis will be conducted for both east and west basins as well as looking at continued feasibility and appropriateness of using operating agreements [versus] leases,” Giancola stated. Grand jurors finally suggested a financial audit of Dana Point Harbor be performed, a task Giancola responded his office is already con- ducting.


Owned by Orange County, Dana


Point Harbor was completed by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1960s. The first boats came into the harbor in 1971. According to the Grand Jury, Dana


Point Harbor “was built as a small boat harbor and has kept its small-town charm.” In 1997, the Board of Supervisors appointed 23 members to the Dana Point Harbor Revitalization Plan Task Force. “The Task Force stressed a strong desire to retain Dana Point Harbor’s unique character and ambiance, but recognized the need to repair or replace ageing structures, update design standards and address critical parking and traffic circulation problems,” according to the Grand Jury. Six years later, the county approved


an agreement to revitalize the harbor. By 2005, supervisors approved a standalone O.C. Dana Point Harbor Department to oversee the water- front’s operations. The Dana Point Planning


Commission approved the Revitalization Plan in May, with the harbor’s Coastal Development Permit. An entire copy of the permit applica- tion can be viewed online at ocdph.com/revitalization/landside/cd. Estimated to cost about $150 mil-


lion, work on the revitalization project is expected to begin before April 2015. According to county officials, the


approved Coastal Development Permit would allow 13 of the harbor’s com- mercial and boater-support buildings to be replaced with seven new – and larger – edifices housing about 30,000 square feet of commercial, office,


restaurant and retail space. Plans also call for a two-level park-


ing structure with 545 spaces. The Coastal Commission-approved


Dana Point Revitalization Plan and District Regulations stated “improve- ments are planned to occur in phases over approximately five to 20 years.” Phase One, according to the


Revitalization Plan, would be in the commercial core area and take between two to five years to complete. The second phase is for long-term improvements and would revitalize the marinas, renovate existing struc- tures, upgrade streets and infrastruc- ture and reconfigure an area currently used for non-shipyard activities into a space for boat storage. Other improvements could be in


store beyond the commercial core area, according to the Revitalization Plan, including possible upgrades to existing harbor facilities and shipyard, replacing “the outdated Marina Inn complex with an upgraded hotel and expanding local yacht clubs.” According to a statement released


by county officials in May, financing and cost estimates still needed to be finalized. The county also hoped to begin the processes for bid requests for construction contracts. County officials reported more than 100 meetings and open houses with stakeholders were held throughout the planning process. Adding to the list of meetings was


an Oct. 7 public hearing at the Dana Point Community Center. The hearing was held in response to appeals filed with the California Coastal Commission. Those appeals reported- ly claimed the city of Dana Point’s approval of the Revitalization Plan’s commercial core project did not “ade- quately address several policies of the Dana Point Harbor Revitalization Plan and District Regulations.” Details from the public hearing, including perspectives from other individuals and parties impacted by the Revitalization Plan, will be pub- lished in the Oct. 24 issue of The Log. Calls and emails to advocacy


groups such as Boaters for Dana Point Harbor, Dana Point Boaters Association and Dana Point Harbor Now were not returned at press time.


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