Save Alameda's Working Waterfront - SAWW

Save Alameda's Working Waterfront - SAWW SAWW is a volunteer group of Alameda residents interested in preserving as much maritime and water access as possible and the associated skilled jobs.

Dry sailing is an ecologically friendly and affordable means for many to enjoy boating. The plan needs to have the capac...
07/06/2018

Dry sailing is an ecologically friendly and affordable means for many to enjoy boating. The plan needs to have the capacity ( space size and quantity), cost, land/sea logistics, and redundancy of Mid 2015. The mid 2015 capability had 2 hoists and excellent land/sea queuing logistics supporting boats nearly 40 ft in length (with trailer) on double axle trailers. When the 2 ton hoist was decommissioned only the 3 ton hoist remained. When the 3 ton hoist failed, it prevented tenants from using their boats- at a popular and critical time. The proposed plan removes individual tow vehicles for each trailer greatly complicating logistics and increasing vulnerability of tenants from water access. The "mule" approach needs to support and be tested for the largest boat/trailer in use such as a Hobie 33. Contingency plans for such events need to be included such as no fee use of boatyard travel lift and/or mobile crane rental as was done in the past. Functional equivalent solutions (such as Versa-dock) might be permissible if offered at the same price as dry sailed fee for any dry sailed (or power) boat active since mid 2015 including those that left since that time. Any returning tenant would need to adhere to guidelines. See Master plan https://alameda.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=6338225&GUID=FD7713E9-F800-4FC6-896E-EA21F6EBF474

07/06/2018

Alameda and the region can not afford the loss of another Boatyard. The plan needs to include a full service boatyard including the elevator for boats to large for the travel lift and local floating homes. Planning board member says it in the correspondence
"June 12, 2018
Dear Mayor Spencer, Vice Mayor Vella, Councilmembers Ashcroft, Mattarese, Oddie
RE: Alameda Marina Development
About 3,000 sail and power boats call Alameda home. Boaters come as far away as Fresno and Nevada. These boaters bring economic benefits. Rental slips pay a monthly fee to the City. Owners spend the weekend, eat in our restaurants, shop our hardware and West Marine stores. Sailing classes for kids and adults are full with wait lists for the summer. Do we really want to give that all up?
If a developer gets its way much of this may be lost. To maintain a flourishing boating economy, there must a full-service boat yard. It must be able to sand and paint boat bottoms, sand and refurbish varnish, as well as provide repairs And it must be able to work on enough boats at the same time to be profitable. That’s not what’s being proposed.
The special elevator that brings the larger boats and house boats out of the water is also missing in the new plan. Bay West says it can take these boats out and repair them. Only problem with that is three houseboats have to come out at the same time. What is the likelihood three of the 40 houseboats need repair simultaneously? Houseboats are too delicate to travel across the bay for service,
Why not just use Grand Marina (the only Alameda marina left) for service? It’s too small. Currently, there is a 5-week wait for service there and the yard across the Estuary—that’s half the sailing season! It used to be only 2 weeks. To tow a boat across the bay for repair is cost prohibitive.
The strategic business plan for the City calls for marine and blue tech industries as part of its growth plan. Support that goal and help a full marina flourish.
Please vote for the following:
1. Require sufficient space for a full-service boat yard that includes sanding and painting at Alameda Marina
2. Put the City of Alameda in charge of the RFP process for a national search for a boat yard operator. Sufficient time must be allocated. due in part to the high cost of Bay Area living
3. Yard size and infrastructure for a profitable marina is to be determined by the new operator.
Cordially,
Sandy Sullivan, planning board member"

Alameda Marina is being transformed into a high density neighborhood with limited parking. There needs to be a parking m...
07/06/2018

Alameda Marina is being transformed into a high density neighborhood with limited parking. There needs to be a parking management plan that dedicates parking for marina tenants (dry sailed and slips) inclose proximity to their boats and in quantities sufficient for peak use times of holidays, weekends and Wed, Friday nights. SF City Marina has a solution to this problem. Alameda Marina should do the same or have a functional equivalent

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