Title
Harbormaster Update - November and December 2024 and January 2025 Activities
Recommendation
The Harbormaster oversees the City Harbor Department and is responsible for the management of the City’s mooring fields and Balboa Yacht Basin marina, support for the Harbor Commission, municipal code enforcement on the harbor, events and marine activities permitting, safety and rescue operations, management of the Marina Park visitor serving marina, marine sanitation pump out equipment and public pier maintenance, water quality monitoring and maintenance, impound and disposition of abandoned and unclaimed vessels and public relations and information dissemination on and about Newport Harbor as well as several special projects.
This report will update the Harbor Commission on the Harbor Department’s recent activities.
RECOMMENDATION:
1) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and
2) Receive and file.