Agency Experience. In prior years, the City of Stockton has participated in the AWAF program. During that time, more than 30 vessels have been removed. The removal of these vessels have removed boating hazards, reduced injury and property damage. These funds brought positive attention and community support for all revitalizing actives to strengthen community ties to the waterways by enhancing access to the recreational, cultural, historical, natural and scenic resources. The City of Stockton is eager to obtain this funding to make recreational boating safer and more enjoyable experience for residents, visitors, and families. There are more than 2500 berths available in the various waterways of San Xxxxxxx County. As berths of these marinas lose their ability to pay for their berthing they tend to sell their vessels, very cheap or often give them away to get relief from this burden. Those persons accepting these vessels soon learn that they too cannot afford the berthing and take to the open waterway. These persons soon learn that they cannot live aboard a vessel that is not berthed in a marina, as this is prohibited by county ordinance. These people often abandon the vessel as they cannot afford to do anything else. Uninsured vessels involved in boating accidents are often left at the scene as the cost for recovery exceeds the value of the vessel. Additionally, the City of Stockton has 3 unmonitored launching facilities and our downtown marina has slips and docks for over 100 vesseles.
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Agency Experience. The District has been participating in the Abandoned Watercraft Abatement Fund Program since 2011. Since that time, the District has disposed of 28 vessels and has assisted other agencies in disposing of 4 vessels. The District has identified and addressed three of the major issues that were reported to be contributing to the cause of abandoned vessels. The first being the inability for the vessels owners to haul out their boat to bottom clean, conduct preventative maintenance and perform emergency repairs. The open ocean nature of the harbor is the second major issue. This affects the ability for vessels over 35’ to haul out. The current haul out facility is significantly impacted by shoaling. From September to March, vessels have to be hauled out and put back in on the higher tides. This poses a problem to many of the deeper draft vessel owners that need to make emergency repairs. If their vessel has sustained damage and can’t safely operate, the nearest haul out facility is over 50 miles away. This is a significant cost to the vessel owner if the vessel has to be towed to another boatyard facility. The third major issue is the inablity for vessel owners to pay for costs associated with regular maintenance of their vessel and mooring equipment.
Agency Experience. 8.2.1 Provide a detailed description of your agency’s experience that demonstrates it meets the Minimum Requirements in Section 5.0.
Agency Experience. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has been dealing with abandoned and derelict vessels for many years. In 2010 and 2011 the Sheriff's Office partnered with US EPA, CalRecylce, California Fish and Wildlife, Sonoma County Parks, and Petaluma Police Department to remove abandoned vessels. Approximately $150,000 worth of clean up was conducted in Bodega Bay, followed by approximately $1,200,000 of clean up in the Petaluma River System. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office ajudicated numerous abandoned vessels for this project by following the procedures set forth in Harbors and Navigation Code 522 and 523. Currently Sonoma County is starting to see a rise again in abandoned and derelict vessels. Sonoma County does not have an anchor out ordinance which is common place in many counties. Because of this we quite often deal with derelict "anchor out" communites. Currently in Bodega Bay there are 4 "anchor out" vessels. Two of these vessels are registered and two are not. Spud Point Marina as well as the Petaluma Marina commonly have lien sale vessels. Some of these vessels are stored by the marinas until a buyer comes along or funding for abatement comes available as it did in 2010 and 2011.
