Richardson Bay liveaboards, heads up!

[Wrong]

Last chance to ward off a San Diego type experience in Richardson Bay fast approaches. For those of you unfamiliar with anchoring restrictions in San Diego, they are of the type that limit anchoring to a specific time period. Much different from what we've had in Richardson Bay that require a permit if you're anchoring more than 72 hours. These permits have no time limit. HOWEVER. There's a new ordinance:

Ordinance_91_1 Section 5(a)

"Any person may temporarily anchor a vessel for a period not more than 72 hours, in any 7 day period, in the designated anchorage areas without a permit."

See the change?

This ordinance will probably lie dormant until such time as the Richardson Bay Regional Agency constructs a "...mooring field without amenities". If it gets built that is. The Sausalito City Council balked at making their proportionate $ contribution to the mooring field while they measure public sentiment toward it. A public event is scheduled for November 12 at the Spinnaker Restaurant where Ben Berto, Clerk to the RBRA will be making his "plug" for the mooring field. How they'll measure "public sentiment" afterward will probably be a questionaire.

Note that the "mooring field without amenities" does not, as of today, include an anchorage of any kind. I'm working to get that changed.

The point is, that as soon as the moorings are in, some as of yet missing ordinances will probaby be adopted by the RBRA giving us a San Diego type experience, making living aboard at anchor in Richardson Bay nigh impossible.

I supported moorings provided there is an anchorage too. But now, I'm beginning to believe the cure to the Richardson Bay chaos may be worse than the disease; and launching a public effort to influence public opinion against the moorings may be our best chance of heading off a San Diego type experience here.

There'll be one more RBRA meeting before the Spinnaker event. I've requested two items be added to the meeting agenda. Change the name of the Plan from "a mooring field without amenities" to "a mooring field without amenities, plus an anchorage". If they refuse, what lies ahead is pretty clear. The second item is to discuss the motivation and purpose of the aforementioned ordinance. Demand a recission.

For other reasons, the meeting should be something you'll not want to miss. Make yourself heard there and at the Spinnaker event!

emails to RBRA Board members, Staff & City Manager:

To:
"LeslieAlden" <LAlden@marincounty.org>
Cc:
"KathrinSears" <KSears@marincounty.org> "mwinter@cityofbelvedere.org" <mwinter@cityofbelvedere.org> "erin2000@hotmail.com" <erin2000@hotmail.com> "herbweiner@ci.sausalito.ca.us" <herbweiner@ci.sausalito.ca.us> "kwachtel@krwlaw.net" <kwachtel@krwlaw.net> "Jill Hoffman (jhoffman@ci.sausalito.ca.us)" <jhoffman@ci.sausalito.ca.us> "BillPrice" <BPrice@marincounty.org> "BenjaminBerto" <BBerto@marincounty.org> "Adam Politzer (apolitzer@ci.sausalito.ca.us)" <apolitzer@ci.sausalito.ca.us>