Dana Point Boaters Association’s Boaters Prescription for Dana Point Harbor:
Since its founding, the Dana Point Boaters Association has endeavored to help the Dana Point Harbor Department and associated organizations move Dana Point Harbor forward. While we continue to have serious issues with some elements of the proposal and some elements of how the Harbor is managed, we are continuing to work to obtain the required support that the Harbor Department needs to move us all forward.
To aid this process we published an exhaustive document called the A Boaters Prescription For Dana Point Harbor.
This working paper discusses and recommends solutions for the issues seen by the recreational boaters and others who are active users of Dana Point Harbor. This document is a draft which is now entering a public comment period that will culminate in the official publication of the final document on June 19, 2008 . The public is invited and encouraged to review the document and to provide comments via the Feedback Tool which is now on line. You can access the feedback tool by clicking here:
Please note that the feedback tool is version dependent. If you are reviewing version 1.2 or 1.2.1 of the Prescription please use feedback tool Version 1.2. Starting with Prescription version 1.2.1 the feedback tool is also accessible from the document itself.
Thanks for all the feedback on the document. At this time we are aware of two errors. The first was previously communicated that the proposed reductions of small slips were inadvertently reversed. The second is that there is some discrepancy on the interpretation of the Boat Slip License Agreement and how long we are allowed to use our boats before you are considered a live aboard. We are working with the Marina Company to correct and will update in a future release of the document. As always you can continue to send messages to Prescription@DPBA.Org.
This, the first draft of the Prescription is the result of thousands of hours and over a year which was spent attending meetings, studying documents and reviewing issues with State, County and City officials.
The Association wants to reiterate its founding principles; that our harbor is a recreation jewel that is multi-faceted and complex. We must all work together to successfully deal with the sometimes very difficult trade offs that must be faced as we plan for the upcoming renovation.
Dana Point Harbor Traffic Study #1:
This study counted vessels in motion throughout Dana Point Harbor’s inner channels.
The goal was to document the types and numbers of watercraft currently using Dana
Point Harbor.
Dana Point Harbor Traffic Study #1
Ever wonder where we are in the process? The diagram below is a bird's eye view, representing our understanding of the major planning and approval processes required by both the waterside and landside harbor redevelopment efforts. Please check back frequently as the public documents that are relevant to each of these efforts will be added to this site as they become available. Note that this diagram is not intended to be a ground level view, as there are many additional government agencies involved and many more details too numerous to show.
Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (Waterside):
Notice of Preparation: This document describes the need for a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report. It also specified how to participate in the public input process.
Initial Study: This document, required by the California Environmental Quality Act lays out the Dana Point Harbor Departments view on the possible environmental impacts of these projects along with possible mitigations. This initial study, combined with comments from the public and additional study will result in the Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report. Once the later is approved it will become the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report and will be used for the application to the California Coastal Commission for a Coastal Permit.
Dana Point Harbor Boat Traffic Study (AKA Channel Narrowing Study): This document was prepared by Moffatt & Nichol who is under contract to Project Dimensions Inc who are under contract to the Dana Point Harbor Department. The document studies the possible positive and negative impacts of narrowing the main channel on the inner harbor (the two marina’s).
Dana Point Harbor Department Presentation 3.12.08. During this meeting the Harbor Department presented a total of 5 alternatives for possible waterside layouts. The Harbor department also launched a process where boaters can vote on the desired solution. At there best, the alternatives offer a solution that would allow for an increase of 30 slips, at there worst we would lose 477 slips. Members of the community have until 3.31.08 to register their vote of the preferred solution.
Final Envrionmental Impact Report (Covers all phases of Revitalizaiton) FEIR:
The following documents were approved by the Orange County Board of Supervisors on January 31, 2006. The document is called “Project” for planning areas one and two (the Commercial Core) and “Programmatic” for all other areas in the harbor. When a area is determined to be “Project” it means that once the California Coastal Commission has certified the Local Coastal Program Amendment the local municipality (City of Dana Point) will be free to issue building permits. When the area is “Programmatic” additional environmental work must be done. That is why we are now working with the County on a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (documents can be found above).
This document is not totally user friendly on line due to the large file sizes and many files. Many of us have printed out the whole document and bound it in a three ring binder. Many of the sections are very interesting reading and should be done before the SEIR for the water side is issued in draft form as that document will build on this one.
Section I: Notice of Preparation
Section II: Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
Section III: Findings
Section IV: Planning Commission Report
Section V: Planning Commission Resolution
Section VI: Board of Supervisors Report
Section VII: Board of Supervisors Resolution
Section VIII: Notices
Section IX: Distribution Lists
Section X: Responses Comments
Section XI: Environmental Impact ReportTable of Contents
Section 1.0 – Executive Summary
Section 2.0 – Introduction
Section 3.0 – Project Description
Section 4.0 – Overview
Section 4.1 – Land Use
Section 4.02 – Aesthetics
Section 4.03 – Geology Soils
Section 4.04 – Hydrology
Section 4.05 – Traffic
Section 4.06 – Air Quality
Section 4.07 – Biological Resources
Section 4.08 – Public Health
Section 4.09 – Noise
Section 4.10 – Public Services and Utilities
Section 4.11 – Cultural Resources
Section 4.12 – Recreation
Section 5.0 – Long Term Implication
Section 6.0 – Alternatives
Section 7.0 – Effects Found Not Significant
Section 8.0 – Organizations
Section 9.0 – BibliographyAppendix. Table of Contents
Appendix A. Notice of Preparation and NOP Comments
Appendix B. Terrestrial Biological Resources
Appendix C. Marine Biological Resources
Appendix D. Air Quality Data
Appendix E. Noise Data
Appendix F. Water Quality Management
Appendix G. Geotechnical Study
Appendix H. Utility Service Correspondence
Appendix I. Preliminary Hazardous Material Assessment
Appendix J. Traffic Parking Study
Appendix K. Cultural Resources Report
Appendix L. Relevant Planning Consistency
Local Coastal Programs and Local Coastal Program Amendments
Definition:
The below document is the current Local Coastal Program, LCP, for Dana Point Harbor. LCP’s only have jurisdiction on land and enable the holder or owner of the LCP to issue Coastal Development Permits, CDP’s.
History:
In 1986 the County of Orange obtained a LCP for areas along the California coast including the area now known as Dana Point. Subsequent to the City of Dana Point being incorporated in 1989 the LCP was recast to align with the boundary’s of the new City and Certified by the Coastal Commission in 1991. Since that time the City of Dana Point is the legal Coastal Development Permitting body.
This also means that should someone want to develop anything that exceeds the parameters of the 1986 LCP they must ask the City of Dana Point to make an application to the California Coastal Commission for an amendment to their LCP. This document is called a Local Coastal Program Amendment or LCPA. In 2001 the City made such a request to the Coastal Commission who upon studying the City’s plan raised water quality issues. In 2002 the City formally withdrew the LCPA.
In November of 2006 the County of Orange prepared an LCPA focused on the proposed commercial expansion known as the Dana Point Harbor Commercial Core. Due to the way the County and their consultants submitted the LCPA the document was ruled incomplete. An additional five chapters were prepared and submitted to the Coastal Commission who then declared the document completed. During a Coastal Commission Hearing on January 10, 2008 a 1 year delay was granted the Coastal Commission Staff to allow them adequate time to study the LCPA. At this time it is anticipated that hearings on the proposed LCPA will occur in the late fall or winter of 2008.
In the mean time the following document must be enforced: