Resolution 14-115 Amending the Port of Homer Terminal Tariff No. 600

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

City Clerk

RESOLUTION 14-115

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING THE PORT OF HOMER TERMINAL TARIFF NO. 600 MOORAGE RATES.      

               WHEREAS, Fees are reviewed annually during the budget cycle; and

               WHEREAS, The Port and Harbor Advisory Commission discussed and recommended that the harbor moorage rates should be increased to the Port of Homer Terminal Tariff No. 600, consistent with the Consumer Price Index.

               NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby amends the Port of Homer Terminal Tariff No. 600 as follows:

RULE: 34.18 - HARBOR MOORAGE RATES (A)

EFF: 01JAN2013

SUBSECTION 200

(a) CALCULATION OF MOORAGE RATES:

Mooring charges shall commence when a vessel is made fast to a wharf, pier, harbor float or other facility, or when a vessel is moored to another vessel so berthed (rafting). Charges shall continue until such vessel is completely free from and has vacated the port and harbor facilities.

A vessel moored at any time between 12:01 A.M. and 10:00 A.M. shall be charged a full day’s moorage. The Harbormaster may, in his discretion and with proper and appropriate advance notice, waive a daily rate for a vessel that will occupy mooring space for a minimum time and, provided that the Harbormaster determines the use of the public facilities by others will not be congested or adversely affected.

Mooring charges shall be calculated on the length of the vessel, or in the case of a reserved stall, the length of the float stall assigned, whichever is greater.

Length shall be construed to mean the distance expressed in feet from the most forward point at the stem to the aftermost part of the stern of the vessel, measured parallel to the base line of the vessel. The length shall include all hull attachments such as bowsprits, dinghies, davits, etc.

PORT AND HARBOR OF HOMER

4350 HOMER SPIT ROAD

HOMER, ALASKA 99603

PHONE: 907.235.3160

TERMINAL TARIFF NO. 600

FMC NO.

600

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35

REVISED PAGE NO.

15th

RULE: 34.18 - HARBOR MOORAGE RATES

(continued)

For billing purposes, when the actual length of the vessel is not immediately available, length of the vessel as published in “Lloyd’s Register of Shipping” may be used. The City of Homer reserves the right to: (1) obtained the length from the vessel’s register, or (2) measure the vessel.

All vessels in the harbor are subject to these rates, except properly registered seine skiffs or work skiffs attached to the mother vessel. Work skiff is defined as a boat that is usually carried on the deck or super structure of the mother vessel and is regularly used in the commercial enterprise of the mother vessel.

(b) ANNUAL MOORAGE FEE:

The annual moorage fee for reserved moorage and transient moorage privileges shall be forty dollars and fifty cents forty-one dollars and seventy cents ($40.50 $41.70) per lineal foot based on the overall length of the vessel (including all hull attachments such as bowsprits, davits, dinghies, swimsteps etc.) plus a fifty dollar ($50.00) administration charge; or for a reserved stall, the length of the finger float stall assigned, or the overall length of the vessel, whichever is greater plus a fifty dollar ($50.00) administration charge. 

Any reproduction in the moorage fee due to a substituted or amended moorage agreement is not applied retroactively and the owner or operator is not entitled to a refund or a pro-rata adjustment of the moorage fees already due or paid. Any moorage agreement that expires will, after five days, automatically be charged a monthly rate retroactive to the expiration date. Unregistered vessels will also, after 5 days, automatically be charged a monthly rate retroactively to the date the vessel entered the harbor.

(1)          All reserved stall assignments are on an annual basis beginning October 1 and ending September 30 of the following year. Prepayment of a full year’s moorage is due on or before October 1 of each year. Payment for reserved moorage will only be accepted from the individual assigned the reserved stall. The reserved stall payment shall be paid in full at the time the reserved stall/moorage agreement is executed to the satisfaction of the Harbormaster. Any other arrangements are at the discretion of the Harbormaster and must be made in advance.

PORT AND HARBOR OF HOMER

4350 HOMER SPIT ROAD

HOMER, ALASKA 99603

PHONE: 907.235.3160

TERMINAL TARIFF NO. 600

FMC NO.

600

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36

REVISED PAGE NO.

7th

RULE: 34.18 - HARBOR MOORAGE RATES

(continued)

(2)          A reserved stall assignment granted after October 1 will be charged a fee based on the number of months (including the month which it is granted regardless of the day of the month) left in the fiscal year ending September 30.

(c)          A semiannual transient rate is available on a prepaid basis only for transient vessels mooring in the Small Boat Harbor for a period of six consecutive months. The transient semiannual rate is 67% of the annual rate. Vessels that to not renew will automatically be charged the monthly rate.

(d)         The monthly transient rate will be 17% of the annual rate. Vessels that are properly registered and pay all moorage fees in advance may deduct fifty cents($.50) per foot per month.

(e)          The daily transient rates are: 3% of the annual rate.

Vessels that properly register and pay all moorage fees in advance may deduct five dollars per day from the daily rate.

(f)           FLOAT PLANE FEES:

With proper registration and specific permission from the Harbormaster, float planes may arrange for short-term moorage in the Small Boat Harbor. This is only allowed when ice and weather conditions prevent float planes from landing on Beluga Lake.

A fee in the amount equal to the daily rate for moorage of two (2) 24’ vessels shall be assessed on a daily basis for float planes mooring within the confines of the Small Boat Harbor. A monthly rate in the amount equal to the monthly rate for two 24’ vessels shall be assessed for float plane moorage for longer periods, and the moorage charge computed for a float plane’s stay in the harbor shall be the lowest total charge resulting from the application of either the daily or the monthly rate indicated.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of Homer, Alaska, this _____ day of December, 2014.                                                                     

CITY OF HOMER

                                                                                                                        _____________________
                                                                                                                        MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

___________________________
JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: N/A