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Memorandum 16-088 Mid Year Budget Adjustment for Emergency Deep Water Dock Repairs
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16-088
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Memorandum 16-088
TO: KATIE KOESTER, CITY MANAGER
FROM: BRYAN HAWKINS, PORT DIRECTOR/HARBORMASTER
DATE: MAY 17, 2016
SUBJECT: MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR EMERGENCY DEEP WATER DOCK REPAIRS
A condition study was conducted on the City of Homer’s two mooring buoys at the Deep Water Dock while R&M Consulting was conducting the Deep Water Dock Expansion Study. In this inspection it was found that the buoy to the NW of the dock had connecting hardware that must be replaced before we can allow a ship to use it for mooring.
Replacement of mooring buoys and anchor chain is part of the Cruise Ship Head Tax Grant Program, which also included the new dock fendering, new cleats on the dock, etc. Staff worked with our engineers from R&M Consulting to spec out exactly what is needed to completely upgrade the mooring buoy systems; the new equipment has been ordered but we do not expect it to arrive in Homer until the end of August.
The NW mooring buoy is used during every Homer Port visit by the cruise ships. After communicating with the Ships’ Pilots responsible for bringing these ships to the dock, we are left with no choice but to do a stopgap repair to the chain so we can put the buoy back into service for the 2016 season. The dockage fees for a ship over 800’ is $7,459.00 per calendar day and we have nine cruise ships scheduled for the 2016 season.
We cannot have this buoy out of commission for the summer until the new equipment arrives in August; an emergency procurement is necessary for the purposes of repairing this essential piece of Port and Harbor equipment prior to the arrival of the cruise ship Maasdam scheduled for May 31, 2016.
Recommendation:
Backup information regarding the emergency procurement, mid-year budget adjustment to the Port and Harbor’s Deep Water Dock Maintenance Account #400-0614-5209 budget for the purpose of an emergency repair to the Deep Water Dock’s northwest mooring buoy before May 31, 2016.
