RESOLUTION 00-122
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA REVISING THE PORT AND HARBOR OF HOMER TERMINAL TARIFF NO. 600
WHEREAS, these rates correspond with the CY 01 Budget Ordinance and shall be effective January 1, 2001.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Homer, Alaska that the Port and Harbor of Homer Terminal Tariff No.600, is hereby revised as follows:
Section 1. RULE: 34.18 - HARBOR MOORAGE RATES, Subsection 200, (a) and (b).
(a)CALCULATION OF MOORING 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 8:00 10:00 a.m. shall be charged a full day's charge 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 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.
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) obtain the length from the vessel's register, or (2) measure the vessel.
(b) ANNUAL MOORAGE FEE:
The annual moorage fee for reserved moorage and transient moorage privileges shall be twenty one dollars twenty four dollars and eighty-two ($24.82) per lineal foot based on the overall length of the vessel (including all hull attachments such as bowsprits, davits, dinghies, swimsteps, etc.) plus a forty- nine($49.00) administration charge; or,. Based on the overall length of the vessel (including all hull attachments such as bowsprits, davits, dinghies, etc.) 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 forty-nine dollars ($49.00) administration charge. Any reduction 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.
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(2) A reserved stall assignment granted after October 1 will be charged a fee based on the number of months (including the month in which it is granted regardless of the day of that month) left in the fiscal year ending September 30.
Section 2. RULE: 34.22 - UPLAND STORAGE (e):
(e) RATES:
All general storage is on a month-to-month basis unless otherwise provided. Charges for any particular lot shall begin at the receipt of the first unit of that particular lot in store and shall continue and include the storage month during which the last unit of the particular lot is removed from storage. Charges shall be made on the basis of the square footage of units in any particular lot in store during the storage month. All charges for storage are due on the first day of a storage month.
A storage month shall extend from a date in one calendar month to, but not including, the same date of the next and all succeeding calendar months. Less than one month's storage will be charged for the full month. The harbormaster may negotiate storage contracts for periods of six months or longer.
The fees for general storage are as follows:
Impound Area $ .20 per square foot
Open Areas, fishing gear .06 .08 per square foot
Open Areas, non-fishing gear .10 .12 per square foot
Fenced Storage Yard .15 .17per square foot
The fees for trailer parking area/long term storage (Oct. 1 to June 1 are as follows:
up to 30 feet $75 per month
over 30 feet up to 40 feet $100 per month
There will be no storage of total length greater than 40 feet and no long term storage available from June 1 to Oct. 1.
Equipment and materials stored without proper registration and advance payment will be charged the impound rate, regardless of the area being used. according to storage fees above.
Section 3. RULE: 34.23 - TIDAL GRIDS subsection 235(a):
(a) TIDAL GRIDS
The City of Homer operates two tidal grids. The wooden grid is for vessels of less than 60 feet in length. The steel grid is generally for use by vessels of 60 feet or greater in length. Vessels over 60'
may not use the wooden grid without specific approval of the harbormaster. Vessels over 140" may not use the steel grid without specific approval of the harbormaster. Vessels that remain on either grid after their scheduled tide may be assessed a 50% surcharge for each unscheduled tide. Sandblasting of vessels is not permitted on tidal grids; water blasting of vessels to remove barnacles or other marine growth is permitted provided that water pressure used does not result in removal of paints onto the grid work platform or into the water of the harbor.
Section 4. RULE: 34.30 - FISH DOCK (c)Schedule of rates.
ITEM FEE
Annual access $75 76 per year
card (private license) (Annual renewal fee)
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Card replacement fee $10 per occurrence
Annual food service license $50 per year
Cold Storage $400325/month
(Cold storage rate structure Minimum two months.Month by month
is for storage area of eight Minimum one month rental
feet by ten feet) Inspection $50/hour
Ice Plant Bin Storage $200/month, minimum
(Roofed-over, open-sided two months
storage bins at west end of
of ice plant building sixteen feet
by twelve feet)
Fish Dock crane $56.0058/hour
Minimum charge per hour Fifteen minutes
for crane
Ice Augured $9299/ton
Pneumatic $9299/ton
Seafood wharfage/Fish product Setting a tariff of $3.50
per ton of seafood/fish
product across the docks
regardless of species.
Freight NOS, Non-fish Cargo $10.00/T for cargo
going over the Fish
Dock. Fishing gear is
free from wharfage
Section 5 RULE: 34.19 (b.) - DOCKAGE is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) DOCKAGE CHARGES:
Dockage charges will be assessed per twenty-four (24) hour period or portion thereof at the rate of $1.30 $1.31 per foot for the length of the vessel. A service charge of $50 will be assessed to each vessel.
Cruise Ship dockage charges will be assessed per twenty-four (24) hour period or portion thereof at the rate of $1.30 $1.31 per foot for the length of the vessel. A service charge of $350.00 $355.00 will be assessed to each Cruise Ship.
Section 6 RULE: 34.20 (portion of e.) - DEFINITIONS AND CHARGES - WHARFAGE (C) is hereby revised to read as follows:
(e) SCHEDULE OF RATES:
Minimum wharfage on any shipment will be ten dollars ($10). Except as otherwise specifically provided, rates are in dollars per short ton of 2,000 lbs. or per 40 cu. ft.
COMMODITY WHARFAGE RATE
Freight N.O.S. $5.00/ton
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Poles, logs, cants or cut $2.00/thousand board
finished lumber per MBM feet in 1995
(Note:industry standard $2.50/thousand board
conversion formulas feet in 1996
shall be used in converting
pounds to board feet measure.)
Section 7. RULE: 34.23(b.) - TIDAL GRIDS is hereby revised to read as follows:
(b) RATES:
The rate per foot per tide is $.50 for vessels 0' - 59'
The rate per foot per tide is $1.80 $1.85 for vessels 60' - 80'
The rate per foot per tide is $2.25 $2.30 for vessels 81' - 100'
The rate per foot per tide is $2.65 $2.70 for vessels 101' - 120'
The rate per foot per tide is $3.00 $3.05 for vessels 121' - 140'
Section 8 RULE: 34.25 portions of a. and b. SERVICE CHARGES is hereby revised to read as follows:
(2) Electricity (per kilowatt):
(c) Unless other arrangements have been made in writing with the harbormaster,
transient vessels shall be charged the following rates (where metered power is
unavailable).
110 volt 220 volt 208 volt three phase
Daily (or part
thereof) $8.00 $16.00 $36.00
$8.25 $16.25 $36.50
Monthly 120.00 $240.00 Available meter only
$121.25 $272.25
(3) Towing inside small boat harbor: skiff plus ½ man hour $50 $50.50, Skiff plus 1 man hour $75.00 $75.75.
(4) Pumping vessel: $30 $30.50per day or portion thereof for electrical pumps.
$50 $50.50 per hour or portion thereof for gas pumps
(includes attendant time).
(b) LABOR/PERSONNEL:
(3) All labor provided by City personnel shall be charged at $75.00 $75.75 per hour. (½ hour minimum at $38.00$38.50) Work requiring call-outs shall be charged at a minimum of two hours.
Section 9 RULE: 34.27 - SEARCH AND RESCUE FEES is hereby revised as follows:
In addition to other Tariff provisions, when the City utilizes city equipment and personnel to provide search and rescue assistance to vessels outside of the Homer Port and Harbor, such as towing and rescue, the harbormaster will charge users of those services $75.00 $75.75 per hour or any part thereof, and any services beyond the first hour at 125% of actual city costs, including city labor costs, as determined in Subrule 34.25 Section 245(b) of this Tariff.
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Section 10. Rule 34.5, APPLICATION OF RATES, Subsection 110, third paragraph is revised to read as follows:
All rates in this Tariff except daily and seasonal load and launch ramp fees will have combined Borough and City sales tax applied. The resulting figure will be rounded to the nearest half dollar quarter dollar for billing purposes. The load and launch ramp daily and seasonal fees
are both inclusive of Borough and City sales taxes for ease of collection at the Iron Ranger and toll booth at the load and launch ramp.
Section 11 These revisions are effective upon filing with the Federal Maritime Commission as an amendment to the Homer Port and Harbor Tariff.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 18th day of December, 2000.
CITY OF HOMER
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JACK CUSHING, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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MARY CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK
Fiscal Note: Revenues