Vice-Chairperson Bob Voyles called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Bob Voyles, Joe Ladner, Steve Pavek, Oliver Arrett, Ed Towey, Council Liaison Kim Crockett, City Adiministrator Dana Young

Jerry Laughlin, Tracy Gustafson, David Paulson

The Committee approved the August 13, 2003 Boat Committee minutes as amended on a motion by Joe Ladner, seconded by Steve Pavek. Motion declared carried.

Kim Crockett provided a brief update on the progress of the Task Force. She stated that the Task Force has been asked to report back to the City Council on October 20^th with their recommendations on such time-sensitive issues as boat rental fees and length of lease. She stated that the Task Force has been assigned the responsibility of reviewing a wide-variety of issues with the Boat Committee serving in an advisory capacity. She stated that she hoped the Task Force will complete their assignments before the holidays so that they don’t become burned out if their assignment extends into the next year.

Dana Young presented the proposed terms of office for each member of the Boat Committee for Committee review. The Committee recommended approval of the proposed terms of office and assigned Steve Pavek and Joe Ladner to the nominating committee to recommend new members to the Committee on a motion by Oliver Arrett, seconded by Ed Towey. Motion declared carried.

Joe Ladner presented a summary of the ideas that came out at the September 10^th Town Hall meeting. The ideas included:

• The waiting list needs to be more accurate
• Return to requiring waiting list applicants to sign up each year
• Require people to pay a deposit to be on the waiting list
• Before rates are increased, people need to know how the money will be used
• Set a maximum number of years a person can have a boat space
• Set up guidelines for sharing boats
• Obtain email addresses for everyone on the waiting list so that they can be contacted more quickly

The Boat Committee reviewed an ordinance proposed by the City Council that established joint leasing arrangements, an annual lease with permit holders and established an administrative fee for having an applicant’s name on the waiting list.

The Committee recommended approval of Section 1 of the proposed ordinance dealing with joint leasing, subject to the following additions, on a motion by Joe Ladner, seconded by Oliver Arrett. Motion declared carried.

1. Permit holders should also be able to sublease buoys as well as a dock, shore space or a slide.
2. The principal leaseholder should be required store his or her own boat at the specific space for a minimum of 60 days in order to prevent the principal leaseholder from leasing their space for an entire boating season.

The Committee reviewed Section 2 of the proposed ordinance dealing with establishing an administrative fee for each applicant that submitted their name on the waiting list. Bob Voyles and Joe Ladner supported the position that an administrative fee is not good policy because the problem is not with the length of the waiting list but with the annual turnover. Bob Voyles stated that the cost of administrating the waiting list is borne by rate payers and it’s not particularly fair to impose a fee simply to force people to chose whether to pay a fee or get off the list. Joe Ladner stated that he felt that if an administrative fee is charged it should be substantial. Dana Young stated that an administrative fee has to be based on the actual cost of providing that particular service. Ed Towey suggested that applicants on the waiting list should be required to pay one year’s lease on the most expensive space that they have signed up for. In other words, if someone has signed up for a dock slip and a slide, they should be required to pay a year’s deposit for the dock slip. He stated that the deposit would eventually be used towards the first year’s lease when the applicant finally obtained a space. Dana Young stated that it is likely that the City would be required to pay annual interest on the deposit fee, as public utility companies are required to do on meter deposits.

The Committee recommended the adoption of Section 2 of the proposed ordinance dealing with the establishment of an administrative fee for applicants on the waiting list, subject to the following corrections, on a motion by Ed Towey, seconded by Steve Pavek. The Committee members supporting the motion included Ed Towey, Steve Pavek and Joe Ladner. The Committee members opposing the motion included Bob Voyles and Oliver Arrett. Motion declared carried.

Each applicant will be charged a one-time administrative fee to have his or her name on a waiting list. An administrative fee will be charged for each separate waiting list. The amount of the fee is provided in Section 405, Fees.

Bob Voyles stated that the City Council has requested additional recommendations from the Boat Committee on subleasing, developing a solution to providing an alternate way to provide access to buoy holders, and re-examining the "seaworthy" requirement.

Subleasing – It was the general consensus of the Committee to retain subleasing and the inactive list as a viable way to allow people to prepare for the purchase of a boat and to make necessary repairs on their boat.

Access to buoy holders – Steve Pavek stated that current changes to the ordinance will require permit holders with a dock slip to give up their slide space and this should result in an additional 26 slides opening up. He stated that there are currently an additional 42 slides leased to sailboats. He stated that this was simply too many slides to put on the market in one year and recommended that the Council take a year to analyze the impact that the current ordinance change will have on freeing up slides.

Bob Voyles agreed and added that there is an implicit need to have a slide if you have a sailboat.

Kim Crockett stated that she doesn’t like the idea of requiring sailors to use a canoe rack. She stated that she has a canoe rack and is unable to use her canoe by herself due to its weight.

Ed Towey suggested that the Committee be allowed the time to look at an entirely different slide system where there may be two different types of slides – one for heavier boats and one for lighter boats – with different rental fees. He stated that you could then limit buoy holders to the lighter slides to address the complaint that buoy holders are able to have both a sailboat and a motor boat.

The Committee recommended that the City Council defer action on this matter for the 2004 boating season due to the need to evaluate the impact that the recent ordinance change will have on freeing up 26 additional slides and to provide the Boat Committee the opportunity to evaluate a different slide system on a motion by Steve Pavek, seconded by Oliver Arrett. Motion declared carried.

Seaworthy Requirement – Bob Voyles stated that the City Council was interested in the Committee’s recommendation on how to implement the requirement that a boat be seaworthy in order to be placed at a watercraft space.

The Committee recommended the following implementation plan for the seaworthy requirement on a motion by Ed Towey, seconded by Steve Pavek. Motion declared carried. The police or Boat Committee will inform permit holders if their boat appears to be in unseaworthy condition and that they will not be given credit towards the 90 day usage requirement unless determined otherwise by the Boat Committee. The permit holder will be allowed the opportunity to appear before the Boat Committee and the Committee will issue a recommended action to the City Council.

Canoes & Kayaks – The Committee asked why the City Council was not considering the Boat Committee’s recommendation to prohibit all canoes and kayaks from slides. The Committee recommended that all canoes & kayaks be required to share their slide space with another canoe or kayak and will be charged at the same fee charged for being on a canoe rack on a motion by Steve Pavek, seconded by Oliver Arrett. Joe Ladner opposed. Motion declared carried.

The Committee recommended approval of the 2004 Marina Fund Budget on a motion by Joe Ladner, seconded by Oliver Arrett. Motion declared carried.

The Committee recommended that any additional funds created by an increase in the rates established in the 2004 Marina Fund Budget should go back into the Marina Fund for future capital improvements for the marina facility on a motion by Ed Towey, seconded by Steve Pavek. Motion declared carried.

Motion to adjourn by Oliver Arrett, seconded by Ed Towey. Motion declared carried. The meeting adjourned at 9:42 p.m.