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., Ad Hoc Committee on SmaH Boat Harbors and Boating Facilities Report of The Sub-Committee On U.S. and Foreign Small Boat Harbors Operation May 3, 2006 To: Pat Cunningham, Chairman, Kawika Marquez, Vice Chairman, Members of Ad Hoc Commi ttee From: Jerry F. Halverson, Member, Sub-Committee on U.S. and Foreign Operations Re: Final Report of Sub-Committee on U.S. and Foreign Small Boat Harbors Operation Background and Authority: In its Resolution No. 233.06, the County Council of Hawaii County announced that the Governor has offered "the County the opportunity to manage and operate existing small boat harbors and boating facilities * * * under a 'home rule' policy". Pursuant to this Resolution, the County Council established this temporary Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee and charged it with the responsibility "to gather and analyze all information available, make determinations listed above ( see nine "determinations" listed in the attached Resolution as necessary "to provide a plan of action and formulate a structure"), and any other pertinent information that may come before the Committee during fact-finding, with the Committee selecting a chairperson to be its spokesperson who will make recommendations to the Hawai'j County Council by May 31, 2006;" The Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Committee was duly established and convened its first meeting on February 15, 2006. At its meeting of March 2, 2006, the Chairman established nine sub-committees, each charged with analyzing and reporting on one or more of the "determinations" referenced above. The sub-committee on U.S and Foreign Small Boat Harbors Operation, one of the sub-committees so established, was charged with the responsibility to review and report on the manner in which other U.S. jurisdictions and foreign countries manage and operate their small boat harbors, including marinas. Sub-Committee Report: Your sub-committee surveyed all of the U.S. coastal jurisdictions that maintain and operate small boat harbors and marinas as well as the developed countries of the world whose harbor representatives would speak with us. The survey was initiated through the internet, where jurisdictions maintained web sites, bye-mail and over the telephone. It was followed up by visits to Marina del Rey and to King Harbor in Los Angeles County and to the twenty San Diego marinas (interesting: there is a Kona Marina and a Kana Kai Marina on Shelter Island) in order to speak with their administrators or citizens advisory commission representatives. Your sub-committee' s most important finding is that it appears that nearly all of the small boat harbors and marinas are maintained and operated at the municipal or county level. The state becomes involved only in unique situations. Many small boat harbors and marinas are entirely privately operated pursuant to municipal or county leases and operating agreements. Some of these are quite large and apparently very successful. Marina del Rey in Los Angeles County is one such example. Where municipal or county income is reasonably substantial, the municipalities tend to manage and to operate the facilities directly, but with very actively involved citizens advisory commissions composed of representatives of all of the stakeholders. The City of Long Beach marinas are probably the best example of such municipally maintained and operated harbors and marinas, with Alamitos Bay Marina, Long I