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Santa Barbara Harbor Commission reviews tiered revenue options, asks for market analysis before any fee changes
Summary
The Harbor Commission reviewed a staff list of revenue options — including raising slip and parking fees, piloting RV campsites and expanding moorings — and asked for market analyses, public outreach and prioritization at a January workshop; no final votes were taken on the options.
The Santa Barbara Harbor Commission spent the bulk of its November meeting discussing a staff-led strategic review of revenue options intended to shore up waterfront finances and pay for rising capital needs.
Waterfront Director Mike Wilshire presented a three-tier menu of possibilities, from near-term administrative changes to long-range redevelopment. "Raising our market rate could raise anywhere from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 a year," Wilshire said, adding that the figures shown were rough placeholders to illustrate scale and would require further vetting.
Why it matters: waterfront staff cited several large liabilities — a much larger Stearns Wharf insurance deductible, uncertain dredge funding and planned replacement of…
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