Teams outline island logistics: barging, batch plant, ferrying workers and staging to avoid peak season disruption

Council members pressed both teams on Catalina‑specific logistics: barging, landfill capacity, batch plants and lodging. Tim Merrill (Anderson Burton) said the team had "talked to the batch plant" and expected to use a mobile concrete batch plant because local capacity is limited. He added that barging costs are weight‑based and that the team had included ferry tickets and lodging estimates in their budget calculations.

Benchmark/Morley echoed those points. Dave Loomis described a plan to protect vents, locate offloading and storage areas, use a small rough‑terrain crane and install after‑hours temporary canopies to keep ferry operations running. "We're not trying to bring opposing pedestrians in during the course of construction," Loomis said, describing pedestrian circulation and staging strategies to keep people moving.

Both teams emphasized prefabrication and off‑board assembly to limit over‑water work and noted that foundation and geotechnical uncertainty remain the dominant cost and schedule risks for pier work. Each team said they would work with city staff and the harbormaster to reduce visitor disruption and provide weekly schedule updates to the council.