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June 8, 1951
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RECREATION COivIItiSISSION
Recommendations Regarding Operation of Municipal Pier
and Harbor
The following recommendations are submitted far your
consideration. These suggestions are being made as the result
o£ an extensive survey and study made of conditions existing on
the Idunieipal Pier and in the Harbor.
1. Following the termination of tae present leases of the aperatiosas
on the Pier, the present operations should be permitted to continue on
a month-to-monta basis until October 31, 1951 at which •time a new
lease be negotiated witn a single operator.
2. That the ticket offices Hoar existing in their present lacations
be moved to the and. of the Pier in a position close to the top of
the gangway where passengers depart on regularly scheduled trips.
3. That the City furnish the tickets for passengers to boats and
barges and that all tie'~ets state the price of transportation, bait
and tax.
4. That a seshedule of boat departures be posted with ttae Harbor
Department; that all boats be required to leave on time and that
no tickets for passengers shall be sold from ticket offiees provided
by the City after time of boat departure.
5. That all tickets for passengers to boats and barges be sold from
$ie'set offices provided by the City and at no other place shall any
tickets be sold for ,these same boats or barges.
6. That all charter boats that run through lease or private enterprise
and all boats running to barges must pay straight IOo of the gross
revenue to the City of Santa Monica for passenger carriage.
7. That barges anchored permanently inside breakwater for fishing
facilities must have duplicate tickets for passengers, one ticket
to be turned over to the barge attendant and the other to be turned
into the Harbor Departmont by the shore boat Operator.
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8. That there be no rain cheeks issued under any consideration
and in the event that passengers are unable to use their tickets,
.that their money be refunded immediately and that 2~ of the total
tickets sold be issued in the form of passes by the oxisting
operators to be used at their discretion.
9. That all harbor or pier leases must be is accord wit$ all harbor
rules and regulations.
10. That the Harbor Master be given polies autho2ity to issue
citations on the Pier or within the Harbor area, thus elimating trips
to the City Hall for this purposes which results in delay. of proper action.
11. That a promotional examination be held in the Lifeguard Department
for the position of Administrator to have control over all personnel
and office procedure.
In addition to the foregoing recommendations, tho
Recreation Commission has gone on record as favoring the restriction
of the use of t?se Municipal Pier to pleasure purposes only.
Respectfully submitted,
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RECREATION COMMISSION
By ~ 'O~G4, .r,~tc _
JO PH E. DAY, Chair./man
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