sr-060865-8oCITY OF SANTA MONICA
DATE: June 2, 1965
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:~~ TO: Perry Scott, City Manager
_ FROM: Bartlett L. Kennedy, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Boat Launching Facility
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As you know, the City Council, at its meeting
of May 25, 3965 (Item b~C), instructed the administration
to make a report at the next meeting regarding the cost
and feasibility of providing a better boat launching
facility northerly of the Municipal Pier.
Councilman Spurgin referred to a proposal of
some years ago to construct a dredged launching slip at
this location. This proposal was abandoned at that time
since the constantly changing contour of the beach would
render such a facility impractical. Constant dredging,
on an almost daily basis, would be required to keep such
a facility in operation at this location.
The Recreation and Parks Department presently
is engaged in repairing the existing boat launching
roadway and parking area, and proposes to construct a
landing mat ramp from said parking area to the high tide
line. This work, in my opinion, constitutes the only
practical solution to the problem of providing boat
launching facilities on a constantly changing beach.
BARTLETT LK~NNEDY
City Engineer
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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DATE: June 2, 19b5 ~', ~___.
TO: Perry Scott, City Manager
FROM: Donald T. Arnett, Director of Recreation and Parks
SUBJECT: Launching Ramp - North Side of Pier
The present status of the launching ramp on the north side of the pier is®
I. Improvements are being made by Beaches and Harbor Division personnel
to make the ramp as useable as possible. Specific improvements being
made are:
a. The circular roadway onto the beach at the launching site is
being filled with dirt and graded so vehicular traffic will not
encounter soft sand when maneuvering to launch.
b. The slope leading to the water is being filled with dirt to
also offer a more stable base.
c. Metal landing field matting is to be installed on the ramp down
to a point below high water line.
These improvements are being made on an experimental basis to attempt
to make the ramp useable for trailer boats at least at time of high
tide. After the landing matting is installed, it is antici_uated that
constant maintenance will be required to keep it operable. Sand will
have to be removed. £rom the ramp as it builds up, possibly every
other day or so, and new landing matting will have to be installed as
the salt water causes it to deteriorate.
At time of low tide, there will be approximately 100 feet of sand
between the water and the end of the ramp matting. As cars and trailers
often bog down in the wet sand, the ramp will be considered useable
primarily during high tide.
II. The area of the launching site, although the best available in the city,
is not considered a feasible site for a permanent concrete ramp at this
time due to the following factors
a. Lateral currents along the beach, slowing behind the breakwater,
cause literal sand deposits which would soon cover a permanent
ramp or cause the beach to build out on either side of the ramp.
b. G7ave action due to the deteriorated condition of the breakwater
makes it troublesome and often hazardous to attempt to get boats
on or off trailers.
Donald T. Arnett
ec Bart Kennedy Director of Recreation and Parks