Whatever the cause, the rare new chunk of real estate on the North Shore became controversial when a Wilmette Park District official said it would enhance the potential acquisition of the lease to an adjacent
boat harbor by the district.
Not exact matches
It was hard to be inside on such a spectacular summer day, but made easier
by the location of the meeting: in the Atlantic Room, directly above Rowe's Wharf, with a view of a sparkling Boston
harbor filled with sailboats and power
boats.
He cited reasons including the minimum $ 67,000 per year lease cost required
by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, which owns the
harbor; a Park District consultant's report that showed more than $ 11.7 million in necessary upgrades over the next 15 years; and the outpouring of opposition from
boat owners and Wilmette residents.
Those parameters, he said, are the minimum $ 67,000 per year annual lease cost required
by the Water Reclamation District, which owns the
harbor; a Park District consultant's report that showed more than $ 11.7 million in necessary repairs and improvements over the next 15 years; and the outpouring of opposition from
boat owners and Wilmette residents.
Boaters complain that a shortage of existing transient slips discourage
harbor hopping and visitors from coming
by boat from Wisconsin or Indiana for the weekend.
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boat moorings to be displaced from Burnham Harbor
by the fair will be relocated temporarily to the two new
harbors, both of which will be funded
by the fair.
The proposed
harbor, near Loyola University, was one of five sites suggested
by a marina consultant hired
by the Park District to find new
harbor locations to meet growing demands for
boat slips.
The push for
harbor expansion comes as the waiting list for Park District
boat slips — both for new boaters and those seeking an upgrade — stands at 800, with predictions that unmet demand could more than double
by 2025.
Dozens of these types of boaters — who say they're not rich and work hard to afford a
boat — complain they are being priced out of the city's
harbors by the Chicago Park District, which has raised
harbor rates every year as far back as memories can reach.
The changes, slated for completion
by summer 2005, would increase the
harbor's capacity to 1,600
boats from 1,000.
Robert White, a charter
boat captain operating out of Diversey
harbor and a board member of the Midwest Charter Assocation, says Diversey
harbor is protected
by a breakwater that makes it the calmest in Chicago.
Carl Swanberg, 61, retired Chicago Park District
harbor master who pleaded guilty to charges that he funneled bribes from
boat owners seeking
harbor permits back to Gerald Pfeiffer, former director of the Park District's marine division, was sentenced to 60 days «work release Monday
by U.S. District Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner.
In hopes of bringing
boats back to the Syracuse Inner
Harbor, where the water depth is as little as two feet in places, the Onondaga County IDA voted to let state canal officials dump mud dredged from the
harbor on property owned
by the county agency.
He likely would have been thrilled
by the crowd of more than 100 people, the beautiful weather and mostly
by the large flotilla of
boats — including the Coast Guard, fire and rescue craft from Greenport, Shelter Island, and Orient, and the Suffolk County Sheriff's Patrol — in the
harbor to pay homage to him, hospital president and CEO Paul Connor III said.
If relaxation is more your thing, chill
by the
harbor or take a
boat trip.
By alleged, I refer to those areas (
boat harbors, Magic Island, Hawaii Kai Park «n Ride, as examples) that really can't be considered wildlife habitat for native species.
The policy change, expected to be authorized soon
by Hawaii governor David Ige, who appointed Case to head the Department of Land & Natural Resources in April 2015, states that, «Any dog, cat, or other domestic pet, while being a stray within a small
boat harbor, may be seized
by officers and employees of the department, or
by any other person authorized
by law, and shall be disposed of as provided in chapter 183D - 65, Hawaii Revised Statutes.»
To make up for the punishment that I was giving my feet, I decided to give them a rest
by taking one of the many
boat cruises that travel through the city's canals and out into the
harbor to the giant shipyards that once fueled Gothenburg's economy before the industry moved out in the late 1970's.
Located approximately twenty minutes
by boat from the
harbor off the North West coast of Lombok, or one and a half hour fast
boat ride from Padang Bai, Bali.
Wild monkeys play
by road side on the way to Bangsal
harbor,
boat to Gili Trawangan.
Puerto Aventuras is distinguished
by many small water channels anchoring sail and speed
boats in their secluded
harbors.
Just a few minutes from Padang Bai's
harbor by traditional
boats or speedboats.
Day 3: Gili Trawangan to Bali Check out from hotel, transfer
by fast
boat (approx. 2 hours) to get Padang Bai
harbor in Bali.
And, as a life long lover of the sea, walking around
by the
boats in the
harbor is always my favorite thing.