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Souvenir paying a visit to Morro Bay Harbor
Luxury motor yacht, built in Canada, arrived on Aug. 17
By NEIL FARRELL for Morro Bay Life
Morro Bay Harbor is hosting another magnificent luxury motor yacht, and this one’s reportedly on an extended stay. The motor yacht Souvenir arrived in Morro Bay on Aug. 17, according to the visiting vessel information card on file at the Harbor Department.
Though much of the yacht’s vessel information — owner, operator, address and such — was redacted by the city, the basics of the ship are: 90-feet long with a 22-foot beam. The ship drafts 6.5 feet and has twin diesel engines.
More information was gleaned from a 2014 article by Malcolm MacLean and published by boatinternational.com.
Back then, the news was that the
Souvenir was being sold by thenowner Emerald Pacific Yachts, but the buyer was not disclosed.
Souvenir was built in Canada’s Queenship boatyard, and was designed by Tom Fexas. Souvenir was delivered (completed) in 2002 and MacLean said, “she has a superb, high-volume interior with decor in satin varnished cherry wood, and she has had numerous upgrades since new. A full beam aft deck has U-shaped seating and two tables for al fresco dining with 10 guests while the saloon has a cherry and maple sole, comfortable seating and a sophisticated high-end entertainment system reportedly costing $100,000.”
Morro Bay Life couldn’t confirm whether the interior has been redone, but this gives readers an idea of what went into the Souvenir, which had been listed for sale at $1.89 million in 2014.
The article didn’t give a final sale price, nor name the new owner, but it did say that the plan was to leave the ship ported in Seattle, Washington (The home port was redacted by
the Harbor Department on its registration card).
She has accommodations for eight guests in four staterooms, with the master suite a “full beam,” MacLean wrote, “while the VIP stateroom has a queen-sized berth and there is a further double and twin. All staterooms come with entertainment systems and en suite
Correction | Updated Sept. 11, 2023
bathroom facilities.”
She’s got some impressive power plants — twin 1,400hp Caterpillar engines that “give her a cruising speed of 15 knots.”
Souvenir is one of several yachts that have visited the harbor in the past several months, others include the 180-foot super motor yacht Nomad and the motor yacht Fire Fly.
In our September 2023 issue in article “Morro Bay Recovery: Rodeway Inn closes and Recovery Center takes over” we stated that “Rich Donald, former general manager of Rodeway Inn for the past two years, will now work as the clinical supervisor and program director as he is already a licensed substance abuse therapist.” When in actuality it should be “Rich Donald, former general manager of Rodeway Inn for the past two years, will now work as the Facility Manager and Outreach Coordinator.”
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City of Morro Bay to study harbor lease policies
By NEIL FARRELL for Morro Bay Life
Morro Bay is embarking on a search for potential increased treasure for the Harbor Department, and the City Council formed a committee to embark on the quest.
Unlike the mythical Blackbeard’s hidden treasure or the search for mythical El Dorado, the hope is that it doesn’t prove as elusive as the treasure hunts on Oak Island.
Or as difficult as past attempts to raise revenues for needed maintenance projects have proven to be.
Harbor Director Ted Schiafone asked the City Council to authorize formation of a “Joint Ad Hoc Committee,” to study the department’s “Harbor Lease Policy, Harbor Master Lease Agreement, and standard practices in negotiating leases on State Tidelands,” he explained. “The analysis is to focus on any specific policies, lease terms or standard practices that may be negatively impacting lease revenue.”
Schiafone told Morro Bay Life that the committee would have two members each from the Harbor Advisory Board and Citizen’s Finance Advisory Committee, plus himself as staff.
“Appointed members,” he said, “include Cal Myers, HAB chair; Mary Witkowski, HAB member; Steve Peck, CFAC chair; and Michael Erin Woody, CFAC vice chair.” The committee will work with Schiafone on a report he was tasked to do under the City Council’s list of goals.
“The goal of the report,” Schiafone wrote in his staff report, “will be to provide a well-rounded approach to analyzing potential improvements to the Harbor Master Lease Policy. The focus will be on greater financial sustainability for the Harbor Department from State Tidelands leases.”
He said the lease policy report would have six tasks:
Review of the current lease management policy;
• Review of the current approved master lease agreements;
• Review of the current lease negotiation process;
• Identification of specific areas that could improve the financial benefit to the city, including but not limited to, review of market rates;
Quantification of potential improvements to annual rent earned; and,
• Specific options for council consideration.
He said he would “consult as needed with HAB and CFAC members given
their subject matter expertise concerning financial matters, real estate knowledge and an understanding of the Embarcadero waterfront.”
He’ll also be able to make use of the City Attorney’s Office and the community development director, presumably to make sure whatever is eventually proposed is legal and doable under the zoning codes.
The Harbor Department has seen its revenues flatten out for many years, starting when the power plant owner, Vistra, canceled the plant’s outfall lease, ending a $250,000-plus-a-year lease payment.
That deal had been the highest annual lease site payment managed by the Harbor Department, by more than double. Losing it has put the department on a hunt for added revenues.
They first put in paid parking at the launch ramp for fishermen who leave their trucks/boat trailers parked all day while they chase salmon, albacore, and rockfish. And while it’s just a few dollars a day, it adds up quickly, especially when fishing is good and the parking lot is filled. The paid parking continues.
They next put in several RV camp sites scattered up and down the waterfront at Tidelands Park, Coleman Park, in a mostly vacant lot (given to the City by Duke Energy) shared with the Maritime Museum; and finally in a vacant spot adjacent to Morro Creek and the city’s storage Quonset hut.
The program was allowed on an emergency basis/permit driven in part by the COVID pandemic and the council’s responses — delaying lease payments and shutting down stores, dining rooms and motels — and was stood up quickly.
While that attempt seemed to be doing surprisingly well, raising well over $100,000 in a short period of time, the residents balked and sought to end it.
A successful petition drive against camping along the Embarcadero went to the City Council, but instead of putting it to a vote, a previous council simply acquiesced to the petitioner’s demands, and ended the camping program. The department ended up auctioning off the benches and fencing through a local online auction house.
Most recently, a trio of local men — two former members of the Harbor Advisory Board and Finance Committee — drafted a ballot initiative, Measure B-22, for a $120 a year parcel tax to go entirely to the Harbor Department for maintenance needs. An analysis of the maintenance needs by the petitioners, came to over $10 million in immediate needs.
But B-22 was rejected by voters. Needing over 50 percent of the vote, B-22 got just 36.42 percent “Yes” votes, and 63.58 percent voted “No.”
That most recent vote was a clear indication to the council that the citizens don’t want to be taxed — even as little as $10 a month — to pay for harbor maintenance needs. It also sent the department back to the drawing board. And with former Harbor Director Eric Endersby retiring and Schiafon e coming in, the department is left still looking for its mythical treasure.
The Master Lease Policy has been in effect for many years now and Endersby had talked about wanting to revisit what amounts to a “policy document.”
The Master Lease Policy is basically a set of rules or policies that apply in general to new leases resulting from complete redevelopment of lease sites; and major amendments to existing leases that arise from big remodels of existing leases.
In general, the policy has been to grant 10 years of lease time for every $250,000 invested in remodels, with maximum
extensions of 40 years (for $1 million invested).
With complete redevelopment projects, the maximum lease term has been 50 years. Over the years, every project has been negotiated individually, to the extent that no two master leases are exactly alike, and in essence, everyone negotiates their own deal.
Schiafone said these policies will be studied to see if they are raising as much revenues as possible.
“That has been somewhat of a standard practice that will be looked at by this joint Ad Hoc Committee,” he said. “My direction has been to ensure that the items that are written in the policy are implemented in every new lease and/or lease amendments. This provides a clear understanding to all new lease holders on how new leases will be negotiated.
“It’s important to note that this effort does not affect any leases that are currently in force. This only applies to future leases or amendments.”
There are at least six lease sites that could come under this in the relatively near future — the Libertine Pub, Three Stacks & A Rock (the old aquarium site); two small sites — currently vacation rentals — on the south end of Embarcadero; and another completely vacant lease site next to the VRs. The city recently sought proposals to redevelop those three small sites (which lie across from the Embarcadero Inn).
The department also gets revenue from its floating dock slips at Beach Street, Dunes Street and the boat launch areas nd offshore moorings/anchorage; both T-piers, and live aboard fees (charged regardless of whether on a city or private mooring). The Ad Hoc Committee won’t look at these.
“There is no current effort to review mooring fees, live aboard fees, or slip fees,”
Schiafone said.
And with the recent wave of very expensive, even famous large ships transiting through the harbor and staying for short visits, Schiafone asked the Harbor Board to form a committee to look at what they charge for what are enormous, and enormously expensive pleasure craft owned by wealthy people that most likely wouldn’t balk at paying higher fees for temporary mooring.
“As you have reported in prior publications,” Schiafone said, “many large yachts have been visiting Morro Bay Harbor. We want to ensure that we are receiving market rents on those transient visits.”
In one case, the super motor yacht Nomad, owned by a Greek shipping tycoon and worth some $50 million, was in town for a short stay. Nomad paid just a few hundred dollars to tie up at the South T-pier.
Such super yachts, many of which are famous in their own right and even have their own websites, have come through Morro Bay in the past, with some being so large they can’t even come into the harbor. But aside from being envious eye candy to folks strolling the waterfront, they don’t being in a significant amount.
And given the relative rarity of these visits from luxury craft, increasing their fees isn’t likely to raise a significant amount, though it might make giving up space on the city’s T-piers, which are reserved for commercial fishing boats and boats ancillary to fishing, more acceptable.
Among the maintenance needs are a rebuilding of the public boat launch ramp, the concrete ramp that goes down into the water; and certain areas of rock revetment that have fallen down, among a total of over $10 million in projects.
Also, the North T-pier is expected to get major improvements and repairs, ostensibly to make them suitable for the needs of the three companies that bought federal offshore lease sites to install floating wind generation farms off the Coast of San Simeon (57 miles from Morro Bay).
The city has already been allocated $1.5 million towards this, but has yet to finalize anything with the companies who won the wind farm leases.
Ironically, it’s these wind companies that could in the end make the most money for the Harbor Department, as the electricity generated by the wind farms is expected to come ashore through the power plant outfall canal at the base of Morro Rock.
That canal is a state tidelands property controlled by the Harbor Department, so any or part of the lease payments that are negotiated could go to the Harbor Department.
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Fulfilling the needs of the Cambria community
By BLAKE ASHLEY FRINO-GERL for Morro Bay Life
The need for doctors in Cambria has been ever-present for years, and when Dr. Robert Gong retired in late 2021, a band of doctors came together to fill the void and bring Coastal Pines Medical Group (CPMG) into existence as quickly as possible, opening its doors March 1, 2022.
CPMG has two qualified board-certified family medicine physicians, Dr. Brooke LaDuca and Dr. Kat Estopinal. The collaborative effort between the two physicians, who share a background in family medicine and a deep commitment to caring for their patients, have adopted a membership-based practice model. It allows the physician to spend high-quality time with patients, as well as being more cost effective and providing more in-depth care. Patients pay the monthly membership fee and thereafter visits can be billed to their accepted insurance companies. Membership allows for longer appointments,
more time for in-depth and holistic care, better availability for urgent visits, and even same-day appointments. The staff knows the members by name and the doctors understand them as people, not as a 15-minute visit. This more well-rounded relationship between patients and their physician ultimately results in higher quality care.
CPMG is mostly overseen by lead physician LaDuca, but patients may also be seen by Estopinal, as well as Nurse Practitioner Karen Chestnut.
LaDuca has decades of experience in both outpatient and in-hospital medicine, training student doctors and leading the medical team at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. She has expertise in ultrasound, international medicine and lifestyle medicine, and a passion for ensuring the overall wellness of her patients, not just treating disease. She was awarded the Munzer Family Award for Lifetime Achievement for Excellence in Teaching and Research in 2021 as well as the Humanitarian and Professional Contribution award in 2013.
Completing her medical training through he U.S. Army and most recently serving as a the Director of Soldier Medical Readiness Support Center at Camp Humphreys in in South Korea, Estopinal has expertise in evidence-based medicine and women’s
health. She has received numerous awards, including the U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal and the Army Meritorious Service Medal.
The physicians are local to Cambria and see the need for medical care in their community. They understand that driving for hours to see
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72 Years of Celebrating Art
organized and effective skills and put them toward successfully sustaining the MBAA and gallery.
By BLAKE ASHLEY FRINO-GERL for Morro Bay Life
On Sept. 17, 1951, a small group of Morro Bay area residents developed the Morro Bay Art Association with 17 members. Dedicated to promote creativity and art education, MBAA’s mission is “to champion art as essential to life and give our community a creative voice.”
For almost three-quarters of a century, MBAA has been able to endure its mission and beyond. It encompasses a board-driven and membership-and-volunteer supported organization, with almost 400 members. Nola Barnick, a volunteer the past three years, relishes in all the help, noting that many volunteers are retirees who come with highly
During first volunteer President Erling C. Benson’s reign, the first public art exhibit was displayed from a member’s home in 1952. Then in 1955, MBAA launched an art festival for Morro Bay, and while seasonal festivals were conducted during that time, the city of Morro Bay took over the the art festival for a few years before handing it back to MBAA. That festival later developed into Art in the Park and continues to take place three times a year.
MBAA developed Art Center Morro Bay and was originally incorporated on May 29, 1956, in its first building located within the old Morro Bay Library on Main Street. The building burned in 1962, after which the MBAA relocated to its current location at 835 Main St. in 1971. It has become one of the largest contemporary galleries located on the Central Coast. The Art Center has two galleries that feature several exhibits through -
out the year, and a classroom for ongoing adult and children art education. MBAA gained its current nonprofit status in 1986, and is funded through Art in the Park, memberships, classes, and the sale of art and grants.
Taking on the position in January as the current president, Kathleen Heil was drawn to the position to continue to guide the Art Center “in the dynamic path the previous president, Pat Newton, had put the MBAA on.” Her art background is vast, but in particular as a technical illustrator in Silicon Valley. In her first year as MBAA president, Heil believes “the amazing volunteers helping to make this a fun, creative Art Center” is what she loves most. Barnick shares that she came to MBAA with a background in photography and says that not all galleries think of photography as a fine art, but MBAA does.
The Art Center has eight to nine exhibits per year. The newest exhibit in the Main Gallery is called “Inspiration.” In the upstairs Russell gallery, there is The Painters Group exhibit entitled “Brushstrokes,” hosted by
MBAA and brought on by the group of Central Coast Artists. Following the exhibits will be the Winter Faire and Juried Craft Show on Nov. 9. In January, Heil said, “the renown ‘For the Birds’ exhibit [will be] working with the Bird Festival.” In addition community members are welcomed to register for future workshops to embrace their own creativity. In addition, a group of high school art students came all the way from Tulare for the day to go to the Art Center, and it is turning into an annual field trip for them. Barnick also remembers a time in which a father brought his daughter with a physical challenge. She entered two large and expressive abstract paintings into an exhibit, with a note on the back stating what each line, color, and shape meant to her.
“This is what art is meant to do,” Barnick says. “It is meant to be appreciated. It is such a gift.”
Art, in the grace of volunteerism and with the community in mind, keeps the MBAA on display after all these years.
Church to hold Talent Show and Chili Cook Off on Oct. 20 EVENT
Trinity United Methodist Church fundraiser to benefit music scholarship fund and music ministry
Have you got some talent to show off, or a hankering for good chili?
Trinity United Methodist Church in Los Osos is holding a Talent Show and Chili Cook-off fundraiser benefitting a music scholarship fund and to support the church’s music ministry.
Trinity UMC, located at 490 Los Osos Valley Road (corner of LOVR and Pine
Avenue), is having the event at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20.
If performing is your thing, the church says to come on down for the chance to present your skills. “We welcome talents and skillsets of all varieties,” reads an announcement on the church’s website (visit trinitylososos.org).
Chili cooks can bring a pot of their finest concoction and the eats will be ongoing with
the talent show. “A vote will be taken during the talent show to determine the best recipe of the evening,” the notice said.
All donations will support the Barbara Hoff Music Scholarship and the Music Ministry Program at Trinity UMC. To enter, email the church office at church@trinitylosos.org or call (805) 528-1649, to secure entry or to RSVP by Oct. 8.
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Gelli Printing Workshop promises a creative afternoon in Morro Bay
Federal infrastructure funding supports Estuary Program
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Are you ready to unlock your artistic potential? Join the Gelli Printing Workshop on Oct. 7 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Morro Bay Art Association for an immersive creative experience.
Renowned artist and instructor Judy Knott will guide participants through a hands-on journey into gelli plate printing. This fascinating technique allows you to produce captivating papers that can be used in collages and abstract paintings.
The class is structured as follows:
• The first hour: Judy will demonstrate various gelli plate printing techniques.
• The second hour: Students will have the opportunity to experiment and create their own unique prints.
paints, palettes, paper, stencils, brushes, stamps, greeting card blanks, and other tools, will be provided by the instructor. There will also be guidance on composition using mats.
Whether you’re an MBAA member or a non-member, this workshop is open to everyone with a creative spirit. Gather your friends and embark on an artistic journey in picturesque Morro Bay.
Materials List for Students:
• Gelli plate (preferably at least 8 x 10 inches)
• Rubber brayer (roller)
• Favorite acrylic paint colors (up to 5)
To ensure the class proceeds, a minimum of six students is required, with a maximum of 12. Registration will be open until Sept. 30. Should you need to cancel, you can do so up to seven days
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THROUGHOUT CAMBRIA/SAN SIMEON
See the variety of more that 400 artistic scarecrows throughout Cambria and up to San Simeon during the whole month of October.
OCTOBER 6
FIRST FRIDAYS IN
DOWNTOWN ATASCADERO
THE PLAZA ON EL CAMINO, ATASCADERO
5:30pm
Enjoy a music featuring Jump Jax, an electrifying quartet of four professional musicians bringing an energetic and danceable mix of classic jump blues, swing, soul, rockabilly and some originals. There will be complimentary tours of Historic City Hall, as well as wine, beer, and other treats to purchase.
The Morro Bay National Estuary Program (Estuary Program) is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring Morro Bay for people and wildlife. The program was excited to receive just over $900,000 a year for the next five years from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to support its work in the bay and the lands that surround it. The program will utilize the funding to support restoration, monitoring, and education projects that benefit Morro Bay’s residents, visitors, wildlife, and habitats.
One such effort involves a partnership with Cal Poly researchers to study water quality in the bay. The Estuary Program used BIL monies to purchase sensors that continuously track water
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OCTOBER 7 AND 8
WATERFRONT MARKET
1001 FRONT STREET, EMBARCADERO IN MORRO BAY
10am-4pm
SLO Vendors Association brings the an all-encompassing water market of vendors to sell and trade water related activities gear.
OCTOBER 13
7TH ANNUAL SHOWDOWN CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT
CENTRAL COAST CHALLENGE “SOCIAL”
TOURNAMENT
All Day Sunken Gardens, Atascadero
leading to the Social Brackets taking place from 3 to 5pm. Notably, the top four teams will earn prizes in the form of cash and trophies.
OCTOBER 14
7TH ANNUAL SHOWDOWN
CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT
THE SHOWDOWN, MAIN TOURNAMENT
All Day Sunken Gardens, Atascadero
Arrive at 8 a.m. for check-in, followed by the 8-team Round Robin Toss from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. A break is scheduled from 12 to 1:30 p.m., with Advanced Brackets taking place from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Prizes, including cash and trophies, will be awarded to the teams placing in the top four positions.
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the Estuary Program. It makes sense for us to work closely with local university researchers focused on the bay and provide resources that can help move their work forward,” said Estuary Program Executive Director Melodie Grubbs.
The Cal Poly partners in the project are Dr. Ryan Walter, a physical oceanographer and associate professor of physics, and Dr. Emily Bockmon, a chemical oceanographer and associate professor of chemistry. Both have partnered with the Estuary Program for several years to study the physical and chemical variability in the bay, including impacts from the eelgrass decline and recovery. Eelgrass is a seagrass growing in Morro Bay that experienced a rapid decline and recovery over the past decade. The Estuary Program wants to better understand the bay conditions that support eelgrass as
quality environmental data to support scientific research and resource management, as well as integrate products to inform decisions about the regional ocean. Until recently, the original sensors from 2007 were being used in Morro Bay, and the aging equipment resulted in periodic downtimes due to failed electronics. With the support of the Estuary Program and CeNCOOS, new stateof-the-art sensors were purchased and installed earlier this year.
The Morro Bay water quality and weather data generated by the sensors is publicly available via the CeNCOOS data portal at data.caloos.org/?&sensor_ version=v2cache#metadata/45/sensor_ source
Additional Estuary Program projects supported by federal infrastructure funding include a partnership with the Los Osos Community Services District to
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OCTOBER 14
MARITIME FAMILY FUN DAY
1210 EMBARCADERO, MORRO BAY
10am-2pm
Activities include knot tying, sandcastle building, fishing games and an exhibit brought in by the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
OCTOBER 14
CAMBRIA HARVEST FESTIVAL
CAMBRIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM
2252 CENTER ST.
11am-4pm
The Harvest Festival includes exhibits
OCTOBER 28
ZOO BOO
CHARLES PADDOCK ZOO, ATASCADERO
5-8:30pm
The event promises Halloween-themed adornments all around the Zoo, along with a medley of carnival games, a costume competition, Halloweenthemed undertakings, a haunted house, and a collection of tricks and treats to relish. With over 200 residents the Charles Paddock Zoo is the backdrop for this engaging and unforgettable Halloween celebration.
OCTOBER 29
WITCHES AND WARLOCK PADDLE COLEMAN PARK, 101 COLEMAN DR., MORRO BAY
4-5pm
Join paddlers in the bay to celebrate the annual bewitching event.
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