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MILFORD HARBOR MANAGEMENT PLAN MILLFORD, CT 11L I: HARBOR MANAGEMENT FRAMEWOll I - HT 393 .C8 M55 1986 A I MILFORD HARBOR MANAGEMENT PLAN MILFORD, CONNECTICUI Volume 1: HARBOR MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK HUTTO/SEMPERE ASSOCIATES Easton, Maryland Andover. Massachusetts . June 17, 1986 Revised August 18, 1986 This document was financed in part by a grant through the Office of Coastal Zone Management National Oceani-c and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce under the Coa5tal Zone Management Act of 1972 and was prepared in cooperation with Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection's Coastal Area Management Program. COASTAL ZONE INFORMATION CENTER PrOP03rtY Of CSC 1sjb3r&W U . S . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CENTER 2234 SOUTH HOBSON AVENUE CHARLESTON , SC 29405-2413 City of Milford Mayor: Alberta Jagoe City Planner: Wade Pierce A55t. City Planner: Peter Crabtree Planning and Zoning Board Kevin L. Norman - Chairman Members: Lillian Wilde, A. Harris Stone, Angelo Marino, Albert L Munroe, William H. Murray, Raymond C. Kuehn, E. William Cobain, Timothy Chaucer, Walter Farley Harbor Management Commission Richard Petrucelli - Chairman Member5: Peter Smith, Herbert Varney, Harvey Hayter, Peter DiPietro, William J. Cunningham, Leroy Milewski, Allen Berrien and alternate5 James Burroughs and Arthur Baran Harbor Management Task Force Allen Berrien - Chairman Members: Edward Austin, Mead Batchelor, Grace Carroll, Edmund Colangelo, John Donnelly, John Keegan, William Mildner, Larry Mitchell, William Mullarkey, William Schultz and Peter Crabtree 2 Table of Contents Ch. I Introduction Pg. 3 Ch. 2 Resource Inventory Pg. a Ch. 3 Goals and Objectives Pg. 17 Ch. 4 Administrative Considerations Pg. 20 Ch. 5 Recommended Actions Pg. 24 Ch. 6 Next Steps Pg. 40 Ch. 7 Consistency Review Plan Pg. 42 Ch. 8 The Water Use Plan Pg. 49 Ch. 9 Harbor Management Commission Ordinance Pg. S9 Ch. 10 Harbor Management Fund Ordinance Pg. 63 Ch. 11 Harbor Rules and Regulations Pg. 65 List of Maps, Drawings and Figures Harbor Area Map (Existing) Pg. 4 Intertidal Resources Map Pg. 10 Shellfish Concentration Map Pg. 12 Present Authorized Federal Channel Pg. 16 Chart of Organizational Framework Pg. 23 Figure "A" Pg. 48 Water U58 Plan Map Pg. S2 Transient Anchorage Area "B" Map Pg. S3 Sample Mooring Permit Pg. S4 Sample Waiting List Form Pg. SS Mooring Charti Areas I and 2 Pg. Ss Mooring Chart; Areas 3 and 4 Pg. S7 Mooring Chart; Area S Pg. SS Proposed Project Shifts and Encroachments Map Precedes App. I Appendices App. 1 Channel Realignment, Compensating Anchorage and Permit Application App. 2 Head of the Harbor Plan 1. INTRODUCTION Project History The ideal location of the City of Milford along the Long Island Sound has given it a rich history Of 5UCcessful maritime enterprise. Ship building, commercial fishing and more recently recreational boating have been a key element in this town's commercial viability. As in many of the New England COa5tal communities, the rapidly growing recreational boating industry and the public's desire to live and be near the waterfront is placing increasing demands on the local governmnet for increased maintenance and control of its waters. A brief descriptive history of Milford's waterfront was drafted by the Harbor Commission in 1979 during initial steps taken by that COMMiS5ion toward the development of this document, the opening statements are as follows: "The City of Milford, located between Bridgeport and New Haven on Long Island Sound, has an extensive shoreline on both Long Island Sound and the Housatonic River, and three small natural fresh water rivers that feed the sound through estuaries. There are a number of the shore areas that provide summer anchorage for boats of various sizes. Other areas Of the shore have the potential for development of excellent harbor faci-litie5 mainly for Pleasure craft and sport fishing. For many years there was substantial commercial Oystering activity that operated out of Milford Harbot. The Oyster Dredging vessels that operated year round, were Of substantial size and draft. The industry provided employment for a number of families and was a major element in the City's economy. Through the efforts of the oyst@r companies improvements were made for harbor storm protection, and channel depths were maintained both by dredging and vessel activity. Changes in the fisheries has resulted An a decline of business and a loss of this industry- in Milford." 00 6:2 "D AO a 0 Wb qA 1, u rR .go ul 13. Ih 00 Syr rT7 9 a ju F 0 qv r, mow G of % OAR .0 A- Milford Harbor Management Plan "U1101SEMPERE ASSOCIAIES 1983 Problems Typically Associated with Harbor Management During the last decade, waterfront Communities have been awakened to the great potential that lies dormant in their shoreline properties. New investment opportunities are available for both public and private sector development projects. This situation combined with current investment preferences have led to an ever increasing trend toward the redevelopment of out nation's waterfront areas. This type of investment is especially effective along the waterfront in many small craft harbors. Many of these small redevelopment projects, however, have contributed considerably to the problems faced by the local resource managers (town engineers, planning officials and harbormasters). As waterfront development continues along the shoreline there is a natural tendency toward further encroachment into the adjacent water surface. This type of development pattern has the potential to compete with minimum anchorage, mooring and navigational requirements as private development projects expand into the remaining water surface. By determining in advance what the minimum water surface needs are. local decision makers can be provided with the information necessary for taking the first Steps toward preserving a viable harbor area for the commercial fishwman, recreational boater or casual sightseer. Detail of Problems Specific to Milford The depth and severity of Milford's problems regarding the proper use, allocation and management of its waterfront has long been understood. ' This understanding is demonstrated in a quote taken from a document drafted by the Harbor Commission three years before this project was initiated: "Unless better planning is instituted it (Milford's waterfront) will not meet the requirements of the general public in the near future due to the many demands placed on its limited resources." Milford Harbor Commission, "A Plan for the Use, Protection and Development of Milford Harbor, Phase 1", 12/10/79 The problems that the decision makers in Milford are facing regarding Milford's waterfront can be placed into one of five categories. These five categories are: 1. Navigation and Water Surface Management 2. Administration of Harbor Use 3. Natural Resource Management 4. Public Access S. Economic Development The specific problems that are presently demanding attention are as follows: a. The substantial encroachment into the Federal Project by private and commercial docks and pilings. b. The Coast Guard has officially abandoned the maintenance of Milford's aids to navigation. c. The Harbor Commission has a poorly defined role and little formal authority or responsibility for active management of the harbor. d. There is no citywide comprehensive program designed solely for management of the waters of the City of Milford. e. The State appointed harbormaster has limited local government authority. f. There is no citywide inventory and analysis of points of waterfront access. g. Currently there is little passive recreation access on the waterfront. h. If there is to be a comeback in commercial fishing in Milford Harbor then there will need to be certain support services and facilities provided. The Concept of Harbor Management Planning One of the key objectives of Harbor Management Planning is to accurately and concisely describe existing problems and identify probable future conflicts relating to the administration and management of municipal waters. Problems specific to both the administration and the physical management Of small craft harbors should be considered in light of the needs specific to the recreational boa'ter as well as the commercial waterman. This analysis requires attention to engineering, land use management, water resource management and regulatory control. What Is a Harbor Management Plan? Control and regulation within municipal waters is typically shared between federal, state and local government, each level of government with its own predetermined objectives. Because these levels of government are dissimilar their respective management objectives will often be divergent. This in turn creates uncertainty regarding authority and responsibility over the management of municipal navigable waters. In addition, federal, state and local governments routinely find themselves facing complex decisions with a paucity of information to assist them in these site specific decisions. Traditional comprehensive land use planning fails to adequately consider the administrative changes required for the implementation of land Use plans beyond the shoreline. And yet it is the land Use controls, adopted through the comprehensive plan process, that will allow or disallow urban waterfront a@tivitie5 with little regard for their impact on water surface availability, local maritime industries or the carrying capacity of the local, natural shoreline habitats. It is the objective of Harbor Management Planning to evaluate the effect of existing. often uncoordinated, regulatory programs (municipal, state and federal government) in light of the unique constraints existing in the specific waterfront, evaluate potential problems, identify local maritime goals and objectives, and then create an integrated management framework designed to accomplish the stated goals and objectives through coordination between local, state and federal government activities. A Harbor Management Plan is not intended to replace the Municipal Comprehensive Plan, Sewer and Water Plans or the Municipal Coastal Program. Instead, this plan is intended to offer the necessary guidance for inclusion of the navigable waterways within the existing land U5e/re5ource management Plans and programs. It is also the objective of this plan to give sufficient guidance as to allow a greater degree of coordination between the various regulatory agencies active in the waterfront areas of the City of Milford. 7 RESOURCE INVENTORY Introduction The development of the Milford Harbor Management P-lan is built upon the collective analysis Of many past studies, reports and planning efforts. The following section 5ummariZe5 some Of the significant environmental, physical, and cultural factors which shape the character of Milford Harbor. The resource factors are listed below followed by a general discussion of each. Hydrologic Setting The major water bodies within Milford are the Housatonic and Indian Rivers, and the Wepawaug River. After flowing some IS miles through the towns of Woodbridge, Orange and Milford, the Wepawaug River 5PiII5 under the old Jefferson Bridge where it widens to form Milford Harbor. The harbor has a drainage area of approximately 20 square miles, and is found within the Central Connecticut Regional Coastal Basin. In addition to the Wepawaug, other sources Of fre5hwater flow include Beards Creek and many points of surface inflow including those from storm drains, road drains, and street ends. Direct discharges from the Milford sewage treatment plants also add additional hydrologic flow to the harbor. Bathemetry The depth of water in Milford Harbor at the mean low water mark range from 9.7 feet (found within the federal channel at the mouth of the harbor), to exposed tidal mudflat5 found in several areas. The April 19 '83 Conditions Survey from the Corps Of Engineers found that the federal navigation channel varies in depth from 5.3 feet (at the head of the channel) to 9.8 feet at the channel mouth. The average channel depth within the harbor is approximately 7.5 feet throughout, except in the area OPP05ite the National Marine Fisheries site where depth5 average 6.0 feet (at mean low water). The normal tidil range for Milford Harbor is 6.6 feet. The average spring tidal range is 7.6 feet. Marine Conditions The prevailing winds in Milford Harbor are primarily southerly during the summer months, and shift to the northwest during the winter months. The combination of wind velocity, direction, distance (or fetch), and duration create wave action within the harbor. The normal wave chop is less than one foot, but storm conditions have created wave action in excess of three feet during certain Past occurance5. Milford Harbor exhibit5 relatively strong cr055-current5-at the mouth of the harbor during ebb and flood tide conditions. 8 Coastal Flood Hazard Areas The 100-year coastal flood hazard area as mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is shown on Figure 2. This boundary is the base flood elevation. The base flood elevation has a 1% chance of occuring each year. In Milford Harbor this elevation is approximately +10.6 feet (above mean sea level). All of the dockage and much of the abutting waterfront structures fall within the base flood elevation. During flooding conditions due to very heavy rainfall in June of 1982, flood waters resulting in the flooding of much of Wilcox Park and the City Library facilities at the head of the harbor, and created much destruction to the harbor's marina facilities, although upstream damage was much greater than damage within the harbor. This storm occurance is reportedly the source of much of the current sedimentation and shoaling problems which are occuring in the harbor. Water Quality The water quality classification for Milford Harbor is SB meaning the water is suitable for all types of recreation including contact uses such as swimming and fishing. Acccording to limited water quality analysis performed during the City's 1977 wastewater facilities planning effort, the bacteria levels for the harbor fall within the SS classification standard, but are below dissolved oxygen (0.0.) standards. 0.0. levels during flood tide conditions were consistently higher than ebb tide, indicating the 0.0. rich waters of Long Island Sound were boosting levels during tidal mixing. Significant potential sources of water pollution to.the harbor are from discharges from the Milford Sewage Treatment Plant located at the head of the harbor and from the in-harbor discharge of marine sanitary facilities from boats. Although discharging of marine sanitary facilities is not a reasonable practice within a confined harbor area, it does occur. The problem is compounded by the fact that only a single pump-out facility for boat holding tanks is available within the harbor area. Intertidal Resources Significant areas of regulated tidal wetlands are found in several fringe locations throughout Milford Harbor. The most prominant areas are found along the banks of Wilcox Park south of the City boat ramp, and at the mouth of Beards Creek on the western bank of the harbor, and along the shores of the eastern basin near the mouth of the harbor. These areas, as mapped on the state's Coastal Resource Map, are shown on Figure 2. r* 4L W% ag Criarles is!and INTERTIDAL RESOURCES Exten5iVe intertidal flats, relatively flat areas 5ubjected to alternating periods Of tidal inundation and flooding, are found in the area lying between the Milford Boat Works and Beards Creek on the western edge of the harbor, near the head of the harbor, and within the eastern basin area. These areas are also shown on Figure 2. These wetland areas provide habitat for a great diversity of wildlife, waterfowl, aquatic and benthic organiSM5. Shellfish Resources A review of the State'of Connecticut's Shellfish Atlas, and discussions with personnel from the State Aquacultura Lab (which is housed in facilities on the western banks of Milford Harbor) show that there are shellfish concentration areas found within the limits of Milford Harbor and in The Gulf beyond the. mouth of the harbor. Although no extensive bio-survey5 have been undertaken in the harbor, the Aquaculture Lab reports that significant populations of the following shellfish are found within the harbor: Soft Clam Mya arenaria Hard Clam Mercenaria merceneria Eastern Oyster Cra5505trea virginica Blue MU35ell Mytilus edulis The intertidal substrate of the East Basin provides a natural bed for the production of brood stock of the Eastern Oyster. These 1-2 year seed Oysters are commercially harveat'ad and transplanted for development in non-polluted Off-5hore water5. tWL4vr Kings H trt 30 Z": 76 1. A. -1-Z, Z1. zP 41 A.4 21,w sr Se Milford A @e com 16 ILFOR Park A0 kip saw VIP 0-A v dip PIP" p Doi.. js WWI. V. 70 uu ;OL d Jr. kt 100, irde Beach w Z... low rl 44C-. SHELLFISH CONCENTRATION AREAS Sedimentation/Shoaling The predominant source for sediment loading in Milford Harbor is from upstream and surface runoff discharges to the harbor and from Gulf Pond, although tidal flow from Ling Island Sound carries with it sediment material. There are a series Of Upstream ponds which act as "5ediment traps". The effective usefulness Of these ponds to act as sediment traps has currently been exceeded as they are in need of clearing and digging out. The amount Of 5edim'ent material input into the harbor from the Sound is a function of tidal velocities and the amount of fresh water input from upstream sources. During low flow conditions and with high wave action, more material would tend to be carried into the harbor, while times with high discharge and lower tidal velocities will act to scour the harbor and transport the finer materials into the Sound. On the average, the net direction of sediment transport is into the Sound. The littoral drift pattern across the mouth of the harbor results in moderate shoaling problems at the harbor entrance. This problem is added to by the erosion and movement of fine sand material that has been placed, and captured, in the Gulf Beach area for recreation use. Land Use The dominant Uses found along the shores of the harbor are those associated with marinas, boat yards, and docks for private homes. In all, there is over 4,000 linear feet of dockage facing the harbor. Wilcox Park includes a significant portion of undeveloped waterfront, as do the tidal flats on the western shore. Residential frontage is limited to a few single-family homes and two large condominium projects, one off Oock Road and the other off Rogers Avenue. The City owns and maintains virtually all of the land found at the head of the harbor representing significant public access opportunities. These access concerns have been addressed in the Head-of-the-Harbor Plan, but as of yet not implemented. Zoning The State's zoning enabling legislation provides Milford with a powerful tool to shape and control the dev.elopment of the harbor and the character of the waterfront. A summary of the harbor's zoning classification is given below. The existing zoning districts are mapped on the project area map. The entirety of Milford Harbor falls within one of four zoning districts, R-12.5, 88, CBO, or 60. The predominance of Milford Harbor area is in the R-12.S zone, and the 88 zone. 13 Zoning Chart R-12.S One-Family Residential (12,EOOSF min. lot 5iZe) 88 Boating Business CGE) Central Business District GO General Office CATEGORIES R12.S BB CBO GO MIN. REQ. Lot Area (sq.ft.) 12,SOO 2AC. 2,000 10,000 Lot Width (feet) - 80 ISO 20 70 Lot Depth (feet) 100 -200 70 100 MAXIMUM PERMITTED Bldg. Height Stories 2 1/2 2 3 3 Feet 35 so 40 3S Building Area 30% 50% 40% Lot Coverage 4S% 7S% - 80% Key Access Points Milford Harbor has many points of direct access available to the public. These include all of Wilcox Park, the City boat ramp, the City dock, the jetties at the mouth of the harbor (both east and west), and the property supporting the City's sewerage treatment plant adjacent to the Coast Guard Auxiliary building. In addition, many qua5i-public access points are accessible, such as the several marinas and the Milford Yacht Club. Other potential and currently under-utilized access points which should be investigated include several 3treet-ends which front directly on the harbor. These include the ends of Carrington Avenue, Edgewater, Trumbull Avenue, Pond Street, Gulf Street, Harborview and Shipyard Lane. Federal Channel The Army Corps of Engineers maintains the federal channel in Milford Harbor. The designated federal channel is 100 feet wide at the mouth of the harbor (of which only an SS foot width is maintained) for a distance of approximately 1,100 feet. The designated channel widens to 100 feet at a point approximately off the end of Dock Street. Although the authorized channel is 100 feet wide, only an 8S foot wide channel has been historically dredged and maintained. The total surface area of .federally maintained channel in the harbor is approximately 600,000 square feet (13.75 acres). In addition, there is approximately SS,OOO square feet (1.26 acres) of non-maintained channel found within the harbor. 14 Anchorages The Army Corps maintains an anchorage area of approximately 244,000 square feet (5.8 acres). In addition, there are two additional mapped, but non-maintained anchorages. One has a surface area of S3,SOO square feet (1.2 acres), and the second an area of 15,250 square feet (.4 acres). City Dock and Ramp The City of Milford provides a public boat launch facility for residents at Wilcox Park. Limited parking for cars and trailers is available on site. The Head of the Harbor Plan has documented the physical condition of the City boat launch facility as deficient, as the pavement is showing visible signs of wear, and the launching ramp is not suitable for use in low tide conditions. At the time of that report the single guide floats to aid in the launching and retrieving of boats was not in place. This small addition has greatlly improved the Usefulness of the launching facility. The City dock located on the western side of the harbor at the end of a narrow right-of-way adjacent to the Milford Boat Works commercial operation is a small and limited facility. The pier structure has physical evidence of damage from vehicular traffic on the deck and the supporting piles show evidence of structural deficiencies. An engineering evaluation of the structures' ability to support continued vehicular traffic would be prudent. Boating Use Milford Harbor supports some 650 commercial SliP5 for boats. In addition, there are pproximately 100 moorings in the Public Anchorage as well as private docks and facilities for the State Aquaculture and National Marine fisheries Labs. The Milford Municipal Coastal Plan indicates that last season, the harborma5ter issued 180 permits for moorings in designated anchorages, and the City issued 80S launch permits to Milford residents. The City permits the rights for moorings, but does not provide or maintain the mooring. There are currently no moorings specially set aside in the public anchorage for transient boaters. A more detailed survey of the boating resources was carried out by the Milford Harbor Task Force in the fall of 1983. it .9u P P c 0 gal ra 6A l�rt-@ c 0 r2 0 135 0 a ce CIO u 140 go it top CD CP re 15 a Sm fo WAA 40 UA us 6. IL 10 GeV GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Introduction The following list of goals and objectives was developed with input from a variety of sources including: a review of previous planning and policy Studies; discussions With state and local agency personnel ; a review of recent studies such as the Milford Municipal Coastal Plan and the Head of the Harbor Plan; and with considerable input and comments from the general public. The goals and objectives presented here were Used as a blueprint to guide the identification of the recommended actions presented in the following chapter, and in the development of the implementation options presented in Chapter The goals and objectives have been divided into five topic areas as listed below: � Navigation and Water Surface Management � Administration of Harbor Use � Natural Resources � Public Access � Economic Development Navigation and Water Surface Management Goal: Work to maintain a planned pattern and program of compatible, equitable and efficient utilization of water surface within the City of Milford. Objectives: Resolve current problems regarding the encroachments that are within the Federal Project. Provide for safe and secure Use of all waterfront areas within the City of Milford. Work to see that the waters of the City of Milford remain fully navigable at all times. Provide adequate anchorage, mooring and dockage for the public. Avoid situations that create congestion in the waterfront area. Provide sufficient anchorage for transient boaters. Provide sufficient anchorage for commercial charter and/or commercial fishing vessels. Work toward the implementation of the proposed Commercial Fishing eoat Landing. 17 Provide for fairways as required for adequate access to the Federal and State Aquaculture Laboratories on the west side of the harbor. Administration of Harbor Use Goal: Establish the framework that is necessary for the coordinated administrative management for the Milford waterfront. Objective: Establish an effective framework and procedure for administrative control of the waterfront. Develop a set of guidelines for the safe and secure use of the waterfront, for the protection of visitors and residents alike. Establish a minimum set of clearly stated regulations and ordinances used to enforce the guidelines developed for governing the use of Milford waterfront. Modify existing land use controls to be compatible with and supportive of navigational and water surface management objectives. Determine the appropriate roles and level of involvement for Federal, State and Municipal government in the management of the waterfront area. Provide for a Harbor Improvement Fund that will be funded partly by harbor-generated monies and that will be used for the adequate administration, operation and maintenance of the waterfront. Natural Resources Goal: Protect the natural resources in and around Milford's waterfront and encourage their proper management. Objectives: Preserve and enhance wetland areas when possible. Provide for the enhancement and conservation of wildlife habitat where appropriate. Attempt to improve water quality in Milford Harbor. Develop guidelines to determine relative value of new development V5. environmental impact. 18 Minimize sedimentation when possible. Identify and implement ways to enhance existing natural habitat as compensation for new waterfront development. Public Access Goal: Provide a system of community facilities and services on the waterfront that is responsive to public needs. Objectives: Improve existing waterfront facilities as is neded. Give both active and passive users of the harbor consideration in making decisions regarding harbor management. Provide for additional points of access (passive and active recreation) around the waterfront. Provide for ease of movement from the water to the land 83 well as from the land to the water. Develop better linkage between the central business district and the harbor area.Increase the amount of anchorage and dockage available in the harbor.Provide for better management and allocation of the public facilities that already exist. Economic Development Goal: Encourage water dependent enterprises which offer employment and address community needs that are compatible with the other stated goals and objectives. Objective: Encourage the revitalization of the commercial fishing industry in Milford Harbor. Implement those sections of the Head-of-the-Harbor Plan deemed appropriate in light of the findings contained in this document. Make the necessary adjustments in the existing zoning that are designed to protect existing water dependent land uses. Plan for controlled change as public needs char1ge. 19 ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Juri 5d-, ;I I o-15 =tat!! a-.-. local agencies have jurisdiction over v a 1- 4 " @-!, 6 ir 3rt adjacent to the harbor. These zerzorm different, but often overlapping functions in the regulation of harbor activities. The key authorities with administrative control or interest in Milford Harbor include: Federal Level U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Coast Guard State Level Department of Agriculture Aquaculture Division Department of Environmental Protection Law Enforcement Unit Marine Fisheries Unit Planning and Coordination/Coa5tdl Management Water Compliance Unit Water Resources Unit Wildlife Unit Department of Health Services Department of Transportation Bureau of Waterways HarborMa5ter Local Level Board of Aldermen Conservation Commission Director of Health Fire Department Flood and Erosion Control Board Harbor Management Commia5ion Historic District Commission Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission Marine Police Parks and Recreation Department Planning and Zoning Commission Redevelopment Agency Sewer Commission Zoning Board of Appeals 20 4 @'7 77 o 43TESS 10- pRoj L AuTP@;;QEP C F LIMIT-p F A %4 MILF ORD H ARISOR CCNDITION --URVEJ 7 (AP,IL 198 %SHEIT 2 OF 2).'- 4 FQ10POSED PROJECT LIMITS F-10 4. kPIPLICAT ION 015-95-05E 4 i"E-ERWN A NO SPENCER FLOArs q 0 m 7 &,@NUARY 11fil CIURWEY- 25 f -& 1921 REVISION TO M ILF( Rr, HAFSI CONDI_,CN S,65VEY (YAACH 1?7? SHEET 2 OF 22 4. E AST PIL'ES. AND' iLOATS F F-.Oh 10 %4 ARCH 198S SURV E Y(FIELDOOOK RIH 25171 rtg D@W, .-AND TS: FW A AI`-PLICATICJN*I4-85-&91- -RYLA OLES -LOA. fr.. Z7 '5 @X_ _35 17, Auz -s-OW.-44 -Z SCHOOL Tr 4 MAJ9CK% 0 0 1) n, 5 OFF CERIN ALLEN Y.: SMENMR -7 4LLFN- 100, 11 0- a 4 lool Ile. E I r% WCIAOR^ts I.,r J. :OMPEN' -T a IEN :4 PROPOS -,ij CITY OF CHAN SHIF1 MILIF (too'" AUTHORIZED CHANNEL At HOWLEID@_t ANNEL _7 BERRIEN 7 -.7 -,7 r GRAPHICS,ALFES 0' 1047 200 t U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction of the Corps is as follows: The Corps regulates work in or affecting navigable waters under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors act Of 1899. In New England, for purposes Of Section 10, navigable waters are essentially those subject to the ebb and flow of the tide seaward of the mena high water line. The Corps also regulates the discharge of dredged or fill material into all waters Of the U'.S. under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Historically, the Corps ha5 dredged and maintained some type of Federal navigation project within Milford Harbor since 1874. Any dredging or structure placement within the harbor has previously required an individual permit application. Under a newly suggested "Harbor Management Plan Concept", the Corps would issue a general permit authorizing Most harbor improvement projects if the activity is consistent with the approved harbor management plan. This general permit would then eliminate the need for many individual permits and allow greater local control, by the Harbor Commission and others. over harbor development activities. U.S. Coast Guard The Coast Guard is concerned with navigational safety within and near Milford Harbor. This is accomplished primarily through the placement and maintenance of Aids to Navigation buoys and channel markers. As a means of economy and agency streamlining, the Coast Guard has been reviewing all its navigational aids within Long Island Sound and along the Atlan-Vic Seaboard. Milford was recently informed at a public hearing. that several aids were to be abandoned by the Coast Guard. The City of Milford has the option of continuing the maintenance of these aids, but at the expen5e Of the City, not the Coast Guard. CT. DEP-Coastal Area Management Unit The Coastal Area Management Unit of the 5tate is re5Pon5ible for the administration and over5ight of the States' Coastal Area Management Program which was effective in January, 1980, based on the Connecticut Coastal Area Management Act of 1979. The CAM Unit oversees consistency of Federal, State and Municipal plans and regulatory actions, funding of local municipal site reviews, the development of local coastal management plans, and the protection of critical resources. The CAM unit is also responsible for coordination/review of Harbor Management Plans and amendments to them. 21 CT. DEP-Water Rescurces Unit The Connecticut DEP-Water Resources Unit administers the states tidal wetlands permit program and a permit program which regulates dredging and the placement of structures in, beneath, or over, tidal and navigable water5. The Water Resources Unit also addresses issues such as flooding and erosion control including FEMA flood insurance programs. and issues Water Quality Certifications for dredging projects carried out within the. territorial waters of the State. CT. DEP-Watar Compliance Unit The Connecticut DEP-Water Compliance Unit administers the NPDES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination Schedule) water pollution permit program, various sewerage control programs and advises the Coastal Area Management Unit in the development of state dredge disposal policy. The Unit also establishes the state's water quality classifications and is responsible for the marine sanitation discharge law. CT. Department of Transportation In Connecticut, the Commi3sionar of Transportation is vested with the responsibility for the overall supervision of the state's harbors and navigable waterways. Under State law, the Commissioner may delegate this responsibility to the local municipality through the designation of a harborma3tar, or to a local Harbor Commission. The harborma3ter is appointed by the Governor, and is subject to the control and direction of the COiMMi53ioner of the Department of Tran3portat.ion. The administrative jurisdiction of both th@ harbormaatar and Harbor Commission are the navigable waters of the municipality shoreward to their mean high water mark. CITY OF MILFORD At the present time, the City of Milford has several Boards and Commissions with responsibility for the management of growth around and within this harbor area. The Milford Planning and Zoning Commission is responsible for the enforcement and updating of the city's zoning ordinances and Milford Municipal Coastal Site Plan Review. The Milford Harbor Commission is an eight member commission which serves at the discretion of the Milford Board of Aldermen and through the approval of the Planning Commission primarily for the drafting of economic development proposals regarding the use of the Harbor. The figure on the following page demonstrates the existing local administrative framework for governing harbor activities. 22 Upland Maritime Upland *W (mean Hi0h Water) (Mean H�gh Water) MHW F&Z* Zoning Ord. Zoning Ord. Harbormaster mr State Municipal Regulations - no site-plan review provided - no other.Zoning-authorities The Harbor r-ission serves at the discreation of the Board of Alderman and through approval of the Planning Commission for the drafting of economic development proposals regarding the use of Housetonic River and Milford Harbor. Existing Local Organizational Framework for Harbor Management RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Introduction In October 1983, the Harbor Management Plan Task Force invited the citizens of Milford to a public workshop. The objective of the workshop was to gather a representative cross sampling of both the attitudes and concerns of the people of Milford regarding the present and future use of their harbor. During the evening of the workshop, approximately 90 participants were separated into various small groups and asked to perform two tasks. These two tasks were as follows: 1. List the five major problems associated with the use and management of the harbor area. 2. List the five key goals for the management and future use of the harbor area. The results of this exercise have been summarized in 28 separate "Issues" which are listed below and than later used in this chapter as the framework for a discussion regarding "Problems" and 'Recommendations' for the Milford Harbor Management Plan. Issues and problems as identified during the October 27, 1983 workshop are listed below. The numbers indicated are for identification and discussion purposes only and do not represent any weighted order. 1. The Need to Develop a Comprehensive Approach to Harbor Management 2. Congestion in the Harbor 3. Encroachments in the Federal Channel 4. Aids to Navigation S. Financing of Harbor Maintenance and Improvements G. Water Quality 7. Dredging 8. Shoaling, Sedimentation and Oebris 9. Condition of Public Facilities 10. Improvements to Public Access 11. Wetland Enhancement and Preservation 12. Wildlife and Conservation in the Harbor 24 13. Commercial Fishing Facilities 14. Town Dock Use and Expansion 15. Create New Anchorage and Dockage 16. Transient Moorings 17. Access to Anchorages 18. Define the Harborma3ter's Duties 19. Water Safety and Security 20. Pass3ive Recreational Use on the Waterfront 21. Improve Pedestrian Linkage from the Harbor to the Center of Town 22. Inter/Intra Governmental Coordination 23. E3t'ablishment of a *Municipal Mooring Area" Waiting List 24. Uae of the Harbor for Boat Racing 2S. Boat Wakes 26. Public Education of Waterf ront Manag ement Regulations 27. Signage 28. Trash and Litter Control Issue: Need to Develop a Comprehensive Approach to Harbor Management Problem: Due to the overlap of authority between Federal, state and municipal government within the harbor, there is a need to establish a concise and clear administrative program for the management of the harbor waters and the adjacent land. Recommendation: Develop a comprehensive management plan for the harbor that addresses the interrelationship between existing land use controls and their potential impact on the use and access of the harbor, development of a "growth management strategy" designed to implement goals and objectives as identified by the citizenry of Milford and the establishment of an administrative framework for overseeing the proper management of the harbor. 2S Develop a plan that is comprehensive both in scope of issues and geographic orientation (i.e., includes areas such as the Housatonic River, Gulf Pond, and other waterfront areas). Issue: Congestion in the Harbor Problem: The limited amount Of Usable water surface (over 5 feet of depth) in Milford Harbor is being competed for by waterfront property owners who want to "wharf--@out", the municipal anchorages, the Federal navigation channel, and the locally de5ignated fairways. Recommendation: Develop a systematic technique for evaluating the appropriateness Of development proposals that affect the use of the water surface. Design a site plan review process and regulatory framework for management of the harbor water surface and equitable allocation of this limited resource. Issue: Encroachments in the Federal Channel Problem: At present, the authorized navigation channel (as designated by the Army Corps of Engineers) in Milford Harbor has numerous encroachments (pilings, floats 85 well as the bOW5 and sterns of moored boats) which repre5etft a navigational hazard.In order for the continued maintenance (dredging) of the Federal Project, the Army Corps of Engineers will require that the channel encroachments be removed or that the channel be relocated to exclude any and all encroachments. In addition, any Costs associated with relocating the channel Must be assumed by the City government or the affected property owners. Recommendations: Evaluate the potential impacts associated with: 1. Removal of all encroachment5 2. Relocating the channel so as to avoid all encroachments and dredge accordingly 3. Reducing the size of the channel so as to avoid all encroachments and establishment of harbor lines to prevent all future encroachments into the channel and anchorage. 4. Complete re-de5ign of the channel with new dredging. 26 Basis for these deci5on5 should be predicated on: A. Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Connecticut B. Best alternative for the general public's long range Use C. Minimizing the cost to the City of Milford D. Minimizing the disruption to the existing commercial and private facilities E. Minimizing the cost to the existing facilities Issue: Encroachments into the Federal Anchorage Areas Problem: At present, the authorized anchorage areas (as designated by the Army Corps of Engineers) in Milford Harbor have encroachments (piling5, floats as well as the bows and sterns of moored boats) which represent a navioational hazard. These encroachments, with the exception of one conditional use. are the result of unpermitted construction in the waterway during the last 50 years. In order for the continued maintenance (dredging) of the Federal Project, the Army Corps of Engineers will require that the anchorage encroachments be removed or that the anchorage areas be relocated to exclude any and all encroachments. In addition, any costs associated with relocating the anchorage areas must be assumed by the City government or the affected property owners. Recommendations: Evaluate the potential impacts associated with: 1. Removal of all encroachments 2. Relocating the anchorage areas so as to avoid all encroachments and dredge accordingly 3. Reducing the size of the anchorage areas 50 as to avoid all encroachments 4. Complete redesign of the anchorage areas with new dredging Basis for these decisions should be predicated on: A. Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Connecticut B. Best alternative for the general public's long range use 2 7 C. Minimizing the cost to the City of Milford D. Minimizing the disruption to the eXi5ting commercial and private facilities E. Minimizing the cost '60 the eXi5ting facilities. Issue: Aids to Navigation Problem: The U.S. Coast Guard is planning to abandon the maintenance of various aids to navigation within and arounds Milford Harbor. During periods of peak use (summer months), navigation within Milford Harbor is often difficult. Recommendations: Provide for the continued maintenance of Milford's aids to navigation by the Coast Guard, the State or the City of Milford. Investigate alternative funding sources to be used in the maintenance of navigational aids. Provide for the maintenance of the inner harbor aids through local agency responsibility and budget. Provide adequate security for Milford's bUOY5 and beacons by enacting relevant local ordinance5. Issue: Financing of Harbor Improvements and Maintenance Problem: Currently there is an insufficient level of fiscal planning for costs associated with repair and replacement of City owned/maintained waterfront facilities or administrative Costs for municipal harbor management activities. Previously, State and Federal funds have been available for dredging and construction of wharfs and piers, etc. Additionally, State and Federal involvement in the regulation of the harbor has helped to reduce the level of municipal administration necessary. In the predictable future, such assistance may become more difficult to secure. Recommendations: Analyze the suitability of establishing an amortizing fund, or other funding mechanisms, earmarked specifically for harbor related administration, physical improvements and required maintenance (aids to navigation) and piers and ramps. 28 Investigate the State and Federal funds available for regular maintenance and development for water access and waterfront facilities. Issue: Water Quality Problem: The apparent poor level of water quality in Milford Harbor can be attributed to several sources, such as: 1. Dumping of sewage effluent from the sewage treatment plants near the Head-of-the-Harbor, 6ulf Pond and the Meadows. 2. Storm water runoff from adjacent uplands. 3. Poor water quality in Long Island Sound. 4. Point source pollution entering the Wepawaug and Indian Rivers from upstream. Recommendations: Encourage the scheduled abandonment of the sewage treatmant plants. Develop changes in zoning regulations designed to avoid unnecessary stormwater runoff into the harbor. Install sediment traps in all 5tormwater outfalls that terminate in the harbor. Provide onshore re5troom facilities for transient boaters and make their location known through an information brochure. Provide for a sufficient number of marine pump-out facilities that are readily accessible to any and all boaters using the harbor. Provide for the improvement of water quality so that the public can harvest shellfish, hard clam and oyster. Provide for the maintenance (cleaning out) of the various ponds that serve as sediment traps located upstream in the Wepawaug and Indian Rivers. Issue: Dredging Problems: Presently there are areas Of the harbor that have insufficient depth for the orderly movement of recreational craft. 29 There currently is no schedule maintained by the City for required public and/or private dredging projects. When dredging projects can be scheduled together, then the negative environmental impacts aasociated with sudh activities can often be reduced and, in addition, economies of scale can be used to reduce the dredging COSt3/cubic yeard of dredge material. In the future, the State and Federal Government is likely to require upland containment of dredge spoil material. Therefore, the siting of a dredge mat arial placement facility in the vicinity of Milford Harbor would be beneficial for all future dredging projects. Recommendations: Take all necessary actions required for the timely dredging by the Army Corps of Engineers of the Federal channel. Develop a long term dredging program for Milford Harbor that addresses both private and public future dredging projects. Schedule dredge projects together when possible. Explore the feasibility of constructing a permanent dredge material placement facility near Milford Harbor. Issue: Shoaling, Sedimentation and Debris Problems: Suspended sediments are cont-inually-being deposited on the bottom of the harbor. The sediments are coming from several sources. The more significant sources are: 1. Upland areas that lie to the north of the harbor and direct 3tormwater runoff into the Housatonic, Wepawaug and Indian Rivers or their tributaries (Beard's Creek. Gulf Pond. etc.). 2. Upland areas that are directly adjacent to the harbor and direct atormwater runoff into the harbor. 3. Suspended sediment in the waters of Long Island Sound that are carried by the tides into the harbor and are deposited from suspension during the slack tides. 4. Transportation of bottom sediments by littoral drift (longshore currents) into the mouth of the harbor. S. Major storm occurance3 (both upland and tidal floods). S. Debris dumped along the shoreline by property owners. 30 Investigate the State and Federal funds available for regular maintenance and development for water access and waterfront facilities. Issue: Water Quality Problem: The apparent poor level of water quality in Milford Harbor can be attributed to several sources, such as: 1. Dumping of sewage effluent from 'the sewage treatment plants near the Head-of-the-Harbor, Gulf Pond and the Meadows. 2. Storm water runoff from adjacent uplands. 3. Poor water quality in Long Island Sound. 4. Point source pollution entering the Wepawaug and Indian Rivers from upstream. Recommendations: Encourage the scheduled abandonment of the sewage treatmant plants. Develop changes in zoning regulations designed to avoid unnecessary 5tormwater runoff into the harbor. Install sediment traps in all 5tormwater outfall5 that terminate in the harbor. Provide onshore re5troom facilities for transient boaters and make their location known through an information brochure. Provide for a sufficient number of marine pump-out facilities that are readily accessible to any and all boaters using the harbor. Provide for the improvement of water quality 50 that the public can harvest shellfish, hard clam and oyster. Provide for the maintenance (cleaning out) of the various ponds that serve as sediment traps located upstream in the Wepawaug and Indian Rivers. Issue: Dredging Problems: Presently there are areas Of the harbor that have insufficient depth for the orderly movement of reacreational craft. 29 There currently is no schedule maintained by the City for required public and/or private dredging projects. When dredging projects can be scheduled together, then the negative environmental impacts associated with such activities can often be reduced and, in addition, economies of scale can be used to reduce the dredging costs/cubic yeard of dredge material. In the future, the State and Federal Government is likely to require upland containment of dredge spoil material. Therefore, the siting of a dredge mat erial placement facility in the vicinity of Milford Harbor would be beneficial for all future dredging projects. Recommendations: Take all necessary actions required for the timely dredging by the Army Corps of Engineers of the Federal channel. Develop a long term dredging program for Milford Harbor that addresses both private and public future dredging projects. Schedule dredge projects together when possible. Explore the feasibility of constructing a permanent dredge material placement facility near Milford Harbor. Issue: Shoaling, Sedimentation and Debris Problems: Suspended sediments are continually being deposited on the bottom of the harbor. The sediments are coming from several sources. The more significant sources are: 1. Upland areas that lie to the north of the harbor and direct stormwater runoff into the HOU5atonic. Wepawaug and Indian Rivers or their tributaries (Beard's Creek, Gulf Pond, etc.). Z. Upland areas that are directly adjacent to the harbor and direct stormwater runoff into the harbor. 3. Suspended sediment in the waters of Long Island Sound that are carried by the tides into the harbor and are deposited from suspension during the slack tides. 4. Transportation of bottom sediments by littoral drift (longshore currents) into the mouth of the harbor. S. Major storm occurances (both upland and tidal floods). 6. Debris dumped along the shoreline by property owners. 30 Recommendations: Identify location Of 5tormwater OUtfaI15 that direct 5tormwater runoff into the harbor and install sediment traps. Keep all sediment traps cleaned out through periodic inspections. Review means of reducing shoaling due to littoral drift. Develop and enforce local soil 1055 standards aimed at reducing harbor sediment loading. Keep duMP5ter5 OUt of the flood hazard areas. Issue: Condition of Public Facilities Problems: The physical condition of harbor related public facilities is generally poor. The public facilities that are related to the Head-of-the-Harbor Plan have proposals for the improvement of public acce555, but have not been designed yet. Points of public access that are not located at the head of the harbor may require physical improvements if public access is to be increased. There is not a sufficient maintenance program in effect requiring the inspection and repair of public owned waterfront facilities. Recommendations: An inventory of all points of public access, both active and passive (Visual) access, should be prepared. All necessary improvements for each of the points Of access inventoried 5houlda be determined iri light of the need for increased public*acce5S. In order to accomplish these needed improvements in an organized and timely fashion, a prioritizing of these proposed improvements should be established and followed. Begin, as soon as possible, all necessary planning required for the implementation of the Head-of-the-Harbor Plan. Existing municipally owned waterfront structures should be inspected and an aggressive maintenance program developed that will extend the functional life of these structures as much as possible. Issue: Improvements to Public Access 31 Problem: Many points for public access (both active and Pa55iVe) around the harbor that have been improved in order to facilitate access are in need of repair or replacement of facilities. There are several locations around the harbor that are owned by the public sector, but have not been improved to allow for safe public access. Recommendation: Inventory existing waterfront improvements designed for public access and determine required repair and maintenance.. Develop an aggressive maintenance program designed to extend the functional life of these waterfront structures to the degree possible. Identify those locations around the harbor that are publicly owned and are appropriate for use in increasing public access. Retain for public use those properties which are presently owned and operated by the State and Federal government, but which may be returned to private sector Use in the near future. Design and con5taruct those improvements deemed appropriate for increasing public access. Locate and priortize locations around the waterfront to be purchased by the City for improving public access. Consider a policy which seeks to maintain the access to water provided by commercial marinas. Issue: Wetland Enhancement and Preservation Problem: Due to the close proximity of adjacent land use and water surface use typical of a urban harbor, the existing wetland areas in Milford Harbor are subjected to chronic stress from poor water quality, physical destruction and accelerated sedimentation from stormwater runoff. Recommendations: Develop and implement ways to enhance conditions for natural habitat as compensation for the inadvertant destruction of wetland habitat through the further development along the City waterfront. Make adjustments to land use regulations that will address the problems associated with 5tormwater runoff from adjacent lands. Avoid unnecessary disruption of wetland areas by discouraging uncompatable adjacent land uses. 32 Issue: Wildlife and Conservation in the Harbor Problem: Development pre sasure5 within waterfront areas are reducing the amount and quality of suitable habitat for wildlife and shellfish species. Recommendation: Encourage the preservation of those areas in Milford that provide suitable habitat as compensation for the inadvertent destruction of watland habitat through the further development along the City waterfront. Issue: Commerical Fishing Facilities Problem: Commercial fishing in Milford harbor appears to be attempting a comeback; however, there are currently insufficient planning efforts aAd support facilities for the commercial fishermen. Recommendation: Identify the needs that are specific to the commercial fishermen in Milford Harbor and develop an economic development program and permanent facilities aimed at further encouraging commercial fishing. Issues that need attention include: a. product landing b. equipment storage c. sufficient mooring areas and mooring fee schedule d. seafood buying station Issue: Town Dock Use and Expansion Problem: Currently, the Town Dock is the only public improvement on the west side of the harbor. The various uses which occur at the dock such as parking of cars, fishing, boat on/off loading or just sitting by the water enjoying the view, often create conflicting situations. . Incompatible Uses can produce problems such as: insufficient maneuvering room for parking of cars will compete with all other pedestrian Uses, 33 boat on/off loading and refueling often competes with fishing actlVitie5 for access to the edge of the bulkhead, discarded fishing bait and other trash develop odors and unsightly conditions that interfere with "walks by the water". Recommendation: Provide additional points of- public access on the west side of the harbor and separate the conflicting uses mentioned above. Provide additional parking for waterfront access users that will not compete with pedestrian Uses. Review the structural integrity of the dock and its ability to support vehicles and moored vessels. Issue: Create New Anchorage and Dockage Problem: Many residents indicated that there is an insufficient amount of municipal anchorage and dockage space available. Recommendation: Determine the feasibility and cost associated with dredging the East Basin, the Six Foot anchorage or other areas for use as an additional anchorage or other areas for use as an.additional anchorage area. Determine the feasibility and need associated with the construction of a municipal marina. I55Ue: Transient Anchorage Problem: There is no transient anchorage area in the harbor for use by the visiting boater. Recommendation: Implement, when POS5ible, those elements Of the Head- of-the-Harbor Plan that provide additional transient anchorage. Determine the location and sizing of additional anchorage as needed for the visiting boater. Issue: Access to Anchorages 34 Problem: Boaters using the municipal mooring5, anchorage areas and transient moorings Must come ashore in dinghies. There is currently no central place for them to land. This is inconvenient for boaters and owners of waterfront property. Recommendation: Provide a landing area exclusively for the use of boaters coming ashore, where dinghies will be protected and visitors can have safe, easy access to the City. Inve3tigate the feasibility of tender service in association with a private marina, boat club or other municipal operation. Have all moorings registered to specific parking areas around the harbor utilizing a parking permit system and the City mass transit facilities, when possible. Issue: Define the Harbormaster's Duties Problem: Due to the level of activity in Milford Harbor during peak use periods, there may be a need to expand the duties of, or provide for, a full-time harbormaster. Recommendations: Determine the need for, and the feasibility of, having the State of Connecticut appoint a full-time harborma5t er. Define any additional duties, responsibilities Or.qualifications that a full-time harborMa5ter should have in addition to those that currently exist. Make all necessary changes in the current administrative framework to better coordinate and regulate waterfront uses within the City of Milford. Identify existing and potential new sources Of funding for a full-time harborma5ter, deputy harborma5ter and/or mooring inspectors. Consider using the existing Milford Transit Di5trict/Tran5it Commissioner Ordinance as a model for the establishment of a new administrative role for the harbormaster(s). Issue: Water Safety and Security Problem: There is, at this time, very little regulation of Milford Harbor beyond the duties and responsibilities of the part-time harborMa5ter and local police enforcement. Recommendation: Draft and enact a Water Safety and Security Ordinance following accepted patterns so that enforcement is Possible to protect against unsafe practices. Identify the expanded enforcement dutie5 Of 5UCh an ordinance, and the individual (i.e., harbormaster) or department (i.e., police or fire) responsible for implementation. Establish rules and regulations for contractors operating in or around the City waterfront. These regulations should include such items as proper times for working, handling overhead powerline3, elevated or submerged sewer or water lines, procedures for placement and adequate construction standards. Establish regulations addressing procedures for icing conditions, oil spill contingency, removal of vessels for City owned or maintained waters, water quality and debris within the waterway, maintenance of the aid5 to navigation and mooring inspection. Issue: Passive Recreational Access to the Waterfront Problem: The points of access that exist around the waterfront to date are designed primarily for active recreational use. Recommendation: Implement when possible, those elements of the Head-of- the-H'arbor Plan that improve passive recreational use on the waterfront. Determine the appropriateness of providing additional points of access for passive recreational use. Issue: Improve Pedestrian Linkage from the Harbor to the Center of Town Problem: Currently there is poor linkage between the harbor and the center of town. A design study was undertaken two years ago that addressed this issue, but has not been implemented yet. Determine the feasibility and the location for additional improvements in pedestrian linkage with the center of town (i.e., east side of the harbor, Gulf Beach and Fort-Trumbull). Issue: Inter/Intra Governmental Coordination 36 Problem: There is a lack of information exchange between City agencies within Milford's municipal government as well as a lack of information sharing between adjacent communities regarding the proper administration and management of shared water resources (Housatonic, Wepawaug and Indian Rivers). Recommendations: Establish dialogue with the adjacent communities regarding the issues that involve joint management of waterfront areas. Exchanging information on techniques that can be used as well as coordination regarding the Federal and State government (i.e., dredge spoil containment facility). Improve information exchange and coordination between municipal government agencies in Milford including: a. Mayor's Office b. Board of Alderman c. Planning and Zoning ..d. City Engineer e. Public Works f. Parks and Recreation g. Flood, Shore and Erosion h. Harbor Commission i. Police/Fire Departments j. Conservation Commission k. Community Development 1. Sewer Commission Issue: Establishment of a "Municipal Mooring Area" Waiting List Problem: Due to constraints in the amount of available deep water (over 6 feet at MLW) in Milford Harbor there are an insufficient amount of anchorage areas. There are currently more boaters looking for ahcnorage area than can be adequately accommodated. 37 Recommendations: Develop a written procedure for the proper allocation and equitable distribution of City controlled anchorages. Develop and map a mooring grid which will aid in the efficient use of anchorage areas. Investigate the feasibility of constructing additional dockage space for temporary mooring. Issue: Use of the Harbor for Boat Re .cing Problem: Small craft periodically use the waters within the harbor as an area for boat racing. Recommendation: Establish local guidelines to determine the appropriateness Of using the harbor waters for any such boating activity. Avoid the use of the inner harbor "aids to navigation" as marks in the race course. Issue: Boat Wakes Problem:- Boating traffic is sometimes responsible for unnecessarily large boat wakes. Recommendation: Establish a boat speed control ordinance. Review the suitability of an ordinance that will require the operator of watercraft within the waters of the municipaliiy to be responsible for any damages arising from reckless operation of a boat (i.e., damage from boat wakes). Support the efforts of local law enforcement officers in the endarcement of speed controls. Issue: Public Education of Waterfront Management Regulations Problem: Many of the problems that arise in the administration of a small craft harbor have to do with a lack of importlant information specific to the harbor in question. Visiting boaters often don't know where to go, where to anchor or tie up, what water is deep and what is shoal, or what facilities may be found on the waterfront or in town. 38 Recommendation: Prepare for broad public distribution an accurate chart of Milford Harbor that shows depths, public docks, landings, the location of boating services, means of access into the center of town. In addition, the City can Post all relevant rules and regulations concerning the use of the harbor. Issue :Signage Problem: Visitors that are unfamiliar with the harbor will find it difficult to locate needed facilities and services once they are ashore. Recommendation: Develop an overall plan for the posting of signs that will direct visitors to the proper areas around town and protect the interests and privace of town residents. Issue: Trash and Litter Control Problem: An insufficient number of trash cans and poor placement of receptaCle5 along the harbor, a5 well as along the river's edge upstream, re5Ult in trash that is likely to and up on the ground and in the water. Recommendation: Develop and maintain a program of Trash and Litter Control for the harbor area whic,h will place sufficient containers and receptacles in key locations to collect litter before it is thrown in the water or on the ground. 39 NEXT STEPS Organization of the Milford Harbor Management Plan, Volume I - Harbor Management Framework (Phase 1) Volume 2 - Implementation Program (Phase 12) Volume 3 - Technical Memorandum (Phase I & 2) Phases in the Oevelopment of the Milford Plan Phase One of the Harbor Management Plan has involved an inventory, analysis and initial planning for this subject. This first step has produced the goals and ojbective5 for management of the waterfront as well as the preliminary recommendations for accomplishing the guidelines contained in the goals and objectives. In addition, the Phase One effort incorporates Technical Memorandum, developed by the consultants and/or the Task Force, for addressing special issues such as existing encroachments in the Federal Project, establishment of a new administrative framework for accomplishing the recommendations identified during Phase One, and the first draft of an ordinance designed to offer a new integrated approach between the Harbor Commission and the harbormaster. Issues Addressed It has been the understandi.ng from the initiation of this effort that the priority of resolving issues lies with satisfying the concern of (in descending order): � The Army Corps of Engineers - Navigation issues � DEP - CAM - Administrative issues � City of Milford - Zoning, rules and use ordinances This current phase of the plan should resolve Most issues of interest to the Corps of Engineers. This phase of the effort also deals in a significant way with issues of concern to DEP-CAM and identifie5 in a coherent framework most of the key issues of concern facing the City of Milford. Next Steps In order to better assess the options available for future efforts, listed below (not necessarily in any suggested order) are those recommended actions or issues that could be addressed in Phase 2 of the planning effort. Phase 2 of the Harbor Management Plan - the Implementation Program - is proposed to include: 40 1. Harbor Management Regulations - regulation of harbor use, (i.e., mooring regulations, mooring fee schedule, regulation of harbor activities. 2. Criteria for the establishment of a Harborline (line beyond which no channelward placement of docks, floats or pilings may extend). 3. Drafting of an ordinance for the establishment of new reap.onaibilitia3 and duties for the Harbor Commission. 4. Drafting of legislation to establish a now role for the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding harbor management. S. Necessary changes to the City Code to enable (require) the coordination between the above mentioned resource management techniques. S. Evaluate the environmental consequences of alternative solutions to the existing Federal Project encroachments. 7. Other changes in the regulatory framework as deemed necessary by the Harbor Management Task Force. The efforts put forth to date by all involved deserve recognition. Although the completion of this first phase report will bring the City closer to its intended goal of creating an equitable and workable management plan for Milford Harbor. it must be remembered that planning is a process, not a product. The process embraced to date has bean a valuable exercise and an education, as well. 41 HMP Con5istency Review Process I. Consistency Review Considerations The establishment of the Harbor Management Commission consistency review process is to ensure the effective implementation of the Milford Harbor Management Plan. The purpose of development of the Harbor Management Plan Was not to 5upercede eXi5ting state and local management authorities but rather to ensure that the implications of proposed projects on tidal wetlands and waters are adequately considered by such management authorities. The goals Of the Plan are to: (1) Maintain a planned pattern and program of :compatible, equitable and efficient utilization of the water surface. (2) Protect the natural resources in and around Milford's waterfront and encourage their proper management. (3) Provide a system of waterfront community facilities and services that is responsive to public needs. (4) Encourage water dependent enterprises that offer employment and address community needs that are compatible with other stated goals and objectives. The establishment of the review procei5 Of the Harbor Management Commission W85 authorized by Conn. General Statutes, Chapter 444a Sections 113k through 113t. Upon adoption of the Harbor Management Plan, a permit is required from the harbor master or deputy harbor master for any mooring or anchorage in the town waters. In addition the Commission is authorized to review and make recommendations regarding consistency with the Harbor Management Plan on any proposed projects on, in. or contiguous to the Harbor submitted to local or state management authorities. A 2/3 vote of a local agency is required to approve a proposed project that has not received a favorable recommendation of the COMMi55ion. In addition once a plan i5 adopted the Commission may request a general permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for eligible projects deemed to be consistent with the Plan. 42 Thus the purpose Of the adoption of the Harbor Management Plan and the establishment of the Harbor Management Plan Consistency review process is to establish a coordinated, comprehensive review process for prOP05ed waterfront projects and activities on or adjacent to the waterfront which ensure that the public interest is adequately considered, development of specific criteria which Will serve to clarify the type of projects that are likely to be allowable, provide for efficient, equitable and timely review of proposed projects, and ensure the protection of the Quality of the Gity'n waterfront arem. wetlands and a9uat icr-e5our-C05 . 11. EXi5ting Administrative Programs As presented in Chapter Four of the Harbor Management Plan there are numerous Federal, State and local governmental agencies involved in the regulation and administration of harbor waters. However recent legislation by the Connecticut state government has provided the means by which the Connecticut municipalities will be able to take the lead in the regulation and management of their waterfront5. Attempts to allow for the effective regulation of this natural resource will require a careful analysis Of the various activities that occur within the municipal waterfront, specific approaches for allowing an increased role for the municipal government and identification of potential conflicts that the recommended changes in the eX15ting regulatory programs may create. The activities on the waterfront that will be considered for increased municipal regulatory control are diSCU55ed below. Anchorages Currently the anchoring of transient and resident Vessels in Milford's municipal waters is handled by the Harbor Master and the Army Corps of Engineers. For the purposes Of this Harbor Management Plan the term transient anchorage shall refer to those water surface areas designated for the securing of a vessel to the bottom of a body of water by dropping an anchor or anchors or other ground tackle found on-board the vessel. This activity is regulated by the City of Milford in designated areas. Presently, the City of Milford has two designated transient anchorage areas. One anchorage is located in the protected waters directly north of Charles I51and (see map labeled Transient Anchorage Area "B"). The second transient anchorage area is located in the inner harbor, north of the fairway to the National Marine Fi5herie5 and State Aquaculture Labs , West of the Federal Channel and east of the boatyard known a5 Port Milford (see map labeled Water U5e Plan). No anchoring is permitted in the inner harbor in other than the designated "Area A". Nothing in this plan shall compromise a captain's right to safe anchorage. 43 MoorinQ5 Mooring locations and mooring placement are regulated by DOT Harbor Masters and the Army Corps of Engineers. For the purposes of this Harbor Management Plan the term mooring shall refer to the Use and occupation of a municipal mooring location assignment. Currently the City of Milford has several mooring areas within Milford Harbor which are regulated by the city harbor master. Mooring areas are federally maintained and open to the public on equal terms. Dredging Dredging activity is regulated by the Department of Environmental Protection, Water Resources Unit and by the Army Corps Of Engineers. Grading and Filling Grading and filling is currently regulated by the DEP Water Resources Unit and the Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, the Milford Board of Planning and Zoning requires a Special Permit for this activity if it occurs within 25 feet of any flood hazard area, waterbody, water course, or wetland. Milford Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Section 4.1.15 and Article V, Section S.S.2, 5.5.3). Placement of Docks, Piers and Pilings The construction and placement of docks, piers and pilings are regulated by DEP Water Resources Uni! and the Army Corps of Engineers. The construction Of such waterfront structures are subject to the obtaining of a Special Permit from the Board of Planning and Zoning. however it appears that this permitting procedure is more to ensure adequate parking for docks than to approve or reject structures. Upland Development and Construction Adjacent to the Waterfront Development and construction occuring within the designated coastal boundary, as defined in CGS Chpt. 444 Sec. 22a-94, will require a DEP Coastal Area Management review. In addition there are Milford Planning and Zoning Board project review procedures for: (1) Subdivision or Re5ubdivi5ion of property (2) Zoning changes (3) Special Use Permit or Special Exception 44 (4) Amended Plan of Development (5) Site Plan Approval III. Consistency Review Process The adoption of the Harbor Management Plan and the establishment of a HMP Consistency Review Process should enable the federal consistency provisions of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act and the state Coastal Management Act to be more efficiently and effectively addressed. It should also provide for a more comprehensive and coordinated review of proposed projects by local managment authorities. The federal Coastal Zone Management Act provides that any project permitted, funded or undertaken by a federal agency is to be consistent with the state's Coastal Zone Management Program. These provisions are pertinent to adoption and implementation of the Harbor Management Plan in two ways. First, if the Corps Of Engineers issues a general permit for activities consistent with the Harbor Management Plan then only a single federal consistency determination would be required by the State of Connecuticut regarding the issuance of the general permit rather than issuance of a consistency determination for each individual project that- would normally require a ACOE permit. Second, if the Harbor Management Plan is submitted to the federal government and approved as a routine Program Improvement to the Coastal Management Program. then any activity not provided for within the framework of the general permit but proposed within the boundary of the Harbor Management Plan and that is otherwise permitted, funded or undertaken by any federal agency would be required to be consistent to the maximum extent possible with the provisions of the Harbor Managment Plan. The adoption of a Harbor Management Plan and establishment of the Plan Consistency Review Process would also enable local agencies to more effectively implement municipal plans adopted pursuant to the State Coastal Management Act since recommendations will be made to the relevant local management authority regarding the potential impacts of proposed projects on the City's tidal waters and the Use thereof. The recommendations Of the Harbor Management Commission should also provide guidance to the State Commissioner of Environmental Protection in carrying out his responsibility regarding the coordination Of state regulatory programs with the state Coastal Management Plan. Thus the adoption and implementation of the Harbor Management Plan will both ensure that local interests are under5tood and considered by the Commissioner in his deliberations 85 well as provide more detailed information for the Commissioner to consider regarding the potential impact that a project may have on the City's waters and Use thereof. 45 To ensure that the review of proposed projects at the state and local level are closely coordinated and carried out in a timely manner the following procedures coordinate the actions Of the Harbor Management Commission with those Of state and local agencies. As provided for in sec. 113p of the Harbor Management Act, whenever a project or request for approval of an activity is proposed, affecting the real property on, in or contiguous to Milford's waterfront by any of the various boards, commissions or committees representing Milford's Board of Aldermen the Harbor Management Commission shall be notified in writing of such proposed projects and activities at least 35 days prior to hearing on the proposed project and if no hearing is held 35 days prior to final action being taken on the project. If the Harbor Management Commission does not submit recommendations on the proposed project prior to final action on the project, its approval of the project is to be assumed. Copies of proposed project plans and drawings must be requested by the Harbor Management Commission when additional information is required. Such concurrent review will enable the Commission to provide relevant recommendations to the pertinent state or local management authority without significantly increasing the time of review for a proposed project. In addition, a step toward establishing coordination and clarity between the affected state (CAM and WRU) and municipal (HMC and P&Z) agencies would be to draft a Memorandum of Understanding or other written agreement specifing the procedures to be followed by the various agency staff in the review of waterfront related proposals. Such an agreement would al'low the different agencies to know what the process will be for this new review process within the effected agencies. The Harbor Management Commission shall utilize the following criteria in making recommendations regarding proposed projects and activities within its jurisdiction: (1) No piers, docks, vessels, piling or mooring buoys shall be placed within five (S) feet of a harborline defined as the line formed by the outermost boundarys of either the ACOE designated channel or anchorage/mooring areas which ever falls closest to the land. See Chapter 8 - Water Use Plan for a full description of the harbor line criteria and a preliminary map of the harbor line location. Harbor and Shorelines: The harbor line and shoreline are the lines labeled as such on the applicable Map for HarborLine5. 46 Setbacks A. Harbor Line Setbacks: Any piers, "T" heads, "L" heads, mooring piles, moorings and/or anchorages Must be located such that no moored vessel or permanent or temporary obstruction extends beyond the harbor line. It will be the responsibility of the applicant to assure that the design and location of such construction will meet this requirement. For instance, if the intended Use of the dock, pier or float is for docking abreast then it will be necessary to leave sufficient room for any vessel beam that might be docked between the end of the proposed structure and the harborline. The same consideration must be given to the extention of a Vessels bow or stern beyond the harborline (see Rules and Regulations, Chapter 7, Harbor Management Plan Consistency Review for Structures). 4. Pre-exi5ting Uses: Any marine facilities lawfully existing at the time of adoption of this Regulation may continue to be used even though such marine facility or use does not conform to use or dimensional regulations as herein defined. Any alteration of an existing non-conforming marine facility or use is subject to the provisions of this section. Harbor filling and bulkheading beyond the shoreline should be minimized to the greatest degree possible, except as approved by the Harbor Management Commission for the purposes of straightening minor shoreline irregularities or efficient bulkhead construction. Unnecessary encroachments of the shoreline into the waterways may create new constraints to navigation or further aggravate existing problems. Pe I ILI t Led Curtent Proposed Ptoposed * state flunicipal Activitiet; Regulatory llunicipal runicip&l Legislation Legislation Agencies Involve- Pecluitting Relevant to Relevant to Method of ounicipal Requisition Ret&a;aended Action Involved nent Alency Activity Activity Anchol age DOT Jill HHC PA 04-247 proposed HlIC-designation of locations Amt:j Art. VII of ACOE His-DOT CGS 15-0 for use as anchorages ZoLing Ordinance hooting DOT 1114 MIX Ph 84-247 proposed ONC-designation of mooring Imi-lement. HRP ACOC HX-DOT CGS IS-$ areas and permit program reccLimendat Ions CGS@ Dredging DEP-WRU HHC 22&-361# N/A UtIC-Consistqncy Determination Reizest that 11RU1 consider ACOE 383-385 issued at request of DEP 111.7 recommendations filling PEP-WRU 11111C PA 04-247 zoning 111IC-Consistency Pet*tminatlon R4jjLeGt that WRU consider :00 ACOZ P&I 11,69 CGS 22a- Ordinance P49-Art. V1Ir special permit P&Z Hl;F I ecormendat tons. 00 Placement DEP-111RU 1111C PA 04-247 plic-Constatepay Determination -OLtbot line@system of docks, ACOE P&I ?1611 CGS 22#- proposed V42-Art. IV@ $pactaj Permit -L&Leral line system piets and P&I 3@1 etop". "required-consistency P-P&I to include NHC pilings patermination by P48 caZzistancy detaga. .090 permit approval upland DEP-CAN JHIC PA 84-247 -ftlic-constatepol Pstetainatiou Req4te that P69 development P&z P&z F&I CGS aze- propos*4 P161-9XISting 1petpkit .$Yftqo to include a consist. : djacent to 101 st.seq. require detor,018411161% determination prior Stelfront of 9opelf"acy Vith 11"P to permit approval abWevIstionsl DEP-Depogtment of Environmental Protection allic-Hatoot 110nagebank cwolssion 11111.1-11atat Resources Unit 014nagement, r4po CAH-Coastal At*& management PPT_J)apar%;Pjnt' Of 'V fnppogt@&tjon ACOE-Arpy Co:ps of Engineers P&:-Planning and zoning Board a t c cap-;". 0"tutes The Water Use Plan The various components Of the Milford Harbor Water Use Plan are described below and shown on the Water Use Map. The Water Use Plan describes the location and preferred Uses of the Federally designated channel and anchorage5, municipal anchorages and fairways and the pro5p05ed criteria for locating the municipal harbor line. Federally Desionated Channel A 100 foot wide Federally designated channel is present in Milford Harbor. This Channel has depths of 8 feet and 10 feet in respective locations. The Federally designated channel shall be kept free and clear of obstructions or encroachments at all times. The location of the Federally designated channel and designated channel depths are indicated on the Water Use Map. Turnino Basin The Turning Basin is defined as the navigable water within the area defined in the planning study "Head of the Harbor", upstream of the Federal Project. Although the area is not dredged at this time, it is incorporated in the Harbor Management Plan for future consideration. This use would provide access to the existing town launching ramp, the proposed commercial fi5h boat landing and public access to the area presently known as "Memorial Field* for future water dependent Uses. Harbor Line The harbor line is the designated limit for Use Of water surface area by piers and the vessels attached thereto which is S feet shoreward of the federal project including all mooring areas. The fairways shall be included in the zone protected from encroachment by 5hore5ide structures, i.e. water front docks, piers, and pilings, and the vessels that moor to them. The harbor line shall be a continuous line as defined by the East line of the channel starting at the Milford Harbor entrance light; proceeding around the "Ea5t Anchorage" then returning to the federal channel (Ea5t 5ide)i and then to its northern limit at the turning basin; around this turning basin and returning to the northern limit of the federal channel on the west side; then proceeding along the federal channel to the 8 foot fooring areai thence around the mooring area to the fairway at Milford Wharf Cl.i thence around the fairway and transient anchorage and then around the fairway to the State Aquaculture laboratoryt thence along the fairway to the National Marine Fisheries, then returning to the Federal channel on its West sidei then proceeding along the channel to the limit of the east breakwater at Burn's Point. The Harbor Management Commission will seek harbor line approval from the Water Resources Unit to'properly enforce and coordinate permit decisions. 49 Commercial Moorings The renting of individual moorings shall not be allowed except for the occasional instance when a vessel permitted to that location shall be absent from its mooring. The Harbor Master shall be informed in advance when a mooring will be vacant for four days or more. Transient Anchorane Areas Transient Anchorage may be allowed by the Harbormaster ii locations and number to be determined by the Harbormaste-. All Transient Anchorage shall be located within the areas designated below: (a) The water area east of Beards Creek as shown on the Water UsePlan. (b) The water area north of Charles Island as shown on the attached map lablad Transient Anchroage Area "B". Fairways All fairways and thoroughfairs shall be kept free and clear at all times. Fairways are indicated on the Water Use Map. Public 2orina Ar Our present mooring areas accomodate 1.00 vessels of'varying size from 20' to SO'. For the 1986 season, the ratio of 10 persant commercial fisherman would provide 10 moorings for that category. We would anticipate that implementation of the Harbor Management Plan with it's expanded mooring area would provide an adcitonal 70 moorings. This would bring the total to 170 moorings, with 17 being available for commercial fisherman. The Harbormaster shall allow the issuance of mooring permits for any waters not restricted a@ove. Persons desiring to make application for a mooring permit in Milford Harbor shall: a. Contact the Harborma5ter to place their name on the waiting list and acquire a mooring placement application. b. Complete a.formal application provided by the Harborma5ter and return it to establish priority on the list. The application must be signed in order to be valid and shall be signed by the applicant only. so Application for a mooring space shall be maintained by the Harborma5ter until an assignment from the established waiting list is made or an applicant indicates a valid need no longer exists. If an applicant declines assignment the application is voided on that date. If assignment is accepted the applicant shall provide the ground tackle within 15 days to the Harbormaster for inspection prior to its placement in the harbor. Priority for discrimination in mooring assignments shall be made on the following basis: (a)Commerical fishing Vessels shall receive first priority for 10% of the mooring spaces assigned. (b) Application shall be reviewed without consideration of residency. Mooring Plan The mmoring plan shall be maintained by the Harborma5ter showing all mooring areas for public use within the area of jurisdiction of this plan. The layout shall be a modifidd grid which shall be in parallel rows to the navigation channel. The width of the rows shall be based upon the average size of the Vessels to be accomodated and the annual assignment shall determine the number of Vessels in each row. The Harbor Master and Harbor Management Commission reserve the right to rearrange mooring assignments based on the spatial and draft requirements of moored vessels to maximize the mooring area capacity. 4,/ -x --i - LI CA-- CZ@ 01. X"i 42-o't, -j-. AD Wikk cr fto 0cp IJL '16E *CIA 07 , S sit d I woo 70 Cow JOIN "Zo too 9@01 At pv, 13 5,!24 @mq Ciao got Cn ro .04 C3. Qq, A :Or wp-lement Plan AS@WAI 198.5.. WATER &F PI AN oaf Wilcox Park@ kamp I% 2L ROmP A In t A1613' 4 4012, 0 wl % It" ALE 1:20,000 4w- WPANINGS hunk sow 14 It -Am 2M; 'IV Meld act 12 Aw S 10 13 low- 3 1 13 13 elches Pt 13 THE GULF -13 Ow 14 2 3 f 13 4 Al 21 2 16 2 12 AIMA 21 2 10 Charles I %* 0 P. P. 9 23 i6%, . 2t 01 MILFORD HARBORMANAGEMENT PLAN VOL. 2 SECTION 5 WATER USE PLAN PAGE 5.5 Allen c. Berriwn. Harbormaster, city Of Milford One High Street. Milford*-CT 064bQ 877-1475 (Days) 1985 MOORING SPACE REQUEST Date From% Ownsc To: Hatbormoster/Hatbot Commission of MilfordOw Harbors Subjecti Request for permission to place a seasonal mooring in Housatonic River Wep&wauq River Unmarked at special ancAoragii an cMxt (Delete an*) of Mi Iford. Harbor toc 198S sea"D@ Name T*I. -mom Business Address Street City State Zip Vessel's Nam Documentation or Connecticut Registration 0 make of vessel Ty (cruiser, sail. *tc.1 Length Draft Weight of Moorings _ Length of Chain Length of Pennant (each) (each) Dinghy Location or Access I understand that my vessel must be properly-reqistated in Connecticut or have a decal*d documentation in order to obtain a mooring space in Milford. moorings may not be, sub-let. Signature of Owner NOTE: Moorings should have &do -quat* ground tack-le and scope for the area and conditions expected. Mooring scope must not allow infringement on other moorings With VQSZ*I attached. Undoc no condition& ar* moorings allowed that will permit the vebsel to swing into do-cps of Engineers established navigational channels by action of wind or tid* or into established fattways. wharfs, docks, or floats. Buoys must be identified with boat name. ------------------------- - ----- - ---- Do not write in this space for Harbotmestarls/Harboc comtssion us* only. Position d5SJ,)nod Ground tackle 3nspected NuMner A-zai;jnp@l MILFORD HARBOR MANAGEMENT PLAN VOL. 2. SECTION 5 WATER USE PLAN PAGE 5*6,. mooikiwA WAITING LIST KAKhGZKZNT IPLAM Arrus low DATC MAKE ADDRESS -rmwx size DRArr Can. -Aw. got plia vulwn Comm=" -4 s 7 lo --11-- 12 10 FOOT ANCHORAGE DEAl ITHOMML. 1@85 ""Of ............ LOCATION'MAP 14- -7@ pl.ji M!t@ e tc FOOT CHANNEL 4t it I FOOT M, OORI NGIAREA IL : @t'. , t*, ;* i7 -FOOT MOWNG AREA blc .1@0 J.- 4'. 'MILFORD". 14A M AAF RBOR., MANAGE TA Ni j;: iARE;AS Q At MRIN6 WRI, SHEET! .1 JOF43 FEDERALLY MANTAINED V.-L wl. V J LOCATION MAP: N4 .4 -7o OT@CHANNEU"; -R NEW FOOT-MOORING A ;ti AUTHORISED MOORING @`AREA.,.@.'-Xl_', 04 41ij. Ill4 lo. -M I LFOR D@ C-T;. HARBOR*:M ANAGEMENt PLAN MOORING CHART AREASi3A -3 SHEET 2 OF -FEDERALLY MAINTAINED:AREA@ ,. - ri L LOC ATIO MAP....@i--;.,f @xj PUBLIC 00 00 -9 FAIRWAY' V 6 aT '8iF0OTtI4ANNEL--i*.-.-;@;..- EBB--- nj .@@4i-001) ROJECT DERAL MILFORD 01@ ..HARBOR MANAGEMENTi PLAW. 1? MDORING-CHART.-AR6A 5,-'s-1. SHEET 3OF 3 ORDINANCE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A HARBOR COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC ACT 84-Z47 Milford, Connecticut April 1986 At the special meeting of the Board of Aldermen held June 18,1985 the following ordinance was approved: the City of Milford, Connecticut, has developed a Harbor Management Plan pursuant to State requirements as outlined in Public Act 84-247 and other related legislation; and WHEREAS, the City of Milford wishes to make improvements to Milford Harbor to increase the use of the harbor and its associated waters by Milford residents, provide adequate maintenance for, and preserve and enhance the beauty and value of the harbor as a recreational, environmental and economic resource; and WHEREAS, the City believes that the most responsible way to ensure that the provisions of the Harbor Management Plan are implemented and that the waters of the municipality are properly managed and regulated is through the establishment of a Harbor Management Commission, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED By the Board of Aldermen of the City of Milford as follows: Section 1. Creation of the Harbor Management Commission ,There is hereby created the Harbor Management Commission for the City of Milford, which Commission shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Board of Aldermen, to serve without compensation, for terms of five (S) years each, provided, however, that the initial term of each member shall be as follows: two (2) members for one (1) year; two '(2) members for two (2) years; one (1) member for three (3) year5i one (1) member for four (4) years and one (1) member for five (S) years, as designated by the Aldermen. A Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary of the Harbor Management Commission shall be elected by the membership of the Commission. se Section 2. Jurisdiction of the Harbor Management Commission The Harbor Mangement Commission shall have jurisdiction within the area located on, in or contiguous to the waters of the Wepawaug River, Indian River and Beard's Creek seaward to a line from Welches Point to Charles Island and along the tombolo or sand bar to the high water mark at Silver Beach. The Harbor Management Commission shall also have authority over the area that lies within the Milford boundary of the East side of the Housatonic River from the Milford/Orange Town boundary line to the southern and of thee breakwater at Milford Point. Section 3. Selection of Harbor Management Com mission Membership by Board of Aldermen The Mayor shall appoint with the approval of the Board of Alderme@ the member(s) of the Harbor Management Commission and alternates. Section 4. Required Attendance at Regular Meetings by Harbor Management Commission Members An unexplained failure to attend three (3) regular consecutive meetings in 12 months shall be evidence of cause to consider removal of any-member. Section S. Appointment and Function of Alternate Harbor Management Commission Members There shall be two (2) alternate Harbor Management Commission members appointed to serve on the Harbor Management Commission in case of the absence of a regular Harbor Management Commission member. Their terms shall be for two (2) years and their initial terms shall be for one (1) year and two (2) years as designated by the Board of Aldermen. Should any regular member be absent, the Chairman shall make all necessary arrangements for contacting the alternate Harbor Management Commission member(s) for attendance at the regular meeting. Section 6. Harbor Management Commission Powers, Outies and Responsibilities The Commission shall review and make recommendations on issues within the Harbor Management Commission jurisdiction (see Sec. 2 this ordinance) that are received by any zoning commission, planning commission, zoning board of appeals, historic district Commission, flood and erosion control board, economic development agency, redevelopment agency, sewer Commission, water pollution control authority or special district with zoning or other land use authority. so Those agencies shall send a copy of any such proposal to the Commission. The Commission shall be notified in writing of any such proposal within the Harbor Management Commission's jurisdiction at least thirty five days prior to the commencement of the hearing thereon, or where no hearing is held, at least thirty five days prior to the taking of any final action on the proposal. The agency authorized to act on the proposal shall consider the recommendations Of the commission. A two-third5 Vote Of all the members of the agency having authority to act on the proposal shall be required to approve a proposal which has no received a favorable recommendation from the commission, provided that the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to alter the authority of the agency having primary jurisdiction over the proposal, to deny, modify or condition the proposal. Failure of the commission to submit a recommendation shall be deemed to be approval of the proposal. The Harbor Management Commission shall review the Harbor Management Plan annually and make any additions and/or modifications to the plan that may be deemed appropriate subject to the process and procedures set forth in Public Act 84-247, entitled, "An Act Concerning Harbor Management", or any subsequent legislation enacted by the State Legislature. Section 7. Regulation of Mooring and Anchorage Area All mooring activity, permanant and transient, shall be regulated by the Harbor Management Commission and the Harbor Master. Mooring schedules, fees and plans shall be developed as elements of the Harbor Management Plan and made available for review by the general public. For the purpose of this section, a Mooring Committee shall be established, consisting of the Harbor Master, the Chairman of the Harbor Management Commission and a third member of the Harbor Management Commission, agreeable to both the Chairman and the Harbor Master. All three members of the Mooring Committee shall be voting members of that committee. Section 8. Commissioner's Authority to Estab.li5h Regulations The Harbor Commission shall have the authority to establish regulations relating to the use and maintenance of the area within its jurisdiction as set forth in Public Act 84-247. Section 9. Commissioner's Authority to Establish Fees The Harbor Management Commission shall have the authority-to establish fees subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen for the use and maintenance of : 1. The City of Milford Launching Ramps 2. The City Oock 61 3. Designated Anchoring and Mooring Areas 4. Other Facilities developed for the Use Of commercial and pleasure craft. The Harbor Management Commission shall also have the authority to establish fees for services involved in setting, retrieving, inspecting and repairing mooring tackle and equipment. Section 10. Harbor Masters and Deputy Harbor Masters The Harbor Master shall have the general care and supervision of the harbors and navigable waterways over which they have jurisdiction, subject to State Statutes regulating harbor masters, and shall be responsible to the Milford Harbor Management Commission for the safe and efficient operation of such harbor and navigable waterways in accordance with Public Act 84-247. A Deputy Harbor Master may be appointed upon the recommendation of the Mayor to the Governor, depending upon community needs. The Harbor Master shall have a non-voting ex- officio membership in the Harbor Management Commission. This ordinance shall take effec; in accordance with the Charter of the City oi Milford. Attest: Margaret S. Egan Town-City Clerk Dated at Milford, CT this 21st day of June, 198S 62 ORDINANCE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUNICIPAL HARBOR MANAGEMENT FUND Milford, Connecticut April 11-186 At the special meeting of the Board of Aldermen held June 18, 1985, the following ordinance Was approved: WHEREAS, the City of Milford, Connecticut has developed a Harbor Management Plan pursuant to State requirements as outlined in Public Act 84-247 and other related legislation; and WHEREAS, the City of Milford Wi5he5 to manage Milford Harbors and associated waters to increase the use of the harbor by the public, provide adequate maintenance for, and preserve and enhance the beauty and value of the harbor as a recreational and economic resource, and manage it as a valuable environmental resource; and WHEREAS, the City believes that the Most fiscally responsible way to ensure that funds are available for the required maintenance and management of Milford Harbor is to establish a separate and distinct Harbor Management Fund; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED By the Board of Aldermen of the City of Milford as follows: Section 1. Creation of a Harbor Management Fund The City of Milford Harbor Management Fund is hereby created. This fund shall be separate and distinct from all other funds of the City of Milford. This fund is created for the purpose of the maintenance and improvement of Milford Harbor consistent with the Harbor Management Plan adopted by the City of Milford pursuant to Section 22a-113m of the Connecticut General Statutes. The source of monies for this fund shall be as delineated in this Ordinance. The uses of monies in this fund shall be as described herein. Section 2. Sources of Monies Monies from the following sources shall be deposited into the Harbor Managoment-Fund: 1. Mooring and Docking Fees pursuant to Section 22a- 113s of the Connecticut General Statutes; and 2. Appropriations approved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Milford from the general budget and appropriations aproved by the Board of Aldermen of other revenues and funds. Section 3. Investment and Management of Harbor Funds 63 Monies from the above-mentioned sources shall be deposited with the City Treasurer, who shall hold said monies int the Harbor Management Fund for the purposes of the fund. Monies in the Harbor Management Fund shall be invested by the City in a manner consistent with the requirements Of Section 7-400 of the Connecticut General Statutes regarding the investment of funds by municipalities. Section 4. Expenditure from Harbor Management Fund Harbor Management Fund monies shall be spent for purpo5es consistent with the Harbor Management Plan of the City of Milford and related to capital improvements to, or operations of, Milford Harbor and its associated waterfront as defined by the City ordinance. No funds may be expended from this fund or for these purposes without the prior budgetary approval of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Milford. This ordinance shall take effect in accordance with the Charter of the City of Milford. Attest: Margaret S. Egan Town-City Clerk Dated at Milford, CT this 19th day of June, 198S 64 ORDINANCE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF MILFORD HARBOR MILFORD. CONNECTICUT PREAMBLE WHEREAS, The City of Milford, Connecticut has developed a Harbor Management Plan pursuant to State requirements as outlined in CGS chpt. 444a sacs. 113k through 113t and other related legislation, and WHEREAS, the City of Milford Wishes to make improvements to Milford harbor to increase the use of the harbor by its residents, provide adequate maintenance for, and preserve and enhance the beauty and value of the harbor as a recreational and economic development resource, and WHEREAS, the City believes that the most responsible way to ensure that the provisions Of the Harbor Management Plan are implemented and that the waters of the municipality are properly managed and regulated is through the establishment of rules and regulations for the Use and enjoyment of the waters of the City of Milford, THEREFORE, the Mayor and the Board of Alderman hereby enact the RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF MILFORD HARBOR as hereinafter set forth. Revised June 30, 198S ARTICLE I General Provisions Sec. 1. Short Title: This ordinance shall be known alld may be cited as the Milford Harbor Rules and Regulations. Sec. 2. Applicability: The provisions of this Ordinance,and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be applicable, and shall govern, the use of the area located on, in or contiguous to the waters of the Wepawaug River, Indian River, and Beards Creak seaward to a line from Welchas Point to Charles Island and along the tombolo or sand bar to the high water mark at SPIver Beach. and the area that lies within the east side of the Housatonic River from the Milford/Orange town boundary line to the southern and of the breakwater at Milford Point. Sac. 3. Invalidity of Provisions: If any provisions of the Ordinance is held invalid or inoperative, the remainder shall continue in full force and affect as though such invalid or inoperative provisions had not been made. Sec. 4. Authority: Whenever, by the provisions of this Ordinance, a power is granted to the Harbor Commission for the City of Milford or a duty 13 imposed upon them, the power may be exercised or duty performed by a deputy of the Harbor Management Commission or by a parson authorized pursuant to law, unless it is expressly otherwise provided. Sec. S. Facilities, Control of Use: The Harbor Management Commission is vested with authority over and control of all floats, wharves. docks, launching ramps, and other facilities owned, leased, controlled, constructed or maintained by tka City of Milford. or constructed or maintained by a lessee in any Milford harbor or water as defined in Section 2 above. Sec. 6. Rules, Regulations and Orders: For the provisions of this Ordinance, the Harbor Management Commission shall have the power and duty to enforce the laws, ordinances. traffic and safety regulations covering usage of the waters of the City of Milford, as designated in Section 2 of this Ordinance. Sec. 7. Enforcement Agents: The Harbor Management Commission, the Harbormaster or duly authorized agent(s) acting under the direction and jurisdiction of the Harbor Management Commission, and uniformed marine officers of the City of Milford shall have full authority to enforce this Ordinance. 66 Sec. S. Violations: (a) Violation of this Ordinance - shall be a municipal infraction as described in Chapter 1, Section 1-9.of the City of Milford Code of Ordinances, and a fine not to exceed $100.00 shall be imposed for each conviction hereunder. Each day in violation shall be considered a separate offense and subject to separate citations. A fine not to exceed $100.00 shall be imposed for each repeat offense. (b) Collection of Fines - Fines levied under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be collected by the Harborma5ter and deposited in the City of Milford Municipal Harbor Management Fund. (c) Revocation of Mooring Permit - Repeated violations of this Ordinance may be cause for the revocation of a mooring permit as set forth in Section 43 of this Ordinance. 67 ARTICLE II Definitions Anchorage: Shall mean those water areas designated for ancoring with ground tackle found on board. Commercial Vessel: Shall mean any vessel licensed or unlicensed used or engaged for any type of commercial venture, including but not limited to, the display of advertising or the carrying of cargo and/or passengers for hire. Distress: Shall mean a state of disability or a present or obviously imminent danger which, if unduly prolonged, could endanger life or property. Emergency: Shall mean a state of imminent or proximate danger to life or'property in which time is of the essence. Facilities: Shall mean any and all facilities of a harbor or maritime facility either publicly or privately owned that are intended primarily to be used by or for the service Of small craft (including ramps, hoists, parking areas, leased water areas, concessions and service facilities) located on land or in the waters under the jurisdiction of the City of Milford. Fairway: Shall mean the parts of a waterway kept open and unobstructed for free movement for water access. Float: Shall mean any floating structure normally used as a point of transfer for passengers and goods and/or for mooring purposes. Harbor Management Commission: The duly appointed body of the City of Milford with responsibilities for carrying out the Harbor Management Plan as set forth under Public Act 84-247. Harborma5ter: Shall mean the Harbormaster appointed by the Governor of Connecticut who 5hall advise the Harbor Management Commission with respect to matters concerning the waters under the jurisdiction of the City of Milford. Houseboat: Shall mean any structure constructed on a raft, barge or hull, moored or docked in any water that is Used primarily for single or multiple-family habitation or that is used for the domicile of any individual(s) for a period of more than 2 weeks; if Used for transportation, this Use is secondary. Maritime Facility: Shall mean any facility affecting the use and operations of pleasure or commercial vessels bordering on, concerned with, related to a protected water area of Long Island Sound and its tributaries that is owned, managed or controlled by or under the jurisdiction of the City of Milford. Moor: Shall mean to secure a vessel other than any anchoring. Mooring: Shall mean a place where buoyant vessels are seasonally secured by equipment other than at a fixed pier of dock. Mooring Tackle: The equipment used to secure aVe55el at a mooring.Public Area: Shall mean all areas of any harbor except those areas under specific lease to private persons of firms or owned privately. Slip: Shall mean berthing space for a single vessel alongside a pier, finger float, or walkway. Shore: Shall mean that part of the land in immediate contact with a body of water, including the area between high and low water lines. Shall and Mayi *Shall* is mandatory; "May" is permissive. State: Shall mean the State of Connecticut. Stray Vessel: Shall mean (1) an abandoned vessel; (2) a Vessel the owner of which is unknown; or (3) a vessel underway without a competent person in command. io Anchor: Shall mean to secure a vessel to the bottom within a body of water by dropping an anchor or anchors or other ground tackle found on-board the vessel. Underway: Shall mean the condition of a vessel not at anchor; without moorings; and not made fast to the shore nor aground. ARTICLE III General Boat and Traffic Control Regulations Sec. 9. Traffic Control Authority: The HarborMa5ter, Deputy Harbormaster, or Marine Enforcement Officers for the City of Milford shall have authority to control waterborne traffic in any portion of the waters of a harbor or maritime facility under their jurisdiction by Use of authorized State regulatory markers, signals, orders or directions any time preceding, during and after any race, regatta, parade or other special event held in any portion of@*the waters of a harbor or maritime facility or at any time when the enforcement officer deems it necessary in the interest of safety of persons and vessels or other porperty, and it shall be unlawlful for any person to willfully fail or refuse to comply. Sec. 10. Basic Speed Law: The operation of any vessel, wet bike or powered vessel, within the harbor area or anchorage, and the one hundred-foot navigable area on either side Of the marked channel from Milford Harbor entrance southerly to the aid5 to navigation buoys (Red Lighted Buoy 4 and Green Can S) by boats and boat operators in excess of established speed limits, or in the absence of such limits, in a manner to create a wash which endangers persons or property, shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance. In no event shall any beat under power exceed a speed limit of S knots within the areas defined, when passing boats and anchorages, provided that special written permission may be granted to conduct and engage in water sports and regattas in specific designated areas. Sec. 11. Permits for Races and Special Events: It shall be a violation of this Ordinance for any person to engage or participate in a boat race, water5port, exhibition, or other special event unless especially authorized by permits from the U.S. Coast Guard - Group Long Island Sound and the State of Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection - Marine Patrol Division. These organizations shall have authority to issue such permits and to attach such conditions thereto as, in their opinion, are necessary and reasonable for the protection of life and property. Copies of said permits shall be provided to the Harbor Master. 70 ARTICLE IV Sec. 12. Liability: General Regulations (a) Boat Owner - Any person using maritime facilities within the limits of the City of Milford, shall assume all risk of damage or 1055 to his property and the City of Milford a55UMe5 no risk on account of fire, theft, Act of God, or damages of any kind to Vessels within the harbor or maritime facility. (b) Marina Owner and/or Operator - It shall be the responsibility of the owner, licensee, lessee, or operator of any marina. repair yard, or other marine facility, located within any harbor, waterway or other maritime facility, to maintain the physical improvements under his juri5diction in a safe, clean. and Visually attractive condition at all times. to provide adequate security and fire prevention measures and appropriate fire fighting equipment as may be directed by the Fire Marshall. Failure to initiate within 30 daY5 of receipt of written notice from the Harbor Management Commission to correct unsafe or otherwise unsatisfactory conditions and to pursue same to completion to the satisfaction of the Harbor Management Commission, shall be a violation of this Section. Sec. 13. Use Permits, Suspensions or Revocations: All permits granted under the authority of this Ordinance shall be valid only for such period as may be determined by the Harbormaster and permits of unqualified duration of validity shall not be granted. A violation of the provisions Of this Ordinance or of any other applicable Ordinance by any permittee, shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of such permit or permits. Sec. 14. Harbor Management Plan Consistency Reviewl The Harbor Management Commission shall review all permit applications for structures within the jurisdiction of the waters designated in Section 2 of this Ordinance, to determine if they are in compliance with the Milford Harbor Management Plan a5 prepared pursuant to sec. 22a-113p of the Ct. Harbor Management Act, and other related legi5lation. Sec. 15. Damage to Harbor or Other Property: It shall be unlawlful to willfully or carelessly destroy, damage. disturb, deface or interfere with any property in the Harbor area Sec. 16. Obstruction of Facilities: It shall be a violation of this Ordinance for any person willfully to prevent any other person from the lawful Use of any assigned or public mooring, anchorage, pier, dock, boat launch or other harbor facilitie5. 71 Sec. 17. Signs, Erection and Maintenance: (a) The Harbormaster may place and maintain, or lclau5e to be placed maintained, either on land or water, such signs, notices, signals buoys or control devices as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Ordinance, or to secure public safety and lthe orderly and efficient use of a harbor or maritime facility. (b) Private use signs (including For Rent or For Sala signs) shall be limited to a 3iZ8 Of eight and one-half inches (8 1/Z*) by eleven inches (11') and must be posted on the vessel. (c) Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section may be cause for the revocation of a mooring permit as set forth in Section 43 of this Ordinance. Sec. 18. City Dock and Boat Ramps: (a) -No person shall use the City boat ramp, unless his trailer or automobile shall have affixed thereto a registration plate for the current year certifying that the boat is entitled to the use of such launching facilities. Transients may tie to the launching ramp docks for a maximum of two hours. Launching or rec9vary on the ramp requires a permit. Launching ramp permits and identification plates are obtained from the City (Tax Office) and are available to Milford residents for one dollar and to non-re3identa for 3S dollars per year;. Connecticut residents Must show their current boat registration. Parking permits are available to residents and non-residents. All vessels must be properly registered in order to obtain a ramp use permit and use to use the public facilities. (b) No person shall moor any vessel at the City dock for a continuous period longer than two (2) hours without permission of the Harbormastar. (c) The City dock shall be posted with appropriate signs indicating 'Twelve Hour Emergency Mooring Only' (d) No person shall be allowed to dive, jump or swim from or in the immediate area of the City dock. (a) The Harbor Management Commission shall from annually propose to the Aldermen fees for the use of City controlled facilities. (f) The State of Connecticut maintains a launching ramp on the Housatonic River, immediately South of the 1-95 bridge. No city permit is required for it's use. Sec. 19. Water Skiing: No water skiing is allowed within Gulf Pond, or within 200 feet of a designated channel or anchorage. 72 Sec. 20. Underwater Diving: Underwater diving is prohibited in navigation channels and anchorages except in cases of emergency or for the purpose of underwater insp ection. Sec. 21. Swimming, a Hazard to Navigation: All swimming and bathing shall occur only in areas designated by the Harbor Management Commission. 73 ARTICLE V Regulations Concerning Anchoring, Mooring and Security of Vessels Sec. Z2. Anchoring: It shall be a violation of this Ordinance to anchor a Vessel in the harbor without obtaining a permit from the HarborM85ter. except in designated anchoring areas. Vessels in distress are excepted from this prohibition, but as soon as practicable. the person in charge of any such Vessel shall report the situation to the Harbormaster. Sec. 23. Obstruction of Channels, Fairways, and Berthing Spaces: No person shall moor or anchor 50 as to interfere with the free and unobstructed Use Of the channels, fairways or berthing spaces within the areas as designated in Section 2 of this Ordinance. It shall be unlawful to voluntarily or carelessly sink or allow to be sunk any vessel in any channel, fairway, or berthing space; or to float loose timbers, debris logs or PiI85 in any channel, fairway or berthing space in such a manner as to impede navigation or cause damage. Any wrecked or sunken Vessels within a harbor shall be subject to removal as set forth in Section 24 below. Sec. 24. Removal of Abandoned and Sunken Vessels: No person shall abandon, sink, or cause to be sunk, scuttle or burn any Vessel, boat, craft or object in the areas described in Section Z of this Ordinance, nor shall such person abandon, sink, scuttle or burn or otherwise place a Vessel, craft or object in such areas where it may be hazardous to navigation or to boats moored in 3uch areas. The Harbormaster of the City shall notify the owner Of such abandoned ve55el by Certified Mail to remove such abandoned Vessel. If such owner is not known, the Harbormaster shall Post a notice, if practical, on such abandoned boat or Vessel requesting its immediate removal, and after a period of 24 hours following such notification or posting, the Harbor Master may cause it to be removed. See sections IS-11A and IS-140C of the Connecticut General Statutes. Within the federal project Title 33; Section 414 of the U.S. Code is adopted. Sec. Z5. Vessels Making Fast: No person shall make fast or secure a vessel to any mooring already occupied by another vessel, or to a vessel already moored, except that a rowboat, dinghy or yacht tender regularly Used by a larger vessel for transporation of persons or property to or from shore may be secured to such larger vessel or to the mooring regularly used by such larger Vessel. If tied within a slip, such rowboat, dingly, or tender shall not extend into the fairway beyond the larger vessel if such larger vessel is also Occupying the slip, or otherwise beyond the slip itself. 74 Sec. 26. Correcting an Unsafe Berthing: If any vessel shall be found in the judgment of the Harbormaster to be anchored, berthed or moored within any harbor or maritime facility in an unsafe or dangerOU5 manner, or in such a way as to create a hazard to other Vessels or to persons or property, the HarborMa5ter shall order and direct necessary measures to eliminate such unsafe or dangerous condition. Primary responsibility for compliance with such orders and directions 5hall rest with the owner of the improperly anchored, berthed, or moored vessel or his authorized agent; in the absence of such owner or agent. said responsibility shall rest with the authorized operator of the vessel or the facility at which the vessel is anchored, berthed, or moored. In an emergency situation and in the absence of any such responsible person, the Harborma5ter shall forthwith board such vessel and cause the improper situation to be corrected. and the owner of the vessel shall be liable for any Costs incurred by the Harborma5ter or his agents in effecting such correction. Sec. 27. Unseaworthy Vessels: No person shall secure or permit to be anchored, berthed, or moored in a harbor, waterway, or maritime facility a vessel of any kind whatsoever which the Harbormaster considers unseaworthy or in a badly deteriorated condi,tion, or which is likely to sink or to damage docks, wharves, floats. and/or other Vessels, or cause water pollution, or which may become a menace to navigation. Such vessels shall be removed from the water and/or be otherwise disposed of as directed by the Harbormaster. Sec. 28. Use of Vessel as Abode: Houseboats, as defined in Article II, are prohibited from berthing or mooring in Milford Harbor. Living aboard vessels in the 'harbor is prohibited. For the purpose of this Section, the term "living aboard' means the continuous Use of a vessel for a period in excess Of three days, including use of the vessel for overnight lodging. Sec. 29. Placement of Private Moorings: It 3hall be a violation of this Ordinance to place any mooring in the water5 Of the City of Milford without a permit from the HarborMd5ter. No vessel 50 moored or anchored shall extend beyond the mooring area into any designated channels or fairway. Sec. 30. Mooring Records : (a) The HarborMa5ter shall keep a detailed record of all moorings, their location. and the owner's name, home and business address, telephone number, date mooring was set. and name, length, registration number, and type of boat to be attached thereto. (b) The Harborma5ter shall maintain in a public place, a waiting list for mooring space, for assignment of mooring space. and an application procedure for use of the harbor and facilftie5. 7S (c) Applications for moorings and a place an the mooring waiting list shall be renewed annually. Sec. 31. Allocation of Moorinq5: (a) The Harbor Commission shall establish and post in a public place, an allocation procedure and priority list for seasonal moorings. (b) As provided in Section 30 above, available mooring shall be offered to the senior applicant on the mooring waiting list, subject to the constraints contained in these Rules and Regulations. If the available mooring is not suitable to accommodate the senior applicant's vessel, it shall be offered to the next senior qualified applicant. The Harbor Management Commission shall continue efforts to provide a suitable mooring for the senior applicant. In order to obtain the most effective utilization of existing mooring facilities, lists of applicants will be miintained according to the size of the vessels. These lists will be available for public perusal and review during regular hours. (c) The anchorage space available, as defined for transient boaters, shall be available on first come, first served basis and this apace shall be accepted on a temporary basis. Sec. 32. Original Application for Mooring Permit : Any interested person or persons or corporation may apply for a mooring permit by completing, in full. the application provided for that purpose. In the case of a corporation, association, or other group however organized, disclosure of the principals of the corporation, and evidence of corporate organization must be submitted by producing current Articles of Incorporation or similar instrument registered with, approved and issued by the State of Connecticut. Sec. 33. Mooring Permits Valid for One Year Only: Mooring permits are valid for a period not to exceed one year unless renewed as referenced in this Ordinance. Sec. 34. Renewal of Mooring Permit: All mooring permits shall expire on December thirty-fir5t, and shall be renewed by January thirtieth of the following calendar year. A grace period lasting until the last calendar day of February is allowed after which period, renewal applications received will be treated in the same manner as first-time applications. 76 Sec. 35. Mooring Registration Fee: All applications for a re- registration shall be accompanied by a fee. All such fees shall be non-refundable. In the case of applications for new mooring space, the fee shall not be due until such time as the Harbormaster shall assign such applicant a mooring space and the applicant shall accept same. All mooring space permits issued shall expire on the 31st day of December next following its issuance. All fees established under this plan shall be reasonable and in line with the value of the service rendered. Sec. 36. Mooring Permits Are Non-Tran5ferable: Whenever a permittee parts with P055e55ion of, or transfers the title or interest in the small craft identified in the mooring permit to another person by any arrangement whatsoever, the Mooring Permit shall expire except as otherwise provided herein with respect to the original permittee. The new P055e55or. transferee or owner shall have no right to use the mooring space covered by the mooring permit. The original permittee may, upon written application to and approval by. the Harbor Management Commission, retain the mooring space assigned under his or her mooring permit provided that another small craft owned by the permittee is moved into the mooring within thirty (30) days (unless the period is extended by the Harbor Management Commission because Of special circumstances involved) and the permittee continues to pay the appropriate fees. As long as a corporation which P055e55e5 a valid mooring permit remains in being, the mooring permit remains valid, regardless Of whether or not any portion of its interest is conveyed through sale or transfer Of stock. However, should the controlling interest in the corporation change through 5uch a sale or transfer of stock, the permit shall expire. Sec. 37. Permittees Change of Vessel The Harbormaster shall attempt to accomodate a permittee5 change in vessel size during the permit period, provided such a change doe5n't reduce the number of moored Vessels or compromise vessel safety. Sec. 38. Specifications for Mooring Tackle: 1. Mooring tackle shall meet the following minimum requirements: Boat Length Paired Anchors Chain Nylon Line Under 16 75 4 ea. S/16 1/2 16-19 100 # ea. 3/8 1/2 20-22 ISO # ea. 3/8 1/2 23-25 200 # ea. 3/8 5/8 26-30 300 # ea. 1/2 3/4 31-35 3SO # ea. 1/2 3/4 36-40 400 # ea. 5/8 1 41-50 500 # ea. S/8 I 77 NOTE: The above list is furnished as a guide only. Meeting these 5PeC5. does not guarantee a safe mooring in all conditions. 2. Pick-up buoy shall be lettered with boat name. 3. The maximum length of the pennant shall be two times the distance from the bow chock to the water plus the distance from the bow chock to the mooring cleat or post. 4. All pennant lines running through a chock or any other object where chafing may occur shall have adequate chafe guards. S. The total length of the chain shall be one and one-quarter times the depth of the water at high tide. 6. All shackles. swivels and other hardware Used in the mooring hookup shall be proportionable in size to the chain used. 7. All shackles shall be properly seized. 8. It is recommended that the pennant be spliced or shackled into the bitter end of the chain 50 the strain is not carried by the buoy. The Use of a second pennant in heavy weather is encouraged. 9. Only mushroom anchors will be acceptable on permanent moorings. Sec. 39. Abandonment of Mooring Tackle: Any registered owner who owns tackle and is abandoning their mooring space may offer to sell the tackle occcupying such space to the next person assigned the same. Failure of the registered owner to remove such tackle shall constitute the abandonment thereof, and such tackle may be removed by the Harborma5ter at the expense Of such registered owner therof. Sec. 40. Mooring Inspection: (a) No mooring shall be placed in the waters of the City of Milford as designated in Section 2 of this Ordinance without inspection and approval of the Harborma5ter. The Harborma5ter must direct the placement of all moorings. (b) Each mooring shall be raised or removed for inspection at least once every two years. The cost of inspection shall be set by the Harbor Management Commission, and shall be at the sole expense of the owner. 78 The HarborMa5ter will maintain a record of the inspection and his report for a period of four years. If, as the result Of such inspection it shall be determined that any chain, shackle, swivel or other piece of mooring tackle has become warped or worn by one-third of its normal diameter, all such chain, shackle, swivel or other piece of mooring tackle shall be replaced accordingly. Failure to make such replacement shall be grounds for revocation of mooring registration by the Harbor Management Commission. Sec. 41. Moorings: Ice Protection: Mooring buoys to be disconnected by Dec. 15t and rebuoyed by April 15t on the alternate year that the ground tackle is not removed for inspection. Sec. 42. Transient Anchorage: No vessel will be allowed to anchor within the waters of the City of Milford as designated in Section 2 of this Ordinance. utilizing her own ground tackle and be left unattended. The owner or operator and party may go ashore, but shall not leave the area. They shall be available to tend to the vessel in the event of heavy weather. Sec. 43. Revocation of Mooring Location Permit: The awarding of a mooring permit entitles the owner to the Use of a specific mooring location identified by mooring number. The permittee may occupy the assigned mooring only with that small craft described in his or her application for mooring permit. Any permittee who fails to remedy any breach of the duties, covenants or conditions of the agreement, or who fails to desist from violating these Rules and Regulations directed at him by the Harbor Management Commission or their agents for immediate corrective action and compliance. Will suffer the automatic revocation of the mooring permit and any rights thereunder. Reasons for termination or revocation of a mooring permit will be established by the Harbor Management Commission and P05ted in a location for public inspection. 79 ARTICLE VI Regulations Concerning Commercial Activity Sec. 43. Vessels for Hire: The owners, master or person in charge of or operating any vessel using the waters designated in Section 2 of this Ordinance, be required to furnish to the Harborma5ter information regarding the number of passengers carried and the charges or other considerations paid by such passengers. Failure to provide such information to the Harborma3ter on demand shall be a violation of this Article. Sac. 44. Soliciting: Soliciting is prohibited within the harbor, except as may be specially authorized by permit issued by the Harbormastar, and subject to terms and conditions prescribed in such permit. Sec. 4S. Water Taxi: No person shall operate a water taxi within the harbor or maritime facility without complying with the Rules for Unin5PeCted Vessels (Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations Parts 24-26 and 17S-187). Sec. 46. Commercial Activities: No owner or operator of any. commercial boat or any other boat, licensed or unlicensed, shall conduct. maintain or engage in any activity for hire from any promises within the waters designated in Section 2 of this Ordinance except from those lea5ahold5 specifically permitted by Planning and Zoning Board regulations to conduct such activities, nor shall any la5566 or any boat mooring operator in said waters permit, authorize, or allow the operation of a commercial activity from within the area of their control of tenancy unla53 5P--Cifically permitted by the Planning and Zoning Board. Appendix No. I Channel Realignment, Compensating Anchorage and Permit Application 0 0 0 To: Mayor Alberta Jagoe 9 September 1985 Re: Milford Harbor Task Force: Channel Encroachment and Redesign, Recommendations Dear Mayor Jagoe: In accordance with your letter of January 14, 1983 the Task Force has studied the problems of encroachments relating to the Federal Project in Milford Harbor. Through public meetings, coordination with the Corp of Engineers, State of Connecticut DEP, and National Marine Fisherl.es we made evaluations of various alternatives and arrived at a conclusion and recommendations as follows: *That the Federal Project should be updated by redesign to relieve the encroachments, improve vessel traffic flow, expand the anchorage area, provide for improved use of the City Dock and future marine developmen of the Head of the Harbor". @he redesign has resulted in a Plan referred to as Dwg 9B to which all agencies have agreed and a subsequent permit to accomplish the compensating dredging work has been applied for by the City of Milford by Aldermanic resolution on January 7th, 1985. The Task Force, meeting with the Harbor Managemnet Commission and affected property owners on-August 26, 1985, obtained a formal vote of approval of the plan and compensation costs from all private and commerical property owners. The City of Milford's formal approval of participation will be required to assure the'Corp of Engineers that a-final resolutlo of the encroachments is imminent. Will you please advise me of what if any additional information or activity wi.11 be required in order to have your Office and the Board .of Alderman make a positive statement of participation regarding the resolution of the long standing problem in the Federal Project. Sincerely, Allen G. Be ri n Task Force C i an Enclosed: Summary of Evaluation and Conclusions Permit Application for Compensatory Dredging kn kll en G- Be rask Force INDEX Harbor.Management. Task Force Members Basis for Evaluation and Options for Resolution Tabular Evaluation of Alternates Conclusion for resolution of Encroachments Worksheets for Evaluation of Alternatives Compensating Cost Calculations Property Owners Tabulation Considerations Regarding Anchorage Area NOAA Evaluation and Recommen dation Consideration Regarding Anchorage Area Revised Harbor Chart 9B Task.Force DEP/CAM Communication APPENDIX RESOLUTION OF CHANNEL ENCROACHMENTS 1985 CITY OF MILFORD Mayor Alberta Jagoe HARBOR MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE Members: Chairman Allen Berrien Edward Austin Mead Batchelor Grace Carroll Edmund Colangelo John Donnelly John Keegan William Mildner Larry Mitchell William Mullarkey William Schultz Six bases for the evaluation of our recommendation; 1. Our recommendation has to meet the approval of the C.O.E. 2. Our recommendation has to meet the approval of the D.E.P. 3. Our recommendation must be in the public's long-term best interest. 4. Our recommendation must minimize the cost to the City of Milford. 5. Our recommendation must minimize disruption to the existing users. 6. Our recommendation must minimize the cost to the existing users. The six options for our recommendation are: 1. Physical removal of all channel encroachments. 2. Shift a portion of the Federal channel and the accompaning anchorage area to the west. 3. Reduce the size of the existing Federal channel so that no encroashments remain within the channel. 4. Move the Federal channel to the west into the anchorage area and compen- state this loss by providing additional anchorage area in the West 6 foot basin. 5. Do nothing to address the issue. 6. Re-design the channel and anchorage to provide for the best use today and for the future needs. Further, the Corps has agreed to a five foot setback from the Federal project, to provide future maintanence dredging and to permit any compensating dredging to take place in the authorized six foot anchorage that has never been federally funded. (Reported by Richard Roach, from his superiors, to Allen Berrien on January 6, 1984 in Groton.) ALTERNATIVES BASIS FOR EVALUATION PHYSICAL REMOVAL SHIFT A REDUCE SIZE MOVE CHANNEL DO UPATED CHANEL & OF ALL PORTION OF OF WEST AND COMPEN- NOTHING OF ALL PORTION OF OF WEST AND COMPEN- NOTHING ANCHORAGE DESIGN CHANNEL ENCROACH. CHANNEL WEST CHANNEL STATE W/ NEW AREA CHANNEL ENCROACH. CHANNEL WEST CHANNEL SATE W/NEW AREA MUST MEET C.O.E. ACCEPTABLE ANCHORAGE HAV. RESTRICT ACCEPTABLE NOT ACCEPTABLE - APPROVAL LOSS NOT ACCEPT. ACCEPTABLE LOCAL INPUT DESIRED NOT ACCEPT. 65% USERS C.O.E. UPSTREAM WILL ACT MUST MEET D.E.P. APPROVAL ACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE? DREDGING NOT ACCEPTABLE -REVISED PERMIT REQD. NO DREDGING PERMIT ACCEPTABLE HEAD OF HARBOR PLAN AND TO MOVE BACK REQUIRED REQUIRED DEDICATION OF INTERTIDAL FLAT BENEFITS TO PUBLIC RENEWED USE OF RENEWED USE 50% CHANNEL RENEWED 100' DECISIONS RESTORED CHANNEL TO 100' NAVIGATION-MOORING 100' CHANNEL - OF 100' CHAN. RESTRICTED CHANNEL MADE BY NO REDUCTION OF PUBLIC SPACE NO LOSS OF ANCH. LOSE 30,OO0SF REDUCED COMM. RESTORED ANCH. OTHER THAN ANCHORAGE - FULL USE OF ANCHORAGE POTENTIAL. CAPACITY LOCAL INT. CITY DOCK, COMM. FISHING COMM. FISH. NO MAINT ESPANSION. (107) BOATYARD, DREDGING HEAD OF HARB. MINIMIZE COST TO MINIMAL EXCEPT PRESENT PRESENT- PRESENT - NO COST LONG-RANGE PRESENT: RESOLVED CONFLICTS CITY OF MILFORD CITY TO OBTAIN NONE NONE. LONG-RANGE: INCR. COSTS HIGH C0-OPERATE ON COSTS DUE TO PRESENT & LONG-TERM BLANKET DREDGING LONG-RANGE REVENUE & TAXES CITY DOCK ENCROACHMENT PERMIT REDUCED TAX LONG-RANGE: IMPLEMENTATION BASE & VESSEL OF H of H PLAN & STABLE SIZE TAX BASE MINIMIZE DISRUPTION MAXIMUM DISRUPT. LOSS OF 9-10 MINIMUM ALL STRUCTURES NOW NONE- NEW PROJECT LIMITS TO EXISTING FACILITIES OF PRESENT USERS MOORING REMAIN AS BUILT MINIMUM. DEFINED. PROVIDES FOR SPACES PROVIDE 5' SET C.O.E. ACT EXISTING MARINA EXPANSION. BACK FROM CHANNEL VERY HIGH NO NEW PERMITS MINIMIZE COST TO PRIVATE: FOR CONI. PRESENT MINIMUM NOW ESTIMATED COST: NOW ESTIMATED COSTS: $75-$85M EXISTING FACILITIES PRESENT USE. EST, ENCROACHMENTS REDUCTION IN $75-$85M TO MINIMUM RELOCATE CHANNEL AND COM- COST: $75 -$85 M SHARE COSTS. VESSEL SIZE RELOCATE CHANNEL C.O.E. ACT PENSATE ANCHORAGE: $75-$80 LF COMMERCIAL; EST. FUTURE RELO- AND DRAFT AND DREDGE AN VERY HIGH RESOLVES MARINA EXPANSION IN COST: $22-$25M CATIONS EQUAL LIMITS. ANCHORAGE 30MSF NO NEW EXISTING ANCHORAGE 80,000 SF PLUS SUBSTANTIAL COSTS. COST ESTIMATED: $75-80 PERMITS INPLEMENTATION OF COMMERCIAL REVENUE LOSS TO DREDGE PER SQ. FT. FISHING LANDING $12M ANNUALLY CHANNEL; $190 LINEAL FOOT $15-$18M CONCLUSIONS 1. Maximum disruption oflexisting users with maximum cost at approximately.$190.. per lineal foot. Not recommended evaluation attached. 2. Present encroachments share cost equally. Cost to dredge relocated channel $15 - $18 thousand. Loss of approximately 9 - 10 mooring spaces in the public anchorage. Not recommended. 3. Restriction of navigation for 65-70% of users of harbor. Places a stress on upstream facilities with no future potential for commercial fishboat landing, and projected reduction of vessel size and draft., Not recommended. 4. Acceptable but makes no provision for future needs with cost approximately $75 - $80 per lineal foot contribution from existing encroachers. Not recommended. 5. Devastating eventually for ail commercial us .ers and raises serious question about our ability to govern ourselves. No permits at all will be issued. Not recommended. 6. Provides for utilization of maximum local input to relocate channel and dredge compensating anchorage. Cost: approximately $75 - $80 per lineal foot for exist'ing shorefront structures, same as #4. Further, it resolves the issue of the existing marina in a portion of the public anchorage. It provides for utilization of the entire public anchorage rather than leaving.a large portion under utilized to provide access to the existing marina. In covering all six bases for evaluation, there was no substantial negative impact known by task force. It provides for clearance from the face of the City Dock for vessels to.tie-up without mooring "-in" the channel and provides for 5 foot set-back as agreed by the C.O.E. *It further provides for expansion of access to" the public- launching area that is beyond the existing navigation project and provides for the additional upstream (107) pr6ject for-the commer- cial fishboat landing. As all of the property at the head of the harbor is publicly owned, this-area will be the core of public. @access,to navigable water. Unanimously recommended. ATTACH B. EVALUATION ALTERNATE ONE MOVEBACK FROM CHANNEL AREA A PRIVATE DOCK OWNERS 10 ORIER FEASIBLE DREDGE PILES DOCK BULKHD.OTHER TOTAL BARONE YES 1200 2200 1000 10000 3000 17000 FDN. SCHOOL YES. 1000 3600 1000 10000 15600 HARCH YES 600 800 600 2000 FREIMAN YES 1800 2000 1500 25000 --- 30300 OFFUTT YES 2000 1800 500 -- - --- 4300 MEYERS YES 1500 500 --- --- 2000 CERINO/ALLEN YES 400 250 --- --- 650 PRIESS CLEAR OF CHANNEL --- ---- GUNTHER YES 400 250 --- --- 650 ALLEN YES 1500 .1500 --- 3000 $75900. PILING COST AT $350/400 EACH DREDGING AT [email protected] / cu. yd. BULKHEAD AT $350.00 lineal foot COST OF WORK PER LINEAL FOOT 75900 $190.00 lf..avg 400 ALUATION ALTERNATE ONE SPENCERS BOAT YARD NORTH END POSSIBILITY 1. LOOSE FOUR OR FIVE FINGER. DOCKS OR TEN BOATS 9 $1400 PER Y@;AR= $123000 PER YEAR 2. MOVE BACK 251 + or FEASIBLE DREDGE PILES DOCKS TOTAL 1381 YES '4000 10,000 2000 $16,()00 'bOUTH END POSSIBILITY 1. LOOSE 20 SMALL BOATS 0 $500.00 PER YEAR $10,000 FEASIBLE DREDGE PILES DOCKS TOTAL YES 4500 2000 .$6500 COST $P2,0'00, ANNUAL REVENUE LOSS $22,000 EVALUATION ALTERNATE TWO MOVE CHANNEL WEST to accomodate present vessels and docks and provide 51 clear of new channel 401 west SEE ALTERNATE FOUR CHANNEL DREDGING $15-18000. BASED ON 10001- OF CHANNEL FRONTAGE 18000 10.00 $18.00 per front foot EVALUATION ALTERNATE THREE REDUCE CHANNEL WIDTH TO CLEAR INFRINGEMENTS ASSUME CHANNEL MOVED TO CLEAR PRESENT DOCKS, FLOATS AND VESSELS BY 5' TO NEW LOCATION 40' WEST + OR - PER ALTERNATE TWO AND FOUR. CHANNEL NOW BECOMES 100'-40' =60' min. 100'-35' =65' max. RESTRICTS UPPER HARBOR USAGE DOCKS AND FLOATS AT 900 TO CHANNEL TOO RESTRICTED POOR ANCHORAGE ACESS GENERALLY UNSAFE NAVIGATION FOR THE MULTIPLE USERS OF THE HARBOR RESTRICTS POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE "HEAD OF THE HARBOR" EVALUATION ALTERNATE FOUR MOVE CHANNEL WEST TO PROVIDE 5' CLEARANCE FROM EXISTING DOCK, FLOATS AND VESSELS. FURTHER TO DREDGE EQUIVALENT ANCHORAGE AREA. AREA TAKEN FROM ANCHORAGE AREA A -PRIVATE DOCKS 750 lineal feet,times 40 feet. 30,000 sq ft. 400 x 40 x 8 2400cu yd 2- 27 COST 2400 cu yd @ 6. $14,400. 400 x 40 8000 sq ft. 2 TOTAL TAKEN"-38000 sq ft. 30000 x 9 -10000 cu yds. 27 COST 10000 cu yds @ $6 =$60000 TOTAL COST CHANNEL $ 14000 ANCHORAGE $ 60000 '@_7@4 0-0 0 BASED ON 1000 LINEAL FEET $74.00 PER FOOT OF FRONTAGE EVALUATION- ALTERNATE FIVE DO NOTHING LET CORPS OF ENGINEERS TAKE ACTION DEVASTATING TO ALL PRESENT COMMERCIAL.AND PRIVATE USERS RAISES SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO GOVERN OURSELVES ALTERNATE SIX EVALUATION REDESIGN CHANNEL AND ANCHORAGE TO MEET PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF USERS SEE BASIC ALTERNATIVES TWO AND FOUR FOR CALCULATIONS. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDED IN-THIS OPTION ARE MARINA PRESENTLY UTILIZING A PORTION OF THE FEDERAL PROJECT CAN BE RESOLVED BY COMPENSATING FOR THIS USE BY DREDGING AN EQUAL AREA IN THE AUTHORIZED BUT UN FUNDED 6'ANC0HORAGE. FURTHER THE CITY DOCK IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE NAVIGATION CHANNEL AND ANY VESSEL MOORED TO,IT IS. PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTING THE SAFE TRANSITING OF MILFORD HARBOR. THE BOAT YARD NORTH OF THE CITY DOCK IS ON THE SITE OF A PREVIOUS COAL YARD AND ITS DOCKS ARE IN AN UNUSED 125' TURNING BASIN, THE'REESTABLISHMENT OF A l00' CHANNEL THROUGH THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF MILFORD HARBOR WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMERCIAL FISHBOAT LANDING (HEAD OF THE HARBOR) AND FUTURE PUBLIC ACESS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NAVICATION PROJECT. Allen G. Berrient Task Force Chairman, City of Milford One High Street Milford CT .06460 Harbor Fund Compensating Cost Calculations to Federal Project Catalog of Use 460 lineal feet Private Property Owners (Residential Zone) 888 lineal feet Marinas and Boat Yards (Business Boating Zone) 880 lineal feet City of Milford (Park Land Zone) $177,600.00 is $80.00 x 2228 $6.00/yard x 30,OOO yards is $180,000.00 Allen G. Berrien, Task Force Chairman, City of Milford One High Street Milford, CT -06460 Lineal'Frontage Dimensions-on Milford Harbor City of Milford Harborview Avenue 60feet Barone 46-47B, 70- Holst 43,44,45 50 March 41-42 -20 Brennan 40,40A,40B 40 Offutt 38-39 50 Bernstein 37 10 Meyer 32A,33,34,35,36 70 .Cerino 32 20 Allen 31B 10 Priess 31A (not in current violation) 10 Gunther 31,30 30 Allen 28,29 40 Ferrari 26,27 (not in current violation) 20 Allen 25 20 Allen (Spencer's) 1 138 Allen (Spencer's) 24 320 978 City of Milford Wilcox Park :820 1798 Milford Wharf Company 430 Total Lineal Footage for Compensation 2228feet-. MILFORD HARBOR MANAGEMENT PLAN Considerations Regarding Compensating Anchorage Areas Assuming that the proposed channel relocations would be made and that the areas taken from existing 8' anchorage and future 61 anchorage by the relocation, would be compensated for by dredging new and additional anchorage areas for the general public. Costs would be borne by those that are benefitted by not having to remove their present facilities and/or benefitting by the relocated channel lines. A. Study was made to determine where the compensating areas could and or should be dredged.. Alternates were: 1. Authorized but not dredged 6 foot anchor- age (Depth to be determined) 2. Authorized but not dredged 10 foot anchor- age at harbor entrance east side. 3. -Area east of channel adjacent to Wilcox Park. No serious consideration was given to any wet land area for ecological reasons. No serious consideration was given at this time to any areas previously filled and now used for other purposes (Fowler Field).. which must be con- .sidered in the future as a municipal marina.or to expand the public water related activities. Evaluation: 11. 6 foot Anchorage this has always been considered as the next area for anchorage expansion and would have been developed in the past had the need been sufficiently pressing for the City to make some expenditure. (2) The area borders the present and proposed channel on the west side making it very efficient for access along approximately 850'feet of channel. b.. It would result in the extension of the present 8 foot anchorage and this has ad- vantages in efficiency of layout. c. Serious consideration should be made in planning to.have the entire compensative area dredged to 8 foot depth. d. The proposed channel relocation and compen- sating anchorage expenasion would not totally utilize the authorized area (approx. 35%) to -be developed in the future as needs arise. e. The area is-located between the three main marinas and would be accessible to those on moorings for dinghy arrangements parking and etc. f. Although there are private.properties adjacent to the anchorage on the*west side.the moorings would not interfere with their access to the channel. ..g. The anchorage being approximatly 1/2 mile from the.entrance any storm surge is d.isapated by the time it reaches this area. h . The 'anchorage is close to the town dock and transients (on moorings) would have access to that facility. (3) 2. 101 Anchorage at the Harbor Entrance - This area, although authorized, has not been completely deve- ped in the past. There are certain basic disad- vantages to the location that must be considered. 140 a. It is at the entrance to the harbor where traffic is the heaviest and it is therefore not desirable for maneuvering, particularly larger vessels entering or departing a moo r- ing area. b. The south section of the anchorage adjacent to the seawall is actually the main course for waters entering and leaving the Gulf Pond. This is a substantial water area and results in very high velocities and a strong cross current to the main harbor channel. At full ebb vessels now have some problerfi holding course in this area, particularity those not familiar with local conditions. c. There is a turn in the main channel along the west edge of this anchorage which again makes it undesirable to the vessels maneuver- ing in this area. d. The north and west sides of the anchorage are adjoined by private properties having riparian.rights to deep water and this would result in a fairway evolving around these sides of the anchorage which would reduce the actual area available for moorings. Most of the pro- perty owners now have boats and would certainly take advantage of any improvements made for (4) mooring adjacent to their property which in effect would provide deep water access which is not now available. e. The harbor entrance and channel face south- erly and the-reach-is approximately 12 miles- of.open water. In severe'southerlies there. is a substantial surge in this area, and any storm even from the East causes a surge at the entrance area. f. Previous efforts to dredge this area report- edly discovered.,very hard and ston.ey bottom' which would,be expensive for dredging. 3. The area west of Wilcox Park - would be sufficient fora part of the compensating,area however there are several features that are considered as dis- advantages beyond those that relate to the wild life refuge and ecological issues. a. The area is at the head of the harbor and all new anchorage traffic would be directed the entire length* of the channel further increasing traffic problems. b. Two-of the marinas are.remote from this area limiting the access for moorings from dinghy and parking etc. C. There being no private property adjacent would eliminate the double value of increasing the wat er depth as in the other two alter- natives. (5) There is a very substantial amount of small craft (launching ramp) traffic in this area, which two hours.prior to and after high tide use the area for navigation at this time. .,1 0. T UrUITED STATES DEPARTME[UT OF COMMMICE Plational Dceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE Habitat Protection Branch 212 Rogers Avenue Milford, Connecticut 06460 April 11, 1984 Mr. Alem Berrien Chairperson, Harbor Management Task Force City Hall City of Milford Milford, Connecticut 06460 Dear Mr. Berrien: At your request the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has been involved in some of the.developments regarding the Milford Harbor Management plan. In response to the specific issues regarding the conflict between compensation for realignment of the federal project and the environmental impact associated with that action we believe the NMFS position has been thoroughly detailed. To help you in com- piling the justifications for the task force plan required by the Corps of Engineers we have drafted up the enclosed discussion on the value of tidal mudflats in general and the Milford Harbor flats specificially. It would appear that the aligniment we reviewed today (April 3, 1984) reflects a reasonable compromise alignment between the conflicting inte 'rests of the public and the living marine resources which * inhabit the Harbor mudflats. We believe.that in producing your plan "9b" the task force has gone a long way toward resolving those conflicting needs. .We find that the compromise addresses all existing unauthorized encroach- ments, minimizes the destruction of the productive mudflats.and would encourage a higher use of the inner harbor by transients and residents alike. Biological Value of Mudflats Intertidal mudflats are soft to semi-soft environinents often found L -he in close proximity to tidally inundated salt marshes. Mudflats are 41. result of sediment accumulations typically found in sheltered co-astal embaypients. The sheltering effect is often created by barrier beac'nes, manmade.structures, or shoals'. Whichever cause is present, the mudflat is the result of current and wave protection and the subsequent altera- tion-of sediment transport processes. The shape and extent of the tidal. flat is also related to coastal shape, tidal'amplitude and sediment load of the water masses acting about it. Ti-dal mudflats are dynamic systems that are usually linked physi- cally and biologically to other coastal systems. The' salt marsh - .rLdflat linkage is generally recognized in New England as a very strong relation- ship. In this relationship organic material generated by the salt marsh 11 L L\ -2- is*exported by tidal movements to the flats for use/consumption by marine organisms living on or within the mud substrate. In the past few decades biologists have grown to appreciate that the mudflats are very important to many estuarine resources which rely on tidal move- ments to stir up the sediments and nutrients allowing easy access to the plethora of food organisms and materials present. Beginning in the early 1950's biologists became aware of the fact th.at nearshore marlfne habitats, particularly in bays and estuaries, are vitally important to marine resources for their use as sites for reproduction and early maturation. Providing not only restin-g and feeding sites for early life stages they also represent the chosen living sites for organisms such as hard clams.(Mercenaria mercenaria), Eastern oysters (Crassostera virginica), soft shell clams (,',jya arenaria), sand worms (Ner-T-s virM) and other organisms main-17ind has come to rely on for direct consumption or indirectly by their use as bait for more predatory and desirable species. These resident organisms have developed biological systems which allow them to thrive in highly variable chemical envi-ronments with varying levels of turbidity. These biological systems include modest motility, rapid silt expulsion and short-term hibernation. Each system is employable as conditions vary at the specific residence site on the mudflat. Man's activities on M@dflats are typically of three basic types: dredging or mudflat removal; filling or mudflat burial and; contamin- ation by discharge of pollutants into or across the tidal flat. Each activity carries impact 'effects which vary in severity from total destruction to contamination and subsequent exclusion of organisms normally associated with a mudflat. In the case at hand, removal by dredging is in the "total destruction" catagory. By modifying the .sediment elevation from intertidal zone to subtidal zone the resource group which can utilize the area will be altered. Because estuarine harbors, such as Milford, are deposition basins for materials carried from the land as runoff and from Long Island Sound as suspended sedi- ment, they tend to collect materials somewhat rapidly along artifici- ally deepened areas. The rate of collection or accretion is dependent upon the sediment load and velocity of the water moving in the area. When basins or anchorages are dredged, either along channels or iso- lated from those channels, deposition/accretion processes are often accelerated.. The acceleration of the deposition processes is due to the altered physics of the basin and the associated hydrodynamics of the water's'moverrent through that basin. If deposition is increased in such basins resources which normally survive at a broad range of locations and elevations in the Harbor are frequently buried by rapidly accumulating sediment after colonizing the newly created habitat. They may also find the substrate too soft to support occupation. In both cases the organisms are found settlinq progressively deeper in the sedi- ment as silting rate exceeds their ab7lity to migrate vertically. Un- able to find purchase for movement upward to the sediment-water interface they face suffocation. In the case of shellfish this inability to move -3- quickly enough is compounded by their growth in size and weight as they mature which increases the likelihood of sinking through the sediment. Suffocation is often the end result for organisms which attempt to occupy these deposition basin areas. In Milford one need only sample within marine basins to see this problem created.as 'a result of dredging. Another problem created by rapid sediment ac- cretion is the depletion of available oxygen in the bottom. Bac- terial action and chemical decay of organic material in the sediment often out compete larger organisms for available oxygen supplies in th-e sediment and adjacent overlieing waters. Exhaustion of that avail- able oxygen makes the area unuseable by larger colonists suchas fish and shellfish. The specific value of tidal mudflats to finfish resources is dif- ficult to quantify. It is significantly easier to explain the impacts. As.with benthic populations that are denied use of the area by altered sediment characteristics and depths so too are many of the finfish. Because the nutritive value of the area is forfeit and the sediment is so unstable, bottom resident fish sink into the sediment when resting. Thus the alteration makes the overall habitat less desirable. The loss of desirability causes areas to be avoided or not sought out by a vari- ety of species. In.either case the fishery us-e of the area is diminished and the overall biological value of the area degraded. Another aspect of the situation is the impact of removing tidal mudflats on.shorebirds. Shore and wading birds rely heavily, some species almost exclusively, on these areas for both food and resting habitat. Removing these areas from access by avian species by dredging them re- duces the availability of those support services to the birds. Thi-s, in turn, means fewer birds can use an area. Milford Harbor has been developed as a result of individual needs and goals. The result of this process has been the piecemeal modifi- cation of the Harbor. The majority of these modifications have occurred along the eastern/northern side of the Harbor possibly as a result of the proximity of deep water and the residential development pressure. Along the western/southern boundary of the Harbor, development has been more landward oriented except at those sites where water access was in- tegral to the development. For this reason the tidal flats and asso- ciated salt marshes extending from the Milford Wharf Company northward k. -established habitats only occasion- to the Milf6rd Boa' Works are well ally bisected by access channels used by riparian property owners. This in turn has allowed the area to, by and far, remain a productive mudflat supporting oysters, hard clams, soft shell clams, marine worms, winter flounder, "snapper" blue fish and the biological systems which utilize adjacent resources to support those resident and migratory populations. The sediment character of the 1, 4;ilford Harbor mudflat changes from a compact and stable sand-silt mixture at the northeastern end adjacent to the channel to an unstable, highwater ''high silt content mixture in the southwestern area. This variation in sediments provides habitat for -4- a relatively wide variety of species which have become established there. In the northern area the flats have, historically, supported a healthy population of hard clams with some eastern oysters. This population relationship shifts more to oysters as one moves down the harbor. Unfortunately, much of the oyster population in the whole Harbor was killed during the June 1982 rain storm. The mortality seems to be the result of depressed salinity levels and the massive deposition of sediment carried down the Wepawaug River by the flood waters. The fate of the oysters is still visible by sampling anywhere along the mudflat as the harder bottom areas are still littered with adult oyster shells buried only inches below the present day surface. In 1982 and 83 oysters spawning elsewhere in Milford Harbor began the process of repopulating the mudflats. By the winter of 1983 the re- sults of this recolonization effort were visible in the nearshore zone from Beard Creek northward. Soft shell clams (Mya arenaria) are found in dense, community, concentrations scattered across th-e mudflats. These clams also ex- perienced a relatively high level of mortality in the June 1982 rain storm but have had two good reproductive seasons since. Collectively these resources provide a balanced population that is not only resident in the sediments but actively processing the same sediment material of the mudflats to provide nutrients for resources which visit the area. Some of the finfish vis-itors of the flats include juvenile winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) which move into the area d-uring the late winter months and use the area for nursery habitat and feeding grounds. Adults arrive to use the area only a short time later. As the water temperature rises in the spring bait fish spawned in the ad- jacent salt marshes and upper reaches of the tidal encroachment begin to move onto the flats, as the tidal cycle allows, to feed. These species include the mummichog and striped killifish (Fundulus hetero- clitus and F. majalis), the Atlantic silversides (MeriTd_iameniT17a_@ Shrimp- (Cra_@gon septemspinosa) and (Hippolyte sp) 'is --well Ts -Amphipods also feed on the mudflats. These species in turn provide food for young bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) who mix these food species with young Atlantic menhade_n7BTe_voortia tyrannus) or moss bunkers for a "balanced" diet. Other f`i`E-fis visitors may include young striped bass (Moron6 saxatilis), black fish (Tautoga onitis, Cunner (Tautogo- labras adspersus@ -and skates (Raja spT-. Along the existing channel line the mudflats slope downward to the centerline depth. The slopes have collected modest amounts of fine silt and so have a gentle undulation pattern extending down the channel line. Recent maintenance activity along both sides of the channel have created some sharper slopes but tidal action seems to be smoothing them rapidly. In prior @ears the channel bottom has been reported to be littered with -5- organic material washed intothe system from both the upland and off- shore. Discharges from the Head-of-Harbor Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) have been found throughout the entire area of the mudflat. While visu- ally inseparable from other sediments the STP discharge includes small amounts of nutrients and bacteria. This is not unexpected since even when operating within design capacity STP facilities do not remove all the nutrients found in the process flow. Finally, a few comments on the Harbor above the existing federal end of the channel. Historically the area was navigable. Much of the material presently found in the Harbor between the H.ead-of-Harbor STP and the Town Library appears to be upland in geological character. As such it would probably provide excellent fill and riprap material for the erosional faces on both sides of the Harbor in this area. There has been some natural stabilizing of this area by the colonization and subsequent expansion of the salt marsh vegetation Spartina alterniflora. Initially this vegetation became established as sTn-gle sprigs and has expanded by growth runners. It is our hope that any stabilization plans for this area could avoid destroying this natural erosional barrier. On the Fowler Field/Wilcox Park side of the Harbor we believe the salt marsh vegetation should be encouraged wherever possible as an enhancement to the bird sanctuary. Should you desire more information on any of the topics presented above feel free to contact me. As a postscript I would like to take this opportunity to commend both Ken Neff and yourself for the effort you have put into this project. I noted your thought that the realignment design is at #9b above but that only hints at the many hours you gentlemen must have put into this effort. When the plan is finalized the City of Milford will have much -to thank you two for, I know that the federal review agencies already have. Again thanksfor the effort. Sincerely, Michael Ludwig Ecologist MILFORD HARBOR MANAGEMENT PLAN Considerations Regarding Compensating Anchorage Areas Revised Further to the initial considerations used to develop and evaiuate'the proposed channel rie"locations'etc. which resulted in the plan shown as Dwg 9 of 9 and which had a general ap- proval.of the Task Force and municipal agencies, certain additional guidelines have been provided which: 1. Resulted in the preparation of plan 9A. This merely defined, at the COE's request, the specific areas considered as developed to compensate for areas A, B, and C and Milford Wharf Co. areas 501 and @eyond. There was no change in scope'of pro- ject under this study and resulting Dwg 9A. 2. Resulted in a re-evaluation of the total amount of inter-tidal flats that would have to be taken to maintain the project scope. This re-evaluation was prompted by information and technical advice from the NUF regarding the actual benefit the area provides in thd overall ecological system in Milford Harbor. Therefore the project was reviewed to minimize the taking of the inter-tidal area and other areas re- addressed.where compensating work could be performed, flor the public benefit, for channel relocations (A,B, & C for Plan 9B). Co-incidental with this review we (2) were unofficially advised that the 107 Project relating to waterside work at the head of the Harbor had been found lacking in cost/benefit and would not.be persued further by the COE. The extension of the Federal 81 Channel and the dredging of the turning Basin to serve the Commercial Wharf and transient accom- modations were therefore considered and studied as an area of work that would be compensating to the general public for those areas taken for channel relocation. Calculations showed that the area requiring improvement matched the total area (approximately 54,000 SF) -to be compensated for areas A,B, and C which are channel related. It therefore appreared logical and reasonalbe to: 1. Consider the anchorage replacement to resolve the Milford Wharf Co. as being a newly developed an- chorage extension to the 8 foot anchorage along the channel and 2. The development of a equal area at the Head of the Harbor to replace the several areas of channel relocation. This has been shown as Dwg 9B and results in a 701 + wide new anchorage area in the same area originally considered most desirable. It minimizes the amount of inter-tidal flat that is disturbed. (3) It continues to address the Head of Harbor Planning and in fact would perhaps expedite that program through local control. _@j Anv 4 - e@p k3' y 14 iz -it 01 f e I ty No W* A e3 ILI! 4- 1 ' n., cv 0" Ity =AZ All A*'--@--- -c' Jk 4,1 U1 Ot SM. IV; A. IDA (@o 1-4 1 "'4- .@j M ILI Jo r to .'s%v 6, R /JA4 4',', . _'L. , ' Scl it" OL )r Manag"em'ent Plan bw'. ASSOCIATES -B R"E_ 1983 N"GBOR ++s State of Connecticut e pt. of Environmental Protection astal Area Management Program TO: Arthur J. Rocque, Jr. .In the City of Milford Municipal Coastal Program Phase II, Sept. 1982 the Propos*ed Goals and Policies Addressed under Part A. Milford Harbor issues that essentially meant Harbor Management. As you are aware, that was continued and the final stages of the first planning efforts, Volume I of the Milford Harbor Management Plan is in the final stages of acceptance. Volume I defines Navigation and Water Surface 11anagement and Administra- tibn of Harbor Use as the first and second priorities. It further pro- :--vides the format for the actual implementation of many other issues but also provides a resolution recommendation for the problems of encroach- ments in the Federal Navigation Project. In addition, it provides a preliminary format for the necessary changes in the local agencies and ordinances for the implementation of the Harbor Management Plan. xv- are therefore now prepared to develop the specifics necessary_to have plan and the necessary 'ordinances addressed and hopefully adopted as a part of the City of Nlilford.Municipal Coastal Plan. We visualize the effort of the consultant continuing into Volume 2 Oil the basis of the following tasks: A. Navigation and Water Surface Management 1. Develop the necessary rules, guidelines and ordinance(s) if necessary to provide safe and secure use of all waterfront areas within the City of Milford. 2. Develop the necessary guidelines and or ordinances to assure that the waters of the City of Milford remain or are dovelaped for full navigational use by the public. 3. Develop the necessary rules for the management of the anchor- 11geS, 1:rftnSiV11t 1''I'LCilitieS, CO=norcial fishing "Land1n:,-, :hunneis and fairways, etc. B. Administration of Harbor Use: 1. Based on the general guidelines in Volume I develop specific rules, procedures, ordinances,as necessary to make the Harbor Commission the administrative body for Harbor Management Plan. 2. Provide the necessary coordination with the P & Z Commission to define the land area (overlay zone) and to develop specific rules and ordinances required to address the waterside issues involved. r 3. Develop a specific set of guidelines that would provide for close coordination of Harbor Management activities with all other city agencies and departments, etc. 4. Develop a speizific plan to allow the Harbor Commission to institute and manage a Harbor Improvement Fund. Also to providea recommended schedule of.�ees that would assist in maintaining this fund as.well as recommendations for municipal funding support. C. Natural Resources: 1. To provide-a reference base for-decisions required for Harbor Management Develop and prepare and inventory of present natural resour'ces and their considered values that addresses fin-fish, shellfish, wetlands, intertidal-areas, etc. This might best'be a compilation of existing.data. The.completion of the items above combined with Volume I will constitute.a workable Harbor Management Plan.that addresses the most immediate or high priority items and provides for'.a continually expand- able document as further time and funds become available for the many other issues or areas of concern.' In-all considerations above the Proposed Substitute Bill 13 LCO No. 2168 - "An Act Concerning Harbor @Ianagement'l - General Assembly should be considered and generally followed since ii--. %,;ould that this or one very simi-iliar will be passed and basis for Harbor Management from The State of Connecticut - standpoin,:. tD 'At the Regular Meeting 'of the Board of Aldermen held January 7, 1985, the following Resolution was approved: RESOLUTION RE: APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR HARBOR DREDGING WHEREASs the Army Corps'of Engineers has identified Federal permit violations and unauthorized encroachmen*t in Milford Harbor which must be corrected; and 1111EREAS, the City of Milford has been advised that the intended purpose of the Federal project is to provide a harbor which is open to all on equal terms and to provide open water areas for transiting, maneuvering and anchoring in the harbor; and IWITLREASS the City of Milford, in response to the actions of the Army Corps of Engineers has created a Harbor Management Task Force and has engaged a professional consultant to create a Harbor Management Plan; and.. WHEREAS, one of the initial-products of the Harbor Management 'Planning is a realignment of fhe Federal channel and the creation of new ancborage-to ifieet the requirements of the Army Corps of Engineers which will require additi-onal harbor dredging; and. WHEREAS, this'dredging requires the filing of a Fe.deral permit application; and WREREASs it is in the best interests )f tbe..City of Milford to make application to the Ar-my Corps of Engineers for additional harbor dredging so that the requirements of the Army Corps for harbor manag@@ment.and maintenance can be met, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED By the Board of Aldermen of the City of Milford that the Mayor of the City of Milford is hereby authorized to file with the Army Corps of Engineers an application for a Federal permit for additional dredging of Milford Harbor to compensate for the realignment, restoration ond reestablishmeut of the 100 foot Federal chz-.nnel as required by Federal law. Attest: s/Nargart'L S. Egan Town-City Clerl;. Dated at Milford, CT this 8th day of January, 1985. of this form, see EP 1145-2-1 The Department of the Army Permit program is authorized by Section 10 of the River and Harbor Act of 1899, Section 404 of P. L. 95-300 and Section 103 of P.t. 92-532. These laws require permits authorizing structures and work in or affecting naviglable waters of the United States, the discharge of or fill materials into waters to the Unites States, and the transportation of material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters. Information provided in ENG Form 4345 will be used in evaluating the application for a permit. Information in the application is made a matter of public record through issuance of a public notice. Disclosure of the information requested is voluntary; however, the date requested are necessary in order to communicate with the applicant and to evaluate the permit application. If necessary information is provided, the permit application cannot be pro- cessed nor can a permit be issued. One set of original drawings or good reproducible copies which show the location and character of the proposed activity must be attached to this application (see sample drawings and checklist) and be submitted to the District Engineer having jurisdiction over the locationof the proposed activity. An application that is not completed in full will be returned. 1. Application number (To be assigned by Corps) 2. Date 3. For Corps use only. Day Mo. Yr. 4. Name and address of application 5. Name, address and title of authorized agent. City of Milford City Attorney Martelon City Hall, River Street 1 Polizzi Plaza Milford, CT 06460 Milford, CT 06460 Telephone no. during business hours. Telephone no. during business hours A/C (203) 783-3201 Mayor A/C (203) 783-3250 A/C (203) 877-1475 Harbormaster A/C ( ) 6.Describe in detail the proposed activity, its purpose and intended use (private, public, commercial, or other) including descrip- tion of the type of structures, if any to be erected on fills, or pile or float- supported plateforms, the type, compostition and quantity of materials to be discharged or dumped and means of conveyance, and the source of discharge or fill material. If additional space is needed, use Block 14. The purpose of this activity is to dredge a new anchorage in the authorized, but unfunded, anchorage onthe west side of Milford Harbor (Wepawaug River). To compensate for the realigment of the 100' wide channel and restore the channel to the original design and provide for the present and future upstream needs. The anchorage portion (Sheet 2) of this redesigned project will provide a transient, commercial fishboat and seasonal mooring area for public. This work will resolve 7. Names, addresses and telephone numbers of adjoining property owners; lessons, etc., whose property also adjoins the waterway 150 names and addresses enclosed 8. Location where proposed activity exists or will occur. Address: Tax Assessors Description: (If known) Milford Harbor (Wepawaug River) Street, road or other descriptive location Map No. Subdiv. No. Lot No. Milford In or near city or town Sec. Twp. Age. New Haven Conneticut 06460 PUBLIC APPLICATION County State Zip Code 9.Name of waterway at locationof the activity. Wapawaug River ENG Form 4345, 1 OCT 77 Edition of 1 Apr 74 is obsolete. Date activity is expected to be completed 1988 with 10 year maintenance cycle 11.Is any portion of the activity for which authorization is sought now complete? yes no If answer is "Yes" give reasons in the remark auction. Month and year the activity was completed ___________________________________________________. Indicate the exsisting work on the drawings. 12. all approvals or certifications required by other federal, interstate, state, and local agencies for any structures, construc- tion, discharges, deposits or other activities described in this application. Issuing Agency Typs Approval Indentification No. Date of Application Date of Approval Conn DEP Water Quality Concurrent Conn DOT 13. Remarks or additional information. all the exsisting encroachments in Milford Harbor at no cost to the federal or state government with the dredging cost paid by those benefiting shoreside property owners. The area east of the city dock (Sheet 3) is to provide clearence from vessels berthed at the wharf to eliminate encroachment into the 100 wide channel. The work beyond the upper limit of the federal project is to provide navicable access to the city property not presently served by the federal project. The fairway and turning basin will serve the local commercial fishing fleet, the launching ramp and police, fire and coast guard auxiliary boats. The disposal area is mid-South dump coordinates 41 degrees 08'57N 72 degrees 53'51W. The material will be removed by bucket and dump scow. The material is typical of the samples in the permit issued the City in 1980 (analysis enclosed). The entire activity is for public use and is consistent with the CAM Act and is being done uder the implementation phase of the Harbor Management Plan of the City of Milford Municiple Coastal Plan as approved by the State of Conneticut. Further, this activity is supported by the enclosed letter from Habitat Protection Branch N.O.A.A M. Ludwig. 15. Application is hereby made for a permit or permits to authorize the activities described herein. I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in this application, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate. I further certify that I possess the authority to undertake the proposed activities. ________________________________ Signature of Applicant of Authorized Agent The application must be signed by the applicant; however, It may be signed by a duly authorized agent (named in 5) if this form is accompanied by a statement by the applicant designating the agent and agreeing to furnish upon , supplemental information in support of the application. 16. U.S.C. Section 1001 provides that: Whoever, in any manner within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact or makes any false, fictitous or fraudulent statements or representations or makes or uses any false writing knowing some to contain any false fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisioned not more than five years, or both. Do not send a permit processing fee with this application. The apporpriate fee will be assessed when a permit is issued. CITY *FrAILIFOZD vr i Dy, 1. EFT Z Jr. Id TH Ir Cr.Ulf L I. SOU 1. DRED&ED MAI-EPLIAt_ To IBt: PLACEb ItiCERTRAL L-I-S-OUMP-o -T C a "I, VICINITY NIAP -411L o&,qs,4A2;- SZ-SS'W- -2. G E E S i@ C Frc.) Z 3+ Fo 0 fimiTtE5 CALCULkTEt> :3. F@'Y- i cT I vi G.- 0 E P rtt S Tk K G@j -TVZk DWQ. L,Q.V. 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PROPOSF-D DPE@GIMT tN-WE'PAWAUG RIVER AT- MILFORD HAP.*BO& NEW HAVEN CiGUNTY SCfjLk: CON) NEC-FtC, UT Zoo APPUChTION al-C ITYoP W11LIFOU SWE ET 'i OF 4 DhTE 1-2 5,@ Allen Berrien, Chairman, City of Milford Harbor Management Task Force One High Street Milford, CT 06460 January 25, 1985 Army Corps of Engineers 424 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02154 Attention: Margo Walter Re: Supplemental Information for City of Milford Permit Item 1. Map showing property lines I have enclosed tax maps showing a numerical key to the list of 150 property owners adjacent to Milford Harbor. The number shown on each parcel is the last number under the the column."Map/Block Parcel." Item 2. Upland Disposal Since 1978 the City of Milford as well as several boatyards and private proper"Ey owners'within the Wepawaug River Basin have attempted to find an upland disposal site. I will list the known sites and the conclusions reached. Memorial Field Shipyard Lane A site used for hydraulic disposal during the 1930's by the C.O.E. This area at the northeast corner of Milford Harbor was diked and filled with a cover applied by the local government. It is presently used as a public recreation area with several ball fields, a BMX bike course, a skating rink (during the winter months), tennis courts, and a parking lot for the public library. To convert this site to an upland disposal area is not a financially sound practice, and the location in the center of the city precludes any further consideration as a spoil area. Milford Boat Works High Street The east side of this property was diked and filled by hydraulic ddredge during the maintenance dredging of the channel during th@ 1930's. As this spoil area Is presentlu, J ,-ho -,ite of a boat %-ard em--lovin,-. 30 people, its -e-use is t i ca 1 . The Ford Property Rogers Avenue This dikt.%d and filled spoil' area (saine pro4ect 1930's) is prosently a State of Connecticut classified wetlands area by tho Stato of Connecticuf. No pormit will be grantco for f-i 11ing this are,-1. Army Corps of Engineers Page 2 January 25, 1985 Ford's Boa.t Yard (now Milford Wharf Company.) Rogers Avenue This spoil area is currently a boat yard that employs over six people a 'nd is unavailable to re-open for future disposal. Further, the balance of the property is a classified wetlands that is currently the location of a mandated marsh restoration project, not available for dredging disposal. Gulf Beach The area north of Gulf 5each was used as a hydraulic dredge disposal area. It is currently a public parking lot servicing the public beach and is not available as a spoil area. Fort Trumbull Beach This was the location site of a dredge containment site study at the request of the Milford Harbor Commission. No action was taken, and we can only assume that there are engineering considerations that preclude*its construction. This was . one of severallocations studied. in Long Island Sound, and its evaluation, funding, and-construction is by others. It is not available to us to include in our permit applicatioh. Silver Sands State Park This location west of Mil-4ord.Harbor.was.considered as an upland disposal area. It is present 'ly under contract between the State of Connecticut and the United illuminating Company for the disposal of fly ash. During*our negotiations, the environmental considera. . tions became insurmountable. The site is the 'Location of a previous land fill, and the leachate and methane gas isssues compounded the dredge disposal issues. The communications with D.E.P. indicate'that no permit would.be issued to use this'area. Not available for Milford's use.- Truckina of material is impractical as all the inland sites proved to be inJand wetland areas and, of course, unavail-i.ble for filling. We, in tile C-ity of Milford, have always cons idered uplar-i-i disposal in our pre-application discussions. There are no sit.-,s available within the cit-y boundaries, and any changes in this situation would be re-evaluated. Army Corps of Engineers Page 3. January 25, 1985 Item 3. Milford Wharf Company Drawing 2A shows the area to be permitted for the use of Milford Wharf Company. They will be required to provide funds to create a portion of the compensating anchoragae. This area (approximately 50ft. x 430ft.) from the National Marine Fisheries property to Beards Creek-has been under constant use by various companies (Ford's Boat Yard, Marine Incorporated, Nichols Yacht Yard, Commodore Marine, and now Milford Wharf Company). As the area has always been under-utilized as an anchorage, the creation of a new anchorage dedicated to moorings is consistent with the city's management plan to use the available anchorage space to the fullest extent. The dredged area (by Milford Wharf) appears to be 50ft. x 500ft. to provide clearance for manuvering. When the silt is removed from the mouth of Beards Creek during the next maintenance dredging, this area will be a por4L-.-.ion of the fairway to the anchorage and marina docks. Respectfully submitted, Allen Benr n Chairman,. ty of Milford Harbor Management Task Force AB:ns e @nr 1: CITY OF MILFORD, CONN ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE GA NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY ASSI A05775 ALLEN HOWARD R & THELMA A & SURV 44 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 60 POND STREET 404 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 1 1 1-4 RES OUTBLDG 60 POND STREET 07/26/71 VOL 0654 PAGE 0517 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW A05787 ALLEN JAMES F 45 1 2-1 CCM LAND ROSE STREET 513 1 2-3 CCM BLDG MILFORD CT 06460 1 1 2-4 COM YD ITEM ROSE ST TO MILFORD HARBOR 02/04/66 VOL 564 PAGE 547 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW A05835 ALLEN JAMES F 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 73 WILBAR AVENUE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 25 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 02/04/66 VOL 564 PAGE 537 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW A05847 ALLEN JAMES F 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 73 WILBAR AVENUE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 318 EDGEWATER PLACE WALKER MANOR 08/25/70 VOL 0645 PAGE 0983 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW A05855 ALLEN JAMES F 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 73 WILBAR AVE 519 MILFORD 7 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD, HARBOR 09/16/76 VOL 0866 PAGE 0131 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW A05856 ALLEN JAMES F 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 73 WILBAR AVE 519 MILFORD 8 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD, HARBOR 09/16/76 VOL 0866 PAGE 0131 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW A05857 ALLEN JAMES F 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 73 WILBAR AVE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 28 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 12/16/76 VOL 0977 PAGE 0240 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF HILFORD, CT ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNN CD PROPERTY A. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A05858 ALLEN JAMES F 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 73 WILBAK AVE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 29 EDGEWATER PLACE TO HILFORD HARBOR 12/16/76 VOL 0877 PAGE 0240 ***********T O T A L************* BOARD OF TAX REVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A05865 ALLEN JAMES F 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 86 CARRINGTON AVE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 6 EDGEWATER PLACE THRU TO MILFORD HARBOR 03/05/82 VOL 1148 PAGE 0250 ***********T O T A L************* BOARD OF TAX REVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A09231 ANDERSONS LANDING INC 36 1 2-4 COX YD ITEM 189 ROGERS AVENUE 413 1 5-2 VC CON LAND MILFORD CT 06460 1A TRUMBULL AVE 01/22/71 VOL 0649 PAGE 0484 **************T 0 T A L*********** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************L E T T E R A*************************T O T A L************ R E C 0 R D S 10 CITY OF HILF0RD, CT ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY ------------- --- - -------------- - -- B04855 BARON ARTHUR L 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 109 BRANCH BROOK ROAD 513 WILTON CT 06697 46 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 06/09/82 VOL 1158 PAGE 0236 *************TOTAL************** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 804857 BARCH ARTHUR L 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 109 BRANCH BROOK ROAD 513 WILTON CT 06897 46A EDGEWATER PLACE 06/09/82 VOL 1158 PAGE 0236 ****************TOTAL************** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 804858 BARON ARTHUR L 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 109 BRANCH BROOK ROAD 513 WILTON CT 06897 47 EDGEWATER PLACE 06/09/82 VOL 1158 PAGE 0238 ******************TOTAL*************** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 804866 BARON ARTHUR L 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 109 BRANCH BROOK ROAD 513 WILTON CT 06897 478 EDGEWATER PLACE & HARBORVIEW AVE 11/15/82 VOL 1178 PAGE 0282 *****************T 0 T A L*********** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 804370 BARON ARTHUR L 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 109 BRANCH BROOK ROAD 513 WILTON CT 06897 47A EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 08/09/83 VOL 1225 PAGE 0076 ****************T 0 T A L************ BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 809951 BECKEREK FRANK S JR & CAROLE A & SURV 36 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 40 DOCK LANE 519 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 04460 13 40 DUCK LANE TO MILFORD HARBOR 04/30/73 VOL 0732 PAGE 0108 ****************T 0 T A L************* BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 816035 BERNSTEIN SIDNEY & THERESA NASH & SURR 45 1 1-1 VC RES LAND 49 HARBORVIEW AVENUE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 37 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 09/29/54 VOL 392 PAGE 43 *****************T O T A L************ BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD. CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT FULL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR ONT CO PROPERTY A' 820544 BOAKDMAN BORTON E 36 1 S-L VC RES LAND 276 HEMLOCK HILL RUAU 519 ORANGE CT 06477 11 7 ULU UYSILR LUCK LANDING UNIT I 02/25/81 VOL 1103 PAGE 0220 TOTAL BCARD GF TAX REVIEW 823010 80RUFF LOUIS P 36 1 1-5 RES CONDO 112 TRUMBULL AVENUE 5 B 414 MILFORD CT 06460 16 112 TRUMBULL AVENUE UNIT 5 B 07119/82 VOL 1163 PAGE 0393 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 827627 BREDENSERG CARL E 36 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 417 GULF STREET 51g 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 18 417 GULF ST 12116160 VOL 483 PAGE 485 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 924221 BRENNAN JOHN J JR ET ALS 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 70 PLATT ROAD 513 SHELTGN CT 04484 40A EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HAkBOR 07/12/76 VUL C856 PAGE 0282 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 828222 BRENNAN JOHN J JK ET ALS 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 70 PLATT ROAD 513 SHELTON CT 06484 408 EDGEWATER PLACE 07/12/76 VOL O856 PAGE 0282 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 828223 BRENNAN JOHN J JR ET ALS 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 70 PLATT KOAD 513 SHELTON CT 06464 405 EDGEWATER PLACE 07/12/76 VOL 0856 PAGE 0282 T 0 T A L S BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R B TOTAL R E C 0 R D S 13 CITY OF MILFORD, CONN ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE GR NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CMT CD PROPERTY ASSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CI4524 CARLSON WILLIAM D 30 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 200 STEVENSON ROAD 519 NEW HAVEN CT 04515 11 15 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 15 06/03/81 VOL 1116 PAGE G276 *************T O T A L*************** BROAD OF TAX REVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CO5007 CARPENTER PAUL G 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 3738 PARK AVE 519 BRIDGEPORT CT 06604 11 41 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 41 12/29/82 **************T O T A L************** BROAD TAX REVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CO8890 CERINO NICHOLAS L 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 36 GREEN MEADOW ROAD 513 WILFORD CT 06460 32 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 08/30/77 VOL G913 PAGE 0148 **************T O T A L*************** BROAD TAX REVIEW --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C10512 CHARLESVIEW INC 36 1 5-1 RES CONDO 1 C/O ATTY GINSBERG 414 PO BOX 605 16 WEST HAVEN CT 06515 116 TRUMBULL AVENUE UNIT 7D 08/23/79 VOL 1025 PAGE 0292 **************T O T A L**************** 1 BROAD TAX REVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01516 CHARLESVIEW INC 36 1 5-1 RES CONDO 1 C/O ATTY GINSBERG 414 PO BOX 605 16 WEST HAVEN CT 06516 96 TRUMBULL AVENUE UNIT 1A 08/23/79 VOL 1025 PAGE 0292 ***************T O T A L*************** 1 BROAD TAX REVIEW --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C11288 CHERNOCK JOHN R 36 1 5-1 VC REC LAND 1115 WEST RIVER STREET 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 2 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 2 10/09/80 COL 1085 PAGE 0238 ***************T O T A L**************** BROAD TAX REVIEW --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C11367 CHERNOCK STELLA K 44 1 1-1 RES OWL'LOT 20 ROGERS AVENUE 409 1 1-3 RES OWLG MILFORD CT 06460 6 3 1-4 RES OUTBLDG 20 ROGERS AVE THRU TO MILFORD HARBOR 01/03/67 VOL 0581 PAGE 0221 ***************T O T A L**************** BROAD OF TAX REVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY 0F MILFORD, CONN %CIO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME,DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE GH NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY ASSI C31609 CITYTRUST 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 945 MAIN STREET 409 BRIDGEPORT CT 06600 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE Cl 06/10/83 VOL 1211 PAGE 0288 T0TAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW C33844 CLEMENCE RUBERT H & GRACE E 45 11-1 RES DWL LOY 77 CARRINGTON AVENUE 519 11-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 11 77 CARRINGTON AVENUE 06/17/80 VOL 1069 PAGE 0188 T0TAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW C43801 COTTRELL JAMES & CAROL & SURV 36 15-1 VC RES LAND 649 ORANGE AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 37 OLD OYSTER DUCK, LANDING LIMIT 37 07/8/81 VOL 1121 PAGE 0279 T0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW C43802 COTTRELL JAMES & CAROL & SURV 36 15-1 VC RES LAND 649 ORANGE AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 36 0LD JYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 36 10/09/80 VOL L085 PAGE 0228 T0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R C T 0 T A L R E C 0 R D S 11 CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME,DBA,ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY A 013294 DINARDO PRANK SR 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 1524 BOSTON POST ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 3 OLD OYSTER DUCK LANDING UNIT 3 05/19/83 VOL 1207 PAGE 0233 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 13666 DIPITETRO PETER 44 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 91 SHELL AVENUE 409 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 4 30 RUGERS AVENUE THRU TO MILFORD MARBC 08/05/02 VOL 1165 PAGE 0283 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 014211 DIXON LARRY J & DOLORES ANNE & SURV 36 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 445 GULF ST 519 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 17 445 GULF STREET TO MILFORD HARBOR O1/02/74 VOL 0762 PAGE 0O14 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 020511 DUMRAESE EMMA 8 LIFE USE THEN TO PAUL 54 1 2-1 COM LAND 330 GULF STREET 401 3 2-3 COM BLOG MILFORD CT 06460 2 13-21-35-37 NEW HAVEN AVE & REPAWAUG R 06/12/70 VOL 0643 PAGE 0693 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R D T 0 T A L RECORDS 4 CITY OF MILFORD, CON ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME,DGA , ADDRESS RAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY AS E06075 MUD RULF D 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 221 ROLLING HILLS HILLS DRIVE 519 FAIRFIELD CT 06430 11 43 OLD OYSTER DUCK LANDING UNIT 43 09/29/81 VOL 1132 PAGE CLIO T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW - --- - --------------- - -------- - - -- RECORDS L E T T E R E T0TAL ARTICLE VII Sanitation Regulations Sec. 47. Discharge of Refuse: (a) It shall be a violation of this Ordinance to discharge or permit the discharge into the waters of the harbor of any refuse or waste matter, petroleum or petroleum matter, paint, varnish or any other foreign matter, including dead animals, fish, bait and debri5. (b) The Harbor Management Commission shall be the enforcement agent for the provisions established under the Clean Water Act. Sec. 48. Toilet Fixtures: Except in no-d15charge zones, which may be established pursuant to Sec. 316 of the Clean Water Act. no person shall operate the toilet fixtures of a vessel within the waters Of the City of Milford at any time so as to cause or permit to pass or to be discharged into the waters Of such area, any untreated sewage or other Waste matter or contaminant of any kind. Any discharge shall be in compliance with current Federal standards concerning Marine Sanitary Discharge or local Health Officer. Although there are no "no discharge zones" in Connecticut pursuant to the above cited Clean Water Act, the Ct. DEP is now researching the issue by committee. Sec. 49. Responsibility for Sanitation of Facilities: The lessee, agent, manager or person in charge of a facility or water area, shall at all times. maintain the premises under his charge in a clean, sanitary condition, free from malodorous Materials and accumulations of garbage, refuse, debris and other waste materials. Should the Harbor Management Commission find, during the di5charginq of their duties, evidence of non-compliance with the Harbor Management Plan with respect to harbor sanitation, the Harbor Management Commission shall report, in writing. such findings to the Health Officer. Failure to correct such sanitation problems with reasonable dispatch 5hall be a violation of this Article. ARTICLE VIII Safety and Maintenance Sec. SO. Flammable and Combustible Liquids and/or Materials: Within a harbor or maritime facility, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or deliver in bulk, any class of flammable liquid or combustible material, nor dispense any flammable or combustible liquids in the fuel tanks of a vassal except when in compliance with all requirements of the N.F.P.A. Fire Code and any other laws or regulations applicable thereto. Sec. 51. Obstruction to Walkways: Obstructing walkways within the harbor by mooring lines, water hoses, electrical cables, boarding ladders, permanently fixed stairs or any other materials is strictly prohibited. Dinghys may not be left on the floats and piers, but may be stored only in areas designated for that purpose. This section does not apply to personal use facilities. Sec. 52. Defective or Dangerous Conditions: Whenever any buildings, structures or floating facilities within a harbor or maritime facility either on land or water are found to be defective or damaged so as to be unsafe or dangerous to persons or property, it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, lessee, operator or person in charge thereof to immediately post a proper notice.and/or fence or barricade and at night to adequately light such unsafe area or areas, , and such unsafe area or areas shall be kept posted and lighted and/or fenced or barricaded Until the necessary repairs are made. In the avant an owner, agent, lessee, operator or person in charge fails or neglects to repair or to put-up fenca5 or other barriar3-to prevent persons from using or going upon the unsafe area or areas, upon notification by the Harbormaster, the Harbor Management Commission may then take such measures as they may deem necessary for the protection of the public and charge the cost Of same to such owner, lessee, agent, person or parsons having charge of the buildings. structures, or floating facilities that are defective or dangerous. Sec. S3. Minimum Design Criteria: The Harbor Management Commission during their review of proposed projects and structures under the jurisdiction of the Commission may review the adequacy of construction details for proposed docks, piers, bulkheads and other 5hore3ide fa'cilitia5. 82 CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME,DBA,ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY A F03963 FERRKAKI EDWARD E CATHERINE L 45 1 5-1, VC RES LAND HARBORVIEW AVENUE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 26 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 01/12/46 VOL 275 PAGE 323 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW F003987l FERRARIL EDWARD & CATHERINE L 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND HARBORVIEW AVENUE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 27 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 09/03/49 VOL 322 PAGE 462 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW F06006 FINLEY PATRICIA & TAYLOR CHARLES & SUR 44 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 40 ROGERS AVENUE 409 2 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 2 1 1-4 RES OUTBLOG 40 KODGERS AVE THRU TO MILFORD HARBOR 1 1-2 RES EX ACR 01/12/18 VOL 0934 PAGE 0243 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW F14673 FUSCO VINCENT W 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 1672 CAPITOL AVENUE 519 BRIDGEPORT CT 06604 11 5 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 5 04/07/81 VOL L109 PAGE 0038 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REWIEW L E T T E R F TOTAL R E C 0 R D S 4 CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENR ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER, LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY AS G00096 GABRIEL MICHAEL J 44 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 2 ROGERS AVE 409 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 9 2 ROGERS AVENUE 10/18/77 VOL 0921 PAGE 0263 T O T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW G00447 GAGE MARCELLA F 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 20 COLONIAL CIRCLE 519 WEST HAVEN CT 06516 12 OLD OYSTER DUCK LANDING UNIT 12 10/27/80 VOL 1088 PAGE 0045 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW G00621 GAGLIARDI PAUL & JAMES 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 5 ROCK STREET 519 WEST HAVEN CT 06516 11 I OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT I 10/09/80 VOL 1085. PAGE 0233 T0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW G06444 GERMAN HENRY 1/2 TNT & BEATRICE E 1/2 36 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 30 DOCK ROAD 519 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 18A 30 COCK LANE 01/06/77 VOL 0880 PAGE 0032 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW G06993 GESNER MELVERN & ANTOINETTE & SURV 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 28 WOGOY LA 519 WEST HAVEN CT 06516 1C EDGEWATER PLACE THRU TO MILFORD HARBOR 08/22/78 VOL 0968 PAGE 0286 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW G09147 GINSBERG GARY R 36 1 1-5 RES-LAND P 0 BOX 605 414 WEST HAVEN CT 06516 16 100 TRUMBULL AVENUE UNIT 3C 10/05/82 VOL 1173 PAGE 0117 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 09153 GINSBERG GARY R & PATRICIA F & SURV 36 PO BOX 605 414 WEST HAVEN CT 04516 16 110 TRUMBULL AVENUE UNIT 3C 12/29/82 VOL 1185 PAGE 0280 TO T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD, CO ASTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION Of PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY AS G15231 GRAY FREDERICK G JR ET AL S 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 188 GULF STREET 519 MILFORD CT 06460 20 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 20 08/14/81 VOL 1126 PAGE 0194 T 0 TA L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW GL8520 GROSBY KOBERT N 36 15-1 VC RES LAND 21 ISAAC STREET 519 NORWALK CT 06850 11 31 Ltd OYSTER DUCK LANDING LIMIT 31 10/09/80 VOL 10135 PAGE 0223 T0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 620139 GUNIHEK JOHN C 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND TO CARRINGTON AVENUE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 30 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 03/26151 VOL 345 PAGE 76 T0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW G20163 GUNTHER JOHN C 45 1 5-1, VC RES LAND 78 CARRINGTON AVENUE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 31 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 09/24/65 VOL 557 PAGE 95 T0TAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R G T0TAL REC0RDS 11 CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME,DBA,ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY A. HO1931 HALL JOHN P 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 395 ANSANTAWAE ROAD 509 MILFORD CT 06460 22 GLEN STREET 12/22/71 VOL 0671 PAGE 0134 T O T A L B CARD OF TAX REVIEW HO3588 HAMMOUND LYNDA A 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 56 ROGERS AVENUE UN S4, 409 MILFORD CT 06460 22 56 ROGERS AVENUE 5-4 11/19/82 VOL 1180 PAGE 0059 T0TAL &CARD OF TAX REVIEW H13370 HINCKLEY JULIA C & JOSEPH H 112 INT EA 44 11-1 RES OWL LOT e23 COVE ROAD 409 11-3 RES DWL STAMFORD CT 06902 5 26 AUGERS AVENUE THRU TO MILFORD HARSO. 08/06/79 VOL 1022 PAGE C184 T0TAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW H15735 HOLST HERMAN GORDON ET ALS 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 14 LAWRENCE AVE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 43 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 08/11/79 VOL 1025 PAGE 0100 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW H15736 HOLST HERMAM GORDON ET ALS 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 14 LAWRENCE AVE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 45 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 08/17/79 VOL 1025 PAGE 0100 T 0 T A L BOARD Of: TAX REVIEW H15737 HOLST HERMAN GORDON ET ALS 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAN 14 LAWRENCE AVE 513 MILFORD CT 06460 44 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 06/17/79 VOL 1025 PAGE O1OO T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW H18723 HOTCHKISS ALBERT K & MARGARET E 45 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 83 CARRINGTON AVENUE 509 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 1 91 CARRINGTON AVENUE TO HARBOR 09/20/60 VOL 479 PAGE 592 T0TAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD,CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME,DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY AS HI6771 HOTCKISS ALBERT K C MARGARET E & SURV 45 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 83 CARRIGTON AVENUE0 5O5 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 2 2 1-4 RES OUTBLDG 83 CARRINGTION AVENUE THROUGH TO HARBOR 05/21/48, VOL 317 PAGE 90 T0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW H18795 HOTCHKISS ALBERT K & MARGARET E & SURV 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 83 CARRINGTON AVENUE 513 MILFORD CARRINGTON CT 06460 24 90 CARRINGTON AVENUE HILFORD HARBOR 02/27/57 VOL 431 PAGE 181 T0TAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R H T 0 T A L RECORDS CITY OF MILFORD, COA ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY AS 100078 IACUMCI ARTHUR 35 1 1-5 RES COMDO 56 ROGERS AVENUE J-3 409 MILFORD CT 06460 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE J3 01/07/83 VOL 1187 PAGE 0182 ********TOTAL********** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW ************************LETTER I******************TOTAL**** RECORDS 1 CITY OF MILFORD, COA ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY A K00267 KEGAN GERALD A 36 1 5-1 RES LAND OYSTER BAY ASSOC 519 PO BOX 297 11 MILFORD CT 06460 32 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 32 10/09/80 VOL 1085 PAGE 0248 **********TOTAL************* BOARD OF TAX REVIEW K04095 KEEGAN HELEN 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 290 POND POINT AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 35 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 35 04/03/81 VOL 1108 PAGE 0245 **********TOTAL*****88888 BOARD OF TAX REVIEW K04149 KEEGAN JOHN 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 290 PONT POINT AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 34 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 34 12/29/80 VOL 1097 PAGE 0125 *********TOTAL*********** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW K04225 KEEGAN MACHINE & FABRICATING COMPANY 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 922 BRIDGEPORT AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 33 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 33 06/14/83 VOL 1212 PAGE 0128 ********TOTAL************** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW K13943 KRANTZ BERNICE 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 558 MEETING HOUSE CIR 519 ORANGE CT 06477 3 8 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 8 03/16/83 VOL 1197 PAGE 0027 *********TOTAL********* BOARD OF TAX REVIEW K14607 KREIGER CHARLES H ARTHUR V & SHULA 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 15 FLINTLOCK DRIVE 519 DANBURY CT 06810 3 EDGWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 03/12/80 **********TOTAL******* BOARD OF TAX REVIEW K17175 KYRITSIS KATHERINE 36 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 34 DOCK LANE 519 1 1-3 RES DKLG MILFORD CT 06460 14 1 34 DOCK LANE THRU TO MILFORD HARBOR 04/05/73 VOL 0729 PAGE 0129 *********TOTAL************* BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD, COA ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCAION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY AS L04051 LARSEN CATHERINE D E SALSBURY PETER B 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 56 ROGERS AVENUE M-3 409 MILFORD CT 06460 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE M3 12/04/81 VOL 1183 PAGE 0232 ***********TOTAL******* BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L06899 LEARY LAURENCE R G PATRICIA H E SURV 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 111 DELAWARD ROAD 519 EASTON CT 06425 11 42 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 42 05/04/81 VOL 1112 PAGE 0086 *********TOTAL********** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L08148 LEMERE PETER N & BARBARE E * SURV 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 48 CENTER ROAD 519 ORANGE CT 06477 11 24 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 26 02/25/83 VOL 1194 PAGE 0087 ***********TOTAL*********** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L11178 LILIUS MIKO 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 167 MARTN LANE 519 ORANGE CT 06477 11 40 OLD OYSTER DUCK LANDING UNIT 40 10/09/80 VOL 1085 PAGE 0243 *********TOTAL********** BOARD OF TAX REVIEW **************LETTER L **********************TOTAL*********** RECORDS 4 CITY FO MILFORD, CD ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY M01917 MACTAGGART JANET C & FRANCIS C $ SURV 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 56 ROGERS AVE Al 409 MILFORD CT 06460 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE Al 04/29/83 VOL 1204 PAGE 0081 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M03975 MAIER ROBERT W & MARYANNE E & SURV 36 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 465 GULF ST 519 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06440 168 465 GULF STREET 03/02/77 VOL 0885 PAGE 0201 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M06075 MALOY CLARE A & ROBERT F 44 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 16 ROGERS AVENUE 409 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 7 1 1-4 RES OUTBLDG 16 ROGERS AVE TRU T0 MILFORD HARBOR 03/02/65 VOL 545 PAGE 476 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M06747 MANION MARION C 36 1 5-1, VC RES LAND 25 HARBORVIEW AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 15 EDGEWATER PLACE 02/13/69 VOL 620 PAGE 432 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M07643 MARCH EDWIN 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 49 LORANN DRIVE 513 NAUGATUCK CT 06770 41 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 05/16/73 VOL 0734 PAGE 0187 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M07644 MARCH EDWIN 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 49 LORANN DRIVE 513 NAUGATUCK CT 06770 42 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 05/16/73 VOL 0734 PAGE 0187 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M08765 MARINO ROBERT A & EVELYN 0 & SURV 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 109 CRESTWOOD ROAD 519 BETHANY CT 06525 11 10 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 10 10/09/80 VOL 1085 PAGE 0253 TO T A L BEARD Of TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD CONN ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF R E A L P R O P E R T Y NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE GRO NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY ASSE! M23574 MEYERS MELVIN N 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 24 ROSE STREET 513 MILFORD CT 06460 34 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFURD HARBOR 10/25/68 VOL 0615 PAGE 0061 T O T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M23575 MEYERS MELVIN N 45 1 5-1, VC RES LAND 24 ROSE STREET 513 MILFORD CT 06460 35 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 10/25/64 VOL 0615 PAGE 0061 T O T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M23576 MEYERS MELVIN N 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 24 ROSE STREET 513 MILFORD CT 06460 33 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 10/25/68 VOL 0615 PAGE: 0061 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M23577 MEYERS MELVIN N 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 24 ROSE STREET 513 MILFORD CT 06460 36 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 10/25/68 VOL 0615 PAGE 0061 T O T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M23578 MEYERS MELVIN N 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 24 ROSE STREET 513 MILFORD CT 06460 32A EDGEWATER PLACE 10/25/68 VOL 0615 PAGE 0061 T O T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M23703 MEYERS MELVIN N & DOROTHY 8 & SURV 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 24 ROSE ST 513 MILFORD CT 06460 36A EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 06/30/71 VOL 0653 PAGE 0432 T O T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M25707 MILFORD BOAT WORKS INC 44 1 2-1 COM LAND 19 HIGH STREET 401 2 2-3 COM BLDG 16 MILFORD CT 06460 4 2 2-4 COM YO ITEM HIGH ST TO FACT0RY LANE 01/30/46 VOL 275 PAGE 358 T O T A L 36 BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD,CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA,ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE G NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY ASS H26007 MILFORD DINER 54 13 NEW HAVEN AVE 401 MILFORD CT 06460 2 13 NEW HAVEN AVE 00/00/00 VOL 0000 PAGE GOOD T0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M26043 MILFORD HARBOUR MARINA INC 44 1 2-1 COM LAND 2 HIGH STREET 404 2 2-3 COM BLDG MILFORD CT 06460 2 1 2-4 COM YD ITEM 10 HIGH ST & MILFORD HARBOR 12/29/64 VOL 543 PAGE 196 T0 T A L BCARD OF TAX REVIEW H33375 MONTANO GARY 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 105 WOLFE HARBOR ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 4 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 4 03/05/81 VOL 1101 PAGE 0268 T0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R M T 0 T A L REC0RDS 17 CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF R E A L PROPERTY NAME, DBA,ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE G NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY ASS ---- - - -------------------------- - --------- -- N06138 NORDIAN A. FRANCIS & DORA C & SURV 54 1 2-1 COP LAND 453 SQUIRES LANE 401 1 2-3 CCM BLDG ORANGE CT 06477 1 1 2-4 CAM YD ITEM 1-3-4-7-9 NEW HAVEN AVE & FACTORY LA 02/06/80 VOL 1054 PAGE 0052 T0TAL B CARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R N T 0T A L R E C O R D S 1 CITY OF MILFORD, Co ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF R E A L PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY AS DO1869 0FFUT DANILL E 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 50 KETTLE CREEK KUAD 513 WESTON CT 06883 39 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 02/26/80 V0L 1056 PAGE 0029 T 0 T A L BCARD OF TAX REVIEW 004220 ORKISZ RUDOLPH 45 1 5-1 WC RES LAND C/O ALFRED STANFORD 513 50 KETTLE CREEK ROAD 38 WESTON CT 06883 EDGEWAfER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 02/26/60 VOL 1056 PAGE 0029 T 0 T A L &CARD OF TAX REVIEW 004220 URKISZ RUDOLPH 44 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 48 WHITNEY LANE 409 ORANGE CT 06477 11A PONC STREET 09/12/79 VOL 1029 PAGE 0089 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R 0 T 0 T A L REC0RDS 3 CITY OF MILFORD. CON ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF R E A L PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE G NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY ASS PO8536 PERLER S RUY 36 1 5-1, VC RES LAND 38 IVES HILL COURT 519 CHESHIRE CT 06410 11 26 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 26 08/14/81 VOL 1126 PAGE 0189 T 0 T A L BOARD Of TAX REVIEW P09933 PETERSEN JUERGEN 44 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 62 POND STREET 409 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 118 82 POND STREET 02/21/78 VUL 0938 PAGE 0229 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW P17563 PORTER DONALD N 44 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 36 ROGERS AVENUE 409 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT O6460 3 1 1-4 RES OUTBLDG 36 ROGERS AVE THRU 70 MILFORD HARBOR 07/03/67 VOL 0589 PAGE 0170 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW P19515 PREISS CLIFFORD W & ISABELLA G & SURVV 45 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 3 WALKER STREET 513 MlLFORD CT 06460 31A EDGEWATER PLACE WALKER MANOR 10/23/62 VOL 510 PAGE 368 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW L E T T E R P TOTAL R E C 0 R D S 4 CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY ASS R11507 ROGERS KEITH & NANCY & SURV 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 74 HARBORVIEW AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 2 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 12/18/79 VOL 1046 PAGE 0109 T0TAL BCARD OF TAX REVIEW R11508 ROGERS KEITH & NANCY & SURV 36 15-1 VC RES LAND 74 HARBORVIEW AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 1A EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 12/18/7 VOL 1046 PAGE 0110 TOTAL BCARD OF TAX REVIEW R11871 ROGERS RAYMOND K & NANCY & SURV 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 74 HARBORVIEW AVENUE 519 MILFORD CT 06460 5 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 03/05/82 VOL 1148 PAGE 0248 TOTAL BCARD OF TAX REVIEW R12161 ROHLOFF CATHERINE A 36 15-1 VC RES LAND 90 BUTTERNUT LANE 519 SOUTHPORT CT 06280 11 16 OYSTER LANDING LID UNIT 16 09/08/81 VOL 1129 PAGE C279 T0TAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW R13126 RUMANO RALPH W JR MD 35 1 1-5 VC RES CONDO 56 ROGERS AVENUE 8-1 409 MILFORD CT 06460 1 56 ROGERS AVE BL 10/15/82 VOL 11744 PAGE C296 T0TAL BCARD OF TAX REVIEW LETTER R T0TAL REC0RDS 5 CITY OF MILFORD, CON ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CAT CO PROPERTY AS: S02985 SANTA DONALD F & JANE T C. SURV 36 1 1-5 RES CONDO 98 TRUMdULL AVE UN 20 414 MILFORD CT 06460 16 98 IRUBELL AVENUE. UNIT 28 09/14/83 VOL 1233 PAGE 0259 T 0 T A L BGARD OF TAX REVIEW S11285 SETTLERS COVE INC 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 97 LANE STREET 409 SHELTON CT 06464 1 56 RUGERS AVENUE L3 09/12/82 VOL 1171 PAGE 0130 T 0 T A L BGARD OF TAX REVIEW S11287 SETTLERS COVE INC 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 97 LANE STREET 409 SHELTON CT 06484 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE 04 09/21/62 VOL 1171 PAGE 0130 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S11290 SETTLERS COVE INC 35 1 1-5 RES C0NDO 97 LANE STREET 409 SHELTEON CT O6484 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE 04 09/12/82 VOL 1171 PAGE 0130 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S11292 SETTLERS COVE INC 35 1 L-5 RES CONDO 97 LANE STREET 409 SHELTON CT O6484 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE K3 09/21/82 VOL 1171 PAGE 0130 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S11301 SETTLERS COVE INC 35 1 1-5- RES CONDO 97 LANE STREET 409 SHELTON CT 06484 1. 56 ROGERS AVENUE G2 09/21/82 VOL 1171 PAGE 0130 T 0 T A L BOARD OF TAX REVIEW-- S11302 SETTLERS COVE INC 35 1 97 LANE STREET 409 SHELTON CT 06484 56 ROGERS AVENUE 01 09/21/82 VOL 1171 PAGE 0130 T O T A L E BGARD OF TAX REVIEW ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF R E A L P R O P E R T Y NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY AS 511320 SETTLERS COVE INC 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 56 RUGERS AVENUE LN R4 409 MILFORD CT 06460 1 56 RIGERS AVENUE R4 09/21/82 VOL 1171 PAGE 0130 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 511771 SHAHEEN GEORGE M TRUSTEE 44 1-1-1 RES DWL LOT 76 POND STREET 409 1-1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 11C 76 POND STREET 01/07/81 VOL 1098 PAGE 0269 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 523259 SMITH PHYLLIS C 36 1-1-1 RES DWL LOT 22 DOCK LANE 519 1-1-3 RES DWL MILFORD CT 06460 18C 22 DOCK LANE 09/30/68 VOL 613 PAGE 373 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 526991 SPANGLER WILLIAM F & JOAN K & SURV 45 1-1-1 RES DWL LOT 71 CARRINGTON AVENUE 509 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 4 1 1-4 RES OUTBLDG 71 CARRINGTON AVENUE 07/01/75 VOL C814 PAGE 0063 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 527074 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 13 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 13 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 527075 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 38 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 38 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW 527076 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 30 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 30 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD, CON ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY AS S27077 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 29 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 29 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27078 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 23 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 23 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27079 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 27 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 27 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27081 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 14 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 14 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27082 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 6 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 6 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27083 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 9 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 9 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27084 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 22 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 22 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CD PROPERTY AS S27088 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 28 OLD OYSTER DUCK LANDING UNIT 28 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27089 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 17 OLD OYSTER DUCK LANDING UNIT 17 12/10/02 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27090 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 19 OLD OYSTER DUCK LANDING UNIT 19 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27091 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 21 OLD OYSTER DUCK LANDING UNIT 21 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27092 SPARTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 4 OYSTER LANDING ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 18 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 18 12/10/82 VOL 1182 PAGE 0217 * * * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S27981 SPRY ANNE 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 618 UPPER GRASSY HILL 519 WOODBURY CT 06798 1 EDGEWATER PLACE HARBORVIEW AVE 09/27/83 VOL 1236 PAGE 0125 * * * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW S28071 SQUIER GARY P & OLYMPIA B & SURV 36 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 463 GULF STREET 519 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 16 463 GULF ST TO BRIDGE - MFD HARBOR 06/11/73 VOL 0737 PAGE 0226 * * * * * * *TOTAL* * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW CITY OF MILFORD, COL ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CMT CD PROPERTY A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S29586 STAMFPRD ALFRED 36 1 1-1 RES OWL LOT 433 GULF STREET 519 1 1-3 RES OWLG MILFORD CT 06460 188 433 GULF STREED TO MILFORD HARBOR 03/12/54 VOL 0383 PAGE 0549 ************T O T A L************* BOARD OF TAX RETURN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *********************** L E T T E R S *************************** T O T A L ********** RECORDS 29 CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK. TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CMT CO PROPERTY TO2047 TEDFORD E MAKIE 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 27 FEMMAY NORTH 519 MILFORD CT 06460 11 25 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 25 12/15/80 VDL 1095 PAGE 0255 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW T08755 TREVEETHAN SUSAN P 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 56 ROCERS AVE F 2 409 MILFORD CT 06460 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE F2 08/26/83 VOL 1229 PAGE 0218 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW LETTER T TOTAL RECORDS 2 CITY OF MILFORD, CO ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY NAME, DBA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY VO 2916 VIGILIO ADOLPH P & SANDRA & SURV 35 1 1-5 RES CONDO 56 ROGERS AVENUE P4 409 MILFORD CT 06460 1 56 ROGERS AVENUE P4 09/14/83 VOL 1233 PAGE 0275 * * * * *TOTAL* * * * * * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW VO 5979 VOYTERSHARK PAUL JOHNSON 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND W RUILAND ROAD 519 MILFORD CT 06460 4 EDGEWATER PLACE TO MILFORD HARBOR 09/04/52 VOL 354 PAGE 315 * * * * *TOTAL* * * * * * * BOARD OF TAX REVIEW * * * * * * * * * LETTER V * * * * * * * * * * * TOTAL* * * * * * * RECORDS 2 CITY OF MILFORD. CON ABSTRACT ASSESSMENT ROLL OF R E A L P R O P E R T Y NAME, DOA, ADDRESS MAP/BLK TYPE NUMBER LOCATION OF PROPERTY PAR CNT CO PROPERTY M00215 WAGNER ANDREW L JW & JEAYUNS J W 44 1 1-1 RES DWL LGT 53 TURTLE BAY DRIVE 409 1 1-3 RES DWL BRANFORD CT 06405 8 8 ROGERS AVENUE THRU TO CREEK 04/27/82 VOL 1153 PAGE 0277 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M01914 WALSH DONALD G 34 1 1-3 RES CONDO 114 TRUMBULL AVE UN 6 B 414 MILFORD CT 06460 16 114 TRUMBULL AVENUE UNTI 681 07/28/83 VOL 1222 PAGE 0052 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M04527 WATERMAN CHARLES B 36 1 5-1 VC AES LAND 489 CARRIAGE DRIVE 519 ORANGE CT 06477 11 39 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNTI 39 04/16/81 VOL 1110 PAGE 0072 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M10440 WHITTLE DONALD G & ELIZABETH G & SURV 36 1 1-1 RES DWL LOT 46 DOCK LANE 519 1 1-3 RES DWLG MILFORD CT 06460 12 1 1-4 RES OUTBLDG 46 DOCK LANE TO MILFORD HARBOR 03/16/73 VOL C726 PAGE 0142 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M18060 WOODWIND LTD 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 101 NORTH FAIRFIELD DR 519 DOYER DE 14901 11 11 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNTI 11 05/05/81 VOL 1112 PAGE 0198 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW M18259 WORMS RICHARD M 36 1 5-1 VC RES LAND 3 SENECA PLACE 515 MILFORD CT 06460 11 44 OLD OYSTER DOCK LANDING UNIT 44 10/07/81 VOL 1133 PAGE 0232 TOTAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW LETTER M TOTAL RECORDS 6 February 5,1985 Regulatory Branch NEDOD-R-35 Allen Barrien One High Street Milford, Connecticut 06460 Dear Allen: This refers to your permit application 15-85-57 concerning dredging in Milford Harbor, Milford, Connecticut. To help us in evaluating the naterial which you intend to have dredged and disposed of at an open water disposal site, additional testing is necessary. As we discussed, you should take three representative samples at Site 1 (west compensatory area) and two representative samples at Site 2(Head of the Harbor). The samples at each individual site can be combined and the mixture tested. Therefore, you will need to have only two analyses performed. Each sample should be taken to the proposed project depth. The two consolidated samples will- require a grain size analysis and a bulk sediment test. The standard parameters to be tested for in the bulk sediment test include the following: .BULK SEDIMENT TEST SUGGESTED DETECTION PARAMETER METHOD LIMIT Volatile Solids NED 1% Water - 1% Oil & Grease Hexane extract 0.5% Gravimetric Mercury Hg AD, Flameless AAS 0.1ppm Lead - Pb AD, AAS 20ppm Zinc - Zn AD, AAS 20ppm Arsenic - As Gaseous Hydride 1ppm AAS Cadmium - Cd AD, AAS 2ppm Chromium - Cr AD, AAS 20ppm Copper - Cu AD, AAS 20ppm Nickel - Ni AD, AAS 30ppm PCB's Extraction, CG lppb. NED - New England Division Method. Sample heated to 350-400 C. AD - Acid Digestion SE-Solvent Extraction AAS - Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry CG-Gas Chromatography Refer.ence@: Plumb, A.H., Jr., 1981. "Procedure for Handlinq and Chemical Analysis of Sediment and Water Samples" Technical Report EPA/CE-81-1, prepared by Great Lakes Laboratory, State University Col*leqe at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., for the U.S. Environmen- tal Protection Agency/Corps of Engineers Techni- cal Committee on Crit*eria for Dredged and Fill material. Published by the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, CE, Vicksburg, Missis- sippi. Bulk sediment metals and PCB data should be expressed in ppm or ppb based on dry weight of sample. Additional parameters may be requested if there is concern for special contaminants in the area. If you have any questions, please contact me at (617) 647-8687, or you mav use our toll free number 1-800-343-4789. Sincerely, A. A 71/ Margo Walter Project Manager Regulatory Branch March 4, 1985 Mayor Alberta C. Jagoe City of Milford Milford, CT 06460 Dear Mayor Jagoe, Enclosed are the two quotations for obtaining the core samples from Milford Harbor as required by the Army Corps of Engineers. I have been able to obtain the services of an operator and two laborers to accomplish the sampling at no charge. The lab report from Environmental Laboratories Incorporated in West Haven is being forwarded directly to the Army Corps of Engineers. Yours very truly, Allen G. Berrien Harbormaster AGB/fgb- Harbor Task Force Chairman ene. three Ae K. Hotchkiss,, In lit .)REDGING, PILE DRIVING, DOCK BUILDING., BULKHEADS p GROINS .;I 83 CARRINGTON AVENUE WILFORD, CONNECTICUT 06460 TELEPHONE (203) 874-6656 Allen G. Berrien, Harbormaster City of Milford 1 High Street Milford, CT 06460 March 4, 1985 Rental of pile driver for one day to obtain core samples in Milford Harbor (total 5) $750.00 ENVIROMEMTAL LABORATORIES INCORPORATED 158 Bull Hill Lane (203) 934-3506 West Haven, CT 06516 (203) 789-1260 QUOTATION POR LABORATORY SERVICES Client: Attn: /L -D Quotation 'No.: No. unit Total Parameter Sam-oles Fee Frequency Fee vc) 14'@' f y 70 WA 7 C--. 4-'l S C, c, c- ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIEZ. 1.7,11C.- 41 Testing & Andlys;s (LEEIrUEEIM (MIF URZKI"@.@ 1- @T 0-tre[M.A[L 0 Studies & Reports 0 Process Design 0 Research & Development OATC @,mo,rcr ,o 3/15/85 '1-'71 9- 10 TO: Mr. Allen Barrien A SUBSIDIARY OF W IRONMENTAL FLAHERTY Town of Milford ORATORIES GIAVARA One High St. . . 1 INCORPORATED ASSOCIATES, P.C. Milford, CT 06460 NEW HAVEN, CONN. 06510 ENVIRONMENTAL ONE COLUMBUS PLAZA 203,789-120 DESIGN REF: CONSULTANTS Sediment Analyses 0 Conn. Cart. #PH-0450 GENTLEMEN: WE ARE SENDING YOU n Attached F] Under separate cover via ..... . .. the following items: FX- Test Reports [3 Proposal C] Quotation C] Samples E] Copy of . .... ............................................... ................ 13 COPIES DATE NO. DESCRIPTION 3/13/85 Test Results Your Sample ID No: Samples A & B ARE TRANSMITTED as checked below: [I As requested 7 For your use 1`7 For approval F For review and comment Cj- Returned after loan to us RENAARKS- TO >-@ C-1 SIGNED: rn.l-uoes are -t ai noted 1;ndly notify us at once. Town of Milford One High Street Milford, CT 06460 Attn: Mr. Allen Barrien ENVIRONMENTAL ELI No.: 85-719-10 LABORATORIES Date: INCORPORATED one columbus plaza new haven, CT 06510 (203) 789-1260 Sediment Analysis ELI Sample No's: Sample Type: Client I.D. 85-1514 Sediment Sample A 85-1515 " Sample B S. Giavara P.E President Collected by: Client Date Recieved: 3/1/85 Hugh C. Flaherty P.E. Secretary Treasurer RESULTS OF ANAYLSIS Organic/Inorganic Testing & Analysis Parameter Concentration Studies & Reports Process Design Research & Development 1514 1515 Conn. Cert.= PH-0450 Volatile Solids 5.19 3.48 Water Content 36.32 31.34 Oil and Grease <0.5 <0.5 Metals: Arsenic <0.10 <0.10 mg/kg Mercury 0.24 0.29 mg/kg Lead 31.4 42.7 mg/kg Zinc 64.0 47.6 mg/kg Cadmium <2.00 <2.00 mg/kg Copper 13.3 23.3 mg/kg PCB'S ND<1.0 ND<1.0 ppb ND = None Detected A subsidiary of FLAHERTY REPORT PREPARED BY: REPORT CERTIFIED BY: GIAVARA Nancy R. Ballou, ASSOCIATES.INC. Chemist ENVIRONMENTAL David C. Barris, DESIGN Laroratory Director CONSULTANTS INCORPORATEC & r )a 8U4,,L -fsr-..,Epd CT .,S. SIEVE ANALYSIS DATE RECIEVED DATE* COMPLETED 3/6/8.5 SOIL SAMPLE 85-1514 SO.IL SAMPLE WEIGHT CONTAINER NO. WT. CONTAINER + DRY SOIL IN LOCATION BORING NO. SAMPLE NO. WT. CONTAINER IN 2 SAMPLE DEPTH WT. DRY SOIL SPECIFIC GRAVITY, G-j, a 118.9 opening in Wr. SOIL PERCENT CUMULATIVE PERCENT SIE'VE NO. Inches RETAINED RETAINED PERCENT FINER IN RETAINED n - cm n_nn 0.25 10.6 0.0787 26.8 =0 1 31.0 0.0 65 0.0059 18.3 0.0029 6.1 0-0.0029 26.1 REMARKS& c ANALYST OtganWilnorganve Tas4onj & L-,- L-J,-,. ArWya" INCORPORATED & Aooa*u ,a BULL --4-L L -@t CT Jb-o6 -Z CaML Com SON4450 SIEVE ANALYSIS DATE RECIEVED DATE COMPLETED 3/6/85 SOIL SAMPLE 85-1515 SOIL SAMPLE WEIGHT CONTAINER NO. WT. CONTAINER + LOCATION DRY SOIL IN 9 WT. CONTAINER BORING NO.- SAMPLE NO. SAMPLE DEPTH WT. DRY SOIL SPECIFIC GRAVITY, G-3. WS. IN 2 Opening Wr. SOIL PERCENT CUMULATIVE PERCENT SIEVE No. in Inches RETAINED RETAINED PERCENT FINER IN g RETAINED 0.50 0.0 0.25 14.8 0.0787 31.7 0.0165 37.5 0.0059 38.8 0.0029 23.6 <0.0029 35.0 REMARKS& X%ALYST Sed ii; L,114L Small 1@ozit. Liunchixic-, 1Z Fowler Memorial FielO City of !-Iilford DAONMENTAL Milford, Connecticut LABORATORIES ELI No. 80 655 10 INCORPORATED Date of Report: Dccember 15, 1980 00A CAJIUMUJS PLAZA NEW NAVEN CONN 0b510 12w) 76* 1 M ELI sample No.: 80-689 (Site "A") 80-690 (site "B") Date Received: December 2, 1980 S GIAVARA PC. Flv*sK*m Source: Wepawaug River mur," c n.W.ERTY P E.. SecrawlyfT1641stilm Sample Type: Grab Collected By: Client RESULTS OF ANALYSIS - (CHEMICAL) Concentration Concentration � Tesfing & Analysis Parameter Site "A" Site "13"" � Sfud;as & Roporh Process Design Mercury N.D.* N.D.* Research & DovoloPrnenf 0 Conn. Cart. #PH44SO Lead 0.014% 0.015% Zinc 0.03% 0.03% Arsenic 0.0002% 0.10003% Cadmium 0.0003% 0.00025% Total Chromium 0.007% 0.0035% A SUISIDIARY OF FLAHERTY Copper 0.023% 0.014% GIAVARA Nickel 0.004% 0. 002@z@ ASSOCIATES, PC. 'i: ENV R0iAALN7AL Vanadium 0.0041 DES:GN CONSULTAWS PCB's N.D.** N,D.** ONC COLUMHU S PLA2A '.E @ ?.A'*) N ",INN tq,510 Oil & Crease 0.35% 0. 4 (2%'J1 7w 2W Total Sol ids 4 3. 6 5 *None Detected 0.0001%) "None Detected 1 PPB) 44 tA P L A A.) 7C5 0 F 6101, 9-1 HR. A F4 kovjTe,�7v@,I@ pa R 0 Pa Set, [AIAIAJ@, C@ 6 1 A vc@ Mot F Ll IS /OA-) T (,d# AG P-- L- -w 4E .It !:,r frr. VJA L I@IWC z . orb , '150 Y-*.Nerr ho Vl 1 High Street Milford, CT 0*6460- March 12, 1985 Mrs. Margo Walter Project manager - Milford Harbor U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 424 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA Dear Mrs. Walter, The bulk sample analysis for Milford Harbor (CT) will be sent to you directly from the analyzing laboratory - Environmental Laboratory, Inc. of West Haven, CT. The purpose of this letter (3rd supplement sheet.to the permit application) is to provide: 1.) a chart of the sample sites 3B of 4 sheets 2.) a description of the sample technique and conditions found. The core samples were obtained using 10' lengths of thin-wall steel conduit. They were driven into the sample areas using a local contractor's pile-driving equipment with a 2,400 pound drop hammer. The driven tubes were extracted using a lift cable and sling from the top of the tower and lowered on deck where the y were identified for future core extraction. After the 5 samples were obtained at the 2 locations the tubes were taken ashore and a plug ram pressed through each tube to remove the sediment that was contained in each conduit. The sediments from both sites, 3 from site B and 2 from site A were mixed per the written instructions and placed in two labeled containers and transported to the laboratory for analysis. The 3 samples taken from site B (compensating anchorage) were driven to a depth of 7@', 8', and 9' respectively and no major resistance was found at the 3 identified locations. The 2 samples attempted from site A (head of the harbor) provided a dramatically different result. The northernmost sample area provided no material. After 5 attempts to provid---% a core, that site was abandoned. The drop hammer (2,400 pound-s) was completely support.ed by the mentioned tube and penetration wds minimal - 3" to 6" maximum. A physical examination of tl--_i.. site at low ti,!,, with A sli'lovel showt.-J. a barik of loose stone 31'4" to 5" in dionieter with an overlayer of mud approximate'. - 4" thick, a hole approximately 1@' deep was dug by hand and was gravel throughout the dug area. page 2 Mrs. Walter March 12, 1985 Approximately 1 year ago a clamshell crane dug a hole.approxi- mately 10' deep and the material (gravel) was consistent throughout the entire test hole. No clay or MUd was found except a minimal amount that sifted between the stones. The second sample was taken to a depth of approximately 1@' and then "refusal" was reached at the same depth with 2 attempts. -The bottom 6" of gravel in the sample was lost in retreiving the core and.was loose gravel 1/41' to 3/4" in diameter. A later site inspection at low water showed approximately 1' of material, a sample of which has been sent to the laboratory for analysis and their description. Then below that 3" to 6" of small gravel mentioned and then large gravel 3" to 12" in size. Very tru ours, Allen G. e rien Chairman Milford Harbor Task Force AGB/fgb Appendix No. 2 The Head of the Harbor Plan 0 I 0 MILFORD COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECT H ad of th ar or .w" T7- IZ I WFA I VA 4w WWI MILFORD COASTAL AREA MMLArBEMEW SPECIAL PROJECT HEAD of the HARBOR Marsh Rama marsh malsh Mareb, 10" IL IR rah AIW AF 12 A4 s 5 4 'Yelchem 13 13 t3 10 THE dULF 13 0 13 ',4 13 IR, READ OF THE HARBOR PLAN MILFORD, CONNECTICUT A "SPECIAL PROJECT" PREPARED AS PART OF COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT PLANNING RAYMOND, PARISH, PINE & WEINER, INC. REVISED DECEMBER 1982 This document was financed in part by a grant through the Office of Coastal Zone Management National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 and was prepared in coop- eration with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Pro- tection's Coastal Area Management Program. CITY OF MILFORD City Staff Wade E. Pierce, City Planner Peter W. Crabtree, Assistant City Planner Task Force Members Grace Carroll, Chairperson, Conservation Commission Mead Batchelor, Harbor Commission Edmond Colangelo, Flood, Shore and Erosion Control Board James Mallico, Parks and Recreation Commission John Morris, Planning and Zoning Board Kenneth Neff, Harbor Commission Joseph Sastre, Borough of Woodmont Lillian Wilde, Planning and Zoning Board RAYMOND, PARISH, PINE & WEINER, INC. - Planning Consultants In Association With: Daniel Shuster Planning Advisor Olko Engineering, Marine Engineers t TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 1 II SURVEY AND RECONNAISSANCE 2 III POLICIES FOR THE HARBOR 17 .IV DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND OPTIONS 20. V HARBOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN 24 VI STAGING, COSTS, FUNDING SOURCES AND IMPLEMENTATION 33 MAPS Following Page Coastal Resources 2 Reconnaissance Map 14 Map of Treatment Plant is Concept Plan 19 Development Options 23 Harbor Treatment 30 Site Plan 32 Proposed Milford Center/Head of Harbor Improvements 40 PHOTOS AND EXHIBITS BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The narrow channel where Milford Harbor meets the Wepawaug River is an area of great significance to Milford's past and unrealized potential in its present. The "head of the harbor" gives a special character to Milford and offers opportunities for the future which cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Recently, this area has been the subject of study by three different groups - the Milford Coastal Task Force, the Milford Harbor Commission and the Milford Center Task Force. These three groups are in basic agreement as to the potential of the harbor and the general policies for its use and development. Many U questions remain, however, as to specific development potential, use of key land parcels, design of certain facilities, staging, costs and possible funding sources. i The purpose of this study is to develop a comprehensive plan for the Head of the Harbor which will provide direction to the i City and other interested bodies as they pursue a detailed development program for the harbor. II SURVEY AND RECONNAISSANCE Prior to preparing plans and recommendations for the Head of the Harbor, a variety of data related to the use and physical conditions of the harbor was gathered and analyzed. While particular emphasis was placed on Fowler Field/Wilcox Park and the sewage treatment plant site, the entire area on both sides of the harbor from New Haven Avenue to the City Dock was examined since the interrelationship between water-related uses in this constricted area is important. Basic Data Maps were prepared showing property lines, ownership, existing buildings, topography and existing land use to serve as a basis for planning and management recommendations. Significant physical features such as the channel location, tidal marshes, bulkheads, boat 'ramp, athletic facilities, wooded areas, etc. were also noted and mapped. (See Reconnaissance Map.) Coastal Resources Milford Center, Harbor and the entire Wilcox Park/Fowler Field property are within the Coastal Area Boundary. The coastal 2 cr. C3 Gr 20 lp In ic 0 MILFORD COASTAL AREA MMAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECT HEAD of the HARBOR COASTAL RESOURCES AcWj+!*nd Cca6+ctl Booruiary Wct+er Cca*Aul 71tn"lcrl-"' 1"16 notca In ;-sc,%4 .t 0 D EM V*@uarlmc emb"46 @-79 CAM.:,F-P %4.9 resources in this area involve the Coastal Flood Hazard Area which includes the Milford Marina, sewage treatment plant, and houses on the west side of Helwig Street on the west side of the harbor. On the east side of the harbor, the Coastal Flood Hazard Area is not as broad but includes Shipyard Lane and most of the public boat launch parking lot. The Flood Hazard Area narrows to a depth of approximately 50 feet at the southernmost tip of Wilcox Park and follows the banks of the brook in the vicinity of Glen Street. Regulated tidal wetlands follow a similar pattern along the brook and the eastern banks of the harbor up to a point just south of the boat ramp. The remaining harbor banks to the north and on the west of the harbor are classified as Developed Shore- front. The harbor, itself, is an Estuarine Embayment and con- tains intertidal f lats on the west side of the channel south of the Municipal Dock. Intertidal f lats are also apparent on the east side of the harbor from the southern tip of Wilcox Park to a point south of the public boat launch. New dredging and f illing in areas of intertidal f lats and tidal wetlands are generally inconsistent with coastal policies. However, where intertidal f lats occur in urban port areas and contiguous to developed shorefronts, certain activities may be consistent with coastal policies under special conditions. (1) (1)Coastal Policies and Use Guidelines: 11-69 and 11-70. 3 4*6 It should be noted that all structures and fill in coastal waters are regulated under the DEP structure permit program (CGS 25-7b); and all new dredging in coastal waters is regulated under DEP dredging permit program (CGS 25-10 to 18). Marine Conditions and Weather Factors The following factors affect the use, maintenance and development of the harbor and adjacent waterfront property. Winds The winds at Milford Harbor vary to some extent with the seasons. During summer, the southerly winds prevail, partic- ularly from the southwest. In contrast, during winter, the northwesterly winds prevail. However, the winds do blow from all directions during both seasons, but generally easterly winds are rather rare, especially during the winter. The winds are significant in terms of boat slip layout, and general navigation with a preference to be aligned with the winds. The northwesterly winds during winter indicate that ice floes would generally be pushed towards the east shore, tending to keep the channelway and shores on the westerly side free of 4 IL ice f loes. The summer winds from the south are somewhat dis- advantageous in that they are in alignment with Milford Harbor and considering the available fetch, with strong winds, a wave chop can develop at the northerly portions of the Harbor. Occasionally, Milford Harbor is subjected to somewhat unusual wind conditions. For example, about three years ago, during the winter, a westerly wind prevailed for approximately one and a half months. This maintained the western portions of the Harbor free of ice, but severe ice floes and debris piled upon the easterly shores, blown by the wind. Waves Waves are generated by wind and the height and period of the waves is determined by the wind velocity, its duration and direction. In Milford Harbor, easterly or westerly winds are not serious because the alignment of the Harbor is basically north to south. Accordingly, the prevailing northwesterly winds in winter cause a wave chop at the south end of Milford Harbor with its opening into the Gulf. The situation is made more difficult by the fact that Milford Harbor does have, for its southern half, a northwesterly alignment, thus reinforcing the wind and wave action. In contrast, during the summer months, with the southerly winds, the wave chop is more severe at the north end of the 5 harbor. An indication of the possible height of wave is that with storms from the south, or wind velocities of 70 to 80 miles per hour, waves as high as three feet have been observed at the north end of the Harbor. However, the usual wave chop is less than one foot. Tides and Currents The average tide in Milford Harbor is about 6.5 feet. This creates tidal currents of about 0.5 to 1.0 knots. Higher tides occur with storms and, in particular, strong currents can develop when an ebb tide is combined with heavy stream flow from the Wepawaug River, discharging at the north end of Milford Harbor, during heavy rain storms. The currents can then exceed ten knots. In fact, it is reported that at the extreme north end, where the river flows under New Haven Avenue bridge, the velocity has been about 15 knots. It is understood that studies made of the 100-year flood levels at Milford Harbor indicate that the 100-year storm still water surge, inside Milford Harbor, is at approximately elevation +10.6 feet NGVD datum (approximately Mean Sea Level). Accord- ingly, to be eligible for flood insurance, new structures located inside the harbor must be constructed above this elevation. Due 6 to the sheltered harbor entrance, wave action is not superimposed on top of the 10.6 ft. still water storm level. However, at the exposed Harbor entrance at Burns Point, the 100-year storm surge elevation with wave action is elevation +15.0 ft. NGVD. However, within the memory of residents, the City Dock at the end of High Street on the east bank of the Harbor adjacent to the Milford Boat Works, has not had more than one foot of water above the street. Ice During winter and seasonable cold spells, the ice in Milford Harbor is about two feet thick. This creates a problem in that it is of sufficient thickness to pull out friction piles and damage boat hulls. Consequently, bubble or propeller systems are required to prevent freezeup and, in some cases, it is necessary to peri- odically chop the ice to prevent it from gripping piles or boats. During the Spring thaw, ice floes can be a problem. There are reports of timber piles being sheared off below the mud line by the ice floes. 7 The location and concentration of ice floes is largely dependent on the prevailing winds and the tidal-river currents. Considerable ice packs can develop along the shorelines. Marine Borers It is understood that marine borers are prevalent in Milford Harbor to a relatively significant degree. Therefore, timber work must be creosoted and/or otherwise protected. Soil Conditions In general, Milford Harbor consists of upper sediments of relatively soft organic silts, with some sand layers overlying a glacial till with bedrock outcroppings, particularly at the north end of the harbor. A relatively severe river runoff during the Spring of 1982 has filled in portions of the channels with a conglomeration of tree trunks, cobbles, boulders, all intermixed with sands and silts. Cleaning out and dredging the filled channelways, par- ticularly at the northerly end of Milford Harbor close to the discharge of the Wepawaug River, will be costly and time con- suming. 8 16 Based on both master piles and sheet piles driven for the Milford Boat Works, there is an indication that the hard pan and bedrock rise towards the north. This is especially evident at the New Haven Avenue bridge. Dredging Dredging of the clogged channelways, particularly at the north end of the harbor, will be difficult because of the debris that was brought down during the floods of the Spring of 1982. . The official depth is eight feet at MLW and it is understood that the channel maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stops at about the south end of the existing sewer plant. The Corps.has not, however, dredged in this area for about 12 years. The question of dredge spoil disposal is beyond the scope of this study but, depending on the contaminates, it is quite possible that an offshore dumping ground in Long Island Sound may be used. On the other hand, if the material is relatively sandy in nature, it could be used to develop additional filled land areas. It is understood that the upstream dams north of Milford Harbor are not maintained and are completely backfilled. Conse- 9 quently, silt discharging with floods flows uninterruptedly into Milford Harbor, rather than being retained behind the dams in the still waters of the reservoirs. Navigation Milford Harbor accommodates a large number of boats in its sheltered waters. Consequently, nagivational controls are required. It is understood that the Town has recently passed a speed ordinance and that there is a need for more buoys and proper marking of the limits of the navigation channel. The south end of Milford Harbor is a natural, narrow bottleneck for boats entering or leaving, traversing a winding channel out into the Gulf and Long Island Sound. Very little can be done in the way of control without the coordination and cooperation of the Federal Government, in terms of channel maintenance, both in depth and width. The entrance to Milford Harbor is a problem area, but not a limitation on present boating activities. 10 New Haven Avenue Bridge The New Haven Avenue bridge is an old stone arch bridge, rather picturesque and founded on bedrock. The narrow width of roadway on the bridge creates some traffic congestion,but it is understood that there are no plans to replace and/or widen this bridge. It will have to be accepted in its present condition. Immediately south of the bridge, the river flows in a relatively narrow rock ravine which is quite picturesque and is a scenic point. Immediately south of this ravine the river broadens out into the north end of Milford Harbor and presently, during low tide, there are rather extensive areas of cobbles and boulders representing the debris and other matter brought down by the Spring floods of 1982. The orientation of the river immediately south of the New Haven Avenue bridge must be considered in the layout of any facilities because of its tendency to scour the banks, both on the east and the west sides of the harbor with high velocity river flows during Spring floods. Boating Activity and Demand Boating activity in Milford Harbor and the adjacent commun- ities is quite heavy (see photos 1 and 2) The 1982 "Boating Almanac" lists 36 commercial and municipal marinas in the eleven communities from Westport to Guilford with a total of 4,,003 slips available. In addition, there are at least eleven private yacht clubs, many moorings in designated anchorages, numerous private docks and public launching ramps. In Milford Harbor, itself, there are 649 commercial slips listed plus the Milford Yacht Club and private docks. The Harbor Master reports 178 permits for mooring in designated anchorages and the City issued 805 launch permits to Milford residents in 1982. Thus, an estimated 2,000 boats regularly operate out of Milf ord Harbor. A survey undertaken by the Harbor -Commission revealed that nearly 150,000 trips in and out of the harbor were made in 1980 by vessels permanently moored there. (See Exhibit A.) Despite the heavy level of use, demand for space is great throughout the region. Calls to approximately 25 percent of the listed commercial marinas in the Westport to Guilford area indicated that virtually every one is filled and has a long 12 wa iting list. Rates vary widely based on size, location and facilities at the individual marina. The consensus was that both additional slips and launch facilities would be quickly absorbed if made available. The ultimate limit of boats that can be supported in Milford Harbor is not dictated by demand but, rather, by the number of vessels that can be accommodated in the constricted harbor without undue congestion. An abandoned proposal for a causeway to Charles Island would have created a great many sheltered moorings. However, transient facilities in Milford Harbor are still limited to a few slips at commercial marinas; there are no public transient docking facil- ities, or moorings. The demand for such space is difficult to document since boaters tend to base destinations on availability of docking space and to avoid harbors where space is scarce. Since most boating guides provide such information, few boats actually come in search of space if it is in limited supply. However, the level of boating activity in Long Island Sound and the general lack of transient facilities suggest that a sheltered harbor with docking and/or mooring space easily accessible to marine supplies, interesting shops, recreation facilities and restaurants would generate substantial use. Milford Harbor has potential to provide all of these attributes and, therefore, to support a transient facility. 13 Fowler Field/Wilcox Park The two component parts of this 18 acre, City-owned facility are distinctly different. Wilcox Park, dedicated to the City in 1901, is a wooded, hilly area which has been maintained in essentially its natural state. The Recreation Commission proposes to expand the existing trail system for use by handicapped persons and to create picnic areas and a rest room facility. Fowler Field was created in the 1930's by filling a wetland area. It is devoted almost exclusively to athletic facilities - three baseball fields, six tennis courts and two basketball courts. While reported to be well-used and located with respect 0 to its service area, none of the facilities,. with the exception of the boat launching area, are water-related. Shipyard Lane, which provides access to the launching area, physically and visually separates the park from the waterfront. Even the new picnic'pavilion has no relationship to the water. The lack of a sidewalk along the road and the rough condition of the water's edge discourage pedestrian access to the water. (See photos 3 and 4.) 14 77RACTIVE GORM C4146CWW Awe OWRAW ca wa%= AfMIYA .... ...... El MW r WN 77-PA i. We 7 u so MILFORD COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECT HEAD of the HARBOR lee 1" 2" 341. CITY of MILFORD, CONNECTICUT KayffmilApa" Fim Afthwo Inc. Mal- 6 comulson" HapiclavCamiecticut r C-. .1 I= 'T f c__ @_-l P@_ dk The boat launch is a well-used facility despite several deficiencies. Parking for cars and trailers at peak periods is limited. There are no f loats or docks to permit boats to be loaded and launched easily from shore. The ramp paving does not or extend far enough into the water so that, at low tide (see photos 5 and 6), trailers drop into pot-holes while launching. Sewage Treatment Plant The sewage treatment plant on the west side of the harbor is not a major visual intrusion despite its function. It is well tended, the bulkhead is in relatively good condition and the basic design and layout of the f ive buildings is pleasing. Its C location between active waterfront uses and the business area at Milford Center presents an obstacle to establishing a strong link while the plant is in operation but an opportunity to do so upon its proposed elimination in the next f ive years. The design of the buildings, particularly the brick structure nearest the water, is such that the potential to adapt them to other compat- ible uses should be explored prior to a decision to remove them. The adjacent City-owned land, while unimproved and seriously eroded, adds to the importance of this site. (See photo 7 and Map of Treatment Plant.) 15 WAC,F, MSATMENT ?1o. A NT rr S z'70# CCA auARD GO.,.* 0 Aux 00 0 0 00 0 00a000 00 00 0. 0, 00oo % 00 0 0..* 0.. 0 0000.00 e :0*00 .. 01 0OM 0..0: 000.2.. oo *: An 0 00 0 .. 0'0.': 000a 0 0 a 0 0.00 :0..*- o*.00. 0.0.00:00*00 0000a 0.00 . . . 00 .00000 0 0 : go 00 -.0.0 0 . .00a 000 o .0 0Goo.e. 0. 60.0 a c 0 ,.0 0', 0 : *e '0*0 a 00 Ask coo 1W *0 : .0 0a00 0' 00 00 0 :0 0 0 0. . 100000 0 0000 0 0, 0 0 00 . "o 0-00o--w a -1--000 00 00 00 ..I . , 0-0 O..r 070, a * o zr, : 00;O.Oo -o :*o0 0 00.000 Go 0 : a 00 0 007 00. -00 - o0 .0 ; 0. 0 0 0.. 0000 00 *0 0 0 . 000 -.00. : -.0. o:0 oo* *D* *0 :.Qo :.Go :00,0: 0 00 00000 0 000 00 00 :00000000 :000 0 00000 o a 00000, 0, 0-0 0. 00 0 0: 0 a 0 o 0 a 0*0-000-000 a o o o0 a 0 "A 4,0 iose -0 a go0oo 0o0a .o .0 o .00*.0 0 a 00000000 0 0. 0 0. 0. .0 -.00 .00 0 go oDo : 0 0 go 10 .0 a 0 0 *; wo- A- o;001@ t..-O 00 00 o 00000oo 00 .0 0or 00 0 : a00 00 Go 00 o 1000, 0 0000 Goo :0 :00: 0 0 0 a0000 000 0 00 ol 0000 000 C= ul To Lr-o RD BOAT WORV.L ..................... .......................................... %.................. . % . M Other Features A number of other features which affect planning for the Head of the Harbor are worthy of mention. 1. The narrow gorge under New Haven Avenue, at the entrance to the harbor, (see photos 8 and 9) is an unique and attractive feature. It is presently barely visible and quite difficult to reach. 2. The lack of stable shoreline protection above the treatment plant and along Shipyard Lane has resulted in erosion of the banks and accumulation of soil and debris in the waterway (see photos 10 and 11). 3. The City Dock, although minimally equipped and in need of repair, is heavily used as a fishing pier and attracts many pedestrians (see photo 12). In addition, it is an official City landing for commercial use and must be maintained as such to satisfy Federal Harbor requirements as well as maritime business interests. 4. Pedestrian circulation is discouraged by lack of sidewalks and physical barriers to continuous movement along the water's edge. 5. Despite its proximity to Milford Center, the harbor is visually obscured from it by buildings and functionally by lack of pedestrian access and the traffic congestion at the Broad Street/New Haven Avenue intersection. 16 III POLICIES FOR THE HARBOR Detailed planning for the harbor is being undertaken in conjunction with the City's Municipal Coastal Program which addresses issues and problems along the City's entire coastal area. Under the guidance of a Coastal Task Force comprised of representatives from various commissions and groups concerned with the coastal zone, various issues were explored and a set of general coastal policies established. Set forth below are, first, those policies developed by the Task Force which relate to Milford Harbor and, second, some specific policies and recom- mendations developed during the course of the Head of the Harbor study. General Policies 1. Maintain and enlarge the harbor channel for expanded recreational and commercial boating activities and to provide additional mooring space. 2. Provide- additional docking facilities for recreational and commercial boats, either in or near Milford.Harbor. 3. Provide additional berthing places for transient boats in the harbor with proximity, if possible, to Milford Center. 17 4. Develop and enhance the integral relationship between Milford Center and the upper harbor. 5. Maintain and enhance public access to the harbor, waterfront views and scenic pedestrian ways. 6. Establish maintenance program of removing silt from the Wepawaug River to prevent accelerated siltation of the harbor, since it costs less to remove from the shallow river than from the depths of the harbor. Specific Head of the Harbor Policies 1 . Channel improvements and expansion should be planned and carried out as soon as possible to prevent further deterioration of the harbor and to foster new, high priority, waterfront development such as a commercial fishing wharf. 2. Priority for new waterfront facilities should be given to those activities which do not now exist (e.g. commercial fishing) and/or which do not require large land support facilities (e.g. transient docking) and/or which are heavily used (e.g. fishing or boat launching). 3. A major entrance to the waterfront should be developed that provides visibility and identity from Milford Center. 4. Activity centers along the water's edge should be linked by a continuous pedestrian walkway, and barriers to pedestrian access to the water should be removed or overcome. 18 5. Water's edge protection and improvement projects should be carefully designed to complement the use and character of the adjacent land as well as the waterfront environment. Techniques should be developed to suit each different circumstance. 6. Attractive natural features such as the Wepawaug gorge and the Wilcox Park woods and tidal marsh should be protected and other areas developed to make the Park features more accessible to the public. 7. New activities which attract people to the waterfront should be encouraged. 19 ONAM AkwAccAms A%4,p ............ ......... IL 4w ............ 7V CAN= r) . ......... . ......... ........... a3 .. ...... ...... . ... ..... c ........ . . .......... . ........... ......... .......... X. MILFORD COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECT HEAD of the HARBOR IL CITY of MILFOR6, CONNECTICUT 4 vi WCAA fWl A-7 PLAN men k Conmkwft ekniWo Connodkut -%. @. - f@ LI P.- % I V- . offim If CII-1 @ @tl -1 . . ....... ... DI".- If @ -ft, @ C-l IV DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND OPTIONS The development concept for the Head of the Harbor is expressed graphically on the Concept Plan Map. It indicates a variety of waterfront activity centers connected by a pedestrian walkway. Some of 'the activities already exist - others are new or expanded. All will benefit by being part of a coordinated, active harbor improvement program. Each element is discussed in detail in the next section. Several options were considered as the Concept Plan was developed (see Development Options Map) . The options and the rationale for the decision in each case is discussed below. 1. Public Marina vs. Transient Docking Limited dredging of the inter-tidal flats adjacent to Wilcox Park, across from the City Dock, offers an opportunity to create additional water area for boats. Such an area could accommodate a new public marina for City residents or docking and anchorage for transient vessels. An alternative would be to develop trans- ient boat accommodations adjacent to the proposed turning basin on the east side of the harbor. A marina would add to the supply of slips available to Milford residents but has high construction, maintenance and operational costs. In addition, automobile parking is essential 20 to such a facility and parking in this area, adjacent to the boat launch, is already limited. Therefore, additional parking would have to be created by filling in the harbor or clearing wooded sections of Wilcox Park. Accommodations for transient vessels also require signifi- cant capital expenditures. However, most of these are related to "water's edge" improvements since less extensive docking space and no automobile parking are required.- If most space is provided at off-shore moorings, only limited bulkhead would be required. The. proximity of this site to Milford Center would make it attractive to boaters and would enhance the opportunities for tourist- related business in the Center. For these reasons, this option was selected. However, as discussed in Chapter V, Harbor Develop- ment Plan, the substantial cost versus the relevant benefit makes ,either alternative a low priority project. 2. Marine Commercial vs. Maritime Center Upon its termination, the sewage treatment plant site could be adapted for a variety of uses. During concurrent planning for the adjacent Milford Center business area, the policy was estab- lished that water-dependent commercial uses should be developed in the harbor area. The Milford Harbor Commission has recommended that the site be used for "additional public water access, water- 21 related recreation and servicing facilities". Within these guidelines, the development of a portion of the site for marine commercial uses or a center for maritime functions was con- sidered. While there are other locations where marine commercial uses can be developed, separately or in conjunction with other waterfront uses, the opportunity to use public land to create a center to house various maritime educational, cultural, historic and recreational functions is unique. Therefore, a portion of the treatment plant site is designated for such use. 3. Commercial Fish Wharf vs. Boat Launch The vacant City-owned land north of the sewage treatment plant was evaluated within the same guidelines as described in 2 above. The Harbor Commission has proposed use of the site for a commercial fishing wharf to serve local fishermen. The site would also be suitable for a recreational boat ramp or launching area or short term transient docking. A commercial wharf offers the opportunity to serve a sin- gular component of the waterfront community, which presently has no real base of operations, and to foster economic activity on the water. The site is well located for connection with vehic- 22 ular transport, would generate activity adjacent to the business area and could even, indirectly, complement activities at the maritime center. A boat launch, while serving an obvious need, would duplicate facilities planned elsewhere and would also require more land for attendant automobile and/or trailer parking and was therefore dropped as an option. While transient docking might take place at the same float- ing dock as used for the commercial wharf, such an arrangement creates conflicts between the two user groups. Commercial fishermen must use the dock for various equipment as well as transfer of fish; their vessels are of a different character than those of transient boaters who seek an attractive recreational environment. Therefore, such a combination is not recommended. 4. Roads and Walkways Various physical obstacles confront both the relocation of Shipyard Lane on the east side of the harbor and the pedestrian walk on the west. In each case, the route which can achieve the objective with the least disruption has been selected. The exit onto Harborside Drive presently encourages through traffic at excessive speeds which endangers pedestrians using the park. It is suggested that the portion from the boat launch to the top of the hill be closed except to pedestrians. 23 Ao%0' Is Avz. IWO <1 &I Aw OW ............ hke7UM C401" 00 h""s Caw4aftmL AcF.Ar Aw WA" .......... ....... .. MILFORD COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECT HEAD of the HARBOR W. 0 W "a 300 CITY of MILFORD, CONNECTICUT ManningCon@Www NOWN"Mconnodicut Thl. dt-t. - fl-d I. pi- y . q- to tw tri- t -..I S- .-.. 0-ti-ml A-Wli. @.Iftro.-f a @ -, tor C-l t 10,2 " - @- sm .'"tim Ito im @tLmt Dopt- Of S-Z I P--.. co-tol @ @t V HARBOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN The Development Plan for the Head of the Harbor evolved from the basic concept set forth previously and an analysis of the specific details necessary to achieve the concept. Following is a description of the major elements of the plan and the rationale behind each. The entire plan is illustrated on the Site Plan Map. Fowler Field/Wilcox Park f The plans for this facility are aimed at increasing water- C. front access and improving and expanding facilities which attract people to the water while preserving important natural features. Although many of the athletic facilities at Fowler Field are not water-related, they are actively used and bring people to the waterfront vicinity. Furthermore, with the occasional exception of parking, there are no conflicts between the two types of recreational uses; and no additional land based, water-related activities are proposed which space needs would. require elimin- ation of any of the existing facilities. The improvements described below should enhance waterfront use. The plan includes the following major elements: 24 1. Boat Launch: Expansion of the existing boat launch and related parking is planned just south of the existing ramp by filling part of the inter-tidal flats. This facility receives heavy use and provides access to the water for nearly as many boats as are permanently moored in the harbor. The existing ramp should be improved by expanding the paving into the water f or use at low tide and providing boarding docks. 2. Outing Center: The recently-constructed pavilion adjacent to the Fowler Field tennis courts presents the opportunity to serve as the nucleus for a center for various outdoor events and gatherings on the waterfront. To do so, it is proposed to: (1) relocate Shipyard Lane, as discussed below, so that a direct relationship to the waterfront can be established; (2) provide a music shell so that outdoor concerts can be performed on the waterfront with the pavilion as shelter; (3) create access for boats via the transient dock described below; and (4) supply the necessary facilities (picnic tables, grills, seating, etc.) to accommodate gatherings. Such a facility can attract people to the waterfront who otherwise would not use it. 25 3. Traffic Flow: The location of Shipyard Lane presents a distinct physical and visual barrier between all the park facilities and the water I s edge. The plan calls for this road to be relocated between the tennis courts and baseball fields. It will be t necessary to eliminate (or relocate) one tennis court and rear- range the small parking lot south of the tennis courts, but the resulting layout will considerably enhance the waterfront. The narrow access road between the Fowler Memorial Building and the harbor is dangerous and should be closed to traffic and dedicated to pedestrian use only. The large unpaved and unmarked parking area between the ball fields will have direct access from the new road and should be designed as shown to provide more efficient parking. 4. Treatment of the Water's Edge: The east shore of the harbor has an undefined, unusable edge which has experienced recent erosion. However, it does support certain growth and wildlife and the proposed uses do not require continuous bulkheading. Therefore, it is proposed that the shoreline be stabilized and protected by construction of tiered 26 "gabions" (see Exhibit C) which will support sufficient growth to serve as a habitat for certain wildlife in an attractive, natural setting while preventing erosion. 5. Transient Docking: A docking facility for transient vessels is proposed south of the existing boat launching ramp. Such a facility would allow visitors both docking and anchorage in an attractive setting, adjacent to a wooded hillside, yet only a short walk from the businesses in Milford Center. To create this facility, it would require dredging a portion of the inter-tidal flats to a depth of approximately six feet. Some of the spoils would then be used to provide the f ill for expansion of the adjacent boat launch and parking. Since trans- ient boats do not require parking areas for automobiles, little land support area is required, reducing the need to f ill and bulkhead the adjacent shoreline. Docking facilities can be provided via floating docks, a permanent "relieving platform" or a combination thereof . Floating docks require continual main- tenance but would provide more spaces than those just along the relieving platform. The relieving platform (see Exhibit B) is a means of reducing bulkhead cost and disruption of the waterfront 27 environment. Since this proposal could be considered to infringe on natural coastal resources, an alternate site is shown on the Site Plan adjacent to the proposed outing center. It would not have the capacity for many boats but it would contribute to the transient snace needs. An additional floating dock for short stops and unloading of transient visitors is planned just north of the existing boat launch. A small shelter at this location would provide cover for fishermen as well. All this is predicated on obtaining such permits as would be needed from appropriate State and Federal Agencies. Sewage Treatment Plant Site The treatment plant occupies part of a nearly three acre City-owned property, all of which must be considered in future plans. The part south of the plant is leased to the adjacent Milford Boat Works; the part to the north is vacant except for a building used by the Coast Guard Auxiliary. The total site has over 600 feet of harbor frontage. 1. Commercial Fishing Wharf: The vacant land north of the treatment plant is planned for development as a facility which can be used by local commercial fishermen to unload their catch, transfer it to trucks and take 28 on supplies. New bulkheading will have to be constructed, a floating dock provided, electric service made available, and a small paved parking area developed. Due to reported substantial resistance when driving piles near this location, it is recom- mended that bulkhead of "cell pile" construction be considered as an alternate to standard "sheet pile" construction. (See Exhibit D.) 2. maritime-Center: A facility to bring together a variety of maritime-related resources is proposed for the actual plant site. If , at all feasible, the brick structure closest to the water and, perhaps, the two glass roofed structures should be adapted to accommodate a variety of activities by local institutions and organizations. Such uses could include the following: exhibits by both the state and federal aquaculture laboratories; school education programs; exhibits of Milford's maritime history by the Histor- ical Society; programs put on by the Conservation Commission, Harbor Commission and Parks and Recreation Commissionj demon- strations and short courses on various past and current marine skills; and establishment of an oyster museum. The location between a commercial fishing wharf and an active marina is an ideal setting as part of a "working waterfront". A similar project has been developed on the site of an abandoned sewage treatment plant in Bellingham, Washington (see Exhibit E). 29 3. Parking: In order to serve the maritime center and other existing and expanded uses, some additional parking will be required. The area of the treatment plant closest to the street is appropriate f or such use and could supply 40-50 spaces. During the winter months, some or all of this area could be leased for boat storage (as some land is already) or exchanged for certain access rights to the waterfront (as discussed below). Channel Improvements The Head of the Harbor has been subject to erosion of its C banks and siltation from the Wepawaug River for many years. In order to maintain access to existing marinas and the boat launch, dredging and maintenance of the existing channel is important. However, to capitalize on the potential of this unique area by development of the commercial fishing wharf, outing center and transient docking facilities, it is essential that the channel be extended some 500-600 feet and dredged to an eight foot depth to create an ample turning basin to accommodate commercial fishing vessels as well as pleasure boats. In order to support the commercial fishing wharf, the designated anchorage south of the City Dock should be developed to a depth of six feet. 30 W, 0 jj A-41W X, cc ... . ....... . . .......... ... 0 ..... . ......... . NIX. X. .......... ..... . .... .... ......... . . ...................... ..... ...... .... ....... eX .. ........ .. . . .......... ......... .. MILFORD COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECT HEAD of the HARBOR 0 UPS ISO 3" .1. CITY of MILFORD, CONNECTICUT 14, CAWNhwm Connecticut "I' docUehh' fih@ in "m hy qrsat th,UUqh - Oftim of Cm-1 ZU- ft@hhhht' U.S. ft"- .1 Qhhht Uh6tt .. @..l -. - t 19'a - - '@@ 1. @catlm with @- D@- 'f fth.-I - hh@hrhhhhl Pedestrian Walkway System Walkways linking all major uses are important to the water- front (see Site Plan) While it is not anticipated that many pedestrians will walk the entire system at one time, the ability to get from one related use to another makes the waterfront more enjoyable and efficient. The area needed for the basic walk need only be,some 20 feet wide - a ten foot walk of boards, paving stones or stone dust,and a ten foot landscaping strip. Design will vary depending on whether the walk is along a bulkhead, a gabion embankment or, in some cases, just the improvement of an existing sidewalk. The sense of continuity and a common theme can be maintained by use of constant details such as benches, light fixtures and direc- tional signs. A number of special features are planned as part of the walkway system to suit special circumstances. 1. A park at the southeast corner of the Broad Street/New Haven Avenue intersection should be designed as an.entrance to the harb or with flagpoles to attract the eye and "overlooks" to provide a view of the waterfront. 31 2. As the walkway descends the slope f rom the business area toward the water an overlook of the narrow gorge under New Haven Avenue should be provided. At this same point, a bridge across the gorge would provide more views and direct, easy access to the new outing center at Fowler Field and the transient docking facilities. 3. Discussion with the owner of Milford Boat Works suggests that it may be possible to arrange for public access along the water's edge in the marina so that the boats may be viewed at close hand. One way to achieve this would be via a raised walkway extending from the City Dock to the boat lift. Although it would only have access from one end (at the City Dock), this walkway would provide a magnificent raised viewing platform of the entire harbor as well as marina activity. 4. The City Dock is heavily used and should be improved for fishermen and strollers alike. More benches and an open- sided shelter would provide comfort and protection from sun and rain. 32 y ARWR law ID N Ab4FWW V, ............... av ... ........ A&N77W CAWFA .................... PA4WA06 4 49 p4vk roe .......... .......... ................ c PAAMW ........... . ......... Amallepmowx K, . .... 0 ........... .......... . . ...... . ............ .. .. . ...... ....... .... .. . MILFORD COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PROJECT HEAD of the HARBOR .00 0 1" 2" JIAP CITY of MILFORD, CONNECTICUT Ravonencl. Pwisk Fine& Weina Inc. AlwAN Flaming Conwhems cannactiew VI STAGING, COSTS, FUNDING SOURCES AND IMPLEMENTATION Staging A multi-faceted development program must be broken down into distinguishable components which can be staged, over time, based on available resources, priorities and relationship to other projects. The following activities are set forth in order of priorities and logical staging sequence. Items 1 (Boat Launch Improvements), 4 (Relocation of Shipyard Lane) and 5 (outing Center) will serve a large number of users at relatively modest cost and are, therefore, quite cost effective. Item 2 ( Channel Improvements) is essential to the long term viability of the entire harbor, and Item 3 (Commercial Fishing Wharf) will add a new dimension and economic component to the harbor. Items 6 (Transient Docking) and 7 (Maritime Center) are long term pro- jects which require considerable lead time, extensive design and program development, and substantial funding sources. It should be emphasized that a successful harbor development program does not require that every one of these projects be accomplished. Each has its own merits and, in most cases, can be undertaken independently. The program should be reviewed peri- odically as resources, priorities or conditions change to deter- mine if the sequence should be altered, if new projects should be added or existing proposals deleted. 33 Boat Launch Improvements: or Repair of the existin g ramp and construction of additional ramp space and parking can immediately serve many current boaters. 2. Channel Improvements: Maintenance and dredging of the existing channel first, followed by extension of the channel and creation of a turning basin. 3. Commercial Fishing Wharf: Development of this facility will fulfill an unmet need and add to the diversity of the waterfront. This can be accomplished now and will not interfere with the present operation of the treatment plant. 4. Relocation of Shipyard Lane: Relocation of this road will improve access to the water and enhance the establishment of the outing center. S. Outing Center: Development of picnic facilities adjacent to the water and erection of a music shell will substantially increase use of the waterfront. 34 6. Transient Docking: New facilities for transient vessels will enhance the waterfront after the earlier projects are completed. 7. Maritime Center: Upon abandonment o f the treatment plant, this new facility will complement other activities in a diverse waterfront area. Development of the pedestrian walkway system can be staged to coincide with the above projects as appropriate. It is assumed that water's edge improvements will be undertaken as part of the related project. Cost Estimates Cost estimates for the recommended actions depend on final engineering, timing, coordination with other actions and a variety of factors not known at this time. The following esti- mates are quite preliminary and presented only to suggest the order of magnitude of costs for each project. 1. Boat Launch: Repair and extend existing launch $30,000 Construct new 1001 wide launch with all facilities 120,000 Expanded parking 50,000 $200,000 35 2. Channel Improvements: Extend existing 81 channel to create turning basin; dredge 18,000 cu. yd. $225,000 Dredge existing channel to authorized 81 depth (Lump Sum) 50,000 $275,000 3. Commercial Fishing Wharf: Timber bulkhead with fenders, etc. 250 lin. ft. $425,000 Floating dock (101 wide) with gangways, bollards, cleats, etc., 250 lin. ft. 87,500 Parking and loading area 25,000 $537,500 4. Relocation of Shipyard Lane: New roadway, 650 feet. $ 65,000 Adjust parking lot 10,000 $ 75,000 5. Outing Center: Paving, landscaping, lighting, furniture $100,000 Music shell 25,000 $125,000 6. Transient Dock and Anchorage: Dredging to 61; 5,500 cu. yd. $ 75,000 Relieving platform with deck, piles, etc. 600,000 Fill, seed, etc. 20,000 $695,000 36 7. Maritime Center: Three buildings, 6,400 sq. ft. @ $50/ft. $320,000 Miscellaneous 80,000 $400,000 8. Walkway Syste At grade walk, 2,800 ft. $112,000 Elevated boardwalk 40,000 Bridge, 81 wide 30,000 Fishing pier with shelter 75,000 $257,000 Subtotal $2,564,000 Engineering and Contingencies 400,000 Grand Total $2,964,000 37 Funding Sources Funding from many sources is essential to the execution of a multi-faceted program such as that for the Head of the Harbor. Many public funding programs for such activities have recently been reduced or eliminated. However, some may be revived or new sources created for similar purposes. One such program, the Land and Water Conservation Fund. of the Department of Interior, has not been funded in the past two years, but may be funded in FY 1983. If funded, Connecticut would receive $1 million, most of which has already been accounted for, but it appears probable that it will be funded again in FY 1984. These funds would be for land and development for outdoor recreation. Other federal sources include the Corps of Engineers which offers funds under Section 107 of the 1960 River and Harbor Act for small navigation projects (see Exhibit F). The Harbor Commission is already pursuing this source of action for channel improvements, although these funds cannot be used for the turning basin or other improvements beyond the authorized channel limits. 38 Funds for similar programs have been received from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (including the Community Development Block Grant program for which the City of Milford now receives funds), the Shoreline Stabilization Fund of the U.S. Soil and Conservation Service, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation for Harbor Improvements. The Department of Transportation program (see Exhibit G) has not been funded in recent years, but it is pos- sible that it may be revived in the future, therefore, the City should be prepared to submit an application at the appropriate time. State bond issues for recreational development have provided funds for waterfront programs. Funds to foster the commercial fishing industry may be available through the Depart- ment of Agriculture. Local funds and foundation grants can be used to provide the matching share for state or federal programs or to initiate additional projects. The City may also wish to pursue financial assistance from foundations and major local industries. Implementation Achieving the plan for the Head of the Harbor requires careful coordination of administrative and regulatory measures as 39 well as physical development programs. While a variety of local bodies will necessarily be involved, one agency should have overall responsibility to insure proper coordination of the total effort. The one such body with the most specifically'focused interest in the harbor, as well as certain Charter designated authority, is the Milford Harbor Commission. While its powers are most specifically related to the water area itself, the Commission is equally concerned with treatment of the water's edge and use of. adjacent land. Therefore, it is recommended that the Harbor Commission be designated as the "lead agency" for implementation of the Head of the Harbor plan. In carrying out this task, it should maintain close liaison with the other departments and agencies concerned with harbor use and development without pre- empting any existing statutory or charter provisions. 40 PHOTOS I 0 0. AL IF . ........ IPA x V7 Qi@ko@ ij 4r Af iL .. .... . ..... 77" . I . ". - . . .. .1,1: p --l 0 EXHIBITS 0 0- MILFORD HARBOR DATA A. Boat Population and Traffic In 1978 the Corps of Engineers requested we make a survey to determine the number of vessels and particularly the number of "trips" the boats were making in and out of the harbor on an annual basis. We reported the. figures below for 1978 and to update that informa- tion we are including the 1980 data to show the relative growth in activity. Your request was to classify the vessels by draft and we responded in that respect for vessels that are permanently moored. Vessel Clarifi. Annual Annual cation By Draft 1978 Trips 1980 Trips Up to 2' 135 23, 400 145 24, 000 2- 3' 181 20,000 22O 23,500 3- 4' 117 12,600 130 14,500 4- 5' 301 36,100 335 55,000 5- 6' 128 13,300 135 19,000 6- 7' 37 S,700 46 9,600 7- 8' 10 1,200 14 1,800 8 and over 4 380 3 275 913 112,680 1,028 147,675 NOTE: The gasoline prices and shortages have affected the traffic patterns as well as boat type and size. Generally there has been a shift to sail fro= power and a reduction in the number of power boat (large) trips (up to 3' draft). We also experienced a very good weather season in 1980 which greatly added to the number of trips of especially the larger sail boats. For 1980 the following is a breakdown by type or use- Pleasure - Sail 580 State and Federal 8 - Power 391 Vessels Commercial Fishing 30 Municipal - Fire I (all sizes) - Police 2 - Coast Guard 1 Other work boats & 15 Auxiliary marine equipment Exhibit A T. ?AHW sz TI.AA&MM Oct 7pna MOO C= SYS T CM MI.W :q4^.wajc RELIEVING PLATFOW, - SHEET PILES fls A ROUT CROSS SECTION AT Sl,,X-olP COVE SOUTHEAST AREA C.1d.*,"-vlt---CT I CUT Exhl it 3-1 p V%Al, M, cp 7:ax; 1 Mar om 421A.W I, c 51"r P-AWMAb%lw ol 11ISM'S -mu '46. S RELIEVING PLAT FORM - SHEET PILES IN BACK CROSS SECTION AT S!,-lAMP COVE SOUTHWEST AREA rr%-;!;cCTICUT HARBOR U-101"OVEMENTS r--zhibi tM - 2 s + 2-1.t G-6F MHW Fri", ON T Nool Xla. UA S E"M Olt-ACIA-1. TIU. Xssumam RELIEVING PLATFORM' RIP RAP SLOPE CROSS SC@'TTON AT COVE SojTHEAS"l' AREA ,,,,-FORD, CONNECTICUT HARtOR II-10ROVEMiENTS M.-zhibit 3-3 t>r=-,rA.tU or- TYIPIC,4L. GAlbiovi CoNsr2-uc.mov4 Low rvoe;@ WA.%.A4 -A. C-;JZ ArM.S. e Ivele 130-rrom r-tLLzb r=AaAcu -;Z.6m Exhibit C-1 S7 F-P T N E R_@ EF rAABJ0W MA,7 ISM c CA. CU I A- A u WO 10 00, 6 40" o*-o 0000 91, 000 /1001- CuRa PLAN AT OVERLOOK EXTENSION NORTHEAST AREA dr CON'INECTICUT - IMPROVEMLE-7NTS - Exhibit C-2 7, r-A%510f--l MkT. FIL-7SZ <=L07,Li 311 7 - q ,v T Y P I C A Lf I KA LRiN A T I V E TYPICAL BANKALTERNIATIVE S A-W 0 GIM AV S L frl Lt. ']@v MHW Fll-Tasw- C-UOT'R ,q MERLOOK EXTENSION CROSS Sa'---CTIONS.AT HARBOR BANK NORTHEAST AREA I L F 0ID C 0 N' ECTICUT' HARBOR 11.12ROVLEIMENTS Exhibit C-3 T. -7 S oll-S CELL STEEL SHEET PJLE CELLS PL-.-il% AT CO'l,jr-RCIAL FISIIIINo D"M:H)' N j'R",n".o'EST AREA K'4 Exhibit D-1 "'ILFORD, '-0:,'NECTjrUT HAR3OR R 0 VE M E. IN TS i L. L Z w /+ KA SHEST SHEET Pf CELA-s a@: -:Cr--o -m Lw Ibma-FEWDECZ Ll STEEL SHEET PILE CELLS CROSS SECTION AT COMMERCIAL FISHING BERTHS NORTHWEST AREA I"CTICUT Ll D-33 R ID REll ENT SExhibit D-2 EL- 1Z.0 @EC:t -G'. G M H W =ILL. -c-o--MLNN @STMML- SHr=-=--T TIMMER P'l L; e w ocp- sysTeM Lr - J:z M@C@C-j a STEEL SHEET PILE BULKHEAD V CROSS SECTION AT COMMERCIAL FISHING BERTHS NORTHWEST AREA r su m @so FlILFORD, I CUT - HARBOR ItIPROVEMENTS Exhibit D-4 IL s y 5 7 CONJ TI wvous W.A.-W STUEL- SHF-VT d& STEEL SHEET PILE BULK"HEAD PILAN AT CO,'-.,"'Irr--RCIAL FISHING BIERTHS NORTHWEST AREA UMENTS Exhibit D-3 KILF0FRD, CC.,,,.,,,::rTICUT HARBOR I'DROVE 12.107 NAVIGATION PROJECTS (Small Projects) FEDERAL AGENCY- OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DE- FENSE AUTHORIZATION: Section 107 of 1960 River and Harbor Act, as Appeals: Not applicable amended- Public Law 86-645; 33 U.S.C. 577. Renewals: Not applicable. OBJECTIVES, To provide the most practicable and economic means ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATION: of fullfilling; the needs of general navigation, through projects not Formula and Matching Requirements: None. specifically authorized by Congress. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable length and Time Plied of Assistance: Not applicablce POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Corp of Engineers designs and Reporter. Not applicable. constructs the project. Each project selected must be engineer- Ausdits: Not applicable. ingly, feasible, complete within itself,and economically Justified. Records: Not applicable. The non-Federal sponsoring agency must agree to assume full re- FINANCIAL INFORMATION: sponsibility for an project costs in excess of the Federal cost limit Account Identification 96-31220-1-301. of $2,000,000; contribute toward project costs for construction and Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 83 est 12,191,000; FY est maintenance in view of recreational benefits land enhancement $12,800,000; and FY 83 est $12,500,000. benefits or other special local benefits; provide all necessary land Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable easements, rights-of-way-; hold and save the United States free PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Projects at 24 locations were from damages; and, provide adequate public landing or wharf, under construction in fiscal year 1982. piers, access roads,parking areas and other needed public facilities REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND LITERATURE Engineer Reg- open and available to all an equal terms. Local can participation ulation 1105-2-10. App E (33 CFR 263) and information sheets de- requirements and procedures for determining the local share of scribing this program are available from the District Engineer. project cost are similar to those for navigation projects specifically INFORMATION CONTACTS: authorized by Congress under regular authorization procedures. Regional or Local office: See Appendix IV of the catalog for listing ELIGEBILITY REQUIREMENTS: of District Engineers. Applicant Eligibility: States, political sub divisions of States or Other Headquaters Office: Office of the Chief of Engineers, Attn: DAEN- responsible local agencies established under Suite law with full an- CWP-A. Washington, DC 20314. Telephone. (202) 272-0141. thority and ability to undertake necessary legal and financial re- RELATED PROGRAMS. 12.109, Protection, Clearing and Straighten. sponsibilities. ing Channels. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as Applicant Eligibility. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not applicable Credentials/documentation: Applicant must futnish evidence of legal CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not applicable authorization, financial capability. and willingness to provide all necessary, local participations and required cooperation. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS Preapplication Coordination: State or local government officials should consult the nearest District Engineer regarding specific problem ad the possibility of remedial action under this pro- gram An environmental impact statement is also required. Application Procedure Formal letter to District Engineer from a prospective sponsoring agency indicating clear intent to provide all required local participation. Award Procedure: The Chief of Engineers approves an individual project upon the basis of a comprehensive investigation and reports by the District En Deadlines: None.. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:Not applicable. Exhibit F J_ 7 7-- &4 4 How does a community recycle an abandoned sewage Steelheaders were allowed to begin a small salmon rearing treatment plant in the middle of downtown9 Folks in the operation at the facility. The City has since studied and seacoast town of Bellingham, Washington. have incorporated refined the area's use as a community facility. their abandoned facility into the Bellingham Maritime Centering around the Steelheaders' operation, the project Heritage Center (BMHC@ It has become an attractive focal has evolved to encompass the idea of "depicting tg area7s point for the downtown, reflecting the community's natural heritage and culture in an instructive, recreational atmos. resources and their uses. It has also helped to connect the phere." Devoted to open space, the 10-acre site will have downtown to die industrial waterfront@ not only providing numerous trails connecting neighborhoods and downtown public access, but doing it in a way which celebrates the with the waterfront and places for sitting and viewing towres cultural and environmental uniqueness. It has also waterfront. creek. and Heritage Center activities. Besides sparked revitalization efforts in the downtown and water- fish propagation and habitat displays, marine education, front areas. maritime history and marine resource interpretation will be True to the "spirit of community, " neighborhoods, I featured programs. The Technical Committee was organized merchanu,city-county-state and federal officials, industrial. I to ensure the expertise necessary in coordinating the ists and special interest groups worked together to create various aspects of the project as well as its continued this project, which continues to change and grow. Instru- operation. mental in program development was the BMHC Working A major element of the project is a fish propagation Group, consisting of various department heads and directed and habitat area designed to show the complete life cycle by the Grants Coordinator, Office of the Mayor. They of several species of Pacific Salmon on-Ate, with provision have benefited from wide-ranging advice from a Technical I for public accessibility and interpretive centers. %n Committee of local and state agency representatives with a emphasis of the Heritage Center will be on local. siate, and stake in the process. These include such varied groups as the international management of the fishing industrf@ to reflect Bellingham Public School District, the Vocational-Technical its importance in the state and region. The Bellingham Institute, the Georgia-P2cific Corporation (a major employ- Vbcational-Technical Institute has plans to develop a Marine I er). Northwest steetheaders (a regional sports club@'Aht Technology program, and close cooperation with local University of Washington Sea Grant Program, the Was 'hik S. school districts will Make younger students more aware of the tOn State Department of Fisheries, the Departmen f importance of marine industries to the region. The maritime Game, and the Whatcorn Museum of History and ArL resource facility will include artifacts, models, and displays In 1973, a study was undertaken which suggested t@a relating to the development of the waterfront area, including the area on and around the town's old sewage treatment plant at Lower Whatcorn Falls be enhanced as a public facility. The study became known as the Morse Plan. In Steve Price, Grants Coordinator for the City of Bellingham, 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, Washington 98225, can the long history of downtown development, the area had provide information on the progress of the Maritime inadvertently become the only available open space. Project Chris Camp of the Grants Staff has provided much Inspired by the abandoned treatment tanks, Northwest of the information for this article, and took the photo- Steelheaders provided the impetus for the BMHC. In 1977, graphs which accompany it Ikuno Masterson was an Editor for the Design Resourcebook and is currently Dirmtor of after several years of discussion and negotiation, the the Kittitas Valley Energy Resource Center in Ellensbur% SMALL TOWN Exhibit E November-0ecember. 1981 Sec. 13b-36. (Formerly Sec. 8-211). Harbor Improvement agencies. For the purposes of this section and section 13b-57, "harbor improvement agency* means any board, commission, agency or department of any municipality designated by the chief executive officer of such municipality and approved by the governing body thereof for the purpose of carrying out a harbor improvement project under this section. Any municipality may undertake a harbor improvement project, including the development@ improvemen4 construction, and installation of berthing areas, channels to berthing areas, sea walls, piers, docks, navigation aids, bridges and other related facilities and structures, pursuant to a harbor improvement plan. The harbor improvement agency may prepare or cause to be prepared a harbor improvement plan. and may approve such plan after (1) obtaining the approval of the planning agency of the municipality and (2) holding a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. the first publication of notice to be not less than two weeks before the date of the public hearing. Such harbor improvement plan shall include: (a) A description of the harbor improvement area and the condition. type and use of the structures and facilities therein; (b) the location and extent of the proposed land uses and harbor uses in such area; (c) the location and extent of streets and public utilities, facilities and works within the area; (d) schedules showing the number of families and businesses to be displaced by the proposed improvemen4 the method of relocating such families and businesses and the availability of sufficient s;;itable living accommodations at prices and rentals within the financial means of such families and located within a reasonable distance of the area from which they are displaced; (e) present and proposed zoning regulations in the harbor improvement area; (f) a description of all land to be acquired and buildings and improvements to be demolished and removed or rehabilitated; (g) a description of all improvements to be constructed. installed or made; (h) the plan's relationship to definite local objectives; Q) financial aspects of the project, and Q) a ratio of the costs of the project to the benefits to be derived therefroaL After approval of the harbor improvement plan by the harbor improvement agency, the plan shall be submitted to the commissioner of transportation and the commissioner of environmental protection and, if approved by each commissioner, may be adopted by the governing body of the municipality. A harbor development plan may be modified at any time by a harbor improvement sixticy. provided such modification is consented to in writing by each purchaser or lessee of land in the harbor improvement project affected by such modification. and such modification does not substantially change the plan; otherwise any modification to such plan shall be approved in the samc'manner as the plan. Any municipality and its harbor improvement agency may exercise, for the purposes of undertaking a harbor improvement project, all the powers and authority granted to a municipality and to a redevelopment agency for the purposes of a m&velopment or urban renewal project pursuant to chapter 130. Sec 13b-57. (Formerly Sm 8-212). State grants-la-ald for harbor Improvement projects. The state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioner of transportation, may enter into a contract with a municipality, acting by its harbor improvement agency, for state financial assistance for a harbor improvement project pursuant to a harbor improvement plan approved by the commissioner of transportation in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to two-thirds of the net cost of the project as approved by the commissioner of transportation. provided state financial assistance to any municipality for such purposes shall not exceed one million dollars. Any such application for state finwcial assistance under this section shall be submitted by the commissioner of transportation to the commissioner of environmental protection for his review. Said comfn; otter of environmental protection shall submit a written report to the commissioner of transportation, setting forth his findings regarding such application. Exhibit G @@N@j @Jlj@j I I@j I 1@11@ ll 3 6668 00000 7825