April 15, 2009

Revised Waiting List Application Process

 

Attached is the Wait List and Slip Assignments approved at Monday night's MYHMC meeting.

 

The wait list itself is ranked by the priority order assigned based on the date of receipt of the completed application including the required copy of the boat's current documentation and/or registration and the cashier's check or money order for the deposit.  Prior to the assignment of slips, those on the wait list were queried to make certain that they had a boat to move into the slip and that they were aware of and willing to comply with the insurance requirements of the harbor.

 

Applicants with an "NC" in the Wait List Order column had not supplied the complete application package as of Monday.

 

Note that there were only nine slips that became available for the wait list and these were assigned according to the Wait List Order, accounting for the slip size needed for the applicant.  Hence, the seventh person on the wait list could not be accommodated due to the size of his boat since no more slips of the required size were available.

 

Should a successful applicant not complete the leasing process by the required deadline of April 30th, his slip will be awarded to the next applicant in wait order whose boat will fit that slip.

 

For those who did not receive a slip, we are sorry, but there were only a limited number of slips available for lease in the harbor.  If you are presently in a slip on the West (NOYC) pier, we ask that you move your boat as soon as possible to the East or North Pier while you make arrangements to move your boat to another harbor until construction is complete and the permanent slip lease process is initiated.  We understand that there are a number of slips available for lease in Southshore Harbor and recommend that you contact them to arrange a slip for your boat.  Remember, this temporary slip lease  process will not affect your position in that process; it is anticipated that a process similar to the one used to allocate slips in this temporary slip lease process will be used.  Finally, please periodically review the two web sites relating to the harbor:

 

MYH Slip Tenants' Association - www.noharbortenant.org

MYH Management Committee (the official site of the harbor) - www.nomyh.com

 

FOR THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS, YOUR NEXT STEPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 

  1. Visit the Harbor Tenants' web site and look at the lease form available on the site (do not fill this lease form out; one will be prepared for you from the information on your application).  Review the insurance requirements on page 5 and the addresses for notices on page 3.  Immediately contact your insurance and get him to issue the changes to put your policy into an acceptable form for the harbor.  You must have hull insurance, you must have $500,000 in liability insurance and the liability insurance must name MYHMC and the City of New Orleans as additional insureds.  This process takes time, so start today.
  2. You will receive notice when your lease package is prepared and ready to sign.  When you come to sign, please bring a personal check for any amount due and your insurance certificates with the coverages listed above.
  3. If your boat cannot be inspected prior to the signing, you should have it inspected at the time of lease signing as there is a requirement for the boat to be seaworthy and operable in order to be eligible for the lease.
  4. YOU MUST COMPLETE THIS PROCESS BY APRIL 30TH OR YOUR SLIP WILL BE REASSIGNED!

 

April 7, 2009

Waiting List Application Process

We are now ready to move on to the next phase of temporary slip leasing.  You have asked to be placed on the waiting list and we will now try to accommodate those applicants who meet the criteria to proceed and wish to do so:

 

1)  Do you still have an interest in having a temporary slip lease in Municipal Yacht Harbor?

2)  Do you presently have a boat in the harbor or are you ready to move a boat in immediately upon the awarding of a temporary lease?

3)  Is your boat in operable, seaworthy condition?  (See www.noharbortenant.org for the specifics of these requirements.)

4)  Are you prepared to meet the following insurance requirements?

           a)  $500,000 in liability coverage naming the Harbor and the City of new Orleans as co-insureds? (See www.noharbortenant.org for requirements on page 5 and 3 of the final lease)

           b)  Hull Insurance on your boat?

 

If so, please check your name on the attached list.  If your application was complete, you have been assigned a Wait List Order Number; if not, that field is blank.  This may be because you did not send the required cashier's check or money order for the deposit (not a personal check) or because you did not submit current registration or federal documentation with your application.  Your Wait List Order Number will be assigned as soon as the missing items are supplied.  This may be done at my office below or the registration/documentation may be emailed or faxed to 504.219.3372.  Please check your information on the list as it is important that it be correct before we go forward with the process.

 

It is expected that this list will be finalized prior to the regular meeting of the Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Corporation Board Meeting to be held this Monday evening at 6:30 pm so that we may proceed with assigning slips and completing lease documents prior to April 30th.  All insurance and registration must be complete by that time.

 

Your prompt attention to this matter will be greatly appreciated as there are more waiting list applicants than we expect to have slips available.

 

 

March 11, 2009

These are the final instructions regarding lease signing beginning this Saturday, 3/14:

 

At the regular monthly meeting of the MYHMC on March 9th, several changes were made to the lease form, including dropping the requirement to have the City and MYHMC names as "Loss Payees" in your insurance policy and allowing the amount of marine property insurance to be on an "actual cash value" rather than a "replacement value" basis.  All other provisions, including the provision to name them as additional insured are expected to remain unchanged.  Be certain to review the attached final copy of the lease document on Page 5 as well as the addresses for notices on Page 3 to make sure your insurance is acceptable.

 

The following dates have been set for lease signing which will be held in the meeting room of NOYC:

 

Saturday, 3/14, 9:00 am until noon

Monday, 3/16, 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm

Monday, 3/23, 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm

Saturday, 3/28,  9:00 am until noon

 

(Note that these last two dates were incorrectly listed in my last email)

 

At these times, your lease packet will be available containing four copies of your lease to be executed by all parties to the lease, Attachment A to the Lease, Additional Information for the Lease, and a copy of Harbor Rules and Regulations with acknowledgements to be executed by all parties to the lease.  The lease itself will be completed with the information you have previously provided (You do not need to print out the attached lease and bring it with you.)  You may want to save all of us some time at the signing by completing Attachment A and the Additional Information for the Lease Page (attached) and emailing them to Mamsie Manard at mamsie@bellsouth.net.

 

At the time you execute and deliver the lease, you will need to provide the following (if you have not already done so):

 

  1. Current registration or documentation on your boat in your name; an old document and a bill of sale do not fulfill this requirement.
  1. Insurance documents showing the coverage specified in the lease (please refer to the copy of the lease document on the MYH Slip Tenants' Association web site (www.noharbortenant.org) web site as well as the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) on that site).
  2. A check for the balance due, if any, on your slip lease for the first six months, including any past due amounts not paid prior to this time.  See the Final Slip Lease Assignments at www.noharbortenant.org for this information.

In addition, if your boat is shown on our list as not having been inspected satisfactorily, it is during one on these sessions that you should present your boat for inspection.  This will be accomplished by bringing your boat under its own power to the dock immediately in front of the harbormaster's office.  Please see the resolution authorizing the leasing process for information regarding boat condition which can be found on our web site at www.noharbortenant.org.

 

If you do not have your insurance and registration/documentation straight already, you should resolve it immediately as you must complete the leasing process by 3/31 or your slip will be reassigned to someone on the waiting list.

 

If you would like someone else to pick up your lease packet, you must supply them with a note allowing them to do so.  Just remember that you must complete the entire process by 3/31/09.

 

When you have signed all the documents and provided the insurance and registration/documentation and returned them to us, the insurance will be reviewed by the MYHMC's and the City's insurance consultant who shall have the final say on whether your insurance meets the requirements specified.

 

If you are in compliance with the requirements of the lease and your assigned slip is vacant, you may move your boat into your assigned slip before the lease is signed.  Eviction notices will be posted soon on those boats that remain in slips to which they are not assigned and the process to remove them from their slips will proceed.

 

Please pass this information along to your friends who my not have (or check) their email as this is the primary means of communication and all slips not leased will be assigned to those on the waiting list after the 3/31 deadline.

 

Please comply with these requirements and timetables so that we can complete this process.  Do not hesitate to contact me should you require further information.

 


 

March 3, 2009

This will update you to the lease signing process that will take place during March.

 

At the regular monthly meeting of the MYHMC this coming Monday (6:30 pm at First Baptist Church located at 5290 Canal Blvd in New Orleans) it is expected that several changes will be made to the lease form, including dropping the requirement to have the City and MYHMC names as "Loss Payees" in your insurance policy (all other provisions, including the provision to name them as additional insured are expected to remain unchanged).  Once this is accomplished, the signing process can begin.

 

The following dates have been set for lease signing which will be held in the meeting room of NOYC:

 

Saturday, 3/14, 9:00 am until noon

Monday, 3/16, 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm

Saturday, 3/23, 9:00 am until noon

Monday, 3/28, 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm

 

At that time, your lease packet will be available containing four copies of your lease to be executed by all parties to the lease, Attachment A to the Lease, Additional Information for the Lease, and a copy of Harbor Rules and Regulations with acknowledgements to be executed by all parties to the lease.  The lease itself will be completed with the information you have previously provided.  You may want to save all of us some time at the signing by completing Attachment A and the Additional Information for the Lease Page (attached) and emailing them to Mamsie Manard at mamsie@bellsouth.net

 

At the time you execute and deliver the lease, you will need to provide the following (if you have not already done so):

 

  1. Current registration or documentation on your boat in your name; an old document and a bill of sale do not fulfill this requirement.
  1. Insurance documents showing the coverage specified in the lease (please refer to the copy of the lease document on the MYH Slip Tenants' Association web site (www.noharbortenant.org) web site as well as the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) on that site).
  2. A check for the balance due, if any, on your slip lease for the first six months, including any past due amounts not paid prior to this time.

In addition, if your boat is shown on our list as not having been inspected satisfactorily, it is during one on these sessions that you should present your boat for inspection.  This will be accomplished by bringing your boat under its own power to the dock immediately in front of the harbormaster's office.  Please see the resolution authorizing the leasing process for information regarding boat condition which can be found on our web site at www.noharbortenant.org.

 

If you do not have your insurance and registration/documentation straight already, you should resolve it immediately as you must complete the leasing process by 3/31 or your slip will be reassigned to someone on the waiting list.

 

If you would like someone else to pick up your lease packet, you must supply them with a note allowing them to do so.  Just remember that you must complete the entire process by 3/31/09.

 

When you have signed all the documents and provided the insurance and registration/documentation and returned them to us, the insurance will be reviewed by the MYHMC's and the City's insurance consultant who shall have the final say on whether your insurance meets the requirements specified.

 

If you are in compliance with the requirements of the lease and your assigned slip is vacant, you may move your boat into your assigned slip before the lease is signed.  Eviction notices will be posted soon on those boats that remain in slips to which they are not assigned and the process to remove them from their slips will proceed.

 

Please pass this information along to your friends who my not have (or check) their email as this is the primary means of communication and all slips not leased will be assigned to those on the waiting list after the 3/31 deadline.

 

Please comply with these requirements and timetables so that we can complete this process.  Do not hesitate to Contact Us should you require further information.

 

 


 

January 2, 2009

Check the log of all applications for temporary slip leases in Municipal Yacht harbor received as of 12/13/08 and their disposition based on a public meeting held that date.

 

All applicants who were eligible under the Resolution authorizing the process were provisionally assigned slips on the West Pier.  Minor changes have been made to rectify mis-assignments of slips under that process.  For all applicants: these are the recommendations of the MYH Slip Allocation Working Group and must be approved by the Board of the Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Committee which is expected to take action at its regularly-scheduled meeting at 6:30 pm on Monday, January 12, 2009, in the meeting room of NOYC.

 

For applicants who were provisionally assigned slips, but whose boats could not be inspected for compliance prior to the meeting of 12/13, a satisfactory inspection of your vessel must be completed before a lease can be signed.  Inspection times will be posted along with the time line for the lease signing and move-in once that is determined.

 

For applicants who were provisionally assigned slips, but who have past due balances for previous slip rentals, you must be prepared to pay the amounts shown by cashier's check or money order before a lease can be signed.

 

For unsuccessful applicants, your cashier's or money orders will be available at Monday night's meeting; if you do not plan to attend the meeting Monday night, please advise me as to whether you would like to pick it up or have it mailed.  Personal checks will be voided.  Unsuccessful applicants who were not eligible in the initial allocation due to their boat not being in the harbor by the required date may choose to leave their deposit check in place.  We will ask the MYHMC Board to establish a waiting list of these and others who did not apply timely so that these additional applicants may be considered for temporary leases should successful applicants who were assigned slips not complete the temporary leasing process.  In no event is it expected that these deposits be held be held past 2/28/09.

 

Please be advised that the form of lease containing the requirements for occupancy together with Harbor Rules and Regulations and lease fees will be reviewed and acted on at Monday night's meeting.  These will be posted on the harbor's official web site (www.nomyh.com) after the meeting so that you will be aware of the requirements prior to signing your lease.  Updates will also be posted on the Tenants' Association web site (www.noharbortenant.org).

 

Thank you for your patience in this process.  Please do not hesitate to contact me should you feel tat an error has been made or if I can provide you with any further information.