SANTA CRUZ HARBOR

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

Santa Cruz Harbor is located on the California coast approximately 60 miles south of San Francisco. Project Operations and Maintenance (O&M) provides for maintenance of two jetties, 850 feet and 1,125 feet long. Maintenance dredging (currently the responsibility of the Santa Cruz Harbor District) includes: (1) an entrance channel to a depth of -20 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), 100 feet wide, and 900 feet long; (2) thence to -15 feet MLLW for an additional 370 feet; (3) an inner harbor channel to -15 feet MLLW, 150 feet wide, and 800 feet long; (4) thence to -10 feet MLLW for an additional 600 feet; and (5) a turning basin to -10 feet MLLW, 300 feet wide, and 207 feet long.

FY 16 and FY 17 accomplishments

• Per the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2007, a draft Agreement with the Non-Federal Sponsor (NFS) was prepared to increase the annual federal payment to reflect the updated cost of operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Harbor, and to revise the Agreement to include terms that regularly revise such payments for inflation. This Agreement is currently being negotiated and, when approved, such payments (appropriated in FY2014) will be made to the NFS for its continued O&M of the Harbor. 

ISSUES AND OTHER INFORMATION

• The Santa Cruz Port District is the NFS.
• This project did not receive funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Title IV, Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, Feb. 17, 2009.
• The Corps last dredged the harbor in 1985. At that time, the Corps purchased a dredge for the NFS. In return, the NFS became responsible for maintenance dredging until July 1, 2013.  An Economic Analysis and revised MOA reflecting current O&M costs have been submitted to HQ for review.

CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST

• 20^th District, Rep. Sam Farr

POINT OF CONTACT

• Deputy for Project Management, Arijs A. Rakstins, (415) 503-6720

Updated on 22 February 2016

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