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Crescent City Harbor Aims To Have H Dock’s Water And Electric Systems Operable By Crab Season, Harbormaster Says

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Thumbnail photo: H Dock in the Crescent City Harbor District’s marina bore the brunt of the wave energy from the July 30, 2025 Kamchatka tsunami. | Photo courtesy of Mike Rademaker

More than a year after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake on the other side of the ocean sent a tsunami into Crescent City, the Harbor District is working to have H Dock available to the fishing community.

The goal is to allow vessels to tie up to H Dock and to access water and electricity by the start of the Dungeness crab season tentatively scheduled for Jan. 1, Harbormaster Mike Rademaker told Redwood Voice Community News on Monday.

The Crescent City Harbor District Board of Commissioners on Wednesday heard a report from GHD Senior Marine Structural Engineer Marc Percher on temporary and permanent fixes to H Dock, which sustained the most damage from the July 30, 2025 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami.

But before Percher gave his presentation, CCHD Board President Rick Shepherd said he felt the proposed temporary solution would be too expensive. He suggested taking steps to allow vessels to tie up to H Dock and to tap into its water and electricity systems, thereby freeing up the port’s repair dock. 

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Three Years After Getting Grant To Build Restrooms, CCHD Commissioners Can’t Agree On Location

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A proposed new location for public restrooms and showers — shown in green — is on Starfish Way about half a block from South Beach. | Images courtesy of the Crescent City Harbor District

Three years after receiving a California Coastal Conservancy grant to build public restrooms near South Beach, the Crescent City Harbor District may have to abandon the plan if commissioners can’t agree on a location.

Not building a public restroom was “the other alternative” to a proposal to build the facility on Starfish Way across the street from Redwood RV Park, Community System Solutions CEO Mike Bair, CCHD’s grants manager, said at a special meeting Wednesday. 

But with Commissioner Annie Nehmer arguing that the new location benefits RV park leaseholder Daniel Dahan more than the public, the Board was unable to reach an agreement. 

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Crescent City Harbor Recap, Sept. 30, 2026

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Thumbnail photo courtesy of Mike Bahr

Among the items discussed at the Crescent City Harbor District special meeting Wednesday.

Past censures: Resurrecting an old grievance, Harbor Commissioner Dan Schmidt said he’d been waiting “well over a year” to confront the accuser who sought to censure him — his colleague Gerhard Weber.

Schmidt included the censure in a list of procedural issues he said had been pushed aside for a year. Though he was puzzled, saying he had eliminated the censures of Schmidt, Nehmer and the three other members on the Board, current chairman Rick Shepherd agreed to put it on the Oct. 14 agenda.

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Crescent City Harbor Board Reduces Restricted Funds, Freeing Up $125,000, According To Fiscal Officer

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Thumbnail photo by Gavin Van Alstine

At the recommendation of Fiscal Officer Sandy Moreno, four Crescent City Harbor commissioners on Wednesday agreed to reduce the amount of money set aside in a restricted reserve account from $181,000 to $56,000.

The Board’s decision comes after Moreno had proposed creating a restricted reserve account in May to satisfy a loan payment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and address its maintenance issues. 

The Board’s action on Wednesday unrestricted about $125,000, according to Moreno.

“It allows us to have use of that money,” she told commissioners.

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Crescent City Harbor District Recap, Aug. 26, 2026

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Thumbnail photo: Crescent City Harbor commissioners received a report on the structural conditions of several structures including the former Fashion Blacksmith building on Starfish Way. | Photo by Gavin Van Alstine

Commission Annie Nehmer was absent. Among the items discussed at Wednesday’s Crescent City Harbor District meeting.

Infrastructure Assessment: Promising a more formal presentation at CCHD’s Sept. 16 meeting, Harbormaster Mike Rademaker introduced commissioners to GHD’s structural condition assessment of several of the buildings at the port. 

“It does identify a lot of the challenges that we’re facing trying to rehab these buildings and come up with funding,” Rademaker said. “But fortunately we’ve got some investment from some other companies, such as Ocean Gold, that are going to help us address some of these infrastructure challenges.”

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(UPDATED) Citizens Dock, Seawall Projects Set To Enter Final Design Phase With In-Water Construction Scheduled to Start July 1, 2027

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Updated at 1:15 p.m. Monday to clarify items regarding how long Kimley-Horn has been working with CCHD and to add more information regarding their proposal.

Nearly three months Two months after becoming project manager for the federally-funded seawall replacement and Citizens Dock rebuild, Kimley-Horn representatives say Sept. 23 is the “kickoff date” for the endeavor’s final design phase.

After that Sept. 23 “kick off meeting,” Kimley-Horn will be vetting contractors and ensuring the project has the permits needed for in-water construction to begin by July 1, 2027, said Jerry Holcomb, an engineer who focuses on ports, maritime and waterfront projects for the firm.

“As project manager, the thing we’re going to try and make sure everybody understands is, kind of working back from that date, how do we make sure we’ve got the bids in place.” Holcomb told Crescent City Harbor Commissioners on Wednesday. “How do we make sure that we’ve got the contractor already mobilized … so they’re there ready to start on Day One.”

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Schmidt, Nehmer object to doing business with LLC created to manage Harbor District RV parks

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Thumbnail photo: Bayside RV Park at the Crescent City Harbor is one of two that a new limited liability company, Crescent City Beach Village LLC, will redevelop and manage. | Photo by Jessica Cejnar Andrews

A nine-month long courtship between the Crescent City Harbor District and BSD Property Management was nearly derailed over what the investment manager said is standard procedure for a new business.

But after CCHD commissioners Dan Schmidt and Annie Nehmer balked at entering into a lease agreement with Crescent City Beach Village LLC, the limited liability company created to operate the harbor’s RV parks, Daniel Dahan said without trust, the relationship was doomed.

“If you always have to come back and say, ‘Why did you do this? Why is this? Why is that?’ not as an interest, but as a fear, that’s not a good relationship,” he said Wednesday. “That’s not a healthy marriage.”

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Del Norte Supervisors Accept Harbor District’s Facilities Plan, Enabling It To Use Measure C Dollars For Maintenance

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Thumbnail photo: The federally-funded reconstruction of Citizens Dock is one of the projects the Crescent City Harbor District’s facility plan lists. | Photo by Jessica Cejnar Andrews

Del Norte County supervisors accepted the Crescent City Harbor District’s facilities plan on Tuesday.

A necessary step for the Harbor District to be able to use Measure C tax revenue for maintenance, Board Chairman Joey Borges noted that the previous iteration CCHD officials presented to them in December “lacked a few items.” 

The revised version, completed in May, includes a list of potential projects as well as costs and timeframes by which Harbor District officials would like to see them accomplished, Borges said.

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CCHD Commissioners Drag Feet On Key Citizens Dock Project-Related Appointments; Project Grants Manager Says Work Won’t Slow

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Despite selecting a project manager and a grant manager for the Citizens Dock rebuild and seawall replacement last week, Crescent City Harbor commissioners delayed approving the contract that would allow them to start work.

CCHD Board Chairman Rick Shepherd asked his colleagues to wait until the district’s next regular meeting to consider the contracts between Kimley-Horn and Community System Solutions. 

At a special meeting Friday, Shepherd said he felt the public didn’t have sufficient time to review the proposed agreements. Though he and his colleagues decided to award the grant manager contract to Fair Oaks-based Community System Solutions, Shepherd still had questions about the firm’s role in the overall project.

“There’s still a gray area between grant manager and finance director and having another accountant in between that. That needs to be explained to me,” he said.

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‘By Spring, You Will Not Recognize This Place’; CCHD Board Approves RV Park Lease With Developer Daniel Dahan

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Thumbnail photo: Bayside RV Park is one of two RV parks that the Crescent City Harbor District is looking to lease to Daniel Dahan, investment manager for BSD Property Management. | Photo by Jessica Cejnar Andrews

Before Crescent City Harbor commissioners approved leasing Redwood Harbor Village to him, Daniel Dahan outlined a timeline that included upgrading the electric system, redoing the parking lot and bringing in homes on wheels.

It will take several months, the developer said, adding that winter rains will likely make installing the septic system impossible. Eight to 10 months will pass before the revitalized RV park is ready to accept visitors, but, Dahan said, his investors are committed to making it a success.

“I promise you that by this spring, you will not recognize this place,” he told commissioners at their meeting June 24.

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