ANNUAL)PUBLIC)MEETING - Cowes...Aims)to)represent)all)stakeholder)groups)in)Cowes)Harbour.)...

WEDNESDAY,)29)JUNE)2016

ANNUAL)PUBLIC)MEETING

DAVID%RILEY

CHAIRMAN’S)INTRODUCTION

BOARD)OF)COWES)HARBOUR)COMMISSIONERS

Capt.)Stuart)McIntosh)Harbour)Master

David)Riley)Chairman

Jeff)Armitage) Jonathan)Gillespie) Howard)Pearce) Andrew)Cooper)

Christopher)Preston) Roy)Lambden)Michael)Greville) Ben)Board)

COWES)HARBOUR)ADVISORY)COMMITTEE)U)CHAC)

Aims)to)represent)all)stakeholder)groups)in)Cowes)Harbour.)

Plays)a)key)role)in)twoUway)communicaWons)between)harbour)users)and)the)Commission.

▸ Chairman John Corby

▸ Recent agenda items:

▸ major harbour projects

▸ marine employment sites

▸ water quality in the harbour

▸ attracting new events to Cowes

COWES)HARBOUR)COMMISSION)U)CHC

ANNUAL%REPORT%2015%3%2016

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FINANCIAL)MANAGEMENT)U)YEAR)END)31)DEC)2015

Ensure)that)the)commercial)and)financial)management)is)robust,)marketUled)and)enables)the)Commission)to)deliver)its)statutory)duWes)and)strategic)objecWves)and)fund)harbour)improvements.

▸ Sound financial performance

▸ Turnover increased by 9% to £2.4m

▸ Expenditure decreased by 16%

▸ Operating surplus increased by 6% to £576k

▸ Major investment in breakwater / Outer Harbour Project review

▸ Annual Accounts on CHC website

STAKEHOLDER)DIVIDENDS

The)Commission)is)selfUfunding)and)is)encouraged)to)run)the)port)as)a)commercial)business)to)generate)a)surplus.))

CHC)reinvests)surplus)back)into)the)harbour)to)support)its)longUterm)viability)and)deliver)stakeholder)benefits.

▸ New Cowes Breakwater

▸ Cowes & Solent tidal simulations

▸ Event sponsorship

▸ Harbour water taxi service

▸ Estuaries Partnership support

HIGHLIGHTS)&)CHALLENGES)OF)2015)U)2016

▸ Construction of Cowes Breakwater completed on time and on budget

▸ Outer Harbour Project review

▸ A full summer of events

▸ The Sugar Store Events Centre at Shepards Wharf

SAFETY)&)SECURITY

Promote)and)deliver)a)safety)first)culture)ensuring)the)highest)standards)in)health)and)safety)for)CHC’s)employees)and)harbour)users)and)complying)fully)with)the)Port)Marine)Safety)Code.

▸ Navigation and marine safety

▸ New Assistant Harbour Master / Pilot role

▸ Emergency planning, drills and training

▸ Multi-agency “table-top” test of emergency plans

SAFETY)&)SECURITY)U)INCIDENTS/INVESTIGATIONS)

‣ LEISURE:)Speeding)and)wash)infringements)comprise)majority)of)breaches)of)CHC’s)General)DirecWons)

‣ CHC)PATROL)OFFICERS:)Equipped)with)body)worn)video)cameras)and)proacWve)in)educaWng)harbour)users)

‣ INCIDENTS)INVESTIGATED:)Lessons)learned

▸ April and June 2016 recent incidents in Cowes Harbour:

▸ Red Funnel ferry mechanical issue in fairway

▸ Passenger ship MV Balmoral mooring incident at Trinity Landing

SAFETY)&)SECURITY)U)DELIVERED)BY…

…)WORKING)WITH)HARBOUR)USERS

▸ Advisory)Commicee)

▸ Clubs)and)classes)

▸ Solent)harbours)

▸ Red)Funnel)

▸ Commercial)users

MARINE)SERVICES,))MARKETING)&)BUSINESS)DEVELOPMENT

Provide)and)invest)in)marine)services)and)faciliWes)that)are)marketUled)and)customer)focused,)adding)value)to)the)“Cowes)offer”)and)maintaining)a)commercial)return)for)CHC)and)our)stakeholders.

PORT)&)HARBOUR)DEVELOPMENT)U)OHP

▸ OHP public presentation and review May 2016

▸ Cowes Breakwater delivered on time / on budget

▸ Shared concerns over cross-harbour flow and potential changes to sedimentation regime

▸ Public consultation prior to decisions on scheme optimisation

PROJECT)REVIEW)&)CONCLUSIONS

CHC)has)worked)to)address)concerns)through)development)of)new)Wdal)model,)bathymetric,)Wdal)flow)and)sedimentaWon)surveys,)peer)reviews,)sedimentaWon)studies,)consultaWon)and)with)assistance)of)CHAC.)

▸ Cross-harbour flow moved further south - manageable

▸ No significant change to overall sedimentation

▸ Slight decrease in west and slight increase in east

KEY)OBJECTIVE▸ Transform Cowes into a true

sheltered harbour

▸ Breakwater - complete

▸ Shrape extension

▸ Eastern Channel

2016)OPTIMISATION▸ Mitigate cross-harbour flow

▸ Minimise sedimentation

▸ Improve navigation

▸ Ensure sheltered dayboat mooring provision

OHP)KEY)OBJECTIVE)&)DESIGN)OPTIMISATION

OUTER)HARBOUR)PROJECT)U)DESIGN)OPTIMISATION

DREDGING)MANAGEMENT)IN)COWES)HARBOUR

DREDGING)MANAGEMENT)PLAN

▸ Develop)a)new,)sustainable)and)costUefficient)Medina)Estuary)Dredging)Management)Plan)underpinned)by)longUterm)monitoring,)and)promote)alternaWve)dredging)methods

MAINTENANCE)DREDGING)PROTOCOL

▸ Maintain)the)Medina)Estuary)Baseline)Document)Maintenance)Dredging)Protocol)on)behalf)of)stakeholders

OHP)CONSULTATION)U)UPDATE

‣ ADVISORY)COMMITTEE)SUMMARY)POSITION)

‣ Encourage)securing)of)funds)and)complete)opWmised)scheme)as)proposed)

‣ CHC:)MeeWngs)held)with)stakeholder)groups.)Received)no)formal)comments)direct)

‣ No)final)CHC)decision)taken)

‣ Progressing)MMO)consent)variaWons)

‣ Developing)technical)specificaWon)of)design)changes)

‣ Reviewing)costs)

‣ Ongoing)dialogue)with)HCA)/)developers

SHRAPE)EXTENSION)&)EASTERN)CHANNEL

DELIVERY)MECHANISM)AND)COSTS▸ CHC responsible for construction and dredging

▸ Funding provision via HCA / new marina developers

▸ Integral to East Cowes regeneration project

▸ Costs circa £2.7m

▸ Proposed construction winter 2016 - spring 2017

DELIVERY)OF)PLANNED)NEW)VICTORIA)MARINA

HCA)LED)PROJECT▸ Developers: Camper & Nicholsons Marinas / Westcourt Real Estate

▸ Developers: marina dredge and construction

▸ CHC: Shrape extension and Eastern Channel

MARINE)EMPLOYMENT)&)MEDINA)VALLEY)PLAN

CHC)STRATEGIC)POLICY:)

Highlights)importance)of)marine)employment)sites)with)allUWde)access)for)the)harbour)and)Isle)of)Wight)economy.

▸ IWC Medina Valley Area Action Plan

▸ CHC and CHAC submitted official responses

▸ CHC working with IWC, Solent LEP, HCA

COWES)HARBOUR)U)THE)WAY)FORWARD)5)YEAR)STRATEGIC)PLAN)2016)U)2021

BACKGROUND)TO)STRATEGIC)PLAN)2016U2021

CHC)RESPONSIBILITY)=)CUSTODIAN)OF)HARBOUR

▸ STRATEGIC)PLAN)

▸ Developed)via)stakeholder)consultaWon,)online)survey,)and)CHC)workshops)

▸ CHC)AIM)ACHIEVED)

▸ Consult)and)agree)a)longUterm)Strategic)Plan)

▸ CHC)DECISIONS)

▸ Based))on)Guide)to)Good)Governance)(MTP))and)CHC)5)year)Strategic)Plan

Cowes)Harbour)and)the)River)Medina)to)fulfil)their)potenWal)in)delivering)firstUclass)port)faciliWes)and)leisure)services)by)acWng)as)the)main)transport)and)shipping)gateway)supporWng)the)Island’s)economy)and)employment.

VISION

5)YEAR)STRATEGIC)PLAN)2016)U)2021

Cowes)Harbour)Commission)will)manage)the)harbour,)its)safety)and)sustainable)improvement,)and)deliver)the)Commission’s)strategic)objecWves.

MISSION)STATEMENT



STRATEGIC)OBJECTIVES)U)Overriding)ObjecWve

Promote)and)deliver)a)safety)first)culture)and)manage)enforcement)responsibiliWes.


STRATEGIC)OBJECTIVES

1.)Complete)delivery)of)the)Outer)Harbour)Project)by)2018)and)support)opportuniWes)created)by)the)more)sheltered)harbour)in)conjuncWon)with)government)agencies,)town)councils)and)the)Isle)of)Wight)Council.



2.)Develop)a)Port)Master)Plan)by)end)2017)that)idenWfies)current)and)longUterm)growth)strategies)to)futureUproof)the)port’s)infrastructure)and)services)whilst)complemenWng)the)wider,)local)and)regional)plans)and)policies.

PORT)MASTER)PLAN)FOR)COWES)HARBOUR



3.)ConWnue)investment)into)marine)based)services)and)harbour)faciliWes.



4.)Manage)our)income)and)asset)base)to)support)the)delivery)of)statutory)duWes)and)strategic)objecWves)to)fund)harbour)improvements.



5.)Support)sustainable)development)and)conservaWon)of)the)harbour)and)marine)environment.

STRATEGIC)PLAN)U)DELIVERY)&)REPORTING

▸ Available on CHC website

▸ Plan divided into 9 portfolios

▸ Core and guiding policies

▸ Measurable objectives

▸ Reporting

▸ Monthly to Commissioners

▸ Quarterly to CHAC

▸ Annually to stakeholders

THE)COMMISSIONERS)WELCOME)YOUR)QUESTIONS

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