3. Rear Commodore's Report

 

Greetings:

 

As winter slowly eases into spring, we've begun to take on some of our outdoor projects at the main station. February 12  witnessed a successful Winter Grounds Clean-up under the very capable leadership of Captain Becky Garvie and her team of six courageous volunteer members who showed up to help. Thank you for your efforts and hard work of raking leaves, doing general cleanup, attending the large flower pots, and sweeping up the sidewalks.   

 

GROUNDS: By the time you get this month’s Bilge Pump, our annual pruning will be completed at the main station all along Boyer and the west bank area.  We had been waiting patiently for a break in the weather to get the pruning scheduled in March.  Moreover, we noted that several of our trees on Boyer were rubbing the telephone wires and needed to be pruned.  Another positive note is that our neighbors across the street will be happy to see that we have once again pruned and lowered our vine maples along the west bank area.   Becky and I were very pleased to get this work done before the Pride of Queen City clean up coming at the end of April.

 

If you were unable to help out on February 12, mark your calendars for the "Pride of Queen City Clubhouse, Grounds, and Docks Cleanup," which will be held on April 30, from 0830 to 1430, along with a Queen City thank-you dinner following at 1730. Once again this is an excellent opportunity to help get our clubhouse, grounds and docks looking great before Opening Day and to enjoy the good fellowship of other members. Captain Jerry Zuvich will again be chairing this important traditional club activity, so mark your calendars.

 

MEMBERSHIP: Our membership at the end of February was 470, which includes 354 active members and 116 Senior Life members. Our 2011 goal is to add 45 new memberships: we are currently at 30% of our goal.   Our "Prospective Members’ Open House” hosted by Captain Chris Benson on Saturday, February 19, was highly successful. The open house attendance was between 75-80 visitors and we signed up five new members. The five new applicants attended their first Queen City general meeting on February 23, which included the official reading of their applications. Congratulations to those new Queen City applicants.

 

SECURITY: Capt. Rod Hilden confirms at this writing that there are no security issues to report either at the Winslow outstation or the Seattle main station. 

 

PARKING LOT REMINDER NOTE:   The April billing statements will contain your 2011 QCYC VEHICLE PARKING DECAL with your current 2011 QCYC membership number. One vehicle parking decal per membership will be issued, which must be displayed on the rear view mirror starting on May 5, 2011, to gain entry in to Queen City Main Station parking lot. 

 

Opening Day weekend is a fun time, and the goal of the Bridge is to make the clubhouse, grounds, and docks accessible to members and guests while protecting the club's and members' assets. Your assistance in maintaining security will go a long way to making this a successful event. To this end, we've modified security for the weekend as follows:

 

A.      CLUBHOUSE

1)      All 3rd deck doors (directly off Boyer Avenue East) are to remain secure, except for monitored and authorized  loading and unloading.

2)      Members will be designated for each main clubhouse Opening Day event and will be asked to be responsible to close up the building and re-set the Computer Access Control System to a "locked" position.

3)      Reciprocal access numbers will be generated for each participating yacht club, and one reciprocal code will be generated for miscellaneous assignments to provide guest access to the clubhouse for restrooms and showers.   All above codes shall be set to expire at the end of the Opening Day week celebration.

 

B.     DOCKS

1)      The Dock 3 entry gate shall be set to the "Open" position on Friday (Hours 12:00 Noon - 9:00 PM), and Saturday (Hours 7:00 AM - 11:30 PM), and Sunday (Hours 7:00 AM-6:00 PM). Final hours will be determined by the actual club activity scheduled for these time periods.

2)      The Dock 3 entry gate shall be accessible at all other times by reciprocal codes (see above).

3)      All guest vessels rafting off the QC Reciprocal Dock shall be securely moored and aligned across the stern or cockpit area to provide safe access to the main dock.

 

C.     PARKING LOT

1)      It’s a well known fact that we don't have enough parking to accommodate our entire membership, so all members should be encouraged to carpool with other members to the Opening Day celebrations.

2)      The main Boyer vehicle entry gate will remain closed during Opening Day weekend. Only members with authorized entry key cards shall be allowed to park one vehicle in an available space.  A member authorized 2011 QCYC Vehicle Decal must be clearly visible on the rear view mirror.

3)      No member will be permitted to maintain more than one vehicle in the Boyer parking lot at any time.

4)      All member vehicles must display an authorized 2011 QCYC Vehicle Decal (on their rear view mirror) which also depicts their current 2011 QCYC Membership number to park in the lot. 

All Vehicle Decals must be clearly visible and displayed to be readily observed from the exterior of any vehicle parked in the QCYC Parking Lot. 

5)      No guest parking will be allowed in the QCYC Boyer parking lot during "Opening Day" celebrations. All guests must park on the street and walk into the facility.

6)      All member vehicles parked in the Boyer parking lot must be parked in an authorized stall. All authorized stalls are marked with two parallel lines, and all other areas are required to be kept clear and open by the City of Seattle as fire lanes to provide adequate Emergency Fire Response vehicles to access our property.

Illegal parking in the open fire lane areas has the potential to cost lives. Also, it could  bring our Opening Day celebrations to an abrupt end, should the City of Seattle Fire Department revoke our Occupancy Permit due to blocked fire lanes.   Substantial violation fines could also be issued to both the club and vehicle owner, or the owner's vehicle could also be towed at substantial cost and inconvenience.

7)      Any member vehicle occupying an authorized Handicap Zone, shall also display a valid and current Washington State Handicap Parking permit in addition to their 2011 QCYC Vehicle Decal.

8)      Volunteer members will be located at the Boyer main vehicle entry gate Friday night, Saturday and Sunday morning to remind Members of their responsibilities and to keep parking abuse to a minimum.  Simply put, we cannot overload the parking lot with a lot of illegal parking by our members.

9)      All live aboard mooring members should be reminded that they will be restricted to having only one vehicle in the parking lot during Opening Day week celebrations, including the City Park parking area on the west part of the property at Dock 0. In reality, this is a public park and we can't legally control or manage the parking there.

10)   No trailers, large trucks or other wheeled vehicles will be allowed in the Boyer parking lot, unless authorized as part of the Opening Day celebration. 

11)   Members are expected to display appropriate courtesies to parking lot volunteers, who will be directing and explaining Opening Day parking lot rules and requirements.  Your full cooperation with their guidance and requests is appreciated.

12)   All parking lot violations by individual members occurring during Opening Day celebrations will be referred to the Bridge and discussed as an agenda item at a regularly scheduled club meeting. 

 

CLOSING NOTE: As I have mentioned before, it takes a lot of members to keep our club running smoothly: so I will again ask you to mark your calendars so you can join in our annual traditions of grounds cleanup on April 30. Then let’s enjoy the week-long celebration of Opening Day activities.  QCYC is fortunate to have so many members who are willing to step up to make this the great club that it is! Thank you.

Regards,

 

Bob Stettner