'The dock will be reconstructed in phases,' Schiafone said. In the meantime, the transient docks will serve as temporary berths for boats displaced by the J-Dock renovation. The harbor's transient docks probably will be the next to be replaced, and city officials have applied for grants that could help cover that cost. Oceanside has the only harbor between Dana Point in Orange County and Mission Bay in San Diego, making it the closest ocean access for most North County boaters. 'We have boaters that live in Southern California that will trailer their boat to the harbor and then spend a few days at a transient dock, as well as the boaters from San Diego or Los Angeles that like to stop along the coast at Oceanside Harbor,' the harbor manager said. Oceanside reserves a few of its docks for commercial and transient boaters, including area residents who only occasionally use the harbor. There's a long waiting list to get any of the slips. The live-aboards are located throughout the marina to equally distribute their use of harbor services. The harbor has about 950 leased slips, with 10 percent of the slips reserved for live-aboard residents. 'There is no question Oceanside Harbor will need a study to determine the remaining life of our docks and other assets and then a master plan to address design and funding,' Schiafone said. The total cost for all the remaining docks has been estimated at $100 million in today's dollars.

Those are a slightly different and more durable design than the J-Dock, but all are past their expected life and will need to be replaced in five to 10 years. Most of the other Oceanside docks were built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he said. Two independent consultants have examined the J-Dock and confirmed it must be replaced, Schiafone said. 'We're all aware that the docks are struggling,' said Councilman Jack Feller, the council's liaison with the Harbor and Beaches Advisory Committee.Д«ut there's only enough money in the capital improvement budget to replace the oldest one for now, he said, and it will take time to find money for the rest of the work.

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