To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: KATHERINE BUCK, ACTING WATERFRONT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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ADOPT BY 4/5THS VOTE AND BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2605-028 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET MODIFICATION APPROPRIATING $25,000 IN GRANT FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS TO THE CITY'S WATERFRONT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR THE DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED OR SURRENDERED VESSELS IN KING HARBOR
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) offers a Surrendered and Abandoned Vessel Exchange (SAVE) grant program to assist local governments in removing and disposing of abandoned and surrendered vessels. In April 2025, the City of Redondo Beach applied for the SAVE-25 program and was awarded a $50,000 grant for a two-year period from November 5, 2025 to September 30, 2027. In March 2026, DBW notified grant recipients that additional funding was available and staff applied for supplemental grant funding, with DBW awarding the City an additional $25,000 to augment the City's existing SAVE-25 grant award for a new total of $75,000. A budget modification is required to allocate the additional $25,000 of funding. To date, the grant funding has supported the removal of 19 abandoned vessels in King Harbor.
BACKGROUND
The SAVE grant program has been managed by DBW since 1998 as a way to remove, reduce, and prevent abandoned recreational vessels in California waterways. DBW offers the SAVE program as a way to assist local public agencies with jurisdiction over navigable waterways in California with funding to support the removal and disposal of: (1) abandoned vessels within the Grantee's jurisdiction; and (2) recreational vessels that the verified titleholder has willingly surrendered and the vessel is in danger of ...
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