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<P><FONT color=navy>I emailed Capt. Alex Brodie your comments and he relayed to me that they are confused about the logic around the parking situation at Ventura Harbor as well. Alex extended that inquiries/complaints would be best delivered<FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to Rick Echevarria at (805) 642-8538 or 218-4554, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="mailto:rechevarria@venturaharbor.com">rechevarria@venturaharbor.com</A> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: ThusOne@aol.com <BR>Sent: Sep 17, 2008 6:37 PM <BR>To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps@rain.org <BR>Subject: [CINC] Ventura Harbor <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><FONT face=arial,helvetica><ZZZHTML><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR>I am posting this because it is a situation I just became aware of, but it has been existing for a little over two or three months, I think. It is a situation which I believe impairs our efforts to interpret and spread an appreciation of the Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary. It is a situation, which quite frankly, makes no sense at all to me.<BR><BR>I am talking about the parking around the Island Packers building in Ventura Harbor. All the parking spaces near the water are marked for a three hour limit. This seems like over half the parking. There are no stores or restaurants around the Island Packer building. I ask you, what can anyone do in under three hours at this harbor location? Boat owners don't come & go in under three hours. Island Packers doesn't have one trip that is under three hours.<BR><BR>So when I got to Island Packers 1/2 hour before the trip left, I along with the other passengers, had to drive past dozens & dozens of empty parking spaces, a quarter of a mile down to find a parking space with no time limits. And guess where I ended up parking?<BR><BR>In front of the stores and restaurants down the road. I took up a parking space which could have better served the patrons of that part of the harbor for three hours or less, while most of the spaces in between remained empty.<BR><BR>This seems like a goofy situation which serves neither the resident retail establishments of Ventura Harbor, nor Island Packers, nor the National Park or Marine Sanctuary.<BR><BR>If you would like to make comment on it, call the Ventura Harbor Port District at 805//642-8538.<BR><BR>Shirley Johnson<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com.<BR>(http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)</ZZZHTML> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY>