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August 11, 2026, BOS Meeting:
Agenda Item 31. REVISED TITLE TO READ:
County Executive Office - Approve new Ground Lease agreements with DPHP Hotels, LLC, including Full Service Hotel Ground Lease and Select-Service Hotel Ground Lease for hotel component, with Dana Point Harbor Partners, LLC for commercial core and marina component, and with Dana Point Harbor Partners Drystack, LLC for drystack components of Dana Point Harbor Revitalization Project, 66-year terms; approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dana Point Harbor Partners, LLC for intention to negotiate lease and lease amendment at OC Sailing & Events Center within 180 days; and authorize Chief Real Estate Officer or designee to execute lease agreements, amendments, MOU and related documents under certain conditions - District 5 (Continued from 6/23/26, Item S94Z) File Added REVISON TO ASR MODIFICATION, REVISION MEMO 08/05/2026 AND Updated Again on 08/06/26, all three leases plus the Revision Memo (1).
We urge you to email, write, or call the supervisors, as well as the City Council of the City of Dana Point, in support of the proposed language requiring the guidelines on slip price increases.
Links to the Supervisors and the Dana Point City Council are listed below, along with this LINK to email them directly using the suggested language.
Regarding the OC Board of Supervisors’ consideration of the new 66-year Master Leases on August 11, 2026, Agenda Item #31, for the Dana Point Harbor, I write in support of Supervisor Foley’s (see below) proposed language that would amend Section 11.9 of the Marina Lease to provide clear, enforceable guidelines for slip rate increases for boaters. The burdensome increases of the last 8 years, and the pain, dissension, and acrimony that accompanied those increases, should end.
Supervisor Foley’s Recommended Lease Amendments:
3. Direct CEO Real Estate and County Counsel to revise Attachment B, Master Ground Lease Commercial Core and Marina Component with DPHP, LLC, Section 11.9, to establish a slip rate stabilization policy for future slip rental rate increases after the July 1, 2026, adjustment, including the following requirements:
a. Require any future slip rate increase to be submitted to the CEO Real Estate Office at least 90 days before the proposed effective date.
b. Require each proposed slip rate increase to include a detailed marina slip survey of comparable Southern California marinas from Santa Barbara to San Diego, with emphasis on comparable publicly owned marinas.
c. Limit annual slip rate increases to the cumulative change in the Consumer Price Index and cap any annual increase at 5 percent per slip size category, unless a fifth-year market adjustment applies.
d. Beginning in 2030, allow a fifth-year market adjustment above cumulative CPI only when supported by a marina slip survey conducted by a credentialed appraiser.
e. Require the fifth-year market survey to include comparable Southern California publicly owned marinas and prohibit reliance on a single harbor, such as Newport Beach.
f. Cap any fifth-year market adjustment at 10 percent.
Regarding the previous MOU: The MOU was removed from the Agenda on AUGUST 5, 2026. File added: REVISION TO ASR MODIFICATION, UPDATED REVISION MEMO Update 08/06/2026.
Links to the Supervisors and the Dana Point City Council are listed below, along with this LINK to email them directly using the suggested language.
Again, we urge you to email, write, or call the supervisors, as well as the City Council of the City of Dana Point, in support of the proposed language requiring the guidelines on slip price increases.
Thank you!
Please be fastidious in monitoring any new items posted by the Board of Supervisors and comment to make your voice heard!
Orange County Supervisors:
Mailing Address:
400 West Civic Center Drive
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Email Addresses:
Janet Nguyen,
First District Supervisor
Janet.Nguyen@ocgov.com
Phone Number: (714) 834-3110
Vicente Sarmiento,
Second District Supervisor
Vicente.Sarmiento@ocgov.com
Phone Number: (714) 834-3220
Donald Wagner,
Third District Supervisor
Donald.Wagner@ocgov.com
Office Phone Number: (714) 834-3330
Doug Chaffee, Chairman
Fourth District Supervisor
Fourth.District@ocgov.com
Phone Number: (714) 834-3440
Katrina Foley, Vice-Chair
Fifth District Supervisor
Katrina.Foley@ocgov.com
Phone Number: (714) 834-3550
City of Dana Point:
Mailing Address:
33282 Golden Lantern
Dana Point, CA 92629
Email Addresses:
Mayor | District 1
jgabbard@danapoint.org
Matthew Pagano
Council Member | District 2
mpagano@danapoint.org
Council Member | District 3
jfederico@danapoint.org
Mayor Pro Tem | District 4
mfrost@danapoint.org
Council Member | District 5
mvillar@danapoint.org
Shayna Sharke
Dama Point City Clerk
ssharke@danapoint.org
(949) 248-3505
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