FHA Annual Report – A Look Back at 2015
Year: 2016
Police Chief / Anchor-Out Meeting – March 2
On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Sausalito Chief of Police John Rohrbacher held an open meeting at the Sausalito fire station to address the issue of anchor-out vessels illegally moored within the waters under Sausalito’s jurisdiction. Chief Rhorbacher had placed printed flyers around Sausalito and the floating homes docks saying he...
Sea Level Rise Study Seeks Floating Homes Input
Marin County Community Development Agency planner Bridget Van Belleghem visited the floating home community to learn what unique characteristics of our lifestyle would be affected by dramatic rises in sea level during a period of global warming. She met with Brad and Teddie Hathaway at their home on Kappas’s East...
Community Meet and Greet Well Received
The first of the community meetings with our government representatives—organized by East Pier residents Carole Angermier and Wilford Welch, and Brad and Teddie Hathaway—kicked off Sunday afternoon (February 28) with Kate Sears, our County Supervisor. The informal setting at 1 East Pier was meant as a discussion, not a speech,...
Emergency Preparedness – PHLUSH!
THE TWIN-BUCKET EMERGENCY TOILET PHLUSH (Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human), a Portland, OR volunteer advocacy group, has designed a system for creating emergency toilets from 5 or 6-gallon plastic buckets, which are often available free from markets, restaurants and bakeries. Buckets and lids may also be purchased...
2 Photography Shows – Bay Model & Sausalito Library
You’ll have a chance – during the Feb 27th FHA Annual Meeting festivities – to see Elena Sheehan’s photographs on display at the Bay Model. The exhibit closes March 5th. Titled Traces, Sheehan’s works are elegant studies in the abstract beauty of water and rocks. “Some traces pass quickly. Others linger, change, disappear.” ...
RBRA and Sausalito City Council at Loggerheads
Anchorage Discussions Continue At the Sausalito City Council meeting January 26 much of the agenda was about dealing with the anchorage in the bay. Lt. Bill Fraass, Sausalito Police Department’s marine officer, presented a two-part plan to deal with the Richardson Bay anchorage. Although there was no discussion about the...
The Value of FHA Membership
Membership in the Floating Homes Association is how we engage our community in the activities that provide support for our lifestyle, building positive relationships with the larger community and ensuring safety and security for members and neighbors. In order to balance the workload required to maintain an effective volunteer community...
FHA ANNUAL MEETING, Saturday, February 27th
Seems like we just turned the page to January and here it is February. Time for the Floating Homes Association’s annual meeting. We continue our tradition by holding the meeting at the Bay Model, Saturday evening, February 27. All members of the community are invited to attend. Registration begins at 5 p.m. — the meeting convenes at 5:30...
Legendary Local Sailors Preview Epic Film
The world premiere of “Warwick Tompkins—A Lifetime at Sea” will be held February 24 at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley. Tompkins is a legendary local sailor who earned his sea legs before he could walk, accompanying his family on a passage around Cape Horn on the schooner WANDER BIRD...