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		<title>Council adopts new wharfage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 20:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council on May 6 unanimously adopted an ordinance that changed wharfage fees. Technically, the ordinance repealed and replaced a chapter of the municipal code. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are voted on collectively, without discussion, unless a council member pulls one or more items for further discussion. Nothing was pulled [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council introduces wharfage increase</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council on April 15 approved the introduction of a proposed wharfage fee increase. The new rate would start in September The fee would go up to $5, which represents a $2 increase. The vote was 4 to 0. Mayor Anni Marshall was absent. The new wharfage would go into effect in September. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cruise ship fees to rise to $7.50 a passenger</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week the Avalon City Council unanimously adopted new wharfage fees for cruise ships that visit Catalina Island. The new rate of $7.50 per passenger aboard each cruise ship will go into effect Jan. 1, 2026. The council also ended the marketing incentive in the Municipal Code that returned 50% of wharfage fees collected for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City council increases cruise ship wharfage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Sept. 3, to increase cruise ship wharfage fees by $2.50 per passenger. That will bring the rate up to $7.50 per passenger. The previous rate was $5. “City Staff proposes implementing the wharfage increase effective January 1, 2026 to provide operators with adequate notice in consideration for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon looks at cruise ship fee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council discussed cruise ship wharfage at this week’s meeting. The council directed staff to come back with a cruise ship wharfage fee increase. The matter will come back to a future council agenda. Avalon staff recommends increasing the city’s cruise ship wharfage rate to $7 per passenger. According to City Manager David Maistros, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Visitor revenue report mostly positive</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 17:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Comparisons are based on pre-pandemic data Visitor-driven tax revenues for May 2021 mostly increased compared with pre-pandemic figures, according to data recently released by the city of Avalon. Love Catalina Island (the former Chamber of Commerce), also known as the Cataalina Island Tourism Authority shared Avalon Finance Dirctor Matt Baker’s comments on the numbers. “TOT [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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