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Port to Make Landscape Adjustments In Embarcadero Marina Park North

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Contact: John Gilmore (619) 341-5684

The Port of San Diego is preparing to make landscape adjustments to Embarcadero Marina Park North that will allow the park to accommodate the upcoming New Year's Eve Red Bull extreme sports event - "New Year, No Limits" - as well as major events in the future.

Two coral trees and a melaleuca tree will be removed. The two coral trees will be replaced with two new coral trees and staff will later decide whether to plant a new melaleuca tree or another type of tree in the park, all at Red Bull's expense.

The New Year's Eve event features daredevils jumping over water from Embarcadero Marina Park North to Embarcadero Marina Park South on a motorcycle and a snowmobile, simultaneously. The start time for the jump is about 9 p.m. on New Year's Eve, which coincides with the start of the New Year on the East Coast.

The tree removal and replacement will result in several impacts, including:

• Improving the available event space in Embarcadero Marina Park North.
• Providing for new trees in locations where they can be better enjoyed by park users, such as providing shade to benches and picnic tables.
• Providing a variety of tree types and the introduction of new tree species.

Port staff conferred with the Port District's Tidelands Forest Advisory Committee, which agreed to proceed with the replacement. Staff will consult with the committee to determine the type and location for the replacement tree.

The trees that are being removed are among the hundreds of trees and shrubs located throughout the Port District's 17 public parks surrounding San Diego Bay.

A work crew began removing the three trees on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, with the work to be completed within two days.

The Port of San Diego was created by the state Legislature in 1962. Since then, it has invested $1.7 billion in public improvements in its five member cities: Imperial Beach, San Diego, Coronado, Chula Vista and National City.

The Port oversees two maritime cargo terminals, two cruise ship terminals, 17 public parks, the Harbor Police Department and the leases of more than 600 tenant and sub tenant businesses around San Diego Bay.