May 4,2015-
The Morro Bay Harbor Commission is expected to recommend a plan to build a 400sf Maritime Museum building on Front street on the city’s Embarcadero this week. The proposal would then go to the city council.
The Central Coast Maritime Museum Association and the City of Morro Bay have a long history working together, including a memorandum of understanding (MOU), for the shared goal of establishing a Central Coast-centric maritime museum in the northern Front Street Parking Lot area. While the City and CCMMA are currently working on updating that MOU to account for current realities, including the City’s imminent acquisition of the “Triangle Lot” area of the power plant, CCMMA has proposed a modest scale “Phase I” project to finally give the museum a physical presence on the Morro Bay waterfront.
Currently the museum has one boat on display at the property – the rescue submarine DRSV Avalon.They are nearing completion of the restoration of the historic tugboat Alma. A Coast Guard vessel would also be displayed.
The museum grounds will be next to new pocket park on the site being purchased from Dynegy.