Mission Bay will receive approximately $10.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funds to dredge an area of Quivira Basin that has slowly filled with silt. Other improvements include fixing deteriorating parts of the Mission Bay channel jetty. There have been approximately 150 boating accidents over the last four years near Bonita Cove due to the jetty rock erosion. The erosion has caused narrowing of the channel and shallower basins, according to a statement from the mayor’s office. Harris said work is slated to start by early fall. “There’s been a host of accidents, but nothing that major,” said Bill Harris, spokesman for the mayor’s office. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for maintaining navigable channels that includes Mission Bay, Harris said. The channel hasn’t been dredged since 1986. The Mission Bay Park Committee met May 5. The committee meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Santa Clara Recreation Center, 1008 Santa Clara Pl. In other news from the Mission Bay Park Committee: • Sewage interceptor system The city will begin replacing the deteriorating Mission Bay sewage interceptor system over the summer, said Jeff Soriano, project manager for the city’s Engineering and Capital Projects Department. The Mission Bay sewage interceptor system redirects storm water runoff to the sewer system in Point Loma during dry weather. Deteriorating access hatches will be replaced at about 22 stations around the bay along Mission Beach and near Tecolote Shores. • New cell towers A Verizon Wireless representative presented plans to install six antennas along Quivira Road, according to Stacy McKenzie, Mission Bay district manager. The park committee voted to forward the antennae project to the city for approval. • Stay Classy Elemental Experience Mission Bay Park Committee members reported a number of complaints stemming from the Stay Classy charity event May 2 at Mission Bay Park. Neighbors reported noise complaints, a number of vehicles parked on the grass and turf and uncovered power cords, according to McKenzie’s report. • Northern Division crime report Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and La Jolla Shores have seen a 16 percent decrease in crime in January, February and March, as compared to the same time last year, according to Northern Division Capt. Shelley Zimmerman. Police officials said they have recently focused on traffic enforcement to deter criminal activity. The number of citations police issued reflects a 140 percent increase in citations handed out compared to the same period last year. Zimmerman said DUI checkpoints, bicycle officers and gang-suppression units will be a police staple during the summer months in anticipation of millions flocking to the beach for the Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekends.