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FINAL DRAFT ORANGE COUNTY ZOO General Development Plan April 16, 2013 On March 31, 2012, Modjeska and Santiago, a sibling pair of nine-month-old orphaned mountain lion cubs made their debut as new residents at the OC Zoo. ORANGE COUNTY ZOO General Development Plan April 16, 2013 Orange County Board of Supervisors Janet Nguyen John M. W. Moorlach Todd Spitzer First District Second District Third District Shawn Nelson Patricia C. Bates Fourth District Fifth District County of Orange OC Community Resources Steve Franks Director OC Parks Mark Denny Director Scott Thomas Stacy Blackwood Design Manager Parks Division Manager Joanne Quirk Donald Zeigler Project Manager OC Zoo Manager ORANGE COUNTY ZOO General Development Plan April 16, 2013 Prepared for OCCP Parks k Headquarters H d t Irvine Ranch Historic Park 13042 Old Myford Road Irvine, CA 92602 www.ocparks.com Prepared by TORRE DESIGN CONSORTIUM, LTD A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Acknowledgements OC Parks Commission Bert Ashland Keith Curry Stephan Andranian Trish Kelley Matthew Cunningham Paul Kott Justin McCusker Project Team OC Parks Civil Engineering and Surveying Rich Adler, Manager, Real Estate James Garvin, P.L.S., Huitt-Zollars Stacy Blackwood, Parks Division Manager Marc Hasslinger, P.E., Huitt-Zollars Mike Brajdic, Deputy Director Darrel Howard, P.E., Huitt-Zollars Mark Denny, Director Carl Taylor, P.E., Project Manager, Huitt-Zollars Kirk Holland, Manager, Program Management Joanne Quirk, PLA, Project Manager, Design Surveying Ernest Seidel, PLA, Senior Project Manager, Design John M. Cruikshank, P.E., JMC2 Tom Starnes, Manager, Communications Scott Thomas, PLA, Manager, Design Environmental Review and CEQA Documentation Donald Zeigler, Manager, OC Zoo BonTerra Consulting James Kurtz, Air Quality and Noise Specialist Design and Planning Joan Patronite Kelly, Managing Principal RJM Design Group Megan Larum, Assistant Project Manager Greg Moeser, Landscape Designer Patrick O. Maxon, Cultural Resource Specialist Robert Mueting, RA, PLA, Principal Gary A. Medeiros, Project Manager Zachary Mueting, PLA, Project Manager Amber S. Oneal Heredia, Biologist Larry P. Ryan, PLA, Principal Victor Ortiz, Air Quality Specialist Pamela Daly, M.S.H.P., Daly & Associates Torre Design Consortium, Ltd. Joan Heausler, Graphic Designer Arborist Christy S. Kervin, PLA, Project Manager Gerhard Bombe, Arborist, Cali-fl ora, Inc. Ace Torre, RA, PLA, Principal Steve Balgrosky, Principal Economist, AECOM A special thanks to our stakeholders who participated in the planning process: Steve Bonhall, Administrative Manager, OC Parks Marcy Crede-Booth, Educational Coordinator, OC Zoo John Ford, Lessee, Irvine Park Railroad Gill Jeffrey, Docent, OC Zoo Pam Johnson, Administrator, Inside the Outdoors Linda Mayer, Parks Division Manager (Former), OC Parks Chuck Miller, Volunteer, OC Zoo Dave Raetz, Deputy Director, Irvine Ranch Conservancy Jim Simkins, Supervising Park Ranger, OC Parks Stephanie Smith, Operations Manager, Inside the Outdoors OC Zoo • General Development Plan i Table of Contents Foreword 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose of GDP 3 1.2 Background 3 1.3 Zoo Mission and Context 3 1.4 Location and Description 4 1.5 History 5 1.6 Relationship to Other Plans 5 2. Existing Conditions 2.1 GDP Development Process 11 2.2 Regional Setting and Site Description 12 2.3 Documentation and Description 13 2.4 Opportunities and Constraints 21 3. Planning Process 3.1 Introduction 25 3.2 Market Study 27 3.3 Visitor Survey 31 3.4 Staff Interviews 32 3.5 Design Workshop 32 3.6 Preferred Plan 36 4. General Development Plan 4.1 Introduction 39 4.2 Proposed Components 42 Phase I - General Zoo Improvements (Near-Term) Phase I - Drainage Improvements Phase II - Restroom Facility Phase II - Interim Entry Plaza and Fencing Phase II - Interim Gift Shop Phase III - Oak Woodlands Exhibit Phase III - Walkways and Connectors Phase IV-A - Entry Complex Phase IV-A - Orientation Plaza Improvements Phase IV-A - General Zoo Improvements (Long-Term) Phase IV-B - Discovery Complex 4.3 Costs 64 4.4 Landscape 66 4.5 Utilities and Infrastructure 75 4.6 Code Compliance 76 4.7 Logistics During Construction 76 4.8 Staffi ng 77 4.9 Administration, Maintenance, and Operations 77 ii OC Zoo • General Development Plan List of Figures 1.4-1: OC Zoo Location Map 5 2.2-1: Existing OC Zoo Plan 12 2.3-1: Vegetation Map 13 2.3-2: Hydraulic Areas of the Santiago Creek Watershed 14 2.3-3: Drainage Map 15 3.1-1: Planning Process Flow Diagram 26 3.2-1: Primary Market Detail 28 3.2-2: Population by Drive Time from OC Zoo, 2010 28 3.2-3: Summary of Local Cultural and Natural Attractions 29 3.2-4: OC Zoo Attendance by Category and Month, 2010 30 3.2-5: Irvine Regional Park Visitation by Supervisorial District, 2009-2010 30 3.3-1: Visitor Responses 31 3.5-1: Consensus Plan 34 3.5-2: Preliminary Conceptual Plan 35 3.6-1: Preferred Plan 36 4.1-1: Estimate of Probable Construction Costs in 2012 Dollars 39 4.1-2: Logical Sequence and Implementation of Improvements 40 4.1-3: General Development Plan 41 4.2-1: Component 1 Improvements (Plan View) 42 4.2-2: Component 2 Improvements (Plan View) 43 4.2-3: Drainage Improvement Plan 44 4.2-4: Vegetated Bioswale Cross Section (Example) 45 4.2-5: Component 3 Improvements (Plan View) 46 4.2-6: Restroom Facility Floor Plan 46 4.2-7: Restroom Facility Elevation Illustrative 47 4.2-8: Component 4 Improvements (Plan View) 48 4.2-9: Interim Entry Plaza Illustrative 49 4.2-10: Interim Ingress/Egress Circulation Diagram 49 4.2-11: Component 5 Improvements (Plan View) 50 4.2-12: Component 6 Improvements (Plan View) 51 4.2-13: Oak Woodlands Exhibit Cross Sectional Elevation Illustrative 52 4.2-14: Oak Woodlands Exhibit Illustrative 52 4.2-15: Component 7 Improvements (Plan View) 53 4.2-16: Component 8 Improvements (Plan View) 55 4.2-17: Building Relationship - Diagrammatic 55 4.2-18: Entry Building Floor Plan 56 4.2-19: Entry Building Illustrative 57 4.2-20: Entry Building Cross Sectional Elevation Illustrative 57 4.2-21: Component 9 Improvements (Plan View) 58 4.2-22: Orientation Plaza Sectional Elevation Illustrative 59 4.2-23: Orientation Plaza Illustrative 59 4.2-24: Component 10 Improvements (Plan View) 60 4.2-25: Component 11 Improvements (Plan View) 61 4.2-26: Barn Floor Plan 62 4.2-27: Discovery Complex Barn Second Floor Option Illustrative 63 4.2-28: Discovery Complex Illustrative 63 4.3-1: Estimate of Probable Construction Cost 2012 dollars - Breakdown 64 4.4-1: Preliminary Plant Palette 68 4.4-2: Preliminary Plant Palette - Photographs 69 4.4-3: Site Furniture Collection (Example) 72 OC Zoo • General Development Plan iii Appendix (See Inside Back Cover CD) A.01 OC Zoo GDP - Irvine Park Zoo Expansion - Arboricultural Recommendations; February 25, 2012 A.02 OC Zoo GDP - Alternative Concepts Report - September 2011 A.03 OC Zoo GDP - Irvine Regional Park Hydrology and Hydraulics Report - September 2011 A.04 OC Zoo GDP - Market/Economic Analysis - 2011 A.05 OC Zoo GDP - Existing Conditions Report - September 2011 A.06 OC Zoo GDP - Site Awareness Tour and Workbook Summaries - February 2011 A.07 OC Zoo GDP - Visitor Survey - April, 2011 A.08 Report on the Orange County Zoo - October 2007 A.09 Grand Jury Report: Orange County Zoos: Responses to Findings and Recommendations - 2006-2007 A.10 Orange County Grand Jury Report: Orange County Zoos - 2006-2007 A.11 Irvine Regional Park Zoo Master Plan - November 1987 iv OC Zoo • General Development Plan FOREWORD Coyotes are very adaptable and are found in almost any habitat. They are common in our OC Parks and in urban- suburban areas. Foreword The OC Zoo General Development Plan will be the guiding document for the improvements that OC Parks will be making at the zoo in the future. As one of the featured attractions at Irvine Regional Park – the oldest Regional Park in California – the OC Zoo began with a small collection of animals in the 1920s. It was established at its present location in the 1960s and was redeveloped, along with the park, in the early 1980s. The zoo is a haven for rescued wildlife and currently features a bald eagle, mountain lions, black bears, and other animals native to Orange County and the American Southwest. The OC Zoo is an increasingly popular destination; its attendance growing from 104,000 in 2006 to 226,000 in 2012. The mission of the OC Zoo is to: Provide an attractive zoo with high-quality programs that entertain and educate visitors about the current and past animals known to inhabit Orange County. To carry out that mission in an orderly manner, the General Development Plan offers a phased approach that ensures: 1) important infrastructure and ‘behind-the-scenes’ improvements are made at the zoo; 2) essential amenities are provided for zoo visitors; and 3) exhibit areas are systematically upgraded and new exhibits are added. The General Development Plan process utilized a consultant team led by RJM Design Group and Torre Design Consortium Ltd. The planning and design process involved zoo stakeholders to produce a number of concepts that were refi ned into the General Development Plan described in this document. The plan includes four implementing phases. The initial phases of work focus on infrastructure, visitor amenities and exhibit upgrades and a large new exhibit area; the later phases of work offer dramatic possibilities for redeveloping the zoo entrance and the children’s area at the zoo. • Phase I: General Zoo Improvements (near-term), Drainage • Phase II: Restroom Facility, Interim Entry Plaza, Interim Gift Shop • Phase III: Oak Woodlands Exhibit, Walkways and Connectors • Phase IV: Entry Complex, Orientation Plaza, Discovery Complex, General Zoo Improvements (long-term) OC Parks and our talented and dedicated OC Zoo staff are excited to begin implementation of the General Development Plan.