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Volume 41 September 2016 Underwater Demolition Team What’s Inside? Statue Readied for Dedication 2 Back to School: Be Safe Everyone Coronado is preparing to unveil a bronze Warrior” statue on public display. The 2 Orange Avenue Happenings statue commemorating the elite men of the first was installed in 1986 at the SEAL 3 Important Reminders Navy’s Underwater Demolition Teams, or Museum. The second was installed in 2014 at 4 Arts & Culture in Coronado UDTs, of World War II. Waimanalo Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. The “Naked Warrior,” as named by The City will build the statue’s base, 4 New Head Golf Pro Brian Smock sculptor John Seward Johnson II, is a Navy install lighting and enhance the landscaping 5 What’s Going On Around Coronado? combat swimmer wearing shorts, fins and a surrounding the site in Glorietta Bay Park at face mask. The name was given to the UDT a cost of $50,000. The dedication ceremony is 6 Downloadable Citizen Reporting App swimmer, who often embarked on dangerous set for 11 a.m. on Friday, November 11, at the underwater missions, because the swimmer park. was equipped with minimal gear. The City Council accepted the statue and plaque in April as a gift from the National Navy UDT- SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida. The statue also honors all maritime commando units that have provided the same skills and support found in today’s U.S. Navy SEAL teams. The City’s Cultural Arts Commission works to place public art throughout Coronado and recommended approval of the public art piece, which features the swimmer astride a World War II shoreline obstacle, to the Council after input from the Parks and Recreation, Historic Resource and Design Review commissions. Coronado’s will be the third “Naked Proposed site (above left) and rendering (right) of the ‘Naked Warrior’ statue in Glorietta Bay Park. Back to School: Safe Routes, Slow Down, Be Safe Students are Back to School Safe Routes to School at F on Third and Fourth streets. Beginning at the start of the school year, a crossing It is never more important for drivers to Students in Coronado bike to school in guard will be present at both Third Street and slow down and watch out for children than very high numbers, upwards of 50 percent. F Avenue as well as at Fourth Street and F when they are back in school. Remember With that comes a need for safe biking and Avenue during both morning and afternoon to never block crosswalks or pass a vehicle walking routes to school. Last year, with student crossing times. stopped for pedestrians but to always stop help from the Coronado Unified School for crossing guards, leave 3 feet between District and the California Department of Bicycle Safety Brochures you and a bicyclist, and watch out for young Transportation, the City held bike rodeos, bicyclists coming out of alleys and from as well as parent and student workshops to Looking for information to between parked reinforce Safe Routes to School, bike laws, review with your children on bike cars. As ongoing helmet safety and bike theft prevention. safety, best practices, helmet fit, construction More are planned for this school year. safe routes to school or how to lock of the John D. your bike? The City has all you need. Check Spreckels Center the Active Transportation (Bike/Pedestrian) and Bowling page at www.coronado.ca.us on the Public Green takes place Services and Engineering goverment page. at Orange Avenue and Seventh Street, please use caution in the Walk to School Day Planned area. The contractor has been asked to be aware of students and has set up a dedicated Wednesday, October 5, is International pathway using visible dividers for pedestrians Walk to School Day. Learn safety tips on and bicyclists. However, construction crews More F Avenue Crossing Guards walking to school, grab some prizes and use Seventh Street to enter the site so caution snacks, and participate in fun activities with In response to concerns about student is advised. parents and friends. Stay tuned for Walk to safety, the City has increased crossing guards School Day events coming soon. Orange Avenue Sees Pokémon, New Banners Pokémon Go Hits Coronado and chairs, except for the Independence Day different banner cycles, each on display along Parade. the Orange Avenue Corridor for a minimum Pokémon Go hit of six weeks. The first series was installed Coronado in a big in July with the “Star-Spangled Summer” way. Spontaneous series. This series, “Fall for Coronado,” crowds of up to features images of the City’s award-winning 100 players or attributes. The remaining banner designs will more were drawn include a holiday theme series; an arts theme nightly to the median in the 800 block of series, which will feature juried local artwork; Orange Avenue over the summer. Pokémon a “History Matters” series, highlighting Go is a wildly successful app that launched Coronado’s storied history; and a “Spring in early July. Players catch virtual Pokémon into Coronado” theme highlighting iconic characters in real world locations. Players can events held annnually in Coronado. be found all over Coronado but the median drew big crowds due to four Pokestops, locations where players can collect items that make it easier to catch more characters. Police issued a friendly warning to players. The City installed temporary signs to let people know about some of the City’s Banners Brighten Up Orange pertinent rules, which have been on the books for years, including those about the The Cultural Arts Commission’s fall median’s curfew, which is 11 p.m., and those banners were approved by the City Council. concerning the prohibition of canopies, tents The street pole banner program consists of six Important Reminders for Residents, Visitors Public Safety Open House Government tab; Bicycle Advisory Strand, the Coronado Saturday Night, Committee under Boards, Commissions and The Compass, The Coronado Journal, The The City’s 24th annual Public Safety Committees; then open the link on the left. Coronado Eagle, and the Coronado Eagle Open House is set for Sunday, October and Journal. 9. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Coronado City Changing to LED Lighting Firefighters and Police Officers will close Stay Informed Coronado off the streets around Coronado’s main fire The City is working to upgrade the house on Sixth Street near D Avenue as lighting in all City facilities to LED lighting. Get connected, Coronado. The City is LEDs save electricity costs as well as the active on Twitter and Facebook. You can labor costs to continually change burned sign up for the City’s Police Department out bulbs and ballasts. LEDs use far less or the City’s Nixle account at nixle. kilowatts of energy; their life cycle is five com. Sign up to receive an email on an to 10 times greater than a fluorescent bulb; upcoming meeting or agenda through the and they have no eNotification system on the City’s website, mercury in them, www.coronado.ca.us. Don’t forget to check which saves on out the City Manager’s Weekly Update recycling costs published online every Friday at noon. and is better for well as Seventh Street and D near the Police the environment. New Fire Dispatch Contract Department for the daylong event. There LEDs emit very will be Fire, Lifeguard and Police displays, little heat, which Coronado now contracts with the City and Police Department tours. Other local, means less air of San Diego for fire dispatching services, state and federal public safety agencies will conditioning joining a Metro Zone Agency that will allow also provide information on their services. costs. better communication between South Bay This is a good opportunity to meet Fire and agencies. The contract, through the San Police personnel, enjoy demonstrations and November 8 General Election Diego Metro Zone Emergency Command fun activities, and see your neighbors. and Data Center, began July 1. The five-year Preparation is fixed contract is $95,500 per year, which Active Transportation Planning underway for the results in a savings annually of $23,000 November 8 General over the contract with the former dispatch Election. Three Coronado is working to develop a service provider. The new service relies on Council positions comprehensive transportation plan for sophisticated software that prioritizes calls will be on the ballot — the Mayor and pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. The and dispatches the closest units using GPS. two Council seats. Election information first in a series of Stakeholder Action It also allows more coordinated mutual aid pertinent to the upcoming General Election Committee meetings for the Active with National City, Imperial Beach and is on the City’s website at www.coronado. Transportation Master Plan was held last Chula Vista, who also are provided dispatch ca.us, under City Clerk. month. More are planned. They are open to service by the City of San Diego. the public. Call (619) 522-2423 for details. Coronado Newspaper Project Report Bicycling Concerns A multi-year project of the Coronado Public Library and the California Digital The City and its Bicycle Advisory Newspaper Collection at the University Committee ask for the public’s help of California Riverside is complete. in addressing bicycling concerns. The Coronado’s newspapers from 1887 through City’s new website has a form that can 2013 are now online. The Coronado be filled out if someone has a concern or Newspaper Project is fully searchable by suggestion. Users can track the progress subject, keyword, linked words and dates. of their requests online using either your Researchers of all types can look up stories, ________________________________________ email address, if provided, or via a tracking businesses, homes they lived in, obituaries, Read Currents online at www.coronado.ca.us.