CITY OF MALIBU MalibuCity.org QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER and RECREATION GUIDE DECEMBER 2019 – FEBRUARY 2020 Quarterly Newsletter 4-7 City of Malibu Afterschool Enrichment Programs 9 Community Services Department Staff Community Workshops 10 310.456.2489 Parent & Me Programs 11 Community Services Director Jesse Bobbett Ext 225 Youth & Teen Enrichment Programs 12 Community Services Kristin Riesgo Deputy Director Ext 350 Community Programs 13 Recreation Supervisor Katie Gallo Sports 14-16 Ext 363 Recreation Supervisor Chris Orosz Aquatics 18-19 Ext 337 Welcome to the City of Malibu Recreation Coordinator Lisa Crespo Excursions 20 Ext 279 Recreation Coordinator Rachel Cummings Senior & Active Adult Programs 21-24 Ext 358 Park Facilities 26 Recreation Coordinator Adrianna Fiori Ext 239 Facility Rentals 27 Administrative Assistant Brittany Saleaumua Ext 349 General Contact Information 28 Parks Supervisor Andrew Belter Registration Information 29 Ext 271 Parks Maintenance Worker Danny Delsi Program Registration 30 City Council Meets the second and fourth Monday of every month at 6:30pm at Malibu City Hall. About the Cover Cultural Arts Commission Meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at The City of Malibu has revamped our tennis offerings 9am at Malibu City Hall. this winter by adding new classes and a new instructor – Coach John! The new offerings will take place each Harry Barovsky Memorial Saturday at the Malibu High School Tennis Courts, and Youth Commission Meets the second Monday of every month at were designed to attract players of all skill levels. The 7pm at Malibu City Hall. Dark June-August. program will include Little Players Tennis for 4 to 6 year-olds, Youth Beginner and Intermediate Tennis, Parks and Recreation Commission Meets the third Tuesday of every month at 5:30pm Youth and Teen Advanced Tennis, and Adult Beginner at Malibu City Hall. Tennis. The programs will allow players to pay a daily drop-in registration fee or register for a discounted month registration fee. In addition to Coach John’s Register for Community Services Department notifications to receive information on weekly tennis classes, the Community Services upcoming events, sports programs, program Department will offer a free Winter Girls Tennis Clinic in registration updates and more! Visit coordination with our #PlayLikeAGirlMalibu program. MalibuCity.org/news to subscribe. Information For more information on all of our tennis programs, see is available by text message and/or e-mail. pages 15-16 or call 310.317.1364. For more details or assistance, please call 310.456.2489 ext 349. Scenic Photo: Joel Mott on Unsplash Pt. Dume MalibuCity.org Quarterly Newsletter CITY OF MALIBU Vision 20/20 for a operations. On Earth Day, staff will present an Environmental Purchasing Malibu City Hall Sustainable Malibu Policy to City Council for approval. Join the City’s efforts with your 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu,CA 90265 The New Year own clarity of vision for 2020! Make 310.456.2489 is a chance a New Year’s Resolution to take City Hall Hours to press the one meaningful action, and help Monday – Thursday Friday reset button the community reduce our carbon 7:30am-5:30pm 7:30am-4:30pm and start footprint. City Hall Holidays fresh. What – Closed – Six Ways to Make a Difference better year November 28-29 December 31 than 2020 to establish a clarity of 1. Purchase 100% renewable via the December 24 Closed at 12pm vision for working together to create Clean Power Alliance. Closed at 12pm January 1 a healthier, more sustainable and 2. Increase your energy efficiencies, December 25 January 20 resilient community? install solar, and battery storage; February 17 The City is spearheading many Rebuild projects are eligible for over sustainability initiatives, including $15,000 in rebates. Contact the Clean Annual Property Taxes purchasing 100% renewable energy, Energy and Resiliency Program: retrofitting City facilities with [email protected] Look for your energy efficient lighting, installing 3. Buy an electric vehicle or participate annual tax bill in solar and electric vehicle charging in a carpool. the fall. All tax stations, assisting restaurants with 4. Choose to Reuse! Refuse single-use bills are mailed organics (food scraps) recycling, and plastics, disposable cups and utensils. once a year developing a food recovery plan. Bring your own reusables (BYOR). by November 1. The first This fall, Malibu joined over 1,000 5. Compost your food scraps to reduce installment is delinquent if payment jurisdictions in 20 countries landfill waste. with a Declaration of a Climate is not received on or postmarked 6. Support an environmental nonprofit by December 10, and the second Emergency resolution, thus making such as SeaTrees (restores kelp a commitment to become a “fossil installment is delinquent if payment forests) to help offset your carbon is not received on or postmarked by free” net zero community. We are footprint. currently developing a Resilience April 10. If you do not receive your and Adaptation Plan to assess the For more information, contact the tax bill by November 1, you may community’s vulnerabilities, increase Malibu Environmental Sustainability call 1.888.807.2111 and request a the community’s capacity to recover Department or visit MalibuCity.org/ Substitute Bill. Enviro. from future disasters, provide a Even though known taxes are framework for reducing carbon prorated between the buyer and emissions, and foster a sustainable Power Poles & Power Lines seller during escrow and proper credit community. is given to each, all annual property As a next step to further reduce waste Concerned about taxes may not have been paid to and conserve resources, City Hall is a power pole or the Tax Collector at that time. By going Zero Waste. Malibu’s Zero Waste power line in your calling the property tax information program includes a staff sustainability neighborhood? number at 1.888.807.2111, you can committee, internal waste audits, Call Southern determine if any annual taxes are education for employees and janitors, California Edison due and how to obtain a substitute an organics recycling program, at 800.611.1911 to tax bill if necessary. State law makes elimination of single-use utensils and report a damaged pole or anything it your responsibility to pay the taxes dishes, and a transition to paperless caught in a power line. whether or not you receive a bill. 4 • City of Malibu Quarterly Newsletter 310.456.2489 CITY OF MALIBU Winter 2019-20 Update: Malibu Rebuilds City of Malibu Woolsey Fire Vote Center Placement Project As part of the City’s ongoing efforts Let’s Rebuild! This March 2020 to assist property owners whose Primary Election homes were damaged or destroyed will feature by the Woolsey Fire, the City has hired Los Angeles a consultant to serve as a Rebuild County’s new Coordinator to provide building revolutionary and plan check coordination service to modern voting applicants. The Rebuild Coordinator experience! These is available to meet in person at City changes seek Hall to assist property owners and to give voters their representatives with securing flexible options approvals of building plans from all that make voting easy, user friendly City Departments and outside agencies and accessible. Here are some of after projects have been approved by To rebuild previously permitted fire those changes: the Planning Department. damaged or destroyed dwellings and structures that may not meet current Vote Centers: Voters will be able to The Rebuild Coordinator will also zoning standards (eg. square footage, mark and cast their ballot at any vote assist in completing all construction maximum height, setbacks, parking): center throughout the County. The voter permit applications upon approval will no longer be limited to voting at an of an applicant’s building plans. The • Submit a planning application by assigned polling place. November 8, 2020 Rebuild Coordinator is available Voting Period: Voting will be available Monday through Friday, 8am-4:30pm • Obtain a building permit by for an extended election period of 11 to meet with applicants and to make November 8, 2022 days. Voters will no longer be limited to appointments for them to meet voting on one day. one-on-one with City Department Applications and permits which have specialists. To schedule an appointment, not been approved and obtained by Electronic Pollbooks (ePollbooks): please call 310.456.2489, ext 378 or these deadlines will still qualify for Vote center staff will verify the email [email protected]. expedited review; however, they will be registration eligibility of any County Applicants may also schedule a walk-in required to conform to current land use voter and allow for same day appointment by checking in at the Fire and zoning standards. registration, giving voters the ability to vote at any vote center. Rebuild Help Desk in the upstairs lobby Questions? of City Hall (23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Ballot Marking Device (BMD): The Malibu CA 90265). • Rebuild options, application process, BMD provides voters the benefits of and property information. technology for an easy and accessible Track the Fire Rebuild Statistics Aundrea Cruz voting experience, along with a paper With the New Online Portal [email protected] ballot for the security and integrity of • Complimentary pre-design the election. The City has been compiling consultations.Shaveta Sharma Interactive Sample Ballot (ISB): The information on the efforts to rebuild [email protected] ISB is a convenient way to expedite the after the Woolsey Fire and created voting experience by allowing voters to a new interactive online portal at • For all other planning questions. 310.456.2489 ext 485 mark their sample ballots on a computer MalibuCity.org that shows statistics on or mobile device using their preferred rebuilding activities in an effort to keep Visit Us accessibility tools or software. Voters the community and partner agencies • Fire Rebuild Desk, City Hall can then generate a Poll Pass.