City of Dana Point Fall 2015 Community News Harboring the Good Life Table of Contents City News ................................................................................................ 2 City Parks & Facilities Map....................................................................32 City Council Community Events ................................................................................23 Mayor Carlos N. Olvera Community Phone Numbers & Websites .............................................33 Mayor Pro-Tem John Tomlinson Community Services & Parks Information .............................................. 9 Council Member Joe Muller Event Calendar ..................................................................................7 & 8 Council Member J. Scott Schoeffel Recreation Activities .............................................................................12 Council Member Richard Viczorek Registration For Classes ............................................................... 10 & 11 Senior Activities ....................................................................................21 City Department Heads City Manager Douglas C. Chotkevys Administrative Services Mike Killebrew City Clerk Kathy Ward Community Development Ursula Luna-Reynosa Community Services & Parks Kevin Evans Emergency Preparedness Mike Rose Police Services Lt. Russ Chilton Public Works & Engineering Brad Fowler Important Contact Information City Hall (949) 248-3501 Administration (949) 248-3524 On the Cover City Clerk (949) 248-3505 Veteran’s Memorial Park, City Manager’s Office (949) 248-3513 located at Strands Vista Park, Parks & Rec/Community Center (949) 248-3530 34201 Sevla Road, honors Community Development (949) 248-3564 all of our fallen heroes and Police Services Office (949) 248-3531 those who serve. A Veterans Police Services Non-Emergency (949) 770-6011 Day Service is held at this Public Works (949) 248-3554 park each year on November 11th at 10:00am presented In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, by the Dana Point Veterans of this document is available in alternate formats Foreign Wars Post 9934, the Ladies Auxiliary and the City of Dana Point. For by contacting the City of Dana Point at (949) 248-3500 more information about this event, visit www.vfwpost9934.org. or through the California Relay Service. 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Mission Statement That the City of Dana Point encourages community involvement and is committed to: We’re Social • Develop and ensure the highest possible quality of life for our residents, facebook.com/CityOfDanaPoint businesses and visitors. • Provide a safe and healthy environment within a sound economic facebook.com/DanaPointRecreation atmosphere. • Provide an efficient and effective government which is open and responsive @CityOfDanaPoint to the needs of the community and works for the benefit of all. 1 FALL 2015 | CITY OF DANA POINT Message from the City Manager I am pleased to present this edition of the Community News and Recreation Services Guide. In addition to recreation classes and senior activities, the newsletter provides updates on city-related topics including project updates and information about our many Dana Point events. This season brings a selection of exciting events to town including favorite signature events such as the 31th Annual Toshiba Tallships Festival and Dana Point State BBQ Championship. I also encourage you to join your neighbors at our beautiful parks as the Summer Concerts wrap up for the year. For more frequent City updates and to stay informed: • Sign up for City of Dana Point e-News at our website at www.danapoint.org to be automatically sent City Council agendas, special event information and other topics of interest. • Follow the City on Facebook and Twitter. • Attend City Council meetings or watch the meetings as they are broadcast live on Cox-DPTV Channel 855 and Channel 30 on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:00 P.M. and rebroadcast on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 5:00 P.M. City Council meetings are also available live by streaming video on the computer or at any time after the meetings at our website www.danapoint.org. If you have any questions about the City, call City Hall at (949) 248-3500. Please share your comments or suggest topics that you would like to see covered in future newsletters. You can send your ideas to me by email at [email protected] or by calling (949) 248-3500. Sincerely, Doug Chotkevys City Manager City of Dana Point CITY NEWS 2 Del Prado Street Improvement Construction Update The Lantern District’s Del Prado Street Beautification Project is well underway and is expected to be completed in September 2015. This community driven public improvement project will lead the way toward bringing the Town Center Plan to life with new landscaping and trees, medians, architectural lighting, street furniture, historic markers and street signs, more on-street parking and pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and crosswalks. This will aid in bringing a desired street café and shopping atmosphere, and inspired to be a great place to shop and dine as private development occurs. As the Project construction wraps up, Del Prado will return to two-way traffic with a newly paved surface and all of the beautification elements installed. When the Project is complete, circulation in the downtown area will be greatly improved as several other access points to Del Prado are open. Please also continue to support our local businesses and visit www.DPLanternDistrict.com to learn more about the Shop Del Prado Program. 3 FALL 2015 | CITY OF DANA POINT What is Our Approach to Water Conservation? We all need to do our part…NOW. Let’s get through this drought together. City Actions Resident Actions The City of Dana Point is taking the most recent State-mandated twenty-four We kindly ask you, our residents and our visitors, for your understanding percent reduction for potable water use very seriously. We reduced potable and your cooperation in “doing your part” too. Contact your water district for water use by 27% in April, and have set a goal to reduce potable water use for information about the available rebates for indoor and outdoor water efficient public facilities and landscape by 28% for the remainder of the summer! appliances or refer to www.ocwatersmart.com for your own water saving ideas and incentives. We ask for a little compassion if you observe areas of The challenge for the City is to find the balance between maintaining high brown grass or certain lawn areas that may not be a vibrant green color; or quality community resources, such as parks for public recreation, protecting if a public or private grass area is converted to drought tolerant foliage. We valuable landscape assets such as trees, all the while complying with the also ask that you please report any leaks or malfunctioning systems in our water use reduction regulations and essentially “doing our part”. community areas by calling 949-248-3530, as we will want to address those Strategic planning has helped the City accomplish major efforts in water use issues immediately. efficiency already. The City’s largest water purchases relate to irrigation of The City Council recently approved a number of alternatives for residents on the City’s parks and landscaped areas. The City has 28 parks covering over public streets that have parkways (grass and trees between the curb and 100 acres, so outdoor water use is where we have focused our conservation sidewalk) in the spirit of facilitating water use efficiency. Residents, who are efforts. The majority of the City’s parks and medians are already watered with responsible for maintaining a healthy parkway landscaping, now have the recycled water. This has been a very important step as recycled water is not following options to modify the landscaping in the parkways should they subject to the reduction requirements and is one of the key local strategies choose to: Option #1 replace the grass (turf) with drought tolerant grass and/ in the long term approach to water conservation. We are working closely or install underground irrigation; Option #2 replace the grass with artificial with South Coast Water District to develop a plan to extend recycled water turf; or, Option #3 replace the grass with a combination of drought tolerant pipelines to priority areas where recycled water is currently not available. In plants and a walkway to allow pedestrian access from the street to the fact, is are already taking place for La Plaza Park and Lantern Bay Park. sidewalk. Options 2 & 3 require a no-fee encroachment permit from the City New City landscaping has been designed with drought tolerant, California- Public Works Department (contact 949-248-3509 for more information). friendly plants. The Pacific Coast Highway medians and the Palisades entry Rebates are available for most of the options, depending on your from Coast Highway are some good examples. The