City of Dana Point Summer 2012 Community News Harboring the Good Life RECREATION SERVICES INSIDE Table of Contents City News .................................................................. 2 City Parks & Facilities Map ......................................33 Community Events ..................................................25 City Council Community Phone Numbers & Websites ...............32 Mayor Lara Anderson Events Calendar .......................................................23 Mayor Pro-Tem Steven Weinberg Recreation Activities ...............................................11 Council Member Lisa Bartlett Registration For Classes ....................................9 & 10 Council Member Bill Brough Senior Activities ......................................................21 Council Member J. Scott Schoeffel City Department Heads City Manager Douglas C. Chotkevys Administrative Services Mike Killebrew City Clerk Kathy Ward Community Development Kyle Butterwick Community Services & Parks Kevin Evans Emergency Preparedness Mike Rose CITY NEWS Police Services Lt. Lynn Koehmstedt Public Works & Engineering Brad Fowler Important Contact Information City Hall (949) 248-3501 Administration (949) 248-3524 On the Cover: Rita Pacheco is an emerging plein air City Clerk (949) 248-3505 and studio artist, whose work is highly representative of City Manager’s Office (949) 248-3513 the Southern California landscape. Rita began her formal Parks & Rec/Community Center (949) 248-3530 training at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Community Development (949) 248-3564 where she majored in illustration. Following a career Police Services Office (949) 248-3531 creating perspective renderings and as an architectural Police Services Non-Emergency (949) 770-6011 draftsman, Rita spent her years as a young wife and Public Works (949) 248-3554 mother painting decorative murals in homes and businesses. Rita is now focusing on painting with oil “en plein air,” and in her Carlsbad studio. Her oil paintings In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, this document have won numerous awards, including First Place at the is available in alternate formats by contacting the City of Dana Point at Carlsbad Oceanside Art League’s most recent show. She (949) 248-3500 or through the California Relay Service. is represented by Studio 7 Gallery, South. (Laguna Beach, CA) and Artisan Gallery in the Mission Viejo Country Club. (Mission Viejo, CA) Visit Rita’s website for other works and E-Subscribe exciting events www.ritapacheco.com. Stay in touch with news and events in and around Dana Point! 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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 facebook.com/CityOfDanaPoint for our residents, businesses and visitors. • Provide a safe and healthy environment within a sound facebook.com/DanaPointRecreation economic atmosphere. • Provide an efficient and effective government which is @CityOfDanaPoint open and responsive to the needs of the community and works for the benefit of all. www.danapoint.org 1 SUMMER 2012 | CITY OF DANA POINT CITY NEWS Message from City Manager There’s nothing better than summer in Dana Point! Our community spirit especially shines during this time of year, with abundant opportunities to join neighbors at our beautiful parks and special events. The popular Movies in the Park and Summer Concerts in the Park will be back and promise to provide warm summertime memories. The 4th of July fireworks will be especially spectacular this year. New to this newsletter edition is the Dana Point “Our Town” community feature article. The Our Town article was recommended by a Dana Point resident, and we agree that it is a good addition to the City newsletter. For more frequent updates on City Hall happenings 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 meetings 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 available live by streaming video on the computer or at any time after the meetings at our website www.danapoint.org. • If you have a question about the City, call City Hall at (949) 248-3500. I invite you to share your comments or suggest topics that you would like covered in future newsletters. Please www.danapoint.org feel free to send your comments along to me directly at ([email protected]) or by calling (949) 248-3500. Sincerely, Doug Chotkevys City Manager City of Dana Point RECREATION INFO (949) 248-3530 2 Dana Point: OUR TOWN Dana Point by the Numbers This new regular newsletter feature is intended to share interesting facts and tidbits about the Dana Point community. This edition is focused on the numbers. The City of Dana Point was incorporated in 1989, 100 years after the County of Orange was established in 1889. The City will celebrate its 25th anniversary and the County will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2014. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana became a bestseller upon publication in 1840, and can still be found on featured shelves in bookstores. Dana’s 1835 visit and journals also inspired his friend Herman Melville to write the 1851 classic Moby Dick. • Dana Point has over 1,900 hotel rooms and has long been a popular destination for residents and visitors. Dana Point has more hotel rooms than any other coastal Orange County city. It is estimated that 50% of City revenues result from tourism. • Dana Point has over 100 restaurants. • Dana Point has 7.5 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline. CITY NEWS • Dana Point includes 6.5 square miles of land. • Dana Point has 23 parks, including the Harry Otsubo Community Gardens and 5 park doggy fun zones. • The Dana Point Headlands includes 60 acres of parks, with 105 native plant and 109 native animal species. • Strand Vista Park has 68 mosaic fish along the 1400 foot walkway. • Doheny State Beach has 62 acres and 122 campsites. It is California’s 1st State Beach, which was donated by Edward Doheny in 1931. • “5-Star Service” is the City of Dana Point customer service motto. City of Dana Point Demographics Housing Units: 15,944 Date of Incorporation January 1, 1989 Single Units 63.4% Form of Government Council/Manager Multi Family 34.2% City Area 6.7 Square Miles Mobile Home 2.4% Assessed Property Valuation (2011-2012) $ 8,735,352,174 Owners 58.4% Population 33,429 Renters 34.3% Population in Labor Force 20,797 Average Rent $1,470 Number of Registered Voters (2012) 23,287 Vacant 11% Median Age 43.7 Years of Age Number of Businesses 1,350 Age Distribution: Number of Hotels 14 0-14 Years 16.2% Hotel Rooms 1,912 15-24 Years 11.1 Employment by Industry 25-34 Years 12.2 Managerial/Professional 42.7% 35-44 Years 15.2 Sales/ Admin. Support 28.0 45-54 Years 16.2 Service 15.4 55-64 Years 14.6 Construction/Maintenance 7.2 65-74 Years 7.5 Top Employers 75-84 Years 5.4 Ritz Carlton 970 85+ Years 1.6 St. Regis 800 Median Household Income $80,468 Capistrano Unified School District 410 Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort 250 www.danapoint.org 3 SUMMER 2012 | CITY OF DANA POINT Sustainable Dana Point: CITY NEWS Protecting our Marine Environment As a coastal city, Dana Point has a commitment to protecting and preserving our coastal environment in order to sustain a high quality of life, to enhance economic development and maintain the city’s legacy as the most beautiful, desirable and safest coastal community in which to live, work, visit, play or conduct business. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle is a philosophy that the City of Dana Point embraces and puts into practice daily to exhibit leadership in governance in all aspects of City business and functionality. A long-term goal behind this environmental philosophy is to address plastic---all kinds of plastic--- that are persistent in our environment. All the plastic ever made is still around, in landfills, floating as ocean debris, on beaches and scattered across the land. As a coastal community, Dana Point has a strong interest in protecting the ocean, our local beaches and the marine environment which all contribute to the unique quality of life enjoyed in Dana Point. Dana Point’s City Council has taken steps to help protect our beaches and oceans by reducing overall urban blight such as litter from plastic bags and Styrofoam. On February 21, 2012 and March 6, 2012, respectively, the Dana Point City Council approved Ordinances restricting Styrofoam take-out food service containers (effective date October 1, 2012) and single-use plastic carry-out bags at local retail establishments (effective date April 1, 2013 for the defined large retail establishments and October 1, 2013 for all other retail establishments excluding restaurants). With the adopted restrictions becoming effective within the next 6 to 18 months, this will allow local businesses time to exhaust their existing inventories of Styrofoam and plastic bags. During this transition time, Dana Point residents will begin to see changes taking place to achieve the City’s goal of eliminating these products all together from our streets, creeks and beaches.