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Here’s our list of things you simply rock band spent their summers. can’t miss this summer in the City. ©F.Scott Schafer 10 Departments 2 City Scene The Home Improvement Holiday program passes the $12 million mark; Anaheim Public Utilities commemorates a historic milestone; Haskett Library prepares to be rebuilt and alternative services schedules are announced; Cal Ripken, Jr. and Billy Ripken generously donate to the Boys and Girls Club; Community Emergency Response Team training begins; and Anaheim earns Mayor Curt Pringle 2 a Tree City USA designation. Mayor Pro Tem Richard Chavez Council Member Tom Tait 5 Newsmakers Council Member Shirley McCracken Former Mayor Ben Bay passes away; Bobby McDonald is named to a State Board; Council Member Bob Hernandez and Bruno Serato is named Restauranteur of the Year. City Manager David M. Morgan 6 Building for the Future Anaheim’s General Plan Update will create a blueprint for the City for years to come. Managing Editor John James Nicoletti 5 Here’s a closer look at what the General Plan has in it. Contributors: Tim Mead, John McClintock, Eric Zanelli, Julie 16 Business Connection Hoekwater and Tracie Jones. WinDor owners are named SBA Small Business People of the Year; Utilities’ new AutoPay program makes it easier than ever to pay water and power bills; Anaheim Magazine is published quarterly by the City of Anaheim. and the City’s Platinum Triangle is about to undergo some major changes. Address all correspondence to Anaheim Magazine, c/o Managing Editor, 200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92805. 6 20 Important Phone Numbers and Websites The City of Anaheim is a City Council/City Manager form of government. As such, the City Council makes policy decisions at City Council meetings, Tuesdays at 5 P.M. while the City Manager oversees the day-to-day operations of the City. To contact the About Anaheim: Founded in 1857, the City of Anaheim is one of the nation’s premier municipalities and California’s 10th most populous city. As the City Council to voice opinions, call (714) 765-5247. If you have oldest and largest city in Orange County, Anaheim covers 50 square miles, with more than 340,000 residents and 2,085 employees. The municipal concerns regarding the day-to-day operations of the City, call corporation’s annual budget is $1.098 billion. The city boasts world-class organizations such as the Anaheim Angels, Boeing, CKE Restaurants, Inc., specific departments found on page 20 of this publication or L-3 Communications, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Pacific Sunwear and The Walt Disney Company. Annually, Anaheim also welcomes millions of the City Manager’s Office at (714) 765-5162. visitors to the city, truly making it where the world comes to live, work and play. For more information, please visit www.anaheim.net. Summer 2004 ❚ Anaheim CITY SCENE Anaheim Public Utilities Celebrates 125 Years of Anaheim Water Service Homeowners Building TWAS1879 WHEN ANAHEIM’S MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM BEGAN OPERATIONS WITH Impressive Results ONE SHALLOW WELL, A 20,000-GALLON RED- WOOD STORAGE TANK AND A ONE-MILE WOOD- Home Improvement Holiday triggers EN PIPELINE.THE CITY WAS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD. more than $10 million in improvements Today, 125 years later, there are over 61,000 meters serving during its first two months nearly 340,000 residents and businesses, using an average of 67 million gallons of water a day. The City has 13 reservoirs, URING THE FIRST 10 WEEKS OF ANAHEIM’S 27 wells, 744 miles of water mains and annual water production of more than 24 billion gallons. INNOVATIVE HOME IMPROVEMENT HOLI- To commemorate this historic milestone, in May Anaheim DAY PROGRAM, HOMEOWNERS HAVE MADE MORE Public Utilities hosted a variety of promotions and activities including a fire hydrant painting contest, a poster contest, and THAN $12.1 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS the creation of an historical water display unveiled as part of a TO THEIR HOMES. special ceremony that designated Anaheim’s early water system as an Orange County Historical Landmark. ❚ The program grants residents making home improve- ments a fee waiver for City permits issued from March 1 to ▼ Anaheim Street Sprinkler. One of Anaheim’s first watering May 31. It also provides amnesty to residents who have made systems, called the water wagon, debuted around 1900. Typically, bids were coming in at $3 to $6 per day to provide improvements without obtaining permits, allowing them to the city with water sprinkling for its streets. Pictured is acquire the required permits free of charge. The City has Rudolph Fossek, official street sprinkler. waived $372,875 in fees, or approximately $188 per permit. During March and April, the City’s Planning Department issued 1,981 residential building permits, including 883 build- ing permits, 435 electrical permits, 243 mechanical permits, 344 plumbing permits, and 76 swimming pool permits. For more information about Home Improvement Holiday, contact the Anaheim Planning Department, Building Division at (714) 765-5153 x 0 or visit www.anaheim.net. ❚ © Joe Polillio/Stone Anaheim ❚ Summer 2004 2 CITY SCENE A New Haskett Branch Library Cal Ripken, Jr. and Angels Owner Arte Moreno A Big League Donation NAHEIM HAS RECEIVED A STATE LIBRARY ASEBALL’S ALL-TIME IRON MAN, GRANT TO BUILD A NEW $8.7 MILLION, CAL RIPKEN,JR. AND HIS BROTHER BILLY, 24,000 SQUARE-FOOT LIBRARY ON THE CUR- RECENTLY STOPPED IN ANAHEIM TO DONATE RENT HASKETT SITE AT 2650 WEST BROADWAY. $20,000 TO THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB AS PART Haskett Library will remain open for study purposes until OF A NATIONAL TOUR PROMOTING THEIR BOOK, mid-June to allow students to complete assignments and PLAY BASEBALLTHE RIPKEN WAY.THE DONATION return materials prior to closing for construction. During construction, patrons are invited to visit the City’s WAS PUNCTUATED BY A FREE BASEBALL CLINIC AT other four Anaheim Public Library locations or make use of ANGEL STADIUM BY THE RIPKENS AND ANAHEIM the Bookmobile as noted by the following schedule. ANGELS THIRD BASEMAN TROY GLAUS. For more information on construction and the Bookmobile schedule, call (714) 765-1880. ❚ During the tour, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation will donate over $300,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs across the country and through the foundation, NikeGO will donate $1 million worth of equipment to school systems throughout the country. Cal Ripken, Jr. retired from baseball in October, 2001 after 21 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. His name appears in the record books repeatedly, notably as one of only seven players in history to achieve 400 home runs and 3,000 hits. In 1995, Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played (2,130) and voluntarily ended his streak in 1998 after playing 2,632 consecutive games. ❚ 3 Summer 2004 ❚ Anaheim CITY SCENE Anaheim Named “Tree City USA” City marks 20 consecutive years with the coveted designation from the National Arbor Day Foundation Community OR THE 20TH YEAR IN A ROW,ANAHEIM HAS BEEN NAMED A “TREE CITY USA” Emergency BY THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION. The Foundation bestowed the designation based on the Response City’s ongoing efforts to plant and maintain trees throughout the community. In addition, this year, Anaheim Public Utilities was the Team Training recipient of the prestigious Tree Line USA Award, recognizing the implementation of a quality tree care program. Only 114 utility companies nationwide received the award, which is Begins June 9 presented as a joint effort between the Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters. REPARATION IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT KEYS Anaheim’s TreePower program, a joint effort between the Public Utilities and Community Services Departments, has TO SURVIVING A DISASTER AS WELL AS BEING distributed more than 24,500 trees. With these shade trees, ABLE TO ASSIST OTHERS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY air-conditioning costs can be reduced by as much as 10 percent AN EARTHQUAKE, FLOOD OR OTHER DISASTERS. to 40 percent. At maturity, the trees will save approximately 1.6 million kWhs (or enough energy to power 272 households To help build community resources that can be tapped for a full year), in addition to removing over 138 tons of carbon during times of crisis, the Fire Department’s Office of Disaster dioxide annually while saving as much as 40 percent in air Preparedness is offering the next session of Community conditioning costs. ❚ Emergency Response Team (CERT) training on Wednesdays, from June 9 through July 28. Sessions will be offered from 1-3 P.M. or 7-9 P.M.for eight weeks and will help residents learn what to do before, during, and after any disaster—especially a catastrophic earthquake.