CITY OF MALIBU MalibuCity.org QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER and RECREATION GUIDE MARCH – MAY 2020 Quarterly Newsletter 4-6 City of Malibu Community Workshops 7 Community Services Department Staff Afterschool Enrichment Programs 7 8 310.456.2489 Spring Break Day Camps 9 Community Services Director Jesse Bobbett Ext 225 Parent & Me Programs 10 Community Services Kristin Riesgo Deputy Director Ext 350 Youth & Teen Enrichment Programs 11 Recreation Supervisor Katie Gallo Community Programs 12 Ext 363 Recreation Supervisor Chris Orosz Sports 13-14 Ext 337 Welcome to the City of Malibu Recreation Coordinator Lisa Crespo Aquatics 16-18 Ext 279 Recreation Coordinator Rachel Cummings Excursions 20 Ext 358 Senior & Active Adult Programs 21-25 Recreation Coordinator Adrianna Fiori Ext 239 Park Facilities 26 Administrative Assistant Brittany Saleaumua Ext 349 Facility Rentals 27 Parks Supervisor Andrew Belter Ext 271 General Contact Information 28 Parks Maintenance Worker Danny Delsi Registration Information 29 City Council Program Registration 30 Meets the second and fourth Monday of every month at 6:30pm at Malibu City Hall. Cultural Arts Commission About the Cover Meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 9am at Malibu City Hall. With spring upon us, the City has expanded its outdoor Harry Barovsky Memorial and nature-themed recreation programs thanks to newly Youth Commission welcomed instructor, Marguerite Nesteruk, a knowledgeable Meets the second Monday of every month at nature and outdoor educator of over ten years. Marguerite 7pm at Malibu City Hall. Dark June-August. will be instructing a variety of new programs, including Spring Parks and Recreation Commission Break Nature Camp, which aims to provide engaging, Meets the third Tuesday of every month at 5:30pm hands-on lessons to inspire an appreciation for nature in at Malibu City Hall. children. Additionally, Marguerite is a seasoned gardener and will provide quality community classes, including Register for Community Services Department a parent and me organic gardening class and one-day notifications to receive information on gardening workshops at Webster Elementary School and upcoming events, sports programs, program Malibu Elementary School. All of the gardening programs will registration updates and more! Visit promote home-scale organic gardening to improve nutrition, MalibuCity.org/news to subscribe. Information is available by text message and/or e-mail. health, and self-reliance. For more details or assistance, please call 310.456.2489 ext 349. Scenic Photo: El Matador State Beach by Florian Graham on Unsplash MalibuCity.org Quarterly Newsletter CITY OF MALIBU Spring CERT Tsunami Week Malibu City Hall Are you As part of the City’s emergency prepared for preparedness efforts, Malibu will participate 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu,CA 90265 a disaster? in California Tsunami Preparedness 310.456.2489 Do you Week March 23-27. While Malibu has not have a plan? experienced a damaging tsunami, all of City Hall Hours Monday – Thursday Friday Do you coastal California is vulnerable to these long- 7:30am-5:30pm 7:30am-4:30pm know how period waves generated by seismic activity, City Hall Holiday to help yourself and your family in an volcanic eruption, an underwater landslide, Closed May 25 emergency? Would you like to learn? or any massive displacement of water. Take Malibu's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training Nearly all of Malibu is vulnerable due to its this spring! proximity to the ocean, including Pacific Polling Locations to be Replaced Coast Highway (PCH), the primary access The seven-week CERT course is free road in and through the City. Depending on with Vote Centers to the public. You'll receive hands- the locus, the City of Malibu may have a few Beginning with the on-training in disaster preparedness, minutes to several hours of warning. March 2020 Primary disaster medical training, how to use Election, polling a fire extinguisher, light search and Potential impacts include damage to PCH, locations in Malibu and rescue, disaster psychology, and CERT debris washed ashore blocking roads, throughout Los Angeles in a disaster. The final class is a hands- damage to coastal houses, the erosion of County will be replaced on drill where you'll get the chance to beaches, and damage to coastal abutments. with Vote Centers. use the skills you learned. Residents If an earthquake occurs while you are at This change will allow voters to mark who graduate from the course will be the beach: drop, cover, protect your neck and cast their ballot at any Vote Center given a backpack with basic disaster and head and hold on. If the shaking lasts throughout Los Angeles County. This preparedness supplies. The classes will for more than 30 seconds, a tsunami may does not change Vote by Mail status. If be held at City Hall on Thursday evenings be generated. Once the shaking stops, walk you are registered as a Permanent Vote from 6pm to 9pm beginning on March 5. inland and uphill. Don't drive, there may be by Mail voter, you will still receive your The classes will be taught by the City’s obstructions, hazards, or traffic. Once you ballot in the mail, which you may return Public Safety Manager, Malibu CERT Team reach a safe area, stay there! Tsunamis are a by mail, drop off at a ballot box drop off members, and the Los Angeles County series of waves and the first may not be the location, or drop off at any Vote Center. Fire Department. most powerful. They can last minutes, hours There will be 250 Vote Centers available or days depending on the strength and Following a major disaster, like a throughout Los Angeles County for distance from the origin. catastrophic earthquake, first responders 11 days leading up to and including will not be able to meet all the demands Some warning signs of an impending election day and 1,000 Vote Centers for service. People may have to rely on tsunami are a loud roaring sound from available for four days leading up one another for help until professionally the ocean, an abnormal rising or falling of to and including election day. Visit trained help arrives. CERT graduates ocean level and an abnormal wall of water. www.lavote.net to locate a Vote Center. are better prepared to cope with and The water may or may not recede from the respond to the aftermath of a disaster. beach when a tsunami approaches. If you do Malibu Vote Center: They can provide immediate assistance see the water receding, immediately head Malibu Bluffs Park to victims in their area, help organize inland and uphill. Michael Landon Center others, and collect information that 24250 Pacific Coast Highway will assist professional responders with Be aware of your surroundings, have a family Malibu, California 90265 prioritization of resources. emergency plan, and know the location Hours of Operation: Sign up with your neighbors, friends, of the evacuation routes and where the Saturday, February 29, 2020 8am-5pm and family to take CERT and help the tsunami safe areas are. Sunday, March 1, 2020 8am-5pm community be prepared for disasters. For more information on how to prepare Monday, March 2, 2020 8am-5pm To sign up or for more information, for tsunamis, visit https://www.caloes. Tuesday, March 3, 2020 7am-8pm contact Sarah Kaplan, at 310.456.2489, ca.gov/ICESite/Pages/National-Tsunami- ext 368 or [email protected]. Preparedness-Week.aspx – VOTE EARLY! – 4 • City of Malibu Quarterly Newsletter 310.456.2489 CITY OF MALIBU Spring 2020 Happy 50th Earth Day! You Can Participate Environmental April 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of in the 2020 U.S. Census! Earth Day, a momentous occasion! Earth Events Calendar Day 2020 offers us an opportunity to Visit MalibuCity.org for more details. launch a renewed commitment to create a sustainable future. Fortunately, the City Earth Hour, Earth Month Kickoff of Malibu is making substantial progress. Saturday, March 28 Here are a few recent highlights: 8:30-9:30pm (local time) • Joined 1,300+ local governments in 25 Turn off lights and appliances – it’s that simple. Join over 7,000 cities across 172 countries by passing a resolution declaring countries by taking one small action to a Climate Emergency, thus making a reduce our impact on the planet. For commitment to become a net-zero more information, visit EarthHour.org. community. HHW / E-Waste and Document • Received SoCalGas’ Resilience and Shredding Collection Adaptation Planning Grant to provide a Saturday, April 18 • 10am-2pm framework for reducing carbon emissions Malibu City Hall The Census is coming to Malibu, and you and foster a more sustainable and resilient Electronics, compact fluorescent bulbs, can be a part of it by participating in community. used motor oil, latex (water-based) the survey or getting a paid job to help paint, automotive and household • Launched a Zero Waste Initiative for City conduct the Census. batteries. Confidential documents to Hall, which includes increased efforts Every 10 years since 1790, the United shred and recycle. Limit of five boxes or to reduce waste, recycle organics (food States Constitution has required a five 13-gallon bags per household. scraps), and transition to paperless Census to be conducted to count every Waste to Waves operations. person in the United States. It is the Polystyrene Collection Be part of the solution by practicing the largest peacetime operation that the U.S. April 18-26 • 8am-5pm Six Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot, Ride, government undertakes and is crucial in Malibu City Hall and Rethink. allocating federal funding for everything Reduce landfill waste and help recycle from infrastructure to healthcare to polystyrene foam packaging into 1. REDUCE waste. education and ensuring representation surfboards! This is a self-serve event.