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City Manager’s Weekly Update – March 30, 2018

  • Update on dockless bicycles that do not have permission to operate on public property and public streets in Coronado
  • March 26-30 was Tsunami Awareness Week
  • Dog saved by Coronado Police Officer as smoke was filling a house on Fifth Street
  • South Beach Portable Restroom Trailer is out of service for repair and maintenance before the upcoming summer season
  • Glorietta Bay Marina boat launch ramp will be closed for a couple days in April for parking lot painting; more details when dates are determined
  • Port of San Diego will meet on April 10 and determine grant funding for 2018: Coronado’s events are Movies on the Bay, July 4th, Snow Mountain
  • Florals by Locals, Call to Artists deadline is April 10

Each week, the City Manager’s Office provides an update that includes information on programs, services and issues within the City, as well as news, project updates and follow-up information when necessary.

Get up to speed on what’s going on in Coronado with this video preview of the latest edition of the Coronado City Manager’s Weekly Update, as well as a sampling of the updates below. Read the full update on the City’s website.

  • Tsunami Awareness Week March 26-30 is Tsunami Awareness Week. On Wednesday, March 28, at approximately 10:15 a.m., the National Weather Service conducted a test of the Emergency Alert System. The message was issued as a routine monthly test in the Pacific and coastal areas of central and southern California. The test was also broadcast on NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, local television and radio stations. The graphics below, from The Tsunami Zone and the City’s Tsunami Preparedness Guide, offer information and tips on what to do and how to protect yourself during earthquakes and tsunami warnings. Another online resource is the California Office of Emergency Services.  

Tsunami Awareness

What is Tsunami

  • South Beach RestroomsThe City’s Portable Restroom Trailer (PRT) at South Beach is currently out service and relocated to the Public Services yard for repairs and maintenance. The PRT will be returned to its location at South Beach after City staff is confident that all of its repairs have been made and its ready for the long, upcoming summer season. In the meantime, portable toilets and a hand washing station will be in-place until the PRT returns.
  • Dockless Bicycles: In December, Dockless Bicycle companies requested permission to operate a commercial business from public property and public streets in Coronado. The City Council did not approve their request for a Coronado Commercial Use Permit. Over the past several weeks, there has been an increase in the number of dockless bicycles left in Coronado.  As part of normal patrol, the Police Department has been tasked with posting the bicycles left on public property or right-of-way. Bikes that remain unclaimed are picked up the next day by the Public Services Department. They are stored until they are retrieved by the owners. The number of dockless bike left in Coronado has dramatically decreased over the past week dropping from over two dozen bikes a day to fewer than six per day. Special acknowledgement is given to OFO bike that has made an effort to pick-up bikes daily and who recently paid the costs associated with collecting their bikes.  It should be noted that Coronado is home to eleven Bicycle rental companies and is designated a silver-level bicycle friendly community by the League of American Bicyclists.   

For the complete City Manager’s Weekly Update, visit the city’s website.

 

 



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Originally from upstate New York, Dani Schwartz has lived in Coronado since 1996. She is happy to call Coronado home and to have raised her children here. In her free time she enjoys reading, exercising, trying new restaurants, and just walking her dog around the "island." Have news to share? Send tips or story ideas to: [email protected]

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