- The 92118 Day community celebration on Sept. 21 will impact residents and roadways (Ocean Blvd, Isabella and Loma) with designated streets closed from 8:30am-11pm for the event from 3pm-8pm
- City Council has begun work on an aggressive plan and pro-active approach to bury overhead utilities, public workshops to be held
- Hotel del Coronado Master Plan construction to begin and will take several years
- Spreckels Center has a new community board for flyers for arts and cultural events
- Construction at the golf course clubhouse kitchen due to poorly designed plumbing; new concessionaire opened on Saturday, Sept. 1 with future remodel planned
- Community is asked to choose from five finalists for Coronado Community Read 2019, voting ends Sept. 14
- Port advised Coronado of freestyle skydiving championship Sept. 14 & 15, visible from various areas, several hundred expected to attend
- No Jumping/Diving signs installed in Coronado Cays over the canals
- Music festival in downtown San Diego at Waterfront Park to take place Sat. and Sun., Sept 29 and 30
- New fire dept equipment for confined space rescues
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.
- Proactive Planning for Undergrounding Begins: The City Council has begun work on an aggressive plan to bury overhead utilities throughout Coronado. At its meeting on Tuesday, September 4, the Council received and accepted an analysis and program prioritization plan developed by Harris & Associates for the Coronado Utility Undergrounding Master Plan. The Council then directed staff to reevaluate the Silver Strand area using the criteria the Harris analysis laid out. The Council also directed staff to hold one or more public workshops and to return with an implementation plan focused on undergrounding the highest ranked areas based on the Harris Plan and community feedback for future Council consideration. An initial cost estimate for undergrounding the entire City was $170 million. While that figure is high, the City’s past approach to undergrounding would have taken 100s of years to complete. The Council plans a more proactive approach. Undergrounding utilities improves safety, reliability and property values.
- Hotel del Coronado Master Plan: Construction fencing is up and the Hotel del Coronado this week received a permit to restripe the south parking lot as it readies to begin work on its long-term expansion master plan. The workto site more cars in the south lot will allow construction of the north parking lot with two levels of underground parking and a surface lot with some 730 spaces. This work should take about one year. Once complete, construction crews will switch the guest entrance of the hotel to the north side to begin construction on the south lot to include 144 guestrooms and a 20,000-square-foot conference center, as well as an underground parking garage. This will also shift the main hotel vehicle entrance to off of Avenida del Sol, which as part of the plan will be raised to address existing flooding issues. A new traffic light and pedestrian crossing at Avenida del Sol and state Route 75 will be added. The south portion of the development should take about two years. Once that is complete, the main guest entrance to the hotel will be shifted back to the south side. There also are plans to remodel the interior and exterior of the Oxford Building and the Laundry Building, both of which went to Design Review earlier this year. Crews will demolish some of the less aesthetically pleasing buildings in this ‘industrial area’ of the hotel property. As expected, there will be construction impacts around the property for some time.
- Cays ‘No Jumping/Diving’ Signs Installed: Public Services crews installed “no jumping/diving” signs in the Coronado Cays amid concerns from residents that people might get hurt when mounting the railings over the causeways and jumping into the canals. The railings were not designed for this purpose and it is very dangerous as people can slip especially if they are wet. The City asks that people not use the railing as a jumping or diving platform and that if anyone sees this happening to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at (619) 522-7350.
- Golf Course Clubhouse Construction: Construction to repair a damaged wall in the Golf Course Clubhouse kitchen caused by a leak from poorly designed plumbing has begun. It will take up to 3 weeks to complete. The work area is contained and construction will be performed at night. Meanwhile, the City’s new concessionaire, Feast and Fareway, opened its restaurant and is serving food, including its own special coffee blend. The operator has provided the community with the timeline of future construction below.
To see the complete City Manager’s Weekly Update, visit the city’s website.
