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August 2011, Volume 14, Issue 7

MVCC NEWSLETER

Published Monthly Free by the Midtown Ventura Community Council

By David Ferrin

Presently an underutilized 80,000

quare foot parking lot exists at

he city parking lot bordered by S.

Katherine Drive and Hartman Drive

between Thompson Boulevard and

Main Street in the heart of Midtown

Ventura. The Midtown Ventura

Community Council in conjunctionwith other community groups and

he City of Ventura aim to convert

a portion the parking lot to an

nvironment-friendly community

park and storm water mitigation site.

The park, Midtown Commons, will

be designed to uniquely reect the

values and culture of the Midtown

Ventura community. The objective is

to remove about 20,000 square feet

of existing asphalt paving to create a

park that includes functional local art,botanical gardens, cultural and natural

narratives, and areas for people of

all ages to enjoy and congregate.

Turf and pavement, standard

features in most parks, will give

way to native plants and pervious

pedestrian surfaces. Other proposed

features include a sunken meditation

garden, picnic area, playground and

community plaza. Everyday items

such as bollards, picnic tables andseating will be objects created by

local artists.

Storm water Mitigation: In addition

to being a public space, the park will

have a storm water mitigation system

that is invisible to the eye but will

divert and lter storm water from the

storm drainage system, surroundin

surface streets and roofs into the

aquifer, preventing contaminatedrunoff from reaching the ocean and

beaches. A portion of the water wi

be captured in a cistern to be used

irrigation. As a result connecting t

the city water system is not propos

The City of Ventura was issued a

municipal storm water permit by

the state in July, 2010 that places

requirements on new development

install systems that treat and inltr

storm water runoff beginning thisfall. The permit allows the exibil

for a new development to treat and

inltrate storm water on off-site

locations in lieu of inltrating the

storm water on individual project

sites. This off-site storm water

mitigation will enable much need

new development in the surroundi

urban areas that are within the

Our Mission: Preservation, enhancement and revitalization of Midtown Ventura

Letter from the Chair

Depave Parking to Build a Park

PO Box 1041, Ventura, CA 93002

roposed Site: Midtown Commons Park. Located Between Hartman and Katheriine Drives , South of Main Street and North of Tompson Blvd.

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Container glass is 100% recyclable. Ther

no limit to the number of times glass can

recycled without any degradation in quan

quality and purity. About 80% of recover

glass containers are made into new glassbottles often back on the store shelf in as

little as a month. Beside the savings in ra

materials, recycling glass has a number o

environmental benets. Recycling just on

glass bottle will save enough energy to li

a 100-watt bulb for four hours or a CFL f

20 hours. According to the Glass Packagi

Institute (GPI), for every six tons of recy

container glass used, a ton of carbon

dioxide is reduced in the processing. Man

consumers like glass because unlike plast

or metals, it is inert and non-reactive to f

A few things to keep in mind when recyc

glass:

Rinse the container lightly to ge

of any residue to control odors a

insects in your recycling contain

Leave the labels on.

Only recycle containerglass bu

remember this includes wine an

beer bottles along with jars from

soups, sauces, pickles and even

some non-food bottles.

Do

not include ceramics, porcelPyrex, dishware, drinking glasse

mirrors or light bulbs. These con

other components that contamin

glass recycling and can damage

recycling and manufacturing

equipment.

Remove metal lids and put them

the recycling container separate

Some material sorting facilities

a magnet to capture the metal. If

glass jar is attached to a heavy m

lid, the glass could get collected

with the metal, contaminating thmetal recycling process and was

the glass.

Put all colors of glass containers

your recycling bin.

Christine Wied, Environmental Specialis

City of Ventura

805 652-4584

cwied@ci.ventura.ca.us

Greentip For

August 2011

Pictured are samples of Lisa Burtons,

Nature by Design, natural habitat

ocean friendly landscape designs

ocated in Midtown. Pictured above

and to right private residence located

on 100 block of San Clemente Street.Pictured below Lisa Burtons house

on Santa Ynez Street.

Photos by: Kurt Preissler

Pag

Examples of OceanFriendly Gardens

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OXNARD, CA

PERMIT NO 273

Midtown Ventura Community CouncilPO Box 1041Ventura, CA 93002-1041

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Community Memorial Hospital-

Proposed Park and Landscape Design

Agenda:

August 11, 7:00 p.m.Cooper Hall at Grace Church

65 South Macmillan Avenue

Next Meeting:

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