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Home My WebLink About51 - PH-1 - Attachment 1 - 7/21/2015ATTACHMENT 1 PARKS AND RECREA TION COMM/SS/ON AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: JUNE 25, 2015 ITEM NUMBER: 8a SUBJECT: PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PALETTE FOR THE EXISTING MEDIANS ON MESA VERDE DRIVE AND CALIFORNIA STREET DATE: JUNE 15, 2015 FROM: PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION PRESENTATION BY: BALTAZAR MEJIA, PARKS PROJECT MANAGER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BALTAZAR MEJIA AT (714) 754-5291 RECOMMENDATION: Approve a plant palette for the existing medians on Mesa Verde Drive and California Street. BACKGROUND: The existing medians on Mesa Verde Drive, a 1.4 -mile half circle north of Adams Avenue, and the median on California Street between Iowa Street and New Hampshire Drive over the Greenville -Banning Channel (Attachment 1) were originally planted with grass. Grass is a high water use/high maintenance ground cover that in response to the current water conservation measures is being replaced with various types of drought -tolerant and xeriscape landscape designs. In line with Governor Brown's Executive Order, water to these medians has been turned off. At the March 26, 2015, Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, staff presented two conceptual plant palettes for these medians. After review, the Commission requested that a public meeting be conducted prior to approving a plant palette. ANALYSIS: A public meeting was held on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Over 3,000 notices were mailed to the neighboring residents and a copy was posted on the City's website. Approximately 20 people attended the meeting and provided input. The City's consultant and staff presented the scope of the project and went over alternate plant palettes appropriate for these medians. Based on the comments gathered, the three primary concepts for the Mesa Verde Medians that received the most comments were (listed in order of popularity): 1. Replace grass with colorful drought -tolerant plants (Attachment 2a) 2. Replace grass with drought -tolerant, no -mow grass (Attachment 2b) 3. Replace grass with synthetic turf (Attachment 2c) Other alternatives included a combination of 1 and 2 above, add more color and variety to Concept 1, and others preferred a more simplistic plant palette with only a few plant species. Other comments received included a 50/50 split to add accent boulders in combination with drought tolerant planting, and one comment to provide walkable surfaces — It is not recommended to provide walkable surfaces along the medians as it will introduce the possibility of vehicle- pedestrian conflict in the mid -block areas while accessing the medians. Given that Mesa Verde Drive is a four -lane divided primary road, the uncontrolled mid -block pedestrian crossings between the sidewalks and the medians pose a significant safety concern for pedestrians. All the proposed concepts will provide a significant reduction in water use and reduced maintenance once the plants are established. The proposed irrigation system for Concept 1 or 2 is a new state -of the art drip irrigation system designed to deliver the required amount of water to the specific plant species. The irrigation system for Option 3 will be limited to watering the existing trees through a new drip irrigation system. All three concepts meet the requirements for the turf removal rebate program offered by the Water District and an application will be submitted once the new call for projects is open. The California Street Median has a more limited choice of plant materials due to underlying structures; however, the two alternatives (Attachment 3) that were presented at the Commission meeting of March 26, 2015, were also presented at the public meeting. There were no comments received at this meeting for this particular median. These concepts also meet the requirements for the turf removal rebate program offered by the Water District and an application will be submitted once the new call for projects is open. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED: No additional alternatives were considered for this item. FISCAL REVIEW: Funding for this project is budgeted in the FY 2014-2015 Capital Improvement Fund. LEGAL REVIEW: There is no legal review required for this item. CONCLUSION: It is recommended that the Commission approve a plant palette for the existing medians on Mesa Verde Drive and California Street. Z__A1 ERNEST NOZ FARIBA FAZELI Public ces Director City Engineer S BALTAZA EJIA Parks Project Manager Attachments: 1 - Location Map 2- Plant Palettes for Mesa Verde Drive 3- Plant Palette for California Street E c: Chief Executive Officer Assistant Chief Executive Officer Staff File CITY OF COSTA MESA PUBLIC SERVICES/ENGINEERING �l~l�•i� �yt� Y a WW DR. ' L SUVA [rR. Co S° g r IR. 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';� gid► f•, 0 ATTACHMENT 2a -r,.� _ C •�S�1d sem• � ACCENT PLANTS: Yucca, Pink Cordyline, and Agave n PIAF '.�'y K - ------ ------ a O BOULDER OPTION: Alternating pattern with Accent plants CONTRACTOR uc N '• °ATE - CITY OF COSTA MESA SHEET NO BENCHMARK DESIGNED BY: %X Xx/xk; -� DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES / ENGINEERING DIVISION X BE11CN MMM M: XXXX DRAWN BY: xx XX/Xx/a� OF k1EVATI&N- xxwx CHECKED BY: XX BESCMPTK7N• %1lRX RECOMMENDED BY: XX x%/X%/K% DATE OF CONSTRUCTION PLAN NUMBER APPROVED BY: BEG END flF56 ar, %X.YX FA BA FAIEI I. CM ENGINEER R.0 E #51460 P E SEAL X X - X X DATE ACCCPTED BY CITY COUNCIL �!+ �, tYi ;.! � ri � � �• �• •r �� y��1 ■ "�► 4' _ + r �- :f _r -w � �. - f ' �'t r �� ';� � a. ��r .�e��y �ti . .i. . _ �j o- ` . - ter• ra �• �; ., V i � w�• y'�� r._. �y �+�� - rd� - •---�-1� ! ��^ �. _ '� �_ '�� r...d- � ti , r _�� ►N! y. `4 F,r. wr �� • , r. -•. � •,,�z.� K .y f ��•;� �'i � ��'. ' � - ATTACHMENT 2a to W a; IuI�ilu U' U a W o a + S F t m r � U) c� a� cz U) cz O U) c� a� cz U) cz O California Meadow Sedge /unmowed California Meadow Sedge /Planted from Plugs Labor intensive ATTACHMENT 2b West Coast Turf— Kurapia -Comes in Rolls Kurapia is a drought tolerant and low maintenance turf alternative ground cover. Once estab- lished, it requires little maintenance and needs less water than cool and warm season turfgrasses. Establishment takes apprpximately 21-30 days and requires regular irrigation. Once estab- lished, Kurapia's water requirement can be maintained aesthetically at 50% of the evapotran- spiration versus 80% for cool season fescue. It has thick, dense growth, and is a flowering plant It can be mowed or left natural. Kurapia maintains green year around in most locations in California except high elevation areas Kurapia's sturdy structure makes it ideal for many uses such as covering highway and freeway shoulders, rooftops, public utility areas, commercial properties, and landscape areas. It can tol- erate light foot traffic, but is not recommended for heavy traffic areas like playgrounds or sports fields Karupia grows close to the ground and rarely exceeds one inch high. Most of the year the plant is covered in small while flowers that are sterile. __ y-aY •_Feil:.♦ # California Meadow Sedge /mowed Carex Pansa/California Meadow Sedge W' Pots or Y' plugs This Grass is proposed for the California Median over the Chanel and can also be used to replace the Turf on Mesa Verde Blvd. Option— A combination of 2B with 2A Medians Length Meadow Grass with accents of Boul- ders with Agave Tips accented with Roses Lawn Replacement with Drought tolerant Meadow Grass or Groundcover EXHIBIT 2b Mesa verde blvd. median lawn replacement ATTACHMENT 2c LKA UltimateGrass t>rFA�Y l'fJ1��' uttimatematural UG-CSLGW-ON-P 15 It. Width Care and liaimmunce Tofil IirOtl 7 ta) Par egean hM LDS •aiaa�rrAta imp 4aF. •+a.rrnw•1�r.t+l.+r:w seta vraa•e�ratlaar. t Pllatarn7ppa � - - --- UY-rbrgtrlt rta4aDg're � NA �trn3ruaun I•latt areae `.... 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Patchow •;Wmwa rGa wadi"WAUy aanalrrap wrSU an tvw h ddnwla eras tp*Vd dkk" YJ Int Iddlt GG not am Ike Mean cit" at One lurt • Ta parr an w lata rld Aimrnato c4om lura J aiy weather, dampen BM aro] 1 Mat Vow (MS UN wth weld lx a c mi]Inanon •(water am anzyrle time St.wW Ike r myw% [1111 w Tieut'glkm - — — For move Imfenmotlen vlait www.Ultimalled rm.�) I, Recommended Synthetic Turf to Replace all the Grass on Mesa Verde Median. EXHIBIT 2c CITY OF COSTA MESA d �dKUrd June -8-15 -- robi neon ATTACHMENT 3 N d J� GJ 8 n r- N M L 3 w z d ao Es: A d Lu7 W W L/1 CW G i5 LO 0 LL 0 u Z a 0 LU LU LJJ Ln z cc O LLJ Q Li 8 n r z e � Z 1� W L/1 CW G i5 LO 0 LL 0 u Z a 0 LU LU LJJ Ln z cc O LLJ Q Li