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Appendix B:

Vision Booth 1: Where do you live, work and play? Vision Booth 2: What makes Laguna Beach special? Vision Booth 4: What words describe the Laguna Beach of the future? Vision Booth 6: What events have shaped Laguna Beach? Vision Booth 7: What will tomorrow?s headlines be?

Insert Where do you live, work and play maps? (1 of 3) (Available from City) Insert Where do you live, work and play maps? (2 of 3) (Available from City) Insert Where do you live, work and play maps? (3 of 3) (Available from City)
Appendix B: Vision Booth Results

Booth 2: What makes Laguna Beach special?

An Active Citzenry

  • The involvement of its people in City issues (6)
  • People who appreciate the natural beauty and willing to involve themselves in preserving it (4)
  • Effort and attitude of the kind of people doing this (festival) (2)
  • Face-to-face relations with City leaders
  • Willingness to risk ? to implement new ideas and programs
  • Politically liberal
  • The activist spirit
  • Dedication of teachers, teachers themselves (2)
  • The H. Ross Cox family
  • Richard T. Barrett
  • Attitude of volunteers

Culture and the Arts

  • Patriots? Day Parade/Fourth of July (3)
  • Pageant of the Masters (2)
  • Music in the Park ? Summer concerts (2)
  • Festival of Arts
  • Dance Festival
  • Sawdust Festival
  • First Thursday?s Art Walk
  • Celebration of the Arts
  • Strong artistic history and identity (9)
  • Laguna Beach should remain an art colony and village
  • Art galleries
  • Live music by Jack Shrimp, music at Blue Bird Park
  • Sidewalk art affairs

Community Character

  • Great sense of community (17)
  • Diversity (13)
  • Small town feel (9)
  • Sense of "home" (4)
  • Tolerance of different lifestyles and viewpoints (4)
  • Community friendliness (2)
  • People are cool
  • Historical depth
  • Unique people with great garage sales
  • A town where people can walk (7)
  • Unique diversity and collective beauty (7)
  • Village atmosphere and character (4)
  • Quiet place within the storm
  • Quiet and eccentric
  • Not a commercial place

Environment and natural areas

  • The beautiful and clean ocean (16)
  • Natural beauty (10)
  • Beautiful and accessible beaches and parks (9)
  • The greenbelt (5)
  • Open space (4)
  • The climate (4)
  • The ocean?s surf (2)
  • The buffer of the green and blue belts
  • Green hills and mountains
  • St. Catherine Catholic School and Church (3)
  • Village entrance with parking
  • Laguna Canyon
  • Laguna Open Space Wilderness
  • LB USD
  • Alta Laguna Park and fire road to water tower
  • Krishna Temple
  • Heisler Park
  • The high school swimming pool
  • Hiking trails

Architecture and landscape

  • Houses with character, sometimes "funky" that may not be allowed under today?s zoning codes, building codes, i.e., the tower at Victoria Beach and beach cottages (10)
  • Small scale (3)
  • Aesthetically beautiful
  • Well-trimmed trees
  • Boardwalks
  • Special lighting ? little white lights at night

Retail

  • Cute stores with nice window displays
Booth 4: What words describe the Laguna Beach of the future?

The People

  • Educated
  • Healthy
  • Progressive
  • Friendly (4)
  • Diverse (4)
  • Tolerant and civil (2)
  • Compassionate (2)
  • Committed (2)
  • Youthful
  • Spirited
  • Reverent
  • Open-minded
  • Challenging
  • Vigorous
  • Trimmer
  • Socio-economically diverse

The Arts

  • Unique, artistic, creative community enjoyed by residents and visitors (10)
  • Musical ? have a community band
  • A cultural arts city
  • Year-round concerts

The Community

  • Small town feeling, small town life (6)
  • Wonderful and unique (4)
  • Home (2)
  • Keep it the way it is now (6)
  • Wonderful as it is now
  • Keep it small
  • Safe (2)
  • Refuge, but crowded
  • The American Dream
  • Charming
  • Family-friendly
  • Eclectic (3)
  • Refreshing (3)
  • Quaint (3)
  • Resident-friendly
  • Affordable

Atmosphere

  • Gorgeous and beautiful (4)
  • Peaceful and serene (4)
  • Unique (2)
  • Relaxing
  • Amazing
  • Sanctuary
  • Park-like
  • Sunny
  • Full
  • Utopia
  • Dangerous, yet promising
  • Picturesque
  • Majestic
  • Paradise
  • Awesome
  • Oasis

Environment and Landscape

  • Environmentally protected and clean (7)
  • Clean and environmentally protected ocean (6)
  • Green (4)
  • No smog, traffic or environmental pollution (3)
  • Unspoiled and constant (3)
  • Preservation of the greenbelt (2)
  • Entrance from Big Bend into Laguna should be lush and refreshed
  • Smoke-free
  • Gardens
  • Restoration of the creek
  • Sustainable
  • Preserved ocean views and trees (3)

Transportation

  • More places to park (2)
  • Quiet, controlled, community-friendly traffic (3)
  • Pedestrian-friendly streets and walkways (2)
  • Electric cars for everyone
  • Electric trams
  • Fantastic local public transit
  • Automobile free (3)

The City

  • Financially sound (2)
  • Public participation
  • Innovation, consensus-building with the City (2)
  • Trend-setting
  • Liberal/Green activism
  • Leader in environmental issues
  • Non-contentious

The Economy

  • Expensive
  • Tourist-free
  • Tourist-serving, aware of tourists
  • Locally serving
  • Uniqueness of shopping in combination with small scale residential
  • Diverse economy
  • Vacation/Resort area

Housing and development

  • Larger population
  • Less dense
  • Glass and steel high-rises
  • Overbuilt
  • Cute historic cottages
  • Preservation of Old Laguna
  • Big in homes
  • Village feel
  • Underground utilities (2)
  • Top notch sewers that include storm drains
  • Texture and scale
  • European feel
  • Small-scale
Booth 6: What events have shaped Laguna?
Booth 7: What will tomorrow's headlines be?

1900

  • Artists put Laguna on the map.

1910

  • Scotts family arrive (1915).
  • County of Orange adopts development plan.

1920

  • American Legion Post 222, chartered 1927
  • Laguna Board of Realtors founded 1924
  • Chamber of Commerce decided that Laguna Beach would be an art colony.
  • Flying bikes shot down by Laguna police officer

1930

  • Coast Highway built, bridge connecting Laguna Beach to S.L.
  • Laguna Breakers to Army (1938)
  • First class to graduate from Laguna Beach High School (1936)
  • "Doc" Blacketer (sp?) moves to town.
  • First festival (1939)
  • "I ate tar out of the tar barrel when Coast Highway was built."

1940

  • Beth Leeds family moves to Laguna Beach (1946).
  • YMCA founded in Laguna Beach (1946)
  • World War II hits U.S. Laguna is not affected.
  • "Rockhouse" in South Laguna first goes to design review.
  • Reverend Tennyson Phillips to St. Mary?s Episcopal (1944)
  • N.E. Hendrickson, Henry Ford?s first engineer, retires in Laguna Beach (1946)
  • Royal Hawaiian
  • Scripto Instulo (sp?) still here
  • Gleed family arrives from China.

1950

  • Beth Leeds embarks on civic career by having stop sign put in at corner of Cliff and Beach.
  • First flood (1953)
  • Woman?s Club trades City Hall site for site on St. Ann?s Street.
  • Barrett family builds house in South Laguna.
  • S. Cox was born (1953)

1960

  • 50-year major flood (1969)
  • Citizen group helps defeat freeway extension through Newport, Laguna Dana Point, etc.
  • Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. founded (1968)
  • Lano fights development of parcel 7a and wins after 25 years.
  • Patriots? Day Parade founded (1966)
  • UCI opens, professors move to town.
  • Sawdust begins.
  • First Laguna Beach High School waterpolo team (1965)
  • Shanty town art community at Main Beach is torn down.

1970

  • Laguna Canyon is Woodstock West.
  • Wells to supply water above big bend
  • "Hotel Laguna" sign removed (1972)
  • Laguna Club for Kids "TLC" at Bluebird Park
  • Real estate prices double and triple
  • Main Beach Park
  • South Laguna Village Green (1977)
  • Irvine County creates woodbridge, O.C. agriculture begins its extinction.
  • Fred Lang starts the General Plan for South Laguna to save hillside open space.
  • Last abalone taken from Laguna tide pools
  • Mr. Dilley fights for greenbelt.

1980

  • Caltrans: All 100-year oaks lining Laguna Canyon removed for shoulder widening
  • City/sewer annex for Laguna Canyon water (formerly in wells)
  • James Dilly active in trying to preserve Laguna Canyon
  • Lumber yard left Forest Avenue.
  • Bluebird Canyon slide
  • Jim Dilley passed away.
  • South Laguna annexed (1987)
  • Last orange grove on side of Freeway torn out for clone homes
  • Pete Honde (sp?) moves to town.
  • Hugh bloom of sea urchins because all starfish were taken
  • Andrea?s Restaurant closes.

1990

  • Big fire in Laguna (1993)
  • The great community comes together after the fire (1993)
  • Mudslides do damage to homes and beach due to damage from fires.
  • Huge house development after the fire
  • Art festival stays in town.
  • Laguna Beach High School is remodeled.
  • Aliso Elementary School closes.
  • Lano fights leafblowers and wins in 1993 ordinance.
  • Toll road
  • Irvine County gives us North Laguna parcel because they could not build on it.
  • Seven inches of rain in 17 hours (1997)
  • House on 364 was hit by runaway truck.
  • Elected an "at large" city councilperson to stay abreast of and coordinate Laguna Plan with surrounding communities, governments and agencies.

2000

  • City deploys National Guard, "Festival Must Stay!"
  • Wetland treatment plant helps stop sewage spills at Aliso Creek.
  • City exercises its power of eminent domain to acquire property housing two has stations on Broadway and PCH for more aesthetically pleasing and better uses.
  • Open-air cafes open until after dinner on the lawn of the main beach
  • Four-year Ocean Studies Program as an elective for high school, community-supported, multi-disciplinary local, national and global awareness and university-supported
  • Get rid of homeless at the main beach.
  • My daughter wins Wimbleton.
  • Rapid growth on hillsides with increasing population.
  • Parking outside city limits for tourists
  • Village entrance
  • Let the pageant move.
  • Gate each end of town.
  • Festival thrives in Laguna and a new cultural awakening is allowed to flourish.
  • Low income for families voted in
  • Debate on issues in civil and respectful.
  • Eighteen pedestrians killed on downtown streets; first block of Forest Avenue closed to auto traffic and make into European-style pedestrian mall.
  • Auto-free downtown, light rail connects Laguna at top of Laguna Canyon to L.A. and San Diego with stops in between.
  • Walking and hike trail next to Canyon Road all the way to our Scymores (sp?)
  • Festival of Arts Board of Directors is recalled, artists flourish.
  • Wayne Baglin is re-elected for City Council.
  • New Senior Center
  • God comes to Laguna Beach and says "I am really too big to fit in any one religion."
  • Pepper tree in front of City Hall dies and Woman?s Club takes site back.

2010

  • K-12 charter school
  • City consolidates all arts organizations and become renowned for arts focus.
  • Keep diversity in arts, but support it.
  • Get rid of City Manager.
  • Ridgeline moratorium in effect since 2000
  • City passes emission-free car zone on Forest Avenue.
  • Any good kind of grocery store, e.g., K-Mart, Target
  • No cars on Forest Avenue, and no chain stores.
  • Downtown closed to auto traffic, and shuttles replace local need for transport
  • Laguna Greenbelt is once and for all protected.
  • Aliso Runoffs have drinking water quality.
  • Laguna Meander Nature River walk established from ocean to upper lakes along flood channel as part of entry project. Consult with Harrison of UCSD at department; work with Dahli Lama.
  • Tragically, Irvine Co. develops one of the last open areas along coast in Southern California, between Newport Beach and Laguna Beach.
  • Temple Hills pedestrian walkway is completed.
  • Laguna community demands and creates cleaner beaches in the west.
  • City allows and sponsors banners on the light posts throughout town sponsoring/advertising major events like the Laguna Beach Film Festival.
  • City creates walkway from Tow to Fire Road.
  • All Laguna homes are wired and on-line with free internet access.
  • Celebration of the Arts hits 10th year ? big success, artists flourish.
  • Festival of the Arts in San Clemente declares bankruptcy.
  • All new houses built with front porches.
  • Less materialism, more spirituality
  • Senior Center, Youth Community Center, Community Meeting Hall established
  • Traffic forces locals to push for private roads and access.
  • D.R. grinds to a halt as neighbors refuse to work with each other fueled by attorney intervention.
  • More music
  • More recycling
  • Mark Orgil runs for mayor, wins by 2.

2020

  • The City builds a new pier at Aliso Creek.
  • Beaches are clean.
  • Shops meet the residents? needs, not just tourists.
  • Laguna Art Museum East is opened at city entrance. The Bilbao-like structure attracts people from all over the world.
  • Restaurants and cafes and galleries with musicians and atmosphere can survive financially in our town so we can enjoy them, e.g., Renaissance Caf?.
  • Vertical lift vehicles replace antiquated automobiles.
  • Art Center ? A community cultural center within the downtown and village area
  • I win Oscar for best actress.
  • Biggest issue for the City Council is how to foster diversity in high cost bedroom community that prices out all but the super rich.
  • Public art in every park and on private property
  • Low-cost housing for volunteers
  • Laguna solves parking problem.
  • Laguna is recognized as world class art city.

2030

  • Utility undergrounding is complete.
  • Surf museum opens at main beach.
  • Legalized body clone shop for the elderly.
  • Third generation Lagunan able to afford house in Laguna.
  • All small homes and cottages are gone. We have become a community of 6,000 and 7,000 square feet homes where only the rich can live.
  • That?s why we left Manhattan Beach. Don?t let it happen here.
  • People walk because there is a "back to basics" movement.
  • Rangers and "dog" police prohibit people from taking shells or animals from tidepools.
  • Real estate prices double or triple.
  • Laguna fishing pier across Bird Rock is complete.
  • Travel and Leisure Magazine rates Laguna one of the top 10 coastal resorts in the world, but no rooms for worldwide guests.
  • Laguna gets a real Chamber of Commerce.
  • More stores for locals

2040

  • South Laguna is treated as "Laguna Proper."
  • An artificial reef is built at Pearl Street Beach.
  • PCH becomes pedestrian/bike park.
  • Laguna becomes the last city to have underground utilities.
  • Horse stables and electric cars.
  • Billionaires will push out millionaires.
  • Laguna Beach Film Festival attended by hundreds of Hollywood stars.
  • Greenbelt and village atmosphere maintained
  • Child abuse is eliminated.

2050

  • The City passes a new traffic law allowing surfing as official transportation.
  • Laguna Beach should start exploring and shifting to Mars. They should be explore the possibility of humans on the planet. The honor should be Laguna Beach?s.
  • All leaders and organizations have approved an office district on Broadway which would destroy Laguna.
  • Everyone is equal.
  • Beaches are clean and there is reduced smog.
  • Festival still exists.
  • City completes downtown redevelopment which includes residential over retail opportunities.
  • Trout swim in Aliso Creek.
  • City struggles to deal with 250 tour buses per day with tourists.
  • Man electrocuted by smart toilet.
  • Poisonous Air lawsuits run rampant. San Bernardino sues Laguna Beach. City passes No Emission Vehicle Zones with long range to be entire city.

2060

  • Laguna Beach is one of the only small beach towns in the U.S.
  • No snow day, another mud day ? no school.
  • Sea level rise takes oceanfront homes at Victoria Beach, floods downtown. Venice-like canal system suggested to cope with water level rise in flooded canyon.
  • Traffic-free areas downtown to stroll and shop
  • Hillsides collapse after rains ? findings show huge homes to blame for increased weight and instability. Hundreds killed.
  • California giant kelp forests are re-established from Dana Point through Laguna to Newport Beach by the "Sea Pulp Kelp Teams."
  • Japanese commercial trawlers harvest kelp forest.

2070

  • Laguna Beach has many car show rooms, they should start inventing hovering cars that are not illegal on roads or water.
  • A ski lift from Alta Laguna to Oak Street Beach
  • No more polluted water
  • Laguna Beach landlord advertisement: "Studio for rent. No kitchen. Street parking. Close to beach. $8,500 a month."
  • Burger King finally opens in Laguna.
  • Antique 1990?s Mars Rover found while re-mining city dump.

2080

  • The entire city is wheelchair accessible.
  • Mysterious fire burns Burger King to the ground.
  • Aliso Creek and Beach are finally clean.
  • Aquatech Creek filtration generates annual reclaimed water revenues of $1.5 million.

2090

  • Sky jammed with busses, cars and limousines
  • Laguna Dinosaur Park in Greenbelt
  • Treasure Island resort begins construction.
  • State declares Laguna an historical park ? admission $20.00
  • F451 up in flames again
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