Capistrano Bay Park And Recreation District

Dave Lewis, director of the Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District, has no time for recreation. That's because his two-member staff quit Friday to take other jobs. Lewis explained that Don Burroughs, his recreation supervisor, had given his 2-week notice effective Friday in order to accept a better job with the city of Lakewood. Then, last week, recreation coordinator Cindy Bartlett gave 3 days' notice that she would be leaving as well for a new recreation job elsewhere in Orange County.

Underscoring an increasingly bitter rift among city officials, two former members of the defunct Capistrano Bay Parks and Recreation District announced this week that they will not serve on the city's new park and recreation advisory committee. Robert Wilberg and Tom Crump, who were president and vice president of the Capistrano district board, informed City Manager Stephen B. Julian that they would not serve on the temporary committee created last month.

The Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District's recent acquisition of a 2.8-acre parcel of land on Stonehill Drive at San Juan Creek will allow the district to create a nearly seven-acre park in the area, district officials said. After several months of negotiation, the district Board of Directors last week unanimously approved the $1.8-million purchase of the parcel from the Gordon family of Dana Point. The land, which was zoned by the city for residential use, was originally listed for $2.

Park district directors voted this week to approve an unusual $750,000 land swap after the state ruled that there was no conflict of interest involved in the deal. The directors of the Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District voted 3 to 1 Thursday to approve the deal that exchanges a small parcel of land in Heritage Park for a much larger piece of property at the intersection of Street of the Violet Lantern and La Cresta Drive.

The Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District board of directors took the first step toward rehabilitating nearly 2 miles of median strips along Street of the Golden Lantern by awarding the design contract to a Dana Point firm last week. Hadfield Laymon Landscape Architects was selected from a list of 23 firms seeking the contract. Five finalists made presentations to the board Thursday night.

The Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District has given preliminary approval to a $3.4-million operating budget for fiscal year 1991-92 that increases spending by about $500,000 from last year. The district, which operates and maintains parks and recreation services in Dana Point, also will have a development and acquisitions budget of $2 million, said David Lewis, the park district administrator. "We hope to go out and buy some new park sites this year," Lewis said.

The Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District Board deadlocked Friday over whether to launch a conflict-of-interest investigation against board member Lynn J. Muir. The board stalemated 2-2 on a vote that would have opened an inquiry into whether any irregularities surrounded Muir's acceptance of a $3,500 contract from Alan Squitieri just days after pushing for a land swap between the district and the Florida businessman. Muir stood in the hall as the board deliberated. William M.

The Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District board of directors agreed this week to pay $625,000 for a four-acre parcel on a steep hillside along Stonehill Drive. The board voted 4 to 1 Thursday night to purchase the property from Laguna Hills-based Hon Development, which had planned to use the site for a retirement center. Questions about easements will delay final action for two weeks, however.

Pines Park virtually resonates romance. The little four-acre site on bluffs overlooking Capistrano Beach commands a spectacular ocean view. Stately pines shade lush, jade-green grass. It's a perfect place for weddings--in fact hundreds of couples have gone there in recent years to say their vows. But neighbors and the Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District think there can be too much of a good thing.

David Lewis, administrator of the Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District for the past decade, announced recently that he will leave his post to become the first director of parks and recreation for the new city of Laguna Hills. Lewis, 41, told the district board of directors of his plans last week, an announcement that came as a surprise, board President Ed Conway said. "It was a bombshell, but people have to move on," Conway said. "Ten years is a long time at one position.

The Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District Board deadlocked Friday over whether to launch a conflict-of-interest investigation against board member Lynn J. Muir. The board stalemated 2-2 on a vote that would have opened an inquiry into whether any irregularities surrounded Muir's acceptance of a $3,500 contract from Alan Squitieri just days after pushing for a land swap between the district and the Florida businessman. Muir stood in the hall as the board deliberated. William M.

A park district official who encouraged his colleagues to agree to a land swap with a Florida businessman has stirred controversy by taking a job from the man. Lynn J. Muir, a local architect and longtime board member of the Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District, pushed for a deal that requires the city to give up a small amount of public parkland so that Alan Squiteri can build a swimming pool at his Dana Point vacation home.

It was a highly complicated and unusual exchange: a sliver of public parkland in the Dana Bluffs area for less than half of an acre of inland private property. But the upshot is this: A Florida businessman wanted a pool for his Dana Point vacation home at almost any price, and for a cool $750,000, he will get it.

The Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District's recent acquisition of a 2.8-acre parcel of land on Stonehill Drive at San Juan Creek will allow the district to create a nearly seven-acre park in the area, district officials said. After several months of negotiation, the district Board of Directors last week unanimously approved the $1.8-million purchase of the parcel from the Gordon family of Dana Point. The land, which was zoned by the city for residential use, was originally listed for $2.

David Lewis, administrator of the Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District for the past decade, announced recently that he will leave his post to become the first director of parks and recreation for the new city of Laguna Hills. Lewis, 41, told the district board of directors of his plans last week, an announcement that came as a surprise, board President Ed Conway said. "It was a bombshell, but people have to move on," Conway said. "Ten years is a long time at one position.

The Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District board of directors agreed this week to pay $625,000 for a four-acre parcel on a steep hillside along Stonehill Drive. The board voted 4 to 1 Thursday night to purchase the property from Laguna Hills-based Hon Development, which had planned to use the site for a retirement center. Questions about easements will delay final action for two weeks, however.

Park district directors voted this week to approve an unusual $750,000 land swap after the state ruled that there was no conflict of interest involved in the deal. The directors of the Capistrano Bay Park and Recreation District voted 3 to 1 Thursday to approve the deal that exchanges a small parcel of land in Heritage Park for a much larger piece of property at the intersection of Street of the Violet Lantern and La Cresta Drive.