The Approach

In my personal opinion, the first task of revitalizing Playa Santa is to itemize all the facets, good and bad, of Playa Santa.  Then see how they relate.  Through a thoughtful process, begin to formulate a plan.  Test it.  Track the results. Tweak the plan.

This site will try to provide a library of all the elements of Playa Santa.

All the planning in the world is useless without implementation.  That takes volunteers.

I have tried to condense the list of elements from the last meeting, and added a few.  You can begin to see that many items overlap and are interwoven; by say,  cleaning up the garbage, will invite more people, which then creates more issues of say traffic and parking.

The entire mix is dynamic and plays out over time.

The ultimate benefit is a better way of life and appreciation of our assets at Playa Santa.

The following is a first draft of itemizing the elements  and  issues of Playa Santa.

Please comment below, and I will update the list.  Each issue can be assigned its own page where it can be addressed in more detail. For instance, this is a PAGE we built for the Fishermen Association attempting to plan a roof top café.

The noted elements and issues so far in discussion:

  1. Animal Control: Dogs – Cats – Horses – Monkeys – Gargoyles – Chupacabras -etc.
  2. Road  maintenance
    1. State responsibility
    2. Guánica responsibility
    3. Volunteer??  (just do it)
  3. Landscaping and natural conservation and husbandry
  4. Public saftey
    1. State police
    2. Guánica police
    3. FURA
    4. RESCATE
    5. DNER
    6. Environmental Quality Board
    7. NOAA
    8. EPA
    9. Fire Dept.
    10. Private Ambulances
  5. Security
    1. Police patrol outline
    2. Urbanization gate and cameras
    3. Tower guard
    4. AEELA security
    5. Neighborhood watch
  6. Various Playa Santa Sectors and their interests
    1. The historical town sector.
    2. The Urbanization’
    3. AEELA tower
    4. The Round Tower
  7. Appearances, conditions and “eye impact”
    1. Trash
    2. Banners
    3. Paint
    4. Building condition
    5. Landscaping
    6. Signage
  8. Garbage
  9. Noise and Loud Music
  10. Jobs & how to create and sustain (pay for)
  11. Parking
  12. Sanitary Facilities
  13. Branding and Advertising
    1. Promote what is unique to Plays Santa
    2. Promo our businesses
    3. A community spirit
    4. Cleanliness appearance (when cleaned up)
    5. Quaintness
    6. Well maintained homes and buildings
  14. La Jungla traffic and maintenance
  15. Manglillo traffic and maintenance (overlap?? w/ beach clean up??)
  16. Transportation and access
    1. Taxi services
    2. Publicas
    3. Buses
  17. Education
  18. Activities and Festivals
  19. Maps and Directoies
    1. Properties
    2. Traffic flows
    3. Parking locations
    4. Business directory
    5. Utility markouts
    6. Signage
      1. Road markers and location km
      2. Direction to attractions
      3. Points of interest with explanations
      4. Trails
  20. Tourism
    1. Accommodations
    2. Dining
    3. Attractions Specific
  21. Lighting
  22. Fishermen Association
  23. Attractions
    1. The sea
      1. Water quality
      2. Coral
      3. Harbor
      4. Bay
    2. Mangroves
    3. Salt Flats
      1. Create and maintain wetland plants
      2. Wetland educational program
      3. Wetland enjoyment
      4. Odor abatement with aerated water.
      5. A working salt flat plant as Historical and Practical education
      6. Fishery for fish stocking
    4. The beaches
      1. Playa Santa
      2. Manglillo
      3. La Jungla
    5. Dry Forest
      1. Info
      2. Trails
    6. Fishing
      1. Guides
      2. Regulations
      3. Species
      4. Sustainable management
    7. Boating
      1. Regulations
      2. Repairs
      3. Fuel
      4. Docking
      5. Anchoring
      6. Mooring
    8. Kayaking
    9. Water sports inclusive
    10. Hiking
    11. Biking
    12. Tranquility
    13. Sun w/ little rain
  24. AEELA
  25. Boating
    1. Post rules
    2. Speeding boats & Sea Doos
    3. Reef markings
    4. Swim area- define markings
    5. Manatee warnings
  26. Natural Flora and Fauna
  27. Volunteerism and Programs
  28. Urban Planning and Zoning
    1. Enforce current laws
    2. Health conditions and intervention
    3. Hazardous conditions
    4. Property maintenance
    5. Disruption of current sea/mountain views of current residents
    6. Economic studies of business revenue i.e. sales tax collected
  29. Trails
  30. Real Estate
    1. Houses, business, land for sale/rent
    2. Promotions
  31. Business needs and responsibilities
    1. Business directory and contact list
  32. Public services
    1. Electric
      1. Maintenance of underground lines
      2. Tree trim to prevent outages
    2. Water
      1. Steady pressure
      2. Road repair
      3. Multiple section shutoffs to isolate leaks
    3. Sewer
      1. Connection details
      2. Info phone numbers
    4. Telephone
    5. Cable
    6. Garbage Collection
  33. Conservation, Best Construction Methods and Pollution control
  34. Funding and Financing
    1. Grants
    2. Donations
    3. Fundraisers
  35. The limits
    1. Amount of new construction sustainable
    2. The number of visitors that can be accommodated at any time
    3. The impact on existing dwellings by new construction
  36. Government liaison
    1. Contacts  i.e.. Police, Fire, Rescue
    2. Public Order Code and Enforcement
    3. Youth programs
    4. Communications
      1. Participant contact sheet
      2. Newsletter
      3. List of all residents and addresses

 

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