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CITY OF BUENA PARK
<br /> General
<br /> Location and Government. The City of Buena Park ("Buena Park") encompasses 10.27 square
<br /> miles and is located at the northern end of the County, just south of the Los Angeles County line. It is
<br /> approximately 22 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, 12 miles north of Santa Ana, the County Seat,
<br /> and 19 miles inland of the Pacific Ocean. Neighboring communities include the Cities of Anaheim,
<br /> Cerritos, Cypress, La Habra, La Mirada and La Palma.
<br /> Buena Park is a general law city and was incorporated in 1952. Buena Park has a Council-Manager
<br /> form of municipal government. The City Council appoints the City Manager who is responsible for the day-
<br /> today administration of city business and the coordination of all city departments. The City Council is
<br /> composed of five members elected bi-annually at large to four-year alternating terms. The Mayor is selected
<br /> by the City Council from among its members. Under the 1995-96 fiscal year budget, Buena Park employs
<br /> a staff of approximately 299 full-time employees and 128 part-time employees.
<br /> Community Services and Facilities. Buena Park provides police and fire protection, emergency
<br /> paramedics, sewer maintenance, water, trash collection, street sweeping, park maintenance and building
<br /> inspection, and cooperates with the County in the provision of flood control services.
<br /> Educational services are provided for Buena Park residents by several school districts, including
<br /> Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton and Centralia Unified School Districts, as well as numerous private school
<br /> systems. Available schools include fourteen elementary schools, seven junior high schools and nine high
<br /> schools. In addition, there are several colleges and universities in nearby Fullerton and Cypress, including
<br /> California State University (Fullerton), Cypress Community Colleges, Fullerton Community College,
<br /> Western State University of Law and Southern California College of Optometry.
<br /> Health facilities for the City include two general hospitals with a total bed capacity of 124. There
<br /> are also numerous professional service offices in Buena Park serving medical doctors, dentists, optometrists,
<br /> chiropractors and podiatrists, as well as St. Jude's Medical Center in nearby Fullerton.
<br /> Police and Fire Protection. The City of Buena Park Police Department consists of 89 sworn and
<br /> 131 non-sworn personnel. It provides a full range of police services for the community whose daytime
<br /> population exceeds 125,000 and whose residential population is 74,000.
<br /> Besides the traditional efforts of the Police Department to respond to calls for service and enforce
<br /> laws and investigate traffic and crime-related issues, the department has implemented Problem Oriented
<br /> Policing, Anti-Gang Education and Citizen Police Academy programs.
<br /> Buena Park has three fire stations that provide twenty-four hour emergency response services to the
<br /> residential and business community of Buena Park. These services include paramedic, fire prevention and
<br /> fire suppression services and are provided, under contract, by the Orange County Fire Protection Agency.
<br /> The Orange County Fire Protection Agency responds to a wide variety of critical situations, including fires,
<br /> explosions, hazardous materials incidents, medical emergencies, accidents, and miscellaneous public
<br /> assistance requests.
<br /> Transportation. The Riverside Freeway(State Route 91), a major east-west corridor, the Santa Ana
<br /> Freeway (Interstate 5), a major north-south corridor, and Beach Boulevard (State Highway 39), a major
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