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PROJECT DESCRIPTION Santiago Park is 23 acres, located adjacent to Santiago Creek from Main Street to Garden Grove Freeway in the City of Santa Ana. The park includes a variety of facilities from nature trails, overnight camping, sand play equipment, lawn bowling facilities, ballfields, tennis courts, passive areas, etc. The facilities attracts park patrons city wide, but in the case of the lawn bowling center the attendance is county wide. Membership and sign ups range from Leisure World Irvine, Tustin, Anaheim Hills, Santa Ana, etc. The entire park site is currently being hand watered through a quick coupler system. This type of operation is an inefficient watering method and very labor intensive. The installation of an automatic irrigation and master computer control system in Santiago Lawn Bowling Area will enable the city staff to automatically monitor the watering system through moisture sensors. This system will only allow the minimum distribution of water for proper plant growth. If the ground has sufficient moisture for plant germination the master control system will not activate the irrigation system. Statistics indicate, with the installation of this system the city will experience a water savings from 15% to 25%. The city is currently designing a central control system for the south side of the city, but does not have the necessary funding for the north side. The lawn bowlers have donated funds to assist the city in implementing an irrigation system for the lawn bowling area, but funds are still not sufficient to install the system. With the county assistance through the Water Conservation Urban Parks Program, this project can be fully funded and implemented. This project meets all 5 criterias indicated in the grant application. 1) NEW DEVELOPMENT The project is considered new construction of a water conservation system for the Santiago Lawn Bowling area. The project also provides passive recreational opportunities for local and county wide residents. The system will eliminate hand watering during the day time hours, which will reduce evaporation concerns and also extend the availability for public use. 2) REHABILITATION The project also qualifies under this criteria, since the master computer control system will replace the old antiquated quick coupler system and provide a 15% to 25% water savings. The system will also be connected to the central control system on the south side of the city. This will provide the opportunity for 1 person to properly monitor the water distribution of the entire park system in the city.