Provide excellent customer service and resource protection at Santiago Oaks Regional Park during wedding and reception events.
This activity is for Ranger Reserves only and you must attend an extensive orientation prior to the activity.
Santiago Oaks Park has a special event area that provides an outdoor venue for weddings and receptions. There are two small but charming grass areas for wedding ceremonies and receptions. The area is adjacent to the historic orange grove and under the canopy of majestic oak and sycamore trees. Also available for weddings and receptions is a bride’s changing room and conference room with a fully equipped kitchen. Weddings and Receptions are the only types of events allowed at Santiago Oaks event center. Often the customer will opt for having both the wedding ceremony and the reception at Santiago Oaks but sometimes it is a wedding only event. Receptions without a wedding are not permitted. The events are limited to 100 people which includes all vendors, wedding party and guests. Alcohol is allowed only with a permit obtained in advance from OC Parks Permits Department and served by a licensed bartender under the supervision of a security guard.
Duties and responsibilities of the Park Ranger Reserves will include reviewing the customer rental agreement and permit for details pertaining to the day’s scheduled activities and vendors, directing permitted vendors such as caterers, florists and rental companies where to load and unload supplies and equipment and park, unlock and open facility rooms, check restrooms for cleanliness and supplies**, oversee trash receptacles do not become overfilled**, redirect inappropriately parked guests***, troubleshoot minor maintenance issues, for events with permits for alcohol oversee that no alcohol is served before the scheduled time and oversee the on-time arrival of the security guard, redirect wedding party members and guests that stray into “out of bounds” areas, oversee decorations are affixed in an approved manner to walls or structures, oversee set up and clean up times are within the scheduled times as noted on the rental agreement.
**A groundskeeper will be onsite to provide janitorial services-if trash receptacles or restrooms need attention please notify Ranger as soon as possible.
***All other parking control will be provided by the park department’s contracted company for parking- Parking Concepts Incorporated (PCI).
Please note- Required prior to signing up for this activity:
Schedule a mutually agreed upon day and time for a “one-time” meeting with Ranger for more specific duty details which will include an overview of the “Terms and Conditions” of the facility rental agreement, how to read and what to look for on an OC Parks Permit and a tour of the facility. You may expect this meeting to last 45 minutes to one hour.
Registration is closed for this activity..
