City of Oakland California

3860 HANLY ROAD
OAKLAND, CA 94602
phone: (510) 482-7831
fax: (510) 482-7862
Lions Pool (510) 482-7852

Michelle Doppelt; Recreation Supervisor

mdoppelt@oaklandnet.com

Alonna Mellion; RL1 PPT

amellion@oaklandnet.com

Dimond Recreation Center boasts the Lions swimming pool, Sausal Creek hiking trails, BBQ and picnic areas, two youth playgrounds, a new toddler playground in process, the Dimond Native Demonstration Garden, Dimond Education Garden and a Demo Food Garden. Available to rent is a commercial kitchen, deck and social hall. We offer children’s birthday party packages and Event & Party planning. Friendly bilingual staff members are on hand to serve the Deaf and Spanish speaking communities. Diverse programming offers activities for toddlers, youth, adults, and seniors. Part-time Preschool and our Homebase after school homework and activity programs keep your children safe, smart, healthy and happy.

Adult & Senior Class

BBQ, PICNIC & FACILITY RENTALS
Rental permits for the facility, BBQ & Picnic areas are required and available from the Dimond Rec office for all of Dimond Park. We do not allow 1st-come-1st serve use of the park.

Groups of 25 or more are required to obtain a Park Use Permit.  Groups of 49 or more will also need to obtain an OPD Permit after completion of our Permit.

We do not allow; Alcohol, Smoking, Portable BBQ's, Radios, boom boxes, DJ's, musical instruments, Jumpers, generators, gas-powered scooters in the park.

REDWOOD GROVE BBQ AREA or SEQUOIA GROVE BBQ AREA

Both sites have enough tables and seating for 100 people, 2 large BBQ grills, Water access and garbage receptacles.

$100 for the 1st 4 hours. $15 each hour after that.

$75 deposit -returned to the payee's credit card after a successful and properly run event.  This means fully cleaning the area your group used & followed all the rules as signed in the permit contract)

Holiday charge + 50% of base rental fee.

Permit requests under 30 days before your event may be charged an admin fee of $75 to speed up the permit process.

DIMOND GROVE PICNIC AREA

Dimond Grove Picnic Area is available for Day of Use rentals at a fee of $25.00 per strip of tables.  No heating/cooking allowed in this area.

Dimond Grove Picnic Area is also available for rental as overflow seating for larger group events that rent either of the Dimond BBQ areas for $75.00 per event.

DIMOND REC CENTER FACILITY RENTALS

Limited events may be held in our building when space/staffing are available.

Social Hall can seat 75 people.  Club room can seat 25.

Social Hall fees: $60 per hour (2 hour minimum)

$200 deposit

$150 table and chair set-up/usage

$50 kitchen use for the day (with room rental)

Our Party packages allow us to run your party so you have more fun! Contact office staffing for more information.

 Recreation Centers may be reserved 30 days to 11 months in advance of the requested reservation date. If a request is approved for an event within two weeks to 30 days, an administrative service fee will apply. NO reservation requests are accepted less than two weeks in advance.

We are constantly working to improve the park, programs and events for the community.  Presently we have several small to large projects in the works.  Our Dimond Park Advisory Council helps aim the direction our park grows and changes and we invite you to be a voice in the process.

Dimond Park 5 and under Tot Lot Build 

Though this project has had many bumps in the road, it continues forward with all the needed funding for the demolition of the present equipment and space, ground prep, purchase of the new structual products and installation.  We await the final approval from the city on purchasing and hope to see the equipment in place in 2013! We are looking for a donor for a stylish safety fencing to surround the structure and hope a local fencing company might assist in this process. 

Sausal Creek Daylight of the Creek west of Wellington

This project, funded by the state and grants has been split into a 2 year process to better protect the animals and manage the timeline better for yearly restrictions on movement of the enviroment. This process will require the return of the creek to its pre-1952 burying in a culvert and shift.  The 1952 process had several un-desired results of under cutting and eroding of the creek along the Canon street homes that border our park.  There are several trees that also planted themselves into places that are now a safety concern or are in the proposed path of the daylighted and renovate creek and will need to be removed. This portion will begin this winter.  The destruction of the bathroom building will also be done in the  

The new creek will include specified access points for us to do conservation and educational programs with locals schools, camps and families.  We will partner with Friends of Sausal Creek, Conservation and other educational groups to offer programs. It will include a new bathroom building with less opportunity (and walls) for vandalism, more efficient and a new location (just south of the present one).

Dimond Community Garden Rental Plots

With much excitement we have pushed forward with plans to evaluate the benefits and interest of rental Garden Plots to be built between Fruitvale Avenue and The Dimond Tennis Courts.  We propose to have 20-30 plots with several designed specifically for ADA access or senior raised-bed access.  Several community beds with plants to promote beauty, bees and smiles!   If you would be interested in being a plot renter, please let us know as public interest will help determine need.

If you want to be on any of the advisory sub-committees for any of these projects please contact Michelle Doppelt, Recreation Supervisor mdoppelt@oaklandnet.com or at Dimond Office 510-482-7831

 Dimond Home Base After School Program is a full range program that offers a variety of scheduled and supervised programming to keep your children safe, happy and fit.  We charge $50.00 per child/per week (paid by the 5th of each month) and we accept childcare assistance programs such as Bananas.

A Typical Day in our program:

We walk children from our 3 closest schools: Fruitvale, Glenview, and Sequioa. We also have several students who are transported by bus and or parents.  Upon arrival to Dimond park, we do exercise and movement to give them a chance to stretch after their school hours.  We come in to Dimond rec center and have them split up into two groups (k-2nd grade & 3-5 grade) for an hour of homework time. Students without assigned homework will be put into groups to read or are given math and language pages for extra practice.  Children are given supervised free-play time for the last hour of the day to enjoy the playground or indoor activities. Our program is open everyday until 7 pm.

We cook a healthy snack each day and often kids are chosen to assist in the process.  As a NO SODA SITE we do not serve or allow sugary drinks or junk food. After snack time we split up into different activities that will be offered (most free, some with a small fee) such as dance, foreign language classes, scouting,  photo journalism, cheerleading, hiking, music, art, cooking and more! We are an ADA inclusion site providing programming needs for all abilities.

We are open on most of the teacher development and school holidays for all day camp at an additional fee including Thanksgiving, Winter break and Spring recess.

Many of our Staff have been working here for over 5 years (some for much longer) for both summer and school time, gaining the experience needed to provide the best quality experience for your kids. We have an exceptional Counselor in Training program (CIT) and that runs year round for students 15 and older and Jr. CIT program for 13-14 yr olds.

Please come in with your kids to check out all we offer!