Restore the aging Ole Hanson Beach Club all at once not in multiyear phases.

Rehabilitate or replace six San Clemente beach restrooms, one per year, without delay.

San Clemente is planning upgrades for a restroom that shares a building with the city's North Beach concession stand. The restroom is at left, concession at right.

FRED SWEGLES, REGISTER FILE PHOTO

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Budget money to replace an aging playground in one of San Clemente's parks.

Supply the city's beaches with lifeguard towers equipped with retractable legs.

Those are four projects that San Clemente parks commissioners view as top priorities this year as the City Council gets ready to evaluate a wish list of programs and projects. Various city departments will submit requests at a goal-setting meeting expected in March.

THE WISH LIST

On a 6-0 vote Tuesday night, the Beaches, Parks & Recreation Commission asked the council to fund the four projects and to hire experts to craft a design for a new stairway down a bluff to the entrance to El Portal Beach. Commissioners figure on seeing the stairway built the next year.

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San Clemente's parks, beaches wish list grows