TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Erick Lee, Public Works Director
Sean Roberts, Maintenance Manager
Erika King, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Update on the Downtown Manhattan Beach and North Manhattan Beach Beautification Work Plan (Public Works Director Lee).
(Estimated Time: 15 Min.)
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council receive an update on the Downtown Manhattan Beach and North Manhattan Beach Beautification work plan and provide direction...Body
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
For Fiscal Year 2022-2023, the City Council appropriated $525,000 for business district beautification efforts to install lighting and enhancements in both business districts and to address basic infrastructure deficits in North Manhattan Beach. Funds for the initiatives identified in this report are currently available in the adopted Public Works budget. There are no additional fiscal implications at this time.
BACKGROUND:
On April 23, 2019, City Council directed staff to place "Downtown and North End Beautification" on the City Council Work Plan to evaluate various "refresh" opportunities, including sidewalk and landscaping replacements. In 2020, City Council directed staff to undertake several actions, including installing scrambled crosswalks on Manhattan Beach Boulevard at the intersections and Highland Avenue and Manhattan Avenue and completing a painting refresh. The consideration of widening sidewalks has been removed from this beautification work plan and will be evaluated as part of the Long-Term Outdoor Dining and Business Uses on Public and Private Property Work Plan.
In Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the City completed the following actions related to this work plan item:
* Installed the Rainbow Crosswalk on Manhattan Beach Boulevard and The Strand.
* Applied new slurry seal and curb pain...
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