TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
John Jalili, Interim City Manager
FROM:
Mark Leyman, Parks and Recreation Director
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
SUBJECT:Title
Placement of a Historical Real Estate Structure in Polliwog Park (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council approve the placement of a Historical Real Estate structure in Polliwog Park.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The relocation and rehabilitation of the Historical Real Estate structure will be funded through the Historical Society in collaboration with an Eagle Scout Project. The cost estimate for the City to prepare the concrete slab foundation and provide electricity to the structure including staff and materials is $6,500. The $6,500 will be funded through the Public Works park operations budget.
BACKGROUND:
In August of 2012 the President of the Historical Society contacted staff to preserve a Historical Real Estate structure (Attachment 1) that would have otherwise been removed and demolished. The City established an agreement with the Historical Society (Attachment 2) to store the structure temporarily at the Public Works Yard while the refurbishment and future location were discussed. The Historical Society paid to transport the structure from downtown Manhattan Beach (adjacent to Von's Supermarket) to the City Public Works Yard.
The Historical Society partnered with an Eagle Scout to discuss relocating and refurbishing the historic structure and selected Polliwog Park as the desired site, adjacent to the Little Red House Historical Building in Polliwog Park. As Polliwog Park is owned by the Manhattan Beach Unified School District, the Historical Society first proposed the project to the School Board. The School Board approved the project, permitting the placement of the structure in Polliw...
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