TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Downtown Manhattan Beach and North Manhattan Beach Business Improvement District Beautification Measures (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council discuss and provide direction on various measures that can be taken to enhance the Downtown Manhattan Beach and North Manhattan Beach (NMB) Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The total fiscal implications are unknown at this time and will depend on direction given by City Council. However, staff estimates that up to $150,000 will be spent on the North Manhattan Beach BID to replace 21 trees and install 28 cast iron grates using available money from the NMB BID assessment fund.
BACKGROUND:
Downtown Manhattan Beach
The downtown area of Manhattan Beach is generally described as located between 8th Street and 15th Street, from Valley Drive to the Strand. It has undergone periodic transformations over the years, including sidewalk and crosswalk replacements, landscaping refreshment, parking enhancements, replacement of trash receptacles, development of the Metlox complex, and other infrastructure upgrades-the most recent being the upcoming replacement of traffic signals at five intersections.
This past year, both City Council and the Downtown Business Professional Association (DBPA) began discussing how the downtown area could be refreshed and enhanced within the public right-of-way, and asked staff to evaluate what measures could be implemented in the near and midterm. Several ideas were proposed, and a few actions have already been taken toward this goal, which include:
1. Thermoplastic stencils were created and installed on four sidewalk panels in front of City Hall as a demo...
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