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CC - (1) Presentation Regarding the Status of Media Park, and (2) Direction to the City Manager as Deemed Appropriate.
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Meeting Date: March 11, 2019
Contact Person/Dept: Elaine Gerety Warner/Economic Development
Todd Tipton/Economic Development
Phone Number: 310-253-5752
310-253-5783
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (03/06/19); the Downtown Business Association (03/06/19); The Actors' Gang (03/06/2019); The Culver Studios (3/6/19).
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (03/04/19)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) receive a presentation regarding the status of Media Park; and (2) provide direction to the City manager as deemed appropriate.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
In 1987, the former Culver City Redevelopment Agency (CCRA) entered into a long-term lease agreement with the City of Los Angeles to revitalize and maintain Media Park and the historic Ivy Substation (the "Lease"). Upon the dissolution of the former CCRA, the Lease transferred by operation of law from the former CCRA to the Successor Agency to the Culver City Redevelopment Agency in 2012. The Lease was subsequently assigned to the City. The Lease runs in parallel with the Ivy Substation lease, and both expire in June 2037.
The park was originally improved with pagodas, planters, lighting and landscaping. Recent enhancements to the park include increased maintenance, power washing, new lighting fixtures, new trashcans, electrical repairs and landscape modifications adjacent to the Ivy Substation.
Staff explored activating the Park with a coffee concession, adding new spaces for a tot lot, bocce ball o...
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