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CC - Receive Presentations of Conceptual Plans Prepared by SWA Group and wHY Architects for the City Hall Landscaping Replacement and Centennial Garden Project
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Meeting Date: August 30, 2017
Contact Person/Dept: Joe Susca/Public Works Administration
Phone Number: 310-253-5636
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Review Committee Action Required: Yes [X] No [] Dates: July 11 and 26, 2017
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (08/28/2017); (Internet Post) Next Door (8/09/2017); (Sign Post) City Hall (08/11/2017); (E-Mail) Subscribers of the Sustainability and the Environmental Issues and the Environmental Programs and Events distribution lists (08/09/2017); (E-Mail) Members of the public who pulled speaker cards and/or submitted written comments on this topic during the meetings of August 8, 2016, November 28, 2016 and May 30, 2017 (08/09/2017); (E-Mail) wHY Architects Los Angeles, SPF/MLA, Griffin Enright, SWA Group (08/09/2017); (E-Mail) Members of the Review Committee formed to oversee the City Hall Landscaping Replacement and Centennial Garden Project (08/01/2017).
Department Approval: Charles D. Herbertson - Public Works Director/City Engineer 8/17/17
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council receive presentations of conceptual plans prepared by wHY Architects and SWA Group for the City Hall Landscaping Replacement and Centennial Garden Project.
BACKGROUND
On November 28, 2016 the City Council formed an Ad Hoc Subcommittee comprised of Vice Mayor Thomas Small and Council Member Jim Clarke to oversee a design competition amongst City architects for a Centennial Garden to memorialize the City's 100th year anniversary and to replace City Hall's landscaping with drought-tolerant plants (the "Project").
On May ...
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