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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents necessary for a Use Agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the construction, maintenance, and operation of property located between approximately 26th Way and 34th Street, commonly referred to as Wrigley Greenbelt, for public purposes for a 20-year term. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
The Los Angeles County Flood Control District (District) owns the fee title to portions of the east side of the Los Angeles River right-of-way (Premises), between 26th Way and 34th Street (Attachment). In 1993, the City of Long Beach (City) and the District entered into a Use Agreement to allow the City to plant minor ground cover landscaping on the Premises, and to maintain the Premises for the public as an interim use until a plan for the right-of-way was developed.
Recently, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) developed the Wrigley Greenbelt Plan (Plan), which includes a walking path and landscaping to allow public use of the Premises. The City and the District are mutually interested in providing quality public parkland for the benefit of the Long Beach community. As a condition of the Plan, a new Use Agreement between the City and the District will establish general terms and conditions applicable for the City’s construction, maintenance, and operation of the Premises as parkland. The District is willing to continue to allow the City to maintain the Premises for parkland, as long as the primary function of the Premises is maintained for flood control purposes.
The proposed Use Agreement shall include the following provisions:
· Term: The term of the Use Agreement shall be 20 years, and is subject to the District’s and the City’s right to terminate. The term may be extended upon written request by the City.
· Construction: The City shall be responsible for all costs of construction of the area for parkland purposes.
· Maintenance: The City shall regularly...
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