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Recommendation to request City Manager to explore and come back with a report regarding the feasibility of the following:
1. Purchase and development of a site situated west of the I-710 Freeway and north of the 405 Freeway.
2. "Active" playing fields (soccer primarily but also baseball and football) on the remaining City-owned 18-acre plot of the Sports Park or Hilltop area.
3. "Active" playing fields on the Wrigley Heights area which should be considered with the input from the neighborhood.
4. Expediting park and recreation improvements in the West Long Beach area in order to ease the overcrowding.
DISCUSSION
On Wednesday, November 11, 2008 the City announced a plan that advances a worthy goal of increasing open space and moving a significant portion of the Los Cerritos Wetlands from the private sector to the public domain. As part of this plan, it is appropriate that active park space be developed in the geographically isolated areas west of the I-710 freeway.
We request the city manager explore and come back with a report regarding all of the following:
1. The feasibility of the purchase and development of a site situated west of the I-710 freeway and north of the 405 freeway.
2. The feasibility of "active" playing fields (soccer primarily but also baseball and football) on the remaining city owned 18-acre plot of the Sports Park or Hilltop area.
3. The feasibility of "active" playing fields on the Wrigley Heights area which should be considered with the input from the neighborhood.
4. The feasibility of expediting park and recreation improvements in the West Long Beach area in order ease the over crowding.
These steps shall be part of the wetlands transaction that is currently being developed.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
COUNCILMEMBER GARY DELONG, THIRD DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBER PATRICK O'DONNELL, FOURTH DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBER TONIA REYES URANGA, SEVENTH DISTRICT