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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept a donation of $7,300 from the Promenade Area Residents Association, a donation of $5,000 from the Molina Family Trust, a donation of $10,000 from the Downtown Long Beach Associates, and grant funding of $20,000 from Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe’s District 4 Discretionary Funds, for the installation of a tot lot at Promenade Square Park; execute any documents necessary for the implementation and administration of the project; and
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $42,300, offset by revenues from the donations. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
In 2013, the Promenade Area Residents Association (PARA), a nonprofit organization, approached the City of Long Beach (City) with a recommendation to build Promenade Tot Lot (Tot Lot) at Promenade Square Park, located at 1st Street and The Promenade in downtown Long Beach (Attachment A). PARA noted that there are many growing families in the downtown area and that the nearest playground is over one-half mile away. Therefore, PARA advocated for the first playground in downtown Long Beach. PARA received several letters of support for the Tot Lot and initiated fundraising activities. The Downtown Long Beach Associates committed $10,000, with an additional $20,000 in funding secured from Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe’s District 4 Discretionary Funds. Council District 2 provided $75,000 in one-time funding for the Tot Lot in Fiscal Year 2015, and an additional $75,000 will come from Park Impact Fee revenues, which completes the estimated $192,300 needed for the project.
PARA conducted community outreach to build support for the Tot Lot, including a survey in which a majority of the 450 respondents indicated they were in favor of a tot lot being added to Promenade Square Park. PARA worked with a playground design company, the community, and City staff to create the design and l...
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