TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the submittal of a grant application to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) for the Legacy Disposal Site Abatement Partial Grant Program for the East 55th Way Landfill Closure Project, as part of the Davenport Park Phase II Expansion Project; and
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to apply for the grant to install a final landfill cover system that includes a landfill gas (LFG) collection and control system, and to execute all documents necessary to accept and expend the grant funds and any other actions necessary to administer the grant. (District 8)
DISCUSSION
The 55th Way Landfill (Landfill) is a 32.55-acre former solid waste landfill that was operated between 1945 and 1948. The Landfill was conveyed to private ownership in 1953. Since that time, the surface of the Landfill has been utilized consistent with its underlying zoning, including light industrial, Mobile Home Park and, more recently, ministorage. Over time, due to differential settlement, some buildings erected on the Landfill were declared substandard and a public nuisance and were demolished. As a phased implementation of the North Long Beach Redevelopment Plan, to remove blight and assist in meeting the recreation needs of the area, the North Long Beach Project Area Committee identified the northerly 11.51 acres of the Landfill as a potential location for park use. The former Redevelopment Agency acquired the northerly 11.51 acres as replacement parkland required for the conversion of a portion of Scherer Park for use as the North Police Substation. The 11.51-acre site is now identified as Davenport Park.
In 2006, the City completed the first phase of Davenport Park on the easterly 5.9 acres. The City is now proceeding with the second phase of the park, which involves the 4.5- acre parcel fronting on Paramount Boulevard. This portion of the Landfill must now be permitted for a change of surface use from Industri...
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