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THURSDAY
06.29.17 Volume 16 Issue 196
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Santa Monica Daily Press
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Temporary field proposed for Civic Center site MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Council has chosen to move forward with a temporary field at the Civic Center Auditorium with plans to explore additional field space at Memorial Park. Council had six options on the table Tuesday night including variations on a permanent, temporary or no field at the Civic Center.
A unanimous council ultimately chose to move forward with a temporary field on the Civic Center site (at an estimated cost of $8.6 million with about a 10-year lifespan). The proposal’s largest problem, removal of hundreds of parking spots, will be discussed with the various constituents in the coming months as staff undertake more analysis now that they have direction from Council.
The motion included authorization for a mandatory parking study related to the site, issuing an RFP for renovation of the Civic building and analysis of additional field space at Memorial Park. Staff were also directed to take feedback from Thursday’s School Board meeting regarding the need for a softball field. Councilwoman Gleam Davis said the cost for a permanent field,
about $95.4 million split with the school district, was simply too high to be practical and while she thought field expansion at Memorial park was an “elegant” solution, the community did not support that plan. Therefore, a temporary field was the best choice. “I cannot in good conscience justify spending $40-50 million dollars on parking,” she said. “I
think if we build underground parking, 700 spaces there, we’re going to look down the road in 20 years and say ‘what were we thinking.’” Davis said she felt the plans for the Civic Center site had always included a promise of a field and an acknowledgement that parking would be removed. She said not SEE FIELD PAGE 10
SMMUSD Board adopts LCAP and Budget plan MARINA ANDALON Daily Press Staff Writer
The Santa Monica – Malibu Unified School District Board of Education might have set a record for a public meeting this week with at 20-minute session to take feedback on their budget process. Public schools are now funded by a streamlined state system known as the Local Control Funding Formula. Part of the LCFF program requires schools to work with parents, educators, employees and the community to establish Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAP) that create goals and actions across several areas. A public hearing regarding the LCAP and the larger budget plan was held on June 27, however there was not much to be said by the public and the meeting concluded in about 20 minutes. On Thursday, June 29 the Board will meet again to formally adopt the 2017 – 18 LCAP and the 2017 18 General Fund Budget. “The LCAP sets goals, metrics, and expenditures for efforts to improve the outcomes of our students, particularly English language learners, foster youth, and
students who qualify for free and reduced lunches,” said Boardmember Ralph Mechur. The new LCAP includes three main goals: all graduates are ready for college and careers, English learners will become proficient in English, and all students engage in schools that are safe and well maintained. “The LCAP that was presented to the Board outline the work started by Dr. Rousseau and King and continued by Dr. Drati,” said Boardmember Jon Kean. “We have reduced the number of stated goals so that we can address core issues as part of a carefully constructed and scaffold process.” He believes the plan is slow and arduous work, but will get the district where they need to be. Changes in LCAP consist of deleting secondary math metric, deleting dual enrollment metric, change preschool metric to be EDI based, provide release time for Pre K teachers, SAT for all seniors on school day, provide an extended day for ELS in MS “Meeting the metrics of the LCAP should result in improvements in student performance,
RACKING THEM UP
Matthew Hall
Santa Monica is installing 1,250 public bike racks throughout the city. Email transportation.planning@smgov.net. to suggest a location for a new rack.
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