Santa Monica Daily Press, November 9, 2015

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Council to discuss Incline delay, mandatory water meters BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor

Construction plays a large role in the Nov. 10 City Council meeting with multiple items referencing a variety of projects or issues related to building in the city. Multiple Consent Calendar items touch on the construction projects small and large. Council will consider final funding for the much delayed and discussed repairs to the Chain Reaction sculpture. Installed in 1991, the work is in need of repair. In 2012 Council approved a plan that would have moved the statue, but that plan was

put on hold following community protest. Community fundraising contributed $101,290 toward repairs and City Hall then spent $75,000 to complete testing, structural evaluation, and develop a restoration plan. Staff is now asking for $275,000 to complete restoration work including a new landscape barrier. Money is also on the table for construction of the Expo Buffer Park Project. Staff is recommending a $6,312,856 contract with USS Cal Builders for building the new park adjacent to the new Expo Maintenance Facility. The project SEE COUNCIL PAGE 8

Local author’s book Harvard professor tackles top Super talks STEM at Bowl moments New Roads ‘50 Years, 50 Moments’ written with Hall of Famer Jerry Rice

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The Westside Food Bank’s 25th annual Hunger Walk took place at Ocean View Park on Sunday, Nov. 8. The walka-thon is intended to be a fun way to help out less fortunate neighbors in the community through fundraising.

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BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN

BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN

Daily Press Staff Writer

Daily Press Staff Writer

Remember the catch that David Tyree made with his helmet to help the New York Giants stop the perfection-bound New England Patriots in 2008? What about Malcolm Butler’s game-winning interception last season, when the Patriots upended the defending-champion Seattle Seahawks? The Super Bowl is the biggest event in American sports, and iconic moments and the players who created them reinforce its stature.

Lisa Randall is a theoretical physics professor at Harvard, her work is often cited in the science community and her name was once includ- LISA RANDALL ed on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people. And yet there have been times when Randall, who discusses the interconnectedness of the universe

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