SR-906-000 (10)
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June 14, 1983
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Santa Monlca, c~ornla
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Mayor and Clty CounCl1
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City Staff
SUBJECT:
Sand and Sea Club
Introduction
ThlS report transffilts lnformatlon on the current status of the
Sand and Sea Club lease and recommends that the City Council
authorize the staff to develop an amendment to Senate Bl11 549
(State Surplus Property) to declare the Sand and Sea property as
State surplus.
Background
In 1979 staff inltlated the procedures to obtain State permlssion
to execute a concession agreement for the Sand and Sea Club
property.
As part of these procedures the Clty was required to
develop
and
adopt a State Beach Resource Management and
development plan and renew lts 25 year beach operatlng agreement
wlth the State_ Following three years of reVlew and approvals by
various City and State agencles and Commisslons, the proposed
Sand and Sea Concession agreement was denied by the State ]Olnt
Legislative Budget Commlttee.
The State Park and Recreation
Commlssion subsequently found the proposed ConceSSlon agreement
"incompatible" with the Santa Monlcd Beach General plan and
directed lts staff to study alternatlve public uses for the site.
The State Park and Recreation Comrnlssion subsequently found the
proposed conceSSlon agreement lncompatible wlth the Santa Monica
Beach General Plan and dlrected lts staff to study alternative
public uses for the site.
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Current Status
The staff is currently preparing an amendment to the Beach
General Plan. The amendment, after review and approval by the
Plannlng Commission and the City Council will be submitted to the
State Park and Recreation comm~ssion. The entire process of
General Plan amendment and resubmittal of the conceSSlon contract
lS likely to requlre one to two years. In the meantime the
Club's operatlng on a month to month leasing.
Senate Blll 549
Because of the long delays involved in the resubmlttal of the
proposed conceSSlon agreement the staff has been exploring other
alternatlves leading to the resolution of the Sand and Sea
problem. Senator Herschel Rosenthal has brought to our attentlon
SB 549 which if amended would declare the Sand and Sea property
State surplus. The State could then have the optlon of either
selling the property or exchanging it with other City property.
Recommendatlon
Staff recommends that the City Counc~l authorlze the staff to
work wlth Senator Herschel Rosenthal and the State Park and
Recreation Department to develop an amendment to Senate Blll 549
to declare the Santa and Sea property as State surplus property.
PREPARED BY: John Jallli
Assistant City Manager
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