SR-303-006 (4)
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Santa Monica, calienia, June 10, 1980
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Mayor and City Council
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FROM:
City Staff
SUBJECT: Renovatlon of Play Area at Marine Park
IntroductlOn
This report requests Council approval of plans for renovating the Marine Park
Pl ay Area.
Background
The 1979-1980Park DiviSlOn Budget provldes $22,000 for the renovation of the play
area at Marine Park. The existing play equipment is limited and outdated. It is
situated in a spacewhlch is difficult to maintain and is not aesthetically pleasing.
A primary consideration for new equipment is to provlde creative play experiences
for a broad age group with some sense of separation between younger and older
age groups. Valuable input was received from parents involved in the Tiny Tot
program.
The proposed plan would establish a nautical theme wlth a timber boat structure
as the central piece of equipment. The boat is boarded from a wooden clatter
bridge similar to a gangway. Four springmounted toys in the fonm of a seahorse,
a whale, a tortoise, and an alllgator will be installed near an existing
mural deplcting an underwater scene. Other new equipment includes a tire sWlng.
a tiny tot sW1ng, sprlng platforms and a slide. Two pieces of existing equipment,
a swing set and a rope cl1mb. will be saved. The slide will be mounted from a six-
foot hlgh timber wall. Behind the wall a grass llmountain" will be fomed allowing
the children to climb to the top of the slide.
The play area ~l/il1 be surrounded by an 8" ~Jide concrete mowlng str1p to contain
the sand within the play area. The proposed play area is somewhat smaller than the
existing sand area. Any bare areas outslde the new play area will be restored to I f~~
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1135 21st Street, #4
Santa Monica, CA. 90403
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City Clerk
City of Santa Monica
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA. 90401
Cl ty Clerk:
The Red Rlbbon Squares request to be heard by the
City Council reqarding the high rental fees for the use of
Marine Park Auditorium.
As our club dances on Tuesday evenings, we would also
appreciate being placed near the end of the agenda so that
our petitlon can be held over to a subsequent date if
possible. This woula perMit a larGer turnout by our
membership.
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President
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Presldent, Red Ribbon Squares
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1135 21st Street, Apt *4
Santa Monica, CA 90403
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l>1ayor Bambrick
City Hall, Room 200
1685 Nain Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
l-lay 2, 1980
The Red Ribbon Squares, a Santa Monica square dance
club, has petitioned the City Clerk to be placed on City
Council's agenda for May 13, 1980. Our petition relates to the
rental fees levied on our club by the Recreation and Parks
Department.
In December, 1979, the Director of the Recreation and
Parks Departwent informed our club that our two hour rental fee
for the use of the Karlne Park Auditorium would be raised
substantially during the ensuing years. The two hour rental fees
(in 1979 dollars) were to be as follows:
Year
Two Hour
Rental Fee
Saturday Nlght
Dance Rent
cost per Square
(eight people)
1980
1981
1982
1983
$ 14.00
23.00
32.00
40.00
$ 28.00
46.00
64.00
80.00
$ 2.33
3.83
5.33
6.16
The Director stated that the above fees were reasonable
when compared to the cost of cODparable facilities in the area.
This is not true for SQuare dance clubs. Sauare dance clubs have
always been sponsored by local goV€rnM€Dts, -businesses or
churches just as Santa Monica h2S sponsored the R~d Ribbon
Squares. Below are the per square (a square is 4 couples) rental
rates for 1980 for the five ~quare dance clubs closest to the Red
Ribbons:
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Rental Charge Dance Capacity Cost per Square
Club per Dance (In squares) per RIght (/I./B),
1 $ 12.50 16 $ 0.78
2 20.00 16 1. 25
3 40.00 40 1.00
4 10.00 25 0.40
5 40.00 40 1. 00
lwerage Rental Rate per Square: $ 0.89
By comparison, the Red Ribbon Squares pay a rental rate
of $28 a night for a hall which will hold 12 squares. This is a
rental rate of $2.33 per square.
As can be seen in the above analysis, the Red Ribbons
have a far higher rental rate now than the oth~r clubs - and this
difference will become enormous in the future. At the present
time our door donation is $2.25 per person compared to $1.50 to
$2.00 per person for the otDer clubs. Thus our club cannot raise
more money frow donations and our club already dances near the
hall's capacity.
Should these rental rates continue, our club ~ust soon
change locations or disband. To date our club has been unable to
find another organization willing to sponsor our club. Thus,
without rent relief, our club roust inevitably disband.
Our club has danced in the Santa Monica area for 29
years and in Marine Park Auditoriuw since it was huilt. We
provide recreation for 200 dancers every week. We also put on
dances when requested by the various Santa Monica civic groups.
We felt it was necessary that the people of Santa
Monica be aware of our plight. Our fate is now in your hands.
Yours truly,
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Richarc C. Stephens
PreSIdent, Red Ribbon Squares
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Your Honor:
The Red Rlbbon Squares of Santa Monica, a square dance club,
is petltioning your offlce for rellef from the Dlrector of
Recreation and Parks' fee schedule for the use of the Marlne Park
auditorium on the night of December 31, 1979.
OUr Club has danced at Marlne Park ever since it was built,
an~n the Santa Monlca area for 29 years. The Club is one of the
oldest square dance clubs ln the greater Los Angeles area.
The Red Ribbon Squares has, for many years, sponsored a
beginning square dance class at Marlne Park on Tuesday nights.
This dance 15 open to all Santa Monlca residents. In addltion the
Club also dances at Marine Park every Saturday nlght and on New
Years Eve. These dances are open to anyone who has completed any
beglnners class in basic square danc~ng fundamentals.
The Club is run strickly by volunteers. Non of the administra-
tive personnel are compensated nor are any of our members who
assist the Tuesday basic instructlonal classes. The Club has also
staged many benefit square dance exhibitions when so requested by
Santa Monica civic groups.
For the period of February 1 to December 31, 1979, the club
was requested to pay $813.63 for our Tuesday and Saturday dance permits
calculated on the basis of $5.00 for each two hours. When the Club
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