SR-072308-3A~~
a~Yor City Council Report
Santa Monica
City Council Meeting: July 23, 2008
Agenda Item: ,~i~`
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Barbara Stinchfield, Director, Community and Cultural Services
Andy Agle, Director, Housing and Economic Development
Subject: Presentation of Joint Use Opportunities between the Civic Auditorium and
Santa Monica High School Campuses, Review of Santa Monica High
School Site Studies and Report on Redevelopment Funding Eligibility of
Joint Use Community Facilities on the Samohi Campus
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council provide staff with input in response to the Study
Session presentation.
Executive Summary
This study session provides the Council with a presentation on results of a Shared Use
Opportunities Study for the Santa Monica High School (Samohi) and Civic Auditorium
campuses (Attachment A). The study session also includes a presentation on the site
studies prepared by the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) for
Samohi and a report from Redevelopment Agency staff on the eligibility of
redevelopment funding for capital improvements at the Samohi campus.
Background
Over the past several months, staff from the City, the School District and Santa Monica
College has been working collaboratively with the City's consultant (Koning Eizenberg
Architecture) and Samohi's architect (R. L. Binder, FAIA Architecture & Planning) to
explore possible shared use opportunities between the Civic Auditorium and Samohi
campuses. This undertaking came about because of the unique joint use potential
inherent in the concurrent development of these two campuses and focused on possible
shared use in the areas of cultural linkages (Civic Auditorium, Samohi's Barnum Hall &
Greek Theatre), open space & recreation- (fields, gymnasiums, courts), education
(childcare, cultural classes), mobility & access (for vehicles, buses, pedestrians &
bicycles) and the character of the surrounding streets.
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Discussion
The Civic Center Specific Plan; Creative Capital, the LUCE, and the District's draft plans
for Samohi provided the framework for the joint use study. A series of meetings with
stakeholders from the City, SMMUSD and Santa Monica College (SMC) and a well
attended community workshop on .April 12, 2008, provided useful information. Since
early June, City staff and its consultants have also made presentations to eight City and
School District advisory groups for input as summarized in Attachment B. Concurrently
with this study, the Samohi architectural team was directed to prepare site studies to
refine the long term master plan vision for the Samohi campus including providing
alternative approaches for proposed Phase I improvements utilizing the $57 million in
Measure BB bond funding allocated by the Board of Education to Samohi in October,
2007. The site studies in Attachment C were presented to the Samohi teaching staff,
administrators, the Samohi BB site committee, and at a joint meeting of the Board of
Education and the District's BB Advisory Committee during June, 2008. On June 26,
2008 the Board of Education formally considered the site studies and approved
proceeding with site study concept A with the Science and Technology Buildings as the
Phase I improvements. Although the City Council does not have jurisdiction for
improvements on SMMUSD campuses, because of the joint use study, the relationship
of the two campuses, and the April 8, 2008 Council direction to staff for an assessment
of Redevelopment funding eligibility of joint use community facilities on SMMUSD
campuses, this study session incorporates a presentation of the Samohi site studies .
Redevelopment Fund Eligibility
Redevelopment staff received SMMUSD's description and summary of the. potential
opportunities for joint school and community uses on June 19 and 23, 2008
(Attachments D and E). A preliminary eligibility review is underway for redevelopment
funding, pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan for the Earthquake Recovery
Redevelopment Project Area. During 2009, the City will need to adopt a
Redevelopment Agency Five-Year Implementation Plan through 2014. At the Council's
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discretion, eligible improvements at Santa Monica High School could be included for
funding in the Implementation Plan. As part of adoption of the Implementation Plan,
Council will consider priorities and trade-offs among projects (i.e. affordable housing,
parks, community facilities, corridor revitalization, joint-use amenities, transportation
facilities and infrastructure) that are eligible for redevelopment funding.
Previous Council Actions
On December 14, 2007, City Council received an information item outlining the status of
the facility planning efforts at Samohi, its relationship to the Civic Center Specific Plan
and the timeliness of investigating possible shared use opportunities at the two
campuses.
On March 31, 2008, City Council received an information item providing an update on
the shared use planning for. the two campuses.
On April 8..2008, City Council directed staff to evaluate the Redevelopment funding
eligibility of shared use community facilities on the SMMUSD campuses and return to
council with an analysis.
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
There is no impact associated with the study session discussion.
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Attachments:
A: Shared Use Opportunities power point presentation
B. Summary of Comments from Advisory Groups
C. Santa Monica High Schoo(Campus Site Presentation
D. Joint Use Opportunities on the campus of-Santa Monica
Santa-Monica-Malibu Unified School District)
E. Summary of School Use and Community Use of Santa Monica
(6-23-08 Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District)
High School (6-18-08
High School Facilities
Prepared by: Karen Ginsberg, Assistant Director, CCS
Tina Rodriguez, Redevelopment Manager, HED
Approved:
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Barbara Stinchfield
Director -Community and Cultural
Services.
Forwarded to Council:
. La t Ewell
City Manager
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ndy Agle
Director -Housing nd conomic
Development
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Attachment A
Attachment B
Shared Use Opportunities Civic Auditorium and Samohi Campus
Summary of Advisory Group Comments
Participation Summary of Comments
Arts Commission Cultural unification of the Civic Auditorium, Greek
June 16, 2008 Amphitheatre and Barnum Hall could be very positive for
the community
• Engaging youth with professional artists located at the
Civic Auditorium campus would be very beneficial
• The proposed Michigan Pedestrian/Bike Path could
benefit from public art
Visual & Performing In support of opening up the views to Greek
Arts District Advisory Amphitheatre
Committee
June 16, 2008 Like the connection that could occur between artists and
students on the Civic Auditorium campus
• In support of the cultural consortium idea; suggest that a
ticket office that supports all local cultural venues be
located on the Civic Auditorium campus
Samohi BB Site Recommend exploring possibilities for provision of
Committee staging area and/or swing space for Samohi campus
June 17, 2008 construction on Civic Auditorium campus.
• Excited to work collaboratively with City on long term
funding options for shared use components of the
Samohi plan including pursuit of grant funding for
components such as the Michigan Commons
(Pedestrian/Bike path)
• In support of exploring shared parking options between
the two campuses
Recreation and Parks Like Michigan Pedestrian/Bike path concept
Commission
June 19, 2008
In support of providing non-car solutions and shared
parking resources. Do not make the project about cars.
• Incorporate green streets along Pico and 4'h Street by
providing a green edge even if buildings are to be built
along these frontages
• Explore the idea of day lighting underground streams in
this area
• Maintain the ability to have a field on the Civic Auditorium
Campus as shown in site studies
Attachment B
Summary of Advisory Group Comments
SMMUSD Measure BB
Advisory Committee
June 23, 2008 Continue to pursue opportunities to provide for
performing and visual arts classes during the school day
on the Civic Auditorium campus for Samohi students
while recognizing that modifications to the current
Samohi class schedule would be needed.
• Introduction of revenue generating uses on the Civic
Auditorium Campus such as cafes could be structured to
provide Samohi students business experience possibly
extending the programs run by the current on campus
student store (Nikes Inn)
• Recommend that streetscape improvements be extended
from the Civic Center to include the streets surrounding
Samohi (T" Street, Pico, Olympic spur)
Child Care and Early Use of Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC)
Education Task Force playground by broader community after hours would
June 28, 2008 pose challenges, for example playgrounds designed for
very young children in a childcare setting are very
different from the design of public playgrounds
• Agree that project design of ECEC needs to carefully
address relationship of the use to its surrounding campus
so that the area does not-feel isolated when the ECEC is
closed.. Suggest that uses developed immediately
adjacent to the ECEC be designed to provide a buffer for
the ECEC and be able to be used by both the children at
the ECEC and the broader community. A community
garden space was suggested as an example of a use
that might serve this purpose.
• The Main Street circle as approved in the CCSP creates
a barrier to the south end of the City and may interfere
with extending the Michigan Pedestrian/Bike path
through the Civic Auditorium campus. Suggest
consideration be given to eliminating it and focus on
restoring a fountain element at the front of the Civic
Auditorium
• Consider incorporation of a children's museum as part of
the Civic Auditorium cultural campus
Commission on the Argosy University and The Art Institute of California, both
Status of Women with programs in Santa Monica, should be considered in
July 9, 2008 addition to SMC as potential educational institutions that
could offer culturally related classes at Civic campus
• Public restrooms should be incorporated into the plans
• Safety issues including the provision of adequate
lighting, need to be addressed in implementation of
projects
• Identified mothers who drop off children at the ECEC as
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Attachment B
Summary of Advisory Group Comments
a user group that could be served by programming and
classes on the civic campus
• Linkages with Broad Stage should be explored as part of
cultural consortium concept
• Environmental considerations for locating athletic uses
on Samohi campus near freeway should be fully
evaluated
• Noise impacts of proposed uses and programs on both
campuses should be fully evaluated
• Encourage continued collaborative work by SMMUSD,
SMC and City; identified potential future college bond
measure as a possible source of funding for
implementation that should be further explored
Planning Commission Adopted a motion supporting the work done to date by the
July 16, 2008 District and City related to these campuses and support
the continued collaboration as these plans move forward
with the following comments:
Special attention should be paid to the treatment of
the intersection of 4'" and Pico and Pico Boulevard
adjacent to the High School to address and improve
the pedestrian character and quality of the street and
its connections to activity areas to the east at Lincoln
and Pico Boulevards.
Connection between the campuses across 4'h Street
should be further evaluated to consider the pros and
cons of alternatives including but not limited to a
bridge
The balance between the amount of open space and
building area should be refined as the design for the
civic campus proceeds
Linking programming for Barnum Hall, the Greek
Amphitheatre and Civic Auditorium is exciting for the
campuses and would support educational
opportunities
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Attachment C
ATTACHMENT D
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Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District June 18, 2007
1651 Sixteenth Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Joint Use Opportunities on the campus of Santa Monica High School
The City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District were
created by the citizens of Santa Monica to achieve their unique and common civic,
recreational, cultural and educational goals and visions. To that end, these two public
agencies have demonstrated a cooperative, mutually helpful community spirit for over
120 years. Interestingly, the Santa Monica School District was organized as a political unit
of the state in 1875, eleven years before the town was first incorporated.
The effect of the passage of Prop 13 in 1978 on the financial condition of the District
dramatically changed the relationship between the two agencies. Currently, the City and
the District have a Master Facilities Agreement that provides City support of over $7
million annually to the District, and three subordinate Memoranda of Understanding that
detail the City's use of District fields, gyms and outdoor spaces during. non-school hours
and uses. There are many other ways the City assists the District financially to achieving
its mission of providing an outstanding education to the children of Santa Monica,
including annual funding for school-based human services provided by non-profit
organizations and collaborative afterschool programs staffed jointly by the City and
District.
Additionally, the City's Redevelopment Agency passes through about $2 million per year in
tax increment funds for capital improvements in the District. These funds are used to
retire debt on District Certificates of Participation, a form of financing the District used to
buy back its current headquarters on Sixteenth Street. This revenue stream is being used
as a source of revenue, through a capitalization plan, for the District's current Measure BB
capital improvements program.
In November 2006 the voters of the District approved Measure BB, a $268 million general
obligation bond for capital improvements, renovations, health and safety upgrades and
classroom enhancements. In October 2007 the Board of Education approved specie
allocations for school sites including $57 million in funding from this measure for
improvements at Santa Monica High School (Samohi).
The City approved its Civic Center Specific Plan in June 2005. The Civic Center includes
the Civic Auditorium Campus, across Fourth Street from the high school. However, the
draft Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) identifies the Civic Center District to
include the high. school, and points to, "A potential joint use program to strengthen the
high school's presence in the Civic Center by utilizing the civic Auditorium and its
surroundings for an educational cultural center that would synchronize with the school's
master plan to provide both joint use opportunities and re-establish the visual open space
connection between the high school center and the City's Civic Center." "The City shall
expand...joint use arts and entertainment programs with Santa Monica. High School."
Indeed, the draft LUCE emphasizes the need to expand linkages between the two sites by
creating a ~~more meaningful connection" between them and opening view corridors and
access points. The LUCE goes on to recommend amendment of the Civic Center Specific
Plan to ~~incorporate improvements that will be beneficial to the [Civic Center] district"
including ~~providing greater pedestrian, bicycle, and open space connectivity" and creating
"a more inviting pedestrian environment on 4~' Street and allowing for mid-block
pedestrian crosswalks to support potential joint use activities for Santa Monica High School
and the Civic Center."
In December 2007, realizing the enormous potential for significant joint use development,
the City issued an RFQ for a consultant to work with the high school's design team in
examining the joint use potential for these adjoining sites and projects. Since that time,
representatives of the City, the District and Santa Monica College have met regularly to
identify how to best seize this historic opportunity and create aworld-class civic center
and high school campus with state-of-the-art cultural and recreational facilities that would
serve the community for generations to come.
In response to this unique legacy opportunity to view the Civic Auditorium Campus and
the campus of Santa Monica High School holistically, the school community and Board of
Education developed a vision for Samohi that maximizes the creation of cultural and
recreational venues on its campus that supports and enhances the academic, artistic, and
athletic activities for students and dramatically extends opportunities to the entire
community to enjoy these cultural and recreational facilities.
Those joint use facilities identified on Samohi's campus are:
1. A new Michigan Avenue bicycle and pedestrian access, Michigan Avenue
Commons, connecting 7th and 4th Streets
2. A relocated Sixth Street Bike/car/pedestrian access
3. Anew Seventh Street bike/pedestrian access (7th Street Commons) connecting
the proposed 7th Street overpass to the new Michigan Avenue Commons
4. Improved 4th Street streetscape
5. Renovation and upgrading of Memorial Greek Theatre, including bathrooms
6. Relocation, replacement and upgrade of existing track/ football field (doubles as
soccer/rugby/lacrosse field), new permanent seating
7. Relocation, upgrade and replacement of existing Pool
8. Relocation, upgrade and replacement of existing North gym
9. Relocation, upgrade and replacement of existing South gym
10. Relocation, upgrade and replacement of existing Softball field
11. Relocation, upgrade and replacement of existing Baseball filed
(together these two fields can be used as a soccer/rugby/lacrosse field)
12.A new North regulation synthetic soccer field (doubles as rugby/lacrosse field)
13. Relocation, upgrade and replacement of existing Basketball courts
14. Relocation, upgrade and replacement of existing Tennis Courts with viewing
stands
15. New 500-space subterranean parking under Football field*
16.And, should the District's and City's joint planning efforts identify the need, a
400-space subterranean parking under Baseball field*
**Items 15 and 16 will be analyzed in the context of the continuing joint use
planning efforts.
Attachment A: Santa Monica High School Existing, April 2007
Attachment B: Samohi Buildout 6/18/08
CONTACT: Michael Hill
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
1651 Sixteenth Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 450-8338 ext. 263
email: mhillCa?smmusd.ora
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ATTACHMENT E
June 23, 2008
Summary of School Use and Community Use of Santa Monica High School Facilities
Introduction
This memorandum provides an overview of Santa Monica High School (Samohi)
facilities currently used by the community and explores opportunities for expanded
public use as contemplated in the vision for Samohi now in the planning stage.
Background
A survey of existing facilities was conducted to determine the hours each facility is
available for use by the public as well as the number of users. The hours of public use
were identified through interviews with the Director of Theatre Operations and
Facilities Permits, Site Administrators, and the Athletic Director.
The determination of numbers of users is complicated for several reasons. Access to the
campus maybe under a permit issued to an organized group, an individual informal
use, or through historic, non-permitted access. Until recently, there has not been a
coordinated permit process for Samohi so the information on permits is not complete.
The data on permits issued for the 2007-OS school year was compiled by the Director of
Theatre Operations and Facilities Permits from records of the District's Operations and
Maintenance Division and Barnum Hall permits. In addition, interviews were
conducted with administrative, security and custodial staff at Samohi to gather
anecdotal information about campus use. On-site observations were conducted during
the week of May 25 - 31, 2008 during morning, afternoon, and evening hours.
Current Public Use of Samohi Facilities
There is wide use of cultural, athletic, and recreational facilities at Samohi by the public.
Samohi s entire campus has been used consistently by the community since its opening
in 1913. It is the only facility with athletic and cultural venues that is not currently
covered in any of the three Memoranda of Understanding between the City of Santa
Monica and the School District. The existing facilities that are regularly used include
Barnum Hall, Memorial Greek Theatre, cafeteria, seven tennis courts, baseball field,
football field, track, four outdoor basketball courts, south gym, and the Drake Pool. In
general, athletic facilities are available to the public before and after school and team
practice hours on weekdays and are open during weekend days during the school year.
Since athletic teams practice during school breaks and the summer months, availability
for the public is similar during these periods. The tennis courts, outdoor basketball
courts, and the baseball field do not presently have lights, limiting access to daylight
hours. More extensive use is available for the south gym, the football field, and the
track, which are equipped with lights.
There is heavy public demand for field use, particularly by Santa Monica youth soccer
teams. Both the football field and baseball fields are used year-round for youth soccer.
The tennis courts are also popular with the public. Through an unwritten agreement,
the City of Santa Monica currently permits the six tennis courts. The seventh court has
an uneven surface and is used only for warm-up. Walk-on play is available to
individuals if courts are not permitted or being used by the school. The courts are
available to the public from 8 am to dusk on the weekends. The track is used
extensively by individual runners during early morning hours, evening hours and on
weekends. Permitted groups, such as the Special Olympics hold annual events on the
track. The south gym is used on weeknights by the public for basketball and is available
on the weekends to the public for basketball and volleyball. Currently the softball field
and the north gym are not used by the public.
On January 1, 2008, the newly created position of Director of Theatre Operations and
Facilities Permits was filled. This position was created in response to the recognition of
the enormous unrealized community benefit of having Barnum Hall and the Memorial
Greek Amphitheatre available for public events. Banmum Hall, a 1,250-seat proscenium
theatre and a Santa Monica historical landmark was built in 1931 and completely
renovated in 1998-2005. The Memorial Greek Amphitheatre seats 2500 (public events)
and was constructed in 1921. Both of these facilities were originally defined as public
meeting spaces and for many years were the centers of cultural life in Santa Monica.
In the last few years, the use of these venues for public events has increased twenty-
fold. In the 2007-08 school year, Bamum Hall presented over sixty school events and
over forty professional events. The public offerings ranged from classical music by New
West Symphony, the new resident orchestra, as well as the Debut Orchestra, Live
Nation Artist's Mason Jennings and Missy Higgins, the annual Arts for All concert with
Jackson Browne, the premiere of an avant garde opera piece by Musica Angelica with
John Malcovich, and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy's LA Tap Fest. Next season,
anticipates an increase of professional events to over seventy-five. There is room to
grow in the future to one hundred rental events which has been determined by Samohi
administration and the Director of Theatre Operations and Facilities Permits as the
optimal balance between school program use requirements and community use.
Aside from occasional special events, the Memorial Greek Theatre is currently used
primarily by skateboarders on the weekends. There is no staging equipment, lights, or
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restrooms which limits its use as a performance venue. The adjacent cafeteria is used
primarily by community groups for meetings. With Barnum Hall returning to
community use, there are plans to bring the Memorial Greek Amphitheatre back to
community use as the Westside's only large outdoor venue. The "Greek" has the
potential tobecome amini-"Hollywood Bowl" with concerts and presentations
throughout the summer.
Table 1, Samohi Facilities Current Available Hours for Public Use shows the current
available hours for public use for each facility during the school year, winter and spring
breaks, and the summer. These facilities are open to public use more than 20,000 hours
per year. Perhaps more instructive is the percentage of the operating time for each
facility that is open to the public. This ranges from 27% for Barnum Hall to 59% for the
football field. Five of the facilities are each open to the public for approximately half of
its operating time.
Table 1
Samohi Facilities Current Available Hours for Public Use
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Public Use by Permitted Groups
The determination of the number of members of the public using the facilities is more
complex. As indicated earlier, the permit records are not complete so this discussion
will provide a general range of users based on actual permit data, site observations, and
interviews with Samohi staff. As Table 2, Samohi Facilities permit Users shows, an
estimated 53,000 members of the public participated in permitted events and sports
during the past year; 35,000 are estimated to be Santa Monica residents or affiliated with
Santa Monica-based groups.
Table 2
Samohi Facilities Permit Users
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Public Use by Individuals
Several facilities are currently used informally by individuals who walk on the campus
before and after school hours and on weekends. These include the tennis courts, the
outdoor basketball courts, the Memorial Greek Theatre, the track, and early morning
pool use. It is estimated that another 22,000 members of the public enjoy individual
activities on the Samohi campus as shown on Table 3, Samohi Facilities Individual Users
below.
Table 3
Samohi Facilities Individual Users
Opportunities for Expanded Public Use
A key component of the vision for Samohi is the re-connection of the campus to the
community. This is accomplished in several ways. The central element is the Michigan
Avenue alignment (The Commons) opening from East (Seventh Street) to West (Fourth
Street) allowing for Samohi campus use during school hours and public use including
bike and pedestrian paths in the afternoons, evenings, and on the weekends with a
secured campus north and south of the Commons. The Michigan Avenue alignment
will once again provide pedestrian and bicycle access to the Civic Center Campus, the
Pier, beach, and Palisades Park for the underserved Pico neighborhood. The creation of
the Seventh Street Commons, connecting the proposed Seventh Street overpass with the
new Michigan Avenue Commons will connect the downtown and north side of the City
to the Samohi and Civic Center campuses.
The gyms, pool, track, and football field will be relocated to the north side of the
campus, opening the view from a renovated Greek Theatre to the Civic Center and
lowering the new baseball and softball fields to grade at Fourth Street. This redefines
the nature of Pico Boulevard and Fourth Street, as well as the connection to the Civic
Center Campus. The fields are open to public view and access and the relocated gyms
and pool front on the relocated entry way from Olympic Boulevard, allowing them to
be easily identified, accessed, and used by students and community alike. In additional
to replacing the relocated fields with synthetic turf, a new soccer field (lacrosse and
rugby); also using synthetic turf, will be installed on the roof of the gym/pool building.
Lights will be installed at the relocated tennis courts, football field, track, new soccer,
and new multi-purpose fields.
The joint use subterranean parking under the stadium is easily entered from Olympic
Blvd. Pedestrians exit the parking directly onto the Commons, presented with the
fields, Barnum Hall and landscaped promenade that traverses the campus, allowing
ease of movement and way-finding throughout the campus and to the Civic Center
west of Fourth Street.
These new facilities and linkages to the community will result in greatly expanded
opportunities for use and access by the public. Table 4, Potential Available Hours for
Community Use at Samohi Build Out, provides the hours for publicuse in the future
Samohi build out. The expanded facilities' operaiing hours are expected to result in an
additional 13,000 annual hours of public use. Moreover, the percentage of operating
time each facility is open to public use increases for all facilities, with eleven facilities
open to the public half of the time or more.
Table 4
Potential Available Hours for Community Use at Samohi Build Out
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Summary
There is a long history of active use of the Samohi campus by the public. Many of its
venues served as the center of community life during in the first half of the 20'~ Century.
The vision for Samohi re-establishes this meaningful connection between the Civic
Center and Santa Monica High School by improving access and permeability of the high
school's campus, and opening views on both sides of Fourth Street. Samohi reclaims its
vital role as an active presence in the lives of its students and the entire community.
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