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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
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DATE: June 15, 1971 ~.,7++"
TO: The Honorable City Council ~~~'".~~~~~~
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j SUBJECT: Planting Strip North of San Vicente betw!c~-:i i~NST H~~
19th and 26th Streets R ~'~' ~!~ TC Tl1
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' The City requires the maintenance of an unimproved pedestrian walkway
in this area pursuant to the action of the City Council on November 12,
'~ 1963. This action was;
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"Mr. Hamilton moved that in parkways belonging to the City,
where there are obstructions, that they be required to be
removed to the extent necessary to provide a pathway for
people to traverse."
The motion was seconded and carried.
In the area between 19th and 26th Streets there is little, if any, need for
an east-west walkway along the north side of San Vicente because the
properties abutting the roadway back up to the road and have frontage
on La Mesa Drive. The issue is raised in the attached letter of April 21,
1971 from Mr. Thomas Barnard.
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the landscaping of this
area without the maintenance of a walkway, subject to the approval of the
proposed landscaping by the Director of Recreation and Parks.
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cc: City Clerk
City Attorney
Director of Recreation & Parks
Director of Finance
Director of Public Works
MOWPRD W. RHODES
8. THOMAS BARNARD
J. WILLIAM MALON EI'
DENN~B M. MVLIEN
RHODES, BARNARD S. MALONEY
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1244 SIXTH STREET
AREA CODE 2i3
SANTA MONtCA,CAU FO RNIA 90406 TELERHONE
393-0174 BOD-9794
April 21, 1971
Mr. Perry. Scott
City Sdanager
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, California
Re: 15' Strip City Property
Adjacent to the North curve
of San Vicente Boulevard
Dear Perry:
OUq FILE NO.
Enclosed is copy of my correspondence to Bart Kennedy and his
response thereto.
The City has periodically posted notices requiring clearing
of the strip and have taken it upon themselves to remove very
attractive trees and shrubbery in the process of clearing a
pathway along the strip. I have previously been advised that
this is City property and that the residents have no right
to plant and otherwise maintain. the strip except to the extent
that they may do so at their own risk of removal by the City.
Frankly, although I have the right to attractively plant the
strip to the rear of my home at 2024 La Mesa Drive, I have no
intention of doing so, so long as the City maintains its
policy. of maintaining a pathtoay. At the same time, I realize
that the City certainly has the right to the strip for street
widening purposes..
If the City would adopt a policy of permitting the residents to
attractively landscape the strip I am sure it would enchance
the esthetics of San Vicente Boulevard.
Very tr-uly yours.,
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'B. THOMAS BARNARD
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