sr-082162-6eCITY OF SANTA MONICA
DATE: AuEust ~, 192 ~ `~-°
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TO: Ernest rIoblej-, City ~iana~er ~~:~~
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i + FROM: Bartlett L. ~ennecly, Citl Lnine~
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SUBJECT: Retain~nU bJall on California Incline-~~ „. ~ :x n=
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:~s you Iti~o*.-a, there is an exi stingy retaini nI ~?all
on t'r,.e northeasterly (land;+rard.) side of the Cali £ornia
Incline at its intersection with the Pacific Coast Ti ;~h?aray.
'1~hiS sdall ~'?aS COi1S tZ'u Cte< S2veral years &~O ii'1 COn~UT1C%10n
d71.th th.e r call ~n';;ent Of Sa1d i i`1L er SeC t:i.On, and SeS'VeS t0
retain and buttress the s10pe at the base o_"' the Palisades
at this aoint.
As a x'esult of the recent landslide at tn.is loca-
tion, t'r~e confi ~u-rati on of the slope at the base of the
Palisades nas been considerably altered. In order to
;orevent as r~ueh as possible the Pu-ther siidin~ o? eartr.
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from ~rii.s slope onto th.e Incline, especially during the
rainy season, it twill be necessary tc extend 'rhe existing
cetainin, wall southeasterly across tn.e Uase of the slide
area (a_oproxiiia rely p0 feet) .
rr~~ The estimated cost of this T:~rall extension is
~ULf, 2V0.
It is recommended that the City Council be re-
quested to apprc_priate :4',200 from the General z+und
Unappropriated Surplus to izecount '109-3o to finance the
construction of this wa11.
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