The Santa Monica Redevelopment Agency was established on August 13, 1957. The governing board for the Agency is as follows:
| Herb Katz |
Chairperson |
| Ken Genser |
Agency Member |
| Dr. Robert Holbrook |
Agency Member |
| Richard Bloom |
Agency Member |
| Kevin McKeown |
Agency Member |
| Pam O'Connor |
Agency Member |
| Bobby Shriver |
Agency Member |
| P. Lamont Ewell |
Executive Director |
| Carol Swindell |
Controller |
| Marsha Jones Moutrie |
General Counsel |
Description Of Redevelopment Projects
The Santa Monica Redevelopment Agency has four redevelopment project areas:
(a)
EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Earthquake Recovery Redevelopment Project was established in 1994. The project area includes the area predominantly damaged in the January 1994 Northridge earthquake. Approximately 90% of all red-tagged and 80% of all yellow-tagged buildings in the City are in this project area. The project area is bounded on the east by Cloverfield and 26th Street, on the west by the Pacific Coast Highway/Beach Promenade, on the south by approximately Pico Boulevard and on the north by Montana Avenue.
The City Council approved the Redevelopment Plan
for the Earthquake Recovery Project Area on June
21,1994. The implementation goals in the
Redevelopment Plan include addressing the
revitalization needs of the commercial,
residential and institutional structures damaged
or impacted by the earthquake.
(b)
DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Downtown Redevelopment Project encompasses about 9.9 acres of property located in the downtown core of Santa Monica. The Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown Project was approved by the City Council in January 1976. The Downtown Redevelopment Project is bounded by Broadway on the north, 4th Street on the east, Colorado Avenue on the south, and 2nd Street on the west.
The Downtown Redevelopment Project was completed in 1980. It consists of Santa Monica Place and the adjoining parking structures. The retail portion of the project contains approximately 570,000 square feet of floor area and includes two major department store anchors and 160 speciality retail shops and food establishments, all of which are linked by three level enclosed pedestrian space that extends diagonally across two City blocks. The project also includes two Agency-owned parking structures containing 2,020 parking spaces.
OCEAN PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Ocean Park Redevelopment Project was the first project to be undertaken by the Santa Monica Redevelopment Agency. It was designated for study as a potential redevelopment project in April 1958 when an application was submitted to the Federal government for survey and planning funds. With these funds, the Agency commenced preparation of formal plans for the area encompassing thirty-three acres of land in the southwest corner of the City.
In October 1959, as a result of reduction in the availability of federal funds for the project, the proposed thirty-three acre Ocean Park project was divided into two separate projects so that at least one project could proceed with the funds available to the Agency at the time.
(c)
OCEAN PARK
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT (1a)
Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (1a) encompasses the northern 25 acres of the originally proposed 33 acre project. The Redevelopment Plan for this Project was approved by the City Council on June 30, 1960, following requisite studies and hearings by the Planning Commission,
Redevelopment Agency, and the City Council. The Redevelopment Plan was amended on November 14, 1967, principally to change the permitted land uses in the project area.
Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (1a) is bounded by Ocean Park Boulevard on the north, Neilson Way on the east, Ocean Park Project (1b) on the south, and the State beach parking lots and beach on the west.
Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (1a) was completed in May 1987. The project contains two 17 story high rise apartment buildings which were completed in 1967. Each tower contains 250 rental apartment units. On both sides of the apartment complex is located the Sea Colony condominium project. Sea Colony contains 340 condominium units which were constructed in two phases. Phase 1 of the development was completed in 1980 and Phase 2 was completed in May 1987. Ocean View Park is a public park located in the center of Project Area (1a) facing the ocean.
(d)
OCEAN PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT (1b)
Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (1b) encompasses the southern eight acres of the originally proposed 33 acre project. The Redevelopment Plan for this Project was approved by the City Council on January 24, 1961, following requisite studies and hearings by the Planning Commission, Redevelopment Agency, and the City Council. The Redevelopment Plan was amended on January 26,1965, and again on September 12, 1972, principally to change the permitted land uses in the project area.
Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (1b) is bounded
by Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (1a) on the
north, Neilson Way on the east, the City limit
on the south and the State beach parking lots
and beach on the west.
Ocean Park Redevelopment Project (1b) was
completed in 1983. The project contains two
senior citizen residential apartment complexes
and a former utility building. Nelson Villas
contains 100 rental apartment units and was
completed in 1977. Barnard Park Villas contains
61 units and was completed in 1983. A utility
building was adapted in 1987 to house offices
and art storage for the Eli Broad Family Art
Foundation.
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