CITY COUNCIL: Manhattan Beach’s Sand Dune Park revamp is approved, minus bike path
by Mark McDermott Sand Dune Park will receive several renovations, including new playground equipment, bathrooms, and an artfully designed iron mesh fence. But the development of the new Sand Dune Park Master plan approved by the City Council Tuesday night most emphatically will not include a new concrete bike path running through the wilds of North Manhattan Beach. The Council unanimously approved the $3.5 million plan but withdrew the six-foot wide concrete bike path proposed for the park’s south lawn. Several nearby residents implored the council not to include the path at the outset of Tuesday’s meeting.The council listened, and subsequently approved the plan with little discussion, other than to excise the path from the plan. Councilperson David Lesser said the idea for the park’s renovation came from the community, hence the council was likewise responding to residents’ opposition to the path. “I fully understand your feelings about the idea of a concrete path through that park, because my family and I used to live very close to that park, and when my kids were young, that was the park we went to for playdates on that grass,” Lesser said. “I appreciate community input, which…
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