Letters to the Editor 4-25-24
Outdoor dining tip Dear ER: This is so wrong on so many levels. One sentence in the article entitled “Outdoor Dining Implementation Estimated up to $20 Million (the title alone should give pause) should be bothersome to all Manhattan Beach residents (ER April 18). It states “The City’s finance department suggested the costs of the program could be paid through use of 20 year Certification of Participation (COP) bonds of either $10 million or $15 million with an annual debt services of $727,375 to $1,083,515 met through a combination of outdoor dining permit fees, increased parking meter rates and fines and exploring the possibility of a Street Lighting & Landscape ballot measure similar to the recently passed Storm Drain measure, or simply a sales tax increase.” Manhattan Beach residents should not be forced to shell out a single penny for outdoor dining facilities. The entire cost should be borne by the participating restaurants. They should pay because they reap the rewards. Do we really need to spend between $7.5 million and $12 million of city funds for the decks and expanded sidewalks? And this shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath as the Storm Drain measure, which…
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