Redondo Beach city council moves ahead with Seaside Lagoon plan
by Garth Meyer After back-to-back public meetings Monday and Tuesday night at city hall about updating Seaside Lagoon, the city council voted to submit its plan to the Coastal Commission for approval, despite two Redondo Beach Harbor Commissioners and a member of the former Waterfront Amenities Plan working group asking for a pause. The Coastal Commission application represents Phase 1 of a hoped-for further revamp of the 1962 public park. Previously, on Aug. 25, the city’s Harbor Commission voted 7-0 for the city council to hold off, its concerns focused on lack of preparation for sea level-rise and compromises in lagoon depth and lack of sand in the bottom. “It changed it from Seaside Lagoon to a pool; from nine feet deep to five feet, saltwater to fresh. It takes it from Thanksgiving all-the-fixings to meat and potatoes,” said Ryan Ableman Monday night, Harbor Commission chair, during the Commission’s follow-up meeting. City Manager Mike Witzansky and staff assured the public Tuesday at city council that since the Harbor Commission’s vote asking it to pause, the city – and its engineering consultants – has revised their plan to address sea level rise, by adding a…
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