Council Green Lights City Hall Park Makeover
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The damaged City Hall lawn is set for a makeover, one that will take a little green off the property for the sake of being a different kind of green.…
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Council Green Lights City Hall Park Makeover
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The damaged City Hall lawn is set for a makeover, one that will take a little green off the property for the sake of being a different kind of green. The renovation plan approved by the City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 7, calls for a 51% reduction in the amount of water-thirsty grass in the 1.7-acre public areas that were damaged during the two-month Occupy L.A. encampment last year. The cost of the makeover, which will replace turf with more drought-tolerant plants and permeable surfaces, while preserving the grassy south lawn for public gatherings, is estimated at about $390,000. The cost to simply restore the original landscape, city officials said, was $76,000 — far less than the $400,000 that Recreation and Parks officials had first estimated. The council action paving the way for the work also calls for a private fundraising campaign to help pay for maintenance, which will cost about $135,000 a year.
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February 10
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