01-06-1998 - Veteran's Memorial Wall at the Civic Center Courtyard - Approval of Plans & Specs - Project #PP-91204i 4111emorandum
AGENDA
TO:.
FROM:
City Manager and City Council
Patrick J. Glover
Public Works Director/City Engineer
ITEM NO. B-7b
DATE January 6, 1998
SUBJECT: PROJECT NO. PP-91204
VETERANS' MEMORIAL WALL AT THE CIVIC CENTER COURTYARD
- APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS .
SUMMARY: Plansl and specifications have been prepared for this project which
includes installation of eight memorial plaques, lighting and
refurbishment of the courtyard wall near City Hall. Estimated cost for
this project is $35,000.
BACKGROUND
At the request of C'ouncilmember Mike Touhey, staff has investigated the possibility of
locating a Veteransl Memorial Wall near the proposed bandshell in the courtyard of the
Civic Center. While designs and alternative locations for the bandshell are currently
being reviewed, plains for the Memorial are now complete. The current project schedule
will allow for an unveiling and dedication ceremony just prior to Memorial Day 1998.
The original plan for the Memorial was proposed a few years ago for the area near the
flagpoles just south of the courtyard. Costs for the project were estimated in the
$250,000 range and far exceeded the combined project allocations. Various veterans
groups were then contacted to establish a plan for a Memorial Wall which could be
located in the Civic Center courtyard. Numerous plans were developed by the group
which resulted in thle preparation of the attached final proposed plans.
The design for the wall includes bronze plaques depicting five officially recognized seals
of the military service, the official POW/MIA symbol and a "Rememberance" plaque.
The plaques are to be mounted upon the wall to the west of the water fall in the
courtyard. An eighth (existing) plaque will be relocated from the breezeway near the
Police Simulator room to a frame mounted just above the new memorial wall. The wall
will be lit by flush, mounted fixtures illuminating upwards from the adjacent concrete
deck. New landscape materials will be installed in the planter area above the plaques.
Seven local veterans groups participated in the design process and letters in support of
the project have .been received from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Los Angeles
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Jewish War
Veterans, and the Disabled American Veterans.
FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated cost of the veterans' memorial wall project is $35,000. Funding for the
band shell/pavillion land memorial wall has been approved in the amount of $.100,000 from
the Citywide Maintenance District in the 1991-92 CIP and in the amount of $75,000 from
the Construction Tax fund in the 1992-93 CIP.
ALTERNATIVES
An alternative toI this project includes postponing the project until plans and
specifications are complete for the bandshell/pavilion portions of the project, or to not
proceed with this project.
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City Manager and City Council
January 6, 1997
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that City Council approve the plans and specifications for Project No.
PP-91204 and authorize the City Engineer to call for bids.
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atrick J. Glover
City Engineer/Public Works Director
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Front Elevation (Possible Concept)
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