Ambassador Hotel
Site
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Introduction
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Alternative 5, the community solution
Goal is great schools and a great community
Goal is a needed public park
Interim Wilshire Center -Koreatown
Neighborhood Council and Cocoanut Grove
Center Coalition
The leading representative groups of the
community
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Alternative 5
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One of the least costly alternatives for LAUSD
The quickest way to new schools
The most community friendly alternative
A more holistic approach to planning
High school and middle school
2 charter elementary schools
Open elementary fall 04 at 600 Lafayette
LAUSD saves $43 million
Public park (RFK Memorial Park)
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RFK Memorial Park
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Create at a minimum a three acre park
Along the front of Ambassador Hotel site
The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Park
A 5.6 acre park would be more desirable
WCBIC would provide the ongoing maintenance
and security
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Park uses and management would be similar to
Bryant Park in New York, an eight acre park
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Bryant Park
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Bryant Park
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Bryant Park
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Bryant Park
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Bryant Park
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Bryant Park
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Bryant Park
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RFK Memorial Park Description
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Chess tables, yoga classes, over a 500 varieties
of flowers
Free wireless access, as well as 300 moveable
chairs for pausing to take in the sights.
A refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city for
people who work, shop, or live nearby, as well
as those who are just visiting
Provides multiple venues for year-round events
and gatherings
On the east side of the site there are 3 existing
bungalows for the park’s community center
Visitor center could be museum, place for coffee
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Next Steps
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Require public funds to build the park
State Proposition 40, State Prop. 12, City Prop.
K, and WCK CRA Project Area.
School District has already submitted a request
for $15 million dollars
Prop. K applications are due by October 15,
2003.
A three acre park would cost about $1.5 million
dollars
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Next Steps
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Minimum of a thirty year lease at $100 per year
The lease could be with WCBIC
School District voted on September 02, 2003 for
$55 million in Proposition 40
District voted a park along Wilshire Boulevard
that would serve as a memorial to R. F. Kennedy
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Next Steps
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A minimum of three acre park
A minimum of a thirty year lease
Available for public use in 2004-05
Move the fence back 200 feet in 2004
Send letter supporting a RFK 3 acre park to
LAUSD President Jose Huizar
And to local and state officials
Ask others to send letter of support
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