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Dominguez Park playground remains fenced as city pursues permit and methane monitoring
Summary
Staff told commissioners the Dominguez Park playground rebuild was stopped by local enforcement requiring a permit for work on a former landfill; the city lost appeals and now expects to do methane-soil monitoring and equipment installation at a six-figure cost to comply with closed-landfill rules.
Redondo Beach staff updated the commission on Dominguez Park, saying the playground rebuild was fenced and kept closed after a local enforcement agency required a permit because the site sits on a former landfill.
Staff said the project had been on the CIP for several years, advanced through design and was about three-quarters built when the county health agency acting as the LEA required a permit and the city ppealed. The city lost the appeals process and has since negotiated with CalRecycle enforcement staff for a process that could allow the playground to open while meeting regulatory requirements.
Staff said the next steps will include a study of methane levels in soil, installation of test wells and monitoring equipment and other steps required for a closed-landfill site. The monitoring and compliance work will be a material expense, described by staff as a six-figure cost (not specified to the dollar), and staff said they will seek a way to complete that work over the next one to two years.
Commissioners and staff discussed why a skate-park option had previously been rejected for the site (skate infrastructure would have required deep piles and far higher foundation costs) and why other adjacent work by SoCalGas had not drawn the same LEA constraint. Staff said the playground was a shallow-foundation project and thus proceeded differently from the deeper-footing projects previously considered.
Staff said they have seen some thawing in the relationship with CalRecycle and expect guidance soon on a path forward; they cautioned there is no firm timeline yet.
