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Council agrees to work with Roundhouse Aquarium on funding options, asks for financials and midyear budget review
Summary
The nonprofit that runs the Roundhouse Aquarium requested $110,000 per year for three years to cover maintenance and life‑support reserves. Council urged fiscal accountability, asked OTS to provide financial statements and reserve plans, and directed staff to return with midyear budget recommendations; no immediate long‑term commitment was approved.
Oceanographic Teaching Stations (OTS), operator of the Roundhouse Aquarium at the end of the Manhattan Beach Pier, asked the council for ongoing city support to address rising maintenance and equipment‑replacement costs.
Environmental programs administrator Britney Coker Mullen summarized OTS’s request: $110,000 annually for three years, broken into $30,000 for interior maintenance, $40,000 for annual tank and life‑support maintenance, and $40,000 to contribute one‑third of a reserve for equipment replacement. Staff…
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