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Manhattan Beach adopts updated Parks Master Plan with quick wins and long‑term visions

Manhattan Beach City Council · June 18, 2025

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Summary

After a months‑long outreach effort, the council approved an updated Parks Master Plan updating priorities (quick wins, mid-range, long-term), identifying maintenance needs and funding options, and endorsing targeted projects such as sand-dune improvements, Poliwog Park upgrades and a proposed senior/scout community center.

The Manhattan Beach City Council unanimously approved an update to the city’s Parks Master Plan, which staff described as an operational roadmap for capital improvements, maintenance priorities and community programming.

Parks & Recreation Director Mark Layman and Senior Recreation Manager Melissa McCollum said the update—last adopted in 2020—distills community outreach into quick wins (projects under $60,000), mid-range initiatives ($60,000–$1,000,000) and long-term vision projects (over $1,000,000). Completed items since 2020 include playground and turf replacements, the Polywag dog-run expansion, new public-art installations and the Miracle mural. New recommended projects include Marine Avenue Park fence upgrades, additional playground surfacing, Veterans Parkway fitness equipment upgrades and exploration of an East-Side cultural library concept with LA County Library.

Staff also identified removed projects (for example, El Porto Family Park and some community garden ideas) after outreach and feasibility analysis, though summaries of removed projects are retained in an appendix should council wish to revive them. McCollum highlighted potential funding sources—library surplus funds, CIP allocations and possible partnerships—and said $2 million in newly approved CIP funding for FY 2026 is already earmarked for several priority projects.

Council members thanked staff and commissioners for the comprehensive approach. They requested follow-ups on the big pool rehabilitation timeline, the Scout House/senior center peer review and utility/maintenance issues at Poliwog Park; staff said they will return with cost estimates and next steps. The plan passed on a 5–0 vote.