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Developer Jonathan Tolken urges council to approve lease amendment for Metlocks Project

Manhattan Beach City Council · June 3, 2025
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Developer Jonathan Tolken told the Manhattan Beach City Council during public comment that he supports a consent-calendar resolution and asked the council to approve a lease amendment limited to use changes, while offering to work with staff to resolve a 2023 profit-sharing dispute; no council vote on the lease was recorded before the council recessed to closed session.

Developer Jonathan Tolken, with the Metlocks Project, urged the Manhattan Beach City Council to approve a consent-calendar resolution and a lease amendment limited to changes in permitted uses during public comment at a special council meeting that convened at 4:15 p.m.

Tolken introduced Tolken Group founder and CEO Francine Tolken Cooper and his partner Glenn Lugs and said he appreciated the council placing the items on both the closed-session and consent calendars. "We're excited to kind of see things start moving along…

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