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Commission endorses draft framework for Santa Monica airport conversion; staff flags groundwater contamination work
Summary
City planning staff presented an 8‑district framework for converting the Santa Monica airport into a public park, previewed renderings, and the commission voted to recommend the framework to City Council while raising questions about environmental testing, groundwater contamination tied to Boeing-related plumes, and funding responsibilities.
Amber Rashine, principal design and planning manager for the City of Santa Monica, presented the Phase 3B "framework diagram" for the airport conversion project on April 20, describing a planning approach meant to guide future design and funding decisions without presupposing a final layout.
Rashine said the framework translates extensive community engagement (94 meetings and roughly 12,000 survey responses) into eight proposed districts—Immersive Nature, Active Sports, Arts & Culture, Urban Edge, The Stroll, Lawn, Meadow and The Heart—and a set of "big moves" and "bold connections," including a north–south bike/ped spine and park frontage roads to facilitate drop-off and event access. She said the framework is intended to be flexible, to better…
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