Bluffs Skateboard Park May Stay Closed After It’s Ready in 2-3 Weeks
Written by 991KBU on June 8, 2020
Malibu officials say the temporary skate park at Bluffs Park will be ready to use in about 2 to 3 weeks.
But when it will open to the public is a whole other matter.
the manufacturer of the made-to-order ramps … California Skateparks …delivered the skate equipment last week.
You can view photos of the Temporary Skate Park construction on the City’s Skate Park Webpage.
Installation is underway.
The installation work is expected to take two to three weeks to complete.
But the Temporary Skate Park cannot open until the Los Angeles County Public Health Order regarding skate facilities is lifted.
Skateboard parks in other cities … like Venice … have been filled up with sand by city workers to prevent them from being used during the COVID-19 closure.
Health officials have said that people exercising in close contact can spread the disease.
Brigades of skateboarders have in turn shoveled and swept the sand out … to liberate the skate ramps.
Not sure what will happen in a few weeks … in Malibu … if skateboard ramps that have been promised for 20 years are finally finished … but are supposed to be tantilyzingly off limits.
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The Malibu city council will take up the issue of extending fee waiver deadlines for residents rebuilding structures burned in the Woolsey Fire … 18 months ago.
So far … the city has picked up about $2.1 million in plan review and building inspection fees for people who lost dwellings to the fire.
Another $700,000 or so in permit fees are expected to be granted before the program expires at the end of the year.
But many homeowners have been getting hassled by their insurance companies … over the amloint of money they are due from the fire destruction.
That means they cannot file their plans at City Hall by the end of the year deadline.
The city expects there are another $1.4 million in fees out here that won’r make it by the end of the year.
The total projection of refunded and waived fees since the Woolsey Fire is approximately $4.2 million. If the Council revises the criteria, it is unknown how many other properties could request a refund and what additional fiscal impact that will be.
Reordering civic priorities due to the pandemic … the woolsey fire … loss of tax revenue due to the economic collapse.
A large pile of issues before the Malibu city council Monday night.
The city’s budget hearing will involve yet another look at the list of projects already on the plate … all of them important to someone in Malibu … but some of them on hold due to the changing world.
The city’s work plan is a list of priorities drawn up by the city council.
The city manager Reva Feldman says project after project is on hold for one reason or another.
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