Malibu officials on Tuesday will consider setting aside $850,000 in undesignated funds for two new projects: An engineering study of Pacific Coast Highway within city limits and the creation of design standards and land use guidelines for Malibu’s Civic Center.
The city’s Administration and Finance Subcommittee will meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. to potentially approve the funding. Councilmen John Sibert and Lou La Monte sit on the subcommittee.Â
Surveying PCH is estimated to cost $200,000, including the cost of finding a consultant.Â
“The study would include the entire length of PCH from the City’s eastern boundary to the western boundary and would include an analysis of parking spaces, the width of parking spaces, signage and safety factors,” according to a staff report.
The project was proposed by Mayor Joan House when she took office in June.
Drafting and implementing Civic Center design standards and a site plan will cost at least $650,000, according to city staff, including the hiring of a consultant and solicitation of environmental reports.
Sibert and La Monte both expressed support for the Civic Center projects at the last City Council meeting.Â
Money for the PCH study and Civic Center projects would come out of the city’s “General Fund Undesignated Reserve.” The undesignated reserve’s balance is currently projected to be $14.3 million at the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal year, according to staff.
To read the full staff report for Tuesday’s meeting, visit here.