Cabrillo Beach- Change of Management of a Parcel Used as Parking Lot at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

The proposed project includes a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) and the Harbor Department which dedicated a portion (170,557 sf) of the tidelands owned by the Harbor Department to the development, use, operation, and maintenance of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, as well as for programs, lectures, education, workshops, fundraising, filming, community events, and other visitor serving activities. The MOU licenses the use of the area to RAP and establishes a framework for the reimbursement of operational and capital improvement expenditures to RAP. The proposed project also includes a change of management for a 30,669 sf parcel used as a parking lot for aquarium staff pursuant to Permit & Operating Agreement No. 1516 which regulates the maintenance of beach properties, associated vehicle parking areas, public restroom buildings, boat launching facilities, park lands, and related developments owned by the Harbor Department and currently maintained by RAP. With this project, the parcel will be removed from the regulatory framework of Permit & Operating Agreement No 1516 and included in the MOU. Beneficiaries of the project are the users of the venues.