Venice Beach- Removal for the sculpture entitled "Declaration"

The proposed activity consists on allowing a third party to remove a sculpture located at Winward Plaza entitled “Declaration”. This Sculpture is located on the Venice Beach Ocean Front Walk at the intersection of Winward and Ocean Avenues. The sculpture has become corroded and may pose a safety risk unless removed, since the applicant (LA Louver) is no longer able to maintain it. The proposed work is anticipated to take four weeks to complete. The construction staging area is the minimum temporary obstruction of public access necessary for safe equipment access; flagmen will be used to guide equipment to the staging area in order to avoid closure of the main boardwalk. Best management practices (BMPs), including avoidance of equipment on sandy beach and covering construction materials, are proposed to avoid adverse impacts to water quality. The sculpture will be returned to the artist that built it and trucked in Petaluma (CA).