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The El Dorado Park duck pond is set for a massive overhaul that will close the East Long Beach duck destination for about a year as repairs are made to fix leaks, improve ADA access and transform it into a recycled-water reservoir.
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Councilwoman Stacy Mungo Flanigan said the improvements to the pond will increase water circulation which could improve water quality, smooth out sidewalks and portions of the parking lots that have buckled over the decades, and create a better home all around for the scores of waterfowl that make their homes there.
The $4.55 million project will also improve green space around the pond by installing new wetlands areas around it while transforming the pond into a water reservoir that will be used to irrigate the neighboring El Dorado Park Golf Course. Funding for the project is expected to be split between Measure A revenue, the Long Beach Water Department and Measure W funds.
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Chris Garner, the general manager of the Long Beach Water Department and Bob Dowel, the city’s director of Energy Resources, which oversees consumer natural gas delivery, sent a memo to city officials last month expressing interest in taking another look at consolidation.
The purpose of consolidation would be to create a single business entity under one governing body that would have utility-focused governance to help set policy and rates, the memo said. Currently, Garner is hired by and reports to the Board of Water Commissioners, while Dowell reports to the city manager.
A ballot measure that would have created a Utilities Commission to oversee both water and energy was presented in 2018 before the City Council and the Charter Amendment Committee, which voted to abandon it in August of that year by opting to leave it off that year’s November ballot.
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