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Figure 103. The skate park at Culver City Park is a unique resource for residents in Culver City. Source: PRCS, 2024. Found on
Page 115
Figure 102. Child and early-education focused storytime. Source: Agora Partners, 2024. Found on Page 115
Figure 104. Fiesta La Ballona is the largest annual event run by PRCS. Source: PRCS, 2024. Found on Page 116
Figure 105. Community members enjoy Fiesta La Ballona. Source: OLIN, 2024. Found on Page 117
Figure 106. The Culver Steps hosts a musical performance. Source: OLIN, 2024. Found on Page 117
Figure 107. A group of children sit together outside. Source: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com. Accessed June 6, 2024.
Found on Page 117
Figure 108. Park users utilize spectator seating at Veterans Memorial Park. Source: OLIN, 2024. Found on Page 118
Figure 109. Visitors stroll towards a pavilion in Media Park. Source: OLIN, 2024. Found on Page 119
Figure 110. The playground was recently renovated at Culver City Park. Source: OLIN, 2024. Found on Page 120
Figure 111. Visitors relax under the trees at Carlson Park. Source: OLIN, 2024. Found on Page 121
Figure 112. An aerial view of Culver City from the 1930s shows the Culver City Hotel and movie studios. Source: Culver City
Historic images Gallery, City of Culver City, https://www.culvercity.org/Explore/About-Culver-City/Culver-City-Historic-Images/
Culver-City-Historic-Images-Gallery. Found on Page 122
Figure 113. The Selznick Studios were a key fixture in early Culver City, approx. 1930s. Source: Selznick Studios, Culver City, Cal.,
photCL_555_06_1761, Ernest Marquez Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Found on Page 123
Figure 114. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios displayed typical art deco architecture, approx. 1940s. Source: Metro-GoldwynMayer Studios, Culver City, California, photCL_555_06_1759, Ernest Marquez Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California. Found on Page 123
Figure 115. The percent for art program requirements in Culver City are based on the size of the proposed development. Found
on Page 124
Figure 116. Culver City arts organizations form the backbone of current arts programming for the city. Source: OLIN, 2024. Found
on Page 125
Figure 117. A Culver City Public Works employee services a fountain. Source: PRCS, 2024. Found on Page 126
Figure 118. Culver City’s City Hall is enlivened by public art pieces such as Ed Carpenter’s hanging garden glass screens (1995)
and Nate Mohler’s mixed media interactive “fountain” (2019). Source: Andrea Binz, 2021. Found on Page 127
Figure 119. Map of HUC 10 and HUC 8 watersheds in Los Angeles County. Culver City is located in the Ballona Creek and
Garapito Creek-Frontal Santa Monica Bay sub-watersheds. Culver City is a member of the associated Enhanced Watershed
Management Programs (EWMPs) for Ballona Creek and Marina Del Rey, which is a management area within the Garapito CreekFrontal Santa Monica Bay sub-watershed. Source: USGS, National Hydrography Dataset, 2022. Found on Page 128
Figure 120. The channelized Ballona Creek runs throughout Culver City. Source: OLIN, 2024. Found on Page 130
Figure 121. The SMQMP proposed several significant regional projects that include underground storage similar to what is
shown in this concept diagram. Source: Culver City Stormwater Quality Master Plan, City of Culver City, 2021, page 110. Found on
Page 131
Figure 122. Biofiltration along city streets are an opportunity to incorporate stormwater improvements along transit corridors.
Source: Culver City Stormwater Quality Master Plan, City of Culver City, 2021, page 138. Found on Page 131
Figure 123. A dry well BMP can be used where there is limited area on the surface for stormwater capture systems, and where
deep infiltration is feasible. Source: Culver City Stormwater Quality Master Plan, City of Culver City, 2021, page 119. Found on
Page 131
Figure 124. Map of the 13 parks owned and operated by Culver City. These parks are designated for either regional or on-site
stormwater management based the SWQMP and proposed level of redesign. Source: LA County GIS Data Portal, Countywide
Parks and Open Space, Countywide Multi-Use Trails, LA County Bikeways, & Significant Ecological Area, 2022; Los Angeles Region
Imagery Acquisition Consortium (LARIAC), 2016. Found on Page 132
Figure 125. Non-functional turf, such as the underutilized turf shown in Cougar Park, will be subject to requirements replacing it
with low water use planting . Source: OLIN, 2024. Found on Page 134
Figure 126. Many laws govern water efficiency and planting, including the Non-Functional Turf Ban in 2022 and the MWELO in
effect since 2015. Source: California State Water Resources Control Board, 2024; Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance.”
California Department of Water Resources, State of California, 2024. https://water.ca.gov/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/
Urban-Water-Use-Efficiency/Model-Water-Efficient-Landscape-Ordinance. Found on Page 135
Figure 127. Rain gardens are a cost-effective BMP strategy to capture on-site stormwater. Source: Jchannel/Shutterstock.com.
Found on Page 136
Figure 128. Map of the storm drains in Culver City. This network of stormwater conveyance in Culver City can better perform with
additional stormwater management projects. Source: City of Los Angeles, Storm Drains, 2022. Found on Page 137
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