City Council is expected to approve $79,200 for design services needed to prepare for the demolition of the former Santa Monica Police building that adjoins City Hall. The police department relocated to the new Public Safety Facility in September of 2003 and the old police wing has been vacant since then.
City officials decided in 2003 to demolish the old police wing and replace it with a landscaped courtyard. The demolition is part of an ongoing project to remodel and renovate City Hall, which was constructed in 1939.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 12, 2005. Read the original PDF.