Santa Monica : School Property Sought
City officials will begin negotiating with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District to purchase the former Madison Elementary School property as a site for a city park, child-care facilities and low-income housing.
On Tuesday, the City Council authorized the city manager to begin negotiating to buy the 4.4 acres at Santa Monica Boulevard and 10th Street, currently the site of a continuation high school and children’s museum.
City officials said they hope to develop a 2.25-acre park, a 7,500-square-foot child-care center and 75 units of housing for low- and moderate-income families. Madison Elementary was closed in 1985.
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