# Santa Monica planners urge city to keep existing parks in airport conversion

Santa Monica's Planning Commission is urging city staff to keep two existing parks in place as the city plans to turn its 192-acre airport into a vast public park, echoing cost concerns raised by another city advisory panel. In a study session Oct. 7, commissioners approved on a voice vote a recommendation endorsing the first page of a Sept. 21 letter from the city's Recreation and Parks Commission. The letter calls for reconsidering plans to remake Clover Park as an 18-acre walking district called "The Stroll" and to move the 8-acre Airport Park into a new active sports area. "I just think it

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