{"id":313834,"date":"2022-08-04T09:01:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T16:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=313834"},"modified":"2022-08-02T16:16:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T23:16:45","slug":"childrens-pool-seawall-repairs-could-cost-2-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/childrens-pool-seawall-repairs-could-cost-2-3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Pool seawall repairs could cost $2.3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking ahead, an engineering study well underway is planning for needed repairs to the Children\u2019s Pool seawall estimated to cost $2.3 million.<\/p>\n

The study by MDEP Inc. engineering firm commissioned by La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc., is being paid for by leftover money from the Children\u2019s Pool Plaza construction project finished in 2018. LJP&B makes recommendations to the City on coastal parks in the Jewel.<\/p>\n

LJP&B received an update recently on the project by Matt Mangano from MDEP Inc. \u201cWe are looking at a seawall itself that is nearly 100 years old, and we are designing for another 100-plus years,\u201d Mangano said. \u201cThe big challenge is going to be the adherence (of the seawall to the reef). So, whatever the new concrete is, it needs to be better than the existing concrete. So, we\u2019re going to have to prepare the surface (of the seawall) then come in with the latest, newest technology (for repairs).\u201d<\/p>\n

MDEP said they would be using the Army Corps of Engineers\u2019 inspection techniques and their manuals on designing seawalls. Much of what needs to be done is easy to see, Mangano said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who has been down there is familiar with the degradation and the erosion that is occurring on the (seawall\u2019s) stairwell, which is a shame for the access and there will be a challenge to (repairing) it,\u201d he said. He added that waterproofing will be key to successfully repairing the seawall. \u201cAny sort of waterproofing we can do on the wall has a lot to do with the porousness of the concrete,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, with the repairs, there is going to need to be some sort of demolition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mangano pointed out engineers are \u201cgoing to have to make some strong educated guesses\u201d about the stability of the seawall while working to reinforce it. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to cut the wall open and travel through it to see,\u201d he said adding how much work needs to be done could largely be determined by \u201cthe interior (of the wall) and how that has all held up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Harbor seals on the beach at Children’s Pool. PHOTO BY THOMAS MELVILLE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Referring\u00a0to the seawall\u2019s original design, Mangano said: \u201cIt really was an amazing process to have the concrete really become part of the reef from an engineering perspective.\u201d He added, \u201cWe\u2019re going to be recommending reconstructing the steps into the water for children to actually use to swim.\u201d<\/p>\n

LJP&B members expressed approval of the Children\u2019s Pool seawall-repair project.<\/p>\n

\u201cEllen Browning Scripps would be so proud,\u201d said Melinda Merryweather.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an underlying feature of our local community here,\u201d said Phyllis Minick, who spearheaded the Children\u2019s Pool Plaza construction project. \u201cPeople who come here from other parts of the world, the first thing they ask for is to go to Children\u2019s Pool and the Cove. So, to reinforce these features, and make them available for the future, is incredibly important.\u201d<\/p>\n

DO\u2019S AND DON\u2019TS<\/p>\n

\u2013 The seawall is nearly 100 years old and it\u2019s an uneven path so unsteady walkers should take heed.<\/p>\n

\u2013 While you gaze at the seals, be mindful of the ocean behind you as it\u2019s not uncommon for the surf to pound the sea wall and startle you with a splash. Be mindful of what you are hand-carrying because it would be easy to drop your phone if this happened.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Don\u2019t wear a backpack or carry a bulky bag as it will be hard to pass by others on the seawall as the walkway is narrow.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Keep an eye on young children as the fence slats are wide.<\/p>\n

HISTORY OF CHILDREN\u2019S POOL<\/p>\n

While the Children\u2019s Pool, a small sandy beach at 850 Coast Blvd. at the end of Jenner Street in La Jolla, had attracted visitors since the 1870s, for several decades afterward, its coast and surf developed a reputation for danger. By the early 1900s, visitors were being warned not to go into the ocean at La Jolla\u2019s many beaches here because of the hazardous cross currents. In 1921, Ellen Browning Scripps, a wealthy La Jollan since 1897, who had focused much of her life and philanthropy on the welfare of children in the community, sought to resolve this ongoing problem.<\/p>\n

She hired a hydraulic engineer named Hiram Savage to conduct a survey for the construction of a proposed breakwater somewhere in La Jolla to create an area where it would be safe for children to go in the ocean. In 1923, Savage submitted his results, proposing that a crescent-shaped breakwater be constructed where the Children\u2019s Pool beach is today.<\/p>\n

Scripps paid for the construction of a breakwater project in order to create a place where children could play and swim that would be protected from waves coming onshore. In May 1931, a public celebration was held to commemorate the completion of the new breakwater, and the safe ocean bathing area for children it created, all of which had been gifted by Scripps to La Jolla. Scripps was too ill to attend the public celebration herself, unfortunately, and she died in 1932. But the Children\u2019s Pool remains another lasting legacy of her local philanthropy.<\/p>\n

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