A 30-foot metal tower now rises above Mission Beach’s boardwalk. The metal structure will serve as home to the Mission Beach Lifeguard Station while the city of San Diego moves forward with plans, as well as its search for funding, to build a massive permanent lifeguard station to watch over San Diego’s busiest beach.The city plans to build a new $25 million home, which includes the cost of demolishing the aging tower, replacing the temporary tower, and featuring new locker rooms, a gym, garage, and restrooms.Located near Belmont Park, the South Mission Lifeguard Tower serves one of San Diego’s most heavily visited beaches, where lifeguards conduct an average of 69,500 preventative encounters and an average of 1,500 water rescues each year. At first, city staff considered repairing the old lifeguard station; however, no service providers were willing or able to make the required repairs, said Candace Hadley, public information officer for San Diego Fire-Rescue and Lifeguards.
The Mission Beach Lifeguard Station has been fenced off to protect the public from fallingdebris. (Photo by Thomas Murphy/Times of San Diego) Boardwalk. The emergency project cost about $4 million. (Photo by Thomas Murphy/Times ofSan Diego)Support for a permanent, modern lifeguard headquarters at Mission Beach is widespread in the city. The funding to do so, however, has remained elusive, meaning the temporary metal scaffolding will likely remain perched above San Diego’s busiest beach for years. The city estimates the cost to build the emergency project at about $4 million and includes money needed to secure the structure, build the temporary tower and install a nearby trailer. The city spent an additional $3 million to design and construct the temporary observation tower and office trailer, while another $500,000 was used to assess and stabilize the existing structure.As city crews place the finishing touches on the temporary station, city leaders search for millions needed to build a new, permanent lifeguard tower, not an easy task considering the city’s current budget woes. Officials have identified $13.4 million in funding so far, including $10 million from Mission Bay Park Improvement Funds and $3.4 million from debt-funded General Fund capital projects. Funding for the remaining $11.6 million has not been identified. “The temporary lifeguard tower and trailer will remain in place until a replacement for the existing Mission Beach Lifeguard Station is built,” Hadley wrote in an email.
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