City to hold Home Ranch meeting

Veronica Duran

COSTA MESA -- City officials will present information at a meeting

tonight about the possible environmental impact of the Home Ranch

development.

“The meeting is to allow people an early opportunity to raise issues that

should be included in the reports,” said Michael Robinson of the city’s

planning division.

Possible environmental impacts include traffic, noise and air pollution,

Robinson said.

The project applicant, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, proposed a different Home

Ranch development at the 86-acre site in 1986, when the company planned

to build a 32-story office building on the land.

The new plan features only low-rise office buildings, none exceeding nine

stories. But the project, which the Segerstrom company said could

generate $1 million in sales and property taxes annually, would require a

general plan amendment.

The company is also proposing to build a new Susan Street offramp from

the San Diego Freeway at its own expense. The offramp would ease traffic

on Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Road, said Paul Freeman, director of

community and government relations for Segerstrom.

Segerstrom & Sons has requested plan amendments from the city to allow

for the development of retail, office and office-related uses and

infrastructure improvements.

The proposed project would allow for the development of an IKEA home

furnishings store east of Harbor Boulevard and south of South Coast

Drive, city officials said. The remaining land would be used for a

campus-style office and office related accessory uses.

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Costa Mesa City Hall Council

Chambers, 77 Fair Drive.