IN BRIEF

-- Danette Goulet

Residents concerned about the possible sale of Balearic Parkare meeting

tonight to discuss what it could mean to them.

Balearic Park is a 9.25-acre park in Costa Mesa that the Newport-Mesa

Unified School District, which owns the land, has said it will not need

for a school site.

For more than 22 years, the park has been a neighborhood park and home to

Costa Mesa’s city recreational services.

Since the school board received a recommendation last week to sell the

property to help pay for school repairs, residents have begun petitions

in an effort to discourage the sale.

An informational meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. today in the community

building at Balearic Park, at the corner of Boa Vista and Balearic Drive.

David Brooks, vice president of the school board, will speak briefly and

answer residents’ questions.