COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL WRAP-UP
WHAT HAPPENED:
The council voted to free roughly $800,000 in city funds to reinforce
City Hall and the police facility, making them safer in the event of an
earthquake.
WHAT IT MEANS:
The council will start seeking bids for construction. The city already
has received more than $2 million in state grants for the project,
$350,000 of which it already spent to design the retrofit.
City Manager Allan Roeder said the City Council -- which has had ongoing
discussions about moving city buildings to 19th Street -- could
eventually choose not to proceed with the retrofit once bids come in.
Vote:
4 IN FAVOR / 0 AGAINST, Councilwoman Heather Somers was absent.
WHAT HAPPENED:
The City Council allowed a developer to construct a pedestrian bridge
near Bristol and Bear streets overnight, despite city codes prohibiting
nighttime construction there.
WHAT IT MEANS:
The city first agreed to let developer C.J. Segerstrom and Sons 14 nights
to build the bridge as a way to avoid clogging daytime traffic there.
The council -- in an attempt to speed up a project which has taken longer
to build than originally expected -- will allow the developer an
additional 70 nights for construction.
City planners determined that noise from nighttime work would not bother
nearby residents.
Vote:
4 IN FAVOR / 0 AGAINST
NEXT MEETING
May 15, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 77 Fair Drive.
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