Residents flock to popular commissions

Jennifer Kho

A mix of well-known names and newcomers mark the list of 24 residents

who have applied for the Costa Mesa parks and planning commissions.

The council voted in December to end all commission terms in February,

cutting some terms short by two years.

The council is scheduled in February to select 10 new commissioners --

five to each commission -- from among the applicants.

Chris Sarris, Jonathan Zich, David Stiller, Margaret Johnston and Mark

Harris have submitted applications -- due Monday -- for reappointment to

the parks commission.

Richard Mehren, whose term was scheduled to end in March, has decided

not to reapply.

Four planning commissioners -- Tom Sutro, Katie Wilson, Walt Davenport

and Katrina Foley -- also have applied for reappointment. Commissioner

Chris Fewel resigned in December.

Dan Worthington, who ran for City Council last year, has applied for a

Parks Commission position, as has Robert Love, a member of the Citizens’

Budget Advisory Committee.

Bruce Garlich, a Wimbledon Village Housing Assn. board member, has

applied for both commissions. Costa Mesa residents Steven Shapiro, Kim

Pederson and Kelly Feldman, who protested a year ago against the

potential sale of Balearic Park, also have applied for spots on the Parks

Commission.

Michael Levi Schrock, co-chairman of a 1999 fund-raiser for building

and renovating homeless shelters, has applied for a Planning Commission

position.

Thomas Steinfeld, the architecture and drafting professor at Orange

Coast College, and Mike Whitehead, who hosted the “Boathouse” TV show and

runs the Isla Mujeres tour ship in Newport Beach, have applied for

Planning Commission positions.

Campbell Davidson, a member of the West Side Improvement Assn.; John

Rule, a member of the Newport Schools Foundation; and William Perkins,

who ran for a City Council position in November, also have applied for

Planning Commission seats.

Another Planning Commission applicant is Donn Hall, a member of the

Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce and a former mayor of Costa Mesa.