COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL WRAP-UP

Jennifer Kho

WHAT HAPPENED: The City Council on Monday decided to award federal

money to Humanity Housing, Inc., for a project converting apartments into

single-family condominiums at 1925 Pomona Ave.

The money, previously designated for multifamily housing

rehabilitation, was reallocated for single-family homeownership

acquisition and rehabilitation.

WHAT IT MEANS: Humanity Housing, Inc., is a Habitat for Humanity of

Orange County community housing development organization.

The organization plans to convert a building with six

two-bedroom/one-bathroom apartments into six two-bedroom/one-bathroom

condominiums with substantial rehabilitations, according to the staff

report.

VOTE: 5-0 to approve

WHAT HAPPENED: The Council approved a Vanguard University request to

issue revenue bonds by the Health and Educational Facilities Authority of

the State of Missouri.

WHAT IT MEANS: The council will use the bonds, approved for as much as

$120.8 million, to make a loan to Assemblies of God Financial Services

Group.

The Assemblies of God Financial Services Group will use some of the

money to finance and reimburse the cost of educational facilities owned

and operated by Vanguard University.

VOTE: 5-0 to approve

WHAT HAPPENED: The Council appointed members to three of its

committees: the Advisory Committee of Teens, the Child Care and Youth

Services Committee and the Cultural Arts and Historical Resources

Committee.

The council did not make appointments to its Human Relations Committee

because the city received no interest forms or letters of interest for

the committee.

WHAT IT MEANS: The Council appointed Allison Coleman and Lea Alfi as

regular members of the Advisory Committee of Teens, with Lindsay Freeman,

Allyne Garcia and Magen Leigh Hunt as alternates.

Kathleen Hanold, Karen Ursini, Noriko Ishikawa, Alison Bell and Jane

Garland are regular members on the Child Care and Youth Services

Committee and Ingrid Anderson and Jeannie Burns are alternates.

The Cultural Arts and Historical Resources Committee includes regular

members Edward Baker, Steve Golian, Karen Raab, Emily Keller, Kathleen

Eric and alternate Thomas Tom.

WHAT HAPPENED: The Council voted to make it easier for the council,

staff and audience to see the action in the City Council chambers.

WHAT IT MEANS: City staff will make improvements, such as removing the

boxes that house the big-screen projectors, installing seven 10.5-inch

(liquid crystal display) LCD monitors and installing television equipment

in Conference Room 1A to allow public meetings to be videotaped.

Study sessions are often held in Conference Room 1A.

VOTE: 3-2 to approve, with Councilwoman Linda Dixon and Councilman

Chris Steel dissenting.

NEXT MEETING:

WHAT: Regular Costa Mesa City Council meeting

WHERE: City Hall, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. May 7

INFORMATION: (714) 754-5233