Home Ranch project timeline

Lolita Harper

September 1982 -- First architectural concept for the Home Ranch

master plan was designed. It included two 400-room hotels and 2.7 million

square feet of retail and office space.

March 1984 -- Approval of the Home Ranch master plan and certification

of the environmental report.

September 1985 -- C.J. Segerstrom & Sons submitted to the city One

South Coast Place, a 32-story office building with 75% of the area freed

for open space.

February 1986 -- Costa Mesa Planning Commission approved the 32-story

complex by a 4-1 vote.

February 1986 -- C.J. Segerstrom & Sons withdrew further consideration

for the 32-story building because of increasing public disapproval.

April 1986 -- C.J. Segerstrom & Sons started the redesign of Home

Ranch after mailing out surveys requesting community feedback on the

project.

January 1987 -- The Segerstrom company made more than 60 public

presentations of its new Home Ranch plan to residents, service clubs and

homeowners associations throughout Costa Mesa.

April 1987 -- The redesign of One South Coast Place received unanimous

approval from the Costa Mesa Planning Commission.

June 1987 -- By a 4-1 vote, the City Council approved the redesign of

One South Coast Place.

June 1987 -- Work on One South Coast Place was started after Costa

Mesa issued grading and foundation permits.

June 1987 -- Residents opposed to the Home Ranch project filed a

lawsuit to overturn the council’s approval of the project, citing a lack

of up-to-date building densities and intensities in the city’s general

plan.

September 1987 -- An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled there

were technical deficiencies in the city’s general plan and the

environmental report that needed to be addressed. This halted

construction of the project.

January to March 1988 -- C.J. Segerstrom & Sons continued to present

proposals for the development of Home Ranch to the city Planning

Commission.

November 1988 -- Voters rejected two proposals for development of Home

Ranch, Measures H and I. Measure H consisted of office and retail space

with two high-rise buildings -- one 20 stories, the other 12 stories -- a

400-room hotel, health club and child-care center. Measure I proposed a

300-room hotel, reduced the retail space by 10,000 square feet and

eliminated the health club.

February 1992 -- The Costa Mesa City Council approved the 1990 general

plan -- and accompanying environmental report -- designating nearly 30

acres of Home Ranch property for residential use and about 63 for

industrial use.

September 2000 -- The Home Ranch plan was redesigned to include a

17-acre Ikea furniture store, 950,000 square feet of office space and

more than 900 homes.

May 2001 -- C.J. Segerstrom & Sons reduced the housing density from 29

homes per acre to 12 and 18 homes per acre.

June 18, 2001 -- Home Ranch project was further modified to add

housing and reduce building height. C.J. Segerstrom & Sons also agreed to

change the initial housing component from apartments to single-family

houses and townhomes.

July 2001 -- C.J. Segerstrom & Sons further revised plans to include a

308,000-square-foot Ikea furniture store, 791,050 square feet of office

space, 252,648 square feet of industrial business and 192 homes.

Aug. 13, 2001 -- The Planning Commission started the first of four

public hearings on the project.

Aug. 24, 2001 -- C.J. Segerstrom & Sons announced its proposed

development agreement, including more than $15 million in community

benefits in exchange for 20-year development rights to the property.

Sept. 24 -- Home Ranch gained the Planning Commission’s recommendation

for approval and moved on to the City Council. Commissioners unanimously

approved the environmental report, a rezone petition, an amendment to the

city’s master plan and a specific plan amendment. The lone item without

unanimous support was the amendment to the general plan, which

Commissioner Bruce Garlich opposed.

Oct. 15, 2001 -- The City Council began a series of Home Ranch

hearings, altering regular meeting times by one hour and implementing a

mandatory midnight curfew to accommodate the additional public comment.

C.J. Segerstrom & Sons announced Standard Pacific will build the proposed

192 homes on the property.

Nov. 19, 2001 - The City Council is expected to make a final decision

on Home Ranch.