Here are some of the decisions...

Here are some of the decisions coming out of the Costa Mesa City

Council meeting Monday.

HOME RANCH MONEY

The City Council appointed two council members to serve as an ad

hoc committee and meet with various players involved in the

distribution of $2 million that was negotiated in the Home Ranch

development agreement for Costa Mesa schools.

Council members appointed Councilman Gary Monahan and Councilwoman

Karen Robinson to serve on the committee, designed to forge a

consensus on how the educational grant from the Segerstrom family

will be handed over to school officials.

As part of the Home Ranch development agreement, the Segerstrom

family agreed to donate $2 million to area middle and high school

students. The money will be split evenly between Costa Mesa High

School -- which serves seventh- through 12th-grade students -- and

Estancia High and TeWinkle Middle schools. According to the

development agreement, the money must be transferred to an

educational foundation that will ultimately decide how the money is

spent.

WHAT IT MEANS

Monahan and Robinson will work with city staffers, Segerstrom

representatives and probable foundation members to hammer out various

questions. City Council members want to know how foundation members

will be chosen, what the money should be spent on and whether the

foundations will be governed by state open-meeting laws.

RV ISSUE

Council members put an end to the lengthy mobile home debate by

giving final approval to a law that represents a compromise between

the police, politicians and residents.

The City Council gave official endorsement to an ordinance that

allows recreational vehicles to be parked on city streets for only 48

hours -- for loading or unloading purposes only -- unless previous

permission is granted by the Police Department. The rigs must also be

parked adjacent to the home to which it is registered.

The decision marks the end of a nine-month saga in which dozens of

residents flooded City Hall on both sides of the issue -- with some

residents asking that unsightly motor homes be restricted from their

streets and others demanding that rig owners not be unfairly

discriminated against.

On Monday, representatives of both camps commended the council and

police staff for working with residents to reach a compromise.

WHAT IT MEANS

In 30 days, it will be illegal to park an oversized vehicle on any

city street for longer than 48 hours to prepare for trips unless rig

owners call the Police Department and ask for an extension, which

cannot exceed 72 hours.

-- Compiled by Lolita Harper