ON THE AGENDA MARINERS LIBRARY Council...
ON THE AGENDA
MARINERS LIBRARY
Council members will consider whether to grant a $472,867 contract
to Thirtieth Street Architects Inc. to begin planning the joint-use
Mariners Library project.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Now that the project has won more than $3 million in state
funding, council members are eager to make the innovative library
project a reality. The first step is to hire an architect, whose work
officials hope will assuage the concerns of parents who have worried
that the library puts the general public in too-close proximity to
Mariners Elementary School children.
MARINAPARK LEASES
Council members will consider whether to renew for one year the
city’s lease with the residents of the Marinapark mobile park on
Balboa Peninsula. The one-year lease is actually an extension of a
longer lease that expired in 2000.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The lease terms are basically the same as ones approved last year
by the council, so there’s not likely to be much controversy in the
details. The larger issue, however, can cause contention at times.
Residents want to keep their homes, but city officials say they have
the right to oust them to make way for a resort planned for the site
that’s in the planning and approval stage.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Council and Planning Commission representatives to about 30
different citizens advisory committees and other bodies will be
considered tonight as the council’s last item of business: The
Aviation Committee, the Orange County Coastal Coalition and the
General Plan Advisory Committee are among the groups whose members
include a city council member or planning commissioner.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Deciding committee appointments can be a time-consuming task, if
for no reason other than that council members and planning
commissioners often have pretty big demands on their time.
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