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.