Costa Mesa will consider redevelopment City leaders...

Costa Mesa will consider redevelopment

City leaders will again consider the prospect of adding more than

400 acres to the downtown redevelopment zone Monday, albeit in a

larger auditorium than the one that couldn’t handle an overflow crowd

last month.

On Monday, the Redevelopment Agency -- council members acting

under a different title -- will consider approving the preliminary

boundaries for the odd-shaped area, which is roughly bordered by 15th

Street, Whittier Avenue and West 19th Street.

On Feb. 10, the Redevelopment Agency had to postpone its meeting

after a large, emotional crowd of industrial property owners tried to

squeeze into the Police Department auditorium and ended up posing a

fire hazard.

The owners are worried they may be included in the zone because

they don’t feel their property is blighted, either economically or

physically, and they fear the city would be able to take their

property through eminent domain.

The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Neighborhood

Community Center at 1845 Park Ave. For information, call (714)

754-5635.

Habitat for Humanity home to be built today

More than 30 volunteers will be on hand to break ground on the

100th Habitat for Humanity home on Saturday in Costa Mesa. Dozens of

employees from local Home Depot stores will join volunteers from

Habitat for Humanity of Orange County to begin building a home

earmarked for a low-income family.

For the 100th house built, Home Depot volunteers will be working

with the future homeowners, providing hands-on support once a week

until the home is completed this fall.

Throughout the building process, there will be several

opportunities for community members to lend assistance. The 100th

house is part of a six-home building project.

The groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 8 a.m. Saturday at

1925 Pomona Ave. To volunteer, visit www.habitatoc.org.