COSTA MESA Skate park edges closer to...

COSTA MESA

Skate park edges closer to reality

The Parks and Recreation Commission reconfirmed its desire for a

site east of Junipero Drive along Arlington Drive to be an

alternative site for a skate park. Dog owners also coveted that spot

for an extension of the Bark Park.

The decision could signal a end to the decade-long attempt to get

a skate park built in the city. But many a plan before it has

crashed.

* A new master plan has been approved for the Orange County Fair

and Exposition Center that will see exhibition space increase by

85,000 square feet. The plan also calls for removal of the berm at

the Pacific Amphitheatre.

* DEIRDRE NEWMAN covers Costa Mesa and may be reached at (949)

574-4221 or by e-mail at deirdre.newman@

latimes.com.