Here are some items the council considered...

Here are some items the council considered Tuesday:

SPORTS STADIUM

FUNDING

Gordon Bowley, a member of Costa Mesa United’s Campaign Committee

had planned to lead an audiovisual presentation to seek Newport

Beach’s support for a $9.4 million proposal to build an aquatic

center at Costa Mesa High School and a stadium at Estancia High

School. However, technical problems dogged the presentation.

WHAT IT MEANS

Bowley plans to give the presentation another try at the City

Council’s May 24 meeting. The council was not asked to contribute a

specific amount Tuesday, and despite technical problems, Councilman

Steve Rosansky and Tod Ridgeway both expressed early support for the

proposal.

MARINAPARK CLOSURE

The council was scheduled to decide between initiating legal

action to close the Marinapark mobile-home park or to hold back until

after a new use for the land is chosen. The council did not have time

to discuss the issue.

WHAT IT MEANS

The City Council is expected to discuss Marinapark at its June 14

meeting. An ad hoc committee is scheduled to discuss options to

replace the mobile homes Tuesday.

Whether talks at that meeting influence the council remains to be

seen.

CAR DEALERSHIP IMPACT REPORT

The council voted, 4-2, with Ridgeway recusing himself, to approve

the environmental impact report for a proposed Lexus dealership at

MacArthur Boulevard at Jamboree Road. The report was accepted after

Councilwoman Leslie Daigle proposed an amendment requiring experts

reexamine a driveway that Councilmen John Heffernan and Dick Nichols,

who voted against the proposal, viewed as a potential traffic risk.

WHAT THEY SAID

“This is a hazard, and I can say that, and I can put up my

engineering license if someone wants to challenge that,” Nichols

said.

WHAT IT MEANS

The approval marks the completion of one more step for the

$55-million, 114,485-square-foot dealership. The council has yet to

approve zoning rules allowing the project to go forward, Bludau said.

SENIOR CENTER AGREEMENT

The council unanimously approved a cooperative agreement with the

Friends of Oasis, an organization that supports Newport Beach’s

senior center.

The agreement includes procedures for renovating the senior

center.

WHAT IT MEANS

City Manager Homer Bludau said the agreement wouldn’t likely

result in any major changes at the senior center in the immediate

future. The intent of the agreement was to provide for stability in

future decisions about the center.