COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL WRAP-UP

Here are a few items the council considered Tuesday.

PARKING RESTRICTIONSThe council voted to restrict parking on Damascus Circle and Venetian Drive to residents only. A city survey showed that about 67% cars on the streets belonged to people who don’t live on those streets.

The council disappointed residents of Cannonade Circle, which branches off Venetian Drive, because it was not included in the parking restriction. City officials said Cannonade didn’t meet the standard for resident-only parking, but the transportation service manager can extend the restriction to that street if parking problems worsen.

COUNCIL SEATINGThe mayor now officially has the task of assigning council members’ seats after an election. The policy was written at the request of Mayor Allan Mansoor, who had a spat with Councilwoman Linda Dixon last month when he asked her, and she refused, to switch seats with Councilwoman Wendy Leece.

Leece said she wanted to trade seats to be next to the city manager because she’s newer to the council than Dixon and might have questions, but Dixon wondered why Leece couldn’t ask her questions aloud. The council adopted the policy on Tuesday voting, 3-1, with Dixon dissenting and Councilwoman Katrina Foley absent.

IF YOU GO Next City Council meeting

WHAT:

WHEN: 6 p.m. April 17

WHERE: Council chambers, City Hall, 77 Fair Drive

INFO: (714) 754-5221 or www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us

— Compiled by Alicia Robinson