City Seeks Committee Volunteers

VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
The City of Costa Mesa is currently seeking several residents to serve on the following committees:

Bikeways and Walkability Committee
Cultural Arts Committee
Historical Preservation Committee
Finance Advisory Committee
Housing and Public Service Grant Committee
Pension Oversight Committee

FOR MORE INFO...
For more information visit the city website HERE, for complete details on the duties for each committee and the number of vacancies on each.  The deadline for applying is 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2016.

Amended Council Agenda Assures A Short Meeting

SMALL AGENDA PROMISES SHORT MEETING
The Costa Mesa City Council will meet again tomorrow, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 beginning at 5:45 p.m. for what will likely be a relatively short meeting.  Then, again, with this council, one never knows.  Two items were yanked from the agenda shortly after noon today, so you can read what remains of the full agenda HERE.  My fingers will be crossed for a ten o'clock departure.

PARK FEES PULLED
The first of the two items removed was Public Hearing #3, the "proposed 2015 update to the park in lieu impact fees".  No indication was given about why this time was pulled and, as of press time here at the old Cauldron, nobody was available for comment.

FORENSIC AUDIT PULLED, TOO
The second one, New Business #2, "Information regarding a forensic audit for the 60th Anniversary Event", was also removed without comment, although considering the fact that the Orange County District Attorney chose to not move forward with his investigation last week, one can read between the lines.  Katrina Foley said for the record that she would NOT support such an audit.  I don't disagree with her on much, but do on this one.  Besides, it's VERY unlikely that there were three votes for it, anyhow.

Moving forward to what's left of the agenda, taking it from the top...

CLOSED SESSION
There is a Closed Session beginning at 5:00 p.m. at which three items will be discussed:
1 - Existing litigation, City of Costa Mesa v. Civic Center Barrio Housing
2 - Labor negotiations with the Costa Mesa City Employee Association (CMCEA)
3 - Existing litigation, CMCEA v. City of Costa Mesa

PRESENTATIONS
There are three presentations:

1 - Signature Academy Program
2 - Mesa Water District's Water Conservation Measures
3 - City of Costa Mesa's Water Conservation Mandate Implementation
On those last two, we're hoping to hear something from the city about slackening up code enforcement on brown lawns, since it doesn't make any sense to fine residents for brown lawns when Mesa Water will ding them for using too much water.

CONSENT CALENDAR
Following Public Comments and Council Member Comments they will move on to the Consent Calendar, which has eleven (11) items this time.  These will be voted upon as one vote unless someone wants to pull one for separate discussion, in which case it will be moved to the end of the agenda for discussion.  If you're interested in any of the items on the agenda, please go down through the list.  Most are pretty straightforward.

HOW WE SPENT OUR MONEY
However, as has been my practice, I'm going to give you a little tease about Warrant #2536, HERE, by listing a few of the entries to pique your interest.  I'm taking my entries from the top, in case you want more info.
City of Huntington Beach - $23,590.00 - helicopter svc, Mar. 2015
Civil Source - $28,000.00 - Constr. Mgt. Svcs, Mar. 2015
Complete Landscape Care, Inc - $59,213.18  - Bear/Yukon Bldg Mod. Proj
G4S Secure Solutions, Inc. - $120,193.59 - Jail Facilities Svcs, Feb and Mar. 2015
Jones & Mayer - $154,376.34 - Legal Svcs (a long list of them)
Lilley Planning Group - $23,655.00 - Planning Consultant Svcs (doesn't say for when)
US Bank - $33,937.86 - Retreat/Luncheon, Sales Tax/Misc Proc.Card Purchase.  WHAT?
Accountemps - $5,418.30 - Temp. Svcs, various
Allied Nationwide Security, Inc. - $1,345.56 - Security Guard Svcs, 3/16-3/31 - Assume for Sr. Center.
CBI Noor, Inc - $11,350.00 - Harbor/McArthur Sign Solar Lt/Bear/Yukon Proj
Government Staffing Services - $11,047.75 - Temp svcs, April, various
Hyatt Legal Plans, Inc. - $1,872.00 - Prepaid legal svcs, 4/15
Jones Day - $11,068.25 - Legal svcs. CMCEA, Jan. 15
Keyser Marston Assoc. - $6,690.00 - HOME policies, Nghbrhd Imp, Mar. 15
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore - $10,650.50 - Labor Neg. various
Meyers Nave - $5,202.50 - Legal - Fairview Park
Randstad Technologies, LP - $12,610.00 - Temp IT Support Staff 3/2-4/5
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth - $4,352.00 - Legal, various
Hilton Costa Mesa - $10,322.09 - 2014 Employee Svcs Awards Bal.
CSG Consultants, Inc - $2,446.40 - Bldg Pln Chk/Insp + Fire Plan Review
Government Staffing Svcs - $13,120.00 - Temp Staffing, various (again)
Pacific Municipal Consultants - $4,500.00 - Consulting Svcs for Group Home
Quickstart Intelligence - $1,900.00 - IT Prof. Dev.
Safe Moves - $3,860.00 - Bicycle Education Services
Civil Source - $22,250.00 -  Staff Support, various Engr.
Costa Mesa Conference & Visitor Bureau - $227,300.11 - BIA receipts for March, 2015
Scientia Consulting Group, Inc. - $32,938.00 - On-site Tech Support, 2/22 - 5/2
Commercial Cleaning Systems, Inc. - $8,481.72 - Addl Fee - WAGE INCREASE
Interwest Consulting Group - $10,783.50 - Bldg Inspt. Svcs.Mar. 15
Traveltech Enterprises - $7,920.00 - Sr. Center Travel, various
All City Management Services, Inc. - $18,803.60 - Schl Crsng Guard, 3/1-4/11
Merchants Building Maintenance, LLC - $25,960.98 - Janitorial Svcs
Accountemps - $7,605.38 - Fin. Temps, various

Of course, there's much more on the Warrant list itself.  This time we spent more than $185,000.00 on legal services; $40,250.00 to Civil Source; more than $25,000.00 to Government Staffing Services; more than $45,000 on IT support.

BIA REAUTHORIZATION
Public Hearing #1, HERE, is the Business Improvement Area (BIA) reauthorization and resolution to levy annual assessment.  Don't blink... this one won't take long.

GIVING AWAY LAND
Likewise, Public Hearing #2, HERE.  This is the hearing for the vacation of a portion of Fullerton Avenue at 155 Flower Street.  This one also seems like a no-brainer, although there may be a few people unhappy with the City giving away land to a developer on general principles.

VICTORIA STREET DEVELOPMENT - AGAIN
Old Business #1, HERE, is the second reading of the rezone for the planned development at 1239 Victoria Street.  This one passed on a 3-2 vote last time and there's no reason to assume otherwise this time around.  The last time few neighbors showed up.. I wonder if more will make it to this meeting?

APPOINTMENTS
The final item left on the agenda is New Business #1, HERE, the appointments to the Traffic Impact Fee Ad Hoc Committee, Bikeway and Walkability Committee and the Pension Oversight Committee.  This one could get interesting, particularly if the council chooses to appoint Santa Monica resident Brent Stoll, who professes a "passion for bikes and commercial real estate interests in Costa Mesa" to the Bikeways committee again instead of one of the other eighteen (18) applicants.  If they do that they must waive Council Policy 000-2, HERE, which REQUIRES members of such committees to be a resident of Costa Mesa.  Every other applicant is either a current resident, about-to-become a resident or has been educated in Costa Mesa.  Plenty of other choices area available to the council - you can read their backgrounds HERE - without violating yet another city policy to place an outsider on the committee.  The Traffic Impact Fee Ad Hoc Committee is a slam dunk for Mayor Steve Mensinger and Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer.  The choices for the Pension Oversight Committee are sparse, but it looks like there are a couple qualified individuals in the hopper.

Council Meeting Could Have Been Shorter

SHOULDA BEEN SHORTER
The Costa Mesa City Council held it's only meeting of May last night and what should have been a fairly short meeting turned out to stretch until 10:30.  Actually, I guess we should be grateful that it didn't stretch into Wednesday.

SPECIAL PLEDGE
The meeting was special in at least one way.  Costa Mesa Police Department staffer Jeanette Chervony led the Pledge of Allegiance, then spoke briefly of her father, Eddie Chervony, who was killed in Vietnam on this date in 1968.  Mayor Steve Mensinger later closed the meeting in his honor.

SOLEMN EXPRESSION
Sayed Mostafa Qazwini, the Imam of the Islamic Educational Center of Orange County in Costa Mesa led the moment of solemn expression.

MAYOR'S AWARD TO AUTO CLUB
Mensinger presented the Mayor's Award to the Automobile Club of Southern California, a premiere employer in our City which is housed in a building of over 700,000 square feet and employes more than 3,000 people in Costa Mesa.

PENSION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT
Jeff Arthur, Chairman of the Pension Oversight Committee presented a report - the first one in more than 15 months - in which he presented charts showing the status of our pension liability and the duration of time it would take to bet out from under it.  These are shown below.  There was no response later when a member of the public asked if they had considered plans similar to those recently implemented in Irvine or Newport Beach, which would pay off their pension liabilities in a much shorter time.  The council majority has shown NO inclination to pay down this debt, instead continues to put our money into infrastructure, expensive parties and similar items, while bemoaning the unfunded pension liability as our biggest problem.  Seems like an odd management strategy - identify the "biggest problem", then ignore it and apparently hope it goes away.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
Fourteen people spoke during Public Comments.  Here's a very short summary of some of the comments:

• Richard Russell expressed gratitude for continuing the Fireworks over the upcoming July 4th holiday.
• Robin Leffler raked Mensinger over the coals for his refusal to take personal responsibility for the now-infamous DG Path incident, choosing, instead to let the City foot the bill for the remediation and legal battles.
• Mary Spadoni questioned contract City Attorney, Tom Duarte, about our current method of requiring speaker cards, citing a recent meeting of women lawyers who opined that it was a Brown Act violation.  No response was given.  She also asked if the Pension committee had polled Irvine and Newport Beach on their solution.
• Wendy Leece expressed concern for Public Safety, and specifically the Fire Department.  She suggested that the plan to close Station 6 should be revisited, and that greater emphasis should be placed on getting our transport ambulances into service so the City could realize that revenue stream instead of having it to a private company.  (Which just happens to be a big campaign contributor to Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer).
• Ann Parker reminded the council that heroin is a huge problem - one that has been ignored each time she previously brought it up.  She mentioned a suicide at a rehab home and another death nearby.  She spoke of corrupt politicians and implied that Righeimer worked for Scott Baugh - former Chairman of the Orange County Republican Party.  Righeimer later took exception to her comments.
• Chuck Perry praised the council for their infrastructure improvements and criticized those who expressed concern about what he called the "stupid DG Trail".  Should we mention that he's good buddies with Mensinger?  
• Jay Humphrey spoke briefly on the parking standards and provided a slide show on an analysis he recently performed demonstrating that, contrary to what has been espoused in recent months about our "strict" parking standards, other cities nearby have even more strict standards.
• Patrick Singer spoke with concern for the rehab folks.
• Lisa Sabo expressed concern about the bioswale being installed on Arlington Avenue because of the problems it creates for members of the equestrian community trying to enter and depart from the Fairgrounds.
• Teresa Drain again demanded a forensic audit of the 60th Anniversary Celebration, and gave examples of exactly why it's necessary.
• Pamela Wilson complained about the unfunded pension liability.  It was not clear that she'd heard Arthur's earlier presentation.
•  Tea Party Tom Pollitt complained about the recently-approved plan to remodel and re-purpose the old Print Shop space in City Hall, expressing the opinion that the "Convention Center" could be used if meeting space was needed.  Of course, he meant the Community Center, but one never knows what will come out when he opens his mouth.  He expressed interest in a big report showing Costa Mesa crime stats for 15 years back.
• Laurene Keane inquired about the availability of any reports on crime in the City, and expressed concern about drug trafficking.
• Gene Hutchins, formerly a member of the Pension Oversight Committee, thanked the committee then opined that if we, the public, were concerned about not having enough police officers we should "tell the unions to do more.", meaning participate in the cost of pensions more.

COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS
Council Member Comments were next, and here are some of the thoughts presented by them:

• Steve Mensinger - Thanked Arthur for his report and the "Pension Oversight Board" (it's a committee!).
• Katrina Foley -  Asked for the City Staff to do a parking standards survey of all Orange County cities.  She inquired, again, about the memo she asked for regarding the audit of the 60th Celebration.  She inquired of Assistant CEO Tammy Letourneau about the pension deductions for new employees, since it was implied by one speaker that members of the Police Department pay nothing.  They, in fact, do pay toward their pension as required by state law.  She observed that a new restaurant recently opened in SoCo, and that there will be a remembrance of Henry Segerstrom on May 7th.
• Sandra Genis - Mentioned the budget workshop and spoke about landscaping.  She suggested the Planning Commission look at parking in general in the city and address the Small Lot Ordinance in particular.
• Gary Monahan had nothing - again.
• Jim Righeimer made up for it, though.  He echoed the need for a study of parking and the Small Lot Ordinance parking standards.  He then went off on a rant about Pensions and the Police Department in particular, using his bully pulpit to castigate those people he is suing.  He has so sense of shame or deportment.

HATCH
During his report CEO Tom Hatch covered a number of items.  He spoke about the recently-introduced plan to run a dedicated bus line from Costa Mesa (South Coast Plaza area) directly to and from the Disneyland Resort area of Anaheim.  At $5.00 per head round trip, that sounds like a GREAT deal for anyone heading up to Disneyland, for sure.  He also offered a compliment to the CMPD, citing a recent sweep of parole and probation violators.  He mentioned recent graduates of the Costa Mesa High School Teen CERT academy.  He told us of upcoming budget meetings.  On Tuesday, May 12th there will be a Budget Study session.  On Thursday, May 21st, there will be a community budget meeting.  On June 15th the 2015-2016 budget will be discussed and approved.  He then had a video of the Water Quality project being completed in Lions Park shown.

CONSENT CALENDAR
Five items were pulled from the Consent Calendar, with the remainder being passed with one vote.  Of those five, by the time they were called at the end of the meeting only two were discussed because folks who pulled the others had left.  Both passed on 5-0 votes.  See my earlier report on the issues involved.

CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND CDBG FUNDS
Public Hearing #1, the Consolidated Plan and distribution of CDBG funds was up next.  Consultant Mike Linares - whose contract was extended in the Consent Calendar - led the discussion and showed an extensive slide show.  The following are highlights.

Four people spoke on this issue, including a member of the committee that hammered out the distribution of the CDBG funds.  The council voted to receive and file the report at 7:40 p.m.

ANOTHER DEVELOPER GIVE-AWAY
The next item, Public Hearing #2, the proposed development at 1239 Victoria Street, came next.  This is for 28 units replacing an office building that once was a manufacturing site.  The Planning Commission approved it with some requirements dealing with roof gardens and a fence along the park across Victoria Street.  I'm not going to cover every word that was said in the 3:40 minutes it took to cover this issue.  23 people spoke to it, of which a third - 7 - were against it.  The others were made up mostly of the same cadre of young folks who spoke before the Planning Commission.  They said the same spiel, almost word for word, that they did before.  Most seemed to have a tie to the developer or development/real estate.  At the end Righeimer convinced the council majority that the rooftop patios removed by the Planning Commission should be added back into the units where they had been deleted, and that the fence should not be the responsibility of the developer.  This will get a second reading in June.

BIA RENEWAL
At 10:00 Public Affairs Manager Dan Baker led the discussion of the renewal of the BIA program, confirmed that eleven (11) hotels now particpate and that the Conference and Visitors Bureau will receive around $2.37 million to market our community to the outside world.  Paulette Lombardi-Fries of the CVB spoke about their activities briefly and emphasized their recent 70 page annual report and their recently freshened web site at TravelCostaMesa.com.

CLOSED IN MEMORY OF EDDIE CHERVONY

After the "pulled" Consent Calendar items were heard, Mensinger read a note that Jeanette Chervony had written about her father, then closed the meeting in his honor.  The next council meeting will be in June.

Meeting Canceled, And More

NEVER MIND!

Remember that Pension Oversight Committee meeting I told you about that was scheduled for this afternoon?  Well, it was canceled yesterday, HERE.  So, all of you planning to attend now have some free time on your hands!



PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Never fear, though. The Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, scheduled for tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers is still on the schedule.  You can read that agenda HERE.  If you attend you will watch Chairman Kim Pederson and the other commissioners discuss a tree removal request and hear about the plant palette for certain Mesa Verde street medians and Monument Entry Sign concepts.

FAIRVIEW PARK COMMITTEE MEETS NEXT WEEK
Next week, on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, (which seems somehow perfectly appropriate, considering the turmoil around this committee for the past few months) the Fairview Park Citizens Advisory Committee will meet for what may well be their last meeting for a long time.  You can read that agenda HERE.

MEHREN'S RESIGNATION AND MEETING CANCELLATIONS
You will likely recall that the Chairman, Dr. Richard Mehren, (shown here on the left with Vice Chair Steve Smith) resigned in protest at their last meeting, early in January.  Their February meeting was canceled because the staff needed more time to prepare the reports on the items to be discussed - the possibility of playing fields being installed in the Southeast Quadrant of the park.  The plug was also abruptly pulled on the March meeting.

ON THE AGENDA
Scheduled for discussion, finally, at the meeting next Wednesday are:
1 - Baseball/Softball Facilities
2 - Soccer/Football Fields
3 - Multi-use Fields

There will also be a discussion of a proposed East Fairview Channel Trail.

A LONG, TUMULTUOUS PATH
This committee, which has toiled for 20 months with a prodigious and ill-timed task, has seen the venue changed several times, the configuration of the group change due to the passing of long-time community activist David Stiller (replaced by Frank Davern) and the resignation of Dr. Mehren.  Former Daily Pilot columnist Smith is the Vice Chair and will apparently run this next meeting.  The ranks of the committee have been depleted by Mehren's departure and the appointment of member Brett Eckles to the Parks and Recreation Commission, where he now serves as Vice Chair.  He subsequently resigned his seat on this committee.

HEAR THE REPORTS, THEN WAIT...
The last direction given to staff by the City Council was that the committee should hear the final remaining staff reports, but should then delay any report of their own to the Parks and Recreation Commission until the completion at least the consultant-conducted community survey portion of the update of the Master Plan of Parks and Open Spaces is finished.  What has been missing since the beginning of this committee's work has been actual data about the field use in the city.  There has been plenty of anecdotal "wishes" presented to the committee by youth sports officials, but actual data has been virtually impossible to acquire - despite constant pleas for that information by at least one committee member.

AN UNFULFILLED ASSIGNMENT
So, next Wednesday may be the last time we see this group meet - with their long, long assignment incomplete.  I've attended most of the meetings and found the process to be sometimes quite painful, but they followed the format created in the beginning and have managed to slog their way to within sight of the finish line - expending thousands of staff hours along the way.  I understand the reasoning behind delaying their final report until that survey is complete, and hope they will be permitted to reconvene at a future date to finish the job they signed on for.

NO REPLACEMENT FOR ECKLES
There has been NO solicitation for replacements of Mehren nor Eckles on the committee.  That process could take at least a couple months.  That lack of activity might be a bellwether of how the future of this committee is viewed by the council majority.  We'll find out.

THE JOB SHOULD BE FINISHED!
I think this committee, which has spent the best part of two years of their lives on this assignment, should be permitted to finish the job.  I think they should hear the remaining reports from the staff and do as they've done in the past - vote on whether to present possible changes to the Parks and Recreation Commission.  Then, they should ask the staff to prepare a report based on all the work they've done over all these months outlining the very few changes the committee has agreed upon for possible inclusion in Fairview Park.  That report should be presented to the Parks and Recreation Commission for its consideration and possible inclusion in the update of the Master Plan of Parks and Open Spaces.  THEN the committee can be disbanded with the thanks of a grateful community for all their hard work.

A Busy Week Ahead In Costa Mesa

MEETINGS, MEETINGS AND MORE MEETINGS
It's going to be another busy week ahead in Costa Mesa.  Several commission and committee meetings are on the agenda plus two separate closed sessions for the City Council to consider labor negotiations.  Here's what's ahead...

PLANNING COMMISSION ON MONDAY
Monday, March 23, 2015, the Planning Commission meets again to consider more development in the city.  You can read the agenda HERE.

HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT
Public Hearing #1, HERE, is the planning application for a 100-unit high-rise residential building and a 6.5 level shared parking structure at 3350 Avenue of the Arts.  The project has several variances requested.

MORE DEVELOPMENT ON VICTORIA
Public Hearing #2, HERE, is the General Plan Amendment and tract Map for a 28-unit Residential Development at 1239 Victoria Street.  This project is immediately adjacent to the new development that kind of looks like a fortress as you drive up the hill on Victoria to the city limits.  More vertical development in our city.

ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE 2000 GENERAL PLAN
New Business #1, HERE, is the 94-page 2014 Annual Review of the 2000 General Plan.  The commission will be asked to recommend this review to the City Council.

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TWO CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSIONS ON TUESDAY
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the Costa Mesa City Council will meet for two (2) Closed Sessions to discuss labor negotiations.

 COSTA MESA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
The first one, HERE, commences at 9:00 a.m. for a discussion about labor negotiations with the Costa Mesa Police Officers Association (CMPOA).  Only council members Katrina Foley, Sandra Genis and Gary Monahan may participate in this meeting since Mayor Steve Mensinger and Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer have a conflict because of their lawsuit against the men and women of the CMPD.  We hope Monahan shows up for this one.

FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE MANAGMENT
The second meeting, HERE, begins at 5:00 and involves the entire city council in discussing negotiations with the Costa Mesa Firefighters Association (CMFA) and the Costa Mesa Fire Management Association (CMFMA).  The public is not welcome at these meetings.

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PENSION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 the Pension Oversight Committee will hold another of their sparsely-attended meetings beginning at 4:30 p.m. in Conference Room 1A at City Hall.  You can read the agenda HERE.

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PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING THURSDAY
On Thursday, March 26, 2015, the Costa Mesa Parks and Recreation Commission, led by Chairman Kim Pederson,  will hold their only meeting of the month beginning at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall.  You can read that agenda HERE.

TREE REMOVAL REQUEST ON 24TH PLACE
This New Business item, HERE, involves a request for the removal of a parkway tree at 248 24th Place.  This is the second request for removal - the first was denied in August, 2013.  The staff recommends denial again.

PLANT PALETTE AND MONUMENT SIGN
The second New Business item, HERE, is a report on the proposed landscape palette for various locations and entry monument sign concept plans for an entry monument sign at Newport Frontage Road and Industrial Way.

Was'sup In Costa Mesa This Week?

A BUSY WEEK AHEAD
It's another busy week in Costa Mesa government this week.  Here's a little reminder of things of interest for you.

MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Today, at 6:00 in City Council Chambers, the Costa Mesa Planning Commission meets for what may well be a fairly short agenda.  I wrote about it earlier, HERE.  Perhaps the most interesting item on the agenda is the last one - the proposal for a new Parks Fee structure.


TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015

SENIOR COMMISSION MEETING

Tomorrow we have a couple things happening.  The first one is the very first meeting of the five-member Costa Mesa Senior Commission, at which officers will be chosen and a kind of road map for the future of their activities will be discussed.  That number will soon be expanded to seven (7) members.  That meeting commences early - at 9:00 a.m. at the Costa Mesa Senior Center - 695 W. 19th Street - instead of at City Hall.  The agenda for that meeting is HERE.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE STUDY SESSION
Later tomorrow is a City Council Study Session, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers instead of the normal conference room.  The reason for the change in venue is the subject - a new Medical Marijuana Ordinance, HERE.  It is anticipated that the crowd interested in this subject will exceed the capacity of Conference Room 1A, hence the move to the chambers.  And, this meeting will also be televised live on Costa Mesa Television - Channel 3 on Time Warner Cable and Channel 99 on ATT U-Verse.  It will also be streamed live on the city web site.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015

PENSION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
The Costa Mesa Pension Oversight Committee will meet in Conference Room 1A at City Hall beginning at 4:30 p.m.  You can read the agenda for that meeting HERE.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
SENIOR CENTER OPEN HOUSE

The City of Costa Mesa will host an open house for the recently-renovated Costa Mesa Senior Center, 695 W. 19th Street from 1-3 p.m.  Members of the community are invited to take a guided tour and learn more about the center's activities.  For more information call 949-645-2356.

HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING
This committee will meet in Conference Room 1A beginning at 5:30 p.m.  The agenda is HERE.

 CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE MEETING
This committee will meet in Conference Room 1A beginning at 6:45 p.m.  The agenda is HERE.

ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING...
As they say on the Costa Mesa Minute, "Something's always happening in Costa Mesa."