INSIDE CITY HALL Here are some of...

INSIDE CITY HALL

Here are some of the items the commission considered on Monday.

TEWINKLE PARK

The park’s final master plan includes recommendations for redesign

of the existing baseball/softball complex to a four-field

softball-only facility; new tennis, volleyball and basketball courts;

a 20,000-square-foot permanent skate facility; a 10,000-square-foot

community center; lake renovation; and proposed pedestrian

bridge/median improvements on Junipero Drive. Landscaping and minor

construction are also included.

WHAT HAPPENED

The item was continued so the commission can hear more from the

Mesa del Mar Homeowners’ Assn. and so it can take a field trip to the

park.

WHAT IT MEANS

The commission will consider the master plan again in May,

Commissioner Bill Perkins said.

WHAT WAS SAID

“Where they want to stick the basketball courts is kind of a

little sketchy,” Perkins said. “Where they want to put the skateboard

park is not the favorite [location] of residents, either.”

PLANNING APPLICATION

Ken Kurose Architect, agent for Wilson Villas, is applying to

convert an existing 16-unit apartment project to condominiums at 726

W. Wilson St.

WHAT HAPPENED

The commission unanimously approved the project, adding

restrictions including that the owners of the new structures park in

their garages, Perkins said.

WHAT IT MEANS

Kurose can convert the apartments to condos.

DESIGN REVIEW/TENTATIVE TRACT MAP

Nick Zamvakellis/PITA Trust proposed to demolish an existing

five-unit residential project to construct nine two-story,

single-family homes at 2553-2559 Santa Ana Ave. The hearing was

continued from the March 24 meeting to renotify the public with the

correct project address.

WHAT HAPPENED

The council unanimously approved the project.

WHAT IT MEANS

Zamvakellis/PITA Trust can now build the homes.

PLANNING APPLICATION

Bill Barton, agent for Mike Malley, has applied for a permit to

allow outdoor automobile sales/rental and display, with an exception

from front landscape setback requirements at 2665 Harbor Blvd.

WHAT HAPPENED

This item was continued because Barton proposed a permanent

structure for the property, when the original plans called for a

temporary structure, and needs more time to design it, Perkins said.

WHAT IT MEANS

The commission will consider this item at a later date.

-- Deirdre Newman