City Council Wrap-Up

The council adopted a resolution establishing “no parking” restrictions on parts of Loma Terrace and eliminating “no parking” restrictions in other parts, as recommended by the Parking, Transportation and Circulation Committee.

WHAT IT MEANS

The changes should net one or two more on-street parking spaces.

City augments library contribution

Friends of the Laguna Beach Library will contribute $137,000 toward the renovations under way at the branch of the Orange County Public Library at Glenneyre Street and Laguna Avenue.

The commitment is almost half the estimated $250,000 cost of the project.

The city will take some of the burden off the Friends pocketbook, with a $40,000 contribution, approved by the council, 5-0. The city’s stake will be taken out of a Library Facilities and Services Trust Fund, for which the city has been collecting impact fees for about 10 years.

WHAT IT MEANS

The city’s contribution reduces the Friends commitment to $97,000. The county library system will pay the rest.

Dietrich remodel approved

City code requires an automatic appeal of any design review decision in which a member of the Design Review Board or Planning Commission is the applicant or has an interest in the property.

Robert and Planning Commissioner Linda Dietrich are the owners and applicants of a North Laguna home that is being remodeled. They requested a revision in the original approval, which the council unanimously approved.

WHAT IT MEANS

The council approved the Dietrichs’ request to change the materials on the alley side of the home from wood to stucco.

— Compiled by Barbara Diamond