ON THE AGENDA Here are some of...

ON THE AGENDA

Here are some of the items the council will discuss tonight.

MARINAPARK DISCUSSION

Council members will review a draft of the environmental report

for the Marinapark Resort and Community Plan, a contentious project

proposed to be built on 8.1 acres between 15th and 18th streets on

the peninsula.

The council will take public input on the report and use those

comments to help it prepare for the formal public hearings planned

for July 8 at the Planning Commission meeting and July 13 and 27 at

City Council meetings.

The Marinapark Resort would replace the Marinapark Mobile Home

Park, Las Arenas Park, Balboa Community Center, the Neva B. Thomas

Girl Scouts House, four public tennis courts, one-half basketball

course, a playground and a metered parking lot, according to a staff

report.

Developer Stephen Sutherland plans to replace those areas with a

110-room hotel, four new tennis courts, a tot lot playground and a

new two-story Community Center and Girl Scout facility.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Be ready for a lot of lively debate, as members of the community

-- on both sides of the issue -- are passionate about the issue.

Senior Planner James Campbell said Tuesday’s preview session will

allow residents and council members understand the proposed project

better and will give the City Council a better feel for how to run

the upcoming meetings.

AIRSOFT GUNS

The City Council plans to adopt a new ordinance regarding the

firing of guns to include airsoft guns, which are popular with many

youngsters who play war games.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Unless the proponents of these popular toy guns -- who have been

quiet on the issue thus far -- organize some sort of large protest,

the ordinance will easily pass.

At the May 25 meeting, council members agreed that airsoft guns

posed danger to those who carried them and outlawed firing them

within city limits. Council members will ratify their previous

decision by adopting a revised “weapons discharging ordinance” that

includes airsoft guns.

City officials said people would still be allowed to own and carry

the toy weapons; they would simply not be able to fire them -- not

even on private property.

Police officials said the toy guns, which are very realistic,

could confuse officers and had the potential to cause a tragic

accident if one were ever pointed at an officer.