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Mayor highlights community survey, land-trust plan, composting class, library programming and upcoming concert
Summary
Mayor Alex Runagi promoted a resident survey to guide business recruitment, described steps to form a community land trust to support artists, and noted city-run composting classes, library programming and the Jack Johnson concerts at the Irvine Bowl.
Mayor Alex Runagi encouraged residents to complete a community survey aimed at shaping future retail, restaurant and entertainment offerings and said the city will use the results to recruit businesses that match resident demand.
Runagi said the council is considering an ad hoc economic-development committee proposed by Council Member Mark Orville and Council Member Sue Kemp to help streamline approvals and to support business recruitment.
On affordable-housing preservation for artists, the mayor said the city is helping to stand up a community land trust as a standalone nonprofit and that interviews for land-trust candidates are scheduled for Monday at 4 p.m.; he said the city is assisting with nonprofit documents but expects the land trust to raise funds from the community to succeed. He noted delays in obtaining nonprofit status paperwork, which he attributed to Internal Revenue Service processing delays.
On city services and events, Runagi said the city and contractor CR&R are offering a composting class at the Susi Q Community Center and that Animal Services Officer John Thompson will speak at a Saturday session from 12 to 1 p.m. He also praised the county-operated Laguna Beach library and said the city owns the facility while the county runs the library under agreement; money from the county agreement can be invested in the building.
Runagi said he is pleased that singer Jack Johnson will perform two nights at the Irvine Bowl; he described the ticket distribution as a pure lottery and said the concerts are an opportunity for Laguna Beach to host a significant live event.
All items were presented as updates; no council votes or formal actions were announced during the interview.
