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Ad hoc committee recommends phased redevelopment of Lower Castaways, urges environmental review
Summary
An ad hoc committee of Newport Beach City advanced a conceptual, phased plan to redevelop Lower Castaways park — including pads for a restaurant and coffee kiosk, expanded parking and a possible public dock — and recommended the plan be forwarded to City Council and that environmental review begin.
An ad hoc committee of Newport Beach City unanimously recommended forwarding a conceptual, phased redevelopment plan for Lower Castaways to City Council and authorized staff to start environmental review work.
David Webb, a city staff member presenting the plan, said the concept includes a restaurant pad of roughly 3,000 square feet (the city would build the pad, not the tenant’s building), a coffee kiosk, public restrooms, about 112 parking stalls and a potential 100-foot public dock located inside the city property line. "We would only build the pad, not the building itself," Webb said, describing how the city would prepare sites and later solicit operators by RFP.
The committee and staff discussed funding and phasing. City staff estimated roughly $26 million in future Quimby/park fees over five years could be available to support the project; staff…
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