Council to Continue Talks on Buying Land
The City Council voted Monday night to continue negotiations to buy 18 acres of land surrounding Costa Mesa High School from Newport-Mesa Unified School District.
A school district appraisal set the price of the parcel, formerly a school farm, at $6.7 million to $8.3 million.
A final price will be set sometime this week, Mayor Joe Erickson said.
Once a price is set, the council will vote on whether to take steps to purchase the property, which the city would convert to an athletic complex with a football field, track, soccer fields and basketball courts.
Newport-Mesa officials voted in May to sell the farm to help pay for $15 million in urgent repairs needed at other schools in the district.
The council’s final vote on the purchase could be at its Sept. 3 meeting, officials said.
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