COSTA MESA
A vote this week on halting development on the West Side was delayed by a last-minute revelation that three of the city’s five planning commissioners may have a conflict of interest on any plan for the area.
The commissioners have been working for the past month to craft a plan to stop certain developments on the West Side until the City Council approves a plan on how to revitalize the area.
In the middle of discussions Monday, Commissioner Katie Wilson announced that she was abstaining because she lives one block from the 19th and Placentia area--described by city planner Mike Robinson as a critical intersection in the West Side Specific Plan.
Chairman Walt Davenport then said that he and Commissioner Chris Fewel also had conflicts of interest. Both own property on the West Side. Commissioners asked Assistant City Atty. Tom Wood for an opinion on the matter.
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