COSTA MESA
Under pressure to use or lose federal funding it has had for three years, the City Council this week approved $1.7 million for the Downtown Community Center project.
The city was in jeopardy of losing the grant, which would pay for the majority of the project, because deadlines for spending the money were either near or had passed.
The $1.7 million accumulated because the council had asked to add amenities and redesign the center a number of times in the past year.
The entire cost of the project to rebuild the World War II-era building at 1860 Anaheim Ave. is estimated at $4.7 million.
The city has set a goal of having the center built by September, but it may not be completed before February 2001.
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