Voice of OC (https://voiceofoc.org/tag/great-park-board-of-directors/)
As residents of the Great Park area have started asking for more representation in the development of Orange County’s largest civic construction project.
Over the past six years, Irvine City Council members approved nearly $1 Billion in potential bond indebtedness for the Orange County Great Park neighborhoods with less than five minutes of public discussion.
Board of Accountancy Executive Officer Patti Bowers beefed up a 2018 complaint against the Great Park auditors in an attempt to have the Board of Accountancy revoke the licenses of the auditors for mismanagement of two park audits.
The California Board of Accountancy issued a scathing report on two separate audits of spending and contracts for Irvine’s Great Park and is recommending the accountant firm that performed the audits have its license suspended.
The board wants staff to draft a five-year plan that cuts costs and identifies new revenue sources.
As it has become more likely that the park will lose funding totaling $2.2 billion over 40 years, its leadership has been privately exploring other fundraising ideas. One city councilman wants to have a more public discussion.
The park’s board approves a fiscal 2012-13 budget that includes significant cuts to no-bid contractors, including public relations firm Forde & Mollrich.
Irvine Councilman Larry Agran refers to backup plans if the park
loses redevelopment funds. Yet no one else seems to know what those
plans are.
The Great Park Board of Directors Thursday approved a no-bid
contract with a $25,000-per-month consultant to do something that
its $100,000-per-month consultant is already being paid to do.
She replaces Larry Agran who said the politics of being chairman
wouldn’t allow him to focus on projects he’s interested in — like
a massive forestation effort at the park.