Great Park Board Orders Trimmed-Down Business Plan
Countywide
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The board wants staff to draft a five-year plan that cuts costs and identifies new revenue sources.
Can the Great Park Be Built Without Redevelopment?
Countywide
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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.
Great Park Budget Cuts Target Controversial Consultants
Irvine
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The park’s board approves a fiscal 2012-13 budget that includes significant cuts to no-bid contractors, including public relations firm Forde & Mollrich.
What Are Plans B and C for the Great Park?
Irvine
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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.
How Many Great Park Consultants Does It Take to Do a Public-Private Partnership?
Countywide
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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.
Krom Picked to Chair Great Park Board
Countywide
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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.
Larry Agran to Relinquish Great Park Chairmanship
Irvine
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After a tumultuous half-decade reign as the head of the Great
Park Board of Directors, Agran will not be seeking
reappointment.
The Great Scale-Back
Irvine
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Original plans for Irvine’s Great Park called for the demolition
of old hangars and runways. Now, in a cost-cutting effort, planners
are considering hangars as museum buildings and runways as parking
lots.