Month: September 2024

According to City staff, construction work should not impact Great Park neighborhoods, motorists, or the use of the Great Park sports fields.

The amenities being built in the area referred to as the “Heart of the Park” will include: an Amphitheater; the Full Circle Farm (a fully operational farm to grow fresh produce for local food banks and host farm-to-table events); the Great Meadow (a large open green space); two lakes; and the Grand Promenade (a 2-mile pedestrian walkway through the park between Cadence and the Irvine Train Station).

In December 2021, three members of the Irvine City Council — Tammy Kim, Mike Carroll and Anthony Kuo — made an unusual push to award Casco Construction a multi-million-dollar contract to install, maintain and operate 288 EV charging stations in five large parking lots at the Great Park, despite the fact that two other firms had been recommended to the Council by City staff following a formal bid process.

The City was promised $2 million in annual revenue from those charging stations. But, the charging stations were not included in the recent budget because the annual revenue to the City is actually “near zero,” according to Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi. Usage has also been negligible, Chi said.