The City Council had a special meeting Thursday to discuss recommendations for the future of Beach Boulevard and Edinger Avenue. There was no vote at the informal discussion.
Following a year of public meetings, hired consultants gave their recommendations for the future of the major city arteries: Turn Beach Boulevard from a long strip of retail to a series of high-profile, walkable shopping districts at major intersections, filled in with luxury apartments between; beautify both streets with lines of trees and frontage roads; and encourage developers to build over an excess of parking spaces.
The city can’t do these things directly, but it would encourage such a change over decades with its upcoming Beach/Edinger Specific Plan, a blueprint for future development that offers incentives to certain kinds of building.
