The Irvine City Council voted 7-0 last month to approve a zoning amendment allowing an alternative option for the privately owned Oak Creek Golf Club.
This approval follows a community-based nature park master-planning effort led by park experts Jenny Rigby and Sean O’Malley. Through public workshops and surveys, thousands of Irvine residents provided input to shape the 50-plus-acre park’s vision, prioritizing features such as nature trails, creeks, native plant botanical gardens and woodlands…