Irvine is set to swap land with a developer, setting up a new 1,300-home neighborhood in the Great Park while the city picked up $15 million in the deal – slated to be spent on developing the park.
[Read: Irvine Eyes Land Swap with Great Park Developer for More Housing]
But city council members split over what they’d spend that $15 million on, there was a lot more disagreement, with city council members ultimately voting 4-3 to remove any planning for a columbarium at the park for now…