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The Costa Mesa Planning Commission is set to again consider the

proposal for the Segerstrom Home Ranch at tonight's meeting.

The proposal, a 90-acre plan originally scheduled for Planning

Commission review in June, involves land between Sunflower Avenue, the

San Diego Freeway, Fairview Road and Harbor Boulevard. It calls for a

17-acre Ikea furniture store, 950,000 square feet of office space and

more than 900 homes.

The Ikea store, which would be the largest in the area, has been

particularly controversial. Councilwoman-elect Karen Robinson made her

opposition to the store a central plank of her campaign.

Concerns have mainly focused on how the project would increase traffic

and how it would affect access to the San Diego Freeway.

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at City Hall, 77 Fair

Drive.