The budget already included money for permanent lights on two fields at the Farm Sports Complex, sidewalks on Broadway, design of a second skate park, and a wall to protect several homes along Adams Avenue.
So far the council's immigration-enforcement policy has been to pattern it after one being written by Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona. But that could change after November elections.
Mayor Allan Mansoor, who first suggested the city take on immigration enforcement, is up for reelection, and Councilman Gary Monahan is termed out, leaving an open seat.
"It's my intent to make sure that we have a council member to replace Gary Monahan that clearly will support going forward with" the immigration-enforcement plan," Mansoor said, especially after recent raids uncovered three illegal immigrants who are convicted child molesters living in Costa Mesa.
"I respect the current direction by the council, but I certainly am ready to go forward apart from the Sheriff's Department," he said.
The council voted Tuesday to put aside $188,462 to fund the plan, though that cost is just an estimate.
The vote was split, 3-2, with Councilwomen Linda Dixon and Katrina Foley opposing the move, just as they opposed the initial plan.
After an arrest at a January council meeting and a major demonstration at City Hall in April, the immigration issue has quieted down a little, but council members haven't softened their opinions.
Monahan on Tuesday gave an impassioned speech that lasted several minutes, mentioning the sweep that brought in the sex offenders and pointing out that Costa Mesa's plan would target exactly such criminal illegal immigrants.
