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Insider's Guide
From: Oborny, Shirley
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:59 PM
Subject: Newport Beach Insider's Guide - Council Meeting of Tuesday, October 23, 2018
From: Leung, Grace
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:22 PM
To: Oborny, Shirley <soborny@newportbeachca.gov>
Subject: Newport Beach Insider's Guide - Council Meeting of Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Happy Friday,
Nice to see a calm day, compared to last Friday when our first rain storm of the season came in! I appreciated
all the hard work put in by our crews in Public Works and Utilities, who mobilized and responded quickly for
both the rain and the high winds that followed on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday, October 23, and the following are items that may be of interest. As always,
this is not a summary of the entire agenda, which can be viewed here.
No Study Session items this week, so here are the items of note for the Regular Session at 7 p.m.
• Under the consent calendar are the recipients of the Cultural Arts Grants for Fiscal Year 2018/19 as
recommended by the City Arts Commission. The Commission is recommending grants to 8 local arts
organizations totaling $24,000. The staff report provides the details on the grant amounts for each
organization and the programs they are funding.
• If the Minor Amendments to the City's Local Coastal Program looks familiar that's because we
originally introduced this item at the September 25 City Council meeting. The Coastal Commission
inadvertently did not provide us the final version of their approved amendment. Therefore, we need
to introduce this ordinance again. Our amendments, and the Coastal Commission's suggested
modifications, are primarily clean-up in nature, intended to correct citation errors and clarify
ambiguities and inconsistencies.
• The 9th annual periodic review of the Zoning Implementation and Public Benefit Agreement with
Sober Living by the Sea (SLBTS) shows that the SLBTS is in compliance with all requirements. The
number of client beds is unchanged from the last review, at 43 beds.
• Following a second procurement process, the bid for Grand Canal Dredging Project Phase 2 has come
in at just under $1.3 million. Including two additive items and contingency, the project's total budget is
at $1,459,000. In getting feedback as we prepared this second bid, we found that several aspects of
the project impacted the pricing including: the confined area of the Grand Canal, small size of project
and varying tides. This project does require a budget amendment of approximately $600,000 from the
Tidelands Capital Fund to fully fund the project.
• The City utilizes a contractor to maintain and collect waste from refuse containers located throughout
the City at beach areas, bus stops, on piers and various other locations. A contract with CR&R for
Citywide Refuse Container Collection Services is on the agenda, following an extensive Request for
Proposal process. The agreement is for 7 years and includes specific vehicle requirements. This is a
change in vendors, from Robert's Waste & Recycling, who has agreed to extend their contract to the
end of February 2019 to allow time for transition.
As a reminder, public comment is welcome at the City Council meeting. The public can comment on any item
on the agenda. If you cannot attend the meeting and/or want to communicate with the City Council directly
on an item, the following e-mail address gets to all of them: City Council
Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on The Week in Review. Based on some questions received, I'd
like to clarify that this email (the Insider's Guide) will continue, with the primary focus on providing
information on the upcoming City Council agenda. The Week in Review is in addition, highlighting significant
items of interest. It is posted on the City's website; this week's edition can be found here.
Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated so please don't hesitate to ask a question or offer a
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City Manager
City of Newport Beach
100 Civic Center Drive, Bay 2E
Newport Beach, CA 92660
gleung@newportbeachca.gov
P: 949-644-3001 F: 949-644-3020