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Home My WebLink About01/06/1964 - Adjourned Regular MeetingCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume 17 - Page 164 Minutes. of REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY Date of Meeting: January. 6, . 1964 Time of Meeting: 7:30 P.M. I IVIBY COUNCILMEN COUNCI oA {!iN A �Ao itRoll - I 6,UULLl,6,6 ja 1IaL11 1 6 1 \ -_I. Call: Present XXXXXX31 Upper Mayor Hart stated that.the adjourned meeting was being gay held for discussion of the proposed Upper Bay tidelands tide, land exchange between Orange County and The Irvine Com- laands pany• A memorandum dated January 3, 1964, was presented from the City Manager entitled "Upper Bay," submitting Lower - av Up Qer Bay public and private ownership comparisons and a pro- f deveg = dpve . th posal for the development of the Upper Bay, being ;e gen- o19ellle nt eral recommendations of the. administrative staff,. including the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Director, the Planning Director, .the Public Works Director, and the City Manager enumerating ;ten specific points. Each Councilman was requested to present his views on the proposed action. A letter was presented by Councilman Cook from Don Sloper Sloper, President of the Balboa Island Improvement Asso- letter ciation, which letter states that the Association supports the position taken by the Council that. insufficient public access to the water was provided in the original Irvine plan for Upper Bay development and that the acquisition of more public beaches for the City of Newport Beach, is of the ut- most concern. 10 Regarding the ten points submitted in the memorandum Points aforementioned, the Council tentatively agreed as follows: pt. b ' (1) The Council approved Point 1, that the proposed chan- nel width of 700 feet to 1000 feet is necessary for proper water flow and proper boating use. (2) The general consensus of the Council is that they are particularly questioning the advisability, of having the parcel 3 secondRegional Park, Parcels. 33 and 35, a recreation- 33 9 35 al area, and also the Council would prefer to use. that area or an equivalent for beaches. in other areas, and the Council feels it does not need to be specific at this time; or, in other words,it was agreed that the second Regional Park, Parcels. 33 and 35, be made into smalls areas. located where they presently are and.in other areas on the bay. pts , 3 (3) and {4) It was agreed that Points. 3 and 4 were County & 4 decision matters. Big (5) It was agreed that the mouth of Big Canyon, 1500 feet Canyon of beach frontage, plus park area, be dedicated for public park purposes. CA 70 ,141 Mayor ATTEST: Ci y Ci rk Page 164 Index Ptto7 Ft.8 Ft 9 Ftt,110 • Dist. staff LJ Comae to Wo w /Harr bore Dept. re CA 70 CA 60 • CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume 17 - Page 165 T- ....�.... 1, 10AA COUNCILMEN N A O o= m z o � o A rr ZN x P O (6) It was agreed that Point 6 as stated was satisfactory. (7) It was agreed that Point 7 was satisfactory. (8) It was agreed that Point 8 was satisfactory, but that a figure was needed from the Park Department as to the number of square feet per person generally required. (9) It was agreed that Point 9 should be "That the proposed northerly Regional Park is well located to permit heav out -of -town access without abuse to local residential streets." (10) Consideration was given to Point 10 and a discussion ensued. The City Manager presented a letter from Kenneth Sampson, Harbor Manager, stating that the Board of Supervisors had instructed "That. the Harbor District staff immediately, in cooperation with the City of New- port Beach and The Irvine Company, make a study of the City requirements. in the area other thanahat por- tion.thereof to be used for regional park purposes and to report. to this Board within ninety, days from the date, " December 31, . 1963. Since some members. of the Council wished to indicate that the proposed plan is not in the public interest, not to the County's advantage and that the public is shut out of the plan, . the timeli- ness of consulting with the Harbor district staff and The Irvine Company as to planning, was questioned. The following people participated in the discussion: Ray Watson and William Mason of The Irvine Company, and Calvin Stewart, Parks, Beaches and Recreation Director. Mayor Hart was instructed to appoint a Committee to Motion x work with the Harbor Department and The Irvine Com- All Ayes pany to work out some formula under which the City would be assured neighborhood beaches, that the repor be submitted to the City Council for transmission to the Board of Supervisors;, it was further directed that the a Board of Supervisors be advised now, prior to the ex- piration of the ninety days, that the Council feels that the equity of the trade is not sufficiently.in favor of the County or the public, as shown by a study of the County Right -of -Way Agent's report. Mayor Hart appointed Councilman Gruber and Council- man Cook to serve with him on said Committee. Mayor nATTEST: Citk Clerk Page 165 Index - T® Ch re gh yo Ore 11W r� L. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume 17 - Page 166 eI.A COUNCILMEN N �0 O= m 5 0 C c J MILUO.a Y u ♦ wz Councilman Lorenz stated that Tom Childs was. leaving the M em ploy of the City after many years of service and Council - man Lorenz proposed the following action,. which was. un- ign sign animously taken: ank Mayor Hart was instructed to write a letter to Thomas Motion x U Childs, Assistant to the City Manager, thanking him for All Ayes Eger seven long and efficient years of service to the City. 83 The meeting was adjourned at 11: 17 P.M. Motion x I All Ayes Mayor I ATTEST: City Clerk Page 166