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Insider's Guide
From: Biddle, Jennifer
Subject: Insider"s Guide for the Newport Beach City Council Meeting of Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Date: Friday, July 19, 2019 3:22:29 PM
Forwarded on behalf of City Manager Grace Leung...
Happy Friday! Our next City Council meeting is Tuesday, July 23. 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.
Study session begins at 4:00 p.m. and we will have an overview of the State -mandated
Organic Waste Recycling requirements. Over the last 19 years, the State of California
has passed a number of regulations requiring cities to implement recycling programs.
The first program required residents in all cities to reduce their waste by 50% by the year
2000. The City has been in compliance with this requirement since that time.
Commercial recycling was implemented and became mandatory in July 2012. Organic
recycling for commercial properties became effective in January 2019 and will become
mandatory for everyone in 2022. The cost to the City for non-compliance can be as high
as $10,000 per day. The mandates require cooperation between the City, the residents,
the business community and the waste hauling community. Staff has been working to
update both the City's Municipal Code and waste hauler franchise agreements so that
the City can come into compliance and enforce these state rules. The City Council will
consider amendments to the Municipal Code and Franchise agreements in September.
The Regular Session begins at 7:00 p.m. and the following are items of note:
• On the consent calendar is the purchase of Rule 20A credits from three cities,
which will allow us to complete phase 2 of Underground Utilities District No. 22a
on Balboa Boulevard. The acquisition provides $354,833 of credits, purchased
for $195,158 — $0.55 per dollar. Phase 1 of this project began this month.
• For public hearing is the 2019 Drinking Water Quality Report on public health
goals. The City is required to hold a Public Hearing every three years to present a
Drinking Water Quality Report and how the City's water compares to Public
Health Goals and to standards. As is common in all water systems, not all goals
are met. However and most importantly, Newport's water system meets all state
and federal drinking water standards.
• 1 am pleased to present for Council consideration the proposed Employment
Agreement with Jeff Boyles for Fire Chief services. Following an open and highly
competitive recruitment process, I selected Assistant Chief Boyles for the Fire
Chief position. With Jeff's extensive experience and skillset, along with his
knowledge and dedication to this community, we will have an exceptionally well
qualified chief taking over from retiring Chief Duncan. Among his many
accomplishments, I am especially grateful for Chief Duncan's employee
development and succession planning efforts and leaving the department in very
capable hands. The Employment Agreement provides for salary and
compensation terms.
• Under the terms of the agreement to provide destination marketing services to
the City, Visit Newport Beach is required to submit its Business Plan
Supplement and FY 2019-20 Budget for City Council review and/or approval.
Visit Newport Beach also serves as the administrator for the Newport Beach
Tourism Business Improvement District and is submitting the District's FY 2019-
20 annual report and FY 2019-20 budget for review and approval.
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.
The Week in Review was provided last week. In case you missed it, we do post them on
the City's website; the latest edition can be found here.
Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated so please don't hesitate to ask a
question or offer a comment.
Grace K. Leung
City Manager
City of Newport Beach
100 Civic Center Drive, Bay 2E
Newport Beach, CA 92660
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P: 949-644-3001 F: 949-644-3020