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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/10/1996 - Regular MeetingCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH City Council Minutes Regular Meeting June 10, 1996 - 7:00 p.m. INDEX CLOSED SESSION - 5:00 p.m. (Refer to sepal . CLOSED SESSION REPORT PRESENTED - None RECESSED RECONVENED AT 7:00 P.M. FOR REGULAR MEETING ROIL CALL Present: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Absent: None Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Debay to waive reading of minutes of May 28, 1996, approve as written and order filed. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Debay to waive reading In full of all ordinances and resolutions under consideration, and direct City Clerk to read by titles only. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: is Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None MATTERS WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION OR REPORT (NON- DISCUSSION ITEM): • Council Member Waft requested a report back from staff on June 24, 1996, regarding condominium conversion update, specifically with conditions of parking. Council Member Edwards requested a report back for discussion within two weeks regarding previous history on street light maintenance repair policy after dedications, such as privatizing streets. Mayor Hedges requested City staff forward a report and recommendations to the legislative Committee on guidelines for City Council Members and Civil Service Commissioners on contacts with staff members relating to matters pending or potentially pending before the Civil Service Board, as he felt that U Is important for the public and employees to know that they have an independent, fair and impartial hearing process on disciplinary matters. • Mayor Hedges, with regard to allegations made that the Police Chief and he had done something inappropriate, stated that it is also possible that one or more Civil Service Commissioners may have had inappropriate contacts with individuals on the same matter, therefore, he requested an Item on the next City Council agenda that the City Council approve an independent investigation under this matter, post haste, and that the Volume 50 - Page 167 City of Newport Beach City Council Members June 10, 1996 results be forwarded to the City Council. CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION 1. ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 96.21 AMENDING SECTION 15.16.320 Of TITLE • 15 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE THE STANDARDS FOR ILLUMINATED SIGNS TO MAKE THEM CONSISTENT WITH RECENTLY ADOPTED STANDARDS IN SECTION 20.06.070 OF TITLE 20. 2. ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 96 -23 AMENDING CHAPTER 5.12 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO TAXICABS, AMBULANCES AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE. (The ordinance was adopted to include an appeal provision as referenced by Mayor Hedges: "The applicant may appeal the City Manager's decision to the City Council. ") RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION 3. RESOLUTION NO. 96 -37 declaring that WEEDS AND OTHER PUBLIC NUISANCES exist upon streets, alleys sidewalks, parkways and private property within the City, declaring that said weeds and public nuisances must be abated, setting the time and place for a public hearing (July 8, 1996), at which the City Council will consider protests from persons objecting to the proposed destruction or removal of such public nuisances by the notice of the passage of this resolution and of the public hearing. 4. RESOLUTION NO. 96 -38 modifying the recycling service fee from $1.98 to $2.03 per month (effective July 1, 1996) and rescinding Resolution • No. 94 -69. S. RESOLUTION NO. 96 -39 establishing "no parking" restrictions from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., every Friday on Monrovia Avenue south of 15th Street to improve STREET SWEEPING effectiveness and rescinding Resolution No. 95.28. 6. REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT (CONTRACT NO. 1802) - Authorize execution of renewal for subject contract for the period July 1, 1996 through June 30, 2001, for inspection and enforcement of sanitation ordinances related to business licensing. 8. REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS 9. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA - June 6, 1996. 10. APPOINTMENT Of BOARD MEMBER AND ALTERNATE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY -CITY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AUTHORITY. Appoint Fire and Marine Chief Tim - Riley as the board member and Deputy Chief Tom Arnold as the alternate member. 11. REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. Volume 50 - Page 168 Ord 96 -21 Illuminated (68) Ord 96 -23 Taxicabs (27) Signs Weed Abatement Res 96 -37 (41) Recycling Fee Res 96 -38 (40/44) Parking Restrictns Street Sweeping Res 96 -39 (85) O/C Health Srvs C -1802 (38) (68) Fire (41) City of Newport Beach City Council Members 12. FINAL MAP OF TRACT NO. 15178 - Approve subject map for the Colony Apartments (formerly Parcel 2 of Parcel Map 136/2222 -23 Resubdivlsion No. 612) located at 875 San Clemente Drive, on the southwesterly corner of San Clemente Drive and Santa Barbara Drive, in the Block 800 Planned Community. 13. GIFT OF ART TO THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 291 - Accept • recommendation of the Board of Library Trustees and the wishes of the original donor, former Supervisor Thomas Riley, and donate the watercolor, Parade of Honor. by Ruth Hynds to the American Legion Post 291. 14. REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 15. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY /NEWPORT BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS - Approve BUDGET AMENDMENT NO. 044 In the amount of $45,000 to adjust revenues to the Orange County Combined Transportation Funding Program (OCCTFP) Fund and appropriate the funds to account number 7284- C5100312. 16. REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 17. DONATION OF 3531 NEWPORT BOULEVARD AS A PASSIVE PARK - Authorization to conceptually approve the subject donation. SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEM 22. MASSAGE TECHNICIAN PERMIT DENIAL FOR YANG HIE HARPER - Accept, approve and adopt the determination of the Hearing Officer as final. Motion by Mayor Pro Tern Debay to MOVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Of THE • CONSENT CALENDAR, EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS REMOVED (6, 8, 11, 14 and 16). The motion carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Noes: None Absent: None Abstained: None ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR 6. RESOLUTION NO. 96 -40 authorizing KEY AND MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION. Council Member Glover asked for clarification of exempt Vs. nonexempt employee and administrative leave; wherein, City Attorney Burnham stated that exempt is typically referred to those employees who would be exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act for overtime purposes (i.e., exempt employees are not entitled to overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of their normal work week). Regarding administrative leave, City Manager Murphy advised that this applies to designated exempt employees (not eligible for overtime), who work beyond the normal 80 hours, are given administrative leave, does not accrue and is lost if not used Motion by Council Member Cox to adopt subject resolution for Key • and Management Compensation, carried by the following roll call vote: Volume 50 - Page 167 Final Map Tract 15178 Library Donation (50) PCH /Npt B1 Interchng Imprvm C -2886 (38) BA -044 (40) PB &R (62) Massae Tech Permit g/Yang Hie Harper(27), Key /Mgm Comp Res 96- 40(66)' City of Newport Beach City Council Members June 10, 1996 Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None 8. UPPER NEWPORT BAY UNIT III SEDIMENT CONTROL AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT - Approve Amendment No. 1 to Consultant Services • Agreement with Toxscan, Inc., dated April 12, 1996 to perform additional bioassay testing for a fee not to exceed $22,995 and authorize execution of subject amendment. Motion by Council Member Waft to approve subject amendment following clarification of timing regarding the "additional testing," which should read: "will be completed in July, 1996," rather than July, 1997, carried by the following roll call vote. Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Waft 11. APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL POLICY A -5, FUND RAISING /CONTRACTS BY CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES. Motion by Mayor Hedges to defer action on the subject amendment /bring back at appropriate time carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Waft Noes: None • Absent None Abstain: None 14. DONATION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES SANTA ANA OFFICE - Approve the "charitable donation" and authorize staff to deliver three used file cabinets to the league's Santa Ana office. Motion by Mayor Hedges to approve the donation action, and also to direct staff to prepare a charitable donation policy for review by the Legislative Committee which would consider that first consideration be given to Newport -Mesa Unified School Distdct as the recipient for any surplus goods: and second consideration be given to City Homeowners Associations before going outside of the City. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt 16. SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING - JUNE 24, 1996 on an OPTION AGREEMENT AND GROUND LEASE by and between the City of Newport Beach and the BALBOA BAY CLUB PROPERTY, INC. • City Manager Murphy referenced and distributed draft copies of the Executive Summary, Option Agreement and Ground Lease Agreement and summarized: That the Bay Club's current lease agreement expires In the year 2011 (25 -year agreement). Approximately 18 months ago the City Council approved a new redevelopment plan for the BBC and consequently the BBC received approvals from the Coastal Volume 50 - Page 170 Upper Npt Bay Unit III Sedmt Cntrl C -2987 (38) Council Policy (69) Charitable Donations (35) Balboa Bay Club C -519 (38) City of Newport Beach City Council Members Commission. Because the redevelopment plan is a very extensive undertaking (approximately $20 - $30 million), the BBC anticipates obtaining financing, and with the short lease term remaining on their current lease, have discussed with the City a new lease. A public workshop meeting Is scheduled on June 20, at 7 p.m., in the Fire Conference Room within the City Hall complex. • Motion by Council Member O'Neil to authorize scheduling a public hearing on June 24, 1996, as presented. Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None PUBLIC HEARINGS 18. ORDINANCE NO. 96 -16 AMENDING PORTIONS OF DISTRICTING MAP NO. 18 TO ALTER THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE "R -1" AND "PC" DISTRICTS (PLANNING COMMISSION AMENDMENT NO. 847); GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 96 -1(C) AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT NO. 45 TO ALTER THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE "RETAIL, SERVICE COMMERCIAL" USE AND THE "SINGLE - FAMILY RESIDENTIAL" USE - K.J. CANTANZARITE AND SO CAL IBEW -NECA PENSION PLAN (352 HAZEL DRIVE AND 3901 EAST COAST HIGHWAY). (Continued from May 13 and 28, 1996) City Attorney Burnham advised that the foregoing is a cleanup amendment to the zoning ordinance and to the general plan to implement an agreement between the City and two property owners, which will minimize construction impacts associated with the • construction of the "Summerhouse" project, and also facilitates the development on the Cantanzarite parcel. Due to delays with some problems related to title that need to be resolved, the participants have asked to continue this matter for another two weeks. Motion by Council Member O'Neil to continue public hearing to June 24, 1996, which carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None 19. ORDINANCE NO. 96 -22 AMENDING TITLE 14 TO ADJUST THE BASIC WATER USE RATE TO $2.00 PER HUNDRED CUBIC FEET; TO MODIFY THE WATER SERVICE CHARGES; TO ADJUST THE SEWER USE CHARGE TO $0.20 FOR EACH HUNDRED CUBIC FEET OF WATER (EFF. 7/1/96); TO ADJUST THE SEWER USE CHARGE TO $0.25 FOR EACH HUNDRED CUBIC FEET OF WATER (EFF. 7/1/97); AND TO MODIFY THE TEXT TO REFLECT UTILITIES - PUBLIC WORKS REORGANIZATION AND TO INCORPORATE A MONTHLY BILLING OPTION. Public Works /Utilities Director Webb, summarized that: The proposed modifications to Title 14 of the Municipal Code (provides for setting the water rates and waste water issues) for a water rate Increase will • enable the City to complete the Groundwater Project; and provide for the needed capital improvements and the reliability upgrade of aging facilities; moneys needed to pay for the Metropolitan Wafer District; and an increased reserve balance. Without this increase there would be a $400,000 reserve at the end of the year and with the increase there will be $1 million reserves. The water rate would increase from Volume 50 - Page 171 Ord 96 -16 PCA 847 GPA 96 -1(C) Cantanzarite (94) Ord 96 -22 Utilities (40/89) City of Newport Beach City Council Members $1.94 per hundred cu. ff. of use to $2.00 ($.06 increase). Also, proposed is a water service charge increase ($.50 for a 3/4 inch meter and a proportionate increase for the larger meters) to $1.52 per month based on using 1700 cu. ft. of water per month. As for as staff can determine, currently Newport Beach ranks second lowest in the County regarding "readiness to serve" charges. • Mr. Webb also advised that: The waste wafer increase is set up to where the City completed a master plan for the sewer system and proposed $11.3 million in improvements over the next 10 years, bringing the pump stations up to current standards and upgrading a number of old concrete pipes, as well as other related facilities; provides $2.3 million in Capital Improvement Projects ($1.5 million Little Island Pump Station and $1.3 million maintenance and operations type of improvements on the sewer lines). The wastewater hike would be $.05 per year for two years, increasing the rate to $.20 in 1996 -97 and $.25 in 1997 -98. The total Increase in sewer rates would be an average of $.87 per month more, and with combined water and sewer rate increases, the monthly bill will go up $2.32 per month, effective in July. Also reflected In the ordinance are modifications regarding reorgantzational changes to the Public Works /Utilities Department, and an allowance for a monthly billing option (municipal service billing). With respect to Council inquiry, Mr. Webb advised that the proposed increase would give the City $600,000, and after the Metropolitan Water District increase, a net Increase of $450,000 would go to reestablishing the reserve. City Manager Murphy added that by taking a longer range view, the 10 -year forecast indicates the value of the Groundwater Project. When this project is completed and the 15 -year bonds are paid off, It will • result in approximately $60 million in lower costs than 9 the City had stayed on the MWD system. In response to Council inquiry as to the effect of the Orange County Bankruptcy had on the original bond issue, Mr. Webb advised that from the $17 million the net was $15 million after the debt service charges, etc. $2 million was lost in the bankruptcy bringing It down to $13 million, and with the $9 million in reserves from the Water Fund, $22 million is roughly what the Groundwater Project will cost the City. City Manager Murphy added that they can give the Council a cost -to -date along with anticipated costs for the completion of the Groundwater Project. Tom Hyans, President of the Central Newport Beach Community Association questioned why he did not see the rate Increase on the Revenue side of the budget, and was told thot the rate increase needs the approval /action of the City Council. Also, he asked that there be an option to keep the two -month billing. Phil Sansone, representing the Corona del Mar Residents Association, expressed his concern about the $22 million figure in costs, and he guarantees that If at the time the groundwater project was first brought up, It would not have gone through even with a $20 million figure because when he was on the Council, ft was agreed that $8 -$10 million was feasible and the project could be accomplished with the • Water Enterprise Fund, plus a nominal increase in the rate over a period of time. He questioned when and where these Increases were introduced and agreed upon. He also agrees with Tom Hyans to keep the billing the way ff is now. City Manager Murphy explained that the project has become more expensive than was anticipated, therefore, a decision was made to Finance a portion and use reserves, and he Volume 50 - Page 172 Utilities City of Newport Beach City Council Members June 10, 1996 would be happy to review that staff report with former Mayor and Council Member Sansone. Council Member Glover commended every Council Member that worked on the project before she came to the Council, and agrees that H is important that the public is aware of the figures and the overruns on the project. • Motion by Council Member Glover to conduct the public hearing /second reading of Ordinance No. 96 -22 amending various Chapters of Title 14 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code, and combine the straw vote Hems on the following Issues: a. Adjust the basic water use rate to $2.00 per hundred cubic feet; b. Modify the water service charges; C. Adjust the sewer use charge to $0.20 for each hundred cubic feet of water, effective July 1, 1996; d. Adjusted the sewer use charge to $0.25 for each hundred cubic feet of water, effective July 1, 1997; and e. Modify text to reflect Utilities- Public Works Reorganization and incorporate a monthly billing option. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover, and Waft Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None Motion by Council Member Glover to accept proposed amendments • to various chapters of Title 14 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code by adopting Ordinance No. 96.22. Mayor Pro Tern Debay asked for clarification regarding the monthly billing, wherein it was explained that the proposal is for an option. Council Member Watt advised that input is welcomed regarding the monthly billing issue, which will be coming back to the Public Works /Utilities Committee before any final action is taken by the City Council. Mayor Hedges added that these meetings are public meetings where they will be reviewing additions to the Municipal Services Sfafement. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None 20. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR THE 1996 -97 FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 1102 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH CITY CHARTER; AND SETTING THE CITY'S APPROPRIATION LIMIT FOR THE 1995- 96 FISCAL YEAR, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 13B OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION. • City Manager Murphy provided an overview of the 1996 -97 Budget, summarizing as follows: Total Revenues of $122.9 million and total Expenditures $129.5 million are up $7.5 million as a result of the City taking up many Capital Improvement Projects associated with special revenue funds (next year the budget will be greatly reduced because Volume 50 - Page 173 Utilities 1996 -97 FY Prelim Budget (40) City of Newport Beach City Council Members June 10, 1996 some of the substantial projects will have been completed); continued negotiations towards completion with the various employee groups (looking at the long -range general City operations in the area of salaries and benefits to see If there are ways to save money as well as keeping the employees at a competitive wage); balanced the General Fund Budget while maintaining the City's priorities (53% goes to Public Safety Service i.e., Police, Fire and Marine Departments); • touching on next year's major goals of economic development, fiscal, airport, downcoost, and landfill options. City Manager Murphy offered information from the Budget regarding: Major capital projects, i.e., Groundwater completion, upgrading the disinfection system at the Big Canyon Reservoir, using Gas Tax Measure M and CIOSA money to rebuild Pacific Coast Highway and Newport Boulevard interchange, 2nd Phasing of MacArthur Boulevard using outside sources of money, three seismic upgrades of bridges on Lido, Balboa Island and Newport Island using state money, rehabilitation of Jamboree Road between Campus and Bristol using road moneys, dredging the Upper Bay using Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles moneys, replacing the communications 800 MHZ systems to bring It up- to -date, automation upgrades within the Police Department (record management and computer -aided dispatch, etc.), long -term allocation for park areas (38 throughout the City) that are getting older, the need to address the deficiencies and options with regard to replacing the City's aging street lights. In taking a look at the City conceptually and in the bigger picture, City Manager Murphy stated that in the past 20 -25 years Newport Beach has survived to a large degree on growth revenues. He added that In the next 24 months Newport Beach will be a nearly built -ouf community, wherein we will not have those growth revenues in the • future and the staff and policy makers need to deal with the issues on long -term policies to make sure we maintain a high quality of life for the community today and for the future. City Manager Murphy also touched on some checklist issues in response to followup on Friday's Study Session meeting: There will be a delay in distributing a refined hand -out covering a 10 -year period core Capital Project Budget (approximately $9.12 million per year) until two weeks; the AQMD Grant and 10 -year Trend Safety /Non - Safety Wages are still being refined; Offstreet Parking Fund and the use City -wide is regulated by the Municipal Code: "That fund shall be used only for purposes of acquisition, development and inclusion of public offstreet parking facilities located within the general vicinity of the parking meters contributing to the fund." Another issue raised regarding Capital Improvement Funds and what could be used with existing reserves is that the Charter states "once created such funds shall remain Inviolate for the purpose for which it was created." Question regarding all Fund balances in terms of reserves and what these can be used for within regulations was elaborated on referring to the hand- out looking at the 10 -year picture of budget to actual. Following comments and review by the City Council department by department, the public was invited to submit comments on the budget. Tom Hyans, 217 19th Street, feels that the General Revenues collected • now pays for trash pickup, and to charge a fee for this service is just another tax. As far as reserves are concerned he sees no problem with having them specifically allocated for refurbishing the infrastructure. Regarding the MOD's, he feels that there is a problem with the labor contracts as there is a big disparity in what people earn in the City, citing the Fire Operations Department with 78 people; 28 of these are Volume 50 - Page 174 1996 -97 FY Prelim Budget City of Newport Beach City Council Members June 10 1996 Battalion Chiefs and Captains; 24 Fire Engineers and 25 Firefighters. Average annual salary and benefits for those 78 people is $93,000 per employee; 16 Paramedics whose average salary and benefits per employee is $96,000, Vs. Public Works Engineers who are educated and registered California Engineers at $58,500 per year. John Noyes, President of the Balboa Island Business Association, spoke • on the significant problem with the transient trash that Is left over the weekends and not picked up until the following Wednesday, specifically between July and Labor Day. He is optimistic about making a lot more money this year, with results of an occupancy increase of 15 % -25% on Balboa Island, and it is estimated there is a need of $12,000 to $15,000 to pick up this trash on Saturdays. He feels that there needs to be some basic housekeeping if the City is entertaining a convention center and doubling the occupancy rate, as the City must provide the services for the people who come to visit; adding that this is a seven -day a week town, and we have to ask employees to work Saturdays and Sundays, not as paid overtime, but have Mondays and Tuesdays off. Hearing no one else wishing to address the budget issue, Mayor Hedges advised that the Council needs to adopt a resolution establishing the Gann limit and also establish those issues for straw - voting and give appropriate direction to staff regarding adoption of a Budget. City Manager Murphy clarified the following issues for straw votes: Offstreet Parking transfer; charges per services for KPMG; document imaging; notebook computers; Grants for Human Services, Arts and Culture and AQMD; Balboa Island Trash; TMA as well as employee Ridesharing. Mayor Hedges added that he wanted a preliminary is budget without those cost Items (fee transfers, i.e., Offstreet Parking Fund and Document Imaging System) so that the Council knows what they are voting on at the June 24, 1996 meeting. Motion by Mayor Pro Tern Debav to receive oral report from City Manager and adopt Resolution No. 96 -41 determining and establishing an Appropriations Limit for FY 1996 -97 in accordance with Article XIIIB of the California Constitution and Government Code Section 7910; accept the established Items in the foregoing for straw voting on the Budget for June 24, 1996; and direct staff to prepare a resolution for the Council Meeting of June 24, 1996 to adopt the 1996 -97 Fiscal Year Budget, which carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None PUBLIC COMMENTS • Phil Sansone, Corona del Mar, stated that he had three things to make the City Council aware of: 1)The volunteers at the Oasis operation do work comparable to 18 full - time employees, assisting over 5,000 members. With funding from of • the Friends of Oasis, a major modification of the former administration building has been completed to the tune of $82,000, with another project on updating some of the rooms on the south side of the complex to the tune of $35,000. This didn't happened for lack of City money, as of the $350,000 allotted for Oasis in the Budget, they will have given back over $100,000 to the City; the improvements to the Volume 50 - Page 175 1996 -97 FY Prelim Budget City of Newport Beach City Council Members atrium were made through donations from the Oasis Center, as well as the purchase of an automobile through donation from the members ($35,000). He stated that he really doesn't understand how those three girls comprising of the permanent staff do it, running over 100 programs for the seniors, 6 days a week (reserving Saturdays for weddings). He feels that the wedding fee should be increased because it is too low considering the facilities available. • 2) The Corona del Mar project shutting down the west side of the 300 block to do the alley taking parking away from those people. The second week digging started up the east side of the highway, which took parking away from both sides, then the 5 -K Race took the parking spaces away from those people who have been displaced on Marguerite down to Larkspur. The east side of Marguerite has been stop and go all week 3) Complaint from the Corona del Mar Resident's Association, Irvine Terrace and Seavlew residents, as well as the Sea Island that the amplified sound coming off of the rentals from the Newporter Inn is absolutely intolerable. Mayor Hedges requested that staff work with the Council to see that there are no recurring incidents. CURRENT BUSINESS 21. BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCIES. Mayor Hedges advised that the ad hoc Appointments Committee met over the course of two meetings to review and conduct interviews for all of the vacancies, except for the Civil Service Board, which are employee association nominees. • Motion by Mayor Hedges to confirm the following nominations; appointments to be made on June 24,1996: BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES (1 Vacancy - Lucille Kuehn ) Joanne Lombardo, Susan Smith AND Cynthia Hollern CITY ARTS COMMISSION (4 Vacancies - Herzog, Young, Donovan, Phillips) Sunny Perino, Rosalind Wells, Michael Coon, Kenneth Marshall, Lyn Belasco, Mary Maclntrye, Winnle Ross AND Nancy Warzer -Brady CIVIL SERVICE BOARD (2 Vacancies - Hoose and Pettit) (Civil Service Board Nominees -Five Nominees Required) Clint Haase, Dayno Pettit, Susan Thomas, Cora Newman AND Rolla Dory Mayor Hedges noted that the last three nominations for Civil Service Board are spouses of employees and the Council needs to have • applications on file for consideration. Volume 50 - Page 176 Boards & Commissions (24) • C J City of Newport Beach City Council Members June 10. 1996 PARKS. BEACHES & RECREATION COMMISSION (1 Vacancy - Vandervort) Timothy Brown AND Malcom Dunn PLANNING COMMISSION (2 Vacancies - Pomeroy and Ridgeway) Richard Fuller, Rob Patterson, Tod Ridgeway, AND Thomas Ashley The motion carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: O'Neil, Edwards, Debay, Hedges, Cox, Glover and Watt Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION - None ADJOURNED at 10:25 P.M. The Agenda for this meeting was posted on June 5, 1996 at 4:45 p.m.; and the supplemental agenda was posted on June 6, 1996 at 12:30 p.m., on the City Hall Bulletin Board located outside of the City of Newport Beach Administration Building. Attest: City Clerk _v4j Mayor Volume 50 - Page 177 Boards & Commissions