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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7691 - Standing & Ad Hoc Council CommitteesRESOLUTION NO. y 69 2' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES FOR VARIOUS STANDING AND AD HOC CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES WHEREAS, the efficient functioning of the City's business requires the creation of special subcommittees of the City Council to study and review community issues and make recommendations con- cerning appropriate Council action; and WHEREAS, there is also a need for permanent standing committees of the Council to keep abreast of current events within the purview of the committee and make periodic recommendations to the City Council concerning needed legislation, policy determina- tions, or information deficiencies; and WHEREAS, the City Council has established procedural policies governing the conduct and operations of such committees; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that in order to insure clarity in establishing assignments, all future committees will be implemented by resolution; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby establish the following standing and special committees and committee functions: COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE: A. Recommend to the full City Council regarding appointees to fill vacancies on city boards, commissions, and special citizen involvement committees; B. Solicit and interview interested and qualified citizens for community service on boards, commissions, and committees; C. Advise the City Council on selection standards for such appointments. -1- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONTROL COMMITTEE: A. Consider and evaluate environmental legislative measures; B. Keep abreast of the latest techniques for environmental quality management to bring to the attention of the City Council. PENDING LEGISLATION COMMITTEE: A. Review on its own initiative, or Council instructions, legislative measures not the purview of any other committee having an impact on the affairs of city government or the community as a whole; B. Keep abreast of all legislative measures pending at the county, state, or federal level influencing local government; C. Act on its own initiative to present testimony or corres- pondence in support of established city policies or principles of local home rule in order to make a timely response at legislative hearings. PROCLAMATION COMMITTEE: A. Meet as required to develop official City statements recognizing significant charitable, service, or philan- thropic events in the Harbor Area; B. Cooperate with local business or professional organizations by acknowledging through proclamations business activity recognition periods of significance to the local economy; C. In the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tempore may issue such proclamations on his own initiative. WATER COMMITTEE: A. Recommend to Council changes in water rate structure; B. Recommend to Council on water budget changes and level of capital improvement expenditures; C. Represent City on the Coastal Municipal Water District Study and Advisory Group; D. Represent City and make recommendations to Council on water districting matters. -2- is COUNCIL AD HOC COMMITTEES BUDGET GOALS COMMITTEE: A. Review and recommend for Council consideration fiscal policy for preparation of the proposed operating budgets for the city government. EMPLOYEE GROUP INSURANCE COMMITTEE: A. Review as may be required, broker selection, specifications, and bidding procedures for the selection of group insurance coverage for municipal employees. FREEWAY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: A. Keep abreast of the latest legislative matters concerning the proposed Coastal and other freeways; B. Advise the City Council on appropriate actions governing implementation of the City Charter mandate concerning freeway alignments; C. Meet as may be required with other government agencies to present the official city position concerning the Coastal Freeway. LAND DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES COMMITTEE: A. Develop recommendations governing cost sharing responsi- bility in financing capital improvements on undeveloped lands; B. Meet with property owners and investors as may be required to review existing public policy and consider financing and specifications for new public improvements. NEWPORT BEACH BICYCLE TRAILS CITIZENS COMMITTEE: A. Review and make recommendations for amendments to the adopted Master Plan of Bicycle Trails. OFF - STREET PARKING COMMITTEE: A. Meet with Newport Pier - McFadden Place businessmen and property owners to develop proposals for resolution of the area's parking difficulties; -3- 5/10/72 r . 4 B. Make recommendations concerning utilization of the area's fair share apportionment of the off - street parking facilities acquisition trust fund. PROCEDURAL ETHICS COMMITTEE: A. Consider standards for the conduct of public officers; B. Review procedures governing the conduct of City Council meetings. TRANSPORTATION PLAN CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: A. The Committee is to consist of seven members representing community associations (one nomination by each Councilman from a community association within his district), one member each from the Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce, and two Council members to sit on the Committee as observers (appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Council); B. The Committee shall be responsible for the conduct and direction of each phase of the Newport Beach Transporta- tion Plan Study; C. The Committee shall also serve as a source of community opinion for the assessment of citizen desires and needs regarding the City's transportation requirements. JOINT GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEES CITY - SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE: A. Confer regularly with City of Costa Mesa and Newport- Mesa Unified School District officials to discuss matters of mutual concern to develop closer working relationships between the respective public agencies; B. Consider cooperative endeavors between agencies for more effectively and efficiently meeting public service responsibilities; -4- l • LJA C. Serve as a clearing house for ideas for a more effective interface of local government activities with educational responsibilities to better meet the needs of young people of the Harbor Area. INTER -CITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE: A. Meet as may be required with Costa Mesa and Irvine city officials to review the disposition of ultimate city boundaries and border area land developments; B. Develop where feasible agreements for sharing municipal services on a cooperative basis in order to consider general propositions for the betterment of life and the quality of government services in the Harbor/ Irvine communities. ADOPTED this 8th day of May , 1972 . ATTEST: C ty Clerk RTIFIED AS TH !NAP -- -'--- _.....yy............_-- e H CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF NPORT MAY 12 1972 ®AT4 ,..__.._ ....... ........................... .......... ._...e.® -5- PFB:ep 5/3/72