HomeMy WebLinkAbout83-20 - Regional Urban Design Assistance Team - RUDATRESOLUTION NO. 63 -20
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
• NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING THE AD HOC STEERING
COMMITTEE FOR THE REGIONAL URBAN DESIGN
ASSISTANCE TEAM (RUDAT)
WHEREAS, the Urban Planning & Design Committee of the
American Institute of Architects (AIA), has been sending Regional
Urban Design Assistance Teams (RUDAT) to Cities that have
requested assistance in identifying design elements of areas of
historical significance, such that appropriate goals, directions
and solutions for the preservation and use of such areas can be
protected; and
WHEREAS, the McFadden Square /Newport Pier /Cannery
Village area of Newport Beach is an area of historic significance
and an appropriate site for the conduct of a RUDAT conference;
and
WHEREAS, the analysis of an area by RUDAT requires the
participation of City officials and employees, local community
leaders and special interest groups whose activities can best be
coordinated by the establishment of a Steering Committee; and
WHEREAS, the role of the Steering Committee would be to
stimulate enthusiasm for a RUDAT conference relative to McFadden
Square /Newport Pier /Cannery Village, to define the problems of
the area, establish a budget for the study and identify sources
of funding, all preliminary to the preparation of a formal
application for the conduct of a RUDAT study;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach that the Ad Hoc Steering Committee for
the Urban Design Assistance Team is hereby created; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the composition and duties
of the Ad Hoc Committee will be as follows:
1. The Committee shall consist of three members of the
City Council, one member of the Planning Commission, one member
of the Planning staff, two members of the local chapter of the
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AIA, one member of the Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce, and
two persons involved in businesses located within the City of
Newport Beach, all to be appointed by the Mayor;
2. The duties of the committee to coordinate and
oversee the Regional /Urban Design Assistance Team in the
application of their program in the McFadden Square /Newport
Pier /Cannery Village area and to perform all functions required
of a Steering Committee as set forth in the handbook prepared by
the RUDAT subcommittee of the Urban Planning & Design Committee
of the American Institute of Architects, including but not
limited to stimulation of enthusiasm for the program, assistance
in promoting dialogue regarding the definition of problems in the
area and the potential for solutions and the formation of such
subcommittees as may assist in the performance of those duties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Ad Hoc Steering
Committee shall cease to exist on August 31, 1983, or at such
time as the report of the RUDAT is submitted, whichever shall
first occur.
ATTEST:
t.PirA
City Clerk
RSP /RUDAT.
ADOPTED this 14th day of February, 1983.
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