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Home My WebLink About0 - Regular Meeting AgendaCITY COUNCIL AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Regular Council Meeting - 7:00 p.m. STEVEN BROMBERG MAYOR TOD W. RIDGEWAY GARY ADAMS Mayor Pro Tern Council Member STEVEN ROSANSKY Council Member DON WEBB Council Member RICHARD A. NICHOLS Council Member JOHN HEFFERNAN Council Member HOMER BLUDAU - City Manager, ROBERT BURNHAM - City Attorney, LAVONNE HARKLESS - City Clerk, STEPHEN G. BADUM - Director of Public Works, SHARON Z. WOOD - Assistant City Manager. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC If you would like to address the City Council on a scheduled agenda item, please complete the yellow SPEAKER'S CARD. The cards are available in the lobby of the Council Chambers. Please identify on the card your name and the item on which you would like to speak and place it in the box at the podium when you address the Council. The SPEAKER'S CARD assists the Mayor in ensuring that all persons wishing to address the Council are recognized and your name is recorded correctly in the official records. PUBLIC HEARING: If in the future, you wish to challenge in court any of the matters on this agenda for which a public hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to raising only those issues which you (or someone else) raised orally at the public hearing or in written correspondence received by the City at or before the hearing. This agenda was prepared by the City Clerk and staff reports are available at the City Clerk's Office. Staff reports or other written documentation have been prepared or organized with respect to each item of business listed on the agenda. Regular meetings of the City Council are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff reports or other documentation regarding any item of business on the agenda, please contact City Clerk staff at (949) 644 -3005. The agendas, minutes and staff reports are also available on the City's web site. The address is: http://www.city.newport- beach.ca.us/ It is the intention of the City of Newport Beach to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, the City of Newport Beach will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact LaVonne Harkless, City Clerk, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible. NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD October 28, 2003 - 4:00 p.m. CLOSED SESSION - [Refer to separate agenda from City Attorney] RECESS xxxxxxx:rxxxxxxxxxxx A. RECONVENE AT 7:00 P.M. FOR REGULAR MEETING B. ROLL CALL C. CLOSED SESSION REPORT (if applicable) D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE E. INVOCATION- Pastor Garth Gill, Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa F. PRESENTATIONS - None G. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC If you wish to address the Council, please fill out the yellow sign -in card and place it in the box at the podium. H. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR MATTERS WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION ACTION OR REPORT (NON- DISCUSSION ITEM): TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IS TAPE RECORDED. SPEAKER MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO 5 MINUTES ON AGENDA ITEMS. RED LIGHT WILL SIGNIFY WHEN 5 MINUTES ARE UP; YELLOW LIGHT MEANS SPEAKER HAS 1 MINUTE FOR SUMMATION. I. CONSENT CALENDAR NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC All matters listed under CONSENT CALENDAR (I - 5) are considered by the Council to be routine and will all be enacted by one motion in, the form listed below. The City Council Members have received detailed staff reports on. each of the items recommending an action. There will be n.o separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Council votes on the motion unless members of the Council, staff or thepublic request specific items to be discussed and /or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Members of the public who wish to discuss a. Consent Calendar item should come forward to the lectern upon invitation by the Mayor, state their name and Consent Calendar Item number, and place the sign -in card in the box provided a.t the podium. READING OF MINUTES /ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 1. MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR AND REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 14, 2003. Waive reading of subject minutes, approve as written and order filed. 2. READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. Waive reading in full of all ordinances and resolutions under consideration, and direct City Clerk to read by title only. RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION 3. CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE REQUIRING VOTER APPROVAL PRIOR TO THE STATE DIVERTING LOCAL REVENUES. Adopt Resolution No. 2003 -_ supporting a statewide ballot initiative to require voter approval before state government may take local revenue. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS 4. REVISIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY MANUAL. H -1. HARBOR PERMIT POLICIES, SECTIONS. `BALBOA ISLAND" AND "MOORINGS ". Amend Council Policy H -1. 5. BUDGET AMENDMENT - CALIFORNIA SEAT BELT COMPLIANCE CAMPAIGN PROGRAM - FISCAL YEAR 2003t2004. Accept the Office of Traffic Safety Grant and approve a budget amendment (BA -012) of $9,226 for the Police Department in fiscal year 2003/2004. to fund additional seat belt enforcement as a part of the California Seat Belt Compliance Program. ACTION: MOVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS REMOVED. SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO 5 MINUTES ON AGENDA ITEMS. J. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR K. PUBLIC COMMENTS Public Comments are inuited on nun- agenda items generally considered to be within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council -- Speakers must limit comments to 3- minutes. Before speaking, please state your name for the record. L. ORAL REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES Status report —Ad Hoc General Plan Update Committee (GPL1C) Status report — Local Coastal Program Certification Committee Status report — Newport Coast Advisory Committee Status report — Mariners Joint Use Library Ad Hoc Steering Committee Status report — Other Committee Activities M. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA AND ORAL STATUS REPORT 6. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 23, 2003. Action: 1) Receive oral report on the most recent Planning Commission actions; 2) Council Member call -up of those items subject to call-up; and 3) Receive and file written report. N. CONTINUED BUSINESS VESSEL BERTHING AND THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE; CONTRACT AWARD AND BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR COMMERCIAL DOCK STANDARDS PROJECT. Action: 1) Approve the Action Plan recommended by the Newport Beach Harbor Commission; 2) Authorize the City Manager to enter into a $46.000 professional services agreement with Cash and Associates to review Newport Harbor's existing commercial and residential dock standards and to update same; and 2) Approve a budget. amendment (BA -013) adding $46,000 to the City Manager's 0310 -8080 Account (Professional and Technical Services). SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO 5 MINUTES ON AGENDA ITEMS. O. CURRENT BUSINESS S. UNSCHEDULED VACANCY ON THE PARKS, BEACHES & RECREATION COMMISSION. Action: 1) Declare a vacancy on the Parks. Beaches & Recreation Commission due to the appointment of Steven Rosansky to the District 2 City Council position; 2) Confirm the Mayor's appointment of and _ to serve on the Ad -Hoc Appointments Committee; and 3) Direct the City Clerk to post and publish a Special Vacancy Notice requesting that applications be submitted by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2003, and schedule the submission of the nominations to the Council on November 25, 2003 with the final appointment to be made on December 9, 2003. P. MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION A motion to reconsider the vote on any action taken by the City Council at either this meeting or the previous meeting may be made only by one of the Council members who voted with the prevailing side. Q. ADJOURNMENT 4 SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO 5 MINUTES ON AGENDA ITEMS.