HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-24 - Media & Communications CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2006-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
FORMING THE MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
AND DISBANDING THE WEB SITE REVIEW AD HOC COMMITTEE
AND THE AD HOC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has two separate ad hoc committees that
look at communications issues; and
WHEREAS, these committees are called the Web Site Review Ad Hoc Committee
and the Ad Hoc Telecommunications Committee; and
WHEREAS, the. Council believes that the time has come to disband these two ad
hoc committees and to make a more permanent committee to address areas that the
two ad hoc committees once addressed, specifically communications with residents,
visitors, the media, and others along with issues involving cable television and
telecommunications; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby disbands
the Web Site Review Ad Hoc Committee and the Ad Hoc Telecommunications
Committee; and be it further
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby creates
the Media & Communications Committee with the following provisions:
1 -TERM -the term shall be indefinite;
2 - MEMBERSHIP - the membership shall consist of three city council members and
two residents of Newport Beach (resident terms are 2- years);
3 - PURPOSES - the purposes of the Media & Communications Committee shall be
as follows:
A. To oversee the negotiation and implementation of all cable - related Franchise
Agreements with entities providing cable -, Internet -or any other service
delivered over cable wiring in the City's right of way.
B. To develop and implement a City Council policy regarding Public,
Educational, and Government (PEG) cable programming, including the
specific community programs cablecast across franchised cable providers;
C. To review the communications budget and strategy annually and to advise
the City Manager of the Committee's assessment of the budget and strategy.
D. To examine the roles and functions of each of the City's public information
officers to ensure coordination and to avoid duplication of efforts;
E. To review and recommend communication ideas, documents, or programs
that improve communication with the community's residents, businesses, and
visitors;
F. To develop and implement a City Council policy regarding Media;
G. To regularly review and approve the issues profiled, persons profiled or used
to host, and the schedule of community cable programming sponsored by the
City to ensure fairness and balance;
H. To monitor and offer recommendations to City staff regarding the
implementation of existing Wireless Telecommunications and Public Right -of-
Way ordinances, including offering suggestions as to placement of specific
wireless facilities where such placements may engender community debate;
I. To make recommendations to the City Council as which community
programs should be transmitted over the City's website ( "webstreamed "); and
J. To regularly review the City's website for content, to approve which outside
entities may be linked to the City's website, and to offer suggestions for
improving the City's website to increase understanding of various community
issues.
ADOPTED this 28th Day of March, 2006.
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CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } as.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2006 -24 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 28th
day of March 2006, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Curry, Selich, Rosansky, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Webb
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 29th day of March 2006.
(Seal)
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California