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RESOLUTION NO. 6922
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING ITS INTENTION TO-DEVELOP
A CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX IN NEWPORT CENTER AND
URGING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE COUNTY
TO SELECT NEWPORT CENTER AS THE SITE FOR THE
PROPOSED MUNICIPAL COURT FACILITY FOR THE ORANGE
COUNTY HARBOR JUDICIAL DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
has determined that it will be necessary to construct a new city
hall and police facility in the immediate future in order to
accommodate the growing needs of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has employed the firm of
Stone & Youngberg to act as financial advisers for the proposed
civic center project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has employed Welton Becket &
Associates and Economic Research Associates to make a compre-
hensive study and evaluation of alternate sites which were
specified by the Council site selection committee for the civic
center complex; and
WHEREAS, said site selection study recommended that the
City Council select a site in Newport Center; and
WHEREAS, a site selection committee known as the Civic
Center Citizens Advisory Committee, comprised of prominent
Newport Beach citizens appointed by the City Council, unanimously
endorsed the consultants' recommendation of Newport Center as
the most desirable site for the civic center complex; and
WHEREAS, the committee known as the Civic Center Site
Selection Committee, composed of Councilmen and Planning
Commissioners, concluded that Newport Center appeared to be the
most logical of all sites studied for the new civic center; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has employed Cedric A. White,
M.A.I., to appraise the proposed site in Newport Center and
the present city hall site, and has directed a committee
composed of the Mayor, two Councilmen, City Manager and City
Attorney to commence negotiations with the Irvine Company for
acquisition of the proposed site; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that there is sufficient
land available in the proposed civic center site to accommodate
• the new court facilities for the Orange County Harbor Judicial
District; and
WHEREAS, there would be significant advantages to both
the City of Newport Beach and the County of Orange if the court
facilities were master planned as a part of the Newport Center
civic center complex;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach:
1. That the City Council hereby declares its intention
to proceed with the development of a new civic center complex
in Newport Center, subject to consummation of property acquisition
to the satisfaction of the City and to the development of a feasible
program for financing the project;
2. That the City Council hereby urges the Orange
County Board of Supervisors to select Newport Center as the site
for the Orange County Harbor Judicial District court facilites;
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3. That the City Council hereby assures the Board of
Supervisors of its full cooperation and support in making this
proposed project a success.
ADOPTED this 13th day of January , 1969.
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