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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11005 - Upper Newport Bay DredgingRESOLUTION NO. 11005 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AND THE IRVINE COMPANY FOR PLACEMENT OF EXCAVATED MATERIAL ON "SITE A" IN RELATION TO UPPER NEWPORT BAY DREDGING WHEREAS, the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and the City of Newport Beach (City) plan to dredge and excavate portions of Upper Newport Bay and San Diego Creek above the Bay and both require a convenience to dewater and deposit the resulting spoil material; and WHEREAS, The Irvine Company (TIC) owns a parcel of real property on the south side of San Diego Creek between Jamboree Road and MacArthur Boulevard, referred to as "Site A ", within close proximity to the proposed dredging and excavation operation; and WHEREAS, TIC is willing to allow DFG and /or City to use said property for a specified period of time in conjunction with the desaltation and restoration project in Upper Newport Bay and San Diego Creek; and WHEREAS, "Site A" currently appears on the Newport Beach General Plan as a site having a primary use as a public works reserve and a secondary use as general industry; and WHEREAS, City proposes to perform an interim early action plan to provide sediment control protection for Upper Newport Bay, which work consists of deepening the San Diego Creek Channel from MacArthur Boulevard to beyond Campus Drive, installing drop in a control structure in the channel and dredging a basin downstream on Jamboree Road; and WHEREAS, the use of the property known as "Site A" is considered a source of local matching value for a pending grant 1 8 under the Clean Water Bond Funds, the value of the use of the site for such purposes is agreed to be not less than $1 million dollars; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed said agreement and finds it to be just and equitable; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the Agreement between the California Department of Fish and Game, the City of Newport Beach and The Irvine Company for placement of excavated material be and it is hereby approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City of Newport Beach for the use of "Site A" as a disposal site for Upper Newport Bay dredging. ADOPTED this 27th day of July, 1981. ATTEST: 1 City Clerk z HRC /bf 7/22/81