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
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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:
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