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Home My WebLink About0 - Regular Meeting AgendaCITY COUNCIL AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Regular Council Meeting - 7:00 p.m. JOHN HEFFERNAN MAYOR DON WEBB Mayor Pro Tern TOD W. RIDGEWAY Council Member STEVEN ROSANSKY Council Member LESLIE J. DAIGLE Council Member EDWARD D. SELICH Council Member RICHARD A. NICHOLS Council Member HOMER BLUDAU - City Manager, ROBIN CLAUSON - City Attorney, LAVONNE HARKLESS - City Clerk, STEPHEN G. BADUM - Director of Public Works, SHARON Z. WOOD - Assistant City Manager. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The City provides a yellow sign -in card for those wishing to address the Council to assist in the preparation of the minutes. The cards are available in the lobby of the Council Chambers. Speakers are not required to submit a card as a condition to addressing the Council. If you do fill out the card please place it in the box at the podium. 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 71:00 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. NB106 SWNS rr6rou 6 A Cenfu,` . NFWPORT BEACH 1906 2006 eJ ./ �� NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD November 8, 2005 STUDY SESSION - Cancelled CLOSED SESSION - [Refer to separate agenda from City Attorney] RECESS A. RECONVENE AT 7:00 P.M. FOR REGULAR MEETING B. ROLL CALL C. CLOSED SESSION REPORT (if annlicable) D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE E. INVOCATION F. PRESENTATIONS Orange County Human Relations Commission. Presentation of Check from Friends of the Library. Recognition of Max Moosmann - Castaway Park Kiosk and Justin Towers - Irvine Terrace Park Railing - Eagle Scout Projects. G. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The City prof ;ides o. yellow sign•in card to assist in the preparation of the minutes. The conipletion of the card is not required in order to address the Council. As a courtesy, please turn cell phones and pagers off or set th,ena in the silent mode. 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 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 — 7) are considered by the Council to be routine and will all be enacted by one motion in the form listed beloul. The City Council Members have received detailed staff reports on each of the items recommending an action. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Council votes on the motion unless ntentbers of the Council, staff or the public request specific items to be discussed and /or removed front 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 i.nuitation by the Mayor, state their name and item number. If the optional sign -in card has been completed it should be placed in the box provided at the podium. READING OF MINUTESIORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 1. MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR AND REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 25, 2005. Waive reading of subject minutes, approve as written and order filed. 20 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. RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION 3. RESOLUTION REQUESTING A $15.000 CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION GRANT FOR HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT. 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2005 -_ requesting a $15,000 grant from the California Coastal Commission for new educational material; and 2) direct staff to implement educational material /development program if the whale tale grant application is approved by the Coastal Commission. 4. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN ON PARK GREEN DRIVE AT SANDCASTLE DRIVE. Adopt Resolution No. 2005 -_ requiring all traffic on Park Green Drive to stop at Sandcastle Drive. CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS 5. AMENDMENT TO NEWPORT COAST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. 1) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Park West Landscape Maintenance, Inc. for landscape maintenance in the Newport Coast area; and 2) approve a budget amendment (06BA -025) in the amount of $34,980 to fund the cost of annual maintenance for the five view parks and two adjacent parking lots conveyed by the County of Orange to the City on July 1, 2005. 6. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. Approve the MOU with the Firefighters Association for the three - year period of January 2005 through December 2007. SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO 5 MINUTES ON AGENDA ITEMS. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT A CHECK FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE NEWPORT BEACH LIBRARY AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS BUDGET ACCOUNTS FOR FY 2005/06. Approve a budget amendment (06BA -026) increasing revenue estimates by $171,950 in 4010 -5892, Library — Friends of the Library, and increasing maintenance and operations expenditure estimates by $171,950 in Division 4091. Friends. ACTION: MOVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS REMOVED. J. PUBLIC COMMENTS Public Comments are invited on non- 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. K. ORAL REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES Status report — Ad Hoc General Plan Update Committee (GPUC) 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 — City Centennial 2006 Committee Status report — City Council /Citizens Ad Hoc Committee for Marina Park Planning Status report — City Council Ad Hoc Marina Park Advisory Committee Status report — Other Committee Activities L. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA AND ORAL STATUS REPORT S. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2005. Action: 1) Receive oral report on the most recent Planning Commission actions; 2) Council Member appeal of Planning Commission, Modification Committee or Planning Director approvals subject to appeal; and 3) Receive and file written report. M. CONTINUED BUSINESS 9. GENERAL PLAN UPDATE — REVIEW DRAFT GOALS AND POLICIES FOR THE RECREATION ELEMENT (CONTD. FROM 10/25/05), Action: Review the draft General Plan goals and policies related to Recreation Element. SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO 5 MINUTES ON AGENDA ITEMS. N. CURRENT BUSINESS 10. CITYWIDE WAYFINDING & DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM. Action: Receive and file. 11. UNSCHEDULED VACANCY ON THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. Action: 1) Declare a vacancy on the Civil Service Board (City Council nominee) due to the death of Robert Badham on October 20, 2005 (term expires 6/30/06): 2) Approve the extension of the term to June 30, 2010 (one full four -year term plus the remaining balance of the unexpired term): 3) Confirm the Mayor's appointment of , and to serve on the Ad -Hoc Appointments Committee; and 4) Approve the process to be used for the selection of the replacement (select one method): a. Direct the City Clerk to advertise the vacancy pursuant to Council Policy A -2; OR b. Forego the advertising and application process and direct the City Clerk to forward the five (5) applications currently on file to the committee for them to review and conduct any necessary interviews. O. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR P. MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION A motion to reconsider the note on anv action taken. by the City Council at either this meeting or the preulous meeting may be made only by one of the Council members who noted with the preuailiag side. Q. ADJOURNMENT 4 SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO 5 MINUTES ON AGENDA ITEMS