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Regular Meeting
December 8, 2020
January 12, 2021
Agenda Item No. 1
Mayor O'Neill reflected on the accomplishments of 2020, the Year of the Volunteer, including
replacement of the Lido Fire Station and waterlines, responses to mutual aid fire calls, repaving
roads, focus on unfunded pension liabilities and the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
allocation, improved response to homelessness, recognition of volunteers, and response to COVID-
19. He presented gifts to each Council Member and encouraged everyone to patronize local
businesses and restaurants.
Council Member Brenner thanked Mayor O'Neill for his leadership and for doing an incredible job,
and added that the Year of the Volunteer has been very meaningful.
Council Member Dixon thanked Mayor O'Neill for an outstanding year of leadership, performing an
unprecedented number of acts of substance on behalf of the City, working closely with the Board of
Supervisors, and believed the City has benefited from his wise counsel and steady hand.
Council Member Duffield appreciated Mayor O'Neill's extraordinary efforts during the year.
Council Member Muldoon stated Mayor O'Neill has sho ing level-headedness and
temperament.
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Mayor Pro Tem Avery believed handling the COVID-19 pandemic brought Mayor O'Neill's skills to
the forefront for the benefit of the City and its resi ts, and stated that his dedication, intellect,
and ability to communicate gave the community _
CERTIFICATION OF GENERAL MUNICIPA I RESULTS
9. Resolution No. 2020-104: Certificatio*.Genera Municipal Election Results [39/10-2020]
City Clerk Brown provided a brief staff report and announced that the City's voter turnout was over
91%.
Jim Mosher discussed Council districts and the expectation that Council Members will represent all
of Newport Beach and added that, if a Council Member prefers to represent only the district in which
he/she lives, the Council Member should request a Charter amendment so that he/she is elected only
by the voters of his/her district.
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Ruth Sanchez -Kobayashi noted Mayor O'Neill has led the City through the darkness of the COVID-
19 pandemic and requested that Council Members re-elect him as Mayor.
Motion by Council Member Dixon, seconded by Council Member Muldoon, to a) determine
this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections
15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this action will not result in a physical
change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and b) adopt Resolution No. 2020-104, A
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Reciting the Fact of the
General Municipal Election Held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and Declaring the Result and Such
Other Matters as Provided by Law.
With Council Member Herdman absent, the motion carried 6-0.
REORGANIZATION
Jim Mosher noted the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem positions are largely ceremonial and, if Council wants
all Council Members to serve as Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, they need to rotate the positions each year
with no repetition.
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