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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MINUTES 4 -16 -07
Draft minutes of the Environmental Quality Affairs Committee held at the City of Newport Beach
Police Department Auditorium, 870 Santa Barbara Drive, on Monday, April 16, 2007.
Members Present:
X
Nancy Gardner, Council Member
/4X
Sandra Haskell
X
Michael Henn, Council Member
X
Barry Allen
Bruce Asper - excused
Dolores Otting, Vice Chair
Kimberly Jameson
/4X
Kristine Adams
Marianne Zippi - excused
Arlene Greer
X
X
X
Matt Wiley
Jack Wu - excused
Jennifer Winn - excused
/4X
Ray Halowski
Brent Cooper - excused
Barbara Thibault - excused
X
Laura Dietz
/_ X
Merritt Van Sant
X
Kenneth Drellishak, Chair
Robert Rush - excused
X
Laura Curran
John Moftakhar
X
Michael Smith
Staff Representatives: Guests Present:
X Assistant City Manager Sharon Wood Richard and Karen Julian
Phillip Bettencourt
Tim Stokes
Chairperson Ken Drellishak called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m.
1. Minutes of March 19, 2007
Ray Halowski moved to approve the minutes as written. Sandra Haskell seconded the
motion.
Kristine Adams and Arlene Greer were added to the Hyatt subcommittee, and Sandra
Haskell was moved from the Hyatt subcommittee to the Hoag Hospital subcommittee.
Motion passed unanimously
2.
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2. Appointment of Subcommittee to Review Draft Mitigated Declaration for Aerie Condominium
Project, 201 -205 & 207 Carnation Avenue and 101 Bayside Place
Members were appointed to the Subcommittee with assignments as follows:
Aesthetics
Agriculture and Air Quality
Geology and Soils
Hazards and Biological Resources
Hydrology and Water Quality
Land use and Planning
Noise, Population /Housing and
Public Services
Traffic and Utilities
Sandra Haskell
Dolores Otting
Arlene Greer
Laura Dietz
Matt Wiley
Ray Halowski
Merritt Van Sant
Laura Curran
Brent Cooper
Barbara Thibault
John Moftakhar
Barry Allen
To have comments ready for the next Planning Commission hearing scheduled for May 17,
the Committee changed the May meeting date to May 7.
3. Discussion of Duties and Responsibilities of EQAC
After discussion, the Committee recommended no changes to the City Council Resolution
establishing EQAC. Council Member Gardner suggested that EQAC should increase
liaison with other committees, and the Committee requested a new standing agenda item for
a report from the Coastal /Bay Water Quality Committee. Council Member Henn suggested
that the City Manager communicate to EQAC that they should review the negative
declaration for any project that the Committee believes is significant. Laura Dietz moved that
the Chairperson be responsible for regular review of the Planning Department Case Log to
determine which negative declarations should be reviewed by EQAC. Laura Curran
seconded the motion.
Motion passed unanimously
4. Economic Development Committee Report
Chairperson Drellishak reported on a discussion of parking at the March meeting, and that
EDC had recommended that the City Council include funding in the 2007 -08 budgetfora
consultant to study and make recommendations for specific areas of the City.
5. Report from Membership Subcommittee
Sharon Wood reported that she had advised Council Member Webb of the vacancy from
District 3.
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6. Report from Staff on Current Projects
Sharon Wood reported that there were no changes in EIR schedules from the information
presented in March. She also advised the Committee that the City Council had approved a
contract with consultants to rewrite the Zoning Code, as part of implementing the new
General Plan.
7. Public Comments
None
8. Future Agenda Items
Ray Halowski requested that EQAC explore the "Zero Waste" program and attend a
conference being held on the subject on June 7.
9. Adjournment—
The meeting was adjourned at 8:38 p.m. to Monday, May 7, 2007
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