HomeMy WebLinkAbout00 - Insider's GuideOctober 25, 2016
Insider's Guide
From: Kiff, Dave
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 2:18 PM
Subject: Insider's Guide for Tuesday, October 25, 2016
A happy Friday to all.
Here's what's on the agenda for the Newport Beach City Council meeting of Tuesday, October 25, 2016.
i'x'€ore detailed Council meeting information is at the end of the Guide. I don't summarize every item on the agenda, so
make sure you look at the City Clerk's agenda page to read the whole agenda if you'd like.
There will be a study session starting at 4:50 .m., with one item that's an important one:
The Implementation Plan (IP) to the Local Coastal Program (LCP), Wait! Don't ship to the next section! if you live in
the Coastal Zone, chug some caffeine and read these paragraphs. You all know of the Coastal Commission. It was
created when the voters of California passed Proposition 20 (which enacted the Coastal Act) in 1972. The Coastal
Act said, among other things, that California would have a Coastal Commission that guided land use decisions within
the Coastal tone. The Coastal Zone is, generally, the waterward side of a line drawn from the Oregon border to
Mexico along the coast and bays generally between the waves and a major road, like PCH (but not always!). So lots
of Newport Beach is in the Coastal Zone.
The Coastal Act also suggests that local governments in the Coastal Zone have "Local Coastal Programs
(LCPs)." Think of an LCP as a rnini-Coastal Act for each community, with the City Council acting as the Coastal
Commission. I`iriany cities have LCPs, but Newport Beach has not had one — ever. Ok, take a breather. That's a lot to
digest.
Part II of this discussion is us getting Newport Beach's LCP finished and adopted. An LCP consists of two things — a
plan for land use designations (like residential here, commercial there, etc) called a Coastal Land Use Plan (CLUP)
plus an Implementation Plan (lP). The IP is a big document that tells than processes and procedures we'll use to
adhere to the Coastal Act. Like ways we'll protect public views, encourage visitor access, enhance natural habitat,
and much more. The Coastal Commission itself has to approve both the: CLUP and the IP. The CLUP was approved
several years ago, and the IP is the main subject hare. When both, are approved, you add them together to get a
Local Coastal Program (woo-hoo!).
So today, we have an approved CLUP and a Commission -approved IP. But the Council needs to consider re -
approving the IP as the Coastal Commission amended it (a bit) from what we asked for. The amendments are not
too significant, but we need to sere what the community and Council think about it. Thus this study session. There
are: only a few issues where the City ultimately disagreed (gently) with what the Comrsaission approved — one
involved increasing required setbacks from a upper Bay blufftop section of Galaxy in Westcliff (if residents there
remodel more than 501 € f their homes). Please follow along if you can — if you can't, the item comes back again at
a night session for formal adoption before the close of the year.
I'lae night's regular session will begin at 7.00 p.m. Here's what might be of interest to you:
An item stating the City's opposition to Proposition 57 (on the November 8, 2016 General Flection ballot) relating to
early release for certain offenses.
An agreement between Newport -Mesa USD and the City to renovate the Newport Elementary School grass field. If
approved, construction could occur in Summer of 2017. Thanks to ;all of the Newport El parents who raised a gentle
but persuasive ruckus over the need for the field to be re -clone, and thanks to the folks at NMUSD for helping fund
half of it.
• The annual review of a zoning agreement between the City and Sober Living by the Sea is scheduled. Generally,
staff continues to find Sl_l3TS in compliance with the agreement, as has been the practice in the last several years.
• 'The Newport Harbor Yacht Club's reconstruction is up for approval, as well as a donation from the NHYC of $350K
for a nice public: pier near Lido Marina Village.
• Two large contracts come back atter being continued for some more work -- one involves the (still) long-awaited
Serninouk Slough dredging (a $1..57M item).
Some random notes:
Huntington Reach Air Show. As folks in vilest Newport Beach have discovered, the Breitling - Huntington Beach Air
Show is underway with practice flights yesterday and today and the main show over the weekend (Sat and Sun),
generally in the afternoons from Noor; to 4:00 p.m. Many planes will be on the quiet side, but there will be the US
Hair Force Thunderbirds too (I just watched them practice from the windows of the Civic Center and it was
amazing!). , if you live in Eastbluff, the FAA may be diverting some JWA commercial flights over the Eastbluff area
for a few hours as the Thunderbirds are practicing as well as during their show. This could impact Corona del Mar,
too, as these same flights going over Eastbluff will keep to that straight line and stay a little east of the
Jetty. Hopefully many folks will enjoy the show (it was the talk of the gym this morning -- in a good way), though
we've certainly had some callers upset about it. This went through the City of Huntington Beach's permit
processes.
The amazing reel -rock town of Seclona, Arizona, has made the excellent choice to select Newport Beach's Deputy
Police Chief Dave McGill as its next police Chief. We are all happy for !Nave and Kim McGill, who both are longtime
Newport residents. Dave joined us from LAPD over four years ago, and I was always appreciative of how well he
engaged with the community. I wish Dave and Kim good health, enjoyable work, and safe mountain biking in that
beautiful place.
Museum House project. At last night's Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Commission voted 7-0 to
recommend approval of the 1.00 -unit Museum House project at the Orange County Museum of Arts site in Newport
Center. This means that the project comes next to the City Council meeting, likely in either late November or early
December, It is not scheduled for the October 25`� meeting and I likely will not schedule it for November R, either,
as that is Election Day and folks' rninds will be elsewhere. I know mine will. More than usual, I mean.
Speaking of schedules, ,hat's left in teras of meetings We are trying to schedule a handful of big items (like
Museum House, AutoNation and the f.CP/lP) and several small but important ones (like updating our Building and
Fire Codes) before the close of the year, and as the Council transitions with three new members on December
13"1. We will do our very best to avoid conflict -laden meeting dates (like Election Day) and give you plenty of
advanced notice of meeting schedules for these items. Please keep watching the Guide for updates.
As always, thanks for reading. Feel free to forward this Guide to family, friends and members of your HOA if you
represent one. I always like hearing from you, too, so please don't hesitate to ask a question or offer a comment.
Sincerely,
Dave Kiff
City Manager
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City Council Meeting Information: The Newport Beach City Council meets on the 1r"s and 0' Tuesdays of most months
(the exceptions are August and December). Typically, there is a Study Session that starts at 4:00 p.m. Study sessions
arca times for the Council to tape a deeper look at a specific issue, or hear a presentation, that might eventually lead to a
specific and more formal action. A closed session often follows the Study Session. Closed sessions are typically to
address legal, personnel, and other matters where additional confidentiality is important. The Regular (evening)
Session typically starts at 7:00 p.rn., and often has a specific listing of 20-40 different items ready for formal
voxes. Items on the "Consent Calendar" are heard all at once, unless a Council member has removed (aka "pulled") an
iter; frorn the Consent Calendar for specific discussion and separate vote. If an iters on the agenda is recommended to
be"continued", it means that the item won't be heard nor vented on that evening, but will be pushed forward to another
noticed meeting.
Public Comment is welcomed at both the Study Session and the regular Session. The public can comment on any item
on the agenda. If you want to comment on a Consent Calendar item that was not pulled from the Consent Calendar by a
Council Member, you will wart to do so at the time listed can the agenda — right before the Council votes on they entire
Consent Calendar (it's Roman numeral XIII on the posted agenda), If an item is pulled, the Mayor will offe=r- that
members of the public can cormment as that specific item is heard separately. Additionally, there is a specific section of
Public Cornrnent For items not on the agenda, but on a subject of some relationship to the city government. If you
cannot attend a meeting and/or want to communicate with the City Council directly, this e rnail gets to all of
therm: CityCour:cil(cDnew ortbE g(,hca.zp�,o€i. Pleases know that I gest a copy of that e --mail, too, because in almost all cases
it's sornething that the City Manager follows -up on. It's my head -start.
he Council meets in the Council Chambers at _ 00 Civic C Drive off of Avocado ettwe n Sari Migp r1 East Coast
j iig w �_. There is plenty of parking in the parking structure behind City Mall. You are always welcome to attend in
person, but you can also watch on TV (Channels 3/31) or on your computer.
This Insider's Guide is not an attempt to summarize every item on the Agenda --just the ones that seem of specific
interest to Dave. i encourage you to read the full agenda if you wish.