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Agenda Item No, 1
City of Newport Beach
Study Session and Regular Meeting
April 25, 2017
Council Policy B-9, Nanning of City Parks and Facilities, to allow the City Council to renatne
.'Ensign View Park" to "John Wayne Park," and c) adopt. Resolution No. 2017-30, A Resolution of
the Ci(, Council of the Cita of Newport Beach, California., Changing the Na.rrre of Ensign. View Park
to John 5'ayne Park to Honor the For•rner Resident.
Nancy Skinner urged the Council to follow the process. She suggested something in Bay Shore be
named after John Wayne.
Jim Mosher endorsed the motion made by Council Member Avery. He suggested the park was
named to identify it since it is near Ensign Intermediate School- He suggested other naming
opportunities.
Council Member O'Neill discussed the purpose of the Subcommittee on Council Policies. He
suggested the name of the park go through the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission.
Motion by Council Member O'Neill, seconded by Council Member Dixon,, to table the item,
pending review by the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission.
City Attorney Harp stated the Council policy was to have one substitute motion.
Council Member O'Neill stated Roberts Rule of Order allowed for two motions and he did not recall
the policy determining the number of motions allowed. City Attorney Harp stated the Council's
past practice was to allow only one substitute motion. City Clerk Brown stated either motion could
be voted upon.
Mayor Muldoon gave an impassioned speech on the importance of John Wayne and the Cancer
Foundation to Newport Beach. He explained his reasoning for suggesting renaming the park,
Council Member Peotter's motion carried by the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Council Member Herdman, Council Member O'Neill, Council Member Peotter, Mayor Pro
Tem Duffield, Mayor Muldoon
Nays: Council Member Avery, Council Member Dixon
15. Appointments to the Harbor Conunission [241100-20171
City Clerk Brown provided the staff report and explained the voting process. She reported that, if
Council voted to extend one of the new Harbor Commissioners terms from dune 30, 2017 to June
30, 2021, the nominee receiving the most votes will receive the 2021 term.
Motion by Council Member Peotter, seconded by Council Member Dixon, to extend one of
the new Harbor Commissioner's terms from June 30, 2017 to June 30. 2021.
The motion carried by the following roll call vote:
Ayes. Council Member Herdman, Council Member Avery. Council Member Dixon, Council
Member Peotter, Council Member O'Neill. Mayor Pro Tem Duffield, Mayor Muldoon
City Clerk Brown read the ballot votes for the Harbor Commission as follows:
Ira Beer — Council Member Peotter, Mayor Muldoon
Scott. Cunningham — Council Member Herdman, Council Member Avery, Council Member Dixon,
Council Member Peotter, Council Member O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Duffield, Mayor Muldoon
Jamshed Dastur -- Council Member: Dixon
John Drayton — Council Member Avery, Mayor Pro Tem Duffield
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