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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
DECEMBER 12, 2017
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH
CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
REORGANIZATION - SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS AT 7:00 P.M.
KEVIN MULDOON, Mayor
DUFFY DUFFIELD, Mayor Pro Tem
BRAD AVERY, Council Member
DIANE B. DIXON, Council Member
JEFF HERDMAN, Council Member
WILL O'NEILL, Council Member
SCOTT PEOTTER, Council Member
DAVE KIFF, City Manager
AARON HARP, City Attorney
LEILANI BROWN, City Clerk
CAROL JACOBS, Assistant City Manager
NOTICE REGARDING PRESENTATIONS REQUIRING USE OF CITY EQUIPMENT
Any presentation requiring the use of the City of Newport Beach's equipment must be submitted to the City Clerk 24 hours
prior to the scheduled City Council meeting.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
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.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The City provides a yellow sign -in card for those wishing to address the City 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 City Council. If you do fill out the card, please place it in the box at the podium. Any times listed in this agenda
are provided as a courtesy and the actual item may be heard either before or after the time given.
This agenda was prepared by the City Clerk and staff reports are available at the City Clerk's Office located at 100 Civic Center
Drive (Bay E, 2nd Floor). Staff reports or other written documentation have been prepared or organized with respect to each
item of business listed on the agenda. 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,
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NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH
DECEMBER 12, 2017
CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
REORGANIZATION - SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS AT 7:00 P.M.
I. ROLL CALL - 6:00 p.m.
II. PUBLIC COMMENTS
The City provides a yellow sign -in card to assist in the preparation of the minutes. The completion of
the card is not required in order to address the City Council. If the optional sign -in card has been
completed, it should be placed in the box provided at the podium.
The City Council of Newport Beach welcomes and encourages community participation. Public
comments are invited on items listed on the agenda and non -agenda items. Speakers must limit
comments to three (3) minutes per person to allow everyone to speak. Written comments are
encouraged as well. The City Council has the discretion to extend or shorten the time limit on agenda
or non -agenda items.
III. CLOSED SESSION - Council Chambers Conference Room
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
EXISTING LITIGATION
(Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1)): 1 matter
City of Newport Beach v. United States Federal Aviation Administration et al.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Case Number 17-1008
IV. RECESS
V. RECONVENE AT 6:30 P.M. FOR REGULAR MEETING
VI. ROLL CALL
VII. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
VIII. INVOCATION
IX. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
X. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The City provides a yellow sign -in card to assist in the preparation of the minutes. The completion of
the card is not required in order to address the City Council. If the optional sign -in card has been
completed, it should be placed in the box provided at the podium.
The City Council of Newport Beach welcomes and encourages community participation. Public
comments are generally limited to three (3) minutes per person to allow everyone to speak. Written
comments are encouraged as well. The City Council has the discretion to extend or shorten the time
limit on agenda or non -agenda items. As a courtesy, please turn cell phones off or set them in the
silent mode.
XI. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (NON -DISCUSSION ITEM)
City Council Meeting
December 12, 2017
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XII. MATTERS WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA
• Consideration of a review and update of regulations on passenger charter vessels in
Newport Harbor, to address the size of vessels, parking, amplified noise, water quality
and the City's enforcement practices (Dixon)
XIII. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CONSENT CALENDAR
This is the time in which Council Members may pull items from the CONSENT CALENDAR for
discussion (ITEMS 1 - 4). Public comments are also invited on Consent Calendar items. Speakers
must limit comments to three (3) minutes. Before speaking, please state your name for the record. If
any item is removed from the Consent Calendar by a Council Member, members of the public are
invited to speak on each item for up to three (3) minutes per item.
All matters listed under CONSENT CALENDAR are considered to be routine and will all be enacted
by one motion in the form listed below. 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 City Council votes on the motion unless members of the City Council request specific
items to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.
XIV. CONSENT CALENDAR
READING OF MINUTES AND ORDINANCES
1. Minutes for the November 28, 2017 City Council Meetings
Waive reading of subject minutes, approve as written, and order filed.
2. Reading of Ordinances
Waive reading in full of all ordinances under consideration, and direct the City Clerk to read by
title only.
ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION
3. Newport Banning Ranch Repeal Ordinance Adoption
a) Determine that this action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not
a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of
Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change
to the environment, directly or indirectly. In addition, determine that this action is not a project
under CEQA because it is a ministerial action. (Pub. Resources Code, § 21080, subd.
(b)(1).); and
b) Conduct second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 2017-17, An Ordinance of the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach, California, Repealing All Approvals for the Newport Banning
Ranch Planned Community Project (PA2008-114).
MISCELLANEOUS
4. Planning Commission Agenda for the December 7, 2017 Meeting
Receive and file.
ACTION: MOVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS
REMOVED
City Council Meeting
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XV. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
XVI. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON -AGENDA ITEMS
Public comments are invited on non -agenda items generally considered to be within the subject
matter jurisdiction of the City Council. Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes. Before
speaking, please state your name for the record.
XVII. ORAL REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
XVIII. REORGANIZATION - SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS AT 7:00 P.M.
5. Presentation of Certificate of Recognition to Mayor Muldoon by District Director
Tim Whitacre, on behalf of Chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors Michelle Steele
6. Presentation of Gavel Plaque to Outgoing Mayor Kevin Muldoon and Remarks by
Outgoing Mayor
7. Election of Mayor
The City Clerk presides over the election of the Mayor. The City Clerk, in presiding, places all
members of the Council on an equal basis to nominate and elect.
a) Conduct verbal nominations for Mayor and conduct election by roll call vote;
b) The new Mayor is announced by the City Clerk; and
c) The Mayor takes his/her proper place at Council dais.
8. Election of Mayor Pro Tem
The Mayor presides over the election of the Mayor Pro Tem. The Mayor, in presiding, places all
members of the Council on an equal basis to nominate and elect.
a) Conduct verbal nominations for Mayor Pro Tem and conduct election by roll call vote;
b) The new Mayor Pro Tem is announced by the City Clerk; and
c) The Mayor Pro Tem takes his/her proper place at Council dais.
9. Seating Arrangements for City Council
Council decides on seating arrangement of Council dais (per Council Policy A-1, Council
Members elected in 2014 would have first preference, then Council Members elected in 2016 —
In the event of equal seniority, selection of seats shall be made by the Council Member who
received the highest margin of victory percentage in the most recent election).
10. New Mayor Remarks
XIX. MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
A motion to reconsider the vote on any action taken by the City Council at either this meeting or the
previous meeting may be made only by one of the Council Members who voted with the prevailing
side.
XX. ADJOURNMENT
Testimony given before the City Council is recorded.
The timing light will turn yellow when the speaker has one minute left.
The timing light will turn red when the speaker has 10 seconds left.
PLEASE TURN CELL PHONES OFF OR SET IN SILENT MODE.