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Insider's Guide
Subject: FW: Insider's Guide for the Newport Beach City Council Meeting of April 10, 2018
Hi Everyone --
I am late this weekend/week with the Insider's Guide. In fact, if I can't get the we.bmail to work from home, you might
be seeing this on Monday. I apologize!
But whether it's Sunday or Monday, here is what's going on at the upcoming Newport Beach City Council meeting set for
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018. -Meetings are held in the Newport Beach Civic Center at 100 Civic Center Drive - the public is
always welcome. I do not highlight all of the items on the agenda -please go to the City's webpage and review the
agenda if you want to see all of the items.
• There is a brief study session in the afternoon with a number of presentations, like National Library Week. Lots of
cool stuff happening during the upcoming week at our always -terrific Newport Beach Public Library system. Study
Session starts at 4:30 in case you want to attend. Then the Regular Session starts at 7:00 p.m. The items that seem
worthy of highlighting and/or explaining are these:
• With the Balboa Peninsula Trolley getting prepared to roll into its second summer (with some changes, like the
offsite parking area will be off of our Avon Street Lot near Tustin Avenue, instead of at the Lower Hoag Campus), the
Council will be asked to finalize the grant agreement with OCTA that helps fund the program.
• A quiet but important agenda item involves the disposition of a special improvement district's reserves - in this case,
back to the property owners associated with the taxes paid into the district. This includes about 273 parcels, and is
part of what we referred to as the Circulation Improvement and Open Space Agreement (CIOSA) that was
envisioned in 1995.
• The Council will consider an amendment to the city manager's contract (that's me) that plans for a transition for me,
as well as for a recruitment for a new city manager. I'm actually not allowed to comment on it, so I will save you
some reading time.
• Lastly, the Council will consider an action relating to Senate Bill 54 (De Leon, 2017) which some have dubbed the
"Sanctuary State" act. The Council previously opposed aspects of SB 54 as it was going through the Legislature last
year. The proposed resolution to be considered on Tuesday would state the City's continued opposition to SB 54.
As always, I enjoy hearing from you about this or any other community issue involving the city government. So does the
City Council - remember that you can email them at citycouncil@newportbeachca.gov to express your thoughts or
ideas.
Thanks for reading!
Sincerely,
Dave Kiff
City Manager
dkiff@newportbeachca. ov
949-644-3001