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Home My WebLink About03/19/1957 - Adjourned Regular Meetinga R -4613 adopted Mayor Hill presented Resolution No. 4613, authorizing the Mayor and execu oi—Joint City Clerk to execute Joint Powers Agreement by and between the City of owers reement. Newport Beach and the City of Costa Mesa, with respect to the acquisition, construction, maintenance, repair, management, operation and control of a joint project consisting of a water storage reservoir and appurtenances thereto. On motion of Councilman Ridderhof, seconded by Councilman MacKay and carried, Resolution No. 4613 was adopted by the following roll call ' vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Hart, Wilder,MacKay, Stoddard, Higbie, Ridderhof, Hill NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None R -4614 adopted, Mayor Hill presented Resolution No. 4614, authorizing the Mayor and reement etween City Clerk to execute an Agreement between the City of Newport Beach, �Newport eac Costa the City of Costa Mesa, and The Irvine Company. On motion of Councilman Mesa, The ry ne Ridderhof, seconded by Councilman MacKay and carried, Resolution No. 4614 many. was adopted by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Hart, Wilder, MacKay, Stoddard, Higbie, Ridderhof, Hill NOES,_ COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None Additional business. Mayor Hill stated that the discussion of matters concerning the reservoir was completed and the City Manager could proceed with additional business. Mr. Brandt commissioned On motion of Councilman MacKay, seconded by Councilman Stoddard and to es .n a new carried, Mr. Rexford Brandt was commissioned to design a new official seal o cga sea . for the City of Newport Beach. Re removal of On motion of Councilman Stoddard, seconded by Councilman Wilder and Hosp to atgr Pier >11 carried, the City Manager's plans for the removal of "Hospitality Pier," ' Harbor Master's former headquarters, were approved. Adjournment. On motion of Councilman Stoddard, seconded by Councilman MacKay and carried, the meeting was adjourned to 4:00 P.M., March 19, 1957, and the City Manager was instructed to invite the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa to meet for lunch on March 19th, or later in the afternoon, or to meet at 4:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the City of Newport Beach. Fy or/ ATTEST: M C�-gaa�4 S r-L-� cites er Second adjourned The City regular session. regular sessii P.M. Roll call. The roll Hart, Wilder, absent. March 19, 1957 Council of the City of Newport Beach met in a second adjourned m in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at the hour of 4:00 was called, the following members being present: Councilmen ' MacKay, Stoddard, Higbie and Hill; Councilman Ridderhof being Costa Mesa's Among others in the audience were Costa Mesa's City Manager Robert representatives. senta es. Unger, City Attorney Donald Dungan, and City Clerk Arlie Swartz. Statement from The City Manager Robert Shelton read the statement delivered at 7:25 Costa WeLa Cast P.M. to the Council at its meeting held March 18,1957, bearing the signatures ount�ca. oar ere of each of the Council members of the Council of the City of Costa Mesa. Said receive an led. statement is set forth verbatim in the minutes of the Council meeting of the City of Newport Beach held on March 18, 1957. On motion of Councilman Stoddard, seconded by Councilman Hart and carried, said communication was ordered received and filed. Message sent to Costa The City Manager stated that on instructions from the City Council during Mesa Councz . the evening meeting of March 18, he dispatched the following message to the Costa Mesa City Council: "Costa Mesa City Council "Attn: Robert Unger, City Manager "The Newport Beach City Council acted tonight to adopt resolutions required for the purpose of holding an election on the reservoir matter , May 14. The Council adjourned until 4:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 19, in the event that the Costa Mesa City Council desires to meet informally with the Newport Beach City Council prior to that time. It was suggested that if such a meeting is desired, it could be held at noon or at any time between noon and the scheduled 4:00 P.M. adjourned meeting, or at the adjourned meeting. 0-11 "The statement of Costa_Mesa.policy, couched in the form of a motion and signed by all members of the Costa Mesa City Council, was read at the Newport Beach Council meeting tonight. ' /s/ R.S. Shelton" Mayor Hill stated that Mayor Claire Nelson of Costa Mesa had Statements of Mayor called upon her at her office during the afternoon of March 19, Hilll re position o and that he had stated that the Council of Costa Mesa would remain Costa Mesa. adamant in its position of not proceeding with the joint project for the proposed reservoir in view of the fact that the City of Newport Beach could see no alternatives other than either appealing the annexation suits or dropping the controversial annexations altogether to start proceedings anew. A discussion was had, and although the Council of the City Newport Beach to of Newport Beach was reluctant to discard all the arrangements made .-rooc�ce�ed� wr��th��lwns for a joint project, it was the consensus of opinion that the tor reservoir. importance of going ahead immediately with the acquisition and construction of a reservoir was of major and vital importance to the City of Newport Beach, and the City could not afford to await the outcome of the annexation suits on appeal inasmuch as both City Attorneys indicated that at least a year's delay would be involved. On motion of Councilman Wilder, seconded by Councilman MacKay RIZ-4615 adopter re- and carried, Resolution No. 4615 rescinding Resolutions numbered 4611, 4612, 4613, and 4614, was adopted at approximately 5:02 P.M., �'�3 6!1'4 re by the following roll call vote, to wit: reservoir. AYES, COUNCILMEN: Hart, Wilder, MacKay, Stoddard, Higbie, Hill ' NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Ridderhof On motion of Councilman Wilder, seconded by Councilman Stoddard Ord. No. 818 and carried, Ordinance No. 818 rescinding Ordinance No. 817, was adost� eF —rescinding adopted at approximately 5:05 P.M., by the following roll call Ord. No. vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Hart, Wilder, MacKay, Stoddard, Higbie, Hill NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Ridderhof On motion of Councilman Wilder, seconded by Councilman Stoddard Adjournment. and carried, the meeting was adjourned. , X,�e__ (9, _,�4 i(. Mayor ATTEST: iC"ty Clerk March 21, 1957 The City Council of the City of Newport Beach met in the Council Special 1�eetiu�> Chambers of the City Hall at the hour of 4:10 P.M., at the call of Mayor Hill, for the purpose of considering whether or not the proposed joint water reservoir project is desirable and feasible. The roll was called, the following members being present: Council- Roll call. men Hart, Wilder, MacKay, Stoddard, Higbie, Ridderhof and Hill. The Clerk read the Notice of Special Meeting. Consent and Waiver Notice of Special of Notice, having been signed by all Councilmen, and on file in the —se- ing. City Clerk's office, Mayor Hill called the meeting to order. Mr. Robert Unger, City Manager of Costa Mesa, and Mr. Donald Representatives fra_- Dungan, City Attorney of Costa Mesa, were present in the audience. Costa besa. Councilman Stoddard submitted a report dated March 21, 1957, €eoort submitted by regarding the proposed joint water reservoir project. The Clerk read C®'nrilman Stoddard the report which is quoted in its entirety, as follows: Te reservoir project "After consultation with ,lames Montgomery, and with his advice and concurrence, the following factors have been developed; "l. It will take 7 months from start of engineering to advertising for bids. This will include an allowance of one month for plans to be approved by the State Division of Dams.