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TO: THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: The Beacon Bay Committee
July 27, 1965
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Based upon conclusions reached after meeting with Mr. Joseph Beek,
the prime leaseholder;.and members of a committee from the Beacon Bay
Community Association, consisting of James B. Fredericks, President,
Joe S. Earhart and John MacNab, consideration of the proposals for lease
modification submitted by the Beacon Bay Community Association and the
Balboa Yacht Basin; and a study of the excellent Beacon Bay Lease folio
prepared by the staff; the Committee would like to make the following recom-
mendations:
1. That the Council reject the present proposals.
2. That the Beacon Bay Community Association and Balboa Yacht
Basin be informed that the Council considers itself bound
by Section 420 of the City Charter in that the lease and
extension thereof would be for a longer period than twenty -
five years, and that the Council is herewith adopting a
policy that any future proposals which may meet with the
tentative approval of the Council must be placed on the
ballot for the approval of the voters,
3. That the Beacon Bay Committee be instructed to work with
the staff to develop a land use study of the area.
With respect to the first recommendation, it is obvious from the
staff study that neither of the proposals for lease extensions are com-
mensurate with the present value of the properties.
Concerning the second recommendation, most of the property adjoin-
ing the waterfront is held in trust by the City of Newport Beach under
tideland grants from the State of California; all of the property can be
termed waterfront property, and it is the belief of the Committee that
any proposal for the lease of waterfront.property of such long duration
should be placed on the ballot under the same policies governing the sale
of City -owned waterfront lands.
Concerning the third recommendation, the Committee recognizes the
fact that the residents of the Beacon Bay residential area have a definite
and increasing problem relating to the secondary financing of the lease-
hold improvements, and that adherence to the present lease patterns must
inevitably result in a downgrading of the area.
In an endeavor to effect relief for the leaseholders and to define
the responsibilities of the City of Newport Beach under its trust, it is
the belief of the Committee that the staff should make a study in depth
to determine if the present development of the property is compatibly
related to similar and contiguous- properties, and if the present lease
and sub -lease commitments are functioning to the greatest benefits of the
City of Newport Beach and the present leaseholders.
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Respectfully submitted,
THE BEACON BAY COMMITTEE
Councilman Parsons, Chairman
Councilman Cook
. Councilman Marshall