HomeMy WebLinkAbout21 - City Council Committee to Promote Revitalization of our Peninsula,EWPogT CITY OF N }, RT BEACH Hearin late: July 28, 1997
pB COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Agenda Item No.: 21
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REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL JUL 2 81997
PROJECT: City Council Committee to Promote Revitalization of our
Peninsula
SUGGESTED
ACTION: Consider establishment of City Council committee to work on
implementation of City Council direction on projects to revitalize
the Balboa Peninsula
If desired, adopt Resolution establishing committee
Councillnember Noyes has asked that the City Council consider establishment of a Council
committee to promote revitalization of our Peninsula (PROP). After reviewing the
recommendations of the Balboa Peninsula Planning Advisory Committee (BPPAC) in their
Project 2000 report and the Peninsula Revitalization Financing and Outreach Programs prepared
by staff, in April the City Council directed staff to proceed with feasibility studies and
implementation of several projects to begin revitalizing the Peninsula. Staff has initiated work
on a number of projects beginning with budgeting for them as directed by the Council. In
addition, we have made presentations to community groups, prepared a draft brochure explaining
the revitalization program, prepared a request for proposals for the parking management plan and
held a public meeting to review it. Councilmember Noyes has suggested that a Council
committee would be helpful in monitoring and maintaining progress on project implementation,
and would provide a convenient and accessible forum for public input on projects. Staff would
welcome the assistance of a committee in these areas, as well as in the selection of consultants
and review of preliminary drafts of documents and plans.
The City Council appointed three councilmembers to BPPAC in August 1996, because it was felt
that Council participation would be valuable as recommendations for Peninsula revitalization
were being finalized and implemented. Mayor Debay and Councilmembers Hedges and O'Neil
were appointed to BPPAC at that time, and served until the Committee sunset on June 30, 1997.
Since that date, the full City Council has been the only body available for discussion of Peninsula
revitalization issues.
Should the City Council wish to appoint a Council PROP committee, the attached resolution to
accomplish that has been prepared. The resolution provides that the committee will be composed
of the three councilmembers whose districts include the Balboa Peninsula and Balboa Island,
because Balboa Island is likely to be impacted by conditions and activities on the Peninsula. The
councilmember whose district includes the majority of the Peninsula would chair the committee.
At the present time, this results in a committee of Mayor Debay and Councilmembers Hedges
and Noyes, with Councilmember Hedges as chairman. The duties of the committee are described
as including monitoring progress on implementation of Peninsula revitalization projects,
recommending consultants for such projects, reviewing drafts of documents and plans,
recommending actions to be taken by the City Council, and soliciting public input on all of these
matters. A sunset date is not given, and the committee would serve until dismissed by the City
Council.
SHARON Z. WOOD
Assistant City Manager
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RESOLUTION NO. 97-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH ESTABLISHING A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE
REVITALIZATION OF OUR PENINSULA
WHEREAS, the City Council has directed staff to proceed with feasibility
studies on or implementation of certain projects to revitalize the Balboa Peninsula; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved a community outreach program to
include notice to and input from the public on the implementation of said projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to monitor and assist staff's efforts in
revitalization of the Peninsula, and wishes to provide a forum for public participation in
the revitalization effort;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach establishes the Committee to Promote Revitalization of our Peninsula, as
follows:
1. The Committee shall be composed of the two Councilmembers whose districts
include the Balboa Peninsula, and the Councilmember whose district includes Balboa
Island.
2. The Committee chairman shall be the Councilmember whose district includes the
majority of the Balboa Peninsula.
3. Staff support to the Committee shall be provided by the Assistant City Manager and
other staff as necessary.
4. The duties of the Committee shall include monitoring progress on implementation of
Peninsula revitalization projects as directed by the City Council on April 28, 1997 or
in subsequent Council actions, recommending consultants to be retained by the City
for such projects, reviewing drafts of documents and plans prepared by staff and
consultants, recommending actions to be taken by the City Council on such projects,
and soliciting public input on all of the above matters.
5. The Committee shall serve until dismissed by the City Council.
ADOPTED this day of , 1997.
MAYOR
ATTEST
CITY CLERK