HomeMy WebLinkAbout0 - AgendaCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
JULY 9, 2024
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS —100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660
STUDY SESSION — 4:00 P.M. (PUBLIC WELCOME)
CLOSED SESSION — FOLLOWS STUDY SESSION
REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 P.M.
WILL O'NEILL, Mayor
JOE STAPLETON, Mayor Pro Tern
BRAD AVERY, Councilmember
NOAH BLOM, Councilmember
ROBYN GRANT, Councilmember
LAUREN KLEIMAN, Councilmember
ERIK WEIGAND, Councilmember
GRACE K. LEUNG, City Manager
AARON C. HARP, City Attorney
LEILANI I. BROWN, City Clerk
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LEVINE ACT
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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given.
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NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660
J U LY 9, 2024
STUDY SESSION — 4:00 P.M. (PUBLIC WELCOME)
CLOSED SESSION — FOLLOWS STUDY SESSION
REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL — 4:00 p.m.
CURRENT BUSINESS
SS1. Clarification of Items on the Consent Calendar
SS2. Presentation of the Okazaki Sister City Delegation
SS3. Implementation of the Housing Element and Charter Section 423
Discuss requirements for a vote of the electorate pursuant to Charter Section 423 associated
with the required adoption of a General Plan Land Use Element amendment needed to
support the housing production in the focus areas identified in the adopted and certified
6t" Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029).
III. PUBLIC COMMENTS
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.
IV. CLOSED SESSION — After Study Session — Council Chambers Conference Room
A. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(Government Code § 54957.6): 2 matters
1. Agency Designated Representatives: Grace K. Leung, City Manager, and Barbara Salvini,
Human Resources Director.
Employee Organizations: Association of Newport Beach Ocean Lifeguards; Newport
Beach City Employees Association; Newport Beach Employees League; Newport Beach
Firefighters Association; Newport Beach Fire Management Association; Newport Beach
Lifeguard Management Association; Newport Beach Police Association; Newport Beach
Police Management Association; Newport Beach Professional and Technical Employees
Association; and Part Time Employees Association of Newport Beach.
2. Agency Designated Representatives: Will O'Neill, Mayor, and Joe Stapleton, Mayor Pro
Tem.
Unrepresented Employees: All unrepresented employees (including all employees in the
Key and Management Group), except for the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk.
B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION — SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION
(Government Code § 54956.9(d)(2), (e)(2)): 1 matter
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C. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
(Government Code § 54957(b)): 2 matters
Title: Grace Leung, City Manager
Title: Aaron Harp, City Attorney
VI. RECONVENE AT 6:30 P.M. FOR REGULAR MEETING
VII. ROLL CALL
Vill. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
IX. INVOCATION — Pastor Drew Smithson, Orange County First Assembly of God
X. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
XI. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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.
XII. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ORAL REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
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— 11). 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 June 25, 2024 City Council Meeting
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.
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RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION
3. Resolution No. 2024-44: Revising Certain Rents Within the Schedule of Rents, Fines and
Fees
a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this
action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and
b) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-44, A Resolution of the City of Newport Beach, California,
Revising Certain Rents Within the Schedule of Rents, Fine and Fees.
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS
4. Newport Beach Police Station Video Surveillance System Replacement — Award of
Contract No. 9500-1
a) Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15301(a) (interior and exterior alterations involving such things as interior partitions,
plumbing, and electrical conveyances) of the CEQA Guidelines, because this project has no
potential to have a significant effect on the environment;
b) Approve the project plans and specifications;
c) Award Contract No. 9500-1 to Vector Resources Inc., DBA Vector USA for the total bid price
of $318,370.44, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract; and
d) Establish a contingency of $32,000 (approximately 10 percent of the total bid) to cover the
cost of unforeseen work not included in the original contract.
5. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Chambers Group, Inc. to Monitor and
Maintain the Balboa Peninsula Restoration Project, Contract No. 8814-3
a) Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements
pursuant to Sections 15250 of the CEQA Guidelines, as the plan defined in the California
Coastal Commission Consent Orders includes mitigation measures to minimize any
significant adverse effect on the environment; and
b) Approve a four-year professional services agreement with Chambers Group, Inc. for a total
not -to -exceed fee of $345,418, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the
contract.
6. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Chambers Group, Inc. to Monitor and
Maintain San Diego Creek Trash Interceptor Project Landscaping, Contract No. 7127
a) Find the requirement for environmental review under the California Environmental Quality
Act ("CEQA") is satisfied by the September 25, 2018 Council adoption of Resolution
No. 2018-67, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California,
Adopting Mitigated Negative Declaration No. ND2018-002 (SCH No. 2018081013) for the
Newport Bay Water Wheel Project (PA2018-153), a.k.a. San Diego Creek Trash Interceptor
Project, including the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan prepared for San Diego Creek
Trash Interceptor Project, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act State CEQA
Guidelines and City Council Policy K-3; and
b) Approve a five-year professional services agreement with Chambers Group, Inc. for a total
not -to -exceed fee of $419,015.07, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the
contract.
7. Award Professional Services Agreement for Inspection Services with Willdan Engineering
and TKE Engineering Inc. for On -Call Public Works Inspection Services
a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this
action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and
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b) Approve a Professional Service Agreement for Inspection Services with both Willdan
Engineering and TKE Engineering Inc. for On -Call Public Works Inspection Services for a
three-year term and a total not -to -exceed amount of $150,000 per contract, and authorize
the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the agreement.
8. Second Amendment to Lease with Secada Medical, LLC for Use of Suites 470 and 485 at
1201 Dove Street
a) Find this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant
to Section 15301 (Existing facilities) and Section 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction) of
the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because this
project has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
b) Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the Second Amendment to Lease
between the City of Newport Beach and Secada Medical, LLC (dba Ventris Medical) for use
of City Property, office space Suites 470 and 485 located at 1201 Dove Street, in a form
substantially similar to the amendment attached to the staff report.
9. Award of Contracts to Eide Bailly LLP and The Pun Group LLP for Internal Audit Services
a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this
action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly;
b) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign a five-year professional services agreement for
on -call internal audit services for an amount not -to -exceed $750,000 with The Pun Group
LLP; and
c) Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign a five-year professional services agreement for
on -call internal audit services for an amount not -to -exceed $750,000 with Eide Bailly LLP,
who employs two former employees that have separated from the City within the past five
years. City Council approval is requested pursuant to City Council Policy F-14 even though
the former employees will not serve on the internal audit engagement.
10. Professional Services Agreement with Flock Group Inc. for Fixed -Location ALPR Units
and Related Services
a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this
action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly;
b) Approve a sole source procurement of fixed -location ALPR services from Flock Group Inc.;
and
c) Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Flock Group Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia, for
ALPR installation and services at a not -to -exceed cost of $1,412,700, and authorize the
Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Agreement.
MISCELLANEOUS
11. Appointment to the Building and Fire Board of Appeals
a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this
action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly;
b) Waive a portion of City Council Policy A-2; and
c) Reappoint Saum Nour to a third term on the Building and Fire Board of Appeals.
ACTION: MOVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, EXCEPT FOR
THOSE ITEMS REMOVED
XV. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
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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. PUBLIC HEARING
12. Resolution No. 2024-45: Intent to Override Orange County Airport Land Use
Commission's Determination of Inconsistency for the Residences at 1600 Dove Street
(PA2022-0297)
a) Conduct a public hearing;
b) Find that the proposed overriding 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 because it has
no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and
c) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-45, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach,
California, Notifying the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission and State Department
of Transportation, Aeronautics Program of the City's Intention to Find that the Residences at
1600 Dove Street Project is Consistent with the Purpose of the State Aeronautics Act and
Overrule the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission's Determination that the Project
is Inconsistent with the 2008 John Wayne Airport Environs Land Use Plan (PA2022-0297).
XVIII. CURRENT BUSINESS
13. Ordinance No. 2024-15, Resolution Nos. 2024-46 and 2024-47: Harbor Commission
Recommendations and Alternative Recommendations for Rental Rates for Moorings
a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this
action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly;
b) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-46, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach,
California, Setting Fair Market Value of Rent for Moorings Located Upon Tidelands in
Newport Harbor; OR
c) Waive full reading, direct the City Clerk to read by title only, introduce Ordinance No. 2024-
15, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Amending
Sections 17.60.010, 17.60.020, 17.60.040, and 17.60.045 of the Newport Beach Municipal
Code Related to Mooring Permits and Licenses, and pass to second reading on July 23,
2024; and
d) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-47, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach,
California, Setting the Fair Market Value of Rent for Moorings Located Upon Tidelands in
Newport Harbor.
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
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