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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-96 - Re-Use of the City Hall Site CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2010 -96 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH FORMING THE CITY COUNCIL AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE RE -USE OF THE CITY HALL SITE WHEREAS, the voters of the City of Newport Beach, by approving Measure B on the February 2008 ballot, amended the City's Charter to direct that the location of City Hall be at 1100 Avocado Avenue, just north of the Central Library, and WHEREAS, the Newport Beach Civic Center Project is now underway, with excavation occurring and development planned for the 1100 Avocado site as soon as January 2011; and WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council, as a part of its adopted goals for 2010, directed that the planning begin on the re -use of the 'old" or current City Hall site at 3300 Avocado Avenue; and WHEREAS, to maximize the potential opportunities at this part of the community, this planning is intended to include two additional landowners that control the use of the property at Lido Marina Village and Via Lido Plaza; and WHEREAS, the City desires to have an open, public, and participatory process relating to the "old" City Hall site and its interaction with adjacent properties; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the planning process result in at least two concept plans for the three site components coming forth from the planning process, with each of the two concept plans providing for two specific alternatives for the City Hall site - one that would be primarily or wholly a public use for the City Hall site and one that would primarily be residential, retail, office, or mixed use; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the planning process as it relates to the City Hall site be guided by a City Council ad hoc Committee whose meetings shall be open to the public; now, therefore be it RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby establishes the City Council ad hoc Committee on the Re -Use of the City Hall Site per the attached Membership, Term, Purposes and Responsibilities. ADOPTED this 27'h day of July, 2010. Keith D. Cur Mayor ATTEST: Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Ad Hoc Committee on the Re -Use of the City Hall Site AUTHORIZATION: Established by Resolution No. 2010 -96, adopted on July 27, 2010. The Committee shall be composed three (3) members of the City Council, appointed by the Mayor. City staff support shall come from the Planning Department. All meetings of the Committee shall be noticed and open to the public. TERM: Through February 28, 2011. PURPOSE & RESPONSIBILITIES: The duties of the Committee shall include the following: A. To oversee the preparation and development by a private sector planning firm of two alternative concept plans for the current City Hall site at 3300 Newport Boulevard. The two alternatives must include one predominantly or wholly public use plan (including a Fire Station) and on that may be predominantly or wholly mixed use, commercial, residential, retail, or office use. B. To convene and guide public meetings with the planning firm and any related consultants as the meetings related to the re -use of the City Hall site, in addition to at least one City Council study Session and at least one Regular Meeting of the City Council. C. To participate and serve as the City Council's representative or liaison in a three -party planning process as such participation relates to the City Hall site's interaction with adjacent properties such as Via Lido Plaza and Lido Marina Village. It is envisioned that the two alternatives for the City Hall site would appear in each of two alternative concept plans for the three areas combined. Section III - Page 39 8 -10 -10 ............................ STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2010 -96 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 27th day of July, 2010, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Selich, Rosansky, Henn, Webb, Gardner, Daigle, Mayor Curry Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 28th day of July, 2010. a4N'� �." Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California (Seal)