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Subject: FW: City Council Meeting- Newport Boulevard /32nd Mod J, —/
From: cynthia koller [mailtagracenbl @yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 4:28 PM
To: Kiff, Dave; Brown, Leilani; Petros, Tony; Gardner, Nancy; Mike Henn; Curry, Keith; Hill, Rush; Selich, Edward
Subject: City Council Meeting- Newport Boulevard /32nd Mod
For the Record
City Council and Staff:
I unable to attend this evening's City Council meeting and I am submitting comments in reference to item #25, the
Newport Boulevard 32nd St. Mod:
http: / /novusagendapu bl ic. newoortbeachca .gov /CoverSheet.aspx? Item I D= 3416 &Meeti nq I D =17
I am happy to see Staff is including a landscape plan for this corner and I would like to suggest West Newport has grown
up so to speak and needs something beautiful to represent our uniqueness in the form of Sea Life Art and /or water
feature(recirculation) of course to add to this area. If lit properly it would make for a much better night view from the Hotel
and the purposed cafe that is going in directly across from this property.
We are in a exciting period for the once blighted and forgotten Peninsula but, we do seem to have a mishmash of
architecture and style from Cape Code to Newport eclectic. The tie that binds all of us together is the Ocean and Surfing.
(Dolphins are our most frequent ocean visitors in this part of town).
Art at this corner would add beauty, make a Welcome Statement and be a compliment to our new purposed Hotel across
the Street.
This corner needs to be more than a parking lot across from a grocery store, it needs to make a statement to all visitors
traveling down the Peninsula and set the tone "You have arrived" to another interesting part of Newport.
I hope you feel the same and would support more and much needed Art in this part of town.
Respectfully,
Cindy Koller
West Newport
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Port Properties, Inc.
303 Broadway St., Suite 204 -1
Laguna Beach, California 92651
(949)280 -4336
Email: rU55ell5in9er0gmail.c0m
To: City Council
City of Newport Beach
Please be informed that our company owns the property commonly known as 3315 -3345
Newport Blvd, Newport Beach which is at the southwest corner of Newport Blvd. and
Finley. It is my understanding that the City is contemplating the purchase of 3201
Newport Blvd. and the vacant lot which provides parking for that building. It is further
our understanding that if the City purchases the property there will be about 26 public
parking spaces provided.
1) Our property: Building size: 14,906 sq. ft. (apn 423 - 102 -01)
Lot size: 9,750 sq. ft.
2) 3201 Newport: Building size: 3,496 sq. ft. (apn 423 - 102 -03)
Lot size: 8,000 sq. ft.
3) Vacant parcel: Lot size: 6,900 sq. ft. (apn 423 - 382 -05)
We are very concerned of the following;
a) That the City is contemplating removing the metered parking immediately in
front of our building.
b) We already have a CUP for in lieu parking for the restaurant on our property
c) Access for our retail and office tenants will be impacted with the distance to the
new parking being contemplated from your purchase of 3201 Newport Blvd.
d) That the new Lido House Hotel being considered will be 130 rooms with 148
parking spaces being provided, and;
(i) None of the said spaces will be for the public but rather 100% of the 148
parking spaces will be for their new hotel
(ii) They are contemplating 75 — 85 employees and are saying that employee
parking is to be on site and won't impact the neighborhood (we contend
that they will be using the new 26 parking spaces that you are creating)
I don't know what you are contemplating purchase the properties referenced in #2 & #3
above, but when you compare our building size and the impact our tenants have on
parking, and our lot square footage, we are sellers between $4,000,000 and $4,500,000.
Please take this into consideration and if you have any questions, please call.
Sincerely,
Russell Singer, President