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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18 - Orange County Regional Airport Authority Funding•CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Agenda Item is OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER DATE: August 23, 1999 TO: Mayor and Members of the City Counci FROM: Homer Bludau, City Manager SUBJECT: Funding for the Orange County Regional Airport Authority BACKGROUND On August 9, 1999, the City Council approved a professional services agreement for Peggy Ducey to act as the Executive Director of the Orange County Regional Airport Authority ( OCRAA). OCRAA now has fifteen cities as members, up from only seven in 1998 when Ducey assumed the primary staff position. As OCRAA has grown, its ability to influence the El Toro process has also grown. The participating cities have strong public information networks that reach deep into their respective cities. They also have public officials and business leaders that are ready and willing to become more involved in the El Toro issue, both as advocates within their own communities and as leaders with other local, state, and federal leaders and officials. The attached letter from Peggy Ducey, OCRAA Executive Director, requests funding assistance, totaling $150,000, from the City of Newport Beach to help meet the goals of the organization during this last phase of the reuse planning process. As a Joint Powers Authority, OCRAA members are fully aware that public funds cannot be used for any activities related to the proposed airport- related initiative. Newport Beach City Attorney Burnham acts as OCRAA's legal counsel, and can assist in monitoring any public information materials distributed by OCRAA members. Executive Director Ducey has also committed to seek additional funds as well as in -kind contributions to help defray the cost of OCRAA's program. To date, the City has contributed the following amounts to various pro - airport groups: Orange County Airport Alliance $203,000 Citizen's for Jobs and the Economy $275,000 Airport Working Group $200,000 RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City grant OCRAA $150,000 to partially finance the work program as outlined in the attached OCRAA staff report. �01 ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY 11222 Acacia Parkway Garden Grove, California 92640 lop cR (949)644 -3033 ® 0 �AN August 16, 1999 Anaheim Homer Bludau, City Manager Mayor City of Newport Beach Tom Daly 3300 Newport Boulevard Buena Park Newport Beach, CA Councilmember actively engaged in the planning process, and many have pledged their cities' Jerry Sigler Dear Homer: Costa Mesa Councilmember In the past six months, OCRAA has more than doubled its membership to fifteen Heather Somers cities. As such, OCRAA is now in a unique position to influence the reuse Cypress planning process for El Toro MCAS. Member city indicate they wish to be Councilmember actively engaged in the planning process, and many have pledged their cities' Lydia Sondhi resources and information networks to more actively engage their communities in Fullerton this major public policy issue. Mayor Don Bankhead To best utilize OCRAA's unique membership, the Board adopted a program Garden Grove outline that will guide its activities over the next twelve months. OCRAA will Mayor concentrate its efforts in three areas: public information, legislative advocacy, Bruce Broadwater and strategic policy activities. Attached is the staff report that details OCRAA's Los Alamitos goals and activities over the next year. The annual cost for the program is Councilmember $276,000, Alice Jempsa Newport Beach To ensure that OCRAA can accomplish its goals, I am requesting initial funding Councilmember assistance from the City of Newport Beach for $150,000. Member cities will be Gary Adams contributing through staff support and in -kind contributions. I also commit, as the Orange Executive Director, to seek other sources of funds to augment the OCRAA Councilmember budget. Dan Slater Placentia I look forward to working with Newport Beach to reach our common goal of an Councilmember aviation reuse of El Toro. Chris Lowe Seal Beach Sincerely, Councilmember Patty Campbell Stanton Mayor Peggy Ducey Harry Dotson Executive DiWctor Tustin Councilmember Mike Doyle Villa Park Councilmember Bob McGowan Yorba Linda Mayor John Gullixon 1�1 Agenda Item 5 ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY DATE: August 11, 1999 TO: OCRAA Boardmembers FROM: Peggy Ducey, Executive Director SUBJECT: OCRAA PROGRAM OUTLINE Over the next year, the County will complete the El Toro reuse planning process and submit the Environmental Impact Report and the Airport Master Plan to the federal government for review and final conveyance of El Toro MCAS. As a joint powers authority composed now of fifteen cities, OCRAA is in a unique position to become a strong force in the reuse planning process. The primary objective and goal of the Authority is to actively participate in the El Toro reuse planning process to represent and protect the interests of the Members and their constituents. The Authority supports a commercial aviation reuse of El Toro provided JWA continues to function as a commercial airport and both facilities are operated in a manner sensitive to the interests of nearby residents. To achieve these objectives the Authority shall: A. Disseminate accurate information about the proposed commercial aviation reuse of El Toro including the need for and benefits of a second commercial airport, the consequences of a decision not to approve a commercial aviation reuse, the manner in which the airport is proposed to operate and the impacts of a commercial aviation reuse. B. Adopt a statement of position on the El Toro reuse planning process and the proposed Master Plan that is consistent with the Authority's support of a two airport system and intent that the Master Plan fully protects the quality of life for those who live near El Toro. C. Participate in the El Toro reuse planning process and make recommendations to the CAC and the LRA relative to the proposed Master Plan, the proposed dual airport system, the non - aviation uses proposed in the CRP, the ETRPA. non - aviation plan proposal and the appropriate interim civilian uses of El Toro. D. Receive and evaluate information regarding any proposed alternative to a commercial aviation reuse of El Toro and make recommendations to appropriate officials relative to the feasibility of the proposal. E. Meet with local, state and federal officials to discuss the El Toro CRP, the Master Plan, any non - aviation uses proposed by the LRA and any non - aviation proposal submitted by ETRPA or other agency. To meet these goals, it is proposed that OCRAA implement the following program over the next year: I. Public Information Program: Currently, the Orange County Airport Alliance and the County of Orange are developing excellent public information materials. However, unless they are widely distributed, they will not be effective. Each member City has a variety of public information networks that can readily and effectively distribute existing public information materials. These networks include City Newsletters and websites, Water /Utility Bill inserts, Recreational Bulletins, and local government access channels. In fact, currently six member cities are broadcasting the Orange County Airport Alliance videos on a regular basis. A strong local public information program also needs a strong local community outreach component. We need to more effectively use the local city newspapers for articles and guest editorials, as well as more aggressively use service and community clubs to make presentations and provide information. There is also a need for an aggressive countywide media relations program. As we near the end of the planning process, the major County newspapers are • focusing more and more on the El Toro issue. At this time, no organization has a strategic, active media relations program. Given OCRAA's diverse Board, and the specific benefits that our member cities would enjoy from an airport, it is logical that OCRAA take the lead in promoting accurate and thoughtful media information about the reuse of El Toro. 2. Local, State and Federal Advocacy: It is critical that local, state and federal officials involved in the planning process know that there is widespread support for the reuse planning process. To date, the County and ETRPA have been the only organizations regularly communicating with federal officials. It's important that OCRAA become much more engaged at the federal, state, and local level to aggressively communicate our position on the planning process. This means a commitment to meet with officials in Washington, Sacramento, as well as work more closely with local staff of these representatives. This requires a commitment from member cities to allocate travel time as well as identify local funds to defray travel costs directly billed to OCRAA. 3. Strategic Policy Activities: OCRAA's position has always been that it supports a "community friendly" airport and even adopted a policy statement that generally outlined the operational guidelines to achieve this goal. Given that we are approaching the end of the planning process, the timing is right to more specifically begin to explore operational procedures that would also protect the is surrounding community. These activities will require additional staff support to the Executive Director, both is public and media relations, technical advise, and support materials. Attachment A is a proposed budget. It is recommended that the Executive Director be authorized to submit a funding request for $276,000 to the City of Newport Beach to finance the proposed activities. RECOMMENDATION Approve OCRAA program and proposed budget and authorize Executive Director to submit funding request to the City of Newport Beach. PROPOSED OCRAA BUDGET Monthly Local Community Outreach and Media Relations Staff time and Collateral Materials 7,000 Strategic Media Relations 10,000 Staff, Targeted Activities and Special Events, Materials Technical Support TOTAL Annual &1,000 12.0,000 6,000 72,000 $22,000 $276,000 El