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Home My WebLink About14 - Environmental Quality Affairs Citizens Advisory CommitteeSeptember 13, 1999 Agenda Item No. 14 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council FROM: LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk DATE: September 13, 1999 SUBJECT: APPOINTMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AFFAIRS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION Confirm Council Member Adams' appointment of Jennifer Winn as a District 4 member and Tod Ridgeway's appointments of Louis Von Dyl and Elaine Linhoff as District 1 members to the . Environmental Quality Affairs Citizens Advisory Committee (EQAC). BACKGROUND Council Member Adams contacted the City Clerk's Office on September 3, 1999, to make the following appointment to EQAC: District 4 (Member) Jennifer Winn District 1 member Martin Weinberg resigned from EQAC on August 16, 1999, and District 1 member Don Gregory was appointed to the City Arts Commission on June 28, 1999. Pursuant to City Council Policy A -2 adopted on July 12, 1999, appointees shall serve only on one standing City Board, Commission or Committee at any time. Council Member Ridgeway contacted the City Clerk's Office on September 8, 1999, to make the following appointments to the EQAC: District 1 (Member) Louis Von Dyl District 1 (Member) Elaine Linhoff LaVonne M. Harkless, CMC /AAE . City Clerk Attachment: Application (Winn); Resignation (Weinberg) APPLICATION FOR APPOINTIVE POSITION E C E i V PORT CITY OF NEWPORT B 3300 Newport Bot_ '99 AUG 3 ~ i Newport Beach, CA 9261 City Clerk (949) 644 -30( Fax (949) 644 -M FICE OF THE C!T DIRECTIONS: A separate application is required for each appointive position for which you apply. Applications should Filled out completely so that the City Council may fully evaluate your qualifications. Applications will be kept on file for tN years. If you are not selected for appointment during that period of time, it will be necessary for you to re- submit c application if you are still interested in being considered. NOTICE: Section 702 of the City Charter requires that membe of Boards or Commissions appointed by the City Council shall be from the qualified electors of the City. NAME OF BOARD, CO-VLNIISSION, OR COMINIITTEE: �y" /Ro u/Vtewrric Ov*i'try MFPAiRS Name: Gt/ /Nd/ �E- /y/V!P E,40 (Last) (First) (Middle) Residence Address: J— /.S UORG-o How long have you lived in Newport Beach? /Z yA2S Home Phone ` 7 Z/- d`92 Ja Business Address: / CIVIC C4-A1!76X A.4ZA Business Phone 9 72 4 -G 3Sz 1A CA 9Z6Z3 -9S7' 5- Soc. Sec. No. Have you ever been convicted of any crime or violation of any law or statute other than minor traffic violations? Yes No VI" (If yes, explain on reverse side) Name and Location of Colleges/Universities Attended Major Degree Last Yea Attended UC1' 6Xr(s /off E Z-A.va USE 7" �aoNM u Pa /NG ROFF3S/ �EiLr /A /c NqL /973 M.cA/ /GAM SrAr.0 UNiv S. FINE ART 8f/j /96 r HOAIG8WAA6j2S SSac, &*,qAp — CASA/cao 0A0A SAUn/ 8S- Iff wra I Prior or Current Civic Experience (Include membership in professional, charity or community or anizations ) Office Held (if as Dates of Membershi S ?oP "d-UriNC, Ounn NEwve,eT SPON op / C&A /97f ^ Res MEAL /CAM /tAAW1, Cr r75Seei owJ -� /997-Peese.r /9Me•R /Cna/ 11VJ'r 17r/rC qe 6Xr 1Fir cAnweYLS /9 B- �Rt3evr HOAIG8WAA6j2S SSac, &*,qAp — CASA/cao 0A0A SAUn/ 8S- Iff wra (OVER) Occupational History. Begin with your present or most recent position. List all positions separately held for the last f years. Firm or Organization Type of Business TASSOC/ E NNEK Ci DF ,fVi. v �� References (include names of at least two residents of Newport Beach who are not officially connected with the City). Name Add"cc .... . 1. 2. In Inauue any speciai quanncactons you have which are particularly appropriate to the position for which you are applyir (THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SECTION AND MUST BE COMPLETED FOR YOUR APPLICATION TO E GIVEN CONSIDERATION. IF MORE SPACE IS REQUIRED, PLEASE ATTACH A SEPARATE SHEET). 171 -rrA CH _ Commissions, Committees\Mi swllanwus\Applicetion io /99 ate APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AFFAIRS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Jennifer M Winn Statement of Qualifications I would like to make a civic contribution to the City of Newport Beach. As a professional planner, I am experienced in the areas of environmental evaluation and citizen communication which are the purview of this committee. In addition to my technical experience in environmental review, I have a strong background in design. Urban design and the built environment are important factors in Newport citizens' quality of life. Some specific projects that demonstrate my qualifications are the following: Environmental processes and legal framework of municipal operations • I have managed approximately 100 development proposals for the City of Irvine, coordinating review of the project with all interested parties, working with architects, engineers, and developers to propose alternative designs and resolve conflicts where possible, writing the staff report to analyze and make a recommendation, and taking the project through the approval process. Examples of these projects include residential. developments, cellular transmitting facilities, vehicle storage yards, sign programs, street landscape plans, and solid waste facilities. Project management includes analyzing projects according to the California Environmental Quality Act. I have written Initial Studies and Negative Declarations of Environmental Impact under CEQA, or coordinated with an EIR consultant. I have evaluated subsequent results in the field upon project construction. • I have also managed long range projects including a comprehensive General Plan update and, most recently, a master plan for 4000 acres of the City's future open space lands. • Examples of specific environmental issues associated with project analysis: 1. Assisted in developing a city policy and ordinance to encourage ecologically sound landscape planning. 2. Solid waste transfer station water quality 3. Impacts of recreational use on habitat open space A comprehensive point of view • City planning seeks a balance between traditional environmental issues and the need for shelter and economic activity. I understand the need for regulation on behalf of public welfare and community values, as well as the business owner's need to be responsive to the marketplace, and the individual's rights to the use of his or her property. My, experience includes providing a preliminary analysis to business people of their development proposals, including assessment of technical and community values issues that will need to be addressed during formal project review. • Planners are responsible for educating citizens about land use to counteract some prevailing misconceptions (for example, that every development creates an undesirable level of noise and traffic, that low density is always "better" than high density) and maintaining public dialogue. Urban design • Wrote zoning design guidelines for a mixed density 200 acre 2500 unit residential village (Irvine Planning Area 5) to incorporate public safety and aesthetic concerns of adjacent residents 0 Jennifer M. Winn - Application For Environmental Quality Advisory Committee • Designed conceptual landscape alternatives to incorporate pedestrian connections and • opportunities for public art into the public right -of -way in a proposed residential development of approximately 4000 dwelling units. 0 • Interaction with homeowners' associations and other agencies: • Presentations to the City of Irvine Senior Council • Worked with the City of Irvine Public Transportation Committee to provide input on General Plan issues • Provided staff support for a citizens' committee to advise the City Council on the draft General Plan • Formed and provided staff support for a citizens committee on the Southern Open Space Master Plan • I regularly write letters on behalf of City management and council members to clarify the City's position to homeowners and businesses on land use issues. • I act as the City's voting representative on the Transportation Corridor Agencies Aesthetics Committee • Regularly interact with the US Census bureau, various OC agencies the Regional Water Quality Control Board, State Department of Fish and Game, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nature Reserve of Orange County • Assist the public on development and zoning questions, demographics, more complex planning issues. • Have created many graphic tools, such as brochures and exhibits, explaining planning concepts jw /jcnres1NB- EQACapp -5 -99 Jennifer M. Winn - Application For Environmental Quality Advisory Committee 16- AUG -99 13:13 FROL4- WEINBERG AND WEINBERG LAW OFFICE 949- 251-6540 ,.. �Aw offlC 2y Ur WEINBERG AND WEINBERG. A LAW PARTNERSHIP IBIOI VON NARMAN AVENUE SUITK SCO IRVINE, CA"FORNIA 92612 MARTIN O. WEINBERG ELAINE IOSaPh W=1N==RG VIA FACSIMILE 721 -9008 August 16, 1999 Tod W. Ridgeway Newport Beach City Council 3300 Newport Boulevard Newport Beach, CA 92658 Re: EQAC Dear Tod: T -195 P.01 F -349 TCLEPHONE 19g01 a94-aa00 TELECOFISR IB4B{E6Y6Sap It is with regret that I resign from EQAC, effective immediately. I have not been able to devote sufficient time to such an important task. I am pleased to have been appointed by you to this committee. Tod, I have no doubt you will find a most capable replacement. Thank you for the opportunity. Regards, MARTIN B. WEINBERG MBW:ms cc: Dennis O'Neil - Mayor of Newport Beach - 644 -3039 (Fax) Sharon Woods - Newport Beach Planning Dept. - 644 -3250 (Fax) 0 • •