HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/13/2014_WQCT AgendaThis Committee is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the Committee’s
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City of Newport Beach
Water Quality / Coastal Tidelands
Committee
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Newport Beach City Hall
Newport Coast Conference Room, Bldg. E, 2nd Floor
100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach
Committee Members:
Council Member Nancy Gardner, Chair Louis Denger, Member
Council Member Michael Henn, Vice Chair George Robertson, Member
Dennis Baker, Member Fred Galluccio, Member
Tom Houston, Member
Carl Cassidy, Member
Staff Members:
John Kappeler, WQ Manager Shari Rooks, Public Works Specialist
1) CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2) ROLL CALL
3) PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS
Public comments are invited on agenda items. Speakers must limit comments to five (5) minutes.
Before speaking, we invite, but do not require, you to state your name for the record. The Committee
has the discretion to extend or shorten the speakers’ time limit on agenda items, provided the time limit
adjustment is applied equally to all speakers. As a courtesy, please turn cell phones off or set them in
the silent mode.
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4) APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Recommendation: Approve minutes as presented
5) OLD BUSINESS
(a) Bay and Ocean Bacteriological Test Results (Monica Mazur) Review and discussion of recent
water quality test results within Newport Bay and along the ocean shoreline.
(b) 2013 Committee Goals and Priorities (John Kappeler) Update on progress of the committee’s
2013 goals.
6) CURRENT BUSINESS
(a) Ocean Acidification (Karen McLaughlin) Presentation on the causes and implications of changing
the ocean’s chemistry.
(b) Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Environmental Cleanup Program (John Kappeler)
Presentation and update on OCTAs water quality grant program.
7) COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR MATTERS WHICH MEMBERS WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A
FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION OR REPORT (NON-DISCUSSION ITEM)
(a) Prop 84 ASBS Grant Program
(b) Big Canyon Project
(c) Rhine Channel Project Wrap Up
(d) Senate Bill ‐ SB 1447
(e) Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
(f) Eelgrass Program
(g) Trash Project for Storm Flows
(h) Orange County Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan
(i) Sediment Quality Objectives (SQOs)
(j) Water Conservation Program Update
8) 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 Committee. Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes. Before speaking,
we invite, but do not require, you to state your name for the record. The Committee has the discretion
to extend or shorten the speakers’ time limit on non-agenda items, provided the time limit adjustment is
applied equally to all speakers. As a courtesy, please turn cell phones off or set them in the silent
mode.
9) SET NEXT MEETING DATE
Recommendation: Call next meeting for March 13th, 2014
10) ADJOURNMENT