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Home My WebLink About22 - McFadden Square Centennial Legacy Project - Historical TimelineCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT Agenda Item No. 22 February 26, 2008 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: LIBRARY SERVICES Jana Barbier, Cultural Arts Coordinator (717 -3870) email: 1ba rbier(@city. newport -bea ch. ca. us Linda. Katsou leas., Library Services Director (717 -3810) email: Ikatsouleas -city.newport- beach.ca.us SUBJECT: MCFADDEN SQUARE CENTENNIAL LEGACY PROJECT: APPROVAL OF THE HISTORICAL TIMELINE. RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve the editorial listings of historical events in Newport Beach for the Historical Timeline Walking Path to be engraved and installed at McFadden Square. DISCUSSION: The McFadden Square Centennial Legacy Project includes an historical walking path to be permanently engraved with significant events in the City of Newport Beach's history and installed at the McFadden Square site. Historical events have been categorized. 25 -year increments. Each notation includes the year in which the historical event had taken place. HISTORICAL TIMELINE PROJECT: The information assembled for the historical timeline was originally compiled in 2005 by the Newport Beach Heritage Committee (chaired by Gay Wassail- Kelly,) with the assistance of the Newport Beach Public Library. The timeline was subsequently reviewed by Councilman Don Webb, McFadden Square Centennial Legacy Project Chair, Bernie Svalstad, Arts Commission Chair, Kirwan Rockefeller, staff of Sherman 1 Library and Gardens and long -time local historian, Bill Grundy. Following these reviews, the timeline was again reviewed by the Newport Beach Public Library and Cultural Arts Services for accuracy, punctuation and grammar. The McFadden Square Centennial Legacy'Project Committee is now asking for a review by City Council and approval to permanently engrave this historical information. coNSTRUGTIONCONTRACT and FUNDING HISTORY: On November 27, 2007 City Council- approved the McFadden Square Centennial Monument— Award of Contract.No. 3981, submitted by Emmet Berkery of the City of Newport Beach Public Works Department. This Award of Contract included: (1) Approval of the plans and specifications; (2) Award Contract No. 3981 to Hillcrest Contracting, Inc. for the Total Bid Price of $369,582.75, and authorization for the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract; (3) Establishment of an amount of $37,000 (10 %) to cover the. cost of unforeseen work; and (4) Approval of a Budget Amendment in the amount:of-$235,500 from unappropriated General Fund. Reserve to Account No. 701'5 C8002fl03: The project was designed by Peridian lntemational Inc. based'on the approved contract plan to commemorate the Gity's centennials The work necessary for the completion of this contract .consists of .removal and replanting of existing trees, demolition and renoval•of;`existing; brick pavers and concrete slab, modification of existing :lighting system; modrfication of existing irrigation system, grading and subgrade preparation, construction of concrete bands, construction .of reinforced concrete.slab, placement of granite andcobblestone pavers, furnishing and placement of.precast concrete benches, construction' of reinforced, concrete base for planned sculpture, and perform other appurtenant and incidental items of work as required to complete the work in place at the- McFadden Square: This project has been primarily funded through the efforts of the McFadden Square Centennial Legacy Project Fundraising Committee. As of the Award of Contract No. 3981 on November 27, 2007, the Committee had.raised approximately $332,000 and those fundraising- efforts are continuing. In September 2006, $50,000 of the Centennial budget was to be set aside for the McFadden Square Centennial project. However, these set aside funds were inadvertently not re- budgeted during the transition to the new budget, so an additional $50,000 needed to be re- appropriated by City Council. With the correction to the budget, the total funding available was $382,000. By November 27, 2007, $45,000 had been expended for design and $110,000 for the centerpiece sculpture which left a balance of $227,000 available, towards construction. In an effort to complete the project before summer, it was recommended that the City advance the. balance of funds required, $185,500, and the previously noted $50,000 for a total of $235,500 from the City's General fund. As additional funds are raised, the City's General fund will be reimbursed. The projected overall cost of the project is $567,500. Attachments: (1) Historical Timeline copy for engraving at McFadden Square Historical Walking Path site. Submitted by: Jan B ier, Cultural Arts Coordinator (949) 717 -3870 ld/J� Linda K ouleas, ribrary Director (949) 717 -3810 A CENTURY IN NEWPORT BEACH SAILING THROUGH A CENTURY 1870 -1905 1870 Captain Samuel Dunnells sails into bay, establishing a "new port." . 1875 -1888 McFadden brothers ship from Newport Landing 1888 McFadden's wharf completed 1891 Santa Ana and Newport Railroad begins service 1892 McFaddens receive title to over half of the peninsula 1894 First Grammar School opens with 18 students 18199 Southern Pacific acquires Santa Ana and Newport Railroad 1905. Balboa Pavilion completed 1905. PecificElectric Red Cars reach Newport 1906-1931 1906 September 1st City of Newport Beach Incorporated Newport Population 265 1907 West Newport canals dredged, creating Newport Island Newport News becomes City's first newspaper 1909 Balboa Island Ferry begins service First Tournament of Lights 1910 Newport Population - 445 1912 Glenn Martin flies from Newport Bay to Catalina setting longest over -water record 1914-1916 Santa Ana River flood inundates Newport Bay with mud, silt and debris 1916 Balboa Island annexed to City 1917 Movie "Cleopatra" filmed in Newport Harbor First Yacht Club Launched 1919 City of Newport Beach receives title to tidelands 1920 Newport Population - 894 1920-1921 City and County jointly complete jetty, channel, dam and river projects 1921 Balboa Pier constructed Newport Fish Cannery opens City dedicates first library 1922 Southern California Yachting Association holds first regatta in Newport Bay Arches Service Station and Cafe opens Duke Kahanamoku brings surfing to Newport Beach 1923 City of Newport Beach annexes Corona del Mar Life Savings Corps organizes The Eddie Martin Airport opens (Orange County Airport) 1924 American Legion founds Post 291 1925 1 st Highway Bridge over Upper Newport Bay opens 1.928 Block -long Rendezvous Ballroom opens in Balboa Transpac Yacht Race to Hawaii starts from Newport Beach Newport hosts Star Worlds.Sailing,Championship Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford open Coast Highway to Laguna Beach Movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" is filmed in Corona del Mar 1930 Newport Harbor High School opens Newport Population - 2,203 1931-1955 1933 Long Beach earthquake damages buildings in Newport South Coast Boat Building Company opens 1934 The Irvine Company establishes Salt Works 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Newport Harbor improvements by telegraph Fun Zone opens in Balboa 1939 Newport and Balboa piers destroyed in storm and rebuilt in 1 year 1940 Newport Population - 4,438 1941 Bayshores is first Irvine Company residential development in Newport 1943 Harbor Island annexed 1945 Corona del Mar Elementary School opens 1947 James Irvine dies at 80 1948 First Newport- Ensenada Yacht Race 1949 Horace Ensign Middle School opens Snow falls in Newport Beach and Orange County 1950 Newport Population - 12,120 1951 Orange Coast YMCA organized 1952 Hoag Hospital opens 1953 Boy Scout Jamboree held in Irvine Ranch 1955 City Charter becomes effective 1956-1980 1956 Newport Population - 19,500 City celebrates Golden Jubilee 1957 Artist Rex Brandt creates new official City Seal 1958 Hughes and Aeronutronics plants open Dunes Aquatic Park at Newport Dunes opens 1960 Newport Population - 26,564 First Newport Beach high -rise building is built 1961 Newport Harbor Art Museum opens in Balboa Pavilion 1962 Corona del Mar High School opens 1963 Official Newport Beach City flag adopted, designed by 11- year -old Jeff Wilcox 1965 A.J. McFadden places historical marker at McFadden (Newport) Pier UCI opens with 1,600 students 1966 Rendezvous Ballroom burns and is demolished 1967 Fashion Island opens 1969 Western Salt Works in Back Bay demolished by floods 1970 Intrepid, with local skipper Bill Ficker, wins America's Cup Newport Population - 49,442 1971 Newport voters reject coastal freeway through City 1975 Upper Bay becomes a marine preserve and wildlife refuge 1977 Newport Harbor Art Museum moves into Newport Center 1979 Orange County Airport is renamed in John Wayne's honor 1980 Newport Population - 62,556 1981-2007 1981 City's 75th Anniversary celebrated 1985 Airport curfews and flight limits established 1990 Newport Population - 66,643 1991 Dory Fishing. Fleet centennial celebration 1994 The. Newport Beach Central Library opens at Newport Center 1996 Newport Beach celebrates Film Festival Inaugural 2000 Newport Population - 75,662 2002 Newport Coast and Santa Ana Heights annexed 2005 Newport Harbor Nautical Museum purchases Fun Zone 2006 Newport Beach celebrates its hundredth year Newport Population - 83,361 Newport's Rose Parade float wins 2nd place Back Bay Science Center built on Shellmaker Island o � 4X I 0V A CENTURY IN NEWPORT BEACH SAILING THROUGH A CENTURY 1870 - 19U5 1870 Captain Samuel Dunnells sails into bay, establishing a "new port." 1875-1888 McFadden brothers ship from Newport Landing 1888 IMcFadden's wharf completed ii's81 Santa Ana and Newpon Raiiroaa begins service 1892 McFaddens receive title to over half of the peninsula 1894 First Grammar School opens with 18 students 1899 (Southern Pacific acquires Santa Ana and Newport Railroad f i935 Daiwa Paviiiun curnpieied 1905 Pacific Electric Red Cars reach Newport 1906-1931 1906 (September 1st City of Newport Beach Incorporated IVeWpUI l PUpUIa IIUII 4UJ 1907 West Newport canals dredged, creating Newport Island Newport News becomes City's first newspaper f 1909 (Balboa Island Ferry begins service First Tournamiant, of Lights 1910 Newport Population - 445 1912 Glenn Martin flies from Newport Bay to Catalina setting longest over -water record 1913 (First Balboa Theater opens 1014 1019 Sent, nn3 Do—, flood ^dolCC P:e 0 ° "'•''!h mud, e °It ^ ^d debris 1916 Balboa Island annexed to City 1917 Movie "Cleopatra" filmed in Newport Harbor (First Yacht Club Launched 1966 Rendezvous Ballroom burns and is demolished 1967 Fashion Island opens 1969 western bait VVorKs in back Bay demollsnea by floods 1970 Intrepid, with local skipper Bill Ficker, wins America's Cup Newport Population - 49,442 1971 Newport voters reject coastal freeway through City i975 upper Bay becomes a marine preserve and wiiaiife refuge 1977 Newport Harbor Art Museum moves into Newport Center 1979 Orange County Airport is renamed in John Wayne's honor 1980 (Newport Population - 62,556 1981, - 2.007 1981 City's 75th Anniversary celebrated 1985 Airport curfews and flight limits established 1990 (Newport Population - 66,643 ...... i as i nuu__i y 1y r r ie_v_. t U_a_,.o__i _.a_i wi,e_uui _ a_.u.v_i _ I 1994 The Newport Beach Central Library opens at Newport Center 1996 Newport Beach celebrates Film Festival Inaugural 2000 (Newport Population - 75,662 2t:v2 ...... i vOou olid vai Zia A,ia Haigh', a�r;aried Carona del Mar's 100th Anniversary 2005 Newport Harbor Nautical Museum purchases Fun Zone 2006 Newport Beach celebrates its hundredth -year- Centennial ni�..,...,.� 0- ".Ie�t.... �.............. az oar .. .... , Newport's Rose Parade float wins 2nd place Back Bay Science Center built on Shellmaker Island