HomeMy WebLinkAbout22 - Appointments to Task Force on Green DevelopmentCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 22
April 22, 2008
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Manager's Office
Sharon Wood, Assistant City Manager
949 - 644 -3222, swood @city.newport- beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: Appointments to Task Force on Green Development
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Confirm the Mayor's appointments of Nancy Gardner from the City Council; Michael
Toerge, Brion Jeannette and Todd Schooler from the General Plan /LCP
Implementation Committee; and Bruce Asper, Arlene Greer and Kevin Kelly from the
Environmental Quality Affairs Committee.
2. Confirm the Mayor's appointment of Council member Gardner as Chair.
DISCUSSION:
The City Council adopted a Resolution (attached) establishing the Task Force on Green
Development on April 8, 2008. Its members are to be appointed by the Mayor and
confirmed by the City Council.
Submitted by:
Sharon Wood
Assistant City Manager
Attachments: Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. 2008- 21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING
THE TASK FORCE ON GREEN DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach General Plan adopted on July 25, 2006,
includes policies that promote energy conservation, energy - efficient design, and
"green building" programs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to implement these policies; and
WHEREAS, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) is
developing CEQA Guidelines for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, on
which the City .of Newport Beach may wish to have input and which the City will
be required to follow; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to involve members of the
Environmental Quality Affairs Committee (EQAC) and members of the General
Plan/Local Coastal Program Implementation (GP /LCP) . Committee and its
Technical Advisory Group in implementing these General Plan policies and
emerging State requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council as follows:
Section 1. The City Council establishes the Task Force on Green Development.
The Task Force shall be composed of one (1) member of the City Council, three
(3) members of EQAC and three (3) members of the GP /LCP Committee or its
Technical Advisory Group, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City
Council. The Mayor shall appoint the Task Force Chair.
Section 2. All meetings of the Task Force shall be noticed and open to the
public.
Section 3. The duties of the Task Force shall be as follows, in order of priority:
a. Make information available to the public concerning programs and
materials available to reduce the environmental impacts of new
development.
b. Research existing programs, and recommend to EQAC and the
GP /LCP Committee a Newport Beach program to encourage "green
building," including items such as energy - efficient design, and use of
building materials that reduce heat generation, conserve water, reduce
runoff and improve water quality.
c. Monitor OPR's development of CEQA Guidelines for the mitigation of
greenhouse gas emissions, and recommend City comments on them
as needed.
d. Make recommendations to the City Council for implementation of
revised CEQA Guidelines for the mitigation of greenhouse gas
emissions.
Section 4. The Task Force shall sunset on December 31, 2009, unless extended
by action of the City Council.
This Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Newport Beach held on April 8, 2008, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS Henn, Rosansky, Daigle,
Webb, Curry, Gardener, Mayor Selich
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } as.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City.Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2008 -21 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 8th
day of April 2008, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Daigle, Webb, Curry, Gardner, Mayor Selich
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 9th day of April 2008.
(Seal)
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California