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City Council Staff Report
Agenda Item No. 4
October 9, 2012
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Dave Kiff, City Manager
949 - 644 -3001, dkiff @newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Dave Kiff, City Manager
APPROVED: A K
TITLE: Prevailing Wage Exemption
F'URA N rL•Gi 9
On July 2, 2012, the California Supreme Court issued a decision exempting charter
cities from the payment of prevailing wage for locally funded public works projects. As a
charter city, the City of Newport Beach may adopt a resolution exempting itself from
California's prevailing wage requirements.
RECOMMENDATION:
Continue the item indefinitely.
DISCUSSION:
Staff will conduct some more analysis to determine the need for this resolution. In the
meantime, the City will continue its current practices, which is to exempt some projects
from prevailing wage requirements.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will
not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Prevailing Wage Exemption
October 09, 2012
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This agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of
the City Council meeting).
Submitted by:
By �n A
D e Kiff, City M ager