NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL WRAP-UP

WHAT HAPPENED: The council voted to allow city staff draft an

agreement with Noble Consultants to rehabilitate the Newport and Balboa

piers.

WHAT IT MEANS: Noble Consultants will be paid $214,216 to inspect

and prepare plans for rehabilitating the piers. Currently the city has

funds available from the American Trader oil spill settlement to improve

the city’s oceanfront facilities. Ten projects to be funded by the

settlement have been approved. The top-priority projects are to

rehabilitate the 60-year-old piers. Deteriorated piles, timbers, concrete

decks, signage and other crumbling parts of the piers will be replaced.

VOTE: 5 IN FAVOR / 0 AGAINST

WHAT HAPPENED: Ernie Bain was appointed to the Environmental

Quality Affairs Citizen Advisory Committee.

WHAT IT MEANS: Councilman Tom Thomson appointed Ernie Bain as a

District 7 representative to the committee. In addition, the at-large

District 7 representative, Anthony Bartolic, has resigned, creating

another vacancy to be filled at a later date.

VOTE: 5 IN FAVOR / 0 AGAINST

WHAT HAPPENED: The council voted to restripe Marguerite Avenue near

Sandcastle Drive.

WHAT IT MEANS: The intersection of the two streets will be changed

and restriped to make it safer to exit from Sandcastle on to Marguerite.

VOTE: 5 IN FAVOR / 0 AGAINST

NEXT MEETING: 7 p.m., July 25 at Council Chambers, 330 Newport

Blvd.