ON THE AGENDA

BACK BAY SLOPE REPAIR

The Orange County Board of Supervisors will review the financing and

environmental analysis of a plan to repair slopes in the Back Bay.

Newport Beach staff members have tentatively agreed to split the cost

of the $700,000 project with the county.

The project will repair slopes eroded during the heavy rains of 1995

and 1998. The mudslides caused the closure of Back Bay Drive for much of

1998.

As part of the project, Newport Beach will relocate a sewer line that

stretches across most of East Bluff.

The board will not consider the project itself, only the financing

plan and the status of environmental documents.

The plan also must be approved by the Newport Beach City Council and

several environmental agencies, including the California Coastal

Commission, state Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Department of

Fish and Wildlife.

Newport Beach Deputy City Manager Dave Kiff said the project would not

be harmful to the sensitive ecosystem of the Upper Newport Bay Nature

Preserve.

If approved, work is expected start in the summer.

What to expect: The county’s Public Facilities and Resources

Department has recommended the board approve the split financing plan and

approve the environmental analysis.

ACTIVIST NOMINATION

Supervisor Thomas Wilson has nominated Corona del Mar activist Tricia

Harrigan to continue serving on the board of the Community Development

Council, a countywide nonprofit agency.

Harrigan, 63, began serving on the board in October 1997. The term,

which ends Dec. 31, 2001, would be her second.

Harrigan is an active civic volunteer with the League of Women Voters.

The council and its 21-member board work toward “eliminating poverty,”

Harrigan said. The group does not receive county funding.

HARBOR JUSTICE CENTER IMPROVEMENTS

The county’s operations division has recommended about $97,000 in

improvements to the parking lot at the Harbor Justice Center, at 4601

Jamboree Road, Newport Beach.

Division employees will discuss a proposal to repave the lot, install

new handicap-access ramps, and repair gutters and curbs.

The work will extend the life of the 360-by-450-foot lot, which can

handle more than 600 vehicles, by about seven years, said County

Engineering Director Pete Dalquist.

If approved, the project will go to bid. Construction companies must

wait to submit cost estimates until 2 p.m. Jan. 17, when the bidding

begins.

What to expect: County staff has recommended the board approve the

item.

EXTENDING A TELLER

The county’s real estate department has proposed granting the Orange

County Federal Credit Union a five-year extension of its license to

operate an automated teller machine at the Harbor Justice Center.

Previously, the county and credit union have held a month-to-month

lease for the machine, located at the south side of the center.

The credit union has agreed to pay $400 per month to continue

operating the machine.

Nonmembers of the credit union can be charged $1.50 to use the ATM.

The lease may be terminated by either party in writing.

What to expect: County staff has recommended the board approve the

item.