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.
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