INSIDE NEWPORT BEACH CITY HALL

Koll Center expansion

City Council members will discuss a proposed 250,000-square-foot

expansion project for Koll Center. The expansion, which includes a

10-story officer tower and two parking structures, must be approved by

the city’s voters if council members approve it. That’s because the

project triggers a Greenlight election, which requires an election for

general plan amendments that add more than 40,000 square feet or 100

peak-hour car trips or dwelling units over what’s allowed. Planning

commissioners recommendedapproval of the project at their June 7 meeting.

What to expect: Council members can either approve or deny the project

or postpone a decision, pending more information.

No dogs in Carroll Beek Park

Council members will discuss a proposal to prohibit dogs at Carroll

Beek Park. The city’s municipal code already doesn’t allow dogs on piers

and on school property. Councilman Steve Bromberg suggested outlawing

dogs at the park as well. Located on the west side of Agate Avenue, just

north of South Bay Front, the park is mainly made up of a basketball

court and a community center with little grass or vegetation. Bromberg

felt dog feces presents a potential health and safety problem given the

size and nature of the park. Guide dogs would be exempted from the ban.

What to expect: Council members are expected to approve the proposal.

No motorized scooters on boardwalk

Council members will discuss banning motorized scooters from the

boardwalk on Balboa Peninsula. They already tentatively approved the ban

at their June 12 meeting, and the new law would take effect in 30 days if

they approve it again.

What to expect: Council members are expected to approve the ban.

Scooter regulations on boardwalk

Council members will discuss scooter regulations on the boardwalk.

While bikers, skateboarders and roller skaters already have to follow

such rules as a maximum speed limit of 8 mph, scooters have not been

regulated so far. The proposed change would also require scooters to not

“engage in any activity on the Boardwalk that creates an unreasonable

risk of injury to any person,” according to the proposed new rules.

What to expect: Council members are expected to approve the

regulations.

FYI

WHO: Mayor Gary Adams and council members Steve Bromberg, Norma

Glover, John Heffernan, Dennis O’Neil, Gary Proctor and Tod Ridgeway

WHEN: 7 p.m. today

WHERE: Newport Beach City Hall, 3300 Newport Blvd.