ON THE AGENDA Here are a few...

ON THE AGENDA

Here are a few of the items that the council discussed Monday.

GRAD NIGHT FUNDING

The council has received an open solicitation from the grad night

committees at Costa Mesa, Estancia and Newport Harbor high schools

for financial contributions. The city has granted financial support

of grad night events in other years. Funding has neither been

consistently solicited nor approved, but considered on a year-to-year

basis. The schools asked for $1,000 each.

WHAT HAPPENED

The council approved the funding.

WHAT IT MEANS

The city will contribute $1,000 to each school for graduation

night events.

WHAT WAS SAID

Mayor Gary Monahan said he supported the funding to keep students

safe on grad night and took issue with the vote’s not being

unanimous.

“It’s incumbent on us to act as a corporate citizen,” Monahan

said. “I really do take exception that we’re not going to be

unanimous and the message it will send.”

VOTE:

Councilman Allan Mansoor dissented, saying he thought the council

should consider it at the same time it looked at the budget.

CENTERLINE AGREEMENT

This item was continued from the June 2 City Council meeting

awaiting the results of the June 3 referendum on the CenterLine light

rail project in Irvine. Irvine voters rejected the part of the

CenterLine route through their city, but left the door open for light

rail in the future.

Overall, the agreement documents the working relationship of the

city and the Orange County Transportation Authority. The agreement

makes additional funding available from the authority to provide

assistance to the city, if needed, in the technical analysis and

community outreach.

WHAT HAPPENED

The council approved the agreement.

WHAT IT MEANS

The city will be reimbursed for some money it has already spent on

the project.

WHAT WAS SAID

“We have supported preliminary engineering all along, and I would

hate to see us step back at this point,” Councilwoman Libby Cowan

said.

VOTE

Councilman Allan Mansoor dissented.

NOISE MONITORING AT FAIR

The council considered a contract for noise monitoring services in

an amount not greater than $15,000.

WHAT HAPPENED

The council approved the contract.

WHAT IT MEANS

The money will mainly be used for a sound engineer to monitor the

noise at the fair concerts, including the ones that will be held in

the reopened Pacific Amphitheatre.