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.
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