HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-73 - Evaluate Impacts of an Extension of John Wayne Airport Settlement AgreementRESOLUTION NO. OC) -!Z
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ASKING THE ORANGE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO SUPPORT IN
CONCEPT, THE DESIGNATION OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AS THE LEAD AGENCY IN
PREPARING AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT TO
EVALUATE THE IMPACTS OF AN EXTENSION OF THE
JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Community Objective 01-D6 setting
forth the City's position on aviation facilities for Orange County including limiting
future expansion and operation of John Wayne Airport (JWA); and
WHEREAS, the existing John Wayne Airport Settlement Agreement, which
includes various restrictions on the operation of the airport, expires December 31,
2005; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach, as a signatory to the 1985
Settlement Agreement, has formally taken action to request the County of Orange
to support a process to evaluate the impacts of an extension of the John Wayne
Airport Settlement Agreement for a period of 20 years; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach and the County of Orange each must
approve an amendment to the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is willing to prepare the environmental
document for the project and perform the other functions required of a lead agency
by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and
WHEREAS, CEQA allows two public agencies to enter into an agreement
with one of the entities as the lead agency and to cooperate in the preparation of
the environmental document as well as jointly perform other functions required by
CEQA;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
hereby requests Supervisor James W. Silva and the Orange County Board of
Supervisors:
1. To support the preparation of an Environmental Document (ED) by the
City of Newport Beach that evaluates the impacts of an amendment of
the JWA settlement agreement to extend the term with no change to
the current legally permissible and authorized level of operations
(project);
2. To approve in concept, the project description (Exhibit A) for purposes
of conducting the Initial Study and preparing the ED; and
3. To direct the Interim CEO to:
A. Request County staff to fully cooperate with the City of
Newport Beach in all matters pertaining to the preparation of
the ED for the project;
B. To present to the Board of Supervisors for approval an
agreement with the City of Newport Beach with the following
components:
Newport Beach will be the lead agency for the project
and will designate a primary contact person;
II. The County will be a responsible agency and will
designate a primary contact person;
III. The County will provide Newport Beach with all studies
and reports, including those prepared in conjunction with
the John Wayne Airport Master Plan and the EI Toro
Reuse planning process, that pertain to the environmental
issues identified in the Initial Study and related analysis of
the project (studies and reports) shall be provided in the
most convenient form for use (computer disk or E -Mail);
IV. An equitable sharing of costs relative to the preparation
of the ED such as project management and any additional
studies and reports (or augmentation of existing studies
and reports) necessary to full disclosure of potential
impacts and appropriate mitigation;
V. The County will have full access to all studies, reports,
and draft Environmental Documents;
VI. Newport Beach will consider, in good faith,. County
comments on the adequacy of any draft ED and the
accuracy/adequacy of studies, reports, and documents
related to the project and the ED;
VII. Newport Beach and the County to meet bi-weekly to
review progress of the ED, the status of studies and
reports, and to discuss relevant issues.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of September, 2000.
ATTEST:
Deputy Cit Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
Mayor of th� City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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CITY ATT EY
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. 06 -73 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 18th day of September, 2000.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 19th day of September, 2000.
Deputy Cit Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Co ncil of the City of Costa Mesa