HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/10/1997 - City Council Special MeetingROLL CALL
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF COSTA MESA
MARCH 10, 1997
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, met
in special session March 10, 1997, at 7:00 p.m., in
Conference Room 1-A of City Hall, 77 Fair Drive, Costa
Mesa, following : the regularly scheduled Redevelopment
Agency meeting. Notice of the special meeting was given as
required by law. 'The meeting was called to order by the
Mayor.
Council Members
Present:
Council Members
Absent:
Officials Present:
Mayor Peter Buffa .
Mayor Pro Tem, Gary Monahan
Council Member 'Joe Erickson
Council Member Libby Cowan
Council Member Heather Somers
None
City Manager,Allan Roeder
City Attorney Thomas Kathe
CITY ATTORNEY The City Attorney presented a request from Edwin J.
REPORTS/Orange Richards, Attorney at Law, to waive potential conflict of
County Bankruptcy interest in connection with the Comprehensive Settlement
Settlement Agreement in the Orange County bankruptcy.
MOTION By a vote of 5-0, the City Council waived the conflict
Conflict Waived of interest. -
CITY ATTORNEY The City Attorney requested a closed session pursuant to
REPORTS/Request . _ Government Code Section 54956.9 to discuss the following
for Closed Session: lawsuits: Elizabeth Helguero v. City of Costa Mesa, Joe
Helguero/Newport Erickson, Allan Roeder, David L-. Snowden, Alan Kent, Donald
Station, and D. Lamm, and Sandra M. Benson, United States District
Reinglass Lawsuits. Court Case No. SACV-96-1245 AHS (Eex), concerning denial
of an entertainment permit for Newport Station, 1945
- Placentia Avenue; and City of Costa Mesa v. Darwin
Reinglass, et al., Harbor Municipal Court Case No. 95C2858.
ADJOURNED TO.. At 7:05 p.m., the Mayor adjourned the meeting to a closed
CLOSED SESSION session to discuss the items announced by the City Attorney.
MEETING . At 7:10 p.m., the Mayor reconvened the special -meeting and
RECONVENED the action taken during closed session was announced.
MOTION/Approved In Helguero v. City of Costa Mesa, by a vote of 4-0,
Defense and Waiver Council Member Erickson abstaining, the City Council
of Conflict and granted the request for defense and waiver of conflict
Authorized Cross- for the employees named in -the lawsuit, and authorized
Complaint in the City Attorney to file . a cross-complaint for public
Helguero Case nuisance.
MOTION/Rejected In City v. Reinglass, et al., by a vote of 5-0, the City Council
Reinglass Offer rejected the offer to settle.
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ADJOURNMENT
The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
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Mayor of the City of s Mesa
ATTEST:
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Deputy City Cler of the City of Costa Mesa
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