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Here are a few items the council...

Here are a few items the council considered Tuesday.

BIG CANYON

SEWER PROJECT

A major sewer realignment in the Big Canyon area can begin, now

that the council has approved an agreement with the orange County

Sanitation District, which will perform and pay for most of the work.

The sanitation district has been planning repairs to some of its

sewer lines in Big Canyon since 1999, and the city wants to repair

some damaged sewer pipes and prevent roots from infiltrating the

system.

WHAT IT MEANS

The city will spend $140,450 now toward the $2-million project,

which should begin this summer and be finished this fall.

CITY OFFICE

RELOCATION

If the council decides to build a new city hall, the city will use

CB Richard Ellis, a commercial real estate firm, to find leased space

for city offices during construction of new facilities. The agreement

won’t cost the city anything, because a property owner who gets the

city’s business through the real estate firm would pay the firm’s

fees.

WHAT IT MEANS

CB Richard Ellis will suggest locations for temporary offices if

the council votes this fall to build a new city hall.

EARLY

ADJOURNMENT

When a Tuesday night earthquake off the coast of Northern

California prompted a tsunami warning for the entire California

coast, council members decided to adjourn their meeting early as a

precaution. They will have to address the rest of that meeting’s

agenda at subsequent meetings.

WHAT IT MEANS

The council is in for several long meetings, particularly the June

28 meeting, because so much business is left over from Tuesday’s

truncated meeting. Issues that are still pending include whether to

start proceedings to close the mobile-home park at Marinapark, a

discussion of how the new mayor will be chosen, and the name for a

new city park behind the Newport Beach Central Library.

WHAT THEY SAID

“Hey, I’m going out with a bang,” Mayor Steve Bromberg said of the

tsunami warning. Bromberg resigned his council position as of Friday

to become an Orange County Superior Court judge.

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