This week’s public agendas are full of items that have made headlines in recent months.
County supervisors get their first official look at the initial draft of the redistricting plan for supervisorial districts. They’ll also deal with several pension-related matters regarding new tiers of benefits for workers and elected officials.
Santa Ana council members will consider setting a public hearing about shrinking the boundaries of a special property-tax district that funds Downtown Inc., the organization responsible for sprucing up and providing security for the city’s downtown core.
The new boundaries would remove from the district many of the vocal opponents of the tax, including an auto care shop owned by Mayor Miguel Pulido’s family. Other opponents, however, would still have to pay the tax under the new boundaries.
The Costa Mesa City Council will be weighing options for contracting out fire services to the Orange County Fire Authority. According to a city staff report, most options would save the city money. If the council approves one of the options, the city will begin negotiations with the fire authority.
The council will also consider extending a contract with spokesman Bill Lobdell, who was hired on a three-month contract in March during the intense backlash against the city’s outsourcing plan and after the suicide of city worker Huy Pham. Lobdell’s initial contract paid him $36,000 for 90 days. He received a $14,000 extension, and now the council is set to extend the contract through December at an amount not to exceed $70,000.
The San Juan Capistrano City Council will discuss allowing residents to carry unloaded guns in city parks. Councilman Derek Reeve writes in a memo that current gun laws could be contrary to the state or U.S. constitutions.
Garden Grove’s City Council will consider allowing marijuana shops to register with the city. Because other cities have been unsuccessfully spending money to shut the dispensaries down, the city is proposing a registration process that could end up permitting the shops to operate.
Here’s a rundown of these items and more for the week ahead:
County Supervisors, Tuesday, July 19
- Supervisors’ first look at redistricting panel’s suggestions for new supervisorial districts.
- Debate over supervisors’ taxpayer-funded pensions.
- Options to deal with homelessness beyond the seasonal “armory emergency shelter” approach.
- Four major unions’ agreement to a salary reopener in 2011.
- The next homework assignment for the county’s performance auditor.
- A special commendation for the county parks staff for introducing native plants into areas of Modjeska Canyon hit hard by winter storms.
Santa Ana City Council, Monday, July 18
- Setting a public hearing on new boundaries of the property business management district that funds Downtown Inc.
- Awarding of liaison services with the state to Townsend Public Affairs and liaison services with the federal government to the Ferguson Group.
- Debating whether to grant a conditional use permit for a 60-foot-tall wireless facility for Metro PCS.
- Considering Proposition 84 grant funds to provide water for a neighborhood that has had poor water quality.
- Deciding whether to reduce the parking requirement for Metro Town Square, which has proposed a 10,000-square-foot restaurant on South Bristol Street.
Costa Mesa, Tuesday, July 19
- Debate over whether the city should adopt one of three plans for turning over city fire protection to the county’s regional fire authority.
- Extension of the contract with Four Boys New Media, headed by former Daily Pilot journalist Bill Lobdell, for media consulting services through December at a fee not to exceed $70,000.
- Extention of a contract with GrowthPort Partners for employment consulting services. The contract would be extended through June 30, 2012, a fee not to exceed $100,000, according to a staff report.
- Consideration of a $10 fee for police to OK corrected vehicle code violations, a service now done for free.
Garden Grove, Tuesday, July 19
- Consideration of an ordinance that would establish a registration process for medical marijuana dispensaries.
San Juan Capistrano, Tuesday, July 19
- Discussion of a proposal to allow residents to carry unloaded guns in city parks.
- Extension of an agreement with Townsend Public Affairs for federal and state government advocacy services.
Tustin, Tuesday, July 19
- Consideration of ordinances that would begin the process of protect the city redevelopment agency from elimination by the state.
- Approval of a package of prequalifications contractors must meet to have their bids considered for a fire station construction project.
- Consideration of waiving construction and business license fees.
- Approval of city and redevelopment agency budgets.
Fullerton, Tuesday, July 19.
- Consideration of a proposed water rate increase.
- Second reading of a development agreement with Chevron-owned Pacific Coast Homes for the 760-home West Coyote Hills development.
- Approval of staff to negotiate a lease with a library cafe concessionaire.
- Approval of a contract for road reconstruction from Orangethorpe Avenue to the 91 freeway to All American Asphalt.