"We want to clean that up," said City Clerk Leilani Brown.
The Coastal/Bay Water Quality Citizens Advisory Committee, for instance, "has no specific date of termination," according to city records. Some of the members have been serving since 2003 without being reappointed.
On the Aviation Committee, four members resigned "in order to allow other residents an opportunity to serve," according to a staff report.
One had been on the committee since 1999. Another member was found to be living on the west side of the Back Bay, when her seat was reserved for the east side.
John Wayne Airport's flight path splits the Back Bay.
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West Coast Highway acquisition
City administrators may give up trying to acquire West Coast Highway from the state. Already, the city controls the portion of East Coast Highway that runs through Corona del Mar, but the California Department of Transportation owns the stretch from the Santa Ana River to Jamboree Road.
Controlling the road would allow the city to more easily install custom landscaping, undertake construction projects, hold special events and synchronize traffic signals.
But buying the stretch of West Coast Highway would require too much maintenance and would expose the city to high liability from traffic accidents, according to a staff report. It would cost about $100,000. Public Works officials are recommending against taking over the stretch.
By contrast, they support the city's move to acquire a portion of Newport Boulevard from the state. The stretch from Finley Avenue to the north side of the Newport Channel Bridge would be worth its $20,000 cost, Public Works officials say, because they could lessen the severe bottleneck that forms in that area and projected maintenance and liability costs are not as steep.
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Affordable-housing fee
A condominium developer has applied to pay a fee to satisfy the city's affordable-housing requirements.
