Newport Beach

City Council

January 24, 2023 Closed Session #1

Agenda Item 1

IV. CLOSED SESSION - After Study Session - Council Chambers Conference Room\nA. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS\n(Government Code § 54956.8): 1 matter\nProperty: The American Legion Newport Harbor Post No. 291, located at 215 15th\nStreet, Newport Beach California, 92663.\nCity Negotiators: Seimone Jurjis, Community Development Director and Lauren\nWooding Whitlinger, Real Property Administrator.\nNegotiating Parties: Evin D. Planto.\nUnder Negotiation: Instruction to City Negotiators regarding price and terms of\npayment.\nJanuary 24, 2023\nB. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS\n(Government Code § 54957.6): 2 Matters\n1. Agency Designated Representatives: Grace K. Leung, City Manager,\nBarbara Salvini, Human Resources Director, and Charles Sakai, Esq.\nEmployee Organizations and Unrepresented Employees: Association of\nNewport Beach Ocean Lifeguards (ANBOL); Newport Beach Employee League\n(NBEL); Newport Beach Lifeguard Management Association (NBLMA); Newport\nBeach City Employees Association (NBCEA); Newport Beach Firefighters\nAssociation (NBFA); Newport Beach Fire Management Association (NBFMA);\nNewport Beach Police Association (NBPA); Newport Beach Police Management\nAssociation (NBPMA); Part Time Employees Association of Newport Beach\n(PTEANB); Newport Beach Professional and Technical Employee Association\n(NBPTEA), and unrepresented employees not in positions designated as Key and\nManagement.\n2. Agency Designated Representatives: Noah Blom, Mayor, and William O’Neill,\nMayor Pro Tem.\nUnrepresented Employees: Grace Leung, City Manager, Aaron C. Harp, City\nAttorney, Leilani Brown, City Clerk, and unrepresented employees in positions\ndesignated as Key and Management.\nC. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL\nEXISTING LITIGATION - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\n(Government Code § 54956.9(d) (1) and (d) (4)): 2 matters\nSoCal Recovery, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company et al. v. City of\nCosta Mesa\nUnited States District Court, Central District of California, Case No.\n8:18-cv-01304-JVS-PJW\nNinth Circuit Court of Appeals, Case No. 20-55820\nRaw Recovery, LLC, v. a California Limited Liability Company v. City of Costa\nMesa\nUnited States District Court, Central District of California, Case No.\n8:18-cv-01080-JVS-PJW\nNinth Circuit Court of Appeals, Case No. 20-55870\n(The reason for holding a closed session in regards to these matters is for the\npurpose of conferring with and/or receiving advice from the City's legal counsel and\nto receive direction from the City Council regarding the possible filing and /or\nparticipation in an amicus brief.)\nJanuary 24, 2023