Calendar

Calendar

Note: In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), many City meetings were canceled, but most have now resumed.  Those of other than the City Council and Planning Commission are currently being held as Zoom webinars, with no physical meeting, and for these the pubic has to register to observe or offer live comments. See the City’s COVID-19 webpage for updates and the individual agendas for details.

Listed below are upcoming SPON-relevant events and activities expected in the next few weeks.  Additional events can be found on the City’s online calendar and their agendas posting page (for best results on that page, select “All Years” and “All Meeting Bodies” — past City meeting materials are eventually moved to the “Archived Meetings” pages).

City Manager Grace Leung’s The Week in Review, posted each Friday, also provides descriptions of upcoming City events, not all of which are listed here.

Items listed below for which notice has not yet been posted on the City website are based on the “tentative agendas” distributed at the Planning Commission meetings and while the matters listed on them may happen, they sometimes don’t.

For past events and months, visit our YTD Listing.

November 2020

November 23 @ 6:00 pm – Online Circulation Element Workshop
(Public participation by Zoom only)

November 24 @ 4:00 p.m. – City Council Meeting (<– note new start time)
Civic Center – Council Chambers (100 Civic Center Drive)

  • Agenda, when published, available here (usually by 4:00 pm on Thursday before meeting)
  • Insider’s Guide : City Manager’s preview of agenda items
  • 4:00 p.m. – Study Session
    • Update on City’s Residential Refuse and Recycling Collection Program
    • Followed by closed session performance evaluations and compensation discussion regarding City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk
  • 6:00 p.m. – Regular Session
    • Termination of unused joint powers agreement regarding retiree medical payments
    • Acceptance of grant funds from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s ABC-OTS Grant Program
    • Approval of the 2019 Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Program Transfer Agreement
    • Certification of petition for Underground Assessment District No. 120 (Santa Ana Avenue and Cliff Drive Area)
    • Initiation of Zoning Code amendment adding restaurants and fitness centers to area along Dover Drive just south of Westcliff
    • Contracts for Corporation Yard re-roofing, concrete replacement program (FY 2020-21), parking permit management and citation processing services, phlebotomy services, and additional funding for Big Canyon Restoration Project – Phase 2A
    • Update to Community Programs Grants and Special Events Grants
    • Financial update on past fiscal year and first quarter of this one
    • Possible resolution announcing intent to override the Airport Land Use Commission‘s November 19 finding that the Residences at 4400 Von Karman proposal (PA2020-061) is inconsistent with the Airport Environs Land Use Plan (removed from agenda because ALUC found the project to be “consistent” with the AELUP)
    • Introduction of Residential Design Standards Zoning Code and Local Coastal Program amendments (PA2019-070)
    • Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Costa Mesa toward the funding, development and shared use of its permanent bridge shelter facility
    • Request for Council action on franchise extension options on residential solid waste collection and recycling franchise update to comply with state organics recycling mandates
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

November 30 @ 5:00 p.m.  –  EIR Scoping Meeting – Residences at Newport Center
(online meeting – must register)

  • “Residences at Newport Center“: Unveiling of plans to demolish the existing car wash and service station and replace them with 28 new condominium units in a 53-foot tall, four-story structure (PA2020-020)
  • Public comment is being sought on items to include in the required Environmental Impact Report — see Initial Study
  • This replaces an earlier proposal, since withdrawn, for a larger project known as 150 Newport Center

December 2020

December 1 @ 5:00 p.m.  –  Finley Tract RP3 Community Meeting
(online meeting – must register)

  • Details here
    • Meeting to discuss status of the likely-failed proposal for residents-only permit parking in the “Finley Tract” (across Newport Boulevard from Lido Village) and alternatives to it  (PA2017-132)

December 1 @ 6:00 pm – Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission
City Council Chambers  (100 Civic Center Drive)

December 2 @ 6:00 pm – Housing Element Update Advisory Committee meeting 
City Council Chambers (100 Civic Center Drive)
(This meeting will be broadcast on NBTV and live streamed on the City website with an opportunity for those interested to phone in comments or to observe and comment from the Community Room adjacent to Council Chambers) 

  • Look for agenda here
  • This will be the seventh meeting of the Housing Element Update Advisory Committee tasked with finding, and recommending, by October 2021, locations where 4,832 (now 4,834) new housing units could be built in Newport Beach between 2021 and 2029 in compliance with a state mandate.
  • The committee consists of nine citizen volunteers with expertise in real estate and land use appointed by the City Council to oversee the Housing Action Plan portion of the larger General Plan Update. The Mayor serves as a non-voting observer
  • Topics will presumably include a recap of the November 16 and 17 “Housing Suitability Workshops”

December 3 @ 6:30 pm – Planning Commission
Civic Center – Council Chambers (100 Civic Center Drive)

  • Agenda here (when available, generally on Friday before meeting)
    • Short-Term Lodging on Newport Island: consideration of amendments to Municipal Code Titles 20 & 21

December 8 @ 4:00 p.m. – City Council Meeting (<– note new start time)
Civic Center – Council Chambers (100 Civic Center Drive)

  • Agenda, when published, available here (usually by 4:00 pm on Thursday before meeting)
  • Insider’s Guide : City Manager’s preview of agenda items
    • Second reading of Residential Design Standards code amendments (PA2019-070)
    • General Plan Amendment, Variance, and Conditional Use Permit for automated car wash at 1600 Jamboree (PA2016-093)
    • Sagecrest Professional Services Agreement Amendment

December 10 @ 10:00 am – Zoning Administrator hearing
(Public participation by Zoom only)

  • Agenda, when published, available here
    • Newport Beach Country Club-Tennis Club annual DA review (PA2016-196)
    • Hohberg Condominiums at 114 19th Street (PA2020-277)
    • Gondola Adventures CDP and Limited Term Permit (>90 days) at 200 Bayside Dr. (PA2020-273)
    • Pay Station Modernization CDP (PA2020-317)
    • Mumma Residence CDP at 74 Linda Isle (PA2020-256) – (tentative)
    • Jahangiri Residence CDP at 1015 Mariners Drive (PA2020-284) – (tentative)
    • South Bayfront Waterpointe, Residence CDP at 400 S Bay Front (PA2020-208)
    • South Bayfront Waterpointe, Residence CDP at 402 S Bay Front (PA2020-209)
    • Superior Avenue public parking lot and bridge to Sunset Ridge Park (PA2019-014)

December 15 @ 6:00 pm – Online Circulation Element Workshop (“A Vision for Newport Beach”)
(Public participation by Zoom only)

  • Details here
    • To provide basic knowledge regarding the General Plan Circulation Element , this workshop (Part 1 of 2) will facilitate a discussion with community members about a vision for Newport Beach Circulation, answer questions about current Circulation Element components, and solicit feedback.

December 16 @ 2:00-3:00 pm – John Wayne Airport Quarterly Noise Meeting  
JWA Eddie Martin Admin. Bldg. (3160 Airway Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626)

December 16 @ 6:00 pm – Online Circulation Element Workshop (“A Vision for Newport Beach”)
(Public participation by Zoom only)

  • Details here
    • To provide basic knowledge regarding the General Plan Circulation Element , this workshop (Part 2 of 2) will facilitate a discussion with community members about a vision for Newport Beach Circulation, answer questions about current Circulation Element components, and solicit feedback.

January 2021

January 7 @ 6:30 pm – Planning Commission
Civic Center – Council Chambers (100 Civic Center Drive)

  • Agenda here (when available, generally on Friday before meeting)
    • LAR129 Telecom Modification CUP at 1111 Cambelback Street (PA2020-152)
    • Decaro Residence Variance & CDP at 5406 Neptune Avenue (PA2020-072)

January 12 @ 4:00 p.m. – City Council Meeting (<– note new start time)
Civic Center – Council Chambers (100 Civic Center Drive)

January 13 @ 6:00 pm – Online Circulation Element Workshop (“A Vision for Newport Beach”)
(Public participation by Zoom only)

  • Details here
    • “Visioning and Community Dialogue” follow-up to December 15 and 16 workshops

January 14 @ 10:00 am – Zoning Administrator hearing
(Public participation by Zoom only)

January 26 @ 4:00 p.m. – City Council Meeting (<– note new start time)
Civic Center – Council Chambers (100 Civic Center Drive)

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