Calendar

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).

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

For past events and months, visit our YTD Listing.

November 2018

November 13 – City Council Meeting
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 pm: City Council Study Session
      • Sidewalk vendors
      • Accessory Dwelling Units
    • 7:00 pm: City Council Regular Meeting
      • Submit OCTA grant application for Superior/PCH improvements
      • Contracts for Balboa Village streetscape, Jamboree median turf replacement and annual pavement repair projects
      • Confirm nominees for Planning Commission vacancy
      • Introduce sidewalk vendors ordinance

November 15 @ 3:00 pm – Zoning Administrator Hearing
City Hall, 100 Civic Center Drive – Corona del Mar Conference Room (Bay E-1st Floor)

  • Agenda, when published, available here
    • Four Coastal Development Permit applications
    • Two limited term permits
    • One tentative parcel map
    • Phase 2A of Big Canyon Nature Park restoration (being taken off calendar)

November 17 @ 8:30 am – Harbor Commission sponsored tour of harbor
Marina Park  (1600 W. Balboa Boulevard)

  • Details (tour of projects, by ferry, leaving at 9:00 a.m.)

November 20 @ 3:00 pm – Special Zoning Administrator Hearing
City Hall, 100 Civic Center Drive – Corona del Mar Conference Room (Bay E-1st Floor)

November 21 @ 5:00 pm – deadline for submitting comments on General Aviation Improvement Program EIR

  • See Notice of Availability for details, and  Notice of Extension of deadline for comments.
  • JWA is required to respond in writing to comments received by the deadline.
  • Comments can continue to be submitted after that, but JWA does not have to respond to those.

November 27 – City Council Meeting
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 pm: City Council Study Session (tentative)
      • Planning and adapting to coastal hazards
    • 7:00 pm: City Council Regular Meeting (tentative)
      • Contracts for Balboa Island water main, FY2018-2019 concrete program and Newport Dunes Hotel EIR
      • “Trolley” agreement with OCTA

November 29 @ 3:00 pm – Zoning Administrator Hearing
City Hall, 100 Civic Center Drive – Corona del Mar Conference Room (Bay E-1st Floor)

December 2018

December 4 @ 3:00 pm – SPON Board Meeting
Details available on request.

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

December 11 – City Council Meeting
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
    • 7:00 pm: City Council Regular Meeting (tentative)
      • Certification of election results
      • Swearing in of newly elected Council members
      • Selection by Council of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem for 2019

December 12 – 14 – California Coastal Commission
Civic Center – Council Chambers  (100 Civic Center Drive)

  • The Coastal Commission will be meeting in Newport Beach
  • Likely topics include:
    • An appeal of the City’s granting of a Coastal Development Permit for the 2607 Ocean Blvd residential redevelopment project (in China Cove)
    • City-initiated “clean up” of the recently adopted Local Coastal Program, which may include exceptions to the Shoreline Height Limits and a request for a more general authority to grant variances to the certified development standards.
      • This would presumably include requests for approval of the items crossed out by Coastal staff with red X’s in the exhibits to the earlier clean-up request heard by the CCC on July 11, 2018.

December 13 @ 3:00 pm – Zoning Administrator Hearing
City Hall, 100 Civic Center Drive – Corona del Mar Conference Room (Bay E-1st Floor)

December 19 @ 2:00-3:00 pm – John Wayne Airport Quarterly Noise Meeting
JWA Eddie Martin Admin. Bldg. (3160 Airway Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626)

January 2019

January 12 @ 2:00 – 4:00 pm – SPON GPAC workshop
Santa Ana Heights Fire Station Training Room (Mesa at Acacia)

  • This meeting of SPON’s independent General Plan Update Advisory Committee will continue the guest speakers series.
  • Kevin K. Johnson, an environmental lawyer from San Diego will provide insights on how to more effectively read and comment on Environmental Impact Reports.
  • The event is free and open to all.

 

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