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On the Agenda: September 9, 2025 City Council Meeting

The next meeting of the Newport Beach City Council will be on Tuesday, September 9 at 4 p.m. The full agenda is available here.

Agenda items include:

Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Codes with local amendments, the 2025 California Fire Code with local amendments, and the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface with local amendments. Following a public hearing, the City Council will consider the updated codes to align with the 2025 California Building Standards, which take effect statewide on January 1, 2026. These codes, updated every three years by the State, set minimum safety and design requirements for construction. The proposed amendments are designed to address local geographic, topographic and climatic conditions.
A decision on whether to override a determination by the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), related to the proposed Snug Harbor Surf Park project. The proposed project would redevelop part of the privately owned Newport Beach Golf Course into a recreation facility with surf lagoons, a clubhouse, and related amenities. ALUC recently determined that the project was inconsistent with the John Wayne Airport Land Use Plan. Overriding ALUC’s finding would allow the City of Newport Beach to continue reviewing the project while formally notifying ALUC and the State of the decision. This action would not approve the Snug Harbor project, but would allow for further review and future consideration by the City Council.
Appointment of five new members to the City's Aviation Committee. Earlier this year, the City Council updated the committee’s structure and invited Newport Beach residents to apply. A Council Ad Hoc committee reviewed all applications and conducted interviews based on the qualifications and expertise of the applicants. Of 23 applicants, 10 finalists were nominated and five will be selected by the City Council to serve on the committee. The appointments will begin July 1, 2025, with two members serving initial two-year terms and up to three members serving four-year terms. The Aviation Committee advises the City on airport-related issues affecting Newport Beach.

Grace K. Leung

City Manager, gleung@newportbeachca.gov

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City Council Meeting Information

The Newport Beach City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of most months (the exceptions are August and December). Typically, there is a Study Session that starts at 4 p.m. Study sessions are times for the Council to take a deeper look at a specific issue, or hear a presentation, that might eventually lead to a specific and more formal action. A closed session often follows the Study Session. Closed sessions are typically to address legal, personnel, and other matters where additional confidentiality is important. The Regular (evening) Session typically starts at 6 p.m., and often has a specific listing of different items ready for formal votes. Items on the “Consent Calendar” are heard all at once, unless a Council member has removed (aka “pulled”) an item from the Consent Calendar for specific discussion and separate vote. If an item on the agenda is recommended to be “continued”, it means that the item won’t be heard nor voted on that evening, but will be pushed forward to another noticed meeting.

Public Comment is welcomed at both the Study Session and the Regular Session. The public can comment on any item on the agenda. If you want to comment on a Consent Calendar item that was not pulled from the Consent Calendar by a Council Member, you will want to do so at the time listed on the agenda – right before the Council votes on the entire Consent Calendar (it’s Roman Numeral XIII on the posted agenda). If an item is pulled, the Mayor will offer that members of the public can comment as that specific item is heard separately. Additionally, there is a specific section of Public Comment for items not on the agenda, but on a subject of some relationship to the city government. If you cannot attend a meeting and/or want to communicate with the City Council directly, this e-mail gets to all of them: citycouncil@newportbeachca.gov. The City Manager also get's a copy of the email, because in almost all cases it’s something that the City Manager follows-up on.

The Council meets in the Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive, off of Avocado between San Miguel and East Coast Highway. There is plenty of parking in the parking structure. You are always welcome to attend in person, but you can also watch on TV, Spectrum channel 30 and Cox channel 852 or stream it on your computer.

This Insider’s Guide is not an attempt to summarize every item on the Agenda – just the ones that seem of specific interest to the City Manager. You are encouraged to read the full agenda if you wish.

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