On the Agenda: Feb. 10 City Council Meeting

The next regular City Council meeting is Tuesday, February 10 starting at 4 p.m. The full agenda can be found here. I want to  highlight a few items that may be of interest to you:

• Management of our public tidelands and working with the State Lands Commission. This is a challenging topic, which is why the City Council will consider forming an ad hoc committee made up of two councilmembers to work on it. This group would also work closely with staff as discussions continue on complying with the SLC’s report.

• The City Council will consider expanding the Safety Enhancement Zones during the spring break period to help discourage unruly behavior; mandatory revocation of short-term lodging permits for unruly behavior; and operational changes for the Fourth of July weekend. The City Council will also consider proposed traffic and safety improvements in the Bayview Heights neighborhood. These would include the installation of two speed cushions on Orchid Street, a gateway median at Spruce Avenue and Zenith Avenue, as well as the installation of three Flock cameras. The improvements are recommended to help slow traffic, reduce congestion and improve safety for nearby residents.
  
  
• Finally, there is a public hearing related to job vacancies and recruitment efforts. Each year, the City is required to report on staffing levels publicly. The good news is that Newport Beach currently has a vacancy rate of just four percent. This reflects not only strong employee retention but also successful recruitment. Simply put, Newport Beach has become a destination city for public service professionals.

Seimone Jurjis

City Manager, sjurjis@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, the council meeting begins at 4 p.m. If scheduled, the meeting will start with a study session. Study sessions allow the Council to take a deeper look at a specific issue or hear a presentation that may later lead to more formal action. The regular session immediately follows the study session. If no study session is scheduled, the meeting will begin with the regular session. Items on the consent calendar are heard all at once, unless a councilmember has removed 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 councilmember, you will want to do so at the time listed on the 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 gets a copy of the email, to ensure that there is appropriate follow-up.

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.

On the Agenda 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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