On the Agenda: September 23, 2025 City Council Meeting

The next meeting of the Newport Beach City Council will be on Tuesday, September 23 at 4 p.m. The full agenda is available here.

Agenda items include:

• Ordinances that would prohibit the sale and distribution of flavored tobacco products and the sale, distribution and use of nitrous oxide. 
  
  
• A $151,000 contract with Santa Rosa-based Planeteria Media for a redesign of the City's website, content management system and hosting services. The City's website has not been significantly redesigned for more than 10 years. The Planeteria redesign would incorporate updated technologies, improved search capabilities and other features to enhance community access. 
  
  
• The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2024-25 consolidated annual performance and evaluation report. The report covers projects and expenditures of CDBG funding and the City’s progress toward goals established in the annual action plan. The City is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to submit the report each year. 
  
  
• A relocation plan was prepared for tenants residing at 301 East Balboa Boulevard, a property purchased in 2024 for potential future use as a public parking facility. The site is currently occupied by two tenants in a residential triplex. Under state law, when a public project displaces residents, the City is required to provide relocation assistance. The relocation plan evaluates the needs of the affected tenants, outlines the City’s obligations, and estimates a total of approximately $88,000 in relocation benefits.
  
  
• Consideration of municipal code and local coastal program amendments related to tobacco sales and a temporary moratorium on new tobacco retail businesses, also known as smoke shops. This item would initiate amendments to the City's municipal code and local coastal program related to smoke shops, smoking lounges and any other retail businesses that sell tobacco and tobacco accessories. In addition, the City Council will consider a 45-day temporary moratorium that would prohibit the establishment and operation of any new tobacco retail businesses and the relocation/expansion of existing tobacco retail businesses.

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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