HomeMy WebLinkAbout00 - Insider's GuideInsider's Guide for the Newport Beach City Council Meeting on May 12, 2020
Please Note: Consent Calendar and Current Business Will Begin at 4 p.m. — Closed Session Follows Current
Business — Public Hearings Begin at 7 p.m.
During these unprecedented times, public participation is critical for good governance and accountability.
To that end, the City has implemented an Information Technology solution to ensure your voice is heard.
Using a program called Zoom, the City will livestream the meeting through its website
(http://www.newportbeachca.gov/nbtvlive) and will broadcast the meeting on its cable television
channel NBTV (Spectrum Channel 3 and Cox Channel 852). The Mayor and City Council members will be
seen on screen as they participate in the meeting from their homes or other secure locations. In addition
to providing written comments prior to the meeting, members of the public can call in to provide their
comments for agenda items in real time. The telephone numbers are listed after agenda item titles on the
Council agenda and will appear on viewers' screens at the appropriate times. Consistent with in-person
Council meetings, callers will have three minutes to provide comments on an agenda item.
Our next City Council meeting is Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Please note that in order to enhance public
participation on several current business and public hearings that are of interest to the community, we
will modify the start time of the City Council meeting as noted above. Items that may be of interest are
highlighted below. The entire agenda, and all reports, can be viewed here.
The Regular Meeting will start at 4 p.m. and the City Council will discuss items on the Consent Calendar
and Current Business first. Public Hearings will begin at 7 p.m. and the following are items of note:
On the Consent Calendar at 4 p.m. are several items of note:
• The City Clerk will call the November 3, General Municipal Election and a proposed Charter Amendment
which if approved by the City Council and the voters would establish the Harbor Commission as part of
the City Charter.
• The City has recently completed park enhancements at Newport Island Park.
• The award of a contract to Rehabilitate Bonita Canyon Drive/Ford Road between Jamboree Road and
the 73 Toll Road. Current Business items of interest to the community:
• The City Council will consider whether or not to extend the prohibition on short-term lodging rentals
beyond May 20, 2020.
• There will be a review of the City's Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2019-20 and 2020-21
through 2025-26. In the 2019-20 budget review, the City Council will consider changes due to the revenue
projections due to COVID-19. The City Council will then go into closed session and the City
Council Meeting will resume at 7 p.m. with Public Hearings:
• There is an appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of a project located at 215 Riverside Avenue
which was continued from the April 28 meeting.
• In order to comply with State law, the City recently updated its ordinance for commercial solid waste
and recycling. This public hearing is scheduled to determine if several waste haulers' franchise agreements
will be terminated for those haulers out of compliance with the current agreements, continued from the
April 28 meeting.
Due to the Governor's order to stay at home, and to practice social distancing, there will be no members
of the public in the City Council Chambers. If you wish to comment, you may do so telephonically and the
City strongly encourages you to send your comments via email to cityclerk@newportbeachca.gov by
Monday, May 11, at 5 p.m.