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Home My WebLink About06 - Initiating General Plan, Local Coastal Program, and NBMC Amendments to Implement Recommendations from the CdM Commercial Corridor Study (PA2024-0002) - CorrespondenceFrom: City Clerk's Office Sent: February 10, 2026 12:14 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: City Council Meeting 2/10/26: General Plan/CdM Commercial Corridor Study From: Trisha Sanchez <tsanchez(o)me.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 12:13:27 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Dept - City Council<CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov>; City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: City Council Meeting 2/10/26: General Plan/CdM Commercial Corridor Study [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Report phish using the Phish Alert Button above. Resolution No. 2026-10: Initiating General Plan, Local Coastal Program, and Newport Beach Municipal Code Amendments to Implement Recommendations from the Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor Study (PA2024-0002) Public Comment 2/10/2026 Honorable City Council Members, As a full-time Corona Del Mar (CdM) resident, I respectfully ask that you please support all of the CdM residents who consistently reported to you, in the PCH commercial corridor project surveys, that we do not want the CdM commercial corridor to be re -zoned to include development of mixed -use housing. This is especially important because that area of Newport Beach is already an overly dense and congested area, surrounded by residential neighborhoods, with extremely limited parking for existing residents and visitors. During the course of the initial surveys for the project CdM residents were told by the City Management and Project Staff, that if residents engaged and shared any opposition to mixed use housing aspects within the project, then mixed use housing would be omitted from the project plan. Yet, despite a majority of residents responses and repeated clear feedback documented to city representatives and the City Council rejecting the mixed use housing aspect, City Staff and Project Planners recommended advancing mixed use housing; the opposite of what residents were publicly informed would occur. The entire project report was accepted by Council without striking the mixed use development portion. It appears that residents' desires have been dismissed by Project Planners and City Staff, exactly the opposite of what our elected and appointed officials indicated would occur, which is beyond disappointing; it is shocking to most residents with whom I have spoken. The Village nature of CdM is our highest priority, along with public safety. I would estimate that adequate parking is a very close second to those two. CdM residents widely understand the business and revenue motivations prompting the project consultants and interested developers to pressure the City toward mixed use housing; however, the residents who live and support the Village businesses understand the calamities that follow disregarding our wishes, guidance and direction to you. We are excited about the positive and beneficial plans to enhance the traffic flow, access, as well as enhancements to elevate and preserve the coastal charm of the Village residents and visitors have come to love and expect. Implementation of mixed use housing in CdM is undesirable and should not be pursued by the City. We are abundantly aware of how growth and overdevelopment can have extremely negative impacts on traffic, public safety, infrastructure, and quality of life in smaller coastal residential communities. For example, while none of the following communities are Newport Beach, these same mixed use housing and improper development plans have become issues for residents in other similar Orange County projects, such as in Dana Point, San Clemente, Tustin, and Long Beach. Please learn from similar challenges in neighboring communities. Such a significant re -zoning, that is to change to mixed use development, is one of the central opposition priorities for CdM Village residents who live in the affected area. This project needs much more deeply understood community engagement, transparency and action congruent with resident feedback. Please recall that the community was only first engaged in this process in August 2025. At that time, the development plans were already submitted to residents as the planners strong desire to re -zone the area for mixed - use residential development; that path was regardless of our feedback and unchanged in the November Planning meeting report to Council despite residents direct input to the contrary. The Council moved forward with the plan overall absent specific attention to that most salient aspect. Trust in you, as our elected officials, is now at risk with the very people who will live here and will be affected daily; the CdM residents and voters. Please pause and reject this singular mixed housing development aspect of the plan. All CdM residents should be regularly updated and engaged with the size, scope, numbers, nature, impact mitigations to ensure our voice is heard and your actions reflect our voices. Thankyou Respectfully, Trisha Sanchez CdM Resident From: City Clerk's Office Sent: February 10, 2026 1:50 PM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: Corona Del Mar Commercial Corridor Project and proposal From: Lisa Sutton <lasutton25@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 1:49:03 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov>; Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.aov> Subject: Corona Del Mar Commercial Corridor Project and proposal [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Report phish using the Phish Alert Button above. City Council and Staff, I strongly oppose any proposal to rezone any portion of the Corona Del Mar Commercial Corridor. It is my belief that rezoning to mixed use and/or allowing for lot consolidations along the corridor will cause material harm to the surrounding neighborhoods in terms of noise, public safety, mobility, quality of life, and existing residential property devaluation. Most residents in Corona Del Mar have no knowledge of the staff CDM Corridor proposal and/or the potential negative impact of rezoning and the potential negative quality of life impact. Please consider more community outreach and CDM resident inclusion before any further decisions are made regarding rezoning along the commercial corridor in Corona Del Mar. Best Regards - Lisa Sutton (25 year Corona Del Mar resident and property owner)