On the Agenda: November 4, 2025 City Council Meeting

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

Agenda items include:

• A Study Session on the Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor Study. The study, initiated in June 2024, provides recommendations on zoning, parking and infrastructure changes to support the implementation of a successful, vibrant, walkable and connected “main street” destination. Staff will present the results of the study, including feedback from various outreach events, and receive input regarding potential implementation of the study’s recommendations. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback on recommendations identified in the study. For more information on the CdM Commercial Corridor Study visit: www.newportbeachca.gov/cdmstudy.
  
  
• A water well permit and encroachment agreement with the City of Fountain Valley and a declaration of intent to issue tax-exempt bonds. The agreement would approve permits for the construction and maintenance of a new municipal water well at 17902 Bushard Street in Fountain Valley in partnership with the Laguna Beach County Water District. Under a cooperative agreement approved in 2024, Newport Beach is leading the project’s planning, design and construction in coordination with Laguna Beach. The new well would help strengthen both cities' long-term water reliability and reduce dependence on imported water supplies from Northern California and the Colorado River. The City Council will also decide whether to allow early project costs to be reimbursed through bond financing if needed. Once complete, the well is expected to enhance local water supply security, provide cost savings and ensure greater local control over water resources.
  
  
• An ordinance and resolution designed to increase the safe operation of bicycles and electric bicycles in public rights-of-way, address the growing use of electric bicycles and improve safety for all riders. The ordinance would update the City’s bicycle regulations to include electric bicycles, require helmets for all riders under 18, outline unsafe riding behaviors and allow bicycle impoundment or safety training programs for minors who violate the rules. A companion resolution would expand the number of streets where sidewalk cycling is permitted to help less-experienced riders travel safely along busy corridors.

 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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