Community Members:

The City's Information Technology and Harbor department teams have upgraded the Newport Beach mobile app, MyNB, to include an interactive map of Newport Harbor. Boaters using the app while out on the water can now easily find their own location in relationship to nearby harbor amenities such as public restrooms, public docks, fuel docks, and pump-out stations. 

To access this feature, download the MyNB app for iPhone or Android, and click on the "Newport Harbor" tab. The interactive harbor map complements other app features such as paying bills, reporting service needs and issues such as graffiti or streetlight repair, tours of the Civic Center (including the sculpture garden and native plant areas) and more. 

The City has also created a business-card sized promotional piece (shown below), which will soon be available at public and private facilities in the Newport Harbor area, such as boat rental businesses, to help make the harbor more accessible to residents and visitors. If you haven't done so already, I encourage you to download and utilize the MyNB app for a variety of helpful uses. 

City Manager, Grace K. Leung

The Newport Beach Police Department hosted the annual Public Safety Day on Sunday, May 15 alongside the Newport Beach Fire Department and Newport Beach Lifeguards.

The event featured Police Department tours, kids' activities, a food truck and demonstrations by the police and fire departments. If you weren’t able to attend, we hope you will join us in August for the National Night Out event. 

The City's Recreation and Senior Services Department is accepting applications for Teen Leaders, ages 13 to 16, for the Teen Leader Program. The program gives teens the opportunity to work side-by-side with Recreation staff on either the Summer Day Camp or Marina Park Sailing & Boating program.

Teen Leaders will earn community service hours by working with City Staff and assisting with youth participants at the beach and on excursions during Day Camp, or assisting with sailing classes and renting stand-up paddleboards, kayaks and sailboats to the public. No boating experience is needed.

The application deadline is Monday, May 30. For more information, click here or email amahaffey@newportbeachca.gov. 

The Be Well mobile crisis response team is now operating in Newport Beach 12 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to mental and behavioral health crises. The mobile unit is staffed with mental health specialists and EMTs, and works closely with the City’s police and fire departments.

This week the Be Well team: 

• Transported two people experiencing homelessness to the Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter.
• Transported a minor to the Adolescent Stabilization Unit at the Be Well campus for treatment.
• Transported a person to the Sobering Station at the Be Well campus..
• Conducted 37 outreach interactions with residents and people experiencing homelessness.

On the Agenda:
City Council Meeting for May 24, 2022

Our next City Council meeting is Tuesday, May 24. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here.

A special joint meeting of the City Council and Finance Committee will begin at 4 p.m. Agenda items include:

• A review of the proposed annual operating budget for Fiscal Year 2022-23. The $331 million proposed operating budget is balanced with a strong projected surplus of revenues over expenses. The proposed General Fund budget of $276 million reflects a full rebound from the pandemic and a return to the City’s historical trendline of revenue growth.

A study session will begin at 4:30 p.m. Agenda items include: 

• A review of the proposed Fiscal Year 2022-23 Capital Improvement Program budget. The CIP budget proposes $71 million in spending for projects, a figure that includes $26 million from the Fiscal Year 2020-21 year-end surplus and $10 million of America Rescue Plan Act funds from the Federal Government. These funds will be utilized to fully fund several significant projects, including the Library Lecture Hall, Junior Lifeguard Building, and phase one of the Balboa Island drainage improvement project. 

The regular session begins at 6 p.m. Agenda items include:

• A lease agreement with the Newport Ridge Community Association to develop, operate, and maintain pickleball courts at Newport Ridge Park. The proposed 30-year lease would permit the City to use a portion of Newport Ridge Park to develop eight
  pickleball courts. Six courts would be maintained and operated by the City for use by the general public, and two courts would be maintained and operated by the association for use by its members. 
• An ordinance amending the Newport Beach Municipal Code 14.15, Water Conservation and Water Supply Shortage Program. The amendment would update the municipal code to include, among other changes, compliance with current State requirements, a procedure for declaring local water shortages, and establish requirements within each shortage level. This amendment anticipates further water conservation needs in the City given the increased severity of statewide drought conditions.