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CITY COUNCIL — SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
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FOR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
c�,�r 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020 — 4:00 P.M.
City Council Members:
Will O'Neill, Mayor
Brad Avery, Mayor Pro Tem
Joy Brenner, Council Member
Diane B. Dixon, Council Member
Duffy Duffield, Council Member
Jeff Herdman, Council Member
Kevin Muldoon, Council Member
SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING COVID-19
On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency in California as a result of the threat of COVID-19.
On March 12, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-25-20, which allows Council Members to attend City Council
meetings telephonically. Please be advised that some, or all, of the Newport Beach City Council Members may attend this
meeting telephonically.
If you wish to attend the City Council meeting in person, the City Council Chambers located at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport
Beach, California 92660, will be open for this meeting and the public shall have the right to observe and offer public comment
at this location. While you may attend this meeting in person, given the health risks associated with COVID-19, the City wants
you to know that you can submit your comments and questions in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to
the City Clerk at cityclerk@newportbeachca.gov. To give the City Council adequate time to review your questions and
comments, please submit your written comments by Friday, April 3, 2020, at 3:00 p.m.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The agenda was prepared by the City Clerk's Office located at 100 Civic Center Drive, Bay E, 2nd Floor. If you have any
questions, please contact City Clerk staff at (949) 644-3005. Agendas, minutes and staff reports are also available on the
City's website: http://www.newportbeachca.gov/agendas.
The Newport Beach City Council is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the
City Council special meeting agenda be posted at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting and that the public
be allowed to comment on agenda items and items not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City
Council.
The City Council of Newport Beach welcomes and encourages community participation. Public comments are generally limited
to three (3) minutes per person to allow everyone to speak. Written comments are encouraged as well.
The City of Newport Beach's goal is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee
or a participant at this meeting, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, we will attempt to
accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact Leilani Brown, City Clerk, prior to the meeting to inform us of
your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible (949-644-3005 or cityclerk(a-)newportbeachca.goy).
CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comments are invited on items listed on the agenda and non -agenda items. Speakers must
limit comments to three (3) minutes per person to allow everyone to speak. Written comments are
encouraged as well. The City Council has the discretion to extend or shorten the time limit on agenda
or non -agenda items.
City Council — Special Meeting
April 3, 2020
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IV. CURRENT BUSINESS
Emergency Ordinance No. 2020-001: Prohibiting the Issuance of Any New Short -Term
Lodging Permit and/or the Rental of a Lodging Unit for a Short -Term, to Any Person,
Except a Medical Professional or Emergency Responder, for the Duration of the Local
Emergency
a) Find this action exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to
Sections 15269(c) (the activity is necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency),
15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter
3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly; and
b) Pursuant to City of Newport Beach Charter Section 412, Adopt Emergency Ordinance
No. 2020-001, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California,
Prohibiting the Issuance of any New Short -Term Lodging Permit Pursuant to Newport Beach
Municipal Code Chapter 5.95, and/or the Rental of a Lodging Unit for a Period of Thirty (30)
Consecutive Days or Less to Any Person, Except a Medical Professional or Emergency
Responder Coming to the City of Newport Beach to Aid with the COVID-19 Outbreak, for the
Duration of the Local Emergency.
V. ADJOURNMENT