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Home My WebLink About06 - Setting City Council Regular Meeting Dates for Calendar Year 2026Q �EwPpRT CITY OF s NEWPORT BEACH `q44:09 City Council Staff Report December 9, 2025 Agenda Item No. 6 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Lena Shumway, City Clerk - 949-644-3005, Ishumway@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Lena Shumway, City Clerk TITLE: Resolution No. 2025-86: Setting City Council Regular Meeting Dates for Calendar Year 2026 ABSTRACT - The proposed resolution establishes the 2026 City Council regular meeting schedule in accordance with the City Charter, generally setting meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, with modified dates in August, November, and December to accommodate election and holiday scheduling while complying with Brown Act noticing requirements. RECOMMENDATIONS: a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and b) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-86, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Setting the Time and Dates of City Council Regular Meetings for Calendar Year 2026. DISCUSSION: The City's Charter reads, in pertinent part, as follows: Section 407. Regular Meetings. The City Council shall hold two meetings per month except in the months of August and December when there shall be at least one regular meeting in August and one regular meeting in December. The City Council shall hold regular meetings at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or resolution. All regular meetings shall be publicly noticed according to the Ralph M. Brown Act, or any successor law. The proposed resolution sets the regular meeting schedule for 2026. Except for August, November and December, the meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Resolution No. 2025-86: Setting City Council Regular Meeting Dates for Calendar Year 2026 December 9, 2025 Page 2 However, for November 2026, in order to avoid holding a meeting on Election Day and during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday, the meetings will be held on the second and third Tuesdays of the month. The City Council meeting dates for 2026 will be: January 13 and 27 February 10 and 24 March 10 and 24 April 14 and 28 May 12 and 26 June 9 and 23 July 14 and 28 August 25 September 8 and 22 October 13 and 27 November 10 and 17 December 8 FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact related to this item. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 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, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. NOTICING: The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the meeting at which the City Council considers the item). ATTACHMENT: Attachment A — Resolution No. 2025-86 ATTACHMENT A RESOLUTION NO. 2025-86 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SETTING THE TIME AND DATES OF CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETINGS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 WHEREAS, Section 407 of the City of Newport Beach City Charter ("Section 407") directs that the City Council hold regular meetings at least twice each month except in the months of August and December; WHEREAS, Section 407 directs that the times and dates of the regular meetings of the City Council be set by ordinance or resolution; WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 407, the City Council previously adopted resolutions setting the regular meeting dates of the City Council to be held the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, except in August and December; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to set the regular meeting dates of the City Council for calendar year 2026. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Council does hereby establish the following dates as the schedule for regular meetings of the City Council for calendar year 2026: CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE January 13 and 27 February 10 and 24 March 10 and 24 April 14 and 28 May 12 and 26 June 9 and 23 July 14 and 28 August 25 September 8 and 22 October 13 and 27 November 10 and 17 December 8 Resolution No. 2025- Page 2 of 3 Section 2: Pursuant to City Council Policy A-1 (City Council), regular meetings shall begin at 4:00 p.m., or as otherwise scheduled due to the demand of business. Section 3: The Mayor or a majority of the members of the City Council may call emergency or special meetings on an as -needed basis in compliance with the Brown Act. The regular meeting schedule may be revised by adoption of a resolution amending the regular meeting schedule. Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Section 5: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 6: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 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. Resolution No. 2025- Page 3 of 3 Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. ADOPTED this 9th day of December, 2025. Joe Stapleton Mayor ATTEST: Lena Shumway City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFF CE ,� C Aar n C. Harp City Attorney