From: Garrett, Errica
Sent: November 12, 2025 7:39 AM
To: Dept - City Clerk
Subject: FW: E bikes
Errica Garrett
Administrative Assistant to the
Mayor and City Council
City Manager’s Office
Office: 949-644-3004
100 Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
From: MIKE MC KINLEY <[email protected]>
Sent: November 10, 2025 3:49 PM
To: Dept - City Council <[email protected]> Subject: E bikes
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Please do not allow e-bikes on the sidewalks.
Chris Mckinley
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November 18, 2025
Agenda Item No. 3
From: Garrett, Errica
Sent: November 12, 2025 7:36 AM
To: Dept - City Clerk
Subject: FW: E-bike Ordinance 2025-35 12.56.030 B.4
Errica Garrett
Administrative Assistant to the
Mayor and City Council
City Manager’s Office
Office: 949-644-3004
100 Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
From: Lorian Petry <[email protected]>
Sent: November 10, 2025 9:59 AM
To: Dept - City Council <[email protected]> Subject: E-bike Ordinance 2025-35 12.56.030 B.4
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As members of the city council, protecting the people of Newport Beach should be paramount. Based on the ordinance that will have a second reading on November 18th I think the council has lost its way. E-bike riding on residential streets is sheer insanity. A bike hit my car as I was driving out of our driveway. The rider flew over my hood. I inch out when I drive to the street looking for pedestrians. Bikes have always been prohibited on sidewalks. I'm a cyclist so I know the rules. Now we have e-bikes coming down at 10 to 15 MPH on our narrow sidewalk. On the street there's maneuverability for bikes. There's no maneuverability on sidewalks. We live on Bayside drive and have a tremendous amount of pedestrian traffic with babies, strollers, dogs, and older individuals. Our street is very difficult. It's not the only one. Most sidewalks in the city are narrow with driveways, light poles, fire hydrants, pedestrians, dogs, and more. That's true throughout the city. Bikes belong on streets. Hard stop. It's safer. Designated areas, clearly posted where they can be on wide sidewalks is fine. It's on the new map. It's up to parents to teach their children how to ride in the street safely. If they can't or don't it's their problem. They should not be on e-bikes then. Please think of the entire city and not a small subset of it. Take a vote on this issue if you want to hear from the people you represent. I believe you will hear loud and clear.
Lori Petry
949-721-1922
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From: Garrett, Errica
To: Dept - City Clerk
Subject: FW: E-bikes
Date: November 14, 2025 12:11:58 PM
Errica Garrett
Administrative Assistant to the Mayor and City Council
City Manager’s Office
Office: 949-644-3004
100 Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
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From: Lynn Lorenz <[email protected]>
Sent: November 14, 2025 12:08 PM
To: Dept - City Council <[email protected]> Subject: E-bikes
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To the City Council of Newport Beach:
In my wildest dreams I never thought that the Council would vote to allow e- bikes on all city sidewalks. All I can assume is that you haven’t walked on any city sidewalks lately.
I would call it gross negligence on your part.
Are you even considering how this new law would affect the number one industry of Newport Beach- tourism? When word gets out about the liberal use of electric bikes on all sidewalks in Newport Beach, it could well affect the tourist industry.
At least several times I have been almost struck by e- bikes zooming down Riverside on the sidewalk that takes one to and from the Post office in the Newport Heights. It actually happened to me two times this week. For senior citizens it means possible death not just injury.
Perhaps it is the lack of council members over age 50. If you did an age analysis, I think that you would find that the age ratio of council members to the population of Newport Beach results in the fact that it is not truly representative.
In allowing bicycles all over without proper guidelines and supervision, you are saying that walking is no longer encouraged in our city. For that matter, what are the rules that are to be enforced? Perhaps you should distribute maps to those of us who walk for exercise letting us know where connecting with an object on wheels is not a possibility.
So when someone gets run over by an e- bike, particularly senior citizens or visiting tourists who are no match for self- protection against these machines, does one sue the city or the city council for such irresponsible behavior? I have seen our city council members do some irresponsible things in the past, but this takes the cake. Please tell me that it isn’t so.
Sincerely,
Lynn Lorenz
434 Redlands Avenue
Newport Beach, CA 92663