City of Newport Beach
December 9, 2025
Volume 66 - Page 464
CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ORAL REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Councilmember Barto
• Attended the annual OASIS Thanksgiving Luncheon.
Mayor Pro Tem Kleiman
• Attended the Paint the Town event at Sherman Library & Gardens.
Mayor Stapleton
• Toured the Port of Long Beach to view the unsuitable material deposit site for harbor dredging. • Attended the Newport Beach Association of REALTORS awards ceremony. • Highlighted Marina Park's 10-year anniversary.
• Attended the 47th Annual Corona del Mar Christmas Walk.
MATTERS WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ASKED TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA (NON-DISCUSSION ITEM)
• Consider conducting a Study Session to evaluate investment options for the City’s surplus revenues or other funds, including whether amounts currently contributed to CalPERS above the required minimum should be redirected into alternative investments. The Study Session would include presentations from independent subject -matter experts in public-sector investment strategies and institutional asset management (Councilmembers Erik Weigand and Sara J. Weber.)
Approved by a Straw Vote, 4-3
In Favor: Blom, Weber, Weigand, and Kleiman
No Vote: Barto, Grant, and Stapleton
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Jim Mosher commented on fees imposed within Agenda Item No. 3 (Ordinance No. 2025-35: Repealing and Replacing Chapter 12.56 (Bicycles - Registration and Regulations) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code - Second Reading) and was not supportive of adjusting the November meeting schedule as proposed in Agenda Item No. 6 (Resolution No. 2025-86: Setting City Council Regular Meeting Dates for Calendar Year 2026).
Adam Leverenz spoke on Agenda Item No. 4 (Ordinance No. 2025-36 Approving the MacArthur Court Development Agreement) and encouraged increasing in-lieu fees, spoke on Agenda Item No. 5 (Resolution No. 2025-84: Adopting a Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Newport Beach and the Newport Beach City Employees Association and Amending the Salary Schedule; and Resolution No. 2025-85: Approving a Revised Salary Schedule for the Par t Time Employees Association of Newport Beach) and thought that employees should contribute to their own pensions and spoke on operational costs associated with Agenda Item No. 12 (Amendment No. Two to Memorandum of Understanding Between the Cities of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach for the Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter).
Utilities Director Mark Vukojevic referenced a slide and gave a brief update on the progress of recent oil well mitigation efforts.
IV. CONSENT CALENDAR
READING OF MINUTES AND ORDINANCES
1. Minutes for the November 18, 2025 City Council Meeting Waive reading of subject minutes, approve as written, and order filed.