The Newport City Council met on August 13, 2026, to consider a wide range of items including consent calendar approvals, special event permits, entertainment licenses, a public health vending machine resolution, and several action items and resolutions. The meeting featured significant debate on the placement of a harm reduction vending machine and the Newport Beach Fest permit.
Mr. Rice, how are you doing today? Sorry to be the error of bad news. I've got to tell you New Rogers has an ethical problem. Specifically Dragons. Somebody has installed 50 to 60 two to three foot stone rocks next to Wickham Road. And they're a problem. They're opposite the main uh main entrance of uh Rogers, New Rogers. And uh they keep people from pulling off the road. Uh the only useful uh purpose I see in them, they keep people off the new grass. That's the only only reason we have many uh causing many problems. They force pedestrians out on to Wickham, which is not very wide, and uh the uh push uh people into the road for narrowing Wickham Road rather than uh and making it unsafe. Let's see. And I see no reason for continuing those rocks uh there. Uh a bunch of traffic uh stopping in in that area, uh kids running across the main entrance across the lawn uh into a parked cars, cars waiting. Uh and they have to wait in the middle of the road. There's no place for them to pull off. Uh so you're causing causing problems that are only gonna get worse as it gets darker. The lighting there is terrible. It's an unsafe situation, and I don't see anything other than protecting the grass. I see no use for it uh at all. So I think they ought to be removed as soon as possible. And uh I think it'd be safer for cars, safer for pedestrians, a lot of walkers uh on uh Wickham and Ruggles, a lot of dog walkers, especially, and bike riding. And you're just narrowing the these rocks, just narrow the road. They aren't any help at all. They don't do much good for cars if you pull off the road either. Thank you, Ms. Rice. Um, Mr. Chair, before we um move on, I'd like to uh make a motion to move number 22, uh authorizing the placement of public health vending machine uh program uh to in conjunction with number eight or after number eight seconds motion and second, any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion to approve the consent calendar in its entirety with the exception of number one and um four and and cry and six and six, chairman council Carlin. May we please add B six? Yes, and six, yes. Right, motion and second, any discussion. All is in favor say aye. Aye. Okay. Motion uh to withdraw the application for Newport Global Summit doing business as Newport Global Summit Bell Court, August 19th, 2026 from 5:30 p.m. to 730 p.m. second. Motion and second, any discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion to approve uh Tully Banta Kane doing business as Newport Beach Fest, Fort Adams State Park, September 5th through the 6th, 2026 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. second. I motion and second, any discussion. Chairman, Council Carlin.