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AUGUST 2, 2024 | VOLUME XVI, ISSUE 15

Newport Beach City Council Gets Update on City’s Bicycle Master Plan Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager

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A bicyclist rides along Coast Highway among moving vehicles. NB Indy File photo by Lawrence Sherwin.

By Christopher Trela | NB Indy over a 17-month process that was overseen by an oversite At the Newport Beach City Council study session prior to the committee, chaired by Tony Petros.” City Council meeting on July 23, city staff presented a status According to Sommers, the Master Plan identified existing update on the City’s 2014 Bicycle Master Plan. conditions, identified 170 facilities improvements, bike Deputy Public Works Director Jim Houlihan introduced lanes, bike routes, and 30 bicycle related programs, including Transportation Manager and City Traﬃc education, enforcement, and progressive Engineer Brad Sommers, who provided an designs, which at that time were very “THE PLAN WAS overview of the bicycle plan and where the progressive, he noted. city is with the plan nearly ten years later. “Looking at the programs, the city’s ADOPTED IN OCTOBER As stated in the 224-page Bicycle emphasis has been on education—the OF 2014, AND WAS Master Plan, the Master Plan “provides police department generally leads this, a broad vision, as well as strategies they have always done a tremendous job CONCEIVED AS A and actions, to improve conditions for reaching out to the elementary schools, COMPREHENSIVE bicycling throughout the City. As a means and more recently that has progressed to of bettering the bicycling environment, intermediate as well as high schools,” said LONG-RANGE PLAN this Plan provides direction for Sommers. “We focus on the areas around TO PROVIDE VISION expanding the existing bikeway network, schools, which is where the highest connecting gaps within the City, and concentration of cycling is.” FOR CYCLING connecting to adjacent cities. In addition Sommers said they are continuously IMPROVEMENTS IN to providing recommendations for reviewing policies, especially with electric bikeways and support facilities, the Plan bicycles. THE FUTURE OF offers recommendations for education, “We most recently updated oceanfront OUR CITY” encouragement, enforcement, and safety municipal code sections to reflect evaluation programs.” new technology,” said Sommers. “We are “The plan was adopted in October of continuously working to educate ourselves 2014, and was conceived as a comprehensive long-range plan as staff so we can stay up on the latest trends, designs, and to provide vision for cycling improvements in the future of our programs, and then bring that back to the city to see what may city,” Sommers told the City Council. “The goal was to promote work best here. We are actively involved at the national, regional bicycle safety and responsible cycling. We developed the plan and local levels.” BIKE Page 8

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CARRIE RAE WOODBURN’S TERRA SAGE MERCANTILE IS DEVOTED TO CREATING SANCTUARY SPACES FOR YOUR GARDEN AND HOME.

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The idea for Terra Sage Mercantile came to Carrie Rae Woodburn three years ago when she was contemplating the compelling notion of “the aesthetic of how we live our life in every setting.” Why not create a space that brought together all aspects of her professions — artist, spiritual practitioner, leadership — in order to offer community events and classes, “places to share experiences. It’s so much more than a place to come and shop, it’s a place to come and

Visitors to Laguna Canyon’s Terra Sage Mercantile—like Woodburn’s charming Sawdust Festival booth and home studio, all shared with her husband, the artist Andrew Soliz, who owns Tatankamani Woodworks, the woodshop next door — will find her soulful leatherwork and jewelry, as well as her curated collection of home décor, vintage clothing and an artists’ collective. A unique garden oasis, from pots to

By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Citizen boards, commissions and committees play a vital role in our local government, serving as advisory bodies to the Newport Beach City Council. These groups are made up of volunteer community members who bring their unique perspectives and insights to the decision-making process, ensuring that diverse public interests and concerns are represented. Members may be tasked with examining specific issues, such as land-use decisions by the Planning Commission, or broader strategic plans, as are being undertaken by the General Plan Advisory Committee and CITY MANAGER Page 15

NBPD Welfare Check Leads to Murder Arrest By NB Indy Staff On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 6:38 p.m., oﬃcers from the Newport Beach Police Department responded to the 1200 block of Park Newport apartments to conduct a welfare check. Upon arrival, oﬃcers located a deceased adult male whose body appeared to have signs of trauma. Detectives from the Newport Beach Police Department responded to the scene and began an investigation. That investigation led them to contact and arrest Brandon Christian Chanman, a 35-year old resident of Chino Hills. The investigation revealed Chanman and the adult victim to be acquaintances. Chanman was arrested on July 29 and booked at Orange County Jail for murder. There are no outstanding suspects and there is no ongoing threat to the community. Anyone who may have further information regarding the incident is encouraged to contact Detective Sergeant Jason Prince at (949) 644-3764 or jprince@nbpd.org.