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--June Casagrande

Newport Beach residents can now apply to serve on three city

committees. Harbor Quality Citizens Advisory Committee members serve

one-year terms and may be reappointed. The committee advises the City

Council on issues related to Newport Bay water quality and promotes

public education about the bay. Environmental Quality Citizens Advisory

Committee members serve varying terms. The committee reviews

environmental reports and consults on other environmental issues. Newport

Coast Advisory Committee members must be residents of that area and serve

three-year terms, which may be reappointed. Members will help decide

whether to put a community center in the Newport Coast area after

annexation, how to disburse the $18 million in tax relief offered by the

city as a term of annexation and other issues for Newport Coast area

residents.

All the vacancies will occur Dec. 31.

Applications and further information are available in the city clerk’s

office, 3300 Newport Blvd., by calling (949) 644-3005 or from the Web

site https://www.city.newport-beach.ca-us.