Coalition to Protect Mariner’s Mile
Vision
We envision transforming Mariner’s Mile into a thriving and sustainable coastal gateway destination in the City of Newport where residents and visitors can work, play, dine, and shop in a relaxing and friendly environment. Our community working together can develop Mariner’s Mile into a premier social and economic center that strengthens and enhances the City of Newport Beach.
Core Values
The health, safety, welfare and livability of the community are of primary importance to the residents of Newport Beach. This focus offers the potential to have a powerful and positive impact. In addition, the City and residents of Newport Beach have stressed the importance of sustainability and “Living Within Our Resources.” Both of these values must continue to be the primary focus of the Vision and the prism for evaluating each element of the City of Newport Beach’s General Plan Update. The guiding principle must be Enhance Our Community’s Quality of Life and Do No Harm.
Mission
We strive to foster a Community Awareness Campaign in partnership with our community stakeholders and to be a community resource for all parties interested in learning about and becoming involved in shaping the future of Mariner’s Mile. Each of us can be instrumental in creating a vision for Mariner’s Mile, symbolic Main Street in the heart of our coastal town along scenic Newport Bay. We believe that the community should be actively involved in future developments along Mariner’s Mile. The Coalition to Protect Mariner’s Mile is pro-development and supports projects that are compatible with the abutting residential communities of Newport Heights/Cliff Haven, Bayshores and Lido Isle. Lido Marina Village is an excellent example of what is possible. Seaside towns from Seal Beach to Del Mar are two vehicle lanes; most beach communities have transformed Pacific Coast Highway into a walk-able village by calming traffic, reducing speeds, enhancing safety, widening sidewalks and bike lanes. Mariner’s Mile should be transformed into a village akin to Corona Del Mar and Laguna Beach.
Goals
Opportunity
Mariner’s Mile is the Main Street and Gateway Destination along the tranquil bay and heart of our charming coastal community.
Mariner’s Mile is our beach town’s “Main Street,” providing access to the waterfront and beaches. It services our schools, neighborhoods, business districts, hospital buildings, and post offices. Mariner’s Mile is endowed with a waterfront that houses a large number of private boats. This gives Mariner’s Mile the physical and visual presence of a vibrant waterfront, and creates unique opportunities for marine-oriented businesses and public and private access for all to enjoy.
For our vision to become reality, the Newport Beach City Council and the Planning Commission must use the General Plan Update process to work with the stakeholders (Caltrans, Property Owners, Local Merchants, and Residents) to build a genuine and lasting community consensus to guide the future of Mariner’s Mile. Without a clear vision guiding the transformation of Mariner’s Mile, ongoing efforts will continue to be suboptimal and disappointing.
As part of Newport Beach’s General Plan Process, we need a comprehensive and compelling vision that presents the desired outcome to enhance and revitalize Mariner’s Mile. The Coalition to Protect Mariner’s Mile supports development that meets our vision and is guided by our core values. The framework must meet design and style guidelines that will enhance the waterfront, not obstruct it with excessive mass, density and height.
The City has also recognized that Pacific Coast Highway and the proposed expansion of PCH require further evaluation. A speedway through the heart of our town is not safe for our children or community. West Coast Highway should remain as it is now with NO new vehicle lanes. Future development within Mariners’ Mile must enhance the waterfront and our community’s quality of life, retain street parking, and further its transformation into a friendly village that attracts pedestrians and bicyclists.
The future of Newport Beach should be determined by the citywide General Plan and be founded upon community consensus to guide the future of the City and Mariners’ Mile. Preserving and enhancing the quality of life described here by the Coalition must be foremost in all decisions made throughout the General Plan Update process. The City’s authority and jurisdiction comes from the citizens; therefore, the City is accountable to the residents. Accordingly, community safety, quality of life, and the community’s well being are the most important and dominant factors in guiding all decisions.
Vision
We envision transforming Mariner’s Mile into a thriving and sustainable coastal gateway destination in the City of Newport where residents and visitors can work, play, dine, and shop in a relaxing and friendly environment. Our community working together can develop Mariner’s Mile into a premier social and economic center that strengthens and enhances the City of Newport Beach.
Core Values
The health, safety, welfare and livability of the community are of primary importance to the residents of Newport Beach. This focus offers the potential to have a powerful and positive impact. In addition, the City and residents of Newport Beach have stressed the importance of sustainability and “Living Within Our Resources.” Both of these values must continue to be the primary focus of the Vision and the prism for evaluating each element of the City of Newport Beach’s General Plan Update. The guiding principle must be Enhance Our Community’s Quality of Life and Do No Harm.
Mission
We strive to foster a Community Awareness Campaign in partnership with our community stakeholders and to be a community resource for all parties interested in learning about and becoming involved in shaping the future of Mariner’s Mile. Each of us can be instrumental in creating a vision for Mariner’s Mile, symbolic Main Street in the heart of our coastal town along scenic Newport Bay. We believe that the community should be actively involved in future developments along Mariner’s Mile. The Coalition to Protect Mariner’s Mile is pro-development and supports projects that are compatible with the abutting residential communities of Newport Heights/Cliff Haven, Bayshores and Lido Isle. Lido Marina Village is an excellent example of what is possible. Seaside towns from Seal Beach to Del Mar are two vehicle lanes; most beach communities have transformed Pacific Coast Highway into a walk-able village by calming traffic, reducing speeds, enhancing safety, widening sidewalks and bike lanes. Mariner’s Mile should be transformed into a village akin to Corona Del Mar and Laguna Beach.
Goals
- Preserve and enhance the quality of life in our community for people to enjoy, such as preservation of public view of the harbor.
- Strive to keep PCH as it is now, adding no new vehicle lanes and retaining street parking.
- Promote appropriate designs for Mariner’s Mile to become a friendly village and a gathering place, which fosters the flow of pedestrians and bicyclists ahead of facilitating the flow of traffic.
- Work to slow traffic, enhance safety, widen sidewalks and bike lanes and implement a variety of changes that encourage pedestrian activity in our community.
- Assure that the City determines the destiny of Mariner’s Mile by encouraging the City of Newport Beach to have West Pacific Coast Highway fall under the City’s jurisdiction, not Caltrans’ jurisdiction.
- Advocate for a Mariners’ Mile Steering Committee that is composed of stakeholders to shape the future of Mariners’ Mile, (Caltrans, Property Owners, Local Merchants, and Residents) who work within the General Plan Update structure.
Opportunity
Mariner’s Mile is the Main Street and Gateway Destination along the tranquil bay and heart of our charming coastal community.
Mariner’s Mile is our beach town’s “Main Street,” providing access to the waterfront and beaches. It services our schools, neighborhoods, business districts, hospital buildings, and post offices. Mariner’s Mile is endowed with a waterfront that houses a large number of private boats. This gives Mariner’s Mile the physical and visual presence of a vibrant waterfront, and creates unique opportunities for marine-oriented businesses and public and private access for all to enjoy.
For our vision to become reality, the Newport Beach City Council and the Planning Commission must use the General Plan Update process to work with the stakeholders (Caltrans, Property Owners, Local Merchants, and Residents) to build a genuine and lasting community consensus to guide the future of Mariner’s Mile. Without a clear vision guiding the transformation of Mariner’s Mile, ongoing efforts will continue to be suboptimal and disappointing.
As part of Newport Beach’s General Plan Process, we need a comprehensive and compelling vision that presents the desired outcome to enhance and revitalize Mariner’s Mile. The Coalition to Protect Mariner’s Mile supports development that meets our vision and is guided by our core values. The framework must meet design and style guidelines that will enhance the waterfront, not obstruct it with excessive mass, density and height.
The City has also recognized that Pacific Coast Highway and the proposed expansion of PCH require further evaluation. A speedway through the heart of our town is not safe for our children or community. West Coast Highway should remain as it is now with NO new vehicle lanes. Future development within Mariners’ Mile must enhance the waterfront and our community’s quality of life, retain street parking, and further its transformation into a friendly village that attracts pedestrians and bicyclists.
The future of Newport Beach should be determined by the citywide General Plan and be founded upon community consensus to guide the future of the City and Mariners’ Mile. Preserving and enhancing the quality of life described here by the Coalition must be foremost in all decisions made throughout the General Plan Update process. The City’s authority and jurisdiction comes from the citizens; therefore, the City is accountable to the residents. Accordingly, community safety, quality of life, and the community’s well being are the most important and dominant factors in guiding all decisions.