HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-82 - Authorizing an Application for, and Receipt of, SB 2 Planning Grants Program FundsRESOLUTION NO. 2019-82
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING
AN APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF, SB 2
PLANNING GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, the State of California, Department of Housing and Community
Development ("Department") has issued a Notice of Funding Availability ("NOFA") dated
March 28, 2019, for its Planning Grants Program ("PGP");
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to authorize City of Newport Beach ("City")
staff to submit a 2019 PGP application, as described in the NOFA and SB 2 Planning
Grants Program Guidelines released by the Department for the PGP to expedite the City's
building permit processing, to keep its Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance in conformance
with State law, and/or to begin conducting preliminary analysis on the current housing
opportunity sites listed in the City's Housing Element; and
WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to provide up to an aggregate total of
One Hundred and Twenty Three Million Dollars and 00/100 ($123,000,000.00) under the
SB 2 Planning Grants Program for the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for
assistance to local jurisdictions (as described in the Health and Safety Code section
50470 et seq.) related to the PGP.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby authorize and direct City staff to submit
an application for the 2019 PGP in the amount of Three Hundred and Ten Thousand
Dollars and 00/100 ($310,000.00).
Section 2: If the City's PGP grant application is approved by the Department,
the City Manager is authorized to enter into, execute, and deliver a State of California
Agreement ("Standard Agreement") for an amount up to Three Hundred and Ten
Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($310,000.00), and any and all other documents required
or deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence and secure the PGP grant, the City's
obligations related thereto, and all amendments thereto (collectively, the "PGP Grant
Documents").
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Section 3: Should the City accept the grant funds, the City shall be subject to
the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard Agreement, the SB 2 PGP
Guidelines, and any applicable PGP guidelines published by the Department. Funds are
to be used for allowable expenditures, as specifically identified in the Standard
Agreement. Any and all activities funded, information provided, and timelines represented
in the application shall be enforceable through the executed Standard Agreement. The
City hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible uses in the manner presented in the
application, as approved by the Department and in accordance with the PGP NOFA, the
PGP Guidelines, and the 2019 PGP Application.
Section 4: The City Manager is authorized to execute the City's PGP
application, the PGP Grant Documents, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the
City, as required by the Department for receipt of the PGP grant.
Section 5: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 7: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
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Section 8: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 24th day of September, 2019.
Diane B. Dixon
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
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I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2019-82, was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 24th day of September, 2019; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Diane Dixon, Mayor Pro Tem Will O'Neill, Council Member Brad Avery, Council
Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Jeff Herdman, Council Member Kevin Muldoon
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Council Member Duffy Duffield
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 251h day of September, 2019.
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Leilani I. Brown -
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California