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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"). Resolution No. 2019-82 Page 2 of 3 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. Resolution No. 2019-82 Page 3 of 3 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: N'EW Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE c - X'0� Aaron C. Harp City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } 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. wo" 1, Offlow.-Ijair"M" Leilani I. Brown - City Clerk Newport Beach, California