HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-100 - Reconstituting the Character, Membership and Purpose of the Newport Beach Homeless Task ForceRESOLUTION NO. 2019-100
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, RECONSTITUTING
THE CHARACTER, MEMBERSHIP AND PURPOSE OF
THE NEWPORT BEACH HOMELESS TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-
25, establishing a City Council/Citizens' Committee known as the Newport Beach
Homeless Task Force ("Committee") to study the impacts of homelessness on the City
of Newport Beach ("City") and develop solutions to end homelessness;
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-42,
increasing the membership of the Committee to three (3) councilmembers and seven
(7) residents;
WHEREAS, on September 14, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2019-85, declaring a shelter crisis pursuant to Senate Bill 850 (Chapter 48, Statutes of
2018 and Government Code Section 8698.2); and
WHEREAS, given how quickly issues are developing related to the homeless
crisis, on November 12, 2019, the Committee recommended that the City Council
reconstitute the character, membership, and purpose of the Committee to provide
greater public participation directly with Council Members on the Committee and to
allow the Committee to make recommendations to the entire City Council in a more
expedited and efficient manner.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The Committee shall be comprised of three (3) councilmembers.
Mayor Pro Tem O'Neill, Council Member Avery and Council Member Brenner shall
continue to serve as members of the Committee. The term of the appointed members
of the Committee shall be indefinite pending City Council action or expiration of the
Committee as set forth in this resolution. The seven (7) residents previously appointed
to the Committee shall no longer be members of the Committee; however, the City
Council is grateful for the invaluable insight they have provided related to people
experiencing homelessness.
Section 2: The sole purpose and responsibility of the Committee shall be to
analyze issues related to people experiencing homelessness and return to the City
Council with a recommendation regarding the following:
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A. What are the best options for housing those persons experiencing
homelessness including, but not limited to, temporary shelter and/or permanent
supportive housing opportunities?
B. How should the City conduct public outreach and education regarding
issues related to people experiencing homelessness?
C. What are the best options for the City to coordinate with other
governmental agencies to address homelessness?
D. What are the best options for the City to establish public/private
partnerships to address homelessness?
Section 3: The Committee shall continue to function as an ad hoc committee
and shall not be subject to the Brown Act. The City Council encourages the Committee
to hold regular public meetings to solicit input on issues related to homelessness and
the issues that will affect the recommendations to be made to the entire City Council.
Section 4: The Task Force shall expire upon making its recommendations to
the entire City Council, at a noticed public meeting of the City Council, or December 31,
2020, whichever is sooner.
Section 5: The City Council hereby repeals Resolution No. 2019-42.
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 recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution.
Section 8: 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 9: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
ADOPTED this 19th day of November 2 19.
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Di ne B. Dixon
Mayor
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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City Attorney
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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. 2019-100, was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 19th day of November, 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 Duffy Duffield, Council Member Jeff Herdman
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Council Member Kevin Muldoon
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 20th day of November, 2019.
Leilani 1. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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