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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-9 - Creating an Ad Hoc Committee to Explore Opportunities for Private Funding of the Proposed Central Library Lecture Hall ProjectRESOLUTION NO. 2020-9 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CREATING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIVATE FUNDING OF THE PROPOSED CENTRAL LIBRARY LECTURE HALL PROJECT WHEREAS, the City's Central Library building ("Central Library"), located at 1000 Avocado Avenue ("Property"), was first completed in 1994, and later expanded in 2013, to incorporate a second entrance connecting the Central Library to the Civic Center and Park; WHEREAS, the City is in the process of developing the preliminary architectural concept for a new Library Lecture Hall at the Property ("Library Lecture Hall") to accommodate on-going programs and community events that are attended by over 72,000 participants each year; WHEREAS, the proposed Library Lecture Hall is anticipated to be approximately 7,000 -square feet with seating for 275 individuals and include additional landscaping and necessary parking modifications ("Project"); WHEREAS, the estimated total cost for the Project is Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000); WHEREAS, many residents of the City are interested in helping support the design and construction of the Project by donating money to be used to fund the Project and purchase furniture, fixtures and equipment ("FF&E"); and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to create an Ad Hoc Committee comprised, of two (2) Council Members, to explore opportunities for private support of the Project and to make a recommendation to the entire City Council in regards thereto. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Council hereby creates an Ad Hoc Committee comprised, of two (2) Council Members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the entire City Council, to explore opportunities for private support of the Project and to make recommendation (s) to the entire City Council in regards thereto. Section 2: The Ad Hoc Committee shall be an advisory committee and shall expire upon making recommendation (s) to the entire City Council or December 31, 2020, whichever occurs first. Resolution No. 2020-9 Page 2 of 2 Section 3: The Ad Hoc Committee shall not be subject to the Brown Act; however, the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Committee shall be considered at a noticed and public hearing by the entire City Council. Section 4: 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 5: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution. Section 6: 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. Section 7: 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 28th day of January, 2020. ATTEST• Leilani I. Bro City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY TTORNEY'S OFFICE - C. Aaron C. Harp City Attorney -2�� ': -- -� �-� Will O'Neill Mayor 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. 2020-9, was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 28th day of January, 2020; and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Brad Avery, Council Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Jeff Herdman NAYS: Council Member Duffy Duffield, Council Member Kevin Muldoon IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 291h day of January, 2020. EZ / FA I 0111rd 4. fill filym, 7, 2 wmov,4 IT Leilani I. Brown ' City Clerk Newport Beach, California