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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-2 - Creating the General Plan Update Steering Committee (PA2017-141).RESOLUTION NO. 2022-2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CREATING THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE STEERING COMMITTEE (PA2017-141) WHEREAS, on January 22, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019- 7, establishing the General Plan Update Steering Committee (subsequently amended pursuant to Resolution No. 2019-20) to assist the City in reviewing and updating the City of Newport Beach General Plan ("General Plan"); WHEREAS, on January 14, 2020, the ad hoc committee was dissolved and the Housing Element Update Advisory Committee ("HEUAC") was established pursuant to Resolution No. 2020-6 to assist the City in updating its 6t" Cycle Housing Element covering the period 2021-2029; WHEREAS, the last comprehensive update to the City of Newport Beach's General Plan ("General Plan") occurred in 2006; WHEREAS, the General Plan is an important document that provides a framework for the City's future development and requires comprehensive updates from time -to -time to ensure the General Plan matches the desires of the community and complies with State mandates; WHEREAS, since the last comprehensive update to the General Plan, there have been changes in state planning law which affect the General Plan; WHEREAS, moreover, in order to implement the 6t" Cycle Housing Element, revisions to other elements of the General Plan are necessary; WHEREAS, the City Council values and respects the opinions, knowledge, and experiences of its residents, and desires residents to play an important role in the General Plan update process; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to reestablish the General Plan Update Steering Committee ("Steering Committee") to assist the City in reviewing and updating the General Plan. Resolution No. 2022-2 Page 2 of 3 NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Council does hereby create the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee shall be an ad hoc committee, with the number of members, term, qualification of appointees, selection process, responsibilities and other related rules set forth in Attachment "A," which is incorporated herein by reference. Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Section 3: 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 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution to create the Steering Committee 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. 2022-2 Page 3 of 3 Section 5: 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 25th day of January, 2022. ATTEST: 0"14-t - wt�i- Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE z c ar Aa on C. Harp City Attorney Kevin Muld n Mayor Attachment A: Description of the General Plan Update Steering Committee Attachment "A" General Plan Update Steering Committee AUTHORIZATION: Established by Resolution No. 2022-2 adopted on January 25, 2022. MEMBERSHIP: Three (3) members that meet the qualifications set forth below. Appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. TERM: The term of the Committee Members shall be indefinite pending City Council adoption of the General Plan Update. MEETINGS: Meetings shall be held as required by the business needs of the Committee in such locations, dates and times as allowed by the Ralph M. Brown Act. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS: Appointed Committee Members shall be: A. A resident of the City of Newport Beach; B. A registered voter of the City of Newport Beach; and C. Not be a member of the Newport Beach City Council. SELECTION OF APPOINTED MEMBERS: Except as otherwise required by state law, the Mayor (or his/her designee) shall have the discretion to determine the process for selecting Committee Members and shall not be required to form an "ad-hoc appointments committee" or comply with any other procedural or timing requirements set forth in Council Policy A-2. Attachment A PURPOSE & RESPONSIBILITIES: A. Ensure there is sufficient public outreach and stakeholder input regarding the update to the City of Newport Beach General Plan ("General Plan Update"); B. Provide guidance to City staff regarding the scope of work and preparation of a Request for Proposal for a General Plan Update consultant; C. Review responses to the Request for Proposal; D. Make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the selection of a consultant to assist with the General Plan Update; E. Provide a recommendation to the City Council on the formation and membership of a subsequent General Plan Update Advisory Committee ("Advisory Committee") that will help guide policy changes with the General Plan Update; F. Provide oversight and direction to the Advisory Committee to ensure the overall General Plan Update process stays on task; and G. Make reports to the Citv Council, at least bi-monthly, regarding the progress of the General Plan Update. EXPIRATION: The Committee shall expire and sunset without further action by the Citv Council upon adoption of the General Plan Update or sooner if acted upon by the City Council. 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. 2022-2 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of January, 2022; and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Kevin Muldoon, Mayor Pro Tem Noah Blom, Council Member Brad Avery, Council Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Duffy Duffield, Council Member Will O'Neill NAYS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 261h day of January, 2022. 4"" O�NV�11 Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California