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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-18 - Reestablishing the Newport Beach City Council Homeless Ad Hoc CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2022-18 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REESTABLISHING THE NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL HOMELESS AD HOC COMMITTEE 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 ("Task Force") 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 as codified in California Government Code Section 8698.2; WHEREAS, as a result, on November 12, 2019, the Task Force recommended that the City Council reconstitute the character, membership, and purpose to form a City Council ad hoc committee ("Committee"); WHEREAS, on November 19, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-100 reconstituting the character, membership, and purpose of the Committee; WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 2019-100 the Committee expired on December 31, 2020 without making a recommendation to the City Council; WHEREAS, in the interim, the City has significantly expanded services to individuals experiencing homeless; WHEREAS, at the January 29, 2022 City Council Planning Special Meeting, the City Council expressed interest in evaluating whether the City's existing programs adequately serve individuals experiencing homeless within Newport Beach particularly in the wake of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to reestablish the Committee. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Resolution No. 2022-18 Page 2 of 3 Section 1: The Committee shall be comprised of three (3) councilmembers. Council Member Avery, Council Member Brenner, and Council Member O'Neill shall 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. Section 2: The sole purpose and responsibility of the Committee shall be tc evaluate whether the City's established contract services, including but not limited to, City Net, Costa Mesa Temporary Bridge Shelter, Be Well OC Mobile Crisis Unit, Permanent Supportive Housing and/or Trellis International Community Impact Team adequately serve individuals experiencing homeless within Newport Beach. Section 3: The Committee shall function as an ad hoc committee and shall not be subject to the Brown Act. Section 4: The Committee shall expire upon making its recommendations to the entire City Council, at a noticed public meeting of the City Council, or December 31, 2022, whichever occurs first. Section 5: 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 6: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution. 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. 2022-18 Page 3of3 Section 8: 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 8th day of March, ATTEST: r Leilani 1. Brown City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE oma_---- Aar6n C. Harp City Attorney 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. 2022-18 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 8th day of March, 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 91h day of March, 2022. Lei ani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California