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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-69 - Authorizing the Application for and Securing of Funds from the California Coastal Commission Whale Tail Grant Program to Fund the Pilot Year of the Junior Lifeguard Scholarship ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2022-69 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION FOR AND SECURING OF FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION'S WHALE TAIL GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND THE PILOT YEAR OF THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHEREAS, the California Coastal Commission ("Commission") is a state regulatory and planning agency that operates under the 1976 Coastal Act to manage the conservation and development of coastal resources in California; WHEREAS, the Commission issued a coastal development permit for the City of Newport Beach's ("City") Junior Lifeguard building project on the condition that City pursue funding sources to increase participation by low income and underserved youths in the junior lifeguard program; and WHEREAS, the City aims to create a Junior Lifeguard Scholarship program ("Scholarship") as a means of increasing participation by low income and underserved youth and desires to fund the pilot year of the Scholarship in part with funding from the Commission's Whale Tail grant program, the purpose of which is to connect children and the general public to the California coast and its watersheds through experiential education, stewardship, and outdoor experiences. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Manager, or her designee, shall be the City's designated representative and is authorized to apply for funding in an amount up to $50,000 from the Whale Tail grant program and to execute all necessary contract documents and take any other necessary actions to secure such grant funds. If awarded, the grant funds will be used by the City to fund the pilot year of the Scholarship program. Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Resolution No. 2022-69 Page 2 of 2 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 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 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 11th day of October, 2022. ATTEST: Leilani I. Brown ~ City Clerk U '\ro a0 APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Aar n C. Harp City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACII } 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. 2022-69 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 111h day of October, 2022; and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Kevin Muldoon, Mayor Pro Tern 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 121h day of October, 2022. EjjTfjj ,jr Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California H� ,U %W c