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.
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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
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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.
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