HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-10 - Dissolving the Affordable Housing Task ForceRESOLUTION NO. 2023-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DISSOLVING THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2000, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
("City Council") adopted Resolution No. 2000-27, establishing the Affordable Housing
Task Force ("Task Force") for a term of one year;
WHEREAS, the Task Force was formed to identify, evaluate and implement one
or more affordable housing projects to address the affordable housing needs in Newport
Beach;
WHEREAS, the City Council extended the term of the Task Force pursuant to
Resolutions Nos. 2001-9, 2002-20, and 2003-13;
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code Section 65580 et seq.
("State Housing Element Law"), the California Department of Housing and Community
Development ("HCD") adopted its 6th Cycle Regional Housing Needs Determination
("RHND") in 2019 for the 2021-2029 planning period, identifying a need for additional
affordable housing units within the regional jurisdiction of the Southern California
Association of Governments ("SCAG"), which includes the City of Newport Beach ("City");
WHEREAS, in 2020, SCAG adopted its 6th Cycle Regional Housing Needs
Assessment ("RHNA"), which allocated 4,845 housing units to the City for the 2021-2029
planning period;
WHEREAS, City staff, consultants, Planning Commission, and the City Housing
Element Update Advisory Committee ("HEUAC"), developed the 6th Cycle Housing
Element for the 2021-2029 planning period ("6th Cycle Housing Element");
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2022, the City Council adopted the 6th Cycle
Housing Element in accordance with State Housing Element Law;
WHEREAS, HCD certified the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element on October 5,
2022, as compliant with State Housing Element Law; and
WHEREAS, the entire City Council is focused on issues related to affordable
housing and the Task Force is no longer necessary at this time.
Resolution No. 2023-10
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby repeal Resolutions Nos. 2000-27,
2001-9, 2002-20, and 2003-13 and dissolves the Affordable Housing Task Force.
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 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 California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 ("CEQA Guidelines")
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Resolution No. 2023-10
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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 14th day of February, 2023.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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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. 2023-10 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 14th day of February, 2023; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Noah Blom, Mayor Pro Tem Will O'Neill, Council Member Brad Avery, Council
Member Robyn Grant, Council Member Lauren Kleiman, Council Member
Joe Stapleton, Council Member Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 151h day of February, 2023.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California