HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-15 - Reestablishing the Newport Beach City Council Homeless Ad Hoc CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2023-15
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;
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;
WHEREAS, on March 8, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-
18, reestablishing the Committee, comprised of three (3) members of the City Council,
to evaluate whether the City's established contract services adequately serve
individuals experiencing homelessness within the City;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 2022-18, the Committee expired on
December 31, 2022, without making a recommendation to the City Council;
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WHEREAS, at the February 28, 2023, City Council meeting, the City Council
expressed interest in reestablishing the City Council Homeless Ad Hoc Committee to
evaluate the services currently being provided by the City's contractors and to consider
whether additional contract services should be provided as part of the City's homeless
outreach program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to reestablish the Committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The Committee shall be comprised of three (3) councilmembers
appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. By approval of this
resolution, the City Council confirms Mayor Blom's appointment of the following Council
Members to the Committee: (1) Mayor Blom; (2) Council Member Grant; and (3) Council
Member Kleiman. 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 to
evaluate the services being provided by the City's existing contractors and to consider
whether additional contract services should be provided as part of the City's homeless
outreach program.
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.
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.
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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.
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 14th day of March, 2023.
Noah Blom
Mayor
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brow
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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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. 2023-15 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 141h day of March, 2023; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Noah Blom, Mayor Pro Tern 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 March, 2023.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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