HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-57 - Authorizing the Application for and Securing of Funds from the California Coastal Commission’s Whale Tail Grant Program for the Junior Lifeguard Scholarship ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2023-57
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 FOR 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 youth
in the junior lifeguard program; and
WHEREAS, the City has created a Junior Lifeguard Scholarship program
("Program") as a means of increasing participation by low income and underserved youth
and desires to fund the Program 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 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 and/or grant 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 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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aa on C. Harp
City Attorney
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. 2023-57 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the loth clay of October, 2023; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Noah Blom, Councilmember Brad Avery, Councilmember Robyn Grant,
Councilmember L.aluren Kleiman, Councilmember Joe Stapleton, Councilmember
Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Will O'Neill
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 11th day of October, 2023.
Leilani . Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California