HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-40 - Authorizing Application for Grant Funding from the Orange County Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2024-40
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING
APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM THE
ORANGE COUNTY ENHANCED MOBILITY FOR
SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority, through its Enhanced
Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities ("EMSD") program, provides grant
funding to nonprofit organizations and qualifying public agencies of up to $1,500,000 per
applicant for projects to meet the transportation needs of seniors and individuals with
disabilities;
WHEREAS, the EMSD program requires local agencies to provide a 10% local
match for capital, which includes the purchase and lease of vehicles and equipment, small
capital purchases, and operating expenses for mobility management, and additionally, a
20% local match for operating assistance expenses;
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City"), through its Recreation and Senior
Services Department, maintains a transportation program for seniors to travel from their
residences to places such as medical appointments, shopping, essential errands, and the
OASIS Senior Center;
WHEREAS, there is an on -going need in the City for transportation services for
seniors, and additional funding will aid existing efforts by facilitating the enhancement of
these services,
WHEREAS, a notice of public hearing was published on May 4, 2024, in the Daily
Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation, providing the date, time, location and notice that
a public hearing would be held on June 11, 2024, regarding authorization to submit an
application for grant funding under the EMSD program;
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the City Council on June 11, 2024, at
which time all interested parties were invited to speak on the subject; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to apply for the EMSD program grant funding in order
to aid existing efforts by facilitating the enhancement of the City's senior transportation
services.
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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 authorize the Director of Recreation
and Senior Services, or designee, to apply for grant funding from the EMSD program.
Section 2: The City Council hereby commits to providing a 10% local match for
capital, which may include the purchase and lease of vehicles and equipment, small
capital purchases, and operating expenses for mobility management, and additionally, a
20% local match for operating assistance expenses.
Section 3: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 4: 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 5: 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.
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Section 6: 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 June, 2024.
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Will O'Neill
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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. 2024-40 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 11th day of June, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery,
Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember
Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 12th day of June, 2024.
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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