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RESOLUTION NO. 2016-48
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE RECORDS
RETENTION SCHEDULE, AUTHORIZING DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN CITY
RECORDS, AND AMENDING CITY COUNCIL POLICY A-11
WHEREAS, the maintenance of numerous records is expensive, slows document
retrieval, and is not necessary after a certain period of time for the effective and efficient
operation of the government of the City of Newport Beach (“City”);
WHEREAS, Sections 34090 et seq. of the Government Code of the State of California
provide a procedure whereby any City record which has served its purpose and is no longer
required may be destroyed;
WHEREAS, the State of California has adopted guidelines for retention periods for
various government records;
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2003-39, adopting the initial
Records Retention Schedule in 2003;
WHEREAS, the City Council revised the Records Retention Schedule through the
adoption of Resolution No. 2006-104, Resolution No. 2011-18, and Resolution No. 2014-35;
and
WHEREAS, the City is continuing to improve its records management program,
including updating the City’s Records Retention Schedule to incorporate new laws and
business practices;.
WHEREAS, the City Council authorizes certain portions of the Records Retention
Schedule to be amended as set forth in Exhibit 1; and
WHEREAS, all previously adopted and unchanged sections of the Records Retention
Schedule shall remain in effect as adopted by Resolution No. 2014-35.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The term “records” as used herein shall include documents, instructions,
books, microforms, electronic files, magnetic tape, optical media, papers, or other items, as
defined by the California Public Records Act.
Section 2. The amended portions of the Records Retention Schedule is hereby
amended, in part, as set forth in Exhibit 1, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference., are hereby authorized to be destroyed as provided by Sections 34090 et seq. of the
Government Code of the State of California and in accordance with the provision of said
schedule upon the request of the Department Directors and with the written consent of the City
Attorney, without further action by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach.
April 12, 2015
Item No. 5
Resolution No. 2016-48
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Section 3. All other parts of the Records Retention Schedule, as adopted by
Resolution No. 2014-35, shall remain unchanged and in effect.
Section 34. Since amendments to the Records Retention Schedule, as approved by
the City Council pursuant to this resolution, cause City Council Policy A-11(Recording of Open
Meetings) to be inconsistent, the City Council hereby adopts an amended version of City
Council Policy A-11, as set forth in Exhibit 2, attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
Section 45. The City Council finds this action 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, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in
physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Section 56. The recitals provided above are true and correct and incorporated into the
operative part of this resolution.
Section 67. 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 78. 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 12th day of April, 2016.
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Diane B. Dixon
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Exhibits:
(1) Amended Sections to the Records Retention Schedule
(2) Revised City Council Policy A-11