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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-7 - Regarding Strategies from the 2018 Planning SessionRESOLUTION NO. 2018-7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REGARDING STRATEGIES FROM THE 2018 PLANNING SESSION WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City") annually holds a planning session to assist in clarifying and prioritizing specific efforts for the coming calendar year; WHEREAS, on Monday, January 29, 2018, the City Council convened for a planning session to discuss a series of key topics including: a fiscal update; improving customer service and code enforcement on Newport Harbor; whether and when to update the City's current General Plan; and a review of public safety operations and facilities; WHEREAS, following presentations by City staff, the City Council took public input and discussed strategies to address each topic; and WHEREAS, City staff was authorized to return to the City Council at a future meeting to memorialize City Council's 2018 strategies. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: City staff shall bring forward actions to formalize recent City actions regarding providing for a better customer service experience on Newport Harbor, including but not limited to mooring administration, more active code enforcement, better harbor clean-up and maintenance, and more. This may include revisions of Title 17 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to reflect these changes and the City's new role. A management review will be conducted to advise staff and the Council on optimal organizational structures. Section 2: City staff shall interface with members of the California State Legislature to encourage the introduction and support of legislation that would permit the creation of a Port Master Plan (or similar device) and allow the City to manage Newport Harbor's infrastructure and activities under the California Coastal Act. Section 3: City staff shall conduct a series of community meetings in 2019 to provide a platform for strong community input as well as education and information gathering about a possible future General Plan Update. City staff shall not begin working on a General Plan Update before this series of community meetings is complete. Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Any previously adopted resolution, or portion thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this resolution is hereby repealed tc the extent it conflicts. Resolution No. 2018-7 Page 2 of 2 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 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, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 7: 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 13th day of February, 2018. ATTEST: f � Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE i Aaron C. karp City Attorney — Marshall "Duffy' Duffield Mayor 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. 2018-7 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 131h day of February, 2018; and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Member Jeff Herdman, Council Member Kevin Muldoon, Council Member Scott Peotter, Council Member Brad Avery, Mayor Pro Tem Will O'Neill, Mayor Duffy Duffield NAYS: Council Member Diane Dixon IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 141h day of February, 2018. 1dkX►v°�v� Leilani I. Brown ' City Clerk Newport Beach, California