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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18 - General Plan Update Process - Amended Resolution'NIC IL A%C�.'t r`6 0 , 115 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-73 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE TO ASSIST IN THE REVIEW OF THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN WHEREAS, in 2006 the City of Newport Beach ("City") adopted a new General Plan; WHEREAS, the General Plan provides a framework for the City's future development and requires review and comprehensive updates from time -to -time to ensure it meets State law and matches the desires of the community; WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the contemplation of a comprehensive General Plan update requires active community participation prior to initiation of any such update; and WHEREAS, the City desires to create a Blue Ribbon Committee to provide an open and transparent opportunity for the public to engage and participate in reviewing the City's current General Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows.. Section 1: The City Council does hereby create the Blue Ribbon Committee to assist the residents, City staff, Planning Commission, and City Council in reviewing and exploring the possibility of updating the Community's General Plan. The Blue Ribbon Committee shall automatically sunset, without further action, upon the initiation of a General Plan update by the City Council. Section 2: A full description and listing of responsibilities of the Blue Ribbon Committee is set forth in Exhibit A, which is attached and incorporated herein by reference. Section 3: The City Council does herby waive City Council Policy A-2 (Boards, Commissions, & Committees) to allow existing committee or commission members to participate in the Blue Ribbon Committee. Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. 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. Resolution No. 2017-73 Page 2 of 3 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 this resolution. ADOPTED this 14th day of November, 2017. Kevin Muldoon Mayor ATTEST: Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Aaron C. Harp City Attorney Attachments: Exhibit A — Blue Ribbon Committee Resolution No. 2017-73 Page 3 of 3 EXHIBIT A BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE AUTHORIZATION: Established by Resolution No. 2017-73 adopted on the 14th of November, 2017. MEMBERSHIP: The following membership criteria shall apply to the Blue Ribbon Committee: 1. The Blue Ribbon Committee shall consist of up to ten (10) members. 2. Membership shall be limited to City residents, property owner or business owner that operates in the City. 3. Membership may be composed of the following categories and no member may represent more than one (1) category: a. One (1) resident, property owner, or business owner from each City Council District; b. One (1) member from an appointed Commission or Committee; and c. Up to two (2) City Council Members. 4. Prospective members shall submit a complete application for an appointive position to the City Clerk. The Mayor's appointees shall have discretion on whom to appoint to the Blue Ribbon Committee, which appointment shall be made at an open and public City Council meeting. TERM: Unless removed earlier by the City Council, the membership term shall end upon the initiation of a General Plan update by the City Council. MEETINGS: The Blue Ribbon Committee shall hold meetings at such frequency as required by its workload. BROWN ACT: The Blue Ribbon Committee shall be subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. A quorum shall be comprised of the attendance of a majority of the appointed members at a Blue Ribbon Committee meeting (e.g., if there are only ten (10) appointed members, the attendance of six (6) members shall be required to comprise a quorum). PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The purpose of the Blue Ribbon Committee is to provide opportunities for public participation and to review the community's current General Plan in an open and transparent manner. The Blue Ribbon Committee shall: 1. Strive to create a balanced, effective, conscientious, and civic -minded group, that actively engages to discuss the community's vision and related policies established in the current General Plan, which may need to be refreshed; 2. Act in a professional and courteous manner towards fellow Blue Ribbon Committee members, residents, and other persons that appear before the Committee; and 3. Report back to the City Council with recommendation (s).