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Home My WebLink About06 - Reestablishing the City Council Homeless Ad Hoc CommitteeQ �EwPpRT CITY OF O � z NEWPORT BEACH <,FORN'P City Council Staff Report March 8, 2022 Agenda Item No. 6 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Grace K. Leung, City Manager - 949-644-3001, gleung@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Tara Finnigan, Assistant City Manager, tfinnigan@newportbeachca.gov PHONE: 949-644-3035 TITLE: Resolution No. 2022-18: Reestablishing the City Council Homeless Ad Hoc Committee FA3.1-1 d:7±Tib 6 The Newport Beach City Council formed a Homeless Ad Hoc Committee (Committee) in November 2019 to analyze issues related to people experiencing homelessness. The Committee expired on December 31, 2020. Staff is recommending that the Committee be reestablished and be responsible for evaluating the contracted services associated with the City of Newport Beach (City) homeless outreach program. RECOMMENDATION: a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and b) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-18, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Reestablishing the Newport Beach City Council Homeless Ad Hoc Committee. DISCUSSION: The Homeless Ad Hoc Committee (Committee) was formed by the City Council in November 2019 to analyze issues related to people experiencing homelessness. The Committee expired on December 31, 2020, without making a recommendation to the City Council. The City has since further developed its homeless outreach program and expanded the services available to individuals experiencing homelessness in the community. At the January 29, 2022 City Council Planning Session, Council discussed the program and the contracted services provided. Council members expressed interest in evaluating whether the City's existing services were adequately serving individuals experiencing homeless in Newport Beach. 6-1 Resolution No. 2022-18: Reestablishing the City Council Homeless Ad Hoc Committee March 8, 2022 Page 2 Should the City Council reestablish the Committee, it would be comprised of Council Members Brad Avery, Joy Brenner and Will O'Neill, and be responsible for evaluating the contracted services under the City's homeless outreach program. The services include, but are not limited to, City Net, the Costa Mesa Temporary Bridge Shelter, the Be Well OC Mobile Crisis Unit, the Trellis International Community Impact Team, and Permanent Supportive Housing. The Committee would expire upon making its recommendations to the full City Council or on December 31, 2022, whichever occurs first. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact related to this item. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Staff recommends the City Council find 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. NOTICING: The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the meeting at which the City Council considers the item). ATTACHMENT: Attachment A — Resolution No. 2022-18 6-2 ATTACHMENT A RESOLUTION NO. 2022-18 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REESTABLISHING THE NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL HOMELESS AD HOC COMMITTEE WHEREAS, on March 26, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019- 25 establishing a City Council/Citizens' Committee known as the Newport Beach Homeless Task Force ("Task Force") to study the impacts of homelessness on the City of Newport Beach ("City") and develop solutions to end homelessness; WHEREAS, on May 14, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-42, increasing the membership of the Committee to three (3) councilmembers and seven (7) residents; WHEREAS, on September 14, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-85 declaring a shelter crisis pursuant to Senate Bill 850 as codified in California Government Code Section 8698.2; WHEREAS, as a result, on November 12, 2019, the Task Force recommended that the City Council reconstitute the character, membership, and purpose to form a City Council ad hoc committee ("Committee")-, WHEREAS, on November 19, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-100 reconstituting the character, membership, and purpose of the Committee; WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 2019-100 the Committee expired on December 31, 2020 without making a recommendation to the City Council; WHEREAS, in the interim, the City has significantly expanded services to individuals experiencing homeless; WHEREAS, at the January 29, 2022 City Council Planning Special Meeting, the City Council expressed interest in evaluating whether the City's existing programs adequately serve individuals experiencing homeless within Newport Beach particularly in the wake of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to reestablish the Committee. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: 6-3 Resolution No. 2022 - Page 2 of 3 Section 1: The Committee shall be comprised of three (3) councilmembers. Council Member Avery, Council Member Brenner, and Council Member O'Neill shall serve as members of the Committee. The term of the appointed members of the Committee shall be indefinite pending City Council action or expiration of the Committee as set forth in this resolution. Section 2: The sole purpose and responsibility of the Committee shall be to evaluate whether the City's established contract services, including but not limited to, City Net, Costa Mesa Temporary Bridge Shelter, Be Well OC Mobile Crisis Unit, Permanent Supportive Housing and/or Trellis International Community Impact Team adequately serve individuals experiencing homeless within Newport Beach. Section 3: The Committee shall function as an ad hoc committee and shall not be subject to the Brown Act. Section 4: The Committee shall expire upon making its recommendations to the entire City Council, at a noticed public meeting of the City Council, or December 31, 2022, whichever occurs first. 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 recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution. Section 7: 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. Resolution No. 2022 - Page 3 of 3 Section 8. 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 8th day of March, 2022. Kevin Muldoon Mayor ATTEST: Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE z4,,- c o,,,, Aaron C. Harp City Attorney M