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HomeMy WebLinkAbout24 - City Council Homeless Ad Hoc Committee Recommendations - Correspondencej;4 Pier -Pier Received after Agenda Printed June 13, 2023 Item No. 24 Central Newport Beach Community Association PO Box 884 • Newport Beach, CA • 92661-0884 www.MyNewportBeach.Org June 12, 2023 Dear Mayor Blom and Councilmembers Stapleton, Avery, Weigand, Grant, Kleiman, and O'Neill: Central Newport Beach Community Association (CNBCA) represents hundreds of residents living and/or owning property between the two piers. Our location on the Balboa Peninsula exposes our members to some of the city's most intense homeless problems. At our request, Natalie Basmaciyan arranged for several of CNBCA's members to accompany her on a tour of the Costa Mesa -Newport Beach Shelter facility, which we greatly appreciated. On 16 May 2023, we accompanied Natalie for a tour of the shelter. We met with the Mercy House staff and the management team from Costa Mesa. It was a very informative tour, and we were extremely impressed at what is offered to the shelter's clients who are fortunate enough to take advantage of the facility. The building and services appear to be topnotch. The kitchen was state-of-the-art and appeared to have everything needed to offer healthy meals. All parts of the structure, including sleeping areas, were very clean and arranged for greater comfort and privacy than one would normally expect to see in a shelter situation. We felt this facility would likely meet or exceed similar facilities for use of space and for having modern, clean, safe, and comfortable accommodations. Both cities should be commended for creating an exceptional shelter facility. What we found even more impressive was the compassion and obvious goal to help these folks that was shown by Natalie and her counterpart from Costa Mesa. Both have good hearts and a zeal to understand each client's needs in his/her journey to overcome homelessness. Natalie is a gem! We all agreed that she should be recognized as an extremely valuable asset in our city's effort to deal with the homeless challenge. As you know, the Martin v. Boise Ninth District decision requires cities to have empty shelter beds available to allow enforcement of anti -camping laws. CNBCA strongly believes that the City of Newport Beach must meet this requirement as quickly as possible. CNBCA appreciates that the city of Newport Beach has staff (such as Natalie Basmaciyan), City Net, and Be Well, that are dedicated to helping ease this problem. We appreciate that the city is working diligently to develop a blend of solutions and that the city recognizes that having an adequate number of shelter beds is a critical first step in housing our homeless. Fortunately, during our tour, we were informed that the Costa Mesa -Newport Beach shelter facility has the potential to double its footprint, enabling the cities to, collectively, more than double the number of homeless individuals currently being served at the current location (through expansion of the facility and through improved space -planning of the existing space). Time is of the essence. CNBCA would like to request that the Newport Beach City Council take advantage of this opportunity to enlarge the existing Costa Mesa -Newport Beach Shelter. We ask that the City immediately move forward with discussions/negotiations with the City of Costa Mesa to promote this outcome (in addition to the five additional beds already being negotiated). With effective negotiations to secure sufficient "beds" and the timely buildout of the current shelter, the Newport Beach City Council can meet the requirements spelled out in Martin v. Boise. We appreciate your attention to this very important matter. We would like the City Council to consider adding one of our Board Members to the new Homeless Ad Hoc Committee for implementation of the recommendations in AttachmentA for the City Council's 13 June 2023 meeting. Sincerely, Maureen Cotton President, CNBCA Cc: Natalie Basmaciyan ATTACHMENT A NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL HOMELESS AD HOC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS OVERALL DIRECTIVES 1. Create a Council Policy for the City's approach to people experiencing homelessness: a. Focus all efforts and funding on street exits b. Offer services first c. Regular and even enforcement of all City & State laws d. Consistent tracking and reporting across all departments and partners e. Reallocate funds previously considered for grants for homeless -related services toward City - run initiatives f. Perform baseline citywide count & repeat annually 2. Contracts a. Revise contracts for consistency with the Council Policy b. Acquire and/or access additional shelter beds c. Hold vendors and partners accountable to Council policy 3. Code Clarification a. Consider adoption of new ordinance COMMUNITY 1. Engage consultant for community education regarding "Good Giving" campaign OTHER 1. Amend Ad Hoc Committee resolution scope and term 24-3 Received after Agenda Printed June 13, 2023 Item No. 24 Dear Newport Beach City Council Members, Countless residents have raised concerns about the ever-growing homeless encampment problem in Newport Beach at the OC Transportation Authority on Avocado, and in our community at large. I personally get my prescriptions at Hill Pharmacy, adjacent to the OCTA, and have photos and videos during the past three years documenting the expanding encampment on this Irvine Company leased property. Thank you to those who have reached out to our City Council members to heighten attention and propose solutions to this dire issue. After reaching out to City Councilwoman Lauren Kleinman this week, she responded favorably regarding posing solutions to this situation, siting this is "her number one priority". Thank you, Lauren, for bringing the Ad Hoc Committee recommendations to next week's City Council meeting. As a mother of two small children, we know you value community safety. The Irvine Company owns the land, leases it to OCTA, and Newport Beach leader's hands have allegedly been tied, which has created fertile ground for the problem to grow. Adding fuel to the fire, Our Lady Queen of Angels weekly hands out free food and gift cards to the homeless, which is drawing more of them to our community, and threatening student safety on the CDM school campus, located adjacent to the church. Rather than triangulate for political gain on this complicated land issue, and turning a blind eye to the OCTA's complicit property dereliction of The Irvine Company's land, it's time our City Leaders posture with strength and resolve to put an end to this momentous encampment plague to our city. Pressure is building, and the time is NOW for our elected city leaders to boldly meet with local law enforcement, heads of The Irvine Co. and OCTA and hash out a solution to terminate the homeless problem in Newport Beach lest we become like SA, LA, San Francisco, and Sacramento. Please act now, before it's too late! Thank you, Sharon MacDougall Chief Domestic Officer Received after Agenda Printed June 13, 2023 Mulvey, Jennifer Item No. 24 Subject: FW: comments regarding people living on the street From: stubbeck@yahoo.com <stubbeckCaiyahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 10:09:53 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: comments regarding people living on the street To Whom it May Concern - I am a 25 year home owner in CDM Village. I am troubled by the people living in tents just off Fashion Island at the bus station. I recently solicited a business in that area and was dumb founded by the encampment. I realize the city/police etc. are limited in what they can do in terms of people living on the street but there has to be some better solutions. There is a woman who has lived on the street for the past 5 years. She washes in the neighborhood, spends her days in Old School Park and the bench in front of Golden Spoon, eats at Caf6 Panini and then shops at Bristol Farms. There is another man who lives on the street who I saw today laying on the beach with his vape pen and a whole bunch of store bought food. Who is financing these people and why are we as a society allowing this to happen? I pay a lot in taxes and those dollars cover streets, roads and government services. That does not entitle me to sleep, live, occupy and block a street, sidewalk or bus station. How are other cities handling this successfully? I just read the city of San Diego is trying to pass a law that makes it illegal to live on the street if shelter beds are available. What about if some of the social workers from BeWell routinely visited the people living on the street, developed relationships and then convinced them to go into housing/treatment? Clearly if people are living on the street, there is an addiction component as well as a PTSD component. This is not about the cost of housing. The proper thing to do as a society would be to get people on the street proper mental health support services which would most likely be an in- patient program (Mental health, accountability, community, work/purpose). I appreciate your hard work. Thank you! Uhehffd#Vwxeedlilhcag F huwlilhg # J hvlg hq wld GO s s ud lvhu Fhoc2WhI W##+<7<,833067<4 KATRINA FOLEY ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FIFTH DISTRICT COUNTY ADMINISTRATION NORTH 400 W. CIVIC CENTER DR., SIXTH FLOOR SANTA ANA, CA 92701 (714) 834-3550 Katrina.Foley@ocgov.com June 13, 2023 City of Newport Beach 100 Civic Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 RE: City Council Agenda Item 24 — Homeless Ad Hoc Committee Recommendations Dear Mayor Blom and City Council Members: I write to submit comments on Item 24 of today's Newport Beach City Council Agenda, which will review recommendations from the Homeless Ad Hoc Committee and provide direction to staff. Amidst the state's homelessness crisis, I commend the City of Newport Beach for reestablishing its Homeless Ad Hoc Committee, and I encourage you to use this opportunity to meaningfully reduce homelessness in Newport Beach. As Mayor of Costa Mesa, I invited then -Mayors of Newport Beach, Assemblymember Diane Dixon and Councilmember Will O'Niell, to join us in creating the Costa Mesa - Newport Beach Bridge Shelter. The investments by our cities in the shelter created the pathway for our respective Police Departments to enforce anti -camping and anti -loitering ordinances. Following the settlement agreement of Orange County Catholic Workers v. Orange County, I led a review and update of Costa Mesa's Municipal Code because the code was outdated, out of compliance, and unprepared to provide constitutional safeguards and navigate the nuances of our homelessness crisis. The City of Costa Mesa conducted a thorough review of effective ordinances from other cities, and ultimately modernized our municipal code on anti -camping, anti - loitering, and sleeping in vehicle prevention ordinances. I invite Newport Beach city staff to review the ordinances passed in Costa Mesa, all of which are attached. The status quo on homelessness is broken. The City can provide more compassionate care to individuals experiencing homelessness, and simultaneously address the health and safety concerns of residents and businesses at large. Please consider updating the municipal code sections related to camping, loitering, and sleeping in vehicles, adding additional beds for those who need it, and enforce city law. As the representative for the City of Newport Beach on the Orange County Board of Proudly serving the cities of Aliso Viejo, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Newport Beach, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano and the unincorporated areas of Coto de Caza, Emerald Bay, Ladera Ranch, Las Flores, Rancho Mission Viejo, Stonecliffe, and Wagon Wheel Mayor and City Council of Newport Beach June 13, 2023 Page 2 of 2 Supervisors, I am ready to assist however 1 am able and will continue offering the County's Office of Care & Coordination as a resource to all cities in the 5th district. ily, Foley nge County Supervisor, Fifth District Cc: Grace K Leung, City Manager of Newport Beach CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: APRIL 2, 2019 ITEM NUMBER: PH-1 SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 19-XX AND INTRODUCTION OF REGULAR ORDINANCE NO. 19-XX OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA AMENDING SECTION 10-194 (SLEEPING IN MOTOR VEHICLES PROHIBITED) OF CHAPTER X (STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING GENERALLY) OF TITLE 10 (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC), RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SLEEPING IN VEHICLES INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 19-XX AND INTRODUCTION OF REGULAR ORDINANCE NO. 19-XX OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA AMENDING SECTIONS 11-302 (DEFINITIONS) AND 11-304 (CAMPING IN PUBLIC AREAS PROHIBITED) OF CHAPTER XIV (CAMPING AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN PUBLIC AREAS) OF TITLE 11 (OFFENSES - MISCELLANEOUS), RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CAMPING IN PUBLIC AREAS DATE: MARCH 21, 2019 FROM: ROBERT SHARPNACK, CHIEF OF POLICE PRESENTATION BY: PAUL BECKMAN, LIEUTENANT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PAUL BECKMAN, (714) 754-5266 RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council: 1. Find that adoption of each of these ordinances is not a "project" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, and that each is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code. Regs. § 15000, et seq.) Sections 15061(b)(3) (because it can be seen with certainty that the adoption of this Ordinance will not have an effect on the environment) and 15321 (enforcement actions by regulatory agencies), such that no environmental review under CEQA is required. 2. Introduce and adopt as Urgency Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Section 10-194 (Sleeping in Motor Vehicles Prohibited) of Chapter X (Stopping, Standing and Parking Generally) Of Title 10 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Relating to Prohibitions Against Sleeping in Vehicles (Attachment 1). 3. Introduce for first reading, by title only, Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Section 10-194 (Sleeping in Motor Vehicles Prohibited) of Chapter X (Stopping, Standing and Parking Generally) of Title 10 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Relating to Prohibitions Against Sleeping in Vehicles (Attachment 2). 4. Introduce and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Sections 11-302 (Definitions) and 11-304 (Camping in public areas prohibited -Penalties) of Chapter XIV (Camping and Storage of Personal Property in Public Areas) of Title 11 (Offenses -Miscellaneous), Relating to Prohibitions Against Camping in Public Areas (Attachment 3). 5. Introduce for first reading, by title only, Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Section 11-302 (Definitions) and 11-304 (Camping in public areas prohibited -Penalties) of Chapter XIV (Camping and Storage of Personal Property in Public Areas) of Title 11 (Offenses- Miscellaneous), Relating to Prohibitions Against Camping in Public Areas (Attachment 4). BACKGROUND: Following the settlement of the Orange County Catholic Worker et al. v. Orange County, et al. case by the City of Costa Mesa and the establishment of the City's temporary interim bridge shelter at 1885 Anaheim Ave, the City will once again be able to enforce the provisions of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code (CMMC) which prohibit camping, storage of personal property and sleeping in vehicles in public areas. However, due to recent United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit case law, and the directives of the District Court in the Catholic Worker matter, the City had been effectively unable to enforce these CMMC provisions for approximately 12 months. As a result, the City has been unable to clear encampments or deter persons from using public property for camping rather than recreation — including but not limited to Lions Park, Wilson Park, Fairview Park, Talbert Park, Joann bike path and adjacent public property, the green belt areas along Victoria Street, and numerous unnamed or diminutive public areas next to or surrounded by private property. This has led to individuals accumulating mounds of personal property that creates a visual blight, impedes the use and access to this public space for others, and increases unsanitary conditions in and around the encampment. Vehicles used as encampments have become a similar nuisance as they impede the available parking, contain volumes of personal property, and often urine and other unsanitary substances are found in the immediate area of the vehicle. In order to deal with the health and safety crisis caused by these activities, the Network for Homeless Solutions in connection with various City Departments, including Police, Parks and Community Services and Public Services, consistent with the requirements of the settlement agreement and court order, will begin to offer shelter to interested and eligible homeless individuals at the City's temporary bridge shelter, with preference first given to Costa Mesa residents. This process will involve staff outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness to share eligibility requirements and projected timelines for establishing operations at the temporary bridge shelter, documenting personal information of interested parties, and setting up intake locations/procedures that require transportation to the bridge shelter facility for individuals with an established amount of personal items/storage to the bridge shelter. For those individuals who are not interested in shelter, are service -resistant to diversion/shelter/obedience to laws, do not meet established shelter eligibility requirements and/or are dismissed from the shelter program, enforcement for violations will be utilized. From an enforcement standpoint, there is an immediate need to clarify the definitions of prohibited conduct relating to prohibitions against sleeping in vehicles and camping in public areas. Revisions to these code sections are suggested in order to both provide constitutional safeguards for all persons and to enable effective and timely enforcement of these prohibitions. 1► Sleeping in Motor Vehicles Section 10-194 of the CMMC prohibits sleeping in motor vehicles and currently provides: It is unlawful for any person to sleep in or on any motor vehicle parked any place in the city at any time. This section is not intended to prohibit the use of campers or motor coaches or motor vans for sleeping purposes where the same are parked in an authorized trailer court or campsite within the city. The prohibitions of Section 10-194 were incorporated into the CMMC over 50 years ago. As written, a literal interpretation of Section 10-194 would clearly have unintended consequences, i.e., penalizing an individual for taking a nap in a car while parked in his or her driveway. In addition, the broad prohibitions of 10-194 are inconsistent with more recent ordinances from other cities, which provide for specific times and/or areas where sleeping is prohibited. Attachment 5 provides a list of examples of municipal prohibitions within the County. Suggested revisions are set forth in the Analysis section, below. Camping on Public Property Chapter XIV of Title 11, adopted by Ordinance No. 13-2 in 2013, generally prohibits camping and storage of personal property in public areas. Section 11-302 defines various words and phrases used in the ordinance, including the verb to "camp" and the nouns "camp facilities" and "camp paraphernalia": (c) Camp means to pitch or occupy camp facilities; to use camp paraphernalia. (d) Camp facilities include, but are not limited to, tents, huts or temporary shelters. (e) Camp paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, hammocks or non -city designated cooking facilities and similar equipment. (Emphasis added.) Section 11-304 prohibits camping in public areas, and provides: (a) It is unlawful for any person to camp, occupy camp facilities or use camp paraphernalia in the following areas, except as otherwise designated by the parks and recreation commission, and as permitted by the administrative services director: (1) Any street or alley; (2) Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved; (3) Any park. (b) Violations of this section shall be punishable pursuant to section 1-33 of this Code. (Emphasis added.) The Police Department has identified several practical issues that stem from the definitions of "camp" and "camp paraphernalia". First, in the last several years, a wider variety of materials are being used to camp in parks and other public areas than is presently set forth in subsection (e). Second, a literal interpretation of the language in subsection (c) "to use camp paraphernalia" could have unintended consequences, especially for parks, by potentially penalizing a person for otherwise lawful activity that is plainly not "camping". For 3 example, simply lying on a sleeping bag in a park while reading during the day, etc. Suggested revisions are set forth in the Analysis section, below. ANALYSIS: Sleeping in Motor Vehicles The proposed ordinance amends section 10-194 as follows: It is unlawful for any person to sleep in or on any motor vehicle parked any place in the city, other than upon private residential property, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., or to dwell and/or live in or on any motor vehicle parked upon any city owned, operated, or maintained street, sidewalk, alley, public right-of-way, or any other public property or any private property within the city at any time. This section is not intended to prohibit the use of campers or motor coaches or motor vans for sleeping and/or dwelling purposes where the same are parked in an authorized trailer court or campsite within the city. As used in this section, "dwell" means to use as a basic residence for shelter, sleeping and/or cooking purposes in lieu of traditional code compliant building structures designed for human habitation. These changes would, subject to the existing exemptions, (1) prohibit sleeping in motor vehicles parked anywhere in the City, except for private residential property, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.; and (2) prohibit dwelling in any motor vehicle parked on any public or private property at all times. Camping on Public Property The proposed urgency and regular ordinances amend subsections (c) and (e) of section 11- 302 as follows: (c) Camp means to pitch or occupy camp facilities, to use any property set forth in section 11-304 for living accommodation or habitation purposes such as sleeping activities, or making preparations to sleep, including the laying down of bedding for purposes of sleeping, or to use or store camp paraphernalia for purposes of living accommodation or habitation purposes. (e) Camp paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, umbrellas, cots, beds, bedding, sleeping bags, hammocks, non -city designated cooking facilities, kitchen utensils, camping stoves, portable barbeques and similar equipment, extra clothing, and/or personal hygiene items. The proposed urgency and regular ordinances also amend subsection (a) of section 11-304 as follows: (a) It is unlawful for any person to camp, and/or occupy camp facilities or use Garnp in the following areas, except as otherwise designated by the parks and recreation commission, and as permitted by the administrative services director: (1) Any street or alley; (2) Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved; M (3) Any park. (b) Violations of this section shall be punishable pursuant to section 1-33 of this Code. The suggested revisions clarify that using (or storing) camp paraphernalia is prohibited if done for purposes of living accommodation or habituation purposes. The revisions also clarify and expand the definition of camp paraphernalia. Storage of personal property in public areas (which would include camp paraphernalia both as currently defined and as proposed), whether or not used for camping purposes, would remain prohibited by Section 11-306 (storage of personal property in public areas prohibited). ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED: The City could opt to maintain any or all of the current language in the existing sections of the CMMC or could direct staff to make revisions to the proposed amendments. FISCAL IMPACT: Finance Department has reviewed and verified there is no fiscal impact. LEGAL REVIEW: The City Attorney's Office drafted the proposed ordinances and has reviewed and approved this report as to form. CONCLUSION: Staff recommends the City Council, by separate motions: 1. Find that that adoption of each of these ordinances is not a "project" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, and that each is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code. Regs. § 15000, et seq.) Sections 15061(b)(3) (because it can be seen with certainty that the adoption of this Ordinance will not have an effect on the environment) and 15321 (enforcement actions by regulatory agencies), such that no environmental review under CEQA is required. 2. Introduce and adopt as Urgency Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Section 10-194 (Sleeping in Motor Vehicles Prohibited) of Chapter X (Stopping, Standing And Parking Generally) Of Title 10 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Relating to Prohibitions Against Sleeping in Vehicles (Attachment 1). 3. Introduce for first reading, by title only, Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Section 10-194 (Sleeping in Motor Vehicles Prohibited) of Chapter X (Stopping, Standing And Parking Generally) of Title 10 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Relating to Prohibitions Against Sleeping in Vehicles (Attachment 2). 4. Introduce and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Sections 11-302 (Definitions) and 11-304 (Camping in public areas prohibited -Penalties) of Chapter XIV (Camping and Storage of Personal Property in Public Areas) of Title 11 (Offenses -Miscellaneous), Relating to Prohibitions Against Camping in Public Areas (Attachment 3). 5 5. Introduce for first reading, by title only, Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Section 11-302 (Definitions) and 11-304 (Camping in public areas prohibited -Penalties) of Chapter XIV (Camping and Storage of Personal Property in Public Areas) of Title 11 (Offenses- Miscellaneous), Relating to Prohibitions Against Camping in Public Areas (Attachment 4). PAULBECKMAN LIEUTENANT TAMARA LETOURNEAU ACTING CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY HALL BARLOW KELLY TELFORD CITY ATTORNEY Finance Director ATTACHMENTS: 1. Urgency Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Section 10- 194 2. Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Section 10-194 3. Urgency Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Sections 11- 302 and 11-304 4. Ordinance No. 19-XX, Amending Sections 11-302 and 11-304 5. Examples of Municipal Code Prohibitions throughout Orange County June 12, 2023 Letter sent via email to: cityclerk(@newportbeachca.gov Ms. Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk City of Newport Beach 100 Civic Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 RE: Homeless Encampments in the City of Newport Beach Dear Ms. Brown, Members of the Lincoln Club of Orange County ("The Lincoln Club") who reside in the City of Newport Beach are alarmed at the continued persistence of homeless encampments at the Newport Beach Bus Depot. In 2019, the council authorized a committee to address the homeless issue, and that committee has since been disbanded. It has been approximately five years and the city has spent millions of dollars, but there has not been a perceivable reduction in street vagrancy, petty crime, or non -permitted encampments. Investing more money and buying more beds will be a waste of taxpayers' dollars. We already have a model, it is called California. As we have observed, throwing more money at the problem does not work. We are aware you may not be able to completely solve the homeless population until the state laws change, but we believe that it can be controlled and managed more efficiently than it is being done now. Here are a few ideas to consider: 1 Assess the OCTA lease with the Irvine Company - The city attorney to advise the council on enforcement of terms of service. 2 Meet with OCTA and the Irvine Company - The city attorney to advise council of leverage points and city codes that could be used to get OCTA and the Irvine Company to participate in a long-term solution with the City of Newport Beach. 3 Develop a multi -prong approach to dissolving encampments and moving non-residents to more humane conditions —Invest in defensive architecture. We sincerely thank you for your service and hard work for our city, and want to respectfully ask that the council and staff take our concerns seriously. We are eager to keep Newport Beach a beautiful and safe place to live for many years to come. Sincerely, Teresa Hernandez, President, Lincoln Club of Orange County Signed on behalf of: Teresa Hernandez Buck Johns Adriana Fourcher Barbara George Shane Mitchell Dr. Kerry Reynolds Jill Ayers Allyson Presta Patrick Dirk Mary Dirk David Steffy Tom Merrick Dennis Drislane Ken Colbaugh Al Marasca Hannah Segal Cc: City Council(citycouncil(a�newportbeachca.gov)