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Home My WebLink About05 - Establishing the Ad Hoc Transit, Transportation, Parking and Mobility City Council CommitteeQ SEW Pp�T CITY OF z NEWPORT BEACH c�<,FORN'P City Council Staff Report January 9, 2024 Agenda Item No. 5 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: David A. Webb, Public Works Director - 949-644-3311, dawebb@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: David A. Webb, Public Works Director TITLE: Resolution No. 2024-2: Establishing the Ad Hoc Transit, Transportation, Parking and Mobility City Council Committee ABSTRACT: If adopted, Resolution No. 2024-2 would establish the Ad Hoc Transit, Transportation, Parking and Mobility Committee and would confirm Mayor Will O'Neill's appointments of Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Noah Blom, and Councilmember Lauren Kleiman to serve on the committee. RECOMMENDATIONS: 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. 2024-2, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Creating the Ad Hoc Transit, Transportation, Parking and Mobility Committee. DISCUSSION: At the December 12, 2023 City Council meeting, pursuant to City Council Policy A-1, then Mayor Noah Blom asked the City Council to consider forming an ad hoc committee to work with staff and provide guidance regarding citywide transit, transportation, parking and mobility enhancements. The Council voted 7-0, via a straw poll, in favor of staff returning with an item for its consideration. If adopted, Resolution No. 2024-2 would establish the Ad Hoc Transit, Transportation, Parking and Mobility Committee and confirm Mayor O'Neill's appointments of Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Noah Blom, and Councilmember Lauren Kleiman to serve on the committee. The committee would work with staff and make recommendations to the entire City Council regarding transit, transportation, parking and mobility enhancements in an effort to foster and improve connections and movement of residents and visitors between major activity areas, communities and villages. The committee would also review, seek and identify potential funding sources, such as public and private grants and partnerships, to help support the enhancements. 5-1 Resolution No. 2024-2: Establishing the Ad Hoc Transit, Transportation, Parking and Mobility City Council Committee January 9, 2024 Page 2 The ad hoc committee would terminate upon bringing its recommendations back to the full City Council or on December 31, 2026, whichever is sooner. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact related to the formation of this City Council Ad Hoc Committee. 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. 2024-2 5-2 ATTACHMENT A RESOLUTION NO. 2024- 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CREATING THE AD HOC TRANSIT, TRANSPORTATION, PARKING AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, Section 200 of the Charter of the City of Newport Beach ("Charter") vests the City Council with the authority to make and enforce all laws, rules and regulations with respect to municipal affairs subject only to the restrictions and limitations contained in the Charter and the State Constitution, and the power to exercise, or act pursuant to any and all rights, powers, and privileges or procedures granted or prescribed by any law of the State of California, WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code, Sections 21100 et seq., states that a city may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution to supplement the provisions contained therein, including, but not limited to, regulating traffic, parking, assemblages on the highways, operation of vehicles for hire, processions or assemblages on the highways, bicycles and electric mobility devices, street closures, and other rules and regulations to regulate local transit, transportation, parking and mobility; WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested by the Charter, the City Council adopted the Newport Beach Municipal Code, which has been periodically updated from time to time, and includes various provisions that regulate local transit, transportation, parking and mobility including, but not limited to, Title 12, Vehicles and Traffic; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to create the Ad Hoc Transit, Transportation, Parking and Mobility Committee ("Committee") to analyze transit, transportation, parking and mobility enhancements that can be implemented citywide to foster and improve connections and movement of residents and visitors between major activity areas, communities and villages, and to review, seek and identify potential funding sources to support such enhancements, including, but not limited to, public and private grants and partnerships. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Council hereby creates the Committee, which shall be comprised of three (3) councilmembers appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. By approval of this resolution, the City Council confirms Mayor O'Neill's 5-3 Resolution No. 2024- Page 2 of 3 appointment of the following Council Members to the Committee: (1) Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton; (2) Council Member Noah Blom; and (3) Council Member Lauren Kleiman. 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 make recommendations to the entire City Council regarding potential transit, transportation, parking and mobility enhancements after the Committee has worked with City staff to: (1) analyze transit, transportation, parking and mobility enhancements that can be implemented citywide to foster and improve connections and movement of residents and visitors between major activity areas, communities and villages; and (2) review, seek and identify potential funding sources to support such enhancements including, but not limited to, public and private grants and partnerships. 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. 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. 5-4 Resolution No. 2024-_ 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 9th day of January, 2024. Will O'Neill Mayor Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY TTORNEY'S OFF CE C, Aaron C. Harp City Attorney 5-5