HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-10 - Creating the Aviation Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Structure, Membership, Roles and Responsibilities of the Aviation CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2025-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CREATING THE
AVIATION AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE
STRUCTURE, MEMBERSHIP, ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AVIATION 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, on July 10, 1979, the City Council adopted Resolution 9597
establishing the Orange County Airport Aviation Committee ("Aviation Committee")
because the City Council was concerned about the welfare of the community and the
potential expansion of John Wayne Airport ("JWA" );
WHEREAS, as set forth in Council Policy A-17, one of the primary objectives of
the City Council is to protect the residents of the City of Newport Beach ("City") from the
impacts of aircraft operations at and from JWA;
WHEREAS, periodic review of the structure, membership, roles, and
responsibilities of the Aviation Committee is necessary to ensure the City is taking all of
the steps necessary to protect the citizens of the City from aircraft operations at JWA;
WHEREAS, on April 12, 2011, the City Council adopted Resolution 2011-31,
which amended the membership and responsibilities of the Aviation Committee to better
align the Aviation Committee structure and membership with the City Council's goals;
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution 2019-26,
which amended the structure, membership, roles and responsibilities of the Aviation
Committee to better align the Aviation Committee structure and membership with the
City Council's goals; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to create an Aviation Ad Hoc Committee
for the purpose of reviewing the structure, membership, roles and responsibilities of the
Aviation Committee and return to the full City Council with a recommendation related to
possible changes thereto, if any.
Resolution No. 2025-10
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby creates the Aviation Ad Hoc Committee
("Committee"), which shall be comprised of three Council Members appointed by the
Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. The term of the appointed members of the
Committee shall be indefinite pending City Council action or termination 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 City Council regarding possible changes to the structure,
membership, roles and responsibilities of the Aviation Committee.
Section 3: The Committee shall function as an ad hoc committee and shall not
be subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act codified in California Section 54950 et seq.
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,
2025, 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. 2025-10
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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 25th day of February, 2025.
Joe S ple on
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY TTORNEY'S OFFICE
ar n C. Harp
City Attorney
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. 2025-10 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 25th day of February, 2025; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Joe Stapleton, Mayor Pro Tem Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Michelle Barto,
Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Sara J.
Weber, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 26th day of February, 2025.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California