HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-15 - Creating the Ad Hoc Oil Advisory CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2025-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CREATING THE
AD HOC OIL ADVISORY 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, in the 1950s, the City commissioned the installation and operation
of sixteen slant drilled oil wells under its tidelands, and in 1981, the City became the
active manager of such wells;
WHEREAS, as part of its tidelands management responsibilities and consistent
with the Newport Beach City Charter Section 1401, the City's Utilities Department
manages the City's sixteen oil wells;
WHEREAS, state and county agencies regulate the City's oil operations,
including but not limited to, the California Department of Conservation, Geologic Energy
Management Division ("CaIGEM") for the safe development and recovery of energy
resources;
WHEREAS, CaIGEM regulations and new state laws, including but not limited
to, Senate Bill 1137 (2022), Senate Bill 551 (2019), and Assembly Bill 2729 (2016),
have significantly impacted California oil producers including operations by the City;
WHEREAS, on November 9, 1998, the City Council appointed an ad hoc
committee to advise the City Council as to matters pertaining, to the City's oil operations,
which was extended by Resolution Nos. 2000-91, 2003-2, and 2006-28, until it was
terminated on December 9, 2008, by Resolution No. 2008-101;
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WHEREAS, the City Council desires to create an Ad Hoc Oil Advisory
Committee to work with City staff and make recommendations to the entire City Council
regarding the City's oil operations including, but not limited to: (1) current and future
operations, efficiencies, feasibilities, and studies; (2) compliance and navigation of
current and upcoming state laws, mandates, and regulations; (3) income, expenses,
budget, economics, capital investments and savings; and (4) lease, royalty, and
property requirements and agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby creates the Ad Hoc Oil Advisory
Committee ("Committee"), which shall be comprised of Council Members Noah Blom,
Michelle Barto, and Sara J. Weber.
Section 2: The sole purpose and responsibility of the Committee shall be to
work with City staff and make recommendations to the entire City Council regarding
City's oil operations including, but not limited to: (1) current and future operations,
efficiencies, feasibilities, and studies; (2) compliance and navigation of current and
upcoming state laws, mandates, and regulations; (3) income, expenses, budget,
economics, capital investments and savings; and, (4) lease, royalty, and property
requirements and agreements.
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,
2026, 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.
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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.
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 29th day of April, 202ni,
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Joe St tpleto
Mavor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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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. 2025-15 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 29th day of April, 2025; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Pro Tern Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Michelle Barto, Councilmember
Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Sara J. Weber,
Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
RECUSED: Mayor Joe Stapleton
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 301h day of April, 2025.
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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