HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-14 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Approving a Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan for the Federal Community Development Block Grant ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2026-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A
SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2025-2026
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE FEDERAL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City") participates in the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") Community Development Block
Grant ("CDBG") Program;
WHEREAS, HUD requires the City to prepare a Five Year Consolidated Plan for
the use of HUD grant programs outlining the use of the CDBG funds and the strategic
vision for housing and community development in the City;
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-51 on July 22, 2025,
approving the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan, and the
Citizen Participation Plan for the CDBG Program;
WHEREAS, the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan ("Action Plan") appropriates the
CDBG annual grant and other available grant funds during the fiscal year;
WHEREAS, subsequent to City Council approval of the Action Plan, staff
identified an opportunity to utilize unallocated CDBG funds to improve public facilities and
infrastructure with Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") accessible concrete sidewalks,
parkways, driveways, access ramps, cross gutters, curbs and gutters;
WHEREAS, a citywide ADA capital improvement project ("Citywide ADA Project")
is a CDBG eligible activity and is consistent with the City's 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan;
WHEREAS, a substantial amendment to the Action Plan is necessary to add the
Citywide ADA Project capital activity not previously described in the Action Plan;
WHEREAS, in the event of a substantial amendment to an annual action plan, the
Citizen Participation Plan requires a thirty day public review period followed by a public
hearing prior to adoption;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Citizen Participation, on January 24, 2026,
the City published notices in the Daily Pilot newspaper and on the City's website, and
provided an electronic mailing notification to interested stakeholders, announcing that the
Draft Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan ("Substantial
Resolution No. 2026-14
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Amendment") would be available to the public for review and comment from January 24,
2026 to February 24, 2026;
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the City Council on February 24, 2026,
in the City Council Chambers located at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach,
California regarding the Substantial Amendment. A notice of time, place and purpose of
the public hearing was given in accordance with California Government Code Section
54950 et seq. and 24 C.F.R. Part 91; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan
and approve the Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby approves the Substantial Amendment to the
2025-2026 Annual Action Plan as provided in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
Section 2: The City Council does hereby authorize: (a) the City Manager, or
designee, to: 1) submit the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan as amended to HUD and 2)
execute all subrecipient agreements with the organizations receiving allocations of CDBG
funds in the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan as amended; and (b) the Community
Development Director, or designee, to be the official representative of the City to
administer the program and submit the required environmental documentation to HUD for
CDBG projects.
Section 3: The City Council finds the approval of the Substantial Amendment to
the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan is exempt under 24 CFR Part 58, Section 58.34 of the
National Environment Policy Act of 1969, as amended.
Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative portion of this resolution.
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.
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Section 6: 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 7: 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 24th day of February, 2026.
Lauren Kleiman
Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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AAron C. Harp
Attachment: Exhibit A — Substantial Amendment to the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Lena Shumway, 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 No. 2026-14 was
duly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of February, 2026,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Lauren Kleiman, Mayor Pro Tern Noah Blom, Councilmember Michelle Barto,
Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Joe Stapleton, 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 25th day of February, 2026.
Lena Shumway
City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California