Attachment C
Resolution Dissolving the GPUSC and GPAC
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DISSOLVING THE
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE STEERING COMMITTEE AND
GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, Section 200 of the City Charter, of the City of Newport Beach ("City"), 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 City 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 ("State");
WHEREAS , the City Council initiated a review of the City of Newport Beach General Plan ("General Plan") on January 22, 2019, and adopted Resolution No. 2019- 7, establishing the General Plan Update Steering Committee , which was subsequently amended pursuant to Resolution No. 2019-20, to assist the City in reviewing and updating the General Plan;
WHEREAS , due to the allocation of housing units to the City for the 6th Cycle Regional Housing Needs Assessment , the General Plan Update Steering Committee was dissolved on January 14, 2020, and the Housing Element Update Advisory Committee was created pursuant to Resolution No. 2020-6 to assist the City in preparing the 6th Cycle Housing Element;
WHEREAS , the City Council adopted the 6th Cycle Housing Element on September 13, 2022, which was then certified as statutorily compliant by the State Department of Housing and Community Development on October 5, 2022; WHEREAS, with the adoption and certification of the 6th Cycle Housing Element completed, City staff restarted a comprehensive review of the General Plan; WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-2 on January 25, 2022, reestablishing the General Plan Update Steering Committee ("GPUSC"), which was subsequently amended pursuant to Resolution No. 2025-3, to assist the City in reviewing and updating the General Plan;
WHEREAS, one of the responsibilities of the GPUSC was to make a recommendation to the City Council on the formation and membership of a General Plan Advisory Committee ("GPAC") that would help guide policy changes associated with the update of the General Plan;
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WHEREAS, the GPUSC's recommendations were presented to the City Council on September 13, 2022, and the GPAC was created pursuant to Resolution 2022-59; WHEREAS, since that time, the GPUSC and GPAC have collectively met fifty seven times at public meetings, in accordance with Government Code Section 54950 et seq. ("Ralph M. Brown Act");
WHEREAS, various subcommittees were established by the GPAC to focus efforts on individual elements and community member participation on a topic-by-topic basis;
WHEREAS , the subcommittees met an additional forty seven times at public meetings;
WHEREAS , based on the work conducted at the meetings, the GPAC and GPUSC guided the preparation of thirteen technical resource documents and, ultimately, revamped the Introduction, Vision Statement, and eight of the draft General Plan Elements;
WHEREAS , at a special joint meeting of the GPUSC and GPAC on January 21 , 2026, the GPAC reviewed the final draft update of the General Plan; and WHEREAS , pursuant to Resolution Nos. 2025-2 and 2025-3, the membership of both the Advisory Committee and the Steering Committee will expire at the first City Council meeting in February and there is no need for additional meetings; therefore , it is appropriate to dissolve the committees .
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby dissolve the GPUSC and the GPAC.
Resolution Nos. 2022-2, 2022-59, 2025-2, and 2025-3 are hereby rescinded.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 3: 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 Resolution No. 2026-
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4: 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 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 10th day of February, 2026.
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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/(.ar n C. Harp
City Attorney
Lauren Kleiman
Mayor