Resolution No. 2024-141
Resolution 2024-141
June 5, 2024
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-141
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING THE HOMELESS INITIATIVES AD HOC
SUB-COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, under Section 600 of the City Charter and Chapter 2.76 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code, the Mayor and City Council may establish sub-committees to study, research, and make appropriate recommendations to the Mayor and City Council concerning any matter referred by the Mayor and City Council; and
WHEREAS, Section 303(d) of the City Charter states that the Mayor is to appoint the members and officers of Council committees made up of less than a majority of the City Council members; and
WHEREAS, on February 1, 2023, the Mayor and City Council declared a Homelessness State of Emergency; and
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2024, the Mayor and City Council held a study session where staff presented an update on the City’s short-term and long-term strategies for addressing the City’s homeless crisis; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council now wish to establish an Ad Hoc Sub- Committee to meet as needed until May 31, 2025, to study, research, and make appropriate recommendations to the Mayor and City Council concerning the City’s homeless initiatives.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The Homeless Initiatives Ad Hoc Sub-Committee is hereby established to meet as needed with the limited purpose of reviewing and vetting policy, program, and project proposals related to the City’s short-term and long-term strategies for addressing the homeless crisis. The Homeless Initiatives Ad Hoc Sub-Committee shall be composed of no more than three (3) City Council members, to be appointed by the Mayor in accordance with Section 303 (d) of the City Charter. The Homeless Initiatives Ad Hoc Sub-Committee may meet as needed between June 5, 2024, and May 31, 2025, at which time it will automatically dissolve.
SECTION 3.The Mayor and City Council finds this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, that there is no possibility that Resolution No. 2024-141
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the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 4.Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 5th day of June, 2024.
Helen Tran, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2024-141, adopted at a regular meeting held on the 5 th day of June 2024 by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
SANCHEZ _____ _____ _______ _______
IBARRA _____ _____ _______ _______
FIGUEROA _____ _____ _______ _______
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CALVIN _____ _____ _______ _______
ALEXANDER _____ _____ _______ _______
WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this ___ day of ____________ 2024.
Genoveva Rocha, CMC, City Clerk