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Council Chamber, City Hall
Board Room, Ben Brown's Aliso
Creek Inn, Laguna Beach, California
Friday, February 19, 1988
The Mayor called the adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach to order at 9:15 a.m. in the Board Room of Ben Brown's
A1iso Creek Inn in Laguna Beach, California for the purpose of a City Coun-
cil/Staff Retreat Meeting.
Present: ,Winchell, Mays, Finley, Kelly, Erskine
Absent: Green, Bannister
Staff: Paul Cook, Rich Barnard, Bob Franz, Ray Picard, Don Watson, Gail
Hutton, Connie Brockway, Patti Fogarty, flax Bowman, Bill Payne, Jim
Patin, Doug LaBelle, Bill Reed
Mediator: Paul Whisenand
DISCUSSIOM RE_ CITY GOALS & OBJECTIVES & PROGRESS ON CI'Y PROJECTS
A film narrated by John Houseman regarding the "Thinking Process" was shown.
Each participant at the retreat stated their goals for the city. Goals Mater-
ial was distributed showing the goals set forth by the city five years ago and
the participants met in small groups to assess the progress made toward each
of the goals and to add new goals. The following. goals were developed five
years ago: Coastal Development, Beach Boulevard Corridor, Community Environ-
ment (Park, Landscape Median, Cultural and Entertainment Facilities), Trans-
portation - (the movement of people and goods), Capital Improvement, Neighbor-
hood Preservation and Economic Base. Among the addition of goals to this list
were: Integrity of Recreation Resources; protection of the beach at all
costs, mitigation of loss of beach parking through development of parking
nodes, the continuing presence of a pier, need for a policy for police protec-
tion of State beaches, consolidation of services to unincorporated islands
within the city, land use study of Edinger/Beach Intersection, parking manage-
ment - program standards - adequate City Hall parking - more standard space,
somewhat larger than compact; aggressively pursue interagency transportation
links, development of a mechanism to realistically assess required developer
mitigation measures. The need to reduce city's liability on State highways
and developing a computerized traffic signalization including interfacing with
other cities. Establighment of a general policy to ensure high quality of
residential housing by investigating the feasibility of upgrading standards.
Positive policy on oil well consolidation, investigate the feasibility of
Inspecting homes for sale which have bootlegged additions.
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Recess - Reconvene
The meeting recessed for lunch at 12 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 1:30 p.m.
and adjourned at 4 p.m.
The meeting participants convened at 8 a.m. in the board room and discussed
the previous day's progress.
The adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach adjourned at 12 p.m. to March 7. 1988 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Cham-
ber.
ATTEST:
City Clerk .
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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