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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-10-02 (7)MINUTES CITY COUNCILlREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH 10:30 A.M. Orange County Superior Court Department 25 Santa Ana, California 92701 Friday, October 2, 1998 This meeting was held in the city of Santa Ana pursuant to Government Code Section 54954(b)(1) to comply with the court order of Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco Firmat. The City Attorney had distributed a communication to the Mayor and City Councilmembers titled Court Order Regarding Franks vs. City of Huntington Beach, OCSC Case No. 78 22 68 dated September 30, 1998. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Dettloff called the adjourned regular meetings of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 10:30 a.m. in the Orange County Superior Court, Department 25, in the city of Santa Ana. Judge Firmat asked the City Clerk if there was business that the City Council must conduct at this time. The City Clerk stated that she wished to call the roll of the City Council and that she would like to be informed of the time at which this meeting is not an open meeting so that she could excuse herself from attendance. Judge Firmat requested that the City Clerk call the roll. CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ROLL CALL Present: Julien, Green, Dettloff, Sauer Absent: Harman, Sullivan, Garofalo DISCUSSION REGARDING MATTER OF LITIGATION -- FRANKS V. CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH — OCSCC NO.78 22 68 Judge Firmat stated that the meeting to commence would be a settlement conference and that a settlement conference is not open to the public, City Attorney Hutton referred to the Brown Act requirements. Judge Firmat cited cases which he believed to be relevant and which would allow the City Council to meet in closed session. City Attorney Hutton stated that this information would be studied; however, the city would defer to the court. 87 Page 2 - Council/Agency Minutes—10102/98 PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM There were no persons present to address Council regarding the closed session item scheduled on the agenda. MOTION TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION A motion was made by Green, second Julien, to recess the City Council to closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) to confer with its attorney regarding pending litigation which has been initiated formally and to which the city is a party. The title of the litigation is Franks v. City of Huntington Beach — Orange County Superior Court Case No. 78 22 68. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Julien, Green, Dettloff, Bauer NOES: None ABSENT: Harman, Sullivan, Garofalo RECONVENE The adjourned regular meetings of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach were reconvened. ADJOURNMENT The adjourned regular meetings of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach were adjourned at 12:30 p.m. to Monday, October 5, 1998 at 5:00 p.m. in Room B-8, Civic Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California. ATTEST: City ClerkiClerk F: City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk oT the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach and Clerk of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach, California ayo C airman