HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-09-30Adjourned Regular Minutes
City Council/Redevelopment Agency
City of Huntington Beach
Friday, September 30, 2005
1:30 P.M. — Central Library, Room C
7111 Talbert Avenue
Huntington Beach, California 92648
An audiotape of the 1:30 p.m. portion of this meeting
is on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
Call to Order
Mayor Hardy called the adjourned regular meetings of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency of
the City of Huntington Beach to order at 1:42 p.m. in Room C, Central Library.
City Council/Redevelopment Agency Meeting Roll Call
Present: Hansen, Coerper, Sullivan, Hardy, Green, Bohr, Cook
Absent: None
Public Comments — None
The City Clerk Announced No Late Communications
Pursuant to the Brown (Open Meetings) Act, City Clerk Joan L. Flynn announced no Late
Communications regarding agenda items that had been received by her office following
distribution of the agenda packet.
The Following Additional Late Communications Were Submitted During `the Meeting:
Two communications submitted by Management Partners, Inc. titled Hometown, September 30,
2020 and For Discussion September 30, 2005, City of Huntington Beach, City Council Strategic
Planning Session, Unprioritized Draft Goals and Projects Identified by the Mayor and
Councilmembers for the Next 5 Years.
Two communications submitted by Deputy City Administrator Paul Emery titled Environmental
Scan, September 30, 2005, a PowerPoint report and Strategic Plan, City of Huntington Beach,
October 2005.
(City Council) Study Session Held — City Council Strategic Plan Workshop Conducted by
Management Partners, Jan Perkins and Amy Paul (120.30)
City Administrator Penny Culbreth-Graft introduced Amy Paul of Management Partners, Inc.
Ms. Paul gave an overview of what to expect from the workshop and introduced Leslie Salmon -
Zhu, graphic recorder. Ms. Salmon -Zhu described charts and records she would be creating for
the workshop. Ms. Paul then announced the "ground rules" for the workshop and asked for
participants' agreement. She stated the purpose of the meeting is to identify the City Council's
vision for Huntington Beach and the broad goals the Council believes will serve to make
progress toward the vision.
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Jan Perkins, also with Management Partners, Inc. reviewed the Council goals for the Strategic
Planning Process including proactive, realistic goals that match to funds available. Mayor Pro
Tem Sullivan asked for clarification on the Policy Framework goal and Ms. Perkins spoke
regarding policy context. Mayor Pro Tern Sullivan commented on his concerns with the goal of
shaping of the Council agenda as a group. Ms. Perkins clarified the word "agenda" is meant as
a broad reference, not the written meeting agenda itself. She also stressed the importance of
strong votes on Strategic Planning — not 4/3 or even 5/2. Councilmember Coerper commented
that the Policy Framework should be flexible.
Ms. Paul announced that today's step is to create vision and broad goals. A timeline was
discussed for further steps including: prioritizing Council goals and list of top projects,
identifying resources needed to accomplish the goals, deciding on goals to be included in the
strategic plan, creating an implementation strategy, and creating an easy to use public
document to inform residents about the Council's vision and direction. She announced
tentative Council sessions are set for November 16, 2005 and January 27, 2006 and the
Strategic Plan should be prepared in February 2006. Mayor Pro Tern Sullivan inquired if the
survey of Boards and Commissions would be available to Council prior to or at the November
16 meeting and the consultant agreed to supply survey results prior to the meeting.
Councilmembers then discussed desired future newspaper headlines for the year 2020.
Deputy City Administrator Paul Emery spoke regarding Environmental Scan and distributed two
Late Communications, one of which is a copy of a PowerPoint report he presented. The report
touched on demographics of Huntington Beach including average age, population, housing
trends, environment, economic character, activism, jobs, surplus school sites, tourism, and
Bolsa Chica. Councilmember Bohr commented on future needs for schools, housing prices,
and the desire to plan for those needs. Councilmember Green inquired about figures on aging
in Huntington Beach and staff reported. Councilmembers commented on the permanence of
the City's residents, and the future needs of aging residents. Mayor Pro Tern Sullivan also
commented on urban runoff concerns. Councilmembers further commented on energy needs
and use of industrial sites, and the importance to discuss conservation. Comments were made
on surplus school sites, adjacent parks and helpful data that may be obtained from the school
districts.
Council recessed at 2:55 p.m. for a break and reconvened at 3:12 p.m.
Councilmembers, staff, and members of the public were asked to write down a descriptive
phrase for what the City's vision statement should be. Council results included "Sustainable,"
"Best Operated City," "Created by the Community for the Community," "America's Vacation
Destination," "City Working Together Towards the Future," "City Working Together as a Unit,"
"Surf City — Safe, Sound, Secure." The consultants agreed to present a potential vision
statement to Council in advance of the November 16, 2005 meeting.
Ms. Paul transitioned the workshop to goal setting and distributed a Late Communication titled
"Uprioritized Draft Goals and Projects Identified by the Mayor and Councilmembers for the next
5 Years." Councilmembers reviewed the document, and offered suggestions for additions and
clarifications including:
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• Land Use: Use an integrated approach to developing the City, preserve quality of
neighborhoods and maintain open space, study and implement a "form -based code,"
add projections of housing turnover to the Environmental Scan, review development
standards for neighborhoods, and address open space/public space needs;
• Economic Development: Attract high sales tax producing businesses, introduce Council
to the staff and activities/duties of the Economic Development Department, close Main
Street to traffic to create a pedestrian promenade, gain a better understanding of the
impact on the City of Economic Development decisions, actively assisting business
projects on Beach and Edinger, and identify the status of SRO;
Infrastructure: Water quality and runoff issues, re -address plan for funding and
completing infrastructure projects, southeast redevelopment projects, provide efficient
streets in good repair, address deteriorating fire houses, trees curbs & gutters priority
list, City Hall/Police Department earthquake retrofit, internal and public
telecommunications needs, create a formal grant program for citizens to pursue
neighborhood projects, upgrade the Senior Center, fund computers for the Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) and at the Council dais, upgrade communications systems in
the Council Chambers, and implement traffic calming measures on the streets;
• Finance Issues: Develop a process for funding discretionary projects by Council not
programmed by staff, identify areas of vulnerability from revenue sources;
City Services: Increase number of police officers, provide better facilities for police
training in the City, improve beach maintenance, identify service needs as we grow as a
year-round destination resort, encourage hotels to provide shuttles to different areas of
the City, maintain level of social services for senior citizens, increase Public Works staff
and Police Department staff to better address maintenance and service issues
throughout the City, and accelerate graffiti removal on non -city property;
• Engaging the Community: Increase community outreach for citizen input, e.g. forums,
enhance HB3 TV, create a community bulletin board, encourage private investment in
Public Works projects, and encourage formation of a community foundation.
Councilmembers stated concerns with the goal of regulating neighborhood and personal
property development — the study of this topic became a project. Concerns were also stated
with creating opportunities for additional housing in the City, which is already 98% built -out.
This goal was changed to: support housing projects that demonstrate a measurable benefit to
the community. Concerns were stated with creating a grant system for neighborhood projects
when funding is unavailable — the study of this topic became a project.
Ms. Perkins summarized accomplishments made at this workshop, and reviewed the steps to
be taken in the future including an Executive Team meeting on October 25, 2005.
Councilmembers commented on the positives and potential areas of improvement for the
workshop. The consultants thanked Pat Dapkus for her efforts; the Councilmembers thanked
the consultants for an excellent workshop.
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Adjournment — City Council/Redevelopment Agency
Mayor Hardy adjourned the adjourned regular meetings of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency
of the City of Huntington Beach at 5:25 p.m. to Monday, October 3, 2005, at 6:00 p.m., in the
Council Chambers, 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach, California.
ATTEST:
City CI and ex -offs io Mer a ity
Counclkf the City of HuntingtA Beach
and Clerk of the Redevelopment Agency
of the City of Huntington Beach, California
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