HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2003-71 RESOLUTION NO. 2003-71
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ADOPTING A POLICY FOR
ADVERTISING CITY-RELATED EVENTS, PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES IN CITY AFFILIATED OUTLETS
WHEREAS,the City of Huntington Beach has numerous outlets for communicating with
residents and customers; and
These outlets offer the City an opportunity to raise much needed revenue for the City of
Huntington Beach in the form of advertising fees or other revenues without further burdening
residents; and
The City, acting in its proprietary role as manager of City owned assets, desires to accept
advertisements from certain entities in an effort to defray budgetary shortfalls; and
The City does not, by accepting certain advertisements, intend to encourage all manner of
expression in any outlet determined by the City Attorney's office to be a non-public forum; and
The City does not intend to change an outlet's purpose by accepting advertisement,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. Except as set forth in Section 2 of this Resolution, the City of Huntington Beach
will only accept advertisements in non-public forums from:
A. Any commercial or non-profit entity that has a formal contractual
agreement with the City of Huntington Beach to deliver or offer City-run or City-affiliated
programs, activities, or services on behalf of or in conjunction with the City of Huntington
Beach; or
B. Commercial entities that have as their primary purpose commercial
transactions; or
. C. Not-far-profit entities who have sponsored, participated in, or contributed
to City-run or City-affiliated events or publications.
2. The City reserves the right to exclude advertisements in any public forum or non-
public forum, if the advertisement is:
A. False or misleading, or inherently deceptive as those terms are used and
defined in California Business & Professions Code Sections 17200 and 17500;
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B. Promoting or encouraging illegal activities;
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the _day of TIC , 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk C y Attome
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City A ustrator ity Attom 1 l -5
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk
of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of
said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the
members of said City Council at an regular meeting thereof held on the 6th
day of October, 2003 by the following vote:
AYES: Coerper, Gr6en, Boardman, Cook, Houchen, Hardy
NOES: None
ABSENT: Sullivan
ABSTAIN: None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, Cali sornia