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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Item - 4-21-14 - City Council Places Ballot Ini e Tc��s, ---- ` CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH City Council Interoffice Communication To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members From: Dave Sullivan, City Council Member ] Date: April 14, 2014 Subject: City Council Member Item for the April 21, 2014, City Council Meeting— Pertaining to a City Council-Placed Ballot Initiative to Repeal the Plastic Bag Ban STATEMENT OF ISSUE: My observation, and that of many others, indicates that the Plastic Bag Ban Ordinance is extremely disliked and disapproved of by a significant majority of Huntington Beach citizens. In the majority view, any benefits are significantly outweighed by the many problems the ordinance creates. For example, studies indicate that only a tiny minority wash the suggested reusable bags thus creating a significant risk to health. There is a loss of revenue to the city because many disgruntled HB citizens shop at markets in adjacent cities. Many business owners complain about the impact on their business. The biggest complaint is that people reused the plastic bags for numerous things such as garbage, lining receptacles, picking up dog droppings, etc. Now those multi-reuse plastic bags are not available because of this short-sighted ordinance. The voters of HB should make the decision on such a significant change, not just four members of the City Council. RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Approve the placement of a ballot measure which repeals Chapter 5.95 USE OF PLASTIC CARRYOUT BAGS AND RECYCLABLE PAPER of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code on the November 4, 2014, General Municipal Election ballot to be submitted to'the qualified electors of the City of Huntington Beach. 2. Direct the City Attorney to bring back at the May 5 City Council meeting a resolution that includes all the necessary materials and language to place a measure on the November 4, 2014, General Municipal Election ballot which repeals Chapter 5.95 USE OF PLASTIC CARRYOUT BAGS AND RECYCLABLE PAPER of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code. 3. Direct the City Attorney to prepare the ballot initiative and impartial analysis. 4. Direct the City Attorney to return to Council at the May 5 meeting with a resolution for setting priorities for filing a written argument for the above-mentioned ballot measure. DS:cf cc: Fred Wilson, City Manager ,,Ak M/,\ _Ab Ken Domer, Assistant City Manager d,S� Joan Flynn, City Clerk Jennifer McGrath, City Attorney Communications — Agenda Item No. 13 Estanislau, Robin From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:00 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17969 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Dolores Hill Description: We are HB homeowners and want the plastic bag ban approved for our city. Most cities surrounding us are helping the environment this way and HB should join in and make this permanent change. Expected Close Date: April 17, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Estanislau, Robin From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 9:11 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17958 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Richard Moore Description: We want the voters to be able to decide this issue, not the City Council members. We will be paying attention to how you vote on this in November. Expected Close Date: April 16, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Estanislau, Robin From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 5:56 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17953 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Hildy Meyers Description: I oppose any effort to repeal the Reusable Bag Ordinance. This ordinance is an important step in protecting our environment from the damage inflicted by the use of plastic and paper bags. Using reusable bags may be an initial inconvenience for some, but it is a necessary change we must make to contribute to a livable and sustainable future. Expected Close Date: April 16, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Estanislau, Robin From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:03 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17941 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Merle Moshiri Description: From: PARS 11 @aol.com [mailto:PARS 11 @aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 9:27 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Bag Ban My family and I totally support the ban on plastic bags. In fact, we are hoping it will be extended to fast food containers. There is no retreating on this issue, unless we are to be left with egg on our faces in a progressive society. HB has been at the vanguard of this toxic issue and we should be proud. The oceans are amok in trash, most of it plastic. The entries and exits to our city are lined, especially in summer, with plastic bags hanging like ghosts to the fencelines. It looks trashy because it IS trashy. Don't take a step backwards. Progress is painful for some, but not as painful as a future with plastic and trash laden recreation areas. Plastic bags are havens for roaches and vermin. Do the right thing and be brave. Merle Moshiri Expected Close Date: April 16, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:03 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17941 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Merle Moshiri Description: From: PARS 11 @aoLcom [mailto:PARS 11 @aoLcom] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 9:27 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Bag Ban My family and I totally support the ban on plastic bags. In fact, we are hoping it will be extended to fast food containers. There is no retreating on this issue, unless we are to be left with egg on our faces in a progressive society. HB has been at the vanguard of this toxic issue and we should be proud. The oceans are amok in trash, most of it plastic. The entries and exits to our city are lined, especially in summer, with plastic bags hanging like ghosts to the fencelines. It looks trashy because it IS trashy. Don't take a step backwards. Progress is painful for some, but not as painful as a future with plastic and trash laden recreation areas. Plastic bags are havens for roaches and vermin. Do the right thing and be brave. Merle Moshiri Expected Close Date: April 16, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL. COMMUNICATION Meeting Dater A Agenda Item No. l3 Print Request Page 1 of 1 Request: 17953 Entered on: 04/16/2014 5:56 PM Customer Information Name:Hildy Meyers Phone:(714) 969-8873 Address:201 20th Street Alt. Phone: Huntington Beach, CA Email:hmeyers00I@verizon.net 92648 Request Classification Topic:City Council -Agenda & Public Request type:Comment Hearing Comments Status:Open Priority:Normal Assigned to:Agenda Alerts Entered Via:Web Description I oppose any effort to repeal the Reusable Bag Ordinance. This ordinance is an important step in protecting our environment from the damage inflicted by the use of plastic and paper bags. Using reusable bags may be an initial inconvenience for some, but it is a necessary change we must make to contribute to a livable and sustainable future. Reason Closed Date Expect Closed: 04/16/2014 Enter Field Notes Below Notes: Notes Taken By: Date: SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION MeeOng Date: Agenda Item No.. http://user.govoutreach.com/surfcity/printrequest.php?curid=1694653&type=0 4/21/2014 Print Request Page 1 of 1 Request: 17958 Entered on: 04/15/2014 9:10 PM Customer Information Name:Richard Moore Phone:(714) 905-4679 Address:6921 Canterbury Dr. Alt. Phone: Huntington Beach, CA Email: o inc aol.com 92647 p g Request Classification Topic:City Council -Agenda & Public Request type:Comment Hearing Comments Status:Closed Priority:Normal Assigned to:Agenda Alerts Entered Via:Web Description We want the voters to be able to decide this issue, not the City Council members. We will be paying attention to how you vote on this in November. Reason Closed Thank you for taking the time to send your thoughts to the City Council. A copy of your comments has been entered into the Pipeline system and will also be forwarded to the City Clerk to be included in the record on this item. Thank you very much for writing. Sincerely, Johanna Dombo Executive Assistant Date Expect Closed: 04/16/2014 Date Closed: 04/16/2014 08:00 AM By: Johanna Dombo Enter Field Notes Below Notes: SUPPLEMENTAL EMCNTA9 Notes Taken By: COMMUNICATION IO Date: Meeting Date:—4--A _ a/ Agenda item No. /1 http://user.govoutreach.com/surfcity/printrequest.php?curid=1694724&type=0 4/21/2014 Print Request Page 1 of 1 Request: 17969 Entered on: 04/16/2014 2:59 PM Customer information Name:Dolores Hill Phone:(714) 536-1205 Address: Alt. Phone: Huntington Beach, CA Email:Hilislife53@yahoo.com 92648 Request Classification Topic:City Council -Agenda & Public Request type:Comment Hearing Comments Status:Closed Priority:Normal Assigned to:Agenda Alerts Entered Via:Web Description We are HB homeowners and want the plastic bag ban approved for our city. Most cities surrounding us are helping the environment this way and HB should join in and make this permanent change. Reason Closed The Bag Ban was passed last year on a 4-3 vote (Shaw, Boardman, Katapodis, Hardy-YES) (Sullivan, Harper, Carchio - NO). Your message will be kept in the record for this item. We do appreciate that you took the time to send in your comments. Sincerely, Johanna Dombo Executive Assistant Date Expect Closed: 04/17/2014 Date Closed: 04/16/2014 3:19 PM By: Johanna Dombo Enter Field Notes Below Notes: S1 I�EMENTAL Notes Taken By: COMMUNICATION Date: Meeting Date: .4 — �Agenda Item No. http://user.govoutreach.com/surfcity/printrequest.php?curid=1695 887&type=0 4/21/2014 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 8:43 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17986 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Thor Faber Description: Repeal the bag ban I shop in Westminster now because of this Expected Close Date: April 19, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 10:16 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17989 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Cari Swan Description: I cannot attend Monday's City Council meeting due to other commitments but wish to go on record as STRONGLY SUPPORTING that the City Council ALLOW THE CITIZENS OF HUNTINGTON BEACH TO VOTE on whether we be allowed to keep or ban plastic bags in the city. It is certainly not the role, and arguable not the right of City Council to make these type of over-reaching decisions for the citizens of ANY community. It is shameful that we should even have these discussion but for the actions of two current sitting councilmemebers! For the record, I have been taking my business to Fountain Valley and Costa Mesa because I use plastic grocery bags for many house hold uses. THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS OVERSTEPPED THEIR ROLE!!! Expected Close Date: April 19, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: Z2D_ Agenda Item No. 13 i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 11:08 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17991 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Complaint Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Steve Labins Description: I buy less and shop less in Huntington Beach because of the bag ban. Fountain Valley and Westminster have been receiving more of my tax dollars. Expected Close Date: April 19, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Mleeting Date: = — C Agenda Item No. _ 1 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 1:29 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17996 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Ray Hiemstra Description: Dear Councilmembers, Attached is a comment letter from Orange County Coastkeeper expressing our opposition to the proposal to put a repeal of the city's plastic bag ordinance on the November ballot. Thank You , Ray Hiemstra Associate Director Orange County Coastkeeper 714-850-1965 x 304 www.coastkeeper.org Expected Close Date: April 19, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION M"ling Date: f— D Agonft Item No. 0 R A N. G E C 0 U N T Y _yi aCOASTKEEPER. 3151 Airway Avenue, Suite F-110 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Phone 714-850-1965 Fax 714-850-1592 www.Coastkeeper.org April 17, 2014 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Huntington Beach City Council 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach, California 92648 city.council@surfcity-hb.org Re: Ballot Initiative to Repeal the Plastic Bag Ban-Oppose Mayor Harper and Councilmembers, Orange County Coastkeeper ("Coastkeeper") is a nonprofit clean water organization with the mission to protect and promote sustainable water resources that are swimmable, drinkable,and fishable. As an organization that frequently hosts cleanup events at Huntington State Beach, Coastkeeper has a unique perspective on the plastic bag issue and appreciates the opportunity to comment on the City of Huntington Beach's bag ban.We hope that the City Council will take our comments into consideration and oppose placing a repeal measure on the November ballot. In March 2013, the City Council voted to approve the Reusable Bag Ordinance, found at Chapter 5.95 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code. The Reusable Bag Ordinance took effect on November 1, 2013. After the ordinance took effect,a group of City residents began collecting signatures for a measure on the November 2014 ballot that would repeal the bag ban. In order to put the measure on the ballot, the group must collect the signature of 10,940 registered voters. This effort has fallen well short of gathering the required number of signatures.With the apparent failure of this grass roots effort City Councilmember Sullivan,who was one of the dissenting voters when the ordinance was adopted,has now decided to sponsor a City Council proposal to put the repeal measure on the ballot. He states that reusable bags pose health risks because people do not wash them before reusing them,Huntington Beach residents do not like reusable bags, and it hurts the affected stores'business. Coastkeeper has seen no evidence that there is widespread opposition to the bag ban in Huntington Beach or that the opposition is significant enough to hurt businesses. Further, Coastkeeper feels that the health risks of reusable bags are minimal and avoidable. The studies that Councilmember Sullivan is citing are likely the ones conducted in Toronto,Canada and by Loma Linda University and University of Arizona,which showed that reusable bags tested positive for E. coli, salmonella and coliform bacteria. The accuracy of these studies have been questioned. They were funded by the plastics industry and are thus likely biased. Further,most strains of E. coli are harmless, according to Dr. Susan Fernyak, director of San Francisco's Communicable Disease and April 17, 2014 Page 2 of 2 Control Prevention division.' The average,healthy person would not get sick from most strains of E. coli, and the studies do not state which strains of E. coli were found in the tested reusable bags. Even if the health concerns are valid,it is not difficult to overcome the minimal health risks that those studies found reusable bags may pose. The California Department of Public Health released a publication'with health tips to ensure the safe use of reusable bags, such as: frequently washing and drying the bags,washing the countertop where the bags were placed while unbagging groceries, using plastic produce bags, carrying the bags at checkout instead of placing them on the conveyor, and placing meat,poultry and fish in separate bags from produce. These are simple,common-sense suggestions that should not be difficult for residents to follow. Coastkeeper hosts monthly beach cleanups on the second Saturday of each month at Huntington State Beach. Hundreds of volunteers attend each of beach cleanups. In March 2014, 250 volunteers picked up 285 pounds of trash,and in April 150 volunteers picked up136 pounds of trash. Plastic products make up the majority of trash picked up from Huntington State Beach. The consistent high turnout at our beach cleanup events demonstrates that Huntington Beach residents have seen that plastics pose a huge threat to marine life and impair their enjoyment of the beaches. It also demonstrates that residents feel passionate about keeping the beach clean. Because marine animals eat plastic bags and plastic products and become sick or die,plastics impair water quality,and plastic litter makes Huntington Beach aesthetically unappealing, Coastkeeper supports government incentives to reduce the use of plastic bags. Coastkeeper feels that,while plastic bag bans do not completely solve the plastic problem,requiring businesses to offer reusable bags and to stop carrying plastic bags helps raise awareness and helps to reduce the environmental impacts of plastic by reducing the use of plastic bags. Coastkeeper strongly urges the City Council to consider the issues that we have identified in this letter and oppose a ballot measure to repeal the bag ban. We believe that the current bag ban is beneficial, that the health risks posed by reusable bags are minimal and avoidable,and that Huntington Beach residents support the ban. Regards, A - fE rk Raymond Hiemstra Associate Director Orange County Costkeeper 1 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/06/25/128105740/plastics-industry-funded-study-finds-bacteria-in-reusable- grocery-bags 2 http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Documents/fspnu04ReusableBags.pdf Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply a@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 2:00 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 17997 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Mary Lundin Description: Passed by a narrow margin of ONE, the City Council has decided to throw another tax and penalty at Huntington Beach Citizens. Even though HB residents are not the cause of any so called plastic bag pollution, we are the ones penalized. This law is unfair and comes down to extortion by the City. This law should be overturned or at the very least put before the voters to decide! Expected Close Date: April 19, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION moos . -�;� A ItOM No. Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 5:13 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 18003 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Scott Meyer Description: Reusable canvas bags harbor bacteria. Recyclable plastic bags do not. Litter from recyclable plastic bags has never been a problem in Huntington Beach; this ban is simply politically correct environmentalism run amuck. You are dictating behavior to me as a consumer, denying me choice, and you are dictating behavior to retailers, harming their businesses. Virtually every cashier in Huntington Beach hates this ban as they receive the brunt of unhappy consumers' comments. This needs to be put before the voters. If it is not,you can be certain the votes against putting it to referendum will be remembered and those Council members will be defeated in their next election. Expected Close Date: April 19, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date:- A/ - AD/(,Z Agenda Item No. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:58 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 18006 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Description: As of November of 2013, I have engaged in a boycott of all taxable purchases in Huntington Beach because of your crazy so-called plastic bag ban(you can still get plastic if you pay $0.10 a bag, fools). I will NOT support liberalism in ANY form! Worship the earth if you will but leave me out of the moronic practice of using junk science to support your worship of Mother Earth. I will be voting against every incumbent from now on!! Expected Close Date: April 20, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date;_ _01 L Agenda Item 1 Esparza, Patty. From: Surf City Pipeline[noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 1:09 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 18012 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Judith Wisenbaker Description: I am totally against the Plastic Bag ban. I've started shopping at the Pavilions, which is actually in Westminster, to avoid the problems - my friends have also. If I shop in HB, I've got to bring my own bags, which may be less sanitary than the banned types, or if I forget, I have to pay for them, which really upsets me and my husband. I think this ban lost HB tax revenues, and credibility in the City Council as the voice of the people. Expected Close Date: April 21, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: — D�/ Agenda item No. Erik Peterson 5122 Bolsa Ave. suite 107 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 4/21/14 Huntington Beach City Council Honorable Mayor and City Council Members, My name is Erik Peterson. I am the Chair of the Huntington Beach Panning Commission.These views are not that of the Planning Commission but my own. I am writing in support of Councilmember Sullivan's submitted agenda item to place a ballot initiative on November 4, 1024 ballot to repeal the plastic Bag Ban. As a resident and business owner in Huntington Beach, I have not seen an issue that has polarized so many in our community.This ordinance has affected practically every citizen in the City along with almost every visitor to our city. I feel an issue with such a large impact on the community should be voted on by the citizens of the community.Though I agree that the pollution caused by the bags needs to be addressed, I believe in educating the public, not impeding choice and imposing fees and taxes to change behavior. Regards, Erik Peterson SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: — Agenda Item No. /� Esparza, Patty From: Flynn, Joan Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:34 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: Fwd: LATE COMMUNICATION -SUPPORT ITEM 13- Ballot Initiative to Repeal the Plastic Bag Ban SC Sent from my Whone Begin forwarded message: From: Norm Westwell <normwgmodernpublic.com> Date: April 21, 2014 at 9:26:07 PM PDT To: <jfl�surfcity-hb.org> Cc: City Council - HB <city.council(a�surfcity-hb.org> Subject: LATE COMMUNICATION - SUPPORT ITEM 13 - Ballot Initiative to Repeal the Plastic Bag Ban Norm Westwell and his 3 family, and most of HB all SUPPORT ITEM 13 The Ballot Initiative to Repeal the Plastic Bag Ban LET THE PEOPLE'S VOICE BE HEARD! Thank you. ---------------- ---------------- Norm Westwell normw fmodernpublic.com www.modernpublic.com There is a price for being Free It is the eternal vigilance of our government SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: o� Agenda Item No. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:41 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 18027 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Complaint Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Phillis Lane Description: I cannot make the City Council meeting, however;want to VOTE for putting the plastic bag issue on the ballot. Those who voted for this should ALL be voted out of office. Making an deals for their vote is not something to be accepted by the citizens. Again like Washington DC you think we work for you. YOU WORK FOR US. Many of you commit economic terrorism weekly when you vote for deals that are detrimental to the quality of life in our city. Expected Close Date: April 22, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date: oIL Agenda Item No. i Es arza, Pa From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:59 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 18028 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Frank Wissel Description: Please pass this so that the residents of Huntington Beach can decide if they want to ban plastic bags from their community. This ban means nothing when one can go to Westminster and other neighboring cities to shop. HB is losing money because of this ridiculous ban. Expected Close Date: April 22, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meeting Date. Agenda Item No.� i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 7:51 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 18045 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda&Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Robert Siebert Description: Enough already! Let the City Council have a final vote on the bag ban. Expected Close Date: April 22, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 4:55 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 18039 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Mark Dixon Description: please note my opposition to lifting the ban. Expected Close Date: April 22, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:24 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 18060 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Charles Burns Description: I urge the four council members who voted for the plastic bag ban reconsider and put it on the November ballot and let us voters decide on the issue. Since the ban went into effect I do my shopping outside city limits as my own form of protest against the ban and 10 cent paper bag fee. Charles Burns Expected Close Date: April 23, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. a 1 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline[noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 12:44 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Alerts Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request 4 18050 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Agenda Alerts. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Agenda& Public Hearing Comments Citizen name: Steven Gonzales Description: Really????? Boardman added decisions such as these are entrusted to the council by those who voted for them. "People knew who they were voting for when they voted for me. They are not surprised I would take the kind of vote that I did," she said. "If the majority of the voters in this community aren't happy ... well then we won't be re-elected. But I don't think that will happen." Boardman, you want to place a wager on the above?I didn't vote for you. As for the others who supported this city law I will be glad to place a wager with you too. Wow! Talk about arrogance! See you all at the pols! Expected Close Date: April 23, 2014 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i