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City Council Interoffice Communication
To: Honorable City Council Members ��
From: Billy O'Connell, Council Member O(�
Date: October 2, 2017
Subject: CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM FOR THE OCTOBER 2, 2017
CITY COUNCIL MEETING — CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A CITY
COUNCIL AD HOC COMMITTEE ON COASTAL AREA ODORS
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
At the September 18, 2017 City Council meeting, residents expressed concern about odors in
the community. While the South Coast Air Quality Management District is the lead agency for
air quality, there is not enough progress being made to address the source of the odor. In order
to adequately address the concerns brought forth by residents both in -person and online the
City should work internally to create a strategy to working with regulatory agencies to search for
the cause of the odor and to collaboratively work on solutions to mitigate the odor.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Mayor to establish a City Council Ad Hoc Committee to work with key stakeholders to formulate
a Coastal Area Odors workplan for the Council's further review and action.
xc: Fred Wilson, City Manager
Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, Assistant City Manager
Robin Estanislau, City Clerk
Michael Gates, City Attorney
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COUNCILMEMBER ITEMS
12. Submitted by Councilmember O'Connell Approved as Amended to
Establish a City Council Ad Hoc Committee on Coastal Area Odors
Recommended Action:
Mayor to establish a City Council Ad Hoc Committee comprised of Mayor Pro
Tern Posey, Councilmember O'Connell and Councilmember Brenden to
work with key stakeholders to formulate a Coastal Area Odors workplan for the
Council's further review and action, as amended to 1) identify the
material/substance causing the odor(s); 2) identify the source; 3) identify
the responsible jurisdiction; 4) identify a remedy; and, 5) in cooperation
with other agencies, take steps to achieve the objective no later than June
1, 2018
Approved 6-0-1 (Peterson -Absent)
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS (Not Agendized)
Brenden, Posey, Hardy, Semeta, O'Connell, Delgleize reported
ADJOURNMENT — In memory of the victims of the recent violence experienced in
Las Vegas, Nevada - 8:50 PM
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing
Authority is Monday, October 16, 2017, at 4:00 PM in the Civic Center Council Chambers,
2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California.
INTERNET ACCESS TO CITYCOUNC/L/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITYAGENDA
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MEETINGS AT
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City Council/PFA Action Agenda — Monday, October 02, 2017
Esparza, Patty
From: Estanislau, Robin
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 1:09 PM
To: Esparza, Patty
Cc: CITY COUNCIL; Wilson, Fred; Gates, Michael; Farrell, Lori Ann
Subject: Fwd: Council Meeting, October 2nd, Agenda Item 12, Public Comment, NO FRACKING
SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN OR NEAR HB
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From: Richardson Gray <richardson.graygyahoo.com>
Date: September 29, 2017 at 12:26:28 PM PDT
To: "robin. estanislaunsurfcity-hb.org" <robin. estanislaugsurfcity-hb.org>
Subject: Council Meeting, October 2nd, Agenda Item 12, Public Comment, NO
FRACKING SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN OR NEAR HB
Reply -To: Richardson Gray <richardson.gray�cr�,yahoo.com>
Dear City Clerk Robin Estanislau:
Please distribute this email to all seven Council Members for the referenced October 2nd agenda item.
In my opinion, the Council needs to make sure that there is absolutely no fracking in Huntington Beach or off our coast.
My much more serious concern than odors from fracking is the increased local risk of earthquakes. The Newport -Inglewood fault line runs through
coastal Huntington Beach and is the second biggest fault in Southern California after the San Andreas fault.
This Newport -Inglewood fault was the one that ruptured in the Bolsa Chica wetlands for the 1933 Long Beach earthquake My bet is that the extensive oil extraction
in our area, starling with Huntington Beach's oil discovery in 1920, caused this 1933 earthquake Similaily today and recently, with fracking in other states, the
number and severity of nearby earthquakes has exploded.
Yesterday, I made a post similar to my statements above on the Facebook page for the group, HB Citizens for a Better Downtown, which has over 3,500 members.
For your convenience, here are links for a Lorbec magazine article from last year, on the earthquake risks of fracking, and for an Los Angeles Times article fiom last
year, on the likelihood that the 1933 Long Beach earthquake was caused by oil extraction.
Thanks To Fracking Earthquake Hazards In Parts Of Oklahoma Now Comparable To California
Thanks To Fracking, Earthquake Hazards In
Parts Of Oklahoma Now Comparable To
California
Southern California's deadliest quake may have been caused by oil drilling, study says
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Thank you for your consideration c«myviews.
Richardson Gray
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Huntington Beach, CA 92848