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Home My WebLink AboutCity Councilmember Item - Mayor Posey and Mayor Pro Tem Pete City of Huntington Beach File #: 18-125 MEETING DATE: 6/18/2018 City Councilmember Item for the June 18, 2018, Submitted by Mayor Posey and Mayor Pro Tern Peterson - Councilmember State and Federal Advocacy Travel Direct the City Manager and the City Attorney to revise the Council travel policies to require that all City Council Members coordinate their advocacy travel requests through the IRC. b i C8R&WDEV- No) City of Huntington Beach Page 1 of 1 Printed on 6/13/2018 powered by Legi;iar CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH City Council Interoffice Communication To: Honorable City Coun i Members From: Mike Posey, Mayor Erik Peterson, Mayor �em Date: June 5, 2018 Subject: CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM FOR THE JUNE 18, 2018, CITY COUNCIL MEETING — COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVEL/STATE AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY TRAVEL STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The Intergovernmental Relations Committee (IRC) is a City Council sub-committee that currently consists of the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and Council Member Lyn Semeta. The IRC was established to allow for a more comprehensive focus on pending legislation, both State and Federal that could impact the City. All position decisions on pending legislation are brought forth to the entire City Council for a vote on a formal City position. Additionally, the members of the IRC represent the City on regional agencies that often discuss pending legislation that could impact said organization and the City's interests. Advocacy efforts usually do not end with these discussions and often involve travel and meetings with legislators, both locally and in Sacramento and Washington D.C. There are regional organizations that frequently organize travel to Sacramento and Washington D.C. to advocate on behalf of local governments and our specific needs. There is no specific policy that says who from the City can attend these advocacy trips. Without such a policy in place, and because of the Brown Act, no more than three City Council Members can attend a particular advocacy trip. This has led to a "first come, first served" approach to determining who can attend such trips. We believe that a better approach to deciding who should attend advocacy trips would be to coordinate all such requests through the Intergovernmental Relations Committee. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Direct the City Manager and the City Attorney to revise the Council travel policies to require that all City Council Members coordinate their advocacy travel requests through the IRC. Cc: Fred Wilson, City Manager Lori Ann Farrell, Assistant City Manager Robin Estanislau, City Clerk Michael Gates, City Attorney Harper, Gloria From: Estanislau, Robin Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 6:09 AM To: pacj Cc: Harper, Gloria; Esparza, Patty Subject: Re: City council agenda item re Advocacy and IRC supplemental communication for June 182018 Received. Sent from my iPad On Jun 13, 2018, at 7:35 PM, pacj <pac- 03(i�yahoo.com>wrote: Advocacy and IRC It makes sense that since the IRC was created to focus on state and federal legislation which impacts local agencies, that advocacy should be coordinated through the IRC. However, I don't understand why anyone other than the IRC members would make advocacy trips. Please explain. There is mention within this agenda item that advocacy travel to Sacramento and Washington DC is often coordinated through local organizations. What organizations coordinate this advocacy? Is the advocacy travel made public prior to the travel or post travel? Why would Washington DC advocacy travel be necessary? The city has a paid lobbying firm. Thank you Pat Quintana SUPPLEMENTAL. COMMUNICATION Moo"Date: Agenda Item No.; 7 i Harper, Gloria From: Spencer Hagaman <spencerchagaman@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 9:40 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Cc: Fikes, Cathy; Harper, Gloria; Graham, Antonia Subject: Opposition to Item#24 in Tonight's CC Agenda Good morning City Council! I oppose Item#24: Councilmember Federal and State Advocacy Travel on the following grounds: First, the item does nothing to solve any of the major issues facing the City: CalPERS, homelessness, public safety, ageing infrastructure, etc. In fact, it hurts the city's ability to solve these issues as it would hinder Council efforts to work with state and federal officials to find solutions. Citizens would actually be negatively impacted as Councilmembers' efforts to work with the FAA on jet noise, the EPA and Coast Guard on coastal odors, and on other issues would be impeded. Second, the approval of advocacy trips falls outside the scope of the IRC. According to the description of the IRC on the city's website, the IRC was founded to allow for a more comprehensive focus on pending legislation that could impact the City. Nowhere does it state that advocacy trips of other Councilmembers fall under its jurisdiction. Third, Councilmembers are all equal and do not have the authority to decide whether or not a colleague can meet with state and federal legislators to discuss an issue. Potentially, the mayor may have such authority, and if the problem in the Statement of Issue of this item is truly a problem, then if an advocacy trip is impacted by Councilmembers desiring to attend, it should be mayor's prerogative to decide who goes, not the IRC. Fourth, and finally, the item's recommended action is too broad. the proposed solution gives the IRC more power than necessary to mitigate the supposed issue. The problem in the submitted Statement of Issue is that the Brown Act limits the number of Councilmembers who can attend sponsored advocacy trips and there is no procedure to decide which Councilmembers get to attend. However, the recommended action potentially gives the IRC authority over all CC advocacy requests. I encourage the Council to review Item#24 again and vote 'No.' The item creates an unnecessary extra layer of government, reduces government efficiency, and fails to alleviate any of Huntington Beach's most dire problems. I hope you will do the right thing for the citizens of HB! -Spencer I lagam.an SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION 13 i .. Yn k! ( (d 12 i. Mee*V Date: B.A. Political Science spencercha amanQa lzmail.com (714) 293 3572 Apnda Item No, i Esparza, Patty From: Dombo, Johanna Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 1:17 PM To: Agenda Comment Cc: Fikes, Cathy; CITY COUNCIL Subject: FW: Item 24 AGENDA COMMENT From: dglassiest@aol.com [mailto:dglassiest@aol.com] Sent: Monday,June 18, 2018 12:08 PM To:CITY COUNCIL<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Item 24 Good afternnon Mayor Posey, Mayor Pro Tern Peterson and City Council, Regarding item 24 on tonight's agenda... PLEASE VOTE NO. As I have shared many many times, I have 7 sober living facilities all within roughly 600 feet of each other, 5 in my neighborhood, the newest is 3 weeks old across the street from my house, and 2 on Beach Blvd. directly behind me. Buckeye Recovery is next door to a day care. This issue is getting out of control. Every time a house goes up for sale all the neighbors are praying it doesn't go to Sober Living. The man buying them up told one of the neighbor's that he loves this neighborhood and one day will own all the houses. Really??? He pays cash and usually $20,000 - $30,000 over the asking price. Evidently it does not have to be disclosed to a buyer that there may be one next door to the new house they are buying. What a shock that would be. Code Enforcement can only do so much. We need our City leaders to stand up and do something. Thank you. Barbara Haynes "imagination is more important than knowledge" albert einstein Esparza, Patty From: Dombo, Johanna Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 2:09 PM To: Agenda Comment Cc: Fikes, Cathy; CITY COUNCIL Subject: FW: No on #24 AGENDA COMMENT Johanna Dombo Executive Assistant City of Huntington Beach 714-536-5575 http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov ----- anal ig g On Message it From: Cher [mailto:cherRN2b@aol.com] Sent: Monday,June 18, 2018 2:05 PM To: CITY COUNCIL<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: No on #24 It's bad enough dealing with Sacramento... we want fast local action Please vote no on#24 Cher Hagaman NP....Sent from my Whone Huntington Crest resident since 1999. 1 Esparza, Patty From: Dombo, Johanna Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 10:05 AM To: Agenda Comment Cc: Fikes, Cathy; CITY COUNCIL Subject: FW: Item#24 AGENDA COMMENT ,Johanna Dombooi Executive Assistant of Hunhn.gton geack i -5�6-5s,7 s http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov From:Joti Ghuman [mailto:jotighuman@gmail.com] Sent: Monday,June 18, 2018 10:02 AM To: CITY COUNCIL<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Item #24 Please vote no on 424 We want fast solutions to our problems Joti Ghuman i II i Esparza, Patty From: Dombo, Johanna Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 8:10 AM To: Agenda Comment Cc: Fikes, Cathy; CITY COUNCIL Subject: FW: City Council Agenda Item 24 AGENDA COMMENT Johanna I)om6o O Executive A55f5tant (_ity of Htlntin.gton be 3ck 1 1-i--5'6-5 5 7 5 http//www.huntingtonbeachca.gov From:Ted Ross [mailto:tedross_0077@msn.com] Sent: Monday,June 18, 2018 6:18 PM To: CITY COUNCIL<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Cc: Michael Grant<michael.grant@michaelgrantconstruction.com>; Barbara Haynes<dglassiest@aol.com>; Spencer Hagaman <spencerchagaman@gmail.com>; kristin@optimize.me Subject: City Council Agenda Item 24 All, I'd like express my concern for another layer of bureaucracy being added in order to obtain prior IRC approval before elected Council members can act on behalf of the citizen. At some point we need to trust our elected officials. However, if the City Manager need to exercise staff integration and management control of his staff and Department leadership then that should be his decision. Please don't try to micro- manage our Council members Sent from my iPhone.........Ted Ross On Jun 18, 2018, at 4:38 PM, Spencer Hagaman<spencerchagaman(a,gmail.com> wrote: Exactly! I hope you can join us tonight at the CC meeting at 6 or at least send the Council an email (City.Council a,surfcity-hb.org). It is important that the City Council understand what the people think and want! That is the most important factor in a Councilmember making his/her decision. Thanks for your activism Ted! On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Ted Ross <tedross_0077 o,msn.com>wrote: Thanks Spencer, Only wish I could have seen this earlier. I support you rationale for not including the IRC which only impedes the interaction that is a desired outcome Sent from my iPhone.........Ted Ross 1 On Jun 18, 2018, at 4:30 PM, Spencer Hagaman<spencerchagamankgmail.com> wrote: Hi Ted! Thanks for your concern! Item 424 would allow the Inter-Governmental Relations Committee, comprising of Mayor Pro Tern Erik Peterson, Mayor Mike Posey, and Councilmember Lyn Semeta, to approve or deny advocacy travel requests by City Councilmembers. Below are my reasons I emailed to the City Council, but to clearly summarize, Item 424 would delay solutions to quality of life issues (jet noise, sober living, homelessness) because Councilmembers would need IRC approval before meeting with state and federal officials, and the IRC only meets once a month, and those meetings are often cancelled. First,the item does nothing to solve any of the major issues facing the City: CalPERS,homelessness, public safety,ageing infrastructure,etc. In fact,it hurts the city's ability to solve these issues as it would hinder Council efforts to work with state and federal officials to find solutions. Citizens would actually be negatively impacted as Councilmembers'efforts to work with the FAA on jet noise,the EPA and Coast Guard on coastal odors,and on other issues would be impeded. Second,the approval of advocacy trips falls outside the scope of the IRC.According to the description of the IRC on the city's website, the IRC was founded to allow for a more comprehensive focus on pending legislation that could impact the City.Nowhere does it state that advocacy trips of other Councilmembers fall under its jurisdiction. Third,Councilmembers are all equal and do not have the authority to decide whether or not a colleague can meet with state and federal legislators to discuss an issue.Potentially,the mayor may have such authority,and if the problem in the Statement of Issue of this item is truly a problem,then if an advocacy trip is impacted by Councilmembers desiring to attend, it should be mayor's prerogative to decide who goes,not the IRC. Fourth,and finally,the item's recommended action is too broad.the proposed solution gives the IRC more power than necessary to mitigate the supposed issue.The problem in the submitted Statement of Issue is that the Brown Act limits the number of Councilmembers who can attend sponsored advocacy trips and there is no procedure to decide which Councilmembers get to attend.However,the recommended action potentially gives the IRC authority over all CC advocacy requests. On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Ted Ross <tedross_00772msn.com> wrote: Thanks Mike for the background; now help me understand why your position described in the reco ltr is going to somehow impact me a resident just concerned with lack of city progress on Sober Living issues and FAA NEXTGEN noise abatement! Please help me understand how we can have a positive outcome that supports our overall objectives. So far the relevance escapes me! E Sent from my Whone.........Ted Ross On Jun 18, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Michael Grant <michael. rant e,michaelgrantconstruction.com> wrote: Spenser, 2 Can you provide details to Mr. Ross regarding agenda item 24 please? B f Michael Grant Construction Services Inc. 15581 Product Lane C-16 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (714) 891-9443 (0) (714) 891-9436 (F) Confidentiality Statement: This e-mail and any documents accompanying it are for use only by the intended recipient. It may contain privileged information belonging to the sender. If you are not the intended recipient. F You are hereby notified that any disclosure,copying, or distribution of this information is strictly prohibited.If you have received this transmission in error.Please notify us by return mail and permanently delete this item and it's attachments. From: Ted Ross <tedross 0077�msn.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 3:30 PM To: kristin<kristingoptimize.me> Cc: d�zlawichnerkgaol.comssiestgaol.com; wichnerkgaol.com;joygeneopgaol.com; khb255�mail.com; ssLinterbankmortgage.com; cherrn2b a,aol.com; patstier a,gmail.com; Michael Grant <michael.grant cr,michaelgrantconstruction.com>; stacy(a,wellmakeithappen.com; maayonl9342ggmail.com; thenetprof(a�aol.com; melissakikawa(a�yahoo.com; pb4hbcc a,gmail.com; marysatterfieldnverizon.net; klshiosakanyahoo.com Subject: Re: 3 Sorry but I haven't seen the relevance established between the face book post and the actual agenda item yet. Someone help me if I'm to fully participate tonight? Sent from my Whone.........Ted Ross On Jun 18, 2018, at 1:18 PM, kristin<kristin(g�optimize.me> wrote: I'll be there Barb. rizan.Samsaiz�Galaxys�z�artphone Sent from my Ve -------- Original message -------- From: d6lassiestnaol.com Date: 6/18/18 12:06 PM (GMT-08:00) To: wichnerk cr aol.com,joyeneop�na,aol.com, kristin .optimize.me, khb255(aagmail.com, ss(&,interbankmortgage.com, cherrn2b_a,aol.com, patstierLgmail.com, michael. rg antAmichaelgrantconstruction.com, stacy�ic,wellmakeithappen.com, maayon19342mail.com, thenetprof(cr�aol.com, melissakikawaAyahoo.com, pb4hbcc��mail.com, marysatterfieldnao verizon.net, tedross 0077amsn.com, klshiosaka(a,,yahoo.com Subject: Hi everyone.... I just found the paragraph posted on several Forums on Facebook. I can't go to City Council tonight so I 4 am sending an email. Please do the same or if you have time go and speak! Don't forget about tomorrow night at my house 6:00. Please RSVP so I can plan accordingly. I have only heard from 3 people. Thanks! Barb i ATTENTION ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT JET NOISE, COASTAL ODORS, SOBER LIVING, OR CalPERS, Councilman Erik Peterson is proposing an item (Item #24) tonight that would hinder councilmembers' ability to work with state and federal officials to solve problems in the city. If this item passes, solutions to jet noise and sober living homes will become immensely delayed. E Tell City Council we want fast solutions and to vote 'NO' on Item #24! You can email city.council(a@surfcity-hb.org or come to speak at the meeting tonight! Let your voices be heard! 5 -Spencer Hagainan B.A. Political Science spencerchagaman(&,,gmail.com (714) 293 3572 -Spencer Hagaman HF, Yak (ad Nge Ill B.A. Political Science spencerchagaman(&,gmail.com (714) 293 3572 6