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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2001-64 Policy naming city parks, features, community fa RESOLUTION NO. 2001-64 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ESTABLISHING ITS POLICY FOR THE NAMING OF CITY PARKS,PARK FEATURES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND REPEALING CONFLICTING RESOLUTIONS WHEREAS, the City has established a vigorous program to provide suitable park and recreation areas for its residents; and, It is desirable that appropriate names be selected for the City's parks and that the City recognize donations of park/pier furniture and/or park play equipment, and that a policy be adopted by the City Council to accomplish this purpose. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach that the following policy shall be instituted for the naming of the City's parks,park features and community facilities, and to recognize donations of park/pier furniture and park/play equipment: 1. That parks adjacent to schools be named the same as the school. 2. If an entire park or sizable portion of a park which is not adjacent to a school is donated by an individual or family, it shall be named after the donor. 3. If the park is neither adjacent to a school nor donated, all or in part, it shall be named after Huntington Beach mayors, no longer members of the City Council. Priority shall be given to those oldest who are still living. 4. That after all the mayors' names have been affixed to designated parks and additional parks are purchased by the City,parks shall be named after City Councilmembers who did not attain the office of mayor: Priority shall be given to those oldest who are still living. 5. If enough parks do not exist to exhaust the list of names of past Huntington Beach mayors,park features of Huntington Central Park and other community facilities such as lakes, structures(other than restrooms), groves of trees, walkways,playing fields, group camp and picnic sites, gardens,play equipment areas,meadows, amphitheaters, vistas, bridges and wildlife refuges shall be named after such mayors to honor them for their service to the City. In addition, other individuals' names or other park names may be proposed. These names would be considered when their unique contributions have had a City-wide impact, are marked by excellence and are worthy of honor. 6. If park or pier furniture such as picnic tables, benches, trash cans, and play equipment, etc., is donated by.an individual, civic organization, family or business, the donor may receive recognition by having the name of a person, family or business placed on the donation. Examples: 1) A donation in memory of a relative could be given to the City for a pier 1 PDA:2001 Resol:Naming Parks RLS 2001-0594 8/8/01 Res. No. 2001-64 bench with the individual's name etched on the bench; 2) a modular piece of play equipment and a park bench could be funded by a donation from a company with the bench placed immediately adjacent to a new tot lot with the inscription"This tot lot is donated by the City of Huntington Beach by Company." 7. If a business or other entity offers to pay the City in exchange for the City naming a facility or park after the business, then the City may enter into an agreement for the same. The agreement must be prepared by the City Attorney and approved by the City Council. 8. Only one park, park feature or community facility shall be named for an individual. 9. All recommendations for park/pier memorial naming shall have the concurrence of the Community Services Commission and the City Council. 10. All other resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of September ,2001. Mayor ATT T: APPROVE AS TO FORM: City Clerk oq_1y_ol City Attorney REVIEWED.AND APPROVED: I IIgirector ND PROVED: Cit dministrator f Kmmunity Services 2 PDA:2001 Resol:Naming Parks RLS 2001-0594 8/8/01 ATTACHMENT #3 Sample lettering and layout of proposed name for the new Junior Lifeguard Headquarters MARINE SAFETY EDUCATIONAL CENTER HOME OF THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS RCA ROUTING SHEET INITIATING DEPARTMENT: COMM SERVICES SUBJECT: APPROVE NAMING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARK AND JUNIOR LIFEGUARD FACILITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: February 17, 2004 RCA ATTACH M E NTS STATUS Ordinance (w/exhibits & legislative draft if applicable) Not Applicable Resolution (w/exhibits & legislative draft if applicable Not Applicable Tract Map, Location Map and/or other Exhibits Attached Contract/Agreement (w/exhibits if applicable) Signed in full by the City Attorney Not Applicable Subleases, Third Party Agreements, etc. (Approved as to form by City Attorney) Not Applicable Certificates of Insurance (Approved by the City Attorney) Not Applicable Financial Impact Statement (Unbudget, over$5,000) Not Applicable Bonds If applicable Not Applicable Staff Report (If applicable) Not Applicable Commission, Board or Committee Report (If applicable) Not Applicable Findings/Conditions for Approval and/or Denial Not Applicable EXPLANATION FOR MISSING ATTACHMENTS REVIEWED RETURNED FOR R ED Administrative Staff Assistant City Administrator Initial City Administrator Initial rCity Clerk EXPLANATION FOR RETURN OF ITEM (Below • . For Only) RCA Author: S� Council/Agency Meeting Held: 09 - 17l—ol Deferred/Continued to: pproved ❑ Conditionally Approved enied 7k4 Ci Cler 's Signature Council Meeting Date: September 17, 2001 Department ID Number: CS01-049 CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION N C SUBMITTED TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS cm SUBMITTED BY: RAY SILVER, City Administrator "o PREPARED BY: RON HAGAN, Director, Community Services y> M_n SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION &14 AMENDING THE POLICY MR= THE NAMING OF CITY PARKS, PARK FACILITIES, AND o D COMMUNITY FEATURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARrk NAMING AND MEMORIALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Statement of Issue,Funding Source,Recommended Action,Alternative Action(s),Analysis,Environmental Status,Attachment(s) Statement of Issue: The Community Services Commission Park Naming and Memorials Committee has been addressing several inter-related issues relative to Veterans Memorials and the naming of parks. Funding Source: N/A Recommended Action: Motions to: 1. Adopt Resolution establishing establishing the policy for the naming of city parks, park features, and community facilities and repealing conflicting resolution. 2. Name the following parks: ➢ Park in upper Seacliff, Ruth Finley Park - ➢ Park.in Lower Seacliff, Ruth Bailey Park ➢ Park at Palm and Goldenwest, Ron Pattinson Park ➢ Park at Summit and Goldenwest, Discovery Well Park ➢ Park at Gothard and Ellis, John Baca Park 3. Include the parkland developed by Catellus (2.2 acres) as an extension of Gibbs Park. . because it is adjacent to the park and includes development of .8 acres of the existing Gibbs Park. 4. Expand the Veterans Memorial area at the Civic Center to include the park-like area adjacent to the plaza to provide an expanded venue and consider this memorial site to be named Veterans Memorial Plaza. Monuments at Veterans Memorial Plaza shall be consistent in size, area, and height, and be privately funded. / I REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE: September 17, 2001 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: CS01-049 5. Approve individual memorial(s) be placed in Veterans Memorial Plaza honoring Congressional Medal of Honor recipients John Baca and Chris Carr, and 6. Do not place an individual memorial at the library for Colonel Arthur Poindexter as originally requested. Allow the Poindexter Committee to submit the recommended memorial for approval as part of the Veterans Memorial Plaza once the guidelines have been established for all memorials at the plaza. Alternative action(s): Refer any of the above motions back to the Community Services Commission with alternative direction. Analysis: The Community Services Commission, through the Park Naming and Memorials Committee (PN&MC), has been conducting public meetings for more than six months and receiving input from individuals and a variety of veterans groups. The issues before the commission and the committee were two-fold: 1) Per City Council direction, address the issue of placing a memorial to Colonel Arthur Poindexter and the defenders of Wake Island in WWII on public land at no cost to taxpayers, and 2) naming of five park sites within Huntington Beach. The issues expanded, overlapped, and intertwined as the commission, through its PN&MC, put forth significant effort to listen to public input, understand the issues, and make visits to potential memorial sites before formulating recommendations that were then forwarded to the Community Services Commission. The committee recommendations were adopted by the commission and are now onto City Council for final action. The following is a synopsis of the inter-related issues: Colonel Arthur Poindexter Memorial —A citizens group forwarded a request to City Council asking for permission to place a memorial to Colonel Arthur Poindexter and the defenders of Wake Island on public land at no cost to the taxpayers. Colonel Poindexter was a war hero instrumental in the victorious actions at Wake Island. He was also a "man of letters" and described as a Renaissance Man. Wake Island was the first major victory in the Pacific for the United States in WWII. The citizens group and PN&MC toured public sites throughout the city including park, beach, and library locations. An area outside of the Huntington Central Library was selected as an appropriate site because Colonel Poindexter enjoyed the library and was a professor at Cal State Long Beach. The site would create an educational opportunity for children to learn,that a price had been paid for the freedom they enjoy today. When this Community Services recommendation went before City Council on November 20, 2000, there was opposition from some veterans, and Council referred the issue back to the Community Services.Commission for further consideration. Ultimately, the commission and PN&MC is recommending that the Poindexter Committee consider applying for inclusion in the Veterans Memorial Plaza rather than having a separate location at the Huntington Central Library. Veterans Memorial Plaza: When the Poindexter issue was referred back to the Community Services Commission and then to the PN&MC, the larger issue became the recognition of all veterans in Huntington Beach. The PN&MC conducted meetings at Lake Park and at the Veterans Memorial Plaza at the Civic Center. All meetings included public comments from 01-049 Park Naming and Memorials -2- 9/6/01 2:53 PM kcQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTi.,,4 MEETING DATE: September 17, 2001 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: CS01-049 individuals and representatives from various veterans groups. Additional comments were requested by the PN&MC from the veterans groups in writing. There were issues within issues. The following are some of the more significant areas. ➢ There was concern that since Chris Carr, local Congressional Medal'of Honor recipient has a park named after him, John Baca should also have a park named in his honor since he also received this highest honor from our country. ➢ The city has a Veterans Memorial at the Civic Center. There were questions raised as to whether there should be one Veterans Memorial Plaza or several memorials throughout the city. If there is a Veterans Memorial Plaza, should it also acknowledge Carr and Baca? What would be the minimum qualifications to be included in Veterans Memorial Plaza? ➢ Should Colonel Arthur Poindexter be considered for this Veterans Memorial instead of at a separate memorial at Huntington Central Library? ➢ A question was raised of whether there should be a Veterans Park. ➢ A point was raised, but determined to be beyond the scope or authority of the PN&MC or Community Services Commission, that some of the veterans groups feel that the city promised, decades ago, to replace their memorial hall that was a part of the former city hall downtown. The veterans groups did not speak with a single voice, but the PN&MC felt that they did express a majority opinion. The PN&MC also felt that they should honor the opinion of the veterans groups in any decision that was made because they are the ones who fought for America's freedom. The Community Services Commission and PN&MC decided to weigh heavily the will of the veterans groups in its recommendation. Therefore, the decision was made to expand the Veterans Memorial area at the Civic Center into a plaza because that area was originally approved by City Council. In addition, the Civic Center has ample parking and hardscape in front of the existing memorial for group activities on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. They felt that the serene, "park like" setting adjacent to the existing memorial created an area for quiet reflection by individuals or as a group picnic site for schools to use for educational excursions. Several of the commissioners are teachers or former teachers who see the expansion of the site into Veterans Memorial Plaza as a tremendous educational opportunity for teachers to bring classes prior to a major holiday. The Commission did feel that the existing site should be designated as Veterans Memorial Plaza and that the actual memorial should not be funded by the city. The city's contribution is the existing, expanded, and improved site as it exists today. Attachment No. 2 shows pictures of the site. Naming of Parks: There are five areas of parkland that have not been officially identified by City Council. These four areas are: 1) upper Seacliff Park, 2) lower Seacliff Park, 3) park at Palm and Goldenwest, and 4) park at Summit and Goldenwest, and 5) the parkland adjacent to Gibbs Park. Attachment No. 5 is a location map of these areas. The city had received requests to name the park on Summit, west of Goldenwest, "Discovery Well Park" because it was the site of the first oil well in Huntington Beach. Oil 01-049 Park Naming and Memorials -3- 8/14/01 9:42 AM REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE: September 17, 2001 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: CS01-049 has had a huge impact on the community historically as well as economically. The Council- approved policy includes language in section 5 that allows for naming of parks after individuals who have made significant contributions to the city. The committee recommends expansion of the section of the policy to allow the park to be named Discovery Well Park. See Attachment No. 3, section 5. The park naming policy indicates "if the park is neither adjacent to a school nor donated, all or in part, it shall be named after Huntington Beach mayors, no longer members of the City Council. Priority shall be given to those oldest who are still living". The Commission looked at the issue of the oldest deceased mayor, but took no action. The .Commission recommended that the upper Seacliff Park be named after Ruth Finley; the lower Seacliff Park be named after Ruth Bailey, and the Park at Palm and Goldenwest be named after Ron Pattinson. Past mayors are listed on Attachment No. 1. The Commission also recommended-that the 2.2 acres of parkland developed by Catellus adjacent to Norma Gibbs Park be considered an expansion of Gibbs Park. They felt that having two names on one piece of parkland would be confusing to the public. They also felt that the intent of that site was always to be an extension of the existing Norma Gibbs Park.. The Commission and PN&MC also felt that because there is a park named after local individual and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Chris Carr, John Baca, who received the same award, should also have a park named in his honor. Therefore, the Community Services Commission is recommending that the park located at Ellis and Gothard be named John Baca Park. This is in addition to a memorial for Carr and Baca being recommended for Veterans Memorial Plaza. Conclusion: The Community Services Commission and its PN&MC spent a great deal of time taking input from the public and working on these issues. The issues are inter-related and complicated. Staff recommends approval of the recommendations as presented by the Community Services Commission. Attachment(s): City clerk's page number no. description 1. Past Mayors List 2. Veterans Memorial Pictures 3. Resolution Al o, a 00 i- 6 5- 4. Colonel Poindexter Group Letter 5. Parks Location Map 6. 1 Discovery Well Park Letter with News Clipping 01-049 Paris Naming and Memorials -4- 9/6/01 2:57 PM ATTACHMENT # 1 . PAST MAYORS Birthdate Ruth Finley 11/30 1923 Peter Green 1/10 1926 Ruth Bailey 2/26 1926 Ralph Bauer 7/2 1930 Ronald R. Pattinson 10/7 1932 Don MacAllister 11/26 1932 Shirley Dettloff 6/12 1935 . Ron Shenkman 2/28 1936 Wes Bannister 10/11 1936 . Dave Sullivan 4/21 1937 Grace Winchell 11/8 1937 Robert Mandic 5/16 1941 Linda Moulton Patterson 6/29 1943 Jim Silva 1/15 1944 Dave Garofalo 7/15 1945 Victor Leipzig 5/11 1948 John Erskine 7/22 1951 Thomas Mays 2/6 1954 Green, Bauer, Dettloff, and Garofalo on City Council. 9/6/01 ATTACHMENT ,#2 Q��{Ayk :���ji�r r } '� iN� '�'} t i t: f � �° �.1 �•�,/' ]1t t i • .r p� ,t �. x,�tiFi. '7 �; ,nI a � • .mot p;lF-... 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ATTACHMENT #3 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-64- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY-OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ESTABLISHING ITS POLICY FOR THE NAMING OF CITY PARKS, PARK FEATURES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND REPEALING CONFLICTING RESOLUTIONS WHEREAS, the City has established a vigorous program to provide suitable park and recreation areas for its residents; and, It is desirable that appropriate names be selected for the City's parks and that the City recognize donations of park/pier furniture and/or park play equipment, and that a policy be adopted by the City Council to accomplish this purpose. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach that the following policy shall be instituted for the naming of the City's parks, park features and community facilities, and to recognize donations of park/pier furniture and park/play equipment: 1. That parks adjacent to schools be named the same as the school. 2. If an entire park or sizable portion of a park which is not adjacent to a school is donated by an individual or family, it shall be named after the donor. 3. If the park is neither adjacent to a school nor donated, all or in part, it shall be named after Huntington Beach mayors, no longer members of the City Council. Priority shall be given to those oldest who are still living. 4. That after all the mayors' names have been affixed to designated parks and additional parks are purchased by the City,parks shall be named after City Councilmembers who did not attain the office of mayor. Priority shall be given to those oldest who are still living. 5. If enough parks do not exist to exhaust the list of names of past Huntington Beach mayors,park features of Huntington Central Park and other community facilities such as lakes, structures (other than restrooms), groves of trees, walkways, playing fields,group camp and picnic sites, gardens, play equipment areas, meadows, amphitheaters, vistas,bridges and wildlife refuges shall be named after such mayors to honor them for their service to the City. In addition, other individuals' names or other park names may be proposed. These names would be considered when their unique contributions have had a City-wide impact, are marked by excellence and are worthy of honor. 6. If park or pier furniture such as picnic tables, benches,trash cans, and play equipment, etc., is donated by an individual, civic organization, family or business, the donor may receive recognition by having the name of a person, family or business placed on the donation. Examples: 1) A donation in memory of a relative could be given to the City for a pier t PDA:2001 Resol:Namin.-Parks RLS 2001-0594 8/8/01 Res. No. 2001-64 bench with the individual's name etched on the bench; 2) a modular piece of play equipment and a park bench could be funded by a donation from a company with the bench placed immediately adjacent to a new tot lot with the inscription"This tot lot is donated by the City of Huntington Beach by Company." 7. If a business or other entity offers to pay the City in exchange for the City naming a facility or park after the business, then the City may enter into an agreement for the same. The agreement must be prepared by the City Attorney and approved by the City Council. 8." Only one park, park feature or community facility shall be named for an individual. 9: All recommendations for park/pier memorial naming shall have the concurrence of the Community Services Commission and the City Council. 10. All other resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of September , 2001. Mayor ATT T: APPROVE AS TO FORM: City Clerk o9_2y�ol City Attorney REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INIT AND PROVED: Cit dministrator irector of eommunity Services 2 PDA:2001 Resol:Naming Parks RLS 2001-0594 s;sro1 Res. No. 2001-64 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 passe.d and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of September, 2001 by the following vote: AYES: Green, Boardman, Julien Houchen, Garofalo, Dettloff, Bauer NOES: Cook ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California ATTACHMENT #4 DEFENDER OF WAKE ISLAND TO BE MEMORIALIZED Plans are well under way to honor former Marine, Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter who passed away January 2000 . Colonel Poindexter was a defender of Wake island during the bleakest days of WWII . Those days following the attack upon Pearl Harbor . Wake Island, a . tiny atoll ,in the Pacific, located about 4 , 900 nautical miles from California was principally a refueling base for the Pan-American Airlines clipper ship the "China Clipper" . That distinction would be climaxed on 11 December 1941 when a band of 388 Marines of the 1st Marine Defense Battalion beat back an attacking amphibious force of the Japanese Imperial Navy. On that date in December, The Wake Island Marines under the command of Major James , P. S . Devereux, engaged the enemy ultimately sinking two destroyers, a cruiser and damaging several other warships . In addition, three bombers , four attack aircraft and over 500 of the amphibious assault forces were lost at sea. The proud defenders consisted of not only Marine infantry but Marine Air Squadron VMF 211 as well as Navy and Army personnel , had given America , its first victory of WW II ! In addition, the defenders established military history. For this would turn out to be the first .and only time that an amphib- ious assault force was turned back by the. defenders ! Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter Truly a "Renaissance Man" Colonel Poindexter was raised in Kansas where he went through high school and then enrolled at Kansas University. His involvement in athletics gave him his competitive spirit. In 1939 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps . Because of his college background and leadership abilities he was tapped to attend Officers Candidate School and emerged a 2nd Lieutenant . He was assigned to Fleet. Marine Force Wake Island, with the 1st Defense Battalion where he would head up the Mobile Defense Force, establishing the necessary perimeter defenses . The first battle for wake was primarily that of the heavy gun batteries. By December 22nd, a stronger assault force would return to ensure the capture of that small but strategic island. Poindexter ' s defensive perimeter proved to be so strong that the invading force gave up trying to breach those positions . At one point in the fierce battle, Lt. Poindexter, along with two others waded out into the surf to toss grenades into the landing barges . A fellow Marine was . heard to say "either that guy ' s as crazy as a bedbug or he' s the bravest guy alive! " The assault forces were ultimately successful in the capture of Wake but not without significant losses of 833 KIA and 330 wounded. On the 23 December 1941 , Wake Island surrendered. Its defenders would then face extreme brutality and captivity. Those that survived would spend forty-four months as POWs. Col. Poindexter was repatriated in Sapporo, Japan at the end of the war and would would eventually retire from His beloved Corps in 1963 . In the interim . he would serve in China and Korea. He served on the planning staff for the Inchon Landing and as military liaison with the ROK staff . _ Upon his retirement from the' USMC, A. Poindexter began teaching history at the junior college level and ultimately earned his masters and doctoral degrees . He taught International Relations and Comparative Government at California State University at Long Beach until he retired in 1982 . Of his actions in the defense of Wake Island, Colonel Poindexter stated. . . "We were only doing the job that Marines have been called upon to do for over 200 years ! " Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter Not Only A Renaissance Man But A True American! MEMORIAL FUND If you would like to make a contribution to the Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter Memorial fund, you may do so by sending a check to: A.A.P . Memorial Fund, Pacific Liberty Bank 19950 Beach Blvd. Huntington Beach, Ca. 92648 f: By Direction of Mayor Garofalo, an Ad-Hoc committee was established to make recommendations relative to a park or park trail naming in tribute to former Colonel Arthur (Art) A. Poindexter, USMC (retired) . RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED TO PARKS COMMISSION NAMING OF CITY PARK/TRAIL ARTHUR A. POINDEXTER PARK (POINDEXTER PARK) Colonel A. A. Poindexter was truly a "Renaissance Man" as a military hero, a philosopher, college professor, world traveler and an involved citizen. Qualifications for naming a park/trail after a WWII hero, A Defender of Wake Island 1941 A.A. Poindexter enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 19 after attending the University of Kansas He went on to Officer ' s Candidate school graduating as a 2/Lt Assigned to 1st Defense Battalion, Wake Island (Pacific FMF) During invasion by forces of Japan, Lt. Poindexter repeatedly exhibited individual acts of heroism including wading out into the surf to throw grenades into attacking landing barges . At the time he was described as being "crazy as a bedbug or the bravest guy alive" ! We believe it to be the latter. Upon the fall of Wake, Lt . Poindexter became a POW and would spend the next 44 months in prisoner of war camps in China, Korea and northern Japan. Repatriated Sept. 1945 at Sapporo, Japan Poindexter would go on to serve as an active duty Marine until 1963 attaining the rank of Colonel During that time he was assigned to duty in: China, Korea and at various stateside Marine Corps bases He served on Gen. MacArthur' s planning staff for the landing at Inchon Korea, prior to the 1950 landing that would retake Seoul, Korea' s capital city A.A. Poindexter would rise through the ranks from enlisted to officer, to achieve the rank of full . Colonel, USMC upon retirement. Colonei Poindexter was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism, the Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, the award for Meritorious Service, the Air Medal for repeated flights over combat zones, the WWII POW medal as well as WWII Occupation medal, Pacific Theater of Operations with campaign star, as well as the Korean service medal and the United Nations service medal. Of his actions in the defense of Wake, . Col . Poindexter stated, "we were doing the job that Marines have be called upon to do for over 200 years" ! Upon his retirement from the US Marine Corps, he went on to earn a Master' s Degree from Clairmont and ultimately a Doctorate from the University of Hawaii Col . Poindexter was a Professor at Cal State University Long Beach teaching international relations and comparative governments . He retired from teaching in 1982 He has served on the following in a volunteer status : Orange County Transportation Authority American Red Cross Huntington Beach Environmental Board Huntington Beach elder care visitation (hospitals/homes ) Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach Huntington Beach ' s Meals on Wheels program Costa Mesa Soup Kitchen Active in the H.B. Landmark petition to have a traffic light installed at Atlanta entrance to Landmark Homes Elected to .the Republican Central Committee Active member of the Adventurers Club of Southern California Authored articles in California Social Science Quarterly; American History Illustrated, Military Historical Review and Leatherneck Magazine . Subject of countless articles and interviewed for books such as Wake Is�lan D. Schmidt; Enemy on Island . Issue in Doubt, S . Cohen; But ot in Shame, J. Toland and countless other books and monographs Being a very methodical person, Col. Poindexter researched innumerous locals throughout the United States in order to find the ideal retirement area. His search led him to Huntington Beach where he lived until his death in January 2000. Colonel Poindexter was extremely proud of the many virtues _found in Huntington Beach from its climate, to the miles of clean beaches, - to the ambiance of a seaside city that included not only the many amenities of the downtown area and the pier, but of the many parks and recreational opportunities afforded to both residents and visitors. Therefore,' this committee finds that it would be fitting and appropriate to name one of the city's parks/trails as "Poindexter 4 Park/Trail" I i The following ad hoc committee members after a review of the 1 1- 1 -. 1 historical aspects and many contributions made by this fine gentleman are proud to make the above recommendation. Thank you for your consideration of our recommendation. Committee members: Phil Inglee Flint Morrison John Tillotson C David Garofalo, Mayor City of Huntington Beach ATTACHMENT #5 Gibbs � • : _ • � ; _ . •� � .: Park. ... Werner 55 _ 14 11__ • , 53 - -, . 14 i 1_.- _. .. - - i 3a<etet AVG. Talbott Ave. Teroert Ave. - - I ; . 0.5 ShenwAR -- Elk Ave. (John Ba a,Nrk 3 1 : fJ t •1 t- .a: ..�,Coldenwest 1 Summit :(of$dve y Well ark) c` _ _ � 72 `U Ph% lead ley Pat<, (R�th'Bailoyi#ark) 34 77 allllal- _� NII►Ct 21 PA L 1 TT - � _ -��,- =- ram" ;:5;,, `n� ,'` •/ -�i�_ •t"_' � ' � � •����` �..f � ( { _ LOTlO MAR ATTACHMENT #6 J r `II`✓4.V i i I , i � : 'ryY' //;; `�Y�i�/// � � ��� - -� � -� �� � �- -�� � ��'� o� � - - _ -- --� _ __ -- .___ _ _-.-.- b _- _ ___ - - . w -- -- - -- - ---�/- ---__ _ __.__ _ _ __ _ _ _ __--_--- �-�- ,� .. wme.mFKaac «xx� �. t `A WILLIIIM GALLIENNE: HAWES esiden$ _ Executiv'�Secretary.;,- � - ' J - J _.."-� :.tit., x ks,•�y�'<`,5=.7hs+•. �,:,^,_ ti . . _ - _ 97. . . CIVIC CENTER C HUB ER U r Con] 1H E R CE Fifth and Orange Telephone 251 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA Dear Sir: We wish to thank you for your. contribution to our `j Christmas fund. 1-1-ayor icCall.�,,n, President Havies, and George '•'hest, chairman of the -Christ.ias Committee, are v-ry appreciative of your help in this regard. j?e hope that our Christmas decorations and activities will bring this. ci t3T much Christtia s business and worth- while -publicity. Thanking you. again, we are . Sincerely. yours, Z7illia� Gallienne Executive Secretary a .. .. •'� A T T T n n l+T T- k ) C r.T 'K7 � CT R T � :� � `_TA •iO tmv te, 4.4. 010*4 J4 fl *,*4 Oe ILJ U. 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There l0 N 00 4�M Odais a,long table where they •. d f44I stal.sets And'you could aisten to :the' radio for JJ ff _ five % 10 minutes for; a au arter¢Elie remembers.; .;. y ` ;I '• eer ,T�rites o f�Iuntit� ton x �a 4 "we'"alsp had one of the-first ti. g r'��' telev�sos .It had:a little 10 inch screen and people came By RIJI)I IVIEDZIEI.Sffi Highway and on the ocean side�;men to the grave and helped. from. i�d�und our..house to of tn..nartr pi�ur staff -of the'PE tracks;" claims the �the farmer.;:.umover` 3 6 ,; see:. thtelevision, , ..added Oscar L Stricklin, now 85, former oil man `skeletons•whose-ongin'remain Strickltnx; yho`now Lves'at knows..his memory',of. Hun-.. "The Beat expanded the rail ''a mystery to him ITM Golden West.:St tin'gtoil Beach's wild and woo and buckled ft=so it rose as ,' "There were-that:many in Duruig.�he oil boom of the. I'""Oil ;boom years will soon `much as,three feet'above the an area about:40 feet square. mid 20's:_.Stricklin' continuedi fade away with_age ground.-It took us pretty near .Some .of.,them were. actually his employment as rig builder :Rich images of history a week before we'got that one sitting up,,others were stooped for Standard Oil, only at.an from listening:to one of'the stopped" over and some were 'lying accelerated pace. first crystal _radios and:un- After'the depression:years down flat," he wrote. "people;:.came pouring in{ covering a `ma`ss grave it Stricklin;..Iacquired some land "We didn't_take them out. here like..'there was a gold II' has all been preserved for on which;he started one of his We'd uncover them and get all rush.We really got busy then.l future generations in his own sons in the`:bean farming the dirt away from them and We used'to work in the Dill .autobiography. business.' Digging for a just leave them sitting there. fields .every day. We didn't Though his story is only that drainage ditch he uncovered It was a .gruesome sight. know'what a day off or a of an average man who work- two Indian skeletons. Nobody knows whether it was_ vacatiotiiwas,"he wrote. ed hard all his life as oil rib That find, however, com- a,massacre or whether they builder; bean farmer and pared only mildly to a mass had died and were pug.there. One of his major projects horse-rancher;. theAirst- 100 grave on Slater Avenue which or whether they,drowned in a was the construction of a half- copies have already been was broken open by another flood. We called the people mile long concrete sea wall grabbed u farmer during the 1920's, ac- from the state and they put along the.bluffs area. It still g p• cording to Stricklin, them in a museum exists today, protecting pum- On the advice of his many Stricklin took some of his somewhere." ! ping equipment `from erosion relatives, Stricklin dictated_. by water. the 52-page'.vblunie to Barbara, Blowouts and oii fires com his grandsons-.'wife during 1970. Tlie aeatlierette-bound plicated'the oil recovery pro- book,..complete :;with o 1 d cess and whenever there was was photographs; .became a fitting usu lllya inr the smidstlnof the present.. for -the .63rd an- rough going. ri versary of..Stricklin.'and'his "There is a vegetable gas in wife,_ .Sadie;. earlier this: this area about 1,800 feet September.' down.When they drilled down -'+'- that far the would hit these �ihen couple moved to. the _ d" J California from the Midwest,in gas pockets and it would blow 1920, only three oil wells ex- out,";he recalled. "It would isted in .Huntington Beach. blow the rig down and cut the Stricklin :helped build the timbers all up.I've seen rocks fourth.: bigger than your fist fly up in "There.wasn't anything here the air and cut the timbers all then.;Huntington Beach was up." just a,' Small place without ,we',Atad water rand pumps paved streets or "lights," he of ourow.n_inthe"fieldsAo fight noted:siii. his.. book.::`,`Their fires.Z��vouid Book up a hose streets were just oil roads-= to a puni j�and the fire depart- tliey' _grade up,a street. and went-did'vvhat it could, but it put oil.nn:it.". just wasn't equipped to handle At tl*,time the°city had.only them," one..policeiaii,,Jack r'imsley One dirE during the .1930's who alsoacted ; $ fire-chief was s4 severe that it,disrupted and aiispector; If-an gone passeAger :-•service.`.on the wanted,j'. et an g n done, Pacifie_Electric Railway; ac- �� y�. Tinslit was the man�to ask..' cording to. Stricklin:, "The Evert fhough the roads were fire got so:_bot that it melted xoifgh`,- ticlin'`aticT'his:wife the pavement on Pacific Coast braved'�otholes and ruts to go to Lon 'Beach >where. they listened to- one of:•the :first "The•,'y were advertising the radio:doWq at the Pike.-There was.a�onj .table where.they had.foiir..�ystal setsand;°you could,°.Win: to the radio for five -.o—.,10 minutes 1for a quarter•;, ie remembers:: "We`also had one of.the first _ televis`ioiis .'It.had a little-10- inch;sta'een and people came from iaf, round our.house to see thAfi Aelevision,''.f�:added � OITRTEEN �� "���:�h;�� ;�,ti ��`� look3i�se'akj'W4 `YNEO�ED4 Yr 'y LBter; �wells�+were-*drille on'1l ZlAi Venue, i z,% •{ n �a CT: ling��more-sb t1nE1s t ' rV �jrY r ' on through,the' ain, .�uleva r v� :,• of tiintui n Be av ced concrete „ x ails were..b :OIL.DISCOVERY' to mfoi k _ spilling*,,to. the_ocean,.thus en- abling Huntington_.'Beach to :have Chamber Secretary Tells �f the finest.stretch of beaith on the •Incidents Surrounding Pacific coast .line:Later;.oil was - *::y discovered.-: and produced from 'Black Gold,.Find. - pool:by '.the he. tideland..ocean "By WILLIAM GALLIENNE..� thod of whipstock drilling from ,� upland. Executive Secretary Huntington his created a new idea to.the Beach Chamber of Commerce. o world and was first discovered - by the McVicar-Rood Oil .Com- The year of 1919 in Huntington pany of Huntington Beach, thus Beach was full of adventure for introducing a new invention this little city located so beautiful_ Which proved that oil from the ly along the shores of the Pacific known ocean pool lying off ocean, with only about 1500 resi- shore in the Pacific ocean adja- dents, when it found itself sell- cent to the city of Huntington ing lots and small acreage at auc- Beach, can be drilled from the tion for merely a song in order upland by the new method of to pay the taxes. ,cant drilling and not destroy the Going back a fev, years and beach or .public playground and f realizing the condition of the de- enable proper parties to produce oil serted area in .which the first dis- oil from a fair distance and not: covery..well was located, full of destroy any of the natural-re- squirrel holes, lonely roads and(sourees.. The assessed valuation of'. trails .with a few Beach is in excess, scattering.squat- all properties Huntington ters'-houses: all of.whom tried to of .$15;000,000, -- raise:a few chickens and garden and has been acclaimed the oil; truck for .their own use. Five field of long life, adventurous hundred acres of land in the I discovery and invention.. i� by.Ahee Huntington Beacst area of the h owned pany, was leased to the Standard ESCAPADES OF . Oil Company the latter part of 1918 and well do I remember the SUGAR FACTORY anxiety and surprised faces of many citizens when the news GANG RECAELED went out that an oil well would be drilled. The lumber was finally delivered near the water 'rever- voir just West of Westminster avenue: .. Bristol Recounts Free-For--The, following Sunday brought '. All Motorcycle Races: . many, visitors from surrounding towns,:,in in what might BY WA_RREN.J. BRISTOL, happen. Being connected with the I.wonder how many remember. . 'Standard Oil.sales department in 'way back:when Tommy :Burns; Huntington Beach,-I-felt very.im- ex heavyweight champion, o rat- portant in beingable.to explain a. my ,the.very mysterious hap- ed the Huritinerfon Inn?:. I.spent penin s...The distinction of.locat- my_..first: night in Huntington( . 'ing the first oil.well in Hunting- Beach:there:. ton Beach goes to.Mr. S. H. Ges Or when Henrv.,Wirtte wasYard ter?of the.Standard Oil_Geological Foreman:at'the.Holly Sugar.Fa. r. . : tory; and iiow.Henry used'to have ". Th "well,'known as A-1,"was the Los Angeles junk dealers.tear- +: . brought ,in..,-..on=August.•-3, 1920, ing..their.hair:trying•to keep from . producing 91 barrels. of oil---:a being .skinned alive..when they `'- good producer:with:a nice show- dickered with.him for-our old dis- ing::.of gas,. The Standard'.Oil carded}.machinery_ at .the :Holly. Company then proceeded with.the Sugar factory. . clrilling"of.: more:.wells on their :.;.:.Or the-days:.whea only four men ' 500 ':acre-';;lease..-Naturally .with; Working at the factory:owned cars, the,:discovery,of:oil.in Huntington the rest of us rode"street-.cars, bi Beach:;every. conceivable com- ;; cycles,or motorcycles %- pang moved to;this little city by . the•;:sea.in-hop6---of.also finding I also wonder if.any Uthe High a'irofitable.:oil well '' school-students of 1917-18 remem 1Tells sprung3up, over fight= ber-,thb motorcycle.races ChaP oomj^w,as 'onr:;Litle>'cafes Boone,.:Happy Boone, several'oth- ` �` b '' ers:and myself used:to-stage;p'ast ,.r,.aa:wcxe• bi' lf;:;hotels'==and 'rooming h ; ed old:high;�chool;::all:�ththe:wh:.pros- e:wa Youses`were*;jasim n.'=,pector�'I Jess than a month the downtown each noon There were ;t a.,�toy .l}adtxgrown frgm ;15Q0;per; no card for both .then rti?ti fa': --�•.,�r --o .....�..s �a..�tece..ot, , - - -� �., - .c uvvs • • 16,.wA an:o�i1 well s6.... 117:the icture•show.werd u tQo.�ght,.becoine'independent.`.'' ''�'- any.<faYnilies..viwho,had home= broncand:all.the stores closed.at a adeii`=and`clived from--Band .to six o'clook;;excepttieonard Obarr's. outh;,.1dund `themselves sitting Drug'.rstore'.;•°and Boxie 'Hustoh's te6p of the richest,land in the Bowllj g alley. The:Bowling alley �'�Later 4 m<'�Ihe`year=:�wheii had much a.big groove down;one tzvitie's were going full blast side that everytime= you started dndinany companies had started the lial] .ui that:grooveyou got a �> �?i' 'tb'�c�nllin :Other',localities- s� .Standard Oil comj)an�y brought in ;I.belongedto the:Factory bowl :. t 7_- liistory Malang well• known y ung`'team and we used-_to Play -a �Mt ass Bolsa No 1: This.:well::blew team-in Compton After.we-left qut<late:in.the afternoon of Nov= Huntington.Beach,-we-_never saw ember.6,-1920,.with a_terrific gas an electric::'light;until'we `crossed pressure—roaring.:with a shriek the street car tracks in Compton, that. could be heard for .miles Which:is now:-the.:center•of"the ' ..ai�und. The gas•was-estimated to -.. . produce•over 4. millions of feet town- a.day and the Bolsa No. 1-of the During,the campaign we worked Standard Oil Company held the twelve hours per day..seven days record of producing 1742 barrels per week. .The Pan Floor used to of.oil per day. get 107 degrees hot.in August and ::_The oil raging from the great September. gusher spread over acres of Bol- A few of the men working at so Chica Co. land before it could the mill in 1917-18 (and what they be .corralled. The Standard Oil are doing at present) are as fol- Company shipped several hun- lows: dred men from other fields into Huntington Beach to handle this Fred Osmond, Beet End Fore- very difficult situation. Horses, man, S. R. Bowen Co., Texas. scrapers, and men with shovels, Woodhouse, Beet End Foreman, after several days' work, built up Welder, Huntington Beach. an enormous reservoir that final- . L. R. Reeves, Extra Foreman. ly held the overflow oil. This Shell Oil Co., Huntington Beach. proved the fact that the Hunt- Casey Bo ington Beach oil field was a great Boggess, Sugar End, Holly Sugar Co., Santa Ana. discovery which resulted in bringing in many more new com- Herb Krahling, Sugar Boiler, parries . to drill for black gold, Service Station, Santa Ana. also increasing the population of Hank Walker, Steffins House. the city. of Huntington Beach to Foreman, Santa Ana. over 7000. persons. Albert Lake, Cold Press, Garct-f About this'time the Standard ner, Huntington Beach, Grammar Oil Company brought their pipe school: line department. to Huntington Cap Rennick, Knife Station, Beach and.set:up, their camp at Huntington Beach- Garfield and Westminster ave- Happy Boone, Hot Press Fore- g p man. San Fernando. nue, During this winter period duntington...Beach received a Andy.Givens, Batteryman, O. C. very heavy rainfall and owing to the fact'that these trails and so- Fields Gas Corporation, Hunting- called .,roads .were unimproved, ton Beach. many trucks laden with.oil well Jimmy Givens, Batteryman, materials- became stuck in the Shell Oil Co. mud, therefore, ,the Standard Oil Charles Burleycamp. Shop Fore- Company had to keep a tractor man, Huntington Beach. on ,hand to..pull trucks through Del Burry, -Evaporators,-South- sr::< the::.-mire -to_ %their. final . nal destina- ern California.Water Co.'--: r tiom After-a year.or two of ex- Mickey;` iafferty: Evaporators. 3r� ensive;drilling in what is:known City fireman, Huntington-.Beach. -as:the Old:Field,-work..begun•to Jiri� Geary; Granulators;; Mail x„ low dowui. .. .,.: : carrier " ;Then:in.1926 the town lot field Chris Pann :Ciystahzers, City asYdiscovered: Starting at:Toren Judge; Huntungton Beach:: - <.' ;fy=third'street and finally .wind- Ray; Ove.racker Sugar-) way,­:;as.:far-.'down as City.-Attorney;,Hyntington-Beach; hth street-within :: .a fevsl. H Galhenne,'G�irdner; Supt of locks of,the`Main street of the dings-and grounds"at=Hunt= Lnty" bin:created::a- new, "boo: on Boach higli school :e d,�the�discovery of oil,:n 'o�Koppl;'-$lacksmsth, Owner xo l6V`411 nm instead .i. ••tyelding:�susiness.`�a_ �nners'of F;aoreagencidei Hansen.Cold Presses,Stan stated Before;:the "boom' n,'w011 trucks filled with d CO Tnatenal r`and .other e4i ipm b. Clazk, Coolers, refired, i ` me.'g,2,through:the.:.str tuigton Beach o Start another great oil boom. Henry Wirth, Yard`Foreman, City;Street`Foreman: ouses were;'.;:moved, apart- y eats "hotels and every lot avail- Att 14ndersen, Assistant sup Supt .$ouy Oil Co i 1 to`was turned into.as:oiI lease t �the 'idea of getting' rich W;�"$nstol, Assistant S toy.:- • ozn.the;Ilack old—:of:which=a Hollyi}Sugar_ Co` _1917 22; until: atsnany x rece their fast factoty was closed an ived p �islu 30. eaieasy mone 'which helped:to Torrington,.Wyoming Transferred ak`e` a'•'city-ofiweai add pros=. as Assstant�to Santa Ana factory. - g of atlie Eatered�ausiness..at-;presentlloca= �cli��ia �b day,rthis tion;,602;Qcean'avenue,}ia_1923 as ectioftfiei „beg 'look. ervicestation gpera r att "to ii. , - to d=Rich palsfrel�lce estx of ,aa$�field:?,' Distributors::—_--Huntington at till ated th to .$each. -- j t iwx .fV"'v`F`p 'Ad.JT eS'. Y ..yrr.s q^M9�r'M'^ .q '• . .a .. - �xrn,cw✓wi snww..,-. _ ......- 7..as s w .i �1 A Few Of The Remaining Producing Wells Pump Rhythmically Along The Pacific Coast Highway,Shielded By Fences, Shrubber �„ to E z0 r q i:+v don t�}s 1�•a a'Zai ?bl� L4+t*l.l fr m.svr,'....r.t..... Y � 5 s t ..:<s' rx.. `� tt ..,, +��,� �.� r Sri:• '`-'�" o �+ i,,��� � +. � n 0 • - - SrAole,R IeMrO7 INOMOTO - W r MM Landscaped Cliffs, Dwellings Occupy Former Oil Derrick Space - S t . The Changing Skyline Of Huntington Beach iurf City;U.S.A.,I one'way to- formed a new company,called We They 1- i some -,land Iron Oil taken from the Huntington r scribe Huntington.Beach.In 1988- Huntington Beach Company.which the Ilantmgton 13w0t Company and Beach leases over the years totals f. a n city erected a bronze bust of Duke convinced electric streetcar tine en brought in the sewnd well Balsa 1:1, 9i6.000 OW barrels of oil and it is es m y �e7� r ✓ �i zhanamoku.the Hawaiian patron trepeneur and financier Henry hunt ca Xo.1,a gusher;t 2.o.barrels a timated there are still its,000.coo int of surfing,al the foot of the pier Ington to bring the line to the city.The day.7'he third well was on l:md leased economically recoverable barrels Pacific Coast Highway and Main Pacific Electric line was finished in under present technology. reef. 1901 and the town was named in honor It turned out to be a gusher.producing Some of the original wells are still But 60 years ago Huntington Beach of Huntington. 6.OW barrels a day.Wells continued to producing,but most have been aban u an oil-rich boom town. About 1919 a young petroleum ell- spring up in every direction. doned. In 1901 Col.Bob Northam wined gineer with Standard Oil in San Fran- The peak year fur oit production in The first well is marked by a plaque 100 acres of land In what Is now Cisco,F.O.Gester,looked over hunt- Ilumington Beach was 1923 with a presented by the Petroleum Pioneers. Bronze Bust Of Duke Kahan, mtington Beach.That year he sold Ingtun Beach and decided it had po- total of 33.813.000 barrels produced. an association of people in the oil acres to the Stanton-Newland tential as an oil producing area. The lKa estimation of barrels pro. industry.The area will be turned into oup,which formed the West Coast Standard Oil leased some land tram ducal totals IL00o.Wy.both onshore a small neighborhood park to com- and Co. - Northam and brought in the first well and offshore.The onshore breakdown memorate the city's oil-smeared be- Since the.group lacked funds,they In 1920.A-No.1,at 72 barrels a day- is 2,70.0W barrels, ginnings. 44 � yr t C 1 �z 1 ; ..�►£_moo �^`i. LO fa.. .� ..- • Ri 0' S x Y Y � £ II G • '�'CE i ba � "'62 1 rLL'� Y' f . '49��..c+ fik _ :: J'!s` _ f L s_ s•f'�x Ly# S !y ,qq x 's.f 1v1 /32,;Y/ 3 y c,�tMs/fl i,� S `).,D 9 �.,�'��sK '>: .f1°A' <%.r.�1�w'u.9 t ..... •yy � „�. �a ��, 3 � \� � , tyVti�L{I J."-�r�a .�� ��'f1f��+ � - ., H.a` •,yf � a f f .. 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Hundreds Of Oil Well Derricks Crowd Almost Onto The Sand Along Pacific Coast Highway In Huntington Beach In 1.928 Ignored By rrrrrvi;��w awa...UHANUE COUNT :ENE K ?�Gyreat Orange County: oom : of the 1 920s to grow what they'could,many were now leasing = eq, a r�son , r; the land and moving into mansions. . 1 '> Each well needed a crew.of 30 men who all needed ik a eat lauu, e",i as and Oklahoma, places to eat and sleep. Hotels and restaurants Qian ,sP goo,,ty�Yr�,as once,,th •site of oil strikes that couldn't be built fast enough.In that fast year,total eared; fortunSs;An_rugged boomtowns, income in the city rose from$4,000 to$250,000; They `inty oil strike camp in 1882 in'the By the middle of the decade,the petroleum industry ipa` • , r d led ttd'successful drilling in .was responsible for the largest payroll in the county.- car end`l a4Habra`:The oil reservoirs In 1922,Midway City was built to provide homes {ii 13ie t 1 t he though:`ihe crude was for the Huntington Beach oil field employees,n ld- . e�ground;++Sr..:;;;';: ` ' way between the established cities of Santa Ana and ttjasiirPiise gusher of 1920.in Hun- Long Beach. f 'tiii 6A t a `tylrteially knocked everyone off Prior to the oil strike,Huntington Beach had touted -theuf itself as a resort town where"there are no saloons TheTverO ear Yr signsFthat Huntington Beach or drinking and morality is of the highest order." had a`last oir of oil Beneath its surface,but That soon changed with the influx of young.men pse:signs meant..In the 1910s, from other oil states,who brought with them a flood for_iiist>}ncesEalg�tate:developers were frustrated` of unsavory characters. Bootleggers sold whiskey, in She>C pipb5eso;fresh water in the area.A mix- while downtown.hotels became brothels and gam- ur101-V ate bling halls. ld gas'.ou 'f. .�tbb7 = ;..,c.. Con artists also fu mste-8d�r y y a entered the picture To A. , am ge ?; after the oil strike.: p {, . •o ogleegsseo>s : x Many would entice ;waterou� h`ae-.�. investors from Long `been.%sign,ofwhat':­, Beach and Los An- A.und', eath To geles by bussing :th ;�e�yopgrs,�i � them in for lunch at. tis$ oadblok t�J rr �` an oil-drilling site: uildingigtfieiS0 ,R,• Little did the inves deyf 'tors know the situ mumty;, was usually dry,the' �d��; oil derrick just 4: npaihtred _ prop. Locals called young en eeyer};Wp t; the endless proces L aa �r�'�'- �{ � �-�� -`�' "' •Photo courtesy of Flnt American Title slon of investors 4F _C1 4bil derricks•surround the Huntington Beach "sucker buses." u 'h s 'Gra.mrrlar:School circa 1925. The life of the,. , dig QOtt�Shl roughneck was a; tided tha m@sa nefir Garfield A. nue.•and . dangerous one.Fires and blowouts were common;- If g� $tieet m Huntington Beach was a 'If a well caught fire,a roughneck would climb the. 'R 0 um„'�ezp�utg site burning rig while flames were kept away with a high-: Rt;D` tasked lug superiors at Standard powered hose. . ' a ll ut the company didn t believe 'Me worker would attach a line so firemen could- po tune,oil lied been discovered by pull down the rig in a safe direction.It was a tricky. i ivh ea u1 ' ,�yiirillmg`a hole wherever an situation.If a rig fell into another,it could set off a otlm� of as strongest % domino effect of falling,burning oil derricks. Bu eugitt was persistent,and finally one. Blowouts were sometimes worse for people liv=' oiciX°dtrilmg a well'iEonly to prove , ing in close proximity to an oil field.One blowout e'nog. , ;1! covered a house with mud,oil and rocks,wrecked' ; m lxd eloped rotaryclrillbit that could the family automobile and covered the lawn with a� ,reac � egii►tofthe earth,the Standard Oil thick layer of oil.The family sued the oil company., , gngm eno;�ork$e_ching for oil under a' In 1926 oil company officials decided that a good; �^d I *csp v'€i reserve was located near the.ocean,sogth of 23rd: . ; 2Q people throughout the town and,. Street.There was an election and Huntington Beach- Flieard.a,huge roar.Oil company . residents voted to open.the area to drilling,hoping, yprk` '> hagioliid as the gusher spewed oil that the economic good times would continue. By, . ee @i? " if the end of the.2Gs,only eight blocks of downtown e were unprepared for the find.They Huntington Beach was legally off-1`units to drilling.'! 'e sal}dyer t}ch11 into sotne;corn fields By the 30s,"whipstock'or slant drilling was in- p- 2 OQQ baiieIs'a day created huge troduced to to oil.resources beneath farms-and. _ po Yo q ei'acies-W land:Five hundred men homes and outmto the ocean. Slant-drilling contin �}th .,� �pvej3 worked feverishly to build ues to this day,with many.derricks camouflaged near a'�ike n tfi'eciudej?:;';:;:;. residential tracts. Off-shore rigs replaced.most of- l� ed from.far and wide'.to see the the on-shore oil derricks. . ,. ,...,; o consfanf,�noise fiom the Huntington Beach continues to be one of the top' guxg e�, t` , oois were closed and students made: oil producing cities in California. In fact,half the,-, the to a site,..";; ..;t oil removed from all Orange County.land has come' � $ushecamy in,it was like a,carnival . from the seaside city. c 'or.abig fire,!'said one resident from i ; the. ieVone came to watch."', Orange County Scene is produced every Vf f1i Tc,,w this were able to cap the gusher week by the Team.MacPherson family of Rd'.;. "il weh'in the coastal region of auto dealerships, with operations in the.. :K6, Sputfi it., Tlieivell was called Hunting- Tustin Auto Center— Joe MacPherson ii fines where'its"toodbecameknown *v :k'«•u>,: Ford,Toyota, Infiniti, Discount Auto Outlet. and MacPherson Leasing—and e� ghtn;c,;;roughnecks'.'fiom oilfields Joe MacPherson Chevrolet/Geo in the uq ,dgscend6 on.the`sinall city. •. Irvine Auto Center.If a you have question , atmopth atter•;the.;,,s e,the.popula iion 1 aoy, ,Q ':to 3,000,residents.;: or a topic you'd like us to cover,please write ps-Six olithsilater, liere-were more than 800 pro us at:-OC Scene, 43 Brookhollow Drive were becoming mil Santa Ana;.CA 92705. tia �•st«�r�s,.:r-�'� S �,�,P�..ca. .tL'S�� �us�V f �1,� �a�.,�t, +.y`t vt Yu"^t�'tsT'��� "'F� �ero� ��! ,�1"r' ����,'C.b � s� {'rC•'2k''�. y- 0l °"�-'I�i � t+1�7 �sF 't' 3r�' d.Nsr ���ti�`� ♦ t t 'i f •. .r qq,� x .. firs'... tl � '.'"r-+.-.' l+.'..".-_�^n Y..•°,`�-'!",'�? :.tK....'Po t,., ":SVi e�r'`'G�x' /Trh�,Imo," •GLENN YOST PRESENTS. ..Oil Well Huntington'A No. 1 �'�'L•e•o„2.S �R yb, • Final Rites Held Iscover • ' for Bette Mo' ioIca Funeral services were held Fri- day, November 5, at Frye Chapel for Bette Mniula,'66, or 499 Syca- istoriea[ rr more Drive. Brawley, who died Monday at Pioneers Memorial On .May•24, 1920 the first oil strike in the Huntington Hospital. Rev. Joseph Bilrman of Beach area•took.place at a wildcat well drilled by Standard Oil Sacred Heart Roman •Catholic Compaliy.in.the area west of Goldenwest street near Reservoir Church officiated at the services. hill. The well was drilled to a'depth of 2199 feet and at that Mrs. Moiola,, the former Bette depth came in producing 45 barrels per day. Stimson, was born in Texas.and With the .success of the first later moved to,Huntington Beach well,and proof that there was oil small shops of every kind. in 1928.In 1932 she married Law- in the area the company decided As the population rapidly grew, rence Moiola• the son of pioneer to drill another well farther west houses and apartments were built, ranchers who farmed here for on the mesa overlooking-the Bolsa schools constructed, streets and many years. Chica Gun.Club, parks laid out,and utilities install- While living in Huntington cd for the needs of the city. Beach, she served as resident of November 6, 1920 the well While this went on the city be- the Assistance Lea ll She was a hlew in as a wild gusher producing y �e 1742 barrels of oil and 4,000,000 came almost engulfed by the for- member of the PMH Auxiliary and cubic feet of gas per day. est of wooden derricks and the the Brawley Woman's Club. sounds of wells pumping day and She and her husband moved to At first the oil from the gusher night. Brawley in 1956 where the family the land..are flowed: iixet below the well. To spilling into The forest of derricks and the engaged in cattle .feeding and . clutter of the oil fields created farming in the Valley.. men wi th mules `and scrapers .. control.theflowing oil it took 5to certain hazards and it was de- Survivors include her husband :to .tided that something should. be Lawrence of the home, daughter build.;dikes.high.enough to 'con- g tain..it-}, j.`?„�, ' *. done to remedy the situation. Sharon Barnebee, son James L. So starting in 1950 the Fire De- "Buz" Moiola, three,grandchildren T.he:.floirwati finally controlled partment and the oil companies a?1 of Brawley,.six sisters Mrs. and'r a'.;we)C.6ecarrie-known,as embarked on a•clean up program Peter J. Schwartz, Long Beach, Bolsa.Chka NO.1 to remove the old wooden derricks Mrs. W.J. MacDonald,Los Angel- .A third well was then drilled by and replace them with steel pump- es, Mrs. Keith Spratt, Mrs. Joe the'Eddystone'.Oil company to a ing units. Rodgers and Mrs. Rudolph Bou- depth.of 3455 feet. It was called In the first year 200 derricks quet, all of Long Beach, Mrs.Wil- Ashfon No.Y and produced at the y liam Henry of Encino,two brothers rate of.1300 barrels per day. were. removed and burned, and B the..(end'•.`of..1920 the three within a few years all derricks Raleigh Stimson, Garden Grove, Y.., Travis Stimson,Spokane. welLF'jp production;.:had produced were removed and portable well 43,25d4 b'arre'ls'';oC,'oil., With this drilling:and pulling units put into start xhg.toll boom°,in Huntington use. . Beachr began and by•;June of 1923 With the removal of the derricks s ST�E�i hhc1 peak'of uetYon-was.reach'- came the`end of a hectic and I R" ed!n the''P1ePd'with.156 wells pro- colorful period of Huntington .� ducing.?Y19,000:';barrels of oil. per. Beach history which had been one SCENE day.,'';,i of Californias great dramatic ,vvth the acceleration of drilling events. and:the oil,boom In firll swnig'the To commemorate the first oil At the annual Rotary club auc- city of Huntli gtog Beach'•:vas sud- well,Huntington, A No. 1, and the .tion Friday to raise philanthropic denly transformed from a small beginning of the Huntington Beach funds, former Mayor Don Shipley town of 1680 persons to a thriving oil fields,on September 10, 1960 contributed a bottle of rare wine. city of 6000,inhabittants. the Standard Oil company and the Auctioneer Ed Sullivan labeled it The expar.&&•production ere- Petrolium Pioneers, Inc. placed a "Branch Water from Plains, ated a need;for employees to fill stone marker at the site dedicat- Georgia" and knocked it down for the many jobs'.in the fields, and ,ing it to the first well in the area. $1.95. people came from all sections or. The area surrounding the old the country arriving by train, bus, well, capped over now, and the ODESSA BALALAIKAS automobile, and by any means by marker will remain a permanent Odessa Balalalkas,a company of which they could reach town.' designated Huntington Beach six singers, dancers and musicians With the population increased landmark. who perform Russian and Eastern by workmen;• engineers, super- At the time of the dedication of European music, will appear at visors, and people of all kinds Huntington A No.1 the Huntington 8 pm Wednesday, December 1 at .the'city became a beehive of Beach field ranked second in pro- Orange Coast College min the audi- Lactivity• duction in California and ranked lorium.Tickets are now on sale in New,businesses.,sprung up over third with a cummulative produc- the student'bookstore. General f night:-.%i th:;.stores,� banks, hiring Lion of over 650,000,000 barrels of admission tickets are priced at 2. halls for workers;:restaur' , an ail.650,000,000 barrels of oil is not Special Persons card holders (sen- emergency hsternospital,' garages,.bak- only a landmark but a lot of for citizens)and children under 12 er ,.a-We TJnion.office. and':energy. will be admitted for$1. - I,, --s•ar���_ _ �a :iE'i,1�;��l'�Ir waOt+C l�;,lr�...-�.1 IL bit' y'�F'•`' aWe t�J'tEEE'S9 �ii � �/ Ir`,.:;.,;:i. iiL�• t an� � � i3le i4igl S�EE n - F Ell•4� F t r•pl1��11�I11IIl��!�.�:Y_:.;� T... ill�� Ifsp. _'_`���t•; �:;�e ._,=:._. i. E6g fill?I i !�q' �;E�����9�� tJY9��fit�t J fj,', ' 'r { � r•� :fit��� l irtk L Y 'l,yyty`J`�R Si . —NOW map- is Aotw ".'ter• .. i 1 �'�•�1 p!�^�� %S J i .. ...ERY.WELL NUNTINGTON BEACH FIELD 1 I t• '�f`1 1', 1 STANDARD,O1G COMPANY"HUMNGTON A N0.1 .: MAY 24.1920. 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I[T/pttpN►IOpO Y Or CALIIOQNIA •f i1 rrmN noNII1/.INC. �' . � -�.�]?�;.- ':; /�.- .fir• �.+'r.{:..,•, `•n �� _ I II'' \ 2f b• � � Y BLLIOTT R M Feb bt :r 171S Main St i NTINGTON BEACH,ORANGE"COUNTY, CALIRNIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1960 TEN CENTS FO NUMBER 48 An Historic Event s< .tiff $ n y s {, •Here is the address given by Jules E.Toussaint Saturday :.i `.S•'� yt -;k ,r. afternoon, Sept. 10 et the dedication ceremonies of the his. discovery tor;cel marker at Huntington A No. I yy _ wall of this 9 seat oil aid:„ cT I!is Indeed a real lea I IIiI I sure for cos to participate P c aR in this dedication ceremony commemorating the discover wall of the Huntington on'Be h fie ld;lei d•namely, e Huntington yy 9 y, g n A No. I. "If is e pleasure for a 4 s number of reasons: { e ' 'First — the discovery rlr qa ) having bee n made by m "�``'i t Y 9 P con an trot cos s o in r... 1 Y 1 ; . pleasure—which I think is t r u e of any member of a ' - fr'1'il f'k company that makes a die.r:+ {�2, - is � F co try.Discovering oil fields �lr ys r end their subsequent de el •� t - opmanI is the life-blood of "tv our industry. �.;fiF; 'Second—it reflects a s 'ft'?U7 (y♦'@ ' vt significant accomplishment by people—people of our segment of the industry - ..kk.. hich is so well represented � t .l by this organization;that Is, the Petroleum Production Pl. ..F.•�ti+•;...'>: enters. "Third the subsequent development and production of the field reflects in the overall a satisfactory work- JULES E.TOUSSAINT "Prineipal Add ing relationship between the But Brief' industry and the City of Huntington Beach=Ifs airy officials —its various civic organizations, like the chamber of cam. merce,the R.M.Pyles Boys Camp,and other such organiza. }ions—and the-people of Huntington Beach.. "I said overall satisfactory working relationship bicauie - 7 I realize everything has not at all times been peaches and cream'—There have been vps and downs—buf in overall it has worked out satisfactorily. It is something like a mar. F -: • riage between two people—a marriage isn't always'peaches •� f" and cream'—it has its ups and downs—but if It works out it pia• „s,: it in overall a satisfactory working relationship. ' •1 �t 't ti¢ "This brin to mind a comment on the subject of mar. gs - y .ti 1 :; •sir; riage I heard recently. It was this: fv"Y:•, ti. 'If one thinks marriage is a 50.50 proposition—hs.either .doesn't understand fractions or he doesn't understand women. "Well,now 1 think I'ust a little historical background that p t had some bearing on Phis end other discoveries In California is in order. .. s .. a '� _ _ In late 1007 Mr.H.M.Storey-o f our isany,fhon In r{ - -- '` •'' ~ charge of its pipe fins department,wrote a letter to Mr.D. KER—Since May 24,1920 Sfarid• who was master of ceremonies;Warren Johnson, general G.Scofield,Than vice president of our company;on 9fie pot- ?•- ngton A No,i.wdl has been pro- manager of the southern division for Standard Oil Com• sibillfies of oil in California,and in part said: ° tr'Botsa sand a'year�ter of,e mils pony of California;and Jules E.Toussaint,principal speak. 'I feral that if the study of formation is the ilitelligenf he old field. Saturday afternoon or who is vice president end general manager of The course to pursue In the search for oil—the study should be business like ceremony of dedi. Standard Oil Company of California, Western Opera. thorough. I feel convinced that an engineer with some Idea lit first state historic monument #ions, Inc.,vice president and director of the Huntington of rocks—could do much toward producing the results desired. ials represonfing petroleum, oil• Beach Company. Directly above the handsome marble i do not claim that the application of scientific principles-- if f rlgM above are"Tick" and bronze plaque can be seen the top of the doghouts ill develop oil, but I do claim that easeful study—will to- 0.a Petroleum Production Pioneers and the walking beam of the discovery well which it s+ill dues Rho percentage of feline and consequently increase the producing. _Phut.br Eder Beit atvet. percentage of success... It occurs to me that a competent man could be amp loyed nit Plaque " we In the state government Huntington Beach fields, for months in the way I mention.. benefit by It, we know to the ling his family to move to sou. "Well,that was somewhat of an understefedsenff penny. thorn California and gat a wel• "Anyhow, presumably that idea was applied and one of over Well UD to December 31,1959. the come now start In life. the people who came info the picture subsequently as a gaol- Udelanda oil money grossed$462,• McIvor introduced City Council• ogist, and whose name appears on the plaque, was S. H. y 016,463 From this tidelands field men Robert M.Lembcrl,Noble J Getter,known to many of us as Howell Goiter. done the stale or Cauromia mi.Waite. Lyndon A.Wells,Jake R.j "In September, 1919 a report was made by a oologist f, for "the head can absorb leated t239,422." (Stewart;president or the chamber, y C.M."Cy"FeaMerly,chairman of commerce Earl H.Wilson;sac- working under Howell Goiter's supervision which told In art: stand"...Jules E.Toussaint dedi- p some marble'and bronze hisforl°al of the Orange County board of rotary of the chamber William H.. Because of the known presence of ail of Newport and iho loon eommomoraifnyy the "discov. supervisors, told the assemblage Gallienne;Huntington Beach Com•I great thickness of Fernando known to be present further to . I that so Vinod allotted the his• of the tremendow progressive pony resident manager J.Sherman fhs northwest, the Les Boises (Huntington Beach) locality .. Ma 24, 1920.y strides trade possible In the county Denny; end managing editor of should be the first to be Tested...If would seem.advisable y government alone because of the the Huntington Beach Nesva Gso. to beats abouf seven miles up the eoart from Newporf and m - vest amount of taxes paid by the S.Farquhar. one mile inland from Huntington Soaeh.' - Ir4 the standard OB Co.of CMUferala, petroleum Industry. The unique event was further "Shortly thereafter Standard.made its first(esse'with the ' ' :Is former bead of the Petroleum Richard Hanna,state assomby embellished with a cocktail party to Production Ploncers, and Presl- iron.neount.d how his father and dinner that followed at Frahk 'Hun}in�ron Beech Comperiy referred to as the"A"{case end n- dent of the Lomita Gasoline Co,•..iur!d a roughneck job In the vessels Los Alamitos race track, the dri limy of Well No. I was scarfed in Docomber, 1919. ..I Think the plaque itself now falls pretty much the rest th FamBlar with Stet haunts In the - of the story. It reads as follows: :t• shadow of reservoir h11i, when Y• . nearly 250 oll men,civic leaden 'Discovery Well " is. and politicians were assembled. Huntington 4leach Field )it Johnson reminisced on early oil'' Standard Oil Company—Huntington A No.I rn feld experiences. May 24, 1920 nt No missed and pointed ovt In '.� Firsf produced from 2199 feet at 45 barrels per day, this on the avdlena many of the old showing encouraged further drilling and nayrby'Standard r. 'd• fkne worWn Aen, recalling Boise Chico No. I (which•has produced more than 7,000.000 the-names of the original crew _ f., 'barrels) was completed on November 13, 1920 flowing 2,000 by that drilled Brawn.No. oe FnnkWam barrels per day. This opened the first"gusher type'field in ,n• Hugh Bu.fA,Art.BJoe Billtt, the Los Angeles basin and led to extensive development along Hugh Bvrkia,Art.Barmudes,BIII 9 P 9 of .Guinn and Jim Rover. the Inglewood Rift. '-Tick'Mdvor,president of the 'The Huntington Beach Field Is currently the second larg- Petroleum Production Pioneers, r es#producer in California and rank}third in the stele with a handled the job of master of are- cumulated production exceeding 650,000,000 barrels of all. If monies with fhs&soundness that :In eemmemera}ing this discovery chi Standard Oil Com- aNy experience and knowledge pony and the petroleum Production Pioneers honor the man An hrine. J• - �. ... marker here. aaturoay afternoon.commemorat,ng.Tne: .a,scov- of the . tremendous y g. Y ery;well'.'':funtington i4:ijlo: I..ihat'''so,vitally affected the his- strides made progressive, pany resident manager J.Sherman the northwest, .the..Las oosas ,�nunnn ton oeacnl iocaut possible in the county; Denny; and managing editor:of - should be the,firit �o be tested . . ::l#would.seem advisa'61e Cory'of'this'commumty.'.Since Mpy:'24,;1920: .government,alone.,because,oft.the, the Huntington Beach Flews Geo. `ko.locate.ebout seven miles up•the coast from Newport and Standing"on,a.wooden platform i , , ;;....: vast.amount of taxes paid-by the S-.Farquhar., = one mile.;inland.from..tiun ington Beach y of two by twelve a baking sun, the.gtandaid Oil Co:.of aalifo petroleum•industryTlie.:'unique event was:further „ rnia Shortly,thereafFer Sfanilard,trade.tts fkil 4ebse h the relieved• somewhat,.byvm gentle. former%bead of.the'..Petroleum Richard.Hanna;-state asseinby embelljshed•With a cocktail party ntin on Beach'Com a referred to es the 'A' lease and breeze from;ttie,oceait"a;mile:to P>bdtiq$ori-Pioneers,•-'arid"PresI= man, recounted how'his;father f and dinner that followed at Frank p • the southwest'Toussaint cltlrriin= dent'bt'the Lomita!Gasoline Co: secured a:roughneck)oblrrthe Vessels Los Alamitos race track he dfflin kohWeil JJo '1.ift startedhn Deeemberkl919. -- -_ -- :.�I ihin .t e'p aque itse pow,to Is. pretty muc '' he lest aced the`one hour ceremony:with FamO[ar With•the.t<Aunts in'the: of the'stoy.; It read s es.'fo9lowi• .a brief hlstory,df:this'•mesa•start- shadow-of•'reservoir hill;;'�where ,:'•Discovery Well. ing with.the year 1907.: `:•.^._ nearly`-250 oil:men; civic., ':.:: r He is..a vice pre,sident.'and gen- and politicians were. assembled,' 'Hurtington Beach,Field . eral manager.of the Standard Oil Johnson reminisced on'"early"oill Standard Oil*Company=Huntington A,N6.I. Company of Cpnfornia, Western Feld experiences. . May 24. 1920 Operations, Inc.; vice president He named and pointed out in First produced'from 2199.feet.,at.45 barrels -per day, this land director of the Huntington the audience many 'of the'old showing encouraged further drilling and nea-rby Standard Beach Company. His.complete ad- timii workers' here; recalling -Bolsa Chica No. I (which 'h'as produced more than.7,000,000 dress.is carried on this page. the:narnes of the original crew Toussaint was introduced by that drilled A No. 1 . Frank v barrels) was completed on November 13, 1920 flowing 2,000 Ware,W.M.Brown,Joe Barrett, barrels per day. 'This'opened She first "gusher type" field in Warren Johnson general man- ager of the Southern District of Hugh B Art Bermudez, Bill the Los Angeles basin and led to extensive devel opment along .Quinn andnd Jim Routh. .the Inglewood Rift. "Tick" McIvor,president of the 'The Huntington Beach Field is currently the second larg- Petroleum Production Pioneers, est producer-in California and ranks third in the state with a handled the job of master of cere- cumulated production exceeding,650,000.000 barrels of oil. monies with the assuredness that _'In commemorating this discovery the'Standard Oil Com- only experience and knowledge pany and the 'Petroleum Production Pioneers honor the mer can bring. directly responsible. We are dedicated to the pre- P servation of historical events ac- 'Superintendents, W. M1 'Brown and 'H. S. Berkey; tool curately and the honoring of the pushers, J. W. Barrett and C. L. Brewster; drillers, W. M personnel responsible for these Quinn, Herbert Ellis and Guy Hopkins; engineers, W. C.John milestones in petroleum produc- son; geologist, S. H. Gester. tion and progress. Thus we honor 'Dedicated-September 10, 1960'Standard Oil Company o j both the event and the men," Me- California Petroleum Production 'Pioneers, Inc.' iIvor stated. "That—gentlemen—is.the story. Mayor Ernest H. Gisler spoke as a native who recalled . . . "the "I thank you." roaring twenties" and enjoyed the benefits of the oil underground as well as the crops he farmed on the surface. State Senator John A:Murdy ,......_ Jr. reminisced on the 50 years :� f� >� be had resided an worked ere.ided d ked h ' _ � ':; ,i�sblti�i::�ir:r•,r�3;:�3:_�. '•'h�-�w4+ �!.. �A'., �il�Yt,;.�-•x=;'i' -. Z•.,•:.' `•In 1919 just after the war 1 _.. �. y_.;, Z;3 +ot1�?Zk .,ajn7x.�ii?J"JSiYi~X�?',rC.-`,:•"•�•,,'.•rs•0-`•m��r`;c?aspAyy�'� was driving a brand new cater- pillar.'My first Job was to plow all the ground on this mesa. It was the toughest ground I had ever worked. We had to change the plowshares twice a day and never saw so many gophers. "Perhaps you gentlemen would be Interested in bearing how much money your Huntington 'Beach `'J tidelands oil fields have grossed. RCA ROUTING SHEET INITIATING DEPARTMENT: Community Services SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE POLICY FOR TRENAMING� PARKir FACILITIES, AND COMMUNITY FEATURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARK NAMING AND MEMORIALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENUATTONS COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 17, 2001 RCA ATTACHMENTS STATUS Ordinance (w/exhibits & legislative draft if applicable) Not Applicable Resolution (w/exhibits & legislative draft if applicable) Attached Tract Map, Location Map and/or other Exhibits Not Applicable Contract/Agreement (w/exhibits if applicable) (Signed in full by the CityAttome ) Not Applicable Subleases, Third Party Agreements, etc. (Approved as to fonn by City Attome ) Not Applicable Certificates of Insurance (Approved by the City Attorney) Not Applicable Financial Impact Statement (Unbudget, over $5,000) Not Applicable Bonds If applicable) Not Applicable Staff Report (If applicable) Not Applicable Commission, Board or Committee Report If applicable) Attached Findings/Conditions for Approval and/or Denial Not Applicable EXPLANATION FOR MISSING ATTACHMENTS REVIEWED ' RETURNED:.:.- FOR W RDED Administrative Staff ( �. Assistant City Administrator (Initial) City Administrator Initial City Clerk EXPLANATION FOR RETURN OF ITEM: 12 (Below Space For City Clerk's Use Only) GQi c.I n".T` RCA Author: ifn B. Engle L o CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH LO" INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION HUNTINGTON BEACH RECEIVED FROM AND MADE A PART OF THE R ORO AT TbA COUNCIL MEETING OF OFFICE OF THE CITY CLEAK CONNIE BROCKWAY.CITY CLERK To City Council Via City Administrator From Ron Hagan, Director, Community Services Date September 14, 2001 Subject Late Communication on Item F-1, Park Naming and Memorials Resolution Attached are biographies on Chris Carr and John Baca. Staff inadvertently left out these bios from the RCA attachments. RH:cr Attachments �f �`+�,.. •}err i-A l�.l _ `�J/^w��{j' t� t . s I e rt• / ���'-5-: q s:i"•err.:���"" -4 �� �.�+. AVar heroes ®f the highest order { THE ORANGE COUNTYREGISTER, Thin sdaj;Api-il 16, 1998 PEOPLE: The S O.C. • Kenneth A Walsh, 81, of The deceased recipients are: (Medal of Honor recipients Santa Ana. The marine pilot p repeatedly dived into Japanese • Nelson 111. Ifoldernian, a and how.they earned their formations over the Solomon World War I Army captain who medals. Islands in 1943, shooting down llyed in Santa Ana. lie was two Japanese dive bombers and a wounded three tinges in 1948 in SANTA ANA - Eight recipients of fighter despite suffering several the Argonne Forest in France, yet the Medal of Honor who live or hies carried two wounded men to have lived in Orange County were safety through enemy fire. honored with memorial plaques • Clarence B. Craft, 76, of Ddav 30, 1995 at the Civic Center Fayetteville, Ark. Born and raised A' • Chris Carr, A World War II Army ser in Santa Ana,the Army private led g s H eant who lived in "\Fall: onor." The surviving honorees are: a grenade charge from atop Hen Iiunting6ton Beach. When his Hill on Okinawa. Under heavy plaroon was pinned down near • William E. Barber, 7S, of machine Italy in 1944, Carr Irvine. As captain of 220 men in machine gun fire, he chased Korea in 1950, he ignored orders enemy poops until they retreated climbed around a flank of German into a cave,where Craft threw in a soldiers and captured five to withdraw, fighting the Chinese for five days in sub zero satchel charge of grenades. Craft positions, killing eight and temperatures. That determination re-lit them when they failed to capturing 22. saved thousands of American explode, causing an explosion that • Donald A Gary,a World War II lives. killed the troops. Navy lieutenant who lived many • Walter D. Ehlers, 76, of � John P. Baca, 49, of San years in Garden Grove. when the USSBuena Park. During the 1944 D- Diego. A hand grenade was thrown aiie Franklin was attacked by Dal' invasion, he singlehanded1v 1 aircrafc near Kobe; Japan. its into the midst of his platoon in P \'iettlam in 1970. The Arnl�. munitions stockpile exploded. Shot by out a machine gun crel�. Gary assisted several hundred Shot bar a sniper he carried a specialist fourth class, a onetime 1 Huntington Beach resident. nien trapped in a smoke-filled wounded rifleman to safety, then conlpartnlcnt. ^ covered the grenade with his steel returned to(lie fltillt. [whilet,":Ivinleight then. cr„nplimc•ur.�.ulAlfNh;TJ I 1 - - s Medal of Honor Recipients r Specialist Fourth Class John P. Baca United States Armv , t A Inn,rink resident of I luntin_ton Beach,John Baca cntcrcd .crvicc at Fort Ord, Ca IIfornia and scrNed air a recoiIies.rifle team nteniber. W-Iii!e scrvin,in the Republic of Vietnam. SN John P Baca, U.S.Arnix, Company D, Ist Gatt;slion, I2th ('a\alr,. Is[ t'avahti° Division.dislim;uislird huluelf un 10 Fehn,;u1 , 1970,during a ni_sht ;ttlthuh thiasiun in 1'huve Lvii_ 1'io611cr. .\ ltL-lt�>irl'Irt-In his comp;un %%. ;ent to ime,tigatc t!tc deconntirm of an ambush devirc lor\%ard cif hi.nnit'-;po;ition and erne under hcav\ enemy fir,-. I-fearing. the hc:n\ tiring, from tllr platuvn and loin mu his rrcailleSs ride unit could aSSISL SN i Baca led his team throw--h a hail ofencmy Iire. r Ai ills unit prepared to inea_e the enemy,a grenade\\a;thrown into the midst of hi -romp. SP4 Baca\t'ith complete disregard for his cm-n sai-ty,covered the grenade with his steel helmet and fell oii it as the grenade exploded,ahsorhino the concussion and the fnamcnt>with his ow-i body. Nis gallant actions and complete disregard for his own safety directly saved eight nien from serious iniur.' or death. The extraordinary-caungc displayed by SPa Baca.were in the hi-hest traditions of the military service and reflected great credit on the United States Arm-N. Sergeant Chris Carr Ltniteci States Arm- Sgt Chris Carr,U.S.Army,Company L,337ih infanirr�,SMth irifanfry Division. On 7 - ?October, 1944,1w g:dlantly clearest the way for his company to re.ich the Caroni Di -R-ania�.tia near GUIJIola, Italy-. When his platoon was pinned down 1iv heavy enemy small weapons tire, he climb d mone around the left flank of the Ge mm lxisitions to find and eliminate the encmv. lindeterwd by deadly fire,hi cre it-to the rear to a machine-in position and charged. He quickly captured Light prLKlriets turned dieni over to his squad,and then sct out-for the.second ltasition: Discoverexl 11V the enemy,he leapt to his feet,taking-the second position x hile'kiliijw� four and(_-tpturin_on:. S,t.Carr then moved forwirded under he-tivy tire,to a third N;ition. \tith a shout and a bur i of Lire,he captured Ole Msition and lour nior:Genwinc- Once mart advancing in tlt: face of zui alerted enemy:he approached a print of 1_round occupied by t-wo machine guns- !n hi.,a:�,`ault un th,.-.,L J�ti.ititnh he kill;.d lour and captured nine:.more. BV his tine-man:+hack:Sgt-Carr captured the encniv 1x`<itirnis,killed eigin Gerniaru; ;rnc9 Lnp\tured'2 more.el ihlhw biz L•att:diem tooccuff conulundin`gmund. �� NCv O Park Naming and Memorials o rn C),->�, IssuesCD J r- G3p' o Colonel Arthur Poindexter Memorial o Veterans Memorial Plaza o Naming of Six Parks Colonel Arthur Poindexter Memorial o Citizens' group requesting site (no funds) War hero, educator, and"Renaissance Man" Honor those who fought at Wake Island o City Council refers to Community Services Commission o Original recommendation to place outside of Huntington Central Library o Ultimately becomes part of larger issue — recognition of all veterans n N Veterans Memorial Plaza o Veterans T - groups .provided input f Veterans 9r u s feel all vets is _ should be recognized and =_ = only individual with highest honors Majority want to expand o Various sites memorial at Civic Center to Veterans Memorial Plaza explored Veterans Memorial Plaza - o John Baca and ¢" Chris Carr — Medal �,. of Honor recipients } o Poindexter committee could u _ apply for consideration for inclusion at Plaza mm C,b Naming of a: l _ n._...,.. Six Parks r. _ } , Six Parks Sherwood•Park. .. .. ,t5 ; have not r: Golden es est f Sbmmlt' I been -`UP Seacllff i Lowe�Seacliff -^ ' officially" ;4� A 48 q..Palm f Gofd�nwest 7 named 6?--....0.1.S�g3 PARK LOCATION.. 4T MAP - _ t Naming of Six Parks (cont.) o Policy - Naming parks after "oldest living past mayor" ■ Ruth Finley Park— Upper Seacliff park site ■ Ruth Bailey Park— Lower Seacliff park site ■ Ron Pattinson Park— Palm/Goldenwest park site o Policy — Park can be named after person who has made significant contributions ■ John Baca Medal of Honor recipient(like Chris Carr)— Gothard and Ellis park site 3 Naming of Six Parks (cont.) o Modify policy to allow for an "event" that made a significant contribution . Discovery Well Park — Summit and Goldenwest park site 0 2.2 acre park site at Meadowlark, developed by Catellus, is adjacent to Norma Gibbs Park and is considered an expansion of Norma Gibbs Park. Recommended Actions 1. Adopt Resolution , establishing the policy for the naming of city parks, park features, and community facilities and repealing conflicting resolution. 2. Name the following parks: ➢ Park in upper Seacliff, Ruth Finley Park ➢ Park in Lower Seacliff, Ruth Bailey Park ➢ Park at Palm and Goldenwest, Ron Pattinson Park ➢ Park at Summit and Goldenwest, Discovery Well Park ➢ Park at Gothard and Ellis,John Baca Park 3. Include the parkland developed by Catellus(2.2 acres)as an extension of Gibbs Park because it is adjacent to the park and includes development of .8 acres of the existing Gibbs Park. 4 Recommended Actions (cont.) 4. Expand the Veterans Memorial area at the Civic Center to include the park-like area adjacent to the site to provide an expanded venue and consider this memorial site to be named Veterans Memorial Plaza. Monuments at Veterans Memorial Plaza shall be consistent in size, area,and height, and be privately funded. 5. Approve individual memorial(s) be placed in Veterans Memorial Plaza honoring Congressional Medal of Honor recipients John Baca and Chris Carr. 6. Do not place an individual memorial at the library for Colonel Arthur Poindexter as originally requested. Allow the Poindexter Committee to submit the recommended memorial for approval as part of the Veterans Memorial Plaza once the guidelines have been established for all memorials at the plaza. 5 Council/Agency Meeting Held: 2-0 —W =Defe:rre Continue to: 12_ _W ❑Approved ❑ Conditionally Approved ❑ Denied D;► ler gnature Council Meeting Date: 11/20/00 Department ID Number: CS00-042 CITY O H N INGTON BEACH REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION SUBMITTED TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS G - SUBMITTED BY: RAY SILVER, City Administrator olae _ PREPARED BY: RON HAGAN, Director, Community Services - SUBJECT: APPROVE COMMEMORATION OF COLONEL ARTHUR A. POINDEXTER:Wt`T` A MONUMENT OUTSIDE OF THE HUNTINGTON CENTRAL LIBRARY IN c- HUNTINGTON CENTRAL PARK --� Statement of Issue,Funding Source,Recommended Action,Alternative Action(s),Analysis,Environmental Status,Attachment(s) Statement of Issue: There is a request to commemorate former Huntington Beach resident and war hero, Marine Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter by placing a monument near the main entrance of Huntington Central Library. Funding Source: N/A. Private donations will be secured to design, purchase, and install the monument. Recommended Action: Motion to: Approve the concept of honoring Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter with a monument placed to the east of the main entrance of Central Library, next to the water fountain in Huntington Central Park. Alternative Action(§): Do not approve the concept of commemorating Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter. with a monument at Huntington Central Library, and give staff alternative direction. Analysis: In January, 2000, Mayor Garofalo asked the Community Services Commission to review the contributions made by Marine Colonel Poindexter, and consider placing a commemorative plaque or other monument in a public area of the city. Huntington Beach residents and former marines Flint Morrison, Phil Inglee, and John Tillotson were appointed to a committee by the Mayor to review the qualifications to commemorate Colonel Poindexter. This information was brought before the Community Services Commission Park Naming and Memorials Committee and approved at its May 10, 2000 meeting. The committee felt that Colonel Poindexter's accomplishments deserved to be prominently displayed in order to properly honor him and all others who served in World War II so that we could live with freedom in.the United States. Poindexter's accomplishments are outlined in Attachment#3. REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE: 11/20/00 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: CS00-042 As a marine, Poindexter was awarded a Bronze Star for* heroism, a Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, and many other service medals. He spent 44 months as a prisoner of war. Obviously, a military hero, Marine Colonel Poindexter was also a philosopher, college professor, world traveler, and an involved citizen in his community. He was truly a "Renaissance Man." The Park Naming and Memorials Committee toured several locations with members of the citizen's committee, Mrs. Poindexter, and Community Services staff to find a suitable site. The tour resulted in a recommendation to place the monument in front of the outdoor fountain at Huntington Central Library. According to Mrs. Poindexter,'the library was a favorite spot of Colonel Poindexter's. With the large number of children using the facility, the monument will also serve as an educational tool. The monument is proposed to be placed in the landscaped strip directly in front of the fountain and constructed with pour-in-place concrete and/or granite. Information on Colonel Poindexter's heroics on Wake Island during World War II and his contributions to the community as a civilian will be listed on the monument as well as the United States Marine Corps insignia. Funding for the monument will be totally underwritten by private donations. The Park Naming and Memorials Committee recommendation was reviewed and approved by the Community Services Commission on June 14, 2000. The Library Board addressed this issue on September 19, 2000, and concurred in honoring Marine Colonel Poindexter with a memorial at the location noted herein. Environmental Status: N/A Attachment(s): City Clerk's, - . . - NumberDescription 1. January 14 Memo from Mayor Garofalo to City Council -......... ......................... . .: 2. Recommendation to Community Services Commission from the .......... Citizen's Committee 3. February 28 Letter to Phil Inglee from Jim B. Engle ................................................. 4. Location Map and Conceptual Design of Monument RCA Author: JBE:DD Colonel Poindexter CS00-042.doc -2- November 7,2000 2:41 PM ATTACHMENT #1 o CITY OF HUNTIN-�- � GTO N BEACH CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION TO: Honorable Mayor Pro Tem and City Council Members FROM: Dave Garofalo, Mayor DATE: January.14,2000 SUBJECT: "IT'Item for the January 18,2000,City Council Meeting ISSUE: Several days ago, a "great American"hero died. Art Poindexter passed away. Colonel Poindexter was not only a heavily decorated Marine Aviator,but was also there at Wake Island during the most tumultuous times during World War II. He was eventually captured by the Japanese and interned in China as a POW. After the war,he continued his military service with distinction. He was not a warrior,he was an ordinary man who was called to serve his country and did so to extraordinary levels. The U.S. Marine Corps recognized his heroic service throughout the second half of the 20`h century with many accolades. A written history of this American has been memorialized many times by the U.S. government in official documents. At his funeral service, a local Nledal of Honor recipient had the most to say about this local resident,husband,parent, and community activist. The words were few, but the passion was deep. ANNOUNCEl1ENT: I am proposing to nominate Colonel Poindexter for consideration to the park naming committee of the Community,Services Commission and Community Services Department. In so doing, I also recommend that the Shea project consider this request in their development for the open space allocation they will be dedicating. I am also asking that a committee of Flint Morrison,Phil Inglee, and John Tillotson, all marines who celebrated Colonel Poindexter's life and death,compose the formal litany of reasons qualifying Colonel Poindexter for this consideration. I am pleased many of us honored him while he was alive. I ask that we honor him with his passing as well as he represents an element of the 20"'century we may never experience again. DG:lp xc: Connie Brockway Ray Silver Melanie Fallon F-11 ATTAC H M E NT #2 By Direction of Mayor Garofalo, an Ad-Hoc committee was established to make recommendations relative to a park or park trail naming in tribute to former Colonel Arthur (Art) A. Poindexter, USMC (retired) . RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED TO PARKS COMMISSION NAMING OF CITY PARK/TRAIL ARTHUR A. POINDEXTER PARK (POINDEXTER PARK) Colonel A. A. Poindexter was truly a "Renaissance Man" as a military hero, a philosopher, college professor, world traveler and an involved citizen. Qualifications for naming a park/trail after a WWII hero, A Defender of Wake Island 1941 A.A. Poindexter enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 19 after attending the University of Kansas He went on to Officer ' s Candidate school graduating as a 2/Lt Assigned to 1st Defense Battalion, Wake Island (Pacific FMF) During invasion by forces of Japan, Lt. . Poindexter repeatedly exhibited individual acts of heroism including wading out into the surf to throw grenades into attacking landing barges. At the time he was described as being "crazy as a bedbug or the bravest guy alive" ! We believe it to be the latter. Upon the fall of Wake, Lt. Poindexter became a POW and would spend the next 44 months in prisoner of war camps in China, Korea and northern Japan. Repatriated Sept. 1945 at Sapporo, Japan Poindexter would go on to serve as an active duty Marine until 1963 attaining the rank of Colonel During that time he was assigned to duty in: China, Korea and at various stateside Marine Corps bases He served on Gen. MacArthur' s planning staff for the landing at Inchon Korea, prior to the 1950 landing that would retake Seoul, Korea' s capital city A.A. Poindexter would rise through the ranks from enlisted to officer, to achieve the rank of full Colonel, USMC upon retirement. Colonel Poindexter was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism, the Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, the award for I-1(d)1 5Q� Meritorious Service, the Air Medal for repeated flights over combat . zones, the WWII POW medal as well as WWII Occupation medal, Pacific Theater of Operations with campaign star, as well as the Korean service medal and the United Nations service medal. Of his actions in the defense of Wake, Col . Poindexter stated, "we were doing the job that Marines have be called upon to do for over 200 years" ! Upon his retirement from the US Marine Corps, he went on to earn a Master ' s Degree - from Clairmont and ultimately a Doctorate from the University of Hawaii Col . Poindexter was a Professor at Cal State University Long Beach teaching international relations and comparative governments . He retired from teaching in 1982 He has served on the following in a volunteer status : Orange County Transportation Authority American Red Cross Huntington Beach Environmental Board Huntington Beach elder care visitation (hospitals/homes ) Hoag Hospital , Newport Beach Huntington Beach ' s Meals on wheels program Costa Mesa Soup Kitchen Active in the H.B. Landmark petition to have a - traffic light installed at Atlanta entrance to Landmark Homes Elected to the Republican Central Committee Active member of the Adventurers Club of Southern California Authored articles in California Social Science Quarterly; American History Illustrated, Military Historical Review and Leatherneck Magazine. Subject of countless articles and interviewed for books such as Wake Is�lan� , D. Schmidt; Enemy on Island . Issue in Doubt, S . Cohen; But giot in Shame, J.. Toland and countless other books and monographs Being a very methodical person, Col . Poindexter researched innumerous locals throughout the United States in order to find the ideal retirement area. His search led him to Huntington Beach where he lived until his death in January 2000 . Colonel Poindexter was extremely proud of the many virtues found in Huntington Beach from its climate, to the miles of clean - beaches , to the ambiance of a' seaside city that included not only the many amenities of the downtown area and the pier, but of the many parks and recreational opportunities afforded to both residents and visitors . Therefore, this committee finds that it would be fitting and appropriate to name one of the city ' s parks/trails as "Poindexter Park/Trail" The following ad hoc committee members after a review of the historical aspects and many contributions made by this fine gentleman are proud to make the above recommendation. Thank you for your consideration of our recommendation. Committee members: Phil Inglee Flint Morrison John Tillotson C David Garofalo, Mayor City of Huntington Beach I-1(d)s ATTACHMENT #3 �. CITY OF HUN T"INGTON BEACH b,7 2000 MAIN STREET CALIFORNIA 92648 COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT (714)536-5486 February 28, 2000 Phillip Inglee 3692 Aquarius Drive Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Dear Mr. Inglee: RE: COLONEL POINDEXTER RECOGNITION In January, Mayor Dave Garofalo put forth an item on the Council agenda requesting that consideration be given to recognize Colonel Poindexter. Mayor Garofalo suggested that the Shea's Parkside project be considered. His thought is to include a memorial of some type on the proposed park site. I have been asked to follow up on this issue. The Mayor indicated he was appointing a committee of Flint Morrison, John Tillotson, and you (who were previously United States Marines) compose the formal litany of reasons qualifying the Colonel for this consideration. I will propose at the March 8 Community Services Commission meeting, that this issue be referred to the Park Naming and Memorials Committee. Their recommendation would then go to the Community Services Commission in April and then to City Council for final approval. Each of the three of you will receive this letter. After you have had a chance to discuss this matter and put something together, please contact me at 536-5495. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Sincerely, .r YIeputy B. 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Y_�f1.1 _ C� PLANTER c i o MEDIA/ 1 cc : COMPUTER S , DE ` ,AVX cu= E=o� ROOM' CHILOREN'S ROOMc�C R004 C I= RD 4 as FICTION c� 6 D uuuu r �a D� IHDNIiDC-UAL N EC�KwING CENTER .� 7 i,->,bol5 _.P.AR.K1 T_ LOT _ DI — Information � en eral Information ED — Reception/ln format ion phone (714) 842-4481 R — Reference H ours C — Public Telephone Mon.1:OOpm-9:00 pm Tues.-Thurs. 9:00 9:00 — Men's Restroom Fri.&Sat 9:00-5:00 pm Sun. 1:OOpm.-S:OOpm — VJom:n's Restroom — Book Return Huntington Beach Public Library and Cultural Center — Closed to Public Upper Level RCA ROUTING SHEET INITIATING DEPARTMENT: Community Services SUBJECT: APPROVE COMMEMORATION OF COLONEL ARTHUR A. POINDEXTER WITH A MONUMENT OUTSIDE OF THE HUNTINGTON CENTRAL LIBRARY IN HUNTINGTON CENTRALPARK COUNCIL MEETING DATE: November 20, 2000 ._ RCA.ATTACHMENT. STATUS Ordinance (w/exhibits & legislative draft if applicable) Not Applicable Resolution (w/exhibits & legislative draft if applicable) Not Applicable 5 Tract Map, Location Map and/or other Exhibits Attached Contract/Agreement (w/exhibits if applicable) (Signed in full by the City Attorney) Not Applicable Subleases, Third Party Agreements, etc. (Approved as to form by City Attome Not Applicable Certificates of Insurance (Approved by the City Attorney) Not Applicable Financial Impact Statement Unbudget, over $5,000 Not Applicable Bonds If applicable) Not Applicable Staff Report If applicable) Not Applicable Commission, Board or Committee,Re ort (If applicable) Attached Findings/Conditions for Approval and/or Denial Not Applicable . .. .. ... EXPLANATION FOR MISSING ATTACHMENTS REVIEWED` RETURNED FORWARDED ... .. .. .... . . Administrative Staff i -7 o u Assistant City Administrator Initial City Administrator Initial Viso City Clerk EXPLANATION FOR;RETURN OF ITEM ' ... . Only)Below Space For City Clerk's Use RCA Author: JBE:DD By Direction of Mayor Garofalo, an Ad-Hoc committee was established to make recommendations relative to a park or park trail naming in tribute to former Colonel Arthur (Art) A. Poindexter, USMC (retired) . RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED TO PARKS COMMISSION RECEIVED FROM RK)h AND MADE A PART-OF THE RECORD ATTHE NAMING OF CITY PARK/TRAIL COUNCIL MEETING OF 1-I`�'� I OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CONNIE BROCKWAY,CITY CLERK ARTHUR A. POINDEXTER PARK, C co mm0-: 0 (P OINDEXTER PARK) Colonel A. A. Poindexter was truly a "Renaissance Man" as a military hero, a philosopher, college professor, world traveler and an involved citizen. Qualifications for naming a park/trail after a WWII hero, A Defender of Wake Island 1941 A.A. Poindexter enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 19 after attending the University of Kansas He went on to Officer ' s Candidate school graduating as a 2/Lt Assigned to 1st Defense Battalion, Wake Island (Pacific FMF) During invasion by forces of Japan, Lt. Poindexter repeatedly exhibited individual acts of heroism including wading out into the surf to throw grenades into attacking landing barges. At the time he was described as being "crazy as a bedbug or the bravest guy alive" ! We believe it to be the latter. Upon the fall of Wake, Lt . Poindexter became a POW and would spend the next 44 months in prisoner of war camps in China, Korea and northern Japan. Repatriated Sept. 1945 at Sapporo, Japan Poindexter would go on to serve as an active duty Marine until 1963 attaining the rank of Colonel During that time he was assigned to duty in: China, Korea and at various stateside. Marine Corps bases He served on Gen. MacArthur's planning staff for the landing at Inchon Korea, prior to the 1950 landing that would retake Seoul, Korea ' s capital city A.A. Poindexter would rise through the ranks from enlisted to officer, to achieve the rank of full Colonel, USMC upon retirement. Colonel Poindexter was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism, the Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, the award, for F-12 Meritorious Service, the Air Medal for repeated flights over combat . zones , the WWII POW medal as well as WWII Occupation medal , Pacific Theater of Operations with campaign star, as well as the Korean service medal and the United Nations service medal . Of his actions in the defense of Wake, Col. Poindexter stated, "we were doing the job that Marines have be called upon to do for over 200 years" ! Upon his retirement from the US Marine Corps, he went on to earn a Master ' s Degree from Clairmont and ultimately a Doctorate from the University of Hawaii Col . Poindexter was a Professor at Cal State University Long Beach teaching international relations and comparative governments . He retired from teaching in 1982 He has served on the following in a volunteer status : Orange County Transportation Authority American Red Cross Huntington Beach Environmental Board Huntington Beach elder care visitation (hospitals/homes ) Hoag Hospital , Newport Beach Huntington Beach ' s Meals on Wheels program Costa Mesa Soup Kitchen Active in the H.B . Landmark petition to have a traffic light installed at Atlanta entrance to Landmark Homes Elected to the Republican Central Committee Active member of the Adventurers Club of Southern California Authored articles in California Social Science Quarterly; American History Illustrated, Military Historical Review and Leatherneck Magazine . Subject of countless articles and interviewed for books such as Wake Isl�an� , D. Schmidt; Enemy on Island . Issue in Doubt, S. Cohen; But �Iot in Shame, J. Toland and countless other books and monographs Being a very methodical person, Col . Poindexter researched innumerous locals throughout the United States in order to find the ideal retirement area. His search led him to Huntington Beach where he lived until his- death in January 2000 . Colonel Poindexter was extremely proud of the many virtues found in Huntington Beach from its climate, to the miles of clean beaches, to the ambiance of a seaside city that included not only 'the many amenities of , the downtown area and the pier, but of the many parks and' recreational opportunities afforded to both residents and visitors. Therefore, this committee finds that it would be fitting and appropriate to name one of the city' s parks/trails as "Poindexter Park/Trail" The following ad hoc committee members after a review of the F-].' historical aspects and many contributions made by this fine gentleman are proud to make the above recommendation. Thank you for your consideration of our recommendation. Committee members: Phil Inglee . •Flint Morrison John Tillotson C David Garofalo, Mayor City of Huntington Beach r F_14 1UNTINCTON BEACH, ORANGE ' COVNTY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAYi OCT'OBER 1S, 192$'js 0 o 0 0 0 0 MAKES A LIVING. ON .. is smaller this week `, .TWO WELL-KNOW-N MEN e m years pasts': SMALL TRACT. MESA LAND. LIBERTY LOAN IS i,I11p11aI1Ce «;(th GOY- I;I?. JEAN LACABANNE HAS A . FINE .,rs to conser`e pa- `., LITTLE RANCH. is possible to do so. e• CLOSE TO T r the period of the _ A good ex timple of how n flimily ---�— s will print but six <> C '�RLOS E. RIGDON AND J.O:;= can be 'supported on a small tract of ONLY ABOUT FOUR m o[ the import- •�> ` �} mesa land is the littt6- anth of•-3cnn - - ---_ . ,it., of the communi- 4> SE PH .L: RODl1t1N - AND SHORT ,,. Lacabanne, at Florida and Yorktown. . i,lted on that num --P— -- - Ile purchnsed It. VA-acre tract In the CARLOS A GREAT FAVORITE it Is Side district he 3-ears ago. and SATURGAY •THE LAST - �- it tR today one of ttlo rrlasf htgf�t�-ttt1• f,.. country was noti- => ---P-- ' - provecE tracts- on the mesh, so far as • --�-- ice the quantity of � � ay trees and vegetation are concerned. paper used 1:i per Carlos I assed Away Saturd 'I'otr�L� �'hui�d.;3• I�oo� There are 65 walnut trees yielding ,a 'r that all of Ole pub- ..., Morning, Interment at Mar- good crop this year, and. several other. Huntington lk-ach NV Llle comitry might be " ion, Indiana, Tuesday ; Mr. varieties, including lemon, apricot. TOE. and `V1ntCt Vt; :ire .enough stock to Rodman Buried at Dal- fig, prune, peach and plum. Slightlti' Over; I;ttl business. The only las, Texas; Both Pass Mr. l im► anna Nvas awarded sec. porttt But $1; sews can save this i orid prize for �.a1tluts.% belt prppern In `'Washington I). C. f Aock is to print a less i ' and Tokny grapes at the nrarire i Ac•cc,rdinr, to flkniron n p t County Fair. With Ow r;troetn I-otfln A. Copelaw .b O O O O ® G` ^ Tile war was brought closer to CIIo hearts of the citizens of 11untingtoll (hutted, he lint+ only about 2 acrrtt of of Ow I.ibrrty I,uttn cqr ~�— land, and each yvar grows n t;c,otl ' total nmo itt;tp. rE-portvd t said he felt that now Be,ich during the. past Week thall ,rtune time to organize ('N•(•r before, occasioned by Clio uIl- crap of lima beans botween the trc-rtt, i from th(+ vRi-Imin diatrIct Fair, as none was being; ' titu(rly passim; of Carlos E:. Itl�;clon threshing this spa son 1<Ob I,out,cln. l Iut,ttnktott iivnrlt it± %%t 'e in the county., find lie it rid .tus(•ph 1,. Rod"""' in N�•aal11119. N1r. I.n( abanne tctmoii thnt tsl) thit in : top. mid Wititernbury hnr. ve that there would be ton, D. C., who, only a short tine be- regiilred to grow goad croltn (Al. tnt•nn ! boing tifthti.. o1ror thh it' from other sectionx . of fore, left in high spirits over the fact Innd is plen'l)• of water and pork. liv l tnln ht•inF- liutitttirton hitit his own Irrigating syr+tem. � 4!�0 ttit,otn $21.600 ; Ni?L,O'Connor moved that . that the.' w,�re al,lc to do FutnelhlnF; � �e the meeting that � for th(-ir country. + i .n-•t�-- _-_--5�-----_..__ , j;�•s�r,p i�tu�,tn �$,G1;0) I4 '1lth O TIII` STAGE .:�.�1 ( t�Utit,1 ;h,fifi�l) ` t-r.' .`oil t> air Association Tho nt•w� r( lattvt tc, ('�►rlc�t� �� nK TV_ � : ,,. irll „ f,: SPrnnd('d bV 1, � r•1� �.r1 in :, t� 1, ►�r.►ni t„ 1�it, i,art nttt, WILL SOO;� III~, IIICrIII,It. �— ctassicat ,n rnusi.c, art and books. sign for war funds Carlo as born in Marion, Ind•, CL nCKS WILL BE SET C3ACK ON •�r 11 and continue June 2,-1s37, and was, therefore, past HOUR. i be_in.response to 31 years of age. The remains were � - vernment for $130,- shipped to the old lion,e In Marion The old titnc� �ti ill re. volvc= arouc: ief work to be used for interment, which occurred Tues- in this section c,r the. till ivensf, ,i's Christian Asso- day at three o'clock, wit1, a military clay, October 7; or, to he.• a little- nior Vomen's_—Chris.titin., escort,....•.j-'urieraL_.services_.were . hold specific, at o'clock Sunday tnorr nal Catholic War at Washington and 'biaflon. ingt. Uctober 27. The change on th railroads will -he affective :,t the' Knights of Co- The news was a great shock to Mr. o'c loc it. m, for the rcas;:)n that there arc; 1es p Community •Ser- and Mrs. Rigdon, and they have the ibrary. _ Association, sym thy of all. trainH in motion at that tune tl:.c oard, and the Sal- The news ofWr: :Rodmah", passim; 'any other in the; 1S hucr day. =�' -_' There will he.; general rejoici„j was published 1n'the 'Los Angeles pa- pers, where- his • cousin, Willoughby among members of tl,e Sit .O'c'1{ < h I ER Rodman, received the news: He was C 1nh when the time for the tcn} CITY DELIVERY. in a hospital in the national capittil arrives, t.s dati liy-ht is ',i sc�arc•c, art; >-y- as the result- of a severe wound re- cle these. mornings at G o'clock. found the work of ceived while in - action'' last spring. it ila the city . tog, with the famous Rainbow Division, as BANK WILI. BE OPEN r him, and resign- first lieutenant in Company. E, 117th SATURDAY has a large mim- Engineers, was decorated with the.had hoped that he Croiai' .-de Gtierre' for _ bravery and LAST CHANCE TO BUY A' L I B E R T Y c agreeable for one was slated for a captaincy. BOND. a'rs. He .was the first man 'toenlist from;Hoge .has accept- Huntington l eac)i; being very anxioua The Ikst AN Ba.n k w 111 bu _. mt�- f ssizst 11n—defeatlH"g---t11e-_Germane.' opf;n Saturday evening; fron, 7 to He 'was a highly educated man and a o'clock for the accommodation writer- of much ability, and had .his those who desire to make final Pay AL-LA LILY: { Ufe.• been spared tie would no doubt ments on Liberty Bonds, or for all-- Ni,ve -made a national reputation as a who delay the matter of making a !,ur rty, .br.. Nntington writer. He, bad charge of the section chase until that time. tlrt hews office, work for the Paoiflc Electric, Railway_ )on,. ,& freak caI'la CQ. here for about six years prior to - 3c'tea.-bonsiderable enlisting. The remains were shipped ter, who now reside with his sistr. double Rowel- .with to Dallas;. Texas, and were laid be- in Arlington, Texas, who have tl,s etals• turnbd In uli- side those of his fatb&. Sympathy of the many friends of- tht- - He. i�, "sirrviped by a wife and daitglt- family in this riciraty. ' t� 6•+{ .'~.•f. '-1!�-7•t,/'/• •.V•� `! �: � :!w_i...'•?�.il••1. ._. �•. ,�h,•���.1 j'..J �.' •Y ry+ � • . ,I.• i Medal of Honor Recipients Specialist Fourth Class John P. Baca I united States Army A lon,rime resident Off ILIT- in-ton Reach,John Baca entered ,rrricc at Fart Crrd. CaIIIOt m:t and scrted;U a rccoilles. ritic (cam nrcntber. Whilc set-in, in the Itcpublic ot•Vicuww. SP4 John I'. rhea, I:.S.Arun,Company D, i st Burtalion, I'th y C'at alrt. Ist ('an alry Division,di;tin uishcd himself on 10 Fehruan 1970, during a - ni_slu anrlxrSL tltission in I'huuc LU112 I'Iot incc. A pl-twon fruit his comp iv. tt;u;clot to intestigate the detonation ol•an ambush (let icc• tint;ud of hi. :uiit',po;ition and conic under hc:rty enemy tire. I learing the t heart firin_ from the pi;Mown and kn.tin his recoilless rifle unit could ;:a ist. 5114 Baca 1,:d his tram throu,h a hail orencmy lire. A; iris unit prep:red to engage the enemt',a grenade tta;throv n into the midst of his ,roup. SP I Baca tcith complete disregard tin•hi;own surety, cohered the r_ren:tdc ttith his steel helmet and 'Fell on it as.the grenade exploded,ehsorhing the concussion and the fra-menu with his own both.. His =alkant actions and complcle disregard for his own safety directly sated eight men loom seriou, injury ur death. The cxtraord;ran•ecur ge displayed by SPa Baca, wcrt:in the hi'vhest tradition;of the militan-service and reflected great credit on the United States Army. ,Sergeant Chris Carr United States Army- S--f. Chris Carr,U.S.Army,Company L,3 1th infantry,$adl 11 fanny,Division. On ] 3 October, 1441, he Lallantly cicared the tray for his company.to reach the Casoni Di Ramai'_na hear Guignola, Italt. When his platwn was Binned down by heavy enemy small u-capons fire, he climbed alone around the left flank'of the Gentian txnsitions to tind and eliminate the cncmn. Urideietwd by dead}}'Fire, ht�crept to the rear to a machine gun position and charged. He quickly captured eight lit ivonets turned their over to his scitt;rd,and then sct out for the second position. nisa,vered by the enemy,he leapt to his feet,taking the second position while killing flour and calIturing,unc. Sct. Carr then moved fort,•arded undor heat)- tire,to a third position. With a shout and a hunt or fire, he captured the position and I'Llur nun:German:. Once more advancing in the face cif an alerted enemy.he approached a{.k,int of ground occupied by taro nt:tchine.guns. In hi.aasatdt un thc.c pt.sitionS ht Lilled tiwr and captured nine more. B%.his one-man attack.Sgt.C'a rr captured tine cncnl% txi;;itions,killed eight Germans. slid captured 22 more,c'n;thlin,' his I-attalion to occupy coniniznteltn`ground. Huntington Beach Veterans Memorial LEST WE FORGET OUR HEROES OF ALL WARS In tribute to those from the Huntington Beach area who fought, died+ and who are still,fighting, the Prisoners of War and Missing in Action+ Above Ati d Beyond the Calft of QA "Walk. of 110no O NG� COVN �� r Tribute to Medal of Honor Recipients "Above and Beyond the Call of Duty" must involve the risk of life; and The Medal of Honor was must be the type of deed which,if established in 1861 as the it had not been done, would not /t highest military award for subject the person to any justified bravery that can be given to any criticism. individual in the United States of Medal of Honor recipients have America. It is,without question, come from all branches of reserved for America's greatest military service, from every state military heroes. The medal is in the nation,from different racial awarded personally by the and religious backgrounds, from President of the United States both poor and wealthy families. for "conspicuous acts of Recipients have included generals individual gallantry at the risk of and captains, lieutenants and life, above and beyond the call privates, soldiers and sailors, f ' of duty"Because it is presented marines and airmen. t� in the name of the United States. Medal.of.Honor recipients.are Congress, it is commonly known to be humble.When asked referred to as the Congressional to explain the act that gave rise to Medal of Honor. their decoration, they commonly i No margin of error is allowed state that they simply did what in determining who is entitled they had to do, but that unlike to this prestigious honor.The act other individuals who performed f which gives rise to the similar act of bravery, they were decoration must be proved by fortunate enough to make it "incontestable evidence" of at home alive. Medal of Honor s UO � ' " least two eye witnesses;must be recipients are also known to J - so outstanding that it clearly modestly point out that they did .flu�'"�,L_ 3'� r i31 i^.,.M. ... _ ;. :t`�39u. distinguishes the act of gallantry not "win"' the medal, but were from lesser forms of bravery; merely"recipients an honor. r�. laulurm j t i i 1 k t t 1 ; > K War heroes of the highest order THE ORANGE COUNTYREGISTER, Thursday,April 16, 1998 PEOPLE: The 8 O.C. • Kenneth A Walsh, 81, of The deceased recipients are: 7 Medal of Honor recipients Santa Ana. The marine pilot repeatedly dived into Japanese fffNNN p Nelson Ill.. Holderman a and how they earned their formations over the Solomon World War I Army captain who medals. Islands in 1943, shooting down lived in Santa Ana. He was two Japanese dive bombers and a wounded three times in 1948 in SANTA ANA - Eight recipients of fighter despite suffering several the Argonne Forest in France, yet the Medal of Honor who live or hits. carried two wounded men to have lived in Orange County were safety through enemy fire. honored with memorial plaques Clarence B. Craft, raised of • May 30, 1998 at the Civic Center Fayetteville, Ark. Born and raised Chris Carr, A World War II y Arm sergeant who lived in a Santa Ana, the Army private led y g Walk of Honor." Huntington Beach. When his The surviving honorees are: a grenade charge from atop Hen g •. William E. Barber, e: of Hill on Okinawa. Under heavy platoon was pinned down near Irvine. As captain of 220 men in machine - gun tire, he chased Gumbo la, Italy in 1944, Carr p enemy troops until they retreated climbed around a flank of German Korea in 1950, he ignored orders soldiers and captured five to withdraw, fighting the Chinese into a cave where Craft threw in a p g g satchel charge of grenades. Craft positions, killing eight and for five day That determination s in sub zero temperatures. re-lit them when they failed to capturing 22. explode, causing an explosion that •Donald A Gary,a World War II saved thousands of American p tT� lives. killed the troops. Navy lieutenant who lived,many • Walter D. Ehlers, 76, of John P. Baca, 49, of San years in Garden Grove. when the Buena Park. During the 1944 D- Diego. A hand grenade was thrown USS Franklin was attacked by into the midst of his platoon in aircraft near Kobe, Japan. its Day invasion, he singlehandedly T p munitions stockpile exploded. knocked out a machine-gun crew. Vietnam in 1970. The Army p p g specialist fourth class, a onetime Gary assisted several hundred Shot by a sniper, he carried a men trapped Huntington Beach resident, in a smoke-filled wounded rifleman to safety, then covered the grenade with his steel compartment. A returned to the fight. helmet,saving eight men. complimen[s ofA%IVETS �/^7 Ehring, Liz To: Kuhnke, Elaine Subject: RE: Coming Agenda - February 5, 2001 C '� thanks ' -----Original Message----- From: Kuhnke, Elaine Sent: Tuesday,January 23,2001 3:03 PM To: Ehring,Liz Subject: FW:Coming Agenda-February 5,2001 Liz, see below for your answer regarding the Poindexter follow-up. Elaine ---Original Message-- From: Hagan, Ron Sent: Tuesday,January 23,2001 9:09 AM To: Kuhnke,Elaine Subject: RE:Coming Agenda-February 5,2001 This has become a hot issue and will take several committee meetings. I don't think we can get back to council until April or May. Ron -----Original Message----- From: Kuhnke,Elaine Sent: Monday,January 22,2001 3:49 PM To: Hagan,Ron Subject: FW:Coming Agenda-February 5,2001 Ron, Please see below...at the 12/4 city council meeting the Poindexter item was continued for staff to retrun with criteria for naming monuments....the clerk's office wants to verify when it is coming back...they had on the action agenda that it would come back in January, but I know that the committee couldn't meet last week due to a lack of a quorum... do you have.a council date when it would come back so I can let them know (2nd meeting in February?). Please advise. Elaine —Original Message---- From: Ehring,Liz Sent: Monday,January 22,2001 2:49 PM To: Kuhnke,Elaine Subject: Coming Agenda-February 5,2001 Elaine, here's an excerpt from 12/04/00 minutes re: item I brought up during our telcon this morning: (City Council) Continued to January 2001 -Directed Staff to Institute a Policy for Naming Commemorative Monuments and Provide an Artist's Rendering Using Urban Design Guidelines for a Statue of War Hero, Marine Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter at the Central Library in Huntington Central Park(East of Main Entrance) (130.55) The City Council considered a communication from the Community Services Department requesting approval of the concept of honoring resident and war hero, Marine Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter with a monument placed to the east of the main entrance of Central Library, next to the water fountain in Huntington Central Park. Private donations will be secured to design, purchase, and install the monument. Councilmember Boardman requested the item be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion. She inquired about the criteria being used in the selection process. Councilmember Boardman noted that the staff report reads approval in concept, ascertaining that there is no artist's rendering. She asked how much flexibility there is in adding other individuals'names to the monument for honoring them in this manner. Councilmember Bauer recommended that consistent criteria be used to select honorees of all types-not only military heroes-for singling out. Councilmember Bauer reminded Council that it recently approved the city's Urban Design Guidelines for public art and suggested that in addition, staff may want to look to the Allied Arts Board for a determination of the artistic merit of the design yet to be rendered. Councilmember Garofalo stated his belief that proponents of the project would not mind deferring the item. He stated that what he saw as important was the follow-through staff had taken to obtain public input; working through the process from the Community Services Commission which made a unanimous decision to move forward, followed by the approval of a subcommittee, and ending with the consensus of the Library Board. Councilmember Garofalo announced that there is an unprecedented national movement to recognize World War II 1 f veterans. Councilmember Garofalo furnished his rationale for the seleu,.on of Marine Colonel Arthur A. Poindexter. He pointed out that Colonel Poindexter had not been a warrior but a peacekeeper; by vocation a teacher and a humanitarian. Councilmember Garofalo stated that Colonel Poindexter was a Second Lieutenant when Bataan fell during which time he literally threw hand grenades into the ocean to stave off invasionary forces. Mayor Pro Tern Cook requested,that a policy be instituted in order to prevent the resultant outcome of creating a "monument row" in Huntington Central Park. Mayor Pro Tern Cook provided further reasoning including having the ability to add names to the monument. A motion was made by Garofalo, second Boardman to defer the item until January 2001 for a policy outlining criteria for commemorative monuments and an artist's rendering relative to this proposal using Urban Design Review Board guidelines. The motion carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Green, Boardman, Cook, Julien Houchen, Garofalo, Dettloff, Bauer NOES: None ABSENT: None 2