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Home My WebLink AboutResolution 2001-64 - Policy Naming City Parks, Park Features ( R CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH City Council Interoffice Communication -T- J= -� To: Honorable Mayor & City Council Members a From: Debbie Cook, City Council Member f w Date: March 23, 2004 Fri �,� Subject: H-ITEM FOR APRIL 5, 2004, CITY COUNCIL MEETING - FZ3 NAMING OF CITY PARKS AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES In Resolution 2001-64, the City Council adopted a policy for naming of City parks, park features and community facilities. The policy calls for: 1. Parks adjacent to schools be named the same as the school. 2. If an entire park or a sizable portion of a park that 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 who are 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 Council Members 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, 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 citywide impact, are marked by excellence, and are worthy of honor. It concerns me that so much emphasis has been placed on naming such facilities after former Mayors and Council Members. It seems this neglects the many contributions made in other ways by our citizens to the City, the State, or our Nation. I am further troubled by the priority given to living Mayors over Mayors who may have contributed greatly but who are not living. Because of these concerns, I would like to recommend the following: Motion: That the City Council direct the Community Services Commission to review the policy for naming of parks and other community facilities, including receiving input from the community, and develop new recommendations for naming these facilities. Attachment: Resolution 2001-64 (21) April 5, 2004 - Council/Aency Agenda - Page 21 H. City Council/Redevelopment Agency Items H-1a. Submitted by Councilmember Debbie Cook (City Council) Direct the Community_Services Commission to Review the Policy for Naming of Parks and Other Community Facilities Resolution No. 2001-64 - Receive Input from the Community and Develop ecommendations (100.10) Communication from Councilmember Debbie Cook transmitting the following Statement of Issue: In Resolution 2001-64, the City Council adopted a policy for naming of City parks, park features and community facilities. The policy calls for: 1. Parks adjacent to schools be named the same as the school. 2. If an entire park or a sizable portion of a park that 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 who are 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 Council Members 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, 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 citywide impact, are marked by excellence, and are worthy of honor. It concerns me that so much emphasis has been placed on naming such facilities after former Mayors and Council Members. It seems this neglects the many contributions made in other ways by our citizens to the City, the State, or our Nation. I am further troubled by the priority given to living Mayors over Mayors who may have contributed greatly but who are not living. Because of these concerns, I would like to recommend the following: Recommended Action: That the City Council direct the Community Services Commission to review the policy for naming of parks and other community facilities, including receiving input from the community, and develop Re recommendations for naming these facilities. Approved as amended with bench-naming issue mentioned earlier and deletion of the word "new"in the motion. Approved 6-1 (Green—No) 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 osiers 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 ATTEST: APPROVE .AS TO FORM: City Clerk o9_Zy-ol City Attorney REVIEWED AND APPROVED: LEI AND PROVED: v Cit dministrator hector of Vommunity Services 2 PDA:2001 Resol:Namin,>Parks RLS 2001-0594 8i8;'01 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 Council/Agency Meeting Held: 09 1�1-01 Deferred/Continued to: pproved ❑ Conditionally Approved Denied 7)!!? Cit 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 o SUBMITTED BY: RAY SILVER, City Administrator "P ' CD PREPARED BY: RON HAGAN, Director, Community Services#11� > C;CD �; r � SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION Zod/-6 AMENDING THE POLICY FOR? THE NAMING OF CITY PARKS, PARK FACILITIES, AND o v COMMUNITY FEATURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARR�C 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,�2004X 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 ACTIR 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- 916101 2:53 PM . &UEST FOR COUNCIL ACT& 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. y 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- 8/14101 9:42 AM tRQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTIA 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),: descriptionCity clerk's page number no. 1. Past Mayors List 2. Veterans Memorial Pictures 3. Resolution Alo, Z 0,0/- 6 5- 4. Colonel Poindexter Group Letter 5. Parks Location Map 6. 1 Discovery Well Park Letter with News Clipping 01-049 Park Naming and Memorials -4- 9/6/01 2:67 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 W inchell 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 a .�s 'a L „� �� a •i°".a .aft -; «S r +�,. pa ..t � , ^.. �F,#r+.` ..�� ,> a` "j+) y y rye!. i 17'..jei� k�,x.*ih�R��' •",�' 4 ��^. ., a 4 •f .a„1 " - „h� d, *1 •, x .>.r4it-�'%.�..r.�`t3'. •;. if+7!w" '�. i � +! �-'q z'f " !�' �, a� ,-. � .ir .,xxt!p�1, y„i r(v�� a .�fY •_ X ° tC.�,�ilr+ a: � tis��i}tg� '{Y�Kw''. �� ''ey. c+. -Z.A ',. .ate�' '��si a,�'��g,� � r fTh( at Yi� - • C �+r Ii' rs ,� �•z/'kr�'+,�,.,t .c a e'�,, .dj",. r• xr• '`�Nt �i :l. •.ti» j „ , �;;!£ '+ r« :vai"„" +,•a � K �'� "t`�i'",�`F4„!-,"Yr s ',ir<�i�t:� ��,�..� r.,k,�" ��; rI� ��w p .ey��"�±�' •�. ``F' s e.'i+l,*.�Y"�"`k't'rrr" ��* e��s`y�.�.+y {.• ,'� �' >>a*�. .." �.4 F'� �i:,'�C'p"�'�g� � e • - 'y"lf p .✓ � r{ `4/� .� ss,�; 'rr t �y,.: y� ,�+ yy �.�q�� > .�i ��''.y'�` ,�L i+',: f .A ` p�` ° ,11 ..'� .' 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W w xP M. , 'tea �s%`qn"' `! �'tr. `�.�;,� '�'t �.., .�.�F}'�,$ ,�,"�r ,t= � „;,:rvY � 'm, +•qcr, a i '� �;"^.*�.s �- ,d�" �ti;m I"_ �^^•'�-;' 'd,q� �.:. �,,;�....t �,'s I srti . � $;+ � � �,...a��' ��t' 4,x t '+!� � „Mw G w'1;:,. a:•,?-I '"' Mt ;'� `�ri f ~xir,gy` 7251 ,� 's1 (+ea. 5' : ? .,fir ,` w`3� ,P's.r'd t.-..+n'•�"*'^" i ;• _ Y ; ^A'rNy`1 ' F9P. • k.. yt, Y .. .F�� AbE ..5 Y�.t Y'f�'�3 ` �,T ! �+;,"r`:'' ! . € 1 e�.., N, s s".: .,".,�'aI.H.�14` -'•,r4`.h.< �gY4K ...�, tY ate.: i,s t •7d;Y:a 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. S. 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, strictures (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 APPROVEP AS TO FORM: City Clerk o9_2y-o) City Attorney REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITI AND 0PROVED: ,,Z�- Cit dministrator irector of Community Services 2 PDA:2001 Resol:Naming Parks RLS 2001-0594 8/8/01 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 passed 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 , k r�altu. { 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 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 I�sla�n� , 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 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 ATTACHMENT #5 Gibbs ., ., t �•Parke t ' i - � -- . W WTW 55 Suter Ave. ! of :: ._. i aw,___`:. i lAve. Todwrt Ave. 5 0.5 She -- - �% / Etas Ave. -. (Jahn Ba a;P31 ark Li ~zdenwest 1 mmit �.�� `.� .�C3is�overy Well ark): l _ .Y - '� t! 172 i . A; I pp�I'' r y •jJ "! �(tpuFh F�iiley Palo i �Lowe(r��eaclif f' . . _ _. \ L.34 j alm;/Got enret •, t t ;:r� � i. / ,•l,�R/\ f IQ//frT ,�_ _-•__4.-�`� �...... t r ,--„� `;/ J :.;._._�__�.. < Y A.. f M ,�fy+7,t .•. \J \ �•`( I�\ t :� mil. t• , ,' 1 ; �t i : /•' .,, 1 , 1^ i 8 ,.:.,,yam:x •.n �.. i 4 ATTACHMENT #6 ire-c�t.e� - .�._.� '' '� /� C ,� �� . �� -�� -��-mac-- ��,��--�_�..��;%�� .�_-- ��c.�,��-�_�_G Or °7DR li E: HAWE5 WILLIAM GALLIENNE Executive Secretary or- t� r:. 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Stricklin,'now 85, . former oil man., 'skeletons whose origm remain Strick1w,AVho noiv Lves'at knogrshis memory of Hun "The.heat expanded the rail a mystery to him 17292 Golden West.:St . tftfon;Beach's.,wild,and woo-'. 'and buckled it-so-.it`rose as "There were'that many in . l rung; he oil boom.of thel ljt oil boorz years Will soon much a's'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' atich with'2riiages.of.history aweek:before:we got that one ,sitting up;-others were stooped for Standard Oil, only at.ani from listening:to one of the stopped. over and some were `dying accelerated pace. i first' crystal radios and`un- After'.the--depression years down flat," he wrote. "People came covering a morass grave — it Stricklin,acquired some land "We didn't take them out. p pouring in, has all been preserved for on which;he'started one of his We'd uncover them and get all here like there was a gold' future generations in his own sons in the 'bean farming the`dirt away.from them and rush.We really got busy then. g. We used-Jo work in the oill 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 ghat a day off or a� of an average man who work- two Indian skeletons. Nobody knows whether it was_ vacation was,"he wrote. ed hard all his life as oil rig That find, however, com- a.massacre or whether they builder, bean farmer and Pared only- mildly to a mass had died-and were-.,put there. One of his major projects'' horse,rancher;.. the- first-100 grave on Slater Avenue which or whether they drowned in a te ' as the construction of a half- copies have already been .was broken open by another flood. We called the people� mile long_ concrete sea wall s tabbed u farmer during the 19201s, ac- from the state and they put along the.bluffs area. It still g p cording to Stricklin. them in a in u s e u in II exists today, protecting pum- On the advice of his many Stricklin took some of his some�ihere-" I ping equipment from erosion relatives, Stricklin dictated.. ---- by water. the 52-page volume to Barbara; Blowouts and oil fires com- his grandsons, wife during plicatedAhe oil recovery pro- 1970. The.leatherett.e-bound cess and whenever there was book, ,-corn,plete- .with old photographs;`.became a fitting usuallya in rthe Stricklin ot ` as the present, for °:-,the 63rd, an- rough going. niversary of..Stricklin.and his "There is a vegetable gas in wife,, 'Sadie, earlier t h i s this area about 1,800 feet September. I ; down. When they drilled down When the couple moved to � r `��` ' - �#� ��.=_� �{ u�:�� that far. they would hit these , California from the Midwest,in gas pockets and it would blo�l, -- 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,=had water and pumps paved streets or 'lights," he of our owOft the fields:to fight noted +;in:. his. book ":Their fires.WeFwould book:up a hose. streets Were.just oil roads`= to a pump and the fire depart- they'd grade up a street and mentdid what it could, but it put oil ont." just wasn't equipped to handle -At theaime the'city had only them," one.pdliceman,. Jack Tinsley; One dire during the .1930's who also:acted,as 6e chief was so severe that it.disrupted and cit ari for If anyone passenger service...on the PeC Pacific.•Electric Railway; ac- wanted to;get anythingidone, _ Tinsley-was the.man to ask.`_ cording;to. Stricklin:, "The zfire got so,hot that-it melted Even though the roads were the pavement on Pacific Coast roi#gh;Stricklin.ati his' ife braved potholes and ruts to go to Long Beach where Ahey listened'to' one of the first ,radios "They were advertising the radio dd*4'_at the Pike._There was zudorig table where they had fourJczystal sets ands'you could,;listen: to the radio for five `of`'10 minutes' for a quarte�`�' a remembers:,:,, "We'`also'.had one of the,first televisions;'It had a little 10- inch:scteen and people came from alf,caround our.house to atti:;see thteievision,';!,;idded /�� ';.�! - �."•.. yia +,r 1. h = 'A�EOITREst TEEN �4' HUN� 1 q i — +i.ri:P o 'zk r- y "3 �9`,.✓ - ri ' f look 3 se'ai, k-f�.`stars�` � I � I �11�EGTED. �° Later,6111s were drilled n t e ocean rside of Ocean avenue, ting'-'tYtore�s� t ibjs' t ".` �JK, GITY. �$Y on .th ou rgh t; he a?n uuleva { : v of untih^ii Be c eav �nfoi cedconcret�e�"��,� �M:DIsCOYER Y� to k Pp ' , ris'or oil from' spilling to" the ocean,-,thus en- abling Huntington:Beach to have Chamber .Secretary Tells .Qf the finest,-stretch""of'beach'on-the •Incidents "Surrounding Pacific coast .line. Later; oil was `Black Gold' find. discovered. and produced from he. tideland..ocean pool:by the By WILLIAM GALLIENNE thod of whipstock drilling from b ' upland. Executive Secretary Huntington his created a new idea to the Beach Chamber of Commerce. of 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 kno,,#,n 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. slant drilling and not destroy the Going back a feu years and beach or public playground and realizing the condition of the de- enable proper parties to produce' first dis- oil from a fair distance and not serted area in which the destroy any of the natural re- covery well was located, full of _ squirrel holes, lonely roads and I sourees. The assessed valuation off trails with a few scattering.squat- all properties in Huntington I ters',houses, all of whom tried to Beach is in excess $15,CC0,00 ---- raise:a few thickens and garden and has been acclaimed the oil: field of long life, adventurous truck for their own use. Five discovery and invention., i hundred acres of land in the northwest area of the city, owned by -the Huntington Beach Com- pany, was Teased to the Standard Oil Company the latter part of SUGAR FACTORY 1918 and well do I remember the j anxiety and surprised faces of many citizens when the news GANG RECALLED 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- 'xhe• following Sunday brought All Motorcycle Races. Many visitors from surrounding towns; interested in what inight BY WARREN J. BRISTOL_ happen. Being connected with the I Wonder how mn my remember. Standard Oil.sales department in 'way back when Tommy .Burns; Huntington Beach,-I felt very,im- ex heavyweioht champion,operat- portant in being able"to explain ed .the Huntington Inn? I spent a.few of the very mysterious hap- i penings..The distinction of locat- my firs might in' Huntington+ in the first oil. in Hunting= Beach there., I ton Beach goes to.Mr. S. H. Ges- Or when Henry Wirth was Yard ter of the Standard Oil;Geological Foreman at"the Holly Sugar.Fac Dept: r>- tory; and how Henry"used"to have Th1s'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 of show- dickered with him for our old dis- ipg;.of gas::.,The'Standard Oil carded` machinery..at the Holly Company then proceeded with the Sugar factory. drilling of- more wells on their Or the da..s when only four men 500 :acre,Aease:.-Naturally .with, working at he"factory owned cars, the,_discovery,of oil in Huntington the rest of us rode street cars, W : Beach -every. conceivable: com-I cycles,or motorcycles. pang moved:to this little city by I also wonder if any of'the. the:sea in-.hopes.-of also.finding. High a profitable, oil well school-students of 1917-18 remem Wells sprung.,t up �over night ber the motorcvcle races,Charles' � : the boom was on:; title cafes Boone;'Happy Boone, several-oth- �vt're:;'built,t;hotels and: rooming ers and'myself used.,to stage.n'ast houses. were, lammed :with pros= the,"''old high;school;:.ail 'the'way 1pector,5 In less than a month the down town each noon There were ji ones a toa all ost 606.Eve ay perwhdttl5eh newly',weds,at the ':+YyeT,`! 'nr.•in'..4hn c+�4n'liahn mo'•:.i�nm.:4.:A .__.__. i •. 1�.4J1 l 45vrd r to wr! as of we 1 so ey ` t o srught':become mdependen . 917 anti picture show.went 1.families,-Vh6 had home br. .,and all the.stores closed.at aiid hued from':hand=to six-( clock except Leonard Obarr's. ki oizth, found themselves sitting Drug store and -Boleti Huston's �. Bowling alley The Bowlin top of';the richest land m :the galley te`;'Laterk m :the year �wtien had ueh a big groove down one clivities were going full blast side; that everytime you started 'end many.:conies'had started the;,ball m>thst mpa groove?you got a '' tb drill in other" ,localities, "'•the t, Standard:,Oil company brought_in elonged to the Factory,bowl-. their•liistory,_maldng .well' Down mg team,-and we,used to play 'a i .c,k 3S Bolsa _No It This._.well.:blew team in..:Cpmpton:: After; we, in out'late.in the afternoon of Nov-' Huntington beach; we._never saw ember. 6, 1920, with a-terrific gas an 1.electric_light-until we crossed pressure—roaring with -a shriek the:street:car tracks in Compton, that could be heard 'for miles axibund. The gas'was-estimated to 'which is ,n0w:•the.center .of.:the 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. i 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 IFred 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 Boggess, Sugar End, Holly ington Beach oil field was a great Sugar Co., Santa Ana. discovery which resulted in bringing in many more new com- Herb Krahling, Sugar Boiler, panies 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, Gar4, About this 'time the Standard ner, Huntington Beach, Grammar Oil Company brought their pipe school. ;ine. 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- nue.- During this winter period man, San Fernando. very-Hunt ihegavy raBinfa each i and cowing to Andy Givens, Batteryman, O. C '- tine 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 on -to. their final destina- ern California.Water Co. .:,. Lion. After-a year or two of ex- Mickey Rafferty. Evaporators. Ftensive„drilling;in what is.known City.Firean, Huntington Beach, as`:ahe Old.Field `•work-begun,to Jini Geary,. Granulators Mail " slow edownn carrier. Then in 1926 the town lot field . Chris l'ann, Crystahzers, City " `;C�was'discovered. Starting at•Twen Judge, Huntington Beach. `.+ ty-third 'street and finally ,wind- Ray Overacker'. Sugar Cutter, ` fig its :way.''as far .-down as City Attorney, Huntington Beach:' ighth street-within a,'' few ;, -H Gallienne Gardneri-,Supt: of. blocks of;the"Main street of the dings -and gnbunds-'at Hunt- ' ity`"This created a new "boo on.Beach high school. ** d, the 'discovery 'of.;:,oil, n QKoppl,`:Blacksmith, Owner e to-;aot owners"-instead L weldvng:liusniess ~ wirers t of acreage-anoiden m,Hassen,Cold Presses,Stan- as��'stated'<-before;� ri' Oil tucks.'fille de ob %Clark„ Coolers,` retired, lnatenal and other pm( tington Beach: 4? a�,cameliAu g, through A e streetHenry 'Wirth,- :Yard Foreman, � ostart another great oil boom. w .r ouses were":.'.moved, - apart- City Street Foreman `tints, hotels and every.lot.avail1. Art Andersen °;Assistant Suotl ISIetw+as turned:into an oil lease Supt $oJly Oil Co } ' vil<h, the"- idea of .getting rich W E�istol,`Asststant.S .bf; xatn,the-black,,-gold<of which a Holly ;Sugar Co: 1917 22,E until: r factoty was closed andsYup d,o at.,+,many received:.aheir rfiist x.. z eal`easy.money'which helped;•to Torrington,�Wyommg Transferred ' akea city of'weai a4d pros as:Assistant to Santa Ana factory: crxty�bFift 1the g of the Entered pusme�s :at present lloca day, this uon„602 Ocean avenue in 1923;'as coon f ewe beg to 16ok,.serv;ce Station;operator,and Rich m'tsl'`e `'hke� est-of ' s,and field-�t' Distributors Huntmgtori atugltt ilium ated th to $each z„41'kZZYF+b ' c �s �r A Few Of The Remaining Producing Wells Pump Rhythmically tdong The Pacific Coast Highway,Shielded By Fences, Shrubber T k k g '" zCkr s 4 yr s 'r r � t e e R>d M � k . r¢ �V011 � I Nl ...... t,y,s .wr," x�r�u Regi-r Ptwrer by TOMMY INOMOTO Landscaped Cliffs, Dwellings Occupy Former Oil Derrick Space y ,� i "'he Changing Sk lin Y, w Uf Huntington Beach iud City;U.S.A., Is one way to formed a new company,udlul the 'the, i s -u t ore land Irum Oil taken from the Huntington t„M scribe Huntington.Beach.In 1%8 Huntington Beach Compan> which the lkintington Beach Conpany and Beach leases over the years totals a city erected a bronze bust of Duke convinced electric streetcar line c❑ bmugl t rithe sew ul II B Isa Chi- s,e 089 OW barrels of oil and it is es" v P y r thanamoku, the Hawaiian patron trepeneur and financier Hey Hint ca No., gust t',UM I arrels, timated there are still It5,000.000 In of surfing,at the fool of the pier ington to bring the line to the c ly 'fhi da}.'I he U d r id Icaud economically recoverable barrels ,„* Pacific Coast Highway and Main Pacific Electric line was finished ii Buniaf. g(z 1d% lanied Asht.n. under present technology. F f' reet. 1904 and the town was named m honor It h ned t to 1x ginner p oif cing Some of the original wells are still �f 4 But 60 years ago Huntington Beach 0[Huntington. 6.OW bai r Is a day.R'e Iis continue.to producing,but most have been aban- , *1' ,-•! , is an oil-rich boomtown. About 1919 a young petroleum en spring up in cyan(irection. In 1901 Col. Bob Northam owned gineer with Standard Oil in San Pram The po;,k ycnr for oil I,edeetion In The first well is marked by a plaque a acres of land in what�is now cisco,F,O.Cester,looked over Ilunt� Huntington Beach w s 1923 with a presented by the Petroleum Pioneers. Bronze Bust Of Duke Kaha1 anti ngton Beach,That year he sold ington Beach and decided it had fin total of 33.813JAX)barrel,produced. an association of people in the oil acres to the Stanton-Newland tential as an oil producing aroa 9'he Ir0 estimation of harrels pro. industry.The area will be turned into cup,which formed the West Coast Standard Oil leased some land from ducal totals 11.31XJ.Up.both onshore a small neighborhood park to cam and Co. Northam and brought in the first well and uffahure.The onshore breakdown mcmorate the city's oil smeared be- Since the group lacked funds,they In 1920.A-No.1,at 72 barrels a day. is 2770,00o barrels. ginnings. t T t, t° t m.. r g as 4 S ! Y +.. tr n&1 t 4y h .T 2 }, o 1 i .,if lie .t`.[ + 4 -' y, 4 ,qq Y ~�,t�" l �F 1 E g b.. � .. i a T F F� .. r w , a :a?s��.a-« >"' ._.. ._:..,,-m ,• �. .. . +, _ .... � �...tea..,x�,r.,_.,..., ,as;.a: . "ai.�...'.�, ....,,..�� ;ss�...,. ..,. <... �. ,. ,., ..... .. .. . .^ .. .., ..., Hundreds Of Oil Well Derricks Crowd Almost Onto The Sand Along Pacific Coast Highway In Huntington Beach In 1928— Ignored By rawa,UKANGE COUNT" SCENE Great Orange County. ih rBoom of the 1920S yeCllfgi to grow what they could, many were now leasing e a Son the land and moving into mansions. . ta, ,y i Each well needed a crew.of 30 men who all needed a eaU: lams d texas and Oklahoma, places to eat and sleep. Hotels and restaurants yran ' s once the site of oil strikes that couldn't be built fast enough.In that first year,total eat uis t fq es and rugged boomtowns. income in the city rose from$4,000 to$250,000.. �rTlt fj{ c _ .oil strike came m 1882 in the By the middle of the decade,the petroleum industry tea° eat and led'to successful drilling in .was responsible for the largest payroll in the county. d A ear a iwand,Lat Habra The oil reservoirs In 1922,Midway City was built to provide homes 6 t�3rep l e n ezpected,'though The crude was for the Huntington Beach oil field employees,n ld- #tgeep �e�ground way between the established cities of Santa Ana and efSuOise;gusher of 1920 in Hun- Long Beach. E :twp�toq'"Be at dhterally::knocked everyone off Prior to the oil strike,Huntington Beach had touted t etr �e h z ! itself as a resort town where"there are no saloons t� Y�w ear i signs that Huntington Beach or drinking and morality is of the highest order." bade mast rsor of oil,li'eneath its surface,but That soon changed with the influx of young men few le �Rpsa signs meant. In the 1910s, from other oil states,who brought with them a flood Arinst�nr{e,aeale�ptate developers were frustrated of unsavory characters.Bootleggers sold whiskey, in theta prpbfe o,;fresh water in the area.A mix- while downtown hotels became brothels and gain, ,j.}u•e� -waiter aitd 4 bling halls. tuas,vWoouldd� idbbl t enterCon ed the artists also' ture To; trained ga after the oils take.. ologts� @$€seous £j. Many would entice ovate ou4%,lia r investors from Lon beent sign of what a�, ti F. 't Beach and Los A n Jay,undgrneath To ar=" geles by bussing the{ e o rs''i` them in for lunch at vas a oadb(okr an oil-drilling site uAdB tthe ea Little did the inves dq, n tors know the site 'muntty„ _ was usually dry, the' Xnt� I langd d oil derrick just 4, .i t. `sl ,��.... l�rl?aia.ht>cci prop. Locals called }}y11��o�ttlrt ene*e the endless proces- � �Q.�gNi� ' f( ,' �� :.,:`.. Photo courtesy of First American Title Sion of investors fgPuaat}Oil derricks surround the Huntington Beach "sucker buses." ''Grammar School eirc.a 1925. The life of the,. Ole pon d it X roughneck was a, e ,aP mesa near,.Garfield'Avenue.and dangerous one.Fires and blowouts were common... . yo11i} gts $treet in Huntington,Beach was a If a well caught fire,a roughneck would climb the, efrq ume n !site burning rig while flames were kept away with a high-: tut an asked his superiors at Standard powered hose. i1 aIli 13ut the company didn't believe The worker would attach a line so firemen could, e, 11 oil had been discovered by pull down the rig in a safe direction.It was a tricky. r - v 1c�o'atislgt+ 'ditng`a hole wherever, an situation.If a rig fell into another,it could set off a othn ' toi as strongest domino effect of falling,burning oil derricks. Bu; engtpee�rwas persistent,and finally one Blowouts were sometimes worse for people liv-' offtol { �g}tg to.�dnhing a well,'if only to prove ing in close proximity to an oil field. One blowout e m0 X�Pg ,j t covered a house with mud,oil and rocks,wrecked' }n IllvvlXc�e� eI pedrotarydrill bit thatcould the family automobile and covered the lawn with a ett}tto the earth,the Standard Oil thick layer of oil.The family sued the oil company., in -n�o Work searching for oil under a In 1926 oil company officials decided that a good , Ita,rr, y �; reserve was located near the ocean,south of 23rd 1 20cople throughout the town and Street. There was an election and Huntington Beach- fir�l ttttd7�teard a bilge roar. Oil company residents voted to open the area to drilling,hoping, . Vlprket l�t t{lte.ground as the gusher spewed oil that the economic good times would continue. By, . tll ;' the end of the.2Gs,only eight blocks of downtown, e t o unprepared for the find,They Huntington Beach was legally off-limits to drilling.` e �r��dver cliff into some fields By the 30s,"whipstock"or slant drilling was in-_ rye than`000 batrels a day created huge troduced to tap.oil resources beneath farms and. 1s oi 'acres of land Five hundred men homes and out into the ocean. Slant-drilling contin th 4te sal 9vels worked feverishly to build ues to this day,with many derricks camouflaged near, ao•}„n the crude , residential tracts. Off-shore rigs replaced most of- eto 1 e lend'from fat:and:,wide`.to see the the on-shore oil derricks: - atiMothe cotistant,noise from the Huntington Beach continues to be one of the top: g e q + o'I were closed and students made oil producing cities in California. In fact,half the, e Yi Os ti the site oil removed from all Orange County;land has come' tteusi�ter came m;it was like a,carnival from the seaside city. c{�tne 3vtt;�oi a big fire,',':said.one resident from Ye one Cametorc watch.". Orange County Scene is produced every P$� Tcorkers we able to cap the gusher week by the Team.MacPherson family of _ aid se� . fiat it well ii the coastal region of auto dealerships, with operations in the Su}i tfc�rt}i, The well was called Hunting- . Tustin Auto Center— Joe MacPherson ft ` 9#nes tvhe�rertstood became known Ford, Toyota, Infiniti, Discount Auto RI t" ' Outlet and MacPherson Leasing—and trug�t4"."'i ughnecks"from oilfields Joe MacPherson Chevrolet/Geo in the pug} Quntdescended on'the small city. Irvine Auto Center.If you have a question itlu a;moAJtU&.the;strike, the,populabon Y J3QQ.to S OOQ residents. or a topic you'd like us to cover,please write later ere were more than 800 pro us at: OC Scene, 43 Brookhollow Drive, alfariner$were becoming mil- Santa Ana,.CA 92705. ona�res , er .once they worked the clay ground. ` r'+ i t�✓ � 4rf� Ek ms ry�z V, 5 ,r r'� 1 3•r. x r r r � �e t z• a r � m 1� ' n•ay >, F+ c r�;'a v i at- ..r:�- � Y si t4e�y add „ J;"$'.a' '9(j, (Z'W4,°' .GLENN YOST PRESENTS. ..Oil Well Huntington A No: 1 toil). rRrye, — Final Rites Held q:.is,,,cqvery ell 1 for Bette Moiola Funeral services.were held Fri• ' day, November 5, at Frye Chapel N.�� orical . M arker for Bette Moiola, 66, of who Syca- more more Drive, Brawley, who died Monday at Pioneers Memorial On ,May•24, 1920 the first oil strike in the Huntington Hospital. Rev. Joseph Billman of Beach area took place at a wildcat well drilled by Standard Oil Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Company 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 Stimson, was born in Texas and depth:Wthc the in producing 45 barrels per day. latter moved to.Huntington Beach With the success of the first 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. Chiea Gun.Club. IParks laid out,and utilities install- While living in Huntington On November 6, 1920 the well cd for the needs of the city. I Beach, she served as president of blew in as a wild gusher producing While this went on the city be- the Assistance League. She was a 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. At first the oil from the gusher sounds of wells pumping day and She and her husband moved to flowed:first th�et oil spilling into night. Brawley in 1956 where the family the land.7co .below the well. To The forest of derricks and the engaged in cattle feeding and control'•the flod✓ing oil it took 500 clutter of the oil fields created farming in the Valley. ,. men with mules`and scrapers to certain hazards and it was de Survivors include her husband build ;dikes i,high, enough.4o,'con- tided that something should be Lawrence of the home, daughter tam it done to remedy the situation. Sharon Barnebee, son James L. So starting in 1950 the Tire De- "Buz" Moiola, three .grandchildren The flow wasfirRallyeontrolled partment and the oil companies alI of Brawley, six sisters Mrs. and Iba,wall,beeame-known as embarked on a-clean up program peter J. Schwartz, Long; Beach, Boisa.Chiea No'.A- 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 cruet, all of Long Beach, Mrs. Wil- Ashton No: 1 and produced at the In the first year 200 derricks liam Henry of Encino,two brothers rate of 1300 barrels per day. were removed and burned, and Raleigh Stimson, Garden Grove, B the 'end of.;1920 the three tv't:hin a few year, all derricks Y Travis Stimson,Spokane. wells Sr}"':productioni,'had produced were removed. and portable well 43 256'barrels "of''oil. With this drilling,and pulling units put into cYart Late;oil boorrf:in Huntington use. Beach began and by{June of 1923 With the removal of the derricks hhe peak of production-was.reach came the end of a hectic and i STREST ed in'tho`"field with.156 wells pro- colorful period of Huntington SCENE d,uctng d19,bC0.barrels of`oil per Beach history which had been one n . day., of Catif6rnias great. dramatic '.Wlth the acceleration of drilling events. and the oil,boom,In full swnig the To commemorate the first all At the annual Rotary club auc- I city of Huntington Beach was 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 wind. city of 6000 inhabiltants. the Standard Oil company and the Auctioneer Ed Sullivan labeled it The expanded-.: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 johs in the fields, and ,ing it to the first well in the area. $1.95. people came from all sections of, 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 Balalall<as, 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 in the audi. activity, duction . California and ranked ]orium.Tickets are now on sale in :Now,businesses sprung up over third with a cummulative produc- the student' bookstore. General night.:•:witlt:stq banks, hiring Lion of over 650,000,000 barrels of admission tickets are priced at 2. $ells•forlworkem,;restaurants, an oil. 650,000,000 barrels of oil is not Special Persons cardholders (sen- ,emergeryc hospital;,garages,,bak- only a landmark but a lot of for citizens) and children under 12 ertels a%!Stern:Union office and energy. will be admitted for $1, 1 y ,r• Jac' r �� ■■■ I ► ��a��H�ilk :�"-;, I. �� i r ►' { ii I 4 .:o.37 �1 ✓^ a 4 t• }�� t ��k l�+�E��E•iE3-,-g a9 �, i';%��i►�/1��►�`.,�� .(." s:•.:�C`:_�� 1. n`'= "` `�+a�..5�=iEFg 6 d.��,i►ice 'r:.•:•: . •�• = LL�:F3k:'E eSFF a�/•E,' i. \•, I \ �\,•. - � �► >��>FF6?i�f�iSFS.E��41��3 FaE ��i�7�! _ _ � �26f[aSFEE�l�f�a�la�B':rl� [ !,� 77,,a l' • `�i P198dp fa F€FF,fi F t iL ..Q e' t. - � 4 '.�\a f.„'aJMAPT:rYs4.•r-'x) r ` `DISCOVERY'WELL 'JlJdNT[NGTON BEACH FIELD �S_TANDARD,OIL fAMPANY=HUNTINC70!Y A N01 `•w.i�'•'� '••• • MAY 24.1920 , • ;: '; - Tel{08COYIRY WILL-RUNTINCTOR A't0.1 rIRIT►pp• OIL KOR 2 K['AT THE RATE or AS IARI[tt OT - .iic scR Dtr.rRn IRovINc cRTat•IActD AID ruflr RMDAID•• TOITILR ORILCA L• ' ►IC DICLprCf[•TRA"' W{Otf220.3-R41 cuff IM . �M Aa lato naWire{.eco unctl KR TI16 0►LN[D!r(IIRq'pp(etR TYIL` DIY.: �� 1 .L01 ICE"rltq•ARD Kr TO t rl(LD IN TN( ILOrD.T/[O{LCWppp RIK[T[NIIIC ACTT►(ir s ® f Te6rORUOTOr A CO RY{TLr. �: �• {[CORD LAtD[p GLAIR IN !I[L'If[NTLY 7eC AIM , 1 ENTER IN KOpCC[f A CALITORNIA ARD..... 5, 1 TI[ITATL WIiR A COIVLArto►ROCOC710r .i LIC[WIRC aD0.DD0.00D p!f(L{Or OIL. IN COurAND ur TRl/DIICOY(Rr TRt{rAsDARD ,' '1 DIL c4reur AND Ts[/rnocmN Koocrna/loruw r' _ �, eorof TRL Rcr meccnr et{►oRIota NOW WKfIRTMKRi{I W.M.RROWr 4RD R.l e[e[(Y I 1 TODL/VIRLHI J.K r4fR[Ti 1R0 C.L{fLY/T[f A 1 DRR•L[U[r;r,(plpp.e•[LLIa C.I 1 r,O OLDIRO,LGU EN, i f.K WALK. J �..•• a - CLOL000TII ar.DCIsTpf, [RGgcIE Y."ONNION ,v1 DLDICATtp/LPT[N[f 14`DDD - {TARDARD OIL CORIANY Or 'j/L7fOL[VN►DOUCTIOr CALM AIR I 1 /IOIItNa INC. p�_ - �4. � Feb eL ' \� �'4a I ELLIOTT la n St fN - #.' _ NTINGTON BEACH,ORANGE C@UNTV. CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1960 TEN CENTS NUMBER 48 ; An Historic Event Here is the address given by Jules E.Toussaint Saturday afternoon, Sept. 10 at the dedication ceremonies of the his. torical marker at Huntington g A No. I discovery well of this II oil o Y a teat,¢ field:9 �:..�. "It is indeed a yea lessor r me participate in this P P P tc dedication ceremony eommemorefing the discoveryy well of 4 '. the Huntington'Beach field; namely,Huntington A No. I. r �t 'It is a pleasure for a t+^ : number of reasons: 'First — f h e discovery i having been made by my K 'r iC'� y. '� company gives me some y; ri pleasure gives I thinks I - 3 I le 'x +rue of any member of a # ti 2S j' company the# makes a dis co very.Discovering oil fields ij✓ k t ': and their subsequent devel �. +,'+ opment is the lifeblood of ¢ •c : our industry. .. ;r „4t '}I� ,r.°rf+ 7+: -1 t( to •k "Second—it reflects a significant accomplishment by people—people of our .• meat fhe Industry of u �u e9 which is so well represented by+his organization;that is, the Petroleum Production Pi. onaers. "Third—}he subsequent B '�r• development and production of the field reflects in the overall a satisfactory work. JULES E.TOUSSAINT ing relationship'between the "Printlpcl Address,But Brief" # R4 fd Indus+ry and the City of Huntington Beach—ifs city officials %•� .'$r� —ifs various civic organizations, like the chamber of com- `" 1-t; meree,the R.M.Pyles Boys Camp,end other such organize. [s, Lions—and the'people of Huntington Beach. Rx` "1 said overall satisfactory working relationship because I realize everything has not a+ all times been 'peaches and cream'—There have been ups and downs—but in overall it has worked out satisfactorily. It is something like a mar- r raga between two people—a marriage isn't always.'peaches K^ and cream'—If has its ups and downs—but if If works out it {� n is in overall a satisfactory working relationship. >stn tx, ; 9 "This brings to mind a common+ on the subiecf of mar- ,�,. s„r. riage I heard recently. it was this: is "If one thinks marriage is a 50.50 proposition--he.either 4 7 I doesn't understand fractions or he doesn't understand women. 1'` Tg{F t kas "Well, now I think lust a little s}oricel background that }; had some bearing on this and other discoveries in California is in order. "In de}e 1907 Ma M.Storey of our compen+,.then in charge of its pipe line department,wrote a letter o Mr.D. KER—Since May 24. 1920-Stend� who was master of ceremonies;'Warren Johnson, 9enerel G-Scofield,then vice President of our company;on the pos. 7. ngton A No.).wall be been pro- manager of the southern division for Standard Oil Com• ;bilifi.s of oil in California, and in part said: r'Bolsa send a•quarter of a mile pany of California;and Jules E.Toussaint,principal speak• 'I feel +lief if the study of formation is the iri}elligen# : -he old field. Saturday afternoon or who is vice president end general manager of the course to pursue'in 4he search for oil—the study sfiould be 'business like caramony of dedi- Standard Oil Company of California, Western Opera- thorough. I feel convinced that an engineer with some idea Its first state lsidoric monument lions, Inc.,vice president and director of the Huntington of rocks—could do much toward producing the results desired. Isis repressn+ing polroleum,pelf- Beach Company. Directly above the handsome marble 1 do not claim that}he application of scientific principles— left to right chow era "Tick" and bronze plaque can be seen the fop o{the doghouse ill develop oil, but I do claim that careful study—will n- 'S� ,e Petroleum Production Pionaets and the walking beam of the discovery well which is still duce the'percentage of failure and consequently increase the _ producing. —Pbmo by eddy Reb swam percentage of success s.. . It occurs to me that a compefenf man could be employed Ne�A P�aquA Since we in the state govermnent Huntington Beach }Rids, snob- for'months in the way I mention...' ' e�LL�C+ ■r u 6�V++ benefit by It, we know to the Iing his family to move to Sou- "Well, that was somewhat of an underste#erhen}I penny. thorn California and get a wel- "Anyhow, presumably that idea was applied and one of Query Well ela is December ro ed$ the some new start a Cit the people who ea name into the rs on subsequently e a gaol- It oil money grossed$462,• McIver introduced City Council- ogis}, end whose name appears on the plaque, was S. H. 016,463. From this tidelands field men Robert M.Lambert,Noble J. Getter, known to many of us as'Howell Getter. alone the state of Callfornlu col•Wale, Lyndon A. Wells, Jake R, lected$239,522." I Stewart;president of chamber "In September, 1919 a report was made by a geologist f, for . . . "the heed can absorb workin under Howell Gesfer's supervision which said In art: stand"...Jules E.Toussaint dedi- C.M."Cy"Featherly,chairmen of commerce Fort H.Wilson;sec. g° P p some marble'end bronze historical 9f the Orange County board Of retery of the chamber William 1+ 'Because 'of the known presence of oil at Newport and the soon eomme'and in fhe "torical supemison, told the assemblage Gallienne;Huntington Beach Com- great thickness of Fernando known to be present further to g o[ the tremendous progressive party resident manager J.Sherman the northwest, the Las Bolsas (Huntington Beach) locality I that so vitally affected iha hit- strides made possible in the county Denny; and managing editor of should be the first to be tested...It would seem advisable _ May 24,.1920. government alone because of the the Huntington Bench News Goo to locate about seven miles up the coast from Newport and 'm vast amount of taxes paid by the S.Farquhar. one mile inland from Huntington Beach.' , the Standard Oil Co.of California, petroleum industry. The unique event was further '.'Shortly thereafter Standard'made its first lease with the m ` :le former head of the Petroleum Richard Hanna,state assemby embellished with a cocktail party I ,Huntin ton Beech Com en referred to as the 'A"lease end to Production Ploneen, and Presl- plan,recounted how his father and dinner that followed rat Frahls If P Y n• dent of the Lomita Gasoline Co. seGur!d a roughneck Job In the Vessels Los Alamitos race track. the drilling of Well No. I was started in December, 1919. th Famillar with tlte baunts in the 'I chink iha plaque itself now}ells pretty much the reef A. shadow of reservoir hill, where of the story. If reads as follows: nearly 250 Oil-Man,civic leaden 'Discovery Well 'n- and poldticlans were assembled, Huntington Beach Field )II Johnson nminsced on early oil' Standard Oil Company—Huntington A No. I rn feld experiences. May 24, 1920 rat He nanssd and pointed out In i First produced from 2199 feet of 45 barrels per day, this on the audience many of the old showing encouraged further drilling and nearby Standard 'd. tkne workers hen, recalling BoIsa Chica No. I (which-hat produced more than 7,000.000 fhe.names of the original caw - ;ff.. barrels) was completed on November 13, 1920 flowing 2.000 by that drilled A Na 1,..Frank A barrels per day. This opened the first"gusher type"field in �n- Were,W.M.Brown,Jos Barrett fho Los Angeles basin and led to extensive development along Hugh Burklh Art.Bermudez,Bill of the Inglewood Rift. .Quinn and Jim Routh. "Tick"McIver,president of the � ; ' 'The Huntington Beath Field it currently the second larg. : ' Petroleum Pmdwtlon Pioneers, r es+producer in California and ranks third In the state with a handled the lob of minter of sere- cumulated production exceeding 660,000,000 barrels of oil. (1 moNes sNtfi the aasurrodnees that :In commemorating this discovery the Standard Oil Com- . only experience and knowledge :. party and the Petroleum Production Pioneers honor the men von hrinv. marKer 'here. aaturoay:atternoon commemorating .Tne, o,scov- of the tremendous progressive;pany resident manager.J.Sherman the northwest, the t.Las ooisas ,inunrington oeacni tocamy ery,.well' Huntington A,No. I:that so,,.vifally affected the his- strides made possible.,in the county; Denny; and managing editor;of should be the.first.to"be tested:... :.It would'ieem advisable tort'of this.commufnty'.sinee.Mey`.24,:1920 government"alone:because.of,the: the Huntington Beach;News Geo. to.locate.about seven miles'up`the.coasf;from Newport and Standing'on.a:wooden"platform vast.amount taxes pa S.,,Farquhar.;,. _ - one mile.inlanclJoom-,Huntington.Beach ' of two by twelves.in baking tun, the Standard Oil Co:of Californi Petroleum industry :Tlie. unique event was'further a "Shortly thereafter`Standard made i+s'first Tease With the r relieved, somewhat by a,gentle former'4iead of:the .Petroleum Richard Hanna,state assemby, 'embellished-With_a cocktail Party Beach Company referred to as the A" ease and breeze from the;ocean'a=mile:to Pr6duction-Pioneers; aril Presi- man, recounted how his;father:) and dinner that followed at Frank n the southwest, Toussaint eulmin=. dent of the'Lomita Gasoline Co. secured a roughneck job in'..the Vessels Los Alamitos race track ling of he rjr'rl Well No 1 Was started in December 1919: --- . ---- ---- -- 1,think the plaque itself pow tells pretty,much the.rest ated the'one hour ceremony:with Familiar with the haunts in the of +h `:'stor ; It reads as follow"s: a brief history'bf this mesa start- shadow W:reservoir hill,': e y. where Discovery Well f ing with the year 1907. nearly`250 oilmen,?civic leaders - He is.,a vice president,and gen- and politicians were assembled,' 'Hunting+on Beach Field eral manager.of the Standard Oil Johnson reminisced on`early oil! Standard Oil Company'=Huntington A,No. I Company of California, 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 {and director of the Huntington the audience many of the old showing encouraged further drilling and nearby Standard Beach Company. His complete ad- time workers here; recalling Bolsa Chica No: 1 )which has produced more than.7,000,000 dress is carried on this page. the:names of the original crew y barrels) was completed on November 13, 1920 flowing 2,000 Toussaint was introduced by that drilled A No. 1 .,. Frank barrels per day. 'This opened the first "gusher type" field in Warren Johnson, general man- Ware,W.M.Brown,Joe Barrett, g the Los Angeles'basin and led to extensive development along a er of the Southern District of Hugh B Art Bermudez, Bill g ,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 men I+can bring. "We are dedicated to the pre- directly responsible.infe ts nervation of historical events ac- Superintendents, W. M: '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 of jboth the event and the men," Me- California Petroleum Production 'Pioneers, Inc.' j Ivor stated. "That—gentlemen—is the story. Mayor Ernest H. Gisler spoke as a native who recalled . . . "the "1 thank you." roaring twenties." and enjoyed the � I benefits of the oil underground as I well as the crops he farmed on the surface. State Senator John A.Murdy Jr. reminisced on the 50 years he had resided and worked here. @,. - .- "in 1919 lust after the war 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'hearing 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-TFi'E`IVANIiNG OF"citrPAR�Kts`ep-iA K, -.. FACILITIES, AND COMMUNITY FEATURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARK NAMINGAND MEMORIALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 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 City Attome ) 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) Attached Findings/Conditions for Approval and/or Denial Not Applicable EXPLANATION FOR MISSING ATTACHMENTS REVIEWED RETURNED FORWARDED Administrative Staff ( ) ( ) Assistant City Administrator (Initial) ( ) ( ) City Administrator Initial City Clerk EXPLANATION FOR RETURN OF ITEM: (Below Space For City Cierk's Use Only) RCA Adthor:.�Jim B. Engle �, FEJ. ' CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION HUNTINGTON BEACH RECEIVED FROM Ce Y s&/-c,, AND MADE A PART OF THE R pq „q 1i COUNCIL MEETING OFF OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CONNIE BROCKWAY,CITY CL:ERX 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 ,s a ar heroes ®f the highest ®order THE ORANGE COUNTYREGISTER, Thin sday,April 1 G, 1998 PEOPLE: The S O.C. • Kenneth A Walsh, 81, of The deceased recipients are: Medal Of Honor recipients Santa Ana. The marine pilot repeatedly dived into Japanese Nelson At. Ifoldernian, a and how they earned their World War I Army captain who formations over the Solomon I1ledalS. Islands in 1943, shooting down lied in Santa Ana. Ile was two Japanese dive bombers and a WOUIlded 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 Count\' were safety through enemy fire. honored with memorial plaques Clarence B. Craft, 76, of r May 30, 1998 at the Civic Center Fayetteville, Ark. Born and raised X, Chris Carr, A World \\ar II in Santa Ana, the Army private led Arm\ sergeant who lived in "\Nall: s Honor." Hunting,ton Beach. When his The surviving honorees are: a grenade charge from atop I1en 5 Hill on Okinawa. Under heave platoon was pinned down near • �Pi(liam E. Barber, 78, of Guignola, Italy in 1944, Carr Irvine. As captain of 220 men in machine gun fire, he chased enemy troops until they retreated climbed around a flank of German Korea in 19�0, he ignored orders soldiers and captured five to withdraw, fighting the Chinese into a cave,where Craft threw in a satchel charge of grenades. Craft positions, killing eight and for five darts in sub zero ca pturind 22 temperatures. That determination re-lit them when they failed to 1 "I-- saved thousands of American explode causing an explosion that • Donald A Gar},a WorldWar II lives. killed the troops. Navy lieutenant who lived many \Falter D. Elders, 76, of � John P. Baca, 49, of San )'ears in Garden Grove. when the Buena Park_ During the 1.944 D- Diego.A hand grenade was thrown USS Franklin was attached by �> Day invasion, he singlehandedly into the midst of his platoon in aircraft near Kobe, Japan. its �t knocked out a machine-gun crety ietnam ill 1970.. The Arm,, munitions stockpile exploded. 7 specialist fourth class, a onetiale Gard• assisted several hundred h1 Shot bl' a sniper, h spe e carried a sp ciington Beach resident. men trapped it) a smoke-filled wounded rifleman to safety, then con>>�trullent. - covered the grenade with his sterl 1 returned to the fltiht. hChnet,S;lViII6 Cight Inen- compliments o(A I ETS _ s Medal of Honor Recipients Specialist Fourth Class John P. Baca 1 united States Army I - - t A Ion,rime resident of I tut onion IIcach,John Baca entered ;cn ice at Fart Ord. C alilOrnia and�crlcd :I,.arcc<,itic:> rrlle(cant nrcniber. 11 hilc scrvin,in the IZcpLjbIit: of Victnani, SV4 John I'. 13,ica, U.S.Arm\, Con pan\' D, 1st BartaIion, I'rh _ Cavaln. Ist Cava Iry Iivision,di:tin wished hint>eif on 10 Febrti:u- . 1970. durill-a t ni_ttt antbual: litiaitur in VIILKx L C0 2 I'to\"incr. = _ A JIL1100n'ir"rnt hi>comp:nn tt:t5:cot ro imcsii_atc The dcton:ltioil (d an ambush - dcricc timvard of hi. :tllir':position:uul c:nn.-• undt:r henvv enemy' fir-e. Hearing the -_ hero\\ tirin 1 1iutn the pl;noon :rnd i nu:ciu,his rCcrtillc,s rilk writ could :,ssist. 51't t 13aca !cd his team through a hail of-racmw lire.. Ai his unit prepared to in,a c the enemy,a grenade vva,Thrown into the midst of his ,raup. Sf 1 Baca kith courpfate disregard tint'his covered the -Irelladc o itli his steel helmet and fell on it as the grenade exploded,ahsorbin,the concussion and the fraanlcnts with his ovvlr bod-. His,alisnt actions and complete disregard for his own safety directly saved eight men from serious iniury or death. "Iltc extraordinary-ct)urn��c displayed by SPa Baca,were in the hi�_hest traditions of the military service and reflected great credit on the United States Arttty. Sergeant Chris Carr United StatesArm�- Sgt: Chris Carr,U.S.Army.. COTltpatn'L,33 M Infantry,3�kti itifantiy Division. On l - October, 1Q44.he cleared the vvuy forhis company to reaell,the Caroni Di Riuna6lia Clear Cuianola,Italy-. When his platoon was pinned down by heavy enemy -""all w-capans fire,he climbed alone arktand the left tlarll;of the Gtnnitn}x)sitians to find and eliminate the.eneniv Undeteirod b%$di--tdly fire,h-cr iit"tit the rear to a machine gun position and charged. He quickly captured eight priatitict s turned them over to his squad,and then sct out for the second position. Diszovzrc6l by the enemy,he leapt to his reel,taking-the second positicm while-killin tour and capturing one S--t.Carr then moved fora\arded tender heavy tire,to a third position. XNWi a shout and a burq or fire,lie CilPtttrcd die r-(sifio l and lbur nior:German-_ Once mitre adv-ancina Ill tlt, face of an alerted enemy.he:ipprosched a i:x1int of_rotund occupied b,l a.�• machine,uns. In hi:as-sauh on tlie.c f><!.itiun;fic killed ti-ur and captured nine more. Sv his 1,11le-elan:stack,S t_Carr captured fi\e enemy p?<ition .killed eight Germans- 'Ind captured _'= tilore,marbling ljis fart:pion to occupy conunanding Lmund_ N C o Park Naming and Memorials o �' CD--i T` Issues T o Colonel Arthur Poindexter Memorial — o Veterans Memorial Plaza o Naming of Six Parks Colonel Arthur Poindexter Memorial 49 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 �4 Veterans Memorial Plaza o Veterans �t _. groups provided input a • Veterans groups feel all vets 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 k Chris Carr — Medal of Honor recipients o Poindexter � } committee could ., apply for consideration for ., inclusion at Plaza 2 i Naming o ` s Six Parks 4 2 J Six Parks ,. f f: have not a t�.� GOltlen t/Sum it been UpP�r S a I ft n E "officially" L rSeaGiff .:Palm f 6oYtlenwest 74 named a a PARK LOCATION, MAP a 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 o 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. I 5 Council/Agency Meeting Held: 2.0 -OJ =Deferre Continue to: ❑Approved ❑ Conditionally Approved ❑ Denied p3,• 6#ytIerNVgnature Council Meeting Date: 11/20/00 Department ID Number: CS00-042 1'l—D -o® f o0.1 INN o 01 1 4 CITY Oa H N INGTON BEACH REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION SUBMITTED TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS . SUBMITTED BY: RAY SILVER, City Administrator aaa-4 PREPARED BY: RON HAGAN, Director, Community Service SUBJECT: APPROVE COMMEMORATION OF COLONEL ARTHUR A. POINDEXTE WITH A . MONUMENT OUTSIDE OF THE HUNTINGTON CENTRAL LIBRARY IN HUNTINGTON CENTRAL PARK x 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(s): 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. f ' 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 P. • - Number No. Description ................................................... 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 CITY OF HUNTINGTO� N--� ---- BEACH CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION TO: Honorable Mayor Pro Tem and City Council Members FROM: Dave Garofalo,Mayor .J0 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 Medal 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. ANNOUNCEMENT.- 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 forthis 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`h century we may never experience again. DG:Ip xc: Connie Brockway Ray Silver Melanie Fallon F-11 ATTACHMENT #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)l 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 Reviee,7 and Leatherneck Magazine . Subject of countless articles and interviewed for books such as Wake —Isl—and , D . Schmidt; Enemy on Island . Issue in Doubt, S . Cohen; But vot 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-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 I-i(d)3 ATTAC H M E N T #3 i."Ie CIT'`t(" OF HUNTINGT ON BEACH 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 lie 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, TC' Yep B. ENGLE uty Director JBE:cvh This letter was also addressed to Flint Morrison and John Tillotson .• (ifiri f!;; L.' r..' /ii%Y?il;r%: 7"i,lri("L',';'lli. I <'c 7+..ii(in [.'17;: � iU;. 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'1:00pm.-5:00pm Wom 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 ._I . .. __ _ _ _ _ RCA ATTACHMENTS. 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) Attached Findings/Conditions for Approval and/or Denial Not Applicable .. .. EXPLANATION FOR MISSING ATTACHMENTS REVIEWED RETURNED FORWARDED Administrative Staff 1 i -7 Assistant City Administrator Initial City Administrator (Initial) City Clerk ( ) . .. EXPLANATION FOR RETURN OF ITEM BelowOnly) 1 77 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 r2 VA AND MADE APART.OF THE RECORD ATTHE NAMING OF CITY PARK/TRAIL COUNCIL MEETING OF II-1 w-O OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CONNIE BROCKWAY,CITY CLERK ARTHUR A. POINDEXTER PARK, C P,,bi« Cvrvtmmk-_-0 (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 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. C he on; But Tot 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-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 F-14 IUJ MNOTON BEACH, ORANGE COUNT- Y, CALIFORNM F IDAYj OCTOBER 18, 1918�4 MAKES A LIVING. O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ® ' N is smaller this week ,� TWO - MENSMALL TRACT MESA LAND. LIBERff LOAN IS �veral years , past, Omhliance «;{th Gov- �1 JEAN LACABANNE HAS A . FINEI C ors to conserve pa- LITTLE RANCH. -OSE TO TH is possible to do so. PASS .AWAY �r the period of the <� ._ p_ A Food example of hoer a family'is will print but six <-� " CARLOS E. RIGDON AND '•pi can. be 'supported on a ,mull tract of ONLY ABOUT FOUR tr of the import- <-4.,. mesa land is the littrLV"Yanch of -Jcnn tits of the communi- :; S'1✓ ` L• R©D�IA _..AND SHORT. - Lacabanne, tit Florida and Yorktown. , inted on that nutii- He purchased it 21�-acre tract In the � k5 ago every near s. Tv CARLOS- A GREAT FAVORITE East Title district nvo years no. nttd SA�QQY I Is today one of thtt rrtosf,hIghty-it'll e country wrta noti- -_-�-- ' _. proved tracts on the mesa, so fttt' as . ---0•-- .. . tce the quantity of Carlos Passed Away Saturday trees and vegetation are cancernrcl. Totr�LK Fhut ;day Noon Paper used 1:; per •. There are 65 wrttlnut t.reos yieldtng ,a •r that all of the pub :Morning, Interment at Mar- good crop this year, and several ether the country might be ion; Indiana, Tuesday ; Mr. varieties, including lernon, apricot. Top, and Wintersbu ;ire •enough stock to Rodman Buried at Dal- 11g, prune, peach and I lure. ( Slightly Over; _Bol.K, business. The only :, J Mr. I ac`a annc was Itwurdrel ;trc ! t�ri�� Iltit $1=�( las, Texas; Both Pass U } p -ews can save this f In Washington, I). C. and prize for «stltiuitt, hell rirPnrra ! . ;ion' is to prim a less and 'I'okay grapes at thr nrnnt;c>( i i <\crc�rclink to fiFtttr,,r, ntt Pay. t County Fair. With the! strnetr, cis • ' Judge I.r�ufn A. Copeland. ® C` The «ar was brought closer to the —.- --- J hearts of the citizens -of Huntington ducted, he has only about 2 ttcrrsc of ' of the I.iht�rty I,Urin rorni said he felt that ttow Beach during the past I'eek than land, and each year grows a gor>cl ' tc�tttl itmmit;tr- ri-ported nt irtupe tiIltE? to or anize e�c.r before, occasioned by tho un crop of linty beans bcuNr(,cn the tr(,ric, i tro,tn t1,c, vnrinittt ('11;t lOn S threshing this reason IS00 pntindti. 11mittnt;toil 11•rinch le. W11) Fair, as none was being; ; tinic�iy VISSIOg of Carlos E.. Higdon ru in the county; find helanci ,Iust•Ph 1.. Itocltnitn fn «'ttshitlg• Mr. Lacabantir suric-tt that all that it+ top. ioi(l WIiitc•rjibtmc has ton, D. ('., who, only 1 short time be roquired to jzrow goad crnpit oil nivrcn `: boing iztiEhtiy ovor thr Icr •ve. that there would be t , i fore left in high s tiritK over tht; fact road is plvnt�• of wittr•r tend Nvork. Ilr ! taln . hr inF; ' 1lunttttt:ton i i from other sectiottx of T i :4N'O Connor ino�•ed that { thrtt they were rc able to do sonic ihtn�; lirw hIm own Irrignting syiitrtn. 15o tgtto�ta U: ,'100 t�rlt�ith �i,fifiQ) '� for thc�lr counts ty;;e the meeting thin Y• + )j /�� rat] /� j' t. 1� :1111��S ON Till,lli � l :�li[i •:� (1 ( ��llt�ttl ;L1 t�f�f►1 `� !•e tt ou tt `air Association I Tho nvw• relativo to t'arlot, wits rc ; ',n 1�tcir,ta S!;,G:,ti r ; Iinit:n, t�i, WfifC S(Irnndeft 1,�• 1, Ic�� ,. i in ,c to lc t�r;itti to hit: parentrc, i `4'II.I , SOON BF, 111CrHEIt. • tf, 14. t1 •i'hr•rf• !ri tics � }— classical in rnusi.c, art and books. CLOrKS WILL BE SET RACK ONE Ltgn -for war funds Carlos s born in Marion, Ind., ,�r 11 and continue June _9r1,_ ., and was, therefore, past HOUR. I be-in-response to 31 years of age. The remains were vernment for $t-70,- shipped to the old lronte in Marion rile old titnc• will rE•�•olvc� arc,ut:�i ieP work to be used for ini<e rment, which occurred Tues- in this section c,f chc� ltIli�"f;t'HC Si;:, a's Christian Asso- day at three o'clock, with a military day, October or, lu be a little nior�' Vomen s_` hris.t n. escort, .)!uneraL_.servIces_.wcre hold specific, at 2 o'clock Sunday morn inp,', October 27. The chazir nal Catholic War at Washington and 'R1aflon. on flit. railroads will 'be effective at the Knights of Co- The news was a great shock to Mr. It. m. for the rc��.::,)II that there are 1��: p Community •Ser- and Mrs. Rigdon, and they have the ibrary Association, sympathy of all trains In motion at that timc; ti::cl, card, and the Sal- Thnews f r. Rodman' ;cny other in thc� '�S hour day. t'' I,Itssin�; There will hc; general rejoicint , was published an'the -Los Angeles pa- pers, where• his cousin, Willoughby among members of tlrt3 Sig .O'('lc�� ;. E R Rodman, received the news'. He was Chil) when the tune for the CITY DELIVERY, in a hospital in the national capital arrives, t.t; dui- li�,ht is -a start f: art; cic these mornings at E; o'clock. >--• - as the result- of a severe wound re- _ found the work of ceived while in • action'' last spring. it irk the city , tog, with the famous Rainbow- Division, as BANK WILL BE OPEN r- him, and resign- first lieutenant in Company E, 117th SATURDAY EVENING. has a large num- Engineers, was decorated with the —0--- had hoped that he Cr"LRfx de G1tiCe�rTrrt7 for _ bravery and LAST CHANCE TO BUY A LIBERTY c agreeable for one was slated for a captaincy. BOND. ars. He was the rst an to enlist frlo ---0-- Hoge.has accept- Huntington 17"ea*cal�i, eing very anxious The 14rst National Dank wlll be ssist--in�3efeatIff9 -the-_Germans. operl Saturday evening frour 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 tinal nay" ALLA LILY: life,' been spared lie would no doubt ments on Liberty Iionds, or for aw. >-- have made a national reputations it who delay the matter of uraklnK a l,ur rty:-br.Mn tin gton writer. He, lead charge of the section thane until that time, tiv� hews office, work for the 'Pacific Electric, Railway_ _• - �1------- >ori,. ,a-;freak calla CQ. here for about six years prior to — ---- - actEd.-'Considerable enlisting. The remains were shipped ter, who now reside with his sisti-: ' doable Rowel- .with to Dallas,. Texas, and were laid be- in Arlington, Texas, who have t!r etals. turned in .00- side those of his father. sympathy of the rttany friends of- t1, .He. i80firvived by a wtfe and ddugh. famfir In thte rtctracy. `. 4. 707 7. ..- `�:.'_�.F. yt'�...^'_.n'cfy3ti�•.T t,.a.,r^^,*.�o -:... r.,: -.f• '. � "y,`i; -."'� �. ,�.Z; .. �'•..l s' .'K'~.Y..�7��'�ii.t-!�ie sY'y-�<v1u'�.f'(..a�'.,.`" ?�•r 1 ,�. �`,1.. ,. 'tiA_..''r�'•:Y it ...'.,.'. f•-. ...,.. ...v. .. e� .'---- f' a."... .<.=.:1. ism Medal of Honor Recipients r Specialist Fourth Class John P. Baca United States Armv - A (net, time resident or Iiurtin-,ton Hcach.John Baca entered scr•i icc at Fart Ord. C.alili>rniit and scrod :u a recoilies� rilie tcan) meniber. \\'bile Seri inl- in the Republic ur Vietnam, Si'-t John P lb%:a. (:.S.Arm, C orrtpam 1), 1st Burtalion, I'th f'avair\. 1st Cu%;ll•v Division, diain_uishcd him."elron 10 Fehruar-, 1970, durhig a ni_11t Ullll)UzSh 116SSiun in NIL10C l.an_ 1'10�MCC. A 111:1L00m front his colnpan} llcu ;cnt to imesli alc the detonation of an amhush _ dericc 161-\%ard of his nnit's poiiticn and c;mic under hilt, enemy tire. Hearing the `1 hear,. Iirin_ li-0111 the pl''Whiort and knx.6ng hi-,recoilless ritIc unit could assist. 5114 r 13aca Ied his tram thr(utt-,h a hail of enemy tire_ A ills ttttit prep2red to enga`,r the ellelw,,a erenade «a thrown into the midst of his '-'roue. SP t Baca ,%ith corltplete disregard For his ow11 safet<. covered the grcli:ide Keith his steel helmet and 'fell oti it as the grenade exploded, absorbing,the concussion and the fr onlcnts%\ith his ow i bod`:. I-lis zalla nt actions and coniplelc clVwcgard for his ov--n safety directly saved eight men front serious injwy or death. _Fhc emraordinary courage displayed by SPa Baca. were in the hi_hcst tradition>ofthe military service and reflected great credit cm the thiited States Army. Sergeant Chris Carr United StatesArmv Se. Chris Carr,U.S.Army.Company L.337th infantry,Salt Infantry Division. On l - 3 0eviber. 1944, he c tilnntli cleared the ww. fiar N5 company to reach the Casoni Di harnagna near Guignola, ltaIN, When his rlaux)n %gas pinned down by heavy enemy snizill weapons tire,he climbed alone Around the left think of the Gennun Ixi itions to find and eliminate the diem\`. l-Indeterrod by deadly i'<re, h cru-pt to the rear to a machine gun position and charged. lie cluiCO, captured eight pri eructs turned thew o\er to his squad,and then set out for the second Ix� ition, Discovered h� the encnw, he leapt to his ieet,takirl�_�.the second position While killill tnur and iapIturing one. Sgt. Carr then moved fon+arded under heap\- tire, to a third position. With a shout and a hur l or Itrc, he C:11?tired the po;itlon and IQill-11101.Clef11111h. Once niore advancing_ in the face of an alerted evenly. he approached a Lxlim erground occupied b) tiro 111achine puns. in hiti atitialth Oil tllklt_pcNilions lie kill d t'Our and captultd nine more, By Ills one-nlan attack, Sgt_ Carr captured fne encni\ positions, killed eight Germans- and captured 72 wore,en:thlin,* hip 1lttahun to OCCUpy' COtlinl ndtti`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* j. Above an1 Beyond the all of Duty " alk of honor" 01�.1�NG� COUNTY �� 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 ` 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, of duty."Because it is presented marines and airmen. 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 1 ? Medal of Honor. their decoration, they commonly s 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 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 least two eye witnesses;must be recipients are also known to so outstanding that it clearly modestly point out that they did "a � "�� distinguishes the act of gallantry not "win"' the medal, but were from lesser forms of bravery; merely"recipients an honor. DIVISION,*~00"0 S4*0 041ftwo)"UH Off."".In WAVITT MASS AM"THE NOT MINE of TIES 41111113 POSITIVES To FM ARM UPON114,*95fv 10 UMOV INS"Cam TIES LMATTOR OWNED IUXRATI IRS Saw. SM WENT PICY,fAVO 5COUTIN4 Amun or HIS VEIL to IIIS SQUID MEET A MOOSE UNDMIRSO IT OIAW M HE M""M RES1 TO A VACRITI GM UNITED STATES APAY .. CON*AOM MORE. RAME COUNTY WALK OP HONOR by AWATS { tc §}(f # { <x , t r ku:' sR g r� Y' v{ g *root Y} Xfl :J 39 � ............. 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: Medal of Honor recipients Santa Ana. The marine pilot and how the earned their repeatedly dived into Japanese Nelson M. Holderman, a Y 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, 76, of May 30, 1998 at the Civic Center Fayetteville, Ark. Born and raised Chris Carr, A World War II Walk s Honor.» in Santa Ana,the Army private le Huntington Army sergeant who ton Beach. When his lived in The surviving honorees are: a grenade charge from atop Hen • William E. Barber, 78, of Hill on Okinawa. Under heavy platoon was pinned down near Irvine. As captain of 220 men in machine gun fire, he chased Guignola, Italy in 1944, Carr Korea in 1950, he ignored orders enemy troops until they retreated climbed around a flank of German to withdraw, fighting the Chinese into a cave,where Craft threw in a soldiers and captured five satchel charge of grenades. Craft positions, killing eight and for five days in sub zero re-lit them when the failed to capturing 22. temperatures. That determination y explode, causing an explosion that •Donald A Gary,a World War II saved thousands of American �'� 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 Day invasion, he singlehandedly into the midst of his platoon in aircraft near Kobe, Japan. its Vietnam in 1970. The Army munitions stockpile exploded. knocked out a machine-gun crew.Shot by a sniper, he carried a specialist fourth class, a onetime y assisted several hundred p Gary Beach resident, men trapped in a smoke-filled wounded rifleman to safety, then covered the grenade with his steel compartment. returned to the fight. helmet,saving eight men. compliments ofAMVETs Ehring, Liz To: Kuhnke, Elaine Subject: RE: Coming Agenda - February 5, 2001 ad 0 l 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 11 1 veterans. Councilmembe*rofalo furnished his rationale for the sele(- 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