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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuntington Beach Pier Time Capsule Oversight Committee AppoiREQUES i FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION Date April 15,199.1 Submitted to: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Submitted by: Michael T. Uberuaga, City Administrator Prepared by: Richard Barnard, Deputy City Administrator" Subject: Huntington Beach Pier Time Capsule Oversigh $�y CITY COUNCIL Appointments. Consistent with Council Policy? Yes [ ] New Policy or Excep ion Statement of Issue, Recommendation, Analysis, Funding Source, Alternati men s: STATEMENT OF ISSUE As part of the pier reconstruction project, city staff request the City Council appoint an oversight committee to supplement the Landmark Campaign's efforts to promote and identify items to be placed into the new pier's time capsule. RECOMMENDATION Appointment of the following persons to serve on the oversight committee to review and recommend items to be placed into the time capsule for the new pier. Chairman of the Community Services Commission Chairman of the Historical Resources Board Chairman of the Pier Group Chairman of the Landmark Campaign Special Gifts Committee. City Councilperson. ANALYSIS During the month of April, the 1914 time capsule, removed from the cornorstone of the old Huntington Beach pier, will be on display at the Huntington Center mall. In the first week of May 1991, the time capsule will be moved to the City Council Chambers where Mayor Peter Green will officiate at a press conference. The purpose of the press conference will be to provide the news media and the public an opportunity to witness the opening of the 1914 time capsule and for the mayor to officially charge the Oversight Committee and the Landmark Campaign Cabinet with the responsibility for the development of guidelines and recommendations regarding items to be placed in the new time capsule for the new Huntington Beach Pier. Currently, the pier design and construction plans do for placement of the time capsule within the new pier The plans call for the time capsule to be built into Plaza area at or near where the Pier Structure meets Plaza. It's currently anticipated that the new time not provide structure. the Pier the Pier capsule will S Plo 5/85 be displayed at either the City Hall, Downtown Library or the Surf Museum until such time as the permanent home for the capsule is identified and readied for placement. OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE The role of the oversight committee will be to provide a big picture perspective and insure that the materials placed into the new time capsule (beyond that authorized under the "Landmark Campaign" time capsule program) are appropriate and are reflective of the city and its residents. Also, the oversight committee would work with city staff to promote the time capsule program to the residents of Huntington Beach. The committee would review the material proposed to be placed in the time capsule and would recommend to the City Council those items to be included. LANDMARK CAMPAIGN The Landmark Campaign has developed a time capsule program which focuses on providing an opportunity to private donors to have their name and/or words based upon the size of their donation placed into the new time capsule. This program is outlined in attachment A of this Request for City Council Action (RCA) and is in compliance with the City Council approved Donor Recognition Program. In addition to the donor recognition program, the Landmark Campaign has developed a Pier Chronicles Contest (Attachment B) which provides an opportunity for any person, in 150 words or less, to tell their most memorable tale about the old Huntington Beach Pier or, in 150 words or less, what they imagine the new pier and Huntington Beach will be like in the future. Joanne Vogelsang has been asked by the Landmark Cabinet to put together a panel of judges to review the entries and select the winners. FUNDING SOURCE Cost of the time capsule and associated time capsule promotion to come from the Pier Reconstruction Fund and the Landmark Campaign. ALTERNATIVE Not form an oversight committee, and direct the city staff to develop and promote the time capsule program at the staff level and bring a recommendation of those items to be placed into the time capsule directly to the City Council. ATTACHMENTS 1.Attachment A - Outline of the Landmark Campaign Time Capsule Program 2.Attachment B - Brochure explaining the chronicles contest. /ITT,4CgMc#,_l � Huntington Beach Pier Landmark Campaign The 1991 Huntington Beach Pier Time Capsule will be one of the final communications our generation will leave to the future citizens of Huntington Beach, California. It is a chance to leave a lasting record of the commitment of this community to one of Orange County's most important monuments. The Time Capsule will preserve the historical leadership of the donors and volunteers of the Landmark Campaign for coming generations. Special rme Capsule Entries Donor Proclamation Donors of $25, 000 and above will place individual donor proclamations in the Time Capsule. The proclamation may include the donor's personal or corporate background and personal testimony along with a corporate or family photograph. Donor Declaration f: Donors of $5,000 - $24,999 will be able to write a personal message to the future generations of Huntington Beach. Commemorative Honor Roll All donors of $25 - $4,999 will be able to sign the Honor Roll for inclusion in the Time Capsule. Huntington Beach Pier Grant Deeds can also be purchased for $25 which entitle the owner to sign the Honor Roll. For more information on the 1991 Time Capsule or the Huntington Beach Pier Landamark Campaign, please call the Campaign office at 7141542-3196. doc: timecap.ver.ccc A TT/4cy,*,6ti7­ (S Pier Chronicles Contest.. Rules Contest will begin March 1, 1991, with "entry. deadline set for, May .15,` 1991. Each month, a First, Second and Third, place -winner will be chosen. All entries received by the 15th of each month willbe judged against all other entries received that same month. The overall First, Second and Third prize winners will be chosen from the. monthly winners on June 1, 1991. . Winning contestants will receive publicity in the.Landin, Campaign's newsletter, local newspapers, on local cable `television stations,. and in the Huntington Beach pier displays throughout Orange County: `All monthly entrants will receive ari "ultimate challenge" surfer hologram. Monthly First, Second and Third place winners also -will receive a limited edition Huntington Beach piermemento, a P.I.E.R. Group sweat shirt; and the following prizes: Monthly first place winners will receive a one-year Huntington Beach parking pass. Second place winners will `receive a Huntington Beach weekend camping certificate. Third place.winners will receive one grant deed for the new pier. \ Monthl' winners.will be eligible'for the final contest. THE FINAL, OVERALL, FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS WILL HAVE THEIR MEMORIES PERMANENTLY PLACED WITHIN THE TIME CAPSULE WHICH WILL BE SEALED AT AN EVENT IN JUNE AND PLACED.IN THE NEW PIER.. . A GRAND PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED. TO THE OVERALL FIRST PLACE WINNER. LAND MAR K CAMPAIGN Huntington Beach Mail entries to: PIER CHRONICLES CONTEST Landmark Campaign Office 1651 East 4th Street, Suite 250 Santa Ana, CA 92701 All entries (including photos, etc.) will become property of the Landmark Campaign.