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Home My WebLink About2021-07-09 (Spcl Mtg)Special Meeting Minutes City Council/Public Financing Authority City of Huntington Beach Video recordings of the meetings Friday , July 9, 2021 8:00 AM -Counci l Chambers AND Saturday , July 10 , 2021 8:30 AM -Council Chambers Civic Center, 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach , California 92648 are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and archived at http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021 8:00 AM -COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALLED SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER -8:02 AM ROLL CALL Present: Absent: Peterson , Delgleize , Carr, Posey, Moser, and Kalmick None PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE -Led by Councilmember Moser ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda Distribution) Pursuant to the Brown "Open Meetings" Act, City Clerk Robin Estanislau announced supplemental communications that were received by her office following distribution of the Council Agenda packet: Administrative Items #1 (21-507) Four (4) emails received regarding the City Council Vacancy. PUBLIC COMMENTS (1-Minute Time Limit) -None At 8:07 AM Council called for a brief recess. At 8:25 AM, the meeting reconvened. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS 1. 21 -507 City Council Conducted Interviews to Fill Huntington Beach City Council Vacancy . (51 Applicants in Attendance) City Manager Oliver Chi introduced the process by explain ing that 131 final candidate applicants were scheduled for interviews over the next two days, with groups of 9 -12 applicants scheduled for the same time (speaker order to be determined by arrival time). Each appl ican t will have 5 minutes to address the City Council. Council/PFA Special Meetings July 9 and 10, 2021 Page 2 of 6 The number [hh :mm :ss] following the speakers' names indicates their approximate starting time in the archived videos located at http://www.surfcity-hb.org/government/agendas. Fourteen (14) applicants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the pos ition , experience and/or qualifications, and goals as a potential Councilmember. Deborah Algario (00 :03:38) Bob Sullivan (00:06:04) Ian Adam (00:07:26) Edward Aghjayan (00: 12:07) Crystal Anderson (00 : 17:00) Ahmed Abbas (00:21 :17) Joseph Barco (00:25:27) Nathaniel Barrett (00:29:49) Jenny Braithwaite (00:34:06) Jeff Bell (00 :39:04) Rhonda Bolton (00:39:50) John Benz (00:45: 10) Terence Cincotta (00:49:33) Robert Bossenmeyer (00:54 :31) At 9:25 AM Council called for a recess. At 9:59 AM, the meeting reconvened. Nine (9) applicants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the position, experience and/or qualifications, and goals as a potential Councilmember. Amory Hanson (01 :00:07) Mark Currie (01 :01 :40) Vanessa Chow (01 :06:20) David Geddes (01 : 11 :27) Patrick Cichon (01 : 15:26) Raj Contractor (01 :20 :04) Regina Wilkerson (01 :25:44) Milton Dardis (01 :30:57) Anton "Tony" Drenth (01 :36:32) At 10:37 AM Council called for a recess. At 11:20 AM, the meeting reconvened. Two (2) applicants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the position , experience and/or qualifications, and goals as a potential Councilmember. Brian Dopler (01 :38:24) Bill Dahlin (01 :42:45) At 11 :27 AM Council called for a lunch recess. At 1 :15 PM, the meeting reconvened. Nineteen (19) applicants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the position , experience and/or qualifications , and goals as a potential Councilmember. Wesam "Sam" Jreisat (01 :45:45) Catherine Kowertz (01 :49:01) Dom Jones (01 :53:38) Matthew Fertal (01 :58:35) Vera Fair (02:03:12) Nick Chambers (02:07 :28) Devin Dwyer (02 :09:49) Michael Grumet (02: 12:22) Kallie Knutsen (02: 16:44) Ben Goldberg (02 :20:51) Shawn Wood (02:26:15) Nouha Hreish (02:31 :27) Javier Gutierrez (02:36:14) Ken Gordon (02 :41: 13) Xiomara Galindo (02:46:39) Dan Goren (02:51 :34) Michael Gilling (02:53:36) Nader Hanna (02:55:49) Matthew Hoover (03 :01 :02) At 2:35 PM Council called for a recess. At 3:43 PM, the meeting reconvened. Five (5) applicants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the position , experience and/or qualifications , and goals as a potential Councilmember. Richard Harrison (03:07 : 12) Jill Hardy (03:11 :03) Joe Huskins (03: 15:54) William Hawes (03:20 :05) Martha Hope (03:22:47) Council/PFA Special Meetings July 9 and 10, 2021 Page 3of6 At 4:02 PM Council called for a recess. At 4:48 PM, the meeting reconvened. Two (2) appl icants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the pos it ion , ex perience and/or qualifications, and goals as a potential Councilmember. Don Kennedy (03 :25:28) Bradley Jacobs (03 :30:36) ADJOURNMENT-at 4:57 PM, to Saturday, July 10, 2021, at 8:30 AM, Huntington Beach Civic Center Council Chambers, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2021 8:30 AM -COUNCIL CHAMBERS Council/PFA Special Meetings July 9 and 10, 2021 Page 4 of 6 RECONVENED CITY COUNCIL/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING OF JULY 9, 2010 -8:30 AM ROLL CALL Present: Absent: Peterson, Delgle ize, Carr, Posey, Moser, and Kalm ick None CITY CLERK'S REPORT 1. 21-515 City Clerk Robin Estanislau provided a brief recap of activity during the first session of City Council Vacancy Interviews held on July 9, 2021 ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS 2. 21 -5 08 Continuation of City Council Interviews from July 9, 2021, to fill Huntington Beach City Council Vacancy (54 Applicants in Attendance) The number [hh:mm :ss] following the speakers' names indicates their approx imate starting time in t he archived videos located at http://www.s urfcity-hb.org/government/agendas. Nineteen (19) applicants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the position, experience and/or qualifications, and goals as a potential Councilmember. Thomas LaParne (00 :02:42) Dan Lispi (00:08:05) Chris Latham (00: 13:38) Maria Luna (00: 18:07) Carlos Lizarzaburu (00 :22:44) Melanie Brady (00:24:49) Mark Mayes (00:30:06) Michael McCormick (00 :35:20) Martha Morrow (00:37:33) Anne Mueller (00:42:36) Marc Materie (00 :46:04) Janis Mantin i (00:50:55) Jeff Morin (00 :56 :08) Martin Miller (01 :00:16) Oscar Rodriguez (01 :04:29) Paul Reidel (01 :09:45) Nabila Yousef (01 :11:14) Mark Rule (01:16 :1 9) Vivian Young (01 :21:11) At 9:54 AM Council called for a recess. At 10:10 AM, the meeting reconvened. Seventeen (17) applicants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the position , experience and/or qualifications, and goals as a potential Councilmember. Steven Nguyen (01 :24:47) Frederick Redfern (01 :29:36) William "Billy" O'Connell (01 :32:07) William Nees (01 :35:48) Claude Panis (01 :39 :57) John Piekarski (01:45:14) Michael Olsberg (01 :48:33) Terry Rose (01 :54 :09) Gordon Nguyen (01 :58 :55) MaryAnn Pelino- Carroll (02:00:48) Leticia Quinlan (02:03: 13) Charles Knoth (02:07:10) Steve Schulz (02:11 :51) John Scandura (02:17:02) Charles Ray (02:21 :42) Jason Villeggiante (02:25 :33) George Rivera (02 :29:30) At 11:16 AM Council recessed for lunch. At 12:43 PM, the meeting reconvened. Council/PFA Special Meetings July 9 and 10, 2021 Page 5of6 Eighteen (18) applicants addressed the City Council to describe their interest in the position , experience and/or qualifications, and goals as a potential Councilmember. Jennifer Lee Siegert (02:37: 18) Patrick Tapley (02:41: 17) Anne Webber (02:46:24) Gilberto Valdez (02 :51 :52) Cynthia Varnell (02 :57 :10) Russell Snider (03:02: 10) Marc Wilson (03 :05:01) Dianne Thompson (03 :07:46) Johnny Villa (03 : 10 : 19) Quinn Stahl (03 :15:34) Amaru Vasquez (03:20 :46) John Ventimiglia (03:24:46) 3. 21-516 Discussion on the Vacancy Appointment Process Jordan Armitage (03 :29:43) Darin Sm ith (03:35 :04) Alan Wi lson (03:40 :34) Carl Vann (03:44:46) Katarina Thomas (03:48 :03) Gracey Van Der Mark (03 :53:25) Pursuant to the Brown "Open Meetings" Act, City Clerk Robin Estanislau announced a supplemental communication received by her office following distribution of the Council Agenda packet: Administrative Items #3 (21-516) PowerPoint Communicatio n titled Filling Our Current City Council Vacancy submitted by City Manager Oliver Chi City Manager Oliver Chi provided a PowerPoint communication entitled , Huntington Beac h City Council Filling Our Current City Council Vacancy, with slides titled City Council Options Moving Ahead, City Council Appointment Process -Next Steps, Possible Candidate Selection Framework -Use of Selection Rounds, Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Special Election Details, N ext Steps, and Questions. Councilmember Kalmick stated his support for holding a special meeting on Monday, Ju ly 19 at a time to be decided , and support for using the staff-recommended Rounds process . Councilmember Posey and City Manager Chi discussed options , which included how many applicants each Councilmember would submit for the first round , and exper_iences of past Council appointments. Councilmember Posey stated his support for each Councilmember nominating three or four applicants for the first round . Mayor Carr proposed that each Councilmember bring one candidate forward , and if none of t he s ix candidates receives four votes , then the process would start over. Council member Posey stated his opinion that if each Council membe r submitted t hree or four candidates up front it may result in a faster process, and he wants to do eve rything in h is power to prevent having to revert to a special election . Councilmember Delgleize and City Manager Chi discussed the proposed process of el im ination , regardless of whether each Council member initially selects one or five candidates . Councilmember Moser stated her support for each Councilmember se lecting two candidates for the first round , and one candidate for the second round. Councilmember Kalmick, Mayor Carr, and City Manager Chi continued the discussion regarding how many applicants could be submitted by each Councilmember, and noted that theoretically several Council/PFA Special Meetings July 9 and 10, 2021 Page 6 of 6 Councilmembers could select the same applicant(s). For the first round, any applicants without a vote would drop out of the pool for the next round . Mayor Pro Tern Delgleize and Councilmember Peterson stated support for each Councilmember submitting three applicants ; and Mayor Carr confirmed if one of those eighteen applicants did not receive four votes, then the process starts over. A motion was made by Carr, second Kalmick to hold a special meeting on Monday, July 19, 2021 , at 6:00 PM in Council Chambers; each Councilmember to present their top three candidates for appointment and use a "Round" elimination process until a majority vote of four is reached; newly appointed Councilmember to be sworn in to office on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The motion carried by the following vote: AYES : Peterson, Delgleize, Carr, Posey, Moser, and Kalmick NOES: None ADJOURNMENT-2 :34 PM to a special meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority on Monday, July 19 , 2021 , at 6 :00 PM in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach , California . The next regu l arly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority is Tuesday , July 20, 2021, at 4 :00 PM in the Civic Center Council Chambers , 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California . INTERNET ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY AGENDA AND STAFF REPORT MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AT http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov ATTEST: City Cler~ffi~~Council of the City of Huntington Beach and Secretary of the Public Financing Authority of the City of Huntington Beach , California •