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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFAILED - Resolution No. 2023-39 Authorizing the Acceptance o (2) a oDWGT 2000 Main Street, of?••,;; o ..... Huntington Beach,CA ti:: �v 92643 Cityof Huntington Beach g REC. ACTION A— FAILED 3-4 (VAN DER MARK, McKEON, o"` BURNS — NO) REC ACTION B—APPROVED 4-3 (KALMICK. MOSER. BOLTON—NO) File #: 23-581 MEETING DATE: 10/3/2023 REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members SUBMITTED BY: Al Zelinka, City Manager VIA: Jennifer Villasenor, Acting Director of Community Development PREPARED BY: Hayden Beckman, Senior Planner Subject: Adopt Resolution No. 2023-39 authorizing the acceptance of$325,000 in grant funds from the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) to assist in the development of a cannabis retail access program. Statement of Issue: The Huntington Beach Community Development Department applied for and received a $325,000 DCC Retail Access Grant award to help fund the continued development of a cannabis retail access program, including land use controls and administrative regulations. A resolution adopted by the City Council is required to accept and receive the grant award. Financial Impact: A new grant fund will be established, and the $325,000 grant award will be appropriated upon approval by the City Council. Recommended Action: A) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-39, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Authorizing the Acceptance of Funds from the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) from the Cannabis Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant" and appropriate the $325,000 grant award; and B) Assign authority to the Community Development Director as the official to execute and sign for the award and to approve amendments and extensions as needed; and C) Formally dissolve the City Council Cannabis Ad-Hoc Committee. Alternative Action(s): Do not approve and direct staff accordingly. Analysis: City of Huntington Beach Page 1 of 2 Printed on 9/27/2023 powered by LegistarTM File #: 23-581 MEETING DATE: 10/3/2023 City staff and Councilmembers have been developing a potential cannabis license program for both retail and non-retail cannabis activities since December 2021. More recently, Huntington Beach voters approved Measure 0 in the November 2022 General Election, thereby enabling the City Council to establish a general excise tax on future cannabis businesses, providing the base infrastructure for a local cannabis retail license program. On April 11, 2023, the Council's Cannabis Subcommittee met with staff and discussed the status of the City's efforts to date regarding the development of draft land use controls for potential cannabis retail and non-retail uses. The Subcommittee identified the subject DCC grant as a priority effort for staff, and subsequently the application was prepared and submitted for review by the DCC. On June 20, 2023, staff was notified that the City of Huntington Beach has been tentatively awarded grant funds in the amount of$325,000 to assist the effort of creating a local cannabis retail license program. Pursuant to the grant guidelines, expenses to develop and implement a cannabis retailer licensing program, including salary and benefits for staff directly involved, software costs, stakeholder outreach or community engagement expenses, and technical support for applicants and licensees are eligible costs. In the event that a future cannabis ordinance is not adopted, grant guidelines require that any remaining funds be returned to the Department of Cannabis Control in a timely manner. Reimbursement of all funds expended is not a requirement of the funding agreement. Upon adoption of the Resolution to accept the grant award funds, staff intends to return to the full Council for consultation in a Study Session to discuss next steps. As such, staff is recommending the Council subcommittee be dissolved, and staff work directly with the full Council on cannabis policy as needed moving forward. Staff will create a work plan to develop land use controls and administrative regulations, community/stakeholder outreach and a critical path timeline to place the decision to permit cannabis activities on a future ballot. Environmental Status: Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment do not constitute a project. Strategic Plan Goal: Non Applicable - Administrative Item Attachment(s): 1. Resolution No. 2023-39 2. Grant award letter received and dated June 20, 2023 City of Huntington Beach Page 2 of 2 Printed on 9/27/2023 powered by LegistarTM City Council/ ACTION AGENDA October 3, 2023 Public Financing Authority D) Adopt Ordinance No. 4299, "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach Amending the Huntington Beach Municipal Code by amending Chapter 2.111 thereof related to Citizen Infrastructure Advisory Board/Public Works Commission"; and approve the official dissolution of the Smart Cities and Technology Council Committee by minute action; and E) Adopt Ordinance No. 4297, "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach deleting Chapter 2.108 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code and dissolving the Huntington Beach Youth Board;" and F) Adopt Ordinance No. 4300, "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach amending the Huntington Beach Municipal Code by amending Chapter 2.106 thereof related to Fourth of July Executive Board;" and G) Adopt Ordinance No. 4301, "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach amending the Huntington Beach Municipal Code by amending Chapter 13.54 thereof related to Specific Events." Ordinance Nos. 4296, 4295, 4298, 4299 Approved 4-3 (Kalmick, Moser, Bolton - No); Ordinance Nos. 4297, 4300, 4301 Approved 5-2 (Moser, Bolton— No) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 8. 23-581 Denied adoption of Resolution No. 2023-39 authorizing the acceptance of $325,000 in grant funds from the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) to assist in the development of a cannabis retail access program Recommended Action: A) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-39, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Authorizing the Acceptance of Funds from the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) from the Cannabis Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant" and appropriate the $325,000 grant award; and Failed 3-4 (Van Der Mark, Strickland, McKeon, Burns-No) B) Assign authority to th for the award and to approve amendments and extensions as needed; and C) Formally dissolve the City Council Cannabis Ad-Hoc Committee. Approved 4-3 (Kalmick, Moser, Bolton-No) PUBLIC WORKS 9. 0 Approved Fifth Amendment to the West Orange County Water Board Joint Powers Agreement allowing member agencies to designate up to two alternate members to the Board of Directors Recommended Action: Approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Fifth Amendment to the WOCWB Joint Powers Agreement. Approved 7-0 Page 5 of 7 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-3 9 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL (DCC) FROM THE CANNABIS LOCAL JURISDICTION RETAIL ACCESS GRANT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Budget Act of 2022 provides up to $20 million for Department of Cannabis Control grants to local governments to support the development and implementation of a local cannabis retailer licensing program; and The Department of Cannabis Control, under the authority of the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (AUCRSA) establishes a dual regulatory structure for cannabis businesses, and a person who wishes to engage in commercial cannabis activity is subject to regulation at both the state and local levels; and As of February 1, 2023, 327 cities and counties (61%) in California do not allow establishment of any cannabis retailers,whether storefront or non-storefront(delivery)within their jurisdiction; and The Cannabis Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant program aims to provide consumers with reliable market access to regulated, tested cannabis in the legal market, and reduce demand in the illicit market; and The Cannabis Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant program also seeks to reduce the size of the illicit market and establish sufficient cannabis retail stores statewide to meet existing demand; and The City of Huntington Beach currently has an explicit prohibition of all commercial cannabis activities; and The City of Huntington Beach desires to pursue a project that would result in the modification of existing regulations and establish a modern, local cannabis retailer licensing program; and The City of Huntington Beach commits to and agrees to fully support a planning effort to engage the community, include such input, and endeavor to establish a local cannabis retail licensing program. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. Direct the Community Development Director or her designee to execute and sign the award, and to approve any necessary amendments and extensions. 7i4/REsc RESOLUTION NO. 2023-39 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on , 2023. Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FROM: CC4 City Clerk Ci Attorney REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED: rALL City Manager Dire o Community Development • 23-13123/315280 Res. No. 2023-39 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, 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 failed and was not adopted by an affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council at a Regular meeting thereof held on October 3, 2023 by the following vote: AYES: Kalmick, Moser, Bolton NOES: Van Der Mark, Strickland, McKeon, Burns ABSENT: None RECUSE: None r0414L CZ6/-4,4&W City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California 0 Department of Gavin Newsom Governor Cannabis Control Nicole Elliott Director CALIFORNIA June 20, 2023 Hayden Beckman Senior Planner Community Development Department City of Huntington Beach Subject: Department of Cannabis Control Retail Access Grant Award Letter Notice Dear Hayden Beckman: The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) is pleased to inform you that your proposal, application number LJRAGAPP23-017, has been selected for a Retail Access Grant Award. Local Jurisdiction: City of Huntington Beach Award Total: $325,000 DCC has reviewed your application and determined that it meets the requirements and is consistent with the grant program guidelines. DCC is in the process of developing a grant agreement that will serve as the contract between DCC and the grant award recipient. DCC may reach out if additional information is needed to complete the agreement. The agreement will include a cover letter with actions your contracting office will need to take to execute the agreement. If you have any questions, please contact the Policy and Research Division at RetailAccessGrantscannabis.ca.qov. Sincerely, Jacqueline Campion Deputy Director, Policy & Research cc: Nicole Elliott, DCC Director Rasha Salama, DCC Chief Deputy Director Melissa Eidson, DCC Administration Deputy Director Laura Barlow, DCC Branch Chief, Operations Policy and Research Division • 2920 Kilgore Road, Rancho Cordova,CA 95670 Business,Consumer Services 844-61-CA-DCC(844-612-2322) • info@cannabis.ca.gov • www.cannabis.ca.gov and Housing Agency 0 Department of Gavin Newsom Governor Cannabis Control Nicole Elliott Director CALIFORNIA Marie Marcellana, DCC Procurement Section Manager Devin Gray, DCC Policy and Research Specialist Sara Banchero, DCC Grants Manager Policy and Research Division • 2920 Kilgore Road,Rancho Cordova,CA 95670 Business,Consumer Services 844-61-CA-DCC(844-612-2322) • info@cannabis.ca.gov • www.cannabis.ca.gov and Housing Agency Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 6:16 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Cannabis Attachments: You Can Be Addicted to Weed. I Was When I Was 12._The Free Press.pdf From: Russell Neal<russneal@ieee.org> Sent:Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:42 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF) <city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Cannabis Please reject the bribe money to flood HB with cannabis on the Agenda for Oct 3. Stand up for HB families and children. Thank you. Russ Neal Huntington Beach 714-316-6179 SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION 10-3-2023 Meeting Date: 1 Agenda Item No.;., 8 (23-581) TIIEEXTRA : Listen to Honestly, our FREE flagship podcast hosted by Bari Weiss. Friday,September i5, 2023PRESS 2:52 PM FOR FREE PEOPLE HOME I WITCH TRIALS I HONESTLY I SUPPORT US I COMMUNITY I LIVE EVENTS I ARCHIVE I ABOUT College kids in the 1970s toke up. (Photo via Bettmann/Getty Images) You Can Be Addicted to Weed. I Was When I Was 12. Roomers who fought for legalization have no idea how Subscribe !gerous it is. By Gideon Modisett U September 14, 2023 in April, my tamer ana i were at a rassover seaer in Los Angeles nostea ny some family friends. There was a man there in his sixties telling a story about going to college in the seventies, and all the drugs and partying he did. At one point, someone asked where all his friends are today, and he said something like, "Everyone's fine except for one who died of an overdose, but he got into the addictive drugs, you know." Under my breath, I said, "The addictive drugs?" An older woman sitting next to me told me to speak up, so I did. "I just feel like all drugs are addictive," I said. "Not weed," he replied. He seemed pretty sure about this. In my head, I was thinking, What?! But we were at a seder, and I didn't want to be rude, so instead, I just said, "Gonna have to disagree with you there." I was 12 and in the seventh grade when Covid hit, and I immediately lost all my school friends. I became a regular at the local skate park, in Atwater Village, a few miles west of downtown L.A.,just to get some real-world face time with other kids. But because I was a few years younger than the others, no one wanted to be my friend. That is, until I met a high school sophomore named Martin. Martin was sarcastic and chubby and a good skater, and he didn't care about our age difference, and he lived in the neighborhood. We quickly became best friends because of our shared isolation, and pretty soon he invited me to his house. 1Y1U.4.L 11111Y 4..1.1 L4JJV 4.44. 4A. V 4A.YY u,V 11 V1t1111V, 1..11t.i �V�1J u4A.J 4.tSt'.r1 IJVVill JVi1VV1 ended, I put on my Nike Dunks and walked to his place. The first time I went there, I walked into his room to see him and his brother, who was in his early twenties, smoking from a bong. I had known that this was a thing that older kids did, so I didn't freak out or anything, even though I'd never smoked before. Martin was my only friend at the time, and I didn't want to make him any more aware of my age than he already was. When they offered me a hit, I said yes. For a while, I smoked only with Martin and his brother. We usually got high in a bedroom shared by his three siblings. I don't really remember what we talked about. After we got high, we'd usually go to the Foster Freeze. I'd get an Oreo milkshake. It was great. Until Martin's family couldn't afford to live in L.A. anymore. Martin didn't have a dad, and his mom was a trucker and almost always on the road—she wired cash for groceries to one of Martin's sisters—and money was super tight, so they decided to move to Idaho. Martin's parting gift to me was the rest of his weed and the number of his dealer. I think her name was Veronica. She was two years older than I was. And then I was back to having no friends. Every day. But now I had weed to make me numb whenever I felt like feeling numb, which was often, and then more often. I began smoking on my own—first, only on weekends and only at the skate park, and then only at the skate park or on weekends behind the Costco, and then only at the skate park or behind the Costco or, you know, when I was walking somewhere, and then, eventually, anytime and anywhere I wanted to. I didn't realize I was losing control. It was just something I did, and then more and more. At some point, I switched to disposable vape THC pens, which don't have much of a smell and are better for smoking indoors. Regular weed has around 15 percent THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, in it, but a preloaded ♦N.RJS. V�11 S. 4.LS JS 4.V� I.I l.V / V 4JV1��11%.. St.Id .n{AJ� lV Gil •�1 VlllVµ 11WId. {.11t.111, V1 other friends, or this guy who had a little stand on Hollywood Boulevard— and in time I got pretty comfortable with the whole thing. My parents found my pen once, and they came into my room once or twice when I was high. The drug was so convenient. It was like my phone. I could take my weed wherever I went. I could be high anytime I wanted to be, which was almost always. I think my older brother knew what was up, but he was busy doing his own thing. Mostly applying to college and graduating from high school. By May 2021, school was starting to move back to normal. We were doing the hybrid thing then, with intermittent in-person and Zoom classes. But I was smoking more than ever. In fact, now it was a problem when I couldn't be high, because that would make me angry, and my anger was on a hair trigger. It got to the point where I would smoke myself to sleep during weekdays and then, on weekends, smoke until I puked and passed out. You might think it was hard to hide all this from my parents, and it could be, but also, I got good at papering over things, covering my tracks, lying. + + + On January 3, 2022, I smoked my last joint on Melrose Boulevard. This was not planned. It just happened that way, although in retrospect it feels like a quasi-religious moment. It was late afternoon, I was smoking, and my mom called me to see when I'd be home for dinner, and I had the tiniest bit of weed left in my roach. I remember saying I'd be home soon. That was when these ultra-Orthodox Jewish guys in their black hats and lkippahs and tallises walked by. This was near Fairfax, the center of Orthodox life in the city, so it's not as weird as it sounds—and they stopped, iV Vi�4.li 141 Sidi, 1A1141141.I[/1 Vf.4�11V A 111\. LA11.. Y114Y VAS1.&SJ4_t\A G\AYJ lA L/4J1 VlAVil J1.1 11G men they suspect of being Jewish. They were hoping I'd wrap to llin with them—tefillin are the miniature leather boxes that contain parchment that you wrap around your arms and forehead while you pray. They wanted me to be closer to God. I had never wrapped tefillin, but I said, "Yes, I am Jewish, and yes, I would like to wrap tefillin just give me a second to get off the phone." So I got off the phone with my Mom, and we wrapped tefillin—the black leather curling up my arm, the little black box attached to my forehead, me praying with my new Chabad friends on the corner of Melrose and somewhere. When we were done, I removed the tefillin,jumped on a bus, and headed home, and when I entered the house, my parents—who were sitting in the living room and by this point onto me—asked me to empty my pockets. I pulled out three joints. Suddenly, all the lying caught up with me, and everything was out in the open. I don't remember much about what went down. I remember my parents were very angry and disappointed, and I think my mom cried, and then I cried, and I remember I was screaming, but I can't remember exactly what. I was still high from the weed I'd smoked. Five minutes later, we sat down to dinner the way we always did, except this time we ate in silence. The next day, at my mom's urging, I attended my first Marijuana Anonymous meeting on Zoom. I sat on the couch in the living room. My mom sat next to me. There were maybe twenty people in the meeting, no leader,just people talking about how they wound up there. It was super difficult. Because I'd been suppressing my emotions with the weed the whole time, when they came back, they came back strong. L1L{. {.SSV 1Vi11111V\r1.111LJ 11V1{J Lru. illy SJZG {J1111G {,11V V �Al i11V1.L 111{,V V V\.li 11VIA\.L VV{AJ if something bad happens that you can't control,just accept it. That was the word: accept. That way, you're less likely to get upset, and less likely to self- medicate. I remember getting my 30-day chip, which looks like a big coin and represents one month of sobriety. Then I got my 60-day chip. Then my 90-day chip. Slowly, the mood swings went away. I thought about weed a lot, but I didn't want it as much. And then even less, and less. Last week, I got my 18-month chip. And do you know what? I love that chip. That chip is maybe the hardest thing I've ever had to fight for, and the hardest part was figuring out that the fight wasn't between me and weed, or me and Veronica, or my parents, or any of the other kids who were constantly smoking up. It was an internal fight against myself. So, when this man at the seder told me weed isn't addictive, it reminded me of literally every conversation I've had with everyone over 30 about weed (except for my fellow recovering addicts, who know better). These conversations usually include lines like: "I didn't know weed could be addictive," or "But you're good now, right?" Yes, I'm "good now," but different, and everyone who's ever felt controlled by a chemical substance knows exactly what I'm talking about. I won this, but it's not like it's the lottery. It takes work every day. It's funny, but all of my peers get it. No one my age has ever challenged, let alone attacked me, for saying weed can be addictive. Here's the reality: I don't know anyone 15 or 16 who hasn't smoked, and they all know it's not like their father's (or grandfather's) weed. It's much stronger, and the consequences of smoking are getting worse. "Marijuana use disorder," as the experts call it, is now four to seven times likelier among people who smoke when they're minors. Cannabis-related hospitalizations have "increased significantly." in the past decade, tripling among 18- to 25-year-olds. Meanwhile, older people with hazy memories of getting high in their dorm rooms four or five decades ago insist weed is a safe, recreational drug. The message seems to be that it's weird or backward to say anything bad about weed. I'm now 16, the same age Martin was when we met, and tomorrow is the eve of Rosh Hashanah—the start of the Jewish New Year, and even though I'm not especially religious, I've been looking forward to the High Holidays for months. I think that's because I'm like many recovering addicts—I want to keep pushing forward, and I fear what might happen if I don't. I want to make movies. I want to read more books and go to college and meet cool people. Mostly, I want to live as richly as I can, and every holiday is a little border between the old and new me. And it's because Rosh Hashanah focuses things. Everything stops. You go to temple. You breathe a little slower. You're with your family. You chant the same words that Jews everywhere chant, and for a little while you're all connected with each other, in person or across many temples all around the world, and you feel elevated—closer to wherever you're supposed to be. + + + V IWVVI4 lllVWSJVI.4 rJ W IliG 1l JVI l,VV4 IWI{SVI SIr LVJ L1I4GVrVJ• 1�VWW " rV Spitznagel's Free Press piece American the Stoned here. And for more health news you can trust, become a Free Press subscriber today: Type your email... Subscribe Friday, September 15, 2023 a Q U Comments 667 t,=`v { Write a comment... I ' macirish Sep 14 Once again The Free Press doesn't just "touch" the third rail of an unpopular subject - no, they grab it and shake it! Thank you for sharing your story. d LIKE(232) Q REPLY lT SHARE 9 replies KP Sep 14 • edited Sep 14 Thank you for writing this. My dad was a surgeon. He ALWAYS drilled into us that playing with drugs is like playing Russian Roulette.You never know how your body is going to react so don't even try it. He would tell us stories about drug-induced people in the emergency room. I took the same approach with my kids. Frankly,what stupid parent tells their kids to take a gun out with only one round in it and have them spin it?That is what these old folks are telling their kids and grandkids to do.And they are arrogant about it too. Maybe your story will wake some people up. Q LIKE(146) Q REPLY TJ SHARE 129 replies See all comments Latest NELLIE BOWLES SHOW-POP-UP TGIF: Stranger Things The Dating Pool Dropouts NELLIE BOWLES OLIVIA REINGOLD SEP 15 cO 521 853 U SEP 13 co 798 () 974 (� SHOW-POP-UP POLITICS VIDEO: The Free Press Meets Gitmo Turned Its Inmates into the Democratic Socialists of Artists. Now, They Want to Send America a Message. BEN KAWALLER ADAM POPESCU and PETER SAVODNIK SEP 12 [8 548 cp 490 [TJ SEP 11 05 188 Q 499 [T] THE FREE PRESS •t 4 f.9 Privacy•Terms• Collection notice © 2023 The Free Press Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 6:17 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW: Resolution No. 2023-39. From:dad2st@aol.com<dad2st@aol.com> Sent:Wednesday,September 27, 2023 10:28 PM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Resolution No. 2023-39. I urge you not to adopt and draft this resolution concerning cannabis sales within the city. A reply will be appreciated. Sincerely Chuck Burns Huntington Beach i Moore, Tania From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 6:17 PM To: Agenda Alerts Subject: FW:Cannabis From: David Linderman<dlinbc@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday,September 28, 2023 6:35 AM To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:Cannabis Against cannabis sale and use in Huntington Beach. 1 ivir. a-unory rianson 8102 Ellis Avenue Apartment 121 Huntington Beach CA 92646 October 5, 2023 The Mayor of Huntington Beach 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach CA 92648 My Dear Mister Mayor, I am writing to express my opposition to Item VIIIA.I do not support restarting discussions on a cannabis dispensary program. Sincerely Yours, Mr.Amory Hanson CC:The Honorable Grace Vandermark CC:The Honorable Rhonda Bolton CC:The Honorable Patrick Burns CC:The Honorable Daniel Kalmick CC:The Honorable Casey McKeon CC:The Honorable Natalie Moser SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION 10/3/2023 moo Lam: 8(23-581) Agenda Item No.. Moore, Tania From: Chris Varga <christopher.j.varga@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 2:17 PM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Comments to the City Council for 10/3/23 Council Meeting The following are my comments for agenda items on this week's City Council Meeting. Agenda Item 7 (23-758)—I encourage a NO vote and do not eliminate useful and need boards and commissions. Agenda Item 8 (23-581)—YES to approve DCC assistances. Agenda Item 12 (23-824)—YES on bike regulations Agenda Item 15 (23-756)—NO on this"No Mask" resolution. Not needed and not a city council issue. Stupid political shenanigans. Sincerely, Chris Varga Huntington Beach 1