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Home My WebLink AboutExpedited Plan Check for Development - Submitted by Councilm �NS�Nsra 2000 Main Street, t�q m Huntington Beach,CA fin 92648 City of Huntington Beach DENIED 3-4 � (BURNS, VAN DER MARK, N,,UNT`!C��4o4�J ca STRICKLAND,McKEON-NO) File #: 24-045 MEETING DATE: 1/16/2024 Item Submitted by Council Members Bolton, Kalmick and Moser - Expedited Plan Check for Development Direct the City Manager to work with Bargaining Units and the necessary City Departments (e.g. Community Development, Public Works, Fire etc.) to create a voluntary, expedited plan check process with either City Employees (first priority) and/or contracted plan checkers to help expedite the process of getting plans approved. All costs would be borne by the Expedited Plan Check applicant, not the City. City of Huntington Beach Page 1 of 1 Printed on 1/10/2024 powereNg LegistarTM tine CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING—COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS REPORT TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: DAN KALMICK, CITY COUNCILMEMBER NATALIE MOSER, CITY COUNCILMEMBER RHONDA BOLTON, CITY COUNCILMEMBER ( DATE: JANUARY 16, 2024 SUBJECT: EXPEDITED PLAN CHECK FOR DEVELOPMENT As part of the"One Stop Shop" initiative brought forward in 2022, several streamlining processes have been contemplated. Councilmembers Moser, Kalmick and Bolton along with some City Staff toured facilities in Riverside. Riverside has led the Country in streamlining permitting and plan check for development. One of the biggest complaints we have heard over the years from business owners is that it takes too long to get through the permitting process to open a business in Huntington Beach. We agree and recognize that this is due to staffing levels in the Development Services Departments. Yet, due to current resource constraints, it is unclear how long it will take to fully implement the One Stop Shop concept. Implementing a voluntary, overtime-based pay-for-service "Expedited Plan Check" process will help address lengthy processing times and will very likely be part of the One Stop Shop solution. This commonsense measure is something that can be done now to assist our current and future business owners, with no impact to the City's budget. However, this step probably requires collective bargaining units to agree to this voluntary overtime process along with pay and personnel classification changes.We know from experience that such collective bargaining processes can be lengthy. Therefore, we believe that we should get a leg up on that now and start working on Expedited Plan Check in Huntington Beach now. RECOMMENDED ACTION Direct the City Manager to work with Bargaining Units and the necessary City Departments (e.g. Community Development, Public Works, Fire etc.) to create a voluntary, expedited plan check process with either City Employees (first priority) and/or contracted plan checkers to help expedite the process of getting plans approved. All costs would be borne by the Expedited Plan Check applicant, not the City. 321 From: Fikes.Cathy To: Aaenda Alerts Subject: FW: Public Comment Items 5,6, 12,22,Tuesday,January 16,2024 Date: Friday,January 12,2024 9:35:00 AM From:qw<channelfrequency@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday,January 11, 2024 9:31 PM To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org> Subject: Public Comment Items 5, 6, 12, 22,Tuesday,January 16, 2024 Good Evening City Council, Ben Pickens here, longtime Huntington Beach, California, United States, resident & citizen Item 5 - To vouch for, the Huntington Beach Interfaith Council has walked the line & I'd like to see them able to be invited to give invocation at the city council at their free will. Everyone, believe it or not, has different religious & philosophical beliefs that they manage to not change the 1st amendment with. This quasi-law is an unconstitutional show of force & is preferentially not in accordance with not respecting or not prohibiting in the 1st amendment by limiting the prayer to be from. a designated-ly preferred religious, leader or a police chaplain only from this city. Item 6 - CITY MANAGER'S REPORT;. I support finding a qualified city manager who has the time & resources to thoroughly manage the city in the city manager employment. There a.re plenty of qualified & unbiased city manager recruits in the college system who have studied in hopes of this rewarding job position. Not having a dedicated city manager to manage the city, its finances & correlating to all standard procedures is unacceptable. The City of Denver has executive directors & the City of San Francisco has a city administrator & both do their jobs well. What you might not be thinking about is that folks are unwilling to participate in an array of extremely important matters in a city council with a mayor who demonstrates bad leadership. A simple, important suggestion can provide is a math, science & intergalactic technology convention in Huntington Beach & a large, state of the art convention hall. Item 12 - Community & Library Services - Thus far, I'm impressed with the new math building design at Golden West College & a aforementioned design compared to other designs & I applaud the city council efforts to likewise find a list of qualified professionals for the design review board of major projects. The city has a history of having some very bad math & chemistry teachers who were rebuked for their lack of education & effort & these schools also shut down undoubtedly because of this. An identifiable system of unqualified teachers is a coercion of developing students. This shouldn't be a thing & ergo I have a longtime suggestion of reforming the school board. I don't think the school board meetings have a history of doing their jobs correctly for students. Item 22 - I, support Item 22 Expedited Plan _Check for Development - Not being able to clearly apply for commercial business development with the City of Huntington Beach & a commercial license with the county, all the way in downtown Santa Ana, in a timely fashion is a major problem that I've experienced myself & this is unacceptable for the professional business community. Economic development is a sound initiative. Interesting fact; New York City also features Gordon Ramsay's Fish & Chips, Zazzy's Pizza, Imperial Steakhouse, Gallagher's Steakhouse, Crab House, The Jolly Goat Coffee Bar, 99 Flavor Taste, Deli 52 & a very extensive undergarment & shoe selection. I'd like to see these types of establishments in uptown Huntington Beach & I think the very limited commercial selection in uptown Huntington Beach is still not up to par & not fair to the good legacy of the city. Not getting involved in the opinions of really bad music artists, Heil Avenue is divisively reminiscent of the evil "heil Hitler" phrase & living in hell. I humbly suggest renaming Heil Avenue to something like Candy or SuBigkeiten Avenue to stop the confusion. I'd also like to suggest a statue of Harrison Ford & other iconic folks in this fine city. And not getting involved in any political connotations in the city council, I want to clearly thank Councilman Kalmick & Councilwoman Moser for their scrupulous leadership & decision making in this city. Standing up to Putin & other totalitarians, dictators & tyrants "Hit hard, hit fast and hit often." "' Admiral William Halsey "The hard part about playing chicken is knowing when to flinch." ~ Captain Bart Mancuso USS Dallas, The Hunt for Red October From Merriam-Webster Dictionary Q-ship: an armed ship disguised as a merchant or fishing ship to decoy enemy submarines into gun range Sometimes folks have to sit in the corner but life goes on. "You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself." Alan Watts "*Only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path." U.G. Krishnamurti, Mind Is a Myth "The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere." "' Terence McKenna Thank you & Sincerely ^' Ben Pickens Moore, Tania From: K Carroll <kcrissie7@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,January 16, 2024 9:28 AM To: supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: City Council Meeting 1/16/2024 - Items 24-020, 24-046, 24-045 Greetings Mayor Gracey Der Vandermark, Pro Tern Pat Burns, Councilmen Casey McKeon and Tony Strictland. Thank you again for all you are doing to make HB better. You have an amazing track record and have accomplished so much. We are so fortunate to have you representing HB and I relish in your accomplishments regularly. Sharing some thoughts on the following items: 24-020: Great monthly calendar items. I love seeing specific to HB celebrations. Not only for information purposes; but, to also create ownership for all residents. I worked for a private club for many years and one of their members authored a book. In that book was a section that included 'notable members'that had made vast contributions. One of those members was Henry Huntington.Who knew that HB was named after him. He has an impressive background and many accomplishments. 24-046:Agree this should be left up to resolving between parties and not include council.There are already in place means to resolve these types of issues.And, it does sound like the OC Sanitation is working on resolving to mutual satisfaction. 24-045: and no.This is opening the door to a giant disaster in the making and may trickle into other Collective Barga' ng Contracts.The City should have total control on staffing requirements, overtime management and process anagement.This would have to include bargaining with the union which, I believe is why these three are proposing with the ulterior motive of gaining union votes for their upcoming election. I'd be surprised if there is not already Collective Bargaining Contract Language that addresses this..sometimes referred to as'Management Rights'. No businesses should give up the right to scheduling no matter how it's billed.This will create a burden of Finance bill back, tracking too. If anything, increase the fee's to offset the costs. Scheduling, no. I'm betting,you already know this. Please vote No. Don't open that door. Best regards always, Kris Carroll 1