CITY COUNCIL
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
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MINUTES FROM November 16, 2022
ZOOM AND CR-2, 2000 MAIN STREET, 4TH FLOOR
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92648
Call to Order at 4:06 PM
Roll Call
• Council Liaisons: (Present) Mayor Delgleize, Council Member Dan Kalmick; (Absent) Mayor Pro Tem Posey
• Staff: City Manager’s Office - Hopkins, Levin, Frakes.
Community Develipment - Luna-Reynosa
Fire – Justen, White, Dieterman
Harbour Commission – VanVoorhis, Schauppner, Vu
• Townsend Public Affairs
Public Comments (2 minutes per speaker): NONE
Approve Minutes from September 21, 2022 meeting: APPROVED
DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. General: Election Recap – Townsend gave a recap of State and Federal election outcomes and potential effects on City sponsored or backed legislation.
Recommended an introductory meeting with Diane Dixon’s office.
2. State:
a. Potential E-bike legislation: Will set up a meeting to work on moving forward with drafting language, or potential to combine efforts with Loud Vehicle Noise legislation efforts. Kalmick would like to be a model for this effort for other Cities. Townsend believes we could combine efforts with Bike Omnibus (AB 1909), and need to work with other Cities for consistency. Recommends drafting a policy, then arrange a meeting with HB City and PD representatives, along with other Cities and Police Departments. b. Transnational Organized Crime Groups: Lieutenant White from HBFD presenting current issue with burglaries in the northwest area of Huntington Beach, including the Huntington Harbour and Sunset Beach areas. The Harbour Commission would like to ask for State and Federal legislation relating to visas of individuals that have been arrested for committing these crimes. Townsend believes the best course of action would be to direct focus on existing “Tough on Crime” legislation. City will need to inquire with HBPD on what outcomes they would like to focus on, and potentially bringing issue to Katie Porter’s office. Harbour Commissioners would like to ask the IRC to draft a letter to bring to Porter to ask for her backing. White paper provided by Harbour Commission will be included in minutes of this meeting. c. Priority Projects/Funding (State and Federal): Townsend is requesting the City to develop a couple of projects in the amount of between $100k and $2m to present to local delegates. Potentially include procurement of Wintersburg
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property as it had already been in the works. Townsend will bring a list of potential projects to the next IRC meeting for review.
Adjournment – 5:02 PM
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be on December 21, 2022 at 4:00PM.