Moore, Tania
From: laura sire <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 12:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: laura sire
Subiect: Agenda item #9 22-1041 Approve Mayor Strickland's 2023 Council Liaison List December 20, 2022
Dear Mayor Strickland and Huntington Beach City Councilmembers.
This is Laura Sire, a long time resident of Huntington Beach.
Firstly, I am writing as an HB citizen to urge a NO vote on item #9 on tonight's (12-20) agenda which calls for approval of Mayor Strickland's 2023 Council Liaison's List. I was stunned to see this list with nearly all appointments given to the 4 new members of the Council.
The 3 experienced prior members of Council were given a total of 10 places on this list while the 4 new members have an astonishing 74 spots!
As these liaison positions span the committees, boards, commissions and agencies that effect our city and it's over 200,000 residents, I strongly object as this is not fair or just representation for the population of Huntington Beach. As we have 7 Council Members these liaison positions should be apportioned equitably and thoughtfully. Those with knowledge and or experience should be matched to the appropriate committee, board or commission. I strongly and respectfully ask that Mayor Strickland reconsider and revise this critical list.
Secondly, I'm writing as a member of Homeless United Huntington Beach. As it is a particularly important area of government service, I advocate for at least one experienced Councilmember to be on the Homeless Task Force position as well as any other board, commission or agency that addresses homelessness. Much as been established and achieved in the past 2 years in this area, and for good government and consistency new members should be briefed and fully informed as to the work that has been done and is also still in progress.
Thank you for your time, attention and action in doing the right thing.
Laura Sire
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Meoting Date:_ 12/20/2022
#9(22-1041)
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1 Moore, Tania
From: Walker, Renee
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 1:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: The Youth Board Letter - Council Member Natalie Moser Attachments: The Youth Board Letter - Council Member Moser (1). pdf From: Olivia Pham <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 1:14 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: The Youth Board Letter - Council Member Natalie Moser Good Afternoon,
Please see the attached document for more details on the Youth Board's letter of recommendation to reappoint Council Member Natalie Moser.
Best regards,
Huntington Beach Youth Board
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Meeting Oate: 12/20/2022
Agenda am Na: # 9 (22-1041)
1 December 20, 2022
Dear Mayor Strickland and the City Council,
We the Youth Board are sending this letter to recommend the reappointment of Council Member Natalie Moser as the representative of the Youth Board to the City Council. Throughout our time on the Youth Board, Council Member Moser has been extremely supportive and passionate about our organization, helping us immeasurably to plan our events and support the youth in our community, encouraging them to become more involved in local politics. She has an integral role within the Youth Board as she helps to mediate and combine our ideas, so that we can better cooperate with each other. Personally, we have all connected with her and have appreciated what she has done for us individually, helping us develop ideas into action and inspire change around us.
Besides all that, she is a wonderful person who we believe is best suited to continue serving as our representative. She is an active leader in our community and truly believes in the power of the next generation creating an impact on the future of Huntington Beach. For example, while having a discussion on decreasing pollution at the beach she was incredibly passionate and helped us delve into the nuances of the issue, showing her breadth of knowledge as well as her ability to connect our ideas with real world issues to create solutions. Council Member Moser helped us form ad hoc committees and centralize our ideas within the board, developing core goals and ideals for us to complete within the year based on her observations of the issues we were passionate about. She is empathetic, vocal about social issues, and never lets someone go unheard. We truly appreciate her service and dedication to the Youth Board. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and we hope you consider reappointing Council Member Moser as the Youth Board Liaison.
Best regards,
Cald Paratt
Colin Parrott, Youth Board Treasurer
Ola Phan
Olivia Pham, Youth Board Member
Sarah Rizvi, Youth Board Member
Passiony
Kai Wong, Youth Board Member
Faith Nguyen, Youth Board Public Relations Officer
Adam Vo, Youth Board Secretary
Acacia Barbel
Acacia Bartel, Youth Board Member
Moore, Tania
From: Walker, Renee
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 1:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Agenda Items #9, #27, and #30 on the City Council Meeting 12-20-2022
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From: Joclyn Rabbitt-Sire <[email protected]> COMMUNICATION Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 1:50 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL <[email protected]> Meeting Date: 12/20/2022 Subject: Agenda Items #9, #27, and #30 on the City Council Meeting 12-20-2022 Agenda nam Na: #19 (22 - 1041)
Dear City Councilmembers,
I wish to welcome the new members on the council, and to thank the continuing three for their steadfast service to Huntington Beach. The agenda for tonight's meeting is replete with consequential decisions, and I wanted to take a moment to voice my concern on three of them. I will do so briefly below, in the order in which they fall on the agenda.
Concerning agenda item #9, 22-1041, I ask that you give more deliberation to some of your assignments. Given the portfolio of experience each of you brings to your duties on city council, I believe it would serve the citizens of Huntington Beach best to match up council members with particular committees and citizens groups with which they have garnered years of experience. In particular, I request that you reconsider assignments to the citizens groups: Homeless Task Force and Oak View Community Meetings, and those to the council committee of Housing.
Concerning agenda item #27, 22-1093, 1 am concerned about any policy that encourages individuals to contribute more to our local campaigns, because it favors candidates who are well connected with a large pool of wealthy donors, and penalizes those who are not. I agree that Huntington Beach has prodigious geography to cover, but access to more money per donor is not the answer. We need to do more to put candidates from diverse backgrounds and income levels on a level playing field instead of mounting hurdles in their paths.
Finally, concerning agenda item #30, 22-1108, I urge you to halt consideration and action altogether. Our commitment to the Orange County Power Authority has made Huntington Beach a leader in Orange County and California as a whole, by allowing citizens to choose the sources of their electricity. Community Choice Aggregators, or CCA's, may be new to our town, but you probably already know that they have gained popularity across California and the nation since 2010, precisely because they have delivered on their promise of clean, reliable energy, returning profits back to communities instead of to shareholders. There are now 19 CCA's in California in 160 towns, cities, and counties, including Alhambra, Culver City, Downey and Santa Monica. I want to have a choice in terms of how much of my electricity is derived from renewable sources, and I want my family, friends, and neighbors in Huntington Beach to have that same choice. Please stay with the OCPA to ensure this choice to all of Huntington Beach! Additionally, please do NOT move the default rate from 100% Renewable Choice to the Basic Rate. Customers can easily make the shift to a cheaper rate employing less renewable energy sources by using their website. Residents can also easily opt out of OCPA there as well. However, I don't even see any reason why ratepayers would want to opt out when the Basic Choice rate with OCPA has already reached parity with SCE. Even better, the Basic Rate will become 2% lower than SCE's generation rates just a month from now! Staying with the 100% default rate produces city-wide benefits to public health and the environment for all residents, as it is expected to reduce fossil fuel pollution by 1 million metric tons! That is the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road in terms of air pollutants. For these reasons, I would enjoin you to maintain our membership in the OCP and to leave our default city rate at the 100% Renewable Choice. 1 Thanks very much for your consideration of all these matters, and thank you for your commitment to our city! Sincerely,
Joclyn Rabbitt-Sire