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AGENDA
City Council/Public Financing Authority
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Special Meeting
Council Chambers
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
TONY STRICKLAND, Mayor
GRACEY VAN DER MARK, Mayor Pro Tem
RHONDA BOLTON, Councilmember
PAT BURNS, Councilmember
DAN KALMICK, Councilmember
CASEY McKEON, Councilmember
NATALIE MOSER, Councilmember
STAFF
AL ZELINKA, City Manager
MICHAEL E. GATES, City Attorney
ROBIN ESTANISLAU, City Clerk
ALISA BACKSTROM, City Treasurer
AGENDA September 28, 2023City Council/Public Financing
Authority
6:00 PM – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Kalmick, Moser, Van Der Mark, Strickland, McKeon, Bolton, Burns
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION
In permitting a nonsectarian invocation, the City does not intend to proselytize or advance any faith or belief. Neither the City nor the City Council endorses any particular religious belief or form of invocation.
23-8141. Huntington Beach Fire and Police Chaplain Roger Wing ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda Distribution)
PUBLIC COMMENTS (90-Second Time Limit)
At this time, the City Council will receive comments from members of the public regarding the discussion of potential charter amendments for the March 5, 2024, Statewide Primary Election .
Individuals wishing to provide a comment may do so in person by filling out a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. All speakers are encouraged, but not required to identify themselves by name. Each speaker may have up to 90 seconds unless the volume of speakers warrants reducing the time allowance.
Please note that the Brown Act does not allow discussion or action on topics that are not on the agenda. Members of the public who would like to speak directly with a Councilmember on an item not on the agenda may consider scheduling an appointment by contacting the City Council's Administrative Assistant at (714) 536-5553 or emailing the entire City Council at [email protected].
While the City Council welcomes public involvement and supports and defends free speech, the City Council rejects comments from anyone that are discriminatory, defamatory or otherwise not protected free speech. Those comments will not inform nor be considered by the City Council and may be cause for the Mayor to interrupt the public speaker. Such public comments will not be consented to or otherwise adopted by the City Council in its discussions and findings for any matter tonight.
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
23-8352. City Council discussion and consideration of potential amendments to the Charter; conduct straw votes to place certain amendments on
AGENDA September 28, 2023City Council/Public Financing
Authority
the March 5, 2024 Special Election ballot
A) Discuss potential amendments to the Charter; and
B) Conduct straw votes on Charter amendments that may be placed on the March 5, 2024 Special Election ballot.
Recommended Action:
COUNCILMEMBER ITEMS
23-8373. Submitted by Councilmembers Kalmick and Moser - Seek an opinion from the California Attorney General on eligibility for the primary ballot for Charter amendments involving City Clerk, City Attorney, and investigations of elected officials
Direct the City Manager to work with the City Attorney to seek an opinion from the California Attorney General on the question of SB311 (2013 Padilla), portions of which were chaptered as Election Code Section 1415, applying to the proposed charter amendments making changes to the roles of the City Clerk, City Attorney, City Council and City Manager, HR Department Head and/or Police Chief.
Recommended Action:
PUBLIC COMMENTS (90-Second Time Limit)
At this time, the City Council will receive comments from members of the public regarding the discussion of potential charter amendments for the March 5, 2024, Statewide Primary Election .
Individuals wishing to provide a comment may do so in person by filling out a Request to Speak form delivered to the City Clerk. All speakers are encouraged, but not required to identify themselves by name. Each speaker may have up to 90 seconds unless the volume of speakers warrants reducing the time allowance.
ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority is Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 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