From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Veterans needed
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:06:55 AM
From:
Vicky Shuttleworth <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 1, 2023 7:12 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Veterans needed
Dear City Council members,
You will be choosing the next mayor and mayor pro tempore next week. As in any profession, veteran employees have knowledge and perspective that adds to the greater good of the company, the school, or the surgical team. I don't want the intern who has not used a scalpel before my surgery; therefore, I want the seasoned veteran surgeon and I want the seasoned veteran leading our city council, too. I implore you to re read the wise council members who served this city with distinction and wrote the following:
CHAPTER 1 . 04 Parliamentary Procedure 1 . 04 . 12
Procedure for Selection of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore. The procedure for selection of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore, pursuant to Charter Sections 305 and 301, shall be as follows:
....
d.) The member of the City Council having the longest consecutive City Council service shall become the Mayor Pro Tempore.
Please get back to solving real problems with paving streets and getting affordable housing for millennials to settle here.
Vicky Shuttleworth
36 year resident of HB
12/5/2023
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Selection of new mayor
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:08:15 AM
From: Suzanne Hart <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 3:01 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Selection of new mayor
I am writing in opposition to your disregarding Charter Resolution sections 305 and 306D, which clearly states that the member of the City Council having the longest consecutive City Council service shall become Mayor, which would, of course be Dan Kalmic. It only makes sense to install a person with vastly more education, experience and intellect than Gracey Van Der Mark. I fail to comprehend how you feel justified that it's perfectly OK to flaunt our city's rules and norms. News flash: You are NOT above the rules.
Suzanne and Chris Hart Hart
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Huntington Beach Mayor
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:08:46 AM
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Pohl <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 10:27 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Huntington Beach Mayor
Please remember you were elected by a majority of the people of Huntington Beach, but not everyone. Public opinion can turn against you in a moment. You may feel that you four are omniscient but many dictators have felt the same way. Please put the best interests of Huntington Beach ahead of your own personal goals and continue in the tradition of former city councils to bring forth the next in line of succession. You are not operating in a vacuum.
What you do now will be remembered in the future. Consider what is best for Huntington Beach and not what’s best for you personally.
Linda and Walter Pohl
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Christmas Greetings!!!
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:10:03 AM
From: Kevin Anderson <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2023 10:39 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Christmas Greetings!!!
But first, it’s another beautiful day here in HB when Dan Kalmick is not the mayor!!!! From looks of things, Dan will be joining the rest of us in celebrating the the first Latina to become mayor of our great city.
Congratulations Gracey!
Your ascension, is the culmination of your hard work and determination and the efforts of many grassroots volunteers. We are all so proud of you! In closing, i want to say thank you to the majority and Mr. Gates for continuing the fight in keeping HB from turning into San Francisco/Oakland.
Or as I like to call: Doodyville.
Happy Holidays ya’ll!!!
Kevin
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: City Council Meeting, Dec. 5
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:11:34 AM
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2023 6:15 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: City Council Meeting, Dec. 5
To the City Council:
According to the attached, the process for selecting the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore is clearly stated.
Dan Kalmick should be the Mayor and Natalie Moser, the Mayor Pro Tempore!!! If they are not selected as such, it is an egregious breaking of the resolutions that regulate City Council. How can the community have the confidence that the rules, resolutions and regulations will be respected and upheld.
Dan Kalmick should be Mayor and Natalie Moser, Mayor Pro Tempore.
Rotating the invocations prior to the meetings is the only equitable way meeting the needs of all the community. Having one pastor give the invocation at every meeting is unfairly subjecting the citizens of one viewpoint. I am not a Christian. I am a Buddhist. The Council and their decisions need to be more inclusive and transparent that we are well-represented and given a voice in the governing of this city.
It should not be this much work to assure that our city is functioning fairly, properly, legally and in the best interest of the entire community and not for the select few. You must do better and serve the citizenry.
Mary
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Passed and adopted September 3, 1991!!!! Has this been amended?
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore, ETC., ETC.
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:20:52 AM
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 8:44 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore, ETC., ETC.
Again, the majority of the City Council is choosing not to go along with the Parliamentary Procedures set out in Charter Sections 305 and 306, that says that the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore shall be the council members who have seniority (and more experience). Obviously, since the current mayor could not have been the council member with seniority since Casey McKeon was just elected to the city council. That also holds true for the Mayor Pro Tempore when she was selected. Tomorrow night, Casey McKeon will hand over the gavel to the Gracey Van Der Mark (someone that the 4 of the newest members of Congress decided should be the Mayor Pro Tempore against a long held regulation).
The Council Majority has upset many norms that have been in place for decades!!!
Unfortunately, this is just another rule/procedure/resolution that the four of you (you all know who you are) are choosing to ignore to give the four of you more power in our city, against the wishes of the majority of the city, as you have heard about in countless comments that have been made at the meetings and emails that you have received.
I strongly object to the people who have been selected to give the invocation!!! I resent that it is now routinely a christian prayer. Maybe you are not aware, but not all of us are christian, and this does not represent the diverse community that you are supposed to serve.
I am appalled every time there is a city council meeting and I read what is on the agenda. I don’t know how you come up with the crap that you continue to propose at most meetings. The book BANNING resolution was one of the latest crazy thing that you passed. The idea that you are going to choose 21 UNTRAINED parent/guardians to decide what books go into OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES makes NO sense.
It has been a truly shameful year. The Majority has chosen to only tear things apart. I used to be happy to live here. Now I’m embarrassed. It’s probably your goal to be infamous, not just here, but around the country, and you have met that goal. I’ve heard from people around the country who have read articles about our once great city.
You have city council members who have much more experience than the four of you and you CHOOSE to ignore them and not have them serve on any of the Boards and Commissions in the City.
It’s It’s just ridiculous that you don’t want to learn from members who have served on the City Council longer than you. Reports are no longer given at Council Meetings about your activities. You have made the Treasury open to your friends as lawsuits pile up costing the City untold millions of dollars.
The Charter Amendments, that are going to cost the city $500,000 to put them in the March 5 ballot, are going to get us sued AGAIN, costing us more money!!
And, now I hear that you are not going to allow public comments at tomorrow’s meeting!!!!!
I could go on and on, but I know you are not even reading this email. THE COUNCIL MAJORITY DOES NOT CARE!!!!! I am appalled, but I am also very angry! I would hope that you would listen to the hundreds of citizens that I know you hear from, but I know you don’t. Or, if you listen, all of our comments fall on deaf ears.
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Appointment Mayor ProTem
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 3:57:30 PM
From: Judith Lewis <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 3:30 PM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <city.council@surfcity- hb.org>
Subject: Appointment Mayor ProTem
To avoid any appearance of partisanship, I highly recommend that you abide by City Council Resolution No. 6320, appointing the member having the longest tenure as Mayor ProTem. --
Judith Lewis
HB resident
From: Renette Mazza
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: 12/5/23 Agenda Item 23-1034 & 23-990
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 4:12:59 PM
Hello Honorable Mayor & Council Members,
12/5/23 Agenda Item 23-1034 & 23-990
Regarding: 23-1034-: I support the Huntington Beach City Council Set aside City Council Resolution No. 6320 and establish different procedures: and with that action Promote Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark to Mayor
Regarding 23-990: Promote Pat Burns or Casey McKeon to Mayor Pro Tem.
Ignore Kalmicks plea for himself to be promoted to Mayor he has in no way demonstrated the ability to lead the city in this honorable position.
To Further: Kalmick, Moser, Bolton have demonstrated the unprofessional need to disrupt, disrespect and lower all expectations of professional decorum to our Huntington Beach City Council Chambers Meetings. They encourage their followers to do the same. The 3 Democratic Council People are the last people we would want with any real power over our city charters/laws/governance. You will see that is the city consensus when it's time to vote them out next year/2024.
Thank you for your time & consideration.
Warmest Regards,
Renette Mazza
Huntington Beach/92647
From: Mark Tonkovich
To: [email protected]
Cc: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF)
Subject: Promote Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van /Der Mark
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 6:56:10 PM
Hello Honorable Mayor & Council Members, 12/5/23 Agenda Item 23-1034 & 23-990 Regarding: 23-1034-: Set aside City Council Resolution No. 6320 and establish different procedures: Promote Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark to Mayor Regarding 23-990:
promote Pat Burns or Casey McKeon to Mayor Pro Tem. Ignore Kalmicks plea for himself to be promoted to Mayor he has in no way demonstrated the ability to lead the city in this honorable position. To Further: Kalmick, Moser, Bolton have demonstrated the unprofessional need to disrupt, disrespect and lower all expectations of professional decorum to our Huntington Beach City Council Chambers Meetings. They encourage their followers to do the same. Just look at the recent e-mail Kalmick sent out. The 3 Democratic Council People are the last people we would want with any real power over our city charters/laws/governance. You will see that is the city consensus when it's time to vote them out next year/2024. Thank you for your time & consideration. Mark and Valerie Tonkovich
Huntington Beach Home owners and residents
12-4-2023
From: G L
To: [email protected]
Cc: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF)
Subject: 12/5/23 Agenda Item 23-1034 & 23-990
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:01:22 PM
Hello Honorable Mayor & Council Members, 12/5/23 Agenda Item 23-1034 & 23-990 Regarding: 23-1034-: Set aside City Council Resolution No. 6320 and establish different procedures: Promote Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark to Mayor Regarding 23-990:
promote Pat Burns or Casey McKeon to Mayor Pro Tem. Ignore Kalmicks plea for himself to be promoted to Mayor he has in no way demonstrated the ability to lead the city in this honorable position. To Further: Kalmick, Moser, Bolton have demonstrated the unprofessional need to disrupt, disrespect and lower all expectations of professional decorum to our Huntington Beach City Council Chambers Meetings. They encourage their followers to do the same. The 3 Democratic Council People are the last people we would want with any real power over our city charters/laws/governance. You will see that is the city consensus when it's time to vote them out next year/2024. Thank you for your time & consideration. Ginger Leibfreid
Huntington Beach Resident
From: Levin, Shannon
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Return to the traditional method of selecting mayor and MPT Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:37:27 AM
From: Tracy Luth <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:34 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Return to the traditional method of selecting mayor and MPT
I'd like to express my frustration and disappointment with the City Council majority. You seem to be so interested in hot button, attention grabbing issues (book banning, voter ID, flag restrictions to name few) and so little interested in doing the work of the city and its residents. How about you return to the Traditional method of choosing mayor and mayor pro tem? How about ALL councilpersons serve on committees? How about you follow the law in reference to affordable housing mandates? How about we not waste money on special elections when regularly scheduled elections are coming up?
I only hope if the majority continues to ignore the needs of the community that we vote you all out as soon as possible.
Trust me, we're paying attention and we're not impressed.
Sincerely,
Tracy Luth
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From: Levin, Shannon
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem 12/5/2023 Meeting Agenda Item 23-1034 Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:59:19 AM
From: Paula Schaefer <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:59 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem 12/5/2023 Meeting Agenda Item 23-1034
City Council Members:
I urge you each
to follow the City Council Resolution's procedures for the election of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. I only wish that you had done so last year and that the City will not be represented by Ms. Van Der Mark for the next 12 months.
Unfortunately, I believe that this request will fail to change the "vote" that has apparently already taken place. It appears via campaign literature and social media posts that the Mayor Pro Tem has already been selected.
Didn't the conservative 4 campaign on, among other ideals, transparency and doing what is in the best interests of the City of HB and its residents?
So, it seems that the City will be represented for the next year, by a person who cavorts with people who are proponents of racist idealogies, are against duly elected governments, and for armed insurrection of government buildings. Also, Ms. Van Der Mark, claims to be for "empowering parents" but does precisely the opposite by removing parents' ability to make their own decisions about what their children read.
And, as seen in multiple social media outlets the Mayor Pro Tem will be Pat Burns. If this occurs, the City will be represented by someone who claims he is not anti-LGBTQ+. But in Mr. Burns' comments at City Council meetings, and his poorly written statement on human dignity, essentially limits recognition of people who do not conform to his narrow world view. All while decrying divisiveness.
The conservative 4, who vote - or abstain in lock-step, have already inflicted much harm to the City and to its reputation. It is now increasingly known for its ill-thought out City Council agenda topics, poorly run City Council meetings, oft-revised City Ordinances, and out-going tide of experienced management professional staff.
As we enter the second year of the conservative 4's terms, you must do better as elected officials for the City that you each profess to respect.
Paula Schaefer, HB resident
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: SELECTION of MAYOR at Council Meeting, Dec. 5, 2023 Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:57:17 AM
From: Lee Marie Sanchez <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 6:59 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SELECTION of MAYOR at Council Meeting, Dec. 5, 2023
Dear Council Members ~
I understand the only item on the City Council
Agenda for December 5, 2023 is the selection of
Mayor & ProTem.
According to a Resolution passed in 1991, I see
that would mean that by seniority these offices
will now pass to Dan Kalmick and Natalie Moser. I
sincerely hope this is the case as what I have
seen, since watching the Council's business now
for about a year, is that only the Council's
"majority" members this year have served on
Council committees and City Boards while the
other members been basically cut out of have any
influence other than speaking/voting at the
Council meetings.
If Huntington Beach is to serve as a democracy,
and we are to understand ourselves as a
government by, of and for all the people in this
city, these blatant partisan politics must come to
end. My family has lived now for over 51 years in
this city and we cannot recall anything like this
before. I want to be proud of my city's fair, just
and kind behaviors once again.
~ Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez, minister retired and
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