From: Cindi Lee
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Cc: Frakes, Sandie; [email protected]; Patricia Singer; Ocean View School District - Michael Conroy, Ed.D
Subject: Written Correspondence for June 4, 2024, City Council Mtg - Agenda item 24-001 Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 9:06:23 AM
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Good morning,
Attached please find correspondence from Ocean View School District, regarding Item 24-001 City Council Agenda, June 4, 2024.
Thank you
Cindi Lee, Executive Assistant
Office of the Superintendent
OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT
17200 Pinehurst Lane
Huntington Beach, CA
92647
(714) 847-2551, ext. 1309
[email protected]
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6/4/2024
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June 3, 2024
Honorable Van Der Mark, Mayor, and Members of the City Council
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Re: Item 24-001 City Council Agenda June 4, 2024
City Council Review Revised City Council Manual
Resolution 2024-23
Dear Mayor Van Der Mark and City Councilmembers:
Ocean View School District (OVSD) requests , in order to provide transparency and good government , that City Council not take action on Item 24 -001, Revised City Council Manual. There is no discussion in the staff report of the proposed changes to the City Council Manual. It is very difficult to understand what action is being proposed. We ask that no action is taken on the City Council Manual until the public is provided a link to a copy of the existing City Council Manual, a comprehensive list and Redline of all proposed policy changes to the 2019 City Council Manual. It is not necessary to list existing policies that are placed in a different order, or changes enacted by previous resolutions or charter amendments, but the added wording that changes or amends policy that is not in the 2019 City Council Manual.
Example:
setting the procedure. However, the proposed 2024 City Council Manual adds that the city council can diverge from Resolution 6320.
Proposed 2024 City Council Manual:
Mayor Van Der Mark and Members of the City Council of Huntington Beach June 3, 2024
2019 City Council Manual:
This is a significant policy change from the previous City Council Manual that sought to honor those who have held office longest and had experience on how meetings should be conducted. It also took the politics out of the Mayor Pro Tem position. City Coun cil should not be allowed to just disregard an adopted city regulation.
Sincerely,
Michael Conroy, Ed. D.
Superintendent
Ocean View School District
cc: Eric G. Parra, Huntington Beach Interim City Manager [email protected]