CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
MINUTES FROM August 27, 2024
Huntington Beach City Hall
Call to Order at 3:37 PM
Roll Call
• Council Liaisons: (Present) Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark; Mayor Pro-Tem Pat Burns; (Absent) Council Member Tony Strickland
• Staff Liaisons: J. Carey, S. Frakes
• Public: Matt Liffreing, Amory Hanson; Oliver Hughes
Public Comments (3 minutes per speaker)
• NONE
Approve Minutes from June 25, 2024 meeting.
• APPROVED
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
1. Public Information Update
a) Social Media: Facebook engagement up 27.7%; Instagram engagement up 60.4%; “X” engagement was up 132%.
b) Celebration Calendar - September:
i) Celebrating Aviation: A Focus on the City’s Aviation History ii) Hispanic Heritage
iii) Disaster Preparedness
iv) Suicide Prevention
v) Senior Center
vi) Pedestrian Safety
vii) National Library Card Sign Up
viii) Labor Day
ix) Patriot Day
x) National Forensic Science Week
xi) Child Passenger Safety Week
xii) Coastal Cleanup Day
xiii) National Crime & Intelligence Analyst Day
c) Upcoming Events:
i) Aug. 27 Art Center Exhibit Opening
ii) Aug. 31/Sept. 1 Civil War Days
iii) Sept. 8 City Surf Contest
iv) Sept. 8 Blessing of the Waves
v) Sept. 10 Oak View Town Hall
vi) Sept. 11 Patriot Day
vii) Sept. 14 Great Day in the Stoke
viii) Sept. 14 Senior Active Living Expo
ix) Sept. 15 Surf City 10
x) Sept. 21 Sunset Beach Chili Cookoff
xi) Sept. 21 Coastal Clean Up Day
xii) Sept. 24 Mayor’s Spotlight Awards
d) HBTV Programming - Current:
i) HBPL Storytime
ii) Mayor’s Spotlight Awards
iii) Mayor’s Roundtable
iv) Surf Scene with PT
v) Hidden Huntington Beach –NEW Old World Episode
vi) FlasHBack – Mayors Tom Mays & Norma Gibbs
vii) City Council & Planning Commission Meetings
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viii) OC Mosquito & Vector Control PSAs
ix) Lexus US Open of Surfing
x) Surfing Walk of Fame/Surfers’ Hall of Fame
xi) National Night Out
xii) Summer Movie Night
xiii) Veterans Car Show
xiv) Amigos de Bolsa Chica Bird Tour
xv) Waymakers Youth Shelter 18th Anniversary
xvi) Coffee with a Cop & More
e) HBTV Programming - Upcoming:
i) New Seasons for
• Hidden HB – Season 6: Scout Log Cabin in Lake Park
• Surf Scene with PT
• FlasHBack – Filmed Lyn Semeta on Aug. 26 (Art episode)
ii) Monthly City Celebratory Theme – August
• Aviation
Adjournment – 3:55 pm.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is set for September 24, 2024 at 3:30PM.