CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
MINUTES FROM April 22, 2025
Huntington Beach City Hall
Call to Order at 3:33 PM
Roll Call
• Council Liaisons: (Present) Mayor Pat Burns, Councilmember Gracey Van Der Mark; (Absent) Mayor Pro Tem Casey McKeon
• Staff Liaisons: J. Carey
• Public: Amory Hanson
Public Comments (3 minutes per speaker) - None
Approve Minutes from March 25, 2025 meeting: APPROVED (2-0-1 absent)
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
1. Public Information Update – please reference presentation for detailed information
• Social Media: Review of numbers.
• Celebration Calendar
i) May: Review of upcoming events in May.
ii) Applications are being taken for City Celebration Committee due to lack of quorum iii) City will work with Orange County Semiquincentennial Group for promotional items • Upcoming Events – April & May: Review of upcoming events in April & May. • HBTV Programming - Current
• HBTV Programming – Upcoming
• Proposed cancellation of May 27, 2025 meeting. A substitute motion was made to switch to quarterly Communications Committee meetings beginning in June 2025. Quarterly meetings will be in June, September, December, March.
Adjournment – 3:45 pm.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is set for June 24, 2025 at 3:30PM.
Communications
Committee
April 22, 2025
Social Media - Facebook
Social Media - Instagram
Social Media – X
City Celebration Content
Upcoming Events
April 23 Shirley Dettloff Interpretive Center Naming
April 26 Earth Day Clean Up
April 26 Community Service Day
April 26 Bolsa Chica Run
April 26 PD Drug Take Back Event
April 26 HB Art Center – Creative Visions Opening
May 3 Huntington Harbour Yacht Club Opening Day
May 3 Surf City Derby Party
May 17 Nick Vella Memorial Ride
Current
Content on
HBTV
• Hidden HB
• Mayor’s Spotlight Awards
• FlasHBack – Robert Lambert
• Cherry Blossom Ceremony
• Corgi Beach Day
• Hotrods and Helos
• Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day
• City Council & Planning Commission Meetings
Upcoming Content on HBTV
• New Seasons for
• Hidden HB – Season 6
• New episodes in Post-Production – Newland Family
• Disc Golf Course
• Historic Trees of HB
• Development of Huntington Harbor
• FlasHBack
• Memorial Day - More Veteran Talks
• Senior Center Highlights – Looking at the courses offered at the Senior Center like Better Life Boxing
• Library Theater Content – We can start working with clients to generate content from the Library Theater
• Prep Sports Replay – When Football, Baseball and Basketball seasons return, we'll be replaying events from local schools.
• New Fitness Shows @ Senior Center
Questions?