Minutes
Special Meeting
City Council/Public Financing Authority
City of Huntington Beach
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
4:00 PM — Council Chambers
Civic Center, 2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, California 92648
A video recording of the 4:00 PM meeting
is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and archived at https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
4:00 PM — COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING — 4:00 PM
ROLL CALL
Present: Gruel, Kennedy, Twining, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, and Williams
Absent: None
Pursuant to City Charter Section 310(a), City Clerk Lisa Lane Barnes requested, and was granted, permission to be absent.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Led by Mayor Pro Tem Twining
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS PERTAINING TO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS (Received After Agenda Distribution) — None
PUBLIC COMMENTS PERTAINING TO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS — None
Mayor McKeon read titles for Closed Session Items #1 (26-389) and #2 (26-390) Conference with Labor Negotiators regarding Employee Organizations: Huntington Beach Police Officers' Association (HBPOA) and Police Management Association (PMA).
Chief Assistant City Attorney John D'Alessandro announced that he is serving in place of City Attorney Mike Vigliotta for this meeting as City Attorney Vigliotta is representing the City in an all-day labor mediation of a contested matter. Chief Assistant City Attorney D'Alessandro also announced that at the last City Council/Public Financing Authority meeting Closed Session, the City Council unanimously approved the initiation of litigation vs Surf City Partners, LLC for the recovery of unpaid rent.
A motion was made by Kennedy, with a second by Van Der Mark, to recess to Closed Session.
RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION — 4:02 PM
CLOSED SESSION
Council/PFA Special Meeting
April 28, 2029
1. 26-389 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Travis Hopkins, City Manager; also in attendance:
Marissa Sur, Assistant City Manager; Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney and Zack Zithisakthanakul, Acting Chief Financial Officer. Employee Organization:
Huntington Beach Police Officers’ Association (HBPOA).
2. 26-390 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54957.6.) Agency designated representatives: Travis Hopkins, City Manager; also in attendance:
Marissa Sur, Assistant City Manager; Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney and Zack Zithisakthanakul, Acting Chief Financial Officer. Employee Organization: Police Management Association (PMA).
CLOSED SESSION REPORT BY CHIEF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY — None
ADJOURNMENT — At 5:37 PM, a motion by Van Der Mark, with a second by Kennedy, to adjourn to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California.
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach and Secretary of
the Public Financing Authority of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
ATTEST:
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City Clerk-Secretary
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Mayor-Chair