AGENDA
City Council/Public Financing Authority
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Special Meeting - 4:30 PM
Council Chambers
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
CASEY MCKEON, Mayor
BUTCH TWINING, Mayor Pro Tem
PAT BURNS, Councilman
ANDREW GRUEL, Councilman
DON KENNEDY, Councilman
GRACEY VAN DER MARK, Council Woman
CHAD WILLIAMS, Councilman
STAFF
TRAVIS HOPKINS, City Manager
MIKE VIGLIOTTA, City Attorney
LISA LANE BARNES, City Clerk
JASON SCHMITT, City Treasurer
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AGENDA July 1, 2026City Council/Public Financing
Authority
4:30 PM - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING
ROLL CALL
Gruel, Kennedy, Twining, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Williams
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda Distribution)
PUBLIC COMMENTS - CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
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RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION
26-5751. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION. (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). People of the State of California/Bonta v. City of Huntington Beach, et al.; Case No. 30-2023-01312235-CU-WM-CJC.
26-5762. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION. (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, et al. v. City of Huntington Beach; OCSC Case No. 30-2024-01397379-CU-CR-NJC.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT BY CITY ATTORNEY
AGENDA July 1, 2026City Council/Public Financing
Authority
ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority is Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California.
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