City Council Meeting – Council Member Items Report
To: City Council
From: Councilman Don Kennedy
Mayor Casey McKeon
Councilman Pat Burns
Date: July 21 , 2026
Subject: PROPOSAL FOR INSTALLATION OF COMMEMORATIVE AMERICA
SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL PLAQUE AT PIER PLAZA MONUMENT
2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 | www.huntingtonbeachca.gov
ISSUE STATEMENT
The City of Huntington Beach is Celebrating America’s 250 th birthday through many events throughout the year. To properly memorialize the Huntington Beach America Semiquincentennial celebration, we propose engraving one of the black rectangles at the Pier Plaza monument. Inscription to include: The Huntington Beach America 250 Logo near the top. “Huntington Beach celebrates th e historic moment of America’s 250 th Birthday. A patriotic City proudly honoring and thanking all those who served our great nation, who remind us that Freedom Is Not Free”
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Set aside Resolution No. 2017 -25 and direct staff to create the engraving template for review by Councilmembers Kennedy, Burns and McKeon, with final draft brought forward for vote on the August 18 th City Council Meeting for the monument in Pier Plaza to commemorate the Huntington Beach America 250 Celebrations.
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS
Not Applicable
STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL
Non Applicable - Administrative Item