WHAT HAPPENED:
Council voted to allow City Administrator Ray Silver to seek
professional service contractors that will provide training and develop
new mayor's workshops.
WHAT IT MEANS:
Instead of the traditional Mayor's breakfasts, which have typically
included a city staff member providing updates on certain projects, Mayor
Debbie Cook suggested workshops that will be open to staff, council
members, the public and members of boards and commissions be held in lieu
of the breakfasts.
Speakers would come to talk on a myriad of topics, such as open
meetings requirements, ethics, problem solving, resolution skills and
regional issues. The first speaker will talk about conflict of interest
laws.
The $2,500 budgeted for Mayor's breakfasts will be used for the
workshops.
Vote: 5-0
IN FAVOR / AGAINST
WHAT HAPPENED:
Council approved an annual review of the city's code of ethics for all
elected officials, officers, employees and members of advisory boards,
commissions and committees. The code was originally passed by City
Council in 1993.
WHAT IT MEANS:
The code will be reviewed annually by Council, city departments and
all boards, commissions and committees. All new employees will be
provided with a copy of the code when they are elected or appointed.
The annual review hadn't been done for a few years and I wanted to
reinstate that, said Mayor Debbie Cook.
Vote: 5-0
IN FAVOR / AGAINST
WHAT HAPPENED:
Council gave its approval for the Huntington Beach Redevelopment
Agency and Fountains Huntington Beach, LLC to enter into an agreement to
make the Fountains Huntington Beach Senior Apartment Complex affordable
housing.
WHAT IT MEANS:
The redevelopment agency will use a $2 million loan to reduce rents on
80 units of low-income senior housing for 60 years at the apartments,
which are currently being constructed near the southwest corner of Main
and Gothard streets behind the Seacliff Village Shopping Center.
The complex will have 271 units when it is completed late this year or
early 2003. The redevelopment agency has $2 million allocated in the
2001-02 fiscal year budget for the project.
Vote: 5-0
IN FAVOR / AGAINST
WHAT HAPPENED:
Council approved a preliminary report and made an Environmental Impact
Report available to the public about potential projects in the city's
Southeast Coastal Redevelopment Area.
WHAT IT MEANS:
The preliminary report includes guidelines between the agency and
property owners in an area bordered by Hamilton Avenue to the north,
