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Seal Beach, California
May 23, 1994
The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in re~ular
adjourned session at 6:25 p.m. with Mayor Brown call1ng the
meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag.
ROLL CALL
Present:
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Mayor Brown
Councilmembers Doane, Forsythe, Hastings,
Laszlo
Absent: None
Also present: Mr. Barrow, City Attorney
Mrs. Yeo, city Clerk
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Laszlo moved, second by Forsythe, to approve the agenda as
presented.
AYES:
NOES:
Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo
None Motion carried
CLOSED SESSION
By unanimous consent, the City Council adjourned to the city
Manager's Conference Room at 6:26 p.m. to meet in Closed Session
to discuss the matters set forth on the agenda, pursuant to
Government Code section 54957.6, confer with the City's labor I'.,
negotiator, Mr. Bankston, regarding the meet and confer with the
Police Officers' Association and the Orange County Employees
Association, and confer with legal counsel pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(a), Stark versus City of Seal
Beach, Appeals Court Case 94-55435. The Council reconvened at
6:45 p.m. with Mayor Brown calling the meeting to order. The
City Attorney reported the Council gave direction to the City'S
labor negotiator, and no other action was taken.
ADJOURNMENT
Hastings moved, second by Laszlo, to adjourn the meeting at 6:46
p.m.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Brown, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo
None
Doane Motion carried
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Seal Beach, California
May 23, 1994
The city council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular
session at 7:04 p.m. with Mayor Brown calling the meeting to
order with the Salute to the Flag.
ROLL CALL
Present:
Mayor Brown
Councilmembers Doane, Forsythe, Hastings,
Laszlo
Absent:
None
Also present: Mr. Bankston, City Manager
Mr. Barrow, City Attorney
Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development
Services
Mrs. Yeo, city Clerk
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Doane moved, second by Hastings, to amend the agenda to allow
for a report regarding the pier fire, this incident having
occurred after the preparation of the agenda, and should an
action be required the item will be considered at a subsequent
meeting.
AYES:
NOES:
Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo
None Motion carried
Councilmember Laszlo requested that Items "G" and "J" be removed
from the Consent Calendar and Councilmember Forsythe requested
that Item "B" be removed. Hastings moved, second by Doane, to
approve the agenda as amended and with the changes so noted.
AYES:
NOES:
Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo
None Motion carried
PIER REPORT
The City Manager presented a report relating to the fire that
occurred on the municipal pier on Saturday afternoon, the
location of the fire approximately midpoint between the end of
the pier and the location of the fire nearly two years ago. As
a point of information he noted that the inspection report of
the previous fire had not determined conclusively that
electrical had been the cause of that fire, although there were
some indications, the investigation of Saturday's fire has not
as yet been completed, however through conversation with the
fire investigators it appears that electrical was the cause of
this fire, the specific electrical function yet to be
determined, and at this point speculation that a barbecue or
hibachi was the cause has been dismissed. The Manager recalled
that the previous fire affected the pier deck for a span of
about one hundred feet rather than the underlying cross members
or supports, this fire affected approximately ninety feet,
started .on the westerly side and burned on'a cross-angle to the
northeast, blown by strong winds, this fire more intense and
severe as to damage to support beams, cross members, and
stringers, three charred pilings are being evaluated as to the
depth of burn and stress analysis, the initial opinion of the
structural engineer is that the pilings do not create any
structural question of the stability of the pier at the present
time, and whether or not any of the pilings will require
replacement is yet to be determined. He reported that two
electrical engineers from the City's contract consultant were on
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site this morning to conduct a full inspection as to the exact
location of where the fire began, the damage, as well as the
entire pier electrical system. He advised that meetings have
been held with Southern California Edison, those will continue,
the insurance company has been contacted and have indicated a
willingness to make advances to the City in order that repairs
can move forward, however the City's deductible is $100,000 1- .."
therefore is a direct expense. The Manager noted that temporary
decking remains at the location of the previous fire, the
materials to make the permanent repairs to that area were
delivered May 19th, are stored in the 10th Street parking lot,
and reported that the contractor for that project made an on-
site inspection this date, inventoried the materials to
determine if repair could be made to the newly damaged area,
leaving the temporary decking in place for the present, and the
legality of that option is being looked into. Alternatively, if
the new burn site is structurally secure to handle a temporary
facility, and if appropriate planking is available, pier
operations could be opened through the summer, then permanent
repair of both sites could be combined to occur after the
summer, also it would be preferable to avoid two to three week
consecutive pier closures. The Manager cited a possible need
for the Council to meet in special session prior to the next
regular meeting should authorization be needed to make repairs
to the most recent fire site, and he explained that in
determining whether expenses should be incurred for temporary
repairs, the cost of the temporary is evaluated against the
revenue lost as a result of a closure, and requested Council
concurrence to use that formula. The city Manager mentioned as
well that with the assistance of the Development Services
Director contacts were made this date with the Wildlife .
Conservation Board, Fish and Game, State Lands Commission, I
Coastal Conservancy, Orange County Harbors, Beaches and Parks,
Department of Housing with regard to Block Grants, Assemblywoman '
Doris Allen, Senator Marion Bergeson, Supervisor Wieder, and the
State Department of Boating and Waterways in an attempt to seek
grant funds or loans that may be available to expedite permanent
repairs. Mayor Forsythe called attention to the fact that there
were no injuries resulting from the fire, made specific
reference to the some one hundred forty-five persons that had
been stranded on the ocean end of the pier, and requested
recognition of the lifeguards that made their way to the pier
end to ensure the safety of those who were stranded. She
recognized Mr. Don Smoot as well who transported plywood sheets
from the Kids Baseball storage to the lifeguards whereupon they
were placed upon the pier deck thus allowing an exit for those
persons at the pier end. She commended the reaction of this
community in events of emergency. Councilmember Hastings
inquired as to the regularity of and responsibility for
inspections of the electrical lines given their location under
the pier. The City Manager responded that there are several
different lines, the Edison feed runs to the restaurant and
loops back providing a power supply to the Lifeguard station,
there are separate lines to the light standards, a feed for the
boat landing motors, all of which are being evaluated, and
explained that the ability to inspect is very limited in that IC,
all of the wires are encased in conduit, the transformer and
feed are inspected by Edison, the boat landing and light
standards are inspected by both Edison and the City electrician,
inspection and ongoing maintenance are issues that have been
raised with the City's electrical engineer as to what should be
done, whether it has been done, and what should be done in the
future, and in the case of this and the prior fire they occurred
at a location in conduit that would not have allowed for .
preventive maintenance or inspection. He said it is understood
that persons heard sounds similar to small explosions some ten
to fifteen minutes prior to visual observance of the fire, which
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is an indication of arcing, and there is investigation into the
~ime the restaurant lost power. The Manager mentioned that
~nasmuch as the Seal Beach pier is one of the few wood piers on
the west coast, the only one remaining in Southern California
the pilings and wood beams are treated with a fire retardant '
material, a~d given the de~ire to retain the wood pier, question
has been ra~sed as to how ~ts security and safety can be ensured
in the future. with regard to access to the restaurant should
temporary repairs be made, the Manager noted the estimated
closure as a result of the prior fire was two to three weeks
however it ~as actually open within eight days, in this case if
the underly~ng structure has not been compromised and if
temporary materials are available the repair should run about
the same length of time, however if it becomes necessary to make
structural repairs and an evaluation favors permanent repair of
both areas the closure could be four to five weeks. He reported
having been contacted by the second lowest bidder for the pier
repair project who offered the materials he had secured in
anticipation of being the low bid, the contractor and electrical
contractor of ten years ago having offered their services as
well. The Manager said he understood that the fishing boat is
docking at Belmont Shore and the oil transport is utilizing the
Long Beach Marina.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Mayor Brown declared Oral Communications open. Dr. David
Rosenman, Seal Beach, extended congratulations to Mr. Brown on
his selection as Mayor, and indicated his desire that the
Councilor the city Manager have the opportunity to make
comments on items "L" and "N". Mr. Robert Roy, resident of
316 - 7th Street, Huntington Beach, working in Seal Beach,
distributed a letter with attachments to each member of the
Council, and reported his involvement with public access
production on a voluntary basis for more than ten years. He
stated his communication concerns attempts to censor public
access shows in this city, a violation of federal law and an
infringement on his First And Fourteenth Amendment rights, a
memorandum from his attorney included, and requested that the
communications be read carefully and that this matter be placed
on the next Council agenda. To comments of the next speaker
that his presentation was a little more than ten minutes long
and persons present in the audience would be relinquishing their
speaking time to him, the Mayor advised the speaker of the five
minute speaking limit per person, and suggested that he could
speak five minutes at both the first and last oral communication
period. Mr. Ron Diller, 1620 Catalina Avenue, mentioned that
much of the local programming viewed on Channel Three is
produced by volunteer public access producers, all of whom work
or live in Seal Beach. He said he and Mr. Roy are the producers
of Seal Beach Town Hall, a public forum dealing with issues of
importance to the community, to date three Town Hall shows have
been aired, a City Council candidate forum, the Bolsa Chica
proposed development, the third was to have been a
Hastings/Klisanin debate prior to the run-off election, to which
he charged that just a few days prior to two of the shows
various members of the Cable Foundation Board attempted to
exercise political censorship of the content of the shows by
directing the Public Access coordinator to cancel the shows, and
given the fact that the Foundation Board is composed entirely of
incumbent Council appointees he claimed it can be deduced that
the shows that were interfered with were those that would allow
the challenging Council candidates a forum for their opinions.
Mr. Diller said that, as Mr. Roy's letter points out, the courts
have been clear on this issue, it is a violation of his
constitutional rights when this body, its members or appointees
attempt to exercise political censorship over the appearance of
a guest on their show who is a political opponent. Mr. Diller
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said he was not present to support or speak on behalf of the
political candidate, rather to object to the taking,of his First
and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Mr. Carl Deeks, D1rector of
the Town Hall Show offered his five minute speaking time to Mr.
Diller. Mayor Bro~n denied the offer as not being in keeping
with the intent of city council meeting rules and again offered
Mr. Diller the opportunity to speak at the second Oral, I
communications. The City Attorney confirmed the Counc11 rules
as stated by Mayor Brown. Ms. Carla Watson, 1635 Catalina
Avenue, conveyed congratulations to members of the council on
their re-election and reorganization. She expressed
appreciation to the Director of Development Services for ~is
contacts with the various agencies to seek funds for repa1r of
the pier, said that'Sea1 Beach citizens United and other
community groups can now embark on fund raising efforts to save
the pier again. Ms. Watson objected to certain language and
comments of the prior speaker. Mr. Gordon Shanks, 215 Surf
Place, offered his congratulations to Mr. Brown upon his
selection as Mayor. Mr. Shanks requested that sometime in the
fall the Council appoint a committee, to include the City Clerk
and campaign treasurers, to relook at the local campaign
ordinance, which he claimed is too cumbersome, a bad law as it
presently exists. Mr. Bruce Stark, Seal Beach, questioned why
responsibility for the pier fire(s) has not been placed on the
engineer and/or contractor of the pier electrical system, and
voiced his disappointment that the Cypress system of having a
citizen budget review committee was not on the agenda. Mr. Mike
Mundy, 704 Ocean Avenue, twenty-five year electrical contractor,
urged the Council to retain a private electrical engineer that
specializes in high voltage electrical. Mr. Mundy said high
voltage is very sensitive, stated his belief that the pier
electrical system is poorly designed, that high voltage lines I
are engineered, inspected, and installed by the Edison Company,
conduits are installed by an electrical contractor, and offered
his opinion that the main transformer serving the restaurant
should be installed at the base of the pier with 480 volt lines
run to the end rather than 4160 voltage lines, his opinion based
upon the constant movement of the pier. There being no further
comments, Mayor Brown declared Oral Communications closed.
CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "A" thru "0"
with regard to the request for brief comments to Items "L" and
"N", the Director of Development Services explained that Item
"L" is a request by the City of Sand City in the Monterey Bay
area, where the local Parks District has requested an override
of their Local Coastal Plan approval by the Coastal Commission.
He noted this city has previously prepared a letter to the
Commission in opposition to this type of mechanism to amend the
LCP because it does not require any environmental review or
concurrence by the local jurisdiction, and is a means for a
single purpose agency to impose its will upon a local community,
the letter under consideration restating the city's prior
position. He reported that Item "N" is a bill that is going
through the legislature which provides additional mechanisms for
cities that face over-concentration of liquor licenses, and
allows the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to deny new 1-
applications if the local community feels that they do not wish
to add additional licenses through the Conditional Use Permit
process in a particular area of the community.
Hastings moved, second by Forsythe, to approve the recommended
action for items on the Consent Calendar, except Items "B, G,
and J", as presented.
A. Approved the waiver of reading in full of
all ordinances and resolutions and that
consent to the waiver of reading shall be
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deemed to be given by all Councilmembers
after reading of the title unless specific
request is made at that time for the reading
of such ordinance or resolution.
Accepted the resignation of Mr. Mark
Soukup as the District One representative
to the Planning commission effective
June 27th, 1994.
D. Authorized the Mayor to sign the letter in
support of SB 1477, occupancy levels, received
and filed the staff report, and instructed that
the report be forwarded to the Planning
Commission for information purposes.
E. Approved the minutes of the May 9, 1994
regular adjourned and regular meetings, and
the May 17th regular adjourned meeting.
F. Authorized the Mayor to sign the letter in
support of SB 1321 relating to funding for
State mandates, and received and filed the
staff report.
H. Received and filed the status report regarding
the Orange County Mortgage Credit certificate
Program (first-time homebuyers assistance).
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Received and filed the staff report relating
to population estimates from the State of
California, Department of Finance, and
instructed staff to forward same to the
Planning commission for information purposes.
K. Received and filed the status report on the
1994 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP),
South Coast Air Quality Management District,
requested staff to monitor the AQMP development
process, and the report be forwarded to the
Planning Commission and Environmental Quality
Control Board for information purposes.
L. Authorized the Mayor to sign the letter
directed to the Coastal Commission regarding
the override of a certified Local Coastal
Plan (City of Sand City), received and filed
the status report, and instructed staff to
forward same to the Planning commission for
information purposes.
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Received and filed the staff report regarding
SB 1272, the South Coast Air Quality Management
District Governing Board, and instructed that the
report be forwarded to the Planning commission
for information purposes.
Received and filed the staff report regarding
AB 2897 relating to overconcentration of liquor
licenses, and instructed that the report be
forwarded to the Planning commission for
information purposes.
O. Received and filed the staff report regarding
SB 1839, Housing Element revisions, and
instructed that the report be forwarded to the
Planning Commission for information purposes.
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P. Received and filed the staff report regarding
AB 2698, alcoholic beverage control, and
instructed that the report be forwarded to the
Planning commission for information purposes.
Q.
Received and filed the staff report regarding
AB 3805, the alcoholic beverages decoy program,
and instructed that the report be forwarded to
Planning commission for information purposes.
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NOES:
Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo
None Motion carried
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEM "B" - DEMANDS
Mentioning the recognition by local service clubs of the Spring
10K Run as a possible fund raising event for the City, as
opposed to allowing the Run to be conducted by an outside
organization and realize the ,benefit of the proceeds, Mayor
Forsythe reported that the recent Spring 10K was conducted by
the local groups, was successful, the proceeds therefrom were
over $9,000 with more than $4,500 coming directly to the City,
the remainder divided between the service organizations based
upon the number of volunteers or number of hours donated and
contingent upon those monies being used to the benefit of Seal
Beach, and noted the participating organizations listed on the
warrant report. She advised of the intent to conduct the Fall
10K in the same manner. Forsythe moved, second by Doane, to
approve regular demands numbered 5382 through 5555 in the amount
of $250,454.85 and payroll demands numbered 6517 through 6685 in I
the amount of $191,422.14 as approved by the Finance Committee,
and authorized warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same.
AYES:
NOES:
Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo
None Motion carried
ITEM "G" - OPPOSING AB 13 - SMOKING and TOBACCO CONTROL
As requested by Councilman Laszlo, the Director of Development
Services explained that this legislation is sponsored by the
tobacco industry and would impose regulations that could not be
exceeded by local jurisdictions. Councilman Laszlo noted that
the tobacco industry is also sponsoring an initiative for the
November ballot, not the American Cancer Society, and would void
local control of tobacco use.
ITEM "J" - RESOLUTION NUMBER 4302 - USED OIL RECYCLING BLOCK
GRANT APPLICATION
Councilman Laszlo pointed out that there is no disposal facility
for used motor oil, paints, etc. within Seal Beach, noted that
it is illegal to place those types of materials in the trash,
and reported that, at least for the present, paints may be
disposed of at a hazardous materials site in Huntington Beach
near Beach Boulevard and Warner.
Laszlo moved, second by Hastings, to authorize the Mayor to sign 1'.1.,'
the letter in opposition to AB 13, smoking and tobacco control
legislation, and receive and file the Item "G" staff report, and
authorize the submittal of a joint application by the cities of
Cypress, La Palma, Los Alamitos and Seal Beach for the purpose
of providing a certified used oil collection system for local
residents by the adoption of Resolution Number 4302 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
AUTHORIZING A JOINT USED OIL RECYCLING BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION."
By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4302 was
waived.
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AYES:
NOES:
Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo
None Motion carried
UTILITY USERS TAX REVIEW
The City Manager recalled that at the time the Council
considered and implemented the utility users tax adjustment the
Council also directed that the tax be reviewed annually about
the month of April. The Manager reported that at the time of
adoption of the budget it had been anticipated that the UUT
would generate a total of $3.2 million, $1.6 of which was
estimated from the upwards adjustment of the tax, however the
eleven month pro~ection is that receipts will be short by nearly
$200,000. He po~nted out that the aerospace payback continues
in the audit and negotiation process therefore the $150,000
budgeted for that purpose has not as yet been expended, however
there has been notification that some payment will be due prior
to the fiscal year end, possibly between $25,000 to $30,000 of
the $150,000, and it will be necessary to rebudget for a portion
of the remaining amount in the upcoming fiscal year. The
Manager noted that State take-aways have been reevaluated, the
resulting loss over the past two years and current year to date
has been $1.7 million, costs resulting from unreimbursed State
and federal mandates are $1 million, and the City's reserves at
the end of last fiscal year were $34,000, that figure accepted
with some optimism because it is felt that some actions taken by
the council will take about a year to generate the offset. The
Manager said he felt that the most difficult financial year for
the City has now past, however encouraged the Council to
continue with the present revenue sources.
STATUS REPORT - BEACH PARKING LOT MODIFICATIONS I SAND UPDATE
The City Manager recalled Council discussion of parking as a
major aspect of the downtown Specific Plan authorization, in
conjunction the Council also authorized an analysis of parking
pricing and the methodology of receipts at the 8th and 1st
Street and two pUblic lots, specifically metering and
modification of the pricing. He noted that at the time of that
consideration staff had indicated that they would move forward
with a recommendation that could be implemented prior to the
summer months, which has not occurred, however in developing the
scope of work for the Specific Plan contractor and during review
of the data that had been supplied to them on the parking issue,
the contractor recommended that implementation be deferred so
that they can augment all of the parking and traffic counts to
include those of the summer months. He did mention that rather
than delaying until the full completion of the Specific Plan,
staff has proceeded with a review of the various technologies,
vendors, type of products available, etc., and staff will be
conferring with the consultant so they can evaluate those
proposals to ensure that they do not conflict with other
recommendations coming forth for Council consideration.
with regard to beach sand replenishment, the City Manager
reported having appeared before the Army Corps of Engineers the
Wednesday past, presenting the city's pre-application
information in hopes of being allowed a forty-five rather than
sixty day permit review, and with the assistance of Moffat &
Nichol a fifteen day pUblic review/comment period was granted,
thereafter the Corps staff was provided copies of the public
notice and mailing labels, they were also encouraged to look
into whether this project may be an exempt project from Army
Corps requirements from the standpoint of land mass
calculations, an area of less than ten acres of flat surface.
In addition, an extension has been filed with the Navy for
utilization of their land for transport purposes, the proposal
from the contractor is under evaluation and it is hoped that a
more specific cost figure can be reached in about a week.
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As a point of information, th7 Manage~ reported,that the ~ity
has retained a private electr~cal eng~neer who ~s evaluat~ng the
recent pier fire, whether there is sufficient evidenc7 to
proceed to seek reimbursements should fault be determ~ned, and
to look at redesign of the system that could be proposed to
Edison so that any modifications can be made while making the
repairs.
COUNCIL CONCERNS
Councilmember Forsythe announced the Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
at McGaugh School on June 2nd to benefit education. councilman
Laszlo announced the upcoming Earthquake Fair on Saturday, June
25th at Heather Park. Councilman Doane conveyed appreciation to
the Chamber of Commerce for the recent Carnival, and urged that
it be held again. councilmember Hastings read a prepared
statement with regard to the recent city council election and
comments directed towards her by councilman Doane. To those
persons inquiring as to her intent to request the Councilman's
resignation as he indicated he would do should she be elected,
councilmember Hastings said she has chosen not to do so as it
would be unfair to the constituents that elected him. Mayor
Brown said it would be his hope that upon conclusion of an
election the Council will then sit as a team working for the
betterment of the entire city.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Mayor Brown declared Oral Communications open. Ms. Fran
Johnson, Coastline Drive, announced the Strawberry Festival to
be held at the end of the pier in June for the benefit of the
Animal Care Center. Mr. Dillon continued his comments from
earlier in the meeting, again alleging an attempt to politically
censor his local television show during the campaign period by
either members of the Council, their appointees to the Cable
Foundation, or both. He charged that members of the Foundation
admitted their involvement in trying to stop his shows, they
tried to justify their actions, the choice of Councilmember
Hastings to not participate in the two-candidate interview show
provided no justification to not air the show, claimed if any
member of the Council had knowledge of the Foundation's attempt
at censorShip they are equally responsible for those actions,
and called for the resignation of any elected or appointed
official that may have had any knowledge of this matter. Mr.
Dillon extended an invitation to the Council and the Foundation
to appear on his June 9th show to discuss this matter. Ms.
Carla Watson, catalina Avenue, indicated her understanding of
the difficulty of losing an election, pOlitics being the art of
the possible, and claimed that Mr. Dillon 'protesteth too
loudly.' Ms. Katrina Best, 12200 Montecito Road, asked Seal
Beach voters to vote for John Thomas for county Supervisor on
June 7th. Mr. James Clow, 1721 Sunningdale Road, member of the
Cable Foundation Board, said he was again requesting that the
Foundation be given guidance from the Council, that a Council
representative to the Foundation be designated, or a
Councilmember be selected to attend the Foundation meetings.
The City Attorney noted that the Foundation is a separate and
independent agency, advised against selection of a Council
representative to the Board, however indicated that attendance
at the meetings would be permissible. To a question of Mr.
Clow, the Council indicated that they do not receive copies of
Foundation minutes. Ms. Terri Quinlan, 1499 Seal Way, stated
she is a public access producer, and agreed that attention needs
to be paid the Foundation Board inasmuch as there is often a
stalemate, items are tabled, now the position of public access
coordinator is vacant, and pointed out that Comcast was not
present during the pier fire as there was no crew to provide
coverage. She suggested that there be an investigation of the
censorShip issue. Dr. David Rosenman, Seal Beach, questioned
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the presence at this meeting of the Orange County News
reporters. Mr. Jim Klisanin, 122 - 7th street, claimed that for
the five month period prior to the election his opponent and
supporters used the Council meetings as a platform. He
described his Council election experience as sad, trying to beat
an opponent is one thing, trying to ruin ones reputation and
income in the community is another. He said he wished to
clarify comments that were repeatedly brought up during the
campaign process, he confirmed that his real estate license was
revoked as a result of a trust fund matter for a laundromat, yet
claimed that the campaigners stopped short of the truth whereby
he had been issued a restricted license for one year, allowing
him to do any real estate function that he had previously done
with the exception of having persons work under him, and that
was handled through his business partnership. Mr. Klisanin
stated he never said he supported the Bolsa Chica project and/or
widening of Pacific Coast Highway, did not support parking on
the greenbelt, that he is not a developer, rather a school
teacher who works in real estate, that he has worked hard for
this community and will continue to do so, and reported Main
street merchants having been intimidated for having his campaign
signs in their businesses. Councilmember Forsythe said it was
her understanding that Orange County News was present merely to
cover the pier fire situation. The Mayor again expressed his
thoughts that the election is over, it was not pleasant, however
it is now time for the Council to work together on City
business.
It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to
declare a recess at 8:52 p.m. The Council reconvened at 8:57
p.m. with Mayor Brown calling the meeting to order.
There being no further comments, Oral Communications were
declared closed.
ADJOURNMENT
It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to
adjourn the meeting until Monday, June 13th at 6:30 p.m. By
unanimous consent, the meeting was adjourned at 8:58 p.m.
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June 13, 1994
The City Council of the city of ~eal Beach met in re~ular
adjourned session at 6:31 p.m. w~th Mayor Brown call~ng the
meeting to order.