HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Min 2010-06-28Seal Beach California
June 28, 2010
The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in special session at 5:00 p.m.
with Mayor Sloan calling the meeting to order.
The Special Meeting Notice read as follows:
CALL AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL
TO THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH:
Charles J. Antos, 415 1/2 Ocean Avenue, Seal Beach
Michael P. Levitt, 1380 Weeburn Road #81 L, Seal Beach
Gary A. Miller, 4632 Guava Avenue, Seal Beach
David W. Sloan, 209 College Park Drive, Seal Beach
Gordon A. Shanks, 215 Surf Place, Seal Beach
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT, pursuant to Section 54956 of the California
Government Code, Mayor David Sloan hereby calls a special meeting of the Seal Beach
City Council to be convened in the City Hall Council Chambers, Seal Beach City Hall, 211
— 8th Street, Seal Beach, California, 90740 on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
The business to be transacted at the special meeting is as follows:
1. Consider amending the Seal Beach Municipal Code $7.20.065 and any
necessary changes, on an urgency basis to allow the display of fireworks at golf
courses within the City.
Please note that members of the public will be provided the opportunity to directly address
the City Council concerning the items described above before the City Council considers
such items. No other business shall be considered.
DATED THIS 25th day of June, 2010.
/s/ David W. Sloan, Mayor
City of Seal Beach
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Sloan; Council Members: Antos, Miller, Shanks
Absent: Mayor Pro Tern Levitt
City Staff: Quinn Barrow, City Attorney
Jill Ingram, Acting City Manager
Chief Jeff Kirkpatrick, Seal Beach Police Department
Mark Persico, Director of Development Services
Sean Crumby, Director of Public Works
Chief Joe Bailey, Marine Safety Department
Linda Devine, City Clerk
Anita Chapanond, Deputy City Clerk
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
The City Attorney stated that members of the public may address the Council on
this item only. Mayor Sloan declared Oral Communications to be open.
Speakers in support of the urgency ordinance: Barbara Barton, Ocean Avenue;
and Seth Eaker, Seal Beach Chamber. Shirley Bairto, Old Ranch Country Club
representative, thanked the Mayor and Council for calling the special meeting to
consider the request to allow Old Ranch Country Club to have a fireworks display
event on July 3, 2010. Lt. Col. Miles Williams, Los Alamitos Joint Forces
Training Base (JFTB), indicated that there is a need to have FAA permission due
to the landing strip being within 5 nautical miles of the proposed event. There
were no other speakers - Mayor Sloan declared Oral Communications closed.
ITEM "A" / ORDINANCE NO. 1599 -U / AMEND SEAL BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE §7.20.065 / ALLOW DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS / OLD RANCH
COUNTRY CLUB / JULY 3, 2010
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Pete Bonano, OCFA representative, stated that the paperwork from the current
company contracted to perform the fireworks display have met all the
requirements for the fire authority.
The City Attorney stated the City was recently informed that Old Ranch Country
Club intended to host a fireworks display on its property and reviewed the
sections for urgency Ordinance No. 1599 -U: Section 1 - the municipal code
( §7.20.065 - Fireworks) does not permit the discharge or possession of fireworks
in the City limits and there is a need to amend the code to allow this event;
Section 2 - intent to authorize staff to issue a special use permit to allow a
fireworks display on property zoned Recreational Golf Zone (R -G Zone) and the
applicant to satisfy all requirements stated in the ordinance along with the added
FAA approval; Section 3 - findings of the necessary emergency measure
(defined in City Charter) for the city to adopt an ordinance before July 3, 2010 to
permit a qualified and eligible entity to conduct a fireworks display in connection
with July 4th Independence Day; and Section 4 - this ordinance shall become
effective immediately, and expire and have no further force and effect on July 31,
2010. The City Attorney clarified that the key to the sunset clause was to allow
the City Council to study the issue of §7.20.065 (fireworks) at a later meeting.
Councilman Miller stated as representative for College Park East they would be
in support of the event as long as the JFTB had no objections; Councilman Antos
concurred with supporting the event and stressed that the applicant contact the
FAA for approval; Councilman Shanks expressed his concerns that the applicant
did not inform the City about their event and did not go through the permit
process which caused the council to call a special meeting - this type of event
needed to be approved at least 60 days in advance; and Mayor Sloan clarified
that this event was not a City sponsored event and the Council was only
considering the approval of a special use permit - thanked the staff for handling
this issue in a timely manner - indicated to the applicant that in the future there
should be a more cooperative relationship with the City staff.
Shanks moved, second by Antos, to adopt Ordinance No. 1599 -U entitled "AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ALLOWING FIREWORKS
DISPLAY FOR JULY 3, 2010 AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF ".
The City Attorney read the title for the record.
AYES: Antos, Levitt, Miller, Shanks, Sloan
NOES: None
ABSENT: Levitt Motion carried
ADJOURNMENT
Antos moved, second by Shanks, to adjourn the City Council meeting at 5:18
p.m. to Monday, July 12, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. to meet in closed session, if deemed
necessary.
AYES: Antos, Levitt, Miller, Shanks, Sloan
NOES: None
ABSENT: Levitt Motion carried
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