Huntington Beach City Council Wrap
Eron Ben-Yehuda
ISSUE: WATERFRONT PROTEST
Vote: 7-0
Summary: The council unanimously agreed to extend the deadline for the
Mayer Corp. to file a lawsuit protesting the cost of inspection fees for
its development of the Waterfront Hilton expansion. The statute of
limitations would have required the suit be filed by Wednesday.
The developer is challenging about $100,000 of the $137,000 fee the city
charged for inspections.
Both sides want to avoid litigation, a memo dated Monday states.
The company is building a four-story resort hotel with two floors of
underground parking and a 100,000-square-foot conference center. Future
plans call for a residential community of up to 230 homes.
ISSUE: PUBLIC ART ON BEACH
Vote: None
Issue: City Councilwomen Shirley Dettloff and Pam Julien gave the council
an update on the plans to add public art by Pacific Coast Highway and
Beach Boulevard.
Along with Pier Plaza, the public art will “put Huntington Beach on the
map,” Dettloff said.
Three sketches were presented at the meeting. One entitled “Surfhenge”
showed 18-foot columns shaped like surfboards set in a circular pattern.
The other two designs showed mini plazas in the shape of colorful sea
shells. They would create good photo opportunities for visitors, Julien
said.
The plans will be presented to the council for formal approval in the
spring, community services director Ron Hagan said.
ISSUE: HISTORICAL VIDEO
Vote: None
Summary: The council wanted to show off a short video about the history
of Huntington Beach. Producer and local resident David Yrisarri hopes the
preview video will encourage private funding of a full-length
documentary. The city does, too, and waived $1,050 in fees in June to
help him get started.The video shown Monday came out scrambled and
garbled. It was stopped after a few minutes.
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