MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, held on Monday, August 28, 2000, at the hour of 7:10 P.M.

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - John Hales, resident

 

ROLL CALL :

Present: Bowler, Dunbabin, Oakes, Mayor Reviczky
Absent: Edgerton

 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION :

1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS :

No one came forward at this time to address the Council.

 

1. APPROVAL OF U.S. NAVY PORT CALL - USS ELLIOT, SEPTEMBER 8, 9, 10 & 11, 2000 . Supplemental information received from Community Resources Department on August 28, 2000, at the meeting.

1. Schedule of events : Community Resource Director Mary Rooney outlined a preliminary schedule including an afternoon show to be put on by "The Comedy and Magic Club" for crewmembers of the USS Elliot. Ms. Rooney said that residents may tour the Elliot on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm with launches leaving the Pier, or other location, every 30 minutes.
2. Welcoming Ceremony : Community Resource Director Rooney said that the Mayor would welcome the ship's command in a ceremony on the Pier Plaza. Afterward there would be a reception on the deck of Hennessey's and surf music on the Plaza.
3. Appropriation of Funds : Community Resource Director Rooney presented a preliminary operating budget of:

1 Decorations	$ 3,000.00
2 Band & Deejay	$ 1,000.00
3 Reception	$ 2,000.00 (for 100)
4 Comedy & Magic Club	$ 2,500.00
5 Boats & logistics	$ 4,500.00
6 Misc.	$ 1,000.00
Total	$14,000.00

With funds derived from:

1 Sprint PC (Pier Booth)	$ 2,500.00
2 Millennium Account	$ 6,800.00
3 ½ of current Community
Event Fund of $10,000	$ 5,000.00
Total	$14,300.00

Mayor Reviczky commended Ms. Rooney for being able to budget this event without using General Fund account monies, saying that the concept of using promotional payments to fund a Community Event Fund will allow future events as well.

Councilmember Bowler expressed concern that the budgeted funds might not allow for an unexpected expense without convening the Council for approval and suggested that the miscellaneous budget be increased.

Community Resource Director Rooney and City Manager Stephen Burrell responded to Council questions regarding the safety and coordination of landing facilities on the Pier, or other arrangements, with Los Angeles County Beaches and Harbors; the possibility that there would be a fee for transport to the ship; the possibility that there would be fireworks; and, coordination with the USS Elliot's Seaman's Fund for the sale of ship insignia items on the Pier Plaza.

Action : To direct staff to attend to the items listed above, along with any other details necessary and to approve an operating budget of $18,000, noting an increase from $1,000 to $5,000 for miscellaneous expenses, funding to come from the Community Events fund.
Motion Bowler, second Oakes. The motion carried by a unanimous vote, noting the absence of Edgerton.

 

CITIZEN COMMENTS

Coming forward to address the Council at this time was:

John Hales - 642 Eighth Place, spoke of an earlier era when the Long Beach/San Pedro harbors were the centers for the Pacific fleet; said that Mayor Reviczky and he had researched old copies of the "Hermosa Review" for details of the last Port Call by the USS Arizona in 1928; and questioned if the Pier would be open and the details of moving people from the upper deck of the Pier to a water line level for boarding shore boats. (He was told that these were details to be resolved, but that it would be done safely.)

 

ADJOURNMENT - The Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach adjourned on Monday, August 28, 2000, at the hour of 7:35 P.M. to the Adjourned Regular Meeting of Tuesday, September 5, 2000, at the hour of 6:00 P.M. for the purpose of interviewing applicants for the Public Works Commission,

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