4:00 P. M. - Council Chambers

Call City Council/Redevelopment Agency Meeting to Order

Roll Call     Hansen, Coerper, Sullivan, Hardy, Green, Bohr, Cook

The City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach will regularly convene in joint session for the purpose of considering the following City Council-Redevelopment Agency Agenda Items. The Huntington Beach Parking Authority, Civic Improvement Corporation, and the Huntington Beach Public Financing Authority are also agencies on which Council serves as members. On each Agenda these Agencies may have items scheduled. When an Agenda Item requires action by any of these Agencies, it will show in parenthesis preceding the item, for example (City Council-Redevelopment Agency).

Pursuant to the Brown (Open Meetings) Act the City Clerk Announces Late Communications Received by Her Office Which Pertain to Items on the Agenda (1)
The Brown (Open Meetings) Act requires that copies of late communications submitted by City Councilmembers or City Departments are to be made available to the public at the City Council meeting. (2) Late communications submitted by members of the public are to be made available to the public at the City Clerk's Office the morning after the Council meeting. (Late Communications are communications regarding agenda items that have been received by the City Clerk's Office following distribution of the agenda packet.)

Hello and welcome to the Huntington Beach City Council meeting. If you would like to address the Council, please fill out the pink public comment sheet attached to the agenda. After completing the form, hand it to the Sergeant at Arms and he will give it to the City Clerk. As a courtesy to those in attendance, I would ask that cellphones and pagers be turned off or set in their silent mode. Thank you.

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Public Comments Regarding Closed Session Portion of the Meeting (3 minutes per speaker)

Call Closed Session of City Council/Redevelopment Agency

Recommended Action: Motion to recess to Closed Session on the following item:

(City Council) Closed Session - Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(3)(B) to confer with its attorney regarding pending litigation (facts and circumstances, including but not limited to, an accident, disaster, incident, or transactional occurrence that might result in litigation against the agency and that are known to a potential plaintiff or plaintiffs, which facts or circumstances shall be publicly stated on the agenda or announced). Subject: Potential Litigation - Verizon Wireless Public Right-of-Way Facility; 18652 Edwards Street, Huntington Beach, CA (120.80)

No Reporting Out on Action is Anticipated

Reconvene City Council/Redevelopment Agency Meeting

B. PUBLIC COMMENTS This is the time of the meeting for the Council to receive comments from the public regarding items of interest or agenda items OTHER than Public Hearings. Generally, Council will not enter into a dialogue during this period. Pursuant to the Brown (Open Meeting) Act, the City Council may not discuss items unless they are on our agenda. So if you are speaking on an item not on the agenda, we cannot discuss the issue with you at this meeting. However, if you wish to meet with any of us please call the Council's Secretary at 714-536-5553. Thank you for taking the time to come to the council meeting to address the Council. Councilmembers strive to treat members of the public with respect, and we ask that you also express your concerns and opinions in a civil and respectful manner. Each speaker is allowed 3 minutes and time may not be donated to others. No action can be taken by Council/Agency on this date unless the item is agendized. Complete the attached pink form and give to the Sergeant-At-Arms (the Police Officer located near the speaker's podium).

(City Council/Redevelopment Agency) Study Session - Presentation by the Planning Department to Provide Overview of New Information and Revisions of Draft Recirculated Environmental Impact Report for Seawater Desalination Project (Poseidon) ( . )
City Council study session to provide an overview of the new information and revisions contained in the Draft Recirculated Environmental Impact Report (REIR No. 00-02) for the Seawater Desalination Project at Huntington Beach.

Council/Agency Adjournment

The next regularly scheduled Council meeting is Tuesday, September 6, 2005 (moved from Monday in observation of the Labor Day Holiday), at 4:00 p.m., in Room B-8, Civic Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California.

Council/Agency Agendas and Minutes are Available at No Charge to the Public at the City Clerk's Office, on the City's Website, Via Email, and Through Paid Subscription. Complete Agenda Packets are Available at the Central Library and Library Branches on Friday Prior to Meetings. Videotapes of Council Meetings are Available for Checkout at the Central Library at No Charge.