GIFT LIMITATION BAN Councilwoman Debbie Cook is...

GIFT LIMITATION BAN

Councilwoman Debbie Cook is asking the council to further amend

the city’s gift ban ordinance to bring it into full compliance with

state law.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Changing the law will create a single set of standards for city

employees and elected officials. The council will likely pass the

ordinance.

ACCESS GATE

AT CENTRAL PARK

Councilmen Gil Coerper and Dave Sullivan are introducing an

ordinance to temporarily open a 6-foot tall emergency-access gate

between the sports complex and the library.

The fence was ordered by the council in June 2003 as a way to

ensure that users of the Sports Complex would pay a $1 all-day

parking fee and not use the free parking at the nearby library.

WHAT TO EXPECT

A request has been made by Sports Complex concession operator

Sandy Amersfoorth to open the gate on weekends for a trial period of

one month. Amersfoorth believes opening the gate will increase her

volume of business.

It’s hard to predict which way the council will go on this. The

parking revenue is important to the Sports Complex, but the project

will not survive if area vendors cannot make a living. Opening the

gate is also merely an experiment and the gate could be ordered

closed at any time.

PARKING

The council will be asked to shift some parking responsibilities

at some city parks, recreation areas and public parking garages from

the Community Services Department to the Huntington Beach Police

Department.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The item is on the city’s consent agenda and will likely be

approved.