WHAT HAPPENED: The City Council reduced the...

WHAT HAPPENED:

The City Council reduced the amount of time that the online budget

survey will be available to the public.

WHAT IT MEANS:

On April 21, the council voted to put a survey residents via the

Internet as to what they feel are the most important budget items.

The council is now slicing more than three weeks off the survey’s

life span, since the budget process is moving faster this year than

last, Boardman said.

The survey, which is now available at www.surfcity-hb.org/survey,

will be accessible until June 2.

Residents can log on to city’s Web site to rank budget items in

order of importance.

WHAT HAPPENED:

Councilwomen Pam Julien Houchen was appointed as the city’s

delegate for a special general assembly meeting of the League of

California Cities.

WHAT IT MEANS:

The City Council voted to send Houchen to a special meeting of the

League of California Cities as the official Huntington Beach

representative.

The League of California Cities is an association of California

city officials who meet to discuss and influence policy decisions

that affect cities.

The league will be holding a special general assembly meeting at 1

p.m. in Sacramento on May 15 to discuss the May revision of the state

budget and have asked that each of its member cities send a delegate.

WHAT HAPPENED:

The council authorized the California Statewide Communities

Development Authority to issue multifamily housing revenue bonds for

the construction of two affordable housing projects.

WHAT IT MEANS:

The owner of Beachview Villa, a 106-unit apartment complex located

at 8102 Ellis Ave, may now apply for up to $8 million of tax-exempt

financing for land acquisition and construction costs. Owners of

Hermosa Vista apartments, which will be an 88-unit apartment complex

located at 15363 and 15425 Goldenwest St., will apply for up to $9

million for acquisition and rehabilitation of the property.

Both projects are restricted to low-income and very-low income

households.