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Meeting Minutes

SUNSET BEACH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (SBCA) MEETING MINUTES
January 4, 2024


Meeting was held at the Sunset Beach Nobles Family Community Center (16861 12th St. Sunset Beach)
Meeting called to order at 7:05pm, Rollcall was called by Dawn McCormack, Secretary

Roll call of directors:

Kevin Paulson, President Present
Tony Nobles, Vice-President Absent
Dawn McCormack, Secretary Present
Denise Paulson, Treasurer Present
Brandi Biggler, Director Absent
Paul Mueller, Director Present
Tom Ellis, Director Present

A motion was made by Dawn McCormack and seconded by Kevin Paulson to waive reading of the minutes of the December meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Kevin Paulson gave the Treasurer’s report.

  • Donations of $890 were deposited in December.
  • Expenses for December were $3,742.10 which included a $500 donation to Waymakers Youth Shelter, an advance of $3,000 for the Super Prom Event and Utilities, Website support and Stamps.
  • Ending balance was $59,826.90

Board Member Comments

  • Dawn asked if we could contact CalTrans and ask them to come tell us about the project they are working on on PCH. HBPD Chief & City Manager, Eric Parra, made a note and will ask them
  • Kevin mentioned that the Greenbelt looks good.
  • Kevin also mentioned that he would like to have excellent pictures taken of each of the events in town (Art Festival, Pancake Breakfast, Chili Cookoff, etc) so that we can update our website. He asked if there are any photographers who would like to volunteer. He already has a drone operator who will take videos of the events.

Public Comments

  • Mike Van Voorhis said that we did not have any dogs entered in the Sunset Beach Dog Mayor contest, so we will not have a Dog Mayor for 2024. Mike said that during the pandemic this fundraiser was a way of making a little extra money for the organization but with all of the events back, perhaps it has outlasted it’s initial purpose.
    • Dawn McCormack said that she has heard some residents mention that they would like to have a dog parade and maybe that could be a different kind of Dog Mayor contest. She will follow up with the residents who were interested.
  • Chris Harrison brought up the dog attack on 16th street. Apparently an unleashed german shephard was instructed by it’s owner to “attack” a local resident and did so. The resident was taken to the hospital while the dog and it’s owner disappeared.
    • A picture was given to Chief Parra

Speaker Huntington Beach City Manager and Police Chief Eric Parra attended the meeting and spoke.

  • He mentioned that Lt. Roman Altenbach, has family visiting from London and was unable to attend.
  • Chief Parra mentioned Lt Altenbach’s background with the homeless taskforce and his familiarity with the homeless situation which is a real asset to Sunset Beach.
  • He reviewed last year’s Sunset Beach Crime statistics which were low. While the optimum is to have no crime, he emphasized that Sunset Beach has very low numbers:
    • 1 robbery
    • 5 aggravated assaults
    • 2 burglaries
    • 16 simple assaults
    • 8 vehicle larcenies
    • 10 other larcenies
    • 6 auto thefts (3 of which involved residents)
  • He then spoke about dispatch calls for service to Sunset Beach
    • 262 calls regarding parking problems
    • 206 calls regarding noise
    • 107 calls regarding suspicious activity
  • In addition, there were 424 Officer initiated Calls for service.
  • Comments/questions from residents:
    • The contractor not following the street sweeper to give out tickets. He has not been there since February.
    • PCH is not being street swept at alll
    • Chief Parra explained that if you see someone who needs help or is incapacitated, you can call the non emergency number and ask for a welfare check.

Super Prom – Larry Fernandez spoke about the upcoming Sunset Beach Super Prom to be held on February 10, 2024 at the Huntington Harbour Yacht Club.

  • All funds are being raised for the Community Center – Raise the Roof for a new Roof
  • It’s going to be an Epic Sunset Beach Happening with live music, super bowl squares, raffles and FUN!
  • Ticket donations are $50 each and only 200 tickets will be sold. Checks are to be written the SBCA (a 501(C) 3 organization and may be tax deductible
  • Professional decorator has been hired – Fantastic Band, Tryceratops, is on board
  • BUY TICKETS SOON! They began selling tickets at the meeting and 10% of available tickets have already been sold!

Kevin discussed the presidential election in November 2024

  • Our Sunset Beach Nobles Family Community Center will be a polling place! That is great news as Sunset Beach traditionally had a polling place (at the Sunset Beach Womans Club) until voting laws were changed. Glad to have it back in our community.
  • Kevin voiced a concern that the Election will be held on November 4, and we typically take longer than just a week to clear the building out from our Annual Halloween Party
  • Dawn asked and Kevin clarified that the election polling place will only involve the building and not the Sunset Beach Community lot.
  • Dawn said we can have both important Sunset Beach things – a fantastic Halloween Party hosted by Tony and Rhonda Nobles and a local polling place however, we will need a robust volunteer effort to help clear the building up quickly and cannot just leave the effort to one or two people.
  • Larry Fernandez acknowledged that he will help with putting together a volunteer group.

Waymakers food drive collected less food than in previous years

  • Food donations were accepted at SBCA meetings
  • In addion, as they did last year, Dawn McCormack and Karen Lona collected food donations at Timeless Treasures Boutiques
  • The SBCA donated $500.00 in addition to the food collected this year

Upcoming Events

  • SBCA Meeting, February 1st
  • 2024 Super Prom Party, February 10th

Meeting was adjourned at 7:54pm


Respectfully submitted,
Dawn McCormack, Secretary



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