CITY COUNCIL WRAP-UP

Here are some of the items the City Council considered at its meeting Monday:

? NEW PARK NAMED

The council voted 7-0 to name a two-acre park being built northwest of Newland Street and Hamilton Avenue “Ralph Bauer Park” after the city’s 1997 mayor.

WHAT IT MEANS

The John Laing Homes housing development being built in that area is set to include a park. Earlier this year, the city Community Services Commission voted to name the park after the city’s former mayor.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH BEER COMPANY

Police Chief Kenneth Small told the council a dispute over revoking the Huntington Beach Beer Company’s entertainment license has been resolved, and a hearing on the issue was no longer necessary. A settlement agreement has been reached, Small told council members.

WHAT IT MEANS

The Main Street restaurant had its entertainment license — which allows dancing and performances by DJs, for example — revoked this summer after a year in which it drew at least 33 police incidents and had 12 violations of its permit conditions. Owner Cesar Peña appealed to the council in October and said the proposed punishment was too harsh, adding that his business had changed. Council voted 6-0 then to let police and the business negotiate until the next council meeting, which bore fruit in a settlement.

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DROUGHT RESOLUTION ADOPTED

The council voted 7-0 to recognize that California is in a drought and ask the city administrator and public works director to establish a voluntary program to promote conservation.

WHAT IT MEANS

The resolution asks all city residents to cut down on water usage, avoid watering during peak hours and to install low-flow plumbing fixtures. No mandates are in the resolution, but it does say the council should consider requiring conservation if the water situation gets too dire in the future.

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EMERGENCY LEVEE REPAIRS APPROVED BY COUNCIL

The council voted 7-0 to allow the county to drive sheets of steel into a failing levee on the East Garden Grove-Wintersburg Channel downstream of Graham Street.

WHAT IT MEANS

The county board of supervisors voted last month to make emergency repairs to the levee, which flood control staff say would endanger homes in a major storm. The city must sign off on any such repairs, which it did Monday. The California Coastal Commission must still negotiate with the county on exact requirements for the work.