HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL WRAP-UP

Here are a few items the council considered on Monday:

STEAKHOUSE PERMIT APPROVED

Approved 4-3

Council members debated approving a permit for a new steakhouse restaurant slated to open in the Pierside Pavilion in downtown Huntington Beach. The permit was approved with some conditions. Mayor Dave Sullivan and Councilwomen Debbie Cook and Jill Hardy voted against the permit. The planning commission had earlier approved the restaurant, with planning commissioners Flossie Horgan and Elizabeth Burnett voting against the project. About eight speakers spoke at the public hearing.

WHAT IT MEANS

Residents in Pierside Pavilion were concerned about noise emanating from live entertainment and a mechanical bull in the new restaurant. The location was previously occupied by the legendary nightclub Golden Bear and the same complaints forced the club to close. The Ponderosa Steakhouse restaurant’s permit was approved with conditions such as closing the outdoor dining patio by 9 p.m. weekdays and 10 p.m. on weekends, and placing live entertainment at the back of the restaurant and the mechanical bull at the furthest distance from the doors.

BRIDGE SCRAPPED

Approved 7-0

Council members voted to approve an agreement with neighboring cities to amend a plan for a future bridge at the Garfield and Gisler avenues intersection.

WHAT IT MEANS

The agreement scraps the plan to build a bridge at Garfield and Gisler to ease traffic congestion. Instead, the city — along with the cities of Costa Mesa and Fountain Valley, and the Orange County Transportation Authority — will put in road improvements to facilitate traffic flow. The bridge was proposed to be built over the Santa Ana River and was expected to be an expensive project. However, the road improvements aren’t expected to be cheap either.

REHAB PROJECTS

Approved 7-0

The council approved about $6 million in project plans and a construction contract for the Adams Avenue, Bolsa Chica Street and Goldenwest Street rehabilitation projects.

WHAT IT MEANS

After waiting several years, residents will be able to see the projects start work on improving three of the major arteries in the city. Council members awarded the construction contract to All American Asphalt company. The projects had been in the pipeline for some time due to delays in distributing federal highway funds, which will provide more than $2 million in grants.

— Compiled by Purnima Mudnal