HUNTINGTON BEACH CIVIC CENTER (Orange County Tribune photo).

A proposed agreement to the operate a large display of artificial lighting in the Central Park East, located at Goldenwest Street and Talbert Avenue, was withdrawn from the agenda at Tuesday’s meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council.

The proposal from Flowers in the Sky LLC, called “The Symphony of Flowers,” called for a “temporary multi-media show comprised of over 100,000 luminous flowers including roses, tulips and lilies” that would be choreographed to symphonic music.

Temporary bleachers would be erected to accommodate as many as 2,062 seats – about half the capacity of a high school football stadium.

The entire project would take up about 200,000 square feet and the “Symphony” would operate from dusk to 11 p.m. with up to four paid shows per evening for about six months.

But there has been considerable pushback from the community as concerns were raised about possible light and noise pollution, parking and disturbance of the habitat for birds and other wildlife in the park and surrounding areas.

The scheduled Jan. 7, 2025 meeting of the council has been cancelled and the next meeting will be on Jan. 21 in the Council Chambers, 2000 Main St.