8/12/2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES PAGE 1
SPECIAL
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
4:30 PM
City Hall, Conference Room 1
130 Cremona Drive
Goleta, California
Members of the City Council
Mayor Paula Perotte
Mayor Pro Tempore Jennifer Smith, District 3
Councilmember Luz Reyes-Martín, District 1
Councilmember James Kyriaco, District 2
Councilmember Stuart Kasdin, District 4
Robert Nisbet, City Manager
Deborah S. Lopez, City Clerk
Isaac Rosen, City Attorney
4:30 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Perotte called the meeting to order at 4:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL
PRESENT: Mayor Perotte, Mayor Pro Tempore Smith Councilmembers Kasdin, Kyriaco and Reyes-Martín
ABSENT: None
AMENDMENTS OR ADJUSTMENTS TO AGENDA
None
INTRODUCTION OF SPANISH INTERPRETERS/INTRODUCCIÓN DE
INTÉRPRETES DE ESPAÑOL
Mayor Perotte introduced the Spanish language interpreters for the meeting. 8/12/2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES PAGE 2
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC TO ADDRESS CLOSED SESSION MATTERS Scott Cooper, Sheila Wiseman, Mary Nishimoto, Kirsten Baillie, Darcy Bradley, Kyle Ashby, Christy Zwicke read a letter from her daughter into the record, Steve Hale, Kristina Fluitt and Son provided comments and Jill Carlson Means acknowledged the City Council for the opportunity to provide public comment on this matter, expressed concerns for the ministerial approval process, citing no neighborhood notification, no appeal process, lack of oversight, safety risks due to its proximity to Ellwood Elementary and a local preschool, expressed disappointment from local businesses, suggested a three-part solution: delay the opening, pass a buffer-zone ordinance, and improve staffto-council transparency and clarity on the City Council's next steps.
Mayor Perotte requested that staff return to the City Council to review the applicable ordinance. Councilmembers Kasdin, Kyriaco, Reyes-Martín, and Mayor Pro Tempore Smith supported the request.
CLOSED SESSION
Isaac Rosen, City Attorney, read into the record closed session matters as follows:
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Public Comment Received
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) and (e)(2): One (1) potential case.
The facts and circumstances creating the significant exposure to litigation concern the City's approval of a business license for the relocation of Goodland Guns to 7443 Hollister Avenue and related public statements threatening litigation against the City.
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION AT 5:24 PM
ADJOURNED AT 6:58 P.M.
Action: No reportable action.
GOLETA CITY COUNCIL
_________________________
PAULA PEROTTE,
MAYOR
ATTEST: ___________________________
DEBORAH S. LOPEZ
CITY CLERK