City Council Regular Meeting - January 28, 2025
1. ESTABLISH QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER
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2. MOMENT OF SILENCE
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3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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4. REPORTS
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4.a
Closed Session Report
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4.b
Mayor and Councilmembers' Reports, Announcements and Presentations Public Comments:
4.c
City Manager Reports, Announcements and Presentations
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4.d
Subcommittee Reports - Verbal Update of Current Subcommittee Activities Public Comments:
1. Water Reclamation Facility & Morro Bay / Cayucos Sanitary District JPA Public Comments:
2. Morro Bay Power Plant (Vistra)
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3. Offshore Wind Energy
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4. Downtown Design District
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5. RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATIONS
Public Comments:
None
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
Public Comments:
Members of the audience wishing to address the Council on City business matters not on the agenda may do so at this time. For those desiring to speak on items on the agenda, but unable to stay for the item, may also address the Council at this time.
Public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to provide input to the governing body. To increase the effectiveness of the Public Comment Period, the City respectfully requests the following guidelines and expectations be followed:
Those desiring to speak are asked to complete a speaker slip, which are located at the entrance, and submit it to the City Clerk. However, speaker slips are not required to provide public comment.
When recognized by the Mayor, please come forward to the podium to speak. Though not required, it is helpful if you state your name, city of residence and whether you represent a business or group. Unless otherwise established by the Mayor, comments are to be limited to three minutes.
All remarks should be addressed to Council, as a whole, and not to any individual member thereof.
The Council respectfully requests that you refrain from making slanderous, profane or personal remarks against any elected official, commission and/or staff.
Please refrain from public displays or outbursts such as unsolicited applause, comments or cheering.
Any disruptive activities that substantially interfere with the ability of the City Council to carry out its meeting will not be permitted and offenders will be requested to leave the meeting.
Your participation in City Council meetings is welcome and your courtesy will be appreciated.
The Council in turn agrees to abide by its best practices of civility and civil discourse according to Resolution No. 07-19.
7. CONSENT AGENDA
Public Comments:
Unless an item is pulled for separate action by the City Council, the following actions are approved without discussion. The public will also be provided an opportunity to comment on consent agenda items.
Recommended Action
Approve consent agenda items 7.a through 7.b as submitted.
7.a
Approval of Minutes
Public Comments:
(City Clerk)
Recommended Action
Approve as submitted.
1. January 14, 2025 - Regular Council Meeting
Attachments
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Public Comments
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CCRM_Jan14_2025 - English.pdf
2. January 14, 2025 - Special Closed Session Meeting
Attachments
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Public Comments
1. Post-Meeting Minutes - CCCM_Jan14_2025 - English.pdf
7.b
Authorization to send a letter to San Luis Coastal Unified School District regarding the Morro Elementary School site Attachments
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Public Comments
1. 7b SR Authorization to send letter to SLCUSD re Morro Elementary.pdf
2. 7b1 Draft Letter to SLCUSD re Morro Elementary.pdf
(Interim City Attorney)
Recommended Action
Approve authorization to send the attached letter to the San Luis Coastal Unified School District (“District”) requesting the District not take any action to sell or dispose of the Morro Elementary School site for 120 days to allow the community to create a financial plan to purchase the property.
8. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
Public Comments:
8.a
Uphold an appeal by Paul Gillen and reserve the Planning Commission's denial of Conditional Use Permit CUP24-04, and approve a revised project for the demolition of existing structures and redevelopment of Lease Sites at 431, 451, and 495 Embarcadero Rd Attachments
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Public Comments
1. 8a CUP23-04 Bayside-Landing Appeal.pdf
2. 8a1 Attachment 1 - Reso 04-25 Council Bayside Landing Appeal.pdf
3. 8a2 Attachment 2 - PC Minutes.pdf
4. 8a3 Attachment 3 - PC Resolution.pdf
5. 8a4 Attachment 4 - Appeal Form.pdf
6. 8a5 Attachment 5 - Project Summary.pdf
(Community Development)
Recommended Action
Adopt Resolution No. 04-25 (Attachment 1) to uphold the Applicant’s appeal, accept the Applicant’s Revised Project (January 2025), and reverse the Planning Commission’s denial of CUP24-04, based on the findings and conditions contained therein.
8.b
Request to consider an Urgency Ordinance Prohibiting the Application, Acceptance, Approval, Commencement, Establishment, Operation, Relocation, or Expansion of Grid-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) within the city limits Attachments
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Public Comments
1. 8b Staff Report for Adoption of Urgency Ordinance.pdf
2. 8b1 BESS Urgency Ordinance No. 668.pdf
(Community Development)
Recommended Action
Adopt by number and title only, with further reading waived, Urgency Ordinance No. 668, entitled “An Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Morro Bay, California, Imposing a Prohibition on the Application Acceptance, Approval, Commencement, Establishment, Operation, Relocation or Expansion of Grid-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) within the City Limits during the Pendency of the City’s Review and Adoption of Regulations of Such Uses; and Finding the Action to be Exempt from CEQA,” prohibiting applications for grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) facilities within Morro Bay city-limits for an initial period of 45 days (4/5 vote required).
Direct staff to return to Council at the regularly scheduled February 25, 2025 Council meeting with an Ordinance extending the BESS urgency ordinance to January 28, 2027.
9. BUSINESS ITEMS
Public Comments:
9.a
Update on Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 and 2024-25 City Council Goals and Action Items Attachments
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Public Comments
1. 9a Jan 2025_FY 23-25 Strategic Goals.pdf
2. 9a1 2-Year City Goals - FY 2023-25.pdf
3. 9a2 City Goals Progress Tracking Sheet_FY2023-2025.pdf
4. 9a3 Presentation_FY 23-25 Goals and Objectives Update.pdf (City Manager)
Recommended Action
Receive a progress report on the City Council goals and action items and provide direction on remaining items.
10. COUNCIL DECLARATION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
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11. ADJOURNMENT
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The next
Regular Meeting
will be held on February 11, 2025.
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