Wednesday, February 4, 2026
3:30 PM
City of Oceanside
300 North Coast Highway, Oceanside, California 92054
Council Chambers
300 North Coast Highway
Oceanside, CA 92054
City Council
Clerk's Action Minutes
Joint Meetings of the Oceanside City Council, Oceanside Small Craft Harbor District Board of Directors (HDB), Oceanside Community Development Commission (CDC), and Oceanside Public Financing Authority (OPFA) City Council Clerk's Action Minutes February 4, 2026
3:30 P.M. – ROLL CALL
Council Member Peter Weiss, Council Member Esther Sanchez, Council Member Eric Joyce, Council Member Rick Robinson, and Council Member Jimmy Figueroa
Present:
CITY COUNCIL, HDB, CDC, OPFA CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR ON STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED IN OPEN SESSION (SECTION 54957.6) CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR - Negotiator: City Manager; employee organizations: Oceanside Police Officers’ Association (OPOA) , Oceanside Police Officers’ Association - Non-Sworn (OPOA-NS), Oceanside Firefighters’ Association (OFA), Oceanside Police Management Association (OPMA), Management Employees of the City of Oceanside (MECO), Oceanside City Employees’ Association (OCEA), Oceanside Fire Management Association (OFMA), Oceanside Marine Safety Employees’ Association (OMSEA), Western Council of Engineers (WCE), and Unrepresented.
NO MEETING
2. LITIGATION OR OTHER ADVERSARY PROCEEDING (E .G., ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, ARBITRATION) (SECTION 54956.9(d))
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
1. Initiation of Litigation (Section 54956.9(d)(4)): One case.
MAYOR SANCHEZ ABSENT
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FOR CITY TO INITIATE ABATEMENT PROCEEDING 5:00 P.M. – ROLL CALL
Council Member Peter Weiss, Council Member Esther Sanchez, Council Member Eric Joyce, Council Member Rick Robinson, and Council Member Jimmy Figueroa
Present:
INVOCATION
Reverend Jason Coker, Co-Lead Minister - The Oceanside Sanctuary
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation in Honor of National Black History Month 2026
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Presentation: 15th Running Oceanside International Film Festival 2026; with Lou Niles, Executive Director
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
All items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine matters or formal documents covering previous City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA instructions.
The items listed on the Consent Calendar may be enacted by a single vote.
There will be no separate discussion of any Consent Calendar items unless requested by members of the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA or the public through submittal of Request to Speak form prior to the commencement of this agenda item.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 3-8: WEISS
SECOND: ROBINSON
APPROVED: 5-0
3. Staff recommends that the City Council/Harbor Board/CDC/OPFA approve the waiving of reading of the text of all ordinances and the text and title of all resolutions included in this agenda. Unanimous approval of the City Council/Harbor Board/CDC/OPFA is required.
City Council/ HDB/CDC/ OPFA:
4. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Property Lease Agreement with Visit Oceanside, Inc., for use of City-owned property located at 928 A North Coast Highway, for a five-year term; appropriate funds in the total amount of $229,369 from the General Fund Unassigned, Building Maintenance Unrestricted and IT Hardware Reserves; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement upon receipt of all supporting documents.
City Council:
Enactment No: 26-D0052-1
5. Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment 4 to the Professional Services Agreement with Dudek in the amount of $45,050, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $388,601, for design services for the Buena Vista Creek Restoration Planning Project; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the amendment.
City Council:
Enactment No: 26-D0053-1
6. Staff recommends that the City Council approve and adopt the revised City of Oceanside Compensation Plan for Unrepresented Employees, updating Bilingual Pay language and adding an Information Technologies special assignment pay, effective the pay period following ratification and adoption of this recommendation and appropriate $6,180 from Information Services Unrestricted Fund.
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City Council:
Enactment No: 26-D0054-1
7. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution continuing the Local Emergency Declaration due to on-going sedimentation and shoaling in the navigation channel of the Oceanside Harbor.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Rick Robinson
Council Member Weiss, Council Member Sanchez, Council
Member Joyce, Council Member Robinson, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
Enactment No: RES 26-R0055-1
8. Staff recommends that the City Council determine there remains a need to continue emergency work on the 18-inch Mesa Loma Water Main.
City Council:
GENERAL ITEMS
General Items are normally heard after any 6:00 p.m. Public Hearing Items.
However, if time permits, some General Items may be heard prior to any 6:00 p.m. Public Hearing Items, following the Consent Calendar. Ordinances may be introduced at this time. The City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA has adopted a policy that it is sufficient to read the title of ordinances at the time of introduction and adoption, and that full reading of ordinances may be waived. After the City Attorney has read the titles, the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA may introduce the ordinances in a single vote.
9. Staff recommends the City Council receive an informational presentation regarding a potential shift in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Oceanside Harbor Channel annual dredging and sand placement program from spring to the fall, intended to extend shoreline benefits, enhance coastal resilience, and increase operational predictability.
City Council:
A) Report by Jayme Timberlake, Coastal Zone
Administrator
B) Discussion
C) Recommendation – Council receives report
10. Staff presents the FY 2026-27 through FY 2030-31 General Fund Five-Year Financial Forecast for review, recommends approval of updates to the City Council Policy 200-13 - Financial Policies, and requests an appropriation of $1,339,141 from prior-year General Fund surplus to the CalPERS unfunded accrued liability
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account.
City Council:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Esther Sanchez
SECONDER: Peter Weiss
Council Member Weiss, Council Member Sanchez, Council
Member Robinson, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
Council Member JoyceNay:
A) Report by Jill Moya, Financial Services Director
B) Discussion
C) Recommendation – approve updates and
appropriate funds
6:00 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
Public hearing items are “time-certain” and are heard beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Due to the time-certain requirement, other items may be taken out of order on the agenda to accommodate the 6:00 p.m. public hearing schedule.
11. Staff recommends that the Community Development Commission (CDC) adopt a resolution confirming issuance of a Categorical Exemption pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15332 (In-Fill Development Projects) and approving a Development Plan, Conditional Use Permit, and Regular Coastal Permit to allow the demolition of the existing structure and construction of a full-service electric vehicle (EV) charging station with up to 51 EV chargers, two Tesla battery energy storage systems, and a 3,457-square-foot convenience market located at 1501 North Coast Highway.
CDC:
RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Rick Robinson
Council Member Weiss, Council Member Sanchez, Council
Member Robinson, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
Council Member JoyceNay:
Enactment No: RES 26-R0056-3
(Item continued from the January 14, 2026 meeting)
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A) Chair opens public hearing
B) Chair requests disclosure of Commissioner and
constituent contacts and correspondence
C) Secretary presents correspondence and/or petitions
D) Testimony beginning with Nicole Weedman, Planner
II
E) Recommendation - adopt resolution
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON OFF-AGENDA ITEMS
No action will be taken by the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA on matters in this category unless it is determined that an emergency exists or that there is a need to take action that became known subsequent to the posting of the agenda. The presiding officer may hear non-agenda items at any time after the 5:00 p.m. meeting is called to order.
12. Communications from the public regarding items not on this agenda 7 SPEAKERS
CITY CLERK UPDATES
MAYOR AND/OR COUNCILMEMBER ITEMS
GENERAL COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES
The following items are ordinances for adoption by the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA. Ordinances are laws of the City of Oceanside and require introduction and adoption at two separate City Council meetings (urgency ordinances are an exception, and may be introduced and adopted at one meeting as an emergency measure). The City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA has adopted a policy that it is sufficient to read the title of ordinances at the time of introduction and adoption, and that full reading of ordinances may be waived.
After the City Attorney has read the titles, the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA may adopt the ordinances below in a single vote. There will be no discussion of the items unless requested by members of the City Council/HDB/CDC/OPFA or the public through submittal of a Request to Speak form prior to the commencement of this agenda item.
13. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt an ordinance amending the Oceanside Traffic Code by the amendment of Article X, Section 10.28 regarding parking of oversized vehicles.
(Introduced on January 28, 2026, 5-0)
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RESULT: APPROVED
MOVER: Peter Weiss
SECONDER: Rick Robinson
Council Member Weiss, Council Member Sanchez, Council
Member Joyce, Council Member Robinson, and Council Member Figueroa
Aye:
Enactment No: 26-OR0037-1
ADJOURNMENT
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:32 P.M. IN MEMORY OF RAY DUNCAN AND LESLIE
VELASCO