CITY OF PACIFICA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Council Chambers
2212 Beach Blvd
Pacifica, CA 94044
Mayor Tygarjas Bigstyck
Mayor pro Tem Sue Vaterlaus
Councilmember Sue Beckmeyer
Councilmember Mary Bier
Councilmember Christine Boles
City Council Regular Meeting 1 April 24, 2023
SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETING
April 24, 2023 (MONDAY)
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Mayor Tygarjas Bigstyck called the meeting to order on April 24, 2023 at 5:33 PM 5:30 PM - STUDY SESSION
Mayor Bigstyck called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m., stating that all councilmembers were present and announced that the Council would meet in Study Session.
City of Pacifica Climate Action Plan Update
PROPOSED ACTION: Receive Staff presentation and provide direction on the scope and process for an update to Pacifica’s Climate Action Plan.
City Manager Woodhouse introduced Management Analyst Barranti and Management Analyst Brooks who have been doing a great deal work on the Climate Action Plan process, adding that Planning Director Murdock was also at the table.
Management Analyst Barranti stated she was assisted by Management Analyst Brooks and Sr.
Sustainability Specialist Avana Andrade with the San Mateo County Office of Sustainability and RICAPS coordinator.
Management Analysts Barranti and Brooks jointly presented the staff report.
Mayor Bigstyck clarified that they are only talking about the process, not Climate Action Plan policies, at this time.
Mgmt. Analyst Brooks confirmed that this was the beginning step in the process and they want to have clear direction from Council as well as touch base with the community before they talk about policy and the specific items and measures that would go with the policies.
Mayor Bigstyck asked Council if they had any questions and, seeing none, opened up public comments.
Gail Benton Shoemaker, Pacifica, was speaking as a member of Tree City Pacifica, mentioning the remarks in the 2019 proclamation regarding Arbor Day goals and mentioned her disappointment that they haven’t added a canopy goal to the city’s Climate Action Plan in this staff report.
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Nancy Tierney, Pacifica, stated she has become immersed in the science and politics of climate change, and expressed her involvement on this issue and shared suggestions for updating the goals.
Paul Totah, Pacifica, stated he was also speaking on behalf of Tree City Pacifica, and referred to city’s previous goals and shared his thoughts and suggestions on this issue.
Cindy Abbott, Pacifica, referred to the timing of this issue following Earth Day with the crisis our planet is experiencing, and she expressed her thoughts on the goals and positive process, as well as community engagement.
Margo Meiman, Pacifica, stated she is grateful to see Council getting the ball rolling on updating the Climate Action Plan, and shared her thoughts, especially on community involvement and a workshop event on May 18.
Cynthia Kaufman, Pacifica, was grateful that Council was taking this up and she shared her thoughts on how they approach the process and follow up on their goals.
Mayor Bigstyck closed public comments.
Councilmember Bier realized that they aren’t talking policy, but will express her interest as she feels it is the most important topic. She wants the community to understand how serious they are and how important it is. She was disappointed that she didn’t see things like the tree canopy, urban forest, etc., and she was looking forward to digging in on all the issues and working with our community. She felt the task force was extremely important and wondered if it was possible to put as many resources as they can into this process and find a way for a qualified consultant to work with our community.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus agreed. She thought they can use people’s information from the public which would be a broad cross section of the public on the committee. She thought they also need the fellow.
Councilmember Boles agreed with comments from both Councilmember Bier and Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus and liked having a task force of the community, and thought we had a lot of good resources from our people in Pacifica and some of the non-profits. She knows they want to be involved and help lead us forward and be more visionary for what we want for Pacifica. She stated that there has not been discussion about the number of people in the task force. She didn’t know when those details get flushed out or, as mentioned, qualification of how they are chosen. She also asked about the possibility of a councilmember or two being on this committee. She discussed this with the City Manager, and she thought his concern was making sure it was community led and driven and not Council led and driven which she understands.
She researched Palo Alto and they had three councilmembers on the committee to help draft the documents, mentioning that it took them three years to put it together. She was concerned about the schedule, and she thought this was where the task force will give them feedback, so some parts will be broken out so they can start doing things right away and not have to wait up to three years if possible. She stated that she was excited to learn about the possibility of the CivicWell fellow. She noted a correction to the numbers for the coming year. She asked if the City Manager can answer about the formation of the committee.
City Manager Woodhouse noted they need to come back with an item for the actual formation of a task force if that is Council’s direction. He stated that this is a study session so they can try to City Council Regular Meeting 3 April 24, 2023
be informal and any direction or ideas, such as the number of task force members. He noted there may be the struggle of balancing the need to have an effective working group able to achieve a quorum for the meetings and his recommendation would be 5-7. He thought any initial input by Council would be a good direction to staff regarding the size of the task force. He referred to the liaison piece which would be important for Council to discuss. He referred to Councilmember Boles mentioning that, one dynamic is, when you have a Councilmember at the table, it changes the dynamic of the advisory board or task force. He stated that the typical role of a liaison member is to listen and report back to Council rather than participate in the task force. He stated that our system was a little undefined, so it requires definition. He would look forward to Council’s direction about whether this task force would be one that would be appropriate to have a liaison or not, as it was not a Commission or committee but a task force that is functionally working.
Councilmember Boles knows the commissions and committees have a charter that describes their tasks and overall responsibility, and she asked if there was anything different that they would be providing for a task force versus a commission and committee. She was trying to understand the amount of work staff has to do to set this up as a task force.
City Manager Woodhouse stated his vision is the resolution establishing this could be streamlined and simple. He stated that the commissions and committees have charters, with some established in resolutions, and they vary in the degree of complexity. If it is Council’s direction, this is a working task force to work on the Climate Action Plan update and doesn’t have to specify all the elements of scope of that work as that is the task force’s work and it would only specify the purpose, duration, and number of members. It will be a Brown Act committee and would be expected to follow the Commission/committee rules code of conduct, etc. He asked the Asst. City Attorney if she had any other comments.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano sees the task force as the City Manager stated to be a much more limited scope in terms of what is in the resolution about their activity rather than the Planning Commission which has a more robust description of duties and tasks.
Councilmember Boles thought they will be defining what they work on to bring back to Council and is a work in progress. She also discussed with the City Manager the possibility of setting up a longer standing committee as, after the CAP, they will also need to be reporting with other sustainability projects. The suggestion was that was also something the task force could think about, and it was not something they need to set up now but could be part of it.
Mayor Bigstyck stated that when they have the discussion brought back to them, if it were a longer standing committee, would they be incorporating that into the original resolution or a secondary function after the fulfilled their first.
City Manager Woodhouse stated, in his view, a standing committee or commission focused on sustainability is a different entity and process to get there than is this task force. As mentioned by Councilmember Boles, the task force down the line may make recommendations but it is a different scope of discussion in balancing. Staff support for a standing commission and committee is a significant workload, and balancing that with what Council needs a standing commission or committee to advise them for the long haul is a bigger project and a different Council discussion than just this task force. Through this process over the year(s), they may want to think about what that future would be.
Councilmember Beckmeyer stated that this has been a very big topic the entire time she has City Council Regular Meeting 4 April 24, 2023
been on Council, and was a passion of former Councilmember Deirdre Martin; it has been taken seriously despite many Pacificans feeling as though the lack of a plan indicates the lack of interest by Council or the City. She stated that, since she has been on Council, they have had a load of work to do and staff and Council are still working on it and important priorities are for the entire city. She was thinking about how many times they had comments about where the Climate Action Plan is, and she thought it was the right time to do this as they couldn’t give it the depth and focus it needed before now. She stated that the work has been happening in the community and not that the plan sat on a shelf from 2014 and they did zero about the climate.
She stated, since she has been on Council, they have adopted sets of Reach Codes; what they now need to do, she is looking for the opportunity to see the work evolving and she wants to know what they decided previously, and how does that translate into those measurable goals.
She asked what having all electric building in any new construction was going to mean for Pacifica and how does it look with their Housing Element and Climate Action Plan and what it is contributing to improving and moving forward with our larger community such as state, country, world, on climate urgency. She was excited that it is happening but it will take resources and both options presented indicate a significant amount of resource allocation. She liked incorporating the expertise of our community. She has some questions around numbers and agreed with the idea of a manageable number of people. She mentioned a steering committee versus task force and a potential future for another ongoing standing committee. She was wondering if there was a possibility of having a task force that is relatively big but a steering committee that is a smaller body. She understands the issue of quorum, but there will be so much work to do and if you have seven people and you divide the work, you end up on multiple subcommittees and she is looking for ideas that would be models. How do you have enough people to divide the work so when you have a monthly meeting, you can do work and come back and take the next step. If you are on 2 or 3 subcommittees, that is a lot of work to go and do and come back. She is wrestling with the concept of managing the numbers and the concept of how much work there is to do. She is thrilled about the fellow and that is the reason they go to meetings and bring the resource back to our community. She was happy this was happening and managing it adds to workload but she feels it is urgent and the time and money they invest into it is appropriate. She asked how they manage it, but she doesn’t have all the answers.
She is open to the fact that it will be a significant investment. She asked if there could be four or more goals included, especially in light of what Councilmember Bier brought up, such as the canopy goal. She stated that, regardless of whatever structure or number of people or form, she wants to make sure they have the youth voice at the table.
Mayor Bigstyck agreed. Regarding some of the things Councilmember Beckmeyer, he took the three goals/items as a starting point, not necessarily that it was all they were doing at this point.
He thought the idea of the task force would be to assess what among those groups would exist, in addition to the original three.
Mgmt. Analyst Brooks confirmed, explaining that, in California, 47% of cities and counties don’t have any kind of Climate Action Plan and CARB, serving the whole state, suggests those three as a starting place. Pacifica has made some headway from the starting place.
Mayor Bigstyck stated most boards he was involved with over the last eight years was around 13 persons, and almost every time more than the majority showed up, and was never under a quorum. He was not concerned about the size of the task force for quorum.
Councilmember Boles wanted to add on to what Mayor Bigstyck and Councilmember Beckmeyer said, stating she wasn’t concerned about the number needed for a quorum as much as enough people to do the work, such as transportation, there would be a 2-3 person City Council Regular Meeting 5 April 24, 2023
subcommittee on that one thing to make progress in their timeline. She loves the idea of having youth spots on this. She spoke with one of the leaders of the Oceana Environmental Club who had hoped to speak at this session, so she thought there was interest by our youth. She added, relating to Councilmember Bier’s topics, she thought it was important as the number of topics will impact the number of people they want to serve. She added that, regarding the canopy she has seen in other cities CAP plans, one city had an urban forest open space section, one as natural environment and was not just trees but wetlands and other decisions in our environment that sequester carbon and keep us from over building. She stated that, under energy, an emerging section in the building codes is about building decarbonization and not just about the energy use but the energy put in when building it, as they don’t want to use too much steel as it has a high carbon footprint. She referred to the sewage treatment plant, as well as garbage and composting, as some apartment buildings don’t have composting bins and they can expand some things they are already doing. She stated some cities have a municipal operation in terms of the materials used, etc. She thought climate adaptation is important but she was concerned that it might take a while with harder conversations.
Mayor Bigstyck referred to Cynthia Kaufman’s public comment on metrics as that was important to see where they are. He thought everyone was in favor of a task force and the CivicWell fellow. He mentioned they felt frustration over the years on the inability to incorporate the community input as they would have liked for legal reasons. He felt it was heartening that this will be a community led process and he was looking forward to seeing what they will accomplish with that opportunity. He asked staff if they need further direction or have what they need.
City Manager Woodhouse heard consensus about the CivicWell fellow and moving forward with that. He heard consensus on the community task force. He stated that they can bring back information and options related to the formation, size, etc. He stated the conversation on liaison roles can happen at that time.
Mgmt. Analyst Brooks stated she would like guidance to bring back the report most helpful for them. Regarding the task force, Council may want to consider how many spots they need to have the right people in the room. Based on the goals they have in mind, it might help guide their research on how to form that group better. She also requested clarification from Councilmember Boles’ correction on the number from earlier. She asked Mgmt. Analyst Barranti if she had any questions.
Mgmt. Analyst Barranti stated she had clear direction.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated she wrote down 9 as the number but maybe that’s not enough.
Mayor Bigstyck stated he was less concerned with the numbers than that it is a full and robust representation of our community.
Councilmember Bier stated, when he mentioned 13, she thought that was good. She stated that any way they can get the youth involved will be important. She would like to have them directly participating, but if they can’t, we need to have them come anyway to listen and share all their perspectives. She felt they were lucky to have Mgmt. Analysts Brooks and Barranti working on this.
City Manager Woodhouse remarked that, when they are talking about the size of a task force, from his perspective, they have had quorum problems on city committees and commissions that have large membership, such as Emergency Preparedness and Economic Development, which City Council Regular Meeting 6 April 24, 2023
he thinks they both have 9. He asked for confirmation from Mgmt. Analyst Barranti.
Mgmt. Analyst Barranti stated Economic Development is at 8 currently.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that, even with very dedicated community volunteers, quorum can be a problem. He mentioned the example of PCE which is elected officials and that is what they do, but he stated that this will be supported by staff and, when talking 9-13 members, that is 13 calls and emails that staff is responding to; when the numbers get larger, the task workload grows when everybody is actively engaging with staff and asking questions, as they can’t talk to each other except in limited subgroups that comply with the Brown Act.
Mayor Bigstyck stated he feels that a more productive starting point is discerning what the pertinent stakeholders are and, once they have the group, that will help them to come up with the appropriate number would be. He stated that Margo Meiman said something about the organizations in town getting together independently, holding community meetings that ultimately would flow back into informing the task force. He thought City Manager’s point is well-taken. He thought step one is to discern the stakeholder groups that should be representative as a part of the task force, and from there, they can whittle down what the appropriate number is.
Councilmember Beckmeyer thought they should factor in what they need the work to entail and will inform how big the work is and how many people will be needed. She gets the point of managing a larger body, and she thought it was important for this group to have a solid grounding in the Brown Act because it may not be in the wheelhouse of people. She wondered if there is a way to streamline communications. She thought it may look a little different than the committees and commissions. She stated that, regarding the issue of Councilmember involvement, their role and responsibility in a commission or committee liaison role, she sees it a little different in this one, but she hears about it being community driven. She stated, regarding what they bring back, she would like to know what other communities are doing in this area as there are leading communities, such as Menlo Park.
Councilmember Bier thought this is one of the most important things they will ever be working on. The more resources they can have the better, even if it means a lot of emails back and forth.
Councilmember Boles stated that the fellow will be working full time and that is an additional person that is not a burden on our current staff. She clarified the correction to the number mentioned earlier. She stated that she forgot to mention water conservation and reuse.
Councilmember Bier agreed that they have a water district.
Councilmember Boles stated that a lot of this is project by project, and she spoke with Adrianne about the school district housing and their recycled water doesn’t go out that far but the sites themselves can do things.
Staff confirmed they have the direction they needed.
RESULT: NO VOTE REQUIRED
City Council Regular Meeting 7 April 24, 2023
7:00 PM OPEN SESSION
Call to Order
Mayor Bigstyck called a recess and reconvened the regular meeting at 7:06 p.m.
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Tygarjas Bigstyck Mayor Present
Sue Vaterlaus Mayor pro Tem Present
Sue Beckmeyer Councilmember Present
Mary Bier Councilmember Present
Christine Boles Councilmember Present
Staff Present: Kevin Woodhouse, City Manager; Denise Bazzano, Asst. City Attorney; Lisa Petersen, PW Director; Christian Murdock, Planning Director; Chris Clements, Police Captain; Bob Palacio, PB&R Director; Roland Yip, PW Dep. Dir. (Field Services/Engrg); Ryan Adams, Fire Inspector (NCFA); Alyssa Barranti, Mgmt. Analyst; Elizabeth Brooks, Mgmt. Analyst; Ken Fong, IT Analyst; Sarah Coffey, City Clerk; Emily La, Dep. City Clerk.
Reading of Land Acknowledgment
Mayor Bigstyck read the Land Acknowledgement.
Salute to the Flag led by Councilmember Boles
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A. Pacifica Beautification Awards 2022 by the Beautification Advisory Committee Beautification Advisory Committee Chair Gail Bennett stated that they will be presenting the 2022 Pacifica Beautification Awards and, instead of yearly, they will be doing it every quarter.
Councilmember Beckmeyer stated, in her role as the liaison on the Beautification Advisory Committee, Gail Bennett has done an amazing job leading and moving it forward.
Gail Bennett stated that they are honoring the small business owner, Jaymi Wessell, the owner of the State Farm Insurance office on Manor.
Councilmember Bier thanked Ms. Wessell, stating it was beautiful and it changes everything.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated she drives by many times a day and noticed that the flowers were blooming so fast.
Councilmember Boles stated that even her signage on the building provides light for the bus stop which was not there before. She stated, besides the beautiful garden, it was wonderful to have her business in our community.
Councilmember Beckmeyer thanked Ms. Wessell.
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Mayor Bigstyck stated that they talked so much about mental health and he found it amazing how something as simple as creating a small beautiful landscape does an amazing thing to open up the minds of people and giving them the opportunity to take a deep breath that they might not have that day.
Mayor Bigstyck opened public comments and, seeing none, closed public comments.
B. Preservation Award 2023 to Jim Sullivan by the Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee
OSPAC Chair Arlene Patton stated it was a wonderful honor and there were so many wonderful people in our community who do some form of open space work, and they have this small way to express gratitude for community work. She read the proclamation honoring Jim Sullivan for the continued preservation of open space and other major accomplishments.
Jim Sullivan thanked Council and mentioned others who helped, stating that they did it for future generations.
Councilmember Bier stated that it was good to see him, as she missed him. She thanked him, stating she was in awe of his accomplishments as people like him matter to make Pacifica so beautiful today and for the future.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus states he was definitely a steward for our community, not just for what he has done but the education he has given them and they appreciate him so much.
Councilmember Boles stated she first met him riding his bike on the Higgins Trail on the old County Road and she couldn’t keep up with him. She thought he was such an inspiration, and didn’t know all his work and she is grateful for his years of dedicated service in what we preserved and we all get to enjoy them.
Councilmember Beckmeyer thanked him for all that he shared and educated all of us, and is generous with all his knowledge to help those serving and taking over positions and roles and have that grounding.
Mayor Bigstyck thought it was humbling to know everything he has done over the course of his time even though he wasn’t personally present. He thought the first time he met him was on a San Pedro Valley trail hiking and he got to see him at the store all the time and many times in the trails in the back of the valley. He stated that his presence has been missed lately. He was honored to hear everything he has done for our community to ensure future Pacificans have a wonderful place to enjoy what occurs when we are proper stewards.
Jim Sullivan thanked everyone.
C. Proclamation - Wildfire Preparedness Month - May 2023 Mayor Bigstyck read a proclamation honoring Wildfire Preparedness Month in May 2023.
NCFA Fire Inspector Ryan Adams thanked Pacifica for their cooperation and support in raising awareness in Pacifica on topics related to wildfire. He encouraged everyone to attend the Wildfire Awareness event on May 20 at the Community Center parking lot from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., where NCFA, as well as other stakeholders, will be discussing topics related to fire City Council Regular Meeting 9 April 24, 2023
including defensible space, etc. With continued collaboration between the city, Council, law enforcement and Fire Authority, they can all raise awareness throughout Pacifica.
Councilmember Bier thanked him. She stated we sometimes take for granted our firefighters and she wanted him to know that we appreciate them.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus added in agreement that we need them.
Councilmember Boles thanked him for all the work he does to educate the community. They rely on them so much and she appreciates it.
Councilmember Beckmeyer echoed what everyone said, and she was grateful for the education piece.
Mayor Bigstyck stated it was important that people are aware that there are evacuation route plans in place and that zone haven tool is one of the most effective ways for people to be communicated with in the event of an unforeseen event. He stated that SMC Alert is a tool that everyone in our community should sign up with, especially during the storms when it was imperative to know what streets were down and how to get out safely. He asked him if he could remind them of the best ways to sign up for SMC Alert.
Mr. Adams stated that they can go to zonehaven.com, check your zone by putting in your address and it will provide evacuation routes, etc. When they hit on the bottom of the page to subscribe for an alert and you put your information in and you will get automated texts with any incidents in your area.
Mayor Bigstyck thanked him for working every day to keep our community safe.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Bigstyck opened public comments and, seeing none, closed public comments. The Council began to discuss the process of pulling a Consent item.
Councilmember Boles referred to the Housing Element meeting which was a study session, not a full meeting, and she asked the City Manager because the minutes seemed very sparse. She stated that the answer she got was that they didn’t really need to do minutes but she thought there were some important key things they did talk about if they are doing minutes that aren’t in the minutes, and she heard those concerns from a planning commissioner with whom she spoke. She stated, in relation to the agreement of all councilmembers and commissioners on next steps, they had a lot of discussion at the end where commissioners were bringing up the process and the concern about the timeline and that they haven’t delved into the site and it was almost midnight and too late to do that. She understood that the consensus was they were asking to not wait to hear back from HCD as that could be three months and could throw their timeline out if they are going to open it up and hear from the public and have a robust discussion. That was her main concern but there were other comments she thought were important and aren’t in the minutes. She stated that, if they don’t need to have minutes, is it better not to have them than have them not be complete. It was also missing the names of the planning commissioners in attendance. She stated those were her concerns and she would like to hear from them all.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that, if there are corrections to the minutes and Council wants City Council Regular Meeting 10 April 24, 2023
to pull them and direct that they review the record to correct that, they can bring the minutes back at the next Council meeting for adoption. He stated that the topic of engaging in a conversation about minutes or how they do them is a separate agenda item and would need to be agendized in the future. Part of the question is whether Councilmember Boles thinks there is inaccurate minutes and if they need to be pulled, re-reviewed and brought back.
Councilmember Boles stated that one comment she was reading as inaccurate and some things were missing.
Mayor Bigstyck stated that, when a motion is made, if they can incorporate the names of the Planning Commissioners who were present, he would appreciate that. He also stated that there seems to be confusion because the style in which the minutes were taken is a bit different than their normal practice. He referred to it coming up as a question at a later date, and stated it came up last year, as he and Councilmember O’Neill were having an ad hoc about the code of conduct, whether or not it might be more efficient and save them money and ultimately be a better idea to start doing action minutes since everything now is on video and, if an accurate record is desired, it is the most effective way to find it. He would like to have that conversation agendized at a later time. He asked if after that there were any corrections she would like to see made to the minutes.
Councilmember Boles stated she was not prepared to say specifically, adding that she can list a couple of things that she knows aren’t in there, but they wouldn’t be complete. She stated that the response she heard from the City Manager is that they don’t necessarily need to have minutes, and her preference is to not have them than to have something incomplete. She stated that it was a very tricky meeting as they are trying to record where the consensus was, but they were discussing all over and they didn’t vote about everything. She stated she talked about having the public transportation routes on the plan with the housing sites as something that was important and the consultant actually agreed with her and said that HCD would want to see that, and that wasn’t in the minutes. She stated that her concern is that, if they are looking at the exact direction they are giving to Council and the items they want them to work on, they aren’t comprehensive.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that it sounds like this won’t be resolved with just a brief question and she suggested that this item be pulled and, pursuant to Council rules, they would pull it and put it as the first item after the consent calendar on the agenda.
Mayor Bigstyck agreed. He then had a question about Item #4, and subsequent to that received a card on item #4. He briefly reopened public comment.
Gail Benton Shoemaker, Pacifica, read an email from Tree City Pacifica member, Paul Totah, congratulating the city getting funding for the Sharp Park Priority Development Area Pedestrian Improvement Project, and requesting that cutouts or bulb outs for trees be included in sidewalk designs for this project. The email shared what led to the creation of Tree City Pacifica and data on the benefits of trees for businesses, property values and the environment in all cities.
Mayor Bigstyck closed public comment. Mayor Bigstyck asked if we currently have cutouts or bulb outs for trees included in the sidewalk designs for this project or would they have to additionally ask for that.
PW Director Petersen stated that they were excited to receive funding for this project. They applied under OBAG 3 and they got some money from a Safe Routes to Schools grant related City Council Regular Meeting 11 April 24, 2023
to this and didn’t get the OBAG 3 but talked to CCAG about it; they were able to fund us some money from OBAG 2, which is the older program. They said they have to get it done fast, and they have to obligate funds by January 2024. She stated that they would love to reconstruct all the sidewalks which is a very expensive project and this project is fixing ADA compliance, generally spot repairs up and down the streets. Regarding the bulb out areas shown in the Sharp Park Specific Plan, there is one section on Paloma between Francisco and Palmetto that does have some bulb outs shown on the plan, and they are just doing spot repairs on the north side of the street. On the south side of the street, they were looking to see if they would have enough money to widen the sidewalk which is called out for in the Sharp Park Specific Plan but the bulb outs that are currently shown in the Sharp Park Specific Plan are out there: 3 on the specific plan in that south side area and a separated area with a planter strip that is also shown in the Sharp Park Specific Plan. Of those bulb outs, one is planted and the other two are weeds but PW at some point could go through and try to help clean up those areas and plant some trees. Ultimately, she thought the infrastructure is currently there and, if they have funds to widen the sidewalk by moving the curb line out by a foot to help with ADA compliance, they would do so. A huge part of the grant is safe routes to schools and they are trying to get ADA access and that is where the funds were meant to be.
Mayor Bigstyck thought the sentiment is if it would save time and money as part of the design phase that they see where a bulb out could be incorporated. He asked if she was saying there are no places where a bulb out could be incorporated and not feasible for another reason.
PW Director Petersen clarified that the Specific Plan does not show the three locations of the streets they are doing (such as Paloma and San Jose) but the streets are not part of this project. The only location that shows the bulb out that is part of our project is Paloma. She mentioned that, on the north side of the street, they are doing spot repairs and not doing anything with the curb line and didn’t put it in as part of the grant. They didn’t ask for that because it was very expensive and they are trying to keep the project within a scope where they would actually get the funding. On the south side of the street, those improvements are already there. She stated that there are three bulb outs in the plan and three bulb outs currently out there.
Councilmember Boles supported bulb outs and trees if they can put them in the project. She knows there are some very large heritage trees existing, some problematic with the sidewalks, but hoped they can look at that and see if they can save some of them.
PW Director Petersen stated that there are no plans to remove heritage trees and they would be trying to save all of them. She stated the only issue would be if they couldn’t get ADA compliance because of the roots, but even then, there are methods of design that they can do, such as ramp or shaving roots. There are things they can do and they would do that before they consider taking out a tree.
Mayor Bigstyck stated that any additional bulb outs would be outside the scope of this particular project.
PW Director Petersen stated the current scope of the project did not include bulb outs and, as mentioned, the majority of the bulb outs shown on the plan are already on the south side of the street.
Mayor Bigstyck thought it sounded like there is one spot where there could be an additional bulb out.
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PW Director Petersen stated that there is a spot on the south side of the street that shows a bulb out, right at the intersection of Francisco and Paloma, but is not a location where they would want to put a big tree because it is a sight distance issue as it is a busy intersection with stop signs. The other locations could be cleared out and put trees.
Mayor Bigstyck asked if anyone wanted to make a motion on Items #2 through #4.
Councilmember Boles wanted to let the public know on Item #2, the Milagra outfall they are signing off on, that the public access path was nice before this winter and it is now eroded but the city is looking into funding and responsibility for restoring that as it is an important access point for our community.
Councilmember Bier moved to approve consent items #2-4; seconded by Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus.
CONSENT ITEMS #2-4
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles
1. Approval of Minutes
PROPOSED ACTION: Move to approve the minutes of the City Council and Planning Commission Joint Study Session held on March 21, 2023, and the City Council Special and Regular Meeting held on April 10, 2023.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that item No. 1 on consent agenda was the approval of minutes form the City Council and Planning Commission joint study session held on March 21, 2023 and City Council Special and Regular meeting held on April 10, 2023. Before the Council is approval of those minutes and the option for Council are to approve or not approve those minutes, and Council could continue the item to a date uncertain and give direction to staff to make the corrections identified by Councilmember Boles or any other corrections Council wants to take. What is not on the agenda is discussion about the way that the city takes minutes, but a request has been made by the mayor for a future agenda item to that effect.
Councilmember Boles stated she has said everything she wanted to say and she didn’t feel she could vote to approve the minutes today and it was up to Council if they want to vote.
Mayor Bigstyck asked, before they move, if she wanted to break out one of the minutes as something she could vote on or not vote on either of them.
Councilmember Boles stated she had a minor correction to the minutes in the middle of her communications. The sentence after Mayor Bigstyck stated she stated the theme was making thanking all volunteers, and there was a transition between talking about one meeting she attended and the next one. She wanted to state “she met with the Pacific Beach Coalition about Earth Day and the theme was ...” as there was no mention of the Beach Coalition.
Mayor Bigstyck asked if she was willing to vote for the April 10 minutes with that correction.
Councilmember Boles responded affirmatively.
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City Clerk Coffey stated she wanted a sentence before that stating “she met with Pacific Beach Coalition about Earth Day plans and stated the theme was thanking all volunteers.” City Manager Woodhouse stated one comment he heard was a request to add the Planning Commissioners in attendance at the joint study session to those minutes which, if they consider adoption and not continue approval of minutes to a future meeting, they add that to the motion as a change.
Mayor Bigstyck stated that change would be for the minutes for March 21. He asked City Attorney if they take them as two motions for each set of minutes.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano responded affirmatively.
Mayor Bigstyck opened public comments and, seeing no one, closed public comments.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus moved to approve the minutes from March 21, 2023, adding the names of the planning commissioners; seconded by Councilmember Beckmeyer.
Mayor Bigstyck asked if Councilmember Boles has anything she wants to say on it.
Councilmember Boles thought that one comment is not captured properly and she spoke to a planning commissioner about that.
Councilmember Bier believes that she is correct on that one comment and that they did talk about coming back and looking at the sites before things went and she agreed with that but she doesn’t know how to change them.
City Manager Woodhouse is happy to clarify the direction given to staff. Council had a long discussion that night but his understanding is and what the minutes say, having reviewed the recording, there was clear direction to make revisions and submit the Draft Housing Element to HCD. There was also a discussion of what should be done concurrently with HCD’s review of their Draft Housing Element as opposed to what should wait until they receive comments back from the HCD and, after all Council’s discussion, the Mayor and Chair of the Planning Commission said, if staff could develop a work plan for what would be feasible concurrent next steps and bring that back to the Council, that is what they would like to see and that was the plan. They are submitting the Draft Housing Element to HCD; after that they will work on evaluating what they can do concurrently with waiting for HCD’s comments back and that may or may not entail another joint study session or session with Council. As they remember, he clarified whether it would be a productive use of time if Council or Planning Commission is going to talk in depth about sites absent having heard what HCD has to say about those sites. They are going to develop a work plan of alternatives and bring that back to Council to consider what they can do, and there are other parallel things they can do such as getting the RP consultation selection process going for CEQA review, etc. Once they receive comments back from HCD, there will certainly be additional Planning Commission and Council discussion in the future. He stated that the minutes reflect what he just summarized.
Mayor Bigstyck stated that was his understanding at the time that there was consensus and, as they all expressed interest in those concurrent meetings and he specifically said as feasible, appreciating it may be a heavier lift than they were thinking even though they were in unison. He asked for staff to bring back to him and Planning Chair what they could do within the context of City Council Regular Meeting 14 April 24, 2023
their mutual desire was.
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT STUDY SESSION HELD ON MARCH 21, 2023
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [4-1]
MOVER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
SECONDER: Sue Beckmeyer, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier
NOES: Boles
Mayor Bigstyck moved to approve the minutes from April 10, 2023 with the amendment stated by Councilmember Boles; seconded by Councilmember Bier.
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 10, 2023
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Tygarjas Bigstyck, Mayor
SECONDER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles
Mayor Bigstyck was looking forward to having that brought back in terms of an agenda item sooner than later.
2. Approval of Amendment No. 2 to the Construction Management and Inspection Agreement between the City of Pacifica and GHD, Inc. and Notice of Completion for the Milagra Creek Outfall Repair Project.
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Approving Amendment No. 2 to the Construction Management and Inspection Agreement between the City of Pacifica and GHD, Inc. in the amount of $44,000.00; Accepting completion and directing the City Manager to file the Notice of Completion for the Milagra Creek Outfall Repair Project; and Authorize the City Manager to execute all documents and release the retention funds to the contractor.”
3. Resolution Authorizing Master Consultant Services Agreement and Task Order No. 2 with CSG Consultants for Construction Management Services for the Civic Center Campus Facilities Improvement Project
PROPOSED ACTION: Move to Approve a Resolution Authorizing a Master Services Agreement and Task Order No. 2 for the Civic Center Campus Facilities Improvement Project in an amount not to exceed $196,350; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Documents Related to the Project
4. Sharp Park Priority Development Area Pedestrian Improvement Project Design & Engineering
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution entitled "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Approving the Master Services Agreement and Task Order No. 1 with NCE in an amount not to exceed $155,800.00; Authorize a budget authority in the amount of $179,170.00, which includes contingencies in an amount not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Agreement amount; Authorize staff to Execute Future Task Orders not to exceed the contingency amount; and Authorize the City Manager to execute all documents related to the Sharp Park Priority Development Area Pedestrian City Council Regular Meeting 15 April 24, 2023
Improvement Project.”
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA
Marianne P. Osberg, Pacifica, stated she was a property owner and manager of 28 units in Sharp Park area, and expressed her thoughts and concerns about the Coastal Commission’s response to our updated Local Coastal Plan submitted three years ago, related to managed retreat and rebuilding the sea wall, which affects not only Sharp Park but all of Pacifica’s residents and businesses, mentioning specifics affecting her personally, suggestions to Council.
Cindy Abbott, Pacifica, stated the Sanchez Art Center has an amazing exhibit up to May 21, and they reached out to every state on the West Coast, California, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii, and bring incredibility visibility to Pacifica, mentioning the specifics on the upcoming weekend.
Kaarin Hardy, Pacifica, stated she is Co-President of Leadership Council, San Mateo County, and they are a new non-profit to help build relationships between government, private sector and the non-profit sector, and they seek to inspire, connect and educate established and emerging leaders from the private, non-profit and business sectors, giving their program details.
They welcome Pacifica partnering with them and look forward to welcoming Pacifica.
Emily Shabanian, Pacifica, stated she is a senior at SF State University and studying public health and interning at Daly City Youth Health Center. She shared her thoughts and suggestions on cannabis availability in Pacifica and the county.
Marcus Corral, Pacifica, stated he is a senior at SF State University and studying public health and interning at the Daly City Youth Health Center. He shared his thoughts on cannabis availability in Pacifica and the county.
Larissa Espinoza, Pacifica, stated she is a senior at SF State University and studying public health and interning at Daly City Youth Health Center. She shared her thoughts and suggestions on cannabis availability in Pacifica and county.
Anita Rees, Pacifica, stated she wanted to give quick updates on opening hours, grocery distributions, tax prep services, housing outreach program, and other programs and events.
Dana Turner, Pacifica, stated she was calling on the Housing Element and reported the problems with it and shared her concerns on the Housing Element.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
Mayor Bigstyck acknowledged that Jack Burgett of North Coast County Water District is present.
Councilmember Boles stated that they all attended the Council Mission Vision and Goal Setting two weeks ago. She thought it went well, but was hard going through all their goals and prioritizing all the wonderful things they want to do, and she pleased that they had an agreement. She previously mentioned working with the land trust on a grant from Fish and Wildlife Association to look at nature based solutions to climate change adaptation. Two days after the meeting she dealt with politics as the Coastal Commission and OneShoreline wrote letters in support of the grant. She reached out to CivicWell who reviewed the grant application City Council Regular Meeting 16 April 24, 2023
which was a benefit of her membership and they said the city did a good job. She stated that they will know at the end of May if they make it to the next step. She stated there is a lot of community engagement around it, and this can help move their LCP process forward as well.
She had several meetings with the Pacifica Climate Committee about the CAP as well the electrification event Ms. Meiman is working on. PCE Citizen’s Advisory Committee are members of the public who review, comment and help with outreach about PCE’s mission and programs. She stated that they see it before the board sees it. She stated that she and Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus attended the ribbon cutting of the Redwood City Navigation Center and their coordination with the County with a lot of resources and grants they got built this project in one year with 240 units of housing for the homeless population. She stated that it was special that they talked to the homeless ahead of time as there are barriers as some don’t want to move into group housing where they are sharing beds in a big room and have fear issues and have pets they can’t bring into shelters. She stated that these are individual rooms for one or a couple, can bring pets, etc., and she talked to the architect she met previously. The reason it was built in a year because the housing units were all modular and the housing was built in four months.
She thought there was a lot we can learn as we look at projects for our city too. She attended the Manor overcrossing meeting and thanked Public Works and consultants for outreach as they were packed with people sitting on tables, etc. She mentioned postcards were the way most people had heard about the event, so while they are expensive they make a difference for our community. It was run so that everyone could have a voice. She attended an Emergency Preparedness meeting, presentation from North County Fire, and they will be focusing ocean safety and our new life buoys as part of education for the Fog Fest. She met with Commute.org and they are starting to talk about what they might be able to get in Pacifica for shuttles; they want to meet with Planning Director Murdock, as they have processes for developers that can help with vehicle miles traveled. This might be something that might help the school district.
She stated that, regarding Earth Day with Beach Coalition, it was delightful to go on the VIP tour with Mayor Bigstyck and Councilmember Bier and representatives from offices of Becker, Eshoo, Hucklebridge, County Health, and members of the community.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated there was a Peninsula Division Planning meeting for an event with CalCities; she went to Sacramento to talk about investing in cities and giving them $3 billion permanently toward housing and homelessness. They met in small groups with Scott Weiner, Marc Berman, Josh Becker, Diane Papan and talked about coastal issues and other city items and to invest in cities is the most important part of it. She attended goal setting. The Democrats featured Jackie Speier who has a new important foundation regarding feeding children. She attended the opening of the San Mateo County Managed Lanes, stating they have an equity piece to get out for low income people, and not just lawyer lanes or Lexus lanes; they have an equity piece where people can get clipper cards so they can pay and use those in the managed lanes if necessary. The open house for the Cable TV company was fun. She stated the opening of the Navigation Center was incredible. She mentioned that the Manor Drive overcrossing meeting was full, stating there are differing opinions on whether there should be an entrance at Milagra and is the same as what has been going on the whole time. She stated the Fog Fest board is progressing. She attended the Progress Seminar on Friday through Sunday with individual segments on housing, health, electrification, jobs, benefits of life science to cities, and then Kevin Mullin and Diane Papan talked about the first hundred days in office, both newly elected, and explained all the intricacies of being in office.
Councilmember Bier referred to all of them attending their strategic planning meeting which was eye opening and hard to think about the amount of work staff is already doing and the work they are expecting of them. She thought it will be good to see all of the strategies go out over the ten years and see how it is spread out and she went home feeling overwhelmed about whether they City Council Regular Meeting 17 April 24, 2023
put too much work on their staff. She appreciated the process. She stated that Pacifica Pride had their planning meeting and fundraisers, and they raised $12,000 in one night with dueling fundraisers. It was fun, and they were able to hopefully pay for most of the cost for the parade and the family festival. She attended the Age Friendly Community Summit in Half Moon Bay and couldn’t thank Roy Earnst enough for all the work he does for Pacifica as well as other cities and working with our new director of PB&R, Bob Palacio. She stated it will be exciting as he has so much history of working with age friendly cities and she is excited about that. She attended the North Coast County Water District meeting and the Ad Hoc meeting and met with representatives and the mayor and had important discussions. She attended the PCT open house and expressed her love as they can’t do any of this without them. She asked the public to continue to support PCT and their ventures as they move forward with their property. She stated Earth Day was great. She referred to the Mayor’s Mental Health Initiative. She thanked Bob for all the work he will be doing for the city during Mental Health Month. She asked partner agencies to put a blurb into their outreach materials going to the constituents and community about it which she can supply for them. She attended the HEART Member Agency Committee meeting and learned so much about wonderful programs, referring to the first-time buyers program that 13 people in Pacifica used last year. She stated that they are also going to have a shared housing staff and she asked the City Manager to touch on that. She stated that her interns were present talking about cannabis policy and was so proud of them.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus added that, when they were in Sacramento at the CalCities event, she and the mayor got to speak before the senate budget subcommittee talking about saving funding for our coast that they are trying to eliminate from the budget and that was probably the most important thing they did. It was good to be able to stand up for the coast.
Councilmember Beckmeyer referred to the Strategic Planning meeting mentioned by others.
She stated that, while Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus was in Sacramento, she had the opportunity to attend the CCAG meeting. She wanted to touch on a couple of items, i.e., a report on a grant program coming from the Inflation Reduction Act of Federal Money. We have our grant writing consultants, and one grant was through the EPA and had to do specifically with storm water which sounded like an interesting project opportunity that Pacifica could benefit from. They mentioned, under the broadband category, the BEAD digital equity project. She stated that we have had some concerns about coverage in Pacifica. She stated something coming through San Mateo County to all cities on funding for energy efficiency and we will get $300,000 for the county and it’s not a lot of money and she doesn’t understand how that comes down to us. She asked Councilmember Boles, when she is at Commute.org and talking to them, if she can get some more details to share on the Guaranteed Ride Home program they offer for everyone, including college students. She stated that they are trying to address getting people out of their cars and onto shuttles and mass transit. She referred to resistance or concern on specific problems and issues.
Councilmember Boles stated that it is a free service and she will bring more detailed information.
Councilmember Beckmeyer appreciated that. She stated that the bike to work program offered by Commute.org includes 24 shuttles in the county that are completely covered for the cost with no fare and are equipped with bike racks. She stated, if you can get yourself close to your job on mass transit, you can get the shuttles to take you the last bit. She referred to bike to recreation as she thought we need recreation to balance a healthy life. She mentioned that Mike O’Neill was in the audience and he paved the way with Commute.org. She referred to equity programs, stating they need to make sure they are taking in all the needs of all the City Council Regular Meeting 18 April 24, 2023
people into account. She referred to income equity and geographic equity. She thought this was a good opportunity and the door is open. She referred to the Cordilleras Bridge replacement project, which won’t be as bad as the 101 lanes, but there are going to be four weekends that 101 will be closed - two northbound lanes one weekend and two southbound lanes the next. She had an opportunity after the Democrats meeting to attend with the mayor the ribbon cutting for a new boutique shop on Palmetto Avenue. Her biggest takeaway from an economic development standpoint was seeing the demographics of those running the business and standing outside celebrating that the business was owned. She referred to the Pride fundraiser. She stated that it doesn’t necessarily cost $12,000 to put on a Pride parade and there will be a lot of aspects of that day that will be amazing, such as entertainment at IBL and the family festival. She stated that they have already covered the cost and the good news is the extra funding will go to Coast Pride to continue the work they are doing in supporting all our communities from Pacifica to Pescadero. She thanked Mr. Burgett of the North County Board meeting for being so welcoming when we attend. She appreciated hearing about the work going on with the new headquarters on Francisco. She stated that there will be an open house coming up and it will be advertised with Connect with Pacifica and the community can go and learn more about the project and see the designs. She stated the Coastal Cities leadership group met. Kate Hucklebridge, as well as Madeline Cavalieri from Coastal Commission, attended the meeting to meet all those representing the coastal cities in the state. She stated that Ms. Hucklebridge will be a featured speaker for a webinar advertised through League of Cities and CalCities, and they will have information to share about upcoming Coastal Commission priorities and give her a chance to introduce herself to all coastal cities. She stated that there were two pieces of legislation she wanted to put on everyone’s radar. Becker and Papan are carrying around the Brown Act. It allows them to have some of their regional meetings on Zoom so they aren’t all generating greenhouse gas driving to all those meetings when they can do them on Zoom. She also highlighted Assembly Bill 1534 by Ward and Senate 1532 by Haney which has to do with housing and office conversion projects. She stated the issue is do schools get the developers free if the building already exists. She stated that, when a new building is built, there are developer fees that support and how that would affect RHNA.
She attended the progress seminar and was a fantastic weekend and a great opportunity to connect with people from businesses, other electeds in the county, and labor groups with wonderful presentations. She thought her biggest and best takeaway and benefit opportunity for us was an evaluator from HCD who was on the panel and was able to hear directly from cities about issues, concerns and questions. She thought Diane Papan stated at the end that 87% of Housing Elements in the state have not been approved by HCD, and the message is how can they make the process more streamlined. She is working on that as they understand the need for more housing but we need to be able to move the plans through.
Mayor Bigstyck gave his thoughts towards Ukraine and the Sudan. After the strategic planning session, he attended the CalCities city of leaders’ summit in Sacramento. He stated that they met with Assemblywoman Papan, as well as Dave Cortese, Marc Berman and Josh Becker.
The following day they met with Scott Weiner which was a unique opportunity to have time with him in a comparatively intimate setting. The talked to Alex Lee’s staff and spent more time with Josh Becker. They got to enjoy that time and was proceeded by speaking in front of the subcommittee he was chairing on natural resource energy and water regarding sea level rise and resilience needs in Pacifica during his Senate Budget Subcommittee he was chairing. He stated, on day 3, there were interesting seminars on leadership. He attended the city’s Democrats meeting where Jackie Speier was talking about her new initiative to address the wealth disparity in our county, especially where children are concerned. He enjoyed the Malt + Stone ribbon cutting with Councilmember Beckmeyer and the PCT open house on their 45th anniversary celebration and celebrating that they were able to buy the unit which is good news City Council Regular Meeting 19 April 24, 2023
for our community and making sure we are able to utilize every tool of transparency at our disposal. He was grateful to be joined by fellow Councilmember Bier, Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus and County Supervisor Ray Mueller. He attended the OSPAC meeting. Among all the business discussed, one of the major takeaways for him was the GGNRA and talking about the memorials at Mori Point; due to federal regulations, they will have to remove some of the memorials that were put up by people a number of years ago, and they want to make sure they are very sensitive about how they do it and will be coordinating with the city to make sure they can reach out to people so the memorials put up by citizens are treated respectfully. He stated they had an opportunity to meet our new Sr. Planner Stefanie Cervantes and she was giving them some information that night. He stated the next volunteer day the OSPAC committee is going to be holding to try and do some trail rehabilitation looks like will be on May 13 from 9 am to 12 pm. He then got to a back and forth between Progress Seminar in Santa Rosa and Earth Day here. He missed the educational breakout sessions for the progress seminar because he was at an Earth Day event with his colleagues and it was good to be on the VIP tour to see the extent that it isn’t just beach cleanup anymore; there are so many groups covering inland in Pacifica so the trash ultimately does not roll down to the beach. He thought it was amazing to see the community get together to take that step so what winds up on the beach doesn’t have to be cleaned up from the beach. He didn’t attend the education segments, but it was a wonderful opportunity for networking with a lot of people, not just electeds, such as community leaders from San Mateo County in the spot in Santa Rosa for a couple of days to deepen relationships and start new relationships. He stated that, going from issues ranging from public safety, homelessness, housing, education, etc., it is good to be in a circumstance with them where we can loosen up a little bit and deepen that relationship. He stated the leadership Council representative, Kaarin Hardy, made reference about forming those relationships when they don’t matter that much so when they do matter, they are there to tap into and the Progress Seminar was a great opportunity to do that.
STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
City Manager Woodhouse stated the new Police Chief Mia Sarasua began her first busy day today. He gave a shout out and thank you to Capt. Clements who has been acting as Police Chief for a long time. He knows that Captains Glasgo and Clements are giving her a great welcome as is the entire department and they are happy to have her. She will take her time getting oriented. He then referred to earlier mention of our life buoys project, stating that the first life buoy installation is in place just outside of the Council Chambers with five more along the promenade and more after that to be determined on their installations. He gave a shout out to PB&R Director Palacio for his work in making that happen.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Introduction of an Ordinance to approve Rezoning RZ-205-20 to rezone from the R-1 (Single-Family Residential) zoning district to the P-D (Planned-Development) zoning district, and to approve Development Plan DP-81-20 pursuant to the P-D zoning requirements; and introduction of an Ordinance to approve Development Agreement DA-3-20 that would, among other things, include ongoing use of the existing ballfields as a public recreational facility subject to certain limitations, which approvals would authorize the construction of seven multi-family residential buildings with a total of 70 residential housing units (including 11 housing units affordable at below-market rate, or BMR, rents), residential amenity buildings, off-street parking and circulation improvements, open space and landscaping, and recreational fields and amenities, at the former Oddstad Elementary School located at 930 Oddstad Boulevard (APN 023- City Council Regular Meeting 20 April 24, 2023
672-600) (File No. 2020-009). The Planning Commission recommended approval of the Rezoning, Development Plan, and Development Agreement, and approved Specific Plan SP-173-20, Subdivision SUB-248-20, and Heritage Tree Removal Authorization, by a vote of 6-0 on March 20, 2023, subject to City Council approval of the Rezoning, Development Plan and Development Agreement. Recommended California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) action: Adoption of a Resolution to certify a final environmental impact report (EIR), including Findings of Fact and a Statement of Overriding Considerations, due to significant and unavoidable environmental impacts that would result from approval and construction of the project.
PROPOSED ACTION:
(1) Move to adopt a Resolution to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report, adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, make the required findings and approve the Statement of Overriding Considerations; and,
(2) Introduce, waive the first reading, and read by title only, an Ordinance entitled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Pacifica approving Rezoning RZ-205-20 and Development Plan DP-81-20 to establish a Planned Development (P-D) zoning district with development plan for the Pacifica School District workforce housing project to construct 70 residential units at 930 Oddstad Boulevard (APN 023-672-600) (File No. 2020-009)”; and
(3) Introduce, waive the first reading, and read by title only, an Ordinance entitled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Pacifica approving Development Agreement DA-3-20 to establish a development agreement between the Pacifica School District and City of Pacifica to provide certain public and private benefits in conjunction with a development project at 930 Oddstad Boulevard (APN 023-672-600) (File No. 2020- 009).”
Councilmember Beckmeyer stated, as this item was about the Pacifica School District Work Force Housing Project, and she is employed by the Pacifica School District, although she has been advised by legal counsel that it is not a legal conflict of interest, because of the concerns some may have in the community, she decided it would be best with an abundance of caution to recuse herself from this item.
Mayor Bigstyck stated that he has had various conversations with the school district in various forms over the course of the last couple of years and, out of an abundance of caution, he wanted to disclose his ex parte communications and he invited any other Councilmember who wants to disclose ex parte to do so now.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated she attended their presentation.
Councilmember Boles stated she attended their presentation at the facility where they had their consultants.
Planning Director Murdock stated he is joined by liaison Planning Commissioner Danielle Devine, environmental consultant Crystal Rizzi of M-Group and Contract Planner Chris Dacumos by Zoom. He then presented the staff report.
Councilmember Boles was excited that this was coming before them today. She thanked the City Council Regular Meeting 21 April 24, 2023
school district for all the work and time that has gone into this and patience with the Planning Department. She knows there is support and a lot of need for this project for our teachers and school staff. She asked Planning Director Murdock if this site was listed in the previous housing element.
Planning Director Murdock stated he would have to check but wasn’t aware that they listed it in the prior Housing Element.
Councilmember Boles didn’t see any note of that in the staff report and, looking at the current Housing Element, the staff report said that, with the PD zoning, they could build up to 262 units.
They have to find other sites to make up the units if they aren’t providing maximum capacity.
She has had questions from the public about the deed restrictions and she heard back from City Manager and City Attorney that the deed restriction documents and compliance agreements aren’t done, and she asked if that typically happens further down the road.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that is true and they will be brought back with the second reading of the ordinances.
Councilmember Boles referred to the planning regulations of the 15% inclusionary zoning and stated we only need to provide 11 units as part of this project, and the school district is hoping to make more of those affordable. She asked if they are only asking for 11 to be deed restricted as part of these approvals.
Planning Director Murdock stated that the city is only requiring 11 to be deed restricted consistent with the city’s Below Market Rate Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance. They approached the school district during the development agreement negotiations to push them and asked them to agree to deed restrict more units, given that they were already going to rent them at below market rate levels, if not formally below market rate levels. They declined to provide additional units on a deed restricted basis because they were concerned about project financing by having more restrictions on potential income from the project. They may be able to expand more upon that if she asked them the same question. The project now only includes 11 deed restricted affordable housing units.
Councilmember Boles stated she wanted to ask that question of the applicant. She talked to Senator Becker about this project and he asked that they let him know when it’s ready to go.
She thought there will be opportunities for us to help find more grant funding. She referred to her question about the development agreement, and she wanted to clarify which one they are reviewing and approving at this meeting as she doesn’t know if other changes.
Planning Director Murdock stated that the content is the same. He wasn’t sure what happened with the formatting and the preparation of the attachments. He stated that the hyperlinked table of contents is also in the draft ordinance attachment and it will take her to the appropriate section based on the section headings. As he mentioned in his reply earlier to the query, the sections are numbered in the substantive comment between the attachment to the Planning Commission resolution and the draft ordinance is the same, and just the section numbering and headings that had the mix up in the formatting.
Elizabeth Bredall, Pacifica School District board member, stated that she is the trustee on the school board. She reported on the struggle to attract teachers as the cost of housing and rent in the Bay Area is causing great concern about the ability to serve the children in the future.
Many candidates for teaching positions are excited about moving to Pacifica but have to turn City Council Regular Meeting 22 April 24, 2023
down the position because of the cost of living. She referred to the discussion to repurpose Oddstad Elementary School in a useful and innovative way. They believe this plan will serve the school community as well as the Pacifica community. She stated it is the product of intense study and feedback from residents and employees. She stated that it is important to craft the best solution to meet the needs for our whole community, and they feel this site reimagined as work force housing will serve the greater purpose. She mentioned specifics of the process since the school was closed in 2005, such as study sessions, etc. She thanked the community for working with them for the years. She then turned it over to Shepherd Heery of Brookwood Group advisers.
Shepherd Heery, CEO of Brookwood Group, stated that it has been an honor to have been working with the school district for years, as well as the city, in a very collaborative manner.
They are pleased with this very project. They were able to keep the project at a very low rise scale, 2 stores maximum, and consists of 70 residences, 26 townhomes and 44 1- or 2- bedroom apartments. There are two story apartments and the other buildings are townhomes and 64% will be subsidized for teachers and staff and they hope to have 100% affordability in the long term. HEART has been helping them with the financing of the project. He stated that the most exciting part of the project, from the community’s perspective, is that they are saving the playing fields, and improving them, with a building to provide locker rooms, changing facilities, snack bar for teams, a nice facility for the community. They are also turning the upper parking lot into a dual-purpose basketball court. He mentioned some specific amenities, such as EV charging stations. They have a generalized schedule and are pleased to have worked successfully with city staff and they are ready to move into construction document phase and hope to secure the financing and take contract bids on various components of the scope of work. They hope to start construction in 2024 and deliver the project in 2025. He stated that there are two phases and they would like to proceed with both phases simultaneously. He stated that 25 units in phase 2 could be market rate units to help subsidize the financing of phase 1. He stated that they have their design architect, Alex Seidel, and on the phone they have the landscape architect, Lia Farley and civil engineer Tim Heffernan, and, the executive architect, Brock Ehlers.
Mayor Bigstyck stated he had two questions. One question was about parking, and he was less concerned as he thought it was addressed. He is asking the question to make sure the author’s question is answered on record. It was referring to the project having asbestos and precautions to remove it without making it airborne for the community for public safety.
Mr. Heery stated that any abatement of any toxic materials would be taken care of properly as part of or in advance of the actual demolition of the building. Regarding parking, they have 142 parking spaces, at a ratio of more than 2:1 per unit.
Mayor Bigstyck referred to board member Bredall talking about Mike O’Neill surplusing the property when he spent time on the school board. He wondered if they know what year that was that the property was surplused.
Ms. Bredall advised that it was 2012.
Planning Director Murdock added that the Environmental Impact Report does include a mitigation monitoring and reporting program (MMRP) that has mitigation measure, HAZ1, that addresses the asbestos abatement.
Mayor Bigstyck stated it was addressed in the staff report but he wanted to be sure it was out in City Council Regular Meeting 23 April 24, 2023
the public as it took him several years.
Councilmember Boles specified that the person was asking about guest parking.
Mr. Heery stated there are two spaces designated to go with each of the townhome units, some garage spaces and some covered by trellises - those are a 2:1 ratio per unit. The other parking on the site is surface parking, some of which is covered by the solar shading structures, but that space would not be reserved for any purpose other than handicapped spaces and EV charging stations. The open parking would be mixing guest parking and resident parking.
Councilmember Boles hoped that there was signage to direct visitors.
Mr. Heery stated that they haven’t gotten into the level of details as far as site management.
They would probably have a parking permit system of some sort and guest parking area.
Mayor Bigstyck opened the public hearing.
Lynda Brocchini, Pacifica, stated she is the president of the Pacifica School District board.
She shared her experience on the board on working diligently to listen the concerns of the community and the city, and most importantly their employees who told them time and time again that they love working for PSD but the cost of living makes it difficult to stay here. She expressed her thoughts on the project, calling it a win for, not only the school district, but for staff, students, neighbors and ultimately a win for the entire city of Pacifica and urged a yes vote on the project.
Mike O’Neill, Pacifica, stated that this is an opportunity for Council to make a generation change for thousands of students in Pacifica, as they help them attract the best teachers, as well as improving the athletic facilities and recreational opportunities which are desperate, especially during the pandemic, expressing his positive thoughts on the project.
Summer Lee, Pacifica, stated she was happy to see this project, and couldn’t say it better than Mike O’Neill. She has concerns about how they make sure most of the housing is affordable for teachers and she shared her thoughts as a parent of a child with special needs, and it makes sense that attracting more teachers and having more resources, they will have a healthier community. She wants some assurance that the number of affordable units is locked in or increased, not decreasing and are permanently deed restricted and mentioned for them to consider this in the future.
Mayor Bigstyck closed the public hearing. He asked the applicant, if he wants to speak, about keeping the rents affordable for teachers.
Heather Olsen, superintendent of Pacifica School District, stated that the challenge is keeping the units affordable, and after they get through this major milestone, being able to build it and how do they subsidize the units that it is affordable to teachers. One of the examples they have used is initially using 25 units that would be market rate and 45 units subsidized for employees, and as the certificates of participation get paid off, that would allow them to have more affordable units. She stated that there will always be the deed restricted units, but their interest as the school district is the interest to staff, i.e., making the housing affordable. She thanked everyone involved in this project, as they would not be here without them.
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more sustainable, but partly in the interest of reducing the operating costs for the life of the project and the people using the building. She noticed solar on the car port but not on the building and she thought the state code requires them to look at the roofs on the buildings, and asked if there was an objection. She stated that the closer they can get to net zero. She knows the code doesn’t require batteries for a two-story building but putting in the infrastructure, even if not putting them in now in terms of the budget, so they can be added later, as they are most expensive to add if they haven’t thought it out with the wiring.
Mr. Heery stated, on the photovoltaics, they are looking at the possibility of putting them on the rooftops of the apartment buildings, but probably not on the townhomes because of the architectural impacts. They will be sizing the photovoltaic rays so they meet the minimum California codes and probably more than that. He followed up with Councilmember Boles on the electrical charging stations.
Councilmember Boles stated that was part of it, and obviously the solar would help that a lot.
She saw in the staff report that this was discussed with the Planning Commission, and now that they have passed the REACH codes, nothing can be gas in the buildings.
Mr. Heery stated that she was correct about no gas, and as far as the EV stations, they should be able to have five in the first phase, three in the second phase, and these will have EV ready power and low power level 2 conduit in place for a total of 20 additional spaces, plus future stations as many as nine more. They are planning to exceed that requirement. He asked Alex Seidel to talk about some of the natural design aspects of the parking and sustainability.
Alex Seidel thought one of the hallmarks of this project is that they have a beautiful site which they tried to respect and they have been able to appropriately design a lower density project than they do throughout the Bay Area and been able to get into some very creative design with the engineers, with storm water treatment, consolidating that, managing the storm water runoff on the site. Regarding the photovoltaics, this project will be under the new CBC code in which the requirements have been significantly increased. He thinks it will be state of the art when built. He wasn’t sure if the carports are going to get it there, but they will get to that in the next phase of the work. He feels this will be a project the community will be very proud of and it will be very forward thinking in terms of sustainable practices.
Councilmember Boles asked if they can consider some gray water capture, and the easiest way to do that is through laundry. She thought about watering that field which takes a lot of water and could be a big expense in maintaining the field for the first 20 years and the city subsequently. She would appreciate it if that is something they can consider.
Mr. Seidel stated that they will talk about that internally.
Mayor Bigstyck closed the public hearing. He welcomed Commissioner Devine and asked if she would like to add anything before they begin deliberations.
Commissioner Devine felt that the general consensus of her fellow commissioners was the enthusiasm and respect of all the considerations that have taken place. She stated that there were some continuous questions, but overall, they felt that the applicant answered everything appropriately and due diligence had been taken and they were very excited to see it passed.
Mayor Bigstyck additionally addressed Consultant Crystal Rizzi of M-Group, who stated they prepared the EIR for the project. He thanked her for being here. He asked Council for City Council Regular Meeting 25 April 24, 2023
thoughts.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated she went to many of these meetings and looked forward to this and was proud that they can do this as a school district for the teachers as it is needed. She looks forward to it being built. She noticed that they are going to add 96 trees and Tree City will be happy for that. She stated the fields are very important for the community and it was nice to go to the actual site meetings and see that the fields are going to remain, and they have added this additional item where there are changing rooms and restrooms and change in the parking that can also be basketball courts. She thought it was a great project and she looks forward to seeing it built.
Councilmember Bier was excited to move this forward. She thanked Superintendent Olsen and the board of trustees for all the work, diligence and commitment to our students and community she has done over the past few years and she knows what the board of trustees have been through. She has seen what the staff housing at Jefferson Union High School District has done for her friends and colleagues, and they are now relaxed at work, happy, productive and have friends they live with. She stated that it was a beautiful model. She had no questions as she knows how hard they have worked and will work to make sure that the school district will do everything they possibly can to make sure that these units are affordable as that is the whole point. She is excited and she thanked Mike O’Neill for what he did to get this off the ground.
Councilmember Boles doesn’t have any concerns at all. She wanted to ask one question from Ms. Rizzi of the M-Group. As a result, Asst. City Attorney Bazzano advised that, if they want to ask a question of the applicant or a member of the public, it would be through the mayor and he would need to reopen as it is now back to Council for deliberation. Mayor Bigstyck reopened the public hearing.
Councilmember Boles was thinking about cost savings and the fire department has decided that this wildland and urban interface zone and, in her previous discussions with fire, they weren’t looking at areas in Pacifica. She wanted to make sure this is a requirement of the project development as she had some conversations with fire and they didn’t think that was necessary.
She stated that it was in the EIR and maybe not something they want to revisit and maybe the applicant wants to put it in to make the building safer. It means all the walls and roofs have to be one-hour fire rated, windows have to be special and expensive and have to be put in, and it was an additional expense and she wanted to ask if it was required.
Mr. Heery stated that their intent has been to make sure the urban wildland interface is the key issue and they have taken precautions on the hillside that are indicated in the civil drawings that create a fire buffer zone. He stated the intent is that they want to preserve the trees and add new trees, and one of their first priorities will be to meet with North County Fire to be sure they have a mitigation plan that meets everyone’s objectives.
Planning Director Murdock stated that the concern from the Fire Authority identified in the EIR was more directly related to vegetation management of the hillside and not necessarily building to the Chapter 7A wildland urban interface building requirement. He can’t commit that the building official in consultation with the Fire Chief will not ultimately require that, but that has not been the focus of the review thus far and about the hillside vegetation and managing that fuel source due to potential wildland fire risk at the site.
Councilmember Boles thought that made sense and hopefully it isn’t required.
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Mayor Bigstyck closed the public hearing.
Councilmember Boles stated she is completely supportive of the project and appreciated everyone present who have been mentioned and many in the background who have worked and all the outreach to the public and trying to design the project to fit in with the scale of the residential neighborhood. She stated that they could have built something bigger and denser, and the state laws let them do that. She appreciated that they wanted to be a good neighbor in making it a project they can all enjoy and be proud of.
Mayor Bigstyck thanked Board Member Bredall, Board President Brocchini, Superintendent Olsen and County Counsel Nibbelin for being here as well as former colleague and Board Member Mike O’Neill as it has been a long time coming and exciting that they get to vote on it.
He stated it was a thoughtful and beautiful project. He was uplifted by the Planning Commission meeting in which many people came up to talk about how much they wanted it to be there with no one speaking otherwise. While it brings tears to his eyes as he remembers attending the school, he also considers that other children will benefit from proper education and utilize the recreational spaces because of this project and it was an honor and privilege to vote on this. He cautioned Council that after the motion is made he is going to want to say one thing before they vote.
Councilmember Bier moved to adopt a Resolution to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report, adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, make the required findings and approve the Statement of Overriding Considerations; seconded by Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus.
Mayor Bigstyck stated that, before they vote, he made a point to consult with City Attorney earlier today to make sure it was okay for him to do this, and he invited Mike O’Neill to stand next to him on the dais while he is casting his vote, knowing that he spent 12 years of his life making it happen. He asked him to stand next to him as he votes as he plans on voting yes.
ITEM #5-1
RESULT: ADOPTED [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Bier, Boles
ABSTAIN: Beckmeyer
Councilmember Bier moved to introduce, waive the first reading and read by title only, an Ordinance entitled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Pacifica approving Rezoning RZ-205-20 and Development Plan DP-81-20 to establish a Planned Development (P-D) zoning district with development plan for the Pacifica School District workforce housing project to construct 70 residential units at 930 Oddstad Boulevard (APN 023-672-600) (File No. 2020- 009)”; seconded by Councilmember Boles.
ITEM #5-2
RESULT: ADOPTED [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Christine Boles, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Bier, Boles
ABSTAIN: Beckmeyer
Mayor Bigstyck stated that Mike O’Neill made a request that they invite Board members Bredall and President Brocchini as they carried the torch after he left the school board.
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Mayor Bigstyck moved to introduce, waive the first reading and read by title only, an Ordinance entitled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Pacifica approving Development Agreement DA-3-20 to establish a development agreement between the Pacifica School District and City of Pacifica to provide certain public and private benefits in conjunction with a development project at 930 Oddstad Boulevard (APN 023-672-600)(File No. 2020-009)”; seconded by Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus.
ITEM #5-3
RESULT: ADOPTED [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Tygarjas Bigstyck, Mayor
SECONDER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Bier, Boles
ABSTAIN: Beckmeyer
CONSIDERATION
6. Consideration of Resolution Creating the Measure Y Citizens’ Oversight Committee PROPOSED ACTION: Consider and Adopt the attached Resolution of the City Council Creating the Measure Y Citizens’ Oversight Committee.
City Manager Woodhouse presented the staff report.
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus wondered why he picked three as she thought that was a small amount considering the quorum, so you have to have two.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that, given the focus nature of the work and meeting only twice a year, he thought some cities have decided that three was enough membership on that.
Mayor Bigstyck liked the idea of 3 to 5 so that, if they have five people who are applying, it is easy whereas as if they don’t get enough interest.
Councilmember Boles likes the 3 to 5 also. She had asked about the term of Measure Y which is nine years and she was wondering to make the term 4.5 so they don’t have to do this three times.
Mayor Bigstyck suggested 4 and 5.
City Manager Woodhouse thought the term could be any duration Council wants, and there will be vacancies, as someone may not serve a full term or change interest, and it could be a rolling process but if Council were interested in making the term 4.5 or 5, he thought that was fine. He stated that City Clerk Coffey raises a good point that having a different length term than other committees and commissions may make it more difficult to track.
Mayor Bigstyck wondered if the entire committee are all on the same calendar and in theory they are appointing new people, so does that mean that effectively, there could be a window of time in which they have no committees since they are all serving on the exact same timeline, as other committees and commissions are staggered so you would never have that issue.
City Manager Woodhouse thought that was a good point, as a lot of the committees and commissions have staggered terms that way and when you are starting a committee or City Council Regular Meeting 28 April 24, 2023
commission, you might need to identify one or two seats that are two year terms and the rest four year terms.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that, because this body only meets twice a year, it is probably not going to be an issue as you could do the renewal of the term at a point when they are not going to meet.
Mayor Bigstyck stated, in a worst case scenario, they have six months to figure it out.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that, ultimately, it is up to Council if they want to do staggered terms, which is consistent with the way other bodies are set up.
Mayor Bigstyck stated that he would defer to the expertise of City Clerk Coffey.
Councilmember Boles wasn’t opposed to the staggered because they don’t have everyone rotating off at once and there would be someone continuing that would have some institutional knowledge.
Mayor Bigstyck opened public comments and, seeing none, closed public comments.
Councilmember Beckmeyer wanted to clarify the use of the term half-cent in Measure Y as it is half a cent for every dollar in sales.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that it is a half-cent TUT and that is the language in the ballot measure and in the ordinance, not a percent.
Councilmember Beckmeyer stated that they are referencing a half-cent per dollar.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that is correct and it is the norm for how they reference sales tax measures.
Councilmember Boles stated that, in the introduction, they have a list of the community priorities and not included are street paving and preventing coastal erosion. She knows they aren’t necessarily putting everything in their pocket but she assumed those were still part of the priorities as part of what the voters approved.
City Manager Woodhouse agreed, stating that the priorities are all laid out in the establishing documents and ordinance and this was just a summary from the community priorities that they received in that community survey from the document. He stated that it was really maintaining all the city services.
Mayor Bigstyck asked if there was further deliberation or a motion.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that she has some proposed edits if Council is inclined to consider the staggered terms as an option. Under exhibit A attached to the resolution, the section identified as committee member terms, she would revise that to indicate that appointments to the committee shall be for a four-year staggered term unless otherwise determined by Council. The first two members appointed shall serve for an initial two-year term and the remaining members shall serve for a full four-year term, and that is how they would set up the staggered system. Once those initial two members serve their full two years, they could renew for the full four-year term.
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Councilmember Beckmeyer stated, with that amendment, she would like to make a motion.
Councilmember Beckmeyer moved to Adopt the attached Resolution of the City Council Creating the Measure Y Citizens’ Oversight Committee as amended; seconded by Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus.
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Beckmeyer, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles
ADJOURN
Mayor Bigstyck adjourned the meeting at 10:32 p.m.
Transcribed by Barbara Medina, Public Meeting Stenographer.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sarah Coffey, City Clerk
APPROVED: 5 - 0; 5/8/2023
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Tygarjas Bigstyck, Mayor