Pacifica City Council
July 10, 2023

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 July 10, 2023

SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETING
July 10, 2023 (MONDAY)
www.cityofpacifica.org
Mayor Tygarjas Bigstyck called the meeting to order on July 10, 2023 at 6:30 PM 6:30 PM - CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Bigstyck called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m., stating that all councilmembers were present and announced that the Council would meet in Closed Session a. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS - Government Code section 54957.6 - Agency designated representatives: Mark Wilson of Burke, Williams, and Sorenson; Employee organizations: Fire Battalion Chiefs, IAFF Local 2400; Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 240; Management Unit, Teamsters Local 350 ; Miscellaneous Employee, Teamster Local 856; Pacifica Police Officers Association; Police Mgmnt (PPMA) & Police Supervisors (PPSA); Wastewater Treatment Plant Teamsters Local 856
7:00 PM OPEN SESSION
Call to Order
Mayor Bigstyck reconvened the meeting at 7:02 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
Acting City Clerk La took a verbal roll call.

Staff Present: Yulia Carter, Acting City Manager; Michelle Kenyon, City Attorney; Lisa Petersen, PW Director; Christian Murdock, Planning Director; Maria Sarasua, Police Chief; Bob Palacio, PB&R Director; Roland Yip, PW Dep. Director (Field Services/Engineering); Louis Sun, WWTP Operations Manager; Maria Aguilar, PW Dep. Director (Wastewater); Lucy Xie, Dep. Finance City Council Regular Meeting 2 July 10, 2023
Director; Irene Camarena, HR Manager; Anthony Shriver, Recreation Supervisor; Mario Xuereb, Financial Analyst; Elizabeth Brooks, Management Analyst; Emily La, Acting City Clerk.

Reading of Land Acknowledgment
Mayor Bigstyck read the Land Acknowledgement.

Salute to the Flag led by Councilmember Boles
Closed Session Report
City Attorney Kenyon stated there was no reportable action.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A. Life Buoy Project Appreciation and Recognition of the Arunay Foundation and Sharmistha Pruthi for their funding and support to Sea Valor and the Pacifica the Life Buoy Project
Mayor Bigstyck introduced the special presentation in appreciation of the Life Buoy Project and Arunay Foundation and Sharmistha Pruthi for the funding and support to Sea Valor and the Pacifica Life Buoy Project.

PB&R Director Palacio stated he was joined by Eric Jones of Sea Valor and PB&R Recreation Supervisor Anthony Shriver; they wanted to update Council on their progress as well as having Ms. Prithi Nair who lost her daughter in a drowning incident. He then turned it over to Eric Jones for a short presentation and then to Ms. Nair to share her journey.

Eric Jones mentioned that they have six buoys installed, and three weeks after they installed them, one was used to help save a man who had fallen or jumped into the water. He stated that incident showed that they make a difference and people have frequently expressed their appreciation. He stated that they have more ready to go and they are committed to getting as many installed along the beaches as possible. He thanked Council for their support. He stated that he has known Ms. Nair for two years, and she can share her story.

Ms. Nair appreciated being allowed to share her thoughts and expressed a heartfelt thank you to Eric Jones and his mission, as none of this would have been possible without his project, and furthermore thanked fellow bereaved mother Ms. Sharmistha Pruthi for her presence and support tonight. To see the safety buoys along the pier fills her heart with hope that another family will never suffer the tragedy they did when their daughter, Anushri Nair, also known as Shuggie, drowned at Panther Beach in Santa Cruz. She stated that there have been three more drownings at the same beach, and more along the coastline. She shared specifics of her daughter’s reason for going to the beach and what she experienced when notified of her death and the lessons she has learned because of her experience. She prayed they stay united to prevent continued recurrences and there is hope that they become the gold standards for other cities to follow; she hopes her daughter’s name will always be remembered in the gift of helping others and saving lives and changing tragedy to a legacy.

PB&R Director Palacio and Recreation Supervisor Shriver thanked Council, Ms. Nair, Ms.

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Pruthi, and others for this support to make this project happen.

Mayor Bigstyck thanked Eric Jones and Ms. Nair for being present at this time. He felt it was an honor to be graced with a hero’s presence as well as the presence of someone who has taken a tragedy as an opportunity to save countless lives, with one saved in our beach. He has no words to express his gratitude for that one life, let alone knowing that many lives will be saved in the future, not just here but up and down the coast. He called a five-minute recess and then reconvened the meeting.

CONSENT CALENDAR
Councilmember Boles stated she would like to pull Item #10.

Mayor Bigstyck opened public comments and, seeing no one, closed public comments. He then asked if any councilmembers had any questions on any consent items.

Councilmember Beckmeyer referred to Item #5 and thanked city staff and bargaining union members and labor partners for all their work in putting this forward.

Mayor Bigstyck seconded that, also thanking staff for all the hard work.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus moved to approve the consent calendar minus Item #10; seconded by Councilmember Beckmeyer.

CONSENT ITEMS #1-9 and 11-13
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
SECONDER: Sue Beckmeyer, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles

1. Approval of Disbursements for Dated 6/01/23 through 6/30/23.

PROPOSED ACTION: Receive and file the Monthly Check Register Report for the month of June 2023

2. Approval of Minutes
PROPOSED ACTION: Move to approve the minutes of the City Council Special and Regular Meeting held on June 26, 2023.

3. Continuation of Proclamation of Local Emergency of the Pacifica Coastline from Westline Drive to the End of Beach Boulevard.

PROPOSED ACTION: Accept report and make a determination that conditions of local emergency continue to exist within the Pacifica Coastline from Westline Drive to the end of Beach Boulevard.

4. Continuation of Proclamation of Local Emergency at the Anza Pump Station.

PROPOSED ACTION: Accept Report and Make a Determination that Conditions of Local Emergency Continue to Exist at the Anza Pump Station at the Pacifica State Beach.

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5. Resolutions Approving the Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) between the City of Pacifica and the following represented labor groups: 1) Pacifica Battalion Chiefs, IAFF Local 2400; 2) Pacifica Fire Fighters Association and San Mateo County Fire Fighters IAFF 2400; 3) Management Employees Teamsters Local 350; 4) Teamsters Union Local 856 Miscellaneous; 5) Pacifica Police Officers Association; 6) Pacifica Police Management Association; and 7) Pacifica Police Supervisors Association for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025.

PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt resolutions approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Pacifica and: 1) Pacifica Battalion Chiefs, IAFF Local 2400; 2) Pacifica Fire Fighters Association and San Mateo County Fire Fighters IAFF 2400; 3) Management Employees Teamsters Local 350; 4) Teamsters Union Local 856 Miscellaneous; 5) Pacifica Police Officers Association; 6) Pacifica Police Management Association; and 7) Pacifica Police Supervisors Association; for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, including the revised salary schedule effective July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024. After Council approval, staff will ensure the MOUs are properly cleaned up, and all technical corrections are made, including any remaining typos, fixing the tables of contents, finalizing the documents for signature, and eventually posting online.

6. Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Accepting the Report of Sewer Service Charges for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and Directing the Filing of Charges for Collection by the County Controller.

PROPOSED ACTION: Move to adopt the proposed "Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica accepting the report of Sewer Service Charges for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, and directing the filing of charges for collection by the County Controller" to place the assessment charges on the County of San Mateo Property Tax Roll.

7. Resolution of the City of Pacifica City Council Approving the Application for Grant Funds from the California State Parks Recreational Trails Program PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution entitled, "Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Approving the Application for Grant Funds from the California State Parks Recreational Trails Program to fund the Pacifica Bike Park."

8. First Amendment to Master Consultant Services Agreement between the City of Pacifica and Hines EDM for Scanning and Digitization of City Records PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution Approving the First Amendment to Master Consultant Services Agreement between the City of Pacifica and Hines EDM for scanning and digitization of City records and ongoing scanning services in connection with the City’s Records and Information Management Program Policy to extend the term to 6/30/2024, increase the Cost Ceiling from $110,000 to $150,000 and update the pricing / cost schedule; and authorize the City Manager to execute all documents related with the project.

9. Adopt a Resolution to authorize the City Manager to extend the Master Agreement and execute Task Order No. 4 to the Consultant Master Services Agreement with Group 4 Architecture Research + Planning for Architectural Services for the Civic Center Facilities Rehabilitation Project.

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PROPOSED ACTION: Move to adopt the Resolution titled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a First Amendment of the Consultant Services Master Agreement and Task Order No. 4 with Group 4 Architecture Research + Planning for Architectural Services” to extend the term of the Agreement to June 30, 2024 and to authorize Task Order No. 4 for Architectural Construction Administration Support for the Civic Center Facilities Rehabilitation Project in an amount not to exceed $184,075 and authorize a 15% contingency for a total budget authority of $211,600.

10. Esplanade Ave. and Palmetto Ave. Bicycle & Pedestrian Improvement Project – Task Order 2 – Fehr & Peers
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Task Order 2 between the City of Pacifica and Fehr & Peers for design services for the Esplanade Ave. and Palmetto Ave.

Bicycle & Pedestrian Improvement Project in the amount of $46,000 increasing the cost ceiling to an amount not to exceed $103,000.

Agenda Item #10 Discussion:

PW Dep. Director Yip presented a staff report.

Councilmember Boles was hoping to see an overall scope of work. She has no issue with the consultant’s work but she doesn’t fully understand the project and she is getting a lot of questions from her constituents who live in the area. One question she has relates to the shared lanes on Esplanade, and she asked if we are not proposing a separate bike lane at this point.

PW Dep. Director Yip stated, for that section, there are not enough travel lanes to add a separate lane as they need a dedicated 5-foot space. There are certain areas of Esplanade which will not have a separated lane but there are certain areas that do if there is space available.

Councilmember Boles was thinking of the area by the Chit Chat Café to the bluffs as there is a lot of concern about oversized vehicles parking there now and she thought the idea that was conveyed was that the addition of bike lanes would potentially restrict the size of the parking vehicles.

PW Dep. Director Yip stated that they have a developed 75% set and they can look into the area of Chit Chat Café to see if it is a 5-foot dedicated lane or not and provide those plans to her. It is still a draft set, so to avoid confusion it was not provided.

Councilmember Boles was told there is not an opportunity for public input otherwise on the design.

Acting City Manager Carter stated that they will provide additional information about the projects. This project has been in Council discussion since 2022 so they want to make sure they discuss the scope of the project but the agenda item before them today is approval of Task Order 2.

Councilmember Boles stated that the scope is what she is trying to understand, as well as understand it in relation to the Local Road Safety Plan because there are a lot of issues identified on those streets, Palmetto in particular. She stated that she can follow up with them City Council Regular Meeting 6 July 10, 2023
later.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that, while planning has been done for this project, he appreciates that it would be helpful to include clear illustrated pictures in the staff report of exactly what the project is, and it a good refresher for Councilmembers who have been on Council for a while or a refresher for the public or new observers. He asked if they can follow up with a clear illustration of exactly what the project is, as pictures help non-engineers understand what the project will be. He then opened public comments.

Monica Meagher, Pacifica, thanked Council and staff for moving forward with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project along Esplanade, and she shared her participation and thoughts/suggestions on this project.

Irene Lee, Pacifica, stated she was confused and shared her concerns and thoughts/suggestions on this project before moving forward.

Mayor Bigstyck closed public comments. He asked if they could get clarity about the sharrows and number of crosswalks.

PW Dep. Director Yip stated that the crosswalks from Bill Drake and Manor are currently outside of the scope of the project; the scope is mainly on Esplanade and Palmetto and none on Manor.

It doesn’t overlap with the Manor Drive Overcrossing Project. For that project, over half of the bike lanes will be installed and stops in the mid-block, scoped that way for the documenting scope area. If they complete it, they will have to do it as a separate project outside of this project. For the other ramps being asked for, they will have to look into it that is feasible, especially as West Avalon is part of the scope of the project.

Mayor Bigstyck thought it is a piece of a larger puzzle that will get built as they go along.

PW Dep. Director Yip stated, in terms of the bike lanes, yes, as there are many bike routes in the master plan and they are continuing to build them out as they receive grants for this type of facility.

Mayor Bigstyck thought the commenters’ understanding of the sharrow was that the bike lane itself would be shared with the parking spaces. He stated his understanding was that generally the bike lane is shared with the actual car traffic.

PW Dep. Director Yip stated he was correct.

Mayor Bigstyck asked if they can share a graphic for the fullness of what they are approving at this time and that they can share with their constituents, as they are showing interest.

PW Dep. Director Yip stated he can share graphics illustrating the sharrows.

Mayor Bigstyck stated it would be helpful to have the actual markings on the street.

PW Dep. Director Yip stated he can provide that. He added that they had a final question regarding where there was a bike lane along the Chit Chat Café and north of the café is a bike lane and the dedicated 5-foot to 6-foot lane and south of there are sharrows.

Councilmember Boles concluded that they were not existing now.

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PW Dep. Director Yip clarified it was what was being proposed with the project.

Councilmember Boles stated that they aren’t seeing that so it is hard to visualize.

Mayor Bigstyck agreed that there are interested parties in the public and he appreciated her bringing it up for clarification of what they are approving at this time.

Councilmember Boles moved to approve Consent Item #10; seconded by Councilmember Beckmeyer.

AGENDA ITEM #10
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Christine Boles, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Beckmeyer, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles

11. Purchase Agreement between the City of Pacifica and Thomas & Associates for the purchase of Gorman-Rupp Model PA8E60-4045H FT4 8-inch Portable Pump Unit for the Linda Mar Stormwater Pump Station Rehabilitation Project.

PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt Resolution Approving the Purchase Agreement between the City of Pacifica and Thomas & Associates, via sole source, in the amount of $145,214.84 for the purchase of Gorman-Rupp Model PA8E60-4045H FT4 8-inch Portable Pump Unit for the Linda Mar Stormwater Pump Station Rehabilitation Project; authorize the City Manager to execute all documents related to the purchase.

12. Resolution - Approve Construction Service Agreement with Urban Water Proofing for Calera Creek Water Recycling Plant Roof Improvements Project PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution entitled, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Authorizing an Agreement for Construction Service Between the City of Pacifica and Urban Waterproofing for the Calera Creek Water Recycling Plant Roof Improvement Project" to approve the following actions for the Urban Water Proofing for Calera Creek Water Recycling Plant Roof Improvements Project:

A. Authorize the City Manager to Award and Execute a Construction Services Agreement with Urban Water Proofing, Inc. in an amount of $55,000; and B. Approve a total project budget of $70,000 which includes approximately 27.3% of the Construction Contract amount or $15,000; and
C. Authorize staff to Execute Future Change Orders not to exceed the listed contingency amounts.

13. Resolution - Approve Construction Service Agreement with Telstar Instruments for Pump Stations SCADA and PLC Upgrade Project
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution entitled, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pacifica Authorizing an Agreement for Construction Services between the City of Pacifica and Telstar Instruments for Pump Stations SCADA and PLC Upgrade Project" to approve the following actions for the Telstar Instruments for Pump Stations City Council Regular Meeting 8 July 10, 2023
SCADA and PLC Upgrade Project:

A. Authorize the City Manager to Award and Execute a Construction Services Agreement with Telstar Instruments in an amount of $137,553; and
B. Approve a total project budget of $152,000 which includes approximately 10.5% of the Construction Contract amount or $14,447; and
C. Authorize staff to Execute Future Change Orders not to exceed the listed contingency amounts.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA
Frank Vella, Pacifica, stated he attended the Beach Boulevard Infrastructure Resiliency Project meeting at the Community Center on June 27. He expressed his thoughts, concerns, and questions on this project. He also provided to the City Clerk additional petitions that he gathered from residents calling for a study session to be held regarding sea level rise protections.

Suzanne Drake, Pacifica, appreciated that Council listened to the good points made by Mr.

Vella, and she suggested they schedule a study session to get more information from staff and public input.

Trish Richmond, Pacifica, mentioned questions about the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Task Force, the topic of which Mayor Bigstyck stated would be addressed later in the meeting.

Remi Tan, Pacifica, referred to fireworks on July 4, and mentioned his thoughts, concerns, and suggestions about this continuing problem so we can have fun while doing it in a safe manner.

Mayor Bigstyck closed public comments.

COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated she went to two rent control meetings. She went to the Frontierland July 4 celebration. She also attended the special meeting for Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Task Force interviews. Prior to the Council meeting, she spent most of the day with the San Mateo County study session on rent control, which ended in no decision.

Councilmember Boles thanked everyone who attended the Beach Boulevard Infrastructure Resiliency Project meeting. The consultant gathered all the questions and afterwards asked her and Councilmember Bier about conversations they had with a number of people; all of that information will be posted on the city’s website once the consultant has finished putting all that together. City staff is working with Coastal Commission staff to understand our path forward on our LCP. She and Mayor Bigstyck attended the North County Fire Authority JPA meeting which was to talk about the budget distribution among Pacifica, Brisbane, and Daly City for the administrative costs of the firefighters. She had a lunch with a representative of the Ohlone Ramaytush tribe about a few things going on in Pacifica. She met with the Pacifica Climate Committee, which is focused on education; they had a great electrification event with a second follow-up with more nuts and bolts on how to electrify your home, etc. She mentioned that September is Fog Fest as well as Transit Month; one of the members works for BART and they are looking at getting the Fog Fest connected with the BARTable program, a website where City Council Regular Meeting 9 July 10, 2023
BART advertises how to get to events on public transportation. She thanked everyone who applied for the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Task Force. The evening before the Council meeting, she met with some CERT members and members of the Emergency Preparedness and Safety Commission to understand concerns about post-COVID-19 recovery and building back our CERT programs. She stated that, on July 15, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo is coming to the Pacifica Democrats at 9:30 am at the Golf Course.

Councilmember Bier thanked Councilmember Boles for the update on the Beach Boulevard Infrastructure Resiliency Project meeting. She asked Councilmember Beckmeyer when the Council voted to move forward with the hybrid model.

Councilmember Beckmeyer stated it was at the conclusion of BBIRP1.

Councilmember Bier thanked our police and fire for all the work they put into July 4. She wondered if it would be possible to get an update at this time of what happened.

City Attorney Kenyon noted that it was not on the agenda but could be brought up at a future meeting.

Councilmember Bier again thanked them for all the hard work. She also knows PB&R had stepped up and she was hearing from families about how much fun they had. She attended a meeting for the League of California Cities Executive Committee, Peninsula Division, which is made up of representatives from San Mateo County and Santa Clara County. They will be having a mental health event on October 6 in Mountain View, with Assemblymember Pellerin and Santa Clara County Supervisor Simitian and Councilmember Eddie Flores from South San Francisco. They are having a conference at the end of September, and there will be a fundraiser at the Giants game on September 27. She couldn’t attend the meeting for the Environmental Quality Policy Committee through CA League of Cities, but she got information about the presentations regarding air quality challenges, policy development in California, building decarbonization, environmental justice, clean transportation, etc. She is on the board of Coast Pride and shared information about a fundraiser through San Francisco Broadway.

She thanked our Councilmembers and the mayor of South San Francisco for meeting with her and her interns from San Francisco State University who are looking at cannabis policy and also thanked Holly Smallie from Lytt who spent a lot of time with her interns and showed them what good cannabis merchants look like and how they act in our community and how they give back.

She also thanked the Pacific Beach Coalition for all the clean up after July 4.

Councilmember Beckmeyer attended a webinar on June 27 entitled “The Benefits of Deconstruction,” available on the San Mateo County Office of Sustainability website. It was a great presentation about when you are doing a major remodel or a tear down on how it is possible to carefully deconstruct the property and have the material reused with a whole process. She was out of state for a family reunion but was pleased to see the photos of the Frontierland celebration and thought it was an example of the vigor and excitement in PB&R activities being brought forward. She gave a shoutout to the Cabrillo School PTO who have spent several days working with BAC volunteers to get the north side of Crespi bioswale under control. She reviewed the applications for the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Task Force as she was unable to attend the interviews. Regarding the July 4 cleanup, she received an email after the fact expressing concern that not all of the group slots were filled; they will look forward to a full report on all of that.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that he attended the North Coast Fire Authority meeting with City Council Regular Meeting 10 July 10, 2023
Councilmember Boles. He taped an episode on PCT of a forthcoming talk show entitled The Mayor’s Office, which is an opportunity for the mayor of Pacifica to interview regional leadership.

In this episode, it was him and Councilmember Bier discussing emotional intelligence and other matters of mental health, which would go on air on July 28. He had a meeting on July 1 with a constituent who had questions about the Beach Boulevard Resiliency Infrastructure Project and how it might relate with what is going on with the LCP update process; the only thing he has to report is that there is not much to report, as Council has voted on the hybrid alternative to Beach Boulevard; after that, they wait for staff to hash things out with Coastal Commission. He enjoyed the July 4 celebration, and he thanked PB&R for putting that together. He had a tour of Taft Elementary in Redwood City to show some of the members of the Library Joint Powers Authority the Big Lift program, and he enjoyed seeing that program firsthand. He enjoyed time with colleagues in San Bruno and deepened our regional relationships with fellow electeds. He stated that, on July 19, there is going to be a showing of what will presumably be the final Bruce Latimer Show on PCT. He stated that Relay for Life is coming up on July 15 at 10 a.m. He will be taking time to visit at the beginning of Relay for Life to say his piece and he invites the entire community to come out as it is a lovely event where the entire community can share in their experience battling cancer. He stated that their next Council meeting is not until August 14.

He invites everyone to enjoy their time off and be able to take time to relax and spend time with loved ones which he knows how important it is.

STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Acting City Manager Carter stated that there are no staff communications but they would be happy to bring forward the recap of the July 4 event at a future meeting.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

14. Public hearing to consider oral and written protests received relating to amendment to the Pacifica Hotel Business Improvement District (BID) by amending the Pacifica Municipal Code Section 3-17.03; Introduction of Ordinance to amend Pacifica Municipal Code section 3-17.03 to remove provision for allocation of funds within thirty days and replace the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce as the Managing Agency of the BID with the City of Pacifica
PROPOSED ACTION:
1) Conduct the public hearing;
2) Receive and consider any oral and/or written protests, if any; and 3) If less than majority of BID members protest, Introduce by title only and waive further reading of an ordinance amending Section 3-17.03 (Administration) of Chapter 17 (Hotel Business Improvement District) within Title 3 (Finance) of the Pacifica Municipal Code to remove provision for allocation of funds within thirty days and to replace the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce as the Managing Agency of the BID with the City of Pacifica.

Acting City Manager Carter presented the staff report.

Mayor Bigstyck opened the public hearing and, seeing no one, closed the public hearing.

Acting City Clerk La stated that there are zero written protests and zero oral protests.

Councilmember Beckmeyer moved that they introduce by title only and waive further reading of an Ordinance amending Section 3-17.03 (Administration) of Chapter 17 (Hotel Business City Council Regular Meeting 11 July 10, 2023
Improvement District) within Title 3 (Finance) of the Pacifica Municipal Code to remove provision for allocation of funds within thirty days and to replace the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce as the Managing Agency of the BID with the City of Pacifica; seconded by Councilmember Bier.

RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Beckmeyer, Councilmember
SECONDER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles

CONSIDERATION

15. Pacifica Local Roadway Safety Plan
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution Adopting the Pacifica Local Roadway Safety Plan
PW Director Lisa Petersen gave a brief overview of this issue and then turned to Consultant Erin Ferguson of Fehr and Peers. Consultant Ferguson presented the staff report.

Mayor Bigstyck asked if there was any analysis as to property damage.

Consultant Ferguson stated that they did not collect property damage, only collisions analyzed from minor injury to the most severe.

Mayor Bigstyck thought that, having read the data, the top five they are recommending are to inhibit death and injuries. While it should be a priority, he asked if it would be possible to incorporate into future reports property damage itself.

Consultant Ferguson stated that the data does exist. There tends to be more underreporting with property damage and it is not as complete for various reasons. She thought the other piece to keep in mind is the property damage only data is not as easy to work with and there would be a higher cost of doing the planned development as there would be more data cleaning required.

Mayor Bigstyck stated, given the urgency of the data that they show, it is an aspiration, but it is one that he would favor in future reports.

Councilmember Beckmeyer referred to the map and noted some difficulties with identifying the dots and lines across various streets and highways.

Consultant Ferguson explained that Crespi Drive has land uses along it and some history of injury collisions as well. The high injury network was identified based on severity of collisions and, while it has some injury collisions, other locations have more severe injuries. The standard practice of developing a high injury network is to identify where you have seen roughly 3/4 of those fatal and severe injury collisions on the city street network. The idea behind the high injury network is you’re capturing at least 3/4 of what your severe outcomes have been and, mostly consistently for most jurisdictions, that ends up being roughly a quarter or less of the public roadways. It is intended to give some clear direction on where you’re going to get the best return on investment from a safety perspective; they have to make choices around priority City Council Regular Meeting 12 July 10, 2023
and trying to make those choices in this data-driven process is part of the safety plan development.

Councilmember Bier appreciated that. She thought it would be helpful, especially with the high injury networks, to zoom in to understand the segments.

Councilmember Boles agreed.

Consultant Ferguson stated they can work with city staff to include for the high injury network a table listing all the roads, etc.

Councilmember Bier appreciated seeing where all the accidents are too.

PW Director Petersen added that they will get the GIS for this so city staff will have it and they will be able to zoom in on anything they would like.

Consultant Ferguson continued the report.

Mayor Bigstyck asked how often they would anticipate doing a new study.

Consultant Ferguson stated that, with an update in five years, they would get the next five most recent years of collision data and essentially reevaluate and see to what extent have collision patterns or high injury network changed, or are the emphasis areas still relevant. Thus, it will be a refresh across the plan content.

Councilmember Bier asked a question about where Crespi crosses Highway One at the beach, and she understood they would have to coordinate with Caltrans, but she isn’t understanding improvements there that would help the freeway.

Consultant Ferguson stated that they can try to conceptually show a slightly wider landing for the area for people to wait, so as part of the next steps for this project, it would be getting into more detail to understand how much wider they can make it and where the Coastal Commission comes into play.

Councilmember Bier appreciated that.

Councilmember Beckmeyer referred to Sharp Park Road and stated that, at the time the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan was approved, she was not a fan of the notion of a road diet for this road. Her concerns about that was, with very few ways in and out of Pacifica, this is a main artery for Pacifica and the idea of reducing to one lane of vehicle traffic in each direction does not compute for her. She would love to see a reduction of vehicle miles traveled and a reduction of greenhouse gases by having a bicycle highway that would parallel Sharp Park Road, just for bikes. She stated it is a big concept and would really require extreme partnership with the City and County of San Francisco and the County of San Mateo. She stated they have to find a way to get people to the coast for recreational purposes on bikes that doesn’t involve driving here and driving down Sharp Park Road. She stated, even if you gave them a safe lane, it is a very steep road. She has spoken to people who ride it, and while it is a city-owned street, we don’t street sweep it and there are loads of gravel that make it extremely difficult for all but the most experienced bicyclists. She is not sure they would improve matters much by giving them a nice blocked off lane. Her biggest point on this matter is cutting in half the amount of vehicles that can travel on the road in order to reduce to one lane for cars in each direction, City Council Regular Meeting 13 July 10, 2023
reduce speed, and serve the same amount of vehicles doesn’t seem possible.

Consultant Ferguson appreciated that and agreed with her suggestion of a bicycle superhighway parallel to Sharp Park Road. She stated that there is a consistent safety benefit when they physically separate bikes and cars, but the concept is really driven by there being more vehicle lane capacity on Sharp Park on a day-to-day basis than is needed, given the average number of vehicles traveling up and down Sharp Park Road. It is less about there is a rash of vehicle and bike collisions and more about people driving too fast and what are our options to try to manage those speeds, as there are not very many intersections along Sharp Park Road and there aren’t opportunities for other intersection-based speed management treatments; they have to start thinking about what they do for the road segment itself. If you don’t road diet it and use the space for bike lanes, she encouraged the city to think about doing some sort of feasibility study to holistically think about Sharp Park Road, how many on average are driving up and down it, and how might they reallocate the paved space for some other use; they may preserve it in the case of an emergency evacuation and can still be used in those circumstances. What the collision data is showing is that, on an average day or typical day, there is too much roadway for the number of cars going up and down it and people are making the mistake of going much faster than they should and getting hurt.

PW Director Petersen knows it is part of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, and one of the things it said is they recommend the road diets but there has to be more study involved in these road diets to see if they are going to be feasible. She knows in a previous city where she was, they put in a pilot program where it seemed like a road that would never be able to take a road diet, but they set up cones there for a week and it seemed to work well. They went through with the road diet and that road is working perfectly fine. She stated sometimes just going out there and doing a pilot project on it or doing more study may work.

Mayor Bigstyck recalls that there was a deluge from the public expressing how much they didn’t want this. He asked if there was a possibility of speed bumps and is that something that could reduce the speeds.

Consultant Ferguson stated, for a facility like Sharp Park Road, speeds are already too high for a speed hump, and speed humps, from an industry standard of care, aren’t something you build on roads with steep grades. In that condition, regardless of the posted speed on the road or the functional class, speed humps on steep grades create more hazards than they reduce.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus agreed with Councilmember Beckmeyer as there was outrage that they limit this road to one lane up and down. She expressed concerns about the dangers of bicyclists riding down Sharp Park.

Councilmember Boles has very similar concerns and especially an evacuation route, as this is the first one heading north that they have and they have so many people who will need to get out; on a day-to-day basis, you don’t have that much traffic, but when we need it, we will need it badly. She also doesn’t see that there are shoulders on one side, which could make for obstacles that could block emergency vehicles. She thought these are just ideas at this point, as they aren’t approving the specific plan for these five areas now, and there will be further information before anything goes forward.

Consultant Ferguson confirmed that they are ideas for future consideration.

Councilmember Boles would love to see the survey comments. She appreciated the summary City Council Regular Meeting 14 July 10, 2023
of the issues, but she would love to know if there are specific intersections that the public have identified and how that meshes with the choices they have made.

PW Director Petersen stated that this study is data-driven so they appreciate people’s experience and comments. Some things that will come up in the conversation that Consultant Ferguson will be talking about are what to do with roads that did not come in that top five ranking because the data didn’t support it.

Councilmember Boles understood and added that she wants to question Manor a bit more. She knows it isn’t just the numbers they are looking at. Looking at the main part of Manor, however, she calculated that the number of collisions and injuries would place Manor third on the priority list and she described several property damage issues that took place on Manor, which is also an equity priority area. She would like to see how they might be able to bring Manor Drive into the project at some point and how they might consider solving the issues on this steep winding road.

PW Director Petersen stated that this doesn’t preclude Council from doing improvements on any streets that are important to get done in Pacifica. She thinks what they did related to prioritization of the top five is identify the ones that are likely to get funded. You can put whatever you want in your top five, but if you don’t have the data to back it, you probably won’t get the funding. Ultimately, with city funds, Council can make a determination that they would like to try to do improvements on a certain part of Fassler or Manor and talk about this during goal setting. She stated that they have a counter measure toolbox which allows Council to have the flexibility to get improvements on other areas of concern within the city.

Councilmember Boles understands that speed bumps are problematic on steep slopes, and she asked what the maximum slope by which a speed bump would be acceptable.

Consultant Ferguson stated that there are a few considerations around speed humps, such as a grade consideration which tends to be 8% or steeper where it is not appropriate; the other key consideration is cost, as you have to put several at specific spacing for them to be consistently effective. The other piece for consideration is emergency response as they have an impact for emergency, such as police, fire, as well as ambulances carrying people to care. Those are some of the combination of things that make them appear as an easy answer but are more complex. The counter measure toolbox includes a lot of low-cost options that can be applied across a corridor or within an area systemically to help consistently improve safety. Manor Drive could be a good candidate for considering what range of alternatives could be most costeffective. It didn’t make it in the top five for the reasons PW Director Petersen noted, but she noted that part of that is because of the grant funding, the way locations become competitive for the 8-step grant funding that Caltrans hands out. Other locations that have had fatal and severe injury collisions are rated extremely more than other injuries or property damage only.

They also don’t give out funding if you recently had improvements at that location; the Manor Drive and Highway One crossing as an example has a cluster of those collisions that have occurred on Manor, but there are also active changes happening at that location, and it wouldn’t be eligible under that grant funding for several more years and Caltrans wants to see what has changed since those kinds of investments were made.

Mayor Bigstyck is aware of the issues the constituents have had in certain mid-section regions.

His understanding of this study is these are the top recommendations of what the city might actually be able to get funded tomorrow, and here are the problems they might actually be able to solve in a fairly reasonable time frame and preclude injuries, if not deaths, by getting the City Council Regular Meeting 15 July 10, 2023
money sooner than later. He is interested in seeing, in the meantime, if they should adopt the top recommendations at this time, so they can get the ball rolling and getting the money flowing to save some lives and prevent injuries. If it is the will of Council, and hearing two people interested in that particular street, what would be the next step if there are more than two councilmembers interested in starting a process on those areas where, while it may not be injury-intensive, they are of the mind it is very likely property-intensive to a point where they would like to help their constituents in that area.

PW Director Petersen understood and explained that is why they have this toolbox there. Her thought on it is that this is something that she thought would typically be discussed during goal setting and, similar to the dots or whatever goal setting does next year, Council’s desire on where they want staff to be spending their time and putting funding as the budget comes forward for the next fiscal year, that would be the perfect time to have those types of conversations and they could figure out how to allocate staff to that, what type of funding allocation would be important and they would start moving that forward with appropriation of funds from wherever Council would want it to come from or recommendations from the Finance Director/Asst. City Manager.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that, as a result of this study, they have a more specific toolbox than they had before, and because of the study, they have more options than they had before. He stated that, now that they have gotten a step closer by having more options than they had before, they could keep their eye on the ball and have that discussion during goal setting in order to move that needle forward.

PW Director Petersen responded affirmatively, adding that it would be a great way to do it.

Councilmember Boles referred to the toolbox, adding that there were also specific recommendations for certain types of roads. She stated the steep curving roads’ description of the tools in the toolbox were about Sharp Park, which is a very different street with very different needs from Manor. She wants to be sure that they would know if they decided to go ahead with this project as to what kinds of things might be appropriate, if it isn’t speed bumps. She stated that there was mention of adding a stop sign on Highway One. She stated that there are rooms for other stop signs down on Manor, but the part of the problem with that is that people run those stop signs and there needs to be other enforcement if that is the only other thing in our toolbox.

Consultant Ferguson was confident that there are things in the counter measure toolbox that can be considered as part of potential improvements for Manor Drive. She agreed with the point about stop signs and stated that there are other tools that can be used. There was a topic of discussion with the stakeholder groups as part of this planned development as they were working through emphasis areas and potential counter measures. They did an informal exercise with them that looked at how those counter measures might play out in application on different locations within emphasis areas, and she thinks that is something that is part of what could be a starting place for considerations on Manor Drive and she was confident that there are tools in there that would be relevant and useful.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated her question was also regarding suggestions for Manor Drive.

Consultant Ferguson stated, at a future date and time, she would love to come back and work with staff and Council on improvements for Manor Drive.

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Mayor Bigstyck asked about a chart and whether it was specifically that place where these potential counter measures specifically apply to that one location rather than multiple locations.

Consultant Ferguson stated that the parentheticals for each of these is supposed to be just one location that is representative of the kinds of locations in the emphasis area. The potential counter measures are relevant to the emphasis area but not all potential counter measures would be relevant to the example location in the parenthetical.

Mayor Bigstyck opened public comments.

Remi Tan, Pacifica, thanked them for a very thorough report. He stated that Sharp Park Road is a scary road to drive and he wouldn’t take his bike on it as he would be afraid of being hit by a car as it is only wide enough for two lanes in each direction. He then voiced his thoughts on various options.

Chris Redfield, Pacifica, shared his thoughts on Sharp Park Road and the various possible options as well as the dangers on some of the options.

Rick Nahass, Pacifica, stated that this resolution which is data-driven when adopted will be very complimentary to the projects in the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan which was citizendriven, and he shared his positive thoughts on this plan.

Mayor Bigstyck closed public comments.

Councilmember Boles appreciated the comments. She stated that even changing a stop sign or two to a flashing stop sign in Manor could be a huge help due to the fog. She referred to Mr.

Nahass’ comment about the comprehensive transportation demand management plan, understanding that would be something to come through goal setting in a future year, and asked how having that kind of a plan assisting us in larger traffic and pedestrian projects might solve some of the backups on the roads and greenhouse gas emissions as we look at our Climate Action Plan.

PW Director Petersen thought they have different plans that are helping with different elements of the planning and what they are trying to do. Related to our Local Roadway Safety Plan, this is a plan we are trying to get in place to allow us to get our HSIP grant funding for projects they are moving forward; the projects they are showing are easy to implement, lower-cost projects that are not going to be 10-year down the road projects. Mr. Nahass mentioned having pedestrian overcrossings which can cost millions of dollars and getting into the same kind of intensive work as doing the Manor Overcrossing Project we are doing now, but if you did have something like the comprehensive transportation demand management plan, you could start looking at those bigger, higher cost projects and how you would want to implement those in Pacifica as you move forward.

Councilmember Boles referred to the Crespi plan, stating she wasn’t sure if there are other places in town that have the two-way bike paths. She thought, as someone who parks at the Community Center and turns right and looks left, but wasn’t used to looking right, that would cause some other unintended accidents.

Consultant Ferguson stated that it was certainly something where they would want additional signage for people pulling out of that driveway to be looking both ways and for bikers to be aware that cars could be going in or out of that driveway at that location. Similar to the others, City Council Regular Meeting 17 July 10, 2023
this is a concept where you are far enough from construction and can consider other versions with the same idea in mind, with the idea being trying to improve connectivity for people walking and biking along Crespi Drive and across Highway One to the path. This concept is why they are showing two-way bicycle traffic on the south side of the street to have them just cross one to get to the path on the other side of Highway One.

Mayor Bigstyck agreed with Councilmember Boles regarding the danger for bicyclists on turns into the Community Center.

Councilmember Beckmeyer referred to Linda Mar Boulevard, the design of which is built on a prior efforts studying a road diet along this corridor. She stated that it looks like what is being proposed is narrowing to one lane after Desolo.

Consultant Ferguson confirmed.

Councilmember Beckmeyer clarified that the portion of Linda Mar Boulevard that is one lane would be extended.

Consultant Ferguson responded affirmatively.

Councilmember Beckmeyer asked what type of bike lane that it is showing.

Consultant Ferguson stated it is showing a Class II.

Councilmember Beckmeyer stated that we currently don’t have that there.

Consultant Ferguson responded affirmatively.

Councilmember Bier appreciated the comments.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus referred to the pedestrian overcrossings and stated she knows they are expensive, but we are talking about people and lives and greenhouse gas emissions. If people can walk across, it’s not going to stop the traffic, but she thinks it’s about time we on the coast got some of the transportation money that is all going to the peninsula and we should ask for pedestrian overcrossing. She is surprised as she thought Crespi was going to come out the No. 1 injury intersection because so many people are crossing and going different directions at that intersection. She stated that Rockaway has the most collisions but she thinks the pedestrian overcrossings are by far the best solution for a lot of these intersections. She acknowledges that we don’t have the money.

Councilmember Bier loves the idea and we need to start asking.

Mayor Bigstyck asked what the upward amount of money they could be receiving for these HSIP grants.

PW Director Petersen thought it depends on the call for projects, but typically when you start talking about overcrossing projects, you are starting to look at $10 million, and talking about hefty amounts that often times don’t fall in those ranges that she saw recently for HSIP projects.

She thought that was one reason for the way this plan was developed to allow for some lower cost improvements that could get put in while the city is looking for the $10 million projects that could get funded for an overcrossing in those kind of locations.

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Mayor Bigstyck asked what the upper numbers or higher ranges on the HSIPs she is seeing.

Consultant Ferguson stated that, for HSIP, it is dependent on how much potential benefit we can show and they rank applications based off the benefit-cost ratio. It is pure math: The benefit (the numerator) is what drives the competitiveness of a project, assuming you can keep costs “in check.” She stated that they calculate the benefit based off of how many people have been killed or severely injured at that location in the last five years. To be able to fund particularly an overcrossing that will land and take up significant space in the Coastal Commission’s right-of-way, they would need a lot of tragic events to happen at that location for it to be competitive under HSIP funding. She stated that there may be other grant types that come from federal sources that are better suited and have a different selection criteria, but for HSIP funding, it would be a very sad day in Pacifica if we were able to successfully fund an overcrossing with HSIP funds.

Mayor Bigstyck concluded that they would do it if it was that bad.

Consultant Ferguson responded affirmatively.

Mayor Bigstyck referred to the Sharp Park road diet, and he is assuming that the motion about to be made will be as written. If that particular item that they established is not popular is on the list, he asked if they are talking about a study; he is concerned about signing off on this as a bulk package even though the data suggests it’s the right thing to do due to potential community outcry the next day.

PW Director Petersen stated that the Sharp Park road diet is already part of their Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan which is approved and part of the city’s plan. She stated that the plan is a living document and meant to move, grow, and change as Council or community wants.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that, when they had that conversation two years ago, Council would rather not have the Sharp Park road diet on the plan.

PW Director Petersen stated that, in order for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan to be changed, it needs to be an identified goal of the Council to change and update it. Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans do get updated every certain amount of time and that could be something Council requests staff to do. She stated that, because the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan is what staff uses to move forward projects in the city, they have an approved and adopted document. She thinks it can be something that Council wants staff to go back and revisit the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan which can be done.

Mayor Bigstyck referred to terms of prioritizing these projects.

PW Director Petersen stated, as far as prioritizing the projects, she would say that, if Council is interested in putting this one as a last priority, it is certainly what Council can do. She thought it was over-reaching to they think they will get all five of these projects done in five years, considering the amount of workload we already have and the limited staffing they currently have. She thought they could look at a re-prioritization of those five.

Mayor Bigstyck understood the data was provided by engineering experts but he was sensitive to the public feelings expressed several years ago versus what the data says about it.

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Councilmember Beckmeyer felt strongly about not going forward with the Sharp Park road diet.

She is looking for some way of modifying what is there to reflect that the data is indicating something needs to happen there; she isn’t comfortable approving a plan that says road diet for Sharp Park Road. She needs to know how they can put a very strong marker to not just go forward with something that many on Council and in the community are concerned about.

Councilmember Bier agreed and asked if it will be part of a motion.

City Attorney Kenyon stated that they would initially want to hear from the PW Director and Consultant Ferguson their thoughts on Council’s option of modifying the study now. She asked for their professional opinion on their ability to modify the study that is primarily data-driven.

PW Director Petersen thought the question would be is how effective would the improvements be in reducing those types of accidents, should they modify it. She thought that was probably a question for Consultant Ferguson. She stated that, the other question would be, if you modify it, how successful are you going to be for grant funding which is probably the bigger question. She questioned if they aren’t doing something significant whether they will get grant funding for other less impactful measures, but Consultant Ferguson may also have some comments.

Consultant Ferguson thought there are other types of improvements that could be considered for Sharp Park Road, but as mentioned, the challenge is that it is a relatively long continuous steep roadway segment and there aren’t intersections that create opportunities for other kinds of treatment to slow traffic.

City Attorney Kenyon thought her question is whether there is any issue with the Council changing the study tonight or does it make more sense for Council to give staff their direction on the study and they could bring it back at a later date so they can do more analysis as to whether or not it is feasible to amend the study for reasons they haven’t thought of at this time.

Consultant Ferguson stated that there are alternatives and things that could be done for Sharp Park Road and they could come back with them.

PW Director Petersen stated that these are all conceptual. She recommended that Council note they do not want the road diet on Sharp Park Road and leave it in as a priority project and they can come back at some point and provide Council with an update on what they would be submitting related to grant funding on that project, should they find an HSIP grant that looks like something we can go after, instead of having to bring the complete whole thing back.

City Attorney Kenyon asked her if, depending upon the motion, does she have enough ability to amend the study at this time or is it best to bring it back again, i.e., she is trying to figure out if they have the capability and does it make sense to amend the study at this time to eliminate the diet on Sharp Park or would staff prefer to analyze it and bring back to Council a revised study.

PW Director Petersen stated, in discussing with Consultant Ferguson, they both agree that it is fine to go ahead and amend it at this meeting and come back. They will show different counter measures when they would go out to apply for a grant for this.

City Attorney Kenyon stated that she would feel more comfortable, if Council wants to amend the study, for them to give them direction on what they want staff to consider in amending and bring back amendments to the study to Council for approval at a later date. She is not comfortable with Council making amendments to the study at this time.

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Councilmember Beckmeyer agreed and thought they need to consider amending the study.

She would like to see additional counter measures and options provided for Sharp Park Road besides the road diet.

Councilmember Bier agreed.

Councilmember Boles also agreed and referred to a suggestion by Mr. Tan. She stated, if they are amending it, can they ask for other things, such as asking the report to have some more detailed plans to see specific areas larger.

City Attorney Kenyon stated that she would leave it to the consultants and PW Director Petersen, but she is used to seeing that the studies are not clear as they are engineered and focused.

Councilmember Boles stated that it would be for viewing the data and making it legible. She would also like to see some options for Manor, if it is within the consultant’s budget.

PW Director Petersen stated that the budget is used up and thought what they are talking about now is that they want to amend it to take out the road diet and break out the map to show that it is bigger. She thought they can do that and they can come back at a later date and provide Council with the information specifically related to the changes for Sharp Park Road. She asked Consultant Ferguson if that would work.

Consultant Ferguson stated that they will make it work.

Mayor Bigstyck referred to Councilmember Boles’ comments and stated, given the way he is understanding that the grants are structured for this form of priority, he thought that they keep their eye on the ball and remember this at goal setting. He is fundamentally with her but, pragmatically, that is the approach to continue to move the needle forward.

Councilmember Beckmeyer added that what drives the funding isn’t property impacts.

Councilmember Boles noted that there were personal accidents and two kills on Manor Drive also, and if you add up the numbers, it is actually the third highest of all the projects.

PW Director Petersen stated that they are applying for grants based on approval of the plan.

She is wondering if there is a way that they could get approval of a plan with the exception of coming back to Council with the amendment.

City Attorney Kenyon stated that was a great suggestion and added that, if the amendments are clear, i.e. to remove the diet and make exhibits or studies larger, they can give that direction to staff at this time in their motion and it would be approved subject to those amendments.

Mayor Bigstyck stated, assuming they are reigning it into Sharp Park and making the maps clearer, he thought the grants they are applying for are not for Sharp Park.

Consultant Ferguson responded affirmatively.

Councilmember Bier moved to approve the study as amended; seconded by Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus.

City Council Regular Meeting 21 July 10, 2023
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles
Mayor Bigstyck called a recess and then reconvened the meeting.

16. Consideration of the Unrepresented Employee Group Revised Salary Schedule and Benefit Plan.

PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the resolution approving the Unrepresented Employee Group Compensation and Benefits Plan for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, including the revised salary schedule effective July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024.

Acting City Manager Carter presented the staff report.

There were no public comments.

Councilmember Beckmeyer moved to adopt the resolution approving the Unrepresented Employee Group Compensation and Benefits Plan for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025, including the revised salary schedule effective July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024; seconded by Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus.

RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Beckmeyer, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles
Councilmember Boles referred to the list of below market percentages and wanted to confirm the number of affected classifications (citywide/unrep.) versus individuals.

Acting City Manager Carter clarified that the first number represents the number of classifications citywide, and not individuals. The second number represents how many in them are in the represented group.

Mayor Bigstyck thanked staff for all the work that went into making sure everyone gets what they need.

17. Appointments to the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Task Force PROPOSED ACTION: Move to appoint a minimum of nine (9) and maximum of eleven (11) applicants to the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Task Force.

Acting City Clerk La presented the staff report.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated our committees and commissions must be made of a broad cross-section of the community and this one isn’t. She understands that there are about eight people who serve on the Pacifica Climate Committee and the committee is planning on continuing. She stated the people going back to that same committee and serving on a city City Council Regular Meeting 22 July 10, 2023
committee would present a Brown Act issue. She thought the solution would be that they ask for additional applicants for the committee and do additional interviews.

Mayor Bigstyck thought there were a lot of responses that might come to the statements she just made and he wants to respond as well as give others the chance to respond. He thought the appropriate time to respond to those statements would be after public comment.

Councilmember Boles was so impressed by everyone who applied and there are people with different interests and experiences and a lot of very talented people who do this kind of sustainability work for their companies. She knows they decided that staff’s recommendation of 9-11 was a good number. She is questioning whether 15 might be okay, given that her understanding that current staff is going to be directly managing this and they are hiring an intern who will be doing this full time.

Mgmt. Analyst Brooks stated she can comment but the City Attorney would have to comment on whether they can make that change as she thought it was passed by resolution that it would be 9-11 members. Regarding the staffing of the task force, it will be the CivicSpark Fellow, should they be successful in getting one of them, who will primarily be responsible for liaising with the task force. They are a fellow and cannot, by law, replace the work of a staff member. They can do their assigned project as written in their contract and, under supervision of staff, they will help support the task force in its development of the Climate Action Plan. She stated that it will still require some non-fellowship staff time to oversee them in their endeavors.

City Attorney Kenyon stated if Council wants to change the number of members on the task force, it would require them to bring back a resolution at a future meeting to change the number.

There were no public comments.

Councilmember Boles would like to address Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus’ comments if appropriate.

Councilmember Boles stated that, as an active member of the Pacifica Climate Committee, she can tell them that it is not a majority of the people that are on this list. There are six people, and they have had discussions on the committee about Brown Act regulations and the committee will not be having discussions about the CAP at their meetings and the main work of the Pacifica Climate Committee is educational, not about policy. She stated that she can list the names of the people on the committee if it is helpful. She thinks this group is diverse, i.e., people of different races, ages, places in their work, and professions; the fact that six of them are on the Pacifica Climate Committee shows their commitment to trying to solve these important issues in our town and is the purpose of this task force. She stated that the whole task force, just as all other committees and commissions, was properly noticed and put in place.

Mayor Bigstyck stated, before they engage in the full conversation, he initially wanted to take a public straw poll, going through who the top 11 were so they could start with a baseline of where their preferences lie. He thought the point is well taken that, if six members are a part of the Pacifica Climate Committee, he will ask City Attorney regarding Brown Act issues. He thinks after the straw poll it would be good to articulate who those six are to see if they fall in the top 11, and he thinks a part of the conversation, after looking at what the top 11 looks like, do they want to make it 11 or pull it back to nine. Regarding variety, his understanding is that some councilmembers had a good conversation with Councilmember Bier after which she gave him the impression she reached out robustly to a diverse number of folks and groups who did not necessarily decide to take the opportunity.

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Councilmember Bier stated that is correct.

Mayor Bigstyck asked if anyone wants to elaborate.

Councilmember Bier stated she extended an invitation to three other people who had connections with different groups in our community in the hope that there would be a more robust pool.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that he would like to ask, based on some community members' concerns, if this could, in some way, affect the Beach Boulevard project.

Mgmt. Analyst Brooks thought they are talking about mitigation with Beach Boulevard versus the Climate Action Plan, which would be more greenhouse gas reduction.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that the concern he heard from the community was that having a group of people who may or may not be friendly with the Beach Boulevard Resiliency Infrastructure Project as currently proposed on the same committee would have the potential to undermine that down the road, and he asked if there is any connection whatsoever between the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan and what they voted on for Beach Boulevard.

Mgmt. Analyst Brooks did not think they are related, as the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan will likely be focused on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and that will not touch upon that project.

Mayor Bigstyck asked if there was no overlap to the best of her understanding.

Mgmt. Analyst Brooks responded affirmatively.

Planning Director Murdock stated that Mmgt. Analyst Brooks is correct. When the Council was discussing formation of this task force, they talked about the scope and extent of its responsibilities and they recognized the need to take its charge and work and be mindful of other policies and programs and plans that the city has which address different subject matters that may be related to but not in and of itself the work of the Climate Action and Adaptation Climate Task Force. As mentioned, the focus of this group should be on issues related to greenhouse gas emissions and matters related to how to reduce or eliminate those types of emissions and actions more directly related to adapting to climate action related issues, not a sea level rise related adaptation measure or resilience measure which is what the Beach Boulevard Infrastructure Resiliency Project is intended to be.

Councilmember Boles stated that they put a list together when they were talking about this committee of some things they wanted the group to consider. They will be putting together their own list, but they could make it clear that the project is not part of their deliberations.

Councilmember Beckmeyer moved to extend the meeting to 11:30 PM; seconded by Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus.

City Council Regular Meeting 24 July 10, 2023
MOVE TO EXTEND MEETING TO 11:30 PM
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Beckmeyer, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles
Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated that the Pacifica Climate Committee brought forward the last Climate Action Plan to the city and the fact that he said there would be no overlap, that is a huge process that the Pacifica Climate Committee took upon themselves.

Mayor Bigstyck heard what she was saying and suggests that they proceed with this public straw vote and take stock on who the members of the committee are, as 6 out of 11 raises a Brown Act concern that he feels he needs to discuss with City Attorney. He stated, after taking that straw vote, if four people immediately drop off, all of whom are on the Pacifica Climate Committee, in which case that immediately takes care of her concern unless there are other concerns that she is raising. He suggested they list their top 11; they will look at who the top 11 are and see who the people are on the Pacifica Climate Committee and whether they want the full 11.

Councilmember Bier listed her 11 choices.

Mayor Bigstyck listed his 11 choices.

Councilmember Beckmeyer listed her 11 choices.

Councilmember Boles listed her 11 choices.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated she did not want to read her choices.

Councilmember Boles listed the six applicants who are on the Pacifica Climate Committee.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that drops off two from the Pacifica Climate Committee, leaving four. If they were doing all 11, those four would be a clear minority.

City Attorney Kenyon stated that, while not now, it will be important at some point to list the top 11 by name. She stated that they need to list the people that they think they have a strong majority of the Council who are likely to be appointed. She thought Council should start with a discussion on how many people they want on the task force and that straw poll will be more effective.

Mayor Bigstyck thought, if the concern is the members who serve on the Pacifica Climate Committee, it would be wise to have 11. He has 10 who are clear front runners and then two who are runners-up.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that the top ten he has are Maria Barr, Kimberly Finale, Kai Martin, Monica Meagher, Margo Meiman, Rick Nahass, Carl Schwab, Jake Scussel, Nancy Tierney, Cindy Yang and the next step is Dave Plumb, the top 11. He stated that, to make sure those four are as far away from Brown Act territory as possible, they can have that conversation with the City Attorney as they like. His recommendation is that they go with those 11.

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Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated that she will give them a list of not 11 people but nine.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that clarifies the next runner up after those other ten, and he will read those for the record. He then stated that, to make sure those four are as far away from Brown Act territory as possible, they could have that conversation with the City Attorney but his recommendation would be that they go with those 11.

Councilmember Bier agreed.

Councilmember Boles asked which ones on the list didn’t have as many votes.

Mayor Bigstyck stated the two names, and Acting City Clerk La confirmed.

Councilmember Boles concluded that the other two didn’t get votes. She is mostly happy with the list and voiced support for another applicant.

Councilmember Bier also agreed.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that he would certainly vote in favor of the majority vote getters.

City Attorney Kenyon stated that the motion should include the names of the appointees.

Councilmember Bier moved to appoint Maria Barr, Kimberly Finale, Kai Martin, Monica Meagher, Margo Meiman, Rick Nahass, Dave Plumb, Carl Schwab, Jake Scussel, Nancy Tierney, and Cindy Yang to the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Task Force; seconded by Councilmember Beckmeyer.

RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sue Beckmeyer, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles

18. Consideration of Forming a City Council Ad-Hoc Subcommittee Regarding Aircraft Noise Issues and FAA Civil Aviation Noise Policy Review
PROPOSED ACTION:
1) Consider establishing a City Council Ad-Hoc Subcommittee of two Councilmembers related to aircraft noise issues;
2) If established, specify the purpose of the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee and appoint two Councilmembers.
3) Authorize the City Manager to submit a comment letter to the FAA on the Civil Aviation Noise Policy Review as recommended by the Ad Hoc Subcommittee prior to the comment period deadline of July 31, 2023.

Councilmember Boles stated she is on the Airport Roundtable Committee and, as part of their process, they drafted a letter that the Roundtable is issuing to the FAA as it is a once-in-alifetime opportunity to comment on the health effects of noise. Originally the Ad Hoc Committee would be set up to give direction to the City Manager to issue the letter by the deadline of July 31, but the deadline had been extended to September 29 that evening.

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Mayor Bigstyck asked if the City Attorney had any feedback.

City Attorney Kenyon thought the question for Council is whether there is already an Ad Hoc Committee in name only without technically being appointed by Council to work on this. If there is a Councilmember who wants to work with staff in drafting the letter, then that person should be delegated but they don’t need a resolution. Council should direct a councilmember, if they so choose, to work on the letter with staff; otherwise the letter will be prepared by staff and brought to the Council.

Councilmember Boles stated that they don’t have a city committee. She is on the Airport Roundtable and there are a group of residents that are going to be working on this letter, taking the Roundtable’s letter and Brisbane’s letter as their issues are similar to ours in terms of departures. That was their plan, but another Councilmember may want to be on the Ad Hoc Committee and work with her.

City Attorney Kenyon stated that, if the rest of the Council is acceptable, someone may make a motion that they delegate the authority to work with staff to Councilmember Boles.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus moved to delegate the authority to Councilmember Boles; seconded by Councilmember Bier.

Mayor Bigstyck stated that there was also a matter of public comment.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus retracted her motion.

There were no public comments.

Mayor Bigstyck asked if anyone would like to make a motion.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus moved to delegate the authority to work with staff on Aircraft Noise Issues to Councilmember Boles; seconded by Councilmember Bier.

MOVE TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO WORK WITH STAFF ON AIRCRAFT NOISE

ISSUES TO COUNCILMEMBER BOLES
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
SECONDER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles

19. Designation of Voting Delegate for League of California Cities Annual Conference PROPOSED ACTION: Designate a voting delegate and alternate(s) who will attend the 2023 League of California Cities (Cal Cities) Annual Conference General Assembly Meeting on Friday, September 22, 2023.

Acting City Clerk La presented the staff report.

There were no public comments.

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Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus moved that Mayor Bigstyck be the voting delegate; seconded by Councilmember Bier.

MOVE TO APPOINT MAYOR BIGSTYCK AS CALCITIES VOTING DELEGATE RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor pro Tem
SECONDER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles
Mayor Bigstyck moved that Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus be the alternate voter.

Mayor pro Tem Vaterlaus stated she cannot be there.

Mayor Bigstyck retracted his motion.

Councilmember Bier moved that Councilmember Boles be the alternate; seconded by Mayor Bigstyck.

MOVE TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER BOLES AS CALCITIES VOTING DELEGATE

ALTERNATE
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Tygarjas Bigstyck, Mayor
AYES: Bigstyck, Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Boles

ADJOURN
Mayor Bigstyck adjourned the meeting at 11:14 p.m. in honor of an unnamed loved one.

Transcribed by Barbara Medina, Public Meeting Stenographer.

Respectfully Submitted,
Sarah Coffey, City Clerk
APPROVED: 5 - 0; 8/14/2023
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Tygarjas Bigstyck, Mayor