CITY OF PACIFICA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Council Chambers
2212 Beach Blvd
Pacifica, CA 94044
Mayor Sue Vaterlaus
Mayor pro Tem Sue Beckmeyer
Councilmember Mary Bier
Councilmember Tygarjas Bigstyck
Councilmember Christine Boles
City Council Regular Meeting 1 February 26, 2024
February 26, 2024 (MONDAY)
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Mayor Sue Vaterlaus called the meeting to order on February 26, 2024 at 7:03 PM 7:00 PM OPEN SESSION
Call to Order
Mayor Vaterlaus called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Sue Vaterlaus Mayor Present
Sue Beckmeyer Mayor pro Tem Present
Mary Bier Councilmember Present
Tygarjas Bigstyck Councilmember Present
Christine Boles Councilmember Present
City Clerk Coffey took a verbal roll call.
Staff Present: Kevin Woodhouse, City Manager; Michelle Kenyon, City Attorney; Lisa Petersen, PW Director; Yulia Carter, Asst. City Manager; Christian Murdock, Planning Director; Maria Sarasua, Police Chief; Craig Wittner, NCFA Fire Marshall; Sarah Coffey, City Clerk; Emily La, Dep. City Clerk.
Reading of Land Acknowledgment
Mayor Vaterlaus read the Land Acknowledgment.
Salute to the Flag led by Councilmember Bigstyck
CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Vaterlaus asked if any councilmembers wished to pull items and, seeing none, opened public comment. She then closed public comment.
Councilmember Boles stated she had questions on item 3.
City Manager Woodhouse stated Fire Marshall Wittner was present and he is the most appropriate one to answer any questions.
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Councilmember Boles wanted to talk about inspections related to short-term rentals, especially some of the larger ones that host a number of people. She asked in her written questions what the official definition of a “lodging house” was. She was referred to the 2021 International Fire Code that defined it as a “one-family dwelling where one or more occupants are primarily permanent and rent is paid for guest rooms”. She stated the IFC further clarifies the definition of maximum occupant load of the lodging house in order to remain in R3 classification which is 10 or fewer transient persons. The City of Pacifica’s municipal code defines a hotel as meaning “a building portion containing six or more guestrooms designed or intended to be used or hired out to be occupied or are occupied by six or more individuals for compensation”. She understands they are not currently checking fire safety for short-term rentals but she understands that some other cities have opted to do so and she wanted to get his thoughts; we have a number that are more than six bedrooms and an even greater number that have more than the six people, up to 16 people, that are staying overnight that are not inspected before they become short-term rentals now and are not regularly inspected for safety. She was curious what his thoughts and experience are and if he thinks that is something we may want to consider.
City Manager Woodhouse stated, regarding Fire Department inspection of short-term rentals, that is a program that Council could review and consider and direct when they do the ShortTerm Rental Ordinance update process. He stated that there are numerous areas of our ordinance and state law that need to be reviewed to make it clear that such short-term rentals would be part of the program and they would be able to charge them the fee that is required.
Councilmember Boles understood that would be the best scenario. As these are life safety issues, she wondered if that was something they could potentially bump up on the priority list of items to consider as a single thing if they are still waiting to do the ordinance.
City Manager Woodhouse stated this comes up occasionally about different simple things we might do in advance of the holistic Short-Term Ordinance review. Even reviewing small things would require staff time, as Planning and City Attorney’s office staff are focused on other priorities. He would want that direction from the full Council to do that and evaluate what else would fall off the plate to accelerate any particular aspect of the program. He thought, with the short-term rentals program, so many of the aspects of that program are all integrated. The number of people Council may want to allow in an ordinance revision that could exist in a shortterm rental would relate to state law (as to what that occupancy is defined as). He expressed that biting off little pieces has come up before and he thinks it needs to be considered as a whole program.
Councilmember Boles thought part of her question to Fire is whether he sees this as a potential hazard, given the number of people potentially visitors staying in one house for a short amount of time with recurring groups up to 16 people.
Fire Marshal Wittner stated that it could be. In other communities where he has conversed regarding this same topic, the short-term rental program created complaints in the community from neighborhoods, as it changed the use and character of the neighborhood (parking, noise, etc.) and communities chose to deal with them. He questioned if there could be life safety issues that they would address, he stated that they would most certainly address those. He referred to her concern regarding 10 or more people, he stated that the Code views that the fewer occupants there are, the looser or fewer provisions there are and, as the occupant load increases, the provisions become tougher. He stated that, by definition in the International Codes and California Codes, they look at 10 or fewer people and want those to operate similar to an R3 or traditional single family to owning occupancy, and they further say that greater than City Council Regular Meeting 3 February 26, 2024
10 would be operated more closely to an R2 or an apartment style occupancy and with even greater occupancy of up to 16, depending on the configuration, they look at it as operating potentially like an R1 occupancy. He stated that, with definitions, California makes it difficult sometimes to interpret without knowing the exact style of structure amount of stories, etc. He stated that they can certainly inspect those for safety. He stated, with some of the other communities, their concern was that people who visit the community are unfamiliar with their immediate surroundings and do not know where the fire extinguisher is or are they certain the smoke alarms work, do the sliding glass doors and windows work, etc. That is what they include in their STR inspection program for the basic safety measures we all have control over in our own homes but do not, otherwise, have control in a rental.
Councilmember Boles appreciated his information.
Mayor Vaterlaus asked if there were any further questions.
Dep. City Clerk La stated that they had one raised hand after close of public comment.
Mayor Vaterlaus reopened the public comment.
Clif Lawrence, Pacifica, referred to what they mentioned before on how they regard a unit as temporary housing, and he shared the concerns they mentioned before.
Mayor Vaterlaus stated that they are not discussing the short-term rental issue. She stated that they will be discussing that on their goal setting meeting on March 9 and she suggested he feel free to attend to discuss the short-term rentals.
Councilmember Boles mentioned that he can make a comment during open communications.
Mayor Vaterlaus agreed that he can make his comment during the public comment period. She then closed public comment.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Christine Boles, Councilmember
SECONDER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
AYES: Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Bigstyck, Boles
1. Quarterly Financial Report for the Quarter ending December 31, 2023 PROPOSED ACTION: Review and accept the Quarterly Financial Report for the Quarter ending December 31, 2023.
2. Quarterly Treasurer’s Reports for the quarter ending December 31, 2023.
PROPOSED ACTION: Review and accept the Quarterly Treasurer’s Reports for the quarter ending December 31, 2023.
3. 2023 Mandated Fire and Life Safety Inspections Compliance Report PROPOSED ACTION: It is requested that the City Council acknowledge that North County Fire Authority has completed required annual mandated fire and life safety inspections within the City of Pacifica for 2023.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA
Bill Michaelis, Pacifica, started with a song regarding love and kindness and then shared a singalong with refreshments that will be happening at the Mildred Owen Center on February 29, and he mentioned the many people and organizations that helped organize this uplifting event to build on the positiveness in our community.
Linda Peebles, Pacifica, stated she is representing Pacifica Peace People and read a peace resolution written by their group.
Adrienne Zanini, Pacifica, stated it was devastating to hear all the bad news and it has to stop with a new way to bring forth peace in this world for all of us, and shared that is what we all want.
Marsha Murphy, Pacifica, stated that bad things happen when good people refuse to do things and she supports the Pacifica Peace People’s resolution.
Ellen Hage, Pacifica, stated that she was supporting Pacifica Peace People’s resolution for peace and reconciliation, and she shared a few personal thoughts on the results of what is happening in Gaza.
Suzanne Moore, Pacifica, stated that they can support the Pacifica Peace People’s resolution and shared her thoughts on the problems to reaching their goals and she chooses to support this resolution.
Gloria Stofan, Pacifica, stated she was present to show her support to Pacifica Peace People and their beautiful resolution, adding that she cannot remain silent when so many are suffering from inhumane actions.
Flo Chang, Pacifica, understood Pacifica was in the midst of getting their Housing Element approved and how they have worked tirelessly and advocated on the citizens’ behalf and she asked that they extend that dedication for a future ceasefire resolution.
Clif Lawrence, Pacifica, expressed his support for peace in all countries that are suffering huge losses. He added that, in addition to supporting peace, there is another identity they can adopt to help them see who they are and where they are going, sharing his thoughts on a new vision of who Pacificans are.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
Councilmember Bigstyck thanked the Pacifica Peace People for being here with their message and their resolution and shared his thoughts on the subject. He spent time talking to a representative from Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s office to understand how flood insurance works and what affects it, to be prepared for the Local Coastal Land Use Plan (LCLUP) meeting this coming Saturday. He stated that Elise Lester from Assemblymember Marc Berman’s office also sat in on the meeting to understand what we are going through with our coastal issues. He has been following up with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s representative on coastal issues. He attended congressional candidate Joe Simitian’s event, reached out to Broadmoor Police Protection District for LAFCO, and attended a congressional candidates’ forum for the City Democrats. He attended the Coastal Cities quarterly forum held for elected officials, going over OPC results. He met with a representative from CORA and they City Council Regular Meeting 5 February 26, 2024
have been engaged in their program training businesses and other interested parties on how to identify the signs of partner abuse and understand the better ways to address that. There was a Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) meeting and he was proud of a board that chose to freeze the levels of how much we charge for electricity where PG&E has been raising those charges. He congratulated Associate Director of Community Relations and Climate Equity and Pacifica resident Kirsten Andrews-Schwind who recently got a raise through PCE. They also launched the turn-key electrification installation service and discussed project ownership potential of producing electricity in the future. He attended the Council of Cities event in Daly City where Assemblymember Phil Ting spoke as well as a representative of Rainbow Bridge that spoke.
He attended the Sports Hall of Fame dinner where Jack Burgett was honored, saw Coach Bill Gray, and congratulated the Hall of Fame inductees.
Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer stated she was busy and spent time developing a better understanding of the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) guidance. This guidance is designed to encompass and collect the best available science on sea level rise for purposes of permitting and project planning for California cities, counties, agencies, etc. It is a big undertaking as all the numbers in that report are articulated with the NOAA numbers for sea level rise provided for the entire country. The idea is it is dialed in for California specifically and she gave more information on the subject. She was grateful to see colleagues at the first statewide quarterly meeting of the Coastal Cities group. She had an interesting meeting with the Economic Development Committee that is looking to move meetings around to different businesses. They are planning the Blues and Brews event on April 27. The subcommittees are looking at other activities, putting together digital maps of hiking trails in Pacifica and putting different activities together into a community calendar. She was not able to attend the Library Advisory Committee meeting and appreciated their work. She stated the congressional forum at the Democrats meeting was interesting to see the many candidates for our congressional seat being vacated by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and how they addressed their ideas and their knowledge of Pacifica. She stated the Pacifica Sports Hall of Fame dinner was a wonderful experience and had the opportunity to attend with some of her colleagues.
Councilmember Boles thanked the Peace People for being present and all the work they put in to write the resolution and shared her thoughts on the subject. She met with Anita Rees and the Unhoused on the Coast group, and they discussed the County Encampment Ordinance and the possible effects of what is coming out of that, i.e., people may be fined with misdemeanors for not wanting to accept shelter. She stated that there are eight families on the waitlist for the oversized vehicle spaces. She met with the Pacific Beach Coalition and they used to do an Eco-Fest every year on Earth Day, and they are going to try that again and call it a Whale Fest for the community learning event and a lot of children’s activities. She had her first one-on-one meeting with Assemblymember Marc Berman and it was good to get to know him and talk about our coastal issues. She met with Aaron Peskin who is the president of the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco as she wanted to learn more about Sharp Park. She will continue the conversations. She went to the Pacifica Democrats meeting and she thanked them for organizing that great event. She met with Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission and they need to talk about charters soon. She thanked Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer for her excellent meeting and leadership at the state level. She met with the executive director of Brilliant Corners. They work all over the state in building housing for developmentally disabled.
They had the Beach Boulevard Infrastructure Resiliency Project meeting which was wellattended by over 100 people and they will announce office hours with the consultants soon.
She did a make-up session for her leadership training on emergency preparedness and stated, for each topic they are handling, it is looked at from a government point of view, non-profit point of view, and industry point of view.
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Councilmember Bier thanked the Pacifica Peace People and stated that their resolution was well thought out and beautiful. She thanked them for all the years and hard work they put in to bring peace to our community and shared her thoughts on the subject. She attended the Pacifica Democrats congressional panel, the Economic Development Committee meeting, as well as a meeting with PRC. She was invited to attend a youth mental and behavioral health summit held by the San Mateo County Youth Advisory Board, and it was wonderful to represent Pacifica and be there for those young people, talking about what they need from us to feel safe and healthy. She had an update about Pacifica Pride, which will take place on June 1. She attended the North Coast County Water District meeting where they had a beautiful tribute to Jack Burgett. She thanked Horace Hinshaw for the Sports Hall of Fame dinner.
Mayor Vaterlaus thanked the Pacifica Peace People for coming forward and shared her thoughts on the subject. She went to so many things that other councilmembers went to, i.e., Democrats debate, Coastal Cities group, congressional candidate Joe Simitian’s event, Council of Cities, Sports Hall of Fame, etc. She met with Lori Lievore from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s office. While she was there, she talked to Supervisor Ray Mueller. She spent a week at meetings on housing, insurance, and many other things. She had two Fog Fest committee meetings because they are trying to get things together for the Fog Fest. She met with a Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) representative on Speak Up. They selected people from City Selection for the Housing Endowment and Regional Trust (HEART).
She went to the community meeting, which was a productive day for her. She stated that the most fun thing she did in the last two weeks was that she presented a proclamation to Winona Harvey, who turned 105 years and five days old.
STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
City Manager Woodhouse stated shared upcoming important meetings: On Saturday, March 2, is their Local Coastal Land Use Plan meeting at Terra Nova Theater. It is also a hybrid Zoom meeting. They will be going over a lot of the details that are in the LCLUP, recommended alternate modifications, and having a Q&A session with members of the public and that should be productive Saturday. The following Saturday, March 9, they will have another all-day session which is the City Council’s annual Strategic Plan update session which will be in the Council Chambers. He stated that this week, on February 22, there was the Beach Boulevard Infrastructure Resiliency Project meeting as Councilmember Boles mentioned with great attendance from the public via Zoom, and showing and getting input on some of the amazing design happening for that project. He stated that February 21 was the kick-off meeting for the Police Department Community Academy which is the first cohort of 16 residents and a few city employees were participating in that as well. He was able to attend and learn about those who are volunteering their time roughly one night a week for 10-12 weeks and he hoped that program will be a success and they will continue it in the future and others in the community can apply, participate and learn and take a deep dive into the workings of the Police Department.
Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer also shared that March 9 is also Compost Giveaway Day through Recology.
Councilmember Bier also shared they are having the Pacifica Youth Summit on March 16 at IBL School. She requested that they come out and she will give them more information next time.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE
CONSIDERATION
4. 2023 Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the Housing Element of the General Plan and the 2023 Annual Progress Report on Implementation of Other Elements of the General Plan.
PROPOSED ACTION: Move to adopt a Resolution approving the City’s 2023 Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the Housing Element of the General Plan and the 2023 Annual Progress Report on Implementation of Other Elements of the General Plan, and directing the City Manager to transmit the reports to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR).
Planning Director Murdock presented the staff report, and recommended the following changes to the Housing Element Annual Progress Report before approval: (1) Pacifica School District project – to correct the information to reflect 70 units’ allocation across income levels to 59 above-moderate, 5 moderate-income, and 6 lower-income in various places of the report; (2) 407 Gateway Drive – to reclassify one of the projects as ADU project, not 5+ unit project, which increases the number of ADU’s receiving Certificates of Occupancy from 24 to 44; and (3) Table C, Column 11 – to correct descriptions of land uses to align with correct parcels.
Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer asked him to clarify ADU versus 5+ units on the Gateway Project.
She remembers hearing about a potential future project of building ADUs on that site and she asked if this is part of that.
Planning Director Murdock responded affirmatively. He stated that, in the detailed information in the Housing Element annual progress report Tab A-2, the various building permits are listed there. There are two building permits for the Villages at Pacifica Apartment project on Gateway, and he thinks there is a 20-unit and a 22-unit building permit for ADUs. They conducted that project in two phases to create ADUs on that existing apartment project. He stated that, through the affordable housing regulatory agreement that the City Council approved in 2020, those units are going to be income limited to the low income or 80% area median income level at no additional expenditure on the city’s part to create or acquire those lower income affordable housing units.
Councilmember Boles thanked him for the report. She asked how many he said total in terms of ADUs receiving building permits.
Planning Director Murdock indicated that they were 71% of the approved units this year. He then confirmed that 17 ADUs received building permits in 2023.
Councilmember Boles is trying to understand how many total applications we had and 42 were for the Villages but she asked if they are getting a lot of applications for ADUs spread out through the rest of Pacifica beyond this one site.
Planning Director Murdock stated that it varies, and his observation is that it appears the level of activity has decreased a little bit in the 2023 period and perhaps a part of that is the more costly access to capital funding to undertake those projects. When interest rates were low, it was easier for people to access affordable financing to undertake those projects.
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Councilmember Boles thought there were very few building permits issued this year, and she asked if they had any more data about how long it takes for a particular project to get a building permit and are we getting less applications or taking longer in the process which may be a part of the reasons those numbers are low.
Planning Director Murdock stated he did not have any information to indicate that the processing timelines for building permits are changing, but his observation seems to be that fewer planning entitlement stage projects have been coming in. Those projects that are coming in or are anticipated to come in are much larger projects which is uncharacteristic of the last many years in Pacifica. They should anticipate coming through the entitlement stage as it relates to the report, much larger projects than they have seen in a decade or more potentially, perhaps several decades in Pacifica. He stated that the reasons for that are not entirely clear as some of it is perceptions related to the Builder’s Remedy and support in the legislature for bigger projects that might not otherwise fit within a city’s General Plan and some people are trying to exploit those as those theories are untested at this time. He thinks that is the major change he is seeing in our development related landscape for housing now.
Councilmember Boles stated that they received the Builder’s Remedy from the applications but they are not yet recorded or not required to be reported at this point for HCD but would they be at some point as they move further along in the process.
Planning Director Murdock stated potentially. He stated that, when people hear about Builders’ Remedies, what that means most of the time is related to a law called SB330, which is a law among other things creates a new type of application called a preliminary application. When people have heard about these Builders’ Remedy projects in Pacifica, what they heard is that a SB330 preliminary application has been filed but it does not have all the information that is required to actually constitute an application to the city for development but using a mechanism in the law to a developer’s advantage to essentially lock in the regulations and take advantage of some other provisions in that law. When those applications may come in with what is called a regular application or the type of application you would need to file for development, and when that application is deemed complete through the city’s review process, then it would be eligible for reporting in this Housing Element form. Those applications may come in or they may not; applicants have 180 days to submit an application following a preliminary application and not all of the developers follow up in that regard and not all of them process through those applications to completeness which would then put it on this report.
Councilmember Boles concluded that at this point we do not have any of the six that have been determined to have a complete application.
Planning Director Murdock agreed, and that is why they are not reported in this report.
Mayor Vaterlaus opened public comment and, seeing no one, closed public comments.
Councilmember Bigstyck moved to adopt a Resolution approving the city’s 2023 Annual Progress Report on Implementation of the Housing Element of the General Plan and the 2023 Annual Progress Report on Implementation of Other Elements of the General Plan, with the changes identified by staff, and directing the City Manager to transmit the reports to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR); seconded by Councilmember Boles.
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RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Tygarjas Bigstyck, Councilmember
SECONDER: Christine Boles, Councilmember
AYES: Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Bigstyck, Boles
5. Modifications to the City of Pacifica Purchasing Policy PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution Approving Modifications to the City of Pacifica Administrative Policy No. 76 (Purchasing Policy).
Asst. City Manager Carter presented the staff report, and recommended correcting the language included in the packet (pages 61 and 54) to read as follows: “3.3.6 The Purchasing Officer may, as needed, increase any Purchase Order issued by an amount of up to 10% for additional services, good or equipment not anticipated at the time the Purchase Order was issued which However, this increase may not cause the total Purchase Order amount to exceed the authority maximums described in 3.3.1 for the City Manager by an amount of up to 10%” and “3.5.1 The Purchasing Officer may, as needed, increase any Contract approved by the City Council or by the City Manager by an amount of 10% for additional services, goods or equipment not anticipated at the time the Contract was executed through a Change Order, or Contract Amendment which However, this increase may not cause the total Contract amount to exceed the authority maximums described in 3.4.2 for the City Manager by an amount of up to 10%.” .
Asst. City Manager Carter completed the staff report presentation.
Councilmember Boles asked if only the City Manager has the ability to approve contracts with the 10% overage and other departments stay within the contract amount without the 10% overage.
Asst. City Manager Carter responded affirmatively. She added that the policy would allow the City Manager to decide a discretionary contingency as the Purchasing Officer for the city and no other staff would have the same authority.
Councilmember Boles asked about ongoing contracts, for example if we had a contract with Group 4 for the design and the contract was over several years for $500,000.
Asst. City Manager Carter stated that this would typically apply to ongoing services. They have a contract for something that happens on an ongoing basis every year, such as for augmentation of city staff, and that is where we want to count this in a given year. You would not be looking at cumulatively how much was spent.
Councilmember Boles concluded only $75,000. She asked if the contracts have a yearly maximum amount.
Asst. City Manager Carter stated that currently we bring contracts for renewals. They renew the contract for another two years or three years and that is the total number that is being counted.
She stated that the process was a little cumbersome due to creating purchase orders every year, but this provision would simplify the process for ongoing services only. All the projectbased services would still be subject to a project.
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Mayor Vaterlaus opened public comments.
Kimberly Finale, Pacifica, stated that she wanted to point out and asked Council to consider that raising the purchasing authority for the City Manager effectively will reduce the number of agenda items at some point in time, but also reduce Council’s ability for input, questions and approval and the ability for the community to have input.
Mayor Vaterlaus closed public comments.
Councilmember Bigstyck stated that decisions like these would seem to reduce the amount of awareness of the community at any given point. However, he was not worried that anything substantial will get lost in the mix by signing off on this, and he thinks it is rare that they have an opportunity to try and alleviate any measure of the workload whatsoever. He was grateful to have this opportunity before them, and he was looking forward to vote yes on this.
Councilmember Bier agreed.
Mayor Vaterlaus stated that the comparison to the other cities is also really important to see where the other cities fall in this same arrangement.
Councilmember Boles added that they are still reviewing the overall budget every year. She stated that they trust staff to do their work and the policies and she was in favor of it.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that a point occurred to him as the speaker was talking about that and Asst. City Manager Carter pointed it out, but he wanted to emphasize that, while the dollar threshold amount is higher, what that amount purchases is not higher, i.e., ten years ago when $50,000 was the threshold and you could purchase certain supplies or contractual services, because of inflation, that now costs at least $75,000 or more. What they are actually purchasing and what comes to Council for approval of what is being purchased has not changed by this. Instead, it is playing catch up on this administrative inefficiency.
Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer asked, in these kind of policies, if there was any mechanism related to consumer price index (CPI) or inflation.
Asst. City Manager Carter stated that Council can add additional CPI increase built in the resolution so they can make this change if that is the desire of Council.
Councilmember Bigstyck thanked Asst. City Manager for all the work she has done to give them this agenda this week. He asked City Clerk Coffey to put the recommended motion up as there was an adjustment based on the staff recommended changes through the presentation and he wanted to be sure they get the wording right.
City Attorney Kenyon stated they can just say as amended.
Councilmember Boles asked if staff was interested in an automatic CPI adjustment.
Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer asked if that makes it more work.
Asst. City Manager Carter stated they could bring this policy to them annually with the budget.
Usually, they review investment policy every year; if there are any changes that need to be made, that would be the time to do it and that would be incorporated into the process.
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Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer thought it should be done as it would keep the current. When she looked at the chart on population, Pacifica definitely needs to increase this, considering the population number, the amount of work that needs to be done, and the CPI increase.
Councilmember Boles thought, if she understood Asst. City Manager Carter correctly, this could be something she can bring to them as part of the budget.
Asst. City Manager Carter stated they can make this motion now and they will just incorporate it or they can bring it back to them. She stated that this year the limits will not change.
Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer asked about amending the motion.
City Attorney Kenyon stated as amended by staff, including the amendment to the sections.
Asst. City Manager Carter stated Sections 3.3.6 and 3.5.1, as presented by staff.
City Attorney Kenyon stated in addition to CPI increase annually.
Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer moved to adopt a Resolution Approving Modifications to the City of Pacifica Administrative Policy No. 76 (Purchasing Policy) with additional modifications to Sections 3.3.6 and 3.5.1 as presented by staff and adding an annual increase according to the Consumer Price Index; seconded by Councilmember Bigstyck.
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Beckmeyer, Mayor pro Tem
SECONDER: Tygarjas Bigstyck, Councilmember
AYES: Vaterlaus, Beckmeyer, Bier, Bigstyck, Boles
ADJOURN
Mayor Vaterlaus stated she wanted to adjourn this meeting in memory of Andy Pappas and asked if anyone would like to make remarks.
Councilmember Bigstyck stated that, in recent memory, he had the opportunity to help place a sign on his property as he was one to allow anybody that space, and it was amazing space on Highway 1. He thanked him for contributing to our community and he was grateful.
Mayor pro Tem Beckmeyer stated he was such a delightful person, so full of stories and full of history of Pacifica. She loved seeing his flag, depending on the sport season we were in, i.e., Giants flag, Warriors, etc., and he was proud of Greek history and Greek traditions in his family and occasionally the Greek flag would be up there as well. She is going to miss him as he was an asset to our community. His love for our pier and the access it provided for so many was an absolute passion for him. She was hopeful that in his honor and desire to see that continue to be a community and regional resource for people.
Councilmember Bier stated that having the opportunity to speak with him when she asked if she could hang a sign was the first time she met him after hearing about him for so many years.
She agreed he was delightful; he knew so much about Pacifica, including things she never would think about, and she appreciated his generosity. He always let het her hang her sign.
She depended on those flags for years.
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Councilmember Boles stated that she got to meet with him a couple of times, starting with the sign and introduction from Sue Digre, and mentioned sitting in his living room with that amazing view that he got to enjoy for all these years. He was a great crab catcher but also a great crab giver in the community and he loved Tam’s Restaurant and Mazzetti’s Bakery.
Mayor Vaterlaus liked that in the interview he did with Jean Bartlett, people came up to talk to him. He used to come in her office, and as he got older, he always remembered her name which she finds amazing because he was in his 90s and knew who she was as she helped him one time. She did put her sign up there as well. She appreciated him and she adjourned the meeting at 9:14 p.m. in his memory.
Transcribed by Barbara Medina, Public Meeting Stenographer.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sarah Coffey, City Clerk
APPROVED: 5 - 0; 3/11/2024
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Sue Vaterlaus, Mayor