CITY OF PACIFICA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Council Chambers
2212 Beach Blvd
Pacifica, CA 94044
Mayor Sue Beckmeyer
Vice Mayor Christine Boles
Councilmember Mary Bier
Councilmember Mayra Espinosa
Councilmember Greg Wright
City Council Regular Meeting 1 September 08, 2025
SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETING
September 08, 2025 (MONDAY)
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Mayor Sue Beckmeyer called the meeting to order on September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM 5:00 PM - CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Beckmeyer called the Closed Session meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. and then opened public comments.
Stephen Johnson, Pacifica, stated he was invited to rent the current space over 20 years ago by the City of Pacifica and has had a long and good relationship with the City. He also stated that the Chamber of Commerce estimated that his business brought in $0.5 million to the City.
He offered alternatives to downsize his business to one room at the facility and asked for compromise with the City.
Mayor Beckmeyer then closed public comments and convened the Council in closed session. 00a. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS. Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8. Property: 1220 C Linda Mar Boulevard, Pacifica (APN 023-281-130).
Agency negotiator: Kevin Woodhouse, City Manager. Negotiating parties: City of Pacifica and Stephen Johnson Photography. Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment of lease. 00b. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR. Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8. Property: 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard, Pacifica (APN 023-281-130).
Agency negotiator: Kevin Woodhouse, City Manager. Negotiating parties: City of Pacifica and Art Guild of Pacifica. Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment of lease 00c. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR. Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8. Property: 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard, Pacifica (APN 023-281-130).
Agency negotiator: Kevin Woodhouse, City Manager. Negotiating parties: City of Pacifica and Pacifica Performances. Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment of lease. 6:00 PM OPEN SESSION
Call to Order
Mayor Beckmeyer reconvened the regular meeting to order at 6:04 p.m.
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Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Sue Beckmeyer Mayor Present
Christine Boles Vice Mayor Present
Mary Bier Councilmember Present
Mayra Espinosa Councilmember Present
Greg Wright Councilmember Present
City Clerk Coffey took a verbal roll call.
Staff Present: Kevin Woodhouse, City Manager; Denise Bazzano, Asst. City Attorney; Maria Sarasua, Police Chief; Scott Leslie, PB&R Director; Melissa Tigbao, PW Director (Zoom); Marisol Gómez, Finance & Administrative Services Director; Brianne Harkousha, Deputy Director of Community Development; Louis Sun, PW Dep. Director-Wastewater Div.; Roland Yip, PW Dep. Director-Engineering; Zach Harris, Human Resources Manager; Vicente Romero, Police Captain;
Elizabeth Brooks, Management Analyst; Brittany Hernandez, Program Manager; Sarah Coffey, City Clerk; Emily La, Dep. City Clerk.
Reading of Land Acknowledgment
Mayor Beckmeyer read the Land Acknowledgement.
Salute to the Flag led by Councilmember Bier
Closed Session Report
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated closed session has been adjourned until the end of the meeting, and City Council will reconvene in closed session at the end of this regular meeting.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A. Special Presentation - Fog Fest Organizing Group - 38th Pacific Coast Fog Fest John Beckmeyer, President of the Fog Fest Organizing Group, gave the presentation, sharing details on their donations to many non-profits and sponsor’s support and the agenda for the two-day event, including a parade, food, and music.
Mayor Beckmeyer thanked him and asked if Council had any questions or comments.
Councilmember Wright asked him what the website was to look up information on Fog Fest.
President Beckmeyer stated PacificCoastFogFest.com.
Councilmember Espinosa asked what the sponsorship levels were.
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President Beckmeyer stated that they have eight different sponsorship levels and they send out letters at their sponsorship level when they solicit sponsorship from different groups, ranging from $2,500 up to $15,000 for naming the stages.
Councilmember Espinosa thought, to apply, they have to go to the website and she asked which streets will be closed and where to find parking.
President Beckmeyer stated parking is at the south end of Palmetto after the parade, at the north end of Palmetto, and at the parking lot at Oceana High School by their athletic fields. The only street fully closed is Palmetto but all the cross streets that cross Palmetto and empty onto Palmetto are blocked off and you will not be able to cross. He added that there are two possible crossing points at Montecito and Clarendon.. Beach Boulevard also becomes a two-way street during Fog Fest.
Councilmember Bier thanked him for his presentation. She apologized from all Councilmembers for not being able to attend their meetings this year as it was hard to schedule all their liaison positions, especially on Wednesday nights. When she made it to a meeting, it was amazing to watch them in action. She asked about the members who made this possible.
President Beckmeyer stated it is not just the Board but Board-adjacent people that are just as active as the Board members.
Councilmember Bier agreed and stated listening to all of them working together was inspiring.
Vice Mayor Boles thanked them for all the work they do to put this on as it is an event that defines Pacifica and a way to bring other people in to see what Pacifica is about. She knows it is harder now nationwide to continue to operate and relies on a lot of volunteers. She asked how many non-profits are involved.
President Beckmeyer stated last year there were 33 and they provided $88,000 worth of checks.
Vice Mayor Boles asked if anyone has analyzed the additional revenue it brings to local businesses that weekend from other sunny weekends.
Kathy Johnson, Fog Fest Coordinator, stated that hotels are booked very early, restaurants are full, and the City is packed.
Councilmember Bier asked Kathy Johnson how many years she has been doing this.
Coordinator Johnson thought about 20 years but it is something she loves and it brings the City together. They thanked Council for all their support.
Mayor Beckmeyer spoke about the Fog Fest parade and loved that we have PW, first responders, community groups, dance troops, etc. coming down the street. She also talked about the Family Fun Fest and the Fog Jog, which are PB&R-sponsored events. She thanked them all for their work as she knows how long it takes.
Mayor Beckmeyer opened public comments.
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Martin Anaya, Pacifica, stated that PCT has been working hard on this year’s Fog Fest to support the activities of Fog Fest, the least of which will be a Fog Fest marathon from now until Fog Fest so we can celebrate in the Fog Fest that has been over the past for at least 30 years that they have been covering.
B. Special Presentation - Introduction of New City Employees Marisol Gómez, Finance & Administrative Services Director, introduced Melissa Tigbao, Public Works Director, who was available on Zoom; Newman Young, IT Analyst; Nelson Chen, Account Technician; and Zach Harris, Human Resources Manager.
Zach Harris, Human Resources Manager, introduced Hunter McGraw, Police Officer; Ryan Kurniawan, Community Service Officer; Janae Gilbert, Operator; Giovani Beltran, Building Maintenance Specialist; Katy Wells, Senior Services Program Coordinator; and Amelia Kolokihakaufisi-Lousi, Senior Planner.
There were no public comments.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Beckmeyer asked if any Councilmembers would like to pull any items from the consent calendar and, seeing no one, opened public comments.
Suzanne Moore, Pacifica, thanked them for continuing work on the Manor Overcrossing to improve traffic and spoke in favor of a roundabout at Paloma and Oceana with a dedicated school and public bus stop.
Mayor Beckmeyer closed public comments.
Vice Mayor Boles stated she had minor corrections to the August 11, 2025 minutes: On packet page 39, the paragraph starts “Mayor pro Tem Boles stated” and the last phrase says “on the A1 line” where it lists the numbers and that should read “HE-I-1”. On packet page 40, at the bottom, the paragraph starting with Mayor pro Tem Boles says “AB 130 and AB 131” but it is “SB 131”.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked if there were any questions on anything on the consent agenda.
Vice Mayor Boles asked staff for an update on the schedule for Manor Overcrossing as well as if the final meeting on the project design and environmental review would happen in March 2026.
PW Dep. Director Yip stated that was correct. The final contract approval and environmental documents will be complete, anticipated for March 2026 and, shortly after, we will be scheduling a meeting for Council to review the data as well as consideration on the on-ramp on Milagra.
Vice Mayor Boles heard from the City Manager that Caltrans was saying that a detailed Environmental Review is not required for the project and she wanted to clarify that there are traffic studies being done to be able to evaluate the various options.
PW Dep. Director Yip stated that was correct. There are traffic studies as part of the final documents as well as traffic sections in the environmental document, although we are not doing City Council Regular Meeting 5 September 08, 2025
a full Environmental Impact Report. We are still going to do an initial study and will do a mitigated declaration on the initial study. The reason why we are not doing the EIR is because Caltrans is the lead agency on this project for the Environmental Review and we are deferring it to them.
Mayor Beckmeyer stated, if no other questions, she is ready for a motion.
Councilmember Bier moved to approve the consent agenda with amendments made by Vice Mayor Boles; seconded by Vice Mayor Boles.
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Christine Boles, Vice Mayor
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
1. Approval of Disbursements for 08/01/25 through 08/31/25 PROPOSED ACTION: Approval of Disbursements for 08/01/25 through 08/31/25
2. Approval of Minutes
PROPOSED ACTION: Move to approve the minutes for the August 11, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting.
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. Second Amendment to Lease Agreement between City of Pacifica (City), as landlord, and Spindrift School of Performing Arts (SSPA), as tenant, for use of City property at 1050 Crespi Drive, Pacifica (Leased Property)
PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution Approving the Second Amendment to the Lease Agreement between City and Spindrift School of Performing Arts (SSPA) extending the term for the Leased Property at 1050 Crespi Drive for a period of five years, with an option for an additional five-year extension term, subject to agreement of City and SSPA, and authorize the City Manager to execute the Second Amendment.
5. Amendment to Consultant Services Agreement for Professional Planning and Related Services Between the City of Pacifica and Consulting Firm MIG PROPOSED ACTION: Move to adopt a resolution approving an Amendment to the Agreement for Consultant Services between the City of Pacifica and MIG, Inc., to increase the contract amount by $15,000 for a total contract amount of $165,000 and, to authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment.
6. Resolution Supporting the Manor Drive Overcrossing Project and Authorizing Submittal of an Application for Measure A and W Highway Program Funding PROPOSED ACTION: Adopt the resolution authorizing staff to submit the grant application for the Measure A and W Highway Program Funding, authorizing the City Manager to execute any documents required for the grant application, and committing the required matching funds for the project if the grant is approved.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA
Mayor Beckmeyer closed public comments on items not on the posted agenda.
Billy Philadelphia, Pacifica, stated he has been the Artistic Director for Pacifica Performances at Mildred Owen Concert Hall for the past year and a half. He thanked Council for removing Site 23 from the Housing Element Rezoning. He shared that they will celebrating their 50th anniversary next year and shared information on future events including partnering with Beach Break Entertainment to expand entertainment at the Hall to bring movies at Films on Friday, which can be found at www.beachbreakentertainment.com.
Debra Crumrine, Pacifica, shared her concerns regarding settling with ACLU on oversized vehicles on Paloma Ave. and asked that it be taken off of the RV parking list.
Jean Turk, Pacifica, asked Council to have PW delay the curb painting schedules for the Lakeview and Pacific Avenues area and shared her concerns on this project due to the small size of the street.
Nancy Tierney, Pacifica, asked the City for support in a resolution endorsing the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act and stated doing so would demonstrate Council’s commitment to take meaningful action to address climate change.
Sue Vaterlaus, Pacifica, stated on the consent at the last meeting was the Notice of Completion for the FY 2025-26 Sidewalk, Curbs, and ADA Ramps Improvement Project and shared her concerns about the incompleteness of the work, especially at a site that led to her accident.
Mayor Beckmeyer closed public comments.
Councilmember Wright wondered if Public Works could advise on the curb cuts issue.
City Manager Woodhouse will follow up with Public Works about what was referenced with curb cuts along Beach Boulevard as he believes the scope of the project completion that was approved by Council was all completed. He stated that curb cuts citywide are an ongoing issue that we phase in with all their sidewalk contracts annually.
PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE.
CONSIDERATION
7. Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance of The City Council of The City of Pacifica To Amend Section 5-2.03, “Violations: Abatement”, Section 5-2.05, “Notices of Hearings”, Section 5-2.06, “Hearings: Determinations” and Repealing Section 5-2.07, “Appeals” and Section 5-2.08, “Removal” Within Chapter 2, "Vehicles Parked For Seventy-Two Hours Or More” of Title 5 Of The Pacifica Municipal Code Relating to Parking Exceeding 72 hours (Status: CEQA Exempt)
PROPOSED ACTION: Move to waive the second reading and adopt by title only an Ordinance of The City Council of The City of Pacifica To Amend Section 5-2.03, “Violations: Abatement”, Section 5-2.05, “Notices of Hearings”, Section 5-2.06, “Hearings: Determinations” and repealing Section 5-2.07, “Appeals” and Section 5-2.08, City Council Regular Meeting 7 September 08, 2025
“Removal” Within Chapter 2, "Vehicles Parked For Seventy-Two Hours Or More” of Title 5 of The Pacifica Municipal Code Relating to Parking Exceeding 72 hours and find the ordinance exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act.
City Manager Woodhouse presented the staff report.
Mayor Beckmeyer opened public comments.
Suzanne Moore, Pacifica, stated studies on homelessness state that unhoused individuals are many times more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators; and policies of enforcement that do not address root causes of homelessness can worsen long-term outcomes. She offered alternatives that can address the needs of the community.
Chris Redfield, Pacifica, stated this ordinance would free valuable public spaces for all residents and visitors and would be administered with compassion. He asked for Council to approve it.
Gloria Stofan, Pacifica, thanked the City’s support of the Temporary Safe Parking Program and urged Council to listen to our community for alternatives to the changes to the parking ordinance.
Mr. Sampson, Pacifica, shared his thoughts on living on Paloma in relation to the ordinance.
Kimberly Finale, Pacifica, shared her concerns on the public RV parking issue and shared her thoughts on future solutions, including no overnight parking for oversized vehicles outside of the Temporary Safe Parking Program.
Ryan, Pacifica, agreed with previous commenters and raised concerns about the lack of clarity in the laws for where people need to move to and how long they can stay.
Robert, Pacifica, stated we need to support the Police Department by changing the ordinance.
Anthony Azarro, Pacifica, described the background of the RVs and their owners parking and using the public right-of-way for extended periods of time and stated we need to support the Police Department by changing the ordinance.
Mayor Beckmeyer closed public comments.
Vice Mayor Boles stated this came before Council on July 14, and Mayor Beckmeyer was absent, there was an article in the Pacifica Tribune afterwards with disagreements with some of the language used in the meeting. After that, she and Mayor Beckmeyer had several conversations with Police Chief Sarasua and Police Captain Romero and PRC. These are difficult situations with a variety of people who are in these vehicles on the street and the police are struggling to enforce laws with people coming from outside the City with concerns about enforcement, targeting, reporting, etc. PRC tries to help those who want help, but not everyone wants it. She felt that was a collaborative relationship between police enforcement and the PRC. They will be kind with room for interpretation and it is important for vehicles to move to be operational and follow our laws. PRC tries to bring resources to them if there are vehicle operational concerns. For any ordinance brought forth we evaluate as we go and if there is a problem or unintended consequences, that is something that will come back and be revisited.
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Councilmember Wright stated this ordinance offers clarity and he appreciated both Mayor and Vice Mayor working with PRC to help enforce that collaborative relationship. He felt we need more of that kind of relationship and dialogue even if they may not always agree. He needed some clarification on what “linear feet” meant.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that the point and the question that has come up was, if you have a block and streets opposite the block with houses in between less than 1,000 feet, does that mean that the vehicle can move over there or not. The linear feet in the path of driving is as long as you go down the block, take your left, etc. has to be more than 1,000 feet.
Councilmember Wright assumed that the line can have bends in it.
City Manager Woodhouse agreed, as the car has to drive along the street.
Vice Mayor Boles stated the Police Department has a tape that they roll, like a surveyor’s tape, to draw out one line.
Councilmember Espinosa asked if we are going to have signage so people coming from other places know the rules.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that there is no intention to create new signage. There will be outreach that the Police Department and PRC will do. He stated that the 72-hour rule is a longstanding rule based on State law which is the case in most cities if not all the cities.
Councilmember Espinosa agreed but thought there will be a lot of people who do not know that.
City Manager Woodhouse stated, if necessary, a vehicle owner finds out through the warning about 72-hour timeline commencing and that information will include reference to the ordinance.
Vice Mayor Boles asked when the ordinance goes into effect.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated, if the ordinance is adopted this evening, it will go into effect 30 days after adoption.
Councilmember Bier thanked the Mayor and Vice Mayor to take time to meet with PRC and Police Dept. She reiterated that PRC should be a regular partner at the table for these conversations moving forward.
Mayor Beckmeyer referred to the fact she was not at the last meeting on the ordinance but she is present at this time.
Mayor Beckmeyer moved to approve the second reading and adoption of the Ordinance as stated in the agenda; seconded by Vice Mayor Boles.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Sue Beckmeyer, Mayor
SECONDER: Christine Boles, Vice Mayor
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
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8. Consideration of a Resolution establishing the Climate Action and Resilience Committee and approving its Fiscal Year 2025–2026 Work Plan
PROPOSED ACTION:
1. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council establishing the Climate Action and Resilience Committee.
2. Approve the Climate Action and Resilience Committee Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2025- 2026.
Program Manager Hernandez presented the staff report.
Councilmember Bier referred to staff support in the inaugural year and asked what that means.
Management Analyst Brooks stated, as the Community Development Department has supported the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Task Force to date, we will continue to provide support through its inaugural year and as Council directs; in this inaugural year, we have secured a CivicSpark Fellow who will assist Community Development full-time and will continue to have a part-time Program Manager, as well as the allocation of one FTE.
Councilmember Bier stated it sounds much better than what she thought.
Vice Mayor Boles asked about the involvement of the Task Force in these particular steps. She understands a few members worked on this draft and she asked if everyone was in agreement.
Program Manager Hernandez responded affirmatively, adding that the Task Force formed an implementation subcommittee to figure out which top six priority actions to focus on for the upcoming year. They had originally proposed 12 goals, but the second half of the goals will be prioritized for the new committee coming in.
Vice Mayor Boles asked, for the development of the charter itself, if they were involved in that.
Program Manager Hernandez responded affirmatively, stating that two Task Force members pre-wrote the charter and staff took from that and morphed what was needed.
Councilmember Espinosa stated she liked the presentation and asked how the City will ensure the inclusion of youth members, ages 14-25, and translate it into meaningful contribution.
Program Manager Hernandez stated that is something still in the works.
Councilmember Wright referred to the allocation of staff time and asked about the many competing interests for staff time and what the expectation is.
Program Manager Hernandez stated, for Management Analyst Brooks, it will be about onequarter of her time, for her as the Program Manager it will be about 80% of her time and with the CivicSpark Fellow hired for this year will be their full-time role helping with implementation of the CARP; their service year begins in October 2025 and will end in September 2026.
Councilmember Wright appreciated all the work that the CAAP Task Force did previously and this long journey into what they are embarking to try to make the world a better planet for people.
Mayor Beckmeyer opened public comments.
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Suzanne Moore, Pacifica, stated that the Pacifica Climate Action and Resilience Plan is an incredible resource and wonderful reflection of community will and collaborative volunteer efforts and shared her positive thoughts on the program.
Kimberly Finale, Pacifica, thanked them for the process to this point and the opportunity to be a member of the Task Force to bring this plan to Council for adoption and spoke in favor of community outreach and education for the Committee.
Margo Meiman, Pacifica, stated she was on the CAAP Task Force and hopes to be on the implementation committee and was on the subcommittee for preparing the charter and work plan, and she shared changes for them to consider on time commitment, as the subcommittee suggested a two-year commitment but that was changes to four years.
Sue Digre, Pacifica, stated she was around in 2014 and was pleased with the will of the people and shared her positive thoughts on involvement by the youth.
Cindy Abbott, Pacifica, appreciated Council and staff commitment to not only implement the Task Force but putting together the plan and approving the City-appointed body to move forward with CARP. She also posed questions on the time commitment for youth members.
Mayor Beckmeyer closed public comments.
Mayor Beckmeyer referred to term lengths for members.
City Clerk Coffey stated that the City’s Municipal Code sets forth the term duration for committees and commissions as four-year terms and does state that the terms shall be staggered to avoid a full turnover of the full membership of the committee. Typically, a committee or commission is formed by appointing two-year terms and four-year terms for portions of the membership.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked if it would be the Council’s prerogative to decide how many of those initial terms are four and how many are two.
City Clerk Coffey stated that we typically do half and half, i.e. a seven-member committee may have four members with four-year terms and three members with two-year terms or vice versa.
Mayor Beckmeyer referred to the youth positions and the need to change or amend our Municipal Code because we do not have, at this point, across the board designated youth positions on all committees. She asked if we will be allowed to go forward at this meeting and establish up to one to two such positions for youths, ages 14-25.
City Clerk Coffey stated it is her understanding that the recommendation is seven voting positions which may include one or two youth, rather than a specifically designated youth position.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked if she could clarify how the positions are established for the Library Advisory Committee.
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members; there was not a specifically designated youth member position at the outset and would be appointed as a regular member. She stated that the Municipal Code sets forth that, for membership of committee and commission terms, members under the age of 18 for any committee or commission may be considered if they are residents of the City, but it does not make any concessions as far as treating that member differently from any other member position. With the LAC at the outset, two youth were appointed to full-member voting positions and, upon the expiration of those terms, the Council considered an amendment to the Library Advisory Committee charter by resolution which then designated two specifically youth positions as full-voting member positions for youth members. In the amended Library Advisory Committee charter, the youth positions in that resolution were designated as one-year terms, different from what the Municipal Code states. She stated that the purpose for that is, if you are appointing a teen member who is in high school, you cannot anticipate that they may be available for a full four-year term.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano clarified that the Code as it is specifies committee members have a four-year term that can be staggered but it does not negate anything for youth memberships and it is completely within Council’s discretion to make amendments to the proposed charter before them. If Council desires to have an allowance for youth members that is less than four years, that will be fine, but it should be provided with direction to staff to prepare an ordinance that conforms Section 2-2.106 to allow for that youth membership term.
Councilmember Wright would like to propose an idea of a one-year renewable term with a maximum of four for youth members.
Mayor Beckmeyer added, as a liaison to the Library Advisory Committee, we have had youth positions and the youth did apply again and were interested in continuing in that service. She added that we had a situation when we were appointing the youth positions and had advertised them as such and had quite a turnout of youth at that time and offered an appointment to the Open Space and Parkland Advisory Committee to someone who will qualify in the youth category. She stated that thankfully, the student happens to be a Terra Nova student and accepted the offer and has been serving on OSPAC actively.
Councilmember Bier agreed and encouraged two full-voting seats specifically for youth members and she thought it would be seven adults plus two full voting member seats for youth.
She liked the renewable term, but she thinks it is also an experience to come back and interview,
Mayor Beckmeyer stated meaning youth would come back and interview. She asked if that is what Councilmember Wright had in mind.
Councilmember Wright likes that added notion and he supports the friendly amendment.
Vice Mayor Boles stated she would like to see seats specifically designated for youth too and likes upping the number of members.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked to discuss the issue of two-year terms versus four-year terms. At this time, we are afforded an opportunity to create two-year positions because of the need to do the staggering. If we were in the middle of just appointing people as normal, they would be fouryear terms per our Municipal Code. She asked City Attorney, if in the future we want to revisit that, it would be an amendment to that ordinance that would need to be addressed on a larger scale.
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Asst. City Attorney Bazzano agreed, adding that we would bring back the section that deals with terms if Council directs inclusion of youth members for less than four year terms and it will be before Council and we can make other revisions as deemed appropriate.
Councilmember Bier thinks staggering is very important, especially for our City Clerk when it comes to recruitment so there is a consistent amount of members on our commissions.
Vice Mayor Boles added continuity of information.
Councilmember Wright stated, from past experience, how we have done with attendance with this the CAAP Task Force in terms of getting a quorum.
Management Analyst Brooks stated the Task Force always had quorum.
Councilmember Wright asked how many youth were involved.
Management Analyst Brooks stated that there were no designated youth as part of the Task Force and youth were involved in their resident capacity.
Mayor Beckmeyer stated, if we had a committee of nine, with two designated full-voting member youth positions, our quorum would be five. She asked if anyone on Council has a proposal for how many of these initial positions should be two-year and how many with the youth positions.
Councilmember Bier stated four four-year terms, three two-year terms, and two youth one-year renewable terms.
There was Council consensus.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked for questions about the charter and work plan.
Vice Mayor Boles asked when we will be recruiting.
City Clerk Coffey stated, once the resolution is adopted tonight to form the Committee, we will open recruitment as soon as tomorrow to fold that in with the current recruitment for the regular October expiring terms and vacancies for other committees and commissions. She clarified that, for the purpose of the resolution to create the committee/commission, it does not need to be specified the two-year versus four-year terms; that would be done by appointment at the time that the appointments are made to establish the staggering. The resolution would only state seven full-voting members and two full-voting youth members with a one-year term duration that may be renewable.
Councilmember Wright wanted to confirm the approximately 1.25 full time employee hours was budgeted in the allowance with the current goal setting and not going to interfere with the future.
City Manager Woodhouse stated that is the allocation in this year’s budget, but the allocations moving forward in budget years will depend on Council priority setting and Strategic Planning and the resources that we have available and whether we can get different Fellows and our overall staffing. He stated it is year by year as far as budget and staffing goes for the City.
Councilmember Wright asked about comfort level with staffing.
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City Manager Woodhouse confirmed comfort for this next fiscal year and the great resources we have to get this started.
Vice Mayor Boles asked about scheduled Commission/Committee appointments.
City Clerk Coffey stated it would need to be October 27 for the appointment due to how we are seeing applications coming and timing; we would need to schedule a special City Council meeting for the applicant interviews before the appointments.
Mayor Beckmeyer asked if October 27 is the cutoff or the meeting.
City Clerk Coffey stated that we are anticipating October 27 as the regular Council meeting to appoint the members.
Vice Mayor Boles was trying to figure out how this came in line with the study session on the Building Code update and the REACH Code but that will be later and not something that the Committee will be formed to work on this first step for January and there are other REACH codes that are part of the work plan that they can consider later on.
Asst. City Attorney Bazzano stated that the amendments from Council was to amend the size and representation identified in the charter to be that the Committee shall be appointed by Council and be comprised of seven voting members and two voting youth members between the ages of 14 and 25; additionally, Section 5 in the charter, the length of service, was amended, so terms for adult committee members shall be four-years and terms for youth members shall be one-year term which may be renewed up to four years. There would need to be additional direction to staff to bring back the ordinance amending the term sections of the committee as part of the motion.
Councilmember Bier moved to adopt the Resolution establishing the Climate Action and Resilience Committee and approving its Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Work Plan, adopt a Resolution of the City Council establishing the Climate Action and Resiliency Committee as amended as stated by Asst. City Attorney Bazzano; and approve the Climate Action and Resilience Committee Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 with further direction to staff to bring back an ordinance amending term sections of the committee; seconded by Vice Mayor Boles.
RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Mary Bier, Councilmember
SECONDER: Christine Boles, Vice Mayor
AYES: Beckmeyer, Boles, Bier, Espinosa, Wright
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
Councilmember Espinosa reported maintenance needs on Highway 1 from Sharp Park to Manor and requested staff to notify Caltrans.
City Manager Woodhouse stated staff will submit that ticket to Caltrans; he knows they do periodic cleaning but we will bring that to their attention along with numerous other tickets.
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Mayor Beckmeyer added if they could resurface the one about the half-fallen tree above Fairway east between Shelldance and Fairway Park east.
City Manager Woodhouse agreed, adding that that was GGNRA’s responsibility.
Councilmember Wright thought it would be nice if they would clean up the breakdown lanes too, as there is a ton of overgrowth well into the breakdown lane that could present a safety issue.
Mayor Beckmeyer added that the only designated bike lane up and down Sharp Park Road is full of debris as well.
Councilmember Bier thanked Mayor Beckmeyer and City Manager Woodhouse for coming to the Pacifica Collaborative and presenting the State of the City. She attended the 50/50 Show at the Sanchez Art Center. She thanked HOPE and other advocates for overdose awareness for both events that were in town last week, the Memorial Walk and the Overdose Awareness Candlelight event. She attended the HEART Board meeting and would like more information shared at some point with Council, maybe a presentation by HEART to talk about their preservation program.
Vice Mayor Boles stated she sits on the Emergency Services Council Finance Committee and they are desperately looking for creative ideas for finding money to fund our County Emergency Preparedness, the Hazmat vehicles, etc. So much money has been cut from the federal government for Emergency Preparedness, FEMA, emergency warning system, etc. She stated that there are going to be presentations coming to various cities as there may be more in looking at our Disaster Accounting Funds and we need to be careful that we have enough for what we need. She had lunch with the new Executive Director of the PBC, Patrick Cavanaugh, who is a climate and ecological advocate who worked for the Climate Corps previously. She announced Coastal Clean Up is September 20 and she encouraged everyone to participate.
She attended the Sustainable San Mateo County Friends reception last night and gave a shout out that they have a Youth Advisory Council and applications are due September 30 at sustainablesanmateo.org. They heard from Kate Galbraith, Climate Editor at SF Chronicle, who told them that people do not click on articles that say climate change, even in our area.
Councilmember Wright stated he had a break and was able to enjoy the whales, hummingbirds, and nature. He thanked the City for being here so he can enjoy them.
Mayor Beckmeyer stated she had a two-day professional development for her day job, which was rejuvenating for her in a different way. She thinks it is very easy to get completely consumed with City work and to recognize her day job where school just started. She thanked the members of the Beautification Advisory Committee, in collaboration with Cabrillo PTO for working on the bioswales. She turned attention to statewide; the Coastal Cities group met last week and moved the quarterly webinar to September 18 and she would also attend the North County Water District building dedication on the same day.
Councilmember Bier stated it was great to see the OSPAC unveiling of the kiosk at the Ahni trailhead. She thanked past and present OSPAC members for their hard work in addition to former Councilmember Tygarjas Bigstyck for the work he did with Supervisor Mueller to get the funding for that kiosk.
STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
City Council Regular Meeting 15 September 08, 2025
City Manager Woodhouse stated that the Ahni kiosk ribbon-cutting was fabulous and the best bike to work day he ever had. He acknowledged the hard work of OSPAC Chair Arlene Patton, Associate Planner Katie Snodgrass, Public Works, County staff, and Supervisor Mueller and staff. He asked Police Chief Sarasua to talk about an important upcoming event, Coffee with a Cop.
Police Chief Sarasua was excited to announce that the Police Department is going to be hosting Coffee with a Cop this September 10 at Starbucks in Fairmont and the event will be in both English and Spanish.
City Council Regular Meeting 16 September 08, 2025
ADJOURN
Mayor Beckmeyer adjourned the meeting at 8:21 p.m., and took a five-minute break before reconvening for the continued Closed Session meeting.
Transcribed by Barbara Medina, Public Meeting Stenographer.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sarah Coffey, City Clerk
APPROVED: 5 - 0; 9/22/2025
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Sue Beckmeyer, Mayor