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Approved February 6, 2024 CCM-2024-01-16 Closed and Regular
MINUTES
Pismo Beach City Council
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Special Closed Session—5:00 p.m.
City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
The City Council of the City of Pismo Beach met this date in a special closed session with Mayor Waage presiding.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Waage called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
Present: Absent:
Mayor Ed Waage Council Member Stacy Inman
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss
Council Member Marcia Guthrie
Council Member Scott Newton
Staff Present:
David Fleishman, City Attorney
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
City Attorney Fleishman announced the Closed Session items listed below.
Item 2.A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code §54956.9) Name of Case: V. Lopez Jr. & Sons General Engineering Contractors, Inc. vs. City of Pismo Beach
San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Case No. 20CV-0652
3. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment: No comment.
4. CLOSED SESSION
The Council retired to Closed Session to consider the above items.
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5. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Fleishman would make a report in the next regular open session detailing the reportable action taken on the above item.
6. ADJOURNMENT
At 5:31 p.m., to the 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting.
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Approved February 6, 2024 CCM-2024-01-16 Closed and Regular Regular Meeting—5:30 p.m.
Council Chamber, City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
The City Council of the City of Pismo Beach met this date in a regular session with Mayor Waage presiding.
CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
Present: Absent:
Mayor Ed Waage Council Member Stacy Inman
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss
Council Member Marcia Guthrie
Council Member Scott Newton
Staff Present:
Michael Codron, Interim Community Development Director
Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director
Benjamin Fine, Public Works Director/City Engineer
David Fleishman, City Attorney
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
Gordon Jackson, Director of Tourism and Events
Paul Lee, Battalion Chief
Jeff Smith, Chief of Police
Other staff present as noted below
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Waage led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA
No requests to reorder the agenda.
4. PRESENTATIONS
None.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment:
Jim Buttery commented.
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6. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City Manager Garcia commented on various topics.
7. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT / CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Fleishman reported that the Council had taken no reportable action during its 5:00 p.m. Closed Session.
8. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Council reported on recent and upcoming meetings of various external bodies:
Mayor Waage:
San Luis Obispo Local Agency Formation Commission (SLO LAFCO).
San Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Adopt Consent Calendar.
Motion: Reiss
Second: Newton
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote (Items 9.A through 9.H):
Ayes: 4 Reiss, Newton, Guthrie, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 1 Inman
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Item 9.A: Adoption of Meeting Minutes (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
1. Adopt Minutes of the April 17, 2023 Closed Session;
2. Adopt Minutes of the December 19, 2023 Closed and Regular Meeting.
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Approved February 6, 2024 CCM-2024-01-16 Closed and Regular Item 9.B: Payroll Register and Register of Demands (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the Summary of Payroll Register for December 3, 2023 and December 17, 2023;
2. Approve the Register of Demands for December 1, 2023, December 8, 2023, December 15, 2023, December 22, 2023 and December 29, 2023.
Item 9.C: Monthly Investment Transaction Report of the City’s Cash and Investments for November 2023 of FY 2024 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.D: Annual Review and Approval of Investment Policy (Feeser)
Recommendation:
Approve the City of Pismo Beach Investment Policy.
Item 9.E: Annual Pavement Cut Moratorium Update (Fine)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.F: Paid Parking Quarterly Update—Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 (Livingston)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.G: Agreement with Diversified Project Services International for Professional Engineering Services for the Bello Street and Wadsworth Avenue Water Main Replacement Project (Fine)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Diversified Project Services International in the amount of $166,375 for engineering design services for the Bello Street and Wadsworth Avenue Water Main Replacement project; and appropriating related budget adjustments in Fiscal Year 2024.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2024-001 adopted.
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Approved February 6, 2024 CCM-2024-01-16 Closed and Regular Item 9.H: Digital Signature and Electronic Document Authorization (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the use and acceptance of digital signatures and electronic documents to the greatest extent allowed by law.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2024-002 adopted.
10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
None.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
Item 12.A: Progress Report on Fiscal Year 2024 & 2025 City Council Goals (Garcia)
Recommendation: Receive a progress report on the City Council’s Fiscal Year 2024 & 2025 Goals.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Jeff Smith, Chief of Police
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Consensus in support of directing staff to return at the February 16, 2024 Goal-Setting Workshop with more information about options for acquisition of real estate for the purpose of affordable housing projects.
In support: 5 Guthrie, Inman, Newton, Reiss, Waage
In opposition: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
13. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS
No action.
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14. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:13 p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Ed Waage, Mayor Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
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