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MINUTES
Pismo Beach City Council
Pismo Beach Public Financing Authority Board
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Regular Joint Meeting—5:30 p.m.
Council Chamber, City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
The City Council and Public Financing Authority Board of the City of Pismo Beach met this date in a regular session with Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair Reiss presiding.
CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
City Council:
Present: Absent:
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss Mayor Ed Waage
Council Member Marcia Guthrie
Council Member Stacy Inman
Council Member Scott Newton
Public Financing Authority Board:
Present: Absent:
Vice-Chair Mary Ann Reiss Chair Ed Waage
Board Member Marcia Guthrie
Board Member Stacy Inman
Board Member Scott Newton
Staff Present:
Eric Eldridge, Engineering Manager
Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
David Fleishman, City Attorney
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
Gordon Jackson, Director of Tourism and Events
Mike James, Assistant City Manager
Paul Lee, Battalion Chief
Jeff Smith, Chief of Police
Other staff present as noted below
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Community Development Director Graham led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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3. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA
No requests to reorder the agenda.
4. PRESENTATIONS
Item 4.A: Proclamation: Month of the Child (Early Care in Education Planning Council of San Luis Obispo)
Presented to Shelby West, Early Care in Education Planning Council of San Luis Obispo.
Item 4.B: Presentation: Introduction of New Employees
Community Development Director Graham introduced Cindy Jacinth, Planning Manager, and Brianna Whisenhunt, Administrative Secretary.
Police Chief Smith introduced, Joe Andrade, Police Officer, and Malia Hunsicker, Police Records Technician.
Engineering Manager Eldridge introduced Richard Blessing, Wastewater Plant Operator, and Daniel Contreras, Capital Projects Manager.
Tourism and Events Director Jackson introduced Emma Neath, Recreation Coordinator, Lindsey Overstreet, Recreation Coordinator, and Anita Price, Recreation Coordinator.
Item 4.C: Presentation: Recognition of Outgoing Advisory Body Members (Waage)
Mayor Pro Tem Reiss presented certificates of recognition to Charley Allcock, former Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Commissioner, and Emma Neath, former Special Events Committee Member.
The Council recognized the contributions of Sharyl Naftal, former Conference and Visitors Bureau Board / LBID Advisory Board Member and Special Events Committee Member, Mark Roemer, former Conference and Visitors Bureau Board / LBID Advisory Board Member, Eduardo Salame, former Parking Advisory Committee Member, and Shauna Wills, former Planning Commissioner.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment: No comment.
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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 had nothing to report.
8. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Council reported on recent and upcoming meetings of various external bodies:
Council Member Inman:
Pismo Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau (CVB) Board / Lodging Business Improvement District (LBID) Advisory Board.
Council Member Guthrie:
San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services Oversight Council.
Mayor Pro Tem Reiss:
Chapman Estate Foundation Board.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Adopt Consent Calendar.
Motion: Guthrie
Second: Newton
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote (Items 9.A through 9.G):
Ayes: 4 Guthrie, Newton, Inman, Reiss
Noes: 0
Absent: 1 Waage
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Item 9.A: Adoption of Meeting Minutes (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
Adopt Minutes of the March 19, 2024 Regular Meeting.
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Item 9.B: Payroll Register and Register of Demands (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the Summary of Payroll Register for March 10, 2024;
2. Approve the Register of Demands for March 8, 2024 and March 15, 2024.
Item 9.C: Monthly Investment Transaction Report of the City’s Cash and Investments for February 2024 of Fiscal Year 2024 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.D: Annual Election of Officers; Pismo Beach Public Financing Authority (Feeser)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Pismo Beach Public Financing Authority conducting the annual election of officers.
Legislative Record: Resolution PFA-R-2024-001 adopted.
Item 9.E: Update on January 9, 2023 and January 12, 2017 Emergency Proclamations (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.F: Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2025 from the Pismo Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau / Lodging Business
Improvement District (LBID) Advisory Board; Declaration of the City Council’s Intention to Levy an Annual Assessment for the LBID for FY 2025 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution approving the Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2025 from the Pismo Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau / Lodging Business Improvement District (LBID) Advisory Board, declaring the City Council’s intention to levy an annual assessment for the LBID for FY 2025, and directing the City Clerk to schedule a public hearing for April 16, 2024, to consider levying the assessment.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2024-020 adopted.
Item 9.G: California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Additional Payment of $1.0 Million to Reduce the City’s Unfunded Pension Liability (Feeser)
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Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution appropriating $1.0 million from the General Fund unassigned fund balance to provide additional discretionary payments of $500,000 to each of the City’s CalPERS Miscellaneous and Safety Police Tier 1 plans to reduce the City’s unfunded pension liability in Fiscal Year 2024.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2024-021 adopted.
10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
None.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
Item 12.A: Police Department Semi-Annual Update (Smith)
Recommendation:
Receive the Police Department Semi-Annual Update.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Jeff Smith, Chief of Police
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: No action.
13. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS
The Council commended Recreation Division staff for the Easter Egg-stravaganza event.
14. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:31 p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Ed Waage, Mayor Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
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