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Approved August 5, 2025 CCM-2025-07-01 Closed and Regular
MINUTES
Pismo Beach City Council
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Special Closed Session—4:30 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 4:30 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
Present: Absent:
Mayor Ed Waage None
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss (arrived 4:35 p.m.)
Council Member Marcia Guthrie
Council Member Stacy Inman
Council Member Scott Newton
Staff Present:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Dean Pucci, Interim City Attorney
2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Interim City Attorney Pucci announced the Closed Session item listed below.
Item 2.A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code §54956.9) Name of Case: San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper, et. al v. County of San Luis Obispo, U.S. District Court Central District of California (Western Division – Los Angeles), Case No. 2:24-cv-06854-SPG-AS
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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Approved August 5, 2025 CCM-2025-07-01 Closed and Regular
5. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
Interim City Attorney Pucci would report in the next regular open session that no reportable action was taken on the above item.
6. ADJOURNMENT
At 5:20 p.m., to the 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting.
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Approved August 5, 2025 CCM-2025-07-01 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 None
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss
Council Member Marcia Guthrie
Council Member Stacy Inman
Council Member Scott Newton
Staff Present:
Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director
Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
Gordon Jackson, Director of Tourism and Events
Mike James, Assistant City Manager
Paul Lee, Battalion Chief
Dean Pucci, Interim City Attorney
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
Item 4.A: Presentation: Introduction of New Employees
Administrative Services Director Feeser introduced Shanice Brewer, Accounting Clerk.
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Approved August 5, 2025 CCM-2025-07-01 Closed and Regular Public Works Director Gaglione introduced Michelle Baragona, GIS Analyst; Albert Espinosa, PT Maintenance Worker; Diego Herrera Zacarias, Maintenance Worker; Leonardo Lopez Carreno, PT Maintenance Worker; Cody Mapes, PT Maintenance Worker; Sean Witt, PT Maintenance Worker.
Community Development Director Graham acknowledged Olivia Sample, Planning Intern.
Tourism and Events Director Jackson introduced Bailey Brown, PT Recreation Coordinator; Gwendolyn Hanson, Visitor Information Center Host; Connie McKinley, Visitor Information Center Host; Phil Panos, Visitor Information Center Host.
Police Chief Smith introduced Elisa Martinez, Lead Police Records Technician.
City Manager Garcia acknowledged Shanna Angelus, PT Lead Lifeguard; Ryan Handy, Lifeguard; Conner Howard, Lifeguard; Aaron Lee, Lifeguard; Joseph McDonough, Lifeguard; Camden Seifert, Lifeguard; Stephen Wright, Lifeguard.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment:
David Maisler commented.
6. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City Manager Garcia commented on various topics.
7. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT / CLOSED SESSION REPORT
Interim City Attorney Pucci reported that the Council had taken no reportable action during its 4:30 p.m. Closed Session.
8. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
None.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Adopt Consent Calendar.
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Approved August 5, 2025 CCM-2025-07-01 Closed and Regular Motion: Inman
Second: Guthrie
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote (Items 9.A through 9.G):
Ayes: 5 Inman, Guthrie, Newton, Reiss, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Item 9.A: Adoption of Meeting Minutes (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
Adopt Minutes of the June 17, 2025 Regular Joint Meeting.
Item 9.B: Payroll Register and Register of Demands (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the Summary of Payroll Register for June 15, 2025;
2. Approve the Register of Demands for May 30, 2025 and June 6, 2025.
Item 9.C: Monthly Investment Transaction Report of the City’s Cash and Investments for May 2025 of Fiscal Year 2025 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.D: Update on January 9, 2023 and January 12, 2017 Emergency Proclamations (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
1. Review the need for continuing currently active local emergency proclamations;
2. Provide direction to staff if desired.
Item 9.E: Award of Contract to Achievement House, Inc. for Litter Removal and Cleanup Services (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a two- year Professional Services Agreement with Achievement House, Inc. in the amount of $165,689.20 for litter removal and cleanup services throughout the city for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-047 adopted.
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Approved August 5, 2025 CCM-2025-07-01 Closed and Regular Item 9.F: Adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance Adopting Maps Designating Moderate, High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) in the Pismo Beach Local Responsibility Area (LRA) (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
Adopt an Ordinance adding Section 8.04.040, Fire Hazard Severity Zones, of the City of Pismo Beach Municipal Code.
Legislative Record: Ordinance O-2025-004 adopted.
Item 9.G: Local Coastal Program Local Assistance Grant Application to the California Coastal Commission (Graham)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application for, and receipt of, up to $900,000 in funding to assist in updating the City’s Local Coastal Program from the California Coastal Commission.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-048 adopted.
10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
None.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
Item 12.A: Agreement with Jones Mayer for Interim City Attorney Services and Other Legal Services (Garcia)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Legal Services Agreement with Richard D. Jones, a Professional Law Corporation, DBA Jones Mayer, for Interim City Attorney Services and Other Legal Services through December 31, 2026.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Call for public comment: No comment.
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Approved August 5, 2025 CCM-2025-07-01 Closed and Regular Action: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Legal Services Agreement with Richard D. Jones, a Professional Law Corporation, DBA Jones Mayer, for Interim City Attorney Services and Other Legal Services through December 31, 2026.
Motion: Newton
Second: Guthrie
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 5 Newton, Guthrie, Inman, Reiss, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-049 adopted.
Item 12.B: 2024 Northern Cities Management Area (NCMA) Annual Report (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
No action recommended, for information only.
Presenting staff:
Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Supplemental material submitted into the record.
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: No action.
Item 12.C: Review of Housing In-Lieu Regulations, Including Use of In-Lieu Fee Funds (Graham)
Recommendation:
1. Receive an overview of the City’s current housing in-lieu policies/regulations, including approved uses for Housing In-Lieu Fee funds;
2. Provide direction on desired updates to the housing in-lieu regulations and/or use of in-lieu funds.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
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Approved August 5, 2025 CCM-2025-07-01 Closed and Regular Supplemental material submitted into the record.
Call for public comment:
Janna Nichols commented.
Action: Consensus to direct staff as follows:
1. Direct staff to return with options for revised policy relating to the use of housing in-lieu funds, including examples of recent and upcoming projects subject to payment of the funds and mock-ups of anticipated fiscal impacts;
2. Return with any actions necessary to allocate the $100,000 in funding to the 5 Cities Homeless Coalition authorized for Fiscal Years 2067 and Fiscal Years 2027, 50% from the General Fund and 50% from the Housing In-Lieu Fund.
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.
14. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:58 p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Mary Ann Reiss, Mayor Pro Tempore Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
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