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Approved December 16, 2025 CCM-2025-12-02 Closed and Regular
MINUTES
Pismo Beach City Council
Tuesday, December 2, 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: 4:30 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:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Dean Pucci, City Attorney
2. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
City Attorney Pucci announced the Closed Session item listed below.
Item 2.A: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code §54956.9: One potential case
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 December 16, 2025 CCM-2025-12-02 Closed and Regular
5. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
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 December 16, 2025 CCM-2025-12-02 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:
Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Vanessa Garris, Finance Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
Paul Lee, Battalion Chief
Dean Pucci, City Attorney
Micki Salazar, Tourism Manager
Chris Trimble, Police Commander
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.
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5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment:
Larry Chanda commented.
Trevor Norcross commented.
6. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City Manager Garcia commented on various topics.
7. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT / CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Pucci reported that the Council had taken no reportable action during its 4:30 p.m. Closed Session.
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.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Adopt Consent Calendar (Items 9.A through 9.I).
Motion: Newton
Second: Inman
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 5 Newton, Inman, Guthrie, Reiss, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
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Approved December 16, 2025 CCM-2025-12-02 Closed and Regular Item 9.A: Adoption of Meeting Minutes (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
1. Adopt Minutes of the November 17, 2025 Closed Session;
2. Adopt Minutes of the November 18, 2025 Closed and Regular Meeting.
Item 9.B: Payroll Register and Register of Demands (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the Summary of Payroll Register for November 16, 2025;
2. Approve the Register of Demands for November 7, 2025.
Item 9.C: Monthly Investment Transaction Report of the City’s Cash and Investments for October 2025 of Fiscal Year 2026 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.D: Annual Public Report on Development Impact Fees for Fiscal Year 2025 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Receive the Annual Public Report on Development Impact Fees for Fiscal Year 2025;
2. Adopt a Resolution approving the Annual Public Report on Development Impact Fees for Fiscal Year 2025.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-076 adopted.
Item 9.E: 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.F: 2026 City Council Regular Meeting Schedule (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution establishing the 2026 City Council Regular Meeting schedule.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-077 adopted.
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Approved December 16, 2025 CCM-2025-12-02 Closed and Regular Item 9.G: Purchase of Ten Parking Pay Stations from IPS Group (Smith)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the purchase of ten parking pay stations from IPS Group in the amount of $73,253.90; appropriating related budget adjustments in Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-078 adopted.
Item 9.H: No-Access Easements at the Terminus of Ridge Road; Determination of Exemption under CEQA (Garcia)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution accepting no-access easements at the terminus of Ridge Road, ratifying the City Manager’s execution of the easement deeds, and making a determination of exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-079 adopted.
Item 9.I: Price Street Paid Parking Hours (Garcia)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution establishing paid parking hours for Price Street.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-080 adopted.
10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
None.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
This item was reordered.
Item 12.A: Updated Job Classifications for All Positions; Updated Salary Schedule (Garcia)
Recommendation:
1. Adopt a Resolution approving updated job classifications for all positions.
2. Approve the updated Combined Salary Schedule.
Presenting staff:
Bianka Buchanan, Human Resources Officer
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
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Approved December 16, 2025 CCM-2025-12-02 Closed and Regular Supplemental material submitted into the record.
Guest presenters:
Matt Weatherly, Public Sector Personnel Consultants
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action:
1. Adopt a Resolution approving updated job classifications for all positions.
2. Approve the updated Combined Salary Schedule.
Motion: Reiss
Second: Inman
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 5 Reiss, Inman, Guthrie, Newton, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-081 adopted.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Item 11.A: Public Hearing to Receive Community Input and Requests for Use of Community Development Block Grant Funds (Graham)
Recommendation:
1. Conduct a public hearing to receive input on the City’s allocation of Community Development Block Grant funds for the 2026 Action Plan Year.
2. Adopt a Resolution approving draft funding recommendations to forward to the County of San Luis Obispo for inclusion in the 2026 Community Development Block Grant Action Plan.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Supplemental material submitted into the record.
Public Hearing / Call for public comment: No comment.
The public hearing was closed.
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Approved December 16, 2025 CCM-2025-12-02 Closed and Regular Action: Adopt a Resolution approving draft funding recommendations to forward to the County of San Luis Obispo for inclusion in the 2026 Community Development Block Grant Action Plan.
Motion: Inman
Second: Reiss
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 5 Inman, Reiss, Guthrie, Newton, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2025-082 adopted.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
Item 12.A: Updated Job Classifications for All Positions; Updated Salary Schedule (Garcia)
This item was reordered and heard prior to Item 11.A.
Item 12.B: Price Street Overnight Parking Policy Discussion (Graham)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Chris Trimble, Police Commander
Supplemental material submitted into the record.
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: No action.
13. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS
No action.
14. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:37 p.m.
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Approved December 16, 2025 CCM-2025-12-02 Closed and Regular
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Ed Waage, Mayor Erica Inderlied, City Clerk