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Approved February 17 and April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-02-03 Closed and Regular Joint
MINUTES
Pismo Beach City Council
Pismo Beach Public Financing Agency Board of Directors
Central Coast Blue Regional Recycled Water Authority
Board of Directors
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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 Pro Tem Reiss presiding.
CALL TO ORDER: 4:31 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
Present: Absent:
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss Mayor Ed Waage
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 items listed below.
Item 2.A: Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Government Code §54956.8) Properties: APN 060-546-001 and APN 060-546-020
Agency Negotiator: Jorge E. Garcia
Negotiating Parties: Camino Media Office Park, LLC
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
Item 2.B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code §54956.9) Name of Case: Harmony Brown v. City of Pismo Beach, Jeff Smith, et al.
San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Case No. 25CV-0497
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Approved February 17 and April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-02-03 Closed and Regular Joint Item 2.C: 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.
5. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Pucci would report in the next regular open session that no reportable action was taken on the above items
6. ADJOURNMENT
At 5:20 p.m., to the 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting.
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Approved February 17 and April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-02-03 Closed and Regular Joint Regular Joint 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, the Pismo Beach Public Financing Agency Board of Directors, and the Central Coast Blue Regional Recycled Water Authority Board of Directors 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:
Pismo Beach 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
Pismo Beach Public Financing Agency Board of Directors:
Present: Absent:
Vice-Chair Mary Ann Reiss Chair Ed Waage
Board Member Marcia Guthrie
Board Member Stacy Inman
Board Member Scott Newton
Central Coast Blue Regional Recycled Water Authority Board of Directors:
Present: Absent:
Vice-Chair Mary Ann Reiss Chair Ed Waage (City of Pismo Beach) (Pismo Beach Public Financing Agency)
Board Member Marcia Guthrie (Alternate, City of Pismo Beach)
Staff Present:
Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director/Treasurer Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager/Executive Director/General Manager Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Erica Inderlied, City Clerk/Secretary/Authority Clerk
Gordon Jackson, Director of Tourism and Events
Dean Pucci, City Attorney/Authority Attorney
Jeff Smith, Chief of Police
Other staff present as noted below
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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:
Nick Sine commented.
Supplemental material submitted into the record.
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.
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9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Adopt Consent Calendar (Items 9.A through 9.G).
Motion: Inman
Second: Guthrie
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 4 Inman, Guthrie, Newton, Reiss
Noes: 0
Absent: 1 Waage
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Item 9.A: Adoption of Meeting Minutes (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
Adopt Minutes of the January 20, 2026 Regular Meeting.
Item 9.B: Payroll Register and Register of Demands (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the Summary of Payroll Register for January 11, 2026;
2. Approve the Register of Demands for December 26, 2025, January 2, 2026, and January 9, 2026.
Item 9.C: Monthly Investment Transaction Report of the City’s Cash and Investments for December 2025 of Fiscal Year 2026 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.D: Fiscal Year 2026 Second Quarter Financial Status Report (Feeser)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.E: Quarterly Investment Report for the Three Months of October through December 2025 – the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
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Item 9.F: Notice of Completion for the Pier Avenue Stair Removal Project (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
1. Accept the Pier Avenue Stair Removal Project as complete;
2. Authorize the City Manager to sign, and the City Clerk to record, a Notice of Completion for the project.
Item 9.G: Adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance Amending the Municipal Code Relating to Business Licensing (Inderlied) Recommendation:
Adopt an Ordinance amending Chapter 5.04: Business Licenses Generally, of the City of Pismo Beach Municipal Code.
Legislative Record: Ordinance O-2026-001 adopted.
10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
None.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
Item 12.A: Progress Report on Fiscal Year 2026 & 2027 City Council Goals (Garcia)
Recommendation:
Receive a progress report on the City Council’s Fiscal Year 2026 & 2027 Goals. No action recommended.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: No action.
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Approved February 17 and April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-02-03 Closed and Regular Joint Item 12.B: Central Coast Blue Owner’s Advisor and Management Support Contracts (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
Pismo Beach City Council:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into Professional Services Agreements related to Central Coast Blue with:
1. GHD, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $461,438 for Owner’s Advisor services; and
2. Water Systems Consulting, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $218,515 for Management Support Services; and
Appropriating related budget adjustments in Fiscal Year 2026.
Presenting staff:
Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director
Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Supplemental material submitted into the record.
Call for public comment:
Stefan Podell commented.
Action:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into Professional Services Agreements related to Central Coast Blue with:
1. GHD, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $461,438 for Owner’s Advisor services; and
2. Water Systems Consulting, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $218,515 for Management Support Services; and
Appropriating related budget adjustments in Fiscal Year 2026.
Motion: Inman
Second: Guthrie
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 4 Inman, Guthrie, Newton, Reiss
Noes: 0
Absent: 1 Waage
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-005 adopted.
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Approved February 17 and April 21, 2026 CCM-2026-02-03 Closed and Regular Joint Item 12.C: Declaration of City-Owned Property as Surplus Land and Implementation of Procedures Under the State of California Surplus Land Act and Making a Finding of Exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (Graham)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution declaring that real properties owned by the City located at APN’s 010-302-030 and 010-302-031 are surplus land and not necessary for the City’s use pursuant to Government Code Section 54221, authorizing the City Manager to comply with the procedures under the surplus land act, and finding that such declaration and authorization is exempt from environment review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Call for public comment:
Stefan Podell commented.
Trevor Norcross commented.
Brian Talley commented.
Lillian Jewell commented.
Action: Adopt a Resolution declaring that real properties owned by the City located at APN’s 010-302-030 and 010-302-031 are surplus land and not necessary for the City’s use pursuant to Government Code Section 54221, authorizing the City Manager to comply with the procedures under the surplus land act, and finding that such declaration and authorization is exempt from environment review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Motion: Newton
Second: Guthrie
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 4 Newton, Guthrie, Inman, Reiss
Noes: 0
Absent: 1 Waage
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-006 adopted.
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13. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS
Consensus to authorize staff to work with the City’s legislative affairs firm to prepare an opposition letter to SB 677 (Wiener). Consensus to agendize consideration of the potential future relocation of City Hall, and the potential transition to a four-year Mayoral term, for the February 6, 2026 special goal-setting meeting.
14. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:33 p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Mary Ann Reiss, Mayor Pro Tempore Erica Inderlied, City Clerk
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Mary Ann Reiss, Vice-Chair Erica Inderlied, Secretary
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Mary Ann Reiss, Vice-Chair Erica Inderlied, Authority Clerk