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Approved March 17, 2026 CCM-2026-03-03 Closed and Regular
MINUTES
Pismo Beach City Council
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Special Closed Session—4:00 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: 4:01 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
Present: Absent:
Mayor Ed Waage None
Mayor Pro Tem Mary Ann Reiss (arrived 4:03 p.m.)
Council Member Marcia Guthrie
Council Member Stacy Inman
Council Member Scott Newton
Staff Present:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
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: Terms of Sale
Item 2.B: Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code §54956.9: One potential case
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Approved March 17, 2026 CCM-2026-03-03 Closed and Regular Item 2.C: Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Government Code §54956.8)
Property: 1243 Ocean Boulevard (APN 010-302-013)
1201 Ocean Boulevard (APN 010-302-012)
Agency Negotiator: Jorge E. Garcia
Under Negotiation: Terms of Sale
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 make a report in the next regular open session detailing the reportable action taken on Item 2.A.
6. ADJOURNMENT
At 5:25 p.m., to the 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting.
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Approved March 17, 2026 CCM-2026-03-03 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
Paul Provence, Battalion Chief
Dean Pucci, 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
None.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment: No comment.
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Approved March 17, 2026 CCM-2026-03-03 Closed and Regular
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 on items 2.B and 2.C during its 4:00 p.m. Closed Session.
City Attorney Pucci reported that the Council had taken the following reportable action on item 2.A during its 4:00 p.m. Closed Session:
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: Terms of Sale
Action: Approve, and authorize the City Manager to execute, a purchase and sale agreement, and all other related and necessary documents for the closure of escrow, for the acquisition of real properties located at 986 Huston Street (060-546-001) and 1020 Farroll Road (060-546-020), Grover Beach. On the basis of Buyer’s Offer dated February 4, 2026; Seller’s Counter-Offer dated February 12, 2026; and Buyer’s Counter-Offer dated February 26, 2026; approved purchase price: $395,000.
Motion: Guthrie
Second: Newton
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 5 Guthrie, Newton, Inman, Reiss, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
8. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Council reported on recent and upcoming meetings of various external bodies:
Mayor Waage:
Friends of Price House Board.
San Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council.
San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (SLORTA).
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Approved March 17, 2026 CCM-2026-03-03 Closed and Regular The Council commended Micki Salazar, Tourism Manager, and Conference and Visitors Bureau staff for their work on the De Anza Trail 250th Anniversary Event.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Adopt Consent Calendar (Items 9.A through 9.F).
Motion: Guthrie
Second: Newton
Vote: The motion passed on the following vote:
Ayes: 5 Guthrie, Newton, Inman, Reiss, Waage
Noes: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
Recused: 0
Item 9.A: Adoption of Meeting Minutes (Inderlied)
Recommendation:
Adopt Minutes of the February 17, 2026 Regular Meeting.
Item 9.B: Payroll Register and Register of Demands (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the Summary of Payroll Register for February 8, 2026;
2. Approve the Register of Demands for February 6, 2026 and February 13, 2026.
Item 9.C: Monthly Investment Transaction Report of the City’s Cash and Investments for January 2026 of Fiscal Year 2026 (Feeser)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Item 9.D: 2025 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (Graham)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution approving and adopting the 2025 update to the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-008 adopted.
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Approved March 17, 2026 CCM-2026-03-03 Closed and Regular Item 9.E: Notice of Completion for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Clarifiers Equipment Replacement Project (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
1. Accept the Wastewater Treatment Plant Clarifiers Equipment Replacement Project as complete;
2. Authorize the City Manager to sign, and the City Clerk to record, a Notice of Completion.
Item 9.F: Agreement with Channel Islands Technology Integrators’ Group for a Disaster Recovery System, Arcserve, to Facilitate Hyper-V Conversion (Feeser)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Channel Islands Technology Integrators’ Group, Inc. to provide a disaster recovery system, Arcserve, in the amount of $148,521.64 in Fiscal Year 2026.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-009 adopted.
10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
None.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
This item was reordered.
Item 12.B: San Luis Obispo Council of Governments Final Transportation Expenditure Plan for Potential Transportation Sales Tax Measure (Garcia)
Recommendation:
Provide direction on whether to adopt a resolution approving the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments Final Transportation Expenditure Plan for a potential transportation sales tax measure.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Call for public comment:
Ron DeCarli commented.
By general consensus, this item was continued.
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Approved March 17, 2026 CCM-2026-03-03 Closed and Regular Item 12.A: Report on 2025 Northern Cities Management Area (NCMA) Technical Group Strategic Plan (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
Receive a report on the NCMA Technical Group 2025 Strategic Plan. No action recommended.
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.B: San Luis Obispo Council of Governments Final Transportation Expenditure Plan for Potential Transportation Sales Tax Measure (Garcia)
This item was reordered and heard prior to Item 11.A.
Item 12.C: Capital Improvement Program Semi-Annual Report (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
No action recommended; for information only.
Presenting staff:
Eric Eldridge, City Engineer
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Supplemental material submitted into the record.
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: No action.
13. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS
Consensus to agendize discussion of options for permit streamlining for private residential development.
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Approved March 17, 2026 CCM-2026-03-03 Closed and Regular
14. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:34 p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Ed Waage, Mayor Erica Inderlied, City Clerk