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MINUTES
Pismo Beach City Council
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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:
Silas Clarke, Assistant City Manager
Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director
Rosemarie Gaglione, Director of Public Works
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Scot Graham, Community Development Director
Russ Hildebrand, Deputy City Attorney
Gordon Jackson, Director of Tourism and Events
Erica Kirkwood, City Clerk
Paul Provence, Battalion Chief
Jeff Smith, Chief of Police
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Waage led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA
No requests to reorder the agenda.
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4. PRESENTATIONS
None.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Call for public comment: No comment.
6. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
City Manager Garcia commented on various topics, including the upcoming retirement of Tourism and Events Director Gordon Jackson.
7. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT / CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Pucci had nothing to report.
8. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Council reported on recent and upcoming meetings of various external bodies:
Council Member Guthrie:
San Luis Obispo County Water Resources Advisory Committee (WRAC).
Mayor Pro Tem Reiss:
Chapman Estate Foundation Board.
Mayor Waage:
San Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: Adopt Consent Calendar (Items 9.A through 9.G).
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
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Item 9.A: Adoption of Meeting Minutes (Kirkwood)
Recommendation:
Adopt Minutes of the August 4, 2026 Closed, Special and Regular Meeting.
Item 9.B: Payroll Register and Register of Demands (Feeser)
Recommendation:
1. Approve the Summary of Payroll Register for July 26, 2026;
2. Approve the Register of Demands for July 17, 2026, July 24, 2026 and July 31, 2026.
Item 9.C: Quarterly Paid Parking Update (Graham)
Recommendation:
No action recommended, for information only
Item 9.D: Appointment of Voting Delegates for the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Conference (Kirkwood)
Recommendation:
Make the following Pismo Beach voting delegate appointments for the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Conference:
1. Primary Delegate: Council Member Scott Newton
2. Alternate Delegate #1: Mayor Pro Tempore Mary Ann Reiss
3. Alternate Delegate #2: Assistant City Manager Silas Clarke Item 9.E: Encroachment Agreement to Allow a Retaining Wall and Concrete Pavers in the City Right-of-Way along Ocean
Boulevard (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to execute, and the City Clerk to record, an Encroachment Agreement for 728 Ocean Boulevard to allow a retaining wall and concrete pavers in the City right-of-way.
Item 9.F: Designation of Price Canyon Road as a Safety Corridor (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution designating Price Canyon Road as a Safety Corridor per California Vehicle Code 22358.7 and adopting a speed limit of 35 miles per hour from the US Highway 101 Bridge to 600 feet north of Solar Way and a speed limit of 40 miles per hour from 600 feet north of Solar Way to the City limit.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-062 adopted.
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Item 9.G: Amendment #1 with Wallace Group for the Shell Beach Shared Use Path Extension Project (Gaglione)
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment #1 to the Agreement with Wallace Group for the Shell Beach Shared Use Path Extension Project to incorporate additional scope under the existing contract cost.
Legislative Record: Resolution R-2026-063 adopted.
10. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT
None.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
12. BUSINESS ITEMS
Item 12.A: Review of Information Technology (IT) Project Updates (Feeser) Recommendation:
No action required; information only.
Presenting staff:
Jorge Garcia, City Manager
Jason Takagi, IT Manager
Supplemental material submitted into the record.
Call for public comment: No comment.
Action: No action.
13. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS
The Council commended Tourism and Events Director Gordon Jackson for his service.
Consensus to direct staff to return with an agenda item allowing the Council to consider renaming Palisades Park to Mary Ann Reiss Park.
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14. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:25 p.m.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Ed Waage, Mayor Erica Kirkwood, City Clerk