PISMO BEACH COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT SUBJECT/TITLE: MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 5, 2008 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. RECOMMENDATION: Approve by roll call vote to Consent Calendar. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Attached for your consideration are the minutes of the August 5, 2008 Council meeting. FISCAL IMPACT: Not Applicable. OPTIONS: 1. Approve as submitted 2. Approve with edits ATTACHMENTS: 1. Minutes Prepared by: Lori Grigsby, CMC, City Clerk Meeting Date: August 19, 2008 City Manager Approval: Page 1
MINUTES City of Pismo Beach REGULAR City Council Meeting Tuesday, August 5, 2008 The City Council of the City of Pismo Beach met this date in a regular session at 4:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach California with Mayor Reiss presiding. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Reiss 1. ROLL CALL: Present: Mayor Reiss Mayor Pro Tem Higginbotham Councilmember Ehring Councilmember Rabenaldt Councilmember Vardas Staff Present: Absent: Kevin Rice, City Manager Roy Hanley, Assistant City Attorney Randy Bloom, Community Development Director George Edes, Administrative Services Director Lori Grigsby, City Clerk Les Evans, Interim City Engineer None 2. INVOCATION: Dr. Paul Jones 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Dr. Paul Jones Page 2
4. PRESENTATIONS Item 4.A: Introduction of Interim City Engineer, Les Evans. (Rice) Kevin Rice, City Manager introduced Les Evans, Interim City Engineer. Item 4.B: 1,000 Hours Award for Citizen Volunteer Patrol Member, Ted Salom. (Cortez) Chief Cortez presented Patrol Member Ted Salom with the "Citizen Volunteer 1,000 Hours Award". 5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 6. CONSENT CALENDAR Don Day commented on the left turn sign located at the intersection of Pomeroy Avenue and Dolliver Street and asked the Council to consider offering advance notice to the public while the sign is on. Dennis Morris asked Council to consider increasing scheduled maintenance in the downtown area to improve the atmosphere. He also spoke regarding the median parking on Price Street and inquired about the use of the revenue from the sales tax increase. Mr. Morris expressed his concern with the paid parking in the downtown area. Item 6.A: Clerk s Report of Posting. The agenda of the regular August 5, 2008, 2008 City Council agenda was posted on the City Council Chamber bulletin board on July 31, 2008. (Grigsby) Item 6.B: Waive readings. All Readings of Ordinances and Resolutions, except by title, are waived. (Grigsby) Item 6.C: Minutes of the July 15, 2008, Regular City Council Meeting. (Grigsby) Item 6.D: Approval of Payroll Register and Register of Demands. (Edes) Item 6.E: Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. O-2008-007 Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract Between the City Council of the City of Pismo Beach and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees Retirement System. (Garcia) Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. O-2008-007 by roll call vote to Consent Calendar. Page 3
Item 6.F: Approval of Notice of Completion and Acceptance of Public Improvements for Tract 2742. (Evans) Item 6.G: A Resolution Identifying when the Changes to Lu-P-5 Specified by R-2008-06 will take place. (Bloom) Adopted Resolution No. R-2008-050 by roll call vote to Consent Calendar. Item 6.H: A Resolution Opposing Fiscally Irresponsible State Budget Decisions That Would "Borrow" Local Government, Redevelopment and Transportation Funds. (Rice) Adopted Resolution No. R-2008-051 by roll call vote to Consent Calendar. Motion by Councilmember Vardas, seconded by Councilmember Ehring to approve the Consent Calendar as presented with Vice Chair Higginbotham refraining from voting on Item 6.C. These items were approved by roll call vote. Passed 5/0 7. PUBLIC HEARING - 5:30 p.m. No items scheduled. 8. BUSINESS ITEMS Item 8.A: A Resolution to Establish a Cell Phone Policy for City of Pismo Beach Employees. (Garcia) Debra Garcia, Human Resource Officer gave the staff report. Mayor Reiss asked for public comments. The following citizen spoke: Dennis Morris. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Higginbotham, seconded by Councilmember Vardas to adopted Resolution No. R-2008-052 Establishing a Cell Phone Policy for City of Pismo Beach Employees. This item was approved by voice vote. Passed 5/0 Item 8.B: Selection of Voting Delegate to the 2008 League of California Cities Annual Conference. (Grigsby) Page 4
Lori Grigsby, City Clerk gave the staff report. Mayor Reiss asked for public comments, no one spoke regarding this item. Motion by Councilmember Rabenaldt, seconded by Councilmember Vardas to select Mayor Reiss as the voting delegate, and Mayor Pro Tem Higginbotham as the alternate voting member for the annual meeting of the League of California Cities. This item was approved by voice vote. Passed 5/0 Item 8.C: Approval of Proposed Memorandum of Agreement for the Benefit of a Regional Special Weapons and Tactics Team (Regional SWAT). (Cortez) Joe Cortez, Chief of Police gave the staff report. Mayor Reiss asked for public comments, no one spoke regarding this item. Motion by Councilmember Rabenaldt, seconded by Councilmember Ehring to authorize the Chief of Police to execute the Memorandum of Agreement for the benefit of a Regional Special Weapons and Tactics Team (Regional SWAT). This item was approved by voice vote. Passed 5/0 Item 8.D: A Resolution Transferring $22,000 from the General Fund Contingency Account to the CVB Budget to Provide Funding for the California Welcome Center (Brasile) Suzen Brasile, Conference and Visitors Bureau Director and Joseph Scott, Representative of the California Welcome Center gave the staff report. Mayor Reiss asked for public comments. The following citizens spoke: Dennis Morris and Ed Waage. Councilmember Rabenaldt requested to add an item on a future agenda to discuss increasing funding to the California Welcome Center by $9,000 for total of $31,000. Page 5
Motion by Councilmember Rabenaldt, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Higginbotham to adopt Resolution No. R-2008-053 transferring $22,000 from the General Fund Contingency Account to the CVB Budget to provide funding for the California Welcome Center. This item was approved by roll call vote. Passed 5/0 Item 8.E: Marlowe & Co. Contract. (Rice) Kevin Rice, City Manager gave the staff report. Mayor Reiss asked for public comments. The following citizens spoke: Dennis Morris and Chuck Plemons. Motion by Councilmember Vardas, seconded by Councilmember Ehring to approve the termination of Contract for Professional Services with Marlowe & Company. This item was approved by voice vote. Passed 5/0 9. CITY MANAGER S REPORT Kevin Rice, City Manager reported/announced the following: The Budget Review Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.; the public is invited to attend the televised meeting. The City Manager provided an update on the progress of several projects in the City which include the Beachcomber Stairs, Pismo Oaks Lift Station, the sidewalk project at Dinosaur Caves Park, and sidewalk improvements on Fourth Street. 10. CITY ATTORNEY S REPORT Roy Hanley, Assistant City Attorney had nothing to report at this time. 11. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS Mayor Reiss had nothing to report. Mayor Pro Tem Higginbotham reported/announced the following: She enjoyed the live entertainment of Shakespeare in the Park at Dinosaur Caves. Mayor Pro Tem Higginbotham thanked the Public Works Department for keeping the park well Page 6
maintained during the event. Councilmember Ehring had nothing to report. Councilmember Rabenaldt reported/announced the following: Spoke regarding the growing concern of childhood obesity and asked Council to consider adding an item to a future agenda to discuss the topic of requiring local fast food restaurants to add the caloric content to their menu. It was consensus of the Council not to move forward with this item. Council responded by stating the issue has been addressed at the State and County level. Councilmember Vardas had nothing to report. 12. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Area Agency on Aging - Ehring/Reiss 2. Dinosaur Caves Preservation Society - Reiss/Vardas 3. Economic Vitality Corporation - Vardas 4. Pismo Beach Conference & Visitors Bureau - Vardas 5. Friends of Price House - Vardas/Reiss 6. Integrated Waste Management Authority JPA - Ehring 7. Mobile Home Rent Stabilization - Ehring/Vardas 8. SLO Council of Governments - Reiss/Higginbotham 9. SLO Regional Transit Authority - Reiss/Higginbotham 10. Zone 3 Advisory Committee - Ehring/Vardas 11. SLO County Water Resources Advisory Committee - Vardas 12. SLO South County Area Transit - Higginbotham 13. SLO Air Pollution Control District - Reiss 14. Scenic Highway Committee - Reiss 15. South County Youth Coalition - Higginbotham/Vardas 16. Community Improvement Group - Vardas/Reiss 17. Ventana Fire Station - Ehring/Higginbotham 18. California Joint Powers Insurance Authority - Reiss 19. California Space Authority - Higginbotham/Rabenaldt 20. Ocean Water Quality Control Subcommittee - Higginbotham/Vardas 21. Shell Beach Improvement Group - Higginbotham/Vardas 22. Fire Consolidation Oversight Subcommittee - Ehring 23. California Coastal Coalition Board - Ehring/Vardas 24. Leadership Council to Stop Homelessness - Ehring/Higginbotham Councilmember Ehring attended the Zone 3 Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday, July 17, and noted local farmers have used the water from the Arroyo Grande Creek for irrigation; this could possibly be interfering with other water obligations. The item will be reviewed at a future Zone 3 meeting to discuss the water rights of the creek. Councilmember Vardas spoke about how the San Luis Obispo Airport has been affected by rising fuel cost; the Economic Vitality Corporation is communicating with the County Board of Supervisors to move forward on a study of the economic impact of the airport. Page 7
Mayor Reiss announced that a press conference regarding the State Budget will be held at the San Luis Obispo County Court on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. 13. PULLED CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 14. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Mayor Reiss adjourned the meeting at 6:13 p.m. APPROVED: ATTEST: Mary Ann Reiss, Mayor Lori Grigsby, CMC, City Clerk Page 8