The Half Moon Bay City Council met on February 3, 2026, for a regular meeting that included a presentation from the San Francisco Peninsula Tourism Marketing District, several city manager updates, public comments on housing and farm worker issues, and council actions on consent calendar items, appointments, and a consulting agreement. Key outcomes included approval of a dispatch services agreement, reappointment of architectural advisory committee members, and authorization of an organizational assessment.
26. As a reminder, if you are joining this meeting via Zoom, you can still make public comment. During any public comment portions, attendees may use the raise your hand feature and will be called upon and unmuted when it is their turn to speak. If joining by phone, use star nine to raise your hand, and star six to mute and unmute. We also have Spanish interpretation services available in person and via Zoom. Uh one point on point language solutions is in the back left corner. If anyone needs assistance with interpretation services, on point will now provide information on how to receive interpretation services if you are in need of them. So could we hear from our translation servers? Thank you, madam mayor, council members, uh city staff, members of the public, Victor Hernandez, Spanish interpreter. We buenas noches. Could we now have a roll call of the council, please? Yes. Commissioner Councilmember Nagingast. Here. Councilmember Brownstone. Here. Vice Mayor Penrose here. And Mayor Ruddick. Here. All council members are present this evening. Thank you. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I Pledge of Allegiance to the Bag of the United States of America. And to very public for which it stands. One nation under God in the visible with liberty and justice or all. I'm going to ask for a motion to approve the agenda. So moved. May I have a second? Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Okay, we're moving on to item three, which is proclamations and presentations. Uh, there are no proclamations this evening. We do welcome John Hutar with the San Francisco Peninsula Tourism Marketing District for a presentation. At the end of the presentation, we will ask for any comments from council and the public. Are a number of our board members and advisory council members, uh Kevin Kretsch, our board chair, Hyatt Regency SFO, Nova Maldonado, recording in progress. Our chief advocacy officer. Blanca Rivera, General Manager of the Half Moon Bay Lodge. Uh as uh CEO of Visit Coastide and the Coast Side Chamber. Uh Cameron Palmer, I think you know him quite well, uh, from Cameron's pub and a number of other uh investments in Half Moon Bay, uh Pumpkin Festival, and Matthew Revere, General Manager of the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay, who serves on our advisory council. Uh so uh just a little recap. Uh we were very honored to bring to Halfman Bay and the Ritz Carlton, the Ritz, the Michelin reveal of Michelin restaurants for California. You see a number of our board members here and staff. Uh as far as uh engagements and and our social media, uh our recent campaigns have attracted 186,000 viewers on Instagram, five thousand five hundred interactions, 2,000 shares, and interaction is when someone likes or loves or puts those uh emojis behind it. Getting behind the pumpkin festival, things to do in downtown Halfman Bay, local features, and and highlighting various businesses like Half Moon Bay Brewing. A number of uh print media uh placements, featuring uh the chef at the Ritz Carlton in Forbes magazine, Silicon Valley magazine, things to do in San Mateo County, a big national story that was assistance of the historical society going back to the artichoke wars in the late 1800s, early 1900s that were prevalent here on Coastide. We do our best to reinvest in the community, supporting the Coastal Repertory Theater, the Pumpkin Festival, and other events throughout the year.