I could have a roll call, please?

Councilmember Brownstone.

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Councilmember Johnson.

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Councilmember Nagengast.

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Mayor Reddick.

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Um the next item is the approval of the agenda, but um I'm requesting that we move item four, which is mayor's announcements of community activities and community service, up to um this next item before proclamations and presentations, because we are going to have a few minutes to honor Al Andra Vino, who passed away, I believe, over this past weekend.

Um could I get uh a motion in a second to move item four to uh ahead of item three.

So move.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye, any opposed?

Motion carries.

So um Al Andrevina was an extraordinary uh person in the history of Half Moon Bay.

He served for 12 years on the council.

He was mayor four times, but um, he also served in many other capacities.

Um he served on Half Moon Bay Planning Commission, the Coeside County Water District, the San Mateo County Farm Bureau, the Half Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce, the Northern California Flower and Growers and Shippers Association, California State Association of Florists, Our Lady of the Pillar Council, Knights of Columbus, and provided countless contributions to other community organizations.

So he was a community builder.

Our community is the way it is now because of the efforts of Al Endrovino as well as many others, but uh a unique character.

And I'm just gonna tell you a little bit about him because I think it's important.

Um so uh he was born to Jabata and Maria Andravino, immigrants from Italy.

Um he was born in 1923 in San Francisco, California.

Uh he grew up on a truck farm in Colma, California, where vegetables were grown and sold.

He attended grammar schools in South San Francisco in Daly City until enrolling in San Mateo Junior College, where he graduated in February 1943.

Uh that same year he was drafted to the Army Corps of Engineers and sent to Virginia for training.

And after training, was selected to remain as an instructor.

Um in 1945, he was selected to one of two elite teams to be flown to Island of Leyte in the Philippines to teach the engineering uh fundamentals of Bailey Bridges.

Um during that training, uh his elite teams that he was responsible for were required to train during the active invasion of Okinawa.

Uh after the Japanese surrender, Al was sent to Korea with other occupation troops from returning home and being discharged in 1946.

When he returned home, Al started work at a flower nursery in 1946 and ultimately took over the Daylight Nursery in 1947 with his father.

In 1953, Al and his father sold the nursery and purchased a ranch in Half Moon Bay.

Um meant the love of his life, Ida, at the San Francisco flower market in 1946, and they wed on October 4th, 1947, and remained in a beautiful union that lasted 71 years and 24 days.

So Al faithfully served as mayor of Half Moon Bay in 1970, 1971, 1976, and 1979.

So he's been a devoted member of the Half Moon Bay community for over 70 years.

And I already talked about all the various organizations he was part of.

Um, so you know, he was a real icon of the Half Moon Bay community, and we will miss him.

And uh he was uh just short of his 103rd birthday, I understand.

He still had his wits about him.

And my personal story with about Al was um a few years ago I went to Fancy Nails to get a pedicure, and I sat down in my chair and I looked to the person next to me and it was Al.

So we got our pedophile, our our uh our feet taken care of, our Tootsie's groomed, and had a lovely conversation.

So I will never forget that.

So tonight we're we honor Al Androvino and his family for all they've done, and we're actually going to adjourn the meeting in his honor as well.

And I would invite other council members to to comment, and then I'll invite members of the community in this room or online who want to talk about Ale to do so as well.

Um I just wanted to say thanks to Al for everything he's done.

I met him when I was on the I was on the planning commission.

This is when I was doing all that Castle Del Mar and the Ditch and the Keogh Ditch and things, and I went to him and talked to went up to Ida and John and met Al.

And he gave us, he gave me details of things that I had read in verbatim.

He had memorized in his head.

I mean, he knew everything, and he remembered everything.

The Lanster property, uh, what was it, the Margaret property when the Lutheran church was built, why they built it, why the berm was there, all the things that I read, he had memorized.

And so that's my first meeting, and then later on, he was pushing to me to be on council, and I said, I can't, I'm not a citizen, I'm Swedish born, and I've got a green card, it doesn't work.

So that went for a couple years, and then I finally got my citizenship, and now I'm doing it.

But he was pushing me and he was telling me to do it, and Naomi was pushing me to do it.

So he was a person that gave me a lot of influence, and he was the guy that was the one that said, You should do this.

I have faith in you.

So I have a lot of love for Al.

I just saw him two weeks ago, and John's sitting there, and Al's sitting on the couch.

He is over in the in the kitchen doing her kitchen duties, and we're talking and we're talking about the political stuff, and not current stuff, it was old stuff, and it was kind of interesting.

I wanted to see like why were the moths going over to Castle Del Mar and eating the crops, and why did they?

You know, he had the answer for all this stuff, the stuff that I had read, and I was just like blown away.

And he's sharp as a sharp as a nail or whatever the words you want to say, he had it.

His mind was clear, clear, and it's sad that he passed, but I gotta say he's had a great life.

I've seen him on Facebook, he pings, he used to text me for his love of his wife.

And I remember meeting it was Eda also in in his wife uh years ago up the at the other house, uh above your house there.

And I just remember just hanging out, we're just hanging out.

So he will definitely be missed, and I gotta say he was a great person, and this town benefit a lot from Al Alderino, I gotta say that.

Thank you.

Thank you, Patrick.

Anybody else, Paul?

Yes, uh Edith and John.

I Al Miss Al.

I met Alf.

I was fortunate to meet him about a year and a half ago.

First time I actually met him.

I've seen him around, I know he's an icon, but uh I was fortunate enough to uh talk with him and meet with him and learn what an inspiration uh that anything's possible, you know.

Why I became a council member, I wanted my son to know that anything's possible that you can do here, and it was wonderful to see him here when I was being sworn in.

I know he swore you in.

So it was uh I think he's he's done more than maybe you realize just the conversations, not just with you know, you and I'm sure maybe you get tired of him, okay, dad.

But uh he was an inst, you know, an inspiration to me to know that when I'm doing isn't wrong, it was the right thing to do.

So I'm glad I was fortunate enough to have met him.

Um John, would you like to remark this evening?

Thank you so much for this honor for my dad.

And all I want to say is he would be humbled and uh surprised and honored by your show of uh care for him and what he did.

He never did anything for personal gain, he did it for his love of Half Moon Bay and the community and service.

He was really proud of what he did for the Cabrilla Unified School District.

He worked hard and fought for what he believed in, like I think you all are trying to do very hard.

You just have to follow your heart, get your facts and information, and you have to make the decisions that you feel are the best for you.

That's what he always did, and I know you all will too.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

It is such an honor also.

When I got home from the Navy in Vietnam, I married uh flower grower's daughter.

So instead of going to the market at five in the morning, and we started to go at midnight and 10 o'clock at night.

So we were good nappers at stop signs.

But anyway, it's so great.

And I got his hat here tonight in his memory.

Uh, World War II vet, and now with the service coming up.

Uh the veterans came in yesterday or today, today, and they want to do a big memorial for him come up in June, right?

But we're not gonna do it on Main Street.

We could do it at the pumpkin farm.

If we could, and we could talk to law enforcement about the and thank him so much.

And uh, yeah, no, he's so special.

And uh last story.

Our grandson's a senior at Carlmont High School, and uh he came over about World World War II history, and uh he wanted to talk to great grandpa about it, and it's good he's sharing this with everybody.

And the other thing that Al shares with our family and myself too, and it's always be a giver and not a taker in half Moon Bay, and all of you are doing that.

You're giving of your life and time.

That's uh yeah, we're good.

Okay, thank you so much.

Please keep us apprised of you know any funeral arrangements or celebrations of life.

We would appreciate that.

Yeah, I forgot to mention here's a couple of things.

So Al was chair of the school bond committee that built the new Half Moon Bay High School in its present location.

And if anybody knows about campaigns, that's a lot of work.

Um, he was also a member of the Unification Committee that unified the three separate school districts into one, the Cabrillo Unified School District.

Another, you know, momentous um achievement.

So I didn't want to let that go.

Um is there anybody else in the audience who would like to uh remark about Al Joaquin?

Thank you.

Um I uh I heard about Al even before I moved to Hafun Bay.

Uh my father came to uh Hafum Bay uh from Watsonville.

He was uh he was employed by uh by Al in 79, and that's how we landed here in uh in Half Moon Bay, in 87.

Uh so my father used to speak very fun of him, you know.

Al uh when we moved to Halfum Bay.

Uh we lived on Johnson Street, so uh he we he was uh always making comments uh about his experience working for Al and moving to uh to uh half Hum Bay.

I met Al first time I had a conversation with him.

You know, I met him, but it wouldn't have I was a couple years ago, and I told him who I was.

I told him uh my father would know Felix, who was uh one of his uh workers uh in 79.

Uh and I we took a picture and uh I sent it to my father who was uh in Mahi quite a time.

And uh he said, yep, he has our memory still looks the same.

He was uh so that's uh you know, my condolences to the family and uh, you know, and uh it's uh it's an honor to continue the legacy you know of council members and mayor so half um be and uh also you know the uh the farming of the community so uh again you know we owe a lot, you know, to Al and uh he will always be remembered and I uh I share with my father today that I'll have uh pass, so he also sends his uh his condolences.

Thank you for that, Joaquin.

Um if there's no other speakers, maybe we can ask folks online if there's anybody who would like to comment.

All right, thank you very much for for coming tonight and sharing this with us.

Appreciate it.

Um I think I made a mistake.

I think we need to go back and actually approve the agenda.

We approved moving up item four, but I think we need to um actually move approval of the agenda as is now without change.

So moved.

Second, all in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye, any opposed?

Motion carries.

Okay, so item five, report out from oh no, we're going to do proclamations and presentations now.

And the first one is National Public Works Week proclamation.

Madam Mayor, would you like me to make some remarks first?

Sure, and then we'll read the proclamation.

Yeah, so um, this is uh always a fun time of year, it's something we like to celebrate each year.

Um, this is actually nationwide national public works week.

Um public works uh is really at the core of what we do in local government, both cities and counties.

Um it's it's you know, the work that we do to maintain our roads to keep our community looking beautiful.

It's uh ensuring that our community is safe uh through our engineers and through the work that our staff does.

And um, you know, so much of that work bleeds out into the rest of of the organization, but it is great to be able to take a step back and recognize these great men.

There are women involved too.

Um, but but the men showed up tonight.

Um, and we're so proud and grateful of this team.

Um this whole team is co-siders, which is pretty awesome.

Um, we're including Pacifica in that that broader, uh broader group.

Mike, we'll get you here.

We got Mason.

We'll get we'll get you here too.

Um, and you know, I have worked alongside many of these folks, uh, including um probably they didn't want me there, but in the middle of the night uh in storms and floods, and um they really do, they're they're 24-7 and they're committed to the community, and um I'm just very proud to be associated with this group of employees and this team, and um they do incredible work for the community, and I'm glad that we have the opportunity to recognize them tonight and the rest of the week, and we have some other things planned for them.

But with that, um I'd like to turn the time over to the mayor to read the proclamation.

So the proclamation is to uh celebrate public works week from May 18th, yesterday through May 24th.

Whereas public works professionals focus on facilities, infrastructure, and services that are a vital importance to sustainable and resilient communities, and to the public health, high quality of life, and well-being of the people of Half Moon Bay, and whereas these facilities, infrastructure, and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works professionals, including employees, engineers, and managers at all levels of government and the private sector, who are responsible for rebuilding, improving, and protecting our communities' transportation, water supply, water treatment, and solid waste systems, public buildings and other structures and facilities essential for our citizens.

And whereas it is in the public interest for the residents, children, and civic leaders in Half Moon Bay to gain knowledge of and to maintain a progressive interest and understanding of the importance of public works and public works programs in their respective communities, and whereas public works professionals play a vital role in disasters and other emergencies and are often considered the silent arm of public safety, working diligently, often without fanfare, to support emergency response partners, regardless of hazard.

Public works maintenance and operations staff are among the most visible and essential elements during the response and recovery phases of disasters, frequently among the first to arrive and the last to leave.

They assist with rescue, evacuation, flood control, and sheltering, providing temporary traffic control and perimeter security, transport critical supplies and equipment, and restore damaged infrastructure, making their broad capabilities a critical component in nearly every type of disaster or emergency.

And whereas the year 2026 marks the 66th Annual National Public Works Week sponsored by the American Public Works Association.

Now, therefore, be it known that the City Council of the City of Half Moon Bay does hereby designate the week May 18th to the 24th, 2026 as National Public Works Week.

The City Council urges all citizens to join with representatives of the American Public Works Association and government agencies and activities, events, and ceremonies designed to pay tribute to our public works professionals, employees, engineers, and managers, to recognize the substantial contributions they make to protecting our national health, safety, and quality of life.

Thank you this evening.

And let me add on uh 333.

That's uh March or I'm sorry, yeah, March 3rd, 2003.

I was the Public Works Director for the City of Half Moon Bay.

So it's uh a privilege to present this to you because I know what you guys do.

I've been out there and city manager referenced two in the morning.

I don't know why rainstorms don't happen at noon on a Wednesday, but they somehow always are at two in the morning on a Saturday, or obviously somewhere else where you're not.

But but you're there, and I really want the community to see you and and meet you and thank you because we're too quick to recognize when things don't work.

You know, we we talk about no news is good news.

Well, if we're not getting calls, that means you it's out there working.

The only time people complain is when something's not working.

So I I do, and I know my house thanks you for what you do, no matter time of day or night.

And so I appreciate it, and I love that backhoe out there, nothing runs like a deer.

Love to see that out there front out front greeting everybody.

So that's that was thank you for that.

Let's hear it.

Hi, Katha.

All right, again, thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you.

Go ahead, Armanda.

Okay.

Well, I just want to speak on behalf of my crew and my team and all my you know co-workers.

Uh, we take a lot of pride in the work we do here, and you know, we really look forward to the day when we go to work and we get to see our community, we get to make a little difference and you know, make it make our community's life a little better at lower change, and that we took part of that as well.

So I just want to say thank you from my team and from me.

You make a difference every day, don't forget that.

Okay, all right.

I don't see Midcoast here.

Yeah.

Um, doesn't look like we have a mid-coast community council update this evening.

Uh is there anyone who would like to comment?

There's someone online with their hand raised.

I don't know.

Oh, Kimberly Williams, sure.

Okay.

Kimberly.

You can start when you're ready.

Hi, am I live?

Um Scott couldn't come tonight, so he uh asked me to step in and let you know what was happening at our meetings recently.

Um the MCC recently heard an update on county parks fire mitigation projects, with of which there are many going on right now along highway 92 and um further towards Pacifica past double slide, uh, as well as various others.

Um the Caltrans branch chief for Caltrans District 4 gave an informational presentation on the surface beach adaptation concepts plan report that Caltrans released last fall.

Um, they came to our meeting, and the report was was very interesting.

It represents concepts uh concept ideas for long-term potential project ideas for highway one that might be considered for future planning.

And Caltrans will have a web page up soon that will share this information with the public.

Um so that that was a really interesting thing that I think people are uh care very much about.

Um the other significant thing at our last meeting was the development of the local hazard mitigation plans process, which is currently in progress.

The local hazard mitigation plan evaluates hazard mitigation vulnerabilities and outlines mitigation actions for local jurisdictions, um, which they will implement.

It's a countywide effort involving 36 county jurisdictions and special districts, and the comment period is for May 15th to June 15th of this year.

So I think that does involve Hapmoon Bay, and so I encourage everyone to go and look at those plans.

They're all included on the one site, um, and uh weigh in on what you think about them as they develop them.

Um the last thing which I think you know about and have noticed is that the Highway One Roadway Rehabilitation Project is underway in the Midcoast, and the SAM force main replacement uh project is also in process.

So there currently are delays in the evenings on Highway One when the crews are working, and the forest main project, I think also they are getting ready for that uh activity, which will start in a couple of months.

Um, but they're trying to coordinate so that they won't be breaking up pavement that has been recently laid down.

So we'll see how that works out.

Um I think those are the big things that the council heard recently at their meeting.

Are there any questions or anything that I can respond to?

Thank you, Kimbler.

Any uh questions from council members?

I think that we have a long meeting ahead, so I think we'll we'll stop there.

But thank you.

Great, thank you.

Appreciate it.

Um I just want to say to the city manager, I think it might be good for the council to hear about the update process for the local hazard mitigation plan.

So if we could upcoming meeting, hear a little bit more about that.

Have a report, city manager's report maybe.

Okay.

Um so the next item is report out from recent closed session meetings.

Thank you, madam mayor.

This this evening the council met in closed session on two items.

There are no reportable actions from those two items.

Thank you very much.

Um the next item is uh commission and committee updates.

We're going to hear about a report out from the bike and pedestrian advisory committee.

Good evening, madam mayor, members of the council, Dale Lita, interim city engineer.

Um so we had our last bicycle pedestrian advisory committee meeting on May 7th.

Um, and we had one agenda item during that meeting.

It was a presentation from Tool Design Group, who is helping to conduct community outreach as part of our Highway 1 access and mobility study, which is looking at um well, we're gathering community input and looking at concept improvements along Highway One between Highway 92 and Mirmontes Point Road.

So that was part of a week-long effort to reach out to the community.

We had a public meeting that uh Wednesday the 6th and open studio Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Um, so that BPAC meeting was specifically with BPAC and members of the public.

Um, and our next BPAC meeting will be July 2nd.

Thank you.

Is there anyone who would like to comment or ask questions about that item?

You can come to the podium, or if you're online, you can raise your hand on Zoom.

Uh seeing none, uh, we will move on to City Manager updates to council.

And we have a main street bridge update.

Good evening, Mayor Reddick and Council members.

Yes, we are here to talk about the main street bridge once again.

Um we had a little bit of a setback, uh, we'll go through it.

Uh so as we mentioned last time, ARG conservation services have been hired to do the work on the stucco repairs.

Um, the way that they went about it was they actually took some samples of the concrete underneath the Mason the stucco work on top of it.

They had a hard time developing the right mixture.

So it took a little bit longer than we expected, and we had to essentially lose a week of work on the project.

Um they have identified the correct mixture, and they're scheduled to start on Tuesday, the day after Memorial Day.

Um, how that affects us, though, is that originally we had planned to start on the roadway.

We were hoping to get out of the roadway before uh the last week of school, since that is not going to be an option because of the weak delay.

What we're gonna be doing first is shifting to the walkway sides of the bridge first.

So the first two weeks or nine days essentially, we'll be working on the walkway sides of the bridge.

There'll be little detours set up at Stone Pine and at Mill, just letting folks know that they just need to walk to the other side of the block and cross the bridge on the other side.

There's still traffic will still be flowing through.

We don't see any issues with that.

Um with that, there will be a little bit of intermittent work going on on Saturday in order for us to get a smooth surface at the bottom of the stucco.

What we're gonna be doing essentially is picking up the boards that are existing right now and moving them over about four inches so that the craftsmen can come in and kind of work the new stucco underneath where the new wood would be going.

So we're just giving them a little bit of a little bit of a work zone, if you will, to get in there and do their finishing when they get down to that area.

Um we'll probably have similar detours set up on Saturday where one side one pedestrian side of the bridge will be closed at a time, and we'll be able to kick people to the other side, and hopefully we'll be get out of there sooner rather than later.

We're gonna start on the east side and then head over to the west side.

That's our tentative plan at this point.

Um, after we finish the walkway sides, single-lane closure traffic control is the current plan for the next two weeks of the project.

That's going to be starting June 8th.

The benefit to the project being delayed a week is that we're gonna miss school traffic.

So school will already be out completely, and we're able to kind of modify the work hours of the project to more typical work hours like 8 a.m.

to 4 30 p.m., whereas before we were proposing a little bit later of a start to allow folks more time to get their children to school.

So we're it's a blessing and a curse in that regard.

Um if we start June 8th, we're still scheduled to be done two weeks after that, so well before 4th of July when we have a huge influx of visitors into town.

Um, and again, the the roads are restricted roughly from 8 a.m.

to 4 30 p.m.

We're looking at options.

We're discussing the industry standard is single enclosure traffic control where there's flaggers on each end.

We're looking at different options to see if something works.

Obviously, we'll be out there monitoring the situation closely.

We want to make sure traffic's flowing.

We'll be messaging people starting after the Memorial Day weekend on our changeable message signs on highway 92, giving people a heads up.

We'll keep the beach messaging up for the Memorial Day weekend, but after the Memorial Day weekend kind of subsides, then we'll start messaging for the main street bridge, giving people as much notice as we possibly can.

The chambersman involved, I'm meeting with Colleen Henney tomorrow, kind of to go over it with the rest of the business community.

E-news, all of our socials, we're pushing this thing out as hard as we possibly can because there will be some traffic impacts, especially on Main Street, and we want everyone to be aware of it.

And the benefit to that is when this thing's done, we're hopeful that the bridge is gonna look amazing with a new coat of stucco and a new coat of paint.

So a little bit of an inconvenience, but we're expecting great results from this contractor that we have.

And it'll be safer for all pedestrians too.

All pedestrians, absolutely.

Yep, great.

Uh, any questions from council members?

Councilmember Johnson?

Todd, do you know if when you do pull that stucco back?

What's the condition of the wood back there?

Is there any dry rod or any termite damage?

Because you're right there below the creek, and that's water source for termites.

Well, underneath the stucco is primarily concrete.

So we'll probably run into more of those issues in phase two of the project when we actually start addressing the woodwork part of it.

Um, the concrete, talking over the con with a contractor when we met for our pre-construction meeting last week, it's actually pretty cool.

Um the concrete is what they call a Davenport mix.

So there was actually a concrete plant in Davenport in 1900, and that's where the the mixture from the concrete came from.

So that's basically what's underneath all of that stucco work is Davenport mixed concrete from 1900.

So there were they showed me some samples of the sand that they're gonna be matching up with in their mixture for the concrete.

So we don't expect any termite issues when we do the stucco work.

When we do the temporary work, we're only gonna be moving them about four inches.

So just basically enough for someone to get their hand in there.

If we identify some termite stuff, that's honestly good information for us because we can use that for planning for the next phase of the project if it gets approved.

Like what areas we specifically need to address to mitigate any termite damage that's under that woodwork.

Anybody else?

Okay.

Um thank you for that report out.

Is there anyone in the room who would like to address this item or online?

You can raise your hand now.

Seeing no one, we will move on.

Um, so the next item is public forum.

And uh looking at the room and online, um, you will have a total of three minutes.

And the first speaker is Rocío Avala Garcia, followed by Joaquin Jimenez.

Sorry, no chest members del Concilio.

Good evening uh council members.

My name is Roccio Avila.

I am a member of the community affordable housing unit.

So I'd like to uh thank uh Vice Mayor Deborah Prenrose, who unfortunately is not here tonight, Robert Brownstone and Patrick Johnson, for saving Half Moon Bay from a possible lawsuit on part of the state of California.

So I don't know how many people in the community know about this, but if you guys would have not approved the 555 Kelly project, then half moon bay would be at risk, a huge risk to lose out on funds for infrastructure, uh be penalized uh with high amounts, and as a matter of fact, it would be uh lawsuit by the state and who would pay for all of this well it would be us, the ones that contribute to it.

So does anybody care on the council about this?

Um has anybody explained to the community the risks that exist for not uh building affordable housing.

Has anybody explained to the community what builders' remedy is or how close Half Moon Bay was uh for this state lawsuit?

Really quiet, Mosa situation others.

So the the city has been uh sued before and um it went broke.

So honestly, do you want for us to be in that same situation again?

Gracias.

Um because I know that community is important to you and you are really fiscally sound and responsible.

Thank you.

Gracias.

The next speaker is Joaquin Jimenez, followed by Anita Reese.

Let me see if I can speak with this one now.

Got it.

Good evening, uh honorable mayor, uh council members uh city staff, members of the public, my name is uh Joaquin Jimenez.

Joaquin Murrieta, and uh in social media, and I am a candidate for uh Samateo County Supervisor of District Three.

And uh I wanna uh no rocious thank you for you for your comment.

It was it was on point.

Uh and thank you to the council members and the vice mayor for approving the contract of 555 Kelly.

Uh it's uh it's very it's a very important decision to make.

Uh with that, I also would like to uh mention, you know, now that 555 Kelly has been approved, you know, why not look into our local contractors, you know, to start working on projects like this.

Uh why not giving the opportunity to local uh you know local businesses uh to work in something significant like 555 Kelly here in Half Moon Bay.

Uh as you know, part of my platform is uh to protect I know the community of the coast side that we know for sure for a fact, and it's been proven that has been neglected by Samateo County, and this is not only Hafoom Bay, but Pacifica saying the same thing, they're dealing with the same thing.

You know, and we are getting the short end of the stick, you know.

So protecting our community, you know, like I mentioned earlier, you know, our uh Gerbino, uh Farmer John who have been in our legacy of Half Moon Bay or farming community.

You know, it's uh to our interest, you know, to continue to farm in our community, protecting our open spaces.

You know, it comes food production, new businesses, new farmers, and protecting and uh supporting our local uh or uh I mean our farmers and ranchers, you know, it's something that we have to think about, and nobody's talking about food production or food and food security.

One in six in San Mateo County are in the SNAP program.

You know, what are we gonna do when the federal government takes away these funds?

How are we gonna be able to support this uh or veterans uh or homeless population or children or seniors?

You know, we can produce the food here in our community, you know, to uh to offer to them.

Also, there's a lot of interest in vocational traits, you know, to come to the coast, you know, uh plumbers, electricians, uh, concrete workers, uh, carpenters, uh, I mean, everything.

You know, this is a new era.

You know, we are there's a shortage of uh carpenters in California, there's our shortage of electricians in California, and we can actually provide support with that.

You know, bringing those traits, uh, those vocational traits into our community is a big benefit.

It is difficult for people in Pescadero to go over the hill to go to go to any of these traits.

It takes about two hours yes to drive one way, you know, Halfum Bay, the same thing, you know.

So that's why, you know, I have a platform, you know, or doing that, you know, bringing that to our community to support or graduate seniors or young adults to work in a new career.

So, you know, Joaquin Jimenez in America for Samateo County Supervisor because we need representation.

We need somebody that actually cares about our community.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The next speaker is Anita Rees, followed by Armando Abela.

Hello, my name's Anita Reese.

I'm with uh Unhoused on the Coast Outreach Program, the program of the Pacifica Resource Center, primarily funded by the Samateo County Center on Homelessness.

We provide outreach and engagement uh and case management services to unhoused folks um from Pacifica to Pescadero with the goal of helping them return to housing.

Our outreach staff is available seven days a week, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.

to 10 p.m.

and Saturday, Sunday, and holidays from 9 to 5.

And we generally respond to outreach requests within three hours during that time.

If you see someone outside sleeping outside in a vehicle or in another place not meant for habitation, please email us at UC Outreach at UC.

Yeah, UC Outreach at PactResource Center dot org or call us at 650 452 6279.

As of today, there are 41 individuals who are unhoused in Hafmo Bay.

This is actually down 25% from the 55 that I shared back in March.

Um there are four encampments with 10 folks, and 31 people who are not in current currently in encampments.

So as you consider ways to address homelessness in Half Moon Bay, I encourage compassion, empathy, creativity, and partnering with neighboring communities on a regional response.

I especially like Mayor Reddick's idea a few meetings ago about using campgrounds as an interim shelter, and we have been exploring that possibility.

Um and so hopefully I'll come back one day to let you know what we figured out.

And I just want to thank um city staff and the community in general for being partners in our work to help unhoused folks return to housing.

Thanks for all you do.

The next speaker is Armando Avala, followed by there's not a name on this.

Nancy Fontana.

Is this Nancy?

Okay.

Madam Mayor, I think Mr.

Avila will provide his comment and I'll provide you with a site translation afterwards.

Durante años.

Yeah.

Una cosa más que no stack in the papel.

Is que algunos members de aquí no se por qué no quieren ayudar a la gente más necesitada?

You have been a key ya de algo de tiempo.

Good evening.

Good evening, members of the council.

My name is Armando Avila.

Half Moon Bay hasn't really constructed constructed any significant affordable housing in nearly 30 years.

That housing over in Stone Pine are important, but also it's a response to the tragedy and all of the attention from the media that demanded housing uh dignified and affordable housing.

So, for many years we have talked about the conditions of housing in Half Moon Bay, and you didn't believe us.

It wasn't until the tragedy occurred and all of the media attention uh reported it, and that's when they got the attention and you all were really uh worried about that.

Believe us when we say that there's a there exist uh real necessity for an urgent necessity for affordable housing.

So uh please construct more affordable housing now.

And this is uh something else um that isn't really on here, but um one more thing.

There's some people, and I and I don't know why this happens, but uh there's some people that really need help, and it's the people that need the most help.

And I've seen a lot of people here almost crying for help, and uh they really weren't getting it.

Um so that's really all I have to say.

Thank you.

Gossios, thank you.

The next speaker is uh Nancy Fontana, and then I'm going to go online.

Hi, Mary, Mayor and City Council, members of the public, Nancy Fontana.

I'm here more on a procedural item.

I noticed at the last meeting, as everybody probably remembers that the applicant got documents into the council very late.

I don't think that's fair for anybody.

Certainly not the council, not staff, not members of the public.

The only ones it was convenient for was the applicant.

And I don't think it allowed anyone enough time to really review it.

I feel that the city could put in place a deadline by which applicants get their documents in, especially if it's at a meeting, not a study session, more importantly, at a meeting where they have to make a final decision, especially one as important as a 99-year lease.

So I would really like that pursued.

I don't know if there would be legal problems with that.

And I can imagine some exceptions, like if the council asked the applicant questions that they needed to get data back from somebody and they hadn't, but they could still have the most of the document available to the council.

It was really awful that those documents were so late.

Um gosh, there was something else that's going to bring up.

Oh, also was the scheduling of those two really big items on one meeting.

I understand it was probably good because people only had to come to one meeting.

They were interested in both, but it really shortened the public's testimony.

And the public hearings are so you can hear public input, and that was difficult.

I know there's a lot of repetition and people go on and on.

That gets difficult too.

But what it did is it it it fogged the lines between the subject.

They spoke about it during public forum, they crossed lines, you know, and I don't think the mayor should have to sit there and pound on her gravel gavel all the time and correct people because that's just not a pleasant way to have to operate a meeting.

But scheduling them all together makes it possible and makes it difficult, excuse me.

Lastly, it's interesting that I wasn't gonna say this because I didn't know it was necessary, but lastly, um the city San Mateo County is doing stuff.

The last speaker, um, Ms.

Reese, she just indicated that San Mateo can funds her organization that reaches out from Pacifica through the South Coast.

So that's one thing.

And I do know also that Samateau County has funded loans to ranchers and farmers who provide housing on their properties to improve the housing because they don't get much rent for it, but they I'm sure pay top dollar when anything needs to be fixed.

So those are two sources I know they do.

There are probably more.

So thank you.

Thank you, Nancy.

The next speaker is uh Evelyn D'Souza.

Uh good evening, Mayor Raddock, um, council members and city staff.

Firstly, I would like to thank a big thank you to Leslie Lacko, uh City Planning Director, and Scott Phillips, Senior City Planner, for taking the time to meet with me and a couple of other residents from Poplar Street regarding 940 Main Street.

Today my comment relates to community awareness, coordination, and preparedness around this as a major development project.

In addition to the June 4th community session that Mid Penn Housing is hosting at Senior Coast Ciders, we respectfully ask that the council support city staff in facilitating additional outreach sessions tailored to the different affected groups.

For example, Seacrest, senior coastsiders, nearby residents, the fire district, and other stakeholders.

Different demographics will experience these projects differently, and broader engagement can help ensure strong awareness, understanding, and constructive dialogue.

We also ask that the city take a coordinated big picture approach to planning, should multiple major projects move forward with overlapping time frames.

For example, 555 Kelly, 940 Main Street, potential highway one expansion activity, the Hyatt Project, or other significant developments that we may not be aware of.

If those projects proceed concurrently, it is important that operational provisions, traffic management, emergency access, and evacuation planning be considered proactively versus ad hoc.

That would include practical questions such as construction staging, whole routes, where construction and dump trucks will go, impacts on seniors, school access, emergency response, and community evacuation readiness.

So to sum up, my request is twofold.

Firstly, with supporting city staff in facilitating those additional outreach sessions, and secondly, that we plan so the growth is managed safely, transparently, and with the community fully informed.

Thank you.

Thank you, Evelyn.

The next speaker is Carolina Carvajal, followed by Pepper Black.

The problem is that since you guys have already removed the rent control.

Since we are unfortunately just another part of this long chain, we our rights end up being not respected.

I know there are a lot of people who are worried about the increment of rent for one dollar in 90 years.

For our project of 555 Kelly.

I think como members de la communidad que pagamos impuestos también de exigir y le estamos exigiendo al control de la renta.

So, since we are taxpayers and community members, we are demanding to have a correction on the rent control.

Muchas gracias.

Thank you so much.

Gracias, thank you.

The next speaker is Pepper Black.

Can you hear me?

Yes.

Mayor Radic and Council members, thank you for your time.

With the 555 Cali project, I see beyond the fulfillment of just basic universal human needs.

Open and in operation as a legacy of Half Moon Bay that can draw attention as a community model to be emulated across the world.

This would be a community model of safety, inclusion, warmth, diversity, in a community of already incredible natural beauty, and with its quaint artistry and uniqueness of the walkable downtown.

Thank you.

I am just calling in tonight to inform and invite everyone to the IDES Society of Half Moon Bay's 155th annual Portuguese Pentecost Festival, which is taking place this weekend.

We hope that you will all be there.

This is one of if not the oldest celebration on the coast side and rich in tradition and fun, and we hope that you will all make it.

From I believe 1 30 to 2 30.

So come on down.

We're open for lunch again on Monday and the auction.

It's gonna be a fun weekend, and we really hope the community comes out.

Sounds like a wonderful weekend.

Thank you for the invitation.

Thank you.

All right.

So moving back to in the room, we have a form from I think it's Heather.

Heather Shirley.

Good evening.

Uh I was just curious about the 555.

You know, all I've been able to read is about farm workers and things that nature.

And I was just curious if fishermen would be allowed in there.

We are an agricultural unit.

You know, I'm I grew up farming, but I'm a fisherman now.

I'm uh currently doing a learning program to try to get my hundred ton United States Coast Guard 100 ton uh master's certificate.

Um the fellows down here being pretty cool, they're giving me some wheel time and some some current sea time to accrue current hours the right way, legitimate.

I've I've got years of experience, and I stepped away from the coast side for several years and I'm back now and I'm ready to do it.

Um and I will tell you, you know, I'm I have some real concerns about some of the marginalized people in our community, not just myself, but a lot of of good people and a lot of people facing a lot of problems other than just being unhoused, you know.

Um before I moved back here, I fled a home because of really, really scary circumstances, you know.

And uh I never realized how naive I was to a lot of things.

And when I came here, I'm ready to work.

The first thing I do is hit the streets, get a job, go to work either for Fertado in Princeton, or you know, kicking tires on the boats down there, guys that I know are new guys, and uh I go to get some assistance, and all I hear is homelessness, homeless that.

You know, I might not have a lease of my own, but I know how to do it, and if it was there and and available, more readily available, I think it'd be a lot easier for people.

And I'm not homeless.

My home is Half Moon Bay, and I'd like to be welcomed as such.

I don't want to be considered, you know, on on the outskirts because I don't have a lease.

Um, and you know, seeing people like this and people I've worked with alongside the plants.

I really think there's a big stigma in in different parts of our community that people aren't looking at, you know, as say, oh, this guy's this, or you know, he's got to live with 15 guys and they think it's a joke, it's not a you don't know what that guy studied back in Mexico.

You don't know what what that woman did with her life in, you know, Guatemala.

You don't know who they are.

You're making a very, very serious assumptions.

And uh anyway, I I just I really hope that that 555 is available to more people than just farmers.

There's a lot a lot of people need that, and it's it's a very very serious thing.

And uh kind of unprepared and I also asked the question.

You know, I'm I'm gonna have to make a four-mile walk back down to the harbor tonight.

I'm fishing in the morning, and I'm working on a really bum leg.

I've been kind of crippled up.

I'm a middle-aged disabled woman, and I'm gonna make a four-mile walk home because that last bus is rolling out right now, and by gosh, I'm glad I stayed because there's people with really important stuff to say here tonight.

Thank you for hearing me and my alert dog Bubba out.

Absolutely.

Maybe there's someone in this room who would give you a ride, you know.

I gotta check my phone.

I I put the word out, but I've walked it before and I'm willing to do it again.

Um, Leslie, would you like to come to the are you offering a ride?

Okay.

I'll do it very much.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Yeah, sure.

Okay.

Yeah, I don't know how the rules of 555 Kelly will be interpreted.

Agriculture is pretty broad, you know, maybe, but we do have another affordable housing project coming forward at 940 Main Street that will be wide open to families, farm workers, singles, and and others.

And that's that's that's a happening thing, so just wanted to leave everybody with that message.

Um but uh it was good hearing from from Heather, and I I resonate with that experience.

I'm sure there's a lot more.

We're we're trying, we're trying hard here.

Um I don't see anybody, I have no other forms.

I don't see anybody online, so I'm going to close public forum, and we're going to move to the uh consent calendar.

And um I'm going to read what's on the consent calendar.

And then if anybody would like to address anybody in the audience or online and would like to address any of those items, you can do so.

And then we will uh ask council members if there's anything they want to pull.

Uh so I'll start by reading, and that is the public, excuse me, the consent calendar consists of item nine A, waive reading of ordinances and resolutions.

Item nine B, approved minutes of the May 5th, 2026 special meeting.

Um, C approved minutes of the May 5th, 2026, regular meeting.

Nine D, accept the warrants for the month of April 2026.

Item nine E, financial report for the quarter ended on March thirty-first, twenty twenty-six.

Uh county funds, return to source funds from the Senate Bill 63 measured that is likely to be on the ballot.

Item nine H amendment to the agreement with the County of San Mateo for animal control services.

And that's it.

So if there's anyone in the audience who would like to address any of those items or anybody online, um, you can address this item now.

I don't see any speakers in the room.

I don't see any online.

Council members, is there any items that you want to pull for any reason?

Okay, could I have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda?

I move that we approve the consent calendar.

Second.

Could I have a roll call, please?

Councilmember Brownstone.

Yes.

Councilmember Johnson.

Yes, Councilmember Nagengast?

Yes.

Mayor Reddick.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you.

Um, see, before we move on to um resolutions and such, we have no ordinances in public hearings tonight, but we do have several resolutions and staff reports.

Seeing as how we started meeting at 5 30, I'd like us to take uh a short break now, five or ten minutes, if that's okay, because we have a lot of meat ahead.

Thank you.

Item eleven A, which is the twenty twenty six summer beach update.

Could you begin?

Absolutely.

Thank you, Madam Mayor and Council members.

Uh, I am Todd Seely.

I'm the interim public works work.

No, and I know we have a busy packed meeting tonight.

And I'm joined by Chief Amon Allen, who is the chief of the coastside patrol.

And we are going to kind of walk you through an annual update that we take every year, kind of just walking through the process for summer beach plan.

It's very timely because the roads were jam-packed today, I'm sure as some of you are aware.

Uh the beach season is on us, and we are going to be receiving an influx of visitors.

I was expecting to at least get to Labor Day, but nope.

Uh the high school kids showed up in force today.

So let's kind of walk through what we're going to be doing.

Our request this evening is to receive the 2026 summer beach update on City and Sheriff's efforts for the notification management and enforcement for beaches and access points within city limits and provide feedback to staff.

Background.

We live in a very beautiful place.

The San Mateo Coast, including Hafoon Bay, is a prime recreation destination for Bay Area and visitors around the world within city limits.

There are several state and city beaches, including Hafoon Bay State Beach, which includes Francis, Venice, and Dunes Beach, Poplar Beach, Surfers Beach, and Manhattan Beach.

We do have a link here for the city's beach website page if anyone would like to check it out.

It has some good information about some of those locations.

Tonight's focus is going to be on public outreach and notification, police patrol and enforcement, traffic and parking management, and public facilities and amenities.

We'll start with public outreach and notification.

How we get the word out about beach issues and traffic issues.

We use 511 SMC Alert and our variable message signs.

We have several of those that we move throughout the coast depending on the weekend and what's going on that week.

We kind of touched on that earlier for the Main Street Bridge and the message that we're going to have out for this current uh weekend coming up, which is the Memorial Day weekend.

Uh, we also use our social media channels, our e-news, and we coordinate with the Cabrillo Unified School District when they are in session, kind of just to make sure that they're aware of what's going on as well.

I'm going to turn it over to Chief Allen, and he can walk you through the police patrol and enforcement part of this.

Yes, good evening, Mayor and Council.

Uh we've already started upping our beach patrols.

Uh I'm happy to report that our Polaris is back in service.

We've conducted the last couple weeks already uh some some patrols on the beach with the Polaris.

We've also upped our parking enforcement with regards to uh the parking lots there and making sure folks are paying for their parking and not overstaying their welcome uh to make sure that our uh our visitors and residents will have parking there.

Um we're looking at staffing up during the holiday season uh starting this weekend.

Um, and then also we've already started working with uh the CHP lieutenant um having conversations about increased enforcement for traffic control uh along with our partners in the California Highway Patrol.

Excuse me, my phone is talking to me right when I'm talking to who, talking to the city council, Siri, leave me alone.

Sorry.

Um as I mentioned, we're already working with the CHP.

Um as far as traffic and parking management goes, as I mentioned, we're already upping our parking uh enforcement in those lots.

And I mentioned we're spoken uh uh speaking with CHP to uh ultimately, especially around highway one.

Uh they're responsible for that, but we partner with them as far as the side streets and all that.

All right.

Back to public facilities and amenities.

Public works.

So it is public works week, and thank you so much earlier for the recognition.

I know the uh the public works staff really appreciated it.

So just want to take a minute to thank you guys for that.

Uh, is responsible for maintenance and operation of beaches, public parking lots, and portions of the coastal trail.

Um we do supplement some of this by contracting out a little bit of trash cleanup with abundant grace and their uh coastal clean team program.

Uh they primarily focus on uh poplar beach in the coastal trail and a little bit of the neighborhoods in the in that area.

The city's approach is to deploy maintenance staff to Popper Beach and other city beaches seven days a week, inclusive of Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day.

Weekend coverage will primarily be provided via maintenance assistant.

Other maintenance staff will be used for on-call demands, such as warm inland temperatures as well as emergency coverage.

We do have an informal uh SOP for the warm weather policy.

We kind of base our decision to upstaff on the temperature on the east side of the bay.

So we look at the temperatures in Hayward.

If it gets up to about 85 degrees in Hayward, we know almost with certainty that it is going to be a crazy day over here because 85 in Hayward means it's 105 over the Altamont Pass.

So once we once we get into 85 degrees in Hayward, we will bring additional staff in just to make sure that we're staying on top of the trash, we're staying on top of the debris and um just helping out the sheriff if they need help or you know, there's usually accidents.

We assist their CSOs and their patrol officers with stuff like that.

So we definitely will we definitely monitor those situations every week just to make sure that we're staying on top of it.

And I mentioned we monitor and replace signage, barricades, and other infrastructure, and then we ensure that the emergency life rings are in place and operational.

We brought an item to you guys probably about six months ago for the RA Foundation, and um they're still up and operational, and we're super excited about that.

The tides didn't didn't take them out yet, and we're gonna be continuing to monitor those and make sure that those are there for the community.

Uh conclusion, there's going to be traffic.

No matter what we do, there's going to be large amounts of traffic.

We spend considerable time planning this at a staff level before we head out for the weekend just to make sure that all of our bases are covered for the weekend, because we never know what's going to happen.

I mean, today was a Tuesday in the middle of the week and the temperature was just a little warm inland, and we had bumper to bumper traffic on Highway One.

So we know that it's going to be a crazy summer again.

It is every year, and then once the summer dies down, then it leads into September and October and pumpkin time, and we know basically for the next six months we're gonna be dealing with traffic.

Um with that, we do take the the beach stuff seriously.

Um another thing that we do is if we are expecting a large influx of visitors to Poplar Beach, sometimes we just park our dump truck out there, put a sign on some plywood that says put your trash here.

That way it's easier for us to haul the trash, just little things like that that tricks of the trade that we've picked up over the years just to make it easier to get stuff in and out of there and make sure that the areas are staying clean for everything.

Um we also are hopeful to have two new parking machines installed at Poplar, which are more modern and they'll have like tap to pay, app pay, stuff like that out.

You know, we're hopeful to have those in the middle of the summer.

I have a meeting with them tomorrow, but hopefully soon, so we'll have a more modern and robust parking solution out there so we can actually generate some revenue at Poplar as well.

And with that, happy to take any questions from the council if they have any.

Councilmember Negancast.

Thank you.

That helps uh uh helps me explain when you know uh my neighborhood uh parking uh is impacted to avoid uh ten dollars at the piece or I don't know what poplars going for now, but to avoid uh the parking they'll they'll park in the neighborhoods and you know it's it's parking.

But uh you mentioned you work coordinate with CHP.

I see CHP sometimes sitting on the side streets to catch people running stop signs on uh Kelly.

They do that for us.

So Kelly would be considered part of incorporated Hafoon Bay, so that would generally be our responsibility.

I've seen they may be trying to get an easy statistic.

I know there are some complaints about speeding on Kelly, so that's an issue.

I'm not saying that's a bad thing, it's usually running the stop signs there.

Okay, it's kind of awkward.

Sometimes the stop signs can be blocked by a large piece of equipment, but the bicycles can go, they don't stop.

Yeah, there were cars.

But it it's awkward on Kelly at times.

So I I appreciate the presence there because not just the speeding, but running the stop signs, and there's no formal walkways for folks.

So they're they're walking in the bike lane.

So it gets kind of crowded out there.

So uh trying to keep the vehicles at a controlled uh not only speed, but you know, playing by the rules and using the stop signs.

But I was kind of curious if how you guys all intermingle because the other, I would bring up, I noticed, you know, maybe Dale can help on this, is coordinating the timing of the signals.

And we have time of day, we know that there's certain, you know, during school, you want one to have a longer green or a shorter red, and then during uh weekends.

I don't know if we coordinate with Caltrans on the timing.

Is that something we do or they implement it in?

And if we do, or even if not, do we ever go out and provide police traffic control?

If we know something is really bad, do would we ever go out and just, all right, we're gonna control this intersection, or do we not we just let uh Caltrans in the CHP handle that?

So typically as long as the lights are functioning, we wouldn't go out and kind of take over traffic control because it can be confusing and and sometimes dangerous for snelly staff, but also our residents and visitors.

Um generally the time we would take it over would be if we have a uh power outage or something controlling the functioning of the lights, and then you know, our deputies are at liberty or their CHB officers at liberty to kind of use their discretion, especially if they see traffic backing up to get an extended kind of flow through there.

Right.

So would there be some we could as a city and maybe have uh police help too or the sheriffs about making sure our signals are timed correctly, especially on the weekends coming and going.

Yeah, absolutely.

And I think just anecdotally, we've noticed that since they've started the shop project, the signal timing has been a little off.

So that's something that we're definitely we can definitely look at before we get to, and maybe Dale's got it.

Yeah, um, I will just say uh the Caltrans shop team has been very responsive with regard to signal timing and um they've expressed that they'd be willing to work with us on on making adjustments if they're we're seeing issues.

Right, because I think this with the summer and they're still working.

I know they have it, and I don't know what they set them on, but if you can advise them, we know Saturday afternoon it's gonna be bad going north and east.

Uh Sunday, you know, late afternoon, Sunday morning, Saturday morning, Sunday morning coming west and uh south.

You know, none of those signals are ours, they're all Caltrans.

So it's kind of to try and get them to, you know, address our concerns, that would be really good.

I'll make a point to bring it up on our next OECD.

Yeah, especially with summer coming.

Thanks.

Councilmember Brownstone.

Well, summer traffic is certainly one of the hot issues that comes up every summer.

In fact, we have more people speaking to that during public forum after a weekend is over on a Tuesday, and people um expressing all their concerns.

Um I was thinking a couple of things.

Um, I wonder if we can leverage social media better uh in terms of one getting you know current updates to folks out there about what coastal traffic at the beach, you know, the beach report, and somehow get that out on popular social media um areas and say, yeah, yeah, it's pretty tough out there on the back of um 92, etc.

I think people appreciate that because you know they may or may not go on ways and see what it's like, but if there's a reliable current update, that would be great.

That's one social media opportunity.

Um we, you know, we have a full-time social media person now, and she's great.

And I remember um I think it was Colleen.

It was a prior uh handle of our social media.

She had a way of um tracking what was going on on some of the high school sites, because they'll immediately plan a party on a went Tuesday or Wednesday night.

You'll never know which neighborhoods they're gonna show up in.

And um it might make it easier for sheriffs to say, oh, yeah, we need to pop over there instead of yeah, it it could help.

The other thing is what is the most reliable number for folks to call on a hot summer beach night at 11 o'clock when the convergence happens, right?

Um, that they can get a you know, uh a response.

Because sometimes we right, we gotten feedback while I tried calling, but there was nobody there.

Yeah.

So if we can kind of get something reliable, you know, um, I think that would also help get you the most reliable in-the-minute information.

Wow, I just saw 30 cars park around the corner, and kids are you know, old folks are carrying coolers and stuff, um, just to get a heads up.

Sure, just to address that, the the most reliable number would be the 650-363-4911.

I wouldn't call any of the stations.

Uh that time of night it's um kind of hit or miss to catch somebody at a station.

Um, but that goes to our sheriff's dispatch, and especially if uh a group is massing and um, especially underage kids consuming alcohol, that's something we want to be made aware of so we can address it immediately before things kind of get out of control.

So that would be the most reliable number and the way to get right to dispatch.

You said 363 4911.

Yes, ma'am.

And then um, you know, Matthew, yeah, if we can just keep that every weekend, you know.

Uh, hey, summer beach report, this is where you can call, let us know, you know, the sheriffs will be out patrolling, etc.

Um, and I think that way we can just have a consistent yeah, way to keep sheriffs up to date for people to feel that we're on it whenever we can.

And some things, yeah, if it's 10 degrees where people just need to know.

And if you don't want people parking in front of your house and get your cars out of the dry out of your garages, park them in front of your house.

So um sometimes it's just some simple things we can recommend to folks.

Thank you.

And just to address the social media, uh, actually some messaging did go out today from the sheriff's office in partnership with the city of Halfham Bay, which was really well done.

And that was in partnership with our PIO, Gretchen Spiker as well as uh Marty Jose from the city.

So uh they already have formed a good working relationship, and I anticipate that would continue over the summer.

So and your responsiveness has always actually been really great once we get the info over to you.

So I really appreciate that and make sure all our um beach vehicles will be working.

Okay, great.

Thanks.

Anybody else?

Uh yeah, yeah, the only thing I've got a couple uh people that were um hit me on the text, and I think Paul, you were also on that too.

It's about the trash, and they showed pictures and it was pretty bad.

I want to make sure that we stay on top of that, and it was up the popular beach.

You remember that photo?

And then it was about glass on the trail.

Now, who's like I'll just give you the example where I live at Castle Del Mar, and that between the bridge and going, you know, uh north, the trail.

Um, to there was talking about broken glass.

Who maintains that?

Is that the uh the rangers or is that us?

Yeah, it's the state.

So anything realistically north from Francis North is kind of maintained by the state.

So state parks.

So the other thing was the fences between the pathway and the where the horse trail was it's broken.

Most of it's broken down, and I look at that as protection when the horses are and Willow's horses are running down that area.

They're all broken, so is that something we can talk about later?

And because I'm looking at the safety and it doesn't look good, the woods down on the ground, and they're eventually gonna drag it and light it on fire down at the beach.

That's what I yeah.

I mean, they're probably gonna drag it down to the beach anyways.

I wasn't aware that it was broken.

I was actually out there on the bluff top today removing some old sign poles that were brought to our attention, and I just should have turned my head to the left.

Oh, on the state beach, yes.

State trail, okay.

It's on the state side, it's between Jimmy Benjamin's house and all the way to the first beach there.

It's all done.

Yeah, we'll definitely let the state know that it's an issue and hopefully they can address it.

I know we're talking about split rail on Poplar, my apologies.

And then on the horse safety, because I've done that trail with Willow and a whole group of people, and I got my feeling of so there was a safety concern that she had when you go down to the beach and she we talked about it.

She I said put some signs up cones, say the horses go between this zone and this zone because I did the ride and I know exactly where they go and they come back.

And is the sheriff you're aware of this and you know how that works.

So do we have that in place?

Do we feel it's safe for them?

Because I look at dogs, horses, people, safety.

What area are we talking about here?

Like on the bluff top area or actually down on the beach itself.

They go down to the beach.

There's this little through the slot.

Yeah, we call it the slot, yeah.

Right.

And then at that point, they go a certain distance and they turn back around and they go back up the slot.

I'm not aware of ever putting cones or any sort of delineation out on the beach itself.

I'm not sure if that's even acceptable from the Coastal Commission.

We'd have to look into that, but we've done an idea that Willa had that he talked to you about, and I don't know if it ever came about.

Yeah, I don't I don't recall that.

But it's certainly some we can look at, and I think the the bigger issue is was mentioned, making sure that we have the ability.

The sheriff's office has the ability to get on the beach and do enforcement, which um our chief has been doing a great job of.

If you want to give an update on that and remind people that we do enforce.

And that was part of the thing was because the Polaris was broken and there wasn't any track marks on the beach.

So we knew that the sheriff wasn't patrolling, and these are the things that people are feeding me.

I'm not putting blame game here, but it was obvious the tracks weren't there, and we knew that the machine was down.

So now you're saying it's up and running, and the patrols will start again.

Absolutely.

So just in the last week and a half or so, we have gotten the Polaris back fully healthy.

If you were uh we've had to send it back a number of times for maintenance issues and overheating.

Uh that is up and running now.

We've done two patrols this last uh week, and we'll continue to probably at that same pace, uh, continue to patrol as well.

Um it is a staffing issue.

Um sending two deputies out on the beach for a number of hours to do that.

But um it is an important issue to us, and we know it's an important issue to our residents, uh, and we are enforcing uh the dogs off-leash.

Um requirement.

With that said, can you get out to Willow and talk to her about that at the ranch?

What is it?

Seahorse ranch, is that what it is?

Okay, I am.

Yeah, we had a great conversation uh two weeks, maybe three weeks ago.

And I explained to her the exact situation.

I let her know actually that the Polaris was back in service.

Okay, and I'll continue to give her updates.

Okay, perfect.

I appreciate it.

Um that was it.

I covered all my thank you.

Okay, um, I have no uh speaker slips on this item.

Is there anyone who wants to address this item in the room?

I don't see any anybody online.

Seeing none, um so we're just receiving this item.

You've asked a lot of good questions, and we've had some good answers, so we're gonna move on.

Thank you very much.

The next item is 11B, the capital improvement program update.

One more button.

There we go.

Good evening again, Madam Mayor, members of the council.

Um, Daleita, interim city engineer.

Um, tonight we're gonna be presenting an update on the capital improvement program.

Um, we're just hoping to get some feedback from council on potential projects to add to the CIP this coming fiscal year.

Um first, really quick.

What is a CIP or capital improvement program?

So this is effectively a planning tool that the city uses to identify capital projects um or plans that public works wants to implement to improve the community.

Um it helps with scheduling staffing efforts and also um how we're gonna fund projects and helps us to prioritize prioritize our projects.

Um currently we're looking at about 90 million dollars in value within our CIP.

Um that includes 26 returning projects from last year and seven new projects that um are included in staff report and are listed here, as well as two revisions to existing projects.

Um, really quickly, just some of the four projects we completed over this year are expected to be complete this year.

Um Carter Park, the last piece that we're that is finished up at this point is the um the lighting at the stairs.

So that work's been completed and signed off, and we're expecting to bring a notice of completion to council in the very near future.

Um we also completed our solar and HVAC projects at City Hall and the sheriff's substation.

Um, our 2526 pavement management project and our leader park and our climate adaptation plan.

Um I've listed the projects here, and there's a description in the staff report.

If there's any specific ones that uh council would like to go over, I'm happy to discuss.

Uh the new projects are based on uh priority priority setting from council back in March, as well as kind of previous efforts from staff and and our judgment on you know future projects we need to be focused on.

Um yeah, so first a couple of formatting changes I want to mention with the CIP.

Um this year we're looking at revising from in past years we've had both a one-year and five-year CIP project list, which is a little, it's been a little bit confusing, and if you compare the two, they're almost identical lists.

Um we're trying to simplify things, so with this year's CIP, we're shrinking it down to a three-year, just a single project list.

Uh, we think this is uh makes more sense.

It's more it's simpler, it's more transparent, and is just um more realistic for you know focusing our efforts in the very near term.

Um we're also adjusting um how we're how we're listing projects and organizing.

In the past, um, our project list has been organized based on funding, which doesn't work very well in Half Moon Bay because the bulk of our CIP is funded through grants, which are usually one time lump sum um funds.

Um over 80% of our capital improvement program is funded through grants, um, and so revising our project list to be expense-based effectively ties our CIP to the to the staff effort that's needed.

Um, if we're spending money, that means we're spending staff time.

Um, based on our array of projects that we're working on, um, we estimate that a single full-time engineer within public works could manage effectively around 10 million dollars in projects in a fiscal year.

Um you will note in the project list, we're currently have it structured so that uh we're targeting around 20 million dollars in capital projects year to year.

Um currently we have I would say roughly the equivalent of one full-time staff working on capital improvement projects.

So as the list is portrayed currently, it's it's optimistic with the assumption that we would be able to get another, get some more support staff this year.

Um given where we're at with limited staffing and funding.

We um and there's been past discussion about how we prioritize projects with this year's CIP.

We wanted to flesh that out a little bit more.

Um, and we really are prioritizing projects um that are that are first and foremost public safety projects, projects that are fully funded and and um effectively ready for construction.

Um this year, so uh we have a tentative list of kind of our funding requests from our different city funds.

Uh this year our general fund request is six hundred and twenty thousand dollars compared to last year's.

I think was around a million dollars, and the year before was two million dollars.

So um within our CAP we're being sensitive to um budget issues here in town and trying to be very conscientious about which projects we're we're allocating funding towards.

Um I have a list of our of all of our projects as proposed, and I'm happy to take any questions on project status, any of the new projects, whatever whatever council would like to discuss.

Really well done staff report.

Uh really like the new formatting.

I think it all makes a lot of sense.

And uh thank you for the brief um presentation.

Um would like to begin with questions, clarifying questions or comments.

Councilmember Nagencast.

I like the three years, makes more sense.

I've done one to five years forever.

Five years never happened half the time.

So I like the approach to this three years.

I think that's a more realistic practical approach.

Um just a couple of things I want to add.

If uh we just approved 555 Kelly, so now I'm gonna tell you every chance I get.

Safety improvements done out there.

And I noticed on the project, Highway One Kelly's $7 million to remove uh pork chops or those raised medians.

I don't to me, the $7 million is whatever the ultimate grand scheme is supposed to be there, but it won't cost seven million to remove the raised medians, in my opinion.

Maybe prices have gone up since I did the ones on the west side, but if any chance we get to do it, I fascinating to me.

The reason why the they're there is so they press a button to walk the street.

They can't put the button on the other side because then they'd have to put another uh pedestrian head.

They went through all this, but I wish you know I wish they would have done something, but now I'm gonna be back on this.

I I had brought this up previously to do improvements there.

I and now sitting on the council, I'm gonna push us to try and do the improvements there along with a sidewalk from uh Kelly to 92 on the west side, just there.

And now that we've also done uh CLT's done their project and promoting parking there, I really believe we need to improve the intersection of Redondo Beach Road and Highway One sooner than later because we've opened it up for parking, and I just not comfortable having left turn movements without protected pockets there.

But so I'm gonna be on your council be pushing, be pushing those.

You know, and also I just quickly too I noticed the WaveCrest Water Main project.

We're we're we're asking for 500,000, 400, once about 100 there, and this is to get water there, so we can somebody else will help, or hopefully there's some grant monies maybe to help us do some more improvements there.

So that's been the whole push.

Because I want to make sure who's ever, you know, we talk about grants a lot, but the two data points I have is Carter Park and Poplar, and we've been way off on our construction estimates on those, and not only for the full project, but we've had to only do portion of Poplar and had to come back and ask for more monies from general fund or some other monies for that.

So hopefully we've improved our ability to um uh come up with construction estimates to be more realistic, you know, for a project.

So I just I think you know, we've talked about this before, but I just want you know us to as a community to understand that that if we do rely on grants, we have to make sure that we're telling ourselves what that cost is, so we're not dipping in.

You know, we've had to go after some other monies to finish Carter and Poplar, which then takes away from other projects because I know also Magnolia Park is something that I'd like to see uh and I I see it's on there, but you know that's another one I will be you know pushing there.

But I again I admire I like the three-year is more realistic approach, you know, for the council for us to you know have projects completed.

So those are my comments, um, just regarding the the various so Kelly Avenue at Highway One, um Redondo Beach Road, as well as the I guess pedestrian access along the highway.

Um, all three of those components are are being looked at as part of our Highway One Access and Mobility Study, which we're currently working on.

We had our community engagement in um a couple weeks ago to get initial public input.

Um we're gonna have another follow-up engagement with um, and and there's been a there's been a robust um existing conditions analysis for for the entire corridor between 92 and Marmontes Point Road.

So um we're our next engagement is gonna be in July.

Um we'll start presenting conceptual kind of improvements looking at each of those intersections.

I actually just got some today from our consultant team.

Um, and so that'll that'll set us up really well to move forward once once that um access and mobility study is complete that will help um that'll be a very strong asset for us moving forward and being competitive on on a future.

I think we do components of something.

And you don't have to to me wait because it's still 20 years later and we haven't finished that intersection.

So I'd rather we do pieces of it at least.

But thanks.

Thank you.

Go ahead, Councilmember Rensdale.

Yeah, I just want to follow up on Councilmember Negan guests.

Um concerns about um the pork chops and Caltrans.

So a couple of times we have put it on to have an agenda meeting with have Caltrans come back.

So I think if we can expedite when I say expedite something in the next couple of months, get Caltrans back here.

Talk to them with the public here, the full council, and really try and understand what the heck is going on when it's such an important public safety issue for us.

And um it's been a source of frustration because we thought it was done at one point and then two weeks before we remember that whole cancellation.

So um unless we're a squeaky, if we're a squeaky wheel, I think we might just have a better chance at getting some feedback from them.

So I'd be happy to help set that up.

I just want to pile on to the the Kellyan one a little bit.

So a good job there's a couple of good justifications for revisiting this.

I mean, besides, you know, just general public safety, it's safe routes to school, and it's also a coastal access, right?

So there's a state interest here on those items as well.

So um we want to hammer them on that.

We want to get um, you know, the safe roots to school people involved in uh lobbying.

Um but I think I think there's a good reason to revisit so we're supervisor, yes.

Earliest opportunity to you know to get them back, and uh council member Johnson, you know I agree with what we're talking about.

First of all, the pork chops.

I don't want to beat that pork chop up anymore.

I just and I can't believe that we actually just went on they went and fixed it and re-paved it, and I'm like, what the hell?

We're trying to finish this and do it right, and they went and redid it.

Um on a different topic on the main street banner program, parking study and the wayfinding elements.

I keep bringing this up that oh, I know this is a little piddly crap.

This one thing that I want to do the the historic sign over by Cameron's and the one over by um Minidas's property that we don't know who owns it, it's fallen apart.

Caltrans actually hit it and broke it and fell down.

They are this goes back years.

There's some history on that.

I would like to get that on the agenda so that we can either include that with the wayfinding because it's signage.

I'm not sure if we can straighten the polls up, make our town look good again, and get that sign, those two signs done.

I don't know if that is is in the scope, but that was what I thought was, but it I don't think it is.

So I'd like to try to get that in there.

So currently the uh downtown streetscape implementation CIP project includes that was originally looking at wayfinding, and uh if you recall as we started it, was looking at an archway over over main street at highway 92.

Um last year when we we decided to stop moving forward with the archway project.

We we held I think it was around 51 or 52,000 in reserve from that to move forward with potential wayfinding projects.

Um and at that time it was supposed to be a collaboration with I think uh downtown businesses.

Um we started focusing on the banner program more recently, and then we heard um a request for uh traffic study down main street, and and so all these projects um come back from the downtown streetscape master plan, and so those are all effectively included within that that CIP project.

So that there is a funding request to bolster those funds specifically for um whether it's wayfinding or a kiosk downtown as well as implementing the banner program, um, and those can also be pulled out of separate CIP projects if that's preferred.

But um currently, as as they're in here, they're bundled all together because they're they're they're kind of come coming from the same source material.

And I'll just confirm when we think of wayfinding, we're including those two signs that you just described, as well as the sign on the keep near Hand property, um, which I met with them in a little bit.

I didn't I didn't couldn't do the last meeting, and we do have some ideas, and that's the one we got this the measure K funding for 25,000.

And so we've got some ideas for that, but we also know that Keaton Airhand's moving forward with the hilltop and the 25 units, and I'm talking with Keith about that, so we need to kind of plan together because he has to do a sound wall.

And so right there where that sign is, is right where the sound wall is going to be.

So he's moving forward on his project, and we want to try to make sure that we move forward together.

Yeah, I think there is a plan for a new sign location within the site plan for his project.

It's a little bit further east of where the existing sign is.

So I just have one addition.

I think it makes sense.

We had Chad Hooker here a month or two ago, you know, talking about the parklet next to City Hall, and that there's a lot of in-kind contribution available and potential, you know, fundraisers to help pay for it.

It would be somewhat insignificant city role, as far as I understand that I might be wrong about that, mainly around you know permitting, I guess.

That would involve, I guess, closing off access to Main Street from City Hall, and um designing a little parklet, perhaps moving the bell to the library or at another location.

But I think since there's so much community interest, just like there was on the garden project at the library by the um the Asia Foundation.

Um I'd like to help facilitate those kinds of projects where there's a lot of community interest and skin in the game.

So I'd like us to look more deeply at that.

Um it has a lot of fans, a lot of um people with means want to help.

So I I'd like to make sure that we get that, you know, on the plan, at least to consider when we're doing our budget.

Mayor, can I add to that?

Yeah.

Um, so I taught I had a meeting with Fernando, who's part of the IDS hall, and he is doing the sister city for the Portuguese.

It's forget I forgot the name where he's talking about, but it's a surf city in Portugal, just like Half Hoom Bay.

He looked at the parklet, we walked it, and I actually walked it with Matthew also.

He wants to do some kind of layout where the Portuguese tiling where that area is right by Nano's is some kind of structure.

It's all it's it's in the ground.

He even indicated, and this is what he does for a living.

He this is he does big construction like this, and he looked at our the way that our drainage was.

He goes, I could work with that, I could do this.

He knows what he's doing.

He really wants to put some uh money and time into that area, so we would need to definitely want to make sure if when we move forward on that to incorporate this, so that's another sister city thing that we could do.

Okay, um, I don't have any um speaker slips on this, and it doesn't look like there's much in the way of public here in any case.

Uh is there anyone online who would like to address the um capital improvements plan seeing no hands raised.

Sure, thank you.

I I meant to bring this up earlier.

The um I noticed there's a proposal to work with the corp yard of phase two, about two hundred thousand.

Is that just a continuation of a master plan we had, or is this something else that's showing up?

So there was a there was a master plan for the yard uh which included I guess the fencing and the and the new road and uh the current existing enclosure in the in the middle area.

Um there was a there was a phase two component of that plan which was entitled we had it was included in our coastal development permit um for a for a structure.

Is it seven thousand?

I think it was around seven thousand square foot, you know, nine thousand square foot structure uh for storage of equipment and materials.

Um as that plan was originally laid out, I was located on the on the west side of kind of the yard closer to uh closer to the creek, I should say.

Um that plan's also a little bit outdated.

I think the the use of the yards changed a little bit.

These funds would be kind of an initial allocation for for for planning implementation of a future project, um whether it's at that load whether it's uh a storage structure at that location or somewhere else on the site that would require an amendment um we're not proposing to do any um work for this fiscal year this is just uh starting to accrue funds to move forward with the project right would would that include possibility of putting those solar arrays on a building instead because I see the ground mounts and they take up kind of a nice area of the yard maybe I mean I don't know what the plan would be but maybe reconsider something.

Absolutely yeah and then the other thing is there's I think we talked one time there's work proposed at City Hall some improvements.

So the the city hall piece was we we've been exploring could we reconfigure city hall now that we've consolidated all of our non-recreation and non public works yard staff into city hall to you know improve seating spacing security all those things um there's no item in this CIP it's not funded to actually move forward with it so if if we think it's something we want to bring back we'll we'll bring that back separately okay thank you.

I just want to point out I really like the the idea of the cap you know the neighborhood improvement plans I think that's a really sweet idea I like that um I want to address the library doors um you know it seems to me that that's an opportunity for a sponsorship to actually you know pick up the cost of the door and maybe we acknowledge the contribution and the vicinity of the door you know I can't imagine there isn't somebody with the means that would love to have their name on the door of that beautiful library and it seems to me we ought to you know look at that as an opportunity first you know maybe it's rotary again I don't know but somebody who loves libraries and you know the metaphor of the door opening and your mind opening and all that good stuff.

Yeah and and we still have you know an approved donor policy in place and the library the friends of the Halfham Bay Library remain a very solid partner and active so we can we can do some work with them and the library staff and see if we can't get the word out and see if there's that opportunity.

The call for sponsors for the library door a new library door and then go that route first and then see what turns up sounds good.

Can we use our social media?

Absolutely and and just I want to ask again the biggest project the city's ever gonna do to date now that can change and and especially the cost probably asphalt but are we still on track to do the highway I call it the um the old school guy terror signal but the highway one north safety and operations project.

So the Highway One North Safety and Operations Project we were awarded a uh 11.5 million dollar grant last year from from the TA to help bolster our funding shortage um one and a half million dollars from that grant is actually come from coming from the TA's uh California Transportation Commission programming and there's some there's been some snags in in getting those funds um obligated um and so we're working through that now with the TA and with CTC um currently those it's looking like we're not going to be able to add unless we want to forfeit those funds we wouldn't be able to advertise um likely until December at the earliest of this year and this is given CTC schedule and some of the steps that are required in order to secure those funds.

That being said we are working we're still working through final design comments from Caltrans.

We're actually expecting to resubmit plans um this week um responding to the last round of 100% comments from um from their team.

So we're we're still working through and addressing comments.

But okay, I'm gonna call it now.

We're gonna move on.

Thank you very much.

I love this job.

Okay, so we're moving on to item 11C, sewer Authority and Midcoast side revised fiscal year operations budget.

Thank you very much for a wonderful presentation, Dale.

And Todd.

I don't know how to do that.

Nobody's ever trained me on this.

Yeah, just do it like that.

It's easy.

Okay.

Okay.

Um next item tonight is presenting the Sewer Authority Midcoast Um 26-27 operations and maintenance budget.

Um tonight we're looking for a resolution approving Sam's budget.

Um quick background.

Um provides sewer service to City of Half Moon Bay, Granada Community Services District, and Monterra uh Sanitation District.

Um and this is specifically talking about what it costs to treat flows at the plant.

Um based on our JPA, um the cost sharing between the three agencies is based on flows from the prior year.

Um so for fiscal year 2627, half moon base um flows from last year will be used for our share.

So currently um our share from last year we're at 61% of the total cost of treatment at the plant.

Um, how do we measure flows?

Uh the best way to measure flows is through through pump stations with controlled metering.

Umterra and El Granada both have a series of pump stations that they use and to measure flows and subtract kind of upstream flows from.

And Half Moon Bay, we have our own flow metering, but because most of our system is is gravity to the plant.

Um, we're kind of the last ones into the plant, and so we're effectively left with the remaining flows once once El Granada and Monterra have kind of gauged what their flows are.

Now during dry weather conditions, this is this works fine.

It's very accurate.

During wet weather conditions, there's been some debate over how flows commingle kind of at the intake to the plant and and whether the meters are still accurate at that point in time.

Um that's something we've been looking at trying to study and and and better that out.

Um just a quick kind of summary of existing or or prior year flows.

So over the last five year five years, half moon base contribution has hovered between 59% and 61%.

So we're at for last year's flows, it's very consistent with prior years.

Um this year's operation and maintenance budget uh is 11.5 million dollars, and that's a 1.5 million dollar increase from last year.

That's the total Sam operating and maintenance budget, of which half food base contribution would be about seven million dollars.

That's a one million dollar increase from last year.

Um the 1.5 million dollar increase for Sam's overall budget.

There's there's three primary components to this.

Um around 264,000 is going to um pensions, wages, and and employee benefits.

Um there's 400,000, which is allocated towards anticipated repairs at the plant.

This is a new um item within their budget that hasn't been previously included, but they've looked at the last several years, and they're generally spending between 400 and 450,000 a year on unexpected repairs if a pump fails, and they need to quickly repair it.

Um so they're being proactive this year and incorporating this into their budget up front.

Um the biggest chunk of the increase is coming from their capital projects.

Um, that's $605,000.

And um the elephant in the room really from Sam's capital program is is the Monterra Force main replacement project.

This is a two and a half uh mile pipeline force main replacement between Moss Beach and El Granada.

Um they're replacing an existing 12-inch ductile iron pipe with HDPE pipe.

Um the real kind of worry or concern with this project is is the ultimate cost for construction, which um currently the alloc there was a three million dollar allocation last year towards Sam's uh funding this project, and this year's allocation is four and a quarter million.

There's gonna be another allocation next year, but this is all based on a 2023 construction cost estimate at 10 million dollars.

So you know, given where other costs have gone since 2023, we're anticipating at this point that the final cost estimate is gonna be you know notably higher than 10 million.

Um and we're expecting and we won't be getting a final cost estimate from the contractor until the last I've heard was the end of June.

So it'd be after budget approval.

Um we're not helpless on our end.

Um city staff we're still trying to do what we can to help improve um and reduce costs.

We know this is gonna be a significant impact.

Um, planning for a future rate study, um, which um we haven't started yet, but it's gonna be we're gonna be starting very soon in addition, which is gonna be needed.

Um, and in addition to that, we're we're continuing an ongoing effort with studying our infiltration and inflow.

Um this is looking at where storm water um leaks into our system and ends up as treated water.

We estimate about 10% of the total treated flow at the plant is I and I flow, and so anything we could do to help, whether it's replacing leaky pipes or sealing manholes, these things all add up to help lower that I and I flow and reduce cost to rate payers.

Um that's it.

Council members, any clarifying questions or motions?

Um I move that we adopt a resolution approving the sewer authority midcoast general operations and maintenance budget for FY2026 through 27.

Is there a second?

Okay, let's see if there's public comment here.

I have no speaker slips.

Is there anybody in the audience who would like to address the item of the sewer authority operating budget?

Seeing none, is there anyone online who would like to address the sewer authority mid coast side operating budget?

Seeing none, I will bring it back and uh ask for a roll call vote.

Councilmember Brownstone?

Yes.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Councilmember Nagengast?

Yes.

Mayor Raddock.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Uh moving on to a item item 11D, Half Moon Bay Sewer Collection Services budget and system maintenance agreement with sewer authority mid coast side.

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Uh so this is a separate agreement between the city of Half Hoom Bay and Sewer Authority Midcoast.

Um, this is for maintenance or this is for cleaning of this of the city's uh infrastructure, our pipe system that that we own and maintain throughout Half Moon Bay.

Um so tonight we're asking for a resolution to approve the the budget for next year of 960,000 dollars, of which uh city shares 331,000, and also to amend our our cleaning contract with Sam.

Um we have about City of Hafoom Bay has about 35 miles of sewer main in Force Main.

Compared to our other districts, I think El Granada has about 35 also.

Um, and Monterra has I think 20 around 24.

Um we also have three lift stations.

Um, I think Monterre has maybe 13 lift stations, um, so a little little bit different in sewer districts.

Um, this contract includes uh cleaning our mains.

So every year we we look to clean at least 50% of our mains.

Um, usually it ends up a little bit higher.

We have several areas that that warrant more frequent cleaning.

Um and then the SAM crew also responds to sewer overflows.

Um, they're on a 24-7 kind of notice, and they're very they've been very good about responding in the past.

Um, and then also inspection and maintenance of our pump stations.

Um this year's increase is roughly 40 percent from last year.

So from last year's 233,000 dollars.

Um, and that increase and and the total cost of collections is I think around 90 percent of it is is really staff staff costs.

So it's almost entirely um pension wages and benefits for staff.

Um compared to prior years, half Moon Bay's uh percentage has gone up a little bit, and you'll notice Al Granadas has as well relative to Montara.

That's because Monterra, with this next fiscal year, they've opted to remove several pump stations from their from their cleaning schedule.

And uh, any questions.

Councilmember Nagengast.

One question.

Um the rate study.

So we're gonna we're doing it this year.

Yes, I'll jump in on this.

Um yeah, we're working with uh one of our consultants to get the ball rolling.

Um we really want to have it resolved before the end of this coming fiscal year.

Right.

Um, you know, as we know now that the lawsuit is behind us and we know that we're on the hook for the costs related to the Montara Sewerman project.

We need to take a look and make sure our rates are appropriate going forward, and they can cover the cost of all those things because it is the ratepayers that pay for this work.

Right.

So I saw a million the previous item and then uh four forty percent or thirty or forty percent increase on this one.

We have sufficient funds to get us through this year, correct?

This year, and and really that's it.

Um, if we get into the following fiscal year, we will.

So that's why we're doing the rate.

Absolutely.

Okay, thank you.

Councilmember Brownstone?

Oh, oh, go ahead.

Yeah, I move that we adopt a resolution approving the FY 2026-27 sewer authority, Miss Midcoastside contract collection services budget of 912,935, and the total participating agency revenue requirement of 960,622 included as exhibit eight of this resolution, of which this of which the city's share of 331,415 dollars, and two authorizing the city manager to execute amendment number nine to the sewer collection system maintenance professional services agreement with Sam establishing the FY2026-27 annual cost for the city share at $331,415 and extending the agreement for one additional year through June 30th, 2027.

Do I have a second?

I second it.

Um I don't have any speaker slips in this item.

I don't see anybody eager to address it.

Is there anyone online who would like to talk about the collections budget?

Seeing no hands raised.

Um, unless there's any further discussion, I'll ask for a roll call.

He's seconded.

Oh, okay.

Sorry.

Yeah.

Councilmember Brownstone?

Yes.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Councilmember Nagangas?

Yes.

Mayor Raddock.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you for for good presentations on those items.

Okay, so now we're moving on to item 11E, which is purchase of a new cat, 249 D3 compact track loader.

It is definitely public works night at City Council tonight.

In honor of Public Works Week, I am back again to spend a little more time with you this evening.

You're good.

That's the one, right?

When Todd disappeared, I half thought he was gonna roll in on this tractor.

We tried to coordinate it and it didn't work out.

My apologies.

Uh good evening, mayor and council.

I am again, Todd Seeley.

That hasn't changed.

I'm here to speak with you this evening about the purchase of a 2026 Caterpillar 249 D3 compact trackloader.

Why is this equipment needed?

The city currently does not own a compact trackloader, which is a valuable and nimble piece of construction equipment.

Uh, the addition of Carter Park to the city's maintenance responsibilities has left the city without any equipment, able to access the bottom of the park.

With some redesigning after construction had already begun.

We had to kind of shift some of the grades and the ramp configuration around and simply put, we just don't have any vehicles.

Even the pool vehicle won't fit down there.

So we do not have any vehicles that can fit down there currently.

Contractors obviously do, but we'd like to avoid that if at all possible.

The purchase was considered during uh the FY26 budget cycle, but was omitted due to fiscal constraints.

Currently, funding is available due to careful fund management uh in the emergency preparedness uh fund and also an unfilled position in that same fund.

Some of the benefits of this piece of equipment.

The purchase would give the city a versatile tool that can be used in many different applications.

High flow hydraulics allow for uh multiple separate attachments.

I'm kind of gonna go through those later, but show you some pictures of them.

Augers, sweepers, uh braking hammer, brush clear, all stuff that we could use for different jobs throughout the city.

So um sidewalk replacement if we wanted to replace a small a couple flags of concrete.

This this one piece of equipment could essentially come in, break it up, scoop it up in the bucket, get it all out of there, and then we just form the concrete and pour it back up.

We could be out of there in a couple days.

It's it's a very, it's a very useful piece of equipment, and it's quite small, compact, and it it's easily maneuverable for for our uh maintenance uh folks to use.

Source well pricing is uh how we're proposing to purchase this.

This is uh a government uh it's not a government agency, it's uh it's a cooperative that kind of just works with various government agencies just to ensure the best pricing is available to government agencies.

Um it's a it's an industry standard kind of thing.

Um, when we started this discussion with uh Caterpillar, this is kind of the option that they mentioned would be the lowest and best price that we could even get from them.

So it was kind of a no-brainer looking at that.

As I mentioned earlier, when we did put in the ramp at Carter Park, the pictures don't really do it justice about how sharp that turn is.

Uh if you're looking at the second picture, the picture on the right, there's a big concrete retaining wall back over there that kind of prevents any vehicle from turning.

This uh compact trackloader could come in there, make that turn, no problem.

Probably wouldn't even have to raise the bucket up.

We can probably do it just in the normal configuration.

If not, all we would have to do is just raise the bucket up to clear that the railing part in the center, and then we'd be good to go.

Uh as I mentioned earlier, the Carter Park was originally designed to allow for vehicular access.

Uh ADA requirements kind of force design changes in the middle of the project.

So unfortunately, currently we don't have that uh that access down there.

Uh the potential for flooding at the park is real and exists.

Um, and we don't have a single piece of equipment that can get down there.

I mean, just looking at even some minor flooding with some just a little bit of debris, we would be able to take care of this completely with just this one piece of equipment.

We wouldn't have to contract anything out, we wouldn't have to pay absorbing it uh emergency response fees from the contractors because they do charge more when there's an emergency.

We've seen it time and time again.

So just this one little piece of equipment would be able to help us deal with all of the any unforeseen emergencies down there in a in a reasonable manner.

This is kind of um, this is actually the picture on the right working in front of the house.

That's the exact model that we're looking at.

It's an enclosed cab, so it's safe for the operators.

Uh we will go look at the brush clear.

We have had issues before with open cabs, and when we're clearing brush wasps have stung operators before, so we're kind of gravitated towards the enclosed cab approach uh when we're looking at new equipment just for the safety of our staff uh for a small nominal cost that we we feel that it's a no-brainer.

And some of the attachments uh that are available, we got an auger, we got a sweeping attachment, which is great for doing little sweeping jobs, keeping the yard clean if we had to you know sweep up after a job site, just thinking outside the lines or outside the box if a contractor left something unsatisfactory instead of getting them out there, we could just go up there and sweep it up ourselves and charge them back.

And uh the last attachment, the little the little picture that you shown, that's um a brush clearer.

So typically we do our mowing with our big John Deere tractor, but we could get into smaller spaces with this.

It's kind of just like a pancake flail mower for lack of a better term, and it just allows us to clear brush in in different areas.

Um and especially since the footprint of this-the skid steer, the compact track loader is a much smaller.

We can get into tighter spaces and do more work in in spaces like that if we had to.

And with that, I am more than willing to take any questions from the council.

Council member Brown's dump.

Yes, thank you.

Um I'm also thinking in terms of uh emergency situations, you know, flooding, debris, fire stuff.

Um, give you some more exam.

Because you know, you don't want to wait till the emergency, then we have to go out and try and rent some equipment to get out of situations.

Um but in what other applications can this be used?

Sure, just in the last really two emergency situations that we've had to contract out work for.

There was um a row of trees that came down before Stone Pine Cove was built, and the two pieces of equipment that were brought out were a skid steer and a mini excavator just to clear the debris out of there once it had been cut up.

So I know that there was a tree down in front of near the mayor's house this last winter.

Something like that.

That's a piece of equipment we would bring out there.

If we can't get it cleared, it can help us push the debris to the side, get our roadways open, make it passable for fire, make it passable for police, stuff like that.

And then Oak Park when Oak Park flooded, for sure.

This piece of equipment would have been great.

We when all the silt was kind of on the park area, it was our backhoe that we had parked out front is way too heavy.

We would never be able to get it in there, it would just sink in all that sill.

This thing is tracked and it's light enough that we can we can get it into smaller spaces or spaces that are more delicate like that, clear the debris, get it out of there, get it in a dump truck, and then get it hauled off.

Those are the last two instances that are coming to my mind where we've had to contract out, and both times a skid steer was used for for the for the emergency response for those.

Does it come with attachments?

Kind of like a vacuum cleaner, you know, like a shovel or maybe some things like a like a grill or you know, just things you can attach to it to do different things.

Unfortunately, it it comes with a bucket.

So it comes with a loader bucket, that's the primary attachment that it comes with.

Um we're all aware of the fiscal constraints that we're dealing with, and we could have spec'd out the sun, the moon, and the stars on this, but we wanted to make it as reasonable and as palatable as possible, just because you know a decent attachment for that thing is probably starting at $10,000.

Well, I would at least get we can add stuff later, yes.

So, this this piece of equipment is spec'd out with high-flow hydraulics, so this will power anything that caterpillar makes.

Plus, a lot of aftermarket companies make attachments for stuff like this, too.

So the hydraulic system is already there.

We can push the hydraulics to get the thing spinning when budget stabilizes a little bit, and we have more, and we've identified a clear use for attachments because we don't want to just go spending money willy-nilly on attachments and not have a clear identified use for it.

But as long as it will accommodate a technique, absolutely.

That is one of the benefits of a skid steer.

Uh, we call them skid steers, compact trackloader is the the interchangeability of the attachments.

A back hoe is a backhoe is a back hoe, it's a hoe on the back and a bucket on the front.

There are a little bit of wiggle room there, but uh a skid steer really earns really shines when you're doing jobs with multiple attachments on it.

So, like example, like I mentioned if we had to change out, say 10 flags of concrete, you get your trailer, load up your skid steer, you have a breaker, you have your bucket on there, and then you go in there, you break it out, change out, change out that attachment to the bucket and get all the spoils out of there, and then you're ready to start forming up, and then you can pour soon after that.

So just that one piece of equipment has the maneuverability to do all that.

It's a multi-tool.

It definitely is.

I like that.

Yeah.

So uh, you went through source well, which is good because uh that they provide uh better prices to government agents, better price because that's they focus on that which we had something else, but the same type of you know.

Did you look at used equipment versus a new one, and just explain that a little bit?

I did not look at used equipment.

I mean, used equipment is a viable thing.

This piece of equipment, because of the hydraulics alone, is why we did not look at going used.

Hydraulics and hydraulic issues can be hidden well.

Basically, it's a big pump that pushes hydraulic fluid through two hoses, one you know, return, and it would be very easy to hide that for a short period of time for an unscrupulous person trying to sell that to us, and then would be stuck with a 30,000 dollar repair on a piece of used equipment right off the bat.

Um generally speaking, we would prefer to buy new equipment if at all possible.

Vehicles are a little bit different.

There is a little bit of wiggle room with but equipment, especially we we prefer to buy new equipment just because we know we're the first ones to touch it.

If we break it, we know as one of those upstanding gentlemen that was here earlier this evening.

We'll have that discussion with them after the fact.

But we just don't want to get stuck with a lemon, especially on something like this where just tearing into it is gonna be five thousand dollars just for a mechanic to look at it, and that's kind of the approach with that.

Thank you for the question.

Councilmember Johnson, do you have any comments or clarifying questions?

I looked at one for you's the exact same model, and I can't remember the price.

So 37,000, it was one year old.

Uh so it I I thought it was kind of like why can't we go there?

I don't the other council members can weigh in on that.

I'm concerned about all our fancy equipment that's sitting out at our corporate yard that's sitting exposed and rusting, and then the viewpoint is well, we don't want to buy a used one because it's already rusty.

We're gonna buy a new one that's gonna rust.

So that's an issue that I have.

The fact and who's trained to actually operate all these?

Would they somebody be trained to operate this compact trackloader?

Is anybody in our team able to not putting any putting the point on anybody?

All fair questions.

Um the idea would be at when we built the barn, the idea was obviously to store the backhoe inside the barn.

When we put the backhoe inside the barn, it's just a very tight fit.

It's not realistic.

We would we would look at storing this new piece of equipment inside the barn.

Just because it's covered, it's sheltered, and it's it's out of the elements.

I think that to a member of the crew, they are all interested in getting a piece of equipment like this, and they would take good care of it.

I the history has shown that when they get nice equipment, they take good care of it.

So I think that the the thought process would be to store it inside the barn and go that way.

As for the the used model, um, I don't know.

I I didn't look at exactly the one you were looking at.

I don't know what the you you have to pay extra for an enclosed cab, you have to pay extra for air conditioning.

I don't I don't know what you what specifications it had on it, and I also don't know how many hours are on it.

Well, that was the other that was the other question.

Because when you have an enclosed cab, that usually means you have AC, so it's got full luxuries.

Yes.

And I just look at that as more money, and it's more maintenance uh for the AC alone, and then the cab, of course, like you said, you know, for beehive or whatever, that does happen, but I've seen them expose where they're open too, and you know, you just have to be careful.

Sure.

Um the other one I was talking or thinking about was the main thing is just the stores that we're not storing these very expensive equipments, and we're just sitting them letting sitting outside.

I mean, my truck's an 18, it's already rusting.

And the equipment that we have out there, it's it's a lot of money.

It's like 80 grand.

And how much was the tractor and and all the stuff that we got?

Um, the tractor was around 80,000 and the backhoe is about double that.

And that's like $300,000 sitting exposed.

And at some point we need to have something that stores all this stuff.

And with the solar panels where they are, no structure, we don't have place to store our toys that are working that falling apart because they're exposed.

And how often you use stuff?

It just sits, right?

Uh the other problem I'm looking at is have we tried using the 20 or 249 D3 to do that bend?

That was my first thing I was thinking about.

Has anybody actually done the bend with that tractor?

Not particularly, no.

So it hasn't been proven.

It has not been proven.

I would like to see it proven first before we die dive 80 grand into something that we don't even know that can be done yet.

I'd say we need to rent it, they need to try it, see if it works before we dump 80 grand.

What if they tip over?

Or tip over?

I think it's a tight turn.

I remember the first day I went to that park and I wheeled my daughter with the wheelchair, and I went, Why is it so tight?

And Maz was telling me what happened, and you guys know what happened, and and then we don't, and then the other thing is this is a great tool for like when we did my driveway.

I hired a guy, we chomped it out, put the bit down, broke all the cement, pulled it out, loaded it up.

It does work.

It's a great tool for like driveway guys.

And if but you're gonna go all the way down from the top of Carter Park on that little road and go all the way down to pick up a little scoop of mud and go all the way back up.

That's a that's a five-day job right there for a little scoop.

It's a lot of work, but that's what we have.

We have a problem.

What's the solution?

This is the solution.

It's an expensive mistake.

This is add this to Carter Park's expensive mistake.

Add it.

That's another hundred thousand.

And we don't even have a place to store it.

That's another well, you're saying the barn.

Well, the barn is definitely an option.

And uh we discussed earlier in the CIP discussion some funding for potentially moving forward with phase two of the project.

There is a building that's already designed and entitled and approved.

I mean, just to give you guys a little bit of idea of what that would cost in today's market, just that building, which honestly probably isn't the ideal setup for out there.

That's about three million dollars.

That's a non-stick-built building.

If we were to build a stick-built building, um five million dollars, right to to get a stick stick-built building of the same size, delineated out on the inside with office space and and and compartments for paint and you know for for fuel storage.

That's the reason we don't have storage.

It's an expensive proposition.

You do have storage containers out there.

I've seen them building condos out of these storage containers.

If you were to stack those storage containers and pull your roof on top of the storage containers, you can actually put this compact track loader in there.

You could put your lower, your mower, all those things could be.

If you roofed all of them, you could just back each one, you'd have temporary storage until this ten million dollar project comes about.

Yeah.

Agreed, and a single use shipping container.

I think the last time we checked was about five thousand dollars with no modifications.

You already have them on the premise, they're on the R.

There's ten of them already there.

You just space, you stacked them all together.

You could you could spread them apart, and then you have enough for the tractor to fit in, you have enough for the lawnmower.

If you sp you took all the containers, you put them together.

I don't think I quite understand.

Are you proposing putting them inside the double doors of the containers or like building a roof over there?

Is you take the container and you put them you you space them apart and then you just put a sh uh roof on the top.

At least now you have the elements not coming down.

If you wanted to build a door from there, you could at least put them inside and put a door on the back of the in there between the two voids and have a door, and then you can pull the unit out.

So you're using the containers as your walls.

Couldn't we have like a barn raising or something like that?

An old fashioned barn raising.

What would it take to see if we have a uh equipment can I thought we didn't have anything that could make that turn.

I thought I didn't know we we don't know.

I know that when Shakespeare in the park occupied it last year, they tried to take it down with like a Ford Ranger and they were not able to make it.

No, Tom, the I mean, we could do some simple measurements tomorrow.

Um, based on the specs they gave me, it's about a hundred inches from the back of the tractor to the front of the track.

So that's not accounting for the bucket.

We could raise the bucket up, obviously, if we had to.

So it's about a hundred inches.

Um just looking at it.

I I don't think that would be an issue making that turn right there because of the considerable amount of space you have as you get closer towards mariners.

Uh we can we can definitely try it out for sure and kind of mock up a hundred inches and just see what the turning radius would look like for sure.

What I'm looking at is somebody that's not familiar with this machine.

I think Kevin would pull it off because he's been doing all this all his life.

But you get somebody in there, the first thing I'm seeing is that wall's gonna get hit on the coming around the corner.

We don't know, and I could be talking out of my butt right now, but I like to test things before I go buying stuff, and that to me would be if we could rent one or get one and do that turn and see how much time it takes.

But what do we got?

This is the only option we have, but I'd like to make sure that we can make that turn.

So, can that be tested out?

Sorry, yeah.

I mean, can the dealer bring it over who whoever?

And I can I mean I can certainly have those discussions with the dealer.

Um, they've been working with us.

Obviously, this item was supposed to go some time ago.

Um 555 happened, and you know, obviously stuff happened.

The the actual piece of equipment has been sitting on their lot for almost a month now.

I'm not sure if they're gonna be willing to hold it.

I can definitely have those discussions with them tomorrow, though it's not a big deal.

I have his number and I'll call them first thing in the morning.

But then that pushes us back till the next council meeting.

Well, I think there's a couple things.

We if if the council is comfortable with this pending that piece, I mean it can be a conditional approval.

Um, and then you know the other thing is maybe we can talk to some of the contractors in town and see if somebody has a similar piece of equipment that would be willing to work with us to at least test that out.

Uh I know half room bay grading has the next size up, which I think if the next size were make it, then this one would definitely make it.

We could probably arrange that tomorrow.

I mean, I would feel better.

That also assurances this thing would be stored in in the barn.

Sure.

If nothing else goes in there, put put this in there.

Okay.

And then we'll figure out some other storage.

I think that you need to be putting equipment.

I just think it's a shame.

And I think we need to be planning ahead down the road that at least take this shed idea that I'm throwing at you, put a roof on top, put a door on the front and the back, and at least you're protecting this.

The this and you got the lawn mower in the in the um, you should have never taken me there for the tour.

I'll tell you that.

That was a mistake.

So you got the lawnmower that's in the barn right now, and and Kevin does a lot of the repairs in that barn.

So you're gonna be moving stuff in and out.

Last time I was in there, he was doing they were doing service work on the on the lawn, lawn mower.

That was in there.

Now you're kind of just moving one piece of machinery out and putting one in.

You follow me?

There's only so much room in there.

There wasn't a lot of room in that barn.

There is not.

Um, this piece of equipment that we're talking about now is significantly more expensive than the 5000 D lawnmower, though.

Uh it's I guess it would be a prioritization of what we're trying to preserve until we can get everything covered, which even if we were to build a 9,000 square foot building, still we probably still would run out of room to and we're not even talking about the service trucks because there's an entire fleet of those that we have as well.

That, I mean, where are we gonna we it definitely has to be a prioritization thing, like what pieces of equipment and obviously the most expensive pieces of equipment and the most essential mission essential pieces of equipment are the ones that need to get stored indoors?

I think uh I don't want to spend too much night beating this up, and I know the mayor wants to get moving.

If we could see a video of that whole thing, I'd love to see it.

Just watching you guys run that that the sky through that turn and it goes smoothly, then we move forward.

You know, you guys need it, and we need something, but it's not like a rush because it's not gonna flood right now.

It's summertime.

Am I correct?

We're thinking when if the flood park floods, but we also are heading toward a super El Niño winter.

Yeah, which means you know, ever, yeah.

Yeah, historical.

And that could be very heavy rains, you know, catastrophic.

So I agree, I agree.

Yeah, those are my concerns.

Thank you for that.

I I would be interested in conditionally moving forward with this based on making sure we can make that term.

Make a motion.

So I guess conditionally approve.

Uh to adopt a resolution authorized the city manager to conditionally approve a purchase agreement.

How do I put stick conditionally?

Yeah, so you would make the motion as stated in the agenda, but add at the end that that approval is conditioned upon staff fulfilling the direction of the council, which is to test the equipment to ensure that it can fit down the ramp on Carter Park.

Okay.

So I I recommend adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a purchase agreement in the amount of eighty thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty-three cents with Peterson CAP for purchase of a CAT 249 D3 compact trackloader conditioned upon uh the ability to make that turn, providing evidence that that turn can be made with that piece of equipment.

And it store this indoors.

I just want to check and see if this is Councilmember Brownstone.

Are you amenable to that amendment to the motion?

Second.

Okay.

Yeah.

Is there any public comment on the item of buying this piece of equipment?

I see nobody in the room.

I see no hands raised online.

So um any further discussion?

If not, and we have a second on that, did we?

Can I have a roll call, please?

Councilmember Brownstone?

Yes.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Councilmember Nagengast?

Yes.

Mayor Ruddick.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you all so much.

Moving on to the Carter Park fee schedule.

Oh.

Yeah.

That's a good one.

The containers.

Maybe just a butler building.

Hello.

Hello.

Good evening, Madam Mayor and Council and Community.

Um Karen Decker, interim deputy city manager.

And tonight you see before you proposed fee schedule for Carter Park following its recent renovations.

So this evening staff is requesting adoption of a tiered fee schedule and direction to monitor usage and return with adjustments as needed.

This allows us to launch with a clear structure while remaining flexible over time.

As you know, Carter Park has been transformed into a flexible event space for performances and community gatherings.

And with that investment, it's important to establish a fee structure that ensures fair access and operational sustainability and clarity for users.

This slide shows where Carter Park fits inside the broader market.

When you see that first bullet, small local venues, that's in reference to places like restaurants and gardens.

Luxury venues are often tied to large food and beverage minimums that can put a wedding or other event into six figures easily.

Our proposed pricing propositions or positions Carter Park as an affordable alternative to private venues while still reflecting its value as a coastal destination.

In terms of public benchmarking, when we look specifically at public agencies, Foster City and San Francisco amphitheaters provided the closest comparisons.

We also looked across the region.

Carter Park consistently falls in that middle tier, which is how we've priced it here.

And this confirms Carter Park is best positioned between a neighborhood park and a high demand regional venue.

Putting Carter Park in further context, uh, based on this analysis, we're recommending a mid-tier civic model.

And this approach prioritizes community access.

Um it aligns with regional benchmarks, it reflects coastal value and avoids underpricing a high value public asset.

And this would put our typical daily use fee of around 1,000 to $2,500.

The proposed structure is tiered by user type, and this allows us to subsidize community and nonprofit use.

It allows us to recover more costs from private events and charge closer to market rates for commercial activities.

We also provide here an hourly half day and full day option to maintain that flexibility with a modest discount if you opt for a full day.

In addition to base rental fees, we include standard cost recovery tools, which are very common in venues like this.

So there's a flat application fee, there's a deposit, 300 for nonprofits, 500 for others.

And this ensures the city is not subsidizing higher impact events.

So we'll be treating it on a case-by-case basis, looking at occupancy and impact and complexity of each event.

Also, we've we identified optional tools that the council might want to consider in the future, including capacity-based pricing and commercial revenue sharing, where the city could potentially receive a percentage of event revenue in addition to a flat fee if we if you so choose to look at a further policy, but I think it will be valuable to gauge utilization over the next 12 to 18 months so that we can gauge those kind of decisions.

So I want to make sure that gets involved.

Sure.

And then the other one is I got a uh a phone call from uh Rick Hernandez's wife, who's on the planning commission, Hilary, about the fees for when she does her square dancing, and she was comparing it to like OPL versus which is free or something versus here, it's gonna cost a certain amount.

And she's saying it's not really valid for me to even think about Carter Park because it's too much.

So I mean, did she bring that up to you at all?

She didn't.

The challenge would be she couldn't really bring that up in the context of being a planning commissioner.

There's a conflict of interest there.

So here's something that's really popular, but yet for her to put it on at Carter Park, it would cost too much.

So I think it's cheaper for her to do it here, but it'd be nice to do it there.

And that was one of the things that she brought up that I thought was valid.

Um, but I think this is a great thing that we should be doing, and uh the fees didn't seem too bad, and I'm hoping that this will take off.

Uh we need to promote.

So we need to get our, you know, our social media and all that stuff because I could see you know, people renting it for a concert or something.

I'd like to do that because the fees weren't that bad.

It would be great for a party or whatever.

Yeah.

Um would that include also let's say and you know, on the left side of Carter Park, for let's say if you wanted to have a barbecue or something, could you do something like that?

If you rented that park, like have some like nano's barbecue and while you're having music.

Would you be able to do that?

Yeah, absolutely.

Okay.

All right.

Yeah, I think it's great.

We could get a skid steer attachment that's like rotisserie-based, right?

Yeah.

Do they have those?

A barbecue attachment.

All right.

Councilmember Negencast.

Um, thank you, Karen.

Did you um I don't know who you think the intended uh renters will be, or you just don't know yet?

You know, I I I appreciate you uh wanting to come back if necessary, which is great because I always think a lot of these things are fluid.

Yeah, sometimes you just don't know who's there.

My question I've I always ask this one about parking.

So how do we tell people?

I didn't see anything in the report necessarily about when they rent.

Do they do you tell them where the parking has to be, or do you say, look, accessible is wherever that's supposed to be versus whether they can, you know, would they could they ever even use the parking where the restaurants are up on top?

Or is that do you tell them absolutely not?

But what if they said, Well, I'm gonna go eat at the restaurant first and then go to the park.

Yeah, I mean, I know that parking was looked at comprehensively when Carter Park was in its initial phase before, you know, 60% drawings and whatnot.

Um, there was a study done at the time, and the conclusion was in general that there was ample parking.

Um there was discussion that, you know, there wasn't prior precedent because it was such an underutilized park, right?

At least it was in the parks master plan.

So if usage were to dramatically go up, there was consideration of looking at potential shuttle bus services that could be parked at Half Moon Bay High School.

Um I have to say Mariners Church and the post office, at least when I was doing, you know, active outreach for the beginning of the project, very receptive about weekend usage when they're not busy um working around that availability, have just been great partners.

Um, but yeah, I think this speaks to a larger issue in terms of looking at parking downtown whenever we're looking at activation.

Um, so what do we tell people if they want to rent a park?

So so our current practice and and would be continued with this, it it depends on the event and the expectations, but it's clear that there is no on-site parking dedicated to this park.

For the time being, the Stone Pine shopping center remains off limits.

Um, you know, the the owner of that property and the businesses there are very, very resistant to that parking lot being utilized for this.

Luckily, we have great neighbors that have partnered with us, but that has to be done on a case-by-case basis.

So that's a consideration when someone comes to look at the venue and wants to use it.

They have to understand that, and we we will give them guidance on, you know, if you want to have a big event, part of it is you gotta manage not allowing people into the parking lot, which is something we do for summer's end and other events.

You need to work with the neighbors, which we can broker to get an agreement to allow parking, and there's a lot of different ways that happens.

Um, but generally the goal is park downtown and walk down Main Street and come, which hopefully is also a boon to the businesses, and then of course we we arrange for the ADA parking, which you have to be able to provide.

Right.

So I I just want to make sure we we are telling people about the parking there, or or I don't want to say lack of parking.

There's parking, but not where everybody thinks they're gonna park.

Right, and that's true of many, many of the venues that we looked at that were also operated by public agencies.

Most of the time there wasn't a convenient parking lot um with San Francisco orinda.

It's um it's we're just gonna have to be up front about that.

Right, okay, and then come back to us, I guess, if it's a problem, or you know, I guess we'll know if people are paying attention to it or not, but still come back to us to let us know.

Yeah, this is a little off topic, the parking issue.

Yeah.

But I mean to me that's part of renting it out, is where you telling people to park if they're renting the park.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, we can I think we can leave that there.

Yeah, right, yeah.

So I think that's been answered.

Um I agree with Patrick.

Uh, I well looking at the fee structure, I think it looks pretty good to me, and I think you did a lot of good due diligence around that.

And uh, you know, we'll kind of learn by doing.

So uh if we do more commercial, we that might be an opportunity to recover more costs, etc.

Um, but I do agree that um the sponsorship piece is really important, and we need a sponsorship program.

That that needs to be the the next piece here.

I understand uh from talking to a couple of people on the parks and rec commission that the Lions Club is really interested in doing some sponsorships and you know I think they're gonna be one of our sponsors for summer's end this year.

Yeah, so I don't want to turn anybody away.

If they have ideas and want to contribute money or contribute activity, then we need to look you know closely at that.

But um I wouldn't wait too long to do the sponsorship thing because that's going to be part of the you know supporting the operations in a sustainable way.

So right, yeah, and and that that's a concern to them too.

So and I know they they approved this this fee schedule, so that's good.

Yeah.

So um I will ask if there's anybody in the public, doesn't look like it who wants to address this item.

Anybody online?

Oh, come on up, Nancy.

You all okay, Nancy Fontana again.

Sorry, um, I know I've mentioned it before, and I think this is a good time to bring it up again is the um on the insurance for these small groups that might want to rent the park, um sometimes they might have insurance, but not for that type of use, and when they go to their insurance carrier, they they it's it's exorbitant or they won't even touch it.

Um so I don't know if the city's pursued it at all with your insurance carrier of arranging to have uh oh gosh, now I'm blanking out of the term.

You know, with this you that doesn't cost the city anything, but it's special events, special events insurance.

Um you arrange it through the city arranges it through their insurance carrier, and it's made available to participants that want to want to you know rent something from the city or insure the city.

I'm not saying this right.

Okay, for example, in San Mateo, the downtown Central Park, they'd have the Italian group would would have a big event.

They'd have different people coming in to do stuff.

Some of them had to provide their own insurance, and the city had it available.

Uh they had to fill out a form, and then the insurance company would give them a quote on what the insurance would be for that one event.

And for some places that don't have insurance or that it wasn't covered, it was it would it worked out well for them.

And they asked things like, is there gonna be alcohol?

How many people?

I mean it would make a big difference if they were having axe throwing versus you know guitar playing, you know, stuff like that.

So it's something to consider in your package, not your fees because it's but when you require make the insurance requirements just to consider it, thank you.

Thank you, Nancy for that.

Anybody online?

Seeing none, is there uh a motion to adopt the resolution?

I move that we adopt a resolution approving a tiered fee schedule for car park and direct staff to monitor utilization and return with adjustments as needed.

I'll second it.

Uh roll call, please.

Councilmember Brownstone.

Yes.

Councilmember Johnson.

Yes.

Councilmember Nagingast?

Yes.

Mayor Reddick?

Yes.

Motion carries.

We're moving on to item 11G, agreement for law enforcement services with County of San Mateo Sheriff's Office.

I just want to point out this is a a feedback item.

It's not uh, you know, approving the contract now.

It's to take input from the council, questions, concerns, etc.

Thank you, madam mayor.

Um, I will keep a very brief report just to give a little bit of background for everybody, and then um happy to take your feedback.

Thank you, Karen.

Um, so as as you know, uh the city used to have its own police department, but it was dissolved in 2011.

And at that time, the city put out an RFP, and there were a couple of respondents, and the sheriff's office was selected as the uh most reasonable and effective partner, and we've had a partnership with them for 15 years now.

Um the original agreement, which was executed in 2011 has been amended 17 times, and it actually expired uh at the end of the previous fiscal year.

And uh normally we would have uh worked to amend that agreement before expiration and continue that agreement uh for obvious reasons there were some challenges happening at the sheriff's office at the time, and uh they weren't in a position to negotiate an extension, and so the existing agreement has just been followed both in payment and in services by the sheriff's office.

Um the county uh appointed a new sheriff in November of last year, and they have been working to uh re-staff and and deal with some of these administrative issues.

Uh an important note is there are four other contract cities that receive services from the sheriff's office beyond the unincorporated areas of the county.

Um, and we remain in contact with these cities to talk about issues and negotiating points as we think about the future of our contract.

Um our hope has always been, and we had discussed that once a new sheriff was in place, that we'd have the opportunity to sit down.

We do have a public safety subcommittee of the city council, and that through that subcommittee we'd be able to sit down with the sheriff's office and before entering into an extension, talk about the contract, talk about needs, and negotiate something that really fit the needs of Half Moon Bay.

Unfortunately, the Sheriff's Office right now is very focused on uh cleanup, and so what they've provided to us is a consolidated document, which I'm very happy about.

Um I have a binder that sits in my office, and it literally has the original agreement and 17 amendments, and it's marked up like crazy because I have to connect the dots to what still applies and what doesn't.

So, an agreement that has been consolidated into a single document is is a great benefit, so I'm grateful for that.

But they've also standardized it, they want the same contract with the same language for all of the contract cities, which doesn't reflect what we were looking for, which is some specialized needs and things that are specific to our community, um, and by standardizing it, they also simplified it, and unfortunately, it removed several of the special conditions that we have worked on over the years to include a couple of examples.

Um, one that's okay that was removed was specific reference to working with the CARES program and making sure it was successful, and of course they did that, and the CARES program was successful, that's been discontinued, and so removing that is okay.

But we had language about doing some specific special events to connect the community with our with our law enforcement to build those relationships, language about our festivals and the work that they do related to those, um, all and and uh special traffic control we talked about today with um, you know, our special needs around the tourism and um hot weather events.

What they've explained to me is that though they've removed all of this specific language, the intent was to give more authority to the local bureau chief to work with the city manager and the city council on specific needs and be more flexible.

That's not reflected in this document.

I pointed that out to them, and I've asked them to consider adding language and a process so that we can be assured that when we have special needs and special requests that that can be honored.

I will say in practice, with or without this agreement.

I've been able to do that with Chief Allen and previous chiefs, and we've been able to get, you know, the special beach patrols, you know, the Polaris out on the beach, um, other special things, but I would really like to see that documented in the agreement so that we have a process for doing that.

What they're proposing is a four-year extension beginning July 1st of this year and extending through June 30th of 2030.

It would have the ability for us or them to terminate on one year's notice.

It's really a year plus, because we'd want that to fall on an anniversary date.

There are some conditions around finances and other things where we could terminate more quickly if we needed to.

And the fiscal year 2627 proposed budget is uh a little over seven million dollars.

It's hard to compare that apples to apples because of the way it's articulated.

Um there's kind of two budgets we look at.

They provide the overall budget, and then we back out um a credit that we get for um contributions to pensions, and so in our normal budget each year, we reflect that that that net amount with the credit.

They also want to get away from that.

We would still get the credit and it's still in the contract, but they want to reflect the full amount of the the uh the cost.

I'm not sure why they want to do that.

Um, but from an apples to apples comparison, it would be confusing if a person looked at our budget right now and compared to last year.

But apples to apples, we're looking at about a 10% increase year over year from the current fiscal year uh in budget, and that's related to um negotiated increase to uh the staffing of the sheriff's office.

The other thing I'll share, most of you know this, but I just want to make sure it's clear.

We receive a budget at the beginning of the year, we pay equal installments towards that budget.

At the end of the fiscal year, they do a reconciliation of what it actually costs to provide services, and year over year we get a credit and it goes into an account that they hold for us.

That account currently has over a million dollars in it.

Um two years ago, we withdrew a big chunk of that to help with our budget issues and to replenish reserves.

That's always an option that remains.

Um, but the point of explaining that is the budgeted amount almost never reflects the actual cost of doing services, but I appreciate in a conservative approach because we do not want to owe them money at the end of each fiscal year.

So um, you've seen the staff report, you've seen some of the things that were removed.

I've met with the sheriff's office a few times since publishing the staff report to get some clarifications.

I think there are more meetings to have before we bring this back, probably the second meeting in June for approval.

And so I'm looking for feedback on other things that we should be considering or other concerns.

Um, and with that, I'll turn the time back over to you.

Very much.

Who would like to go first?

Okay, so uh to me it looks like just a standard agreement.

I guess that's what they're doing.

Are they doing this with all the uh the four other cities just to have the standard?

And then the um exhibit A, is that where it gets specific to each individual or no?

No.

Everybody else is it A looks same because did you know that section 5.2 says they're gonna put our city's logo on their patrol cars?

Yes, we talked about that.

You're gonna do that.

Um that's part of my feedback.

It says that they will, it should be revised to they may, and then that would be up to us.

If we want our logo on the vehicle, we could.

Um, that's something that came from another city that is.

I assume they they unlike maybe other locations.

We share unincorporated, and I assume they just go back and forth, they do, but there are specific vehicles assigned to this substation versus those assigned.

For me, this is something we could talk about in the future.

Um, I there's some things I like about having our logo.

We'll go on there, it makes it, you know, look.

I I don't know if nobody does that.

Is that I think San Carlos is the one that has always done that, and so they included this language as an option.

I think that that looks good also.

Also, it says the substation is 501 Main Street.

Yeah, they're gonna correct that.

Are they also in City Hall?

No, they're gonna correct that in the next version.

Yes, but and then there was really nothing else in here.

It was pretty the the the entire contract from beginning to end would be standardized other than a few of those specific references, location of the substation, cost of services.

Well, I might ask the mayor that I you know, I think I'd be interested in if there is the council committee or subcommittee to work on especially these items they took away are all near and dear to us.

So I'm very concerned about the things they took away, and um, you know, I would recommend that we uh recommend to them the approach used in like the local hazard mitigation plan where each city has its own annex, meaning, you know, uh a separate um document that's attached to the the main document, the countywide thing has uh what they call annexes for each of the cities and and has different um things applying to each of the cities.

So I I want all that stuff in there, um, and I think using the annex approach is is one way to do that.

I mean, there's only five cities altogether who are contract cities, seems to me a pretty simple thing.

But one of the things I've been thinking about is it's having I think we have two relevant council subcommittees that could look at this issue.

There's the public safety committee, which is council member brownstone and council member Johnson, and then we have the uh finance committee, which is council member Nagangast and myself.

So we could have a little discussion about you know which subcommittee do you think might dig a little deeper into this?

Um maybe even talk to the other cities about the NX approach or whatever, you might have your own ideas, but I I think I would like to have one of the subcommittees dig into this more, and I'm open to hearing which subcommittee you think is more appropriate here, whether it's public safety or the finance committee is gonna be busy on the budget.

Um it's such a big amount, I mean a major point, a major part of our budget.

And I feel that I mean, first I was thinking of public safety because it's police, but finance committee is looking at all the rest of the budget and figuring out well what's really reasonable.

I mean, it looked like if it's a four-year budget, but it assumes increase about a nine point-something increase each year.

Is that what that was saying?

No, so it varies year to year.

I would I would say other than some big jumps when they did the audits maybe five years ago, it averages about six percent per year, but they had a negotiated increase that bumped this one up.

They they cannot tell us what it'll be year to year, but it'll probably be between five and ten percent per year.

Yes.

Okay, so let's say minimally it would be an extra half a million dollars per year minimally, based on those numbers.

Anyway, that's a lot of money, just saying seven and a half, then eight million, then nine million, ten million.

So um maybe start out with the finance committee and then see if you think, you know, there's something uh public safety could contribute on that, but again, it's such a big part of our budget.

Um also it saves eventually it's gonna have to end up in finance also.

I'm working on this, but yeah.

I mean, give me what you want me to look at, and I will do it.

Finance committee, public.

I it doesn't matter.

I mean, I'll I I it almost it's pretty specialized, but finance, we'll we'll look at it too.

And I don't know, almost maybe the safety committee preps it for the finance committee.

You know, maybe we look at it that way.

Because this is a big chunk of our budget.

Definitely is, and it needs.

Are we trying?

Are we only looking at to approve the basic contract this year?

And then the the council group will work on it throughout the coming year, and then we can add an amendment to the contract or an annex if that's what we call it.

I mean, I think there is time for us, you know.

The sheriff's office is extremely responsive under this current administration, and I have had no issues scheduling meetings with them.

So I think there's an opportunity to try to push for some of that in this budget before we approve this document in a month.

Um the other thing I might suggest to expedite that is rather than using a standing city council subcommittee, which are Brown Act, and we have to notice and we could create an ad hoc for just the sheriff's contract, which would give it you know, allow us to schedule meetings much more quickly and make it more nimble.

So that's another option as well.

Um I know that you're pretty busy.

How would you feel about maybe an ad hoc consisting of Councilmember Brownstone and Councilmember Nagingast taking a look?

Would you be okay with that one?

Yeah.

Would you guys be willing to do that?

I'd love to see.

Okay, I'm I'm going to recommend uh an ad hoc committee of council members Negangast and Brownstone.

Take a look and bring us some ideas.

Okay.

Can we get some clarity on the direction for the ad hoc?

So bring ideas on revisions, potential revisions to the agreement.

Yes, okay.

Including a potential like addendum or annex document at the end specific to Hapmoon Bay?

Yes, I'm guessing that'll be the primary task, but you know, just reviewing in general the proposed agreement.

Um I mean the the 9.1%, I'm guessing it's not too far off, but um, I want to make sure we're we're getting all the same things and getting it firm.

Yeah, I'll say the the fee is not negotiable because uh they have government code that requires them to get full cost recovery, and so their rates are set, and we we it's kind of a take it or leave it with them.

So really the option to negotiate is going to be on the other terms of the agreement.

Yeah.

But that would be the job of the ad hoc committee.

So just so these things that said need discussion, which were included in the previous contract.

Is that more or less assumed it's in this part of this seven million dollar one?

Yeah, based on my meetings with them since um because we only got this draft contract last Wednesday.

So we we were moving quick on it, but I've already met with them twice on this since then.

And based on those conversations, their their intent for most of these was not to take this service away.

It was to allow that to be more directly negotiated with the chief and arranged with the chief.

But what I'm hearing and and and I don't disagree with is maybe there's an approach where we can still include it in the contract, but include it as a separate annex that is specific to us, or some other document.

So um when we meet with the ad hoc, if we create it tonight, then um I can fill you in and and again they're happy to sit down and discuss these in more detail.

They've provided that for me multiple times already.

Okay, all right, it's a good idea.

And the last thing I'll share is going back to where we had hoped to go with a renewal of this contract, is you know, we still have the opportunity with this ad hoc or with one of those standing committees to do some additional exploration of alternatives to the sheriff's office, alternative approaches to this.

I think that's always been the desire is you know, it's been 15 years.

I think we're we're happy with where things are out with the sheriff's office right now.

There's a lot of benefits that come from working with the sheriff's office, but 15 years is a long time and probably a chance to take a step back and explore this more broadly.

And in my discussion with them, that's where they say, well, that's you know, you can terminate on one year's notice if that's something you want to do.

So I think that still gives us a flexibility to do that exploration during that time period.

But we talked about this.

You said you you I think you brought up the fact that if we were to try to go back to having our in-house police station, it would cost twice as much as what you said.

I don't know, twice as much as the number, but you said it was you wouldn't even add a we we over my time here in the last nine years.

About every two years, we do some sort of analysis of what similar-sized cities are paying for their police departments, and it's always significantly more than what we pay the sheriff's office.

There's just economies of scale we get from the sheriff's office.

We wouldn't get on our own, but there is an opportunity to dig in deeper with the council and and and look at other opportunities and alternatives.

I guess my question I know right now working, but what other options are there?

Well, that's exactly what we could talk about.

Um with an ad hoc is, yeah.

Is there something in between our own police department and the sheriff's office that might provide a creative solution?

So I think we're done with this item.

So um, are there any uh possible future agenda items that anybody did we have to formally create an ad hoc committee?

So that's what we were discussing.

So um I don't believe we took public comment on the prior item, so we need to do that, but also then to have a formal motion to create the ad hoc.

Okay.

So is there anybody in the room who would like to address the item, the public safety item seeing none?

Is there anybody online who would like to address the contract, sheriff's contract?

Seeing none, I'll bring it back for a motion.

Just to create the ad hoc to create the ad hoc committee.

No, you go ahead.

I move that we create an ad hoc committee.

Um to provide um direction on next steps.

Any recommended changes for negotiating uh our agreement with the sheriff's department uh consisting of council member Negengast and Councilmember Brownstone.

Uh uh what else should I add to that?

That's sufficient.

I think if that covers the direction from the council, second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries unanimously.

Uh items for future discussion, possible agenda items.

Anyone have ideas?

Okay.

Any council reports under item 13?

Okay.

Uh earlier today in public uh forum.

Uh it was mentioned about the uh Shamarita, the three this year is a Memorial Day weekend, so there's three days.

There's well actually it's Friday night, Saturday, and then all day Sunday is usually the big one, but we get a bonus day this year's Monday.

And on Monday, there's gonna be a chance to dunk a council member.

And that will happen 1 30 to 2 30 over at the IDS Hall.

I believe that one's boys and girls club is doing it.

Uh they mentioned uh collaborating boys and girls club and another uh what was the other group?

Do you remember?

I don't.

But uh maybe the high school, right?

The wrestlers or something we're gonna do some.

So but I know there's a council member that some maybe the the uh community would like to to dunk on that will be there.

Uh you remember you throw it at the target, not the council member.

I've been practicing.

By the way, that's me, the council member that's gonna be there.

Okay.

Um, um we're going to adjourn this meeting tonight in honor of El Andravino.

Raleigh's done.

Thank you.

Thank you.

There we go.

It's only 10 30.

That's good.