The Half Moon Bay City Council convened at 5:30 PM on May 19, 2026, and adjourned at approximately 10:30 PM. The meeting began with a tribute to former Mayor Al Androvino, followed by adoption of the consent agenda, public comments on housing and procedural issues, and several key staff reports. The council approved the summer beach plan, provided feedback on the capital improvement program, approved sewer authority budgets, conditionally authorized the purchase of a compact track loader, adopted the Carter Park fee schedule, and discussed the sheriff’s services contract, forming an ad hoc committee to negotiate.
The council honored the late Al Androvino, a former mayor and longtime community leader who passed away at nearly 103. Council members and family recalled his service, including 12 years on the council, four terms as mayor, and contributions to school unification and the Half Moon Bay High School bond. The meeting was adjourned in his honor.
I could have a roll call, please? Councilmember Brownstone. Here. Councilmember Johnson. Here. Councilmember Nagengast. Here. Mayor Reddick. Here. We have a quorum. As a reminder, if you are joining this meeting via Zoom, you can still make public comment. During any public comment portions, attendees may use the raise your hand feature and will be called upon and unmuted when it is your turn to speak. If joining by phone, you star nine to raise your hand, star six to mute and unmute. We also have Spanish interpretation services available in person and via Zoom. On point language solutions is in the back left corner. If anyone needs assistance with interpretation services, uh on point will now provide information on how to receive interpretation services if you are in need of them. Please join me now. 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.