City Council meeting, Monday, October 8, 2018

Attend in person, 2212 Beach Boulevard, 2nd floor.  Or, view on local Pacific Coast television, PCT/Pacifica Channel 26.  PCT links to meeting videos: calendar, and recent coastside civic meeting videos. City Council and Planning Commission meetings begin at 7 p.m., or shortly there following.  City meeting agendas (current and archived) are available on the City meetings calendar.  City websites:  City Council, and Planning Commission.

Interactive City Council meeting agenda, 10/8/18. and City Council meeting agenda, 10/8/18, pdf pages.

Item 9.  Happy Columbus Day!

Closed Session, 6:00 p.m.  A.    CA code 54957.6.  Conference with labor negotiator, Janae Novotny.  Pacifica Firefighters Local 2400, Teamsters Local 856 Battalion Chiefs;  Teamsters Local 350 Management Employees, Management Employees, Teamsters Local 856 Miscellaneous Employees;  Teamsters Local 856 WasteWater Treatment Plant Employees; Pacifica Police Officers Association, Pacifica Police Supervisors Association, and Police Management.  

Open Session, 7:00 p.m.  Call to order, roll call, salute to flag.  Closed Session report. 
Special Presentations -  Proclamation: 2018 Open Space Preservaton Award to Paul Jones.  Proclamation: Art Guild of Pacifica.
Consent Calendar 
1.     Approval of financial disbursements (checks):   a) FY 2017-18, 9/12/18;  b) FY 2018-19, 9/7/18 - 9/12/18.
2.     Approval of Minutes, 9/24/18.
3.     Proclamation confirming existence of a local emergency, Pacifica coastline: Westline Drive to the end of Beach Blvd, report.  a) photos, 10/2/18.
4.     Agreement with Environmental Science Associations (ESA), Amendment 2: Local Coastal Plan update, report.  a) Contract, expanded scope, $59,574. b) Exhibit A: ESA budget summary.
5.     Response to San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury report, "Smoke-free multi-unit housing: no ifs, and, or butts," report.  a) Civil Grand Jury Report.  b) City response.   
6.     Response to San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury report, "Cooperative purchasing,  a roadmap to more effective city procurement," report. a) Civil Grand Jury Report.  b) City response.
7.     Approve Executive Assistant/Deputy City Clerk job description, title and salary revision, report/Resolution. 
Communications (oral).  Public, City Council, City Staff.  Public hearings, none. 

Public hearings
8.     Adopt Resolution denying the appeal of Planning Commission's (PC) recommendation to approve a Marijuana use zoning regulations ordinance clarification, amending an existing zoning regulation: Text amendment TA-112-18, (exempt form CEQA), report.  a) Draft City Council Resolution.  b) Proposed Ordinance.  c) PC Resolution, 3018-003.  d) PC Minutes, 9/17/18.  e) Appeal against Phog Center use permit.  f) PC meeting agenda, 9/17/18. 
9.     Creation of  a district-based election system: public input, report. a) Exhibit A: Draft public input timeline. 
Consideration
10.    Quarterly Cash and Investment Reconciliation Report, report.  a) COP Report, 6/30/18.
11.     Resolution adopting updates to the City's investment policy, report/Resolution.  a) Updated revision, 10/2018.  b) CA investment account,8/31/18.  c) CA approved banks, 9/30/18.   Adjourn.
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Note: photograph by Rev. Phillip Wright/The Venues (a church for all), "Mackinac Island and Columbus Day, 10/10/17.

Posted by Kathy Meeh

City volunteer opportunities: Economic Development, and Emergency Preparedness/Safety

From the City "Connect with Pacifica This Week" emailed newsletter.  

Safety is good, but Economic Development,
what does that mean in this City?

City News....   "Now Recruiting for City Commissions & Committees - Are you interested in a volunteer opportunity where you can become more involved with the City of Pacifica? The City is now recruiting for positions on the Economic Development Committee and the Emergency Preparedness and Safety Commission.  

Application deadline is October 12. Click here for an application or visit the Committees & Commissions webpage for more information. Return applications to: Pacifica City Hall, Attn: City Clerk, 170 Santa Maria Ave., Pacifica, CA 94044."
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From the City links above:  1) Economic Development Committee: ".... to fill one (1) vacancy (term ending October 2019) and one (1) expiring term ending October 2018..."  2) Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission: "....There are two (2) vacancies for expiring terms (October 2018)."  (Sarah Coffey, City Clerk).

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Related, City of Pacifica Connect With Pacifica, past newsletters.  Note graphic from Ashville City Source Blog, 12/15/15.

Posted by Kathy Meeh