Zachary Ponsen

The agenda focuses on a Budget Workshop to review the proposed Fiscal Years 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 city budgets. Staff will present the budget details and receive direction from the Council. The meeting also outlines general public communication procedures and provides administrative information regarding future meetings, including upcoming commission and committee interviews.

The council received public comments regarding several key topics: concerns about the impact of a planned concert in the Pier Bowl area on parking and traffic; a request to re-evaluate the federal surveillance camera agreement due to public safety and privacy concerns; an appeal regarding the Hanson Hotel project, citing defective public notice and environmental issues; and multiple formal requests for an investigation into unpermitted vegetation removal at the proposed Hanson Hotel site.

The City Council meeting agenda includes a closed session for real property negotiations. Key discussion topics for the regular meeting feature a de novo appeal hearing for the Hanson Hotel project and a public hearing regarding city position vacancies and recruitment efforts. The council will address an ordinance related to mayor term limits and hold a bid protest hearing for the Reeves Booster Pump Station project. Additional business items involve the consideration of legislative actions, contract awards for engineering support, investment advisory services, and a concession agreement for pier operations, as well as grant-related resolutions for runoff treatment and ride programs, and a facility use agreement for the municipal golf course.

The meeting includes a closed session for real property negotiations and a regular business session involving proclamations for National Beach Safety Week and Drowning Prevention Awareness Season. Public hearings are scheduled for an appeal regarding the Hanson Hotel project and a status report on city position vacancies. Business items include an ordinance on mayoral term limits and a bid protest hearing for the Reeves Booster Pump Station rehabilitation. Further items on the consent calendar involve zoning amendments, legislative actions from Cal Cities, infrastructure grant administration, concession agreements, and investment advisory services.

The agenda includes several closed session discussions regarding real property negotiations. Key business items cover a de novo appeal hearing for the Hanson Hotel project, a status report on city position vacancies, and the first reading of an ordinance regarding mayor term limits. Additionally, the Council will address a bid protest and construction contract award for the Reeves Booster Pump Station, consider legislative actions, approve several facility and service agreements including investment advisory services, and review grant submittals and cancellations related to various infrastructure and community programs.