The council voted to accept the Updated Engineering and Traffic Surveys Report dated September 6, 2023, and take the first of two votes on a new city law changing the city's special speed limits, skipping the reading of it aloud.
Yes
Zorn, Howard, Young, Malhi, McKillop
Context
Why State law requires an engineering survey to justify speed limits for radar use, and staff updated the 2023 survey because it was taken during the pandemic when traffic was lighter and speeds were higher.
The council voted to raise the ceiling on the contract with DRS Marine Inc. from $2,567,653 to $2,686,079, an increase of $118,426; accept the Fishing Pier Renovation Project C8017 as complete, as the contract papers describe; and have the city clerk file the paper recording that the work is finished.
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Why Ten changes to the work, including extra repairs found after decking was removed, pushed the cost past the original contingency, and the pier renovation is now finished.
The council voted to let the city manager sign a contract with Lighthouse Public Affairs for development advice on the Marina and Waterfront Revitalization Project.
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Why The project's next phase needs an experienced advisor to negotiate agreements and coordinate environmental review, and Lighthouse Public Affairs was chosen for its experience with similar projects.
The agenda does not say what the contract will cost.
The council voted to approve the lists of checks the city wrote dated March 20 through April 3, 2026.
Reports and discussion, no vote
No voteHousing incentive program
The council was asked to hear a report and tell staff how to set up an Incentive Program using the City's Affordable Housing Fund.
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Why The city's Affordable Housing Fund holds $392,759.14, soon growing to about $461,647.14, and needs a plan for using it, including setting up the required in-lieu fee under the city's inclusionary housing rules.
The agenda does not say what the program would pay for.
The council was asked to hear an early look at what the city expects to take in and to spend from its main account in the July 2026 to June 2027 budget year, and tell staff which budget items to put first, including updates to the list of projects that build or repair city property and spending the council can choose to make.
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Why The preliminary outlook shows expected revenues of about $38.0 million against expenses of about $39.4 million, a projected $1.4 million gap driven by labor, pension and inflation costs the city forecast in 2025.
The council was asked to take the first of two votes on a new city law adding rules against harassing renters (Chapter 22.85, Tenant Anti-Harassment Protections) and changing the chapter that sets what words mean (Chapter 22.04) to meet the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Transit-Oriented Communities Policy.
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Why State law lacks specific language defining harassing behavior, making violations hard to prove, and local protections can reduce displacement pressures by clarifying what counts as harassment.