October 14, 2026 City Council Special Meeting - Advisory Body Interviews

The City of Paso Robles City Council’s October 14, 2026 special meeting focused on interviews and appointments to four advisory bodies. Council unanimously appointed Maria Escobedo to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, Andrew Melodis to the Housing Constraints and Opportunities Committee, and approved Max Staples’s reappointment to that committee through the outside appointing body. For the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, council deliberated and a motion to appoint Maurice Najar (surname spelling unclear in the transcript) was made and seconded, but the vote result is not captured. For the Airport Commission, council discussed the requirement that at least one appointee be an airport stakeholder and made a motion to appoint incumbent Phoebe Brown and Matt Ducey to the two vacancies; the vote result is not captured in the transcript.

Discussion touched on possible park improvements, housing affordability and development, and the airport’s future planning, leases, enterprise-fund finances, and potential spaceport-related activity. These were interview topics and candidate suggestions, not approvals of projects, contracts, or spending; no procurement activity was identified. The Senior Citizens Advisory Committee’s role includes recommendations concerning its endowment fund, which council members noted was shrinking, but no funding action was taken.