Lompoc City Council 10 20 2026

Lompoc City Council meeting, October 21, 2026. The council considered consent-calendar spending items, including city check registers of approximately $3.0 million, $1.37 million, and $624,957, and approved the calendar with a funding-source clarification. Staff said $479,164 in additional funds would be divided evenly between the Government Building Fund (424) and Library Impact Fees (484). The calendar also included a time-sensitive building HVAC replacement project with a $75,000 contingency. Council authorized an application for state park-development grant funding; staff said applications could seek up to $8.5 million per park, with the final scope and amount to follow community input and the December 17 deadline. No vendor award was identified.

The council discussed substantial wastewater-bill increases following a change to winter-usage calculations. Members asked staff to return with practical options, including manual or spreadsheet adjustments and information on whether Munis could be specially programmed; no formal direction or vote was recorded on a specific remedy. The council also considered extending Pale Blue Dot Ventures’ development agreement for its proposed space-center project on about 82 acres of city-owned land. The developer reported raising about $2.1 million to date and seeking a first $5 million tranche toward an estimated $50 million in equity. The mayor moved for a two-year extension with six-month updates, but the transcript does not capture the vote result. Separately, an ordinance restricting utility and solid-waste service outside city limits passed 3–2 with stated exceptions for existing service and specified agreements, including the Vandenberg Space Force Base; the policy may affect future service arrangements and development opportunities.