Commission receives FY 2025 audit report
The City’s latest audit came back clean, but repeat internal-control deficiencies remained on the table along with a $1 million accounting hit from GASB 101.
Two hosts walk through the week’s edition in conversation — fy 2025 audit presented and received, seaside lagoon rehabilitation plan debated and, and what’s coming next. Generated by Aware, from this week’s verified summaries.
Auditors gave the City an unmodified opinion, then flagged repeat control issues and a $1 million net-position impact tied to a new accounting standard.
A clean audit can still carry warnings.
At the Redondo Beach Budget and Finance Commission, the City’s auditor presented the FY 2025 audit update and reported an unmodified opinion. That is the headline finding: the financial statements passed audit. The presentation also laid out key financial highlights, repeat internal control deficiencies, and a $1 million net-position impact tied to GASB 101, an accounting change that affected how the City reports part of its finances.
The commission’s action was straightforward. After the presentation, members voted to receive and file the audit presentation and report. That did not change the audit’s findings, but it formally accepted the update into the public record and closed out the item at the commission level.
What comes next is less about the vote than the issues left standing. The repeat internal control deficiencies remain unresolved, and the GASB 101 adjustment will now be part of the City’s reported financial picture for FY 2025. Fire residents, the takeaway is simple: auditors said the books were fairly presented, while the commission acknowledged that some internal control problems identified before have not yet been cleared.
Seaside Lagoon rehabilitation plan debated and advanced
Seaside Lagoon is back at the center of a familiar argument.
Staff walked the commission through the Seaside Lagoon Rehabilitation Project’s history, scope, compliance issues, fines, grant funding, and permitting path. The commission first received and filed that presentation, then heard public comment split between backing rehabilitation and pushing for wave pool alternatives.
In the end, the commission took a mixed position. It voted to recommend CEQA exemptions for the design presented, while telling City Council it does not support the current proposed design. Commissioners said they preferred elements from the 2024-approved design and want the City to pursue a grant extension request. That leaves the project advancing procedurally, but with a clear message that the commission wants changes before the plan moves ahead in its current form.
Artists and residents press public art issues
During non-agenda public comment, speakers asked for a clearer path into Redondo Beach public art work and challenged how Artisia Boulevard project money is being split. Another resident tied Artisia to pedestrian safety and urged the City to keep an LGBTQ+ sculpture moving toward City Council.
Residents raised Artisia public art funding, pedestrian safety, and an LGBTQ+ sculpture during public comment.
Commission backs more Golden Hills parking
The commission unanimously recommended adding 11 street parking spaces on Reed, Dixon, Heron, and Walakott streets in Golden Hills. Supporters said legal spaces are scarce, while opponents warned about one-lane pinch points, driveway safety, and emergency access.
Commission backed adding 11 Golden Hills parking spaces after public dispute over access and safety.
Commission limits elected salary recommendation
Commissioners recommended raising the City Clerk’s salary in step with merit increases for senior staff, while leaving pay unchanged for the City Treasurer, Mayor, and City Council. The discussion turned on whether comparisons with other cities were reliable enough to justify broader increases.
Commission recommended merit-linked pay for the City Clerk and no raises for other elected officials.
Commission forms two public art subcommittees
The commission set up Seawall and Gateway Parkette subcommittees after discussing tile art, replacement plans, procurement timing, material durability, and Brown Act limits. The move gives both projects smaller working groups to sort through design and process questions before they return for fuller discussion.
These subcommittees will shape two public art projects that affect waterfront appearance, materials, and project timing.
- Redondo Beach Cultural Arts Commission. Multiple members of the public addressed non-agenda topics: two local artists introduced themselves and requested opportunities to submit proposals; a business association representative requested changes to Artisia Boulevard public art budget allocations; and a resident raised Artisia pedestrian safety concerns and urged moving forward with an LGBTQ+ sculpture.
- Harbor Commission. Multiple public speakers commented on the Seaside Lagoon project. Many urged exploring a wave pool/surf-oriented concept to drive year-round use and economic activity; others cautioned against privatization and capacity/affordability impacts and supported moving forward with the current rehabilitation to secure grant funding and address water quality infrastructure.
What we didn’t fit in this Sundays edition
REDONDO BEACH had 22 more items this week. Here are sixfour — the rest are on Aware.
- GOVERNANCEHarbor Commission seeks Seaside Lagoon amenity presentations. The commission directed staff to arrange future presentations on amenities that could activate Seaside Lagoon year-round. It specifically voted to place a presentation on a Seaside Lagoon wave pool design concept on the September 14, 2026 agenda.
- GOVERNANCEActive subcommittee reports (Esplanade project; insurance issue; council contract timing). The commission received updates on active subcommittees, including that the Esplanade-related item was expected to go to City Council on September 1 on the consent calendar, that an insurance issue had been resolved, and that work could begin quickly after approval.
- GOVERNANCECommission referrals and staff updates (e-bike safety in parks; acknowledgments of departing commissioners). Staff and commissioners discussed a potential future agenda item on e-bike enforcement and safety in parks near playgrounds. Staff also thanked departing commissioners for their service and noted the Commission’s changing membership.
- GOVERNANCEFuture agenda planning: Historic Library use and cultural arts programming; music venues; sidewalk chalk event; King Harbor; tour request. Commissioners requested future agenda items, led by a detailed request to discuss the Historic Library’s use agreement and cultural arts programming. Additional suggestions included music programming/venues, a sidewalk chalk festival concept, coordination with King Harbor Association, and a request to tour the Historic Library.
- GOVERNANCECommission keeps meetings going and recommends bimonthly schedule. Commissioners discussed attendance challenges, whether to cancel the September meeting, and longer-term options for meeting frequency and start time. They supported holding the September 10 meeting, recommended moving to a bimonthly schedule, and kept the start time at 7:00 p.m.
- GOVERNANCEContinuation Items: Professional Services Letter and CIP Process. The Commission briefly referenced continuation items related to a letter concerning professional services and the CIP process, noting summer timing challenges and indicating these would remain on a future agenda.
- GOVERNANCEBlue folder and late comment materials filed. The commission received and filed additional correspondence and backup materials, including blue folder items related to the Historic Library, Artisia Boulevard public art, public participation correspondence, and item J1. It also received and filed a late written public comment from a Zoom participant who could not speak because of a medical emergency.
- GOVERNANCEConsent calendar items approved. The commissions approved consent calendar items without pulling any for separate discussion. One approval specifically covered the affidavit of posting for the Harbor Commission special meeting on August 25, 2026.
- GOVERNANCEAdditional Commission Referrals / Staff Items. The Chair asked whether there were any additional commission referrals for staff. No additional items were raised in the transcript.
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