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All in welcome to the Carpenteria City Council meeting. Today is Monday, January 26th, and we will start with the roll call, please.

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Councilmember Mayor.

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Councilmember Numer.

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Here.

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Vice Mayor Slerson.

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Here.

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Councilmember Clark.

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And Mayor Alacan.

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And if you are able and willing, please stand for the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic,

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for which stands one nation under a, in the accessible liberty and justice program.

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Well, now move on to any agenda modifications?

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I have a request.

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I would like to request that we add to the agenda that the City of Carpenteria make a formal

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statement, standing with the City of Minneapolis and the communities impacted by recent federal

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immigration enforcement activities, and to observe a moment of silence and memory of Renee

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Good and Alex Pretty.

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This would allow for our city to publicly express solidarity with our fellow communities and affirm the city's commitment to community safety, civil liberties, as well as to acknowledge the tragic loss of life that has been happening during these recent federal ice operations.

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We have a first and a second. All those in favor.

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Hi.

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Okay, thank you for bringing that up Council Member Mayor.

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And Mayor Alarkon through the mayor, we just have to make some specific findings to add

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something onto the agenda after the agenda has been posted, so if I can do that, I'd appreciate

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that.

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So there is a process to do this.

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It does require two-thirds vote of the Council to add an agenda item after the 72 hours

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has passed.

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We've satisfied that requirement.

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The second requirement is that we have to show that there's an urgency or a subsequent need to place this on the agenda and to make that finding.

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You have to show that the need for this item came up after the agenda was posted and here, based on what Councilmember Mayor has requested.

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the ice rating question, where there was a U.S. citizen who was killed, happened occurred

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on Saturday.

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And so that was after our agenda was posted, so I think we can satisfy that finding as

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well.

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Thank you.

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In terms of having the moment of silence, should we have it now, or should we, what would

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be your recommendation?

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Maryland Council members now works, it's really up to you and Council member Mayor who requested the item where that go in the agenda.

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It probably does make sense at the beginning of a meeting because we have a lot of proclamations, et cetera, so it could be.

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But it could go anywhere and we'll just remember to want to allow public comment to as we before we introduce.

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Okay, so we'll introduce the item.

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Have some public comment.

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Right, man.

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Then.

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I'm comfortable with starting our meeting with that moment of silence.

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So we'll introduce the agenda item as Council Member mentioned in her statement.

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And I will open up any public comment.

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Period.

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I do not have any speaker slips and would invite anyone in the audience to have any comments

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or share any comments if you'd like.

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Seeing none. Yes.

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Hi, Theresa. Hi, everybody. We have just been feeling this really

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heavy in our hearts. And so we just are thankful for you for bringing that up. I

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think we're expected to go about our lives as, you know, just any other day. And

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we certainly were feeling the heaviness of it. And we appreciate it being acknowledged.

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Thank you.

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Hello Council Member, I'm Jessica Ramirez, and I just wanted to thank you, Council Member

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Mayor, for bringing this to the agenda as well.

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We have a few comments we want to make later, and they are around this current thing that's

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happening right now.

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And so it feels very nice that our council is able to really, you know, have a moment of

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signage of silence and focus on the travesties that are happening in our community.

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So thank you.

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they know other public comments or speakers in the in the room do we have anyone on zoom

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from here we have no raised hands for the side of

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i will go ahead and close public comment and i'll ask councilman mayor if you'd like to

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get off the moment of silence

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think that's fitting

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thank you um so

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to stand in solidarity with

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another community as we have also experienced

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you know

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this deep impact of the ice operations, but do truly to recognize the tragic loss of life.

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It is occurring during these raids.

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We would please take a moment of silence.

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Thank you all.

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Thank you to the Council for having participated in this and for the rest of those in the chamber of

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meeting rooms.

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Just as Theresa mentioned, I think this is a very heavy topic for so many of us in the nation.

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Thank you.

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We will now begin, move on with the agenda with introductions,

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proclamations and presentations, and we will provide a

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proclamation proclaiming February, 2026 as Black History

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a month in the city of Carp Norea.

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I would like to first open up public comment.

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I do not have any speaker slips.

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Do we have anyone on Zoom?

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Mayor, we have no resistance.

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Okay, I will go ahead and close public comment and bring it back

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to the council for a motion.

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I moved to adopt the Proclamation Proclaiming February 2026 as Black History Month in the City of Carpentria.

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We have a first in the second, all those in favor.

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All right.

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And we will begin reading the Proclamation, beginning with Council Member Mayor.

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Whereas Black History Month is an annual observance in February dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the invaluable contributions and achievements of African Americans throughout the history of the United States and

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Whereas a national theme for Black History Month, 2026, is a century of Black history

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commemorations, marking the hundredth year of national efforts to recognize Black history and

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culture, focusing on how these commemorations have shaped identity, fostered pride, advanced

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equality, and transformed the status of Black people in America and the world.

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Whereas 2026 marks the century of national commemorations of Black History, dating back to the early

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efforts of Carter G Woodson and others who institutionalized the teaching, study, dissemination

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and commemoration of Black History through the founding of the Association for the study

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of Negro Life and History in 1915 and...

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Well, as part of the global African diaspora, people of African descent in the United States

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have viewed their role in history as critical to their own development and that of the world

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and observed the milestones in their struggle to gain their freedom and equality.

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What has coined Carter G. Woodson, established Negro history week in 1926, he sought to turn

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the commemoration into a far-reaching, organized and sustained effort to transform how blacks

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will view themselves and how the world viewed them.

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Where as in 1976, President Gerald Ford, became the first president to issue a message, recognizing

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Black History Month. And in 1986, Congress passed public law 99-244, designating February

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as Black History Month and where as these efforts have made February the month when Black

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History finds its way into not only schools but also into cultural heritage sites,

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public squares, workplaces, houses of worship and homes across the land and across the oceans.

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Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Carpenteria does here by recognized

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and honor Black History Month, 2026, embracing the theme, a century of Black History, commemorations,

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and honors the founders of Black History Month and urges all to explore the impact and meaning

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of Black History and life commemorations in transforming the status of Black peoples in the modern world.

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And with that, I'd love to invite up Diane Travis Seek to share a few words, and then we will

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provide you with the proclamation.

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Thank you.

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Mayor Alicon, members of the City Council, community members, friends and neighbors.

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On behalf of the Black History Celebration Committee, thank you for this meaningful

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proclamation and for your continued commitment to honoring Black History, not just

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this history, but as living, evolving contributions to our shared communities.

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This year's national theme, a century of black history come in commemorations reminds us that

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remembrance is an act of care.

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For generations, communities have gathered to ensure black stories, leadership, creativity,

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and resilience are seen, valued, and cared for it.

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We are deeply grateful to Carpentaria for standing with us in that commitment, recognizing

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that when we honor Black History, we strengthen our collective understanding, empathy and sense of belonging.

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Thank you for this recognition, for your partnership, and for your help in cultivating

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a community where history is acknowledged with respect, purpose, and hope. Thank you.

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He was asking about this schedule of Black History events.

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They will be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, and there will also be broadcast

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on K.E.Y. T.C.

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So please feel free to join us.

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Thank you.

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We will now move on to the second item on our agenda, which is a mayoral recognition awarded

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to our very own city clerk, Brian C. Barrett, for achieving the Master Municipal Clerk

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designation.

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I would like to first open up the floor to any public comment.

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I do not have any speaker slips, do we have any one in the audience, do we have any one via zoom?

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We have no raise chance, Mayor.

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Okay, I'll go ahead and officially close public comments.

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And I will ask for a motion.

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I moved to adopt the mayor.

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I don't know if we need to actually do we need a motion for my oral recognition?

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Mayor Alcott, excuse me, vice mayor Salarsano through the mayor. We don't necessarily need one, but it doesn't hurt either, so.

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Well, that's either way.

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That's right.

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First, we're very grateful to have you.

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So I moved to adopt this mayoral recognition to City Clerk Brian.

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See Barrett for achieving the Master Municipal Clerk designation.

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Second.

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We have a first and a second, all those in favor.

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I'd like to read the, what is on this certificate, so it says the City of Carpenteria

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Commence and congratulates City Clerk, Brian C. Barrett, on achieving the Master Municipal

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Clerk designation, the highest professional honor are awarded by the International Institute

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of Municipal Clerks.

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This accomplishment reflects exceptional dedication to public service, professional excellence,

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and a set-fast commitment to the principles of effective and ethical and municipal government.

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The City of Carpenteria is grateful for your leadership and service to our community.

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Thank you, Brian.

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Can I make a few comments?

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I just want to make sure that the audience understands that a lot of the work that Brian

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does a city clerk is invisible to a lot of people, but it also is fundamental to the city running as well as it does.

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I've been honored to know Brian since before I was on council and so I've been able to see him

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in action in a lot of different ways that serve the city just so well. So we're so proud of

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your dedication to your own professional development to making sure that your absolute best

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city clerk that this city could have. So thank you so much for all that you do.

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Thank you very much, Mayor and this city council members. I'm very appreciative of the recognition

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and I'm very honored and this is just one step in the whole process. This isn't the end all.

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You're still so much to learn.

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In this city clerk profession, I look forward to continuing in it with the City of Carpenteria. Thank you very much.

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And we love if you'd take a photo with us as well.

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We will now move on to our third agenda item, which is a presentation by your representative of Chevron, USA, Inc.

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About the Carpenteria, oil and gas facility decommissioning.

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evening and thanks for the opportunity to address City Council. My name is Mark Cortena Habedian,

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I'm a public affairs advisor at Chevron. We wanted to take time to acknowledge that we've

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reached an important milestone for the decommissioning of the Carpenteria oil and gas processing

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facility. We now have the regulatory approvals in hand for the demolition permit that's required

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to start work. It started the first phase of work for this important project and work is set to begin

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tomorrow morning. These initial work activities are going to include the removal of select

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trees in the southeast corner of the property and we'll endure for about the next

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month or so. Followed by the demolition of the surface facilities including tanks and

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vessels thereafter. All of our neighbor notifications have been provided and FAQs have been

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developed in partnership with the city's PIO to be uploaded to the city's web page to help

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community questions about the project. We place the highest priority on the health and safety

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of our workforce and the protection of the environment and the communities in which we operate.

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This morning, just on the other side of the fence here, we held our safety and awareness training

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for our personnel who will be involved in this first phase of work, including our staff, contractors,

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and we have representatives from the city of Carpenterria, all in attendance. All of the plans,

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mitigation measures in safeguards associated with the space of work are approved and ready to be implemented.

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This collaborative effort, in process for more than five years, has been instrumental in ensuring that the proposed project is implemented in a manner that minimizes and appropriately mitigates potential environmental impacts.

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We appreciate the time, the expertise and perspective that each interested party has contributed to this significant endeavor.

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We are grateful for the efforts to strengthen the project, develop effective mitigations, and respond to feedback to ensure the work is done responsibly.

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I want to acknowledge in particular the efforts of the city as the lead agency in the sequo process and the diligence and care of your staff in making this project a reality.

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Many people have been instrumental in reaching this milestone, and I'd like to recognize a few of them.

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Nick Bob Roth, Jeanette Gantt, Cody Sargent, Ryan Barrett, everything coming up Ryan and

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Knight.

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Shay Darington, John Alassan, Ryan Kins, Michael Ramirez, Joliza Breones, Luis Perez, Randy

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Jolespi, and their teams for the years of dedication, review and partnership to ensure

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the quality of this project.

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We're proud to have reached this important milestone together, and are here available

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tonight to answer your questions, or community questions that anyone might have related

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to the start of work, and this is the project progresses to decommission and remediate

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this long standing site.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I'd like to open it up for any questions from the council.

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No questions.

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Thank you.

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I will go ahead and open up public comment.

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I do not have any speaker slips.

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I'm going to give anyone an audience a moment.

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Seeing none, do we have anyone on Zoom?

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May I have no raise dance?

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I'll go ahead and officially close public comment, and I will bring it back to the council for any final questions or comments and a motion.

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I move to receive and file the presentation on the California oil and gas facility decommissioning.

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We have a first and a second. All those in favor.

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Aye.

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We will now move on to public information reports and announcements.

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Do we have a representative from our first district supervisor's office?

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Seeing no one in the audience.

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I'll look to staff.

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Do we have any update in terms of whether or not they'll be attending today?

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Yeah, Mayor.

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I hadn't heard otherwise.

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And so if we could perhaps postpone this in case I run in late and I will do my best to

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find out here in the next few minutes whether that's what's happening.

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Thank you.

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Just making sure we're at the rest of the council.

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We'll go ahead and postpone this agenda item, and we will move on to the City Manager's report.

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And Mayor, I did just look down and see a text message that Daisy should be arriving in a second.

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It also sounds like she's listening because she said, go back and do your City Manager report first.

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So first I'll just say that I want to appreciate the council for recognizing Brian this evening.

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And we are very much a team, and well, not necessarily in a sense of being competitive to

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outdo one another, we do like awards and certificates mainly because they help inspire

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others to work hard and strive for bigger and better things.

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And so, thank you, and thank you, to Brian for all the work that he put in there.

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As has been custom, I'll be joined by a few different people and helping me provide different

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to this report for those listening in at home, just want to let you know that we don't always

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cover everything in the city manager's reports, I encourage people to read that, and there's

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also helpful links in there, and then of course with the Council if there's any item of particular

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interest, happy to agendaize that for a future meeting and bring that back. And so with that,

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I'll start off by introducing a city manager Ryan Kence to give some city employee updates.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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Council Mayor, just to brief update on some current recruitments.

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We continue to move forward on several part-time positions to support Parks Recreation and

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Aquatics Operations for the aquatic instructor, coach 1, 2 and 3 positions candidates

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have been selected and are currently pending some background screening.

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We also have the Life Guard Program Coordinator 1, 2 and 3 recruitment that remains open

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at this time.

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The deadline to apply for that position is February 4th, so we encourage those interested to continue to apply.

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New employees, I want to note a recent hire.

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David Rousseau joined the city as a Parks and Facilities Attendant.

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He's part-time and he began work on January 26th, 2026.

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We're really glad to have him on board already providing a great impact to the city.

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And then I wanted to just provide a quick update on employee leadership and development as Michael mentioned.

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We have a great staff here who's always seeking professional development.

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Assistant Engineer Josefina Arachiga recently completed the resident engineer's academy.

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This is a 16 module training program provided by the California Local Technical Assistance Program.

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The Academy focuses on real world project delivery and construction contract management, including pre-construction planning, scope development, legal requirements, payments, environmental compliance and labor standards.

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The completion of this program definitely strengthens Hosefina's technical capacity and supports the city's ability to effectively manage state and federally funded construction projects.

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So congratulations to Hosefina for achieving this. And that's it. Permi.

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I have to have no questions. I will bring up our community development director Nick Bob Roth to give us some updates on development applications.

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Good evening Mayor Larkon, council members. I've got a handful of updates here in this week's

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City Manager's report. I wanted to share with you. Right off the top of the list here was just to

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remind everybody that the draft environmental impact report or EIR for the surfline or in project has been released

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for a 45 day comment period. That 45 day comment period started last week on January 22nd and it will run through March

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We'll also be holding a meeting with the City's Environmental Review Committee, which will provide an overview of the project and an opportunity for the public to ask questions and provide feedback on the draft EIR.

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That meeting scheduled for February 18th at 530 pm here in the Council chambers.

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And the draft EIR and all of the attachments and supporting documents are up on our city website.

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We're anybody can view them, download them, print them if they want to.

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We also have paper copies that folks can look at, but not take home here at Carpenter's

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City Hall and at the Carpenter Library.

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And if folks have questions, they can email our Principal Planner Mindy Fog at MindyF as

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in Frank at CarpenteriaCA.gov.

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We've also recently seen a number of permits and business license applications for some new businesses that will be coming online here in the near future in the downtown and want to highlight just a couple of those.

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So building permits have been issued or are ready to issue for both the palms renovation, including the half of the former Wajaka Fresh space, which will be a new kind of cafe Deli associated with the palms.

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And then also Arnie's rooftop bar, which is the second floor space overlooking Lyndon Avenue at the New Lyndon Square Development.

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So construction will be underway at both of those soon, if not already.

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And Arnie's will be coming before the city council ended up coming, meeting to request approval of their ABC license for the bar use.

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We've also been in early communications with the new tenant for the former Carp Kitchen Space at 4945 Carp and Revenue.

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It'll be called Coyote's Little Market, and it'll be a meet and seafood market along with local dry goods and kitchen essentials.

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So they're going through the business licensing process with us currently, and they hope to be open later this spring.

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And then finally, at the former Giovanni space there at the corner of Lyndon and Carpenter

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Avenue, we've been working with the new tenant there, which will be O-Hi, Ro-T-Do.

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They're working on a clean-up of the property, and they've got building permits that

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are in Plancheck right now, and I expect they're targeting an opening date later this spring as

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well.

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I know we've already heard from Mark with Chevron, so I don't need to remind you that work will

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starting there this week. But I do want to make quick mention of items coming up on a couple

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of our other public hearing agendas. So later this week on Thursday here in the Council

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Chamber is at 530 p.m. The Architecture Review Board will be completing a final review of the

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Burgess Burke Residence Remodel and Edition Project at 748 Maple Avenue. Also looking

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at the Cypress Apartments Foundation, which is at 495-6 Fifth Street for Final Review, and they'll

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be doing a preliminary review of the Surf Cottages 3 Unit Condominium Project at 47167 Street.

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That project was formerly known as the GoBuddy Condominium Project under a previous owner and it's

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now been purchased and given a refresh and so it's coming back through the process again.

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That air-be meeting again will be at 530 here in the Council Chamber.

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Agenda and staff reports are up on the City website already, and then next Monday,

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a week from tonight, the Planning Commission will be holding their first meeting of the

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new year, and they'll be taking a look at a new proposed single-family residence for

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333 Lyndon Avenue, as well as a proposed wireless communications facility at 912 Lyndon

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have a new and the agenda and staff reports will be up for that item later this week.

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And that concludes my items.

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Let's see if any questions.

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I just have one question and it might just be because I'm new and I don't know the answer,

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but who is on the city's environmental review committee?

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Through the mayor, Council Member Mayor, the ERC is made up of the Community Development

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Director, the Public Works Director, the Public Works and Environmental Programs Manager,

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our city biologist, and we have one member of the Public at Large, which currently is

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Jenny Slutter.

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Thank you.

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Can you actually expand on a little bit of what the public could expect for that meeting?

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Sure.

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We're talking about at the ERC meeting.

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So at the ERC meeting,

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the environmental consultant team will provide an overview of what

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the EIR looks at, so they'll provide a project description, summary of the or the anticipated

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impacts and any proposed mitigation measures, as well as some discussion of the alternatives

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that were considered.

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From there, the public will have an opportunity to ask questions or make comments on the EIR.

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So it's an opportunity both for folks to learn more about the project, to help inform maybe their ongoing research into the project and give them some additional resources to find out more about the project without having to read the entire 400 pages themselves if they want to.

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And it's also an opportunity for folks to give verbal, you know.

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So we take those just the same as we would have written letter. We make notes of them, record them, and then respond to them in the future revisions to the EIR.

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And then lastly, the ERC members themselves have an opportunity to ask clarifying questions or provide any input or suggestions on any revisions or refinements to the document.

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So, it's mostly an informational meeting.

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It's not meant to be a meeting where there's any kind of approval or denial.

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There are an advisory board in this case to the Planning Commission, much like the architecture

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of view board is.

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So, they're going to provide comments and feedback.

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And that's carried on to the Planning Commission,

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who will ultimately be responsible for deciding whether or not to accept the EIR.

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Thank you. That was a really helpful.

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Are there any other questions on behalf of Council?

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Thank you.

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Mayor just wanted to talk about the prop to 18 assessment ballots that went out.

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Those were mailed out on January the 9th and property owners had begun receiving those ballots already.

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I was just informed that we received a little over a thousand ballots already for the landscape maintenance district and approximately a hundred for the winter burn district.

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ballot or property owners may return those ballots by mail at any time and to be counted

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the ballots have to be received by the city clerk no later than the close of the public

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hearing to be held here on March 9. And staff continues to assist property owners with

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questions related to the assessment districts, the ballot procedures, applicable timelines,

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and so forth.

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So people can go to CarpenterriaCA.gov, forward slash assessment districts, or they can email

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staff directly at assessment districts at CarpenterriaCA.gov.

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And I can assure folks that that doesn't go to some generic inbox that actually goes

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to this gentleman right here, Assistant City Manager, Ryan Kins, and also Jelice Breona's

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and they're able to help people in both English and Spanish.

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And while I can't really comment on the type of responses we've been receiving, I can say that

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overwhelmingly people have felt better about whatever decision they were going to make after

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talking to staff when they've had questions.

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So I really encourage people to do that, and to make sure you vote.

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They're all pre, what do you call that?

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Pre-paid postage envelope and encourage people to return those.

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Also, before I actually handed off to Brian to talk about a new management system that we have,

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I'll just touch based on a few things, parked recreation and community services.

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So, there's in Aloha, Friday, Luao, for age well, it's an annual dance, and it will be held on Friday, February 13th at 5.30 PM at the Veterans Memorial Hall.

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It's a free community event with food, tropical music, dancing, and great company.

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RSVP is requested, and the number to do that is 805-881-1279, again 805-881-1279, or by emailing

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agewell at carpandariaca.gov. So I hope to see folks out for that. And then the lecture

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series, they're going to be doing another one. I believe they've done this one before and it

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was well attended and advanced care directive workshop in collaboration with hospice

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of Santa Barbara. So, H. Well, we'll host a two-part advanced care directive workshop on February

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5th and the 12th from 1 to 230 pm at the Veterans Hall meeting room and it'll guide participants

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through planning ahead by outlining medical wishes and designating a health care representative

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in the event they're unable to communicate for themselves. So, happy to answer questions on the assessment

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or any of the recreation items, and if not, I have Brian left to make a few comments.

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Right.

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One question about the assessment districts, so the March 9th hearing, that's the deadline

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for people to send them in.

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Are there going to be reminders from the city just so that people, you know, if who might

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not have turned it in yet, will be continuously encouraged to do so?

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Yeah, Vice Minister Slerson, I'll thank you for that question.

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I was actually having a chance to talk to with our city attorney just beforehand and of

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course for people who don't know the process is very strict and requires the city to maintain

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a strictly educational stance without being anyway advocacy one way or another.

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So she promised to have a conversation with me after about the most appropriate way

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to continue to inform people after.

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So we look forward to report back to you all the next meeting.

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And if there's any other questions?

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I will turn it over to we'll end with our master and to talk a little bit about our new agenda management system.

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Thank you, Michael. I'm pleased to announce that we've gone our new agenda management system.

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Civic Plus has gone live now on our city website.

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So if you like to look at the screen, I'll go ahead and kind of walk you through what city council meetings,

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other plan commission, et cetera, will be posted and what it will look like.

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So starting here on our agenda page, so right now you still see, we've got a note here

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explaining the whole transition process. We still have the regular, this is our old agenda

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management system grantcase. So right now the architectural review board meeting of this Thursday

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will be the last public meeting through the grantcase portal. It'll be streamed and posted

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through grannicus, and then beginning next Monday, the February 2nd Planning Commission will

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be in the new system, a civic plus. So if you scroll down below grannicus on the agenda page,

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this is the new civic plus agenda management system. So the nice thing with this is you can

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select meetings by a date range. You can hone in by, like you just want to see City Council

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or one of the other boards and committees to focus on that, you can also have a very robust

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search engine. So not only will it search through the agendas, but all the meeting materials

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as well, for any particular keywords you're looking for. So as I noted, the February 2nd Plan

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Commission next Monday will be the very first one that will be streamed and posted through

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this system. I posted the January 12th Council meeting just so everybody could kind of see what

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The actual agenda would look like, this is just, again, just a sample right now.

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Okay, so here you've got kind of the bones, the agenda, the sections, and then down here

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you've got item one, the proclamation, you can click on the link, you'll open up the agenda

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packet right to that proclamation, it in it's unfortunately just a little slow right now,

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and there's the proclamation, and then the nice thing is all the items in the agenda packet

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bookmark so you can just go and click on any one of the items and go right to it so right now

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you're looking at the meeting overview you could also go to the meeting media right now of course there's

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no video title to this video but this is what where you'd go to click to actually watch the live

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meeting or the recorded meeting after the fact and then the next one is the meeting files tab

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Again, pardon the lag.

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Oh.

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Sorry.

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All right.

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And then again, you're back to this page with the bookmarks

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for each item and the whole agenda packet here.

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And then, I don't see it here.

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But there is also, oh, no, here it is.

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The submit comment.

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So this is, again, similar to our e-comment feature

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in the previous, into the previous agenda

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you could submit an e-comment directly for that item.

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Right now, this is just set per agenda,

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so you have to just notify what item number you're speaking on.

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And that's pretty much it.

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That's kind of the new layout of the new agenda

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management system for everybody.

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Are there any questions?

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Does it look like we have any questions?

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Thank you.

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Mayor, that concludes my report.

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So I go ahead and I will go ahead and open up public comments.

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I do not have any speaker slips.

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I do have speaker slips.

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There on their way.

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So I'd like to call up Tristine.

439
00:39:19,220 --> 00:39:19,440
Welcome.

440
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:34,860
So I now have my answer.

441
00:39:35,260 --> 00:39:41,920
I was wondering whether the amendment that appears in small print

442
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:57,080
was the same as builders remedy in the conditional certification of the coastal approval

443
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:04,820
of rezoning the Baylorden and Ben Garton.

444
00:40:06,420 --> 00:40:13,260
And just so you know, because I was shocked to see this, but I guess it shouldn't be a surprise.

445
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:19,640
It says that the developer now has something called use by right.

446
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:26,100
And that means this says in this little amendment that was in small print.

447
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:51,260
that the Counties review shall not require a conditional use permit, development plan, environmental review, under the California Environmental Quality Act, or other discretionary review, or approval pursuant to government code section, and then it gives the sections.

448
00:40:51,260 --> 00:40:52,440
So,

449
00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:00,540
we have lost and this is now baked in to the approvals for these

450
00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:01,280
rezonings.

451
00:41:01,580 --> 00:41:04,440
It will now create precedent for them going forward.

452
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:14,910
It seems that we really have, we are going to have very little approval over what they

453
00:41:14,910 --> 00:41:25,910
and those of us who live at Baylor, who are very worried about the impact on our parking

454
00:41:25,910 --> 00:41:29,410
and our escape routes in the case of an emergency,

455
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:35,650
we feel in despair really.

456
00:41:36,910 --> 00:41:39,670
So just, you know, heads up, this is where things are.

457
00:41:39,670 --> 00:41:47,850
And if the supervisors approve it tomorrow, which they will, it's just going to be a rubber stamp.

458
00:41:49,550 --> 00:41:51,730
Then this is what we live with.

459
00:41:52,590 --> 00:42:01,070
And there will be more rezoning and this will now be the way it is.

460
00:42:01,310 --> 00:42:02,350
Thank you.

461
00:42:02,530 --> 00:42:03,590
Thank you for your comments.

462
00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:07,910
Carl Sunkin?

463
00:42:09,490 --> 00:42:09,870
Welcome.

464
00:42:17,330 --> 00:42:26,130
Yes, I'm a neighbor of Tristines and I've spoken out before about the Baylor project.

465
00:42:27,370 --> 00:42:29,550
Now approved by the Coastal Commission.

466
00:42:30,250 --> 00:42:35,350
I'm just hoping that the City Council can go to their private telephones tonight.

467
00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:41,970
Maybe call some of their friends on the board of supervisors and see what you can do about trying to protect us

468
00:42:41,970 --> 00:42:49,350
because this bailer development looks now like it is baked in.

469
00:42:50,110 --> 00:42:55,530
So I'm just hoping that the council can work with us or work in our favor.

470
00:42:56,170 --> 00:42:57,810
Thank you.

471
00:42:58,110 --> 00:42:59,130
Thank you for your comments.

472
00:43:01,150 --> 00:43:04,170
I'd like to forget about, uh, to, well, I don't see any others.

473
00:43:04,250 --> 00:43:05,730
Make yourselves do we have anyone on Zoom?

474
00:43:06,390 --> 00:43:08,370
I'm here. We do have one raised hand.

475
00:43:08,450 --> 00:43:10,390
Right. We have a Betty Jepson.

476
00:43:10,710 --> 00:43:11,850
Betty? Go ahead.

477
00:43:12,970 --> 00:43:16,370
Yes, good afternoon, Mayor and City Council.

478
00:43:17,250 --> 00:43:21,250
I urge you to do what you can to oppose this development.

479
00:43:22,490 --> 00:43:27,930
There is a very bad precedent by bundling the Baylord property

480
00:43:27,930 --> 00:43:33,970
with the Van Vinguden properties because they are not continues.

481
00:43:34,830 --> 00:43:36,050
They are not the same.

482
00:43:36,870 --> 00:43:39,770
Van Vinguden was in Sacramento speaking in favor

483
00:43:39,770 --> 00:43:47,170
of having his two parcels developed, Baylord is completely opposed, including by yourselves,

484
00:43:47,470 --> 00:43:53,730
the city of Cargandaria. You did a wonderful job. You have fantastic material on your website,

485
00:43:54,050 --> 00:44:02,110
against the development. It is a death trap trying to have this property with 173 units behind

486
00:44:02,110 --> 00:44:11,530
to see the village, which already is 280 units representing 1,400 residents, and the Villa del Mar

487
00:44:11,530 --> 00:44:19,830
on the other side, trying all to get out on Baylor, in Sacramento, to the developer for

488
00:44:19,830 --> 00:44:27,330
Red Tail, said that he had three escape units. I have only seen one. I'm speaking tonight

489
00:44:27,330 --> 00:44:34,950
for myself, but I was the President of Casita's village when I wrote a letter on March 7th of 2024,

490
00:44:36,390 --> 00:44:43,430
and the developer got in my face and said, if Casita's village doesn't give us your back alley

491
00:44:43,430 --> 00:44:47,190
for our second escape route, which is the city of Carme de Ria requires,

492
00:44:47,650 --> 00:44:52,810
we're going to take it by eminent domain using a housing authority to do so.

493
00:44:52,810 --> 00:44:59,970
And that is what I think, if they have one, their second exit route is that out.

494
00:45:00,050 --> 00:45:09,270
A long-stukasitas village, private property, casitas village, peace taxes on it, and it is the only way for everyone on

495
00:45:09,270 --> 00:45:19,450
birch street to leave. It is where their garages back out on to. And finally, we're already casitas village and

496
00:45:19,450 --> 00:45:27,350
more providing housing for workers. And most people have cars. They have a very difficult

497
00:45:27,350 --> 00:45:34,290
time-parking as it is. The casinos really just constantly having hearings on fines for people

498
00:45:34,290 --> 00:45:41,750
who park in the fire lanes. It is extremely dangerous. It is not just a matter of providing housing,

499
00:45:41,930 --> 00:45:47,770
but it's also a matter of what you have so wonderfully done in the past and continue to do.

500
00:45:47,770 --> 00:45:53,170
It's provides the safety and health benefits for those people who already reside in carbon

501
00:45:53,170 --> 00:45:53,670
do, yeah.

502
00:45:54,150 --> 00:45:59,110
So I really applaud you for what you've done, but please don't give up, please continue

503
00:45:59,110 --> 00:46:01,510
to do the work, opposing this project.

504
00:46:01,970 --> 00:46:02,630
Thank you.

505
00:46:04,540 --> 00:46:05,460
Thank you for your comments.

506
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:08,220
And Mayor, that concludes Zoom a comment.

507
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,480
We'll go ahead and officially close public comment.

508
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:12,300
I'll bring it back to the council.

509
00:46:12,420 --> 00:46:14,260
If there's any final questions or comments.

510
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:15,480
Okay.

511
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:17,620
Thank you for the city manager's report.

512
00:46:17,620 --> 00:46:24,600
We'll now move on to, we're going to back up a little and hear from Daisy, who will provide

513
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:30,100
a public information report and announcements from our First District Supervisors Office.

514
00:46:33,650 --> 00:46:33,730
Welcome.

515
00:46:34,570 --> 00:46:40,950
Hello, good evening, Mayor Allercon, and for us at the Council, apologies for the tardiness.

516
00:46:41,090 --> 00:46:42,290
Thanks for being understanding.

517
00:46:42,670 --> 00:46:43,370
I was listening.

518
00:46:44,610 --> 00:46:45,730
Congratulations, Brian.

519
00:46:46,150 --> 00:46:47,950
You really are totally awesome.

520
00:46:49,210 --> 00:46:49,610
So thanks.

521
00:46:49,610 --> 00:46:51,750
I like working with you.

522
00:46:52,630 --> 00:46:58,130
Okay, I have a bunch of updates because I wasn't here in December, so bear with me.

523
00:46:59,370 --> 00:47:02,490
The first thing I wanted to update everyone on was tomorrow.

524
00:47:04,050 --> 00:47:13,230
The Board of Supervisors has an item on the resones, the LCP resones that went to the Coastal Commission,

525
00:47:13,230 --> 00:47:20,330
and what's coming back. So what's coming back before the board is an acceptance of the modifications

526
00:47:20,330 --> 00:47:27,590
that were proposed by the Coastal Commission. The board unanimously accepted the

527
00:47:28,670 --> 00:47:37,210
resones with the modifications of at least 32 percent of the units that are built have to be affordable

528
00:47:37,210 --> 00:47:44,170
and those affordable units have to last the lifetime of the project.

529
00:47:45,590 --> 00:47:51,310
So, those are, that's the scope of what the supervisors are voting on tomorrow.

530
00:47:56,670 --> 00:48:04,430
We are going to, that item is A20, and our office is pulled it, because we have questions about it.

531
00:48:04,430 --> 00:48:11,210
We would like to get some clarity on the withdrawal of the Builder's Remedy project, specifically

532
00:48:11,210 --> 00:48:19,710
at Baylord and what that means for a new project, and we're asking about SQA and EIR requirements,

533
00:48:20,810 --> 00:48:26,170
as it pertains to the fine print, actually, that is in the resounds.

534
00:48:26,790 --> 00:48:32,610
So we did pull that item, it's administrative item 20, if anybody wants to make public comment,

535
00:48:32,610 --> 00:48:34,970
There's the availability to do it on Zoom.

536
00:48:35,670 --> 00:48:36,310
Just like here.

537
00:48:37,970 --> 00:48:38,190
OK.

538
00:48:40,050 --> 00:48:45,870
Moving on, the Baylor project is probably the number one thing

539
00:48:45,870 --> 00:48:50,370
we get questions about from Carpenteria Residence.

540
00:48:50,930 --> 00:48:51,650
Well, there's two items.

541
00:48:51,690 --> 00:48:52,610
I'll get to the other one later.

542
00:48:54,610 --> 00:48:57,730
I just want to preface this with.

543
00:48:57,770 --> 00:49:00,590
There's a lot of unanswered questions about Baylor.

544
00:49:00,590 --> 00:49:08,670
there's a lot of info out there that is old info because we just haven't seen a project yet.

545
00:49:08,970 --> 00:49:14,590
The last project that we have seen was under Builders Remedy. It's from 2024.

546
00:49:15,270 --> 00:49:22,510
It is the project that the Coastal Commission poked holes in and got of a verbal

547
00:49:22,510 --> 00:49:29,510
recognition that they were going to redo the project. I'm sure they worked on it with the

548
00:49:29,510 --> 00:49:34,090
Postal Commission, but no one has seen an updated plan.

549
00:49:35,330 --> 00:49:39,150
So when folks say that this is a project that has been

550
00:49:39,150 --> 00:49:41,630
approved, this project has not been approved,

551
00:49:41,710 --> 00:49:43,330
because we haven't seen the project.

552
00:49:43,730 --> 00:49:44,950
No one has seen the project.

553
00:49:45,510 --> 00:49:46,810
We're waiting on that.

554
00:49:47,310 --> 00:49:49,310
So I want to give you a bit of a status update.

555
00:49:50,730 --> 00:49:54,090
So back in December, we had a meeting.

556
00:49:54,370 --> 00:49:56,750
We host our office hosted a meeting here, actually.

557
00:49:57,430 --> 00:49:58,810
So we co-hosted, I guess.

558
00:49:58,810 --> 00:50:05,210
with the city managers, city manager Ramirez was there and a

559
00:50:05,210 --> 00:50:10,150
assistant city manager, Kins was there and director Bob Roth was there, the

560
00:50:10,150 --> 00:50:14,850
housing authority reps were there, the red tail reps were there, our county

561
00:50:14,850 --> 00:50:19,370
planning and development reps were there and our office was there. This is

562
00:50:19,370 --> 00:50:27,330
very uncommon, this is not how things typically go and our goal is to get more

563
00:50:27,330 --> 00:50:35,470
collaboration and more transparency and more answers, so the result of that meeting was an agreement

564
00:50:35,470 --> 00:50:40,150
to move forward with more transparency and agreement to move forward with more collaboration

565
00:50:40,890 --> 00:50:47,970
and an agreement from red tail and the housing authority to co-host info sessions on the

566
00:50:47,970 --> 00:50:54,830
project itself and the different ways that the community can apply for housing.

567
00:50:56,670 --> 00:50:58,810
So that was how that meeting ended.

568
00:51:00,530 --> 00:51:06,450
The next status is that we're waiting on the Builders Remedy to be withdrawn

569
00:51:06,450 --> 00:51:09,670
and a new project to be submit.

570
00:51:11,970 --> 00:51:17,970
I don't think it's controversial to say that we do not want a Builders Remedy project.

571
00:51:18,050 --> 00:51:23,210
We would like to see more, we would like to see it move through the process

572
00:51:23,210 --> 00:51:28,610
so that there is more input from community members and the county.

573
00:51:30,270 --> 00:51:35,850
I just want to reflect that we I've met with a lot of the folks behind us.

574
00:51:36,270 --> 00:51:37,910
I've we've met with them in person.

575
00:51:37,910 --> 00:51:39,570
We've talked to them on the phone.

576
00:51:40,030 --> 00:51:41,710
I appreciate all the questions here.

577
00:51:42,010 --> 00:51:45,990
And so we are very aware of the concerns of more development,

578
00:51:45,990 --> 00:51:54,290
meaning an impact of parking, an impact of traffic flow, major safety concerns, especially

579
00:51:54,290 --> 00:52:01,530
for the folks that lived through the Thomas Fire evacuations. Safety around the park and pedestrians

580
00:52:01,530 --> 00:52:09,050
and access. So as I said, it's uncommon that our office would be so involved,

581
00:52:14,410 --> 00:52:15,310
it's

582
00:52:15,310 --> 00:52:22,590
common to try and get more answers and more transparency. So where we are is we are

583
00:52:22,590 --> 00:52:28,750
waiting on the new project. We are waiting on the Baylor team to withdraw the

584
00:52:28,750 --> 00:52:35,670
builders remedy and apply for a new one through the Santa Barbara County application

585
00:52:35,670 --> 00:52:42,770
process. And once that happens we're going to try and set a meeting with Redtail,

586
00:52:42,770 --> 00:52:51,770
city and county engineers and fire marshal Lamonico to consider the

587
00:52:51,770 --> 00:53:02,090
ingress egress options. Again, very uncommon, but trying to figure out if there is

588
00:53:02,090 --> 00:53:06,010
a solution and what is best for the community.

589
00:53:08,250 --> 00:53:09,790
So that's my update on bailer.

590
00:53:09,790 --> 00:53:12,970
I'll pause there and ask if there's any questions.

591
00:53:14,090 --> 00:53:14,790
Just a quick comment.

592
00:53:14,950 --> 00:53:16,410
I really appreciate that update a lot.

593
00:53:16,550 --> 00:53:20,710
I think that's a lot of information that I know I wasn't aware of and that the community wasn't either.

594
00:53:21,110 --> 00:53:22,250
So thank you so much.

595
00:53:22,890 --> 00:53:27,750
It sounds like you're going to be following up as some of these next steps are met.

596
00:53:28,070 --> 00:53:31,570
So I'm sure we'll be hearing more from you in future updates and presentations.

597
00:53:32,410 --> 00:53:34,990
You can expect a monthly update on this.

598
00:53:35,370 --> 00:53:38,170
And always feel free to email us with any questions.

599
00:53:38,170 --> 00:53:48,530
Like I said, there's a lot of unanswered questions right now, but, so bear with us on the timing of it, but we will always try and answer the question.

600
00:53:49,270 --> 00:53:49,650
Thank you.

601
00:53:49,830 --> 00:53:50,470
Yeah, of course.

602
00:53:51,890 --> 00:53:53,750
Yes, I have a few questions for you.

603
00:53:53,790 --> 00:53:58,170
First of all, you did talk about concerns about the

604
00:53:58,170 --> 00:54:03,610
Congress, egress traffic flows, things like that, but you have not addressed that could hear.

605
00:54:04,510 --> 00:54:09,210
The impact infrastructure, I mean, inclusive to that one, it's going to be a substantial amount

606
00:54:09,210 --> 00:54:15,450
of load that the city is going to be taking on with these new housing units, only because

607
00:54:15,450 --> 00:54:22,390
there's no other basically, no other infrastructure or municipalities that's even close to that.

608
00:54:22,690 --> 00:54:26,950
They also, there's no access coming in the backside, so everything that's going to be going

609
00:54:26,950 --> 00:54:29,570
into these housing units are going to be coming in from the city.

610
00:54:30,610 --> 00:54:34,610
So I would like to maybe have the Board of Supervisors

611
00:54:34,610 --> 00:54:38,370
consider taking a look at how we could coordinate support

612
00:54:38,370 --> 00:54:41,310
within that jurisdictions, within the two jurisdictions

613
00:54:41,950 --> 00:54:45,470
to make sure that we have adequate supplies, services,

614
00:54:46,670 --> 00:54:48,290
and fulfill the needs that's going to happen

615
00:54:48,290 --> 00:54:52,790
with the success of traffic and load to our infrastructures

616
00:54:52,790 --> 00:54:55,510
that's going to be kind of from the homes themselves.

617
00:54:55,510 --> 00:54:59,330
That's one point. The second point we talked about transparencies.

618
00:54:59,710 --> 00:55:06,490
Transparencies are good. Reports like this are very helpful, but I think one of the most important parts is to reach out to the residents.

619
00:55:06,570 --> 00:55:12,010
Make sure that they are also involved. For example, that one there is in District 4 within the city.

620
00:55:12,410 --> 00:55:15,470
We also have the element coming in on Baylor that's District 2.

621
00:55:15,670 --> 00:55:20,070
Those two, I think, would be very specific to actually have some neighborhood input on those also.

622
00:55:20,530 --> 00:55:23,470
Prior to the actual hearing of those projects.

623
00:55:23,470 --> 00:55:30,510
So we know what's going on. We could adjust our concerns at that one. The other then you're talking about the of and we're going to projects again

624
00:55:31,370 --> 00:55:38,530
Craven's lane is not improved anything beyond the city limits barely has two lanes available to that

625
00:55:38,530 --> 00:55:43,570
Has no walkways nothing else. We have power lines literally right next to the road

626
00:55:43,570 --> 00:55:48,150
So I think that's going to be another major concern that we'll have even though that does have

627
00:55:48,830 --> 00:55:53,350
Access in from the county side most of the people will be coming to the city probably

628
00:55:53,350 --> 00:55:55,170
not following the foothill road.

629
00:55:58,260 --> 00:56:00,080
Council Member Numerat through the chair.

630
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,560
Thank you for all of those points.

631
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:09,120
I will specifically look into Cravens and make sure that's an update next time.

632
00:56:10,020 --> 00:56:16,240
As for the outreach to the communities and neighbors, that is very much on the agenda

633
00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:17,820
of things we're trying to do.

634
00:56:18,220 --> 00:56:21,100
We are waiting to get a project in hand.

635
00:56:21,100 --> 00:56:26,360
I don't think it's really worth scrutinizing a project that doesn't exist yet.

636
00:56:26,620 --> 00:56:30,060
We have the old one, but it's, it's moot at this point.

637
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:34,000
There's things that we know aren't even on that anymore.

638
00:56:35,180 --> 00:56:41,260
So I will, I would love to reach out to all of you every time there's a development purpose

639
00:56:41,260 --> 00:56:41,960
in your district.

640
00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:46,660
I would say regardless of the developer, we start going to have the same or similar impacts.

641
00:56:46,780 --> 00:56:49,300
Regardless of if it's reduced or not, it's still going to happen.

642
00:56:49,300 --> 00:56:57,020
So we still should be moving forward with how the city and the county can work together getting support from the county because again that money

643
00:56:57,020 --> 00:57:02,020
It's coming from county taxes should be up actually supporting and helping us that also.

644
00:57:03,780 --> 00:57:05,500
We'll work on it.

645
00:57:05,500 --> 00:57:06,280
Thank you.

646
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:12,280
Mm-hmm and I'll just I appreciate that update and I appreciate councilmember Numerous comments as well

647
00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:18,080
And just even your clarification in terms of like there is an updated project as a yeah and although

648
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:21,400
This cross coordination collaboration may be uncommon.

649
00:57:21,580 --> 00:57:24,140
It's likely that that property will be annexed to the city.

650
00:57:24,260 --> 00:57:28,300
So my hope is that Carpenteria will continue to not only advocate for itself,

651
00:57:28,660 --> 00:57:33,320
but see some real impacts or changes to the project itself.

652
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:37,100
And so with that, and I appreciate your perspective in terms of how the meeting went.

653
00:57:37,260 --> 00:57:43,660
But I will look to staff to stay here from them in terms of their perspective on how that meeting went,

654
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:46,880
and how you all walked away and potential accepts.

655
00:58:00,140 --> 00:58:01,940
Thank you for that question.

656
00:58:02,620 --> 00:58:04,680
So I think Daisy really touched on it.

657
00:58:04,820 --> 00:58:10,920
The city was involved, you know, council member Mayor and I went up to that Coastal Commission

658
00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:11,360
meeting.

659
00:58:11,540 --> 00:58:15,860
And there was some comments made that suggested that the city was less than cooperative

660
00:58:15,860 --> 00:58:16,620
in the past.

661
00:58:16,700 --> 00:58:22,760
And so I was very interested in meeting and hopefully establishing a new level of cooperation

662
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:28,780
understanding that when the city was first approached, there was no approval for the project.

663
00:58:28,780 --> 00:58:36,040
and understanding that this is an approved project now wanting to start these conversations

664
00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:38,980
so that we can advocate for the best of the city.

665
00:58:39,140 --> 00:58:42,580
We didn't get very far other than please be more transparent.

666
00:58:42,860 --> 00:58:48,800
Wait until there's a project for us to actually talk about, you know, we expressed many

667
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:54,580
of the concerns that Councilmember Nemora had shared, and so really it was just some of

668
00:58:54,580 --> 00:59:01,180
those first initial steps and we were happy that Supervisor Lee helped orchestrate that.

669
00:59:01,700 --> 00:59:06,940
There's some other steps that I'm just in an information gathering phase right now and

670
00:59:06,940 --> 00:59:12,200
speaking with the county on potentially expanding the city sphere of influence, which is sort

671
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:19,560
of a prerequisite to consideration of annexation and potential like a tax sharing agreement

672
00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:27,400
for money to offset some of the impacts to our infrastructure, but I'm still very much in

673
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:33,280
an information gathering phase there and when I have more information and a project and various

674
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:35,380
things look forward to bringing that back to your council.

675
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:37,600
Thank you.

676
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:41,980
Thank you Daisy for entertaining all this questions as well.

677
00:59:42,300 --> 00:59:42,880
Of course.

678
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:44,460
We'll buckle up.

679
00:59:44,560 --> 00:59:45,860
There's more things to talk about.

680
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:46,880
Okay.

681
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:59,920
Um, so also it tomorrow's meeting, um, the board is hearing departmental item number five, and this is coming from the planning and development office, and it's regarding orders.

682
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:11,400
Student streamlining and housing accommodation amendments. This is a big package that is supposed

683
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:20,300
to create faster approvals for low-impact projects by shifting them to streamline level reviews,

684
01:00:21,980 --> 01:00:28,240
limiting what can be appealed, standardizing procedures to make rules easier to understand and

685
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:37,800
apply clearer zoning code to remove outdated provisions, reduced redundancy, and clearer

686
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:43,960
explanations of how regulations apply. There's proposals on how to modernize commercial

687
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:52,640
zones to allow mixed use development, and adjusting standards to multi-family zones, such

688
01:00:52,640 --> 01:01:02,740
height and setbacks in open space. This is a big, big project that will likely have very big

689
01:01:02,740 --> 01:01:11,820
impacts to communities. So this was brought to the board in December as an informational item

690
01:01:11,820 --> 01:01:20,400
and tomorrow is the first hearing on this. Our office has a lot of questions about how these

691
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:31,100
changes will particularly benefit single-family homeowners, local business owners, so we have a lot of

692
01:01:31,100 --> 01:01:42,680
questions and would expect this to get continued. We did pass it along to some city staff for their

693
01:01:42,680 --> 01:01:48,740
thoughts on it. We asked planning development the last time. This came to the board if they had

694
01:01:48,740 --> 01:01:55,780
shout to cities and they had said no. So we are hoping that we get a clear answer on that tomorrow.

695
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:06,660
This is a big package. So we are expected to come back a few times before and change.

696
01:02:08,900 --> 01:02:15,380
Especially somebody brought up earlier the use by Wright, which is a state mandated housing term.

697
01:02:16,920 --> 01:02:24,540
We want to understand how these changes in county planning and development process, interplay

698
01:02:24,540 --> 01:02:32,500
with how the state mandated housing elements, how they all play together.

699
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:39,020
Sorry, I'm kind of losing track of my words, but we want to make sure that the community

700
01:02:39,020 --> 01:02:46,640
character and public safety are top of mind when these changes go through. What goes through.

701
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:53,180
So it's a really big item tomorrow. And I'm sorry, this is coming a little bit last minute,

702
01:02:53,840 --> 01:02:57,320
but I would expect it to carry on through another hearing.

703
01:02:59,670 --> 01:03:02,070
Again, that was department item five

704
01:03:02,070 --> 01:03:09,010
for anybody that's interested in looking at it. All right. Could we be coming on that one also

705
01:03:09,010 --> 01:03:14,750
moving forward or- oh yeah yeah please okay on that one there my question would be

706
01:03:14,750 --> 01:03:21,250
or request would be actually is to request the board of directors supervisors to

707
01:03:21,250 --> 01:03:26,590
actually take a look at the perspective from the municipality sides too that was

708
01:03:26,590 --> 01:03:31,430
one thing that was basically omitted during the state hearing by the coastal

709
01:03:31,430 --> 01:03:36,770
commission so it would be nice to know that our supervisors are actually looking

710
01:03:36,770 --> 01:03:42,290
at it from the adjacent properties, looking from the outside in and from the inside out.

711
01:03:42,290 --> 01:03:44,810
I think that will make a big difference for us again.

712
01:03:45,070 --> 01:03:49,430
It seemed to be missing completely from the Coastal Commission hearing.

713
01:03:52,990 --> 01:03:59,430
Yes, we definitely want the city's perspective on this, especially as it pertains to

714
01:03:59,430 --> 01:04:04,430
height and setbacks and green space and open space and landscaping.

715
01:04:05,430 --> 01:04:12,670
those are the things that make a community have character so we're interested in

716
01:04:13,210 --> 01:04:17,210
retaining that as much as possible. Thank you. And I think it's clear that the

717
01:04:17,210 --> 01:04:22,710
city has acted in that same interest for a long time.

718
01:04:24,570 --> 01:04:30,710
Richard, what's the first district's feelings about the limitation of appeals?

719
01:04:34,140 --> 01:04:37,140
that it needs to be re-looked at.

720
01:04:38,300 --> 01:04:39,680
Okay, that's a good start.

721
01:04:40,540 --> 01:04:40,740
Yeah.

722
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:44,740
I think the question we have to ask ourselves is,

723
01:04:44,840 --> 01:04:48,000
what do we lose when appeals are off the table?

724
01:04:51,460 --> 01:04:54,020
There's a lot that happens in the appeal process.

725
01:04:55,860 --> 01:04:58,300
So, you know, if that's being taken off the table,

726
01:04:59,020 --> 01:05:01,080
why and who's benefit?

727
01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:09,680
Any more questions on this?

728
01:05:11,060 --> 01:05:20,860
Okay. This will be an interesting item tomorrow. I'm sure with a lot of other questions from

729
01:05:20,860 --> 01:05:28,000
the other supervisors. This is a big deal to all five supervisors and they all come with

730
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:33,940
their own perspectives and opinions in different communities. So it's been, we are brown

731
01:05:33,940 --> 01:05:40,900
I believe with Chair Nelson on this and we've had some interesting conversations about it already.

732
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:44,040
So I look forward to seeing what happens tomorrow.

733
01:05:45,120 --> 01:05:45,220
Okay.

734
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:47,840
The cannabis update.

735
01:05:49,660 --> 01:05:58,160
So there was the timeline to file for an extension for the odor abatement plan was mid December

736
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:08,460
and eight operators filed for extensions for the carbon scrubber installation and nine operators

737
01:06:08,460 --> 01:06:15,140
have submitted updated odor abatement plans and they have installed their technology and

738
01:06:15,140 --> 01:06:20,340
are tinkering with it. So as a reminder, March 18th is the compliance deadline.

739
01:06:24,840 --> 01:06:26,020
So what

740
01:06:26,020 --> 01:06:31,560
third, there is a Board of Supervisors hearing about the extensions.

741
01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:39,580
So planning and development will make a presentation for each of the operators that have asked for an extension.

742
01:06:40,340 --> 01:06:50,080
And the supervisors will decide to grant an extension or not to and the parameters of that extension to each operator.

743
01:06:50,080 --> 01:06:58,000
So this will be case by case. There will not be a blanket extension approval or denial

744
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:07,160
to all eight. It will be by operator and different parameters will apply to different operators.

745
01:07:08,240 --> 01:07:16,180
So that is the hearing on the third. The idea is that the third, if there's something that

746
01:07:16,180 --> 01:07:22,180
to be changed if there's an issue determining the extension or the parameters, there can be a

747
01:07:22,180 --> 01:07:28,580
continuance to the March 17th deadline. To the March 17th Board of Supervisors meetings,

748
01:07:28,840 --> 01:07:37,980
excuse me, one day before the compliance deadline on the 18th. So in addition to planning

749
01:07:37,980 --> 01:07:44,260
a development, bringing a presentation on each of the extensions and the requests by the operators,

750
01:07:44,260 --> 01:07:53,840
They will also bring information about enforcement procedures, so what happens when operators are out of compliance.

751
01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:58,020
What is the process for violation? What is the process for fees?

752
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:02,580
And what is the process for ultimately revoking a business license?

753
01:08:04,580 --> 01:08:11,980
Just to give you a little clarity as a reminder, the planning and development department handles compliance,

754
01:08:11,980 --> 01:08:16,980
where is the CEO's office at the county handles business licenses and

755
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:20,200
the assessor's office handles taxes.

756
01:08:21,020 --> 01:08:26,820
So it is very interdepartmental and so that is all being

757
01:08:26,820 --> 01:08:31,480
hashed out right now and will be presented on the third as to how to handle enforcement.

758
01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:35,600
And that is my cannabis update.

759
01:08:36,820 --> 01:08:39,180
Your questions on that before I move on.

760
01:08:39,180 --> 01:08:49,200
I do a real quick one on that one. I was under the assumption and it was told that there was actually a penalty process already in place prior to the

761
01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:50,900
the cannabis deadline.

762
01:08:51,260 --> 01:08:51,840
So.

763
01:08:52,500 --> 01:08:53,100
Informants.

764
01:08:53,460 --> 01:08:54,040
Yes.

765
01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:57,120
Councilmember Numerat through the chair.

766
01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:02,340
There is there is already

767
01:09:04,540 --> 01:09:12,900
enforcement going out for violations, there's notice of violations going out for the odor that those nasal

768
01:09:12,900 --> 01:09:22,300
rangers, folks are getting letters from the planning and development department that they, you

769
01:09:22,300 --> 01:09:31,620
know, odor has been detected, but the enforcement part of it is what I believe has been kind

770
01:09:31,620 --> 01:09:36,200
a sticky question and an unsolvable problem and that's what's being presented on the third

771
01:09:37,820 --> 01:09:47,520
is the, not the enforcement, the, you know, yeah, the enforcement. Thanks. Yeah, from what

772
01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:53,520
we were told if they went in conformist by March 18th that they would be having their licenses

773
01:09:53,520 --> 01:10:00,380
revoked. So that's what is, that's what will, we'll find out how that happens. How many notices

774
01:10:00,380 --> 01:10:06,860
the violations does one get? How many? What is the fee penalty? That's sort of thing.

775
01:10:11,080 --> 01:10:12,120
All righty. Moving right along.

776
01:10:16,480 --> 01:10:23,740
Okay. So I just wanted to now for a fun thing. Thank you for

777
01:10:23,740 --> 01:10:33,080
approving the $800,000 funding agreement between the county and the city of Carpenteria.

778
01:10:33,080 --> 01:10:39,300
shout out to Chinat Gantt for really doing the heavy lifting on the city side.

779
01:10:39,940 --> 01:10:47,280
That is going to the board on February 3rd for approval, so that's really exciting.

780
01:10:47,360 --> 01:11:00,280
$200,000, sorry, $800,000 for the Carpenteria Bluffs and the maintenance and preservation for the future.

781
01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:01,300
So thanks, everyone.

782
01:11:02,700 --> 01:11:03,000
All ready.

783
01:11:03,180 --> 01:11:04,020
Bye-bye, real quick.

784
01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:07,520
Since I've been beating you up so much, I did want to acknowledge it.

785
01:11:07,520 --> 01:11:10,300
Thank you to the supervisors for that contribution.

786
01:11:10,860 --> 01:11:14,160
Very generous, and it's very much appreciated within our city.

787
01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:15,760
Happy to do it.

788
01:11:15,900 --> 01:11:23,060
And also we really have to thank the first district under supervisor Williams for starting this.

789
01:11:23,620 --> 01:11:27,280
So it's nice to have a big collaboration on it.

790
01:11:28,220 --> 01:11:28,980
Okay,

791
01:11:31,020 --> 01:11:36,820
speaking of, was a big Brian Knight and it's a big Chevron Knight, there is a hearing

792
01:11:36,820 --> 01:11:44,340
coming before the State Lands Commission on the 9th of February to handle the Chevron

793
01:11:44,340 --> 01:11:45,480
Shell Mounds.

794
01:11:46,460 --> 01:11:54,160
From my understanding, the Chevron platforms, they're called the 4-H, they're Hazel,

795
01:11:54,160 --> 01:12:03,420
Heidi, Hilda, and Hope, they were decommissioned in the 90s, and part of that decommissioning

796
01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:12,980
was there were some remnants of some shells that had built up around the platform bottoms.

797
01:12:14,140 --> 01:12:21,200
So there was some contention between the fishermen and the trawlers about the removal of

798
01:12:21,200 --> 01:12:31,280
those mounds. And in 2013, Chevron and the State Lands Commission and the Trollers, all agreed

799
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:41,740
on a plan to let Chevron kind of off the hook. Probably shouldn't say like that, but

800
01:12:41,740 --> 01:12:50,400
that's how I'm going to say it. So fast forward to now, the State Lands Commission is meeting

801
01:12:50,400 --> 01:13:00,580
to determine the least termination agreement, so they are proposing to terminate the oil and

802
01:13:00,580 --> 01:13:09,700
gas leases of Chevron oil in order and they'll have to monitor the mounds for seismic activity

803
01:13:09,700 --> 01:13:17,340
for 30 years. The alternative is forcing them to remove the mounds altogether. There's been

804
01:13:17,340 --> 01:13:27,900
some white papers about the removal process and whether or not that is more harmful to remove them or not.

805
01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:32,260
But this is happening right off of the coast of Carpenteria.

806
01:13:33,140 --> 01:13:35,960
So, our office plans on making a comment.

807
01:13:36,200 --> 01:13:42,620
We have written letters to the State Lands Commission advocating for full removal.

808
01:13:42,620 --> 01:13:49,380
we have met with the State Lands Commission and we will see what happens but I want to

809
01:13:49,380 --> 01:13:55,320
jewel to know that that's what's happening just right off our waters. Okay and the very

810
01:13:55,320 --> 01:14:02,800
last thing I wanted to mention was we went to the County Public Health Carpenteria Care

811
01:14:02,800 --> 01:14:10,240
Center recently we took a tour with the incredible staff over there and they said we

812
01:14:10,240 --> 01:14:18,500
would love to give a tour to the City Council members and staff and offer up an informational

813
01:14:18,500 --> 01:14:25,240
presentation for the Council on what it is exactly that they are doing over at your

814
01:14:25,240 --> 01:14:30,840
Carpenteria Community Clinic and offer you up some stats on the community that they're

815
01:14:30,840 --> 01:14:37,220
serving and what they do. I think the thing I really loved about when I went there was

816
01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:44,800
They're sliding scale for payment, so they do not want to turn people away for guardless

817
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:47,760
of payment, so I think that's really admirable.

818
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:57,020
And so I put in my notes that are in the agenda, you can email Jeanette Gummer.

819
01:14:57,720 --> 01:14:59,480
She's the health care administrator there.

820
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:05,720
Can email her to set up a tour and she would love to have you. And have an informational meeting as well.

821
01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:12,080
If you're interested in that. Those are all of my updates. Thank you for being patient with me.

822
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:15,840
So, there's any questions? I can take them.

823
01:15:16,780 --> 01:15:22,660
Like, there aren't any questions, but I will open up public comment. I do not have any speakers list.

824
01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:27,500
Do we have anyone in the public who would like to make any comment based on the report we just received?

825
01:15:27,500 --> 01:15:31,560
Yes, ma'am, please feel free to come to the podium.

826
01:15:43,970 --> 01:15:52,430
So the amendment that I read to you, that eliminates so many agencies from being able

827
01:15:52,430 --> 01:16:01,290
to review the development and our concern, particularly as the Baylord one, that amendment

828
01:16:01,290 --> 01:16:10,190
is up for vote tomorrow. In other words, we could by objecting to that

829
01:16:10,190 --> 01:16:18,250
amendment and getting the supervisors to delete that amendment. We were told at

830
01:16:18,250 --> 01:16:25,170
the Coastal Commission meeting, and please correct me, you were there, Daisy, right?

831
01:16:25,170 --> 01:16:27,450
Oh, you were not.

832
01:16:27,890 --> 01:16:35,430
Well nothing about this amendment came up or it was presented that, oh, this is so great.

833
01:16:36,150 --> 01:16:40,390
They're adding additional affordable units, isn't that wonderful?

834
01:16:41,070 --> 01:16:49,290
That was the change that we have been told consistently is being voted on tomorrow to be

835
01:16:49,290 --> 01:16:51,750
approved for the final rezoning.

836
01:16:51,750 --> 01:17:17,430
This little fine print, this user, what's the term by user by right, the issue is evidently from what I understand from our city attorney, they don't need builders remedy because everything they wanted is given to them by this user by right.

837
01:17:17,430 --> 01:17:27,930
and that is being voted on tomorrow. So, you know, to talk about waiting for their, you

838
01:17:27,930 --> 01:17:35,850
know, their other draft, you know, it's that they don't need builders remedy anymore. They

839
01:17:35,850 --> 01:17:41,550
have everything they need, and I don't know what commissions are going to do any reviews,

840
01:17:41,550 --> 01:18:05,330
Because it's so open the way the wording is, it's almost any review is eliminated in the wording, and I can show it to you or send you a copy of it, but it is quite alarming that it's being slipped under the rug like this.

841
01:18:05,330 --> 01:18:18,710
And I hope you will address that because nothing that the Coastal Commission said included that at the meeting.

842
01:18:18,790 --> 01:18:20,830
Ma'am, I'll just ask that you address the council.

843
01:18:22,270 --> 01:18:22,330
Yeah.

844
01:18:22,750 --> 01:18:32,530
Well, so that's, you know, if there's anybody have any questions from me because I've just, you know,

845
01:18:32,530 --> 01:18:38,610
was surprised when I looked in the little thing and said,

846
01:18:39,150 --> 01:18:41,510
amendments, and then buried.

847
01:18:42,090 --> 01:18:46,530
Way, way down there was this alarming

848
01:18:46,530 --> 01:18:49,210
permissions that eliminates review.

849
01:18:50,050 --> 01:18:52,650
So we can talk about review or what we want

850
01:18:52,650 --> 01:18:56,890
to know cooperating with them, but nobody has any teeth anymore.

851
01:18:57,970 --> 01:18:58,830
Thank you for your comments.

852
01:18:59,830 --> 01:19:01,830
Do we have anyone else in the public?

853
01:19:02,710 --> 01:19:03,130
Seeing none.

854
01:19:03,350 --> 01:19:04,050
I will look to Brian.

855
01:19:04,170 --> 01:19:05,270
Do we have anyone to be a Zoom?

856
01:19:05,590 --> 01:19:08,710
We do have a speaker, a Betty Jackson Betty.

857
01:19:09,030 --> 01:19:10,430
Go ahead.

858
01:19:11,190 --> 01:19:11,970
Thank you.

859
01:19:12,030 --> 01:19:13,390
Based on these comments,

860
01:19:14,070 --> 01:19:19,010
I would say that the city council,

861
01:19:19,510 --> 01:19:22,070
please do whatever they can to get a delay.

862
01:19:22,650 --> 01:19:23,570
On that vote tomorrow,

863
01:19:23,990 --> 01:19:26,470
if there is any chance that this property

864
01:19:26,470 --> 01:19:32,750
will be annexed back to the city, shouldn't the city be allowed in subjection that it originally

865
01:19:32,750 --> 01:19:41,610
stated? I can tell you that the plans called for three story buildings for all of those buildings

866
01:19:41,610 --> 01:19:50,440
behind, because it is village on Baylord and they only have very limited parking, they said that

867
01:19:50,440 --> 01:19:58,500
is going to limit each unit to having one car. I challenge them to be able to do that and that's

868
01:19:58,500 --> 01:20:06,200
why there's going to be so much overflow of parking onto the streets. And I agree with Mr.

869
01:20:06,320 --> 01:20:13,080
Nemura that it's going to be a financial impact on the city of Carpentaria. I can't stress

870
01:20:13,080 --> 01:20:20,160
enough how many good points were made in the material that's on your website and in the 75 page

871
01:20:20,160 --> 01:20:26,440
report that was sent to the Coastal Commission which was ignored. I also wonder how much

872
01:20:26,440 --> 01:20:32,600
are the units going to cost that are not the 32% affordable housing and what is affordable

873
01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:42,020
housing? No one has clarified or specified money dollars. What are those costs? All they

874
01:20:42,020 --> 01:20:46,560
were talking about was they remembered when they were little, being able to live close to

875
01:20:46,560 --> 01:20:53,420
their mom and dad worked. And that's why they voted in favor of this project. So I'm very

876
01:20:53,420 --> 01:20:58,360
concerned about this moving forward and I really appreciate anything at all that you can do

877
01:20:58,360 --> 01:21:04,280
to get a delay for us. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Mayor, that concludes Zoom comment.

878
01:21:05,660 --> 01:21:10,080
Well, go ahead and close. Sir, do you have another comment? I was just wondering.

879
01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:12,420
Oh, please stand up to the podium.

880
01:21:13,360 --> 01:21:14,780
Okay. Thank you.

881
01:21:18,500 --> 01:21:20,900
Since Daisy works for the supervisor.

882
01:21:21,100 --> 01:21:25,860
Is there any way that he could get this pulled from the agenda tomorrow?

883
01:21:26,380 --> 01:21:28,300
I mean, is there any way at all?

884
01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:30,940
I'm sure I'll ask that you address the council.

885
01:21:31,440 --> 01:21:34,000
Please let us know when you're done with your minutes.

886
01:21:35,080 --> 01:21:36,480
That's okay. That's it.

887
01:21:36,480 --> 01:21:38,020
Okay. Thank you.

888
01:21:38,900 --> 01:21:42,880
Seeing no other speakers in the room, no one else on Zoom Brian.

889
01:21:42,880 --> 01:21:45,040
I'll go ahead and officially close public comment.

890
01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:48,560
And then I'll just look to Jay-Z and again,

891
01:21:48,700 --> 01:21:49,420
thank you for your report.

892
01:21:49,500 --> 01:21:52,480
My hope is that you'll be able to speak with some of the speakers

893
01:21:52,480 --> 01:21:54,440
tonight because it sounds as though they may still

894
01:21:54,440 --> 01:21:56,560
have some questions for you.

895
01:21:56,580 --> 01:21:59,220
And of course, our supervisor, thank you.

896
01:21:59,520 --> 01:21:59,700
OK.

897
01:21:59,980 --> 01:22:02,680
We will now move on to public comment.

898
01:22:02,720 --> 01:22:04,000
I'm atters not in the agenda.

899
01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:06,920
And we will hear from Brian Moots, followed by Teresa Alvarez.

900
01:22:11,530 --> 01:22:22,930
Good evening, on a first of all, such as Rajay Bryan for your honor, I don't just want to say he is indicative of the city workers not only in this building but out in the field too.

901
01:22:23,370 --> 01:22:28,130
He's dedicated, he's very patient with me, and I really appreciate it. So again, congratulations.

902
01:22:28,970 --> 01:22:30,430
Number two, I won't take much longer.

903
01:22:30,750 --> 01:22:35,110
I want to thank you, and I agree with your stance with Minneapolis, with the citizens in the Vietnam Minneapolis.

904
01:22:35,110 --> 01:22:42,070
these words and events are not empty, they look at other communities and hoping they have allies and they do have allies.

905
01:22:42,630 --> 01:22:49,750
I was here because I'll be coming up soon with Cobb Ray Beautiful, and Jeanette Gantt has these plans.

906
01:22:50,490 --> 01:22:53,470
I was hoping we have members come in.

907
01:22:53,490 --> 01:22:57,390
Lyus Sprag is about a program called the Shore Savor program.

908
01:22:57,750 --> 01:22:59,330
It's a simple program.

909
01:22:59,490 --> 01:23:00,550
It's going to be effective program.

910
01:23:00,550 --> 01:23:05,450
might, he, I'm here, this is what you know, the company of beautiful is fully behind it.

911
01:23:05,670 --> 01:23:10,110
I'm fully behind in some of the funding, fully behind in some of the maintenance of this program.

912
01:23:11,350 --> 01:23:15,130
If you're saying a question, it's about it. I know she's not busy, but Janette Gantt has been

913
01:23:15,130 --> 01:23:21,230
kept in the loop completely. So, a short-saving, really quickly, what is, basically, stations,

914
01:23:21,810 --> 01:23:27,030
important, but I'm busy, parts of that ocean, beach, LinkedIn and Ash, and what it is is that

915
01:23:27,030 --> 01:23:33,970
these baskets that the public take and what my hope is these baskets will be they'll put their

916
01:23:33,970 --> 01:23:40,850
trash in it and then take care of it properly. Start off on the East Coast and it's been very

917
01:23:40,850 --> 01:23:45,530
successful. We've had some great feedback. Everybody's in favor of it and again,

918
01:23:45,650 --> 01:23:51,150
a company of beautiful is going to be fully behind it. It's simple. It's effective and if there's

919
01:23:51,150 --> 01:23:56,230
any questions, I can answer some of them right now but I don't want to take up too much shine

920
01:23:56,230 --> 01:23:59,510
which, again, has been in the loop and you'll be hearing more of it.

921
01:23:59,670 --> 01:24:01,550
There's a range of questions about it.

922
01:24:01,930 --> 01:24:02,350
There's nothing.

923
01:24:03,270 --> 01:24:04,350
I want to take a bit more time.

924
01:24:04,610 --> 01:24:06,250
Again, we're behind it 100%.

925
01:24:06,250 --> 01:24:07,950
And thank you for everything and Brian, congratulations.

926
01:24:08,550 --> 01:24:08,710
All right.

927
01:24:08,870 --> 01:24:09,450
Have a good evening.

928
01:24:09,850 --> 01:24:10,690
Thank you for your comment.

929
01:24:11,690 --> 01:24:13,370
Theresa Alvarez and Jessica Ramirez.

930
01:24:14,550 --> 01:24:16,030
Followed by Fred Shaw.

931
01:24:20,510 --> 01:24:22,430
Good evening, Mayor and City Council members.

932
01:24:22,610 --> 01:24:25,590
I'm Theresa Alvarez, Executive Director of the Carpenterial Children's Project,

933
01:24:26,010 --> 01:24:27,830
and I'm also a Carpenterial Resident and Mom.

934
01:24:27,830 --> 01:24:31,470
I'm here with Jessica Amirah's Director of Family Services at CCP.

935
01:24:32,210 --> 01:24:36,470
We're here to thank the Carpene City Council for investing in our work to support our immigrant residents

936
01:24:36,470 --> 01:24:40,310
and to provide an update on the impacts of immigration or a Carpene area community.

937
01:24:40,870 --> 01:24:46,690
As many of you know, CCP created the helping hands fund in July after the raid with overwhelming support

938
01:24:46,690 --> 01:24:48,030
from the community.

939
01:24:48,570 --> 01:24:52,970
We've worked with Girls' Inc and Boys and Girls Club to identify families and need of support.

940
01:24:53,290 --> 01:24:56,830
You will hear an update from Jessica on how that's all been going.

941
01:24:56,830 --> 01:24:59,430
You'll hear that the need has not gone away.

942
01:24:59,970 --> 01:25:02,970
Families continue to say, I'm afraid to leave my house.

943
01:25:03,370 --> 01:25:05,330
My children are afraid to leave the house.

944
01:25:05,670 --> 01:25:08,250
My husband was detained and now I'm the sole provider.

945
01:25:09,170 --> 01:25:10,950
Jessica and her team have been at the frontlines

946
01:25:10,950 --> 01:25:13,270
of this work, so I'll pass it on to her.

947
01:25:16,470 --> 01:25:18,150
Good evening, Mayor and Council members.

948
01:25:18,870 --> 01:25:20,590
At CCP's Family Resource Center,

949
01:25:20,750 --> 01:25:23,230
we had half to shift and redirect our work

950
01:25:23,230 --> 01:25:25,870
to meet the critical needs in our community right now.

951
01:25:26,110 --> 01:25:28,710
So for the past 13 months, even before July,

952
01:25:28,710 --> 01:25:35,190
back in November, actually, when the election first happened, we started receiving an outpouring

953
01:25:35,190 --> 01:25:40,970
amount of calls, messages and just, you know, community members walking into CCP and letting

954
01:25:40,970 --> 01:25:46,090
us know how fearful they were for this coming year. And now that we're in this coming year,

955
01:25:46,250 --> 01:25:51,970
their fear was rightfully so. Parents are afraid to leave their homes, children are afraid to go

956
01:25:51,970 --> 01:25:57,270
to school, caring and immense fear that not only their parents may be taken away while they're

957
01:25:57,270 --> 01:26:02,670
school, but that they themselves could be taken as well. This is not something that is happening

958
01:26:02,670 --> 01:26:08,290
in another city or another state. This is happening right here in Carpenteria. Ice was present

959
01:26:08,290 --> 01:26:15,350
in our community on January 14th, just a week and a half ago. When a man was taken on his way to work,

960
01:26:15,730 --> 01:26:20,790
during that incident, a volunteer from the local grassroots group, Carpenteria, seen from Thedas,

961
01:26:21,110 --> 01:26:24,930
was pepper sprayed simply for alerting the community to ice's presence.

962
01:26:24,930 --> 01:26:31,210
By only one person was taken that day, the ripple effects it leaves in our community have been devastating.

963
01:26:32,250 --> 01:26:36,630
Parents are living in fear and are unable to go to work. Children are facing to go to school.

964
01:26:36,970 --> 01:26:41,410
Families are missing doctors' appointments. The crisis is still here and it's ongoing.

965
01:26:42,890 --> 01:26:49,550
This means lost wages, housing insecurity, food insecurity, and lack of adequate medical care.

966
01:26:49,550 --> 01:26:54,890
In response, here's what we've been doing at CCP to support a community.

967
01:26:55,850 --> 01:26:59,870
Through generous donations from community members, foundations and the city,

968
01:27:00,790 --> 01:27:04,330
we have provided grocery essential deliveries to 53 families.

969
01:27:05,210 --> 01:27:08,670
With some families receiving up to 6 deliveries straight to their home.

970
01:27:10,250 --> 01:27:15,110
We have distributed 12 grants for rent and utility assistance through our helping hands fund.

971
01:27:15,110 --> 01:27:20,850
We have connected four families who are directly impacted by immigration enforcement to therapy and

972
01:27:20,850 --> 01:27:26,030
counseling services, and they are actually receiving ongoing case management support from our team.

973
01:27:26,950 --> 01:27:32,250
We have also partnered with a local clinician-led grassroots organization, clinicians for change,

974
01:27:32,810 --> 01:27:37,670
to host community mental health events focused on healing from the trauma caused by all this crisis.

975
01:27:38,630 --> 01:27:42,650
We plan to continue offering these events monthly for those directly impacted,

976
01:27:42,650 --> 01:27:46,910
and for those community members who have been impacted with secondary trauma.

977
01:27:48,330 --> 01:27:53,550
At the same time, many families have lost access to health care for their deepening the harm.

978
01:27:54,850 --> 01:27:58,510
Here are a few ways the city can take action to support our community.

979
01:28:00,290 --> 01:28:05,390
Number one, fund immigrant serving organizations such as the 805 and Docky Fund,

980
01:28:05,630 --> 01:28:09,430
the Santa Barbara Immigrant Legal Defense Center and Carpenteria Children's Project.

981
01:28:10,090 --> 01:28:14,770
Continue to bring visibility to this issue and actively look for ways to support affected

982
01:28:14,770 --> 01:28:15,250
families.

983
01:28:15,890 --> 01:28:20,670
So again, thank you, Council Member Meyer, for addressing and bringing the moment of silence

984
01:28:20,670 --> 01:28:23,690
for Minneapolis community members murdered by ICE.

985
01:28:24,750 --> 01:28:28,590
Demand transparency and communication from the Sheriff's Department regarding when ICE

986
01:28:28,590 --> 01:28:29,970
will be present in Carpentria.

987
01:28:30,870 --> 01:28:35,770
They're aware of this before we are, so it's important for us to ask for that accountability

988
01:28:35,770 --> 01:28:37,530
and transparency and communication.

989
01:28:38,530 --> 01:28:42,830
Volunteers from the grassroots group, Carving Therias Simfron Thedas, are out every morning

990
01:28:42,830 --> 01:28:46,310
as early as 4am patrolling the city to protect our community.

991
01:28:47,290 --> 01:28:52,690
The city should be doing everything it can to protect those volunteers, especially with

992
01:28:52,690 --> 01:28:55,110
those recent murders of responders and Minneapolis.

993
01:28:55,950 --> 01:29:00,470
We cannot normalize this, our community deserves safety, dignity, and the ability to live

994
01:29:00,470 --> 01:29:01,290
without fear.

995
01:29:01,670 --> 01:29:02,590
Thank you.

996
01:29:02,750 --> 01:29:03,430
Thank you.

997
01:29:13,550 --> 01:29:19,770
Good evening Mayor, Council staff, and people listening in.

998
01:29:20,030 --> 01:29:27,690
I'm Fred Shaw, and I'm here for our Carpentry community, I hope that our community

999
01:29:27,690 --> 01:29:34,050
suicide prevention group and the following remarks are from the County Department of

1000
01:29:34,050 --> 01:29:35,110
Behavioral Wellness.

1001
01:29:35,870 --> 01:29:42,230
As we step into 2026, the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness is reminding

1002
01:29:42,230 --> 01:29:49,530
the community of the importance of prioritizing mental health and well-being. A new year offers

1003
01:29:49,530 --> 01:29:56,330
an opportunity to reflect, reset and adopt habits that support a balanced and fulfilling life.

1004
01:29:57,070 --> 01:29:59,550
Taking care of our mental health is just as important.

1005
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:06,180
As caring for our physical health. With the new year behavioral wellness encourages everyone to focus

1006
01:30:06,180 --> 01:30:13,540
on simple, intentional steps to nurture their emotional and mental well-being. Here are several

1007
01:30:13,540 --> 01:30:21,880
self-care steps that can support that emotional well-being. Practice mindful goal setting. Many of

1008
01:30:21,880 --> 01:30:29,080
us feel overwhelmed with the focus on resolutions. Instead, choose small, attainable goals that align

1009
01:30:29,080 --> 01:30:33,360
with your values, celebrate your progress no matter how small.

1010
01:30:34,500 --> 01:30:40,260
Prioritize rest and relaxation, getting enough sleep as a central for emotional resilience,

1011
01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:46,180
aim for seven to nine hours of sleep each night, and consider making simple relaxation

1012
01:30:46,180 --> 01:30:52,380
techniques such as meditation or breathing exercises, a part of your evening routine.

1013
01:30:52,380 --> 01:31:00,160
Move your body. Regular physical activity improves mood and reduces stress. Whether it's a quick

1014
01:31:00,160 --> 01:31:07,330
wrist walk, walking on the beach, gardening or dancing, find an activity you enjoy and stick with it.

1015
01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:15,520
Cultivate connection. Reach out to friends, family, faith-based or community groups. Building in maintaining

1016
01:31:15,520 --> 01:31:20,000
positive relationships is a key part of mental well-being.

1017
01:31:20,620 --> 01:31:22,040
Limit your screen time.

1018
01:31:22,580 --> 01:31:27,900
Take breaks from those digital devices to focus on activities that bring joy and help

1019
01:31:27,900 --> 01:31:34,120
you recharge, such as reading or painting or just spending time outdoors.

1020
01:31:35,020 --> 01:31:37,120
Reach out for support when needed.

1021
01:31:37,440 --> 01:31:43,220
If feelings of stress and anxiety or depression persists, reach out for support.

1022
01:31:43,220 --> 01:31:51,200
Behavioral Wellness offers a variety of resources and services to support individuals and their families.

1023
01:31:52,140 --> 01:32:02,140
For assistance, please call the 247 Access Line at 888-868-1649.

1024
01:32:02,880 --> 01:32:04,040
Thank you very much.

1025
01:32:05,760 --> 01:32:06,540
Thank you for your comments.

1026
01:32:08,830 --> 01:32:11,750
We do not have any other speakers, let's do we have anyone on Zoom, Brian?

1027
01:32:12,330 --> 01:32:14,050
Mayer, we have no raised hands.

1028
01:32:14,090 --> 01:32:16,050
I'll go ahead and close public comments.

1029
01:32:16,670 --> 01:32:18,970
And we will move on to the consent calendar.

1030
01:32:20,730 --> 01:32:22,770
Now, I will open up public comment for the consent calendar.

1031
01:32:22,930 --> 01:32:24,390
I do not have any speaker slips.

1032
01:32:24,550 --> 01:32:25,590
Do we have anyone on Zoom?

1033
01:32:25,910 --> 01:32:27,490
Mayer, once again, we have no raised hands.

1034
01:32:27,870 --> 01:32:29,490
I'll go ahead and officially close public comment.

1035
01:32:29,490 --> 01:32:31,130
And bring it back to the council for a motion.

1036
01:32:31,970 --> 01:32:34,350
I move to approve the minutes of the regular meeting,

1037
01:32:34,510 --> 01:32:36,390
held January 12th to 2026.

1038
01:32:37,110 --> 01:32:40,950
To receive and file the warrant register for the period of January 3rd.

1039
01:32:40,950 --> 01:32:48,950
through January 16, 2026, pursuant to the Carpenteria Municipal Code Section 2.08, 0.150F.

1040
01:32:50,030 --> 01:32:55,410
To receive and file the report of contracts executed by the City Manager for the period of December 2,

1041
01:32:55,850 --> 01:33:03,090
2025 through January 5, 2026, to receive and file the month 3 Treasurer's report on compliance with

1042
01:33:03,090 --> 01:33:09,230
statement of safekeeping and investment of public funds for December 2025. To receive and file

1043
01:33:09,230 --> 01:33:15,530
Quarterly Review of the Pinchland Stabilization Trust to adopt resolution number 6432, ratifying

1044
01:33:15,530 --> 01:33:20,630
Carpenteria Summer Fireland, Carpenteria Summerland Fire Protection District's ordinance.

1045
01:33:21,510 --> 01:33:27,070
Number 2025-02 pursuant to Health and Safety Code.

1046
01:33:29,230 --> 01:33:36,410
13869.7C, which adopts the 2025 California Fire Code and wildland urban interface code with

1047
01:33:36,410 --> 01:33:36,870
amendments.

1048
01:33:36,870 --> 01:33:39,010
Second, good job.

1049
01:33:39,370 --> 01:33:39,670
Thank you.

1050
01:33:40,550 --> 01:33:41,850
We have a person a second.

1051
01:33:42,030 --> 01:33:42,670
All those in favor.

1052
01:33:45,780 --> 01:33:48,220
We will now move on to administrative matters.

1053
01:33:48,540 --> 01:33:52,580
Item number 10, which is approve and adopt resolution number 643.

1054
01:33:53,660 --> 01:34:00,100
Residing resolution number 6384 and updating the parks, recreation, and community services.

1055
01:34:00,620 --> 01:34:03,280
Department program and facility fee schedule.

1056
01:34:33,250 --> 01:34:34,870
Good evening Mayor Vice Mayor Council.

1057
01:34:34,870 --> 01:34:40,870
Tonight I have with me Lexi Person are one of our Aquatics Program coordinators and together

1058
01:34:40,870 --> 01:34:46,930
we will be presenting to you a few proposed modifications to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services

1059
01:34:46,930 --> 01:34:49,650
Department Program and Facility Feast Schedule.

1060
01:34:51,610 --> 01:34:57,590
This evening we are asking you all to approve an adopt resolution number 6433,

1061
01:34:57,590 --> 01:35:04,130
sending resolution number 6384 and updating the parks, recreation and community services department

1062
01:35:04,130 --> 01:35:12,490
program and facility fee schedule. In April 2025, your council adopted resolution number 6384, updating

1063
01:35:12,490 --> 01:35:19,870
the PRCS program and facility fee schedule. In October of 2025, Lexi presented some feedback from the

1064
01:35:19,870 --> 01:35:26,830
junior lifeguard parent and guardian survey. And in fall of 2025, aquatic staff also analyzed the

1065
01:35:26,830 --> 01:35:29,550
the revenue generation at the bowels.

1066
01:35:30,610 --> 01:35:33,270
Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council members.

1067
01:35:33,630 --> 01:35:35,670
It is wonderful to see you all again.

1068
01:35:36,290 --> 01:35:38,130
Over the last two summers,

1069
01:35:38,430 --> 01:35:40,370
we have received parent feedback regarding

1070
01:35:40,370 --> 01:35:42,350
the Junior Life Guard program.

1071
01:35:42,750 --> 01:35:45,230
The feedback was largely positive about the program.

1072
01:35:45,430 --> 01:35:46,890
However, there were several families

1073
01:35:46,890 --> 01:35:49,250
who shared that the historic seven week session

1074
01:35:49,250 --> 01:35:51,250
of JGs was difficult to manage.

1075
01:35:51,950 --> 01:35:53,330
And some families, one of their children

1076
01:35:53,330 --> 01:35:55,070
to participate in other summer camps.

1077
01:35:55,070 --> 01:35:58,990
and other families wanted time off for other summer trips.

1078
01:35:59,390 --> 01:36:03,350
Additionally, many families requested more JG program time.

1079
01:36:11,630 --> 01:36:14,430
This last summer, oh, thank you.

1080
01:36:14,870 --> 01:36:18,090
This last summer, we solicited feedback via a formal survey,

1081
01:36:18,510 --> 01:36:20,930
which we presented to you in October of last year.

1082
01:36:21,230 --> 01:36:25,190
Based on this feedback, we are proposing some modifications to the program.

1083
01:36:25,370 --> 01:36:27,510
We are proposing an earlier start time,

1084
01:36:27,510 --> 01:36:32,870
Instead of starting the program at 9.30 a.m., we are proposing to start at 9.00 a.m.,

1085
01:36:32,870 --> 01:36:37,130
additionally we are proposing a two session program model and an optional beach afternoon

1086
01:36:37,130 --> 01:36:42,730
recreation camp. For junior lifeguards, families will have the option to further child to

1087
01:36:42,730 --> 01:36:48,030
either participate in one of the two four week sessions or they can register for the full eight week

1088
01:36:48,030 --> 01:36:53,890
session. The beach afternoon camp will be a more fun recreational camp and optional for

1089
01:36:53,890 --> 01:37:00,450
participants to participate in. This camp will run from 1230 to 230 PM and would provide additional

1090
01:37:00,450 --> 01:37:04,650
supervised camp time for working families or those who are not able to pick up their junior

1091
01:37:04,650 --> 01:37:11,410
guard at 1230 PM each day. Similar to the proposed session model for JGs, participants can sign up for

1092
01:37:11,410 --> 01:37:15,390
one of the two four week sessions or can register for the full eight week session.

1093
01:37:20,380 --> 01:37:20,880
We would also

1094
01:37:20,880 --> 01:37:27,880
like to pilot some new additional beach recreation programming. We would like to do kayak surfing

1095
01:37:27,880 --> 01:37:30,000
and stand up out of board lessons.

1096
01:37:30,440 --> 01:37:32,800
Additionally, we would like to propose a scheduled,

1097
01:37:32,800 --> 01:37:36,440
irregularly scheduled beach event called Carp Beach Nights.

1098
01:37:37,200 --> 01:37:39,700
Carp Beach Nights wouldn't be an early evening programming

1099
01:37:39,700 --> 01:37:41,840
in our goal with this proposed event

1100
01:37:41,840 --> 01:37:43,880
would be to create a place of community building

1101
01:37:43,880 --> 01:37:44,920
through ocean recreation.

1102
01:37:45,840 --> 01:37:47,660
Our Beach Life Card team would supervise

1103
01:37:47,660 --> 01:37:50,220
and organize an open water swim and beach run

1104
01:37:50,220 --> 01:37:52,420
for our community members of all ages to join.

1105
01:37:53,660 --> 01:37:56,560
The proposed fees for your consideration are listed here.

1106
01:37:56,560 --> 01:38:01,900
Card Beach Nights would be $15 per participant, the private lessons for ocean recreation

1107
01:38:01,900 --> 01:38:07,820
programming would be $75 per participant, semi private lessons would be $50 per participant

1108
01:38:07,820 --> 01:38:10,580
and group lessons would be $25 per participant.

1109
01:38:11,260 --> 01:38:15,720
For school and non-profit organizations, group lessons would be $15 per participant.

1110
01:38:19,660 --> 01:38:24,140
The proposed junior life card program fees, as can be seen on the screen the current

1111
01:38:24,140 --> 01:38:29,000
fee for the seven week session model of DG's is $675 per participant.

1112
01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:34,820
We are proposing $450 for a four-week session and $900 for an eight-week session.

1113
01:38:35,500 --> 01:38:39,000
The afternoon camp is proposed to be $200 per four-week session.

1114
01:38:44,200 --> 01:38:52,340
As you will see here, the cost per hour for the Junior Life Grant Programming is the same as it was intended to be for the seven-week session this summer.

1115
01:38:52,880 --> 01:38:57,680
The four-week and eight-week camp start 30 minutes earlier which adds to the total time of the program.

1116
01:38:57,680 --> 01:39:09,840
What we can also see is the afternoon beach camp as at a lower per hour cost, which reflects its recreational focus and emphasis on fund, supervised by with supervised beach play and group activities.

1117
01:39:12,470 --> 01:39:17,890
This evening, we are also asking for your approval on a couple of fee cleanup items, if you will.

1118
01:39:17,890 --> 01:39:31,070
During the PRCS fee updates in April, two of our Carpentria Aquatics Club fees were inadvertently removed and the nonprofit rental rate for special events face at the community garden was not included.

1119
01:39:32,130 --> 01:39:38,410
If approved, the revised PRCS program and facility fee schedule would become effective on March 1st, 2026.

1120
01:39:39,270 --> 01:39:43,230
This concludes our staff report and we are happy to answer any questions you may have.

1121
01:39:44,030 --> 01:39:45,070
Thank you.

1122
01:39:45,190 --> 01:39:47,990
Thank you so much for the presentation.

1123
01:39:48,450 --> 01:39:50,530
That was very, very nicely done.

1124
01:39:50,990 --> 01:39:53,050
In terms of the ocean recreation lessons,

1125
01:39:53,170 --> 01:39:55,310
is that the first time the city is offering those?

1126
01:39:55,350 --> 01:39:58,150
I don't recall hearing about them before.

1127
01:39:59,690 --> 01:40:00,310
Through the mayor.

1128
01:40:00,470 --> 01:40:01,590
Thank you.

1129
01:40:01,770 --> 01:40:02,370
Vice Mayor.

1130
01:40:03,230 --> 01:40:04,790
From my understanding at one point,

1131
01:40:04,850 --> 01:40:08,130
I think they did, but I think it's been quite a while.

1132
01:40:08,710 --> 01:40:12,410
I think all of us here have not been in that position since that's happened.

1133
01:40:12,410 --> 01:40:15,670
So I do remember at one point, because the Ocean Recreation

1134
01:40:15,670 --> 01:40:20,770
boathouse over at Ash Avenue was used in that capacity at some point,

1135
01:40:20,870 --> 01:40:22,770
but right now it's just been used for rentals.

1136
01:40:23,450 --> 01:40:27,410
That sounds like exciting programming ideas between that and then the beach

1137
01:40:27,410 --> 01:40:28,890
nights that sounds great.

1138
01:40:29,550 --> 01:40:36,190
In terms of the change for the JG sessions, what kind of changes

1139
01:40:36,190 --> 01:40:38,230
are you hoping to see by implementing those?

1140
01:40:38,230 --> 01:40:42,370
is it, are you trying to get more numbers of participants,

1141
01:40:42,910 --> 01:40:45,450
more diversity, more retention,

1142
01:40:45,670 --> 01:40:46,630
what are some of the goals

1143
01:40:46,630 --> 01:40:49,010
with having these other models?

1144
01:40:49,810 --> 01:40:50,970
Through the mayor of vice mayor,

1145
01:40:50,970 --> 01:40:53,890
I think our goal is to always get more people,

1146
01:40:54,330 --> 01:40:55,150
but more than anything,

1147
01:40:55,390 --> 01:40:56,970
we're just trying to create more accessibility.

1148
01:40:58,030 --> 01:41:00,950
We understand that not everybody wants to do seven weeks

1149
01:41:00,950 --> 01:41:01,650
of junior guards.

1150
01:41:01,750 --> 01:41:04,670
I did, I know many other kids will be so excited

1151
01:41:04,670 --> 01:41:06,050
to have eight weeks happen,

1152
01:41:06,110 --> 01:41:07,950
but I know that there are many families

1153
01:41:07,950 --> 01:41:12,490
like to go on trips and want more flexibility. So I think more of our goal is to create more

1154
01:41:13,550 --> 01:41:19,130
adaptable programming, but if we get more kids and that's also a great result, you know,

1155
01:41:19,890 --> 01:41:25,870
a byproduct of this. Great. Thank you. And then are there still scholarships or fee waivers

1156
01:41:25,870 --> 01:41:37,930
or sliding scale for these new models too for the junior guard program? Through the mayor of

1157
01:41:37,930 --> 01:41:43,170
out from getting that finalized, but hopefully our goal is to have that in place, but right now

1158
01:41:43,170 --> 01:41:45,570
I don't have a firm date on when it would be completed.

1159
01:41:46,270 --> 01:41:46,510
Okay.

1160
01:41:46,670 --> 01:41:47,390
Thank you very much.

1161
01:41:47,450 --> 01:41:48,570
And thank you again for the presentation.

1162
01:41:49,310 --> 01:41:52,600
Thank you.

1163
01:41:53,060 --> 01:41:58,440
Thank you for your presentation and I look forward to being participant in Carpe Beach Nights.

1164
01:41:58,760 --> 01:41:59,640
Sign me up.

1165
01:42:00,380 --> 01:42:07,980
With regards to the program having it be eight weeks into four week sessions, is there a threshold

1166
01:42:07,980 --> 01:42:15,420
of kids who need to sign up. Is there any concern that you won't fill the whole eight weeks?

1167
01:42:16,700 --> 01:42:20,860
Through the mayor council member mayor. I think that the

1168
01:42:20,860 --> 01:42:25,340
way that the numbers are looking right now is we'll be able to meet what we the the

1169
01:42:25,340 --> 01:42:31,140
max that we usually meet is at 200 last year we had 180 we're helping for more but staffing is

1170
01:42:31,140 --> 01:42:36,220
looking like we'll be able to fulfill that if there is a reason for any kid that can't get into

1171
01:42:36,220 --> 01:42:41,280
program. Hopefully the two sessions will kind of help make up for that. Based on parent survey

1172
01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:46,140
feedback, we've been able to determine that maybe half of our current participants would

1173
01:42:46,140 --> 01:42:50,920
maybe do eight weeks but of course we can't see that until actually comes to fruition and then the

1174
01:42:50,920 --> 01:42:56,160
other half would be and do four weeks here. I'm gonna do the other four weeks so we're hoping to keep it

1175
01:42:56,160 --> 01:43:00,520
at that 200 but if we need to make changes we'll see what staffing will allow for that.

1176
01:43:00,520 --> 01:43:06,220
So even with half in one session, that would still be a viable, absolutely.

1177
01:43:06,540 --> 01:43:08,800
Okay, great. Thank you. Yeah.

1178
01:43:09,420 --> 01:43:10,380
Any other questions?

1179
01:43:12,160 --> 01:43:17,440
Quick question. It looks like it's not going to be included, but my question would be,

1180
01:43:17,740 --> 01:43:21,520
we had jazisized group come in here and they talked about looking at,

1181
01:43:22,100 --> 01:43:27,280
re-guidating the structure for time that they want to use of the facilities for.

1182
01:43:27,280 --> 01:43:33,760
I don't see it in here, I was just one of the plans to re-look at that, see if the effect

1183
01:43:33,760 --> 01:43:35,100
there's other solutions.

1184
01:43:38,840 --> 01:43:45,660
Yeah, Council Member Nemora, tonight's report is just limited to the new programming.

1185
01:43:46,640 --> 01:43:52,500
So, it's still happy to look into that and bring that back if the Council desires to

1186
01:43:52,500 --> 01:43:55,940
hear that again, but tonight, yeah, it is just limited to the new programs.

1187
01:43:56,060 --> 01:43:56,880
No, that's fine.

1188
01:43:56,880 --> 01:44:01,420
According to the agenda, it was pretty broad as far as the scope of the program.

1189
01:44:03,040 --> 01:44:04,000
Thank you.

1190
01:44:04,300 --> 01:44:09,740
And I would be in support in terms of hearing and update is what you need some additional

1191
01:44:09,740 --> 01:44:11,900
support from additional council members or is that sufficient?

1192
01:44:12,860 --> 01:44:16,540
I can bring that back as part of our city manager's report.

1193
01:44:16,560 --> 01:44:21,880
You know, one of the things that I've had a chance to share with some of you is

1194
01:44:21,880 --> 01:44:29,960
Janet walked into my office last week with a blown socket, and we thankfully, you know,

1195
01:44:30,080 --> 01:44:34,060
one of the things that we did when one of the things that's increased the cost for some of

1196
01:44:34,060 --> 01:44:40,500
the renters is having a staff person on site, and there's always that limit or that low

1197
01:44:40,500 --> 01:44:51,860
but possibility of issues with water or various things, and so actually a fire started in one of the

1198
01:44:51,860 --> 01:44:55,300
to catch that in time and stop that from being any more damage.

1199
01:44:56,200 --> 01:44:59,800
And so I'd still say we're pretty committed to wanting to keep that staff.

1200
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:07,600
But can gather more information and kind of look at the overall picture and bring something back as part of the city manager's report.

1201
01:45:09,340 --> 01:45:21,140
Thank you. I have a few questions. Thank you for your report. Super helpful. It's really exciting to for me to hear how your department is surveying parents and making some changes based on that feedback.

1202
01:45:22,400 --> 01:45:28,120
And so I just to confirm are the afternoon camps that's new. That's not something that we've done in the past.

1203
01:45:28,740 --> 01:45:32,720
Yes, Mayor, this is a new piloted option.

1204
01:45:33,260 --> 01:45:40,340
We considered making the hours longer, but to try to help all families, the families that

1205
01:45:40,340 --> 01:45:44,920
have older children that don't need to be there until 2.30 that can leave on their own.

1206
01:45:45,300 --> 01:45:48,980
We're giving them that option and we'll see how it goes this year and pilot it and go from

1207
01:45:48,980 --> 01:45:49,420
there.

1208
01:45:49,980 --> 01:45:50,580
Thank you.

1209
01:45:51,080 --> 01:45:56,320
And my other question, I appreciate how you have the cost per hour and the session length

1210
01:45:56,320 --> 01:46:00,660
all laid out here. This is really easy to understand, but I do have a question. What was the

1211
01:46:00,660 --> 01:46:03,520
last time we've updated our fees for JGs?

1212
01:46:04,300 --> 01:46:12,140
Mayor Alacon, the fees were updated last fiscal year. So July 1st, last July, it was increased

1213
01:46:12,140 --> 01:46:20,300
to 650 for the seven week program. It was set to be 675 for this summer,

1214
01:46:24,900 --> 01:46:25,480
if that makes

1215
01:46:25,480 --> 01:46:31,620
to be 675. So we're keeping that same per hour rate but made this adjustment. So it's been

1216
01:46:33,400 --> 01:46:38,460
annually for the last couple years. I believe the JG fees have increased incrementally.

1217
01:46:38,700 --> 01:46:43,080
That's a mayor. We do plan on incorporating these fees. Did you mention that already?

1218
01:46:43,280 --> 01:46:45,160
I'm sorry. I don't want to repeat. In the staff report,

1219
01:46:45,980 --> 01:46:51,560
so it's included in the staff report as part of the master fee schedule. So the master fee schedule

1220
01:46:51,560 --> 01:46:58,140
We'll likely come back here and I think in March and that's part of just the annual CPI increases.

1221
01:46:58,700 --> 01:47:01,940
This will not receive an increase being so new.

1222
01:47:02,460 --> 01:47:07,280
The reason why we had to bring it back sooner than that is for registration that occurs prior to summer.

1223
01:47:07,760 --> 01:47:09,200
Great. Thank you.

1224
01:47:09,740 --> 01:47:15,540
And then just I have similar questions in terms of enrollment and staff and what that would cost us.

1225
01:47:16,060 --> 01:47:18,320
But it's clear that we just don't have enough information right now.

1226
01:47:18,320 --> 01:47:21,080
this is such a popular program that I'd just ask for.

1227
01:47:21,140 --> 01:47:24,020
And update as we get closer to the launch.

1228
01:47:24,740 --> 01:47:26,560
And then of course, you all will be recruiting

1229
01:47:26,560 --> 01:47:28,380
for those positions.

1230
01:47:29,240 --> 01:47:31,820
So as Mayor Alicon, of course, we would be happy to provide

1231
01:47:31,820 --> 01:47:34,840
an update and just to add additional clarification.

1232
01:47:35,180 --> 01:47:37,700
Similar to how we piloted the Sunday Sunlessons

1233
01:47:37,700 --> 01:47:40,020
and really truly run recreational programming.

1234
01:47:40,220 --> 01:47:43,140
If the registration numbers aren't up there,

1235
01:47:43,140 --> 01:47:45,360
we don't staff as much.

1236
01:47:45,360 --> 01:47:50,520
So it's really, as we see registration coming through, Lexi is pulling off of her roster

1237
01:47:50,520 --> 01:47:55,060
of staff, who she's already been in touch with, who won a return or interested in this.

1238
01:47:55,780 --> 01:48:00,900
And we move staff over her participants based on the ratio.

1239
01:48:01,680 --> 01:48:08,340
So if we aren't getting high registration numbers, which I don't expect, then we would just

1240
01:48:08,340 --> 01:48:14,060
use those staff either at the beach towers, running these other programs, for other purposes,

1241
01:48:14,060 --> 01:48:18,220
we wouldn't necessarily have that expense if we're not having that revenue.

1242
01:48:19,300 --> 01:48:24,120
And yes, Lexi, we'll keep an eye on registration, has already talked to staff and we'll

1243
01:48:24,120 --> 01:48:25,060
provide enough date.

1244
01:48:26,100 --> 01:48:26,160
Great.

1245
01:48:26,300 --> 01:48:26,840
Thank you.

1246
01:48:27,440 --> 01:48:28,780
Any other final questions?

1247
01:48:29,660 --> 01:48:31,780
I just want to say thank you one more time.

1248
01:48:32,480 --> 01:48:38,200
It's really exciting when you're so reactive or I guess proactive is the better word to

1249
01:48:38,200 --> 01:48:42,420
what dignity needs and that's really what wreck is supposed to be.

1250
01:48:42,420 --> 01:48:44,300
I love to see it.

1251
01:48:45,900 --> 01:48:48,500
So I'll go ahead and open up public comment and do not have any speaker

1252
01:48:48,500 --> 01:48:48,820
steps.

1253
01:48:48,880 --> 01:48:50,580
Do we have anyone on Zoom?

1254
01:48:51,260 --> 01:48:52,760
Mayer, we have no raise hands.

1255
01:48:53,000 --> 01:48:53,180
Okay.

1256
01:48:53,320 --> 01:48:56,020
I'll go ahead and officially close public comment and bring it back to the council and you

1257
01:48:56,020 --> 01:48:58,640
find the questions and I will ask for a motion.

1258
01:48:59,360 --> 01:49:04,160
I'll move to a proven adult resolution number 6433 as read by title only.

1259
01:49:04,160 --> 01:49:04,360
Okay.

1260
01:49:05,040 --> 01:49:06,140
We have a first and a second.

1261
01:49:06,220 --> 01:49:06,840
All those in favor?

1262
01:49:06,940 --> 01:49:07,540
All right.

1263
01:49:07,680 --> 01:49:08,640
All right.

1264
01:49:08,640 --> 01:49:09,900
Thank you.

1265
01:49:11,000 --> 01:49:13,640
And I will just ask for a quick 10 minute break.

1266
01:49:13,640 --> 01:49:17,400
a recess before we come back. Thank you.

1267
02:01:59,890 --> 02:02:14,930
Welcome back to the Carpenter and City Council meeting. Today is January 26, 2026, and we will begin with item number 11, which is the authorization to issue the notice and writing bids for the Carpenter and Avenue Bridge replacement project.

1268
02:02:16,300 --> 02:02:33,860
Thank you, Madam Mary. Good evening. Council members. So what is before you? I'm actually proud to announce that we're finally getting to the process or the phase in building the project but not just yet.

1269
02:02:33,860 --> 02:02:41,480
what is before you is more of a routine process of city staff to bring before you

1270
02:02:42,300 --> 02:02:47,640
authorization to ask for a request for an authorization to issue the notice inviting bids

1271
02:02:47,640 --> 02:02:52,760
for the company and you bridge replacement project like all capital projects this is

1272
02:02:53,400 --> 02:03:00,160
a practice or best practice that city staff goes here counsel to request for authorization just

1273
02:03:00,160 --> 02:03:09,680
inviting or to issue the notice inviting bits. There is no cost for the council to authorize

1274
02:03:09,680 --> 02:03:11,380
this notice inviting bids.

1275
02:03:13,500 --> 02:03:19,060
It's all procedural nature. What will come before the city council is

1276
02:03:19,060 --> 02:03:27,760
when the bids are received. It will be at that time, the city staff will be recommending

1277
02:03:27,760 --> 02:03:38,660
We'll make a recommendation whether to award the project, toss out the bids or re-abvertise.

1278
02:03:39,000 --> 02:03:45,240
So at this time, what is being requested of City Council is to just authorize the

1279
02:03:45,240 --> 02:03:48,440
public rights director to issue the notice inviting bids.

1280
02:03:48,440 --> 02:03:54,720
Just as a refresher, I put on-screen here the actual

1281
02:03:54,720 --> 02:03:59,780
capital improvement program worksheet of the Com-Champion Bridge.

1282
02:03:59,840 --> 02:04:04,880
Just to show you, pictorially, where this particular bridge is.

1283
02:04:05,000 --> 02:04:10,740
This part of Com-Champion Bridge over Com-Champion Bridge that is of the subject matter.

1284
02:04:12,120 --> 02:04:15,740
The general scope of work of the project is to remove and replace the bridge.

1285
02:04:15,740 --> 02:04:22,540
if you recall your council actually approve a small part of the construction phase

1286
02:04:24,120 --> 02:04:33,440
last year to clear and grub the vegetation in order for utility relocation to command.

1287
02:04:34,300 --> 02:04:39,360
So I remember there was a question from our clarification from council america that what

1288
02:04:39,360 --> 02:04:47,160
The clearing rubbers basically is just clearing or removing certain vegetation that has been

1289
02:04:47,160 --> 02:04:52,960
identified through environmental documents that is only allowed to be removed and in this

1290
02:04:52,960 --> 02:04:58,400
particular case or this project, certain vegetation was removed, that includes the trees

1291
02:04:58,400 --> 02:05:02,260
along the creek and some trimming as well.

1292
02:05:02,620 --> 02:05:08,140
So that particular phase of the project, the clearing and grabbing phase is now complete.

1293
02:05:08,140 --> 02:05:15,540
So, this particular part of the phase is the big part of the project is replacement of the bridge.

1294
02:05:16,340 --> 02:05:22,980
So, in your staff report, there's a general timeline of when this is going to go out to bid,

1295
02:05:23,260 --> 02:05:29,100
because right now we're still working with utility companies to relocate their facilities.

1296
02:05:29,680 --> 02:05:36,520
Mainly, Southern California, Edison, Cox Communication, and Frontier Communications with their overhead utility lines.

1297
02:05:36,520 --> 02:05:43,520
So, as soon as they're finished or at least we get a schedule of anticipation of completion of those utility relocations,

1298
02:05:44,240 --> 02:05:50,060
then we'll have a more narrow date of when we will advertise to dead.

1299
02:05:50,600 --> 02:05:58,680
Right now, though your staff versus early 2026, 2026, I like to call that a typographical error,

1300
02:05:59,040 --> 02:06:04,120
and it might have been during the review process of city staff, but it is not early 2026.

1301
02:06:04,120 --> 02:06:19,220
There's notice in inviting bids should have said 2026 we again, I don't know when, but this is procedural in nature and the notice in inviting bids should your council authorize the Polaroid Rex Director

1302
02:06:19,220 --> 02:06:22,620
I would be able to have that flexibility

1303
02:06:22,620 --> 02:06:25,660
tuition notice in inviting bids

1304
02:06:25,660 --> 02:06:28,980
basically anytime during the year

1305
02:06:28,980 --> 02:06:31,260
to go out

1306
02:06:32,360 --> 02:06:39,460
Another, just a reminder, this is a federal aid project, meaning that the highway bridge

1307
02:06:39,460 --> 02:06:40,840
program funds are involved.

1308
02:06:41,380 --> 02:06:50,240
That is through the federal highway administration and the keeper of the money, so to

1309
02:06:50,240 --> 02:06:52,880
say, is CalTrans, California Department of Transportation.

1310
02:06:53,660 --> 02:06:58,660
So they enforce the rules of federal highway administration and they are the keepers of

1311
02:06:58,660 --> 02:07:08,100
And it's through CalTrans that we would submit our reimbursement and we have been submitting reimbursement in the preliminary engineering phase or the design phase.

1312
02:07:08,480 --> 02:07:12,540
The right of way phase will recall those phases as well as our environmental document.

1313
02:07:12,920 --> 02:07:22,520
So we have been reimbursed 88.53% to be exact of federally funds and the remaining portion of that 11.47 is city funded.

1314
02:07:22,520 --> 02:07:31,420
So that's background again on the funding, and with that that concludes my presentation pending any questions.

1315
02:07:33,120 --> 02:07:34,540
Yeah, quick question.

1316
02:07:34,780 --> 02:07:38,620
So if Bids come in significantly higher than the engineers estimate,

1317
02:07:39,020 --> 02:07:41,440
which I know we've seen recently several times,

1318
02:07:41,700 --> 02:07:44,720
does that put the federal funds into any kind of jeopardy

1319
02:07:44,720 --> 02:07:48,480
in terms of the timeline of the project or anything like that?

1320
02:07:49,260 --> 02:07:51,440
Vice Mayor Salerson on through the mayor.

1321
02:07:51,440 --> 02:07:57,220
that's always a question I get asked what if a project or the bid's come in higher than

1322
02:07:57,220 --> 02:08:04,320
engineer's estimate which you've pointed out we've seen already and this project I anticipate

1323
02:08:04,320 --> 02:08:12,900
bid's to come in a little higher from the time when the initial estimate was made back in 2010.

1324
02:08:13,060 --> 02:08:21,080
So this project has been around since 2010 and we're very just getting into the construction phase.

1325
02:08:21,080 --> 02:08:25,100
So, to your question, no, it will not jeopardize the federal

1326
02:08:25,100 --> 02:08:27,460
funding, because this is a reimbursement program.

1327
02:08:28,540 --> 02:08:31,100
And what that means is, as long as this project

1328
02:08:31,100 --> 02:08:32,600
project sees activity,

1329
02:08:35,080 --> 02:08:36,680
the federal

1330
02:08:36,680 --> 02:08:40,160
transportation program, the F-tip, federal

1331
02:08:40,160 --> 02:08:43,100
transfer to the program, that's basically the federal

1332
02:08:44,120 --> 02:08:48,160
government's CIP list, as long as it is

1333
02:08:48,160 --> 02:08:55,340
program the FTIP. This project will continue. We'll continue on. Not in definitely, but it

1334
02:08:55,340 --> 02:09:01,040
will continue on and should the bid do come in higher or the apparent low bid comes in higher

1335
02:09:01,040 --> 02:09:07,740
than what was estimated. It's typical of agencies and we're no different to request for additional

1336
02:09:07,740 --> 02:09:12,820
funding for the fire out. We just have to show that we received a apparent low bid and this is

1337
02:09:12,820 --> 02:09:16,560
what's coming and we request for additional funds from the Federal Highway Administration.

1338
02:09:17,120 --> 02:09:23,780
And then just by requesting those funds and that counts as activity on the project, so, you know, would that be accurate?

1339
02:09:26,960 --> 02:09:31,100
Just, uh, vice mayor and council mayor just by doing paperwork.

1340
02:09:31,200 --> 02:09:31,520
Okay.

1341
02:09:31,600 --> 02:09:35,280
I consider that it considered active paperwork as an preliminary engineering.

1342
02:09:36,260 --> 02:09:39,180
As you see, utility relocations are still in process.

1343
02:09:39,220 --> 02:09:42,380
So that is consider activities that are still eligible for funding.

1344
02:09:42,920 --> 02:09:43,120
Got it.

1345
02:09:43,120 --> 02:09:44,120
Thank you very much.

1346
02:09:48,480 --> 02:09:48,800
Thanks.

1347
02:09:48,800 --> 02:09:58,820
And on that same note, it's been 16 years, what if the bid's come in twice as much as

1348
02:09:58,820 --> 02:09:59,500
2010.

1349
02:10:01,440 --> 02:10:07,860
You know, sure that maybe the federal people are still there, but that's just that much

1350
02:10:07,860 --> 02:10:09,120
more money we have to pay.

1351
02:10:09,600 --> 02:10:14,220
Also, we've got at that point we'd be kicking in two and a half million dollars for this.

1352
02:10:14,480 --> 02:10:17,360
Are we prepared for that situation?

1353
02:10:18,080 --> 02:10:19,460
Yeah, it's a good question.

1354
02:10:19,520 --> 02:10:21,140
It comes from a car through the mayor.

1355
02:10:22,100 --> 02:10:25,560
That's actually on my mind about this project.

1356
02:10:26,820 --> 02:10:28,420
And like all are all the projects,

1357
02:10:28,420 --> 02:10:29,720
does it come in twice?

1358
02:10:29,800 --> 02:10:32,560
Three times, four times, six times higher.

1359
02:10:33,100 --> 02:10:36,720
All we could do right now is ask for that additional funding.

1360
02:10:36,780 --> 02:10:39,500
And yes, you actually alluded to that.

1361
02:10:40,100 --> 02:10:42,120
We request additional funding from the Fed,

1362
02:10:42,340 --> 02:10:45,800
so also that 11.47% participation.

1363
02:10:45,800 --> 02:10:53,020
I just mentioned in the staff report, we have to also kick into filling that gap.

1364
02:10:53,680 --> 02:10:57,780
I don't know what that means until we receive the bid and we provide to a recommendation.

1365
02:10:59,600 --> 02:11:00,720
Thank you.

1366
02:11:01,300 --> 02:11:06,800
Council Member Clark also I'd like to just add that in March we do intend on doing our

1367
02:11:07,360 --> 02:11:12,940
capital improvement project workshop that we've started a couple years ago and we'll have a chance

1368
02:11:12,940 --> 02:11:19,220
to relook at all of our various projects and prioritize them by, you know, essential and critical

1369
02:11:19,220 --> 02:11:24,180
infrastructure, and there certainly will be some prioritization that would need to occur

1370
02:11:24,180 --> 02:11:28,060
in terms of available resources and the various projects that we have.

1371
02:11:28,280 --> 02:11:30,980
So we'll have another opportunity to look at this again.

1372
02:11:33,980 --> 02:11:35,040
Any additional questions?

1373
02:11:36,000 --> 02:11:36,460
I have a question.

1374
02:11:36,580 --> 02:11:41,080
I didn't read it in staff report, but you did say it verbally, so I just want to back

1375
02:11:41,080 --> 02:11:45,500
up to make sure I feel the energy and so you mentioned this, of course, is to provide

1376
02:11:45,500 --> 02:11:51,460
authorization for the notice to bid. But even though we pass it tonight, you wouldn't be able

1377
02:11:51,460 --> 02:11:56,220
to do it until certain utility companies, what do they need to clear out or what do they need

1378
02:11:56,220 --> 02:11:56,660
to do?

1379
02:11:57,040 --> 02:11:57,780
Yes, Madam Mayor.

1380
02:11:58,060 --> 02:12:04,560
So utility relocation, that involves Southern California, it is in front of your communications

1381
02:12:04,560 --> 02:12:12,780
co-communication to relocate their overhead lines to basically get out of the way.

1382
02:12:12,780 --> 02:12:15,620
when the bridge is about to construct.

1383
02:12:16,240 --> 02:12:19,680
So these pre-construction activities, I call it,

1384
02:12:21,740 --> 02:12:23,600
we have to wait until that is finished.

1385
02:12:23,900 --> 02:12:27,760
Once Edison and the two youth companies I just mentioned,

1386
02:12:28,300 --> 02:12:33,380
are out of the way, so to say, that will give me the prompt,

1387
02:12:33,540 --> 02:12:36,320
so to issue the notice and binding bits.

1388
02:12:36,560 --> 02:12:42,740
And by that time, I'm just going to guess.

1389
02:12:42,740 --> 02:12:49,240
We're hoping that after the end of summer time as well.

1390
02:12:49,600 --> 02:12:57,860
I do forget that there's also our consulting project manager, Gerald Kamadi, who is online.

1391
02:12:58,900 --> 02:13:05,400
If you have any Gerald, do you have any more input to our council regarding time frame?

1392
02:13:07,060 --> 02:13:16,180
Yes, good evening. I don't know. I think John, you capture it well. We still need a fair amount of time for the location to occur.

1393
02:13:16,760 --> 02:13:27,260
They're underway, which is good news, but they do move slowly and there are other bits and pieces that we need to kind of get in order before we can actually go out to bid.

1394
02:13:28,200 --> 02:13:32,320
So John's timeline, I think, is accurate. You would be after the summer.

1395
02:13:32,320 --> 02:13:45,120
Okay, so just to confirm, is this best practice to wait, or is it something that we absolutely have to do to wait to do the notice of bidding until the utility relocation occurs?

1396
02:13:45,620 --> 02:13:46,160
I have curiosity.

1397
02:13:46,840 --> 02:13:47,200
I'm sure.

1398
02:13:47,580 --> 02:13:49,380
Madam chair and council.

1399
02:13:51,420 --> 02:14:12,100
Joe and I were thinking about how we are the time from the notice in binding bids, but it would help us as far as the project team goes to basically get this staff procedure out of the way, because that gives us the flexibility to

1400
02:14:12,100 --> 02:14:20,500
at our discretion to advertise a bit when we believe it's ready as opposed to, okay, when

1401
02:14:20,500 --> 02:14:24,640
the utility relocations are finished, go to the city council then.

1402
02:14:24,980 --> 02:14:35,180
I think we are anticipating the project to be bit out this year and after the summer coming

1403
02:14:35,180 --> 02:14:42,080
to you early in the process, that's what Gerald and I have determined that we should do just

1404
02:14:42,080 --> 02:14:44,580
to get this procedural part out of the way?

1405
02:14:46,640 --> 02:14:50,000
Yeah and I asked that question only just because in

1406
02:14:50,000 --> 02:14:55,070
the past we've had some like we've gone out to bed and then we've received the bids and it's not

1407
02:14:55,580 --> 02:14:59,900
either enough people bidding or we've had to go back out to bed.

1408
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:09,260
Again, so I'm just trying to better understand the timing of it all and yeah. Mayor, if I could just

1409
02:15:09,260 --> 02:15:13,580
just add one comment. One of the issues we would have with going out too early is if we

1410
02:15:13,580 --> 02:15:19,900
got a good bid. They're only good for what is it? 60 days, 60 calendar. And so that the issue

1411
02:15:19,900 --> 02:15:25,740
would be, is that it would expire and then it wouldn't be any good. Thank you. Yeah, quick question,

1412
02:15:25,740 --> 02:15:30,280
And I have, was it utilities company actually working out there?

1413
02:15:30,440 --> 02:15:32,440
I saw a large crane over by that.

1414
02:15:33,440 --> 02:15:33,900
Was that it?

1415
02:15:34,180 --> 02:15:38,620
Is that part of the work there that's going on the relocation?

1416
02:15:39,780 --> 02:15:40,900
Yes, Council Member Nemora?

1417
02:15:41,760 --> 02:15:42,460
That is.

1418
02:15:45,440 --> 02:15:45,880
Sounds good.

1419
02:15:46,340 --> 02:15:56,640
And so given the 60-day time notice for, or I'd say, the application for projects, when

1420
02:15:56,640 --> 02:16:01,660
And do you anticipate we will actually put those things out to bid?

1421
02:16:02,820 --> 02:16:07,420
I mentioned this after this summer, after this summer, after this summer, that's what

1422
02:16:07,420 --> 02:16:14,580
Journal and I have estimated for this project to go out to bid or somewhere under the mercy

1423
02:16:14,580 --> 02:16:18,200
of the utility companies, so they go by their own pace.

1424
02:16:21,130 --> 02:16:26,030
So this item here is actually just to start to start the process, is that the same?

1425
02:16:26,370 --> 02:16:26,590
Yes, sir.

1426
02:16:29,630 --> 02:16:30,990
Any other questions?

1427
02:16:33,210 --> 02:16:36,210
I will go ahead and open up public comment. I do not have any

1428
02:16:36,210 --> 02:16:40,870
speaker slips. Do we have anyone on Zoom? Mayor, we have no raise dance. I'll go ahead

1429
02:16:40,870 --> 02:16:45,190
and close public comment and bring it back to the council for any final questions or comments

1430
02:16:45,190 --> 02:16:50,150
and of course the motion. I'm on the move to authorize the public work structure to advertise

1431
02:16:50,150 --> 02:16:54,390
the notice inviting bids for the Carpentry Avenue Bridge replacement. Project number

1432
02:16:54,390 --> 02:16:59,770
1, 5, 0, 1, 6, 2, 2, we have a first and a second, all of those in paper.

1433
02:17:03,490 --> 02:17:07,410
We move on to item number 12, which is the introduction in first reading of ordinance

1434
02:17:07,410 --> 02:17:14,790
number 7, 9, 5, repealing and replacing chapter 10.60 bicycles of the Carpenteria municipal

1435
02:17:14,790 --> 02:17:19,390
code entitled bicycles and electric mobility devices.

1436
02:17:29,170 --> 02:17:29,210
Yes.

1437
02:17:29,250 --> 02:17:30,270
Thank you.

1438
02:17:30,270 --> 02:17:32,790
your council members, Ryan Kinz, Assistant City Manager,

1439
02:17:33,570 --> 02:17:36,250
I'd like you to present this item to you all tonight.

1440
02:17:39,650 --> 02:17:42,690
So tonight's staff is presenting the first reading

1441
02:17:42,690 --> 02:17:46,230
of the Bicycles and Electric Mobility Devices Ordnance.

1442
02:17:46,990 --> 02:17:51,870
This item reflects several months of work following council direction

1443
02:17:51,870 --> 02:17:55,830
last year, including input from several of our community members,

1444
02:17:55,830 --> 02:17:58,950
the Sheriff's Office, the School District,

1445
02:17:59,850 --> 02:18:02,650
and other members of our ad hoc e-command committee.

1446
02:18:04,770 --> 02:18:07,570
So tonight, I'm gonna just provide a brief overview

1447
02:18:07,570 --> 02:18:10,390
of why this ordinance is before us tonight.

1448
02:18:10,710 --> 02:18:12,930
Talk about the process and the committee direction

1449
02:18:12,930 --> 02:18:13,770
that was received.

1450
02:18:14,650 --> 02:18:16,410
I'll provide a brief overview of the ordinance,

1451
02:18:16,610 --> 02:18:18,390
including some of the key policy frameworks,

1452
02:18:18,530 --> 02:18:22,010
such as sidewalk riding the youth diversion program,

1453
02:18:22,330 --> 02:18:23,590
enforcement and empowerment,

1454
02:18:23,590 --> 02:18:26,670
and then additional key provisions of the ordinance.

1455
02:18:27,370 --> 02:18:30,530
I'll also talk about our implementation and education approach,

1456
02:18:31,110 --> 02:18:34,950
some of the fiscal impacts, and then finally we'll end with the council action tonight.

1457
02:18:36,690 --> 02:18:39,230
So why is this ordinance before us?

1458
02:18:39,850 --> 02:18:44,910
So over the past three years, Carpenteria has seen the significant increase in the use of electric bicycles

1459
02:18:44,910 --> 02:18:50,610
and other electric mobility devices throughout our city, both for transportation and recreation.

1460
02:18:50,610 --> 02:18:57,530
With that increase, the city has also received growing safety concerns, particularly related

1461
02:18:57,530 --> 02:19:04,530
to excessive speeds, sidewalk riding, and high pedestrian areas, and other incidents

1462
02:19:04,530 --> 02:19:06,610
and accidents that have happened in our community.

1463
02:19:07,870 --> 02:19:13,410
While the state law does regulate these devices broadly, the city's existing municipal code

1464
02:19:13,410 --> 02:19:18,290
did not fully address electric mobility devices or provide locally enforceable tools.

1465
02:19:18,290 --> 02:19:28,490
So this ordinance is really intended to fill that gap by establishing some clear locally enforceable rules that really supplement, but do not replace state law.

1466
02:19:32,250 --> 02:19:43,290
So in March of last year, Council held a special meeting right here in this room focused on eBike safety, which included participation from local stakeholders and enforcement partners.

1467
02:19:43,290 --> 02:19:53,290
Following that discussion, Council established the ad hoc e-convance committee in April to help guide staff in developing the policy recommendations.

1468
02:19:54,390 --> 02:20:05,710
The committee included Council member Julia Mayer and our mayor, Mayor Alacharn, along with representatives from the Sheriff's Office as I mentioned,

1469
02:20:05,710 --> 02:20:07,270
a company, a unified school district,

1470
02:20:07,710 --> 02:20:09,450
moved Santa Barbara, which is a bicycle,

1471
02:20:09,450 --> 02:20:12,790
a bicycle advocacy group in town,

1472
02:20:13,190 --> 02:20:14,350
and then also city staff,

1473
02:20:14,750 --> 02:20:16,250
as well as other members of the community,

1474
02:20:16,410 --> 02:20:18,090
who did attend several of those meetings.

1475
02:20:18,790 --> 02:20:20,690
The committee really did focus on safety,

1476
02:20:21,230 --> 02:20:23,010
education was the primary focus,

1477
02:20:23,870 --> 02:20:25,050
enforcement feasibility,

1478
02:20:25,250 --> 02:20:27,490
as well as best practices from other jurisdictions,

1479
02:20:28,330 --> 02:20:30,430
and also talked about implementation considerations.

1480
02:20:31,310 --> 02:20:33,790
So the ordinance that you see before you tonight

1481
02:20:33,790 --> 02:20:36,050
follows the direction from that committee.

1482
02:20:39,470 --> 02:20:43,930
So at a high level, the ordinance, what it does is it repeals and replaces the existing

1483
02:20:43,930 --> 02:20:50,470
city's bicycle chapter and creates a new consolidated chapter that combines the bicycle

1484
02:20:50,470 --> 02:20:54,610
components and the electric mobility device components into one ordinance.

1485
02:20:55,330 --> 02:21:01,390
It applies consistently to bicycles, class 1 through 3 e-bikes, scooters, skateboards,

1486
02:21:06,330 --> 02:21:06,330
and

1487
02:21:06,330 --> 02:21:11,750
of Citation Authority to address some of these unsafe behaviors that we've seen while remaining

1488
02:21:11,750 --> 02:21:13,690
fully aligned with state laws I mentioned.

1489
02:21:18,260 --> 02:21:20,560
So moving on to some key policy frameworks that

1490
02:21:20,560 --> 02:21:27,380
were a part of the main discussion of our committee. So one of those is sidewalk riding. Under

1491
02:21:27,380 --> 02:21:34,200
existing law, cities law, bicycles are already prohibited from riding on sidewalks within our

1492
02:21:35,820 --> 02:21:39,300
So this new ordinance retains that existing prohibition

1493
02:21:39,760 --> 02:21:44,920
and it extends it also to electric mobility devices within that same area.

1494
02:21:45,540 --> 02:21:52,480
So the central traffic district includes the downtown core adjacent streets and public parking facilities.

1495
02:21:53,060 --> 02:21:58,000
These are really the areas within the highest pedestrian activities of the city.

1496
02:21:58,740 --> 02:22:03,880
And the ordinance does not propose a citywide sidewalk ban that was a big discussion

1497
02:22:03,880 --> 02:22:10,220
amongst the committee, and set it reflects the committee's recommendation for a targeted location-based approach.

1498
02:22:12,080 --> 02:22:18,780
So, this slide shows the boundaries of the central traffic district, as defined in the municipal code.

1499
02:22:19,060 --> 02:22:23,480
The area includes the downtown core adjacent streets and public parking facilities.

1500
02:22:23,980 --> 02:22:28,040
These are locations within the city that really do have the highest pedestrian activity,

1501
02:22:28,620 --> 02:22:32,500
and they really do have the greatest potential for conflicts between riders and pedestrians.

1502
02:22:32,500 --> 02:22:45,080
The ordinance applies the sidewalk riding prohibition as I mentioned for bicycles and electric mobility devices within this defined area only consistent with the existing bicycle regulations.

1503
02:22:45,800 --> 02:22:51,900
So no sidewalk riding on bicycles or e-bikes within this central traffic district.

1504
02:22:51,900 --> 02:23:01,840
And I will mention that the municipal code does define the central traffic district, using street names and ends in beginnings of those streets.

1505
02:23:02,600 --> 02:23:09,800
So this map that you see before you was created by our in house GIS team, we looked at that description of the streets and made this map.

1506
02:23:09,900 --> 02:23:15,380
So this map doesn't exist in this form in our municipal code, but the definition of the streets does.

1507
02:23:16,950 --> 02:23:23,610
So, the intent really here is to provide clarity and consistency, focusing restrictions where

1508
02:23:23,610 --> 02:23:25,970
pedestrian safety concerns are most pronounced.

1509
02:23:28,310 --> 02:23:29,830
So why a targeted approach?

1510
02:23:30,530 --> 02:23:35,210
So the committee really spent a significant amount of time discussing whether a city-wide

1511
02:23:35,210 --> 02:23:37,610
side-back sidewalk ban was appropriate.

1512
02:23:38,350 --> 02:23:43,690
Ultimately, the committee concluded that some areas of the city lack safe or practical

1513
02:23:43,690 --> 02:23:45,470
on-street alternatives.

1514
02:23:45,470 --> 02:23:57,710
A blanket-wide city ban would and could unintentionally push riders into higher-speed traffic areas and would likely require additional enforcement resources.

1515
02:23:58,690 --> 02:24:09,530
The ordinance instead allows for a flexible focus on high-conflict pedestrian areas, as I mentioned, which is in that central traffic district.

1516
02:24:09,530 --> 02:24:18,010
So, this does preserve Council's ability to revisit sidewalk rules in the future as conditions or infrastructure change.

1517
02:24:18,170 --> 02:24:25,410
For example, if the Council in the future wants to redefine the boundaries of that central traffic district,

1518
02:24:25,590 --> 02:24:27,370
that's something that we can certainly do.

1519
02:24:27,430 --> 02:24:33,370
The committee did give us guidance in that matter actually to re-look at the central traffic district,

1520
02:24:33,430 --> 02:24:37,810
make sure that it's in alignment with the reality of where the bike pass actually are.

1521
02:24:37,810 --> 02:24:43,470
So that is something that staff is going to do, if we were to redefine that central traffic district

1522
02:24:43,470 --> 02:24:47,830
that does take council action so we can certainly come back to the council if staff deems

1523
02:24:47,830 --> 02:24:52,410
that appropriate to update that central traffic district and that would automatically apply

1524
02:24:52,410 --> 02:24:57,890
to the bicycle and e-bike ordinance because we reference the central traffic district in this ordinance

1525
02:24:57,890 --> 02:24:58,630
here tonight.

1526
02:25:02,450 --> 02:25:07,790
Another important component and really the focus of the ordinance is on education

1527
02:25:07,790 --> 02:25:10,850
and part of that education is this youth diversion program.

1528
02:25:11,530 --> 02:25:17,950
So for minors under 18, the ordinance establishes an education first approach for first-time

1529
02:25:17,950 --> 02:25:25,150
violations. So eligible youth may complete a safety education course in lieu of paying a fine.

1530
02:25:25,650 --> 02:25:34,610
So if they are issued an administrative citation staff will educate the student and the parents

1531
02:25:34,610 --> 02:25:37,310
through some of our outreach and education materials,

1532
02:25:37,550 --> 02:25:39,930
including some pamphlets that we're planning to create,

1533
02:25:41,010 --> 02:25:43,010
to educate them that this is an opportunity,

1534
02:25:43,110 --> 02:25:44,250
so you don't have to pay the fine,

1535
02:25:44,310 --> 02:25:46,630
you don't have an ad in the site on your record with the city.

1536
02:25:47,470 --> 02:25:49,150
And then with successful completion,

1537
02:25:50,450 --> 02:25:52,990
it would dismiss the fine, it would dismiss the citation.

1538
02:25:53,550 --> 02:25:55,750
Really, the goal here is not enforcement.

1539
02:25:56,010 --> 02:25:57,350
Really, the goal is education.

1540
02:25:57,850 --> 02:26:00,550
I will cite something from the Grand jury report

1541
02:26:00,550 --> 02:26:02,050
on e-bikes for the city of Santa Barbara,

1542
02:26:02,050 --> 02:26:07,010
that report did show that education with enforcement is key.

1543
02:26:07,050 --> 02:26:10,450
Just education or just enforcement doesn't really get the point across.

1544
02:26:10,930 --> 02:26:19,810
So that's where that focus is coming from, because there's some defined statistics out there that show that enforcement with education does actually lead to great results.

1545
02:26:21,610 --> 02:26:28,050
So staff is proposing a pilot partnership with a move Santa Barbara to deliver this youth diversion program.

1546
02:26:29,410 --> 02:26:33,970
repeat or egregious violations would still remain subject to enforcement under those

1547
02:26:33,970 --> 02:26:38,950
fines, which I'll discuss here shortly, and then we are working with move Santa Barbara

1548
02:26:38,950 --> 02:26:44,390
to fine tune that proposal and that plan that's expense for this pilot program for this

1549
02:26:44,390 --> 02:26:48,310
first initial youth diversion program would be around 1500 bucks.

1550
02:26:51,290 --> 02:26:52,870
So another policy framework

1551
02:26:52,870 --> 02:26:58,090
is enforcement and empowerment, so the ordinance does establish an administrative citation

1552
02:26:58,090 --> 02:27:04,730
structure of $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second and $500 for subsequent

1553
02:27:04,730 --> 02:27:05,210
violations.

1554
02:27:05,410 --> 02:27:10,450
This follows our standard admin site process that's listed in our mini code.

1555
02:27:11,510 --> 02:27:16,450
Administrative citations may be issued by both the Sheriff's Office and under this

1556
02:27:16,450 --> 02:27:21,830
ordinance now our code enforcement staff can also issue administrative citations.

1557
02:27:22,710 --> 02:27:29,550
Empowerment Authority, however, is limited under state law and is subject only to sworn law enforcement personnel.

1558
02:27:30,150 --> 02:27:35,630
And that may be used when necessary to provide protect public safety in the event.

1559
02:27:36,170 --> 02:27:41,050
There's a egregious offender in that bicycle or e-bike needs to be impounded.

1560
02:27:41,930 --> 02:27:45,810
These provisions are, you know, we really looked across the board at other cities.

1561
02:27:45,810 --> 02:27:50,190
We also looked at the city's Santa Barbara, so these provisions are really modeled after

1562
02:27:50,190 --> 02:27:53,470
these ordinances that we looked across the board, including the city of Santa Barbara.

1563
02:27:54,570 --> 02:27:58,570
And they really are some of the best practices that a lot of jurisdictions are using.

1564
02:28:00,190 --> 02:28:05,190
Some additional key provisions, including to those major policy areas that I just mentioned,

1565
02:28:05,910 --> 02:28:13,290
these include due care requirements, so a maximum operating speed of about 28 miles per hour,

1566
02:28:13,290 --> 02:28:19,290
yielding and right-of-way rules and helmet requirements for riders under 18. It also establishes

1567
02:28:19,290 --> 02:28:24,350
lighting and equipment standards, prohibits unsafe behaviors such as stunt riding or carrying

1568
02:28:24,350 --> 02:28:30,430
passengers where it's not designed and clarifies where riding is allowed or prohibited,

1569
02:28:30,850 --> 02:28:35,810
including allowing riding on the Carpentry of Bluffs, which was also a distinction that the

1570
02:28:35,810 --> 02:28:40,730
committee wanted to make sure was there. Well, continuing prohibitions of bicycle and e-bike

1571
02:28:40,730 --> 02:28:44,490
writing in the salt marsh and also on our athletic facilities.

1572
02:28:48,430 --> 02:28:54,050
So just a draft implementation, sorry draft implementation timeline, we will go back

1573
02:28:54,050 --> 02:28:59,570
to the committee once this ordinance is effect, in effect, present this draft implementation

1574
02:28:59,570 --> 02:29:04,190
with timeline to the whole committee, including the school district, the sheriff's department,

1575
02:29:05,090 --> 02:29:08,370
and we'll be focusing on education first.

1576
02:29:08,370 --> 02:29:15,430
So tonight, if the council votes, the first reading will be completed, then the second reading

1577
02:29:15,430 --> 02:29:20,570
takes place on February 9th. March 9th, the ordinance becomes effective 30 days following

1578
02:29:20,570 --> 02:29:25,890
the second reading. Post adoption and the spring, the plan is phase one to really push forward

1579
02:29:25,890 --> 02:29:30,270
the public awareness and the outreach. Here's what the city has done. They've adopted the

1580
02:29:30,270 --> 02:29:34,310
ordinance. This is the rules. This is what could happen if you break the rules. Really

1581
02:29:34,310 --> 02:29:35,810
focusing in on the education.

1582
02:29:36,370 --> 02:29:39,930
Then phase two, we would provide additional warnings

1583
02:29:39,930 --> 02:29:42,710
and education to the public, our staff,

1584
02:29:42,910 --> 02:29:44,310
including code enforcement and sheriff

1585
02:29:44,310 --> 02:29:46,390
would be in the field, providing those warnings,

1586
02:29:47,450 --> 02:29:48,830
and then finally phase three.

1587
02:29:49,070 --> 02:29:51,270
We would do something similar to like a DUI checkpoint,

1588
02:29:51,730 --> 02:29:53,650
where we would provide targeted enforcement.

1589
02:29:53,890 --> 02:29:56,050
We would say, hey, we're sheriff's

1590
02:29:56,050 --> 02:29:58,110
and the code enforcement will be somewhere in the city

1591
02:29:58,110 --> 02:29:59,970
at this time, if you're...

1592
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:09,620
For violating the rules, you will get a citation. And then finally, phase 4 would be that youth diversion program, pilot course, available to those first-time minor offenders.

1593
02:30:10,820 --> 02:30:19,800
Again, this will be fine tuned with the committee, but I want to represent to the council tonight, just the next steps in terms of what our draft next steps would be.

1594
02:30:20,600 --> 02:30:26,420
So in terms of fiscal impacts, the youth diversion program is funded currently in our budget,

1595
02:30:26,600 --> 02:30:29,140
so there's no appropriation needed by the Council tonight.

1596
02:30:29,780 --> 02:30:32,600
Citation revenue is not really expected to be significant.

1597
02:30:32,860 --> 02:30:35,780
Again, we're not in the business of trying to make money from this.

1598
02:30:35,780 --> 02:30:39,300
We're just trying to make sure our city is safe and our writers are safe.

1599
02:30:39,360 --> 02:30:41,400
So that's going to be the focus is on the education.

1600
02:30:42,340 --> 02:30:47,600
If there are enhanced enforcement costs incurred by the use of the sheriff's department

1601
02:30:47,600 --> 02:30:52,640
to provide that enforcement, we would return to the City Council if needed for those appropriations.

1602
02:30:53,760 --> 02:30:58,000
And then finally, staff's recommendation tonight is to approve the ordinance on first reading,

1603
02:30:58,180 --> 02:31:03,560
and then continue the second reading and adoption to the City Council meeting for February 9th.

1604
02:31:03,560 --> 02:31:05,020
And we are here to answer any questions.

1605
02:31:06,120 --> 02:31:07,060
Thank you.

1606
02:31:07,260 --> 02:31:07,620
Thank you.

1607
02:31:08,020 --> 02:31:08,440
Any questions?

1608
02:31:09,440 --> 02:31:09,640
Yeah.

1609
02:31:10,200 --> 02:31:16,200
If you can let me know, what specific behaviors is the ordinance most designed to impact?

1610
02:31:16,200 --> 02:31:22,300
and how will we know six months from now a year from now that we're successful in that because I

1611
02:31:22,300 --> 02:31:27,460
hear and I like that a lot of it is education based which which I think is what it should be but then

1612
02:31:27,460 --> 02:31:31,240
can you tell me a little bit about yeah what what behaviors we're trying to change and how will no

1613
02:31:31,240 --> 02:31:35,540
if they've been changed? Absolutely council members so there's no excellent question to the mayor

1614
02:31:35,540 --> 02:31:42,160
so the ordinance is really primarily intended to reduce those observable high-risk behaviors that we see

1615
02:31:42,160 --> 02:31:47,880
that have generated the greatest safety concerns for the public, including writing at unsafe

1616
02:31:47,880 --> 02:31:53,860
speeds into pedestrian oriented areas. So, you know, we have heard here at this council meeting

1617
02:31:53,860 --> 02:32:00,560
public commenters talking about e-bikes on sidewalks. That's an example. Writing bicycles or electric

1618
02:32:00,560 --> 02:32:08,020
mobility devices in other areas that are just primarily focused for pedestrians, again sidewalk

1619
02:32:08,020 --> 02:32:14,400
writing failure to yield to pedestrians. We have heard some complaints about that, or those

1620
02:32:14,400 --> 02:32:19,820
just completely not obeying some traffic laws, either because they don't know what they are,

1621
02:32:19,920 --> 02:32:24,080
the younger writers, or because they're just trying to get to where they're going, and they know

1622
02:32:24,080 --> 02:32:30,680
that they're not obeying those traffic rules. Stunt writing can cause some issues, writing against

1623
02:32:30,680 --> 02:32:37,340
traffic is a big one. And then also youth, writing behaviors that create conflicts in your schools

1624
02:32:37,340 --> 02:32:42,800
or in the downtown area, for example, writing bikes that they're not permitted to be written

1625
02:32:42,800 --> 02:32:48,080
in public spaces. So electric motorcycles as an example, those aren't really e-bikes,

1626
02:32:48,260 --> 02:32:53,000
those that don't have pedals, those are electric motorcycles that are not permitted on public roads.

1627
02:32:54,280 --> 02:32:59,500
And then to evaluate whether the ordinance is working staff anticipates returning to the council

1628
02:32:59,500 --> 02:33:03,420
at some point in the future after this first phase, we'd love to come back with a report to the

1629
02:33:03,420 --> 02:33:06,800
So we want to provide some trend-based data.

1630
02:33:07,800 --> 02:33:10,780
So we want to provide the number and type of administrative

1631
02:33:10,780 --> 02:33:13,120
citations and warnings that were issued.

1632
02:33:14,000 --> 02:33:15,880
The sheriffs will be issuing those, but they will be

1633
02:33:15,880 --> 02:33:18,280
turning over those admin citations to staff.

1634
02:33:18,540 --> 02:33:21,000
So we'll have those in hand, and we'll be tracking those.

1635
02:33:22,100 --> 02:33:25,720
We'll also get some sense of the location-based enforcement

1636
02:33:25,720 --> 02:33:27,920
trends, so the sheriffs office will also tell us

1637
02:33:27,920 --> 02:33:31,460
where and when those citations were being issued.

1638
02:33:31,460 --> 02:33:42,860
We'll also keep an eye out for the reported complaints and service calls that are coming in for unsafe writing and then also the youth diversion program participation and completion rates.

1639
02:33:43,160 --> 02:33:47,640
Those will also be a key data point for us that will bring back to the council.

1640
02:33:48,320 --> 02:33:58,480
And then also just any reports that we get about any incidents that are occurring or injuries that are occurring that are either reported from the community or from our sheriff's office.

1641
02:33:58,480 --> 02:34:00,520
that'll also be documented.

1642
02:34:00,840 --> 02:34:02,300
And really, that's what we want.

1643
02:34:02,320 --> 02:34:03,780
We want safe writing.

1644
02:34:03,940 --> 02:34:05,240
We want people to be safe.

1645
02:34:05,500 --> 02:34:07,920
Really, the measurement is going to be,

1646
02:34:07,920 --> 02:34:09,440
are we getting less incidents?

1647
02:34:09,800 --> 02:34:12,240
That's going to be the main reporting data

1648
02:34:12,240 --> 02:34:14,560
that we're going to want to see in the community.

1649
02:34:15,040 --> 02:34:15,480
Got it.

1650
02:34:15,480 --> 02:34:16,180
Thank you.

1651
02:34:16,440 --> 02:34:21,820
And then I really like the idea of the youth diversion program.

1652
02:34:22,200 --> 02:34:23,020
Where does that take place?

1653
02:34:23,020 --> 02:34:24,060
Is that in Santa Barbara?

1654
02:34:24,240 --> 02:34:24,740
Is that here?

1655
02:34:25,100 --> 02:34:27,700
Yes, it'll take place here in Santa Barbara.

1656
02:34:27,700 --> 02:34:30,040
we will be working with the school district.

1657
02:34:30,600 --> 02:34:32,980
We do have Ms. Persoon here this evening too.

1658
02:34:33,120 --> 02:34:35,520
If the council has any questions for the school district,

1659
02:34:36,020 --> 02:34:39,060
I will add that we also have the sheriff's here tonight,

1660
02:34:39,660 --> 02:34:42,760
our chief of police, and then also Martinez

1661
02:34:42,760 --> 02:34:45,260
from move Santa Barbara's also here.

1662
02:34:45,280 --> 02:34:48,880
I also want to thank them for participating in our ad hoc committee.

1663
02:34:48,920 --> 02:34:52,340
This was a lot of work, and I also want to thank our council member Mayor

1664
02:34:52,340 --> 02:34:55,880
and the Mayor AllerCon for your guys' participation.

1665
02:34:55,880 --> 02:35:01,140
This was a lot of work of a long time coming and people really put a lot of thought into this.

1666
02:35:01,320 --> 02:35:02,560
What do you see here tonight?

1667
02:35:03,660 --> 02:35:06,540
So, they are also here if you guys have any questions for them.

1668
02:35:06,940 --> 02:35:07,940
Thank you very much.

1669
02:35:11,360 --> 02:35:12,760
Quick question, Ryan.

1670
02:35:13,480 --> 02:35:18,280
That would be on the vervage that you're going to have on these signs.

1671
02:35:18,640 --> 02:35:23,520
Have we affirmed that they are ADA compliance as far as warnings?

1672
02:35:23,680 --> 02:35:26,500
Sounds like you didn't have a specification for.

1673
02:35:26,500 --> 02:35:31,320
say electric wheelchair seems like that yeah we'll be ensuring that we're

1674
02:35:31,320 --> 02:35:35,860
following all the ADA compliance requirements for signage we'll ensure we do

1675
02:35:35,860 --> 02:35:41,040
that and then I apologize council member Salazar's on the courses will take place

1676
02:35:41,040 --> 02:35:45,200
here in Carpenteria we're gonna be working with the school district we'll leave for

1677
02:35:45,200 --> 02:35:48,860
have it on site at the school district or maybe even here at City Hall depending

1678
02:35:48,860 --> 02:35:54,040
on the necessary needs of that court of individuals that will be in the

1679
02:35:59,470 --> 02:36:06,410
There's no additional questions. I'll go ahead and open up public comment. I do not have any speaker slips. Do we have anyone on Zoom?

1680
02:36:06,870 --> 02:36:08,270
I'm here. We have no raise hands.

1681
02:36:08,530 --> 02:36:12,330
I'll go ahead and close public comment and bring it back to the council for any final.

1682
02:36:13,190 --> 02:36:16,310
That's comments questions and of course the motion.

1683
02:36:23,760 --> 02:36:32,000
Being on this committee, I just wanted to say thank you to the city and to move Santa Barbara and to Dr. Person and the sheriff's office.

1684
02:36:32,000 --> 02:36:49,840
I think the big focus in how we got here was that this is a really excellent community to ride a bike in and this is a really excellent way that we're getting kids out into the community and we don't want to necessarily

1685
02:36:49,840 --> 02:36:57,180
stopped that from happening. It was very important to all of us that what we're doing is

1686
02:36:57,180 --> 02:37:03,520
teaching kids how to be teaching kids and adults who are writing e-bikes incorrectly

1687
02:37:03,520 --> 02:37:12,480
how to ride them properly and to be in harmony with our community and I think that we took a lot of

1688
02:37:13,060 --> 02:37:19,660
good cues from move Santa Barbara and I'm really appreciative to them and I just wanted to

1689
02:37:19,660 --> 02:37:24,420
really also just extend my things to them and also to just make sure that the community hears

1690
02:37:24,420 --> 02:37:27,800
us that, you know, this is a great place to write a bike and we want people to write bikes

1691
02:37:27,800 --> 02:37:28,620
here.

1692
02:37:33,320 --> 02:37:39,140
I would say community to excellent job. Very well done. One question or concern I would have

1693
02:37:39,140 --> 02:37:45,540
possibly is with the many out-of-town tourists that we have coming into the state park and

1694
02:37:45,540 --> 02:37:50,640
maybe one place we would have to focus on, literature, things like that, making sure they

1695
02:37:50,640 --> 02:37:56,840
have that available, so it would be hard to enforce then other than just the money portion.

1696
02:38:03,570 --> 02:38:10,490
I'd like to just say echo what Councilmember Mayor said I think and think staff for bringing

1697
02:38:11,170 --> 02:38:16,190
a lot of people with a lot of different opinions and thoughts about where we should start and where we should go.

1698
02:38:16,530 --> 02:38:24,550
And I think you're able to do that really excellently with all the different voices and we've really been able to create something that I think the community

1699
02:38:24,550 --> 02:38:31,510
can be really proud of. So thank you. So with that, I will, if there aren't any other questions

1700
02:38:31,510 --> 02:38:37,070
from council, I'll go ahead and provide a motion, which is I moved to approve, or need

1701
02:38:37,070 --> 02:38:42,450
numbers 795 as read by title only, and continue the second reading and adoption to the city council

1702
02:38:42,450 --> 02:38:48,590
meeting of February 9th, 2026. Second. We have a first and a second roll call vote, please.

1703
02:38:49,750 --> 02:38:54,070
Mayor, before I get to the roll call, let me read the ordinance title into the record,

1704
02:38:54,070 --> 02:38:59,130
ordinance number 795 and ordinance of the City Council of the City of Carpenteria,

1705
02:38:59,330 --> 02:39:05,190
amending to end replacing chapter 10.60 of the municipal code pertaining to bicycles and

1706
02:39:05,190 --> 02:39:09,790
electric mobility devices. Now for the roll call, council member mayor.

1707
02:39:10,430 --> 02:39:15,990
Aye. Council member Nemura? Aye. Vice Mayor Salarsino? Aye. Council member Clark? Aye.

1708
02:39:16,050 --> 02:39:17,210
Mayor Alicon. Aye.

1709
02:39:20,920 --> 02:39:25,620
We will now move on to item number 13, which is period one department

1710
02:39:25,620 --> 02:39:29,920
reports for the fiscal year 2025, 2026 budget.

1711
02:39:49,350 --> 02:39:49,930
Mayor, Council

1712
02:39:49,930 --> 02:39:53,170
Community Members, while we pull up our PowerPoint, this is

1713
02:39:53,170 --> 02:39:56,870
going to be a department shared presentation. I'll start just by

1714
02:39:56,870 --> 02:40:00,810
giving a little bit of background on this. So the item before

1715
02:40:00,810 --> 02:40:07,410
this evening is our period one reports for this current fiscal year

1716
02:40:07,410 --> 02:40:13,710
2526 budget. Just a little background on March 24, 2025, the

1717
02:40:13,710 --> 02:40:20,110
Council adopted some primary goals and priorities for the next two fiscal years,

1718
02:40:20,590 --> 02:40:23,090
25, 26, and 26, and 27.

1719
02:40:27,000 --> 02:40:30,980
Those primary goals included to enhance public outreach education

1720
02:40:30,980 --> 02:40:37,320
and transparency, maintain a small beachside town, enhance quality of life for residents

1721
02:40:37,320 --> 02:40:43,240
and maintain the fiscal sustainability of the city. That served as the basis for city staff

1722
02:40:43,240 --> 02:40:49,640
development of strategic program goals and objectives and some other important considerations

1723
02:40:49,640 --> 02:40:57,500
with things like funding, staff capacity, technology and resources, regulatory and legal

1724
02:40:57,500 --> 02:40:58,200
constraints.

1725
02:40:58,960 --> 02:41:04,040
I'd like to note that the items that we're reporting on are not the day-to-day.

1726
02:41:04,060 --> 02:41:10,300
These are additional things that aren't have a start and an end-time and they don't include

1727
02:41:10,300 --> 02:41:17,560
things that come up randomly because they weren't obviously programmed into our goals at the

1728
02:41:17,560 --> 02:41:23,700
beginning. So these are just items that were thought of at the beginning and the ones that we

1729
02:41:23,700 --> 02:41:30,040
tend to share, the ones that closely relate to city council's goals and or just notable activities

1730
02:41:30,040 --> 02:41:37,580
that occurred during the period. There is a bit of a change in cadence. So last year we had just

1731
02:41:37,580 --> 02:41:45,180
single year budget and we came in we did four reports so we did one every three months now

1732
02:41:45,180 --> 02:41:50,360
that we went to a two year budget we still intend to come four times but now it's going to include

1733
02:41:50,360 --> 02:41:55,980
two different quarters one and two is what we're covering in this quarter I should also mention

1734
02:41:55,980 --> 02:42:03,920
that's on the fiscal year so that includes July one to December 31st this time and it allows

1735
02:42:03,920 --> 02:42:10,540
us to show more meaningful progress over six months, it balances staff capacity and also continues

1736
02:42:10,540 --> 02:42:13,520
that we provide regular updates for the council.

1737
02:42:13,680 --> 02:42:19,080
And the fact that also it's aligned with the city's fiscal year budget allows us to be flexible

1738
02:42:19,080 --> 02:42:26,400
and if we need to do anything that involves some budget amendments, we can align those as well.

1739
02:42:28,700 --> 02:42:34,400
The next time we come back, we'll be period two, that will be quarters three and four,

1740
02:42:34,400 --> 02:42:38,100
and will include January 1st to June 30th.

1741
02:42:39,560 --> 02:42:44,880
So the purpose of the item before you tonight is to present you all with these reports

1742
02:42:44,880 --> 02:42:49,820
and then to receive any feedback or direction from the City Council as deemed appropriate.

1743
02:42:50,580 --> 02:42:58,320
The components of the report this evening are as a department overview and that's a summary

1744
02:42:58,320 --> 02:43:04,740
of all the high-level or the most notable activities from the period, ideally someone could

1745
02:43:04,740 --> 02:43:10,520
read that summary and have a really good idea on everything that happened over the last two quarters

1746
02:43:10,520 --> 02:43:16,000
to make it even easier. We have a bulleted list of key department highlights that goes into

1747
02:43:16,000 --> 02:43:21,720
even more detail and then we have our upcoming department priorities things that you can expect

1748
02:43:21,720 --> 02:43:28,120
to see over the next two quarters and then we finish with a department financial summary which includes

1749
02:43:28,120 --> 02:43:36,720
a table of any amendments or changes to the department budget and in any things, you know,

1750
02:43:36,760 --> 02:43:40,760
variances to the budget or challenges that were worth noting.

1751
02:43:42,080 --> 02:43:48,100
One of the changes from the last time we presented this report is that it included an addition

1752
02:43:48,100 --> 02:43:51,460
to a department summary individual program summaries.

1753
02:43:51,900 --> 02:43:56,460
Some of the feedback that we got from that is that it was somewhat repetitive because all

1754
02:43:56,460 --> 02:44:02,840
the highlights were in the department summary and then the program summaries highlighted many of the

1755
02:44:02,840 --> 02:44:09,020
same things. What was absent was maybe some more of the granular data, things that people might

1756
02:44:09,020 --> 02:44:13,740
be interested in, which is like what's the progress on this one very specific goal that we were

1757
02:44:13,740 --> 02:44:22,200
interested in? So one of the things that we'll be adding online in the next two to four weeks is an online

1758
02:44:22,200 --> 02:44:28,860
resource that covers all activity for every single goal and every single objective that occurred

1759
02:44:28,860 --> 02:44:29,560
over the period.

1760
02:44:29,640 --> 02:44:32,880
So people will be able to go online, that'll be rather extensive.

1761
02:44:33,220 --> 02:44:35,740
We're talking potentially hundreds of pages.

1762
02:44:36,160 --> 02:44:41,900
So online is where it will be solely because you're going to need sorting and you're going

1763
02:44:41,900 --> 02:44:44,200
to need to be able to filter and research that.

1764
02:44:44,400 --> 02:44:46,820
Otherwise, you're just digging through a lot of different pages.

1765
02:44:47,160 --> 02:44:51,520
But if somebody has a particular interest in any goal, they'll be able to go online and

1766
02:44:51,520 --> 02:44:55,820
to do that. We're looking forward to getting that up on hot topics and coming back and

1767
02:44:55,820 --> 02:44:57,380
letting you know as soon as it's available.

1768
02:45:01,650 --> 02:45:20,530
One other thing that I did note at the end of the report is one of the things that was noticed last year is that the city's commitment to public, you know, education, outreach, transparency, you know, obviously adds a lot more time to each item that you cover.

1769
02:45:20,530 --> 02:45:44,870
So, you know, if before we did five projects at low outreach that we found that doing three projects at a medium to high outreach was about as much as, you know, staff could cover and so some of the, the number of projects that staff have been able to take on has, has lessened while the quality of those that we presented has, I think,

1770
02:45:44,870 --> 02:45:50,910
So you might find that that's a theme that you'll see throughout the various reports this evening.

1771
02:45:51,830 --> 02:45:57,250
So with that, I will go on to General Government and start us off.

1772
02:46:05,740 --> 02:46:13,700
So we started the year strong with the celebrating the 60 years of Carpenteria that was a week's worth of events.

1773
02:46:14,900 --> 02:46:18,400
and coordination with TVSB to ensure that that event was

1774
02:46:18,400 --> 02:46:19,220
streamed.

1775
02:46:19,580 --> 02:46:22,820
And so we had our first local say to the city event in a long time.

1776
02:46:22,880 --> 02:46:27,300
I know we've had them before, but actually held by the city.

1777
02:46:27,420 --> 02:46:28,760
So it was a great event.

1778
02:46:28,960 --> 02:46:34,060
We also executed a contract that Brian mentioned to see me,

1779
02:46:34,180 --> 02:46:36,280
Pacific Plus agenda management system.

1780
02:46:37,020 --> 02:46:40,380
And believe me, when I say Brian only really covered the surface of these things,

1781
02:46:40,540 --> 02:46:43,620
there's a lot of internal efficiencies that are going to be created.

1782
02:46:43,620 --> 02:46:46,060
and stuff I look forward to you all seeing.

1783
02:46:46,480 --> 02:46:48,420
And then along with your council,

1784
02:46:48,940 --> 02:46:55,740
we helped administer $136,500 in grants

1785
02:46:55,740 --> 02:46:59,200
to 10 local nonprofits and an additional $10,000

1786
02:46:59,200 --> 02:47:01,740
for immigration support efforts.

1787
02:47:02,420 --> 02:47:05,260
We did not anticipate the second half of that,

1788
02:47:05,320 --> 02:47:06,120
I think when we started,

1789
02:47:07,040 --> 02:47:09,980
but the committee did anticipate having some additional

1790
02:47:09,980 --> 02:47:11,620
money available for that.

1791
02:47:11,620 --> 02:47:14,320
So happy to be able to take that on.

1792
02:47:15,160 --> 02:47:18,860
We also conducted a preanalysis for the release

1793
02:47:18,860 --> 02:47:23,360
of a classification and composition study for staff

1794
02:47:23,360 --> 02:47:27,920
that something that happens every few years in the cities

1795
02:47:27,920 --> 02:47:31,040
last time we did this was in 2021.

1796
02:47:31,100 --> 02:47:33,920
So we just want to ensure and see where the city compares

1797
02:47:33,920 --> 02:47:34,880
with the market.

1798
02:47:36,080 --> 02:47:40,340
We completed an audit for comprehensive, accurate,

1799
02:47:40,340 --> 02:47:44,720
property insurance coverage none of that's we don't always get to do the exciting stuff

1800
02:47:44,720 --> 02:47:50,100
but it's the tedious risk management items that the team is taken on and that's just

1801
02:47:50,100 --> 02:47:55,920
one of many items and then of course as mentioned earlier our proposition to a team process

1802
02:47:55,920 --> 02:48:02,520
with the assessment districts has taken up a substantial amount of time. In addition to that we've

1803
02:48:02,520 --> 02:48:07,960
had a lot of focus on staff training including training the trainers so that our staff can actually

1804
02:48:07,960 --> 02:48:16,840
continue these training items and then also a citywide training tracker to make sure that we're

1805
02:48:16,840 --> 02:48:21,400
meeting all of our legal requirements. So, okay, not necessarily the fun stuff but really

1806
02:48:21,400 --> 02:48:28,560
beneficial for staff. Some of the major events, as mentioned the 60th anniversary week, we worked

1807
02:48:28,560 --> 02:48:33,280
with our Sheriff's Department and I think the city got more involved than we had in the past and

1808
02:48:33,280 --> 02:48:39,180
I think it really worked out that strong partnership for a successful national night out event.

1809
02:48:40,440 --> 02:48:47,000
We worked with your council to do five assessment district presentations and at those.

1810
02:48:47,000 --> 02:48:54,640
If you had happened to attend one of those, there is much more talk about other items beyond assessment districts and things that people were interested in discussing.

1811
02:48:55,540 --> 02:48:57,200
So those were fruitful.

1812
02:48:58,720 --> 02:49:05,860
We also hosted two separate ones in addition to the five assessment district presentations.

1813
02:49:06,380 --> 02:49:10,460
I did one at age well and then we also did a town hall here at the chamber.

1814
02:49:11,300 --> 02:49:24,660
And then we also did a voter survey to gauge community support on potential revenue measures as one of the items that we discussed.

1815
02:49:24,660 --> 02:49:30,960
of the city's revenues to expenses, and so tackling that as part of one of the city council

1816
02:49:30,960 --> 02:49:38,060
goals of the financial sustainability of the city, so gauging that and conducting that survey,

1817
02:49:38,720 --> 02:49:45,320
and then inclusive outreach, so conducted fully Spanish language presentations, and distributed

1818
02:49:45,320 --> 02:49:51,440
bilingual, ready, SBC, materials, and our new program manager, Jalice Boreona's was very instrumental

1819
02:49:51,440 --> 02:49:53,240
and ensuring those occurred.

1820
02:49:54,840 --> 02:49:56,900
Some of the upcoming priorities is our

1821
02:49:56,900 --> 02:50:00,500
agendom management software launch that we're looking

1822
02:50:00,500 --> 02:50:06,480
to debut here this coming month, the to issue an RFP for

1823
02:50:06,480 --> 02:50:10,580
that class and comp study to continue with some finalization

1824
02:50:10,580 --> 02:50:14,960
of personnel rules and regulations again, just a lot of

1825
02:50:14,960 --> 02:50:17,640
policy infrastructure for the city.

1826
02:50:17,640 --> 02:50:26,860
We'll come back to your council with the e-command mini code amendment and our education plan is as Ryan Ken's just mentioned earlier

1827
02:50:26,860 --> 02:50:43,640
We're looking to launch a team basic training course and then also we've been working with the California joint powers and assurance authority or CJPIA on our lost control action plan findings, which again is very exciting risk management stuff

1828
02:50:44,500 --> 02:50:50,540
And then we'll be looking to come back to your council with voter survey results to inform next

1829
02:50:50,540 --> 02:50:53,280
to have some potential revenue measures for the city.

1830
02:50:55,000 --> 02:51:04,260
So financial overview, we utilize sole source procurement for civic plus to expedite that modernization

1831
02:51:04,760 --> 02:51:10,260
and we continue to close insurance gaps through analysis basically by really going through

1832
02:51:10,260 --> 02:51:17,340
with a fine tooth comb, we've been able to find savings for the city and or find items that

1833
02:51:17,340 --> 02:51:24,380
weren't appropriately insured. So handling that and then also laid the groundwork for fiscal

1834
02:51:24,380 --> 02:51:29,180
sustainability through the assessment district, voter surveys and polling analysis.

1835
02:51:30,100 --> 02:51:35,760
So with that, that concludes the overall summary for general government department, happy

1836
02:51:35,760 --> 02:51:41,420
answer any questions about anything from the report before passing it on to our next department.

1837
02:51:43,610 --> 02:51:48,670
I saw in general government and then some of the other reports too. It's mentioned that there are

1838
02:51:48,670 --> 02:51:54,770
some challenges with staff capacity. That seems to be something that goes across other departments too.

1839
02:51:54,930 --> 02:51:59,890
Can you talk a little bit just maybe especially for the public to understand what that ends up

1840
02:51:59,890 --> 02:52:04,650
what impacts that ends up having on things like priorities and and some ongoing projects?

1841
02:52:04,650 --> 02:52:11,290
Yes, absolutely. Thank you Vice Minister Larson, so one of the things is we're very lean

1842
02:52:11,290 --> 02:52:16,050
and because when you're a smaller city you tend to have individuals that wear multiple

1843
02:52:16,050 --> 02:52:21,290
hats, you know, animal control and code compliance are the same individual. So if that one

1844
02:52:21,290 --> 02:52:28,690
person happens to be sick, both divisions are out. And so we have one person that handles emergency

1845
02:52:28,690 --> 02:52:31,190
management and communications for the city.

1846
02:52:31,430 --> 02:52:37,990
And so any time we have vacancies or life things that occur, it puts a lot of those things

1847
02:52:37,990 --> 02:52:43,590
on hold, whereas a larger city might have a second or third person to carry that work on.

1848
02:52:45,230 --> 02:52:49,730
And so there's various reasons throughout each of the departments, but that's one of the

1849
02:52:49,730 --> 02:52:50,650
primary reasons.

1850
02:52:51,150 --> 02:52:56,910
I think that's important for people to just be aware of that being such a small staff that

1851
02:52:56,910 --> 02:53:02,050
You guys are doing a lot of work at the same time across the board, and so I just want to

1852
02:53:02,050 --> 02:53:03,270
kind of acknowledge that.

1853
02:53:03,270 --> 02:53:07,430
And then you mentioned that in the general government that some of the outreach improvements

1854
02:53:07,430 --> 02:53:13,150
had unintended capacity impacts, what were some of those impacts, or where were some

1855
02:53:13,150 --> 02:53:13,610
of those impacts?

1856
02:53:14,210 --> 02:53:14,890
Yeah, vice versa.

1857
02:53:14,930 --> 02:53:23,990
Losanos is somewhat alluded to earlier when you take a program that before or actually, you

1858
02:53:23,990 --> 02:53:24,890
know, and I can act.

1859
02:53:24,890 --> 02:53:28,930
It would be really great to let Nick Bob Roth get to this as he starts talking about some of his

1860
02:53:28,930 --> 02:53:29,890
development projects.

1861
02:53:30,410 --> 02:53:36,330
Many of these items, the public wouldn't be involved until maybe the first ARB meeting.

1862
02:53:36,950 --> 02:53:43,030
And we've had so many controversial projects that even when you don't have a completed application,

1863
02:53:43,290 --> 02:53:44,270
there's lots of involvement.

1864
02:53:45,530 --> 02:53:47,530
There's frequently asked question pages.

1865
02:53:48,230 --> 02:53:53,810
There's several emails that have to go back and oftentimes coordination with the city attorney's office.

1866
02:53:53,810 --> 02:54:03,090
And so, again, things that might have taken, you know, I don't know, 20 hours are now taking 80 to 90 hours for similar projects.

1867
02:54:03,470 --> 02:54:14,330
And so, in addition, you add to that all of the social media are commitment to making sure things are translated, English and Spanish, and all of those things.

1868
02:54:14,810 --> 02:54:23,490
Again, I think they're great in that they make them overall products so much better, but when you have a small team it just means that just the amount

1869
02:54:23,490 --> 02:54:28,330
work that you're able to take on is less and it's just that much more important that we're

1870
02:54:28,330 --> 02:54:32,010
prioritizing the work that we do. Thank you very much.

1871
02:54:34,340 --> 02:54:39,170
Thank you for your report. Thank you.

1872
02:54:40,590 --> 02:54:44,730
And good evening again, Mayor Vice Mayor and Council. I'm happy to report on some of the great work

1873
02:54:44,730 --> 02:54:49,890
the Parks Recreation and Community Services team has accomplished during this first reporting period.

1874
02:54:51,030 --> 02:54:56,890
During this period the library's three years strategic and operating plan was adopted by the

1875
02:54:56,890 --> 02:55:01,230
and a library team has already begun working on several goals outlined in the document.

1876
02:55:01,990 --> 02:55:08,190
There were approximately 4,900 participants in library programming during this reporting period.

1877
02:55:09,170 --> 02:55:14,570
The community garden has been working hard to grow partnerships with local schools and organizations.

1878
02:55:15,250 --> 02:55:18,930
And one example of a new partnership is with the Santa Barbara City College,

1879
02:55:19,450 --> 02:55:22,250
which hosted its master gardeners course at the garden.

1880
02:55:22,250 --> 02:55:31,490
This Sunday's Sonlessons Pilot Program met its cost recovery goal with 135 of 162 available

1881
02:55:31,490 --> 02:55:38,230
lessons, lessons, spaces filled, which resulted in an 83.33% fill rate.

1882
02:55:38,850 --> 02:55:41,890
An age-well continues to expand partnerships and collaborations.

1883
02:55:42,490 --> 02:55:52,230
One example is the partnership with the Carpentry Children's Project, where the

1884
02:55:52,230 --> 02:55:57,770
Adrolls also partnered with the Legal Aid Foundation to provide a presentation on accessible legal

1885
02:55:57,770 --> 02:56:00,270
education during one of those Ebola's meetings.

1886
02:56:02,740 --> 02:56:05,040
Considering that community is literally in the

1887
02:56:05,040 --> 02:56:10,840
name of our department, it's no surprise that the team has actively participated in and led a

1888
02:56:10,840 --> 02:56:15,760
number of community engagement initiatives. The entire department participated in national

1889
02:56:15,760 --> 02:56:21,340
light out in August. Adroll program coordinator Jenna Jenkins was a guest speaker at the annual

1890
02:56:21,340 --> 02:56:22,900
Copenet Candelite Vigil,

1891
02:56:23,580 --> 02:56:27,100
Adewal Nequatex Team participated in the CCP Health Fair.

1892
02:56:27,940 --> 02:56:29,820
The community garden co-hosted

1893
02:56:29,820 --> 02:56:31,980
the annual Pumpkin Smash in collaborations

1894
02:56:31,980 --> 02:56:33,260
with public works.

1895
02:56:33,820 --> 02:56:35,940
The library hosted the Mexican Consulate,

1896
02:56:36,080 --> 02:56:38,460
conducted multiple school visits throughout the year

1897
02:56:38,460 --> 02:56:41,480
and participated in the Carpentria High School Winter Concert.

1898
02:56:42,220 --> 02:56:45,080
Additionally, additionally, our program manager, Tori

1899
02:56:45,080 --> 02:56:47,540
cut birth presented to noon-road rotary

1900
02:56:47,540 --> 02:56:50,220
on some of the exciting programs her team

1901
02:56:50,220 --> 02:56:56,900
bringing forward. Looking ahead, the team will continue working on developing a fundraising plan

1902
02:56:56,900 --> 02:57:01,720
for the community pool renovation project, along with a youth aquatic scholarship program

1903
02:57:01,720 --> 02:57:07,280
and a company need policy. We hope to bring a draft fundraising sponsorship and donation policy

1904
02:57:07,280 --> 02:57:12,880
to your council in the coming months as well. The team is also finalizing Spanish translations

1905
02:57:12,880 --> 02:57:18,560
of community garden and ageual applications and forms, creating bilingual signage for the garden

1906
02:57:18,560 --> 02:57:22,280
and continuing progress on the library strategic and operating plan.

1907
02:57:23,840 --> 02:57:29,800
For the financial overview, we have nothing to report outside of what was budgeted for and plans during this time.

1908
02:57:30,080 --> 02:57:33,900
This does include the purchase of new furniture and fixtures for the veterans memorial,

1909
02:57:34,580 --> 02:57:39,500
home meeting room and reception room, and the community pool has already purchased,

1910
02:57:39,720 --> 02:57:45,560
most if not all of the necessary supplies and equipment for the upcoming spring and busy spring and summer season.

1911
02:57:45,560 --> 02:57:48,360
And this concludes the update for my department.

1912
02:57:48,620 --> 02:57:50,800
I'm happy to answer any questions you have.

1913
02:57:52,440 --> 02:57:52,940
Any questions?

1914
02:57:53,300 --> 02:57:54,360
Sure, just one quick question.

1915
02:57:54,960 --> 02:57:59,920
So it sounds like there's a lot of participation growth along amongst the Parks and Rec programs.

1916
02:58:00,420 --> 02:58:07,760
Just even anecdotally, can you share your impression of maybe what types of groups are participating more,

1917
02:58:07,840 --> 02:58:12,420
whether it's younger people or older folks or different demographics?

1918
02:58:12,420 --> 02:58:12,620
Thanks.

1919
02:58:13,700 --> 02:58:15,140
Through the May of Christmas, Laura Snow.

1920
02:58:15,180 --> 02:58:16,100
That's a great question.

1921
02:58:16,580 --> 02:58:20,640
Unfortunately, my answer would have to just be anecdotally based on observations and telling

1922
02:58:20,640 --> 02:58:21,660
from my staff.

1923
02:58:21,900 --> 02:58:26,680
I think Eric and the Library team has done just a fantastic job of really expanding and growing

1924
02:58:26,680 --> 02:58:32,960
our Spanish-speaking programs and offerings, same with Jenna and the age-well group, explaining

1925
02:58:32,960 --> 02:58:38,020
the well-ows group, just the need for it to go from a monthly meeting to weekly to,

1926
02:58:38,060 --> 02:58:42,300
I think, speaks volumes about more participation and engaged participants.

1927
02:58:43,260 --> 02:58:49,260
I think since I've started here since the program began before my time has had great participation

1928
02:58:49,260 --> 02:58:56,340
and not is of course exclusively older adults, 55 and over and I think they're doing a great

1929
02:58:56,340 --> 02:58:58,840
job of maintaining a found growing those programs.

1930
02:58:59,480 --> 02:58:59,640
Thank you.

1931
02:58:59,680 --> 02:59:03,860
I know those are some of our priority areas for communities that we wanted to engage more.

1932
02:59:03,980 --> 02:59:07,800
So it's really great to hear that that's happening with your programming.

1933
02:59:07,800 --> 02:59:08,360
Thank you.

1934
02:59:11,230 --> 02:59:11,970
Any other questions?

1935
02:59:13,370 --> 02:59:14,130
Thank you for your part.

1936
02:59:14,450 --> 02:59:14,450
Thank

1937
02:59:27,060 --> 02:59:27,520
you.

1938
02:59:27,800 --> 02:59:28,680
Good evening, Mayor.

1939
02:59:28,840 --> 02:59:30,640
Members of the council and the public.

1940
02:59:31,160 --> 02:59:37,640
My name is Lisa Maldonado, and I will be providing the strategic plan update for administrative services department.

1941
02:59:39,980 --> 02:59:41,440
Some of our department highlights.

1942
02:59:42,360 --> 02:59:46,560
During the reporting period, the department focuses on strengthening staff capacity,

1943
02:59:47,460 --> 02:59:51,600
improving internal processes and preparing for future technology needs.

1944
02:59:51,600 --> 02:59:57,640
A targeted investment was made in professional development across core operational areas.

1945
02:59:58,080 --> 02:59:59,980
Utilizing the combination of in-person.

1946
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:06,180
And virtual training formats. And leveraging partial and full scholarship to maximize value.

1947
03:00:07,280 --> 03:00:19,980
In July, 25, a former procurement procedures and a city credit card policy were implemented to strengthen internal controls, improve consistency, and enhance accountability.

1948
03:00:19,980 --> 03:00:27,240
beginning in November 2025, efforts were initiated to streamline the business license compliance

1949
03:00:27,240 --> 03:00:33,140
process through improved coordination and the development of a fiscal year compliance timeline.

1950
03:00:34,240 --> 03:00:39,580
Additionally, a standardized citation and collected system was launched in October 2025

1951
03:00:39,580 --> 03:00:46,500
to improve tracking documentation and revenue recovery. The department also advanced preliminary

1952
03:00:46,500 --> 03:00:50,500
planning for the Microsoft Office 365 Migration,

1953
03:00:51,540 --> 03:00:56,440
positioning the project to begin in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.

1954
03:00:58,470 --> 03:01:00,350
Community or community engagement.

1955
03:01:01,610 --> 03:01:04,550
The Department supported community community engagement

1956
03:01:04,550 --> 03:01:07,890
efforts by contributing to the development of the budget and brief.

1957
03:01:08,630 --> 03:01:11,990
In providing clear and accessible information on the city's budget,

1958
03:01:12,470 --> 03:01:14,710
priority priorities and the use of public funds.

1959
03:01:14,710 --> 03:01:21,370
Staff also assisted with the state of the city, helping communicate key for natural information

1960
03:01:21,370 --> 03:01:25,110
and the departmental initiatives to the community and residents.

1961
03:01:28,360 --> 03:01:33,220
Over the upcoming period, the department will focus on advancing several key priorities.

1962
03:01:34,080 --> 03:01:39,800
Work will begin on drafting a comprehensive grant management policy in preparation for council

1963
03:01:39,800 --> 03:01:42,740
adoption by the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.

1964
03:01:42,740 --> 03:01:51,020
The Department will also finalize and implement streamlined business license compliance procedures in coordination with HDL and code enforcement.

1965
03:01:53,500 --> 03:02:06,020
Planning for the Office 365 Migration will be completed, the Citywide Migration initiated by the fourth quarter of a fiscal year, including staff training and system transition.

1966
03:02:06,020 --> 03:02:11,820
On going priorities will include continued staff training and knowledge sharing to

1967
03:02:11,820 --> 03:02:16,920
strengthen technical capacity, as well as the development and implementation of a capital

1968
03:02:16,920 --> 03:02:22,080
asset policy to improve inventory tracking, accountability and financial reporting.

1969
03:02:24,720 --> 03:02:29,720
Overall, there are no major expenditures to report and spending remains within normal operating

1970
03:02:29,720 --> 03:02:35,320
levels for the department. All expenditures are within the adoptive budget and no items

1971
03:02:35,320 --> 03:02:42,140
exceeded budgeted appropriations. This concludes my presentation and we happy to ask for any questions.

1972
03:02:43,200 --> 03:02:47,720
Any questions? No, no questions. Thank you, Ms. Sett.

1973
03:02:59,640 --> 03:03:03,780
Good evening, Mayor Alarcon. Council members. I'm going to walk you through

1974
03:03:03,780 --> 03:03:07,260
what the community development department's been up to for the last six months.

1975
03:03:08,700 --> 03:03:13,680
I think I'd start by just saying that somewhat unexpectedly for us, we had

1976
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to devote a lot more of our staff time and resources to working on development review projects

1977
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than we had anticipated. We've experienced a little bit of an influx of large complex projects

1978
03:03:29,360 --> 03:03:33,580
that are either proposed and are going through the preliminary steps of the planning process

1979
03:03:33,580 --> 03:03:39,800
or projects that were previously entitled that are now coming into fruition of either going

1980
03:03:39,800 --> 03:03:45,440
through a building plan check or starting work in the case of Chevron, and so it's really

1981
03:03:45,440 --> 03:03:50,340
caused us to have to reallocate staff time from our long range planning or advanced planning

1982
03:03:50,340 --> 03:03:56,080
division, as well as a lot of my time towards current planning, and that has had some impact

1983
03:03:56,080 --> 03:04:01,040
on our ability to make as much progress on some of our other departmental goals and objectives

1984
03:04:01,550 --> 03:04:05,740
that we had identified to get working on here this first reporting period.

1985
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Nevertheless, we have managed to make some progress on a few key objectives that are highlighted here on the screen.

1986
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These include releasing the public draft of the general plan update, the long-awaited general plan update back in some of last year,

1987
03:04:21,580 --> 03:04:28,520
and holding a public workshop and two general plan update committee meetings to solicit feedback on that public draft.

1988
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since that time we've been working to incorporate some of that feedback into a revised draft that we

1989
03:04:33,180 --> 03:04:40,940
hope to publish here later this month or next. We've also made some great headway on process improvements

1990
03:04:40,940 --> 03:04:46,200
and some of this dovetails with what Lisette was just reporting through the administrative services department.

1991
03:04:47,380 --> 03:04:52,400
So as of December of last year we were able to become fully operational with data ticket,

1992
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which is a vendor that we're now using to help us in collecting fines and citations.

1993
03:04:58,520 --> 03:05:07,760
And so since making that change, we've seen a market increase in our ability to actually get repayment on those fines and citations,

1994
03:05:08,080 --> 03:05:14,600
as well as the ability to go after folks who continue to not pay them, so that's improved our compliance efforts there significantly.

1995
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And we're also making some efforts to improve the permitting and business licensing processes.

1996
03:05:22,160 --> 03:05:25,760
Again, the sets touched on some of this and some of what we've been working on in our

1997
03:05:25,760 --> 03:05:32,180
department is to improve the clarity of the applications and making sure that we're

1998
03:05:32,180 --> 03:05:35,600
steering people in the right way from the get-go so that we have all the information that

1999
03:05:35,600 --> 03:05:39,400
we need to expeditiously review and process their applications.

2000
03:05:40,340 --> 03:05:45,180
And then the big one for us is just also in December of last year, your council authorized

2001
03:05:45,180 --> 03:05:50,880
the city to enter into an agreement with guvuel technologies and that'll be the vendor

2002
03:05:50,880 --> 03:06:00,020
that we will use along with public works for the intake processing and issuance of all

2003
03:06:00,020 --> 03:06:03,440
community development and public works permits once that becomes operational.

2004
03:06:03,700 --> 03:06:10,420
So that's a huge improvement over the process we're using currently and it will not only

2005
03:06:10,420 --> 03:06:15,360
make those processes more transparent for the public but it should also make it simpler that

2006
03:06:15,360 --> 03:06:20,160
then now you can take care of all these steps from at home or from their office rather than

2007
03:06:20,160 --> 03:06:23,000
to come in to apply for, pay for, pick up a permit.

2008
03:06:25,420 --> 03:06:30,300
We also just recently, in December, with the assistance from your council, took an important

2009
03:06:30,300 --> 03:06:35,460
step towards helping direct our affordable housing strategies with the formation of the

2010
03:06:35,460 --> 03:06:40,580
Affordable Housing Subcommittee, and that committee will help guide housing policy and strategies

2011
03:06:40,580 --> 03:06:44,820
going forward here over the rest of this budget cycle and into the future ones, I'm sure.

2012
03:06:47,260 --> 03:06:56,440
In terms of community engagement, beyond the general plan workshop, we had staff attend and also participate in the coastal housing conference.

2013
03:06:56,700 --> 03:07:10,780
This is a conference that takes place with the different South Coast jurisdictions and a panel discussion on the state of affairs with regards to helping address the housing crisis here in the Santa Barbara South Coast.

2014
03:07:10,780 --> 03:07:18,680
Our Code Compliance team was also engaged in a couple of different activities over this last reporting period.

2015
03:07:19,200 --> 03:07:25,540
Perhaps most significantly following the July 1st effectuation of the multifamily smoking ordinance.

2016
03:07:26,220 --> 03:07:31,680
Our Code Compliance supervisor David Hernandez has been out to several of the larger multifamily complexes

2017
03:07:31,680 --> 03:07:37,820
at their invitation to help do an audit of sorts and help them make sure that they're in compliance with these regulations

2018
03:07:37,820 --> 03:07:43,080
in terms of posted signage and those sorts of things, and at least on the case of one site

2019
03:07:43,080 --> 03:07:47,840
visit, our Code Compliance staff and our planning staff have been assisting with helping

2020
03:07:48,500 --> 03:07:53,260
to not only ensure compliance, but see if there's a way that they can still provide a compliance

2021
03:07:53,260 --> 03:07:58,620
smokers outpost for some of their residents who do still want a place to smoke tobacco products.

2022
03:07:59,360 --> 03:08:04,860
And then our Code Compliance staff also had a booth at the National Night Out event there in July.

2023
03:08:06,870 --> 03:08:15,390
Going forward here into this next reporting period, we're looking to restart the interdepartmental advisory group meetings.

2024
03:08:16,130 --> 03:08:17,990
That's a mouthful, we call it I-Dag.

2025
03:08:19,190 --> 03:08:28,730
It doesn't sound like much, but it's really important in terms of facilitating interagency coordination on pending projects and also active building permits.

2026
03:08:28,730 --> 03:08:34,150
So this is a monthly coordination meeting with city staff,

2027
03:08:34,330 --> 03:08:36,370
water district staff, sanitary district staff,

2028
03:08:36,530 --> 03:08:38,450
and fire district staff where we can get together.

2029
03:08:38,570 --> 03:08:41,930
We can talk about new projects that are coming in.

2030
03:08:41,990 --> 03:08:44,910
We can also talk about projects that are either getting ready

2031
03:08:44,910 --> 03:08:46,970
for building permanent issuance or wrapping up

2032
03:08:46,970 --> 03:08:49,750
the permit process and construction process

2033
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to make sure that all of our eyes are dotted

2034
03:08:51,750 --> 03:08:53,610
and teaser across them are all working together

2035
03:08:53,610 --> 03:08:54,850
and pulling in the same direction.

2036
03:08:56,150 --> 03:08:58,270
Those meetings went on a high-adestering COVID

2037
03:08:58,270 --> 03:09:02,130
and they hadn't ever come back, so I'm looking forward to getting those started.

2038
03:09:03,730 --> 03:09:15,550
We'll also be building out the kind of behind-the-scenes workflows for the Govwell Permit platform with the hope of having building permits up and running before the end of the next reporting cycle.

2039
03:09:17,030 --> 03:09:18,030
And then I'm hoping, as well,

2040
03:09:20,230 --> 03:09:24,430
to get our long-range planning staff back working on long-range planning projects,

2041
03:09:24,430 --> 03:09:30,950
and make some more headway on some of these initiatives that we've been chipping away at for quite some time.

2042
03:09:31,730 --> 03:09:38,170
So the general plan update the next big step there will be to initiate the SQL process and start in on the environmental impact report.

2043
03:09:38,370 --> 03:09:40,450
I anticipate that'll start here in the next couple months.

2044
03:09:41,330 --> 03:09:54,190
And then also get back to making some headway on updating our accessory dwelling regulations, density bonus and some of these other housing laws that we're needing to update to reflect current state law.

2045
03:09:55,860 --> 03:10:00,600
In terms of financial overview, I don't have any bad news to share.

2046
03:10:01,800 --> 03:10:06,900
We were able to award a couple of contracts that were budgeted for and that have been

2047
03:10:06,900 --> 03:10:12,440
a long time in the making and then also just on a positive note, I wanted to note that

2048
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we're actually well ahead of budget projections in terms of revenue and again that reflects

2049
03:10:16,820 --> 03:10:22,580
how busy we've been on planning cases in particular where we're at 120% already of our annual

2050
03:10:22,580 --> 03:10:28,600
budget projections. And then I would also just note there that the, you know, little,

2051
03:10:29,060 --> 03:10:33,640
ahead of the curve bump up on fines and citations, I think we can attribute in part

2052
03:10:33,640 --> 03:10:38,520
to the success of data ticket and helping us collect those payments and fines. And that

2053
03:10:38,520 --> 03:10:41,260
wraps up my presentation, let's you have any questions for me?

2054
03:10:42,380 --> 03:10:47,060
Question. Just one quick question. So, you're talked about the fact that some of these

2055
03:10:47,060 --> 03:10:52,120
large projects have been pulling staff time away from other smaller projects. And you mentioned

2056
03:10:52,120 --> 03:10:57,980
what some of those not smaller, or just not as urgent projects are, what are some that

2057
03:10:57,980 --> 03:11:04,900
might be people might be that people should know about that are maybe not getting as much momentum

2058
03:11:04,900 --> 03:11:11,660
right now as they could, where they're not all these big, complicated projects that you mentioned.

2059
03:11:12,860 --> 03:11:18,320
Through them, through the mayor of Vice Mayor of Slercino, I think where we're seeing the biggest

2060
03:11:18,320 --> 03:11:27,700
impact is in the progress that we're making on some of the long range planning initiatives.

2061
03:11:28,140 --> 03:11:33,260
So we are making progress, but I'm not as far along as I'd hope to be on, for example,

2062
03:11:34,020 --> 03:11:36,480
getting the accessory dwelling unit ordinance updated.

2063
03:11:37,400 --> 03:11:42,380
I'd hope to have that done in this last six month period and have it in a coastal commission

2064
03:11:42,380 --> 03:11:46,380
by now and instead I still need to take it to planning commission and city council.

2065
03:11:46,380 --> 03:11:51,480
you know, so in some cases I'm several months behind where I'd like to be. So it's not

2066
03:11:51,480 --> 03:11:55,100
so much that work isn't getting done. It's just that we're not able to vote as much

2067
03:11:55,100 --> 03:11:57,540
time to it and because of that everything's taking longer.

2068
03:11:58,300 --> 03:12:02,620
No, I appreciate you highlighting that because I think the community is aware of a lot of these

2069
03:12:02,620 --> 03:12:07,620
really big, complicated projects that have come on board and it's important to, I think,

2070
03:12:07,620 --> 03:12:12,940
sure even just to remind ourselves that the energy that goes towards dealing with those

2071
03:12:13,740 --> 03:12:17,740
takes away some, some, some, some energy from other places too.

2072
03:12:18,080 --> 03:12:25,620
Yeah, one of the challenges with these development review projects is that they often have kind of legal timelines to them, right?

2073
03:12:25,640 --> 03:12:29,980
So when an application comes in, we have to respond within so many days and so forth.

2074
03:12:30,080 --> 03:12:42,920
And so that sort of pushes these projects along at a different pace or different cadence than, you know, say, working on ordinance that can kind of plug along at whatever pace we choose to

2075
03:12:42,920 --> 03:12:49,240
to put it up. And so what often happens then is those long range planning projects get put

2076
03:12:49,240 --> 03:12:54,780
on the back burner because they don't have those same kind of legal repercussions as these

2077
03:12:54,780 --> 03:12:56,080
development review cases do.

2078
03:12:57,100 --> 03:12:57,640
Thank you.

2079
03:13:00,370 --> 03:13:05,570
Any other questions? Seeing that. Thank you. She ate all the work that you've been

2080
03:13:05,570 --> 03:13:05,830
doing.

2081
03:13:09,940 --> 03:13:15,700
Thank you very much. That concludes our report and I'd like to say too is, you know, there

2082
03:13:15,700 --> 03:13:17,020
We have public works.

2083
03:13:17,500 --> 03:13:18,560
Oh, sorry.

2084
03:13:19,280 --> 03:13:20,800
He was because he wasn't in his suit.

2085
03:13:21,620 --> 03:13:23,040
I'm just kidding.

2086
03:13:26,220 --> 03:13:26,900
Sorry

2087
03:13:29,550 --> 03:13:31,150
for that joke, John.

2088
03:13:34,220 --> 03:13:37,980
I believe I'm pretty well represented in my branded sweater.

2089
03:13:41,700 --> 03:13:45,020
Councilmember, excuse me, Madam Mayor, Councilmember's public works department.

2090
03:13:45,960 --> 03:13:46,760
Depart my highlights.

2091
03:13:47,560 --> 03:13:56,580
One of the strategic goals, I think, as goal number two, in enhancing our workforce in

2092
03:13:56,580 --> 03:14:01,560
public works department, we completed Workforce Training and Development.

2093
03:14:02,460 --> 03:14:09,540
It's not necessarily a addressing capacity, even though we are short in terms of capacity.

2094
03:14:10,020 --> 03:14:11,060
This is more capabilities.

2095
03:14:11,060 --> 03:14:18,200
we want to have or I had envisioned our maintenance division staff in particular to be more capable

2096
03:14:18,200 --> 03:14:26,500
being a lean group they are to be have more skill sets capable of crossing over from one particular

2097
03:14:28,420 --> 03:14:32,180
skill or a particular work to another.

2098
03:14:32,380 --> 03:14:33,980
For example, Parks and Facilities.

2099
03:14:34,960 --> 03:14:39,460
You'll have a maintenance worker who is capable of doing Parks and Facilities type of work.

2100
03:14:39,460 --> 03:14:47,440
And if needed be, can be transferred or reassigned to a streets type of work.

2101
03:14:48,640 --> 03:14:53,400
And that was the vision of our maintenance division staff.

2102
03:14:53,960 --> 03:14:59,660
It's not to say the administration administration personnel of our department is lesser.

2103
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:03,060
Because our administrative staff, as well,

2104
03:15:05,760 --> 03:15:09,360
is training in their particular skillset to be more

2105
03:15:09,360 --> 03:15:15,760
capable. You meant, you heard the beginning of this council meeting in the city of Masryuport

2106
03:15:15,760 --> 03:15:22,040
of our assistant engineer, who is a Fiena adetiga, earning, or obtaining a resident engineer

2107
03:15:22,040 --> 03:15:28,960
academy certificate. And that was for construction management. And that's one of the reasons

2108
03:15:28,960 --> 03:15:30,820
why we have an assistant engineer in general tech,

2109
03:15:31,000 --> 03:15:35,140
so we have more in-house capability for construction management.

2110
03:15:36,900 --> 03:15:40,680
The particular checks I put here in front of you,

2111
03:15:41,020 --> 03:15:43,460
we have pretty good certifications.

2112
03:15:44,260 --> 03:15:45,580
I mean, they're very specialized,

2113
03:15:46,920 --> 03:15:47,560
certifications.

2114
03:15:47,800 --> 03:15:49,020
They traffic control and flag or seat,

2115
03:15:49,320 --> 03:15:49,680
certifications.

2116
03:15:51,000 --> 03:15:52,720
The center for organizational effectiveness

2117
03:15:52,720 --> 03:15:56,660
and management academy, one of our management analysts,

2118
03:15:56,660 --> 03:15:59,780
Stefan Downs, which, by the way, I do it on where I can

2119
03:15:59,780 --> 03:16:04,140
recognize him in helping prepare these presentation

2120
03:16:04,140 --> 03:16:07,240
slides as well as preparing the strategic goal

2121
03:16:07,240 --> 03:16:09,360
templates that you have in your staff report.

2122
03:16:10,640 --> 03:16:14,640
He has completed two out of the three modules

2123
03:16:14,640 --> 03:16:24,700
or the academies to earn the public management certificate.

2124
03:16:25,500 --> 03:16:31,280
It's certified public matter. Thank you, Michael. We also have certified pull operator

2125
03:16:32,480 --> 03:16:39,060
certifications. Baffle Prevention Device Certification. That's basically for irrigation.

2126
03:16:40,560 --> 03:16:45,220
CPR, first aid, fire safety, and has water, re-certifications. I apologize.

2127
03:16:46,020 --> 03:16:51,100
Council Mayor Numerah has water. I know the acronyms is we need to spell that out.

2128
03:16:51,100 --> 03:16:55,740
has woppers, has this waste operations, and response

2129
03:16:55,740 --> 03:16:58,500
certifications, that is what is has woppers.

2130
03:16:59,660 --> 03:17:07,800
Moving on to the next goal of breaking down

2131
03:17:07,800 --> 03:17:10,960
barriers of accessibility, our goal of multilingual

2132
03:17:10,960 --> 03:17:11,800
translation.

2133
03:17:12,500 --> 03:17:16,160
So our goal of platform is our service request platform

2134
03:17:16,160 --> 03:17:19,500
that you, that the community, general public,

2135
03:17:19,500 --> 03:17:22,020
could access either through our city website,

2136
03:17:22,680 --> 03:17:24,920
or the city is mobile application that you

2137
03:17:24,920 --> 03:17:30,420
can download on your favorite mobile device, Apple, Apple,

2138
03:17:30,420 --> 03:17:31,660
and Google Play Store.

2139
03:17:32,880 --> 03:17:35,100
And this Google multilanguage translation

2140
03:17:35,100 --> 03:17:38,860
is it does if English is a second language to you,

2141
03:17:39,080 --> 03:17:44,060
you will have the capability, or yes, capability of selecting

2142
03:17:44,060 --> 03:17:45,160
particular language.

2143
03:17:45,160 --> 03:17:50,640
And how we done that, we embedded the Google translation engine

2144
03:17:50,640 --> 03:17:53,100
to the service quest or the GOG of.

2145
03:17:53,400 --> 03:17:59,440
So if English is a second language, you can select your preferred language

2146
03:17:59,440 --> 03:18:01,380
to submit a service request.

2147
03:18:02,560 --> 03:18:08,180
So we are breaking down that barrier of not necessarily physical accessibility

2148
03:18:08,180 --> 03:18:09,840
but language accessibility.

2149
03:18:10,780 --> 03:18:14,360
So it's a more of a diversified, equitable way

2150
03:18:14,360 --> 03:18:15,900
of submitting a service request.

2151
03:18:17,320 --> 03:18:21,460
So all the ways of education, we've partnered with Explore

2152
03:18:21,460 --> 03:18:24,360
Ecology, Delivering Waste Reduction, and Composing Education

2153
03:18:24,800 --> 03:18:28,720
to over 300 students this past summer

2154
03:18:28,720 --> 03:18:30,800
and through the school year program.

2155
03:18:33,040 --> 03:18:36,240
We've executed memorandum and understand

2156
03:18:36,240 --> 03:18:41,920
M. E. U. with Paul Mataurus Network to lead the city

2157
03:18:41,920 --> 03:18:49,240
training schedule and community outreach plan for October 20, 20, 26. So all those particular

2158
03:18:49,240 --> 03:18:57,640
highlights deals with educating folks on recycling practices. I believe they're not,

2159
03:18:58,260 --> 03:19:06,660
there's some people still put recycled into the trash and vice versa. So this is more reinforcing

2160
03:19:06,660 --> 03:19:08,820
in the education on solid waste.

2161
03:19:10,560 --> 03:19:13,500
Community engagement, I believe that's what

2162
03:19:13,500 --> 03:19:16,160
public work is about, community engagement.

2163
03:19:16,380 --> 03:19:18,040
I like to say, community engagement.

2164
03:19:18,080 --> 03:19:23,400
Major events, you heard about certain events

2165
03:19:23,400 --> 03:19:31,000
from my colleagues about, especially our recreation part

2166
03:19:31,000 --> 03:19:34,300
of the community engagement in partnership with our

2167
03:19:34,300 --> 03:19:35,720
Parks and Recreation Community Service Department.

2168
03:19:35,720 --> 03:19:40,020
Pumpkin Smash is an annual event, that was successful, Creek Week.

2169
03:19:40,500 --> 03:19:44,660
It's always been to success, those are people who are

2170
03:19:44,660 --> 03:19:48,340
contribute, I don't know exactly what year by leaves next last year,

2171
03:19:49,320 --> 03:19:52,960
of the valuable volunteers that help clean up the Creek.

2172
03:19:55,910 --> 03:20:01,870
One of the community leaders that's not necessarily shown here

2173
03:20:01,870 --> 03:20:05,970
is in our capital projects, in our capital projects,

2174
03:20:05,970 --> 03:20:15,810
We make it a point to reach out to members of the public, especially if it affects their street, like a pavement project.

2175
03:20:17,130 --> 03:20:31,910
And I'll talk about a little bit about capital improvement projects in one of the slides here, but I'd like to recognize also our staff for putting out mailers and reaching out to community members about our capital projects.

2176
03:20:31,910 --> 03:20:42,130
For example, the doing shoreline management plan that now that has been morphed into the carbative living shoreline project that has been a continuing engagement, and it still

2177
03:20:42,130 --> 03:20:44,070
still is.

2178
03:20:44,210 --> 03:20:50,330
Linnon Avenue Improvements Project, and I'll get to the upcoming department parties and capital improvements.

2179
03:20:50,870 --> 03:20:55,410
We've notified we notify people, especially those who are affected by that project.

2180
03:20:55,410 --> 03:21:02,070
So, our project is just to come all of a sudden and just snatches or surprises the people.

2181
03:21:02,270 --> 03:21:07,130
We actually go out and put out mailers and in our contract documents and construction projects,

2182
03:21:07,650 --> 03:21:13,750
we require the contractor to distribute public notices for construction.

2183
03:21:15,010 --> 03:21:18,190
Speaking of capital improvements, I'll just go out of order.

2184
03:21:19,850 --> 03:21:24,290
Our priority is to complete that linen avenue and permits project, as well as the Carmer to High School,

2185
03:21:24,290 --> 03:21:29,770
crosswalk safety improvements project. Implement the construction phase of the

2186
03:21:29,770 --> 03:21:34,330
Frame Creek Trail Improvement Project. Complete the community engagement strategy

2187
03:21:34,330 --> 03:21:38,930
for the company living shoreline project. Complete the design phase of the 2023

2188
03:21:38,930 --> 03:21:44,690
pavement maintenance rehabilitation project. I'm going to digress a little bit from

2189
03:21:44,690 --> 03:21:53,950
this. Because I do get certain art department. Our city does get a lot of service

2190
03:21:53,950 --> 03:21:56,250
was a lot of complaints about pavement,

2191
03:21:56,610 --> 03:21:58,370
about sidewalk, about street trees.

2192
03:21:59,010 --> 03:22:02,510
This particular project is in this design phase.

2193
03:22:03,510 --> 03:22:04,930
And like our city manager's mentioned,

2194
03:22:05,090 --> 03:22:08,330
there's going to be an upcoming CIP study session.

2195
03:22:08,850 --> 03:22:15,990
This is where I'll be asking for or recommending

2196
03:22:15,990 --> 03:22:19,970
for a certain amount of funding for pavement projects.

2197
03:22:20,490 --> 03:22:22,050
Because it's not all good news.

2198
03:22:22,050 --> 03:22:32,090
We are having an issue with pavement and you could always see me to see all these service requests that come to me through Gogo of service requests my street

2199
03:22:33,570 --> 03:22:35,850
needs to be paved. I'll

2200
03:22:35,850 --> 03:22:41,650
Sterling Avenue. I'll uh, I'll uh, I'll vote Verde Street. I'm just name of those trees because those are the streets that caught popped in my head

2201
03:22:43,070 --> 03:22:44,250
sidewalks street trees

2202
03:22:44,250 --> 03:22:46,610
We don't have money for that

2203
03:22:47,390 --> 03:22:53,270
And I am addressing, but I want to show that everything is good news right now for the

2204
03:22:53,270 --> 03:22:56,630
public works department, receiving those type of good news.

2205
03:22:58,070 --> 03:23:02,510
And I try to write these particular responses to this service request.

2206
03:23:02,710 --> 03:23:04,630
I really do about pavement.

2207
03:23:05,430 --> 03:23:05,830
We don't.

2208
03:23:06,750 --> 03:23:09,770
And the people are getting impatient with that.

2209
03:23:09,930 --> 03:23:12,450
So we'll talk about it more in our CIP study session.

2210
03:23:12,450 --> 03:23:18,130
So going back we're trying to continue marching pursuing the grant funding opportunities.

2211
03:23:19,570 --> 03:23:26,770
We are still we found some but not a lot for pavement because every city needs pavement money.

2212
03:23:29,130 --> 03:23:33,830
And though not mentioned here we are looking at our cities.

2213
03:23:34,810 --> 03:23:39,630
There are our neighboring cities to perhaps there's a concept of a pavement coalition

2214
03:23:39,630 --> 03:23:45,690
with this name and city of City of Santa Barbara, Angolita, and I believe there's other cities as well by

2215
03:23:45,690 --> 03:23:49,910
all those two, we are looking into that concept of a payment coalition.

2216
03:23:50,710 --> 03:23:57,650
And that's a topic at another time, and more than like it, you might be a CIP study session topic.

2217
03:23:59,010 --> 03:24:08,610
Moving up here on administration, continue to develop and implement standardized feedback and evaluation framework for community events

2218
03:24:08,610 --> 03:24:15,070
To assess outcomes capture public input and inform continuous improvement of future program. What does that mean?

2219
03:24:15,570 --> 03:24:16,690
We're trying to

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03:24:17,410 --> 03:24:17,850
create

2221
03:24:18,910 --> 03:24:20,610
kind of like a survey of

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03:24:22,850 --> 03:24:28,350
I don't know what that framework is but the bad is a priority. We're trying to know where we have it in the go-gov as I go

2223
03:24:28,350 --> 03:24:34,450
Okay, here's survey and what particular feedback we get from them, but we want to have more of a standardized feedback

2224
03:24:34,950 --> 03:24:36,710
platform other than the go-gov system

2225
03:24:36,710 --> 03:24:37,210
system.

2226
03:24:37,650 --> 03:24:44,910
Sustainability and environment, as I mentioned, priority is to execute an MOU with the Community

2227
03:24:44,910 --> 03:24:46,590
has-Waste Collection Center.

2228
03:24:46,970 --> 03:24:51,970
So that is administered by the County of Santa Barbara, where now we're not part of

2229
03:24:51,970 --> 03:24:52,590
that.

2230
03:24:53,150 --> 03:24:57,970
So folks here in the community just goes to our A-Bop, and then there's only so much we could

2231
03:24:57,970 --> 03:25:00,690
take in, and then of course there's the annual household has-waste.

2232
03:25:01,170 --> 03:25:05,950
But once we are enrolled in the Community has-Waste Collection, we have to pay into that,

2233
03:25:05,950 --> 03:25:11,190
the way. Our residents that they miss A-Bop, if they miss the annual household hazardous

2234
03:25:11,190 --> 03:25:20,170
waste day on April, they could go there at any time with a lot more materials to bring

2235
03:25:20,170 --> 03:25:22,790
as opposed to our A-Bop Center, which is very limited.

2236
03:25:25,330 --> 03:25:27,250
Launch Pro-Motors, all the waste education

2237
03:25:27,250 --> 03:25:29,590
community outreach. So those are priorities.

2238
03:25:31,810 --> 03:25:35,070
Financial overview, no significant department, deviations

2239
03:25:35,070 --> 03:25:42,450
concerns to report. Overall, our budget is within the adopted budget. There are line items

2240
03:25:42,450 --> 03:25:47,870
that we do budget allocation for, but that's only within the fund. We don't take it from

2241
03:25:47,870 --> 03:25:54,210
Peter to PayPal. We don't take general fund to pay for measure x and whatever. It's basically within

2242
03:25:54,210 --> 03:26:00,750
that fund. So when we do those budget allocation, it's only within those funds. And that's

2243
03:26:00,750 --> 03:26:03,030
least by administrative service department.

2244
03:26:03,250 --> 03:26:05,310
I can't just take money from here and there.

2245
03:26:05,750 --> 03:26:10,850
Just let you know that's what we do as a common practice, a financial practice.

2246
03:26:13,170 --> 03:26:21,660
And public work department, we make use of on-call services, contract services to staff

2247
03:26:21,660 --> 03:26:23,540
augment our capacity.

2248
03:26:24,360 --> 03:26:31,860
And we'll continue to do that for efficiency reasons, but we're trying to do things

2249
03:26:31,860 --> 03:26:37,380
house as well. That concludes my presentation, pending questions.

2250
03:26:38,500 --> 03:26:39,960
Questions from Councillor Conecke?

2251
03:26:40,340 --> 03:26:45,900
Just one really quick question. It's the rollout of the multi-language translation on

2252
03:26:45,900 --> 03:26:51,400
Gogove that seems like a really big step to have that. Is there something that the city

2253
03:26:51,400 --> 03:26:55,720
or public works is doing to advertise that more to the Spanish speaking community since it sounds

2254
03:26:55,720 --> 03:27:00,580
like that's going to make it easier, much easier for them to potentially submit service requests.

2255
03:27:00,580 --> 03:27:03,760
Yes, Vice Mayor Salersono,

2256
03:27:06,200 --> 03:27:10,800
that will, I'm going to work with Julissa Brianis and Leo Boyd

2257
03:27:10,800 --> 03:27:13,940
on putting out that particular small little feature.

2258
03:27:15,060 --> 03:27:17,560
Yes, it's something small, but it does make a difference.

2259
03:27:18,560 --> 03:27:26,500
And I haven't put it out as far as a public engagement piece of what we're supposed to be doing.

2260
03:27:26,500 --> 03:27:29,180
Thank you, I think that's a great, great step.

2261
03:27:31,580 --> 03:27:32,260
Any other questions?

2262
03:27:33,440 --> 03:27:33,940
No questions.

2263
03:27:34,240 --> 03:27:35,300
Thank you for your report.

2264
03:27:41,420 --> 03:27:44,780
So man, that that concludes our department reports.

2265
03:27:44,980 --> 03:27:52,920
As mentioned, I'll come back to your council that you know, as soon as every single item is up and we can go through and go through some of the search functions.

2266
03:27:53,420 --> 03:27:59,180
You know, one of the things that I will mention is as I was seeing items up there in various departments.

2267
03:28:00,040 --> 03:28:11,100
I could see that I know that multiple departments were involved, and those you might have just saw the Microsoft transition under administrative services, but multiple departments are involved in that.

2268
03:28:11,240 --> 03:28:22,340
And I think just for, you know, not wanting to duplicate wasn't included in everyone, but really proud of the fact that, you know, we don't have silos here, we all work together as a team.

2269
03:28:22,340 --> 03:28:27,160
probably helps that all of our offices are made of glass and you can see anything, but

2270
03:28:27,160 --> 03:28:32,600
we all work together very well and really just proud of everyone I look forward to coming back to you.

2271
03:28:35,060 --> 03:28:40,000
I will go ahead and open up public comments and I have two speaker slips. Susan,

2272
03:28:40,080 --> 03:28:42,180
male cue followed by Kate Stewart.

2273
03:28:52,570 --> 03:28:52,810
Thank you,

2274
03:28:54,410 --> 03:29:05,050
city council members, mayor and city manager. Can you hear me? I always have this

2275
03:29:05,050 --> 03:29:13,120
addressing. This is good enough. Thank you. Okay, so I'm here to comment on

2276
03:29:13,120 --> 03:29:14,980
item 13.

2277
03:29:17,000 --> 03:29:30,140
Now, you're here to receive reports for the fiscal year 2025, 2026. I request

2278
03:29:30,140 --> 03:29:40,520
that you add an urgent priority. Please update the Carpenterium Municipal Code to help

2279
03:29:40,520 --> 03:29:45,620
The Herbersials, their numbers are greatly declining.

2280
03:29:48,330 --> 03:29:52,010
Every year, throughout summer and fall,

2281
03:29:52,590 --> 03:29:55,330
when the Herbersial Sanctuary is not closed,

2282
03:29:55,890 --> 03:29:59,830
people come through the seal bookry by elating.

2283
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:14,940
The Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. I am with the former Harbour Seal Advisory Committee and now with SOS Committee with the CBA.

2284
03:30:15,820 --> 03:30:27,180
We have told you that disturbances caused by violators of the Marine Mammal Protection Act is a major factor in the harbour seal decline.

2285
03:30:27,180 --> 03:30:34,960
A solution identified by the Harbour Seal Advisory Committee is to incorporate the protections

2286
03:30:35,320 --> 03:30:44,980
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act into the Carpenteria Municipal Code to allow the city

2287
03:30:45,640 --> 03:30:49,300
enforcement of these protections.

2288
03:30:49,300 --> 03:31:05,380
Reducing disturbances during the non-closed period is one action that the city could take to have a measurable effect on the declining seal population.

2289
03:31:05,380 --> 03:31:12,620
Please incorporate the protections of the Marine Memorial Protection Act into municipal

2290
03:31:12,620 --> 03:31:13,240
code.

2291
03:31:13,980 --> 03:31:23,920
Tell those who selfishly choose to violate this law that Carpenteria cares about its seals.

2292
03:31:24,860 --> 03:31:30,220
It would greatly benefit our struggling population if it's not too late.

2293
03:31:30,220 --> 03:31:41,060
We stand to lose what many people consider to be the crown jewel of Carpenteria, and I'm

2294
03:31:41,060 --> 03:31:49,460
speaking for many people that would not ever come here tonight, so please consider that.

2295
03:31:50,380 --> 03:31:51,840
Thank you for your time.

2296
03:31:52,300 --> 03:31:53,360
Thank you for your comments.

2297
03:31:53,980 --> 03:31:58,100
Kate Stewart, followed by Valerie Bates,

2298
03:32:06,870 --> 03:32:08,550
Madam Mayor, Deputy Mayor,

2299
03:32:08,550 --> 03:32:18,110
Council members. Can you hear me okay? Okay, I am addressing you on the same topic to ask you to

2300
03:32:18,110 --> 03:32:26,230
consider and act upon putting the re-mammal protection act language into Carpenteria Municipal

2301
03:32:26,230 --> 03:32:34,390
Code. To give you my perspective, I have worked one year as a seal watch volunteer. I'm in my

2302
03:32:34,390 --> 03:32:41,050
second year and I spent the summer and fall with Save Our Seals. I've often worked low

2303
03:32:41,050 --> 03:32:48,590
tide watch where I interact with people who would like to go on into the sealed sanctuary.

2304
03:32:50,730 --> 03:32:58,850
During the summer, I asked them if they are aware of the seal sanctuary and offer them the

2305
03:32:58,850 --> 03:33:02,570
opportunity to not disturb the seals that particular day that we're speaking.

2306
03:33:06,070 --> 03:33:06,650
Many people

2307
03:33:06,650 --> 03:33:12,110
get might be a difficulty to have to go up to the coastal this detrail and around the area.

2308
03:33:12,870 --> 03:33:17,910
I can tell you the story quickly of one man I'll call him the cameraman he walks every day.

2309
03:33:19,990 --> 03:33:27,690
And during the summer and fall he told me the city is not serious. So I'm going through and I could

2310
03:33:27,690 --> 03:33:33,310
see him with my binoculars from the west, go into the bridge, go right to the water where the seals

2311
03:33:33,310 --> 03:33:38,310
would be that's like in their bed. So they can't even come out of the water because he's there.

2312
03:33:38,750 --> 03:33:44,390
Many people are like this. But just recently I saw him walking briskly just like he did on the

2313
03:33:44,390 --> 03:33:51,590
beach on the coast of this to trail and right down on the ramp on the east side. Easy as peasy. He was

2314
03:33:52,730 --> 03:34:01,030
not inconvenience at all because it's not allowed then. So I want to let you know that I think

2315
03:34:01,030 --> 03:34:08,190
A lot of people would be more amenable to going around if there was code.

2316
03:34:08,770 --> 03:34:11,350
Carpenteria Municipal Code said we care.

2317
03:34:13,460 --> 03:34:14,380
That's like that to say.

2318
03:34:14,680 --> 03:34:15,440
Thank you.

2319
03:34:16,660 --> 03:34:17,700
Thank you for your comments.

2320
03:34:19,420 --> 03:34:24,440
Mike, one of the last key followed by NDS sprung.

2321
03:34:29,740 --> 03:34:34,480
Mike, one of the last key speaking for Carp River Association, same topic as the previous

2322
03:34:34,480 --> 03:34:40,580
couple speakers, we asked you direct staff to add one additional project to their overflowing

2323
03:34:40,580 --> 03:34:45,740
to do list to incorporate the MMPA protections into municipal code.

2324
03:34:46,620 --> 03:34:50,820
Again, just the framework here, during the seasonal beach closure, when there's the disturbance,

2325
03:34:51,380 --> 03:34:56,560
the city has enforcement authority because the municipal code says you can't be on the beach,

2326
03:34:56,880 --> 03:34:58,500
causing a disturbance or doing anything else.

2327
03:34:59,060 --> 03:35:04,080
In the summer, when there is a disturbance, the city has zero enforcement capability, because

2328
03:35:04,080 --> 03:35:10,200
Even though the Remail Protection Act, MMPA is being violated, that's not the city's authority to enforce.

2329
03:35:10,840 --> 03:35:16,900
So the city is powerless, and US Fish and Wildlife has no local presence to enforce that.

2330
03:35:19,300 --> 03:35:29,220
So adding those protections would be a big benefit, and would give the city the enforcement it needs to educate the public and publicize these issues.

2331
03:35:30,240 --> 03:35:36,760
We would refer you to the three-page document we submitted last week that had more detail on

2332
03:35:36,760 --> 03:35:41,760
the specific request and also to our recently published report by the CVAC of our SEALS

2333
03:35:41,760 --> 03:35:48,360
committee that has a summary of the challenges facing the colony, extensive academic research

2334
03:35:48,360 --> 03:35:54,320
summary on the effects of disturbances and detailed data, SEAL counts, and sample videos

2335
03:35:54,320 --> 03:35:59,320
of disturbances during the summer and fall, showing how egregious behavior some people

2336
03:35:59,320 --> 03:36:05,700
is that even if they intentionally go up and disturb the seals and get them all the flesh

2337
03:36:05,700 --> 03:36:10,040
in the ocean, there's nothing the city can do about presently. And that's really not an

2338
03:36:10,040 --> 03:36:15,060
acceptable situation. And the solution is relatively simple and pretty cheap. Thank you.

2339
03:36:16,420 --> 03:36:17,620
Thank you for your comments.

2340
03:36:25,380 --> 03:36:31,520
Hello, my name is Eli Sprague, and today I'm asking for the council support to add the

2341
03:36:31,520 --> 03:36:35,840
Carpenteria Shoresaver project to the city strategic plan.

2342
03:36:36,960 --> 03:36:37,860
What is sourceaver?

2343
03:36:38,520 --> 03:36:44,420
A beach cleanup station program that makes beach cleanems more of an everyday thing that all

2344
03:36:44,420 --> 03:36:46,440
people can participate in.

2345
03:36:46,880 --> 03:36:48,480
Why does Carpenteria need Shoresaver?

2346
03:36:48,480 --> 03:36:53,080
I never thought that normal beach cleanups don't get enough trash off the beach.

2347
03:36:54,240 --> 03:36:58,420
Well, so do I. Most of the time beach cleanups are pretty simple. You bring a group to the beach.

2348
03:36:58,780 --> 03:37:03,900
You pick up as much trash as you can that day. This is a flawed system on a certain because

2349
03:37:03,900 --> 03:37:11,260
trash comes onto the beach every day with the tides. This is why we need to set up a short

2350
03:37:11,260 --> 03:37:16,000
server program right here in Guameteria and we'll get more trash off the beach through daily

2351
03:37:16,000 --> 03:37:20,660
up and prove trash management on our beaches and engage more people in the environmental

2352
03:37:20,660 --> 03:37:28,800
storeship of our beaches. This especially resonates with me because as a person with a lot

2353
03:37:28,800 --> 03:37:35,700
with a busy life it was hard for me to get involved in helping the environment in my world but

2354
03:37:36,400 --> 03:37:43,220
this would be an easy and effective way for all people to help out. Who started sure of saver and

2355
03:37:43,220 --> 03:37:51,420
working on it. The close to collaborative was founded by brothers Aiden and Alex Kravits in 2023

2356
03:37:51,420 --> 03:37:57,240
on Long Island in New York State and now have over 100 clean up stations. The first beach clean

2357
03:37:57,240 --> 03:38:05,200
up station on West Coast was created in Delmore, California by Django in 2020. Here at Karpandaria,

2358
03:38:05,420 --> 03:38:11,120
we've put together a team that includes myself, Karpandaria beautiful, and the wonderful employees

2359
03:38:11,120 --> 03:38:14,300
in Parks and Recreation Department of Corporate Rhea.

2360
03:38:14,960 --> 03:38:19,520
We are getting guidance from both Coastal Collaboratives and Dell Marshorsewer programs.

2361
03:38:20,540 --> 03:38:25,080
They have offered to design our side for free, as well as give us a first docking station

2362
03:38:25,080 --> 03:38:25,800
for free.

2363
03:38:26,840 --> 03:38:30,040
We have also begun lining up donors.

2364
03:38:31,320 --> 03:38:33,560
When can we get our first beach clean up position?

2365
03:38:33,900 --> 03:38:36,600
We are hoping to get the first station up by over spring break.

2366
03:38:37,160 --> 03:38:41,600
Where? You want to place the first beach conversation with the end of the live in that view?

2367
03:38:43,380 --> 03:38:51,340
I've one more thing to add. This is not necessarily in the topic range that I'm talking about now, but really it's a lot of things there.

2368
03:38:51,600 --> 03:38:56,380
I'd like to say that though I care deeply about the Shorsare program, there's sometimes when it seems insignificant,

2369
03:38:56,380 --> 03:38:58,600
compared all to the big topics,

2370
03:38:58,980 --> 03:39:00,180
sad topics going on in the world,

2371
03:39:00,440 --> 03:39:02,240
especially in even in the country area.

2372
03:39:03,800 --> 03:39:05,620
But I've realized that

2373
03:39:06,700 --> 03:39:08,780
these small topics are even more important

2374
03:39:08,780 --> 03:39:10,560
during that time, because they're what

2375
03:39:10,560 --> 03:39:12,360
allows us

2376
03:39:14,370 --> 03:39:16,210
to get hope and realize

2377
03:39:16,210 --> 03:39:18,310
that we can figure out these problems.

2378
03:39:19,610 --> 03:39:20,730
Thank you.

2379
03:39:21,630 --> 03:39:22,810
Thank you for your comments.

2380
03:39:24,150 --> 03:39:24,590
Great job.

2381
03:39:25,710 --> 03:39:27,350
I do not, oh yes.

2382
03:39:29,110 --> 03:39:33,710
Another speaker and audience, would you like to,

2383
03:39:38,930 --> 03:39:40,810
yes, come on up.

2384
03:39:44,760 --> 03:39:47,420
Thank you so much, Mayor and Council and others.

2385
03:39:48,080 --> 03:39:52,840
I'm with the Save Our Seals Committee of the Carpentry Evelian Association.

2386
03:39:53,580 --> 03:39:55,000
My name is Valerie Bins.

2387
03:39:55,000 --> 03:39:57,900
I've lived in Carpentry for some time.

2388
03:39:58,620 --> 03:40:04,520
And for some time I've been concerned about the decline in the numbers of our precious

2389
03:40:04,520 --> 03:40:11,700
Harvard Seal colony, and the lack of understanding that people have that these wonderful

2390
03:40:11,700 --> 03:40:18,620
creatures need to rest off out of the water every day to sustain themselves.

2391
03:40:19,040 --> 03:40:26,700
And I see the numbers plummeting for the city had two year-long advisory committees,

2392
03:40:27,460 --> 03:40:33,800
and Matt Roberts, who is the prior head of the Parks and Recreation Department, made

2393
03:40:33,800 --> 03:40:42,340
recommendation two years ago from the first committee, asking that the city develop a law

2394
03:40:42,340 --> 03:40:48,060
parallel to the Marine Animal Protection Act. We're coming to you now two years later,

2395
03:40:48,340 --> 03:40:55,080
and asking you to make this simple measure that won't cost anything and even very much staff time,

2396
03:40:55,260 --> 03:41:02,320
because we realize how much this staff has to do. But to put this law in place, would give us a vehicle

2397
03:41:02,320 --> 03:41:06,060
to save the lives of many of our darling seals.

2398
03:41:06,480 --> 03:41:13,780
The numbers have gone down from maybe 200 that are counted a couple of years ago to

2399
03:41:13,780 --> 03:41:17,360
in this last week and average count of 40 to 50.

2400
03:41:18,160 --> 03:41:19,980
So we have this dramatic decline.

2401
03:41:20,700 --> 03:41:28,080
We are one of only two visible seal colonies and harbor seals left all the way south

2402
03:41:28,080 --> 03:41:29,600
from San Luis Obispo.

2403
03:41:29,600 --> 03:41:37,320
it's a treasured resource. I wanted to point out from our paper our CV and this

2404
03:41:37,320 --> 03:41:44,600
is a wonderful job with the SEAL counts. In just one week there were people

2405
03:41:44,600 --> 03:41:53,200
visiting from 23 states to our SEAL colony and 11 countries in just one week.

2406
03:41:57,220 --> 03:41:58,180
So

2407
03:41:58,180 --> 03:42:04,360
realize that the seal colony was here way back when they were. So please do this one small

2408
03:42:04,360 --> 03:42:12,600
measure to allow us what we can do to help our precious colony. Thank you so much.

2409
03:42:13,320 --> 03:42:18,580
Thank you for your comments. Yes, would you like to make public comment?

2410
03:42:18,820 --> 03:42:19,620
Come on up.

2411
03:42:22,210 --> 03:42:26,330
And if you could fill out a speaker slip when you're done. Okay. Thank you. Thank you so much.

2412
03:42:26,330 --> 03:42:37,290
Hi, Mayor, Al-Akon, Al-Akon, and Vice Mayor and Council and staff and listeners all around.

2413
03:42:38,350 --> 03:42:43,290
My name is Chris Elder. I've been up here before, and I'm here about the seal issue.

2414
03:42:44,510 --> 03:42:52,850
I am one of 27, approximately 27,000 visitors in year 2025 that visited the recovery.

2415
03:42:52,850 --> 03:43:04,370
I'm also a member of the SEAL Watch group volunteers and also a member of an hopefully contributing

2416
03:43:04,370 --> 03:43:10,930
to a group of educators in the SEAL Watch volunteer group who are going to be greeting

2417
03:43:10,930 --> 03:43:18,930
schools that come to the recovery to learn about this as we've heard precious resource

2418
03:43:18,930 --> 03:43:27,750
at Carpentria has. I am so privileged and so grateful to be able to work with this volunteer

2419
03:43:27,750 --> 03:43:33,830
group and to spend time there. I've only lived here about seven years now and I'm a retired

2420
03:43:33,830 --> 03:43:48,910
teacher and a school director and I get to participate in educating the public about these wonderful

2421
03:43:48,910 --> 03:43:56,590
around our country, but around the world that come and delight in spending time there, it's a

2422
03:43:56,590 --> 03:43:58,650
privilege, it's an honor and it's important.

2423
03:44:00,850 --> 03:44:03,410
And I wanted to say that since I've become even

2424
03:44:03,410 --> 03:44:11,250
more passionate about the seals, I'm learning more and more each year and I do, I am impressed

2425
03:44:11,250 --> 03:44:16,230
at the amount of time that they really do need to spend out of the water every day. I used to think

2426
03:44:16,230 --> 03:44:21,530
It was just for the birthing season, but learning more about, especially the molting season,

2427
03:44:21,830 --> 03:44:26,190
which happens late summer and for some seals, it's a process that can take two months.

2428
03:44:26,530 --> 03:44:30,330
It might brain from two to four months, and they need to spend more time.

2429
03:44:30,530 --> 03:44:36,130
You probably have all heard this, but they need to spend more time on land, especially during

2430
03:44:36,130 --> 03:44:40,990
that time, because they're losing their fur, and they can't spend that amount of time in

2431
03:44:40,990 --> 03:44:43,170
the water anymore in the cold water anymore.

2432
03:44:43,170 --> 03:44:45,550
So it's a year-round process.

2433
03:44:46,030 --> 03:44:52,550
I was kind of shocked with it in the website, Section and Marine Mammal Institute, Rehabilitation

2434
03:44:52,550 --> 03:44:55,370
Center in San Salito about Harbor Seals.

2435
03:44:55,790 --> 03:44:59,970
The first line they said was that the health of a Harbor Seal depends upon the person.

2436
03:45:00,000 --> 03:45:29,980
On the duration and the quality of their rest. So it is super important for them. It's a year-round process. And yes, human disturbances matter. Yes, there are other threats that play into this, you know, in tanglements and probably food loss, et cetera. But if we could do this one measure, and the volunteers who are so extraordinary can put efforts throughout the entire year to help educate people.

2437
03:45:30,000 --> 03:45:34,660
from kindergarten up that come, it would be super helpful.

2438
03:45:35,680 --> 03:45:40,260
And ecotourism, I mean, people come to Carpenteria to see

2439
03:45:40,260 --> 03:45:43,780
these creatures, they really do, and they're adding to the

2440
03:45:43,780 --> 03:45:47,700
economy here, foods, lodging, et cetera, that we talk to

2441
03:45:47,700 --> 03:45:48,560
them every day.

2442
03:45:49,020 --> 03:45:52,200
So, I'm here to support this initiative that's being proposed

2443
03:45:52,200 --> 03:45:55,420
tonight, and I thank you for giving me your time.

2444
03:45:55,900 --> 03:45:56,540
Thank you for your comments.

2445
03:45:56,620 --> 03:45:58,240
Yeah, and I'll fill out that slip.

2446
03:45:59,740 --> 03:46:05,140
Anyone else not yet? Seeing none, I will look to Brian and see if we have anyone be assumed.

2447
03:46:05,420 --> 03:46:06,900
I mean we have no raised hands.

2448
03:46:07,240 --> 03:46:14,000
So I will go ahead and officially close public comment and bring it back to the council for any questions comments in our motion.

2449
03:46:15,800 --> 03:46:22,340
I mean, I would be interested to ask staff to look into what this would look like to change our municipal code.

2450
03:46:24,600 --> 03:46:30,180
I think we need to have staff looking into it and make sure we're not doing anything

2451
03:46:31,620 --> 03:46:39,320
untoward, but I think that this doesn't seem like this seems like a good thing that we should do.

2452
03:46:39,800 --> 03:46:44,820
And so, as a follow-up to that, so I think the request that they're making is for it to be put on

2453
03:46:44,820 --> 03:46:49,540
a departmental, just basically like the priority list, is that right, I just want to confirm with

2454
03:46:49,540 --> 03:46:54,700
staff. That's what the request sounds like it is from the public commenters.

2455
03:46:54,800 --> 03:46:57,680
Yeah, Vice Mayor Salarsino, that was my understanding.

2456
03:46:58,400 --> 03:47:01,740
It was to have it added to the staff priority list.

2457
03:47:02,180 --> 03:47:02,500
Okay.

2458
03:47:02,960 --> 03:47:03,940
We've heard that from some.

2459
03:47:04,020 --> 03:47:04,340
Yes.

2460
03:47:04,820 --> 03:47:05,780
So I would support that.

2461
03:47:05,780 --> 03:47:08,920
And I would also support having the short saver project added.

2462
03:47:09,060 --> 03:47:12,020
It sounds like that's something that's somewhat in the works already.

2463
03:47:12,300 --> 03:47:15,280
Or at least there have been conversations with city staff about that.

2464
03:47:15,740 --> 03:47:18,640
So I think I could support both of those.

2465
03:47:19,740 --> 03:47:20,860
being added.

2466
03:47:23,770 --> 03:47:27,330
Happy to support both of that as well, both of those items.

2467
03:47:29,090 --> 03:47:32,070
Is there any objection from other council members?

2468
03:47:36,880 --> 03:47:44,260
No objection, so I just curious that this probably would have been easier if it was handled during the regular public comment time.

2469
03:47:45,160 --> 03:47:52,180
This one here is supposed to be on budget item, so I'm just not trying to figure out how the budget portion of this is going to fit.

2470
03:47:52,180 --> 03:47:56,380
I think get on departmental reports, which include the priorities for each department.

2471
03:47:56,620 --> 03:48:02,300
I think that's the reasoning behind requesting that these being included in the department priority lists.

2472
03:48:04,980 --> 03:48:11,840
So I think my question for staff would be, should the, well, I mean, if the request is to put

2473
03:48:11,840 --> 03:48:17,020
these items on the priority list, I look at the directors to see, because you'll still have

2474
03:48:17,020 --> 03:48:23,260
go back and weigh what existing priorities you have, and then you'd still have to put it

2475
03:48:23,260 --> 03:48:29,660
on the docket in terms of a reasonable time. So I just want to make sure that that's

2476
03:48:29,660 --> 03:48:34,480
with that not timeline, but that process would look like I guess.

2477
03:48:35,480 --> 03:48:42,240
Yeah, Mayor. So we have a couple different ways to approach this. So we do have an on deck list.

2478
03:48:42,240 --> 03:48:50,260
we call it or I think that it's a sports analogy that misses some folks, but just like

2479
03:48:50,600 --> 03:48:59,140
the our second list of items that staff gets to when time allows, and so I guess it

2480
03:48:59,140 --> 03:49:05,580
would be a question of whether we'd like to consider bumping an existing priority or adding

2481
03:49:05,580 --> 03:49:11,640
it to our our backup list, which is on we added to the list and it's just as soon as staff has

2482
03:49:11,640 --> 03:49:19,160
time and then it could be looked at as we look at our next strategic plan on wanting to prioritize

2483
03:49:19,160 --> 03:49:24,780
it at that time or we would need some direction from the council on repirodization of

2484
03:49:24,780 --> 03:49:32,460
existing ones or again we added toward list of as soon as we can get to it.

2485
03:49:32,960 --> 03:49:40,740
I know one of the issues I'm looking so Nick overseeing code compliance, one of the issues

2486
03:49:40,740 --> 03:49:46,240
that we've had is a somewhat compounding, I know that there's efforts from those in a community

2487
03:49:46,240 --> 03:49:52,480
or trying to raise money for an additional staff person is that we found that already the

2488
03:49:52,480 --> 03:49:59,540
code compliance team is very, very spread then. And so I know not that this has fully what

2489
03:49:59,540 --> 03:50:04,340
they want is it just to be added to the municode, but I know one of the issues that was brought

2490
03:50:04,340 --> 03:50:11,120
up is even then staff's ability to go out and actually enforce it.

2491
03:50:11,140 --> 03:50:16,380
And so that's a whole other issue that would need to be addressed via some sort of a budget

2492
03:50:16,380 --> 03:50:19,060
priority in the future for additional staffing.

2493
03:50:19,980 --> 03:50:22,660
Again, that's not necessarily what they're talking about.

2494
03:50:22,780 --> 03:50:26,700
They just want to add it to the medical, but it's just one other issue to consider.

2495
03:50:28,620 --> 03:50:28,760
Okay.

2496
03:50:28,940 --> 03:50:30,680
You said one quick follow-up to that.

2497
03:50:30,880 --> 03:50:34,320
I think that given that these are requests that are coming in right now and that we

2498
03:50:34,320 --> 03:50:37,540
have established priorities already within departments.

2499
03:50:37,780 --> 03:50:40,560
I would support them maybe being on the on deck list.

2500
03:50:40,640 --> 03:50:46,280
I think that makes sense in that way that they can get attention when the opportunity arises,

2501
03:50:46,960 --> 03:50:49,500
but not displacing what we already had set up.

2502
03:50:49,660 --> 03:50:53,560
But what that department had also have identified as ongoing priorities.

2503
03:50:54,660 --> 03:50:56,100
No, that would just be my comment.

2504
03:51:02,190 --> 03:51:08,650
I'm not sure what's actually in the Marine Mammal Protection Act and in this regard, but a lot of

2505
03:51:08,650 --> 03:51:17,550
speakers spoke about the issue of closing the beach, which is we discussed a year ago and at

2506
03:51:17,550 --> 03:51:25,610
that time, Coastal Commission approval would be needed to ratify that ordinance and it seemed

2507
03:51:25,610 --> 03:51:31,450
like there was some significant budget associated with that that staff brought forward.

2508
03:51:31,750 --> 03:51:34,850
So I would like to know what that is before we go further.

2509
03:51:37,770 --> 03:51:42,790
Councilmember Clark, that is one of the items because I know there's distance requirements

2510
03:51:42,790 --> 03:51:48,450
about how far you have to stay and then there'd be a question of whether there's enough

2511
03:51:48,450 --> 03:51:51,430
distance to do that without closing the beach.

2512
03:51:51,850 --> 03:51:56,390
And if it did require a closure, the beach would take us back to a conversation that we had

2513
03:51:56,390 --> 03:52:01,970
several months ago, and staff's happy to look into that portion of it.

2514
03:52:02,050 --> 03:52:03,470
That'd be great.

2515
03:52:03,850 --> 03:52:08,430
So it sounds as though, instead of putting on a list of priorities right now, we're going

2516
03:52:08,430 --> 03:52:11,850
to want to hear back from Jenna,

2517
03:52:14,470 --> 03:52:19,630
I'm sorry, and update on where that landed and what that

2518
03:52:19,630 --> 03:52:21,790
would take in terms of moving it forward.

2519
03:52:21,790 --> 03:52:46,990
Yes, ma'am, and just to put John, we will also ask, Jenna, as well for the legal things related to the MPPA, and then look at how it could potentially practically be implemented here without it, maybe causing some of the things that our council member clerks, sorry, had mentioned earlier from previous conversations.

2520
03:52:46,990 --> 03:52:51,690
So we can do some of that just initial research and bring that back to your council.

2521
03:52:51,690 --> 03:52:55,450
Okay, so it sounds like that's, well, if there's consensus, that that's the direction.

2522
03:52:55,930 --> 03:53:06,190
Can I ask a question just to make sure I understand so, because I think that it is involved in this budget strategic plan priority that they're having this conversation.

2523
03:53:06,650 --> 03:53:12,170
However, I do think like it would be helpful and I feel like a year ago this was part of the conversation we had was

2524
03:53:12,170 --> 03:53:20,770
could staff come back and explain to us what, how, like, what adding the MMPA language to

2525
03:53:20,770 --> 03:53:28,390
our municipal code would do, does that actually trigger a defacto, beach closure, does

2526
03:53:28,390 --> 03:53:32,590
I mean coastal commission has to be involved. I think the more information, the better

2527
03:53:32,590 --> 03:53:39,370
for the community who are trying to fundraise for this project, if it's not a big project,

2528
03:53:39,370 --> 03:53:43,690
but at least just an informational update that we can provide back,

2529
03:53:43,850 --> 03:53:49,030
sort of takes it off of like a simmer and it just allows more

2530
03:53:49,030 --> 03:53:51,170
of an understanding of what we can do.

2531
03:53:51,770 --> 03:53:54,110
I think that's maybe what I'm asking for.

2532
03:53:56,120 --> 03:53:57,220
Does that make sense?

2533
03:53:58,540 --> 03:54:00,740
I was just going to ask you to maybe restate.

2534
03:54:00,740 --> 03:54:01,400
Sure, let's do that.

2535
03:54:01,400 --> 03:54:01,600
Let's do that.

2536
03:54:01,600 --> 03:54:03,640
We could provide.

2537
03:54:04,020 --> 03:54:04,460
OK.

2538
03:54:05,340 --> 03:54:08,660
I think what I would like to ask staff with permission

2539
03:54:08,660 --> 03:54:17,100
of what the consensus is, if staff could maybe look into what it would look like, what

2540
03:54:17,100 --> 03:54:23,600
the MMPA language says, and what it would look like if we added it to our CMC.

2541
03:54:24,680 --> 03:54:31,680
And what would that impact be, I think, just like, a fact, just the information for us to

2542
03:54:31,680 --> 03:54:38,320
understand, because I think we all have this, we all feel that we want to do what we

2543
03:54:38,320 --> 03:54:43,320
but what we need to know what we're doing, I think, is that, does that make sense?

2544
03:54:43,480 --> 03:54:45,540
Am I making that statement clear?

2545
03:54:46,760 --> 03:54:54,980
It's a councilman of mayor, so to just verify the MMPA, and if we added it to the CMC,

2546
03:54:55,280 --> 03:55:00,220
what that impact would be for our beach specifically.

2547
03:55:00,320 --> 03:55:04,780
Yeah, I mean, because I do think we have to know if there's, like, if we say this is your

2548
03:55:04,780 --> 03:55:12,020
is that a defecto beach closure? Does that mean coastal commission gets involved? I mean I don't know the answer to that. I'm just guessing

2549
03:55:13,960 --> 03:55:20,120
Well, I think a related question I would have though as well is so when we say bring it back though, what does that mean?

2550
03:55:20,200 --> 03:55:34,140
Because one thing if we end up making it priority for staff to bring it back then it skips the priority list and then becomes at the top, which is a sounds like that's not what we're trying to do

2551
03:55:34,140 --> 03:55:45,400
So that they can be a consideration when the time is right for that because that's all that would be my only concern with asking staff to bring stuff back because then that makes it a priority

2552
03:55:46,440 --> 03:55:50,960
Cranic suggestion because it sounds like we're going back and forth on this one

2553
03:55:52,180 --> 03:56:02,580
My suggestion would be is that we take a look at the last action that we had last year there was talk about there's some findings that didn't come up this week give us a starting point

2554
03:56:02,580 --> 03:56:04,600
Right now, staff is overloaded.

2555
03:56:04,800 --> 03:56:08,720
We're adding something else to them that wasn't originally on the agenda.

2556
03:56:09,280 --> 03:56:12,700
I understand from the CO watch people on Mike Juan, and also he's great at this.

2557
03:56:12,760 --> 03:56:16,060
He knows all the information based on what happened prior to.

2558
03:56:16,220 --> 03:56:21,000
If we could all come together, come for consensus and take a look at specifically this, this,

2559
03:56:21,120 --> 03:56:25,860
in a hearing specifically to where we could see, in fact, if we could move this forward,

2560
03:56:26,100 --> 03:56:30,340
with the cost factor would be, what was found from the last report that would have changed

2561
03:56:30,340 --> 03:56:34,340
to where we can then reverse our decision that we made last time.

2562
03:56:34,860 --> 03:56:36,380
I think that would help us quite a bit.

2563
03:56:36,440 --> 03:56:38,260
There's a lot of variables in this one.

2564
03:56:38,260 --> 03:56:39,540
The changes are there.

2565
03:56:40,280 --> 03:56:41,540
I know justifications there.

2566
03:56:41,800 --> 03:56:45,800
But I remember one of the roadblocks we had to deal with

2567
03:56:45,800 --> 03:56:48,120
was coast of commission very specific.

2568
03:56:48,320 --> 03:56:53,420
And they had to do with city, our municipal zone area,

2569
03:56:53,420 --> 03:56:55,480
basically other beaches, the high tide line,

2570
03:56:55,720 --> 03:56:58,000
what happens in a low tide, how do we control that?

2571
03:56:58,000 --> 03:57:00,300
because now we're on state property.

2572
03:57:00,640 --> 03:57:04,340
It's a state mandate, or a state overseen area.

2573
03:57:04,840 --> 03:57:07,380
So that's why I'm thinking if we can bring that document back,

2574
03:57:07,760 --> 03:57:09,840
just do a resteading with ourselves,

2575
03:57:10,440 --> 03:57:12,260
through staff to take a look at those reports,

2576
03:57:12,720 --> 03:57:15,260
and have maybe justification or changes,

2577
03:57:15,620 --> 03:57:17,720
what occurred that would change that decision,

2578
03:57:18,340 --> 03:57:19,860
that would help us in the long process.

2579
03:57:20,980 --> 03:57:24,580
I would probably need staff generously, specifically,

2580
03:57:24,940 --> 03:57:26,060
to guide us through this one,

2581
03:57:26,060 --> 03:57:31,020
because it's, it's, it's, it's, it's walking on a tight line between that and the Brown Act.

2582
03:57:33,700 --> 03:57:34,900
I can't remember anymore.

2583
03:57:35,480 --> 03:57:40,260
Paying on that with the council, with like, we could do it in a couple of different steps.

2584
03:57:40,420 --> 03:57:43,300
We could bring back some initial information based on information.

2585
03:57:43,620 --> 03:57:50,480
We already have hopefully, again, as time permits, without creating too much more work.

2586
03:57:50,640 --> 03:57:54,660
As you mentioned, some of these conversations have occurred remind ourselves of that.

2587
03:57:54,660 --> 03:57:58,700
bring that back to your council's part of the city manager's report before

2588
03:57:58,700 --> 03:58:04,620
hopefully agendizing it and then and then based on your council's direction from there

2589
03:58:04,620 --> 03:58:07,840
perhaps take it the next step if you all would like to do so.

2590
03:58:08,560 --> 03:58:12,880
That sounds really good. That sounds like what we're doing.

2591
03:58:13,560 --> 03:58:13,820
Thank you.

2592
03:58:16,450 --> 03:58:18,710
I'm glad we're able to talk through that.

2593
03:58:19,750 --> 03:58:26,170
Okay, so any other, well, I'll just say before we receive a motion, I just want to

2594
03:58:26,170 --> 03:58:32,570
think the staff for putting together this update, we've gone through a handful of iterations

2595
03:58:32,570 --> 03:58:39,290
of what our strategic updates look like, and I think we've at least, for my perspective,

2596
03:58:39,470 --> 03:58:43,030
I feel like we've really landed on something that really resonates to the public something

2597
03:58:43,030 --> 03:58:47,590
that's easy to read, and really easy for us to understand, so I know I'm really looking forward

2598
03:58:47,590 --> 03:58:50,710
to that second part of being able to look at the dashboard

2599
03:58:50,710 --> 03:58:54,090
and really be able to see the progress that we've made.

2600
03:58:55,550 --> 03:58:57,890
And then similar to what Council Member Numerage

2601
03:58:57,890 --> 03:59:01,270
has said, and is staff are really overloaded.

2602
03:59:01,670 --> 03:59:05,070
Right now, I don't want that to take away

2603
03:59:05,070 --> 03:59:06,850
from the great work that you guys are doing.

2604
03:59:07,010 --> 03:59:09,050
And I appreciate your time and your energy

2605
03:59:10,510 --> 03:59:14,350
with all the, especially the community development department,

2606
03:59:14,470 --> 03:59:17,250
and everything that you all are working on right now.

2607
03:59:17,250 --> 03:59:23,270
So I just want to thank you all for your hard work and dedication to the community and the City of

2608
03:59:23,270 --> 03:59:23,810
Corporate.

2609
03:59:24,010 --> 03:59:25,410
So thank you.

2610
03:59:26,050 --> 03:59:29,250
And then, of course, I'll leave it open to any other comments from Council and then I'm

2611
03:59:29,250 --> 03:59:29,490
motion.

2612
03:59:30,890 --> 03:59:36,470
I would just like to add very specifically the work on the transparency with the budget was so

2613
03:59:36,470 --> 03:59:39,250
helpful this year in community conversations.

2614
03:59:39,990 --> 03:59:46,950
And I think, I mean, it's just all, all, I know that it's a lot of work to make community

2615
03:59:46,950 --> 03:59:53,850
outreach and transparency, your priority, but it really matters to the community and so thank you.

2616
04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:06,220
Okay, I move to receive and file the period one department reports for the fiscal year 2025-26 budget.

2617
04:00:06,240 --> 04:00:06,560
Second.

2618
04:00:07,940 --> 04:00:11,060
We have a first and a second. All those in favour?

2619
04:00:11,860 --> 04:00:11,880
Aye.

2620
04:00:12,940 --> 04:00:14,420
All right. Thank you.

2621
04:00:14,880 --> 04:00:17,880
We will now move on to legislative update.

2622
04:00:18,560 --> 04:00:20,440
No updates this evening. Thank you.

2623
04:00:21,560 --> 04:00:25,180
Committees reports, inquiries and other matters presented by council members.

2624
04:00:25,180 --> 04:00:41,580
Yes, so MTV Board met earlier this week, and they confirmed that the Wave Micro Transit service will be coming to Carpentry of this calendar year, most likely around the summer months because the GoLita pilot is, that's when the GoLita pilot is going to wrap up.

2625
04:00:41,860 --> 04:00:45,420
So summer should be around the time that we'll start seeing the Wave.

2626
04:00:45,420 --> 04:00:51,400
MDD staff will be making presentations to Council as well, another groups around, around town,

2627
04:00:51,520 --> 04:00:57,320
like age well, and at the library, to make sure that everyone understands all the ins and outs of how to use it.

2628
04:00:57,340 --> 04:01:04,980
But I think that's very exciting. The MDD board also received an update, also updated their contract with easy lift.

2629
04:01:05,080 --> 04:01:12,500
And I had asked them if the easy lift representative could provide some statistics about how this service operates here in Carp.

2630
04:01:12,500 --> 04:01:17,900
I thought that might be interesting for the council to know so once I get that information I can I can share that.

2631
04:01:18,600 --> 04:01:32,580
And then the public engagement committee is going to be meeting tomorrow and we're going to be discussing the latest city digital outreach report along with the human trafficking awareness campaign discussion and then a review of the scope of the committee.

2632
04:01:33,020 --> 04:01:34,500
So those are my two reports.

2633
04:01:37,060 --> 04:01:45,940
I'd like to make a report from SBCAG that they finally figured out a way to add an additional

2634
04:01:45,940 --> 04:01:50,060
train to the train line and it's going to be a commuter train.

2635
04:01:50,580 --> 04:01:53,220
I'm not sure about the timing.

2636
04:01:53,300 --> 04:02:02,060
I've got to written down somewhere, but it's a train that, well, there's two trains.

2637
04:02:02,060 --> 04:02:07,360
there's one that's going to go in early and one that's going to come back late, but it's

2638
04:02:07,360 --> 04:02:17,480
not really late, but it is early, so it's really adding the early train and not really

2639
04:02:17,480 --> 04:02:22,180
sure how they're going to handle the come back part, but they're hoping to add that soon.

2640
04:02:22,720 --> 04:02:28,060
They are having a return trip, but it's earlier than most people want to come back.

2641
04:02:28,640 --> 04:02:33,680
So, I don't know how it's going to work, but they're still trying to work on adding,

2642
04:02:34,180 --> 04:02:39,760
so every time they add a train, they've got to make it go back, and so they want to

2643
04:02:39,760 --> 04:02:45,320
time it for the go back people too, so that's what we've got so far, so, but they're in

2644
04:02:45,320 --> 04:02:49,880
the process, they want to do that, but they're this spring, that'll that first trip will

2645
04:02:49,880 --> 04:02:50,300
be happening.

2646
04:02:50,300 --> 04:02:51,120
I

2647
04:02:54,230 --> 04:02:57,630
have an update from Beacon, which is the Bichorogin Authority.

2648
04:02:59,330 --> 04:03:04,870
We were received a report and an update on the Surface Point Project in Gleeda, which

2649
04:03:04,870 --> 04:03:10,010
Gleeda, sorry, Ventura, which really is absolutely incredible what they've done.

2650
04:03:10,310 --> 04:03:16,270
It took a lot of years, but it sort of includes removing the dam and material, which is

2651
04:03:16,270 --> 04:03:23,270
still in the process, but then they removed the C-wall, put a bike, lane, a pedestrian axis,

2652
04:03:23,270 --> 04:03:53,110
But what they really did was, for last phase that they just finished was they dug this trench that goes all the way around surface point and it filled it with, you know, millions and millions of pounds of cobble to save the beach and then the sand, it's, it's like an immediately effective and it's absolutely incredible because now, believe it, sorry, this keeps saying that Ventura has this beach that where they've never had it and it's, it's a real, it's a real beacon of hope.

2653
04:03:53,270 --> 04:03:56,350
for our savings, our sand, and our beaches.

2654
04:03:57,290 --> 04:04:01,870
We also have a presentation on the two national marine sanctuary,

2655
04:04:02,230 --> 04:04:03,690
which is incredibly interesting.

2656
04:04:04,570 --> 04:04:09,570
And there is actually going to be a community outreach meeting

2657
04:04:09,570 --> 04:04:11,310
with the public in March.

2658
04:04:11,730 --> 04:04:13,510
And they have yet to give us the exact date,

2659
04:04:13,990 --> 04:04:15,670
but I will look forward to sharing it

2660
04:04:15,670 --> 04:04:18,270
because I think our community is really interested in that.

2661
04:04:19,130 --> 04:04:22,690
And finally, they have a finalized their presentation,

2662
04:04:22,690 --> 04:04:28,350
and I've asked them to come to us before March, I was hoping they would come before the big

2663
04:04:28,350 --> 04:04:32,710
rains but they are going to come before City Council and give us a presentation on exactly what

2664
04:04:32,710 --> 04:04:40,770
they do and I think that's important so. A little comment on that. They did actually did have a

2665
04:04:40,770 --> 04:04:45,970
beach at one time. Well, it's then they put dams in the river. That's it. And then we didn't have a beach.

2666
04:04:46,390 --> 04:04:51,810
They said that in the the process of removing the materialaha dam, they've punctured holes in it

2667
04:04:51,810 --> 04:04:57,210
And there's like 10 million tons of sand behind the dam.

2668
04:04:57,790 --> 04:04:59,370
So the dam is almost full of salt.

2669
04:04:59,710 --> 04:05:01,270
And so they're doing these punctures.

2670
04:05:01,330 --> 04:05:03,550
And it's already just coming down already.

2671
04:05:03,550 --> 04:05:04,370
It's just incredible.

2672
04:05:05,390 --> 04:05:07,490
So the things we learn not to do.

2673
04:05:08,150 --> 04:05:09,910
So mountains are like everybody else.

2674
04:05:10,030 --> 04:05:11,050
They just want to go to the beach.

2675
04:05:11,370 --> 04:05:12,790
You can go to the

2676
04:05:16,050 --> 04:05:16,050
beach.

2677
04:05:16,050 --> 04:05:17,050
Any other reports?

2678
04:05:17,310 --> 04:05:18,050
Yeah, real quick.

2679
04:05:18,250 --> 04:05:20,090
Again, public engagement committee.

2680
04:05:20,470 --> 04:05:23,190
Yes, we are meeting this week.

2681
04:05:23,190 --> 04:05:27,950
One request I have this goes to the public, since it is public engagement, we love to have feedback.

2682
04:05:28,210 --> 04:05:32,250
We are looking at new items, potentially that we would like to add to the scope of our work.

2683
04:05:33,090 --> 04:05:38,890
So, if anybody's interested, again, we encourage public participation for this, since we are public engagement.

2684
04:05:40,550 --> 04:05:49,870
We have one other meeting tomorrow, or this week also has to do with the 3CE Center Coast Community Energy Commission.

2685
04:05:49,870 --> 04:05:54,350
And I'm on the policy board and we will be having a meeting head this week Thursday.

2686
04:05:55,290 --> 04:05:59,870
So, if anything new comes up for the day, everybody know, but it's scheduled for this week.

2687
04:06:00,830 --> 04:06:00,970
All right.

2688
04:06:01,090 --> 04:06:01,970
Thank you for the update.

2689
04:06:03,050 --> 04:06:06,150
We will now move on to a tenth of council members for future meetings.

2690
04:06:06,530 --> 04:06:06,990
Yes.

2691
04:06:07,470 --> 04:06:07,630
Yes.

2692
04:06:07,630 --> 04:06:08,970
I guess everyone is there.

2693
04:06:09,670 --> 04:06:13,250
And I will officially adjourn the meeting at 9.37 PM.

2694
04:06:13,570 --> 04:06:14,210
Thank you.

2695
04:06:14,670 --> 04:06:15,330
Thank you.

2696
04:06:15,330 --> 04:06:15,970
.