[0:04] All in welcome to the Carpenteria City Council meeting. Today is Monday, January 26th, and we will start with the roll call, please.

[0:14] Councilmember Mayor.

[0:16] Councilmember Numer.

[0:17] Here.

[0:18] Vice Mayor Slerson.

[0:19] Here.

[0:20] Councilmember Clark.

[0:22] And Mayor Alacan.

[0:24] And if you are able and willing, please stand for the pledge of allegiance.

[0:31] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic,

[0:37] for which stands one nation under a, in the accessible liberty and justice program.

[0:50] Well, now move on to any agenda modifications?

[0:53] I have a request.

[0:54] I would like to request that we add to the agenda that the City of Carpenteria make a formal

[0:59] statement, standing with the City of Minneapolis and the communities impacted by recent federal

[1:05] immigration enforcement activities, and to observe a moment of silence and memory of Renee

[1:10] Good and Alex Pretty.

[1:11] 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.

[1:30] We have a first and a second. All those in favor.

[1:35] Hi.

[1:35] Okay, thank you for bringing that up Council Member Mayor.

[1:39] And Mayor Alarkon through the mayor, we just have to make some specific findings to add

[1:44] something onto the agenda after the agenda has been posted, so if I can do that, I'd appreciate

[1:50] that.

[1:51] So there is a process to do this.

[1:53] It does require two-thirds vote of the Council to add an agenda item after the 72 hours

[2:00] has passed.

[2:01] We've satisfied that requirement.

[2:03] 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.

[2:15] 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.

[2:25] the ice rating question, where there was a U.S. citizen who was killed, happened occurred

[2:32] on Saturday.

[2:33] And so that was after our agenda was posted, so I think we can satisfy that finding as

[2:38] well.

[2:39] Thank you.

[2:41] In terms of having the moment of silence, should we have it now, or should we, what would

[2:45] be your recommendation?

[2:47] 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.

[3:00] It probably does make sense at the beginning of a meeting because we have a lot of proclamations, et cetera, so it could be.

[3:06] But it could go anywhere and we'll just remember to want to allow public comment to as we before we introduce.

[3:12] Okay, so we'll introduce the item.

[3:14] Have some public comment.

[3:16] Right, man.

[3:17] Then.

[3:17] I'm comfortable with starting our meeting with that moment of silence.

[3:22] So we'll introduce the agenda item as Council Member mentioned in her statement.

[3:28] And I will open up any public comment.

[3:31] Period.

[3:31] I do not have any speaker slips and would invite anyone in the audience to have any comments

[3:36] or share any comments if you'd like.

[3:39] Seeing none. Yes.

[3:45] Hi, Theresa. Hi, everybody. We have just been feeling this really

[3:50] heavy in our hearts. And so we just are thankful for you for bringing that up. I

[3:55] think we're expected to go about our lives as, you know, just any other day. And

[4:02] we certainly were feeling the heaviness of it. And we appreciate it being acknowledged.

[4:06] Thank you.

[4:10] Hello Council Member, I'm Jessica Ramirez, and I just wanted to thank you, Council Member

[4:14] Mayor, for bringing this to the agenda as well.

[4:17] We have a few comments we want to make later, and they are around this current thing that's

[4:22] happening right now.

[4:23] And so it feels very nice that our council is able to really, you know, have a moment of

[4:29] signage of silence and focus on the travesties that are happening in our community.

[4:33] So thank you.

[4:38] they know other public comments or speakers in the in the room do we have anyone on zoom

[4:44] from here we have no raised hands for the side of

[4:47] i will go ahead and close public comment and i'll ask councilman mayor if you'd like to

[4:51] get off the moment of silence

[4:53] think that's fitting

[4:55] thank you um so

[4:57] to stand in solidarity with

[5:00] another community as we have also experienced

[5:04] you know

[5:05] this deep impact of the ice operations, but do truly to recognize the tragic loss of life.

[5:16] It is occurring during these raids.

[5:18] We would please take a moment of silence.

[6:26] Thank you all.

[6:27] Thank you to the Council for having participated in this and for the rest of those in the chamber of

[6:32] meeting rooms.

[6:33] Just as Theresa mentioned, I think this is a very heavy topic for so many of us in the nation.

[6:39] Thank you.

[6:41] We will now begin, move on with the agenda with introductions,

[6:45] proclamations and presentations, and we will provide a

[6:48] proclamation proclaiming February, 2026 as Black History

[6:52] a month in the city of Carp Norea.

[6:55] I would like to first open up public comment.

[6:57] I do not have any speaker slips.

[6:59] Do we have anyone on Zoom?

[7:02] Mayor, we have no resistance.

[7:04] Okay, I will go ahead and close public comment and bring it back

[7:07] to the council for a motion.

[7:09] I moved to adopt the Proclamation Proclaiming February 2026 as Black History Month in the City of Carpentria.

[7:16] We have a first in the second, all those in favor.

[7:19] All right.

[7:20] And we will begin reading the Proclamation, beginning with Council Member Mayor.

[7:26] 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

[7:38] Whereas a national theme for Black History Month, 2026, is a century of Black history

[7:43] commemorations, marking the hundredth year of national efforts to recognize Black history and

[7:48] culture, focusing on how these commemorations have shaped identity, fostered pride, advanced

[7:53] equality, and transformed the status of Black people in America and the world.

[7:59] Whereas 2026 marks the century of national commemorations of Black History, dating back to the early

[8:05] efforts of Carter G Woodson and others who institutionalized the teaching, study, dissemination

[8:12] and commemoration of Black History through the founding of the Association for the study

[8:17] of Negro Life and History in 1915 and...

[8:21] Well, as part of the global African diaspora, people of African descent in the United States

[8:27] have viewed their role in history as critical to their own development and that of the world

[8:33] and observed the milestones in their struggle to gain their freedom and equality.

[8:39] What has coined Carter G. Woodson, established Negro history week in 1926, he sought to turn

[8:45] the commemoration into a far-reaching, organized and sustained effort to transform how blacks

[8:51] will view themselves and how the world viewed them.

[8:55] Where as in 1976, President Gerald Ford, became the first president to issue a message, recognizing

[9:02] Black History Month. And in 1986, Congress passed public law 99-244, designating February

[9:10] as Black History Month and where as these efforts have made February the month when Black

[9:15] History finds its way into not only schools but also into cultural heritage sites,

[9:20] public squares, workplaces, houses of worship and homes across the land and across the oceans.

[9:27] Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Carpenteria does here by recognized

[9:32] and honor Black History Month, 2026, embracing the theme, a century of Black History, commemorations,

[9:39] and honors the founders of Black History Month and urges all to explore the impact and meaning

[9:45] of Black History and life commemorations in transforming the status of Black peoples in the modern world.

[9:52] And with that, I'd love to invite up Diane Travis Seek to share a few words, and then we will

[9:58] provide you with the proclamation.

[10:04] Thank you.

[10:05] Mayor Alicon, members of the City Council, community members, friends and neighbors.

[10:11] On behalf of the Black History Celebration Committee, thank you for this meaningful

[10:16] proclamation and for your continued commitment to honoring Black History, not just

[10:21] this history, but as living, evolving contributions to our shared communities.

[10:26] This year's national theme, a century of black history come in commemorations reminds us that

[10:34] remembrance is an act of care.

[10:37] For generations, communities have gathered to ensure black stories, leadership, creativity,

[10:44] and resilience are seen, valued, and cared for it.

[10:48] We are deeply grateful to Carpentaria for standing with us in that commitment, recognizing

[10:54] that when we honor Black History, we strengthen our collective understanding, empathy and sense of belonging.

[11:02] Thank you for this recognition, for your partnership, and for your help in cultivating

[11:08] a community where history is acknowledged with respect, purpose, and hope. Thank you.

[12:11] He was asking about this schedule of Black History events.

[12:14] They will be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, and there will also be broadcast

[12:19] on K.E.Y. T.C.

[12:20] So please feel free to join us.

[12:22] Thank you.

[12:27] We will now move on to the second item on our agenda, which is a mayoral recognition awarded

[12:32] to our very own city clerk, Brian C. Barrett, for achieving the Master Municipal Clerk

[12:37] designation.

[12:38] I would like to first open up the floor to any public comment.

[12:42] I do not have any speaker slips, do we have any one in the audience, do we have any one via zoom?

[12:49] We have no raise chance, Mayor.

[12:51] Okay, I'll go ahead and officially close public comments.

[12:54] And I will ask for a motion.

[12:58] I moved to adopt the mayor.

[13:01] I don't know if we need to actually do we need a motion for my oral recognition?

[13:08] Mayor Alcott, excuse me, vice mayor Salarsano through the mayor. We don't necessarily need one, but it doesn't hurt either, so.

[13:20] Well, that's either way.

[13:20] That's right.

[13:22] First, we're very grateful to have you.

[13:25] So I moved to adopt this mayoral recognition to City Clerk Brian.

[13:29] See Barrett for achieving the Master Municipal Clerk designation.

[13:33] Second.

[13:33] We have a first and a second, all those in favor.

[13:38] I'd like to read the, what is on this certificate, so it says the City of Carpenteria

[13:41] Commence and congratulates City Clerk, Brian C. Barrett, on achieving the Master Municipal

[13:46] Clerk designation, the highest professional honor are awarded by the International Institute

[13:51] of Municipal Clerks.

[13:53] This accomplishment reflects exceptional dedication to public service, professional excellence,

[13:58] and a set-fast commitment to the principles of effective and ethical and municipal government.

[14:04] The City of Carpenteria is grateful for your leadership and service to our community.

[14:09] Thank you, Brian.

[14:11] Can I make a few comments?

[14:13] I just want to make sure that the audience understands that a lot of the work that Brian

[14:17] 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.

[14:24] I've been honored to know Brian since before I was on council and so I've been able to see him

[14:29] in action in a lot of different ways that serve the city just so well. So we're so proud of

[14:34] your dedication to your own professional development to making sure that your absolute best

[14:39] city clerk that this city could have. So thank you so much for all that you do.

[14:45] Thank you very much, Mayor and this city council members. I'm very appreciative of the recognition

[14:50] and I'm very honored and this is just one step in the whole process. This isn't the end all.

[14:57] You're still so much to learn.

[15:00] In this city clerk profession, I look forward to continuing in it with the City of Carpenteria. Thank you very much.

[15:13] And we love if you'd take a photo with us as well.

[15:58] We will now move on to our third agenda item, which is a presentation by your representative of Chevron, USA, Inc.

[16:05] About the Carpenteria, oil and gas facility decommissioning.

[16:13] evening and thanks for the opportunity to address City Council. My name is Mark Cortena Habedian,

[16:19] I'm a public affairs advisor at Chevron. We wanted to take time to acknowledge that we've

[16:25] reached an important milestone for the decommissioning of the Carpenteria oil and gas processing

[16:29] facility. We now have the regulatory approvals in hand for the demolition permit that's required

[16:34] to start work. It started the first phase of work for this important project and work is set to begin

[16:39] tomorrow morning. These initial work activities are going to include the removal of select

[16:44] trees in the southeast corner of the property and we'll endure for about the next

[16:50] month or so. Followed by the demolition of the surface facilities including tanks and

[16:55] vessels thereafter. All of our neighbor notifications have been provided and FAQs have been

[17:01] developed in partnership with the city's PIO to be uploaded to the city's web page to help

[17:06] community questions about the project. We place the highest priority on the health and safety

[17:12] of our workforce and the protection of the environment and the communities in which we operate.

[17:17] This morning, just on the other side of the fence here, we held our safety and awareness training

[17:21] for our personnel who will be involved in this first phase of work, including our staff, contractors,

[17:28] and we have representatives from the city of Carpenterria, all in attendance. All of the plans,

[17:33] mitigation measures in safeguards associated with the space of work are approved and ready to be implemented.

[17:40] 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.

[17:51] We appreciate the time, the expertise and perspective that each interested party has contributed to this significant endeavor.

[17:59] We are grateful for the efforts to strengthen the project, develop effective mitigations, and respond to feedback to ensure the work is done responsibly.

[18:09] 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.

[18:18] Many people have been instrumental in reaching this milestone, and I'd like to recognize a few of them.

[18:23] Nick Bob Roth, Jeanette Gantt, Cody Sargent, Ryan Barrett, everything coming up Ryan and

[18:29] Knight.

[18:30] Shay Darington, John Alassan, Ryan Kins, Michael Ramirez, Joliza Breones, Luis Perez, Randy

[18:37] Jolespi, and their teams for the years of dedication, review and partnership to ensure

[18:43] the quality of this project.

[18:45] We're proud to have reached this important milestone together, and are here available

[18:50] tonight to answer your questions, or community questions that anyone might have related

[18:55] to the start of work, and this is the project progresses to decommission and remediate

[18:59] this long standing site.

[19:01] Thank you.

[19:02] Thank you.

[19:03] I'd like to open it up for any questions from the council.

[19:08] No questions.

[19:10] Thank you.

[19:10] I will go ahead and open up public comment.

[19:12] I do not have any speaker slips.

[19:15] I'm going to give anyone an audience a moment.

[19:18] Seeing none, do we have anyone on Zoom?

[19:20] May I have no raise dance?

[19:21] 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.

[19:36] I move to receive and file the presentation on the California oil and gas facility decommissioning.

[19:43] We have a first and a second. All those in favor.

[19:46] Aye.

[19:47] We will now move on to public information reports and announcements.

[19:59] Do we have a representative from our first district supervisor's office?

[20:07] Seeing no one in the audience.

[20:09] I'll look to staff.

[20:10] Do we have any update in terms of whether or not they'll be attending today?

[20:15] Yeah, Mayor.

[20:15] I hadn't heard otherwise.

[20:18] And so if we could perhaps postpone this in case I run in late and I will do my best to

[20:22] find out here in the next few minutes whether that's what's happening.

[20:26] Thank you.

[20:27] Just making sure we're at the rest of the council.

[20:29] We'll go ahead and postpone this agenda item, and we will move on to the City Manager's report.

[20:38] And Mayor, I did just look down and see a text message that Daisy should be arriving in a second.

[20:46] It also sounds like she's listening because she said, go back and do your City Manager report first.

[20:53] So first I'll just say that I want to appreciate the council for recognizing Brian this evening.

[21:01] And we are very much a team, and well, not necessarily in a sense of being competitive to

[21:07] outdo one another, we do like awards and certificates mainly because they help inspire

[21:14] others to work hard and strive for bigger and better things.

[21:18] And so, thank you, and thank you, to Brian for all the work that he put in there.

[21:24] As has been custom, I'll be joined by a few different people and helping me provide different

[21:28] to this report for those listening in at home, just want to let you know that we don't always

[21:34] cover everything in the city manager's reports, I encourage people to read that, and there's

[21:39] also helpful links in there, and then of course with the Council if there's any item of particular

[21:44] interest, happy to agendaize that for a future meeting and bring that back. And so with that,

[21:49] I'll start off by introducing a city manager Ryan Kence to give some city employee updates.

[21:55] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[21:56] Council Mayor, just to brief update on some current recruitments.

[22:01] We continue to move forward on several part-time positions to support Parks Recreation and

[22:05] Aquatics Operations for the aquatic instructor, coach 1, 2 and 3 positions candidates

[22:11] have been selected and are currently pending some background screening.

[22:15] We also have the Life Guard Program Coordinator 1, 2 and 3 recruitment that remains open

[22:20] at this time.

[22:21] The deadline to apply for that position is February 4th, so we encourage those interested to continue to apply.

[22:29] New employees, I want to note a recent hire.

[22:33] David Rousseau joined the city as a Parks and Facilities Attendant.

[22:38] He's part-time and he began work on January 26th, 2026.

[22:42] We're really glad to have him on board already providing a great impact to the city.

[22:46] And then I wanted to just provide a quick update on employee leadership and development as Michael mentioned.

[22:53] We have a great staff here who's always seeking professional development.

[22:56] Assistant Engineer Josefina Arachiga recently completed the resident engineer's academy.

[23:02] This is a 16 module training program provided by the California Local Technical Assistance Program.

[23:09] 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.

[23:23] 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.

[23:34] So congratulations to Hosefina for achieving this. And that's it. Permi.

[23:41] 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.

[23:58] Good evening Mayor Larkon, council members. I've got a handful of updates here in this week's

[24:04] City Manager's report. I wanted to share with you. Right off the top of the list here was just to

[24:10] remind everybody that the draft environmental impact report or EIR for the surfline or in project has been released

[24:17] for a 45 day comment period. That 45 day comment period started last week on January 22nd and it will run through March

[24:28] 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.

[24:39] That meeting scheduled for February 18th at 530 pm here in the Council chambers.

[24:45] And the draft EIR and all of the attachments and supporting documents are up on our city website.

[24:50] We're anybody can view them, download them, print them if they want to.

[24:54] We also have paper copies that folks can look at, but not take home here at Carpenter's

[25:01] City Hall and at the Carpenter Library.

[25:04] And if folks have questions, they can email our Principal Planner Mindy Fog at MindyF as

[25:10] in Frank at CarpenteriaCA.gov.

[25:15] 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.

[25:28] 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.

[25:41] And then also Arnie's rooftop bar, which is the second floor space overlooking Lyndon Avenue at the New Lyndon Square Development.

[25:50] So construction will be underway at both of those soon, if not already.

[25:55] 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.

[26:03] We've also been in early communications with the new tenant for the former Carp Kitchen Space at 4945 Carp and Revenue.

[26:12] 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.

[26:19] So they're going through the business licensing process with us currently, and they hope to be open later this spring.

[26:24] And then finally, at the former Giovanni space there at the corner of Lyndon and Carpenter

[26:30] Avenue, we've been working with the new tenant there, which will be O-Hi, Ro-T-Do.

[26:36] They're working on a clean-up of the property, and they've got building permits that

[26:40] are in Plancheck right now, and I expect they're targeting an opening date later this spring as

[26:44] well.

[26:46] I know we've already heard from Mark with Chevron, so I don't need to remind you that work will

[26:51] starting there this week. But I do want to make quick mention of items coming up on a couple

[26:58] of our other public hearing agendas. So later this week on Thursday here in the Council

[27:05] Chamber is at 530 p.m. The Architecture Review Board will be completing a final review of the

[27:11] Burgess Burke Residence Remodel and Edition Project at 748 Maple Avenue. Also looking

[27:18] at the Cypress Apartments Foundation, which is at 495-6 Fifth Street for Final Review, and they'll

[27:25] be doing a preliminary review of the Surf Cottages 3 Unit Condominium Project at 47167 Street.

[27:32] That project was formerly known as the GoBuddy Condominium Project under a previous owner and it's

[27:38] now been purchased and given a refresh and so it's coming back through the process again.

[27:45] That air-be meeting again will be at 530 here in the Council Chamber.

[27:49] Agenda and staff reports are up on the City website already, and then next Monday,

[27:53] a week from tonight, the Planning Commission will be holding their first meeting of the

[27:59] new year, and they'll be taking a look at a new proposed single-family residence for

[28:04] 333 Lyndon Avenue, as well as a proposed wireless communications facility at 912 Lyndon

[28:11] have a new and the agenda and staff reports will be up for that item later this week.

[28:15] And that concludes my items.

[28:17] Let's see if any questions.

[28:19] I just have one question and it might just be because I'm new and I don't know the answer,

[28:23] but who is on the city's environmental review committee?

[28:28] Through the mayor, Council Member Mayor, the ERC is made up of the Community Development

[28:33] Director, the Public Works Director, the Public Works and Environmental Programs Manager,

[28:42] our city biologist, and we have one member of the Public at Large, which currently is

[28:48] Jenny Slutter.

[28:50] Thank you.

[28:54] Can you actually expand on a little bit of what the public could expect for that meeting?

[29:00] Sure.

[29:01] We're talking about at the ERC meeting.

[29:04] So at the ERC meeting,

[29:09] the environmental consultant team will provide an overview of what

[29:13] the EIR looks at, so they'll provide a project description, summary of the or the anticipated

[29:20] impacts and any proposed mitigation measures, as well as some discussion of the alternatives

[29:24] that were considered.

[29:27] From there, the public will have an opportunity to ask questions or make comments on the EIR.

[29:34] 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.

[29:55] And it's also an opportunity for folks to give verbal, you know.

[30:02] 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.

[30:13] 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.

[30:23] So, it's mostly an informational meeting.

[30:26] It's not meant to be a meeting where there's any kind of approval or denial.

[30:31] There are an advisory board in this case to the Planning Commission, much like the architecture

[30:34] of view board is.

[30:36] So, they're going to provide comments and feedback.

[30:38] And that's carried on to the Planning Commission,

[30:40] who will ultimately be responsible for deciding whether or not to accept the EIR.

[30:45] Thank you. That was a really helpful.

[30:47] Are there any other questions on behalf of Council?

[30:51] Thank you.

[30:54] Mayor just wanted to talk about the prop to 18 assessment ballots that went out.

[31:00] Those were mailed out on January the 9th and property owners had begun receiving those ballots already.

[31:07] 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.

[31:17] ballot or property owners may return those ballots by mail at any time and to be counted

[31:24] the ballots have to be received by the city clerk no later than the close of the public

[31:28] hearing to be held here on March 9. And staff continues to assist property owners with

[31:34] questions related to the assessment districts, the ballot procedures, applicable timelines,

[31:40] and so forth.

[31:42] So people can go to CarpenterriaCA.gov, forward slash assessment districts, or they can email

[31:49] staff directly at assessment districts at CarpenterriaCA.gov.

[31:53] And I can assure folks that that doesn't go to some generic inbox that actually goes

[31:57] to this gentleman right here, Assistant City Manager, Ryan Kins, and also Jelice Breona's

[32:03] and they're able to help people in both English and Spanish.

[32:05] And while I can't really comment on the type of responses we've been receiving, I can say that

[32:14] overwhelmingly people have felt better about whatever decision they were going to make after

[32:18] talking to staff when they've had questions.

[32:21] So I really encourage people to do that, and to make sure you vote.

[32:26] They're all pre, what do you call that?

[32:28] Pre-paid postage envelope and encourage people to return those.

[32:36] Also, before I actually handed off to Brian to talk about a new management system that we have,

[32:42] I'll just touch based on a few things, parked recreation and community services.

[32:46] 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.

[32:57] It's a free community event with food, tropical music, dancing, and great company.

[33:03] RSVP is requested, and the number to do that is 805-881-1279, again 805-881-1279, or by emailing

[33:16] agewell at carpandariaca.gov. So I hope to see folks out for that. And then the lecture

[33:21] series, they're going to be doing another one. I believe they've done this one before and it

[33:26] was well attended and advanced care directive workshop in collaboration with hospice

[33:32] of Santa Barbara. So, H. Well, we'll host a two-part advanced care directive workshop on February

[33:38] 5th and the 12th from 1 to 230 pm at the Veterans Hall meeting room and it'll guide participants

[33:46] through planning ahead by outlining medical wishes and designating a health care representative

[33:52] in the event they're unable to communicate for themselves. So, happy to answer questions on the assessment

[33:58] or any of the recreation items, and if not, I have Brian left to make a few comments.

[34:06] Right.

[34:06] One question about the assessment districts, so the March 9th hearing, that's the deadline

[34:10] for people to send them in.

[34:12] Are there going to be reminders from the city just so that people, you know, if who might

[34:16] not have turned it in yet, will be continuously encouraged to do so?

[34:21] Yeah, Vice Minister Slerson, I'll thank you for that question.

[34:23] I was actually having a chance to talk to with our city attorney just beforehand and of

[34:28] course for people who don't know the process is very strict and requires the city to maintain

[34:35] a strictly educational stance without being anyway advocacy one way or another.

[34:44] So she promised to have a conversation with me after about the most appropriate way

[34:48] to continue to inform people after.

[34:51] So we look forward to report back to you all the next meeting.

[34:57] And if there's any other questions?

[34:59] I will turn it over to we'll end with our master and to talk a little bit about our new agenda management system.

[35:07] Thank you, Michael. I'm pleased to announce that we've gone our new agenda management system.

[35:12] Civic Plus has gone live now on our city website.

[35:16] So if you like to look at the screen, I'll go ahead and kind of walk you through what city council meetings,

[35:22] other plan commission, et cetera, will be posted and what it will look like.

[35:27] So starting here on our agenda page, so right now you still see, we've got a note here

[35:34] explaining the whole transition process. We still have the regular, this is our old agenda

[35:39] management system grantcase. So right now the architectural review board meeting of this Thursday

[35:45] will be the last public meeting through the grantcase portal. It'll be streamed and posted

[35:51] through grannicus, and then beginning next Monday, the February 2nd Planning Commission will

[35:58] be in the new system, a civic plus. So if you scroll down below grannicus on the agenda page,

[36:05] this is the new civic plus agenda management system. So the nice thing with this is you can

[36:11] select meetings by a date range. You can hone in by, like you just want to see City Council

[36:17] or one of the other boards and committees to focus on that, you can also have a very robust

[36:23] search engine. So not only will it search through the agendas, but all the meeting materials

[36:28] as well, for any particular keywords you're looking for. So as I noted, the February 2nd Plan

[36:35] Commission next Monday will be the very first one that will be streamed and posted through

[36:40] this system. I posted the January 12th Council meeting just so everybody could kind of see what

[36:46] The actual agenda would look like, this is just, again, just a sample right now.

[36:58] Okay, so here you've got kind of the bones, the agenda, the sections, and then down here

[37:03] you've got item one, the proclamation, you can click on the link, you'll open up the agenda

[37:09] packet right to that proclamation, it in it's unfortunately just a little slow right now,

[37:18] and there's the proclamation, and then the nice thing is all the items in the agenda packet

[37:22] bookmark so you can just go and click on any one of the items and go right to it so right now

[37:28] you're looking at the meeting overview you could also go to the meeting media right now of course there's

[37:36] no video title to this video but this is what where you'd go to click to actually watch the live

[37:41] meeting or the recorded meeting after the fact and then the next one is the meeting files tab

[37:49] Again, pardon the lag.

[37:56] Oh.

[37:57] Sorry.

[37:59] All right.

[37:59] And then again, you're back to this page with the bookmarks

[38:01] for each item and the whole agenda packet here.

[38:05] And then, I don't see it here.

[38:09] But there is also, oh, no, here it is.

[38:11] The submit comment.

[38:12] So this is, again, similar to our e-comment feature

[38:14] in the previous, into the previous agenda

[38:18] you could submit an e-comment directly for that item.

[38:22] Right now, this is just set per agenda,

[38:26] so you have to just notify what item number you're speaking on.

[38:31] And that's pretty much it.

[38:34] That's kind of the new layout of the new agenda

[38:37] management system for everybody.

[38:40] Are there any questions?

[38:44] Does it look like we have any questions?

[38:46] Thank you.

[38:48] Mayor, that concludes my report.

[38:52] So I go ahead and I will go ahead and open up public comments.

[38:55] I do not have any speaker slips.

[38:57] I do have speaker slips.

[39:00] There on their way.

[39:12] So I'd like to call up Tristine.

[39:19] Welcome.

[39:32] So I now have my answer.

[39:35] I was wondering whether the amendment that appears in small print

[39:41] was the same as builders remedy in the conditional certification of the coastal approval

[39:57] of rezoning the Baylorden and Ben Garton.

[40:06] And just so you know, because I was shocked to see this, but I guess it shouldn't be a surprise.

[40:14] It says that the developer now has something called use by right.

[40:20] And that means this says in this little amendment that was in small print.

[40:26] 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.

[40:51] So,

[40:55] we have lost and this is now baked in to the approvals for these

[41:00] rezonings.

[41:01] It will now create precedent for them going forward.

[41:05] It seems that we really have, we are going to have very little approval over what they

[41:14] and those of us who live at Baylor, who are very worried about the impact on our parking

[41:25] and our escape routes in the case of an emergency,

[41:32] we feel in despair really.

[41:36] So just, you know, heads up, this is where things are.

[41:39] And if the supervisors approve it tomorrow, which they will, it's just going to be a rubber stamp.

[41:49] Then this is what we live with.

[41:52] And there will be more rezoning and this will now be the way it is.

[42:01] Thank you.

[42:02] Thank you for your comments.

[42:06] Carl Sunkin?

[42:09] Welcome.

[42:17] Yes, I'm a neighbor of Tristines and I've spoken out before about the Baylor project.

[42:27] Now approved by the Coastal Commission.

[42:30] I'm just hoping that the City Council can go to their private telephones tonight.

[42:35] Maybe call some of their friends on the board of supervisors and see what you can do about trying to protect us

[42:41] because this bailer development looks now like it is baked in.

[42:50] So I'm just hoping that the council can work with us or work in our favor.

[42:56] Thank you.

[42:58] Thank you for your comments.

[43:01] I'd like to forget about, uh, to, well, I don't see any others.

[43:04] Make yourselves do we have anyone on Zoom?

[43:06] I'm here. We do have one raised hand.

[43:08] Right. We have a Betty Jepson.

[43:10] Betty? Go ahead.

[43:12] Yes, good afternoon, Mayor and City Council.

[43:17] I urge you to do what you can to oppose this development.

[43:22] There is a very bad precedent by bundling the Baylord property

[43:27] with the Van Vinguden properties because they are not continues.

[43:34] They are not the same.

[43:36] Van Vinguden was in Sacramento speaking in favor

[43:39] of having his two parcels developed, Baylord is completely opposed, including by yourselves,

[43:47] the city of Cargandaria. You did a wonderful job. You have fantastic material on your website,

[43:54] against the development. It is a death trap trying to have this property with 173 units behind

[44:02] to see the village, which already is 280 units representing 1,400 residents, and the Villa del Mar

[44:11] on the other side, trying all to get out on Baylor, in Sacramento, to the developer for

[44:19] Red Tail, said that he had three escape units. I have only seen one. I'm speaking tonight

[44:27] for myself, but I was the President of Casita's village when I wrote a letter on March 7th of 2024,

[44:36] and the developer got in my face and said, if Casita's village doesn't give us your back alley

[44:43] for our second escape route, which is the city of Carme de Ria requires,

[44:47] we're going to take it by eminent domain using a housing authority to do so.

[44:52] And that is what I think, if they have one, their second exit route is that out.

[45:00] A long-stukasitas village, private property, casitas village, peace taxes on it, and it is the only way for everyone on

[45:09] birch street to leave. It is where their garages back out on to. And finally, we're already casitas village and

[45:19] more providing housing for workers. And most people have cars. They have a very difficult

[45:27] time-parking as it is. The casinos really just constantly having hearings on fines for people

[45:34] who park in the fire lanes. It is extremely dangerous. It is not just a matter of providing housing,

[45:41] but it's also a matter of what you have so wonderfully done in the past and continue to do.

[45:47] It's provides the safety and health benefits for those people who already reside in carbon

[45:53] do, yeah.

[45:54] So I really applaud you for what you've done, but please don't give up, please continue

[45:59] to do the work, opposing this project.

[46:01] Thank you.

[46:04] Thank you for your comments.

[46:06] And Mayor, that concludes Zoom a comment.

[46:09] We'll go ahead and officially close public comment.

[46:11] I'll bring it back to the council.

[46:12] If there's any final questions or comments.

[46:15] Okay.

[46:16] Thank you for the city manager's report.

[46:17] We'll now move on to, we're going to back up a little and hear from Daisy, who will provide

[46:24] a public information report and announcements from our First District Supervisors Office.

[46:33] Welcome.

[46:34] Hello, good evening, Mayor Allercon, and for us at the Council, apologies for the tardiness.

[46:41] Thanks for being understanding.

[46:42] I was listening.

[46:44] Congratulations, Brian.

[46:46] You really are totally awesome.

[46:49] So thanks.

[46:49] I like working with you.

[46:52] Okay, I have a bunch of updates because I wasn't here in December, so bear with me.

[46:59] The first thing I wanted to update everyone on was tomorrow.

[47:04] The Board of Supervisors has an item on the resones, the LCP resones that went to the Coastal Commission,

[47:13] and what's coming back. So what's coming back before the board is an acceptance of the modifications

[47:20] that were proposed by the Coastal Commission. The board unanimously accepted the

[47:28] resones with the modifications of at least 32 percent of the units that are built have to be affordable

[47:37] and those affordable units have to last the lifetime of the project.

[47:45] So, those are, that's the scope of what the supervisors are voting on tomorrow.

[47:56] We are going to, that item is A20, and our office is pulled it, because we have questions about it.

[48:04] We would like to get some clarity on the withdrawal of the Builder's Remedy project, specifically

[48:11] at Baylord and what that means for a new project, and we're asking about SQA and EIR requirements,

[48:20] as it pertains to the fine print, actually, that is in the resounds.

[48:26] So we did pull that item, it's administrative item 20, if anybody wants to make public comment,

[48:32] There's the availability to do it on Zoom.

[48:35] Just like here.

[48:37] OK.

[48:40] Moving on, the Baylor project is probably the number one thing

[48:45] we get questions about from Carpenteria Residence.

[48:50] Well, there's two items.

[48:51] I'll get to the other one later.

[48:54] I just want to preface this with.

[48:57] There's a lot of unanswered questions about Baylor.

[49:00] there's a lot of info out there that is old info because we just haven't seen a project yet.

[49:08] The last project that we have seen was under Builders Remedy. It's from 2024.

[49:15] It is the project that the Coastal Commission poked holes in and got of a verbal

[49:22] recognition that they were going to redo the project. I'm sure they worked on it with the

[49:29] Postal Commission, but no one has seen an updated plan.

[49:35] So when folks say that this is a project that has been

[49:39] approved, this project has not been approved,

[49:41] because we haven't seen the project.

[49:43] No one has seen the project.

[49:45] We're waiting on that.

[49:47] So I want to give you a bit of a status update.

[49:50] So back in December, we had a meeting.

[49:54] We host our office hosted a meeting here, actually.

[49:57] So we co-hosted, I guess.

[49:58] with the city managers, city manager Ramirez was there and a

[50:05] assistant city manager, Kins was there and director Bob Roth was there, the

[50:10] housing authority reps were there, the red tail reps were there, our county

[50:14] planning and development reps were there and our office was there. This is

[50:19] very uncommon, this is not how things typically go and our goal is to get more

[50:27] collaboration and more transparency and more answers, so the result of that meeting was an agreement

[50:35] to move forward with more transparency and agreement to move forward with more collaboration

[50:40] and an agreement from red tail and the housing authority to co-host info sessions on the

[50:47] project itself and the different ways that the community can apply for housing.

[50:56] So that was how that meeting ended.

[51:00] The next status is that we're waiting on the Builders Remedy to be withdrawn

[51:06] and a new project to be submit.

[51:11] I don't think it's controversial to say that we do not want a Builders Remedy project.

[51:18] We would like to see more, we would like to see it move through the process

[51:23] so that there is more input from community members and the county.

[51:30] I just want to reflect that we I've met with a lot of the folks behind us.

[51:36] I've we've met with them in person.

[51:37] We've talked to them on the phone.

[51:40] I appreciate all the questions here.

[51:42] And so we are very aware of the concerns of more development,

[51:45] meaning an impact of parking, an impact of traffic flow, major safety concerns, especially

[51:54] for the folks that lived through the Thomas Fire evacuations. Safety around the park and pedestrians

[52:01] and access. So as I said, it's uncommon that our office would be so involved,

[52:14] it's

[52:15] common to try and get more answers and more transparency. So where we are is we are

[52:22] waiting on the new project. We are waiting on the Baylor team to withdraw the

[52:28] builders remedy and apply for a new one through the Santa Barbara County application

[52:35] process. And once that happens we're going to try and set a meeting with Redtail,

[52:42] city and county engineers and fire marshal Lamonico to consider the

[52:51] ingress egress options. Again, very uncommon, but trying to figure out if there is

[53:02] a solution and what is best for the community.

[53:08] So that's my update on bailer.

[53:09] I'll pause there and ask if there's any questions.

[53:14] Just a quick comment.

[53:14] I really appreciate that update a lot.

[53:16] I think that's a lot of information that I know I wasn't aware of and that the community wasn't either.

[53:21] So thank you so much.

[53:22] It sounds like you're going to be following up as some of these next steps are met.

[53:28] So I'm sure we'll be hearing more from you in future updates and presentations.

[53:32] You can expect a monthly update on this.

[53:35] And always feel free to email us with any questions.

[53:38] 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.

[53:49] Thank you.

[53:49] Yeah, of course.

[53:51] Yes, I have a few questions for you.

[53:53] First of all, you did talk about concerns about the

[53:58] Congress, egress traffic flows, things like that, but you have not addressed that could hear.

[54:04] The impact infrastructure, I mean, inclusive to that one, it's going to be a substantial amount

[54:09] of load that the city is going to be taking on with these new housing units, only because

[54:15] there's no other basically, no other infrastructure or municipalities that's even close to that.

[54:22] They also, there's no access coming in the backside, so everything that's going to be going

[54:26] into these housing units are going to be coming in from the city.

[54:30] So I would like to maybe have the Board of Supervisors

[54:34] consider taking a look at how we could coordinate support

[54:38] within that jurisdictions, within the two jurisdictions

[54:41] to make sure that we have adequate supplies, services,

[54:46] and fulfill the needs that's going to happen

[54:48] with the success of traffic and load to our infrastructures

[54:52] that's going to be kind of from the homes themselves.

[54:55] That's one point. The second point we talked about transparencies.

[54:59] 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.

[55:06] Make sure that they are also involved. For example, that one there is in District 4 within the city.

[55:12] We also have the element coming in on Baylor that's District 2.

[55:15] Those two, I think, would be very specific to actually have some neighborhood input on those also.

[55:20] Prior to the actual hearing of those projects.

[55:23] 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

[55:31] Craven's lane is not improved anything beyond the city limits barely has two lanes available to that

[55:38] Has no walkways nothing else. We have power lines literally right next to the road

[55:43] So I think that's going to be another major concern that we'll have even though that does have

[55:48] Access in from the county side most of the people will be coming to the city probably

[55:53] not following the foothill road.

[55:58] Council Member Numerat through the chair.

[56:01] Thank you for all of those points.

[56:04] I will specifically look into Cravens and make sure that's an update next time.

[56:10] As for the outreach to the communities and neighbors, that is very much on the agenda

[56:16] of things we're trying to do.

[56:18] We are waiting to get a project in hand.

[56:21] I don't think it's really worth scrutinizing a project that doesn't exist yet.

[56:26] We have the old one, but it's, it's moot at this point.

[56:30] There's things that we know aren't even on that anymore.

[56:35] So I will, I would love to reach out to all of you every time there's a development purpose

[56:41] in your district.

[56:42] I would say regardless of the developer, we start going to have the same or similar impacts.

[56:46] Regardless of if it's reduced or not, it's still going to happen.

[56:49] 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

[56:57] It's coming from county taxes should be up actually supporting and helping us that also.

[57:03] We'll work on it.

[57:05] Thank you.

[57:06] Mm-hmm and I'll just I appreciate that update and I appreciate councilmember Numerous comments as well

[57:12] And just even your clarification in terms of like there is an updated project as a yeah and although

[57:18] This cross coordination collaboration may be uncommon.

[57:21] It's likely that that property will be annexed to the city.

[57:24] So my hope is that Carpenteria will continue to not only advocate for itself,

[57:28] but see some real impacts or changes to the project itself.

[57:34] And so with that, and I appreciate your perspective in terms of how the meeting went.

[57:37] But I will look to staff to stay here from them in terms of their perspective on how that meeting went,

[57:43] and how you all walked away and potential accepts.

[58:00] Thank you for that question.

[58:02] So I think Daisy really touched on it.

[58:04] The city was involved, you know, council member Mayor and I went up to that Coastal Commission

[58:10] meeting.

[58:11] And there was some comments made that suggested that the city was less than cooperative

[58:15] in the past.

[58:16] And so I was very interested in meeting and hopefully establishing a new level of cooperation

[58:22] understanding that when the city was first approached, there was no approval for the project.

[58:28] and understanding that this is an approved project now wanting to start these conversations

[58:36] so that we can advocate for the best of the city.

[58:39] We didn't get very far other than please be more transparent.

[58:42] Wait until there's a project for us to actually talk about, you know, we expressed many

[58:48] of the concerns that Councilmember Nemora had shared, and so really it was just some of

[58:54] those first initial steps and we were happy that Supervisor Lee helped orchestrate that.

[59:01] There's some other steps that I'm just in an information gathering phase right now and

[59:06] speaking with the county on potentially expanding the city sphere of influence, which is sort

[59:12] of a prerequisite to consideration of annexation and potential like a tax sharing agreement

[59:19] for money to offset some of the impacts to our infrastructure, but I'm still very much in

[59:27] an information gathering phase there and when I have more information and a project and various

[59:33] things look forward to bringing that back to your council.

[59:36] Thank you.

[59:39] Thank you Daisy for entertaining all this questions as well.

[59:42] Of course.

[59:43] We'll buckle up.

[59:44] There's more things to talk about.

[59:46] Okay.

[59:46] 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.

[1:00:00] Student streamlining and housing accommodation amendments. This is a big package that is supposed

[1:00:11] to create faster approvals for low-impact projects by shifting them to streamline level reviews,

[1:00:21] limiting what can be appealed, standardizing procedures to make rules easier to understand and

[1:00:28] apply clearer zoning code to remove outdated provisions, reduced redundancy, and clearer

[1:00:37] explanations of how regulations apply. There's proposals on how to modernize commercial

[1:00:43] zones to allow mixed use development, and adjusting standards to multi-family zones, such

[1:00:52] height and setbacks in open space. This is a big, big project that will likely have very big

[1:01:02] impacts to communities. So this was brought to the board in December as an informational item

[1:01:11] and tomorrow is the first hearing on this. Our office has a lot of questions about how these

[1:01:20] changes will particularly benefit single-family homeowners, local business owners, so we have a lot of

[1:01:31] questions and would expect this to get continued. We did pass it along to some city staff for their

[1:01:42] thoughts on it. We asked planning development the last time. This came to the board if they had

[1:01:48] shout to cities and they had said no. So we are hoping that we get a clear answer on that tomorrow.

[1:01:58] This is a big package. So we are expected to come back a few times before and change.

[1:02:08] Especially somebody brought up earlier the use by Wright, which is a state mandated housing term.

[1:02:16] We want to understand how these changes in county planning and development process, interplay

[1:02:24] with how the state mandated housing elements, how they all play together.

[1:02:32] Sorry, I'm kind of losing track of my words, but we want to make sure that the community

[1:02:39] character and public safety are top of mind when these changes go through. What goes through.

[1:02:47] So it's a really big item tomorrow. And I'm sorry, this is coming a little bit last minute,

[1:02:53] but I would expect it to carry on through another hearing.

[1:02:59] Again, that was department item five

[1:03:02] for anybody that's interested in looking at it. All right. Could we be coming on that one also

[1:03:09] moving forward or- oh yeah yeah please okay on that one there my question would be

[1:03:14] or request would be actually is to request the board of directors supervisors to

[1:03:21] actually take a look at the perspective from the municipality sides too that was

[1:03:26] one thing that was basically omitted during the state hearing by the coastal

[1:03:31] commission so it would be nice to know that our supervisors are actually looking

[1:03:36] at it from the adjacent properties, looking from the outside in and from the inside out.

[1:03:42] I think that will make a big difference for us again.

[1:03:45] It seemed to be missing completely from the Coastal Commission hearing.

[1:03:52] Yes, we definitely want the city's perspective on this, especially as it pertains to

[1:03:59] height and setbacks and green space and open space and landscaping.

[1:04:05] those are the things that make a community have character so we're interested in

[1:04:13] retaining that as much as possible. Thank you. And I think it's clear that the

[1:04:17] city has acted in that same interest for a long time.

[1:04:24] Richard, what's the first district's feelings about the limitation of appeals?

[1:04:34] that it needs to be re-looked at.

[1:04:38] Okay, that's a good start.

[1:04:40] Yeah.

[1:04:41] I think the question we have to ask ourselves is,

[1:04:44] what do we lose when appeals are off the table?

[1:04:51] There's a lot that happens in the appeal process.

[1:04:55] So, you know, if that's being taken off the table,

[1:04:59] why and who's benefit?

[1:05:08] Any more questions on this?

[1:05:11] Okay. This will be an interesting item tomorrow. I'm sure with a lot of other questions from

[1:05:20] the other supervisors. This is a big deal to all five supervisors and they all come with

[1:05:28] their own perspectives and opinions in different communities. So it's been, we are brown

[1:05:33] I believe with Chair Nelson on this and we've had some interesting conversations about it already.

[1:05:41] So I look forward to seeing what happens tomorrow.

[1:05:45] Okay.

[1:05:46] The cannabis update.

[1:05:49] So there was the timeline to file for an extension for the odor abatement plan was mid December

[1:05:58] and eight operators filed for extensions for the carbon scrubber installation and nine operators

[1:06:08] have submitted updated odor abatement plans and they have installed their technology and

[1:06:15] are tinkering with it. So as a reminder, March 18th is the compliance deadline.

[1:06:24] So what

[1:06:26] third, there is a Board of Supervisors hearing about the extensions.

[1:06:33] So planning and development will make a presentation for each of the operators that have asked for an extension.

[1:06:40] And the supervisors will decide to grant an extension or not to and the parameters of that extension to each operator.

[1:06:50] So this will be case by case. There will not be a blanket extension approval or denial

[1:06:58] to all eight. It will be by operator and different parameters will apply to different operators.

[1:07:08] So that is the hearing on the third. The idea is that the third, if there's something that

[1:07:16] to be changed if there's an issue determining the extension or the parameters, there can be a

[1:07:22] continuance to the March 17th deadline. To the March 17th Board of Supervisors meetings,

[1:07:28] excuse me, one day before the compliance deadline on the 18th. So in addition to planning

[1:07:37] a development, bringing a presentation on each of the extensions and the requests by the operators,

[1:07:44] They will also bring information about enforcement procedures, so what happens when operators are out of compliance.

[1:07:54] What is the process for violation? What is the process for fees?

[1:07:58] And what is the process for ultimately revoking a business license?

[1:08:04] Just to give you a little clarity as a reminder, the planning and development department handles compliance,

[1:08:11] where is the CEO's office at the county handles business licenses and

[1:08:17] the assessor's office handles taxes.

[1:08:21] So it is very interdepartmental and so that is all being

[1:08:26] hashed out right now and will be presented on the third as to how to handle enforcement.

[1:08:33] And that is my cannabis update.

[1:08:36] Your questions on that before I move on.

[1:08:39] 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

[1:08:49] the cannabis deadline.

[1:08:51] So.

[1:08:52] Informants.

[1:08:53] Yes.

[1:08:55] Councilmember Numerat through the chair.

[1:08:58] There is there is already

[1:09:04] enforcement going out for violations, there's notice of violations going out for the odor that those nasal

[1:09:12] rangers, folks are getting letters from the planning and development department that they, you

[1:09:22] know, odor has been detected, but the enforcement part of it is what I believe has been kind

[1:09:31] a sticky question and an unsolvable problem and that's what's being presented on the third

[1:09:37] is the, not the enforcement, the, you know, yeah, the enforcement. Thanks. Yeah, from what

[1:09:47] we were told if they went in conformist by March 18th that they would be having their licenses

[1:09:53] revoked. So that's what is, that's what will, we'll find out how that happens. How many notices

[1:10:00] the violations does one get? How many? What is the fee penalty? That's sort of thing.

[1:10:11] All righty. Moving right along.

[1:10:16] Okay. So I just wanted to now for a fun thing. Thank you for

[1:10:23] approving the $800,000 funding agreement between the county and the city of Carpenteria.

[1:10:33] shout out to Chinat Gantt for really doing the heavy lifting on the city side.

[1:10:39] That is going to the board on February 3rd for approval, so that's really exciting.

[1:10:47] $200,000, sorry, $800,000 for the Carpenteria Bluffs and the maintenance and preservation for the future.

[1:11:00] So thanks, everyone.

[1:11:02] All ready.

[1:11:03] Bye-bye, real quick.

[1:11:04] Since I've been beating you up so much, I did want to acknowledge it.

[1:11:07] Thank you to the supervisors for that contribution.

[1:11:10] Very generous, and it's very much appreciated within our city.

[1:11:15] Happy to do it.

[1:11:15] And also we really have to thank the first district under supervisor Williams for starting this.

[1:11:23] So it's nice to have a big collaboration on it.

[1:11:28] Okay,

[1:11:31] speaking of, was a big Brian Knight and it's a big Chevron Knight, there is a hearing

[1:11:36] coming before the State Lands Commission on the 9th of February to handle the Chevron

[1:11:44] Shell Mounds.

[1:11:46] From my understanding, the Chevron platforms, they're called the 4-H, they're Hazel,

[1:11:54] Heidi, Hilda, and Hope, they were decommissioned in the 90s, and part of that decommissioning

[1:12:04] was there were some remnants of some shells that had built up around the platform bottoms.

[1:12:14] So there was some contention between the fishermen and the trawlers about the removal of

[1:12:21] those mounds. And in 2013, Chevron and the State Lands Commission and the Trollers, all agreed

[1:12:31] on a plan to let Chevron kind of off the hook. Probably shouldn't say like that, but

[1:12:41] that's how I'm going to say it. So fast forward to now, the State Lands Commission is meeting

[1:12:50] to determine the least termination agreement, so they are proposing to terminate the oil and

[1:13:00] gas leases of Chevron oil in order and they'll have to monitor the mounds for seismic activity

[1:13:09] for 30 years. The alternative is forcing them to remove the mounds altogether. There's been

[1:13:17] some white papers about the removal process and whether or not that is more harmful to remove them or not.

[1:13:29] But this is happening right off of the coast of Carpenteria.

[1:13:33] So, our office plans on making a comment.

[1:13:36] We have written letters to the State Lands Commission advocating for full removal.

[1:13:42] we have met with the State Lands Commission and we will see what happens but I want to

[1:13:49] jewel to know that that's what's happening just right off our waters. Okay and the very

[1:13:55] last thing I wanted to mention was we went to the County Public Health Carpenteria Care

[1:14:02] Center recently we took a tour with the incredible staff over there and they said we

[1:14:10] would love to give a tour to the City Council members and staff and offer up an informational

[1:14:18] presentation for the Council on what it is exactly that they are doing over at your

[1:14:25] Carpenteria Community Clinic and offer you up some stats on the community that they're

[1:14:30] serving and what they do. I think the thing I really loved about when I went there was

[1:14:38] They're sliding scale for payment, so they do not want to turn people away for guardless

[1:14:44] of payment, so I think that's really admirable.

[1:14:49] And so I put in my notes that are in the agenda, you can email Jeanette Gummer.

[1:14:57] She's the health care administrator there.

[1:15:00] Can email her to set up a tour and she would love to have you. And have an informational meeting as well.

[1:15:05] If you're interested in that. Those are all of my updates. Thank you for being patient with me.

[1:15:12] So, there's any questions? I can take them.

[1:15:16] Like, there aren't any questions, but I will open up public comment. I do not have any speakers list.

[1:15:22] Do we have anyone in the public who would like to make any comment based on the report we just received?

[1:15:27] Yes, ma'am, please feel free to come to the podium.

[1:15:43] So the amendment that I read to you, that eliminates so many agencies from being able

[1:15:52] to review the development and our concern, particularly as the Baylord one, that amendment

[1:16:01] is up for vote tomorrow. In other words, we could by objecting to that

[1:16:10] amendment and getting the supervisors to delete that amendment. We were told at

[1:16:18] the Coastal Commission meeting, and please correct me, you were there, Daisy, right?

[1:16:25] Oh, you were not.

[1:16:27] Well nothing about this amendment came up or it was presented that, oh, this is so great.

[1:16:36] They're adding additional affordable units, isn't that wonderful?

[1:16:41] That was the change that we have been told consistently is being voted on tomorrow to be

[1:16:49] approved for the final rezoning.

[1:16:51] 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.

[1:17:17] and that is being voted on tomorrow. So, you know, to talk about waiting for their, you

[1:17:27] know, their other draft, you know, it's that they don't need builders remedy anymore. They

[1:17:35] have everything they need, and I don't know what commissions are going to do any reviews,

[1:17:41] 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.

[1:18:05] And I hope you will address that because nothing that the Coastal Commission said included that at the meeting.

[1:18:18] Ma'am, I'll just ask that you address the council.

[1:18:22] Yeah.

[1:18:22] Well, so that's, you know, if there's anybody have any questions from me because I've just, you know,

[1:18:32] was surprised when I looked in the little thing and said,

[1:18:39] amendments, and then buried.

[1:18:42] Way, way down there was this alarming

[1:18:46] permissions that eliminates review.

[1:18:50] So we can talk about review or what we want

[1:18:52] to know cooperating with them, but nobody has any teeth anymore.

[1:18:57] Thank you for your comments.

[1:18:59] Do we have anyone else in the public?

[1:19:02] Seeing none.

[1:19:03] I will look to Brian.

[1:19:04] Do we have anyone to be a Zoom?

[1:19:05] We do have a speaker, a Betty Jackson Betty.

[1:19:09] Go ahead.

[1:19:11] Thank you.

[1:19:12] Based on these comments,

[1:19:14] I would say that the city council,

[1:19:19] please do whatever they can to get a delay.

[1:19:22] On that vote tomorrow,

[1:19:23] if there is any chance that this property

[1:19:26] will be annexed back to the city, shouldn't the city be allowed in subjection that it originally

[1:19:32] stated? I can tell you that the plans called for three story buildings for all of those buildings

[1:19:41] behind, because it is village on Baylord and they only have very limited parking, they said that

[1:19:50] is going to limit each unit to having one car. I challenge them to be able to do that and that's

[1:19:58] why there's going to be so much overflow of parking onto the streets. And I agree with Mr.

[1:20:06] Nemura that it's going to be a financial impact on the city of Carpentaria. I can't stress

[1:20:13] enough how many good points were made in the material that's on your website and in the 75 page

[1:20:20] report that was sent to the Coastal Commission which was ignored. I also wonder how much

[1:20:26] are the units going to cost that are not the 32% affordable housing and what is affordable

[1:20:32] housing? No one has clarified or specified money dollars. What are those costs? All they

[1:20:42] were talking about was they remembered when they were little, being able to live close to

[1:20:46] their mom and dad worked. And that's why they voted in favor of this project. So I'm very

[1:20:53] concerned about this moving forward and I really appreciate anything at all that you can do

[1:20:58] to get a delay for us. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Mayor, that concludes Zoom comment.

[1:21:05] Well, go ahead and close. Sir, do you have another comment? I was just wondering.

[1:21:10] Oh, please stand up to the podium.

[1:21:13] Okay. Thank you.

[1:21:18] Since Daisy works for the supervisor.

[1:21:21] Is there any way that he could get this pulled from the agenda tomorrow?

[1:21:26] I mean, is there any way at all?

[1:21:28] I'm sure I'll ask that you address the council.

[1:21:31] Please let us know when you're done with your minutes.

[1:21:35] That's okay. That's it.

[1:21:36] Okay. Thank you.

[1:21:38] Seeing no other speakers in the room, no one else on Zoom Brian.

[1:21:42] I'll go ahead and officially close public comment.

[1:21:45] And then I'll just look to Jay-Z and again,

[1:21:48] thank you for your report.

[1:21:49] My hope is that you'll be able to speak with some of the speakers

[1:21:52] tonight because it sounds as though they may still

[1:21:54] have some questions for you.

[1:21:56] And of course, our supervisor, thank you.

[1:21:59] OK.

[1:21:59] We will now move on to public comment.

[1:22:02] I'm atters not in the agenda.

[1:22:04] And we will hear from Brian Moots, followed by Teresa Alvarez.

[1:22:11] 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.

[1:22:23] He's dedicated, he's very patient with me, and I really appreciate it. So again, congratulations.

[1:22:28] Number two, I won't take much longer.

[1:22:30] I want to thank you, and I agree with your stance with Minneapolis, with the citizens in the Vietnam Minneapolis.

[1:22:35] these words and events are not empty, they look at other communities and hoping they have allies and they do have allies.

[1:22:42] I was here because I'll be coming up soon with Cobb Ray Beautiful, and Jeanette Gantt has these plans.

[1:22:50] I was hoping we have members come in.

[1:22:53] Lyus Sprag is about a program called the Shore Savor program.

[1:22:57] It's a simple program.

[1:22:59] It's going to be effective program.

[1:23:00] might, he, I'm here, this is what you know, the company of beautiful is fully behind it.

[1:23:05] I'm fully behind in some of the funding, fully behind in some of the maintenance of this program.

[1:23:11] If you're saying a question, it's about it. I know she's not busy, but Janette Gantt has been

[1:23:15] kept in the loop completely. So, a short-saving, really quickly, what is, basically, stations,

[1:23:21] important, but I'm busy, parts of that ocean, beach, LinkedIn and Ash, and what it is is that

[1:23:27] these baskets that the public take and what my hope is these baskets will be they'll put their

[1:23:33] trash in it and then take care of it properly. Start off on the East Coast and it's been very

[1:23:40] successful. We've had some great feedback. Everybody's in favor of it and again,

[1:23:45] a company of beautiful is going to be fully behind it. It's simple. It's effective and if there's

[1:23:51] any questions, I can answer some of them right now but I don't want to take up too much shine

[1:23:56] which, again, has been in the loop and you'll be hearing more of it.

[1:23:59] There's a range of questions about it.

[1:24:01] There's nothing.

[1:24:03] I want to take a bit more time.

[1:24:04] Again, we're behind it 100%.

[1:24:06] And thank you for everything and Brian, congratulations.

[1:24:08] All right.

[1:24:08] Have a good evening.

[1:24:09] Thank you for your comment.

[1:24:11] Theresa Alvarez and Jessica Ramirez.

[1:24:14] Followed by Fred Shaw.

[1:24:20] Good evening, Mayor and City Council members.

[1:24:22] I'm Theresa Alvarez, Executive Director of the Carpenterial Children's Project,

[1:24:26] and I'm also a Carpenterial Resident and Mom.

[1:24:27] I'm here with Jessica Amirah's Director of Family Services at CCP.

[1:24:32] We're here to thank the Carpene City Council for investing in our work to support our immigrant residents

[1:24:36] and to provide an update on the impacts of immigration or a Carpene area community.

[1:24:40] As many of you know, CCP created the helping hands fund in July after the raid with overwhelming support

[1:24:46] from the community.

[1:24:48] We've worked with Girls' Inc and Boys and Girls Club to identify families and need of support.

[1:24:53] You will hear an update from Jessica on how that's all been going.

[1:24:56] You'll hear that the need has not gone away.

[1:24:59] Families continue to say, I'm afraid to leave my house.

[1:25:03] My children are afraid to leave the house.

[1:25:05] My husband was detained and now I'm the sole provider.

[1:25:09] Jessica and her team have been at the frontlines

[1:25:10] of this work, so I'll pass it on to her.

[1:25:16] Good evening, Mayor and Council members.

[1:25:18] At CCP's Family Resource Center,

[1:25:20] we had half to shift and redirect our work

[1:25:23] to meet the critical needs in our community right now.

[1:25:26] So for the past 13 months, even before July,

[1:25:28] back in November, actually, when the election first happened, we started receiving an outpouring

[1:25:35] amount of calls, messages and just, you know, community members walking into CCP and letting

[1:25:40] us know how fearful they were for this coming year. And now that we're in this coming year,

[1:25:46] their fear was rightfully so. Parents are afraid to leave their homes, children are afraid to go

[1:25:51] to school, caring and immense fear that not only their parents may be taken away while they're

[1:25:57] school, but that they themselves could be taken as well. This is not something that is happening

[1:26:02] in another city or another state. This is happening right here in Carpenteria. Ice was present

[1:26:08] in our community on January 14th, just a week and a half ago. When a man was taken on his way to work,

[1:26:15] during that incident, a volunteer from the local grassroots group, Carpenteria, seen from Thedas,

[1:26:21] was pepper sprayed simply for alerting the community to ice's presence.

[1:26:24] By only one person was taken that day, the ripple effects it leaves in our community have been devastating.

[1:26:32] Parents are living in fear and are unable to go to work. Children are facing to go to school.

[1:26:36] Families are missing doctors' appointments. The crisis is still here and it's ongoing.

[1:26:42] This means lost wages, housing insecurity, food insecurity, and lack of adequate medical care.

[1:26:49] In response, here's what we've been doing at CCP to support a community.

[1:26:55] Through generous donations from community members, foundations and the city,

[1:27:00] we have provided grocery essential deliveries to 53 families.

[1:27:05] With some families receiving up to 6 deliveries straight to their home.

[1:27:10] We have distributed 12 grants for rent and utility assistance through our helping hands fund.

[1:27:15] We have connected four families who are directly impacted by immigration enforcement to therapy and

[1:27:20] counseling services, and they are actually receiving ongoing case management support from our team.

[1:27:26] We have also partnered with a local clinician-led grassroots organization, clinicians for change,

[1:27:32] to host community mental health events focused on healing from the trauma caused by all this crisis.

[1:27:38] We plan to continue offering these events monthly for those directly impacted,

[1:27:42] and for those community members who have been impacted with secondary trauma.

[1:27:48] At the same time, many families have lost access to health care for their deepening the harm.

[1:27:54] Here are a few ways the city can take action to support our community.

[1:28:00] Number one, fund immigrant serving organizations such as the 805 and Docky Fund,

[1:28:05] the Santa Barbara Immigrant Legal Defense Center and Carpenteria Children's Project.

[1:28:10] Continue to bring visibility to this issue and actively look for ways to support affected

[1:28:14] families.

[1:28:15] So again, thank you, Council Member Meyer, for addressing and bringing the moment of silence

[1:28:20] for Minneapolis community members murdered by ICE.

[1:28:24] Demand transparency and communication from the Sheriff's Department regarding when ICE

[1:28:28] will be present in Carpentria.

[1:28:30] They're aware of this before we are, so it's important for us to ask for that accountability

[1:28:35] and transparency and communication.

[1:28:38] Volunteers from the grassroots group, Carving Therias Simfron Thedas, are out every morning

[1:28:42] as early as 4am patrolling the city to protect our community.

[1:28:47] The city should be doing everything it can to protect those volunteers, especially with

[1:28:52] those recent murders of responders and Minneapolis.

[1:28:55] We cannot normalize this, our community deserves safety, dignity, and the ability to live

[1:29:00] without fear.

[1:29:01] Thank you.

[1:29:02] Thank you.

[1:29:13] Good evening Mayor, Council staff, and people listening in.

[1:29:20] I'm Fred Shaw, and I'm here for our Carpentry community, I hope that our community

[1:29:27] suicide prevention group and the following remarks are from the County Department of

[1:29:34] Behavioral Wellness.

[1:29:35] As we step into 2026, the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness is reminding

[1:29:42] the community of the importance of prioritizing mental health and well-being. A new year offers

[1:29:49] an opportunity to reflect, reset and adopt habits that support a balanced and fulfilling life.

[1:29:57] Taking care of our mental health is just as important.

[1:30:00] As caring for our physical health. With the new year behavioral wellness encourages everyone to focus

[1:30:06] on simple, intentional steps to nurture their emotional and mental well-being. Here are several

[1:30:13] self-care steps that can support that emotional well-being. Practice mindful goal setting. Many of

[1:30:21] us feel overwhelmed with the focus on resolutions. Instead, choose small, attainable goals that align

[1:30:29] with your values, celebrate your progress no matter how small.

[1:30:34] Prioritize rest and relaxation, getting enough sleep as a central for emotional resilience,

[1:30:41] aim for seven to nine hours of sleep each night, and consider making simple relaxation

[1:30:46] techniques such as meditation or breathing exercises, a part of your evening routine.

[1:30:52] Move your body. Regular physical activity improves mood and reduces stress. Whether it's a quick

[1:31:00] wrist walk, walking on the beach, gardening or dancing, find an activity you enjoy and stick with it.

[1:31:08] Cultivate connection. Reach out to friends, family, faith-based or community groups. Building in maintaining

[1:31:15] positive relationships is a key part of mental well-being.

[1:31:20] Limit your screen time.

[1:31:22] Take breaks from those digital devices to focus on activities that bring joy and help

[1:31:27] you recharge, such as reading or painting or just spending time outdoors.

[1:31:35] Reach out for support when needed.

[1:31:37] If feelings of stress and anxiety or depression persists, reach out for support.

[1:31:43] Behavioral Wellness offers a variety of resources and services to support individuals and their families.

[1:31:52] For assistance, please call the 247 Access Line at 888-868-1649.

[1:32:02] Thank you very much.

[1:32:05] Thank you for your comments.

[1:32:08] We do not have any other speakers, let's do we have anyone on Zoom, Brian?

[1:32:12] Mayer, we have no raised hands.

[1:32:14] I'll go ahead and close public comments.

[1:32:16] And we will move on to the consent calendar.

[1:32:20] Now, I will open up public comment for the consent calendar.

[1:32:22] I do not have any speaker slips.

[1:32:24] Do we have anyone on Zoom?

[1:32:25] Mayer, once again, we have no raised hands.

[1:32:27] I'll go ahead and officially close public comment.

[1:32:29] And bring it back to the council for a motion.

[1:32:31] I move to approve the minutes of the regular meeting,

[1:32:34] held January 12th to 2026.

[1:32:37] To receive and file the warrant register for the period of January 3rd.

[1:32:40] through January 16, 2026, pursuant to the Carpenteria Municipal Code Section 2.08, 0.150F.

[1:32:50] To receive and file the report of contracts executed by the City Manager for the period of December 2,

[1:32:55] 2025 through January 5, 2026, to receive and file the month 3 Treasurer's report on compliance with

[1:33:03] statement of safekeeping and investment of public funds for December 2025. To receive and file

[1:33:09] Quarterly Review of the Pinchland Stabilization Trust to adopt resolution number 6432, ratifying

[1:33:15] Carpenteria Summer Fireland, Carpenteria Summerland Fire Protection District's ordinance.

[1:33:21] Number 2025-02 pursuant to Health and Safety Code.

[1:33:29] 13869.7C, which adopts the 2025 California Fire Code and wildland urban interface code with

[1:33:36] amendments.

[1:33:36] Second, good job.

[1:33:39] Thank you.

[1:33:40] We have a person a second.

[1:33:42] All those in favor.

[1:33:45] We will now move on to administrative matters.

[1:33:48] Item number 10, which is approve and adopt resolution number 643.

[1:33:53] Residing resolution number 6384 and updating the parks, recreation, and community services.

[1:34:00] Department program and facility fee schedule.

[1:34:33] Good evening Mayor Vice Mayor Council.

[1:34:34] Tonight I have with me Lexi Person are one of our Aquatics Program coordinators and together

[1:34:40] we will be presenting to you a few proposed modifications to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services

[1:34:46] Department Program and Facility Feast Schedule.

[1:34:51] This evening we are asking you all to approve an adopt resolution number 6433,

[1:34:57] sending resolution number 6384 and updating the parks, recreation and community services department

[1:35:04] program and facility fee schedule. In April 2025, your council adopted resolution number 6384, updating

[1:35:12] the PRCS program and facility fee schedule. In October of 2025, Lexi presented some feedback from the

[1:35:19] junior lifeguard parent and guardian survey. And in fall of 2025, aquatic staff also analyzed the

[1:35:26] the revenue generation at the bowels.

[1:35:30] Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council members.

[1:35:33] It is wonderful to see you all again.

[1:35:36] Over the last two summers,

[1:35:38] we have received parent feedback regarding

[1:35:40] the Junior Life Guard program.

[1:35:42] The feedback was largely positive about the program.

[1:35:45] However, there were several families

[1:35:46] who shared that the historic seven week session

[1:35:49] of JGs was difficult to manage.

[1:35:51] And some families, one of their children

[1:35:53] to participate in other summer camps.

[1:35:55] and other families wanted time off for other summer trips.

[1:35:59] Additionally, many families requested more JG program time.

[1:36:11] This last summer, oh, thank you.

[1:36:14] This last summer, we solicited feedback via a formal survey,

[1:36:18] which we presented to you in October of last year.

[1:36:21] Based on this feedback, we are proposing some modifications to the program.

[1:36:25] We are proposing an earlier start time,

[1:36:27] Instead of starting the program at 9.30 a.m., we are proposing to start at 9.00 a.m.,

[1:36:32] additionally we are proposing a two session program model and an optional beach afternoon

[1:36:37] recreation camp. For junior lifeguards, families will have the option to further child to

[1:36:42] either participate in one of the two four week sessions or they can register for the full eight week

[1:36:48] session. The beach afternoon camp will be a more fun recreational camp and optional for

[1:36:53] participants to participate in. This camp will run from 1230 to 230 PM and would provide additional

[1:37:00] supervised camp time for working families or those who are not able to pick up their junior

[1:37:04] guard at 1230 PM each day. Similar to the proposed session model for JGs, participants can sign up for

[1:37:11] one of the two four week sessions or can register for the full eight week session.

[1:37:20] We would also

[1:37:20] like to pilot some new additional beach recreation programming. We would like to do kayak surfing

[1:37:27] and stand up out of board lessons.

[1:37:30] Additionally, we would like to propose a scheduled,

[1:37:32] irregularly scheduled beach event called Carp Beach Nights.

[1:37:37] Carp Beach Nights wouldn't be an early evening programming

[1:37:39] in our goal with this proposed event

[1:37:41] would be to create a place of community building

[1:37:43] through ocean recreation.

[1:37:45] Our Beach Life Card team would supervise

[1:37:47] and organize an open water swim and beach run

[1:37:50] for our community members of all ages to join.

[1:37:53] The proposed fees for your consideration are listed here.

[1:37:56] Card Beach Nights would be $15 per participant, the private lessons for ocean recreation

[1:38:01] programming would be $75 per participant, semi private lessons would be $50 per participant

[1:38:07] and group lessons would be $25 per participant.

[1:38:11] For school and non-profit organizations, group lessons would be $15 per participant.

[1:38:19] The proposed junior life card program fees, as can be seen on the screen the current

[1:38:24] fee for the seven week session model of DG's is $675 per participant.

[1:38:29] We are proposing $450 for a four-week session and $900 for an eight-week session.

[1:38:35] The afternoon camp is proposed to be $200 per four-week session.

[1:38:44] 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.

[1:38:52] The four-week and eight-week camp start 30 minutes earlier which adds to the total time of the program.

[1:38:57] 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.

[1:39:12] This evening, we are also asking for your approval on a couple of fee cleanup items, if you will.

[1:39:17] 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.

[1:39:32] If approved, the revised PRCS program and facility fee schedule would become effective on March 1st, 2026.

[1:39:39] This concludes our staff report and we are happy to answer any questions you may have.

[1:39:44] Thank you.

[1:39:45] Thank you so much for the presentation.

[1:39:48] That was very, very nicely done.

[1:39:50] In terms of the ocean recreation lessons,

[1:39:53] is that the first time the city is offering those?

[1:39:55] I don't recall hearing about them before.

[1:39:59] Through the mayor.

[1:40:00] Thank you.

[1:40:01] Vice Mayor.

[1:40:03] From my understanding at one point,

[1:40:04] I think they did, but I think it's been quite a while.

[1:40:08] I think all of us here have not been in that position since that's happened.

[1:40:12] So I do remember at one point, because the Ocean Recreation

[1:40:15] boathouse over at Ash Avenue was used in that capacity at some point,

[1:40:20] but right now it's just been used for rentals.

[1:40:23] That sounds like exciting programming ideas between that and then the beach

[1:40:27] nights that sounds great.

[1:40:29] In terms of the change for the JG sessions, what kind of changes

[1:40:36] are you hoping to see by implementing those?

[1:40:38] is it, are you trying to get more numbers of participants,

[1:40:42] more diversity, more retention,

[1:40:45] what are some of the goals

[1:40:46] with having these other models?

[1:40:49] Through the mayor of vice mayor,

[1:40:50] I think our goal is to always get more people,

[1:40:54] but more than anything,

[1:40:55] we're just trying to create more accessibility.

[1:40:58] We understand that not everybody wants to do seven weeks

[1:41:00] of junior guards.

[1:41:01] I did, I know many other kids will be so excited

[1:41:04] to have eight weeks happen,

[1:41:06] but I know that there are many families

[1:41:07] like to go on trips and want more flexibility. So I think more of our goal is to create more

[1:41:13] adaptable programming, but if we get more kids and that's also a great result, you know,

[1:41:19] a byproduct of this. Great. Thank you. And then are there still scholarships or fee waivers

[1:41:25] or sliding scale for these new models too for the junior guard program? Through the mayor of

[1:41:37] out from getting that finalized, but hopefully our goal is to have that in place, but right now

[1:41:43] I don't have a firm date on when it would be completed.

[1:41:46] Okay.

[1:41:46] Thank you very much.

[1:41:47] And thank you again for the presentation.

[1:41:49] Thank you.

[1:41:53] Thank you for your presentation and I look forward to being participant in Carpe Beach Nights.

[1:41:58] Sign me up.

[1:42:00] With regards to the program having it be eight weeks into four week sessions, is there a threshold

[1:42:07] of kids who need to sign up. Is there any concern that you won't fill the whole eight weeks?

[1:42:16] Through the mayor council member mayor. I think that the

[1:42:20] way that the numbers are looking right now is we'll be able to meet what we the the

[1:42:25] max that we usually meet is at 200 last year we had 180 we're helping for more but staffing is

[1:42:31] looking like we'll be able to fulfill that if there is a reason for any kid that can't get into

[1:42:36] program. Hopefully the two sessions will kind of help make up for that. Based on parent survey

[1:42:41] feedback, we've been able to determine that maybe half of our current participants would

[1:42:46] maybe do eight weeks but of course we can't see that until actually comes to fruition and then the

[1:42:50] other half would be and do four weeks here. I'm gonna do the other four weeks so we're hoping to keep it

[1:42:56] at that 200 but if we need to make changes we'll see what staffing will allow for that.

[1:43:00] So even with half in one session, that would still be a viable, absolutely.

[1:43:06] Okay, great. Thank you. Yeah.

[1:43:09] Any other questions?

[1:43:12] Quick question. It looks like it's not going to be included, but my question would be,

[1:43:17] we had jazisized group come in here and they talked about looking at,

[1:43:22] re-guidating the structure for time that they want to use of the facilities for.

[1:43:27] I don't see it in here, I was just one of the plans to re-look at that, see if the effect

[1:43:33] there's other solutions.

[1:43:38] Yeah, Council Member Nemora, tonight's report is just limited to the new programming.

[1:43:46] So, it's still happy to look into that and bring that back if the Council desires to

[1:43:52] hear that again, but tonight, yeah, it is just limited to the new programs.

[1:43:56] No, that's fine.

[1:43:56] According to the agenda, it was pretty broad as far as the scope of the program.

[1:44:03] Thank you.

[1:44:04] And I would be in support in terms of hearing and update is what you need some additional

[1:44:09] support from additional council members or is that sufficient?

[1:44:12] I can bring that back as part of our city manager's report.

[1:44:16] You know, one of the things that I've had a chance to share with some of you is

[1:44:21] Janet walked into my office last week with a blown socket, and we thankfully, you know,

[1:44:30] one of the things that we did when one of the things that's increased the cost for some of

[1:44:34] the renters is having a staff person on site, and there's always that limit or that low

[1:44:40] but possibility of issues with water or various things, and so actually a fire started in one of the

[1:44:51] to catch that in time and stop that from being any more damage.

[1:44:56] And so I'd still say we're pretty committed to wanting to keep that staff.

[1:45:00] 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.

[1:45:09] 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.

[1:45:22] And so I just to confirm are the afternoon camps that's new. That's not something that we've done in the past.

[1:45:28] Yes, Mayor, this is a new piloted option.

[1:45:33] We considered making the hours longer, but to try to help all families, the families that

[1:45:40] have older children that don't need to be there until 2.30 that can leave on their own.

[1:45:45] We're giving them that option and we'll see how it goes this year and pilot it and go from

[1:45:48] there.

[1:45:49] Thank you.

[1:45:51] And my other question, I appreciate how you have the cost per hour and the session length

[1:45:56] all laid out here. This is really easy to understand, but I do have a question. What was the

[1:46:00] last time we've updated our fees for JGs?

[1:46:04] Mayor Alacon, the fees were updated last fiscal year. So July 1st, last July, it was increased

[1:46:12] to 650 for the seven week program. It was set to be 675 for this summer,

[1:46:24] if that makes

[1:46:25] to be 675. So we're keeping that same per hour rate but made this adjustment. So it's been

[1:46:33] annually for the last couple years. I believe the JG fees have increased incrementally.

[1:46:38] That's a mayor. We do plan on incorporating these fees. Did you mention that already?

[1:46:43] I'm sorry. I don't want to repeat. In the staff report,

[1:46:45] so it's included in the staff report as part of the master fee schedule. So the master fee schedule

[1:46:51] We'll likely come back here and I think in March and that's part of just the annual CPI increases.

[1:46:58] This will not receive an increase being so new.

[1:47:02] The reason why we had to bring it back sooner than that is for registration that occurs prior to summer.

[1:47:07] Great. Thank you.

[1:47:09] And then just I have similar questions in terms of enrollment and staff and what that would cost us.

[1:47:16] But it's clear that we just don't have enough information right now.

[1:47:18] this is such a popular program that I'd just ask for.

[1:47:21] And update as we get closer to the launch.

[1:47:24] And then of course, you all will be recruiting

[1:47:26] for those positions.

[1:47:29] So as Mayor Alicon, of course, we would be happy to provide

[1:47:31] an update and just to add additional clarification.

[1:47:35] Similar to how we piloted the Sunday Sunlessons

[1:47:37] and really truly run recreational programming.

[1:47:40] If the registration numbers aren't up there,

[1:47:43] we don't staff as much.

[1:47:45] So it's really, as we see registration coming through, Lexi is pulling off of her roster

[1:47:50] of staff, who she's already been in touch with, who won a return or interested in this.

[1:47:55] And we move staff over her participants based on the ratio.

[1:48:01] So if we aren't getting high registration numbers, which I don't expect, then we would just

[1:48:08] use those staff either at the beach towers, running these other programs, for other purposes,

[1:48:14] we wouldn't necessarily have that expense if we're not having that revenue.

[1:48:19] And yes, Lexi, we'll keep an eye on registration, has already talked to staff and we'll

[1:48:24] provide enough date.

[1:48:26] Great.

[1:48:26] Thank you.

[1:48:27] Any other final questions?

[1:48:29] I just want to say thank you one more time.

[1:48:32] It's really exciting when you're so reactive or I guess proactive is the better word to

[1:48:38] what dignity needs and that's really what wreck is supposed to be.

[1:48:42] I love to see it.

[1:48:45] So I'll go ahead and open up public comment and do not have any speaker

[1:48:48] steps.

[1:48:48] Do we have anyone on Zoom?

[1:48:51] Mayer, we have no raise hands.

[1:48:53] Okay.

[1:48:53] I'll go ahead and officially close public comment and bring it back to the council and you

[1:48:56] find the questions and I will ask for a motion.

[1:48:59] I'll move to a proven adult resolution number 6433 as read by title only.

[1:49:04] Okay.

[1:49:05] We have a first and a second.

[1:49:06] All those in favor?

[1:49:06] All right.

[1:49:07] All right.

[1:49:08] Thank you.

[1:49:11] And I will just ask for a quick 10 minute break.

[1:49:13] a recess before we come back. Thank you.

[2:01:59] 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.

[2:02:16] 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.

[2:02:33] what is before you is more of a routine process of city staff to bring before you

[2:02:42] authorization to ask for a request for an authorization to issue the notice inviting bids

[2:02:47] for the company and you bridge replacement project like all capital projects this is

[2:02:53] a practice or best practice that city staff goes here counsel to request for authorization just

[2:03:00] inviting or to issue the notice inviting bits. There is no cost for the council to authorize

[2:03:09] this notice inviting bids.

[2:03:13] It's all procedural nature. What will come before the city council is

[2:03:19] when the bids are received. It will be at that time, the city staff will be recommending

[2:03:27] We'll make a recommendation whether to award the project, toss out the bids or re-abvertise.

[2:03:39] So at this time, what is being requested of City Council is to just authorize the

[2:03:45] public rights director to issue the notice inviting bids.

[2:03:48] Just as a refresher, I put on-screen here the actual

[2:03:54] capital improvement program worksheet of the Com-Champion Bridge.

[2:03:59] Just to show you, pictorially, where this particular bridge is.

[2:04:05] This part of Com-Champion Bridge over Com-Champion Bridge that is of the subject matter.

[2:04:12] The general scope of work of the project is to remove and replace the bridge.

[2:04:15] if you recall your council actually approve a small part of the construction phase

[2:04:24] last year to clear and grub the vegetation in order for utility relocation to command.

[2:04:34] So I remember there was a question from our clarification from council america that what

[2:04:39] The clearing rubbers basically is just clearing or removing certain vegetation that has been

[2:04:47] identified through environmental documents that is only allowed to be removed and in this

[2:04:52] particular case or this project, certain vegetation was removed, that includes the trees

[2:04:58] along the creek and some trimming as well.

[2:05:02] So that particular phase of the project, the clearing and grabbing phase is now complete.

[2:05:08] So, this particular part of the phase is the big part of the project is replacement of the bridge.

[2:05:16] So, in your staff report, there's a general timeline of when this is going to go out to bid,

[2:05:23] because right now we're still working with utility companies to relocate their facilities.

[2:05:29] Mainly, Southern California, Edison, Cox Communication, and Frontier Communications with their overhead utility lines.

[2:05:36] So, as soon as they're finished or at least we get a schedule of anticipation of completion of those utility relocations,

[2:05:44] then we'll have a more narrow date of when we will advertise to dead.

[2:05:50] Right now, though your staff versus early 2026, 2026, I like to call that a typographical error,

[2:05:59] and it might have been during the review process of city staff, but it is not early 2026.

[2:06:04] 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

[2:06:19] I would be able to have that flexibility

[2:06:22] tuition notice in inviting bids

[2:06:25] basically anytime during the year

[2:06:28] to go out

[2:06:32] Another, just a reminder, this is a federal aid project, meaning that the highway bridge

[2:06:39] program funds are involved.

[2:06:41] That is through the federal highway administration and the keeper of the money, so to

[2:06:50] say, is CalTrans, California Department of Transportation.

[2:06:53] So they enforce the rules of federal highway administration and they are the keepers of

[2:06:58] 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.

[2:07:08] The right of way phase will recall those phases as well as our environmental document.

[2:07:12] So we have been reimbursed 88.53% to be exact of federally funds and the remaining portion of that 11.47 is city funded.

[2:07:22] So that's background again on the funding, and with that that concludes my presentation pending any questions.

[2:07:33] Yeah, quick question.

[2:07:34] So if Bids come in significantly higher than the engineers estimate,

[2:07:39] which I know we've seen recently several times,

[2:07:41] does that put the federal funds into any kind of jeopardy

[2:07:44] in terms of the timeline of the project or anything like that?

[2:07:49] Vice Mayor Salerson on through the mayor.

[2:07:51] that's always a question I get asked what if a project or the bid's come in higher than

[2:07:57] engineer's estimate which you've pointed out we've seen already and this project I anticipate

[2:08:04] bid's to come in a little higher from the time when the initial estimate was made back in 2010.

[2:08:13] So this project has been around since 2010 and we're very just getting into the construction phase.

[2:08:21] So, to your question, no, it will not jeopardize the federal

[2:08:25] funding, because this is a reimbursement program.

[2:08:28] And what that means is, as long as this project

[2:08:31] project sees activity,

[2:08:35] the federal

[2:08:36] transportation program, the F-tip, federal

[2:08:40] transfer to the program, that's basically the federal

[2:08:44] government's CIP list, as long as it is

[2:08:48] program the FTIP. This project will continue. We'll continue on. Not in definitely, but it

[2:08:55] will continue on and should the bid do come in higher or the apparent low bid comes in higher

[2:09:01] than what was estimated. It's typical of agencies and we're no different to request for additional

[2:09:07] funding for the fire out. We just have to show that we received a apparent low bid and this is

[2:09:12] what's coming and we request for additional funds from the Federal Highway Administration.

[2:09:17] And then just by requesting those funds and that counts as activity on the project, so, you know, would that be accurate?

[2:09:26] Just, uh, vice mayor and council mayor just by doing paperwork.

[2:09:31] Okay.

[2:09:31] I consider that it considered active paperwork as an preliminary engineering.

[2:09:36] As you see, utility relocations are still in process.

[2:09:39] So that is consider activities that are still eligible for funding.

[2:09:42] Got it.

[2:09:43] Thank you very much.

[2:09:48] Thanks.

[2:09:48] And on that same note, it's been 16 years, what if the bid's come in twice as much as

[2:09:58] 2010.

[2:10:01] You know, sure that maybe the federal people are still there, but that's just that much

[2:10:07] more money we have to pay.

[2:10:09] Also, we've got at that point we'd be kicking in two and a half million dollars for this.

[2:10:14] Are we prepared for that situation?

[2:10:18] Yeah, it's a good question.

[2:10:19] It comes from a car through the mayor.

[2:10:22] That's actually on my mind about this project.

[2:10:26] And like all are all the projects,

[2:10:28] does it come in twice?

[2:10:29] Three times, four times, six times higher.

[2:10:33] All we could do right now is ask for that additional funding.

[2:10:36] And yes, you actually alluded to that.

[2:10:40] We request additional funding from the Fed,

[2:10:42] so also that 11.47% participation.

[2:10:45] I just mentioned in the staff report, we have to also kick into filling that gap.

[2:10:53] I don't know what that means until we receive the bid and we provide to a recommendation.

[2:10:59] Thank you.

[2:11:01] Council Member Clark also I'd like to just add that in March we do intend on doing our

[2:11:07] capital improvement project workshop that we've started a couple years ago and we'll have a chance

[2:11:12] to relook at all of our various projects and prioritize them by, you know, essential and critical

[2:11:19] infrastructure, and there certainly will be some prioritization that would need to occur

[2:11:24] in terms of available resources and the various projects that we have.

[2:11:28] So we'll have another opportunity to look at this again.

[2:11:33] Any additional questions?

[2:11:36] I have a question.

[2:11:36] I didn't read it in staff report, but you did say it verbally, so I just want to back

[2:11:41] up to make sure I feel the energy and so you mentioned this, of course, is to provide

[2:11:45] authorization for the notice to bid. But even though we pass it tonight, you wouldn't be able

[2:11:51] to do it until certain utility companies, what do they need to clear out or what do they need

[2:11:56] to do?

[2:11:57] Yes, Madam Mayor.

[2:11:58] So utility relocation, that involves Southern California, it is in front of your communications

[2:12:04] co-communication to relocate their overhead lines to basically get out of the way.

[2:12:12] when the bridge is about to construct.

[2:12:16] So these pre-construction activities, I call it,

[2:12:21] we have to wait until that is finished.

[2:12:23] Once Edison and the two youth companies I just mentioned,

[2:12:28] are out of the way, so to say, that will give me the prompt,

[2:12:33] so to issue the notice and binding bits.

[2:12:36] And by that time, I'm just going to guess.

[2:12:42] We're hoping that after the end of summer time as well.

[2:12:49] I do forget that there's also our consulting project manager, Gerald Kamadi, who is online.

[2:12:58] If you have any Gerald, do you have any more input to our council regarding time frame?

[2:13:07] 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.

[2:13:16] 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.

[2:13:28] So John's timeline, I think, is accurate. You would be after the summer.

[2:13:32] 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?

[2:13:45] I have curiosity.

[2:13:46] I'm sure.

[2:13:47] Madam chair and council.

[2:13:51] 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

[2:14:12] at our discretion to advertise a bit when we believe it's ready as opposed to, okay, when

[2:14:20] the utility relocations are finished, go to the city council then.

[2:14:24] I think we are anticipating the project to be bit out this year and after the summer coming

[2:14:35] to you early in the process, that's what Gerald and I have determined that we should do just

[2:14:42] to get this procedural part out of the way?

[2:14:46] Yeah and I asked that question only just because in

[2:14:50] the past we've had some like we've gone out to bed and then we've received the bids and it's not

[2:14:55] either enough people bidding or we've had to go back out to bed.

[2:15:00] Again, so I'm just trying to better understand the timing of it all and yeah. Mayor, if I could just

[2:15:09] just add one comment. One of the issues we would have with going out too early is if we

[2:15:13] got a good bid. They're only good for what is it? 60 days, 60 calendar. And so that the issue

[2:15:19] would be, is that it would expire and then it wouldn't be any good. Thank you. Yeah, quick question,

[2:15:25] And I have, was it utilities company actually working out there?

[2:15:30] I saw a large crane over by that.

[2:15:33] Was that it?

[2:15:34] Is that part of the work there that's going on the relocation?

[2:15:39] Yes, Council Member Nemora?

[2:15:41] That is.

[2:15:45] Sounds good.

[2:15:46] And so given the 60-day time notice for, or I'd say, the application for projects, when

[2:15:56] And do you anticipate we will actually put those things out to bid?

[2:16:02] I mentioned this after this summer, after this summer, after this summer, that's what

[2:16:07] Journal and I have estimated for this project to go out to bid or somewhere under the mercy

[2:16:14] of the utility companies, so they go by their own pace.

[2:16:21] So this item here is actually just to start to start the process, is that the same?

[2:16:26] Yes, sir.

[2:16:29] Any other questions?

[2:16:33] I will go ahead and open up public comment. I do not have any

[2:16:36] speaker slips. Do we have anyone on Zoom? Mayor, we have no raise dance. I'll go ahead

[2:16:40] and close public comment and bring it back to the council for any final questions or comments

[2:16:45] and of course the motion. I'm on the move to authorize the public work structure to advertise

[2:16:50] the notice inviting bids for the Carpentry Avenue Bridge replacement. Project number

[2:16:54] 1, 5, 0, 1, 6, 2, 2, we have a first and a second, all of those in paper.

[2:17:03] We move on to item number 12, which is the introduction in first reading of ordinance

[2:17:07] number 7, 9, 5, repealing and replacing chapter 10.60 bicycles of the Carpenteria municipal

[2:17:14] code entitled bicycles and electric mobility devices.

[2:17:29] Yes.

[2:17:29] Thank you.

[2:17:30] your council members, Ryan Kinz, Assistant City Manager,

[2:17:33] I'd like you to present this item to you all tonight.

[2:17:39] So tonight's staff is presenting the first reading

[2:17:42] of the Bicycles and Electric Mobility Devices Ordnance.

[2:17:46] This item reflects several months of work following council direction

[2:17:51] last year, including input from several of our community members,

[2:17:55] the Sheriff's Office, the School District,

[2:17:59] and other members of our ad hoc e-command committee.

[2:18:04] So tonight, I'm gonna just provide a brief overview

[2:18:07] of why this ordinance is before us tonight.

[2:18:10] Talk about the process and the committee direction

[2:18:12] that was received.

[2:18:14] I'll provide a brief overview of the ordinance,

[2:18:16] including some of the key policy frameworks,

[2:18:18] such as sidewalk riding the youth diversion program,

[2:18:22] enforcement and empowerment,

[2:18:23] and then additional key provisions of the ordinance.

[2:18:27] I'll also talk about our implementation and education approach,

[2:18:31] some of the fiscal impacts, and then finally we'll end with the council action tonight.

[2:18:36] So why is this ordinance before us?

[2:18:39] So over the past three years, Carpenteria has seen the significant increase in the use of electric bicycles

[2:18:44] and other electric mobility devices throughout our city, both for transportation and recreation.

[2:18:50] With that increase, the city has also received growing safety concerns, particularly related

[2:18:57] to excessive speeds, sidewalk riding, and high pedestrian areas, and other incidents

[2:19:04] and accidents that have happened in our community.

[2:19:07] While the state law does regulate these devices broadly, the city's existing municipal code

[2:19:13] did not fully address electric mobility devices or provide locally enforceable tools.

[2:19:18] 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.

[2:19:32] 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.

[2:19:43] Following that discussion, Council established the ad hoc e-convance committee in April to help guide staff in developing the policy recommendations.

[2:19:54] The committee included Council member Julia Mayer and our mayor, Mayor Alacharn, along with representatives from the Sheriff's Office as I mentioned,

[2:20:05] a company, a unified school district,

[2:20:07] moved Santa Barbara, which is a bicycle,

[2:20:09] a bicycle advocacy group in town,

[2:20:13] and then also city staff,

[2:20:14] as well as other members of the community,

[2:20:16] who did attend several of those meetings.

[2:20:18] The committee really did focus on safety,

[2:20:21] education was the primary focus,

[2:20:23] enforcement feasibility,

[2:20:25] as well as best practices from other jurisdictions,

[2:20:28] and also talked about implementation considerations.

[2:20:31] So the ordinance that you see before you tonight

[2:20:33] follows the direction from that committee.

[2:20:39] So at a high level, the ordinance, what it does is it repeals and replaces the existing

[2:20:43] city's bicycle chapter and creates a new consolidated chapter that combines the bicycle

[2:20:50] components and the electric mobility device components into one ordinance.

[2:20:55] It applies consistently to bicycles, class 1 through 3 e-bikes, scooters, skateboards,

[2:21:06] and

[2:21:06] of Citation Authority to address some of these unsafe behaviors that we've seen while remaining

[2:21:11] fully aligned with state laws I mentioned.

[2:21:18] So moving on to some key policy frameworks that

[2:21:20] were a part of the main discussion of our committee. So one of those is sidewalk riding. Under

[2:21:27] existing law, cities law, bicycles are already prohibited from riding on sidewalks within our

[2:21:35] So this new ordinance retains that existing prohibition

[2:21:39] and it extends it also to electric mobility devices within that same area.

[2:21:45] So the central traffic district includes the downtown core adjacent streets and public parking facilities.

[2:21:53] These are really the areas within the highest pedestrian activities of the city.

[2:21:58] And the ordinance does not propose a citywide sidewalk ban that was a big discussion

[2:22:03] amongst the committee, and set it reflects the committee's recommendation for a targeted location-based approach.

[2:22:12] So, this slide shows the boundaries of the central traffic district, as defined in the municipal code.

[2:22:19] The area includes the downtown core adjacent streets and public parking facilities.

[2:22:23] These are locations within the city that really do have the highest pedestrian activity,

[2:22:28] and they really do have the greatest potential for conflicts between riders and pedestrians.

[2:22:32] 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.

[2:22:45] So no sidewalk riding on bicycles or e-bikes within this central traffic district.

[2:22:51] And I will mention that the municipal code does define the central traffic district, using street names and ends in beginnings of those streets.

[2:23:02] 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.

[2:23:09] So this map doesn't exist in this form in our municipal code, but the definition of the streets does.

[2:23:16] So, the intent really here is to provide clarity and consistency, focusing restrictions where

[2:23:23] pedestrian safety concerns are most pronounced.

[2:23:28] So why a targeted approach?

[2:23:30] So the committee really spent a significant amount of time discussing whether a city-wide

[2:23:35] side-back sidewalk ban was appropriate.

[2:23:38] Ultimately, the committee concluded that some areas of the city lack safe or practical

[2:23:43] on-street alternatives.

[2:23:45] A blanket-wide city ban would and could unintentionally push riders into higher-speed traffic areas and would likely require additional enforcement resources.

[2:23:58] The ordinance instead allows for a flexible focus on high-conflict pedestrian areas, as I mentioned, which is in that central traffic district.

[2:24:09] So, this does preserve Council's ability to revisit sidewalk rules in the future as conditions or infrastructure change.

[2:24:18] For example, if the Council in the future wants to redefine the boundaries of that central traffic district,

[2:24:25] that's something that we can certainly do.

[2:24:27] The committee did give us guidance in that matter actually to re-look at the central traffic district,

[2:24:33] make sure that it's in alignment with the reality of where the bike pass actually are.

[2:24:37] So that is something that staff is going to do, if we were to redefine that central traffic district

[2:24:43] that does take council action so we can certainly come back to the council if staff deems

[2:24:47] that appropriate to update that central traffic district and that would automatically apply

[2:24:52] to the bicycle and e-bike ordinance because we reference the central traffic district in this ordinance

[2:24:57] here tonight.

[2:25:02] Another important component and really the focus of the ordinance is on education

[2:25:07] and part of that education is this youth diversion program.

[2:25:11] So for minors under 18, the ordinance establishes an education first approach for first-time

[2:25:17] violations. So eligible youth may complete a safety education course in lieu of paying a fine.

[2:25:25] So if they are issued an administrative citation staff will educate the student and the parents

[2:25:34] through some of our outreach and education materials,

[2:25:37] including some pamphlets that we're planning to create,

[2:25:41] to educate them that this is an opportunity,

[2:25:43] so you don't have to pay the fine,

[2:25:44] you don't have an ad in the site on your record with the city.

[2:25:47] And then with successful completion,

[2:25:50] it would dismiss the fine, it would dismiss the citation.

[2:25:53] Really, the goal here is not enforcement.

[2:25:56] Really, the goal is education.

[2:25:57] I will cite something from the Grand jury report

[2:26:00] on e-bikes for the city of Santa Barbara,

[2:26:02] that report did show that education with enforcement is key.

[2:26:07] Just education or just enforcement doesn't really get the point across.

[2:26:10] 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.

[2:26:21] So staff is proposing a pilot partnership with a move Santa Barbara to deliver this youth diversion program.

[2:26:29] repeat or egregious violations would still remain subject to enforcement under those

[2:26:33] fines, which I'll discuss here shortly, and then we are working with move Santa Barbara

[2:26:38] to fine tune that proposal and that plan that's expense for this pilot program for this

[2:26:44] first initial youth diversion program would be around 1500 bucks.

[2:26:51] So another policy framework

[2:26:52] is enforcement and empowerment, so the ordinance does establish an administrative citation

[2:26:58] structure of $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second and $500 for subsequent

[2:27:04] violations.

[2:27:05] This follows our standard admin site process that's listed in our mini code.

[2:27:11] Administrative citations may be issued by both the Sheriff's Office and under this

[2:27:16] ordinance now our code enforcement staff can also issue administrative citations.

[2:27:22] Empowerment Authority, however, is limited under state law and is subject only to sworn law enforcement personnel.

[2:27:30] And that may be used when necessary to provide protect public safety in the event.

[2:27:36] There's a egregious offender in that bicycle or e-bike needs to be impounded.

[2:27:41] These provisions are, you know, we really looked across the board at other cities.

[2:27:45] We also looked at the city's Santa Barbara, so these provisions are really modeled after

[2:27:50] these ordinances that we looked across the board, including the city of Santa Barbara.

[2:27:54] And they really are some of the best practices that a lot of jurisdictions are using.

[2:28:00] Some additional key provisions, including to those major policy areas that I just mentioned,

[2:28:05] these include due care requirements, so a maximum operating speed of about 28 miles per hour,

[2:28:13] yielding and right-of-way rules and helmet requirements for riders under 18. It also establishes

[2:28:19] lighting and equipment standards, prohibits unsafe behaviors such as stunt riding or carrying

[2:28:24] passengers where it's not designed and clarifies where riding is allowed or prohibited,

[2:28:30] including allowing riding on the Carpentry of Bluffs, which was also a distinction that the

[2:28:35] committee wanted to make sure was there. Well, continuing prohibitions of bicycle and e-bike

[2:28:40] writing in the salt marsh and also on our athletic facilities.

[2:28:48] So just a draft implementation, sorry draft implementation timeline, we will go back

[2:28:54] to the committee once this ordinance is effect, in effect, present this draft implementation

[2:28:59] with timeline to the whole committee, including the school district, the sheriff's department,

[2:29:05] and we'll be focusing on education first.

[2:29:08] So tonight, if the council votes, the first reading will be completed, then the second reading

[2:29:15] takes place on February 9th. March 9th, the ordinance becomes effective 30 days following

[2:29:20] the second reading. Post adoption and the spring, the plan is phase one to really push forward

[2:29:25] the public awareness and the outreach. Here's what the city has done. They've adopted the

[2:29:30] ordinance. This is the rules. This is what could happen if you break the rules. Really

[2:29:34] focusing in on the education.

[2:29:36] Then phase two, we would provide additional warnings

[2:29:39] and education to the public, our staff,

[2:29:42] including code enforcement and sheriff

[2:29:44] would be in the field, providing those warnings,

[2:29:47] and then finally phase three.

[2:29:49] We would do something similar to like a DUI checkpoint,

[2:29:51] where we would provide targeted enforcement.

[2:29:53] We would say, hey, we're sheriff's

[2:29:56] and the code enforcement will be somewhere in the city

[2:29:58] at this time, if you're...

[2:30:00] 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.

[2:30:10] 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.

[2:30:20] So in terms of fiscal impacts, the youth diversion program is funded currently in our budget,

[2:30:26] so there's no appropriation needed by the Council tonight.

[2:30:29] Citation revenue is not really expected to be significant.

[2:30:32] Again, we're not in the business of trying to make money from this.

[2:30:35] We're just trying to make sure our city is safe and our writers are safe.

[2:30:39] So that's going to be the focus is on the education.

[2:30:42] If there are enhanced enforcement costs incurred by the use of the sheriff's department

[2:30:47] to provide that enforcement, we would return to the City Council if needed for those appropriations.

[2:30:53] And then finally, staff's recommendation tonight is to approve the ordinance on first reading,

[2:30:58] and then continue the second reading and adoption to the City Council meeting for February 9th.

[2:31:03] And we are here to answer any questions.

[2:31:06] Thank you.

[2:31:07] Thank you.

[2:31:08] Any questions?

[2:31:09] Yeah.

[2:31:10] If you can let me know, what specific behaviors is the ordinance most designed to impact?

[2:31:16] and how will we know six months from now a year from now that we're successful in that because I

[2:31:22] hear and I like that a lot of it is education based which which I think is what it should be but then

[2:31:27] can you tell me a little bit about yeah what what behaviors we're trying to change and how will no

[2:31:31] if they've been changed? Absolutely council members so there's no excellent question to the mayor

[2:31:35] so the ordinance is really primarily intended to reduce those observable high-risk behaviors that we see

[2:31:42] that have generated the greatest safety concerns for the public, including writing at unsafe

[2:31:47] speeds into pedestrian oriented areas. So, you know, we have heard here at this council meeting

[2:31:53] public commenters talking about e-bikes on sidewalks. That's an example. Writing bicycles or electric

[2:32:00] mobility devices in other areas that are just primarily focused for pedestrians, again sidewalk

[2:32:08] writing failure to yield to pedestrians. We have heard some complaints about that, or those

[2:32:14] just completely not obeying some traffic laws, either because they don't know what they are,

[2:32:19] the younger writers, or because they're just trying to get to where they're going, and they know

[2:32:24] that they're not obeying those traffic rules. Stunt writing can cause some issues, writing against

[2:32:30] traffic is a big one. And then also youth, writing behaviors that create conflicts in your schools

[2:32:37] or in the downtown area, for example, writing bikes that they're not permitted to be written

[2:32:42] in public spaces. So electric motorcycles as an example, those aren't really e-bikes,

[2:32:48] those that don't have pedals, those are electric motorcycles that are not permitted on public roads.

[2:32:54] And then to evaluate whether the ordinance is working staff anticipates returning to the council

[2:32:59] at some point in the future after this first phase, we'd love to come back with a report to the

[2:33:03] So we want to provide some trend-based data.

[2:33:07] So we want to provide the number and type of administrative

[2:33:10] citations and warnings that were issued.

[2:33:14] The sheriffs will be issuing those, but they will be

[2:33:15] turning over those admin citations to staff.

[2:33:18] So we'll have those in hand, and we'll be tracking those.

[2:33:22] We'll also get some sense of the location-based enforcement

[2:33:25] trends, so the sheriffs office will also tell us

[2:33:27] where and when those citations were being issued.

[2:33:31] 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.

[2:33:43] Those will also be a key data point for us that will bring back to the council.

[2:33:48] 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.

[2:33:58] that'll also be documented.

[2:34:00] And really, that's what we want.

[2:34:02] We want safe writing.

[2:34:03] We want people to be safe.

[2:34:05] Really, the measurement is going to be,

[2:34:07] are we getting less incidents?

[2:34:09] That's going to be the main reporting data

[2:34:12] that we're going to want to see in the community.

[2:34:15] Got it.

[2:34:15] Thank you.

[2:34:16] And then I really like the idea of the youth diversion program.

[2:34:22] Where does that take place?

[2:34:23] Is that in Santa Barbara?

[2:34:24] Is that here?

[2:34:25] Yes, it'll take place here in Santa Barbara.

[2:34:27] we will be working with the school district.

[2:34:30] We do have Ms. Persoon here this evening too.

[2:34:33] If the council has any questions for the school district,

[2:34:36] I will add that we also have the sheriff's here tonight,

[2:34:39] our chief of police, and then also Martinez

[2:34:42] from move Santa Barbara's also here.

[2:34:45] I also want to thank them for participating in our ad hoc committee.

[2:34:48] This was a lot of work, and I also want to thank our council member Mayor

[2:34:52] and the Mayor AllerCon for your guys' participation.

[2:34:55] This was a lot of work of a long time coming and people really put a lot of thought into this.

[2:35:01] What do you see here tonight?

[2:35:03] So, they are also here if you guys have any questions for them.

[2:35:06] Thank you very much.

[2:35:11] Quick question, Ryan.

[2:35:13] That would be on the vervage that you're going to have on these signs.

[2:35:18] Have we affirmed that they are ADA compliance as far as warnings?

[2:35:23] Sounds like you didn't have a specification for.

[2:35:26] say electric wheelchair seems like that yeah we'll be ensuring that we're

[2:35:31] following all the ADA compliance requirements for signage we'll ensure we do

[2:35:35] that and then I apologize council member Salazar's on the courses will take place

[2:35:41] here in Carpenteria we're gonna be working with the school district we'll leave for

[2:35:45] have it on site at the school district or maybe even here at City Hall depending

[2:35:48] on the necessary needs of that court of individuals that will be in the

[2:35:59] 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?

[2:36:06] I'm here. We have no raise hands.

[2:36:08] I'll go ahead and close public comment and bring it back to the council for any final.

[2:36:13] That's comments questions and of course the motion.

[2:36:23] 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.

[2:36:32] 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

[2:36:49] stopped that from happening. It was very important to all of us that what we're doing is

[2:36:57] teaching kids how to be teaching kids and adults who are writing e-bikes incorrectly

[2:37:03] how to ride them properly and to be in harmony with our community and I think that we took a lot of

[2:37:13] good cues from move Santa Barbara and I'm really appreciative to them and I just wanted to

[2:37:19] really also just extend my things to them and also to just make sure that the community hears

[2:37:24] us that, you know, this is a great place to write a bike and we want people to write bikes

[2:37:27] here.

[2:37:33] I would say community to excellent job. Very well done. One question or concern I would have

[2:37:39] possibly is with the many out-of-town tourists that we have coming into the state park and

[2:37:45] maybe one place we would have to focus on, literature, things like that, making sure they

[2:37:50] have that available, so it would be hard to enforce then other than just the money portion.

[2:38:03] I'd like to just say echo what Councilmember Mayor said I think and think staff for bringing

[2:38:11] a lot of people with a lot of different opinions and thoughts about where we should start and where we should go.

[2:38:16] 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

[2:38:24] can be really proud of. So thank you. So with that, I will, if there aren't any other questions

[2:38:31] from council, I'll go ahead and provide a motion, which is I moved to approve, or need

[2:38:37] numbers 795 as read by title only, and continue the second reading and adoption to the city council

[2:38:42] meeting of February 9th, 2026. Second. We have a first and a second roll call vote, please.

[2:38:49] Mayor, before I get to the roll call, let me read the ordinance title into the record,

[2:38:54] ordinance number 795 and ordinance of the City Council of the City of Carpenteria,

[2:38:59] amending to end replacing chapter 10.60 of the municipal code pertaining to bicycles and

[2:39:05] electric mobility devices. Now for the roll call, council member mayor.

[2:39:10] Aye. Council member Nemura? Aye. Vice Mayor Salarsino? Aye. Council member Clark? Aye.

[2:39:16] Mayor Alicon. Aye.

[2:39:20] We will now move on to item number 13, which is period one department

[2:39:25] reports for the fiscal year 2025, 2026 budget.

[2:39:49] Mayor, Council

[2:39:49] Community Members, while we pull up our PowerPoint, this is

[2:39:53] going to be a department shared presentation. I'll start just by

[2:39:56] giving a little bit of background on this. So the item before

[2:40:00] this evening is our period one reports for this current fiscal year

[2:40:07] 2526 budget. Just a little background on March 24, 2025, the

[2:40:13] Council adopted some primary goals and priorities for the next two fiscal years,

[2:40:20] 25, 26, and 26, and 27.

[2:40:27] Those primary goals included to enhance public outreach education

[2:40:30] and transparency, maintain a small beachside town, enhance quality of life for residents

[2:40:37] and maintain the fiscal sustainability of the city. That served as the basis for city staff

[2:40:43] development of strategic program goals and objectives and some other important considerations

[2:40:49] with things like funding, staff capacity, technology and resources, regulatory and legal

[2:40:57] constraints.

[2:40:58] I'd like to note that the items that we're reporting on are not the day-to-day.

[2:41:04] These are additional things that aren't have a start and an end-time and they don't include

[2:41:10] things that come up randomly because they weren't obviously programmed into our goals at the

[2:41:17] beginning. So these are just items that were thought of at the beginning and the ones that we

[2:41:23] tend to share, the ones that closely relate to city council's goals and or just notable activities

[2:41:30] that occurred during the period. There is a bit of a change in cadence. So last year we had just

[2:41:37] single year budget and we came in we did four reports so we did one every three months now

[2:41:45] that we went to a two year budget we still intend to come four times but now it's going to include

[2:41:50] two different quarters one and two is what we're covering in this quarter I should also mention

[2:41:55] that's on the fiscal year so that includes July one to December 31st this time and it allows

[2:42:03] us to show more meaningful progress over six months, it balances staff capacity and also continues

[2:42:10] that we provide regular updates for the council.

[2:42:13] And the fact that also it's aligned with the city's fiscal year budget allows us to be flexible

[2:42:19] and if we need to do anything that involves some budget amendments, we can align those as well.

[2:42:28] The next time we come back, we'll be period two, that will be quarters three and four,

[2:42:34] and will include January 1st to June 30th.

[2:42:39] So the purpose of the item before you tonight is to present you all with these reports

[2:42:44] and then to receive any feedback or direction from the City Council as deemed appropriate.

[2:42:50] The components of the report this evening are as a department overview and that's a summary

[2:42:58] of all the high-level or the most notable activities from the period, ideally someone could

[2:43:04] read that summary and have a really good idea on everything that happened over the last two quarters

[2:43:10] to make it even easier. We have a bulleted list of key department highlights that goes into

[2:43:16] even more detail and then we have our upcoming department priorities things that you can expect

[2:43:21] to see over the next two quarters and then we finish with a department financial summary which includes

[2:43:28] a table of any amendments or changes to the department budget and in any things, you know,

[2:43:36] variances to the budget or challenges that were worth noting.

[2:43:42] One of the changes from the last time we presented this report is that it included an addition

[2:43:48] to a department summary individual program summaries.

[2:43:51] Some of the feedback that we got from that is that it was somewhat repetitive because all

[2:43:56] the highlights were in the department summary and then the program summaries highlighted many of the

[2:44:02] same things. What was absent was maybe some more of the granular data, things that people might

[2:44:09] be interested in, which is like what's the progress on this one very specific goal that we were

[2:44:13] interested in? So one of the things that we'll be adding online in the next two to four weeks is an online

[2:44:22] resource that covers all activity for every single goal and every single objective that occurred

[2:44:28] over the period.

[2:44:29] So people will be able to go online, that'll be rather extensive.

[2:44:33] We're talking potentially hundreds of pages.

[2:44:36] So online is where it will be solely because you're going to need sorting and you're going

[2:44:41] to need to be able to filter and research that.

[2:44:44] Otherwise, you're just digging through a lot of different pages.

[2:44:47] But if somebody has a particular interest in any goal, they'll be able to go online and

[2:44:51] to do that. We're looking forward to getting that up on hot topics and coming back and

[2:44:55] letting you know as soon as it's available.

[2:45:01] 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.

[2:45:20] 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,

[2:45:44] So you might find that that's a theme that you'll see throughout the various reports this evening.

[2:45:51] So with that, I will go on to General Government and start us off.

[2:46:05] So we started the year strong with the celebrating the 60 years of Carpenteria that was a week's worth of events.

[2:46:14] and coordination with TVSB to ensure that that event was

[2:46:18] streamed.

[2:46:19] And so we had our first local say to the city event in a long time.

[2:46:22] I know we've had them before, but actually held by the city.

[2:46:27] So it was a great event.

[2:46:28] We also executed a contract that Brian mentioned to see me,

[2:46:34] Pacific Plus agenda management system.

[2:46:37] And believe me, when I say Brian only really covered the surface of these things,

[2:46:40] there's a lot of internal efficiencies that are going to be created.

[2:46:43] and stuff I look forward to you all seeing.

[2:46:46] And then along with your council,

[2:46:48] we helped administer $136,500 in grants

[2:46:55] to 10 local nonprofits and an additional $10,000

[2:46:59] for immigration support efforts.

[2:47:02] We did not anticipate the second half of that,

[2:47:05] I think when we started,

[2:47:07] but the committee did anticipate having some additional

[2:47:09] money available for that.

[2:47:11] So happy to be able to take that on.

[2:47:15] We also conducted a preanalysis for the release

[2:47:18] of a classification and composition study for staff

[2:47:23] that something that happens every few years in the cities

[2:47:27] last time we did this was in 2021.

[2:47:31] So we just want to ensure and see where the city compares

[2:47:33] with the market.

[2:47:36] We completed an audit for comprehensive, accurate,

[2:47:40] property insurance coverage none of that's we don't always get to do the exciting stuff

[2:47:44] but it's the tedious risk management items that the team is taken on and that's just

[2:47:50] one of many items and then of course as mentioned earlier our proposition to a team process

[2:47:55] with the assessment districts has taken up a substantial amount of time. In addition to that we've

[2:48:02] had a lot of focus on staff training including training the trainers so that our staff can actually

[2:48:07] continue these training items and then also a citywide training tracker to make sure that we're

[2:48:16] meeting all of our legal requirements. So, okay, not necessarily the fun stuff but really

[2:48:21] beneficial for staff. Some of the major events, as mentioned the 60th anniversary week, we worked

[2:48:28] with our Sheriff's Department and I think the city got more involved than we had in the past and

[2:48:33] I think it really worked out that strong partnership for a successful national night out event.

[2:48:40] We worked with your council to do five assessment district presentations and at those.

[2:48:47] 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.

[2:48:55] So those were fruitful.

[2:48:58] We also hosted two separate ones in addition to the five assessment district presentations.

[2:49:06] I did one at age well and then we also did a town hall here at the chamber.

[2:49:11] And then we also did a voter survey to gauge community support on potential revenue measures as one of the items that we discussed.

[2:49:24] of the city's revenues to expenses, and so tackling that as part of one of the city council

[2:49:30] goals of the financial sustainability of the city, so gauging that and conducting that survey,

[2:49:38] and then inclusive outreach, so conducted fully Spanish language presentations, and distributed

[2:49:45] bilingual, ready, SBC, materials, and our new program manager, Jalice Boreona's was very instrumental

[2:49:51] and ensuring those occurred.

[2:49:54] Some of the upcoming priorities is our

[2:49:56] agendom management software launch that we're looking

[2:50:00] to debut here this coming month, the to issue an RFP for

[2:50:06] that class and comp study to continue with some finalization

[2:50:10] of personnel rules and regulations again, just a lot of

[2:50:14] policy infrastructure for the city.

[2:50:17] 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

[2:50:26] 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

[2:50:44] And then we'll be looking to come back to your council with voter survey results to inform next

[2:50:50] to have some potential revenue measures for the city.

[2:50:55] So financial overview, we utilize sole source procurement for civic plus to expedite that modernization

[2:51:04] and we continue to close insurance gaps through analysis basically by really going through

[2:51:10] with a fine tooth comb, we've been able to find savings for the city and or find items that

[2:51:17] weren't appropriately insured. So handling that and then also laid the groundwork for fiscal

[2:51:24] sustainability through the assessment district, voter surveys and polling analysis.

[2:51:30] So with that, that concludes the overall summary for general government department, happy

[2:51:35] answer any questions about anything from the report before passing it on to our next department.

[2:51:43] I saw in general government and then some of the other reports too. It's mentioned that there are

[2:51:48] some challenges with staff capacity. That seems to be something that goes across other departments too.

[2:51:54] Can you talk a little bit just maybe especially for the public to understand what that ends up

[2:51:59] what impacts that ends up having on things like priorities and and some ongoing projects?

[2:52:04] Yes, absolutely. Thank you Vice Minister Larson, so one of the things is we're very lean

[2:52:11] and because when you're a smaller city you tend to have individuals that wear multiple

[2:52:16] hats, you know, animal control and code compliance are the same individual. So if that one

[2:52:21] person happens to be sick, both divisions are out. And so we have one person that handles emergency

[2:52:28] management and communications for the city.

[2:52:31] And so any time we have vacancies or life things that occur, it puts a lot of those things

[2:52:37] on hold, whereas a larger city might have a second or third person to carry that work on.

[2:52:45] And so there's various reasons throughout each of the departments, but that's one of the

[2:52:49] primary reasons.

[2:52:51] I think that's important for people to just be aware of that being such a small staff that

[2:52:56] You guys are doing a lot of work at the same time across the board, and so I just want to

[2:53:02] kind of acknowledge that.

[2:53:03] And then you mentioned that in the general government that some of the outreach improvements

[2:53:07] had unintended capacity impacts, what were some of those impacts, or where were some

[2:53:13] of those impacts?

[2:53:14] Yeah, vice versa.

[2:53:14] Losanos is somewhat alluded to earlier when you take a program that before or actually, you

[2:53:23] know, and I can act.

[2:53:24] It would be really great to let Nick Bob Roth get to this as he starts talking about some of his

[2:53:28] development projects.

[2:53:30] Many of these items, the public wouldn't be involved until maybe the first ARB meeting.

[2:53:36] And we've had so many controversial projects that even when you don't have a completed application,

[2:53:43] there's lots of involvement.

[2:53:45] There's frequently asked question pages.

[2:53:48] There's several emails that have to go back and oftentimes coordination with the city attorney's office.

[2:53:53] 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.

[2:54:03] 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.

[2:54:14] 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

[2:54:23] work that you're able to take on is less and it's just that much more important that we're

[2:54:28] prioritizing the work that we do. Thank you very much.

[2:54:34] Thank you for your report. Thank you.

[2:54:40] And good evening again, Mayor Vice Mayor and Council. I'm happy to report on some of the great work

[2:54:44] the Parks Recreation and Community Services team has accomplished during this first reporting period.

[2:54:51] During this period the library's three years strategic and operating plan was adopted by the

[2:54:56] and a library team has already begun working on several goals outlined in the document.

[2:55:01] There were approximately 4,900 participants in library programming during this reporting period.

[2:55:09] The community garden has been working hard to grow partnerships with local schools and organizations.

[2:55:15] And one example of a new partnership is with the Santa Barbara City College,

[2:55:19] which hosted its master gardeners course at the garden.

[2:55:22] This Sunday's Sonlessons Pilot Program met its cost recovery goal with 135 of 162 available

[2:55:31] lessons, lessons, spaces filled, which resulted in an 83.33% fill rate.

[2:55:38] An age-well continues to expand partnerships and collaborations.

[2:55:42] One example is the partnership with the Carpentry Children's Project, where the

[2:55:52] Adrolls also partnered with the Legal Aid Foundation to provide a presentation on accessible legal

[2:55:57] education during one of those Ebola's meetings.

[2:56:02] Considering that community is literally in the

[2:56:05] name of our department, it's no surprise that the team has actively participated in and led a

[2:56:10] number of community engagement initiatives. The entire department participated in national

[2:56:15] light out in August. Adroll program coordinator Jenna Jenkins was a guest speaker at the annual

[2:56:21] Copenet Candelite Vigil,

[2:56:23] Adewal Nequatex Team participated in the CCP Health Fair.

[2:56:27] The community garden co-hosted

[2:56:29] the annual Pumpkin Smash in collaborations

[2:56:31] with public works.

[2:56:33] The library hosted the Mexican Consulate,

[2:56:36] conducted multiple school visits throughout the year

[2:56:38] and participated in the Carpentria High School Winter Concert.

[2:56:42] Additionally, additionally, our program manager, Tori

[2:56:45] cut birth presented to noon-road rotary

[2:56:47] on some of the exciting programs her team

[2:56:50] bringing forward. Looking ahead, the team will continue working on developing a fundraising plan

[2:56:56] for the community pool renovation project, along with a youth aquatic scholarship program

[2:57:01] and a company need policy. We hope to bring a draft fundraising sponsorship and donation policy

[2:57:07] to your council in the coming months as well. The team is also finalizing Spanish translations

[2:57:12] of community garden and ageual applications and forms, creating bilingual signage for the garden

[2:57:18] and continuing progress on the library strategic and operating plan.

[2:57:23] For the financial overview, we have nothing to report outside of what was budgeted for and plans during this time.

[2:57:30] This does include the purchase of new furniture and fixtures for the veterans memorial,

[2:57:34] home meeting room and reception room, and the community pool has already purchased,

[2:57:39] most if not all of the necessary supplies and equipment for the upcoming spring and busy spring and summer season.

[2:57:45] And this concludes the update for my department.

[2:57:48] I'm happy to answer any questions you have.

[2:57:52] Any questions?

[2:57:53] Sure, just one quick question.

[2:57:54] So it sounds like there's a lot of participation growth along amongst the Parks and Rec programs.

[2:58:00] Just even anecdotally, can you share your impression of maybe what types of groups are participating more,

[2:58:07] whether it's younger people or older folks or different demographics?

[2:58:12] Thanks.

[2:58:13] Through the May of Christmas, Laura Snow.

[2:58:15] That's a great question.

[2:58:16] Unfortunately, my answer would have to just be anecdotally based on observations and telling

[2:58:20] from my staff.

[2:58:21] I think Eric and the Library team has done just a fantastic job of really expanding and growing

[2:58:26] our Spanish-speaking programs and offerings, same with Jenna and the age-well group, explaining

[2:58:32] the well-ows group, just the need for it to go from a monthly meeting to weekly to,

[2:58:38] I think, speaks volumes about more participation and engaged participants.

[2:58:43] I think since I've started here since the program began before my time has had great participation

[2:58:49] and not is of course exclusively older adults, 55 and over and I think they're doing a great

[2:58:56] job of maintaining a found growing those programs.

[2:58:59] Thank you.

[2:58:59] I know those are some of our priority areas for communities that we wanted to engage more.

[2:59:03] So it's really great to hear that that's happening with your programming.

[2:59:07] Thank you.

[2:59:11] Any other questions?

[2:59:13] Thank you for your part.

[2:59:14] Thank

[2:59:27] you.

[2:59:27] Good evening, Mayor.

[2:59:28] Members of the council and the public.

[2:59:31] My name is Lisa Maldonado, and I will be providing the strategic plan update for administrative services department.

[2:59:39] Some of our department highlights.

[2:59:42] During the reporting period, the department focuses on strengthening staff capacity,

[2:59:47] improving internal processes and preparing for future technology needs.

[2:59:51] A targeted investment was made in professional development across core operational areas.

[2:59:58] Utilizing the combination of in-person.

[3:00:00] And virtual training formats. And leveraging partial and full scholarship to maximize value.

[3:00:07] In July, 25, a former procurement procedures and a city credit card policy were implemented to strengthen internal controls, improve consistency, and enhance accountability.

[3:00:19] beginning in November 2025, efforts were initiated to streamline the business license compliance

[3:00:27] process through improved coordination and the development of a fiscal year compliance timeline.

[3:00:34] Additionally, a standardized citation and collected system was launched in October 2025

[3:00:39] to improve tracking documentation and revenue recovery. The department also advanced preliminary

[3:00:46] planning for the Microsoft Office 365 Migration,

[3:00:51] positioning the project to begin in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.

[3:00:58] Community or community engagement.

[3:01:01] The Department supported community community engagement

[3:01:04] efforts by contributing to the development of the budget and brief.

[3:01:08] In providing clear and accessible information on the city's budget,

[3:01:12] priority priorities and the use of public funds.

[3:01:14] Staff also assisted with the state of the city, helping communicate key for natural information

[3:01:21] and the departmental initiatives to the community and residents.

[3:01:28] Over the upcoming period, the department will focus on advancing several key priorities.

[3:01:34] Work will begin on drafting a comprehensive grant management policy in preparation for council

[3:01:39] adoption by the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.

[3:01:42] The Department will also finalize and implement streamlined business license compliance procedures in coordination with HDL and code enforcement.

[3:01:53] 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.

[3:02:06] On going priorities will include continued staff training and knowledge sharing to

[3:02:11] strengthen technical capacity, as well as the development and implementation of a capital

[3:02:16] asset policy to improve inventory tracking, accountability and financial reporting.

[3:02:24] Overall, there are no major expenditures to report and spending remains within normal operating

[3:02:29] levels for the department. All expenditures are within the adoptive budget and no items

[3:02:35] exceeded budgeted appropriations. This concludes my presentation and we happy to ask for any questions.

[3:02:43] Any questions? No, no questions. Thank you, Ms. Sett.

[3:02:59] Good evening, Mayor Alarcon. Council members. I'm going to walk you through

[3:03:03] what the community development department's been up to for the last six months.

[3:03:08] I think I'd start by just saying that somewhat unexpectedly for us, we had

[3:03:13] to devote a lot more of our staff time and resources to working on development review projects

[3:03:21] than we had anticipated. We've experienced a little bit of an influx of large complex projects

[3:03:29] that are either proposed and are going through the preliminary steps of the planning process

[3:03:33] or projects that were previously entitled that are now coming into fruition of either going

[3:03:39] through a building plan check or starting work in the case of Chevron, and so it's really

[3:03:45] caused us to have to reallocate staff time from our long range planning or advanced planning

[3:03:50] division, as well as a lot of my time towards current planning, and that has had some impact

[3:03:56] on our ability to make as much progress on some of our other departmental goals and objectives

[3:04:01] that we had identified to get working on here this first reporting period.

[3:04:05] Nevertheless, we have managed to make some progress on a few key objectives that are highlighted here on the screen.

[3:04:13] These include releasing the public draft of the general plan update, the long-awaited general plan update back in some of last year,

[3:04:21] and holding a public workshop and two general plan update committee meetings to solicit feedback on that public draft.

[3:04:28] since that time we've been working to incorporate some of that feedback into a revised draft that we

[3:04:33] hope to publish here later this month or next. We've also made some great headway on process improvements

[3:04:40] and some of this dovetails with what Lisette was just reporting through the administrative services department.

[3:04:47] So as of December of last year we were able to become fully operational with data ticket,

[3:04:52] which is a vendor that we're now using to help us in collecting fines and citations.

[3:04:58] And so since making that change, we've seen a market increase in our ability to actually get repayment on those fines and citations,

[3:05:08] as well as the ability to go after folks who continue to not pay them, so that's improved our compliance efforts there significantly.

[3:05:17] And we're also making some efforts to improve the permitting and business licensing processes.

[3:05:22] Again, the sets touched on some of this and some of what we've been working on in our

[3:05:25] department is to improve the clarity of the applications and making sure that we're

[3:05:32] steering people in the right way from the get-go so that we have all the information that

[3:05:35] we need to expeditiously review and process their applications.

[3:05:40] And then the big one for us is just also in December of last year, your council authorized

[3:05:45] the city to enter into an agreement with guvuel technologies and that'll be the vendor

[3:05:50] that we will use along with public works for the intake processing and issuance of all

[3:06:00] community development and public works permits once that becomes operational.

[3:06:03] So that's a huge improvement over the process we're using currently and it will not only

[3:06:10] make those processes more transparent for the public but it should also make it simpler that

[3:06:15] then now you can take care of all these steps from at home or from their office rather than

[3:06:20] to come in to apply for, pay for, pick up a permit.

[3:06:25] We also just recently, in December, with the assistance from your council, took an important

[3:06:30] step towards helping direct our affordable housing strategies with the formation of the

[3:06:35] Affordable Housing Subcommittee, and that committee will help guide housing policy and strategies

[3:06:40] going forward here over the rest of this budget cycle and into the future ones, I'm sure.

[3:06:47] In terms of community engagement, beyond the general plan workshop, we had staff attend and also participate in the coastal housing conference.

[3:06:56] 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.

[3:07:10] Our Code Compliance team was also engaged in a couple of different activities over this last reporting period.

[3:07:19] Perhaps most significantly following the July 1st effectuation of the multifamily smoking ordinance.

[3:07:26] Our Code Compliance supervisor David Hernandez has been out to several of the larger multifamily complexes

[3:07:31] at their invitation to help do an audit of sorts and help them make sure that they're in compliance with these regulations

[3:07:37] in terms of posted signage and those sorts of things, and at least on the case of one site

[3:07:43] visit, our Code Compliance staff and our planning staff have been assisting with helping

[3:07:48] to not only ensure compliance, but see if there's a way that they can still provide a compliance

[3:07:53] smokers outpost for some of their residents who do still want a place to smoke tobacco products.

[3:07:59] And then our Code Compliance staff also had a booth at the National Night Out event there in July.

[3:08:06] Going forward here into this next reporting period, we're looking to restart the interdepartmental advisory group meetings.

[3:08:16] That's a mouthful, we call it I-Dag.

[3:08:19] 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.

[3:08:28] So this is a monthly coordination meeting with city staff,

[3:08:34] water district staff, sanitary district staff,

[3:08:36] and fire district staff where we can get together.

[3:08:38] We can talk about new projects that are coming in.

[3:08:41] We can also talk about projects that are either getting ready

[3:08:44] for building permanent issuance or wrapping up

[3:08:46] the permit process and construction process

[3:08:49] to make sure that all of our eyes are dotted

[3:08:51] and teaser across them are all working together

[3:08:53] and pulling in the same direction.

[3:08:56] Those meetings went on a high-adestering COVID

[3:08:58] and they hadn't ever come back, so I'm looking forward to getting those started.

[3:09:03] 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.

[3:09:17] And then I'm hoping, as well,

[3:09:20] to get our long-range planning staff back working on long-range planning projects,

[3:09:24] and make some more headway on some of these initiatives that we've been chipping away at for quite some time.

[3:09:31] 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.

[3:09:38] I anticipate that'll start here in the next couple months.

[3:09:41] 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.

[3:09:55] In terms of financial overview, I don't have any bad news to share.

[3:10:01] We were able to award a couple of contracts that were budgeted for and that have been

[3:10:06] a long time in the making and then also just on a positive note, I wanted to note that

[3:10:12] we're actually well ahead of budget projections in terms of revenue and again that reflects

[3:10:16] how busy we've been on planning cases in particular where we're at 120% already of our annual

[3:10:22] budget projections. And then I would also just note there that the, you know, little,

[3:10:29] ahead of the curve bump up on fines and citations, I think we can attribute in part

[3:10:33] to the success of data ticket and helping us collect those payments and fines. And that

[3:10:38] wraps up my presentation, let's you have any questions for me?

[3:10:42] Question. Just one quick question. So, you're talked about the fact that some of these

[3:10:47] large projects have been pulling staff time away from other smaller projects. And you mentioned

[3:10:52] what some of those not smaller, or just not as urgent projects are, what are some that

[3:10:57] might be people might be that people should know about that are maybe not getting as much momentum

[3:11:04] right now as they could, where they're not all these big, complicated projects that you mentioned.

[3:11:12] Through them, through the mayor of Vice Mayor of Slercino, I think where we're seeing the biggest

[3:11:18] impact is in the progress that we're making on some of the long range planning initiatives.

[3:11:28] So we are making progress, but I'm not as far along as I'd hope to be on, for example,

[3:11:34] getting the accessory dwelling unit ordinance updated.

[3:11:37] I'd hope to have that done in this last six month period and have it in a coastal commission

[3:11:42] by now and instead I still need to take it to planning commission and city council.

[3:11:46] you know, so in some cases I'm several months behind where I'd like to be. So it's not

[3:11:51] so much that work isn't getting done. It's just that we're not able to vote as much

[3:11:55] time to it and because of that everything's taking longer.

[3:11:58] No, I appreciate you highlighting that because I think the community is aware of a lot of these

[3:12:02] really big, complicated projects that have come on board and it's important to, I think,

[3:12:07] sure even just to remind ourselves that the energy that goes towards dealing with those

[3:12:13] takes away some, some, some, some energy from other places too.

[3:12:18] Yeah, one of the challenges with these development review projects is that they often have kind of legal timelines to them, right?

[3:12:25] So when an application comes in, we have to respond within so many days and so forth.

[3:12:30] 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

[3:12:42] to put it up. And so what often happens then is those long range planning projects get put

[3:12:49] on the back burner because they don't have those same kind of legal repercussions as these

[3:12:54] development review cases do.

[3:12:57] Thank you.

[3:13:00] Any other questions? Seeing that. Thank you. She ate all the work that you've been

[3:13:05] doing.

[3:13:09] Thank you very much. That concludes our report and I'd like to say too is, you know, there

[3:13:15] We have public works.

[3:13:17] Oh, sorry.

[3:13:19] He was because he wasn't in his suit.

[3:13:21] I'm just kidding.

[3:13:26] Sorry

[3:13:29] for that joke, John.

[3:13:34] I believe I'm pretty well represented in my branded sweater.

[3:13:41] Councilmember, excuse me, Madam Mayor, Councilmember's public works department.

[3:13:45] Depart my highlights.

[3:13:47] One of the strategic goals, I think, as goal number two, in enhancing our workforce in

[3:13:56] public works department, we completed Workforce Training and Development.

[3:14:02] It's not necessarily a addressing capacity, even though we are short in terms of capacity.

[3:14:10] This is more capabilities.

[3:14:11] we want to have or I had envisioned our maintenance division staff in particular to be more capable

[3:14:18] being a lean group they are to be have more skill sets capable of crossing over from one particular

[3:14:28] skill or a particular work to another.

[3:14:32] For example, Parks and Facilities.

[3:14:34] You'll have a maintenance worker who is capable of doing Parks and Facilities type of work.

[3:14:39] And if needed be, can be transferred or reassigned to a streets type of work.

[3:14:48] And that was the vision of our maintenance division staff.

[3:14:53] It's not to say the administration administration personnel of our department is lesser.

[3:15:00] Because our administrative staff, as well,

[3:15:05] is training in their particular skillset to be more

[3:15:09] capable. You meant, you heard the beginning of this council meeting in the city of Masryuport

[3:15:15] of our assistant engineer, who is a Fiena adetiga, earning, or obtaining a resident engineer

[3:15:22] academy certificate. And that was for construction management. And that's one of the reasons

[3:15:28] why we have an assistant engineer in general tech,

[3:15:31] so we have more in-house capability for construction management.

[3:15:36] The particular checks I put here in front of you,

[3:15:41] we have pretty good certifications.

[3:15:44] I mean, they're very specialized,

[3:15:46] certifications.

[3:15:47] They traffic control and flag or seat,

[3:15:49] certifications.

[3:15:51] The center for organizational effectiveness

[3:15:52] and management academy, one of our management analysts,

[3:15:56] Stefan Downs, which, by the way, I do it on where I can

[3:15:59] recognize him in helping prepare these presentation

[3:16:04] slides as well as preparing the strategic goal

[3:16:07] templates that you have in your staff report.

[3:16:10] He has completed two out of the three modules

[3:16:14] or the academies to earn the public management certificate.

[3:16:25] It's certified public matter. Thank you, Michael. We also have certified pull operator

[3:16:32] certifications. Baffle Prevention Device Certification. That's basically for irrigation.

[3:16:40] CPR, first aid, fire safety, and has water, re-certifications. I apologize.

[3:16:46] Council Mayor Numerah has water. I know the acronyms is we need to spell that out.

[3:16:51] has woppers, has this waste operations, and response

[3:16:55] certifications, that is what is has woppers.

[3:16:59] Moving on to the next goal of breaking down

[3:17:07] barriers of accessibility, our goal of multilingual

[3:17:10] translation.

[3:17:12] So our goal of platform is our service request platform

[3:17:16] that you, that the community, general public,

[3:17:19] could access either through our city website,

[3:17:22] or the city is mobile application that you

[3:17:24] can download on your favorite mobile device, Apple, Apple,

[3:17:30] and Google Play Store.

[3:17:32] And this Google multilanguage translation

[3:17:35] is it does if English is a second language to you,

[3:17:39] you will have the capability, or yes, capability of selecting

[3:17:44] particular language.

[3:17:45] And how we done that, we embedded the Google translation engine

[3:17:50] to the service quest or the GOG of.

[3:17:53] So if English is a second language, you can select your preferred language

[3:17:59] to submit a service request.

[3:18:02] So we are breaking down that barrier of not necessarily physical accessibility

[3:18:08] but language accessibility.

[3:18:10] So it's a more of a diversified, equitable way

[3:18:14] of submitting a service request.

[3:18:17] So all the ways of education, we've partnered with Explore

[3:18:21] Ecology, Delivering Waste Reduction, and Composing Education

[3:18:24] to over 300 students this past summer

[3:18:28] and through the school year program.

[3:18:33] We've executed memorandum and understand

[3:18:36] M. E. U. with Paul Mataurus Network to lead the city

[3:18:41] training schedule and community outreach plan for October 20, 20, 26. So all those particular

[3:18:49] highlights deals with educating folks on recycling practices. I believe they're not,

[3:18:58] there's some people still put recycled into the trash and vice versa. So this is more reinforcing

[3:19:06] in the education on solid waste.

[3:19:10] Community engagement, I believe that's what

[3:19:13] public work is about, community engagement.

[3:19:16] I like to say, community engagement.

[3:19:18] Major events, you heard about certain events

[3:19:23] from my colleagues about, especially our recreation part

[3:19:31] of the community engagement in partnership with our

[3:19:34] Parks and Recreation Community Service Department.

[3:19:35] Pumpkin Smash is an annual event, that was successful, Creek Week.

[3:19:40] It's always been to success, those are people who are

[3:19:44] contribute, I don't know exactly what year by leaves next last year,

[3:19:49] of the valuable volunteers that help clean up the Creek.

[3:19:55] One of the community leaders that's not necessarily shown here

[3:20:01] is in our capital projects, in our capital projects,

[3:20:05] We make it a point to reach out to members of the public, especially if it affects their street, like a pavement project.

[3:20:17] 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.

[3:20:31] 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

[3:20:42] still is.

[3:20:44] Linnon Avenue Improvements Project, and I'll get to the upcoming department parties and capital improvements.

[3:20:50] We've notified we notify people, especially those who are affected by that project.

[3:20:55] So, our project is just to come all of a sudden and just snatches or surprises the people.

[3:21:02] We actually go out and put out mailers and in our contract documents and construction projects,

[3:21:07] we require the contractor to distribute public notices for construction.

[3:21:15] Speaking of capital improvements, I'll just go out of order.

[3:21:19] Our priority is to complete that linen avenue and permits project, as well as the Carmer to High School,

[3:21:24] crosswalk safety improvements project. Implement the construction phase of the

[3:21:29] Frame Creek Trail Improvement Project. Complete the community engagement strategy

[3:21:34] for the company living shoreline project. Complete the design phase of the 2023

[3:21:38] pavement maintenance rehabilitation project. I'm going to digress a little bit from

[3:21:44] this. Because I do get certain art department. Our city does get a lot of service

[3:21:53] was a lot of complaints about pavement,

[3:21:56] about sidewalk, about street trees.

[3:21:59] This particular project is in this design phase.

[3:22:03] And like our city manager's mentioned,

[3:22:05] there's going to be an upcoming CIP study session.

[3:22:08] This is where I'll be asking for or recommending

[3:22:15] for a certain amount of funding for pavement projects.

[3:22:20] Because it's not all good news.

[3:22:22] 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

[3:22:33] needs to be paved. I'll

[3:22:35] 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

[3:22:43] sidewalks street trees

[3:22:44] We don't have money for that

[3:22:47] And I am addressing, but I want to show that everything is good news right now for the

[3:22:53] public works department, receiving those type of good news.

[3:22:58] And I try to write these particular responses to this service request.

[3:23:02] I really do about pavement.

[3:23:05] We don't.

[3:23:06] And the people are getting impatient with that.

[3:23:09] So we'll talk about it more in our CIP study session.

[3:23:12] So going back we're trying to continue marching pursuing the grant funding opportunities.

[3:23:19] We are still we found some but not a lot for pavement because every city needs pavement money.

[3:23:29] And though not mentioned here we are looking at our cities.

[3:23:34] There are our neighboring cities to perhaps there's a concept of a pavement coalition

[3:23:39] with this name and city of City of Santa Barbara, Angolita, and I believe there's other cities as well by

[3:23:45] all those two, we are looking into that concept of a payment coalition.

[3:23:50] And that's a topic at another time, and more than like it, you might be a CIP study session topic.

[3:23:59] Moving up here on administration, continue to develop and implement standardized feedback and evaluation framework for community events

[3:24:08] To assess outcomes capture public input and inform continuous improvement of future program. What does that mean?

[3:24:15] We're trying to

[3:24:17] create

[3:24:18] kind of like a survey of

[3:24:22] 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

[3:24:28] Okay, here's survey and what particular feedback we get from them, but we want to have more of a standardized feedback

[3:24:34] platform other than the go-gov system

[3:24:36] system.

[3:24:37] Sustainability and environment, as I mentioned, priority is to execute an MOU with the Community

[3:24:44] has-Waste Collection Center.

[3:24:46] So that is administered by the County of Santa Barbara, where now we're not part of

[3:24:51] that.

[3:24:53] So folks here in the community just goes to our A-Bop, and then there's only so much we could

[3:24:57] take in, and then of course there's the annual household has-waste.

[3:25:01] But once we are enrolled in the Community has-Waste Collection, we have to pay into that,

[3:25:05] the way. Our residents that they miss A-Bop, if they miss the annual household hazardous

[3:25:11] waste day on April, they could go there at any time with a lot more materials to bring

[3:25:20] as opposed to our A-Bop Center, which is very limited.

[3:25:25] Launch Pro-Motors, all the waste education

[3:25:27] community outreach. So those are priorities.

[3:25:31] Financial overview, no significant department, deviations

[3:25:35] concerns to report. Overall, our budget is within the adopted budget. There are line items

[3:25:42] that we do budget allocation for, but that's only within the fund. We don't take it from

[3:25:47] Peter to PayPal. We don't take general fund to pay for measure x and whatever. It's basically within

[3:25:54] that fund. So when we do those budget allocation, it's only within those funds. And that's

[3:26:00] least by administrative service department.

[3:26:03] I can't just take money from here and there.

[3:26:05] Just let you know that's what we do as a common practice, a financial practice.

[3:26:13] And public work department, we make use of on-call services, contract services to staff

[3:26:21] augment our capacity.

[3:26:24] And we'll continue to do that for efficiency reasons, but we're trying to do things

[3:26:31] house as well. That concludes my presentation, pending questions.

[3:26:38] Questions from Councillor Conecke?

[3:26:40] Just one really quick question. It's the rollout of the multi-language translation on

[3:26:45] Gogove that seems like a really big step to have that. Is there something that the city

[3:26:51] or public works is doing to advertise that more to the Spanish speaking community since it sounds

[3:26:55] like that's going to make it easier, much easier for them to potentially submit service requests.

[3:27:00] Yes, Vice Mayor Salersono,

[3:27:06] that will, I'm going to work with Julissa Brianis and Leo Boyd

[3:27:10] on putting out that particular small little feature.

[3:27:15] Yes, it's something small, but it does make a difference.

[3:27:18] And I haven't put it out as far as a public engagement piece of what we're supposed to be doing.

[3:27:26] Thank you, I think that's a great, great step.

[3:27:31] Any other questions?

[3:27:33] No questions.

[3:27:34] Thank you for your report.

[3:27:41] So man, that that concludes our department reports.

[3:27:44] 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.

[3:27:53] You know, one of the things that I will mention is as I was seeing items up there in various departments.

[3:28:00] 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.

[3:28:11] 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.

[3:28:22] probably helps that all of our offices are made of glass and you can see anything, but

[3:28:27] we all work together very well and really just proud of everyone I look forward to coming back to you.

[3:28:35] I will go ahead and open up public comments and I have two speaker slips. Susan,

[3:28:40] male cue followed by Kate Stewart.

[3:28:52] Thank you,

[3:28:54] city council members, mayor and city manager. Can you hear me? I always have this

[3:29:05] addressing. This is good enough. Thank you. Okay, so I'm here to comment on

[3:29:13] item 13.

[3:29:17] Now, you're here to receive reports for the fiscal year 2025, 2026. I request

[3:29:30] that you add an urgent priority. Please update the Carpenterium Municipal Code to help

[3:29:40] The Herbersials, their numbers are greatly declining.

[3:29:48] Every year, throughout summer and fall,

[3:29:52] when the Herbersial Sanctuary is not closed,

[3:29:55] people come through the seal bookry by elating.

[3:30:00] The Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. I am with the former Harbour Seal Advisory Committee and now with SOS Committee with the CBA.

[3:30:15] We have told you that disturbances caused by violators of the Marine Mammal Protection Act is a major factor in the harbour seal decline.

[3:30:27] A solution identified by the Harbour Seal Advisory Committee is to incorporate the protections

[3:30:35] of the Marine Mammal Protection Act into the Carpenteria Municipal Code to allow the city

[3:30:45] enforcement of these protections.

[3:30:49] 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.

[3:31:05] Please incorporate the protections of the Marine Memorial Protection Act into municipal

[3:31:12] code.

[3:31:13] Tell those who selfishly choose to violate this law that Carpenteria cares about its seals.

[3:31:24] It would greatly benefit our struggling population if it's not too late.

[3:31:30] We stand to lose what many people consider to be the crown jewel of Carpenteria, and I'm

[3:31:41] speaking for many people that would not ever come here tonight, so please consider that.

[3:31:50] Thank you for your time.

[3:31:52] Thank you for your comments.

[3:31:53] Kate Stewart, followed by Valerie Bates,

[3:32:06] Madam Mayor, Deputy Mayor,

[3:32:08] Council members. Can you hear me okay? Okay, I am addressing you on the same topic to ask you to

[3:32:18] consider and act upon putting the re-mammal protection act language into Carpenteria Municipal

[3:32:26] Code. To give you my perspective, I have worked one year as a seal watch volunteer. I'm in my

[3:32:34] second year and I spent the summer and fall with Save Our Seals. I've often worked low

[3:32:41] tide watch where I interact with people who would like to go on into the sealed sanctuary.

[3:32:50] During the summer, I asked them if they are aware of the seal sanctuary and offer them the

[3:32:58] opportunity to not disturb the seals that particular day that we're speaking.

[3:33:06] Many people

[3:33:06] get might be a difficulty to have to go up to the coastal this detrail and around the area.

[3:33:12] I can tell you the story quickly of one man I'll call him the cameraman he walks every day.

[3:33:19] And during the summer and fall he told me the city is not serious. So I'm going through and I could

[3:33:27] see him with my binoculars from the west, go into the bridge, go right to the water where the seals

[3:33:33] would be that's like in their bed. So they can't even come out of the water because he's there.

[3:33:38] Many people are like this. But just recently I saw him walking briskly just like he did on the

[3:33:44] beach on the coast of this to trail and right down on the ramp on the east side. Easy as peasy. He was

[3:33:52] not inconvenience at all because it's not allowed then. So I want to let you know that I think

[3:34:01] A lot of people would be more amenable to going around if there was code.

[3:34:08] Carpenteria Municipal Code said we care.

[3:34:13] That's like that to say.

[3:34:14] Thank you.

[3:34:16] Thank you for your comments.

[3:34:19] Mike, one of the last key followed by NDS sprung.

[3:34:29] Mike, one of the last key speaking for Carp River Association, same topic as the previous

[3:34:34] couple speakers, we asked you direct staff to add one additional project to their overflowing

[3:34:40] to do list to incorporate the MMPA protections into municipal code.

[3:34:46] Again, just the framework here, during the seasonal beach closure, when there's the disturbance,

[3:34:51] the city has enforcement authority because the municipal code says you can't be on the beach,

[3:34:56] causing a disturbance or doing anything else.

[3:34:59] In the summer, when there is a disturbance, the city has zero enforcement capability, because

[3:35:04] Even though the Remail Protection Act, MMPA is being violated, that's not the city's authority to enforce.

[3:35:10] So the city is powerless, and US Fish and Wildlife has no local presence to enforce that.

[3:35:19] 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.

[3:35:30] We would refer you to the three-page document we submitted last week that had more detail on

[3:35:36] the specific request and also to our recently published report by the CVAC of our SEALS

[3:35:41] committee that has a summary of the challenges facing the colony, extensive academic research

[3:35:48] summary on the effects of disturbances and detailed data, SEAL counts, and sample videos

[3:35:54] of disturbances during the summer and fall, showing how egregious behavior some people

[3:35:59] is that even if they intentionally go up and disturb the seals and get them all the flesh

[3:36:05] in the ocean, there's nothing the city can do about presently. And that's really not an

[3:36:10] acceptable situation. And the solution is relatively simple and pretty cheap. Thank you.

[3:36:16] Thank you for your comments.

[3:36:25] Hello, my name is Eli Sprague, and today I'm asking for the council support to add the

[3:36:31] Carpenteria Shoresaver project to the city strategic plan.

[3:36:36] What is sourceaver?

[3:36:38] A beach cleanup station program that makes beach cleanems more of an everyday thing that all

[3:36:44] people can participate in.

[3:36:46] Why does Carpenteria need Shoresaver?

[3:36:48] I never thought that normal beach cleanups don't get enough trash off the beach.

[3:36:54] Well, so do I. Most of the time beach cleanups are pretty simple. You bring a group to the beach.

[3:36:58] You pick up as much trash as you can that day. This is a flawed system on a certain because

[3:37:03] trash comes onto the beach every day with the tides. This is why we need to set up a short

[3:37:11] server program right here in Guameteria and we'll get more trash off the beach through daily

[3:37:16] up and prove trash management on our beaches and engage more people in the environmental

[3:37:20] storeship of our beaches. This especially resonates with me because as a person with a lot

[3:37:28] with a busy life it was hard for me to get involved in helping the environment in my world but

[3:37:36] this would be an easy and effective way for all people to help out. Who started sure of saver and

[3:37:43] working on it. The close to collaborative was founded by brothers Aiden and Alex Kravits in 2023

[3:37:51] on Long Island in New York State and now have over 100 clean up stations. The first beach clean

[3:37:57] up station on West Coast was created in Delmore, California by Django in 2020. Here at Karpandaria,

[3:38:05] we've put together a team that includes myself, Karpandaria beautiful, and the wonderful employees

[3:38:11] in Parks and Recreation Department of Corporate Rhea.

[3:38:14] We are getting guidance from both Coastal Collaboratives and Dell Marshorsewer programs.

[3:38:20] They have offered to design our side for free, as well as give us a first docking station

[3:38:25] for free.

[3:38:26] We have also begun lining up donors.

[3:38:31] When can we get our first beach clean up position?

[3:38:33] We are hoping to get the first station up by over spring break.

[3:38:37] Where? You want to place the first beach conversation with the end of the live in that view?

[3:38:43] 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.

[3:38:51] I'd like to say that though I care deeply about the Shorsare program, there's sometimes when it seems insignificant,

[3:38:56] compared all to the big topics,

[3:38:58] sad topics going on in the world,

[3:39:00] especially in even in the country area.

[3:39:03] But I've realized that

[3:39:06] these small topics are even more important

[3:39:08] during that time, because they're what

[3:39:10] allows us

[3:39:14] to get hope and realize

[3:39:16] that we can figure out these problems.

[3:39:19] Thank you.

[3:39:21] Thank you for your comments.

[3:39:24] Great job.

[3:39:25] I do not, oh yes.

[3:39:29] Another speaker and audience, would you like to,

[3:39:38] yes, come on up.

[3:39:44] Thank you so much, Mayor and Council and others.

[3:39:48] I'm with the Save Our Seals Committee of the Carpentry Evelian Association.

[3:39:53] My name is Valerie Bins.

[3:39:55] I've lived in Carpentry for some time.

[3:39:58] And for some time I've been concerned about the decline in the numbers of our precious

[3:40:04] Harvard Seal colony, and the lack of understanding that people have that these wonderful

[3:40:11] creatures need to rest off out of the water every day to sustain themselves.

[3:40:19] And I see the numbers plummeting for the city had two year-long advisory committees,

[3:40:27] and Matt Roberts, who is the prior head of the Parks and Recreation Department, made

[3:40:33] recommendation two years ago from the first committee, asking that the city develop a law

[3:40:42] parallel to the Marine Animal Protection Act. We're coming to you now two years later,

[3:40:48] and asking you to make this simple measure that won't cost anything and even very much staff time,

[3:40:55] because we realize how much this staff has to do. But to put this law in place, would give us a vehicle

[3:41:02] to save the lives of many of our darling seals.

[3:41:06] The numbers have gone down from maybe 200 that are counted a couple of years ago to

[3:41:13] in this last week and average count of 40 to 50.

[3:41:18] So we have this dramatic decline.

[3:41:20] We are one of only two visible seal colonies and harbor seals left all the way south

[3:41:28] from San Luis Obispo.

[3:41:29] it's a treasured resource. I wanted to point out from our paper our CV and this

[3:41:37] is a wonderful job with the SEAL counts. In just one week there were people

[3:41:44] visiting from 23 states to our SEAL colony and 11 countries in just one week.

[3:41:57] So

[3:41:58] realize that the seal colony was here way back when they were. So please do this one small

[3:42:04] measure to allow us what we can do to help our precious colony. Thank you so much.

[3:42:13] Thank you for your comments. Yes, would you like to make public comment?

[3:42:18] Come on up.

[3:42:22] And if you could fill out a speaker slip when you're done. Okay. Thank you. Thank you so much.

[3:42:26] Hi, Mayor, Al-Akon, Al-Akon, and Vice Mayor and Council and staff and listeners all around.

[3:42:38] My name is Chris Elder. I've been up here before, and I'm here about the seal issue.

[3:42:44] I am one of 27, approximately 27,000 visitors in year 2025 that visited the recovery.

[3:42:52] I'm also a member of the SEAL Watch group volunteers and also a member of an hopefully contributing

[3:43:04] to a group of educators in the SEAL Watch volunteer group who are going to be greeting

[3:43:10] schools that come to the recovery to learn about this as we've heard precious resource

[3:43:18] at Carpentria has. I am so privileged and so grateful to be able to work with this volunteer

[3:43:27] group and to spend time there. I've only lived here about seven years now and I'm a retired

[3:43:33] teacher and a school director and I get to participate in educating the public about these wonderful

[3:43:48] around our country, but around the world that come and delight in spending time there, it's a

[3:43:56] privilege, it's an honor and it's important.

[3:44:00] And I wanted to say that since I've become even

[3:44:03] more passionate about the seals, I'm learning more and more each year and I do, I am impressed

[3:44:11] at the amount of time that they really do need to spend out of the water every day. I used to think

[3:44:16] It was just for the birthing season, but learning more about, especially the molting season,

[3:44:21] which happens late summer and for some seals, it's a process that can take two months.

[3:44:26] It might brain from two to four months, and they need to spend more time.

[3:44:30] You probably have all heard this, but they need to spend more time on land, especially during

[3:44:36] that time, because they're losing their fur, and they can't spend that amount of time in

[3:44:40] the water anymore in the cold water anymore.

[3:44:43] So it's a year-round process.

[3:44:46] I was kind of shocked with it in the website, Section and Marine Mammal Institute, Rehabilitation

[3:44:52] Center in San Salito about Harbor Seals.

[3:44:55] The first line they said was that the health of a Harbor Seal depends upon the person.

[3:45:00] 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.

[3:45:30] from kindergarten up that come, it would be super helpful.

[3:45:35] And ecotourism, I mean, people come to Carpenteria to see

[3:45:40] these creatures, they really do, and they're adding to the

[3:45:43] economy here, foods, lodging, et cetera, that we talk to

[3:45:47] them every day.

[3:45:49] So, I'm here to support this initiative that's being proposed

[3:45:52] tonight, and I thank you for giving me your time.

[3:45:55] Thank you for your comments.

[3:45:56] Yeah, and I'll fill out that slip.

[3:45:59] Anyone else not yet? Seeing none, I will look to Brian and see if we have anyone be assumed.

[3:46:05] I mean we have no raised hands.

[3:46:07] So I will go ahead and officially close public comment and bring it back to the council for any questions comments in our motion.

[3:46:15] I mean, I would be interested to ask staff to look into what this would look like to change our municipal code.

[3:46:24] I think we need to have staff looking into it and make sure we're not doing anything

[3:46:31] untoward, but I think that this doesn't seem like this seems like a good thing that we should do.

[3:46:39] And so, as a follow-up to that, so I think the request that they're making is for it to be put on

[3:46:44] a departmental, just basically like the priority list, is that right, I just want to confirm with

[3:46:49] staff. That's what the request sounds like it is from the public commenters.

[3:46:54] Yeah, Vice Mayor Salarsino, that was my understanding.

[3:46:58] It was to have it added to the staff priority list.

[3:47:02] Okay.

[3:47:02] We've heard that from some.

[3:47:04] Yes.

[3:47:04] So I would support that.

[3:47:05] And I would also support having the short saver project added.

[3:47:09] It sounds like that's something that's somewhat in the works already.

[3:47:12] Or at least there have been conversations with city staff about that.

[3:47:15] So I think I could support both of those.

[3:47:19] being added.

[3:47:23] Happy to support both of that as well, both of those items.

[3:47:29] Is there any objection from other council members?

[3:47:36] No objection, so I just curious that this probably would have been easier if it was handled during the regular public comment time.

[3:47:45] 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.

[3:47:52] I think get on departmental reports, which include the priorities for each department.

[3:47:56] I think that's the reasoning behind requesting that these being included in the department priority lists.

[3:48:04] So I think my question for staff would be, should the, well, I mean, if the request is to put

[3:48:11] these items on the priority list, I look at the directors to see, because you'll still have

[3:48:17] go back and weigh what existing priorities you have, and then you'd still have to put it

[3:48:23] on the docket in terms of a reasonable time. So I just want to make sure that that's

[3:48:29] with that not timeline, but that process would look like I guess.

[3:48:35] Yeah, Mayor. So we have a couple different ways to approach this. So we do have an on deck list.

[3:48:42] we call it or I think that it's a sports analogy that misses some folks, but just like

[3:48:50] the our second list of items that staff gets to when time allows, and so I guess it

[3:48:59] would be a question of whether we'd like to consider bumping an existing priority or adding

[3:49:05] it to our our backup list, which is on we added to the list and it's just as soon as staff has

[3:49:11] time and then it could be looked at as we look at our next strategic plan on wanting to prioritize

[3:49:19] it at that time or we would need some direction from the council on repirodization of

[3:49:24] existing ones or again we added toward list of as soon as we can get to it.

[3:49:32] I know one of the issues I'm looking so Nick overseeing code compliance, one of the issues

[3:49:40] that we've had is a somewhat compounding, I know that there's efforts from those in a community

[3:49:46] or trying to raise money for an additional staff person is that we found that already the

[3:49:52] code compliance team is very, very spread then. And so I know not that this has fully what

[3:49:59] they want is it just to be added to the municode, but I know one of the issues that was brought

[3:50:04] up is even then staff's ability to go out and actually enforce it.

[3:50:11] And so that's a whole other issue that would need to be addressed via some sort of a budget

[3:50:16] priority in the future for additional staffing.

[3:50:19] Again, that's not necessarily what they're talking about.

[3:50:22] They just want to add it to the medical, but it's just one other issue to consider.

[3:50:28] Okay.

[3:50:28] You said one quick follow-up to that.

[3:50:30] I think that given that these are requests that are coming in right now and that we

[3:50:34] have established priorities already within departments.

[3:50:37] I would support them maybe being on the on deck list.

[3:50:40] I think that makes sense in that way that they can get attention when the opportunity arises,

[3:50:46] but not displacing what we already had set up.

[3:50:49] But what that department had also have identified as ongoing priorities.

[3:50:54] No, that would just be my comment.

[3:51:02] I'm not sure what's actually in the Marine Mammal Protection Act and in this regard, but a lot of

[3:51:08] speakers spoke about the issue of closing the beach, which is we discussed a year ago and at

[3:51:17] that time, Coastal Commission approval would be needed to ratify that ordinance and it seemed

[3:51:25] like there was some significant budget associated with that that staff brought forward.

[3:51:31] So I would like to know what that is before we go further.

[3:51:37] Councilmember Clark, that is one of the items because I know there's distance requirements

[3:51:42] about how far you have to stay and then there'd be a question of whether there's enough

[3:51:48] distance to do that without closing the beach.

[3:51:51] And if it did require a closure, the beach would take us back to a conversation that we had

[3:51:56] several months ago, and staff's happy to look into that portion of it.

[3:52:02] That'd be great.

[3:52:03] So it sounds as though, instead of putting on a list of priorities right now, we're going

[3:52:08] to want to hear back from Jenna,

[3:52:14] I'm sorry, and update on where that landed and what that

[3:52:19] would take in terms of moving it forward.

[3:52:21] 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.

[3:52:46] So we can do some of that just initial research and bring that back to your council.

[3:52:51] Okay, so it sounds like that's, well, if there's consensus, that that's the direction.

[3:52:55] 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.

[3:53:06] 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

[3:53:12] could staff come back and explain to us what, how, like, what adding the MMPA language to

[3:53:20] our municipal code would do, does that actually trigger a defacto, beach closure, does

[3:53:28] I mean coastal commission has to be involved. I think the more information, the better

[3:53:32] for the community who are trying to fundraise for this project, if it's not a big project,

[3:53:39] but at least just an informational update that we can provide back,

[3:53:43] sort of takes it off of like a simmer and it just allows more

[3:53:49] of an understanding of what we can do.

[3:53:51] I think that's maybe what I'm asking for.

[3:53:56] Does that make sense?

[3:53:58] I was just going to ask you to maybe restate.

[3:54:00] Sure, let's do that.

[3:54:01] Let's do that.

[3:54:01] We could provide.

[3:54:04] OK.

[3:54:05] I think what I would like to ask staff with permission

[3:54:08] of what the consensus is, if staff could maybe look into what it would look like, what

[3:54:17] the MMPA language says, and what it would look like if we added it to our CMC.

[3:54:24] And what would that impact be, I think, just like, a fact, just the information for us to

[3:54:31] understand, because I think we all have this, we all feel that we want to do what we

[3:54:38] but what we need to know what we're doing, I think, is that, does that make sense?

[3:54:43] Am I making that statement clear?

[3:54:46] It's a councilman of mayor, so to just verify the MMPA, and if we added it to the CMC,

[3:54:55] what that impact would be for our beach specifically.

[3:55:00] Yeah, I mean, because I do think we have to know if there's, like, if we say this is your

[3:55:04] 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

[3:55:13] 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?

[3:55:20] 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

[3:55:34] 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

[3:55:46] Cranic suggestion because it sounds like we're going back and forth on this one

[3:55:52] 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

[3:56:02] Right now, staff is overloaded.

[3:56:04] We're adding something else to them that wasn't originally on the agenda.

[3:56:09] I understand from the CO watch people on Mike Juan, and also he's great at this.

[3:56:12] He knows all the information based on what happened prior to.

[3:56:16] If we could all come together, come for consensus and take a look at specifically this, this,

[3:56:21] in a hearing specifically to where we could see, in fact, if we could move this forward,

[3:56:26] with the cost factor would be, what was found from the last report that would have changed

[3:56:30] to where we can then reverse our decision that we made last time.

[3:56:34] I think that would help us quite a bit.

[3:56:36] There's a lot of variables in this one.

[3:56:38] The changes are there.

[3:56:40] I know justifications there.

[3:56:41] But I remember one of the roadblocks we had to deal with

[3:56:45] was coast of commission very specific.

[3:56:48] And they had to do with city, our municipal zone area,

[3:56:53] basically other beaches, the high tide line,

[3:56:55] what happens in a low tide, how do we control that?

[3:56:58] because now we're on state property.

[3:57:00] It's a state mandate, or a state overseen area.

[3:57:04] So that's why I'm thinking if we can bring that document back,

[3:57:07] just do a resteading with ourselves,

[3:57:10] through staff to take a look at those reports,

[3:57:12] and have maybe justification or changes,

[3:57:15] what occurred that would change that decision,

[3:57:18] that would help us in the long process.

[3:57:20] I would probably need staff generously, specifically,

[3:57:24] to guide us through this one,

[3:57:26] because it's, it's, it's, it's, it's walking on a tight line between that and the Brown Act.

[3:57:33] I can't remember anymore.

[3:57:35] Paying on that with the council, with like, we could do it in a couple of different steps.

[3:57:40] We could bring back some initial information based on information.

[3:57:43] We already have hopefully, again, as time permits, without creating too much more work.

[3:57:50] As you mentioned, some of these conversations have occurred remind ourselves of that.

[3:57:54] bring that back to your council's part of the city manager's report before

[3:57:58] hopefully agendizing it and then and then based on your council's direction from there

[3:58:04] perhaps take it the next step if you all would like to do so.

[3:58:08] That sounds really good. That sounds like what we're doing.

[3:58:13] Thank you.

[3:58:16] I'm glad we're able to talk through that.

[3:58:19] Okay, so any other, well, I'll just say before we receive a motion, I just want to

[3:58:26] think the staff for putting together this update, we've gone through a handful of iterations

[3:58:32] of what our strategic updates look like, and I think we've at least, for my perspective,

[3:58:39] I feel like we've really landed on something that really resonates to the public something

[3:58:43] that's easy to read, and really easy for us to understand, so I know I'm really looking forward

[3:58:47] to that second part of being able to look at the dashboard

[3:58:50] and really be able to see the progress that we've made.

[3:58:55] And then similar to what Council Member Numerage

[3:58:57] has said, and is staff are really overloaded.

[3:59:01] Right now, I don't want that to take away

[3:59:05] from the great work that you guys are doing.

[3:59:07] And I appreciate your time and your energy

[3:59:10] with all the, especially the community development department,

[3:59:14] and everything that you all are working on right now.

[3:59:17] So I just want to thank you all for your hard work and dedication to the community and the City of

[3:59:23] Corporate.

[3:59:24] So thank you.

[3:59:26] And then, of course, I'll leave it open to any other comments from Council and then I'm

[3:59:29] motion.

[3:59:30] I would just like to add very specifically the work on the transparency with the budget was so

[3:59:36] helpful this year in community conversations.

[3:59:39] And I think, I mean, it's just all, all, I know that it's a lot of work to make community

[3:59:46] outreach and transparency, your priority, but it really matters to the community and so thank you.

[4:00:00] Okay, I move to receive and file the period one department reports for the fiscal year 2025-26 budget.

[4:00:06] Second.

[4:00:07] We have a first and a second. All those in favour?

[4:00:11] Aye.

[4:00:12] All right. Thank you.

[4:00:14] We will now move on to legislative update.

[4:00:18] No updates this evening. Thank you.

[4:00:21] Committees reports, inquiries and other matters presented by council members.

[4:00:25] 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.

[4:00:41] So summer should be around the time that we'll start seeing the Wave.

[4:00:45] MDD staff will be making presentations to Council as well, another groups around, around town,

[4:00:51] like age well, and at the library, to make sure that everyone understands all the ins and outs of how to use it.

[4:00:57] But I think that's very exciting. The MDD board also received an update, also updated their contract with easy lift.

[4:01:05] And I had asked them if the easy lift representative could provide some statistics about how this service operates here in Carp.

[4:01:12] I thought that might be interesting for the council to know so once I get that information I can I can share that.

[4:01:18] 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.

[4:01:33] So those are my two reports.

[4:01:37] I'd like to make a report from SBCAG that they finally figured out a way to add an additional

[4:01:45] train to the train line and it's going to be a commuter train.

[4:01:50] I'm not sure about the timing.

[4:01:53] I've got to written down somewhere, but it's a train that, well, there's two trains.

[4:02:02] there's one that's going to go in early and one that's going to come back late, but it's

[4:02:07] not really late, but it is early, so it's really adding the early train and not really

[4:02:17] sure how they're going to handle the come back part, but they're hoping to add that soon.

[4:02:22] They are having a return trip, but it's earlier than most people want to come back.

[4:02:28] So, I don't know how it's going to work, but they're still trying to work on adding,

[4:02:34] so every time they add a train, they've got to make it go back, and so they want to

[4:02:39] time it for the go back people too, so that's what we've got so far, so, but they're in

[4:02:45] the process, they want to do that, but they're this spring, that'll that first trip will

[4:02:49] be happening.

[4:02:50] I

[4:02:54] have an update from Beacon, which is the Bichorogin Authority.

[4:02:59] We were received a report and an update on the Surface Point Project in Gleeda, which

[4:03:04] Gleeda, sorry, Ventura, which really is absolutely incredible what they've done.

[4:03:10] It took a lot of years, but it sort of includes removing the dam and material, which is

[4:03:16] still in the process, but then they removed the C-wall, put a bike, lane, a pedestrian axis,

[4:03:23] 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.

[4:03:53] for our savings, our sand, and our beaches.

[4:03:57] We also have a presentation on the two national marine sanctuary,

[4:04:02] which is incredibly interesting.

[4:04:04] And there is actually going to be a community outreach meeting

[4:04:09] with the public in March.

[4:04:11] And they have yet to give us the exact date,

[4:04:13] but I will look forward to sharing it

[4:04:15] because I think our community is really interested in that.

[4:04:19] And finally, they have a finalized their presentation,

[4:04:22] and I've asked them to come to us before March, I was hoping they would come before the big

[4:04:28] rains but they are going to come before City Council and give us a presentation on exactly what

[4:04:32] they do and I think that's important so. A little comment on that. They did actually did have a

[4:04:40] 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.

[4:04:46] They said that in the the process of removing the materialaha dam, they've punctured holes in it

[4:04:51] And there's like 10 million tons of sand behind the dam.

[4:04:57] So the dam is almost full of salt.

[4:04:59] And so they're doing these punctures.

[4:05:01] And it's already just coming down already.

[4:05:03] It's just incredible.

[4:05:05] So the things we learn not to do.

[4:05:08] So mountains are like everybody else.

[4:05:10] They just want to go to the beach.

[4:05:11] You can go to the

[4:05:16] beach.

[4:05:16] Any other reports?

[4:05:17] Yeah, real quick.

[4:05:18] Again, public engagement committee.

[4:05:20] Yes, we are meeting this week.

[4:05:23] One request I have this goes to the public, since it is public engagement, we love to have feedback.

[4:05:28] We are looking at new items, potentially that we would like to add to the scope of our work.

[4:05:33] So, if anybody's interested, again, we encourage public participation for this, since we are public engagement.

[4:05:40] We have one other meeting tomorrow, or this week also has to do with the 3CE Center Coast Community Energy Commission.

[4:05:49] And I'm on the policy board and we will be having a meeting head this week Thursday.

[4:05:55] So, if anything new comes up for the day, everybody know, but it's scheduled for this week.

[4:06:00] All right.

[4:06:01] Thank you for the update.

[4:06:03] We will now move on to a tenth of council members for future meetings.

[4:06:06] Yes.

[4:06:07] Yes.

[4:06:07] I guess everyone is there.

[4:06:09] And I will officially adjourn the meeting at 9.37 PM.

[4:06:13] Thank you.

[4:06:14] Thank you.

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