City Council — March 9, 2026

The Carpinteria City Council meeting today is March 9th, 2026. And we will start with a roll call please.

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Well, thank you so much. Thanks for having me today. It is such an honor to be here and be in the community. I started just over a month ago, and it's been a fantastic introduction and just an incredibly warm welcome from the community. I know we had a badge painting ceremony swearing-in and saw a number of you there, so I certainly appreciate that. A little bit about myself, I have over 30 years in the fire service as a professional firefighter. The last 12 years was serving in the city of Costa Mesa and prior to that 18 years in the city of Laguna Beach in a range of different roles working with a lot of different partners and I was also involved with working at the state level. I was president of the California Fire Chief's Association and I sat on the board for League of California Cities, so I was fortunate to have a lot of different interactions with stakeholders at the local level all the way to statewide level.

And so bring that in to the community here also exciting because my wife grew up in the area and she's part of a multi-generational family here in Carpinteria and Santa Barbara Coast. So that's been something that's been very special And then as far as the district goes, it's an incredible district. Our board has been extremely supportive and I certainly appreciate their trust in bringing me on board and the team that we have, the professional men and women are just an exceptional group and we're proud and fortunate to serve. I've already had the opportunity here in the city with City Manager Mike Ramirez, who's done a great job of bringing me in. I had my first all-hands meeting with the entire staff so that was a great privilege as well and then of course with my law enforcement brothers and sisters.

So again thank you for allowing me the opportunity to come in and just introduce myself. I'll make myself available for any one-on-one conversations with the council, with staff, and I look forward to working with staff and certainly the community. So again thank you for the warm welcome. I appreciate the opportunity for the introduction.

Thank you. I'd love to open it up to the council if there's any questions you all may have?

Yes. Go ahead. I just wanted to say welcome on behalf of our community of Carpinteria, it was wonderful to meet your family and really look forward to having you here. Thank you.

And I

would like to say congratulations, we're welcome aboard. I want to give Ray Lane a little shout out first. Now Ray is this a thumbs up or thumbs down for this guy? There we go thank you!

Well, we did we all look forward to working with you. So thank you so much for choosing Carpinteria To really work here and build a community continue to build the community that we have. Thank you.

Thank you so much

I'd like to open up public comment. I do not have any speaker slips. Do we have anyone via zoom?

Mayor we have no raised hands

I will go ahead and close public comment, and we will now

Mayor, we're just very grateful to have them here today. We know that there's a number of things in the city with our pool and our parks where we've really been needing the help of our community members and they have stepped up in a big way and this is just a sign of all those great things that are going on out there to work with the city to get some amazing things done so

So the City of Carpinteria proudly recognizes The Morning Rotary of Carpinteria Charitable Foundation, Inc. and The Lions Club of Carpinteria for their generous combined donation of $10,000 in support of replacing the play mats at the Tmall Interpretive Play Area. Both organizations are dedicated to serving our community and are excited about the positive impact this donation will bring.

And with that I'd like to bring up representatives of either of the clubs if you'd like to share a few words?

At what point is it appropriate to have them all come up and issue a ceremonial check? I guess at the conclusion of remarks we'll step forward and issue a ceremonial check. My name is Steve Gertise, and I'm honored to serve as the president of The Rotary Club at Carpinteria Morning. On behalf of The Morning Rotary Club Charitable Foundation, I am pleased to present a $10,000 donation to the City of Carpinteria in support of the replacement of Fall Zone mats at the Tomorrowland Interpretive Play Area. I want to acknowledge that this donation includes a generous $4,750 contribution from The Lions Club of Carpinteria that was raised through their 2025 Festival of Trees events. We are deeply grateful for their partnership and shared commitment to projects to strengthen our community.

Both the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning and the Lions Club of Carpinteria are dedicated to service, and are excited about the positive impact this contribution will have on the play area and the families that enjoy it. This donation also marks the beginning of a new chapter of community engagement through the launch of the Morning Rotary Club's Tomal Interpretive Play Area Committee. We look forward to collaborating closely with the City to support the ongoing refurbishment and enhancement of this cherished community space. Thank you.

Good afternoon, I'm the current president of Carpinteria Alliance and I'm really happy that we were able to join the Rotary in presenting these funds. These funds came from the Christmas tree that we had at the art center and I want to thank all the participants, both the sponsors and those who bought tickets to make this available. Thank you.

And I'll just invite the council to share a few words, if anyone would like before we take a photo with the ceremonial check and then of course I'd invite all the members up for a photo as well.

Sure. Now I'd just like to thank the clubs for really stepping up that's a very well-received amenity in our town and a very needed money and thing to do at this time to keep it going so thank you thank you thank you

It's just one thing I think you continuously show us in Carpinteria is that we can always depend on the Lions Club and Rotary to show up in support of our community, no matter if it's large or small. So I just thank you so much.

And before, I know Council Member Mora has some special remarks to make but I just want to add my thanks to both clubs. It's great to see the great turnout here amongst your membership too and it shows your dedication to the things that make CARP so important. So thank

you. I'd like to also congratulate and thank both of the clubs for their efforts in this one. I was the general coordinator of the Tomal Interpretive Play Area, and back then we figured everything's brand new. We had no problem with it lasting forever as promised by the contractors. But with the wear and tear and having thousands of kids literally go through there each and every week, it was bound to come to a point where we did this one The unfortunate part is that the city was not able to participate as much as we'd like to, but by you stepping up and working together jointly, the Lions and the Rotarians, I'd like to commend both of you for showing support of this community.

That's one of those parks that everybody loves here and people from all over the state literally come here to visit that so because of your efforts we'd like to sincerely thank you for your efforts

And similar to my colleagues, I'd like to thank both of the clubs for really standing up and stepping up to play this park similar to what Council Member Nomura said not too long ago. The council was discussing and so it's really nice that we have you all in this community to really step up and help us in so many more ways. So thank you! With that, I invite you to come up with a ceremonial check and then I'll invite the rest of the members.

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only invited three of us. Why did Ray invite more people?

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One, two, three. Here we go. Taking photos. Everybody's happy. Perfect! I don't know which one is yours. OK, that one. You're welcome.

And there's just a few more words that the club member would like to share.

Sure. My name is Susie Schneider and I am the chair of Carpinteria Morning Rotary's Friends of Tomal Interpretive Play Area Committee, and we just want to excitedly let you know this contribution also launches the revitalization of the Friends of the Tomal Interpretive Play Area Committee, and we look forward to working with the city in our community to steward and enhance this special place for Carpinteria families. So, look forward to some exciting collaboration with the City on opportunities to enhance the park.

Thank you!

And before we move on I will open up public comment. I do not have any speaker slips. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

Mayor, we have no raised hands.

I will close public comment and we will now

Good evening Mayor, Councilmembers, Carpinteria City staff and members of Carpinteria. For the My report for the month of February, I have about three cases here to highlight for you. In the 4,000 block of Foothill we had a transient male enter the two victims' unlocked residence while they were sleeping. The suspect made some nonsensical threats about the residence being on stolen land and it belongs to somebody else. The suspect left the residence, deputies did search the area but were unable to locate him.

In the 4,500 block of Foothill Road we had a burglary at a marijuana farm. Around 3 o'clock in the morning deputies responded to a burglary in progress at a cannabis farm with mass suspects armed with handguns. A deputy was able to locate an involved vehicle fleeing the scene. As that vehicle attempted to accelerate and leave, it hit a sharp turn and rolled over on Santa Monica Road crashing.

Other involved vehicles continued to flee westbound on Foothill Road. I think there was in excess of 15 vehicles involved in this. Deputies arrested three occupants of that crash vehicle at gunpoint. One subject failing to obey simple commands was tasered Those three were taken into custody without further incident. Two of them were determined to be juveniles and one was an adult.

They were charged with numerous charges, burglary conspiracy obstruction of the deputies possession of unregistered firearm which was found in the vehicle A felon in possession of a firearm contributing to the delinquents of a minor and other charges. So two were booked in Juvenile Hall, one adult male was booked here at the jail they were all from out-of-town LA area The assistance that the Carpinteria deputies did obtain from surrounding agencies. We had Goleta units that came, two of our canine units showed up, our air support was here.

Ventura Sheriff's Office and their drone unit came to assist Santa Barbara PD and CHP as well in the search for the other outstanding suspect. They did find, later discovered that one more vehicle was involved in a crash on the Foothill Road in Cravens Lane. That vehicle was abandoned and witnesses reported two other vehicles coming back and picking up those occupants.

Since January, since the middle of January of this year Carpinteria has had seven cannabis farm burglaries. On this particular incident detectives have worked with LA area detectives and have made several arrests so but there's ongoing investigations And then in the 4900 block of Carpinteria Avenue, again we had some graffiti where some deputies on patrol saw gang-related graffiti observed on the eastern wall of a business and it was consistent with a local street gang.

A request for graffiti removal was sent to Code Compliance and we had two of these reports this month of gang graffiti And just to note on that, I know a lot of people have some concerns but i want to assure you that your police or the sheriff's office and your Carpinteria Police deputies are always looking for trends or crimes in the city. So if the night shift comes across something or if the day shift comes across something we put that in our own Recap and we pass that on to the next shift. So we're very in tune of what's going on into the neighborhoods, and then I do suggest if you do see any of this that you call it in as well And deputies also, we also share information with other agencies like I said Ventura SO, Sheriff's Office or Santa Barbara PD.

A lot of times things will intermingle our gang related crimes will go with Santa Barbara or Ventura so there's a lot of information sharing that goes on behind the scenes and for any serious incidents we have specialized detectives that will come out investigate those crimes For our community outreach, on February 6th your Carpinteria PIO and the Abuelas group toured the Carpinteria Police Station. The group consisted of about 15 to 20 grandparents and one grandchild. The tour was presented in Spanish and they had a tour of our briefing room, report writing room, locker room, evidence room. We do have a sleeproom there for deputies that live further away. So they got, and the patrol vehicles. So they got a good first-hand picture of everything that we do and what we utilize.

They were provided inside of what gear deputies wear and how much the worn gear and how much these these gear this weighs those you know the vest and the belt with everything on it They were introduced to less lethal and lethal equipment that we utilize. We also talked about, I wasn't there but they did talk about shift change and kind of help you understand why some days you'll see deputies and then maybe four months later you'll see a whole brand new set of deputies. And that's because we're on a four-month shift rotation work six to six so for four months you'll see the same deputies on day shift and you'll have another set of deputies on night and then they'll rotate. So all those that were at night now they come to days So that and the fact that maybe they might transfer to Goleta or some specialty assignment, but that's the majority of it.

They rotate every four months so that if you think you haven't seen this person for a while and then four months later you see him again because he's been working nights. Also talked about the different specialty units available in the department. And then specifically, you talked about what the goal of your Carpinteria Police Department is and that's to serve and protect a community in a partnership with a community so we wanted to make that very clear Chief's message, again call 911 for your emergencies. For any non-emergency call 805-683-2724 and I want to remind you to remember to lock your doors in both your vehicle and your residence as we saw that first case i discussed where the doors were unlocked and somebody just walked in the house it's also a good idea to have your house well lit with exterior lighting and motion sensors that will activate you know the lights when somebody or something walks by And I do recommend getting a quality surveillance camera, that way we can determine and maybe zoom in and actually get some type of facial feature from that.

If you have a poor quality camera and we could tell you yes that is a person that's there and that's the extent of it doesn't do us very much good. Also along another important line here, the City of Carpinteria and MOVE from Santa Barbara County, your Carpinteria Police Department and schools have been working diligently to address the safety issues with e-bikes and bicycles and the lack of adherence to the vehicle code and safety practices. So we've been working on this campaign that's going to involve a lot of outreach in education it's already started we're going to continue with that but it is going to be followed up by enforcement action that will be coming soon I'm going to give you a few helpful considerations for all bike riders, not just juveniles.

For adults and everybody and if we can get these right we're gonna be way ahead of the game. Ride with the flow of traffic. Bicycle is subject to all the same rules of the road as a vehicle, so you cannot ride your bicycle in the lane against traffic this way. You need to ride with the flow of traffic. Stop at red lights and stop sign, vehicle code. You have to do that riding a bicycle. Anybody under 18 years old must properly wear your helmet. You have to properly secure it. Having your helmet not clicked or properly fastened doesn't do you much good. And do not ride illegal e-bikes on a public roadway. Some of these bicycles that parents are buying, I suggest you educate yourself to if you're buying an illegal e-bike or not. So if it doesn't have any pedals and it just has the pegs, it's an electric motorcycle.

It cannot be on a public roadway So those can get towed and they will get towed, and sometimes you may not be able to get it back because they're impossible to register. So please before you spend $2,000, $3,000 or maybe more make sure you know what you're getting. I want to make sure that Everybody knows that this enforcement will apply to all e-bike and bicycle riders. So, across the board there's no age limit involved so please share this information with everybody that you know ride bikes talk to your kids and everybody else that It's gonna be coming that we're gonna start enforcing these bicycle laws. So, we want everybody to be safe. We have too many accidents, too many people riding through. We get lucky a lot but sometimes we just don't and we wanna prevent something bad from happening.

And for me that's my end of report and I'm available for any questions.

Thank you. Do we have questions from council? Just a follow-up on the last item you mentioned, what are some of those enforcement consequences that are going to be coming? It sounds like you're going to be doing a lot of outreach but just in case for folks that might be listening today... Right so...

What will it look like? So the city they've passed this for certain individuals you know you could if you get a city ordinance citation you could uh you'll be getting that um And there's a restorative justice, if that's what you're talking about. But we are going to bring in special units to conduct enforcement as well so you're not only going to have your deputies here, we're gonna bring in special units that are they're gonna be here particularly to enforce that. So, and then also just a reminder the vehicle code comes into play even right now. So this is not a new thing I mean we're trying a new route right which i think would be better for everybody. We want education and compliance. We want people to be safe and comply. We don't necessarily want to give tickets but we're going to get to that point and we want to try to prevent that so that's why I would you know Like if everybody would spread the word so but we're going to be out there.

We're gonna have specialty Units out there as well, but there's gonna be a lot of warning You know will issue some warnings or whatnot and we're gonna lead up to it gradually lead up to it Any

other questions or comments for sure Well, I appreciate your report there was a few things that you touched on. A few big things seem like really happened in the last few months but the cannabis burglaries, I appreciated you sharing with the public that making sure that you know cars are locked, you know people need to be vigilant. and all that, but is there anything else you would like to share with the community or any other kind of not even tips or tricks but like suggestions in terms of the cannabis burglaries that might be happening?

Well these are very specific right so it's I mean this is a targeted location. So it's not like if you're going to be walking down Linden and there's going to be some random attack right so I mean these are very specific certain times certain groups are here for victimize these places. I mean, I would say to these...I got a couple numbers that I need to make some phone calls but we need to maybe beef up some security but i don't think there's anything that the public or the community could do itself to prevent this because these are orchestrated crimes you know they're not they're not crimes of just on a whim these are well thought out crimes that are happening That's all I can say is we probably maybe have some better security, some better surveillance but those will be for more of the growers themselves.

And in terms of the graffiti that you've seen do you feel like it's increased or the gang graffiti that's increased in the last several months? Or do you feel like it's

It's been pretty... So, I know we've had two reports this month and that's just two that have been reported. I don't know what has not been reported right? And then I think maybe a couple months ago we had maybe six instances so I would say within the last year that's probably an increase which leads me to believe that okay there's something transpired here maybe somebody's you know sparking it back up or maybe somebody is more active in recruiting others whatnot so that will lead me to believe there may be You know, a little bit more going on.

So if anyone sees graffiti that may be potentially gang related what's the best way to report that? Is it through the Sheriff's?

Yeah I would say call the Sheriff's office and then we'll get with the code compliance or whatnot and I'd like to make a report of it right so we want to document it A lot of times, if you call us we could get out there take photos that potentially getting some of the monikers or whatnot can lead us back to certain individuals. So whether maybe we're doing a probation search somewhere or what not and we add two and two but I would say call your non-emergency number and make a report.

And then my last question is in terms of, or maybe more so it's a comment and Julia please share if I'm missing anything. Julia and I have been a part of the E-conveyance committee and we've worked really hard in collaborating with the sheriffs and Santa Barbara Unified School District to roll this outreach and education plan out but I will say that we have been really vigilant or really We want to ensure that we protect the community, and this ordinance is one way to do that. And we are very serious in terms of yes education but also the enforcement of it. So we want to make sure that we really do get the word out and this isn't just targeting young kids although we see a lot of young kids who might not be stopping at stop signs but this is really for everyone out in the community and the importance of obeying these laws.

If there's anything you'd like to add to that? Yeah

I mean I would just add that We at the city are very, we're very aware of where we live. This is a beautiful and an incredible place to ride a bike and riding a bike is a really easy way for our community members to get around including our kids to get to school so but it has to be done safely The laws are there to protect us and just with the prevalence and the rise of e-bikes, that's where we're seeing regular bike riding becoming actually something that's dangerous. So you know we're trying to balance it all together being safe while encouraging healthy safe bike riding so I think we did a good job and really appreciate all of your hard work to get it there.

Thank you. You as well.

We will now, I appreciate your report out and we will now open up public comment. I do have a speaker slip for Rogelio Delgado.

Thank you Rogelio Delgado Carpinteria resident. Now I know when I never see patrol car, that symbol to protect and serve. First of all I would like to thank our police chief for protecting our Carpinteria residents in a safe way meaning that officers de-escalate situations in order not to have violence In other cities, big or small, there's violence. There's shootings.

A lot of crime in Carp. We don't have that. We don't have shootings. We don't have violence because our officers are just to serve and protect our Carpinteria residents. Now, point number two is about serving. Last Sunday 4 a.m., my sister had all of the sudden her car stopped In front of exiting the freeway in front of McDonald's. She was about to turn to the right and the car just stopped right there.

Called AAA, waited for half an hour, nothing. Call again, they said well there is one tow driver for all emergencies so it might take Longer. So I call and that's when we're going to contract another Santa Barbara toy. Same situation, nothing at all. Then officer Blanco and officer Villegas show up. They didn't call them but they saw the car on a dangerous spot The car couldn't be towed because the car couldn't move forward. It could be the axle or maybe the engine or the transmission, but it couldn't be moved and they called AAA Same issue, nothing for hours. So meaning that if you're stuck whether on the freeway or not, you're stuck for hours in the middle of the night. So what did they do?

The car would only move on reverse. Not an inch forward, but only on reverse. So one officer Blanco actually drove it on reverse and the other Deputy Officer Villegas was protecting him with red lights so they were able to park it at McDonald's actually that's where my sister works at McDonalds at 4 a.m. And so I would like to thank I

do not have any other speaker slips. Do we have anyone via

Zoom?

I will close public comment and

All right, President Alarcon, all board members are present and accounted for.

Thank you. Do we have any public comment? So this is time for public comments on matters not otherwise on the agenda but within the subject matter of the Carpinteria Library Board of Trustees. I do have one speaker slip, and this is for Hazel Welcome.

Thank you. Dear city librarians, we the Carpinteria Community Library Teen Advisory Board have thought through the ways to attract more teens to the library. One major idea comes to mind. Specifically, we would like to get a special designated library-only gaming console to keep in the library. It has been noticed that several of the Nintendo Switch games have been checked out and have failed to return. This is a major problem because if we were to start a gaming club, which we want to do, we would need a console and games that would be sure to be there every time we were going to have a meeting of the gaming club.

For that reason, we are requesting that you purchase a console specifically to stay at the library for library exclusive use. Thank you.

Thank you. And are these two other members of the teen council? I'd love for you all to introduce yourself. Hi, I'm... You can step up to the mic, yeah.

Hi. I'm Christian Cain. I am also a member of the Teen Advisory Board for the Carpinteria Community Library.

Welcome.

I am River Irvin, also a member of the Carpinteria Teen Advisory Board.

Welcome. Well, I appreciate your public comment and thank you for being here. And I do not have any other speaker slips. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

Mayor, once again we have no raised hands.

I will close public comment and

I move to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held February 9th, 2026. I lost my place. I'm sorry.

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

Aye.

And I'm also noticing there is an opportunity for public comment on item number four. I do not have any speaker slips. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

We have no Zoom speakers.

I will close public comment for that item. Item number five which is the Carpinteria Community Library Monthly Report March 2026.

Thank you, Mrs. Mayor, City Council members, city of Carpinteria staff, library staff, members of the team advisory board. Thank you for coming. It is impressive. Thank you for your support. I really appreciate your work in the library and you are welcome to come to these meetings and do any comment you would like. And I'm going to buy that console for you guys and have our program that you have suggestions.

In regards of our programming this last month, we have several as always several new programs especially in February 7 the Valentine's craft workshop. In February 16, even though it was a holiday day we had our book club and we raked the personal librarian. On February 19 I would like to highlight this event. We had a Cathy Bacchus celebration, honoring Cathy Bacchus in recognition of her extraordinary generosity and community impact During the event, it was announced that she has donated over $75,000 to the frame of the library. That's going to be for the library at the end.

The frame of a library always supports us with the development of our collection and implementation of programs, anything that the library needs they are always there to support us and thank you for that. On February 21st, we have our Lunar New Year celebration. It was a wonderful gathering with more than 100 people in the library. We have a workshop regarding noodle making, Chinese noodle making. Also we have music, traditional Chinese music from a group from the K-Schools, the Gu Sheng and Basking Club And it was wonderful to see all the community, the Asian community in the library and everybody else sharing those cultural aspects of the Chinese community.

Also in February 27 we have our movie night. We screen-sold in recognition of Black History Month And of course, we have our ongoing library programs. If you want to see all the programming that we have in the library please visit the library website at carpinterialibrary.org You will see the calendar there and all the diverse options that we offer to the community In regards of library outreach, we started a partnership with the parents of home schoolers in Carpinteria and we received two groups during the month. 11 kids and 13 students that visit the library and did some research regarding their subjects that they want to explore.

Also, we receive a K-School volunteer group. They help us doing several kinds of technical work in the library. In regards to partnerships and grants, in an effort strengthening our partnership with the local business community We partnered with Rory's Creamery ice cream. So, we designate February as the library month and everybody who got a new library card or check out our book receive a ticket so they will be able to go to the Rory Creamery and get a free scoop of ice cream. It was wonderful to work with business local business and I Call all the businesses in Carpinteria to try to talk to us and we will find a way to promote their business. We have a lot of connections in the community, so this is a great avenue to promote any business in Carpinteria through the library.

Also, I'm pleased to announce that we received the California State Library Rural Health Connection Grant. We received a very interesting collection regarding rural health. We have received state-of-the-art video conferencing kits and cameras, TV, more technological stuff in order Presentations with experts, health experts that are not in Carpinteria but because this connectivity technology that we have received we are able to connect with any expert around the country.

Also we have received several digital blood pressure kits that are going to be part of our library of things so people who would like to check out a blood Kids, blue measure kids they are able to do so and we are going to have a couple of kids in the library. Whoever want to check their blood pressure is welcome to come to the library there will be able to use those kids for that regards.

And finally as you know we were part of the California State Library Every Story Counts Week from January 25th to January 31st and I would like to share the results of that Okay, so the California State Library worked with several public libraries around the state. We decided to participate in this survey. They made a survey. The survey was six questions actually. They prepared the first ones and the last one was something that I add.

They received the answers directly. We provide paper questions or surveys in the library every day during this week. Every paper survey that was filled out in the library, we send it to the California State Library. They receive a detailed version of answers directly. We have this survey on our social media and also our website. 68 people were able to answer the questions. They were servicing English and Spanish, and the first question says Very simple, tell us about your experience at the library. And the options were I feel welcome, I connect with other people, I trust the information from the library, I plan to come back and other people were able to say whatever they would like because transparency, they receive everything. The library wasn't able to see any result until DM.

So I feel welcome to receive 92.65% and I plan to come back again, 92. 65%. Some libraries take these questions as an approval rating of the library. And I'm very proud to receive 92%, which is really, really high. Also it's very important to say that 79%, more than 79% trust the information from the library Also 70% of people connect with other people. So the library is not only information, it's also a social place to know more people in a different way or different kind of explorations.

So these are the questions, the answers that others decide to put over there. For example they say service providers are necessary, very helpful and friendly, cool people. This library is my happy place. Volunteer. Library is always a good place to get information and help with computers. Just don't like when children are too noisy, I'm not able to help with that.

I love our CARP library, very accommodating to numerous groups, always warm and inviting at the library." Very positive and I thank my library staff for so... Okay, question two. Please tell us how you use the library including in that building, in the community, online etc? I used the library too and several options and our main strong points were borrow items 88%, attend programs and events 80%.

That it reflects actually the reality what we are offering in the library, very dynamic. And also is very important to notice that get information 58% and spend time with people 57%. Some graphics over there. That question three is about demographics, who answer the questions? Mainly older adults, adult teenagers, child 0 to 5. Many adults answered the questions thinking in their children too. And it's very important to see that even though is 11% teenagers were able to or willing to answer these questions. Even usually they don't answer here, it's very low but we surpassed the 10%.

The following question is, please share anything else you would like to tell us about how you use the library. This is a very delicate question because it's an open question they can answer whatever they want to answer And we have a lot of answers here, even more than 60 answers. For example you can see there are some questions I won't be able to read everything says the Carpinteria library is a peaceful place where all people are welcome and support you with the things that you need every day thank you We love the library, my kids and I love spending time there. And we borrow books, park passes and attend events. We are grateful for our little community library.

In the next page, you will see the first answer. For example, I feel well, extremely welcome and in my time was able to grow while learning through the assigned task for volunteer work. Clearly this is a volunteer. The following says becoming an English language tutor has been a life altering experience for me. I have a greater sense of our community and its needs.

I now also participate in management conversation about how to improve services and volunteer in other ways as well. I'm happy to belong to Carpinteria because I can visit the library to take bilingual computer class, English conversation group and my English tutor. They have books available for you to borrow." Clearly this is an immigrant. The following, I moved to Carp after losing our home in Palisades in January 2025. The library was a great source of comfort to me.

Susan A's program of creating writing was truly a godsend to me." If we see the last one, every day is magical here in Carp. I love that all the librarians know my name. Carp Library staff, all of them are the best. Thank you, Library staff. The following page, more love. One says I applaud the library staff for all they do to make the library resources and services available to all members of our town. It's wonderful to see how many people use it.

It is a true community center where we can attend lectures and programs Next page. Volunteer, it's a great place to volunteer. Our library is great. We made a complete overhaul to change the image and ease of use. The librarian made major changes to make the library more useful. We have a lot of talent in this small town and seem to always use that talent to find new ideas and to improve usage.

More love. This is a heart for the community. I have used a sick book program to acquire books. Thank you, Holden. That was a great experience. I received my books quickly. This small library has everything a big library has. I borrow books, e-books and audio books. I have taken Spanish language classes. I have gone to the book club when my schedule allows. I use the meeting room for Carpinteria beer watchers. I go to other programs like all about condors. I love that energy and uplifting atmosphere.

I hope you have time to review all the answers. They are very interesting and they say a lot. And finally, question five which I add this question. Which library service mentioned in the previous question or any not listed are not currently offered but that you would like to see added in the future? So I'm asking what people want, their aspirations, what we'd like to see in the library.

And they respond more programs, CD players. Actually we have one classic book, Movie Night, help with preparing for a job career. I can't think of anything that Carpinteria Library has all the services that I need at this point of my life. More speaker series with book authors or speakers. I believe a small library with limited funding will benefit from a former volunteer program. This is true.

What else? English class in the morning, foundation directory online, new books, any Spanish or bilingual material is always welcome. Movie nice. There are more answers, tools for home, et cetera. A mobile library, hopefully pretty soon. And finally, we also took picture of that week. These are the samples. The first person over there is a volunteer working processing books.