City Council — April 13, 2026

Good evening everyone and welcome to the Carpinteria City Council meeting. Today is April 13th, 2026 and we will we have started the meeting and I'll ask for a roll call please. And if you are willing

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bring it back to the council for a motion. I move to adopt the proclamation designating the month of April 2026 as Fair Housing Month in the City of Carpinteria.

Second.

We have a first and a second

all those in favor? Aye. Proclamation passes and we will now read the proclamation starting with Councilmember Mayer.

Whereas April is National Fair Housing Month which is currently celebrated Which is currently celebrating the 58th anniversary of the passage of the Federal Fair Housing Act of April 11, 1968. The enactment of this act prohibits discrimination concerning the sale rental and financing of housing based on race color religion national origin sex familial status and disability and

Whereas during the month of April, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Fair Housing Advocates will participate in a national effort to promote fair housing with the theme Faith, Freedom & Fair Housing and

Whereas the City of Carpinteria is committed to advancing equity in housing by partnering with the City of Santa Barbara's Rental Housing Mediation Program for the past 19 years providing education, eviction prevention, mediation with a successful out-of-court resolution of rental housing disputes thereby assisting in the prevention of homelessness and

Whereas according to the 2025 Fair Housing Trends Report, despite the local state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination 24,000 fair housing complaints were filed the prior year alleging discrimination based on one or more of the Fair Housing Act's seven protected classes including an increase of nearly 8.5 percent in complaints based on national origin

and Where as part of the city's participation in National Fair Housing Month, notice will be placed on the City's website directing residents to information about fair housing and the Rental Housing Mediation Program and its services.

Now therefore the City Council of the City of Carpinteria hereby proclaims April 2026 as Fair Housing Month in the City of Carpinteria and urges all local residents to understand and exercise their right to equal housing opportunity. We'd like to present this proclamation to Andrea Bufano, welcome!

Thank you Mayor Olicron and City Council members for this Fair Housing Proclamation. I'm Andrea Bufano, Rental Housing Mediation Program Supervisor. I've been in this position for the past 39 years serving people within our community and surrounding communities. It's an honor for me to accept this proclamation on behalf of the Rental Mediation Program and Board I'd like to invite Raymond Rango and Diana Santiago, rental housing mediation program specialists, to come up here as well.

They are our staff. We also have a board of 15 City Council appointed mediators who volunteer their time and experience to assist in our mediations. Our officers are Heather Smith, Chair, Rigoberto Gutierrez Vice-Chair, and Kathy Murillo Secretary. The City of Santa Barbara has been partnering with the City of Carpinteria for the provision of rental housing mediation program services for the past 19 years, which includes the education of landlord-tenant rights and responsibilities at no cost to program participants.

It is very important as a community to celebrate and recognize National Fair Housing Month as discrimination is still very prevalent. Only through education and awareness, change can occur at every level within our society beginning with our local community. And that is what we're doing here today. We have brought some rental housing mediation brochures and fair housing flyers with contact information for filing a fair housing complaint to share with the community.

We would like to thank the City of Carpinteria Nick Bobroff Community Development Director and his team Mindy Fogg and Megan for their collaboration with the Rental Housing Mediation Program. It is truly a pleasure to serve the residents of the City of Santa Barbara, thank you. Okay, thank you so much.

Thank you and before we take a photo I'll just say I had the opportunity to be on the board several years ago And I was just really impressed with how well-trained The mediators are and how helpful this program is not only for the tenants but the landlords as well So thank you for your work on that on this for this program Thank you, and would any of my colleagues like to share anything else?

Okay, I'll invite you to take a photo with us. Okay, I Item number two is a proclamation designating the week of April 19th through the 25th, 2026 as National Library Week in the City of Carpinteria. And I see many with very cool library shirts on. 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 Zoom speakers.

I will close

public comment and bring it back to the council for a motion. I move to adopt the proclamation designating the week of April 19th to the 25th, 2026 as National Library Week in the City of Carpinteria.

Second.

We have a first and second

all those in favor? Aye. Proclamation passes and we will begin reading the proclamation with Councilmember Mayer.

Whereas Carpinteria Community Library adapts to the ever changing needs of its community continually expanding collections services and partnerships. And whereas

our librarians work to serve all community members including people of color immigrants people with disabilities and the most vulnerable in our community and strive to develop and maintain programs and collections that are as diverse as a populations they serve and ensure equity of access for all end

Whereas the City of Carpinteria, through support of its library provides the opportunity for everyone to pursue their passions and engage in lifelong learning allowing them to live their best life and.

Whereas the Carpinteria Community Library plays an important role in the economic vitality of Carpinteria and the residents who live here by providing internet and technology access Wi-Fi hotspots literacy skills learning platforms and support for job seekers and

Whereas the Carpinteria Community Library is an accessible and inclusive place that promotes a sense of local connection, advancing learning and understanding civic engagement and shared community goals.

Now therefore the City Council of the city of Carpinteria hereby proclaims the week of April 19th through the 25th, 2026 as National Library Week in the city of Carpinteria and encourages all local residents to get a library card and explore the wealth of resources available at the Carpinteria Community Library. And with that I'd like to invite our librarian Eric and fellow committee members to the podium if you'd like to share a few words.

It is an honor to receive this proclamation. I haven't prepared anything because every day, I am privileged witness of the transformation of our little library and how we are working to be a space open to everyone. But this is not my work, it's the work of all the whole community, the friends of the library, the commissioners, the people who come everyday, the parents, the mother who comes to me and tell me what they would like to see in their library It's an honor to receive people from Carpinteria that are asking for help, looking for jobs. And we are able to work with them and help them be part of their progress in society.

Every day I am amazed of everybody who visits the library. Today, I just left the library. I left 14 teenagers playing their first competition, a program that they created by themselves and I was surprised seeing these teenagers coming and coming and coming, and registering for being a player and being in the competition. So for that I'm very grateful to have this opportunity to be a witness of the transformation of this little library who will behave as a big library. Thank you so much. And I invite all the commissioners and friends of the library to be with me to receive this proclamation. Thank you.

Hi, I'm Glynn Birdwell. I am one of your Library Advisory Commissioners also the CARP representative for the County Library Advisory Committee. Retired librarian and all-around library supporter thank you for this proclamation it's a wonderful way to celebrate the amazing success of the Carpinteria Community Library and also highlight its role as essential social infrastructure for the community The theme of this year's National Library Week is Find Your Joy. And I really like this theme because our library really does bring joy to the community of Carpinteria.

In January, the state conducted a survey called Every Story Counts. You heard a report from Eric about that last month. A week in the life of a public library and I'd like to share a few comments from this survey from Carpinterians that illustrate how our community members find joy at the library. Joy in having a welcoming place to come, a cool place on a hot day and a dry place on a rainy day.

In gathering with other parents and children for story time. Joy in finding your next great read. In gathering with others who share your interests, discuss a book, knit, write poetry or songs, learn another language. Of learning how to download an e-book on that e-reader you got for your birthday. Joy that comes from improving your literacy and computer skills to help you find a better job, and having a place to go to find reliable information.

And the joy that comes from feeling of belonging and inclusion in a space where everyone is welcome regardless of age, income or background. And the really cool thing is how the library, and Eric spoke to this, the library staff feel that joy too. I still remember the joy I felt the first time I really helped somebody find what they needed in the library. The Carpinteria community library staff is there for all of us helping us find our joy. Thank you very much.

I just want to congratulate the library on everything that you do. Eric, your staff is As phenomenal as you are, I spend more time in the library now than I did probably five years ago. Even though my daughters are older they don't need storytime or anything but I'm going there because there's so much more to be participating in and so many more ways to be part of the community there. So just thank you and Tara Holden, Stephanie Gosh, I can't remember everybody but thank you for being such a welcoming place for everybody. Just you've done tremendous work there as a team.

Yeah and also like to congratulate the group. You made this quite a hub for the community before it wasn't anything but you guys have done an outstanding job. I do have one question are we going to include Eric with a shirt? I don't see him wearing a shirt so... Don't feel left out Eric. I think you were gonna get one

And I'd like to just say our library really wouldn't be what it is today without our staff, our committee members and of course most importantly the community. So thank you all for really believing in our little library. With that I'll invite you all to come to the front and take a photo. Councilmembers may need to stand in the back is what I'm thinking.

How do we get one of these cool t-shirts?

Thank you.

We will now

I'm here. We have no raised hands.

Okay. Oh yes. This is only for certificates of commendation awarded to. Okay great so I will close public comment and I will invite Julissa Briones our staff to share a few words.

Good evening Mayor, Council Members and members of the community. My name is Julie Sabriones and I serve as Emergency Manager for the City of Carpinteria. I'm proud to share that this spring the City of Carpinteria together with the Boys & Girls Club of Carpinteria, the Carpinteria Summerland Fire Protection District and the Santa Barbara County CERT Collaborative graduated 16 new members from our Teen Community Emergency Response Team or Teen CERT Program. These dedicated young individuals completed more than eight units of hands-on training from March 31st through April 3rd, culminating in a final drill at the Boys and Girls Club of Carpinteria. That exercise brought together over 10 volunteers and demonstrated the teamwork medical response skills and emergency preparedness these graduates worked very hard to develop I also want to emphasize that none of the emergency preparedness courses offered across our city is done alone.

These programs are the result of close and frequent collaboration among emergency managers, community leaders like Diana Ornelas, public safety partners like Carpinteria Summerlin Fire Protection District, instructors and volunteers all working together across jurisdictions to bring these trainings to life. This marks the first teen CERT course held in Carpinteria in over a decade and only the second in the city's history. We're really proud to see this important program return and thrive.

Tonight we're pleased to recognize several of our teen CERT graduates who are here with us, many of them are from Carpinteria but we also have others who have joined us from Goleta and Santa Barbara as well reflecting a strong regional commitment to preparedness. We'd also like to recognize and thank our dedicated instructors, Bob Strojek, Suzette Chafee and Anthony Rodriguez who are also with us this evening.

Congratulations again to our graduates and thank you to our partners, instructors and volunteers for your continued commitment to building a more prepared and resilient Carpinteria. And then I have the list of their names if you're ready.

Would Diana like to share a few words?

So my name is Diana Ornelas. I am with United Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara County Carpinteria club, and since I'm here, I have a moment. Um, I really do want to thank the city of Carpinteria for collaborating in bringing this CERT program. It was something that after I finished my training, I'm like we need to do this for the kids. This would be great. So I really want to thank you for doing that I really want to highlight, Julissa's very modest.

She really did everything so I really want you to know that she did an amazing job and she handled the teenagers so thank you.

So I will have Julissa announce the names of the recipients and I will hand them their certificates and then I'll just ask for the participants or those who received the certificates to just stand up front with your certificate and we'll take a photo at

We have quite a few of us in here, but I think some are hiding in the back. If you hear your name can you come on up? Alexis Julianne. Arlo Nemitz Arturo Cabrera. Brian Soriano. Daphne James. Drake Kilbourne. Holland Vega. Sorry we have a couple of folks that aren't here with us. Leah Hines. Lincoln Kilbourne. Lucia Carreno. Naomi Suarez. Sophia Carreno. Summer Ziegler.

Vanessa Julian. Ethan Lee. And Brandon Lee. And then we have a couple of trainers who are here with us, Bob Strojek Anthony Rodriguez. And lastly, Diana Ornelas.

Okay, look at me.

Before you all leave, I just want to say thank you to all of the teen participants and the trainers and everyone. You know there's been a lot of talk about Carpinteria as being this special place And I think what we all know is that it doesn't happen by accident It happens because we all do our part We all step up we find a thing that where we can contribute and knowing that there's so many teens in this town that are You know going to be able to step up in the event of an emergency makes me feel really proud. So, thank you

And I just wanted one more time to thank Julissa Briones, our amazing city staffer. She doesn't take a lot of credit for herself but this, I know this program in particular she's been instrumental in bringing it back and just doing so much of the invisible work that we don't necessarily see but she is such a wonderful part of our city family.

I'd like to just echo what my colleagues have said. I think that this is such an important program and it's really, this is something that we've talked about for several years so it's really nice to see it coming back to our community and more than anything bringing teens into the mix and of course our partners so thank you all

And one last comment I would like to make. Working internationally, a lot of the projects and things we do including disaster relief it's a true fact that those communities that work together stay together so thank you very much for all you're doing

We will now

Come on up team. We'll get started, thank you good evening City Council members my name is Jeanette Gumber I'm a nurse and the clinical nurse administrator for the South County clinics one of which is our Carpinteria Clinic and thank you for letting me provide with my team a short presentation about what we do and who we are So I brought with me Jeff Nicoli, who is our RN supervisor at the clinic.

Paola Hurtado, who is our division chief of primary care and family health for the county of Santa Barbara. And Dr. Cara Garcia, who is our chief physician and also a working pediatrician at our clinic. Oh, I guess I have to slide next. I have a slideshow for you so let's see if I can effectively do that. Whoops! There we go. So this year marks the County of Santa Barbara Health's 100th anniversary, so we've been celebrating all year as a health department. And we also adopted a new logo and you can see that our logo is the profile of an animal in the orange, a person or body there and on the right is a leaf and that represents our three divisions of Animal Services, our Public Health Clinics and Environmental Services.

Oops, wrong way. There we go. We're a really truly a community clinic we serve. We often see family our families grow in the community. We see children in our pediatrics department well before that we take care of. We have a pretty robust OB clinic and those moms deliver and they bring their babies into Dr. Garcia to be cared for. We see them through childhood and adolescence and we often see them through till they're old enough to transfer into our primary care docs. Last year we had almost 8,000 patients or 8,00 visits come through our little clinic. We often call it a small but mighty clinic because no one knows where we are. We're nestled between the library and the fire department but we have a lot of services there and Jeff will be talking to you about all that we do.

Our patient population is made up About 65% SenCal patients. Patients who have SenCal as a managed care insurance, about 23 who have Medicare or a combination of Medicare and a supplemental, and about 6% self-pay. And I'm going to hand over to Jeff now. Jeff you got this? To talk about our services.

So the Carpinteria Health Center is one of five federally qualified health centers that make up the County of Santa Barbara Health. County Health also operates a clinic out of the Good Samaritan Shelter in north portion of the county and La Posada Clinic in the south. At our clinic, we provide primary care. Dr. Tomas Wee and Dr. Jacqueline Kucharski provide comprehensive outpatient care for adults of all ages.

They work with ancillary staff community partners and specialty care providers to improve health outcomes and manage chronic health issues. Working closely and consistently with patients improves the health and well-being of the individual as well as the entire community. Dr. Cara Garcia, you will hear from momentarily, and Dr. Leana Napolis provide pediatric care for Carpinteria's youngest residents From sore throats and coughs to broken bones and sprains, comprehensive well child checks. Our pediatricians utilize the most up-to-date comprehensive testing and vaccine scheduling to ensure our children remain on track to grow up healthy and happy.

Women's Health is also a service that we provide in our clinic. Our OBGYN nurse practitioner, Lisa Jacobson has been a well-known and trusted name in her field in Santa Barbara County for decades. We are very fortunate to have her one day a week here at our Carpinteria Clinic and our patients are very fortunate to have her here in Carpinteria as well. If you don't know her chances are Your mother, or your sister, or your aunt, or wife.

Somebody very well might. Behavioral health as well, Dr. Alspeth Mills and Dr. Matthew Metcalfe are Carpinteria's behavioral health specialists. Mental health is so important to our patients' wellbeing. Life can be extremely challenging and often patients overlook their mental health for a variety of reasons. Our mental health professionals understand and are always ready to meet patients where they are.

We've recently partnered with a psychiatric telehealth services one day a week for our patients who need treatment for mild to moderate psychiatric diagnoses. Of course, none of our providers function in a vacuum. Carpinteria Health Care Center has a team of support staff second to none. From our front office staff Sandra, Patty, Denisha, Melissa, to our medical assistants Lisa, Linda, Erica, Stephanie and Griselda from our electronic health records specialist Alvaro, to our leadership team Jeanette and Moses We're more of a family than a health care team.

And our family at Carpinteria Health Center is here to help generations of Carpinteria families through every stage of life's journey, to attain and improve their health and happiness. I'm going to pass this over to Dr. Garcia.

Thanks, Jeff. So I'm Kara Garcia. I'm a pediatrician and the chief physician at our health center and I've been in the clinic for about six years. I've been a pediatrician for almost 20 years and it's just a really special place to work so But we can't do what we do without a lot of our community partners and we do a lot of things that I haven't been able to do in other jobs that I've had. So, I'm really proud to work at the clinic from like working with Eric who provided us with new books in Spanish and English to give to our patients I work with the school and the counselors to help the kids.

And we work really closely also with CARP Children's Project. You know, I get to say that we provide mental health care like comprehensive reproductive healthcare lactation support to our patients And then we also screen for ACEs or adverse childhood events with all of our pediatric patients, their parents. And we're screening now pregnant moms to try to help just sort of the passage of generational trauma and just provide support to our patients. And we couldn't do it without CARP Children's Project through the partnership with their... They work with Cottage's Pediatric Resiliency Collaborative And screening for adverse childhood events can be real weighty for providers, but if we know we have someone to refer them to through CARP Children's Project it makes it so much easier.

So working in this community is just terrific. It's small enough that I can sort of talk to everybody I need and we really like being a part of helping the community. Thanks a lot.

We hit everything. One thing that we'll mention before we go is that HRSA or the Health Resources and Services Administration is one of our governing bodies, and just at the end of 2025, we had our audit which happens every three years where they take a deep dive into our services and how we're performing our services. It's a three-day visit with about five auditors, I'd like to open it up to the Council for any questions. Well, I just want to say it's nice to see you guys again. I was very appreciative of the tour that I was able to get maybe last month or so

And I appreciate you coming out here. I had wanted to see if I could help facilitate this because I think like you're saying it's so important for the community to know about you as a resource You're right, I think it's something people see but they don't really know is if that's a place they can go or if it's a place that That is going to give them guidance if they have to, or if they only can go under certain circumstances. So thank you for explaining more about what you do here and just for reaching out to us on council and inviting us into your clinic to see what it's all about. I think it was a really eye-opening and positive experience for me so thank you.

Yeah, thank you. The clinic is such a... It's small but very important part of our community, the services you provide. I was a patient there once and I had incredible services and really, really nice appreciative compassionate people. Thank you for what you do.

Thank you. And thank you for your presentation. I'd like to open up public comment on the presentation. I do not have any speaker slips. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

Mayor, we have no Zoom speakers. Okay

I will close public comment. We will now move on to Public Information Reports and Announcements and we will first hear from our Sheriff's Department. Welcome Chief!

Good evening, Madam Mayor, council members, city staff and members of the community of Carpinteria. I've highlighted a few cases for you this month at Alisau School deputies responded for a report of a man on the railroad tracks behind the school with a handgun lockdown protocol was initiated however within 10 minutes deputy deputies located a subject who is actually carrying an umbrella in a cell phone not a firearm so the lockdown was released On the 4800 block of Carpinteria, we had a ground theft where the victim reported that his Cadillac Converter was taken from his Toyota Prius. No suspect information. That was the only report we had of a Cadillac Converter this month so it doesn't seem like it was the rash usually we get about five or six of these but we only have one.

In the 4400 block of Carpinteria Avenue, a suspect was reported to expose himself on a public sidewalk in the view of several people. They actually recorded it on video. The reporting party agreed to sign a private citizen's arrest Deputies contacted suspect nearby and as he was partially exposed at this time, deputies attempted to detain him. And the suspect refused commands pulled away and kicked his legs against the patrol vehicle before being handcuffed.

A search of this person revealed a metal knife concealed in his waistband that met the definition of a concealed dirker dagger. During the investigation, while they were still on scene an adult female and two juveniles came up and reported that the suspect also exposed himself to them and followed them causing them to be feared for their safety. The suspect was confirmed to be on probation as subsequently arrested for indecent exposure resisting arrest and possession of a weapon.

At the UPS store, the manager of the UPS store called to report a package exploded. A large amount of some kind of white powder went throughout the air. Deputies arrived on scene determined there were no injuries and the building was not on fire. A perimeter was established around the store Neighboring businesses were evacuated, but the bomb squad was notified.

The bomb squad did come out, deputies were on scene and came out and they made entry into the store and determined that a 20 pound fire extinguisher being shipped had exploded. But they took all the necessary precaution getting everybody out of the store separating them from anybody else just in case it was some contaminant. And then we had a report, a complaint received regarding subjects unlawfully selling hot food on the sidewalk near El Caro Lane and Linden Avenue.

Two subjects were found operating a hot kitchen on the south sidewalk of the El Caro Lane. Both were cited for not having the proper permits and they packed their belongings and left the area. And I've dealt with the public health on this and any pop-up tent you see where they're like the tents with tacos or whatnot, those are all illegal. Not, I'm not talking about food trucks but I'm talking about hot food that has popped up on the sidewalks or whatnot. Those were all against the law just for your information And then some community outreach we had, we had Deputy Daniel Skull was awarded the Carpinteria Public Safety Officer of the Year Award by The Lions Club for many great cases he was involved with this year. And we did have multiple Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office personnel attend the award ceremony.

And then for your chief's message, of course 911 in case of emergency non-emergency please call the non-emergency dispatch number 805-683-2724. I wanted to talk about shoplifters and citizens arrest today. Deputies cannot make an arrest for a misdemeanor not committed in their presence. I know we discussed this before There are certain exceptions like a domestic violence, restraining order violation, DUI, elder abuse and a couple others.

But when a person or a business especially a business is a victim and they don't want to sign the citizen's arrest form then oftentimes that perpetrator is often released from the scene and Victimizing maybe another store or another person. So just remember that a lot of times because what we find is we go out to a business and all we just want them out here, we don't wanna do nothing. That's your right to do but just know that when you let them go then oftentimes they're going somewhere else and maybe shoplifting from another store 20-30 minutes down the road.

Recently we had a shoplifter contacted where the business initially wanted nothing done. We contacted the suspect who was on probation under the influence of methamphetamine and in possession of a methamphetamine pipe, and he's subsequently arrested. Deputies went back to the business to speak with them, and then they ultimately said we do want to press charges because this same individual was here last week stealing things So we thought about it, we do want to press charges. I wanna make you aware of that sometimes in this case we were able to do something because we had other stuff. We were there rightfully so and when there was other things that popped up but a lot of times maybe something might not pop up where he's not UIMF or at least maybe the investigation doesn't lead us there without a citizen's arrest that kind of limits what we can do.

And then a touch again just on e-bikes. This last month deputies towed three illegal e-bikes, motorcycles which were on public roadways. Some of the parents were upset because of the cost of the e-bike and the cost of the tow fee. I think if you get it towed one day, you could be looking at $700 or $800. And actually it's going to be a two-day tow on that. So if you have an e-bike, it's minimum of two day tow for the motorcycles, the straight illegal ones and it could be... You may not get it back. It depends on what section they tow it for. So I'll remind everybody please do your homework before purchasing your kids or whoever you're buying the e-bike for and make sure you let them know Those are not, you can't ride those on a public roadway and they will be towed and it's going to cost a lot of money if you get it back.

And that's the end of report.

Any questions? Okay no questions thank you for your report I will open up public comment and looks like we do have a speaker slip coming Rogelio Delgado welcome

Thank you, Rogelio Delgado, Carpinteria resident. First of all I would like to thank the sheriff for always responding to a 911 call within two or three minutes to send deputies and ambulance fire truck. And this has...I've been here in the state since 1968 and up to today that's how I've always been the sheriff's responder. within two or three minutes. Now, what's the protocol for a 911 call?

That dispatcher takes the call. Who decides how many deputies respond? The dispatcher or the deputies who are listening to the call? Now on routine traffic stops, we have seen more than one deputy responding. We have seen more than one deputy talking to a homeless person. I think that's the meaning of to protect and to serve. That's the way to protect people and the way to protect sheriff's deputies as well.

That's my opinion. Thank you, Police Chief Crick.

Thank you for your comment. I do not have any other speaker slips. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

Mayor, we have no Zoom speakers.

I will close public comment. Thank you. We will now hear from, oh yes?

Chief if you wouldn't mind I do have a couple questions for you. First question has to do with the potential I would say kidnapping cases that we've seen people missing things like that. Do you report those or do we get any report incidences of that happening in our community?

The other question had

to do with the body that was found. I don't know if I know you don't want to give any issues or points, details of the case itself. But would you consider the area itself still being safe? Secured? Or is there any issues that we should

be worried about? Yeah, I would say there was a deceased body found in the area and there's no sense of any danger. So, I wouldn't worry about that. Great! That was it. Thank

You. We will now hear from our First District Supervisor's Office. Welcome Daisy.

Good evening Mayor Alarcon and Council. Nice to see you I'm out of the order, I usually come on the fourth Monday so it's nice to see you all on the second one. Okay so some updates on housing in the unincorporated area Van Wingerden 1 & 2 still no project application submitted. The Cravens Lane project there there's no update the applicant is still addressing feedback that they've received from planners.

The Baylord project, we had a joint meeting that was held on March 26th with teams from the city, Carp Summerlin Fire, the county, the applicant Redtail and the discussion was continuing these in progress evacuation studies that the fire department had given Some guidance on some proposed changes to Baylor Avenue and some proposed changes to Pandanus. I think most importantly, the applicant met with the Casitas Villages HOA, some of the board members not the whole HOA and the HOAs attorney they also met on March 26th to discuss the applicants proposals, proposed changes to Pandanus Alley.

That will be a continuation of conversations The next steps are the applicant is going to continue to meet with city and fire to address A lot of the ingress egress points go over the evacuation study once that comes back And continue to have discussions about utilities and emergency access with the city So these are all preliminary steps to apply for the applicant to apply for coastal development permits and encroachment permits that they're going to have to get from the city.

So, the city is really involved here I know there's been a lot of discussion over what what the city's involvement is in this since it's being built on the county but because so much has to happen on the city's streets and in the city utilities the city is the one that will be Um, asked to provide coastal development permits and encroachment permits. Um, and that sort of thing.

Uh, the builder's remedy application remains open. And I had somebody recently ask if CEQA was necessary The answer to that is it depends on which application the applicant moves forward with. So if they move forward with the Builders Remedy application, CEQA would be required and if they move forward with an application without Builders Remedy so via the ReZones that just happened with the Coastal Commission, then CEQA would not necessarily be required.

So we still don't know which application will be moving forward and they currently have both in if that makes sense and our county planning development office has been clear that they cannot process two applications so at a certain point the applicants going to have to pick. So that's my update on the unincorporated housing projects. All righty, unless you have some questions now?

Actually, I do have questions. If that's okay or should I wait? Questions ahead. You talked about the permitting process and coastal development plans actually falling on some of the responsibility for review is it going to fall into the shoulders of the city has there been any consideration about any revenue sources for that and also again looking back at the infrastructure maintenance deferred maintenance things like that that's going to occur because of the increased traffic flow these specific building sites

I'm going to defer to the city on that. Do you know anything about the deferred maintenance and the fees that would be incurred by the applicant for any coastal development permits, etc., on the city side?

Council Member Nemour, through the Mayor. Haven't quite got around to any of those types of conversations as of yet. As you mentioned they haven't even submitted an application yet and so most of this stuff is feedback from the fire department and others so that they can submit an application and then at that point I think more than those items will be discussed

Sounds good. My, my hopes are that we could eventually create dialogue between the city and the county for I would say some of the revenue sources or costs that we are going to incur because of these developments that are having just outside the city property or city limits. And again, I think that's something that we're gonna have to deal with if it doesn't get handled right now it's going to end up falling on the shoulders of the city residents

Yeah, and you mean just generally

speaking. I'm talking yeah everything from the permit process all the way through to maintenance ongoing maintenance once it's or if it's constructed.

Yeah, I can chat with staff city staff and see if that's a possibility in when and who would be involved in kind of opening that dialogue up and I'm sure there's been examples of this I'm thinking probably in Goleta so um I'll see what we can do about just generally speaking How to navigate that.

Thank you.

Mm-hmm and I'll just interject Well, I'll look to city staff just to ensure that is Councilmember Nomura's request If he'll keep us up today when those opportunities become available

Yes, ma'am. Sorry we were just discussing the various ways that might even occur so there's a development impact fees which is one way which is that one-time payment that I believe is going to be kept by the county although I guess that's to be discussed. There's other things that come as conditions of approval for a project and so if there's gonna be There's a for example, there's a street light that ends up being required. That kind of stuff there the developer would have to pay for all that to be done as part of a condition of approval.

And then separately for ongoing maintenance and things, that's probably where there's a bit more of a question mark in conversations to happen with the county. But yes definitely we'll keep the council updated when we get to that point.

Okay, moving forward. A lot's going on when it comes to cannabis so I wanted to share a brief update on the county's recent actions and where we are. So as you know about a year ago the board required operators who'd not yet installed multi-carbon technology or what we call scrubbers to be in by March 31st 2026 So under that updated code, operators who were denied extensions past that 31st and then failed to comply by the 31st deadline are now subject to their cannabis business license revocation or flat-out denial of their business license. So, county staff conducted site visits on April 1st and 2nd to verify whether the required equipment had been installed and was operational.