City Council — July 13, 2026

Good evening everyone and welcome to the Carpinteria City Council regular meeting. Today's date is July 13th, 2026 and I will request a roll call please.

Thank you Mayor Alicone, Council Members the council was in closed session for a conference with legal counsel for anticipated litigation for two cases and there's no reportable action this evening thank

And we will begin our meeting with a retirement recognition for David Huff, which is our lead maintenance worker. And we will first start with taking public comment. I do not have any speaker slips for this item. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

Mayor, we have no raised hands.

So I will close public comments and I'd like to just share a few words So in honor of your retirement and in recognition of over 21 years of dedicated and exemplary public service to the City of Carpinteria, as lead maintenance worker your leadership and commitment have been instrumental in maintaining and improving our streets fleet parks and public facilities. Your hard work unwavering dedication have left a lasting impact on our community and your team. We commend your professionalism, integrity and service to the residents of Carpinteria and on behalf of the City Council staff and community we extend our sincere appreciation and best wishes for a happy and fulfilling retirement. With that we'd like to call David Huff to the podium

Well, thank you. It's been a great run. I love the city, how we grew up here. My family has grown up here. I currently live in Ventura of course but the city outpriced me. But it's been a great job and I've worked with a lot of great people throughout the years and I appreciate it.

Well we appreciate you, thank you so much for all those years of dedicated service to our community. Would anyone else like to share a few words?

I just join in thanking you for what you've done it shows that the city has a special place in its heart for you and you have a special place in your heart for the city and that's so special for us to have.

And we'd love to present this plaque and take a photo with you.

Okay.

I'll ask the rest of the council to join me

Thank you.

All right, looking great. One, two, three!

Mayor, if it's okay do you mind if I share a few words as well? Absolutely. We had some information that's been shared already but wanted to speak to a few things specifically that David did during his time here so it's a privilege to recognize David Huff he retired here on June 12th as you mentioned after several years of dedicated service here. He did grow up in Carpinteria and also was a graduate of Carpinteria High School And throughout his career, he served both the city and then the Carpinteria Valley Water District before returning back to the city where he spent the remainder of his career serving the community where he was raised.

During this time with the city, he served as both a maintenance worker and a lead maintenance worker He became known for his extensive knowledge, strong work ethic and willingness to do whatever was needed to keep city operations running smoothly. One of David's most significant contributions came during the transition between public work supervisors when he stepped up to serve as the interim public works supervisor. During that period, he provided steady leadership and helped ensure continuity of operations while the city worked through that transition.

David brought a tremendous amount of experience to the Public Works Department, whether operating heavy equipment, performing concrete repairs, maintaining city facilities and landscapes or responding to emergencies. He could always be counted on to get the job done. Just as importantly he shared that knowledge with all of our newer employees helping to train and mentor the next generation of our Public Works team Those who work with David valued his experience, professionalism and commitment to public service. His contributions have had a lasting impact on both the organization and the community. Outside of work, David enjoys spending time with his family. He and his wife as he mentioned lived in Ventura and have three sons and two grandchildren.

He also enjoys riding his motorcycle And we hope retirement provides plenty of opportunities to spend with his family, enjoy the open road and pursue the things that he enjoys most. David on behalf of the city, all the fellow employees here and the residents of Carpinteria I want to thank you again for your many years of service and congratulate you on your well-earned retirement and wish you and your family many years of health happiness and new adventures. Thank you sir

We will now move on to a proclamation designating July 2026 as Park and Recreation Month in the City of Carpinteria. I will open up public comment for this item, I do not have any speaker slips. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

The Mayor, we have no raised hands.

I will close public comment and bring it back to the Council for a motion.

I move to adopt the proclamation of the City Council designating July 2026 as Park and Recreation Month in the City of Carpinteria.

You have a first, do we have a second? Second. We have a first and a second all those in favor? Aye. Any opposed none motion passes and we will begin reading the proclamation with council member Mayer

Whereas Parks and Recreation is an integral part of communities throughout the country, including the City of Carpinteria, and promotes health and wellness by improving both physical and mental well-being. And whereas

spending time in nature positively impacts mental health by increasing cognitive performance and overall well-being while helping to alleviate conditions such as depression attention deficit disorders and Alzheimer's disease.

Whereas community parks encourage physical activity by providing space for sports, hiking trails, swimming pools and other amenities that support active lifestyles.

Whereas recreational programming and educational activities such as out of school programs, youth sports and environmental education are critical to the healthy development of children and

youth. And whereas the Parks and Recreation Services contribute to economic vitality by increasing property values expanding local tax base supporting tourism aiding business retention and reducing crime and

Whereas Parks and Recreation is fundamental to the overall well-being and quality of life of the Carpinteria community, end.

Whereas Parks and Natural Areas preserve the ecological beauty of the community and offer residents of all ages opportunities to connect with nature and enjoy the outdoors, end.

Whereas the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and Recreation Month, end

Whereas the City of Carpinteria Whereas the City of Carpinteria recognizes and celebrates the benefits derived from its park and recreation resources.

Now therefore, the City Council of the City of Carpinteria hereby proclaims July 2026 as Parks and Recreation Month in the City of Carpinteria. I will now ask for a representative of the city to share a few words

Good evening Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council. Thank you so much for this proclamation recognizing July as Parks and Recreation Month. On behalf of our entire parks recreation and community services department we truly appreciate your continued support and the recognition of the work that we do While this proclamation highlights the importance of parks and recreation, I'd like to take a moment to recognize the incredible people behind these services.

I have the absolute privilege of working alongside an amazing team that show up every day committed to serving this community. Whether it's maintaining our parks and our beaches, teaching swim lessons, protecting our coastline, welcoming families at the library, supporting our older adults through AgeWell, coordinating recreation programs and events or handling all the behind-the-scenes work that keeps everything running each member of our team plays an important role in making Carpinteria such a special place to live work and play.

Parks and Recreation are about so much more than facilities and programs. They're about creating places where families can make memories, children learn and grow, neighbors connect, and everyone has the opportunity to be active healthy and engaged in their community I want to thank you, the City Council for your continued investment in our department and for truly recognizing the value these services bring to our residents. Your support allows our team to continue enhancing the quality of life for everyone in Carpinteria. And finally to my team here behind me Thank you all so much for your passion and your hard work and your dedication. This proclamation is a reflection of everything that you all do throughout the year, and I just could not be more proud to work alongside them.

So thank you.

Would you like to invite your team up for a photo? Okay,

everybody laugh at me. Is it okay if I say quick words? Yes. I just really want to acknowledge Parks and Recreation, you know on Friday we had seven different areas of the state come to Carpinteria Beach for a Junior Lifeguard competition and it was so flawless and so well run but I think the bigger thing is it was such a beautiful way to watch The next generation of our community engage with their city, their open spaces, their natural beaches and represent their community. And something that really struck me was that parks and recreation is the way that people first understand about civic duty when they go to the library and Eric helps them find something, and they feel seen. Or when Lexi teaches a kid how to swim or they walk in the bluffs and they realize that this land is theirs forever.

And I think it really gives people a sense of community but also a sense of community service and obligation. So what you do is such an important role in our city so thank you. And I just want to do

a quick shout out to the director of Parks and Rec, Jeanette Gant. I mean you've now been with the city for a couple years and I think that it's safe to say you've really stepped up the game of parks and rec for the city and you have an incredible staff that adores you which again reflects very very well on you so thank you for all that you do.

What I'd like to say is Jeanette, thank you for doing an outstanding job. You've done a great job in creating a team behind you that's leadership in itself and it wouldn't have the success had it not been for you building this team and giving them ownership so congratulations.

Well thank you and we will now

Good evening mayor, council members, Carpinteria City staff and the community members of Carpinteria. I have a two-month recap for you tonight so it's going to be a few more cases so may go a couple more minutes longer than usual. With Alpha San Ynez and Villarreal, suspects were stopped for a minor traffic violation and found to be on probation. Deputies found the gun inside the vehicle during the search. Both suspects were arrested on multiple gun charges and booked at the jail.

In the 5500 block of Carpinteria Avenue deputies responded to a dispute between neighbors where one neighbor had a dog off leash and the dog attempted to bite the victim. The owner of the victim's aunt Through a broom at the dog to get the dog from attacking her nephew, the owner came out and struck the victim in the face with an open hand. The owner of the dog was cited for battery and will attend court proceedings.

In the 1500 block of Meadows Circle subjects were seen rummaging through items at a residence. Deputies contacted them as they were driving away and found one had an outstanding warrant out of Orange County for carrying a loaded firearm. The other subject lied about his name to conceal his probation status, the subject with the warrant was arrested and the one lying about his name was cited and released due to a variety of medical issues.

The 500 block of Linden deputies responded to a restaurant for a man brandishing a pocket knife and yelling at the manager The manager directed man to the public restroom down the street. He began to yell and pulled out a small pocket knife from his pocket with the blade exposed, and then left the scene after search of the area. Deputies found the suspect in the public restroom at the Amtrak station.

And this was the same suspect who was arrested for similar behavior in April. And he was arrested again for brandishing and transported to the main jail booked on charges. At 850 Linden, the suspect stole several items from Smart & Final and was contacted by deputies a short time later while attempting to detain the suspect. He fought with deputies causing minor injuries he was ultimately arrested for violations of shoplifting and assault on a peace officer.

On Carpinteria Avenue in Santa Ynez, deputies observed an e-bike motorcycle southbound on Santa Ynez from Via Real along with an e-bicycle. The motorcyclist had a juvenile passenger without a motorcycle helmet and the e-bike rider was a juvenile. The driver of the motorcycle has issued a citation for multiple traffic violations The motorcycle passenger was issued a citation for not wearing a helmet. And the e-bike rider was issued a citation for not wearing a helmet. Just kind of important to note on this one, the e-bike was modified from having pedals to putting pegs on it. I've said many times that pegs, those are e-motorcycles.

The parents were unaware that you couldn't do that. They came, they picked up the e bike and stated they would remove the pegs and put the pedals back on. In the 4800 block of 8th Street, the victim's ex-husband is a restrained person in a served criminal protective order. The ex-husband began texting the protected party which violated the restraining order. Although the suspect did not make any threats in the text messages it's still a violation of the domestic violence restraining order so this case was sent to the district attorney for review 4900 block of Carpinteria Avenue, deputies responded to Brewing Q for a male suspect who left without paying. The suspect was also heard making suicidal statements.

Deputies located the suspect walking northbound on Santa Ynez Avenue overpass. When deputies contacted the suspect he was agitated and swung his leg over the guardrail preparing to jump. Deputies quickly grabbed the suspect and he attempted to punch one of the deputies in the face. The suspect was arrested for public intoxication and assault on a peace officer in Bookton County Jail.

In the 5500 block of Carpinteria Avenue, the suspect was in the middle of Carpinteria Avenue swinging his fist at cars driving by. The suspect then sat down on the concrete rail of the Carpinteria Creek Bridge and fell over into the creek. He sustained some scrapes to his arms and walked out of the creek on his own. He was subsequently arrested for public intoxication.

And at 778 Linden Avenue, deputies responded to a bar fight. Multiple people witnessed the altercation. Deputies returned to the bar to review camera footage of the incident and subsequently spotted the main aggressor walking down the street with several other males. The main aggressor was identified by his clothing and his tattoos from the video footage. After his arrest, his brother was nearby and determined to be identified as another suspect in the crime.

He was also arrested. Both were arrested on felony battery charges and transported and booked to the main jail without further incident, and there's still one suspect who has not yet been located. And for community outreach you have Deputy Cole and myself presented at Carpinteria State Beach to the lifeguard camp regarding e-bike safety and bicycle safety Deputies handed out free slurpee coupons to minors for good behavior, such as wearing their helmet and obeying traffic laws on their bicycles.

And Deputy Sanabria and myself participated in the 4th of July parade where we drove one of our vehicles through the parade. And the chief's message, again remember call 911 for all emergencies and non-emergency number for non-emergencies 805-683-2724. In the past two months we've had four DUIs, four e-bike or scooter traffic accidents. A reminder for everybody that e-bike citations and vehicle code violation citations for bicyclists and e-bikes will be underway very shortly as you saw in one of my entries This is not a secret. We're not, there's no gotcha to this. We're not holding this back. I want everybody to know that this is coming.

So please ride safely, wear your helmet and obey the vehicle code. Your safety and compliance is the driving factor behind this law enforcement approach Again, dogs must always be on leash in public areas. We've discussed that before. No dogs allowed at all on the public beach between Linden and Ash whether tethered or not and no dogs in the Salt Marsh Nature Park period.

I want to remind you to not resist deputies or officers in the performance of their duties. Like when we're making an arrest or while we're on a traffic stop. Often, when people physically resist an arrest or do not comply with lawful commands, additional charges are filed and the chance of someone getting hurt whether it's the arrested person or the deputy increases.

The time to fight the arrestor of the citation is in court and not out in the field. Domestic violence restraining orders, I touched on one of those in one of my entries. If you are a restrained party it is illegal for you to contact the protected party. If the protected party contacts you and you respond or come see the restrained party The restricted party will be found at fault and arrested.

So if you are the person that is restrained and you have a no contact order with somebody else, and that somebody else calls you text messages you, invites you over and you comply with that. You're going to be at fault no matter what that other person did because you are restrained. That person is not restrained. Not a good idea for that person to do that but just know that if you respond to that text message or if you go to that house you'll be violating that restraining order that's from the judge and you will be arrested And then the last thing I have for you is a visual demonstration of we talked earlier about the mailbox, the drive-thru mailbox how they're stealing our mail. So they grab something like this.

They stick it in the slot and it goes like this and now it's stuck down. You can't see this and when you drop your mail in the slot, this catches it It prevents it from going all the way down. And then they'll come back in an hour later or so and they'll just stick their hand and grab all your mail out. So my advice is to walk into, if you're gonna send mail out, walk in and do it from inside the building. Personally I would not use the outside blue box anymore.

And that is end of report. Available for any questions you might have.

Questions from council? No, looks like no questions. I do have a question just because it was recent the 4th of July any updates or activities and then i know we had the fair which i spoke with you a little bit

right

nice to hear from the public's perspective

so the fourth of july i wasn't here but i had a team of deputies working in the fire suppression detail we did have Three firework citations and confiscated amount of fireworks, the kind that most of them go up in the air and blow up. So I heard it was very busy. And three citations is not bad considering what we've had before and it takes a lot because there's a lot going on with limited resources.

I'd say we did pretty good, but we did have three citations. And then the fair this weekend at St. Joe Festival went very well, no issues, a good turnout. I know Father Martini was very pleased with the turnout as well so we had a very good turnout. It was good to see a lot of people out there having a great time.

Mayor, if I could add. So part of the ability to give the three citations this last holiday versus previous years was the City had worked with the Sheriff's Department to assign four additional sheriff's deputies and so the issue that it happened in the past was that our two deputies would get called to a variety of things because they were also assigned to the entire city And so this time we were able to, I think, make some impact by having those four dedicated officers. That's something that the city can consider in the future about increasing that number.

For me, you know everyone to understand including myself as I was out there. I thought okay You have four officers and they're all just going to spread out along the beach But that's you know that not really the way that it happens. They're able to they have to move together There's quite a lot of activity around them while they're giving citations and so they do work as a team in a unit And so understanding that whether it's eight officers or something in the future, that allows them to be in two different places.

We also saw I also saw the increase and fireworks and anecdotally heard some of that was due to it being on a Saturday and it being the 250th but we are also seeing a trend in lot of other cities and there is obviously some news and different things with with other cities in California We're still going to ensure this doesn't become a trend and look forward to bringing back to your council different items, things as increasing fines for use of illegal fireworks or for fireworks period to continue progressing in our enforcement of illegal fireworks here in Carpinteria.

Appreciate what the sheriff's, what the chief did and his team did. And I want to ensure people that we plan to continue that trend in increasing enforcement to ensure that all of our community members are safe.

Thank you. We will now move on to a temporary adjournment for the purpose of holding the monthly meeting of the Carpinteria Library Board of Trustees.

Mayor, I'm sorry before we get there, public comment for sheriff's report? Yes,

I will open up public comment. Do we have some speaker slips coming for this item? Brian? Yes. Okay. Thank You. Rogelio Delgado welcome.

Thank you. Sorry about missing last meeting, I was in Guadalajara. I went back again and I'll go back again soon so I think I'll need the city to pitch in some money. Great job at St. Joseph's Festival. I attended three days and no incidents at all, so that was pretty good. Thank you. Also great job on a daily basis in Carpinteria. I have noticed that deputies respond within minutes. I mean two or three deputies only a day or at night And that's very good. That's a fast response, and I think that you mentioned before that you have full-time deputies as well as part-time deputies.

Question is how many? Is it the same number day time than at night time. And crime-wise, is it the same as 2025 or is it worse currently? Because basically I'm asking you chief because basically what we know is that we are really on the coastal view. Unless you tend to know through some of the meanings that there's some action there. Will it impact the sheriff's response, let's say with one less deputy?

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

Mayor we have no raised hands on zoom.

I will close public comment and I'll look to the chief and see if you can just ask or if you can share a little bit about the number of deputies that we currently have in a shift, I know there was some additional information asked but maybe that can be you can touch base with him a little bit later.

Yeah so you have two city deputies both day and night and then you have a senior deputy and a sergeant as well that's kind of responsible for some of carp and some of county And then we have a county unit, you know. We've talked before the county unit will come in if needed and city will go out if needed whatnot but but you do have two deputies and it's the same in the day as same as a night and the sergeant and senior deputy. Great!

And then if you can share a little bit about special events for example St. Joseph's. Was that contracted on behalf of St. Joseph's?

Yes, they contracted us we had six deputies each night so and we break them up in twos for the most part and just kind of try to you know walk in the interior and the perimeter but yeah so it really didn't have any issues and from my understanding recently I don't know how many years ago but there was a fence that went up and ever since that fence went up that's really helped out a lot

Great, thank

you.

We will now

Thank You President Alarcon all board members are accounted for

excellent

and noticing for this meeting has taken place

Great, and I will open up public comment. So this is the time for public comments on matters not otherwise on the agenda but within the subject matter of the Carpinteria Library of Trustees. I do not have any speaker slips for this specific item. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

We have no raised hands.

I will close public comment and

I move to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held June 8th, 2026.

Second.

We have a first and second all those in favor? Aye. Any opposed none motion passes

Thank you Mayor, City Council members, city staff, community of Carpinteria. It's my pleasure to report again one more time for this occasion for the month of July 2026 We, in regard of programs we start one more time our summer reading program on June 15. The aim of this summer reading program is to to promote literacy, reducing summer learning loss, encouraging lifelong reading habits and strengthening community engagement.

And as the previous years we are seeing an increase of attendance. We are super happy to see especially young people in the library participating on the Summer Reading Program which is amazing to see. As one of the programs in our summer reading program, we present last month the Magic Workshop and Magic Show. It was very well attended. More than 100 people participated, exactly 125 people in our little library. And we also have the Shumash Stories. We invite a Shumash storyteller, Alain Salazar to share with us Chuma's stories.

It was very nice to see and listen the indigenous history, culture and resilience that expressed through these stories. Also, we have of course our ongoing library programs like still our English conversation group, our preschool story time. Our Carpinteria writers groups, our songwriters workshop, our Babies are the Best program, our Carpinteria knitters group, our dementia caregiver support group, our Carpinteria bird watchers group, our Dungeons and Dragons playtime, our Friday fun sessions and additional information about the continuous and ongoing programs are available through our website.

In regards of collection space improvements, we add new bookshelving in the library especially to expand our adult fiction, non-fiction, adult non-fiction, our Spanish collection so without taking out of the current space for other programs we are adding So in the walls that were before empty or with frames, for example. And we are gaining more space because the demand of our collection is increasing every year and every month actually. And we would like to continue having new books without withdrawing books, because the only way to continue updating our collection right now or before was retiring some books.

So we are trying to fight this space problem. In regards of library outreach, one more time we received a visit of Candelino Elementary School students. We have 58 second grade students before they finish the school. They also interact, they learn actually about our summer reading program. One more time they got library cards. Every kid who didn't have a library card they received one And they learn about our collection, our programs.

In regards of partnerships and grants I have to update you about the Sick Book Program. So the California State Budget didn't concede their funding for the Sick Book Program So the whole public libraries in California are losing that program. So we are going to discontinue due to lack of funding. It was $1 million dedicated to the sick book programs before for the whole state, this money have moved to the library systems. And because we belong to a black gold system, the black gold system is receiving part of that money And we are going to discuss with the other library directors, the black gold what to do with this money. We don't know exactly the amount that we are going to get but probably if we decide we are going to dedicate that money to maybe to organize our own sick book program.

And this coming Friday, all the library directors are coming to our little library to know what is happening in Carpinteria, how we are getting great numbers in our statistics and see how we are managing the collection that is up today. So we are getting at least five library directors. In regards of the California Library Literacy Service grant, the library received an intent to fund notice from the California State Librarian indicating the intention of giving us $25,000 for our literacy program.

So it was subject to the final state budget approval and as of today it was approved so we are getting that fund. And it's going to improve our program greatly. And there are news, as of today I get even better news regarding the literacy program. We are going to get more access to all the resources that are available in California for us, for Carpinteria. For example, the New York Times online. In an agreement with the California State Library every Carpinteria library card holder is able to access the New York Times online once again for free and that's secure for one year and we don't have to pay anything neither our patrons In regards to the staff update, the city librarian attended the 2026 American Library Association meeting in Chicago.

It was a great meeting where I was able to exchange ideas with other library directors and see what is happening around the country in public libraries. Our part-time library technician recruitment, as you know Pauline Nelson is leaving at the end of this month and we actively with the help of Human Resources and our leadership in Parks and Recreation are already looking for somebody else to fulfill that background.

In regards of the library data highlights for the fiscal year 2025-2026, I started working on this data that I have to provide to the California State Library in order to continue getting grants and support from this institution. So I can update some numbers. So I also include the infographic that you can see. We have 5,512 registered library card holders. More than one third of the population of Carpinteria is a library card holder.

Just in one year, we had more than 1,000 new library card holders which is a record. We have more than 80,000 in-person visits. If before we got about to one person every two minutes, we are getting very close to one person every one and a half minute since we opened the library until we closed it. We have 163,000 website visits. Our collection is compromised of 15,000 print materials. We have 61,521 physical materials circulated, checked out or renewed.

We offer 710 library programs. We have more than 10,000 library program attendees. We deliver our services with four full-time employees. And you can see from our infographic that I include, we went up, if we compare with last fiscal year, the previous fiscal year, we went up 24% of library card holders. We went up 19% more new library cards issued in one year.

We went up 12% more in-person visits, and I can continue talking about the numbers but it's impressive to see how this little library is full every day And the numbers are increasing and the space of our library is getting smaller and smaller. I wish we could have a big library, but what I have is a big community and I'm very grateful about that. That's it for me. If you have any questions, I will be pleased to answer them.

Thank you. Any questions from Council? Just one quick question for the zip books program and that's I'm sad to hear that that is not getting funded going forward but how popular was that, how well used because I know that I had used it in a couple people that I know how heavily was it utilized

It was, I can say that it was very well used in terms of that we exhaust our funding very quick. But because the limit of funding, we spread the news about the program but I recognize that not everybody know about the program so it was new by some part of the population It has potential to grow if we have more funding. There is potential to supplement our collection, for example one teacher from the middle school came to the library asking for Korean books that we don't have actually and the reason was because there was a new student coming from Korea There was no material for him in the school, neither in the near around libraries. But because a sick book was there we were able to purchase books for these kids and that's one example of how we can implement this program to help people that usually we don't help and they are not funds for these kind of kids.

Thank you and thank you for that example of how it was used here. We appreciate that. Any other questions?

No questions. I will open up public comment. I do not have any speaker slips for this item. Do we have anyone via Zoom?

We have no Zoom comment.

I will close public comment and bring it back to the council for a motion to receive and file.

I'll move to receive and file the Carpinteria Community Library report. Second.

We have a first and second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? None. Motion passes.

Erica I would like to give you congratulations for doing such a great job outstanding

And we will now

Yes thank you Mayor, Council and community members. I'm going to just touch on a couple highlights from the City Manager's Report as always encourage people to read the entire report. I don't cover every single item and there's also some helpful links in here and I'll be joined by a couple of our of our team to help me with some of these items. So starting with city employee updates, we have our building official position that is still open to be considered for first review applied by Sunday August 2nd.

We also have our engineering technician position that became recently available. We had one of our staff members leave, but thankfully they're still in the community and got a great job at our neighboring sanitary district and so it's always great to keep the talent local And that again is open to be considered for first review again Sunday, August 2nd. And then also our Management Analyst 1-2 this will be in our General Government Department helps a lot with risk management and so to be considered for that also apply by Sunday, August 2nd For updates on development applications, I'll have our Community Development Director Nick Bobroth give you some highlights unless there was any questions on our recruitments.

Great thank you.

Thank you, Michael. Good evening Mayor and Council Members. I have just two updates for you this evening on the City Manager's Report. First up, I wanted to share just a brief update on the farm project proposed for the Teatime property next door. Just last Friday we wrapped up 30-day comment period on the notice of preparation. This was the exercise that we went through to request feedback from members of the community and other public agencies and organizations on what they wanted us to look at in the preparation of the environmental impact report for that project We ended up receiving just over 160 individual comment letters on the scope of the EIR.

Most of those came from members of the community, and about a dozen came from public agencies and about a dozen came from community groups. Reading through all those now and cataloging the comments, and those will be used to help inform what we address in the EIR. During that 30-day period, we also held a public scoping meeting back on June 30th, and between folks here in person and folks attending on Zoom, we ended up with about 75 people in attendance and heard from I think 35 speakers there. And so again, we recorded those comments, and we're incorporating those into The feedback received in and we'll look at those in the preparation of the IR And so that's really the next step on that on that project as we start to dig into preparing the environmental document itself.

And Once that document has been prepared and reviewed by staff Then we would prepare it for its own public review and additional public comment opportunity, and that would be potentially later this year if depending on how things go And as always, we're posting all the project information on the City website. The easiest way to get there is to scroll down to the bottom of the homepage under Hot Topics and click on the tile for the Farm Project.

And then also if folks haven't already signed up for our Interested Parties list but they're interested in doing so They can email thefarmproject at CarpinteriaCA.gov and we will add them to the interested parties list so they receive notification of upcoming public meetings and so forth. I also wanted to just give a brief update on the Chevron oil processing decommissioning project.

So you'll recall that over the month of June we had a large barge sitting offshore with a big boom that was cutting up and pulling up sections of pipeline from the offshore waters, so that first phase of offshore pipeline work is now completed. As part of that phase, they were able to remove the entire offshore portion of the former marketing and marine terminal pipeline bundle which was closest to the pier on the north or west side of the pier.

And they also removed the offshore portion of the former Hazel and Hilda Pipeline Bundle which was farther over towards Tar Pits Park. The next phase will be to come back probably this fall and tackle the nearshore portion. So, this would involve the beach cut and then the removal of the pipelines across the Sandy Beach and in the near shore waters. And then probably sometime next year Chevron will be ready to tackle the remaining Gale Grace Pipeline Bundle which is on the south side of the pier closest to the seal hauled out area And that pipeline bundle would be removed, again from the beach all the way out to the state water limit three miles out. So that's a much bigger project. There are some additional approvals and permits to get in place for that one with some of the other resource agencies involved.

That one is going to take a little bit longer. And that concludes my city manager report items unless you have any questions for me?

Questions? This is a very quick question. For the Chevron project, is anything happening on the site itself right now or is that not the focus?