City Council — June 9, 2026

Good evening, welcome to the regular meeting Guadalupe City Council. Tuesday June 9 2026. Welcome everybody may we have roll call please.

I'm here Julian

And I think if you don't mind standing for, we're gonna move into item three which is a moment of thanks, appreciation and condolences. If we can and we will, moment of silence for those young individuals that were killed this past weekend in addition to the family there that are suffering. So please join me in the moment of silence. Thank you. We need to pass the word around this time of year with graduations to be safe.

Item four is agenda review at this time, the city council if they may wish if they wish to review to change your order business. Do we see any request to do that. We'll right along go to item five, community participation. Those that wish to speak on items that are not an agenda and I have several start with Judy Wilson.

Good evening Council Members. Communication between residents and the City Council is the two-way flow of information, feedback and dialogue between local elected officials and the community they serve. It functions to build trust, ensure democratic accountability and empower the public to shape local policy and city operations. The ongoing lack of communication between the council, the city and our community has been a persistent issue throughout my residency here in Guadalupe. Despite the Council stated commitment to keeping the public informed several recent developments highlight these systematic failures parks and recreation.

The removal of I believe a fourth parks and recreation manager is deeply troubling this instability compounded by a city deficit directly impacts our younger residents by reducing the constructive opportunities, the council has stated should be a priority. Lack of transparency. I am concerned that the Cannabis Festival was reportedly in discussion for four to six months before it was finally addressed in a public council meeting.

Accessibility. The current YouTube channel and video system is unreliable for residents who cannot attend meetings in person, effectively borrowing them from the civic process. I urge the council to listen to the recordings of the June 2nd Parks and Recreation Commissioners meeting. The concerns and comments shared by Commissioner Drelling are particularly enlightening, and confirm the serious communication gaps I have outlined.

I brought this forward as a concerned resident to see how the City plans to address these issues and improve transparency for all Guadalupe residents which I hope will forge a better bond between the city and community I want to close with this proverb, serve your neighbors as you would be served yourself. Thank you for your time it is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next individual is Stephanie Krause

Good evening, Mayor Julian, members of the City Council and the city of Guadalupe staff. I'm here tonight to express my feelings about eliminating the Recreation Manager position and letting our newful Nufo Navarro III go. In order to prepare myself to speak, I watched the two May City Council meetings on Zoom and the June 2nd Recreation Commission meeting.

I also reached out to a couple of members of the council. I was respectfully told that the city does not comment on personnel matters. During the Recreation Committee meeting, I noticed the many chairs filled with seniors and they asked why NUFA was let go. Their question was not addressed directly. Instead they were asked what programs they had experienced at the senior center.

While I understand the need to have a balanced positive budget, and no deficit whatsoever. Mr Eli had stated to the city council previously that one of the worst things a city can do is immediately start cutting lower level positions, but that it seems like is what was done. I think the community should have been better informed. I think some ideas should have been presented before letting the recreation manager go.

For example, why couldn't the recreation manager position have been reduced in hours? Why couldn't other departments share the burden and reduce hours of operation? I'm angered that we cannot talk about the work NUFO did It was way more than putting on events and leading fun activities for the community. It was personal, he met with citizens of all ages. He took the time to build relationships his passions and charisma made the job human so while you talk about the need to reduce the deficit please remember that Guadalupe is also a living breathing entity filled with people and bridges that need to be connected Nufo attended multiple meetings to talk with the Guadalupe Business Association about the 80th birthday of the city. He hosted the poetry jams that started small and grew to standing room only at the Vets Hall.

He was actively involved in planning the Ron Estabello Family 5K for this summer. He did many more things. So at this point, I ask that you please make every effort to be transparent in going forward and treat your former employees with dignity when they should be able to be talked about. Otherwise the community takes a hit. We wonder if the city has our best interests in mind. Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, I don't see any more public comment There's a couple of written comments. We're going to put them in the file as minutes of individuals that aren't here. So next item will be item... What's that? I can't hear you.

You can give public comment if you would like to. When you're done, just complete the public speaker comment. Just

come on up.

My name is Anita Navarro and I'm here as a community member, not a mother. My concerns are directed at the city administrator when you decided to shut down the parks and recs department did you even consider the upcoming youth baseball program? Kickoff would have been yesterday i'm sure you're aware the baseball field was in desperate need of base of baseball dirt Arnufa Navarro III and Mayor organized donations to purchase the dirt, to get it ready for the youth program. Junior giants that Arnufa was able to secure the youth of our community.

For our community, Arnufo was also able to obtain sand for the horseshoe pits donated by the local sand company. He was planning on horseshoe tournaments and other field activities, a field trip and local horse farm field trips for the seniors to the Avala Aquarium, the Guadalupe's 80th celebration for the summer. He had already done so much with monthly movie nights, kite festivals, cycle mania Guadalupe City Council meeting. I have not seen the city administrator at one event, maybe the one, the psychomania. Our NUFO single-handedly organized all these events that kept our youth engaged and safe. Now our youth has nothing to look forward to locally in I'm sure you can agree how important community events are.

They bridge social divides, stimulate the local economy and preserve culture identity. Then why did you cut the program completely? Do you know this affects us. You say it was because of our city being in a deficit, so why couldn't you make the city administrator's job part-time instead? Cut a little from other departments. The parks and recs department is easily a four person job. It was crucial for the people of Guadalupe.

If you really care about the community and the title you carry, I really hope you consider putting action behind thought and not ideas. Just become broken ideas. I'm sorry. If you are going to fill this title, you need to step it up. You owe the community that much. Thank you.

Anybody else out there that wish to speak on an unagendized item? Okay, then we will go to, pardon. Can't hear you. Will you speak? No, it'll be put in the

minutes.

It'll be put in the minutes. It'll be recorded Thank you. Okay, we'll go to item six, ceremonial calendar. I know there's several people that are here to speak on that. Is there a person that's going to receive this or is it a group? It will be a group. All right, I'll go ahead and read it and then you can talk. All right, there's a proclamation on biodiversity whereas the state of California has made the biodiversity protection and restoration a priority through the California Biodiversity Initiative and Executive Order N-82-20 Parentheses 30-30, recognizing the importance of climate resilience, food security and public well being. And whereas California's Climate Smart Strategy and State Wildlife Action Plan call on local governments to incorporate habitat restoration, native species protection, pollinator support and nature based solutions into planning and community resilience efforts.

And whereas the Central Coast region, including the city of Guadalupe lies within a California floristic province and contains diverse ecosystems such as wetlands, riparian areas, coastal habitats and working lands. That support unique and sensitive plant and wildlife species both on land and offshore. And whereas these natural resources provide essential community benefits, including clean air and water, flood and wildfire protection, recreation, education, cultural heritage, and economic vitality. And whereas biodiversity faces increasing threats from habitat loss, invasive species Pollution, climate change, unsustainable development requiring coordinated local action and stewardship.

Now therefore be resolved that the virtue and authority of vested in me as mayor, and on behalf of the City Council of the city of Guadalupe, I do hereby affirm the city's commitment to protecting native plants, wildlife, and coastal legal systems in ways that are locally appropriate and feasible, and support efforts to enhance local open spaces The purpose of this meeting is to promote native landscaping and habitat restoration as resources allow and. To commit to considering biodiversity and native plant use in the future, planting and within the city's climate action plan process.

And encourage. And faster partnership with tribal communities, public agencies. Schools and conservation organizations Set my hand to the seal of Guadalupe, and I really appreciate the folks that are here in support of this proclamation. So you're welcome to come up and there's quite a few individuals that would like to speak if you want start with you Mr. Eric.

Let me get out my comments here. All right, good afternoon Mayor Julian and members of the council. I'm Eric Cardenas. I am with Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. I also happen to co-chair a regional collaborative known as the Biodiversity Working Group. It's made up of over 50 charter members from throughout the region, as close to Guadalupe as the Guadalupe Dune Center, Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo right up the coast Santa Ynez Botanic Garden just down the road a little bit, and a number of my colleagues here are all part of that collaborative.

I'm here mainly to thank you for your leadership and for elevating this issue of biodiversity. This proclamation recognizes that we live in a biodiversity hotspot We're part of the California Floristic Province, which means that within this region of the Central Coast and beyond we have thousands of native endemic plant and animal species that occur nowhere else on this planet.

So Guadalupe is in the center of that hotspot so I love that the proclamation recognizes this I think more importantly, we're heartened to that the proclamation as Mayor Julian just read affirms the city's commitment to protecting and promoting native plants wildlife and coastal ecosystems. That it commits the city to consider biodiversity in native plants in future planning efforts through tools such as the city's climate action plan, and that encourages partnerships throughout the community to promote stewardship and conservation.

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is 100 years old this year. We're the first garden in the entire United States to be 100% dedicated to native plants from the California Floristic Province, So if we can honor or offer, if we can offer our resources to city councilor your staff in the development of native plant lists for local landscaping, the development of landscaping ordinances for native plants.

Anything where we can be of service, we would like to offer that I have a number of colleagues here with me today that will speak who I'm sure would equally offer their expertise and a number of other areas that may not be native plants but are sustainability related and conservation minded Again, just thank you for your leadership for elevating this very important issue. We're in the middle of a biodiversity crisis globally and that reflects also here locally. I want to specifically thank Council Member Hernandez for working with us to develop this language and again, for just bringing this issue to our attention. Thank you so much.

Thank you Eric. Eric can I give you this proclamation then you can share it with your? Yeah sure. Next individual wishes to speak, Stephanie Diaz.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. I'm Stephanie Diaz and I represent the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County. And we want to thank the city council and the mayor for bringing forth this proclamation celebrating biodiversity. It's something that the Land Trust is very close to our heart, very central to the work that we do. The Land Trust is a community-based organization Working for about 40 years and we've conserved about 60,000 acres of lands within Santa Barbara County. That's north and south county and our work is very much in line with what you explained in that proclamation for saving natural habitat wildlife coastal ecosystems and agricultural lands And we feel that the work we do is part of a very essential community benefits.

Through the watersheds and the rivers and the ocean areas, we have clean air and water Habitat, that's connectivity. Outdoor recreation, education, economic vitality and cultural heritage all comes from our conserved lands and our city and county lands in and around Guadalupe you can see visible examples of the city's relationship in the Santa Maria River with Guadalupe Nepal and the dunes, and the wetlands in the surrounding agricultural lands.

The land trust is a member of the biodiversity working group that Eric just mentioned. And it's been wonderful to have input from 50 different nonprofit organizations that are all interested in how we can move forward. The ecosystems are having a lot of pressure put on them by invasive species, by climate change and to have all these Various agencies that are coming together and looking at where we have challenges and where we have opportunities.

We feel that the biodiversity goals that are set out actually turn into community benefits. And finally, we just want to say we're so pleased and we'd like to support the city of Guadalupe in our proclamation. Thank you.

Thank you, Stephanie. Next individual Candace.

Good evening Mayor Julian and council members. My name is Candice Mannigan and I'm the executive director of Coastal Ranches Conservancy. It's a local non-profit with the mission to support nature conservation restoration education along the Gaviota coast We've joined the Biodiversity Working Group as one of those, you know over 50 environmental organizations adopting a community vision and policy platform in support of biodiversity conservation on the Central Coast.

And as a member of the Biodiversity Working Group we jointly understand that biodiversity must be woven into thinking, into planning and a way of life for equitable communities and dynamic sustainable economies Coastal Ranches Conservancy recently adopted a five-year strategic plan with the primary focus really on biodiversity conservation along the 76 miles of the Gaviota coast.

And many of our programs are focused on connecting rivers, connecting lands and connecting wildlife and communities on the landscape. So we are very heartened that Council Member Hernandez brought this to the full council and that we have your support with the adoption of this resolution. You know, it really recognizes and also celebrates our local biodiversity.

It also marks an alignment amongst Our organizations and the city's goals, and you know we look forward to working together with you and your staff and your agencies. Even from the public comments earlier this evening with Parks and Rec, you know we understand that cities have budget shortfalls Coastal Ranches has partnered with Vandenberg Space Force Base on grant proposals, talking to Supervisor Hartman in the morning about how to support the county and other open space and conservation work.

And so that offer really is to the city where we can be supportive of your biodiversity goals, that offer stands. And so we look forward to conserve unique and irreplaceable biodiversity and resources which underpin a healthy and resilient city and communities along our coasts. So thank you very much.

Next individual is Jeannie Sparks. Hi, Jeannie.

Hello Aristone. Good evening Mayor and Council Members. I'm Jeannie Sparks, Co-Executive Director of Santa Barbara County Action Network and SPCAN is part of the Biodiversity Working Group which you've heard about tonight. We seek solutions to issues impacting local biodiversity We want to thank you for recognizing the unique biodiversity in our region and the benefits it provides. We encourage you to integrate native plants, wildlife-friendly designs and nature based solutions to climate resilience in your planning and development decisions.

SPCAN is also working with partners on long term solutions to flooding issues and is advocating for the extension of the levee trail from Santa Maria to Guadalupe. I know this is a little off the topic, but I just had to add it in there. We are hosting an online workshop roundtable on Friday at noon to get an update from the county on what's going on with the levee trail. And it'll be an opportunity to ask them questions about it.

And then we'll be advocating that people go and speak up to make sure that Lovely Trail happens because it's been four years since it was approved, and they're finally just coming out with the draft EIR. So Friday noon online find out information at sbcan.org slash action alerts, and you can get all the information to sign up for the roundtable. We'd really like to see you there!

And we want to thank you again for passing this resolution and recognizing the role that biodiversity plays in our region.

Thank you Jeannie. There's several other letters that were sent in. I just want to acknowledge we received a letter of support for this item from the Dune Center, from Saul, you know? Anyway from the Dune Center here in Guadalupe. And another, there's land trust too with, from Daniel that will be part of the minutes and then Anna Marie Perkinson From the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council.

That'll be part of the minutes and then, of course, Eric. Let's see. So is there anybody out here that I forgot to come up who wants to speak on this item?

Mayor, can I share some words. I just wanted to say thank you to all the organizations that came in regards to this important proclamation. I grew up in Guadalupe. My parents were farm workers and I did not get experience outdoors until I was in my mid 30s. And then I learned there is over 100 endemic species out there that I needed to save. How can we get our community out there? It is so important to get our youth out there exploring the dunes and I love to lead hikes, and I just want to thank everyone for coming out here and we welcome any education or resources that you guys can share with us. So thank you.

And tying into that most of you are from Santa Barbara and we appreciate your attendance here because we're all part environment so thank you all. Item 13. And there's...

I know Emma, oh it is Emma. Yes for 13 Emma we just wanted to clarify. It's not on

the agenda. Who can't be here? Well, it's not but you can.

So hello City Council Mayor, thank you. My name is Emma Vega I'm the lead organizer for California's pesticide reform and there was a community member today that couldn't be here but wanted to express her comments and concerns for the let go of our new flow for parks and recs and I'm here today to say or public comment so dear mayor and council my name is Garcia Rodriguez and I am writing regarding the recent dismissal of Arnulfo Navarro III from Parks and Rec Department Many members of our community were saddened and disappointed to hear the news of his dismissal.

Arnulfo brought energy and vision, and genuine care to Guadalupe's youth and families. He had exciting ideas planned for the future of Guadalupe that many residents were looking forward to especially programs and activities that would have brought our community together in a positive way. In a city like Guadalupe, recreation programs are not just entertainment. They provide safe spaces for our children, opportunities for families and positive direction for young people.

Leaders who truly care about the community engagement are not easy to replace. Arnufo made people feel heard and included many residents saw his dedication firsthand and appreciate the effort he put in improving programs parks and opportunities for local youth I respectfully ask the city to reconsider the decision or a minimum listen carefully to the voices of the community members who support his work. Guadalupe deserves leaders in parks and recreation who are passionate, creative and committed to serve the people they serve. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you.

For Graciela Rodriguez.

Okay thank you.

All right

Now we'll go to 6B, it's a Pride Month proclamation and Councilwoman Furness will read that.

Okay, this proclamation is recognizing June 2026 as Pride Month. Whereas the City of Guadalupe is home to people of all backgrounds including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex and whereas while our city state and nation have come a long way in our journey towards dignity understanding and mutual respect for all we still have a long way to go in eradicating the prejudice and discrimination that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and others face And whereas hate speech continues to now denounce lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and other members of the community. And whereas the city of Guadalupe has been instrumental in informing the public and promoting these protections.

And whereas during the month of June throughout the nation numerous organizations governments and others recognize the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons during pride celebrations And whereas each year, June 28 marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion which gave birth to the modern movement to advance the rights of LGBTQIA plus persons. During the month of June those committed to justice and equality celebrate the notable achievements An outstanding service that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex Americans make to our city state and nations. Now therefore be it resolved that by virtue of the authority vested in the mayor and on behalf of the City Council of the City of Guadalupe we proclaim June 2026 as Pride Month and encourage all people of the City of Guadeloupe to advance the cause of equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.

Be it further resolved that each of us work toward achieving a safe community, that appreciates its diversity and all its forms for generations to come.

Thank you. That's really important for us to take a stand on this. Is there anyone here to receive that? If not the city will receive it. Thanks for stepping up.

Yeah, I wasn't planning on it but as a native of Guadalupe and gay man and an environmentalist, I just want to thank the city for recognizing Pride Month. Me and my family recognize Pride Month every day and a lot of residents need these protections and so i'm just really grateful that everyone is doing everything they can for the environment Because gay people also deserve a right to clean air and clean water and clean food.

But particularly this month, just again thank you for doing everything you can to help out gay, lesbian and trans folks especially here in Guadalupe. Thank you.

Thanks for standing up.

Thank you I guess i'll keep this.

All right next item is item seven consent calendar The following items are presented at the City Council for approval without discussion on a single agenda item. Is there a city council person that wishes to pull an item for discussion? Good, is there motion to approve the consent calendar A through D?

I'll make a motion to approve the consent calendar A through D.

Is there a second?

I'll second.

Any discussion? All those in favor of the motion say aye. Aye. Passes thank you Now we'll go to management reports, city administrator item eight.

Good evening Mr. Mayor, council members, staff and residents. We'll start with the public works for the month of May. So pretty much business as usual for the most part some baseball field prep going in still last month at least some light repairs some irrigation here City Hall A lot of weed abatement, we tried cycling in some new stuff and it didn't really work out too well. So we're gonna have to retackle that sooner than planned. We had two or a second water line that got had to get repaired over in the Point Sal area.

It looks like it's just older water lines starting to fail as kind of expected you know the infrastructure. 64 customer service calls this month. Let's see the wastewater, there was some repairs in the clarifier which is kind of like where the water goes before it exits the super plant and then some maintenance on The screw press, which is where the waste goes to get expelled and then can get distributed to.

You know, fertilizer plants or whatnot any questions on public works?

Just just mentioned a basement it's ready to go. In fact, it's lined. baseball field. It's

fantastic. Yeah, I know they should have started practicing last night Mondays Wednesdays Fridays four to seven. They're

supposed to be ready. So it's good to know when they're there so we can trip it.

Yeah

practice

did start yesterday and I'm officially coaching that the team also really excited go hopefully pump up the kids.

There we go

explain a little bit about what they offer.

We're doing French fry T-ball. And so yesterday was the first day of practice, parents went out there because we're really excited. They provided us with free gloves, a free water bottle, a free hat and then they're going to give us coaching guides for week to week what that guide will look like and I think our first game is June 20th. So in two weeks and we'll be meeting weekly with the youth. That's

awesome.

Is there anything that's needed at the field?

We just started, so I think we're OK at the moment. But I'm sure.

OK. Yeah. At the moment. Just checking. The only thing that's not on there, just a side note is the safe bag. I don't know if T-Ball uses the whole field.

We're just practicing and so we did just use everything inside the diamond. In the dirt? Yeah, correct. OK,

cool.

That's awesome. Okay, thank you for the administrative report. We had the county manager meeting last week and turns out that everybody in the county is facing the same problems we are with budget deficit and all that kind of stuff so it's kinda nice to see that everybody struggling not just us. With the theater, they're still moving along on that a lot of interior demo. That's why you're not really seeing a whole lot of stuff on outside and there's a lot of stuff with the footings and.

Along both the North down South walls as well as the wall. Bordering the snack bar so. They're getting inspected this week Thursday. As long as that passes, you know, fingers crossed. They'll be pouring the footers on Friday and then they'll be able to start finishing up all the framing and everything on the inside so that they can start real construction. Remediation repairs, so to speak.

And then the outside, the south pad is also coming due for a concrete pour here shortly as well. They got the footers poured but I think they're waiting on the rebar inspections for the whole bed. Las Mujeres is moving along really good. They started grading the bocce ball court Installing lighting, I think a majority of the lighting is up. They're going to restart the basketball court as well.

Starting to kind of lay out the irrigation systems get the final grading on the main grass portion of the park. And then a lot of the stuff for the dog park is already set just like fencing and, you know, infill that kind of stuff. 303 is pretty much done now they're doing cleanup. They are waiting on the final gate. They were waiting on a transformer piece but I think they got it in because I think they were out there energizing the chargers today or at least working on them. It looked like Amtrak They started, the construction resumed on that.

So that's moving along and then yeah I think that is it for the administrative report any questions?

I think you mentioned that we got the notice to proceed with that one

oh

yeah

uh yeah we got the notice to proceed for the California Clean Air Grant That was one that allotted us two 12 month positions. So that one was awarded, paperwork was finalized Friday, Thursday of last week. So we're looking at starting to kind of get that stuff going as well.

Thank you. Any questions on David? Right next item Item 9 Director of Public Safety Chief Cash. Thank You

Mr. Mayor Council staff and our community members. From the police aspect on my report, I have citizens that are bringing in complaints regarding speeding in the residential neighborhoods. And it's kind of interesting to have the officers go out and check and see what's going on. Some are requesting the speed bumps that we took out, if they could use some of those.

That really doesn't come through me but advise them that we will be looking at their locations. And I know that they're watching tonight because- Any particular area? I already got paged. Or is it all areas? In particular, it's Point South Yes, and yeah. They're they're watching and they know who I'm referring to in particular just had lunch with Kevin Walsh from Hancock, the Hancock president, and just want to make sure that we stay In communication with him, because I was looking at really pressing college information for some of our junior high kids. One thing that the mayor had asked about if they're still going to be doing the program, Late night college courses, and he definitely assured us of that.

And he wants to go to come back more matter of fact he wants to have the mayor and I meet again. He wants to really make sure that relationship is strong, and I guess they have a young lady who's a counselor. At the junior high, that works for the college. And so I'll be meeting with her to discuss some kind of forms that will be trying to put on for some of the junior high kids I was asking what's that age though and we want to make sure that we're pressing college with. So, um, that was good he really is high on Guadalupe.

Today, with the city administrator and our finance director. We went to the Santa Maria airport and we discussed about the current contract that we have, and our issues we have and what's going on at the airport. Speaking from my perspective there's three of us there in the airport people. These are things I think are surmountable, but I've been tasked with my counterpart. We will re-look at everything on this contract put something together and since I'll probably be the one position to redo it and to present something back to council so i will look at that put something on paper when we get through that can be Visible to council to see how we're going and what direction the council wants to go.

As far as city cameras, we're going through and we're checking all our city cameras in our parks and through different city locations. We have a hodgepodge right now of different cameras but we're checking on those to make sure that our park's cameras are acted and we don't have too many problems with that. So so far good the captain is giving me a list Of where our cameras at, we already have that but which ones are pretty much kind of outdated. And we're trying to look at maybe going with one type with concerns of budgets but I'm looking at other avenues. But I think that's gonna be an important part for public safety to be able to have that throughout the entire city so we go get traffic crime and where our kids hang out at.

With the Fire Chiefs meeting, we discussed there's a uptick on mutual aid requests between agencies due to fire and due to lack of staffing. So that's something that we're all monitoring and making sure that we're available and supporting each other so that we can get things done and you can see where our location is We're kind of way out by ourselves. So it's important that we always communicate and try to share resources as best as possible. Of course, our first responsibility is our city but that was just something that was kind of brought up during the meeting. Also, we met with the I believe the CEO or of the county to discuss they're looking fire chiefs are trying to push and there's discussion of doing an RFP again for the ambulance service With AMR and with the current situation, we're not getting any funding.

In the past year I think we got about $20,000 a year but the way the current one was written cities weren't getting anything and didn't have any kind of input so we're trying to push to do another RFP so the cities have input and hopefully we can get revenue if they're going to come into the city to assist our residents. At the meeting also, I met with the state fire service officials and they approached me with some revenue generating opportunities that they think that Guadalupe could definitely benefit from. So I have to schedule a meeting with those state officials to see where we're going. On code compliance, it took us a while but we were contacted our collection agency.

They've been pretty stagnant for a while because they stated that they were not getting collection cases. And so we're working directly with them and In our new web design that we're almost ready to launch for practice, internal practice. There is a section on there that you can pay for code compliance fines and everything else so that we can either go straight to collections and they just want the cases and they're willing to kind of go after that. So I think that's something was falling through the cracks for a while of a lot of monies that we weren't collecting and so that relationship is going very well. On the line as far as emergency preparedness, Jose, our co-compliance person who just completed working with Santa Barbara Office of Emergency Preparedness, we had to do an inventory of all our emergency supply cash I think the mayor can relate.

Most of the stuff we had last time was in that trailer. And that's a very small aspect, but David found us space in one of our old city lots where we used to have a water tank and we have a container there. So we have 40 different items of emergency supplies. And so we're very up-to-date on all our supplies and if we had a generator that put us over the top, but we're doing as best we can Marion Hospital Board, we discussed them coming out having a Spanish speaker forum to discuss with our residents about medical assistance for Guadalupe. With that I have a fire captain and one of the firefighters one of the police officers They've been directed to reach out to Escalante Meadows and also to Riverview. They already contacted both of those entities to see where we could work with them to present some of these forms, so that is in the works right now.

Also, then on Suncare Advisory Board is they have several service dogs that need placement. So I'm going to try to work with some of our veterans here that might need some of those services and those dogs are free. The donations help kind of support that program So, I let them know please even though they're in slow county because I'm here and I'm on their board where they're willing to really kind of work with me because I'm going to work with some of their prisoners who are being released. And how to get back into society so it's a.

One-off kind of working together. Our EMS as far as medical services, I'm working right now to try to find a new medical director that can assist on the fire department but most people understand for us to be able to utilize our fire department in a medical sense we have to be under the certification of a medical doctor and we lost ours And so I'm trying to find another one that will do that, so we can purchase medications and so forth under that license. So that's a work in progress.

I meet monthly with the Santa Barbara County Animal Services. We've discussed the increased presence in Guadalupe, so when they come into town they stop at the police department and they ask us for any updates. It was kind of interesting just a side note is you know we have our resident raccoons or possums here, about big as dogs. And so we asked for cages and I didn't know that you cannot trap them because those protected animals that you cannot trap And we go, well how do you move them? They go, well they're now Guadalupe

residents.

So it's a I don't know how we work that out. But hopefully if anyone's out there listening, I do need feedback and they want feedback too is what's that level of service so I can tell the director You know, like what's really occurring and make sure that what we're paying for that we're definitely getting those things. Had a with, with the center bar fire chiefs association it was interesting we haven't even gotten to our fireworks enforcement aspect and that's something that we'll talk about later because of a lot of overtime that's really kind of going with that. But Santa Maria Fire Chief explained to us that they had a child playing with fireworks any literally had his whole hand blown off.