City Council - Regular Meeting

All right. people that are up there. I'm pointing to you. Both of them. Because I don't think it's cozy for me. Hola, buenas tardes. Bienvenidos a la sesión virtual del Ayuntamiento de Carpintería.

Hoy es martes 20.

Sí.

2026, vamos a tomar el voto nominal. Concejal Menor, Concejal Nomura, Clark, Solorzano, Alcaldesa Larcón, si pueden y están dispuestos, por favor, pónganse de pie para la jura a la bandera en inglés. And we will begin our meeting with introductions, proclamations, and presentations. Thank you for being here. And members of the City Council, my name is Ryan Benson, one of the managers for the City Council. Before you tonight, there's an update on the fiscal year 25-26. We made the services go there for a ramp. A lot of formal progress and additions from three of our grantees who are here today.

Thank you for being here.

And as reminded to all, the community service support grant program provides vital funding to local non-profits to enhance quality of life for carpentry residents, support the services of people, and incentivize people's solutions for their needs. During this year's grant, we have funded and distributed a new program for climate, for all participating organizations. this is going to be attachment A in your staff reports. It's that right there, you can file a fiscal year 2526 CSSG progress reports, and tonight we'll have three presentations. The first presentation is from Guadalupe Perez, from the Carpinteria Children's Project.

I'd like to invite you out there.

And if we're ready to do this, and you can proceed with your presentation, Guadalupe. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for having me. I'm Guadalupe Perez. I'm the early learning director at the Carpinteria Children's Project. I want to thank you for your investment in our younger learners. Through the scholarship support that we've had, we've been able to ensure of this scholarship, we make sure that all children, regardless of their income, can succeed in an inclusive and rich environment. Your support strengthens children, families, and the community. In our programs, we currently have bilingual education that's provided through play, learning, that is given through games, learning, relationships. We have bilingual education through reading and writing, in our groups. And it's also very important in our families. Through the scholarships, we have opportunities of enrichment for which we associate with other two organizations, Music and Men, with Kathy. And we give them 30-minute music sessions with the children. And we also have an association with the project Wilderness Youth Project, para la vida silvestre. En estas aprenden los valores de la vida silvestre, la vida al aire libre, aprenden a través de juegos, y estas becas proveen oportunidades de enriquecimiento. We have our community center. We have our family resources center. We have our family resources center. We have our family resources center. becas están aunadas para poder dar servicio a toda la familia, ya sea servicios de salud mental, acceso a bancos de alimentos, gracias a su apoyo. Las becas abren las puertas para que las familias tengan acceso a la educación de alta calidad de una de las Mejoras maneras en que puedo explicarles cómo su contribución ha apoyado a las familias es compartiendo la historia de una familia con un video cortito que les vamos a compartir.

At Carpinteria Children's Project, we really believe in the whole family.

We have a very rich program that focuses on learning about social-emotional, and the immersion of language. doble tenemos enriquecimiento provisto a las familias, a los estudiantes, a través de programas con pañales, alimentos, servicios y remisiones de salud mental. Conecta a toda la familia. Eduardo está por cumplir tres años. Para mí es muy inteligente. Hace unos meses atrás estaba preocupada porque no hablaba mucho y lo que empecé a ver en Eduardo. Él llegaba y no podía hablar al 100%, empujaba, lloraba, quitaba juguetes o materiales a los niños. Pero hemos estado trabajando en lo que él está empezando a socializar, a usar sus palabras. Y empieza a dar su paso en cuestiones emocionales. Ya no grita tanto. Y es un gran avance para él y para nosotros, la familia. La familia lo ha notado. CCP ha ayudado mucho a Eduardo con asistencia uno a uno porque sabe que él ocupa ese apoyo. Y a pesar de que tiene un poco de problemas con su lenguaje, él ha podido adaptarse a la clase, sus compañeros. Creemos fuertemente que solo podemos ser tan eficientes con los niños. Queremos que los padres tengan el mismo conocimiento que tenemos nosotros en cuanto al desarrollo y crecimiento de los niños. Yo estoy buscando que mi hijo pueda crecer en sus conocimientos. Estamos listos para ayudar a cualquier familia sin importar sus ingresos, su experiencia, su etnia. Abogamos por familias, por los estudiantes. Me gustaría que la comunidad entienda que apoyan, cuánto el apoyo significa. Si buscan un lugar que los pueda apoyar y usan sus recursos de muy buena manera, los niños en nuestras aulas serán realmente los líderes en el futuro de carpintería. de importancia o el impacto del programa a toda la comunidad, con todo el apoyo. CCP cuenta con personal capacitado, no solo para cuidar, pero también para enseñar para que a futuro, cuando estén en otra escuela, en el siguiente paso, que ya estén preparados académicamente. So scholarships open doors, they expand access to high-quality preschools for early education students, support early education students, support early education students. So thank you for the early education, and thank you for the early education, and thank you for the early education, and for the early education. por creer en los niños y en las familias que estamos apoyando para que tengan un mejor futuro en carpintería.

Y ahora vamos a invitar a Melinda Cabrera y a Diana Ornelis de United Boys and Girls.

Buenas noches. Gracias por recibirnos. Primero y principal, quiero agradecer a Carpintería y a los concejales que apoyan United Boys and Girls Club. Diana, Diana, Diana. La misión de United Boys and Girls Class es permitir que todas las personas, especialmente aquellos con necesidades, que puedan alcanzar su potencial completo con cuidado y de manera responsable. Tenemos cinco o siete minutos y va bien rapidito. Siguiente diapositiva. A nivel organización, servimos más de 7,600 jóvenes cada año. Tenemos cuatro sitios individuales. Uno está en Carpintería. Hay cuatro espacios basados en escuelas y tenemos, operamos, perdón, un campamento de 94 acres en Carpintería. Santa Ines, tenemos niños desde de K hasta doceavo grado, ochenta y cinco por ciento están en los grados K, a seis, setenta y seis por ciento califican para almuerzos reducidos o gratuitos. Las áreas principales están en estas categorías. education and career development. Every afternoon, the students receive a Power Hour through tutoring, support, and we try to help them mitigate losses in the summer months. They help develop character, leadership, And it supports that demographic in what it deals with teenagers that we have in the youth of the year. It recognizes those who are showing character and leadership skills. We have, of course, STEAM, with science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics, to expose all the kids, to see what interests them, what works for them, And the opportunity to expose the children in all those areas. Through our program, Zero Hunger, we are serving more than 63,000 children. Cenas a los miembros, comidas nutritivas para los niños y las familias. Tenemos el programa Smart Girls y Passport to Manhood. Estos son programas para prevenir el bullying. para que a medida que crezcan, se sientan empoderados, puedan aborgar por sí mismos y poder enfrentar cualquier situación en el presente. Claro que tenemos deportes, recreación, actividades físicas, fútbol. cualquier programa de juegos y por supuesto motivamos todo lo que es la actividad física.

En 2016 miembros son atendidos. Tenemos más de

500 sitios en total, más de 63 comidas hemos servido y estamos apoyando las necesidades de cada comunidad. Le paso el micrófono, la palabra a Diana que puede hablar de cómo estamos sirviendo las necesidades específicas de carpintería. Hello, I'm Diana. darnellis girls and boys club de carpintería primero principal gracias carpintería sé que el mes pasado el 10 de julio quizás no fui tan amable y estaba muy apasionada sobre lo que estaba sucediendo en carpintería y quiero Agradecerles por reconocer las necesidades de proveer servicios a los niños del Boys and Girls Club, pero quiero agradecerles por el apoyo que nos dieron, especialmente a las familias que se han visto afectadas e impactadas por las deportaciones. Nosotros estábamos ayudando a las familias a, por ejemplo, ir a recoger sus niños de la escuela, que si ya no podían hacerlo, recogerlos, darles almuerzo. Estoy muy agradecida. Primero quería decir eso, pero ahora... the most fun, I want to tell you about the adolescent program. A few years ago, we had maybe two. Now we have 22. And for the young people present, we're going to do the 22th, one night for the meeting. It's June 8th. It's Friday.

I don't remember if it's exactly the 8th.

pero es ese viernes y van a poder jugar al tag con Lasers. Y estamos ansiosos de que llegue el verano. Apreciamos mucho su ayuda. No estaríamos aquí de no ser por su apoyo. Eso es todo. Muchísimas gracias.

Muy bien.

Y por último, Jamie Collins de Girls Inc.

Let me add it for you, one sec.

Déjame agregarlo.

Hello, good evening.

Hola, buenas noches.

So it goes a little smoother. All right, thank you so much for having us.

I'm Jamie Collings. And I have Natalie Bouser. Directora de Desarrollo. Y como estamos también encargándonos del cuidado de las niñas, estoy aquí para compartir el impacto de los subsidios de financiación y cómo históricamente nos han ayudado. Estamos tan agradecidos por el apoyo de la ciudad. Sé que es una oportunidad única que da la ciudad y no lo damos, Thank you so much for being here. that through our campus-based program, for our regional programs, for our strong, strong, and community results. And this is something that is important for the resilience of the community. And these types of pillars in which we are working are holistic. And we recognize all the supported and thriving when they have Y sentimos que las niñas tienen más posibilidades de tener éxito cuando reciben apoyo a través de nuestros programas basados en análisis, la mentoría, la participación familiar, el apoyo financiero y los recursos comunitarios son los que contribuyen en la Fundación para las Niñas y sus Familias. Tenemos programas tradicionalmente después de la escuela. Tenemos campamentos, un programa de gimnasia, atletismo. Y tratamos también de cerrar la brecha entre la lectoescritura, los programas STEAM. Y también nos asociamos con CUSD para ver cuáles son las necesidades de crecimiento. Y con programas que pueden satisfacer esas necesidades. Tenemos el club de recreos en todas las escuelas con actividades organizadas. Porque ese es el momento donde surgen más problemas en los recreos. También tenemos difusión que presenta, les presenta a las niñas distintos deportes. Y lo que tenemos ahora es remarcar la brecha entre la escuela primaria, deportes, las escuelas medias, las escuelas secundarias atléticas, y tenemos también, por ejemplo, los Warriors, que están ayudando a levantar el programa. Elevar nuestro programa, tenemos voleibol para las niñas, usa basquetbol. También tenemos el programa Eureka, que está en el tercer año. that is connected to the university through STEM programs. Of course, we have our family programs through 12th and 12th grade. We also have a program from 18 to 24, as they are being recorded in the universities. We have a day for the family where they can have activities connecting to the family. Yes, they have. And on those dates, it doesn't matter if they have a girl or not, as long as they're part of the club. We have three groups of resilience in the county. What that means is that we support al condado a través de la ciudad de santa bárbara carpintería y la cruz roja para planear para desastres ayudando en la recuperación y la respuesta tenemos reuniones mensuales para ver qué está sucediendo y generando asociaciones Nuestro impacto, hemos conectado con 450,000 jóvenes, niños y niñas, a través de nuestro programa Fuerte e Inteligente. Y, bravo, hemos rescatado 62,000. meal libras de alimentos a través de el programa de nuestra alacena comunitaria disponible las 24 7 y una de mis historias favoritas es que habíamos tenido una maestra de primaria Dice, tengo cinco niños en mi casa y necesitaba un poquito de pan extra y todos hemos sentido el impacto. La diferencia financiera, tenemos unos 80 estudiantes en el programa de enriquecimiento después de la escuela. Tenemos unos $200,000 anuales en becas. and we will be giving $220,000 as we continue to see increases. We have the program ready. Now, the families that receive them, the 100% scholarships in the first year focus on education. This year, we are focusing on how to raise strong and independent children in communities. The impact goes beyond that. We associate with Age Well. Compartimos espacio para Pickleball, otras actividades. Hemos expandido el acceso de los recursos escolares como STEM Club. Tenemos también actividades a través del quinto grado en Canalino. Y tenemos la capacidad de poder apoyar hasta 300 personas por cinco días de haber un desastre en la ciudad. ¿Por qué este trabajo es importante? Obviamente, el trabajo continúa avanzando a medida que la comunidad enfrenta más problemas de salud mental, desafíos, y necesita espacios de apoyo donde puedan tener las niñas un segundo hogar fuera del hogar. Y también reconociendo el impacto de los cortes del gobierno federal, que está afectando especialmente a las organizaciones sin fines de lucro en lo que es la ayuda que proveen de recursos básicos. También tenemos, o hemos notado, perdón, The reduction of family participation in the dates that ICE is working more actively. How can they continue to support communitarily, investing in programs like Boys and Girls Club, CCP, the Center of Arts. They have very good camping programs for the summer. We always need volunteers to I'm going to pass it on to the city manager, Michael. I want to say thank you. We have three very powerful women talking here in front of these three organizations. Part of the things that Dave Derflinger inherited from me, you can teach me that mencionar que cuando la ciudad había sido organizada al principio y la ciudad no había iniciado a propósito estos programas porque Boys and Girls Club y Girls Inc. estaban yendo ya muy bien y habían decidido ayudarles con presupuestos tempranos, con bates, con pelotas y otros insumos. Y quiero agradecerles muchísimo. Thank you for all the work that you do. Before we start with the questions, we have the questions from the audience. We have a question from Christina Colkins. Thank you. I'm the executive director at the Center for the Arts, Linda Carrington from Cartoon Carpenteria. But as our subsidies were less than these three non-profit organizations, I'm going to share during the public comment and a recognition to Ryan for managing the grant program. We have given the community impact report where you'll see details about our art programs, the program that was solved by the community funding subsidy, a program through which we bring art to people through self-help housing. el complejo en la ciudad hemos tomado tres distintos y los rotamos en cada reunión de grupo con ccp y asociándonos con age well los viernes en el programa de ancianos hemos comenzado a ofrecer un taller semanal en español en nuestras instalaciones los jueves de 10 a 12 y luego tenemos un taller gratuito en inglés los viernes, y hemos ofrecido en 2025 105 talleres que abarcan artes, músicas, cultura, inclusive ofrecemos danza los jueves a la noche en Dahlia Court, 530. If at any time you're interested in going and trying it out, you can see how it goes with the salsa and the cumbia. The program also supports the mural project, the adolescent mural project. It's a collaborative project that we do every year in our murals. And we've generated it with a model in panels and we love the people who paint. If you were the first to know this afternoon, the theme of this year will be Celebrate. Let's celebrate. The team will be inspired by this theme and we are celebrating our 25th anniversary as a non-profit organization. This will be very, very nice. Thank you, Christina.

And we don't have any other person who has asked to speak for this matter. So we have it here as for general public comments. So do we have any other public comment on this matter on Zoom? No, we don't have anyone who has raised their hand. With that, the public comment period is concluded. Any comments from the councillors? Anything else they want to say?

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I just, I feel like I say this every time, but I'm proud to be a part of this community, and proud that you're doing a great job, and the generations that are working, and the people that are doing it, and anything else that needs to be done. Thank you. entonces hace falta presentar una moción para simplemente hacerlo y registrarlo no lo creo y simplemente quiero agradecerle a todas las organizaciones que vinieron aquí compartir con nosotros todo lo que han hecho and what we have been able to contribute. But as Nomura said, what we give is a very small part, but it is super important for the city to provide these essential services. Fortunately, my children have been able to take advantage of all these programs at some point in time, and we have also been able to appreciate the great possible impact they have. So thank you very much for everything you do for the community. I would also like to tell Brian and the staff community service program over the last Thank you very much, Ryan, for all this work. and then uh some other comment i think that secondary is also key your request to accept to register this yes then yes i always asked you to accept to register these reports in favor of finding it is approved we are going to move on to the next issue which is the municipal management report thank you mayor council council member community i'm going to start with a correction um You can see the complete report there by written and also by links with more detailed information. I'm going to start with the recruitment. We are currently trying to hire a construction inspector and also a plan evaluator. So, the deadline is around the corner, May 31, too. The personnel of the facilities will continue to be open until we cover it. and that would be to also take charge of the management of the different rental of things and also in the veterans hall and also and also the recreational leader is also something that we are trying to cover and then and then the deadline for the first of May so we have here uh amindy fox to talk about the new projects of urban development i have a lot to inform first remind everyone that at this moment we are in the preparation notification or or nop or to obtain comments on the update of the use plan of the coast soils and the general plan so we are going to prepare a report of environmental impact or peir on how these projects could identify the environment and the measures that could be adopted to mitigate this impact the deadline to present comments would be on Thursday May 7 at five in the afternoon So if you want to be present to get information about NEOP or about how to contact us, go to our website, hot topics, and there is also the general plan update link and the use of land on the coast. We also have a farm project at 5855 Carpinteria Avenue. last month, we signed a contract with Environmental Science Associates to prepare the environmental impact report for that project. So, two weeks ago, we had a visit to the site and we signed a contract with ESA, and now we also have we are going to establish the dates for the N.O.P. program, so the N.O.P. public comment period would be tentatively from June 11th to July 10th, And then the meeting to determine the scope of this report would be June 30th, here at 5.30 in the City Hall of Municipal Service. And this will be a meeting, both virtual and face-to-face, that will start at 5.30 in the afternoon. So we recommend that you write down those dates and those who want to receive notifications about the Farm Project, send them to and send us an email at carpinteriacity.gov and then the link on this form. You can also go to the city's website and go to Hot Topics. in urban development projects, and then they go and look for the fan project tab. So, they put the day on Chevrolet for the replacement of an electric pole that will be carried out by South California Edison to make sure that the dock is still that still have access to the electricity supply, but not the land that they are going to dismantle. So this is next to the railway line. And then they were supposed to start with all this today, but they postponed it until tomorrow. but they plan to replace this post on Thursday. So, during that period of time, there will be limited access to the trail, and visitors will see the signs with the detours. We also have a hearing of the Commission on Preliminaries on June 1st, Thursday, so we will deal with various issues. Then, they will consider to see if they approve the Condominiums as a Condominium project on 4th Street, 716 Septena Street, and also the Residence of the Scholar on 363 Seventina Vino. and also the new installation for wireless communication, Verizon Wireless. In 2012, Verizon Wireless requested that it be postponed to December 7. So, you can go to the meeting page and the city's meeting agenda. If you have more information about this, I would also like to say again that we still have a vacant position in the architectural revision committee. Those who are interested can present their opinion online or, if not, contact the municipal manager, Brian. in bryanb carpinteriac.gov and that's all in case you have any questions they tell me a question he told me the PIR and EIR for the update of the general plan and also for the use of coastal soils and the farm project. Can you give us an example of what kind of comments you would like for these projects? Because sometimes it is confusing, sometimes people think that they are general comments on the project, but more specifically, what are they looking for? Thank you, Vice-Mayor Sorza. are very different projects, obviously. The update of the General Plan is a plan in terms of the general development of the city. In this period of NOP, we also want comments that help us with the reach of the environmental impact report, that is, comments on issues that concern people, or that perhaps they think they are affected by the new projects. urban development of the city, as well as all that they believe is going to affect the environment and what can be done to mitigate this impact. So, those are the main suggestions about the regulations and measures to adopt to reduce the future impact of these new urban projects and also that they also give us about alternatives, but for example, the agent also proposed that alternative use be given to the land of Chevron, And that has helped us a lot because that would also allow us to consider other uses of the soils for that property and as part of our analysis. And also look at the OPEC, you will see that there is also a list of about 12 objectives for the project. and these objectives also serve to define the scope of the environmental impact report and alternatives. So, if you want to give us alternatives to the project objectives, we would appreciate it. You also mentioned the NOP of the Farm project, but it's something different. What we want is also know what would be the scope of the environmental impact report, but this will be at the level of this specific project, so we have not yet made it public in the OPEC, but you can see in the OPEC the description of the project, what programs have been proposed for that project, and also tell us what kind of environmental impacts they are concerned about and what measures could be adopted to mitigate this impact and what alternatives we should also consider basically something similar to the previous but at the level of this specific project so thank you i think it will be useful to clarify people this i have a question about this because the report of what is The general plan for the environmental impact is already at the end, but the draft of the environmental impact report for the FARM project is at the beginning, so people will have more options to participate in the preparation of the environmental impact report for the FARM project. Yes. Yes, this is the beginning of the Pharma project process, so this would be one of the first moments to make comments. We are still in the middle of the mental phase, although we do want to take care of that first and then see alternatives at the very beginning. So it would be one of the first moments to make comments. Probably the next moment after this initial meeting That would be when we prepare the draft of the environmental impact, we will ask for comments and we will have another public meeting the IAR process, which will also have a few more days to look and put on the aesthetic view, and then we will ultimately have an impact on that project. The city council will be the decision the Planning Commission and also the Municipal Council, because in the end it will be the Municipal Council that will make the final decision. And if there were to be a change in the ECP or if the ECP were to appeal, it is possible that this would have to happen before the Coastal Commission. Well, then, Jenna, with that being said, I left something out. Yes, thank you. I just wanted to clarify In particular, regarding your question, Councilor Mayer, about the proposal for the project in the cliff, in The Bluff. This is what he mentioned, this is simply the first time that the public will be able to participate in the preparation of the environmental impact report, but apart from that, the city will also have to review this, as it does with all urban projects, which is also part of SIGUA. and and well in the laws in the environmental laws so but this is simply the first opportunity for the public to participate but there will be many more opportunities as the environmental impact report is being completed so some comments and questions I think it would be important, if you don't mind, in the staff presentations, to use fewer acronyms. I think it's very easy for us to understand, but for those who are watching on television, I think it would be better to reduce the use of acronyms. And then, the second thing I have to say is, with the architectural revision board, Obviously, we establish recommendations for certain positions to be covered by certain types of professionals. For example, it does not have to be a person specializing in... another has to be an architect, another has to be a contractor, but they're still like that. So, for example, we have Richard as an architect, he's not like that, and also Amy Blakemore is the gardener's architect, So, just to say that what we are trying to cover is something to cover by an architect. So, yes, then... Yes, let me also add something more to that question. We also have a specific time frame to cover that position, or it would be better to leave it uncovered until we can cover it with an adequate person. So, for the moment, we have received a request from TUDESP el puesto disponible en esta junta y he oído dos personas más que están en teorías interesadas en presentarse en comparación a sus calificaciones el código municipal establece estas dice que tiene que ser cinco miembros y que tienen que ser residentes de la ciudad and they have to be people with professional knowledge to be able to interpret architectural and engineering plans and to be able to also value the effect of these urban projects on their environment. So then it is not necessary that... It is something concrete, that is, it is worth having a series of different knowledge. That's right. So, I think that in the last 25-30 years we have always had a person specializing in gender issues, also a contractor and an architect, so I would be worried if that were to change that significantly. But then, to make a change, I think I would have to present a motion for them, although perhaps we are following this informally, but if the municipal code does not appear at the moment, perhaps we could consider doing that. I would like to know what our legal advisors say, because perhaps it also requires having to modify the procedure to accept applications, including those that we have already received, but I think it would perhaps be something to consider in the future, but... So then... Well, then I'll let Jenna talk about the legal aspect, but... but then in the end you are the ones who decide if you accept these candidates or not but i think it would be best to be able to accept as many results as possible so that in case we couldn't find someone that we would do and ultimately you all would have that decision. But in any case, you are ultimately the ones who decide among the auditors who they choose. But I don't know, from a legal point of view, it would be more than adding. Councilor Lombura, I just have to say that we had not asked for a motion on this specific issue because it is not part of the order of the day, but if you want us to do something, we could do something to include the order of the day in a future meeting. gracias bueno creo que es mejor dejar las cosas como están pero saber que estos son gente a las que nombramos todos los años así que siempre tenemos la capacidad de poder hacer cambios todos los años así que me gustaría también volver así a lo de si tiene un plazo de tiempo concreto para ello But... So... o si va a permanecer abierto para que podamos aceptar más solitudes. Entonces, creo que sí que vamos a dejarlo abierto durante un poquito más de tiempo para aceptar más solitudes. ¿Como un mes? Sí, más o menos. Entonces, ¿nos puede decir cuál es el plazo de tiempo para que nosotros también podamos ayudarles remitiéndoles a personas o haciendo correr la voz? Así que creo que eso podría ayudar. ¿Alguna pregunta adicional? And I just, a quick question just for anybody listening, but for those of you who are listening to me, my memory is, these advisory boards appoint them in January 2027, is that correct? So, maybe like a little more of an interview, I went on fulfilling this position knowing that después fuese a pedir ser miembro que sepa que le podríamos nombrar dentro de seis meses. Creo que es importante tener un miembro porque podríamos tener dos empates y... and then that within the committee and that i don't know and that the issues that are presented are not resolved so i think it would be good to cover this position and if we can get an architect well but if not maybe it's for someone who comes and also and then also see the people who are already members of this committee to see if there is someone who is an architect or with an experience on something similar. Yes, then I spoke with Brian, then we are going to establish as a deadline on June 30. So those interested can submit their request before this date. And also regarding the question from the councilor Mayer, is um y también otras informes sobre eventos de la ciudad comunitarios. Empezamos entonces esta semana con el programa de host para ayudar a los visitantes en la calle de Linton y esto continuará hasta el día del trabajo en Labor Day, and this was created, the kiosk was created in 2009 to welcome visitors, providing them with information about city programs, local attractions, places where they can eat, transport and other resources for visitors. This program is led by Julissa Briones, who detailed questions about this. I'm not going to limit it, but given the limited number of questions we have, this one will only open on Saturdays and Sundays during this summer. And also, for SQL Mania. So, on May 9th, the Environmental Sustainability Division had the annual elevation of SQL Mania and the CART Family Ride, thanks to a mini-subvention of $50 from the Government Association of Santa Barbara West Vic CAC County. It was a great success. Then, It was full up to the maximum of 48 attendees allowed, as well as members of the community, people, municipalities, volunteers, so they have more photographs and more information in the report. And I will conclude with the summer bingo then. So go with H-Well on June 4, Thursday from 1 to 2 in the afternoon. in the veterans meeting room of the war to also have fun with this game. So with the host program, apparently there are not as many volunteers as we would like to have to be able to open also on Fridays. So how could people do to serve as a volunteer and how much time would they have to donate and all that? Yes, thank you. Vice-Chancellor Solorzano, I'll let Julissa Abriones answer. Thank you, councillor. So the host program started this weekend. but we have seen a decrease in the number of people available to serve as volunteers on the weekends. So, we had a meeting a couple of weeks ago to try to recruit more people, but we have seen a decrease in volunteers. So, for the first four weeks of the summer, we only said to have it open on Saturdays and Sundays, during the first four weeks and then we hope to be able to add on Fridays. That would be what we would like to be able to do. We allow more volunteers for them. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month here at the Actions Hall of the Municipal Council from three to four in the afternoon and then it is open to everyone. y también hablamos de los el programa de las cosas y también de las intentamos también aceptar a los voluntarios así que una pregunta cuántos voluntarios tenemos tenemos como una lista como de 52 y como cuántos están ahí para los sábados y domingos bueno todo depende Every week we count the number of visitors and we compare with previous years, but we know that we have more visitors on the weekends. And then we also try to increase the number of... When we know that we have more visitors, we also try to have more volunteers in the kiosk. And then they usually serve between one and two hours. So starting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. So thank you. I participated in SayCalmania and I was super impressed with how well the staff organized all the people who were on the bike. It was chaotic, but in a good way. I was impressed with the staff, how they made sure that everyone was safe, which is the most important thing, and then that they had fun. and they were able to achieve both things. Let's move on to public comments. Yes, we don't have anyone who has asked to speak about the municipal health report in person. Anyone on Zoom, Ryan? No, there's no one. Very good. No public comment on this matter. This concludes the public comments on my report. We are going to move on to public comments on matters not included in the agenda. We have only one person who has signed up, Donna. Welcome. Good afternoon, Donna Truller. this is a main thoroughfare in our town and we have just between the $152,200 200

So, from 5,000 to 5,200 blocks, we have the Carro Parque, the Catalan Primary School, and also the Catholic Church of San Jose.

And that implies a lot of traffic, so I know that at least two cars and bicycles in three weeks and many more at the end of the week when there are games in the car park, then the street is in very bad conditions, some places it is simply a dirt track, there are many baches and we have many miles on the bike. those two kids are going to school, and I can't say what this does for the alignment of the cars. This worries me a lot. It seems to me that this is a very serious security problem. I started calling the city about this a couple of months ago. They have never returned the call to me after calling it this way. Finally, this time, I called one more time and they returned the call to me. They told me that they don't have a budget for the management of the streets and that I should speak to the municipal council. So here they have me. So I went to the city website, where they have a map of the city with all the roads, with different colors for the conditions of each street, and the red is for streets that already completely destroyed, and that is the situation that the lane car is in. It is not a secret. They should not allow people to go there. And so I ask you to go there to see the conditions. But I think that one of the main objectives of the Municipal Council is community safety, and I think this is a security issue. So now we have Mr. George Layton. Welcome. Good afternoon, Mayor. I'm George Slaton. I live in Carpinteria Hill. In the meantime, people come here to ask them to spend the public money on certain concrete things. This is one of them. They should already have a whole package of correspondence and photographs about the works on Linden Avenue and Carpintería Avenue. This is something very small compared to everything that has to be done, but I would ask you to spend a little money to be able to also signal the new island that they have built in linden avenue for uh i mean the lane to turn left and but at the end of this lane is difficult to see so when the connections illumination is not good so and sometimes people get into that lane so we have photographs from the point of view of drivers in which you can also see the indication of the lane for to the right that leads to this other lane and also in our photo you can also see the marks of the tires and in which this street was reopened so but we have we have learned that we have to keep a little to the left although it is also that although it is although the road is narrowed right there when the traffic comes from the front so and so then so please leave the current signage and this new road is also better known thanks for your comments

Rogelio Delgado.

Good afternoon.

I have four points to make.

Number one,

the sales tax is put on the ballot on November, and then companies provide information more often, like every meeting. As I see it now, it's like a coin post. How do you balance your budget?

Santa Barbara adjusted its budget. Santa Barbara, they were supposed to lay off 343 employees. They were supposed to lay off 343 employees.

They were supposed to lay off 343 employees. They were supposed to lay off 343 employees. They were supposed to lay off 343 employees. They were supposed to lay off 343 employees. We need information to try to understand the city budget.

As for what the property tax projection is, the city is now

Tienen un aumento en la cantidad de empleados, la salud y bienestar, el costo de vida aumenta. Y cuarto, aumento de salarios. Número cinco, los principales gastos. Número seis, The information about the reserves, how much money they have available in the reserves. Seven, the general fund. We have to understand it, understand it really.

And what is the solution of the city?

That's all. I have 18 seconds left. Okay, that's fine.

That's it then.

That's it then. That's it then. That's it then. That's it then. That's it then. That's it then. That's it then. That's it then. No, estos son para el número 12. ¿Tenemos alguien vía Zoom? Sí. Andy Patrick, proceda, por favor.

Andy, pareciera como que encendió su micrófono.

¿Está ahí? Sí.

Andy?

Well, looks like he's having some difficulties. He has the microphone on, but we can't hear him. Jenna? Hello, speaker? There we go. Hello, Mr. Patrick. Yes?

Are you ready for public comment for general public comment?

Are we ready for the public comment? Yes, I'm sorry. Thank you. Mayor, council members, city manager, I don't know what to say.

Something very sincere, and that means some very sincere revelations. Felicitaciones en la eficiencia operativa que trajeron a la ciudad.

Sé que este trabajo es difícil, generalmente es invisible, requiere disciplina, paciencia, competencia. Quiero mencionar que muchos de los ciudadanos que se han mantenido participando, que sirven en comités, que escriben cartas, que van a las reuniones, que les importe el participar. En carpintería no hay falta de gente que le importe porque I also want to say that operational efficiency is not the same as vision. Civic participation is not the same as shared direction. And that is my concern, that carpentry loses its spirit. We are living in a moment where the external tension can distort a small o pueblo como esto, lo mismo sucedió en ciertas áreas en Nueva York, Airbnb, en fin, distintas cosas. Hace que haya lugares que aún no se han descubierto, pero esa atención que se nos presta es peligroso si no sabemos quiénes somos. Y la pregunta no es si carpintería se vuelve más conocido, sino por qué se lo conoce. Solo he estado aquí por seis años. Te voy a diferir las personas que estuvieron hace mucho más que yo. Vine aquí por un motivo en particular. But I don't know, we're a beach town, we're a small town that's quietly hollowed out by markets. We're a small town that's quietly hollowed out by markets. We're a small town that's quietly hollowed out by markets. We're a small town that's quietly hollowed out by markets. We're a small town that's quietly hollowed out by markets. We're a small town that's quietly hollowed out by markets. families, seniors, teachers, service workers who have been here for a long time and have done a hard job. And I take off my hat in front of them. I've spent a lot of time leading organizations con o sin fines de lucro, unas 12, y he aprendido que la ejecución sobrepasa la articulación, por lo que uno no puede tener reuniones eficientes, administrar el presupuesto, solicitudes, pero aún puede carecer de una visión que los conecte a futuro. Y he ha logrado recaudar millones de dólares a lo largo de los años, unos 30. Y la gente no invierte en operaciones solas, invierten en una visión, en un sentido de objetivo, de meta, una dirección. Y sé que la tienen en su corazón, pero no lo escuchan. I don't see it. What we see is operational. We did this, we did that, we did this, we did that. The city has pressures and budget deficits, but I would suggest that vision is not an option. Mr. Patrick, you're out of time. If you want to conclude in the next 10 seconds. All right. All I want to say is that we lack the spirit. Please defend the spirit. El espíritu de carpintería no solo repara en calles, que sé que es importante, pero asegúrense de defender el espíritu de quienes somos. Si no, seremos otro oja o algo así. Gracias por sus comentarios. Y tenemos una persona más en Zoom, Lorraine McIntyre.

Good evening, Mayor and Council and staff.

This is Lorraine McIntyre here. I just wanted to make a public comment about some of the road repairs and the budget. Just making sure that when they ask us to repair roads, at the same time, they have to understand that they could be tienen que entender que si votaron que no en la propuesta 2 18 votaron por calles en malas condiciones porque básicamente la evaluación del distrito por el mantenimiento los distritos de la verma los precios a mediados de los 90 habían sido mantenidos luego de eso y si votaron que no en la propuesta 2018 han elegido estas condiciones quiero agradecerle a la ciudad por tratar de hacer lo mejor posible me desilusiona que se haya votado que no gracias al personal y a la ciudad por tratar de hacer lo mejor posible aún con los precios aumentando y con el presupuesto como está gracias por sus comentarios esto concluye los comentarios por zoom cerramos el comentario público Quiero hacer el seguimiento en dos puntos de los oradores. Bueno, hay consentimiento si puedo tener el seguimiento de lo que es el camellón. Parece que habían puesto algunas luces reflectivas, pero si pueden dejarnos saber si se puede pintar similar al otro camellón. Is algo que el resto del consejo le gustaría? No me importaría un poquito más de contexto porque las opciones, porque se hizo como está ahora. Mi única preocupación es que quizás hay gente que quiera ciertos, Líneas marcadas o reflectiva o pintura reflectiva, etc. Estoy gustoso de ver esa situación. No estoy preparado para responder esta noche, pero puedo pedirle a Obras Públicas que nos den más información y a reportarles en la próxima reunión.

No sé si el color va a hacer la diferencia.

Porque no la van a ver si hay un carro frente a ustedes. Lo dejo a la gente de obras públicas que van a resolverlo. Otra cosa que quería comentar, que la señora Trillor habló sobre la pavimentación y que no hay dólares en el presupuesto. Quiero asegurarlo al público que está en el radar del consejo. And we're always looking for ways to pave our paths. And I want to give the opportunity to the staff to give a more eloquent answer, instead of saying, well, there's simply no money. And hopefully they can share with us the strategies in terms of income generation and things like that. If it's something difficult, Y creo que algunas de las personas que han comentado dijeron que no es algo que, como dijeron ellos, no es algo que sucedió de un momento a otro. Nuestro ex administrador de la ciudad, Dave Durfinger, había explicado, hubo muchos caminos que se habían pavimentado al mismo tiempo y ahora están llegando al final de su vida útil. This was part of the history when Measure X was originally approved, and part of that promise was the library and the investment in the streets. The city had put $6.5 million in the original project of streets and roads. It was in these areas that were going to be rotating in four different areas to repair them at the same time that we had seen the explosion in public safety costs for a period of about four years, a 61%, and then a lot of construction problems and what is happening now. sabemos o conocemos como el infame proyecto de pavimentación del 2023 en 2026 y ver cómo podemos estar enganchándonos en proyectos del condado, tratar de reducir la movilización de algunos Otras áreas y lo que escuchamos mucho porque no hacemos proyectos más pequeños y frecuentemente como perdemos las economías de escala. Ya somos una economía pequeña, nuestros proyectos ya son bastante chicos y cuando perdemos eso también perdemos las economías de escala. El costo de movilización no baja y es por eso que estamos buscando soluciones creativas, incluso asociarnos con la ciudad de Santa Barbara. Miramos, buscamos maneras creativas de resolver el problema, contratos, trabajar con nuestros vecinos, también la medida de ingresos y uno de los comentaristas públicos para preservar, como dijeron ellos, lo que tenemos y tratar de generar los fondos de reserva necesarios a futuro que se conecta con la visión. Y estamos todos muy al tanto de esto y a esta altura tratando de reparar estos baches mientras resolvemos este problema. Sabemos que es algo difícil, pero está en nuestro radar y estamos tratando de resolverlo. Can I ask a follow-up question? One of the things that has been useful, and we're going to be talking about the CIP projects right now, and I think of all of those that have our priorities, and those that have grants or state or federal funding, una de las cosas de las que hablamos antes que es muy difícil encontrar fondos para la pavimentación. No es algo para lo que calificamos como ciudades. Y a veces la gente ve que hay proyectos que avanzan, pero las calles no están siendo pavimentadas. Es importante hablar el por qué. Muchos de los fondos que se reciben son para ciertos proyectos especiales y no se pueden tomar esos fondos y ponerlos en otra cosa. Estoy ansioso de llegar al tema del CIP, hablar de cuáles son las limitaciones y por qué elegimos ciertos proyectos y no otros, porque a veces tienen limitaciones. Gracias. También el 8 de junio vamos a estar aquí con los ajustes de ciclo medio. como estamos con varias cuentas, reservas personal, todo esto está disponible a través de nuestro presupuesto en línea. También vamos a estar teniendo los ajustes de medio año, donde vamos y recalibramos nuestro presupuesto y vamos a estar haciéndolo en lo que es el presupuesto de mediados de año que tendremos la próxima semana. And we'll cover several of those points. Thank you. I would like to check with the rest of the council if they have follow-up questions. Now we're going to the consent calendar. I'm going to open the public comment. I don't have any speaker cards. Do we have someone on Zoom? No? We'll close the public comment. I'll go back to the council for a Propuesta propongo que se aprueben las actas de la reunión del 11 de mayo del 2026 para recibir y archivar las solicitudes de registro de garantías del 4 al 15 de mayo del 2026 de acuerdo al código de carpintería. 2.08, 150 F, para recibir y archivar los contratos ejecutados por el administrador de la ciudad en el periodo de el 7 de abril al 4 de mayo del 2026, adoptando la orden 797, la segunda lectura, han mandado el código municipal capítulo 2.08 de carpintería para firmar contratos. actualizando al oficial de la ciudad, afirmar aquellos contratos autorizados, garantías y eliminar los requerimientos de una lista de instrumentos, presentando el sello de la ciudad para recibir mayor información y completarlo. Tenemos la propuesta, fue secundada, secundada. Por favor, voto nominal. ¿Consejal Mayer? Sí. ¿Consejal Nomura? Me abstengo. VICE ALCALDESA SOLORZANO, SÍ. CONSEJAL CLARK, SÍ. ALCALDESA ALARCÓN, SÍ. And we will now move on to administrative. 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I think that when you hear the Santa Barbara Food Bank, it means a world in a few words.

Comparando esta crisis actual con el 30% de los dineros, el dinero no alcanza sin importar cuánto ganan.

If you go to, let's say, the Unity Shop in Santa Barbara, the statistics say that two-thirds are Hispanic, but I would say half and half.

Dos tercios de los hispanos, pero yo diría que es la mitad, están viviendo en el día a día con los cheques. Las familias en este momento necesitan alimentos y para las mujeres es aún más difícil. Incluso nuestro gobernador, con el presupuesto propuesto,

It's making it harder for people to qualify for the crisis.

It's just that people are hungry. Money is tight. Jobs. Not reliable. I've seen people I've seen people who lose their jobs, people who lose their jobs because they're older. And to give you an idea, if you go to the Unity Shop on any other day, I would say half and half. The 50%.

Just to understand the power of that, those words, Santa Barbara.

And try to understand the power of those words, the food bank of Santa Barbara, the hope for many people. Thank you for your comments. Do we have any other speaker cards? I don't have any here. No, Alcaldesa. Nadie más ha levantado la mano. Cerramos el comentario público. Vuelve al consejo para... Preguntas o propuesta propongo que se autorice a la alcaldesa a firmar la carta de apoyo de Food Bank de Santa Barbara County y California Food Bank Delivery Alliance Request para poder entregar una alocación presupuestaria de 30 millones. Tenemos la moción. La propuesta fue secundada. Hay alguien que se oponga. So it's approved. A quick comment. I would like to congratulate the food bank of Santa Barbara County. We have some people here. If it weren't for them who have worked directly, and I would like to congratulate all the families because before we get away from the pandemic, a lot of people don't even realize how much they've helped. Thank you for sharing that. Now we're going to move on until the vice-mayor arrives. We're going to public hearing. Item number eight is resolution number six, four, six, seven, eight. seis cuatro seis ocho en cuanto a el distrito de iluminación de las calles numero uno año fiscal veintiséis veintisiete buenas noches consejo el distrito de iluminación numero uno fue establecido en 1977 con las operaciones de mantenimiento se había fundado en la locación compartida de los impuestos a la propiedad en el año fiscal 26-27. Los ingresos proyectados son $277,000. Los gastos proyectados, $220,000. Esto generará un balance proyectado de $716,000 para el 30 de junio de 2027. El 23 de marzo, el 2026, el Consejo adoptó la resolución 644, ordenando el estado de proyecciones del distrito para el año fiscal 2627. El 27 de abril del 2026, el Consejo adoptó la resolución 6451, 6452, que se muestra como el adjunto A en su informe de personal. El ingeniero de la ciudad estableció las pautas para la audiencia pública. para el día de hoy, 26 de mayo, 2026. Y el objetivo de este punto es tener una audiencia pública, recibir testimonio, protestas preocupaciones en cuanto a la audiencia pública con la propuesta para adoptar la resolución 6468 como se muestra en el adjunto B. A continuación para el año fiscal 2627 y esto concluye mi informe para el público. Esto se llama el distrito de iluminación y luego vamos a estar hablando de el distrito de iluminación y paisajismo. ¿Puede explicarnos la diferencia? Hay una superposición entre el distrito 1 y el distrito 3. Y como el distrito 1 cubre la iluminación de las calles, ellos tienen la infraestructura del mantenimiento de iluminación. En algunos casos, los proyectos de mejora capitales introducen la nueva iluminación y el distrito y sus financiamientos. Y esto excluye al distrito número 3. Muy bien. ¿Alguna otra pregunta? Vamos a abrir el comentario público. No tengo ninguna tarjeta de orador. Tenemos a alguien en Zoom. Brian, nadie ha levantado la mano. Cerramos el comentario público. Vuelve el consejo. Propongo que se adopte la resolución 6468 por la lectura de título solamente. Yo lo segundo. A todos a favor. Sí, la moción se aprueba. Muy bien.

Now let's move on to resolution number 9, resolution number 6469, on the extension of the improvement district of La Alhambra of gardening and also of the rights of passage for the fiscal year 2026-2027. This district was created in 1985 for improvements of the rights of passage, including the curbs, the floodwater system, benches and trees, and then the money from this site comes from the fees that are charged as you can see in the annex B of the personal report, and then the annual income is like 200,000, which is established by Proposition 2018. Since 1997, the fiscal year of 1627, the expenses are calculated to be $662,000, which means that $462,000 comes from the X measure as a subsidy. So, Then, on March 23, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 6441, ordering a report on the situation of this district. On April 27, the Council approved Resolution 6564, accepting the report of the Municipal Engineer to have a public hearing on May 26. The objective of this day's meeting is to have a public hearing to receive testimony on the possibility of expanding the validity of this decree and adopting Resolution 6469, as seen in Annex C. During the fiscal year 26-27, And then it seems that there is a subsidy of the X family funds of 462,350 to be able to cover their deficit. It is not like that. So in the future, is this going to increase due to inflation or at some point it will reach a peak? speculation, but based on what we have seen in previous years, it would increase, even if it was not only because of inflation, by about 3%. And this was the district of contributions that made reference to its comments, I believe. Yes, that's right. So, to clarify, as far as the inflation index is concerned, the quotas that are covered in this improvement district are adjusted by the inflation index. So, we are going to move on to the next district of contributions for improvements But in terms of the figure that you can see now, maybe they are different from when this district was created, because then the number of services that are provided in these figures has been reduced. And then the figure that is shown is the cost of operating and also of taking care of the banquets and other services that are provided. aunque también está el índice de inflación también es ha hecho algunos ajustes se han diferido en mantenimiento de algunas cosas se han disminuido los servicios provistos así que así que alguna pregunta y bueno entonces comentarios públicos no entonces que deseen hacer entonces pido que se apruebe la resolución 6469 por lectura exclusivamente del The title, then, in favor or against, is approved. We will move on to item number 10, resolution number 6470, to extend the validity of the District of Controversy for the Improvement of the Establishment and the Commercial Area, number 4, during the fiscal year 26-27. So this district was created in September 1986 to cover what is known as the T of the shopping center. And then this has made improvements to the parking areas and also the public services have been provided, the bathrooms and banquets. So then The amount that is going to be added during the fiscal year 26-27 is about 16,500, and it is assumed that this will help for maintenance and also for humanitarian events. So, the recommendation of the advisory council of the commercial center

no special parking assessment is um

And it is not proposed, either, that nothing be covered for parking during the fiscal year 26-27. And on the 24th of March, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 6742, ordering a report on the situation of this district for the fiscal year 26-27. On the 27th of April, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 6455-56, which is considered an EXO-B. And... and for this to accept the annual report and to celebrate a public hearing on may 26 to consider if they extend the validity of this district until 26 27 and then the objective of the order of the day is to have a public hearing to accept public comments to say if it extends the validity of this district and then conclude the public hearing and adopt resolution 6470. and so it would increase the rate that will be charged from 130 to 135 for the fiscal year 26-27. With that I conclude my questions. So, yes, I would like to know why they use money in events. So, for example, for the community to paint with chalk and yes, also for some activities to promote the center, also parades, and also to give advertising to Trick or Treat and Halloween and other projects to promote the center, such as videos and maps.

And well, they are always changing the priorities in which money is spent.

So, for example, in the future, I think we should improve the lighting of the center during at least the holidays and so that the lighting is also more beautiful. So, there are no public commentaries, there are no public commentaries. So, what do you want to do? I ask that the resolution number 6470 be approved. In favor, it is approved. Resolution number 11, resolution number 6471, to extend the validity of district number 5 de para el año fiscal 2026-27 entonces el éxito número 5 de contribuciones para las mejoras de la berma de invierno fue aprobado en 1992 para proteger la costa de carpintería en torno a city beach y las propiedades colindantes el ingreso sano uh uh uh and to accept public comments and also in favor or against the expansion of this district. After this public hearing, the resolution 6.431 was approved to expand the validity of this district in the fiscal year 26-27. I conclude my report. Any questions? There are no questions. No public comments. There is no one here present. Anyone on Zoom, Brian? No one on Zoom. So, this goes back to the main council for questions. In comments, I ask that resolution 6471 be approved by reading only the title. In favor? Against? Approved. Now we are going to move on to other matters, starting with number 12, to review El texto para la balota para el impuesto sobre las transacciones del uso propuesta and also the public communication campaign and public education. So, the objective is to be able to continue talking about new strategies to improve long-term income and also for the text to be included in the ballot to possibly present it to the public to approve a new tax on the use and transactions. So, as we already talked about during the April 13 revolution, the city continues to have more and more expenses. and the ongoing financial infrastructure needs, and the investments, however, have not been able to withstand the pace of spending and providing services. And also, the fact that this new update has not been recently approved by the districts of contributions for the improvement of infrastructure, you're going to think you're going to have to use limited resources to be able to cover more and more expenses. And well, if you let me go a little bit through the branches, then I went to the Association of Municipal Generations is for maintenance and also improve the infrastructure So, more or less 24 million dollars in deferred maintenance. And in the revenue enhancement, we also received a report from HL on how to possibly improve our income, and the municipal staff was ordered to consider the introduction of a proposal to approve a new tax on transactions and use, and the campaign educativa que requeriríamos para recibir el apoyo al público y en base también al análisis realizado por HDL. I don't even know what it stands for. I don't even know what it stands for. I don't even know what it stands for. I don't even know what it stands for. a quarter of a cent would generate about $700,000 a year. And this tax would represent, for example, 25 cents for each purchase of $100 or $6 for each $2,500. And there were certain things that would not be affected by this increase, such as, for example, food and medicine, which would be in accordance with the state laws. And then, as for the ballot text, it would try to focus on what would be basic services offered by the city, for example, streets, banquets, public safety, preparation in case of emergencies for public areas of indigence and also the measures of response to indigence and services for young and older people and it would also include some additional provisions to ensure the transparency of the expenses of money as audits and then through the inquest the surveys that have been made several priorities were also mentioned and that we have included here also. And we will also make indications of the municipal council on the text included in the ballot, including also the general structure of this measure. And also, if you would like to review the first of the municipal council so that we can also to give priority to the text of this ordinance. So it's not just a question to be asked here, but to get comments. We also want comments on the educational campaign and to give publicity to this measure. And the objective of this would be to ensure that the community also receives information in an easy way about the economic situation in the city. And as we heard earlier today, it is also about the needs to improve the infrastructure, the maintenance of the infrastructure, and also to be able to receive comments from the public, the businesses and the groups, and the community organizations about what their priorities are. And for that, we also organized new community meetings. We already have one scheduled for this Thursday, and we also have newsstands, press conferences, and digital communications, so it's possible that people have already started to read this information through social media. So, with that conclusion of my presentation, could you also tell us about the capacity of this sales tax on sales, because from what I understand, the sales tax can only increase to a certain quantity but that the maximum we could also increase it by 1.25 percent but there is also the possibility that other entities could also then increase the the tax on sales at this 25% point and end them with the money that does not end the city. Could you tell us more about that? Yes. So, Vice-Mayor, the maximum we can... The limit on sales here is 9.25% and at this moment it is 9%.

The maximum we can submit is 1.25%.

Yes, unless a new law is introduced. But in some areas, yes, they have done it, but here it is a 95% at the moment. But if the county, for example, also wanted to introduce its own tax and reach that limit, that would prevent the city from being able to raise the tax, unless there is a change in the state legislation. And then that money would end up in the hands of our county. So what can we do to communicate a los residentes de cómo estamos haciendo usar este dinero. Así que me gusta que en el texto de la balota se me mencione de a qué se va a dedicar este dinero, pero creo que es importante que la comunidad sepa también en qué vamos a gastar este dinero si deciden aprobar esto. Thank you, Vice Mayor Solorzano. Thank you for that question. One of the things that the municipal attorney wanted to remind me that this is a general tax, not a special tax. I know there have been some doubts about this because people want this money to go to other places uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, it's money that the virtual consumer then decides how to spend. And we have also encuestados sobre esto, sobre las prioridades en que se gustaría que se gastasen esto. En este momento calculamos que serían 700.000, pero vamos, nunca hemos presentado esto como una solución a todo, así que simplemente para poder cubrir alguna de las necesidades que no podemos cubrir en este momento, por ejemplo, el Consejo Municipal podría también preservar algunos servicios, que al contrario, también hay que recortarse. So, for example, instead of making cuts to discretionary funds, the Municipal Council could ensure that these programs remain in place. So now that we are going to stop receiving X amount of money, which included, for example, the library and so on, and with this new money we can make sure that the community can maintain those priorities that it has alive. So, but, well, Vice-Chancellor Zanno, and if that money was, you can also decide what you are going to spend that money on and change it, right? So that you can adjust to the priorities of the city. So, if the community were to say that it has a different priority, we could also say, change how they spend the money. Those are the main advantages of a general tax. So, well, you also mentioned that they are going to have a campaign to educate the public about all this, and they are going to have meetings.

Well, then, but, for example, they are going to try to focus, for example, on the community of the coast, on the Spanish speakers, so, well,

is simply to tell you that our campaigns never focus on a specific group and we send the flyers to all the email addresses and we also always have Spanish translation in all community meetings, but as I mentioned, not everyone goes to community meetings, so But that's why we also send flyers to all email addresses to make sure that everyone can receive at least information on how to ask about all this. If I may, beyond what Vice Mayor Michael Solorzano said. Yes, Michael mentioned that the city cannot advocate for or against of this measure, which complicates things a lot because there are members of the community who would have to pay some of these specific taxes that are sometimes shown against. And this happens with all public agencies in California, not just the cities. So we are legally limited to be able to advocate against various measures. The only thing we can do is educate the public, and that is what the city would do. Ensure that the residents of the city that they are going to have to make an important decision and that they understand how and where and when to vote and that their vote is important. But without saying yes or no. So then the city would focus on that, on its educational campaign. Yes, go ahead. In the text of the ballot to clarify, I still don't understand the difference between a special tax, I know what a general tax is, I see here the text on the ballot, but what would a special tax represent? It would only be that one or two things would be included, because when I read here the text on this ballot, Because if everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority. We know that these $700,000 are not going to be enough to be able to cover all these priorities. So I would like to be able to focus strategically, perhaps on five issues.

dollars is so little money, it is a way of generating more income

but if the objective is to be able to preserve the carpentry community as it is, I would like to be fully transparent with it. I will take care of the legal aspect of this, and then I will give the floor to Michael. So, from a legal point of view, pay attention now to the sixth line, you say, other government functions so the difference between a special and general tax if we were not to include that there in the text someone could potentially say they could only use the money generated by this tax for this that was included in the ballot text so it has to be kept in a restricted fund it could not be used for other things for example these are some of the priorities at the moment that the staff has determined are the community priorities through surveys and also asking the residents what is the most important thing for them. It is possible that in five or ten years that will change. And let's say that, well, I'm going to make something up, that in five years, everyone in the community says, what I really want is a un show de fuegos artificiales y no podrían entonces usar este dinero para ello porque sólo podrían incluirlo para lo mencionado en el texto de la valeta es por eso como lo mencioné en mi anterior respuesta es una de las principales ventajas de un impuesto general es que la función que se da este dinero se puede modificar en función de la what the community wants, but it is right that many things are mentioned here, but the objective is to include those things that the community has told us are its main priority, but without limiting it at the same time to just that. Any additional comments? No, Mayor, just to make that distinction that this is a very, very big issue. We're not going to be able to reserve what it has, just to make sure that then to cut even more what we are doing. So just to be able to continue doing what we are doing at this moment, because if in these traditional funds you would also have to start cutting more the money that we dedicate to these priorities of the community. for not having more remedy. So the community transmission message is that these funds will allow us to simply have the levels of what we are doing now, while we also find long-term solutions. So I see the advantage of this, because y dónde va a venir el dinero y en qué se va a gastar, ¿no? Pero, querías saber, ¿tienen un presupuesto de cuánto va a costar todo este proceso electoral? Sí, concejal Nomura, todo eso son parte del presupuesto que ya aprobaron, incluido las campañas de educación pública y el costo para la Secretaría Municipal de incluir esto en la balota, así que... Entonces, en cuanto a las cifras concretas, tendré que mirar a ver, pero esto va incluido en los presupuestos que ya aprobaron para los distintos programas. Así que, sí que entonces, gracias, simplemente a efectos de transparencia, está bien, le conseguiré esas cifras. I have a question about that, about what the mayor said, and it's something that I've been thinking about for a while, because we've already mentioned a couple of times the X measure in this meeting. The X measure raised more money, but it was dedicated to concrete things, and it was something that supported the community a lot, because the impact of was something measurable. We have to admit that, then, being a general tax, then the use of securities is a little more vague. And also, starting in Santa Barbara, which increased the sales tax, 0.5% in 2024 for basic services. So, and when I also think about what the other functions of the government are, for example, here we have talked about the increase in the public safety cost increasing by 60%, so And here in this personal report, it is mentioned that the spending on public safety will increase by 300,000 dollars this last year. So then, and to the extent that it was said that it was to be public safety, then why not be more specific in the text of this ballot to say that this is a tax to be able to pay for public safety? given that the cost of this has increased by 61% in the last four years.

And so it's something unsustainable for the community.

And so. And then, yes, every time we have to cover more of this through the general fund. And so. And so then why not say that we are going to dedicate this money to public security so that we have to use less money from the general fund? Because then I apologize if I cannot express myself better, but I think it is something that has already been mentioned like five times. that is, that whenever we talk about this, we talk about public safety, about how public safety spending is sometimes increasing faster than our income increases. So, while it is possible that people do not want to support an increase in the tax for general issues, but perhaps they would support it if it was dedicated to public safety. If you allow me, Thank you for your comment, because in the text of the ballot, The last thing that is mentioned are programs for young people and elderly people. Of course, I want to support programs for young people and elderly people, but what is mentioned all the time is the issue of public safety, and I think that is one of the main issues, and that would also serve to convey to the community a message that we will also support programs for young people and elderly people through subsidies and other funds. Creo que cuando las ciudades y municipios y condados tienen que recortar en programas, normalmente suelen ser programas para la presión de servicios lo primero que recortan. Así que agradezco que el texto de la baleta sea tan general, pero creo que deberíamos entonces concentrarnos en el tema de la seguridad. and the pavement. I always end up mentioning what the basic needs are, which is what the community wants. We have the obligation to guarantee the efficiency of our operations. But then, as it turned out, the community was also willing, for example, to support the library But what I want to say is that we also have to make sure that this is dedicated to basic services. So, excuse me, Mayor, I don't want to give you the wrong number, but with all the effort that was made around the library, And then, according to the CBN Cost of Venues, the X measure was approved with 54.99%. A special tax would require 67%. So, the X measure would not have been approved with a margin of 12%. So... So, again, in all the flexibilities in general, which also allows us to be able to take advantage of the streets and everything else we want, while that 70% is super high. So, I think we should also be able to see other ways of guaranteeing public safety. Also, for example, the needs for improvements They are also very difficult, although it is another option, but I think it would also be difficult if we do not approve this 1.25% tax. Yes, I can ask.

If we simplify the terminology, it would be more difficult, but on the other hand, if we expand the terminology, the possibility would be that we would not have restricted funds and we could have a greater mayor potencial de tener un voto positivo. Si quiero hacer un comentario y en respuesta a la pregunta de la concejal y del concejal, quería que Michael diera su opinión y les pido disculpas por no acordarme, pero una de sus preguntas hablaba específicamente del éxito de la medida X y Combo. in the financing of the library. I want to read the specific terminology of the X measure, which is very, very similar to what we have here on the screen. And it's about members of the community who come to the town hall. Y dan sus opiniones sobre lo que es importante para el uso de estos fondos generales. Y por SEO es un fondo general. La gente puede venir de la comunidad y decir, Estas son nuestras prioridades. Esto es lo que nos gustaría que utilicen los fondos. Pero la medida X dice para mantener a los alguaciles, mejorar la preparación para desastres y la respuesta de comunicación durante incendios naturales, inundaciones y otros desastres naturales, reparar calles, baches, proteger las playas locales, arroyos, shall the measure be adopted to establish a one-in-a-four, prevent cuts to the local library, and services to the elderly, third-generation, as they have been helping with the 1.25%, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Library was one of the last things in the list of the community around the house. It was very important for the community And he said that this was important because of these specific things. So this is one of the reasons why it's so important that it's broad so that community members know that those funds can be used in general services. And these can differ depending on who comes and what's really important. going in one direction or the other, but this is the important thing for the community. Well, I think it's very good to have an image for the audience, because these are the same people who show up and have talked about the X measure of what it meant for them. It shows the community, the community participation to increase the tax on sales. We don't want to be here trying to convince people, but we do want to say that for this, additional funds are needed, and if you want to be part of this, of supporting the city, this is one of the ways to achieve it. I appreciate the concern about the broad language, but that broader terminology gives more options to people, more options to the public, so that a city can give their responsibilities to the public, for the part of the city council. That's why I think it's so important to keep the terminology as broad as possible. When we went through the process of the X measurement, we had ideas in mind of what we wanted to do, and keeping it broad was the main objective, because the percentages that we had to deal with, and those percentages

very few of those passed, it's like 10% or less.

Whereas with something, because they had 10% and they had better 10% or passing, of course, we were on insurance, we were able to prioritize what the community wanted. And that was the best thing about being broad. I was going to say what Jenna said, but measure X was a general measure. La medida X fue una medida general. No fue algo separado. Yo aprecio mucho que nos expliquen el aspecto legal. Aprecio que hayan leído la terminología de la medida X. Para mí, muchas gracias. Creo que la medida X es difícil porque no se pueden comparar. del mismo modo. En este sentido, teníamos un fuerte grupo comunitario que nos mantuvieron que mantuvieron nuestra responsabilidad para el financiamiento de la biblioteca y mantuvimos esa promesa y donde estamos ahora. No tenemos un grupo comunitario tan fuerte que esté abogando por algo específico o tan específico. Aunque puedo ver la mentalidad básica racional, If it were a little bit less broad, send a message to the community.

What would be our main priorities?

That's at least my perspective. If I can add. Amanda Clifford. I'm here. I've been listening.

I hope it's okay. I want to add. I'm very happy with what Jenna just shared. It's important

from the point of view of communication, this terminology, the idea was to try to involve, embrace everything that the community had said was important in public dissemination and is aligned with the community's priorities, with what the legal part has completed. from a communication point of view, they want to see what they want to see in a measure like this so that it can be supported. Again, they can make the ultimate decision if they want to move forward, but I think this is not what you're looking for. I don't think this terminology includes what they told us were their priorities and what they want to see in a measure like this. I appreciate that comment. And the diffusion that was made, I think, for a measure like this is so important that as many people as possible can see their priorities, that they can see themselves. I appreciate that we remember that that terminology came from a survey of the carpentry residents who told us what was most important to them. Y tuvieron varias opciones, distintas opciones, y aprecio cómo nos da flexibilidad tanto para la ciudad como para el público. Gracias por compartir esta información.

Would you mind just, and I had the opportunity to connect with Amanda earlier today.

So Amanda, I had the opportunity to talk with Amanda earlier today. Would you mind just, and I had the opportunity to Can you comment on what are the things regarding the surveys that were done in October? These were the five most constant points in the survey. We continue to see the main points in the information that we saw by mail for voters and members of the community. We see este mensaje constante y estas son las prioridades, tanto la encuesta que se llevó a cabo en FM3 Research como también el correo directo que enviamos de Click4Mod. Estos ocho puntos aquí, sí, hubo tres diapositivas más o menos con unos 30, 40 puntos que se evaluaron. Lo bueno es que muchos puntos eran altos, pero no en las cinco prioridades. Estaban en un 80%, luego 70%, otros estaban ya llegando al 60, 50, pero estos eran los... Gabby Edwards, welcome. Gabby Edwards, bienvenido.

Mayor and council members, here we are.

All this talk about Measure X brings back so many memories. You know, before we begin, this talk about Measure X reminds me of people who were in favor of the baches, who wanted more parks for their children, who were going to be part of the campaign for the library. No fue una medida solo a nivel biblioteca. Así es como terminó siendo. El reunir un grupo de ciudadanos más amplio va a ser un desafío. El principal desafío, porque una vez que nos reunimos, porque ustedes vieron el paquete completo, para dejar constancia y traje algunos demás si alguien quiere verlos. Es lo bueno de ser una rata empacadora, que tengo toda esta información, estos recuerdos en mi... in my garage, and Gina also knew. She was president, and none of us had been part of the campaign, but we're not talking for ourselves, telling this story of the X measure, but in fact, remarking to the incredible people who participated in a small group with a very small amount of money and managed to approve it. for the Carpentry City Council and the staff. And we hope that the City Council of Montana is still aware that they're having a hard time, presupposedly, but we don't want to reduce the support of our carpentry. I'm going to take a break and I want to close. If you want to see a vision and And Spirit, I invite Mr. Patrick to come to the library. Although the library will cost the city $700,000 to operate in fiscal year 26-27 as well, the main reason why 4 million will be generated in the X amount of income the same year seems to be a good time to mention to the town hall that the community sin la biblioteca, sin el activismo de la biblioteca, no hubiera aprobado la medida X. En noviembre del 2017, la preocupación por la falta de fondos adecuados para solventar la iluminación, parques, y el aumento de los costos en los servicios de la protección a los ciudadanos, de la policía, el Consejo del Ayuntamiento de Carpintería, los amigos de la biblioteca, y y otras ramas de la biblioteca de Santa Barbara y del condado estaban viéndose afectadas de cortes y recesos. Luego de la deliberación, el comité financiero consideró un impuesto a Las ventas que sería compartido por miles de turistas que comercian en nuestra ciudad. Contrataron a una ciudad cerca del 2018 y un consultor, el que concluyó que un impuesto a las ventas fue aceptable. Sí, se podía obtener el voto del 65% mayoría de los votantes, pero el consultor... He made the calculation that perhaps there would be a very strong opposition to this sales tax, and it would cost $40,000 to $50,000 without a consultant. And here began the magic. There would obviously not be $40,000 to $50,000 by chance. no había un deseo de juntar fondos o de apoyar la medida impositiva. Simplemente un grupo de personas, de activistas que querían mucho la biblioteca y con el compromiso de $2,500 por parte de los amigos de la biblioteca y un amigo individual de la biblioteca, que había ofrecido $8,000. Con esa modesta campaña, comenzaron a trabajar en la campaña para obtener el sí en la medida X. Juntaron fondos, establecieron materiales, se educaron sobre la historia y el futuro. of the city budget to be able to express the urgent need to add funds to the income. Then they sent letters to Coltasview, generated a Fiesta con la Liga de Mujeres Votantes, la Mobile Home Parks. El comité tuvo una fiesta de inicio en el Club de Mujeres distribuyendo preguntas y respuestas con los voluntarios que estaban juntando firmas y donaciones. Estos se reunieron en Albertsons, El Comercio, la última semana antes de las elecciones, hubo carteles de 50 yardas que se pusieron por toda la ciudad. Se le dio mucho crédito a Giddy White, ex amigos de la Junta de la Biblioteca, Leah Boyd, Gail Marshall, Ted Rhodes, David Powdrell. Daz Williams, John Kalendar, Larry Niemeyer, Linda Reimel, amiga de la biblioteca desde hace muchísimos años. El 6 de noviembre de 2018, la medida ganó por 58% de los votos. Fue una victoria muy excitante y la afirmación del buen deseo de la comunidad y la habilidad de un equipo pequeño pero efectivo para hacer una campaña que se apoyaba en el bienestar bajo la supervisión de la... Supervise, ex-supervisora del condado Gail Marshall. Estamos muy agradecidos por el trabajo sin descanso de los voluntarios que ayudaron a aprobar la medida X y la diferencia que ese impuesto a las ventas generó para solventar la biblioteca de la ciudad. Entendimos los beneficios que tendrían los votantes jóvenes y mayores de carpintería. Votarían por esto para poder mantener los servicios y programas que hacen a nuestra ciudad tan especial. We're looking forward to being part of the future. Thank you for your comments.

I'd like to state for the record, permission was granted prior to the evening.

I'd like to state for the record, permission was granted prior to the evening. I'd like to state for the record, permission was granted prior to the evening. Estoy aquí como amiga de la biblioteca. Voy a ser breve. Creo que es interesante como Andy Patrick, su comentario, se hizo eco con muchas personas y él no tuvo idea que muchos de nosotros en la audiencia lo íbamos a estar filtrando a través de la perspectiva de la biblioteca. La ciudad, yo creo que cuando se aprobó la medida X y cuando la ciudad decidió crear su propia biblioteca, tuvo una visión increíble. Y como Gaby mencionó, si uno va a la biblioteca a cualquier día, a cualquier hora, verán cuánto espíritu existe aquí en carpintería. Les agradezco por proteger ese espíritu y por hacer todo lo que hacen en esta comunidad. Gracias por sus comentarios. Gail Martian, bienvenida.

Good evening.

Buenas noches.

Thank you for the opportunity to make just a couple comments here.

Gracias por la oportunidad. Voy a hacer un par de comentarios, nada más.

Ahora sí.

Hace mucho tiempo, los residentes de Carpintería decidieron que no iban a estar apoyando generadores de ingresos que cambiarían el carácter de nuestro pequeño ciudad. Habían denegado el desarrollo de grandes supermercados, suertes empresas. El trato era que íbamos a tener el impuesto Y todo es un intercambio. Yo opto por el carácter de pequeña ciudad. Los ingresos y los gastos deben estar de la mano y crecen al igual que en nuestra casa. Pero el gobierno también debe cubrir con los mandatos federales y estatales con el proceso presupuestario. Los que apoyaban en la biblioteca entendieron eso cuando apoyaron la Medida X. It's kind of overwhelming, really. Ay, me siento tan abrumada realmente. Esta frase tan correcta de un grupo pequeño de ciudadanos es la única manera de hacer cambios y aplica a los que apoyaron a la biblioteca de carpintería. Gracias por sus comentarios. Rogelio Delgado.

Gracias.

I think that every day when we go to Santa Barbara, I think that every day when we go to Santa Barbara, I think that every day when we go to Santa Barbara, I think that every day when we go to Santa Barbara, Ese es el cambio que la gente de carpintería tiene que hacer. OK. We know that the city's budget, actually, the... Sabemos que el presupuesto de la ciudad viene de estas fuentes, del impuesto a las ventas, a la estadía, en subsidios, en impuestos a la ocupancia.

But there's two But there are two errors, and believe me, I agree with these misconceptions. I was in agreement with them before coming to the meetings, before 2024.

For the city, it's a lot of money. That's a huge misconception. That's a big mistake.

But if you start looking at it, you start looking at it in a row.

Otherwise, the confusion wins. Another thing is that the city is hiring too many.

I'm convinced.

Yes, I just think so.

Now, I believe that those misconceptions are, yeah, are that, misconceptions.

It's important, it's necessary to educate people and the,

You did it with the landscaping fee. Yeah. Come to a 16 on this.

I remember. Yeah, you let them come to us. And I told them, you have to go see them.

And I think the Brown Act, if I'm not mistaken, allows city council members

It's like a social media influencer It's like a social media influencer. They're there every day, every day, posting, posting, publishing. And I think that people need to show their support before they go to the consulate. Y es un esfuerzo de equipo. Gracias. Gracias por sus comentarios. No tengo ninguna otra tarjeta de orador. Tenemos a alguien en Zoom. Nadie ha levantado la mano. Tenemos el comentario. Hemos cerrado el comentario público. Hay algún comentario? I'll go ahead and move that we receive the presentation and then we'll step through to adopt the simple back plan to continue that reach plan and that's essentially what we're trying to do with the additional comments. Right now, the campaign is that you don't lay it out necessarily in detail for what happened in all of these different situations. And so I would like to say, although this is an outreach plan, but also be able to continue with the spread, but also be open to respond to the information that we get. a la información que recibimos durante la campaña. Sí, yo lo segundo. Gracias a las personas que vinieron, voy a hablar con sus experiencias con este tema similar, pero distinto. Es muy útil de escuchar porque creo que muchas veces podemos escuchar más voces en oposición. council member Mayer. Aye. Council member Nomura. Aye. Vice Mayor Solorzano. Aye. Council member Clark. Aye. And Mayor Alarcon.

Yeah, I don't necessarily agree with just how broad the language is, but I do believe in the importance of preserving what we have in Carpinteria, and this is one way to do that. So my vote is yes. Any opposed? Thank you. Right. The next item on our agenda is number 13, which is award construction contract for the Franklin Creek Trail Improvement Project to Toro Enterprises Inc. and agreements for related construction testing and archaeology and Native American monitoring services.

Thank you Madam Mayor. Good meeting again. Council Members, this will be a co-presentation between Assistant Engineer Josefina Arechiga, also the project manager for this project, and myself. So with that, I am excited actually to bring to you another capital project to fruition, another alternative transportation project, a bicycle and pedestrian facility project. similar that's going to build off of kind of like the Linden Avenue improvements project. So alternative transportation is somewhat the theme for this fiscal year or fiscal cycle. So what's before you is the Franklin Creek Trail Improvement Project. This one is situated in a county parcel, technically, and Josefina will go through the scope of work or refresh you on the scope of work for this project. But in the last CIP study session, your city council went on site visit with city staff to this project as well as other capital projects. So hopefully you're able to envision the project that's going to be before you. And with that, I'd like to turn this over to Josefina to give you a little refresher on the scope of the project.

Good evening. This afternoon I will talk about the scope of this project to improve the road next to the Franklin River, so this consists of a multi-use road next to the Franklin River from Carpinteria Avenue to Seventh Street, so this multi-use road will also include additionally the project will improve the cement and it will cover a few hundred feet. We will also improve the safety of the fence, the gardening, the lighting and there will also be for the collection of solid waste and for recycling. There will also be improvements to accessibility. This project was reviewed and approved by the Architectural Revision Board on October 16, 2015, for the promotion of planning on July 7, 2015. We have also received multiple grants, including grants for programs to improve the routes to schools in the fifth and sixth cycle of Measure A, and also the program for pedestrians and cyclists in the 5th and 6th cycles of the development and commentary package. This project also received and well we have planned to start this project in mid-2016 i also wanted to add that we have received many comments from the community favorable to this project and are very happy with the launch of this project thanks josefina then i will explain the whole process to to be able to start this project of better infrastructure. So it's something we have to do with all kinds of projects. First, we have to visit it and also value the responses we receive. And before the main concept, we also have to find the various sources of financing to cover the deficit in the budget, which is what I'm going to do now, but for you to know that the maximum expense for So, we're trying to give as much publicity as possible to all of these listings, not only on Coastal Views News, but also on our website and on the personal forum. And there we also include a series of publicaciones del sector en las que también anunciamos esto, como por ejemplo, BidAmerica, BidNetDirect, Doge, Dara, Analytics, Kern County, Builders Exchange, San Luis Obispo County, Builders Exchange, Trico, RepoGraphics, y la Asociación de Contratistas del Condaventura. Así que usamos esas plataformas y distintos but we still got bids. We got two bids to just give as much publicity as possible to all of this. And so in this case, we don't receive as many answers as we wanted, but we do receive some, just two, instead of just one, like in previous projects to improve our structure. So this gave us a better idea the calculation that we have done by the engineers and in the budget. The lowest response was from Thorpe Rises in Oxnard, California, and from Lush Construction in Santa Barbara, California. And as for these contractors, we first had to see which were local, which is always good, because we always prefer to have local companies involved in our projects. and i think we already mentioned that we are using a new platform to publish these projects and this is something that is free for the city and so we are using this platform is something that josefina mentioned And well, we have been able to finance this project to 50% with subsidies, such as the Community Development Subsidy Package, which is a federal program, and also the fifth cycle of Measure A, and also the sixth cycle. And then, as for the deficit, within what we obtained from Measure A, we have been able to cover it through the quotas that we are now giving to promoters for the impact of their projects, specifically on parking. and then to the extent that it assigns an automatic amount to the city and we also receive money from the gas tax and also from the RECAL transport fund and for street lighting. So, in addition to that, to assign this contract to them. Enterprises also recommended three contracts with consultants for other services, such as soil testing, because we do not have a staff capable of doing that. We also got a contract for the humanitarian service of the archaeological and indigenous remains, because it is something very specific to this project, since it is known that archaeological and indigenous remains have been found in this area, and you never know what you are going to find when it starts to end. So we hired a service for the monetization of all this. And finally, the principal is also asking for a budgetary assistance of $528,500.

And as I said, then this is financed again by the A measure, by the gasoline tax, AX measure, transport funds.

and for the lighting. And these funds or this combination of funds will allow us to cover the deficit that we had to be able to implement this project. With that, I conclude my presentation. They ask me if they have any questions. He said that... How much did he calculate it would cost the engineers? I did not hear him. okay council member Clark it is not mentioned in the staff report but it is 1.8 million dollars so then the engineers calculated that it was going to be 1,800,000 and the request response got a lot closer to that thank you any more questions yes another question about all the gardening plans, so we have already examined which was the original plan, but are they going to use that plan or has there been any modification since they went to see it? I'll let Josefina talk more about that, but as far as That depends on what the Archaeo-Technical Review Board decides as a matter of clarification, so we simply use the range of colors approved by them. So, well, then to add a little more to what John said, this project was approved by the Technical Revision Board and Planning Commission. It was recently approved by them. And there, in the draft that we have on all the gardening services, they have that we are going to use trees and native plants. And then, Mr. Mungura, to simply say that the Municipal Council has already given us a good view to be able to move forward with various projects, in which we are trying to reduce water consumption as much as possible and also maintenance costs, and we have taken all this into account. to be able to do this all more efficiently. So, but they can also give us more indications for future projects. But that's how I interpreted it. No, no, I totally agree with that. So I have another question. I see that there is no irrigation system, so plants are going to be put there, plants, but the contractors are going to water them by hand or? and then the contractor provides us with a 90-day guarantee, or it goes beyond that, to cut down the wall. So, in terms of the conditions of this contract, it requires that the contractor also guarantees us the result of his work for a year. This also includes all garden areas.

There is a plan in case the plants do not survive the five years, then

or that if there is a defect with the works that are carried out, that they would have to replace it. But yes, regarding the irrigation system, yes, there is no irrigation system, as he said.

Thank you for observing that. So they will be handed over, as Josefina said.

Although native plants are usually resistant to droughts. So it is the contractor's responsibility to water the plants for a year. And then they also guarantee us these plants for a year. But as soon as the project is completed then the city will be in charge of maintenance and also of planting and making improvements if necessary. So thank you. I just wanted to mention this because it seemed like a gray area in the contract. and, above all, taking into account the change in the climate. So, he asks me...

So, this is a common text that is included in all contracts.

For example, a one-year grant is part of our pay or conditions, so I have never had we have had the bad experience that a contractor has not complied with their guarantees and we have never had problems with all enterprising on this. So not in my experience, at least with this specific contractor on maintenance. But the percentage of plants is not going to do any kind of irrigation, especially native plants. So you have to be very careful when you transplant them, because normally they are not transplanted to their native habitat. Any other questions? They are going to complete this project in 90 days, it seems, and then what are they going to do during that time to mitigate the impact it has on the neighborhood. So, to coordinate our response in terms of the mitigation measures of the works, we have the permission of the Architechtural Revision Board and the Planning Commission to use mitigation measures to reduce, for example, and also the noise, and we also inform the public of all this. So we have those standards monitoring measures. And how do we communicate that to residents in the area? I'm sure we have a process for it, but could you talk a little bit more about that? Yes, the vice mayor through the mayor. Fortunately, the staff always take initiative in this type of project. getting projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the people prepared to get better projects out the door and having the and that it also has to follow the specifications to notify the public of the works. So, for example, we have as a standard to notify with 10 days of anticipation of the works and also two days before. So, for those who live around there, they will receive notification of these works, not necessarily from the whole city, but those who have been affected. For example, in the tree trailers park, they do come to be notified, and of course those who live on 9th Street. And I also wanted to add something to what John said, and I wanted to say that we do have hours in which we are going to be working from 7 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, but that can be modified according to the project and it is something that we will talk about in the meeting that we have before we start the works. to see what would be best for this project. And we do have a part of the documentation of how to receive the possible noise in the neighborhood. So as a contribution to this project, we have a condition of the contract that all the equipment that is used is maintained in good conditions and that it also has, for example, the necessary equipment to reduce the noise, such as the mufflers, which is something that I will take care of ensuring that they are done during my inspections. Thank you for this additional information. Public comments. We do not have anyone here in the audience. Anyone on Zoom? There is no one on Zoom. then it is passed again to the Municipal Council for questions or additional comments. Then I ask to submit the contract to the entire Anonymous process for a total of $1,815,750.25 for the improvement project of the road along the way. and also authorize the municipality to sign the contract with Cotton Shards and Associates S.A. for the testing services of materials for a maximum of 34,487 for this project, through authorizing the municipality to sign a contract with Lethwich Archaeology to provide a monitoring service of the archaeological and indigenous sites for a maximum of $43,540 for this project, and four, to approve a provisional assessment for $528,500 of the fund for improved infrastructure for fiscal year 25-26 of the budget for improved infrastructure programs for this project. So, I ask you to approve the second. We have a motion that has been seconded. The vote is nominal. Mayor, yes. Nomura, yes. Clark, yes. And... wait's got the purple on too you got the purple one

STAND BY IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO.

WELCOME BACK TO THE CARBONERA CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY IS MAY 26, 2026. AND WE WILL RESUME OUR MEETING WITH ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH IS THE MID-CYCLE FISCAL YEAR 2026, 2027.

Estamos aquí en la reunión del 26 de mayo de 2026. Vamos a tener el punto 14. Tendremos la presentación de mediados del ciclo fiscal 2026-27, una presentación en conjunto con Stephan Gantz, Jeanette Gantz, We're going to start with a review of what we're going to be talking about tonight and how the middle of the cycle process will look like, what we're going to be covering. separately from this process is what we will be handling separately from this project along with the generic terminology that we will use in the presentation we will cover how capital projects are funded then john will be talking about the current projects the changes janet will mention the projects and we are going to end with a look at what would be the plan for capital improvements 2027 and the five-year CIP. As I had said before, the mid-year cycle, it's just a Es un informe a mediados de año donde recalibramos los gastos, lo que considerábamos que iban a ser los ingresos, y en el caso del CIP, en qué estaremos gastando el dinero del año fiscal, de lo que habíamos considerado, lo vamos a cambiar un año fiscal, o ese tipo de evaluaciones. También estaremos hablando de los proyectos, cambios programados, aquellos proyectos que no están programados o que estarán programados para el siguiente año fiscal. No vamos a estar hablando de proyectos previos que no tengan cambios. Lo que se haya ya aprobado para lo que es el 25-26, no vamos a estar haciéndole cambios, entonces no vamos a estar cubriendo eso. No vamos a hablar de proyectos a futuros más allá de 27, 28 y demás. Tampoco estaremos hablando de lo que es el presupuesto operativo o los programas. Eso lo haremos en la reunión de junio. Parte de la terminología tarifas de impacto, como les decimos comúnmente DIFs, que se ponen en nuevos desarrollos o construcciones para tratar de financiar parte de los costos de servicios públicos. Luego, los proyectos del Grupo 1 no tienen nada especial, solo es una manera de categorizarlos. Y son los programas que ya están incluidos en el presupuesto. Y lo mencionaremos solo si vamos a hacer los cambios. Los proyectos del grupo dos simplemente son proyectos que no están programados con financiamiento para el año 26-27. Lo que tendremos como tarifas Quimby son aquellas tarifas sobre los que se recaudan de los desarrollos residenciales que ayudan a financiar lo que son las instalaciones de recreación, parques. Luego tenemos los fondos that they are guaranteed to have funds assigned to specific projects. It's a money that we put aside that doesn't go back to the general fund for those projects. So what we see in this slide is a summarized review that we're going to be detailing later in detail. We're not going to cover it one by one here, but what you can see is an image simplificada de los números, el presupuesto adoptado, propuesto, los cambios que estamos proponiendo y los montos. Y a la derecha, ¿cuál es el cambio positivo o negativo entre lo que se adoptó y lo que estamos proponiendo? También hay algunos asteriscos allí. a contingent on grant. One contingent on grant means that it is contingent on obtaining external financing. Two contingents, for example, down here at $780,000, means that all of these funds are restricted restrictions or semi-restrictions again we want to explain to the community that these funds cannot be used for other things this year where do the funds come from there's a total of 8.2 million dollars that includes los nuevos proyectos no programados propuestos, las fuentes de financiamiento, los montos y los porcentajes. 80%, casi 81% son subsidios, tarifas de impacto de desarrollo, donaciones y otras fuentes de fondos no restringidas, como por ejemplo la cuenta de reparación y pavimentación o, por ejemplo, la medida A. Una revisión breve de cómo se financian los proyectos capitales vienen en tres opciones. El más flexible es el fondo discrecionario. is are specific and the most restrictive group are specific subsidies, that is, funds that are assigned with a specific objective and cannot be used for anything else. And this is also the practice that we have in the city. We always use the most restrictive funds first. Y verán un cambio esta noche donde verán que tomamos unos 90,000 dólares que estaban en el fondo discrecionario. Lo movimos a un fondo semi-restrictivo porque tuvimos otros fondos que se volvieron disponibles para esos proyectos. Por eso hicimos esos movimientos de fondos. Y por último, ¿cómo se hacen nuestros proyectos capitales? First, the needs are identified, which can happen in different ways. A community request, we notice some danger, concern, or, for example, well, a need is identified. Then we go to the planning part. It can be directed by the city council or the staff can, study it and bring it to the council for their presentation. Consider action, but that's how new projects are generated. If you ask them if they want to add them for the year 26, 27, things like that. The third part is where the formal part is, where the council decides whether or not to adopt for the annual budget process. Then Empezamos a trabajar con los ingenieros para crear los planes, los permisos, las revisiones medioambientales. Y una vez que todo este diseño está hecho, llegamos a la faceta de la construcción y cierre. Y con esto le voy a pasar la palabra a John Allison, que va a estar cubriendo cada uno de los programas y los cambios que estamos proponiendo o proyectos. Gracias. Siguiente diapositiva. So this is the mid-cycle adjustment, or the proposed project for adjustment within this mid-cycle. Just more of a reminder that this is a two-year project, by the way, and this is the three formal review points. So basically, this is the second review point, and we're on the mid-new, which we had in March of this year. Now, the mid-cycle review, and then the mid-cycle review, and then the mid-cycle review, next fiscal cycle so with that the next fiscal cycle so with that the next fiscal cycle so with that el primero el proyecto de reemplazo del puente de la avenida carpintería y voy a estar utilizando las dispositivas como un ejemplo porque van a estar viendo formatos similares de cada proyecto capital y voy a estar cubriendo ciertas porciones de la diapositiva pero si tienen preguntas

presentation. That's okay.

I'll take questions at any time in the slides here. So it's a review of the current phase.

Our target one is the target phase completion.

de lo que consideramos la fecha meta para completarlo, el costo estimado y el financiamiento en este proyecto en particular del reemplazo del puente de la Avenida Carpinteria. Sí, John, uno de los comentarios del Departamento de Finanzas es el costo total estimado para todas las facetas not just the current facet. Thank you, Michael. That is a good clarification, because when you mention total project cost, it's not just the facet, it's

So with that, slide shows what staff would recommend to rest and what the design group might decide to adjust it to is basically reduction.

It's a reduction, basically, in this particular project.

And accordingly, when you reduce the expenditure category, there's also the funding sources that are adjusted as well.

If there's any questions on this slide, we're going to move to the next one. I want to confirm. Is the total estimated, the cost of the project, its totality? That's correct, Madam Chair. The 88.53, so 3%, is correct, Madam Chair. In this project in particular, 88.53, 3%, is what is shared at the federal level. 11.47 is the point of equalization for all facets. This is also the project where they note that um um verano 2028 para que se ha completado este proyecto solo tiene financiamiento para el diseño y el derecho de paso no se ha obtenido financiamiento para la construcción ni tampoco se ha solicitado el mismo. ¿Y cuándo se presentará el diseño al Consejo?

Verano 2028. Si no ha participado, pero

The Department of Environmental Sustainability is taking the leadership of this project in particular. Therefore, we will have public dissemination, public participation. When this part of the project is completed, then the presentation will be made to the town hall with a special meeting. And we will have public dissemination meetings through staff in different spaces. uh is resuelto o va a ser resuelto a través de los talleres comunitarios correcto. Sí, y tampoco tenemos fondos para la construcción, por eso notan que la fecha, la meta para completarlo It's in the summer of 2028 because we don't have any funding. That's why there's no specific date. That's why it's going to be continued.

Here you can see the adjustments.

We're still working with the state aid monies that we receive. We're doing this for the next cycle or for the next mid-cycle. We're adjusting the expenditures for financing the funding, but we're still with that budget of the two years to each budget. um just like the avenue bridge replacement project and also uh the avenue road replacement project and just like the avenue bridge replacement project and also uh reintegrado en un 100%, a diferencia del programa de los fuentes. Gracias, John. Y también hay una sección aquí que nos da una explicación de los cambios, porque comenzamos tarde los ajustes y parte de ese ajuste es mover los fondos hacia más adelante en lo que respecta con el año fiscal. Por último, pero no menos importante como parte de la recomendación del personal para hacer ajustes en los proyectos actuales, es el proyecto de mejoras de la piscina comunitaria de carpintería. Estamos en el proceso de diseño. El Consejo ya aprobó un acuerdo de consultoría para diseñar las mejoras tan necesarias para la piscina. Janet Gant is part of, well, she's the director of public works and also the project manager. I have a question. It says 90% of the design was financed through donations. When will the fundraising campaign begin? I'll pass the word to Janet.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Mi plan, una vez que se complete el diseño, es que tengamos una mejor idea de los costos de diseño. Allí lanzaremos una campaña para la recaudación de fondos. No quiero estar regresando a la comunidad una y otra vez, dependiendo de cuánto el proyecto aumente. Prefiero esperar a una fecha más final con las estimaciones. preliminaries, más definitivas, y espero tener una estimación del costo de diseño en los próximos meses. Creo que generar una campaña de recaudación de fondos para las mejoras de la piscina en el verano es una buena estrategia, y también nos hemos aplicado para ciertos subsidios y financiamientos, y también hemos recibido donaciones de Y por parte de individuos de la comunidad, fundaciones que nos ayudaron a lanzar este proyecto. Si no hay más preguntas en los proyectos del grupo uno, podemos avanzar a los proyectos del grupo dos. O sea, no programados, lo que quiere decir que no tienen financiamiento para el año fiscal 26-27. Son proyectos muy estimulantes. Jenner y yo vamos a... So I'm going to be sharing these slides with you guys. Moving on to the next slide, Michael. So you would give a little bit of context on this one with regards to the... Yeah, so this property was acquired by the city from the Land Trust of Santa Barbara County in about 2020. judicial land of the Santa Barbara County in 2022 to preserve the open coastal spaces, expanding the spaces and access to recreation. The consultant would have prepared the conceptual plans due to La campaña tan exitosa para recaudar fondos por el grupo fiduciario hay unos $750,000 que están reservados por parte del fiduciario de tierras para comenzar con las mejoras iniciales. este dinero junto con las facilitaciones del proyecto de los acantilados de rincón nos va a ayudar en el diseño inicial del proyecto y completar el proyecto a nivel de diseño para obtener subsidios a futuro estatales y federales para la construcción. El siguiente proyecto, el proyecto de reemplazo de la zona de juegos en el Carrot Park, It was installed in 1996, it was updated in 2003, and now, approximately, it has had a renovation about 24 years ago. The utility life of this type of gaming equipment is about 15 to 20 years, depending on the use and environmental conditions. The staff has identified this game park as a priority due to its age, condition deterioration, limited accessibility by its users. This project will hopefully be compatible to obtain external subsidies due to the accessibility needs and benefits to the company. la comunidad. No habrá un costo directo a la ciudad hasta que obtengamos financiamiento para las otras partes del proyecto. Pregunta. He recibido preguntas sobre los baños en el carro. Esto es un proyecto separado. En caso que el público observe este proyecto, quiero ser clara. ¿Dónde están los baños? Están incluidos en este proyecto. Si vi this one of course is what it says this is the project of rembourse of games but the project of the car bathrooms is part of the budget of five years i would say that is in our list. It is, in fact, literally in projects five years ago, but how that is going to be implemented is still pending to be established. Well, but there have been some updates in terms of what is dispensadores de jabón, las toallas de papel, el equipo para secado de manos. Parece que hay unas tareas menores para tratar que fueran más usables por parte de los usuarios, hasta que esperamos que el proyecto se pede cinco años. Sí, estas son las necesidades principales de mantenimiento para este proyecto, y tiene toda la razón. Hemos visto, hemos recibido pedidos de servicios para los inodoros, para los lavabos. Sí, es muy antiguo. Ha estado ya más que usado y deteriorado. Y parte del por qué tenemos el proyecto de reemplazo, pero del mismo modo que nuestros proyectos de pavimentación son sinónimos. antiguos, pero son separados, sí. Y tengo confianza que haya subsidios disponibles para áreas de juegos al aire libre con accesibilidad ADA. Y estoy segura que estarán enfocados en lo que es acceso en áreas de juegos. Yo creo que sí, sí. Un pregunta de seguimiento. Creo que usted ya la respondió, pero en cuanto a los subsidios, ¿es una u otra? because it would seem that it would be a more robust financing application process. I'm curious about what would be available in terms of financing or subsidies. Yes, very good question. We are always paying attention to whether there is any other type available and the council is always Recomendando que tratemos de obtener subsidios o financiamiento para esto. Dado que el tema del baño está en la lista más larga, tengo entendido. Creo que podríamos anotarnos para ambos. Y en Santa Barbara recientemente y en el mundo de recreación han sido específicos para la recreación y la accesibilidad. So that doesn't mean that adding a bathroom would make the project more robust, but we would try to get as much as possible. So one more question, maybe it's a bit of a question. Do we have any opportunity to have donors? I don't know if anyone would like a bathroom with your name, but do we have any program in order ¿Se puede presentar una política? Es que tengo curiosidad, sí. If the council approves the financing policy, it wasn't specifying the naming or sponsorship of these projects, but they had received directives and opinions of how far they wanted to go with the policy, because I know that some agencies are not very much in favor of naming. Yes, I definitely would like some kind of guidance regarding the naming policy, because I'm sure there are people out there who would be donating if they could put their name or some name, choose a name for one of these vans. Yes, I want to make sure. Mentioning one more thing, the information in the financing committee, I want to make sure that the council has received the opinion of the council frequently, is that previously the council would have been applying to receive the funds. Y quizás teníamos la mitad de los fondos y nos sentíamos como motivados a avanzar en el proyecto porque no queríamos perder medio millón de dólares, pero también con la cantidad de trabajo que el personal está tratando de manejar y el tiempo del personal es muy importante con las distintas prioridades, parte de El punto de presentar estos proyectos era tratar de ver cuáles son las cosas que el Consejo quiere o no, que comencemos a trabajar y con suerte podremos hacer los cambios necesarios en este proceso. Muy bien, si no hay más preguntas, voy a avanzar a lo que es el proyecto del Parque de Perros en Montavistas. La ciudad comenzó la idea del proyecto de perritos fuera de las Correas en el 2018 con... the conceptual discussions in 2019, the city amended the municipal code of provision related to the regulations for dogs without a leash and the temporary pilot program was generated in the Montevista Park dog park. Since then, public dissemination has been carried out, the public opinion has been evaluated, the design of the project has been completed and now we are in what is the fulfillment of the permits.

The staff has now also taken the project where it is now, almost without costs, and then now we are asking the construction company to require the authorization of the budget and also the budgetary situations, given the interest of the staff for a long time. We also recommend this. that the council supports that this park can be built, waiting to be able to get the funds for it and the definitive permits. So the funds include $150,000 from the Quimby funds and also donations of $50,000 and also funds from CDOG, an organization for the purposes of of profits. Yes, so we calculate that the project will cost 200,000 dollars, according to a question, without the approval of CDOG, which is something that they have agreed to do. And then, they wanted to present a presentation to the Municipal Council. Yes, then, from what I understand, that is what they want to do. Since 2018, they have also started to raise funds and have also sold merchandise, including in the avocado festival, and we also have the Montevista Park for Dogs planned.

So next up is Tamal Interpretive Play Area.

So your council knows we discussed it a few times recently, but please let us know about the next project at the Tamal Interpretive Play Area where it's all around because it's in heaven and has been heavily used for about 15 years. Due to the park's location, the salt air and water in the area has deteriorated quite a bit. The reason for the play surfing and some of the facilities of the game. And then we have calculated that its realization will cost 150 dollars. We have also received dollars from the community from the Rotary Fund and also from the Lions for their personal recommendation realization. It is also included in this project to be able to implement it in the future, waiting to be able to get the funds for them. and because this would not implicate an additional cost for the city. So he asks me if I have a question. Yes, I have a question. Many of these parks also require to update them. So, what is the plan for the maintenance of the parks? I know that we have also talked about the evaluation of all the parks, and that would be the first phase, and I would like to know from you what you have in mind to do in the future. So... Yes, we are very aware that, unfortunately, Yes, unfortunately we don't have the funds to be able to improve the parks, although we do have for their maintenance, of course, but... but the Department of Public Works continues to inspect parks and recreation areas every month so that they do not deteriorate to a point where they cannot be recovered. I know that the Rotary Morning Rotary Club has also expressed its desire to be able to help us with the collection of funds for what we need to do now, but... And to also create a fund for the maintenance and repairs of the Tomoe Park. But that would be similar to the Land Trust when they were able to buy that surplus land next to the cliff. They were able to raise so many funds that they were also able to create a fund for all the properties next to the cliff, so... So, it would be the goal not only to be able to raise enough funds for what we need now, but for the future. So, I'm now going to talk about a management plan for these projects to improve their structure, to be able to assess all the municipal estates from the roof of this building to the recreation areas, to ensure to do a follow-up of the useful life of these facilities and the cost they are going to impose to be able to be prepared for them, which is something we still have to do. There are no further questions. We are going to move on now So the roadmap for the next five years is to make an evaluation of the community, to have workshops to make comments, y también en las juntas municipales para saber para la comunidad cuáles son sus principales proyectos prioritarios. Y, por supuesto, aunque debemos tener en cuenta cuál es la infraestructura crítica, pero no sé cuánta gente vendría ahora para apoyar el puente, aunque porque no es algo que sea realmente muy estimulante. what the community So, as the mayor said, it's not just about the new facilities, but also the maintenance of the existing ones. So, we also have to do an internal analysis to see where there are deficiencies in our structure. And then, finally, taking into account what it needs, but also what the community wants. And that requires a long-term publication. So, we have to make sure that all this also aligns with the general plan. with the regional objectives, regional priorities. So it's not that we can assign a percentage to each one. In the end, it's going to be more of what we can afford. and that will change over the next five years.

So, because at the moment we only have a budget for the next two years, so the third, fourth and fifth years are still something that would only be in the planning phase.

And also, once we received comments from the Finance Committee, we will also be very interested in being able to make the community more involved for what to do in the next five years. And then it is very similar to what we did in the last cycle, so some because some projects have a very specific duration cycle. So we're going to have to include those parts in our work workshops and others that were mentioned, and give them a score. It will be a formal score, because we need to know the cost, also how urgent it is, if it aligns with the plans, and these personal recommendations will go to the municipal council so that they can also then make the definitive changes to this list based on the different recommendations and once we know what the financing sources are, so that later at the end the council adopts. And that is how the process will be to be able to provide this quinquennal plan in more general. group of projects and then but well from what I understand I correct myself we have like 70 projects to improve the structure of it and that this then what this plan is trying to do in general is to be able to reduce this to a number of smaller projects for example, the eight that we also reviewed here today and that are already in the budget. So, if you have any questions. So, for the projects that we have budgeted, how many of them are going to be restricted funds? So, well, that's a good question. i could have talked about that but it is good to reiterate that 100 percent have uh they are going to use general fund money at different points in time but but you can see this deposit that we have previously reported where you can see the subsidies also the quotas of discretionary revenues so we do need those funds for those types of projects i think it's really helpful just to say for for residents because these projects because then using the correct money for the improvement of payment is very good because that means that we are not using non-discretionary funds thank you very much for that so then And thank you also for the personality of your presentation. I don't know if Stefan Laskin did it, but he did a PowerPoint presentation, but it looks very nice, very professional. The use of colors and everything is very good. Thank you for transmitting all that. Good job. Any more questions? My question is very specific. to the first group or level one or group one, yes. the project to replace the Carpentry Bridge. $15,345,000 is calculated to cost, of which $88,500 is federal funds, 12%, so the rest comes from other sources of funding. that we are going to have to find some way. I would like to know, so I will try to answer that. So, as I said, in the Finance Committee we have been paying for these costs over time, so the 11% that the city is paying is not necessarily everything at once, but we would use that practice of using the most restricted funds first, and then only use the discretionary funds when necessary. Thank you. My next question is about the pool. Why? which is a very hot topic. People realize it. They know that it is necessary to make repairs and people ask us about them. So, and we had planned to complete this project in 2028, but if I'm not mistaken, what I see there, we only have financing for the design. So that would be simply like $1,100,000 that you're going to have to find financing for. And maybe this is the first time we've formally said that we're going to try to record funds for it, but I know we've been trying to find money, foundations, but at what point are we going to have to use the general fund to pay for this? because the community knows that it is necessary to do this, and it is something that I had asked before. This is also a security issue, so if we don't have the funds at some point, are we going to have to use the general fund and prepare for it? What I said is correct? I'm sorry. So, well, it's my turn. So, no, the goal for this particular project like the library, in which there is a lot of support from the public. And in reference to what Janet said before, we have organizations that have shown their interest in supporting it. And so, what I'm asking is what is going to be the final figure, and as you know from the skate park, how things can go. So, for being a recreational facility, so to speak, but it is possible that at certain times security programs are presented, that we have a part of the reserve funds to be able to repair the discretionary funds available. I don't mean to say that this is not going to happen, but that is not our goal. The goal is to finance it completely. add on to that um councilmember mayor through the mayor today but well then councilman mayor to date we have achieved 300 thousand dollars from various organizations for this project we are very sure that we will be able to raise enough funds and subsidies for this project as an alternative is to do the works in phases would not be something ideal or what I would prefer but if necessary we could raise subsidies every year to simply go from the main priority to the least priority following the order of priority of course this would not be our main main option but it's something that we could talk about more in the municipal council, not having the funds for them. For example, the main priority, I think, was then the sewage system and also concrete, and that's like $400,000, and that's where we would start. And that's something we can do. So, in relation to that question, I think it's important to establish some deadlines, because the new projects should be approved, and approve this budget assignment or its change, because we have here several projects to improve our structure in competition like the others or for example then the community pool then where they fall when as a security issue in comparison with others for projects of carpentry parks so what i'm not sure i have understood well is that they are going to have a fundraising campaign Or are they going to do it in phases, something they haven't decided yet, or that is already underway and they already have a plan for it? Or have they decided it? Well, I had a meeting with Julissa Briones to raise funds, but it is not something that has been formalized yet. We are waiting for to know what is the amount of money that we are going to need in terms of projects that compete in my department. Yes, we have many projects that are very important for us and the community, and trying to deal with them all at the same time. I know there are hundreds of funds, for example, there are some people who would be willing to donate to the pool, but not to the recreation areas. For example, we have people who are swimmers or who are also willing to to sponsor the aquatic aquaculture activities, but they don't have children and I don't want them to be used for recreation, but for albergues. But we also have other people who tell us, what do you want us to give them? But other projects, such as the Tomal Recreation Area, in which we have a good collaboration with the Morning Rotary and others who have been in charge of the fundraising and who have simply asked for the green light so that they can implement it. As for the improvements to the pool, So I wanted to know, then, more or less, what are the deadlines for it? So... Yes, sorry, I didn't answer that, but then... With 196, who has the similar question of the company in charge of the design, they will also be able to give us a more concrete idea of the schedule of the works, but according to what he said, this company of 196 will also give us a schedule of financing. We will have to play it by year to a degree based on the funding. um uh in which we do not have the capacity to do all that type of work and that, therefore, we hire people from outside, and so we use consultants, and that saves us money having to have someone hired all year to be able to do that type of project. So, for... when we have several projects, although we have some managers and professional consultants, there is still a lot of work in the management of these projects. And these project managers have also helped us to be able to move forward with all the projects when sometimes we have four or five at the same time. So, in the past, we have had in our department people who had a good capacity for project management and could informally also take charge of managing these. But then, the savings of using this type of construction people is what allows us to complete the projects before. So, to be able to do four or five projects a year instead of just one. And that probably saves us like hundreds of thousands of dollars instead of having to wait for those projects, to be able to implement those projects later, which would increase their cost. So we use, that's why we use construction managers and also consultants, that kind of situation. It's just a question, isn't it? So, any public comment? No, we don't have any public comments or... So, I ask that the budget report on infrastructure improvement programs in the middle of the fiscal year 2027 be approved. So, in response to what Councillor Flark said, we have had many of these presentations about this, many comments from the community. And this has been a very good experience for me. It made the strategy change over time as a result of the comments we received. So I want to thank the staff for that. Gracias a ustedes. Deberíamos observar que inicialmente no era esta la presentación de PowerPoint, pero fueron los comentarios de Clark y también de la comunidad los que llevamos at this point.

So, as the vice-mayor said before, it was the ability to work as a team and knowing that sometimes we are not able to present things in an easier way to understand.

So, it is always important to obtain comments from the various committees in order to be able to move forward. So what you see here this afternoon, as part of the half-cycle report, is that we will present it on the 8th, and then we will concentrate on operations and other more concrete things. to be able to approve the projects. So, we are going to participate in different committees, and together, I was in Vicon on Friday, which is a presentation of the three ports, the Channel Islands, Ventura Harbor, and the Port of Santa Barbara. and that not everyone had received the funding for the drilling. And the most interesting and fascinating thing is to see the photographs of before and after, after the drilling of these ports, because all these ports accumulate, if not a lot of sand, And as I mentioned several times, they cut down the wall. And many times they end up here in carpentry, which has to be dragged. And in fact, it's the... a project of the Army Corps of Engineers and they have not allowed the lawyer for the financing of any project, so it required a lot of pressure from our local representatives to be able to get these three ports the money for their drilling. It seemed very interesting to me and I wanted to mention it. I also went to the meeting on the housing of Santa Barbara, which was a regional collaborative conversation about the strategic plan for housing in our county. And everyone was there to mention the different difficulties that they are having in each of their communities. that Mark Carlson received a very good presentation and did an exceptional job, but the more we talk about this, the more people will know and the better prepared we will be to be able to provide housing at the regional level. That's all for me. Anything else? So, confirm the existence of the councilors to the future council, yes, all of them. With that, the council officially concludes at 9.24.