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6  Thursday, January 12, 2023 CITY BEAT Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California City meeting moved to Zoom format, some items postponed due to storm

“We don’t want to stifle any potential public comment.”

–Mayor Al Clark, on moving items to the council’s next meeting due to the storm

BY EVELYN SPENCE

Just hours before the Jan. 9 meeting of the Carpinteria City Council was set to begin, the meeting was switched to a virtual format due to the powerful storm hitting the county. Concerned that Carpinteria residents dealing with the storm would not have the chance to comment, the council elected to move several items to its Jan. 23 meeting.

These items included: The continuance of the off-lease dog park program at El Carro Park; the selection of city representatives for its Regional Agencies and Committees, City Council Joint and Standing Committees and Ad Hoc Committees; and the selection of interview questions for vacant spots on the city’s boards, committees and commissions.

“We don’t want to stifle any potential public comment,” Mayor Al Clark said Monday.

These items will be reviewed at the Jan. 23 meeting of the Carpinteria City Council.

Monday night’s city council meeting was moved online just before it began due to the powerful storm that hit the county earlier this week.

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Few water rescues reported in Carpinteria, no storm drownings

There were “a couple” of water rescues in Carpinteria as of Monday night, Chief Greg Fish from the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District said at Monday’s council meeting, with no reported drownings.

“The thunderstorms that you may have been familiar with from 1/9, 2018, are those same types that wreak havoc on our communities,” he warned Monday.

Fish said every firefighter and emergency responder was on deck Monday.

Public Works Director John Ilasin added that the Public Works Department operated under a storm watch, meaning that after hours, staff monitor “acute” points of concern around the city. The city has also repeatedly fortified the winter berm.

Council designates e-bike safety awareness day, human trafficking awareness month

The Carpinteria City Council approved two proclamations at its Monday night meeting. The first proclamation designated January 2023 as human trafficking awareness month; Elsa Granados, executive director of Standing Together to End Sexual Assault, spoke on behalf of the proclamation.

The second designated Thursday, Jan. 19, as e-bike safety awareness day within the city of Carpinteria, due to a “rapid increase” in less experienced, high-speed bicyclists within the city, the proclamation said – causing the potential for further ADVERTISING collisions. Kent Epperson spoke on behalf of the Santa Barbara County Association

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of Governments on the matter, urging residents to learn more about e-bike safety.

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