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From the CITY MANAGER
Vol. 24, no. 29
Dave Durflinger
april 12 - 18, 2018
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Resilient Carpinteria
What a story! Emerging from fire and flood, a group of young men from Carpinteria High School rise to the top of the high school soccer world, winning the California Interscholastic Federation Regional championship; the first in school history. By now you likely have read or heard about this incredible Carpinteria story. Perhaps you attended the dramatic championship game in the rain at the high school, were at the Linden Avenue parade celebrating the championship or watched the recent City Council meeting where the team was recognized. There are many reasons to celebrate the team’s success, not the least of which being the support provided to these athletes from their families, classmates, teachers and other faculty at the high school and school district. The team’s success, improbable given the disruption and stress on students and their families created by the disaster and subsequent evacuations, can be viewed as one significant chapter in a story about community resilience. Through the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow Carpinteria has proven itself a resilient community. Carpinteria’s infrastructure, economy, institutions and social networks weathered these disastrous events and continue to thrive and support our successful, small beach town. With that said, a disaster provides experiences from which we learn. Improved understanding of risks educates the ongoing work to mitigate hazards that our community is vulnerable to, improv-
ing community resiliency for the future. Carpinteria is known as a community that cares. Understanding the role that Carpinteria organizations and institutions play in caring for people in our community, in particular our most vulnerable residents, and creating strategies to support this critical work, is perhaps some of the most important disaster mitigation work that we can do. As Carpinteria and the greater region continue recovery from the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow disasters, City and County officials are also working to plan and implement mitigation strategies capable of reducing or eliminating longterm risk to hazards such as earthquakes, fires and floods. Coastal communities in Santa Barbara county like Carpinteria are vulnerable to multiple hazards. While our preparedness to respond may be very good, there will always be opportunities to work in advance of such disasters on projects and programs capable of avoiding or lessening their impacts on the community. The Santa Monica debris basin, a part of the areas flood control infrastructure that was built in the early 1970’s in response to identified flood hazard risks, is an example of an infrastructure mitigation project that due to its design (and its maintenance by the County Flood Control District) was particularly effective in avoiding loss of life and property during the 1/9 Debris Flow event. And, as important as such infrastructure is in mitigating risks and supporting community resiliency, the Carpinteria High School soccer team’s success story illustrates well that disaster mitigation projects and programs don’t stop at infrastructure, they also involve working together as a community to support individuals and families such that they have the strength to endure, recover, and move forward. In this context, resiliency can mean just having the capacity to get back to our daily work and routines. But resiliency can also mean winning a soccer championship.
Meet Lieutenant Brian Thielst, Chief of Police Services for Carpinteria
Lieutenant Brian Thielst is the City’s Chief of Police, overseeing all law enforcement operations in Carpinteria. Lieutenant Thielst is no stranger to Carpinteria as his history in the City started with his father who owned and operated the “Grocery Store” on Carpinteria Avenue (current Lemos location). He remembers working with a lot of local kids at the store and has great memories from the friendships he made in Carpinteria. Lieutenant Thielst also has an impressive history with the Santa Barbara Sheriff ’s Department where he started as a Deputy in 1986. Since that time his experience with the Department includes service as a Senior Deputy, Mountain Patrol Deputy, Sergeant, member of the Gang Enforcement Team, work with the Criminal Investigations Division, member of the Special Enforcement Team (SWAT), and service as a Search & Rescue Coordinator. Lieutenant Thielst attended Dos Pueblos High School and Santa Barbara City College, where he played on both school’s football teams. In his role as the City’s Police Chief Lieutenant Thielst wants to make himself and the deputies approachable to the public and to work together to maintain a safe community.
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The Food Liaison Selected as City’s Community Partner for Spring 2018
Located in the Shepard Place Shops (1033 Casitas Pass Road) The Food Liaison serves up delicious food, provides catering services, and cooking classes as well. Not only do the owners Nirasha and Jason Rodriguez operate a successful Carpinteria business, they also contribute to the Carpinteria community. For the past three years The Food Liaison has employed local young men and women from Girls Inc., The Howard School, and Cate School through externship and internship programs, where they teach the importance of a strong work ethic, leadership, and responsibility. Additionally, Nirasha serves on the Carpinteria High School Culinary Program Advisory Board and is an Advisory Committee Board Member of Career Technical Education at Carpinteria High School where she influences youth mentorship through vocational-technical certification curriculum. The Food Liaison has also contributed healthy menu options to The Howard School lunch program introducing students to a variety of sustainable cuisine and encouraging diets that help to keep their energy, focus, and challenge their palettes. During the Thomas Fire, The Food Liaison was involved in an effort that provided approximately 2,950 meals to the Thomas Fire first responders, thanks to the generosity of their corporate and private clients. They delivered the meals to both Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, stopping at road blocks to feed the CHP and Sheriff ’s Deputies, staging areas to feed Dozer Operators and Fire Fighters, and to the Helipads to feed the aerial support staff. This past summer, The Food Liaison also hosted “Christmas in July” in honor of the late Michael Towbes. It was a week-long fund raising and awareness event that raised approximately $40,000 benefitting Girls Inc., Carpinteria Arts Center, Plaza Playhouse (Alcazar) Theatre, Franklin Trail, The Howard School, and Forrest Holt. The City is grateful for the many contributions of The Food Liaison and congratulate Jason and Nirasha and their staff on being selected as the City’s Community Partner Award Recipient for spring 2018.
City Welcomes New Employees
Licette Maldonado
Licette Maldonado is the City’s new Administrative Services Director. Prior to joining the Finance Team at the City of Carpinteria, Licette worked as Utilities Finance Officer for the City of Oxnard and for six years as an Accounting Manager for the City of Camarillo. Licette earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Finance from California State Long Beach and her Master’s in Business Administration from Cal State Channel Islands. She has also served as co-chapter chair for the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers (CSMFO) Channel Counties Chapter for 3 years. Licette has two daughters, Mayani and Breza. She resides in the City of Oxnard.
Matt Organista
Matt Organista is the City’s new Aquatics Program Coordinator. Matt was born and raised in Carpinteria and grew up with heavy involvement in the local aquatics programs with a keen interest in the Junior Lifeguard program. He was fifteen and a half when he began lifeguarding at the Community Pool. During that time, he played water polo and swam at Carpinteria High School which helped develop his interest in Triathlons. Matt has experience as a Junior Lifeguard instructor, a club swim coach for the Carpinteria Aquatics Club, a seasonal Head Swim Coach at Cate High School, and as head coach of the Carpinteria High School Boys Water Polo and Boys and Girls Swimming teams. Additionally, Matt earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology at Westmont College. He lives in Carpinteria with his wife Sarah and their daughter Eden.
Employees Recognized for Dedicated Service The City recently recognized several City employees and Sheriff ’s Deputies for their devoted service to the City and the community. Congratulations to the following employees for their dedicated service: 30-YEAR RECOGNITION
20-YEAR RECOGNITION
Ann Meyer, Parks & Recreation Management Assistant Sergeant David Brookshire 15-YEAR RECOGNITION
Lorena Esparza, Community Development Administrative Assistant
Tamara Cloud, Pool Superintendent Senior Deputy Corey Watkins
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County recognizes CUSD employees
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Girls Inc. alum comes full circle
Art is back! Carpinteria Middle Schoolers Celeste Mayoral, Sia Valikonis and Isabella (last name withheld) are luminous with creative energy after successfully completing a twelve-week art program pilot at Carpinteria Middle School. Student artists will exhibit their work in a school art show in May which will be open to the public. Read the full story on page 15.
Warriors and Rams go head to head KARLSSON
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