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Tomols to make return to South Coast Ventura Chumash to partner with Patagonia to build tribe’s traditional canoes By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Chumash Elder Alan Salazar announced publicly for the first time that the Ventura Chumash community will be building Chumash canoes, known as tomols, with support and funding from Patagonia. Mr. Salazar made the announcement during his lecture “Chumash Maritime History—Past, Present, & Future” at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM), which took place at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17. As a storyteller, researcher and knowledge keeper of Chumash history, he shared some of their stories in his presentation and answered questions from audience members. “It went better than I had hoped. We had a wonderful turnout. SBMM was the most gracious host. There were about 120 seats, and they were almost all taken,” said Mr. Salazar. “I started in 1997… I have been building and paddling for 25 years,” Mr. Salazar told the News-Press. “I am one the most experienced paddlers and I have probably padded as many miles as anyone. When I talk about being a strong paddler at age 71, I am saying that to motivate my fellow paddlers. If I can do this, so can you.” Mr. Salazar explained that the Chumash were the first maritime culture in the region, plying the ocean with Tomols, a chumash word meaning canoe. The tomol design, which involves gluing and tying the canoes together using tar, twine and pine pitch, may go back 3,500 years. A tomol is a flat bottom canoe capable of carrying a lot of weight. It is generally used to catch fish and to transport people. In the 1820s and 1830s, they were used to transport trade items between cargo ships and what was then known as Santa Rosea island. The tomol plays a significant role in the 1824 Chumash revolt against the Santa Barbara priest and soldiers who badly mistreated the tribe at the time. The tomols were used to transport escapees to Santa Rosea during the revolt. Three modern tomols were built in 1997, with the first, “Elye’wun,” being placed in the water 25 years ago Saturday. “She is the first working tomol in modern times. She’s the one that was built for the Chumash community,” Mr. Salazar told the News-Press. Mr. Salazar is excited to announce that starting in 2023, tomols will start being built in partnership with Patagonia. “We are extremely excited to build authentic tomols in Ventura. I am excited to be able to help Ventura Chumash in collaboration with my tribe, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, from San Fernando. We are going to build tomols together with the support of Patagonia. It is truly an exciting time, to be able to help a little bit means so much to me,” said Mr. Salazar. email: kzehnder@newspress.com
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By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
The Carpinteria City Council today will consider whether to continue, amend or terminate the lease between the city and Uppo’s Garden, LLC, whose director, Marla Daily, helped organize the group seeking to pass Measure T. The council will meet at City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave., at 5:30 p.m. Measure T opponents maintain that Ms. Daily has a personal conflict of interest in the measure’s approval because it would have prevented the developers of the proposed Surfliner Inn from taking control of the parcel of land she now leases for a hobby garden and using it instead for public parking and part of a walking trail. As it stands, Measure T is on its way to being defeated, as Vote No on Measure T leads the Vote Yes group by 79 votes. 2,532 or 50.79
By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Chumash Elder Alan Salazar, left, is shown with Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Executive Director Greg Gorga. Mr. Salazar announced a partnership between the Ventura Chumash and Patagonia to build tomols during a talk at the museum on Nov. 17.
The “Elye’wun,” the first of three tomols built in 1997, is carried toward the sea.
% to 2,453 or 49.21 %. The county still needs to certify the results to make them official. If the measure is formally rejected, the city could terminate Ms. Daily’s lease and include the parcel in a lease with the developers who want to build a two-story boutique hotel on a downtown parking lot but still need the city’s approval. Today’s review of the lease was scheduled at the request of Councilmembers Roy Lee and Gregg Carty “for the purpose of allowing the council the opportunity to continue, modify or terminate it,” staff said. Either side can terminate the lease for no or any reason with 30 days notice. The parcel in question is a portion of a piece of property located at 399 Linden Ave. on the south side of the railroad tracks. The public parking lot north of the tracks is the site where the proposed Surfliner Inn would be Please see LEASE on A4
City staff will ask the Carpinteria City Council today to consider establishing badly needed active adult/senior programming services as well as a gathering site for older residents to meet and congregate with their peers. The council will meet at City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave., starting at 5:30 p.m. “Carpinteria’s median age is nearly 18% higher than the state average, and residents 60 and over make up 27.4% of Carpinteria’s population compared to 19.7% for the state and 20.4% for the county,” staff said in its report to the council. “Despite the large proportion of active adults and seniors within the community, Carpinteria does not offer a cohesive active adult/ senior programming menu, nor does it have a dedicated center for such programs to occur.” “Carpinteria is the only city in Santa Barbara County, other than the City of Guadalupe, that does not offer such programming, either through the city, an outside agency or some combination of the two.” Following a community needs assessment survey, staff is urging the council to first focus efforts on securing an interim location for an active adult/senior center. The center will serve as a “hub” for immediate programming and as a platform for future long-term programming discussions. “Long-term options such as an all-age community center have been discussed and generally well-received, however, stakeholders and long-time advocates for an active adult/ senior center are concerned that focus on long-term options will detract from efforts to initiate more immediate, interim options,” staff said. “Based on initial research of existing city-owned facilities and potential partnerships with mobile home parks, churches and local businesses, staff feels
confident that an interim active adult/senior center location can be quickly identified and, if authorized, secured for programming.” A preliminary site survey of potential interim active adult/ senior center locations indicates that, based on responses to programming preferences and accessibility barriers, programming options are increased, and accessibility barriers are decreased, at non-city owned facilities, staff said. Locations such as the Veterans Memorial Building and Carpinteria Community Library should serve solely as supplemental programming space, not the central program “hub,” staff said. Staff said the council would have to determine a budget for programming and potential facility use agreement(s.) “While volunteers often play a significant role in the success of active adult/senior programs, funding for at least one staff person is needed,” staff said. “Based on stakeholder feedback and collected data, dedicated staffing is now deemed necessary for interim options as well.” Staff recommends the creation of a full-time program coordinator position under the Parks, Recreation and Public Facilities Department. “This position will lead tasks such as programming, volunteer coordination, scheduling, grant administration, contracts and agreements, program promotions, and facility management.” The position may be limited to active adult/senior services programming or may be expanded to include coordination of potential future youth services under the city’s current civic/ youth engagement work program. “Additional part-time staff may be required in the future as programming expands.” In other business, staff is recommending the council consider amending the city’s Short Term Rental Administrative Please see SENIORS on A4
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