City of Carpinteria
Special City Council Meeting (State of the City) Agenda Monday, September 29, 2025
Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Avenue, Carpinteria, CA 93013 5:30 p.m. Special Meeting
In-Person Participation
Attendance/Viewing Options:
• Attend the in-person meeting at the Veterans Memorial Building (941 Walnut Avenue).
• View the meeting live through the City’s website (https://carpinteriaca.gov/cityhall/agendas-meetings/). • View the meeting on Government Access Television Channel 21 (broadcast live and rebroadcast on the Wednesday and the Saturday following the meeting at 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., respectively).
• Call 669-900-9128 (and enter Webinar ID 849 5178 9727) to listen to the meeting. • Join the City’s Zoom webinar by CLICKING HERE. Alternatively, you can join the Zoom webinar by logging on to www.zoom.us, downloading the application, selecting “Join Meeting”, and entering Webinar ID 849 5178 9727. • Spanish interpretation will be available at the in-person meeting and through the City’s Zoom webinar.
Public Comments
• Provide a live public comment during the in-person meeting at the Veterans Memorial Building (941 Walnut Avenue). For this meeting, public comment will be limited to 1 (one) minute per speaker.
• Though this meeting is viewable through the City’s Zoom webinar, public comment via Zoom will not be available for this meeting.
• Submit a written comment (as either a general public comment or on a specific agenda item) to be distributed to Council Members by 5:00 P.M. on the day before the meeting by either submitting your comment via (1) email to [email protected], or (2) the eComment link on the City's agenda website available at https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/agendas-meetings/. Please reference the agenda item to which your comment pertains. Although written comments become part of the record, they will not be read aloud at the meeting.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL ONLY BE HEARD CONCERNING THE AGENDIZED ITEM BELOW
STATE OF THE CITY:
Schedule (Times are approximate and subject to change.) 5:30 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. Opening Remarks by Mayor Natalia Alarcon 5:35 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Chumash Land Acknowledgment by Julie Tumamait-Stenslie 5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. City History Presentation by Interim Public Works Director Dave Durflinger
6:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Budget Overview by City Manager Michael Ramirez 6:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Question & Answer Session led by Program Manager Juliza Briones
City Council Special Meeting Agenda
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7:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Public Comment Period
7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. End of State of the City and the public is invited to the City staff tables in the Veterans Hall courtyard
ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held October 13, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at (805) 755-4403 or the California Relay Service at (866) 735-2929. Notification two business days prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements for accessibility to this meeting.
Materials related to an agenda item submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public review at the City Clerk's Office, located at 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA 93013 or by going to the City’s website at https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/agendas-meetings/.
This agenda was posted on Friday, September 26, 2025, in the City Clerk's Office, on the City Hall Public Notices Board, and on the Internet.
State of the City Address
September 29, 2025
Mayor
Natalia
Alarcon
District 2
Opening Remarks
Carpinteria City Council, 2025
Natalia Alarcon
Mayor
District 2
Mónica J. Solórzano
Vice Mayor
District 1
Al Clark
Councilmember
District 5
Julia Mayer
Councilmember
District 3
Wade T. Nomura
Councilmember
District 4
Left to Right: Robert A ‘Olly’ Olivas, James E. Gray, DDS, Allan R. Coates, Jr., Margaret M. Mills, Ernest C. Wullbrandt Why Veterans Hall? First City Council Meeting- September 28, 1965
Julie
TumamaitStenslie
Chumash Elder
Land Acknowledgment
Dave
Durflinger
Former Community Development Director, 1999-2001
Former City Manager, 2001-2023
Interim Public Works Director, 2025
Carpinteria at 60:
A Journey Through Time
Michael
Ramirez
Former Assistant City Manager, 2021-2023
City Manager, 2023- Present
A Look at City Finances
Property Tax
31%
Measure X Sales Tax
21%
Transient Occupancy Tax
21%
Sales Tax
12%
Other Revenues
10%
Other Taxes
5%
$ Millions
FY 2025/26
Budget
Percentage
Property Tax $5,526,800 31%
Measure X Sales Tax $3,798,000 21%
Transient Occupancy Tax $3,706,300 21%
Sales Tax $2,185,950 12%
Other Taxes $814,400 5%
Other Revenues $1,744,200 10%
Total General Fund Revenues $17,775,650 100%
General Fund Revenues
Type
FY 2025/26
Budget
Percentage
Professional Services- Sheriff $6,554,650 40%
Professional Services $2,137,450 12%
Salaries and Benefits $5,288,150 32%
Police Unfunded Actuarial Liability $509,400 3%
Contract Services $310,850 2%
Other Operating Expenditures $1,275,700 8%
Capital Outlay $51,000 3%
Total Expenses $16,127,200 100%
General Fund Expenses
Salaries and Benefits
32%
Other Operating
Expenditures 8%
Capital Outlay 3%
Contract Services 2%
Professional
Services- Sheriff 40% Professional Services
12%
Police UAL 3%
Type
FY 2025/26
Budget
Percentage
Recreation Services $721,700 32%
City Library $697,400 30%
Park Maintenance $486,300 21%
Right-Of-Way Assessment $256,250 11%
Public, Educational, and
Governmental Access Channels
$89,600 4%
Berm Assesment $28,600 1%
Capital Projects $18,000 1%
Total $2,297,850 100%
General Fund Transfers
City Library 30%
Park Maintenance
21%
Right-Of-Way 11%
Recreation Services
32%
Berm PEG 1%
4%
Capital
Projects 1%
Total Revenues Total Expenditures Available Fund Balance Fiscal Years
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21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25 25/26 26/27
0 5
10 15
20 25
$15.9 $16.3
$17.1
$17.8 $17.7
$18.0
$15.4
$12.6
$17.6
$22.7
$18.6
$19.3
$8.3
$8.7
$7.7
$2.7
$2.3 $0.8
Decreasing available fund balances
Expense and revenue trajectories
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
Strong Reserves
40% of operating and debt services expenditures
plus subsidies
Cost Recovery
AB939, Master Fee Schedule, Measure B
Winter Berm/Landscaping and Lighting
Assessment Districts
Long-Term Planning
Accommodate City Growth while Maintaining a
Small Beachside Town
Potential revenue measures
Budget Considerations
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carpinteriaca.gov/budget
Juliza
Briones
Program Manager & Public Information Officer,
2025-Present
Q & A Session
City Leadership
Ryan Kintz,
Assistant
City Manager
Nick Bobroff,
Community
Development Director
Jeanette Gant,
Parks, Recreation, and
Community Services
Director
Licette Maldonado,
Administrative
Services Director
John Ilasin,
Public Works Director
Could you share more
information on the
proposed Surfliner Inn
Project?
Community Development Department
Question 1:
How can I learn more
about the General Plan?
Community Development Department
Question 2:
What are the next steps in
the pool renovation
project?
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
Department
Question 3:
How does the City decide
when trees need to be
replaced?
Public Works Department
Question 4:
State of the City Address
September 29, 2025