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Council authorizes MOA to join countywide Genesis Evac mapping and ReadySBC alert coordination
Summary
Carpinteria signed a memorandum of agreement enabling city staff to use the county's Genesis Evac mapping platform and to coordinate with the ReadySBC alert system; the tools launch in late June and are grant-funded through 2028.
The Carpinteria City Council on June 9 authorized the city manager to execute a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management to participate in the Genesis Evac emergency zone mapping platform and to coordinate activation of the ReadySBC (Everbridge) alerting system.
Genesis Evac is a map-based decision-support platform the county and eight cities developed to unify evacuation planning and public information across jurisdictions. City staff told the council Genesis will not replace ReadySBC (the county's direct alerting system) but will provide real-time zone maps, facility and population estimates, shelter information and a public-facing map at readysbc.org/emergency and protect.genesis.com.
Julissa Briones, the city's program manager, told council the public map will include translated alert messages and that the county will run a multi-phase public education campaign to teach residents how to use the maps and register for alerts. County emergency official Yeneris Muniz said the county created 534 emergency zones across Santa Barbara County and that internal users will include city and regional partners.
Why it matters: The county established the zones and will maintain the system; the MOA brings Carpinteria into the shared platform for coordinated public messaging and situational awareness during large-scale emergencies. Staff said the system is grant-funded through June 2028; if grants are not continued after that date the city would need to decide whether to fund ongoing access.
Council action: The motion to authorize the MOA passed by roll call vote (Nomura Aye; Salerno Aye; Clark Aye; Alarcon Aye).
What comes next: County and city officials said they will run public outreach, provide Spanish translations of alert messages, and convene a user group after launch to monitor use, collect engagement metrics (ReadySBC registrations, web clicks and app downloads) and proceed to a second phase of outreach focused on high-risk neighborhoods and evacuation-route planning.
