The Carpinteria City Council on Nov. 24 authorized staff to join a county-led update of the multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan and accepted the city's annual development-impact-fee (DIF) report and related capital-improvement-plan updates.

Juliza Briones, the city's emergency-management program manager, asked the council to authorize the city manager to submit a letter of intent to participate in the county's grant application to update the countywide mitigation plan and prepare Carpinteria's annex. County staff are pursuing a $375,000 grant to fund the update; Briones said that if the grant is awarded the update would be fully funded with no direct city cost beyond staff time. If the grant is not awarded, the city's estimated share is roughly $25,000 and would require council approval before a financial commitment.

Council voted unanimously to authorize the letter of intent. Briones said participation promotes consistent data, regional coordination for hazards that cross boundaries (wildfire, flooding, seismic risks) and maintains FEMA mitigation-funding eligibility; she added that the city annex would return to council for adoption and for FEMA certification.

In a separate public hearing staff presented the annual DIF report required by the Mitigation Fee Act. The report covered fee categories (streets and thoroughfares, traffic-control, storm drains, parks, Quimby/open-space) and FY2425 expenditures: $11,500 (highways/bridges), $294,000 (Eastview Veil stormwater), $5,000 (traffic-control), and $49,000 (Franklin Creek Trail improvements). Staff reported an ending ledger (as of 6/30/2025) of roughly $2.2 million and recommended adoption of the resolution updating the fee schedule to reflect a CPI adjustment. Council adopted the resolution to accept the annual report and update the CIP.