Santa Barbara News-Press: November 30, 2020

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Tribal arts? Alpaca bag! Peruvian Imports sells handmade knitwear at Museum of Natural History

SB Unified to discuss purple-tier plan By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Barbara Unified School District board meets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday during a special meeting to edit the district’s plan for reopening. It will consider applying for a waiver to reopen

elementary schools under the purple tier. Previously, the board agreed to open all schools Jan. 19 for hybrid learning under the red tier. Current COVID-19 cases are increasing, and it looks unlikely the county will graduate from the Please see SB UNIFIED on A8

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The Santa Barbara Unified School District board will consider Tuesday whether to apply for a waiver to reopen elementary schools under the purple tier.

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Gisella Carroll helps customers at her Peruvian Imports stand at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Saturday.

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Featuring handmade knitted belts, intricately designed pillows, vibrant ornaments and colorful sweaters, Peruvian Imports made its debut in the form of a pop up at the courtyard of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Saturday. The pop up is a family-owned company that produces luxurious Peruvian Alpaca knitwear for people of all ages. Seventeen Peruvian families complete all the work by hand, only using machines 10% of the time. Each unique design displays richly detailed shapes and scenes, and the alpaca fleece is hypoallergenic, softer than cashmere and more durable than wool. The company has been around for 20 years, and Peruvian native Gisella Carroll hatched the idea for it after marrying her husband from the United States. Better known as “Gigi” by those who know her, she saw the differences between the U.S. and Peru firsthand. “I wanted to marry the two countries,” she told the NewsPress. “I don’t come from a very wealthy family, so I decided to support the women that work directly with their hands. “The main goal is to help my people from there because they worked with their hands for so many years,” she said. “I don’t

FYI To browse the Peruvian products, visit Peruvian Imports’ website at https:// peruvianimports.net.

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Handmade items at the Peruvian Imports stand included knitted baby clothing.

For more on the marketplace, see Tuesday’s News-Press. want the kids to work in that business — I want them to go to school.” The founder said that she realized she was doing something right when one of the boys from a family village became the first one to go to college. “I told myself the day I left the country that I would bring something back,” Ms. Carroll said. “It’s a big deal, because all their lives, they get up, they go to work... they come home, they cook, they repeat. That is very sad.” The shop’s most popular Please see MARKET on A8

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Peruvian Imports sells products for all ages, including handmade stuffed animals.

In its regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 1, the Goleta City Council will receive a financial update on the city’s preliminary actual revenue and expenditure activity through the first quarter for the FY 2020/21 Operating and Capital Improvement Program. The report provides a review of the continued estimated economic impact from COVID-19 from July 1 through Sept. 30. Revenue performance through the end of the first quarter outpaced projections, resulting in a higher than anticipated unassigned fund balance of $8.9 million for the General Fund, according to the staff report. In other news, the council will receive an update from Regional Housing Needs Allocation. According to the RHNA, there are three main ways cities can demonstrate adequate sites to accommodate the RHNA: 1) vacant parcels zoned for residential or mixed use development; 2) previously developed “underutilized” parcels that could be redeveloped; and 3) potential new accessory dwelling units. The organization added other strategies for housing including: rezoning land from nonresidential to residential or mixed use; increasing density, height and/or floor area ratio limits; adoption of minimum density zoning; consolidation of small and irregular lots into larger building sites; greater incentives for housing development such as a density bonus; and encouraging increased ADU production. “Goleta has little remaining vacant land suitable for

residential development. Therefore, capacity to accommodate the RHNA must be met primarily through potential redevelopment of underutilized properties and potential ADUs,” the staff report reads. In addition, the council will be asked to introduce an ordinance to provide mayoral appointments to city and regional boards, commissions and committees. Staff will discuss two different types of appointments: appointment of members of the public to city and regional boards, commissions and committees, and appointment of the city council members of regional boards, commissions and committees. “While state law directs an elected mayor in general law cities to make ‘all appointments to boards, commissions, and committees,’ and that includes appointments of council members to regional boards, commissions and committees, the law does not address appointments of council members to the standing and ad hoc subcommittees of the council itself,” the agenda reads. “Historically, this had been done by vote of the full council. Since 2018, the mayor has made the formal appointments to council subcommittees, but staff have clarified that this is not required and, given the mayor and council’s expressed preference for more inclusive decision-making, subcommittees are not addressed in the proposed ordinance.” The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, and can be broadcasted live on Channel 19 or live streamed at https://tinyurl. com/GoletaMeetings. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Saturday’s SUPER LOTTO: 2-14-26-32-38 Meganumber: 5

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