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Makers and Wares Market marks Carp to respond International Women’s Day to Sheriff’s rate increases By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Today, the Carpinteria City Council will review and respond to a letter from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office requesting a 45-day extension of time to engage in good mutual faith efforts to resolve the current law-enforcement contract dispute. In February, Carpinteria city staff wrote that “no supporting evidence” was provided by the Sheriff’s Office to support driving up the cost of contracted law enforcement services by nearly 50% in some areas. Along with reviewing the letter, the city council will also review the mid-year budget report and consider adjustments to the budget. The review examines financial results and trends as they compare to budget projections, and reviews the condition of significant revenue and expenditure categories. “The mid-year results indicate that the city’s budget projections within each fund were generally sound,” the staff report says. “The primary interest is the General Fund, which is the funding source for a majority of the city’s basic services, such as law enforcement and legal services. The adopted
2020/21 budget projected General Fund revenues short of expenditures by ($16,200), ($171,800) in Operating Transfer (Capital Projects), and ($526,350) in subsidies to the Park Maintenance, ROW Assessment District and Recreation Services funds.” The recommended adjustments for all funds proposed an increase to revenue of $945,677, increase to expenditures of $323,945 and increase to General Fund Subsidy of $98,585. The council will also be discussing the Community Development Block Grant Committee’s recommendations concerning the 2021-2022 Public Services Grant Applications. City staff is recommending to allocate the CDBG funds equally between Peoples’ Self-Help Housing’s Carpinteria Camino Scholars program and the United Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara County’s Carpinteria Unit. “The city’s CDBG funds are intended to be used to support improved community facilities and services that support affordable housing, suitable living environments and expanded economic opportunities,” the staff report reads. “CDBG funds are intended to be fully allocated Please see carp on A7
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Denise Zenteno, the maker behind Rain Frog Woodworking, sells handcrafted wood tools during the International Women’s Day Market at the Paseo Nuevo shopping center in downtown Santa Barbara on Sunday.
By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Makers and Wares Market hosted 59 women-led booths at Paseo Nuevo in celebration of International Women’s Day (which is today). The event, presented by Blissful Boutiques and Women’s Economic Ventures, was free for the entrepreneurs. Lisa Green, president and CEO of the Makers and Wares Market, wanted to make the day free as a gift to vendors and shoppers. “Everybody’s been suffering this whole year with COVID. And I figured, International Women’s Day — let’s do something to just get the community together and bring them out,” she told the News-Press. She saw the holiday as a good way to honor women who might be struggling during the pandemic. “I think the women, in my opinion, were hit the hardest. Because they have to be mom; they have to be teachers; they have to get home with the kids, etc. So that was part of the other reason why it’s doing this and offering it free to the vendors,” she said. Ms. Green, an entrepreneur herself, has presided over the market for nearly five years and just recently opened the market to include non-handmade items. “A small business that wants to get up off their feet and they can’t afford to rent a brick-and-mortar storefront — we want to be able to give them a chance. We want to be able to take care of everybody,” she said. The market, which is located beside State Street in downtown Santa Barbara, allows vendors
Officials will also discuss permanently closing blocks of State Street, developing master plan By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Paula Fell sits behind a mosaic portrait of David Bowie she was commissioned to make while selling her mosaic art at her booth.
from surrounding cities to participate. (Some local markets only allow Santa Barbara residents to join.) Denise Zenteno of Rain Frog Woodworking heard about the market from friends in Santa Ynez Valley Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS). Some of the moms had small businesses and were planning to represent Santa Ynez Sunday.
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Sunday was Ms. Zenteno’s fourth time selling at a market, first time in Santa Barbara. She began woodworking six months ago when she saw a lathe among the tools her husband keeps in the garage. She describes discovering woodworking as falling in love. Her father was an architect and used woodwork in his designs, so the trade resonated with her.
Her display of pens, cooking utensils and bowls look as though she’s been making them for years. “As an engineer, I’ve always worked with my hands, so it wasn’t a hard transition,” she explained. She was an engineer for seven years before immigrating to the U.S. and starting a family with her husband. Please see market on A8
On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara City Council will discuss the abandoned shopping cart ordinance that was postponed from February. The proposed ordinance, if adopted, would require: permanent identification on shopping carts in the city; loss prevention measures; employee training programs designed to prevent cart removal from business premises; mandatory retrieval within 24 if carts are removed; and subsequent penalties to cart owners for failure to identify or retrieve. State law already makes it unlawful to remove a shopping cart from business premises or to possess it after it has been removed, so this ordinance won’t add any additional penalties for individuals unlawfully removing carts. Instead, it will focus on cart recovery and management. Carts being used by individuals experiencing homelessness will be left alone. According to city officials, that will be a separate conversation. In other business, the Parks and Recreation Department is asking for authorization to
apply for an $8,500,000 grant for the Ortega Park Revitalization Project. The project has already received preliminary design approval from the Architectural Board of Review and approval from the Parks and Recreation Commission. Environmental review is currently underway and Planning Commission consideration of the project is anticipated in spring of 2021. Murals have been the main topic of conversation with the project, especially after a community webinar in November, where residents expressed concern with getting rid of any of the historic murals. “Following public input from the community webinar, a mural evaluation report was prepared by an art conservator with input from the artists and community stakeholders,” the staff report reads. “This report, along with further community discussion, will refine the options for the preservation and integration of the murals into the revitalized park as well as opportunities to relocate and recreate the murals.” Also on Tuesday, the council could potentially make some Please see jumps on A7
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