Join Us for the February 1 Virtual Goleta City Council Meeting

Happy Birthday Goleta! Topics include Proclaiming the City’s 20^th Anniversary, District Elections and Sheriff’s Office Contract

We hope you will join us for Goleta’s City Council meeting held via Zoom on Tuesday, February 1, at 5:30 p.m. on the City’s actual 20^th birthday! (Closed session begins at 4:30 p.m.). We encourage you to watch live and/or participate. Directions for how to do so can be found below. Items on the agenda include:

• City Council will proclaim the City of Goleta’s 20^th Incorporation Anniversary. Read the proclamation here: https://tinyurl.com/27t4572f. Council will watch a Happy Birthday Goleta promo video in advance of the 20 Year Reflections Video debuting March 5, 2022, at the City’s 20 Year community celebration at Rancho La Patera & Stow House. We hope to see you there!
  
  
• Council will hold a public hearing to consider draft maps for City Council voting district boundaries and sequencing for district elections. The City is moving to district elections in November 2022. Since June 2021, the community has been invited to participate in the process of drawing district election boundaries for Goleta. Maps were due by January 6, and at the January 26, 2022, Public Engagement Commission meeting, the Commissioners reviewed and discussed the maps and made a recommendation to Council on their preferred maps. The public can still provide comment on the maps at this February 1 public hearing and the special Council meeting on February 3. Watch the Public Engagement Commission meeting here and visit drawgoleta.org/draft-maps to see and comment on the submitted maps. View the full staff report here: https://tinyurl.com/5bc6n2rj.
  
  
• City Council will discuss submitting a notice of dispute to the County of Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office over re-computation of compensation for Fiscal Year 2022-23. The City of Goleta contracts with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services. The agreement includes provisions for making an annual adjustment in how much the City compensates the County for the quantity of services being purchased. For the current 2021-22 fiscal year, the City is paying an approximately 14.75% increase over the prior fiscal year’s compensation. The Sheriffs’ Office is asking for another approximately 13.38% increase for FY 22/23. As of January 27, 2022, the other Contract Cities (Solvang, Buellton, and Carpinteria) have authorized dispute resolution notices to be sent to the Sheriff’s Office. Read the staff report at https://tinyurl.com/3vwvb683.

For the complete February 1, 2022, City Council agenda, go to: https://tinyurl.com/2mu43yj7.

How to Participate

• Virtual Participation: Join Meeting Electronically via Zoom at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZcyaUVujQYqSZEYvr9B3mA; Webinar ID: 919 6530 7856; Oral comments during a meeting may be made by electronic participation. Information on Closed Session is included in the agenda.

  Submit an email prior to noon on the Monday of the City Council meeting to cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org and include the item you wish to speak on and provide your name, email, and phone number. When asking who wishes to speak, the City Clerk will ask that you utilize the “raise hand” feature, this lets the Clerk know you wish to speak and will call your name when public comment is taken.

• Written Participation: If you would like your comment to be distributed to City Council, please submit via email by 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the City Council meeting. Please submit your comment to the City Clerk at: cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately.
  
  
• Just Watch: You can watch City Council meetings live on Channel 19 or live on our website at www.CityofGoleta.org/GoletaMeetings. If you miss the meeting, it is rebroadcast on Channel 19 Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and is available to watch at any time on the City website.

Sign up to receive an agenda sent to you via email or text here: https://tinyurl.com/y36ervg4.

Goleta City Council - Top Row left-to-right: Mayor Pro Tempore Stuart Kasdin, Mayor Paula Perotte, Councilmember Roger Aceves; Bottom Row left-to-right: Councilmember Kyle Richards and Councilmember James Kyriaco