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City of Carpinteria Celebrates 60^th Anniversary

The California JPIA recognizes the City of Carpinteria, which celebrates its 60^th Anniversary this year.

The city was incorporated in 1965 and maintains a delicate balance of staying true to its small-town roots while remaining welcoming to visitors. “The city takes pride in its community,” said Senior Risk Manager Tim Karcz. “They have a lot of small, independently owned restaurants and places of business. It’s not a cookie-cutter kind of town—it’s very local.”

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The city has completed several significant projects in recent years, including the construction of a skate park adjacent to City Hall. The city also manages extensive wetlands and is coordinating with other agencies on the removal of infrastructure connected to decommissioned offshore oil platforms. Looking ahead, Carpinteria is assuming stewardship of more natural spaces, including cliff areas and trails near the train tracks. “The city’s literally growing in size with this open space that it’s acquiring,” said Karcz. “And with that comes decisions and risk management.”

Carpinteria has been a California JPIA member for 33 years, joining the Authority in 1992. Building on their longstanding membership, the city continues to innovate. They recently formed a team with staff from every department to address liability concerns and safety issues identified in a risk management evaluation.

“They actively involve us and have been wonderful partners of ours for many years,” said Karcz, who has worked with Carpinteria for nearly 10 years and regularly participates in the city’s quarterly all-hands staff meetings to discuss risk management topics.

“The Authority empowers us to not only manage claims effectively but to proactively mitigate risk and liability exposure across our entire organization,” said Assistant City Manager Ryan Kintz. “In the coming years, we look forward to strengthening this partnership by leveraging the California JPIA’s extensive training catalog, collaborating more closely with Tim on new risk-related processes, policies, and procedures, and fully utilizing their dedicated experts and resources. Our collaboration with the Authority is fundamental to building a more resilient and secure future for the City of Carpinteria.”

Congratulations to the City of Carpinteria for 60 years of serving your residents!

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