TGO #41- a forum, a hearing, a recap, and CPA

— The Goodland Outlook, March 26, 2018 —

1. THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO A FREE FORUM ON “RUNNING FOR AND SERVING ON GOLETA’S CITY COUNCIL,” THURSDAY APRIL 19 AT 6:45 PM.

2. PUBLIC IS INVITED TO GOLETA’S ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY PRESENTATION TUESDAY, APRIL 10 AT 6:00 P.M.

3. HEARING ON APRIL 24, 2018 AT 5:30 PM REGARDING REPLACING THE ODOR MONITORING STATION REQUIREMENT UNDER THE ELLWOOD ONSHORE FACILITY PERMIT WITH AN ODOR MONITORING STATION NEAR WEST CAMPUS (UCSB)

4. SUMMARY OF GOLETA PLANNING DIRECTOR PETER IMHOF’S PRESENTATION ON PLANNING DEPARTMENT’S WORK PLAN

5. INFORMATION FROM CITIZENS PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (CPA)

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Details:

1, THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO A FREE FORUM ON “RUNNING FOR AND SERVING ON GOLETA’S CITY COUNCIL,” THURSDAY APRIL 19 AT 6:45 PM.

Responding to community interest on Goleta’s November 6 election for City council, The Goodland Coalition will be hosting a free, non-partisan public meeting on Thursday, April 19 6:45 PM at the Goleta Public Library Meeting Room. The topic will be: “What’s involved in running for, and serving on, Goleta’s City Council?”

PROGRAM

-Margaret Connell, Goleta’s first Mayor and twice elected to the City Council, will speak about the duties, rewards, and time commitment for serving on the Council including attending council meetings, committees, and community functions, remuneration, and other considerations.

– Goleta City Council members Stuart Kasdin and Kyle Richards will speak about what’s involved in running for office – the mechanics of filing, deadlines, public speaking, and “electioneering” including campaign costs and fundraising.

Audience question and answer period: The attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of Margaret, Kyle and Stuart. Attendees can also comment on what they are looking for in a city council candidate.

DATE & TIME: Thursday, April 19 6:45 PM – 8:30 PM

LOCATION: Goleta Public Library, 500 N Fairview Ave, Goleta

ADMISSION: FREE

R.S.V.P. Optional, just to make sure we have enough cookies: info@thegoodlandcoalition.org

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2, PUBLIC IS INVITED TO GOLETA’S ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY PRESENTATION TUESDAY, APRIL 10 AT 6:00 P.M.

PROGRAM

– Hear from Mayor Paula Perotte and City Manager Michelle Greene on topics important to you.

– This is a great opportunity for the public to ask questions of the city leaders.

– Spanish translation will be available.

– This event will be rebroadcast on Goleta TV (channel 19/104.148) and will also be posted on the City’s website at http://www.cityofgoleta.org. A broadcast schedule will be available after the event.

DATE & TIME: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 6:00 PM

LOCATION:The Goleta Valley Community Center (5679 Hollister Avenue)

ADMISSION: Free

R.S.V.P.: Not necessary, just come

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3. HEARING ON APRIL 24, 2018 AT 5:30 PM REGARDING REPLACING THE ODOR MONITORING STATION REQUIREMENT UNDER THE ELLWOOD ONSHORE FACILITY PERMIT WITH AN ODOR MONITORING STATION NEAR WEST CAMPUS (UCSB)

This hearing is to accept public comments on the recently issued draft permit renewals and proposed major modifications for the South Ellwood Field stationary source.

Many are especially concerned with the State Land’s proposal to replace the current odor monitoring station with one on UCSB campus which is more distant.

The Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday April 24, 2018 from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm in the Wisteria Conference Room at the District’s office in Santa Barbara: Air Pollution Control District; 260 N. San Antonio Rd, Suite A; Santa Barbara, CA 93110

To learn more, click on https://www.ourair.org/031118-pub-notice/

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  1. SUMMARY OF GOLETA PLANNING DIRECTOR PETER IMHOF’S PRESENTATION ON PLANNING DEPARTMENT’S WORK PLAN

Goleta’s Director of Planning and Environmental Review, Peter Imhof, spoke at a free public forum hosted by The Goodland Coalition, March 10, 2018.

Mr. Imhof discussed his plan for his 15 regular staff members to deal with a huge set of ambitious and pressing items. Here are some of the key projects The Planning Department is focused on.

– A Permit Tracking System. The purpose of this new system will be to increase efficiency and retrieval of permits leading to better service to the public. Changing from a paper system to an electronic one will make it easier for staff, applicants and the public to access needed documents. The tracking system should be in place by year’s end.

– Another important project is the New Zoning Ordinance, to align Goleta’s zoning with its General Plan. Roll out of the draft new ordinance could be available for public review and comment in 2018, with final adoption by the council in 2019.

– Several key ordinances are being drafted to apply local preferences to State of CA legislation on Accessory Dwelling Units (granny units) and Cannabis. These should be finished by summer 2018.

– The Ellwood butterfly habitat plan by November.

– A review and clarification of Goleta’s Design Review process should be completed by the end of 2018.

Director Imhof followed his talk by staying and graciously answering all the questions from the audience.

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5. INFORMATION FROM CITIZENS PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (CPA)

Some Goleta residents have asked how they can become more involved in local planning issues. We at The Goodland Coalition want to mention that there are opportunities for Goleta residents to keep in touch at CPA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots community organization. Below is an excerpt from CPA’s newsletter, CPAR.

CPA’s annual meeting will be Saturday, June 16 at 1 p.m. at the Pico Adobe (behind the office, with free parking.) We will be electing officers and board members, so if you have a few hours to help us support the organization and our mission, please consider volunteering for the board. Contact us: citizensplanningsb@gmail.com.

You can visit CPA’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/citizensplanning/ and the CPA website https://www.citizensplanning.org/ for updates. Or contact Marell Brooks, Executive Director; 805-966-3979 or by email, citizensplanningsb@gmail.com

As CPA indicated in a recent newsletter, “CPA is always open to new volunteers, new committee members, new board members, new topics for research, and planning-related subjects for civic or policy action. If you have a topic or project we should know about, please let us know. If you know someone who hankers to get trained, and get involved, please tell us. We need your help to stay involved and pay attention to all that goes on in our community. Join us! To contact us or subscribe to our newsletter: citizensplanningsb@gmail.com.”

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CITY OF GOLETA CONTACT INFORMATION:

To send an email to Mayor Perotte, city council members Aceves, Bennett, Kasdin and Richards and City Manager Greene, copy the following and past it into the TO: section of an email.

pperotte@cityofgoleta.org, raceves@cityofgoleta.org, mbennett@cityofgoleta.org, skasdin@cityofgoleta.org, krichards@cityofgoleta.org, mgreene@cityofgoleta.org

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