— The Goodland Outlook, April 16, 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. GOLETA LIBRARY NEEDS YOUR HELP ASAP (volunteers of all ages)
3. GOLETA’S PLANNING COMMISSION TO HOLD A HEARING ON GRANNY UNIT ORDINANCE AT THEIR APRIL 23 MEETING AT 6PM
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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. GOLETA LIBRARY NEEDS YOUR HELP ASAP (volunteers of all ages)
Here is a message from Allison Gray, Director of the Goleta Valley Library:
THE GOLETA VALLEY LIBRARY NEEDS YOUR HELP! We have until June 30th to re-label and re-barcode our entire 75,000 item collection prior to becoming an independent library on July 1st, 2018. (There will be a HUGE celebration July 1st that we will tell you more about closer to the day).
We need volunteers for two different roles:
– One group will pull items from the shelves onto carts, keeping them in order, cross out anything that says “Santa Barbara Library,” and finally put a new barcode on each item. No tech skills required!
– The other group will use the library computers and scanners to register the new barcodes into the library system. The scanners do most of the work but it will be helpful to be comfortable with a computer.
We will need people to sign up for hour-long slots of time any time the Goleta Library is open from April 16 through June 30.
You will be trained during your first day or you can come to a Training Session on Saturday April 21st from 3:30 – 4:30 pm.
Please sign up for as many time slots as you can – 75,000 items will take a LONG time to convert!
Specific staff and volunteer coordinators will be available to help you while you are volunteering. If you are interested, please sign up at the Library.
If you have questions, feel free to call me at 805-562-5502 or email me at agray@cityofgoleta.org
WE’RE RELYING ON YOU!
Thank you most sincerely,
B. Allison Gray Director of the Goleta Valley Library
[Added note: be sure to tell your community-minded friends, service clubs and other organizations]
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3. GOLETA’S PLANNING COMMISSION TO HOLD A HEARING ON GRANNY UNIT ORDINANCE AT THEIR APRIL 23 MEETING AT 6PM
As you may have heard, the State of California has passed a series of state laws that seek to ease California’s housing shortage by eliminating local restrictions that made it difficult or impossible to build such small second homes, “Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) commonly known as granny flats. (see http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-backyard-homes-20180413-story.html for a more on this.)
The laws do provide some latitude for how local jurisdictions, such as Goleta, can adopt these laws. And some existing Goleta ordinances will need to be modified to be in compliance with California’s ADU laws. So Goleta’s Planning Commission will hear from the public on a new ADU ordinance. The Planning Commission meeting will take place Monday, April 23 at 6PM at City Hall-Council Chambers, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B.
You can view Goleta’s official hearing notice on this matter by clicking here.
You will be able to view the agenda for the Planning Commission’s April 23 meeting by clicking here later this week.
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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