JonS
03-03-2008, 09:34 PM
The Goleta city council moves forward with it’s plan to build on every empty lot in Goleta, including 62 condos at the Bacara!
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:24 PM
Subject: Yikes! Goleta City Council Entertains More Pro-Growth or Anti-Environment Amendments Tuesday, March 4, 6 PM
PLEASE NOTE: We're sending you this email because we think you are someone who cares about Goleta. If you'd prefer not to receive such items, please reply and we'll remove you from future such emails.
And if you think this is as important as we do, please forward this email to others who you think might be interested.
Here are 2 rather compelling reasons to attend Goleta’s City Council Meeting this Tuesday, March 4 at 6 PM:
REASON 1: To object to more proposed General Plan amendments requested by developers of Haskells landing. The requested amendments include items such as lowering standards for mitigating impacts of development and lowering environmental standards. You can read about it by clicking on http://tinyurl.com/3xvzkv then click on item C2. More details on this to follow soon.
Bacara, Bishop Ranch and Glen Annie Golf course are waiting in the wings for similar treatment. In fact, most of these changes would apply to all of Goleta. People need to show up and object to these rezones and lowered standards.
REASON 2: To testify at public comment to voice your objection to the majority’s (Bennett, Blois and Onnen) February approval of General Plan amendments to rezone the 14 acre Shelby property, from agricultural zoning to residential. This was in disregard of all the public comment against rezoning Goleta Ag land for more development, as well as in disregard for Goleta Planning Staff recommendations!
If you care about the impacts of more development more traffic, more environmental impacts, more strain on city services and budgets, etc. NOW would be a good time to take some action and tell the Council majority, enough is enough!
If you can't attend this meeting, you can still do something to help:
- email council members (see addresses below)
- forward this note to your friends and neighbors asking them to express their sentiments on the council majority’s urbanization of Goleta
- write letters to newspapers expressing that Goleta is in danger of losing all its ag land while gaining more traffic, more environmental damage and more impacts, just so developers can profit by building housing 95% of us can't afford.
Note that the Council has already approved La Sumida Gardens -200 new units at Patterson and Hollister - and Villages at Los Carneros -275 units at Los Carneros and Highway 101. We should try to see how we deal with what’s already approved before making such massive changes.
If we don't stand for something, we'll have to stand for anything.
COUNCIL CONTACT INFORMATION
mbennett@cityofgoleta.org
raceves@cityofgoleta.org
jwallis@cityofgoleta.org
jblois@cityofgoleta.org
eonnen@cityofgoleta.org
cc: schase@cityofgoleta.org
Please forward this note to your friends and neighbors asking them to express their sentiments on the council majority’s development plans for Goleta.
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:24 PM
Subject: Yikes! Goleta City Council Entertains More Pro-Growth or Anti-Environment Amendments Tuesday, March 4, 6 PM
PLEASE NOTE: We're sending you this email because we think you are someone who cares about Goleta. If you'd prefer not to receive such items, please reply and we'll remove you from future such emails.
And if you think this is as important as we do, please forward this email to others who you think might be interested.
Here are 2 rather compelling reasons to attend Goleta’s City Council Meeting this Tuesday, March 4 at 6 PM:
REASON 1: To object to more proposed General Plan amendments requested by developers of Haskells landing. The requested amendments include items such as lowering standards for mitigating impacts of development and lowering environmental standards. You can read about it by clicking on http://tinyurl.com/3xvzkv then click on item C2. More details on this to follow soon.
Bacara, Bishop Ranch and Glen Annie Golf course are waiting in the wings for similar treatment. In fact, most of these changes would apply to all of Goleta. People need to show up and object to these rezones and lowered standards.
REASON 2: To testify at public comment to voice your objection to the majority’s (Bennett, Blois and Onnen) February approval of General Plan amendments to rezone the 14 acre Shelby property, from agricultural zoning to residential. This was in disregard of all the public comment against rezoning Goleta Ag land for more development, as well as in disregard for Goleta Planning Staff recommendations!
If you care about the impacts of more development more traffic, more environmental impacts, more strain on city services and budgets, etc. NOW would be a good time to take some action and tell the Council majority, enough is enough!
If you can't attend this meeting, you can still do something to help:
- email council members (see addresses below)
- forward this note to your friends and neighbors asking them to express their sentiments on the council majority’s urbanization of Goleta
- write letters to newspapers expressing that Goleta is in danger of losing all its ag land while gaining more traffic, more environmental damage and more impacts, just so developers can profit by building housing 95% of us can't afford.
Note that the Council has already approved La Sumida Gardens -200 new units at Patterson and Hollister - and Villages at Los Carneros -275 units at Los Carneros and Highway 101. We should try to see how we deal with what’s already approved before making such massive changes.
If we don't stand for something, we'll have to stand for anything.
COUNCIL CONTACT INFORMATION
mbennett@cityofgoleta.org
raceves@cityofgoleta.org
jwallis@cityofgoleta.org
jblois@cityofgoleta.org
eonnen@cityofgoleta.org
cc: schase@cityofgoleta.org
Please forward this note to your friends and neighbors asking them to express their sentiments on the council majority’s development plans for Goleta.