SANTA BARBARA COUNCIL AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS: APRIL 25

By an edhat reader

Week of April 25 to April 29: meetings of the municipal council and the advisory committee of the SB.

A long-time Edhat subscriber, hoping for more public involvement in our local government, thought it would be useful and interesting for the community to have a weekly list of select meetings, ones that might be of interest to the whole town. . We agree. Do not hesitate to tell us what you think, good idea? waste of time? you want it to continue but with more than the city of Santa Barbara? There were cover requests from Carpinteria and Goleta; volunteers to do this and/or county meetings, please contact [email protected].

This weekly list of Edhat volunteers includes city council and some advisory committee meetings. As directed by Council: City of Santa Barbara Advisory Committee meetings are now held in person. Only Council will have “hybrid” access, in-person and via Zoom, allowing those who cannot attend Council meetings in person to raise concerns via Zoom. Individual departments, however, make their own choices about whether or not to enable hybrid; see the calendars listed for access information. Locations: City Council Chambers upstairs at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street; David Gebhard Hall, 630 Garden Street, or where indicated.

Santa Barbara has a municipal calendar of meetings; here it is for April: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/cals/. (NB: City Calendar is a guide and is not always accurate.) City TV covers many meetings and has reruns and updates with newly scheduled meetings: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/ depts/cityadmin/programming. asp.

Common abbreviations: PDA, Project Design Approval; FA, final approval. If we’ve misposted an address or there’s a meeting you’d like to see listed, please let us know in the Comments section below. Thank you!

MONDAY 04/25

Architectural Review Board (ABR), Consent, 11 a.m., cancelled.

Single Family Design Consulting, 11:00 a.m. Consent, Agenda, David Gebhard Room, Review After Final Approval, 3405 Sea Ledge Lane.

Single Family Design Consulting, regular meeting, 3 p.m., in person Salle DG; Agenda: 1384 Shoreline Dr., 105 Mesa Lane, 857 Sea Ranch Dr., 691 N Hope Ave. Public consultation letter posted at 691 N Hope Avenue.

TUESDAY 04/26

City Council Finance Committee, hybrid, Room DG, 12:30 p.m., Agenda and registration; Recommendation: That the Finance Committee hear a staff report on General Fund non-departmental revenues, including growth assumptions, as part of the Committee’s review of the recommended budget for fiscal year 2023.

Municipal Council, regular meeting, 2 p.m., hybrid; Agenda, includes access instructions and a link to the 253-page Board Agenda package, with March and April 2021 minutes.

https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/brdcomm/dm/historic/default.asp

WEDNESDAY 27/04

Historic Monuments Commission, Consent Agenda, 11 a.m.: 714 Chiquita Road, PDA and FA; 903 Arbolado Rd, new article, Concept Review.

Historic Monuments Commission, regular meeting, 1:30 p.m., in person in the DG room; Agenda: 524 Chapala St., FA, postponed to 11/5 at plaintiff’s request; 481 W. Mountain Dr., PDA; 328 W. Montecito St., (adjacent to Sahyan Library at 316 Castillo St.) new article, Concept Review; 17 W. Canon Perdido St, new article, unique concept review.

Parks and Recreation Commission, regular meeting, 4 p.m., municipal council chamber and access available via Zoom, see: Agenda for access procedures. 5 recommendations from the Street Tree Advisory Committee; Item 6: Parks and Recreation recommended budget for fiscal year 2023; includes fees and services and various capital programs for city parks and more, see: pages 6 and 7, for 2022-2023.

THURSDAY 28/04

Urban planning commission joint meeting with City Council, 9:00 a.m. in person at DG Room; Agenda, with link for participation via Zoom; Work Session: Subject: Housing Element Update Requirements and Objectives (650.06) Staff Report: “This work session focuses on the Housing Element Update, with an overview state requirements, process and proposed timeline to complete the work effort by February 2023, and a list of housing element goals recommended by staff for review and approval.

Fire and Police Board, 4 p.m., at Fire Station 1/EOC Classroom 121 W. Carrillo Street, SB, No video or recordings listed. Agenda, police and fire updates and, item 9, presentation by John Doimas, Assistant City Attorney, “regarding the charter and authorities of the fire and police commission”.

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FRIDAY 29/04

The municipal administration is closed, a bi-weekly event.

Last week, April 22, too late for last week’s Edhat viewing, 8:30 a.m., Faulkner Gallery, Public Library, HLC/Guerra Plaza Revitalization Design Advisory Committee Joint Meeting has been recorded. Sunday morning, there is still a dead link. Keep checking! Searching for City TV programming, we found shows scheduled on 10 p.m., Tuesday 04/26and again to 9 p.m., Friday 29/04. Showing community interest and concern for historic downtown Santa Barbara, 26 letters of public comment were released, linked here. There is no mention at all that there was even a meeting on the dlGPRDAC webpage.

BUDGET HEARINGS SCHEDULE, fiscal year 2023, link. These are working sessions and public hearings, with the floor of the public. City departments will present their annual budgets to city council starting in early May with a final review on June 21.

Of general interest:

City advisory boards are listed with their duties and powers described in the City of Santa Barbara Charter, Section VIII, Appointed Boards and Commissions.

AIA-Santa Barbara, August 2020, State Street Promenade and Housing Community Survey Results, 4,800+ responses, linked here.

Community Training Commission draft recommendation survey results, 1,040 surveys received and posted on website: here.

A useful city webpage is Government Transparency: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/transparency/default.asp.

Not listed is a link to the Ralph M. Brown Act (“Brown Act”), “In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that the public commissions, boards, and councils and other public agencies of this State exist to aid in the the conduct of the affairs of the people It is the intention of the law that their actions be taken openly and their deliberations be conducted openly.