Topics:

1. North County H.O.T. Committee Meeting THURSDAY
2. South County H.O.T. Committee Meeting FRIDAY
3. Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden "Fun Day" SATURDAY
4. North County "Looking Forward" Awards Nominations

1.  SB CAN North County H.O.T. (Housing, Open space and Transportation) Committee meeting 
Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 
Rabobank, 1554 S. Broadway, Santa Maria 

DRAFT AGENDA

1. Call to Order by Chair Jerry Connor; Introductions; Agenda Review (5 min.)
2. City of Santa Maria Housing Element: City Council hearing is on Nov. 18. Hancock Terrace is no longer being counted as “Very Low Income,” but Very Low and Low have been combined into one category, meaning that very-low income families may have fewer options available in the future. (10 min.)
3. Measure P follow-up: voters did not support restrictions on oil production in the unincorporated areas of the county.  We will discuss how to best use available resources, including grant funding that SB CAN has in hand, to protect residents of Santa Maria from oil and gas production within the city limits. (20 min.)
4. Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery Rail Spur project: comments on DEIR are due on Nov. 24. The DEIR may have deficiencies. In any case, there are significant impacts on the Union Pacific main line that can’t be mitigated by San Luis Obispo County.  The County could deny the project based on these impacts. (15 min.)
5. Santa Maria Valley Business Park: Pacific Coast Business Times reported recently that the Santa Maria Airport District is expecting to receive final approval of its plans for an expanded business park. What can be done to ensure that expansion of the business park yields benefits to our whole community? (10 min.)
6. Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Issues (10 min.)
7. Green Team Update: Jeanne Sparks will report on progress at the Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden         (5 min.)
8. Other current items of interest to those in attendance (5 min.)
9. Suggestions for next month’s agenda

2.  SB CAN South County H.O.T. (Housing, Open space and Transportation) Committee meeting 
Friday, November 14, 2014 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 
Rabobank, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Corner of Carrillo and Anacapa Streets, Santa Barbara 

DRAFT AGENDA

1.         Call to Order; Introductions; Agenda Review (5 min.)

2.         Measure P Follow-up:  voters did not support restrictions on oil production in the unincorporated areas of the county.  We will report on the discussion at the Nov. 13 North County HOT Committee meeting about how to best use available resources, including grant funding that SB CAN has in hand, to protect residents of Santa Maria from oil and gas production within the city limits.  We can also discuss other Measure P follow-up issues. (20 min.)

3.         Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery Rail Spur project: This project is in San Luis Obispo County, just across the county boundary, but it has the potential to result in up to five 80-car trains full of crude oil each week traveling ``through all of Santa Barbara County.  Comments on DEIR are due on Nov. 24. The DEIR may have deficiencies. In any case, there are significant impacts on the Union Pacific main line that can’t be mitigated by San Luis Obispo County.  The County could deny (and in an op/ed by SB CAN staff to run in the SM Times on Nov. 14, we argue should deny) the project based on these impacts. (20 min.)

4.         Other Potential Discussion Items:

            -           UCSB Long-Range Development Plan wins final approval at Coastal Commission—SUN’s impact (Dick Flacks)

            -           UCSB Sustainability Conference (Bill Shelor)

            -           Lompoc Co-op Festival (Ken/Jeanne)

            -           Mobile Home Project: Sharon Rose

            -           Sustainable Living Research Initiative (Ben Werner)

            -           Isla Vista Self-Governance project (Jonathan Abboud)

            -           Housing Elements

            -           Revised PRC 421 Re-commissioning Project: Final EIR available at                                        http://www.slc.ca.gov/Division_Pages/DEPM/Reports/Venoco_PRC_421/Venoco_PRC_421.html

            -             Milpas St. Business Improvement District Proposal (Dick Flacks)       

5.         Anything of interest to those in attendance (10 min.)

6.         Suggestions for next month’s agenda (5 min.)

3.  Green Team Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden "Fun Day" 

Saturday, November, 15 from 10 a.m. to noon

Thank you,

Ken Hough
SB  CAN Executive Director
[email protected]
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