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Update by an edhat reader
February 9, 2022
Recently added City of Santa Barbara public meetings:
California requires that public meetings be noticed, publicly posted, at least 72 hours, 3 days, before the meeting. Two city-wide-important meetings have been posted since Monday.
1. The De La Guerra Plaza Revitalization Advisory Committee posted on Tuesday, 2/8, that their next meeting will be on Friday, February 11, by Zoom at 8:30-10 AM. This is not listed on the City’s advisory commission calendar.
To discuss the Historic Landmarks Commission analysis of the Revitalization Advisory Committee’s concept plan and to discuss optional design concepts.
That meeting was on January 19 and the video begins at approximately 3:30 of the 6+-hour meeting. https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/brdcomm/dm/historic/videos.asp Draft minutes: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/SBdocuments/Advisory_Groups/Historic_Landmarks_Commission/Current/07_Minutes/2022-01-19_January_19_2022_Draft_Minutes.pdf; there were 15 Public Comment letters: https://tinyurl.com/382jua8v .
To comment: join meeting electronically at: https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/j/86504888904
2. Design Standards public meetings: Third meeting of the Design Standards Work Group.
https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/services/planning/mpe/sbds/public_meetings.asp
On Feb 11, at 10 am: the 3rd meeting of the Design Standards work group
https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=243874
To join meeting electronically at: https://santabarbaracagov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r69k2HtGSkKf32HM_6BBWA
The 1st meeting concerned the purpose of this potentially important work group:
https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=239270; meeting videos are posted on this page.
By an edhat reader
February 6, 2022
Week of – February 7-10: SB city council and advisory committee meetings: a quiet week ahead for Council and advisory commission members.
Santa Barbara city advisory commissions, https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/default.asp. All now are by webinar or Zoom. A long-time Edhat subscriber thought it would be helpful and interesting for the community to have accessible a weekly listing of selected meetings. We agreed. Please tell us what you think, good idea? waste of time? want it to continue, but covering more than Santa Barbara city? Would Edhat readers like to have some terms explained, for example: what is a Consent Calendar, a preApplication Review, or?
Santa Barbara City has a calendar of meetings; here’s February’s calendar: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/cals/ . In addition, City TV covers many of the meetings and has reruns; here’s the programming page: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/cityadmin/programming.asp
Monday, 2/7, 3pm; Architectural Board of Review (ABR)
Agenda: https://tinyurl.com/2p95wvw3
final approvals: 1717 Thomas Ave., 2217 Oak Park Ln; new items, concept review: 1210 Carpinteria St., 3102 State St.
Join Meeting Electronically at: https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q9TpHFXvTMmdiosPROA2dg
Previously scheduled pre-application reviews, 418 N. Milpas and 425 Garden St, have been postponed indefinitely at the applicants’ requests.
Tuesday, 2/8 City Council, regular meeting 2PM.
Agenda: 189-pgs. https://records.santabarbaraca.gov/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=740&doctype=1 Proclamation that February is Black History Month.
Public Access, by Zoom, city council meeting registration: https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BHXU9bk1SWq0ntGHplRq0Q
Main agenda item of probable public interest: (prior Consent items are all potentially of interest): Item 10. Introduction of a proposed ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors.
(Missing for meetings subsequent to August 11, 2020 are the Minutes of prior Council meetings, a disadvantage for public research, not to mention the new mayor; all advisory commissions seem to have minutes of their prior meetings.)
Wednesday, 2/9, Staff Hearing Officer, 9 am
Agenda: 924 E. Haley https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/SBdocuments/Advisory_Groups/Staff_Hearing_Officer/Current/02_Current_Agenda/2022-02-09_February_9_2022_Agenda.pdf. Decisions may be appealed to the planning commission.
To join electronically: https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sY1d90qDTJ-nqBiUE2pbvg
Thursday, 2/10, 7:30 am: Downtown Parking Committee
Preliminary fiscal year budget discussion. To join electronically:
https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/j/85030375654?pwd=K2Nwell3WE5INThDVWVlOXNlTzNFdz09
Thursday, 2/10, 1 pm: Planning Commission: Meeting cancelled.
