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Week of March 14-18: SB city council and commission meetings
Here’s the weekly listing of meetings of the Santa Barbara city council and various city commissions. All now are by webinar/Zoom. A long-time Edhat subscriber, concerned about government transparency, thought it would be helpful and interesting for the community to have accessible a weekly listing of selected meetings, those of possible Santa Barbara city-wide interest. We agreed. Please tell us what you think, good idea, waste of time, suggestions for improvement? Last week, there were requests for coverage of Carpinteria and Goleta; volunteers to do that, please contact ed@edhat.com.
Santa Barbara City has a calendar of meetings; here’s the calendar for March: 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, 3/14
Architectural Board of Review, Consent, 1 pm. 618 Garden Street, Final Approval.
Single Family Design Board 3 PM; agenda .
Independent Redistricting Commission, 6-7:30 pm, district 6, at the City Council and electronically: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/brdcomm/dm/irc/default.asp . Interactive map: https://ndcresearch.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=38464e2ca9c347af8009a06f4fa268d5
Neighborhood Advisory Commission, 6 pm: Agenda.
Tuesday, 3/15
City Council regular meeting 2PM.
Agenda packet, Agenda includes the Consent Calendar, with Item 9, the Council’s response to the 12/2020 Grand Jury report on zoning and permitting issue; the Council via its City Attorney rejects the GJ’s Recommendations. Item 10: Public Hearing for the 2022 Downtown and Old Town Business Improvement Districts Assessments.
Wednesday, 3/16
Historic Landmarks Commission, Consent agenda, 11am. Includes an item for 812 Garden Street, converting an office building into a 30-room hotel.
1:30 pm, regular meeting, Historic Landmarks Commission: agenda: https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/SBdocuments/Advisory_Groups/Historic_Landmarks_Commission/Current/02_Current_Agenda/2022-03-16_March_16_2022_Agenda.pdf, includes the archaeological report on the 601 Garden Street, site of the new 64, 498 sq. ft, 53’-high police station; a development plan review by the planning commission will be required.
Creeks Advisory Committee, 5:30 cancelled.
Airport Commission, 6:00 pm; Agenda.
Thursday, 3/17, 9 am: Water Commission: To observe, to speak, register for the webinar:
https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3tcKfRgRQu6n7ysL9nKbqw . For the agenda: click here, The agenda includes a 45-minute presentation by Dakota Corey, water supply analyst, updating the annual Januarywater system presentation.
Planning Commission, 1 pm: agenda.
3/17, 5:30 pm, Harbor Commission, agenda: here, includes access info. (new time and location for meeting, but still via Zoom.) Item 5, presentation on commercial fishing; item 6, introduction of various Waterfront Department fee increases.
Friday, 3/ 18, City administrative offices are closed, a bi-weekly occurrence.
Last week, there were requests for coverage of Carpinteria and Goleta; volunteers to do that, please contact info@edhat.com.
