Court like hearing marks fired bus driver's appeal
Trustees of the Santa Ynez Valley High School District heard four hours of testimony on Ray mond Brown's dismissal appeal at the Hal W. Hamm Library. Brown denied the charges including dangerous driving and abusive language as witnesses described a high speed pass near Alamo Pintado Avenue and a parking lot incident. If the board upholds the dismissal he can appeal to superior court at the next meeting on Jan. 12.
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Hal W. Hamm
Santa Ynez Valley
Raymond Brown
Brown
David Baker
Capes
Don H. Vickers
California School
Employes Assn
Leonard Bonilla
Board
Harlan Burchardi
Alamo Pintado Avenue
San Marcos Pass
Crown
Patrice Perez
Santa Barbara
Highway Patrol
Cavaletto
Solvang
Sharon Cloonan
Mary L. Jones
Santa Ynez
Jack M. Tedford
Janin Acres
Jones
Marilyn Wheeler
Buellton
R Douglas Smith
Bill Shortell
Stewart
Shortell
Ballard School Driveway Road and Parking Expansion Completed
Ballard School district reports contractor C Sanchez and Son completed paving of the driveway play area and created a new roadway plus expansive five acre parking area east of the school. Trustees Swanson authorized installing a new metal flagpole after the wooden pole was broken during after school hours.
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C. Sanchez and Son
Ballard
Herb Swanson
Swanson
Solvang SMID approves parking zone changes and plant upgrade
A public hearing on zone of benefit changes in Parking District No 1 of the Solvang Municipal Improvement District moved 11 parcels to a higher zone and two to a lower. The board also approved a $14,658 change order for safety upgrades at the nearby sanitary treatment plant. The final meeting of the year is scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. in the district center.
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Solvang Municipal Improvement District
SMID
Holiday open house for Santa Ynez motel owners
Mr and Mrs Jim Grissom hosted a Christmas open house at the Santa Cota Motel on Highway 246 west of Santa Ynez. Special guest Tom Dobbins of the Viking Motel in Solvang received a Christmas money tree for his efforts to persuade the county board of supervisors to rescind the rate hike on the transient occupancy tax. The Grissoms, new owners since February, aimed to gather local motel operators informally.
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Tom Dobbins
Viking
Solvang
Jim Grissom
Charles Lunt
King Merrill
Santa Cota
Highway 246
Santa Ynez
Dobbins
County Board of Supervisors
River crossing fund appeal denial upheld
The State Water Resources Control Board upheld a denial of funding for the Santa Ynez River deep crossing project. The order allows two years for SMID to connect to the joint district facility and considers alternatives to a bridge. A joint powers agreement must be approved by March 1, with an EIR to follow before concept approval.
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Santa Ynez River
Ballard
King Merrill
Santa Ynez
Roy Dodson
Dodson
SWRCB
Solvang
Jackie Chiapella
SYCSD
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River Crossing Fund
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