Janin Acres residents protest new projects at OEQ hearing
At a Solvang area OEQ hearing residents from Janin Acres voiced strong objections to land divisions and a 5.10 acre Purcell property plan. They warned about drainage and potential septic issues, urged better notice of hearings, and cited past fights over adjacent developments and water contamination risks.
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Janin Acres
OEQ
County Office of Environmental Quality
Solvang
Stan Radom
Mary C. Purcell
Land Division
Purcell
Wendell Phillips
Radom
Towbes-Baldacchino
Phillips
George Stanton
Rancho Marcelino
Final push for Jarvis tax petition signatures reaches counties
Volunteers in the Santa Ynez and Lompoc Valleys led by Millie Saunders push to collect signatures for the Jarvis amendment limiting property taxes to 1 percent of market value. Over 4 000 signatures have been gathered locally, with a statewide ballot placement hoped. Signers may submit at Olson's Drugs Buellton Solvang or Saunders home Santa Ynez Oaks 2675 San Mil Rd. Call 688 4368 with questions.
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Santa Ynez
Lompoc
Millie Saunders
Santa Ynez Oaks
Water main and easement required for Solvang lot split
The Solvang Municipal Improvement District board accepted a water report on Jessie A. Combs lot split on Fredensborg Canyon Road. Combs must build a six inch water main 750 feet to the property northerly boundary, install a fire hydrant, grant a water easement, and the district will oversize to eight inches and fund the larger line.
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Solvang Municipal
Rezoning Delayed for Alisal Ranch in Santa Ynez Valley
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, by a 3-2 vote, exempted the Alisal Ranch area from immediate rezoning for one year while continuing downzoning of other Valley properties. The move followed lengthy discussions and a split Planning Commission recommendation, with Hedlund and Wallace opposing the exemption and Fletcher and Yager supporting it.
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Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
Alisal Ranch
Santa Ynez Valley
Robert E. Kallman
Santa Barbara
Alisal
Santa Ynez River
Solvang
Robert Hedlund
Hedlund
Alisal Road
Hedlund and
Wallace
Los Padres National Forest
Kallman
Fletcher
Art Walker
Santa Ynez
Joe Betz
Work Begins On Two New Los Olivos Classrooms
The Los Olivos Elementary School board announced start of two new classrooms and an extension to an existing wing. A third room will be created by converting storage in a seventh eighth grade building moved across the street. Trustees also discussed the Hart Bill testing requirement and received negative declarations from the Office of Environmental Quality on district lot splits. They also changed meeting night from Tuesday to Monday SUVA Fiji.
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Los Olivos
Board of Trustees
Office of Environmental Quality
SMID water panel to discuss funding on river crossing
The two member Solvang Valley Improvement District will meet Feb 10 with staff from the California Water Resources Control Board to review an alternate wastewater facility route funding. SMID seeks state support for a north bank pump relocation and deep force main as a substitute for the previously denied deep river crossing.
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Solvang
Ken Jones
Bill Leonard
San Luis Obispo
Jacqueline Chiapella
Santa Ynez
SMID
SYCSD
Alisal
Smid Board
Santa Barbara County 4-H Hosts Japanese Youth Exchange
Santa Barbara County 4-H families may host a Japanese youth from July 22 to August 20 under the Japanese Labor 4-H Exchange program. County Home Advisor Josephine W. Van Schaick notes the program is ongoing and SB County has hosted Japanese youths before. For more information contact Mrs. Van Schaick, 4-H leaders, or local club leaders Mrs. Frank Costa in Santa Ynez Valley at 736-5465, Mrs. Art Kroetsch in Lompoc at 736-4386, or Leslie George in Lompoc at 736-8876.
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Santa Barbara County
Josephine W. van Schaick
van Schaick
Frank Costa
Santa Ynez Valley
Art Kroetsch
Lompoc
Leslie George
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Solvang Lutheran
Otto Sorensen
Christine Petersen
Bernard Poulsen
Rebecca Hansen
King Merrill
Albert J. McCurdy
Highway 246
Janin Acres Property Owners Assn
Roger del Mar
Health Department
Stanton
Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Jack Ford
Ford
Sacramento
Ontario
Jarvis
Alan K. Elliott
Highway 101
Buellton
Santa Ynez Mountains
Lois Rinevan
San Marcos Pass
Charlotte Stevens
Stevens
Planning Commission
Queen
Suva
Fiji
Elizabeth
Britannia
South H Street
Flo’s Fashions
H’ Street
Mastercharge & BankAmericard
Republican Women’s Club
Paul Francis
Jack Pellerin
American National Bank
Cesarina Loustalot
Pellerin
Francis
Robert Stevens
Mastro
I” Street
Richard
Kamax
Ocean
Lompoo
Redken
Zotos
Uniperm
Roux
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