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Bacara Design Review January 27th

Friday, January 23, 2009

The city of Goleta is considering allowing the Bacara to do some major construction that will effect beachgoers in the area. The Bacara wants to yank beachgoers around even more than presently, by re-locating the public parking lot, building 56 more suites, and generally continuing to move the public as far away from J.Lo as they can get away with. The best time for public comments to be heard about the Bacara's continued encroachment at the beach is to write something for a review meeting come up on the 27th of January. Click here to download the pdf of the staff report. About the Design Review Boards and the meeting:

Several community members have inquired about the Bacara project which will appear before the City of Goleta’s Design Review Board, next Tuesday, Jan 27th at 4pm (time certain). Attached is the DRB staff report for your information. Please share with others who might be interested. The Bacara has prepared a brochure of their proposed project which is available at City Hall.

Let me take a moment to inform you about the design review process. The first meeting, which will be held next Tuesday, Jan 27th is a conceptual review where the applicant will present the project to the DRB and the DRB will respond with general comments about the project. Under the DRB;’s purview are such issues as size, bulk, and scale, viewshed, architectural character, parking, site planning, landscaping, lighting, stormwater runoff, grading, and compatibility. I expect that this conceptual review will be the first of several follow-on conceptual review meetings where the project may change based on comments by the DRB. Public comment would be most appreciated and is the most valuable at this point in the review process. There will be other opportunities for the public to participate on this project as it moves along in the process at follow-on DRB, planning commission, council, and Coastal Commission meetings.

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