The Pearl Chase Society takes a leadership role in advocating for the preservation of historic buildings and other cultural resources in the Santa Barbara area. Advocacy includes pro-active efforts to identify, document and protect historic buildings, sites, neighborhoods and cultural resources and to promote incentives for preservation. The Pearl Chase Society takes a leadership role in advocating for the preservation of historic buildings and other cultural resources in the Santa Barbara area. Advocacy includes pro-active efforts to identify, document and protect historic buildings, sites, neighborhoods and cultural resources and to promote incentives for preservation. Advocacy efforts include protesting the denigration and demolition of historic resources, speaking at public hearings, and alerting our members, the public and the press about preservation issues. Here's how you can help... |
PARTICIPATE IN community planning Plan Santa Barbara is your opportunity to shape the future of the City of Santa Barbara. The City is sponsoring a broad-based public outreach process focusing on future growth and development. PLAN SANTA BARBARA NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO INTERESTED PARTIES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 at 9:30 A.M. & THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 at 1:00 P.M. CITY HALL – 735 ANACAPA STREET CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS PLAN SANTA BARBARA (PLANSB) GENERAL PLAN FRAMEWORK: DRAFT POLICY PREFERENCES The purpose of this public hearing is for the Planning Commission to consider the General Plan Framework and Draft Policy Preferences for amendments to the City’s General Plan and make a recommendation to the City Council. The City recently completed public workshops on the Policy Options Report in July of 2008. The workshops and extensive public feedback helped inform the draft policies to be evaluated for the City’s amendment to the existing General Plan when planning for the next 20 year period. The Planning Commission action will include review of the alternatives to be included as a part of the Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) being prepared for the PlanSB General Plan Amendment. The Planning Commission will meet on PlanSB during two days. The first day will include a presentation on the recommended policies, Planning Commission questions and comments, and public input. Public input on the draft policies is encouraged on the first day to give the Planning Commission time to consider public input before taking action. The second day will be discussion and deliberation by the Planning Commission for their recommendation on the General Plan framework and policies to the City Council. The staff report and framework reports will be available at the Planning Counter, 630 Garden St., City Clerk's office, 735 Anacapa St., or the Central Library as of August 29, 2008. Reports are also accessible online at www.YouPlanSB.org. You are invited to attend this hearing. Written comments are welcome and will be entered into the public record. Written information should be submitted prior to the meeting at the Planning Division Office, 630 Garden St; by mail attention Planning Commission Secretary, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990; or by email at PCSecretary@SantaBarbaraCa.gov, and received no later than 4:30 P.M. on the Monday before the Planning Commission hearing. Please submit 12 copies of any written materials over 2 pages. Written comments are accepted at and up to the time of the hearing; however, the Planning Commission may not have time to consider materials submitted after the Monday deadline. If you have any questions or wish to be placed on a mailing list for future agendas for this item, please contact John Ledbetter, Principal Planner, at (805) 564-5470 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and every other Friday, or by email at jledbetter@santabarbaraCA.gov. Please check our website to verify office closure dates. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 5645305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases. This special meeting of the Planning Commission begins at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday and again at a regular meeting on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. and can be viewed live on City TV-18, or on your computer via http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Government/Video/ and then clicking City TV-18 Live Broadcast. City TV-18 will also rebroadcast this meeting in its entirety on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and again on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. An archived video copy of this meeting will be viewable, on computers with high speed internet access, the following Tuesday at www.santabarbaraca.gov/pc and then clicking Online Meetings. For more information, go to www.YouPlanSB.org |
LET US KNOW Whether you are a PCS member or not, you are encouraged to notify the Pearl Chase Society about potential preservation issues or alerts. Please contact the Society as soon as you are aware of an upcoming situation so that the Society will have time to respond. The following procedures are suggested in order for the Pearl Chase Society to take action on any preservation issue or alert: Write out the specifics of the structure, landscape or issue involved and the reasons for your concern. Include the property address, if applicable. Provide your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. Photographs of the subject property and surrounding properties are helpful. Send the information to the Society either by letter or e-mail. If you are also interested in giving a presentation to the Preservation Committee, which meets the fourth Tuesday of each month, please call The committee may recommend persons or agencies that might assist with solving the matter and/or vote to present the issue to the Board of the Pearl Chase Society with recommendations for action. The Board, at its discretion, may authorize that a letter of support be sent to the relevant agencies and officials. The Board may also designate a Pearl Chase Society member to speak on behalf of the Society at the appropriate public hearings. PRESERVATION ACTION ALERTS - SIGN UP NOW! Keep up with important historic preservation issues and take action to help. Join the Pearl Chase Society E-mail Preservation Action Alert Network.Sent only as needed (up to a few times a year), these e-mails explain urgent action you can take (phone calls, letters, community organizing, petitions, etc.) to help save specific Santa Barbara landmarks. To join the PCS Preservation Action Alert Network, go to our contact page, fill out the form, and select Preservation Alert from the pull-down menu. Doing so will add you to our mailing list. Thank you for you help. PRESERVATION WATCH LIST:
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