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• The Voice of the Village • 13 – 20 February 2020 MONTECITO JOURNAL 35 ©2019 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties (BHHSCP) is a member of the franchise system of BHH Affiliates LLC. BHH Affiliates LLC and BHHSCP do not guarantee accuracy of all data including measurements, conditions, and features of property. Information is obtained from various sources and will not be verified by broker or MLS. Buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information. REAL ESTATE PARTNERS 401 Chapala Street, # 107 $1,185,000 | 1 BD, 1.5 BA 1,666 SF | Sevilla Condo Spacious Corner Condo with Modern Luxury Lisa McCollum (805) 886-6746 Lisa@HomesInSantaBarbara.com www.HomesInSantaBarbara.com DRE 01499736/01129919/01920859 ALO gets Zen about Venn On Entertainment by Steven Libowitz A nimal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) guitarist/singer-songwriter Dan Lebowitz was thrilled to be interviewed by someone with the same last name, albeit spelled differently, for the first time in his two-decades long career. Perhaps even more than talking about the music itself – we learned that both of us can trace our roots through Ellis Island, pronounce our names the same and often need to spell it out more than once over the phone, but while he likes the two-syllable nickname Lebo, not so much for your intrepid columnist. But make no mistake: Lebowitz is still absolutely passionate about music and all of its possibilities, a value shared by all of his ALO bandmates, the core of which – Lebowitz, keyboardist-singer Zach Gill, and bassist-vocalist Steve Adams – met in grade school and coalesced into a professional band while attending UCSB in the 1990s. Which might explain why, 20 years after leaving Isla Vista, ALO still revere their time together and have never stopped growing and exploring.
That love – for each other, for the music, for growth – is on display in the self-described funk ‘n’ roll jam band’s new Creatures EP series, as Vol. 1: Spark, was released in the summer, while Vol. 2: Weave came out last month, just in time for ALO’s annual Tour D’Amour XIV; the 14th version arrives, appropriately at SOhO, ALO’s longtime stomping grounds since leaving town after college, on February 14, Valentine’s Day.
Lebo gave his namesake a glimpse into ALO’s inner world from the early days to the latest music over the phone earlier this week. Q. I have a question about the band’s name, which seems to have morphed back and forth between Animal Liberation Orchestra and ALO. How does that work? A. Zach and Steve and I have been playing together since we were in seventh grade, but we switched drummers a whole bunch of times. Whenever there was someone new, like every six months or so, we’d change our name. This one was the one that we had when we started doing well. We were in our junior year at UCSB, and we were all studying music and playing in various orchestras and ensembles as well as rehearsing with the band in a garage. They seemed pretty similar, except with the band it felt more like we were liberating our inner animal, getting your ya-ya’s out in a way you couldn’t in a class. We shortened it for the same reasons as my name – you really don’t like being called Libo? – because people were just abbreviating it anyway, and simultaneously we didn’t want to be confused with the animal liberation movement of hardcore rights advocates. I was vegetarian, but it wasn’t our mission. But I still love it when the full name comes up because I like to talk about the early days.
Speaking of that, very few bands that form in high school or earlier keep going far into adulthood. Case in point, Santa Barbara’s Toad the Wet Sprocket, although they just did a reunion show in town. What’s your secret?
The same thing that has allowed us to last so long is part of what maybe has held us back – that we love to do other outside projects… It’s like a Venn diagram. We all have various interests and they come together in ALO. When we just did ALO, everybody was trying to get all that into the place where we intersect. While it’s good to be pulled out of your comfort zone, you can’t stray too far from what you want to do because otherwise you get resentful. We realized that, and opened the possibility of doing outside things. So Steve and [new drummer] Ezra Lipp have a project. I play with Phil Lesh and The Dead, Zach of course has his solo stuff and tours with Jack Johnson. That helps keep ALO pure. Now when we get together it’s because we want to. And you get the best of what we like with each other. Consequently we can’t always take all offers that come our way, because we’re too spread out, and it’s hard to coordinate our schedules. But it also makes ALO special when we do get together; it’s our lifelong project and we can be pure with it. ALO is musically much richer because of all of what we bring back to the band.
Speaking of Ezra, how has having a new drummer changed ALO’s sound or dynamic after 15 years with Dave Brogan?
When Dave just wasn’t able to tour anymore, the idea of auditions seemed like it would be draining. Steve and I had played with Ezra in other projects, so it was easy. It was obvious that he would be a good fit. Started as a single tour and it worked out great. The spirit is still the same although there’s a different feel that’s hard to put into words. It’s still right in line with what we’ve always been.
You’ve always been at SOhO for Valentine’s Day too. Why keep up that tradition?
It’s like it’s ALO season. It’s become the most steady gig in our band’s history, something we can count on. It’s fun for our families. It makes VD more of a season than just a single day holiday. Fans go on chunks of the tour with us and we play into the theme, maybe do covers of love songs, and we have great props like giant hearts that are covered in sequins and light up.
Will we hear new songs from the Creatures series?
Yeah, we love that format. Logistically we can just catch a moment, hop into the studio and bash it out, with a really clear concepts rather than an album that can be all over the map because we have multiple writers and styles. They’re all like little creatures just emerging, bringing it back to our original name. The new one was about having all the tunes that are fun to play live with a dance vibe rather than the ones that are introspective and reflective.
Is it different when you play in Santa Barbara?
Oh yeah. I have so many fond memories of jumping on our skateboards in IV, and when we’d see someone bringing a keg into a house, we’d ask them if they wanted to have a band play. We did that all the time. We practiced Monday-Thursday and then did parties in IV on the weekends. It was an irreplaceable education experience, where we learned the most. So when we’re back, there’s the memories and also, in a weird way, a smell – the beach air, the eucalyptus. So as soon as I arrive I have all those great feelings come up. It’s almost like a drug in the way it alters you. We have so many roots there. For all of us, it was such a positive experience and it’s great to have all that come back up. Pop Tarts
Elsewhere in pop music, drummer Sammy Miller’s mission to bring jazz to the people via the young members of his seven-piece Congregation, finds the “evangelists of swing” making a proselytizing visit to Santa Barbara, where the Grammy Awardnominated, Juilliard-trained Miller and Co. will draw on a century of American songs to share the power of community through their globally conscious music at UCSB Campbell Hall on Thursday, February 13… That’s the same evening that Shawn Thies, Santa Barbara’s own priestess of passionate connection via music, shares a Valentine’s Eve performance of jazz with both world and Americana twists aided by friends/collaborators Randy Tico, George Friedenthal, Tom Lackner, John Goux, and Tom Buckner at SOhO. •MJ
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Leonard, who graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara where she earned a degree in Biological Sciences with an emphasis in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, has work experience in research and development of next generation antibody therapeutics and of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer; she also worked in two well-known asset management firms in the Santa Barbara area as a junior analyst before starting her own company. She has been a licensed California Professional Fiduciary since 2010 and has certifications in Professional Fiduciary Management for Conservators and Trustees. She is a National Certified Guardian, a Registered Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP), and member of the Santa Barbara Estate Planning Council.
Leonard recently sat down with us to answer some questions about her fiduciary business: Q. What is a private professional fiduciary? A. Legally, a fiduciary relationship is “any relation existing between parties to a transaction wherein one of the parties is in duty bound to act with the utmost good faith for the benefit of the other party.” I serve in legal positions of trust, such as trustee, power of attorney, personal representative, executor, and health care agent, as well as to assist those already serving in those positions. My company manages matters for clients including daily care, housing and medical needs, and also offers financial management services ranging from basic bill paying to estate and investment oversight. We are trustworthy advocates for the elderly and individuals in need, we protect their wishes and best interests, and we understand the mechanics of trust and estate administration so we are able to work quickly and efficiently through the processes needed to be accomplished.
A private professional fiduciary can be appointed as an alternative to a family member or bank; a professional fiduciary can be a wise alternative solution to naming family members as successor agents in estate planning for a variety of smart reasons. For example, the role of successor trustee involves considerable time expended in preparation of financial analysis; shepherding of assets; searching for and tracking down lost information; tax reporting; traveling to financial, debt related, creditor and other business entities for research; evaluating, repairing and making decisions concerning real and personal property; determining status and then preparing an accounting to beneficiaries to provide status of the trust estate – this takes time and acumen that family members might not have or be willing to devote.
When children or siblings are appointed to bear the burden, subjective interpersonal relationships may get in the way of decision making that requires clear thinking and objectivity. Often the unresolved familial emotional issues (“Mom always loved you best”) and lingering grief issues interfere with proper, timely and necessary trust management.
Many times, the designees are not proximately located near the assets: this increases the difficulty of managing/maintaining them, dealing with agents and handling other trustee responsibilities. Unlike banks, financial advisors or corporate trustees (who profit from fee income derived from assets invested), private professional fiduciaries are completely independent, usually earn set hourly fees, and therefore are free from conflicts of interest. Essentially, a private professional fiduciary combines the advantages of a family member/friend with the advantages of a corporate trustee: you get the benefit of a personal relationship and the accountability of a bank (fiduciaries are in fact held to a higher standard).
What services do you provide? Our services generally fall within four categories.
Fiduciary Services: We serve in fiduciary appointments, such as trustee, executor, durable power of attorney, and health care agent, to help preserve, grow and distribute our clients’ wealth the way they want – both during their lifetime and the lifetimes of those important to our clients.
Administration Assistance: We assist executors, trustees, and guardians to administer estates and trusts in an organized, timely, tax-efficient manner, while seeking to minimize fiduciary stress and family conflict and helping to preserve positive personal and family legacies.
Daily Money Management Services: As personal financial matters become more complicated – finding time to focus on the daily tasks of money management becomes more difficult. Our daily money management services ensure nothing falls through the cracks including necessities like paying monthly bills, assisting with tax records, balancing checkbooks, decoding medical bills, and negotiating with creditors.
Successor Fiduciary Planning: We provide guidance to clients looking to appoint us to act on their behalf at some point in the future and help define goals, planning and processes to ensures wishes are understood and documented.
What motivated you to start Santa Barbara Fiduciary?
I sometimes refer to Santa Barbara Fiduciary as my grandmother’s parting gift to me, as it arose out of the challenges I faced when my grandmother (my rock, my mentor and my first best friend in an ocean of dysfunctional family relationships) was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and began needing all sorts of assistance. While she was facing physical and mental declines, I was dealing with the grief of losing someone while they were alive. I also was burdened with the responsibility of evaluating and managing her finances, getting a crash course in legal challenges, and dealing with family issues.
Once I contacted the gas company to find out her current balance, and in response to my effort to get them paid, they insisted on me having something called a “power of attorney” and refused to tell me what she owed! My grandmother also left notes around
her home for my granddad, who had died more than 15 years before. As things got worse, she was adamantly opposed to help from any caregiving agencies.
I am the eldest of four, so the role of guiding and supporting others along their paths is natural to me. There was an unspoken bond/promise between me and my grandmother that I would be there for her in the end. Now I want to be there for other individuals and families facing similar journeys.
Are there other common pitfalls or scenarios that may trigger someone to seek the services of a private professional fiduciary?
Yes, when establishing trusts and other estate documents, frequently clients try to designate multiple children as agents, so as not to appear to favor one or another, but by designating co-trustees or co-agents under a power of attorney or health care directive to act together instead of consecutively, they generate opportunities for disagreement and impasse. It can be a source of friction and even litigation in conflicted families. At the very least, when the children are named jointly, it becomes cumbersome to get all signatures required for all actions to be taken. As well, though many family members and friends might waive fees for serving as trustee, most trusts provide for “reasonable compensation,” which creates concern to other remainder beneficiaries.
Fewer will have problems with employing the services of an independent, outside and objective third party – especially one identified as a private professional fiduciary. Also, in blended family situations, couples may want to consider having someone other than the surviving spouse serve as trustee, or having the surviving spouse serve with a co-trustee. Only rarely in friendly families might the trustee or a co-trustee who serves with a surviving spouse be a remainder beneficiary, because any funds distributed to the surviving spouse will reduce the remainder beneficiary’s ultimate distribution. Otherwise, a conflict of interest may arise, which has spawned considerable litigation in blended families. Appointing a private professional fiduciary instead will avoid this problem.
How do people find the right fiduciary for their situation?
Not all fiduciaries handle all matters. For example, some fiduciaries prefer trust administration over court appointed conservatorships and probate administration. Some fiduciaries are more willing than others to get involved when family members are at odds with one another.
Experience, personality, reputation, gender, age, rates, and the manner in which charges for services are
accrued; location, support staffing and availability are all factors that may be immensely relevant. A fiduciary generally will make himself or herself available to meet family members so the family can assess the fiduciary’s background and potential approach to a situation. For example, if the subject elder resides in an assisted care living facility in a nearby town, finding a fiduciary who knows the staff at the facility may be helpful.
Private professional fiduciaries practicing in the state of California are required to be licensed by the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau under the California Department of Consumer Affairs. While being licensed is a requirement, it may not determine whether a fiduciary is a good fit for your particular circumstances and family dynamics. It’s always a good idea that you meet with and interview three private professional fiduciaries to present a list of questions addressing your specific needs to ensure that you find the professional who best suits your individual situation.
I’ve been a licensed California Professional Fiduciary since 2010 and have certifications in Professional Fiduciary Management for Conservators and Trustees. I am a National Certified Guardian, a Registered Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP), and member of the Santa Barbara Estate Planning Council. I earned certificates in Professional Fiduciary Management for Conservators and Trustees from Cal State Fullerton Extension.
Once the best match is found, then relax! You’ll be in expert hands.
For more information about Santa Barbara Fiduciary, visit www.sant abarbarafiduciary.com.
History of Montecito
Beginning on Tuesday, February 25, local historian Erin Graffy will host a special lecture series on Montecito history, as part of Santa Barbara City College’s School of Extended Learning. “In the past I’ve hosted lectures on Santa Barbara history, and I’ve been asked to focus now on Montecito,” Graffy said. “We’ll cover such themes as the farming history of the area, interesting people and estates, the history of such landmarks as The Miramar, and much more.” Graffy says Montecito has a rich and storied history, and attendees are bound to learn many interesting facts. The three-part series is on Tuesdays from February 25 through March 10, from 3:30 pm to 5 pm at the Schott Center on Padre Street. The cost is $48 and those interested can sign up at www.sbcc.edu. •MJ
THE 2020 METER REPLACEMENT
PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY!
Thanks to all customers for your understanding during this much needed upgrade. We’ll be replacing every water meter in the District, and you’ll be notified when it’s your turn! Residents do not need to be home during this service. If you have any questions, or need to update your account contact information please call us at 805.969.2271. When fully automated, new meters will have many benefits including improved leak detection. In the meantime, please continue to monitor your usage. Instructions for reading the new meters can be found on our web site.
The Office will be closed: Monday, February 17, 2020 in observance of President’s Day www.montecitowater.com • 805.969.2271
It’s still winter! Main breaks are more common during colder weather: Report concerns about water leaks 24/7.
February is American Heart Month, a great time to spread the word about preventing heart disease. A HealthyHeartisa Gift for Life MWD February 2020 Journal Ad Montecito Water District 1/4 page advertisement runs February 13, 2020.
Sansum Clinic’s cardiology team members have extensive training and expertise, and are dedicated to a special level of care and concern for heart patients and their families. Our cardiologists are leaders in their field, and the only physicians between Los Angeles and the Bay Area trusted with some of the world’s most advanced heart devices, extremely complex procedures and groundbreaking clinical trial work.
Our cardiology team would love to help you learn more about your heart health and ways you can prevent coronary heart disease. Visit cardiology.sansumclinic.org or call (805) 898-3138 to schedule an appointment.
FY2020B PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECT Bid No. 5789
1. Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids or sealed bids for its FY2020B Pavement Maintenance Project(“Project”), by or before February 27, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., online at PlanetBids.com or at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted ordelivered to the Purchasing Office. PlanetBids electronic receipt or the receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.
2. Project Information.
2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located on various streets throughout the City, and is described as follows: Repair various streets by performing asphalt dig outs to repair failed areas; tree root pruning; various PCC improvements including but not limited to concrete curb and gutter replacement, curb extensions, sidewalk replacement, spandrel and cross-gutter replacement; asphalt cold milling and asphalt hot mix overlay; reconstruction of existing non-compliant curb ramps; retrofit existing curb ramps with truncated domes; construct new curb ramps adjacent to overlay streets; construct decomposed granite and pervious concrete walk ways; install railing; install conduit, pull boxes, install traffic loops; install traffic striping and marking; relocate and protect existing signs and roadway name stamps; landscape; perform traffic control, notifications, and postings, complete and in place.
2.2 Time for Completion. The Project must be completed within 145 working days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. Cityanticipates that the Work will begin on or about April 2020, but the anticipated start date is provided solelyfor convenience and is neither certain nor binding.
2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $6,800,000.
3. License and Registration Requirements.
3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A.
3.2 DIR Registration. Citymaynot accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.
4. Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: http://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA93103, at (805) 884-6155.
5. Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and anyother submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.
6. Prevailing Wage Requirements.
6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.
6.2 Rates. These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.
6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, underLabor Code § 1771.4.
7. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.
8. Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.
9. Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submita completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) for each Subcontractor that will perform Workor service or fabricate or install Workfor the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.
11. Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids. ORDINANCE NO. 5932
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE SECTIONAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, AS REFERENCED IN SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 30.05.020, PERTAINING TO ZONING UPON ANNEXATION OF ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. 057-113-007
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on February 4, 2020.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
(Seal)
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 5932
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing
ordinance was introduced on January 28, 2020, and was
adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a
meeting held on February4, 2020, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
on February 5, 2020.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance
on February 5, 2020.
By: ___________________________________ Date: ________________
William Hornung, C.P.M, General Services Manager
Publication Dates: 1) February 5, 2020 2) February 12, 2020
END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor
Published February 12, 2020 Montecito Journal
NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Miller Group Construction & Development, 1224 Coast Village Cir #20, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Robert F. Miller III, 559 Friendly Ct., Murphys, CA 95247. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 7, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL EXPRESS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, FOR 59,410 SQUARE FEET OF HANGAR AND OFFICE SPACE AND 10,500 SQUARE FEET OF PAVED PARKING LOT SPACE AT 495 SOUTH FAIRVIEW AVENUE AT THE SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT
FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS WITH A FIVE-YEAR OPTION
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular
meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on February 4, 2020.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
(Seal)
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 5933
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing
ordinance was introduced on January 28, 2020, and was
adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a
meeting held on February4, 2020, by the following roll call
AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
on February 5, 2020.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance
on February 5, 2020.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor
Published February 12, 2020 Montecito Journal ORDINANCE NO. 5934
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ADOPTING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2019 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on February 4, 2020.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
(Seal)
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 5934 CITY OF SANTA BARBARA- GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site until the date and time indicated belowat which time they will be publicly opened and posted for:
BID NO. 5812
DUE DATE & TIME: MARCH 4, 2020 UNTIL 3:00P.M.
PEST CONTROL FOR CITY BUILDINGS
Scope of Work: Contractor to provide comprehensive pest management services for buildings owned or leased by the City of Santa Barbara. All services must be in compliance with the City’s Integrated Pest Management Policy.
Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. The receiving deadline is absolute. Allow time for technical difficulties, uploading, and unexpected delays. Late or incomplete Bid will not be accepted.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing
ordinance was introduced on January 28, 2020, and was
adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a
meeting held on February4, 2020, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
on February 5, 2020.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance
on February 5, 2020.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor
Published February 12, 2020 Montecito Journal If further information is needed, contact Caroline Ortega, Buyer at (805) 564-5351 or email: COrtega@santabarbaraca.gov
A MANDATORYpre-bid meeting will be held on February 19, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., at the Facilities Conference Room located at 616 Laguna St, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. Bids will not be considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory meeting.
FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. TheContractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.
LIVING WAGE Any service purchase order contract issued as a result of this request for bids or quotes may be subject to the City’s Living Wage Ordinance No 5384, SBMC 9.128 and its implementing regulations.
CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements.
_____________________________. Published: 2/12/2020 William Hornung, C.P.M. Montecito Journal General Services Manager
certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL), filed by Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2020-0000437. Published February 12, 19, 26, March 4, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOMES805, 1187 Coast Village Road #187, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. HOMES805 INC, 1187 Coast Village Road #187, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 6, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL), filed by John Beck. FBN No. 2020-0000415. Published February 12, 19, 26, March 4, 2020.
• The Voice of the Village • MONTECITO JOURNAL 39 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Key 2 Fitness, 324 State Street STE C, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Brian Sawicki, 324 State Street STE C, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 30, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the
EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5) 1. Widening of the 101 and the Resulting Invasion of Traffic Gridlock into Montecito Our treasured Montecito lifestyle is being threatened on a daily basis by the reality of 100,000 cars, campers, trucks, and big rigs passing through Montecito on U.S. Highway 101. Vehicles that once whizzed past Montecito are increasingly being re-routed by sophisticated GPS systems through the heart of our community to avoid highway gridlock. With no new North-South Highway project on the Caltrans drawing board, 101 traffic is expected to increase by 4% per year, negating some of the advantages of an added part-time, high-speed express lane. Already, epic traffic loads jam the 101 when Interstate 5 is shut down for winter storms over Tejon Pass, or serious accidents close one or more existing lanes of the 101.
Locally, North Jameson Lane, Ortega Hill Road, and Lillie Avenue have already become “the third lane of the 101.” The lamentable closure of the southbound on-ramp to the 101 at the Cabrillo Blvd interchange in 2009 by the City of Santa Barbara, SBCAG and Caltrans has re-routed Santa Barbara beach traffic for the last 11 years through Coast Village Road to enter the 101 at Olive Mill. Our elected leaders promised that all beach traffic could be redirected through signage to enter the 101 at Milpas; that prediction proved to be as shortsighted as the clouded vision of the walking dead.
Widening the 101 through Montecito is challenged by the most constricted right-of-way along the entire 101 corridor. Without wide shoulders on both sides of the vehicle lanes, nighttime construction through Montecito will be twice as slow and twice as expensive as construction in the wider right-of-way between Carpinteria and Sheffield Drive.
Two proposed roundabouts – one at the intersection of Olive Mill, Coast Village Road, North Jameson Lane and the on and off-ramps to the 101; and another at San Ysidro and North Jameson Lane – promise new congestion, especially if each roundabout is restricted to a single lane of traffic.
Local workers who commute to our community are finding that their drive times have nearly doubled in peak traffic periods. Finally, Caltrans tells us that this will be the last widening of the 101 for the next 75 years, so if we don’t get it right this time, there are no foreseeable fixes.
2. Community Safety and Security
Could the disaster of 1/9/18 happen again? We are told that the 1/9 Fire, Flood and Debris Flow was a 100-year, or even a 500-year event. Yet what happened on 1/9/18 – was a more extreme repeat of what happened in Montecito in 1969, and again in 1995. Montecito was warned by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1969 that our small debris basins were inadequate compared to Carpinteria. We knew that our creek channels were overgrown and poorly maintained due to a lack of county funding for creek management programs. We knew that we lived beneath a bounty of boulders, many as big as a Volkswagen bus.
Following the 1/9/18 disaster, our community, fearful for its future safety, came together and privately raised millions in funding to install six ring nets on private property in the most dangerous creek channel canyons. There was not one dime of county funds offered or accepted. The promise was that the ring nets would double the catch capacity of our inadequate debris basins. Multiple agencies granted emergency permits, but the Department of Fish & Game limited its permits to only one to two years before demanding net removal. Without permit relief from Fish and Game, all six ring nets will soon have to be removed from Montecito, cutting our promised protection in half.
3. Water Reliability and Security
In this age of advanced technology, and with the largest water reservoir on the planet right on our front doorstep, we can achieve permanent water independence, including totally eliminating the future threat of drought.
South Coast dependence on an aging, expensive, State Water Project, designed to serve 23 million Californians in a state that is now home to 40 million residents, is both foolish and dangerous. Today, California farms and communities have been promised state water allocations of 4.23 million acre-feet (AF) per year. On average, the State System is delivering only 2.4 million AF per year, a 44% shortfall. The water shortfall is being masked by local groundwater wells that are being over-pumped, which rapidly depletes healthy underground water basins. The State Water Project steals water from Northern California to deliver it to thirsty Central Valley farmers and coastal Southern California cities. Its 21 dams and surface reservoirs, power plants, pump stations, 700 miles of canals, pipelines and tunnels are inadequate and environmentally unsustainable. The State Water Project is also the largest consumer of electrical power in the state. Fear of future drought can be eliminated if only we are bold enough to take the right steps.
4. Undergrounding Montecito Utilities
Look… up in the sky: It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s the recent trimming of roadside trees by Southern California Edison reveals even more of our hideous overhead power lines, featuring primary and secondary conductors, transformers the size of oil drums, telephone lines, cable lines, and refrigerator-sized cellphone transmitters. The recent conversion from distressed wooden poles to steel and concrete makes the overhead landscape even more repugnant. Imagine what this mishmash of overloaded poles, crossarms and sagging overhead lines will look like by 2099.
Key areas of Montecito are already undergrounded, including Coast Village Road, the Upper Village shopping district, Birnam Wood, Ennisbrook, and parts of San Ysidro Road. Particularly ugly power lines and power poles lie along 192 East Valley Road. That’s a good place to start if Caltrans, Edison, Cox Cable, Verizon and funding for Water Main replacement can be used to pay the undergrounding bill.
Undergrounding plans should include the heavily traveled arterials of Hot Springs Road, Olive Mill Road, Sheffield Drive and the remainder of San Ysidro Road, plus Schoolhouse Road and San Leandro Lane. Burial of utility lines along the rest of Mountain Drive, which is already partly undergrounded, and Sycamore Canyon Road would make a huge difference in visual appeal and fire safety.
5. Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
For the past 20 years the typical Montecito weather forecast has been “Sunny with a dash of ocean breeze.” Recently, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report to the United Nations, the world has already warmed by 1-degree centigrade since 1850. If global temperatures rise by another 1.5 degrees, humans will face unprecedented climate-related risks and weather events. Gone will be coral reefs and artic summer ice. California sea levels, which have risen by less than nine inches in the last 100 years, are projected to rise more than nine feet by 2099. Coastal California is predicted to see extensive flooding and increased erosion. Isla Vista’s crumbling cliffs will topple into the sea and Montecito’s prime beachfront property could retreat to north of the 101.
Montecito Needs Our Help
Our 26th President of the United States, Teddy Roosevelt, noted, “Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called ‘whining.’” He is right! The great Albert Einstein added this piece of advice: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created the problem… If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about the solution.”
What do we want our community to look like by 2050? Creative problem solving is the process of redefining challenges and seeking opportunities, coming up with innovative and affordable solutions, and then taking action. What rules can we break? What can we do that is different and better? •MJ
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