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What a great year 2008 has been!

Serving Santa Barbara County We’re a countywide advocacy and resource organization that promotes bicycling for safe transportation and recreation.

How to reach us Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition PO Box 92047 Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047 phone 962-1479 email info@sbbike.org web www.sbbike.org

January 2009

As we embark on our nineteenth year of bicycling activism, a look at our 2008 activities reminds us of all we’ve done, and gives us goals for 2009.

Here are our major 2008 accomplishments: Formalized an agreement with the community bike program Bici Centro of Santa Barbara, expanding our outreach to underserved bicyclists.

Addressed bicyclist safety as proposed in UCSB’s Long Range Development Plan.

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Organized a whole Bike Week of activities, including a Celebration dinner, presentations by Willie Weir, and a Bike Art project.

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Offered six Street Skills for Cyclists classes, including one in Spanish thanks to Robert Caiza.

Obtained funding from the Goleta Valley Cycling Club for bike bells and lights for distribution to commuting bikers, plus support for Bici Centro.

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Worked with a local committee to offer a Kids’ Race, bike party, and bike parking at the Santa Barbara stage of the Amgen Tour of California.

Encouraged Carpinteria to remove “Walk Bikes” signs from the Santa Ynez bridge, which they did.

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January 6th meeting Join us for our general meeting: Tuesday, January 6th Rusty’s Pizza 15 East Cabrillo Boulevard Santa Barbara No-host dinner 6:00 PM Meeting 7:00 PM

Online email list We sponsor a free online email forum where you can post and read messages about regional bicycling issues. To subscribe, send an email to:

Asked Caltrans for a safe bikepath along Highway 101 near La Conchita.

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Worked with UCSB to write and adopt bike facility standards for upcoming campus construction.

Helped craft and pass a bike-favorable Measure A transportation tax to replace the expiring one.

CycleSmart program The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition’s CycleSmart bicyclist education program offers bicycling skills classes. Details at www.sbbike.org/ CycleSmart/ apply.html, or email coordinators at CycleSmart@ sbbike.org.

Bici Centro program Bici Centro of Santa Barbara is our community bicycle program, helping people who bicycle. Look at www.sbbike. org/bici/BiciCentro.html, or phone 617-3255.

Quick Release is published monthly by the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 92047, Santa Barbara, CA 93190. Subscribe for $25 per year. Issue # 207.

Brought John Pucher here for a Walk/Bike Forum with Grant House, Janet Wolf and Michael Chiacos.

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Supported a Front Country trail management plan for equitable trail use.

Advocated for bike access to the north shore of Cachuma Lake as part of recreational expansion.

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Worked with Goleta staff to devise safer bicyclist options on a new bridge over the railroad and Highway 101 ramps at Los Carneros Road.

Attended BikeBike! and Pro Walk/Pro Bike conferences, returning with renewed inspiration.

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Had an increased presence at Earth Day with an info booth, bike parking and free check-ups.

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Join our Coalition You can help improve bicycling safety and conditions in Santa Barbara County by joining others in our bicycling advocacy group. See page 6.

Presented data and ideas of better bicycling to the Santa Barbara Planning Commission working on revising the city’s General Plan.

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Asked for safer biking on La Purisima Road and its intersection with Highway 246 near Lompoc.

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Advocated for safer bicyclist conditions in conjunction with major Caltrans construction in eastern Carpinteria.

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Supported California “Complete Streets” requirements that became law in September.

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Spoke out in favor of safer biking conditions at State/De la Vina intersection in Santa Barbara.

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Helped Santa Maria craft an updated Bikeway Master Plan.

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Village Dirtbags & Bicycles Unlimited give bikes to kids Seventy lucky Vandenberg Air Force Base children received free bicycles thanks to generosity of a Lompoc bike club and shop. The Village Dirtbags Mountain Biking Club teamed up with Steve Miller at Bicycles Unlimited to bring wheeled holiday joy to children who have a parent serving overseas.

The big giveaways took place in front of the bike shop on H Street in Lompoc on December 20th. Most children knew in advance that they were getting new Trek bicycles and helmets, but others were kept in the dark until they arrived at the giveaway event.

The Village Dirtbags club is an informal group of off-road bikers. “Our mission,” they say, “is to promote mountain biking that is environmentally sound and socially responsible. The best part about being a Village Dirtbag is great exercise, healthy competition, good friends and most important darn good beer.”

Here are a future cyclist and her mother, posing for a Learn about them at www.villagedirtbags.com. keepsake photo with the new handlebar-tasseled bicycle.

Bici Centro’s new winter classes Our Bici Centro of Santa Barbara program is offering three bike classes this winter in addition to regular open shop hours. The classes have eight meetings each, beginning in mid January: g Earn a Bike Youth Class. This four-week class meets twice a week, 3:30-6:00 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays for ages 12-17.

Students learn bicycle repair, street biking safety, and will receive a refurbished bike with lock, helmet and lights at the end. g Learn Your Bike Basic Adult Class. This eight-week class focuses on troubleshooting and diagnosis of basic bike repairs.

Wednesday evenings 7:00-9:00 PM. g Learn Your Bike Advanced Adult Class.

This advanced eight-week class focuses on diagnosis of more complicated repairs.

Monday evenings 7:00-9:00 PM. To learn more, go to www.bicicentro.org or phone 617-3255. Bici Centro is at 601 E. Montecito Street, in Santa Barbara. Open shop times are Thursdays 4:00-8:00 PM and Saturdays 1:00-7:00 PM.

Plans for Carpinteria bikeways move ahead

December Coalition meeting topics Our December 2nd monthly Bicycle Coalition meeting was held at noon in Downtown Santa Barbara, with 16 participants talking about these topics: Ralph Fertig described UCSB’s improved bikepath plans for the Ocean Science Education Building.

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Ed France said that COAST donated $200 to buy flashing LED lights that Bici Centro people and others will give away Dec 15th.

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Dru van Hengel described State/De la Vina alternative designs that will go to the City of SB’s Transportation Committee Dec 11th.

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Ralph Fertig encouraged people to enjoy the Goleta Valley Cycling Club’s holiday ride Dec 20th.

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The current bikepath under Highway 101 crosses the Carpinteria Creek bed that floods in winter. The new one will stay dry on the west creek bank.

Dru van Hengel described progress with plans for the Jake Boysel bikepath along Calle Real and Highway 154.

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Caltrans just released a Draft Environmental Impact Report for a $97 million project to improve transportation near Highway 101 in eastern Carpinteria. The project will help motorists and pedestrians, but will also benefit bicyclists in three main ways: New bridges over Highway 101 at Linden and Casitas Pass Roads will have 5-foot bikelanes on each side (now there are none).

Ed France talked about upcoming Bici Centro classes, plus possible programs with Parks and Recreation, or La Cumbre Junior High.

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People were reminded about the Amgen Tour of California Ride the Route event in Solvang Dec 15th.

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The current bikepath that connects Via Real with Carpinteria Avenue under Highway 101 will be replaced with a new one entirely on the west bank of Carpinteria Creek, rather than crossing the Creek. (Steelhead trout will have a better migration path after the creek path is removed.)

Robert Caiza reported on a small turnout, but successful Street Skills class in Spanish last month.

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Separate segments of Via Real will be connected, providing continuous bike travel without crossing to the south of the freeway. New bikelanes will be striped on Via Real within the project area.

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The project is one of 11 identified “operational improvements” in a 1996 study of traffic congestion reduction projects that could be implemented. They include the finished Ortega Hill bikepath between Summerland and Montecito.

On January 22nd, Caltrans will hold a public workshop on the project: Thursday, January 22, 5:30-8:00 PM Canalino Elementary School Cafeteria 1480 Linden Avenue, Carpinteria.

While beneficial bicyclist facilities are being incorporated in the project, it’s always helpful for officials and planners to hear it again. You can read the 346-page Draft EIR at: www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/projects/linden_casitas/draft_eir.pdf.

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Ralph Fertig showed drawings of UCSB’s proposed changes to Ocean Road that will effect bicyclists there.

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Braille Institute seeks tandem riders This coming August 7-9th, there will be another Cycling for Sight ride from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Although all are welcome to participate, the main goal is to introduce individuals to bicycling by pairing a sighted tandem captain with a sight-impared stoker.

The ride is being organized by Dave White in San Diego, but he’s hoping that some local person will volunteer to coordinate things at the Santa Barbara end.

The Santa Barbara Braille Institute’s director Michael Lazarovits is hopeful that cycling can be offered to his people. Now is the time to start planning for the August ride. You can read about the ride at www. cyclingforsight.org. For information about the San Diego program, contact Dave White at 858-484-4225 or DWhite7@san.rr.com. If you have a tandem to donate to our Braille Institute, phone Lazarovits at 682-6222.

Tour of California returns to Solvang Feb 20th Tax benefit for biking For the third year in a dignitaries, and row, the Amgen Tour local cyclists were of California (ATOC) introduced to the will hold its decisive time trial course.

Time Trial stage in The guest speaker Solvang. The time trial was professional is an individual race cyclist and Santa against the clock on Barbara resident a 15-mile loop from Ken Hanson. A San Solvang to Los Olivos Luis Obispo native, and back. It’s often Hanson recently the time trial that aljoined Team Type 1 Here are professional cyclist Ken Hanson and other lows individuals to that will be holding gain precious seconds Ride the Route participants. Photo by Jeremy Ball. a training camp in or minutes against their cycling rivals. the Santa Ynez Valley this month.

This year, the race will attract special atThe fourth annual 2009 Tour of Califortention because seven-time Tour de France nia is bigger than ever, covering 750 miles winner Lance Armstrong will return to cyover nine days. It will start in Sacramento cling, now as a member of the Astana team. and end in Escondido.

He will be competing against a field of other The Solvang local organizing commitprofessionals, including Levi Leipheimer, tee is offering viewing packages, a “Race of the prior 2008 and 2007 ATOC winner.

Truth” amateur time trial, raffle tickets, and On December 15th, Solvang held a an evening Gala. Read about those and more “Ride the Route” event where the press, at www.tourofcalifornia-solvang.com.

If you bike commute to work 60% of the time in a given month, you might be able to receive $20 from your employer. The new fringe benefit comes from a bill that Congress passed last fall. It began January 1 and depends on whether your employer has set up a program. Ask about it.

Employers benefit with improved employee morale and recruitment without increasing compensation costs. You can read details at www.bikeleague.org under Bicycle Commuter Act, frequently asked questions.

Bici Centro offers Dia de los Muertos altar

Wet Willy Sez Dear Wet Willy: My tires are rated for 120 pounds of air pressure but the bike rides super harsh when I put that much air in. It feels way better with about 90 pounds of air and the bike isn’t any slower, but I worry about getting pinch flats due to underinflation. You got any thoughts on this? — Rock Hard.

Dear Rock Hard: The tire pressure listed on the sidewall of your tires is the maximum for safe inflation according to the tire manufacturer. As you have discovered, what works best for you is less than that—as it is for just about all cyclists—and the amount of air you need to avoid pinch flats is probably well below the listed maximum tire pressure.

Some tire manufacturers are now listing both maximum and minimum inflation

limits on the sidewall, which is a really good idea, but how can you tell what works for you within the available range? Trial and error is probably the best way because different makes and widths of tires will feel differently even with the same air pressure.

Wet Willy weighs 170 pounds and routinely runs 90 pounds of air in his road bike tires, which are usually rated for 110 to 120 pounds depending on what brand and width of tire I’m using.

If you’re not getting pinch flats and the bike feels better at 90 than 120, I say go with 90 and enjoy the ride.

“Wet Willy” is an advice column authored by Coalition Vice President Wilson Hubbell. Please submit any questions you have about cycling issues to him at wilsonhubbell@aol.com.

Ed France appointed to SB City committee The Santa Barbara City Council recently announced that it had selected Ed France as a member of the City’s Transportation and Circulation Committee (TCC). We know him as a member of the our Bicycle Coalition’s Board of Directors, and as the director of our partner organization, Bici Centro of Santa Barbara.

The seven-person TCC advises the City

Council and Planning Commission on transportation issues such as bicycling, walking, transit, land use, and neighborhood traffic management issues, while using the Circulation Element as a guiding resource.

Our congratulations to France for winning the competitive appointment. And we certainly look forward to his valuable input on transportation issues within the city.

A “ghost bike” commemorates those bicyclists who have been lost. Photo by Christine Bourgeois.

The Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a time when Mexicans and others visit with the souls of the deceased. People go to cemeteries and build altars that contain favorite memorabilia of their loved ones.

In keeping with that tradition, Bici Centro members Fran Cerami, Christine Bourgeois and Jim Farned constructed an altar in Casa de la Raza on November 2nd. It consisted of a white painted “ghost” bicycle decorated with marigolds that in Mexico are called the flor de muerto (flower of the dead) thought to attract souls of the dead to the offering.

“Rest in Peace, Fallen Cyclists” said the cloth underneath. Vases of more marigolds stood nearby, and a papel picado, or traditional Mexican perforated paper illustrated an elegantly dressed skeleton was on the wall.

In other US communities, interactions between Mexican traditions and American culture are increasing. In Missoula, Montana, for example, skeletal celebrants passed through town on bicycles. Our communities can richly benefit from such cross-cultural awareness and appreciation.

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Caltrans to put 101 CEC publishes responsible transportation plan Barbara’s Community craft the report are Robert bikepath along ocean Santa Environmental Council has Bernstein, Dave Bourgeois,

Our Bicycle Coalition has been actively seeking safer cycling conditions along Highway 101 between Carpinteria and the old Rincon Highway. With support from Assemblyman Pedro Nava, we have spoken at public meetings and written to Caltrans, urging a separate bikepath along the highway.

Bicycle Coalition members Mark McClure, Michael Chiacos, Ralph Fertig, Eva Inbar, Wilson Hubbell, and Courtney Dietz have written helpful suggestions on the project.

Caltrans’ new design moves the concrete barrier inward so cyclists will be on a bikepath next to the ocean, rather than today (as shown), where they’re between parked cars and 65 MPH traffic.

Last month, Caltrans District 7 (Los Angeles and Ventura counties) published recommended alternatives. For bicyclists, they now propose an 8-foot wide bikepath along the ocean instead of between the railroad and highway as had been proposed earlier.

It would be separated from the highway with a concrete barrier. Although it would provide an attractive oceanside path, cyclists would still be allowed to ride on the 10-foot highway shoulders in either northbound or southbound directions. They would now be able to descend from the bikepath on a ramp to the beach opposite La Conchita if they wished.

The 409-page Caltrans document describing the project and its impacts is available at www.dot.ca.gov/dist07/resources/envdocs.

“Our communities will better serve all of their residents if we are able to leave our cars, to walk, bicycle and access other transportation alternatives. As president, Barack Obama will re-evaluate the transportation funding process to ensure that smart growth considerations are taken into account.”

—Barack Obama, 2008 campaign website

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organized a team of transportation experts, led by our Board member Michael Chiacos, to work for over a year crafting a blueprint for reducing our transportation fossil fuel footprint. The result is the recently released Transportation Energy Plan that you can view online at The “Bicycles and Electric Bicycles” section was written by our Bicycle Coalition president Ralph Fertig. Other Bicycle Coalition members who helped

Lisa Murawski, and Matt Dobberteen.

The report notes that 48% of total energy consumed in Santa Barbara county goes to transportation—just moving around. The 12 publication sections deal with bike, walk, bus, train, ridesharing, community planning, cost pricing, and motor vehicles.

Please check out the bicycle section and envision how the suggestions can be implemented to improve our community.

Upcoming bike meetings and events

LaHood will be new US DOT secretary

Winter’s here, but we still have fine days, so make the best of them. Check our website for ongoing updates and longer event descriptions at www.sbbike.org/meet/meet.html.

President elect Barack Obama has appointed Representative Ray LaHood as Transportation Secretary. The little-known LaHood has been a Congressional representative from downstate Illinois since 1994. He is a member of the Congressional Bike Caucus, he cosponsored the Bicycle Commuter Benefit bill last year, defended the Transportation Enhancement program, voted in favor of bills that restrict the use of fossil fuels, and was on the House Transportation Committee.

LaHood, a Republican, has a reputation for being bipartisan. While he may not be bicycling advocates’ first choice for Transportation Secretary, we feel he will seriously consider our issues. We will be watching.

www.fossilfreeby33.org.

January 6, Bicycle Coalition General Meeting, sponsored by our Bicycle Coalition. This is an evening meeting at Rusty’s Pizza, 15 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara. No-host dinner 6:00 PM, meeting at 7:00 PM. Email Ralph Fertig sb-ralph@ cox.net with your agenda topics.

January 12, Earn a Bike Youth Class, sponsored

by Bici Centro. This four-week class meets twice a week, 3:30-6:00 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Ages 12-17. Students learn bicycle repair and street safety. 601 E. Montecito Street, Santa Barbara. Phone 617-3255.

January 12, Learn Your Bike Advanced Adult Class, sponsored by Bici Centro. This advanced eight-week class focuses on complicated repairs.

Mondays 7:00-9:00 PM. 601 E. Montecito Street, Santa Barbara. Phone 617-3255.

January 14, Learn Your Bike Basic Adult Class, sponsored by Bici Centro. This eight-week class focuses on basic repairs. Wednesdays 7:00-9:00 PM. 601 E. Montecito Street, Santa Barbara. Phone 617-3255.

January 22, Carpinteria Road Project Public Hearing, sponsored by Caltrans. Details on page 2.

January 22 and 24, Street Skills for Cycling Class, sponsored by our Bicycle Coalition. Learn how to cope better with traffic in an urban setting. The class will help you foresee and avoid accidents, be visible day and night, position yourself in traffic, equip your bike, and lots more. The class is being held at the Granada Garage Bikestation. Email questions to CycleSmart@sbbike.org.

500 bikes for kids Since 2004, Isla Vista resident Lou Ventura has spearheaded a growing holiday program “Kids and Bikes” that this year gave away over 500 bicycles to needy children in the South Coast. Thanks to generous donations solicited throughout the year, plus a group of “Bikefest 2008” volunteers, the nonprofit organization managed to buy and assemble a sea of new bicycles. This year, the bikes were bought at cost and distributed to Unity Shoppe, Catholic Charities, Transition House, Teddy Bear Foundation, New Life Church, Bishop Diego Garcia High School, and other organizations serving struggling families. You can learn about this wonderful program at www.kidsnbikes.org.

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Bicycle Bob’s, Santa Barbara

UCSB bike roundabout designed to increase intersection safety

Nett & Champion Insurance Services, Santa Barbara Open Air Bicycles, Santa Barbara g Pedal Power Bicycles, Santa Maria g Chris King Precision Components, Portland, Oregon g Run Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara g Hazard’s Cyclesport, Santa Barbara g Dr J’s Bicycle Shop, Solvang g Big Bang PR, Santa Barbara We welcome our new members Don Goldberg, Judy Pirkowitsch, Heidi Wieland, Dorothy Littlejohn and Paul Herning.

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Viewed from an SAASB balcony, the new campus roundabout replaces the old planter that can still be detected as darker asphalt.

Workers at UCSB were recently busy removing a dangerous bikepath planter and replacing it with pavement and a new striped roundabout. The location is at the Y-intersection of popular campus bikepaths, just east of the bike tunnel under Ocean Road, and north of the Student Affairs and Administration Service Building (SAASB). A staff worker there told our Board member Don Lubach that she has seen horrific bike accidents at this site and was so pleased that an attempt is being made to make it safer.

The Associated Students BIKES committee had given it a high priority for improvement for a while, but only this year has funding become available. After considering several path designs suggested by campus planner (and bicyclist) Dennis Whelan, they selected a painted roundabout as the most desirable.

Just how successful it will be in reducing crashes will be seen this year as students become used to the new design. Will they follow the striped paths? We’ll let you know.

State and De la Vina

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On December 11th, the City of Santa Barbara’s Transportation and Circulation Committee (TCC) voted unanimously in favor of removing the free right-turn lane off of east-bound State Street onto De la Vina. For years, motorists at that intersection have endangered straight-heading bicyclists, not to mention pedestrians and other drivers struggling to cross De la Vina just after the turn. At the TCC meeting, city staff offered four options: g Remove the free right turn and adjacent island g Remove the free right turn, but keep the island g Keep the free right turn, but narrow it. g Keep the free right turn, narrow it, and add a pedestrian refuge at Samarkand Drive.

At the meeting, 16 people gave public comment—12 of whom supported removing the free right turn. Several described their own scary experiences there. The others were motorists who thought that the intersection was fine as is, saying don’t waste state funding. The Committee members obviously disagreed.

We thank Bicycle Coalition members who spoke—Ralph Fertig, Eva Inbar, Wilson Hubbell, Alex Pujo, Ed France, Diane Krohn, Courtney Dietz, and June Pujo. Next stop is the City Council.

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Caltrans www.dot.ca.gov/maintform.html Carpinteria Tom Evans, 684-5405 x402 pwd@ci.carpinteria.ca.us Goleta Bill Millar, 961-7575 bmillar@cityofgoleta.org

Lompoc Larry Bean, 736-1261 l_bean@ci.lompoc.ca.us Santa Barbara City Dru van Hengel, 564-5544 dvanhengel@SantaBarbaraCA.gov Santa Barbara County Matt Dobberteen, 568-3576 matt@cosbpw.net Santa Maria David Whitehead, 925-0951 x227 dwhitehead@ci.santa-maria.ca.us Solvang Brad Vigro, 688-5575 bradv@cityofsolvang.com UCSB Dennis Whelan, 893-7009 dennis.whelan@planning.ucsb.edu

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