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Another pandemic promenade Ventura businesses enjoy Main Street walkability
Council to discuss Coast Village benefit district By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
On Tuesday, members of the Santa Barbara City Council will be asked to provide $40,000 to establish a community benefit district for the Coast Village commercial district. The concept was reviewed by council in early February of this year, but members expressed concern that their weighted petition’s threshold of 30% was too low, and said they needed to see more support and robust outreach. Members asked for at least 50%, but staff is proposing 40% this time, saying the 50% requirement would be a challenge and is not required by California’s Constitution. If approved, the enabling ordinance would simply provide the council with authority to establish a local CBD and the legal requirements to do so, meaning Tuesday’s decision would not establish an actual
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A busy Main Street was welcomed by Ventura’s businesses Sunday.
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included additional funding related to COVID-19 relief, City Hall solar and energy storage feasibility services, San Jose Creek and project management services.” Staff is recommending an increase of $1,930,000 to revenues and $91,900 to expenditures for priority needs. In other business, the council will be recommended to execute a grant agreement with the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District for receipt and allocation of grant funds in a not-to-exceed amount of $61,333 to purchase electric vehicle charging agreement. “To further support the city’s 100% renewable energy goal and deployment of EV infrastructure in Goleta, staff applied for funding under APCD’s 2020 Clean Air Grants Infrastructure Program to purchase an off-grid, Please see goleta on A2
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The Goleta City Council will receive a financial update on the city’s preliminary actual revenue and expenditure activity through the second quarter for the FY 2020/21 Operating and Capital Improvement Budget. The information in the report is preliminary and provides a review of the continued estimated economic impact experienced from the COVID-19 pandemic from July 1, 2020 through Dec. 30, 2020 and other relevant financial information. The report also recommends various adjustments to the FY 2020/21 budget. “Since July 1, 2020, the City Council has approved various new expenditure budget appropriations totaling $989,857,” the staff report reads. “The new appropriations
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Goleta Council to receive mid-year financial review By GRAYCE MCCORMICK
Main Street in Ventura looks a lot like Santa Barbara’s State Street: parklets, pedestrians, pooches and even teenage boys performing tricks riding their bikes. Business owners around the promenade hope it’s here to stay. “We’re so happy that, you know, the street is open, and everybody can just walk and have a sense of community. I feel like people are loving it,” said Jessica Joyce, an employee at the boutique Passport Habits, located at 542 E Main St. She asked a customer if she liked the new pedestrian-friendly concept. “How could we not?” the shopper said. “We all want our small businesses to open.” Ventura’s Main Street has fewer chains, like Lululemon or Gap, than State Street in Santa Barbara. The shops are mostly local, single-store boutiques amid Please see VENTURA on A2
benefit district, identify parcels within the district or set assessment levels. The proposed enabling ordinance establishes the weighted petition threshold of 40% and allows for a district renewal term duration of up to 20 years instead of state law’s 10 years. It also establishes the conditions of disestablishment of a CBD upon submission of a written petition signed by property owners in the district who will pay more than 40% of the assessments proposed to be levied in connection with such district. “The development and implementation of a Coast Village CBD has the potential to improve one of Santa Barbara’s key commercial districts and create a stable revenue source to provide services and enhancements to the businesses and properties in the area,” the staff report says. In other business, the council Please see COUNCIL on A3
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