Goleta City Council to review projects, contract

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER

NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Goleta City Council will discuss projects and a contract at its meeting Tuesday.

The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive.

Members will:

• Discuss awarding a professional services agreement for the Ekwill Street and Fowler Road Extensions Project and Hollister Avenue Bridge Project Professional Services Agreement. Both projects are located in Old Town Goleta.

The project locations overlap each other along Hollister Avenue near the Hollister Avenue and

No bird flu at farms

No cases of bird flu have been reported at poultry farms in Santa Barbara County.

That’s the word from the county Public Health Department.

The department issued a statement in light of isolated cases of highly pathogenic avian

State Route 217 intersection. This overlap and the timing of the two federal grants prompted the decision to construct the two projects under a single construction contract.

• Discuss adopting a resolution to support the awarding of a contract for ambulance services to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

• Proclaim February as Black History Month in the city of Goleta. The 2023 Santa Barbara County theme is “Black Resistance.”

• Council will recognize Bicycle Bob’s for its 39 years in business. Bob and Julia Zaratzian founded Bicycle Bob’s March 1983.

• Proclaim Feb. 26–March 4 as influenza that have been reported elsewhere in the nation. Bird flu is found in wild waterfowl that can infect chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, ducks, geese and guinea fowl, as well as a variety of other wild and domesticated birds.

— Dave Mason

Peace Corps Week. Those who choose not to attend the council meeting can participate virtually at us06web. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ mjJFr_jKQ52uzt4oeo0F0A. The email: kzehnder@newspress.com

Webinar ID is 813 0731 8236. You can also watch council meetings at www.cityofgoleta.org/ meetings-agendas.

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