Flash notice: The Board of Supervisors had a up or down vote on July 6th, and voted 3-0 to pass Goleta 2.0 in it's current form, sending it now back to the County Parks Department. They will in turn develop a more robust plan from this conceptual plan and release for a full EIR.
The Friends of Goleta Beach Park will continue our efforts in saving our precious park and have every intent to follow this process religiously every step of the way and keep our website current as to various milestones along the way.
Thank You again for your support
Our Mission...
Goleta Beach Park is one of the crown jewels in our County that’s visited by 1.5 million visitors a year. It’s easily accessible, and offers free parking, beautiful grass park, family picnic areas, and multiple recreational facilities for year round enjoyment. But the California Coastal Commission is mandating a new philosophy called “managed retreat” which is basically install no protections to save our park in the event of a significant El Nino storm. And now our Santa Barbara County supervisors are considering a plan, Goleta Beach 2.0, to remove buried rock backstops that have been in place for years to prevent such disasters and have saved our park from further grass loss several times in the recent past.
The Friends of Goleta Beach Park believe that our County Supervisors should approve all existing rock backstops andhave them permitted as a permanent safeguard against the known damages that these storms create. We urge you to study the facts, data, and publications on our web site for further details and clarifications. We hope you will join us as new Friends of Goleta Beach Park and will stand up against this terrible plan that will do nothing to preserve and save our Park as we know it.
An overview of the major points in Goleta 2.0 and our recommendations:
1. Remove 900' of rocks on western side of park and relocate 170 parking slots to some remote location (TBD)
Recommendation: scientific evidence does not support any reason for removal of rock revetment which would necessitate the elimination of peak parking slots during holidays and summer season. But the most important fact is that if our rocks were removed that we will have significant GRASS LOSS which will reduce our park enjoyment.
2. Relocate all utility lines in the western side of the park
Recommendation: because there is no reason to remove the rocks that are already protecting these utilities, then the millions of dollars to move them is eliminated
3. Extend central park rock revetment to protect sewer outflow vault
Recommendation: we absolutly agree
4. Multiple recreational improvements to park and beach enjoyment
Recommendation: we endorse all improvements
To Contact your Supervisor, here is information on the South County representatives:
Salud Carbajal 1st District 805.568.2186
SupervisorCarbajal@sbcbos1.org
Janet Wolf 2nd District 805.568.2191
Doreen Farr 3rd District 805.568.2192