Public Comment Received — Goleta City Council, October 4, 2022

From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 9:31 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Path

Mayor and Councilmembers,

I urge you to support this very important project that will allow UCSB students, commuters, recreational riders and young children to ride safely from Goleta Beach to Hendry's Beach and beyond. The San Jose project will be a much safer alternative to the Fairview and Patterson freeway overpasses for cyclists and pedestrians. The concern about tree removal has been overblown, as the plan includes adequate mitigation and replacement.

Thank you for your support. Best regards,

Alex Pujo
2425 Chapala Street
Santa Barbara
(805) 637-7384

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From: Eileen Mcmillen <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 11:33 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Oct 4 meeting: Support San Jose Creek Path

I support the San Jose Creek Path.

Thank you,
Eileen McMillen

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From: Joan Vignocchi <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 12:05 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Oct 4 meeting: Support San Jose Creek Path

I support the bike path expansion. I ride weekly at least and when I was working in Goleta, I used the bike path daily instead of driving. It was the highlight of my working day.

Biking is quite dangerous when cars are nearby and it's scary. My son started biking during the pandemic because fewer cars were on the road. He's lost over 40 pounds and found a lifelong passion for biking as exercise outside. He used to drive to a gym!

Bikes are a solution to global warming and our obesity epidemic. But without better bike lanes, bikers will be maimed and killed by drivers texting or simply not seeing them.

Please support the bike path expansion.

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Joan Vignocchi
[email protected]
805.455.6763

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 9:19 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Path

Hello,

I hope you're doing well. I am writing in support of the San Jose Creek Path. As a Goleta resident, I bike to work daily. I highly value the investment in a safe, economical, and eco-friendly mode of transportation. I support the San Jose Creek Path because:
• The project provides regional connectivity for the neighborhoods north of Calle Real to the Coastal Route with direct access to Goleta Beach, UCSB, and densely populated Isla Vista to the West, and the County and Santa Barbara to the East.
• The San Jose project provides safer bike/pedestrian path alternative to Fairview and Patterson overpasses. Fairview ranks as one of the most dangerous bike routes in Goleta.
• A $18MM use it or lose it grant will fund this safe bike path, provide jobs, and reduce the fatalities and hospitalizations stemming from cars hitting bikers on Fairview and Patterson.
• Allows kids, UCSB students, commuters, and recreational riders access to the bike paths from Goleta Beach to Hendry's Beach without the risks and dangers currently facing bikers.
• Of the 82 trees that would potentially be removed, mitigation plans call for 1:1 replacement, and only an estimated 16 trees would be in areas noticeable to 101 drivers.

Sincerely,
Joanna Tang

From: Torrie Cutbirth <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 9:29 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: PLEASE support the San Jose Creek Bike Path!!!!!!

Dear Goleta City Council,

My name is Torrie Cutbirth, a local community member and staff member of a local family foundation that supports $300,000.00 dollars in funding to local environmental organizations in our County each year. I am a student in SBCC's Environmental Horticulture program, and volunteer at many community gardens and other environmental organizations. I am also 29 years old, and I am terrified of the near future of our climate and state of our community.

I am reaching out to urge you to PLEASE support the San Jose Creek Bike Path.

This project is VITAL to our community's just and equitable transitions to a more green economy and more! The project provides regional connectivity for the neighborhoods north of Calle Real to the Coastal Route with direct access to Goleta Beach, UCSB, and densely populated Isla Vista to the West, and the County and Santa Barbara to the East. The San Jose project provides safer bike/pedestrian path alternative to Fairview and Patterson overpasses. Fairview ranks as one of the most dangerous bike routes in Goleta. A $18MM use it or lose it grant will fund this safe bike path, provide jobs, and reduce the fatalities and hospitalizations stemming from cars hitting bikers on Fairview and Patterson. Allows kids, UCSB students, commuters, and recreational riders access to the bike paths from Goleta Beach to Hendry's Beach without the risks and dangers currently facing bikers! Of the 82 trees that would potentially be removed, mitigation plans call for 1:1 replacement, and only an estimated 16 trees would be in areas noticeable to 101 drivers. Additionally, NEW trees sequester more carbon than mature trees, that slow carbon sequestration as they mature. New, NATIVE tree plantings will not only sequester more carbon, but the native trees will provide a multitude of benefits to the local environment, including the animals we so deeply rely on.

Thank you for your time and I hope you will approve this necessary bike path project!

In Community,

Torrie Cutbirth
Cornell University '16
(805) 453-6351

From: Karen Field <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 10:30 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support for the San Jose Creek Bike and Pedestrian Path

Dear Goleta City Council,
I am writing to urge you to support the San Jose Creek Bike and Pedestrian Path. This is a connection that is dearly needed to connect Old Town Goleta with important areas of commerce and culture north of the freeway, and vice versa. Currently both ways over the 101 - Fairview and Patterson - are both inconvenient and unsafe for non-vehicle traffic, particularly Fairview. A path along the San Jose Creek would improve equity for those without cars, enhance business access on both sides of the 101, and create an overall higher quality of life for all those who use non-vehicular transportation, either exclusively or selectively. What a huge disappointment it will be if this project fails to happen.

Please do not let your constituents down.

Sincerely,
Karen Field
Goleta, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Trieger <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 9:57 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose creek overpass

Please support project as it will encourage and support more safety and use of bikes Sent from my iPhone

From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 8:36 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support for the San Jose Creek Path

Dear Councilmember Aceves,

As a 60-year resident of the Goleta area and avid bike rider, I fully support the continuation of the San Jose Creek Path project to completion.

We've been riding that path for approximately 43+ years and our community deserves to finally have safe transportation routes for riders and pedestrians. In addition, safe routes will encourage more alternative transportation that will benefit everyone with less car traffic which has gotten ridiculously crowded with speeding drivers and drivers that clearly need to revisit rules of the road regarding crosswalks, all of which makes walking and riding unsafe for riders and walkers everywhere.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this measure and all of Goleta.

Dana Petersen

From: Jared Halsell <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 5:25 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Call Real and Holliser San Jose Creek connection support

I live off Fairview Avenue and spend lots of time bike commuting into Old Town and the 'Noleta' area. I would love if you supported the effort to connect these areas with the pedestrian and bicycle crossing under Hwy-101 and Route-217 at the intersection of Kellog and Calle Real. This will make cycling and walking in our City much safer and make my own commute from the shopping center off Fairview to the Old Town Goleta area along with many others much more enjoyable. It will greatly benefit our community.

- Jared Halsell

From: Ian Hewitt <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 12:45 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Bike Path

Hello county supervisors,

This email is in regard to the proposed bike path in San Jose Creak. The project provides critical biking alternatives to car use within the county. We should be trying to push forwards with alternatives to driving and this bike path is critical infrastructure that fights climate change and provides greater mobility access for our fellow citizens. Please support these safe and separated bike paths.

all the best,
Ian Hewitt

From: Emily Young <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 2:58 PM
To: Liana Campos <[email protected]>
Cc: David Cutaia <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: We support the San Jose Creek Project

"Dear Mayor Perotte and Goleta City Council,
The San Jose Creek Path project has been something my family and I have looked forward to seeing completed since we moved into our home in Goleta 2 years ago. We are huge proponents of this project as it will provide a much safer route for my husband who is a dedicated community educator who commutes to both San Marcos High School and UCSB on his bike, and who has had some very close calls with buses on his bike on Hollister. Please consider supporting the project, we believe it would be very beneficial to our community.

Thank you,
Emily and David Young"

From: Charlie Trouba <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 4:03 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support the San Jose Creek Bike Path

Hello Mayor Perrotte and Goleta City Councilmembers,

I am writing to express my support of the San Jose Creek bike path. This bike path would be a critical piece of biking infrastructure and would greatly improve access for recreational riders in addition to commuters. Bicycles are truly the great equalizer and are used, needed, and enjoyed by people from all walks of life. Goleta needs this path and its citizens would greatly benefit from it. I encourage you to approve this bike path and thank you for your time.

Best,
Charlie Trouba
Santa Barbara Resident

From: Kim Stanley <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 3:41 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Path

Dear Council Members,

There has been a plan in the making, for many years, to build a bike path that to the south connects Old Town Goleta to Goleta Beach and the Obern Trail, and to the north that connects Old Town with Calle Real. The benefits for the community for both commuters and people seeking recreational opportunities are HUGE. This project will increase the safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and people who would like to be bicyclists, but don't want to risk taking the Fairview 101 overcrossing. We need to give people who would like to walk and bike places more places where they feel safe to do so. We need to get people less reliant on cars to make an impact on climate change. More people using active transportation means healthier people.

This is such an important project that would enable all those benefits! It is stated in your planning documents. Thousands of hours of work from your own staff and from community members have been spent.

Please see this through. Support the San Jose Creek project.

In disbelief that we are here,
Kim Stanley

Jefferson Litten Meighan Dietenhofer Gina Fischer Alma Hernandez Chief of Staff District Representative District Representative District Representative [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

JOAN HARTMANN
Third District Supervisor
County Administration Building
105 East Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, California 93101
Telephone: (805) 568-2192

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September 29, 2022

To: Goleta City Council
Honorable Mayor Paula Perotte
Honorable Councilmember Kyle Richards
Honorable Councilmember Roger Aceves
Honorable Councilmember James Kyriaco
Honorable Councilmember Stuart Kasdin

Re: SUPPORT for approval of San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Project Mitigated Negative Declaration and Development Plan

Dear Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers:

In July 2018 I submitted a letter of support for the City of Goleta Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 4 Application for Funding San Jose Creek Class I Bike/Multi-Use Path Project. After an extremely competitive process, the City was awarded nearly $18 million in state and federal funding for this project – a major accomplishment and cause for celebration! Today I write to urge you to vote to approve the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Development Plan for the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Project to move this important project forward.

I supported the City’s application because the proposed project included an important link in our regional active transportation network, completing the approximately 3-mile long bicycle and pedestrian regional pathway connecting areas north of US Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County to the existing Class I Atascadero Creek Trail (Obern Trail), a segment of the California Coastal Trail, to the south.

The City’s plan will complement the County’s fairly recent improvements on this corridor with increased connectivity via construction of a 970-foot long stretch of Class I San Jose Creek Bike/Multi Use Path with a 140-foot bridge. The path is one of the most important connective routes for recreational bike users and commuters, and is designated as the County Bicycle Master Plan’s highest priority project. It is also part of the 1993 Goleta Community Plan and 1999 Goleta Transportation Improvement Plan.

The City’s San Jose Creek Bike Path project will provide many benefits, including safe bicycling and walking access for residents. Goleta and the Old Town area (which is identified as a low to moderate income community that I now have the privilege to represent) in particular lack adequate access for residents who walk or bike as a means of transportation. The areas and schools located north of US Highway 101 currently can only be accessed by using high volume arterials such as Fairview Avenue or Patterson Avenue from Old Town Goleta. Accessing the Obern Trail, recreational areas, and UC Santa Barbara to the south present the same difficulties.

Additionally, residents currently lack safe and easy access to other destinations such as the Calle Real Shopping Center, pharmacies, athletic facilities, and the Goleta Valley Library, also located north of US Highway 101.

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

This lack of access is especially difficult for community members on bikes or on foot who must negotiate with heavy interchange traffic along these routes in order to get to school or work, or to take care of their daily needs. As a result, very few people are able to walk or bike to these destinations and those who must, face risk on the current route.

The San Jose Creek Bike Path project will remove barriers for residents in Old Town Goleta by providing a safe bike and walking path and will encourage physical activity for our community as a whole. The project will not only provide active transportation access throughout Goleta, but will also improve regional connectivity to educational, recreational, and commercial destinations in Santa Barbara and other areas of the South Coast.

For these reasons, I supported the City of Goleta’s application for ATP funding projects and now I support the next step in the process – that the City of Goleta approve the MND in order to return to the California Transportation Commission for the next phase of funding.

Thank you for your consideration.

Third District Supervisor
Santa Barbara County

From: Allen Biehle <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 2:39 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support for the San Jose Creek Bike Path Project

Good afternoon,

I've been a resident of Goleta since August 2016, and would like to voice my strong support for the San Jose Creek Bike Path project. I work at UCSB and commute twice a week by bicycle, and so the bike path will represent an improvement for my safety and also make for an easier & faster commute. I may even be able to commute by bicycle more frequently because of it. My family and I also intend to use the bike path for recreation (we've participated in the SB100 and are avid cyclists), and I am generally proud to welcome friends and family to visit in-part due to Goleta's increasing options for recreational cycling.

I recently read that the approval of the project is at risk, which is unfathomable to me. I understand that the city was granted an Active Transportation Program (ATP) grant for approximately $18 million for the project, and should the city council choose to decline to proceed I understand that money will be in jeopardy. Thus, rejecting the project would hurt not just me and my family personally, but rob the broader community of the economic gains from the grant. Please don't let that happen, and please approve the San Jose Creek Bike Path project to proceed.

Respectfully yours,

Allen

From: Andrew Quinn <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 2:23 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: In Support of the San Jose Creek Bike Path Project

Hello,

I am a resident of Goleta as well as a business owner in our community. I live along one of our established bike routes and am a regular and avid cyclist along the roads and paths and trails all over Santa Barbara County. I am fully in favor of developing the San Jose Creek Bike Path, not for me, rather for my friends and family.

The new path would be more than a recreational convenience. It would also provide an incredibly positive cultural, economic and public health and safety impact on my immediate community.

My children attend Kellogg elementary along with our neighborhood and also with a large section of Old Town Goleta. Although my children have many close friends in their classes who live in Old Town, they are isolated from interacting outside of school due to the impediments of busy streets, a freeway, and the railroad tracks. The opportunity to safely ride or walk between these neighborhoods would have a significantly positive effect on connecting our insular existences.

The Class 1 protected path beyond Old Town towards the beach and UCSB would provide a safe and healthy way for people to commute and recreate even further, making it more feasible for people and families to attend events around Goleta, UCSB, and beyond. This would open up economic and cultural opportunities to participate and be inspired by our broader community.

I hope to attend Tuesday's City COuncil meeting, but felt obliged to submit my formal words of support here, for the record.

Thank You,
Andrew Quinn

From: Dawn Mitcham <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 2:03 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Path and Hwy-101 & Rt-217 Pedestrian/Bicyclist Overcrossings

Mayor and City Council members,

I would like to write you to express my support and desire for the San Jose Creek Path and Hwy 101 / 217 Pedestrian and Bicyclist Overcrossing. This is a difficult area in town to access and the speed of the vehicles makes it unsafe for most to even use this area if not in a vehicle. This high traffic area could be made much safer for the larger community that wants to access the areas on foot or bike. Please vote in favor of this project!

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Dawn Mitcham, CPA
Pacific Capital Resources
1321 State Street, 2nd floor
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Work:805-965-4346
Fax: 805-965-4356
Cell: 805-452-1267

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From: Rad Schreiber <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 11:15 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Oct 4 meeting: Support San Jose Creek Path

I Support for bike San Jose bike path. Thank you for working on the completion of the project.

Thank you
Rad Schreiber
2303 vista madera
Santa Barbara, ca 93101.

Sent from my iPhone

From: Tim Burger <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 9:07 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Approve San Jose Bike Path

Hello,

As a resident of the city of Santa Barbara, I am in full support of this project. It provides safe alternative transportation for adults and children and encourages an active lifestyle. I believe it is projects like this that will further set Santa Barbara apart as a desirable place to visit, live, and work.

Sincerely,

Tim Burger

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniela Soleri <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 6:14 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support the San Jose Creek Path and highway 101 and route 217 overpasses

No more tragedies like the killing of 1 year old Munir Delgado. I'm a voting Goleta District 1 resident urging you to support the San Jose Creek Path and highway 101 and route 217 overpasses. Why do bikers and pedestrians have to fear for their lives when they do the right thing by their community and planet? Let's change this!!

Sincerely,

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Daniela Soleri, PhD
she | her | ella
Research Scientist
Geography Department
UC Santa Barbara
http://geog.ucsb.edu/~soleri/

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 4:41 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject:

The San Jose Creek bikepath corridor needs to be fast tracked and completed at the soonest possible time for safety and relief of countless cyclists who ride in dangerous proximity to cars every day.

-Steve W.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Carmody <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 7:58 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Bike Path

As an avid cyclist and proponent of alternative transportation, I support the proposed San Jose Creek Bike Path. The City of Goleta has demonstrated impressive leadership in building and maintaining quality bike lanes along with green lane safety feature throughout the region. I wholeheartedly support their efforts in developing the San Jose Creek Bike Path.

Fell free to contact me with any questions.

Cheers,

Jeff Carmody
805.448.6671
[email protected]

From: Rod Tucknott <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 8:46 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Supporting San Jose Creek and Modoc bike path projects...

Good Morning and THANK YOU for all y'all do for our community!

I'm writing in support of both the San Jose Creek and Modoc bike path projects

I really enjoy riding a bike, but as a professional risk manager in the outdoor industry I am VERY concerned about folks riding with cars. I know a number of people who have been hit and even lost their lives. I'm thinking of Kendra who was a UCSB student on the Tri team that was hit and killed while on a training ride: https://recreation.ucsb.edu/classes-events/special-events/kendra%27s-race

We lived near Trader Joe's for over 15 years and I really enjoyed riding my bike to UCSB. I would specifically take the "long" way on the Maria Ygnacio path rather than Fairview because of the risk.

PLEASE SUPPORT good risk management, our biking community, and our environment. THANK YOU!!! From: zak <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 10:27 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Oct 4 meeting: Support San Jose Creek Path

Hullo -

I'm a regular cyclist in town who is very excited by the San Jose Creek Path.

I love the path that goes under the freeway near Patterson, and am a huge fan of any new paths that make cycling more pleasant and safer.

I'm shocked that there is any doubt as to whether or not to accept state money on this clear improvement in safety, jobs and access.

The only objection seems to be around trees - and any concern around trees is clearly due to a lack of understanding around what the word "renew" means in renewable resources. They will be replaced - unlike any lives lost on the dangerous freeway overpasses.

Thank you for your support.

Regards,
Zak Klobucher

From: Nadia Abushanab <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 12:45 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Cc: SB CAN Executive Director <[email protected]>
Subject: SBCAN Comment in Support of San Jose Creek Multi-Use Path

Dear Goleta City Councilmembers,

Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) urges you to vote YES on the San Jose Creek Multi-Use Path.

This project is an important piece in the overall plan to make Goleta more accessible via active transportation. As you are aware, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the county are personal vehicles, mostly used for commuting. Currently there are inadequate options for Old Town residents to access the rest of Goleta via active transportation, and residents who live in the rest of the city have difficulty accessing businesses in Old Town Goleta. This path would improve connectivity within Goleta, while also connecting residents to existing paths that extend all the way to UCSB, Goleta Beach, Calle Real, and into Santa Barbara, providing residents with a safer commuting option that is more environmentally friendly.

Again, SBCAN urges you to vote yes in support of the multi-use path.

Sincerely,

Nadia Abushanab
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Nadia Lee Abushanab (she/her)
Advocacy and Events Director
SBCAN
[email protected]
508-740-8504

1 From: Nick Burwell <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 9:22 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: In support of the San Jose Creek Bike Path
Hello,
I live in the Kellogg neighborhood right off North Kellogg Ave above Berkeley with my family of 5 and we are all in full support of the San Jose Creek Bike Path! We have been hearing about it and looking forward to it for several years, and would be devastated if it was delayed any further. Connecting the neighborhoods north and south of the freeway, providing safe bike access to Kellogg Elementary, and bike access to Old Town and the beach from the north are vital to our community! The plan includes replacing trees at a 1:1 and 3:1 ratio depending on location, for any that need to be removed. This is a very reasonable plan, and the many other benefits to the environment (less cars on the road, less non-native trees, to name a few) far outweigh the necessary removal of some trees in order to complete this critical and exciting project. Please support this project and move it to the next phase.

Thank you,
Nicholas Burwell
[email protected]
1 From: Tracey Singh <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 10:19 AM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: San Jose Bike Path
Please approve the San Jose Bike Path.

We NEED SAFE PATHWAYS for Cyclists & Pedestrian, especially in this dangerous area.

There in no reason to not approve this great improvement for the people of Santa Barbara County.

Thank you,
Tracey Willfong
1 From: Steve George <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 4:09 PM
To: City Clerk Group; Paula Perotte; Roger Aceves; Kyle Richards; James Kyriaco; Charlie Ebeling; Stuart Kasdin
Cc: Barry Remis; Dr. Dan; Melissa Cunningham; Jason Chapman; Luz Reyes-Martin; Cecilia Brown Subject: NTGS input regarding the San Jose Creek path
Attachments: NTGS San Jose Creek path support Oct 2022.docx City of Goleta Leadership,
I am submitting this written request for approval of the San Jose Creek multi-modal path and asking that NTGS input be added to the record. I will not be able to attend the City Council meeting in person as I am recovering from my hip replacement surgery and some related medical issues. I will join the meeting on line but consider this letter as my input. Please support the San Jose Creek path project and approve the proposal.

Thank you,
Steve George
Chair - NTGS New Town Goleta Safety
805-845-5017
[email protected]
**************************************************************************************************************************************** September 30, 2022
City of Goleta leadership
130 Cremona Drive, Suite B
Goleta, California 93117
RE: City of Goleta support for the San Jose Creek Class I Bike/Multi-Use Path Project Dear Mayor Perotte, Council Members, and Mr. Ebeling,
I am writing on behalf of NTGS – New Town Goleta Safety to support the San Jose Creek Class I Bike/Multi-Use Path. As you know, NTGS has been working for many years on improving safety in our area and to encourage more safe walking and bicycle riding (for better health) and less driving (to reduce our carbon footprint).

The San Jose Creek Bike Path project provides many benefits inc luding providing safe bicycling and pedestrian access for residents. Specifically, residents living in the high-density residential area of Old Town Goleta, which is identified as a low to moderate income community, will have safe means of transport. Old Town does not have any schools located within the community itself; as a result, all 2 school aged children living in in the area attend various schools located within 2 miles of Old Town (all located to the north of US 101). The proposed multi use path would provide a designated (and much needed) “Safe Route to School” for the Goleta Valley Junior High students that live at the east end of Old Town Goleta. Additionally, residents currently lack safe, easy access to other destinations such as the Calle Real shopping center, pharmacies, athletic facilities and the Goleta Valley Library also located to the north of US 101. The Goleta Neighborhood Clinic (supporting low income and minority families) is located immediately adjacent to the proposed multi use path and would open up easy access for the Old Town residents that utilize the clinic for their health needs.

Goleta and the Old Town area in particular lack adequate access for residents who walk or bike as means of transportation. The areas and schools located north of US 101 currently can only be accessed by using high volume arterials such as Fairview Avenue or Patterson Ave from Old Town Goleta. Accessing the Obern Trail, recreational areas, and UCSB to the south presents the same difficulties. This lack of access is especially difficult for residents in the community who must negotiate with heavy interchange traffic along these routes in order to get to school or work. As a result, very few people are able to walk or bike to their destinations and those who must cannot do so safely. Citizens are reliant on motorized vehicles to access other educational and recreational destinations in close proximity to Old Town. As was stated earlier, we refer to our area north of the freeway as “New Town Goleta”. This multi-use path will help us become ONE Goleta (not just Old and New) by connecting both sides of the freeway into one community.

The San Jose Creek Bike Path project will remove barriers for residents in Old Town Goleta by providing a safe bike and pedestrian path and will encourage physical activity for our community as a whole. Old Town Goleta offers a wide variety of resources and facilities to its community members north of the freeway that could be easily accessed by using the planned multimodal pathway. Children and families on the North side of the freeway will gain easy and safe access to Goleta Beach and the Obern Trail, Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park, the Boy’s and Girl’s Club, the many events and activities at the Goleta Community Center, as well as a wide variety of retail, dining and service opportunities located in Old Town.

The impact on our adjacent trees (along the designated path route) is clearly one of the issues causing “pause” on this project. Let’s be realistic. Global warming and the long-term drought have significantly impacted our area. We are not being successful in keeping our existing, and mostly non- native, trees alive or healthy. One only needs to look at the Ellwood Mesa or Stow Park and the massive tree die-off being experienced in these areas. The proposed tree removal and replacement plan with native, more drought resistant, trees is forward thinking and should not be looked at as a barrier.

For these reasons, NTGS – New Town Goleta Safety, strongly supports moving forward with this project. In this election year, NTGS asks for your support in approving this important project and to not jeopardize the funding that has already been approved. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to positively impact the connectivity of our community, improve the health of our residents, and to do our part in reducing carbon emissions by encouraging walking and bicycle riding.

Please vote yes to support moving forward with this project as designed.

Should you have any questions regarding our support of the City moving forward with this project, please feel free to contact me at 805-845-5017 or [email protected].

Sincerely,
3 Steve George

Steve George
Chair NTGS – New Town Goleta Safety
805-845-5017
[email protected]
September 30, 2022

City of Goleta leadership
130 Cremona Drive, Suite B
Goleta, California 93117

RE: City of Goleta support for the San Jose Creek Class I Bike/Multi-Use Path Project

Dear Mayor Perotte, Council Members, and Mr. Ebeling,

I am writing on behalf of NTGS – New Town Goleta Safety to support the San Jose Creek Class I Bike/Multi-Use Path. As you know, NTGS has been working for many years on improving safety in our area and to encourage more safe walking and bicycle riding (for better health) and less driving (to reduce our carbon footprint).

The San Jose Creek Bike Path project provides many benefits including providing safe bicycling and pedestrian access for residents. Specifically, residents living in the high- density residential area of Old Town Goleta, which is identified as a low to moderate income community, will have safe means of transport. Old Town does not have any schools located within the community itself; as a result, all school aged children living in in the area attend various schools located within 2 miles of Old Town (all located to the north of US 101). The proposed multi use path would provide a designated (and much needed) “Safe Route to School” for the Goleta Valley Junior High students that live at the east end of Old Town Goleta. Additionally, residents currently lack safe, easy access to other destinations such as the Calle Real shopping center, pharmacies, athletic facilities and the Goleta Valley Library also located to the north of US 101. The Goleta Neighborhood Clinic (supporting low income and minority families) is located immediately adjacent to the proposed multi use path and would open up easy access for the Old Town residents that utilize the clinic for their health needs.

Citizens are reliant on motorized vehicles to access other educational and recreational destinations in close proximity to Old Town. As was stated earlier, we refer to our area north of the freeway as “New Town Goleta”. This multi-use path will help us become ONE Goleta (not just Old and New) by connecting both sides of the freeway into one community.

The impact on our adjacent trees (along the designated path route) is clearly one of the issues causing “pause” on this project. Let’s be realistic. Global warming and the long- term drought have significantly impacted our area. We are not being successful in keeping our existing, and mostly non-native, trees alive or healthy. One only needs to look at the Ellwood Mesa or Stow Park and the massive tree die-off being experienced in these areas. The proposed tree removal and replacement plan with native, more drought resistant, trees is forward thinking and should not be looked at as a barrier.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to positively impact the connectivity of our community, improve the health of our residents, and to do our part in reducing carbon emissions by encouraging walking and bicycle riding.

Please vote yes to support moving forward with this project as designed.

Should you have any questions regarding our support of the City moving forward with this project, please feel free to contact me at 805-845-5017 or [email protected].

Sincerely,

Steve George

Steve George
Chair NTGS – New Town Goleta Safety
805-845-5017
[email protected]
1 From: Chris Proctor <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2022 10:50 AM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: Oct 4 meeting: Support San Jose Creek Path
I am writing in support of the Goleta ‐ San Jose Creek Path for the following reasons:
 The
project provides regional connectivity for the neighborhoods north of Calle Real to the Coastal Route with direct access to Goleta Beach, UCSB, and densely populated Isla Vista to the West and the County and Santa Barbara to the East.
 The San Jose project provides a safer bike/pedestrian path alternative to Fairview and Patterson overpasses. Fairview ranks as one of the most d
angerous bike routes in Goleta.
 A
n $18MM use it or lose it grant will fund this safe bike path, provide jobs, and reduce the fatalities and hospitalizatio
ns stemming from cars hitting bikers on Fairview and Patterson.  Allows
kids, UCSB students, commuters, and recreational riders access to the bike paths from Goleta Beach to Hendry's
Beach without the risks and dangers currently facing bikers.  Of the 82
trees that would potentially be removed, mitigation plans call for 1:1 replacement, and only an estimated 16 trees would
be in areas noticeable to 101 drivers.

Please support the San Jose Creek Path,
‐‐
Christopher S. Proctor, MD
Alta Orthopaedics
To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automa tic download of this picture from the Internet. 1 From: Albert Oaten <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2022 8:40 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: Support San Jose Creek Project as Benefit of Local Goleta Governance Hi Council Members
I voted for Goleta Cityhood in the belief that it would lead to greater allocation of funding and better representation of the services that can enhance our lives in Goleta.

I support the $18MM grant for the San Jose Creek bike path because it:
‐Injects $18MM into our local economy
‐Facilitates bike and foot traffic enhancing business vitality and convenience for constituents on both sides of the freeway wanting access to grocery shopping, restaurants, etc...

More importantly, the $18MM speaks directly to safety:
‐Enhanced public safety, especially for UCSB students commuting to school, high school kids wanting access to beaches, and recreational riding by families with children.
‐6‐10% of the public feels safe on roads that bikes and cars share. ‐81% of the public would feel safe on protected (class 1 bikeways.) 2017 study by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) This is what neglecting bike and pedestrians looks like, and it will get worse as the city grows, the proliferation of e-bikes, and the need for more commuting options increases for young people, and the economically disadvantaged.

2 In addition to the above, the current plan improves native habitat restoration and increases the environmental values we seek to cultivate in our community.

The project represents the reasons we voted to have our own local government. Inexplicably, it appears that Goleta is at risk of being the only city in California to turn down an $18MM grant that would improve our economy, our infrastructure, the vitality of our businesses, the environmental values we cherish here, and the safety of its pedestrian and bike riding constituents.

It is unfathomable to think that after the struggle to become its own city with its own governance, Goleta could become the first and only city in California to decline an $18MM injection of money to improve our infrastructure, our business community, and the safety of our constituents.

Please approve the San Jose Creek Project and point to it with pride as an example of something exemplifying the benefits of our local government. To do otherwise would call into question the purpose and benefit of having our own local government, especially if staying a part of Santa Barbara would have led to the enthusiastic approval of this project.

Thanks for listening.

Albert

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 10:19 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support San Jose Bike Path

Good morning,

I am a Goleta resident at Hollister/Patterson and I regularly use my bike to access local businesses, restaurants, friends and recreation. I am a land use/environmental attorney and very familiar with the process and details of the proposed tree mitigation.

I can easily access businesses in Old Town, but anything north of the 101 required me to drive because of the terrible accessibility. Turning left from Patterson onto Calle Real is not an enjoyable experience.

I would like the choice to be able to access this area on my bicycle. I support the plan. Ultimately decisions to do nothing and stop improving bike/ped facilities will detract from the livability of the community.

Greg Wittmann
326 Hollipat Center Drive

From: Dorrie Powell <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 10:21 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Project

Hi Council Members

I support the $18MM grant for the San Jose Creek bike path because it:
-Injects $18MM into our local economy
-Facilitates bike and foot traffic enhancing business vitality and convenience for constituents on both sides of the freeway wanting access to grocery shopping, restaurants, etc...

This is what neglecting bike and pedestrians looks like, and it will get worse as the city grows, the proliferation of e-bikes, and the need for more commuting options increases for young people, and the economically disadvantaged.

In addition to the above, the current plan improves native habitat restoration and increases the environmental values we seek to cultivate in our community.

Thanks for listening.

Dorrie Powell

Dorrie Tames Powell
Coastal Properties
1086 Coast Village Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
805.451.2576

[email protected]
DRE License # 01207314

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 10:27 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Please Support San Jose Creek Project

Hello Council Members,

I am writing to urge your support if the grant fue the San Jose bike path.

In addition to the above, the current plan improves native habitat restoration and increases the environmental values we seek to cultivate in our community.

Thanks so much,

Harold Powell

Sent from my iPhone

From: Greg Goodman <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 10:44 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Bike project (in support!)

Dear Goleta Council,

Safe biking in Goleta is very important to me and my family. The new San Jose Creek project will provide the necessary safety for bikers and get them away from cars. Please support this important improvement to our local biking community. I'm always amazed at the number of people who use new bike paths that are built. The new Los Positas bike path is busy all the time with all sort of people who previously weren't riding. Please help increase the availability of safe bike routes within our cherished community.

Greg Goodman

-----Original Message-----
From: Megan Burwell <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 10:52 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Bike Path

Hello,

Thank you so much for considering our support for the San Jose bike underpass. My husband, kids and I live in the Kellogg neighborhood, and have been excited about the prospect of this bike path for many years now. We love the idea of being able to bike safely down to Jonny D. Wallis Park, Goleta Beach, and Campus Point, all of which we visit regularly.

My husband works for local company Invoca, and in the summer of 2015 we spent 3 months in Boulder, Colorado to help them open an office there. Boulder is well known for their prolific bike paths, which connect every neighborhood in the city, and consist almost solely as dedicated bike baths: they are not an afterthought put next to a busy street, but largely in their own space or next to creeks. As you can imagine, the impact this has on how much they get used is incredibly significant. For us, it meant my husband biked to and from work every day, and I felt comfortable taking my then 2 and 4 year olds on many treks through the city. Even though my kids are older now, this is not something we do regularly here in Goleta - the bike path access is nowhere near where we would like it to be.

I can’t pretend to know what it takes to move a project like this forward, but I know from experience what we will gain if we complete it.

Thank you,
Megan Burwell

Sent from my iPhone

From: Claudia Mazzotti <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 11:15 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support to San Jose Creek bike path.

Hi Council Members

I voted for Goleta Cityhood.

Hopefully you will listen to this petition.

- - - - -
Claudia G. Mazzotti
or
Claudia Gutierrez Mazzotti
or
Claudia Mazzotti

-----Original Message-----
From: Fran Davis <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 11:24 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose creek trail

Dear Council members,
As fairly recent residents of Goleta, who have become fans, we are very much interested in seeing the city do the right thing for its citizens. The San Jose Creek bike trail is very much the right and forward- looking thing, providing safe and easy passage for an ever-increasing number of bike and ebike riders of all ages. Passing up this wellfunded project would be a dereliction of duty on the part of Goleta’s elected leaders.

Roger & Fran Davis
249 Moreton Bay Lane
Goleta. 93117
Sent from my iPhone

-----Original Message-----
From: Lesley Miller <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 11:57 AM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Please don't waste $18 million

Dear City Clerk,

I’m requesting this letter be entered into public record at the October 4 special meeting.

I am a Goleta resident, and one of the reasons I purchased in Old Town is that a new bike path to Goleta Beach has been in the works for years. I’m really disappointed to find out that it may not happen because of concern over trees being cut down. If a choice is made to vote this way, you’re denying access to the ocean for many underserved families and children who need options for exercise and enjoying nature.

Trees can be replanted—it’s a part of the planned process—but if this path doesn’t happen I will continue driving my vehicle to the ocean, wasting gas and precious resources to get there. Additionally, we’d be wasting $18 million dollars on something that many families have been looking forward to for years. How utterly irresponsible!

With your good conscious, my elementary school children will have the chance to safely ride their bikes to Campus Point for junior lifeguards, and my husband and I can run safely to Goleta Beach. Maybe someday, our kids will even be able to bike to UCSB for school.

Please don’t let your short sighted concerns get in the way of a safe, eco-friendly plan for thousands of families to access our natural resources. So many of us pay a lot of money to live near the ocean. Let’s make sure we can access it!

Lesley Miller
949-981-7336

From: Mitchell Maier <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 12:48 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Approve the San Jose Creek Bike Path Project

Dear Council,

As a resident of Goleta for the past 10 years, I strongly believe this bike path is needed for the community and urge you to vote to continue to move the project forward. Creating this path would increase the amount me and my family visit Old Town Goleta and Calle Real shopping areas as we prefer traveling by bike when possible but find navigating to these areas by bike difficult and dangerous with the current infrastructure.

Thank you,
Mitchell Maier

From: Gregg Hart <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 1:54 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Goleta City Council letter in support of SAN JOSE CREEK MULTIPURPOSE PATH PROJECT

Dear Goleta City Council:

As a concerned citizen and a former Goleta Parks & Recreation commissioner, I am writing to ask that you support the San Jose Creek Bike Path - Northern and Southern Segments (Project No. 9006) proposal.

As a bicyclist (and motorist), this project is particularly critical for two reasons in my mind:
safety and encouraging more people to bike. The safety aspect alone should merit your support. As someone who broke two ribs when I had a parked car door opened on me, I can tell you firsthand how hard it is to stay safe on bike paths shared with cars.

I have 3 adult children who were all scared to ride on road adjacent bike routes when they were young. Without belaboring the troubling trends of the childhood obesity epidemic; climate change impacts and community connections this would enable, this opportunity is too good to pass up. And who would want to pass up external funding of $18MM?

The counter arguments I’ve heard about are very weak in the face of the massive improvement this would be to our community. I implore you to support this project.

Thank you for your consideration,

Gregg W. Hart
Former Goleta Parks & Recreation Commissioner & Design & Review Board member (not the assembly candidate of the same name!)
6188 Covington Way
Goleta, CA 93117

From: Melissa Cunningham <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 2:57 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Cc: Charlie Ebeling <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Path

Dear Mayor Perotte and City Council Members,

Tomorrow you will be continuing your hearing on the San Jose Creek Bike/Multi-use path. This is a much needed and well supported and funded project that should not be held up. I urge those of you with concerns to let the project move to the next phase and I also urge the city council members who recused themselves from the previous vote to please reconsider. This path will enhance the lives of so many people. If the concern is for a few trees, that is nothing compared to the fossil fuels that will be saved, the lives that will be protected and all the other dozens of good reasons why we need to keep this project moving forward!
Trees can and will be replaced, lives cannot be.

Thank you,
Melissa

Melissa P. Cunningham
[email protected]
970.209.9560

From: Autumn <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 3:00 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support San Jose Multi-Purpose Path Grant/Design Refinement

Honorable Goleta City Council Members:

Please vote on October 4th to approve the San Jose Creek Multi-Purpose Path project's Revised Final MND and keep the project's ATP grant alive! This long-awaited and forward-thinking, safe and equitable, non-vehicular access route will connect the City's northern and southern neighborhoods, commercial districts, and natural assets that have long been separated by the 101 freeway and the Union Pacific railroad. This is important for those who choose to use or must have alternate ways to get around in our area and will promote more local education-related, financial and recreational activity while lessening impact on our environment for generations to come.

Approving the environmental document does not set in stone the 40% design details; it provides the critical next step in refining the design to address community input regarding tree removals and impacts, sight and sound barriers, and sea-level rise considerations, among other concerns.

This vote offers an opportunity for the project to be further improved and takes advantage of decades of work and a one-time grant of $18 million! Please vote yes for the present and future quality of life in Goleta and beyond!
Respectfully,
Autumn Brook

From: Rebecca Vincent <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 3:26 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Support for new bike path

Hello,

I am a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara. I'm not sure I can make the city council meeting tomorrow so I wanted to make sure that people know loud and clear that all students lives would be greatly improved with the addition of the new bike path that would make it so that we don't need to bike over the highway on Fairview ave! Yes, some harm will come to non-native and fire-prone eucalyptus trees...I can live with that guilt free. Throw in some oak tree planting projects afterwards and you'll be everyone's favorite. Especially as housing prices skyrocket, we need to make the housing options that are slightly farther away from campus accessible SAFELY by bike! (safety of people and our bike tires that keep getting punctured if we have to bike on the side of a busy road.) Right now, unfortunately, it has been really hard to depend on the buses in the areas that would be made more accessible with this bike path. Cars are out and should not be considered a reasonable option for most people (health-wise and for our planet).

Bike and bus enthusiast,
Rebecca

From: Nancy Black <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 3:26 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: In favor of the San Jose Creek bike path grant

I support the $18MM grant for the San Jose Creek bike path. It makes it easier to take bike trips in or through Goleta. It makes it easier to visit shops downtown by bike. It boosts $18MM into our local economy. It's a win-win.

The main reason to do it is to increase bike safety in Goleta, especially for students, families and young people. I've been in a lot of car accidents locally, one of them when I was on a bike, hit by a car. I'll keep driving the car to Goleta, until there's a bike path separated from car traffic. I know I'm not alone in this.

These improvements provide a big boost for local safe biking infrastructure. Please keep improving bike safety in Goleta.

Thank you for your service,
Nancy

Nancy Black
Cofounder, Producer, Storyteller

Santa Barbara County Trails Council • PO Box 22352 • Santa Barbara, CA 93121 • sbtrails.org • 805.708.6173 Otis Calef President Dan Gira Vice President Paul Herning Treasurer Kevin Wallace Secretary Susan Keller Bob Nagy Curt Cragg Natalie Hodges Kerry Kellogg George Amoon October 03, 2022 Mayor Paula Perotte City of Goleta 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 Re: San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Project Dear Mayor Perotte and Councilmembers, The Santa Barbara Trails Council (Trails Council) is a broad-based trails advocacy group consisting of hikers, runners, equestrians, cyclists, and other trail users. The Trails Council was formed in 1967 to advocate for the planning and construction of new trails and to help organize work parties to maintain existing trails. Over the last 55 years, the Trails Council has worked cooperatively with government agencies on planning, permitting, funding, building, and maintaining trails across Santa Barbara County. We have worked with the City of Goleta for over a decade to plan, permit, fund, and construct new trails. For example, we worked closely with City staff to secure the City's Coastal Development Permit for Ellwood Mesa. Through our efforts, we have raised over $250,000 for trail projects in the City of Goleta, including ongoing improvements for Lake Los Carneros Ecological Preserve. The Trails Council has been following the planning and development of the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Project for over 20 years. Today, a multi-use active transportation route is needed more than ever to provide a critical connection between existing bike routes north of U.S. 101 and the Obern Trail (formerly known as Atascadero Creek Bike Path) to the south. When completed, the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path will connect local bike routes north of Calle Real to the long-distance walking and cycling trails (LDTs) that connect communities from Carpinteria to Guadalupe and beyond. We are grateful for the work done by previous generations to enhance the quality of life in our community. With your support, we can now step up and carry our share for future generations. Therefore, we strongly support the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Project and urge the City Council to approve this project. Sincerely, Mark Wilkinson Executive Director [email protected] From: Paul Freeman <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 5:04 PM
To: City Clerk Group <[email protected]>
Subject: In Support San Jose Creek Project

City Council Members,

As a long time resident of Santa Barbara County, and supporter of Goleta independence, I support getting/allocating the $18M grant for the San Jose Creek bike path project. There are many bikes in Santa Barbara and I believe that investing in the safety of residents who frequently use them should be of high priority. Additionally, the grant would bring revenue to SB businesses and would contribute to continuing to develop our culture of using bikes as an eco-friendly mean of transportation – supporting both local residents, like my family, and University students who frequently use our bike paths.

Do not pass up the opportunity to bring much needed infrastructure improvement to the SB/Goleta community.

Please move forward with this grant acquisition and the San Jose Creek bike project.

Thank you,

-P

1 From: Bjorn Birnir <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 5:39 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: Support of San Josea Creek Project
Dear C
ouncil Members
I voted for Goleta Cityhood in the belief that it would lead to greater allocation of funding and better representation of the services that can enhance our lives in Goleta.

More importantly, the $18MM speaks directly to safety:
-Enhanced public safety, especially for UCSB students commuting to school, high school kids wanting access to beaches, and recreational riding by families with children. -6-10% of the public feels safe on roads that bikes and cars share. -81% of the public would feel safe on protected (class 1 bikeways.) 2017 study by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) This is what neglecting bike and pedestrians looks like, and it will get worse as the city grows, the proliferation of e-bikes, and the need for more commuting options increases for young people, and the economically disadvantaged.

2 In addition to the above, the current plan improves native habitat restoration and increases the environmental values we seek to cultivate in our community.

Best regards,

Björn Birnir
Professor and Director
Mathematics
Office: (805) 893-4866
Mobile: (805) 450-2256
Email: [email protected]
Zoom: bjornbirnir
1 From: Tristen Miller <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 6:10 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: Support for bike path and pedestrian crossings Hello!
My name is Tristen Miller. I am a resident of Santa Barbara and would love to bike to Goleta and spend my money in old town but I don’t feel safe currently. I fully support the (funded!) San Jose Creek Bike path and the pedestrian and bike 101 crossings. I hope you vote to support them as well.

Thank you!
Tristen
1 From: eva inbar <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 6:14 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: Support for San Jose Creek bike path
Dear Goleta City Council:

I wish to express my support for the San Jose Creek bike path. This project has been in process for a very long time. It will provide a vital link between Goleta north and south of Hwy 101 for non- motorized users. Both the nearby overpasses, the one at Patterson and the one at Fairview, are very inhospitable to them. Now that the money has been awarded, please do not delay building it while minimizing tree removals.

Thank you for your consideration,
Eva Inbar

October 3, 2022
Honorable Mayor and City Council
RE: Review of September 28 2022 Tree Survey and Impact Analysis for Goleta’s San Jose Creek Bike Path

Thanks to the Council for requesting a detailed tree survey and impact analysis as conducted by a Registered Consulting Arborist with Rincon Consultants, Inc. The report concludes that 77 trees will be removed, 25% of the canopy coverage will be removed within the project site, and an additional 15 trees will have major impac ts that could result in decline and death of the trees.

My review of the report is that this is an accurate but conservative impact analysis. The 15 native trees with major impacts that could lead to death are not included in the 77 trees to be removed and are therefore not mitigated.

The actual number of trees to have significant impacts could then be as high as 92 trees.

The formulas used by the consultant also understate the impact to the unique aspects of the Coast Live Oak, which have extensive root systems that frequently extend 1 ½ times the canopy , allowing the tree to survive during long periods without rain. The report also assumes that when construction begins, contractors will stay within the footprint shown on the maps, yet most construction projects commonly go beyond construction footprints, which can result in more impacts to the trees than described in the report.

The impact report clarifies significant impacts to the trees that were not previously well documented. There are also additional issues that the consultants were not asked to address including; - Design Changes – What changes to the current design alignment are necessary to avoid impacting trees? - Risk assessment-Removing up to 92 trees and taking 25% of the canopy in this forest will have an impact upon the stability of the remaining trees in the forest. The trees in the forest do not all grow perfectly vertical.

Over time, trees growing close together support each other not only from the roots but also through their trunks. Removing some trees can weaken the support system of remaining trees, and create hazardous conditions, such as occurs on the bikeway on the north side of Calle Real next to Maravilla. - Visual impacts - Ground level visual impacts of tree removal s have not been addressed. There are no photographs in this report that show current or potential visual impacts of tree removals from the perspective of neighboring residential communities. It will take 25 to-35 years for new trees to develop sufficient canopy and screening mass to take the place of removed trees if it is feasible to plant in impacted areas.. - Onsite mitigation feasibility - The impact analysis does not identify if there is sufficient roo m to plant all the replacement the trees on site, which could increase the impact in the locations where existing trees are removed and create a need for offsite mitigation locations and monitoring expenses. The feasibility of mitigating the removal of 77/92 trees would require planting between 179 and 224 trees in an area cleared for a bike path. Large size trees such as Coast Live Oaks and Sycamores are not planted within 10 feet of streets and bike paths in Goleta due to extensive root systems of these big trees that can uplift hardscape surfaces.

Now that the Council has the information about the impact to the trees , what does it do es with it? This impact analysis has exposed flaws in the planning and construction process for the City. Tree experts were not involved in the beginning of the project and thus the impact on existing trees was not fully considered in the design process.

How to deal with the forest that exists along San Jose Creek has been afterthought in this process. The likelihood that that the impacts will be resolved in the remainder of the design process does not appear likely.

Sincerely

Registered Consulting Arborist
ISA Board Certified Master Arborist

Kenneth A. Knight Consulting LLC
Registered Consulting Arborist #507
Board Certified Master Arborist WE6394BM
ISA Risk Assessment Qualified/ASCA Tree Appraisal Qualified 69 Calaveras Avenue Goleta, CA 93117 Cell Phone (805)252-1952 [email protected] www.goletaarborists.com

Dear Goleta Council Members,I am writing to you on behalf of the local non-profit Strong Towns Santa Barbara. Ourgroup is a local branch of a national advocacy non-profit called Strong towns (more informationon their website here:Strong Towns).The Strong Towns approach to planning focuses on the great benefits of investing inalternative transportation infrastructure. It has been shown time and again that cities willeventually bankrupt themselves if they invest solely in car-centric infrastructure; they simplycan’t pay for its high upkeep costs over the years. Bike paths, like the one proposed along SanJose Creek, are different. They have a large upfront cost (though still less than a new road), yet amuch lower maintenance cost. This is because bikes create nearly no wear and tear on their pathscompared to the damage done to asphalt by muli-ton cars. Additionally, a Class I bike path likethe one proposed in this project can carry hundreds of more people over a much smaller area,with little danger of creating traffic.It is important as we plan for a future in which we must fight climate change to focus onshifting trips to biking and walking. While this may seem impossible,studies have shown thatthree-fourths of all daily trips made in America are ten miles or less. With the advent ofaffordable electric bikes, people can choose to stop relying on their expensive cars for many ofthese journeys. Civic leaders can step up and approve projects like this one, which will create asafe place for citizens to make these trips, and entice even more to do so. Bike-friendlyinfrastructure like the San Jose path can create a positive feedback loop in which more peoplewill feel safe riding their bikes, and therefore more people will choose to do so.In the end, this project benefits the city economically, the environment, and the people ofGoleta, who will have a safe North-South route to bike across the town.Thank you,Sullivan IsraelLocal Conversation Leader, Strong Towns Santa Barbara

1 From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2022 11:38 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: San Jose Creek Bike Path Support
Mayor and City Council Members,
I am writing to you in strong support of the San Jose Creek Bike Path.

As a resident of Old Town, the path would have a huge positive impact on myself as well as the entire community. Building safe bicycle infrastructure will allow people to make easy trips to Goleta Beach or Calle Real while preventing the need to jump in a car just to get to the other side of the freeway.

With $18 million of funding already secured, I am astounded that there is even a chance this does not get approved. I urge you to please approve this project.

Thank You,
Kyle Campbell
Dear Mayor Perotte and City Council,

Immediately after the results of the city counc il meeting on 09/20, I felt the need to alert our community to the risk that the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path could be canceled. I felt if only the council could see just how much this path is desired, they would be compelled to approve this project. So, I created the petition included in this submittal. This petition was shared online in local Goleta and Santa Barbara groups and posted on community boards and local businesses in Old Town Goleta. As of this submittal on 10/03/2022, 638 individuals have signed the petition in the last 12 days.

It is clear the residents of Goleta and neighboring communities want improved infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. They want to see improvements to the underserved people of Old Town. They are satisfied with the current mitigation plan for tree removal and replacement and excitedly wait for this project to move forward.

I urge you to listen to the people and approve the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and Development Plan. Please keep this outpouring of public support in mind as this project and projects like it come to council.

Thank you for your time and for your efforts in making Goleta a Good Land for all.

Respectfully,

Kristin Brandt

Attached: A copy of the petition and full list of signatures

APPROVE THE SAN JOSE CREEK BIKE PATH PROJECT

The Goleta San Jose Creek Bike Path - a project that has been in the works for over 20 years and has consistently received majority public support - is in danger of being canceled!
This project will:
o Improve the safety for bikers and pedestrians
o Create a much-needed link between the underserved Old Town community, Goleta Beach, and Calle Real
o Reduce car traffic and encourage alternative transportation Additionally, the city has already been awarded a $18 MILLION grant to build this path! Yet it is dangerously close to being tanked. Why? Because two of our five Goleta city councilmembers have had to recuse themselves from voting due to living near where the path would be built. This means the other three councilmembers must unanimously agree to move this project forward.

Councilmember Aceves is considering rejecting this project! If the project is NOT approved to move onto the next stage of review on 10/04, the city will LOSE the grant money and all the work that has been put into this path over the last two decades will go down the drain.

Please, sign this petition to tell Councilmember Aceves you want this path! Concerns about the environmental impact or want to see other changes to the path plan? That's okay! This vote on October 4th simply allows the review process to continue forward.

It does NOT set the current plan in stone or eliminate any more chances for public comment.

Please, voice your support for the path now or it won't happen AT ALL. o Help the residents of Old Town access the rest of Goleta o Encourage SAFE alternative transportation
o Allow public access to our beautiful natural areas
Want to do more?
Write in to the city by emailing [email protected].

PROYECTO DEL SENDERO MULTIPROPÓSITO DEL ARROYO SAN JOSÉ El proyecto del sendero multipropósito del Arroyo San José- , un proyecto que ha estado en proceso durante más de 20 años y ha recibido constantemente el apoyo público mayoritario, ¡está en peligro de ser cancelado!
Este proyecto:
o Mejorará la seguridad de ciclistas y peatones
o Creará un vínculo muy necesario entre la comunidad marginada de Old Town, Goleta Beach y Calle Real
o Reducirá el tráfico de automóviles y fomentará el transporte alternativo Además, ¡la ciudad ya ha recibido una subvención de $18 MILLONES para construir este camino! Sin embargo, está peligrosamente cerca de ser cancelado. ¿Por qué? Porque dos de nuestros cinco concejales de la ciudad de Goleta han tenido que abstenerse de votar por vivir cerca de donde se construiría el camino. Esto significa que los otros tres miembros del consejo deben estar de acuerdo por unanimidad para hacer avanzar este proyecto. ¡El concejal Aceves está considerando rechazar este proyecto! Si el proyecto NO se aprueba para pasar a la siguiente etapa de revisión el 10/04, la ciudad PERDERÁ el dinero de la subvención y todo el trabajo que se ha realizado en este camino durante las últimas dos décadas se irá por el desagüe.
¡Por favor, firme esta petición para decirle al Concejal Aceves que quiere este proyecto!
¿Le preocupa el impacto ambiental o quiere ver otros cambios en el plan de ruta? ¡Está bien! Esta votación del 4 de octubre simplemente permite que el proceso de revisión continúe. NO establece el plan actual sin modificaciones, ni elimina más posibilidades de comentarios públicos.

Por favor, exprese su apoyo para el proyecto ahora o no sucederá en ABSOLUTO. o Ayude a los residentes de Old Town a acceder al resto de Goleta o Fomente el transporte alternativo SEGURO
o Permita el acceso público a nuestras hermosas áreas naturales ¿Quiere hacer más?
Escriba a la ciudad enviando un correo electrónico a [email protected].

# Name Signed On Comments
1 Nancy Eckert 9/21/2022 "Bike paths create transportation balance, increase public safety (even for car drivers!) make our
community more desirable to live in, increase health
and wellness, and improve the decision making and
skills and independence of our youth."
2 Nancy Donahoe 9/28/2022 "Biking in Santa Barbara County is so important to me! I bought an eBike and have put in over 1.200 miles in 3 years. The more paths the better! I’m 73 years old and I love biking. Nancy Donahoe"
3 Skona Brittain 9/22/2022 "Biking is good for the health of the population and the environment."
4 Ann Shaw 9/21/2022 "Biking is the most climate‐friendly way of getting from point a to point b. Biking should be our primary means
of transportation, so let’s make it safe."
5 dennis Allen 9/21/2022 "Good paths invite more people to use them." 6 Carol Gemberling Stewart 9/30/2022 "I have tried to bike from my home to the auto repair shops in that area and beyond and it was quite difficult and dangerous to try to bike in that area or on Hollister.

Please connect the bike paths. Thanks!"
7 Steven Warner 9/29/2022 "I live in Goleta and ride bike through the Old Town corridor and over the Fairview overpass regularly. I've had several accidents including a hit‐and‐run and have
been waiting years for this project to get started. I've accepted that it will be at least 2024 before it will
finally relieve my dangerous proximity to cars, but any further delays are unacceptable. The money is finally
approved so let the workers get started!"
8 JOAN VIGNOCCHI 9/28/2022 "I love biking through Goleta!" 9 Evan Roberts 9/26/2022 "I love the idea of lowering my GHG emissions by biking more places!"
10 sam mahar 10/3/2022 "I ride this route frequently with my kid and it is downright dangerous. 300+ days of sunshine, make it
easy for people to move around town without sitting in
a car!"
11 Martin Robertson 9/29/2022 "I rode everyday to work in Old Town Goleta until I was struck by a car on Fairview Ave. I can no longer ride or drive as a result of this accident 6 months ago. Bike
infrastructure is imperative for a safer community. How many accidents need to happen before change is
made?"
12 Daniel Meisel 9/30/2022 "I support continuing to evaluate and improve this project in order to build a path provide safe healthy
and low‐carbon pathways to the beach and towards
our future transportation needs"
13 Isaac Hernandez 9/30/2022 "I value my life and I'm scared to ride among cars." # Name Signed On Comments
14 Jared Halsell 9/29/2022 "I want safer cycling and walking paths connecting Old Town Goleta and Noleta to the Fairview Shopping and
dining centers"
15 Philip Clarke 9/28/2022 "I would use both of these multi‐use paths for walking and biking. Both paths will be an amazing addition to
the already existing multi‐ use path."
16 Nicholas Burwell 9/23/2022 "It’s so important to connect these two communities together, and will provide easier and safer access to
school, stores, beaches and more all while getting more cars off the streets!"
17 Blake Stok 9/21/2022 "Protected bicycle infrastructure is critical to improve safety for all users, whether they be 8 or 80 years old.

Additionally, it's vital we support the shift away from car dependency in order to meet this moment and our
climate commitments."
18 Irene Cooke 9/21/2022 "safe bike routes are critical infrastructure for our community!"
19 Barry Remis 9/21/2022 "The entire Goodland community needs this long‐ overdue project to bring much‐needed EQUITABLE
CONNECTIVITY across the city! Let's proceed and let
City staff work to reduce and mitigate tree loss as
project design continues. We can't lose this
opportunity!"
20 Luz Reyes‐Martin 9/29/2022 "The San Jose Creek Bike Path is an essential piece of building towards a true bicycle network in Goleta. It will create a better and safer connection between the
mountain side neighborhoods and Old Town. Plus we
have this massive multi‐million dollar grant from the
State ‐ making this project possible! Folks may know I'm running for City Council (District 1). Safe bicycle access for all ages is a key part of why I'm running."
21 Marcia Moore 9/22/2022 "There is no safe bike path in that area." 22 Harold Marcuse 9/29/2022 "This is important connector that will vastly improve the Bicycle network across Highway 101 Western
Goleta. It is long overdue"
23 Melissa Cunningham 9/21/2022 "We absolutely need this path built! We cannot let 1 person's vote change something that has been such a
long time coming and is supported by the community
and is needed for all the reasons stated in the petition!" 24 Mike Suding 9/29/2022 "We all need safer bike routes and biking improves our health and car congestion"
25 Megan Burwell 9/23/2022 "We have desperately been awaiting this bike path for YEARS! What a wonderful way to get to the beach from
north Goleta."
# Name Signed On Comments
26 Nancy Black 9/28/2022 "We need safe bike paths! I'll never forget the nine‐ year‐old who was killed while riding his bike on Foothill Road. Let's take advantage of this funding to finally do this. The plan is well thought out, and tree
replacements worked out. Maybe we could even add
additional trees, so it's a net gain. But let's not lose sight of how important this project is. This vital
connection allows folks to get out of cars and onto
bikes for local trips. It needs to be safe enough for the youngest and oldest riders."
27 Thomas Deakins 9/22/2022 "When middle and low income people have greater access to the towns and cities they live in, we all
prosper. Preventing this to save a handful of trees is
elitist, classist, and nimbyism at its finest."

# Name Date Signed
28 Kristin Brandt 9/21/2022
29 Jason Chapman 9/21/2022
30 Nick Parker 9/21/2022
31 Bryce Randolph 9/21/2022
32 Shirin Tolle 9/21/2022
33 Benjamin Swedlove 9/21/2022
34 Noah Pang 9/21/2022
35 Elizabeth Wentling 9/21/2022
36 Matthew Haas 9/21/2022
37 Emily La 9/21/2022
38 Rachel McDonald 9/21/2022
39 Tyler Grotenhuis 9/21/2022
40 AJ Skiles 9/21/2022
41 Katherine Higgins 9/21/2022
42 Samuel Feinstein 9/21/2022
43 Erik shafer 9/21/2022
44 Charlie Trouba 9/21/2022
45 Benjamin Curtin 9/21/2022
46 Robert Lewis 9/21/2022
47 Jonathan Perlin 9/21/2022
48 Christine Knight 9/21/2022
49 Chris Austin 9/21/2022
50 Ryan Silver 9/21/2022
51 Finley Hartley 9/21/2022
52 Brian Nehring 9/21/2022
53 Brian Ingoldsby 9/21/2022
54 Daniel Duke 9/21/2022
55 David Coleman 9/21/2022
56 Carolyn Chaney 9/21/2022
57 John Echeveste 9/21/2022
58 Matthew Guidry 9/21/2022
59 Sage Whipple 9/21/2022
60 Ali Hasnain 9/21/2022
61 Benjamin Akely 9/21/2022
62 Damasio Velasquez 9/21/2022
63 Andrew Hahn 9/21/2022
64 Jennifer Eubanks 9/21/2022
65 Calli Force 9/21/2022
66 Matthew McClintock 9/21/2022
67 Richard Tennant 9/21/2022
# Name Date Signed
68 Colin Honeybourne 9/21/2022
69 Sylvia Sullivan 9/21/2022
70 Thomas Matthias 9/21/2022
71 Thomas O'Boyle 9/21/2022
72 Dan Leidenfrost 9/21/2022
73 Joshua Vukovich 9/21/2022
74 Robin McConnell 9/21/2022
75 Diana beth 9/21/2022
76 Molly Brown 9/21/2022
77 Tristian Ordaz 9/21/2022
78 Trevor Broesamle 9/21/2022
79 Brendon Bolin 9/21/2022
80 Paul Horenberger 9/21/2022
81 Chris Farver 9/21/2022
82 Bryce Crowe 9/21/2022
83 Joanna Jasso 9/21/2022
84 Tara Leipold 9/21/2022
85 AnnMarie Zuniga 9/21/2022
86 Naidelyn Java 9/21/2022
87 Owen Larson 9/21/2022
88 Mike Smullens 9/21/2022
89 Devon McLennan 9/21/2022
90 Bianca Zuniga 9/21/2022
91 Alyson Peak 9/21/2022
92 Megan Tremer 9/21/2022
93 Zandybel Vega 9/21/2022
94 Parker Turner 9/21/2022
95 Bethany Kasmar 9/21/2022
96 Faye Jones 9/21/2022
97 Mark Fell 9/21/2022
98 Mark Morganstern 9/21/2022
99 Phil Watt 9/21/2022
100 Jillian Ellis 9/21/2022
101 Isabel Mata 9/21/2022
102 Davis Ulrich 9/21/2022
103 Jacqueline Wise 9/21/2022
104 Alex Pujo 9/21/2022
105 John Hanlon 9/21/2022
106 Christopher Ha 9/21/2022
107 Garrett Bryant 9/21/2022
# Name Date Signed
108 Erica Flynn 9/21/2022
109 Brian Canty 9/21/2022
110 Jacob Carrade 9/21/2022
111 Samantha Csik 9/21/2022
112 Alexander Mink 9/21/2022
113 Reese Wilson 9/21/2022
114 Stephen Hunter 9/21/2022
115 Lindsay Cortina 9/21/2022
116 Jim Balter 9/21/2022
117 Ross Silverstein 9/21/2022
118 Carl Neufeld 9/21/2022
119 Anna Roberts 9/21/2022
120 kloey sand 9/21/2022
121 Dillon Ventola 9/21/2022
122 Jillian Schmit 9/21/2022
123 Tiffany Gordon 9/21/2022
124 Johnny Dimitriou 9/21/2022
125 bianca saldivar 9/21/2022
126 Lauren Epple 9/21/2022
127 Laura Koffman 9/21/2022
128 Kameron Keller 9/21/2022
129 Gabriel Carrillo 9/21/2022
130 Angela Taft 9/21/2022
131 Andy Aria 9/21/2022
132 Deawna Minor 9/21/2022
133 thomas kelly 9/21/2022
134 noe rios 9/21/2022
135 Henry Roman 9/21/2022
136 Amanda Blum 9/21/2022
137 Alia Hopple 9/21/2022
138 Joseph King 9/21/2022
139 Michael Patatanes 9/21/2022
140 Carolyn leason 9/21/2022
141 Timothy Lynch 9/21/2022
142 Natanielle Lim 9/21/2022
143 Joshua Curphey 9/21/2022
144 Nancy Mulholland 9/21/2022
145 Makida Berhe 9/21/2022
146 Taylor Viens 9/21/2022
147 Dominick Garza 9/21/2022
# Name Date Signed
148 Luis Silva 9/21/2022
149 Ximena Mendoza 9/21/2022
150 Ali Ross 9/21/2022
151 Sabrina Martinez 9/21/2022
152 Bina Israni 9/21/2022
153 summer girlie 9/21/2022
154 Katherine Steele 9/21/2022
155 Andrew Hamill 9/21/2022
156 Lance Gin 9/21/2022
157 Lindsay Crissman 9/21/2022
158 Adam Kaluba 9/21/2022
159 Brogan Donahoe 9/21/2022
160 Kali Gutierrez 9/21/2022
161 Jamye Hanrahan 9/21/2022
162 Richard Caleel 9/21/2022
163 Charlie Taylor 9/21/2022
164 Paul Crissman 9/21/2022
165 Bruce Caron 9/21/2022
166 Ingrid Robles 9/21/2022
167 Kyle Campbell 9/21/2022
168 Natalie Taylor 9/21/2022
169 Patrick Fleming 9/21/2022
170 John Griffin 9/21/2022
171 Mary O'Connor 9/21/2022
172 Daniela Gonzalez 9/21/2022
173 Kathryn Pazan 9/21/2022
174 Kevin Hanrahan 9/21/2022
175 Chris Yee 9/21/2022
176 Jonathan Buchanan 9/21/2022
177 Michael Silva 9/21/2022
178 Bryce Ferguson 9/21/2022
179 Alexandra Cintron 9/21/2022
180 Steve George 9/21/2022
181 Chelsea Broderick 9/21/2022
182 Mitchell Maier 9/21/2022
183 Melissa Hygelund 9/21/2022
184 Shawn Rocha 9/21/2022
185 Christine Bourgeois 9/21/2022
186 Kai Fisher 9/21/2022
187 Wyatt Dale 9/21/2022
# Name Date Signed
188 Lauren LaRose 9/21/2022
189 Andy Keck 9/21/2022
190 Leah Doi 9/21/2022
191 Baker Johnson 9/21/2022
192 Elaine Harbison 9/21/2022
193 Jonathan Miller 9/21/2022
194 Kaylan Wessels 9/21/2022
195 Michal Lynch 9/21/2022
196 Vienna Jow 9/21/2022
197 John Armstrong 9/21/2022
198 Alexandra N 9/21/2022
199 Ann Yasko 9/21/2022
200 Curtis Knapp 9/21/2022
201 Aubrey Williams 9/21/2022
202 Justin D 9/21/2022
203 Spencer Cross 9/21/2022
204 Elizabeth Keate 9/21/2022
205 Chase Grier 9/21/2022
206 Brandon Teris 9/21/2022
207 Sullivan Israel 9/21/2022
208 Clifford Hom 9/21/2022
209 Marie Mitchell 9/21/2022
210 Derek Jones 9/21/2022
211 Steve Layman 9/21/2022
212 Susanne Engberg 9/21/2022
213 Johnathan Warson 9/21/2022
214 Daniel Larson 9/21/2022
215 Ken Cordova 9/21/2022
216 Lydia Honeybourne 9/22/2022
217 Katie Davis 9/22/2022
218 Darin Biamonte 9/22/2022
219 Ashlyn Cornes 9/22/2022
220 Mary Bowman 9/22/2022
221 Ashley Swinehart 9/22/2022
222 Jacqueline Mwangi 9/22/2022
223 Sebastian Lebeau 9/22/2022
224 Jennifer Riley 9/22/2022
225 Ana Salcido Flores 9/22/2022
226 Nicholas Ehlen 9/22/2022
227 Makayla Davis 9/22/2022
# Name Date Signed
228 Phillip Dybedal 9/22/2022
229 Dianna Hosley 9/22/2022
230 Dain Lopez 9/22/2022
231 Mollie Andrade 9/22/2022
232 Ben De Armond 9/22/2022
233 Pat Donahoe 9/22/2022
234 Kristin Morell 9/22/2022
235 Vanessa Vaughan 9/22/2022
236 Wendy Ibsen 9/22/2022
237 Jose Cabral 9/22/2022
238 David Haskins 9/22/2022
239 Katherine Marton 9/22/2022
240 Miguel Chacon 9/22/2022
241 Yvonne DeGraw 9/22/2022
242 Michael Chiacos 9/22/2022
243 Zlata Kovalchuk 9/22/2022
244 HAROLD HILL 9/22/2022
245 John Furlong 9/22/2022
246 Mark Sapp 9/22/2022
247 James Holden 9/22/2022
248 David Bourgeois 9/22/2022
249 Reese Hammerstrom 9/22/2022
250 Joy Pratt 9/22/2022
251 Pamela Wilkinson 9/22/2022
252 Charanjit Dhaliwal 9/22/2022
253 Julie Sullwold 9/22/2022
254 Rachel Stein 9/22/2022
255 Kim O’Barr 9/22/2022
256 Lesley Miller 9/22/2022
257 Aaron Bilane 9/22/2022
258 Ivan Castelo 9/22/2022
259 Kendra Wise 9/22/2022
260 Susan Braden 9/22/2022
261 David Melin 9/22/2022
262 Milton Castelo 9/22/2022
263 Marjie Kirn 9/22/2022
264 Christina Lavingia 9/23/2022
265 Patricia Crissman 9/23/2022
266 Cade Herman 9/23/2022
267 ahnika johnson 9/23/2022
# Name Date Signed
268 Virginia Ray 9/23/2022
269 Patrick Lee 9/23/2022
270 Nader Mirzaei 9/23/2022
271 Janelle Mirzaei 9/23/2022
272 Veronica Cintron 9/23/2022
273 Whitney Manning 9/23/2022
274 Sean Manning 9/23/2022
275 Cenorina Castelo 9/23/2022
276 Chelsea Gonzalez 9/23/2022
277 Emily Young 9/23/2022
278 Joseph Gonzalez 9/23/2022
279 Nathan Yee 9/23/2022
280 Tina Pham 9/23/2022
281 Nancy Tobin 9/23/2022
282 Amber Moran 9/23/2022
283 Alexa Hughes 9/24/2022
284 Eva Inbar 9/24/2022
285 Teri Wang 9/24/2022
286 Manuel Manard 9/24/2022
287 Linda Pham 9/24/2022
288 Kate Lee 9/24/2022
289 Joanna Kaufman 9/24/2022
290 William Livingston 9/24/2022
291 Caitlyn Chavez 9/25/2022
292 Paula Bagalio 9/25/2022
293 Melissa Pawless 9/25/2022
294 Leslie Gardiner 9/25/2022
295 Tim Burger 9/25/2022
296 Corey Brunelle 9/25/2022
297 Cody Devil‐angel 9/25/2022
298 Jordan Hunter 9/25/2022
299 Dylan Benkley 9/25/2022
300 nancy marden 9/25/2022
301 Chloe Willis 9/25/2022
302 Krista Dogic 9/25/2022
303 Elliot Simandle 9/25/2022
304 Onno Sweep 9/25/2022
305 Berlin Galvan 9/25/2022
306 Dylan Bolf 9/25/2022
307 Chris Hatfield 9/25/2022
# Name Date Signed
308 Richard Puhl 9/25/2022
309 Mark Porter 9/25/2022
310 Joel Benjamin 9/26/2022
311 Andrew Polk 9/26/2022
312 Zachary Moore 9/26/2022
313 Diego Rodriguez 9/26/2022
314 Tyler Gates 9/26/2022
315 Albert Oaten 9/26/2022
316 Peyton Taylor 9/26/2022
317 Jacob Spencer‐Green 9/26/2022
318 milo alvarez 9/26/2022
319 Sabat Negrete 9/26/2022
320 zoey chan 9/26/2022
321 Beib Vusvus 9/26/2022
322 Nicholas Carroll 9/26/2022
323 Lennon Crowder 9/26/2022
324 Rebecca Dugre 9/26/2022
325 Jacob Pfeifer 9/26/2022
326 Stephen Szibler 9/26/2022
327 Michelle Curry 9/26/2022
328 Kaylee Ives 9/26/2022
329 Ryan Richard 9/26/2022
330 Timothye Hunter 9/26/2022
331 Adan Rodriguez 9/26/2022
332 Angel Ocampo 9/26/2022
333 change.orgSabrina L 9/26/2022
334 India Elliott 9/26/2022
335 munevera kiselica 9/26/2022
336 Jane Doe 9/26/2022
337 Lauren Fey 9/26/2022
338 Zack Paris 9/26/2022
339 Benjamin Burleson 9/26/2022
340 Emily Cobb 9/26/2022
341 Amber Curiel 9/26/2022
342 Emile Morin 9/26/2022
343 Shane Curiel 9/26/2022
344 YOLANDA SABIO 9/26/2022
345 Marsel Chaco 9/26/2022
346 Marie‐Claire Schatz 9/26/2022
347 Kathryn Randmaa 9/26/2022
# Name Date Signed
348 Marshall Danese 9/26/2022
349 Owen Kuklinski 9/26/2022
350 Anna Pischer 9/26/2022
351 Tejas Navaratna 9/26/2022
352 John Jennings 9/26/2022
353 Kyle McNair 9/26/2022
354 Susan Ayer 9/26/2022
355 Janet guillermo 9/26/2022
356 Paula Campanelli 9/26/2022
357 Paddy Garcia 9/26/2022
358 Courtney Cunningham 9/26/2022
359 Jacob Lauderdale 9/26/2022
360 Don Lubach 9/26/2022
361 Melissa Biamonte 9/26/2022
362 Sarah Seagrave 9/26/2022
363 Eric Oldendick 9/27/2022
364 Martin Scharlemann 9/27/2022
365 Andrew Quinn 9/27/2022
366 James Twomey 9/27/2022
367 Mark Gallo 9/27/2022
368 John Richards 9/27/2022
369 Alex Bereda 9/27/2022
370 Griffin Kilroy 9/27/2022
371 bren fraser 9/27/2022
372 Lisa Bereda 9/27/2022
373 Don Voita 9/27/2022
374 Jack Meyer 9/27/2022
375 Denisse Verdesoto 9/27/2022
376 Leslie Garcia 9/27/2022
377 Excalibur Garcia 9/27/2022
378 Jon Jon 9/27/2022
379 Gillian Hernandez 9/27/2022
380 Daniela Pulido 9/27/2022
381 Odalys Ramirez 9/27/2022
382 Maya Rice 9/27/2022
383 Alicia La Rosa 9/27/2022
384 Miaa Herve 9/27/2022
385 Cyrus Zakeri 9/27/2022
386 Fernando Gonzalez 9/27/2022
387 Sabrina Ortiz 9/27/2022
# Name Date Signed
388 Kemonn Walkerharris 9/27/2022
389 Matthew Khawly 9/27/2022
390 Lourdes Suarez 9/27/2022
391 Jaycob Joseph 9/27/2022
392 emelyn rodríguez 9/27/2022
393 Natalie Bandes 9/27/2022
394 Luis Guevara 9/27/2022
395 James Stueck 9/27/2022
396 Breno Macedo 9/27/2022
397 Camron Johnson 9/27/2022
398 Jayden Henry 9/27/2022
399 Sebastian Duque 9/27/2022
400 Barthalamule William 9/27/2022
401 Dalu Okpala 9/27/2022
402 Luis Beltran 9/27/2022
403 Symphonie Scott 9/27/2022
404 Raymundo Garcia 9/27/2022
405 D'Anthony Perez 9/27/2022
406 raphael perez 9/27/2022
407 Savannah Johnstone 9/27/2022
408 Sofia Randall 9/27/2022
409 GeorgiaBleu Leon‐Perez 9/27/2022
410 Luna S 9/27/2022
411 Isabella Lerma 9/27/2022
412 Claudia Gómez 9/27/2022
413 Diurby Merino 9/27/2022
414 Jazmine Miller 9/27/2022
415 Michelle Rouse 9/27/2022
416 Carlos Drouet 9/27/2022
417 Quantavious Cornelius 9/27/2022
418 Eriel Saldeiro 9/27/2022
419 Gabriel Gonzalez 9/27/2022
420 isa Osorio 9/27/2022
421 Amalie Ise 9/27/2022
422 Axel Serrano 9/27/2022
423 Josue Garcia 9/27/2022
424 Kayla Del Rosario 9/27/2022
425 christopher gonzalez 9/27/2022
426 Matthew Figueroa 9/27/2022
427 Joseph Jacome 9/27/2022
# Name Date Signed
428 claude jean 9/27/2022
429 Alessandra Pedalino 9/27/2022
430 malorie blanco 9/27/2022
431 Eros Balbuena 9/27/2022
432 Oneis Collado 9/27/2022
433 D'Angelo Phanord 9/27/2022
434 Yanet Téllez 9/27/2022
435 Jouvens Pierre 9/27/2022
436 Kristen Strong 9/27/2022
437 Skyler Marrison 9/27/2022
438 Ray Ford 9/27/2022
439 Michael Edwards 9/27/2022
440 Richard Scholl 9/27/2022
441 Robert Bogle 9/27/2022
442 Connor McCarty 9/27/2022
443 David Bond 9/27/2022
444 Scott Waters 9/27/2022
445 Bob Hamber 9/28/2022
446 kirk Hamilton 9/28/2022
447 Allen Biehle 9/28/2022
448 Aya Biehle 9/28/2022
449 Matthew Mucha 9/28/2022
450 David Brodbeck 9/28/2022
451 Janet Koed 9/28/2022
452 Michael Savage 9/28/2022
453 Michael Merenda 9/28/2022
454 Joanna Tang 9/28/2022
455 Matthew Tavianini 9/28/2022
456 Hugh Sutherland 9/28/2022
457 Trudy Bixby 9/28/2022
458 Annette Hilliard 9/28/2022
459 Christina Nelson 9/28/2022
460 Michael Charles 9/28/2022
461 Root Raurez 9/28/2022
462 Trenton Ashby 9/28/2022
463 Skylar Oshea 9/28/2022
464 Mathias T 9/28/2022
465 Mika Marciana 9/28/2022
466 Vaishnavi Pabbisetti 9/28/2022
467 Bridgette Robbins 9/28/2022
# Name Date Signed
468 Charlotte Mountain 9/28/2022
469 Torrie Cutbirth 9/28/2022
470 Linda Hannon 9/28/2022
471 Atenea Chavez 9/28/2022
472 Betty Duncan 9/28/2022
473 Roman Garibay 9/28/2022
474 Juan Alvarado 9/28/2022
475 Wynona Wackerman 9/28/2022
476 Jordan Lucas 9/28/2022
477 sophie lopez 9/28/2022
478 Nyla Austin 9/28/2022
479 Heather LaFreniere 9/28/2022
480 Armando Trevino 9/28/2022
481 Ava Sutton 9/28/2022
482 Aradhana Pottammal 9/28/2022
483 Heather Cavin 9/28/2022
484 Ziahn carter 9/28/2022
485 Damon Valle 9/28/2022
486 Tracey Willfong 9/28/2022
487 Elijah Wheat‐Dardano 9/28/2022
488 Thomas Shorter 9/28/2022
489 janis ripple 9/28/2022
490 Sophia Papa 9/28/2022
491 Rachel Crucetts 9/28/2022
492 Santiago Duran 9/28/2022
493 Ethan Evans 9/28/2022
494 Aliyah Evans 9/28/2022
495 Jack Monreal 9/28/2022
496 Cassidy Morence 9/28/2022
497 Tavon Nelson 9/28/2022
498 Connor Burke 9/28/2022
499 Robert Rochester 9/28/2022
500 Kapkzt Animates 9/28/2022
501 Hpung Share 9/28/2022
502 Karlee H. 9/28/2022
503 Kim Hicks 9/28/2022
504 Katelynn Gibson 9/28/2022
505 Coda M 9/28/2022
506 Dan Rauer 9/28/2022
507 Susanne Wirth 9/28/2022
# Name Date Signed
508 Brady Johnston 9/28/2022
509 Melissa Saurini 9/28/2022
510 Kaylee Boyette 9/28/2022
511 Steven Knock 9/28/2022
512 Alysa Manning 9/28/2022
513 Joseph Sink 9/28/2022
514 Brayan Olvera 9/28/2022
515 Sydnee Wilder 9/28/2022
516 Ace A 9/28/2022
517 Davon Thomas 9/28/2022
518 Jetta Matteson 9/28/2022
519 Kailynn Berkley 9/28/2022
520 Cole Earnhart 9/28/2022
521 mars ouellette 9/28/2022
522 Blueberry Star 9/28/2022
523 Miguel Marcial‐Lopez 9/28/2022
524 Maria Mcfarland 9/28/2022
525 Angelina Rodriguez 9/28/2022
526 Gabrielle Visconi 9/28/2022
527 Tina Nanda 9/28/2022
528 Rosemary Cervantes 9/28/2022
529 Shenaz Georgilis 9/28/2022
530 Paige Evans foster 9/28/2022
531 Nasim Rahmati 9/28/2022
532 Hunter Evitt 9/28/2022
533 Silvia Alcon 9/28/2022
534 Dylan Fischer 9/28/2022
535 Braden McNeill 9/28/2022
536 Brooklyn Ayers 9/28/2022
537 Ava Holezen 9/28/2022
538 Ronald Ussery 9/28/2022
539 Jacob Rogers 9/28/2022
540 Jaleel Feaster 9/28/2022
541 Giti Behzadi 9/28/2022
542 Daniel Murphy 9/28/2022
543 Sam B 9/29/2022
544 Scott Higgins 9/29/2022
545 Celeste Anacker 9/29/2022
546 bill Woodbridge 9/29/2022
547 Regina Lapate 9/29/2022
# Name Date Signed
548 Hillary Conant 9/29/2022
549 Steve Conner 9/29/2022
550 Samuel Vieux 9/29/2022
551 Stacy Vennema 9/29/2022
552 Jess Jones 9/29/2022
553 Titua Nicholson 9/29/2022
554 lilac arts 9/29/2022
555 Trevor Stock 9/29/2022
556 Evelyn Santibanez 9/29/2022
557 Calab Terry 9/29/2022
558 Auvi Carter 9/29/2022
559 Maria Mendez 9/29/2022
560 Karen Field 9/29/2022
561 Mina Azimi 9/29/2022
562 Arnold Schildhaus 9/29/2022
563 Pedro Navarrete 9/29/2022
564 Diana Musacchio 9/29/2022
565 Peter Bent 9/29/2022
566 Daniel Martin 9/29/2022
567 David Young 9/29/2022
568 Pat Boyle 9/29/2022
569 Peggy Reagan 9/29/2022
570 Jack Bailey 9/29/2022
571 Douglas Heithoff 9/29/2022
572 Andrea Cullinen 9/29/2022
573 Dana Petersen 9/29/2022
574 Elianna Velasquez 9/29/2022
575 Kal Kadlec 9/29/2022
576 Chuck Flacks 9/29/2022
577 Robert Guzzon 9/29/2022
578 Ashley Richter 9/29/2022
579 Dorothy Groose‐Jones 9/29/2022
580 Matthew Willis 9/29/2022
581 Stephen Ferry 9/29/2022
582 Steve Francis 9/29/2022
583 Dawn Mitcham 9/29/2022
584 Evan Minogue 9/29/2022
585 Paolo Gardinali 9/29/2022
586 Alexander Barone 9/30/2022
587 Hugh Ranson 9/30/2022
# Name Date Signed
588 Hillary Blackerby 9/30/2022
589 Charles Watson 9/30/2022
590 Nate Delgadillo 9/30/2022
591 Benjamin Wilson 9/30/2022
592 rebekah dillon 9/30/2022
593 Abby Schott 9/30/2022
594 Jack Spence 9/30/2022
595 Rod Tucknott 9/30/2022
596 Rachel Drobot 9/30/2022
597 kevin ryavec 9/30/2022
598 Mary Reese‐Upton 10/1/2022
599 Eileen Preston 10/1/2022
600 Rebecca Tucker 10/1/2022
601 Chris Proctor 10/1/2022
602 Sterling Keeley 10/1/2022
603 Denise Ybarra 10/1/2022
604 Kelvin Lugo 10/1/2022
605 Jazmin Deniz 10/1/2022
606 Derek Piasecki 10/1/2022
607 Mary Bucholtz 10/1/2022
608 Elaine Madsen 10/1/2022
609 Joe Shelton 10/1/2022
610 ALMA MARIN 10/2/2022
611 Grace Lugo 10/2/2022
612 José Francisco Del Busto 10/2/2022
613 Jesuel Rosado 10/2/2022
614 Ryan Taylor 10/2/2022
615 Mari Rivera 10/2/2022
616 pattrena campbell 10/2/2022
617 Manuel Enrique Díaz Ayala 10/2/2022
618 Cesar Pou 10/2/2022
619 Cándido Correa 10/2/2022
620 Anggie Carrion 10/2/2022
621 George Polchin 10/2/2022
622 Elsie Tirado 10/2/2022
623 Ivelisse Reyes Díaz 10/2/2022
624 Brigitta Van Der Raay 10/3/2022
625 Sara Engmyr 10/3/2022
626 NANCY WILCHENSKI 10/3/2022
627 Bob Zimels 10/3/2022
# Name Date Signed
628 Ingrid Bowman 10/3/2022
629 Kareem Finale 10/3/2022
630 Alan Gallegos 10/3/2022
631 Veronica Martinez 10/3/2022
632 Jordan Avila 10/3/2022
633 Stou Sandalski 10/3/2022
634 Emma Engmyr 10/3/2022
635 Greg Goodman 10/3/2022
636 Katie Ciurleo 10/3/2022
637 Jack Tracey 10/3/2022
638 Charles Reagan 10/3/2022

1 From: David Cutaia
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2022 12:55 PM
To: David Cutaia
Subject: RE: [email protected]
Message submitted from the <Goleta, CA> website.

Site Visitor Name: Don Lubach
Site Visitor Email: [email protected]
Dear Mayor Perotte,

I write to enthusiastically support the San Jose Creek Project. I own a little condominium near the creek and it has always been my dream to be able to bicycle south to the beach and university, or to the north to the shopping corridor on Calle Real without having to worry about automobile traffic.

I understand that there is habitat to preserve and limits to the city budget. But Goleta is the “little city that could.” Since its foundation 20‐years‐ago, Goleta has punched above its weight when it comes to taking on hard projects and getting them done. While the project might require some value engineering, I don’t see any obstacles that warrant a walk away from millions in external funding. Voting NO will damage the city’s reputation among state and federal agencies.

The San Jose Creek project will enhance everything about our area. I can’t wait to hear the laughter of children, parents, bicycle commuters, surfers, university students, and my own family as we all enjoy this safe pathway to the north and south.

Don Lubach
1 From: Brigitta Van Der Raay <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2022 12:53 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: Wish to speak in person at the 4pm meeting re San Jose Creek trail Hi,
I plan to attend the meeting this afternoon and would like to speak in favor of the San Jose Creek MUP.

Brigitta Van Der Raay
805-705-0868
[email protected]
1 From: Cynthia Stahl <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2022 12:37 PM
To: City Clerk Group; Roger Aceves
Subject: Please support San Jose Creek Path
I'm emailing in support of the San Jose Creek Bike Path. I live car free in downtown Santa Barbara and my elderly parents live in the Fairview area. This would make my bike trips so much safer and easier.

I don't vote in Goleta but my parents do, and this path would ease their worry about my biking in Goleta.

Thank you for your consideration,
Cynthia Stahl
1 From: Jessie Altstatt <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2022 2:02 PM
To: City Clerk Group; Stuart Kasdin; Kyle Richards; James Kyriaco; Paula Perotte; Roger Aceves; Teresa Lopes
Subject: San Jose creek bike path comments
Attachments: Altstatt_SanJoseCreekBikePath4Oct22.pdf
Dear Mayor, City Council and staff,
unfortunately I am not able to move a medical appointment in order to make the special city council meeting of this afternoon in order to make these comments in person‐ so I am providing them to you now.

As someone who bikes around town, I appreciate your attempts to connect my neighborhood with the rest of the Goleta, but I remain highly concerned over the proposed huge impact to riparian canopy and resulting effects on birds and wildlife. Proposing to remove 70+ trees ‐ a quarter of the existing canopy‐ is unacceptable and does not comply with our environmental policies which limit construction within streamside protection areas to low impact activities.

Thank you, and sincerely‐
Jessie
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Jessica Altstatt
Mayor, City Council, staff
City of Goleta
October 4, 2022
Re: San Jose Creek bike path and tree removals
Dear Mayor, members of the City Council and staff-
Thank you for working on this bike path project. I live in Old Town and this path will greatly increase access to areas north of the freeway and the beach. Unfortunately I ultimately cannot attend the City Council meeting today so I am writing with some comments and to express concerns.

1. Tree removals
I am aghast over the sheer number of trees that are slated to be removed for the San Jose Creek bike path project. I have been an advocate for increased bike safety and for this very path for years- but now that the plans are drawn, it is extremely disturbing to see how many trees must be removed. There has got to be a way to save many of these trees. If the path needs to wind, then please make it wind. It does not need to be a high-speed path. I recognize that you do not have a lot of room to work in, but keeping riparian canopy-producing trees- especially the large specimen sycamore called out in the arborist report- is critical. We need trees and wildlife needs trees. Red-shouldered hawks have nested in the large eucalyptus along this very stretch of creek and perhaps even in the very trees that are slated for removal.

I am also concerned over the number of cottonwoods slated to be cut down. Cottonwoods only occur along riparian corridors (or where there are springs) and we do not have that many of them in Goleta.

2. Tree canopy removal impact maps
The maps on pages 116-119 make it look like most of the trees are going to be removed. I am assuming that the squiggly circles accurately depict the canopy of those trees to be removed. Looking at this map, it appears as though the nature of the riparian corridor is going to be dramatically changed. Are the trees marked? Will there be a site visit for Council and the public?

It is difficult to tell from these maps (pgs 121-123) whether it will be likely for resulting holes in tree canopy to be eventually filled in by neighboring trees that are NOT to be removed. Or, if these holes can be filled by newly planted mitigation trees.

It is also difficult to tell from the maps if the holes in the canopy will allow more sunlight over the stream channel which can lead to degradation in water quality. SO much money and effort has gone into re-working the lower concrete stream channel for fish passage and it would be a shame to ruin this section of the creek for steelhead through a reduction of canopy cover.

There needs to be a map that clearly defines how much of the existing canopy cover is native/non- native. These maps only show that for what is to be removed. 15% of the total canopy will be native removals, but what percentage is that of all of the natives across the entire canopy? It would be really awful if 15% of the total canopy ends up being a major proportion of the total native canopy.

A half-acre of tree canopy to be removed is a lot.

3. Lighting along future bike path
I have a lot of concern over having sections of the path lit all night long due to its location within the highly sensitive riparian corridor. Birds, bats, and insects did not evolve with nighttime lighting except for the moon and stars. We already have so much brightness at night, disrupting noctural animals and migration activity. Creeks are dark refuges throughout our city. Please do not light up this creek path.

4. City policies- Environmentally Sensitive Habitat and Streamside Protection Areas Although the Conservation Element section of the staff report mentions Policies CE2.2 and 2.3, those policies specifically mention ‘low-impact activities’. I would argue that a project that is clearly within the SPA and calls for removing 77 riparian canopy-producing trees (including 50+ native trees) is anything but “low-impact”. This is a huge impact to this fairly undisturbed section of creek. In fact, this section of creek has some of the nicest canopy and mix of trees of any of our city creeks.

I urge you to figure out how to better design this bike path to minimize the impact to our riparian canopy and native trees.

Thank you.

Sincerely, Jessie Altstatt
1 From: David Cutaia
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2022 3:02 PM
To: David Cutaia
Subject: RE: San Jose Creek Bike Path project
From: cecilia brown <[email protected]>
Date: October 4, 2022 at 2:50:22 PM PDT
To: Paula Perotte <[email protected]>, Roger Aceves <[email protected]>, Stuart Kasdin <[email protected]>
Cc: Deborah Lopez <[email protected]>
Subject: San Jose Creek Bike Path project
Dear Mayor Perotte and Councilmembers
During my comments at this afternoon’s meeting on the San Jose Creek Bike path project, I will be making reference to the arborist’s report and Tree 54, a Sycamore, which the arborist called as being a “large and stately specimen.” While I couldn’t get a photo of Tree 54, I want you to see this photo of one such tree on the San Jose Creek near the Berkeley footbridge to illustrate the magnificence of a huge multi‐trunked Sycamore tree.
,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gYMfeKnkptp6WRoA9
I am hoping that the City C
lerk could put this photo on one of the big screens in the Council Chambers. If not, you have this photo to understand my concern about removing this tree and hoping that the proposed bike path might be altered or moved in some way to avoid removing Tree 54.

Thank you for your efforts on this important and beneficial project for the community.

Cecilia Brown

1 From: roman baratiak <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2022 3:02 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: 4 pm Special Meeting
Dear Goleta City Council,
I just found out at 2:30 pm on October 4 via e-blast from the City that the San Jose Creek project will be discussed at a 4:00 pm Special Meeting and that final decision may be reached at that 4 pm meeting. I had planned to attend the 5:30 pm session but instead I'm writing at this late hour to extend my complete support for the San Jose Creek Bicycle Path.

This path is a vital transportation link connecting Calle Real to Old Town and on to the Oberon Bicycle Trail with essential off-street connections to Goleta Beach County Park, UCSB and Isla Vista to the west and to the east to Noleta, Modoc Road and on to Arroyo Burro Beach and the City of Santa Barbara.

Goleta families on both sides of the 101 will be able to travel safely with young children on this dedicated bike lane. Seniors too!!! This is particularly important for the community living and working in Old Town.

Please create a safe and convenient route for all Goleta's residence. Future generations will thank you.

All the best, Roman Baratiak. Goleta Resident
Sent from my iPhone
1 From: Danny Fitzgibbons <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2022 5:04 PM
To: City Clerk Group
Subject: Bike path
Hi,
I fully back this San Jose Creek bike path project as not only a way to provide safe passage across our freeway for all ages, but also to literally bridge the gap that has been created socially between Old Town Goleta and the North side of the freeway. As a teacher in GUSD, I have been part of numerous conversations about how to integrate the neighborhoods, as we have had students coming across the freeway on buses to La Patera and Kellogg for 40 years. This is a great step in the right direction of integrating these neighborhoods.

Thank you!
Danny
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Danny Fitzgibbons
Executive Director
www.equalitech.org
www.facebook.com/equalitech/
805-722-8233

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Goleta City Council
October 4, 2022