From: Chuck Flacks
To: Melissa Cure
Subject: Fw: Large Vehicle Parking
Date: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:51:50 PM
Here is Ms. Shamordola's public comment.
Chuck Flacks
Homelessness Services Coordinator
[email protected]
805.690.5125
From: Kristin Shamordola <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2023 12:01 PM
To: Chuck Flacks <[email protected]>
Cc: Bob craig <[email protected]>; Annel Huddleston <[email protected]> Subject: Large Vehicle Parking
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My public comments, for the record:
I would encourage the City of Goleta to look to the ordinance regarding RV and large vehicle parking that is currently on the books in the City of Santa Barbara regarding this issue - I believe theirs is specific enough to be enforceable and has been enforced for years.
The main concern of most Goleta residents is, of course, (1) that our streets don't become free campgrounds for people who are choosing to live out of their RVs (whether they are nice luxury ones or dumpy wrecks ...) and (2) that the code is enforceable and *IS* enforced by City staff or whatever agency is appropriate - CHP or SBSO, city parking, whatever.
I am also a HUGE PROPONENT of resident parking permits to be enforced between certain hours. Many parts of Goleta are residential areas that have NO LEGITIMATE REASON for anyone other than a resident or their guests to be parked on the streets overnight.
A permit required zone from, say midnight to 5 am - would make those vehicles parked illegally citable. Basically an escalation of the current Deltopia / previous Halloween permit parking requirements, if only for the overnight hours.
Please PLEASE PLEASE help the residents of Goleta keep our small city from becoming a welcoming haven for vagabonds, RV dwellers, and nomads who don't care about the area like we do. We don't want it to turn into a Portland-style free for all, and I can assure you that the locals will keep squawking about this until we have a solution.
Kristin Shamordola
Cannon Green neighborhood