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Yahoo!The Goleta Valley Community Plan — which will plot the long-term future of the area between the cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta known as Noleta — moved one step closer to reality over the weekend, as the GV Planning Advisory Committee approved a number of design concepts. Urban agriculture remains the region’s most contentious issue, and some believe that the votes to consider development in the South Patterson area and the expectation of a school on the Lane Farms property are threats to farming’s future. There are still two years of meetings to go before anything becomes a reality.
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Which Lane Farms property is affected here? What type of school? And from which street would it be accessed? How much more traffic would be generated in the Hollister-Walnut area by a school?
In an economy which is faltering and education budgets slashed, a school does not make economic sense.
Inasmuch as the Goleta council pays little or no attention to Noleta residents, it should be an interesting two years of meetings.
bajamama (anonymous profile)
March 5, 2010 at 1:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"... development in the South Patterson area and the expectation of a school on the Lane Farms property are threats to farming’s future."
How can this statement NOT be true? Preserving our agricultural land should be a priority over another school in these times of educational budget issues. I am sure that plan will call for opening of the dead-end street of Santa Lucia where it meets the Lane Farms property. Does John Lane have anything to say about this? What about the EIR and the impact on a quiet, safe neighborhood of the traffic that will be expected? What about the property values in the affected neighborhood...do you want to drive them down even more? It's time for the neighborhood coalitions to get active!
summer (anonymous profile)
March 11, 2010 at 3:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)