AVILA VALLEY ADVISORY COUNCIL

 

Minutes, Monday, March 8, 2010

 

Present: Bill Tickell, Boyd Horne, Sherri Danoff, Anne Brown, Ted Ivarie, Jan Taylor, Ken Thompson, Terry Eberhardt, Julia Hartzell, Karin Argano, Jayne Morton.  Excused: John Salisbury, John Schug, Lynn Walter.

A quorum was established and the meeting called to order by Vice-chair Boyd Horne at 7:03 p.m.

Minutes: approved as e.mailed with no changes.

Public Comment: None

1.Treasurer’s report: $607.88

2. County Reports:

           2.1. Sheriff: Cmdr. Hall. 53 calls with 9 reports taken. Sporadic thefts.

           2.2. Planning: Ryan Hostetter absent.

           2.3. Public Works: Ryan Chapman absent.

           2.4. Supervisor Adam Hill.

                      a. Pirate’s Cove meeting with CalFire, Sheriff, John Nall

                        (planning), and Mr. Hill. Plan: reduce height of vegetation.

                      b. Budget prep time: 3^rd yr of 5 yr cycle: $20 million deficit.

                      c. Wild Cherry Canyon re-appraisal may mean that the

                         American Land Conservancy can aggregate the money

                         necessary to buy the land.

                Thanks was given by AVAC for his help in moderating the May

                6^th Forum in Avila.

           2.5. Parks and Recreation: Curtis Black, deputy director, presented an

                 outline of the services of the department and encouraged collab-

                 oration among the various “stakeholders” to ensure conformity

                 with the Avila Specific Plan, Codes, Ordinances, etc. (sheet given

                 to each member and attached to minutes.) A meeting is planned

                 for April to achieve the above goal. Please call him (781-5204)

                 if you want to be included.

                 The Custom House has an “exclusive use permit” which is one of

                 the types of permits available. Requests made to see the signed

                 permit were made. In addition, questions about ADA accessibility

                 in front of the stores (now denied by Custom House use of the

                 Promenade) and the plaza surfaces which make transit difficult.

                 Mr. Black states that the surfaces meet ADA requirements.

                 A question about Bob Jones Trail funding was clarified.

                 Mrs. Frances Ferrari (?sp) presented a paper outlining her

                 concerns regarding her hot-dog cart at the Park and for that

                 matter, any cart in Avila. This matter will be discussed at the

                 April meeting.

                 AVAC encouraged Mr. Black to return after the April meet-

                  ing with the results.

3. Old Business:

           3.1. Report of Advisory Council Chairs’ Meeting: Boyd Horne

                 attended with 8 of the 14 chairs. Planning budget is down

                 $650,000.00 which is one reason Ryan Hostetter is not here.

                 Long-range planning draft should be available in 2011, with

                 the final document in 2012. Training for Council Members will

                 be Friday, April 30^th. All members are urged to attend.

                 Chairs will again meet June 11^th.

           3.2 Land Use Committee: met on March 1^st. Sherri, Anne, John Salis-

                bury, Boyd Horne met with Ryan Chapman. The intersection of

                San Luis Bay Drive and See Canyon Road continues to be a con-

                cern. Ryan is working on an analysis with data collection, and will

                report back when collected (see attached). Ryan wanted input from

                the joint meeting with the Avila sub-committee on ADA parking

               near the Sea Life Center. A space will be designated at the corner

               of San Francisco and 1^st St which has ADA ramps installed.

               A problem at the curve of San Luis Street where soil has slid onto

               the street, narrowing it and preventing safe walking was mentioned.

               Because it is private property, County cannot do much, but Ryan

               will look into it.

4. Community Liaisons:

           4.1. ABA: Karin mentioned the good publicity for their mixer in the

                 Avila Community Newspaper. They are adding 2 new members.

                 Sunset Expo is coming to Avila in Sept/Oct. More on this later.

                 They are working on getting the TOT generated in Avila to stay

                 in the community for enhancement of the downtown.

           4.2. ABCA: Terry Eberhardt announced the employment of the first

                 Executive Director for the Association (DeDe Sanfilippo) who

                 Starts March 15^th. This is made possible by a grant from the

                 ABCF, which was also thanked for providing delivery of the

                 Avila newspaper to all box-holders in Avila as well as the rural

                 routes serving Bassi Ranch, See Canyon, Squire Canyon.

                 The yearly Easter Party at the Center is Saturday, March 27^th,

                 From 10:00 t0 11:30 a.m. All are invited.

           4.3 ABCF. Rich Cohen provided a flyer for the Town Hall Forum

                  on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Reservations are required due to

                  limited seating. E.mail or call 595-4095.

           4.4. Port San Luis: Steve McGrath reports budget planning, and

                 dredging plans. The recent tsunami warning received from NOAH

                 resulted in an opportunity to rehearse for a real one.

           4.5. PG&E: John Shoals reported increased access to the Lighthouse.

                 They are requesting license renewal.

5. New Business:

           5.1. Supervisor Adam Hill discussed the license renewal and the need

                 for seismic studies of newly-discovered faults off Diablo. He

                 would like AVAC to support action to delay the relicensing until

                AFTER the seismic studies are available. The BOS will consider

                the matter tomorrow at their meeting.

 

                AVAC discussion suggested a parallel process; question about

                who will hire the seismic contractor; the timing considerations;

                the value of the plant to the area in taxes, employment, etc.

Action: Moved by Bob Pusanik, 2^nd by Ted Ivarie that the process be run concurrently: seismic studies and relicensing. Vote: yes:8; No:4;

Abstain: 0. Because of the BOS meeting tomorrow, Supervisor Hill is

asked to relay the vote to the other Supervisors, with a letter from the Chair to follow.

6. Committees:

           6.1. Land Use: Minor Use permit for well-drilling coming from

                 Planning..look for it.

           6.2. Diablo: still looking for a chair.

           6.3. Port: as above.

           6.4. Avila Beach sub-committee: none

           6.5. SLBE: none

           6.6. Avila Valley: none

           6.7. See Canyon: none

           6.8. Squire Canyon: none

7. Next meeting: Monday, April 12, 2010.

8. Adjournment: at 9:10 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Anne M. Brown

 

Anne M. Brown, Secretary