The cartoon is appropriate relative to the Santa Ynez River. When we moved into our home on the golf course in Buellton in 1987, we could see Vega Vineyards and a half a mile of Santa Rosa Road from our back yard. Today, the riverbed is full of trees, brush and other foliage and the view described above no longer in exists. I addressed a council member with the City of Buellton several years ago and was told that Buellton could do nothing as several agencies (Army Corps of Engineers and numerous environmental groups) that do not work well together have jurisdiction and the subject was too hot to handle. This isn’t about our view (that remains stunning)-it is about our fine, over bloated local government in action. The overgrown riverbed has become both a flood and fire hazard that no one will address.
This should be read in front of every City Council, City Manager and City attorney as well as the County Supervisors in every one of the Tri Counties. Thank you for taking the time to write one of the more comprehensive plans to preserve Public Safety I have read.
Hope the new 650 housing units replacing La Cumber Mall, also in the news today, are on board with this strategic planning too.
More troublesome is the massive new housing project going forward behind the SB Mission right next to the infamous Mission Canyon Bridge and historic Mission aqueduct chokepoint. Blockage there cuts off all the other residents above them too.
Will this ever increasing city population density require Mission Canyon residents evacuate by drones and/or Elon Musk's new rocket cars, so they can fly above and beyond these clearly known evacuation traffic hazards?
Be prepared and have a Plan B. Because they city will not do this for you.
The cartoon is appropriate relative to the Santa Ynez River. When we moved into our home on the golf course in Buellton in 1987, we could see Vega Vineyards and a half a mile of Santa Rosa Road from our back yard. Today, the riverbed is full of trees, brush and other foliage and the view described above no longer in exists. I addressed a council member with the City of Buellton several years ago and was told that Buellton could do nothing as several agencies (Army Corps of Engineers and numerous environmental groups) that do not work well together have jurisdiction and the subject was too hot to handle. This isn’t about our view (that remains stunning)-it is about our fine, over bloated local government in action. The overgrown riverbed has become both a flood and fire hazard that no one will address.
This should be read in front of every City Council, City Manager and City attorney as well as the County Supervisors in every one of the Tri Counties. Thank you for taking the time to write one of the more comprehensive plans to preserve Public Safety I have read.
Hope the new 650 housing units replacing La Cumber Mall, also in the news today, are on board with this strategic planning too.
More troublesome is the massive new housing project going forward behind the SB Mission right next to the infamous Mission Canyon Bridge and historic Mission aqueduct chokepoint. Blockage there cuts off all the other residents above them too.
Will this ever increasing city population density require Mission Canyon residents evacuate by drones and/or Elon Musk's new rocket cars, so they can fly above and beyond these clearly known evacuation traffic hazards?
Be prepared and have a Plan B. Because they city will not do this for you.