New PANA Board Members
Two new members recently joined PANA's board of directors. Tim Schmidt is a native Californian who has lived in the Santa Barbara/Goleta area since the late 1970's. He works at UC Santa Barbara. He and his wife, Mary, have two children who attend Kellogg Elementary School. PANA's other new board member is Brenda Peter. She has been a Goleta valley resident since 1965 and homeowner since 1970. She is also employed by UCSB and has a daughter attending Dos Pueblos H.S. Both Tim and Brenda live in the unincorporated area of Goleta, just outside the City of Goleta's boundaries.

Patterson Packing
The negative declaration for this mini-storage facility and the Lane Family Farms fruit/produce/flower stand at the southwest corner of Patterson and Calle Real is now available. You may obtain a copy from the developer, Trudi Carey, at 687-7342. She will be holding several community meetings to answer questions about the project. These meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, April 9th and Tuesday April 15th at 7:30 PM at the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce and Tuesday April 22nd at 7:30 PM at the Holiday Inn on Calle Real. Please call the above number to RSVP. There will also be a public hearing on the draft negative declaration on Thursday, 17th at 5:30 PM at the county administration building on 123 E. Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara. It is now expected that the project will go before the planning commission in June.

Proposed Housing Development at 1118 N. Patterson Ave.:
Neighbors to the proposed development met with the property's owner and her architect in early March to learn about the proposed development of seven new homes, including two affordable units. Site constraints/site design, parking, traffic and neighborhood compatibility issues were also discussed. The property is currently zoned for agriculture and any change to residential use will require it to be rezoned.

University Circle Open Space New Playground
With the work on the foundation now being readied, the new playground equipment should be installed in May. The new equipment will have play structures for both six-to-twelve year olds as well as a play area for the two-to-five year olds. There will also be a three-bay/six-place swing set, with one bay for the toddlers. The new recreation area and playground will not disturb any of the of the re-vegetation project. The picnic tables will be relocated, probably to the other side of the tree.

Noel Christmas Tree Farm Update
On March 5th, two representatives from Sunrise Village, one from Cathedral Pointe, two from Cathedral Oaks Village, two from PANA, and one neighbor from Agana met with county planning and development staff and Susan Rose's assistant, Alissa Hummer. Here is what the meeting accomplished from the perspective of one of the participants. 8An airing of the neighborhood's angst with this project and the county's handling of it. 8Information that county planning and development is going to be hiring a design team to conduct a design charette for the property. This will involve day-long design workshops to get the neighborhood's views/inputs on how the property should be developed. Expect the workshop to take place late spring/early summer. 8Discussion about the housing crisis, expectations of increased densities, urban areas approaching build-out, affordable housing, etc. There will be an increase in density; exact numbers are still unknown. It will be denser than the originally planned 86 units. Maybe 6.6 units/acre but numbers as high as 10 and 12/acre have been discussed. 8Another participant summed up the project-to-date at the beginning of the meeting with " This project has been shifting and drifting with no target."