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KUSP provided a brief Land Use Report on KUSP Radio from January 2003 to May 2016. Archives of past transcripts are available here.
Week of October 7, 2002 to October 11, 2002
The following Land Use Reports have been presented on KUSP Radio by Gary Patton, Executive Director of LandWatch Monterey County. The opinions expressed by Mr. Patton are not necessarily those of KUSP Radio, nor of any of its sponsors.
Monday,
October 7th – Desalination in Moss Landing?
I like to use these Land Use Reports to keep you posted on meetings
and events, and to do a little general education on land use planning
and policy. This week, there will be time for a little of both,
but I must say that there are lots of great meetings coming up.
This evening, for instance, I’d highly recommend a jaunt over to Moss Landing. If you show up at 5:30 pm, at the Moss Landing Chamber of Commerce building, you’ll be just in time to find out about a proposed desalination plant. The proposal is to locate the plant in Moss Landing, but the plant would serve the water needs of the Monterey Peninsula. When the words “water” and “Monterey Peninsula” all appear in the same sentence, you can almost be guaranteed there’s some sort of excitement coming down the pike.
As most Monterey County listeners know, the Monterey Peninsula is water short. In fact, the State of California has told the Peninsula that it has to cut back its current water use quite substantially, to reduce withdrawals from the Carmel River. One way to comply with this state order is to build a desalination plant. That’s called “Option B.” It’s going to be controversial, and environmental and other studies really haven’t yet begun.
As usual, you can get more information at www.kusp.org. Just click on the Land Use Report link on the main page of the KUSP website. You can send me an email, too.
For KUSP, this is Gary Patton.
More
Information:
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District - http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us/
PUC Water Division - http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/aboutcpuc/divisions/water+division/index.htm
Additional Information on October 7th Meeting - Carolyn Anderson
at (831) 728-3740
Tuesday,
October 8th –Lots of Meetings!
Most KUSP listeners probably wouldn’t credit this, but there
actually is a group of people who feel about land use and planning
meetings the way the deadheads felt about Jerry Garcia. Where the
band is playing, they’ll be there! Here’s where the band
is playing today:
For KUSP, this is Gary Patton.
More
Information:
City of Atascadero – http://www.atascadero.org/
King City Council Agenda – http://www.kingcity.com/cgi-bin/webdata_bus.cgi?cgifunction=Search
Santa Cruz City Council – http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/
Monterey County Board of Supervisors Agenda - http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/suagenda/Agenda.htm
LandWatch Comments - http://www.landwatch.org/pages/issuesactions/countyplan/082802board.html
County General Plan Website - http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/gpu/
Wednesday,
October 9th – The AMBAG Housing Appeal
Tonight, the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments is holding
court (and that’s probably a pretty apt description) at the
Starlight Elementary School, 225 Hammer Drive in Watsonville. The
meeting begins at 7:00 pm. AMBAG is the regional Council of Governments.
Every city in Santa Cruz and Monterey County has a representative
on AMBAG, and the Monterey County and Santa Cruz County Boards of
Supervisors are also represented.
Tonight, AMBAG will hear an appeal from all of the Santa Cruz County local governments, who disagree with a decision about the amount of housing that Santa Cruz County jurisdictions are being asked to plan for during the next seven years.
The State told AMBAG to allocate 23,130 housing units between Monterey and Santa Cruz County. AMBAG decided to require Monterey County jurisdictions to absorb 58%, or 13, 415 units, and told Santa Cruz County jurisdictions to absorb 42%, or 9,715 units. Santa Cruz County local governments don’t think that this decision was fair, or even legal, and they don’t think they can do what they’re being asked to do. If they can’t, this will undermine Santa Cruz County efforts to get funding for affordable housing in the future. The stakes, as you can see, are pretty high.
For KUSP, this is Gary Patton.
More
Information:
AMBAG – http://www.ambag.org/
Meeting Agenda - http://www.ambag.org/cgi/agendas/njagendas.cgi?cgifunction=Search
Thursday,
October 10th – The Future of Castroville
Early risers, and that probably describes you, if you’re listening
to this broadcast, might want to check out an “Around the County”
meeting sponsored by LandWatch, and scheduled for tomorrow morning,
at 7:30 am. It’s in Marina, and there’s more information
on the KUSP website. Just click on the Land Use Report link on the
main page at www.kusp.org.
Tonight, you might want to attend a meeting of the Castroville Redevelopment Area Citizens Advisory Committee. That meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm, at the Castroville Elementary School. That’s right on Merritt Street, near Highway 156.
You probably know Castroville as the “Artichoke Center of the World.” If you’d like to keep it that way, you should start paying attention to some of the possibilities now being discussed. Recent decisions by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors indicate that several hundred acres of new development may be in the cards for Castroville. The Redevelopment Agency will be deeply involved in anything that happens, and an important planning process is just getting started.
If you’re a North Monterey County resident, or have a soft spot for artichokes, the meeting tonight should give you some idea of what’s going on. The KUSP website has a little more information, and tune in tomorrow for a mini-briefing on what a redevelopment agency really does.
For KUSP, this is Gary Patton.
More
Information:
Call Chris Fitz at LandWatch for more information on the Around
The County Breakfast – 759-2824, Ext. 13
The LandWatch Calendar -
http://www.landwatch.org/pages/calendar.htm
The Monterey County Housing and Redevelopment Agency - http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/housing/
Meeting Agenda - http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/housing/agendas/101002_CastrovilleCACagenda.htm
Friday,
October 11th – What is Redevelopment?
What is redevelopment? That sounds like the answer to a question
on Jeopardy. In fact, redevelopment agencies do have their detractors.
Those who are wary of redevelopment agencies may see some real jeopardy,
indeed, in their plans and programs.
Redevelopment Agencies are usually operated by Boards of Supervisors or City Councils. There’s a redevelopment agency in the City of Santa Cruz, and in the County of Santa Cruz, and in the County of Monterey, and in Salinas, and etc. The same elected officials, in other words, but wearing a different hat. A redevelopment agency is actually a separate public entity, created pursuant to state law, and its purpose is to eliminate blight by “redeveloping” areas that are economically and physically deteriorating.
In Santa Cruz County, Live Oak is in a redevelopment area, and for about the last fifteen years or so, the Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency has slowly but surely invested millions and millions of dollars to upgrade the infrastructure and neighborhoods of Live Oak. If you’re an “old timer” in Santa Cruz County, you’ll understand what a dramatic change redevelopment has made.
The “magic” of redevelopment is in the financing scheme that makes it work. It’s called “tax increment” financing, and I’ll start explaining it next Monday, on the next Land Use Report.
In the meantime, check the KUSP website, and let me know your thoughts.
For KUSP, this is Gary Patton.
More
Information:
The Monterey County Housing and Redevelopment Agency - http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/housing/
Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency - http://sccounty01.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/red/
Archives of past transcripts are available here
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