DOCSLIB.ORG

Annexation and Sphere of Influence Study Existing Conditions and Constraints

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Annexation and Sphere of Influence Study Existing Conditions and Constraints Annexation and Sphere of Influence Study Existing Conditions and Constraints January 24, 2018 Prepared for: The City of Solvang By: Contents I. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 Purpose and Objectives ............................................................................................................................ 1 Terminology .............................................................................................................................................. 2 II. Annexation Study Areas ..................................................................................... 3 Western Study Area .................................................................................................................................. 6 Northeast Study Area ................................................................................................................................ 8 III. Current Land Use and the Future Demand for Land .........................................10 Population Growth .................................................................................................................................. 10 Remaining Development Capacity and The Future Demand for Land ................................................... 15 City of Solvang Sphere of Influence and Remaining Development Potential ......................................... 19 III. City Services and Service Constraints ...............................................................24 Water Supply........................................................................................................................................... 24 Wastewater ............................................................................................................................................. 24 Fire Protection ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Law Enforcement .................................................................................................................................... 25 Parks ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 Roads ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 IV. Environmental Setting and Constraints ............................................................28 Natural Resources ................................................................................................................................... 28 Hazards.................................................................................................................................................... 34 Summary of Environmental Constraints ................................................................................................. 37 V. Regulatory Setting and Constraints ...................................................................40 City of Solvang General Plan Goals, Policies and Action Items ............................................................... 40 Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan/Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan .................................. 43 Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 .............................................. 48 Santa Barbara LAFCo Policies and Standards .......................................................................................... 49 VI. Summary Findings and Conclusions .................................................................57 VII. Bibliography ....................................................................................................60 ii Figures Figure 1 – Potential Annexation Study Areas ............................................................................................... 3 Figure 2 – Annexation Study Areas ............................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3 -- Western Study Area ..................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 4 -- Northeast Annexation Study Area ............................................................................................... 8 Figure 5 -- Historic and Potential Future Population Growth ..................................................................... 11 Figure 6 – City of Solvang General Plan Land Use Element Map ................................................................ 12 Figure 7 -- Vacant Land By General Plan Land Use Category (2017) .......................................................... 14 Figure 8 -- Industry Occupation for the Employed Population ................................................................... 17 Figure 9 -- Sphere of Influence Areas .......................................................................................................... 19 Figure 10 --- Western Sphere of Influence Area ......................................................................................... 21 Figure 11 -- Eastern Sphere of Influence Area ............................................................................................ 23 Figure 12 -- Regional Developed Parkland .................................................................................................. 27 Figure 13 -- Important Farmland of the Western Study Area ..................................................................... 29 Figure 14 -- Important Farmland of the Northeast Study Area .................................................................. 30 Figure 15 -- Land Subject to an Active Williamson Act Contract ................................................................ 31 Figure 16 -- Habitat Types of the Western Study Area ............................................................................... 32 Figure 17 -- Habitat Types of the Northeast Study Area ............................................................................. 33 Figure 18 -- Areas Subject to Flooding In the Western Study Area ............................................................ 35 Figure 19 -- Areas Subject to Flooding in the Northeast Study Area .......................................................... 36 Figure 20 -- Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan Area ................................................................................. 45 Figure 21 -- Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Designations ...................................... 46 Figure 22 -- Design Control Overlay Areas .................................................................................................. 47 Tables Table 1 -- Western Study Area, Existing Land Use ........................................................................................ 7 Table 2 -- Northeast Study Area, Existing Land Use ...................................................................................... 9 Table 3 -- Population for the City of Solvang and Santa Barbara County, 2000 - 2017 .............................. 10 Table 4 -- General Plan Land Use Designations and Remaining Vacant Land ............................................. 13 Table 5 -- Development Holding Capacity of the Solvang General Plan ..................................................... 15 Table 6 -- Expenditure Leakage ................................................................................................................... 16 Table 7 -- Industry Occupation for the Employed Population 16 Years and Over ...................................... 17 Table 8 -- Businesses and Employment, City of Solvang 2010 .................................................................... 18 Table 9 -- Existing Land Use and Remaining Development Potential, Western Sphere of Influence Area 20 Table 10 -- Existing Land Use and Remaining Development Potential, Eastern Sphere of Influence Area 22 Table 11 -- 1983 National Recreation and Park Association Standards ...................................................... 25 Table 12 -- Western Study Area, Environmental Constraints ..................................................................... 38 Table 13 -- Northeast Study Area, Environmental Constraints ................................................................... 39 Table 14 -- Solvang General Plan Elements ................................................................................................ 40 Table 15 -- Service Providers Serving the City and Surrounding Areas....................................................... 48 Table 16 – Summary of Regulatory Constraints ......................................................................................... 52 iii I. Introduction Solvang is a city of 5,593 residents located in the upper Santa Ynez Valley, about three miles east of Highway 101 on State Route 246. Solvang has grown into a tourist destination of considerable renown, based on the predominance of Danish-Northern European architecture and Old World ambiance. The City’s current General Plan area and Sphere of Influence1 (SOI) include about 1,970 acres and is nearing buildout. The General Plan does not contain specific policies to guide the consideration of annexations. Rather, the General Plan describes broad objectives for land use and economic development, recognizing that
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Zones of Interest: the Fault Lines of Contemporary Great Power Conflict
    Zones of Interest: The Fault Lines of Contemporary Great Power Conflict Ronald M. Behringer Department of Political Science Concordia University May 2009 Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Ottawa, Ontario, May 27-29, 2009. Please e-mail any comments to [email protected]. Abstract Each of the contemporary great powers—the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and France—has a history of demarcating particular regions of the world as belonging to their own sphere of influence. During the Cold War, proponents of the realist approach to international relations argued that the United States and the Soviet Union could preserve global peace by maintaining separate spheres of influence, regions where they would sustain order and fulfill their national interest without interference from the other superpower. While the great powers used to enjoy unbridled primacy within their spheres of influence, changes in the structures of international governance— namely the end of the imperial and Cold War eras—have led to a sharp reduction in the degree to which the great powers have been able to dominate other states within these spheres. In this paper, I argue that while geopolitics remains of paramount importance to the great powers, their traditional preoccupation with spheres of influence has been replaced with their prioritization of “zones of interest”. I perform a qualitative analysis of the zones of interest of the five great powers, defined as spatial areas which have variable geographical boundaries, but are distinctly characterized by their military, economic, and/or cultural importance to the great powers.
    [Show full text]
  • The Shanghai Cooperation Organization an Assessment
    VIVEKANANDA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: An Assessment ISSUE BRIEF Vivekananda International Foundation 3, San Martin Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021 Copyright @ Vivekananda International Foundation, 2015 Designed, printed and bound by IMPRINT SERVICES, New Delhi All rights reserved. No part of this may be reproduced or utilized in any form, or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: An Assessment by Nirmala Joshi About the Author Professor Nirmala Joshi Nirmala Joshi is a former Professor of the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is currently Director of a New Delhi based think tank The India Central Asia Foundation. She was also Research Advisor at the United Service Institution of India from September 2012 to October 2014. Apart from heading the Centre at the J N U, Prof Joshi was also the Director of the University Grants Commission's Programme on Russia and Central Asia. She has been a member of the Indian Council for Social Science Research's Indo Russian Joint Commission for Co-operation in Social Sciences. She was a Member of the University Grants Commission Standing Committee on Area Studies in 2002, and a Nominated Member of the Executive Council of the Indian Council of World Affairs by the Government of India in 2001. Professor Nirmala Joshi has travelled extensively abroad and within the country to participate in international conferences on the Eurasian region.
    [Show full text]
  • The Disharmony of the Spheres the U.S
    The Disharmony of the Spheres The U.S. will endanger itself if it accedes to Russian and Chinese efforts to change the international system to their liking By Hal Brands and Charles Edel AKING THE STAGE at Westmin- A “sphere of influence” is traditionally under- ster College in March 1946, Win- stood as a geographical zone within which the most ston Churchill told his audience he powerful actor can impose its will. And nearly three “felt bound to portray the shadow decades after the close of the superpower struggle which…falls upon the world.” The that Churchill’s speech heralded, spheres of influence former British prime minister fa- are back. At both ends of the Eurasian landmass, the mously declared that “from Stettin authoritarian regimes in China and Russia are carv- in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain ing out areas of privileged influence—geographic hasT descended across the Continent.” He went on to ex- buffer zones in which they exercise diplomatic, eco- plain that “Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, nomic, and military primacy. China and Russia are Belgrade, Bucharest, and Sofia all…lie in what I must seeking to coerce and overawe their neighbors. They call the Soviet sphere.” Though the Westminster ad- are endeavoring to weaken the international rules dress is best remembered for the phrase “iron curtain,” and norms—and the influence of opposing powers— the way it called attention to an emerging Soviet sphere that stand athwart their ambitions in their respective of influence is far more relevant to today’s world.
    [Show full text]
  • How Can Realism Be Utilised in an Understanding of the United States/New Zealand Relationship Over Nuclear Policy?
    How can realism be utilised in an understanding of the United States/New Zealand relationship over nuclear policy? By Angela Fitzsimons A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Masters of International Relations (MIR) degree School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations Victoria University of Wellington 2013 Abstract This thesis examines the decision making process of the United States and New Zealand on the nuclear policy issue through the lens of realism and analyses the effect of realism on the ANZUS alliance. Broader questions associated with alliances, national interest, changing priorities and limits on the use of power are also treated. A single case study of the United States/ New Zealand security relationship as embodied in the ANZUS treaty will be used to evaluate the utility of realism in understanding the decision making process that led to the declaration by the United States that the treaty was in abeyance. Five significant findings emerged: firstly both New Zealand and the United States used realism in the decision making process based on national interest, Secondly; diverging national interests over the nuclear issue made the ANZUS treaty untenable. Thirdly, ethical and cultural aspects of the relationship between the two states limited the application of classical realism to understanding the bond. Fourthly, normative theory accommodates realist theory on the behaviour of states in the international environment. Finally, continued engagement between the United
    [Show full text]
  • 2 the Intellectual Origins of the Eurasian Union Project
    2 The Intellectual Origins of the Eurasian Union Project Stephen Blank The Eurasian Economic Union and its component Customs Union comprise Vladimir Putin’s “flagship” policies.1 But these organizations are merely the latest iteration of an increasingly crystallized Russian policy aspiration dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union. As Jeffrey Mankoff recently observed, “In one form or another, re-integrating the states of the former Soviet Union has been on Russia’s agenda almost since the moment the Soviet Union col- lapsed.”2 Arguably, Russia has never reconciled itself to losing an empire. The reintegration program that is proceeding under Putin in fact began under Boris Yeltsin’s leadership, notwithstanding the fact that the Commonwealth of Inde- pendent States (CIS) was first thought of as “divorce court” for former Soviet Republics. Furthermore, these organizations are not the only elements of Putin’s reintegra- tion plan. The overall project has always had a military dimension, namely the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that grew out of the 1992 Tashkent Collective Security Treaty (CST).3 And the leitmotif of all these plans has not just been economic or military integration, but equally crucially, the privileging of Russian sovereignty over that of CIS countries, a hallmark of neo-imperial and sphere of influence policies. Russian leaders do not refrain from admitting this openly. In August 2008, immediately after the war in 1 Iwona Wisniewska, Eurasian Integration: Russia’s Attempt at the Economic Unification of the Post-Soviet Area, OSW Studies: Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw, 2013. 2 Jeffrey Mankoff, Eurasian Integration: the Next Stage, Central Asia Policy Brief, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 2013, p.
    [Show full text]
  • Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
    Briefing April 2017 Eurasian Economic Union The rocky road to integration SUMMARY Since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, various attempts have been made to re- integrate the economies of its former republics. However, little progress was made until Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan launched a Customs Union in 2010. In 2015, this was upgraded to a Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Modelled in part on the EU, this bloc aims to create an EU-style Eurasian internal market, with free movement of goods, services, persons and capital. So far, the EEU's performance has been poor. Trade has slumped; this has more to do with Russia's economic downturn than the effects of economic integration, but there are signs that the new bloc is favouring protectionism over openness to global trade, which in the long term could harm competitiveness. Especially following the showdown between the EU and Russia over Ukraine, the EEU is widely seen in the West as a geopolitical instrument to consolidate Russia's post- Soviet sphere of influence. Fear of Russian domination and trade disputes between EEU member states are hindering progress towards the EEU's economic objectives. However, prospects may improve when Russia comes out of recession. The EEU is developing relations with third countries, such as Vietnam, which in 2015 became the first to sign a free-trade agreement with the bloc. For its part, the EU has declined to recognise the EEU as a legitimate partner until Russia meets its commitments under the Minsk agreements to help end the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
    [Show full text]
  • Don't Make Us Choose: Southeast Asia in the Throes of US-China Rivalry
    THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OCTOBER 2019 ASIA DON’T MAKE US CHOOSE Southeast Asia in the throes of US-China rivalry JONATHAN STROMSETH DON’T MAKE US CHOOSE Southeast Asia in the throes of US-China rivalry JONATHAN STROMSETH EXECUTIVE SUMMARY U.S.-China rivalry has intensified significantly in Southeast Asia over the past year. This report chronicles the unfolding drama as it stretched across the major Asian summits in late 2018, the Second Belt and Road Forum in April 2019, the Shangri-La Dialogue in May-June, and the 34th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in August. Focusing especially on geoeconomic aspects of U.S.-China competition, the report investigates the contending strategic visions of Washington and Beijing and closely examines the region’s response. In particular, it examines regional reactions to the Trump administration’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy. FOIP singles out China for pursuing regional hegemony, says Beijing is leveraging “predatory economics” to coerce other nations, and poses a clear choice between “free” and “repressive” visions of world order in the Indo-Pacific region. China also presents a binary choice to Southeast Asia and almost certainly aims to create a sphere of influence through economic statecraft and military modernization. Many Southeast Asians are deeply worried about this possibility. Yet, what they are currently talking about isn’t China’s rising influence in the region, which they see as an inexorable trend that needs to be managed carefully, but the hard-edged rhetoric of the Trump administration that is casting the perception of a choice, even if that may not be the intent.
    [Show full text]
  • Spheres of Influence: a Reconceptualization
    117 Spheres of Influence: A Reconceptualization Amitai Etzioni “Spheres of influence” (SOI) are best defined as international forma- tions that contain one nation (the influencer) that commands superior power over others. For the formation to qualify as an SOI, the level of control the influencer has over the nations subject to its influence must be intermediary: lower than that of an occupying or colonizing nation, but higher than that of a coalition leader. Importantly, the means of control the influencer employs must be largely ideational and economic rather than coercive. Thus, it can be argued that, under the Monroe Doctrine, much of Central and South America was in the United States’ SOI, and currently, North Korea is in China’s SOI, while Japan is in that of the United States. Viewing the current international order through the lens of SOI provides unique insight into twenty-first century challenges and fills important gaps in international relations theory. However, the consider- able literature on international relations largely ignores SOI as a theoretical concept, even as case studies illuminate the strength of the theory, as will be shown in Part I of this article. To the extent that SOI are studied, they tend to be criticized for being incompatible with the rule-based, liberal international order. This article examines SOI from a realist’s viewpoint (Part II), adds a psychological evaluation of the concept (Part III), and then addresses the question of whether SOI and the liberal international order can be recon- ciled (Part IV). It closes by seeking to understand the role SOI can play in helping countries avoid the Thucydides Trap—in which tensions between Amitai Etzioni is University Professor and Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University.
    [Show full text]
  • The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China's New
    DISCUSSION PAPERS IN DIPLOMACY The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China’s New Diplomacy Gao Fei Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ ISSN 1569-2981 DISCUSSION PAPERS IN DIPLOMACY Editors: Ingrid d’Hooghe & Ellen Huijgh, Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ Managing Editor: Jan Melissen, Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ and Antwerp University Desk-top publishing: Ragnhild Drange Editorial Board Cecilia Albin, Uppsala University Geoff Berridge, University of Leicester Erik Goldstein, Boston University Donna Lee, Birmingham University Spencer Mawby, University of Nottingham Evan H. Potter, University of Ottawa Biljana Scott, Oxford University Copyright Notice © Gao Fei, July 2010 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy, or transmission of this publication, or part thereof in excess of one paragraph (other than as a PDF file at the discretion of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’) may be made without the written permission of the author. ABSTRACT This article offers a Chinese perspective of the elements and approaches of what is often called China’s ‘New Diplomacy’ and argues that China’s involvement in the development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) can be regarded as an exemplary case of ‘China’s New Diplomacy.’ The article furthermore aims to contribute to the understanding of China’s emerging role in the international multilateral arena. The concepts that together form China’s New Diplomacy, such as the New Security Concept, the New Development Approach, and the Harmonious World, have not only been brought into practice in China’s diplomacy towards the SCO but have also been adopted as principles for conducting diplomacy within the SCO.
    [Show full text]
  • CHINA and SOUTHEAST ASIA: ASEAN MAKES the BEST of the INEVITABLE Introduction United States
    Asia-PAsia-Pacificacific SecuritySecurity StudiesStudies ChinaChina andand SoutheastSoutheast Asia:Asia: ASEAN Makes the Best of the Inevitable Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Volume I - Number 4, November 2002 Conclusions: Southeast Asian countries generally exhibit little fear of Chinese political or military domination. Beijing appears to have made progress in persuading the region up to now that a stronger China will "never seek hegemony." Given the history of China-ASEAN tensions and the natural inclination of smaller countries to fear the rise of a powerful country in their midst, the cur- Denny Roy, who wrote this rent Southeast Asian attitude toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC) analysis, is a senior research represents a significant success for Chinese diplomacy. fellow at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Nevertheless, Southeast Asia's present inclination to accommodate This paper draws from pre- China is likely contingent on two conditions that currently prevail: (1) sentations and discussions at a conference on "The Beijing's behavior toward the region has been non-belligerent; and (2) Dynamics of China's U.S. presence in the region has recently increased. In the future, Relations with South and Southeast Asia's attitude toward China could change, and differing views Southeast Asia" on June 26- about how to deal with China could divide ASEAN. 27, 2002, sponsored by the APCSS. Beijing has demonstrated good neighborliness through constructive diplo- macy; benevolent gestures such as offering economic aid and refraining from devaluing the Chinese currency after the 1997 financial crisis; partici- pation in multilateral fora; and declining to strongly press its claims over dis- puted territory in the South China Sea.
    [Show full text]
  • Storage and Conveyance of the City of Santa Barbara's Gibraltar
    Draft FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Storage and Conveyance of the City of Santa Barbara’s Gibraltar Reservoir Pass Through Water in and Through Cachuma Project Facilities FONSI-12-086 U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation January 2016 Mission Statements The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and manage the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage; provide scientific and other information about those resources; and honor its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities. The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION South-Central California Area Office, Fresno, California Draft FONSI-12-086 Storage and Conveyance of the City of Santa Barbara’s Gibraltar Reservoir Pass Through Water in and Through Cachuma Project Facilities _____________ Prepared by: Stacy L. Holt Date Natural Resources Specialist _____________ Concurred by: Ned M. Gruenhagen Date Wildlife Biologist or Biology Technician _____________ Concurred by: Rain L. Emerson Date Supervisory Natural Resources Specialist _____________ Approved by: Michael P. Jackson, P.E. Date Area Manager Draft FONSI-12-086 Introduction In accordance with section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the South-Central California Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has determined that executing 5- and 40- year Warren Act contracts with the City of Santa Barbara (City) is not a major federal action that will significantly affect the quality of the human environment and an environmental impact statement is not required.
    [Show full text]
  • 2021 SURVEY REPORT Survey Report
    2021 SURVEY REPORT Survey Report SECTION I Contents The State of Southeast Asia: About the Survey 2021 Survey Report is published by the ASEAN Studies Centre Survey Highlights at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and available electronically at Section I www.iseas.edu.sg 4 Respondents' Profile If you have any comments or enquiries about the survey, please Section II email us at [email protected] 7 Regional Outlook and COVID-19 Published on 10 February 2021 Section III ISSN 27375110 14 Issues of Concern to ASEAN Section IV REPORT COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY 20 Regional Influence and Leadership Sharon Seah Section V Hoang Thi Ha 32 ASEAN in the Middle Melinda Martinus Pham Thi Phuong Thao Section VI The authors of the report are 42 Perceptions of Trust researchers at the ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Section VII Institute. 53 Soft Power We thank Qiu Jiahui, Farah Nadine Seth and Anuthida Saelaow Qian ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (formerly Institute of Southeast Asian for their invaluable assistance. Studies) is an autonomous organisation established in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security, and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are grouped The report can be cited as: under Regional Economic Studies (RES), Regional Social and Cultural Seah, S. et al., The State of Studies (RSCS) and Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS). The Southeast Asia: 2021 (Singapore: Institute is also home to the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC), the Temasek ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, History Research Centre (THRC) and the Singapore APEC Study Centre.
    [Show full text]