NEXUS University of California at Santa Barbara Vol. 57, No. 43 Thursday, November 11,1976 Redcurbing May Limit Torres Parking Space By Randi Mayem community aims. I don’t know of any The I.V. and Santa Barbara County I.V. apartment or residence that can Planning Commissions have requested accommodate everyone,” Kaskey that redcurbing of the North side of El continued. Colegio be approved by the County In accordance with the Planning Traffic Committee to force students to f ommission request last April, Francisco use new Francisco Tones (F.T.) parking Torres restriped the parking lot to create spaces. additional spaces. Dev Vrat of the Santa Francisco Torres General Manager Barbara Planning Department, however, Anthony Kaskey believes the recent recorded an average of 50 open spaces in restriping of F.T.’s parking lot has solved the northwest comer of the lot, while the parking problem. “We don’t feel that cars daily line El Colegio, which is closer we have a parking problem anymore. It’s to the dormitory elevators. Because the VISITORS AND RESIDENTS o f Francisco Torres may be parking elsewhere if been resolved as best as possible,” he said. south side of El Colegio was recently the north side of El Colegio is redcurbed, as requested by the County Traffic “Last year the Planning Commission redcurbed. cars now extend along the Commission. almost requested that we pave the playing north side past Camino Corto. Photo by Mitchell Goldberg field which seems to me to be against Vrat hopes the Traffic Committee will approve, by next week’s Planning Commission meeting, a parking zone Limiting Offshore Oil Development along the north side between midnight and 6 a m “1 don’t feel that the county taxpayers Goal of County Sup's. Oil Co. 's Meeting should subsidize parking for private By Steve Maurer Calling the current regulatory processes the beginning of an attempt to coordinate development,” Vrat said. “The street The County Board of Supervisors a “grey area of the law,” Supervisor the many regulatory agencies involved in parking in I.V. is a result of poor planning approved last Monday a proposal by Frank Frost said that the scheduled oil production. and is no excuse for continued poor County Environmental Coordinator meeting is intended to result in an planning. I don’t believe that paving the Albert Reynolds, to schedule a meeting agreement which would “cause the least Describing the state administration as playing field is the answer, but better use between representatives of the oil possible damage to the environment!” “environmentally conscious,” Frost said of the existing lot is.” industry and ' local and national Frost explained that the current that the state agencies “will go along with The original Francisco Torres government officials. division of jurisdictions, including the proposal to meet with the oil development plans, approved by the An initial meeting, tentatively set for Santa Barbara County, the Lands companies.” He projected that this first County Board of Supervisors in 1965, Dec. 9, will attempt to reach • an. Commission, the Air Resources Board, meeting might not be the last of such required 737 parking spaces. 159 spaces agreement on a plan to stem the current and the Coastal Commission “all have the meetings. were deferred until Francisco Torres was growth of oil processing plants, storage right to say no to ARCO.” He added, “occupied,” at which time there would He supports the proposition of tanks, tanker loading terminals and “The meeting might very well speed up be a re-examination of parking needs. installing a super tanker terminal at the pipelines along the coast. the decision on the oil and gas processing The area where the 159 deferred spaces mouth of the Santa Maria River, saying, According to Reynolds, one way to plant at Ellwood.” would have been constructed is presently “the people in that area like the oil accom plish th e slowdown of oil Frost said that the current plan to a grassy area used for volleyball and industry.” He continued, “If the ofl paraphernalia would be to merge the transport the oil from the platforms to basketball. According to Vrat, however, development is consolidated it won’t be facilities of the separate oil companies. the market via tankers would be “a th e condition was filed away and so bad.” This, however, might be seen as a direct violation of state and federal forgotten until the reopening of violation of the anti-trust law. laws.” He suggested that a multi-company Francisco Tones last year. Assuming that Jack Hundley, offshore operations owned pipeline be the answer. Frost stressed that putting the terminal parking facilities were sufficient, 200 manager, said that a merger should not be in Long Beach would “add to the already parking stickers were over-issued. considered a violation if it is proposed by Hundley said that he would like to see poor air quality of that area.” He I.V. Planning Director Larry Kimmett the federal' govemment.He further stated the Dec. 9 meeting consolidate the discounted the possibility of a terminal at wrote to the Planning Commission last that this proposal was not submitted on regulatory review and permit processes Avila Bay saying, “Look at any February, requesting that the problem be the initiative of the oil companies which are currently controlled by several oceanographic chart of the area, it’s too studied. He reported that cars often lined involved. seoarate agencies. This, he said, might be shallow for an adequate terminal.” (Please turn to p. 16, col 1) Open Space Acquisition Priority for Park, Ree District By Glen Granholm The Park and Recreation Board of Directors will spend most of the available Funds Available for Direct Land, $ 1.5 million to acquire open space. On November 4, 1976, local voters Building Construction Purchases approved an as yet unsold park bond issue giving $1.5 million to the Parks and $1 million, or ninety percent of the total existing open space in I.V. could be Recreation District. bond money, will be used to purchase purchased with the bond money. Funds would be available only for open space land. A new type of park will be developed direct land purchases and development The board plans to use the remaining on open space land, according to Carter materials. Maintenance and employee ten percent of the money to purchase a Ray, general manager of the I.V. Rec and costs would not be covered by the bond commercial area building for use as a Park District (IVRPD). Ray indicated money. crafts center facility, to minimally that along with parks which will include A tax rate ceiling exists which limits develop open space lands acquired and to community gardens containing native th e park district’s ability to raise provide for legal and financial incidentals. plants, barbeque pits and farming areas, necessary funds for maintenance The park district has conducted there will also be Block Parks. These expenditures. Since the district has used numerous surveys in an attempt to leam parks will be developed and maintained up most of its allotted maintenance where Isla Vistans want their parks by neighborhood volunteers. Since park budget, the majority of new land located. The recent trend has been the and district water would probably be purchased must be relatively maintenance desire among citizens to see more parks unavailable to these areas, they would free. established in densely populated areas have only limited facilities. Ray pointed In April of this year, the district issued rather than along the beach bluffs. The out that neighborhood residents could do CARTER RAY - I.V. Recreation an official statement which stated that board estimates that one third of the (Please turn to p. 16, col. 1) and Park District General Manager. PAGE 2 DAILY NEXUS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11.1976 CONVICTED KILLER GARY GILMORE HAS URGED the Pitfalls of Women's Liberation Utah Supreme Court to reverse its stay of execution and let him die before a firing squad. He told the court yesterday that he had received a fair trial and a proper sentence. The 35 year-old man said he accepted the sentence and wished it carried out as Hit by 'Hard' Feminist Lawyer scheduled Monday morning. No one has been executed in the U.S. since 1967. By Martine White does believe in the necessity of between the ages of 9 and 13. “When a woman reaches teaching that principle to high She speculated that these women THE BORDER BETWEEN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA AND middle-age and the kids have school students. may be following the example of ANGOLA has been closed. Angolan and Cuban troops shut the gone, she finds herself alone with “Where are women in the their peers “who are not placing border to prevent more persons from fleeing to the South the washer, the dryer and the courts?” Haffner asked their lives secondary to those of African-controlled territory. About 8,000 refugees have fled the television. She doesn’t want to rhetorically. “They’re in their children.” fighting between Marxist and Pro-Western forces in Southern stay home but, that woman, at divorce.” Women are not Haffner, however, contends Angola. 45 — you’d want her to become a “choosing” issues to bring up she that the recent changes in divorce clerk at K-Mart?” questioned noted, unles they are law, such as no-fault divorce, BARGAINERS FOR HUGHES AIRWEST and its mechanics Carol Haffner, a private attorney “wellrfinanced fanatics or have have actually been a setback to union have resumed contract negotiations in a final attempt to in Ventura County.