FINAL GOLETA OLD TOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN Goleta Old Town Project Area Committee Members Jonny W-allis, Chair Tom Miller, Vice-Chair Kitty Bednar, Secretary Jean Blois Douglas Klug Robert "Spike" Moore David DeLorie Brian karinan Phil Unander Harlan Green Rich Mires Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Naomi Schwartz Jeanne Graffy Gail Marshall Timothy J. Staffel Tom Urbanske Santa Barbara County Planning Commission Kathryn L. Relis Gregory Jenkins Lansing Duncan Joni L. Gray Charles E. Oberdeck Staff Daniel Gira, Comprehensive Planning Division, Deputy Director Alissa Hummer, Supervising Planner Matt Dobberteen, Project Manager Joy Hufschmid, Project Manager Mark Bright, Graphics Chief Linda Bristol, Graphics Brett Buyan, Graphics Tony Kim, Planning Associate David Lackie, Planner Patricia Miller, Planner Clara Quintero, Planner Kirsten Zecher, Graphics TABLE OF CONTENTS I . Introduction A . Background .............................................................................................. 1 B . Setting ...................................................................................................... 2 C . Project Description ..................................................................................9 D . Redevelopment Project Area ................................................................17 I1 . Land Use A . Residential .............................................................................................19 B . Commercial ............................................................................................27 C . Industrial ................................................................................................30 D . Aesthetics and Design ...........................................................................34 I11 . Public Facilities and Services A . Parks. Recreation and Open Space ....................................................... 49 B . Police Protection .................................................................................... 54 C . Schools ...................................................................................................57 D . Solid Waste ............................................................................................ 58 E . Transportation ........................................................................................59 F . Water ...................................................................................................... 80 IV . Resources and Constraints A . Airport Safety ........................................................................................81 B . Flooding and Drainage ..........................................................................84 C . Hazardous Materials .............................................................................91 D . Noise ......................................................................................................96 V . Key Sites ......................................................................................................97 V1 . Financing .............................. .................................................................. 156 APPENDICES A . Key Site Property Ownership Table LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Summary of Key Site Information ................................................... 1 1. 13 Table 2 Proposed Transportation Improvements ................................................64 Table 3 Phase I Consolidations of Private Parking to Public Lots ....................73 Table 4 Provision of Community Services in Goleta Old Town ..................... 157 Table 5 Preliminary Projects, Estimated Cost and Funding Comments .......... 164 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Goleta Old Town Vicinity Map .................................................... 3 Figure 2 Redevelopment Project Area Boundary ........................................ 4 Figure 3 . (Deleted) Figure 4 (Deleted) Figure 5 Land Use Designations ..................................................................6 Figure 6 Zoning Districts ............................................................................. 7 Figure 7 Key Sites ..................................................................................... 14 Figure 8 Public Infrastructure ................................................................... 16 Figure 9 Heritage District ........................................................................... 36 Figure 10-13 Historical Structures in the Goleta Valley ............................ 4 1-44 Figure 14 Hollister Corridor - Conceptual Elevation .................................. 45 Figure 15 Schematic Old San Jose Creek Trail Corridor ............................ 52 Figure 16 Goleta Old Town Circulation ...................................................... 62 Figure 17 4- Lane Hollister Proposal ........................................................... 66 Figure 18 Ekwill Street Alignment .............................................................. 67 Figure 19 Fowler Road Alignment .............................................................. 69 Figure 20 Bikeways Map ............................................................................-71 Figure 2 1 Hollister Corridor Potential Parking Lots ................................... 74 Figure 22 Noise Levels and Flight Safety Zones ........................................ 83 Figure 23 Hazardous Clean-Up Sites in the Project Area ...........................93 Figure 24 Key Site # 1: General Research Corporation ............................. 100 Figure 25 Key Site #2: Kellogg Ready-Mix .............................................. 105 Figure 26 Key Site #3 : Hollister/Kellogg .................................................. 110 Figure 27 Key Site #4: Sanders .................................................................. 114 Figure 28 Key Site #5: Goleta Valley Community Center ....................... 118 Figure 29 Key Site #6: Page ....................................................................... 12 1 Figure 30 Key Site #7a and 7b: Drive-In ................................................... 124 Figure 3 1 Key Site #8: Corta Street Housing ............................................ 129 Figure 32 Key Site #9: Daley, Matthews, Olney ................................... 132 Figure 33 Key Site # 10: Airport Plaza ......................................................137 Figure 34 Key Site # 11 : S.E. Hollister/Fairview....................................... 140 Figure 35 Key Site # 12: Hollister Corridor ........................................ 144 Figure 36 Key Site #13: Central Hollister ................................................. 146 Figure 37 Key Site # 14: N . Faiwiew Industry ........................................ 149 Figure 38 Key Site # 15: Gerard ................................................................. 152 Figure 39 Key Site #16: Storage Yard ....................................................... 155 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations are frequently found in the Revitalization Plan: ADT Average Daily Trips AFY Acre Feet Per Year ALUC Airport Land Use Commission AH0 Affordable Housing Overlay APCD Air Pollution Control District APN Assessors Parcel Number BAD Benefit Assessment District BID Business Improvement District CalTrans California Department of Transportation CDBG Community Development Block Grant cfs cubic feet per second CHP California Highway Patrol CNEL Community Noise Equivalent COP Certificate of Participation CREF Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund dB A Decibel (A-weighted) DevStd Development Standard EDA Economic Development Administration EIR Environmental Impact Report (also MEIR/Master EIR or FEIR/Final EIR) ESH Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area FAA Federal Aviation Authority FAR Floor Area Ration FEIR Final Environmental Impact Report FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map GCP Goleta Community Plan GGMO Goleta Growth Management Ordinance GOTA Goleta Old Town Association GOTAC Goleta Old Town Advisory Committee GSD Goleta Sanitary District GTIP Goleta Transportation Improvement Plan GVCC Goleta Valley Community Center GWD Goleta Water District HUD Housing and Urban Development HWY 101 United States Highway 101 ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Eficiency Act KS Key Site LOMR Letter of Map Revision LOS Level of Service LUFT Leaking Underground Fuel Tank MTD Metropolitan Transit District O&M operation and maintenance OT Old Town PAC Goleta Old Town Project Area Committee P&D ' Planning and Development PHT peak hour trips PSD Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Protection Service Division PW Public Works RA Redevelopment Agency RdMAP Road Maintenance Annual Plan ROW right of way RP Revitalization Plan RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board SBCFCD Santa Barbara County Flood Control District SBHSD Santa Barbara High School District SBMA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (also airport) SF Square Feet (also s.f., sf, or sq.R.) SMU Site Mitigation Unit SP Specific Plan SPRR Southern Pacific Railroad SR 217 State Route 2 17 (also Ward Memorial Boulevard) STP Surface Transportation Program TOT Transient Occupancy Tax UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara us 101 United States Highway 10 1 I. INTRODUCTION GOLETA OLD TOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN I. INTRODUCTION MISSION STATEMENT: As the historic heart of the Goleta Valley, a revitalization project shall be undertaken in order to make Old Town a sustainable and dynamic community center with a vital and diversified economy and an enhanced