Small Business of the Year! FREE Vol. Vol. 3, 6, No. No. 11 3 Published Every Other Published Wednesday Every www.venturabreeze.comOther Wednesday November 14 – November March 10 27, - 23, 201 20102 Thanksgiving luncheon for seniors Seniors, celebrate America’s unique fall holiday with a tra- ditional Thanksgiving meal sponsored by the City of Ventura Westside Cafe at 550 N. Ventura Avenue, on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 11:30am–1pm. Suggested donation is $3 for those 60 and over and set meal price of $5 for diners under 60. Marlyss Auster has returned to Ventura. The Ventura Botanical Call 648-2829 for more infor- VVCB Gardens has taken its first step mation. The Ventura Botanical Gardens The sky was overcast as the upper preliminary data collected in the Estuary announces celebrated the Grand Opening of its parking lot behind City Hall filled up last summer. Building on the outcomes first installation, the Demonstration with donors to the Foot by Foot campaign from the last stakeholder meeting in July, new executive Trail, on Saturday, October 20th at and members of the Ventura Botanical attendees also had the opportunity to noon. After six years of planning and Gardens for the party celebrating the consider more information about alter- community outreach and fundraising opening of the Demonstration Trail, natives that would reduce the amount of director the Gardens is becoming a reality. Continued on page 15 water released into the Estuary and reuse The Ventura Visitors and Conven- it in other ways. tion Bureau (VVCB) recently announced Screened for initial feasibility, a Marlyss M. Auster as its new Executive wide range of options, costs and related Director, ending a several month-long benefits were presented to the group for nationwide search to fill the position. feedback during break out sessions. The The announcement comes after options included an expanded wetlands unanimous approval from the VVCB area that would create more habitat Board of Directors. Auster replaces but would have little or no water supply Brian Pendleton, who served as interim benefit. More alternatives focused on Executive Director since early October. reuse opportunities: “I am so proud to be a part of A decentralized treatment facility on the Ventura Visitors and Convention the City’s Westside to provide water for Bureau,” said Auster. “I look forward urban and agricultural irrigation. to establishing partnerships within the Direct potable reuse that would community and collaborating with the require advanced treatment facilities as City of Ventura and the VVCB Board of well as regulatory framework that is not Directors and staff to continue growing yet in place but expected in 2016. Ventura’s vibrant tourism industry,” she Pumping the water to Oxnard for went on to say. further treatment at their plant for agri- Oscar Peña, Chairman of the VVCB cultural reuse. Board of Directors, is confident in Recharging groundwater with Auster’s ability to continue to promote different reuse options offered yet Ventura as a hub for artistic, culinary, another set of alternatives: beach, and sustainable culture. What is the best use of the treated water currently released by the Water Reclamation Facility? Injection into the Mound Basin, a “Auster’s vision for Ventura as a groundwater aquifer within the City, local, regional, and national destina- Stakeholder workshop evaluates after advanced treatment for possible tion for visitors looking to experience later water supply extraction from City true California culture is right in-line wells. with the Board of Director’s,” said Peña. future options for estuary Pumping the water to one of United “Her background in large-scale special by Nancy Broschart Water Conservation District’s ground- events, hospitality, and knowledge of water recharge facilities with additional the Central California Coast make her Starting last July, Ventura Water since 2009 to look at the health of the treatment likely needed to improve water a perfect fit as Executive Director.” bills for wastewater services included ecosystem and its relationship to the quality. Continued on page 20 a new charge for “Estuary Protection.” treated water. About a year ago, the City Continued on page 7 The charge is just one of the changes finalized a settlement agreement with being spurred by an effort to decide the public interest groups to seek a solution After another great best use of the treated water currently – based on science – that will protect the released by the City’s sole Water Rec- long-term health of the Estuary. This issue’s Thanksgiving dinner at lamation Facility into the Santa Clara Now in the second phase, the scien- River Estuary. tific studies will use data and analysis Face of Ventura Grandma’s house, Over the years, there have been to evaluate future options for the water you can always catch different viewpoints about whether the through a stakeholder process, as agreed by Johanna Spinks 8 to 9 million gallons released daily to by all parties in the settlement. up with the Breeze into the Estuary was beneficial to the Part of this effort, the workshop on is on page 10. natural environment or was harmful. 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Many adjustments were Saturday, November 17, 9am-1pm, at Ventura made (lighting, shopping cart retention, Community Park, 901 S. Kimball Road. disabling live electrical outlets) but ■ The Eastside Neighborhood Recycling certainly the two most important changes and Collection Event will accept items were the installation of the banners and such as metal, wood, furniture, appliances, the increased presence by Draganchuk and electronic waste.