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GoletaValleyBeautiful News
July 2003
GVB cell phone 252-1952
Please volunteer for patronize the GVB Booth at July 4 Stow House Celebration
Water Kings and Queens please continue summer watering
July 2003 Highlights
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities
2. Residential and Business Awards of the Month
3. Sponsor of the Month
4. News Tidbits
5. Event results/Kudos
6. 2nd Annual Heritage Tree and Nursery Tour Review
7. Water Kings and Queens
8. Member information
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities - Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net
July 4 29th Annual Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebration at Historic Stow House
Friday, 11 AM to 5 PM
Goleta Valley Beautiful will have a booth at this family-oriented event sponsored by the Goleta
Valley Historical Society, and we encourage ourvolunteers to sign up to help at our booth.
Also volunteers are needed to help theGoleta Valley Historical Society for set-up, decorating,
booth hosts and clean-up. Volunteer opportunities and hours vary from4 to 8 PM July 3, and 7 AM to 6 pm July 4th. To volunteer, call 252-1952, or Robin Cederl of, GVHS, at 967-7426
July 6 YoungTree irrigation- Sunday 7 AM to 3:00PM.
Two hour or more shifts available. Meet at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks Road, NW corner. Irrigation of young trees in public areas using watering truckand hose. 2 high school age volunteers or older. RSVP 252-1952
July 11 Oak Tree Repotting Friday 9:00 AM to Noon
Meet at Storke and Frey Road. Repotting native grownoak trees into larger containers under the supervisionof a Certified Arborist. Tools and refreshments provided.RSVP 252-1952
July 18 ShadeTree maintenance Friday, 9:00 AM to Noon.
Meet at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks Road, NW corner. Mulching and weeding of young shade trees in public areas. Tools and refreshments provided. RSVP 252-1952
July 20 YoungTree irrigation- Sunday 7 AM to 3:00PM.
Two hour or more shifts available. Meet at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks Road, NW corner. Irrigation of young trees in public areas using watering truck and hose. 2 high school age volunteers or older.RSVP 252-1952
July 25 ShadeTree maintenance Friday, 9:00 AM to Noon.
Meet at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks Road, NW corner. Mulching and weeding of young shade trees in public areas. Tools and refreshments provided. RSVP 252-1952
Ongoing Develop your own GoletaValleyurban forestry project!
Goleta Valley Beautiful will provide resources and expertise to youth groups interested in
developing their own urban forestry projects, or assisting with a GVB project. Good opportunity for 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts (Eagle Projects!), school groups and any youth groups in theGoletaValleyarea. Call 252-1952 to develop a project.
2. GVB Residential and Business Awards of the Month
Residential - July - 4661 La Espada Drive, Bruce and Ida Rickborn owners
Commercial - June - Jordano's. 550 S. Patterson
July - 4870 Calle Real, Santa Barbara CA 93111, Extended Stay America 805-692-1882
Robert Grewe, General Manager
Click here to Nominate your favorite place by downloading our nomination form
For residential properties, contact Ross Harris at 563-7247, for commercial/office call Kathy Curtis at 967-5240. Look for articles in the Valley Voice, the Beacon and the Santa Barbara News Press.
3.Business Sponsor of the Month
BEI Industrial Encoder Division 7230 Hollister Avenue- Goleta 93117 (805) 968-0702
The Industrial Encoder Division (IED) of BEI Technologies, Inc. is located in a manufacturing and office complex in western Goleta. They manufacture industrial-quality rotary optical shaft angle encoders. The custom-designed factory and office facilities provide an efficient flow of production and support services, and all of their critical manufacturing processes are performed on site. They feature a wide range of product and accessories serving the automation industries throughout the world. Their specialty products include explosion-proof, intrinsically safe, and extra heavy duty models as well as nickel plating and splash-proof construction for washdown in the food industries.
Their exacting quality control program ensures high quality on every product they make. Their standard two-year warranty testifies to the effectiveness of this program. They also maintain an applications support team. Direct telephone consultation with IED engineers provides a high level of service to an active customer base of thousands of companies.
4. GVB News Tidbits
Harry Hagen Joins GVB Board of Directors Harry Hagen has joined the Goleta Valley Beautiful Board of Directors. Harry is a life-long Goleta resident and Goleta Valley Beautiful volunteer. Harry is the Assistant Treasurer-Tax Collector Public Administrator-Guardian for Santa Barbara County. As a CPA and CPFO, Harry brings years of public and private sector financial experience to Goleta Valley Beautiful to help insure our monies are well spent.
The GVB Nominating Committee is continuing its search for Board of Directors candidates to serve one year terms beginning in August, 2003. Candidates should be familiar with the mission and goals of Goleta Valley Beautiful (see the end of this Newsletter) and be willing to provide policy direction for implementing these goals. Goleta Valley Beautiful is committed to a diverse representation of interests on the Board that reflects the Goleta Valley population. If you are interested in serving, please contact Sam Alfano at 967-0595.
Free Coast Live Oak and Coastal Redwood offer continues - If you have a non-irrigated location with room for a Coast Live Oak, we have free oaks in 2 gallon containers grown from native (Ellwood Canyon) acorns. The trees were provided courtesy of the Santa Barbara Farm Bureau, with the assistance of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control District for help with repotting soil. If your location is well-irrigated and you have the space for it, we also have several 15 gallon Coastal redwoods available free to Goleta Valley Beautiful members. Call 252-1952.
Proposition 12 grant approvals - We still haven't been officially notified, but the results of the latest round of competitive Proposition 12 grants have been posted on the Cal Poly Internet site. Goleta Valley Beautiful and the City of Goleta will both receive Proposition 12 grants for a total of 700 trees. We are very fortunate to be awarded both grants. A news release with details will sent out once the official notice is received.
Expanded County Street Tree List - GVB supported the County Public Works Department's recommendations for increasing the approved trees for planting in the County Road Right-Of Way. The number of species has increased to 35 as of 4-28-03. This list applies only to the unincorporated area of the Goleta Valley and not the City of Goleta, which is preparing its own approved list of trees. The common names of the approved trees are 1. Firewheel Tree 2. Brisbane Box 3. Australian Willow 4. Gold Medallion 5. Chinese Flame 6. Crape Myrtle 7. Grecian Laurel 8. Chinese Pistache 9. Australian Peppermint 10. Magnolia 'Majestic Beauty' or 'Little Gem' 11. Hong Kong Orchid 12. Fern Podacarpus 13. Bradford Pear 14. Evergreen Pear 15. Silk Tree, Mimosa 16. Windmill Palm 17. Queen Palm 18. Guadalupe Palm 19. American Sweetgum 20. Incense Cedar 21. Brazilian Cedarwood 22. Holly Oak 23. Chinese Fringe 24 Rainbow Gum 25. Water Gum 26. Chinese Parasol 27 Maidenhair 28. Island Oak 29. Prickly leafed Paperbark 30. New Zealand Christmas 31. Long-leafed Yellow Wood 32. Cork Oak 33. Southern Live Oak 34. Pink Trumpet Tree 35. Chinese Elm. Numbers 19 and 35 are for very limited usage for uniformity with existing street planting
WISH LIST
- Bottled water, packaged snacks
- Fresh fruit/vegetable snacks
- Garden hoses,any length
- Graphic Design consultant
- Copier Paper
- Coffee Thermos-Pump Style
- Pitchforks/spade forks
- 100 sq ft. office space
5. Event results/Kudos
Volunteer Tree maintenance- During Project Playground on June 6 at the Goleta Boys and Girls Club, 8 Tri-County Boot Camp boys pruned 8 Australian Willows, 8 Pittosporums and 2 Eucalyptus trees, while on June 13 they helped install Treegators and mulch trees at Lake Los Carneros Park. Ken Knight also spent 6 hours filling Treegators along Cathedral Oaks Road on June 21.
Student volunteers Dos Pueblos student Andrew Shin spent 12 hours mulching trees at the DP softball fields and also cleaned 30 Honor Tree plaques. Before leaving for work in France, Natalie Giusti contributed 26.5 hours assisting in the conversion of the GVB financial accounting system from Quicken to QuickBooks.
Oaks on Cathedral Oaks? GVB Volunteer Lauren Gleason submitted a petition to the City of Goleta signed by 15 of her neighbors requesting that oaks be allowed to be planted next to the bike trail on Cathedral Oaks Road from Paseo del Pinon to Calle Real. We'll see what the City thinks of the idea.
6.2nd Annual Goleta Valley Heritage Tree and Nursery Tour- Review
Our thanks to everyone who made the 2nd annual tree tour on June 29 such a great time, and a successful fundraiser. Goleta Valley Beautiful raised approximately $1,400 dollars to help us continue the maintenance and care of the Goleta Valley urban forest. For the eight people who paid for reserved seats but couldn't make the trip, we thank you for your generous donations. We hope to have a self guided tour out later this year, and we have photos and background information from the tour that we can share upon request.
We owe a lot to our primary sponsor, Eric Onnen of Santa Barbara Airbus. We wish our driver Wes well in his retirement after being so courteous in driving us around on his last working day. All of our tour guides made this trip unique in comparison to last year's tour. Randy Baldwin not only gave us a great behind the scenes tour, but he also gave us Coast Live Oaks for each of us to plant. Misty Gonzales provided extensive water conservation information, and Kevin Barthel and Valerie Smith helped us understand the wonders of Ellwood Point and Stow Grove. Once again we are indebted to Bill Ehrlich for allowing us access to the treasures of Bishop Ranch.
And the whole tour was tied together by word and song with Jerry Sortommee and Dan Condon. We'll miss you Dan, but please return soon. And thanks to Thom Myall for coordinating the whole tour. We hope to do it again next year.
7. Water Kings and Queens.
Water Kings and Queens should have seen the reappearance of Treegators (Portable Tree Irrigator) around the trees for which they are responsible. A Treegator is a tough green plastic bag that wraps around the trunk of newly planted trees. GVB volunteers distributed over 300 Treegators this past month. Please note that areas with gopher/ground squirrel activity within 25 feet of the tree should NOT use Treegators. Our experience has been that the water from the Treegators acts as an attraction to the gophers, resulting in the destruction of the tree and the Treegator. We recommend weeding and mulching in these areas, and survival watering as a last resort.
Water Kings and Queens is the term we have given to our volunteers who have had trees planted adjacent to their property within the past two years. Generally, GVB doesn't plant a tree unless there is someone to take care of it during its first two year establishment period. The duties of a Water King and Queen are simple. The primary responsibility is to insure that a newly planted tree receives deep watering every week during the summer dry months. If the tree you are responsible for is served by a piped irrigation system, then supplemental watering is not needed. For all other trees, if the tree is big enough, GVB will provide a Treegator for summertime watering. When properly placed around a tree and filled with a garden hose, a Treegator will slowly deliver 20 gallons of water to the rootball with no runoff. If the tree is too small to use a Treegator, a berm will be necessary. Please call 252-1952 if you think your public tree needs a Treegator, if you are having problems filling the Treegator, or if your Treegator drains too quickly (a tear in the bag) or doesn't drain all its water within 10 hours (drainage holes clogged).
8. Welcome new/renewing donor members/Membership information - (R) designates renewing member
Business Sponsors Garcin Media Group
Basic-Borgaro-R,
Supporting- Cecilia Brown
Family-Kathy Curtis/Jim Sterken-R, Hope Smith-R
Honor Tree- Brian and Cindy LaVasseur
Donations-Bernie and Marian Fedak-$100
Heritage Tree attendees - Sam Alfano, Jean Blois, Thelma Bowser, Cecilia Brown, John Bury, Jan Scheinle, Yvonne Chin, Carolyn Cogan, Dan Condon, Marcia Constance, Merlyn Cummings, Gordon Durenberger, Ken and Barbara Eggemeyer, Mike Filtz, Robert Fisher, Laura Funkhouser, Natalie Giusti, Alissa Greenwood, Ken Knight, Diana Larson, Kathy Lucian, Merrill Lynn, Urban McLellan, Thom Myall, Jerry Sortomme, Tim Sweeney, Maury Treman, Al Turnbull.
Special thanks to those not able to attend but donating their tickets; Gregg Wilson, Mary Ankeny, Michael T. Bennett, Reid and Robin Cederlof, Jaime Constance, John Maienza.
Heritage Tree and Nursery Tour Sponsors- Santa Barbara Airbus for the use of the Airbus and driver, Venoco, Inc. for the program and handouts, Sizzler for reduced prices for lunch, Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce and Goleta Valley Historical Society for mentioning us in their newsletters, Goleta Water District for water conservation materials, Randy Baldwin for Coast Live Oak seedlings, and articles and promotions in the Beacon, Valley Voice, NewsPress and Independent.
Ongoing Discounts/donations/reduced prices and services from Pacifica Suites, Camino Real Marketplace, Island Feed and Seed, Tri-Valley Trophies, CopyRight, and West Covina Nursery.
Donor Membership Renewal - For those of you who haven't renewed your annual donor membership since September 2002, please note that much of our general operating expense is covered by the generosity of our member donors. We will also continue to offer volunteer memberships that are oriented primarily to students and lower-income families who choose to support with "sweat equity". Just go to our form on this web site by Membership Form
GVB is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, federal tax id # 23-7392774
GoletaValleyBeautiful - P. O. Box 6756Goleta- CA93160-6756 Phone 252-1952
Board of Directors: Sam S. Alfano-President, Judy Thiele-2nd Vice President, Doug Winter - Secretary, Cherie Welsh - Treasurer. Board members: Ross Harris, Merlyn Cummings, Alan Cavaletto, Al Turnbull, Thom Myall, Kathy Curtis, Kristen Amyx, Harry Hagen.
Executive Director - Ken Knight
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Board of Directors meetings at Pacifica Suites,5490 Hollister Avenue, from7:30 AM to8:30 AMon the first Friday of the month. NOTE: Due to the 4th of July Holiday, the July meeting will be held on July 11. Regular meetings of the Board will resume in August.
Our mission: To ensure and improve the beauty of the Goleta Valley through our 5 goal areas (1) Urban Forestry Management (2) Neighborhood Responsibility (3) Business Responsibility (4) Education (5) Public Area Beautification.
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Board of Directors Meeting
June 6, 2003
Present: Kathy Curtis, Doug Winter, Sam Alfano, Ross Harris, Merlyn Cummings, Cherie Welsh, Alan Cavaletto, Al Turnbull, Harry Hagen and Ken Knight.
- Call to order and Introduction of Guests - Sam
- Sam called the meeting to order at 7:30 am at the Pacifica Suites.
- Sam introduced Harry Hagen as our newest Board Member. Harry is the Assistant Tax Collector for the County and has been a member of GVB for about one year. Welcome Harry Hagen.
- Secretary's Report - Doug
- The May minutes were approved, as sent out, by the Board.
- Treasury Report -Cherie
- May income was $9,533 against a budget of $4,542. May expenses were $6,488 against a budget of $9,395. YTD income is $73,465 against an YTD budget of $62,667. YTD expenses are $63,241 against YTD budgeted expenses of $75,702.
- GVB received approximately $2000 in membership dues in May.
- The silent auction returned $950 in net income.
- Workman's Comp Insurance or $7000, for Ken, is due in July.
- The treasury report was approved as submitted by the Board.
- Membership - Ken
- Ken mentioned that GVB needs to mount a membership drive in sequence with the annual banquet notice.
- Ken will follow up with past members (106) who have not renewed their membership to date.
- Ross will provide a Goleta Valley wide mailer list to facilitate a mass mailing campaign in July to develop new memberships in GVB.
- Fundraising - Ken
- Judy will resign from the Board, on July 1, 2003, due to a transfer to the Ventura branch of Mid State Bank. Ken will cover this task until a Board member can be identified for fundraising.
- Jenesis is currently out of funds and cannot be looked to for support of GVB. Jenesis will invite applications in its next fiscal year beginning January 2004.
- The City of Goleta community grant, of $2000.is planned for support to fund a tree map of Goleta trees. The status of this grant is unknown at this time.
- A second City of Goleta community grant, of $2000 is planned for support for the care of young trees that are City owned i.e. those in parkings and medians. The status of this grant is unknown at this time.
- The State announced the tentative grant awards; GVB has not received any notice yet. The GVB grant is $41,000. while the City of Goleta grant is for $25,000.
- The Board approved Ken to proceed with seeking grant funds from the Captain Planet and Wendy McCaw foundations.
- Business Committee – Kathy
- Jordanos, at 550 S. Patterson, has been selected to receive the business award for June
- Kathy is in the process of updating the Business Award List and will forward it to Ken.
- Neighborhood Committee – Ross
- Ross reported that White Signs , in Santa Barbara, would produce replacement signs for GVB as required.
- Ross reported that 6 candidates have been identified for June; however, no final selection has been made.
- Presidents Report - Sam
- Sam requested that the discussion concerning suggestions for improvements for the Annual Awards Banquet be deferred to the July meeting.
- There are 4 vacant Board positions. New officers need to be nominated for the July meeting.
- No 4th of July fireworks are currently planned to Goleta. A celebration is planned for Stow House in which GVB will sell churros as a fundraiser.
- The July meeting, which would normally fall on the holiday, has been rescheduled for July 11.
- Education Committee -Al and Cherie
- No report was offered.
- Government -Doug
- In preparation for DRB meetings, Ken and Doug are reviewing the design packages of projects of interest to GVB. This approach appears to a more effective method of preparation for DRB meeting. Comments for various projects are forwarded to Cecilia Brown for input to the DRB where appropriate.
- Doug reported that the Chamber of Commerce has increased the monthly frequency of their Government Liaison meetings. Doug attended meetings on: May 6 (presentation by Goleta Sanitation District), May 13 (Save Elwood Mesa presentation) and May 27 (Hampton Inn development presentation).
- Doug attended City Council meetings on: May 5 (Susan Rose presented County position on saving Goleta Beach), May 13 (City Council workshop on 5 year street maintenance plan), May 19 (Doug presented GVB position to Goleta Redevelopment Agency plan for short term improvements to Old Town).
- Website Report -Thom
- No report.
- Urban Forestry Committee -Thom & Alan
- Thom reported that, for the Heritage Tour, there is additional media copy ready for release. Currently 15 people have signed up for the tour. Bus capacity is 47.
- Alan reported that Camino Real Market place is providing space for the 300 trees donated by Ken Doty. Harry Hagen is facilitating this effort by contacting County Flood Control to provide soil suitable for potting.
- The Placentia Beautification Project, promoted by Thrifty Rent a Car involves general clean up of the area. Ken reports that GVB still needs to understand whether the land is under County or City jurisdiction.
- Executive Director Report - Ken
- The Eco System Institute is holding a symposium about the urban forest on August 25th in San Luis Obispo.
- Ken suggested that two, GVB magnetic door signs should be procured for his truck at a cost of $97. The Board approved the expenditure.
- Ken reported that once again watering must commence along the tree line adjacent to Cathedral Oaks. Estimated cost of the watering operation is $125 per day during actual performance of this task.
- The City of Goleta has official authorized Ken to prune or trim any City tree in the right of way.
- Wells Fargo Sign Replacement Proposal - Doug &Thom
- This item was deferred until the July meeting as time had expired for the meeting.
Sam adjourned the Board Meeting at 8:30 am.
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GoletaValleyBeautiful News
September 2003
GVB cell phone 252-1952
Please volunteer for the September 13 Day of Caring Tree Planting
Water Kings and Queens please continue summer watering !
September 2003 Highlights
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities
2. Residential and Business Awards of the Month
3. Sponsor of the Month
4. News Tidbits
5. Event results/Kudos
6. Water Kings and Queens
7. Member information
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities - Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net
Sept 13 Day of Caring Tree Planting at the County Fire Department Headquarters - 4405 Cathedral Oaks
RoadSaturday, 8 AM to Noon Join 100 volunteers as we install a drip irrigation system, plant and mulch 54 15-gallon native oak trees, and 60 1 gallon Cotoneaster groundcover plants. Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are encouraged to attend. The end result will be a honor grove for local firefighters. This event is in conjunction with the United Way Day of Caring. Tools and refreshments provided. Advance registration requested at 252-1952.
Sept 14 YoungTree irrigation- Sunday 7 AM to 3:00PM. Two hour or more shifts available. Meet at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks Road, NW corner. Irrigation of young trees in public areas using watering truckand hose. 2 high school age volunteers or older. RSVP 252-1952
Sept 5,12,& 26 ShadeTree planting and maintenance Friday, 9:00 AM to Noon. Meet at Glen Annie and Cathedral Oaks Road, NW corner. Mulching and weeding of young shade trees in public areas. Tools and refreshments provided. RSVP 252-1952
Oct 18 Goleta Valley Lemon Days Festival Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm Forty-eight volunteers needed for two-hour fundraising shifts selling popcorn and churros at the Goleta Valley Beautiful Booth.
RSVP 252-1952
Ongoing Student Internships
Structured project oriented internships, some with minimal stipends, for students interested in urban forestry, volunteer development, report and grant writing, and training programs. Flexible hours. Call 252-1952
Ongoing Develop your own GoletaValleyurban forestry project!
Goleta Valley Beautiful will provide resources and expertise to youth groups interested in
developing their own urban forestry projects, or assisting with a GVB project. Good opportunity for 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts (Eagle Projects!), school groups and
any youth groups in theGoletaValleyarea. Call 252-1952 to develop a project.
2. GVB Residential and Business Awards of the Month
Residential August - 138 Santa Paula Avenue, owned by Todd and Rosa Booth
Commercial August - 601 Pine Avenue -Indigo
Nominate your favorite place by downloading our nomination form from theGoletaValley Chamber of Commerce website at www.goletavalley.com. For residential properties, contact Ross Harris at 563-7247, for commercial/office call Kathy Curtis at 967-5240. Look for articles in the Valley Voice, the Beacon and the Santa Barbara News Press.
3.Business Sponsors of the Month Thanks to our business sponsors!
Patterson-101 Allstore 90 North Patterson Avenue, Goleta 93111 (805) 964-0924 Jane Jewell, Manager Office Open Monday through Friday 9 am to 6 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm URL: www.allstore.net
Patterson-101 Allstore received a Goleta Valley Beautiful award in November 2000 and they continue to demonstrate their commitment to a good looking facility. Recently they added pink ivy geraniums (pelagorium peltatum) and orange flame vines (Pyrostegia venuseta) along their Patterson entrance, not because of any requirements, but because they liked the way it looked. We agree.
Locally owned and operated (The Carey Group), Patterson-101 Allstore has 12 sizes of storage areas from a closet to a 2 car garage. The office offers a display room to help you choose the size space that is right for you, a packing supply store if you need boxes or tape, and professionaol self-storage counselors to help you decide among your many storage options. Its a well lit facility with state of the art surveillance of the premises. Manager Jane Jewell and her staff stand ready to provide you with excellent service.
Best Western South Coast Inn, 5620 Calle Real, Goleta 93117 (805) 967-3200, toll free (800) 350-3614, email: info@bwsci.com, URL: www.bwsci.com.
The South Coast Inn received a Goleta Valley Beautiful award back in March 1996. Their recent landscaping renovations in their rooms and in the garden patio area prove they have a continuous commitment to maintaining a high quality landscaped business in the heart of the Calle Real business district.
The South Coast Inn has 113 guest rooms and suites, high speed internet service in all rooms and meeting rooms, and a heated pool and spa. Business travelers can enjoy complimentary beverages Monday through Thursday, along with complimentary continental breakfast buffet, and complimentary athletic club privileges. Guests using the meeting rooms can also use an outside caterer of their choice. Contact Murill Forrester at 967-3200 for more information.
4. GVB News Tidbits
August Newsletter No, your e-mail wasn't out of whack. We didn't have an August Newsletter because the Exec Director was doing an inventory of the street trees in the City of Goleta. It was a rush job that should have taken several months but was instead done in 2 1/2 weeks. Thanks to Jerry Sortomme, Donna Baird and Dougal House for their help in getting the project completed in the time allotted. The information from this windshield survey will provide the basis for a Geographic Information System for future tree management programs.
New GVB Board Members - Our newest GVB Board of Director members include Laura Funkhouser, who will be using her marketing skills to help us with membership and fundraising efforts, and Kathy Lucian, who will be working with President Sam Alfano on special events for Goleta Valley Beautiful. In addition, Tami Mason, Customer Services Manager at Mid State Bank and Trust, has taken over for Judy Thiele, who was transferred to Ventura after an illustrious term here in Goleta. Tami will be teaming up with new Vice-President Kathy Curtis to concentrate on our membership development campaign later this month.
The GVB Nominating Committee is continuing its search one more Board of Directors candidate to serve one year terms beginning in August, 2003. Candidates should be familiar with the mission and goals of Goleta Valley Beautiful (see the end of this Newsletter) and be willing to provide policy direction for implementing these goals. Goleta Valley Beautiful is committed to a diverse representation of interests on the Board that reflects the Goleta Valley population. If you are interested in serving, please contact Sam Alfano at 967-0595.
Free Coast Live Oak, Valley Oak, Coastal Redwood, or Eastern Redbud offer for members - f you have a non-irrigated location with room for a Coast Live Oak or a Valley Oak, we have free oaks in 2 gallon containers grown from native (Ellwood Canyon) acorns. The trees were provided courtesy of the Santa Barbara Farm Bureau, with the assistance of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control District for help with repotting soil. If your location is well-irrigated and you have the space for it, we also have several 15 gallon Coastal redwoods available free to current Goleta Valley Beautiful donor members or volunteers who have offered their services in the past year. We also have a limited supply of Eastern redbuds in 2 gallon containers. Call 252-1952.
September 15 City of Goleta Urban Forest Policy discussion All interested GVB members are encouraged to attend to show support for a long term urban forest management program. Check the City's website for information on specific times and agenda item number at www.cityofgoleta.org. All requests for new street tree plantings have been put on hold until after this discussion.
WISH LIST
Bottled water, packaged snacks
Fresh fruit/vegetable snacks forvolunteers
operating pickup/3/4 ton truck
Copier Paper
Coffee Thermos-Pump Style
Pitchforks/spade forks
100 sq ft. office space
Garden hoses, any length
Thanks to the GVB Supporters who have been giving us their old hoses, and to graphic designer David Heidelberger for revamping the GVB logo-look for it soon!
5. Event results/Kudos
Tri-Counties Boot Camp Tree maintenance - 228 hours-John Nichols and 9 boys replaced torn Treegators along Cathedral Oaks Road, mulched 20 trees at Lake Los Carneros Park on July 4. On July 11 Larry Chavez and 9 boys repotted 35 trees. On July 18 Mr. Homiak and 10 boys mulched 13 trees at the County Road Yard at 4401 Cathedral Oaks Road and then repotted 35 oaks at the GVB 'Nursery' at Camino Real Marketplace. On August 8 Tom Smith and 10 TCBC planted 2 deodars and 5 Brisbane Box at Kellogg School. August 22 had Larry Chavez and 9 TCBC mulch and irrigate 20 trees at Brandon and water, mulch and cull the trees at Camino Real Marketplace, and on August 29 Larry Chavez and 10 boys spread mulch along Cathedral Oaks Road and repot 6 Eastern Redbud trees.
Goleta Valley Boys and Girls Club Under the direction of Carolina Hoover, Goleta Valley Boys and Girls Club volunteers provided 223 volunteer hours of service in July and August for the following activities--9 volunteers mulched 40 trees at El Rancho School on July 1, 12 volunteers mulched 20 trees and 2 planting areas at Kellogg School on July 8, 17 volunteers trimmed 5 trees on the Goleta Valley Junior High campus on July 15 along with rescuing one large Coastal Redwood tree from death by ivy, 17 volunteers planted one tree at Goleta Valley Junior High and another on Pembroke Avenue on July 15, and on August 19 there were 9 volunteers spreading mulch along 30 trees at La Patera School. IN addition to ongoing snacks and drinks provided to the volunteers, the boys and girls were treated to a pizza party at Girsh Park on August 19, and GVB provided a check for $150 to Goleta Valley Boys and Girls Club from a Wells Fargo Foundation grant to help offset their costs for transportation and supervision.
Cathedral Oaks Watering - In our continuing commitment to maintaining the trees along Cathedral Oaks and Los Carneros Roads, we watered 120 trees on July 6, July 27 and August 17 for a total of 24 service hours.
Stow House on the 4th of July - GVB Board members Sam Alfano, Thom Myall, Doug Winters and Merlyn Cummings served up churros during the 4th of July festivities. We briefly tried selling a cheaper variety of churro but Doug promptly labeled it a WMD and we went back to selling the original tastier churro.
Self Guided Tour of Goleta Valley Trees - Thanks to the Goleta City Council for a Community Project Grant of $750 to prepare a Self Guided Tour of Goleta Valley Trees. This tour is an extension of our annual Heritage Tree Tour. The Tour Map, designed to be downloaded from our website, is now in the 'beta' testing stage and it will be released in the next few weeks. Watch for it and let us know what should be changed or added to for the next edition.
Venoco, Inc. Grant - One of the hardest fundraising efforts is to secure general operating funds to support all the good things we do. Venoco, Inc helps us leverage our tree planting and maintenance funds by providing us with a $4,000 grant to support the costs of tree planting and maintenance that grants don't cover. Our insurance costs for the coming year, for example, will cost close to $9,000. President Sam Alfano expressed his thanks in a letter to the editor.
Media Support - Thanks to our friends in the media for the articles and promotions in the Beacon, Valley Voice, NewsPress and Independent.
6. Water Kings and Queens.
The duties of a Water King and Queen are vital yet simple. The primary responsibility is to insure that a newly planted tree receives deep watering every week during the summer dry months. If the tree you are responsible for is served by a piped irrigation system, then supplemental watering is not needed. Please call 252-1952 if you think your public tree needs a Treegator, if you are having problems filling the Treegator, or if your Treegator drains too quickly (a tear in the bag) or doesn't drain all its water within 10 hours (drainage holes clogged).
7. Welcome new/renewing donor members/Membership information - (R) designates renewing member
Basic-Mimi and John Elder-R, Belinda Pollack
Supporting- Ed Easton, Jo Millet-R
Honor Tree (3)- Goleta National Bank
Thanks for discounts/donations/reduced prices and services from Pacifica Suites, Camino Real Marketplace, Island Feed and Seed, Tri-Valley Trophies, CopyRight, and West Covina Nursery.
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