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Goleta Valley Beautiful News
September 2004
GVB cell phone 252-1952, E:mailkennethknight@cox.net
Sign up for Sept 18 Day of Caring Project at United Way at 965-8591
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities - .
-Sept 4 Tree Plantings Bristol Place off Bradford Drive. Planting 6 parkway trees. 9 AM to Noon Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net for further information. Students please bring your community service forms. Tools, drinks, & snacks provided. No experience required, projects under the supervision of a Certified Arborist.
-Sept 11 Tree Plantings County Employees University, 267 Camino Del Remidio. Planting 3 trees. 9AM to Noon Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net for further information. Students please bring your community service forms. Tools, drinks, & snacks provided. No experience required, projects under the supervision of a Certified Arborist.
- Sept 11, 25 Cleanups of selected Goleta streets such as Cathedral Oaks, Patterson and Los Carneros Saturdays, 9:30 AM to Noon. Call Judy Nason at 964-0436 and leave a message.
-Sept 18 Day of Caring El Encanto Beautification Project Phase 1 - Saturday, 9 AM to 1 PM Glen Annie and Calle Real next to the Mobil Station. 150 volunteers needed for pruning, green waste disposal and mulching of 0.3 mile parkway on south side of Calle Real. Volunteers are asked to pre-register with the United Way Day of Caring at 965-8591 and contact project coordinator Bonnie Freeman at 683-1878
-Sept 25 Parkway Tree Plantings Santa Barbara Shores Dr-various addresses. Sat., 9 AM to Noon Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net for further information. Students please bring your community service forms. Tools, drinks, & snacks provided. No experience required, projects under the supervision of a Certified Arborist.
-Oct 2 Parkway Tree Plantings Coronado Dr-various addresses. Sat., 9 AM to Noon Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net for further information. Students please bring your community service forms. Tools, drinks, & snacks provided. No experience required, projects under the supervision of a Certified Arborist.
-Oct 16-17 California Lemon Festival -Girsh Park Sat. 10 AM to 9 PM, Sun 10 AM to 6 PM 4 volunteers per 2 hour shift needed (40 total volunteers) to serve Sweet Lemon Frosted Churros & Sweet Lemon Frosted Popcorn. Students welcome. Call 252-1952 to schedule.
-Oct 23 El Encanto Beautification Project Part 2 - Tree Planting Sat., 8 AM to noon Glen Annie and Calle Real next to the Mobil Station. 75 volunteers needed for planting 75 trees and shrubs in pre-dug holes along the parkway.
-Special GVB Board position openings-One year term. Candidate should enjoy speaking with GVB members, nonprofit policymaking, urban forestry, and/or monitoring government activities, Call Sam at 967-0595
-Ongoing Interviewers needed to make phone calls and follow-up in person visits if necessary to determine the interest of residents in the planting and care of public parkway street trees adjacent to their property. Hours and Goleta Valley locations vary according to your schedule and interest. Call 252-1952
-Ongoing Develop your own Goleta Valley Beautification project! Goleta Valley Beautiful will provide resources and expertise to youth groups interested in
developing their own tree planting, maintenance, educational and clean-up programs.
Good opportunity for 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts, school groups, fraternity/sorority,
church groups and any youth groups in the Goleta Valley area. Call 252-1952 to develop a
project.
-Ongoing Graffiti Cleanup - Report acts of graffiti to Ed Graper at 964-7117 or e-mail edgraper@yahoo.com Contact Ed if you would like to help remove graffiti in your area. Supplies and training provided.
-Ongoing Anti-litter cleanup - Report litter problem areas to Judy Nason of Cambridge Drive Community Church at 964-0436, and volunteer to help with clean-up crews.
2. GVB Residential and Business Awards of the Month
Residential September - 1483 Camino Rio Verde, John and Mary Rose Handley, owners and designers
Residential August - 5211 Mono Drive, Lauren and John Pittman, owners
Business September - 91 Frederick Lopez Road, Goleta Building Materials, Ken Hall Owner
Business August - 4760 Calle Camarada at Puente Dr., Hidden Oaks Golf Club
Nominate your favorite place by downloading our nomination form on the Goleta Valley Beautiful website at Click here to see and download the nomination form.
For residential properties, contact Bonnie Freeman at 683-1878. For commercial/office/homeowner associations call Marc Bradley at 967-3738. Look for articles in the Valley Voice, the South Coast Beacon and the SB News Press.
3.Business Sponsor of the Month
– Home Depot Foundation - Here is the full press release about our recent grant from the Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to Goleta Valley Beautiful to collaborate with Devereux California and Growing Solutions Restoration Institute to grow and plant 500 native trees. Local seed and cuttings will be collected by local experts who, in turn, will train clients with developmental disabilities from Devereux how to grow native trees for use in community service projects.
Goleta Valley Beautiful is celebrating its 30th year of service in urban tree planting and maintenance, beautification efforts and education. “We are pleased to see a national business with a Goleta location help facilitate a project among three local nonprofits”, said Sam S. Alfano, President of Goleta Valley Beautiful. “Growing trees will allow Devereux’s special needs clients to develop skills and contribute to our community. We will also be working to improve the local native tree habitat with the expertise of Growing Solutions, and ultimately benefit the entire community with Goleta Valley Beautiful volunteers planting long-lived, sustainable public trees”.
Part of the project involves renovating a portion of underutilized greenhouse on the Devereux campus as a growing area for use by Devereux staff and clients. By propagating native plant species, Growing Solutions is strengthening the community by ensuring biological diversity. The resulting trees will be used by Goleta Valley Beautiful as part of its ongoing public planting program for street trees, park and public area trees in cooperation with the City of Goleta and Santa Barbara County.
Goleta Valley Beautiful has planted over several thousand trees in Goleta Valley public areas and they support neighborhood, government, educational and other non-profit organizations that are active in urban forestry. For more information on how to participate with Goleta Valley Beautiful projects and to receive their monthly e-mail newsletter, visit their web site at www.goletavalleybeautiful.org, or call 252-1952. Students and youth organizations interested in community service credits are particularly welcome.
The Home Depot Foundation invests in nonprofit organizations that are in the business of building better communities. The Home Depot and many of the suppliers who help fill Home Depot’s shelves contribute to The Home Depot Foundation to help fulfill their shared vision of creating stronger, healthier neighborhoods. The Foundation focuses efforts in the areas of affordable housing, at-risk youth, the environment and disaster preparedness. See www.homedepotfoundation.org for more information.
4. GVB News Tidbits
-El Encanto Heights Beautification Project - The project involves large-scale dryland landscaping of the 20 ' wide southern portion of Calle Real (next to Highway 101) between Colusa and Daffodil. Check our page on this website by
clicking here for the final design plan approved by the City's Design Review Board on their August 17 meeting.
Block captains will be meeting to review logistics during the weekend of Sept 11/12 in preparation for Phase 1 improvements on Saturday September 18 (United Way Day of Caring). Phase 2, the date of planting 75 trees and shrubs will occur on Saturday October 23.
For more information and to assist, contact Project Coordinators Bonnie Freeman at 683-1878. We still need professional assistance in pruning the Canary island Palms.
-Tree City USA Status for the City of Goleta- The SC Beacon ran an editorial concurring with GVB's efforts to secure Tree City USA status for the City of Goleta. The City is urged to adopt stronger tree ordinances and better enforcement procedures. Two points of clarification--the City already does have a hardworking Street Tree Subcommittee of the Design Review Board that does a yeoman job of looking out for public trees in the City. Their role can be strengthened if they are given additional authority via more effective tree ordinances and enforcement responsibilities. Also, the editorial mention of politics regarding Tree City Awards was aimed at the National Arbor Day Foundation which gives the award and not local governments.
-Santa Barbara Shores/Coronado Tree Planting- We're starting tree planting in this area but we could use some help in notifying residents in the area about their preferences. Call 252-1952.
-Tree Planting/Maintenance Requests - In the City of Goleta, send your requests to the Community Development Department, 6500 Hollister Ave Suite 120, Goleta CA 93117. In the unincorporated areas of the County, contact either the County Parks Department at 610 Mission Canyon Rd., SB 93105-2911 for trees in public parks or the Public Works Department at 123 East Anapamu St., SB 93101 for trees in the public right of way. You can mention that you would like to work with GVB in planting trees in public areas.
WISH LIST FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS
- 10' to 16' flatbed trailer with working brake and signal lights
- Non-leaking garden hose, any length
- Shovels, rakes, hoes, pitchforks/spade forks
- 100 sq feet of office space
- Recycled 6'-8' wood tree stakes
- Cases of water/soda/packaged snacks for volunteers
5. Event results/kudos
GVB Tree Planting and Care last month
Trees -Species - Location - Date - Hours - Action
100 -Brisbane Box - Cathedral Oaks Rod - 8/14/04 - 35- Watered
4 - Root Shield installation -Bristol Place - 8/21/04 -35- Root shields installed
5 -Geijera -Devereux - 8/25/04- 22 -Planted, mulched
5 -Geijera -Devereux-8/30/04 - 22 -Planted, mulched
Thanks this month to tree volunteers at Los Prietos Boys Academy, Los Prietos Boys Camp, Kristian Blom, Bob Lugo and the Devereux crews.
-Trailer Hitch - GVB will be getting a custom made trailer hitch attached to our one-ton truck thanks to the generosity of GVB Board Member Al Turnbull. Thanks, Al!
-Venoco increases their gift - Venoco, Inc. has increased their gift to GVB by another $2000 to help us purchase a trailer. We appreciate their ongoing support.
-Neighborhood Cleanup - Judy Nason and her Cambridge Drive Community Church volunteers are continuing their anti-litter campaign along our roadsides. They cleaned up Los Caneros Road from Calle Real over the overpass and across Hollister to the Mammoth Moving turnoff on one side and nearly that far on the other, collecting 4 orange bags in 4 1/2 man hours. On 8/21 they cleaned up Cathedral Oaks from La Patera to about half way between Los Caneros and Glen Annie, and Los Caneros from Cathedral Oaks to Calle Real, collecting 3 1/2 orange bags in 3 1/2 hours. On 8/28, they cleaned up Cathedral Oaks Road Glen Annie to Carlo collecting 3 orange trash bags in 3 man hours.
6. Water Kings and Queens. -
Please refill your portable tree irrigators (Treegators) once a week. Treegator instructions can be found at www.treegator.com
7. Welcome last month's new/renewing donor members - R designates renewing member
Basic-Jim Pearson and Melanie Jacobson
Special thanks to Lee Ann Applebay for becoming an Honor Tree member but also organizing her neighbors to become Honor Tree members as well, including Richard Johnson, Jerry and Patti Richards (R), Rachael and Augie Sancha, Michael and Mary Alvarado, and William and Gale Hugo.
Thanks for discounts/donations/reduced prices and services from Pacifica Suites, Camino Real Marketplace, CopyRight, Island Feed and Seed, San Marcos Growers , and West Covina Nurseries.
8. 2004 Annual Donor Membership Information - and mail to:
Goleta Valley Beautiful
P. O. Box 6756
Goleta, CA 93160-6756
GVB is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, federal tax id # 23-7392774
Board of Directors: Sam S. Alfano-President, Lori Roper - Vice President, Doug Winter - Secretary, Tami Mason - Treasurer. Board members: Merlyn Cummings, Alan Cavaletto, Al Turnbull, Thom Myall, Laura Funkhouser, Kristen Amyx, Dan Condon, Phebe Mansur, Marc Bradley. Executive Director - Ken Knight
Board of Directors meetings at Pacifica Suites, 5490 Hollister Avenue, from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM on the first Friday of the month.
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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Goleta Valley Beautiful News
October 2004
GVB cell phone 252-1952, E:mail kennethknight@cox.net
A society is judged great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
--Greek proverb
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities -
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-Oct 9 Parkway Tree Plantings Beginning at 261 Santa Barbara Shores Dr-various addresses. Sat., 9 AM to Noon Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net for further information. Students please bring your community service forms. Tools, drinks, & snacks provided. No experience required, projects under the supervision of a Certified Arborist.
-Oct 9, 25 Cleanups of selected Goleta streets such as Cathedral Oaks, Patterson and Los Carneros Saturdays, 9:30 AM to Noon. Call Judy Nason at 964-0436 and leave a message.
-Oct 16-17 California Lemon Festival -Girsh Park Sat. 10 AM to 8 PM, Sun 10 AM to 5 PM 4 volunteers per 2 hour shift needed (40 total volunteers) to serve Sweet Lemon Frosted Churros & Sweet Lemon Glazed Popcorn. Students welcome. Call 252-1952 to schedule.
-Oct 23 El Encanto Beautification Project Part 2 - Tree Planting Sat., 8 AM to noon. Meet at Glen Annie and Calle Real next to the Mobil Station. 75 volunteers needed for planting 75 trees and shrubs in pre-dug holes along the parkway, move mulch and remove pre cut palm fronds. Eagle Scout candidate Alex Murdoch will be leading this project along with support from local residents, businesses and the City of Goleta. Call 252-1952 to participate.
-Oct 30 Parkway Root shield installations-various addresses.-Meet at 6003 Paseo Palmilla Sat., 9 AM to Noon We're filling in behind a trencher to prepare for tree plantings. Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net for further information. Students please bring your community service forms. Tools, drinks, & snacks provided. No experience required, projects under the supervision of a Certified Arborist.
-Special GVB Volunteer Coordinator-One year term. Position on the GVB Board of Directors. Candidate should enjoy speaking and working with GVB members, nonprofit policymaking, and urban forestry. Call Sam Alfano at 967-0595
-Ongoing Interviewers needed to make phone calls and follow-up in person visits if necessary to determine the interest of residents in the planting and care of public parkway street trees adjacent to their property. Hours and Goleta Valley locations vary according to your schedule and interest. Call 252-1952
-Ongoing Develop your own Goleta Valley Beautification project! Goleta Valley Beautiful will provide resources and expertise to youth groups interested in developing their own tree planting, maintenance, educational and clean-up programs. Good opportunity for 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts, school groups, fraternity/sorority, church groups and any youth groups in the Goleta Valley area. Call 252-1952 to develop a project.
-Ongoing Graffiti Cleanup - Report acts of graffiti to Ed Graper at 964-7117 or e-mail edgraper@yahoo.com Contact Ed if you would like to help remove graffiti in your area. Supplies and training provided.
-Ongoing Anti-litter cleanup - Report litter problem areas to Judy Nason of Cambridge Drive Community Church at 964-0436, and volunteer to help with clean-up crews.
2. GVB Residential and Business Awards of the Month
Residential September - 1483 Camino Rio Verde, John and Mary Rose Handley, owners and designers
Residential October - 5200 Austin Road, Bonnie Freeman owner, Landscape Designer Janie Ableson
Business September - 91 Frederick Lopez Road, Goleta Building Materials, Ken Hall Owner
Business October - 6465 Calle Real, California Highway Patrol
Nominate your favorite place by downloading our nomination form on the Goleta Valley Beautiful by Clicking here to see and download the nomination form For residential properties, contact Bonnie Freeman at 683-1878. For commercial/office/homeowner associations call Marc Bradley at 967-3738. Look for articles in the Valley Voice, the South Coast Beacon and the SB News Press.
3. GVB News Tidbits
-Leaf-it-to-us school tree planting grants - The California Department of Fire and Forestry is offering tree planting grants of between $500 to $2500 to any K-12 public school that involves children in the planting process. GVB will assist any Goleta Valley public school in writing and implementing a grant for your school. For more information, check out the grants page at www.ufei.org and then call GVB at 252-1952. The application deadline date is December 1, 2004. Last year there was money leftover in this fund because there weren't enough applicants.
-New Lemon Festival Products! - In a continuing effort to be lemon correct during the Goleta Lemon Festival, GVB will feature sweet lemon frosted churros, sweet lemon glazed popcorn, and hot and iced lemon tea. We are also selling coffee, and if anyone has any lemon coffee recipes, let us know. We need a lot of volunteers to help us in the booth - call 252-1952 for a 2 hour shift.
-Save the Date - GVB Member and 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall's retirement party, Friday evening December 3 at the UCSB Corwin Pavilion
-Santa Barbara Shores/Coronado Tree Planting- This project was delayed once again until the residents could achieve consensus about the species of trees on a block by block basis. We're hoping to get all the trees on this street planted by Halloween.
-Honor Tree Locations - Girsh Park is available for honor tree locations with plaques. This is a different situation than in other city and county parks, where no plaques are allowed with the Honor Trees.
-Tree Planting/Maintenance Requests - We continue to respond to requests for trees, most recently from Paul Schaffer, Alan Howard and County Fire Station 11, from the Men's Garden Club, and anyone else with a need for public trees. In the City of Goleta, send your requests to the Community Development Department, 6500 Hollister Ave Suite 120, Goleta CA 93117. In the unincorporated areas of the County, contact either the County Parks Department at 610 Mission Canyon Rd., SB 93105-2911 for trees in public parks or the Public Works Department at 123 East Anapamu St., SB 93101 for trees in the public right of way. You can mention that you would like to work with GVB in planting trees in public areas.
WISH LIST FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS
- Non-leaking garden hose, any length
- Shovels, rakes, hoes, pitchforks/spade forks
- 100 sq feet of office space
- Recycled 6'-8' wood tree stakes
- Cases of water/soda/packaged snacks for volunteers
Thanks to Marilyn martin for the donation of several shovels
4. Event results/kudos
GVB Tree Planting and Care last month
Trees -Species -Location -Date - Hours - Action
6 - Brisbane Box - Bristol Place- 9/5/04 - 30 - Planted, mulched
100 - Brisbane Box - Cathedral Oaks Rod - 9/6/04 - 6 - Watered
1 - Ginkgo biloba - 6296 Stow Canyon - 9/11/04 - 2 - Planted, mulched
2 - Brisbane Box - Devereux - 9/13/04 - 15 - Planted, mulched
0 - Multiple native trees - Calle Real - 9/18/04 - 375 - Site preparation
3 - Geijera - Employees University - 8/25/04 - 15 - Planted, mulched
5 - Geijera - Devereux - 8/30/04 - 22 - Planted, mulched
Thanks this month to tree volunteers at Los Prietos Boys Academy, Los Prietos Boys Camp, Kristian Blom, Bob Lugo and the Devereux crews.
-Neighborhood Cleanup - Judy Nason and her Cambridge Drive Community Church volunteers are continuing their anti-litter campaign along our roadsides. On September 11, They cleaned up Los Caneros Road from Calle Real to Cathedral Oaks, Cathedral Oaks from Patterson to Kellogg and Carlo to Los Carneros, and Patterson from Parejo to Cathedral Oaks, collecting 3 1/2 bags of trash in 5 man hours.
- El Encanto Beautification Project -Phase 1- September 17th Day of Caring
Excerpts from an E-mail to the 7 Block Captains from Bonnie Freeman, Project Coordinator after the September 17 project:
Dear Warriors,
and that's all I can come up with after seeing you on the debris laden Calle Real once the labor intensive work got under way on Saturday I don't know about you, but I could barely move the next day so my out-of-town company just had to take me zombie-like wherever we went. Today I'm back to work and first on my mind are all of you who did this incredibly amazing job of transforming what seemed like an overwhelming set of tasks at the start of the day on Saturday - and turning it into a tough-as-nails improvisational success! I could not get down to the end section, I only made it to Plumas so I could get back to my station on Sonoma, but I can only say that without the pickup trucks ferrying debris back and forth, and the extra wheelbarrows and tools from homes, I do not think the work set out could have been accomplished. Ken Knight shuffled back and forth in his big truck with supplies and directions after an early morning bout with street sign mania but, in the end, an amazing amount of work was accomplished and the way is paved for the OCTOBER 23RD WORK DAY where the Eagle Scouts will be in charge of planting all the trees and shrubs.
I took some photos but not on digital so when I get that roll finished and developed, I'll drop off some shots of the work day for you. In the meantime, I just wanted to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, and THANK YOU again. It occurred to me that the best feedback would come from all of you; you each had your own perspective from your blocks and I'm sure there's much to be learned from your critical eye's point of view if you could take a few minutes to share. For myself, I know I felt the SET UP was poor, in terms of not enough tools for each block, not the right kind of tools (more hard rakes and wheel-barrows) and we certainly needed the pick-up trucks. Carson, Eric, Greg and several men I did not know (neighbors? volunteers for the day?) who were riding rough-shod over this went beyond the call for what was expected, but the results are beyond question. AMAZING!!
I had garnered a pruning of the palms by BILL'S TREE SERVICE, but his crew would not be able to get in there until the week before the planting day, Oct. 23rd, and I think he will be shocked to see how much of the work you already did!!! He chose our project as one of two his company selects to do for COMMUNITY SERVICE each year, so you will see continuing work on those palms as the weeks come upon us. Just getting rid of the palm fronds alone will add so much beauty and elegance to your neighborhood entryway.
If some of you know the names of other neighbors who pitched in last Saturday, then please forward their names to me so I can thank them as well. Give us your feedback on the work day and any suggestions for further improvements ahead.
With deep appreciation, Bonnie Freeman GVB Volunteer Coordinator, 683-1878
Hats off to Block captains Liz Hasch (COLUSA), Carl Noss (AMADOR temp), Rick Warren/Bonnie Freeman(SONOMA),Greg/Chris Krueger (SAN MATEO),Jan Holtzclaw (MENDOCINO), Deborah Lyons (PLUMAS), Eric Little, Carmen Rouse (CALAVERAS), Carson Kittle ALL-PURPOSE STREET COMMANDO, Lori Keller and the Pacifica Hotel Co. Team, Dave Smargon and the Superconductor Technology Team, John Norris and the huge crew from the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, Marti Schultz and Julian DeAnda from the City of Goleta, and Kristin Rushforth and the United Way Day of Caring staff and all the other individuals who stepped up to help beautify Goleta Valley! Special thanks to marborg Industries for their donation of the rolloff boxes, and to the Goleta City Council for the Community Project Grant for making this event possible.
5. Water Kings and Queens. -
Please refill your portable tree irrigators (Treegators) once a week until the first good soaking rain (3/4 inches or more in one day). Treegator instructions can be found at www.treegator.com. We'll stop by to remove and store the Treegators sometime in November. For those of you in your second year of Treegator service, we thank you and you'll be relieved of further duty.
6. Welcome last month's new/renewing donor members -
R designates renewing member
Basic-David Oliver
Honor Trees-Paul Schaffer (3)
Business Sponsor - Cherie Welsh (now at the SB Botanic Garden!)
Benefactors - Goleta Lions for their assistance with keeping the trees watered on Cathedral Oaks
Thanks for discounts/donations/reduced prices and services from Pacifica Suites, Camino Real Marketplace, CopyRight, Island Feed and Seed, San Marcos Growers, Marborg Industries,and West Covina Nurseries.
7. 2004 Annual Donor Membership Information
To down load your application and become a member Click here : and mail to:
Goleta Valley Beautiful
P. O. Box 6756
Goleta, CA 93160-6756
Board of Directors: Sam S. Alfano-President, Lori Roper - Vice President, Doug Winter - Secretary, Tami Mason - Treasurer. Board members: Merlyn Cummings, Alan Cavaletto, Al Turnbull, Thom Myall, Laura Funkhouser, Kristen Amyx, Dan Condon, Phebe Mansur, Marc Bradley. Executive Director - Ken Knight -Member California ReLeaf Network and National Tree Trust Grant Recipient
Goleta Valley Beautiful News
November2004
GVB cell phone 252-1952, E:mail kennethknight@cox.net
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities - Jr.High to College Students welcome!.
- Nov 6 - Cleanups of selected Goleta streets such as Cathedral Oaks, Patterson and Los Carneros Saturdays, 9:30 AM . Call Judy Nason at 964-0436 and leave a message.
- Nov 6 -Parkway Root shield installations-various addresses.-Meet at 6003 Paseo Palmilla Sat., 9 AM to Noon We're filling in behind a trencher to prepare for tree plantings. Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net for further information. Equipment provided. No experience required. Project supervised by a Certified Arborist.
-Nov 8 & 15 - Street Tree Plantings - Monday, Noon to 3:00 PM - Meet at Stow Grove Park, 580 N. La Patera Lane parking lot. Equipment provided. No experience required. Project supervised by a Certified Arborist.
-Nov 13- Santa Barbara Shores Park Clean-up - Saturday Nov 13, 9 to 11 AM Meet at Santa Barbara Shores Dr & Sea Gull Join SB Shores Homeowner's Association and Goleta Valley Beautiful in a trash pick-up project. Please bring garden gloves. Trash bags and equipment provided-food and drink after, Call DeAnn Sarver 685-6836 for info.
-Nov 20 - Parkway Tree Plantings Beginning at 261 Santa Barbara Shores Dr-various addresses. Sat., 9 AM to Noon Call 252-1952 or e-mail kennethknight@Cox.net for further information. Equipment provided. No experience required. Project supervised by a Certified Arborist.
-Special - Volunteer needed to catalogue GVB reference books, CD's, and periodicals on gardening, tree care and maintenance so as to make available for loan to GVB members. 252-1952
-Ongoing Develop your own Goleta Valley Beautification project! Goleta Valley Beautiful will provide resources and expertise to youth groups interested in developing their own tree planting, maintenance, educational and clean-up programs. Good opportunity for 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts, school groups, fraternity/sorority, church groups and any youth groups in the Goleta Valley area. Call 252-1952 to develop a project.
-Ongoing - Graffiti Cleanup - Report acts of graffiti to Ed Graper at 964-7117 or e-mail edgraper@yahoo.com . Contact Ed if you would like to help remove graffiti in your area. Supplies and training provided.
-Ongoing -Anti-litter cleanup - Report litter problem areas to Judy Nason of Cambridge Drive Community Church at 964-0436, and volunteer to help with clean-up crews.
Upcoming events
-Dec 3 GVB Member and 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall's retirement party, Friday evening December 3 at the UCSB Corwin Pavilion
-Dec 9 Annual Goleta Valley Beautiful Holiday Party Thursday 6-8 PM Camino Real Cafe. Reservation form in next month's newsletter
2. GVB Residential and Business Awards of the Month
Residential November - 6269 Avenida Ganso, Homeowners Alison Biskner, a landscape architect, and husband Michael
Business November- 7526 El Camino Presbyterian Church, Rev. Doug Harley
Nominate your favorite place by downloading our nomination form on the Goleta Valley Beautiful by Clicking here to see and download the nomination form For residential properties, contact Bonnie Freeman at 683-1878. For commercial/office/homeowner associations call Marc Bradley at 967-3738. Look for articles in the Valley Voice, the South Coast Beacon and the SB News Press.
3. GVB News Tidbits
- Annual membership letter - Before Thanksgiving, you should receive your annual membership letter requesting renewal or initial 2005 calendar year support for Goleta Valley Beautiful. Please respond as this is the only mailing we will make for membership. We don't want to deluge you with repeated requests, and we don't have the funds to do so. If you miss your membership letter, you can always use the membership application at the bottom of each newsletter.
-Honor Tree Price changes - Beginning immediately, the price of an Honor Tree will be split into two levels, $160 for a park tree and $190 for a street tree. The reason for the street tree increase is the increased cost of installing street trees with root guards. All street trees planted in parkways in the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the Goleta Valley must have 20 linear feet of root shields installed to protect hardscape against future tree root damage. The root guard installation requires GVB to rent equipment and installers rather than just use volunteers, thus the increased price for street trees. Park trees and street trees with 10' or more of available growing space (very rare) do not require root shields.
-Leaf-it-to-us school tree planting grants - The California Department of Fire and Forestry is offering tree planting grants of between $500 to $2500 to any K-12 public school that involves children in the planting process. GVB will assist any Goleta Valley public school in writing and implementing a grant for your school. For more information, check out the grants page at www.ufei.org and then call GVB at 252-1952. The application deadline date is December 1, 2004. Last year there was money leftover in this fund because there weren't enough applicants.
-Cherie Welsh at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is seeking a friendly, outgoing person for 8-19 hours per week as a Visitor Services Representative, welcoming visitors, taking admissions, giving information about the Garden trails, memberships, classes and events. Primarily looking for Friday and Sunday morning shifts, with additional flexible weekdays and holidays, $8.00 per hour. Pick up an application at the Garden or online at www.sbbg.org, and send resume to obs@sbbg.org .
-Tree Planting/Maintenance Requests - We'll respond to your requests for public trees, or you can contact local governments directly. In the City of Goleta, send your requests to the Community Services Department, 6500 Hollister Ave Suite 120, Goleta CA 93117. In the unincorporated areas of the County, contact either the County Parks Department at 610 Mission Canyon Rd., SB 93105-2911 for trees in public parks or the Public Works Department at 123 East Anapamu St., SB 93101 for trees in the public right of way. You can mention that you would like to work with GVB in planting trees in public areas.
WISH LIST FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS
- Non-leaking garden hose, any length
- Laptop computer
- Shovels, rakes, hoes, pitchforks/spade forks
- Children's books regarding trees
- Recycled 6'-8' wood tree stakes
- Cases of water/soda/packaged snacks for volunteers
4. Event results/kudos
GVB Tree Planting and Care last month
Trees- Species - Location - Date - Hours- Action
0 - numerous - Calle Real - 10/2/04 - 8 - Mulch prep
6 - Pistache/Xmas-Trees - SB Shores/Coronado - 10/9/04 - 28 - Planted
2 - Lemon/Grapefruit - Sierra Madre Heights - 10/9/04 - 2 - Planted
100 - Brisbane Box - Calle Real/Los Carneros -10/10/04 - 7 - Watered
5 - Xmas/Marina/Ginkgo - SB Shores/Coronado - 10/13/04 - 14 - Planted
3 - Oaks/Fern pine - Frazier Lane - 10/22/04 - 14 - Removed
71 - 35 trees/34 shrubs - Calle Real - 10/23/04 - 102 - Site preparation
150 - Treegators - Cathedral Oaks/various - 10/25/04 - 14 - Removal
4 - Shrubs - Calle Real - 10/31/04 - 33 - Planted, mulched
Thanks this month to tree volunteers at Los Prietos Boys Academy, Bob Lugo and the Devereux crews.
-Neighborhood Cleanup - Judy Nason and her Cambridge Drive Community Church volunteers are continuing their anti-litter campaign along our roadsides. On October 23, They cleaned up Cathedral Oaks, from Santa Margarita to Glen Annie, collecting 3 bags of trash in 3 man hours.
-Lemon Festival -
Thanks for all the volunteers who helped out at the California/Goleta Lemon Festival Oct 16 and 17. While we did not make money on our fundraiser because of the rainout, we appreciated the effort of all our hard working volunteers. Our winners in the drawing for miniature lemon crates handcrafted by GVB Board member Merlyn Cummings include Mary Post, Tina Ho, Bernice Ficklin, and Annette Cordero. The winners should please send me an e-mail replay to arrange for the pickup of your crate.
Thanks to GVB Board Member Phebe Mansur of CopyRight Printing Systems for preparing the Lemon Festival Signs and drawing certificates, GVB Board members Doug Winter and Thom Myall for set up and take down of the booth. We are also appreciative of all the volunteers who worked at the booth on Saturday and during Sunday's take-down, including Harry Hagen, Phebe Mansur, Richard, Marc Bradley, Lori Roper, Tina Ho, Peggy Yeh, Jackie Dengal, Yareni Cordova, Lauren Carr, Melissa Ta, Michele Sullivan, Art, Tsolik Kazandjian, Jo Little, and all the volunteers at Saint Raphael's, Dos Pueblos High School, and UCSB Circle K Club whose names got blurred in the rain.
-El Encanto Beautification Project -Phase 2 and 3
On October 23, Troop 20 Eagle Scout candidate Alex Murdoch led a large group of volunteers to plant 71 trees and shrubs along Calle Real as part of the second phase of the El Encanto Beautification Project. This successful project involved the efforts of a stellar group of Troop 20 workers including George, Katrina and Simon Murdoch, Alex Foster, Same Shipley, Matt Bartlett, Michael Hodson, Robbie Hulme, and Andrew McNary. Angie Chen led another group of 20 volunteers from UCSB's Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, and Bonnie Freeman organized all the neighborhood captains and individual workers including Liz Hasch, Carl Noss, Rick Warren,Greg/Chris Krueger,Jan Holtzclaw, Deborah Lyons, Carmen and Harry Rouse, Carson Kittle, Dylan Griffin, Goleta City Council Member and photographer Margaret Connell and many more that we did not get names.GVB Secretary Doug Winter drove the water truck.
On October 30, the third phase of the project was to finish the planting 4 shrubs, remove the remaining palm fronds and pruned material and distribute mulch. This very effective group included Bonnie Freeman, Carmen and Harry Rouse, Stan, Barry Abshere, and Dylan Griffin. Except for moving around some mulch, and ongoing watering maintenance, mission accomplished!
5. Businesses of the month- Thanks to all the El Encanto Beautification Project Supporters!
Marborg Industries (David and Mario Borgatello/Jimmy Russell) - Four roll off bins and emptying of their contents.
Bill's Tree Care (Bill Spiewak)-One crew with aerial lift for one morning to prune 3 mature Canary Island Palms.
Arbor Services (Karen Criswell)- One crew for one morning to prune along entire .3 mile project area.
Ironwood Landscapes (Adam Graham) - 5 hours of back hoe services at reduced rates to dig 75 holes for trees and shrubs.
Tierra Construction (Randy Douglas/bill Parker) - barricades and signs for detours
Kitson Landscape Management, Inc. (Sarah Kitson/Dave Fuderich) - loan of 1000 gallon water trailer.
Western Farm Service - fertilizer pellets
Goleta Sanitary District- Biosolids
West Covina Nurseries - Trees at reduced cost
San Marcos Growers -Trees at reduced cost
Growing Solutions Restoration Institute- Trees and shrubs at reduced cost
Clay Dickens-Goleta National Bank - Lunch for October 30 volunteers
Santa Barbara County Solid Waste Division- construction and green mulch
City of Goleta Council and Staff - $2500 Community Project Grant, No charge traffic and road encroachment permits
Camino Real Marketplace - use of 60 traffic safety cones
6. Water Kings and Queens. -
After the heavy rains we received in late October, we started the process of removing the Treegators for the winter. If we haven't removed your Treegator by now, please contact us at 252-1952 . For those of you in your second year of Treegator service along Butte, Kellogg, Lyons, Stow Canyon, and Pembroke, we thank you and you'll be relieved of further duty. For all others, we'll put the Treegators on again for the second year next May. In the meantime, if there is no rain for a month or so and the trees begin to dry out, a little deep watering from your garden hose would be appreciated by most trees. NOTE, when we removed the Treegators, several were ripped up by what appears to be weed whackers. To protect the investment in your tree, remove all turf within one foot of the tree trunk. Not only will there be less competition between the grass and tree for water and nutrients, there will also be less likelihood of a trimmer coming too close to the sensitive tree bark.
7. Welcome last month's new/renewing donor members -
R designates renewing member
Family - Gerald Liponi
Honor Trees-Men's Garden Club (2)
Business Sponsor - Venoco, Inc. $100 Matching grant for donation from Cherie Welsh
Grant Sponsors - Wells Fargo Foundation $1000
Grant Sponsors - California ReLeaf/National Tree Trust -$300 for reimbursement of costs to attend Annual Conference
Thanks for discounts/donations/reduced prices and services from Pacifica Suites, Camino Real Marketplace, CopyRight, Western Farm Service, San Marcos Growers, Marborg Industries, Kitson Landscape Management, and West Covina Nurseries.
Goleta Valley Beautiful News
December 2004
GVB cell phone 252-1952, E:mail :kennethknight@cox.net
Reserve now for Thursday December 10 Holiday Party.
Look for annual GVB membership renewals in the mail
To down load your Membership Application and become a member :Click here
1. GVB Volunteer/Community Service opportunities - Jr.High to College Students welcome!.
-Dec 6 -- Young Tree Pruning Workshop 9 AM to Noon -Meet at Lyon Place and Encina Road. Learn and practice techniques of young shade tree pruning under supervision of a Certified Arborist. Call 252-1952 to rsvp. Equipment provided. No experience required. All work done on small trees performed from the ground
-Dec 6 -- Young Street Tree Maintenance - Monday, 12:15 - 2:30 PM - Meet next to Fire Sta 14 , 320 Los Carneros Road. Equipment provided. No experience required. Project supervised by a Certified Arborist.
-Dec 11 -- Parkway Tree Plantings Beginning at 261 Santa Barbara Shores Dr-various addresses. Sat., 9 AM to Noon Call 252-1952 to rsvp.Equipment provided. No experience required
-Dec 13-- Young Street Tree Maintenance - Monday, 12:15 - 2:30 PM - Meet next to Fire Sta 14, 320 Los Carneros Road. Equipment provided. No experience required.
Project supervised by a Certified Arborist.
-Dec 18-- Parkway Tree Plantings Beginning at 270 Coronado Dr-various addresses. Sat., 9 AM to Noon Call 252-1952 to rsvp.Equipment provided. No experience required.
-Jan-Mar-05 -- Tree Planting Project Leaders-Winter Term - UCSB students wanted for organizing 13 tree planting projects in the Isla Vista community under the direction of a Certified Arborist. $8 per hour stipend. Send inquiries to kennethknight@cox.net
-Ongoing-- Develop your own Goleta Valley Beautification project! Goleta Valley Beautiful will provide resources and expertise to youth groups interested in developing their own tree planting, maintenance, educational and clean-up programs. Good opportunity for 4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts, school groups, fraternity/sorority, church groups and any youth groups in the Goleta Valley area. Call 252-1952 to develop a project.
-Ongoing-- Graffiti Cleanup - Report acts of graffiti to Ed Graper at 964-7117 or e-mail edgraper@yahoo.com Contact Ed if you would like to help remove graffiti in your area. Supplies and training provided.
-Ongoing Anti-litter cleanup - - Report litter problem areas to Judy Nason of Cambridge Drive Community Church at 964-0436, and volunteer to help with clean-up crews.
Upcoming events
-Dec 3-- GVB Member and 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall's retirement party, Friday evening December 3 at the UCSB Corwin Pavilion
-Dec 7 -- City of Goleta Street Tree Subcommittee Meeting-2:30 PM Goleta Valley Community Center, 5679 Hollister Ave. Discussion of Prop 12 tree species selection & report on 2002 GVB street tree plantings for the City of Goleta
-Dec 8 -- Tree Walk - Meet CDF State Urban Forester John Melvin for a tour of Goleta Valley's newly planted (2004) street and park trees using Proposition 12 funds. Meet at El Collegio and Storke at 10:30 AM
-Dec 9 --- Annual Goleta Valley Beautiful Holiday Party Thursday 6-8 PM Camino Real Cafe. Reservation form above
2. GVB Residential and Business Awards of the Month
Residential November - 153 Vereda Cordillera, owners Ron and Sandi Marotto
Business November- 475 Cambridge Drive, Kellogg Elementary School
Nominate your favorite place by downloading our nomination form here on Goleta Valley Beautiful website at Clicking here to see and download the nomination form For residential properties, contact Bonnie Freeman at 683-1878. For commercial/office/homeowner associations call Marc Bradley at 967-3738. Look for articles in the Valley Voice, the South Coast Beacon and the SB News Press.
3. GVB News Tidbits
-Annual membership letter -- In the first week of December, you should receive your annual membership letter requesting 2005 calendar year support for Goleta Valley Beautiful. Please respond as this is the only mailing we will make for membership. We don't want to deluge you with repeated requests, and we don't have the funds to do so. If you miss your membership letter, you can always use the membership application at the bottom of each newsletter.
-Devereux Greenhouse Project -- The clients at Devereux have been planting hundreds of shoots and seeds at the Devereux Greenhouse, preparing for many native trees to come. Goleta Home Depot Manager Mike Klingsporn stopped by to survey our work recently. The Home Depot Foundation provided the funds for this project.
At the end of November, several hungry squirrels/raccoons found their way into the greenhouse, dug up and ate much of our seed crop. We are taking steps to secure the greenhouse and replant our crop of oaks. None of the shoots of Alder, Walnut, Cottonwood, or Sycamore was harmed, and they are growing well. If you would like to arrange for a visit, call 252-1952.
-February 5 Young Tree Workshop -- GVB is working with the Central Coast Regional Council of the California Urban Forest Council to conduct a free Young Tree How-To workshop open to the public. Planned topics include planning for the right tree in the right place, firescape considerations, planting, maintenance, pest control, and legal/organizational issues of dealing with public trees. More information in next month's newsletter.
-Future projects -- GVB is working on tree-planting grant projects with the Coronado Preserve/Land Trust of Santa Barbara County, with Ellwood School/Goleta Union School District, and Goleta Valley Junior High/Santa Barbara School District. Also, thanks to Peter New of CalTrans for his assistance with an EEM grant proposal for landscaping the southwest portion of the Highway 101/Los Carneros Interchange right of way.
-Tree Planting/Maintenance Requests -- We'll respond to your requests for public trees, or you can contact local governments directly. In the City of Goleta, send your requests to the Community Services Department, 6500 Hollister Ave Suite 120, Goleta CA 93117. In the unincorporated areas of the County, contact either the County Parks Department at 610 Mission Canyon Rd., SB 93105-2911 for trees in public parks or the Public Works Department at 123 East Anapamu St., SB 93101 for trees in the public right of way. You can mention that you would like to work with GVB in planting trees in public areas.
WISH LIST FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS
- Non-leaking garden hose, any length
- Laptop PC computer
- Hand pruners, folding tree saws
- Shovels, rakes, hoes, pitchforks/spade forks
- Children's books regarding trees
- Recycled 6'-8' wood tree stakes
- Cases of water/soda/packaged snacks for volunteers
4. Event results/kudos
GVB Tree Planting and Care last month
Trees--Species-- Location --Date--Hours--Action
150' --Root Shields--Coronado & SB Shores--11/6/04 --31--Installation
3--Willow/Peppermint--Kellogg/Butte--11/8/04--12--Planted
3--Chinese Pistache--Paseo Palmilla--11/15/04--12--Planted
2--Coast Live Oaks--Calle Real-Calaveras--11/20/04--33--Replant/mulch
43--Willow/Pistache--Kellogg/Pembroke--11/27/04--21--Pruned
Thanks this month to tree volunteers at Los Prietos Boys Academy, Bob Lugo and the Devereux crews.
-Neighborhood Cleanups -- Judy Nason and her Cambridge Drive Community Church volunteers are continuing their anti-litter campaign along our roadsides. On November 6 they conducted a clean up but we've misplaced the results. We'll catch up next month.
Also thanks to DeAnn Sarver and 16 volunteers with the Santa Barbara Shores Homeowners Association who spent 32 volunteer hours on November 13 collecting 15 bags of debris from Santa Barbara Shores Park with the aid of GVB 'grabber' equipment.
Thanks also to our supporters at Marborg for disposing of all the collected trash. GVB will sponsor neighborhood cleanups at your request, just call 252-1952
-Dos Pueblos High School Community Service Fair -- Thanks to Bonnie Freeman for signing up new GVB service members at the annual fair held on November 17. For those students reading this for the first time, we hope you take advantage of our many community service opportunities, and please consider developing your own special project. Does anyone know if San Marcos High does something like this?
-El Encanto Beautification Project -- We've had some crews out over the past month to do a little fine-tuning work on the El Encanto Beautification Project. Michele Sullivan and 4 Circle K volunteers joined a Los Prietos Boys Academy crew in moving mulch, trash pick-up and replanting a few of the oaks that didn't survive transplant shock. We still have a little more cleanup and mulch redistribution to do from San Mateo to Colusa. Service volunteers welcome.
-Summer Water Kings-- Kudos to Evan Elder and Nicholas Conti for watering the new oaks at Oro Verde this past summer and earning 23 community service hours.
5. Business Sponsor of the month-
Bella View Windows and Doors
310 Pine Avenue, Suite C
in Old Town Goleta, 683-4838
Goleta's BELLA VIEW WINDOWS & ENTRY DOORS is your local expert. Family-owned and operated for 22 years, this company takes care of its customers! Rigo (Mr. Energy) and son Erron (Mr. Perfection) Vela, get the job done professionally with their efficient staff. Bella View features quality products, reliable service and workmanship at the very best prices. Senior citizen's and other discounts available. Your home will sparkle with energy saving window and door replacements. It will be quieter and more comfortable any time of the year. There are wonderful choices on low maintenance vinyl frames and attractive types of glass. Get creative-open up a room with a bay window or French doors. You can relax and know that your product guarantees will be coordinated by the Velas. Contractors license 765135. References available.
Come to the BELLA VIEW Showroom at 310 Pine Avenue, Suite C, Goleta CA 93117 or call (805) 683-4838 to schedule a free estimate. Ask for the Goleta Valley Beautiful discount.
6. Water Kings and Queens. -
As of the end of November, there was only a smattering of rain since the downfalls in mid-October. Until the next rains come, this would be a good time to put a slow watering (no runoff) hose on those young trees that were planted during 2004. Also, please leave mulch placing during planting at the base of the tree but not touching the bark. This helps keep the weeds and grass from growing around the trunk, which in turn means that you won't damage the trunk with a lawn mower or weed trimmer. Please report any insect, disease or damage problems to GVB at 252-1952.
7. Welcome last month's new/renewing donor members - R designates renewing member
Supporting - Patricia Montemayor
Family - Diane and Albert Zonana
Business Sponsor - Goleta Building Materials, Ken Hall owner
Thanks for discounts/donations/reduced prices and services from Pacifica Suites, Camino Real Marketplace, CopyRight, Western Farm Service, San Marcos Growers, Marborg Industries, Kitson Landscape Management, Growing Solutions Restoration Institute, and West Covina Nurseries.
8. 2005 Annual Donor Membership Information -
Yes, I want to help Goleta Valley Beautiful's efforts to beautify and green the Goleta Valley.
Here's my 2005 calendar year membership gift .
To down load your Membership Application and become a member :Click hereand mail to:
Goleta Valley Beautiful
P. O. Box 6756
Goleta, CA 93160-6756
GVB is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, federal tax id # 23-7392774
Goleta Valley Beautiful P. O. Box 6756 Goleta, CA 93160-6756 Phone 252-1952 E-mail kennethknight@cox.net
Board of Directors: Sam S. Alfano-President, Lori Roper - Vice President, Doug Winter - Secretary, Tami Mason - Treasurer. Board members: Merlyn Cummings, Alan Cavaletto, Al Turnbull, Thom Myall, Laura Funkhouser, Kristen Amyx, Dan Condon, Phebe Mansur, Marc Bradley. Executive Director - Ken Knight
-- Member California ReLeaf Network and National Tree Trust Grant Recipient--
Board of Directors meetings at Pacifica Suites, 5490 Hollister Avenue, from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM on the first Friday of the month.
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.
Goleta Valley Beautiful
Board of Directors Meeting
November 5, 2004
Board Members Present: Sam Alfano, Doug Winter, Phebe Mansur, Al Cavaletto, Laura Funkhouser, Marc Bradley, Lori Roper, Thom Myall, and Ken Knight. Bonnie Freeman was also in attendance. Guest Dave Fainer was also in attendance.
1. Call to order – Sam
1.1. Sam called the meeting to order at 7:00 am at the Pacifica Suites. Sam introduced Doug Winter’s guest Dave Fainer who is a practicing attorney locally. Dave was present to observe the Board meeting proceedings as a potential new Board Member.
2. Secretary’s Report - Doug
2.1. There were no questions or corrections and the minutes were approved as written by the Board.
3. Report on Oct 21 Executive Committee Meeting – Sam
3.1. Sam reviewed the October 21st Executive Board Minutes. Please review these minutes for details.
3.2. Ken mentioned that the entire Board Membership receives the Executive Board Minutes and that in the interest of saving time, the Board should be asked if there any questions or changes.
4. Treasury Report – Ken for Tami
4.1. Tami distributed her reports by email prior to the meeting.
4.2. Ken reviewed the income figures.
4.2.1. GVB is about $600 behind budgeted revenues. This is due to a Lemon Festival budgeted revenue shortfall of about $1200 after expenses. There is a $200 cleaning deposit which may be returned to GVB.
4.2.1.1. Ken feels that GVB should not take part in retail sales at future Goleta Lemon Festival events as it is too risky and requires too great an effort for the returns. Retail competition, particularly for food products is too strong. On the positive side, the lemon popcorn and lemon churros were successful products.
4.2.1.2. As an alternative to retail sales, Ken suggests that GVB have a table where we distribute our literature and talk about our mission for Goleta Valley. The Board unanimously concurred. This means that some other fund raiser will be needed to replace the lost revenue stream from the Lemon Festival.
4.2.2. Ken mentioned that the Workman’s Compensation Insurance deposit has increased by about $800 from the budgeted figure.
4.2.3. Doug noted that GVB is about $21,000 behind the expense budget. He asked Ken if GVB would continue to be below the budgeted expense figure for this fiscal year. Ken responded that he expects GVB to catch up and surpass the expense budget. Most expenses are related to Prop 12 projects which need to be imitated. It is expected that expenses will catch up with the budget in the March/April time frame.
4.2.4. The State will audit GVB books on November 18th relative to Workman’s Compensation Insurance.
4.2.5. Ken explained form 990 which any nonprofit organization, with revenues in excess of $100,000., must complete as a public record. The form typically identifies where our revenue comes from and how it is spent.
5. Membership – Lori, Laura and Phebe
5.1. Four final letters are ready for distribution. The brochure will not be included with the letters for renewal to the business community or the residential community. Brochures will be included with the two letters to new prospective members. One letter will be sent to the 93117 residents who are within the City. The other letter will be sent to residents in the 93111 and 93110 zip codes who are in the unincorporated area.
5.2. Phebe described several changes in the brochure: Al Turnbull’s picture has been moved to the back page, the annual event calendar for GVB has been added plus some artwork changes.
5.2.1. Ken mentioned that Lori suggested that the $25 Basic Membership level be deleted from the application form which leaves the $35 Supporting Membership level as the entry level. The price increase is to help defer increased operating costs. Ken mentioned that people who might not be able to afford the $35 fee could write something in on the line marked “Other”.
5.2.2. Sam recommended increasing the Business Sponsor to $125.
5.2.3. Ken said that the Benefactor will be increased to $1,000. The Benefactor will receive two free tickets to: Annual Banquet, Annual Tree Tour, and the Holiday Party.
5.3. The letters are to be mailed ASAP before Thanksgiving. Follow up phone contacts will be imitated in the first week of January. Our goal is to bring our active membership to 500 members. The mailing envelope will have a sentnence reminding the recipient that this will be the only mailing. A member feedback survey will be included for renewing members.
6. Business Committee – Marc
6.1. The November winner is the El Camino Presbyterian Church on Calle Real and Encanto Heights.
6.2. The December award will go to Kellogg School.
6.3. Ken and Marc feel that the winners should receive their certificates at the Annual Banquet where they can be recognized by the community.
7. Neighborhood Committee – Bonnie
7.1. The November winner is the residence of XXXXXas appearing in the Valley Voice.
8. Education Committee – Bonnie
8.1. The El Encanto Heights project is completed. This project was a large scale project involving coordination of donated labor from the tree pruners, backhoe operator and Marborg as well as local neighbors, UCSB students and the Boy Scouts. Well done Bonnie!
8.2. Goleta Valley JR High has asked GVB to help them to get a LEAF IT TO US Grant for tree planting on campus. Somebody from the PTA or the school will be needed to run the project.
8.3. Elwood School is also interested in getting a grant for tree planting.
9. Government – Sam
9.1. Sam has been meeting with Marty Scholtz and other City officials. On various Urban Forrest issues. He reports that the new City has so many high priority issues and tasks before it that it can be frustrating to get a timely response on our concerns.
9.2. GVB met with the City concerning the Environmental Enhancement Mitigation Fund. This is a $50,000 grant where we proposed to replant some of the “dead” medians along Los Carneros. Unfortunately we are unable to meet the November 19th grant submission deadline. Ken will talk to CalTrans to see if we can do something to supplement the landscaping along Highway 101 at the Los Carneros interchange or the Glenn Annie/Stork interchange.
10. Web Site – Thom
10.1. Thom is working to improve the format by adding more color.
10.2. Ken asked Thom to look at the cost/benefit of setting up the web site to permit membership enrollment and renewal.
11. Fundraising – Ken
11.1. GVB is trying to secure funding for an office/storage trailer and a mobile portapotty to support field projects. These assets would be stored on Camino Real Market Place property where the storage sheds are.
11.2. In December we will have a status for the Outhwaite Foundation |
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