This website is for items of interest to people in Santa Barbara, California's Upper East neighborhood, which is described here.

In addition to reading this website, you can see what others have said in our discussion group and post a message to contribute to it. To join the group, press the Join This Group! button in the upper right of this page. It is recommended that you subscribe to receive emails of each new post to the group, including when new items are added to the website.

For information, email the association's president, Robert Kennedy at BobKenSBCI@yahoo.com or contact a member of the association's board.

Garden Exchange

Next Garden Exchange: Saturday, July 24th, 9am-noon, 232 E. Los Olivos St.

We've now had two successful garden exchanges, and we plan to continue them into the fall on the fourth Saturday of each month. Please join us on July 24th for some friendly socializing and to share fruits, vegetables, plants, bulbs, and seeds. If you have extras, bring them for your neighbors. If not, please come anyway ... after all, someone has to take home all those extras!

Here are some pictures from the May exchange. (Click to enlarge).

General News

5/19/2010

The April, 2010 newsletter (PDF).

10/28/2009

The September, 2009 newsletter (PDF) and it's attached survey.

4/29/2006

The Spring, 2006 newsletter (PDF).

Plan Santa Barbara

5/21/2010

The association's letter to the Planning Commission (PDF), May 14, 2010, regarding parking.

5/21/2010

The association's position paper (PDF) of April 18 which was presented to the City Council on April 28, 2010.

The City of Santa Barbara is continuing to work on the General Plan update known as Plan Santa Barbara. Because of its potential impact on our neighborhood, the UEA board has prepared a position paper on the latest draft of Plan Santa Barbara (a six-inch-thick document!). The paper addresses the following key issues:

• Preservation of the historic nature of the Upper East neighborhood.
• Retaining the current city regulations limiting secondary or "Granny" units.
• How the proposed increase in density of the downtown core will affect parking and traffic in the blocks above Sola Street.
• Project submission requirements for development of the existing zoned commercial and mixed-use properties near the corner of Mission and State Streets.
• Zoning requirements for areas designated as Institutional under the proposed general plan.

The general plan update process is now anticipated to go through at least the end of this year.

12/12/2008

Reports by the Planning Division, Community Development Department for the City Council on December 11, 2008: December 11 2008 CAR - Draft Policy Preferences Report, December 2008 (PDF) and FINAL Draft Policy Preferences, Recommendations to City Council, December 2008 (PDF).

12/10/2008

A letter from the Upper East Association about secondary units in the Mobility Oriented Development Area (MODA) which was presented to the City Council on December 11th.

11/22/2008

The Upper East Association held a series of meetings to respond to the City Council's General Plan Update, Draft Policy Preferences which is part of the Plan Santa Barbara initiative. On November 13th this letter regarding Second Unit Incentives (part of policy H14 Mobility Oriented Development Area (MODA)) was sent to be read into the record of the Planning Commission's meeting of November 13, 2008.

4/29/2007

The Allied Neighborhoods Association, in anticipation of participating in the City General Plan Update, distributed this questionnaire for the purpose of gauging community attitudes and opinions on key issues.

The Upper East Association

6/17/2010

Minutes (PDF) of the April 8th board meeting.

2/26/2010

Minutes (PDF) of the February 16th board meeting.

1/19/2010

Minutes (PDF) of the January 7th board meeting.

12/6/2009

Minutes (PDF) of the November 12th annual meeting.

11/3/2009

Minutes (PDF) of the October 21st board meeting.

10/28/2009

Minutes (PDF) of the October 14th board meeting.

10/24/2009

Minutes (PDF) of the August 20th board meeting.

7/22/2009

Minutes (PDF) of the July 9th board meeting.

6/16/2009

Minutes (PDF) of the May 21st board meeting.

2/1/2009

Minutes (PDF) of the February 1st board meeting.

12/2/2008

The Association's bylaws (PDF) and it's formal incorporation document (PDF).

Traffic

5/21/2010

The association's position paper (PDF).

10/23/2009

A letter to Santa Barbara's City Administrator (PDF) regarding traffic issues.

Public access to St. Anthony's grounds

12/4/2004

A letter to Susan Basham, Price, Postel & Parma from Bettie Weiss, City Planner.

12/1/2004

A legal memorandum by Jennifer Tice.