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Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California
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Once upon a time, Greenwell Preserve, the peaceful little green space behind Summerland, was a county road yard. That corner of Greenwell Avenue and Asegra Road rang with the clamor of trucks and equipment at work. Stinky piles of asphalt smoked in the sun. That was more than 20 years ago, and it took a grassroots effort to redeem the environmentally sensitive area and convert it to a preserve. Public Works would like to utilize part of the preserve as a “department operations center.” The location is highly desirable should a further debris event occur. In his pitch to the Greenwell Preserve committee, Matt Dobberteen, Alternative Transportation Manager for Public Works, said that something like 2 million cubic yards of material could yet come roaring down from the burn areas. The county-owned land, supervised by the Parks Division, is under lease to the Summerland Citizens Association for 20 years. The two buildings on the site are used by several nonprofits (mostly for storage), including the SCA, Montecito 84-4428 Trails, Montecito Historic Archives and the Carpinteria Valley Association. An operations center on site would require office space for contractors, engi-
neers and workers, and a storage yard for to remove debris created by the Monteequipment and materials, such as K-rails cito flood. According to Dobberteen, the (long cement barriers). It is expected the lonely avenue afforded both space and operations center would be in place for proximity. Right after the event, hundreds three-to-five years. of dump trucks deposited huge piles of Locals have come to love the preserve debris the length of Greenwell. for its peace and tranquility, native plants I spoke with Dobberteen about the and the animals attracted to the spring- future of the Greenwell piles, which await fed, year-round stream. Cars and horse sorting. The bulk of the sorting takes trailers can park there to access backcoun- place at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, Coastal View News • Tel: (805) 684-4428which received the lion’s portion of the try equestrian and hiking trails. Needless to say, such a change of use debris. Co-mingled piles of soil, sand, has generated a mini-storm of upset. trash, rocks, vegetation and building maMany years were spent securing permits, terials, including nails, pose a major headand several hundred thousand dollars ache for sorting and disposal elsewhere. were raised locally through grants and Once reduced to dirt and sand, much of gifts to raze old road yard buildings, dig the Ventura material was deposited at up asphalt and reclaim the environmen- Goleta beach. from page tally sensitive habitat and Continued watershed. For now 1 Greenwell remains closed The county is still dealing with an to the public. The Greenwell piles will emergency situation and doing its best to are eventually be moved and sorted, other reasons why you’re there.” but He After a somewhat tumultuous era at be prepared for another. In a meeting with future storms are almost certain to bring Carpinteria Middle School that saw more added that he looks forward to expandthe preserve committee a reactivation of theactivities area andfor more debris than 75 suspensions last last year,month, BriggsDobsaid ing extracurricular students berteen stated that there 26 active storage. Carpinteria Middle School, includthat he was interested in were coming on as at job sites and that needed fix- ing some woodshop courses, design principal for 10 thebridges challenge of turning ing. The preserve committee responded things around in terms of discipline. and technical classes, and coordinating with hard a list of conditions use, including “It’s for teachers for (when students with Carpinteria High School Principal adequate protection for native misbehave) in a class with 25 or 35plants other Gerardo Cornejo to create programs and they wildlife, on building and that would “line up” with established kids havelimitations to teach,” Briggs acknowlThe SCA’s Highway 101 committee has parkingbut lotwent spaces, storage certificate at the high edged, onnight to saylighting, that simply as- pathway been bickering withprograms the powers that be areas and periodic reviewslike of needs and school, such as culinary arts and other signing them punishments detention (Caltrans, SBCAG, the county) over what timelines.work.” disciplines. “doesn’t mitigations Caltrans should give SumIt is yet to beHigh seenSchool, whether an emerHavingingrown Ojai and going At Hueneme Briggs said, merland return up for in running a six-lane gency operations center andwho a nature he would ask his colleagues were through the public schools there, Briggs highway across our front yard. preservetrouble can peacefully coexist. Too many that his familyheaded didn’t put a bigveep emhaving with certain students if said The committee, by SCA unknowns remain. about Some the parking could phasis on education, but after aboutinfive they knew anything kids. When Reeve Woolpert, remains steadfast its be available to hikers and riders. The years of differing jobs and vocations after astill teacher builds relationships with their push for greater local access to the beach, county might not the need to occupy asknow much high school—“ski bum,” commercial students, he said, children then i.e., a pedestrian underpass from town to building space as envisioned, giving someone is advocating for them. “A red fisherman, carasalesman and martial arts beach. Under current Caltrans proposal, nonprofits the room they require. Foxes, among flag (behaviorally) means something them—he went to Ventura ColSummerland would receive as mitigadeer, bobcats and coyotes will“When likely lege is happening,” Briggs noted. transferred UCSB where he tionsthen a Class One biketo path, a vest-pocket ceasedig daytime visits and majored inPadaro, environmental studies and you deeper, youwith can heightened, get them extra park near permanent bathrooms possibly noisy, usage. trade-offs. Intending to pursue a career support.” Briggs looksAlways forward to lead- philosophy. at Loon Point, and an improved and Agreement these and other issues had in environmental law, a two weeks teaching CMS in on part because “with middle beautified vehicle undercrossing at Evans not been reached as ofislast engagement changed his trajectory. schoolers the cement stillweek. wet in their ing Avenue. brains” he said. At years old, Briggs brings more The48 Summerland committee views the 20 years of teaching experience to “Going to school is tough,” Briggs than proposed amenities as regional serving, noted, “but it makes it easier if there his job at Carpinteria Middle School— rather than local serving. Reeve points Thursday, September 7, 2017 to 3 those years in the more economically Summerland’s community plan which of south Greenwell Avenue just seemed a natu- and statessocially that thechallenged communityareas has more than Ventura County. “I’m interested in kids ral when the county was looking for space adequate recreational opportunities. But with behavioral and academic thoseemotional, recreational opportunities happen challenges,” Briggs to lie on the other sidesaid. of theComing freeway. to Carpinteria Middle School, Briggs said The undercrossing at Evans, our only that he was not interested in seeing his beach access, is a long walk for Summerfuture staffs’ teaching records, landers living at the east end ofpreferring town. Or instead start Which his job with highSummerexpectaan easyto drive. is ironic. tions of both teachers and students. “If landers, located in intimate relationship you have low expectations of someone,” with ocean, must drive to get there. So Briggs explained, “they’re going to meet close and yet so far. those, too.” Evidently at one point, the state did plan a pedestrian undercrossing beneath the freewayJoin and the mayconversation. even have completed one. Reeve uncovered old photos
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On March 3 at approximately 8 p.m. a deputy was dispatched to the 4900 block of Carpinteria Avenue on a report of an intoxicated man in his 40s, wearing a brown frayed jacket and blue jeans, picking a fight. The deputy found a man who fit the description, leaning against a signpost with a 24-ounce can of Bud Light beer in his hand. The deputy took It’s the Gift that the beer from the man, poured it out and Gives Ways had him sit on theBoth ground. Heavily intoxicated, the man admitted to drinking “a lot,” according to the report, and that he had consumed vodka as well as the beer. Since the man was barely coherent and the deputy judged him unable to care for himself, he was arrested and transported to Santa Barbara County Jail.
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