Housing and Development Newsletter
“We have identified the full business cost of providing service to your customers,” Johnson said. As a business, you will not stay in business very long if you don’t know this information.
In some instances, the city may choose to subsidize services, such as recreation programs, while seeking full recovery of costs of others, such as for development, he added.
“These costs are occurring; the question now is who’s going to pay for these services the person receiving the services or the taxpayer. These are your only options,” Johnson said.
Laurie Tamura from Urban Planning Concepts expressed concern about possible fee hikes, noting that the City Council previously chose to keep fees low to foster development, which would benefit city coffers eventually.
By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
December 16, 2020
| 7:44 p.m.
A proposal to extend a frontage road to connect with Union Valley Parkway improving access and safety near the Santa Maria rodeo grounds and a new high school facility received one more green light on Tuesday.
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously supported the project, which would involve amending the Orcutt Community Plan to include the extension and approving environmental aspects.
“I would just say that this project has been a really long time coming, and there’s a lot of good safety benefits to it,” Fourth District Supervisor Peter Adam said.