RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION MAKING DETERMINATIONS,
AND ORDERING INCORPORATION
SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE
VOTERS, OF A CITY OF GOLETA; CALLING
RELATED ELECTIONS; AND ORDERING
CONSOLIDATION OF THE ELECTIONS
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Santa Barbara ("Board") does determine and order as follows:
Preliminary proceedings for incorporation of a new city were initiated by
a petition signed by more than 25 percent of the registered voters in the
area proposed to be incorporated.
Thereafter, the Santa Barbara Local Agency Formation Commission
("LAFCO") conducted appropriate proceedings which on May 3, 2001
culminated in LAFCO's Resolution 99-20 making determinations
approving the proposed incorporation and authorizing the Board to
Upon receipt of LAFCO's resolution of approval, the Clerk of this Board
called a hearing on the proposed incorporation to be held on July 10, 2001
at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter could be heard, in the Board
Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 105 East Anapamu
Street, Santa Barbara, California, and gave notice of the hearing in the
The affidavit of publication and certificates of posting and mailing are on
file and required notice was duly and properly given. All persons
desiring to be heard on the matter were heard.
No majority protest pursuant to California Government Code sections
57077 and 57078 was made. Those sections therefore require the Board to
order the proposed incorporation subject to confirmation by the voters.
Rincon Consultants, Inc., an independent environmental consultant,
conducted an environmental review of the proposed incorporation and
prepared a negative declaration which LAFCO adopted. The action of the
Board in submitting the incorporation proposal ("proposal") to the voters
is ministerial and not a project as defined by the California Environmental
Quality Act, California Government Code section 15378.
In accordance with Section 57082 of the California Government Code, the
This action is being taken pursuant to the Cortese-Knox Local
Government Reorganization Act of 1985, California Government
Code sections 56000 and following.
The proposal includes the incorporation of a new city, to be known
The reasons for the incorporation as set forth in the proposal are to
increase local control and accountability for decisions affecting the
community through a locally elected city council, retain local tax
revenues for use in the community to support municipal programs
and services, promote cost-effective services tailored to the needs of
local residents and landowners, increase opportunities for
participation in civic and governmental activities and promote
orderly governmental boundaries.
The boundaries of the proposed new city are depicted on the map
attached and incorporated as Exhibit A and can be described as the
western Goleta Valley bordered by the urban growth line of the
Goleta Community Plan on the north; the western edge of the
Bacara Resort on the west; the Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara Airport
and the University of California property on the south; Maria
Ygnacio Creek on the east, south of Highway 101; and parcels east
of Kellogg Avenue and Cambridge Drive, including those located
south of Coralino Road and west of San Jose Creek north of
The regular county assessment roll and the supplemental county
assessment roll will be utilized if the voters approve the
The proposed new city will have no existing general bonded
The Board orders incorporation of a new city as set forth in LAFCO
Resolution 99-20 and subject to the terms and conditions contained in that
resolution. A certified copy of Resolution 99-20 is on file with the Board
The Board hereby calls a special election to be held on Tuesday,
November 6, 2001 and provided for as follows:
The territory in which the election on incorporation is to be held is
the area of the proposed new city as set forth in Exhibit A.
The question to be submitted to the voters to confirm the
Shall the order adopted on July 10, 2001
by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Santa Barbara ordering the incorporation of
territory described in the order and designated
in the order as LAFCO No. 99-20,
Incorporation of the City of Goleta,
be confirmed subject to the terms
and conditions specified in the order?
Pursuant to California Government Code section 57176 and Article
13B of the Constitution of the State of California, the vote required
to confirm the order of incorporation is a majority favorable vote
within the entire territory in which the election is ordered held.
At the same election the voters of the proposed city shall elect five
members to the Goleta City Council. The terms of office of the City
Council members shall be four years. Of the first elected legislative
body, the terms of the three City Counsel members receiving the
most popular votes shall be four years from the date of
incorporation and the terms of the two candidates receiving the
least popular vote shall be two years.
At the same election the question shall be presented as to whether
members of the City Council in future elections are to be elected by
district or at large. The question to be submitted to the voters is:
Shall members of the City Council in future elections be elected
The Board hereby consolidates the special election called by this
resolution with all other elections which will be conducted by the Santa
Barbara County Clerk-Recorder on the same date and in the same
territory. The County Clerk-Recorder is directed to give notice of the
special election as required by law. He shall also establish precincts and
polling places for the elections, shall canvass the returns of elections and
certify the results thereof to the Board.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Santa Barbara, State of California, this ___ day of July, 2001, by the following vote:
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Chair, Board of Supervisors
Approved as to Accounting Form:
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By________________________
Assistant County Counsel