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From: Greg Karpain <gregkarpain@comwrite.net>
Subject: A Plea to my friends for help on the Naples issue - Greg
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Dear Everybody,

I have been very involved as a volunteer with the Naples Coalition 
(formed by the Sierra club, Gaviota Coast Conservancy, Audobon 
society, Surfrider Foundation, League of Women voters) to try and 
basically stop a major mansion development housing tract at the 
Naples property which is in between El Capitan and Winchester Canyon 
and is now open space.

I'm sending this to my friends that I think might be interested in 
supporting this in one of two ways:

1. Log into the web site (which I developed!!) at www.savenaples.org 
and send an "automated" email.  This email (or you can print it, sign 
it and send it as a letter) takes literally 3-5 minutes to send. 
Just hit the send and email button, put in your info, and it 
automatically sends it the two appropriate Santa Barbara planning 
staff. I did it and got a response back from them.  It's important to 
do this before July 27 when the public comment meeting is.  If you 
are at all aligned with preserving the open Gaviota Coast and 
preventing it getting filled with housing tracts (these "houses" are 
10-15 thousand square feet and will make it look like a drive through 
Montecito) then you can do me a favor by sending this email.

2. For the more radical among you, it's important for "us" to get 
people to attend the Thursday  July 27 county staff Planning and 
Development department public hearing.  Like the ones that were held 
to get input about offshore oil drilling, the Wilcox property, etc. 
If a lot of people show up AND give a one minute opinion (or not) 
that will strongly influence the county to do everything it can to 
uphold it's own statute to prevent building in the Gaviota coast 
area.  The address for this meeting is 105 East Anapamu, ground floor 
of the county administration building, Thursday July 27 from 6:30 to 
9:30 PM at the Planning Commission Hearing room.  I'll be there and 
it would be great to see you.  Call me or email me if you have any 
questions or are chicken to come, so I can talk you into it!

It's a great cause, a good group, and I'm having a blast doing this 
and learning a lot.

See below for a recent article from the News Press that give an idea 
of the issues.  If you want to really confuse yourself, log onto the 
web site at www.savenaples.org and read on.

Thanks,

Greg  (FINALLY doing something age appropriate!)

PS.  It would be a great favor (if you are in agreement with keeping 
open space) if you would SEND one of the automated emails from the 
website - very little effort and a lot of help!! (ask your 
significant other to send one too, to prove they love you!). Pass on 
if appropriate.

NEWSPRESS

Plan To Build On Coast May 'Open Floodgate' Gaviota Coast Development 
Angers Activists

MELINDA BURNS, NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER
  July 10, 2006 9:04 AM

A carrot-and-stick plan that would put 72 new homes on the scenic 
Gaviota coast, while preserving 2,300 acres in farmland forever, is 
undergoing public scrutiny amid sniping from environmentalist groups.

Matt Osgood, who owns a swath of pastureland called Naples, and Henry 
Schulte, an owner of the Dos Pueblos avocado ranch, are together 
seeking the right to build 22 homes on the south side of Highway 101 
and 50 homes on the north side, spreading from the coast up into the 
foothills. They would apply for county approval first for the inland 
homes and the agricultural preserve, then proceed to the state 
Coastal Commission with their plans for 22 homes on or near the beach 
bluffs.

"This is a phenomenal opportunity," Mr. Osgood said Friday. "It's the 
right project for the right property at the right time."

In opposition to these plans, the Naples Coalition, representing the 
Gaviota Coast Conservancy, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, League 
of Women Voters, Audubon Society and Citizens Planning Association, 
has proposed that all of the development rights on the south side of 
101 be transferred to the north side of 101.

Under this scenario, 64 homes would be built out of sight in the 
foothills of the Naples and Dos Pueblos ranches. About 700 acres in 
and around the homes would be preserved as open space rather than 
agriculture.

"We think our alternative would sit much more softly on the 
environment," said Bobby Hazard, who represents the Gaviota Coastal 
Conservancy on the coalition. "The bluff homes are going to be seen 
by thousands of surfers. More orchard land will be bulldozed on Dos 
Pueblos than saved. But Osgood has said he's not willing to 
compromise."

The county Planning and Development Department is accepting public 
comment on the environmental review of these proposals and others for 
the Naples and Dos Pueblos property until Aug. 28.

At 9 a.m. on Friday, the public is invited to visit the Naples and 
Dos Pueblos ranches with the county Board of Architectural Review and 
county Planning Commission. Thirty house sites will be marked with 
poles indicating their height and shape. The poles will help show how 
many homes would be visible from the freeway. Friday's tour will 
begin at the "T" on the south side of the 101 where the Dos Pueblos 
Ranch Road, Naples access road and underpass road intersect.

Then, on July 27, county planners will hold a public hearing from 
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the environmental report released this 
month on the Osgood-Schulte proposal and others. It's a notebook 
about six inches thick.

"This project is so complicated, and that might be its downfall," Mr. 
Hazard said. "The developers are out in new territory. They're not 
following a typical pattern of proposing and developing a project of 
this scale."

Naples lies at the gateway to one of the most scenic coastal drives 
in the state. It was mapped by speculators in 1888 in a grid of small 
lots, but it never came to much more than a "ghost" township. Since 
the 1980s, the owners and county officials have been wrangling over 
how many homes can legally be built there today.

A 2002 agreement with the county allows Mr. Osgood to apply for 
permission to build up to 54 new homes. But the plan encountered 
considerable resistance from the coalition.


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Greg Karpain
gregkarpain@comwrite.net
Ph: 805-969-2500
FAX: 805-435-2020
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Dear Everybody,<br>
<br>
I have been very involved as a volunteer with the Naples Coalition
(formed by the Sierra club, Gaviota Coast Conservancy, Audobon
society, Surfrider Foundation, League of Women voters) to try and
basically stop a major mansion development housing tract at the Naples
property which is in between El Capitan and Winchester Canyon and is
now open space.<br>
<br>
I'm sending this to my friends that I think might be interested in
supporting this in one of two ways:<br>
<br>
1. Log into the web site (which I developed!!) at www.savenaples.org
and send an "automated" email.  This email (or you can print
it, sign it and send it as a letter) takes literally 3-5 minutes to
send.  Just hit the send and email button, put in your info, and
it automatically sends it the two appropriate Santa Barbara planning
staff. I did it and got a response back from them.  It's
important to do this before July 27 when the public comment meeting
is.  If you are at all aligned with preserving the open Gaviota
Coast and preventing it getting filled with housing tracts (these
"houses" are 10-15 thousand square feet and will make it look like a
drive through Montecito) then you can do me a favor by sending this
email.<br>
<br>
2. For the more radical among you, it's important for "us" to get
people to attend the Thursday  July 27 county staff Planning and
Development department public hearing.  Like the ones that were
held to get input about offshore oil drilling, the Wilcox property,
etc.  If a lot of people show up AND give a one minute opinion
(or not) that will strongly influence the county to do everything it
can to uphold it's own statute to prevent building in the Gaviota
coast area.  The address for this meeting is<b> 105 East Anapamu,
ground floor of the county administration building, Thursday July 27
from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at the Planning Commission Hearing room.</b> 
I'll be there and it would be great to see you.  Call me or email
me if you have any questions or are chicken to come, so I can talk you
into it!<br>
<br>
It's a great cause, a good group, and I'm having a blast doing this
and learning a lot.<br>
<br>
See below for a recent article from the News Press that give an idea
of the issues.  If you want to really confuse yourself, log onto
the web site at www.savenaples.org and read on.<br>
<br>
Thanks,</font><br>
<font face="Geneva" color="#000000"></font></div>
<div><font face="Geneva" color="#000000">Greg  (FINALLY doing
something age appropriate!)</font></div>
<div><font face="Geneva" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Geneva" color="#000000">PS.  It would be a great
favor (if you are in agreement with keeping open space) if you
would<b> SEND</b> one of the automated emails from the website - very
little effort and a lot of help!! (ask your significant other to send
one too, to prove they love you!). Pass on if appropriate.<br>
<br>
<b>NEWSPRESS<br>
<br>
Plan To Build On Coast May 'Open Floodgate' Gaviota Coast Development
Angers Activists<br>
<br>
</b>MELINDA BURNS, NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER<br>
 July 10, 2006 9:04 AM<br>
<br>
A carrot-and-stick plan that would put 72 new homes on the scenic
Gaviota coast, while preserving 2,300 acres in farmland forever, is
undergoing public scrutiny amid sniping from environmentalist
groups.<br>
<br>
Matt Osgood, who owns a swath of pastureland called Naples, and Henry
Schulte, an owner of the Dos Pueblos avocado ranch, are together
seeking the right to build 22 homes on the south side of Highway 101
and 50 homes on the north side, spreading from the coast up into the
foothills. They would apply for county approval first for the inland
homes and the agricultural preserve, then proceed to the state Coastal
Commission with their plans for 22 homes on or near the beach
bluffs.<br>
<br>
"This is a phenomenal opportunity," Mr. Osgood said Friday.
"It's the right project for the right property at the right
time."<br>
<br>
In opposition to these plans, the Naples Coalition, representing the
Gaviota Coast Conservancy, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, League
of Women Voters, Audubon Society and Citizens Planning Association,
has proposed that all of the development rights on the south side of
101 be transferred to the north side of 101.<br>
<br>
Under this scenario, 64 homes would be built out of sight in the
foothills of the Naples and Dos Pueblos ranches. About 700 acres in
and around the homes would be preserved as open space rather than
agriculture.</font></div>
<div><font face="Geneva" color="#000000"><br>
"We think our alternative would sit much more softly on the
environment," said Bobby Hazard, who represents the Gaviota
Coastal Conservancy on the coalition. "The bluff homes are going
to be seen by thousands of surfers. More orchard land will be
bulldozed on Dos Pueblos than saved. But Osgood has said he's not
willing to compromise."<br>
<br>
The county Planning and Development Department is accepting public
comment on the environmental review of these proposals and others for
the Naples and Dos Pueblos property until Aug. 28.<br>
<br>
At 9 a.m. on Friday, the public is invited to visit the Naples and Dos
Pueblos ranches with the county Board of Architectural Review and
county Planning Commission. Thirty house sites will be marked with
poles indicating their height and shape. The poles will help show how
many homes would be visible from the freeway. Friday's tour will begin
at the "T" on the south side of the 101 where the Dos
Pueblos Ranch Road, Naples access road and underpass road
intersect.<br>
<br>
Then, on July 27, county planners will hold a public hearing from 6:30
p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the environmental report released this month on
the Osgood-Schulte proposal and others. It's a notebook about six
inches thick.<br>
<br>
"This project is so complicated, and that might be its downfall,"
Mr. Hazard said. "The developers are out in new territory.
They're not following a typical pattern of proposing and developing a
project of this scale."<br>
<br>
Naples lies at the gateway to one of the most scenic coastal drives in
the state. It was mapped by speculators in 1888 in a grid of small
lots, but it never came to much more than a "ghost"
township. Since the 1980s, the owners and county officials have been
wrangling over how many homes can legally be built there today.<br>
<br>
A 2002 agreement with the county allows Mr. Osgood to apply for
permission to build up to 54 new homes. But the plan encountered
considerable resistance from the coalition.</font><br>
<font face="Geneva" color="#000000"></font></div>
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Greg Karpain<br>
gregkarpain@comwrite.net<br>
Ph: 805-969-2500<br>
FAX: 805-435-2020</div>
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