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Staff reported an updated consent schedule and said the residential multi-unit objective design standards subcommittee work is complete and no further meetings are expected before the item goes to city council. The board confirmed appointments for consent-review representatives and sign committee alternates; staff noted a newly assigned city council liaison, Council Member Wendy Santa Maria, who represents the east side.

The board ratified actions taken on recent consent calendars. Staff read the items: 1223 West Valerio Street received final approval with a condition that a mesh cover be provided on the backflow preventer; item 11717 Thomas Avenue received project design approval and final approval; and item 21210 Carpinteria Street received revised project design approval and final approval. A motion to ratify the consent-calendar actions passed on roll call.

Why it matters: Leadership elections and consent-calendar ratifications are routine ABR business that set administrative direction and confirm project-level approvals processed through the consent calendar.

Votes at a glance: Election of chair — Lauren Anderson elected by oral vote; election of vice chair — Dennis Whalen elected by oral vote. Ratification of consent calendar actions — passed by unanimous roll call.

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Architect Jeff Shelton presented the project and materials board; the design team revised the ADU roof and plate heights to satisfy planning requirements and refined a concrete skirt base to read vertically so it better matches the neighborhood’s rhythm. The team described a simplified landscape palette emphasizing succulents and a tree plan intended to be compatible with nearby street trees. The board’s prior concept-review comments — reconsidering an exposed concrete base and providing a full landscape plan and materials delineation — were addressed in the revised submittal.

Board members complimented the project’s approach to the Lower De La Vena character, the material choices and the landscape proposal. Several members said the project is ready for project design approval. A motion to grant project design approval and the compatibility findings carried on a unanimous roll-call vote.

Why it matters: The site is in a proposed historic district where new construction must be demonstrated compatible with surrounding historic resources; the approval allows the applicant to proceed toward plan check and permitting.

Next steps: The applicant will return as needed for later reviews and proceed to plan check; staff noted an action deadline tied to permit-streamlining requirements.

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Agent Lonnie Roy presented revisions requested at the project’s Jan. 6 hearing. Changes included an easement on the neighboring property (302 West Montecito) to shift a central walkway, additional bike parking along the northerly property line, relocated trash enclosures integrated into a building to create a central gathering courtyard, permeable concrete pavers to meet stormwater/tier requirements, and a revised landscape plan with mitigation trees after an arborist report. Roy said the average unit size is 737 square feet and the scheme includes two low-income and one moderate-income restricted units.

One in-person commenter, identified only as Bonnie, objected to the size, bulk and scale and asked that new trees not overhang nearby cottages. Board members asked technical questions about bike-rack layouts, the ability to jog the walkway by changing rack orientation, heat pump placement and privacy impacts from adjacent building windows. The applicant agreed to study parallel bike-rack configurations that would reduce width and permit the walkway to meander and to explore moving one pair of heat pumps away from a patio area. The arborist recommendation called for one 48-inch box tree (Chinese pistache) and two 24-inch box gingko trees for mitigation.

Following comments and discussion, the board moved and voted to grant project design approval with the following actions/conditions: study the arrangement of exterior open bike racks to attempt a meandered sidewalk; relocate one pair of heat pumps away from the newly developed patio; study a hardscape connection between the trash enclosures and Bath Street so trash bins are not dragged through landscaped areas; and identify an alternate to the Brisbane box (Brisbane box / Tristania) given the very tight planting area. The motion language in the record also references an “indefinite continuance” to return to the full board for additional review; the board’s stated outcome was to grant project design approval while directing the applicant to study and report back on the listed items. The board voted unanimously in favor.

Why it matters: The project converts an existing parking lot into 12 residential units under state and local density programs and includes affordable-restricted units; the board’s conditions address livability concerns raised by neighbors and by board members.

Next steps: The applicant must study the bike rack configuration, heat pump relocation, trash hardscape access and alternate tree species and return with responses per the board’s direction.

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The project proposes a four-story building with 46 units, 19 automobile parking spaces and 46 bicycle parking spaces. The developer said the average unit size is 703 square feet and the proposal uses the city’s average unit size density program and the state density bonus law. The board’s earlier project design approval required adjustments to balcony trim, a bedroom window that faced a neighbor, and a roof-deck planting scheme; the applicant made those changes and presented them for final sign-off.

Rob Fredericks, executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, told the board the authority plans to submit a tax-credit application in late February to fund the development. Architect Scott Walter showed revised drawings that removed decorative trim from four recessed front balconies, relocated and shifted a code-conflicting window so it no longer faces the adjacent neighbor, and added planters and a layout change on the roof deck intended to discourage pedestrian access to areas directly above neighboring properties.

Board members asked clarifying questions about exterior lighting (the team said exterior sconces will be dark bronze and mostly downlight), a grated roll-up gate at the main entry, the location and screening of a transformer and irrigation/backflow device near the street, and whether the planter boxes on the fourth floor will be irrigated (the team confirmed irrigation and maintenance access). The architect said guardrails and balcony details follow previously approved details and that materials include sand-finished plaster, painted sheet-metal in dark bronze, board-formed concrete at the base, and decorative tile at the entry.

During the vote, Chair Lauren Anderson and six other board members voted to approve final plans; Vice Chair Dennis Whalen voted no. The board clerk noted a 10-day appeal period on the decision.

Why it matters: The project adds 46 deed-restricted affordable units in a corridor where the city has prioritized housing; the approval clears a major discretionary step so the Housing Authority can move to funding and construction phases.

Votes at a glance: Final approval for 15 South Hope Avenue — passed 6–1 (Chair Lauren Anderson: yes; Vice Chair Dennis Whalen: no; Board member Trey Anderson: yes; Board member Black: yes; Board member Noon: yes; Board member 6: yes; Board member Sovereign: yes).

Next steps: The Housing Authority intends to submit a tax-credit application at the end of February and proceed with plan check and permitting once funding is secured.

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