Who knew that in 1937 Lawrence and Ruth Lane, recent transplants from Iowa and the new owners and publishers of Sunset Magazine, also bought the Quail Hollow Ranch in Santa Cruz County that same year? Sunset Magazine and its publishing brand would go on to achieve great success in the decades ahead, and from the patio and kitchen of the Quail Hollow ranch house the Lane’s would develop many of the ideas that would later become famous as the “California lifestyle.”
Several residents of the Dearfield neighborhood adjacent to the soon to be opened Glenwood Open Space Preserve had something to say about a trail map under consideration by the Scotts Valley Parks and Recreation Commission.
While approving fee increases paid by developers into an affordable housing fund, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors postponed decisions on whether or not to require developers to actually build affordable units as part of new housing projects.
“We’ve chosen our dance partner…. and we’re entering into a courtship that marks the beginning of a long journey together,” was how Scotts Valley Mayor Jim Reed characterized the choice of Palisades Builders, Inc. for the massive Town Center Project at a standing room only meeting of the City Council on March 21.
A report on the Conjunctive Use Planning Process was met with some skepticism and some support by members of the public who participated in last week’s meeting of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD).
Thomas Hogye, an avid fly fisherman, won a hat for knowing the San Lorenzo River is 29.4 miles long. This was the first of many interesting facts shared at the State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium held at the Zayante Fire House last weekend.
The former site of Avisa Technology, located in a small valley just off the main entrance to the Sky Park Community Center at the end of King’s Village Road, has been the site of an in-depth study for a possible zoning change that will allow high density housing. A Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) was released for public review on March 1st, and the City of Scotts Valley is soliciting comment on the document until April 16, 2018.
The pain of preparing to cut eight full-time equivalent teaching positions in the Scotts Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) next year seemed to make the “rubber hit the road” in planning for a parcel tax measure on the November ballot , according to District Superintendent Tanya Krause.
The heavy rain wasn’t going to stop Evan Morrison, intake and outreach specialist for Supportive Services for Veteran Families with the Homeless Services Center, from doing his work.
While finding the current fiscal year budget tracking close to expectations, the Scotts Valley City Council discussed at length how to avoid a “financial cliff” projected in the years to come. At the regular city council meeting on March 7, council members considered a mid-year review of the FY 2017/18 budget, and discussed how the City will handle a projected budget deficit of more than $2 million by FY 2024/25.