1 miramar beach resort and bungalows project 2 - Santa Barbara ...

1 community for such a very long time feels that the
2 Miramar is a part of our historic fabric.
3 On the last meeting we ran into a bit of a
4 stone wall. The Historic Landmarks Commission asked if
5 we could discuss with the Caruso team a possible salvage
6 of one or two of the historic Miramar cottages. There
7 were several on the site that were salvageable. We
8 could see that by the site visit, and the nod we got was
9 in that direction (indicating). So I felt that perhaps
10 there's still an opportunity to talk with his team on a
11 salvage of at least one or two of the cottages.
12 Both the Historic Landmark Advisory
13 Commission and the Pearl Chase Society have
14 appropriately proposed a middle-ground mitigation
15 measure that would result in a preservation or
16 reconstruction of a number of the Miramar cottages. As
17 a result of the site visit as I just described to you,
18 there are some salvageable cottages.
19 CEQA states that public agencies should not
20 approve projects as proposed if there are feasible
21 alternatives or feasible mitigation measures available
22 which would substantially lessen the significant
23 environmental impacts of a project of this size and
24 scale.
25 We continue to emphasize that retaining a
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