NCAC meetings and Recent Items:

• The next NCAC monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, 18 October at 6PM, via our normal Zoom video meeting. Zoom link will be released here before the meeting. 

• The next Land Use Committee meeting will be on Friday, 13 October at 1PM. Two referrals have been received this month: the first is for the conversion of the old Brambles restaurant into a 26-unit motel (reviewed in a previous form about a year ago by the LUC). The second is for a request by Gary and Patricia Browns for a MUP/Coastal Development Permit for mods at property on 1923 Thomas Avenue, Cambria.  Link to the Zoom invite to the meeting is HERE. 

• The last NCAC meeting was on Wednesday, 20 September 2023 at 6PM, via Zoom. The tentative agenda for the meeting is on the "Agendas" page, and the YouTube video recording of the meeting is HERE. 

• The  Land Use Committee met regarding the proposed Cambria Skate Park.  Files to support the Skatepark proposal are linked below:

  • Elevations​

  • 3-d Depictions

  • Landscape and Fencing

  • Grading and site plan

• The NCAC August meeting was held on Wednesday, 16 August at 6PM, via Zoom. Minutes from that meeting are available on the "Minutes" page. Video of the meeting is available on YouTube at LINK 

• The NCAC July meeting was held on Wednesday, 19 July at 6PM via Zoom. Draft minutes from the meeting are available HERE. Link to the Video from the meeting on YouTube is HERE.

  • Besides the normal county presentations, the meeting focused on residents’ concerns about traffic-related issues — accidents (especially at intersections with no stop signs and limited visibility), speeding/reckless driving, ignoring “one-way” street signs,  and road conditions. Following the meting, Blake Fixler (legislative aide to Supervisor Gibson) reached out to the local CHP office and SLO Public Works, and hopefully a representative from both will be at future meetings to provide information on some of those issues.

  • We also included a presentation from Beautify Cambria for NCAC support for community grant to provide Cambria Historic District street signs. Examples of the signs may be found at this LINK (final signs may be different colors).

  • Because of a busy agenda for this month, we held off transportation and traffic projects until the August meeting. Here are some of the items which will be discussed at the August meeting:

    • SLO Council of Governments (SLOCOG) Regional Transportation plan for 2023-2045

    • Trail under Santa Rosa Creek bridge on Hwy 1, LINK

    • Burton Drive pedestrian trail, from Eton Dr. to Tin City, Cambria, LINK

    • Approved Burton Dr. pedestrian path, LINK

• The June NCAC monthly meeting was held on 21 June at 6PM,  The video recording from the meeting is available using this YouTube LINK.  Meeting included normal county agency presentations, plus 2 guest presentations– — the first was a discussion on a proposed plan for native plant restoration at Lampton Cliffs County Park. The second presentation will be an update on mural plans for the area in front of the Cambria Post Office. The Lampton Park presentations are available on the “Presentations” page, while the proposed mural is available with this LINK.

• The May  NCAC monthly meeting was held on Wednesday, 17 May at 6PM, via Zoom.   Minutes from the meeting are included on our “Minutes” page. Some of the items discussed in our last meeting included:

  • Presentations/Discussions

  • Fire Safety, follow-up from 6 May event. The Focus Group worked with the local schools to design new Fire Safety message signs to be placed in the three message signs in town. The message signs are at the Spaghetti Bowl, the south entrance into town and at the Firehouse. The new designs were done by the youth of our community including students from the four local schools. The contest winners were announced at the Wildfire Preparedness Event and are posted on the NCAC website, HERE.

  • SLOCOG interactive map, to report traffic/transportation issues.

  • Kip Morais (SLO Planning) discussed storm repair procedures, including park stairs, seawalls and other.

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NEW –Following our meeting, Kip  reached out to  the Parks Department after the meeting and got this:

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Based on discussions with planning staff on other storm damaged infrastructure along coast, per County regulations – emergency permits may be issued to implement temporary stabilization measures, and may require additional permits i.e. grading/ encroachment permit(s) as applicable.  We determine this in consultation with Coastal Commission staff and other dept staff.   After the emergency ceases, and within 30 days of issuance, a proper Minor Use Permit / Coastal Development permit application shall be submitted to have the improvements carefully reviewed in compliance with the County coastal codes and policies. This may result in possible removal and/or alterations of the improvement installed.

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An emergency permit will not speed up the process for implementing the ultimate long term project, it is just a way to stabilize vulnerable infrastructure temporarily until a permanent fix can per fully designed permitted and implemented. The coastal accessways do not meet the criteria for an emergency permit.  Here is the full code section below:

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Emergency Permit  https://library.municode.com/ca/san_luis_obispo_county/codes/county_code?nodeId=TIT23COZOLAUS_CH23.03PERE_23.03.045EMPE 

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• NCAC Vote activities

  • Letter to CCSD, supporting Cambria Fire (written by Jeff Kwasny). Approved.

  • Area 1 (San Simeon) delegate, Gwen Kellas — Approved.

  • NCAC Environmental delegate – Daniel de la Rosa — Approved.

  • Area 2 (Happy Hill, Leimert) delegate – Lourdes Nilon (Jeff Bloom, currently the alternate, has indicated he wishes to remain alternate) — Approved.

• Video from the 19 April 2023 meeting is available HERE

• Video of the 15 March Meeting is available on YouTube, with this LINK.

• Kermit Johansson, NCAC and CCSD PROS committee, shared a SLOCOG (SLO Council of Governments) interactive map, where users can graphically enter geographical areas (trails, road crossings, sidewalks, etc.)  they consider dangerous or unsafe for foot or other transportation. Link to the interactive map is HERE.