SUBJECT: Purchase and Sale Agreement for Mathilda Drive Parcel Acquisition (APN 079-554-026)Purchase and Sale Agreement • November 29th, 2017 • California
Contract Type FiledNovember 29th, 2017 JurisdictionIt has long been a goal of the City to acquire the 18 parcels located at the south ends of Mathilda and Ellwood Beach Drives for resource and open space preservation. The parcels are designated as an Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) in the City of Goleta’s General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan, and are constrained by the presence of wetlands, existing and potential Monarch Butterfly habitat, eucalyptus groves, willow woodlands, and Devereux Creek with its associated floodplain. These constraints significantly reduce, but do not eliminate the potential for development to occur on these parcels which are currently zoned for residential land uses. Collectively, these parcels are adjacent to the Sperling Preserve/Ellwood Mesa open space area. The City Council recently expanded the scope of the eucalyptus grove health assessment to include the subject property and surrounding parcels acquired by the City.