From the friends of the Carmel Valley Library:
Book Club
June 22, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
A fun way to talk about books! Volunteer-led book club meets every Thursday.
Summer Saturday Matinee
June 24, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Join us to watch SPY KIDS! Popcorn and lemonade will be served. Please call 659-2377 for more information.
Summer Reading Performance: Traveling Lantern Theater Company -
June 28, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Book Club
June 29, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Summer Saturday Matinee
July 1, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Join us to watch THE LORAX!
Knitting Club
July 4, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
A fun way to knit or crochet. Build your skills by learning and sharing with others.
Author Reading
and Treasure Hunt
July 5, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Listen to Russel Wolter II read from his new book The Adventure Story followed by a Treasure Hunt and a Trip to the Library's Treasure Chest for a prize!
For more information, call 659-2377 or email Librarian Eddy Hamlin
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Docent-Led Tours to the Former San Clemente Dam Site:
The Carmel River Watershed Conservancy and Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District are co-hosting tours of the Dam Removal and Reroute Project site every other Thursday through the end of the summer. To register for one of these tours please go to the MPRPD web site and click on its Let's Go Outdoors Programs.
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From the Big Sur Land Trust:
Soberanes Fire: Immolation, Aftermath and Rebirth
We are so grateful to Michael Troutman, a highly-respected local pr
ofessional
photographer, for generously donating his time and talent to capture a full spectrum of compelling images during and after last year's Soberanes Fire. His newest exhibition, Soberanes Fire - Immolation, Aftermath and Rebirth is showing for the next year at East Village Coffee Lounge. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Big Sur Relief Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County and Big Sur Land Trust!
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Community Center Pool
Open in June
June 3 - August 6:
M-Thu Adult Swim 7 - AM
M-Th Adult Swim 4 - 5 PM
M-F General Swim 12 - 4 PM
Weekends
General Swim 12 - 5 PM.
More information at
cvcyc.org.
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Summer Swim Lessons at the Community Youth Center
Online Registration has started!
CVCYC will be offering 4 two-week sessions beginning Monday, June 5th.
Group lessons for ages 4 and up in levels 1,2,3, Pre-Team (levels 4 & 5), Mommy & Me, as well as private lessons for all ages will be available. Lessons are Monday-Thursday only. Sign up online beginning April 1st, or in person during pool hours starting June 3rd.
Become a member to receive discounted swim lesson pricing!
REGISTER EARLY, OUR LESSONS FILL UP!
Visit our website for more information:
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Senior Luncheon
1st Monday of Each Month 11:30 am Carmel Valley Community Center
This is a monthly event free to all seniors in Carmel Valley.
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Come and Share the Wonders of
Point Lobos
Easy Access Adventures!
Visitors of all abilities are invited to experience the Easy Access Trails at Point Lobos. You are welcome to tour at your own pace, whether you walk fast or slow, are pushing a stroller or walker, using a cane or wheelchair.
We also have a presentation that we can show to your group or staff at your location.
Wednesday, July 5 - 10 am to noon - Sea Lion Point
Saturday, July 15 - 10 am to noon - Sea Lion Point
Wednesday, Aug. 2 - 10 am to noon - Sea Lion Point
Saturday, Aug. 19 - 10 am to noon - Sea Lion Point
Wednesday, Sept. 6 - 10am to noon - Sea Lion Point
Saturday, Sept. 16th - 10 am to noon - Seal Lion Point
Highlights at Sea Lion Point - California Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, Otters, Pelicans, Gulls and Cormorants - Whales in migration
or contact Melissa Gobell, Docent Program Coordinator
or 831 625-1470
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Safely Dispose of Your
Sharps and Meds!
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Header photo by
Carmel Valley Photographer
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CVA Meets with 5th District Supervisor Mary Adams
On June 15th, CVA Board and Committee members met with 5th District Supervisor Mary Adams and her Chief of Staff Kate Daniels.
CVA representatives discussed a number of issues impacting the residents, rural characteristics and natural resources of the Carmel Valley. Among our concerns were:
- The proliferation and multiple overlapping of special events that cause disruptions and increasingly burden the lives of residents. The capacity of our infrastructure and the community to work around this increasing number of events. The impacts being felt in bordering residential neighborhoods and in neighborhoods far removed from the commercial centers.
- The potential over-drafting of Garzas Creek by new wells in the Santa Lucia Preserve and its effect on wildlife and our water supply.
- The effects of short term rentals on neighborhoods and on affordable housing.
CVA is grateful to Supervisor Mary Adams for her willingness to listen to CVA's concerns. We appreciate the time she devotes to hearing from her district's constituents. We look forward to continuing dialogues between her and CVA.
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Carmel River Free Project
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The CVA Board has voted support for the Big Sur Land Trust's Carmel River Free (CRFREE) Project. Here is a description of the project from the Land Trust's web site:
The vision for the Carmel River FREE Project began to take shape after the 1998 floods and is an integral part of ongoing restoration efforts for the lower Carmel River region. It is a premiere example of a multi-benefit "green infrastructure" project in action, leveraging natural systems to benefit people and the environment.
The project's levee removal, floodplain restoration, and causeway are an approach to ecosystem management that is expected to save the County of Monterey approximately $14 million in levee improvements. These costs would otherwise be needed to meet FEMA's 100-year flood protection standards and protect properties on the north side of the river adjacent to the project site. Project design will not only help remedy historic flood problems but will also serve as a key adaptation strategy in the face of climate change and future sea level rise.
BSLT and
Monterey County are partnering to implement the Carmel River FREE Project. Key project components include:
- Removing nearly 1500 feet of riverbank levee on the south side of the Carmel River channel to allow storm flows back into the Odello East floodplain.
- Restoring 100 acres of floodplain and riparian habitat - with plantings and re-seeding to promote native riparian and wetland vegetation that benefit fish and wildlife - while also creating multiple channels for floodwater.
- Replacing a portion of the Highway One embankment with a 360-foot long causeway to improve floodwater movement under the highway and re-establish the connection between the floodplain east of the highway and the habitat-rich Carmel Lagoon west of the highway.
- Grading of the floodplain to elevate approximately 23 acres of BSLT property so that it may be maintained as an agricultural preserve, protected from flooding.
Clint Eastwood and Margaret Eastwood intend to donate 80 acres of additional land they own on the Odello East floodplain to the 49 acres they previously donated to the Land Trust to support project implementation.
California State Parks and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District are also partnering with BSLT and the County for the portions of the project on their adjacent parklands. The project will provide important components of a regional trail system linking Carmel River State Beach and Palo Corona Regional Park and will advance the vision of the
Lobos-Corona Parklands Project, a multi-jurisdictional parks initiative spearheaded by BSLT to create the next great parks complex on California's coast.
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CVA Appeals County Planning Director's "Interpretation" That Allows Hilltop Ranch Vineyard to Hold Special Events in a Residential District
Monterey County Resource Management Agency Director Carl Holm has issued an "opinion" in which he "interprets" the County Zoning Code in a way that would allow special events at Hilltop Ranch vineyard in the Low Density Residential district. Hilltop Ranch is located at 62 E. Carmel Valley Road up a private shared residential driveway. Mr. Holm's "interpretation" is contrary to the Carmel Valley Land Use Advisory Committee (LUAC) recommendation of denial of the special events use.
CVA, represented by attorney Molly Erickson of the Stamp / Erickson law firm, has filed an appeal of Mr. Holm's "interpretation."
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After CVA Members Testify,
Planning Commission Denies
31 Unit Val Verde Development
Expressing concern about the proposed development's non-compliance with County
Development Evaluation System's affordable housing requirements, the planners voted 8 - 1 to deny the project and canceled a second scheduled hearing. The project will next go the the Board of Supervisors. That hearing is currently scheduled for June 27 at 1:30 PM.
CVA testified before the Planning Commission concerning the projects
inconsistencies
with the General Plan and submitted a 14-page letter outlining the defects of the project and the inconsistencies in the Final Environmental Impact Report.
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Rancho CaƱada
CVA Filed Suit
January 12, 2017.
This case has just been assigned to Judge Villarreal. She is the CEQA judge.
We have presented the Administrative Record to the County for certification. The County certifies it as to accuracy. In the end, the record wound up being 16,000 pages long.
Our attorney, William Parkin, has handled preparation, and the County has been cooperative. There have been some delays from plaintiff's attorney, so we have suggested that our brief be filed on July 7, plaintiff's on August 11, and our reply brief on September 1.
The hearing will be set for October 6 in front of Judge Villarreal.
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Sincerely,
Pris Walton, President
Carmel Valley Association
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Curious About CVA?
Carmel Valley Association is one of the oldest, largest, and
most successful community organizations in Monterey County. We are entirely volunteer, with no paid employees. Our mission is to defend the beauty, resources and rural character of our beautiful valley. We do that by working with residents, businesses, and government.
CVA was instrumental in the adoption of the Carmel Valley Master Plan and recently settled a lawsuit with Monterey County regarding traffic measurement and capping future development on very favorable terms for our valley. Our volunteer experts represent Carmel Valley's interest, testifying before governmental bodies concerning development, water, traffic, road signs, and other quality of life issues.
We keep valley residents informed about important issues and events with our online Calendar, our weekly email Bulletin, which goes to over 650 residents, and our quarterly Newsletter, which is mailed to over 7,000 valley addresses
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To provide a venue for differing perspectives, we are starting to publish letters and guest commentaries in our E-Bulletin. Let us hear from you so that we can include your thinking in our deliberations.
Please limit your letters to no more than 250 words and commentaries to 600 words. We also encourage you to provide informational items, topical essays, and photos related to the Carmel Valley and the Carmel Valley Association's mission. Submissions may be edited for length and clarity. Send your letters and comments to
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