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Take a moment to find out why you should join the
Vandenberg Village Association.
Mr. Joe Barget, General Manager, Vandenberg Village Community Services District
(VVCSD), gave a very informative talk about our
water and sewer service.
2013 in Review
The VVA became more active in the Fire
Safety Council. More than a dozen residents
completed the CERT training. Now that VVA
has a certified Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT), which is officially affiliated with
VVA and our local SBCO Fire Station 51, we will
soon be coordinating with Station 51 to receive
basic medic training.
VV CERT, comprised of Vandenberg Village residents, conducts an annual emergency
training drill which prepares us to respond to natural disasters by better relying on ourselves and
each other until professional responders arrive.
CERT members work within their own neighborhoods as well as coordinate to form a unified
response in cases of search & rescue or damage
in a particular section of the village.
VV CERT hopes to obtain team communication gear soon and improve radio communications for the entire village. VV CERT has applied
for registration with Sacramento, which interconnects various CERT coordinators for special
events. The Village appreciates the work of VVA
board member Tam Taaffe for setting up this program.
The V.V. Park & Playground Coalition was
formed under the leadership of VVA members
Steven Heuring and Robert Bumpass. They have
received a grant from the Fund for Santa Barbara
which will support membership building.
Two of our board-members and a small
team of volunteers in conjunction with the LVIB
added many more barrels of flowers and plants
along Constellation. The team continued their
weekly maintenance of barrels and trees along
Burton Mesa and Constellation.
The VVA worked with S. B. County Public
Works/ Roads Division to address several road issues and re-surfacing with positive results. Street
tree maintenance program is also urged.
The VVA continued to report street parking
violations to the CHP. This is the #1 complaint
we receive from Village residents. Our efforts
were significantly helped when our S. B. County
Board of Supervisors passed a new county wide
ordinance reducing the amount of time for all vehicles to 72 hours. They also passed an ordinance
to prohibit overnight parking of large commercial
vehicles. Signs will soon be posted along Burton
Mesa Blvd. near the apartments and condos. As
a reminder, non-motorized detached trailers must
be moved after 24 hours.
VVA continues to contact Caltrans to
request maintenance, especially litter and weed
control in the medians and maintenance of the
underpass area.
VVA was successful in our effort to motivate
the Village Shopping Center owner to improve
the landscaping around the Village Shopping
Center. The VVA also organized a clean up along
the Alexander property that is between the Shopping Center parking lot and CoastHills Credit
Union.
The VVA provided monetary donations to
support LVIB Hay-bales & Cocktails annual
fundraising event.
Besides the VVA giving a monetary donation,
many of our VVA members actively supported
the annual Village Library’s Support Campaign.
Visit our website at
www.vandenberg-village-association.org
or send us an email at
[email protected]
Our VVA meetings are held the third
Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m.
in the White Oaks Hotel in the
upstairs meeting room.
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Our web site contains information
vital to Village residents such as emergency
numbers and web links to schools and government departments. Businesses wishing
to be included on our Business Directory
page should send in their yearly dues along
with their business card. We will also link to
either your email address or website address.
2 0 1 4 Me mb e r s hip For m & B allot
Each December, we initiate our membership drive
seeking new members and it is also the time that
we elect our Board Members. Our Board Members
serve a two-year term. Roughly half of the positions are selected each year to allow for continuity.
Name(s) _____________________________
To become a member (or if it is time for you to
renew your membership) - please fill out this form
and mail it along with a check for $15.00 to VVA,
3745 Constellation Road, Lompoc CA 93436 or
you can place it in the Drop Box located in the lobby of the Village RaboBank.
Email: ___________________________________
Address: ________________________________
_____________________________________________
Phone #: _________________________________
(Please consider providing your email address. Doing
so will allow us to keep you informed in a timely manner.
Your address will not be shared - not even with other
members without your approval.)
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Important Phone Numbers:
Supervisor Doreen Farr: (805) 568-2192
• Sheriff 737-7737
• CHP 688-5551 - (street parking violations)
• Zoning: 934-6250 - (signs, unscreened storage)
• Village Library: 733-3323
Please consider a donation to our Village Library
The Village Library needs to raise $25,000 to maintain our hours. The Village
Library only gets partial funding from S.B. County. The rest is up to us!
Please consider becoming a VVA member
A common misperception of the VVA is
that we are a Home Owners Association. This
is not the case and it is stated in our By-Laws
that we are not. We do encourage Village Residents to maintain their property in a neat and
orderly manner and to improve common areas,
but it is not within our perview to enforce this
desire.
We help residents resolve complaints with
neighbors by referring them to the appropriate
County office or agency.
The VVA is solely funded through our
annual membership dues of only $15.00 per
household or business. We depend on the
volunteer spirit of our fellow residents to accomplish many of the beautification and fund
raising projects we engage in.
We actively support our library and local
schools just to name a few. With your help
we can do more - please consider becoming
an active member of the Vandenberg Village
Association.
Ten Good Neighbor
Policies
1. Homes are for residential purposes: nothing should become an annoyance or nuisance
(such as loud noises and heavy traffic) to the
neighborhood. County has further restrictions
on in-home businesses.
2. Tents, trailers, RVs or garages: cannot be
used as a residence (temporary or permanent).
3. Yard Maintenance: grass, weeds, and vegetation shall be kept mowed at regular intervals as to maintain the same in a neat and
attractive manner. Control of gophers and
moles should be attended to as needed. Pampas grass should be removed as it is a highly
invasive weed.
4. Garbage Cans: must be screened from
public view except for weekly pick up and
then they should be promptly put away.
5. Trailers, boats, campers, motor homes, vehicles under repair, buses, or commercial trucks
larger than a pickup truck shall not be stored
on any part of said property, except in a garage
or in a yard enclosed by a lattice, fence, wall
or other enclosure approved by S.B. County.
Enclosure shall be of a nature to effectively
conceal its contents from outside view.
6. Front lawns, Parkways and Sidewalks:
Front lawns shall not be used for storage or
for parking. Parkways need to be kept up by
the property owner. The county has an easement but does not maintain parkways. Do
not block, crowd or encroach upon sidewalks
with cars, electrical cords, water hoses or
otherwise impede pedestrians traffic
7. Signage: An approved “For sale” or “for
rent” sign can be no more than 4 sq. ft. and
only one per parcel. Business signs need
County permits; temporary plastic banners
are not permitted. Garage/Estate sale signs
shall not be placed on utility poles or along
the public roadways. Lost pet signs should
be removed in a timely fashion.
provide appropriate off street parking for all
vehicles. To report violations for the above
please call CHP - Buellton 805-688-5551.
A word about why these rules are important
and why we as a community should actively enforce these rules. We know that some
residents feel that it is no one’s business
what they do with their property. However,
violations of the rules previously listed can
impose a significant health, safety and economic impact upon each of us. We should
keep in mind why we chose to make Vandenberg Village our home in the first place.
Probably one of the reasons is because we
felt it was a nice community. Maintaining a
community that is inviting and pleasing takes
work, especially in these trying economic
times. Coming together as a community and
working with one another, we can ensure
8. On Site Storage: More than 100 sq. ft. of
storage in public view is considered a ‘junk
yard’ and violates county zoning. Storage
Vandenberg Village remains an enjoyable
must be behind an approved solid fence. Cor- place to live.
ner lots have further restrictions. To report violations for all the above, please call the S.B.
County Zoning Enforcement 805-934-6250.
In order to have good neighbors 9. No Parking Areas: In the Country Club
area where there are no curbs and no sidewalks, street parking is not permitted to
allow safe pedestrian passage and width for
emergency vehicles. Longer driveways allow
for off street parking.
10. On-street parking limits: there is a limit of 24 hours for non-motorized trailers/
campers and 72 hours for all vehicles. Please
you must be a good neighbor.