CCAC Members and Friends
This Month is packed with many issues that will affect us all.
Information relating to:
Tuesday’s City Council Meeting,
July 21 Canyon Country Advisory Committee Meeting,
and Sanitation District informational and Public Hearings
can be found below:
On Tuesday July 13, 2010
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Will be held at 6:00 PM in the
City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1 st Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Please attend Tuesday’s Council Meeting and SPEAK OUT on these issues
Agenda item 24 raises campaign limits from $360 to $1000. Although every public speaker, at the last council meeting, opposed this change, the Council approved a second reading by a margin of 4 to 1 (with Bob Kellar dissenting). It was the consensus of the public speakers that this change would benefit incumbent candidates and be detrimental to challengers. What we need in Santa Clarita is election campaigns that are based on debates and issues not large war chests.
Agenda item 26 Benz Road. Cut through traffic has been a major issue for this residential street since it was opened to Copper Hill traffic. The city believes that the speed cushions installed to study the problem will resolve the issue. But here is the rub. Local governmental agencies caused this problem when they opened the road and now they want the residents to pay for the fix. Come out and support the residents of Benz and tell the council, public money created this problem and public money should fix it.
Agenda item 28 Sunset Heights Street Vacation MOU. This is another neighborhood (Winterdale, Canvas and Linda Vista) that has serious issues with cut through traffic. Come out and support this process which allows the local neighborhood residents to determine the fix, most appropriate, for their neighborhood.
Public Participation. The Canyon Country Advisory Committee needs your help. Our organization, formed by the city, has been providing information to the Public for the last decade and one half. City management has now informed the group that they will no longer be provided a place to meet. If the city can spend $100,000 to purchase more “aesthetically pleasing” road signs (see agenda item 9) there is certainly enough resources ($50 per month) to continue providing the CCAC with a meeting room.
The complete City Council Agenda can be viewed at;
http://apps.santa-clarita.com/agendas/CouncilAgendaFace.aspx?MeetingID=4635
The next Canyon Country Advisory Committee meeting
will be held WEDNESDAY,
July 21, 2010,
from 7PM to 9PM,
in the
George A. Caravalho Activity Center Banquet Room,
20880 Centre Pointe Parkway, Santa Clarita.
Presentations will include:
Medical Services provided by the North East Valley Health Corporation presented by Hector Godoy
The latest information on the Sanitation District proposal and how much it is going to cost you. ($296 per year in 4 years and $650 per year in 2025?) Have you have sent in your protest letter yet?
An update on progress of the Material Recycling Facility Site Selection Committee.
What’s in the future for the Canyon Country Advisory Committee? Will the city reconsider and continue to sponsor the CCAC by providing a meeting location? Will the CCAC be forced to privatize and find another venue? What does it all mean? One thing I can say for sure. With every door that closes, another opens. We will continue to support our community because “Together We Can Make A Difference”.
Sanitation District News
Have you sent your Sanitation Fee increase Protest Letter In Yet?
If everything going on was not enough, Sanitation Fee increases and the proposed $210 million Chloride Removal addition to our Waste Treatment Plant will raise Single Family Sewage rates to “at least” $296 in the next 4 years and to “at least” $650 per year by 2025. After that no telling how high they will go. All of that without any Scientific evidence to support the project.
Please attend, at least one of, the remaining informational meetings listed below.
In that way, you can be ready to share your information at the July 21st Canyon Country Advisory Committee meeting.
Informational Meetings
Santa Clarita City Hall July 14 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Santa Clarita City Hall July 19 7:00 PM
Castaic Area Town Council Meeting July 21 7:00 PM
Public Hearing with the local Sanitation Board
Santa Clarita City Hall July 27 6:30 PM
Want to share you view on any of these items?
Go to http://www.canyoncountryadvisor.com and post your comments.
As always,
"Together We Can Make A Difference”
Alan Ferdman
Chair, Canyon Country Advisory Committee
661 713-9344
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