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FACT THAT AT LEAST HALF THE VOTERS OF CASTAIC SAW ENOUGH MERIT IN THE
CITYHOOD PROPOSAL THAT THEY SIGNED THE PETITION ASKING FOR A-CHANCE
TO VOTE ON THE ISSUE.
WHEN YOU HAVE CONCLUDED YOUR STUDY, I FEEL CONFIDENT YOU
WILL AGREE THAT CASTAIC IS A STRONG AND INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROPOSED
CITY.
CHAIRMAN CHAPPELL, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND STAFF, I AM
ART DONNELLY, A VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY FORMATION COMMITTEE,
RESIDENT OF 25571 VIA BRAVA, VALENCIA.
THE COMMITTEE SPEAKERS HERE THIS MORNING REPRESENT NINETEEN
YEARS OF ELECTED OFFICE EXPERIENCE, COLLECTIVELY TEN YEARS OF
SERVICE AS APPOINTEES TO GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES, AND OVER FIFTY YEARS
OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE EXPERIENCE AND
BACKGROUND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THE BALANCE OF THE COMMITTEE HAS
HAD SIMILAR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. SUPPORTING THE FORMATION
COMMITTEE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS, AMONG THEM THE
CANYON COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPRESENTING OVER FOOR HUNDRED
MEMBERS, THE VALENCIA INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION WHERE MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY INDUSTRIES EMPLOY MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND PEOPLE,
SERVICE CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING OPTIMISTS, ROTARIANS,
SOROPTIMISTS, AND NUMEROUS HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS.
THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN LAUNCHING THIS EFFORT. INCLUDED IN THE SUBMITTAL
TODAY WILL LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM SOME OF THESE GROUPS; OTHERS WILL
FOLLOW.
I, AS WELL AS THESE OTHERS, BELIEVE THAT CITYHOOD WILL END