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CLUBS, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS, BOARDS OF REALTORS AND
THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. A TREMENDOUS INTEREST IN SELF
DETERMINATION THROUGH INCORPORATION HAS BEEN GENERATED.
THE TIME HAS COME TO ASK THAT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN
TO THIS APPLICATION TO FORM THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA.
THE PRIMARY REASON FOR SEEKING TO INCORPORATE IS TO OBTAIN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WOULD BE MORE ACCESSIBLE, RESPONSIVE TO THE
NEEDS OF CITIZENS, AND TAILORED TO MEET THE SPECIAL IDENTITY OF THIS
VALLEY. THIS IS NOT A STOP GROWTH EFFORT. MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COMMITTEE, RESIDENTS AND GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE AREA RECOGNIZE THE
NEED FOR QUALITY GROWTH, REALIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES INHERENT IN
SUPPORTING A WELL-BALANCED VALLEY WITH ADEQUATE INDUSTRIAL,
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION. PROPONENTS ACCEPT THE
CONCOMMITTANT NEED TO ALLOW QUALITY, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AS A VIABLE
MEANS OF FINANCING MUCH-NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE. FURTHERMORE, THE
COMMITTEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ACCOMMODATION WILL BE FOUND FOR THOSE
PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE PLANNING PIPELINE, WHICH WILL ADD TO THE
REVENUE BASE. LEGALLY THERE CAN BE NO MORATORIUM. THE CITY CANNOT
OPERATE WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT. THIS ISSUE, RAISED BY SOME OPPONENTS,
IS A NON-ISSUE.
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN CHAPPELL, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
AND STAFF. MY NAME IS CARL BOYER, 3RD. I RESIDE AT 24200 CHERYL
KELTON PLACE, NEWHALL. MY MAILING ADDRESS IS P. O. BOX 333,
NEWHALL.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET. THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET (EXHIBIT I, PAGE