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AND SYNAGOGUES IN SANTA CLARITA. WE HAVE OUR WEDDINGS THERE. WE

BURY OUR DEAD THERE.

CASTAIC, THEN, IS NOT AN ISOLATED, SELF-SUFFICIENT
COMMUNITY SEPARATE AND REMOVED FROM THE REMAINDER OF SANTA CLARITA.

WE ARE UNIQUE IN SOME RESPECTS, AND WE OCCUPY A DISTINCT CORNER OF
THE PROPOSED CITY, BUT WE ARE TIGHTLY INTERTWINED IN MANY WAYS. WE

SERVE THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND WE DEPEND UPON SERVICES FROM THE

SANTA CLARITA VALLEY.

I TRUST YOU WILL NOW OR EVENTUALLY AGREE WITH ME THAT THE

QUESTION OF ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA IN SOME FORM IS

FAIRLY CERTAIN. THE AREA HAS GROWN TO A MATURITY AND COMPLEXITY

THAT THE NEED FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS INDICATED. THE COUNTY GENERAL

PLAN POLICY WHICH INDICATES THIS AREA AS ONE FOR URBAN EXPANSION

IMPLICITLY ESTABLISHES A REQUIREMENT FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO SERVE

THIS AREA.

ONE QUESTION IS WHETHER CASTAIC SHOULD BE INCLUDED. DURING

YOUR DELIBERATIONS I WOULD LIKE YOU TO IMAGINE THE CITY OF SANTA

CLARITA ESTABLISHED IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WITH AND WITHOUT

CASTAIC AND SEE WHICH MAKES MORE SENSE, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE: ON ONE

HAND THE SCENARIO WHERE THERE IS A SINGLE UNIFIED REGION, AND ON THE

OTHER SCENARIO THAT HAS ONE URBANIZED AREA WITH A LOCAL GOVERNMENT,

AND ANOTHER URBANIZED AREA WITHOUT SUCH GOVERNMENT.

I WOULD URGE YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THE THIRTY-ODD FACTORS

WHICH MUST BE CONSIDERED IN YOUR REVIEW. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE

DEPENDENCE THAT CASTAIC HAS ON SANTA CLARITA, AND THE RESOURCES THAT

CASTAIC OFFERS TO THE REST OF THE CITY. AND PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE