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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