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DRAFT TESTIMONY TO LAFCO

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CHAPPELL, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION

AND STAFF. MY NAME IS CONNIE WORDEN. MY MAILING ADDRESS ISP. O.

BOX 233, NEWHALL. SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA

FORMATION COMMITTEE TODAY ARE THE THREE CHAIRMEN AND A MEMBER OF THE

STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, NAMELY MYSELF, CARL BOYER, CHAIRMAN,

MICHAEL KOTCH, AND ART DONNELLY. IN TESTIMONY THIS MORNING WE WISH

TO BRIEFLY PRESENT:

1) A HISTORY OF THE AREA AND THE INCORPORATION EFFORT.

2) RESPONSE TO THE LAFCO STAFF REPORT INCLUDING BUDGET AND

BOUNDARY DISCUSSIONS.

3) CONCLUDING STATEMENTS AND REQUESTS.

WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE EARNED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE

HEARD BY YOU AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE COMMISSION WILL GIVE THOUGHTFUL

CONSIDERA~ION TO OUR APPEAL. WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE STAFF

AND COMMISSION IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORM THE PROPOSED CITY WITH MUTUALLY

AGREEABLE BOUNDARIES. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK RUTH BENELL AND

HER STAFF, WHOSE PROFESSIONALISM, GOOD COUNSEL AND ASSISTANCE HAS

BEEN NOTEWORTHY.

THE PROPOSED CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, A TOPOGRAPHICALLY

DISTINCT, BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF POPULOUS CANYONS, STEEP MOUNTAINOUS

RIDGES AND FLOOD PLAINS, IS A MICROCOSM OF EVERYWHERE, OFFERING A

DIVERSITY OF HOUSING AND LIFE STYLES FROM EQUESTRIAN ESTATES AND

COMFORTABLE TRACT HOMES TO COMPACT CONDOMINIUMS AND APARTMENTS AT

PRICES GENERALLY LOWER THAN IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THE RAPIDLY

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EXPANDING INDUSTRIAL PARKS, CORPORATE CENTER AND COMMERCIAL