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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