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THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND INTERDEPENDENCIES MAKE SELF- ;i,

EVIDENT THE AREA SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE PROPOSED BOOND_ARIES.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL KOTCH. I RESIDE AT 28701 WEST SLOAN

CANYON ROAD IN CASTAIC. MY REASON ·FOR SPEAKING WITH YOO TODAY IS TO

UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CASTAIC REGION TO THE PROPOSED

INCORPORATION. I AM A RESIDENT OF CASTAIC, A MEMBER OF THE

STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE CITY FORMATION COMMITTEE, AND AN

APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE COUNTY'S CASTAIC PLANNING ADVISORY

COMMITTEE. I MUST INDICATE THAT I AM NOT SPEAKING IN ANY OFFICIAL

CAPACITY FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THOUGH I HAVE DRAWN ON WHAT I

HAVE LEARNED ABOUT CASTAIC IN THOSE SESSIONS TO HELP FORM MY VIEWS

FOR TODAY.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO REVIEW THE SECTION OF THE

GOVERNMENT CODE WHICH INDICATES WHAT FACTORS YOU MUST CONSIDER IN

REVIEWING OUR PROPOSAL. THE LIST IS IMPRESSIVE, WITH AT LEAST
THIRTY ITEMS TO KEEP IN MIND. AMONG THESE ARE THE LIKELIHOOD OF

SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE AREA AND ADJACENT AREAS DORING THE NEXT
TEN YEARS AND THE NEED FOR ORGANIZED COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THE 1980 LOS ANGELES COUNTY GENERAL PLAN INDICATED THAT THE
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY, INCLUDING CASTAIC, SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS AN

AREA FOR URBAN EXPANSION. THE ADOPTED 1984 SANTA CLARITA AREAWIDE
GENERAL PLAN REFLECTS THIS URBAN EXPANSION, ESPECIALLY FOR CASTAIC.

PRIOR TO THIS TIME VIRTUALLY ALL TERRITORY WEST OF INTERSTATE 5 AND

NORTH OF ROUTE 126 WAS DESIGNATED AS AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE. TODAY

THE CASTAIC CORRIDOR ALONG INTERSTATE 5 IS RAPIDLY GROWING A,S; AN~ _: _- ,
URBAN RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND THERE IS LIKELIHOOD THAT~ THE~: SOUJ£HEBN:':::t~; >- - ~
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