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Summer2000
Volume 1
Issue 1
Dear Readers:
Join the Fight and sav "NO" to TMC Devastation
The City is launching
this quarter{y news- The City has been actively involved in the Los Angeles County Board of Supervi-
{etter in an effort to development and implementation of an sor's staff to let them know of the com-
reach out andexpand opposition strategy to the proposed Tran- munity's strong opposition.
the4communication sit Mixed Concrete mining operation in
between the City, local Soledad Canyon. Quite simply, the City For further information and sample let-
ca{ government bodies believes that a large-scale, heavy mining ters to send to the Board of Supervi-
ies andother govern- operation cannot be justified within the sors, please visit the City's website at
menta{ agencies, with rural and suburban area of the Valley, www.santa-clarita.com\tmc.
when other suitable sites are available in
the business commu- North Los Angeles County. Additionally,
nity andwith {oca{
the proposed project is lo-
community grouys. cated adjacent to the Na-
"The City is ready
tional Forest and the envi- to fight this project
It will include note- ronmentally sensitive Santa to the end," says
worthy City events, Clara River. Mayor Jo Anne
recent City Counci{ Darcy. "It is obvi-
actions andyriority Proposed excavation will ous that the public
issues, plans and pro- lower an existing ridgeline by health and envi-
grams. 200 feet, and natural and ronmental costs
I
pristine canyons will be fille,d are simply too
great to justify a
I we{come suggestions with soil and rocks within mega-mining pro-
andcomments as sight of the scenic Antelope ject in Soledad
staff develops this Valley Freeway corridor. Ap- Canyon."
new methodof ex- proximately 9,600 homes
are located within a five-mile ______ _______
exchangingideas.
radius of this mega-mining project and will
be directly affected by blowing sand and In this Issue ...
Sincere{y, dirt, increased noise, and transportation
• PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT
impacts. Precious groundwater, totaling
several hundred acre-feet a year, will be • SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
needed for the proposed project, which is • TRANSPORTATION NEWS
enough to serve a small community!
• UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL
Jo Anne Darcy AGENDA ITEMS
Mayor Meetings are occurring with each of the
