A NEW MAN WITH A PLAN COMMISSION VACANCY FILLED.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - A retired electrician has been appointed to the Palmdale Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle to fill a vacancy VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of the United States, the president has the power to fill up vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate. created by the election of David Gomez in November to the Palmdale Water District board. Vincent Dino, a local resident for 13 years, was appointed as an eastern Palmdale commission representative on a 5-0 vote Monday night by the City Council. The term will expire expire /ex·pire/ (ek-spi´er) 1. to exhale. 2. to die. ex·pire v. 1. To breathe one's last breath; die. 2. To exhale. in June. ``I've got the time and energy to give back to my community,'' Dino said. ``I suspect the experience I've had with builders and developers will help me with the Planning Commission.'' Dino will represent District 4, which lies mostly east of 40th Street East, wrapping around much of Air Force Plant 42 and the land owned by the city of Los Angeles
Dino was one of three people who applied for the post. The others were not interviewed by the City Council, however, because one lives outside city limits and the other, outside District 4. Although only one qualified candidate emerged for the post, Mayor Jim Ledford said he still believes it was in the city's best interest to continue with the policy enacted in June 2004 to appoint planning commissioners by district. One commissioner is selected from each of four districts, each with roughly the same population, and a fifth commissioner is appointed at-large. Ledford said the fact the city is more than 100 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. in area requires the use of districts. ``I don't believe we lack, for one second, qualified, interested individuals who would bring a resident's perspective to the Planning Commission,'' Ledford said. The commission approves or makes recommendations on proposals and environmental issues involved in land development; makes recommendations on maintaining land-use regulations through zoning ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been amendments, zone changes and General Plan amendments; determines consistency of the capital-improvement program with the General Plan; and makes recommendations to the City Council on land use and environmental policies and programs. The Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of every month in City Council chambers at 38300 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , Suite B. Commissioners get paid $100 per meeting with a limit of $200 paid per month. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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