AGUA DULCE AIRPARK DISCUSSION SILENCED.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer AGUA DULCE Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
That's because two efforts to swear in swear v. swore , sworn , swear·ing, swears v.intr. 1. To make a solemn declaration, invoking a deity or a sacred person or thing, in confirmation of and witness to the honesty or truth of such a pair of recently elected Agua Dulce Town Council members have failed for lack of a quorum A majority of an entire body; e.g., a quorum of a legislative assembly. A quorum is the minimum number of people who must be present to pass a law, make a judgment, or conduct business. -- four seated members on the seven-member panel. Aside from the induction, council members at their last regular meeting also wanted to discuss the idea of a referendum for the November ballot about possible development of the Agua Dulce Airpark air·park n. A small airport typically located near a business area or industrial park. set for a vote Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
But that didn't happen either. Now it won't be until next Wednesday that Terry Leonard and Elodie Buck are sworn in. Their first scheduled induction was June 14, but council member Mary Johnson, the former airport manager, was absent. Council member Don MacAdam macadam Form of pavement invented by John McAdam. McAdam's road cross-section consisted of a compacted subgrade of crushed granite or greenstone designed to support the load, covered by a surface of light stone to absorb wear and tear and shed water to the drainage ditches. was also missing, recovering from surgery. ``It's a stall tactic for after the 27th, when we go before the supervisors,'' Buck said of Johnson's absence. ``I think it's despicable.'' The two could have been inducted at Monday's special council meeting, designed specifically to seat them. Johnson was present for that meeting. But Leonard didn't show up. And council member Ze Gonzales didn't make the meeting in time. Johnson did not return calls from a reporter. Leonard offered no comment. Gonzales said the council is facing tremendous opposition to even a mere discussion about putting the air-park issue before voters. The small rural airstrip, used primarily by pilots of single-engine planes, has been around a half-century, and in recent years has drawn complaints, mostly because of noise and aerobatics aerobatics Sport of performing maneuvers such as rolls, loops, stalls, spins, and dives with an airplane. As an organized sport, rather than as an air show attraction (“stunt flying”), aerobatics began international competition in 1960 under the auspices of the . Now with Tuesday's hearing coming a day before the Town Council's next meeting, Gonzales said the council won't be able to ask residents about the measure, since the air park's fate will already be decided by then. ``All we wanted to do was vote and find out if we should have the community vote on the air park, and the opposition didn't want us to do that,'' he said, adding that the opposition could be afraid that the community really doesn't want an extension. ``This is America. We should be able to vote.'' County supervisors on Tuesday will review the airpark's permit, which allows a 20-room hotel, 55 personal aircraft storage hangars, a helicopter landing area, 250,000 square feet of tie-down area and a public maintenance hangar. The supervisors could vote to let the permit stand, modify it or revoke To annul or make void by recalling or taking back; to cancel, rescind, repeal, or reverse. revoke v. to annul or cancel an act, particularly a statement, document, or promise, as if it no longer existed. it, said Paul Novak, planning and land use deputy for Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San . Novak said the permit is coming before the board after community complaints about the air park were made about two years ago. At that time, Antonovich initiated a review of the air park's permit. It has taken that long for the issue to make it through governmental red tape. Still, one council member said she'll use Tuesday's hearing as an opportunity to ask the supervisors about the referendum. ``I say that's the best way. This has been ongoing,'' said Ramona Hall. ``Let's take a look at it and see what the people think.'' sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 |
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