BOARD SET TO OK TAXES FOR SCHOOL.Byline: Eugene Tong tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer SAUGUS - After years of negotiations, the Saugus Union School District The Saugus Union School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Saugus, Valencia, and Canyon Country communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California. As of March 25,2006, it has 15 elementary schools. is close to forming a special tax district in the 1,500-home Tesoro Del Valle project to collect $5 million for a new campus. The Saugus school governing board Noun 1. governing board - a board that manages the affairs of an institution board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" Tuesday was set to approve the formation of a community facilities district to levy a Mello-Roos tax on 911 homes in the fledgling development at the north end of McBean Parkway. The $5 million in taxes, to be collected over 35 years, would pay for a local elementary school elementary school: see school. and allows developer SunCal Cos. to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. a state-mandated obligation to provide school sites in the area, said Robert Cutting, assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. of business services for the district. ``The money is going to a school for the Tesoro development,'' he said. ``It's a benefit to all the homeowners because the school helps to protect the value of the homes.'' California law California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes. See also
``The homeowners are going to pay for it anyway,'' Cutting said. Meanwhile, Saugus is expected to close negotiations in the coming weeks with Montalvo Properties, which has plans to build more than 600 homes in Tesoro Del Valle. ``We're currently working with Montalvo to compete the transaction so that the entire development is secured by a revised mitigation MITIGATION. To make less rigorous or penal. 2. Crimes are frequently committed under circumstances which are not justifiable nor excusable, yet they show that the offender has been greatly tempted; as, for example, when a starving man steals bread to satisfy agreement,'' Cutting said. When the Tesoro development began taking shape in 1997, the builders had agreed to pay the school district $6.8 million. But Saugus has managed to negotiate a better deal as the project changed hands over the past two years. ``Both (SunCal and Montalvo) have been very cooperative,'' Cutting said. ``We can't build a school for $6.8 million. Exclusive of the land, we're estimating the cost (for a new school) would be about $13.5 million.'' With more than 10,000 students between 14 campuses, the Saugus school district expects enrollment to increase by 700 when the Tesoro development is built out. ``Enrollment is at 91 percent of our capacity,'' Cutting said. ``We need to build another school within 18 months. (Tesoro Del Valle) is where we anticipate the next school we will construct would be at.'' |
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