BOND IDEAS POOLED.Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer The city and Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open together are penning a wish-list for ways to spend a $1.9 million local share of open space and park funds from a $2.1 billion state park bond up for voter approval in March. The Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Watershed Recreation and Conservancy Authority, a joint powers agency of the city of Santa Clarita and the conservancy, will hold a hearing Thursday to see how residents think the money should be spent if the bonds are approved. The special meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Orchard Room at City Hall, conservancy spokeswoman Rorie Skei said. Proposition 12 - the Safe Neighborhood Parks Neighborhood parks, which generally range in size up to 30 acres, serve as a social and recreational focal points for neighborhoods and are the basic units of a park system. Many include a playground. , Clean Water, Clean Air and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000 - would allocate $1 million for Santa Clarita watershed projects, as well as $35 million to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy for regional projects in the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. Zone and Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor. The measure may include several other programs by which the city of Santa Clarita may apply for addition river parkway and urban projects, Skei said. Proposition 13 - the safe Drinking Water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , Clean Watershed Protection The term watershed refers to an area of land that drains precipitation that falls on it to a common point. These points could be streams, lakes, etc. Precipitatoin falling on any part of a watershed can travel quickly on the surface of the land, known as surface runoff, or travel through and Flood Protection Act of 2000 - contains additional river, watershed and pollution prevention programs for which the city, mountains conservancy or their joint conservation authority would be eligible to seek funding. City officials so far have indicated projects of high priority would include the city's unfinished Sports Complex, Central Park and smaller undeveloped parks the city owns in Seco, Oak Springs and Towsley canyons. The $2.1 billion in state bond money would be allocated to communities based on population. Locally, it would provide up to $1.9 million for park maintenance and construction, as well as provide $1 million to the Santa Clarita Watershed Conservancy to buy land in the Whitney Canyon area. The canyon recently fell under protection when it was incorporated into the Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor, city officials said. Additionally, the total state bond package would invite all communities to apply for $71.5 million in competitive grant funds for historical preservation projects, and $15 million for the expansion of public youth soccer and baseball leagues, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Assemblyman George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. , R-Lancaster, who secured local allocations into the state bond. If voters approve the $2.1 billion bond package, it would be the first bond passed for state and municipal parks since 1988, as well as the largest park bond in California state history, Runner has said. Additional information on concurrent hearings may be obtained on the conservancy Web site at www.smmc.ca.gov. |
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