BRIEFLY; USC OFFERS TO CUT PRICE FOR WILD LAND.LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - The University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission has offered to sell Rockridge Terrace, a five-acre parcel,to La Canada Flintridge for $510,000. City officials plan to keep the land undeveloped as part of a conservation program. The price is one-third of the property's estimated value of $1.5 million, and the offer will stand for one year, USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. officials said. State Sen. Adam Schiff
Adam B. Schiff (born June 20 1960) is an American politician. He first served in the California State Senate. , D-Pasadena, has sought legislative approval of a $450,000 budget augmentation AUGMENTATION, old English law. The name of a court erected by Henry VIII., which was invested with the power of determining suits and controversies relating to monasteries and abbey lands. to help purchase the land, which borders Montrose as well as La Canada Flintridge. Residents of the two communities have raised $60,000 toward the purchase. - Daily News ELECTRIC BILLS LIKELY TO DECLINE IN 2002 BURBANK - City residents and business owners can expect a decrease in their electric bills in the coming years as part of the state deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. effort, officials said. Reductions are expected to be greater for large-scale users of electricity in commerce, public service officials said, but they are not yet estimating the percentage of savings. ``The behavior of the deregulated power market is still very new,'' said Greg Simay, assistant general manager of Burbank's public service department. ``It's capable of surprises. ``We feel comfortable creating the expectation that everyone will see a rate decrease of some sort, but beyond that it's crystal-balling, and we don't want to do that with rates.'' The City Council has decided that any rate decrease will be phased in, so reductions would begin in July 2002 and be implemented fully by 2004. - Daily News CITY WINS AWARD FOR RECYCLING recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. WORK BURBANK - Burbank has received an award from the League of California Cities for reducing waste sent to landfills by 62 percent in the last decade. Burbank was one of three chosen this year for a Helen Putnam Award for Excellence in land use and environmental quality. Its Race to Zero Waste program was named as the major reason. State law in 1989 called for cities, within a decade, to reduce waste sent to landfills by half. In the program, curb-side collection is offered for almost all homes and businesses of reusable re·use tr.v. re·used, re·us·ing, re·us·es To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. re·us materials. There is automated collection of refuse, materials that can be recycled and green waste. City officials also encourage backyard composting
The Putnam Award, named for a former president of the League of California Cities, is given for programs that achieve goals outstandingly well at reasonable cost. Of the 249 applications submitted, 30 cities were honored for awards in 11 categories. The League, established in 1898, represents the state's 474 incorporated cities. - Daily News |
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