CITY CLAIMS FINAL ELSMERE VICTORY.Byline: Daily News 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, - Six months after the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. ordered Elsmere Canyon in Newhall removed from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County's list of potential landfills, the city of Santa Clarita on Friday finally claimed victory. It wasn't until city officials saw a letter from trash giant Browning Ferris Industries saying that the company was pulling out of the Elsmere landfill plan did they accept that they had won a decades-long battle. In BFI's letter to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) is responsible for the construction and operation of Los Angeles County's roads, building safety, sewerage, and flood control. , the company's district manager, Greg Loughnane, said BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance had re-evaluated its options for Elsmere and ``has determined that their solid waste disposal goals could be accomplished through other alternatives.'' Loughnane could not be reached Friday for comment. 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. the city, BFI asked the county Department of Regional Planning to withdraw its conditional use permit applications for the landfill project and to remove Elsmere from the Countywide Siting Element, the state-mandated document that indicates how the county plans to manage its refuse. ``We are thrilled beyond belief,'' City Manager Ken Pulskamp said in a prepared statement. ``Preserving this canyon and preventing the siting of a mega-dump in Elsmere is a long-time work project for the city and the community.'' The county Board of Supervisors voted Oct. 1 to have Elsmere removed from the county plan, but city officials were hesitant to celebrate until the deal was finalized. Elsmere, southeast of the junction of the Golden State and Antelope Valley freeways, was proposed on private holdings as well as land within the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los . A deal was under way to remove the public property from the forest for the landfill plan, a proposal defeated eventually by Congress. Elsmere was a priority issue for the city when it formed in 1987, and a political issue that marked the more colorful City Council races in Santa Clarita's early days. |
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