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A large residential development planned for one of the untouched canyons in the northern part of the city may become the first to get advanced scrutiny by city officials before it enters the planning stages. Mayor Bill Davis For the artist, animator, creative director, see . For the baseball player, see .
``We picked this one as the first because of its size and its location,'' Davis said. ``It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have a very unique piece of ground. I think you want to see something maybe a little bit unique, not just a standard row of houses.'' The council is scheduled to review the request at its meeting tonight. With the success of ad hoc committees in guiding commercial development in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. in the past, city officials believe the same can happen with residential projects. The ad hoc committee, made up of two City Council members and two planning commissioners, saves time and often lots of money for developers because it can say what it likes - and doesn't - before such resources are expended ex·pend tr.v. ex·pend·ed, ex·pend·ing, ex·pends 1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See Synonyms at spend. 2. . Isaac Moradi, general partner of Big Sky Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. developers, said he is eager to enter into discussions with the city about the project. He has been interested in developing the land for 20 years, and has been working on this and a similar plan for more than two. ``I believe the council wants to see what are the problems, and if there are any problems they can solve them, and they can take this forward after 2-1/2 years,'' he said. One of the success stories officials point to was the committee formed for the Civic Center Plaza, now under construction on Tapo Canyon Road and Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. Street. Davis and former Mayor Greg Stratton worked the details out with the developers before the full council gave its approval. ``If you look at that center, in my opinion at least, I think it really looks nice,'' Davis said. ``There are things there that we really have not seen in this city before. I think it's because we were able to sit down (with developers) and piece by piece put that project together.'' A committee also was formed for the Simi at the Plaza project on Cochran Street, which brought Wal-Mart, Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, and Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box to town. Big Sky Ranch is expected to bring its plan to the planning commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle sometime in August, seeking a General Plan amendment and an amendment to the Whiteface Specific Plan. The project calls for 21 estate lots, 650 single-family homes and 450 multifamily units, including 130 reserved for affordable housing. Developers already have approval for 1,100 senior housing units and a golf course. But Moradi said he wants to change those plans because there are already two other courses about to break ground in nearby Dry and Tapo canyons, areas also included in the Whiteface Specific Plan. And, he added, there will soon be a multitude of senior housing options in Simi Valley. Becerra said the land for those golf courses also should be part of the committee's sphere of influence. Although the New Mexico-based developers of the golf courses already have approvals for the project, there have been discussions of creating a resort in one of the canyons as well or possibly building 65 houses in the Tapo Canyon portion - plans that the new committee could consider. ``Those projects are going to have a large impact on the community,'' Becerra said. ``When I thought about this idea, I wanted to make sure that regardless of who sits on the committee, my main concern was that they handled that project and the adjoining projects as one overall project. They can carry themes throughout, create similar street designs.'' |
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