COUNTING OF BALLOTS TO START TEAM SLATED TO TALLY VOTES ON WILDERNESS ASSESSMENT.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer 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, - A team will assemble today in City Hall to begin counting ballots in the campaign for a special $25 annual assessment to fund the purchase of wilderness wilderness, land retaining its primeval character with the imprint of humans minimal or unnoticeable. In the United States, the Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System with a nucleus of 9 million acres (3. around Santa Clarita and to build new parks New Parks is an area in the city of Leicester, England. It is in the west of the city, close by the county border (west of which is Glenfield. South of New Parks is the Western Parks area, and to the east is the Newfound Pool area. . A final tally is expected within a week, likely on Nov. 30, Santa Clarita City Clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". Sharon Dawson said Tuesday. The team of consultants will work today, then take the long weekend off before resuming the task on Monday. The deadline for property owners to submit the special ballots was at Tuesday night's City Council meeting. By 5 p.m., 17,313 of the 48,500 ballots in circulation had been turned in. ``Postmarks don't count,'' Dawson said. ``They have to be in my hand.'' If approved, the City Council will review the results Dec. 13 then proceed with establishing an Open Space and Parkland Preservation District, city Treasurer Darren Hernandez said. The $25.10 a year assessment per parcel would begin appearing on property tax bills for the 2006-07 fiscal year. Hernandez said he had no feel for the outcome. ``It's up to the community,'' he said. Dawson will oversee the count - the ballots have been held in letter trays from the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. under lock and key. Doing the tallying are representatives from Harris and Associates, a consulting team hired by the city to manage the campaign. The ballots will be counted by hand and authenticated au·then·ti·cate tr.v. au·then·ti·cat·ed, au·then·ti·cat·ing, au·then·ti·cates To establish the authenticity of; prove genuine: a specialist who authenticated the antique samovar. by comparing bar codes that correspond to city parcels with signatures from voters, Dawson said. City officials proposed the assessment as a means of buying up open space to preserve a greenbelt Greenbelt, city (1990 pop. 21,096), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; chartered 1937. Greenbelt was planned and built by the federal government as an experimental model community for families of modest income. around Santa Clarita, answering demands from residents tired of seeing hillsides graded into housing tracts. About 60 percent of the money collected would be spent on open space, the remainder on city parks. Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com |
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