COUNTY BALKS AT PROPOSED FEE HIKES AT CASTAIC LAKE : WOULD-BE CONCESSIONAIRE PLANS TO DOUBLE RATES.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer County parks officials are rethinking plans to contract with a Corona company to run the concessions at Castaic Lake's lagoon because the firm planned to double current rates, an aide to 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 Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San said Friday. The Board of Supervisors was due to vote Tuesday on a 10-year contract with Outdoors Safaris International to manage the fishing, food, boat, bait and camping concessions at the Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² State Recreation Area's afterbay. But parks officials have asked that the decision be delayed, Antonovich aide David Vannatta said. Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department officials want more time to work on a concession contract proposal in light of public opposition to fee hikes. OSI (1) (Open System Interconnection) An ISO standard for worldwide communications that defines a framework for implementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passed from one layer to the next, starting at the application layer in one station, proceeding to the has submitted a revised proposal that is under review, but details were unavailable Friday. OSI General Manager Steve Miller The name Steve Miller might refer to:
About 200 people crowded a meeting in February, voicing opposition to OSI's plans. The Friends of Castaic Lake and bass fishing enthusiasts had backed the idea, but withdrew their support after learning of the proposed fees. Most of the objections, in fact, came from bass fishers, who said they shouldn't be charged additional fees to fish in a public lake. OSI, which runs fishing concessions at Corona Lake and Santa Ana River The Santa Ana River begins in San Bernardino County, California in the San Bernardino National Forest. Its highest source lakes are Dollar Lake (9220') and Dry Lake (9065'), both on the northern flank of San Gorgonio Mountain (11,502') in the San Gorgonio Wilderness. Lakes, had planned to charge an entrance fee of $12 per adult ($10 for ages 14 and younger) and a fee of $6 to launch a fishing boat. The company would pay the county $72,000 in rent the first two years and $96,000 each year remaining in the contract. The Board of Supervisors originally favored the proposal, Vannatta said, because the concessionaire contract would save the county $42,000 a year in maintenance and personnel expenses and would generate income. |
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