DISPUTE LEADS COUNCILMAN TO TALK OF BUYING WATER DISTRICT.Byline: Amy Collins Daily News Staff Writer A dispute over who should pay to have water pipes moved has prompted a push by Councilman Carl Boyer Boy´er n. 1. (Naut.) A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end. to take over the Newhall County Water District. In building sidewalks in low-income areas of Newhall, the city told the water company it needs to bury Bury (bĕ`rē), city (1991 pop. 60,785) and metropolitan district, NE England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Irwell River and linked by canal with Bolton and Manchester. its water pipes deeper so they are not damaged during sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. construction. But the water district says it should be up to the city to pay for the work. Boyer said in an interview Wednesday that his motivation to buy the water district derives from the sidewalk construction in Newhall and similar disputes in the past. ``They're having financial problems dealing with that,'' Boyer said. The Newhall County Water District has 6,500 customers in Newhall, Castaic and Canyon Country. It's the smallest of the four water retailers in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . At the City Council meeting Tuesday night, Newhall water board members argued the city should have to pay to move the pipes, citing a 1995 agreement over a similar dispute. ``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, will include eligible (Newhall County Water District) costs for utility needs within the district in applicable grant fund applications,'' the agreement states. But City Attorney Carl Newton said that doesn't count in this case because the city does not have to apply for the grant funds used in the sidewalk project. The difference, he said, is that the city receives the federal Community Development Block Grants as entitlements. Water board President Ed Dunn likened the sidewalk construction to ``elective elective non-urgent; at an elected time, e.g. of surgery. elective adjective Referring to that which is planned or undertaken by choice and without urgency, as in elective surgery, see there noun Graduate education noun surgery'' and said residents said it would be ``double taxation'' if government funds are used to build sidewalks and the water users must also absorb costs to move the pipes. But city officials maintain the water district is responsible for the costs. The pipes are buried bur·y tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. in the city's public right of way and since the water district has not purchased those use rights, it must pay, said city spokeswoman Gail Ortiz. At the previous council meeting, Boyer made a motion to take over the tiny water district and received support from Councilwoman Jan Heidt. Following that meeting, City Manager George Caravalho sent a letter June 18 to Tom Shollenberger, the interim general manager of the water district, expressing the council's ``interest in the possibility of assuming the operational responsibilities of the district, in an attempt to facilitate the future long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. public improvement goals throughout the Newhall area.'' At Tuesday's meeting, the council discussed the matter briefly after hearing from Dunn and Newhall water board member Lynne Plambeck. |
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