INDEPENDENT VOICE URGED FOR VAL VERDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ARGUES CASTAIC TOWN COUNCIL FAILS RESIDENTS.Byline: Eugene Tong Staff Writer VAL VERDE Val Verde may mean:
Jim Stephens, president of the Val Verde Civic Association, said the town council, a 10-member elected panel that advises 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 on local issues, has failed to look out for Val Verde. ``The Castaic Area Town Council does not and has not represented the strategic key issues affecting Val Verde,'' Stephens said. Val Verde, a town of about 1,500 in the canyons west of Interstate 5 and Castaic, is assigned two seats - currently filled by Patti Gustafsson and Bruce Van Wetter - on the council. Facing the community is the proposed expansion of nearby Chiquita Canyon Landfill, plus a proposed 254-home subdivision. These issues weigh heavily on this bucolic retreat, which has few sidewalks and no sewer service. Castaic Town Council President John Kunak said the council remains effective in representing the region's interests to Antonovich, whose 5th district includes Castaic and Val Verde. The panel, under pressure from angry residents, helped convince Antonovich to retract TO RETRACT. To withdraw a proposition or offer before it has been accepted. 2. This the party making it has a right to do is long as it has not been accepted; for no principle of law or equity can, under these circumstances, require him to persevere in it. a county proposal to stage a temporary homeless shelter Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people. Usually located in urban neighborhoods, they are similar to emergency shelters. The primary difference is that homeless shelters are usually open to anyone, without regard to the reason for need. at the Pitchess Detention Center this winter. The shelter instead is scheduled to open Dec. 23 in a county-owned equipment yard in the city of Santa Clarita. ``I think (the supervisor) listens very, very closely and give our opinions a great weight,'' Kunak said. ``We're there to represent our region. If a region doesn't want representation, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how they're going to get it.'' But Stephens was upset by last month's town council Land Use Committee decision to push forward Park City, Utah Park City is a city located in Summit County, Utah, United States. It is one of two major resort towns in Utah, the other being Moab. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back and a part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. ,-based Sterling Gateway's Green Valley Ranch project. Developer Hunt Williams has proposed 254 homes on 109 acres north and east of Val Verde. The plan is up for consideration by the full town council. Opponents insist the project is too big and would cut down the community's surrounding ridges. They prefer a smaller development of 50 to 125 homes. Current zoning regulations allow 217 houses on the property. ``You can't really take away (Williams') right to do what he wants,'' Kunak said. ``He seems to be listening to the views of the majority of the people to try to do things to satisfy them. ``Until it comes before the entire the council for our review, we need to continue to get information to make the decision the community wants.'' Stephens said the local civic association has just as much clout to take on this, and other issues, as the town council. He cited other local forums, including churches and the various community districts formed to monitor the landfill. Chiquita Canyon's owners have proposed increasing the 257-acre working area 355 acres. ``We could do anything we want,'' Stephens said. ``(The town council has) nothing over us; they have no influence. They are not related to any political authority. ``I'm not claiming any more power for VVCA VVCA Vehicle V-Register Count + A Discrete or more power for them. I am only claiming this community has the ability and certain venues in which to articulate its interest, and it does not center on the CACC CACC Center for Animal Care and Control CACC Canadian Association for Community Care CACC Central Alabama Community College CACC Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs (United Kingdom) .'' Kunak said Val 1. VAL - Value-oriented Algorithmic Language. J.B. Dennis, MIT 1979. Single assignment language, designed for MIT dataflow machine. Based on CLU, has iteration and error handling, lacking in recursion and I/O. "A Value- Oriented Algorithmic Language", W.B. Verde's representatives are held with regard within the council. ``I feel that the full council gives some degree of deference to the two representatives from each region,'' Kunak said. ``If they have an issue, the council will listen to their views. We look to them to provide the information.'' Neither the town council nor civic association have actual legislative powers. Final decisions on land use rests with 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. . Antonovich spokesman Tony Bell said the supervisor is open to community input, regardless of the forum. ``Supervisor Antonovich ensures that Val Verde has a voice on the issues of concern, regardless of which town council and committee they associate with,'' he said. ``We're there to assist them in whatever way, but it's their decision.'' Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com |
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