NORTHLAKE HEARINGS GET STARTED QUESTIONS INUNDATE COMMISSION.Byline: CONNIE
Connie is a British television drama made for ITV by Central Television and shown in 1985. LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer CASTAIC -- A long-controversial development proposal that holds the fate of a future high school got its first county governmental review Wednesday Wednesday: see week. and was met with a lengthy list of concerns. Some parents, other residents and environmental advocates complained about what they called potential traffic problems and a lack of park space for the NorthLake Northlake, city (1990 pop. 12,505), Cook and Du Page counties, NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1949. Its has various manufactures. St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church, which is shaped like a fish, has the largest mosaic-tile mural in the Western Hemisphere. site. Issues raised by the audience and the county staff prompted the Regional Planning regional planning: see city planning. Commission to continue a public hearing on the development until June June: see month. 20. "The commission felt that there were more issues with the proposed development than could be resolved in one hearing," said Susan SUSAN Smallest Univalue Segment Assimilating Nucleus SUSAN Sub Saharan African Network SUSAN Smart Ultrasonic System for Aircraft NDE Tae, supervising regional planner. Tae said that while the commission understands the urgency in getting a new high school site, the panel is obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to review the proposal thoroughly. "The way this project is being proposed is difficult. This high school cannot proceed on its own because of a lack of access, and the commission realizes that is unfortunate," Tae noted. She said the commission will immediately review only the first phase of the NorthLake proposal from developer SunCal, but this review will include all of the grading and infrastructure that would be needed to break ground on Castaic High School. Ray Pearl, SunCal's head of development and government relations, said Wednesday's hearing was a step in the right direction. "We knew the hearing would be continued, and we are pleased to get the formal hearing process started." Pearl said SunCal will now meet with planners to work through concerns, and he thinks there is community support. He presented the commission with copies of more than 500 e-mails supporting the development. SunCal's plan includes 24 acres of park space: a community recreation center on 3.7 acres, paseos on 4.5 acres, a lake-view park with pedestrian A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically. History Walking is the primary means of human locomotion. access on 7.2 acres, and 8.6acres dedicated to 14 homeowner association parks. Castaic resident and parent advocate Flo Lawrence said the parks are fine -- if residents are in the NorthLake site. "My kids won't be able to play in those parks," she said. "We need something for the community." John Kunak, a Castaic Town Council member, urged separating desires for a school from development issues. "No one is saying that we don't want a high school. ... But I am not willing to have a project with 4,000 new residences with no place for organized sports, no recreation activities, and with no other value to the community other than a high school," he told the Daily News in an earlier interview. Rob Gapper, chief operations officer for the Hart Union High School District, said a Castaic High site is urgently needed. "We are very concerned with the delay, and there will be a point in time where we will have to decide whether we will pursue another site," he said, adding that another site likely would cost the district more than it can afford. "The reason that NorthLake is a desirable site is it provides us with an income stream to build a school and with revenue that we will not have if we pursue a site that is not connected with a development," he said. |
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