ROAD CONTRACT TO AWAIT STUDY OF POTENTIAL FOR TOXIC ELEMENTS.Byline: Angela M. Lemire 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, - The city has delayed until March the awarding of a $21 million contract to build the first phase of Golden Valley Road, pending the completion of environmental tests Environmental tests are used to verify a piece of equipment can withstand the rigors of harsh environments, for example:
City engineer Robert Newman Robert Newman can refer to:
``The city is ready to go ahead with the road, but as a partner with the schools, we need to develop that comfort level,'' Newman said. Phase One road construction is timed to coincide with grading for the William S. Hart Union High School District's proposed Golden Valley High School, planned near abandoned oil wells. The school district and the city would share the grading costs, pending the results of studies by the state Department of Toxic Substance Control on the school site. The two-mile road project would extend a stumped segment of Golden Valley Road at Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road to Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling to the south. The City Council agreed Tuesday night to postpone awarding the construction bid after learning the DTSC DTSC Department of Toxic Substances Control DTSC DARCOM Technical Steering Committee had ordered further soil samples and borings. City Manager George Caravalho advised council members that construction startup would have to wait for the DTSC's approval. In a letter dated Jan. 14, the DTSC advised school officials that preliminary tests for oil drilling byproducts showed normal background levels of methane gas and no presence of hydrogen sulfide hydrogen sulfide, chemical compound, H2S, a colorless, extremely poisonous gas that has a very disagreeable odor, much like that of rotten eggs. It is slightly soluble in water and is soluble in carbon disulfide. . However, the letter cautioned that conclusive test results would not be available for at least another week. Newman said the two-month delay in awarding the contract would not disqualify To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate. To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. bids already received or allow new bids to be submitted, because the city may hold bids for 90 days. Seven construction companies have submitted bids for the road project, ranging from $15.9 million to $19.9 million. In other Golden Valley Road matters covered Tuesday night, the City Council reduced by $15 million a previously approved $33 million bond package to finance road and storm drain storm drain n. 1. A storm sewer. 2. A catch basin. construction for a business park off Golden Valley Road, said Steve Stark, Santa Clarita's director of administrative services. Developer Larry Rasmussen, under Spirit Properties Limited, plans to build a 200-acre Santa Clarita Business Park off Golden Valley Road for roughly 80 businesses. The developer has assumed responsibility for the second and third phases of Golden Valley Road by agreeing to fund them through bridge and thoroughfare fees, private funding and a special taxation district. The taxation district would enable properties within the business park to gradually pay off the $18 million in city bonded debt. The developer requested the bond reduction from $33 million, Stark said, because he found competitive finance rates within the private sector. ``Nothing changes as far as the project goes. Just the funding mechanism changes,'' he said. |
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