ROSAMOND MAY ASK FOR CITYHOOD STUDY.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer ROSAMOND - The process for incorporating a city government will be the topic of a special meeting Thursday of the Rosamond Community Services District. Speaking will be Bill Turpin, executive officer of the Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County Local Agency Formation Commission, whose duties include approving or disapproving dis·ap·prove v. dis·ap·proved, dis·ap·prov·ing, dis·ap·proves v.tr. 1. To have an unfavorable opinion of; condemn. 2. To refuse to approve; reject. v.intr. proposals for cityhood. ``He's going to discuss the process,'' said Sherry Delano, the district's general manager. ``Some of the board have expressed interest in what it takes to be a city.'' The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at the district's headquarters, 3179 35th St. W. Last year, at the request of Rosamond civic leaders, the Kern County Administrative Office did a ``what if'' study of what revenues and expenses a city of Rosamond could expect. The study estimated that a city of Rosamond could expect revenues totaling roughly $3.2 million and expenditures of $3.7 million. Some civic leaders, such as attorney Olaf Landsgaard, a member of the Southern Kern Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. board, have advocated initiating a feasibility study "A Feasibility Study" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 13 April, 1964, during the first season. It was remade in 1997 as part of the revived The Outer Limits series with a minor title change. to examine the issue further. Such a study would likely cost $50,000 to $60,000. ``If we're going to have a say in how we grow and with the different challenges that come up, we need to know the nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl.n. Slang The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] of incorporation,'' Landsgaard said. With a population of roughly 15,400, Rosamond is already more populous pop·u·lous adj. Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population. [Middle English, from Latin popul than California City, which is incorporated and has about 11,500 inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. . It also has more inhabitants than Palmdale did when it became a city in 1962, though only about a third as many as Lancaster did when it was incorporated in 1977. The town's closest entity to a city government is the Rosamond Community Services District, whose main responsibility is maintaining water and sewer systems Noun 1. sewer system - facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage sewage system, sewage works facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the . Voters in 1998 gave the district authority to run parks and clean up graffiti. An initial review by the service district's legal staff concluded that the district would not be able to contribute to such a study. ``That would have to come from private parties,'' Delano said. Landsgaard said he believes people such as landowners and developers interested in better planning could fund the study. The service district could make meeting rooms available for the process and volunteer efforts could lower the study's costs. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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