SOLEDAD CANYON ANNEXATION GETS OK.Byline: Judy O'Rourke Special to the Daily News 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, - Planning commissioners have approved a zoning change and annexation annexation, in international law, formal act by which a state asserts its sovereignty over a territory previously outside its jurisdiction. Many kinds of territory have been subject to annexation, chief among them those inhabited by settlers of the annexing power, of 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. land where Mexico-based Cemex plans to mine 56.1 tons of sand and gravel, a project the city has been fighting for years. The next step is an Oct. 25 hearing before the Santa Clarita City Council on the plan to annex 1,885 acres in Canyon Country, about 1,000 of which the city owns. The move is an effort to at least limit the amount of mining allowed on the land, where the federal Bureau of Land Management owns the mineral rights. ``I do believe annexing that area would be a benefit to the city regardless of whether it impacts Cemex's ability to mine or not,'' Mayor Cameron Smyth Cameron Smyth is a Republican who has represented Califoria's 38th Assembly district since December of 2006. He succeeded Keith Richman who was term limited. Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Assemblyman Smyth served on the Santa Clarita City Council, where he said. ``When you have property that is adjacent to the city, (it would behoove be·hoove v. be·hooved, be·hoov·ing, be·hooves v.tr. To be necessary or proper for: It behooves you at least to try. v.intr. To be necessary or proper. ) the city to have jurisdiction over it (to) give us a little more control over decisions that could possibly impact the city.'' Cemex and its attorneys penned two letters of opposition to the city's action, but the company's representatives did not speak at a public hearing Tuesday. The zoning would permit residential development, parkland and open space. A mineral oil conservation area that would overlap a portion of the open space would permit mining, pending court decisions on Cemex's entitlement to mine in the area. City planners found that annexation and the required prezoning would have no significant environmental impacts. If the council approves the maneuver, an application could soon be made to the Local Agency Formation Commission, which oversees municipal boundary changes in 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. Judy O'Rourke, (661) 257-5255 judy.orourke(at)dailynews.com |
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