HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-06-26 - RESOLUTIONS - SUNSET HILLS INCORPORATION (2)... RESOLUTION NO. 90-124
A RESOLUTION OF OPPOSITION BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,
REQUESTING THAT THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION
FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY TAKE ACTION TO DENY
THE INCORPORATION OF THE PROPOSED CITY OF SUNSET HILLS
WHEREAS, in November, 1989, the proponents of the proposed City
of Sunset Hills filed (with the Local Agency Formation Commission) a
request for incorporation of approximately 27.8 square miles of land
located west of the Interstate 5 in the Santa Clarita Valley; and
WHEREAS, in September, 1989, the City of Santa Clarita had
requested this area to be included in the City's Sphere of Influence; and
WHEREAS, we recognize that the Santa Clarita Valley is a single
geophysical area and should be represented and planned as one integrated
unit; and
WHEREAS, we further recognize the existing and strengthening
social, economic and geographic interdependencies between this area and
the City of Santa Clarita; and
WHEREAS, the planning area of the City of Santa Clarita general
plan program encompasses the area of the proposed incorporation; and
WHEREAS, the proposed incorporation would complicate planning,
coordination and funding of capital improvement projects (roads, flood
control, sewer, water, at al), as well as traffic and land use issues in
interface areas, and would exacerbate existing difficulties experienced
by the City of Santa Clarita and the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the proposed incorporation will require the City of
Santa Clarita to expend additional resources to recognize and interact
with a new jurisdictional entity; and
WHEREAS, the proposed incorporation would preclude potential
future annexation of the area to the City of Santa Clarita, thus denying
the City growth opportunities, both economic and physical; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita has abiding interest in the
development, existing and proposed, occurring in the area of the proposed
incorporation as it directly impacts existing facilities and services
within the City; and
WHEREAS, development within the proposed incorporation area is
+- and will continue to be served by extending services and systems from
those already existing in the City of Santa Clarita; and
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WHEREAS, with adequate planning and appropriate annexation,
municipal services to this area can be more efficiently and economically
provided by the City of Santa Clarita to meet future needs; and
WHEREAS, per the LAFCO staff's fiscal analysis of this request
the proposed incorporation does not have a tax and revenue base
sufficient to support minimum municipal services and would experience an
economic shortfall over the next four years; and
WHEREAS, it is unlikely that the proposed incorporation would
be able to attract, develop and support the additional commercial
development required to offset such revenue shortfalls thereafter and in
the foreseeable future; and -
WHEREAS, we support the residents of the Sunset Pointe
neighborhood, who have announced their opposition to being included in
the proposed incorporation and have requested annexation to the City of
Santa Clarita; and
WHEREAS, we support Newhall Land and Farm and Six Flags Magic
Mountain, major land owners whose holdings comprise approximately seventy
percent (70Z) of the area proposed for incorporation, who have also
.-.. announced their opposition to being included in the proposed
incorporation; and
WHEREAS, we support the LAFCO Executive Officer's finding, in
the staff report dated June 27, 1990, that the proponents of the proposed
incorporation have not demonstrated the need for a second city in the
Santa Clarita Valley; and
WHEREAS, we support the Executive Officer's statement that the
City of Santa Clarita would be able to extend municipal services to the
area in the future; and
WHEREAS, we support the Executive Officer's recommendation to
the Local Agency Formation Commission that the proposed incorporation
request be denied.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Santa Clarita does hereby determine and find as follows:
SECTION 1. This resolution is hereby adopted and the Local
Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles is hereby
respectfully requested to take action to deny the proposed incorporation
of the City of Sunset Hills, pursuant to its powers as provided by the
Cortese -Knox Local Government Reorganization Act of 1985 (Revised 1990).
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby directs and authorizes the
City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita to submit a certified copy of
this resolution to the Executive Officer of the Local Agency Formation
Commission of Los Angeles County, at the LAFCO's regularly scheduled
public hearing on June 27, 1990.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution and certify this record to be a full, true, correct copy
of the action taken.
1990.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of June
ATTEST:
Fri O�
George Car alho, CITY MAK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the 26th day of June 1990, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Boyer, Heidt, Klajic, McKeon, Darcy
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
George Caravalho, CITY ERK