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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-02-23 - AGENDA REPORTS - WHITNEY CYN LEGISLATIVE PROP (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AGENDA REPORT CONSENT CALENDAR DATE: February 23, 1999 City Manager Appro) Item to be presented SUBJECT: WHITNEY CANYON LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office RECOMMENDED ACTION The City Council sponsor legislation that would include Whitney Canyon as part of the Rim of the Valley Corridor in the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. BACKGROUND State Assembly Member George Runner is authoring a new legislative proposal that will include Whitney Canyon into the Rim of the Valley Corridor in the Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy after a public hearing and scientific land planning studies. This legislation is an attempt to rectify Whitney Canyon's exclusion from 1989 legislation that revised the Rim of the Valley Corridor Boundaries, and is seen as the best way to prevent a landfill from being located in Whitney Canyon. Inclusion into the Rim of the Valley Corridor provides several benefits: • Provides more access to the Angeles National Forest. • Adds significant land and connections to the rest of the trail. • Preserves and enhances the last existing wildlife migratory corridor and continues the effort to officially designate a connection between the Santa Monica Mountains and San Gabriel Mountains. Assists in the effort to prevent a landfill from being located in that area. Similar legislation was proposed in 1998 to include both Elsmere Canyon and Whitney Canyon in the Rim of the Valley Corridor. That legislation was not successful, in part due to concerns over the inclusion of Elsmere. Those involved wish to acknowledge these concerns and work towards the inclusion of Whitney only to improve the chances of success. Future efforts to include additional land into the Rim system are under consideration. The last proposal was supported by the following organizations: • Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy • City of Santa Clarita • Mountains Recreation and Conservation Committee • Santa Clarita Chamber of Commerce • Golden Oak Ranch • Planning and Conservation League • SCV Canyons Preservation Committee Assemblyman Runner is pursuing the same organizations for support of the new proposal. rAgemda Item.