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Risk Management City of Santa Clarita 2001/02 Operational Budget & Capital Improvement Program Laurene Weste Mayor Frank Ferry Mayor Pro-Tem Jo Anne Darcy Councilmember Bob Kellar Councilmember Cameron Smyth Councilmember Presented By: George Caravalho City Manager Table of Contents Message from the City Manager 3 Field Services 91 Community Profile 11 · Administration · Location Map · Street Maintenance · History · Vehicle Maintenance · Form of Government · Stormwater Utility/Field Services · Commissions, Boards & Committees · General Gov’t Facilities Maintenance · Funded Positions · Urban Forestry · Philosophy · Park Facilities Maintenance · Property Management User’s Guide 27 · Budget & CIP Guide Public Safety 101 · Guidelines & Principles · Police Services · Annual Appropriations Limit · Fire Protection · Resolutions Parks, Recreation Summaries & Revenues 49 & Community Services 105 · Budget Summary · Administration · Statement of Fund Balance · Recreation · Revenues · Parks · Community Services City Manager’s Office 63 · City Council Santa Clarita · City Manager Redevelopment Agency 111 · Reserves & Debt Service · Redevelopment · Human Resources · Budget Revenues · City Clerk · Risk Management Five Year · Economic Development Capital Improvement Program 115 · CIP Summary Administrative Services 71 · Beautification & Landscaping · Administration · Circulation · Finance · Emergency · Technology Services · Facilities & Buildings · Grants Administration · Maintenance · Parks Planning & Building Services 77 · Streets & Bridges · Administration · Trails & Transit · Planning · Unfunded Projects · Building & Safety · Code Enforcement Appendix 221 · Environmental Services · Line Item Titles and Descriptions · Geographic Information Systems (GIS) · Glossary of Terms Transportation & Engineering Services 85 · Administration · Engineering Services · Transit · Special Districts Based on FBI statistics, the City of Santa City of Santa Clarita is the fifth safest city of its size in the nation, and as evidenced by this Clarita chart, the crime rate has decreased 40% Community Profile since 1992. Located in a picturesque valley just north of Los Angeles, Santa Clarita is bold and confident in its role as a premier Part I Crime per 1000 community for raising families and Residents 35 building businesses. The balance of 30 quality living and quality growth is 25 carefully maintained through quality, 20 long-term planning, fiscal responsibility, 15 community involvement, respect for the 10 environment and strong support for 5 business development. Santa Clarita’s 0 successes are evident in its residential 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 neighborhoods, recreational attractions, businesses, cultural activities, and commercial, educational and health care Transportation centers. The Valley is part of a comprehensive Statistics transportation network that links to every market in the world and includes local, Population 151,000 commuter and dial-a-ride bus service to Size 46.7 sq. miles LAX and Burbank Airports. The City is Housing Units 50,564 accessible via Highway 126, and the Unemployment Rate 2.5% Golden State and Antelope Valley Median Household Income $66,575 Freeways. The Southern Pacific Railroad has daily freight runs; and Amtrak, with Climate stations in the adjacent San Fernando Valley, provides regular daily passenger At 1,200 to 1,400 feet above sea level, service to key cities. The ports of Los Santa Clarita enjoys a mild Southern Angeles and Long Beach are 50 and 60 California Mediterranean climate, making miles south of the Valley respectively. it ideal for business, residential, and Ventura and its nearby ports are 40 recreational opportunities. freeway miles northwest of the Valley. · Summers are dry and warm in the 70º The City of Santa Clarita is also proud of range. its three Metrolink stations which carry · Winters are temperate and semi-moist an average of almost 2,000 passengers a in the 40º to 60º range. day to and from the San Fernando Valley · Precipitation is measured at 15-18 and Downtown Los Angeles. inches between November and March. Employment Safety 11 The City of Santa Clarita's economy stylish as a new home in master-planned remains strong and diverse, making Valencia. Santa Clarita the ideal site for Southern California businesses. Maintaining a Recreational Opportunities highly supportive environment for business development is achieved through There are a number of recreational and the cooperation of the local Chamber of historical facilities located in the Santa Commerce and the City government. In Clarita Valley. Among them are Six addition, companies benefit greatly from Flags Magic Mountain Amusement Park the area's land and leasing opportunities, and Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch. For as well as from the labor pool, variety of water enthusiasts there are Castaic Lake, transportation choices, housing, quality of Lake Hughes, Lake Elizabeth, Lake Piru life, climate, and scenery. and Lake Pyramid. The Angeles National Forest, Placerita Canyon Nature Center, The following chart outlines Santa Clarita Saugus Train Station, Vasquez Rocks residents’ level of educational attainment, County Park, and the City’s community which is high in comparison to other parks are also available for hiking and cities. picnicking. William S. Hart Park features a magnificent Spanish Colonial mansion Educational Attainment museum. Frazier Park and Mountain 18.4% High are within a 40-minute drive for ski enthusiasts. 10.0% 7.5% Also located in Santa Clarita is the Canyon Theatre Guild, Disney Studios, Santa Clarita Repertoire Theater Associate Bachelor Graduate Degree Degree Degree Friendly Valley, Valencia Country Club, Robinson’s Ranch and Vista Valencia Golf Courses. Santa Clarita is one of the Community Housing world's premier centers for study in the visual and performing arts. More than But Santa Clarita's real pride and joy is 500 public performances and exhibitions its residential communities. The Santa are staged each year. Clarita Valley has seven distinct communities. Included are family Santa Clarita residents enjoy a distinct oriented neighborhoods, executive estates, way of life and value the City's apartments, condominiums, seniors’ landscaped trail system, well-maintained complexes, and a wide array of new and roads, high-quality schools, and resale homes. Each community makes a innovative recycling programs. Residents special contribution to the Valley's vitality not only enjoy numerous parks and and unique rural-urban flavor. As a recreation services and facilities, but also result of more businesses and industries outstanding Los Angeles County Sheriff moving into the area, residents can live, and fire services, three County libraries, be entertained, and shop close to where highly responsive paramedic and they work, rather than commuting long ambulance services, and high levels of distances. Living in Santa Clarita can be local government services. as down-home and casual as a sprawling Sand Canyon ranch or as uptown and 12 Location Mileage to Key Centers Located 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles and 40 miles east of the Pacific Downtown Los Angeles 35 miles S Ocean, Santa Clarita forms an inverted Los Angeles (LAX) 40 miles S triangle with the San Gabriel and Santa Burbank Airport 25 miles S Susanna mountain ranges. These Palmdale/Lancaster 35 miles NE mountain ranges separate Santa Clarita Port of Los Angeles 60 miles S from the San Fernando Valley and the Port Hueneme 30 miles W Los Angeles Basin to the south, and from the San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert and Angeles National Forest to the north. 13 Santa Clarita’s History Black Gold, a substance which oozed from Many generations have passed through the ground, rarely served a purpose for this Valley, each leaving its own trace of the Indians. However, in 1875 the rivers history. The Valley has experienced of oil were diverted into the first Indians, explorers, soldiers, pioneers, commercially producing oil well in Pico farmers, ranchers, and shopkeepers. Canyon. CSO 4, as it was called, was operated by the forerunners of the The first recorded discovery of gold in Standard Oil Company, and had the California occurred in Santa Clarita six distinction of being the oldest operating years prior to its discovery at Sutter’s Mill oil well in the world until capped in 1990. in Sacramento. As the story goes, in 1842 Juan Francisco de Gracia Lopez was The 1900’s brought new prosperity and napping under a massive oak tree in businesses to the Valley, some of which Placerita Canyon, and he dreamt that he remain today. For example, Sterling was surrounded by gold and became very Borax began production, and the Saugus rich. Upon awakening, he picked a bunch Station Eatery was renamed the Saugus of wild onions growing nearby, and Cafe. Many businesses opened shop attached to the onion roots were several during this era, including general stores, small pieces of gold. This discovery post offices, and churches. greatly impacted further development, namely the Newhall pass, which was Spruce Street – 1916 (San Fernando Road) constructed for the transportation of mining supplies. Henry Mayo Newhall established what is now the town of Newhall, and, in 1878, planted corn, flax, and alfalfa. This was the beginning of Newhall Land and Farming Company. The 1870's also brought about the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Ironhorse, or so it was named, laid its tracks across the Valley This growing community with its rich bringing with it new towns and increased surroundings of mountains,
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