MAY 2009
Update on Development of the
Smiser Ranch Property

The Calgrove Corridor Coalition (CCC) was formed when a group of neighbors became aware that the Smiser Ranch was to be developed with a grossly dense and out of proportion plan for our area. The purpose of the group is to alert all the neighbors affected by this mega development and to have some influence in guiding the development towards a project which would compliment our neighborhoods.

To that end, CCC has:

• Held several "park" meetings to gather interested homeowners.
• Met with the developers and their agents
• Talked with local political officials
• Spoken at City Council meetings
• Attended related City meetings
• Met with City council members, the City manager, City planners and key officials
• Spent many hours pouring over documents that explain and define zoning regulations and environmental concerns of the Smiser Ranch property

As a result of over a year of regular meetings with the CCC core group consistently pressing the city planners for clearer guidelines for this property, two issues have emerged:

1. The original Smiser Ranch Property development project has been suspended not canceled.
2. The New General Plan for the City of Santa Clarita known as One Valley, One Vision, (OVOV) will change the zoning allowances for the Smiser Ranch Property as well as for the entire City.

Thus our focus as a CCC group changed from the development project to protecting the zoning guidelines for the Smiser Ranch Property in the soon to be adopted OVOV.

After many meeting with the City planners in charge of writing the OVOV, we have been able to carve out the Smiser Ranch Property as a separate parcel of land with its own "special development" guidelines. The document attached is the result of our collaborative efforts to protect our neighborhood and guide a developer in creating a project to enhance our area.

We now need your input to make sure that we are going in the right direction. Please read the document and pay close attention to the wording. If it sounds OK to you fine. Please say so in an email back. If you have a question or concern or a disagreement with the wording, now is our only chance to say so. Please email your comment back to us.
This is time sensitive, the responses must be back by May 26^th, 2009.

This is a role call for all of us to stand up and be counted!

Thank you for your attention to an important matter that affects the future of our neighborhood.

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Special Development Document

 Together we are making a difference!