The West Ranch Town Council voted unanimously at the regular monthly council meeting in November to oppose the CEMEX mine operation in Soledad Canyon. Don Fleming, the newest council member, asked that the council send a letter to the Santa Clarita City Council and City manager. The following is a copy of the letter recently sent to the City
Dear City Council and Mr. Pulskamp,
On Wednesday, November 1st, 2006 the West Ranch Town Council held its regular monthly meeting. As you know we are an advisory group to Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. One of the issues discussed was the CEMEX mega mining operation in Soledad Canyon.
Our council voted unanimously to support every effort to fight the proposed activities at the CEMEX operations in our community. CEMEX appears to have a history of violating state and federal regulations throughout the United States. The mining of 69 million tons of sand and gravel over the next twenty years, including blasting on a weekly basis, will have a serious impact on the quality of life in our Valley.
On behalf of the entire West Ranch Town Council, we are committed to work with our neighbors in the City of Santa Clarita to stop and/or reduce the planned activities at the Soledad Canyon CEMEX facility. We will send a letter to Supervisor Antonovich as well to let him know that our community opposes this mining operation.
Please let us know how we can be of any assistance to the City in these efforts and add us to the list of Valley organizations that are opposing the CEMEX operation.
The letter was copied to Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and several of his Senior Deputies. The West Ranch Town Council is committed to working with their various neighbors on issues that are of importance to the residents of the entire Santa Clarita Valley.