Jun
11
The City of Santa Clarita’s Transit division is teaming up this summer with local businesses to offer students a Summer Bus Passport for the month of July. The Passport is a new student bus pass with benefits, and was created to allow Santa Clarita Valley students a summer experience using public transportation.
The Summer Bus Passport is a low-cost, month-long bus pass, specifically designed for Santa Clarita youth. The Passport not only provides the opportunity for a summer transportation experience, but also comes with numerous discounts and special offers for the Passport holders at businesses located throughout the community.
Student can purchase their bus pass at City hall for $25 by showing their school ID. In addition they will get discounts at some local businesses when showing their pass.
For more information go to the city website here.
May
27
Seats in the City
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There are vacant seats in different city panels and planning commissions and they need to be filled. If you have experience or are interested in contributing to the growth and development of Santa Clarita consider applying for one of these spots.
- Parks and Rec Commission
- Planning Commission
- Open Space Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel
If you are interested you can go to the city clerk’s office or download an application from the city website on Friday. Applications are due on June 20th and council members will appoint commissioners and panel members on July 8th.
May
20
Transitional Care Unit in the Works
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Just got word that plans are underway to build a 75 bed transitional care unit in the Centre Point Business Park. Here is a letter from Laurene Weste (City Councilmember) (and TCU City Council Ad Hoc Committee) that describes the project and the progress.
For the last 18 months, Mayor Kellar and I have had the privilege of leading a small, dedicated group of local community members in a quest to bring a new transitional care facility to our community. In 2006, when Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital announced the impending closure of their 27-bed transitional care unit, it set off a chain reaction of concern across our community, especially among our senior community.
Seniors, many of whom depend upon a transitional care unit for their care following an in-patient hospital stay, were very concerned about how they would receive the care they needed once discharged from the hospital. Family members of seniors expressed concern regarding how they would be able to easily visit their loved ones if a transitional care unit were not available in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Following months of meetings, telephone calls, research and good old-fashioned hard work, our committee was able to come up with what we believe is a series of very viable solutions to these important issues, now and into the future.
This community needs and deserves a transitional care unit that can adequately provide state-of-the-art care for those who need it, and that includes care today and care for future generations. If you’ve ever been hospitalized, or have a loved-one that has been hospitalized, then you know what a very vulnerable time that is for the individual and the family. To that end, our committee has successfully worked with G & E Healthcare to provide that local necessity. G & E currently owns and operates Astoria, a state-of-the-art, 218-bed nursing and rehabilitation center in Sylmar, and has provided health care services in the Santa Clarita Valley for the last 10 years.
G & E has provided a conceptual plan to the City for a $30 million project that will include a one-story, 75-bed transitional care unit on a four-plus acre complex in the center of our City, in the Centre Pointe Business Park. This new facility will also house a multi-level assisted living facility. The G & E project will answer our community’s need for a state-f-the-art transitional care facility and more assisted living space, now and well into the future.
At this time, G & E is in the due diligence phase of escrow for the property they plan to convert into this new facility. Their preliminary application is currently with our City planners for review and comment.
The process for building, the time-consuming State licensing process and opening this type of facility is expected to take up to three years to complete. In the interim, we have reached out to our local Senior Center and have worked out a plan between the City and the Senior Center to provide regular, handicapped-accessible transportation for family members to visit their loved ones who utilize the G & E Sylmar nursing and rehabilitation center, called Astoria. In this way, our community can still have access to a transitional care unit that is minutes away, and their families can visit them there. The City’s Route 8 bus to the San Fernando Valley will be adjusted to provide regular bus transportation directly to Astoria a few times each day and, the SCV Senior Center has offered to provide transportation services to Astoria weekdays, staff permitting, and particularly in emergency situations.
I want to personally thank all of the members of our TCU committee and the Senior Center for their hard work and dedication in helping to develop these solutions to this important community issue. It is my honor to work with each of you who care so deeply for our community, our seniors and the future of our residents. Please know that the City of Santa Clarita will do everything in its power to support this project. Thank you!
May
20
Exchange Your Old Lamps for Green Ones
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The city in conjunction with the Community Energy Partnership is hosting a ‘lamp exchange’ on Saturday 6/7/2008 from 8am-12pm at city hall in the parking lot. This offer is only open to the first 400 SCV residents that pre-register. Residents will be able to pick from black, white or satin nickel flourescent torchiere floor lamps. By exchanging your old floor lamps for new efficient ones you can cut energy usage by about 70% and save about $270 a year.
You must pre-register for this event by emailing partnership@energycoalition.org or calling 800-968-5203.
May
16
Emergency Notification System
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The fires of October 2007 are put out, but not soon forgotten. With another hot summer ahead lets do what we can to prepare ourselves now in the event of another tragedy this summer or fall.
The city offers an emergency notifier that contacts you by phone and email. You can also add your cell phone to the contact service to make sure you are kept informed.
You can sign up for this at the city website here.