Politics & Government
Chatsworth Neighborhood Council Tackles a List of Local Issues
Board members and residents meet at Lawrence Middle School after a two-month recess.
The Chatsworth Neighborhood Council had a glut of local issues to tackle Wednesday night including the status of Chatsworth Park South, public safety, constituent services and urban beekeeping.
Following a two-month summer hiatus, the biggest concern of the board members and dozens of residents present was the proposed cleanup plan for , which closed in 2008 after the soil was found to be contaminated with lead. Before 1978, part of the the property was used as a skeet shooting and trap range in which lead pellets were fired at clay pigeons. [See the survey PDF in the photo box to the right.]
The environmental hazards are of particular concern to city Councilman Mitch Englander, whose representative said there will be at least two open houses to gauge public opinion on the cleanup plan.
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Also present were representatives of Congressman Brad Sherman and County Supervisor Mike Antonovich.
With the November election approaching, a critic of Proposition 32, which concerns political contributions, and proponent of Proposition 37, which concerns the labeling of genetically engineered foods, made their cases. Todd Zink, the Republican candidate for the California Senate, addressed the audience.
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There was also a discussion about a parking citation issued to local residents who left their car at the Chatsworth train station parking lot so they could use the pedestrian and bicycle path built parallel to the new Orange Line busway. Antonovich's representative is looking into the matter. A committee proposal to investigate putting speed bumps along part of Chatsworth Street met with extended debate.
The meeting at Lawrence Middle School concluded with the board’s passing several funding measures for neighborhood events. The council expressed support for a study of urban beekeeping that an advocate said would relocate feral hives. They also backed the concept of a Veterans Memorial on Devonshire Street north of the Chatsworth Station parking lot.
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