MESSAGE FROM CITY MANAGER KEN PULSKAMP
March 2003

It’s hard to believe we’re already three months into the year. Things have been very busy here at City Hall. We recently celebrated the grand opening of Central Park, Phase 2, adding four new playing fields to our crown jewel. Next month, we will open Oak Spring Canyon Park, a new five-acre neighborhood park in Canyon Country. Everyone is invited to the grand opening celebration on Saturday, April 5, at 10:00 a.m.

March is a special time of year in Santa Clarita because it’s cowboy time! This year, the City celebrates its 10th annual Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, with the best in cowboy entertainment. If you haven’t attended one of these festivals, I encourage you to give it a try. General admission tickets are $10/person, which provides you and your family with entrance to Melody Ranch, great live western entertainment, the cowboy gear show, and authentic cowboy grub for sale. General admission tickets are available now by calling the City at 661/255-4910. For more information on this event, please visit our website at www.santa-clarita.com.

The City team continues to pursue its multi-pronged strategy for the cleanup and reuse of the Whittaker-Bermite property. The City is coordinating closely with Castaic Lake Water Agency elected officials and staff, Department of Toxic Substance Control officials, Santa Clarita Valley legislators, and other Valley stakeholders to ensure that all issues are covered as the project develops. The City also continues to participate in the Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force and Citizen Advisory Group (CAG) meetings.

Our community meeting program “Milk and Cookies with the Mayor” continues to be very popular. In March, we’ve scheduled a special “teen meeting” to hear from our youth. The teen meeting will be held on March 19, 3:30 p.m., at Sierra Vista Junior High.

And, in case you haven’t heard, we have begun an extensive customer service education and training program for our employees. It is our goal to make your experience in dealing with the City a great one.

Please feel free to send me an email at kpulskamp@santa-clarita.com. I appreciate your taking the time to read these monthly messages!

Best regards and happy trails,


Ken Pulskamp