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Perspectives: Landfill Expansion Proposal
Should we citizens allow this landfill
expansion application and process to move forward, we might want to look around
our community and put into perspective in regards to what this will mean to the
topography of our beloved community.
The chart below is in scale. Currently
the Simi Valley Landfill is approved at 1,118 feet msl (mean sea level) - our
City Hall sits at 760' msl. The Simi Valley Hospital and Corriganville are
75' and 82' lower, respectively. than the current landfill height The Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library is at 1,200' msl, but if we approve this
application, the Simi Landfill will be 70' HIGHER than the Library when it is
done (and allowed to expand if the current application is approved).
Look around at your community on a beautiful
morning and sunset evening... Our valley is ringed with ridges that are between
1,600 and 2,000 feet msl. Come across the Santa Susana Pass, which has a
breath-taking view, you'll be only 330' feet higher up than the proposed
expanded landfill! The Library, a huge source of pride in
our community, will be 70' lower than the landfill - and you can see the
landfill currently from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library!
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| 2300' msl |
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Highest peaks in our area are
Chatsworth Peak at 2,270' and Big Mountain at 2,353' |
| 2200' msl |
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| 2100' msl |
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| 2000' msl |
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Utmost ridges ringing our valley - 1,600' to
about 2,000' |
| 1900' msl |
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| 1800' msl |
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| 1700' msl |
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| 1600' msl |
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Santa Susana Pass
1,600' |
| 1500' msl |
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| 1400' msl |
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| 1300' msl |
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Simi Valley Landfill (proposed)
1,270' |
| 1200' msl |
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Reagan Library, our
'Smiley Face' hill
1,200' |
| 1100' msl |
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Simi Valley Landfill
(currently)
1,118' |
| 1000 msl |
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Simi Valley Hospital
1,043'
Corriganville
1,036 |
| 900' msl |
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| 800' msl |
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City Hall
760' |
| 700' msl |
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| 100' msl |
What's wrong with this picture? I might
be a simple, everyday common citizen but I don't want to look across the valley
and see an 'ant-hill' of trash and garbage trucks going up and down the sides of
landfill, hauling in more trash from every other county and community around
Simi Valley.
One of the most magnificent things about our
community is the view and topography. Currently there are perfume
"misters" on the one side of the landfill to make the winds smell better when
they're blown towards the Big Sky development (and even then, they don't work
that well as I learned firsthand myself on June 2nd, taking pictures of the
current landfill from the corner of Eringer and Lakota drives - not only could I
see the landfill and the trucks as they were dumping trash from there, we could
smell it from our vehicle).
What happens when the landfill is the tallest
structure around our community? How can our entire community NOT be
affected by the stench that is emitted from the landfill if we allow this
expansion to go forth? Simi Valley is Chumash Indian for "Valley of the
Winds" - with the gusts of winds we get here, there's not enough perfume in our
state to contain the smells we all will experience during high winds here in our
community!
Keeping it real (always),
Linda
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