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  Timeline of the Simi Valley Landfill Expansion Issue  & other items

¨ June 2, 2008 - Scoping Meeting at Simi Valley City Hall - The next step will be a scoping meeting at 6 p.m. June 2 in Simi Valley to get public input.  The meeting is being run by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in the City Council's facilities. (source)

¨ May 28, 2008 - Voice Your Opinion and Vote - You can now 'e-talk' about this issue at the Simi Valley Topix site: Simi Valley Forums & Polls ~~ or the Landfill expansion forum: Landfill expansion ~~ or vote your opinion in the poll: For or against?

¨ May 21, 2008: The California Department of Conservation today unveiled a new report showing that Californians are recycling a record number of beverage containers. More than 14.7 billion beverage containers were recycled by Californians in 2007, an 11% increase over 2006 levels, and 50% more than were recycled just five years ago. Overall, nearly one million tons of glass, aluminum, and plastic beverage containers are now recycled in California under the state’s 20 year old Container Recycling Law. No other state comes close to matching this level of container recycling. (source, courtesy of Californians Against Waste)

¨ May 20, 2008 -  SAIC Hired to do the EIR study (Environmental Impact Report) - The Ventura County Board of Supervisors approved this morning moving forward with the Simi Valley landfill's expansion application by hiring a third party to conduct an environmental impact report.  The board approved a contract not to exceed $480,823 for Science Applications International Corp. to complete an EIR for the expansion of the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center.  The applicant, Waste Management, agreed to pay for the cost of the EIR, which could take up to 18 months to complete. (source)

¨ April 3, 2007 - Discovery Center to open within the Reagan Library for the 2007-2008 school year - The Library’s Discovery Center will integrate four learning modules to allow students a fully immersive educational experience. A Boeing 707 Air Force One flight simulator will put students in the cockpit, and will engage them in presidential experiences. A White House Press Room, complete with green screen technology, allows students to write and perform speeches while standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the White House, or other historically significant locations. An Oval Office replica places students behind the most important desk in the United States, role-playing decision-making scenarios that could affect our nation and the world. A high-tech recreation of the Command Center aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan will have students not only simulating real-world scenarios, but will also allow them to communicate with sailors onboard the real U.S.S. Ronald Reagan. (source)

¨ - January 19, 2006 - Reagan Library Opens 1.28 Million White House Photos Dated 1983-1989 - On January 20, 2006, marking the 25th anniversary of President Reagan’s inauguration into office, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is opening 1.28 million (1,280,000) photographs previously closed to the public. The pictures, spanning January 1, 1983 through President Reagan’s last day in office on January 20, 1989, mark the remaining photographs in the Library’s archives that had not yet been released to researchers. (source)

¨ - October 10, 2005 - Air Force One Pavilion Opens at the Reagan Library - It was President Reagan's dream to share Air Force One with the American people by bringing this plane to his presidential library. (source)

¨ June 5, 2004 - Ronald Reagan Passes Away - Los Angeles – Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States, died this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. PDT at his home in Los Angeles, California. Born February 6, 1911, he was 93 years old. His wife of 52 years, Nancy Davis Reagan, his son, Ronald Prescott Reagan and his youngest daughter, Patti Davis, were at his bedside when he passed away from pneumonia, as a complication of Alzheimer’s. He is also survived by his son, Michael Reagan, who spent Friday with his father. President Reagan’s oldest daughter, Maureen, died in 2001 from cancer.  He will be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. (source)

¨ February 17, 2003 - "Bob Hope: American Patriot" exhibit opens at the Reagan Library - see October 30, 1997 for further information.

¨ 2002 - "SOAR" boundary initiative rejected - Simi Valley voters reject (64 percent) an initiative that would tighten the S.O.A.R. boundary to prevent a 2,800-acre development. (source)

¨ - September 8, 2001 - Reagan Library Receives Air Force One 27000 - The Reagan Foundation received the aircraft, a Boeing 707, in a decommissioning ceremony from the United States Air Force on September 8, 2001. The Boeing 707 was used exclusively by Ronald Reagan during his eight years as the President of the United States. The aircraft also flew in service to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and both presidents Bush. (source)

¨ 1998 - voters approved "Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources" (S.O.A.R.) measures countywide (63 percent) and in Thousand Oaks (71 percent), Simi Valley (70 percent), Oxnard (70 percent) and Camarillo (66 percent).

¨ October 30, 1997 - Congressional Resolution naming Bog Hope an Honorary Veteran of the United States Armed Forces - Later, on January 28, 2003 and celebrating his first 100 years of life, "Bob Hope: American Patriot" opens at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum (2/17/03 through 6/8/03). This exhibit, which celebrates Bob Hope’s centennial birthday on May 29, 2003 will showcase his work during World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.  Bob Hope is a winner of the Congressional Gold Medal, the Medal of Freedom and the Medal of Arts, and the only civilian to be named an honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces. (source)

¨ 1996 - "Brockovich" Hinkley vs. PG&E case settled - The case alleged contamination of drinking water with hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium (VI), in the southern California town of Hinkley. At the center of the case is a facility called the Hinkley Compressor Station, part of a natural gas pipeline connecting to the San Francisco Bay Area and constructed in 1952. The case was settled in 1996 for $333 million, the largest settlement ever paid in a direct action lawsuit in U.S. history. (source)

¨ November 21, 1988 - Ground-breaking Ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Library (see also Reagan Library)

¨ November 4, 1991 - Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Opens - "The doors of this library are open now and all are welcome. The judgment of history is left to you, the people.” —Ronald Reagan, Remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Dedication. (source)

Keeping it real (always),
Linda

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