SYLMAR : New Police Stations Top Meeting Agenda

Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon’s proposal to issue bonds to build two new police stations is among the subjects to be discussed at an upcoming meeting of the Sylmar Community Coordinating Council.

Alarcon’s field deputy in Sylmar, Rommel Hilario, will be the featured speaker at the noon meeting Feb. 15 at Mission College, Room 1, 13356 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar.

Alarcon proposed a $100-million bond measure to build one police station in the north Valley area and one in the Mid-Wilshire area, two facilities that were promised to voters more than six years ago but were not constructed.

However, the council’s Public Safety Committee on Monday voted against the idea until the city can complete a citywide study of the Police Department’s building needs. Councilwoman Laura Chick suggested the city wait at least until the March, 1996, presidential primary elections to put a bond measure before voters.

The two stations were to be built with money from the earlier voter-approved bond measure, but construction costs were underestimated and the stations were cut from a project list.

Alarcon’s proposal calls for $35 million to build a station that would serve the communities of North Hills, Panorama City, Mission Hills and Arleta. The proposal is supported by Police Chief Willie L. Williams and several other council members.

Other topics to be discussed by Hilario include the status of the Lopez Canyon Landfill in Lake View Terrace. The landfill is slated for closure in 1996, but Department of Sanitation officials say that extending the dump’s operating permit by another five years would be cheaper than opening a new landfill.

For more information, call the Coordinating Council at (818) 362-2299.