SUSD asset management advisory committee to discuss options for Santa Clarita Elementary 

Main entrance of Santa Clarita Elementary School on Seco Canyon Road. Katherine Quezada/ The Signal
Main entrance of Santa Clarita Elementary School on Seco Canyon Road. Katherine Quezada/ The Signal
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The Saugus Union School District asset management advisory committee is set Wednesday to discuss potential options on whether the site of Santa Clarita Elementary School should be rented to a public agency or if the district should surplus the property.  

According to the timeline provided in the meeting’s agenda, the committee is at step 3 in the process. The committee will be able to be presented with the alternatives for what should be done with the property and ask legal counsel additional questions about the options.  

In October, according to a previous Signal report, residents of the district said that one of their main concerns was that the district would sell the land to a developer, and it would be turned into housing or another business that they said would have negative effects on an already impacted area. 

They said that whatever happens, it should be something that benefits the community. 

Of the options that are going to be discussed, option 1 would be to surplus the property and would require the district board to declare property surplus by adoption of a resolution and offer the property to public entities – local and state entities, University of California Regents, California State University, or a public housing authority.  

Option 2 would be to either short-term or long-term joint-use lease the property to a public agency.  

Superintendent Colleen Hawkins said in a phone call Tuesday afternoon that the mention of housing on the agenda item is a formality due to legal requirements. 

“The information included in the presentation for public agency offering requirements is merely what the law requires the district to notice. It includes at least six agencies that must be noticed by law,” she said. 

Hawkins added that because the community members have said they do not want the property to be used for housing, the committee and the district are not entertaining the suggestion.  

Residents have made a variety of suggestions for the property that would benefit the community, such as an additional park, library space, child care facility, or a senior center.  

All comments made by the community can be found on the district website.  

The next steps would be to answer any remaining questions the committee has and begin drafting the report. The board will not be taking any action at Wednesday’s meeting.  

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