On Monday night Pam Ingram and Adele Macpherson hosted a meeting in Sunset point to “get the temperature” of residents towards annexation. Pam and Adele had circulated a letter several weeks ago informing residents that they would hold a meeting at the ReMax office on The Old Road in West Ranch.

It should be noted that leading up to the meeting that Pam Ingram, incoming President of the SCV Chamber of Commerce, had denied any involvement other than offering up a meeting room. She was clearly equally in charge of the meeting with Santa Clarita City employee Adele Macpherson.

The meeting was attended by a total of approximately 34 people; 4 representatives of the City of Santa Clarita, 2 from Los Angeles County, 3 members of the West Ranch Town Council with the remaining 25 residents of the community. Those attending the meeting appeared to have different expectations than the organizers.

Several residents wanted to ask questions but were initially told by Adele that they should write down questions on a 3X5 index card and that someone would respond to those questions at a later date. Then several questions were asked and the meeting became a little of a tit-for-tat between the City and the County.

It appears that Pam and Adele tried to focus the meeting on getting those attending to sign a petition stating that they were interested in annexing into the City. Several clipboards passed around had one or two names listed but there did not appear to be an overwhelming amount of signatures.

The representatives from the West Ranch Town Council invited residents to attend the monthly Council meeting which takes place on the first Wednesday of every month. Residents were informed that an Initial Feasibility Analysis was to be commissioned and that would provide a key piece of data for all discussions concerning the options available to the community.