SCV Chamber of Commerce | 26701 McBean Parkway, Suite 140, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 | 661-702-6977 | www.scvchamber.com October 20, 2025
Mayor Bill Miranda
City of Santa Clarita
23929 Valencia Blvd., Ste 300
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
RE: October 28, 2025 City Council Meeting HASA Master Case: 25-082 Development Review: 25-007 Architectural Design Review: 25-006 Conditional Use Permit: 25-008
Dear Mayor Miranda and Members of the City Council,
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce is the largest business membership organization in the Santa Clarita Valley, representing more than 65,000 local employees. We are pleased to offer our support of HASA’s proposed Conditional Use Permit for its packaging and bottling facility in the existing industrial area on Springbrook Avenue.
HASA has been located in Santa Clarita for decades at its existing facility on Drayton which predates the City’s incorporation. As its business has grown HASA has determined that it needed to relocate its packaging and bottling facility to a new location which they have indicated will be upgraded and built to state of the art standards.
This relocated facility will allow HASA to increase its employment by approximately 25 people, but just as importantly, allow it to remain in the City of Santa Clarita. This project is positive for our local economy and, as planned and required by the City and other regulatory government agencies, provide protections to safeguard its employees and the public.
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce supports HASA’s Conditional Use Permit and encourages the City Council to approve this project. We appreciate your thoughtful consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Ivan Volschenk
President & CEO, Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce
23752 Newhall Ave, Santa Clarita, CA 91321
Tel.: 661.254.4663 | BTOHOME.COM
A California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation (I.R.C. §501(c)(3)) | Tax ID No. 95 -4587823
September 8, 2025
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Lisa Eichman, Chairperson
Planning Commission City of Santa Clarita
23929 Valencia Blvd., Ste 300
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Re: September 16, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting HASA Master Case: 25-082 Development Review: 25-007 Architectural Design Review: 25-006 Conditional Use Permit: 25-008
Dear Chairperson Eichman and Members of the Planning Commission,
I am writing this letter on behalf of Bridge to Home to support HASA’s proposed Conditional Use Permit for the relocation of its packaging and bottling facility from its current site on Drayton to an existing industrial area on Springbrook Avenue.
Both the existing long time HASA facility on and the new facility are near the new Bridge to Home shelter and interim housing facility on Drayton. I have had the opportunity to meet with representatives from HASA and discuss this new facility and their operations. They were able to answer all our questions regarding the safety of this new facility its compatibility with Bridge to Home.
After our review Bridge to Home believes that this new facility will be safe and will have no negative impact on our clients or our operations. As a result, we strongly support this project and urge the Planning Commission to approve it this evening.
Thank you for your consideration of our opinion.
Sincerely,
Chris Najarro
Executive Director
SCV Chamber of Commerce | 26701 McBean Parkway, Suite 140, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 | 661-702-6977 | www.scvchamber.com September 8, 2025
Lisa Eichman, Chairperson
Planning Commission
City of Santa Clarita
23929 Valencia Blvd., Ste 300
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
RE: SUPPORT HASA Conditional Use Permit – Master Case 25-082 / Development Review 25-007 / Architectural Design Review 25-006 / Conditional Use Permit 25-008
Dear Chairperson Eichman and Members of the Planning Commission,
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce is the largest business membership organization in the Santa Clarita Valley, representing more than 65,000 local employees. We are pleased to offer our support for HASA’s proposed Conditional Use Permit for its packaging and bottling facility in the existing industrial area on Springbrook Avenue.
HASA has been a longstanding business in Santa Clarita, operating at its current Drayton facility for decades—predating the City’s incorporation. As the company has grown, it has sought a modern, upgraded location for its packaging and bottling operations. The Springbrook site, located just a quarter mile from its current facility, provides an ideal opportunity for this expansion while keeping HASA within the City limits.
This relocated facility will not only allow HASA to expand its workforce by approximately 25 employees, but it will also ensure the company continues to contribute to our local economy. The project has been designed to meet all City and governmental regulations, ensuring that the surrounding community will continue to enjoy necessary protections and safeguards.
The Chamber is confident that City staff has adequately reviewed this project to ensure the safety of neighboring businesses, the adjacent Bridge to Home facility and the future mixed-use development of the former Whittaker-Bermite site.
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce strongly supports HASA’s Conditional Use Permit and encourages the Planning Commission to approve this project. We appreciate your thoughtful consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Ivan Volschenk
President & CEO, Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce
HUNT C. BRALY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
24307 Magic Mountain Parkway, 358
Valencia, CA 91355
September 16, 2025
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[email protected]
Lisa Eichman, Chairperson
Planning Commission City of Santa Clarita
23929 Valencia Blvd., Ste 300
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Re: September 16, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting HASA Master Case: 25 - 082 Development Review: 25 -007 Architectural Design Review: 25 -006 Conditional Use Permit: 25-008
Dear Chairperson Eichman and Members of the Planning Commission,
I am writing on behalf of HASA’s C onditional Use Permit application which you are considering at your meeting this evening.
HASA started as a family-owned business over 64 years ago in the Saugus community of Santa Clarita. In the past 10 years it has been acquired and is now expanding throughout the Southwestern United States. This CUP application is part of our effort to modernize and improve the safety and efficiency of our existing Santa Clarita facilities.
HASA has spent the past two years searching for a new site to relocate its Packaging facility. During that time HASA learned more about the benefits of the Santa Clarita business community and relocated its corporate headquarters to Valencia in March 2024. Our search ended up locating two existing industrial buildings only about 0.2 of a mile from our existing manufacturing and packaging facility. We have entered a long -term lease for these buildings’ contingent on the approval of our CUP.
We have performed outreach to our neighbors and have received no concerns about this project. We met in person with Bridge to Home and as a result it has provided a support letter to the Commission. We also met with the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce, and they have also provided a support letter for the project.
Commissioner Eichman and Members of the Planning Commission September 16, 2025
The Staff Report offers a brief overview of our history and provides a detailed description of our new facility. Attached to his letter is a 2-page fact sheet providing further insight on HASA’s history at its current facility. The HASA team will present its project this evening and will be available to answer any questions you may have. It is important to note that this isn’t a New Facility vs. No Facility decision. If approved, HASA will invest tens of millions of dollars in establishing a new state-of-the-art facility with enhanced safety features. If not approved, HASA will continue to operate its 60-year-old facility.
We have reviewed the proposed staff conditions of approval with the Planning Department and discussed the need to clarify PL 7 to reflect the necessity of our business operations, which is that the daily gallon output is an average and will at times be greater and at times less than the average daily amounts stated in the Condition. We expect to have an amendment to PL 7 that will be acceptable to the Planning Staff, which we will propose this evening.
Additionally, we will propose an amendment to PL 3, which clarifies that the number of internal truck trips during October and May should be 10 instead of 9. It was an oversight HASA made in its application project description.
The HASA team looks forward to discussing its proposal and the proposed change to these two of the Conditions of Approval this evening.
Sincerely,
HUNT C. BRALY
cc: Lauren Eber
Patrick LeClair
Jason Crawford
HASA
Industrial Renovation Project
(Master CASE 25-082)
2 Saugus Packaging Facility Relocation
Safety Overview
• New facility purposely designed to improve safety over existing 60-year-old facility • Enhance compliant with current building / fire codes
• No toxic, flammable, or explosive chemicals, only corrosive • Increased facility packaging operating size from 21,000 sq ft to 116,829 sq ft or approximately 5X larger in size New Packaging Facility Improvement
• Increased bulk storage separation (115 ft) to prevent large volume accidental spill • Largest container in warehouse 330 gallons, preventing large spills in warehouse building • Packaging lines segregated with primary and secondary containment to prevent mixing • Packaging lines and associated material handling and storage enclosed in warehouse with state-of-art scrubbers to capture vapors, and warehouse ventilation
• Improved secondary containment with chemical resistant coating • New packaging lines have larger equipment layout providing for increased space for operations, automation, and cleaning & maintenance access providing improved safety for workers Phase I / Phase II Implementation
• Phase I modeling shows adequate space for operations in one building, but wanted option in case modeling underestimates empty packaging inventory levels and throughput capacity 3 Saugus Packaging Facility Relocation continued…
Regulatory Authorities
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliant
• Fire Department annual inspection
• OSHA compliant
• California Highway Patrol / Motor Carrier Division inspection every 3 years • Annual inspection with ICW (insurance company) for risk analysis and recommendations – internal audit Past Incidents
• 1976 – Liquid bleach spill; no injuries and no offsite impact • 1983 – Bleach and acid mixed, resulting in chlorine gas - operated in compressed space increased chance of accidents. No injuries and no offsite impact.
• 1984 – Four separate chemical spills; no injuries and offsite impact • 1989 to 1992 – Unpermitted construction (fire and building code violations). • 1994 – Earthquake ruptured line leaking 10,000 gallons of acid. Acid storage tank valve crack during earthquake, acid contained in secondary containment, pumped out of containment and disposed, no injuries and no offsite impact.
• July 2023 – Spill of 40 gallons of chemical (contained); Accidental mixing from hose leak into incompatible secondary containment, several employees sought medical treatment as a precaution and were released, no offsite impact, new facility design prevents re-occurrence.