$10 MILLION IN NEW BUDGET FOR PARKS PLAN MORE PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS ALLOTTED.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Do you mean:
PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. -- The city's 2006-07 budget continues the push to bring Palmdale's ``Vision for the Future'' parks project to fruition fru·i·tion n. 1. Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment: labor finally coming to fruition. 2. Enjoyment derived from use or possession. 3. , adding a westside Adj. 1. westside - of the western part of a city; "he lives in upper westside Manhattan" west - situated in or facing or moving toward the west recreation center and covers for two pools. The $194.8 million budget, which covers the fiscal year beginning July 1, includes more than $10 million for the vision project. The project involves creating two super parks -- an expanded Marie Kerr Park on the westside, anchored by an amphitheater amphitheater (ăm`fəthē'ətər, ăm`pə–), open structure used for the exhibition of gladiatorial contests, struggles of wild beasts, sham sea battles, and similar spectacles. , and the Oasis Park on the eastside, featuring a water park. The proposed budget includes $8.2 million for Marie Kerr Park, including the addition of 16,800-square-foot recreation center, a cover for the park's swimming pool and improvements to the amphitheater. Also under the vision project is $2 million for Oasis Park, which will include a cover for that park's pool. The vision project is funded largely through an assessment approved by property owners in 2002 as well as other sources, such as park development fees. ``These are great projects,'' said Mayor Jim Ledford. ``They get us closer to the goals we have laid out for the vision project.'' Also in the parks and recreation plans in the upcoming budget are a jazz, wine and cheese festival to be held sometime next spring and the addition of three movie nights at Oasis Park. The 2006-07 budget is down about $24 million from this year's budget. The reduction is mainly from the completion of large projects, such as the transportation center and the completion of the city's new water park, DryTown. The budget has a general fund, which provides for the city's day-to-day operations, of $71.8 million, up 5.5 percent from this year's budget. Just over $18 million of that amount is going toward public safety, up $1 million from this year. The increase in public safety funding is mainly going toward addressing rising costs in the city's sheriff's contract. The budget includes funding for one additional deputy. Ledford said he anticipates the city making additional adjustments to its law enforcement efforts at the mid-year budget review. By that time, the city will have a clearer picture of what relief might becoming in regards to about two dozen vacant sheriff's deputy positions that are now being covered by deputies working overtime. The proposed budget includes $4.5 million for the city's effort to establish a power plant. The city is in negotiations with Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. for a site near Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling and Avenue M adjacent to Air Force Plant 42. The city is looking to secure permits to allow the construction of a 550-megawatt power plant. City officials anticipate the permitting process to take about two years. The proposed budget includes the addition of 13 staff members, which would raise the number of full-time city employees to 339. With the exception of a recreation coordinator for parks and recreation, the new staff additions would be for public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , primarily for maintenance work. james.skeen(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5743 |
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