'MINI-BELLAGIO' RISES FROM ARTS PLAZA REFLECTING POOL.Byline: Eric Leach Staff Writer As the city celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Civic Arts Plaza, work continues on the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by landmark to repair problems that date from its construction. The Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. City Council was asked Tuesday to spend $106,000 to renovate a reflecting pool
A reflecting pool is a structure often used in memorials. It generally consists of a shallow pool of water, usually quite calm. that sits above city hall offices and in front of the the main Fred Kavli Fred Kavli, b. 1927, is a naturalized American physicist, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist. Born in the village of Eresfjord, Nesset municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Theater. The project has included adding 15 water-jet fountains to improve water circulation and deal with maintenance problems in the 6,500-square-foot reflecting pool on the plaza's third level. The new fountains come with lighting for programmable water shows under a plan to ``greatly enhance the aesthetics for ... all those who visit the site,'' construction project coordinator Elizabeth Perez said in a presentation to the City Council. ``Everybody is starting to call it our mini Bellagio,'' said Perez, explaining that the fountain heights should be programmed with the lighting by this weekend. ``It's an exciting addition to the plaza.'' Over the past 10 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Civic Arts Plaza has helped turn the once rundown Old Town section of Thousand Oaks into a modern district. The Civic Arts Plaza, visible along the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , is one of the most prominent buildings in Thousand Oaks. But complaints of construction defects, including water leaks, led to a lawsuit and multimillion-dollar settlement with a contractor in 2001. Part of this money is being used to repair the reflecting pool. So far the cost of redesigning and rebuilding the pool is estimated at $450,000, including the $106,000 added this week, with most of the money coming from the lawsuit settlement. Work using money from the settlement has been completed on portions of the Civic Arts Plaza's facade, windows, roofing and decking. About $1.4 million remains for further projects, which will include painting, waterproofing built-in planters Planters is an American snack food company under Kraft Foods manufacturing, best known for its nuts and the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them. Started by Italian immigrants Amedeo Obici and Mario Peruzzi in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1906, it was incorporated in 1908 , improvement to the turn-around entrance to the complex and the extra reflecting pool work, officials said. Eric Leach, (805) 583-7602 eric.leach(at)dailynews.com |
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