ACTON PARK MAY INHABIT 1 OF 3 SITES; SOME RESIDENTS OPPOSE PROJECT, FEAR `UNDESIRABLES'.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Mistry is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Mistry. / Daily News Staff Writer A citizens committee has recommended three possible locations for Acton's first park, for which $1.5 million was set aside in a 1992 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County park bond issue. The sites included 14 acres near Crown Valley Road and Syracuse Syracuse, city, Italy Syracuse (sĭr`əky  s, –kyz), Ital. Siracusa, city (1991 pop. Avenue; 15 acres near Crown Valley and Country Way at Lundee Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. ; and 14 acres near Aliso Canyon Road, across the street from Carson Mesa Road junction. ``We're one of the lucky ones that got some money,'' Kathy Howald, chairwoman of the Acton Community Park Alternative Location Committee. ``We can't wait to get our park.'' The recommendations were explained during a Monday night meeting attended by about 60 people. The ultimate decision on where a park could be located and when it would be built is up to county officials. At the meeting at the Acton Community Club, about 20 people said building a park would destroy the rural setting that attracted them to the area, and bring in crime and unwelcome visitors. ``They're worried about undesirable people coming into their community,'' said Howald. ``There's been some concerns from the beginning.'' ``Some residents just don't want a park site,'' said Jim McCarthy, park project coordinator for the county's Fifth District. ``They don't want to lose the rural nature of their community.'' Howald, who also serves as Acton Town Council vice president, said the community needs a park. ``Our kids don't have anything else,'' she said. County officials said they will take the park critics' views into consideration. ``I want to include what the entire community wants with the exception of complete exclusion of building a park,'' said McCarthy. ``Maybe we need to look at alternatives such as a nature park.'' The advisory committee, whose members include representatives of youth sports leagues A sports league is an organization that exists to provide a regulated competition for a number of people to compete in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can , the Boy and Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during , local schools and the chamber of commerce, at a June meeting proposed seven sites. Four were rejected as too expensive. ``Some required roadwork road·work n. 1. Sports Outdoor long-distance running as a form of physical exercise or conditioning. 2. The activity of taking a band, typically a rock band, on extended tours. 3. Highway construction. and water lines,'' said Howald. ``It quickly became clear that they weren't in our budget.'' |
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