AVC, LANCASTER JOIN ON DONATED LAND PROJECT.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. and the city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. are teaming up to turn a donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. parcel of land that has sat idle for more than 25 years into an upscale commercial development. The city's redevelopment agency plans to buy 4.6 acres on the southeast corner of Avenue K and 30th Street West from Antelope Valley College for $1.25 million. Under the purchase agreement, the college would have the right to review and approve any development on the site. ``This is a win-win situation,'' said Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
College and city officials are seeking an upscale retail center that would complement the surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. neighborhood and provide services for AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C students and staff members. ``We don't want to do anything that would deter or take away from the college or neighborhood,'' said Kari Tapia, a senior redevelopment agency project coordinator. ``An 'upscale neighborhood center' is the buzz phase.'' Everything is still in a very early, very general conceptual phase, but the idea would be to attract businesses like a sit-down restaurant, a health food store or a photocopy business. Marinita Development of Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. has expressed interest in the site and is seeking an agreement with the redevelopment agency that would give it exclusive negotiating rights for the property for a period of 180 days. During that 180 days, the company would be required to prepare a development concept package for the site that would include a listing of prospective tenants and drawings of what their buildings would look like. If the city and the college agree on the development concept package, the site would be sold to the developer. The land purchase and the exclusive negotiating rights agreement will be considered tonight by the City Council. The land had been donated to AVC in the 1970s, but sat idle as college officials attempted to find practical uses for it - especially since the land is separated from the main campus by a busy street. At one point the college looked at joining the parcel to the main campus by a pedestrian A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically. History Walking is the primary means of human locomotion. bridge, but later deemed that idea as too expensive and impractical im·prac·ti·cal adj. 1. Unwise to implement or maintain in practice: Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense. 2. , said AVC spokesman Steve Standerfer. ``We had looked at some options for it, but whatever we looked at wasn't feasible,'' Standerfer said. Improvements to streets and storm drainage in the area are needed and the project would likely help spur those improvements. At this point there have not been any discussions as to the exact improvements needed, their costs, and how they would be paid for, city officials said. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO: The Lancaster City Council will meet at 6 tonight at Lancaster City Hall, 44933 Fern Ave. CAPTION(S): box, map Box: IF YOU GO: (see text) Map: Site slated for upscale development Daily News |
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