BRIEFLY : SYLMAR PARK USERS DRAFT UPGRADES LIST.SYLMAR - Community members with an interest in El Cariso Park in Sylmar set priorities this week for the use of $1.6 million available for improvements, starting with resurfaced tennis courts and parking lots, officials said Friday. About 15 people representing a variety of park users attended a Thursday evening meeting at El Cariso along with 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 parks officials and a representative for 3rd District Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. . Resurfacing and restriping the tennis courts was the first priority, followed by resurfacing the park road and parking lots, renovating the sprinkler system and picnic areas, putting new roofs on park buildings, upgrading restrooms and making them accessible to the disabled, and adding some playground equipment, said Joel Bellman, an aide to Yaroslavsky. The recommendations will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for approval soon, he said. - Daily News San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. OKs city administrator SAN FERNANDO - After a yearlong search for a new city administrator, the San Fernando City Council on Friday concluded negotiations to hire a San Gabriel San Gabriel (săn gā`brēəl), city (1990 pop. 37,120), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1913. Fabric, furniture, paper products, tools, and aircraft parts are manufactured. deputy city manager for the position. By a 5-0 vote earlier this month, the City Council selected John Ornelas, a Sylmar resident, to fill the position vacated by Mary Strenn. Ornelas, who served as San Fernando's community development administrator in the mid-1980s, worked for 10 years as Burbank's redevelopment administrator before leaving in 1997 to work for San Gabriel. ``We were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a can-do type of guy, somebody who gets things done,'' said Mayor Raul Godinez. ``He has a strong record of accomplishment.'' Ornelas' solid background in economic development appealed to the council, Godinez said. ``In the last 10 years, Burbank has done some wonderful things in the area of economic development, and (Ornelas) was obviously a part of that,'' Godinez said. Ornelas, who holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State , will assume his new position Aug. 31. - Daily News Animal services study called for Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. President John Ferraro John Ferraro (May 14 1924—April 17 2001) served as a Los Angeles City Councilman from 1966 until his death. Early lifeFerraro was born in the working class suburb of Cudahy, California, just south of Los Angeles. on Friday called for the Animal Regulation Department to assess the city's current and desired facilities. A growing number of critics believe that the department, which euthanized 57,868 animals during the 1996-97 fiscal year, should have asked for money during recent council deliberations on bond measures that were approved for the November ballot. Ferraro took up the issue Friday. ``Now, after all the decisions have been made and after the deadlines have passed for placing measures on the November ballot, a question has been raised as to why the needs for animal facilities were not addressed in the bond measure proposals,'' Ferraro said in a motion. ``In fact, during this process, no one from the Animal Regulation Commission or the Animal Regulation Department raised any concerns or made any proposals to include animal facilities in the bond measures.'' After weeks of debate, the council voted Wednesday to put more than $1 billion in bond and tax proposals on the ballot. The proposals include a $47.6 million bond measure for the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. and a $46.5 million measure for Exposition Park Exposition Park is the name of more than one place:
Ferraro's motion, which also calls for cost estimates and financing recommendations, was seconded by Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, whose district includes Exposition Park. Ridley-Thomas has been the driving force on the council behind the bond measure that would partially pay for the aquarium, a component of a new $60 million wing for the California Science Center The California Science Center (sometimes spelled California ScienCenter) is a state agency and museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center, the California ScienCenter is a public-private partnership between the State . - City News Service Ex-NBC executive joins airport panel Former NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. television executive John J. Agoglia was elected president of the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners on Friday. Patricia Mary Schnegg was elected to continue as vice president. Agoglia was one of three new members appointed last month by Mayor Richard J. Riordan and confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council. Agoglia, Leland Wong and Miguel Contreras join Schnegg and Dr. Warren Valdry on the panel. - City News Service |
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