CITY GRADUALLY REALIZING ITS GOLDEN PLANS FOR CHEAP LAND RECREATION COMPLEX, COMMUNITY PRIDE CONTINUE TO GROW.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Where a passer-by saw three nondescript non·de·script adj. Lacking distinctive qualities; having no individual character or form: "This expression gave temporary meaning to a set of features otherwise nondescript" warehouses on a desert landscape, city staffers bent on Adj. 1. bent on - fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" bent, dead set, out to building new parks New Parks is an area in the city of Leicester, England. It is in the west of the city, close by the county border (west of which is Glenfield. South of New Parks is the Western Parks area, and to the east is the Newfound Pool area. in Santa Clarita saw a sprawling recreation complex crowded with families out for a day of fun. It was just six years ago that the old 20-acre Merle merle a pattern of coat color pigmentation with dark, irregular blotches on a lighter background. Seen in some Collies and Welsh corgis. In shorthaired dogs, e.g. Great Danes and Dachshunds, the similar pattern is called dapple. Norman Cosmetics warehouse center was picked up by the city for a paltry $3 million. Today it's the site of the brand new $9 million Santa Clarita Aquatic Center that opened Saturday, an activities center, a skate park and a gymnasium with two basketball courts and four racquetball racquetball, sport played indoors by two or four players, combining elements of court handball and such racket games as squash racquets. It is played on a standard handball court 40 ft (12.2 m) long, 20 ft (6. courts. And there's room to grow. ``The city staff was under pressure because we had a lack of facilities,'' former City Manager George Caravalho said in an interview last week. ``We were going to have to restrict noncity residents from using our facilities, and the City Council said we should look around and find something to help us expand,'' said Caravalho, now chief administrator in the city of Riverside. ``When we looked around, we found the Merle Norman site, worked out a good deal and voila voi·là interj. Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished: Mix the ingredients, chill, and - here it comes Here It Comes is the third EP from Doves. It was the last release on the band's Casino Records label on August 2, 1999 on limited CD and 10" vinyl. Martin Rebelski, the unofficial fourth member of Doves, plays piano on the title track. .'' Now the question is, what's next at the George A. Caravalho Sports Complex, named for the man who envisioned this gem? Three times its original size with the purchases of neighboring parcels, the park is the subject of a masterplan. City parks officials are working with the public to plan the remainder of the complex. ``We had all these plans for 20 acres, and now that it's 60 acres we can spread things out,'' said Rick Gould, director of parks, recreation and community services for the city. One community meeting has been held thus far and a consultant is wrapping suggestions into a draft plan, Gould said. That ``consensus plan'' will be available in the coming weeks for public review, comment and changes. Still planned at the complex are a BMX BMX abbr. bicycle motocross BMX Noun 1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle 2. facility, two or three fields suitable for football or soccer, an ``adventure'' playground, an expansion of the skate park and a second gym, Gould said. Once the plan is adopted, there's no set timeline for construction. Money is tight for the city, though officials are committed to completing the park, Gould said. That commitment to family recreation is what made the complex possible, Caravalho said. The city maintains its policy to invest in parks programs, particularly for youths, he said. ``From a public policy point of view, there's always been a commitment to youth, to put money at the front end of the system rather than spend money later on gang prevention and prisons,'' he said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Former Santa Clarita City Manager George Caravalho sits at the Aquatic Center, the latest gem in the growing sports complex that bears his name. Phil McCarten/Staff Photographer |
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