CITY HALL TAKES LAST STEPS TO OPEN AT NEW LOCATION.Byline: Cecilia Ce·cil·ia , Saint Third century a.d. Christian martyr traditionally regarded as the patron saint of music. Chan Staff Writer WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Movers loaded up boxes on Saturday, transporting City Hall to its new home. The public on Monday will see a brand new Westlake Village Civic Center at the southeast corner of Agoura Road and Oak Crest Drive, a block from its former site. ``It's exciting,'' Councilman Chris Mann Chris Mann (born 1949) is an Australian composer, poet and performer specializing in the emerging field of compositional linguistics,, coined by Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "the mechanism whereby you understand what I'm thinking better than I do. said. ``It's a beautiful building. Everybody is pleased at how it has turned out. ``The most exciting thing is with the new community rooms there is much greater public access to the Civic Center. We are excited about opening up and moving forward.'' It took about 15 months and $8.7 million to build the single-story, 25,000-square-foot facility that also houses the library. ``We have been leasing office space since incorporation and in the long run, based on our analysis, it would be more cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. to build a permanent City Hall and library,'' City Manager Ray Taylor Ray Taylor has been the name of two characters from EastEnders.
The city, which incorporated in 1981, financed the construction with $3 million from the general fund and from bonds. Officials were spending $380,000 a year to lease space for the City Hall and library, compared with the $480,000 a year for the new building's finance payment, Taylor said. ``So it's $100,000 more, but we are doubling the square footage,'' he said, adding during the 30-year financing period it was estimated the lease would exceed $480,000 a year at some point. The library, which closed after the holidays, will reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. Feb. 4 or 5, Taylor said. All the books have been moved to the new 10,500-square-foot site, but the phone and computer systems are not yet ready. The Daniel K. Ludwig Daniel K. Ludwig (June 24 1897, South Haven, Michigan - August 27 1992) was a US shipping magnate and billionaire. He was born as the son of a real estate agent. Ludwig's first venture into shipping was at the age of 9, when he salvaged a Library is almost double the size of its old home. It will house more than 50,000 books and 5,400 audiovisual See A/V. materials, and seat more than 100 patrons. ``We are going to be offering a young adults room used by the middle school- and high school-age kids,'' Taylor said. ``It's going to be dedicated to them in terms of resource material, computers and assistance with a staff member, so we are pretty excited about that.'' Taylor said a grand opening with activities for the public is planned for Feb. 28, beginning midmorning mid·morn·ing n. The middle of the morning. and lasting all day. City Hall phone numbers and operating hours will remain the same. City Hall opens Jan. 28. The new City Hall offices, located at 31200 Oak Crest Drive. |
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