CITY PARK EXPANDED TO DOUBLE ITS SIZE $3.4 MILLION SPENT IN SECOND PHASE.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SAUGUS - City officials beamed with pride at the Friday unveiling of the newest phase of 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, Central Park - yet suggested that fiscal constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. could make future park openings difficult, if not impossible. Four new fields for soccer and football have been added at the city park on Bouquet bouquet a structure resembling a cluster of flowers. Canyon Road, along with three basketball courts, more parking and restrooms, officials said. ``This is a tremendous addition to the city's park network,'' said Mayor Cameron Smyth Cameron Smyth is a Republican who has represented Califoria's 38th Assembly district since December of 2006. He succeeded Keith Richman who was term limited. Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Assemblyman Smyth served on the Santa Clarita City Council, where he . ``But there's more work to do.'' The city spent $3.4 million on this second phase of Central Park. The expansion doubled the size of the park to 80 acres and includes the extension of a trail that loops around the back of the park. The new fields, and two open areas for practices, will relieve some of the pressure on the city's park facilities, which are in high demand by local football, softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' and soccer teams. Some teams have complained bitterly about having no place to practice, officials said. ``The addition will help a great deal, but it needs to be just one step in a continuing process of building more fields,'' said Steve Sager, a regional commissioner for the American Youth Soccer Organization. At completion, Central Park will be 130 acres, officials said. City officials have opened a half-dozen 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. over the past year, a pace likely to be slowed because of the massive state deficit, which threatens to slash $11.1 million from the city's budget over the next 18 months. ``We're hoping they won't hurt us that bad,'' said Councilwoman Laurene Weste. The Parks and Recreation Commission might recommend that the City Council consider funding park development and programs through a bond measure and open-space purchases through an assessment district. |
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