CITY SEEKS BIDS FOR SWIM CENTER.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, - The city is seeking a designer for the third phase of the Santa Clarita Sports Complex - the area's first aquatics center. Santa Clarita will spend up to $1 million on the design phase of the center, planned with a diving A DIV Associate of Divinity pool with three spring boards and a larger pool for swimming events. Community events are planned beginning next month, to give swimming enthusiasts the opportunity to help plan the center, said project manager Bob Nelson. The aquatics center is the third phase of the Sports Complex, formerly a cosmetics company warehouse that the city, desperate for recreation land, bought three years ago for $3.5 million. Phase 1 was the Skatepark A skatepark is a purpose-built recreational environment for skateboarders, bmxers and aggressive skaters to ride and develop their sport and technique. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, quarter pipes, handrails, trick boxes, vert ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, stairs, , now undergoing expansion. The second phase was a gym complex with two basketball courts and three 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. The aquatics center is planned with one 50-meter pool and a second 25- meter-by-50-yard pool for diving activities and water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. , Nelson said. The diving pool is planned with three diving boards - 25 feet, 10 feet and five feet. The aquatics center will be used by local high school swim teams. Phase 4 also is in the planning stages and involves converting a second warehouse, formerly used as a homeless shelter Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people. Usually located in urban neighborhoods, they are similar to emergency shelters. The primary difference is that homeless shelters are usually open to anyone, without regard to the reason for need. , into a community center, Nelson said. Bids will be opened Wednesday from contractors seeking to build the 23,000-square-foot community building. The project will include a 200-seat auditorium, a teen center, a computer room, an arcade room, study rooms, computer rooms and recreation rooms for dance classes and other recreation programs, Nelson said. That contract went out for bids a second time after some of the initial low bids were incomplete, he said. |
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