CITY SEEKS OPTION TO BUY LAND FOR PARK.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 an option to buy land adjoining the new Sports Complex to eventually expand the 20-acre park. If approved Tuesday by the Santa Clarita City Council, the city will pay $42,000 to hold the option on a 5-acre parcel east of the complex, said Steve Stark, the city's finance chief. Then in the midyear mid·year n. 1. The middle of the calendar or academic year. 2. a. An examination given in the middle of a school year. b. midyears A series of such examinations. budget planning review in early 2001, the city will be in a position to buy the property for $2.3 million. ``We're looking at taking some action in March,'' Stark said. The option payment would be applied to the purchase price, Stark said. If the city decides to drop the deal, it could notify the owner and discontinue dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: its monthly $10,500 payments. ``We wanted to establish an opportunity to have the right to purchase the land as we look at more development at the sports complex,'' Stark said. The land adjoins the 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 property the city paid $3 million for three years ago. The cosmetics company had three large warehouses there, one that has since been converted to a large gymnasium gymnasium In Germany, a state-maintained secondary school that prepares pupils for higher academic education. This type of nine-year school originated in Strasbourg in 1537. with two basketball courts and four racketball courts. A second building will anchor an aquatics center and plans are under way to use the third building as a community center with teen programs, classrooms and game rooms. Outdoors is a skate skate, fish: see ray. skate Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m). park that is being expanded. Stark said the adjoining property is being eyed for parking and other recreation facilities. He has recommended the deal be approved when the council meets at 7 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers. Stark said that one of the benefits of expanding the Sports Complex is the role the park plays in developing the city's core. The complex is south of Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road in the Golden Valley area where a new highway is under construction and a high school is planned. ``It's vacant hills and raw land now,'' he said. ``But when you're up in that area, you see so much potential right in the middle of the city.'' |
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