COMPLEX, PARK TOP WESTLAKE PRIORITIES.Byline: Kevin KEVIN Keepers of the Eternal Vigilance of the Islamic Nation (fictional, from White Teeth by Zadie Smith) F. Sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the Daily News Staff Writer Groundbreaking for a library and City Hall complex, and development of a city park remained the top goals for Westlake Village officials as they drew a road map for 1999. During a special session Wednesday, the City Council reinforced its desire to hire an architect and break ground this year on a combination library-City Hall complex on 3.69 acres on two lots at the southeast corner of Agoura Road and Oak Crest Drive in the Spectrum Business Park. ``Some of (the goals) were pretty predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: ,'' said Mayor Betty DeSantis. Those goals include a park planned for Lot 79 along Lindero Canyon Road north of Hedgewall Drive. The city hopes to offer everything from soccer to baseball fields and jogging jogging Aerobic exercise involving running at an easy pace. Jogging (1967) by Bill Bowerman and W.E. Harris boosted jogging's popularity for fitness, weight loss, and stress relief. paths, although some residents in the area oppose the park becoming more active. And, with a focus on the growing number of young people in the area, the council plans to create a Youth Advisory Committee to provide input and recommendations. It also will tackle a recommendation from the city's Youth Task Force to build 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 - but DeSantis warned that's not as easy as it sounds. ``Before we do anything, we have to acquire a site,'' DeSantis said. ``We don't have a broad piece of land that we can use for things like that.'' A new full-time position for a community services director will be created to coordinate youth programs and other activities in the city. Westlake Village might need to look outside its borders to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. the needs of its youths, said Councilman Iraj Broomand. ``We are going to actively look to the surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. communities for collaborative projects for our youth,'' Broomand said. Children need a wide variety of activities, from sports to performing arts, he said. ``My concern with the youth is that we really have to provide them with a variety of activities so that no one is left out,'' Broomand said. ``This is the kind of thing that we have to consider. There is a diversity among youth and their interests.'' |
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