CONTESTED PROPOSAL FOR PENROSE LOT DUMPED.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer The owners of a closed landfill have pulled a controversial proposal to build a truck parking and storage lot on a 10-acre site that was set aside 20 years ago for a golf course and recreation area. With opposition from Councilman Tony Cardenas Tony Cardenas served in the California State Assembly. In the Assembly, he had the powerful position of chair of the Budget Committee. He is now a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. and City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
adj. if·fi·er, if·fi·est Informal Doubtful; uncertain: an iffy proposition. [From if. for L.A. ByProducts Co., which operated Penrose Landfill. Neighborhood activists had objected to the parking lot proposal, calling it a crucial fight in the effort to clean up Sun Valley and the dozen or so old and active landfills in the community. ``Here you've got a piece of land that really is zoned for recreation, and we don't want to lose it,'' said Jerry Piro with the East Valley Coalition. ``This is a chance to start turning these dumps DUMPS a lethal inherited disorder of Holstein cattle that causes infertility. The name is an acronym of Deficiency of Uridine MonoPhosphate S into something nicer than what we've had in the past.'' In 1982, Penrose Landfill operators and the city signed an agreement that required the company to develop a nine-hole, tournament-quality golf course on the site after the dump closed. If the golf-course plan soured sour adj. sour·er, sour·est 1. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy. 2. Made acid or rancid by fermentation. 3. , the company could propose another recreation facility. There is already a golf driving range and model car racing track on portions of the property at Tujunga Avenue and Strathern Street, but the company told city officials it can't put a park on the old landfill, in part because of concerns that irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. could cause the dump to release dangerous gases. State landfill regulators said recreational uses on old landfills are allowed. L.A. ByProducts officials had no comment on the future of the site. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com |
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