COUNCIL ENDORSES ENTERTAINMENT PLAZA : AGOURA HILLS SEEKS CORRIDOR DESIGNER.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer Aiming to create a ``front door'' for the city of Agoura Hills, council members want to hire consultants to design a corridor of boutiques, restaurants and movie theaters where residents will want to stroll and enjoy their free time. ``We want the corridor to be a comfortable strolling distance,'' Councilwoman Louise Rishoff said. ``If they're visiting any restaurant, store or theater, we want them to be able to stay out of their car. We want it to be upscale - something that raises the quality of life in the city.'' Mayor Fran Pavley Fran Pavley is a Democratic politician and previously served as a California Assemblywoman and as the first mayor of the Southern California community of Agoura Hills. She served as a Mayor and Councilmember for four terms. has been talking about an entertainment corridor for more than a year, but budget restrictions delayed development. In her mayoral address last month, Pavley said the corridor would be one of her priorities in the coming year. On Wednesday, the council approved spending $20,000 on a design for the corridor at Agoura and Kanan roads. Council members have not decided how far the corridor would extend down either direction on Agoura Road. The Creekside Center project, a cluster of restaurants with a Mann theater, is already working its way through the planning process and most likely will anchor the southwest corner, Rishoff said. Creekside Center, being developed by property owner Vance Moran Moran equitable councillor to King Feredach. [Irish Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 728] See : Justice , will be up for council approval early next year. If the process goes smoothly, Rishoff said, the complex could be open by fall. The Kanan family, which owns land on the northwest corner, has also expressed interest in developing the parcel. ``We asked ourselves, `What would be a long-term, beneficial, sustainable economic area for our city?' '' Councilman Ed Corridori said. ``We don't have a big, huge open lot like ones where the (Westlake Village) Costco was built. We just have small parcels and hillsides. We need a different kind of configuration.'' The idea behind an entertainment corridor plan is to set guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for developers, making sure that the area has an architectural theme even as it crosses over to other developments. ``What we need is someone who can work with our staff to tie the whole area together,'' Rishoff said. ``We want to look at architectural style, pedestrian A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically. History Walking is the primary means of human locomotion. linkage linkage In mechanical engineering, a system of solid, usually metallic, links (bars) connected to two or more other links by pin joints (hinges), sliding joints, or ball-and-socket joints to form a closed chain or a series of closed chains. . We need someone with design capabilities to help us with that. It's a vision we need to get on paper.'' Incentive also came from the newly opened The Promenade promenade Public place where people walk (or, in the past, rode) at leisure for pleasure, exercise, or display. Promenades are pedestrian avenues pleasingly landscaped or commanding a view, often located along waterfronts and in parks. Vehicular traffic may or may not be restricted. at Westlake in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . Rishoff said the mall has given the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by an example of what can be brought to the area to attract shoppers and businesses. ``The Promenade has become everyone's standard,'' Rishoff said. ``They have come up with a very good mix of businesses, where people come not to just stop, but to browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser. . When people wonder what to do in the evening, they can decide on the spot because they'll have movies and restaurants.'' |
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