COUNCIL OKS CIVIC CENTER MASTER PLAN AS BUDGET WOES MOUNT, CITY DELAYS FACILITY'S FUNDING.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer BURBANK - The Burbank City Council unanimously approved the first phase of a Civic Center master plan Tuesday. But citing the state's budget problems, the council members did not move to allocate $25.5 million from bonds and the general fund for the Development and Community Services Building. The three-story, 68,500-square-foot structure, bounded by Glenoaks Boulevard, Third Street, and Olive and Orange Grove avenues, is planned to include a one-stop permit center, a public information office, a 125-seat community room, and several of the city's agencies, including the Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , Traffic Management, and Parks and Recreation departments. Councilman Dave Golonski said Tuesday night that the $25.5 million is excessive. ``I'm willing to make those investments, but I think we need to sharpen sharp·en tr. & intr.v. sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens To make or become sharp or sharper. sharp our pencils a bit,'' he said. Other council members agreed that because of the state's budget problems it isn't wise to move forward with such a project now. ``My sense right now is that we are not going to be able to build this building in the near future,'' said Councilman Jef Vander Borght. ``I am hesitant to proceed on this schedule until we know where we are in the state economy.'' Officials hope the building someday some·day adv. At an indefinite time in the future. Usage Note: The adverbs someday and sometime express future time indefinitely: We'll succeed someday. Come sometime. will incorporate solar heating solar heating Use of solar radiation to heat water or air in buildings. There are two types: passive and active. Passive heating relies on architectural design; the building's siting, orientation, layout, materials, and construction are utilized to maximize the heating and other energy-conservation methods to become Burbank's first environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] facility. Its location also will allow for expansion, officials said, and plans call for construction of a five-story parking structure. The final phase of the civic center is to include a new central library if voters pass the Library Bond Act in the February election. In 1998, the City Council determined that the Municipal Services This article or section deals primarily with the United Kingdom and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Building should be replaced because it no longer met the public's needs and had been damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. . That building was demolished de·mol·ish tr.v. de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es 1. To tear down completely; raze. 2. To do away with completely; put an end to. 3. , sending several departments into temporary quarters in trailers and a vacant bank building. Even before the earthquake, the City Council had been working on plans for a new civic center, slowly purchasing the land it has now. If the council had approved the budget Tuesday, construction had been set to begin in September, with completion targeted for December 2004. It is now unclear when the project with go forward. ``I think we're better off staying in the trailers a little longer,'' said Vander Borght. |
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