COUNCIL PLAYS IT SAFE ON SANTA CLARITA'S NEW SKATE PARK.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer Now that the city has broken ground on the area's first 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, it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to set the rules. The City Council on Tuesday approved safety measures safety measures, n.pl actions (e.g., use of glasses, face masks) taken to protect patients and office personnel from such known hazards as particles and aerosols from high-speed rotary instruments, mercury vapor, radiation exposure, anesthetic and for the park, which should be complete by the end of September, said Jodi Jones, a city recreation supervisor. Skateboarders and in-line skaters will be required to wear helmets, elbow pads and kneepads under the ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been , Jones said. Wrist guards are optional, she said. ``It's just something that's required by the state,'' Jones said. ``It protects the city from liability.'' The skate park will be at the new 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, Sports Complex off Golden Valley Road in Canyon Country. Local skateboarders helped design the skate park, which will cost $180,000 and have 11,000 square feet of skating skating: see ice skating; ice dancing; roller skating. skating Sport in which bladelike runners or sets of wheels attached to shoes are used for gliding on ice or on surfaces other than ice. area. The design includes rails, curbs, jumps and bowls and will have two levels, one for beginners and the other for more experienced skaters. The city is exploring whether it can charge skaters for use of the park - a request made by Mayor Jan Heidt. A fee would help skaters respect the facility, Heidt said. ``When you charge kids money, they tend to take care of things,'' Heidt said. ``And it's not fair (to not charge them) since you have to pay for swimming.'' But the city attorney has warned that charging an entrance fee could make the city responsible for ensuring their safety, Heidt said. ``It's something we're researching,'' Jones said. ``But at this point, there won't be a charge because you lose liability protection. When you ask for a fee, it's like acknowledging - I'll make sure there are safety measures in place.'' |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion