COUNCIL SET TO DECIDE ON SKATE PARK.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer CALABASAS - A skateboard park first proposed in 1997 might finally become a reality, with the City Council scheduled to vote tonight on creating the facility at Gates Canyon Park. Despite homeowner concerns about vandalism, noise and traffic, Gates Canyon Park - near the intersection of 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. Boulevard and Las Virgenes Road - seems to be the most viable location, says a report by the Parks and Recreation Commission. The park already has lights, parking, water fountains, emergency vehicle access and storage space to house the equipment. But city officials are still unsure whether Gates Canyon Park is the best site. ``This has nothing to do with skaters or 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. ,'' said City Councilman James Bozajian. ``I Rollerblade myself - I think it's a wonderful idea. But the question is, in these 13 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. (of city territory), is there or is there not a place for 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?'' City officials previously have considered Grape Arbor arbor Garden shelter providing privacy and partial protection from the weather, most commonly a lightweight, latticed framework (trellis) of wood or metal with interlaced branches of vines or climbing shrubs trained over it. Park, De Anza Park and the corner of Lost Hills and Las Virgenes roads as possible skate park sites. The proposed facility would be an above-ground park, with launch ramps, quarter-pipes and rails. It would be open 12 hours a week, over three days, with skaters paying $2 a day to use the park. A skate park was first proposed in 1997, after a local youth was killed while skating on city streets. A year later, the council ordered the creation of a task force to research costs, liability and community impacts. ``We've been debating this for three years and I think there will have to be a decision,'' Bozajian said. ``I want to listen to the community input. We're going to look at what the problems were with other sites.'' During its meeting, which will start at 7:30 p.m., the council will balance neighbors' concerns against the need for a safe place for kids to meet and participate in sports. ``The council has to make a decision between the concerns of the homeowners vs. a safe place for people to come and skateboard or in-line skate,'' said John Keisler, community services director for the city of Calabasas. The staff report estimates it would cost $32,700 to create the park and operate it the first year. Subsequent years would cost $20,000 for container rental, equipment maintenance, personnel, supervision and additional supplies. The Parks and Recreation Commission has endorsed the proposal, providing that skate park personnel be trained in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. and that skaters wear head and knee protection. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour Simi and Conejo editions only) Kids rolling their scooters List of scooter models per manufacturer Aprilia
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