COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MAIL-IN VOTE.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - A special City Council meeting will be held May 23 to consider a mail-ballot election to see if property owners in Palmdale will be willing to tax themselves to build two regional parks. If approved by the council, ballots would be mailed out to property owners in early June. The ballots would have to be returned within 45 days. City officials are considering asking property owners to tax themselves $36 a year to finance an estimated $23.5 million in park facilities. ``Two things will happen at the meeting - the approval of the preliminary assessment engineers report and the ordering of the ballots to be mailed,'' said John Lasagna, Palmdale's director of parks and recreation. The plan is to turn Marie Kerr Park on the west side and a newly acquired property at Avenue S and 40th Street East on the east into regional parks. Each would have a 20,000-square-foot recreation center and a 25-yard by 25-meter swimming pool. The pools would have bubble covers to allow for year-round use. The recreation centers would have teen rooms, gymnasiums and space for senior programs during the day. Marie Kerr, at Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista Boulevard and 30th Street West, would be the site of a proposed amphitheater amphitheater (ăm`fəthē'ətər, ăm`pə–), open structure used for the exhibition of gladiatorial contests, struggles of wild beasts, sham sea battles, and similar spectacles. . The amphitheater would host the city's Starlight star·light n. The light from the stars. starlight Noun the light that comes from the stars Noun 1. summer concert series, now held on a softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' field, and could host graduations and fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. events. The east-side park is envisioned to have a small aquatics center, with some play areas, a couple of water slides and perhaps a ``lazy river'' pool. There would be areas to sunbathe sun·bathe intr.v. sun·bathed, sun·bath·ing, sun·bathes To expose the body to the sun. sun and to picnic. If the proposal is approved, it could take 2 1/2 to three years to get the facilities built. |
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