COUNCIL TO WEIGH CENTER UPGRADES.Byline: Alex (language) Alex - 1. A polymorphic language being developed by Stephen Crawley <sxc@itd.dtso.oz.au> of Defence Science & Tech Org, Australia. Alex has abstract data types, type inference and inheritance. 2. GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. - The City Council today will consider three options for upgrading the Adult Recreation Center, with price tags for the project ranging from $12 million to $20.4 million. City officials want to modernize mod·ern·ize v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es v.tr. To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update. v.intr. To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style. the center, which serves more than 125 seniors and has a building as old as the 1940s, to expand its use to nonseniors. ``They've they've Contraction of they have. they've have been talking about this for almost 12 years so we've we've Contraction of we have. we've have got to get our act together and move,'' said City Councilman Bob Yousefian. ``Glendale has always been a city that waits to have the money before they build anything, and so they have been accumulating the money.'' The building used primarily for meals is 5,600 square feet, and the building used mainly for recreation is 6,500 square feet. ``They're really old, dilapidated, run-down run·down n. 1. A point-by-point summary. 2. Baseball A play in which a runner is trapped between bases and is pursued by fielders attempting to make the tag. adj. also run-down 1. a. . They really do need replacement,'' said George Chapjian, director of parks and recreation and community services. The two buildings would be replaced with one 24,000-square-foot structure, Chapjian said. The City Council is weighing two options that would include underground parking and cost between $20.1 million and $20.4 million, and one option without the parking that would cost $12 million. Construction would take 18 months to 24 months. Officials also are considering adding a swimming pool, which would boost the cost to between $30.2 million and $48 million. ``When the seniors aren't using the facility, we'd like to be able to program that for other members of the community,'' Chapjian said. The multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective room and other parts of the center also could be used for classes, he said. Yousefian said the Joslyn Adult Center in Burbank is a model for the project. ``It offers many programs that maybe we don't, and so our goal is to see if we can provide a center that provides other services that maybe we are not providing,'' he said. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO --The Glendale City Council will discuss the Adult Recreation Center project at 9 a.m. today at 613 E. Broadway. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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