DEVELOPER DONATES LAND NEAR PLANT 42\Lancaster plans to build soccer complex at 230-acre site.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Kaufman and Broad will give the city 230 acres north of Air Force Plant 42, providing the installation a buffer from houses and city residents land for a soccer complex. In exchange, under an agreement approved 5-0 Monday night by the City Council, the city will assume a $2.2 million debt that Kaufman and Broad owes to an assessment district that runs with the land. In addition, Kaufman and Broad can use $1.9 million in development fee credits from the 230 acres on other projects. "We're getting it at what I think is a fair value. We're getting a good piece of property," Vice Mayor Michael Singer said. "I think it's a win situation all the way around." The property, located between Avenue K-8 and Avenue L and between 25th and 35th streets east, had been slated for a Kaufman and Broad housing tract. But those plans were derailed by the city's 1992 decision to ban tract houses underneath Plant 42's flight pattern in order to protect the installation from noise complaints. The installation is the Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's second largest center of employment, with more than 9,000 workers. Lancaster officials are looking to use a large portion of the property for a soccer complex. The city has allocated $1 million in its 1995-96 budget for the first phase of the park, expected to consist of four fields, parking area and restrooms. "This will allow us to build the largest soccer complex west of the Mississippi," said Lancaster Mayor George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. . "We see this as both a recreational amenity a·men·i·ty n. pl. a·men·i·ties 1. The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness. 2. Something that contributes to physical or material comfort. 3. and an economical tool with the tournaments we hope to attract." The agreement replaces an August 1995 pact that would have given the city 169 acres and Kaufman and Broad the defunct DEFUNCT. A term used for one that is deceased or dead. In some acts of assembly in Pennsylvania, such deceased person is called a decedent. (q.v.) Legends tract, located at 30th Street West and Avenue J. Lancaster is soliciting a new trade offer for the Legends tract, which was abandoned in 1988 after the failure of Hill Financial Savings, a Pennsylvania savings and loan savings and loan n. a banking and lending institution, chartered either by a state or the Federal government. Savings and loans only make loans secured by real property from deposits, upon which they pay interest slightly higher than that paid by most banks. , forced the tract's builder into bankruptcy. The bankruptcy came when 22 homes of a 100-home tract were in the framing stage, leaving the city with a public eyesore eye·sore n. Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view. eyesore Noun something very ugly Noun 1. . The partially built houses were later set on fire for the finale For the music notation program, see . A finale (italian word) is a closing part, act or movement of a dramatic or musical composition, or more generally any event or procedure with a dramatically concluding effect. of the action-adventure motion picture "Lethal Weapon 3." Approximately half of the Legends tract was transferred to the Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
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