DISSOLVED DEAL STALLS MISSION PLAN.Byline: LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. M. SODDERS Staff Writer SYLMAR -- After spending more than three years and $2.5 million on plans to enlarge and modernize Mission College, officials said Thursday they've scrapped a land swap at the heart of the proposal because of unresolved legal issues. Officials had hoped to swap a portion of county-owned El Cariso Park for parcels owned by the Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. and leased from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The deal would have added about nine acres to the 22-acre Mission College campus, and would have allowed construction of a second parking structure, a physical education building and two classroom buildings. Originally set for completion in 2003, the deal bogged down due to the complexity of the negotiations. Mission would have replaced the park's four lighted softball diamonds and two multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective fields, but the fact that the Army Corps land was under a 50-year lease, not owned by the college, proved a sticking point sticking point n. A point, issue, or situation that causes or is likely to cause an impasse. Noun 1. sticking point - a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal . Also, the college's initial $8 million price tag for the swap and improvements soon ballooned to $15 million, and most recently, $25 million. Mission President Jose A. Leyba said officials are considering alternatives and will hold public meetings June 28. ``We're not going to reinvent the wheel,'' he said. ``We want to utilize the (past) work as we move into the future.'' The college is negotiating with the owners of two parcels totaling about 10 acres near Eldridge Avenue and Harding Street, about two blocks away, officials said. Another alternative would be to figure out a way to build on the existing campus. Time is critical because the college received $13 million in state money for its physical education building, with the stipulation that it be under construction by 2007, said Larry Eisenberg, the community college district's executive director for facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. . Mission hopes to have its revised master plan and environmental documents approved by the district board by January in order to retain the money. L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. said a new plan ultimately will be simpler, cheaper and will prevent the park from being ``dismembered.'' ``You don't persist in Verb 1. persist in - do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move" continue a direction that is demonstrably unworkable when you have a better course available to you,'' he said. ``It means you change course and people will second-guess you, but in the long run, they're doing the right thing.'' lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3663 IF YOU GO A public hearing on the Mission College master plan will be held at 6 p.m. June 28 at the Mission College campus center, 11356 Eldridge Ave. CAPTION(S): box, map Box: IF YOU GO (see text) Map: Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. Campus SOURCE: Mission College Draft Environmental Impact Report Daily News |
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