EXPANSION OK'D FOR CAL LUTHERAN.Byline: Rachel Uranga Staff Writer 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. - The city Planning city planning, process of planning for the improvement of urban centers in order to provide healthy and safe living conditions, efficient transport and communication, adequate public facilities, and aesthetic surroundings. Commission has approved California Lutheran University's building plans, clearing the way for a 1,000-seat soccer stadium and a sports complex at the former summer training camp of the Dallas Cowboys The commission's unanimous approval Monday is part of a two- to three-year expansion at the university, including a new $12 million residence hall and adjacent 550-resident retirement community run by a private firm, said Luther Luedtke, president of the 3,000-student college. ``This should raise the attractiveness of the university to highly qualified students,'' Luedtke said. In anticipation of the sports facilities See:
abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association division III sports, including men's and women's diving, men's swimming and water polo, he said. The two-story 96,000-square-foot fitness center with two gymnasiums and an aerobics area along with a 50-meter outdoor pool, parking lot, baseball field and track would sit north of Olsen Road, west of Mountclef Boulevard. Groundbreaking for the sports facilities, the first phase of a larger $45 million north campus expansion that will include a 3,000-seat football stadium and a preschool, is set for next spring. The $18 million sports and fitness center Sports and Fitness Center is an indoor sporting arena located in Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. The capacity of the arena is 3,500 people and is home to the University of the Virgin Islands Buccaneers. would replace a more than 40-year-old, outdated 16,000-square-foot metal gymnasium once home to the Thousand Oaks symphony complex where volleyball players practice under 20-foot-high ceilings, said Bruce Bryde, the university's athletic director. Valerie Crooks, project manager for the north campus, called current facilities woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: inadequate. ``The balls, when they are spiked, get lost in the rigging. Sometimes they come down, sometimes they don't. We can't host tournaments. High schools have better facilities,'' she said. The vote follows an intense fund-raising campaign launched four years ago by the private university to raise $80 million for a new technology center, endowment and athletic facilities. So far $68 million has been raised. Rachel Uranga, (805) 583-7602 rachel.uranga(at)dailynews.com |
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