GLENDALE MAY DIVE AFTER POOL FUNDING CITY COUNCIL MAY ASK STATE FOR $1.4 MILLION.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer GLENDALE - With the city forced to use two high school swimming pools for its aquatics program, Glendale officials hope to dip into dip into Verb 1. to draw upon: he dipped into his savings 2. to read passages at random from (a book or journal) Verb 1. $1.4 million in state bond money to build the city's own pool. ``It's sorely sore·ly adv. 1. Painfully; grievously. 2. Extremely; greatly: Their skills were sorely needed. needed in Glendale,'' City Councilman Ara Najarian said. ``It's a shame that we closed up the last two pools that we had.'' In the late 1980s, the city demolished de·mol·ish tr.v. de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es 1. To tear down completely; raze. 2. To do away with completely; put an end to. 3. a leaking pool it operated near Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
When, in 1967, the Plowden Report recommended a change in the structure of primary education in England, it proposed an arrangement of first and middle schools, catering for , library, community center and park that opened in 2003. To help build the new pool, the city would ask the state for bond money from Proposition 40, approved by voters in 2002. Building it at Edison School-Pacific Park, 501 S. Pacific Ave., would cost $6.5 million. Most cities have their own pools, but not Glendale. ``I pride myself on Glendale being a great city, and this is one of our weak spots,'' Najarian said. At its meeting tonight, the City Council will vote whether to ask for the $1.4 million in Proposition 40 money. City officials expect they would get the funds and that construction of a 25-meter pool would begin in 10 months and be completed in 2008. Money could be temporarily taken from other projects to get the pool built, they said. ``I want to really get going on this quickly, so I'm committed to finding additional resources for it,'' said George Chapjian, director of parks, recreation and community services. The city now runs aquatics programs at Glendale and Hoover high schools Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
Najarian said he hopes the city can eventually build a major aquatics complex, with a 50-meter pool, diving platforms Diving Platforms or towers are structures used for competitive diving. They consist of a vertical rigid "tower" with one or more horizontal platforms extending out over a deep pool of water. In platform diving, the diver jumps from a high stationary surface. and a smaller pool for children. That could cost more than $12 million to build, he said. ``If we do create the aquatics complex, I think it will be an oasis to the city.'' Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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