PIERCE GOLF COMPLEX ENDORSED; TASK FORCE ANTICIPATES YEARLY $800,000 GAIN.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer A Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. task force is recommending a plan by the Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash Equestrian equestrian a rider of horses. Center's operator and professional golfer Jim Colbert James Joseph Colbert (born March 9, 1941) is an American golfer. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965. to build a championship golf course and agriculture studies center on 145 acres at the campus, college officials said Wednesday. The project would generate a minimum of $800,000 a year for Pierce over 20 years, one of the key requirements the college placed on bidders. ``We think it will maintain that tradition of the college as an agricultural college and maintain and improve existing programs that fit most closely with the best interest of the school,'' said Pierce College Vice President of Academic Affairs Carmelita Thomas. Thomas, who serves on the task force, announced the recommendation during a meeting with the Valley Industry and Commerce Association. The Pierce College Council is scheduled to vote on the plan Tuesday. It also must be approved by Pierce President E. Bing Inocencio and 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. trustees. ``We have the support of the agriculture department'' said Martin Mota, chairman of the Pierce Council and task force member. ``I don't anticipate any problems with it passing. But we're still crossing our fingers.'' Inocencio said he needs to hear the Pierce Council proposal before commenting. A milestone Wednesday's announcement marks a milestone in some six years of deliberations over how to best use the 240 acres of open land. College officials at the cash-strapped campus and district trustees have pushed for a use that would bring in revenue while preserving as much open space as possible. Critics of proposals to develop the land are planning a protest at the college Sunday. ``This is being railroaded by a small coterie of administration types,'' said Jacky deHaviland, chairwoman of the Students' Coalition to Save the Farm. ``The public needs to know there is an alternative to this golf course.'' She said supporters believe the open land can be saved through endowments and by operating it as an independent, commercial agriculture center. The winning proposal, submitted by a partnership formed by Eddie Milligan, whose company is based in Lake View Terrace, and Colbert of Qvale-Colbert Golf Properties in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. beat five bidders. The plan The proposal would feature a $20 million 18-hole championship golf course, a clubhouse and restaurant, a youth golf training center and complete modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, of the school's agriculture and animal sciences programs. The term of the lease would be 20 years with four renewals of five years each, for a total lease term of 40 years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the proposal. The lease payment would increase by 10 percent every five years during the initial 20-year lease. In addition, the partners propose giving Pierce the option of earning the greater of the base lease amount or 10 percent of gross revenues from the golf course. Milligan also said his plan includes the creation of a program at the school to teach students urban agriculture. The program would train students in landscaping and maintenance of baseball fields, golf courses, parks and cemeteries This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. and corporate parks. ``It was very good news,'' Milligan said. ``Our proposal is the greatest thing that any college could hope for.'' Pressure to issue a request for formal proposals to lease the land mounted last school year as Pierce faced a $4 million projected deficit. A long history The district itself was mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in one of its worst fiscal crises in years, projecting a $13 million year-end deficit that it eventually closed through harsh cutbacks. At Pierce and other campuses, budget cuts prompted reduction of course offerings, supplies, student workers and overall drops in student enrollment. In late November, Pierce Council's Multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective Academic Project review task force voted to reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. the bid process after finding all five proposals unsatisfactory. But soon after, task force members invited bidders back for in-depth interviews before finding Milligan and Colbert's proposal ideal. ``We chose it because it was the one that left the land intact and allowed for the least amount of development,'' Mota said. In contrast, a partnership between Warner Ridge developer Katell Properties and Lowe Enterprises Commercial Group called for a 300-room hotel and conference center surrounded by a championship golf course and a research-and-development business park. Both sides of the open land debate said they are actively lobbying homeowners, civic groups and politicians to gain support for their cause. |
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