PUBLIC TO GET CHANCE TO SHAPE CITY HALL.Byline: Cecilia Ce·cil·ia , Saint Third century a.d.Christian martyr traditionally regarded as the patron saint of music. Chan Daily News Staff Writer Residents can weigh in on what they would like to see for the planned new City Hall and library complex at a community meeting tonight. CHCG Architects of Pasadena Pasadena (păs'ədē`nə). 1 City (1990 pop. 131,591), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the base of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1866. will be on hand to discuss how the estimated $4 million project will unfold unfold - inline from start to finish, and to take input from the public. The city hired the firm to do the project for $400,000 after a search. ``The City Council and the architect firm are looking to the community to provide the city with some valuable feedback about the design element and what sort of architectural style the building should reflect,'' said City Manager Ray Taylor Ray Taylor has been the name of two characters from EastEnders.
The discussion also will include how to design the internal layout of the library and how big to make the council chambers at City Hall. The proposed complex is planned for the southeast corner of Agoura Road and Oak Crest Drive in the Spectrum Business Park. The city leases the buildings used for its City Hall and library. Although the project calls for a 10,000-square-foot City Hall and a 10,000-square-foot library, that could change, Taylor Taylor, city (1990 pop. 70,811), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit adjacent to Dearborn; founded 1847 as a township, inc. as a city 1968. A small rural village until World War II, it developed significantly in the second half of the 20th cent. said. Also the price to build the complex is likely be more like $5 million, he said. And though the city can finance the construction entirely out of its reserves, it would probably borrow the money considering the low interest rates, he said. ``There will be coming meetings over the entire life of the project,'' Taylor said. ``But this one is important because it begins to set the design criteria Noun 1. design criteria - criteria that designers should meet in designing some system or device; "the job specifications summarized the design criteria" criterion, standard - the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their to be used in the actual design of the building. ``We estimate the total time frame which the project will occur from beginning to end to be two years.'' The city has been debating and planning the complex for more than a decade, said Councilman Mark Rutherford
``Part of the debate for so long was, Where do we put it and mixed into that was, How big and what will it do,'' he said. ``We don't have a real hard cut-off cut-off Anesthesiology The point at which elongation of the carbon chain of the 1-alkanol family of anesthetics results in a precipitous drop in the anesthetic potential of these agents–eg, at > 12 carbons in length, there is little anesthetic activity, date (to complete the project). ``We don't want to rush it,'' he said. ``We want to do make sure it's right.'' THE FACTS What: Special community meeting Host: Westlake Village City Council When: 7:30 p.m., tonight Where: City Hall, 4373 Park Terrace Drive |
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