ROAD, PARK FIXES PLANNED CITY TO MULL BOND TO WIDEN AVE. S, ADD FACILITIES.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - The Palmdale City Council will vote Wednesday on a bond issue to finance two voter-approved regional parks and the widening of one of the city's main traffic arteries - Avenue S. The $50 million in certificates of participation, a form of bond financing, were put together for the sake of saving money, as much as $150,000 to $200,000, on financing and underwriting costs, but will be secured by different funding sources. ``We're not mixing apples and oranges,'' said City Manager Bob Toone. ``We're paying for them from separate pots of money.'' The parks portion of the COP issue will be secured by property assessments approved by the voters this summer, while the Avenue S corridor funding will be secured by gasoline tax Noun 1. gasoline tax - a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold excise, excise tax - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) revenue. Debt service on the Avenue S portion of the COP issue will average about $690,000 a year. Debt service on the parks portion of the COP issue will range from about $1.6 million during the first years to $3.6 million for the last year of payment, 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. a staff report prepared by Leon Swain, deputy director of public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , and John Lasagna, director of parks and recreation. Palmdale plans to widen Avenue S from two to four lanes and add curbs, gutters, sidewalks and bike paths between the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. and 20th Street East. The project will also require building two bridges For the neighborhood in New York City, see . Two Bridges is an isolated location in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, in Devon, United Kingdom. It is situated around 2. over the Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr. tracks, now crossed by a single two-lane bridge near 20th Street East. ``The Avenue S project will bring a new level of access and service to the east side,'' said Mayor Jim Ledford. The city has put together about $14 million in grants for the project, which is estimated to cost about $25 million. At Wednesday's meeting, the City Council will also consider starting eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in proceedings on 25 properties needed for Avenue S right-of-way and will have a closed-door discussion on offers for seven other properties. During the summer, Palmdale property owners approved a park bond measure that will charge every homeowner $36 a year to create two regionals parks - an expanded Marie Kerr Park at Rancho Vista Boulevard and 30th Street West and an east-side park to be built on Avenue S between 37th and 40th streets east. Each would have a 20,000-square-foot recreation center and a 25-yard- by-25-meter swimming pool. The pools would have bubble covers to allow for year-round use. The recreation centers would have teen rooms, gymnasiums and space for senior programs during the day. Marie Kerr Park would be the site of an amphitheater that would host the city's Starlight star·light n. The light from the stars. starlight Noun the light that comes from the stars Noun 1. summer concert series, now held on a softball field, and could be a venue for graduations and fund-raising events. The east-side park is envisioned as having a small aquatics center with some play areas, a couple of water slides and perhaps a ``lazy river'' pool. There would be areas to sunbathe sun·bathe intr.v. sun·bathed, sun·bath·ing, sun·bathes To expose the body to the sun. sun and to picnic. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Palmdale plans to widen Avenue S from two to four lanes between the Antelope Valley Freeway and 20th Street East. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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