SCHOOL AUDITORIUM GETS QUAKE FUNDS; INSURANCE SETTLEMENT COULD GET HALL FIXED BY NEXT TERM.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer The Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
The terms of the settlement are confidential on the insistence of RLI RLI Realtors Land Institute RLI Reserve Life Index (oil industry) RLI Rhodesian Light Infantry (Rhodesian Army Unit) RLI Retail & Leisure International RLI Resource List Interoperability Insurance Co., the Peoria, Ill.-based holder of the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District's policy. The five-member board of education approved the negotiated agreement in a meeting last month, including a condition to keep it secret. ``Our lawyer brought to the (school) board a settlement (offer) based on nondisclosure'' of the terms, said Hart district Superintendent District Superintendent may be:
``It's certainly not an amount that we're embarrassed by,'' the superintendent added. ``It was a good venture on our part to engage litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and force the insurance company to settle.'' The six-figure insurance reimbursement will cover many of the repairs to the 900-seat auditorium. ``We're still short a sizeable amount of money,'' Lee said, noting the sum won't cover planned upgrades to the hall's lighting and sound systems but represented more money than the district could have received from federal disaster funds. ``Based on the cost estimates that we have to finish the project, it's still short a couple hundred thousand dollars,'' Lee said. Timothy Dillon, the Hart district's legal counsel, didn't return phone calls seeking comment on the settlement. The school district filed suit against RLI on Sept. 20, 1996, and the matter had been winding through the Superior Court system, with periodic hearings between a judge and attorneys for both sides. Bidding has opened on assorted repair, renovation and modernization contracts tied to the 46-year-old auditorium, the only performance venue of its kind in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . It had been used widely by area schools and community organizations before the Jan. 17, 1994, quake forced its closure. Since the temblor, the school district has received $285,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical toward repair costs, along with about $320,000 in community donations to install air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. in the auditorium. Other improvements to the hall include the installation of new lighting and carpeting, painting and replastering the walls, reconstructing a ceiling, widening doorways, renovating restrooms to make them accessible to the handicapped and reupholstering the seat cushions. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) The Hart High School auditorium, which was damaged in the 1994 temblor, could be opened by the start of the next school year with repair funding obtained in an insurance deal. John Lazar/Daily News |
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