SOBOROFF PITCHES OWN PARK PLAN.Byline: Joseph Giordono Staff Writer On a parallel track with Mayor Richard Riordan's campaign to renovate a park every two weeks, mayoral candidate Steven Soboroff said Tuesday that he will direct $9 million in urban park money to improve 82 parks. Soboroff, who heads the parks commission and is backed by Riordan for mayor, said the money will come from city Quimby Funds, developer fees for park improvements that typically are held for large projects. In announcing the funding, Soboroff said newly formed citizen park advisory boards now allow the money to be used for smaller projects in more parks. ``This is the first time in the history of the department that we have the skills, the manpower and the money,'' Soboroff said. 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. Soboroff, the parks department has been trying to make do with a $120 million annual budget to run a system with more than 380 parks and other sites to maintain. The newly released funds, Soboroff said, represent all but about $100,000 in the Quimby Fund and are intended for repairs that will be completed in the next 24 months. ``This is a very good surprise because it means we will have money to do some things that we have wanted to do for a long time,'' said John McRae, president of the North Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
Riordan last week announced a campaign to fix a park every two weeks for the rest of his term. ``I don't care
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