The Beverly Hills City Council is encouraging residents to attend Thursday’s meeting about the future of the Roxbury Park Community Center . The meeting takes place at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 455 N. Rexford Drive. Two hours of free parking is available in the city lot across the street next to the Beverly Hills Public Library. At its Dec. 6 meeting, the council unanimously rejected the bids that were submitted for the community center’s construction because they went over the $14.7 million that has been budgeted for the project. The purpose of the project is to modernize the facility and includes: a multipurpose room that can function as a gym community meeting rooms a small satellite library a kitchen for the senior nutrition program an exercise room staff offices and other spaces for the community upgrades to the maintenance building and yard an expanded parking lot drainage improvements a fire lane for fire-truck access to the park landscaping Council members agreed to reconsider the project through public feedback meetings led by the Recreation and Parks Liaison Committee, which includes Vice Mayor William Brien and Councilman Julian Gold. “We’ll get this right—something that is safe and clean, and of Beverly Hills quality,” Brien said when the council voted in December to reject the submitted contractor bids. “I can tell you right now, the existing facility is none of those three.” Be sure to follow Beverly Hills Patch on Twitter and “Like” us on Facebook . Read this article: Roxbury Park Community Center Meeting Is Tonight
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Higher airfares, packed planes for holidays
Rapper Heavy D, who rose to fame during the 1990s and scored hit singles such as “Now That We Found Love”, died on Tuesday after collapsing outside his Beverly Hills home. Originally posted here: Higher airfares, packed planes for holidays
Garrett McNamara Surfs 90-Foot Wave
Surfer Garrett McNamara has broken the world record for the largest wave ever surfed, a massive 90-foot wave. Surfers from California, Hawaii, South Africa, Australia and Europe are heralding the historic achievement of Garrett “G-Mac” McNamara, 44, the world’s top daredevil big wave surfer. The menacing 90-foot rogue wave, off the coast of Portugal at the North Canyon, was the height of a mid-rise office building. The record-breaking wave might have killed or injured other big wave surfers, but Garrett McNamara is experienced at surfing actual tsunami waves. Born during 1967′s Summer of Love, McNamara has surfed all his life.
REVEALED: Occupy LA’s Cost To The City So Far
Story comes courtesy of The City Maven . By Alice M. Walton The Occupy LA encampment on the lawn of City Hall, which has been in place since Oct. 1, has racked up a $120,000 tab so far, according the Mayor’s Office. That figure includes fees associated with Recreation and Parks, Transportation, Sanitation, General Services and the City Attorney’s Office. It does not include any one-time costs to repair the lawn and irrigation system, nor does it include the cost of materials and labor to construct the wood structure around the foundation and firefighters’ memorial on the South lawn. A letter sent to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa from the head of Recreation and Parks shows the extent of some City Hall insiders’ frustration with Occupy LA. “Some individuals have compromised the park’s irrigation system by disabling sprinkler heads, and vandalizing the various irrigation valves located throughout the park,” General Manger Jon Kirk Mukri wrote in his letter. “Additionally, the persons now living on the grounds of the park have: 1) created several unsafe conditions; 2) monopolized the park grounds, thus limiting access for other park users; 3) greatly impacted (Recreation and Park’s) ability to properly maintain and irrigate the park; and, 4) caused damage to the park grounds including landscaped areas, hardscape areas, and trees.” Park repairs will take several weeks — once Occupy LA leaves the lawn and once city funding is identified, according to Mukri. Citing staff’s pride in the city’s parks, Recreation and Parks has distributed a flyer to Occupy LA folks on how to protect the park’s trees. Conditions at City Hall Park Read the original: REVEALED: Occupy LA’s Cost To The City So Far
