A long-anticipated ice skating and roller rink project in Reseda is finally getting started, with Los Angeles city leaders taking the initial steps Wednesday to get the money together to build it.

City officials have tried unsuccessfully for the past 10 years to make good on a promise to construct the rink project, which is part of a list of Recreation and Parks facilities projects approved by voters under Proposition K. The city is required to have a development plan for the rink facility ready by early 2018.

The city initially tried to partner with a private company to make the project happen. But after some failed attempts, Los Angeles leaders said this week the deadline was fast approaching, and it was time to move ahead without a private party.

The City Council signed off Wednesday to instruct staffers to come up with a financing plan to purchase two acres of property within the Reseda Town Center site, on the southside of Sherman Way between Lindley and Etiwanda avenues. The properties belong to the former Los Angeles redevelopment agency, which is separate from the city.

The council also called for staffers to find sources of funding to construct the project.

The plan is to build an indoor ice rink, an outdoor roller rink, and a parking structure, according to city staffers.

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The proposed rink facilities would join a movie theater that is being restored nearby that will house a six-screen Laemmle Theater, according to Tricia Robbins Kasson, an aide for Councilman Bob Blumenfield.

The two projects could help revitalize a “very sleepy portion of the Valley,” where a business district dating back to 1915 has languished, Kasson told a City Council committee last week.

“These are the two best hopes for re-igniting that particular area and bringing customers back, and giving residents … a place to walk to a Saturday night and have something fun to do with their family,” she said.