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Show SECTION '. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,2304 '"if:'. METRO EDITOR Joe Pyrah jpyrahOhefaldexV.om 344-258- 6 4ft 'j ' Commission recommends . -- . closing road for runway ; I "Tl i i Amie Rose DAILY HERALD The SpringvilleSpanish Fork Airport Board wants to close a road to extend its runway to the northwest, and Utah County planning commissioners moved the runway one step closer to com- pletion Tuesday night over the objections of several residents. In a 2 vote, the Planning Commission recommended county commissioners change the county's road map to show 800 West in the Spanish Fork area closed between 4400 South and 4600 South, and add a new road 1 100 West, between 4000 South and 5000 South. The county commissioners will make the final decision If the county commission approves the proposal, the closure and construction will happen in about five years. Last year, the Planning Commission denied the airport board 5-- JEREMY HARMONOaily Herald Provo School District hears final pleas over master plan Angelo Rodriguez addresses the Provo School Board with questions about its budget during a public input meeting on the master plan. The Provo Board of Education heard opinions on a proposed master plan for perhaps the last time Tuesday before members vote to close Farrer Middle School and Joaquin Eleschool year, put mentary starting with the 2005-200-6 a new elementary in the Farrer building and bond to OKs Spring medians on Main t . the public to complete 1 0 years of building reconstruction and maintenance. The board voted to shift five elementary boundaries, which moves 65 Provo students from Westridge Elementary and Rock Canyon Elementary to Edgemont Elementary. The board had not voted on the remainder of the master plan by 11 p.m., and will continue making master plan decisions in a meeting on Nov. 23. ' request to close 800 West because the board didn't have a viable alternative route for residents. The airport needs to close 300 feet of the runway on the southeast end because buildings in that area cut into its air space, said John Haf en, a member of the airport board. Spanish Fork gave building permits years ago to buildings penetrating the airport's restricted air space. The runway will be extended 600 feet on the northwest end, and the additional 300 feet will allow small business jets to land at the site. The airport is already approved for those jets, but the runway isn't long enough for them how. But not everyone is happy with the idea of the road closure and increased airport traffic. "I feel like we're being walked over and stepped on," said Keith See RUNWAY, "I ' feel like we're being walked over and stepped on. . . act like it's a two-wa- y street it's not." Keith Williams owners of one of the last pieces of property the airport needs to buy to buy for the runway extension D3 Hanging up the baton after 33 years Caleb Warnock DAILY . HERALD - a Medians will be built along sections of Springville's Main Street next summer. Springville City Council members voted 1 Tuesday night to allow landscaped medians down Main Street along the blocks between 100 North to 200 North and 200 North to 300 4-- 'North. - v discussion leading to the decision was heated. The city had faced a deadline to approve the medians or lose a $500,000 grant from the Utah Department of Transportation to pay for the medians and other im. provements to Main Street. "Are we willing to block up our main arterial highway for an enhancement of two blocks?" said Councilman Rodney Burt, the only councilman to vote against the plan. "How are we going to handle our volume of traffic if we put this in?" Even as he voted for the proposal, Councilman Niel Strong said he opposed it, but because three other council members a majority had already voted for it, his vote was The two-hou- r m O ii Q ft" 9 ' JOSHUA BROWNDaily Herald cause they know they are separate (from pedestrians) and safe," he said. Resident Karen Ifediba asked council members not to approve the medians until the public had a chance to express their opinion. The medians will cause more congestion on Main Street, she said. "The people are expecting to have some kind of say in this," she said. "Do not put this in until we have an alternative method to get through this town." . Resident Scott Holden said the medians are necessary to keep Springville's Main Street from looking as "hideous" as Orem's Bryan Tobler is retiring from Springville High School as band director after 33 years. Springville High's Bryan Tobler to retire; he 'never r&gretted' his career alre- ady-congested MEDIANS, iw .A i moot. "To me all we are doing is creating a problem," Strong said, noting traffic will only ' worsen as the city continues to grow. "I'll vote yes for Main Street medians, but I think in the overall picture we're heading in the wrong direction." City manager Layne Long said UDOT experts have told the city that adding medians will make traffic flow more smoothly. "Cars go faster with a median barrier be- See : Todd Hollingshead DAILY For 33 HERALD years he's been known as Doc to his band students at Springville High School. D3 He's led those students to shelves full of awards, journals full of memories and binders full of music that have changed their lives. And now, after winning more band competitions with the "1 have thoroughly enjoyed what I've done, " Tobler said. Springville High School Band than he could ever have imagined, Bryan Tobler is putting down his baton on a high note. Tobler will retire from teaching at the end of the school year. "It's been a good run," Tobler said in his band room office Tuesday. "I have thoroughly enjoyed what I've done. I have never regretted going into music and teaching." Since he started teaching at Springville High in 1972, he's made himself a permanent place in the hearts of thousands of students who have come through his class-roodoors. He started with only 11 students in his first band, but after a quarter-centur- y of competitions, the band See BAND LEADER, D3 Construction begins on Provo's splash pad Todd Hollingshead DAILY HERALD Construction crews have started laying the groundwork for a $1.4 million splash pool and pad near Provo's Veterans Memorial Pool. The City Council voted to approve the water recreation facility in October after several residents asked for a safe alternative for their toddlers to play in when they go to the pool "We're just excited that it's under way," said Roger Thomas, the direc1 tor of Provo Parks and Recreation. "It will be a great amenity to a wonderful facility that is already exist- , 6-- 1 ing." oot splash pool The is being built over the baseball field to the southwest of the current pool and is scheduled to be completed by Memorial Day weekend. The new addition to Provo's water park will have similar features of both the new SCERA Parks pool in Orem and the splash pad at Spanish Fork's pool, said Scott Henderson, assistant director of recreation 10,000-square- -f "Really, it's the best of both worlds a combination of a splash pad and a splash pool." Scott Henderson assistant director of recreation for Provo . for Provo. "Really, it's the best of both worlds a combination of a splash pad and a splash pool," he said. There will be a pool that tapers up to 18 inches in depth, and next to that another pool with only 3 inches of depth. The deeper of the two pools will also have surface attractions, ininteractive struccluding a four-lev- ture. The water toy will look similar to regular playground equipment but will be designed for an aquatic environment. , Henderson said the playground, with its 120 controllable water jets, . will be the centerpiece of the project. "It's what makes this project unique," Henderson said. "The kids can actually play on the equipment and control the jets instead of just standing under it and getting wet." M With planners focused on the Memorial Day weekend opening date, crews will work through the winter to have it completed on schedule. Crews may have to heat concrete slabs if the weather gets too cold, but because the contractor prepared for winter construction, problems should be minimal, Henderson said. ' Since the first part of November, parks crews have taken down fencing, cleared the site for grading and begun digging the hole for the structure. "The plan is to get as much done as possible before winter," Thomas said. "A lot of the underground work, if they can get that done before the ground freezes, that is their goal and their objective." I Todd Hollingshead can be or reached at thollingsheadheraldextra.com. 344-255- 9 IMS. ... splash' pool and splash completed by Memorial Day weekend in 2005. Provo's new 10,000-square-fo- ot Courtesy Image pad is scheduled to be |
