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Show Oil TOWNS SECTION DECEMBER 19, 2007 WEDNESDAY, METRO EDITOR I 344 Amie Rose J 530amse(Sl3ea.com Provo readies for vote on Downtown Alliance Police Last meeting Janice Peterson HERALD DAILY 2007 and June 2008. The agreement will be up for Councilwoman Barbara Sandstrom was honored for her years of service to the city of Provo. The Provo Downtown Alliance may soon receive the funding promised by the City Council in October to appease local business owners. The council voted in October to discontinue funding for the program based solely on required con- (r- - its services. Each year the agreement is effective, the Downtown Alliance will submit a written report of its "Economic Promo tion Activities," as well as the costs of activities performed by the alliance. As outlined in the contract, the Downtown Alliance will consist See Page B3 tributions from business owners. During the study session Tuesday evening, the City Council reviewed key components of an agreement between the city and the alliance, which will receive a final vote Jan. 8. The agreement entitles the alii-- ( ance to $150,000 annually, paid for by Provo city and voluntary contributions from business owners renewal each year, and the alliance will be accountable to the city for in the district. Although almost 40 percent of business owners in the district opposed a mandatory fee, many of the same said they would be happy to contribute on a voluntary basis. The city will appropriate funds for the alliance in three stages between January and April to fund work by the alliance between July of representatives andor business owners from the district. The alliance will be responsible for keeping the downtown area clean and attractive, as well as actively promoting the area to businesses and visitors. Councilman George Stewart said the agreement's broad parameters have evolved well to meet the needs of the downtown area. "I think the general agreement on the council is this is what we want to see," he said. The study session also focused on appropriations forrnstruction of the at the Provo airport.-Miic- h work is in preparation for one day providing service to a higher number of customers. "We really need it now, but we try to build it keeping in mind that we may need more in the future," said public works director Merril quiet on sho oting of UVSGcoadi Bingham. Jeremy Duda Although airport officials have DAILY - See are HERALD B3 ALLIANCE, d about Sandy police are staying the investigation into the shooting death of UVSC hockey coach Kenneth Dolezsar, saying there is no new information to release to the public. Following a meeting by investigators . at the Sandy Police Department, Lt. Kevin Phacker said the investigation is moving forward, but there is nothing new to report. "We're still following up on leads we have, and they've kind of developed along the way," Phacker said. "This was something that happened with very few witnesses, so we'll just continue to follow up on the leads we have and see where it takes us." Dolezsar, 50, of Springville, was shot and killed on the morning of Nov. 15 in the parking lot of a Village Inn restaurant in Sandy. According to police, a witness saw Dolezsar pull into the restaurant's parking lot in a white Lincoln Navigator, get out of the vehicle and start talking" with another man. A few moments later, Dolezsar held his hands up to his sides and began backing away from the other man, who pulled out tight-lippe- Lone Peak students freezing for cash See - & r SHOOTING, B3 Public, charter schools going up in the valley 4? 10 Brittani Lusk - DAILY ' v i , f 'I ( MARIO Earlier this year, the Alpine School Board was a little nervous about the new elementary school it needs in Eagle Mountain. A land dispute had delayed construction, and officials were worried that the school would not be finished by the beginning of the fall 2008 school year. If construction was delayed into November or December, the students would have been forced to learn in portable classrooms while construction crews worked on common rooms like the cafeteria. Luckily for Alpine School District, construction began in October. Dave Holdaway, the district's director of physical facilities, said the school, which is approximately 80,000 square feet, should be finished on RUIZDaily Herald Peak High School Student Council members prepare dinner in front of the school auditorium evening during a fundraiser for the Jason Long Foundation. More than a dozen students spent the in front of the high school despite the National Weather Service predicting an 80 percent chance as they asked for donations from those attending a benefit choir concert at the school. "We're not going to leave until we raise $ 10,000 or until the sun rises," said Student Body President Cameron Lasky, 18. The lows were below freezing Tuesday night. The council is hoping to raise $30,000 for the Jason Long Foundation, and has already raised $4,000 which was enough to put Principal Chip Koop on the school roof for a night. athlete at Lone Peak High School who was diagAccording to jasonlongfoundation.com, Long was an nosed with an aggressive form of leukemia while serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. He returned home for treatment and the cancer went into remission. However, it returned and he died in September of this year at age 21. The foundation donates 75 percent of the money it receives to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, where he was treated The other 25 percent is put in a scholarship fund in honor of Long. Lone all-sta- HERALD time. "We think we got it started in time and we'll have it finished by next fall" Hold-awa- y said. 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