Part of several education reform measures passed last year by the Legislature, the plan is scheduled to be posted Monday to the education department’s website. A 30-day public comment period begins at that time and the state Board of Education votes on the measure during its March 29 meeting. If it passes, the policy change […]
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Next Stage
What perhaps doesn’t appeal to some sensibilities, however, might attract an entirely different audience: children. Tracey Zeeck, an Oklahoma City public relations professional, said she and others have banded together in an attempt to repurpose the building, located at 400 W. Sheridan, as a children’s museum. Designed by John Johansen, Stage Center opened in 1970 […]
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Core issues
ADG, the lead consulting firm hired by the city for MAPS 3, joined with Hargreaves Associates and Jonathan Rose Companies for the limited study after some city officials questioned whether Core to Shore was still valid amid the changes that have taken place in the city and with the MAPS 3 program. ADG’s Mike Mize […]
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The gap trap
While city revenue is expected to grow at a rate of around 3 percent, city Budget Director Doug Dowler told the council on Jan. 31, forecasts show overall expenditures are likely to increase at a rate of around 4.4 percent over the next five years. The biggest anticipated expenditure growth lies in personnel services and […]
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Alternate route
The MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board voted Jan. 26 to recommend the City Council approve purchase of the Santa Fe Train Depot to serve as a convergence for several modes of transportation in the city, including car, rail, bicycle and possibly bus. The city already set aside $10 million of the $127 million in MAPS […]
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Civil discord
Plans to renovate Oklahoma City’s Bicentennial Park, located between City Hall and the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, met resistance from the city’s Downtown Design Review Committee (DDRC), which declined to approve the plans at its meeting last week. The tabling of the proposal Jan. 19 could push back awarding project bids for at […]
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Arrested development
Ethics Commission staff had requested an overhaul of the Political Subdivisions Ethics Act that regulates city council and school board races. The proposed revisions were a response to two independent expenditure groups in the 2011 Oklahoma City Council races that, between them, had spent more than half a million dollars, as well as to bring […]
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Defense spending
The main difference, however, is that the U.S. Department of Defense items stored in this warehouse don’t melt faces — and they’re all for sale. Whether one is preparing for a 2012 doomsday or just wanting to turn a profit by reselling the equipment, there is no shortage of items from which to choose, said […]
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Flying high
Earlier action is expected for an incentives package involving 550 Boeing jobs already coming to OKC from Long Beach, Calif. In March, the city’s Economic Development Trust will likely receive Boeing’s application for the second part of that incentives package. Boeing announced Jan. 4 that it will close its Wichita facility, which employs about 2,160 […]
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Monkey saved, monkey do
It had been a days-long trip for the two Japanese macaques, rescued from a roadside zoo in upstate New York. Their journey finally had ended on the outskirts of Newcastle, at a remote location called Mindy’s Memory Primate Sanctuary. Bob Ingersoll, the sanctuary’s board president, greeted the monkeys. “Hiya, buddies!” he said. “You’re about to […]