The Rapid City School board has approved a tentative school calendar for 2012-13. The proposed calendar includes 27 early release days.
View the proposed calender here.
Rapid City School Board Minutes.
Read full article in Rapid City Journal.
Read other articles on early release in Rapid City Schools here.
Mark Wilson of the SD Department of Education, will begin his presidential duties in Rapid City at Western Dakota Technical Institue July 2012.
At the same meeting, the School Board approved an agreement with the Rapid City Library Board of Trustees to operate a joint-use library at WDTI. See related story here.
Read full article in Rapid City Journal.
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Rapid City officials are weighing the cost and benefits of replacing the Horace Mann Pool. The Rapid City Journal reports that cost estimates are in for the three plans: the least expensive is a lesiure pool, followed by a competitive pool, and the most expensive is a hybrid of the two ideas.
The Parks and Recreation department has the three plans available to the public and welcomes additional input.
Follow the Horace Mann Pool and other Parks and Recreation projects here.
A three-hour work session by Rapid City Council members yielded several approved billboard and sign changes. All changes will require two more council readings before becoming official. The first reading will likely be scheduled for June 4, 2012.
Read the full article in the Rapid City Journal.
Follow the billboard discussion here.
The proposed dates for early release Wednesdays will likely change after Union contract negotiations have been completed.
Read full article in Rapid City Journal.
The board will look further at the tentative early-release at its next regular meeting Thursday May 17 at 5:30 PM. Agendas and Minutes.
Follow collection of stories on early release HERE.
The City Planning commission members unanimously passed the new TIF district submitted by the the Plaza's designers. The new TIF shrinks the district boundaries of the old TIF from 5 years ago and returns half a million dollars back to the city. The commission's decision now heads to the City Council for final approval. To read the full article from the Rapid City Journal, click here.
The new, smaller TIF proposed by the designers of the President's Plaza is set to go before the city Planning Commission. The smaller TIF request, if approved, would return money back to the city and establish the district's boundaries, elminating confusion and minimizing the number of buildings within the district. To read the full article from the Rapid City Journal, click here.
Rapid City Council voted 7-3 in favor of a three to four week detour of eastbound traffic in the construction zone on Canyon Lake Road. Closing the east lane would start in June and allow R. C. S. Construction to trim an estimated two or three weeks from the project, which began in March 2011 and was originally expected to finish up in June of this year. The Rapid City Journal says the project will likely not be completed by that deadline. Business owners already feeling the effects of the ongoing construction project were against the move.
See video of the discussion (starting near the 1:53:10 mark) at the May 7, 2012 City Council meeting. Read more City Council news in our archive on Diigo and view the memo presented at the City Council meeting.
"Mega Floods: The 1972 Awakening" opened May 6 as an exhibit at The Journey Museum. Set to run through August 10, this is part of the museum's programs to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Flood of 1972.
The Rapid City Journal reported on the opening, where some residents talked about their experiences during the flood. The Rapid City Public Library has also been collecting oral histories from people who lived through the flood. Additional flood information can be found through the library's Flood Wiki.
Continue following flood articles here.
Memorial Park Promenade was presented by Destination Rapid City at Monday's City Council meeting. This promenade will connect the city's downtown attractions to the the Civic Center. Destination Rapid City has raised the money necessary to build the park and the city's Park and Recreation department will maintain the crossing. Friends of Rapid City Parks also supports the project but requested that the problem of crossing Omaha Street be investigated to ensure pedestrian safety. For further research on this topic, click here.
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