Sentences with phrase «area districts say»

Still, officials with other large Houston - area districts say they are not considering eliminating the extra master's pay, which typically amounts to $ 1,000 to $ 2,000 a year.

Not exact matches

As residents have poured out of rebel districts, including into areas under government control, the army has begun making arrests, Zughbi said.

«We will try to basically realize zero coal use in six major districts and in Beijing's southern plain areas this year,» major Cai Qi was quoted as saying, adding that Beijing would also eliminate small coal - fired boilers.

Rhodes said the Houston - area district would not tolerate any protests or demonstrations during school hours.

Campbell senior Jordan McKinley, an intern with the Cobb School District's communication office, said he was surprised how big of a problem human trafficking is in the metro Atlanta area, especially in connection with Hartsfield — Jackson Atlanta International Airport and MARTA.

US District Judge Mark Goldsmith had already issued a 14 day stay of removal on June 22nd for at least 114 mostly Christian Iraqis detained in the Detroit area, saying he needed time to work out whether he has jurisdiction over the case.

With the three new playing areas at Harvester, the district has doubled its number of soccer fields to six, he said.

Park District Director Bob Porter, who was not on the task force, said the parcel is a very attractive area that could be used for fishing, camping, walking and jogging.

The land was donated to the school district in the late 1960s, when the area was developed, said Robert Dunsmuir, director of the Park Ddistrict in the late 1960s, when the area was developed, said Robert Dunsmuir, director of the Park DistrictDistrict.

Warrenville Park District received $ 68,100 to develop a 1 - acre neighborhood park, including a basketball court, play areas, pathways and shelters, Park District Director Matt Ellman said.

An ice - skating rink also could be part of the plans unless the village approves an indoor rink already proposed for an industrial area south of Aptakisic Road and east of Weiland Road, said Michael Rylko, Park District director.

Using $ 35 million from a lease of city parking garages, the district will transform 25 acres that include Daley Bicentennial Plaza and two smaller areas to the east known as Cancer Survivors Garden and Peanut Park, officials said.

When not used for concerts, the area designated for lawn seating will be an open space for the public and free of any fencing, Park District officials said Thursday.

The lawn - seating area would double as recreational space for park patrons and would only be used for two events this summer as Park District officials experiment with the reconfigured space, Foster and O'Neill said.

I'm glad to say we have made great strides with districts and schools in our area in eliminating the serving of the alternative lunch.

«It's more of a passive area and is kind of like a mini-Northside Park,» said Bob Dunsmuir, the Park District's director of parks and recreation, referring to one of Wheaton's most popular parks.

A new play area and the addition of private family changing rooms are among the improvements planned for Rehm Pool this year, Park District of Oak Park officials said.

Munn said the increase in salaries mainly would accommodate new part - time workers needed to support a budgeted increase in district programming, where the growth is mostly seen in the area of performing arts and before - and after - school programs.

Oak Park Park District officials have said they hope to repair both pools in the village, at Rehm Park and at Ridgeland Common, and add water slides and a zero - depth wading area to the pools.

A DuPage County proposal to spend $ 1.2 million to expand nearby Northside Park's wetland areas to improve the flooding problems was narrowly rejected by the Wheaton Park District board in March 1997, forcing the city to pursue its own land purchases for storm - water storage, city officials said.

The park district needs the revenue produced by the double - taxed area to pay for upkeep on its new $ 380,000 building, Safko said.

The former Nordic Construction building that adjoins the complex will be turned into a facility with party rooms, a concession area and a pro shop, Park District Recreation Supt. Mike Walaszek said.

Park District Executive Director Ray McGury, a former police chief, said he didn't feel any issues that may exist in the area should preclude...

«Basically the only legal spot to skate is in your driveway or your back yard if you can build a ramp and get past the homeowners association,» said Quarles, the board shop owner who is on a committee, along with the Park District, downtown business owners and area police officers, that has sought a site for the skate park.

Parking would be available underground in an area where the Park District's administration building now stands at 425 E. McFetridge Drive, she said.

Park District Executive Director Ray McGury, a former police chief, said he didn't feel any issues that may exist in the area should preclude installing a basketball court at the south - side park.

«What we're trying to do is build up a cooperative with the Lemont Park District in regards to developing that whole area,» said Lemont Mayor Richard Kwasneski.

The close proximity of Kendall Park, located at 84 W. 5th Ave., to nine schools and the city's downtown area and Riverwalk makes it ideal for the skate park, Park District officials said.

Andrea Coates, Naperville Park District's aquatics manager, says the area is tilled with a plow each morning before the beach opens and maintained each evening by crews picking up litter.

Sanctuary needs an edge in the highly competitive local golf market, said O'Neill, who added that the Park District course is one of 125 within a 25 - mile area.

In the past, park officials tried to establish man - made ice rinks by flooding large areas of city parks during winter, Park District Supt. Forrest Claypool said.

«There «s been 13 years of status quo in that area, and we have residents of the Glenview Park District there who are n`t too pleased «about the legal challenge, said Richard E. Johns, general superintendent of the Glenview parks.

For now, the site's neighbor to the east, Butterfield Park District whose picnic area would have been steps away from the project's car wash if approved, says their victory is just the beginning.

Park District officials said that several years of upkeep on the area were required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a condition of their permits.

«There are a lot of good water parks and pool facilities in the Chicago area and the Bolingbrook Park District wanted to do something different, something special, «says Al Pell, pool manager.

«The whole Chicago metropolitan area is ahead of the rest of the United States when it comes to aquatics, «said Steve Hartman, director of the Lisle Park District, an agency that opened a new water park last year.

«They just do a lot of damage, especially in the past when 10 beavers were far too many for that size of park,» said Angela Sturdevant, natural areas manager with the Chicago Park District.

Park District spokeswoman Jessica Maxey - Faulkner said in an email that under consideration is a proposal to convert the zoo into a «nature area.

Peloquin said California Gardens is currently part of a tax increment financing district where revenues go to a special redevelopment fund for area improvements instead of to local taxing districts.

While stopping short of calling Kelly a racist, Madison said that black areas of the city do not receive the same amount of park district services as white areas.

But because city staff said the direction council members wanted them to take was unclear, the council asked for revisions to the weed control ordinance, which identifies designated natural landscape areas as land owned by the city, the Naperville Park District or forest preserve districts.

It's been quite a feat, though, district employees say, to pull things off smoothly in the building where at least nine district officials at any one time work out of three offices (one of which doubles as a reception area), a copy room and a basement that contains a pre-school room, two closets and a bathroom.

Naperville Park District leaders are giving serious consideration to placing a barrier in Sportsman's Park that would keep lead shot out of a waterway in the wooded area, an attorney for the distriDistrict leaders are giving serious consideration to placing a barrier in Sportsman's Park that would keep lead shot out of a waterway in the wooded area, an attorney for the districtdistrict said.

The concrete blocks in Burnham Park serve another purpose: They can be transported readily to other areas if a major storm causes sections of the shoreline to crumble, said Thomas Elzey, assistant general superintendent of the Chicago Park District.

On Sunday, Patricia Cross, an attorney and volunteer for the Citizens for a Greater Barrington Area Community Center, said she had not received a response to the offer after presenting it to Park District lawyers Saturday.

Meanwhile, the possible addition of a dog park, which has been sought by area owners because of the park district's long - standing ban on pets, is no longer being tied to the referendum, said Superintendent of Recreation Sue Gwinnup.

«If we never changed from what we did in 1946, I don't think you could say too many good things about school lunch,» said Paula Schmicker, who directs the food service program for Elgin Area Unit District 46.

Park officials said also that the district's other parks are in residential areas where increased traffic would be more noticeable.

For at least 40 years, the only outdoor play area for the school's recess and physical education classes has been the blacktop space, making Irving the only school in the district with no open green space nearby, said Oak Park District 97 Board President Bodistrict with no open green space nearby, said Oak Park District 97 Board President BoDistrict 97 Board President Bob Spatz.

About 92 percent of the New Lenox area's growth has been residential, said Commissioner Mike O'Neill, the Park District's treasurer.