Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 3, 2015 5A
Polk County News
Rates to go up at Dallas pool
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — The Dallas
City Council made a minor
change to the Dallas Aquatic
Center admission rates at its
meeting Monday night.
The council approved a
resolution that increased the
family rate from $14 to $16.
The new rate still pro-
vides a discount off regular
admission rates for families
of four ($19-$20), but also
allows the center to collect
an additional $10,000 per
year.
“It’s still very cheap, and
it’s a very good deal,” said
Councilor Kelly Gabliks, the
chairwoman of the council’s
administration committee,
which recommended the
change to the council.
The council, serving as
the Dallas Urban Renewal
Agency Board, also ap-
proved a change to the
urban renewal budget for
Government
2015-16 to help cover unan-
ticipated costs for a
streetscape project slated for
the current fiscal year.
Bids on the project, which
spans the south side of Mill
Street from Main Street to
the mid-block alley, exceed-
ed estimates by $20,000 to
$25,000.
About $50,000 was bud-
geted this year for the proj-
ect, though the total cost
now is estimated to be more
than $80,000, including
landscape materials and
lighting installation that
were not part of the project
bid.
To cover the extra cost,
agency staff recommended
the board revise the 2015-16
urban renewal budget, tak-
ing $35,000 from contin-
gency funds.
The change will allow the
agency to pay for the project
out of the current budget
and next year’s, and leave
about $132,000 in contin-
gency.
Jason Locke, the city’s
economic development di-
rector, said the increase
was mainly due to con-
struction costs in general
going up.
A resolution adopting the
agency budget will be before
the board at its June 15
meeting.
In other business, the
council:
• Held a public hearing on
the city’s 2015-16 budget at
which no one testified.
A resolution adopting the
budget will be before coun-
cil at its June 15 meeting.
Dine out, support CASA volunteers
Itemizer-Observer staff report
POLK COUNTY — Don’t
want to cook on Thursday?
Instead, you could “Dine
Out for CASA.”
Friends of Polk County
CASA is holding its third
Dine Out for CASA (Court-
Appointed Special Advo-
cates) fundraiser Thursday.
Participating restaurants will
donate a percentage of sales,
which will be used for the ex-
penses of recruiting, training
and supporting CASAs.
CASAs are trained volun-
teers assigned by the Polk
County Circuit Court to
work with children who
have been placed in care
due to abuse or neglect.
The CASA program is
growing and looking to
move into its own office.
You can help with that ef-
fort Thursday by eating at
the following participating
restaurants:
• MONMOUTH: Dairy
Queen, 320 S. Pacific Ave.
• INDEPENDENCE:
Arena Sports Bar & Grill;
Chase Bar & Grill, 1083 Mon-
mouth St.; Figaro’s Pizza,
1321 Monmouth St.; Happy
Dragon Chinese Restaurant,
101 N. Polk St.; The Pink
House Café, 242 D St., San
Antonio, 1311 Monmouth St.
• DALLAS: Courtyard
Coffee House, 156 SE Mill
St.; El Pique Family Restau-
rant, 289 E. Ellendale Ave.,
suite 401; Figaro’s Pizza, 242
Main St.; L’Atitude One, 904
Main St.; Miramar, 119 E. El-
lendale Ave.; Muchas Gra-
cias, 365 E. Ellendale Ave. ;
Ugo’s Pizza, 967 Main St.;
Washington Street Bar &
Grill, 141 SW Washington St.
and Yami, 608 Main St.
• FALLS CITY: The Boon-
docks Bar & Grill, 318 N.
Main St.
• WEST SALEM: La Ha-
cienda Real, 475 Taggart
Drive NW; LimeBerry, 525
Taggart Drive NW; Odd
Moe’s Pizza, 1594 Edgewater
St. NW; Papa Murphy’s Pizza
(4 to 7 p.m. on regular menu
items), 1124 Wallace Road
NW.
For more information:
503-623-9268, ext. 1301.
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