BETTENDORF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION AGENDA

CANTEEN ROOM 7:00 PM
July 11, 2001

AT&T is having 6 2" conduits for fiber-optic cable run from Denver to Chicago. This cable is being run next to Middle Road in Bettendorf, and connects to the AT&T building in Davenport. It is still unclear on what they are going to use all of this bandwidth for, but this may help solve some of the phone and internet problems of the Quad City area.

MEETINGS: Special - Monday, July 9, 2001

HDG Community Center, Canteen Room, 4:00 PM

Regular - Wednesday, Ju1y 11, 2001

HDG Community Center, Canteen Room, 7:00 PM

Agenda includes agreement for Distribution of Student Achievement & Teacher Quality Program Funds.

Bettendorf's firework show was exceptional this year, with multitudes of fireworks, including a long display of red white and blue, as well as many color and pattern combinations not seen locally before. Some of the lower fireworks looked like "a billion angry fireflies."


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Some kids play a few extra innings for practice after their baseball game at the new Crow Creek baseball fields. The new fields also have a large parking lot and access off of Tanglewood Drive.

Board approves salary contracts with teachers, administrators and staff.


Technology budget for 2001-2001 approved.

Board, teacher association reach agreement on spending plan for special funds approved by state legislature to boost teacher compensation.

District hires 23 new teachers for coming school year.

Splash Landing water problems and Park & Recreation Master Plan to be discussed July 7.

Splash Landing was closed Thursday, but reopened Friday after another bout with cloudy water. Water clarity problems have plagued the pool this year, and pool officials have struggled to find a permanent fix for the recurring murky water. Last Tuesday, the slides were closed, and on Wednesday the Park and Rec Playground Program kids used the pool in Bettendorf High School.