A three-story addition to the Water Street Inn is being proposed by the building's owner. (Image courtesy of the Water Street Inn)

Plans for a major expansion of the Water Street Inn will go before the Stillwater City Council Tuesday.

The Stillwater Planning Commission signed off on the plans March 10, but city staff have raised concerns about the location of the three-story addition.

"It's too close to Myrtle Street, we think," said Bill Turnblad, the city's community development director. "We want them to move it back 8 feet farther than their plans specified."

The project requires a variance to the front-yard setback and a special-use permit for the rooftop patio, Turnblad said.

Owner Chuck Dougherty said Thursday that he has no plans to move the structure back.

"The planning commission approved our plans," he said. "At this time, we are not making any adjustments to them."

The addition would include a rooftop patio and a new primary entrance and lobby. It also would have a tower element, a nod to the clock tower that graced the Union Depot train station that formerly stood on the site.

The 21,000-square-foot addition, designed by ARCHNET in Stillwater, would add about 20 rooms to the 41-room hotel. The hotel lobby in the southwest corner would be moved to the building's north side, and the existing lobby would become the main dining area.

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A safe room able to hold 600 students and faculty will be added to the first new school in the downtown Oklahoma City area in several decades.

Were still working through whether its going to be above ground or below ground, said Kirk Humphreys, board chairman at John W. Rex Charter Elementary School at N Walker and W Sheridan avenues.

The school is scheduled to be completed by the start of the 2014-15 school year, but timing on the safe room is not yet known, Humphreys said.

Construction began before deadly tornadoes hit central Oklahoma in May. After seeing the importance of having shelter during dangerous weather, school leaders made plans for the addition.

Still in the design phase, the safe room will be a separate structure by the playground. If a redesign of the school was possible, they may have included the safe room inside the building, Humphreys said. Given the schools stage of construction, this was the best alternative to insure students safety.

This $12 million, tuition-free, public charter school is being funded with a combination of MAPS for Kids money, other city funds and private donations, he said. The safe room is going to be paid for strictly with private donations and grants. An official cost of the safe room is yet to be determined.

When the school opens in August, it will offer pre-K through second-grade classes. It will have 280 spots available the first year, and it will add a grade level every year up to the sixth-grade. At that time, the school will hold about 500 students.

Boundary and enrollment

The general attendance boundary for JRCES is NW and NE 13th St. to the north, the Oklahoma River to the south, Lottie Ave to the east and N Western Ave to the west. Any child living in this attendance boundary is considered first priority and will be enrolled if they apply, Humphreys said.

Second priority is children living in the Oklahoma City Public Schools district, third is children living outside the OKCPS district with a parent or guardian working in the JRCES attendance boundary and lastly is everyone else, he said.

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The Montezuma weight room improvement project will soon be completed.

The Montezuma Board of Education approved a total bid of $57,059.81 to complete the project.

The board, which met on Wednesday, March 19, accepted the following bids:

Ogan Enterprises, $46,832.78; A-One Boring, $6,375; and Winegarden Hardware, $3,852.03 for a total of $57,059.81 to finish the work.

The work includes adding footings to the new addition, pouring a sidewalk, installing new windows and doors, framing the restroom, finishing inside of the building and adding siding to the outside of the building.

The State Fire Marshals office halted the project in July 2012, after it was discovered that the proper paperwork had not been filed. It was also discovered that two restrooms were to be included in the new addition.

Since that time, the district has received a waiver and is only required to install one handicap restroom in the new addition.

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In business related to staff, the board: Approved the resignations of secondary science teachers David Brondyke and Carrie Weber.

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FOR PEOPLE of a certain age who appreciate a certain genre of motion picture, nitroglycerin played a frequent role.

Nitro, stored in glass jars and protected by cotton wadding in a rickety crate in the back of a buckboard, provided a thrill in the stock scene: The wagon goes out of control, putting some precious cargo in terrible danger.

If that nitro got bumped too hard, or if the wagon careened over the cliff . . . BOOM!

Chip Kelly is driving the wagon.

His Eagles have cast DeSean Jackson as an expendable malcontent . . . after he completed his best season, and did so with a minimum of insubordination.

The most stable player on the team, Evan Mathis, a modestly underpaid guard, reportedly asked for, and was denied, a raise . . . even as two linemates had their contracts extended.

And, now, the Eagles have replaced the most controversial quarterback in league history with the second-most controversial quarterback on the East Coast. They agreed to terms with Mark Sanchez in a QB swap with the dysfunctional Jets, who lured Michael Vick with the chance to steal Geno Smith's starting job. Vick was easy to lure.

Sanchez was in town last night so the Eagles could make sure his bad arm wasn't going to fall off when OTAs start next month. Sanchez joins 2013 fourth-round pick Matt Barkley as Nick Foles' backups.

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CLINTON, Tenn. (WVLT) Inside the new addition at the Anderson County Jail, computer systems control almost everything.

Captain Larry Davidson explained "It makes officers safe, it's also safer for the staff here. And for the inmates."

Overcrowding is a major problem at the current detention facility-- and at one point was on the verge of losing state accreditation.

At times, 30 inmates are housed in on area-- violent and non-violent criminals together.

But, the new addition adds 212 room, putting the facility back up to state standards.

"We'll be able to separate inmates according to their classification which will be much safer," said Captain Davidson.

The new facility is designed with a pod layout, meaning all inmates can be watched 24-7.

Davidson said, "This will be what we call direct indirect. Not only will it be cameras, but the officer will also be present walking in and out of the pods."

All of these renovations come with a price tag of more than 10 million dollars. It is all being paid for by the taxpayers.

Emily Parfitt said, " It will make me feel more safe. You don't have to worry about anyone breaking out of the jail. It's just better for the community. I don't mind paying extra."

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