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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 2010
Page
3
Cedar Rapids police invite the public to tour the flood damaged sections of the HQ reconstruction from 11 30 a m to 1 p m entering from the southeast. The building at 505 First St SW was evacuated for eight days after the June 2008 flood with basement and first floor damage.
The Iowa City Council enacted a new panhandling policy effective today restricting solicitation within 10 feet of buildings 15 feet of crosswalks 20 feet of ATMs and 10 feet of mobile vendors. It also bans solicitors from being closer than 15 feet to each other and targets all immediate donation requests including fundraisers and street musicians. Purple donation meters have been installed downtown to divert funds to homeless support groups and will be emptied weekly once opened next week.
Iowa City police investigated an April 12 home invasion in the 200 block of Haywood Drive. Randon J. Hill and several co defendants face first degree robbery burglary and riot charges. An Aug 2 trial date and July 22 pretrial occur for Hill.
Debris removed after the 2008 floods is tracked at Cedar Rapids Landfill and the County Road Home facility. Through June 4, the landfill received 123 747.91 tons in flood debris across 22 333 loads, while the County Road Home site logged 4 519 loads. Combined, 26 852 loads were delivered to both facilities.
Workers have removed debris from the former Sinclair meatpacking plant since May and disposed of it at the Cedar Rapids landfill through June 5.
City tackles a loophole in the seizure ordinance that only imposes a $500 civil impoundment fee if a driver fled the crash scene in a vehicle. Police and city officials say the rule needs updating to cover foot departures in hit and run cases, after past exceptions.
Cedar Rapids former city manager Jim Prosser, 58, was among three finalists for executive director at the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service unit. Steven Thompson of Marco Island has been chosen. interviews occurred recently. Prosser cites Cedar Rapids 2008 flood losses above $500 million.
Engineers from Shoemaker and Haaland say the May's Island parking ramp can safely support the live crowd load for a July Fourth show. The plan keeps fireworks on the island, with the city renovating the parkade for disaster funding and addressing minor ramp issues.
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