Cedar Rapids Air Rights Proposal Sets Ground Center Rent
The Cedar Rapids City Council will vote on a plan to lease air rights for a ground transportation center project. Minimum annual rent for retail space is 20 cents per square foot, office space 15 cents, housing 10 cents. Leases run 50 years with a 50 year renewal option and 10 year rent adjustments. Bids due May 30 with a June 6 conditional lease award and July 25 public hearing. UMTA funds needed. Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Sioux City, and Davenport submit.
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Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Second Street
Urban Mass Transit Administration
UMTA
Iowa Cities
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ground Transportation Center
City eyes fuel cuts as Roundup meets heads today
C R Roundup met with department heads to discuss fuel allocation cuts and conservation measures to cover necessary work while curbing rising costs. Police investigated a burglary at 803 Ninth St SW, recovering nearly $1,600 in stereo gear stolen from Robert Netolicky, Tom Bearns and two tenants, with two amplifiers, three receivers, a tuner, a turntable, and a $20 calculator taken. Wayne E Slaughter, 38, was charged with second degree theft after police found a tractor and attachments stolen from 1544 B Ave NW on May 5. He was held in Linn County Jail.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Netolicky
Tom Bearns
Ninth St
Netolicky
Ninth Street
Wayne E. Slaughter
Rockford Road
Linn County
Slaughter
B Ave
Franklin Perche
Terry Kopel suit challenges Cedar Rapids rezoning denial
Timothy F. Terry and Merle L. Kopel filed in Linn District Court a suit against the Cedar Rapids City Council for denying rezoning to allow offices in apartments at 1248 and 1252 1254 Third Ave SE. The petition claims the council acted arbitrarily and capriciously contrary to the zoning ordinance and notes the planning commission supported the change. It says other nearby parcels already have the requested zoning and that the council offered no reasons for rejection.
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Timothy F. Terry
Merle L. Kopel
Cedar Rapids
Third Ave
Linn District Court
Planning Commission
Accident Kills 2 Near West Liberty on Highway 6
A collision on U S Highway 6 six miles west of West Liberty claimed the lives of a motorist and his passenger. The semi driver John Theaston Jr. of Princeton was uninjured. Names were withheld pending relatives’ notification and potential charges may be filed. The crash occurred about 8 50 a m as the truck moved to avoid slow traffic. A related note recalls the Apollo 10 undocking ten years ago.
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West Liberty
Iowa Highway Patrol
John Theaston Jr
Princeton
Theaston
United Airlines could resume Cedar Rapids service soon
United Airlines may reopen Cedar Rapids service by Monday if machinists ratify a proposed contract this week. A vote by the IAM includes two days midweek, and a ratification would see the reservation desk reopen Friday with flights starting Monday. Britt Airways has run commuter service to Chicago since March 31 but may exit once United returns.
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United Airlines
United
Cedar Rapids
Marty Kloska
Klaska
Britt Airways
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Two Cedar Rapids Police Trainees Fired After Weekend Incident
Two Cedar Rapids police trainees Milo D. Miller II and Marjorie A. Zimbro were dismissed after an incident early Sunday. They were stopped for speeding while driving a private car claiming a special assignment. They admitted drinking and were not in uniform. investigation moved to police.
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Cedar Rapids
Gareth Clift
Milo D. Miller II
Marjorie A. Zimbro
Clift
Linn County
Orlie Workman
Center Point Road
H Avenue
Workman
Sheriff's Department
Zimbro
Residents petition for traffic safety on Wilson Ave SW
Petitions signed by 362 Wilson Avenue residents urge Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips to slow traffic between Sixth Street and Edgewood Road SW. They request traffic lights or stop signs at 29th Street SW or between Rockford Road and Sixth Street SW and seek a meeting at Van Buren School within weeks.
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Wilson Avenue
Westdale Mall
Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Phillips
van Buren School
Sixth Street
Edgewood Road
29Th Street
Rockford Road
Corncrib Fire Destroys Structure Near Stanwood Iowa
A corncrib on the Clifford Crist farm three miles south of Stanwood on Highway 38 burned Monday night. Discovered about 10:45 p.m. Crist suspects wiring in the cupola started the blaze. The crib held 6,000 bushels of corn and 1,800 bushels of soybeans. grain damaged, loss not yet estimated.
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Stanwood
Clifford Crist
Iowa Highway 38
Crist
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Office of
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Kurt Rogahn
Gazette
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Corncrib
Hormel
First National Bank of
Marion
Ready Reserve
Ei CoNell
Khest National Banks
Marione
F.D.I.C
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