Cedar Rapids weighs two housing code plans at crowded hearing
Cedar Rapids City Council weighs revised plan A from the Metro Housing Association and plan B with rent escrow after a two hour public hearing. Landlords back plan A while tenants favor B, amid concerns over enforcement and rent impacts. Mayor Canney cautions tough tradeoffs and a mid ground is sought before year end.
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Cedar Rapids
City Hall Armory
Metro Housing Association
Code Review Citizens Committee
Steve Feder
Chamber of Commerce
Don Canney
Canney
Linda Blanchard
17Th St. SE
Blanchard
Lucio Sanchez
Soutter Ave
CCI
Collins
Gene Nason
17Th St
Nason
Dick Rehman
Brookland Drive
Rehman
Don Kensinger Jr
17Th Ave
Marion
Kensinger
Iowa City
Coralville
Hiawatha
Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis to Visit Cedar Rapids
U S Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis will meet about 200 Iowans in Cedar Rapids on Thursday at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel. Sen. Roger Jepsen accompanies him. press is barred to allow frank talks with Jepsen 84 Club donors.
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U.S. Transportation
Drew Lewis
Cedar Rapids
Lewis
Roger Jepsen
R-Iowa
Stouffer’s
Five Seasons Hotel
Jepsen
Roger Hughes
Jepsen ’84 Club
Hughes
Donald Canney
Canney
Parents plan suit over Kingston Stadium attack
Iowa City student Michael Fletcher and his parents Gary and Sharon Fletcher intend to sue Cedar Rapids Community School District for damages after a so called personal physical attack in the Kingston Stadium parking lot on Sept 11 following a football game between Iowa City West and Cedar Rapids Jefferson. The district board announced five public dialogue sessions over the next four months and ratified staff changes including the resignation of Al Ruffalo, moved to National Oats Co Inc, plus demolition plans for Hayes Elementary and bid adjustments.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Kingston Stadium
Michael Fletcher
Gary
Sharon Fletcher
Young Fletcher
Stadium
Iowa City West High School
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
Jefferson
Kingston Lot
al Ruffalo
Johnson
National Oats Co. Inc
Hayes
Cedar Rapids city plans urban renewal east downtown
No opposition was voiced at a public hearing as Cedar Rapids plans urban renewal and revitalization districts in the east downtown area from Sixth to Tenth Street East. The plan offers tax exemptions, potential industrial revenue bonds, and allows district boundary amendments to include nearby properties.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth
Tenth Street
A Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Second Avenues
Tenth Streets
Reagan
Terest
Schamberger
Don Salyer
Tools stolen from Schamberger Motors in overnight break in
Over $3,940 worth of automotive repair equipment was stolen from Schamberger Motors at 717 Third Ave SE. Thieves gained entry by forcing out a window and carried items, including two tire sets drills a hydraulic ram air powered sanders buffers spray guns impact wrenches and tool boxes, out through an overhead garage door.
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Schamberger Motors
Third Ave. SE
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Dick Hogan
Buffy
Linn County Humane Society
Mount Vernon Road
C.R
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Dale Kueter
David Linge
Turner Funeral Home East
George Douglas
T.M. Sinclair
Linge
E.L. Grandon
Second Avenue
Turner
Clifford Doe
First Avenue
Masonic Library
Duffy Schamberger
Conntrol
1St Ave
Smulekoff
Saxony
Misty Harbor
Bigelow
Rainbow Cove
Tia
Smulekoff’s
1St Street
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