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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1978
Page
6
The Marion Planning and Zoning Commission will review the underground utility ordinance at a special meeting to be scheduled after City Council request. The commission will invite local developers and City utility officials to participate in the review.
Local developers pressed the city to rethink underground electrical wiring due to higher costs from Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. The planning commission urged denial of Frank Lochner and Irene Lochner’s rezoning request at 2387 10th Ave from R-2 to R-4 for two 12-plexes amid neighbor concerns. Final plats approved for McGowan’s 38th Addition Linnwood Acres 4th Addition Oak Grove 2nd Addition and Henderson’s 4th Addition with public hearings set for Nov 15 on Dunn and Vasey rezoning along 44th Street to R-2 R-3A and R-4.
Democratic state Senate candidate Nick Berry told Cedar Rapids Realtors at a Holiday Inn luncheon that inner city housing decay, elderly and poor housing shortages, and highway driven destruction demand solutions. He urged local control, urban revitalization, and market driven protections to keep housing affordable. Berry, a Cornell College professor from Mount Vernon, urged Realtors to act first.
Linn Health Center board plans readvertisement for vocational department space after initial bids for a building housing United Cerebral Palsy and social services were too high. The group also noted an IDOT grant potential around $34 000 for rural transportation and a HACAP contract to rent a 12 passenger bus to aid elderly transit. A lawsuit for $6714 against AOSCO and Associates is to be filed over unpaid subcontract work by handicapped clients.
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