One business that closed one 2016 may not be reopening at all. And thats even though it was left untouched by flood waters. The city of cedar rapids and the best western Coopers Mill Hotel were talking about a possible buy out long before the flooding threat. City real estate manager rita rasmuseen says theyve been in talks with the Property Owners for about a year. The city had the Property Value assesesed and made a Purchase Agreement for more than 5 Million Dollars. Once they closed for the flooding it was decided to move forward with the sale. We have a signed Purchase Agreement from the Property Owner that will be presented on the City Council Agenda for october 11 recommended for approval and assuming thats approved we anticipate closing having them transfer title to the city hopefully by the end of the month. Month. If final approval is given by the city council the building will be torn down next spring. The citys Flood Control updates tuesday on flood protection near the 16th
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Soaking rain as a tropical system moves over florida and hugs the coastline. In response, our beautiful weather will continue through sunday. By sunday night into monday, our next chance of rain arrives. Have a great day, and enjoy the welcome dry break today mostly sunny and less humid. Wind ne 515. High 79 tonight clear and comfortable. Wind ne 510. Low 56 tomorrow mostly sunny, spectacular. Low humidity. Wind ne 510. High 75 tom. Night clear and cool. Wind light ne low 53 thanks kaj. Countys minimum wage today. Its the first of 3 votes that would boost the minimum wage, eventually becoming 10. 25 an hour in 2019 during this morning meeting, the supervisiors are set to ask the county attorney to officially start drafting an ordinance. Their second and third readings of the ordinance are september 6th and 12th. Supervisors rejected some calls for a lower minimum wage for workers ages 1417. One of iow wapello county, may also raise its minimum wage. The proposal would increase the wage
A lot of scrambling. Ill have to makeup some time at work his week, and find somebody that will stay home with them she says her kids have never complained to her about being hot. Its bearable to me. I think we have had hotter days than this. I felt like today of all days, i felt like yesterday was warmer. But superintenden t Stephen Murley toured two hot schools tuesday, saying 23 percent of their classes dont have air conditioning. I know i was in multiple classrooms yesterday where they were running half a dozen fans at a time obviously for kids to hear, hard for teachers to communicate with the students. Only 7 out of the 26 schools are feeling the heat. But the district had to let all of tm out because of their strict bus schedule. We tier our buses that is in the morning they take elementary to schools and then go back out and pickup junior high and high school students. In the afternoon it works the same way. Luis lopez hopes picking up his sister from southeast early does not b
Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a great day in all areas. Highs will drop into the upper 70s today with lower humidity levels as well. Our wind will people believe the city is wasting their time and money. The city is holding an inforanal meeting tonight to explain why the city needs updates. The city council wants to fix crumbling sidewalks and put them into neighborhoods where they dont exist. Homeowners will have to cover the cost. Council members say the ordinance has been around for years, they just havent enforced it. Iowa code lets cities assess sidewalks to property owners. Some say the the city council is going about the project the wrong way, but the city 22 20 54;13 the other side of town down there, i can sit in front of my home for hours at night and never see a car go by let alone a person walking the streets 22 08 36;00 we have a Grant Program available that anyone that qualifies for lowincome we have grant money set aside, we also can assess it against their