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West girls top City High in fi nal seconds of match.See page B1.
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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015
By Chris UmscheidNorth Liberty LeaderTIFFIN– Commencement exercises for Clear Creek
Amana High School were held at the high school in Tiffi n on Sunday, May 24, with 141 seniors honored.
Two of the seven valedictorians, Trevor Toy and Tanner Bandy, made reference to life as a book. For this particu-lar group of seniors, their books have an especially tragic footnote on their high school years.
The Class of 2015 started as freshmen in August of 2011,
On to the next chapter
CCA congratulates 140 graduates and just two months later, classmate Mackenzie Lown was killed in a motor vehicle crash a short distance from the school. Lown was recognized during the conference of diplomas.
Rachel Beckler, Ellie Wichhart, Bailey Mooney, Nile Rourke and Lauren Stopko joined Toy and Bandy in de-livering valedictorian’s refl ections, with each focusing on a particular aspect of high school life from fi ne arts to athletics, academics and friendships.
As Bandy wrote in the ceremony’s program, “Even though this volume of the book is over, there are many more to come.”
Raul-Sebastian Calderon Regalado waits with his fellow seniors to cross the stage and receive his diploma from Clear Creek Amana High School in Tiffi n, during the district’s 2015 commencement ceremony. Regalado was among 141 graduates recognized Sunday, May 24. For more photos, see page A8. (photo by Chris Umscheid)
By Lori LindnerNorth Liberty Leader NORTH LIBERTY– The
North Liberty City Council approved the fi rst consider-ation of a rezoning request that would allow multifam-ily housing at the intersec-tion of Jones Boulevard and Forevergreen Road.
The application, submit-ted by Hodge Construction, seeks to change 15 acres of Smigel’s First Addition to an RD-10 zoning clas-sifi cation in order to allow duplexes. While the devel-opment’s plat was not under the council’s consideration, it was submitted to show the plan for 26 duplex lots, or 52 housing units, plus the exist-ing single family home. The new development would contain one cul-de-sac street off Forevergreen Road, and one looped street entered from Jones Boulevard
The proposal was con-troversial for many of neighbors, who wanted the zoning to remain only for single-family homes.
Zoning change will bring duplexes to Forevergreen Rd., Jones BoulevardFirst reading of multifamily rezoning request approved
It prompted lengthy, and sometimes lively, discussion at both the Planning & Zon-ing (P&Z) Commission’s and the council’s recent meetings.
On Tuesday, May 12, the council heard from the developer, an adjacent prop-erty owner and planning staff before its 3-1 vote to approve the first reading of the zoning amendment. Council member Coleen Chipman abstained from voting because she is related to the property owner.
It wasn’t the first time the neighbors, developer or property owner had come to the podium.
A Good Neighbor meet-ing was held in February to provide information and get input from the neigh-bors. The P&Z Commission considered the request at its April 7 meeting, and the city council held a public hear-ing during its May 12 meet-
By Chris UmscheidNorth Liberty LeaderSHUEYVILLE— For
anybody who has driven the length of Curtis Bridge Road in northwest Johnson County, to say it is in bad shape would be an under-statement. Its dilapidated condition led county offi -cials to move the road up on its Five-year Road Main-tenance and Improvement Plan, with work scheduled to begin late this summer.
Some surface material will be ground down, and the road will be widened two feet on either side be-fore a hot asphalt overlay is applied for a smoother ride.
However, the Johnson County Board of Supervi-sors only authorized work from the southern city limit
of Shueyville to the end of the road, approximately 1.56 miles in length, at an estimated cost of $742,000.
Supervisors Terrance Neuzil and Mike Carberry, along with County Engi-neer Greg Parker and Assis-tant County Engineer Neil Shatek, came to a special meeting of the Shueyville City Council on Thursday, May 7, with proposals to extend the length of the project. One option would be to pave and widen an additional one-tenth of a mile, with the cost shared equally between the county and the City of Shueyville– an $18,000 expense to the city. To pave and widen the road all the way to 120th Street, a segment entirely within the city limits, would cost the City of Shueyville $488,000.
According to the 2010 census conducted by the U .S . Census Bureau , Shueyville’s population is 577. Under Iowa Code, the county is responsible for maintaining Farm-to-Mar-ket routes– like 120th Street and Curtis Bridge Road– until the town’s population
A unique proposal for a debated partnershipCounty, Shueyville consider split on Curtis Bridge Road improvements
Map showing the proposed cost-sharing between the City of Shueyville and Johnson County for repairing portions of Curtis Bridge Road. Shueyville offi cials have questioned the city’s responsiblity for costs, since the road is a Farm-to-Market route in a town with a popula-tion less than 750– typically a county’s responsibility under Iowa law. (map courtesy Johnson County Sec-ondary Roads Department)
reaches 750. The city and county faced
a similar situation together in 2006 when Shueyville asked the county to improve 120th Street, the main east-west thoroughfare through town. The city asked again in 2008. In 2009, a proposal was made to have the coun-ty bond for the project, with the city repaying the bond over a 20-year span; the first such arrangement in Johnson County. In 2010, the County approved an engineering and construc-tion management contract for the $2.2 million project, which was completed in 2012.
Through the use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), the city will make larg-er lump sum payments to pay off the 120th Street improvements by 2021, according to budget analyst Dan Grady. The city ended up paying for over 80 per-cent of the total project, and 100 percent of the portion through Shueyville,
With the 120th Street project still fresh in their minds, Mayor Pro Tem Brent Foss and council
member Mickey Coonfare peppered Neuzil and Parker with questions about the Curtis Bridge Road project and the county’s proposals.
“The way I understand it, the county is responsible to maintain our roads,” Foss said, and Parker agreed. Coonfare then asked why the county wants Shueyville to assume responsibility for its improvements. Parker deferred to Neuzil, who said the road was determined to be in the most need of attention.
“So the board of super-visors actually moved this project up in our fi ve-year plan,” Neuzil said. “Johnson County maintains over 950 miles of road, and as far as prioritization, we try to balance that throughout the county.”
Neuzil said the board’s in-tent was to gauge the city’s interest in a cost-sharing partnership on the project, either to the southern city limit or all the way to 120th Street.
Foss rephrased his ques-
Curtis Bridge Rd.: Continued on page A8
Smigel rezoning: Continued on page A7
NORTH LIBERTY– Weather permitting, im-provements on North Lib-erty’s North Ridge Trail recreation trail between Penn Street and Forever-green Road will begin on Wednesday, June 3. The $310,000 project, which in-cludes widening, elevating and resurfacing the trail, is expected to last into August.
Work will be done in seg-ments. As each segment is being improved, its tempo-rary closure will be required
Construction to begin on North Ridge Trail through North Libertyuntil the work is complete and the trail segment is safe to reopen.
Work will begin with the largest part of the project:
raising, patching and re-surfacing the trail segment between Zeller Street and Golfview Drive. The work is expected to last into late July. At this same time, crews will do some week-long culvert work on a seg-
ment between Cherry and Zeller streets.
Following completion on the Zeller-to-Golfview seg-ment, work will move to the
trail segment between Penn and Cherry streets, which is expected to last about two weeks. Then crews will complete patching and overlay work between Cher-ry Street and Zeller Street, which is expected to last
about two weeks. During the fi nal portion, crews will resurface the segment be-tween Golfview Drive and Forevergreen Road, which is also expected to last about two weeks.
Users of the trail are asked to use caution and fi nd alter-native routes around the work. Details and updates on this and other North Lib-erty construction projects are available at northliber-tyiowa.org/projects.
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CCA girls’ shuttle hurdle team takes fi rst at
state meet.See page B2.
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JOHNSON COUNTY– The United Way of Johnson & Washington Counties and the Community Foundation of Johnson County have announced the extension of the 2015 Summerships Program application deadline to May 31, 2015. The Summerships Programs provides tuition funds for youth summer camps, programs and activities. Summerships are available for the cost of the activity up to $250. Students eligible for Summerships are K-12 students from Johnson or Washington County who are eligible for Free & Reduced Lunch. Appli-cations and application instructions are available athttp://communityfoun-dationofjohnsoncounty.org.
RIVERSIDE– The Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting its fi rst annual Sporting Clay Shoot Fund-raiser on Saturday, June 13, at Highland Hideaway Hunting, at 3127 160th St. in Riverside. All proceeds will benefi t con-servation education and outreach efforts in Johnson County.
Participants can register for the event on-line at www.jcswcd.org. Early registration is $115 per shooter until June 1. After June 1, the registration fee will increase to $125.
Registration for the event includes a 100-target sporting clay round, four boxes of shells, and lunch.
Check-in for the event will begin Saturday morning at 9 a.m., the shoot will begin at 10 a.m., and lunch will be at noon. Partic-ipants should bring their own eyewear and
hearing protection, shotgun, and appropri-ate clothing for being outside. Golf carts, 4-wheelers, or other ATV’s are allowed on the course. All levels of experience are welcome to participate in the event.
Soil and water conservation districts throughout the state operate on a budget of $2,000 annually, most of which is used for state and national membership dues. This leaves little funding for conservation edu-cation and outreach activities. One of the primary goals of the JCSCWD is to provide environmental learning opportunities to Johnson County residents by organizing and participating in events, demonstrations, and fi eld days for people of all ages.
For more information or event details, contact the JCSWCD at 319-337-2322 ext.3 or visit the website at www.jcswcd.org.
OXFORD– Elementary school students in the Clear Creek Amana Community School District are invited to a Child Safety Fair on Saturday, May 30, from noon to 3 p.m., at Creekside Park in Oxford. The fair will include all elementary students at Amana Elementary in Amana, Ox-ford Elementary in Oxford, and North Bend Elementary.
The event is sponsored by Canopy Lodge (Masons) of Oxford. There will be games for the kids along with representatives from various community organizations participating in the fair.
Some of the activities and organizations that will be there are:
• The Oxford Fire Department will have a fi re truck on hand and will be available for questions.
• The Oxford First Responders will bring their rescue vehicle and will be available for questions,
• The Johnson County Sheriff’s Offi ce will send their K-9 Unit – they will put on a demonstration and will be available for questions.
• The UIHC Air Care will have their helicopter and crew on hand and will be available for questions.
• A Fingerprinting Merit Badge Counselor will be at the fair to help the Boy Scouts earn this badge – the Child Safety Card will go home with you.
For more information regarding the event, contact Bruce Dolder at [email protected].
JOHNSON COUNTY– Johnson County’s Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management (IRVM) program re-minds residents, landowners and local road maintenance crews that Iowa law prohibits the mowing of ditches along county secondary roads and state primary and interstate highways each year prior to July 15. The no-mow order allows time for hatching and development of ground-nesting birds and pollinators.
Johnson County Roadside Vegetation Manager Chris Henze said that in 2010, legislation changed the date from July 1 to July 15.
“Studies have shown a signifi cant increase in nesting success, with more nestlings ready to fl edge, given this extra time,” Henze explained.
The law also expanded the restrictions to include county roads, thereby protecting an additional 500,000 acres of vegetated right-of-way statewide.
“The two-week extension also allows refugia—a suitable habitat—for pollinators during these peak fl owering times for many native plants,” Henze said.
Exceptions to the law allow for maintaining sightlines and for controlling weeds. Cutting for hay is not among the exceptions.
The law reads: Mowing roadside vegetation on the rights-of-way or medians on any primary highway, interstate highway, or secondary road prior to July 15 is prohibited, except as follows:
• Within 200 yards of an inhabited dwelling;• On rights-of-way within one mile of the corporate
limits of a city;• To promote native species of vegetation or other long-
lived and adaptable vegetation;• To establish control of damaging insect populations,
noxious weeds, and invasive plant species;• For visibility and safety reasons;• Within rest areas, weigh stations, and wayside parks;• Within 50 feet of a drainage tile or tile intake;• For access to a mailboxes or other accessibility purposes;• On rights-of-way adjacent to agricultural demonstration
or research plots.“In an agricultural state like Iowa, the law serves as a
reminder to mow only the shoulder and leave the rest for the birds,” Henze said. “Aggressive mowing weakens vegeta-tion along slopes, which allows erosion and soil loss. That can also create openings for weeds.”
Visit the Secondary Roads page at www.johnson-county.com for more information on the County’s IRVM program.
NORTH LIBERTY– On June 6, from 1-3 p.m., Edible Outdoors (EO) will host a Bow and Fly Fishing event at the Liberty Centre Pond in North Liberty. The pond is located at the intersection of Cherry Street and Highway 965.
Participants will learn bow fi shing from expert Laura DeCook (Mahaska County Naturalist and member of the Bowfi shing Association of Iowa). Instruction will cover basic equipment, techniques, benefi ts of fi shing carp and other rough fi sh, and hands-on bow fi shing.
Charles D’Ambrosio and Tim Taranto will be teaching the fl y fi shing portion of the class. D’Ambrosio’s class will cut through the mystique of fl y fi shing and get to its essential simplicity. His instruction explain how the rod, reel and fl y line work together, and then focus on the mechanics of casting, providing lots of individual,
hands-on instruction. The hope is that par-ticipants will leave the session with a good feel for casting that will, with a little practice, lead more enjoyment of local trout streams.
Recipes will be shared with the opportunity to sample Iowa fi sh. Local fi shing biologist Paul Sleeper will be on hand to answer area fi shing questions.
Edible Outdoors (EO) is a community of people dedicated to learning about foraging, hunting and fi shing in the active classroom of the outdoors. EO explores the true nature of what our land can provide in a respectful
and sustainable way. The EO mission is to connect people to people, land and our resources in a way that benefi ts nature.
Those seeking to attend the class may contact Rachel Vanderwerff at 319-358-2542 or buy individual tickets for this event at: www.eventbrite.com/e/bow-fl y-fi sh-ing-edible-outdoors-tickets-15736553455.
Edible Outdoors to host bow and fl y fi shing event June 6
Child Safety Fair at Creekside Park in Oxford to be Saturday, May 30
Mowing roadside ditches prohibited before July 15
JCSWCD fundraiser to be June 13 at Highland Hunting in Riverside
2015 Summerships Program application deadline extended to May 31
3NORTH LIBERTY LEADER • SOLON ECONOMIST
MAY 28, 2015 SECTION AOUR THOUGHTS
strangers the next day after we arrive home. At the age of eight, this spring marks a full year since
she’s demolished anything. In fact she’s become quite the good girl. On walks she heels.
She comes when she’s called (well mostly). At home she gets along with our cats (“those #$%@
cats”) and even mothers them. She is very affectionate with people, and has even become
self confi dent enough to let friends come into our home without so much a woof. She’s especially affectionate with me, at least when it’s time for a treat.
Needless to say it came as an unwelcome shock when we noticed that there was something wrong with Pearl.
Symptoms included stumbling for no reason, a dilated eye and a change in posture. We got her to the vet early in the week but an examination and blood test turned up no diagnosis. We put her on some meds, took her home and watched. As the week marched on, she got worse and then she declined her food. That’s a big one for us. Sabra and I agree that a dog so sick it won’t eat is suffering. By Sunday we were this close to driving her to animal hospital and putting her out of her misery.
Luckily, we decided to give it one more day and she showed improvement Monday morning. Over the next 10 days she has slowly come back to her own hair-brained self.
She was so good that I let her come along on a trip to the land by Solon I maintain. We have a small barn (I call it a barn but a friend who is a farmer calls it a shed) and store a few odds and ends out there. I go there to deal with weeds, but mostly to hang out. On this last trip I was putting up some shelves and noticed that Pearl had become animated, darting around the edge of a riding mower. “She’s after a mouse,” I thought to myself, “good exercise for both critters”
A few moments later I noticed she was tugging at a tube or wire on the side of the engine. Looking into the matter I was relieved to fi nd a bungee cord used to keep the grass defl ector out of the way. That was a quick, inexpensive fi x. Then I smelled the gas and discovered a steady stream of it pouring onto the ground. With some fumbling and no help from Pearl I managed to turn the gas off, but not before a good gallon hit the ground. Thanks God I don’t smoke.
Anyway, looking to fi x the hose I noticed that she had also chewed off the wire leading to the spark plug. I’m no expert but I know there’s nothing fast or cheap into making this fi x.
I should have been mad, but somehow I just couldn’t.
Hiawatha,” “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” or possibly this little poem which most people don’t realize is from Long-fellow’s pen: “There was a little girl / Who had a little curl / Right in the middle of her forehead; / And when she was good / She was very, very good, / And when she was bad, she was horrid.”
There was a time when school children were required to read and memorize poetry, and a good many entertainments consisted of recitations of those poems, some which were of impressive length. A time when nearly every child had at least one “piece” he could perform for the entertainment of a guest at home or as part of a school or church program. Many a child had elocu-tion lessons, or music les-sons to in-sure that he or she was e q u i p p e d to perform at least one poem, song, e s s a y, o r m u s i c a l number on demand. I’m sure most of you have heard, at least once, the story of “The Golden Arm” which was such a story, popular for many years as a performance piece. Written by Mark Twain in dialect, it has since been retold and imitated as a ghost story so many times that it has lost most of its charm.
I’ve long admired people who can memorize a story word-for-word and recite it dramatically with emphasis in all the right places to keep an audience spellbound. A friend of mine has, for many years, been a storyteller. He even organized a group of storytellers who went into schools and performed their stories for the benefi t of the students. His most popular performance by far has been Clement Moore’s “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” which he tells wearing a red and white striped nightshirt and cap, and carrying a candle in an old-fashioned candle holder. Memorizing is supposed to be good for your brain, and he’s just as sharp as he ever was, so maybe there’s something to that theory. Me, I’m lucky if I can name all eight of the reindeer in the poem!
“In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” I don’t think there’s ever been a spring that somebody didn’t recite that line from Tennyson. I’d heard it for a good many years before I became curious about where it came from. That line from “Locksley Hall” is followed by further description of romance and warns maidens that after the passion has waned “he will hold thee ... something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.” which is not all that fl attering for any lady to learn.
My mother had her own version which depended on the dual purpose of that little punctuation mark, the apostro-phe, which can make “man’s” into either a possessive or a contraction. So it can mean either that his fancy (awareness or desire) dwells on romantic things, or that a young man is fancy (which I’m sure Tennyson didn’t mean to write.) But my mother preferred the second defi nition and would teasingly tell my dad that, “... a young man’s fancy, and an old one’s not too bad.”
Another quote I heard a lot, though usually in winter when everybody was sick and tired of the cold, snow, ice and slush, and hoping for it to be over with, was this line from Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind.” “If winter comes can spring be far behind?”
One of my aunts, who attended a country school where she was required to memorize poems and stories for school programs, retained them in her memory for many years and on several occasions recited these lines of Robert Brown-ing’s; “The year’s at the spring / And day’s at the morn; / Morning’s at seven; / The hillside’s dew-pearled; / The lark’s on the wing’ / The snail’s on the thorn; / God’s in his heaven- / All’s right with the world.”
More to the point is another quote which I don’t think is from a poem, and I can’t remember who is supposed to have said (or written) it. If memory serves, it goes something like this; “The fi rst day of spring is one thing, and the fi rst spring day is another. They seldom have anything in common.”
Whether poetry or apt sayings, I’ve always enjoyed fi shing one of those quotes out of my memory and dusting it off when it fi ts a specifi c occasion. We were all forced to memorize things when we were young– prayers, the alpha-bet, multiplication tables, our address and phone number, the Pledge of Allegiance, the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and possibly something of Longfellow’s “Evangeline,” “The Village Blacksmith,” “The Song of
The poetry of springKite festivals a success
The Johnson County Community Partnership for Pro-tecting Children was able to give away more than 300 kites to kids in Johnson County this spring thanks to incredibly generous support from area businesses, organizations and individuals.
We estimate more than 500 people attended our recent kite festivals in Iowa City and North Liberty in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Without so much commu-nity support, we could not have provided this opportunity for kids to enjoy positive interactions with their parents and caregivers, a key element to preventing child abuse.
Our gratitude goes out to MH Equipment, Great Western Bank, North Liberty Optimist Club, Hills Bank and Trust Co., University of Iowa Community Credit Union, the parks and recreation departments in Iowa City and North Liberty, Casey’s General Stores, Colonial Lanes, Family Video, New Pioneer Food Co-op, Panera Bread, Pizza Ranch of North Liberty, Molly’s Cupcakes, Scheels, Zio Johno’s, the North Liberty Community Pantry, Orange Leaf, Corridor Kids Pediatric Dentistry, Red’s Alehouse, and Ghurtie’s Gourmet Frozen Yoghurt Café.
We’d also like to thank many individuals who donated food, money, kites, and their time to provide these fun events. Hope you all can join us next spring.
LaTasha DeLoachJohnson County Community Partnership for
Protecting ChildrenIowa City
YOUR THOUGHTS
The adventures of PearlWe almost put Pearl down recently. Born into a cage at a puppy mill, the fi rst time in her life
she set foot on grass didn’t come until she was six months old. We let her off leash in our backyard hoping she’d bound about. Instead, she found a leafy cave under a bush by a wall, crawled in, curled up and shivered.
With a little TLC from Sabra, our friends Curt and Sue and me, she took a few tentative steps that afternoon. We played
cards on the patio not far from her and eventually she dared a peek. From then until now her progress has been an eight-year slog.
Not that any of it is her fault. It took her a week to look comfortable climb-ing stairs, for exam-
ple. Now she leaps them by the fl ight, if it’s chow time and Sabra so much as blinks toward her bowl.
Yet, other skills never made it through. She loves to chase a ball, for example, but she’s never actually catches it. She tries but always manages to miss, usually poking or kicking the orb until it comes to a stop. But while other puppies were playing, chasing, wrestling, posturing, nuzzling, exploring . . . Pearl sat it all out in her miserable little cage. Can’t blame her that her motor skills never fully developed.
Of course, it’s hard to be so cavalier about all her little peccadilloes.
Her penchant for seeking out and destroying objects near, dear and/or expensive is one frustrating example. Sabra had a beaded belt that her sister gave her. Pearl not only ripped it apart but managed to eat several sections. (Yard duty was interesting the next few weeks.)
Besides a nose for the sentimental, Pearl also managed to root out and chew up an ever-more expensive list of items. She gnawed off the door unlock gizmo on my car keys, mangled the TV remote and trashed a new pair of shoes purloined from the suitcase of a visiting sister-in-law. Then she graduated to the really expensive stuff, prescription glasses and telephones.
Another penchant is the way she barks and continues to carry on when visitors arrive. She even does this with Curt and Sue, who often take care of Pearl while we’re away. She’ll stay with them for several weeks, and act like they’re
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How to compare and locate senior housing optionsDear Savvy Senior,Can you go over the different types of housing options
available to seniors, and recommend some good resources for locating and choosing one? I need to fi nd a place for my elderly mother, and could use some help.
Searching Daughter
Dear Searching,There’s a wide array of housing options available to
seniors, but what’s appropriate for your mom will depend on her needs and fi nancial situation. Here’s a rundown of the different levels of senior housing and some resources to help you search.
INDEPENDENT LIVING If your mom is in relatively good health and is self-suf-
fi cient, “independent living communities” are a good place to start. Typically available to people over age 55, this type of senior housing is usually apartments or town homes that are fully functional. In addition, many of these communities also offer amenities such as meals served in a common dining area, housekeeping, transportation and a variety of social activities.
To locate this type of housing, contact your Area Agency on Aging (call 800-677-1116 to get your local number), or use online services like newlifestyles.com and caring.com. Most of these communities are private-pay only, and run anywhere from $1,000 to over $4,000 per month.
If that’s too expensive, another option is “senior apart-ments,” which are often subsidized by HUD for lower income seniors. You can locate these through your local housing authority or online at hud.gov – click on “Find Rental Assistance.
ASSISTED LIVING If your mom needs some help with daily living activities,
an “assisted living facility” is another option. These facilities provide personal care (like bathing, dressing, eating, going to the bathroom) as needed, as well as meals, housekeeping, transportation, social activities and medication manage-ment. Many facilities also offer special care units for resi-dents with dementia. Costs typically run between $2,000 to $5,000 or more per month. Most resident’s pay for assisted living from personal funds, and some have long-term care insurance policies. But, some states now have voucher plans that let you use Medicaid money.
Another similar, but less expensive option to look into is “board and care homes.” These offer many of the same services as assisted living facilities but in a much smaller home setting.
Your Area Aging Agency is again a good resource for fi nding these facilities, as are the previously listed senior housing locater websites. And for help choosing a facility, the Assisted Living Federation of America offers an excel-lent guide at alfa.org/checklist.
NURSING HOMES If your mom needs ongoing medical and personal care,
a “nursing home,” which provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, is the next option. To fi nd a good one, use Medicare’s nursing home compare tool at medicare.gov/nursinghome-compare. But be aware that nursing home care is very expensive, costing anywhere between $4,500 and $11,000 per month depending on location. Most residents pay from either personal funds, a long-term care insurance policy, or through Medicaid after their savings are depleted.
CONTINUING-CARE RETIREMENTCOMMUNITIES (CCRC’S)
If your mom has the fi nancial resources, a “CCRC” is another excellent option that provides all levels of housing (independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing home care) in one convenient location. But, these communities typically require a hefty entrance fee that can range from $20,000 to $500,000 or more, plus ongoing monthly service fees that vary from around $1,000 to over $5,000. For more information see carf.org/aging.
NEED HELP? Consider hiring an aging life care expert (aginglifecare.
org) who can evaluate your mom’s situation, and fi nd appropriate housing for a fee – usually between $300 and $800. Or, you can use a senior-care advising service like A Place for Mom (aplaceformom.com, 866-344-8005) for free. (They get paid from the senior living facilities in their network.)
Some other helpful resources include the National Clear-inghouse for Long-Term Care Information (longtermcare.gov), and your State Health Insurance Assistance Program (shiptalk.org), which provides free counseling.
With the celebration of Memorial Day at the end of May, we remember those who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The history of Memorial Day, originally known as Deco-ration Day, began three years after the end of the Civil War when Maj. Gen. John A. Logan ordered his posts to decorate graves in 1868. Logan said, “We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance.... Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”
Iowans can be proud that our state contributed propor-tionally more soldiers than any other to the cause of keeping the Union strong during the Civil War in the 1860s. The commitment of Iowans to our country’s freedom hasn’t waned since.
At the Statehouse, we’re always looking for ways to thank those who’ve served and sacrifi ced, including veterans and returning service members in recent confl icts. Here are four helpful initiatives already signed into law this year:
1. A more stable source of revenue for the Iowa Veterans Trust Fund - Senate File 323 requires $2.5 million in lottery revenues be transferred each year to the trust fund, rather than relying on net profi ts from the sale of four annual
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New laws benefit those who served and sacrificedveterans-designated games.
2. Consumer protections for veter-ans seeking benefi ts - House File 414 requires private providers of veterans’ benefi t services to give prospective clients contact information for the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition, clients must sign a statement acknowledging that they are aware that veterans’ benefi t services are offered for free through veteran service or-ganizations and the county commission of veteran affairs.
3. Flexibility in using college aid - Senate File 130 makes changes to the National Guard Educational Assistance Program. Currently, participation is limited by semesters of attendance, or the trimester or quarter equivalent. The bill replaces that with a more fl exible system of 120 credit hours of undergraduate study.
4. Expanding college credit for military training - Col-leges and universities award educational credits to veterans for military education, training and experience. House File 205 expands those covered to include National Guard members and Reservists, saving them time and money in completing their degrees.
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Gary KloubecGary Lee Kloubec, 69, of Amana passed away peace-
fully on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, from pancreatic cancer at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral mass took place Friday, May 22, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church
in Oxford. Burial followed in Hala Cemetery near Walford. Visitation was held with a vigil and sharing on Thursday, May 21, at Clover Ridge United Methodist Church in Walford, located at Highway 151. Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids is in charge of arrangements.
Gary was born May 2, 1946, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Leonard and Evelyn (Hala) Kloubec. He graduated from Cedar Rapids Prai-rie High in 1964. He served in the
United States Navy from 1966-1969. Following he earned a degree in farm agriculture at Kirkwood College. Gary was united in marriage to Dolores Martin on Dec. 29, 1965, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Fairfax. Gary was a lifelong farmer in the Walford-Amana area with his brothers Mike and Gene. He enjoyed antiquing, hobby farming, fi nding a good deal, being outdoors, mushroom hunting, camping at his tree house, cook-outs, pond parties and most of all the time spent with his family, especially the grandkids. He served as a Monroe Township Trustee for many years.
Gary is survived by his wife Dolores; children Lora (Don) Shramek and Monte (Jaime) Kloubec, both of Amana, and Kellie (Matt) Stallman of Iowa City; three grandchildren Cade Shramek, Hannah and Tyler Kloubec; three brothers Mike (Marlene), Gene (Laura), and Myron (Ellen) Kloubec all of Amana; as well as his nieces and nephews. Gary was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials may be directed to Hala Cemetery, Swisher Fire Department and/or to St. Mary’s - Oxford Building Fund in his name.
Gertrude SwansonGertrude I. Swanson, 97, of Lone Tree, passed away
on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at the Pleasantview Home in Kalona. Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 23, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Ser-vices in Lone Tree. Burial was in the Lone Tree Cemetery. Following committal services at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship was held at the United Presbyterian Church in Lone Tree. Visitation was on Saturday, May 23, at the funeral home.
Gertrude Irene Westlake was born on May 19, 1918, in Conesville, the daughter of Frank and Verde (Maxwell) Westlake. On March 25, 1941, Gertrude was united in mar-riage to Harry Robert Swanson in Muscatine. She devoted herself to her family and modeled the importance of spending time together. Even as the family grew, they continued to enjoy holidays together, especially looking forward to her homemade noodles and pies. She will be remembered for laughing so hard she cried, a trait she has passed on.
Gertrude will be deeply missed by her children: Carolyn (Harlan) Stahmer of Iowa City, Cheryl (Larry) Schnoebelen of Iowa City, Janice Salm of North Liberty, Colene (Jim) Guthrie of Marion, Nancy Swanson of Lone Tree and Gary Swanson of Lone Tree; 14 grandchildren: Michelle (Pat) Smith, Shawn Stahmer, Kay (Andy) Viner, Scott (Tonya) Stahmer; Tyler Schnoebelen; Jill (Todd) Tomkins; Katrina (David) Welsh, Christi (Creston) Turnbull, Andy (Bobby Jo) Salm, Angie (Donnie) Rubel, Stephanie (Rob) Legis-lador, Paige (Matt) Henderson, Taylor Swanson and Lydia Swanson; 22 great-grandchildren, brother Wayne Westlake of Conesville, and sister-in-law Catherine Westlake of Hills. Gertrude was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Robert Westlake and son-in-law Thomas Salm.
Memorials may be directed to the Michael J. Fox Foun-dation for Parkinson’s Disease. Sympathy notes may be left for the Swanson family at www.lewisfuneralhomes.com.
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IOWA CITY– The United Way of Johnson and Washing-ton Counties recently honored the Blue Zones Project Iowa City with the Game Changer Award for “Creative solutions and innovative programs focused on building a stronger, healthier community with increased access to opportunities.”
“The Blue Zones project team has raised a level of con-sciousness in our community about being more mindful of self, feeling more connected to the community and increas-ing the awareness of overall healthy behaviors,” said Patti Fields, Vice President for Community Impact and Engage-ment at United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties.
Iowa City is one of 15 Blue Zones Project demonstration sites in Iowa. Iowa City and the other demonstration com-munities are receiving assistance from experts to develop and implement a Blueprint for making permanent environmental, social and policy changes that transition people into healthier behaviors that can lead to longer, happier lives.
The Blue Zones Project is based on Blue Zones principles developed by Dan Buettner and is the centerpiece of the
United Way honors Blue Zones Project Iowa CityHealthiest State Initiative to make Iowa the healthiest state by 2016 as measured by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Be-ing Index, the fi rst-ever daily assessment of U.S. residents’ health and well-being. Blue Zones employs evidence-based ways to help people live longer, better lives by taking a systematic, environmental approach to well-being, which focuses on optimizing policy, social networks and the built environments where people spend their time.
“The Blue Zones Project offers the Iowa City area an in-teresting, diverse, and fast-growing approach to supporting and sustaining well-being,” said Hodge Carter, Blue Zones Power 9 Co-Chair. “The Project’s effectiveness comes from positive changes we can make in our community and culture that are based on the lessons learned from the healthiest and longest-living people on Earth.”
For more information about the Blue Zones Project, con-tact the Blue Zones Project team at 319-337-0523 or visit www.bluezonesproject.com.
CEDAR RAPIDS– Tanager Place will offer more than 75 free activities for children and families at the 25th annual Summer Fest on Saturday, June 6, from 3:30-8:30 p.m. at the Rockwell Collins Sports Complex located at F Ave and Collins Rd. NE. The festival is free and open to the public, Summer Fest includes games, crafts, interactive displays and activity stations perfect for the entire family.
Families can enjoy the General Mills “Make Your Own Cereal” tent, the UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s bike safety and helmet giveaway, the kids craft tent, mini golf, mascot mania, and “Safety Town” with interactive displays high-lighting Child IDs, dental care, nutrition, healthy lifestyles, water safety and STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
Additional activities include the 6th annual “Rev’d Up for Tanager Place” Kids Charity Car and Motorcycle Show, sponsored by Eddie’s Rod and Custom and Master Tool, and
a balloon glow at dusk (weather permitting), sponsored by Rockwell Collins.
Nominal fees for concession and infl atable rides will be collected. Tanager Place thanks sponsors General Mills, Rockwell Collins, UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital, and Hy-Vee. All proceeds will support the more than 5,000 children impacted by Tanager Place programs every year.
250 volunteers are needed to make the event happen. If interested in volunteering, please contact Heather Gierut at 319-365-9165 ext. 372 or via email at [email protected].
For more information on Summer Fest, visit www.tana-gerplace.org or call 319-365-9165 x372.
The direct link for information regarding the event is available at www.tanagerplace.org/?page_id=950 or http://bit.ly/crsummerfest2015.
75-plus free family activities off ered June 6 at Tanager Place Summer Fest
CORALVILLE –With less than 60 days left until Coralville hosts over 15,000 RAGBRAI riders, committee members are reaching out to the community for volunteer support. Glitz and glam surrounds this year’s theme of “Ride the Red Carpet” and all volunteers will be a huge help in shining bright July 24. Every person and every job is important to a successful day.
Volunteer positions include set-up, tear down, parking, information center, and more. Volunteers register for the position which best fi ts their skill and available time, they
RAGBRAI Coralville volunteers get into concert for freereceive a free tee shirt and entry to the Cheap Trick Concert.
Volunteers will help welcome RAGBRAI riders from all over the world to Coralville. For a complete list of volunteer opportunities, go to www.ragbraicoralville.com/volunteers.
By registering you will receive periodic news and informa-tion leading up to RAGBRAI including training information.
Follow Coralville RAGBRAI on twitter @RAGBRA-ICVILLE.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ragbraicville and for all other details visit www.rag-braicoralville.com.
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Cedar County Hillary Clinton Campaign Kick-Off June 6
WEST BRANCH– The Cedar County Hillary Clinton Campaign Kick Off is Saturday, June 6, from 3-5 p.m. Voters looking for a candidate, unsure who they will be supporting, wanting to learn more about presidential politics, or wanting the scoop on Hillary are welcome at the home of Linda and Jose Carrillo. Their home is located at 320 N. 4th St. in West Branch. The invited speaker has yet to be announced. Those wishing to attend must RSVP to Linda Carrillo at 319-643-2195 or via email at [email protected], or RSVP to Clara Oleson at 319-538-5092 or via email at [email protected].
OXFORD– Join the tal-ented staff from Coralville’s Brush and Barrel and a John-son County Conservation naturalist for a morning of great scenery and painting. The program will take place on Saturday, June 13, from 9-11:30 a.m. at the Bobwhite Shelter in F.W. Kent Park.
No painting experience? Not to worry, the Brush and Barrel will provide step-by-step instruction to create a beautiful Van Gogh-in-spired landscape painting. After the painting program, participants can enjoy an optional hike to learn about
the landscape.The fee for this program
is $40 and includes instruc-tion, painting supplies, and light refreshments. Pre-reg-istration is required. Space is limited, so register early by visiting Brush and Barrel’s website or following this link http://bit.ly/paintingth-elandscape.
Participants should meet at the Bobwhite Shelter lo-cated on the east side of the park between 8:30 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. In the event of bad weather, the program will be moved to the CEC. F.W. Kent Park located at 2048
Find your inner Van Gogh during a painting class at Kent Park
CEDAR RAPIDS– Mount Mercy University will be host-ing ExploreU@MMU World of Technology for the fourth year from June 15-20. Registration is still open and has been extended until the day the event is scheduled to start.
The week-long program offers middle school girls com-pleting sixth, seventh and eighth grades a chance to learn more about math and computer science in an interesting, fun and stimulating environment.
Funded by Aegon Transamerica Foundation, and coor-dinated by Dr. Jitka Stehnova, assistant professor of math-ematics, and Dr. Elizabeth Kleiman, assistant professor of computer science, young girls will learn programming using scratch, analyzing patters, integration of math and computer science, 3-D visualization and more.
“Females are underrepresented group in STEM fi elds,” Kleiman said. “ExploreU is designed to help young girls learn math and computer science skills while having fun. Instead of focusing on the topics covered during the school year, we show girls the joy of math and computer science through hands-on workshops.”
To add to the fun, participants will also use the skills they learn to help navigate a treasure hunt. The treasure hunt will last the entire week, providing many opportunities for participants to see how their new found skills can be applied.
To register, applicants must fi ll out a registration form, found online, and mail with $60 to Mount Mercy. More details can be found on the form.
Scholarship opportunities from Transamerica for low-in-come students are also available. An application can be found online next to the registration form.
To register for the June 15-20 ExploreU, or to learn more, visit http://cslab.mtmercy.edu/summerschool/exploreu.php.
Mount Mercy University’s ExploreU off ers a stimulating environment for middle school girls
TIPTON– Mark it, Dude… “The Big Lebowski” is coming to Tipton.
The Hardacre Theater Preservation Association will present the fi rst-ever Hardacre “Big Lebowski” Festival on Saturday, Aug. 8. The event will include a screening of the comic cult classic fi lm at 6:30 p.m. at the Tipton High School auditorium. Cedar Lanes in Tipton will host the after-party, which will include bowling, costume contests and live music from the Tipton-based rock band Home Brew Heroes.
Tickets are $20 per person, which includes admission to the fi lm, the after-party and a free drink at the party - White Russians and “oat sodas” included). All proceeds from the event, one of several fundraisers planned this summer, will benefi t the Hardacre Theater Preservation Association.
“Hardacre fundraising events double as a look into the kinds of events we want to bring to Tipton on a regular basis when the Hardacre Theater is fully renovated,” said Greg Brown, HTPA president. “We think the Hardacre ‘Big Leb-
“Big Lebowski” Festival to benefi t Hardacre Theater; includes screening of comic cult classic, bowling, live music
like the renovated Hardacre will attract them to Tipton.”Since its theatrical release in 1998, “The Big Lebowski”
has picked up a huge and growing cult of fans who love its wacked-out characters and slacker point of view. The fi lm revolves around Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, unforget-tably played by Jeff Bridges, a bowling-obsessed layabout who gets involved with a possible kidnapping case. The fi lm was directed by Academy Award winners Ethan and Joel Coen. The fi lm is rated R and contains adult themes.
“I’ve always wanted to bring a ‘Lebowski’ event to Tipton, especially since we have a big screen and a terrifi c bowling alley,” said Will Valet, HTPA vice-president. “The best way to see it is in a group, whether you’re new to the fi lm or you have it memorized. It’s the kind of movie you can watch over and over.”
In addition the screening, bowling and live music, other contest events are being planned for the festival.
For more information about the event and the “Save the Hardacre” campaign, go to thehardacre.org.
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owski’ Festival will not only be fun for Tipton residents but will attract movie lovers from all over the region, just
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Van Scoyoc-MorrisTaylor Van Scoyoc and James Morris are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Taylor is the daughter of Rodney and Nancy Van Scoyoc of Solon. She is a 2011 graduate of So-lon High School and a 2015 gradu-ate of the University of Iowa. James is the son of Greg and Lynn Morris of Solon. He is a 2010 graduate of Solon High School and a 2014 graduate of the University of Iowa. Taylor and James will exchange vows on June 27th, 2015. Photo by Robyn Photography
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Sunday Worship9:30 a.m.
Sunday School10:45 a.m.
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Just 10 minutes NE of North Liberty2 blks north of the new Solon High School
Ph. 624-2228 Website: www.solonstmary.org
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625 Meade Dr. North Liberty
Service Times:Sundays 8:30
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Our Lord’s Church
131 North Market Street, Solon • 624-5056
Pastor: Dennis Arnold
Sunday Worship Service: 9:00 a.m.Children & Adult Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.
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Sunday Worship • 9:30 amEducation for all ages: 11 am
420 N. Front St. • North Liberty • 665-2800
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Sun. Evening 6pmWed. Bible Study 7pm
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NORTH LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH85 Sugar Creek Ln. (319) 665-2527
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Worship: 8am, 9:45am & 11:15am
Pastor Alecia Williams85 N. Jones Blvd • North Liberty • 626-2762
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CEDAR RAPIDS– The following students received recognition for outstand-ing achievement at Mount Mercy University during Honors Convocation this spring: (insert student names listed below)
From North Liberty: Rebecca Cetta, Kappa Xi
Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.
Brenda Gordley, Kappa Gamma Pi Honor Society.
Katrina Kidwell, Kappa Xi Chapter of Sigma The-ta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.
Amanda Nguyen, Kappa Xi Chapter of Sigma The-ta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.
Jennifer Off, Kappa Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.
Daniel Wayson, Kappa Gamma Pi Honor Society.
Daniel Wayson, The Sis-ter Mary Agnes Hennessey Communication Award.
Kristi Webster, Kappa Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.
Tina Winch, Kappa Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.
Amy Young, Kappa Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.
From Swisher:
Mount Mercy University recognizes outstanding achievements
Mount Mercy University recognizes May graduatesCEDAR RAPIDS– The
student(s) listed below grad-uated from Mount Mercy University recognized the following graduates this May at a commencement ceremony held Sunday, May 17, at the U.S. Cellular Cen-ter in Cedar Rapids.
From North Liberty: Kimberly Bauer, Bachelor
of Business Administra-tion, Business, Magna Cum Laude.
Patricia Henderson, Bach-elor of Science, Biology, Summa Cum Laude
Philip Kemp, Bachelor of Applied Science, Applied Management, Summa Cum Laude.
Amanda Nguyen, Bach-elor of Science in Nurs-ing, Nursing, Magna Cum Laude.
Jennifer Off, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Nursing AP, Summa Cum Laude.
Jackie Tallman, Master of Business Administration, Business Administration.
Daniel Wayson, Bach-elor of Arts, Communica-tion:Verbal, Summa Cum Laude.
Tina Winch, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Nursing AP, Summa Cum Laude.
From Solon: Mackenzie Blaha, Bach-
elor of Science, Computer
Science.Justin Brown, Bachelor
of Science, Elementary Ed-ucation.
Kelsey Dircks, Bachelor of Business Administration, Human Resource Manage-ment.
Carly Wehmeyer, Bache-lor of Business Administra-tion, Management, Magna Cum Laude.
From Swisher: Sharon Hicks, Bachelor of
Science in Nursing, Nursing AP, Summa Cum Laude.
Nicole Morrow, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Summa Cum Laude.
Christian Off, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Nursing AP, Magna Cum Laude.
Adrienne Smith, Bache-lor of Science in Nursing, Nursing.
Founded in 1928, Mount Mercy University offers students a personal, practical and faith-inspired educa-tion that distinctly blends professional career prepa-ration and liberal arts with a strong curriculum grounded in leadership and service. Mount Mercy University is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and is a member of the Conference for Mercy Higher Education (CMHE).
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Located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mount Mercy Uni-versity is the regional Cath-olic, Mercy University that promises students of diverse backgrounds, ages and faiths a challenging, practical edu-cation that inspires them to discover knowledge, build community and lead coura-geous lives. Mount Mercy offers baccalaureate and graduate education to nearly 1,800 enrolled students and uniquely blends liberal arts education with professional preparation.
Nicole Morrow, Psi Chi Honor Society of Psychol-ogy.
Nicole Morrow, The Biol-ogy Award.
Over 80 students were recognized during the cer-emony for excelling in aca-demics and extra-curricular activities while demonstrat-ing leadership and personal growth during their time at Mount Mercy.
Located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mount Mercy enrolls nearly 1,800 students and offers over 35 majors and many minors in eight aca-demic departments. The uni-versity also has six graduate programs and two online degrees.
Located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mount Mercy Uni-versity is the regional Cath-olic, Mercy University that promises students of diverse backgrounds, ages and faiths a challenging, practical edu-cation that inspires them to discover knowledge, build community and lead coura-geous lives. Mount Mercy offers baccalaureate and graduate education to nearly 1,800 enrolled students and uniquely blends liberal arts education with professional preparation.
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ing. In addition, the P&Z commissioners considered the preliminary plat for the property and heard remarks from the public again.
In all sessions, neighbors said they were not against development in the area, but cited concerns about increased traffi c and chang-ing the character of the sin-gle-family neighborhood.
“We just don’t want our neighborhood to turn into multi-family housing,” said Wayne Grell, a resident who lives on Forevergreen Road. “There is really no grounds to say it’s a bad thing, except for we want our neighborhood (to stay) like our neighborhood is.”
Tom Berdo, another near-
by property owner, said he feared North Liberty already has too much multi-family housing available.
“I’m sorry it doesn’t fi t into the builders’ (plan) to make the most out of what he is looking to buy, but …the homes are side by side by side, and to me that’s a cookie cutter that we already have a ton of. It’s almost a North Liberty thing. So with this being on a main road, eventually that is what they will be seeing is the multi-family homes overlooking the city as a whole,” said Berdo.
North Liberty currently has 2,738 single family housing units, or 37.6 per-cent of the community’s
housing stock, and 2,536 multi-family housing units, or 34.8 percent, according to numbers provided by City Planner Dean Wheatley. The RD-10 zone permits lots to be as small as 4,5,00 square feet, but Hodge’s applica-tion shows the proposed lots to be much larger– be-tween 11,000 square feet and 16,000 square feet.
“Almost all the lots are larger than our requirements for RD-10 so it’s not like they are skinny-ing them down,” Wheatley told the council. “They are all sub-stantially larger.”
One neighbor did speak in favor of the proposal.
“We live on the northern side,” said Diane Soulek of Jones Boulevard. “We moved to our property in 2007, knowing that North Liberty will eventually de-velop, and the time has come. Our family would rather have duplexes than condos or much more con-centrated housing.”
Property owner Carolyn Matousek faced her neigh-bors in the P&Z’s April meeting to make a case for the rezoning, explaining that she is no longer able to care for the large property where she was born and raised, and selling the property for de-velopment makes the most fi nancial sense for her. She said she trusted Hodge Con-struction to do a good job.
“When I leave here, I’m
going to be living in a con-do. I just feel like I have to do this, you guys,” Ma-tousek said. “I just can’t do it any more. I am not getting hugely rich. But I can’t take care of it anymore.”
Despite the neighbors’ concerns, the P&Z Commis-sion recommended approval of the rezoning, as did City Planner Dean Wheatley.
When it was the council’s turn to discuss the request, councilor Annie Pollock asked if the RD-10 zoning made the most sense for this intersection, and whether it fi t the city’s Land Use Plan.
“We’ve talked about neighborhood planning, in general. How do we want to continue to shape the city for the different land uses– and we know how things are zoned today could obvious-ly change– so it’s good to keep in mind what’s the big picture for the future growth of the city”
Wheatley said the city’s Land Use Plan does call for residential development in this area, and because Forevergreen Road and Jones Boulevard are consid-ered major arterials through
town, their intersection is an appropriate place for multi-family housing.
“Planning standards gen-erally say at the intersections of major arterials, that’s the place to expect higher densi-ty development, because it’s less desirable for single fam-ily,” said Wheatley. “When we place single family in places it’s not as desirable, it doesn’t tend to turn out as well over time.”
The Iowa Department of Transportation has placed West Forevergreen Road on its future projects list, with construction of a $14.2 mil-lion interchange at its inter-section with Interstate 380 starting in 2019. While that will add to the traffi c on the east-west thoroughfare, and spur much development, Wheatley said the addition of 26 duplex homes would likely not create a signifi cant increase in traffi c there.
Council member Brian Wayson was the only one who did not favor the rezon-ing request.
“I don’t mind the de-velopment. I just think it needs to be done different-ly,” Wayson said, noting that
both Forevergreen Road and Jones Boulevard contain single-family homes nearly their entire lengths. “This puts a bunch of duplexes be-tween single family housing in each direction.”
Wayson also said he has heard from many people who would like to move to North Liberty if they could fi nd a smaller home with a small yard, but they do not want to live in duplexes.
“I think there’s a big de-mand for smaller, detached housing,” said Wayson.
Councilor Terry Donahue hesitated to give his stamp of approval because of the incompatibility of duplexes with the existing homes, and because of the neighbors’ wishes. “If I had my choice, it would be all like (the homes on) Copper Moun-tain– ranch style duplexes so there is at least some compatibility as far as sight.
In the end, he did approve, as did Pollock and council member Chris Hoffman, resulting in a 3-1 vote for the rezoning.
“For tonight,” Donahue added.
Smigel rezoning: Two more readings will follow (Continued from page A1)
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tion, asking why the portion within city limits wouldn’t be part of the overall project. Again, Neuzil said the supervisors decided the southern end was their focus, which is primarily outside Shueyville’s city limits.
“I guess what hurts me,” Coonfare said, “is when we started on 120th Street the city agreed to do a 50/50 split, and by the time it was done it was an 80/20 split.”
Neuzil noted it was an agreement made by both entities.“It was the only way we could get it done,” Coonfare
argued. Former Mayor Bryan Bredman had been in offi ce during
the 120th Street discussions and project, and he offered his observation.
“The City of Shueyville picked up the tab for 120th Street. Had we not done something, you (the county) would be paying to maintain 120th Street while now all you have to do is plow it. (Our) 500-some citizens paid for that road.”
Neuzil countered they will eventually pay for the road as the city continues to repay the bond.
But if Shueyville does not help pay for improving Curtis Bridge Road, the county will continue to maintain the por-tion within city limits, patching potholes and doing other ongoing maintenance, Bredman said.
“So you’ll just continue to patch this and spend my county tax dollars, year after year, on a road that two years ago Greg (Parker) came to you and told you needed to be resur-faced?” Bredman pressed, noting the majority of the traffi c on Curtis Bridge Road comes from outside the city limits. “As a citizen, I don’t care if we put speed bumps in, mark Curtis Bridge Road down to 15 mph (through Shueyville), and work with (local media) to get out to the public who’s responsible for that road and why it’s not getting fi xed.”
Since Shueyville’s population is not expected to reach the 750 threshold until year 2030, Bredman suggested the county would be fi lling potholes for a very long time and at great cost.
Neuzil explained that funding for road improvements comes primarily from rural residents, while Iowa Code provides for some funds to be drawn from city residents to pay for rural roads. However, it is a capped amount, he said. “One of the reasons we are primarily looking at outside of city limits is because the majority of the funding for rural roads does come from the rural portion of our budget,” Neuzil said.
Bredman maintained that residents’ tax dollars should go to city streets, and that Iowa law addresses Farm-to-Market roads for a reason. “Eighty-fi ve percent of the traffi c goes south of town, and it seems like the intent of the legislation was to take the pressure off of a town of 500 to maintain a road with 5,000 cars per day,” Bredman said. Further, the county continues to allow development south of Shueyville, adding to the traffi c count. “And then you want to come back and ask us to maintain the road. That just doesn’t seem
fair,” Bredman added.Neuzil indicated the county completes the most amount
of road improvements it can afford. “Let’s face it, we do only a small amount of miles each year, and that’s all the money we have. We cannot tax more. And we could tax more if the communities would share revenue in a much more prudent way, and communities aren’t doing that,” said Neuzil, referring to the use of Tax Increment Financing that allows cities to capture all new taxes on developed property for a specifi ed amount of time.
City Engineer Dave Schechinger, of Veenstra and Kimm, Inc., said he invited Parker and Neuzil to the meeting to see if there was any interest in a cost sharing arrangement, or to look at maintenance costs for the county over a fi ve-year period.
Parker estimated a 10-to-15 year lifespan for the overlay. Widening the road by two feet on both sides to create 11-foot lanes is required by current design standards, he said. A mid-to-late summer start is anticipated, but bid letting for the project had not been done.
The project’s cost estimate is based on other county projects that went out for bid this year, so the actual cost to Shueyville residents could be less. Neuzil was optimistic that if an agreement was reached, Curtis Bridge Road could be let for bids and completed yet this year.
Foss called the situation unique since county residents were traveling through the city on a road under county jurisdiction.
“I think it’s in all our best interests to do the right thing, and we should be able to come to an agreement on that $488,000 as to what an appropriate split or share is,” Foss said. “I think everybody wants that road repaved at some point, but it’s a matter of what that cost is, and what the proper allocation is of that cost.”
The Shueyville City Council took up the discussion again during its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 12.
“I think at this point we’re not prepared to give them any sort of a number. I think we just need to give them a statement that we’d like to see the road done and we’re willing to participate in some capacity,” Schechinger said.
Coonfare said she’d like Shueyville’s share to be less than 50 percent
The council directed Schechinger to communicate to the county that the city is interested in exploring a cost-sharing agreement, with the numbers yet to be determined.
The supervisors met the following day in a work session, and Neuzil briefed the board on the meeting with Shueyville.
“They’re coming from a perspective that this is not their road, this is the county’s road. And as you all know, that’s the quirk,” Neuzil said.
Shatek relayed Schechinger’s message about the city’s interest in a cost sharing discussion, and said Shueyville was leaning toward a split based on the amount of county
traffi c versus city traffi c on the road.Neuzil said such traffi c could not be tracked in such a
manner.“Unless we’re going to put a toll on, that would be a pretty
diffi cult task,” Neuzil said. Supervisor Janelle Rettig expressed her frustration over
the situation.“When we fi nished 120th Street, the project came in under
budget and Greg (Parker) came to us and said, ‘Would you like to spend it (the surplus) on Curtis Bridge Road?’ And we said, ‘Sure, but we’re not going to pay for the city part of it, and talk to them.’ And their answer was, ‘Absolutely no way.’”
Rettig suggested the portion of Curtis Bridge Road lo-cated within city limits probably could have been done at that time, but the city declined because it could not absorb the debt.
Now, due to the timeframe for engineering and bid letting, there is a small window of opportunity to partner on the project, Rettig noted, in order for the work to be completed during this construction season.
“So if (you’re) not interested, just say you’re not inter-ested,” Rettig said.
Neuzil laid out three options for consideration based on what he perceived as a lack of interest on the city’s part.
First, the city could pay for the section of Curtis Bridge Road inside city limits while the county pays for the rural section, whether it’s part of this project or done at a later time.
The second option involved determining the county’s cost of maintaining the city’s part of the road over a num-ber of years, and asking Shueyville to make that level of investment.
Parker suggested a third option based on a similar situ-ation in Linn County. Linn County fi xed a road and then terminated all future responsibility via a 28E agreement whereby the county transferred the road to the city, Neuzil said.
“So we make an agreement that we’ll fi x it, but we’re done with all maintenance, all salting, all plowing. We would be done with it,” Neuzil explained.
Johnson County receives approximately $50,000 in Farm-To-Market Road funds annually for Curtis Bridge Road and 120th Street through Shueyville.
“It would be great,” Neuzil said, “if we were no longer responsible for any road in Shueyville.”
The board agreed to further explore funding options within the existing budget, and to contact Linn County to see how it implemented the 28E agreement.
“If this is what it takes, and they would agree to that, and we would pay that $488,000 and then our hands are clean from any more projects,” Neuzil said.
Curtis Bridge Rd: Who will pay, and how much? (Continued from page A1)
Congratulations, CCA Class of 2015Congratulations, CCA Class of 2015
Sign of the times: In decades past, parents and grand-parents would hold fi lm cameras or video cameras to capture their graduating senior marching toward their diploma. Now they use computer tablets.
CCA School Board President Steve Swenka presents a graduating senior with his diploma during the high school’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 24, in Tiffi n. (photos by Chris Umscheid)
Trevor Toy was one of seven valedic-torians in CCA’s class of 2015. Rachel Beckler, Ellie Wichhart, Bailey Mooney, Tanner Bandy, Nile Rourke and Lauren Stopko shared the honor.
LEADER SPORTSN O R T H L I B E R T Y L E A D E R . C O M
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015
SECTION B
By Chris UmscheidNorth Liberty LeaderIOWA CITY– The West
High Women of Troy re-mained unbeaten with a 2-1 victory over rival City High Monday, May 18, at the Uni-versity of Iowa soccer fi eld, doing it in dramatic fashion.
A scoreless fi rst half gave way to the Little Hawk’s scoring with nine minutes remaining.
Regan Steigleder booted in a goal on a free kick with 5:26 remaining to tie. West coach Dave Rosenthal talk-ed after the game about her
kick, “Reagan keeps telling me, ‘Dave, I’m good at free kicks, I’m good at free kicks.’ I looked at her and I said, ‘OK, go for it,’ and that one was just under the (cross) bar just enough.”
The high point of the annual drama came with 15 seconds remaining when Payton Pottratz took a pass from Morgan Schmitt-Mor-ris and fi red a shot at the Little Hawks’ goal and keeper Gracie Steve. The ball bounced off of Steve’s hands and into the net for the win.
“Michael Prunty (first-year coach for City High) has them organized, and we knew coming into this
West beats City in fi nal-seconds thrillerPottratz kickswinning goal
West High’s Leah Rhodes makes a fl ying headshot to-ward the City High goal in varsity ac-tion Monday, May 18.
game, they were going to be battling,” Rosenthal said, noting City’s performances with Linn-Mar (0-1 loss) and Dubuque Hempstead (3-2 win) meant it would be a tough fi ght for the Women of Troy.
“It really did prove to be a good one,” he added.
West has a semifinal round bye in Class 3A Re-gion 7 postseason play and will face the winner of a Wednesday, June 3, con-test between Cedar Rapids Prairie and Cedar Rapids Jefferson. West will play that matchup’s winner at home on Monday, June 8, starting at 6 p.m. in a re-gional fi nal for the right to
compete in the state championships in Des Moines.
Payton Pottratz scores the game-winning goal with 15-seconds remaining Monday, May 18, against City High. Pottratz’s goal gave the West High Women of Troy the 2-1 edge, beating their cross town rival and staying undefeated. (photos by Chris Umscheid)
By Chris UmscheidNorth Liberty LeaderIOWA CITY– West High
coach Brad Stiles told the crowd assembled for Senior Night recognition Friday, May 22, it had been a season full of ups and downs. Beat-ing the top-ranked team in the Mississippi Valley Con-ference (MVC) Mississippi Division 3-1 was certainly an “up.”
The Trojans, number two-ranked in the Valley Divi-sion, pulled off the Senior Night upset after a shaky start.
The Mustangs scored
Trojans upset Hempstead on Senior NightIowa City West wins, 3-1
eight minutes into the game and held the Trojans score-less for the remainder of the fi rst half.
Max Donta, a senior, put West High on the scoreboard with his tying goal in the 58th-minute, touching off a Trojan offensive effort. Alex Infelt (junior) and Khalid Osman (junior) followed up with the tiebreaker and insurance goals.
The win dropped Hemp-stead to 13-2 overall and im-proved West to 11-7 heading into substate action with the state championships in Des Moines on the line.
The Trojans earned a fi rst-round bye and will face the winner of a Tuesday, May 26, clash between Ce-
dar Rapids Jefferson and Muscatine. The winner will meet the Trojans at home on Thursday, May 28, in a Class 3A Substate 7 Semi-fi nal.
The winner plays at City High on Saturday, May 30, at high noon for the substate fi nal.
The state tournament runs Thursday, June 4, through Saturday, June 6, at the Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines.
West High’s Bennett Lu-ethje (left) attempts to ward off Hempstead’s Ryan Weber in varsity action on Senior Night at West High Friday, May 22. (photo by Chris Umscheid)
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PUBLIC NOTICE: JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSCost of this publication: $331.98Fiscal year to date cost(as of 7/1/14): $7,340.54
THE JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FORMAL MEETING MINUTESMAY 14, 2015
Chairperson Harney called the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to order in the Johnson County Administration Building at 5:30 p.m. Members present: Mike Carberry, Pat Harney, Terrence Neuzil, Janelle Rettig, and Rod Sullivan. Unless otherwise noted, all actions were taken unanimously. Motion by Carberry, second by Rettig,
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Continued on page B7
North Liberty LeaderIOWA CITY– The Mis-
sissippi Valley Conference (MVC) announced its selec-tions for the 2015 All-Divi-sion Track and Field First, Second, Honorable Mention and All Academic teams on Monday, May 18.
In the Valley Division, Linn-Mar’s Nathan Hopp was the girls’ Coach of the Year while Lucy Schneeck-loth of Cedar Rapids Jef-ferson was the Athlete of the Year. Cedar Falls’ Dirk Homewood was the boys’ Coach of the Year with Ce-dar Falls’ Sam Schillinger and Cedar Rapids Kenne-dy’s Dalles Jacobus sharing Athlete of the Year.
Iowa City West 2015 MVC Girls Track All-Divi-sion Selections:
High jump: Alex Willis, Honorable Mention.
Long jump: Micaela Gravelin, Second Team.
Discus: Leah Dusterhoft, First Team. Zainab Makky, Honorable Mention.
Sho t pu t : Chand le r Haight, Second Team. Zainab Makky, Honorable Mention.
400-meter dash: Tia Saun-ders, Second Team.
800-meter run: Bailey Nock, First Team. Jessie Skopec, Honorable Men-tion.
1,500-meter run: Bailey Nock, First Team.
3,000-meter run: Bailey Nock, First Team. Claire Ronnebaum, Second Team.
110-meter hurdles: Val-
MOUNT VERNON– The wins keep coming for the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) soccer girls, with Waterloo Columbus and Mount Ver-non the latest to fall. The pair of wins boosted the Clippers to 14-1 ahead of the season finale at West Delaware on Wednesday, May 27.
Columbus visited the Clippers on Senior Night, Monday, May 18, and were sunk, 4-1.
CCA coach Matt Harding said the win completed what they are calling the “classic”
North Liberty LeaderDES MOINES– Clear
Creek Amana (CCA) and Iowa City West were rep-resented at the 2015 State Co-Ed Track and Field Meet held Thursday, May 21, through Saturday, May 23, at Drake University in Des Moines.
The CCA girls shuttle hurdle relay won the Class 3A title as Mia Smith, Cor-rine Schwarting, Megan Lukas and Natalie Brimeyer fi nished in 1:03.89 besting their second-place finish of 1:05.44 in the prelimi-nary heats. Brimeyer was eighth in the fi nals of the 3A 100-meter hurdles (16.18 seconds) while Schwarting took sixth in the 3A long jump (16-04.00)
Grace Young, Haley Roudabush, Kia Noibi and Valerie Welch ran the 4A shuttle hurdle relay for Iowa City West High, finishing fi fth in 1:05.59. The four-some was fourth in prelim-inary heats with a time of 1:06.10.
West High’s girls dis-tance medley relay crewed by Micaela Gravelin, Tia Saunders, Valerie Welch and Bailey Nock was second in Class 4A competition with a time of 4:07.14.
We l c h e a r n e d s e c -ond-place individual honors in the 4A 100-meter hurdles with a time in the fi nals of 15.06 seconds. She was third in the preliminaries with a
North Liberty LeaderOXFORD– Not many coaches in their fi rst season with
a program are able to take their team to the state champi-onships. But Barb Lynn did when she took over the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) varsity softball program last year.
It was the team’s fi rst state appearance since 2012. The Clippers fell in the fi rst round to rival Solon and eventually came home from Fort Dodge with the eighth-place trophy a 22-20 record overall and 10-6 in the WaMaC West Division, good for third place.
For 2015, Lynn and assistants Dawn Cooksley, Craig Stratton, Jamie Henze and Brandi Haight return three se-niors: Lexi Kinnaird, Lauren Stopko and Hannah Mougin. Kinnaird had an ERA of 1.65 on the mound and also works fi rst base. She was a Second Team All-Conference pick and also received Iowa Girls Coaches Association Second-Team All-State and All-District honors as well. Stopko, a second baseman, was an All-Conference Honorable Mention pick with a .351 batting average while Mougin, a centerfi elder, earned an All-Conference Second Team slot.
Juniors Courtney James (left fi eld) and Jacquelyn Fair-holm (third base) are back with sophomore Grace Murray (catcher/fi rst base) and freshman Madison Rogers (right fi eld). Megan Beckler, a junior, is back in the lineup this season after sitting out last year due to injury and will share pitching duties and cover the outfi eld. Junior Skylar Hop is new to the varsity lineup as a pitcher/catcher/fi rst baseman.
The season opens at home on Thursday, May 28, with a varsity doubleheader against Anamosa starting at 6 p.m.
Three seniors to lead CCA’s diamond girlsThurs. May 28..... HOME vs. Anamosa, V. doubleheader ...........6 p.m.
Mon. June 1 ........ HOME vs. Benton Comm., V. doubleheader ..6 p.m.
Thurs. June 4...... AT Maquoketa, V. doubleheader .....................6 p.m.
Fri. June 5........... Iowa City West Tournament at U of I .............TBD
Sat. June 6 ......... Iowa City West Tournament at U of I ..............TBD
Mon. June 8 ........ AT Marion, V. doubleheader ...........................6 p.m.
Tues. June 9 ....... AT Mid-Prairie, Wellman, V. doubleheader .....6 p.m.
Wed. June 10 ..... HOME vs. Central DeWitt, V. double ..............6 p.m.
Fri. June 12......... Cedar Rapids Jefferson Tournament ..............TBD
Sat. June 13 ....... Cedar Rapids Jefferson Tournament ..............TBD
Mon. June 15 ...... AT Williamsburg, V. doubleheader ..................6 p.m.
Wed. June 17 ..... AT Mount Vernon, V. doubleheader ................6 p.m.
Fri. June 19......... Fort Dodge Tournament ..................................TBD
Sat. June 20 ....... Fort Dodge Tournament ..................................TBD
Mon. June 22 ...... HOME vs. Vinton, V. doubleheader ................6 p.m.
Wed. June 24 ..... AT South Tama, V. doubleheader ...................6 p.m.
Fri. June 26......... CCA Invitational Tourney at U of I ...................10 a.m.
Sat. June 27 ....... CCA Invitational Tourney at U of I ...................10 a.m.
Mon. June 29 ...... HOME vs. Independence, V. doubleheader ...6 p.m.
Thurs. July 2 ....... HOME vs. Center Point-Urbana, V.. double ...6 p.m.
Fri. July 3 ............ Mid-Prairie Tournament ..................................TBD
2015 Clear Creek Amana Softball Schedule
Three seniors will return to CCA’s 2015 softball squad, in-cluding Lauren Stopko (above), Hannah Mougin and Lexi Kin-naird. (Leader fi le photo)
erie Welch, First Team. Grace Young, Second Team.
400-meter hurdles: Val-erie Welch, First Team. Tia Saunders, Honorable Mention.
4x400-meter relay: IC West (M. Gravelin, E. Bene-dict, T. Saunders, V. Welch), Honorable Mention.
4x800-meter relay: IC West (T. Saunders, G. Sko-pec, E. Gretter, J. Skopec), Honorable Mention.
4x100-meter shut t le hurdle relay: IC West (G. Young, H. Roudabush, K. Noibi, V. Welch), First Team.
All-Academic Selections: Haley Roudabush, Emmie Skopec.
Iowa City West 2015 MVC Boys Track All-Divi-sion Selections:
100-meter dash: Jacob Sanderson, Second Team.
200-meter dash: Wali Parks, First Team.
400-meter dash: Chris Low, Honorable Mention.
800-meter run: Derek Nugent, First Team. Ian McGillicuddy, Honorable Mention.
1,600-meter run: Ali Ali, Second Team. Matthew Schneider, Honorable Men-tion.
3,200-meter run: Akash Borde, Second Team. Ali Ali, Honorable Mention.
4x400-meter relay: IC West (D. Nugent, C. Low, X. Koch, W. Parks), Honorable Mention.
4x800-meter relay: IC West (N. Brase, I. McGil-licuddy, J. Jensen, D. Nu-gent), Second Team.
All-Academic Selections: Akash Borde, Josh Jensen, Adam Weis.
West athletes named to MVC All-Division Track teamsFive individuals, girls’ shuttle hurdle relay earn First-Team honors
time of 15.10 and placed sixth in the 400-meter hur-dles in 1:05.41.
Tia Saunders and Bailey Nock also put up top-10 fi nishes for West High, with Saunders fi nishing sixth in the 800-meter run (2:17.88) and Nock fi nishing eighth in the same event (2:18.75). Wali Parks was eighth in the boys 4A 200-meter dash (23.15 seconds) and Leah Dusterhoft was sixth in the 4A girls shot put (125-04).
Results from Class 3A:Girls 3A shuttle hurdle re-
lay (prelims): 2, CCA (Mia Smith, Corrine Schwart-ing, Megan Lukas, Natalie Brimeyer), 1:05.44.
Girls 3A 100-meter hur-dles (prelims): 7, Natalie Brimeyer, CCA, 15.47. 15, Mia Smith, CCA, 16.03.
Boys 3A 4x400-meter relay (prelims): 21, CCA (Mitch Stopko, Keyan McAreavy, Drake Shores, Tanner Bandy), 3:33.55.
Boys 3A 3,200-meter run (fi nals): 15, Eric Douglass, CCA, 10:17.66.
Boys 3A 400-meter hur-dles (fi nals): 23, Derek Toy, CCA, 1:00.89.
Boys 3A 400-meter dash (fi nals): 23, Tanner Bandy, CCA, 54.29.
Boys 3A 1,600-meter run (fi nals): 17, Eric Douglass, CCA, 4:47.33.
Girls 3A 800-meter sprint medley relay (finals): 12, CCA (Madelynn Lan-gridge, Riley Hennes, Cor-rine Schwarting, Natalie Brimeyer), 1:51.20.
Girls 3A 100-meter hur-dles (finals): 8, Natalie Brimeyer, CCA, 16.18.
Girls 3A shuttle hurdle
relay (fi nals): 1, CCA (Mia Smith, Corrine Schwart-ing, Megan Lukas, Natalie Brimeyer), 1:03.89.
Girls 3A long jump (fi -nals): 6, Corrine Schwart-ing, CCA, 16-04.00.
Results from Class 4A: Boys 4A shuttle hur-
dle relay (prelims): 21, IC West (Cortez Banks, Francis Bourges, Kane Templeton, Max Hill), 1:02.67.
Boys 4A 200-meter dash (prelims)— 7, Wali Parks, IC West, 22.67.
Girls 4A shuttle hurdle relay (prelims): 4, IC West (Grace Young, Haley Roud-abush, Kia Noibi, Valerie Welch), 1:06.10.
Girls 4A 100-meter hur-dles (prelims): 3, Valerie Welch, IC West, 15.10. 20, Grace Young, IC West, 16.67.
Boys 4A 4x100-meter relay (prelims): 16, IC West (Jacob Sanderson, Xavier Koch, Matthew Huff, Wali Parks), 43.52.
Girls 4A 4x400-meter relay (prelims): 22, IC West (Emilee Benedict, Tiara Green, Micaela Gravelin, Tia Saunders), 4:11.63.
Girls 4A 3,000-meter run (fi nals): 17, Gabby Skopec, IC West, 11:01.20.
Boys 4A 3,200-meter run (fi nals): 10, Akash Borde, IC West, 9:55.53. 13, Ali Ali, IC West, 9:58.37.
Girls 4A 400-meter dash (fi nals): 19, Emilee Bene-dict, IC West, 1:02.59.
Boys 4A 400-meter dash (fi nals): 23, Nate Jelinek, IC West, 52.46.
Girls 4A shot put (fi nals): 14, Zainab Makky, IC West,
36-02.75. 21, Chandler Haight, IC West, 34-04.00.
Girls 4A long jump (fi -nals): 22, Kia Noibi, IC West, 14-06.25.
Girls 4A shot put (fi nals): 6, Leah Dusterhoft, IC West, 125-04.00. 17, Zainab Mak-ky, IC West, 106-10.00.
Girls 4A distance medley relay (finals): 2, IC West (Micaela Gravelin, Tia Saunders, Valerie Welch, Bailey Nock), 4:07.14.
Boys 4A 4x200-meter relay (finals): 7, IC West (Xavier Koch, Jacob Sand-erson, Matthew Huff, Wali Parks), 1:30.08.
Girls 4A 400-meter hur-dles (finals): 6, Valerie Welch, IC West, 1:05.41.
Boys 4A distance med-ley relay (finals): 10, IC West (Matthew Huff, Xavier Koch, Wali Parks, Derek Nugent), 3:33.36.
Girls 4A 800-meter run (finals): 6, Tia Saunders, IC West, 2:17.88. 8, Bailey Nock, IC West, 2:18.75.
Boys 4A 800-meter run (fi nals): 23, Ian McGillicud-dy, IC West, 2:00.82.
Girls 4A shuttle hurdle relay (finals): 5, IC West (Grace Young, Haley Roud-abush, Kia Noibi, Valerie Welch), 1:05.59.
Girls 4A 100-meter hur-dles (finals): 2, Valerie Welch, IC West, 15.06.
Boys 4A 200-meter dash (fi nals): 8, Wali Parks, IC West, 23.15.
Girls 4A 1,500-meter run (fi nals): 13, Bailey Nock, IC West, 4:53.58.
Results provided by Iowa High School Athletic Asso-ciation and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
CCA girls shuttle hurdle relay team takes fi rst at stateWest girls distance medley second, Welch second in 100-meter hurdles
IC West’s Valerie Welch (left) placed second in the 100 meter hurdles at state track in Des Moines May 21-23. (photo by Ryan Stonebraker)
CCA’s Mia Smith runs one leg of the winning shut-tle hurdle relay race at the 2015 State Co-Ed Track & F ie ld Meet . Smith shared the win with team-mmates Corrine Schwarting, Me-gan Lukas and Natalie Brimeyer. (photo by Ryan Stonebraker)
Clipper girls soccer 14-1 ahead of season fi naleWaMaC West Champion-ship since the Sailors were in the division until two years ago. Harding noted Columbus had taken the di-vision championship pretty consistently.
Hannah Bormann scored twice for CCA against Co-lumbus, with the fi rst com-ing off a penalty kick after Megan Hall was clobbered in the box. Bormann’s sec-ond goal came in the 31st minute with an assist from Kelsey Hall to give CCA a 2-0 lead.
The Sailors closed out the
fi rst half with a goal making it a 2-1 affair. However, Kelsey Hall struck back in the 62nd minute, “…on a beautiful shot from dis-tance,” said Harding.
Bailey Mooney put in the
insurance goal with a free kick in the 69th minute.
The next day, the Clippers visited the Mustangs in Mount Vernon and took a 6-0 victory home.
CCA is a host site for all
three rounds of postseason competition. The Creek Girls open up on Tuesday, June 2, against Williams-burg at 6 p.m. with the winner playing in the Class 1A Region 6 Semifi nal on
Friday, June 5, also at 6 p.m., against either Bon-durant-Farrar or Knoxville.
The Regional Final is set f or Monday, June 8, at 6 p.m.
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Aaron White was the spark for the Hawkeyes’ engine last season. The senior ended his career at the University of Iowa as the all time leader in games played (140), free throws made (618) and attempts (800).
Hawkeye men’s basketball
Iowa’s Jarrod Uthoff is the only player in the nation to have 55-plus blocked shots, 50-plus 3-pointers and 35-plus steals. The talented forward will be asked to help fi ll the shoes of the departing seniors. (photos by Don Lund)
By Don LundSports WriterThe Iowa basketball team keeps climbing
up the ladder.Fran McCaffery’s record since he came to
Iowa in 2010 is 11-20, 18-11, 25-13, 20-13 and 22-12.
The Hawks have been to the NCAA Tour-nament the last two years and won a fi rst-round game for the fi rst time since 2001.
For the second straight year, Iowa had a fi rst team All-Big Ten pick in Aaron White.
The Hawks had a six-game winning streak in the Big Ten, the longest Big Ten winning streak since 1986-87.
Aaron White finished his career with 618 made free throws, more than any other player in the Big Ten in 50 years. The 618 made free throws are the third most, ever, in Big Ten history.
Aaron is also only the second Hawkeye to lead the team in scoring, rebounding and steals in the same season. The fi rst was Greg Stokes.
Jarrod Uthoff is the only player in the na-tion to have 55-plus blocked shots, 50-plus 3-pointers and 35-plus steals.
Iowa’s senior class won 59 home games in its four-year career, the most in program history.
The Hawkeyes’ 12 conference wins were the most by a Hawkeye team since 1997.
Iowa beat Ohio State, Indiana and Michi-gan on the road this season. That is the fi rst time the Hawks have beaten all three on the road since 1969-70.
I sat down with Assistant Coach Kirk Speraw, who has been with Fran McCaffery all six years.
“I think we’ve improved every year,” said Speraw. “We would have liked to maybe skipped a step or two and jumped forward. We haven’t, but I think it’s laid a very solid foundation. We’ve got good kids that are working hard every day. They are very unselfi sh.”
Iowa opened the season with two wins then lost two straight to Texas and Syracuse.
“Both Texas and Syracuse were playing very well at the time,” said Speraw. “Both had an injury or two and they never seemed to get their stride later in the year.”
The Hawks bounced back with six straight wins, including a big 60-55 road win at North Carolina.
Mike Gesell led the way with 16 points while Adam Woodbury scored 11 and Aaron White scored 10.
“The win at North Carolina was huge for our mental outlook,” said the coach. “I think it gave us some confi dence and we were a pretty good road team. That was the fi rst one, on the road, that gave us a sense of ‘hey we can be a pretty good road team.’”
Iowa won seven games on the road this year, the most since 1986-87.
“I think Fran’s pretty good about keep-ing things even keel,” said Speraw about the road success. “Never get too high on a good win, never get too low on a bad loss. We might have been a better road team than home team.”
Iowa opened the Big Ten season 5-1 before losing three straight to Wisconsin, Purdue and Wisconsin again.
The Badgers played in the NCAA title game, losing to Duke, 68-63.
The Hawkeyes fi nished the Big Ten sea-son 8-2, including six straight to fi nish the regular season.
“We have a team of unselfi sh guys,” said the coach. “As long as we’re moving the ball quickly it creates openings for our guys.”
Aaron was on fi re in that six-game win-ning streak. The 6-9 senior averaged 21.2 points, 9.2 rebounds and had only one turnover in that stretch.
“We’ve been fortunate in our years here we’ve had a senior step up,” said Speraw. “That started back with Jarrod Cole and then Matt Gatens. They took their senior year to another level the last part of the season. I think Aaron did that.”
Iowa lost to Penn State in the fi rst round of the Big Ten Tournament but beat Davidson in the fi rst round of the NCAA Tournament, 83-52.
That was the fi rst time the Hawks had won an NCAA Tournament game since 2001.
It also marked the largest margin ever in an NCAA 7-10 match up.
Aaron was unstoppable, hitting 11of 14 from the fl oor and scoring 26 points.
“We matched up with them so well,” said Speraw. “We really locked in scouting them and we really defended the heck out of them. We had them off balance and it was a good 40-minute effort. It was surprising the margin we won by, but we just wore
them down.”The Hawkeyes’ season ended in the next
game against second-seeded Gonzaga, 87-68.
The Bulldogs shot over 60 percent in both halves, outrebounded Iowa 34-22, and led from start to fi nish.
“It was not just their size but their basket-ball skills,” said coach Speraw. “They had the size inside but also had three perimeter guys that were four-year starters. They had lost that same game in the tournament for the last seven years. I talked to one of their assistant coaches at the Final Four and they said there was no way from their standpoint that they were going to lose that game.”
Some of the new rules next season include dropping the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
Speraw doesn’t think that will make as much difference as hand checking, espe-cially in the lane.
“I think that the rules that will affect the game if the offi cials will call the hand checking and not allow people to hold and grab on cuts,” said Speraw. “That is what’s going to increase scoring. It’s not going to be fi ve seconds left to shoot. That and moving the arc out (the arc is in the free throw lane, and it will determine if there is a charge or blocking foul called).
“The other rule that might be signifi cant is that a coach can’t call a live ball timeout. It’s got to be a player,” Speraw said. “The coach can communicate to a player but he
can’t call the timeout (while the clock is running).”
Iowa loses three seniors, Aaron White, Josh Oglesby and Gabe Olaseni.
When I fi rst saw Aaron White in Prime Time, before his freshman year, I saw a player that hustled to the ball, could run the court and fi nish with a dunk. There is no way I could have imagined he would fi nish his career as the all time leader in games played (140), free throws made (618) and attempts (800).
Aaron also fi nished second in scoring (1,859) and third in rebounding (901). Not bad for a guy that wasn’t recruited by any-one else in the Big Ten.
“I was shocked last summer that he had a chance to be the second all-time leading scorer in Iowa basketball history,” said Sper-aw. “I said, ‘wait a minute... Aaron White?’ He just has a knack and ability to get himself in good situations. He can rip and drive. He can get himself fouled on the drive. He can get himself fouled posting up. He got his points basically because of his instincts for the game. His intelligence and instincts for the game sets him apart.”
Aaron will go down as one of the best players to put on a Hawkeye uniform.
This is the fi rst part of a two-part story on the Hawkeye men’s basketball team with Assistant Coach Kirk Speraw. Next week I’ll talk about the other two seniors, the returning players and the six new recruits.
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7NORTH LIBERTY LEADER
MAY 28, 2015 SECTION BPUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICE: JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Future Line ................................ 16048.15Gary Boseneiler .............................. 43.00Gierke-Robinson Company ............ 13.60Golfview Investors Lc ................... 285.00Hd Supply Construction ................ 447.11Heffron Services Inc ................... 6040.53Henderson Products In ................ 2589.20Henry Schein ............................... 1066.39Hills Bank & Trust ................ 4387249.36Holiday Inn Des Moines ................. 84.00Hy Vee Food Stores....................... 149.91Hy-Vee #1080 ............................... 297.04Hy-Vee #1281 ............................... 109.71Hy-Vee Pharmacy #1080 .................. 3.14Icit ................................................. 250.00Imagetek Inc .................................. 470.50Interstate All Battery ..................... 217.90Iowa Bridge & Culve ................ 46381.06Iowa Business Supply L ................ 691.92Iowa City Express Lube ................ 127.84Iowa City Pride Commit ............... 100.00Iowa Department Of Ins ................ 661.30Iowa Fire Equipment Co ............... 564.30Iowa Law Enforcement A ............. 155.00Iowa Lodge Inc Dba Th .............. 1325.00Iowa Paper Inc ................................ 23.10Iowa State Prison Indu .................. 377.30Jacob Riley ...................................... 88.32James P Lacina ................................ 60.00Janelle R Rettig ............................... 60.00Jill Wenger Thinkers ................... 1075.92John R Pierce ................................ 700.00Johnson County Auditor ................. 84.33Johnson County Audito ............... 4562.36Johnson County Informa ............... 533.33Johnson County Social ................ 9661.86Johnson County Tre .............. 1787028.75Joseph Moschak ............................ 325.00Justin Mather ................................... 82.37Karina Lyn Smith .......................... 644.76Kinderfarm .................................. 1206.00Kings Auto Repair....................... 2404.30Kmb Properties Llc Dba ............... 450.00Kristal Wenger .................................. 6.24Kristin L Denniger ........................ 492.79Lakeside 12 Llc ............................. 475.00Laser Tech USA Inc Dba .............. 317.23Lexisnexis Accurint - A ................... 50.00Liberty Tire Services O ................... 76.44Linder Tire Service I ................... 4863.58Linn County Rec ............................. 44.48Lora A Shramek .......................... 1169.87Lynette Jacoby .............................. 106.67Lynn Peavey Company ................. 132.00Martin Equipment Of I ................ 1376.26Marty Jiras .................................... 611.86Mcc Telephony Of Iowa ............... 890.00Mechanical Service Inc ................. 452.60Menards - Iowa City ..................... 202.99Mental Health Disabili .................. 800.00Mid American Energy ................... 114.15Mid-American Energy .................. 250.00Midwest Frame & Axle ..............11111.78Midwest Motor Supply ............... 2950.94Motor Parts And Equipm .............. 321.67Muscatine County She .............. 93224.00Mutual Wheel Company ............... 945.50Myrtle Grove Apartment ............... 305.00Naccho .......................................... 660.00Nagle Lumber Company ................... 1.99Noelle Murray Dba Murr .............. 174.00Optimal Phone Interpr ................... 690.45Pauls Discount Store ..................... 191.37Philip O Sickles............................. 933.50Plumbers Supply ............................. 54.49Praxair Distribution In .................... 21.76Progressive Rehabilita .................. 180.00Pts Of America Llc ........................ 400.00Pyramid Services Inc. ................... 953.75Quickseries Publishing .................. 193.12Radiologic Medical Serv ................. 88.00Randall A Lamm ........................... 112.00Randy Lee Eckrich ...................... 2467.50Raphael J Dolezal ........................... 61.38Ray Oherron Co Inc ...................... 105.50Rebecca Franklin .......................... 182.44Rebecca J Hackett Lea ................ 3510.75Reinhart Institutiona .................... 1640.25Ricoh USA Inc ................................ 40.19Ricoh USA Inc .............................. 181.73Robert E Carstensen .................. 13293.51S&G Harvieux Inc Cj Co .............. 140.00Safran USA Inc Dba M ............. 10714.00Sanofi Pasteur Inc ....................... 1189.94Schindler Elevator Cor .................. 343.80Sharon Telephone Con .................... 70.10Slechta Communication ................ 776.13Solon Community School ............. 240.00South Slope Coop Commun............ 60.08Spenler Tire ................................... 747.26State Industrial Produ .................... 216.99Stericycle ....................................... 250.08Steve Spenler .................................. 35.00Susan J Mcareavy ........................... 32.22Sysco Iowa Inc ............................ 6530.31Tallgrass Business R ................... 6529.97Targetsolutions Learn .................. 1377.70Technigraphics ................................ 60.00Terrence Neuzil ............................... 60.00Thomas P Brase .............................. 78.72Tim Lehman .................................. 400.00Tnt Johnson Inc Dba Au ............... 387.57Tutty Mtowa .................................. 458.50U S Cellular ................................. 2594.27Ui Healthworks Llc ....................... 378.00United Action For You ................ 7200.00University Of Iowa ......................... 11.85Valerie Michelle Russe ................. 518.33Venture Architects Ll .................. 2300.00Verizon Wireless ............................. 29.31Visa ........................................... 20350.47Vj Engineering .......................... 25837.50Walker Welding ............................. 123.92Wellmark Blue Cross .............. 110500.00William L Wittig ........................... 700.00Windstream It-Comm.Llc ............... 64.31Zelma Oneal .................................. 200.00 Motion by Neuzil, second by Sullivan, to approve the minutes of the formal meet-ing of May 7, 2015. Motion by Sullivan, second by Carberry, to approve the payroll authorizations sub-mitted by department heads, as approved by a majority of the Supervisors. Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to receive and place on fi le the Clerk’s Report of Fees Collected for the month of April, 2015, in the amount of $43,959.80, as submitted by Clerk of District Court Kim Montover. Convened Public Hearing on proposal to dispose of a leasehold interest in real property known as a portion of the Johnson County Poor Farm, West of Highway 218 and South of Melrose Avenue West, Iowa City, Iowa, in accordance with Section 331.361 of the 2015 Code of Iowa at 5:32 p.m. Assistant County Attorney Andy Chap-pell spoke about the process for disposing of an interest in real property, and the lease agreement with Table to Table for use of two acres at the County Poor Farm. Coralville Ecumenical Food Pantry Executive Director John Boller spoke about the Grow: Johnson County project. Harney clarified Johnson County is not selling the property; the term of this agreement to dispose of a leasehold interest is fi ve years . Public Hearing closed at 5:35 p.m.
RESOLUTION 05-14-15-01RESOLUTION ADOPTING PRO-
POSAL TO DISPOSE OF A LEASE-HOLD INTEREST IN REAL PROP-ERTY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY POOR FARM, WEST OF HIGHWAY 218 AND SOUTH OF MELROSE AVE-
NUE WEST, IOWA CITY, IOWA Whereas, Johnson County is the owner of real property located west of Highway 218 and South of Melrose Avenue West, in Iowa City, Iowa; and Whereas, the real property is located adjacent to and directly South of Melrose Avenue and is the site of what historically has been known as the Johnson County Poor Farm; and Whereas, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors is considering whether to dis-
pose of a leasehold interest in this property; and Whereas, the proposed plan for disposal of a leasehold interest in the real property is to enter into a fi ve year Lease Agreement with Table to Table Food Distribution Network, an Iowa Domestic Non-Profi t organization that provides for the local distribution of food by collecting edible, wholesome food from donors and distrib-uting it to agencies that serve the hungry, homeless and at-risk populations. Table to Table seeks to facilitate the growing of produce for distribution through its exist-ing food distribution network along with other-related educational activities and the Board has preliminarily agreed to provide for a site necessary for growing produce on a portion of the grounds of what was formerly the Johnson County Poor Farm. The Board of Supervisors has determined that providing the site at a nominal cost would serve a public purpose and be in the best interests of the people of Johnson County, Iowa; and .................................... Whereas, in accordance with Section 331.361 of the 2015 Code of Iowa, a public hearing on a proposed plan to dispose of an interest in the real property by entering into a Lease Agreement with Table to Ta-ble Food Distribution Network, an Iowa Domestic Non-Profit organization was held on this the 14th day of May, 2015, at 5:30 P.M., in the Boardroom of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, Johnson County Administration Building, 913 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa; and Whereas, after said hearing, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors made its fi nal determination on the proposed plan; and Whereas, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors has determined that disposing of a leasehold interest in the real property in this manner is in the public interest. Therefore, Be It Resolved by the John-son County Board of Supervisors after public hearing that disposing of a leasehold interest in the real property located adjacent to and directly South of Melrose Avenue and at the site of what historically has been known as the Johnson County Poor Farm by entering into a Lease Agreement is deemed necessary, in the public interest and for a public purpose; and Be It Further Resolved that the plans for disposing of a leasehold interest in the real property set out in the Proposed Plan to Dispose of a Leasehold Interest in Real Property Known as a Portion of the Johnson County Poor Farm, West of Highway 218 and South of Melrose Avenue West, Iowa City, Iowa, and available at the Johnson County Auditor’s Offi ce at 913 S. Dubuque Street are hereby adopted; and Be It Further Resolved that the Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes the Chairperson to sign on its behalf a Lease Agreement Table to Table Food Distribu-tion Network, in such form as is approved by the Johnson County Attorney’s Offi ce and any other documents necessary to effectuate the Plan herein adopted. Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-01. Continued Public Hearing of February 12, 2015 on Subdivision Application 25581 at 5:41 p.m. Subdivision Application 25581 of James and Evelyn Calef, signed by James Calef, requesting preliminary and fi nal plat approval of Calef Subdivision, a subdivi-sion described as being described located in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33, Township 81 North, Range 5 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa. This is a 2.59 acre farmstead split located on the south side of 210th Street NE, approxi-mately 1,400 feet east of its intersection with Utah Avenue NE in Cedar Township Planning and Zoning Assistant Planner Josh Busard reported that the legal docu-ments are in order. Scott Ritter of Hart-Frederick Consul-tants PC was present to answer questions. Public Hearing closed at 5:42 p.m.
RESOLUTION 05-14-15-02RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT AND SUBDIVIDER’S
AGREEMENT OF CALEF SUBDIVI-SION, JOHNSON COUNTY, IOWA
Whereas, the owner has fi led application 25581 for approval of the fi nal plat of Calef Subdivision, and Whereas, the County Zoning Com-mission having studied said application recommends that the plat be approved. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved By the Board of Supervisors of Johnson County, Iowa: 1. That said plat be approved. 2. That the Chairperson be directed to sign said plat and Subdivider’s Agreement. 3. This Resolution requires the record-ing of the following documents: A. Reso-lution & Documents: Owner’s Certifi cate, Opinion of Attorney, Easement for Public Highway, Declaration of Fencing Respon-sibility, Certificate of County Auditor, Certifi cate of the Treasurer, Subdivider’s Agreement, Consent of Mortgagee, Reso-lution Affi rming the Stability of the Current Road System; B. Subdivision Plat (5); C. Acquisition Plat (5). Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-02. Convened Public Hearing on Rezoning Application 25453 at 5:42 p.m. Busard presented the following applica-tions. Rezoning Application 25453 of Iowa City Community School District, signed by Glen Meisner MMS Consultants, requesting rezoning of 1.95 acres from R-Residential to P-Public of a certain prop-erty described as being in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and in the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 17, Township 80 North, Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa. This property is located on the north side of Dubuque Street NE, lying west of the Dubuque Street NE and the 275th Street NE intersection in Penn Township. Rettig asked why the sliver of land is a separate parcel from the adjoining property. Busard said he is not sure why they are separate parcels. Carberry asked what would occur if the City of North Liberty (North Liberty) and the City of Coralville (Coralville) created an island by annexing all the land around the County property. Chappell said the annexation would not be approved because the law no longer allows cities to create an island. Neuzil advocated for a road maintenance agreement with North Liberty and for future discussions on other infrastructure issues including fi re and emergency re-sponse. Sullivan said he will be disinclined to make any investments for the area sur-rounded by the cities, and he advocates that the cities share maintenance responsibili-ties. Rettig said rezoning should be illegal. She believes the cities should annex the property that was boxed in. Rettig said she is furious about the temporary Dubuque Street Trail closure. Harney clarifi ed that County residents requested they remain in the County juris-diction when North Liberty and Coralville began annexing and the cities did not force annexation. Casey Boyd spoke against the zoning application. Rettig asked Chappell what’s to gain if the Board denies the rezoning. Chappell said the only suitable classification for government owned property is the Public classifi cation. Public Hearing closed at 6:04 p.m. Motion by Sullivan, second by Neuzil,
to waive the requirement of three consid-erations before approving an ordinance amending the Johnson County Unified Development Ordinance and approving Rezoning Application 25453. Roll Call: aye: Carberry, Harney, Neuzil, Rettig, Sullivan. Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to approve An Ordinance Amending the Johnson County Unifi ed Development Or-dinance, and approve Rezoning Application 25453 on fi rst and second consideration. Roll Call: aye: Carberry, Harney, Neuzil, Rettig, Sullivan. Convened Public Hearing on Rezoning Application 25665 at 6:05 p.m. Rezoning Application 25665 of Dale Miller requesting rezoning of .918 acres from RUA-Urban Residential to RTF-Two Family Residential of a certain property described as being in the NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Section 14, Township 78 North, Range 8 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa. This property is located on the west side of 3rd Street SW approximately 200 feet north of Yoder Avenue SW. This parcel is also legally described as Lot 13 of Coun-try View Subdivision Part II in Washington Township Sullivan asked if the applicant is request-ing to rezone the entire lot. Scott Ritter of Hart-Frederick Consultants PC said yes. Public Hearing closed at 6:08 p.m. Motion by Rettig, second by Sullivan, to waive the requirement of three consid-erations before approving an ordinance amending the Johnson County Unified Development Ordinance and approving Rezoning Application 25665. Roll Call: aye: Carberry, Harney, Neuzil, Rettig, Sullivan. Motion by Sullivan, second by Neuzil, to approve An Ordinance Amending the Johnson County Unifi ed Development Or-dinance, and approve Rezoning Application 25665 on fi rst and second consideration. Roll Call: aye: Carberry, Harney, Neuzil, Rettig, Sullivan. Convened Public Hearing on Subdivi-sion Application 25632 at 6:09 p.m. Busard presented the following subdivi-sion applications. Subdivision Application 25632 of Laurence Reed, requesting preliminary and final plat approval of Reeds Hill Subdivision, a subdivision described as being located in the S 1/2 of Section 15, Township 81 north Range 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa. This is a 2 lot 9.83 acre residential subdivision located on the west side of Curtis Bridge Road NE approximately 1,000 feet south of its intersection with Ridge Top Drive NE in Jefferson Township Carberry asked if the fringe area includes the land within two miles from the city limits. Busard said yes. Rettig asked why the applicant is propos-ing an Outlot A instead of a Lot 3. Scott Ritter of Hart-Frederick Consultants PC said the applicant does not want to build on this land at this time. Public Hearing closed at 6:13 p.m.
RESOLUTION 05-14-15-03RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT AND SUBDIVIDER’S
AGREEMENT OF REEDS HILL SUBDIVISION, JOHNSON COUNTY,
IOWA Whereas, the owner has fi led application 25632 for approval of the fi nal plat of Reeds Hill Subdivision, and Whereas, the County Zoning Com-mission having studied said application recommends that the plat be approved. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved By the Board of Supervisors of Johnson County, Iowa: 1. That said plat be approved. 2. That the Chairperson be directed to sign said plat and Subdivider’s Agreement. 3. This Resolution requires the record-ing of the following documents: A. Reso-lution & Documents: Owner’s Certifi cate, Opinion of Attorney, Certifi cate of County Auditor, Easement for Public Highway, Access Easement, Shueyville Resolution 2015-7, Certifi cate of the Treasurer, Sub-divider’s Agreement, Resolution Affi rming the Stability of the Current Road System, Agricultural Access Agreement; B. Subdi-vision Plat (5). Motion by Sullivan, second by Carberry, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-03. Convened Public Hearing on Subdivi-sion Application 25661 at 6:14 p.m. Subdivision Application 25661 of Re-becca Crooks, requesting preliminary and fi nal plat approval of Meadeville Beckys Subdivision, a resubdivision of Lots 4,5, and 6 of Meadville Subdivision described as being located in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 23, Township 79 north Range 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa. This is a 2.75 acre residential sub-division located on the east side of Meade Place SW approximately 200 feet south of its intersection with Rohret Road SW in Union Township. Rettig asked if the applicant is aware that if the application is approved, it is most likely irreversible. Scott Ritter of Hart-Frederick Consultants PC said yes. Public Hearing closed at 6:18 p.m.
RESOLUTION 05-14-15-04RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT AND SUBDIVIDER’S
AGREEMENT OF MEADVILLE BECKYS SUBDIVISION, JOHNSON
COUNTY, IOWA Whereas, the owner has fi led applica-tion 25661 for approval of the fi nal plat of Meadville Beckys Subdivision, and Whereas, the County Zoning Com-mission having studied said application recommends that the plat be approved. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved By the Board of Supervisors of Johnson County, Iowa: 1. That said plat be approved. 2. That the Chairperson be directed to sign said plat and Subdivider’s Agreement. 3. This Resolution requires the record-ing of the following documents: A. Reso-lution & Documents: Owner’s Certifi cate, Opinion of Attorney, Certifi cate of County Auditor, Covenant Concerning Fences, Certifi cate of the Treasurer, Subdivider’s Agreement, Resolution Affirming the Stability of the Current Road System; B. Subdivision Plat (5). Motion by Rettig, second by Sullivan, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-04. Convened Public Hearing on Subdivi-sion Application 25663 at 6:18 p.m. Subdivision Application 25663 of Oakes Family Partnership signed by Dean Oakes, requesting preliminary and fi nal plat approval of Andreasen Second Subdivision, a subdivision described as being located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 32, Township 80 north Range 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa. This is a 5.0 acre farmstead split located on the east side of Half Moon Ave SW approximately 600 feet north of its intersection with 340th Street SW in Clear Creek Township Glen Meisner of MMS Consultants, Inc. was present to answer questions. Public Hearing closed at 6:20 p.m.
RESOLUTION 05-14-15-05RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT AND SUBDIVIDER’S
AGREEMENT OF ANDREASEN SECOND SUBDIVISION, JOHNSON
COUNTY, IOWA Whereas, the owner has fi led application 25663 for approval of the fi nal plat of An-dreasen Second Subdivision, and Whereas, the County Zoning Com-mission having studied said application recommends that the plat be approved. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved By the
Board of Supervisors of Johnson County, Iowa: 1. That said plat be approved. 2. That the Chairperson be directed to sign said plat and Subdivider’s Agreement. 3. This Resolution requires the record-ing of the following documents: A. Reso-lution & Documents: Owner’s Certifi cate, Opinion of Attorney, Certifi cate of County Auditor, Covenant for Fences, Certifi cate of the Treasurer, Subdivider’s Agreement, Resolution Affi rming the Stability of the Current Road System; B. Subdivision Plat (5). Motion by Carberry, second by Sullivan, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-05. Busard spoke about the updated Fringe Area Policy Agreement with the City of Swisher. Motion by Sullivan, second by Carberry, to approve and authorize the Chairperson to sign the 2015 Fringe Area Policy Agree-ment with the City of Swisher.
RESOLUTION 05-14-15-06 Whereas the Johnson County Planning and Zoning Commission, following a pub-lic hearing on May 11, 2015 fi led its report and recommendations for certain actions; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved as fol-lows:1. A public hearing in accordance with Sec-tion 335.6 of the Iowa Code is set for June 11, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room, Johnson County Administration Building, 913 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa, on the following zoning applications: David Kutcher (25723), David & Patricia Hahn (25725), and following subdivision applications: William Boyd (25606) and David & Patricia Hahn (25729).2. That the Johnson County Auditor be authorized to publish the offi cial notice of above public hearing. Motion by Neuzil, second by Sullivan, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-06. Chappell spoke about the process for entering into a Solar License and Power Purchase Agreement with Moxie Solar and noted the changes made to the agreement approved last year.
RESOLUTION 05-14-15-07RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH
PROPOSAL TO ENTER INTO SOLAR LICENSE AND POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO
BENEFIT THE SECONDARY ROADS AND SEATS FACILITIES
AT 4810 MELROSE AVENUE, IOWA CITY, IOWA
Whereas, Johnson County is the owner of real property located at 4810 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, which is the site of the Johnson County Secondary Roads and SEATS Facilities; and Whereas, these facilities have a need for electricity and are located on a site which is appropriate for the placement of solar panels, in order to allow the production of solar energy primarily for use at the site; and Whereas, consistent with Iowa Code Sections 331.301(10) and 331.361(2) (2015), the Johnson County Board of Supervisors is considering disposing of interests in this real property and entering into agreements for the use of another’s personal property at this location; and Whereas, the proposed plan is to enter into solar license and power purchase agreements with Moxie Solar, LLC, that would provide Moxie Solar with licenses for the exclusive use of portions of the Secondary Roads and SEATS site to allow them to install certain specifi ed solar pan-els and inverters and would give Johnson County an exclusive right, and obligation, to purchase all energy produced by the solar equipment installed on the roof at agreed-upon rates for a period of ten years; and Whereas, the proposed plan, if adopted, would obligate Johnson County to pay an estimated $127,628 over a ten-year period for the purchase of solar energy produced in conjunction with the solar license and power purchase agreements, though the amount paid would depend upon the actual production of the solar equipment; and Whereas, consistent with Iowa Code Sections 331.301(10) and 331.361(2) (2015), prior to disposing of an interest in real property owned by Johnson County, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors must set forth in a resolution its proposal for disposing of said interest and publish notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the proposal; and Whereas, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors’ proposal to dispose of the real property referenced above is the following:Proposed Plan for Disposal of Interests in County-Owned Real PropertyLocated at the Johnson County Secondary Roads and SEATS Site, 4810 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, IowaJohnson County is the owner of real prop-erty located at 4810 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, which is the site of the Johnson County Secondary Roads and SEATS Facilities. These facilities have a need for electricity and are located on a site which is appropriate for the placement of solar panels, in order to allow the production of solar energy primarily for use at the site.Consistent with Iowa Code Sections 331.301(10) and 331.361(2) (2015), the Johnson County Board of Supervisors is considering disposing of interests in this real property and entering into agreements for the use of another’s personal property at this location. Both ends would be accom-plished through two, separate solar license and power purchase agreements (hereinaf-ter “PPAs”) with Moxie Solar, LLC. Moxie Solar, a North Liberty, Iowa company was initially selected for the proposed project by the Board of Supervisors from fi ve respon-dents to a request for proposals.The proposed PPAs would provide Moxie Solar with a license for exclusive use of two portions of the Secondary Roads and SEATS site to allow them to install certain specifi ed solar panels and inverters thereon. The PPAs would give Johnson County an exclusive right, and obligation, to purchase all energy produced by the solar equipment installed on the roof at agreed-upon rates for a period of ten years. The solar equipment would produce energy primarily for use at the Secondary Roads and SEATS site.The solar panels would be installed in two separate groupings, one having an estimated annual output of up to 93,697 kilowatt-hours (kwh) and one having an estimated annual output of up to 20,078 kwh. There is also the possibility that additional panels would be installed at the same site at a later date. The proposed agreed-upon rate for the fi rst year of each PPA is $0.1025 per kwh with 2.5% increas-es every year thereafter for the ten-year term. The expected total cost to the County over the ten-year period will depend upon the amount of energy actually produced by the solar equipment, but it is estimated to be approximately $127,628 for both systems, combined. At the conclusion of the terms of the PPAs, the County would have the option of purchasing the solar equipment from Moxie Solar at its then-current fair market value. If the County decided to not pur-
chase the solar equipment, the equipment would be removed from the site by Moxie Solar. These general terms of the PPAs would be fi nalized through negotiations between the County and Moxie Solar and would be adopted in a fi nal document by the Board of Supervisors after review and approval by the Johnson County Attorney’s Offi ce. This project, and the proposed PPAs entered into by the parties, would entirely replace the prior PPA that would have allowed placement of solar panels on the roof of the Secondary Roads Replacement Facility.For further details contact: Andy Chappell, Assistant County Attorney, P.O. Box 2450, Iowa City, IA 52244, Ph: 319.339.6100. Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Johnson County Board of Supervisors hereby sets forth its proposal to dispose of interests in the real property at 4810 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, and enter into agreements for the use of another’s personal property at this location by enter-ing into solar license and power purchase agreements to benefi t the Secondary Roads and SEATS Facilities. Motion by Sullivan, second by Carberry, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-07.RESOLUTION 05-14-15-08RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSAL TO ENTER INTO SOLAR LICENSE AND POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO BEN-EFIT THE SECONDARY ROADS AND SEATS FACILITIES AT 4810 MELROSE AVENUE, IOWA CITY, IOWA Whereas, Johnson County is the owner of real property located at 4810 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, which is the site of the Johnson County Secondary Roads and SEATS Facilities; and Whereas, these facilities have a need for electricity and are located on a site which is appropriate for the placement of solar panels, in order to allow the production of solar energy primarily for use at the site; and Whereas, consistent with Iowa Code Sections 331.301(10) and 331.361(2) (2015), the Johnson County Board of Supervisors is considering disposing of interests in this real property and entering into agreements for the use of another’s personal property at this location; and Whereas, the proposed plan is to enter into solar license and power purchase agreements with Moxie Solar, LLC, that would provide Moxie Solar with licenses for the exclusive use of portions of the Secondary Roads and SEATS site to allow them to install certain specifi ed solar pan-els and inverters and would give Johnson County an exclusive right, and obligation, to purchase all energy produced by the solar equipment installed on the roof at agreed-upon rates for a period of ten years; and Whereas, the details of this proposed plan have been set forth in a Resolution adopted by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors and said plan is currently on fi le with the Johnson County Auditor. Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Board of Supervisors proposes to dispose of an interest in the real property at 4810 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, and enter into agreements for the use of another’s personal property at this location by enter-ing into solar license and power purchase agreements to benefi t the Secondary Roads and SEATS Facilities; and Be It Further Resolved that the proposed plan shall be made available for review at the Johnson County Auditor’s Offi ce at 913 S. Dubuque Street; and Be It Further Resolved that in accor-dance with Sections 331.301(10) and 331.361(2) of the 2015 Code of Iowa, a public hearing on said proposed plan is set for Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 9:00 A.M., in the Boardroom of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, Johnson County Administration Building, 913 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa. The Johnson County Auditor is directed to publish notice of the hearing no less than four (4) and no more than twenty (20) days prior to the same. Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-08. Motion by Rettig, second by Sullivan, to approve the Request for Qualifi cations for Architectural and Engineering Design for Johnson County Administration Building Solar Ready Roof Project. Motion by Neuzil, second by Sullivan, to approve and authorize the Chairperson to sign the 28E Project Agreement with the City of Iowa City for improvements to a portion of Herbert Hoover Highway SE.
RESOLUTION 05-14-15-09ESTABLISHING FUND 23 DEPART-
MENT 84PRECINCT ATLAS CONSORTIUM
FUND Whereas, pursuant to Section 331.431 of the Code of Iowa, a county may establish funds in accordance with Generally Accept-ed Accounting Principles; Whereas, during the FY2015 budget year it was agreed to by the members of the Precinct Atlas Consortium that the monies in their custody would be transferred from Cerro Gordo County to Johnson County, with the understanding that the Johnson County Auditor would then assume the fi scal oversight of the Precinct Atlas Con-sortium as the new fi scal agent; Whereas, these funds should be kept separate from other funds; and Whereas, the Johnson County Auditor will have full authority of authorization and oversight in both the collection, dis-bursement and subsequent recording of this agency fund’s fi nancial transactions; Now therefore be it resolved that the following agency fund and department Pre-cinct Atlas Consortium fund is established: Fund 23, Department 84: “Precinct Atlas Consortium.” Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to approve Resolution 05-14-15-09. Motion by Sullivan, second by Carberry, to appoint the following individuals as Reserve Deputy Sheriff as recommended by County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek: Chris Newville, Matthew Parizek, Karmell Brown, Christian Findlay, Samir Patel, Elliot Kelley, and Jeremiah Duwa. Motion by Sullivan, second by Rettig, to approve and authorize the Chairperson to sign a letter of support for FUSE (Frequent User Service Enhancement) – Housing First Program, a project of the Johnson County Local Homeless Coordinating Board. Adjourned to Informal Meeting at 6:40 p.m./s/Pat Harney, Chair, Board of Supervisors
Attest: Travis Weipert, AuditorRecorded By Kymberly ZomermaandThese minutes were sent for formal ap-proval and publication on May 21, 2015.
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