Copy and paste of some info I got from the Libary Foundation.
the Foundation is having a pre-demo sale at 201 E. Ash (old Heart of Iowa administration building-katy corner from the post office)this Saturday from 10:00am-12:00pm. Free will offering. Please let your board know and anyone else who might be interested.
What is for sale:
9 hollow core doors 36 X72.5, 2 additional doors 30 X 72.5, wooden trim, bathroom fixtures, wooden paneling, counter 30 X 96in, a couple of air conditioners and a furnance, commercial glass entry doors, ceiling tiles, other misc.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Beggars Night reminder
Just a reminder that Beggars Night in Roland will be on Sunday, Oct 31 from 6 to 8PM. Hope you have good costumes!
Oct 11 council meeting
Not a real big docket last night. Biggest things of note: we approved an ordiance moving all future city council meetings to the community center. Hopefully that will be a more inviting place for citizens to come to our meetings, and it gives everybody a little more room, and some council members won't have to have their backs to the public.
The biggest time discussion was regarding costs of what to do with water runoff in the Britson Circle area. Our city engineer gave a couple options. One is grading the Britson Park area, to get overland flow to the SW, so the Britson Circle storm sewers would no longer have that water to deal with. That was going to be something like $45k.
The next is to run a new storm sewer up along Maple. With all the utilities in the ditch, it would have to run under Maple. I am in no way interested in that. Pretty costly too.
Another is to get easements from property owners on Duea and Logan, and run a new storm sewer direct to the creek. We are organizing a community meeting with those neighborhoods to see if that is an option. The city would have to secure a right a way for that. Not sure if those folks would be open to that, but we are going to see. If you are in those neighborhoods, stayed tuned for a future meeting date. Late October or early November I'm guessing.
The other option, which is the mostly costly, but least disruptive is to run a storm sewer south thru Britson Park, along the new portion of Arthur, and then thru the field to the south, where a future housing development would go. It is a long way, but it is all bare ground. That might run 400K.
These are the costs of doing stuff half arse through the years. And we have to decide what to fix and what to upgrade, and what to just leave. More to come on that. If you have any input, feel free to come to a council meeting, and give your opinion.
The biggest time discussion was regarding costs of what to do with water runoff in the Britson Circle area. Our city engineer gave a couple options. One is grading the Britson Park area, to get overland flow to the SW, so the Britson Circle storm sewers would no longer have that water to deal with. That was going to be something like $45k.
The next is to run a new storm sewer up along Maple. With all the utilities in the ditch, it would have to run under Maple. I am in no way interested in that. Pretty costly too.
Another is to get easements from property owners on Duea and Logan, and run a new storm sewer direct to the creek. We are organizing a community meeting with those neighborhoods to see if that is an option. The city would have to secure a right a way for that. Not sure if those folks would be open to that, but we are going to see. If you are in those neighborhoods, stayed tuned for a future meeting date. Late October or early November I'm guessing.
The other option, which is the mostly costly, but least disruptive is to run a storm sewer south thru Britson Park, along the new portion of Arthur, and then thru the field to the south, where a future housing development would go. It is a long way, but it is all bare ground. That might run 400K.
These are the costs of doing stuff half arse through the years. And we have to decide what to fix and what to upgrade, and what to just leave. More to come on that. If you have any input, feel free to come to a council meeting, and give your opinion.
Election
Usually I write about stuff that directly affects Roland. This post is about stuff that indirectly affects Roland. I wanted to talk about a couple candidates for the upcoming election.
There are two in particular that have frosted my fanny. The current Secretary of State and State Treasurer have been running ads touting something that their office does. They are using tax dollars to tout how to vote, and about the state college savings plan. Minorly annoying, but, whatever.
However, I have never seen these TV ads any other time of year. And of course, they have to put their mugs on the ad, and their names. It is a sly attempt to use taxpayer dollars to increase their name recognition. It is flat out wrong, and it is unethical.
I cannot fathom taking out ads in the Story City Herald, using city money, to tout the availability of our community center in October only of an election year. "Hi I'm Mayor Roger Fritz. Did you know you could rent the community center for private events?" Ridiculous.
I'm not going to give the current unethical elected officials another opportunity for their name to be seen. So I'm not going to even type their name here.
But I will say, if you think the actions of those elected officials is wrong, you could vote to replace them with the following individuals: vote for Matt Schultz for Secretary of State, and Dave Jamison for Iowa Treasurer.
Heck I'm gonna even put up a virtual sign for the challengers. Good luck to Schultz and Jamison.
There are two in particular that have frosted my fanny. The current Secretary of State and State Treasurer have been running ads touting something that their office does. They are using tax dollars to tout how to vote, and about the state college savings plan. Minorly annoying, but, whatever.
However, I have never seen these TV ads any other time of year. And of course, they have to put their mugs on the ad, and their names. It is a sly attempt to use taxpayer dollars to increase their name recognition. It is flat out wrong, and it is unethical.
I cannot fathom taking out ads in the Story City Herald, using city money, to tout the availability of our community center in October only of an election year. "Hi I'm Mayor Roger Fritz. Did you know you could rent the community center for private events?" Ridiculous.
I'm not going to give the current unethical elected officials another opportunity for their name to be seen. So I'm not going to even type their name here.
But I will say, if you think the actions of those elected officials is wrong, you could vote to replace them with the following individuals: vote for Matt Schultz for Secretary of State, and Dave Jamison for Iowa Treasurer.
Heck I'm gonna even put up a virtual sign for the challengers. Good luck to Schultz and Jamison.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Council meeting Tuesday night
We had a joint city council/park board meeting on Tuesday night. Twas good just to get the groups together, and chit chat a little. No real decisions made. Mostly just talked about Britson Park, and what we can do to help water along Britson Circle. After a decision is made about what to do with the water, the park area will be seeded with grass.
Just nice to get everybody in the same room, and make sure we are all on the same page.
Regular council meeting is on Monday.
Just nice to get everybody in the same room, and make sure we are all on the same page.
Regular council meeting is on Monday.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Pics of road construction
As promised in an earlier post, here are some pics of the construction on Arthur and Bryan Drives
At the west end of the existing Arthur Drive
At the west end of the existing Arthur Drive
From the middle of the future Bryan Ave looking east
From the middle of the new Arthur looking south
From the middle of the new Arthur looking north
Ghosts
Pulled this off the Roland Library's Facebook page. I'd love to go, but there will be a joint City Council/Park Board meeting at the same time.
If you're a fan of the popular television show "Ghost Hunters", have we
got a program for you! The Supernatural Research Society of Iowa, a
group of individuals with passion for the paranormal, will be
presenting a program at the Roland Community Center, 208 N. Main, next
Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Get an early start to the Halloween season and hear some descriptions of ghostly investigations.
If you're a fan of the popular television show "Ghost Hunters", have we
got a program for you! The Supernatural Research Society of Iowa, a
group of individuals with passion for the paranormal, will be
presenting a program at the Roland Community Center, 208 N. Main, next
Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Get an early start to the Halloween season and hear some descriptions of ghostly investigations.
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