01 March 2011

We welcome March: Two months away from L.O.S.T. vote in Linn County, Iowa


On February 22, 2011, the Cedar Rapids City Council during a regular council meeting passed the following for a May 3Rd public measure ...

Discussion and Resolution requesting a special election be held on May 3, 2011 on the extension of a local option sales and services tax to establish and maintain a flood protection
system for both the east and west side of the Cedar River, existing street improvements and
property tax relief. (Angie Charipar) CIP/DID#654114

Exhibit A

(Insert letter to be assigned by the Commissioner of Elections)

SHALL THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEASURE BE ADOPTED? YES □ NO □

Summary: To authorize extension of a local sales and services tax in the city of Cedar Rapids at
the rate of one percent (1 %) to be effective from July 1, 2014, until June 30, 2034.

A local sales and services tax shall be imposed in the city of Cedar Rapids at the rate of one
percent (1 %) to be effective from July 1, 2014, until June 30, 2034.

Revenues from the sales and services tax shall be allocated as follows:
Fifty percent (50%) to establish and maintain a flood protection system on both the east and west side of the Cedar River; and Forty percent (40%) for existing street improvements; and
Ten percent (10%) for property tax relief.


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This year's State of the City address is a little late per the City Charter ...

Mayor Corbett to Present State of the City Address Tomorrow ... - The Gazette
Mar 1, 2011 ... Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett will present his “State of the City” address
tomorrow, March 2, 2011 at noon at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center, ...

Here's a look back at his first State of the City address in 2010.

Corbett On State of the City Speech: "I Just Want To Be Realistic ... - KCRG-TV9
Feb 24, 2010 ... CEDAR RAPIDS - Mayor Ron Corbett said flood victims in Cedar Rapids feel it ... of about 350 people for his first State of the City address.

In June 2011, the City of Cedar Rapids will celebrate the third anniversary of the sixth worse natural disaster in U.S. history. The gulf oil leak surpassed the disaster in Cedar Rapids in 2010.

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