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MEMORANDUM
Dalo: April 22, 1091
To: PlannIng and Zoning CommissIon; Rlvorfront Commission; IInd PlIIks & RocroaUon
CommissIon
From: linda Nowman Gonlry, City AUomoy
Ao: CllIIlRcaUon 01 RocommondaUons to Accopt nn Establish a PlIIk Noa Along Slurgls
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Maco Dravormnn has communicated Ihal ho Is roady to doad ovor tho proposod 50 foot aroa
along 1110 Iowa Rlvorbank and adjacontlo tho SturgIs Com or proporty, 10 tho City, for plllk
purposos. ApplllonUy ho agrood 10 do this somo limo ago, with nu cost to tho City.
Whon this proposlll was discussed boloro tho City Council, tho r.ouncll had somo concoms. Prior
'10 my prosonUng this malloI' 10 tho Council, I would requost Ihat YIIU roslato your
rocommondaUons as to why tho City should accopt this proporty, nnd nny pllllls you may havo
for II. As you know, 1110 curronl ownor, Soulhgalo Oovolopmont, had a silo assossmont of COrlaln
hazardous motals found on tho proporty. Fortunatoly, thoro has boon no roloaso of hazardous
waslos and 1110 Iowa Oopmont of Nalurlll flosourcos has glvon 1110 proporty a 'clOllll bill 01
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. Nonolholoss, I would approclalo your roslallng your rocommondaUons to mo, for my ulUmalo
. prosonlaUon to Slovo Alldns lIl1d 1110 City Council. Thank you vory much for your holp In this
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Iowa City, Iowa 52240
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Dear Hr. DrovonMll'
Tomcon Environmentol, Inc, has COlIploted the socond lit. olloswnt tor
tho abovo-rotoronced alto. ClrO\ll'll.llr3tor s~lol I/'Or. collocted and wly:ed
frOlll tho four IlOnitoring 1/'0111. PolynucloonrONtlc hydrocllrbonl wr. not
dotected at tho dotection limits indicated, 'r1lo IllOtoll dotocted above
method detection 111l1it5 did not excoed the 1M action l.vtll. ror dotlllls
concorning tho intonn.'ltion gathered durlll9 thll aSlOIwnt, plea.. r.tor to
tho attached r.port. '
wo appreciato tho opporunl ty to be of sorvico to you on thll project. If
you havo any quostions or if we can be of additional asslstanco, ploal' do
not hOlltato to contact us.
Vary truly yours,
TEI\P.i\COO ENVI~, INC,
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
ChlIrlos A. Mullon
Counsollor Southgato Dovolopmont Company, Inc.
Pholan, Tuckor, Boylo & Mullon, Atlornoys,ot,Law
321 Markot Stroat
P.O. Box 2150 ,.
Iowa City, Iowa 52244
Ro: Sito Assossmonts Oatod April 5, 1990 ond Juno 8.11, 1990 Conductod by Torrocon
Envlronmontal, Inc. on Sturgis Coinor Drivo,lowa City, lowo: Domand Lottor
Door Mr, Mullon:
10m In rocolpt ollotlors datod May 2, 1990 and Soptombar 10, 1990 dlroctod to Stophen
AtkIns, Ci,ty Manager lor tho City 01 Iowa City, wharoin you mako domand lor paymont 01
prollmlnary slto assossmont costs voluntarily undartoken by your cllont and ownor 01 tho silo,
Southgoto Oovolopmont Company, Inc., Mylos Bravormon, Prosldont, I am also In rocolpt 01
coplas 01 Tonacon's prollmlnary silo assossmont datod April 5, 1990, togothor with
Torracon's follow,up slto assossmont datod Juno 8, 1990, with additional Information datad
Juno ", 1990.
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I havo also rovlowod notos from our May 7, 1990 discussion: corrospondonco botwoan
Southgato Oovolopmont and tho Iowa Dopartmont of Natural Rosourcos UDNRI: and havo also
rovlowod both stato ond fodoral law, most notably tho Comprohonslvo Envlronmenlal
. Rosponso, Componsotlon and LIability Act I'CERCLA'I, 42 U.S.C, Soctlon 9606!!, commonly
known as Suporfund, and appllcablo casolaw. I havo also rovlowod fOWl's attomptod
oqulvalont of CERCLA found In stato staMOS and tho lowo Admlnlstratlvo Codo.
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CERCLA dollnos 'rolmo' as tho spIlling, looking, emitting, ascaplng, leaching, or disposing
Into tho onvlronmont 01 a hazardous subSlOnca, 42 U.S.C, Soctlon 96011221. Although tha
IONR lound savaral motols In Torracon's IIrst silO mossmont roport excoodod tho stato's
stondards, which ora hlghor than tho EPA's maximum contaminant lovols (MCLsI, thIs IIndlng,
In and olllsolf, was not couso lor olorm, and wos, according to tho IDNR, conslstont with tha
land's history as a burn slto UDNR lottoI' datod May " 19901.
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Counsol for Southgalo Dovolopmont Company, Inc.
Pholan. Tuckor, Boylo & Mullon, AlIornoys'a\oLaw
March 29, 199\
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Moroovor, tho prlorlly pollutants, which Includo olght polynucloar aromatic hydrocarbons
fPAHsl croolad no causo for alarm. Slnco tho wator Torrocon first sam plod was unfiltorod
IONR sImply suggoslod two things: II drl/ling monitoring wells, to sao If tho motals and/o;
PAHs woro making It Into tho groundwator: end 21 tasting movomont 01 groundwator In tho
aroa: hydrogoology.
Tho rosult of Torracon's follOw'up slto assossmant roport. os you know,lhowod thot nalthor
tho motals nor tho PAHs woro IIndlng tholr way Into tho groundwator. IDNR agrood, and
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conclusion should not bo construod to moan that tho IDNR consldors tho slto
to bo cloan, but rathor tho obsorvod contaminant levols In tho sOiling load us
to boliovo that tho sltuotlon posos 0 minimal throat to hoalth and onvlronmont.
This conclusion doos not procludo a chango In stratogy If additlonallnlormatlon
should como to light which warrants attention.'
IDNR lottoI' datod Juno 28. 1990.
Thus, It Is my consldorod opinion that slnco both Torracon ond tho IONR found that no roloaso
of hozardous wasto hod occurrod on tho slto. that tho Sturgis Cornor sito doos not moot tho
throshold roqulromonts of 42 U.S.C. Soctlon 9606, aufflclont to bring tho slto undar tho
CERCLA low, and not sufflclont to bring tho City In os 0 potontlal rosponslblo party undor 42
U.S.C. Soctlon 9607, Moroovor, nocloan'up Is roqulrod. Thus, your client, Southgoto
Dovolopmont, has not Incurrod ony 'rosponso costs' for ~Ioan'up undor CERCLA, . .
Rathor, your cllont has, liS 0 prudont ond rosponslblo buslnoss porson, undortakon to do a
prollmlnary slto ossossmont of Sturgis Cornor, for posslblo contamination 01 sur loco and/or
groundwator by hazardous wasto, Such action wos probably prompted by tho history of tho
aroaas on old burn slto. Torrocon found what ono would oxpoct to find: burn ashos, soma
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Howovor, tho follow.up Torracon mossmont found that aftor tasting groundwator with
monitoring walls, thoro woro no PAHs or motals dotoctod In tho groundwalor. Moroovor,ovon
though motols ond lomo PAHs woro found In tho surfaco ground, nolthar tho motols nor tho
PAHs oxcoodod Iowa action limits. Torracon's slto assossmont, Juno 8, 1990, pago 4,
Touacon's findings aro confirm ad by tho IDNR and two loltors datod May " 1990 and Juno
28, 1990 from Calvin Lundborg, Envlronmontal Spoclallst, Solid Wasto Section. Whllo I havo
sorlous doubts as to IDNR ovon having Jurisdiction ovor Slurgls Corner as on 'abandonod
dump slto or landfill slto' or as a 'hazardous point sourco contamination lito' undor Iowa law,
nonotholoss, I agroo with tho IONR findings, which woro consistent wllh Torracon's roport,
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Counsollor Southoato Dovolopmont Company, Inc.
Pholan, Tuckor, Boylo "Mullon, AttornoyNt.Law
March 29,1991
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In othor words, tho IONR agrood as lollows:
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" No roloaso 01 hazardous wasto occurrod Into tho onvlronmont,
2. No cloan.up Is roqulrod, nor was It ordorod.
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3, Thoro was no Immodlato or Immlnont throat to public hoalth and onvlronmont: ralhor,
tho throat was "minimal."
In summary, Soulhoalo Davolopmont has rocolvod tho bonollt olllS silo assossmont costs,
and has addod valuo to tho land. ConvotSoly, Southoato has nolthor boon damagod, nor boon
forcod to Incur cosIly cloan,up cOSlS, which CERCLA Is doslonod to addross. Thus,
Southoato's status as landownor Is not tho kInd 01 costly situation Conoross had In mind to
protoct aoalnst by spraading tho costs of c1oan,up both past and luturo. In a word, no claan.
up cOSIS woro ordorodi and your prollmlnary ond lollow.up slto assossmonts do not conslltuto
'rosponsa cOSIS' undor CERCLA. .
Finally, slnco tho scopo provlslon 01 Chap lor 133 01 tho Iowa Admlnlstratlvo Coda oovornlng
Chaptor 455B locum on 'cloan,up actions' and 'polnt sourco contomlnatlon only,' It Is my
consldorod opinion thai, occording to Torracon ond 10NR, thoro has boon no roloaso 01
hazardous wasto Into tho onvlronmont, namoly Into tho oroundwotor, no abatamont has boon
. ordorod, and so tho City Is not a 'polontlally rosponslblo party' ovon undor stato law. Thoro
Is nothlno In tho stoto law or admlnlstratlvo rulos which roqulros tho City to holp lund a slto
assossmont . only 0 clean.up. ' ..
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I apologIze lor tho dolay In this rosponso, but It Is on aroa 01 tho law which Is ovor-changlng
at bost, and complicated at worst, Howevor,l trust this Is rosponslvo to your domand lottors,
but plom do not hosllato to contoct mo II you havo any quostlons rogardlng my rosoarch and
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City Attornoy
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cc: Stovo Atkins, City Managor
City Council
Chuck Schmadoko, Public Works Olroctor
Don Yuculs, Flnanco DJroctor
~ylos Bravorman, Soulhgalo Davelopment Company, Inc.
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July 5, 1990
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Cook slalod that ho quosUons concorns thaI havo boon axprosaod about cloallng 0
hlghor donslly ollow,/ncomo housIng In one 0I01l. Ho strmod thallow.lncomo housing
In fowa City doos not comparo with tho low,lncomo housing In larGO c/llos. Ho slalod thaI
ho bollovos this dovolopmonl should also provldo lor housing 10 occommodato
omployoos In tho oroo. Ho slatod thaI tho concorn aboul croaUng 0 hIgh donllly allow.
Incomo housIng In one MOO soomod 10 him 10 bo spoclous and loll,sol\'fng.
Clalk cllod tho Iroquoncy 01 tho number 01 ponco C4Ils 10 this MOO and slalod ho Is
concornod with croaUng an aroo thai wlU nol bo conduclvo 10 slnglo,lomlly housing. Ho
Indlclltod thaI ho quost/ons tho commllmonl 01 HUD 10 guoranlo. thaI this dovolopmonl
would romllln lor oldorly housing. Ho Indlcatod ho also hAS concorns with tho otormwalor
dolonllon basin.
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Tho moUon clllrlod 5.0.
~, Publlo dlscusslon 01 on oppCcat/on submlllod by Southgole' Oovolopmonllor
prollmlnary l.lIrgo Scalo Non.RosldonUal Oovolopmonl (LSNRO) plan approval 01 Slurgls
Cornor, a 3.31 acto commorcfol dovolopmonllocolod north 01 Highway e ml 01 Slurgls
Cornor Olivo and wosl 01 tho Iowa Rivor. (45 dllY 1Im1I4Uon porlod: July 29, 1990.)
Mlklo rovlowod thO sloll roportod dalod July 5, 1990. Slall rocommondod dolorrallo
pormlltho Rivorfronl Commission 10 rovlow and commont on tho proposal.
Public dlocuoolon was oponod 01 0:37 p.m.
/'lnrrv WolI. Sou\!!!1n12.Oovoloomonl. ro'orrod to I 10/101' dolod April 13, 1904, which was
In rg!~!.9.!lCo 10 on oorllor LSNRD lor tho oomo 1110 wh.!s!l.lndlcola, I~
o 1I11110 tho City 01 Iowa City 01 tho rlvorfronlaroa 01 this silo, WolI slolod Iholthls
In11oll0n romalns. Ho slalod lhol ho also plans 10 allond thO July 18, 1990, Rivorfronl
CommIssion moollng. In rosponso 10 a quosllon Irom Scoll, Woll slolod lhot ho Is willing
10 moko Ivolloblo tho roport rogordlng tho on'lllo conlAl1llnanls lor tho CIIy 10 rovlow,
Public dlsculllllon was closod II 0:30 p.m.
Coop or movod 10 dolor S.OOl:J 10 July 10, 1000, Cook .ocondod,
CO.ll~ Indlcalod thaI on agroomonllo hold tho City hormloss fiom thO dovolopol os
suggoSlod by Clark would chango hIs v10w 01 Ihls pr%ct. Ho nolod Ihal tho dovoloDor's
onorous orror 01 0 50,1001 slrl 01 lond alon tho Iowa Alvor Is moro than wha CI
has ono a on I 0 sowo 0 Iroolmonl Ion\. 0 sial ad thai ho
ommlsslon Iilnloroslod In alm!lJlonll bOI~. Scott slatocUbol1ho
~uost thallho Rlvorfronl Coll1Oll2sJon lovlow tho oxlsllDg ronco noat
tho 101'10(10 Iroalmonl olanland moko a _, rocommondnllon to Iho City Council 0"-
U1iJJllllg,. Mlklo aglood 10 convoy !hIs Information 10 tho Rlvorfronl Commission 51011.
Clark slolod thaI ho would havo 0 dllnculttlmo approving dovolopmont on a silo whoro
thoro Is 0 pOlontlollor alawsull rosulUng In damogos to bo paid by Iho City. Scoll
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commondod Southgalo Oovolopmonllor ogroolng to provldo tho InrormalJon rogAlcl'IIlg
tho on"lIo conlamlnanl, lor tho ClIylo rovfow. ovb I' II ,
rrLa!fronl on IlIIullo lorvod 10 rololn tho bank ond 10 absorb OXCOSI molsluro And
conlamlnanls. Sho Ilalod lhatlho 11001 Also 10rvo oswaanlnglot tho .rOA.
Tho motion cllrrlod 5.0,
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1. Plscusslon ola DrODosod Dollcv l2Who usa 01 wnstownl2!..lIontmonl .nd~
svsloms wllh!aJho corDornto boundnrl2uf)owll City ond~lown CilV'S two,mRo
filnao aroa.
Cook movod to dolor dlscuaslon 0111 propoaod pollcV lor tho uao 01 waalowator
troatmontllnd dllpoaal aystoms within tho corporolo boundorlos ollowo CltV ond
within 10wIl CItV's two.mllo Irlngo Ilroll to JulV 10, 1000. Coop or mondod. Tho
mollon carrlod 5.0.
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Moon announcod that Karln FranklIn hilI boon oppolnlod 10 10rvO 01 tho Nolghborhood SOrvlcOl
Coordlnalor, Scolt roquoslod that tho Commllllonora rocolvo tho most rocont vorllon 01 tho
Zoning Ordlnanco Ilnd now zoning mops as noodod.
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Bovbjorg movod to adjourn tho mooUny at 9:40 p.m. Cook locondod. Tho moUon cAlrlod
unanimously.
Sally Olorks, SOClolary
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Iowa City Rlvorfront CommissIon
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for pllrklng whllo rosorvlng tho oraD olong tho rlvor lor groonspaco. In rosponso 10 0 quosUon
Irom Wachol, Rockwoll slolod thaI tho lorms 01 tho looso could do pond on whon funds would bo
avolloblo 10 convort tho proporty Into a pockol park. Jonos suggoslod loosIng ono,thlrd 01 tho
proporty and using tho rovonuos Irom tho loose 10 finonco tho dovolopmonl 010 pork on tho
othor two,thlrds 01 tho porcol.
Rockwoll stotod thol tho Pllrks ond Rocrootlon CommIssion, tho Hlstorlo ProsorvoUon
CommIssIon, and tho Johnson County Hlstorlc:ll Socloty would also bo roquoslod 10 rovlow this
proposal. Wochol Slotod thOI Nancy Rold had rovlowod tho silo and hod dlscussod somo
londscaplng posslbUll/os. Wochol suggoslod thot all mombors 01 tho Rlvorfronl Commission
rovlow tho 1110 boloro makIng 0 rocommondal/on. Jonas cllod tho owkwllld Ihapo 01 tho porcol
thol would IImllUI usa lor much othor than groonspaco. Ho Ilalod thai dovolopmonl 01 tho
parcollo tho northwost lIdo 01 tho Bonlon SlIool Brldgo would glvo tho City tho opportunity 10
mako tho proporty across from McDonold's 01 mOlchlng londscapod olttoctlvonoss.
Wochal slalod thai dovolopmont 01 0 park on this parcol would bo Idool lor 0 REAP oppllcotlon.
Rockwoll nolod thallI 0 monumonl commomorotlng tho hlstorlo woldod brfdgo was Incorporolod
Inlo tho pork, thon HIstoric Prosorvotlon lunds mlghl also bo avollablo for tho dovolopmonL
Slolnbroch Ilalod thai ho would Inlloduco this loplo 01 tho Parks and Rocroatlon CommIssion
mooting on July 25, 1990. Wocholluggostod tholtho Rlvorfronl CommIssion could conl/nuo Us
dIscussIon 01 tho Bonton Strool Brldgo Pockot Pork at Its noxt mooting. Atthot limo, Rold mIght .
bo oblo to provldo tho CommIssIon with moro concroto pockot park dovolopmontldoos.
Rockwoll nolod that tho slldo prosontotlon by Cook Includod an 1II00 rocommondod by tho Trails
Committoo as a locus oroo, thotls, tho oosl rlvorbonk botwoon Bonlon Slroot ond Hlghwoy 8.
this will bo ronoelod In tho updolo 01 tho 1979 Rlvor Corridor Pion. Jonas askod litho CRANOIC
Railroad might bo Inlorostod In Itonslorrlng ownorshlp 01 tho unusoblo land that Is loasod by City
Carton. Cook slalod that tho railroad Is concornod with socurlty. Ho nolod thatltansfor 01 tho
land would not rosultln a docroaso In lo.xos lor tho.rallroad company bocauso thoy aro to.xod
accordIng 10 mllos olltock. Cook fndlcolod thai boautlficaUon 01 this aroa may bo ollntoroltto
Pro/Oel GREEN. Wachol nolod that litho 11011 oXlonds undor tho Bonlon SlIoot Brldgo, thoro will
bo IIghUng provldod which can holp 10 Incroaso socurlty lor City Carton.
In rosponso 10 a quostlon Irom Jonos, Rockwoll slalod thottho lonco 01 tho sowogo lroatmont
plontls localod closo 10 tho rlvorbank 10 allow room lor plant oxponslon. Construellon appoArs
10 havo boon complolod and II may bo posslblo 10 work oulan agroomontto draw tho lonco
bock 0101'1 lootlrom tho rlvorbank.
Rockwoll statod thai a now plan lor tho Slurgls Cornor Orlvo dovolopmont had boon provldod thai
showod tho proposod tlro storo building as nol oncroachlng on tho 60.1001 rlvorfront oasomonl.
Tho curronl plan Is Inlondod os a concopt plan. Tho final proposal 1'111I bo rovlowod admlnlslra.
tlvoly by slall and wllllncludo a rovlow lor tochnlcal compllanco wUh tho Rlvor CorrIdor Ovorlay
Zono Ordlnanco.
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Iowa City RNorlronl Commission
July 10, 1090
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Rockwon roporlod thOI tho Iowa City Boord 01 Adjuslmonl opprovod on auto and ltuck orlontod
uso In tho CC'2 zono tor this proporly, Sho nolod that ono mombor of tho Board of Ad/ustmonl
had oxproosod concorn for opproprlolo Icroonlng bOlwoon tho Uro sloro building and tho Iowa
AJvor. Sho Ilalod thai approval of tho uso was condlUonod on having tho sorvfco bays foco
Slurgls Cornor Orlvo and nol Highway 6.
Wochol Ilolod thai oroslon would bo a concorn In this Gloa and thalli would probably bo bosl
10 loavo tho ox/sUng vogoloUon Inloct. Maco Bravormon stalod Ills his InlonUon nollo dlsrupl
tho vogolaUon that Is locolod boyond tho building Ilno. Bravorman Italod that a dovolopmonl
plan for this 1110 Ylas approvod In 1084, bul ho Indlcalod thai tho Parks and RocroaUon
CommIssion was nollnloroslod In City ocqulslUon of rlvorbank proporly al thai Umo. Slolnbroch
Ilalod that In 1084 thl. would havo boon consldorod an Isololod parcol for tho City 10 own.
Bravorman nolod thalli would bo dltnculllo conslruct a Itall crossing al tho crook oponlng
localod on tho northorn bordoI' 01 thIs proporty. Ho suggostod that ho mlghl bo ablo 10 provfdo
accoss olong tho northorn boundal'f of tho proporty 10 RNorlldo Olivo and thon provfdo accoss
back 10 tho rlvor al tho odgo 01 tho Wondy's proporly for tho conUnuaUon of tho Itall. Ills his
Inlonllo glvo tho 5O-foOl Iltlp of land along tho rlvor 10 tho City, bul ho slalod thai ho would
profor thai approval not bo condiUonod on such a gin. Wachol Indlcalod thaI this Is an
oppOrlunlty for tho City 10 prosorvo this rlvorlront proporly. Slolnbroch Iltossod thai tho Park.
ond ROCtoat/on Commission vfows ocqulslt/on and dovolopmonVmalnlonanco coSIS logothor. .
Ho Ilalod thai tho Idoa of Incroasod accoss or nnkago 10 parks makos thIs proporty moro
appoallng 10 tho Parks and Aocroat/on CommissIon. Bravorman Indlcalod thai Soulhgalo
Oovolopmonl Company oIso owns land by Nopoloon Park and will bogln 10 dovolop this land
loon. Ho Ilalod thalli would bo oallor 10 plan for Itall dovolopmonlln thai oroa now, boloro
dovolopmonl occurs.
Rockwoll roportod that tho noodway IIno must bo shown on tho final plan. Sho slalod thai a soli
ropor! concornlng tho lovol ot conlamlnllllts on tho silo had boon approvod by tho Iowa
Dopartmanl of Nalurol Aosourcos. Bravorman said this silo was loslod for all contaminants with
an omphasls on hoavy molals. Ho lurlhor Indlcalod thai gas loakago Is not a problom for this
silo. Wachal bollovod tho eo 100/ vogotat/vo buffoI' should bo accoplablo bocauso of tho oxlstlng
vogolallvo donslty. Ho Indlcalod this wllllusllly condlt/onlng a rocommondat/on for opproval on
tho rolonUon 01 tho oxlst/ng vogolallon.
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Jonol movod 10 rocommond Ihaltho propolod dovolopmonl for Slurgll Cornor Drlvo 01
prolonlod bo approvod, condlllonod on Iho dolormlnallon Ihallho plans uro In compllanco
with Iho roqulromonll of tho Rlvor Corridor Ovorlay Zono and on Iho prolorvallon of oxllllng
vogolallon wllhln Iho eo. fool oUlomonl olong Iho Iowa Rlvor. Roballocondod. Tho mollon
carrlod 6.0,
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Cook movod 10 approvo S.0012, Iho prollmln:lty pIal 01 a portIon 01 Block 1,
Bravorman Conlor, lor sovon commorclal olnco 101' and Ihroo mulll.lamlly lot"
con/DInIng DpproxlmDlllly 12.01l1crll1llocnted betwaan Kookuk Dnd Broadwayalraalo
south 01 tho K.I,tart and Popporwood Placo ShoppIng Cantor, SUb/oct 10 tho granting
01 a spacIal oxcaptlon by Iho Board 01 Ad/uGlmonllor a Iront yard modlllcotlon lor
tho proparty at 1&87 Broadway SlrooL Rold sacondod. Tho mollon cnrrlod 4.0,
Scott notod thaI tho LSRD hIlS boon Indonnltoly dolorrod by tho appllcanL
/ 2. ~. DIscussIon 01 on appllcntlon submlttod by Southgoto Dovolopmonl for
prollmlnlllY Largo Sc~o Non,RosldonUol Covolopmonl (LSNRD) plan approval 01 SturgIs
Cornor, a 3.31 OctO commorclal dovolopmonllocatod north 01 Highway 6, oosl 01 Sturgis
ComoI' Drlvo and wosl 01 tho lown Rlvor. (45-day IImltaUon porlod: July 29, 1990.)
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Mlklo roportod thai tho Rlvorfront CommIssIon mol on July 18, 1990 and rovlowod thIs
proposal lor compllanco with tho Alvor Corridor Ovorloy Zono. Ho Indlcatod thaI tho
potonUol gin 01 land or on ODSomonlto tho City lor I poUlblo troll dovolopmanl was also
dlscussod. Mlldo nOlod thaI tho oppllcont had sold II was hIs InlonUon 10 mako such a
gin 10 tho City. Miklo ropor/od thaI tho Alvarfronl Commlulon also Indlcalod 0 doslro to
rolaln as much 01 tho oxlsUng vogolnUon os Is poulblo. Ho notod thaI tho oxlsl/ng
dralnago channol may provanltrall dovolopmonllrom occurring alongs/do tho rlvor on tho
northorn port/on 01 this ItDct. Mlklo slalod thaI tho appUc:lOllndlcalod ho Is willing 10
allow accoso lor altall around thl~ atOll on tho northorn boundlllY 01 this proporty lInd
onlo tho ad/acont proparty, which tho oppllcant also owns. Ho slalod that thIs would
anow tho Itan 10 run ODSt al\d wost adlllconllo'tho dralnDgawoy ond thIs would allow tho
Iton 10 ClOSS tho drDlnDgowoy on tho oxlstlng brldgo and thon rolurn to tho rlvor.
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Scott askod litho Alvorfront Commission pro(orrod to havo condlUons plncod upon
approval o( lhls appUcatlon. Mlk/o rospondod that compllonco with tho Alvor Corridor
Ovorloy Zono would bo on approprlato condition all would rotontlon o( tho oxlstlng
vogolllUon a/ong tho tIvorbank 10 tho oxtont posslblo. Bovblorg notod thol ono wall 01 tho
proposod SlNcluro .X1onds Inlo tho oxlstlng vagoloUon. Mlklo Ilalod that a (ow (001 o(
tho vogolaUon would nood 10 bo romovod.
Publlo dIscussIon was oponod lit 8:05 p.m.
I I slatod thaI tho appllconl sUII no ods 10 show tho
tIvorbDnk Uno and tho naodway Uno on tho pial. Ho Indlcntod thai maro survoy work
noodslo bo camplttod 10 dotormlno tho contours on tho othar lIdo a( tho rlvor and thIs
should bo camplolod boloro tho oppllcatlon gaos bo(oro tho City Council.
91enn S~ers, S~lIll!.9.D.lLQllilollment Comllnnv. SIDlod thaI tho Rlvorfronl CommissIon
was camlor/oblo wilh rocolvlng a lottoI' 01 Inlonlla dod/cato tho 50.faal slrlp 01 land along
tho rlvorbonk. Sldorslndlcatod Ihol SOUlhgoto Dovolopmonl proforstho dodlcaUon 10 tho
gin ot an momonl. Ho Ilrolsod thalli would bo difficull and caltly la romavo tho
eX/lUng vogotoUon and Italod that tho Inlant 01 Iho dovolopor Is 10 nal d/slurb any
vogolaUon as tho rlvorbonk docllnosloword tho rlvor. In roopanso 10 0 quostlan lrom
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SCOlt, Sldors slalod thai tho Ylilfingnoss 10 ollew OCCOIS olcng tho northorly portion 01 thl~
tracllo allew lor troll dovolopmonl Wll5 0 rocommondaUcn mado by tho appUconL Sldors
lndlc:llod thai Southgalo Oovolopmonl I~ moo com/ortoblo Ylith tho In/o/mm IIgroomonL
Ho Ilalod thai tho lInol rosull will not nocossorily bo I dodlcoUon 01 land al tho northorly
portion 01 tho tract and Ilatod thai In momont mlghl bo I posalblfity. ChrlsUwen
Indlcolod thai ho It oIso comrOrlab/o Ylith thIs IIrangomonl ani:! rocognlzod tho Idvantage
10 tho dovolopor.
Public dlocuoslon wa, clooad al 8:11 p.m.
Cook movod to approvo S.0013, a prollmlnary lIrgo Scolo Non.Rooldontlol
Dovolopmont (LSURD) plan approval 01 Slurgl, Comor, I 3.31 Icro commorclol
dovolopmontlccotod north 01 HIghway 8, 00:101 Slurgll Comor Dtlvo and woot 01
Iho Iowa Rlvar, Bublact to compllonca wllh tha Iowa Rlvar CorrIdor Ovorlay Zona and.
tha rolonUon 01 tho oxlotlng vogolaUon 10 tha oxtont poulblo. Bovblerg Boconded.
Cook slatod thai tho devoloper had Indlcolod the IntenUon 10 mako B gift 01 tho 50"001
rlvorbank portion ollhls tract 10 tho City In 1984. Cook Iloled thai II thai Ulno, tho Pllks
and ROCfoatlon Doportmonl dodlnod tho gm bocouso tho tract Wll5 Isolalod and would
hovo boon dllftculllo mAlnlaln. Ho nolod thai the tract Is no longoI' an Ito/alod pllcol.
Ho slalod thai tho City owns tho land 10 tho 10u1h ollhls tract by tho bus boms and ho
nOlod thai thoro 10 Idoqualo 1100 undor tho brfdgo 10 dovolop ItrAl1. Cook Ilalod thai
ocqulslUon or thIs lond could bo I cOllllysllor lutlhor troll dovolopmonL Cook oxprossod.
his thanks 10 tho dovolopor lor tho gonorou, onor and oxpros"od tho hopo thai tho City
would lonow thl, oxomplo by dovoloplng I troll along tho lowor trootmontloclfity on tho
opposllo lido 01 tho Iowa Rivor, Rold Itromd thai tho Becm on tho notlhorly portion
011110 tract oNorllovorol options lor trail dovolopmonL Sho commondod tho dovolopor
lor hi, cooporatlon.
Scoll rolorrod 10 a ropOrllrom Torrlcon and Poco LaborolotlOl rogllldlng pOlontlol
conlamlnanlS on tho silo. SCOllllolod thatlrom oloyporson'a rovlow, hIs convorsaUons
with tho lab dlroetor lrom Poco Laborolorles, and 0 rovlow by tho Johnson County Heolth
Dlroetor, II was his opInIon thai thoro 110 no potontlol hoolth tlsks on tho silo undor
oxfstlng EnvIronmenlal Proloctlon Agoncy (EPAl and/or Iowa hoolth Ilondord~. Ho
thonkod tho oppncontlor makIng tho roporllrom Torracon IVlllloblo 10 tho CommIssion.
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o zono chango lrom RS.a and AS.I2 10 AM.I2 lor approximololy 1.4 aCfOl, loc:llod
borNoen Dodgo and Govornor otrool, al 012 N. Dodgo Slroel. (45-4oy IImlloUon porlod:
July 29, 1990,) .
Scoll notod Ihal alaN has Indlclllod lhallhoro 110 potenllal lor ono oddlUonallollo bo
croalod II tho houso on Dodgo 511'001 romalns. Ho olalod lhOllllho houso on Oodgo
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