Minutes-11/03/1964 (2)

itself. Zoning has to do with the town. Those three principal situations we must try to cover. When someone puts in a subdivision, he builds the streets, makes the water mains, sewers, etc. This is a calculated part of the cost. The code in Iowa City requires full paving. Land costs are extremely high. Then on the basis of the ordinance, what they have to install and what their assessments will be on water and sewer. This wraps up the basic cost of the lot. Then they figure what kind of a house will sell on it. It costs them just as much for land development for a $20,000 house as a $30,000. Out here it is an advantage to them because it commuting distance if their land costs are reasonable they can sell a $20,000 house here for $18,000 and beat the market in Iowa City. They are afraid of a loose ordinance. They have to have protection for that 20-30 year mortgage. Water. Wayne Reed advised the Council that after discussing the bids with the geologist, they feel that the town would gain the most information by accepting the Latta bid. The reason is that we wouldn't be able to test Edwards' well and he wouldn't put it in unless he thought the sands were going to produce the 50 gallons per minute guarantee, and once it is put in we would be committed. What we had in mind was drilling a test well and testing it to find how much water we could produce from that hole and what kind of a well we need and if we can't, we go elsewhere or think about what else to do. Presuming that we do find enough water and get an estimate of how much, then we design a well to deliver that amount of water and we ask for bids on that well from the four in this area who would be interested: Miller, Edwards, Latta and Novotny. We would then let bids on a production well. We might only have to go 50 feet; we might have to go 70 feet on the test hole. We want to drill to rock and we are estimating it at 50-90 feet down. The sand points placed at certain distances from the test hole will measure the fall in the water reservoir during 24 hours of pumping, or however long the geologists feel information is being obtained. 24 hours is felt to be a fairly secure period of time. The town will need a well which will produce 30 gallons a minute based on 150 gallons per day per person. What they are trying for is a sustained yield. The geologists would make the decision about length of pumping time. They will check the Tiffin Inn as to availability for gauging when pumping starts, and if permission is not granted, the N.S.G.A. will drill another hole. Glen moved, Bill Bream seconded the motion to award the contract for test well to Latta. Unanimously carried. Sewer. Glenn was here today and discussed the street situation. Wayne Reed: They looked over the streets and suggested after talking it over with Jim Powers that they bring in the stone to fill the trenches where they have subsided over the sewer and that they shoot those with oil by hand and they will repair all the places where the streets have receded due to the trenches sinking in over the sewers. A thought on that was that the town might prefer to have the money for a permanent street improvement program say a year from now after the water mains are in so Glenn is going to determine the cost of putting stone in these trenches and shooting them with oil and he is going to do that or give the town a deduction on his contract of this amount. It won't matter to him whether he repairs the streets or gives the deduction on his contract. He would have it done by local labor. Cable on school signal light was sheared. Stratton Property. Wayne Reed: My understanding of the situation is this: We extended the sewer from College Street up to a turning point and then carried the sewer up the center line of the Brooks Addition alley extended. When we got up close to the fence, it was obvious on the survey that the alley as laid out for Brooks Addition actually cut through