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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublicMeetingTranscript1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 1 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING APRIL 4,2013 6:30 p.m. Parkview Church Iowa City,Iowa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 2 ANNOUNCER:We will do a brief presentation,Mark and Melissa will take care of that,and then we will open up the mic for comments. We are going to try to get it so that everyone who wants to make a comment has a chance to do that before you circle back around.The other thing is if you're like me and you wake up in the middle of the night thinking gosh,I wish I said that,you have a week to either mail or e-mail comments to us.All of them are equally valid,all of them carry the same weight,we just need them by April 15 to get them in the final document.So with that I will turn it over to Mark and Melissa. MS.CLOW:Good evening.I am Melissa Clow,the special projects administrator with Iowa City.And I am just going to revisit for any of you who don't know,I'm sure most of you do,what the issues are for this project and why we are looking at elevating Dubuque Street and Park Road Bridge. We will be addressing the following issues:Historic floods.In 1993 the road was closed for 60 days;and then in 2008 it was closed for 30 days.And Park Road Bridge was closed,in addition to Dubuque Street,causing backwater all the way up to the Iowa Power River Dam. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 3 Almost on a yearly basis we do experience seasonal flooding along Dubuque Street.We almost saw it this year.We've had flooding in the medians quite a bit,but that appears to be coming down. Anytime we have rains an inch or more per hour,you will see flooding and closures on the northbound Dubuque Street lanes. We also have a number of infrastructure issues along Dubuque Street that will need to be taken care of whether or not we raise Dubuque.That includes the pavement,it is over 30 years old.And also turning lanes from Dubuque to Park Road.And we're looking at dual turn lanes from Park Road to Dubuque Street. Talking about Park Road Bridge,it is functionally deficient.We would be looking at deck repair and there are also a number of safety issues with their pedestrian codes and barriers that are required now that currently do not exist. Real quick I will touch on the project purpose and need.This is our third and final meeting for the planning process for the environmental assessment.And our first step,if you remember,was to establish this purpose and need. The reason for the project will be to increase the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 4 reliability of Dubuque Street,increase the reliability of Park Road Bridge,reduce that backwater I talked about,and also improve the infrastructure. We will be taking a complete streets approach to the project and we want to maintain this park-like and unique setting that we have coming in to Iowa City. The one thing to note about this project is that it is the one flood protection project that will reduce the flood water elevations of the river. Taking a look at the schedule really quick.Like I said this is the last step of phase one and the planning process.This is the big picture.For many of you we have not gotten in to the fine details,the final engineering,and we are hoping to start that in the next month or two.That will be phase two. We're looking at a year for final design. That will include kind of the look of the project and the landscape plan as well.And then phase three will be two construction seasons in 2014 and 2015. And with that I will turn it over to Mark Pearson. MR.PEARSON:Thanks.Just before we get going with the comment period I thought we would walk through what the preferred alternative is that you 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 5 have probably seen in the document,that you may have been talking with folks from the city or from the consultant staff this evening. Starting with Dubuque Street,a couple features related to that.As Melissa mentioned we will be elevating the street.The change in elevation will begin at the Foster Road intersection and will tie back in with the existing elevation near Brown Street.In that stretch the changes in elevation will range anywhere from a foot upwards of 15 feet,especially near the Mayflower entrance and as you get down to Kimball Road. So it will be a higher street but it follows the same alignment pretty much as it does now,with the noted exception that in the vicinity of Mayflower,between there and Foster,we have proposed moving the alignment a little bit to the west towards the park and away from the residents,from basically Kimball --or from Park Road north through that corridor. During this time we will also be constructing a number of,as Melissa has mentioned, amenities related to the complete streets concepts. So things like the bus and transit stops that are there currently in the project,we will maintain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 6 those either close to or at their exact location.We are going to work to build new trails and sidewalks so that the trail that is along the west side of Dubuque Street currently will be replaced.It might be in a slightly different location,it might be a different elevation,but it is going to be there.It will be a ten-foot multi-use path. On the eastern side of Dubuque Street there will be new sidewalk along the whole corridor.On Park Road Bridge there will be,in addition to the five travel lanes for traffic,there will be two 10-foot multi-use paths so you'll have more room for bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the bridge.And as Melissa also mentioned,those will have additional safety features to keep that traffic separate from the pedestrians and bicyclists. Another feature related to the longer Park Road Bridge that we have proposed will be the ability for users of the sidewalks and trails to actually pass underneath the west side of the bridge so that you're not facing a great crossing to get,say,from, the Hancher side to the city park side. One other aspect that I should mention is that if you have existing driveway access on Dubuque Street today,when we're done with the project you 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 7 will still have driveway access.We made a concerted effort to keep those.It might be,again,slightly different,and we'll work those details out over the next year,but again if you have driveway access today you'll have it when we're done. And also existing intersections with Ridge, Taft Speedway,the entrance to the boathouse and Terrell Mill Park will also be maintained.Again, they will be slightly different but it will look very much the same when we're done. A little bit about the bridge.We're proposing to have a steel or concrete girder bridge. Similar probably in terms of construction type to the new bridge that is on the south side of town --I'm drawing a blank,on the name --McCallister.We don't know what it is going to look like yet but we do know that we're proposing a slightly longer bridge,about 450 long instead of 300 feet.And it will be a wider bridge because it will accommodate an additional travel lane.We'll have five 12-foot travel lanes for traffic,and then the additional multi-use paths on either side of the bridge that I mentioned before. It is going to have similar transit access in the vicinity of the bridge or on the bridge.Also 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 8 some aspect that Melissa mentioned,there will be no backwater caused by this new bridge.In fact,it will have the net effect of reducing backwater that was caused by the current bridge.We will be able to do that by having fewer piers in the water.We will be able to do that by having a longer span with the abutments that are pulled further back to give the water more room to pass.And it will be a higher bridge than the current one.But the net effect of that is that it minimizes or completely eliminates any backwater whatsoever that the current bridge causes. And that kind of concludes the presentation.Really the focus of this session is to hear your comments.So we ask that anybody who is interested in making a comment come on up,take your time,but we do ask that you allow everybody who wants to have a chance to speak at least make that first pass.We're asking that everybody keep their comments to about three minutes. We're going to have a little hourglass just so you have a sense of how much time you have.We're not going to cut you off right at three minutes but we do ask that you keep your comments to the point and on topic.And then if you think of something 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 9 else you want to add,after everybody has had a chance to make their initial comment,if you want to add something new feel free to do that. We'll get set up here in just a second. And then if anybody has a comment that you want to make on the mic,all we do is ask that you step up, please state your name and what your address is so we know who you are.And we have a court reporter here tonight.She'll transcribe it verbatim and then we have that record of this.So we will get going with that in just a second. And it is real simple,if you want to make a comment,step on up,state your name,residence. And if you don't want to make a comment,that's fine too.We can stick around a little bit later and continue with the open house.It doesn't carry any more weight than it does if you send us an e-mail or write it down in the comment table back there.It is just another means of making your comment heard, so don't be shy. MS.CLINE:My name is Sally Cline,I live at 33 Trevose,Idlyllwild.It is just a question and I hope you can answer it.But we have heard over the past almost five years that Mayflower is going to actually have a flood wall in front of its building. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 10 So if that is correct,then do we see Dubuque Street below that or even to? MS.CLOW:Yes,Mayflower is doing their own separate flood mitigation project and that will begin at the end of the current semester,so they'll be starting this summer. So we were trying to coincide the projects together,but they will be starting this summer,we will start next summer.They are going to have a permanent wall and create a patio up there.On top of the wall they'll have an invisible flood wall which essentially is the removable panels that will go in on top of it. MS.CLINE:That is in front of some of the University buildings,the art buildings? MS.CLOW:Yes,so they'll be protected to the 500-year flood elevation plus two feet.And our environmental assessment is proposing the roadway to be at the 500 plus one foot,so the roadway would be above their first floor by a few feet. MS.WALL:I am Mary Wall.I live on Ridge Road.I have lived here since 1960.And I have been mouthing off about this for a long time so I thought maybe I better come and be informed about what it is. Ever since 1960 parts of Dubuque Street have gone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 11 under water every single year.In '93,in 2008 it was much more than usual.But I was joking in saying what are they going to do,build a causeway with an off ramp on the second floor to the Mayflower? As I look at the plans and the things that the engineering firm here has thought,I'm really gratified.I'm glad I came tonight.I know that the money is an awful lot of money,but I think in the long run when things are done it looks to me like they thought it out well and there probably will be a great deal of improvement.That's all I wanted to say. MS.OWEN:My name is Daissy Owen and I live at 2 Bella Vista Place.I have been there since 1974,so I am very close to where your work is going to be.My concern is when are you going to quit the noise every day?Is it going to be a 24/7,or are we going to have some time to be able to rest from the noise? MS.CLOW:We do have a city noise ordinance.And Ron,if I'm mistaken please correct me,from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.But we realize this is a residential area so we will be enforcing more strict ordinance that the noisy work be done at a proper time. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 12 MS.OWEN:Yes,because we will be listening to the noise all day,we will be --you know,we need some time to rest at night. MS.CLOW:Right.And there may be a few times where we need to shut down the road entirely to raise grade and meet intersections to keep the road open,so there may be a few periods where there would be longer hours of work,but you would be notified well in advance and we will be communicating with you when that would happen. MS.OWEN:Thank you. MR.KNOCHE:So there are times when we do pour pavement and we have to cut in joints in that pavement,make sure it doesn't crack early and make sure it cracks where we want it to.If they're pouring a pavement during the day and they get out there and they're ready to saw cut at 3:00 in the morning,that's when they'll have to be out there saw cutting.So there may be some times when there'll be some early morning,late evening types of work going on,but we'll keep you informed of when that work is going to occur. MS.CLOW:So it would be one early morning,not three or four in a row? MR.KNOCHE:Correct.It could be later 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 13 than --yes,it could be after that 10:00 p.m., between that 10:00 p.m.and that 7:00 a.m.timeframe. I just want to make sure we don't make any promises we can't hold up to,so -- MR.GEERDES:Greg Geerdes,890 Park Place in Iowa City. More of a question than a comment.When you're raising the roadway the 5 to 15 feet that you're contemplating,do you need to build a retaining wall or anything along the riverside,or do you have enough space to preserve the bank with this new sill on top of it? MS.CLOW:We will be building a retaining wall between the bridge and Terrell Mill Park, because we are very restricted in space there.And to maintain the pedestrian way and create room for a sidewalk on the east side we will need a retaining wall. MR.GEERDES:I can understand why you would need to do that.The only point I would make is I hope you pay attention to the aesthetics of that because that's a big deal. MS.CLOW:Definitely. MR.GEERDES:And I note that you are probably going to be tearing up the median between 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 14 the north and the south lanes,so I would strongly encourage you to coordinate the aesthetics and the landscaping of this whole corridor. MS.CLOW:Yes,the aesthetics are very important to us and we want to maintain --the unique look it has right now we want to maintain.The retaining wall we do understand that you're going to be able to view that from city park,so the aesthetics of that is going to be very important as well. MR.GEERDES:Because that would be really a bad deal if you didn't do it right,so -- MS.CLOW:Right. MR.GEERDES:Thank you. MR.COULTER:I'm Joe Coulter,I live at 1818 North Dubuque.That's my garage that's buried over there right across the street. As I understand,the present northbound lane of Dubuque Street will be essentially abandoned and a sidewalk be put down on the east side basically over the old northbound lane.That would mean that my garage will not be buried. However,my question is that low place, which always floods and receives runoff from Ridge Road from up on the north end of Dubuque Street comes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 15 down there.And as I understand it there's not going to be an elevation raise there.How is the runoff going to be dealt with in that low area on the east side of North Dubuque Street between essentially Ridge Road and Foster Road? MS.CLOW:If I understand you you're talking about the drainage ditch that runs along Foster? MR.PEARSON:No.On your side? MR.COULTER:On my side that always floods,that floods first where the culvert is. MS.CLOW:Along Bjaysville.That's a detail we're going to decide during final design.We have talked about sliding the ditch on the west side over with the roadway so we would maintain that culvert under Dubuque Street.And so that's one option is to maintain the ditch.Or we could close it in a box culvert and take it out that way. MR.PEARSON:A lot of that drainage detail still needs to get worked out during design,but what we're trying to do is not just solve the flooding problem from the river but also from the problems that you describe.So there is a lot of drainage study that still needs to be done to get that water out of there and not cause that flooding. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 16 MR.COULTER:And as many of you know who live there,in fact much of the water actually comes from the river and it is coming back under the road and that's why the water comes up there.And then it doesn't matter how high the new Dubuque Street Roadway is,if that's still a low place that's still going to receive river backflow into there. MS.CLOW:Right.That's exactly right. That is one of the biggest drainage problems is that at the Dubuque Street/Foster Road intersection the grade of the drainage ditch is about equal to the normal water elevation of the river.So anytime there is high water in the river,it backs up through the ditch all the way to that intersection.So that is one of the hydraulic challenges Mark was just talking about that we will be looking in to during final design. MR.JONES:I am Douglas Jones,I live at 816 West Park Road. During the flood of 2008 I was --my garage floor was about 12 to 18 inches above the high water mark,so it was very close to being inundated. During the flood I walked down and took a number of pictures at the Park Road Bridge.And I have pictures of a white water rapids pouring over Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 17 Road on the west side of the bridge that illustrates the amount of water that bridge held back. It was really acting as a dam.And that dam is part of the reason the water was as close to my house as it was.So I'm really very strongly endorsing the elevation of Park Road Bridge and the creating of a much wider clear channel there so that the bridge won't act as a filter to sieve out all the debris floating in the water and build,what people who worry about drainage,call a debris dam.We came very close to damming the river with all the crud that was sieved out after the water by the railings. As to the elevation of Dubuque Street,I think for the good of the city as a whole it is absolutely essential.We just can't have closures of major access roads to this town during every single high water event,and that's where we have been in the last decades with flooding.We need secure, ready access to Iowa City from the north and we can't handle shutdowns there. When I look at the alternatives,we went through three different preliminary alternatives before this particular outline of the plan was decided on,and this is far more sensible looking than the earlier planning that I have seen.This 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 18 really coincides with what I thought looks sensible when I looked at those alternatives.And so I really would like to see it go ahead. MR.SOBOCINSKI:I'm Mike Sobocinski,I represent the Phi Delta Theta Household Association. We are technically the landlords for the fraternity house at 729 North Dubuque Street. We're always at --it seems like we're always giving up something for city projects.We have always worked with the city.My concern this time is the elevation change to Dubuque Street because it will impact our driveway access which is at Brown Street. During the last improvement of Dubuque Street we gave up property traits and property and improved our access.I do not want to see it get any worse because it is a --it is difficult enough to get in and out with good weather,bad weather,sight line distance,everything.So I would hope we could enter into discussion in to how it is going to affect our property because we are in the valley and we're willing to talk,we just want to make sure we don't lose anything. We have owned the property for --our organization has owned the property for 90 years, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 19 since it was a public quarry,so I believe that makes us the oldest existing owner of the stretch at this point in time.And I did keep the water out of the building in '08,so --I have signed in,so I would appreciate being brought in to the mix with the design issues. MS.CLOW:Yes.And just so you know it is definitely our intention,once we get in to those final design details with adjacent properties,we will be talking to you about our plan and what we will do to improve the property.It is our intention to look at all these access points and improve what is there already with this project. MR.TOBIN:My name is Sean Tobin,I live at 207 Black Springs Circle. And I am just curious,this is less critical to the economic access on Dubuque Street in and out and the flooding and homes and so forth,but has consideration been given to the waterway passage through the bridge? So primarily there is a --I'm a former rowing coach and an enthusiast of rowing myself,but there's two-way traffic and so there are rights of way heading up and downstream and it becomes problematic for two reasons:One is that the spread 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 20 of oars in both directions require,in order to not collide with the bridge abutments,there needs to be adequate room to be able to navigate.And if there's three pillars,which is better than the pillars that are currently in place,depending upon where they're positioned relative to the shoreline,they could either --they could in effect inadvertently narrow the traffic channel if they are away from the shoreline but not in enough to allow a passage lane to the outside,as well as allowing for passage to the inside. So that said --but I'm sure there is a lot of expenses that go in to different bridge designs, but certainly a single pillar is fewer obstacles,two pillars might allow a central passage as well as two outer passages. But I don't know --I know that --and I'm not speaking on behalf of the University of Iowa or the Athletic Department or Iowa City Recreation,but I know all of those parties are out of town or they have changes in roles so there may not be a representative here to convey those concerns. So primarily it is just if there's going to continue to be that access to the waterway then maintaining safe traffic channels is important. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 21 I also was very concerned when the flood of '93 happened,to the gentleman that is familiar with the fraternity,it seemed like the way the orientation of those bridge abutments,it just pointed the water right smack down at the fraternity. And it was --it seemed like it resulted in a tremendous amount of erosion on the eastern shore while silting in the river on the Hancher side.So it seems to me that obviously being in line with the approaching water as it is coming downstream seems to make sense to not create resistance and then just let it flow out wherever,but I don't know,some kind of orientation. Obviously it would probably be perpendicular to the orientation of the actual bridge orientation,but I guess just the effect it has on receiving the water and pointing the water,that whole corner is on a very steep bend so the water wants to go to the outside and erode to the outside anyway.And so as long as --so I'm just wondering how the bridge might magnify that dilemma or minimize that dilemma.And I don't know if that speaks to backwater,but -- MS.CLOW:As far as your first question with the rowing team,that has been in our 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 22 discussions the whole time and we've had communication with the university and we want to make sure that where we place our piers will not hamper their operations.Obviously we have a great boat house right there and we just want to enhance what they already have there and hopefully give them the opportunity to have more events. MR.PEARSON:And in regard to your second question about the hydraulics,a lot of that analysis is going to happen over the next year so that the piers get lined up in the river both to avoid causing conflicts with the river traffic but also to be as efficient as possible with the river channel and not cause any resistance.And we can go in to a lot of detail,but the net effect is that we don't want to create any backwater or contribute to destabilization on either side,so a lot of that analysis will be conducted over the next few months. ANNOUNCER:Anybody else?Again,I want to thank everybody for coming out tonight.We are going to hang around for a little bit to talk one-on-one. I know someone might be anxious to see a basketball game,but we are glad you're here. Again,please feel free to send in written comments or e-mail comments to either Website,which 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 ANGELA L.MADDUX,CSR,RPR 319-393-5050 GATEWAY PROJECT MEETING,APRIL 4,2013 23 is www.iowacitygateway.org,or via old fashion U.S. postal service and that address is on your handouts and also on your comment form.And we will be taking those through April 15th,tax day.So thank you all and good night. (Whereupon the meeting concluded at 7:02 p.m.,April 4,2013.)