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City of Ely, Iowa Your Information Gateway for Ely, Iowa |
Saturday October 9, 2010 |
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New & Happening |
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Ely Farmers Market - Stop by the Ely Farmers Market at the southeast corner of Rowley and State Streets every Tuesday from 4:00 to 6:30 pm and Saturday from 8:00 am to noon. You will find a great variety of fresh local produce, kolaches and other food every time you visit the Ely Farmers Market! If you are interested in being a vendor at this year's market, contact Ali Alldredge, 848-2036 or alialldredge@southslope.net |
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Firemen’s Breakfast On July 4, 2010, the Ely Volunteer Fire Department will be sponsoring their 39th Annual Firemen’s Breakfast. This event is a perfect opportunity to show how much we appreciate the dedicated volunteers that protect and serve our community and surrounding areas. All proceeds from this annual event support the department’s operational expenses. Tickets can be purchased from any Ely Firefighter or local merchants. Adult tickets are $6.00, $3.00 for children 5 to 12 years old, children 5 and under eat free. All you can eat pancakes eggs, sausage, bacon, milk, coffee and water. Serving from 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Ely Fire Department - 1300 Main Street in Ely. Rain or shine - Come enjoy a terrific breakfast and great company! |
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4th of July Parade. Ely’s traditional 4th of July parade starts at 6:00 p.m. Parade lineup starts at 5:00 p.m. at the Volunteer Fire Station, 1300 Main Street. |
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Kids Fall T-Ball League. A fun recreational T-Ball league for 4 and 5 year olds runs from August 31 to October 5, 2010. The league is open to anyone who will be 4 or 5 years old through the duration of the league. Click here for more information & registration forms. |
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Ely’s EDGE The Economic Development Group for Ely (EDGE) is a group of Ely residents working together to help make Ely’s future prosperous. Find out more about EDGE at their recently launched website: www.elyedge.org |
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Code Red The Linn County E911 Services Board has instituted the Code RED Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows us to telephone all or targeted areas of Linn County in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action. The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers our recorded message to a live person or an answering machine, making three attempts to connect to any number. Examples of emergencies include evacuation notices, bio-terrorism alerts, boil water notices and Amber Alerts. CodeRED system is a geographical based notification system, which means street addresses are needed to select which phone numbers will receive emergency notification calls. Businesses will need to enter their phone numbers into the emergency notification database, as will households with unlisted phone numbers or households without landlines. Households with published phone numbers will likely already be included in the database. The information will only be used for emergency notification purposes. |
City Projects & News
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Hey Everybody, We’re Building a New Water Tower! Detailed engineering is well underway for a new 300,000 gallon water tower in Ely, which will be located just west of Jappa Road the tallest hill we can find in Ely. The water tower will be a “single-pedestal” design, with a round tank on top of a single supporting column. The new water tower will be high enough to increase water pressure every where in town and will especially improve pressure for higher elevation homes and properties in Ely. Construction is planned to start late summer of 2010, and complete with the new water tower fully in-service in the summer of 2011. |
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Hillcrest Street Repairs
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North Waypoint and Entrance |
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Golf Carts & ATV’s. Ely allows golf carts and 4-wheeled ATV’s on Ely Streets up a permit process that would allow golf carts and ATV’s (with at least 4 wheels) to drive on streets in Ely, except State Street. The person operating the golf cart or ATV must have a City of Ely permit, be at least 18 years old and have a valid driver’s license. Click here for more details. |
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Voluntary Annual Garbage Tag. Are you tired of having to track down those City of Ely garbage collection tags and have $52 in your pocket? Then head on down to Ely City Hall to pickup a voluntary annual Ely refuse collection tag that is good for an entire year. Okay, it’s actually only good until December 31, so it will cost $26 if you purchase one before September 30 and $13 if you purchase it after October 1. The annual tag would allow you to place one container (up to 40 pounds) of waste at the curb for pickup every week. Just slap the tag on the container and you’re set through December 31. You can purchase your annual voluntary garbage tag at Ely City Hall during regular office hours (8:00 a.m. To 5:00 p.m.). The annual tag can only be purchased at City Hall; the regular $1.00 tags can be purchased at City Hall, Casey’s General Store and Cleppe’s 66 Service. Don’t worry if you’ve already invested a bunch of cash in the regular $1.00 garbage tags, they’re still good and will be for a long time. The voluntary tag is an additional option available to Ely residents; we will also continue with the $1.00 tags. It’s your decision; you can get the annual tag or continue using the regular $1.00 tags. |
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Sidewalk Improvement Ordinance Property owners who request a building permit for work $10,000 or more in value will be required to install a sidewalk, if no already sidewalk serves the property. Sidewalks will be required if the conditions on the following slide are met.
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Rent the Community Center. Consider renting the Ely Community Center for your family get together, reunion or other function. Call us at (319)848-4103 for details. |
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Hoover Nature Bike/Recreational Trails. Work to extend the Hoover Nature Bike/Recreational Trail to the intersection of Ely Road (or State Street as we call it in Ely) and Wright Brothers Blvd is underway right now. is Linn County and the Linn County Trails Association to extend the Hoover Trail through Ely, connecting to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. The Linn County Planning Dep’t facilitated a community open house to discuss options for bike trail routes through Ely. Linn County decided the railroad right-of-way is the preferred route for the Hoover Valley Trail from Wright Brothers Blvd., through Ely to Dows Street. The Ely Park and Recreation Commission recently began plans for a trailhead with shelter and parking area at the north end of Ely City Park. |
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Recently Enacted Ordinances: Ordinance #200: Requires property owners who request a building permit for work $10,000 or more in value to install a sidewalk, if no sidewalk already serves the property under the following conditions: · The value of the work to be done under the building permit is $10,000 or more; · The lot is adjacent to a public street and curb and gutter are available; · Sidewalks have not been installed abutting the public street for the property prior to the request for building permit. This ordinance was enacted November 12, 2007. Ordinance No. 201: Re-zones roughly 20-acres adjacent to Ely’s north city limits and roughly 500 feet west of State Street to “R-2 Multi Family Residential”. Enacted January 14, 2008. Ordinance No. 202: Increases the amount allowed of petty cash allowed at Ely City Hall and the Ely Public Library to $150.00. Enacted February 11, 2008. Ordinance No. 203: Creates a “Voluntary Annual Refuse Collection Tag” that allows one refuse container to be placed for curbside collection through December 31 of each year. The voluntary annual tag would cost $52.00 per year and would be affixed to the container. Ordinance No. 204: Creates a City of Ely permit that would allow a golf cart or ATV to be operated on streets in Ely (except State Street) if the operator is at least 18 years old, has a valid driver’s license and a City of Ely permit. The ordinance further requires that ATV’s may only be operated on Ely streets if the driver is actively involved in snow removal, lawn/gardening work or special city events at the time. Approved June 9, 2008. Ordinance 205: Zones the eastern portion of the “Splendid Villa” Subdivision as R-2 Multi-Family Residential. Approved August 11, 2008. Ordinance 206: Creates the “R-3” and “R-4” Multi-family residential zoning districts, and development standards including minimum lot size, setbacks and other standards. The “R-3” district allows structures to have up to four residential units, the “R-4” district allows structures to have as many as eight residential structures within it. Approved August 11, 2008. Ordinance 207: Designates specific lots and parcels along Northgate Drive, Wrigley Street and Comisky Court as R-3 or R-4 zoning districts. Approved October 13, 2008. Ordinance 208: The City Council did not enact this proposed ordinance. Ordinance 209: The City Council did not enact this proposed ordinance. Ordinance 210: Designates the Serbousek 2nd Addition as an “R-1 Single Family Residential” zoning district. The Serbousek 2nd Addition is a recently annexed parcel on the north side of Vista Road. Approved October 13, 2008 Ordinance 211: (Approved March 9, 2009) Increases the sanitary sewer fee for some users. This ordinance enacts the following sanitary sewer fees: a. Resident Customers. Minimum Charge for 0 to 1,000 gallons $25.72
In addition to the above minimum 1,001 gallons to 3,000 gallons $1.92/1,000 gallons 3,001 gallons to 8,000 gallons $3.53/1,000 gallons 8,001 gallons or more $4.55/1,000 gallons
Non-resident Customers. Non-resident customers of city sanitary sewer service shall be charged a sum equal to one and one-half (1 ˝) times the monthly rate charged to resident customers. This charge shall apply to each separate use if the customer is a temporary user. |
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