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Hiawatha Commission Approves ADA Ramp

By Greg Bebermeyer

12/23/2015

(KNZA)--The Hiawatha City Commission has given approval for a local couple to install a handicapped accessible ramp at their residence.

The Commission voted Monday evening to allow Vern and Mary Finley to construct the ADA ramp at their residence at 210 Cheyenne Avenue.

The ramp will cover the existing sidewalk in front of their residence, and will meet the city’s setback requirements.

In other business, Police Chief John Defore updated the Commission on the parking issue in the 700 block of Oregon Street.

Defore said he has visited with most businesses in the block and they indicated their willing to have their employees park behind their business or on side streets, with several businesses already doing so.

Defore says he will continue to monitor the situation.

The owners of Giggle Girls Bakery appeared at the January 7th Commission meeting to ask that something be done about the lacking of parking along the street, such as posting time-limited parking signs. It was the consensus of Commissioners that the businesses should be approached first to see what kind of compromises could be made.

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