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WHO NEEDS A BREAK, ANYWAY? With only five players in uniform for Coralville Hy-Vee Monday, would 24 points from Jaime Printy be enough for a victory? SPORTS, 10 TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010 Police move OK’d The police could move into a new substation on the Southeast Side as early as Aug. 1. By ALEX KLINE [email protected] The Southeast Side of Iowa City will soon be home to a new police sub- station aimed at reducing crime and engaging the community. The Iowa City City Council voted unanimously on Monday night to approve signing a commercial proper- ty lease with Southgate Development Services LLC. to build the facility BRENNA NORMAN/THE DAILY IOWAN Exposed bags lie in a line as part of a levee near the Thatcher Mobile Home Park on Monday. The levee was built in 2008 by park owner Jim Hammes and volun- located in Pepperwood Mall near the teers in preparation for that summer’s flood. Recently, the Iowa City City Council passed a motion to build a new levee that would protect Thatcher’s and Baculis’ Highway 6 and Broadway intersec- tion. Mobile Home Parks from future flooding. Police hope to move in by Aug. 1. Police Chief Sam Hargadine spoke to the council about the new substa- tion and its logistics, saying it will City eyes levee for mobile homes include basic necessities such as phones and computer system, as well as The city hopes to receive $2.1 million from I-JOBS II funding for the project. office space. “It’s essentially an By GRACE SAVIDES His actions were not unique. The new levee is expected to cost Levee to extension of City Hall,” [email protected] David Baculis, the owner of Bac- $3.8 million; it will sit along the Hargadine said. The ulis’ Mobile Home Park, did the west side of the Iowa River, protect Iowa City Police When Jim Hammes, the owner between McCollister Boulevard same thing to protect his property, mobile- Department is located Hargadine of Thatcher Mobile Home Park, 2128 S. Riverside Drive. and the CRANDIC Railroad in City Hall. home parks police chief realized his property was going to Though both barriers still stand tracks. It will protect both mobile in the The new substation be flooded in 2008, nearly all of the today, Iowa City plans to soon tear home parks, as well as around 20 will work on regular park’s residents came together to them down to build a new levee to businesses in the Commercial works hours and with limited staff Court area. build a levee. protect both mobile home parks. The city is looking resources. Though Monday night saw Over the course of a week, sever- The Iowa City City Council voted to build one levee: A crime-prevention officer will be progress on the issue, the man- al hundred volunteers constructed unanimously on Monday to author- • Total cost: $3.8 transferred to the new location to pro- a 1,000-foot barrier at the park, ize an application seeking I-JOBS made levees that still stand at the two mobile park homes have been million vide him better access to community 2254 S. Riverside Drive, using II funding for the project, which a point of contention between the • I-JOBS II grant: $2.1 members on that side of town. plastic, sand bags, and a borrowed officials hope will provide $2.1 mil- owners and the city. million “Our intent is to move a crime-pre- bulldozer. lion, said David Purdy, a flood- Businesses in the Commercial • Community vention officer there,” Hargadine said, “It was a lot of work, but it was recovery specialist for the city. The Court area removed their tempo- Development Block and there may be times when there really rewarding to watch all the I-JOBS II program requires local rary levees after the 2008 flood. Grants: $1.7 million are no volunteers staffing the facility. volunteers work and the people in sources to match its funding, and However, the structures on Bac- “There may be times when the door is Source: City of Iowa City the park all pull together,” that may come from the city in the ulis and Thatcher Mobile Home locked.” Hammes said. “When it held, it form of a Community Development SEE LEVEE, 3 was a pretty good feeling.” Block Grant, he said. SEE COUNCIL, 3 UI preps for huge class The UI will add 30 more freshman seminars this fall. By CLAIRE PERLMAN two students per class, associate provost for [email protected] UI spokesman Tom undergraduate education, Moore said. said the university is University of Iowa offi- And larger lectures went keeping tabs on trends in cials said it’s nearly up around 20 students last class registration in antic- inevitable class sizes will year, President Sally ipation of needing more increase this fall even sections in some areas. greater than last year, in Mason told The Daily “We’ve been monitoring part because of the record- Iowan in September 2009. breaking number of Moore said the univer- class availability since incoming freshmen. sity doesn’t know the early registration last To accommodate the exact increase in class April, and we not only influx of students, officials size this fall because the think about overall class said, it’s highly likely they count of the incoming availability, we also think will need to add addition- freshman class will not about availability in spe- al course sections, specifi- become official until the cific departments and spe- cally in classes popular university submits the cific sections of courses ROB JOHNSON/THE DAILY IOWAN with freshmen. number to the state Board that are high-demand Incoming freshmen wait in line to get their ID photos taken in the IMU during Orientation on June 17. The Last year, because of of Regents 10 days after courses,” she said. incoming class will be the largest the university has ever had, with nearly 4,946 students, almost 400 budget cuts, the UI saw the first day of classes. more than last year’s incoming class. an average increase of But Beth Ingram, the SEE CLASS SIZE, 3 DAILY IOWAN TV INDEX WEATHER WEB CALENDAR To watch Daily Iowan TV,’s news updates go online at Arts 5 Opinions 4 Let us know about your upcoming event. Submit information to the DI’s new online dailyiowan.com or tune into UITV. 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