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Contents:

Utilities, Telecommunications,
Tax Structure, Transportation,
Municipal Services,
Commercial/Industrial Services


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Utilities
    Local Utility Information

Electricity
  Supplier:
  Name of Supplier:
Water
  Water supplied by:
  Name of supplier:
  Source of City Water:
  Elevated storage capacity:
  Capacity of water plant:
  Average Consumption:
  Peak Consumption:
Natural Gas
  Name of local Distributor:
  Pipeline Source:
Sanitation
  Type of sewage treatment plant:
  Percent of community served  
    by sewer:
  Average load:
  Peak load:
  Design Capacity:
 
private
MidAmerican Energy Company
 
municipal
City of Clarinda
river
882,000 gallons
2,500,000 gallons
783,000 gpd
852,000 gpd
 
Alliant Gas & Electric
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
 
primary

98%
771,000 gpd
1,264,000 gpd
3,240,000 gpd

Telecommunications

Local telephone company:
Time required for repair (reg. bus hrs.):
Equal access long distance for Intra-LATA calls?
Equal access long distance for Inter-LATA calls?
Type of central office switcher:
Is fiber currently in the ground?
Fiber is used for:
Is SS7 service available?
Is ISDN service available?
Is T1-DS1 service available?
Is local cellular service available?
Is local Internet service available?
Is local video conferencing available?
Iowa Telecom
24 hour service
No
Yes
Digital
Yes
Interoffice Connectivity
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Tax Structure

Assessed value of property in city:
Tax rate per $1000 assessed value:
Bonded Indebtedness: City:
Bonded Indebtedness: School:
Bonded Indebtedness capacity of community:
Future indebtedness plans:

Remarks:  Industrial tax Abatement, Regional Revolving Loan Fund, Housing Property Tax Abatement.  Tax increment Financing is also available to the community for projects providing substantial economic benefit to the community.
$146,692,034
$14.50
$4,320,000
$5,265,000
$7,334,601
$0.00

Transportation

Air Service
Time in Minutes to nearest public Airport:
Type of runway
Length of runway
Unicom radio
Instrument landing system
VOR
Non-directional beacon
Time in minutes to nearest commercial air service
Name of nearest commercial air service
  City Name
Airlines serving point
1
Concrete
5000 feet
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
70
Eppley International
  Omaha
American West
American
Continental
Delta
Frontier
Midwest Express
Northwest
Southwest
TWA
United
US Air
Remarks:  Centrally located to Kansas City International, Omaha Eppley, Des Moines Airports.
Motor Carrier
Number US highways serving city:
Number Iowa highways serving city:
Time in minutes to nearest interstate interchange:
  Interstate number:
Time in minutes to nearest four lane highway:
  Highway number:
Number motor freight carriers serving community:
Number of local terminals:
Number of intrastate carriers:
Number of interstate carriers:

1
1
35
I-29
35
I-29
10
1
10
10

Remarks:  I-29 is within 45 minutes, and I-80 is within 60 minutes.
Rail Service
Community Served by Railroad?
Distance in minutes to nearest piggyback service:

No
90

Name of railroad: Amtrak
Remarks:  Centrally located to Kansas City International, Omaha Eppley and Des Moines Airports.  Thirty-five minutes to I-29 and sixty minutes to I-80.  Highway 71 which runs through the community, turns into four lane 35 miles south of town.

Municipal Services

Type of local government:
City zoning ordinance in effect:
Country zoning ordinance in effect:
Subdivision ordinance with design standards in effect:
Number of full time fire department personnel:
Number of volunteer fire department personnel:
Fire insurance class in city:
Fire insurance class outside of city:
Number of full time city police officers:
Industrial waste pick-up service:
Percentage of city streets paved:
Council, Manager
Yes
Yes
Yes
0
26
6
10
11
Yes
100%
Remarks:  The City provides first class services with the citizens' health, safety, and general welfare being the highest priority.

Commercial/Industrial Services

Number of machine shops in community:
Number of tool/die shops in community:
Number of electric motor repair shops in community:
Daily newspaper:
Weekly newspaper:
Seating capacity of largest banquet room:
Is city served by cable TV?
Number of motels/hotels:
Total number of rooms available:
Number of financial institutions in city:
Number affiliated in a bank chain:
Number of company-owned, national chain retail stores:
Chamber of commerce:
Manager is full-time:
Is community CEPP certified?

1
1
1
Valley News Today
Clarinda Herald Journal
400
Yes
4
112
4
1
20
Yes
Yes
Yes

Remarks: Clarinda Economic Development provides all commercial and industrial development services.  City and County government actively support industrial and commercial development.  The City also works with residential developers to encourage quality housing opportunities.

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Contact Information
Phone: (712) 542-2160
Fax: (712) 542-3031

200 South 15th Street
Clarinda, Iowa 51632

E-mail:
info@developiowa.net