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i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Item Number: 8.a. Description Mary Gravit: IOWA CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY CHANGES SECTION 8 DISABILITY RULES WITHOUT PUBLIC NOTICE Kellie Fruehling From: Mary Gravitt <gravittmary@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2019 2:56 PM To: Council Subject: IOWA CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY CHANGES SECTION 8 DISABILITY RULES WITHOUT PUBLIC NOTICE My friend, Arcie Green, who is a disabled Senior, with various medical diseases relating to her disability. She applied for Section 8 Housing Voucher over two years ago, when the Diamond Apartment were being built. She rose from approximately 800 to 43 on the housing list. Then she checked the list and found that she had been moved from 43 to 49. When she went to IC Housing about this matter, she was told that the rules of listing had changed. And that her criteria did not suit the listing of 43. She explained to the person who told her this that her housing is becoming more untenable because of unlawful entrances into her apartment as well as the plumbing in it. The previous manager of her apartment complex was fired because of missing items in various apartment. But since the complex is devoted to Seniors and disabled, most of the tenants were not believe until it became glaringly obvious that someone was using a master key to enter the apartments and riffle through papers and stealing items. As with all disabled persons living alone, she places toilet items for easy reach, especially at night. But when she woke in the middle of night, she discovered that 1 things had been moved and rearranged. She knew by this that someone had used a master key to enter apartment without notice or reason. What is at stake here is when can a public office make rule changes without public notice? Arcie Green has followed all the rules that were in place when she applied. She needs Section 8 Voucher assistance to move to a more updated living quarters because her present living conditions are becoming more outmoded and dangerous. She wants to move because the management is not cooperating with her need for security. Mary Gravitt 2714 Wayne Avenue #6 Iowa City, IA 52240 319.341.6230 z Item Number: 8.b. i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Rachel Milner: Facebook Page Iowa City [Staff Response Included] Kellie Fruehlin From: Shannon McMahon Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 2:42 PM To: Iracheljeanmilner@gmail.com' Cc: *City Council Subject: RE: Facebook Page Iowa City Good afternoon Rachel — Residents and other City of Iowa City Facebook followers have made us aware of the Iowa City Iowa Facebook page in the past, and we are again looking into the confusion that its title causes for those who discover it through an internet search or other means. After reaching out a few years ago, they were advised by Facebook to add some additional information that differentiates themselves from our official Iowa City government Facebook page. In the "about" section of their homepage, please note that they describe themselves as "The Official Unofficial Page of Iowa City, Iowa." Although that appeared to be a minor adjustment, it was the extent of our influence at that time. Iowa City Iowa ` lip Like S Follow A Share HOURS Q AMWs Open TO MUCH ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFO Iowa Clay Iowa iowacW837Qgmai1.com c,jowacity.io4Htos httpsJAwitter comfThelowaCity Home MORE INFO Posts 0 About Videos The Oftial Unofficial Page of Iowa City, Iowa Photos O The Official Unofficial Page of Iowa City, Iowa! About The original. Accept no subsbtutesl Community 0 Population 75,798 1 You are encouraged to report the Iowa City Iowa Facebook page directly to Facebook administration for any rule violations you may find when visiting their page. We will continue to do what we can to differentiate ourselves from their site, but are limited in our ability to change or remove a private site or its contents. Despite the page you discovered, we officially and warmly welcome you to our inclusive community, and hope that you will take the time to enjoy all of the amenities that make Iowa City a special place. You can learn more about Iowa City by visiting our website at www.icgov.org and following our official Facebook page. Thank you for reaching out to us with your concerns. A UNESCO ClrY OF 11 T 2Ai UiE Shannon McMahon Communications Coordinator office: 319-356-5058 cell: 319-530-4754 410 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240 WMICGOV.ORG 0000 From: Rachel Milner[mailto:rachelieanmilner@gmail.coml Sent: Friday, August 30, 201912:18 PM To: Council <Council@iowa-city.org> Subject: Facebook Page Iowa City Hi there! I plan on moving to the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids part of Iowa next year and was very excited to find out more about your city so I liked a Facebook page called "Iowa City Iowa." The first page to come up I "liked" to be a part of the group and see what the city had to offer. I late found out that this is not the official Iowa City, Iowa page but an imitation run by someone who is very hateful to their followers. I wanted to inform you of this person because people like me that are interested to learn more about your city click on this page and are instantly fed political hate posts which, in my opinion, is not a representation of the city and is making your city look bad. I would suggest reporting this page to Facebook and having him change his name so people are not mislead or even removed. I am sure you want people of all political beliefs to be drawn to Iowa City, not one party over the other. I have provided the link below to the Facebook account I mentioned. https://www.facebook.com/iowacity.iowa/? to =%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARAmupUh-OMYsttN- KvZPSYAOWkUbzfCkXrPolFbTOC9ytaBn sWMs6xMIE5X9sw2GGHWzsmhbuvVuXT Thank you for your attention to this matter. Rachel Milner R(1—.!! ar N- 14FI MAX P,err;:-er Fr p e,1,`w5 (M) 910-366-5936 1 (0) 910-484-0163 RachelJeanMilner9gmai1.com www.FayettevilleNCHouses.com 5509 Yadkin Rd Fayetteville, NC 28303 i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Bryce Pairrett: Important Email Item Number: 8.c. Kellie Fruehling From: Bryce Pairrett <bapairrett@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2019 12:35 PM To: Council Subject: Important Email Hi, I am messaging you to tell you how unlawful your absurd ordinance 21 law is. This is the worst ordinance ever made and is a completely revenue based citation. How about you guys set the ticket price at $405 instead of $300 with a bizarre $105 surcharge so you can stop miss informing the public with understating the full ticket price. Also, how about you have your officers start giving the complete ticket to students that are underage drinking and quit telling students they are doing them a "favor" by giving them a citation that is "equivalent to a speeding ticket", besides the outraged price for the presence in a bar after 10pm and being under 21. Pre -wrote tickets is completely lawless by officers who are sworn to protect the public, not write as many citations as they can in the four hour gab from 10pm to tam. Just some advice if your officers start doing their job and writing the full ticket. Maybe that'll put enough fear into the in debt college students but then that might stop the cash flow into your downtown small businesses. But, I am sure you will never have them do that because that will cut into your nightly revenue and hurt the cash for the precious "clean small business downtown". Just some advice that you will never take into account because these pre -wrote citations for being at a bar after 10pm is generating to much revenue for you guys. Here is a picture from one of your valued "fair" officers of The Iowa City Police Department. Hope you actually read this, Bryce i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Michael Lileg: budget concerns Item Number: 8.d. Kellie Fruehling From: Michael Lilleg <mmjlilleg1221@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2019 4:06 PM To: Council; Rockne Cole; Susan Mims; Pauline Taylor, John Thomas; Jim Throgmorton; Mazahir Salih; Bruce Teague; Mary Mascher Subject: budget concerns In an article in the August 22 edition of the Iowa City Press -Citizen titled "Growing pains make 2021 budget planning thorny for Iowa City", the author had a list of possible measures the city council may propose to make up for possible budget shortfalls. Among those is increasing property taxes (AGAIN (�)) or reinstating the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST). Of these 2 options, I would prefer the LOST. The property tax increases affect single family home property owners most adversely. I've lived in my home since 1976. In the last 17 years, my property taxes have risen from $1406 for 2003/2004 to $2554 for 2019/2020. When I was working, these increases didn't effect my budget too seriously. But, now that I'm retired, these taxes represent almost 2 full months of my Social Security benefit. I hope the city council will choose to reinstate the LOST instead. That way, the pain gets spread around to all citizens, not just a few. Thank you for your consideration of this matter, and, please, let me know if my views on this are correct or not. Michael Lilleg Item Number: 8.e. i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Jesse Allen: Augusta Place - Thank You August 30, 2019 Mayor Throgmorton, City of Iowa City Members of City Council 410 E Washington St Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Mayor and City Council: As the Augusta Place project is nearing completion, I wanted to extend a huge Thank You to City Councils past and present, the City Manager, Planning and Zoning and Historic Preservation Commissions, and numerous City Staff. The Augusta Place project started in 2015 when the Unitarian Society of Iowa City announced their congregation was moving to a new facility in Coralville. At that time, I saw an opportunity, shared by the City, to preserve the Church and develop the surface parking lot north of City Hall into residences within walking distance of downtown and campus. The project was not without controversy, but I believe that through cooperation we achieved the goals that were discussed in 2015, including preservation of the Unitarian Church building, using the Church as a winter shelter during the 2016-17 winter, adding street life and tax base to a once -surface parking lot, providing the City with sheltered parking on the first level of a two-level parking structure, incorporating affordable housing units into new construction, and beautifying the 400 block of Iowa Ave and the 10 block of Van Buren St. There are too many City staff that have been involved to mention specifically, but we appreciate all the work done by the Development Services, Engineering, Forestry, Police, Finance, Legal, and Economic Development Departments, and of course the City Manager's Office. Augusta Place is named after Augusta Chapin, the first female minister of in Iowa City, and the first woman in the Country to have earned a Doctorate of Divinity. We hope that the `Augusta' Place name and the preservation of the Church building will help this history live on. Once again, Thank You for the spirit of cooperation that helped bring this project from an idea - to reality. Sincerely, V esse Allen, Augusta Place, LLC - W r Ln i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Item Number: 8.f. Description Mary Gravitt: BUS SHELTERS BEING REPLACED ONLY IN UP -SCALE LOCATIONS [Staff Response Included] Ashley Platz From: Darian Nagle-Gamm Sent: Monday, September 09, 2019 4:20 PM To: gravittmary@gmail.com Cc: Council Subject: RE: BUS SHELTERS BEING REPLACED ONLY IN UP -SCALE LOCATIONS Hello Ms. Gravitt, Thanks for reaching out regarding the bus shelter improvement program. I have included the list of the locations slated for Phase I I of the program below. We expect to receive the shelters this winter and install when the ground conditions allow in early spring. The locations are a mix of commercial, high-density residential, and areas with social service agencies. We have reached out to Hy -Vee regarding the installation of a new mid -block pedestrian crosswalk with a pedestrian refuge island and proposed bus shelters east of Wade Street. This includes a shelter, concrete pad, and a sidewalk extension on the north side of Muscatine, which would require an easement from Hy -Vee. A new shelter is planned for the south side of the road. We also will be reaching out to Walgreens regarding replacement of the bus shelter on Muscatine. Because of space limitations at the current shelter site (the new shelters are bigger), we are exploring alternate means of configuration. After the installation of Phase II shelters, we will wait until the transit study is complete before we continue with Phase III and Phase IV of the bus shelter improvement program. Those locations have yet to be determined, and we appreciate and welcome any public comments. Thank you for your suggestions. I hope this information is helpful. Let me know if you have any questions! Phase II (Spring 2020) 10 Muscatine Avenue at Hy -Vee (north) New ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Muscatine Avenue at Hy -Vee (south) New 12 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Westwinds Drive west of Fareway New 13 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Broadway Street near Pepperwood Plaza New 14 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Muscatine Avenue & Second Avenue (Walgreens) Replacement 15 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Southgate Avenue & Waterfront Drive Replacement 16 Scott Blvd at Systems Unlimited New = 10WA, CITY Darian L. Nagle-Gamm, AICP A UMCSto crlr bs IMMATURE Director of Transportation Services WWWICGoy.oRG p:319-356-5156 o i „ o 1200 S. Riverside Drive 1 335 Iowa Avenue Iowa City, IA 52240 darian-nagle-gamm@iowa-city.org From: Mary Gravitt [mailto:eravittmary@gmail.coml Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 2:48 PM To: Council <Council@iowa-city.o> Subject: BUS SHELTERS BEING REPLACED ONLY IN UP -SCALE LOCATIONS It has come to my attention that the new bus shelters are replacing the old bus shelters, and people in the neighborhoods who have never had one but need bus shelters are not getting them. I have been agitating for these shelters for nearly 4 years because there is a need by tax payers in poorly served transit neighborhoods. We who need bus shelters see this as discrimination and class warfare since the shelters seem to be replaced in up -scale locations instead of locations where the disabled and Seniors need the shelters for protection against the weather and their joint problems. The First Avenue HyVee is a location that needs shelters on both sides of Muscatine Avenue. Wayne and Arthur in Towncrest needs a shelter because there is no overhead protection from the weather and there are several wheelchair riders. Gilbert Street where there are two bus lines needs shelters. As well as the bus stops on Highway 6, which has nothing but a pole on the highway. 2 There is a bus shelter need on the outbound side of the Towncrest stop at Walgreen Drugs on Muscatine Avenue. The Towncrest bus shelter on William Street that was replaced by a now rusting bench needs to be replaced. I have written about this on several occasion. Is the City of Iowa City waiting for an ADA suit before giving the disabled a place to sit? And finally, a bus shelter is needed at University Hospital at the Family Practice site. Patience and workers leave the hospital—tired and sick and are expected to stand and wait for the buses. This location can be worked out pricewise with UIHC because these are their patients including myself. Mary Gravitt 2714 Wayne Avenue #6 Iowa City, IA 52240 319.341.6230 3 Awl Q- CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Carol deProsse: Mormon Trek Item Number: 8.g. Ashley Platz From: Carol deProsse <lonetreefox@mac.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2019 3:37 PM To: Council Cc: Geoff Fruin Subject: Mormon Trek Jim, John, Pauline, Bruce, Rockne, Mazahir, Susan, I live on Burry Drive, which is about 1.5 - 2 blocks off Mormon Trek and just dropping you a note to let you know that this is one resident who is very happy with the road diet and the new traffic lights and walk signals. Carol Item Number: 8.h. i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Cheryl Cole: Traffic stop that appeared racist [Staff Response Included] Kellie Fruehling From: Denise Brotherton Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019 10:05 AM To: lilmama7963@yahoo.com Cc: Council Subject: Traffic Stop in 9/3/19 Ms. Cole, I located the traffic stop you were involved in on September 3, 2019. This traffic stop was initiated by another law enforcement agency and the Iowa City Police Department was not involved. I have reached out to that agency and will provide you with further information on the person for you to speak with regarding your concerns. I should have this information to you shortly. In the, meantime please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Captain Denise Brotherton Commander Support Services Division Iowa City Police Department (319) 556-5w Fair dScs�mtiw Pwfrx�aenal Kellie Fruehling From: Cheryl Cole <lilmama7963@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2019 4:29 PM To: Council Subject: Traffic stop that appeared racist To Whom it may Concern, I am writing to you about a traffic stop in our community. My name is Cheryl Cole. I was recently stopped by an Iowa City police officer on September 3rd at about 3 am. I was taking my fiance to Cedar Rapids to meet his ride to go to Minnesota to work. On my way there I went through a yellow light that turned red shortly after I entered the intersection by Billion. As I was turning into the on ramp I was pulled over and the cop said it was because i ran the red light. I said it was yellow as I entered but wasn't going to argue. He took my information to his car. Shortly after that he asked for my fiance's id. He gave the cop the id. Then we sat in the car for awhile. A Johnsom County sheriff pulled up and then another Iowa City cop. Seems a bit much for a minor traffic stop. Then a male police officer appears by the car staring they are going to bring the K9 unit to sniff the outside of the car. I asked why? His reply was he was asked to do so. No real answer. Nobody has told us what is going on. I don't understand as I don't have a record and I had only went through a yellow light. I felt this was a bit excessive and without any explanation as to what was going on. I felt this was racially inappropriate as my fiance is of Hispanic decent as he is Puerto Rican and Dominican. I am very upset about the situation. I felt the police officer could have explained why he thought he needed to have 2 extra police officers arrive and the K9 unit. I feel like I was wrongfully cited and excessive measures were taken for no reason. What can I do about this as I have children and would never want them to feel like I did? The police are here to serve and protect. Make you feel safe. This situation made me think very differently about the people we have protecting our kids and neighborhoods. Racism is not ok and should not be tolerated in any way. Thank you, Cheryl Cole 2103 Bancroft Dr Iowa City, IA 52240 Lilmama7963@yahoo.com Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 1 Item Number: 81 i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Allison Jaynes: New information released regarding Petland Iowa City Kellie Fruehling From: Allison Jaynes <allisonjaynes@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019 11:36 AM To: Council; Rockne Cole; Susan Mims; Mazahir Salih; Pauline Taylor; Bruce Teague; John Thomas; Jim Throgmorton Subject: New information released regarding Petland Iowa City Dear Iowa City City Council, I strongly recommend that you read the recent scathing report on Petland practices for obtaining their puppies for retail sale (link below). Among other things, the report finds concrete evidence that Petland Iowa City purchased puppies from an Amish puppy mill that came through a broker who was implicated by the CDC in selling sick puppies to Petland stores across the country. When Petland owners tell you that they individually visit and inspect the facilities that provide their puppies to ensure that they are not selling puppies from mills, they are flat-out wrong. The report goes on to connect Petland Iowa City to puppy mills from the Horrible Hundred list compiled and released by the Humane Society of the United States, which attempts to name the worst of the repeat offender puppy mills. Petland Iowa City does indeed sell puppies which come from the worse of this nation's puppy mill facilities. Please understand that this is an issue of paramount importance. It is not two politically different points of view; it is a matter of cruelty (whether unintentional or not) for the pursuit of profit versus the welfare of our companion animals. There simply is no way in the current system to oversee the sale of each of these puppies to make certain they don't come from abhorrent places where other dogs continue to suffer and die. And we now know for sure that we can't take the word of the retail pet store owners. The only option is to put the full weight of the decision back in the hands of the consumers. Without the intermediary of pet stores like Petland, consumers will seek out breeders, visit their facilities, meet the parents of the pup they intend to purchase, and verify that conditions are ideal. Or they can choose to rescue one of many hundreds of adoptable dogs looking for homes across the state of Iowa. Please make this a priority for Iowa City and ban the retail sale of companion animals. https://bailingoutben*i.com/buyer-beware-petiand-iowa-city Allison N. Jaynes Iowa City Buyer Beware: Petland Iowa City — Bailing Out Benji Page 1 Buyer Beware: Petland Iowa City & Bailing Out Benji tj September 4, 2019 Q No Comments ©2019 All research was done by Bailing Out Benji and must be cited. We don't buy from puppy mills." "All of our puppies come from small, local breeders." "We visit every breeder we buy from." We have all heard these sentences come from the mouths of pet store owners and their employees. They paint this beautiful picture of puppies running by a pond and parents frolicking in the fresh, green grass... Sadly, 99% of the time that is false because the truth is that reputable breeders would never sell their puppies in pet stores. The pet store owners know it, the employees might know it- but the customer is completely in the dark. This is why we are here. Bailing Out Benji exists to provide the transparency that the puppy mills and pet stores often will not. Take Petland Iowa City, for example. Owners Ron and Wendy Solsrud don't just say "we don't buy from puppy mills", they shout it from the rooftops. Ron has a weekly spot on the local TV station KGAN, and he has done various interviews for different stations and his own youtube channel where he has made the following claims: 'With Wendy and I owning Petland, you have boots on the ground for animal welfare- for pet's welfare". - Iowa City city council meeting 4/24/19 https://bailingoutbenji.com/buyer-beware-petland-iowa-city/ 9/5/2019 Buyer Beware: Petland Iowa City — Bailing Out Benji Page 2 'Wendy and I travel 1000 miles every week and that's been for 13 years to do exactly what they are driving to do- and that is to get rid of puppy mills." - KCRG Channel 9 video interview 'We hear so many bad things about breeders and that kind of stuff and we just wanted to say 'Hey, we need to be vocal about what we do and proud of it'." - KGAN interview 'We all want to eliminate and stop the puppy mills that are out there" - KCRG Channel 9 video interview "I want to work with the best of the best out there." Ron's Petland Iowa City youtube channel. This all sounds great- right? A pet store owner that wants to fight puppy mills- perfect! Sadly, Ron's actions don't quite match up with his words. You see, puppies that are sold in pet stores are all traced through government health documents. Documents that are easily obtained from various Departments of Agriculture. Below you will find records of puppies that Petland Iowa City has purchased and sold from November 2018 to present. For example, this puppy was purchased at Petland on 5-17-2019. peck eyTM Report Viewer Watland 0%4-- y��wlWrrnR. Pet Rel O: 15368 Microchip; 941000023537256 Breed. Golden Retriever Coloring: Golden Markings' Kennel #: Additional Breeder. David D Yode- JR 1 Rn7S SrnelOmms-- frau* Utica, MN 55479 USDA 0 41•A•04BB Piet Profile Petland Iowa city 1051 Lower Muscatine Rd. Iowa City. Iowa 52240 319-351-9451 Binh Date. Gender. $PaY/Neuter: Date Sold: Sold Price. Distributor- Blue istributorBlue Ribbon Puppies 8478 N 1Q00 E 0dorl Indiana 47562 USDA #:32-8.0233 AG LIC71N1400K2 https:l/kin.petkey.orgli>eta;rcportslrepartviewer,aspx 2/16/2,019 Male 5 /1 7 /212 1 9 51,720.00 Registry: Reg *: Sire. AKC SA98240901 Shadow's Lucky lgniler 65 lbs 0 oz Obtained Exclusively by Bailing Out Benji and must be cited when shared. 5/17/2019 Dasha https://bailingoutbenji.com/buyer-beware-petland-iowa-city/ 9/5/2019 Buyer Beware: Petland Iowa City — Bailing Out Benji Page 3 As you can see this puppy was not only born at an Amish breeding facility in Utica, Minnesota (32 adult breeding dogs, 71 puppies. USDA 02-19-19 ); but it was then sold to a broker before arriving at Petland. This broker (distributor) Blue Ribbon Kennels is operated by Levi Graber, who at the time of last inspection (09-19-2018) had 148 puppies on his property. Even more troubling is the fact that Levi Graber was just investigated by the Center for Disease Control for selling sick puppies to Petland locations all over the country. According to the Humane Society of the United States, "Graber was linked to the drug-resistant disease outbreak that made at least 118 people sick in 2016 and 2018. A number of the infected people became so ill that they were hospitalized..... Meanwhile, through state -level Freedom of Information Act requests, HSUS was able to find records from the Indiana Department of Health that linked Graber's property to the disease outbreak." Because of this, Levi Graber was named one of the "Horrible Hundred" puppy mills. Why would Petland Iowa City knowingly buy from a broker that sold puppies who were so sick, the illness passed along to humans and sent them to the hospital? Even more disturbingly, Petland Iowa City is linked to a transport company, Puppy Travelers, that was also in hot water for their practices. 23R&mftSt NorthISI; FW. MN 45155 MINNESOTA CERTIFICATE OF VETERINARY IN8PECTION $1) 2954M Ita ea d. * 4018 41, vwnrrlConalanoes Name. & C nwe Nan : 9jlq - 61- R'1 7 ��6m� WW - d 1tLnt o w+A r 1 �� tt I f r� 6. Gonaipnp`s Addnaa: ((t1I&V Rviv& C �f.1f�7� .bal.. k, AW M k- Addresst 1 �I` i & N; %YI KJ{��.��If>= Rd0� Addrema: (�ferarst ihan e�,ovej 7.OeSUnatiom {y diUe 8p»cios: a svhne a dorso Catlie a Boat Breed a Dairy Bread Goal r Sloop a Avian Cal *A Doo o____ E. Ranson for W{e'wlne"t 9. Brewing a Slou"r 0 Feed q sale o ShoWExNmlan D Travel n Obtained exclusively by Bailing Out Benji and must be cited as such. It -ffA4),,"er Kd w4l m_D_ 648-50 Again, not only is Skyline View LLC a huge Amish breeding facility in Minnesota (111 adult breeding dogs, 89 puppies. USDA 02-06-2019) , but the puppies were transported by a company that landed https://bailingoutbenji.com/buyer-beware-petland-iowa-city/ 9/5/2019 Buyer Beware: Petland Iowa City — Bailing Out Benji Page 4 themselves on the Horrible Hundred puppy mill list because they had 24 puppies seized outside of a Florida PETLAND. According to inspectors, "the puppies were kept in crowded cages full of feces and urine without any water."and at 'one point there were up to 927 puppies inside the truck...."and also that "some of the puppies' documentation was also altered, incomplete or missing—some didn't have health certificates" The transport company made a statement admitting to investigators that, "they don't clean the feces until they're back in Missouri." Yet this company is one that Ron and Wendy Solsrud trust to bring healthy puppies into their location? We've also been able to prove that Petland Iowa City has purchased puppies from another Horrible Hundred Puppy Mill- Pam Wilson, Gallatin MO. STATE OF MISSOURI IEPAWMENT OF AGROULTURE DIVOON OF ANIMAL HEALTH — l Obtained exclusively by Bailing Out Benji and must be cited as such. S01 m+wm Iv I3 C.M 0 AIR 0 RAIL.. TRUCK At the time of last known inspection (07-06-2018) Pam Wilson had 27 adult breeding dogs and 27 puppies, which doesn't sound too troubling. What is most concerning, are Pam's long list of violations. Taken from an excerpt of the 2018 Horrible Hundred puppy mill list, from the Humane Society of the United States, "In June 2017, a Missouri state inspector found nine violations at Pam Wilson's kennel, including issues with unsafe housing, inadequate cleaning, unsafe animal handling and lack of proper veterinary care. Two separate veterinary careissues were cited, including one "direct" violation for a French bulldog puppy who had scabs and crusty areas from her neck to her midline (spine). According to the licensee, multiple other dogs had similar lesions and she had apparently "develop[ed] itchy rashes herself after handling some of the dogs." None of these dogs had been seen by their veterinarian at the time of inspection for the issues, which could be caused by scabiesor other parasites. The inspector also noted that there was no current program of veterinary care available. other violations noted at this inspection included a cattle prod found in one of the rooms that the licensee claimed she used to break up dog https://bailingoutbenji.com/buyer-beware-petland-iowa-city/ 9/5/2019 Buyer Beware. Petland Iowa City — Bailing Out Benji Page 5 fights. The inspection report stated,"The licensee shall immediately discontinue use of any non - species appropriate training/management equipment to prevent unnecessary injury, stress, or trauma to the animals." Other concerns noted at this inspection were about "20 exposed power outlets" accessible to the dogs and puppies in the licensee's house, among other issues." But with Wendy and Ron owning Petland, I thought that we had boots on the ground for animal welfare? Unfortunately, pet store owners do not have to tell you the truth about where their puppies come from until after you purchase the puppy. Neither Iowa City nor the state of Iowa have disclosure laws requiring pet stores to disclose the name of the breeder on each cage, nor does the city or state have any regulations governing the sale of puppies and kittens in retail settings. The truth is that reputable breeders do not sell their puppies in pet stores. In fact, the majority of National breed clubs' "Codes of Ethics" prohibit their members from selling their puppies to pet stores or brokers. According to Ron's youtube channel: "Breeders are great, but breeders will sell you one type of dog and that's it. And they aren't going to supply you with all of the training and that stuff." Here is the full list of the breeders we know have supplied Petland Iowa City since November 2018. 1. Amos Yoder, Skyline View LLC, St Charles, Minnesota- 111 adult breeding dogs, 89 puppies. Has a habit of skipping inspections 2. Kallie and Josh Bateman, "Bateman Diversified" AKA Puppy Travelers Transport AKA Florida West Transport. Neosho, Missouri- This company transports puppies to Florida under many different names and they were recently named one of the worst puppy mills in the country due to their transport practices. In February 2018, 24 puppies were seized from a Puppy Travelers transport van outside a Petland store in Fort Myers, Florida. The puppies were found with "urine, feces and no water" in their cages, according to news sources, and many of them were sick. This transporter was named one of the worst puppy mills in the nation. To view the entire report, click here. 3. Leroy Yoder, Pleasant View Kennels. Saint Charles Minnesota- 76 adult breeding dogs, 142 4. Toby F Detweiler, Hidden Hollow Kennels. Saint Charles, Minnesota- 37 adult breeding dogs 5. John Henry Miller, Utica Minnesota- 45 adult breeding dogs. https://bailingoutbenji.com/buyer-beware-petland-iowa-city/ 9/5/2019 Buyer Beware: Petland Iowa City Bailing Out Benji Page 6 6. Henry Yoder, Utica, Minnesota- 47 adult breeding dogs 7. David D Yoder jr. Utica, Minnesota- 49 adult breeding dogs. 8. Leon Troyer, jamesport Missouri- unable to access records. 9. Phil Hoover, Memphis Missouri- 364 adult breeding dogs. 10. Betty Fetters, Fetters Furry Friends. Novinger, Missouri- 118 adult breeding dogs. 11. Jonathan Detweiler, Shady Oak Frenchies. Princeton, Missouri- 27 adult breeding dogs. Under previous USDA number, Detweiler had hundreds of breeding dogs and numerous violations regarding the health of his dogs and issues with kennels. 12. Joseph Detweiler, Cedar View Kennel. Princeton, Missouri- 56 adult breeding dogs. 13. Stephen Detweiler, Princeton Missouri- unable to access records. 14. Reuben Yutzy, Little Paw Kennels. jamesport, Missouri- 57 adult breeding dogs. 15. Samuel and Rachel Mast, Trenton Missouri- unable to access records 16. Devon Schlabach, Honey Locust Kennel. Princeton Missouri- 52 adult breeding dogs 17. Daniel Yoder, Yoder Kennel. Princeton Missouri- 65 adult breeding dogs 18. Dave and Janet Lovland, Loveland Kennels. Atlanta (Macon), Missouri- unable to access records. 19. Pam Wilson, Gallatin Missouri- Wilson runs one of the worst puppy mills in the entire country with a history of violations including: issues with unsafe housing, inadequate cleaning, unsafe animal handling, lack of proper veterinary care and the breeder admitting to using cattle prods on the dogs. 20. Ura Troyer, Countryside Kennels. Bethany Missouri- unable to access records 21. Justin Horst, Edina Missouri- unable to access records. 22. Ammon Herschberger, Spickard Missouri- unable to access records. 23. Anna Mae Good, Playful Puppies. Rutledge, Missouri- 83 adult breeding dogs. 24. Toby Herschberger, Spickard Missouri- unable to access records. 25. Jonas Hostetler, Jamesport Missouri -11 adult breeding dogs 26. Andy Zook, Spickard Missouri- unable to access records. 27. Randall & Sheree Bonnette - Chillicothe, Missouri- 125 adult breeding dogs 28. Audrey Reiff, Arbela Missouri- unable to access records. 29. Sam Schwartz, Autumn View Farm. La Plata, Missouri- 28 adult breeding dogs 04 ImEtp STOP GUPPY MILLS haps://bailingoutbenji.com/buyer-beware-petland-iowa-city/ 9/5/2019 Buyer Beware: Petland Iowa City — Bailing Out Benji F E--] a � Page 7 Badir)ig Out Benji Did you buy a puppy from a pet store and want to know where it came from? Fill out the form below and we can help you track down your puppy's breeder! Name (required) Email (required) Comment (required) Submit >> https://bailingoutbenji.com/buyer-beware-petland-iowa-city/ 9/5/2019 Item Number: 8.j. i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Bjorn Swenson: Governor St bike lane Ashley Platz From: Swenson, Bjorn <bjorn-Swenson@uiowa.edu> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 20191:34 PM To: Council Subject: Governor St bike lane Council, The bike lane on Governor is dropped for a block over the new bridge. This is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE work quality. Who is supervising this project??? Sincerely, Bjorn Swenson �• 4y_ t 1 •f I } mop aim IMW Affimb I [_ Y �• 4y_ t 1 •f I } mop aim IMW Affimb I r, rRp, ••�� S r. I� +t �+ r Wig, • Kellie Fruehlina From: Elizabeth Hubing <elizabeth.hubing@gmail.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 1:12 PM To: Council Subject: Dodge/Governor Bike Lane Discussion @ Work Session Hello City Council members! (Date) It was brought to my attention by local newspapers that you all will be discussing the Dodge/Governor St. bike lanes at tomorrow's (9/17) work session. As i've said before, we cannot slip behind other cities in our commitment to bike infrastructure and doing our part towards the climate change crisis. With that being said, I would like to support the following solutions (which are pulled from what the Gazette and Press -Citizen report as being proposed options). 1. Eliminate on -street parking and implement the bike lanes. 2. Eliminate one lane on both Dodge and Governor and implement a buffered bike lane. 3. Create a shared parking/bike lane on Dodge and Governor. By creating a shared lane, the city could limit parking in the lane to nights and weekends when bicycle traffic is lower. As a side note, I want to thank you for the addition of the Mormon Trek bike lanes. I led the Bike Library Overdue bike ride down the bike lanes a few weeks ago and it was a great experience! It is a great addition to our bike infrastructure. Thanks, Liz Kellie Fruehling From: Donald Baxter <donald.baxter@gmail.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 2:27 PM To: Council Subject: Dodge/Governor Bike Lanes Dear members of the Iowa City City Council, (Date) I am writing to urge you to stay the course with Iowa City bicycle planning and provide bike lanes on Governor and Dodge Streets south of Burlington. The City of Iowa City cannot simultaneously plan for climate change and encourage more sustainable transportation options while subsidizing parking for private cars on city streets. The City needs to continue to make small concessions to cycling transportation --and 80 free parking spaces seems like a small concession. There are other options for car storage for residents and visitors. My guess is that if these spaces were metered spaces, these streets would be mostly clear of vehicles. Best regards, Donald Baxter Donald Baxter 316 Ridgeview Avenue Iowa City, Iowa 52246 319/337-0494 Kellie Fruehlin ✓ From: Ryan Baker <baker@worldofbikes.com> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 2:42 PM We Handouts Distributed To: Council Subject: Bike lanes on Dodge and Governor City Council- (Date) I understand that there will be an upcoming work session regarding proposed addition of bike lanes on Dodge and Governor Street. I would encourage the implementation of dedicated bicycle lanes on these roads in some form. Sharrows would not allow for safe connections from the existing bike lanes on Dodge & Governor to Bowery St and beyond. It would allow for better bicycle connectivity north/south in Iowa City as well as adhere to your Master Plan for adding bicycle facilities and your initiative to create options for alternative transportation to reduce emissions. Thank you! Ryan Baker WORLD FA or BIKESi,1 y L01 Irrr.� ] i Ryan Baker, Owner I World of Bikes 723 S Gilbert St I Iowa City, Iowa 52240 P-319.351.8337 I m-319.321.9725 I f-319.354.0111 baker@worldofbikes.com I www.worldofbikes.com Kellie Fruehling From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council, Simmering, Jacob E<jsimmeri@healthcare.uiowa.eduLate Handouts Distributed Monday, September 16, 2019 2:20 PM Council Dodge/Governor street bike lanes q— 140—/9 (Date) During this Tuesday's work session, you will be considering several options for bike lanes/parking lanes on Dodge and Governor south of Downtown. You have many good options before you — especially with parking protected bike lanes or removing on -street parking outside of the hours needed for AME Bethel Church's services (this option may even provide for greater parking for the church members than the current situation as the spots will be empty on Sunday morning). I hope you follow through on your commitment to implementing the Iowa City bike master plan and building a great network for safe urban cycling. Thank you, Jacob Jacob Simmering, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521 and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete or destroy all copies of the original message and attachments thereto. Email sent to or from UI Health Care may be retained as required by law or regulation. Thank you. �g \ Ashlev Platz From: larry fitzpatrick <laplandlarry@gmail.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 4:24 PM To: Council Cc: thinkbicycles@gmail.com I / Subject: Dodge Governor Street Bike Lanes (Date) Thank you for the improvements in bicycle infrastructure you have recently implemented! Encouraging Iowa City to use bicycles and walking as transportation goes a long way towards meeting our climate change goals. Nearly 30% of the green house gas in Iowa City is produced by motor vehicles. Dodge and Governor Streets south of Burlington need to be improved. These neighborhoods are populated with students who need a safe easy way to commute by bicycle. The five year bicycle plan recommend lines to provide bike lanes. I suggest consulting with the firms who provided the plan, I'm sure they have dealt with similar streets in the past. Please don't fail to take action on these streets. My daughter lived in this area while attending the university. She owned a bicycle, but choose to walk to class instead of bicycle because she didn't feel it was safe to ride to ride on these streets. Keep encouraging people to use bicycles instead of cars, let's reduce carbon emissions and stop the climate crisis. Thank you for your service, Larry Fitzpatrick 115 Montrose Ave. Iowa City, Iowa 319 330 5170 Kellie Fruehling From: Anne Duggan <annem.duggan@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 4:36 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: Council Cc: Think Bicycles Johnson County Q Subject: Tuesday work session on Dodge and Governor (Date) Mayor Throgmorton, Councilors Thomas, Mims, Teague, Taylor, Cole. Salih I am writing to urge you to support the plan that would eliminate on -street parking (with the exception of the AME Bethel Church agreement) on Dodge and Governor streets. This is important for the following reasons: * Bicycle accommodations on these streets were noted in the city's Bicycle Master Plan, which the council passed in 2017. These are important connectors for students and residents to and from downtown and the UI and Kirkwood campuses. * This summer, the Council declared a climate crisis and targeted a significant decrease in carbon emissions that can only happen if citizens feel comfortable enough to decrease their dependence on cars for day-to-day transportation. Continuing to accommodate automobiles will not bring us to the city's goal. Offering safe bicycle accommodations on these streets is a pedal stroke in the right direction. Thank you for your support of improved bicycle and pedestrian accommodations and recognition of the climate crisis we all face. Anne Duggan Ashley Platz From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Iowa City City Council, Nick Maddix <moonlightrose44@gmail.com> Monday, September 16, 2019 5:17 PM Council Proposed Dodge and Governor street bike lane options Late Handouts Dishigbuted (Date) I am writing to voice my suggestions on the proposed Dodge and Governor street bike lane options that are being presented at your Tuesday meeting. The options are: - Eliminate on -street parking and implement the bike lanes. (City will still provide on -street parking for AME Bethel Church). Eliminate on -street parking on Dodge Street and provide shared -lane arrow pavement markings on Governor Street. Eliminate one lane on both Dodge and Governor and implement a buffered bike lane. Widen Dodge and Governor streets and add bike lanes. This option would allow for adding bike lanes while maintaining on -street parking, but would cost about $400,000. - Create a shared parking/bike lane on Dodge and Governor. By creating a shared lane, the city could limit parking in the lane to nights and weekends when bicycle traffic is lower. - Keep the current setup and do not eliminate on -street parking at all. While I do not live in the areas that will be possibly changed, I am a regular bicyclist who often bikes to downtown Iowa City and I also use my bike for recreation in the area frequently. I do not think there is an easy answer for this. I am very comfortable seeing Dodge St have a buffered bike lane all the way to Bowery and eventually Kirkwood if Dodge St past Bowery goes on a 'road diet' (4 to 3 lane conversion). I think Option 2 is the best compromise here. Governor St from Bowery to Burlington is relatively quiet as it is and a sharrow would be quite good. Changing it back to one-way may confuse people. This allows the church parking to remain uninterrupted as well. I think the worst option is to do nothing. I think the 5th option is very confusing and I personally ride weekends and sometimes at night. Those are my thoughts. I applaud your continued effort to help make Iowa City a more bike friendly and sustainability - focused community. Your efforts have already proven their worth with the recent 4 to 3 lane conversions on 1st Ave and Mormon Trek Blvd. Keep up the good work! Sincerely, Nick Maddix, 2812 Sterling Drive Item Number: 8.k. i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Paula Swygard: Redevelopment of former Paul's Discount building Janet Evans: Paul's redevelopment Mary Knudson: Paul's Development Ashley Platz From: Paula Swygard <pswygard@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 4:49 PM To: Council Subject: Redevelopment of former Paul's Discount building Attachments: Door height along rear of Pauls jpg; Doors and lights added at rearjpg; Unscreened loading area jpg; Additional mechanics on roof jpg; Rear of former Paul's west end jpg Dear Members of the Iowa City City Council: welcome the redevelopment of the former Paul's Discount building, and I'm looking forward to the businesses that will enhance this commercial boundary of the Miller Orchard Neighborhood. However, I have concerns regarding the changes to the rear of the building (zoned CC2) which abuts the residential property along Douglass Court (zoned RS -8). History: In April of 2018, the owner of the former Paul's Discount building applied for a special exemption requesting a height increase of up to 10 additional feet. Current code requires properties in commercial zones to have a setback of 20' when the rear setback abuts a residential zone. The former Paul's Discount and adjacent residential neighborhood were developed prior to the current standard. The setback is 15-16 ft behind the commercial building, making it non -conforming. The application went before the Board of Adjustment in May of 2018. At the time of the special exemption application, the focus was on the building height. Per the Board of Adjustment agenda (5/9/18) and minutes (6/12/18), board members did express concern regarding any changes to the back of the building, but it appears from the minutes that changes to the back were unknown to the Board at the time of the application for the special exemption for building height. Staff recommended that at a minimum, a fence and S3 landscape screening would secure the site and minimize views of the activities occurring at the rear of the building. The applicant suggested a 6 ft. solid fence along the entire property line. The Board approved the request for additional building height, adding the following condition: "If the applicant proposed any changes within the rear setback, such as additional rear exit doors, paving, or storage of any kind, a 6 ft high solid fence (S5) must be installed along the entire length of the rear property line." This is a unique situation. I can only find three other areas where CC2 abuts R55 or RSB. 1) The north side (rear) of the Hy -Vee located at S. 1st Ave and Muscatine. There is a ravine and a heavily wooded area along the rear of Hy -Vee separating the RS5 from the CC2. 2) Along the west side (rear) of the buildings along 1st Ave across from the Hy -Vee where CC2 abuts RS5. Among the businesses housed in this area are Shakespeare's, Eastside Pet Clinic, Heyn's Ice Cream, a chiropractic office, Butter Bakery, Pizza Hut, and a spa. There is an alley driveway along the rear of the building separating the CC2 zone from the rear of the homes abutting this property which are located along 2nd Avenue. The topography is flat and rear business doors are at street level, the setback is deep enough along both commercial and residential buildings, and there is vegetation which creates a screen. 3) At Sycamore Mall, at the rear of the strip of buildings to the west housing Mexico Lindo, No Limits, Oyama, and Petland. Here the CC2 abuts the RS5 along DeForest Avenue. Flat topography, rear business doors at street level, a driveway, a tall solid wooden fence, deeper setback, and vegetation create a barrier between the two zones. As the former Paul's redevelopment has unfolded over the spring and summer of 2019, the following changes along the rear of the building are becoming evident. The changes are extensive and devastating for neighbors whose property abuts the rear of the building. Since April, several residents have expressed concerns to city staff who have been very generous with their time and knowledge. Concerns include: 1) Privacy: A 6 ft. solid vinyl fence has been installed along the rear of the building. While attractive, it does not meet the ground and is not of sufficient height to provide a visual separation from the 8 doors that currently have been added to allow rear access to the building. (Previously, there were no doors along the rear of the building.) The building is designed and topography is such that the floor is ground level along the front entrances of the building, but the floor is higher than ground level at the rear of the building. This makes the mid- and top portions of the added doors higher than the fence (see photos). Employees will be able to look into the residential homes and back yards, and employee activities will be visible by residents. This will result in a lack of privacy for both. A much taller fence and a dense planting of tall arborvitae trees along the commercial property line like those along the east side of Orchard Street would help with visual screening and noise abatement. Any trees planted on the residential side will be hampered by the overhead power lines running near the property line along the back yards. An additional concern is the question of whether security cameras will be installed along the rear of the building which will further intrude on residents' privacy. 2) Lighting: The newly installed lights along the rear of the building are extremely intrusive. A total of 16 light have been installed (7 along the rear of Harbor Freight which are located along the top of the building and 9 lights along the remainder of the rear which are at door level). With their installation beginning in April, the lights exceeded code. Following neighborhood complaints, staff reported that the lights would need to be fixed so that the footcandles do not exceed one (1) footcandle at the property line, at a height of 36" above the ground. Residents were notified that today that the lights have been fitted with shields and are now within code at the property line where meter readings were 0.5 and below at 36". However, the whole back of the building is brightly lit at night at eye level because the top half of the doors where the lights are located are above the screening fence. 3) Screening: In addition to the inadequate screening along the rear of the property due to the height of the newly installed doors, screening of the loading area/drive/parking lot along the north end of the property going east towards Orchard Street has not been completed (see photo). Per the Board of Adjustment, a solid fence was required along the entire property line. Staff has reported that a landscaping plan to address the property line along the loading area is yet to be submitted. 4) Noise: The fence material installed, vinyl, does not create a barrier that will help abate the sound that will be generated with the huge increase in activity along the rear of the building. Residents have already complained about an increase in exterior sound, particularly noises from the laundromat. Mechanical equipment is being added to the roof of the building as the separate stores are being developed (see photo). Most of the spaces are not currently fully developed and are unoccupied, and it is expected that noise pollution will increase. Employee access, deliveries, garbage removal, and routine maintenance will occur along the back of the building generally between the permitted hours of 6:00/7:00 AM and 10:00 PM. It appears from the code that snow removal, deemed emergency work, is not subject to the limited hours. This will have a huge impact on the livability of these homes given the nonconforming close proximity of the commercial building to single family homes. 2 The City has invested heavily through the UniverCity Neighborhood Housing Partnership in homes along Douglass Court to help stabilize the neighborhood and preserve affordable owner -occupied single-family housing in this area. Three of these homes abut the former Paul's building. I have seen the effect of this investment and believe it to be a huge success. However, the changes to the rear of the former Paul's Discount building without effective screening and noise abatement negatively impact the livability, property value, and resale potential of the homes and threaten the current stability that took years and thousands of dollars to achieve. Ultimately, this adversely affects the City's investment. After having looked through the various Iowa City codes, ordinances, and standards, I'd like to call your attention to the following: 1) The residential and commercial properties are very close together. The lighting, screening, and noise abatement concerns of the residents regarding the rear of the former Paul's building should be effectively addressed. 2) Given the nonconforming status of the building, all building plans showing the extensive changes along the rear of the building should have been required when this project went to the Board of Adjustment for the special exemption for the additional building height. The Board of Adjustment and neighborhood residents should have had an opportunity to evaluate and offer input regarding the substantial alterations to the rear of the building, not just the height. 3) The screening and buffering standards should be reviewed and allow for special circumstances to give staff the tools to require screening to provide complete visual separation at a taller height when building design and topography warrant it. The current 55 level is to provide complete visual separation at a height between 4-8 ft, and states that the height is to be determined based on the activity, materials, or equipment being screened. Amending the statement to read, "provide complete visual separation at a minimum height of between 4-8 ft" might address this and allow staff to require a higher screening as needed. The standards should not be limited to between 4-8 ft. as they clearly do not provide enough visual separation in this situation. 4) Recognized neighborhood representatives should automatically be included in any Good Neighbor notices regardless of whether or not they live within 300' of the subject property. 5) The Noise Ordinance should be expanded to set limits for exterior sound levels, address permanent mechanical and recurrent noise issues associated with commercial properties, and require mitigation measures for major noise generators, especially when a CC2 zone abuts a residential zone. Design for noise abatement barriers should be standardized. Additionally, the hours allowed for maintenance activities which generate exterior noise should be slightly reduced in cases where a commercial zone directly abuts a residential zone. Thank you for your time. I hope that there are solutions that can help create better conditions between these residential and commercial properties, and I would appreciate a response regarding any answers that might evolve to address these concerns. Paula Swygard 3 i .� a. . ;�• _ � y � .. s y, �; -.T 5� �' --may ! Y>s •�� ;• i' ,. ,', o-'s,:v. lb I �PAW` e 4 lab 1 Or �PAW` e 4 lab R �PAW` e 4 lab _,.�,.•'k 4 ':, R. li r Ifnoty I 77 01 Ashley Platz From: Janet Evans <janetevans83@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 8:59 PM To: Council Subject: Paul's redevelopment. I live directly behind Paul's redevelopment building. The lighting and the fence are the two major downfalls of this situation. I was told -not in writing... that they were going to install a fence. I thought they were going to install a fence that would be high enough to shield their rear doors. This was not the case. They installed a 6 ft fence which covers 3/4 of the bottom of the rear doors. So people open the door -there might as well not be a fence. No privacy at all! The lights are a major downfalls. They are at the top of the doors. Blinding all night. Yes they put shields on them. They did not adjust the wattage and they are on 12 hours -from dusk to dawn. We were told that the wattage is within the guidelines of something or another but that code was written for other residential properties that have to abide with commercial buildings and the land differs from those. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I think the codes need to be changed for the different areas as not all landscapes are the same. Please put on your agenda and hear from the people who are living here. If there weren't any people living here -they wouldn't be spending any money at the mini malls. Thank you. Janet ScottEvans Douglass Court Ashley Platz From: Mary Knudson <mary_knudson@msn.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 9:24 AM To: Council Subject: Paul's Development Dear Council Members, am writing this letter to state I agree with Paula Swygard's letter regarding the Paul's development. She makes many good points about how this development has hurt the neighbors who are directly adjacent to this property and how this development is unusual (15 feet clearance between the back of Paul's property and the neighbor's yards). I do not think I need to reiterate everything she stated, she did a phenomenal job. But I want to make a couple of points. One, the fence should be high enough so neighbors cannot see in to the commercial buildings when the commercial building's back doors are open, and that the fencing material should be of stronger material (not vinyl) to provide more of a sound barrier. Second, in the future, I would ask you contact not just people within 300 feet of a property, but other key neighborhood people when big changes are occurring in the neighborhood. The Miller Orchard neighborhood is a lovely neighborhood, and has had a lot of development occurring in it lately. We all would like to be part of the conversation with significant changes that occur within it. Thank you for your time. Regards, Mary Knudson 725 West Benton St. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 1 Item Number: 8.1. i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Henry Mildenstein: Interview for The Little Hawk Ashley Platz From: Henry Mildenstein <hemil2l@icstudents.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 3:47 PM To: Council Subject: Interview for The Little Hawk Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Hello, My name is Henry Mildenstein and I am a reporter for Iowa City High School's newspaper "The Little Hawk". I'm writing a story about the Iowa City Urban Deer Hunt for the next print edition of the paper. If any members of the council are available to do an interview with me about the decision to approve it I would greatly appreciate it. -Thanks Henry This is a student email account managed by the Iowa City Community School District. Item Number: 8.m. i CITY OE IOWA CITY www.icgov.org September 17, 2019 ATTACHMENTS: Description Sheila Ongie: Downtown Iowa City plastic pollution inquiry Ashley Platz From: Geoff Fruin Sent: Friday, September 06, 2019 2:20 PM To: 'Sheila (Samuelson) Ongie'; Council Subject: RE: Downtown Iowa City plastic pollution inquiry Ms. Ongie — Your original email should have been acknowledged and I apologize that you did not receive a response. I was forwarded your email and should have responded myself. We attempted to give the contractor an opportunity to remedy the situation before taking the action to issue the stop work order. In hindsight, yes we should have moved more quickly to remedy the situation. We'll learn from the experience and anticipate the issue better in the future. Thanks for your initial report and follow-up. Sincerely, Geoff Fruin City Manager From: Sheila (Samuelson) Ongie [mailto:sheila.ongie@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 6, 2019 12:23 PM To: Council <Council@iowa-city.org> Subject: Fwd: Downtown Iowa City plastic pollution inquiry Good afternoon, Iowa City Council members. As a thriving and responsible community I believe Iowa City should, at a minimum, enforce its pollution prevention laws in a timely manner. Below is my August 6th email to City staff members Tim Hennes, Jason Havel, Ron Knoche, as well as Mayor Jim Throgmorton, inquiring about the ongoing Styrofoam pollution occurring for many weeks behind my office and just one block from City Hall. Having received no response, this exact letter was published by Little Village one week later on August 13. Yesterday, September 5, the Press -Citizen reported a stop -work order was placed on this project 21 days after Iowa City Senior Building Inspector Tim Hennes read my open letter in Little Village. While I am delighted that action was eventually taken, this entirely preventable pollution was unenforced for at least eight weeks. The questions I ask you to consider are: • Why did my direct email alerting top City staff to this pollution go unacknowledged? The Press -Citizen reports that Tim Hennes first saw my letter in the Little Village, but he had been contacted directly by me a week earlier, and visible pollution at the site had been going on for much longer. To date I have still not received acknowledgement of my email. • Why did it take 21 days for a stop -work order to be issued after city staff report becoming aware of this preventable pollution? By the time the stop -work order was issued on August 27, the pollution had been occurring for a minimum of eight weeks, and multiple rain events had washed most of the Styrofoam into storm drains where it will eventually reach the ocean, contributing to ocean plastic. • What prevented oversight and enforcement of pollution prevention measures on this site, just one block from City Hall, where it was known that Styrofoam was in use? • How will construction permits seek to prevent avoidable messes like this in the future? • How can enforcement occur more quickly, rather responding just as a months -long project is ending? Pollution prevention is not just an environmental issue; it is a public health issue. As plastic litter increases, microscopic plastics are being found in drinking water, snow, air, soil, food, and in our bodies. The average American adult consumes a credit card worth of plastic each week. Many forms of plastic are known to be toxic to humans, including Styrofoam. Keeping plastic pollution out of our environment should be a top concern, especially when it is as preventable as simply using a vacuum on a job site. While this example included a very visible point -source pollution, I hope Iowa City will commit to increasing vigilance in all types of pollution prevention. Thank you for considering my questions above. Sincerely, Sheila Ongie ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sheila (Samuelson) Ongie <sheila.ongie@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 9:30 AM Subject: Downtown Iowa City plastic pollution inquiry To: <jason-have)@iowa-city.org>, <tim-hennes@iowa-city.org>, <ron-knoche@iowa-city.org>, Jim Throgmorton <jim- throgmorton@iowa-city.org> Cc: <nbombei(@co.iohnson.ia.us> As I write this, it is the first Monday in August 2019 and it is snowing in downtown Iowa City. Tiny pieces of Styrofoam are drifting lazily down onto my car in the Clock Tower Parking Ramp, and the alley outside. They polka-dot the sidewalk and form tiny drifts up against curbs and walls, as they have done in this area of downtown for weeks now. You don't even have to bend down to see clumps of foam in the grass and exposed dirt. Every crack in the alley is filled with Styrofoam bits. Especially the ones near the storm drain, down which the hundreds of thousands of microplastics will be washed away in tonight's storm. For weeks I have been picking up large chunks that have blown near the back door to my office, wondering what could be the source of so much polystyrene. (Did a truckload of beanbags turn over? And why was no one else cleaning it up?) Because they are tiny, and light, they blow around on the faintest breeze, and the pile is diluted and spread out. But this does not mean they are harmless. These plastics are now loose and contributing to a much larger global crisis. Globally, 83% of all drinking water is now found to contain plastic (source). Plastic is also in our food; the average American adult eats a credit card's worth of plastic each week (source), and plastic is commonly found in breast milk (source). The equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic enters the oceans every minute (source), and much of it starts the journey to the sea from storm drains like the one at the end of the alley behind my office in downtown Iowa City. At this rate, if we do nothing to slow the rate of plastic pollution, by 2050 our oceans will contain more plastic than sea life (source). In the sea, plastic never breaks down, but it does break up into increasingly tiny and microscopic pieces that look a lot like plankton to a fish. The plastic flurries that surrounded me today weren't an accidental spill or beanbag mishap. They all wafted from a single point, where workers were shaving large pieces of foam placed as insulation on the Ecumenical Towers renovation. I watched as the workers, wearing face masks, grated the surface to smooth the edge where two pieces met and a current of tiny white microplastics took flight. This was the source of foam in the air, and the very likely source of the foam I'd been seeing for weeks, and which can be seen for blocks around, even still. Who, in this real life scenario, has responsibility for the pollution and its cleanup? What is Iowa City's enforcement of pollution prevention, and how do construction permits seek to prevent the very avoidable mess like the one that is playing out downtown? What is the plan for cleaning up this area? While each piece of plastic is small, and will surely soon be out of sight, every piece will still exist for hundreds of generations after we're gone. If Iowa City's current laws or enforcement cannot prevent this, something needs to change. Iowa City, what is your response? 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Prepared By: Emily Bothell; Sr. Transportation Engineering Planner Reviewed By: Kent Ralston; Transportation Planner Tracy Hightshoe; Neighborhood and Development Services Director Zac Hall; Superintendent of Parks Fiscal Impact: No impact. Recommendations: Staff: Approval Commission: N/A Attachments: None. Executive Summary: As directed by Title 9, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10); Install 'Two -Hour Parking For Park Use Only' signs in the Riverfront Crossings parking lot located just south of Clinton Street. Background /Analysis: This action is being taken to restrict parking for periods longer than two -hours and for reasons other than park use. Item Number: 8.o. �, CITY OF IOWA CITY �'�COUNCIL ACTION REPORT September 17, 2019 Establishment of 'No Parking Any Time' parking prohibition on the inside of the cul-de-sac on Cambria Court. Prepared By: Emily Bothell; Sr. Transportation Engineering Planner Reviewed By: Kent Ralston; Transportation Planner Tracy Hightshoe; Neighborhood and Development Services Director Fiscal Impact: No impact. Recommendations: Staff: Approval Commission: N/A Attachments: Executive Summary: As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10); Install 'No Parking Any Time' signs on the inside of the cul-de- sac on Cambria Court. Background /Analysis: This action is being taken to allow for large vehicles to access households along the cul-de-sac of Cambria Court. When vehicles park along the inside of the cul-de-sac it becomes very difficult, if not impossible on some occasions, for a school bus and City service vehicles to access households as the street is 24' wide. Resource Management is in support of the parking prohibition. Affected households have been notified of the action. 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