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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-11-21 Transcription Page 1 Council Present: Alter,Bergus,Harmsen, Salih, Taylor, Teague, Thomas Staff Present: From,Jones, Goers, Grace, Platz,Knoche,Havel, Sovers, Gardner, Hightshoe, Sitzman,Russett, Syedell, Coleman,Harland,Dumach Others Present: Monsivais,Alternate 1. Clarification of Agenda Items Teague: Today is November 21st, 2023, and this is the City of Iowa City work session. And Item number 1 is clarification of agenda items. 2. Information Packet Discussion [November 9,November 161 Teague:Hearing none,we're gonna go to information packet discussion November 9th. Alter: Trying to pull it up. From: Mayor, if I could just call attention to IP2, our climate,uh, action staffs been hard working with the,uh,Home Builders Association and realtors to launch a new energy efficiency. Teague: Can you pull your mic closer,please. I don't know why the- From: I'm sorry. Um, IP2 is the, uh,memo from Sarah Gardner who's here,uh,today on the new energy efficiency,uh, construction grant. Just wanna acknowledge,uh,the work by the climate action staff. It's been a long collaboration to get to this point,um, and a lot of hard work from Sarah and her team. So I'm happy to share that with you and I know the Climate Action Commission saw it at their last meeting too. Alter: Thank you. Teague: Any other items from November 9th?We're gonna move on to November 16th. Alter: Um, I wanted to draw attention to IP7,which is the board of adjustment on November 8th minutes. And,um, as per usual,the-the Board of Adjustment was very thoughtful,but this had to do actually with 4C's,um, acquiring,um,the Odd Fellows Building on Avenue B,um, for,uh, childcare center in what is kind of an Iowa City childcare desert. And so I just wanted to draw attention to it because it went through with good colors,um, and,uh,the neighborhood seems to be,um,right on track for a really good,um, addition for childcare, 50% of which is going to be CCA. So it's very exciting. So kudos to the Board of Adjustment for really looking at,um, all of the things that would need to be done and then also understanding what the mission is. So I just wanna let people know about that. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council work session of November 21, 2023 Page 2 Harmsen: Cool. Um, also wanna mention the,uh, I forget which IP number it is. Um,but the legislative priorities development. Um,thank you for that. Uh,just kind of following up from our last meeting. Uh,thank you, in particular. I mean, a lot of good stuff on there. Thank you in particular, of course, for the,uh,protecting the rights of manufactured housing residents. Uh,that one,uh, of the many good things jumped out at me for obvious reasons. Um, also notin-noting that there is on,um,there's a paragraph in there about law enforcement agencies needing expanded legal avenues for addressing hate- related acts. Um, appreciated seeing that in there too, I know if anybody saw the op-ed in the Press Citizen a week or so ago about a- an incident of harassment against the-the Quire of Eastern Iowa recently,um,that kind of was in this legal gray area. So- so strengthening that,uh. I was- I was happy to see that in the,uh, in the list as well as- as well as, again, a lot of other really good,uh, good initiatives here. Alter: And that actually raised a question for me. I don't know. Um,maybe one of you can, er, uh, are equipped to address it. Is this,uh,memo is it or the,um, legislative items,uh, for advocacy, are those prioritized?Are they in a particular order or not?Um, does it matter to those who are receiving this memo?Um, cause it,uh, I was just curious about that. Fruin:No,there's no-no particular order, and this will actually be converted to a resolution- Alter: Okay. Fruin: At your next meeting, and we [OVERLAPPING] will ask you to vote on that. And then, uh,uh,we have scheduled a meeting later on in December with our delegation and we'll actually sit down and walk point by point these,uh,uh, on all these and have more detailed discussions. Uh,but they're-they're in no priority order. Alter: Okay. Yeah. Teague: I wanted to just mention IPI, and that's just tentative schedules. In December,we'll only have one meeting and that will be December 12th. And so that's the second Tuesday of the month. So we won't have meetings on the fust or the third Tuesday in December. Bergus: And two meetings on January 2nd. Teague: Yes. Yes. And then our,um,budgetary uh,meetings are a little different. Typically,we have it the fust Saturday of the month. So just look at,um, uh,be on the lookout for those schedules. It is posted on our website. 3. University of Iowa Student Government(USG) Updates Teague: All right,we are on to Item number 3,University of Iowa updates,USG. Welcome. Monsivais: Thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council work session of November 21, 2023 Page 3 Teague: Welcome. Monsivais: Hello, Council. Um. Teague: Hello. Monsivais: My good friend,Noah, is out of town. Um, so it's good to see you all kinda just speaking up here by myself. Uh,he's back in Kansas. Um, so for updates this week,um, my birthday was yesterday. So 20th [OVERLAPPING] Teague: Happy birthday. Monsivais: Um,very good way to,uh, start out this next decade of my life, so I'm really appreciative of that. Um,USG got some new merch, so I think it looks very,uh, slick. I like that a lot. Um,renters guide is almost done. So this past week,Noah and I worked, um,pretty diligently on data visuals,uh, for the guide, and we will be presenting it on the December 12th,uh,work session. Um, our last cabinet meeting included,uh,hearing from campus safety. Um,they are hiring a full-time night ride driver as of November 13th. This is aimed to reduce wait times as well as expand the boundaries of the service to the GuideLink Center. Um,yeah. And then per the DEI report,uh, from the Board of Regents,University of Iowa is aiming to create a task force,um,that will provide some oversight into our,uh, clubs and programs and they'll be working closely with the president's office and the provost's office. Uh,nothing new as of right now is expected to drastically change. Uh,Hawkeyes football,uh,narrowly won against,uh, Illinois,making us the Big Ten west champs, and then Iowa women's basketball won against Drake Bulldogs, 113 to 90. All I have for updates this week. Thank you. Teague: Thank you. 4. Council Updates on assigned boards, commission, and committees Teague: We're on to Item number 4, Council updates on assigned boards, commissions, and committees. Taylor: Our,uh,JECC Committee,the Joint Emergency Communications Commission meeting, uh, last Friday. Uh, the majority of the discussion centered around budget preparation as, er, as we just had talked about budgets, it's starting up for them also, and that's a,uh, a big part of- of,uh,their discussion,uh, as well on a big part as we're talking about personnel and- and costs. Uh,big part of their cost is also personnel. Uh, and they're doing pretty well in that respect. They,uh, only have a- a few lines that,uh, remain to be filled,uh, and they're actually holding some trainings,uh, for-for,uh,new dispatchers, which is good and they're hoping to get,uh, some new dispatchers out of that. So, uh, they're-they're doing a good job. So that's good. I don't know if you had anything to add, Laura. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council work session of November 21, 2023 Page 4 Bergus:No,thank you. Teague: Any other updates? Salih: Yeah, I just wanna ask you,uh, do I have a commission that Andrew used to be in, I have to jump in, or there is no? Harmsen: Probably not this month. Salih: I don't know. Okay. Teague: We'll connect you with our City,uh, Clerk. Um, and I think,you know, at this point, um, Council,would we be, I- I guess,just comfortable with,uh, Councilor, um, Salih just taking over any of Dunn's committees? Bergus: Yeah. Teague: Yes. All right. Taylor: Yeah. Teague; There you go. Salih: Just let me know whether they are then. Teague: It's about 10 before the end of the year, so. All right. Salih: Okay. Teague: Any other- anything else for,uh, our work session?Hearing none,we are adjourned until our formal meeting at 6:00 PM. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council work session of November 21, 2023