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Home My WebLink About2006-06-13 Correspondence I! j --= -~... !~w;!:'"t. -.:;:,... "lID" ..... .. CITY OF IOWA CITy[];j MEMORANDUM Date: May 23, 2008 To: City Clerk From: Anissa Williams, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner oJ Re: Item for June 13, 2005 City Council meeting: Removal of one parking meter and installation of two NO PARKING 2am - 8am TOW AWAY ZONE LOADING ZONE 15 MINUTE LIMIT 8am - 2 am signs. As directed by Tille 9, Chapter 1, Section 38 of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (17, 18), remove one parking meter; L313S in the 300 block of S. Linn Street. Install two NO PARKING 2am - 8am TOW AWAY ZONE LOADING ZONE 15 MINUTE LIMIT 8am - 2 am signs on the west side of Linn Street just south of the Firestone driveway to the parking space for meter L311 S. Comment: This action is being taken as a temporary measure to accommodate a tornado damaged business. The business that requires this loading zone will occupy the adjacent retail space. mgrlAgendaltemslmeter.doc 0 ~.....:; <:-::::. C';"7:l ~O 0> ~ :.'::> -~ :~ " --< ]l ':_-j N C-j W ,'"-- h, -0 Ti C)~;-l. :J;:: .--, ~ /-~, .r:- >"...1 )> N W rnJ Citizen Building Limited Partnership 319 E. Washington St., Suite 111 Iowa City, IA 52244-1226 (319) 338-7600 Fax (319) 337-2430 May 17, 2006 '"^' = c::> 0' =.;: City Council C/O City Clerk 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Subject: Proposed Sidewalk Cafe at 100 S. Linn St. ~o ~-' -.-'\ / C') -', ,""......l,\; -'-;;0 ::.c 11 - ,- C1J ;po J: iT1 ~ <--1 --~. _:--~ ;cr~ ;::=\ ':0 ----;;: /''- :2: )> N cro Dear Council Members, If the sidewalk cafe will be located on the north side of 100 S. Linn along Washington St., we have some serious concerns. On behalf of our residents, we object to the city council granting permission for a sidewalk cafe along the north side. Our concern stems from the needs of our residents' quiet and peaceful enjoyment of their apartments as elderly/persons with disabilities housing. Operation of the cafe in the early morning and evening until midnight will infringe upon normal times for sleeping by our residents. If permission is granted by the city council, we will have no recourse over control of hours of operation or volume of sounds emanating from the sidewalk cafe. Granting permission for a sidewalk cafe at the north side of 100 E. Linn will change the character of the south sidewalk of Washington Street. What would be the remaining width of the sidewalk dedicated for travel if the cafe is allowed on the north side? Some of our residents are limited to travel by a wheelchair. A narrow travel-way would be unacceptable to them. Please consider the welfare of our residents when you deliberate and decide whether or not to grant permission for a sidewalk cafe at the north side. Sincerely yours, Citizen Building Limited Partnership ~~~. Robert P. Burns, General Partner r:o Marian Karr From: Naftaly Stramer [naftaly@oasisfalafel.com] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:36 PM To: 'City Council Subject: Parking at the Art and Jazz festivals Dear council members, As in the last two years, Oasis Falafel (206 N. Linn St) will participate this year as a vendor in the Art and Jazz festivals in downtown Iowa City. These two festivals are probably the two major events in down town Iowa City in which more then 40,000 people are coming to Iowa City to enjoy art and musIc. A few years ago, the City of Cedar Rapids decided to allow free parking in the down town area hoping to get more people to come and visit/shop in the down town area. Personally, I think it's a great move that Iowa City should consider too, but I am sure it will take years to get such a resolution, if at all. But how about considering free parking in down town during the two festivals? This is definitely something that will benefit the City of Iowa City and local business owners. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Naftaly Stramer Owner, Oasis Falafel 206 N. Linn St. Iowa City, IA 52246 319-358-7342 5/19/2006 Page I of2 Marian Karr From: Kathryn Johansen Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 20062:50 PM To: 'Naftaly Stramer' Cc: 'City Council Subject: RE: Parking at the Art and Jazz festivals Dear Naftaly, Thank you for your communication to the City Council. Council members do not receive their email messages directly. Your email was forwarded to them and accepted as official correspondence on their June 13 City Council agenda. The Art and Jazz festival parking issue was not raised at their meeting. If you wish, you may contact Council members directly. Their names are listed on the City website l'I"I'\II'.iC;gov.org. Click on "council" on the menu bar for their names and telephone numbers. Thanks again for writing. Sincerely, Kathi Johansen Administrative Assistant to the City Manager From: Naftaly Stramer [mailto:naftaly@oasisfalafel.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:01 AM To: *Cily Council Subject: Re: Parking at the Art and Jazz festivals The email below was sent to the Iowa City Council three weeks ago. As of today, I did not receive any answer. A NO answer is OK. Actually any answer is OK, but no response at all is not acceptable for a city council that should stay in touch with Iowa City residents. Regards, Naftaly Stramer Naftaly Stramer <naftalJ@pasisfalafel.com> wrote: Dear council members, As in the last two years, Oasis Falafel (206 N. Linn St) will participate this year as a vendor in the Art and Jazz festivals in downtown Iowa City. These two festivals are probably the two major events in down town Iowa City in which more then 40,000 people are coming to Iowa City to enjoy art and music. A few years ago, the City of Cedar Rapids decided to allow free parking in the down town area hoping to get more people to come and visit/shop in the down town area. Personally, I think it's a great move that Iowa City should consider too, but I am sure it will take years to get such a resolution, if at all. But how about considering free parking in down town during the two festivals? This is definitely something that will benefit the City ofIowa City and local business 6/14/2006 Page 2 of2 owners. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Naftaly Stramer Owner, Oasis Falafel 206 N. Linn St. Iowa City, IA 52246 319-358-7342 6/14/2006 ~ Marian Karr From: Debra DeLaet [debradelaet@mchsLcom] Sent: Monday, May 22,20069:10 AM To: 'City Council Subject: City Park pool Dear Council Members, I've heard from friends in the community that the issue ofrenovating the pool at City Park was discussed at a council meeting last fall. I wanted to give some feedback in the event that renovations are being seriously considered. Last sununer, my family bought a pool pass for the first time since our children (ages 6 and 4) are now old enough to use the pool regularly. We were at the pool several times each week and intend to buy another pass this year. In fact, so long as the pool maintains its current character, we will plan to buy passes for the foreseeable future. The bottom line is that we love City Park pool in all of its simplicity. The design makes it relatively easy to watch multiple young children. The separate baby pool close to the shallow end for younger children is ideal. The diving pool and deeper ends are farther away, keeping teenagers in a different area than younger children. We love the fact that there are not multiple play structures and slides in the pool. In fact, we did not take our children to the pools in either Coralville or North Liberty because we've heard how chaotic, stressful, and unsafe those pools are, especially for young children. In addition, we have been quite happy that our older daughter learned to swim last sununer at City Park pool simply because she spent so much time actually swimming in the shallow part of the pool instead of running around playing with slides and water fountains. We also love the fact that City Park pool is such a nice community-centered space. It is not a chaotic, amusement park-like entertainment center. Rather, it is part of a public park where people from the community can gather with other families in a fun but relatively stress-free and peaceful public space and have actual conversations with their neighbors. We suspect that there may be people clamoring for more excitement at the City Park pool but want to be sure that devoted regulars of the pool are heard. There are pools in the area that meet the needs of those individuals and families who want a more amusement-park like setting. There are no other public alternatives for families who simply want a safe, traditional public pool. In the absence of a public alternative like City Park pool, I'm afraid that families like mine would abandon City Park for private pools like the Elks Club. While we understand that certain basic improvements might enhance the appeal of City Park pool, we hope that the Council does not move in the direction of dramatically altering the character of this public pool. Thank you for considering our input. Sincerely, Debra DeLaet and Todd Knoop 1004 Kirkwood Ave. Iowa City, IA 52240 5/22/2006 Marian Karr r:J From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Dale Helling Monday, May 22, 20064:04 PM 'Maher, Katy (UI Health Care)' 'City Council; Sam Hargadine; Matt Johnson RE: Dear Ms. Maher, Thank you for your email correspondence to the City Council. It will be forwarded to Council members as official correspondence. Perhaps I can provide some helpful information as well. I am advised that the police have responded to eight calls for service since last July regarding the activities you describe. In all but two, the activities had ceased by the time the police arrived and they were thus unable to observe any violation. In the two most recent instances, warnings were given to residents of an apartment near yours. Captain Johnson has advised me that a recurrence will likely result in a citation if a violation can be verified. If a disorderly house citation is issued, the City Department of Housing and Inspection Services (HIS) can also issue a housing code criminal complaint Notice of Violation, which informs both the tenant(s) and the landlord that if another such citation is issued within 12 months, both the tenants and the landlord, along with any other concerned party, can be required to meet with HIS and Police Department staff to discuss certain conditions that can be set in place if the renters are to continue their tenancy. Also, failure by the landlord to enforce such conditions can jeopardize their rental permit. Often, such notice is enough to convince violators to refrain from creating further disturbances, especially if their landlord makes it clear that this is their expectation as well. The above process can take time and would likely not be completed before you move in June. However, if it were to be initiated, the process would continue regardless of whether or not you still live there. As you suggest, this may help remove the possibility the future tenants would have to undergo what you have and experience your frustration. Thus I encourage you to continue to report any such disturbances to the police. As for the lack of snow removal last winter, the City can enforce the local ordinance requiring snow and ice be removed from public sidewalks. However, for private property such as within an apartment complex, it becomes a matter to be addressed between the landlord and tenants. The City has no jurisdiction except on the public right-of-way. I hope you find this information helpful. Please do not hesitate to report future disturbances to the police. Also, you may contact me at 356-5013 or Captain Matt Johnson at 356-5275 if you have further questions or would like more information. Sincerely, Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager -----Original Message----- From: Maher, Katy (UI Health Care) [mailto:kathleen-j-maher@uiowa.edu] Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 5:28 PM To: *City Council Subject: Hello, My name is Katy Maher and my fiance, Michael Matzen and I are renting an 1 apartment where we are experiencing daily noise pollution. Our neighbors above us on the second and third floor play loud music and play instruments including guitar and drums. It has damaged us emotionally and is the biggest stressor in both of our lives. Michael is a 01 student who needs to leave the apartment in order to study. I have a stressful job and dread corning home to face the noise at night too. These neighbors have also littered the lawns with beer bottles, cigarettes, and other trash. In the winter, we did not have any snow removal from our sidewalks or parking lot. We have contacted our landlord, Mike VanDyke (Lepic Kroeger realtors) several times over the last year and we have not experienced any relief. We have called Iowa City police numerous times with no relief. I have lived in Iowa City for 9 years and have rented all 9 years, living in student apartments for 5 of these years, and have never experienced anything like this. We are excellent tenants who truly enjoy living in Iowa City and look forward to moving to a home in Univerity Heights in June. I have done some research about small claims court action but have also read that it is wise to contact my city council. I'm not sure what you can do, but I'd like future tenants in this building to not have to undergo what we have for the last year. Thank you. Katy Maher 4335 York Place Iowa City, IA 52245 (319)330-8999 2 (][] Marian Karr From: TISH BRORBY [hawki2598@msn.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 23,2006 10:02 PM To: 'City Council Good evening. I wanted to write the mayor and let him know how much I appreciated his 911 operators. On Sunday March 26th my mother had to phone 911 for a medical emergency. I have been helped by Nancy Sereduck and she could not have been nicer or more understanding to me. Unfortunately my mother passed away that morning but her call for assistance could not have been handled any better the operator treated my mother with kindness and dignity. If you have an award for employee of the month I nominate the lady who took care of my mom when she called. Nancy knows her name and the city is lucky to have both those individuals on the staff. The medical staff at Mercy hospital was great as well. They tried their best to save my mom and were understanding and compassionate with me as well. From the moment my mom called 911 to the time she passed away I could not have asked for better care given to her or myself. Any thing I needed or any help I required they were right there and they assisted me as if my mother and I were the most important people in their lives right then. As mayor and council you need to be very proud of your staff and the citizens of Iowa city. Thank you. Tish Brorby 2015 N. Birchwood Davenport, IA 52804 (JJ?J ~~ f ,; 5/23/2006 l1nJ Marian Karr From: AmblinRick@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:10 AM To: 'City Council Subject: Some towns have the right idea.... AOLN;,w~~_I9WD of l:lerculesBlocks WQI-Mart Thought you might appreciate the opinions of other folks who think lowly of Wal- Mart. Rick Kaster Iowa City 5/25/2006 AOL News - Town of Hercules Blocks Wal-Mart AOL Main i Mail I AIM i Join AOL Search the Web I ~ Page I of3 @ AOL & AIM 5 More than 7S LeapFrog products on sale I Save money on fun & lea.rning! ~~ ;b,,"';11':''< AOLa-> news o Cheney May Testify in CIA Leak Case o Justice Department Denies Hastert Probe o Taylor Hicks Claims 'American Idol' Crown o Congress Bans Protests at Military Funerals o FBI Raid Unites Party Leaders on Capitol Hill . More Violence in Iraq as Bush, Blair Prepare to Meet ....... Search for TOp News: I - Updated: 10:37 AM EDT By JUSTIN M. NORTON, AP Town of Hercules Blocks Wal-Mart HERCULES, Calif. (May 24) - A San Francisco suburb voted Tuesday night to use the power of eminent domain to keep Wal-Mart Stores Inc. off a piece of city land after hearing from dozens of residents who accused the big-box retailer of engaging in scare tactics to force its way into the bedroom community. The overflow crowd that packed into the tiny Hercules City Hall cheered after the five-person City Council voted unanimously to use the unusual tactic to seize the 17 acres where Wal- Mart intended to build a shopping complex. "The citizens have spoken. No to Wal-Mart," said Kofi Mensah, who has lived in Hercules for more than two decades and said he values the city's authentic feel. Attorneys from Wal-Mart, based at Bentonville, Ark., told the council that the retailer had spent close to $1 million to redesign the property to the community's liking. They said the council couldn't claim it was legally necessary to take the land and that the decision set a bad precedent. AP Wal-Mart's plan was scaled down from the original proposal for a 142,OOQ-square foot store near Hercules' waterfront. Jump Below: o Latest Stock Quote Blogging Stocks: . Hercules Battles Wal-Mart Talk About It: Post Thoughts Would you like to see a Wal-Mart in your hometown? a Ves a No a We have one already ill )1 "Today it may be Wal-Mart but the question is where does it end," Wal-Mart attorney Edward G. Burg said. http://articles.news .aol.com/news/ article.adp ?id=20060524044809990004 1M This I E I ,,0 an Find Today's L Loan TYPe: I Select Loan l.Dan Amount: l~ Shop For A . Find a Home . Compare Rat . Home Eauitv I . Refinance TOI . Debt Consolil . Bad Credit Of . What Can I Aft Calcu lat . Should I Refin . What Will My Payment: . 15 or 30 Yeal . Interest-Only . Fixed or Adiu ... 5/25/2006 AOL News - Town of Hercules Blocks Wal-Mart Page 2 of3 City officials countered that buying the land was acceptable to ensure it was developed t, community's liking and fit in with overall plans for the city. Opponents worried that Wal-Mart would drive local retailers out of business, tie up traffic wreck the small-town flavor of this city of 24,000. Wal-Mart spokesman Kevin Loscotoff said after the hearing that the company had not de how to proceed with its plans In light of the decision. Wal-Mart's initial proposal for a 142,000-square foot store near Hercules'San Pablo Bay waterfront was rejected by the City Council. So the company submitted a scaled-down pi Included a pedestrian plaza, two outdoor eating areas and other small shops, Including a pharmacy. All Stock Quote Wal-Mart Displays latest trading session. See more charts. Stock Quote: WMT 810gglng Stocks: Wal-Mart Blog Talk About It: Company Buzz Headlines: More Wal-Mart News . Hercules said no again, and opponents began ralslr possibility of eminent domain, a legal tactic where government agencies can take land from its ownen pu blic good. Cities sometimes use eminent domain to build road redevelop properties, but the owners must be paid market value for their land. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that such s are allowable If the construction raises the tax baSE benefits the entire community. Some residents and Hercules city officials say the Ii which Is currently open space, would be better suit, upscale stores that attract affluent shoppers and gl suburb a classy touch. Officials say using eminent domain Is a new tactic I that's occurred elsewhere. Communities across the have kept Wal-Mart out by Imposing size caps for businesses and laws that set high minimum pay rates. Jerl Wilgus, 47, said she was proud of the council for standing up to Wal-Mart and said tl could show others how to fight back against big corporations. "We are setting an example for the rest of the country," she said. A handful of residents said Wal-Mart could provide a much-needed place to purchase Ine goods, particularly for residents who can't drive out of town. "I know 1 can go there and get a fair price for a good product," said Glenna Phillips, who In Hercules for 26 years. OS/24/0604:43 EDT Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadca rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperJinks hav inserted by AOL MONEY NEWS MARKET NEWS & EVENTS INVESTING TOOLS http://articles.news.ao l.com/news/article.adp ?id=20060524044809990004 5/25/2006 []7[] Marian Karr From: The Kempers [TheKempers@Mchsi.com] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 8:36 AM To: 'City Council Subject: Our Response to Mr. Trueblood and Tammy's response First of all, I would like to bring to everyone's attention that it took 7 pages and two people a week to respond to a one page email. Also, we are not commenting on the plainly self serving comments of Mr. Trueblood and Tammy. We are focusing on the statements that show they are not truthful and dishonest. The Waiting List Tammy states that they were able "To my surprise, we were able to eliminate most of the waiting list", so if she had placed us on the wait 'Iist as we had asked, then there would not have been a problem. The Vendors Running Things Also and I am glad she admits this, Tammy states that "I did meet with the vendors" and that "The vendors were not receptive" I would have to ask, why would they even be asked? This is an event sponsored by tax payer dollars and held in a facility paid for by taxes. I would ask who is running this, the vendors or the city. Tammy goes on to state that "I felt we needed to be some sort of compromise" Why? Why does it matter at all what the vendors want? If there are citizens and local businesses that want in, it is they that should be accommodated, not the current vendors. Of course they want the city promoting them exclusively with tax dollars, who wouldn't? Calling Potential Vendors From The Wait List She goes on to state that "some were not interested this season but asked to be kept on the list" So are they moved to the back or kept in the front? It would seem to me they should be moved to the back so people that want to be a part of this event can be. Our Visit to City Hall Another comment she made seems very twisted and illogical. On page 2 in the first paragraph Tammy states that "It was clear to me that Mr. Kemper was trying to intimidate me" yet on the first page states that "Mr. Kemper became confrontational, and eventually backed away from the counter" So did he back away and leave me to speak with her, or did he try to intimidate her? Backing away from a counter and leaving could hardly be considered confrontational or intimidating. Also, no one else was at the counter with us. I am assuming that Tammy is bringing a third party into this just in case she needs some one else to help her be untruthful. We called, we got in our car and we drove down to city hall. Why would we have done that if we did not wish to sign up for the market? It makes no sense at all that we would have done that just to talk to someone. That is what phones are for. Also, given that she called us one time in an entire season, why on earth would we want to be on that list? I have to note that throughout the response,. That Mr. Trueblood, and Tammy make allegations, yet not once do they cite a specific act. It is all, "We say so, so it must be true." Mr. Trueblood's response First and it is almost silly, is his statement that "Mr. Kemper launched into this rather lengthy list of documents he wanted" You have seen the list. I sent it to you in the first email I sent. It is 4 documents. That is lengthy? So right there he is being untruthful, he was arrogant; his tone in his response is arrogant. He once again states 6/5/2006 Page 2 of2 that my husband said "something like" "Now, are you going to provide those" So rather than be specific, he makes a general allegation, and one he can weasel out of. Also, from a grammatical standpoint, quotes only go around exact quotes, not paraphrasing. As you can see from his own response, my husband TRIED to talk to him about how we have been treated so unfairly. As you can also see from his response, he refused to address those issues. Regardless of the reason Mr. Trueblood did in fact say "Look buddy", there you have it, He obviously feels comfortable admitting it and doing it Mr. Trueblood is outright lying when he states he asked if there were any legitimate questions. When my husband said "You said look buddy to a citizen" Mr. Trueblood hung up. He is not truthful and rude to citizens and should be fired. As for the specifics about rudeness, If you are going to accuse someone, you should be specific. Mr. Trueblood's and Tammy's response to the suggestions. It seems apparent to me that no matter what the suggestion, it simply is not good enough for them. The old stand by of "It has always been done this way" seems to hold true for them. That's all for now Thank you 6/5/2006 Page 10f2 Marian Karr From: The Kempers [TheKempers@MchsLcom] Sent: Sunday, June 04,20066:11 PM To: .City Council Subject: The Mayors very weird phone call to my home. We received a very strange phone call from the Mayor Saturday night at 7:33 PM He first started complaining that we had said he does not return phone calls. When we tried to speak, he repeatedly cut us off saying over and over "Can I finish", "Can I finish", "Can I finish". We sat silently and allowed him to continue. When he finally ended we tried to comment on a few of things he said. One of them was "You have accused me of discrimination." This is simply another false statement of this mayor. If you read the emaill sent, you will see I asked a question, not made an accusation. He also made another rather odd statement, which was "I will oppose you being placed ahead of anyone else on the wait list". Once again, and I have checked my emails to you, I never asked to be "Placed ahead" of anyone else. I pointed out how unfair and biased and arbitrary the selection process is for determining who gets to be a part of the farmers market and who does not, and asked that I be placed on the list at the appropriate point when I had originally asked, which was over a year ago, when I was left off the list. This is not being asked to be given special treatment, in fact, it is being asked to finally be treated the same as the special people that the mayor seems to protect. Then the mayor did something that does show a bias and in was some of the strangest behavior I have ever encountered from a grown man. He simply refused to speak. We actually asked him questions and he would say absolutely nothing. This went on for several minutes of us asking him to speak and him remaining perfectly silent. He then said "I am not going to speak to you privately anymore because you have accused me of discrimination" and then remained silent again for at least 2 minutes while we tried to ask him questions. Remember, he called us Then he said, over 27 times "Thank you and good night" It was creepy So the Mayor, a grown man, has resorted to phoning citizens, making false statements, then sitting on the phone and refusing to speak, and then he hangs up. In all fairness, the Mayor should recuse himself from any conversations and decisions regarding us or the farmers market. His behavior is very odd and needs to be explained. I looked up Passive Aggressive and found the following Passive-Aggressive Behavior 6/5/2006 Page 2 of2 The goal of passive-aggressive behavior is to frustrate the wishes of others and make others angry. This anger is most often directed at bosses, roommates, spouses, parents, teachers, or anyone who has power or authority. But, sometimes, people are not aware that their behavior is purposeful. What leads to passive-aggressive behavior? Some researchers think that these behaviors stem from certain childhood experiences. They believe that parents who were aggressive and exercised complete control over their child did not let the child express himself or herself. This may have pushed the child into adopting passive- aggressive behavior patterns to cope. If, for example, the child openly disagreed with the parent and was punished for doing so, the child learned to substitute passive resistance for active resistance. A person who shows a lot of passive-aggressive behavior can have a Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder I am not being glib or funny here, when I say that I think this matter needs looked into. There is something wrong going on here when a government official is trying so hard to make sure that only certain people are allowed to participate in something, and then acts in a very immature and passive aggressive manner. We may be upset and angry and what is happening here, but at least we have the courage and dignity to say it directly to all of you. I am going to go ahead and file a formal discrimination complaint against the mayor and Mr. Atkins and Mr., Trueblood and Tammy. There is something very very strange going on here. Thank you, Patti 6/5/2006 Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: Patti Kemper [Patti@PureFudge.com] Sent: Friday, May 26,20068:12 AM To: Patti@PureFudgecom; Steve Atkins; 'City Council Cc: Marian Karr Subject: Friday, May 26th 2006 and still no response from Steve Atkins to a citizen Good Morning, This is my daily email to let everyone know that once again, Mr. Atkins has still refused to contact me. He has not responded in a letter, nor has he bothered to call me. I have not received the documents I requested either Given the mayor's lack of response also I am starting to see where Mr. Atkins gets the idea he is allowed to behave rudely to citizens. I suppose that since I am not connected to the University or one of the "certain" members of the community that I am not worth anyone's time. I have made reasonable requests in a reasonable manner ALL of my requests have gone unfilled and not responded to in any manner. I did have an additional question. What is the percentage of women and minority owned businesses that have been given the "privilege" of being able to participate in the farmer's market? I have to say; I think it is terrible that you are allowing Mr. Atkins to continue to damage me by not allowing me to participate in a city sponsored event, paid for with tax dollars. The government is bound by law to treat all of its citizens in a fair and EQUAL manner. That has not and is not happening here. I am once again, requesting that Mr Atkins contact me immediately and that I be given the public records I have requested. I would also like to have an answer to the question I asked about women and minority participation at the market. Regards, Patti Kemper 5/26/2006 ~ Marian Karr From: Sent: To: Subject: thomas-pogue@uiowa.edu Saturday, May 27,200612:43 PM 'City Council; Sunil Terdalkar Preservation of Montgomery Butler House Attachments: Butler house letter. doc fWI....iih . .g Butler house letter. doc (36 KB... The attached letter urges action to preserve the Montgomery-Butler house. Please bring it to the attention of all interested parties. Thanks, Colette LaFortune Pogue H* eSafe scanned this ernail for malicious content *** IMPORTANT: Do not open attachments from unrecognized senders H* *H 1 Montgomery-Butler House Deserves Preservation The Montgomery - Butler House in the new Waterworks Park overlooking the Iowa River deserves preservation. Why? It is one of the earliest stone buildings in Iowa City and Johnson County. Its original owners were in the earliest group of settlers- Elizabeth G. Butler (widow of Walter Butler) and Martin M. Montgomery. The site included one of the earliest ferry crossings on the earliest maps of the area. Montgomery operated a steam saw mill there. The widow Elizabeth Butler Montgomery lived in the house with her children until her death. She is noted in the history of Johnson County. The Waterworks Plant and surrounding park is now finished. The parking lot along the river and the sidewalk up to the house are done. The City of Iowa City has spent over $50,000 "moth-balling" this house, saving it until future restoration- inside/outside - can be done. But after this, progress has ground to a halt. The new sidewalk ends at the top of the hill, with neglected overgrowth almost hiding the house and not allowing for good air circulation around it. There is no sign explaining the site, although a sign was funded and supposed to be up over a year ago. The city has hired an historical preservation consultant and done some of what her extensive report suggested. She will be back this June for more consultations. I do hope that the people and groups ofIowa City who value historic preservation and use will actively support more action on the Montgomery-Butler House and Site. There are matching grants available. It will be a good tourist site, educational and recreational once developed. I have spent twenty-five plus years researching this topic and have left all my research under the care of the State Historical Society Library in Iowa City and Mary Bennett. If you are interested in development of the Montgomery-Butler Site, please start asking questions of your city councilors and the members of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission. I have been a tax -paying resident ofIowa City for forty years, but do not live in the state anymore. Please, please do not let this project expire! Colette Lafortune Pogue 17 Hondo Trail Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 Marian Karr r::l From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Ron Logsden Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:41 PM 'Stacey Green' 'City Council RE: Proposed Transit Route Changes Stacey, You are correct. Under the proposal you would either need to walk one or two blocks to catch the Court Hill bus depending on where you are moving on Petersen or catch the Eastside Express and ride the bus about 28 minutes to get downtown. On the return trip however you would have a quicker ride back home (about 10 minutes). If you are willing to walk the block or two in the morning you could have a 15 minute ride in the morning and a 10 minute ride in the afternoon. Thank You, Ron Logsden Transit Manager -----Original Message----- From: Stacey Green [mailto:staceymichellegreen@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 9:26 PM To: Ron Logsden Cc: *City Council Subject: RE: Proposed Transit Route Changes Ron, Thank you so much for responding. I will be moving to Peterson Street. Therefore, my concern is that 1. If I try to take the Court Hill bus, I will have to walk several blocks to catch it (which in the winter would be absolutely miserable), and 2. If I ride the Express bus, I will get on at the first stop and be on the bus for the longest period of time before I reach downtown. To me, these are both inconveniences because the original Court Hill route goes right down Peterson and there is a stop close to where I will be living and it's a short ride to downtown. I don't think the route needs revising. Why can't Court Hill just be left the way it is? I understand you wanting to cut 3 minutes off the route to make transfers but I can tell you that I currently ride the Plaenview bus in the morning and that is consistently 5-10 minutes late every morning so I don't understand why Court Hill would be the focus of change when there are other routes that are affecting transfers. Honestly, I'm disappointed because I partially chose where I was going to move to based on the bus line and to find out (after I had committed to renting the place) that the route was changing is very much an annoyance and inconvenience for me. Thanks again for your response and I appreciate that you took the time to address my concerns. Sincerely, Stacey Green >From: "Ron Logsden" <Ron-Logsden@iowa-city.org> >To: <staceymichellegreen@hotmail.com> >CC: "*City Council" <-43dfb@iowa-city.org> >Subject: Proposed Transit Route Changes >Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 12:04:18 -0500 > >Good Morning Stacey, > 1 > > >1 got your e-mail regarding the proposed route changes. It would be >helpful to me to be able to more directly answer your concerns if I >knew where on the eastside you were moving. The change we are making >to the Court Hill is to enable the bus to better stay on schedule and >be able to maintain its current 30 minute schedule from downtown back >to downtown. It would turn at Friendship rather than Peterson which >should save about 3 minutes in the schedule and allow people to make >their transfers to other buses in the mornings. If you are moving to >an area along Peterson or Arbor that the bus currently travels, then it >may be one to two blocks farther to catch the Court Hill bus, but it >will only be a 15 minute ride to downtown. > > > >The new Eastside Express bus would deadhead all the way out to Court >and Pederson before it goes into service in order to be able to extend >service to the far east side o~ Iowa City in a reasonable amount of time. >The longest anyone would be on this bus in order to get downtown would >be about 25 minutes. The bus would also deadhead from Regina School on >Rochester all the way to Mercy Hospital again to get the bus downtown >quicker and reduce the passenger riding time on the bus. This is the >first l'Express" route we have tried. The reason we are doing this is >to address the very concerns that you brought up in your e-mail which >is to avoid one hour routes like Coralville has. > > > >If you have further questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail >me directly of call me at 356-5154. > > > >Thank you, > >Ron Lbgsden > >Transit Manager. > > > 2 Marlan Karr From: Sent: To: Subject: Stacey Green [staceymichellegreen@hotmail.com] Tuesday, May 30, 2006 9:41 PM .'City Council RE: Proposed Transit Route Changes Please forward my response below to the council members as I would like them to know my concern and what I espressed to Ron Logsden. Thanks, Stacey Green >From: postmaster@mail.hotrnail.com >To: staceymichellegreen@hotmail.com >Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) >Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 19:25: 53 -0700 > >This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. > >Delivery to the following recipients failed. > > -43dfb@iowa-city.org > > > . Marian Karr From: Sent: To: Subject: Stacey Green [staceymichellegreen@hotmail.comj Monday, May 29, 2006 11: 13 AM .City Council proposed transit route changes Dear Iowa City Council Members: I am writing you in opposition of the proposed transit route changes. In particular, I am opposed to the east side/Court Hill change. I am planning to move to the east side from the west side in August. Part of the reason I picked the location of my new home was because of the bus line and because it would only be a 15 minute ride to downtown. Now it seems that my IS-minute ride is going to turn into a 40-rninute ride! I understand the need for Iowa City to expand its' bus routes to increase patrons but by increasing the time spent on the bus, the transit will most likely lose patrons. As a University of Iowa employee, I prefer to ride the bus because parking is so expensive on campus. However, if I have to be at the bus stop at 7am to be at work at 8am, I would just rather pay the money to park on campus. If the bus becomes a hassle for people and wastes their time, they are not going to ride it! I chose to live in Iowa City rather than Coralville because of the bus routes and how little time a person spends on the bus. It seems with these 4S-minute route changes, Iowa City is becoming more like Coralville. Although I am personally opposed to the planned east side change I see flaws in the west side route that will only be stopping at the hospital and not continuing downtown. This would be a huge hassle for people on that route who need to get downtown. What if the bus is late and they miss the CAMBUS connection? And who wants to ride a bus for 40 minutes to get to the hospital, only to have to switch to the CAMBUS and ride for another 15-20 minutes? I think if Iowa City wants to keep patrons and also wants to increase their riders, they need to think "outside the box" when changing their routes. Just because the bus may be expanding to a certain area does not mean people will ride it, especially if they have to be on the bus for 45 minutes. Please consider my opinion when you vote on these proposed transit changes in the coming month. Sincerely, Stacey Green 1 Marian Karr ~ From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Dale Helling Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:47 PM 'Katy Brown' mdvand@yahoo.com; 'City Council; Doug Boothroy; Mall Johnson RE: Residential Disturbances Dear Ms. Brown, Thank you for your email correspondence to the City Council. It will be forwarded to Council members as official correspondence and acknowledged as such on Council's next meeting agenda. Perhaps I can be of assistance in this matter. The "guidelines" you make reference to are City ordinances that prohibit certain activities under penalty of law. Contractors or subcontractors who violate those prohibitions can be held responsible and cited for violations as appropriate. Much like any other public offense, such violations should be reported to the police at the time they occur. Officers are thus able to investigate and often are able to witness these activities and deal directly with the offender. While I can appreciate your reluctance to involve the police, please be assured that they are ready and willing to respond and are available 24 hours a day. I am providing a copy of this response to Capt. Matt Johnson who is in charge of police field operations and he will advise his watch commanders of this situation. I am also sending a copy to the Director of Housing and Inspection Services. He will contact Arlington Development and encourage them to more closely monitor their construction contractors. Keep in mind, however, that the developer is generally not directly responsible for these types of violations, and any enforcement action is usually taken directly against the offending party. Thus the importance of notifying the police at such time as a violation takes place. It is regrettable that these situations occur and it is our experience that most contractors and delivery services do abide by City regulations. But when they choose not to, you should feel comfortable in calling the police and making a complaint. That will enable us to more effectively address the problem. If you have any questions or wish further clarification, please donlt hesitate to contact me at 356-5013. Best regards, Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager ee. Capt. Matt Johnson, ICPD Doug Boothroy, Director of Housing and Inspection Services -----Original Message----- From: Katy Brown [mailto:brownkaty@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:57 PM To: mdvand@yahoo.com; *City Council Subject: Residential Disturbances I would like to make you aware of continuing issues we seem to have in our development, Stone Bridge Estates. We have, on several instances, been woken up at 6 am by contractors doing last minute work to prepare houses for open houses, etc. I have made a previous complaint call to Arlington Development but the issue was never resolved. I was told that there is no way to control the contractors on site. At 4 am this morning, my entire family was woken up by a semi truck making a delivery in the empty construction lot that sits adjacent to my house. It sat with the engine running 1 while unloading a large amount of mulch. The noise finally ended around 5 am when the semi pulled away, again with loud screeching noises. I hope you can understand my situation as I have two children under the age of two. We can gladly deal with living in a neighborhood under construction during reasonable hours. I feel that it is in my best interest to make you aware of these issues. Someone needs to be held responsible. I don't want to resort to getting the police involved. Below are the guidelines set forth by the city of Iowa City. Nighttime And Morning Noise: 1. No person shall so load, unload, open, close or handle boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or similar objects outdoors between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. the following morning as to create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary. 2. No person shall operate construction equipment before seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and after ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. unless a permit therefor has been obtained from the city engineer 38. B.Powered Model Vehicles: No person shall operate or permit the operation of powered model vehicles in a residential zone, as defined' in the zoning code or in a public place between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. the following morning. Thank you for your time, I look forward to prompt resolution of this matter. Katy Brown 4580 York Place Katy Brown brownkaty@gmail.com 2 /Q -7/1 (L {' {'-/'7 ---me --172-/; +; ~J of!- ] W1SL 7 '() ( )JV2 <IowA CI'fu: ~ C t~ UU-f\ oJ? . -tJ'\9- -fo I n ado 0- f O.T fY\ of "Sy s ~(Y\ t 50 so () fh!)) --1h (0+ uJ h QJj Qf\ ~CM/-r'l oJo.r m IS sU(jJ\dQd) ~hQ.._ cL -J+ ex-- O-n + i 0..:.1 ( C5fl ) S fl oT Q \j ~l \ QIo \ Q-~ ~ I. flJ.-h I, c ,.. 6+; (Q.O , n Q,..,J s:p"-P"IS ex-nd -r.U.) 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No other bus route has such great potential to prevent instances of rape, assault, vandalism, drunk driving, and other dangerous crimes that are associated with pedestrians and motorists traveling at night. With so many benefits to public safety, I believe that this route should be made a top priority among the others. This route is not designed for students; it's designed for any citizen of Iowa City to safely travel to and from downtown to enjoy a multitude of activities whether it be dining at a restaurant, attending a concert, or watching a performance at the Englert Theatre. Not only would a late-night bus route allay safety concerns but also alleviate parking problems as well. I am aware that Iowa City Transit didn't recommend this route because of its cost. In light of this, I would like to propose a compromise. I suggest that we eliminate the Thursday night service from the route plan. As ridership on Thursday night is expected to be lower than on Friday and Saturday nights, I believe that this would be a manageable way to greatly reduce the cost of this route. In aqdition to this change, I have been in contact with Brian McClatchey, Cambus Manager, who has expressed their willingness to provide the required paratransit service for this route. By my calculations, these combined changes would reduce the cost of this route from $76,000 to $34,000 per year. Also keep in mind that the imposed one-dollar fare will also greatly help to defray the actual costs of running this route. If have tried to contact Iowa City Transit with this compromise for over a week, but I have received no response. I ask that you please direct them to reevaluate the feasibility of running a late-night service under this new plan. Like any bus route, this late-night service would not have to be permanent. If there are too many problems after six months or a year, eliminate it. All I ask is that you give this route a try. A cost of $34,000 per year is a small price to pay for just one prevented rape or death. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Austin Baeth ------------------------------------------- Austin Baeth City Council Liaison University of Iowa Student Government 48 Iowa Memorial Union Office: 319.335.3860 Cell: 515.971.0190 Fax: 319.335.3577 austin-baeth@uiowa.edu 1 Page 1 of2 ~~(\'--() Marian Karr From: Dale Helling Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:56 AM To: 'arianab' Cc: 'City Council Subject: RE: request Dear Ms. Betenbender, Thank you for your email correspondence to the City Council. It will be forwarded to Council members as official correspondence and received as part of their next regular meeting agenda. You may be aware that there have been several recent requests to consider more sidewalks in your neighborhood and those have also been forwarded to Council. I have requested that the Police Department check both the traffic and parking issues you have addressed. If there are specific times of the day when these problems occur most, especially speeding motorists, it would be helpful if the police were apprised of that. There is certainly some change and likely disruption in normal traffic and parking patterns in the area due to the nearby road construction and homebuilding. Thus we can assess whether or not temporary parking restrictions should be enacted during the current heavy construction period as well as enforce parking regulations and speed limits. If the police perceive that such temporary measures are needed, our transportation planning staff will evaluate the situation and make recommendations accordingly. Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. Best regards, Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager cc. Capt. Matt Johnson, Police Department Jeff Davidson, Transportation Planning From: arianab [mailto:arianab@mchsi.com] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:03 AM To: *Cily Council Subject: request I am a concerned resident in the Dubuque Rd, Quincent Dr and Oakes Dr area of Iowa City. Concerned due to the fact there's a large amount of construction going on and there's continual speeders going every which way. It's unsafe on our roads in this area of town. There's vehicles parked on both sides of the road on Dubuque Rd; there's construction vehicles parked on curves on Dubuque Rd; speeders on Dubuque Rd and Quincent Dr (near accidents daily on corner of Quincent and Oakes) AND no sidewalk for walkers on Dubuque Rd..there NEEDS to be a sidewalk on at least ONE side of Dubuque Rd. The population explosion in this area requires a sidewalk!l! New construction requires sidewalk..yet the house that is doing an addition right now on Dubuque Rd... built AFTER the grandfather clause (think that's what Iowa City is using for those houses that have been here a long period of time) didn't have to put one in..yet a house up the ways from that house..built before that house... had to put one in. Please explain that?? An accident is waiting to happen in this area of town. There's a LOT of children and pets in this area. 6/12/2006 ---~--_._._--,,----~-_._-,--~_._-_.-....- Page 2 of2 Please do something to help us. Thanks. Ariana Betenbender 6/12/2006 (]::l Marian Karr From: arianab [arlanab@mchsLcom] Sent: Thursday, June 08,20068:03 AM To:. 'City Council subje~Nequest / / / I am a concerne esident in the Dubuque Rd, Quincent Dr and <lakes Dr area of Iowa City. Concerned due to fact there's a large amount of constructiali' going on and there's continual eeders going every which way. ,/ , / , / / There's vehicles parked on both s es of the road on iubuque Rd; there's construction vehicles parked on curves on Dubuque Rd; speeders on Dubu e Rd and Qui cent Dr (near accidents daily on corner of Quincent and Oakes) AND no sidewalk for walkers on Dubuque d..th re NEEDS to be a sidewalk on at least ONE side of Dubuque Rd. The population explosion in this area require New construction requires sidewalk..yet t house tl;,.t is doing an addition right now on Dubuque Rd... built AFTER the grandfather clause (thi that's wh~tlilWa City is using for those houses that have been here a long period of time) didn't have to put e in..yet a house~ the ways from that house..built before that house... had to put one in. Please explain th ?? "'" Thanks There's a ~T of children and pets in this area, ,. '''" An accident is waiting to happen' this area of town. Please do something to help u , 6/812006 Marian Karr From: Sent: To: Subject: I.platz@mchsLcom Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:49 AM 'City Council sidwalks I am writing this message to inform the Council of a need for sidewalks on Dubuque Rd. With the development to that area increasing and now an apartment complex being built at Dubuque Rd and Dodge street, pedestrian traffic is at risk because there are not sidewalks for most of Dubuque Rd. In addition, a section of Dubuque Rd needs to be widen and concrete applied instead of the '!chip and seal" they now have there. Please take a look at this area, and if possible, walk the length of Dubuque Rd and see the danger I have brought to light for you. Thank you for yor time and efforts on this matter. Lance Platz, 1229 Oakes Dr, Iowa City, Iowa 52245 1 Page 1 of 1 'tf (1'-\) Marian Karr From: Kathryn Johansen Sent: Friday, June 09,20063:48 PM To: 'Betenbender, Larry D' Cc: 'City Council Subject: RE: Dubuque Road safety Dear Larry, Thank you for your communication to the City Council. Council members do not receive their email messages directly. Your message will be forwarded to them and accepted as official correspondence on their next agenda. Council will review your recommendation and determine if they wish to address this issue in the future. Thank you for writing. Sincerely, Kathi Johansen Administrative Assistant to the City Manager From: Betenbender, Larry D [mailto:larry-betenbender@uiowa.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:17 AM To: *City Council Subject: Dubuque Road safety Over the last 10 years the growth of housing and traffic that it brings is creating a problem on North Dubuque Road. May people in the area walk to the Hv-Vee store and to the bus stop, and since there are no sidewalks, they are forced to walk on the street. One of the neighbors called City Staff and was told, North Dubuque Road is consided in the country, so there is no requirement to have sidewalks. Whether it is considered country or town, it is in the city limits and there are houses long most of the road and more are built every year. Every times I see little kids walking down that road and cars moving around them it scare me. I hope that there would be some thought given to looking at making N. Dubuque Road safer. Thanks Larry Betenbender 1267 Oakes Drive From: arianab [arianab@mchsi.com] Sent: Thursday, June 08,2006 11 :23 AM To: 'City Council Subject: Dubuque Road safety Over the last 10 years the growth of housing and traffic that it brings is creating a problem on North Dubuque Road. May people in the area walk to the Hv-Vee store and to the bus stop, and since there are no sidewalks, they are forced to walk on the street. One of the neighbors called City Staff and was told, North Dubuque Road is consided in the country, so there is no requirement to have sidewalks. Whether it is considered country or town, it is in the city limits and there are houses long most of the road and more are built every year. Every times I see little kids walking down that road and cars moving around them it scare me. I hope that there would be some thought given to looking at making N. Dubuque Road safer. Thanks Larry Betenbender 1267 Oakes Drive Page 1 of 1 Lr.+ (I '-\) Marian Karr From: Kathryn Johansen Sent: Friday, June 09,20063:44 PM To: 'ell en roan' Cc: 'City Council Subject: RE: sidewalk on North Dubuque Road Dear Ellen: Thank you for your communication to the City Council. Council members do not receive their email messages directly. Your message will be forwarded to them and accepted as official correspondence on their next agenda. Council will review your recommendation and determine if they wish to address this issue in the future. Thank you for writing. Sincerely, Kathi Johansen Administrative Assistant to the City Manager From: ellen roan [mailto:berroan@mchsi.comj Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 5:15 PM To: *City Council Subject: sidewalk on North Dubuque Road As a matter of safety I think it would be a very good idea to have a sidewalk On North Dubuque between Oakes Drive and North Dodge Street - We have a lot of children and older people (me) who try to walk and bike on that road and there has become more and more traffic. Thank you. Ellen Roan 6/1212006 ~------,_.-.__._---~-------"-----_. Lt+\\~ ) Marian Karr From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Kathryn Johansen Friday, June Og, 2006 3:51 PM 'Ginny Kirschling' *City Council RE: Sidewalks for Dubuque Road Dear Ginny, Thank you for your communication to the City Council. Council members do not receive their ernail messages directly. Your message will be forwarded to them and accepted as official correspondence on their next agenda. Council will review your concern and determine if they wish to address this issue in the future. Thank you for writing. Sincerely, Kathi Johansen Administrative Assistant to the City Manager -----Original Message----- From: Ginny Kirschling [mailto:GKIRSCH@kirkwood.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:09 AM To: *City Council Subject: Fwd: Sidewalks for Dubuque Road >>> "Ginny Kirschling" <GKIRSCH@kirkwood.edu> 06/08/06 11:05AM >>> I have lived on Oakes Drive for 13 years. I am an avid walker and really appreciate living so close to a grocery store, a bus stop and a pharmacy, and yet still enjoy a semi- pastoral setting. Back in "the good old days", before the Scott Blvd extension and the stop light at Dubuque and Scott and No Dodge junction, traffic was minimal on Dubuque Road. Since 2000, the number of homes inour area has increased approximately 20%, the number of children, walkers and bikers and the traffic has also increased proportionately. Then the 4 way stop light at No. Dodge and Scotti Dubuque was added and Dubuque Road has become a major thoroughfare for ACT/ Pearson employees, patients at the Hwy 1 Physician complex, etc. I do not wish to stand in the way of progress, but it seems ludicrous that you are allowing more homes to be built on Dubuque Road with "sidewalks to NOWHERE" being put in. They really are a sight to behold.. .and perfectly useless! Iowa City Council Members should drive down our are supposed to walk or bike to school safely! road to define sides of the street to drive on. road sometime and tell us how our children There is not even a line painted onthe Please invest some time and energy in the pursuit of solving this VERY LONGSTANDING PROBLEM. Ginny Kirschling 1257 Oakes Dr Iowa City, Ia 52245 338-8590 H* *H eSafe scanned this email for malicious content *** IMPORTANT: Do not open attachments from unrecognized senders H* 1 Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: Betenbender, Larry D [Iarry-betenbender@uiowa.eduj Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:17 AM To: 'City Council Subject: Dubuque Road safety Over the last 10 years the growth of housing and traffic that it brings is creating a problem on North Dubuque Road. May people in the area walk to the Hv-Vee store and to the bus stop, and since there are no sidewalks, they are forced to walk on the street. One of the neighbors called City Staff and was told, North Dubuque Road is consided in the country, so there is no requirement to have sidewalks. Whether it is considered country or town, it is in the city limits and there are houses long most of the road and more are built every year. Every times I see little kids walking down that road and cars moving around them it scare me. I hope that there would be some thought given to looking at making N. Dubuque Road safer. Thanks Larry Betenbender 1267 Oakes Drive 6/8/2006 Marian Karr From: Sent: To: Subject: Ginny Kirschling [GKIRSCH@kirkwood.edu] Thursday, June 08, 2006 11 :09 AM 'City Council Fwd: Sidewalks for Dubuque Road Attachments: TEXTMAIL ~ Header (560 B) >>> "Ginny Kirschling" <GKIRSCH@kirkwood.edu> 06/08/06 1l:05AM >>> I have lived on Oakes Drive for 13 years. I am an avid walker and really appreciate living so close to a grocery store, a bus stop and a pharmacy, and yet still enjoy a serni- pastoral setting. Back in "the good old days", before the Scott Blvd extension and the stop light at Dubuque and Scott and No Dodge junction, traffic was minimal on Dubuque Road. Since 2000, the number of homes inour area has increased approximately 20%, the number of children, walkers and bikers and the traffic has also increased proportionately. Then the 4 way stop light at No. Dodge and Scotti Dubuque was added and Dubuque Road has become a major thoroughfare for ACT/ Pearson employees, patients at the Hwy 1 Physician complex, etc. I do not wish to stand in the way of progress, but it seems ludicrous that you are allowing more homes to be built on Dubuque Road with "sidewalks to NOWHERE" being put in. They really are a sight to behold.. .and perfectly useless! Iowa City Council Members should drive down our are supposed to walk or bike to school safely! road to define sides of the street to drive on. road sometime and tell us how our children There is not even a line painted onthe Please invest some time and energy in the pursuit of solving this VERY LONGSTANDING PROBLEM. Ginny Kirschling 1257 Oakes Dr Iowa City, Ia 52245 338-8590 *.. eSafe scanned this email for malicious content *** IMPORTANT: Do not open attachments from unrecognized senders ... ... 1 --,----_._..._._--~---_._---- Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: arianab [arianab@mchsLcom] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11 :23 AM To: 'City Council Subject: Dubuque Road safety Over the last 10 years the growth of housing and traffic that it brings is creating a problem on North Dubuque Road. May people in the area walk to the Hv-Vee store and to the bus stop, and since there are no sidewalks, they are forced to walk on the street. One of the neighbors called City Staff and was told, North Dubuque Road is con sided in the country, so there is no requirement to have sidewalks. Whether it is considered country or town, it is in the city limits and there are houses long most of the road and more are built every year. Every times I see little kids walking down that road and cars moving around them it scare me. I hope that there would be some thought given to looking at making N. Dubuque Road safer. Thanks Larry Betenbender 1267 Oakes Drive 6/8/2006 Page 1 of 1 Marian Karr From: ellen roan [berroan@mchsLcom] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 5:15 PM To: 'City Council Subject: sidewalk on North Dubuque Road As a matter of safety I think it would be a very good idea to have a sidewalk on North Dubuque between Oakes Drive and North Dodge Street - We have a lot of children and older people (me) who try to walk and bike on that road and there has become more and more traffic. Thank you. Ellen Roan 6/9/2006 cr{'(l b) Marian Karr From: Sent: To: Subject: paul show [pfshow@yahoo.com] Monday, June 12, 20064:51 PM 'City Council Late night bus service City Council, The proposed late night service is unnecessary and would waste money that could be spent to enhance service elsewhere in the system. Use the money to provide more service during the day or run the current night routes later. Every problem that Mr. Baeth gives for needing this service could be solved by running the current routes later. The entire community would be served, not just those who live within easy walking distance to downtown. When Cambus tried a service like the ODe proposed, it failed due to very low ridership. There are other concerns which were addressed in the petition which was sent to Council. Carnbus Manager McClatchey was quoted in the Press-Citizen as saying the City will have problems with rowdy behavior with the proposed service. Financially, operationally and pertaining to safety this late night service is a bad idea. I urge you not to consider this service at any cost. Thank you, Paul Show President AFSCME Local 183 Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 1 --"----"-_.__.'- -1r:,.o I! I --= -~ ~~Iai;t:'t ~:;'~"'IIlI'~ .......~ CITY OF IOWA CITY June 13, 2006 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org Supervisor Mike Lehman Johnson County Board of Supervisors 913 SDubuque Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Supervisor Lehman: Johnson County has received an application from James Batterson requesting rezoning of 4.34 acres from R-Residential to A-Agricultural for property located south and west of the intersection of Linder Road and Prairie du Chien Road. This property is within Iowa City's two"mile fringe area and is included within the growth area of the Oity. Therefore, the fringe area agreement specifies that the City will have the opportunity to comment on this rezoning prior to its review by the Board of Supervisors. The property is located adjacent to the Agudas Achim Cemetery, and it is the intent of the property owner to sell this parcel to Agudas Achim to allow expansion of the existing cemetery. It is our understanding that the Johnson County Zoning Ordinance allows cemeteries by conditional use permit in the Agricultural zone. In our view, the rezoning of the property to Agricultural and a conditional use permit for a cemetery would be compatible with the surrounding uses and the intent of the Fringe Area Agreement and we recommend approval. Because there are only two off-street parking $paces for the current cemetery, we would recommend that when the County reviews the conditional use permit, that additional off-street parking spaces be required. Thank you for considering the City's comments during your review of this application. ~ ~ I ~ I -....= -10 ~~~!:'I: ~:;'~~aa.~___ ........... ~ CITY OF IOWA CITY Supervisor Mike Lehman Johnson County Board of Supervisors 913 S Dubuque Street Iowa City, IA 52240 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240.1826 (319) 356.5000 (319) 356.5009 FAX www.icgov.org June 13, 2006 Dear Supervisor Lehman: Johnson County has received an application from James Batterson requesting rezoning of 4.34 acres from R-Residential to A-Agricultural for property located south and west of the intersection of Linder Road and Prairie du Chien Road. This property is within Iowa City's two-mile fringe area and is included within the growth area of the City. Therefore, the fringe area agreement specifies that the City will have the opportunity to comment on this rezoning prior to its review by the Board of Supervisors. The property is located adjacent to the Agudas Achim Cemetery, and it is the intent of the property owner to sell this parcel to Agudas Achim to allow expansion of the existing cemetery. It is our understanding that the Johnson County Zoning Ordinance allows cemeteries by conditional use permit in the Agricultural zone. In our view, the rezoning of the property to Agricultural and a conditional use permit for a cemetery would be compatible with the surrounding uses and the intent of the Fringe Area Agreement and we recommend approval. Because there are only two off-street parking spaces for the current cemetery, we would recommend that when the County reviews the conditional use permit, that additional off-street parking spaces be required. Thank you for considering the City's comments during your review of this application. Sincerely, Ross Wilburn Mayor I ~ I ~~I~~1lJ: ~~_aa.~ CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: May 18, 2006 To: Planning and Zoning Commission From: Robert Miklo Re: CZ06-00001 County Rezoning Linder Road and Prairie du Chien Road Johnson County has received an application from James Batterson requesting rezoning of 4.34 acres from R-Residential to A-Agricultural for property located south and west of the intersection of Linder Road and Prairie du Chien Road. This property is within Iowa City's two-mile fringe area and is included within the growth area of the city. Therefore, the fringe area agreement specifies that the City will have the opportunity to comment on this rezoning prior to its review by the Board of Supervisors. The property is located adjacent to the Agudas Achim Cemetery, and it is the intent of the property owner to sell this parcel to Agudas Achim to allow expansion of the existing cemetery. The Johnson County Zoning Ordinance allows cemeteries by special exception in the A zone. The surrounding properties are developed with large lot residential uses. Interstate 80 is located to the south of this property. In staff's view, the rezoning of the property to Agricultural and a conditional use permit for a cemetery would be compatible with the surrounding uses. The current cemetery has only two off-street parking spaces. Staff recommends that when the County reviews the conditional use permit, that additional off-street parking spaces be required for the cemetery. Recommendations: Staff recommends that CZ06-00001, an application submitted by James Batterson for a rezoning from R to A for 4.34 acres located south of Linder Road and west of Prairie du Chien Road in Fringe Area A be approved. 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UNIVERSIlY OF IOWA ~ I.----~ 48 Iowa Memorial U n;on Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1317 319-335-3860 Fax 319-335-3577 www.uiowa.edu/-uisg uisg@uiowa.edu May 18, 2006 Iowa City City Council 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 City Council Members: On behalf of the entire University of Iowa Student Government, I write to inform you that two students have been appointed to the positions of City Council Liaison and City Council Liaison Alternate. Austin Baeth was named the City Council Liaison and Abigail Volland as the City Council Liaison Alternate. Both individuals were approved by the Student Assembly and will serve in their respective positions for the 2006-2007 academic year. Austin Baeth served last year as the City Council Liaison Alternate. Originally from Des Moines, Austin is a senior at the university majoring in exercise science with intentions of attending medical school. Abigail Volland is a new member of student government. Her experience as a graduate student in social work will serve her well in this position. Abigail hails from Naperville, Illinois. I look forward to working with all of you in the coming year to furtheJ cultivate the relationship between student government and the counciL Austin and)Abigail will be an integral part of that process, and I hope you enjoy working wr'th both.Pf.them. II II Sincerely, ! II ,I I! o J .1 ~ i .~,~ ~ :=:::: <.[ 0-::: :> o L u- z:: ~7S; (-"" ~- N II w__ /- ~:S': .~'_. Marian Karr From: Sent: To: Subject: Baeth, Austin T [austin-baeth@uiowa.edu] Wednesday, June 07,20066:24 PM 'City Council Appointment as City Council Liaison Dear Council, I would like to thank you in advance for officially appointing me as the City Council Liaison for the 2006-2007 term. As last year's Alternate Liaison, I have learned a great deal about council proceedings and have truly enjoyed working with all of you. With a year of experience under my belt, I hope to transform the Liaison position into a more .active role. I would like to use this position to foster more collaborative effort in improving the quality of life for the citizens of Iowa city. While the proposed late-night bus route represents a city service that would benefit a great number of students, I want to assure you that it is my intention to. bring forth initiatives in which students will serve the Iowa City community. An example of such an initiative would be my proposal for a university Trash to Treasure program in which students donate their unwanted, usable goods at the end of the school year to be distributed to people in need throughout the community. It is through collaborative efforts such as these that I hope we can continue to make a positive impact in the Iowa City community. I truly look forward to another year of working with you. Sincerely, Austin Baeth ------------------------------------------- Austin Baeth City Council Liaison University of Iowa Student Government 48 Iowa Memorial Union Office: 319.335.3860 Cell: 515.971.0190 Fax: 319.335.3577 austin-baeth@uiowa.edu 1