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MINUTES
IOWA CITY RIVERFRONT COMMISSION
MARCH 27, 11190 . 5:30 P.M.
SENIOR CENTER ClASSROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Buckloy, Brunor, Facklor, Jonos, Robal, Stolnbroch, Stroh, WachaJ,
Willis
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
OUESTS PRESENT:
Horton
Doylo, Rockwoll, Moyorlng
Kay Ollllos, Proloct OREEN
C~~L TO OBOER A~D ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Wachal called Iho mooting 10 ordor at 5:32 p.m. and Introducod Kovln Doylo, Asllstant
TranlportaUon Plannor, Johnson County Council 01 Oovornmonts, to tho Commlsslonorl.
Rockwoll InvItod Commlsslonorl to tho City Buslnoss PM Ichodulod lor Thursday, April 12, and
announced that an admission badgo lor tho ovont will bo aontlo City CommIssion and Board
mombors In tho mall. Tho display bcatd 01 tho 1989 Rlvor Month Photo Contost wlnnorl will
be dllplayed thoro. Commission mombora luggostod thai a map 01 tho trail aystom allo bo
dllplayod.
Wachal announcod the dale lor tho ground.brooklng coromony lor tho Roosovolt School Opon
Spaco al Friday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m., and lor an awards coromony honoring CDBG pro)ocls
u Tuolday, April 1 0, Irom 4:()().8:00 p.m.
CONSIQERATlON OF Tl:fE FEBBUARY 21. 1990 MINUTEe:
MQIlQN: Buckloy movod and Slroh locondod tho motion to approvo Iho Fobruary 21, 1990
mlnutos, J'ho motion carrlod unanimously. Facklor notod In rolatlonshlp to commonts mado
at tho Fobruory 21 moollng thai Donvor, Colorado, roclalms sand put on Its stroots during tho
wlnlor,
BEVIEW OF IOWA RIVER CORSIDCR lMIL DIRECTICN~L SIGN~GE PLAN:
Doylo saId ho usod gonaraf guldollnos lor tho slgnago plan lor tho Iowa Rlvor Corridor Trail.
Tho cost osllmalol woro provldod by Iho City Traffic Englnoor, Jim Brachial. Mora spoclallzod
Ilgns Idontllylng Iho Iowa Rlvor Corridor may bo mora oxponslvo. Jonos was concornod about
tha problom 01 bicyclists ond podoslrlans using tho samo trail, and said thai algnago should
bo usod to dlroct blkos onto tho stroot whoro tho trail narrows. Rockwoll askod II striping
would bo dona whon lha trail II on a stroot. Doylo sold tho City policy II not to do that
anymoro. Slroh sold tho trail doosn't mootlho roqulromonls lor a lull nodgod blcyclo Irall, and
should not bo doslgnatad as such. Ho nolod that Iho Unlvorslty Is willing to havo Rlvor
Corridor Trallllgnaoo on tho campus.
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Iowa City RJvorfront COmmllllon
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Rockwoll liked whothor othor probloml, IUch u bonlorl along Park Read bolWoon Crandlc
Pllk and Normandy Drlvo lhould bo tlkon cato 01 bolClo requolUng tho Ilgnago. Wachal
thought an IdvantJgo to pulling up IIgnago now would bo tho attraction 01 publlo allonllon
and IUppor11or tho treD. SlIoh blought up tho IlIuo 01 tho numbor or ligna nooded, and
noted thai palrl 01 ligna may not bo noc01l1ly 1m tho Inlonlll not to rogulato blcyclo ule.
Ho luggnted thllllgna bo POlted only to ldonUIy turning points. Tho CoraMllo roprolonta.
tIvo, Dawn WIIIII, wu asked 10 chock with tho City 01 CoraMllo abou1 posUng Iowa RJvor
Corridor ligna along tho CoraMIlo COMOctlon trall. Thoro wu dllcusllon 01 tho Ilzo 01 tho
ligna. Wachal notad thatlatgo tOllorlng wouldn' bo nocolllly. Dcylo laid ho would roduco
tho numbor 01 IIgIlt and got a now COil and ropor! blck to tho Commission. Wachal
requolted that tho Trall COmmllloo rovfow Doylo'l propolal and make rocommondallon.
concornlng treJlllgnago to tho COmmission,
VACATlQ~ OF A PORTION OF COURT SmEET:
Rockwoll oxplalned that tho atoa undor discussion Is noar tho Unlvoralty powor plant on tho
out Ilde 01 tho rlvor whoro Cour! 511001 runl to tho rtvor, Tho Un/vorllty has requoslod thaI
tho outorn 80 loot bo vacaled and asslgnod to tho Unlvorllty. Tho wostorn por1lon 01 tho
Itrool hu alroady boon vacotod by Ordlnanco No. 1742. Stah Is conlldorlng rocommondlng
thai an accosl .uomont to tho rlvor 01 alloastllllootln width bo provldod. SlIoh notod that
tho pathway along tho rlvorbank II orodod. SlIoh also alated thlltha Iowa Dopartmonl 01
Nalural Rosourcol would roqulro tho Unlvor.lty lonco acrolS Court SlIoolto bo romovod whon
tho conltruelfon proloclthoro Is complotod. Jonos laid It would bo oaslor 10 got down to tho
rlvor al Hatrlson SlIootthan at COurt, bocauso 01 tho Unlvorllty usa 01 tho trackl on Court lor
coal dollvory.
Wachal uked whon tho Commission would havo to rospond, and Rockwolllald tho mallor
II Ichodulod to bo dlscussod altho April 2 and 5 Planning & Zoning COmmission moollngs.
lEd. . ham dolorrod to Involtlgolo ownorlhlp.1 Slolnbroch wondorod how ownorlhlp 01 tho land
and accoss to It would chango, and commonlod that any doclslon thaI would mako tho aroa
moro dangorous for pooplo who nsh thoro would not bo good. Jonos luggoslod gMng tho
Unlvor.lty noxlblllty by asking for guaranlood accOSl through maintaining a trail along tho
rlvorbank, but lolling tho Unlvorslty docldo how to go aboul doing II. In rospcnso to Wachal'l
quostlon 01 how tho Planning & Zoning Commission Illnvolvod, Rcckwoll said P&Z will rovlow
tho roquolllrom tho Unlvorllty and consldor commonts from the Rlvorfront Commission and
othor groupl, and forward a rocommondollon to City Council. Ono IlIuo P&Z will consldor
Is tho policy Italomont In tho Comprohonslvo Plan concornlng onsurlng publlo accoss to tho
rlvor. Jonolluggostod landing a gonoral .Iatomonllo tho Planning & Zoning Commission.
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Iowa City RIvorfront Commllllon
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MOnO~: Jonol moved to rocommond thai tho Planning & Zoning COmmllllon urgo tho
Unlvorllty to mako tho atoa along tho rlvorbank from Hanllon Sltoot north aCCGSllblo to and
uloablo by tho publlo whon tho City vacatol tho oastorn eo 1001 01 Court Sltoo~ bolWoon Fronl
Sltoot and tho Iowa RIvor. Sltoh locondod. Tho mollon carried unanlmouslv.
DISCUS910~ QF KENNEDY'S WATEBFRONT ADOmON, PAIJU:
Rockwoll doscrlbod tho proposed lubdMslon. Tho 101110 be lubdMded would havo aCCG11
10 Gllbort SltooL What Is now a dirt road would bo lIanlmlned from Mollo Pavoraln oxchango
for Outlot A. which Includol part 01 . pond. Thll wUI bocomo MOllo Pavorl' atoa. Tho road
would continuo north, and could becomo too long . cul-dO'IIC, bocaulo It It unllkoly th.ttho
Oopartmont of Transportallon will allow accolI to Highway 8.
Tho atoa In quostlon II In tho ftocdplaln. Rockwoll noled thai oxcopt lor Outlot A. tho
proposod lubdMslon would nol a"oCl tho rlvorfront much, but It might lock tho City Into
commorclal dovolopmont In tho Muro lor tho northorn portion ollho property that would nol
oddross tho publlo valuo 01 tho mor. Wachal wondored what could bo done In gonoral to
onhanco tho aosthollo valua along tho rlvor whIlo oncouraglng dovolopmont. Rockwoll noted
thai tho Comprohonllvo Plan dllcussos onhanclng tho austhollo quality 011110 .Iong tho rlvor,
SlIoh laid that any dovolopmont Ihould bo dona In compllanco with tho City'. zoning
rogulallonl and Comprohonslvo Plan. Wachal thought It would bo loaslblo 10 proposo thai
dovoloporl 101 asldo land for groon Ipaco, porhapl by asking tho City Council to dlroCltho
Planning sta" to dovolop IpOCinO proposals concornlng what dovolopmontll allowod In tho
ftocdplaln. Ho thought tho gonoralllluo Ihould bo lopatato 10 Insuro II won1 bo lorgonon
whon thll dovolopmontll complolod.
Jonolthoughttho City mlghlthlnk about purchasing tho land with a patkland acqulslllon lund.
Slolnbroch laid tho fund II not vary big ond nolod thoro I. nothing In oxl.tonco lor protoctlng
tho rlvorbank, Ho laid acqul.lllon lor parkland usually Invclvo. rosldonllal aroas, nol
commorclal.
MQn~: Wachal movod 10 oxpross to Iho Planning & Zoning Commission thai It II tho
concorn 01 tho RIvorfronl COmmission thai tho Konnody Watorlront Addition, Part 3 not bo
approvod II It would mako futuro aubdlvlslons lor tho romalndor 01 tho proporty In non.
compllanco with tho Zoning Ordlnanco. Brunor locondod. }ho motion carrlod unanimously.
Commission momborl roquostod Ihat 110" prosont Inlormallon on how to roqulro dovoloporl
to dodlcato a cortaln porconlago 01 proporty along tho rlvor lor groan Ipaco and whal
altornotlvo. could bo oxplorod to accomplish this goal.
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Iowa City Rlvorlront COmmission
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BEPORT ON RURAL WELL WATER SURVEY:
Brunor roported that tho Iowa Dopartmonl 01 Natural Rosourcos In cooporallon with tho
Unlvorllty 01 Iowa lamplod wall wator quality throughoultho stalo. Ho roquo'led that coplos
01 tho summary lac! Ihoots lor tho IUrvoy bo lorwatdod to tho Commission. SpocIftc
contamlnaUon IUch as posllcfdos (Alfazlno) was InvosUgatod. Nllfato lovoll woro allO oxplored.
Jonas asked aboul phosphalo lovols bolng ralsod In Iowa rlvorl duo to urban runo~. Brunor
thought tho major urban conlribullon to groundwator contamlnaUon Involvod lawn ClIO
10rtJllzors.
REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE FORUM:
Brunor rGportod on a LoglslaUvo Forum sponsorod by tho Loaguo of Womon Votorlln Iowa
City on Fobruary 24, 1990. Tho Iowa City aroa Italo loglslalorsloltlho n/tor strip concopt was
not doad; It was It III bolng dlscussod In tho loglslsturo. Tho loglslators oxprossed roal
approcfallon lor tho loltor Irom Mayor McDonald to tho Iowa Loaguo 01 Munlclpallllol
concornlng thll Issuo. Bob Dvorlky and Maty Nouhausor had wldo~ cfrculatod coplol 01 tho
loiter 10 othor ltalo loglslators. OvoraJl, Brunor sonsod a vary poslUvo roactlon to tho City and
tho RIvorlront Commission polnllng out thst tho nltor strip Issuo Is a munlcfpal as woll 81 . rural
wator quality concorn.
UPDATE ON COMMISSION ACTlVmES:
Rockwoll brlofty roportod on plans lor tho April 4, 1990, Rlvorlno WoUands program and tho
May II, 1990, RIvor City III conloronco. Concornlng tho 1990 Juno Rivor Month planl, Rockwoll
stalod tho library display would locus on wotlands. Thoro will bo an accoloralod promollon 01
tho photo contost with radio slallons and nowspapors during tho noxt two wooks. Tho pholo
contost doadllno Is April 20, 1990.
Wachal nomlnatod Loran Forbos, an Iowa City rosldont actlvoly Involvod In tho loadorshlp 01
local and stalowldo onvlronmonlal and nalurallst organizations, to rocolvo tho 1990 Iowa Rlvor
Month Rocognlllon Award. Tho nomination was approvod by acclamallon.
Wachal roportod on tho agonda lor tho REAP Assombly to bo hold In tho Amanos tho noxl
ovonlng, March 28, 1990. Ho oncouragod tho Commlsslonors attondanco.
In answor to a quos lion on tho status 01 tho Tract 4 rozonlng, Rockwoll stalod that Council hod
roquostod that a rocommondallon bo lorwardod by tho Planning and Zoning Commission
concornlng rozonlng 01 this aroa which has boon doslgnalod by Iho U.S. Almy Corps 01
Englnoorl as a '1orostod watland' aroa. Tho Planning and Zoning Commlsllon will bo
consldorlng this rozonlng on April 2 and April 5. Jonas and Wachal oxprossod Inlorost In
attondlng thoso mootlngs on bohalf of tho Rlvorlront Commission.
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F.cklor roquollod that tho Commllllon Invosllgoto tho polllblllty 01 purchasing and roslorlng
tho CoraMllo Mill dam to provldo accoss to tho othor lido of tho Iowa RIvor whoro tho bosl
IIIhlng occurs. Ho Itatod that Nool Willis had dOlormlnod that tho dam was Itructurally sound.
It could be purchasod from tho Johnson County COnsorvallon BOOfd for $1.
Jonallhoughtthore might be a hlddon malntonance problem, Wachal monlloned thai publlo
ICCOII had been curtallod In that atoa. Willis otlorod 10 look Into tho accosl Iltuallon In
CoraMlI., Commission momberl fait It would bo holpful 10 have Nool Willis como to a
Commllllon moollng to discuss the Itructural Intogrlty 01 tho CoraMllo Milldam. Facklor It.tod
that tho dam undor tho walor lurface was mado 'rom logs and was Importantlrom a historical
porlpoctlvo, Slroh thought REAP funding could 1;0 Idoallor thll typo 01 proloct: and that the
datn lhould be loft undor tho luporvlslon 01 tho Johnson County Consorvallon Board,
Buckloy roquostod that Nancy Burns, tho Iowa Dopartmont 01 Transportallon, bo contactod
10 lae why tho Iowa Avonuo 10 Burlington Slroollran grant appllcallon koops ondlng up In
Group II, nol Group I, for lundlng, Jones askod If thore was a priority ordor 01 tho listing within
tach group. Rockwell laid Ihe would roport back to the COmmllllon.
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Tho moollng was adjournod by acclamation at 7:35 p.m.
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HINUTES
CIVIL SERVICE COKHISSION
APRIL 16, 1990
IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, ROOH B
HEHBERS PRES ENT I Hiko Kennedy, Bud Louis, Lyra Dickeraon
HEHBERS ABSENTI None
STAFF PRESENT I Larry Donnor, Dalo Helling, Sylvia Stoinbach
RECOHHENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCILI
Prolllotional lilts for tho poa1tions of Fire Battalion Chitf and
Firo Lieutonant wero cortified and forwarded to City Council for
approval.
RECOHHENDATIONS TO MANAGER AND STAFFI
None,
SUMMARY OF RELEVANT DISCUSSION I
The 1Il0eting was called to ordor by Chairperson Hike ~onnedy. The
Certified Lists for the poaitions of Fire Battalion Chiof and Fire
Lieutenant were pre.ented to the cOllllllission, In accordance with
Iowa civil Service Law the lists wore rank ordered tor
certification, It was loved by Louis and seconded by Dickorson
that the list, be approved es presented. Hotion carried
unanilllously.
Steinbach updatod the COllllission on the entry level Firefighter
testing process. She oKplained that 376 applications wore accopted
for the position with 251 people taking the written tost, Tho top
59 applicants will participate in the phy,ical agility test to be
adllliniltered on Sunday, April 29, Driving records are being
checked on the top applicants 81 well 81 olploY1llent reference
checks. Staff will continuo to update the cOllllllission as the
procoss proqreslos,
There wal no now businoss and it was lovod by Dickerson and
socondod by Louis that the lIleeting adjourn. Hotion carried
unanbously.
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IOWA CITY HOUSING COHHISSION
IlARCH 13, 1990
IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY. ROOH C
HEHBERS PRESENT: Hoore, Parden, Hulso, Stadtlander, McMahon. Williams
HEHBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Boothroy, Henderson. HtI tman , Barnes, Stroud
OTHERS PRESENT: None
CHANGES/AMENDMENTS TO HINUTES OF PREVIOUS HEETING: None
RECOHHENOATIONS TO COUNCIL:
Housln9 CommIssion recommends to Counctl that the Proposed Changes to
the COBG Housing Rehabilitation Pr09ram be adopted Ntth a change to'5
to state tn the third paragraph tnstead of 'CCN Liaison' Insert
'Housing CommIssion member and/or alternate',
HEETING TO OROER: 9:41 AM by Chatrperson Hoore
HINUTES: Hotlon to approve the Hlnutes of February 13, 1990. Nas made by
R111Iams. seconded by Stadtlander, carried 6.0.
CCN REPORT . WILLIAMS:
Williams reminded everyono that CommunIty Oevelopment NOek NIll be Aprtl 6
to 13, 1990, and Roger Hassey Is expected to attend.
COBG HOUSING UPDATE . HILKMAN:
Hllkman stated tho upcomtng Census count Is Important to tho fundtng for the
COBG program. A loan for 560,000.00 has been filed Ntth the 10Na FInance
Authority for cite Improvements to Sycamore VleN subdivIsion and a dectslon
should be made by the end of April. The CDBG budget Nlll be amended to show
an Income from the Rohab program In the amount of 572,000.00 Nhtch Is a
result of payments and sale of properties. etc. and a carryover of
560.000.00 of unallocated Houstng Rehab funds from last year Is added to
this year's budget for a total of 5360,000.00, Invltattons Ntl1 bo sent for
the C~unlty Development Week to bo hold In Aprtl. Rehab tour for Houstng
Commissioners will be held Hay 8, 1990, early alternoon (old Whlteway will
be on the tour), The rehab of the ctty.owned house on Ftrst Avenue Is
coming along and an Open House will be hold In April, Tho property at 431
North Lucas Street had minor plumbtng problems but everything else Is done,
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MINUTES
IOWA CITY HOUSING COMMISSION
HARCH 13. 1990
DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO HOUSING REHAB PROGRAMS . MILKMAN/BARNES:
As a result of looking at programs In other cities, staff discussions, and
HUo suggestions, staff Is recommending changes to the CoBG and Rental
HousIng RehabilitatIon Programs with the purpose of creattng a more
effective, streamlined and revenue-producing program tailored to the needs
of Iowa City, Proposed changes tnclude the followtng:
1) Enlarge elIgible program area to be ctty.wlde with prlortty still glvon
to '403" area,
2 RaIse elIgible tncome ltmtts from 1001 to 1201 of median Income,
3 Form of financial asststanco be determIned by ablltty to pay.
4 Increase In limits of assIstance to more correctly roflect Increases In
costs,
5) Processtng and funding approval to be changed to allow a Revtew Board to
approve projects on a more frequent basis as opposed to the HousIng
Commtsslon monthly review,
67l Role of Housing Commtsslon to become the Appeals Board for grievances.
Priortties for Rehab to remain tn tho same order with the addition of
"403" area and tmplementtng the "temporary" poliCY to "permanent" of
processing up to two cases In the lowest priority category (single
persons) for comprehensive rehab,
8) Fund allocation to be used: 401 to famll les 50-1201 for medIan income
and 601 to be used for families below 501 median income.
Housing Commission response to changes was favorable wtth exception to
eliminatIon of Housing Commission review of rehab projects but accepted the
proposals wtth a change to wording of number 5 to stato the RevIew Board
should include a member or alternate of the Housing Commtsslon rather than
the CCN liaison, In add1t1on the Revtew Board should meet on a regular
basis, two times per month mlntmum, Barnes stated that thero should also be
no conflict of interest with the btdding contractors and Houstng Commtsslon
member/altornate. Chairperson Moore volunteered as first person to contact
with McMahon as first alternate and Hulse as second alternate. Mooro stated
the Bylaws of the HousIng Commlsston should be changed to reflect tho
appotntment of member and alternate to the Rehab Revtew Board. Hotion to
recommend to Counctl to adopt the Proposed Changes to tho CoBG Housing
Rehabtlitatton Program with a change to '5 to state tn paragraph 3 ltno 7
Ins tead of "CCN L ta t son" lnsort 'Hous lng Commlss Ion member and/or altorna to"
was made by Moore, seconded by McMahon, carried 6.0. Proposed changes will
go to Counctl April 3, 1990,
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HINUTES
IOWA CITY HOUSING COMMISSION
/'ARCH 13, 1990
HOUSING AUTHORITY REPORT . HENOERSON:
, Section 8 and Public Housing Update
Public Housing February rent Income: $10,094.00
Two un its vacant.
Karch I, 1990, Housing AssIstance Payments to landlords:
461 Certl flcatos $115,350,00
235 Vouchers $ 65,718.00
Twenty-three (23) applications submitted for approval,
Revised income limits effective February 16, 1990, were distributed,
OISCUSSION - None
ADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn at 10:45 AM was made by Stadtlander,
. seconded by McKahon, carried 6.0.
APPROVED BY:
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SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION
MARCH Ill, 1990
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Garry Bussa, Maty Goasland, Bud Gada. Joan Hood, Vlnco
Mauror, Duano Moans, Juno Plopor, Rulh Wagnor
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
GUESTS PRESENT:
Hatold Stagor
Bono Molsol, Joyco Pholpl
Alan Monsanto, Council 01 Eldorl
INTRODUCTlONS/MINUTESlPUBLIC DISCUSSI(lli:
Bud Godo callod tho moo ling 10 ordor at 3: II p,m. Ho wolcomod Monsanlo to tho mooting.
n wu moved to InIOrt 'ono of tho purposos' at tho beginning 01 the last aonlonco 01 tho flrst
patagraph rolallng to tho Round Tablo and 10 Insort 'nlghtlanltor" lollowtng one work study
Itudontln tho Budgol Updato In tho Fobruaty mlnutos. BussolHood. Mollon carrlod. Tho
mlnutol wora apprOVed u atnonded.
Thoro was no publlo dllculllon.
IDnQR CENTER U~DA!E . MEIS~L:
Molsol oxplalnod that thoro Is a problom with longlhy, 1II0gal pO/king allhe Wuhlnglon Stroot
onltanco. Tho Ilgns will be changod to rood '18-mlnuto Parking. Tow Away Zono.' Sho said
Iho wrote a momo to SEATS and Ecumonleal Towerl oxplalnlng the now policy.
Molsol laid tho City Is hosllng ono 01 tho Buslnoss PM rocopllons lor Iho Chamber 01
Commorco on April 12, Ills a drop-In rocopllon from 4:30-8:30 p.m. and tho Senior Conlor
Commission and Council 01 Eldorl ato Invited. It will bo hold althe Transit Building at 1200
South Rlvorlldo Drlvo. Tholo Intorostod In going Ihould 101 hor know so tholr laos can bo
paid,
Molsol oxplalnod thai thoro was somo quostlon about what actMtlos political candldalos and
olllco holdorl should bo allowod whon thoy como to Iho Sonlor Conlor, espoclally In rogard
to lunch limo. It was luggoslod that It might bo good to mool with tho Nutrition Advisory
Board about this to dotormlno what tho COmmIssion and tho Boord fool Is or Is not approprlalo
political activity In this building.
TOW~ MEETI~G UPDATE. HOOQ:
Hood laid It had boon docldod to call tho mooting a Round Tabla Discussion, ond It will bo
from 1 :30.3:00 p,m. on April 30. Tho flrst ordor 01 buslnoss \\111 bo the prosonlatlon and
updato 01 tho Commission's lIvo'yoor goals. Tho partlclpanls will dlvldo Into four groups with
Goasland, Moans, Plopor and Hood as group loadolS. Altorward, cofloo snd rofroshmonts will
bo sorvod.
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Sonlor Conlor COmmission
M4Ich Ill, 1990
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n wo, tho consonsu, Ihallho at1JcIo In tho fQH .hould poIn! ou,lh.,th/l/. III opportunity
lor ovoryono'l volco 10 bo hoatd wllh tho omphalll on con,tluctlvo, poslllvo Input and notluSI
a grlpo sosslon,
BOOSTER CLUB UPDATE. WAGNEa:
Wagnor lald Iho was concomod about tho .t.lul 01 tho Boo,tor Club and tho dlractlon It
Ihould tako. Sho oxplaJnod thatthoy had boon dolayed walling lor . doclllon from tho City
AlIornoy on whothor tha Contor should havo . FoundaUon or lUll malnlaln tho Gin Fund.
Wagnor lald sha fool. tho comm/lIoo lhould IIatI ovor and bo .uro tholr goall and long.llmo
olfortl colocldo with tho FIvo.Yoat Goall. Sha asked tha Commllllon lor tholr Input In docldlng
what tho Boostor Club lhould boo
Thoro wal a gonoral dllculllon on tho dlfoc1lon thll commllloo Ihould lako. II was loll thol
tho commlltoo Ihould dovolop IOmO Ihort. and Iong.rango goall and thai 10100 thought should
bo glvon to locurlng 10100 community pooplo to 10rvO on tho commlttoo and net IImlllng tho
momborshlp to lormor COmmlsslonorl. Mauror laid It might Cloato a momorlallboquost avonuo
lor gMng and also docldo tho propGr mochanlsml lor othor fund ralllng. II wu luggoslod that
tho commlttoo might rocommond obloctlvol with . IImollno to complota thl. by tho tonlh
annlvorlaty colobrallon.
COMMIS~ION ~8ESENTAnONS . /MURE6, sraom:
Mauror laid ho .poko brfofty to tho Boatd 01 SUpGrvllorl about tho Conlor'l v1doo oqulpmont
and plan' lor producllon al an outroach tool. Thll waa lavorably rocolvod.
Molsol roportod lor Slagor on hi. visit to tho Council of Eldorl moollng. Thoy dlscuSlod tho
upcoming Chambor moollng and planl lor Oldor Amorlclll" Day, Thoy also dl,cussod
volunloor p4lklng altho Cantor and voled to rocommond 10 tho Commission that tho lour
parking Ipaco, agalnsttho chalnllnk lonco bo doslgnalod as voluntoorl only patklng IpOCOS.
Monsanlo .ald that ho had proposod that all tho rooms bo numborod, boglnnlng with II on
Iho ground laval, as ho loltthoy 810 not matked efoarly. No action was takon on thl,.
Godo and Mollol oxplalnod thai tho COmmlsslon'l roquost to Iho City Council to usa Iho
monoy In Iho budgot lor loworlng tho collings In tho Exorclso Room and Classroom 2 lor vldoo
oqulpmont did not got approvod. Godo said tho Council and Atkin. loomod to v10w this os
on oxpandod laval ollorvlco and thoy woro nolln favor olthl.. Thoro was ganorol discussion
on this and tho consonsu. was that tho COuncil Is not sura about oxactly what II happonlng
wllh cablo lV at lho prosont 11100. Unllltho changos baing mado with rogard to tho public
accoss and govornmont channol. aro mora cloarly donnod, thoy aro not Inlorostod In approving
a budgot roquostln thl, aroa.
Q~BLE lV UPDATE. BARTELS. HARDY. ROGUSKY:
Hardy oxplalnod that whon tho City nogollalod accoss with tho cobia company In lho 1010 '70s,
Iho vondors Ira dad nvo public channol, lor cablo lV rights In tho city. Thoso channols aro
Unlvorslty 01 lowo, Educollon Consortium, Kirkwood, Publlo Accoss (Channol 26), Govornmonl
(Channol 29), and tho Ubrary (Channol 20).
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Horltago agrood to provldo oqulpmont and paid stan 40 houri por weok lor Channol 28, Ho
laid his lob as Production Coordlnalor II dopondont upon public accoll tolOV1llon and tho
library. Ho said tho govornmont channol'l prlmaty function Is 10 bloadcalt City Council
moo lings and glvo govornmontlnlormallon.
Hardy laid tho problom with tho IIbraty and PATV Is mainly lhattho "billY oqulpmont II hoavUy
bookod . almost two months In advanco . and tha aystom Is tochnJcally outdaled. II was
dOllgnod lor amatour odillng (lklnch VHS) and not prololllonal (314~nch VHS). Hardy laid
tho oqulpmont at tho Communlty Programming Canlor II also hoavlly used. They atO also
cutting back tho houri to 32 a wook and wUl bo opon Irom 3.11 p,m. dally and Salurdaya.
Hardy lald tho Sonlor Contor video voluntoors havo UIO 01 tho oqulpmont only two houri por
wook. Ho explalnod that proparlng tho vldeotapod programs lor vlowtng on cablo TV roqulros
a minimum 01 ono hour'l work. Many programs roqulro much moro limo. A rulo 01 thumb II
ono hour odlllng lor ono mlnuto 01 vldeotapo. Ho aald ho lpondl an avorago 01 six hours
proparlng lust tho City Council moollng lor Ihowlng.
Hardy said tho community accoss channol hu a constant nood lor programl and ho
Ichodules Senior Cenlor programming In a two-hour block ovary day on Chloool 29. Ho laid
Iho Sonlor Cantor producol moro programming than any othor group and tho quality oltholr
programming Is Incroaslng. Ho lald Ioglllles 01 edlllng atO the problom bocaul8 It Is dlfficull
dopondlng on other pooplo'l oqulpmont
Hardy and Bartols passod atound a brochure Ihowlng a baslo editing unit Hatdy laid It was
not a prolosslonal unit, but II was a functional ono. Ho oxplalnod thai a Sonlor Cantor
voluntoor could do baslo odlllng on tho unit Ho laid a baslo edit moantlhat on a program
with one Ipoakor, tho crodltl at tho boglnnlng and tho ond could bo odltod on and also
spoclal tonos could bo added which atO nocossaty lor clarity, Thll will tako Irom 1.2 houri,
minimum . a tlmo-consumlng job. Hardy laid moro complicated edits, luch u adding muslo,
volcoovors, 010., roqulro much mora limo, Hardy laid as a profosslonal, ho would IIko a
profosslonal quality odltlng unit, but laid tho City would probably not bo buying ono In tho
Immodlato luturo.
Godo thankod Hardy, Bartols and Rogusky lor coming and ospoclally Hatdy and Bartols lor
dovollng so much of tholr tlmo 10 this projocl. Hardy and Bartols agrood to prlorltlzo tho list
01 suggoslod oqulpmont In ordor lor tho Commission to know oxactly what Is noodod and
whon.
Tho moollng odjournod ot 5:55 p.m.
Mlnulos proparod by Joyco Pholps, Sonlor Conlor Socrolary.
Mlnulos opprovod by Garry Bussa, Sonlor Conlor Commission Socrolary.
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IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
MARCH 28, 1990
SENIOR CENTER ClASSROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Hatold WellbroMor, Jason Chon, Ray Haines, ChII.HlIng Lu,
Haywood Bone, Fred Mirna, Torry powon, Rolalle Rtod
Dorothy Paul
AIIco HarrIa, Dalo Helling
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
None.
REQUESTS TO 1}iE CITY MANAGeR FOR INFORMATION OR STAFF ASSISTANQ~:
None.
LElTERS QF MAmRS PENDING COMMJSSIONlCOUNCIL DISCUSSI~:
None,
RECOQWTlO~ OF PUBUC AND NEWS MmlA:
Sludonllrom tho Unlvorslty 01 Iowa ' Urban Admlnlltrallon Class, Both Clauson.
~MARY OE-DISCUSSIQt1.AND FOR~L ACTIONS TA~:
A vole was takon on having David Brown roprosenl tho Commission In two casal to be
Ichoduled lor public hearing and also omploylng Amy Couch from tho Dopartmenl 01
Inspoctlons and Appoala to bo dOllgnalod as tho hoarlng oMcor lor both hoarlngl, A mollon
was mado by Wollbronnor and loconded. Tho mollon Catrfod,
CALL TO ORDEB:
Tho mooting was callod to ordor by Chalrporson Halnos, Tho noxl COmmllllon mooUng Is
schodulod lor Monday, April 23, 1990, at 7:00 p.m, In tho Sonlor Conlor Clalsroom, A mollon
lor approval 01 mlnulos 01 Fobruary 28, 1990, was mado by Lu. It was locondod by Bolla,
Tho mollon carrlod.
CASI;S PI;NDINQ:
Harris roportod throo omploymonl casas aro bolng Invostlgolod, ono lor racial discrimination,
sho nogollatod a solllomont of $400; ono lor soxual orlonlatlon and ono lor loxual hatassmont,
which sho Is altomptlng to nogollalo a prodotormlnatlon sott/omonl which would Includo a
provontlng soxual harossmont policy and Iralnlno. Anolhor lor prognancy dlscrlmlnallon In
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Iowl City Human Rlghll Commlulon
MOIch 28, 1990
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omploymontla undor InvosllgaUon. Tho public hoating lor Cue No. tWA05-23-8501II walting
lor tho hoating oltlcor'l declllon by tho ond 01 nox! month. Two eam In employmonl
dlIcrlmInltlon need Ichedullng lor publlo hoarlng. Tlam A . wlgnmenl ElSRI2.ua08 ' NPC
. closed. Team B . PMlll-2ll-8601 . predolormlnaUon aettfomonl, public accoll and apology ,
cloI8d. Toam C ' E/D12.21.s802 . NPC 'cloI8d.
Mlmt roported I toloconloroneo on Importantlasuos lacing Black ltudont athlelos will be hold
Itlho UnIvoralty 01 Iowa on April 18lrom 12:00 to 2:00 p.m, In tho Torraco Room, Momorlal
Union. RSVP II roqulred. Tho phono number Is 335-9598. Ho urged Commlsslonors to
Inond.
OLD BUSINES~:
Harrls roported thatlho was on two prosonlallons lor tho nold and phono Ilall 01 tho Iowa
Cltlzonl Ac1fon Notwork.
t!EW BU&I~ESS:
Hatrllllld Iha will nood to know about any upcoming Italnlng tha COmmlsslonora want 10 go
10 10 Iho can mako tha roglsltallons. Tho Iowa CMI Rlghls Commission Irom Oos Molnos Is
doing Commlsslonor Italnlng on April 171rom 12:00 10 7:00 In the Roc Centor, (Room B) Tho
Commlsllon II hosUng this event She will anend a prosontallon on tho Falr Houllng Law on
April 19 at 9:00 a.m, In Dubuquo, She romlnded tho Commission about tho display altho
Trw" Facility lor tho CIty 01 Iowa City Buslnoss PM. Lu and Wollbroonor will be thore, Harris
will anond the town lorum moollng al Wast High on March 31 at 10:30 a.m. Halnolls also
going. Mlms Itated mInority laculty recrulUng has boon suceosslul altho Unlvorllty 01 Iowa.
Halnol dlsltlbuted publlcallons Truth About Aolng, by AARP; and Jn1lJAl.Ives: Sexuel
Harassmont (Part I), Journal 01 NAWDAC, Vol. 52, No.3.
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Commonls woro made about tho Hy.Voe Suprome Court doclslon and Its slgnlncance. Helling
lpoko about roconl loglslallon, Houso Fila 2154 . this bill mandates local human rights
commissions, Ho Itatod tho status 01 tho bill was that It was going to an Inlorlm study
commlltoo and a ono yoar sunsot elause was bolng put on It. Ho stalod a concorn about
ambiguous languago and the local controllssuo. Howovor, thoro atO no ma/or objoctlons 10
tho bill Itsell. Ho also Ilatod that ho will bo taking part In tho Inlorvlew procm lor tho
Assistant City Altornoy.
Tho moollng was adjournod.
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