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To the Mayor of Iowa City Council,
The followlnglellCl' perulns In the ordinance unlkr conslclt:ralion re2ulatingthc ~e
of clgiUCUes to penons unclt:r the age of 18. On behalf of Docto(s Oughlto Care
(0.0.C.1. I would like to thank YOIl for your continued InlertSlln this Tmpor13l\t he31th
ISlue and for your desire to drafi L/ld enaclgood legislation.
O.O.C. has had a long Inlertsl In the I"ues sunounding this ordllW1ce. Over tho
l3.ltthree yws, lI'e have repcaltdly demonluntcd th3lteens In iho 10Wll City IIIQ h3vo
nwly freo acte" to clgiUClles In that they h3ve been successful In purclwlng clgatClICS al
numerous convenience stores, grocery slores, gas stations, drug stores and al every
vending machine studied.
Over the Wi eight months, beglmllngln June 1m, our efforts h3vo been to
promote M ordilWlce enforcing sccllon 98.2 of the 10Wll Code, which provides that
clg3tClleS should not be sold 10 minors. Funhermore, the ordln3l1ce spc(lnes th3t all
clgarcllo vending machines mUll be 10000ted unclt:r dirccladult supervIsion. Working whhln
the framework of the 10Wll Code, the 10Wll City Council has an opponunlty to restrict the
supply of tob3CCO to minors through M ordinance 1h31 will:
I. regulalo the sale of clgiUClIes;
2. require D retail license;
3. prohlbll ..'lies 10 persons unclt:r elghleen yws of age;
4. require the poltlng of legal and hC3l1h warnings;
S. regulalo placement of clgarcllo vO",ding machines;
6. penalize for violations thereof. .
The Imponance of Ihls kind of pro-hC3hh proposed ordinance has been recently emphasized
by tho sUPJlOrt of Govemor Dranstad for statewide legislation to protecl minors from
clgiUClIes,lncluding tcsulatlon of vending machine sales.
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One of tho sticldng polnls In debate of tho 10Wll City ordln3l1co has been tho
proposed use of locking devices on vending machines, With regard~ III this Issue, we h~vc
enclosed on Inrormatlon sheet rrom Americans for Non Smokers Rlghls. Although II
questions tho effectiveness or locking dl.'\'Ices and the compllanco by vendors In their
utlllZlltlon of such devices, It Is noteworthy thai tho vending machlnCllooacco Indultr)'
actually favors locking devices as an allematlvd to total b3l1s, Furthcl'Inorc, adopllon of
locking devices by WOodrldge, IIl1nolsnnd MlnnC3polls. Minnesota, have demonltrated
the actu.,1 cost to Install the devices 10 be S3S. 100 dollan per machine. Local roorch h.u
found that ndequate locking/regulation devices arc avnllable at a cosl of S21.9S pcr
elcttrlcall-openlled machine.
~ veM~ machines represent an Important50uCe or clgarellcs for minors, It Is our
I machine sales or clgnrelles will be regula,ed, either nl tho City level or at
the Slale love .~ rder for the City Council of Iowa City to drafi an ordln.
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clwly Inlaprclable and en(orable, we recommend lhaIlocldna devices be cqulllllCd onlO
either aU or nont o(lhe vcndlna machlncs.l( the Council chooses not 10 require lilcklna
devices, lhe pbccmcnl o( such ilevIccs could be used u a mcans o( PWIlullon in any we
where vIol1llOll of lhe ~ ordltwlce pcruJn.lO vendln, mach1ncs. BcaUIO I lOW
vcndlna machine ban Is uridct conddmtlon In llot Stale LealdalUle,lhe CllyCouncll may
wish 10 delay consldcradon o(lhe llOI1Ion ohho ordinance jlctulnlna 10 locklna devIccs.
However, we (eel WI tho oIht1 polnlS of tho proposed ordinance have peal value and
wamnl conddetatlon and voto Wllhoul (unher delay. Pm1ac o( Ihe50 poinlS would make
Iowa Clly tho fint munld~ty In Iowa 10 WO such a pro-~th SWlCO and I rolo modeIlO
tho rest o( tho StaLe.
Tho mosllmporunl aspect o( any proposed ordln2nco Is the sPlril with which It
wOuld be en(orced. WhClher embodlcd Wfthln tho lanauaao o( tho ordinanco or WIlaed
sepmlely, we feellhe City CouncIl should require tho Iowa City Pollee ~llO
report annually on en(orcemcnl procedures pcffonntd with reprd 10 this ordinance. O(
counc. D.O.C It wllllnalO provide manpower 10 the Pollee In en(orcIna tho ordinance.
FInally, we would like 10 clarl(y our ~tlon on penallzlns mInon (or pwtIwlna .
:ts. Wo are 0Illl05Cd 10 such penaJltlcs. Out aim Is 10 dccrc:uo tho demand (or
I by mlnon thiouah edUQlion ond III supply by l~sladon.Wo support school
Wed pro-health ~ns. 1(, however, tho Iowa City COuncil should c60c>>0 10 draI\ and
pass an ordinance rcqulrina PWIltics for lobacco pur-Iwcs by mlnon, D.O.C. would
endono tho ~lJ:a of "~ve scntenclna." Poulblo IlCfWdcs miahllncludo P3rtIclplltlon
by tho minor In police "sdns" operadons, c!can.up o( C1prelle bullS from pubUc Jl'OIIIlds,
or voIunlCCr work with tho American ~ SocIety. Ills 0IIt I!oPo that strona mUn1clpal
en(orccmcnl of tho lAw controlina tho sujlply of c1saretICS 10 minors would make such
penaldcs unnecessary. .
I( there are any questions tesardlnSlhls letlet, pte:uo do not hcsilato 10 contact me.
Sincerely,
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
TOI Tho IIonorablo Hayor and tha City Counoil
REI Civil Borvico Entranco Exa.inlltJ,on - ParkinCJ Coohior
Wo, tho undorliCJnod .olbers of tho civil Sorvico COllilDion of Iowa
City, Iowa, do horoby cortify tho following nlllod poraon(s) in tho
ordor of thoir atondinCJ oa ol1CJiblo for tho polition of PorkinCJ
Caahior - PlIrking.
Shari Porronoud
Linda GanDko
Gloria IIanaon
IIiredl 01/21/91
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Hiredl 01/21/91
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TOI Tho 1I0norablo Hayor and tho City Counoil
RBI civil sorvico Entranco Bl/oDinatlon - l14intononco lforkor I
Wo, tho undorliqnod Doaborl ot tho civIl Sorvico co..iaaion ot Iowa
city, Iowa, do horoby cortity tho tOllowinq nAmod poraon(a) in tho
ordor ot th.ir Itandfnq al oliqlblo tor tho poaition ot Knintonanco
Workor I - Pollution Control.
Don Holllch IUradl 2/18/91
CIVIL SERVICB
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TOI Tho 1I0norllblo Hayor and tho city Counoll
RBI civil Sorvico Bntranco Exalination - Ani.~l COntrol
Offlcor
Wo, the undereiqnod !8lbore of tho civil Sorvico co..illion of Iowa
city, Iova, do horoby cortifY tho followinq nalod porlonCe) in tho
ordor of tho1r Itrndinq oa ol1qiblo for tho pooition of Anllllll
Control Officor - Anilllll Sholtor.
Laurio Wiqqa lIirodl 2/16/91
IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICa
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City, Iowa, do heroby cortity tho tOllowing nallod porson(a) in tho
ordor or thoir standing aa oligiblo tor tho position ot Troat.ont
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Dolo: Fobruary 26, 1001
To: City CouncU
From: City MMlIllor
Ro: Summll Sltool Tlllno Study
SlolI has lurthor IOlInod tho Informollon presonled to you on Jonuary 21 whon you 11/11 discussod
tho Summll Sltool imino studt. In 10SponsO to YOUI commonts wo hovo prepared thleo oddlUonol
ollomoUvellor your ovoluotlon. This rosulla In Boven oltornollvus lor dlscusslon at tho March 5
City CouncU mooting.
. A1lomoUvo A . Rep/oco brldgo 01 Summll Slreel.
. A1tomoUvo A(I) . Rep/oco brldgo 01 Summll Slteel ond medify 1101110 conllol.
. A1tomoUvo B (two.lono) and A1lomollvo 0 (lour,lono) . Construcl brldgo 01 Governor
Sltool: o~lend Govornor Sltoel 10 KlrkwoodlKeokuk Inlorsecllon: ollmlnolo blldgo 01
Summll Sltool.
. AIIornoUvo C . Construcl Soventh Avenuo ol.gledo RR closslng: ollmlnoto brldgo 01
Summll Sltoet.
. AllomaUvo e(I). Construcl Sovonlh ^vonuo ot.glodo RR closslng and rop/oco blldgo 01
Summll Sltool.
. A1tomaUvo D . Ellmlnalo Summll Sltoel bridgo: do nol rop/oco.
You 010 locod with a largo.aca!o doclslon which wllllmpocltho communlly many yoors Into tho
luturo. Ills a dllllcull doclslon, as any action you lako II) Implovo Iho ltoll1o ayslom In this aroa
will havo both poslUvo ond nogallvo Impacls, Thoso Impacts aID aummarlzod lor oach allornotlvo
In Iho lollowlng Infolmotlon. Ills appolonllhol ony Improvomonllo Iho syslom which adds 0 new
rolllood crossing will couso somo disruption 10 o~lstlno nolohborhoeds and wlllllkoly dlsploco
somo dwolllll(l units. Hopofully tho communlly.wldo bonefll 01 on olllclonl orlorlol slteot syslom
con bo boloncod with tho doslros 01 Individual resldonUol nolohborhoeds.
A doclslon rogardlng tho Summll Sllool Blldgo will allow Iho Publlo Works Doportmont to bogln
proporotlons lor roplacoment or ramovol ollho alruclulo, onsurlng 0 smoolh translllon from tho
old slruclulO 10 Iho now facility. Slall Is plaparod 10 provldo any olhar Infolmallon you may
roqulro to como 10 closuro on this Issuo. For o~omplo,1f 0 doclslon 10 modo 10 clooo tho Summll
Stroot Blldoo 10 molor vohlclos, Ills posslblo tho strucluro can bo modlflod ond rolalnod os 0
podoslriol1i1llcyclo bridgo. Plooso plan 10 discuss thoso and any olhor Issuos atlho MOlch 5
moollno.
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I. Domollsh SUIM'Jt Slroo' 8rldQo S 12,000
2. Doslgn and constNCI now SUmmll Slrlel Bridge, nollng i
IOIthotlo COnsklollUons 01 SUmmll 611001 Historic i I:
Prosorvlllon Plan 1,000,000
Total proltd cosl 1,012,000 I
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Federallllklgo Funds aVllablo . eso,ooo
Nel Local Proloct Cost S 362,000
Efftel, of /hI, AI/Im,II",
No In1lrovemont to ovorla Irllflo now on tho lIlorIAI slrOollYllom.
. DoGS not docrelse Irelflo on SulM'Jt Slreo' or Klrl\wood Avel'AJo,
DoOl notlnctaasa Ironlo on oxlsUng non'lIlodalllrooll.
No dwonlng unlls displaced.
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traffic control,
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2. Doslgn and constlVct now SUmmll Strool BrIdoo, notinO
aosthollc conslderalbns 01 SUmmit Stroot Hlstono
ProselVallon Plan t ,000,000
3. EDmlnalo aa.way Ilop a\ K1f1(wocd Avonue!
Summit Slreellnlersectlon 0
4. DrAge and Governor SII, two.way betweon Bowery & Burlington:
allmlnata on-llraol parldng 0
5. Slgnallzo DodgolKlrkwood lntorsoctloJn 40,000
&, RoconsllUGt Inlersectlons 01 DodgolBurllngton and
Dodgo/BOwory 10 permilleparaled len,tum moven~n1s 20,000
7. Posslblo naed \0 Ilgnallzo GovernorlBurllng\on, DodgolBowory,
and KIrtIw~ookuk intersections 120,000
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Fedoral 8r1dgo Funds avallablo
Nol Local Proloct Cosl
Elloc', of /hI. AI/,m.t/v,
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. 650,000
$ 542,000
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Somo dlverllon 01 SUmmit Slreel traNIo 10 Dodge SlroeL
Some diversion 01 Bowery Slroel Iralllo 10 8urllnoton Slreel.
Does not decroase tralflo on KIIkwocd Avonue; may Incraaso II on acmo loomonta.
Dlmlnlshos I18NIo canyfng capacllY 01 arterlalltreel network:
. Dodgo Slroel two-way
, d~lIcully In accessing KIrkwood from SUmmll
Not a pennanonllolutlon . traNIo control may bo changed by Mure Councils,
Displaces parking on Dodge Streel (no CUmlnl aKematlvo parking option In neighborhood.)
No Iflllrovomonl to corrklor conllnully on the arterial atreallYltem.
Doos nollncroBSo tralllo on oxlsUng non,artorlal slrooll or dlsplaco dwolllng units.
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extend Governor Street to
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I. Acqu~. right 01 way and 10 houses $ 1,076,000
2. Demolition 74.500
3. RolocaUon costa 11,260
4. Conslruct brldge 600,000 '
5. ConslNCI Govemor Stroel beN/oen RR and
KIt1\wood Avenue (2 lane) 130,500
8. S~nallze KkkwoodMookuk Intorsectlon 40.000
7. S~nlllze Govomor/8Urtlngton Intorsectlon 40,000
8. Demolish Summit S~eot Brldgo 12,000 '
Total proloct COGI 1,984,260
Fedoral Bridge Funds available . 650,000
Nol Local Prolect Call , $ . 1,334,280
Elllet, 01 /hI' AII,mlllv,
DOC/oasos tralllo voklmo on Summit SlIeet and Dodge Strool,
IncrOlses lIalllo voklmo on Governor Slreot louth 01 8urllnglon Stroot,
Improvos ovorell trafflo Ilow by providing bailor arlerlallystom contlnully from Bowory
Slroot to Kirkwood Avonuo,
Displaces 10 ct.volllng un"s In KIr1<wood, Walnut, Govornor and pago sl, aroa.
Arlortalltrootlmpacls 10 no~hborhood along Govornor Stroot al~nmont boN/oon Bowory
Slroot and KIr1<wood Avonuo,
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Construct bridge at Governor Streetj
oxtend Governor Street to
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eliminate Summit Street Bridge
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I. Acquh r\gij 01 way alld 20 hoUIOI S 1.862,000
2. DGmolklon 149,000
3. RolocatJon colli 19.880
4, COnllNd bridge 600,000
5. ConIlNd GoY,mor Streol botNoon RR elld
KJrl\'NOOd AVlnue (411no) 270,000
e. RoconSINCI Keolalk 61rool belWton KJrl\'NOOd
and tffly. e (4 w) 475,000
7. Slgn4IIze KJrkwoodn<eoIwk Inlel1OC1lon 40,000
e. SlgnaIze Govomollllllrllnglon Inlol1OC1lon 40,000
8. Demolish SUmtril Strlol Bridge 12,000
Total ptOjod cosl 3,487,880
Fedoral B~gl Funds avaIlAble . 850,000
Not Local Proloc\ COli S 2,817.880
Efflel. 01 /hI. AII,m.llv.
. . DocreesOllrafllo vo~mo on Sumrril StrOll and Dodgo Slrool,
. IncrolSOI tralllo vo~mo on Govomor StroollOUlh 01 8urllngton SlrOII,
Improvel OVOl8l1lranlo flow by ptOvldlng bellor a~o~11 IYllom conllnully 'rom 80wery
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DlsptacOl 20 a.von:ng unltlln Kookuk, KIrkwood, Weloot, Govornor and Pago SI, aroa,
Morialltroellmpacll 10 no~hborhood alone Govemor Slroot al~nmonl betweon Bowory
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crosslngj Eliminate Summit Street Bridge
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I. Acqu~o rlgl1l-of-wlY and 8 housos S 572.000
2. Domolllon 59,600
3, Retocatlon colli 7.280
4, Cu~ort end Itormwllor cortollO Mid flOodIng othor
cMolllnOlon Sovorih AvelllolOUlh 0/ 0 51, 175,800
5, ConslNCI strool botwttn Lower Muacallno Road
end 0 51rool (01. 0/ 683leol or h1ghor elIoto floodplain) 381,144 i
8, RoconstNCIlnlolMCllon It Lower Muacatlno Ad. 12,480
7. SlgnaI.Io 8ovO,.h AvtlSycamoro 51JLowor Muacatlno lnlollocUon 40,000
8. Slgnllzo MuacaUno AV.lIltlSov.,.h Avolllo Int.lloctlon 40,000
O. D.mollsh SUnvnl Slrool 8rldgo 12,000
10. Purchuo rlghl-ol.w.y end movo lubstallon 3,500,000
Tot.1 proltct COlt
F odoral Btldgo Fundi avalleblo
Nol Local Pro/oct Coil
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DocrUlOllralflo voklmo on Sunvnll 5L
DocrulO.lrllflo on Flral Avonua, KIr1\wood Avenue and Lower Muscallne ROld,
ImprovOI overallltorlll stroollystem by IfT1lrovlng lpaclng olllrooll,
Slgnlflcant Incroaso In Irllflo voklmo on Sovonlh Avonuo, In oxlstlng non'arto~Dlltrool,
Will hulon nood 10 wldon Sycamore Slroel north 01 Highway 8,
DlsplacOI 8 ct.velllng unltl on Sovonth Avonuo louth 01 Q Slrool,
CloatOl doublo.frontago loll on oasllldo 01 SpnlCO Slreol, north 01 Lowor MUlcDllno Rd,
Removal 018 ct.volUng unlls In tOO YOlr IloodpIaln win docloaso'tlood hazard,
Win load 10 prOlluro to wldon Sovonlh Avenuo In tho fuluro,
Repllcol a orldo'lOparalod RR CI,Oaslng (Sunvnll) whh an al.grado Closslng (Sovonlh),
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I. Acqu~o rlght-ol.woy and 8 hOUlOl $ 572.000
2. Domolltlon 59,500
3. RolocoUon costa 7,280
., Culvort and ItomTlYaler control 10 avoid llnodIng OIher
ctNolllngs nn 8eventh Avoooo south 01 Q 51. 175.800
5. Conllrue!lIrlOt botwlOn Lower Muscallno Road
and Q Slroel (1lroolalelovallon 01 683
leel or hlghor dlo 10 l1oodpIaln) 38I,IU
8. Roconstrucllntofloctlon al Lowor Muscallno Ad, 12,~0
7. Signalize Sevonth Avo/Sycamore S~or Muscatlno lnIofloctlon .0,000
8. Signalize Muscallne AveooolSoventh Avoooo Inlofloctlon .0,000
9. Purchase r1ght-oI,way and movo .ubstallon 3,500,000
10. Demolish SulM'l1 Stroel Br1dgo 12,000
II. Do~ign and construe! now summit Strool8r1dge, noting IOIlhoUo
conslderallons 01 SUmmit Stroel Historic ProsoNeUon Plan 1,000,000
Total PfOIoct cosl 5,800,304
Fedolol8r1dge Funds available . 650,000
Nel Local Prolect Coli $ 5,150,304
Elltel. 0' Ihl. AII,mal/v,
Decroue.lramo voklma on Summll SltoOlj not to dogroo lhal closing brldgo doll,
Improvos overlll arterial .treot 'Yltom by proYldlng Improved Ipadng olltroels Ind
anolhor RR CrolSlng,
DecloaslI tramo on FIrat Avonuo, Kirkwood Avoooo and lowor Muscallne Rood.
Increases Iraltlo voklmo on Sovonlh Aveooo, an exlsllng non.artorlal slroel,
Will haslon noed to widen Sycamoro Slrool nollh 01 Highway 6.
Dlsplaco. 8 ctNolllng unlls on Sovonth Avonuo,
Croalos doublo lronlogo Iols on tho oasl.ldo 01 Spruco Slroel, north 01 lower Muscallno
Road,
Romovol of 8 ctNolllng units In tOO yoar Iloodploln will docroDSo tlood hazard.
Will load 10 pressuro to wldon Sovonth Avonuo In tho futuro,
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2. Signalize ~ookuk Inlelloctlon 40,000
3. 81gnallze KIrkwoOdIDOdOelnlolloctlon 40,000
4, Possllle neod 10 Ilgn.lIJo Govomorl1lu~lng\on Intolloctlon 40,000
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. Increases tralflo vokJme on Dodgo Strool, Gilbert Streel, and FIlii AvsllJo,
May Increase Iratflo volume on KII1<waod AvellJo botHoen Summllend Dodga Strooll,
. WOllens erto~alstreolsyslom Irafllo IIow by ollmlnetlng one RR crossing,
. Dellclent arter1alslreolspuclng,
No dwelling units are d1splacod,
. NortWsouth access lor emergency vehicles Is dangerously reslrlctod,
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Iowa City, Iowa 62240
Dolt John and Cerolyn:
EncIosod Is tho malorial thai has boon aonllo tho Counclllogardlng tho Summn SItOOI Trorno
Study Iaouo.. ThI.1a bolng .onllo you 0I1d othor nolghbolhood loadotl. Tho lIyor, announcing
tho Councll mooUng, was aonllo all tho pooplo notlfiod 01 tho Sovonth Avenuo/Govolnor Sltool
mooUng, IOlldonla 01 Summll Sltool and olhora who hlvo wrltton 10 tho Council rogltdlng lhl.
Iasue.
Tho drawlnge plovIdod by tho Dopartmonl 01 Publlo Worka ahowlng tho aIIgnmonl. 01 tho
Govornot Sltool and Sovonth Avonuo opUona aro nol roproduclb!o. Tho Council will nol aoo
thom unUltho mooUng 01 March 5. Tho drawlngl wlll bo avolloblo In my offico lor you 10 rovlow
prior 10 tho mooUng " you wlsh. I would approclato II " only roprosonlaUvoa 01 tho
nolghborhood. como by 10 v10w thoso drawlngs and rolay tho InlormaUon 10 othora.
Ploaso nolo thai tho mooUng on tho 5th wllllncludo Inlolmallon bolng prosonlod 10 tho Councll
by tho Iloff IIllf an opportunity lor you 10 provldo Inpullo tho Council. Ploaso contact mo "')'OU
hove Otr( quoatlona, 356-5014,
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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1991.7:30 P.M.
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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Attholr formal mooting 01 March 5, Iho City Council will bo provldod wllh additional
Inlormotlon 110m Iho sloll on oIlomaUvo options rolatlvo 10 Iho Summll StroOI Traffic
Study. Tho Council will provldo an opportunity lor publlo Input allhls mooting. .Thls
mooting II Inlondod 10 be on Inlormatlonal opportunity 101 Iho Counclt~nd rosldonls. .
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You aro Invllod 10 allond tho mooting anlVor provldo wrillon InpullO tho Council prior to .
Iho mooting. Numoroul lollera havo alroady boon rocolvod and 10IWardod 10 lheClly .
Council. Formal mootlngs 01 tho Clly Council aro lolovlsod live on Channol 30 and.' . ."
robroodcaSI periodlcally, lor thoso 01 you unable 10 allond. ,
Coplos 01 sl4ft Inlormatlon bolng sont 10 the Council will be sonllo Ihe nolghbOrhood '.~
leaders DSlod below prior 10 the meeting: please conlact one olthom "you would IIko 10 ,:,'
revlow Ihlslnlormatlon prior to Ihe meeting. '. ."j '.'
Tom & Cynlhla Charlton. 351.3919
Paul & Dorothy Durronborgor. 35407174
Charlos & Margarot Foiling, 338.6994
Tas Anlhony . 354.3044
John Gross. 351.5313
Rudl Kuonzll . 338-7362
" you havo any quostlons aboullho mooting, ploaso conlact Karin Franklin, Clneo 01
Nolghborhood Sorvlcos, 358.5014.
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Iowa City, Iowa 52240
ROI Proposed extonslon of S. Soventh Avo-Sycamoro
TOI Mombors of Iowa City City Council
Wo own 2 duploxos at 1118-1120-1122-1124 South Sovonth Avonuo that
abut n~lcton Creok and tho r~llroad on tho aouth side of our proporty.
Wo objoct to option C of Lho Summit Stroot Traffic Study Roport and
map for tho following roasonSI
1. Sovonth Avonuo South Is alroady narrow and making It a main
thorough faro would nocossltato romovlng parking and no doubt
tho ovontual wldonlng would romovo most of tho front yUds of
curront housing.
2. Tho proposo~ 17' grado rlso in front of our proporty would
block accoss to our proporty. Thoro Is no roar alloy or othor
accoss duo to th~ crook on tho oast as woll ae eouth sido of
tho proporty. Tonante of thoso duploxoe would vlow a vory
uneightly road and this will undoubtodly drastically roduca
tho valuo of tho proporty. Iowa City nooda to maintain all of
Its low and mlddlo Incomo housing. not downgrado It ae this
proposal would undoubtodly do.
3. A grade crossing at Sovonth Avonuo would havo tho eamo problema
of train blockago as First Avonuo dooe now. Although Flret
Avonuo offors a moro dlroct route from my homo to my placo of
buslnosa I usually uso tho Summit Stroot brldgo juet to avoid
tho froquont blockagos on Firet Avonuo. Iowa Cltr nooda moro
crossings that do not dlroctly Intorsoct with ra lroade, not
loss, If for no othor roason than to allow unlmpodod routing
for omorgoncy vohlclos.
Wa would urgo you to tako thoao points Into considoratlon in any
discussion rogardlng this plan.
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To th. lo.bor. of tho City Council:
I a. vrltlng In rogard to tha "Summit Stroet tr.fflc plan" and the
pOlllblllty of clollng tho SUIIlt Str..t brldg. .nd building n.v brldg'l
linking S. Gov.rnor vlth Keokuk end S. S.venth Av.. vlth Sycamor..
A. a relld.nt of S. Seventh Ava. I urge the council not to vote In
favor of clo.lng the Summit Stre.t brldga. I undtr.tand tht dellr. of tht
SUlJlt Stroot ro.ldont. to koop traffic at . Ilnlmum for ro..on. of ..foty,
hl.torlc pre.trvatlon, and ao.th.tlc. but thl. I. tht dt.lrt of all
ro.ldontt on tho louthoa.t .Ido .nd . plan IU.t bo cholon vhlch viii havo
Ilnl..l offoct. on tho lovo.t number of ro.ldont.. Thl. can only bo
achloved by roconltructlng tho Summit Jtroot bridge and prohibiting tho
dov.loplent of art. rial Itr.ot. on olthor S. Sov.nth Avo., S. Govornor or
Kirkwood Avo.
A. ha. b.en .usgelted by the Summit Stro.t, S. Govornor and S. Sov.nth
Av.. ra.ldonta, traffic on Summit Stro.t can b. lllltod by throo Inoxpon.lv.
and Illplo loa.ur.a: r.movlng the throo .top .ISn. at tho Intor.octlon of
Summit .nd Kirkwood: turning Dodgo Itroot from Burlington to Klrkvood Into a
tvo'vay .troot; and, vlth the aid of f.d.r.l funding, ropalrlng the brldg.
on Summit. Building brldg.a .t the oth.r augg'ltod lit.. vould advlrloly
.ff.ct the old n.lghborhoodl on thol. .nd kdJ.cent Itr..tl, n.lghborhood.
vlth home I al old .1 I.ny of thOle on Slumllt Str..t .nd vhlch, duo to th.lr
Ilall lot. .nd front.s. .pac., vould b. luch more .dv.r.ely .fflct.d th.n
Summit Str.ot I. nov or viii bo In tho futuro. Unlike Summit Stro.t
r.lld.ntl, m.ny r..ld.nt. of th.lO hou..holdl Ar. young filii I.. vlth 1..11
chl1dr.n and tho .ld.rly for vhom lafoty IUlt bo a top priority ov.r .Ith.r
aelthatlc valu. or Ilprovod tr.fflc offlcl.ncy. Th.r. 1. not onough IP'CO
on S. S.v.nth Avo. or S. Gov.rnor to turn th... .tr..t. Into .rt.rl01
thoroughf.re. .1 th.r. 1. on Summit Str.ot. Th. n.s.tlv. Ilpact on tho
hOI.. In th... n.lghborhood. duo to building brldg'l vould b. much gr.at.r
than tho 11nor .nnoy.nco of Incro'led trAffic on Summit.
Pl.... vote to m.lnt.ln tho .t.tu. quo by r.p.lrlng tho Summit ~tro.t
brldg. .nd m.klng the forolontlonod minor change. to Illlt traffic on
Summit. Thl. .olutlon 1. the lea.t d.valtatlng for the m.Jorlty of
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To: Hcllbers of tho City Council, 10lla City
Ro: COIIOnts on tho 'Su~lt Streot Tr.fflc Study'.
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FrOl 1130 PI to g:OO PI, February 26, 1991 tho Individuals listed below
lOt In Hooting ROQl 0 0' the 10lla Clly Rocrfatlon Center.
After rllscusslon wo reached agrttltnt Qn tho follolllng statements.
III Tho prosorvatlon of neighborhood Intogrlty should bo tho laJor
consldor.tlon In .ny traffic pl.nnlng for Ihls p.rtlcular area. Wo agreed
th.t ch.ngos which .dversely Imp.ct long tOtl stablo resldontlal nolghborhoods
lust bo Ivolded. As necossary as SlOolh traffic flow I'y bo, we concluded
that the conservation and protection of residential nOlghborhoods was a far
gro.tor priority when consldorlng changes In tho curront arterial stroets or
when contemplating n~ arterial routos Ihrough oxlstlng rosldontlal areas
(21 Wo are requesting tho City Council to Instruct tho relovant City
Stiff to Identify ways to lalntlln traffic at or bolow curront volumes on tho
streets within Ihe Summit Stroot Traffic Sludy area, Including but not limited
to, tho S. Sevonlh.Spruco.Sycamore, S. Governor.Walnut.Klrkwood.KoOkuk, and
Summit Street Ne!ghborhoods. The steps taken should focus on leasures to
limit or reduco the flow of traffic and to lalntaln the streots without
IntrOdUCing laJor changes such IS streot extensions .nd street Widening.
f31 Wo further request Ihat the City Council, whIle developing long term
pollc es to deal with lncroases In traffic rosultlng 'rom rosldentlal Ind
Industrial growth In Iowa City, consider how such Increases In traffic can bo
routed around established nOlghborhoOds rather than through them.
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Thomas and Cynthia Chlrlton 921 S. Sevonth Ave. 351.3919
Paul Ind Dorothy Durrenborgor 616 S. Governor St. 354,7174 i
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Jool lIorowltz 1129 Kirkwood Avo. 354.4225
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Thank you lor your con corns aboul tho Summll Slrool Iralllo pallorn.
Cortalnly more accoss across Iho railroad should bo an Imporlanl
goal 01 tho Clly Council. Docroaso In arlorlal lralllo on Summll
Slrool romalns a prlorlly lor Iho chlldron (somo 01 whom allondod
your council moollng) growing up on our slroot. Those 01 us who rldo
blcyclos 1001 thai roductlon In spoodlng calS provldos a saloly
lactor lor us. Tralllo dlsporsal 10 Iho Sycamoro Mall and Irom aroas
soulh should movo along roulos whIch aro nol rosldontlal aroas.
, want to sharo somo InsIghts from an artlclo In ~
~, Sunday, January 21,1991. Tho author suggostod
that rosldonts woro abandonIng clllos In favor 01 'ho suburbs. Tho
arllclo famentod clvlo rosponslblllty and maIntaIning sogmonts 01
the clly as rosources for all Iho clllzons. The rosldonts 01 Sur,lmll
StlOOt soo thomsolvos os concernod lor prosorvallon 01 a dlslrlct
closo to downlown fowa City whoro all clllzons con Jog, walk, rldo
blkos, and onJoy Iho wid!) vlllla 01 ~'ards, 1I0wors, and groon spaco.
Cloarly, II the brIck slroolsworo roslorod to 1910 appearanco,
heavy artorlal tralllo would destloy tho volunlary labors (cloanlng
and laying brIcks) 01 Summll Stroot rosldenls. Similarly, clly
expenso 10 lay a ccnclele base to support tho brIck would bo on
Inapproprlato Oxponso II arlorlal Iralllo deslroyed the
reconslrucllon. Resldonls, Inleresled In burying Iho oleclrlcal
power 10 homos, consldor doing co, II Ihat roslorallon will provide
the sonse 01 spacious lawns. The prosorvallon commissIon envisions
such Improvoments as OSlhollcally pleasIng.
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Tho roslorallon must main lain modorn tralllo signs; bul tho posts
can provldo an osthotlcally ploaslng dlvorslon from tho prosont two
Inch squaro galvanlzod posts prosontly usod. Eloctrlcal Junction
boxos can bo foncod to minimize tholr Impact on Iho onvlronmont.
Cooporatlve Iroe plantlngs and lighting flxturos could provide a
pleasing atmosphere similar to tho Ponlacrost araa on campus.
All thes'e visions dopend on Iho Council's support and oncouragomont.
Fow aroas In Iowa Clly can roturn to thoso 'turn 01 tho Contury'
features and romaln authentic. Othor neighborhoods look to Summit
Streot for loadorshlp. Tho procodonts sot In tho clly's Historic
Proservatlon Zone Influencos plans 01 othor groups to spond
rosources, tlmo, and ollorl In maintaining the proservatlon flavor 01
past decados. Please holp us by supporting reduced tmlllc on
Summit Stroet and relurnlng It to residential trallle pallerns.
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February 24, 1991
TO. IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL -- Dill Ambrisco, Karon Kubby,
Susan Horowitz, Randy Larson,
Hayor John HcDonald,
Naomi Novick, Darrel Courtnoy
REI SUMMIT STREET TRAFPIC STUDY (and its impact on S. Govornor,.St.),
Doar Sir or Hadam.
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Whon my wifo and I woro marriod in 1988, our firat projoct
togothor was to find a rosidonce that mot tho requirllmonts
of oach of us -- for my wifo, one convoniont to tho univorsity
whoro aho ia omployedl for mo, one with enough apaco
for my businoss offico. Wo found and purchaaod ($55,000)
a ninoty-yoar-old houso with a largo garage at 638 S.
Governor St~ obviously a convonient location for my wife,
tho largo garago waa porfoct for my own offico noods.
Tho dooiding factor in this purchaso was tho location
of tho houso on a quiot, dead-end strootl Wo bought
forconveniollco, butaftor living hore-for.21-yoara wo ----__ ---.--
havo como toapprociate tho "noighborhood" as wall.
Immodiatoly upon "closing" on tho proporty " contractor ~as
'. hirod to convort the gArago to my offico ($16,0001.' 'Sinco
this waa to bo our last houso, we also bogan cortainnoedod
'. ronovations and havo plannod othor docorativo ro-modoling
(~, (ro-building a deteriorating wall, tuck-pointing and scaling
thooxteriori'oundlltion, insulating two (of fourlsidus of, "
thohousoandroplacing tho docayin9 woodon Biding Ica..$10,OOOI..
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Thia yoar's projocts woro to bo complotion of tho other two
. Bidos(insulation/replaccmont of aiding), watorproofinq tho
baaomontinterior, rebuilding the front poroh.dock, and installing
officient roplacemont windows. Futuro projocts were to inolude :
a cement dri voway and some landscaping. .. .
1I0wever, all of thia remodeling -- past, present, and future -- ,
preRumed that we would remain located on a quiet, dead-end stroet
in a small, well-defined neighborhood. The Summit Street ..'
Traffic Study, with its suggcstion of Governor Street as a
. possible alternative to Summit Streot for a railrond crossing,
. presents us with a dilemmn. The ex tons ion of Governor Street
would destroy our neighborhood. This is 4 street with a.beneficial
diversity of residents -- from young couples with young children
to retirees with visiting grandchildronl from white to black to
Asian and lIispaniol some own their homos, some rent. This is a
living, growing neighborhood -- not a decaying neighborhood.
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ovon thouqh my wiCo and 1 havo ulroady mado a aubotantial invootmont
in our proporty, an invootmont wo could not ro-coup, wo ohall
8oriouoly conoidor movinq ohould South Govornor Stroot bo .oxtondod..
Whilo 1 have devotod this let tor to my own intorosta and to tho
impact thio posaiblo P~Qjoct would havo on my atr~ot, 1 am alBo
awaro of tho ovon moro dovaatatinq impact on tho noiqhborhood
oouth of tho railroad. Suroly if tho lovol of tho city's automobile
traffic warranta chanqoa in tho arranqomont of artorial atroota,
auoh noodo can bo latiafitd without diaplacinq Camilios and without
doatroyinq reaidontial noi9hborhooda.
..,You are ur90d to think first of tho pooplo rathor than tho traffic.
ploaau rujoct any proposAl tooxtund South Governor &troot.
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We have read tho SummIt Street TraffIc Study and could find no basIs for
such a drastfc action. According to Jeff Davidson at a ll'Cetfng addressIng
this Issue, thoro In no ox 1st Ing trafflc problem, Ilowever, we understand
that tho Summit Street resIdents are concorned about tho volume of traffIc
In tholr neIghborhood and we can empathIze with tholr concerns. Prior to
purchasIng our homo we rented an apartll'Cnt near tho IntersectIon of GIlbert I'
and Market Streets whero tho traffIc Is quIte heavy and noIsy. One of our
prIoritIes when we selected a homo was to fInd an area that had a low
volumo of traffIc. Our new homo In on tho dead end of Governor Street and
tho only traffIc on our block Is local. Wo belIeve we have found what for
us In an Ideal location. We feel that tho residents of SummIt Street had
to bo Iware of tho fact that tholr street Is bound to carry a sIgnIfIcant
amount of traffIc because It brldgos tho raIlroad tracks. We expect that
tho Integrity of our neighborhood bo maIntaIned and we don't feel thAt
tho people on Summit Street havo the rIght to expect what was a pre,exlstlng
condItIon to be changed.
Couldn't a less drastIc solutIon be Implemented to addross thIs Issue?
The negatIve Impacts on tho nolghborhoods Involved In tho proposals made
by the study far outweIgh tho benefits to be gaIned on Summit Street.
The homos In thoso nelg~borhoods are sItuated much closer to tho road
than are tho housos on SummIt Street makIng tho negatIve Impact of
orterlal street traffIc much more Intruslvo. Tho traffic study states that
eleven rosldentlal "dwellIngs" or homos would bo "dIsplaced" or demolIshed
In order to establIsh an alIgnment between Governor and Kcokuk. Wo know from
our experIence in searchIng for a home that thero is a very rP.~1 shortage
of houses In tho $50,000 to $60,000 range in the Iowa City arel. Ilow many
of the homos that would be slated for demolitIon fall In the cltagory? We
are also concerned wIth what may happen to the qualIty of the neIghborhood
and tho valuo of tho homos that are not demolIshed. Will thero bo any
monotary compensatIon to tho residents of neighborhoods that have had the qualIty
of lIfe Ind theIr property values degraded? These are just some of the
many questIons that we feel must be consIdered before a decision Is mad~.
It Is our hope that the City Council will choose to maintain the bridge at
Its present locatIon and try to address the traffic concerns on Summit
Street In some way that would have less negative Impacts on tho areas Involved.
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410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear City COunctl Hcmbers,
We aro Christine Annlcolla and CraIg Cannan. In August ef 1090 we purchased
a homo on tho 600 block of South Governor Street. ReCp..ltly It has como to
our attention that the City Is considering bulldlno a bridge at the end of
GUr block and making a through route Joining Gov~rnor Street through
Walnut Street to Keokuk Street. We aro writing you to obJeltt to this
proposal In tho strongest terms.
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widen Sevcnill AvcnUC, r'Ollowlna IIIC IOfIlC or my J1l!nwy concerns:
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The rronl Ll'/o1\J or mOil $mnth Avcnuc ~ IIIC vtty 111I.II1. Wldenln, the IUCCI YoWId brin, the
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"uk In lowI Chy, Ahhou,b rtal callie and city tlm IIIC dapcr In Ccd.v R'Pldl, "'0 cllOlC to 111'0 In
Iowa City, In 1*1 bccaUlO or the dwaclCr IN bwlly or 10 IIIoIIlY or Ihc older homea. Mal.In, Summll .)
I deAd end would rcdlQlltcas 10 I'lcw thelll ~tlrul homcJ. rr "'0 Ipcnd 10 mucb chy mooey on Ihc I'
urletp and ItIICWII or Ihc doIInIo"lIl1tl, It ICCml 10 IlIoIko Knill 10 kctp Iheto blslcrkalllW IIOIlIld
other 1*\1 or 10\111 oren rot vlewln, ple4lUlll &I "'1:11.
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Closlna the SummlllUCCt brldae would ICIYO only ono ,roup or rcor1e,Ihc wC4lilly borne 0f01lUl on '.
SummlL 1111.11 I move bKkwllllt; I repcssJon InIO Ihc RelpllOllllcs m,1n "blcb the rich JOl rlcbct ,1 --
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Summh SlItel bornea "'OIIld bccomo el'Cll /1lOIll VIIiWllo. I
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WCIO rully IWIlO otWI racL When we bou.blourhoUJO hero onScvcnlb In Novcmber ot'89, Vo'O IIW
h II I pcrrCCI homo 10 IIIrt our rll11l1y, 11/11 now prc,1Wl1 wlill our I1nt child 1IId,I1lOIl dennllcly. we
would IlCI'Ct hive pIllthascd thll homo Ir h 1I'C1O on. rour lane, hl&llly llIffickcd IlICCL
Yourcarcrul consIdetatlon on Iheto pllnlJ would be arratly IR1fCCLlICd. Thank)'Oll,
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DOlI' Habm ot the 10111 ~it.y Council,
011 the "ellllt ot'tlllll'.dlY, February II., 1991, l\' vUe Ind 1 Ithnded 1...Unc
ill \,ha Cit.y Councll Chaaberl recardlns the "SUlMlt street Trlttio Plln". Ve
c~. lV" tro. the .ee\'lns vith leveral thouaht. Ind t.elinel.
1. TlII trlmo tlow on SIPIlIU Stmt .hould he reduced lJL'lIedlltely by Wlins
Ollt the tlu'1I vay ltop Ilenl.
2. W. do not vant our 10na t~e,ltable, relidontlll nollhborhood adverlel1
Itt.ot.d by .xt.nd1nc Syca~"re \'0 Seventh Avenlle vlth an at grade crolllnc
It the railroad trlckl.
3. Llkrvlle, the people tro. the Sevanth Avenue nelr,hborhood and in the Irel
vher. Gov.rnor Str.et oould ti. into ~eokuk Straet do not ViPt the int..
rri\.y ot thaiI' n.lghborhoodl chlnc.d .ither. Ther.tore, 111 ot UI Ir.
JOWIlI to<<.ther to lay tho 11M .. our nolchbor. on Slmit Str..t, "lie
vant to pr...rv. Ind aa1ntaln tho loed, ltabl. Ireal v. live in, not hive
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ill. Both ~irkvood and Lover Kusel tine could be ~proved vith the Iddition
ot bia.rol. lanel.
Think 70U vel'1 .uch tor the cood vork 70U have don. tor our cit7\\ Hay 70U con.
tinu. to b. civen tha energy, de.lr., Ind vi.do, to know vhat i. be.t tor our
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To the Membera of the City Counclll
I am vrltlng In regard to the Summit Street Traffic Study
that Is being propoaed by tho Traffic Control Plonners.
My huabond and I have lived In our home on Seventh Avenue for
fourteen yeora. WO havo three amall children. This la a unique
and beoutlful old nelghborhoodl Tho Seventh Avenue-Sycamore
Stroet propoaol would devaatote our neighborhood aa vell aa mAny
other eatabllahed neighborhoods In lovo City.
I am atrongly opposed to tho Sevonth Avenue-Sycomoro Street
alternative aa vell aa ony other Alternative thAt vould disrupt
the exlsltlng nelgborhooda of lova City. Your obligAtion la to
the people of lova Cltr' Plooae listen to ua There Aro many
more fomlllea that vou d bo negAtively affoct~d by such major
atreot conatructlon than poaltlvely Affected.
Thank you for your tlmo and conalderAtlon.
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TOI Iowa City Coun~11 M.mb.r.
FROHI Ta.. R.b.cct Anthony, M.mb.r. of the Kirkwood Av.nu.
N.lghb~rhood A..oclatlon
R.I Kirkwood Av.nu. and .urroundlng n.lghborhood
In an att.mpt to pr...rv. the Int.grlty of our n.lghborhood,
r..ld.nt. hay. form.d the Kirkwood Av.nu, N.lghborhood
A..oclatl~n. M..tlng. hay. b..n h.ld and cltll.n. hay. had
an opportunllY to ..pr... th.lr vl.w. and th.lr conc.rn..
Thl. I.tt.r .har.. both with you.
Kirkwood Av.nu. I. an hl.torlc n.lghborhood a. w.ll a. a
ml..d-Incom. n.lghborhood. Maintaining the Int.grlty of our
.af., frl.ndly, and affordabl. n.lghborhood I. v.ry
Important to the cltlz.n. who Ilu. In thl. city. B.cau..
v.ry f.w ar.a. of thl. type ar. .tlll In ..I.t.nc. In Iowa
City, It I. ..tr.m.lY Important that w. work tog.th.r to
achl.u. the goal of k..plng Kirkwood Av.nu. and It.
.urroundlng .tr..t. a .ultabl. plac. for f&mlll.., old.r
cltlz.n. and p.opl. of all ag.. and Incom~' to Ilv..
W. a.k rou ..a. our .1.ct.d r.pr...ntatlv....to con.ld.r the
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I. to r..urfac. Kirkwood Av. without wld.nlng the road
2. to r.plac. the curbl that hay. b..n d..troy.d
3. to b. ..n.ltlv. to the n..d. of Ih. n.lghborhood
wh.n making dlcl.lon. that aff.ct the prop.rty
valu.. of the n.lghborhood. the quality of our
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Th. d.cl.lon. that you, a. our coll.ctlv. volc., will make
r.gardlng Kirkwood Av.nu. will al.o d.t.rmln. the quality of
11ft on Summit Str..t, Th. d.cl.lon. mad. for on. .tr..t
will dlr.ctly Impact the oth.r. Again, pr...rvlng thl
.p.clal quality and unlqu.n... of Summit Str..t and It.
.urroundlng n.lghborhood .hould b. a top priority of the
City of Iowa City.
Kirkwood Av.nu. hat many plac.. of promln.nc..-Plum Orov.,
S.nator KIrkwood'. hom., ..v.ral hom.. built In th~ lat,
ISOO'. and .arly 1900'., and th, n.w addition of Summit
Plac.. W, car. about our n.lghborhood and find It a .p.clal
plac. to llv.. W. a.k for your h.lp In maintaIning thl.
ar.a a. a 'n.lghborhood' And not Ju.t a plac. 10 drlv.
throuoh quicklY .nrout, to anoth.r nllghborhood,
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Iown City, IA 52240
Februory 23, 1991
Iown City City Council
Civic Center
410 E. Washington
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Wo livod in the 500 block of Bowery Stroot for 35 yeara,
and in lab! 1984 hod the misfortune of finding ourselves
surrounded by student aportment buildings. We could no
lenger call our property "private" as the apartment populotion
porked in and blocked eur driveway, roced up ond down our
street mnking traffic hazardous, and continuously trespnssed
on our proporty.
Duo to thcoe disruptions occurring daily and nightly,
we were Corced to relocate in July 1985 to 807 . 7th Avenuo
South. Our now home is on 0 bus route and is in a decent and
quiet noighborhood.
The first chango como with the blacktopping of Shoridon
Avonue which connocts with 7th Avonue, Lator on was tho
roplncement of a bridge on Huscotino Avonuo noar 4th. All
tho traffic wos do toured and aa a rosult Shoridon and 7th
Avenuo becomo a busy bypass around Huscotino Avenuo. When
the bridgo reoponod, numorous drivors likod tho provious
dotour ond continuod to uso Shoridon ond 7th Avenuo. Thua
hoavior traffic dovoloped thon boforo.
Now wo havo boon odvisod thnt thero hns been 0 "Summit
Stroot Traffic Study" which has us wondoring if and whon 7th
Avenuo will onco again bocome a haightenod traffic problem nnd
how many of us will eithor lose our homos or accoss thoro to.
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It appean to us that the 7th Avenuo proposal would bo
tho most oxpons1vo s1nce: (1) tho stroot 18 too norrow and
would nood to bo widoned, (2) on undor or ovorposs of tho
roilroad trocks would neod to bo constructod, (J) Iowo Illinois
Gna. ond Eloctric removlIl of proporty oouth of the railrood
tracks, (4) tho inatallation of traffic signols at 7th ond
HUlcatino, ond (5) tho cOlts of obtaining tho proparty on
tho north aido of tho railroad trocka.
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Our auggeation would bo to roploco Summit Street bridgo
when necol8ory, inatall 0 J-woy traffic s1gnol at Sunrnit ond
Kirkwood, mako Dodgo Streot a two.way stroot from Burlington
to Kirkwood, ploce traffic signols lit Kirkwood and Dodge, all
nf this roaulting in tho reduction of traffic on Summit Stroot.
In addition, synchronizAtion of both traffic lights on Kirkwood
would movo traffic at an oven paco.
Tho Summit Stroot proporty ownora choao to hove their
noighborhood put on tho Ilistoric Rog18ter. Now thoy oro
complnining of tho troffic flow stemming from tho' observon
in tho historic areo and wish to convort thoir troffic problem
to tho dotrimont of ond oxpense of residents olsowhore in
Iowo City.
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February 22, 1991
To: Heabors or lhe Clly Council, Iowa CIly
Ro: Reporl on lhe S. Sovenlh.Spruce.Sycaeoro al'd S. Govornor.llalnul,
Klrkwood.Keokuk Neighborhood Heeling or 2.14.91 to discuss lho
'Su~ll Slrool Tr.f'lc Sludy'.
Prepared by:
ThOlIS and Cynlhll CharI lon, 821 S. Sovenlh Avo. 351.3919
Paul and Dorolhy Durronbergor, 616 S. Govornor Sl. 354.7174
Charles and Hargarol FoIlIng, 825 S. Sevenlh Avo. 338.6994
FrOl 7:30 pallo 9:30 pal, February 14, 1991, Ibout 90 rosldents, primarily
frOl tho S. Soventh Avo..Spruco,SycllOro and S. Qovornor St.,lIalnut,Klrkvood,
Ktokuk nolghborhoods, but Ilso Including somo rosldonts of SummIt St. and
othor affoctod aroas, lOt In tho Iowa Ctly City CouncIl Chambors to discuss
tho Impact on our nolyhborhoods or tho various trafrlc routing Illornltlvos
Included In lho 1990 Su~ll Slreol Trarrlc Sludy' plus lho lwo Iddltlonal
Illornatlves currenlly bolng dovolopod by lho Johnson County Councilor
Govorn~onls Transporlallon Planning Orrico It lho roquosl of lho CIty CouncIl
(1.21.91 Council Heotlng Hlnulos). Allachod Is a copy or lho llsl of lhose
who Signed lhe Illendanco sheot.
Jorr Davidson, lho TransportatIon Planner, outlined lho 'Summlt Slreet
Trafrlc Study' and addrossed all questions raIsed about tt, Including lho
Implications for lho nOlghborhoads arfocled. 1I0wever, ho did not hive
Inrormatlon portllnlng lo cruclll Issues ,uch IS datalled measuros of traffIc
rlow on lho sovoral segmonts or Summtt Stroot and englneorlng plans for tho
proposed S. Governor bridge and S. Soventh It.grado crossIng.
Aftor discussIon tho rosldonts roachod consensus on two main Issuos.
First that tho preservation of nolghborhood Intogrlty should be tho
major consldoratlon In any traffic plannIng. All agreed that changos whIch
adversely Impact long term stable rosldentlal neIghborhoods must bo avotded.
As nocossary as Irarrlc managemont may bOI the residents concluded that the
conservatIon and protectIon or restdentta nolghborhoods was a far greator
priority when considerIng tho curront artorlal streots or when contemplatIng
new arterial routes thraugh oxtstlng restdentlll areas.
Strong opposition was vatced to Ihe openIng of a new brtdge crossing and
streot bolwoon S. Govornor and Keokuk, tho construction or an at.grade
raIlroad crossIng to link S. Seventh Avo. with Sycamore, street widenIng on
Klrkwoodl and non.replacement of the Summtt Street brIdge, elthor singly or In
combinatIon.
The resIdents agreod that the tmplemenlatlon or any ono or any
combInation of thoso plans would sortously damago nOlghborhoods, dtsrupt the
ltves or many rlmtlles and destroy somo homes tn theso stabl
modoratoly prtced mtxod.lncome housIng.
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To: Hembers of tho City Council, Iowa City
Ro: Report on tho S. Seventh.Spruco,SycllOro .nd S. Covornor,W.lnut.
Klrkllood.Keokuk /lolghborhood Hooting of 2.14.91 to discuss tho 'SUDIIlt
Stroot Tr.fflc Study'.
Socond, that tho 'Sunllt Stroot Trlfflc Study', IS prosontly constltutod
Ind updltod by Joff Davidson, tho Transportation Pllnnor, doos not prosont
adoquate dltl upon khlch tho City Council can baso Ilportant, oxponslvo, Ind
far roaching doclslons about changos In trlfflc pattorns, IUch loss tho r
Impact on nolghborhoods, Tho rosldonts of potentlllly Ilpacted nolghborhoods
stltod, IS did tho Council In tholr January 21, 1991, lOoting, that tho
Information lias Inadoqulto for constructlvo, dotllled comment. Tho resldonts
Ilso noted that the dati currontly aVlllablo IOrely refor to cars Ind streots
and that apparontly thoro aro no plans to obtlln dati regarding tho Impact on
tho neighborhoods,
Tho cloar consonsus lias Ihlt tho dati In the study and thoso Davidson
presonted vorbally form In Inadequate basis for doclslons of such Ilportanco.
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We are wrlllng 10 )'ou 10 lei )'OU know lhal we ale opposed 10 (he closing or Ihe
Summit Slice I bridge aoo (he comlluctlon or an alle/1l3le roule as proposed In Ihe ltporl
pltsenled by Jerr D.1vldson. Tronsporlallon Planner, al an Inrormal Council session on January
21,1991.
As Mr. D.1vldson leporled, the cxlsllng Iramc slluallon on Summit SlIeells nol alllhal
bad, lie said lhal his slalr did not noo a high occhJcnl rale In (he Mea. IIc also Slaled lhal
lhere would be slleel wltlcnlnglssues coming up lC~WJIL1hc.AllCf1l311\'e sc!<<lcd. IIlhls
i' '.he case, whal other possible damase 10 lhe plopcrlfes on Summll SlIeel could (he currenl
lramc now or an IncrelSCd lralllc now C4use7 When lhe ltsldenls or Summll Slreel
pultblScd (heir dwellings. lhey knowingly pulCha.~d homes lhal were on on 1011'0 City
arIerlal. IIltduclng ltalllc on Ihell sl/eells Ihe only ltASOn ror changing Ihe lralllc structure
or Ihe alea, a slronger orgumenl based on lhe same premises could be raised ror ony or Ihe
neighborhoods arrected by Ihe proposed alle/1l3llves.
Summit SI/eel culTcnlly Inlersecls 111'0 olher arlellal sl/eels: DUlllnglon to Ihc norlh
and Kirkwood 10 Ihe south, Summll SlIeells an allerlal beC4use or lIS n.1lurallocallon,
Tralllc could be ltslrleled by bannIng heovy lrueks, and Ihe cut/enl bridge (or on upgrnded
slructule) could cMllnue 10 sen'e ror rcsldenllallramc while heavier lralllc could use Ihe
already-cxlsllng loules (Scali DII'd. 10 the wesl, hi A\'enue, Dodge Slleel, or Ollbell Streel),
To roule lramc Ihrough one or the proposed alteln.1111'CS (Oovemor Slreel or Sevenlh Avenue)
would nol only necdlessly deslroy those nelghbolhoods, bul would also be prohibitively costly
wllh no guaranlee or fmpro\'emenl,
There Is a dire need ror lower 10 middle Income housing In Iowa City. 80lh Ihe
Oovernor Slreeland Ihe Sevenlh Al'enue alternallves would needlessly deslroy a number or
lower and middle Income ramlly dwelllnSJ. The sludy rerelTed 10 by Mr. Davidson proposes
IMI dwelllnSJ on Sevenlh Avenue would nol be displaced, Olven Ihe shorl dlslance belween
Ihese houses ond Seventh Avenue as Ills currenlly conslrueled, Ihese dwelllnSJ would have 10
be removed lr 0 grnde wele conslructed 10 meelthe 17- 10 20-rool elevoilon or Ihe rollrood
lracks, Conslruellon or 0 ramp would 5111I plescnllhe problem or having anolher mnJor
orlellal contlolled by railroad lralllc ond the risk or accldenl o.~nclnled wllh such crossings,
Once Ihe grnde or Ihe proposed romp reaches Ihe exlsllng 51reellevel, Ihe lralllc would now
norlh on Sevenlh Avenue. This orca, 0., Ihe reporl polnls oul, 'Is designed 10 localrcsldenllnl
slreel ,'andnnls,. ond would be Insulllelenllo occommoonle ollerlallmlllc.
I1JllhemlOle, according 10 the clly's cosl esllmntes, Ihe Sevenlh AfijiuCiillfrii1il\Vc- ,: ~
would be more cosily thnn upgrading lhe Summll Slreel bridge, nnd will i" -61TPflOllcd.b)':
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federal ald. If Implemented, the Sc\'enlh ^\'enue alternative would make II ncceuary to
redesign Ihe Sc\'enth Menue Olea Illeel 1)1tem to IlCC(JlimlOlbte the InaellSed tralOC now.
The quality of life Jlllhe Sc\'enlh ^"enue neighborhood would be srcatly dlmlnlihed by the
IncrCMed noise, tralOc. and lighting that II Incvllable whencm elCl'ated ro.1ds Me con\lructed
Ihrough existing nelghbolhoods. ^"lhlngs consldeled, Ihls alternative wOIlld be far mOle
costly lhan maintaining the Clment Summit Slleet bridge.
We feci that 100 illite WllS said about exactly how the reduction of tIDlOe IlIlhe
Summll SlIecl Dtca would old In the 'prcscrVDtlon' of the Summll SlIeetlUllOllc PreserVDllon
District, as well as what the negative Imp3CI would be on the nelghOOlhoods lhat would
suddenly be subJecled to much higher IIDlOc nOWl Il\3.'llhelr IlIeetl)1leml were dcslgntd to
accommOlbte. We do nol want neighborhoods to be sacrificed 10 lhattIDlOc Is may be
decrCMed In another. If Mr. Davidson'. alternate propolDIIIO the Summit SlIeet bridge Me
chosen, thll w\l1 happen 10 OUIl. MeMe don'l allow It.
Sincerely,
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Gary J. Gavin and 'I (:1. ()
Rosemary Regan-Oavln
841 Dearborn Slleet
Iowa City, I^ 52440
phone 337-5374
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10wI City City Council
Civic Center
~ 10 E. Washington
lowI City, lowI ~22~O
Doar Council Members,
I 1m very conCllrned over tho proposed clunges 10 stroet systom on
Oovernor Street Seventh Avenue .nd Summll Slreet. The Irlrric pllns
show I callous disregard (or the preservation Ii crlstlnll middle Income and
mlled Income neighborhoods. ButlralCle planing. plans only (or can nol
people,
Several Yllau .go Ihe mundl rezoned Ihls area In a allemplto Improve
Itlnd save residential properly. In my- opinion this has worked, I have
scon Ihelmprovllmont on Ihe strolch Ii GOvernor (rom Bowery lOuth, It
would be detrlmenl.llo reverse Ihls proceu, You need only look at Dodge
Slroetlo see whal streel enllrgemenl does to a neighborhoOd,
At the end cI Sovenlh Ihere aro (ive ~ sll malchlng brick houses. Thoy
would be are Illy diminished by belna nellto I seventeen (oot ramp,
"ouses like thll wl1l not be build lalln. They are parI 0( our hlslory.
Enlargemenl or tlrkwood, teokuk. and other arel Slreel. would be a
bad thlna. Thll doesn'l evon mention Ihe destrucllon 0( houses on Ihe south
.Ide cI GOvern~. I have alven only I tIN eumples.
Our houso WIS build around 19 I O. Ills whal one would think or AS 4
otdlna!)' mld.west tum house. BUI no m~e cllhese houses wl1l be build,
a/rlllnly not by middle Income tlml1les. We have received several vislu
trom peoplo who were raised In our house. They have elpre.~ed happiness
that we have laken care 0( Ihe house and thatlhe yard Is .tllllnlacl. This Is
whal makos lowl Cily a ploasanl plla/lo live.
Whal WO need Is planning tor Iho Improvement 0( Ihe area and Ihe
continuation 0( pleasanl almosphere clthe core or the e/ly, nollhe
convenience cllhe IUlomobllo Ind the dearadlllon or properly. It will do
IIl1le good 10 preserve hlslorlc Summit Slreel while slfe/nalhe surround
Iroas up "Ith Ilfaer streeu which ,,1II acl as lra((lc maaneu, lurnlna somo
block. fnlO III and. In Ihe midst cllraJl'lc.
rr you enlarae a Slreel and mate II more convenfenllo Iravel as a self
rulfl1llna pfophew. you wl1l croale moro Iraffic. This Is nOI Los Angoles anti
.urely "e can wllh more Ihoughlful planlnB avoid similar mlslakes,llls
oaslor 10 plan tor elrs than tor people and quallty or lire, I know bUI surely
the time has come 10 placo people first. Some dlles such as Mobhe,Alabama
and Berkeley, Callfornla aClually plan neighborhood .0 Ihallra((lc doe.
not come Ihouah. Iowa CllY JUelt has done Ihls tor Ihe downlown area by
bulldlna I hOlel Ihat block. thouah traffic on Dubuque.
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Sevenlh hiS beon going on ror thirty yelts, The residents deserve peace
and security IhUlhelr nefghborhooCl \'11I nOI be ruined. The personnel ol
tho clly Ind Iho coundl colDOIlnd goos. People continuo 10 need afrordable
hOUSing. Thero ItO no realtrarrlc problems In the I/'el. We don'l neod 10
.hlvo I couple ol mlnules olr our lime to roach tho IIlgh"IY 511 byplss.
PlellO, plol)e don'l de.lrw illY ol our nolahborhoods. Instllulo
methods Illd mOelels that \'11I preservo our mfildlo Income and mlled
Income 1/'0lS,
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Iowa CliV, IA 522~O
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Fobrunry 17, 1991
~20 S. oovornor St.
10va City, lovn ~2240
Hoyor John HcDonnld
city council Homborn
410 E. Wanhlngton - Civic Con tor
lova Clty,lova 52240
Doar Hayor HcDonald and council Hombornl
A nolghborhoods group mooting aasomblod In your chaDborl
last Thursday, tho 14th. Dosplto tho blttor vlndy cold that
ovonlng, tho chambors voro crovdod vlth pooplo from many Ealtsldo
nolghborhoods. It vas a crovd of pooplo vory UpDOt about tho
posslblO dostructlon of tholr proportlos or dotorloratlon of tholr
llvos and nolghhorhoods. Tholr concornl rolato to vhat vlll happon
If tho city council onacts olthor b or c on pago 18 of tho
summit Stroot Traffic Study. In nhort, thoDO aro tho altornatlvul
that roduct traffic on summit stroot and oxtond olthor oovornor
or 7th Stroots to HIghvay 6.
Thoro vas an omotlonal consonluS by this crovd vho roprosont
hundrods of othor cltltons thatl
1. Thoro Is no big traffic problom novo No chango Is roallY
noodod.
2. Th6y don't vant traffic roroutod from Summit stroot to
tholr ItrOOtS.
3. Thoy don't vant an oxtonslon of olthor oovornor or 7th stroot.
Extonslon of olthor Itroot vlll causo traffic to !Dcroono through
working class and mlddlo clasa helghborhoodl that contain many
historical and family homoa. Thoy don't want tholr llvol and
proportlos doproclatod by moro traffic with attondant vldonod
stroots and loas parking. Thoy don't YDnt homol. lomo historic
homos, and yardl dostroyod In ordor to sond moro traffic through
tholr nolghborhooda. Indood, tho pooplO want lORn traffic through 011
thORO nolghborhoods, If any chango Is mado ..... not H2L21
TO SUHMARIZEI
Hundrods of pooplo rosldlng botwoon ollbort and 1st stroots
vant loSS traffic through tholr arODS, not moro.
Thoy don't want traffic roducod on ono acCoss and shuntod to
othors. 1'hoy don I t want housOS and yards dostroyod, Uvoa and
poaco of mind doproclatod by moro through traffic In thoso aroas.
Thoy olthor want traffic through this aroa 10ft alono or
shuntod avay to 1st and ollbort StroOts.
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410 E. Waahington
IOWA city, IA 52240
DOAr counoi1 Homborl'
I Am writing to urqo you to proaorvo my noighborhood and
othors like it for tho following rOAlonSI
1. Noithor tho summit stroot Traffio study nor lubloquont
tOltimony by Joff DAVid Ion bofore tho council (minutes of 21
JanUAry mooting) or boforo 0 .ootinq of neiqhborl on 14
FobruAryl auggosta thoro il any trAffio problom vhioh noodl
solution on summit 8troot.
2. summit stroot VAl and is dOliqnod for arterial traffio.
Thore aro lArgo lot-bAcka And largo 10ta. Nono of tho
alternative neighborhooda is ao doaignod. All of tho front
yorda are amA11.,
3. BOCAuse tho oltornAtivo noiqhborhooda woro not dosiqnod
tor hOAvior traffio, widoning of Itreets, building of
bridgoa or grAde oroaainga, or oxtonding of Itreats would
quite 11tera11y dsatroy thom.
4. In t~~paat the coun011 hA. tAken A dooil10n to put
othor va1uo. over amooth traffio flow. Tho p1Acemont of 0
hotel in the m1dd1e of Dubuqus street, otherwise a major
north~aouth corr1dor, And the conatruotion of A 0 mAll in
downtown IOWA city wore ouch policy do01110ns.
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5. I hAve rlAd minutes and procoodings of tho IOWA city
Historio proaorvAtion commiaaion and thoro is no ovidonco or
reason to luggelt thAt ourront lovo1a of trAffio un summit
streot Aro detr.imontA1 to tho noighborhood or 1ts historic
proBorvAtion.
6. None of the A1ternAtivoa dilcuaaod At your 21 January
mooting would roduce summit stroet troffio on the offsot
between Bowery And Shari ton nor botwoon court And Bowory or
Shoriton. Thoso aro indopondont oAat-weat routen.
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realon, to re-route tralfic throuoh closely opacod
residential neighborhood. with amall lota, I requeat that
make luoh neighborhcoda ,afe from luch a poaaibility by
adopting a polioy of prlaervation of ouoh neighborhoodl in
the area louth of Burlington, between Firlt Avenue and
ailbort and limilar onoa in the reat of Iowa city.
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I am writing to ~xrrens my opinion regarding the
N'(lf'()n~d C'hMlllln in tl'llffio ratterns Ilffecting my
neighborhood.
After attondlns lln Infolm,~l1onol ml'oUns on thfl "SlII1'll\lt
Straot TI'afflc Study" lIith Joff Davidson last Thursday, I Ml
convincod that tho only option uhich 11111 not hl.lve a
Mgativo impaot 01'1 established neishborhoods in option II,
"roplllco the bridge at tho existing loclltlon lIith a similar
type ntruoturo."
Option b, IIhich involvos turning tho doad"ond block of
Govornor into plIrt of a nell llligllmont lIith Keokuk, lIill
.rosult in inoreased tl'affio on a block IIhoro thoro in
currently only looal traffic, 01'10 of the reasons IIhy I
purchased my homo on this block 1I11S preQio~ly thllt it lias II
doad-ond block IIhera ohildron safely ride bicyolos and play
frisboo, IIhoro paronts stroll uith thoir babios and
toddlorn, allay fl~m traffic. I havo livod hora for five
yo An and h:lve onJoyad lln ambicmct' of poaco IInd nolshborly
convlvilllity, All this 1I0uld bo dotroyod by option b.
Furthllr, I 1I0uld like to point out that many of tha housen
on this block are quite olosa to tho ~treet, so that
inoreased trllffio hare 1I0uld drastioally inoroase noina and
Air polution in and around those houses.
Option 0 1I0uld disrupt a~y~rAl establishod
neiahbol'hooda anllllould I'oault in an additional dangoroua
railroad orossing, thorafoxo it should be discarded.
I agreo lIith staff that Option d IIhould not be
nupported.
I understand that lithe Ilintoric Preservation COlMlianion
fav~'1I a resolution to thCl tt'affio problom IIhich 1I0uld
remove Summit Stroot from thCl artorial IItroot netuork in
order to d~crellDe tho lovel of traffio on Summlt Streot
IIbtorio Prosorvation Dietriot. It It lI.tll bo a sad day whon
the onhancoment of life in oxpennivo homoD takos precedenoe
over tho presClI'vatlon of neiKhborhoods in whioh children
play.
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I live nt 627 South O...vulnol' Stroot. I lIIIl wl'l tinll to
oxproaa my opposition to any pian thnt would includo
building a now bridgo nt tho end of our block.
Whon we bOIJRht our houn" hore ono of ita mllln
attraotions was ita location on a do~d end ntreot with
littlo traffic. Sincl) thon 1010 havo enjoyed tho pOllcotul \Iao
of our front porch nnd amall front yard.
Turnins our block into part of the llrtorlnl otroot
notwork would put an ond to thnt. Tho 29% lncroano In
traffic on Sumnlit Stroot ovor tho laat fivo yoara io nothing
comparod tho Immodlate percontago incroase in traffic 1010
would have on thla block if It wore to bo mnde part of tho
nrtorlnl notwork. Our houao ia, no aro many on thi3 block,
closo to tho IItroot. Tho nol:lo and dirt of hoavy traffio ao
oloso to our housoo would bo a radical nORativo change In
thij quality of our Ilvos.
I prooume that a aimi14r Icind of nORatlvl! Iml"aot would
bo oxporienoed Oil Sovonth Avonuo ahould II rail oroulns ho
buU t thOl'O.
It 10 unfair to Iml"rove alishtl\' tho quality of lifo In
tho Swrrnit Stroot noillhborhood nt tho coat of sroat
detrimontlll ChllnROll In othor noiahborhooda auch aa oura 01'
thoae on Sovonth Avonuo.
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I heve recently become ewere of the verlous proposels to deel with Ihe
eglng Summit Slreet bridge. At this time, I em quHe elermed by severel of
the proposels thet heve been suggested. H eppeers thet of the lour proposels
being considered, IHtle conslderetlon Is being given to the very roel needs
of the people of the cree, It Is this leck 01 conslderetlon I wish to eddress,
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I do not Intend to enter Into e dlelogue es to which proposel wl1l be beUer In
the long run, beceuse I thInk the beslc logic of ell of the proposels Is
flewed, There Is en underlying mumpUon thetls not being quesUoned, end
tlls thet very mumptlon which must be eddressed, Underneeth ell of the
proposels Is the guiding principle thet we wish to mm.trefflc flow,
thetthe desired slete of things Is to encourege the my flow of trefflc
through our neighborhoods, Insteed of working to promote trefflc flow, we
should tnstend be working to promote the sencllly of our neighborhoods, The
enUre ereo from Dodge Street to Seventh Avenue Is one of the few
remaining decent, older neighborhoods In town. We moved to this cree
beceuse we epprecletethe releUve steblllty end peece 01 this cree. The
construcUon of e new erterlel street wl1l destroy thet beeuty forever es
more end more trefflc ts eUrected to e qulckol" route Dcross town. His time
to think of long renge plennlng not In terms of trefflc needs, but In terms of
humen needs,
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I understend thet SummH Street hes received en Increese In trefflc flow, I
also understend thetthls Increese occurred efter Ihe Council took ectlon
end creeted e three-wey stop etthe comer of Summit end Kirkwood.
According to a member of the Summit Street Historical Preservetlon
Society, they heve suggested thetthls three-wey stop be eliminated, This Is
e very Inexpensive and simple solutton to Ihe preservetlon 01 our
neIghborhood. Signs could elso be posted tn the neighborhood thet slow
traffic to 20 miles per hour, and the return to a brick street would lurther
decreosetrertlc tn the cree, As e delly user of SummH Street, I em q
willing to put up wHh these few tnconvenlences In order to kenp our f n
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since I believe they llre detrlmentelto the wey or IHe thet r velue In lowe
City.
It Is Importent ror us to leem to eccomodete modem technology without e
consequent loss or quellty 01 lIIe. I em willing to drive e little further end e
little slower to get where I need to go, end I believe thet meny others shere
this willingness. Pert 01 the cherm end beeuty 01 our city Is thet we stili
heve beeutlrul old sections or town thet heve not been ruined by treHlc end
commerclel growth. It Is extremely Importent thet we preserve this beeuty,
beceuse once It Is gone. It cennot be repleced. We cen elweus build more
roeds. For now, let us replece the Summit Slreet bridge with the thought or
preserving the entire neighborhood, not Just one short street.
Thenk you for you thoughtful ettentlon to this metter.
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627 Bredley Street
lowe City, lowe 52240
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Iowa Clly, IA 52240
February 15, 1991
Ro' The Summit Street brIdge replacement allemaltvos
Dear City Council Member:
Over the past couple weeks, I have been hearing 01 plans to make changes tn
the arterIal street system when the Summit Street bridge comes up for
replacemenl. Of the four allemaltves proposed, one Is ludicrous, two are
delrlmentalto neighborhoods, and the last, the only sensIble one, Is for 1M
status quo. It Is Indeed ludicrous to presume that removIng the brIdge and
not replacing II would be anythIng but dlsrupltve to this enUre area of town
In terms of transH. The most promising allemaUve Is the status quo, or a
slight modlllcallon thereof, A potenltally dangerous assumpllon underlytng
some of the allemaUves Is that It Is highly desirable to Increase Irattlc
flow lhrough our neighborhoods, even to theIr detrlmenl. Such an
assumplton would only serve, If followed, to decrease the quallly of life In
a prelly line clly,
I have lived In three, large metropolitan areas and I know the eHects of
heavy trattlc In nelghborfloods. I also have three children living In my
house, which abuts the comer of Seventh Ave. and Seventh Ave, Cl. While I
think the Govemor-Klrkwood conneclton Is also flawed (almost a dozen
houses would need to be razed), I will conIIne my comments to the Seventh
Ave. queslton, as His the one I am familiar wHh,
The Soventh Ave. altemaltve Is flawed for sovoral significant reasons:
- The road level would have to be raised 17 foetto eHect an
at-grade crossing wHh the tracks, necessltallng the
construction of a ramp, very near old houses on small lots,
- Seventh Ave. would need to be widened, especially at Hs
southern terminus, culling the lots 01 those houses even
further. Addlltonally, grade at that point would be raised to
such an eMtent that the entirety of those houses mIght very
well then be below the grade of the road,
- The area of the railroad tracks at the end of Seventh Ave, Is
frequently used as a swllchlng area, meanIng that portions of
trains would block the new roadway Hself at allttmes of the
day, That.s not a very efficIent way to facllHate 0 . .~.; 1
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_ The Increase In traffic would disrupt continuity 01 the
affected neighborhOOdS, Introducing Increased noise, as well
as possible semi trotlle Ihrough a residential, rather lhan
commercial, area. Safely concerns should also be
monumenlalln any such prolect. Passing such a flow of
traffic through old, established neighborhoods would be a
nlghlmare for parents of small children living nearby.
_ Upon crossing the tracks, the road would theoretically link
with Sycamore Street. This would bring II quite close to the
IE subslatlon on lower Muscotlne, An employee of IE
Indlcaled thaI It would cost 3 to 4 mtlllon dollars to move
the substation to accommodate the road,
, There are apparently no federal monies available to finance
such 0 prolect at Seventh Ave" though such monies ore
available to replace the Summit Street bridge,
Regarding the status quo, It would seem simple enough to remove lhe three-
woy stop sign at the comer of Kirkwood and Summit, and/or even make
summIt street one-way between Kirkwood and Bowery, or even Burlington,
This would force gloater utilization of Dodge Stroot, while allowing for two
norlh,bound one-ways, spaced far enough arart to allow for good traffic
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shown tremendous growth over the past ten years, and with that growlh
cOiRes on Increase In trofflc, However, If the city decides that getting from
hero to there In three minutes Ins lead of four Is more Important than the
preservation of established nolghborhoodS, thore Is somethIng seriously
wrong with the clty's prlorltlos. Dsvelopmenl can easily take place In lhose
areas that the city finds Itself expanding Into, There Is no reason why older
neighborhoodS should be disrupted or even deslroyed by some grand scheme
In which thOse neighborhOods hold no Inlerest. 'hope the council can see
the folly of any alternative that causes such Immediate and long-term
negative Impacl to our older neIghborhoods,
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Door Halbor. of tha City Council,
Lolt night I Ittandod--olong vlth lOOt rasldant. of IY
nolghborhood--n lOatlng vhlch vo. collad to brlaf u. on tha city'.
"Sullllt Straat Trorrtc Study." I hadn't naodad to ouand to ba
convinced of the vrongnes. of ,our altarndtlve propo.al. for
replacing tha SUllllt Straet brldgal I hod raad ,our .tud" I trovel
thesa routos dnll,. But nov I nl odolnnt In I' conviction.
Tha adlse, "Ir It ain't broka, don'l (Ix It," seoaa to oppl,
hora. Thura II no problal, aven occordlns to SUllllt Street
rasldents, that lerlll the doatructho "Iolutlons" tho ell, I.
con.ldorlns. A. our alacted roprasentntlvaa, your onergla. Ihould ba
dlractad at pra.orvlng axlltlns nolghborhood. rothar than
IIccoaodatlng trartle vhlch claarly elln ba I14nllsad vlthout taklns
"Iuralcnl Itrlka." lit 7th Ava. or Governor Straat. I .tronsly ursa
'OU put paopla bafora aut~obllO\ nalshborhood. bafora artarlal.,
rallson bafora folly In your dollbarotlons of this Is.uo.
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Iowa Clty, Iowa 52240
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Naollll Novlck
306 Hullln Avonuo
Iowa Clty
Doar Naollll 1I0vlokl
I 01 wrltlng to .xproaa lilY concorn about t.rafflc plonnlng In
Iowa Clty. I llvo In a nolghborhood of lod.ratoly prlc04
houaol occupl04 by pooplo of a rongo of Incolllo. on4
occupatlon.. It 11 a ploaaant nolghborhood. It, on4
lilllllar noarby nOlghborhooda1 aro throatono4 with
40ltruotlon by curront traff 0 plannlng oa outlln04 In tho
sUlllllllt stroet Trafflo 8tudy. I alll o.peololly worri04 about
tho auggoatlon. to mako 0 brldgo at tho aouth on4 of
Govornor Stroot or 0 grado orolllng at 7th.
Ono of tho roaaona that Iowa Clty 10 0 ploalant placo to
livo and work ia that, oa a cOllllllunlty, it upho14. a vorioty
of human valuoa. One of thoao ohou14 bo to pro.orv. on4
lIlaintoin ploaoant rosi4ontiol nolghborhooda. In or4er to 40
thil1 it wou14 bo noco.aary to lIlako nolghborhood
cona.rvation rathor than traffio flow a prilllory valua in
traffio an4 roa4 planning in the long a. woll o. tho .hort
tOri. In or4or to roolizo ouch a valuo1 tho counoil cou14
in.truct the city traffic onginoor to 40aign troffio 'Ylte.a
aroun4 thi. oritorion be foro conli4ering other voluoa;
Roa41 Ihou14 not bo wi4en04, bridgo. .hou14 not b. built1
atreet. Ihou14 not bo exton404 in auch o14er noighborhood..
The council cou14 inetruot the troftio engineer to explore
alternative aolutlon. for traffio. Such an opproooh woul4
do lIluch to rota in tho ploa.ont quality of lifl in Iowa Clty,
a quality whlch ia inoroaalngly roro in other cOllllllunltlo. in
the Unite4 Statea.
I oak that you put luoh con.i4eration. tirlt in your
deliberationa on queotlona of traffic planning for our
cOllllllunity.
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Iowa CilY, IA 522~6
Dear Naomi,
I am very concerned over Ihe proJlOsed changes 10 Ilreelsy.lem on
Governor Slreel Sevenlh Avenue and Summll SlreeL The Irll'C1c plln.
show a callous disregard ror Ihe preservation or elllllng middle Income and
mlled Income neighborhoods. BUllrarrlc pllnlng, plln. only ror cart nol
people.
What we need Is planning ror Ihe Improvemenl or Ihe area and Ibe
conllnu.tion or pleallnlllmo.phere or Ihe COC'O or Ihe cUy, nOllhe
convenience or Ihe IUlomoblle Ind Ihe degradallon or property. It will do
IIl1le Sood to preservo hlslorlc Summll Slteel while .Ifelns Ihe .urround
areas up wllb larger slreels which wlllacl IS tratrle magnets, lurning .ome
blnck.lnlo Island. In Ihe mldSl or Itatrlc.
Ir you enllrgo a slreeland make II more convenlenllo Irlvel IS I .ell
rUlrJIllng prophesy you will creale more Iratrlc. This Is nOI Los Angeles and
.urely we can wllh more lhougbllul planing avoid slmlllr miSlike., Ill.
easier 10 plan ror carslhan ror people and qualllY or 1I!e, I kno", bUIsurely
Ihotime has come 10 place people C1m Somo cllle.sucli as Mob le,Allbama
and Berkeley, Calilornll.l, aClually plan nelgbborhood .0 Ihll traffic does
nOI come Ihough. Iowa uly liseII' has donolhls ror Ibe downlown area by
building I holel thlt blocks tbough trll'C1c on Dubuque.
I have been toid Ihat Ihe allempt 10 open a bridge al Governor or
Sevenlh has been going on ror Ihlrly yem. The residents deserve peace
and securlly Ihll Ihelt nelghborhoo<f will not be ruined. The perlOnnel or
Ibe cUy and Ihe counell comes and goo.. People conllnuolo need affordable
housing. There Ire no reallrafflc problemslDlhe area. We don't need to
.have I couple ()( mlnules orr our lime 10 reacb the Itfghway SII bypau.
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Pleaso, pleue, don'l deslroy any or our nelahborhoods. InsUlute
m~lhods and models thai will preserve our mfddle Income and mlled
Income areas. The rich will always live In good neighborhoods.
Feb. 17. 1991
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F.brUH y 17, 1991
Our III. IlolJ i ck ,
For Ih. put fOl:r ~,..k. w. h.u. obhln.d u much Information u w.
could r.gardlng Ih. 'Su"~lt Str..1 Traffic Study'. AI n.arly a. w'
can a.c.rtaln th. Imp.tu. for Ih. .tudr clm. nol from a crltlc.1
Irlfflc man.o.m.nt probltm but from th. dl...tl.flctlon of a It,oI
p.r.on. r..ldlno on Summit Str..t who .xpr.ll.d to th. HI.torlc.1
COIMl,"lon .nd to th. Clly Council th.lr p.rlonal f..llno. that
tr.fflc on 'th.lr ,Ir..t' wa. .xc...lu.. At Ih. l.m. 11m. Public Wor~.
,. conc.rn.d aboul Ih. Su"~lt Str..t brldo',
Inttrtltlnol)', th. traffic Iludy dott nol bur out, from .n
.ngln..rlng ul.w, thst Ih. Summit Str..t facllltl.. ar. b.lno
olJ.rlax.d, Th.r. wa. .n Incr.... In Irafflc on Su"~11 bul, for an
old.r r..ld.nllal dl.trlct, Summll Str..t I. r.l.tlv.l> wid. and many
of th. hou... hau. lono I.tb.ck. from Ih. ro.dwa>.
Th. al t.rnat. propo.al. would hau. major Impaction th. n.lohborhoodl
InuollJ.d. From Ih. llmlt.d Information au.llabl., th. Gou.rnor .tr..t
propolal app.ar. 10 r.qulr. maJor n.lohborhood Impact Includlno ;.mlll
dl.plac.m.ntl. You hau. lur.ly h.ard of many oth.r conc.rnl from
r'lld.nt. In Ihat n.lohborhood. S.v.nlh Au.nu. II a narrow Itr..1 (25
f..t> wllh .xtr.m.ly Ihorl dl.tanc.. b.lw..n .om. of Ih. hom'l and Ih.
roadway. Th' .I.uallon of Ih. S.u.nth Au.nu. roadway 10 railroad
grad. ,.U., will cr.al. hazardl and c.rlalnly 10m. dllplac.m.nt of Ih.
horn.. In th. 900 block. To bring S.u.nlh Au.nu. 10 r.alonabl. l.u.11
for cltlz.n .af.ty would dlr.ctlY adu.rl.ly aff.cl 50 to 60 r'lld.nc..
and would or.ally dlmlnl.h Ih. comfort and d..lrablllly of Ih.
n.lghborhood ar.a of low and mod.rat.,y ualu.d hom.l.
W. r.allz. thaI Ih. '.quallonl' Inuolu.d In m.klno a d.clllon aboul
any IlIu. ar. comp ltx, Our conc.rn I. tha t th. In t.or. ty of
n.lohborhood. b. ol~.n .qual conlld.rallon In luch '.quallonl' with
traffic flow, .tc. Th.r. ar. no .ngln..rlno flour'I In Ih. 'Summit
Str..t Traffic Sludy' which calcu!al. th. .ff.cl on p.~pl., th.lr
homtl, Ih.lr .chooll, .tc. W. uk Ihal you con.ld.r u.ry Ilrono!y Ih.
unm.alurabl. ualu.. of n.lohborhood Inl.orlty al you conlld.r th.
tralf I c Itudy.
Than~ you.
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lovl City, IA S2246
Flbruary 19, 1991
RE: Su=mlt Str.ot Tr.lllo Stud, R,port: Cov.mor Str..t .xton,lon
Dllr HI. Novick:
I I' Vlltlne to Ilk you Ind your C.llov council IOlb.ro to t.k. . Itlnd Clvorlne
th~ prot.ctlon .nd r.t.ntlon oC n'lehborhood, In lov. City .nd to rlJlct .ny
tr,CClo plln th.t vould Involvo the r.loc.tlon oC halO. .nd CIUI. the .
do.tructlon oC nolehborhoodl.
Hy hUlblnd Ind I purchl.od our ho.o .t 638 South Cov.rnor Stro.t b.C.Ul. It
p.rC.otly Clt our n.od. In t.fI, oC .11', 'p,co, .tructur. .nd loc.tlon. Vo hid
orleln.lly thoueht v. vould h.vo to Clnd prop.rty In tho country out.ldo oC lovo
City.
South Cov.rnor Stroot I. I qul.t, do.d'lnd .troot. Th. nolehborhood I. Crl.ndly
v.II k.pt, .nd .n Int.r..tlne Ilx. An Ilport.nt AI.rlc.n po.t Ilv.. tvo houo..
IV'y Cro. u.: our n.xt.door nolehbor I. . lortlcl.n, h.r hu.blnd I. I contr.otor
vho. vo hired to york on our houlI .Cur obllrvlne the york th.t ho h.d don. on
hi. own hou..: .oro.. tho .tro.t Ilvo. I vo..n vho vork. lor GEATS .. h.r
hou.....t. york. Cor Coodvlll: ..voral Unlv.r.lty proC...or. llv. on South
Cov.rnor .. v.ll .. UI .t.CC .nd .tudont.. I.. I 'c.lll.t Ind the IlIlerltlon
Idvl..r to UI Cor.len .tud.nt.. Hy hu.b.nd I. I .0IC,0Iployod Irt dl.trlbutor.
La.t .Ullor, ..ny ho.oown.r. on tho .tr..t 'Ido Ilprovolont. to th.lr dvolllns..
Tho .Ir r.ns vlth thl .ound oC hllaor.. It VI' sood to knov, .. the vorkl.n
In.tlllod In.ul.tlon .nd r'pl.o.d our old .Idlne vlth n.v r.dvood .Idlne, that
oth.r. Ilvlns on our .tr..t .1.0 took prldo In tholr prop.rty.
Adoption oC option "b" oC tho SUDalt Str.ot Tr,CClo Study Roport viII do.troy
thl. n.IShborhood Ind Ilk. It In Intol.rlbl. pl.co to Ilv.. I urso you .nd your
C.llov counoll 1.lb.r. to Ilk. protlotlon oC our n.IShborhood your hleho.t
priority. I ure' you to Ilk. the protootlon oC .11 n.IShbothood. In lava City
your hlsh..t priority. Our olty oCCor. u. . co.Cort.bl. IIC.. Ploa.. .ak.
.vory .Uort to prot.ot th.t v.y oC HCo.
SueSo.tlon. h.v. bl.n ..d. Cor roduclns the troCClc on Summit Stroot by
oncour'elne tho u.. oC tho Dodse Stroot brldso. Plo..o .~ploro, roClno .nd
adopt tho.. 'USso.tlon. .nd do.onotrato to tho community that you, a. a City
Counoll, .ro commlttod to pro.orvlne our nolshborhood./ our hl.tory and the
qu.llty oC llCo In lava City.
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Fobrullty 19, 1991
Door Ms, Novick.
I om wriUng you with my porsonal concorns rogardlng tho Summit Slrool
traffic study and tho proposod ahornatlvos. Doing 0 homoownor on 921
Sovon!h ~,vonuo SoUlh, Ihoso allomatlvos havo 0 d1rOCllmpact on my homo
and my neighborhood.
Approxlmato~ 3 yoars ago whon Iooklng 10 buy 0 houso, I was allractod
to Ihe Sovonth Avonuo arGo bocauso It was on oldor port 01 town Ihat provldod
B varioty 01 modlum.pricod housos In 0 qulOl, woll kopl nolghborhood. I boughl
my houso on Iho south ond 01 Sovonth Avonuo and havo loh partlcular~
fortunato os Iho advantagos 01 Dvlng on 0 doad ond stroot havo by for oul
wolghod Iho dlsadvantagos. Subsoquont~, Iho notion 01 maklng Sovonth
Avonue on artorial strool makos me norvous.
Some of Ihe Issues that concern mo ore Ihe following: Sovonlh Avonue
was nflver doslgned 10 be port ollhe artorial syslom. Sovonlh Avonuo Is narrow
and Ihe housos ore buill In closo proximity 10 Ihe streol. Subsoquontly, B bridge
and sidewalks would Impodo alroady IImllod fronl yards lor many housos,
would nocossltale romoval 01 numorous maturo Iroes, and dotract consldorably
from tho aesthotlcs 01 the nolghborhood. Proporty values would groatly
diminish, maklng It thai much moro difficult for Ihose Iooklng 10 buy medium
pricod housing. Solely Issues ore anothor Importanllactor when considering
funneling Iraffic Ihrough on area Ihat sImply was not moantlo accommodato II.
My quostlons 10 the council mombora ore:
(1) "Summit Slrsel does nol hove on oxlsUng problem with congostlon
or salety concerns, why creole this problem elsewhore?
(2) Con alleraUons In the currenl arterial systom bo consldorod firsl?
Changing tho oxlstlng system may solvo Ihe problom wlthoullhe exponso 01 Ihe
proposod altornatlvos.
(3) What Is roally Ihe priority h9r~? Hnw quickly one con Iravol across
town or Iho prosorvallon 01 all nolghborhoods?
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I undorstond tho nood lor olficlont slrool systoms through Iho city Ihol ClIn
bonefillho community. losk Ihol you consldor thoso ohollotlvos Ihot would nol
be 01 tho nolghborhood'G oxponso.
Thonk you for youI consrdolollon.
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Iowa City City Council
CivIc Center
410 E. Washln9ton
Iowa CIty, IA 52240
Dear City Council Kembers:
~ family and I are current residents at 1729 F. St. In Iowa City.
We recently learned 0' propositions to change the traffic situatIon
In this area of the city, namell Summit St.
We are writing this letter to express our concern of what might happen
to our neighborhood. Wd live very closo to Seventh Ave. and would be
very dismayed and disappointed If a railroad crossing was constructed
on the Seventh Avenue. Sycamore Street alignment.
Please accept our concern, and please do not approvo this alternative.
Sincerely, ~ l::
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Thll II to ollpr'oll m)' conclI,'n .bout tho propolod ch.novl to
tho Ilummlt Stroot brldgo .nd ",.to/.,.I U"lIllt /'outlng.
EVO/'YOM looml to bt> In "1l"lllrmunt on Ihll pOint! Summit Stroot
II not ovorto>>od ...Ith tr.fflc but th. brld~u will nood to bo ro-
pl'lClld by 199:\ (rollll'IInCI' fu!1.Mllt Str'tlut T,'.rflc StudY pr'op.rod
b)' Jolt D.vldlon, Tr'.nlportltlon PI.nnor, Octobo,' 8, 1'1901. Tho
dlo'llroomont II ovur wh.t to do Jboul It.
AI tho)' M'II Itr'uctu,'od, 111\ 01 tho propollld .ltorn"tlvol "'.,
un"coptllblo tu 110m... nlllohborhoodl. Tho Summit Str'llot rOlldontt
don.t ....nt to bo on 'n ortqrllll Itrout, Govornor Stroot owner I
don.t w.nt II homol dllplllcod II bollovo th.t mo.nl dOltro)'odl.
A no... .t-O,..do .:rolllng on Dov.nth Avenue p0101 c,'onlnn probloml
for omorglnc)' \lClhlclu .nd ...111 ultlm.tel)' dOltro)' tho r".rm of
th.t IItroot from ~Irkwood to Rocholtur, 3:5 blockil tho rOlultlng
Itruot wldonlng will uproot treol, roloc.to utllltlol, .nd c.ule
hOUDOI to bo dongoroull)' clolo to tho Itroot. And, of courle,
Altorn.tlvo 0, do nothing, II JUlt not 'o'llblo long rlngo.
Tho Summit St,'oot ho,'l tago II r'lch .nd noedl to bo prolorvod.
but 10 do tho othllr InntW-city nOlllhbor'hoodl. ir.dlnll tho charm
01 3:5 blockl 'or th.t of 4 blockl m,y not bo the WllOlt chalco.
A koy fllctor' th.t prolpoctlvo reold.ntt look '0/' In II city II
lltablu nelohbor'hoodll whol'e It 10 GAfo 'or chll.drun to phy IInd
whore propllf'ty v.luel romaln conlhnt or .pproclato. Chopping
up nelohbo/'hoodl with now IIrtorllll IItr'lI11tl will not holp u-
t/'.ct new realdonLI to tho ..ronl t)' of our' olhbllllhod "011-
donillll loctlono.
I proplola II compromllu lolution.
I. Conduct I Neighborhood ProlDrvltlon Study to d.turmlno how
to belt procoed. ~ tr.1'lc .tudy will tell you tho malt of1lc-
lent WilY to movo ca"s fr'om point A to point D wi thout ,'ogo,'d to
wha,'o roadl 00 or what It doal to nolohborhcodl. Hllvlng Ilvad
In Chlcagu 10r aloven yoorl, I truly don't bolID\lO trll,flc 0111c-
loncy IIhC1~lld bll tha major concur'n In II town tho II:a of Iowa
CI tYI p,'ollo,'vlng our homu v.luos and quail t)' 01 11'9 Bhould bn
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2. Rupl.co tho brldDI on Bu~lt Stroat .nd Irlct IIDn'Da to
1II0YI tr.fflc tow.rdl tha undlrutlllzad Dodgl Stroot brldga.
POl'h/lpo tho S\,mmit-f:II'hlOod lntll,'voct Ion vhould no lonoo,' bo
on .11-wAY atop.
3. L.unch In .II-out .ffort to IIIAka bUI rldlno both conyanlont
.nd .ppalllng. Fhn now dovolopmont Around bUll rout.. Md on-
cour/lgu tholr uoa. Au. city WO c/ln UIIO mAIO tr/lnoporl/ltlon to
OAGU trAffic conguotlon rotheII' th/ln JUllt bUlldlno rOAd I to
p,'omolll It. Thll On. Holnn Tf'A1101l Authol'ily hn .n uMlunllYO
Md "ffoctlvl' c/lmp/llon to lH'llmolol rldlProhll', 1M do 1111 othor
1"'00" c I t1111l.
In comfll'nmloln(), JlUdl~PO WlI c/ln I"'IIO""YII OYllI'yonll' ,',olghbO,'hood
/lnd lIyold /In unl'h'~"lInt ..nll-fl,l filling pl'ophocy. .Wa proJactad
t,'offlc growth, wa built roodl to hondla It Ind, Iura Inough, It
h.ppwnld. Traffic I, tarrlbla. Now It II tlma to taor up 1II0rft
nalDhborhoodl .nd build mora rOldl to mOYI thll .wful tr.fflc
lIIorl Ifflclantly."
Th"n~ you for cOnlldol'lno my opinion.
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problt'lll" en 9.mnH Blrwl. 14I ccncluded lhal U"CI avidmc:e lIvllilllblD daralltrales IlIl
.lncro..o cnly .In td~ trllffic MId not .In traffic en !Urmi t Blreot l:abclcn 6her.ldllll
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~lAlrut lVld Slllr.ldan en amnl t stmat (llilllddn\ll:ml~IOfl HutlW of txllwl<<! 23 Md
2'7/. (~,1dlnl) rn tGl yn.1 cnlcull1lll Uu IIvurllClO dally fiquro) over Ut' 1M flqur~.
Thit III oJ hiQlllr rlllo of .lncroow Ul<.'41 lhl trait ic over Ull IkxJQu Btrrot bridge 10r
Un r.ocUrn t'Cll~ufl ~bl('j,ll iY1d Lb.ury durJIlQ UII WIt! Interval. Ibcvr:r, Uu loci, of
recL'nt fiQUI'1lI for Ull rll'Jt of !hT1l1it Stroot, (l1ll! for Un r(}tt of U-o IIUldv 11m"
JnclL~ted in U'O rtllorl, prIM.flllI MV cf'.\1~"'rJt(nll ~,ilh ltO'.lll /lnlall.
Tto "!Urmit Btrnot Traff!c Buldy" clu.rly denmlltralOll tra i"'fXll'tllllCl of Ira
amnit Btmat br.ldQlI for lraffic I'OJUno N1d III IlIch IllIpporls tra roplllCment of Ira
br.ldQe ""'" IChlWlt'd.
tb.ovor, .It da1t not deal with incrllalOll in traft!c en amnit Blreot
baycnd lte IlIMII IOCUen inclLldcd in tl"o .19111 TrAffic Ca.ntl, (bolwlcn tl"o
br.ldge Md Slvr!dMI. Slnco 1mI'll ..~ rMfIY mtraru:" N1d OMitl fron 9.iT1l1it
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FebrUArY 26, 19'11
To I CHy COlllcl1 IlCllllbera
;cUil Robort J. I.lbbyand DcUr J. I.lbby
ReI I'ropoeed chM~ee In trdr c PAUerno Involvln~ S. Governor - Klrkvood - Kookuk
B. llwmth Ave.- Spruce - DYCAlloro
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The nel8hborhood and public dlocUDOlono ra~\rdln~ thlo oubJect hAva bean Inroraatlve
and Aakao uo clUlanll comlzant or tho aa",Hudo or tho prcblaa. Rall.lhlnr;tha dl1_a
you raco, haro ara ocaa thoullhto and raallnen.
Idaally tho ral'vrblohlnll or tho SlNlt DUGal brldllo, coupled with eolabllohlant
or ona or tvo nav brldllao,vould GAUory tho tramc prabl.ol lr ouch could bo don.
wHhout dlDt'llpUn<< odnUn<< raoldcnh. or couroa, that CMllot be dona. Allor tho
rlUlllrlcAUono, Inoludlnll dlsrupUon and rolocAtlon or rMUloa, would be cooUYI prob-
ably lore UIM 10 warranted by the proaellt problCllll. As roaldanh or eouth llovanth Ave,
va real lEe that the exlotlnr; otrAot Is not or ourriclent vldth to accOledato lncreaaod
trarrlc. HocooDlll'Y vldenlnK would be part or the hlr.h coot or oxtendlnll Eovanth Avo.
acron tho rllllrond to DycMore.
Tho proble.. or ono nolr.hborhood cannot be · JuaUy" tranarorrod to anothor la11lh-
borhcod. Tho doolre or the SIIIIH stroot nelllhborhood to relaln Ha hlotorlc aucaphero
10 ~~rable. AD a peraon Intareated In hlotorlc presorvatlon, that 10 a dealrable atti-
tude but the aUalnlant cr that fIOal ahould not be at the oxpanu or another area.
At this poln t In the probl. it appears thAt lIaJor clw1gaa IIhlch can bo acccap-
llshod by tramc controll and plltlorno 10 tho only anavor. FrO. tho roporta or !luotlnsa
ot JanUArY 21, 1991 and FabrUArY 14, 1991 it appeara that trAmC enlllneera hAve dolor-
Ilnod that thlo apprOAch could 110 A Ion!! way to allovlate tho prcblel.
You are lItronsly urlled to purDue thla trdClc control Approach, oven thouSh one
raport otatOl that lIlarr tried to keep aVIlY f'rOA trArrla contrcl chMges beCAUU thoy
aro non-pomanant. It 100.0 to 10 that tho noxlblllty or such non-pomananco 11 an
advanti4!o In that adaptabUlty to lnovllable chMllo 10 aoro aonslblo. Hothlnll ovor
stays tho wa. Tho current noed tor addlUonal ral1road cronlnllo boara thlo out.
110 luot alvays bo propared to copo vHh chlllllloablo oHuaUons.
Rospoctrully oubftlttod.
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Civic Ccnler
410 E. Wnshlnlllon
I~ Chy, IA 52240
Dear 10Wl! Chy Council Members:
Summh Slreells Indccd a unlljue resldenllnl nelghbolhood. rrwe could afford 10, we would
lo\'e 10 live on Summh Slreel. The Irarnc now we observe on Summh hardly dlslurbs lIS
hlslorlc ljualhy or hs deslrabllhy ns a neighborhood. I lowever, we feelhls osborne Ihal a
nelghborboOl! groul' of lwo 10 Ihree blocks has lurned lhe Issue of reduced Irarnc now along
those lwo 10 Ihree blocks Into an Is.~ue Involving lrarnc now for Ihe whole soulheaslljuadrnnl of
Iowa Chy, arrecllng dozens of blocks and many dozens of families. The Summh Slreel group
cJc!lrcs to reduce lremc now along Summit Slrcel by rcduclng Irarnc now acrosslha law:!
Inlerslale Railroad bridge. ^Ilparenlly.lrnrnc volume acrosslhe bridge hns Increased whh the
1n.~lallallon of SIOl'slgns 01 Kirkwood and Summh. 1l1ese signs were 0 boon 10 Ihe oUlbound
Mall bus route which used Iballntersecllon dally. It ISlrue 11101Ihal change has made Summh
Slreel a slralghl,lwo.way arlery helween Ilurllnglon and Keokuk. The DOOge Slreel bridge 15
an alternallve one.WIIY, slralght.llne arle~ going soulh; howevcr,lhere Is no allernollve
sllllghl.llne oriel}' goIng north belwcen Kirkwood and Ilurllnglon. Only "plan b"ls an
allernallve arlerlal replncemenl for a slrulghl.llne, one.way aIleI}' going norlh. There bas been
WI proposed allernallve lwo.woy,slrolghl.llne orle'Y belween Kirkwood and Ilurllnglon for
Summil Slreel.
If Ihe Chy Council wishes 10 oddresslhe I IIslorle Preservallon of Summh Slreel by reduclng
trornc now, Ihen h could be done by removlnglhe SlOp signs at Kirkwood and Summh. The
Moll bus changed hs route years ogo 10 ovoid Ihollnlersecllon, ond mnny people would chlnge
Ihelr rouleslo avoid mnklng lert.bond lurns ollhnllnlersecllon. I lowever, removlnglhe stop
signs would dcnnhely bock.up lrornc on Klrkwood,ns h IYlIS before In.\tollotlon of Ihe SlOP sIgns.
V-ou would be Irodlng some decreased soulh.bound lrarnc on Summh for eD.\I.bound boc!e.ups
on Kirkwood, posslhly as fnr back ns Keokuk,lhereby blocklnglhallntersecllon ns well. Since
bOlh Ihese "arlerles" arc residential, we don'lsce lhe polnlln changing Ihe slotus quo and
creallng olher "problems." Leave hnlonel
If Ihe Chy Council Is goIng 10 IIse Ihls cllrrcnllssue of lrurne now along one slreello redesign
lIome now for Ihe entire soulheasl (IUndlllnl of Ihe chy,lhen there ore severnl polnls which we
would like 10 make:
I) Any chy pOlllally divided by a river or rullroad needs nil of hs ex Is ling crossings for case of
lraffic now ond allernallve roules In case of emergencles or IInexpeclcd closure of one of lhe
crossings. Currenl chy council memhers should remember Ihe many traffie Joms ond
Inconvenience of JUSI one closed bridge across Ihe Iowa IUver. In lhe pasllen years} mosl have
been closed alleasl once. Was IllIme ever so smoolh Ihnt some people wondered h we even
needed lhal parllenlar bridge? Of course nol. Permanenl closure of ony egress over Ihe
railroad Is hldlcrom; Iherefore, don'l close Ihe Summh Slreel bridge.
2) We have lived In lown Chr for cleven yenrs nnd It Is clear 10 115 Ihat Ihe southrasl ~uadrnnl
wos not pl~nned wilh nrlerln trllrrle now In mind, since mosl of lhe eurrenl "arlerles" ore
IDW~ strcels. We believe thnt most resldeols of soulheasllowa Cily prefer IIlhls way. We
don'l wonl widened ronds which wllltnke our properly nnd lhen lhe trurrlc now along
OUI strcels. Why nOllllkc n poll of southeasllown Clly 10 n
IrnWc now along OUI resldentlnl"nrterlnl" streels?
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3) What Is the cost of dlsrulltlon and changlllg ploperty values for another railroad cro~lns.l.e.,
the SYClImore.Sevenlh Avenue plopoSllI (plan c)? We arc concerned Ihallhls plan IllU a
possible ulterior motive: Inclense anlVor ell Ie Irarnc now Inlo SYCllmore Mall,lhe second
blggeslshopplng center In IOll'a City. 'I1lls motive hns nothing at all 10 do with Summit SlIeel
Illftorlc Plescrvotlon, ncr arlerlaltrornc now In the resldenllal neighborhoods of 50uthensl
Iowa City. As you 011 know, the SYCllmore Mall hns one major enllance on Ihe west and three
entrances on lfie ensl. Trome {rom I J1ghwoy 6, a mojor four.Jane llrlery, bnslo either dog.leg
on Flrsl Avenue and Ihen Lower MusClltlne (both four lanes), or lake Sycamole, 0 1\\'O.lone
streel, to the Mall. 1lle SYCllmore enllonce Is perceived ns ensler because It Is closer 10 the
major SIOle In the Mall and It Is closer 10 convenIent parking. 1herefore, this entrance Is more
congesled. PlellSC note Ihal one.half block pnsllhe Moll SYCllmore becomes ~ unlll It
reaches Lower MUSCllllne, whIch Is one.holf resldentlol olong the streich from Spruce 51.10
DeForest. Note also thallhe enstern enllonces to the Moll off Lower MUSCllllne at this time arc
non.resldenllal,lIS Is Flrsl Avenue from IIIl\hll'oy 6 nOrlh 10 Ihe rollwad. This Imbalance
cannol ellSlly be correCled, b,utth~ llroposeil\llan 10 turn a residential streel, Sycamore, nOrlh of
the Mill into a four.lane ~ slice I 11'1 I hal'e the following delllmcntal crfects:
(I) decrensc propcrlyvulues along Sycomore ondloll'er MusClltlnel which 11'11I become a feeder
10 Ihe SYClImore artel}'j (2) Incrense the lIornc now Into andthrougn Ihe Seventh Avenue
~ corridor 10 LOwer MusCllllnc Avenue' ond (3) Incrense Ihe danger of accidents along
Sycamore. Most \raiiic on olllhe propll5CU i'fl~rlal roule: travel! In mt~~ (lr the PQsted2S
mph. We drive Ihem all andll'e know. ~a Summit Street! Our son WllS
hit In 1990 by one of the slowesl.movlng cors on Sycomore (01 or near Ihe speed limit). Making
SYCllmore a four.lone ~ slreetwlll dellnltely pUI my children ondlllose of Ihe
Sycam~lelloll'er MUSClltlne neighborhood corridor 01 much grealer risk.
'11e City WllS quick to contact us oboullel11porory parking changes on our slrcet and even llSked
our opinion before changlns the regulations agnln. lIefore underlo~jnB~ reslruclurlng of
southellSllowp Clty'straIOc nowhperhnps It would be prudent 10 IIII!w.11IX conlael resldenls In
the area of proposed changes 10 nd out whotlhelr oplnlol)S arc. Do they wont two-lane
residential slreets to become four.lane 'prlerlol' slreets? Do they wont s\reelS wldened,l.e.,
their property taken, for better access through southellStlowa City? Do Ihey wnntthelr
properlY laken, quite IlterollYI for a new brldge(s) across the railroad? Do they wonl more
tramc Induced 10 now throug I resldenllnl neighborhoods Inslead of using IlIgl1wny 6?
We will nol supp'ort and lI'e 11'11I actively oppose ony city council dcclslon which proposes such
wlde.sweeplng changes In II1lI neighborhood without (frst getting a mandate to do so from Ihose
most pffected. If our opinion Is a mInority opinion, so be It. \lUI since Ihe council hns not
contacted us or others in our neighborhood, Ihls 155\1e of re.routlng tr~rnc from three blocks of
Summit Strectto allay unfoundcd fears of dccrcuscd propcrty values and desirability to the
scrlous detriment of olher ureus of soulhcustlown City should not even be' seriously consldcred.
Sln:erc~llt\11r CI
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Danr city Counoil HomborOI
Thio lottor ro in concorn ot tho propoDod optiono on tho
Summit st. trottio ioouo. Tho optiono thnt oro Duggootod
ooom to bo oot to hurt 0 lot ot tomilioo. Fomilioo thnt
hnvo mndo Iowo City thoir homo. For tho poot J yooro I hovo
drivon on port ot Summit otroot 5 d~yo a wook, twico a day.
To mo it'o liko any othor main contral Iowo city otroot aa
tar ao trattio goon. It pooplo in thnt orca don't liko it
thon why did thoy dooido to mako it thoir homo? Suroly thoy
ohould havo known that it woo a woll travolod aroa. It you
don't liko tratrio thon you ohould bo living in tho country.
I juot think thot thoro ohould bo aomo othor altornotivoB n
oolving thio 00 callod problom thon tho onoo ouggoatod. Tho
optiono aro not toir to tho toxpayoro ond tho tomilioo who
will bo told to movo out or thoir hornoo. With ouggootiono
liko thio you aro only driving pooplo to loovo lown city
oltogothor.
I know thio lottor mny oound child liko and not put into
wordo vory woll but I wioh tho City of Iowa city Counoil
will tako a vory hard look into th a oituation and to dooply
conoidor tho ramilioo that it would involvo.
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A. p.r our t.llphonl convlr.ltlon on the lornln, of Hln
flrlt, I vould Ilkl to ..pre.. .tron, concern oVlr tbl
IIflct tOI' of th. propolld chln,l' Involvln, the lu..lt
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bulldln, . brldl' .cro'l tb. rlllro.d trlckl It th. foot
01 South Governor hUH, the "Govunor Strau AlIlnl.nt",
would Ib.olut.ly ruin our nellhborhood. I lov.d th.re bl-
CIUII It VII quiet .nd PIICllul. I hlvl no Idl. .boue
proplrty,vllul. Ind I .. not .ddrl.lln, 'Ylell to tb.t
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Dear Council Membors,
I'm sure that many oC us have a great deal oC sympathy Cor the
hemeowners and residents oC Summit Street. TIle increase in
traCCic in their neighborhood must be very upsetting,
1I0weverl
1. Is Summit Street in a state oC decline? Are property
values decreaSing thera? It seems to mo that the
people who liva on Summit take great pride in their
homos, and taka their stewardship quite seriously,
Beca~so oC the historic ovorlay, thoy don't have to
worry about hOUDOD being torn down nnd apartmnnt
buildings or non-historical and unsuitablo looking
duploxes going up in their neighborhood, They
have the protection oC zoninf to maintain their
stroot. The rest oC us in 0 der neighborhoods not
only have to deal with increased traCCic, but with
zoning that doesn't protect our streetscapes,
2. ~Iy understanding is that it was the Summit Street
people ~ho wanted stop signs on Kirkwood and Summit,
and it was the stop signs that caused an immediate
jump in the increase oC traCCic on Summit since
now it is easy to turn onto Kirkwood, and it wasn't
easy beCore.
3. 1I0w bod is the traCfic, really? The housas are set
back from the road, the road is flat, and the traCfic
is slow. I may be mistaken, but I thought that when
Summit was deSigned, it was a major streot, which is
why the houses are s~t back from the street. Of course,
the sound of horses and carriobes on brick streets is
far more pleasant than cars on whatever the bricks
have been covered with, Stilll I find it hard to
bolieve that the troffic is 011 that noisy, espocially
compared to other ports of town,
4. When the rest of us complain about traffic increases,
we are told that "traffic is increasing all over town,"
Nothing is dono to alleviate eur distress, For example,
when we bought our house just north of Brown in 1985,
there was little noticeablo traffic, A traffic count
in front of our house done in April 1984 counted 390
vehicles (which is quite a few, really, considering
the condition of the street). Then Dubuque Street
was widened, and we endured thoso agonizing months
of being one oC the busiest streets in town, with
traffic blocked up for blocks, A traffic count done
in lote 1990 counted 706 vehiclos, on 81% in
six years, The rosult of widening Dubuque S
to permanently divert traffic to tho Northsi!
people looked for ways to avoid tho stopligh
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Associlltion hos nskod for a protoctod left turn on
Dubuqup to Church (whon heading south on Dubuque), but
we've boen told their isn't quite enough traffic yet
to justify it, Could it be bocause cars thllt usod to
tllke Dubuque lire now tllking Gllbort?1 We clln't oven
get II slmple little dlverslonllry tllctlc to help re-
lieve our trllfflc IInd put it back whero, I IIssumo (con-
sldering tho expense and lnconvenience of the Dubuque
Street project), tho City intendod the mojor pllrt of
lncomlng trllffic to go,
5, Which lellds me to tho finlll point, I hete to mnlign
the poop Ie of Summit, I hllve nothing but respoct
and ndmirntion for whnt they hnve dona for their
street, which bonofits all of us, Indoed no
mlltter whllt is done, mllny of U8 will contInue to drivo
on Summit simply bOClluse it is one of the fow attrllctive
stroets romaining in II town that used to bo fillod with
lovely streets (larg91y dostroyed, thllnks agllin to
idiotic zoning doc1s1ons), 1I0wever, I'm afraid thllt
this is going to bocome very much 0 class issue.
lam, frankly, nppallod1thnt these residents would ask
the City to relieve tho r problem by asking other
neighborhoods, le88 fortunate than sumrnlt and wlth le88
influence, to sacrifice their quality of life to im-
prove the quality of life of the Summit Streetersl
People who live on busy stroets (like Dubuque, Dodge,
Governor, and yes, even Sumnlltnlt has always hod
quite a bit of traffic, I'm sure) know traffic will
never get better, In whatever decision you make, I
hope that you focus on streets that are already heavily
traveled, and that you don't domand that quieter neigh-
borhoods suddenly become traffic-ladon ones,
6. Andstill ono more point, for the engineers, I know that
traffic engineers like to think of getting lots of
people through town, fast, I wish that you would con-
sider thoso of us who actually live in--not around--
Iowa City. We shouldn't have to constantly be making
sacrificos for all those poople who drive in and out
of town but who don't live here. There is nothing
wrong wIth expecting drivors to drive slowor, more
quietly, and take a few mora minutes to get to their
destination, The decisions tho enginoers mako are often
detrimental to the people who li~ here~-widening Dubuque
Street, for example, was nice tor people who zip in and
II out of town, but those of us who live here lost everything
and didn't gain anything desirable. Please keep the
.. .I'j.. . <people who livo in Iowa Clty in mind, Let the others
COpieD- VI: .' ;.mnke tha sacrifices for a change.
i"rn ~f(' E"'1/t1~trlr7 Sincerely,
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Iowa Clly, IA 52240
Om Karen:
In reJponsc 10 Ihc Invllallon ror Ihe Sum mil Slreellrarnc problem, I would like
10 recommerid as along lime resldenl or Ihe Summll Slreel neighborhood Ihe rollowln!
ror beller use or Ihe Inrnc belween Durllnglon and Kirkwood, which has In my opinion
severely overloaded Summil Slreel.
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I. Relum allslreeh soulh or Durllnglon 10 Iwo-way norlh.soulh, and ellmlnale
Ihe one-way only Iramc on Dodgc and Governor soulh or n~~lInglon.
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10 conllnue unlmpededj and .\
I can clearly recalllhe nolsu or cars on Ihe brlckJ berore Summll Streel was
covered wllh asphall, and Ihe vaslly Increased Irarnc would make Ihe noise Inloferable
Ir Ille lISphall Is removed and brick surrace Is reslored.
Mosl would ravor rcslorallon or Ihe brick slreel as part or hlslorlc prescrvallon
bul only wllh a dnsllc Irarnc reducllon or numbers and speed,
I woufd appreclnlc II If you would rorward a copy each or Ihls leller 10 Ihe City
Councilors.
Wllh klndesl personal regards, I am,
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D~to: H~rch 5, 1991
To: Hembers of the City Council, Iowa City
Re: St~temont on the Summit Street Traffic StUdy and Proposed Options
Prepared by:
Thomas and Cynthia Charlton. 821 S, Soventh Ave, 351-3919
Paul and Dorothy Durronberger. 616 S, Covernor St, 354-7174
Charles and Hargaret Felling, 825 S. Seventh Ave, 338-6994
In consideration of time the Folllngs. Durrenbergers and Chari tons have
put togethor a Joint statement. We would like to thank H~yor HcDonald
for scheduling this uarly opportunity to addross the Council, During the past
month wo hm had tho pleuuro of hiking with lIany friends and neighbors In
tho S, Soventh.Spruco-Sycamoro and S, Covernor.W~lnut.Klrkwood.Keokuk
Neighborhoods. On behalf of ourselves and those who cannot bo here or who
will not bo speaking tonight wo would llko to address brlofly several Issues
rolovant to your conslder~tlon of tho Summit St, Tr~fflc Study and tho options
proposed.
First, In koeplng with the City poliCY as statod In tho current Iowa City
Comprohenslvo Plan, p, 38, 'to preservo and protect tho unique attributes of
low~ City's public and prlv~to neighborhoods', ~nd p, 64, to 'Hlnlmlzo the
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negatlvo Impacts of arterial and truck traffic on rosldentlal neighborhoods',
we urge tho City Council. while developing long torm policies to doal with
Incre~ses In traffic. to follow the guldollnos In tho Comprehensive Plan and
to Incorporate tho Idoa that the preservation of nolghborhood Integrity should
be of major consideration In any traffic planning, Wo do this In concert with
our friends and neighbors on S, Summit St,
It Is our Impression that there Is a strong community consonsus that the
consorvatlon and protection of residential nolghborhoods Is a far greater
priority to the community than smoother traffic flow whon changes In the
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current arterial streets are consIdered or when new arterial routes through
existing resldantlal areas are conte~lated,
'he City routinely takes steps to ensure that new residential and
Industrial development dOls not result In lights dialing, water and gas
pressure dropping, Ind sewers blcklng up In alr'ldy existing neighborhoods.
[ssentlll services ar. Idded It the point of need,
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Similarly the City should develop art.rlal streets at the point of origin
of traffic so IS to route traffic around estlbllshGd nelghborho~ds rather thin
through them, In arels of established neIghborhoods, traffic should be
maintained at or below current volumes by measures which limIt or reduce the
flow of traffic Ind which maintain tha streets but do not Introduce major
changes such as street extensions and street wldanlng,
If this ware 1891, 7 yelrs before the platting of East Iowa City, or even
1901, 7 yalrs before tha platting of tha Rundell Addition, S, Seventh Ave,
would be an Idell undeveloped araa to turn Into an arterial streat, A similar
statemant can be made for the S. Governor-Keokuk option, although for
different periods, However, It Is 1991 and the developmont frontier In
eastern Iowa City Is moving to the east and north.
The focus needs to be on araas that are not developed, to anticipate
arterial street needs there which do not damage eXisting neIghborhoodS. The
City has anticipated Increlsed sewlge dlsposll naeds wIthout disturbIng the
rest of the neighborhoods, axcept In our pocket books, The Slme Cln be done
for traffic,
Second, the data which we have examined, In the study, In the description
of the Iddltlonal options, and through the courtesy af Jeff Davidson Ind Jim
8rachtel, simply do not form an adequate basis on which to generate these
elaborate proposlls of major changes In the arterial street system, nor do
they constitute In adequate basIs on which the Council can make Important,
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, expensive, and far reaching decisions about lajor changes In tr.ff1c patl.llrns,
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Thoy do support tho Summit St, brldge~as a vital llrik In the Clty's
existing arterial stroot syste~, although possibly In noed of Ilnor and
reversible traffic control measures to equalize the volu~e of traffic between
the SUmllt St, and Dodge St, bridges,
The only recent data available. ~he 1989 counts of Dodge St. and Summit
St, bt1d91 traffiC. do de~onstrate an Imbalance In traffic flow for
the two~, They do not demonstrate any compelling community need to
'Improve' the arterial street syste~ by adding a new railroad crossing which,
In the options proposed, would be mat enly through the Implementation of
proposals to cut through the established residential neighborhoods of
S, Governor-Kirkwood and S. Seventh.Sycamore, Introducing massive traffic
structures. volumes of traffic for which neither the home frontages to the
street nor the nulghborhood streets were deSigned, destroying a block or more
of homes, and Il1arlluLL1D9 areas of stable residences. affordable housing, and
historically significant structures.
We propose the followlngl
(1) that the City Council replace the Summit St, bridge when necessary
and use various mInor and reversible traffic control measures to balance more' .
evenly the flow of traffic over It and the Dodge St, brIdge, Seventy percent
of the difference In dally traffic volume between the two bridges occurs In
three periods, 0-9am, 11.lpm and 3-0pm. which make up only one third of
each 24 hour period.
2) that the City Council should not consider any further those options
Involving changes In the arterial street system with new railroad crossings
through established residential neIghborhoods,
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(3) that the City Council request the relevant City Staff to use the 1990
lOOT TraffIc tounts when avaIlable, tnd any necessary addItIonal Iowa CIty
Traffic counts, when .ade, to develop less drastIc leasures to reduce traffIc
through the entIre Suaalt St, Traffic Study area and to develOp arterIal
streets outside of developed resIdentIal areas, In accordance wIth the
polIcIes stated In the Iowa City ComprehensIve plan,
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Our proposalS address traffIc IOvtllnt wIthout tho IrreversIble
destructIon of stable residentIal neIghborhoods.
FInallY, In response to the coaaent attached to the new options statIng
that 'any IlprovelOnt to the (arterial street) systum whIch adds a new
raIlroad crossIng wIll cause some dIsruptIon to exIsting neIghborhoodS and
will lIkely dIsplace some dwellIng unIts' for some communlty.wlde benefit, we
would lIke to note that those so.called 'dwellIng unIts' lI1 the coaaunlty,
Those 'dwelling unIts' are the hOles, the securIty of RIAAlI rangIng from
young famIlIes who have found homos they can afford, of the rIght size and
near schools for theIr chIldren, to retIred people who resIde In their long-
established homes.
We do not thInk you would fInd lany who would see a communIty-wIde
benefit In destroying homes and neIghborhoodS for the possible advantage of
only a few minutes less travel tlmo to drive to work or to shop,
Thank you,
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Hmh 7, 1991
I havo worked In transportation plannln9 and analysis for over 15 years,
I teach coursos In transportation analy~ls at tho UniversIty of Iowa, and I havo
wrItten a book about transportatIon and air quality,
It has been rocognlzed at loast slnco tho freeway revolt of tho lale 1960s
and early 1970s thattrlnsportatlon systellls hm social and envlronlllCnhllmpacts
extendIng Far beyond the usor benerlls and costs that Ira tho historIcal concerns
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of transportation plannors, /lowever, tho transportation profess Ion hu been
reluctant to doal with socIal and envlronlllOntal concerns, which oflen conflict
with the prOfess len's orlenlallon toward IIlXhllzlng uur beneFIts and toward
accommodating traffic as opposed to lIIanaglng It. The report of the Summit Streot
Trarrtc Study renects this roluctance, Although sochl and envlronmenhl
Impacts are dlscussod In t~Q report's Introductory soctlons, tho analysis Ihat
Is presontod doals enly IIlth trarrtc volumos and roadway capacltlos, Tho
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report's conclusions are based en tradItIonal traffic englneorlng criteria that
aro oriented toward accommodating traffic and aVOiding congestion.
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Tho City Hanager's memorandum of February 26 olaborates the Summit Street
Traffic Study, but tho fundamental problem remains. Tho alternatives that have'
been Investigated mainly Involvo shIfting traffic among residentIal streets,
Thero has been no systematic effort to develop options that would prevent tho
growlh of trarrtc and pOSSibly reduce It througheut the sludy area. Tho
pOSSibility of compromising trarrtc now ebjectlves to achlevo soctal and
environmental ones dees not appear to have been consldored seriously.
Social and environmental concerns are at tho center of questions such as
whother to rebuild tho Summit Street bridge, extend Governor Street and Seventh
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Avonuo, and wldon Kirkwood Avo. lhoso slrools pass lhrough oldor nolghborhoods
lhat aro stablo, attractlvo, and Includo a .Ixturo of Incomo lovols. Thoy aro
lho kinds of nOlghborhoods lhat Iowa City Is In dangor of losing, Actions th~t
Incroaso lrafflc on thoso or surrounding slrools can only accoloralo lho loss,
Il ts not nocossary,
lho City Counctl can chooso to adopla policy of trarrtc IIlmgolllonl, ralhor
than trafftc accommodation, on Summit St,. Kirkwood Avo" and olhor sonsltlvo
stroots, It can bogln IlIIplomontlng lho policy by asking tho slaff to find w~ys
of managing traffic so as lo not Incroaso traffic volumos on lhoso slrools, ovon
If lhls Incroasos lho cirCUity of cross-town travol.
Tho staff Is capablo of carrying out a policy of traffIc managolllont, and
this Is acknowlodgod In tho Summit Stroot Traffic Sludy, Tho mothods that aro
usod to prodlct trafftc volumos and congostlon lovols also can bo usod to find
ways of managing traffic so as not to Incroaso volumos on sonsttlvo stroots.
Host of tho famIliar capaclty.control tochnlquos of traffic onglnoorlng can bo
usod for trarrtc managomont, So thore Is no lick of tools, It Is Simply a
malter of selt Ing the rtght goals. I hopo tho City Counctl will take this
opportunity to bogln ostabl Ishlng and Implolllont tng a pol Icy of traffic lIlanagomont
In Iowa City Instead of traffic accommodation,
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DE IT REHEMBERED thllt on IIovombor 14, 1990, tho pllrtiol
lIppollrod for 1I hOllring to Dhow ClIUDO why Dofondllnt Ihould not
bo hold in contompt of court for flliling to libido by provioul
ordorl of tho court in thODO two CllIOI. Attorney DlIvid Brown
lIppollrod for tho city of IOWll City. Dofundllnt oppollrod with
hor lIttornoy Robort Downor. Tho HlIgiltrllto'l Notol tllkon lit '
tho trilll lInd oxhibitl rocoivod during tho trilll lIro filod lInd
prolorvod with tho Clork of court. . P,.. G
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Dotondllnt 1a in contompt of court ~nd, for luch contompt,
Ihould bo roquirod to moot tho conditionl lot forth in tho
Court's'Ordor thllt follows. Tho Court's rUling is blllod on
tho following findingl lInd conolusions.
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On soptombor 21, 1988, two Hunicipa1 Infraction citationa
woro fHod agD1nat Dofondant alloging that aho had viohtod
tho Iowa city HuiDanco Ordinanco rOlating to abandonod build-
ingal (1) with rogard to a atructuro at 713 Eut Jofforaon
stroot, and (2) with rogard to a atructuro at 420-422 Eut
Church stroot.
On Hny 23, 1989, Dofondant ontorod plou of guilty to
oach Hunicipal Infraction citation, Dofondant alao atipu-
latod, with tho city, to a timotablo for tho abatomont of oach
nuisanco. Tho Court impoDod flnos agdnat Dofondant and
approvod tho Stipulation and mado it binding on tho partioa..by
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On January 26, 1990, tho City appliod for a Show-c~~aa "
hoaring, alloging that Dofondant should bo hold in conto'pt:of
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Court for violation of tho Hay 23, 1989, Ordor. Dofondant
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appoarod boforo tho Court on April 5, 1990, and basod on tho
oV~donco prosontod at tho hoaring, tho court found Dofondant
in contompt of court. This finding waD madD on July 23, 1990.
Dofondant was flnod tho llIaximum amount of $100,00 in oach
caBO and waD, onco again, diroctod to comploto all proviously
ordorod work on tho two promiDoD. Dofondant was givon until
soptombor 7, 1990, to comploto tho work.
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A. 420-422 &u1 Church stroot (t88TR65216/90TR618221.
On Hay 23, 1989, Dofondant Ipoc1tically Itlpulatod and
than wal ordorod to do tho followinq by AUqUDt 15, 19891
1. To hava tho projact co=platodl
2. To paiD all final codo inapactionDI and
3. To obtain all nocoDDary rontal pOl'1llitl and
corti fica taD of occupancy.
Dofandant hao willfully failod to co=plato tho Church
Stroot projact aD ordorod by tho Court, In Ipita of boinq
onco alrolldy found in conto=pt of court for failing to COIII-
plata projoct at Church stroot and in spito of bainq qivon
qonarous axtansions of tillla within which to co=plata tho work,
Dofandllnt still had not co=pllod with tho atlpulation and
ordors whon Iho calllo to court on Novombor 14, 1990, for thil
locond contolllpt aotion,
Tho Court'l o!fort to compol Dofondant to finish tho
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On Hay 23, 1989, Dotondant spocifically stip~latod :and
than was ordorod to do tho following by Novombor 1, 19091
1. To havo tho ronovation projoct complotod/
2, To paDs final coda inspactionsl and
3, To havo tho proporty roady for occupancy.
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aold tho proporty IIhould bo cona1dorod in dotormininC) an
appropriato ordor purauant to tho contolllpt tinding.
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Dioobodionco ot a lawtul ordor ot llIogiotrato'a court io
contompt ot court, Soo Iowa Codo ooction 665,2. 110 poraon
llIay bo found in contolllpt ot court unloos tho allo\lodly con-
tUlllaoioua actiono or inactions havo boon ostablishod ~..p~~t
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trary to a knolln duty, or unauthorizod, couplod with on uncon-
corn whothor tho contol1lnor had tho right to ongago in tho
conduot, Soo wn ~. Dnrbvobw, 297 II,W.2d 349, 353 (Iowa
1980), Whon contolllpt ot court io tound, a llIagistroto lIIay
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dOVl, Iowo Codo loction 665.4(3).
Th~ Hoy 23, 1989, ond July 23, 1990, Ordorl ot tho Court
horoin oro lAwtul Court octionl. Tho Court tokal into coni-
idorAtion tho Ipirit 41 woll 01 tho lottor ot tho Ordors in
ordor to dotoraino whothor Dotondont h41 violDtod or oboyod
tho intont ot tho Ordorl, Dotondont'a conduct il in contompt
ot court bocoulo ot hor inoutticiont action to comply with tho
Hoy 23, 1989, and July 23, 1990~ Ordors ot tho Court. AD tho
ownor ot tho proportiol, Dotondont WOI logolly obligotod to
comply with tho OrdinoncoD ot Iowo City ond tho ordors ot thil
court. Tho Court hOD rocoivod proot Loyond 0 rooDonoblo doubt
thot Dotondont hOD toilod to ao comply.
Tho Court's pri.ory purpoDo in this contompt procooding
11 not to punish Dotondont but to compol obodionco to and
rOlpoct tor tho May 23, 1989, and July 23, 1990, ordors or tho
court. Tholo ordora oro dOlignod to compol Dotondont to abl~o
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IT IS, TIIEREFORE, ORDERED that Dofondantl
1. 10 convictod of contompt of court in CIIDO 110,
88TR65215/90TR61820 and io aontoncod to pay $10.00 to tho
Clork of tho Dietriot Court for Johnoon County/
2. 10 convictod of contompt of court in Cooo 110.
88TR65216/90TR61822 ond io aontoncod to opond ton (10) dOYI in
tho Johnaon County Joil, with .ittimua to ilDUO upon opplico-
tion of tho city Anytimo of tor Hay 1, 1991/
3. Sholl bo pormittod to purgo horaolf of tho contompt
in 88TR65216/90TR61822 and ovoid tho punidhmont of 0 jo11
oontonco by oithorl
0, Comploting 011 provioualy ordorod work on tho
promiaol ot 420-22 Eaat Church stroot, Iowo city, Iovo,
by no lotor than Hay 1, 1991/ or
b. Cloalng on 0 ronl OltlltO 01110 of 420-22 Ealt
Church stroot, IOVII city, Iovo, by no llltor than Hoy 1,
1991/
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D^TED thil 4th day of Harch 1991.
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