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IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 23; 1991
7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CIVIC CENTER
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AGENDA
IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. JULY 23, 1991
7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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CONSIDER ADOPTION Of THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR
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ITEM NO.1.
CALL TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL.
ITEM NO.2.
I. Consldor Ipprovll 01 OUIcIoI CouncU ICllon. 01 .thl
rogulor moo ling 01 July 9, 199 " Ind Iho lpodll melt.
Ing 01 JulV 8, 1001, 01 publlshod, lub/OCI 10 correc.
lions, .. rocommonded bV tho CIIV Clork.
b. Mlnulo. 01 Bolrds .nd Commlsslonl.
111 Bo.rd 01 L1brarv TNIIOII moollng 01 Jun. 27,
1991.
121 Housing Commission mlollng 01 Juno 11, 1991.
131 Broldblnd Tolocommunlclllonl Commission moollng
01 Junl 10, 1001.
141 Alrpon Commllllon moollng 01 Juno 10, 1901.
151 Alrpon Commission moollng 01 Juno 18, 1001.
c. Pormll MOllon. Ind Relolullon. II Recommondod bV Ih. CItV Clork.
111 Conlldor . mollon Ipprovlng I cro.. 'C' Liquor Uconll lor
Jlmll J, Tuckor db. Tuck'. Ploc., 210 Nonh Unn 51rool.
IRonowl1I
121 Con sidor . mollon Ipprovlng I CIIII 'c' Ilur Pormll lor
Vou Pllroloum ollowl CItV dbl Din'. MUlling Mllkol, 033
50ulh Cllnlon, lRenowl1I
131 Consldor I mollon Ipprovlng . Clan .C' Liquor L1conl. lor
Flold HOUIO, Inc" dbl Th. Flold HOUI., I I I E. Conogo.
IRonowl1)
141 Consldor I mollon Ipprovlng I Clm 'C' Liquor L1cons. lor
Sonor Poblo'l LId" dba Sonor Poblo'l Lid., 830.111 Avenue.
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fowl CllV City CouncU
RfguIv CouncU Meollrlg
July 23, 1991
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Oeorgo'. IluUOI, 104.: db. O.org.... 312 Em Mark'l Slrool.
lRonowl1)
151 Consider. mollon .pprovlng . Cllls 'c' liquor Uc.n.. lor
5:20, Inc. dbl 5:20, 520 S. Modlson 5lroel. lRonowll1
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17I Consider. Ro.olullon 10 Issu. D.nclrlo POrm!I.
d. Rololullon..
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11I Consider a ra.olullon ,cc,pllng Ih. work lor Ih. 1In1I'ry'
sow.r, Ilorm sow.r .nd povlng Improv.menl. lor Popper-
wood Addlllon, P.n 8.
Commonl: 500 '"lched Enolnoor'. Ropon_
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11I L.llor Irom Roben 5. Michael on bohalf 01 Rogln. Educollon
C.nlor regordlng propony Rogln.l. sonlng .nd, In pon/cullt,
. 11I001 which WII proposod. A momorondum Irom th. , .
Dlroclor 01 PIoMlng ond Ploorom Dovolopmonll. ,"ochod.
121 Leller Irom Ooorgo Noglo r.gordlng nolghborhood prosoty..
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131 Leller Irom V.ldo Oebh.n rogordlng .nlmol control.
I- Appllc.llonllor Clly Ploro U.o Pormlt..
11I Appllcollon. Irom LOI/n Amorlcon Humon RIghI' Advococy
Conlor lor permllllon 10 .01 up 0 lobi. on City Ploro during
Iho period. 01 July 8.11, 1991, ond July 15-21, 1991, to
dl.lrlbulo litera lure .nd oUor croll I lor donoll~n.. lopprovedl
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g. AppIlc.lIon. lor UI. 01 5uooII and PubGo QrOWldI.
111 AppIlc.llon from tho Downlown AllocIotlon lor tho u.. 01
pubGo s1d.wolks 101 Sld.w.1k Doya on JoJv 18, 18, 20 .nd
21, 1991. Ilpptovadl
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PlANMNO AND ZOMNO MAnERS.
ITEM NO, 3.
.. Consldar ..Illng I pubGo hasting lor Augu.1 20, 1991, on an
ordlnanc. 10 V.ClI. . ponlon 01 tho louth hall 01 tho rlghl.ol-wlY 01
Lal.yall. Slrlll Jocalod belw.en South CllIban 5tll01 and MaId.n
lint lV-91021.
Comment: The PIIM/ng and Zoning Comml.sIon wII consider 1hI.
roque.1 01 II' JoJv 18, 1991, m"llng. SIIII rocommend. .pproval
01 tho rlCll/ulad vlClllon lub/ocI 10 tho .pptovol by tho CllV
For.lter and tho Publlo WOIU Dtponmenl 01 . IondIClp(ng and
sId.w.1k pI.n lor tha pllUlg 101 ptopolod lor lha ptopeny, .
ptohlbltlon 01 .cc... Irom tho ptOpolad potklng 10110 CllIban and
Lal.yall. .trl.II, and tho IItlntlon 01 .1 noc....ry ....menl.. A
dOI.1Iad 11111 rocommendollon II conlolnad In tho iliff r.pon which
will be lubmlllad lor tho pubGo hailing wllh tho PlInnIno and Zoning
Commllslon'. r.comm.ndotlon.
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Horol I would like to comment on Item c3 whIch Is to consIder a motion opprovlng
a liquor license for tho field 1I0use. I'll certaInly going to vote for this
but with the understanding that having talked with Chief Wlnkelhake the law
enforcement from Woterloo, Ames, and Iowa City and the representatives of
the universities In those three cities ore evidently working together to
address the Issue of alcohol on campus or In focllHles that are attoched
to campus and so I remaIn concerned about the liquor llcfnses thot we give
to those establishments where a lot of octlvltles take place shall we say
that either get Into the newspaper or don't but I will vote for this sImply
because I know that the law enforcement agencies are looking In some way to
address this for more than one strategy.
HcD/Okay. Any more dIscussion? Roll call.
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b. Con.ldor. rocommendlllon 10 th. Johnlon Counly Boord 01
5upervl.or. thll Iho City dO'1 nol oblocl 10 tho 'uuanc. 01 I
condillol\ll u.. pennlt lor. I.mporsry ..phI!l IlWII Jocol.d nonh 01
Inl.lltlt. 80 bolwoen Dubuqu. StrO.1 .nd tho low. RIver ICIJ.
91041.
Commonl: Th. PlIMlng .nd Zoning Comml.sIon will conlfdor thI.
110m 1111. July 18, 1991, mo.llrIg, In I momorandum dOled JIJy
18, 1991, 11I11 r.commondod ,pP/ovol 01 tho condlllol\ll U.. permll
lublocIIO I tlm' UmJI 01 ono yolt.
Alltl July 17, 1991 mootlrlg, Iho Rlv.rlronl ond NOlural At...
Commission, by . gon.ral conl.nlul 01 tho member. plUanl,
lupponod tho 11I11 r.comm.ndollon thll . commanl 01 no oppoolo
lion bo lorwordod 10 th. Boord 01 5upervl.or., plovldod thaI . one
yolt limo UmI1 be plocod on Iho propolld Itmporory ..phI!l plInl
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c. Conlldor . r.comm.ndotlon 10 th. John.on Counly Boord 01 Suptrvf.
lor. thotth. Ion. chango Irom RS, 5uburbon Ro.ldontlal, 10 CP.l,
PIoMod Commorcl.I, be donlod lor LOI 2, PIn. Mlldow. Subdlvlslon,
on ,pP/oxlmaloly 5.5 .cr. Ir.clloc.IOd In Fring. Atll 5 nllrly one
mil. 1111 01 low. Clly In Iho nonhwul quodr.nl ollho Am.rlcIn
L.glon Rood ~nd T.II Av.nu. InltrlOCtlon ICZ.91 'f.
Commonl: Tho proposed rOlonlng lor th. purpoll 01 UlobUlhIng .
prlvol' club dou nOI mOIl tho Fring. Atll 5 poUcy roqulr.m.nllhll
non.111m dovolopmonl wllhln on. mil. 01 low. CllV bo conllnad to
. exl.tlng lonlno, In Ihl. Cut to RS, lorg. 10101rlg1..'.mIIy ruldonlrol
dovolopmonl, 51011, th.r.loro, rocomm.nd. Ih.t.,lndlng lor donlol
bo lorw.rdod 10 tho Boord 01 5uporvllorl. III. .nllclpolOd thlllh.
Plonnlng .nd Zoning Commlu/on wllllOk. 10rmalocIJon on thl.llom
on Thurldoy, July 18, 1991. A 101l0r conlolnlng Iho PIonnlng.nd
Zoning Commlsslon'l rocommondollon on thll Counly rllon!ng
roquoll will bo prutnltd to Council 01111 July 221nlormof milling.
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KubbYI We talked about this a little last night and I was concerned obout some
envlroMlental effects with the asphalt plant being right along the river and
we found out last night that there Is somo kind of reclamatfon pro gram for
the gravel and sand business right there and that this project will be
assocIated with that reclamation somehow but I would like us to do somo follow
up on this In a while just to make sure that those things are happening or
when this permit expires whether they renew or not that we check In and make
suro that reclamation Is beIng done and that It's beIng done properly Instead
of just lettfng these things go thru and then no folow up or monitoring.
IIorol I would second that. I think that Is a reasonable request for the
engineering deparlmont.
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KeDI We did discuss this last evenIng at our (In)(onnal moetlng and there was some
questfon, well wo discussed whot the appllcatlen sheuld have been I guoss. The
County PAZ Commission recommended to the applIcant that they (elt that thIs
appllcatlen (or this type o( zenlng was more appropriate than what the County
or rathor theIr Initial application WIS. The CIty thinks that the orlglnol
application (or the A2 actually would have been su((lclent and would have been
IIOre acceptable so we find ourselves at a little bit o( o( an Impass on this
because we certaInly don't want to deny this project. We think that this proJect
would be good (or area and bene(lclol to a great number o( people. So I think
that we In(ol'lllollly agreed to go ahead and approve It IS It was applied (or. Did
we not?
larsonl Noed to amend It?
kubbYI Couple o( points.
NovIcki I thought that we wore goIng to ask th~ to omend It to A27
larsonl I thInk that we had 4 votes to approve It (or CP and hope that the County
gots It changed ovor to A2.
KeDI Yea. We were going to approve It (or tho CP zone.
larsonl Right. I/hlch would 1lI04n that the motIon on the (loor Is the opposite o(
what we want to do.
KeDI It would be dented.
1I0rol It would be denIed and we would take another vote.
KeDI Yes.
kubbYI WIth the people that wanted the CP there WIS also a ... o( havIng a site plan
and that the grading and access
HcDI That was goIng to be part o( the recommendation I( we approved then there weuld be
a site plan' review. Correct Monica?
Moenl With the County CP zonIng you automatIcally get site plan revIew. That's a
condItIon o( the planned development (or the CPI zoning. A secondary consideration
that the PAl CommissIon had recommended that there be sone revIew o( access (rom
the development onto AmerIcan Leolon Rd. because there was some concern regarding
the access and the terrain o( the area at the point where the development would
egress onto American LegIon Rd. With the A2 zonIng, whIch was the orIgInal appllca.
tlon that the applicant had sought (rom the County, thm Is not that automatic
sIte plan revIew. It was the PAl CommIssIons's recommendation that because o( the
uses permItted In A2 they (elt that the A2 zone was more approprIate (or tho area
but thoy wanted that approval condItIoned upon the same kInd o( site plan rovlew
that you would automatically oot In tho CPI zono and In addItIon tho consldoratlon
o( tho accoss onto AmerIcan Legion Rd.
Larsonl Honlca lot me try and got this straight In my mind. I'vo got It wrItten
down and I think that I'm not prObably (ollowlng It and I know that peoplo just
trying to lIsten aren't being able to (ollow It. The applicant (elt like a A2
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l.rson/ (cont.)zonlng ~IS .dequ.tt for thtlr n~~ds. Is that corr~ct? Tho County
zoning .dmlnlstr.tlon told thea no, btc.use you aay not b~ strictly ~h.t they
c.11 . prIvott club ~hlch Is .pprov.l.ble In the A2 zone you need to .pply to
be In the CP zona so thot .ny ccmmorcl.1 uses that you .'ght In up ~Ith ~hother
thay be fish frys or ~hatever would be ok.y. And not be In vlol.tlon of the
A2 zona, ~Ich Just t.lks obout private clubs. Our PI.nnlng stoff .nd legal
staff didn't feel Ilk. there ~.s . dIfference botween private clubs .nd clubs
thot .re .llowed In CP zone .nd fait th.t tho A2 zone ~ould h.ve re.lly been
.dequ.to. Is that correct?
Hoen/ Thot's rIght.
l.rson/ And our dIlemma on council i think WIS that wo felt It ought to be .pproved
for .n A2 zona but slnee It w.s folt th.t If wo sold ok.y It's .pproved .s on
A2 zona th.t would bo consIdered., d~nl.l by the County bec.use ~h.t was being
.skad for WIS the CP zona ~o didn't w.nt to kIll the prQJect so I guess the
JlJorlty of council Just b.roly w.s wIllIng to recommend It for CP zone but
re.lly folt Ilko A2 wos enough .nd wos hoperul th.t would be .11 the County
would feel Is necess.ry. It kind of puts us Into. dilemma bec.use It was kInd
of . splIt bec.use we don't wlnt to .pprovo It ror commerlc.l zonIng .nd have
the pl.ns not go thru or have thea sell tho property .fter . ~hlle because the
project doesn't work the way th.t tha~ Invlslon .nd now we h.vo .11 kInds or
urb.n posslbllltlos out thoro th.t wo don't think .ro ne.rly .s ve.slbllo out
thoro .s ~h.t this Knights of Columbus project would bo .nd so I thInk ~o .11
kind. faIt llko boc.uso It w.s Just '.rocommend.tlon to tho County I w.nted
Just to oxpross kind of our feollngs .bout It .nd hope th.t It c.n bo worked out
so th.t It does end up being. A2 zone. Wo dIdn't sea th.t thore w.s .ny
problem with th.t .nd wo hope th.t the County leg.l st.rf .nd zoning st.rf will
look .t th.t .nd .greo with us on th.t.
KeDI All we .ro doing Is roocnmondlng .nyw.y. Correct?
Hoonl Th.t's corroct.
KeDI The County Is the body th.t h.s JurisdIction .nd th.t will t.ke Ictlon on this
one w&y or the othor. Corroct?
Hoonl Th.t's correct .nd Independont or your recommendltlon tho County Bd. of
Supervisors c.n mako Its decision rglrdlng tho rozonlng Ind In extr.ordlnlry
majority of the Bd. of Supervisors Is not required In the evont thlt they
choso to rocommond Igllnst your particular st.tement.
KeOI So If we would go Iheld and Ipprove
Courtl denial
KeDI First of III ~o ~ould deny the recommendltlon that's In front or us right
now, I main we hive to voto on ~hat this recommendation Is.
lorson/ We va to "no" on this recommendltlon.
KeD/ We voto "no" on this recommendltlon.
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Hoonl Tho recommendation bofore you advanced {rOl the PlannIng and Zoning Commlsslen
Is actually for the AZ, conditioned on the sIte plan review and tho assurance
of safety regarding access on klorlcan Legion Rd. So you what you have before
you Is tho recommendation from Plonnlng and Zoning baslcly suggesting that the
CPI Is InapproprIate but that A2 Is opproprlote with condItions.
Larsonl So we want to deny that because we wont to approvo CPI?
KubbYI /10. I f you want too.
NovickI Not everybody does.
larsonl But the majority of Council...
HcDI If we want to send a positive recommendation to the Bd. of Supervisors we WOI/ld
approve the applIcant's request for CPI zoning. Correct?
Hoenl That's correct.
KeDI Okay. Now, with that recommendatIon If a majorIty would agree to vote In
favor of that when we sned that recommendation on to the County we could also
at that tlmo Incorporate our concerns as to whY we think, now the Bd. of
Supervisors has not taken action on this yet, correct? .
Hoenl That Is correct.
HcDI So we Incorporate our concerns as to why we don't feel that this particular zone
Is abSOlutely necessary for this project to go forth. That It could operate very
well under their orIginal application of the AZ zone. Correct?
Hoenl Certainly.
KeDI And we could do It that way?
Hoenl Yes.
NovickI Also we felt that other uses allowed In CP zones are not appropriate and
once we
Hoenl That's the purpose for thIs.
NovickI and once we approve the zone change anythIng else could go In there.
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Hoenl That was what lead to the Planning and ZonIng CommIssIon's recommendatIon Is
that they had some concern about other uses permitted In CPI that could perhaps
be InconsIstent with adjacent land uses and they felt that the A2 lone on the
other hand assured In the event that the Knights or Columbus dIdn't develope the
site that It would be doveloped ror uses l'iIore consistent or more compatablo with
Is there already.
HcDI Correct. Would Council agree wIth that? Are there 4 members that would agree
with that type of recommendation?
KubbYI I think that we are doIng It backwards. That we should recommend what we
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KUbbYI (cont.)feel Is best and even Is that means a denial we can still send a
possible message about the project sayIng that we donlt want It to be CP, we
do want It to happen and we think A2 Is the most opproprlate way. So Instead
of klnda doing what the County wants we should do what we want and still send
which Is to have A2
KeDI 8ut It'sthe Countyls call anyway.
KubbYI That's true so why don't we do what we feel Is best and send a stronger
message to the County?
KeDI I/hy?
KubbYI I mean my argument Is that It really doesn't matter anyway so we should say
what we really want to happen and send a strong message that we want this project
to happen.
KeDI I thInk we can do It...
KubbYI I/e can do It either way Itls just a slIghtly different perspective.
HcDI I mean I think weotan send a positive recommendation with the concerns of
. rezonIng It to that particular zone and posslblly the Bd. of Supervisors wtll
take a look at that and since they have the ultimate ruling on that they wtll
agree.
KubbYI Right. And IIII make the same argument for dOing the other thing. The
exact same argument.
Novicki I'd argue the' other way Karen.
Larsonl But my disagreement with that, Karen, Is that I don't want to say .yes.
to A2 and .no. to CPI and therefore .no. to the project.
KubbYI NO,we going to send a letter anyway.
Larsonl My perference Is A2 but I still even If It has to be CPI and that's there
call If they think under their law that It ought to be CPI then 11m willing to
vote In affirmation of It that way also. It Is not preferred by me as the A2
but I donlt want to get Into what tholr zones allow for uses and everythIng.
11m Just In favor of either zone so that the project can work. I Just have a
preference for one and that If we vote a denIal for CPI and time goes by It
may seen differently than what I want It to be seen.
KubbYI But at the same tIme then you are taking a risk that If the project doesnlt
happen as Invlsloned or they decide to ~ to another location that you are openIng
up the door for other-uses that prObably the County, I can't speak for the
Coun~, that we donlt want to see happen there on that edge of the frInge area,
understand that It Is on the edgo but I Just feol It Is Important because It Is
the frlngo area that wo communIcate well on Issues such as this and that we
communicate what we feol but It Is stilI not sayIng that the project shouldn't
go.
Larsonl Well, the other thing that we talked about briefly I think last. nIght was
the Idea of conditional zoning which mayor may not be appropriate there but I
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Larson/ (cont.) think lie can send the moSS8ge that what we want Is to sce the
project happen In a way that doesn't affect the area IIlthout opening the
door to 011 these other uses.
KeD/ I still thInk we can send a posItive recommendation with our concerns to the
Bd. and asking them to take a look at the other zone because the proJcct 11111
work vcry well In...
Kubby/ So what lie are votIng on for thIs first vote Is A2 with the conditIons
Novick/ No.
HcD/ No. We'll need tllO votes because therc's a motion on the floor to approve
this rccommendatlon In front of us
floro/ Which denies
KeD/ Which denies the appltcantlon for the CPI zone.
Kubby/ Right If that would pass then lie 1I0uld send this lotter that outlines our
position that lie got last night.
KeD/ If It 1I0uld pass.
Kubby/ Right. Okay.
Hoen! Let me clarIfy something. If this recommendatIon If the recommendation to
deny or If your vote Is to deny this particular recommendation to go against
what the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended lie would have to amend
the letter that lias submItted to you last night.
. KeD/ Okay. So lie 1I0uld lIant to do that anyway.
Hoen/ The letter before you baslcly outlines the Planning and Zoning commission's
recommendatIon
Kubby/ Which we really don't get to vote upon.
Gentry/ John, may I make a suggestion.
KeD/ Yes.
Gentry/ If you lIant to go against P&Z's IIlshes go ahead and vote on the motion on tho
floor, rephrase the second motion that Is In the posItive to support the zoning
to CPI and then you have a positive vote to send to the Od. of Suporvlsors.
Larson/ Thatls what we aro goIng to do Isn't It John?
HcD/ Yea.
Gentry/ Okay.
KeD/ Any other discussion? All those In favor of the motion that Is on the floor
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Kubbyl Aye.
IleDI Opposed SIllO sign.
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Helll RocOlIlIIOndatlon Is denied. Kubby votlng In the affll'1lllUve. How do I have
a mUon to
larsonl Hove to approve the rezoning.
hrbl Second.
HeDI Hoved by larson and seconded by Ambrlsco to approve the request for rezonIng
to the Dd. of Supervisors with. are you oddlng with SlllllCl of the concerns?
Ilorol subJec t to...
Novicki With the concerns of the Planning & Zoning CommIssIon In writing
IleDI And asking thetl to review the
Novicki Yes.
HeD/ to review the zone.
larsonl 1111 let you handle that letter John you knOll what I thInk....
lieD/ Okay. You wlll take care of tha t1
Hoenl Yes.
HeDI Okay thank you.
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larsonl She knOllS our concerns.
HeDI Is there any other discussion? All those In favor of the motion on the floor
signify by saying "aye".
.. Savan affll'1llltlva ayes.
HeDI Opposed samo sign.
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Con.ld.r . rocomm.ndotlon to tho JohnJon Counly Boord 01
5upervlsorl IIg.rd'1IIg . roquut 10 r.zone 1.99 IetU Jocolod
oonhllll 01 low. City opP/oxlmallly 1.80 mil.. .11I 01 H1ghwoy 1
on tho oonh sid. 01 Rapid Cr'lk Rood NE ICZ.91221.
Commenl: Th. PlannIng and Zoning Commission wID consJdlt tNI
110m 01111 July 18, 1991 milling. In I mtmorandum d.lod July 11,
1991,11011 rocommondad thottho CllV Councllotwlld . commenl
to Iho CounlY Bo.rd 01 5uporvllorll1ndlng thollho raqutOllo r.zone
tha lubjoct Ir.ct Irom Alto RS II 001 con.lotlnl wfth tho mutu.1Iy
Igr.od upon FrIng. Ar.. Polley lor thol ponlon 01 Ar.. 4 1..1 01
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PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
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Jean Hood! 1'11I Jean /food and J'III the SenIor Center rep. for this ",nth to share a
little bit about what's gotng on on the Senior Center. I'll excited about all
the energy that's goIng on at the Center. Somo of you may know I've been In
.. for 2~ IIlOnths and came back tn IIIld.Hay and things ore really hopping ot the
Center and It's exciting. As people are working together to pIon the 10th
anniversary of the Center we hope that all of you will sove Honday IlOrnlng,
September 9th, to como to breakfast with us and we are gotng to do . real switch
for our volunteer recognltton. Insteod of usual banquet you'll ve Invited to
como and recognize our volunteers at breakfast tlllO. But It's really exciting
also to seo the Council of Elders who have selected their now officers, Lorraine
.. will continue as thetr chairperson and give good strong leodershlp this next
year. I ~Iso think you ought to know that our SenIor Center staff has done an
exciting workshop InvItIng the cooperation of the Heritage Agoncy on Aging and
the gereatlc,educotlon center at the University of lowo In sponsoring a workshop
entitled "The Art of the Posstble" creottng aarket driven ogtng servtces and I
had the prlvledge of attendIng thot workshop with Olck...who Is a fonner head of
an agency on aging here In Iowa, who now Is workln? In IIl4rketlng. I think he
helped us think alot about organizations of the 90 s ond how they ore going to
succeed. One of the things that he suggested was thot we needed long range and
strotoglc goals and as you know we have a 5 year plan that we've been working
on but we are gOing to need your help and the help of alot of older adults and
the help of this community If we are going to dream and think whot our Senior
Center, what our servtces are for older adults needs to be In this community because
this 15 the age group that's really ?rowlng. I thInk that livIng In Iowa City
we see so IIlIny young people and that s excttlng but we need also to reallz. that
this Is an age group that ts changing. Also we need a streng organization kinds
of things and I think that our Senior Center under the leadership of Better Helsel
does have this. We also need to have a commlttlllent to quality and to customor
servtce and he helped us really think about the market driven organization that
really puts the customer, the older adult, In the center. We need to think not
onl~ as we do surveys of the people that respond but what about those people that
don t respond. And then In personnel selection and retention Is a high priorIty
In a quality driven organization for the 90's. And then financing and budgeting
are faced head on. I'm sure we have challenges as we look at the future In that
direction. This was a good workshop. We've got lots of materials and things to
think about and we wl11 be doing a workShop for the commissioners and for our
Council of Elders where we look at some of these possibilities. And I want to
commend our staff for dotng this workshop. There were 46 people there who repre.
sented two states, Iowa and Missouri. I don't know If you have any questions?
McO! Thank you very much Jean.
Kubby! I love that term "marketIng drtven agIng services'.
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July 23, 1991
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ITEM NO. II.
PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, fORM Of CONTRACT AND
ESTIMATE Of COST fOR CONSTRUCTION Of THE HIGHWAY 1 WEST
WIDENING PROJECT.
ITEM NO.8.
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Commonl: ThlI proJOCI Involvu lho wldonlng 01 H1ghl'l'y I W'II Irom
Orchord 5lroollhrough tho InltrSOCllon whh Ruppen Re.d to .CCOmmodll.
lolt'lum lonu .nd olgnollZltlon II Orchard 51rOOl ond Muter Av.nuo. The
Englnoor'l ullmoto I. '816,000. Ollhll.mounl, '90,000 I. lor InllrlOC'
lion Ilgnollllllon. Thll work will bo conllNCI.d by Tr.lllc Englnoerlng 11111
.nd wI/I nOI bo . pon 01 Ihe bid pockogo. It II .nllclpOlod th.1 65" 01 tho
10101 proJOCI COSI will bo rolmbursod by th. 51010. The lundlng .groom.nl
will bo IInllllod prior to .wlrd 01 conlroCI lor thll proloct. The pion.,
opoclllc.llonl, lorrn 01 conlloCI .nd ullm.l. 01 coollr. .vol/.bl. lor public
v10w '1lho City Clolk'o olllc..
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS, SPECifiCATIONS, fORM
Of CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE Of COST fOR CONSTRUCTION Of THE
HIGHWAY 1 WEST WIDENING PROJECT, ESTABLISHING AMOUNT Of BID
SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EACH BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO
PUBLISH ADVERTISEMENT fOR BIDS AND fiXING TIME AND PLACE fOR
RECEIPT Of BIDS AT 10:30 A,M. ON AUGUST 13, 1991.
Commonl: 500 Commonlobovo.
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PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, fORM Of CONTRACT AND
ESTIMATE Of COST fOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE OAKLAND
CEMETERY RETAINING WALL REHABILITATION PROJECT.
Common!: Thl. proJoCI Involvo. tho romovol 01 ponlono 01 Iho .xlltlng
dOlorlorllod concroto rOlalnlno wollond tho con'lNcllon ollwo now woll.
noxllo laid rOlolnlno wall locoltd on lh. Oakland ComOlory .djoconllO N,
Oovornor Slrool. Tho Enolnoor'l con.lluCllon COil oollmolO II
'100,000.00,
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I have a quick question. ,lie liked lilt night what's going to get IIllved back
a llttl. bIt because of our roarran~lng of road use tax IIllney. Old we fInd
that out?
1101 ling/Yes.
Kubby/ Old you rind that out?
HoD/
Kubby/
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lIelllng/Hothlng Is going to get moved back. Our share Is approximately 5277.000 and
thero's sufficient funds In the savings from the asphalt overlay program
which came In well under budget plus additional funds we will receive this
year above what we projected In road use tax because of the Increased populatIon.
Kubby/ Great.
1101 1 lng/That will be more than sufficient to cover the costs.
HoD/ So we will be oble to continue with 011 scheduled projects?
lie 1 ling/Yes .
Lor/ Anothor thing that I wanted to add Is that I asked lost night Why after years
of our aSking the DOT to let us look at putting a slgnalollzatlon up at these
Intorsectlons so that the merchants and the people driving thru there can manuver
bottor what lead the DOT to approve It finally and Rick fosse was nice enough
to call me back and say what happened was that the traffic got to a poInt whore
It was 801 of the warrants, as they call It, the amount that you need to have to
look at whether you can have slgnallzlatlon and that at the 801 level they then
look at accident history. How our accIdent history there had been enough dIfferent
accidents there that that convinced them that a warrant and should have the signal.
Izatlon. How the funny thing Is that the accidents went up because of the
temporary stop light that were there. Because people weren't use to haVing the
temporary stop lights. So It all klnda worked out nicely.
I gum.
Hot the people In tho Intersection...
lie put up temporary stop light, causing enough accidents to we can get pennanent
stop lights. didn't happen that way on purpose. But
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Hakes a lot of sense doesn't yet.
".descrlptlon of what happened. I think It will be a big Improvemont for the
rnorchants. "
Very much so. Any other discussion? I now declare the publIc hearing closed.
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I have a questIon. from reading the doscrlptlon In our Plckot I don't really
understand how thm lIalll are going to be done. Anybody bring any dralllngs?
Right here. Would you like no to come up .nd roll thell out (or you?
Yes. I would really like to look ot It once to understand IIhat's going on.
(unrolls and explains plans) When they talk about repairIng the two 1I11ls at
two seporate locations, One at the north. end near the Intersection o( 8rown and
agoln at the south end neor the Intersection IIlth Church Stroet. It 11111 also
Include Lhe reconstruction o( tho steps here. The existing lIall 11111 be IIlntalned
to the extent poSSible. It 11111 be cut down and the n~ lIall 11111 be built In
(ront o( It. ...some o( the strength (rom the old lIall. Tho appmance Is going
to be very sfnllar only newer. They are goIng to look the samo.
And wo are talking about two 1I11ls wo'r. talking about two pieces o( the single
lIam
Right. Rloht tho north 11111 and the south 11111.
Is thore lIall along here?
I don't think so. I don't think It Is contfnuous all the lIay thru there. Do
you rememober Chuck?
Ho.
It's not contfnuous. .
Okay.
What happens I( a body (aIls out?
We'll put It back.
That's IIhy they are leaving the old lIall,
That's IIhy the old lIall stays. I thought so.
Okay I undorstand thank you.
Okay.
I h~Ye a (e.llng that lie are going to get rell silly hero.
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Any othor discussion? I now decllre tho public helrlng closed.
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lowo CllV Clly CouncU
Rogulot CouncU Mooting
July 23, 1801
P.g. 7
ITEM NO.8.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS, SPECIFICAnONS, FORM
Of CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE Of COST fOR CONSTRUCTION Of THE
OAKLAND CEMETERY RETAlMNG WALL REHABIUTATlON PROJECT,
ESTABLISHING AMOUNT Of BID SECUNTY TO ACCOMPANY IACH BID,
DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUDUSH ADVERTlSEMEHT FOR BIDS AND
FIXING TIME AND PLACE fOR RECEIPT Of BIDS AT 10:30 A.M. ON
AUGUST/3, 1891.
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ITEM NO.9. PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO AMENO CHAPTER 4, AIRPORTS
AND AVIATION. Of THE CODE Of ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF IOWA
CITY, IOWA.
Commenl: Al lho Moy 21, 1901, A1tpon Commllslon milling, lho
Commlulon volod 10 IOcomm.nd .mendmanllto Chopl., 4 ollho Cod. 01
Ordln.ncos. Tho propolod r.v1s1onl Includ. d.lellng IInguoO' 10 .vold
dupllc.lIon with olhor locllonl ollh. Cod., IOmovlng and r.v111ng loctlon.
to rom.1n In compn.nc. with Ih. Fodor.' AvIollon AdmInIltr.llon .nd
cl.rlllcollon OlronglllgO 10 s1mpUly Codo Inlorpr.llllon. Tho .nllt. chopllr
ollhe Cod. WII r.v1owod. ThI. helrlng I. conllnu.d Irom th. CouncU
.. moollrlg 01 July 9, 1991.
Action: jl/u "ralf)
ITEM NO. 10 . CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 4, AIRPORTS AND
AVIATION, Of THE CODE Of ORDINANCES Of TItE CITY Of IOWA CITY.
IFlnt conlldor.donl
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DIck Blum! I would Just lIke to poInt out to you that the memo thot you hove In front
of you that was prepared by the Legal Department wos hand delivered to Hr. Jones
at hIs place of busIness thIs morning at 7:00 and he has had all day to see It
as most of us had. We havenlt heard any comments about any aspect of the ~
other than he complaIned about the foct that It was delIvered to hla late on
the day of the meetIng.
floro! Okay.
81um/ It Is our practIce and I wIll relnterrote thIs whIch Is In the ~ that whenevor
there Is a matter comIng up before the AIrport CommissIon that we think thot any
of tenants mIght be specifIcally Interested In and thIs applIes to Hr. Jonos ond
ethers we always make a poInt of notlflng them of that and makIng a specIal
InvItatIon to th~ to attend commissIon meetIngs.
Kubby! Is there some reason he dldnlt get It earlIer? Cause I mean I got It Friday
aftemoon,late afternoon....
, 81um! I got mIne the samo limo he got his.
Kubby! Uh huh. Okay.
Lar! You got yours when Dlck~
81um! ThIs mornIng.
Gentry! Frankly Anne and I In the rush to get thIs Into the packet forgot to put one In
the mall to E.K. And we got one to Ron Monday to give to E.K. So 1111 take
responsibility for that. .
HcD! So they did get It this morning?
Blum! 7:00 thIs morning.
KeD! So he dId have an opportunity to revIew It right?
Blum! Yes.
HcD! Okay.
Lar! I would have been happier with a little bit more netlce but...
Gentry! So would I but he calls me regularly...
Blum! OtherwIse we are Just here answer any questions.
KeD! Thank you Dick. I now declare the pUbllc hearIng closed.
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low. City Clly CouncU
RogulIr CouncU Motllrlg
July 23, 1001
Pog. 8
mM NO. " . ANNOUNCEMENT Of VACANCIES.
.. Bolrd 01 EIOCllic., Examiner. and Appeoll . On. v.cancy lor .
r'pllIOnl.lIv. olth. public lor I lour,yolt lorrn .ndlng Octobor 28,
1905. lWIlU.m Roddick'. lorrn .nd..1 Thl. .ppolnlm.nl will bo
IlIIdo .Ith. S.pl.mbor 3. 1991 me'l/rtg ollho CllV CouncU.
ITEM NO. 12. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION.
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I had a butch but I wouldnlt do they all. But one of the thIngs that I read
In the paper today shocked and very much dIsturbed me obout I cross burnIng
that appears to be raCially motivated In thIs community. And I am just appalled
and I hopo that If anybody out thero has Information this thot they wIll call
our Police Department. I guess thatls all that I will say about that but there
was a situatIon at ~ house a coufle of weeks ago a neighbor called the Police
Dept. and It could have been a vu Itable sItuation ond Officer Hoyers did an
absolutely fantastic Job of IllOdlatlng a conflict and I asked him arter the
situation just how he know what to do and he said all that traIning that you all
send us too In conflict resolution really helfs and so I just went to commend
Officer Hoyers for a job well done. And flna ly I jsut wnat to let people know
that the next two Thursdays I will not be at ~ office hours because I will be
trying to make a living and wtll be going out of town during that tlmo. So this
week and next week I will not be at my offIce hours. You con catch me the week after.
Thank you.
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10wI CIty CIlV Councll
Regular Councll M..llng
JtJy 23, 1991
pog. 9
ITEM NO. 13 . REPORT ON ITEMS FROM THE CITY MANAOER AND CITY AnORNEY.
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mM NO. 14. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORlZINO THE MAYOR TD SiaN AND THE
CITY CLERK TO Anm AN AOREEMENT BElWEEN THE CITY 0' IOWA
'1/. I !,D CITY AND THE UMVERSITY Of IOWA fOR US! 0' THE SILURIAN WATER
WELLS AT BUROE HALL
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Commenl: Th. UnIv.rslty 01 low. own. two groundwoltt woDl "Ilurgo
Hlft tNI w.r. Uled 10 plovld. air condlllonlng lor Outgo Hlft. Tho WoQl .r.
no Iong.r Uled lor IlIIt purposo .nd tho Unlvorslly 111. .grOOd to allow low.
CIly 10 UII IN W.nIIO Iupp/.monllh. City'. tlW W.llr IUppIy to reduce
lho nogollv.ImPICII.1I0cI0Iod with lho 10w.lllvor w.lor. Tho I.rm 01 tho
Aoroomontl. lor live yoorl.
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GentrYI I Just would like to tell you that we have not heard yet on the Ilolfday Inn
but I should hear late Thursday afternoon on the successful blddor and whether
they have recleved approval from the credit revttll commIttee and I wIll .ak.
that announcement ond the medIa Is expectIng a responso and I will lot you know.
HcOI Okay thank you.
GentrYI Good nells.
HcOI Yes.
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KubbYI Chuck, do we or there was no InformatIon In the ~acket that I saw about any
strIngs attached. Any InformatIon about the qua Ity of wlter or the st4te
of rep41r currently of the well.
Schn/ There's no strIngs att4ched other than that we have to cop the wells when we
ore flnslheduslng them and the cost Is about $8000 for both walls.
KubbYI For the fIve year period?
Schml .Yea, at the end of the period.
Novl So eur total expense Is the coppIng of the wells?
Schm/ Well we hove to tie the wells Into our system and there wIll be expense there
4 mInimal expense on the north well 'and the south well wIll be about a block
of water maIn Installation. $12.000 to $15,000 I would say.
KubbYI But they ore not charging for the water Itself?
Schm/ No.
KubbYI Okay.
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, lIorol And'you are not going to cut down any trees right? -____--0-
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Schn/ They're already gone.
KubbYI lIe'l1 te 11 us before he does.
Larl As I am always quclk to crltlze the University when they don't cooperate I
want to be Just as quick to commend them,when the~ do something that I think
Is an excellent example of the good cooperatIon t at can help ~th sldos and
thIs Is certainly a wonderful example of that and I hope that we can begIn to
communicate better on everything and develOp a realtlonshlp that contlnu.s to
Improve.
Schm/ Between the two wells we'll get about a mIllIon gallon a day...
HCDI Good source.
Schm/ Yes.
HeD! Very good.
Court! That was my question. As what source of volumn out and what sort of quality Is
It?
Schm/ Itls a good quality. Dettter than our deep woll.
Court! Detter than the Jordan?
Schm! Right.
Kubby! Since wo aro talking about shortagos of wator, I know Information Is available
~o peopl~ If they would call the City about water conservation can we put that
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(cont.l InformatIon In tho publIc lIbrary and on tho publIc accoss channol ond
that kind of stuff? Is thero 0 ..way of gottlng InformatIon out?
And we had 0 pross roleaso thIs past week too on tho drought.
I haven't bathod all week becouso of that.
Thank you.
Larl DoIng I\Y lIttlo part.
KeDI You know that dld't you Naomi? Any other dIscussIon? Roll call.
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10wI City City Councll
Rogullt Councll Milling
July 23, IBBI
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ITEM NO.,f(" CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION Of CERTAIN
PERMANENT SAMPLING WEU EASEMENTS, CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS
AND PERMANENT ACCESS EASEMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH IOWA
CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE WATER SUPPLY PLAN.
ITEM NO. 18.
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01 using this w.ler IOU/C' II . row Wllot IUPply. ThI. rllolullon ,ulhorllOl U1f.
Clly 11I11 10 nagollllO roqu/tod U1.manIS Ind 1M rIoht 01 condomNllon.
Ev.ry .1I0n wID be madl to nlgotlole .n .ccoplobl. Igroomonl without
rllonlng 10 cond.mNllon. Pllor 10 plocoodlnO with condomnollon 11I11 wID
nollfy Councll.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING EASEMENT AGREEMENTS AND A
SCREENING AGREEMENT, AND ACCEPTING THe DEDICAnON Of PUBLIC
RIGHT.Of.WAY BY THE IOWA CITY KOREAN BAPTIST CHURCH.
Commenl: On July 10, 1001, Ih.loWI CltV Boord 01 Adjullmonl.pprovod
.n .ppllc'llon by lh. low. Clly Koroon IlIptl.t Church lor I spoclol
lXC.pllon 10 permJltho II10blllhmonl 01 . rollgloul Inllltullon In th. ns.s
lono lor propeny IoCllod .t 171 S Mormon Trlk Boulovord. Tho Ipoclol
lXC.pllon WII gronlad lubJocl 10 lho church'. 'orllmonl 10 provldo
VogOllllvo scr..nlrlg along th. nonh .dg. 01 Its porklng lot.lluch limo II
'Xlsllng V.g.lollon II romovod and Iho church's dodlcotlon 01 pubnc rlghl.ol.
way lor ponlons 01 propony .xlondlng Inlo tho Wilt holl 01 Mormon Trok
Boulovord rlghl.ol.woy.
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on Ita. on Iho aRonda tonIRht.lto. II~I that I knov that ~ hovo 101lG
pooplo In tho alldlonco that aro IntorOltod In thll Itoll 10 I think ~
vIII DOVO Iu. II~ ahood JIIIl 10 thoy wn't hovo to lit horll and IlIton
to UI all nlRht boforo va Rot to that, and dOlI vlth that part Iculor
Iu. at thll tlM. Iu. II~ II conlldllr a rOlolutlon allthorlalnR tho
aqullltlon of cllrlaln porannont ID4plln~ voll oalllDllntl,conllructlon
oalOllOnl1 and po~'nont OCCOII oaloDOntl In conjunction vlth lovo
CltY'1 ccmprahonalvo vator lupply plan. nlO City IlUIl acqulrn proporty
10 Inltoll And IIOnltor lallpllnA ~III In tho burllld c1ulnnolaquUor louth
of 111111 and to tho allouvlal louth of lovI Clly to dOlOl'lllno tho
lultoblllty of ullnR thll votor lourco 41 a rav vatar IlIpply. lbll
rOlolutlon outhorhOl City ltarr to nORotlato roqulrad OAlllIIGntt
and tho rlRht of condolllllatlon. Evary arrort viII bo lI3da to nOllotloto
an occoptoblo ORraollOnt vlthollt ralortlnR to condollllollon. Prior to
procoodlnR vlth condoanatlon Itoff vIII notify Council.
For tho purpoIOl of brlnRlnl1 It 10 tho rloor I llOVO tho pillaRa of
thll rOlolutlon.
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ROIolutlon. Ollculllon? I Ihlnk I'd jUlt llka to laY at tho out-
lot for tho banal It of our audlanca, and thoro aro a cOllpla of poopla
I'. RolnR to hava oddroll thll tOOlhu hllva I 11ula lOrD axpartho
In thll orOA, than vhot I do. nlat I knov and ~ havo hoard ond I
knov ltaft hAI IIOt vllh lovorll dlrroront paopla, thAt thoro II a
lot of concorn And rlRhtfully 10 by tho rolldontl that 11vo In thll
Aroa. I think that thoro Ita to palntl thu I vould IIka to uka.
Firat of all at thls point all vo aro dolnR II RAthorlnR Infol'llAtlon,
thAt ls tho aKtant of It, va hAVO not ovon COllO dOlO to uklnA any
kind of I daclslon vhathar or not Ihll particular IlIpply vould ba ulad
In Iha futuro. 110 hava no IdOl At Ihll point. It'l Iha pOlllblltty
aKlltl that It vould not vork out and va vould pack our lultcala and
RO In anothor dlractlon. 110 happan 10 knov Ihat thoro II a lupply
thoro. Tho analnaarlnl ltarr naodl Infol'llltlon In ordar 10 IIAka any
kind of JudlallOnt In tho futuro. Tho lacond thlnR, thll Council I
knov and I obvloully can't Ipaak for futuro Councll'l, but I cannot
1IIAllna undar vhat clrcu.ltancOl thaI any Council that vould ba
IlttlnR hara vould taka paoplo'l vatar avay frOll tho. and I think
tho third thins II laaally va can't. Thoro II no olhar voy thAt va
could If all lavan 01 UI IIttlna up ha~ vonlad to. Undar StoIa I.av
va could not do It. Linda, do you vanl~alaborata 0 Ilttla bit on
10110 01 tho thlnRI that aro Rolna on. nlan I'. Rolna to hava Iha
onalnaar Chuck Schandaka our Public 1I0rkl Olractor talk jUlt 0
llttla bit about vhat'l RolnR on l4yba a Ilttla bit aboul vhal hal
tranlplrad and vhat you upact to happan In tho noar fUlllra, Chuck.
I think you laid It pratty claarly, John. Tho City doOl not hava tho
allthorlty to taka your vatar or anybody 01101 vatar. nla vatar II ba-
lov Rround and 101l100no othor than III put II Ihara and It'l avallabla
for tholo of III 10 ilia It and your rlHhu and our rlRhl1 ora protaclod
by th U.S. and tho lova Constltlltlon, and by Stata and Fadaral Lav.
If va varar RolnR to taka any vatar IlIpply Ihat vOllld In any vay
dlllllnllh vatar avallablo to YOII for YOllr poraonal Ula, va hava to
pay for that and va hava to dthar I4ka an adJllltlllOnt In Mnay and or
noqLI~,
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raconltruct anothar vall for you. I lOan va Jult can't run In and run
raapld ovor your proparty rlghU and thll Council and .y orrIco h41
ablolutaly no dallra to do that. 110 ara horn to protact ovaryonaa
Jntorut nnd It'. my Job AI nn oUlcor of tho court to protoct your
Intoralt. undar tho Fadaral Conltltutlon GI 11011 41 try to provlda
odvlca to my cllantl. I raally a. lorry lor IOQO 01 tho conlullon,
at thll tlllO va ara propo.lng to drill vary 1..,11 IIlJ1l1ng 11011, Ind
thola valli vIII glva UI 101Il0 IndIcatIon 01 vhat oUoct , Il an)', thoro
vIII bo on tho lourco. that .oau of )'ou MY bo ullng now. Thll II a
vaty prall.lnar)' taltlng and tholo flnt rOlulu vIII glvo UI A c1uo
al to vharo vo can go and how 110 can do It In tho lout Intrullvo
..,nnor, but you ara cloarly protoctad fro. Intorforanco vlth )'our
vator rJghu undar Stato and Fodornl Lav.
HcDI
I would...
Lila BAllo)'1 B)' vhat agancy. ploala?
Contr)'1
B)' tho DopArtlOnt of Natural Kaaourcol by tho ad.lnl'trnllvo procodurOl
that tho)' hAva And
Lila Ballo)'1 nlat'l vhat I VAl afraid 01.
HcDI and tha CourU
Cantryl vall And tho Courtl of couno.
HcDI Boforo vo 80 any furthor, Chuck would you JUlt IIko to although I do lOa
thAt Ed C4110 In back thoro, I don't know U you, thll iI Chuck Schll4doka
Dlroctor of Public 1I0rh and Ed Brinton vho 11 tho Suporlntondont of tho
lIator Plant.
Sch..,dokol \/hat thil rOlolutlon doOl IIAuthorhOl UI to nogotlato vlth tho proport)'
ownorl for 1..,11 oalal:lOnt. to Inlloll monItorIng vol II, In ordar to
dotor.lna tha quantity And quality of tha vAtar Ihot'. avallabla, Iho
offact. that It viii hAva on oxlltlns propart)' ownor. In tha araa. Fro.
thll Infol'1Mtlon than va CAn datorallno vhathor or not It'. In our
Intarolt avon to tr)' to lacura vAtar frolll thOla aquUon.
HcDI and now you..thara'l a totalof how ..,ny..thara'l only about lovon 1/0111
that you aro looking at, rlRht?
Sch..,dokol Thoro'. .avon vall. thAt va monitorlnR valli thAt 110 ovantuall)' vant 10
put In tho aquUar Mouth of 111111 and 17 In tho AquUar JUlt .outh of
Iowa City. Thll would ba ovar tho couna of tho naxt IOvanl month..
InltlAlI)' va JUlt noad ono In tho aquUar louth of 111111 and throo In
tho oqullar louth of 10VA City. 80fora all tho tOltlnR 11 cOllplota
vo 1/111 naad lavan In tho oquUar .outh of 111111 and lavantaan In Iho
aqulfar louth of IOWA City.
1I0rovotll Tho aavan thAt nra pllt In thll AqllUar In 111111 thay nro ItrAtoglcally
plncad than to talt tho volulllna And tho cnpAelty And tho purIty of tho
wntor In dlUarant pArtl of thAt bnlln. Ie thAt corract?
Schlllndakol Right, nnd tho arracta on tho axlatlnR wolla In thnt aroa.
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LAnonl
Schll4dokol
Lononl
Schll4dokol
LAnonl
Schll4dokol
Lononl -
Schll4dokol
Kubbyl
Schll4dokol
Lar.onl
Schudokol
LOrlonl
Schudokol
HcDI
Sclu:lndokol
LOrlonl
Schllllldekol
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RIRht
IIn't truo , Chuck, that one or the purpo.OI or tholO voll. II to doter-
IIlne IIhother tho IIntor that people nro Rotting rrolll tholr privatI wll.
11111 bo orroctod by our Rolng dOllll 1I.1ny tllllO' deoper to top the blR oqutror
that 1I.1ny or thOlO 110111 don't oyon teuch. I. that corroct?
ThAt'. cerroct.
And thAt ono or tho rOOlon. thAt lIlI noed to knov that II becAulo H tho
City decldod to tAp the aqutror ror thOlo 11I11 lions or RAllon. or VAlOr
that'. noodod, vo vould havo to con.lder AI A council vhethor It VOl
lIlIrth dolnR thAt tr it Val RolnR to Arroct other poeplo'. IIAtor, .0 thAt
vo hod to cOlllponlAlo thell.
That'. corroct.
ond dOOln't tho lav .ot rorth thl. IIholo .cholllO or hOll vo havo to
cOllponlOto tholl up 10 and IncludlnR bulldlnR thelll 0 nov , lotting
tholll tap into our votor .upply or RlvlnR tholll tho IIAtor?
nlat '. corroct, YOl.
And .0 that thold ArO tho kl"d. or qllOIt Ion. thAt H vo In udnR
thll aqutror lIOuld rOu.o a chAnRo In anybody'. IIotor .upply or
tholr ACCOII to Valor vo'd hovo 10 uka pllt tholll back In tha .alllO
pe.itlon thoy voro in bororo lIlI did onythlnR.
That '. rlaht.
nlot'. truo ovon ir our ,olllplo. 'Ald It vouldn't orroct pooplo'.
votor .upply, but indood it did vo'd .tlll nood to do tholo thlnRa.
Yo., tr at .011IO point in tho ruturo tho drav down or tho arroct.
on tholr voll, voro IIIOro .ovoro than anticlpatod, vo lIlIuld hAVO to
at thAt tllllO RO back and IIlOko corroctlon..
I hod tllll othor thinR', Chuck. BOCOUIO..A lot. .you knov that lIlI
IIoro talkln. about thl. particular rOlolution, but a lot or pooplo
MY bo horo vlthout tho bonorlt or .011IO 01 tho hlltory. Tho roolon
110 oro 100klnR ror Rround vAtor at 011 II bocoulo in tho ruturo
lIlI vlll not bo oblo to Rot onouRh vator hOIll tho 10110 River. II
Ihat corroct?
Woll tho voll IIotor rrolll tho 10110 Rlvor I. jUlt not Rolng to bo
lultoblo In and or it.oH. .....
Elthor quality or quantity.
Woll thoro MY bo tho quantity
Horo quality, i.n't It?
Tho quality... 1II0ro qUAlity problelll.
O.K. But thlB lBn't just the BltuAtlon IIhero vo Aro hAvinR to do thlB
to lIIeot stAndArd. And to provldo enouRh IIAter ror 10110 City. It hn't
the qUOIt Ion or juat IInntlng A dlrronent ValOr supply 80 IhAt the
IIAter tOltu bottor or anything?
No.
IS
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Thl. II 10llOthlnK w ara RolnK to ba raqulrod to do to aaot Fodoral
Standard. and 10 provlda IOfo drlnklnR v3tor for IOW3 City.
i
j Sehll4dabl n',1t" eorraet.
I Latlonl And than tho lall tMnR..loll .Y..KO ahud
I lleDI Naoal, did you hAva a qUOIt Ion?
Novlekl
Brlntonl
Novlekl
Brlntonl
LAtlonl
Brlntonl
Novlekl
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KeDI
Novlekl
KeD I
Schll4dakal
Larlonl
Yu, I do hava a eoupla qualllonl. lIow larRo II tho IIOnltorlnR wll?
Tho IIOnltorlnR wll, tho halo In tho Rround II IIx InchOl. But than
thoro II a tw Ineh plutlc plpa thAt'1 placod In tho hola And tho
hola II fl1lad In vlth Rraval. So It wuld look Ilka tho Iha of a
1..11 dOllOlllc vall. But It 'e not larRa anough for 0 IIlInlclpol voll.
nlala IIOnltorlnll will aro not Inlandad to vlthdrav valor othar than
IDOII laiplae 'or laltlnll of vAtar qUAlity.
And how do Ihay look:Abova Rround?
lilt'"
Oh, I vllh I'd brouRhl tholO plclural. Thoro Ara lavard .IIIIIAr^ln
I own , ovary IAI IIAtlon hu IOnltorlnR will now and 10 you 100 Ihall
011 ovar lown. 5011O of tho. JUlt hovo 0 HUla vhlta plpa Itlcklng
up A fav InehOl. 50110 01 tholl ora IIOro 10phlltlCAlod And thoy hovo
A ,0Alod Ild tlulh vlth tho Rround. 5011O 0' thall hava pOIU around
tholl to protoct tholl. But, ovary RAI ItAtlon hOI thala now.
Thoy don't drAv votor oul 'rOIl Ihol7
No, thay Ara ulod 10 IAllpla Iha valor In tho loll.
To bo Iura tho tanka Aro not luklnll.
..',
YOI, IhAI'. rlRht. Thoy Ara 011 ovar Iha placo.
Did you havo Anolhar qUOlllon7
YOI, I Ihlnk Ihot 'OIIOhow w hAVA to allphAllla tho 'Act thAI our
vAtor now drown 'roil tho rlvor II not 01 adaquAlo qUAllly bacAula
0' chollcoll thAt Ara runnlnll frol 10110 othar COlllllllnlty up AtraAII
And va eAnnol offlclolly curo Iha lourea of tho probloll. Our cholca
At 10Alt 'or now II to tlnd othar votar. H va eould cura tho lourca
0' tho problall, I '. Iura va All WOllld.
lIow 10nR do you oxpoct thll Initial philO, And thll II all IhAt
va aro In rlRht now, .. It' I An Inlol'1Mllon RAthorlnR phOIO,
how lonR do you ontlclpoto Ihll IAklnR?
nlo complolo Itudy viII taka About olRhloon IIOnlhl. DurlnR thnt
porlod wo vould Ilko to Inltall I ballovo It'l IVo producllon vall.
and va vould COIlO bACk to Councll At thaI 1111I0, nnd provldo Council
'urlhor Inforllllltlon nboul locnllon And..
And Iu tholo production valli that IIIRht nClunlly hAVO nn IlIIpnct
on n nalRhborlnR vall And thnt '. ana 0' Iha IhlnRI thoy vlll do
II dalormlno lC thoro 11 any ImpncI. lIov doop vlll our vol h, It
va ondod up dlRRlnR In Ihla nron, RO?
n CI cl LI E'
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Thay vIII KO to badrock. In OAch lono It'. 0 IIlllo dlUoront
I think It'. about no laot In tha oraa Ihot'. tvo .1101 .outh 01
11I1\. and I bollova It'. around 200 - 2~ root In tha noar oral.
LAnon!
O.K. 50. ono or tho thlnJl' that IIJlht happon II U va did arract
.oaobody'. prlvato wl\ that vu 0 )0 root or 70 root wl\ or vhal-
ovor II that w vould hava to axland thalr wl\ dovn to vhara tho
vator I..
Brinton!
YOI, thAt'. 0 poulblllly. LAnonl ThAt'. a poulblllly.
LAnon! Than vho dOlal'lllnOl vhara thOlo IOnllorlnJl and tOlt production wi II
vould bo placad?
Brinton! Tho 1I001011.t. thAt ora vorklnl ror lIovard II. Croon our con.ult Inl
onalnoar. In Cadar RApid. aro Ilvln. u. tho rocoalOndad .Ita. and
than va aro approchlnl tho hnd ovnan to .00 U va can vork an
alroollOnt to phco thai on thalO IItOl.
LAnon! And vhat vauld ba tho valuo or thl. aa.allOnt that w ora vantlnl to
buy rrOl pooplo JUlt to put In thl. Ilttlo .Ix Inch wll?
SchlOdako! 1'1 not .uro at thl. tllO. Wo'd havo to look at tho araa and
probably hava an apprallal udo baroro va could..
Lonon!
Wllat happan. vlth thh val1 vhan va ara dona vllh It? II It going
to ba Ihara ror A Ions tl1lO1
Brinton! YOI, tha IIOnltorlng will va wuld IIka to lOa thallOlnlolnad
rornor. If tho City procaad. vltll tho .tudy and w got to tho
ond or tho .tudy and w rInd out thoro'. no lllOt, no valua val1
thon tho IOnllorlnl wl1. hAVO I1lllo valuo, but '010. But U
tho City procoad., or couno thay havo valuo rorovar.
LAnon! Tho othar quo.tlon I hoar. Ed, II vhat lIappan. H .0lOthlnl happan.
at ono or tho vol1 .ltu that cau.u contallnallon Into tho vatar?
Brinton! Wa vould bo a. IUch concornad about that II anyono.
Lar.on! I undor.tand tllat.
Brinton! A. our ant Ira purpo.o I. to rind out Ir va can oblaln drlnklnl valor
rrol thll location.
LAr.on! I undar'land va ora concornad about It, but vo lAY havo bll.ar
pockoll tllan tho pooplo Ihat ovn tho land. Aro IlIay RolnR to bo
oxpoud to lIab\1lty H ,01lOlhlnl happon. to that wlU
Brinton! Aro tho ovnor. RolnR to bo axpo.ad to liability?
I,anon! YOI.
Sclullo'ldoka! No, tllo City vould II.UIO liability.
I,aunn! Tho City vould 1I0ld thol harllou. In othor vordl, U n cnr vrock
run. ovor a val1 and Rat. 011 davn In that vatar, tho paopla thnt
ovn tho Innd thnt vol1 VAl on vould not ba rOJponllblo?
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Larl (cont.) Wo would hold them hannloss7
SChmadokol Part of our agreement with them would bo a hold hannless agreement.
Larsonl Part of tho easement.
Schmadokel RIght.
Larsonl And youlre IntentIon Is to go out and offer people enough money that you'll find
people that will bo willIng to do thls7 That you wouldnlt have to condemn any.
bodyls land to put the well In7 And you wIll como back to Council beforo you
seek condemnotlon on anybody7
SChmadekel That IS correct.
Larsonl I think thatls Important becauso I road In tho paper the answor to the question
that was asked will you condemn land to got these wolls ond the answer wos
yos. And I klnda think that Is a Council doclslon. I undorstand that wo have
tho authority to condemn land to do It but whothor Itls what wo want to do or
not I think Is a dlfforent decision.
,
krbl Ed, how closoly monitored wfll tho operations of the city be by a higher authorlty7
In other words wolvo contracted wIth Greene the engineering flnn and I assume part
of our staff will bo on hand on a day to day basis. If all the procedures wore
sot In place and wo started drilling a month from today what kInd of safe guards
to tho citizens out In tho country and In ItIlls have that what's being done Is'belng
done tho way we said It was going to bo don07 Is there any kind of superimposed
balance here .of checks and balances to guarantee the wo are going to do this with
utmost dellgence7
Brlntonl On the monitoring wells7
Ambl Yea. We go In and drill does the DNR or the Dept. of Agrlculature or whoever
'else has authority do thoy come In and look at us on a day to day basls7
8rlntonl ' Not likely. More than likely the day to day dIrection or supervision will be by
the Individuals from lIoward R. Greene who are on the Job at all tlmos and the
driller who Is now our contractor. Thero may be some occasslonal spot Inspections.
Ambl Would It be unusual for us to request that extraordInary care by a higher
authorl ty7
8rlntonl Not at all.
Kubbyl Getting them thore Is the bId quostlon.
Ambl I know It.
Larsonl Whon you say hlghor authorIty do you mean God or the DNR7
KubbYI Who ever wo can got.
'Courtl One In the same.
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Larson! I Just wasn't sure what thot phrase meant there.
Ivrb! That's who I rofer to usually. You understand what I om gottlng at?
Court! Just so that I'm cinar we keep talking about the two questions of quality and
quantity. The quantity really could be done from the river. I Dean we could
rebuild the water plant totally and get enough quantIty for as leng as we need
It?
BrInton! Yes, the report that you have I thInk has one or two paragraphs, not nlch,
that says we could probably find another site somewhere ond got 011 of the wator
from the river and If ~ ~ry serves me It even had a cost estImate of $25
million. We didn't exp ore that vory far because we knew It was extraordInary
expense. It can be dene.
Kubby! Does that $25 million Included multiple phrases of processIng the water for
quality control?
Brinton! The tratment thot we thInk wf11 be necessary to satisfy the new drlnkln1 waters
requirements, the ones that are horo and are comIng, Is I guess you wou d call
It very high tech. And very expensive.
Larson! And of course there would be an annual expense every year I moan you continuo
~ --"'-'- - treatment. In addition to the new plant.
Brinton! Extraordinary annual expense In dollars and In energy and attention of the
Individuals required responsible to do that.
Novick! And do we have a choice? Could we say for exam~le we will supply drinking water
In a bottle you know hand It to people? Will t e federal government allow this?
8rlnton! My understanding Is that In some cases, In some extreme cases, that that Is a
possibility. I dId do some reading on that. But, and I put something In the
refDrt about that, but ~ understandln1 also Is that we would havo to monitor that
01 the tlmo. If the City brought Ind vidual homo units and put them In ovory
home and business we would be In the home monitoring treatment business. It could be
done.
Novick! . I was thinking of buying water.
! Brinton! Buying bottled water?
Novick! Buying bottled water and handing It to people.
Brinton! I don't believe that that would meet tho Intent or letter of the drinking water
standards because we are a purveler of water at every water cooler and every
sink and every faucet In the community so we have that responsibility.
La rson! They want what comes out of the tab to be safe?
Brinton! That's rIght.
Larson! Whether you glvo people bottled water or not.
BrInton! That's right. And the goal Is for the lowest common demontnotor, that person
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8rlnton! (cont.)that passes thru town. And that most of us can feel comfortable about
doing that anywhero from coast to coast.
lieD! Dkoy. Thank you. H.1dam If you would like to come up to the pOdium we during
our moetlngs we have to record everything that wo do and by aSking your question
back thero or makIng oyur statement the microphone deesn't pick It up so
Kubby! Ed thank you for bringing those photographs.
Evelyn Knebel! I'm Evolyn Knebel from two miles south of 1I1I1s. Right where they say they
are going to be. They don't tell us however what place they have chosen ond
so we all think that It Is us. Everybody has the same feeHng because they don't
tell us where exactly. It's Just down there. Ue'd like to know why are we
expected to be the ones to take care of Iowa City's water? lIow long will they
quarantee us that we always have water? We're not going to be here very long but
we have kids and yrandklds and we want to bo sure that It's there for them, If Its
there. And thero s Just lots of thIngs that we'd like to know why.
lieD! Hrs. Knebel
Knebel! They tell us that they haven't asked anybody whether they can como In when they
have. And things like that. We're Just to a point that we really don't belIeve
what they tell us.
lieD! A couple of things Hrs, Knebel. First of all, I don't know, have you made the
determination of where? That hasn't been fully decided yet? Ed were you going to
say something on that?
Brinton! I was going to say that as we get more data becauso one of the reasons that we're
down there Is that we don't know much about It
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we'Just knew an area. A couple of weeks ago we know a section or a pIece of the
township. Wo didn't know two months ago and so we did that blanket mailing to
200 and some IndivIduals to sort of let people know In the area that we think
It Is this area. A couple of weeks ago they gave us I think they took a trip
with the County Engr. and looked at about a dozen different sites and picked from
that dozen about 5 possible sites so we're learning more as we go along too and
1 arologlze for not bolng moro exact about where we are going to be because we
don t know yet".
HcD! Tho final determination hasn't been made yet?
Brinton! rio, we're trying to find some sites.
lieD! Okay. Just to answer a couple other of your questions Hrs. Knebel. When we
I think a year or a year and a half ago when we contracted with the lIoward R.
Greene company there first charge was to see If any water existed. That's how
we got started on this particular project. This Is how this was discovered.
Thirdly what guarantees do you have that there will always be water there I
think as the City Atty. said & the Public Works Dlr. there's no tlmo lImit
on this. Again, first of all we haven't even come closo to making any kind of decision
as to whether or not this Is golng....we don't know. We need a lot more Inform.
atlon before those decIsions are made but say sometIme In the future that decIsion
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Icont.lwAs made thore Is no tine limit concerning the surrounding proporty owners
S ~ undorstandtng. That would bo If It would IMpact on the surrounding property
owners WAter supply that has to be taken care of, we ore rosponslble for that.
I allan Itls not a one yoar, two yoar, five years, Its a forovor type of situation
so that NO would ultlNtely bo rosponslble for ony type of Impact that would
take place.
I donlt see how monitorIng one or two wells for even a length of time Is gOing
to tell CI how DUch wat.r thoy are goIng to tako from under the ground when they
get all those wells that thoy aro goIng to make. Itls 0 lot of difference between
000 and a whole field full of thCl.
Well to tell you the truth Mrs. Knebol I don't understand a lot of It olther.
8ut 11m hopefully that tho peoplo that wo aro paying do havo that oxpertlso and
will be able to tell us boforo we mako ony kinds of decisions.
I think the Council feels like wo couldn't do somethIng unless we had that kInd
of Informatfon.
Ed Is there an answer to that. lIow thoso monitorIng wells tell us that?
I think the best answer Is that no one can predict that. No one can predIct
exactly what the long .term tho reoson for all the monitoring wells and all the
tostlng Is to do the best Job. And to be able to toll what Is happenIng and
that Is the real value of the monitoring of the wells allover tho neighborhoOd
allover the area so that you can monitor and keep tract of whatls gOing on.
Without tho nonltorlng wells yo~ donlt havo any Information to measuro It against.
There Is another, you asked tho last time I was hero, about this prlortty system
and Ed pointed out to me whon ho came back from his trip to Dos Moines, In the
report the plan that you have and that wo havo dlstrlbutod to tho community In
the library and at IlIlls 8ank, In our soctfon called wnon structural conslderattons.
there Is this conservatIon pIon. In tho conservation plan which wo borrowed from
C~ar Rapids and thoy got from Dos Molnos Is a section called wPrlorlty Allocation
SystemW and this prlorty allocatIon system came from the state and Identlflos tho
priority levols of.who has first, second, thIrd and fourth and tho very first
priority Is self supplY.domestfc. Illghost priority small generall non regulated
solf supplied withdrawals usually serving rural aroas. They have a limited ability
to shek other wator resourcos because of geographic location. It has the top
priorIty. Second domestic fractions of munIcipal systems. Third Is livestock.
rourth Is power. Industry,non traditIonal Irrigation, Irrigation, recreation and
llosuro. That's tho stuff that we aro werkIng wtth now. It's In your plan, Itls
In tho copy that thoy have as well. It would, I think, maybo help.
Thanks.
Lila Dalleyl rlrst of all I want to glvo this to your City Attorney. Thoso woro coplos of
tho potlttons that has boon circulated In the communIty objecting to this study.
Now I understand what you aro tryIng to toll us and I understand that thero Is
nothing finalized at thts poInt. I would Ilko to mako a suggostlon, howovor,
that I thtnk would ,allay a great many of tho fears and aprehenslons of people
Involved In this.
lleDI H4dam, 11m sorry can you Idontlfy yoursolf.
I'm Lila Dalloy from 11l1ls and I would lIko to suggost that tho Council draw up
a fonnat that wo could uso as a guldo In tho ovont that thoso wolls aro drtllod
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. frankly we do not enjoy tho prospect of having 0 hassle with the DNR to be
compensated for thIs. Thts Is one of the bId a~Prthenstons thot wa hove. So
If we could havo SMe guIdance, IMe hllp on th4t scorl It would bo trOlllOndously
beneficial.
You ll1ean a fOl'1ll.lt as to " you nolfce SMe changes what you do first. IIho you call.
\/hat nlJ1lber...
Exactly.
Who you would speaking with.
Yea.
I think all tho D1IR does, I'vo loeked thru thl suck of 100 pages or so that our
City Atty. has that the law sets out how you do It. how you figure out If It has
affected your well.
I've got their comprehensive well guide and Its Just greek to somebody that h.sn't
workod with it.
That's right and I think we could very easily put together a plan to show poople
what you do If you suspect that you ara having perfonlAnce problOls with your wall
because of CI ty. , Cause you have to prove Its because of the other 11I1 Is.. .
That would be tremendously reassurIng to.us.
I think that would be faIrly easy to do.
I don't think that'would be a problem.
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I think that botween Chuck. and Ed. and II.R. Greene we could boll It down to
make It not so complicated.
Yes.
Put It In a simple form so I can understand It and the layperson can understand
It. I think that's a good Idea.
Okay.
And I t~lnk wo could put sMethlng like that togother-
I think that's reasonable.
Chuck. wo wouldn't havo a prOblem with that? Dale wo can start on that can't we?
I don't see any prOblem at all.
Okay. Thank you.
That would help alot.
GentrYI Yes I agreo.
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JIm Sladekl I'm JIm Sladek from Route 5, Iowa CIty, and I have 0 couple of cOlll1lOnts. I
guess first, you mentIoned that we have to prove that the CIty water wells ore
Impacting ~ well. So If ~ woll goes dry I have to prove thot the City has
drained ~ well bofore I have any compensatIon. Now what Is ~ livestock gOing
, to do In the perIod while I'll going thru all these regulotfons trying to prove
that your well dried up ~ woll.
Ed, do you have any...1 don't think It's quIte thot harsh.
Do I call you or what do I do?
I'm afraid I wouldn't be of any help to you. I'd sure try and find someone
who would help you. W~~t would happen Ed under Hr. Sladek scenarIo?
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That's a very good question and as I read the, I started reodlng the same stuff
that Randy was reading I don't think It Is as clear as we could IIltIke It. We
could IIltIke It better. We know that In the City when we've had water anorgencles
that we've done a lot of things that weren't written on how to h.lp people with
water and we could IIltIke It better. That would be a local pOlicy. It wouldn't
be something that DNR saId you will do.
So thoy wouldn't 'have to go thru that hassle of trying to
I notIced on that list of prioritIes that livestock came third. ResidentIal use
was first. Resldentlal people, I mean, I can go to town or I could go .Isewhere
and get water;. Confinement livestock you've got to have a supply ther. and I
think the order Is out of wac there for sure.
Hr. Sladek since I am not a fann person would you explain to me how a well would
go dry wlthout.some gradual depletion. Would It happen that sudden?
When the water gets below the well head It stops and you have no IndIcation.
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I'm asking would It slow down to some extent?
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I'm not an expert but I would say not necessarily so.
Dkay.
I think In 1988 In some areas In southern Iowa when wells went dry It was from
having water to no water.
Okay.
And my second comment would be that tt seoms to me Is the reason that you want our
water Isn't because you don't have the resources In the city limIts but because
our water Is cheaper than the the cost of taktng our water Is cheaper than the
cost of fixing your own resource wtthln the cIty llmtts. I thtnk there Is technology
available that can fix your own problem Instead of havIng me gIven my water to fIx
your problem. That's all.
I Just want to address those two concerns and I understand your feeltngs. The
frame of reference or the perspectIve that I think everybody has to have ts that
It Isn't anybody's water.
I've gelng to get more satIsfaction from the City than the DNR?
Well I don't understand that attitude at 011. If someone calls mo they get
satlsfactlen rIght away and what I think that Ed Brinton Is trying to toll you
Is that we would establish these procedures so that people did get satIsfaction
IlIIlIQdlately. .
And yeu mean we can do that In some kInd of legally binding way?
Like ,:.sald Its a policy decision that we could adopt, so yes, we can address that.
I can't ImagIne CouncIl saying that If someone's well went dry because of our
well production that they then have to go thru some long process and their cattle
are without water for any tIme
I can't either.
That's just not going to happen. I moan the price of getting water out to that
site Is not expensive for us.
HeD! Yes sir dId you want to IMke a cOll'lllent?
HArC Bock!l wore my special shirt tonight. I run Bock's Berry Farm. If any of you have been
down on Sand Road we sell prOduce In Iowa and also provIde a place for tourIst to
como. I'vo got a couple of Items to sfeak to. I agree with JIm here on a few
points only 11m lower on the priority 1st than you are. In terms of crop and fruit
production. Several things. Number one I spent several thousand dollars this
year puttIng down a well because the creek that I pump out of legally from the
DNR permiSSion has' been up and down so badly that I decIded to spend the money and
put a well In. And the well drf11er who grew up putting In wells In the area sa,ld
no problem wo can get you, what I needed, which was 250 gal loons, a minute to
Irrigate what I needed to do. We put down the well and there wasn't eneugh water.
When there's not enough water In the well, lIke JIm suggested, there's nothing.
You suck down to the well head and If there's not enough water left In the well
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Well, If you have to condemn my farm to take It I look at It as my water. And
If I run out and live never run out before and If I run out I'm running out of
my water.
I unders tand.. .
It's your fault. Not my fault.
I understand that and we are responsIble for providing you with water If that
happens.
The same quality of water?
Exactly, exactly.
Who determInes that?
What I am saying Is that I don't think It Is necessary to call the DUR and say
will you folks come out and make sure I get water replaced cause I wouldn't call
them for anythIng. I DIOan we have dealt with them over the years enough to know
that you're just not going to get any satIsfactIon from them unless then In a
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(cont.llt's gone. I mean Its dry. You don't havo 0 warnIng perIod. 50 we stuck
down a second well at my cost and wo measured the level In one well whIle we
sucked on tho othor well to see what would happen and he said It drew down a little
bit, no probl~. Wo put manifolds, or connected both wolls together, and you'll
havo plenty of water. We dId that and did not have enough water. Put down 0
third woll. 5amo thing. "at enough water. Put down the fourth well. All the
tIme measuring the levols In the other wells that we hod prevIously drilled.
And so I stili don't have enough wator.
Pleue don't telllllO you had lIoward R. Greene doIng all of this.
"0, but ~ quostlons Is this then how can you prove that drawIng on a number of wells
what the lovols aro going to be elsewhero particularly at a drought tIme versus
a very rainy time of year and I don't know. Is tho teChnology there to do that
bottor than a woll drlllor who's had a life tlmo of experience.
lIow deep wero you going on tho well?
I was about 30 feot on all four welh.
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Can you answor that Ed?
I just know that that's hOlllt's done. That they do drill a production woll, a
full scale production well, and put In sevoral monitorIng wolls around It and
also monitor anyono's well that Is In tho vaclnlty which Is of a simIlar con.
structlon and then pump tho woll for a porlod of tlmo measuring tho pumping
rate and the draw down and In our case wo expect to pump for a weok In each
well, Hot for 6 hours, not for 8 hours, but for a week. Then develop the
mathlmatlcal modol and use that to predIct. And It Is a predIction. It Is not
an absolute sclenco.
And wo're talking about Ed 250 footers?
. !lot exactly sure buL the near onos are about 200 or 250 feet. Tho far ones
are our best guess 350 feet. Tho far ones, the ones near lillis, wo don't have
alot of data on this yot but we are expecting 1000 galloon. We are expecting
large wells. If wo don't find more water than what this gentleman has we'll
pack our bag and go homo.
Wo'ro talking about an entirely dlfforent acqulfer then what he Is working with?
I certainly hope so.
Yea.
One more questIon Ed. If wo had a woll 250 feot deop and If It woro near tho
borry farm would wo then monitor his sources, his four wolls, as woll as ours?
Absolutoly. Wo want to monitor evory slnglo woll whero wo can got pormlsslon.
And ono of tho first things that lIoward R. Greene did was do this levol circuit
thru tho country and a lot of folks got stirred up about that but ono of tho
things that they dId was ostabllsh this bench markat circuit so they can measuro to
a tenth of a foot.. .water lrvoh. And thoy aro on on tho sarno data so that all
tho wolls aro put on the sarno data.
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I don't know what ossurances we can glvo you thot thoy are going to be ablo to monitor
bettor than what your well driller con do.
"m not so sure I c,re 'bout It being monitored as much as hovo tho w,ter thoro or
I don't need to know th,t It's dropped a foot. I need to know that I have tho
water thoro th.lt I need.
And that I think legal counsol con glvo you a botter answer thin olthor of us
con. Wo'ro relying on legal counsol telling us that we hovo to provldo that to
you. Whothor It's hook you up to our plpos or build you a nOlI well or whatover
It light be. But I would say thot our consultants saying that they are gOing to
figure out for us whether the wator Is going to be thero for overybody are getting
paid $460,000 so I hopo that they can do a good Job of It.
Okay. Two lIlOre questfons I have. H.r 1, how can you provo cause and effect?
And then like JII's cattle, If I got a fat'lll of ten acres of high cost plonts I
can't walt for a week of drought to get thOlllwatered. I don't knOll hOll IIlany
NatIonal Guard people can pour bottled water out there. I guess my last comment
or question would be I have no prOblem with It portlcularly If you want to
pump all the water and even draw us down as long as I hove 0 written somebody
who can stand up behind It a written thing that soys I will buy your fann because
It's not going to be worth anythIng ,If there's no Irrigation water.
Well, agoln I think It gets back to by law you are protected Is that not correct
Linda?
Yes.
I moan you are protected. We can not do that to you.
Well, yea but I'm down here on the prIority list wIth...
But don't get confused by that priority list. It doesn't IIlake any difference
what you use the water for If wo cause you not to have It anymore you could be
throwing It out on your gravel pit If you want, we have to give you a source
of water.
Yeo but like In Jim's case a week could be too long.
Timing Is Important.
I'm sure that It can bo the kind of situation where a legal written agreement
for the easement could quarantee that would be by If you needed It. I mean all
those kinds of things are possible.
Sure. I mean like I say i'd vote yes to any well drilling as long as I had
some guarantee that either I would have all the water I needed or somebody Is
going to buy my fann for what It's worth In prime condition which It Is right now.
HcOI Thank you.
Gary Edenl Hayor HcDonald and Council I'm Gary Eden from southeast of IlIlls. I've got a
question that doesn't directly deal with water supply to fanns but It klnda
concerns me because I farm ground that It Is the acqulfer' proposed district
south of Iltlls and I also farm Iond east of Iowa City In the other Iorger district
that I was shown on a II14p sometfme back at a moetlng In 1I111s. ^ geologist that
we had there that night filled us In on his feelings that posslblly the acqulfer
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(cont.) does exist down In the arta south of 1I111s at how deep ho NOS unsure.
lie saId that again no data N4S actually .votlobl.. It light bo 1500 feet deep
It IIlght be 111110 one Nay or another. lIho knows. fils feollng NIl th.t If
they Indeed top Into that It Nas sealed, he felt possibly, In cloy or substance
that made surface Imprevlsslvo to got down to thot deep as In regards to all
the flOOding thot has gone on down ther. this SunDOr ond Nhat not. I guoss I
donlt have too nuch understanding of all that yet but on the proparty e.st of
Iowa City ot least on that lap showed. great largor number of squore Illes
Involved th.t probably does not 1 t. obove tho .cqulrer district. Ills foollngs
were that the recharge, I f there N4S NeIls ploced In th.t mo, llOuld hovo to
blSlcly come froe surf.ce Nller Infl1lat!on thru the type of sotl that Ioys In
that district Nhlch happens to be . f.lrly hlgh organIc type of sotl th.t con
.bsorb soil readily. Also because of t.klng nust of the Nater froe tho surfoce
to kept recharged he f.lt that If there s,y 30 wells ploced that the IlnllUl
spacing on them light be os far .part os . quarter of . IIlle per NOll Nhlch
you could see could Involve quite a large ore.. ~ question Is rogardlng tho
use of ral'lll chemicals In that ma by fomrs that are pretty depandent on
that at this time In that l.rge surfoce Nater Infiltration art. and Nhat kind
of limItations or regulations evldentuolly light come down on ma and other
fanners In that am If Indeed tho well field south of 11I11s dool not prove
productive and they are forced to go elsONhere.
Do you have an anSNer for thot Ed?
Yea, I do. That's a good question.
11m sorry Gary but he hIS mare expert Is. but Nhat II' do up hero.
The folks JrOllllloward R. Greene tell ma that Indeed to get the pOl1llt (or. well
In an agriculture area that you 'have to hove an .greement IIlth the l.nd owner
to restrict the allOunt o( chemIcals that ~re used IIlthln a certain dlst.nce o(
the lIell and I can't emtly rOlllOlllbor that., I donI t knowllhether It Is 200
feet or 400 feet or something like that. But you c~nsate the (.nnor (or that.
If there Is a loss o( productivity or change In productivity bec.use o( tho
restrIction o( the use o( those chemlc.ls then that Is neg. at that tlDO and
that becomes a permanent part, not only tho e.sement (or the lIell, the lond IIlthln
that radIus around the lIel1. Th.t h.ppens. .
So when lie total up how much all this 11111 cost I( lie end up doing It those
(Igures will be p.rt o( that total?
Yes. And I understand that those are not obsorbent (Igures that this Is routine
business. ThltlS the lilY It Is done.
Although I don't think thatls necessarily what lias Isked bec.use It's not Just
using chernelals around the well but using chemicals at all I( the rechorgo o(
the acqul(er If (rom sur(lce wlter permeating dOlln. That means It may end up
belng,c.use there Is a lot o( people on Council that aro very concorned obout
the quality o( water not only (rom standards but Just (or hovlng healthy lives,
It could be that lie try and work with the County .nd work IIlth people to t.lk
about that. To make sure that the quality, one o( the reasons that lie ore doing
this Is tho quality o( water and I( there are things that could change that
quality we will be or I 11111 be concerned about It.
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florol lIell you'd able to pick those traces up thru these monitoring SlII'4l1es right
down.
8rlntonl lIe've already samples and we've already tested ond one of the obvIous ones
right now Is that wo have vory low nitrates. And we dId some organic testIng
but I can't remember now. And I think that Is In the report. And we wl11
do more organic testIng thru this phrase that we are In now. lie wl11 do some
organic testIng. So one 01 the things that drew us to these areos Is that we
didn't find traces of organic chemicals and we found low nitrates. The
nitrates Is the chIef Indicator and we dIdn't fInd that. So we hod every
Indication to thInk that this Is a better protected water. But that cloesn't
preclude us from wanting to do better. Protect If for a longer term.
Larsonl Ed Is your answer then that even though the water In tho ocqulfer In the region
that he's concerned about premoates down from the surfoco that somehow doing
that takes out the chemIcals?
Brlntonl SomethIng happens. There Is an exchange or an attraction.
Larsonl Compounded wIth. something else or whatever.
Brlntonl lIell this water Is deeper too. This Is not what we call shallow water. This Is
deeper wa ter.
NovickI Are these chemicals IIlOre likely to be found shallow wells?
Brlntonl Absolutely. Or wells that are poorly constructed.
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Stuff that Is at 30 feet Is necessarily at 200 feet.
Right.
And secondarily the requirement with the ONR that you talked about having to
restrict the application 200 feet or so from a well he's talking about over
30 square mIles maybe thatpremoates that. lie would not have authorIty outside
the city limits to pass an ordInances or anything controlling the amount of
things that they put on their fields. Even If we are gottlng water from a
well that Is underneath their land we would not be able then to say to them
oh by the way no more ..- on that field.
That's my understanding.
1 don't know how we can pass an ordinance effecting their use of their land
I guess.
lIell I can see those areas Immcdlatoly around those wells as yes posslblly
not adding chemical but when you start talking of drawing I guess I heard 7
or 8 million gallons a day from an area 6.8 miles square whatever It might
Involve you'ro talking a greater draw down from surface sources any kind of
water that has ever been Il1IMglned out thore by any type of fann operatIon
and you are talking water being sucked down from the surface like a sponge.
You1re not talking about water that Is below the ground 4.500 feet In a acqulfer
that's a ready supply. You're talking of most of this coming from a surface
recharge program where 200 feet may not be enough. It mIght be just say the
whole area has to be chemIcal free. Nobody knows that at this point but some.
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Edenl (cont.)thlng that everybody out In that aroa Is sure got to have some foellngs
about. And the peoploln Iowa City should also say maybe we're monItoring that
the first couple of yoars,we haven't had that draw down sucking theso chemIcals
down 200 feet, we haven't had tho pull to pull It down there. But with the
rain fall and the amount of draw down who knows what's going to happen. There's
no test I don't think that can prove that.
larsonl And Is that an analysis that lIoward R. Greene would try to do based on surely we
wouldn't be the first people to ever has this kind of process happen where the
water Is sucked down as you describe and possible Increase condemnatIon occur
because of that. That has to have happened allover the country. ,Would that be
part of their analysts? To predict the risk of that happening?
Brlntonl 1 don't think we have that In their contract yet to predict a long tenn change
In the chemical content. We've got In the contract now to sample the water,
and actually the City Is goIng to do the testing. We're going to have the
Ilygenlc laboratory. We didn't ask them to predict long tenn and....
larsonl Doesn't seem like to me to be a sclentlc phenonenon that either happ~ns or
doesn't and surely It has happened across the country If It does happen or If
It doesn't happen.
8rlntonl We'll ask. We'll have to do more work. That's a good questIon.
Carroll Edenl Well, 1 don't want to make this pOdium unanamlous with the Eden's but I happen
to be Gary's dad. I'vo known John every sInce he's been a little boy. Ills
grandpa used to stay with me when 1 lived In Iowa City so I've known the McDonald
famtly for a long ttmo. Worked with hIm at University Hospital. But this Is
beside the point. Along sIde eur fann Is a fann that was owned by the University
of Iowa and my brother owns It today. At the tlmo he brought the fann the well
that existed there at that tIme was 400 feet deep. lie had nothIng but constant
prOblems with repaIr. After the wells gotten where they were good operative
wells the taste and the quality of the water was not drinkable even. And he's
had constant prOblems with that. Orllllng Into that lwoer acqulfer posslblly
a little over 400 feet deep. I'm sure that the Unvlerslty of Iowa has some
data and statIstics on what the depth of that well was and what they found when
they started drIlling there. Right along side that In our fIeld lays right next
to the back of his barn used to be an old lake bed. My wife's grandmother and
grandfather sold the Indians trapped that area for furs yoar around. Right along
side the back of hIs barn and why should they have to go 400 feet deep In order
to get an adequate supply of water. Another question Is have you considered
consulting the latta well drillIng firm. They are three generatIons old. And
If they don't have some data that they can make readily available to you I'm
surethat there Isn't any avaIlable. Another question that I have If the
yeh whos up at tho CoralvIlle reservols, If you'll excuse my english, Insist
on maintaining the level of that lake so that boaters can always be assured ef
having a place for recreation have you considered the pOSSibility of laying
a large pipe underground Into that lake and drawing water from there. If they
maintain It llkethey have when we were getting that 13000 cubic feet a second
If they would maintaIn It like that and just keep It at that lovel you'd have
enough water there to last you forever. And It wouldn't hurt us a bit. Another
thing that I was going to tell you the fann that I live on an old well was
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th.t wos there bo'ore ~ wl'e w.s born .nd I don't know who, yes I do, I thInk
there ..... . 'ell. who lived down to River Junctton, Knox Pine. If I'm not mls.
liken. lie drove that point down .nd th.t supplied .nd the water ond good cold
...ater that wo ever ...anted. In '.ct I run . ground water he.t pump 'rom th.t
source 0' water. It would pump IS g.llons . minute const.ntly. We never could
dr.w It down. 8ut what will th.t do to me In the event th.t these test wells
are put there ond 'Ind It has lowered the ....ter table enough so th.t we can't
use those wells .nymore. I'm sure there .re a lot 0' people In this .udlence
that are Just as concerned about th.t as I 'm. Especially those people In IIllls
th.t h.ve those sh.llow wells. Th.t's .11 I hovo to soy.
Carroll, one questIon, the 'arm th.t your brother owns th.t the UniversIty
owned you saId when you stortod out. Wh.t did the University do with th.t?
What were they doing?
I thInk It w.s brought back In the deprosslon d.ys as well maybe th.t h.d meney
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Crop production or wero they doIng some testing os '.r..?
No, I think that they Just brought It as Incentive or . place to put there
money .t the tlllO.
Dh.
There's another one that they own th.t's right over the 'ence 'rom our '.nn.
To the west. The Murphy's '.rm th.t '.rm I' I'm not mlst.ken ond It w.s owned
' by the University too.
Ok.y. Th.nks Carroll.
Call on me .nytlme I' you h.ve more questIons I've been there 'or 50 some ye.rs
.nd ~ ...Ife lived there all her life so she could tell you somethIng .bout It.
Thank you Carro II.
Sus.n FreYI HY n.me Is Sus.n Frey and I'm a I....yer from low. CIty and I reprosent . group
rur.1 Johnson County resldnets many 0' ...hom live In or .round tho two proposed
well dovelopment ore.s. I h.ve some questIons .bout the l.ngu.ge of tho
proposed resolution. When I pIcked thIs up this ovenlng qulto fr.nkly I ....s
surprIsed by the I.ng.ug.e of the resolutIon .nd I h.ve some concorns .bout It.
HY. rtrst questlon Is 'or the CIty Attornoy. Old the CIty leg.1 sllff h.ve tho
opportunIty to revIew the I.ngu.ge of tho resolution?
Yes.
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Very recently?
Yes.
Tho re.son I .sk Is this. On July 18th, last Thursday, I mot ...lth Chuck Schmadeke
.nd Steve Atkins .t tho City's requost .nd I'll describe what tr.nsprlred .t the
meeting but brIefly tho substance of that discussIon Is sImply not re'lected In
tho l.ngaugo of this resolutIon. We talked about .n agreement between the City
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(cont.)and ~ cllonts, tho prlvato property ownors tn thIs areo. Talked about
on agroement thot would have a durotlon of 18 nonths. Certainly had a ftnlto
porlOd. I think by anyono's standards It would have beon cons towed as a
tl.'Olporary right of entry or 0 tl.'OlpGrory moment. Thoro 1145 no discussion
of po~nent acquisition of oosoments or tostlng of Indotonalnent duratIon
whatsoever. Tho agreement lias couched tn tenns of a temporary porlod, an 18
nonth period, of tlmo In which tho property owner was not left IIlth obligations.
We also discussed that tho agroement would Include nog. botllfon tho proporty owners
and tho City offIcials. So that Is IY concern. Thot this resolutIon talks about
neg. tho purchoso of easements for the construction of the so wolls ond In tho
ovent that tho neg. Is successful to executo po~nent \lOll oosements & pe~nent
accoss oasement agreements. And In the ovent that tho easements can't bo acqulrod
by neg. and then tho City Atty. Is authorized to commenco condemnation procoedlngs.
So IlIanted to Infonn the City Council thot tho substonco oIlY DOellng IIlth Steve
and Chuck was of 0 tl.'Olporary oasement or tfClporary rIght of ontry nature and does
not translate Into this rosolutlon.
Chuck Is that your understanding of IIhat lias talked about ot the mootIng?
SChmadeko! Yos we dId discuss temporary oasements. It Is on option that 110 aro consldorlng
and In fact 110 are proparlng some temporory easomont language but our proforence
Is to go IIlth tho po~nent easement. Wo'r. oolng to spend $3000 to $5000
on each one of thoso lIells and \10 prefor pe~nent easements. But lie are keeping
the option opon to nog. for temporory easomonts.
Kubby! Was that explaIned at tho moetlng IIhoro Susan lias? That the proference lias for
ponnonent?
Schmadek.! I donlt think that 110 talked to that degree at tho mooting.
Larson! One thing, It appoars to DO Susan Is that "' lIant to do thoso things and decide
If 110 are going to spond thIs $SO nllllon to dovelop these lIells and If we
decIde not to do that then It mayor may not be any reason for permanent oase.
monts. So I thInk that Chuck Is right I thInk to have the option of lOOking at
both the temporary and pormanent I moan I think that's up to them so long as
we're talking about neg. I assume that thore Is somewhat dlfforent prIces In.
vOlved with temporary and po~nent.
Gentry! Susan, In rosponse to your question, I lIasn't ot the moetlng ObvIously. The
resolutIon does not preclUde something less than Intruslvo and less restrIctive
and 11m sure that you will agree. ThIs gIves the authority to go beyond the
temporary but It does not preclude us from neg. temporary and In fact It Is
explelslvo In tho authority. And Chuck and I and tho Hayor havo talkod about
In fact I am draftIng several vorslons of documents that Ed Brinton Is goIng
to bo presontlng to poople and some of them Include temporary limited with 0
cortaln months duration.
Ah huh. (yos)
Frey!
Larson!
Frey!
Larson!
I think you can also see whero there might be an advontage to the City to have
permanent easements because once we have an Investmont of puttIng that well In
there when that temporary easement runs out now our neg. positIons are somewhat
dIfferent. We hovo an tnveslmont there.
Yes.
It just m~y mako oconomlc sense to buy a permanent easement to begin with If
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Larsonl (cont.)that's agreeable with the property owner anyway.
Freyl Yes, I can see your point there. Hy point though Is that It seems logical to
begin with temporary rIght of entry or the temporary eas~nt agreement ond
really ~ purposo In mdklng the comment was to InfonD the Council that that
was the substance of the talk and not In tenns of language of this resolution.
And that was a surprise to me and ~ clients and we wonted you to know It.
Gentryl Susan I'm always avolloble by telephone or meeting If you ever want to sit
down and talk about this with mo.
FrYI Okay, alright, thank you.
Terry Krulsel Thought you were done dIdn't you?
Krulsel Then why can't you recycle It and use again and only add for the evoporatlon and
the loss to the pipe and so forth. You know we're Into the age of recycling
and I see or I can't see why you can't reuse that water and save yourself a lot
of expense. Now If or It shoul~ bo whatever you put Into that river should be
better than what you aro taking out I assumo when you get done treating It.
And so It should cost less to treat It to uso It again. I can't believe that
there Isn't bed rock under Iowa City where you can drill a well to get your own
water. Condemn someone property here first. I would encourage ~ neighbors
In rural Johnson County not to eviln talk about ea5l'll1Onts or the right to drl11
wells. It would bo I'm sorry we're not Interested. Look In your own property
first. I don't go to ~ neighbors If ~ well goes dry. I go on ~ own property
and drill another one until I fInd water. And I would suggest that you do the
same first.
I don't know Ed do you want answer Hr. Krulse.
In some parts of the world when people are desperate and some drought conditions
wastewater Is recycled but only as the very, very, very last option. In our
case there are a lot of chlorIdes from the sodIum chloride that most people use
when they have their water softner and we can not remove chlorides economically
at all. The nitrates are never removed. We Just recycle the same nitrates.
Sulfates are not removed. There are a lot of salts that are added In the comm.
. unity that end up In the wastewater that are not easily removed. They can be
removed If you have a water treatment like you have on a submarine or a space
Ship but not a municipal system. Not long term. And not a good solution. In
terms of using our own water, wo are USing water out of the bed rock of the
City. We are using this Jordan water all the time. We hope soon to be using
sularln water and using that to blend with the other waters. It Is that at thIs
time and wIth our InvestigatIon It looks like there Is not enough of that water
and of a quality that could meet the long term needs. We can get by today but
If we double the amount of water use there Just Isn't enough to blend with the
other waters to make It work. And that really Is what Is leading us outside of
town.
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No that's alright.
Hy name Is Terry Krulse and I fanD south of 11Il1s about 4 or 5 miles and I
also own some land along the river and the question that I am going to ask
you may wonder how It's going to have anything to do with wells but whit Is
the purety of the water that leaves your sewage plant? I mean Is It better
than the water that you get In out of the river?
I would assume that It would have to be. Yes.
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Larson! I think that t a common question and a very Importont answer Is that we would
like to take water from Inside the city limits. It would be much easier and
cheaper and more neighborly and everything. lie can not do thot.
Audience! Now he just said you don't have on adequate supply down there thot you thInk can
moet your needs?
8rlnton! There Is not enough good quality water to meet the drinking water standards with
reasonable treatment processes. If we had the kind of a treabnent process that
you'd have like In Soudl Arabla...you could do It.
Audience! I'm talking about ....pressure from underground sources?
Brinton! No, thore Is not. There Is not adequate qualIty or quanlty under Iowa City to
meot our needs.
Audience! Why would there be any more ~Jt In our way and then you are going to run us dry
to meet your needs? .
8rlnton! That Is not our Intent.
Larson! But what Is the reason that there Is more down there?
8rlnton! Because the geology Is different.
Larson! There Is a big pool of water down there that we don't have under us.
Brlntonl The geology changes a lot everywhere. It changes a lot In the mld.west. It
changes a lot In Johnson County and 2.3 miles can make all the difference. If
on the east side of town sularln water Is good, the west side Is bad. It chang.s.
It's different.
Larry Schottl Hy nama Is Larry Schott and I live down by IlIlls and farm. From II\Y understanding
you say It Is going to cost $25 million to fix the wells or put your ...or whatever
plant up' there. It's going to cost approximately $15 million on this deal down
hero. Hy question would be Is It possible with all these observation wells that
there can be contamination and If there Is how do you reverse It? And If that
would happen how far would $10 million dollars go? Hy second question would be
how wl11 It affect our lifestyles In rural corrmJnltles and our farming practices?
I know that this has been discussed but we raise livestock. Te back.up just a
little bit you people were talking just a little earlier about the nitrates and
I'm glad to see that you are takIng a little bit of the blame for It. lIe've
taken It for quite a few years and klnda glad to see somebody else knows that
they did something besides us. Also I heard larger numbers that some of the
numbers that were thrown around. Haybethey were just stories. I heard that
they were planning en getting upto 14 million gallon a day pumped out down there.
Iowa City Is expanding every day. And you also said tonight that you were planning
on putting IlIlls If they meant It or any of the rural area out there on It. lIow
many more million gallon will that add? Third question, maybe I had the third one
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for lond. Ifow muchwlll that bo worth, whenever we como and have no water underneath
It. One ~re question, two, ten, fifty years from now, you've olready told us
thero's no way to figure out how much water there Is down there. With one
observotlon well or two down In our area or these other peoples orea, seven,
thots not going to do a whole lot. When you start sticking 20 wells whatever
Its going to toke to pump this kind of volume and In the future probably add
~ro ond amending your pIons, I have no understanding on who you guys are plannIng
on toklng a 18.~nth period of time pumping 0 few little wells ond getting a pump
down figuring out where we are going to be a hundred years from now. We all Ifave
children, I'm sure you do too and there's no way I can ever understand It.
Also, ~ last quostton, ~st of this ground In our area Is In the flood plaIn and
people don't realize that. Tho nitrates you people aro putting In the river up
here In your sewer plant whon the river floods will be on property. If the
observation wells are on the floodplain and there Is rock around the observation
wells that will not be much of 0 filtratIon process for that to get down In there
so It ~y not be us ~y be Its your nitrates that are srewlng up the ground water
thot goes back to ~ fIrst question, how would you ever reverse It? Ten HIlllon
dollars to us Is alot of ~ney. to a city of this size I just can't see where
It could evon be 0 payment. the people In this town pay plenty of taxes and were
getting our share of It too and I just guess these little numbers like ten mIllion
to you guys don't sound like very much ~ney.
Thank you for your question bollev. me ten million dollars Is olot of money.
Yes, Its about a fifth of our annual budget.
In fact, I would sometime. next spring when we go through our budgeting session
you'll have to come up and sit In on our Informal moetlng, We get In arguments
about a thousand of dollars. I mean where a thousand, five thousand Is going to
go or not go. so It Is alot of money, You have alot of questions and I think
leglta~te ones I think that were In the pOSition we are because we have alot
of questions also and thats what were trying to find some answers to at this
particular time. I thIn the concerns you raised are very legItImate concerns
If those turn out to be some of the things you stated, well some of your questIons
wore al~st statements as to what happened then, If that particular scenarIo would
develop we're not going to be pleased with that obviously and I would say that
could change our whole approach and change our whole plan. We noed Information
thats baslcolly what wore doing at this point, Is gathorlng Information.
Just one more little thing. We live right there by 1I111s agaIn. Theres a little
town thats got a little Casey Store there. for some little unknown reason theres
been contaminants In the well water thoro. I don't know who the people are that
got this fancy little shod there, but they been pumping water out of the ground and
back Into the ground for several I'd say at least a year or two or maybe longer.
They to this day, and It Is my understanding and 11m not making a statement here
because I don't know for sure, that they to this day do not have the contaminant
cleaned up. ThIs has proven to mo that this Is almost Impossible If the ground
water does get contaminated Its almost ImpOSSible to clean It up. Thank you.
Thank you.
~ name Is Oeth Bromen. I'm from south 1I111s. I just want to take just a few minutes
not very long but we have alot of questions here that are unanswered alot of
concerns to the members of the area that Is being talked about as far as the
drilling and I think It would be to your advantage to try to clarify some of these
questions before you act on this resolution. Draw up a clarification on how we
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con opprooch If our wells do go dry what were to do If you could do this prior
to enactment I think your public relations would be olot better bring everything
up out Into the open. We feel down there that things have been hid from us ond
'f you could do thIs (or us Just a (ew more weeks or so that we (eel a whole lot
better obout this. Thank you.
Thank you.
Hdy I .dd Just one brief comment. In response to what Beth had to say, I would also
urge thot the Council not odopt the resolution In Its presently dro(ted fonn for
the benefit o( ~ clients ond to cleor up ony misunderstanding. I think It would
be extremely helpful I( the preliminary step of the agreement of a temporary
right of entry or te~orary ease~nt be Included In the language of the resolution.
When this fIrst hit the papers and we started tolklng obout how we were goIng to
notify people and open lines of communlcotton I was thinking that we needed I
oubllc meeting as soon os we sign the contract wtth Howard Green Company. Out now
I'. beginning to thInk that we needed public Input even before the controct to
kind o( Just outline what our needs were. What may be really base Itn outlIne that
wo need nonltorlng wells and get SODe Input as to whot the content of the
Investigation because I feel Ilk. theres olreody been at least one thing thats
not In the contract that we might want to have answered that was brought up tontght
and there might hove been SODe other things that people aren't saying or peopl.
who aren't here tonight, may hove brought up. So last night we were really land
basting the University about tho trees and I said we really need to klnda look at
our own house and make sure our own house Is clean this Is one example where tonight
has been a good lesson for mo to even have even publIc Input even before a
contract like thIs. To make sure peoples concerns are goIng to be answered by studIes
that wore going to spend alot o( money getting answers for. I really think that
our Intentions are honorable,l fe.l a ltttle uncomfortable thaL the only public
notificatIon besides the newspaper was a letter and I think that that letter was
Important but I think It should have been 0 letter that also Invited people to
a meeting ond whether thats one large moettng or (Ive of six smaller meetings
that we should have done that and since we didn't I feel unable to vote on this ttll
wo have publIc Infonnatlon. Because specIfIcally about thIs resolution gives right
of condemnation and secondly because of the poInt that Susan Frey made about
the understondlng from that meeting being temporary and so that point can get
clarified. I for one even thouih I thtnk the studies are Important and I want us
to go forward with them, I don t (eel comfortable dOing It yet until people get
th.tr questions answered as much as we can even If It means that alot of them
alot of the answers Is goIng to be we'll get some of those answers after this
first phase. But alot of It Is going to be, where we are currently gettIng our
water from, what our posslbtlltles are and why we have chosen thts option. I thtnk
even that Infonmatlon need to get to people. SO I will find myself movtng to defer
ond If that goes down then I will need to vote agatnst It not because the Intent
of the city or the speCific project but I thtnk we need better communication.
First of all, as you very well know, there ts nothIng that has been hIdden from
the very beginning upon thts. And I......
You and I know that but the appearance of people whose ltvelthood are a
seemIngly at stake, whit there Intentton that's In.....
I feel a little uncomfortable though when you tmply that there might have been,
and there certainly has not been on the part of the CouncIl bor on sto(fs plrt.
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But we could reword this couldn't WI to ell.lnate this phrase of condemnation...
Sure, you could delete It...
If the easements are not negotloted freely w.'ll brIng It back to Councilor
somethIng that really says what WI mean?
Schmadekel John, If , ~y address that Issue for a IOmOnt. 'f the right to condemnation Is In
the resolution there are c.rtaln tax advantages to Individuals even when they
negotiate. '
HcDI ' Tax advantages?
Schmadek" 'think Linda could propbably better answer that. But If the threat of condemnotlon Is
. thero,thero are tox advantages.
Tax advantages.
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I don't think thot thot's true either. I think that there was no Intent to hide
onythlng, but what I'. tryIng to deal Nlth Nas I feel like NO could have boen .
Ilttl. DOre foreslght(ul obout how people would reoct to the ordor o( the steps
NO took.
I think your right as for os there Is gonulne concern. I think that as NO go
through this process and again NO are In the beginning stages thore are on oNful
lot of decisions that would have to be ..de In order to get to the point to
octually use that as a Nater supply. You ond , NIII probably be long gone fro.
this body by the tIme those (Inal decisions could be made. There Is a process.....
Are trying to ftlke a prediction or what?
Ho, I'. Just t.lklng about tho time Involved.
Thot seventh generation.
Again, If , thought or I think If any ~er o( this Council felt thot there Nas
goIng to hana anyone In anyway, have on adverse Impact on onyone In onywoy we
would stop right now, but NO need Infonnatlon and thots why NOre at the point
NO are. As far as the condemnation thing agoln thats goIng to be our decisIon,
thats not goIng to be staffs. And I certaInly would want to I think It would
take extremo clrcUlllstances to be forced to do that. But I ......
Yes there are.
To the Individual property ONner.
In fact when you drop a voluntary agreement In lieu of condemnatIon you word It In
such a way so that someone can take advantage o( those tax advantages. There Is
a difference.
But It doesn't happen If the Nord condemnation Is not on tho resolution?
It doesn't happen If It Is not In the agreement, there has to be some Implication
that the.......
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Gentry/ lIe1\, I didn't crelte the law, John. I'm just I messenger.
Llr/ John lIOuld you hive Iny problem Ilong with plsslng the resolution If thot's
Council desire we Ilso direct that the procedures for dealing with ony hanD
to I wlter supply be laid out Ind given to people before 110 go I~ further.
Iloro/ That's what I would like.
KeD/ ..\/here are you In the process of I moln hive you stlrted oog. yet or?
Gentry/ No.
KeD/ Ilow soon do you anticipate going out?
SChmadeke/ I think Immediately after the County fair, 110 hod antlctpoted contacting people.
Iloward R. Green lIOuld hove the Infonnatlon to us by then.
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Maybe we need a booth at the County Fair' to answer questIons.
lie tolked about. I moon there have been alot of good suggestions Il4de tonight
about developing some typo of written fonnat/procedures. I don't anticipate It
wouldn't toke us long to put something like this together? I moon with the kind
of Infonnatlon
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Schamdeke/ No.
KeD/ with the kind of Infonnatlon that I think Is being requested with Insw.rlng Ilot
of the questions that we've helrd tonight. It would't toke us long to put SOllO.
thing like that together. Even If we took action on this tonight something like
that could be put together before you even start the neg. process. correct?
Schmedeke/ That's right.
Lor/ Lindo, what 1'm concerned with there Is reading thru the pack.t of how you prove
the City caused the problem and what melsures need to be token and everything I
think what's Ilso helpful Is that I didn't see anything In there obout what
they do while you're proving those kinds of things and I think that's what people
have os I concern Is that people may not hove the credit or the In pcoket ability
to just go get water for their cottle If something stops. And If It stops one
day and even If It tokes a week to get water I think It would be encumbered upon
us to soy what you con do right that day so that you get your problem token core
of Ind then we'1\ worry later on about who's ltoble for It. I moon It's not alot
of money you'd be talking Ibout. You're talking about a few wells posslbl1y being
affected and then needing water for I week. This just Isn't the kInd of money
that gOing to cluse prOblems. And I'd lIke to toke that worry from people that
they would not only be able to get recooped any damages that they hove but that
they wouldn't hove to worry about having damages and they can get water while we
hassle about whether It Is our fault or not. Does that make sense?
Chuck, ore we going to need that at this stage of I moan I would want something like
that written up and the polIcy adopted by the Council.
Lor/
Okay, yea.
In terms of If we are goIng to provide Intermediate osststance you know while
the dispute Is being resolved I mean that's a cost concern that I think the
Council should approve.
I'd like to thInk they would want that before they figure out how much they want
for their easement. People are gOing to have a different vIew what that easement
Is worth If they know they're protected or If they think well the DNR protects
us. That's two different states of mind for people.
That's true.
And I think that when we're neg. those easements they need to know that wo're
going to stand behind the da~ges.
I don't have any diffIculty at all seeIng the concerns of a fInal product here
where we have wells that aro drawing 10 millIon plus gal loons a day or whatever
the figure Is. I'm having a little bit of a problem seeing these great concerns
with little 2 Inch pipe monItoring wells, how that can effect all of these wells
In the county. I moan there's not that much water going to be pumped out of those.
Wouldn't be a~ water.
Not going to be pumped at all, Is It?
I don't understand where the concerns are comIng on these monitoring wells. If
wo were at the pOint of voting on drilling the whole project then I see where I'd
be really concerned too. 8ut we wouldn't know to answer very ~ny of these questions
without these monitoring wells. ~ow can we answer them.
Schmadekel Can't.
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HeDI Chuck, one final question. Does If we.don't take action on this tonight, If we
would not, which I don't to delay our process because we're already Into It and
we need as I stated It's an Infonmatlon gathering project does this put us behind
schedule In a~ way?
Schmadekel I,don't thInk so If action Is taken probably before the August recess. I thInk
If we walt until...
HeDI So It would be eIther tonight or a week from tonIght.
Schmadekel Right.
HcDI Or a week from tomorrow night at our special meeting.
Schmadekel RIght.
HcDI Okay.
I Larl But walt a minute that specIal meeting Is not desIgned to be a fIve hour meotlng.
HcDI No, It's not going to boo No.
Larl This ono Is.
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As (u as putting togethor the typo of thIng th.t ltO've bten raquasted to put
togethor with tho In'ol1lltlon Ind the tlDO t.ble .nd with all o( those things
that the peoplo hovo o.prossed some concern about tonight, I don't know, Dale
Linda a~no con you glv. DO an Idea of how long I/O might be talking obout.
ObViously this hos to be done by sta'(.
Susan, do you ho~e any isarvelous SImples 0' these tOlllpOrary OISOIIlClnts that you
.re w.ntlng your clients to sign up for. S.mples'are alw.ys o.sler to work wIth.
You DOon . somple o( tho contracts?
Yos.
No.
Well you and I need to chat.
Okay.
Well I thInk the other thIng...
Gentry/ I havo lIlY own vorslons goIng and I'd like to run thOlt by you.
Frey/ okey.
HeD/ Well, I think even more than that I thInk LInda w.s the...
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Gentry/
HeD/
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Gentry/
HeD/
On tho fOl'Nt
Lila had . good suggestion whon she mode that putting something like th.t
together. I don't knOll
I don't know If we can do It...
You'll have to tell us how much tlmo, do you have an Ide. yet? Do you knOll?
SChmadeke/ I think NO could do It prIor to .ny neg.
HeD/ Okay.
SChmadeke/ But I doubt whether NO could get It together
HeD! In a NOek then?
Schmadeke! Doubt whother w. could get It together prior to the resolution.
HeD!
Alright.
So I( we pass the resolution with the InstructIon to sta(( that you would get that
put tog.ther before you go out an sign any agreements with people?
Schmadeke! RIght.
HcD! That's what I neod to knOll. Thank you. Any other discussIon? Roll call.
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Kubby/ No.
Lar/ Yos.
HeD/ Yos.
Nov/ Yos.
hrtJ/ YOSt
Court/ Yos.
lIoro/ Yos.
HeD/ Rosolutlon Is adoptod.
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July 23, 1001
P.g. 11
ITEM NO. 17 .
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTlIORlZINO APPUCATlONS FOR 50 UMTS
SECTION 8 EXlSTlNO HOUSINO UNITS lCERTlFICA TES OR VOUCHERSI
AND REOUESTlNO FUNDS.
ITEM NO. 18 .
Comm.nl: Tho Dop.nm.nt 01 Housing .nd U,bon DovllopmtnllllUDI has
pubnshad I no tic. ollund ,voilobWlY INOFAllor lho Vouchat and C.rlIIlc11.
Progroml FYl00l. Ilolod on thl Hou.1ng AUlhorlty'a porlormanc. during
tho pill yoora ond 1"ly 111I. up 01 pI.vIoUI .ddillon., 1111 tntldpolad thaI
an Ippllc.llon lor .ddillonal until will roc.lv. lavorabl. consJdtrotlon. An
.ppllclllon lor 50 IrOl.l\lnd'lIlg conlllcoloo or vouchlr. will be lubmI1tad.
5peclllc donor lmountlor. not known 01 thlltlma. Justlllcotlon lor tha..
unlto. wo hov.1n mill 01 424 nomoo on our ,pplovod wolllng III and an
addlllonol 351 In ploCII.lng.
thOll unlll wUI bo odmlnlsllrod by Ih.low. Clly Housing AulhorilV and will
morlly bo on oxtonslon olth. ex'atlng plogrom .dmlnllllrod by lho Housing
AUlhorilY.
Action: j\H.I~t.1v J ~lk(.l,"
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CONSIDER A MOTION smlNO A PU L1C HEARINO ON APPUCAnONS
FOR eo UtfTS ar SEC1ION 8 EXISTflQ HOUR wnflCATES ~ VOUCHERS.
Common!: Soctlon 403A.28, 51010 Codo 01 low., roqulltl lhal . publlo
hoorlng bo hold concornlng thll Ippllclllcn ond IhItlho nollc. 01 pubGo
hOlrlng b. pubnlhld otloDll 15 dOYI prior 10 tho dOlO 101 lor tho h.stIng.
RoquOlllho pubno hoorlng bo SOl lor Augu.1 20, 1001. So. plOvloUlllom
lor proorom Ipoclllcl.
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Kubby/ Ron how can 110 voto for this before lie sot a pUblfc hearing and had ft7 That
doesn't make sense.
Henderson/ It the applIcatIon process. ThIs Is a reoccurrIng bl.annually question that
comes from the CouncIl. But lie havo to have a resolutIon to authorize the
applIcatIon and then lie have the publIc hearIng and If at that poInt tho Council
IIlshes not to accept an allard than they reject the award when It Is given. So
what we are doing Is actually applyIng for, you have the consIderatIon and at the
end of that then If we are awarding you wIll accept those.
Kubby/ Okay.
Henderson/ So thatls the process.
Kubby/ Thanks.
Henderson/ It seems,backwards but It works.
Kubby/ Okay, thank you.
HcD/ Any other dIscussIon? Roll call.
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10WI City City CouncU
Rogullr CouncU Moollng
Uy 23, 1801
P.g. 12
mM NO. 10.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ON UNCLASSIFIED SALARIES AND COMPEN.
SATlON FOR FISCAL YEAR 1992 FOR THE CITY MANAGER, CITY
AnORNEV, AND CITY CLERK.
Common\: ThII rosolullon 1011 Iho III000s lor th. Clly M.n.gor, City
AlIornoy, .nd Clly Clork lor FV92 .. por tho ovoluollonl hold by th. Clly
Council on July 8, 1991.
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ITEM NO. 20 . CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33, ARTICLE II,
DIVISION 1, .GENERALLY' DIVISION 2, 'PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAl.,'
..J/' a~03 AND DIVISION 5, 'BUILDING SEWER REQUIREMENTS AND INDUSmlAL
WASTE CONTROL' Of THE CODE Of ORDINANCES Of THE CITY Of
IOWA CfTY, IOWA, BY REPEALING CHAPTER 33. ARTICLE II, DIVISIONS
1, 2 AND 5 IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND ENACTING IN UEU THEREOf A NEW
CHAPTER 33, ARTICLE II, DIVISION 1. IPIII.d end edoptldl
Commonl: Rovl.lon. 10 thll ordlnonce or. nocullry 10 rollocl reconl
Improvomonll 10 tho Clly'. WlllOwolor Iroolmonl works, .nd to comply
with chonge. In 11010 .nd loderollow. 51gnlllconl rovlllon. Include Iho
lollowlng:
. Oov.rnmonloleoonclos ar. no lonoor oxompllrom th. provl.lonl 01
thll ordlnanco.
. 51onlllconl Indullrlol ulor I. dollnod In PO" II . ulor wllh Wille
1I0wI In OXCOll 01 25,000 gollon. por doy Iprovloul 1Im11 WI'
50,000 gallon. por doyl.
. RoOulollon. ponalnlno to prlvolo sowao. dl,pollIIYllOml.
. Pollullnlllmlu .1 lOCh ollho Clly'. wlSlowOlOr troolmonl plonll.
. Tho Dlroclor hlllho oUlhorlly to IlIuo pormlll accoptlno and limiting
Indullrlol WIIIO dllchoroOl ltho Clly Council curronlly Issuo.
pormll.l, .
Action:
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fIeouIII CouncJI Milling
JtJi 23, 1001
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ITlM NO. 21 .
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CONSIDER AN ORDINANCI! AMENDINO CHAPTER 33, ARTlCLI! If,
DMSION II, 'INDUSTRIAL WASTI! CONTROL.ADDITIONAL REOULATlONS.
Of THI! COttOf ORDINANCES Of THI! CITY Of IOWA CITY, IOWA. BY
REPEALlNO CHAPTER 33, ARTlCLI! II, DIVISION II, IN ITS ENTlRm AND
ENACTlNO IN LIEU THEREOf A NEW CHAPTER 33, ARTlCLI! II, DIVISION
2. IP.II.d and .dopl.dl
Convnant: Sa. Commonl 01 plocadlnO Itom.
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ITlM NO. 22 . CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE INCREASINO IMPOSITION Of THE HOTEL AND
MOTEL TAX IN AND FOR THE CITY Of IOWA CITY, JOHNSON COUNTY,
IOWA, IfIRl conlldltlUonl
Commenl: In 1082, I'lor .pproval 01 the votorl, the Clly Impoaad I live
porc.nll!"l holol,mololl" on groll rocolpll 01 room ronts within tho city
limit.. 51.1. low pormllltho t.x to bfllncrlllod 10 .ovon porCinI 17'"
grOIl rocolpl', .glln only ,'tar .doptlon 011 city ordinance .nd lonowod by
IPJlfOval by . majority Ollhol' vollrIg lor Ihelncrouo. If ,pplovod .1 tho
g.neral el,cllon, tho Inctoue would I.k. ell.cI Jonuory " 1992. FIrlt
con.ldor.tlon ollha ordlnonc. wID pormllth. Issu. 10 be .ubmlned 10 th.
AucIllor lor pIoc.manl on tho Novembor 5, 1001 bonol. II I. IItlmolod thaI
thl. 2" Incrou. will gonor.to .'00,000 por yur.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
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DATE: July 19, 1991
TO: City Council
FRlIt: City ICanager
RE: Vork SessIon Agend.s .nd Ke.tlng Schedulo
July 22. 1991 Mondoy
6:30 P.H. - Special Council Heetlng - Council Chaftbers
Separote Agenda posted
6:45 - 7:45 P.H. Council Vork Session - Council Chaftbers
6:45 P.H. - Review zonIng litters
7:00 P.H. - Highway I Vest widenIng project
7:15 P.H. - Pestlcld. Regulotlons
7:35 P.H. - Council agenda, Council tlDO, Council committee reports
July 23, 1991 Tuesday
7:30 P.H. - Regular Council He.tlng - Council Chombers
August 5, 1991 ,Mondoy
COUNCIL VORK SESSION CANCELED
August 6, 1991 Tuesd.y
REGULAR COUNCIL KEETING CANCELED
August 19, 1991 Monday
6:30 - 8:30 P.H. Council Vork Session. Council Chambers
Agenda pending
August 20, 1991 Tuesday
7:30 P.H. - Regular Council Heetlng - Council Chombers
August 26, 1991 Monday
6:30 - 8:30 P.H. Council Work SessIon. CouncIl Chambers
PEND I NG LI ST
StormwAt.r HAnAgement Review
Sales/SolIcitAtIon on City PlAZA
Cigarette Ordinances
Appointments to the llouslng COfI1lIlsslon ond HAyor's Youth Employment
BOArd - August 20, 1991
Appointment to the 80Ard or Electrical ExamIners And Appeals. September 3,
1991