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IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 16, 1991
7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CIVIC CENTER
410 EAST WASHINGTON
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CALL TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL.
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATIONS.
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IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. OCTOBER 16, 1991
7:30 P.M.
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ITEM NO.3.
I. Unltod Nltlon', Day. October 24, 1881.
b. .Chlnga Your Clock, Chlnga Your BanGrY. D'y. October 27,
1881. :fiw ~t't.(..4 .4,,":(. f~.v 6ldUl&~
c. pommakor', Wook . October ~O'28, 1881. 'eel'
" ~ONSIDetJOPVioriorn~ C~ENT CAL~~'trAsp~11~ED 1(' ~()
OR AMENDED.
I. ConsIdor ,pploy.1 01 Olfiel.1 Council .etlonl 01 tho rogular
mooting 01 October I, 1891, .1 publlshod, lubloct to eorroc.
tlw, II roeommondqd by tho City Clork.
b. Mlnutu 01 Boardl Ind Commllsfonl.
111 Bto.dblnd T,loeommunle.tlonl Commllsfon m.otlng
01 Soptomber 18, 1881. .
121 Mlvor'l Youth Employmont BOlld mooting 01 July 31,
1891.
131 BOlld 01 Adjultmont mooting 01 Soptomber II, 1881.
141 BOlld 01 Ex.mlner, 01 Plumbers moollng 01 April 3,
1891.
181 Hlltorlo PrOlOIYetlon Commlulon mooting 01 Septem.
ber 10, 1881.
181 BOlld 01 LlbrllY TrultOOl mootlngl 01 Seplomber 24
ond 2u, 1881.
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171 Houllng Commlulon mooting 01 September 10, 1881.
ISI Planning and Zoning Commllllon maetlng 01 October
1,1891.
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10wI City City Council
Rogulll Council Meeting
October 18, 1881
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Riverfront Ind Nlturol ArOll Commllslon mooting 01
Soptomber IS, 1881.
o. Pormlt Motlonall Roeommendod by tho City Clork.
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111 Consldor I motion Ipptovlng I crOll "B" Boor Pormlt
lor LTL Rlltlurlntl,lnc.. dbe Menlo'. Plnl, 1880
Lowor MUlCatlno. (Renowal)
121 Consldor I motion .pptovlng I CI... "C" Boer Permit
lor Doll Mart Corp" dbe Dell Mert II. m Hwy. I
WOlt. lRonowal)
131 Consldor I motion opptovlng a Clm "E" Boor Permit
lor OulkTrlp Corp" dbe OuIkTrlp 184S, 858 MO/mon
Trak. IRenowol)
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l41 Consldar I motion Ipplovlng I CIOII "E" Boar Permit
lor OulkTrlp Corp., dbl OulkTrlp 1503, 123 W.
Benton. (Renowal)
151 Consldor I motion apptovlng a Cia.. "B" Boor Permit
lor Pine Hut 01 Amorlcl, Inc., dbl Pine Hut, 1921
Keokuk Streat. lRonowel)
d. ROIoIutlOlll.
111 Consldor rOlolutlon oeeoptlng tho work lor Itorm
lowor Ind unllllY IOwor Improyomentl lor Wllnut
Rldgo, Port 1.
Commont: Seo atteehad Englnoer'l Roport.
121 Consldor rOlolutlon accepting the work for tho
Idyllwlld Subdlvlslon Itorm lOwer outlot pipe Irom tho
north rlght'ol.way line 01 Talt Spoodwey to the Iowa
Rlyer.
Comment: Thllltorm lewer WII constructed prior to
othor site Improyements beeaulo the OOIam.nt had on
AugUlt31, 1881, uplretlon clouse lithe lOW or WOI
not conltructed. Soo attoehed Englnoor'l Report lor
addltlonallnlormatlon.
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Rogular Council Melting
October 15, 1991
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131 COI\IIdor ruolutlon lCeoptlng tho work lor tho wlllr
moln Imptovomont. for OllwlY HiIIl, P.rtl.
Commonl: S..ltlOehed Englno.r'l Rlport.
Corr.lpondlncO.
III L.lI.r Irom Memberl 01 Frlondl 01 tho lowI RIvor
Se.nIc TrlR OXptOlalng IUpport for tho dovelopmont
01 I trlR IOgmont betwlon Burlington Ind 'OWl.
121 LllI.r Irom AnI Ind Merk Arnold rogordlng I.ek 01 I
.Mlltlng .nvlronmonll' rogulollonl In tho 10wI CIty
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LOller Irom Btld/ord Ind Bllblll Roark rogordlng tho ,
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141 Lottor Irom Dlllrictwld. Plrontl' Orgonlutlon rOCl\lOlt. I
Ing permllslon to Ippoar beloro Council It tho Octo-
ber 2S, 1981, work IlIslon.
151 Momorlndl Irom tho Trlmo Englnoor rogord/ng:
III 01011 wolght IImltl on tho brldgo ovor
Rlllton Crook It Srooksldo DrIYI.
Ibl Orou w.lghl IImlll on tho brldgo ovor
Rollton Crook It Soeond Ayonua.
181 Momoronda Irom tho CIvlI Sorvleo Commllslon lub-
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mllt'ng eortlnod 1111. olapp/leantl lor tho loIlowlng
pOllllonl:
(01 Informallon DOIk OporltorlPutehaslng
(bl Housing Menagomont Aldo/Anlltod Housing
leI Admlnlllratlyo Clork'TYP/ll/Flro Dopartmont
Idl Malntonanco Workor 1IR0lulO
101 Wator Sorvleol ClorkNIater
1II Olfiea Coordlnatet/Alslltod Houllng
Igl Molnlonanca Worker IlParklng
(hi DllpotehorlPoIlea
(II DOlk ClorkIPoIleo
Ijl Malntonanco Workor IIlLandllll (Rocyelo)
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October 18, 1881
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Applleatlonalor City PlIlI UIO Permit..
111 Applleatlona Irom Lltln American HOOlln Rlghtl
Adyocley Cenlor to lOt up I tlblo on City PlIlI
during the porlodl 01 September 30 tlvaugh October
8. 1881, Ind Oetcber 7 tlvaugh 14, 1891, Irom
which to dlltrlbute literaturl Ind oller erlltl lor
dOllltlona. (Ipptoyed)
121 Appllcltlon Irom SOClllllt Workorl Party to lot up I
tlblo on City Pilla on Slptomber 27, 1881, Irom
which to dlltrlbuto IIlorllurl. lapptovodl
131 Applleltlon Irom IIllly Howoll.SIMard 01 Baho'l F.lth
to lot up Itlblo on City Plm on October 11, IS, Ind
28, 1881, Irom which to dlltrlbuto IItorlturo. ('Il'
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ITEM NO.4.
I. Conllder letting a public hoorlng lor October 29,1891, on on
ordlnonco amending tho Zoning Ordlnonca by conditIonally
changing tho land UIO regulatlonl 01 Lot 22 01 Balloy and Beck
Addition Irom RS.Sto CI.I. lz.sl01l
Comment: On October 3, 1881, tho Plennlng .nd Zoning
Commlulon reeommendod, by 0 YOlO 01 8.0, epprovol 01 0
roquelt lubmltted by Iowa City Landleeplng lor 0 zono
ehonge lor Lot 22 of Balloy end Back Addition Irom RS.S to
CI.l, lubjeetto the condltlonl outllnod In the momorandum
dalod October 10, 1881, oncloled In tho Council pocket. Tho
Commlulon'l roeommendatlon II eonllltent with tho Ita II
recommandotlon.
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M~D/Mov(.j by C,)urtn~y so?(on.j~ by Horow to ae(~pt tM conSo!nt eal~ndar
dS ~nt~red. Dts<usston
!:Ubby II had on& qU(o$uon awut 1M lraltle (ln~tn*r m~mor3nda awut tM
brldg~. [J.) th~t smaUtr brldg~ quality tor t~mltunds?
Atkins! tlo,
Y.Ubby! 001."'5 that m(oan WY11 5* thim during our budget proc~s tor Capital
I mprmm~nts som~Um~?
AtkinS! Now It you'r& talking about tho) brtdgo:i that Ul~ CPO's
r~ommtnded ?
l:ubby!I'm talking awut thi bridges wMri thO)N art now WYlght limits
b(l(au~ ot tM structurt dtflc!tncy,
Atkins! Oh, I'm sorry, !:mn, I'm not rial sure on U1a! I know that Chuck
has ~n looking at th~, !:arin. 111 hm to git back to you. I lust
don't know. Oh, O&nny's hire, Thank you,
Gannon! TMy'ro) on tho) IIS~ tho) sta~ Usl TMri pr~tty tar down on th~ Itst
now
!:ubby! How fast does th& Itst mm.? How long does It tal:o) for som&thtng to
g&t to tho) top?
Gannon! I talked to Rog And&nburg from th& OOT In Ames. Roughly th&y
find about 6~ bridges a Yiar. Th& clos~t on& W(o hm right now Is
M(olr~ and It's around, I think 15 and 20, Brooksld& and S&cond is
pretty tar down,
Kubby! Okay. Thanks.
MeD/ Any oth&r discussion,
Roll call.
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October 18, 1991
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ConIldor lOlling e publlo hoorlng lor October 29, 1891, on on
Imondmontto Soetlon 38.821el 01 tho Zoning Ordlnonco to
ptrmltldanUlleatlon Iwnlng oIgno In tho RM Imultl.llmllyl
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Commont: On October 3, 1981. by I YOlo 01 8'(), thl
P11nn1ng Ind Zoning Commlulon roeommlndod thot Soetlon
38.821cl 01 tho Zoning Ordlnonce be omondod to pormlt
Idenlllleetlon ewnlng Ilgno In multl.lemlly lonal. ThlI
roeommondltlon II ecnolllent with the 11011 rocommondaUon.
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Public hoarlng on en ordlnonco emondlng ChoPlor 38, entlUad
.ZonIng Ordlnonco. of tho Coda 01 Ordlnoncol 01 Iowa City,
lowo, by emandlng SoeUon 38.11lolthoroln to clarify non.
eonlormlng lot Itolus In rolotlwhlp to the RM.12 lona
dlmonslonol roqulromanll.
Commont: On Soptomber 18, 1881,Iho Planning and Zoning
Commllsfon YOlod 8'() to roeommond emondlng tho Zoning
Ordlnenco to elerlly that tho yarled dlmenllonel roqulremontl
01 tho RM.12, Low Donslty MulU.Femlly Ruldontla' Zono, era
notlntondod to pormlt tho eroeUon 01 0 non-conlormlng lotto
Iltaln h1ghar doneltl.. 01 doyelopmont. Tho Commllslon'.
roeommondeUon II eons/llont with tho stoll position In 0
momO/andum dalod September f 8, 1881.
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PIIbIlc hoorlng on In ordlnlnco Im'ndlng tho Zoning Ordl.
nanco by eondllJonaQy changing tho I.nd UIO r.gulltlona 01
IpptO.un.loly 33 lerll 01 "nd 'OCllod I' It 01 SVClmoro
SIIOtllnd WOlt 01 Orlnt Wood E1lm.nl.ry School, Irom ID.
RS to RH. Iz.DOll1l
Commant: At It I mooting 01 July IS, 1091, tho P1aMlng Ind
Zoning CommIlslon rlComm.ndod, by I YOII 014.0, IpptOY11
011 roquoltlUbmllltd by Flint! COIlIlructlon Inc.. on behlll
01 W~bert Frlnlz Ind tho Edllh Frlntz Eltllo, lor I ZOllO
chongo lor Ipptoxlmlloly 33 lerOI 01 ptoporty locltod O4It 01
SVClmorl Stroot Ind Wilt 01 Orlnt Wood E1omlnl.ry School
Irom ID.RS to RS.8,lubjoetto I eondltlonolzonIng .gro.mant
which Itlpulllu that litho City I.tond tho unltory trunk
IOwor. ~I I tiP-on 100 ordllllncO, which would I.IYO tho
IUbjoet trlet, Ind 21 tho dlve/opor obtl/n lho rlghtl to o.tond
Llkosfdo DrIvo. Tho Commllslon'l roeommondlllon II
eonslllOnt Wllh tho Itlll momorlndum datod Juno 13, 10111.
TNI holrlng WII continued Irom tho October I, 1001,
Council moollng. No eommonll roglrdlng thll IPp/leatJon
woro rocolvod by tho Council It tho SOPlomber 3, S.ptomber
17, Ind tho October 1, 1991, public hoorlngl. A IIgn.d
eondltlonolzonlng Igroomont II expoctod ptlor to tho elolo 01
tho public hoorlnQ on oe~o~ 18.
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MeDII now dedare th~ PUblic hvdrlng o~n Is thm anyoM Who \-o\)uld
like to addr<<$S th~ council on this I~m
J:Ubby I More you dose the ph, I would like to SJy that last night W
diCldM thatll was Important to 1001: at the Whole wa~r sh+\! ma In
wrms 01 What land Idontiltcauon. Wo'vo askM stall to lOOk at how....',)
""'ant to IdenUly that and how much It WOUld cost to do that ThO othor
option Is to as dOVt!lopmenlS como up, to lOOk at thorn deVOlopmont by
devolopment It Will ~ mort elllclont and cost olllXUve to lOOk at
thtm 85 a Whole as ~1I os just to s~ tho Wholo plcturo 01 the IXO.
SY5~m Ins~ad 01 pllXemoal by ptiComeoalln SlXtions
~arr I Mr, Mayor,lt ~ would clost tho PH, could ~ also accept the
correspond once? You did as part 01 tho consvnt calendar Irom Brad
and Baroora 1lI'Obl r~ardlng tho propvrty, but I'd lIke it contalnod In
tho ph, ~o&IK
McDllt's ~n movod by I;ubby, s~onded by Horow Ulat ""~ aC(optlnto Ul0
PUblic re<ord, corr&SpondMco that ~ have re<OlvM concorning this
Item,
Discussion,
All thoso In lavor slgnlty by saying ayo. Motion carried,
I now de<lare the ph. clOSed.
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Consider orOlclutlon IPptovlng tho amendod ptol/mlnary urgo
Sealo Non.Rasldonllo' D.velopment ILSNRDI plln lor Lot 2 01
Emplro Addlllon. IS.91241
Commont: On October 3, 1901, tho Pl.Mlng Ind Zoning
Commllslon reeommendod, bv I yotl 01 S.(), IpptOYI' 01 tho
ptollmlnary LSNRD plln lor Lot 2 01 Emplrl Addition, lub/Ollt
to tho eOndlllon outlined In tho momorandum dlted October
10,1091, onclolod In tho Council pocket. Tho Commllllon'l
reeommondallon II ganorll/V eonslltent with tho 11111 roport
dllod October 3, 1991. On Septomber IS, 1991, lho
Rlyerlrontlnd Nllurl' Arou Commllslon revlowod thllub)oet
pion. Tho Commllllon'l eommontl arl lummlrllOd In I
momor.ndum dltad October 10, I 991 , Includad In tho Council
p.ekot.
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Consldor 0 roeommondlllen 01 tho PloMlng Ind Zoning
Commllslon rlgordlng tho Burlington Slroot to Iowa Ayonuo
logmant 01 tho 'owo R/yor Corridor Troll SYltom.
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Commont: At It I mooting 01 October 3, tho PlIMlng Ind
Zoning Commlulon recommondod unanlmouslV that tho
Council apptoyo, II port 01 tho upcoming budgat procou, tho
FY03 eapltll Improvemont propolOl to construct tho
Burllnglon Stroot to 10wI Ayonuo IOgmont 01 tho low. Rlyor
Corridor Trill SVltom. Tho Commllslon rocommondotlon II
outllnod In tho momorondum dltod October 3, 1991, onclolOd
In tho Council packol.
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M'O/Movo!\f by I:ubby k'l(ondoXf by Ilorow to a10pt tM r~oluUon
D!s<uSSlon
I:Ubby I I W3S r0311y glad th3l this W3S onv dmloprn€,nt that I W3S glad tll3l
th9 Rlvvltrontllatural Ar~s Commission's S(opt W3S 9xpandid
~aus~ 01 thvlr Input. thm's $(Imv maturv 1I~ that th~ dmlo~r
has 3gr~\1 not to cut down, TM dmlopm~nt WIll ~ thv sam~ tor
thvrn WIth justa IltU~ bit 01 adjustm~nll'm rv311y graMul that
tllWVo) takvn tho) tUM and ~Mlgy to do Sl~ VIsits. point out
particular IItvS, and that th~ dmlo~r W3S svnslUvv ~nough, Vsually
I'm cynical vnough to I~I that I want $(Imt kind ot I~ally binding
agr~mont, but' think this Is r0311y going to work out tlno. "rn glad It
hap~ne.j thIs W3y.
lIorow/' think th~ dmlo~r and thv statl, at Imt ~'vv 5*n, rvally
worked togoth~r in this ono, at Imt gtv,n tho tragllo that W3S out
thort. I W3S glad to s* thal
I:ubby / A COupl!) 01 Ullngs may como) ot this, Somo r~ommondaUons to
council Irom Rlv~rtrontllatural Arvas Commission about having morv
C1tXlblo tr* r~ulrom~nls and parking aroas, That would bo
Inwr~Ung to mo.lnsload ot bUlldozing all your maturo treos down
co)m9nt and th9n putting saplings up, to sw how you can Incorpora~
tho) natural lorrain thm and tho maturo trtvS that art alr~ady thm
Into tho dtSlgn ot tht parking lol that maktS a lot mort stnst to mo,
So I ho~ that thOSt re<omm~ndaUons art torthcomlng.
McD/ Any oU\o)r dls<usston,
Roll call.
Tho r~luUon Is adoplod.
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McD/ w~ r~3l1y don't haVt to tatt any actJ~n on thiS at thiS Um~, do w?
IM3n. thtrt'S no action to Ukt
~ntry / YOII (An acc~pt It by motion
McD/ o.:+s somtCnf want to m3ki a motion?
Movtd by Horow, 5\II:ondtd by Novick that ~'i acc~pt tht
rvcommtndation from PIZ
D1s<usslon.
Kubby/I had r~utstOO last night that....~ gH somt Indication flom tht
Ulllvtrstty If thty art Intms~ and commlt~ to maintaining a trail
If tt's put In I OOlliVt that thiy11 do l~ but I'd Ilk. to hm It In
writing, It's 00& way ~ e<ln go forward on som.thlng togtthH
Atkins/It I may (ommtn~ Karon, tho Ittlvr camt In today. What you did
that tht lotwr eamo in today,
r.ubby / Doing nothing works. Than\:$
McD/ All thosoln favor Signify by saying ayo. Motion mrltd
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PUBUC DISCUSSION.
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ITEM NO. II.
PUBUC HEARINO ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE
HOUSINO AFFORDABILITY STRATEOY ICHASI FOR 1092 THROUOH
1998.
Commont: 'OWl City II required to ptepare I CHAS In ordar to be
ellglblo lor eortlln lodorel lundl. Tho docwnont 1110 ptovldol In
opportunity for tho City to rlvlew Ind .ddrOllltl IlIordoble housing
noodl. Public Input II rlqulred, and any eommonll roeelyod mUlt be
Iddrelled In tho final CHAS docwnont.
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES.
.. Dulgn Revlow Commlttoo . Ono vacancy lor on Indeflnlto
torm. (Nancy Seiberling rOllgned,) ThII .ppolntmont will be
modo at tho November 28, 1001, moollng of tho City Council.
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McDI Public DIKU5!IOn
Gml BU~I Ono or tM CommiSSion momlovrs or Ul~ ~ntor C.nt~r WI: 3r~
vory glad to r~port that our 10th Annlvtrs.uy ColobraUon w~s iI v,ry
much succ~srul i1nd ~ hm had many accolad~ I W\luld IIko
osp<<tally to thank tho council and all or you mombm Individually ror
your support and ~p<<lally your ltnanml support that you 8m us
ror this, Wo WIll bo looking at tho bUdg,t at our M>.t m*Ung and so
~ WIll bo coming to you With that But ~ m W\lndorlng.loo, Ir
th~re Is SOmothlng that you think tho Commission should ~ dOing,
McD/ WolI, ~.I think that all or us agr* up hm, Wo thin!: that you aro
doing a groat job but I am sure thall also know that It wo think that
you m doing somothlng wrong. I don.tknow vory many bilshrut
Jlo)Oplo sltUng horo, Gorry, So, I am sure you WIll hm rrom us, I
think mrythlng'\',~ ar~ all v~ry proud ot the Cen~r, I know that
you ~plo W\lr): vory vory hard k*ptng tho programs gOing and
Implom~nting MW programs, I thought thal your annlvorsary ~k
was a big success. You roally had a good turn out ror most ot your
things, didn't you,
Busso/ln tho lIov, Post wo Will bt IIsUng tho cost and tho numbtr ot
volunlwr hours that wont Into It
McD/ Good, Congratulations, Thank you,
Kubby / Tho E1dorcratt Shop Isn't advortised a Wholo lot and I was In thm
today and I hadn't ~n In thm tor abOut a ym, TM qualtty or
products In thm was vuy high, I go to a lot ot (1M art ralrs, The
dolls, osp<<lally, ~re really ~auUrul. I W\luld suggost advortislng
moro and mako surt that ptOplt In tho communlly know aoout that
r~urco, It Is a W\lndortul place,
McD/ Anyon9 ~ISt Who W\luld like to addross th~ council about any tlom that
doos not appm on this &vvntngs agenda,
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McD/ Public Martng on 1M CIty'S CIlAS
I now d~lm 1M p h o~n And to t,)po:n 1M phi \to\)uld 1I1:~ to call
MartanM Milkman to thi pOOlum
MII\:man/ (lust Wilnt to start off by ma\:lng a coupl~ ot (omm~nts so th~
po:rsons hm planning to comm~nt on th~ ph arll a'l.'ar(l ot t\\~ thmgs
I) The comm~nts that m r~elv~ tonight Will b<<om~ part ot the
official CHAS dO(um~nt and also thm Will ~ a respons~ to th~m In
the dO(um~nl Th~ r~pons~ d~n't n~~SJrlly mtan that th(l
commtnts Will t~ addr~s~ In th~ way thaI th~ spo:al:m \to\)uld II\:(?
to hm them addr~ssoo but th~re Will ~ rc'5pon~ to the comm~nts
In the IInal CHAS Which Will ~ up tor adoption t\to\) W*l:s from
tonight. Thll other thing that ( would lust Uke to point out IS th~
original dratt Which \\~nt abOut m: W\~l:s ago has \)nn revl~Wt\d by
numerous ctti:~ns and staU and w~ hm had smral pUbUc m*tings
on It also and have had a lot of comments Som~ ot th~m ar~ minor. I
just Wilnt to mention a couple ot tht fo:Spons~s that ~ have made to.
that are substantive In ~rms ot chango)S to Ul~ dratt 8S It stands right
now, One ot them Is that as tar as the n~s go, a point WilS mad~ that
there was no ~mphasls on the n%\! for one ~room eHlclency and
~Ingle room o<<upancy units In the plan as Willi as th~ great n*<l for
thr~ and four bedroom units, That Is ooing added, We also hm
expanded the support of s~rvlco)S s~Uon cof th~ plan to Include ute
skills training and couns~lIng. par~nting. budgeting, ~tc, PrObably Ule
one that Is of gr~atest slgnltlcance ~ause the largo)St num~r of
comm~nts on It at the public m*ting that the Housing Commission
sponsored Is that the Housing Commission at Its m*Ung last Tu~sday
riCommendid that the original action Which for the tlrst year Which
had read to sale ten units of public housing should bit changed to
lnvvsUga~ the sal~ of ten units of pubUC housing, That Is the Housing
Commission's r~ommendation, Those are UI~ only comments I
Wilntoo to make.
Larsonl Marianne, ( was going to 3sk It you could add anotMr coupl~ of
comments about that for me And also to get It Into UI~ r~ord, (
know that thm are several poople Mre concernid abOut that
particular ltem,Ule sale of public housing. Can you concls~ly and
briefly mal:e a ease for that. I am not saYing that It has to be done
What are the reasons bvhlnd wily we want to do that so that I can
have In con~xt other poopws comm~nts tonight and also to get your
comments Into Ule rolCord
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MIll:man!1 tlJlnl: actually tlJat Ron Il.?ndonson IS Ul... polrson wM mal:... tlJ~.)
commints
Ron Hvnd,rson! TM proposal actually Ii a pr~rarn to dmlop a suppom
m~hanlsrn to th~ IndiViduals Who ar~ III sltuaUons \'otir, tlJ,y art?
oarlllng Iv~ than 50~ 01 thy midl3n Incom, III JOhnson County OM
supposluon IS that thy .....,lIm pr~rams today t~nd to 100:1: pwpl, III
to ~1Iar9 sySlAms and Ulat thy pr';.gram muld ~ dvslgn(o(j to Mlp
slingshot a group 01 ~pl, up by providing th,rn housing an1 hylplng
to moUvalA Ulym to 8dvanc~ thym~lv~ out of ~lIafo.i systvm. $/) It
Is not actually 0 pr~ram to sal, publiC housing 3S much as 3 pt~~ of 3
program that Is d+slgn~ to bml: through, If you would, tht WYllar~
cyclt, TM Iew:us Is. howmr, on tht sal.) of pUbliC hoUSing '*<ausv
that Is tht Issu, that IS bVlng addrtssoo by Ult community.
Larson! I undmtand that and I am all for mort ca~ worl:,rs and w~ n*<l
to hlr, mort and WI n~ to hm a moro) comprvMnslvo) approach
and mrythlng. My qUo)SUon IS how dOo)5 Ult salt! 01 publiC hOusing
mOVt us towards that gOOI.
Hvnd&rsonl Basically, publlc hOuSlllg Is ownYd by a local gmmment This
caSt,tht City of Iowa City. It Isn't that tho City of Iowa City could
dlsposo of that proptrty. Undor tho) program that Wt aro looking at
through HUD.HUD would r,plac, thoso units With ,lth,r r,n~1
asslstanct voucMrs or through actual giving us mh grant awards to
pUCChaSt 110mo)S. If that Is What you masking, th, b3S~IIM bottom IS
tt's a m~halllsm Whmby thy city could oft,c, if you would, a carcot to
Individuals Ulcough hOmt ownmhlp Which th, Ctty would, on th,
bottom 11M, apP<'ar to not to hm to Invo)St any local t.:lx p3yitC dollars
So It would bof a fyd,rallY fundid program,
LarSCinl ^ couplt 01 otho)c qu&stlons. Do wo) hm that In writing thatthoy
will replact tile monoy so that wt can rvplaco tilt housing II that is the
cholco that 'n~ go WIth
Htnd~rson/lt Is actually contain&<! In the U S Houstng Act 1937 under S~
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Larson/OI:ay $/) it Is a law. It can ~ changYd at any Um&, but. I
undmt.:lnd that $..'I(ondly, it on a priority list Wv 11m tdvnUllod
g&ttlng ~pl& oft the strwts and Mlplng th, vvry vory low Incomo as
a higher priority than trying to g,t IIrst Umo hOm~ buym Into a
houst) Ac& W& folloWing that prtvrlty WIth tIlat str3UiY or arv W& In
opposiUon to Ulal
H~nd&rsonl Part of tt IS a cart and UI~ Mrso) problvm Part ollt was that ~
s~rtYd bacl: at tile sarno) Umo) planning for th~ CHAS star~ This
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program was mOllvatw untj~r a dlllmnt M 01 gNIS and rol(os With,
as you rolm&mwr ....'(. tJlk(od abvut a boot Sit ap program This IS a ~Ir
,u/fl(I.n(y pr(~ram W. WIll bv dvallng WIth th~.. ~pl. WIt~.
In((Imo?S ar~ tragl(ally low an,j hof*lully WIll bf part or a 1.2. 3 st~p
/low to say that thiS program IS not atj,jf\"oSslng thol my low Income
Th~ IndiViduals thatm- to w s(orv(od on thiS m po:opl(o 'n'llo m
pr~(onUy In pUblic hQuslng. m prvsvnUy roKilvlng SoK 6 R(ontJl
Assistance or m on our waiting list ror r(o((olpt or asslst.3nce All thw
IndiViduals quaurl~ by haVing I~s than 50% m~jalllncom(o Wltin
tMy IIrst appll(od ror the program or \orWol rlrst glv.;.n aSSISt.3ncv und.;.r
th. program. That th.;.y may hm Incms+J th.;.lr IMOmt to a rang.;.
wtw*n 50 if 60 ~ as a wnellt or that program Inlually you could
say that tht ~plt WIlo ....'Ould tinvllt rrom tht program hm Sl.1rll.\1
or are at the 50X or Wlow Incornt but hm not made It past M~ or to
a point WIler, Ul(oy wvr(o no I"ng.;.r r(o(oilvlng WMhts In Ul, pr~'8ram
So It It (,ug(oW to tht lowvr, I (.1nt s~ak to obVIoUSly the Incom~
Ulat art r~ulr~ (or hom. oWll(orshlp are not In(ornots Ulat on. would
5* In tht homel~s population WIlo bJslcally dM't hm finough
Incom(o to ,v.;.n SoKUre.1n ap.1rtrnotnt o( Urt n(o(,;,sslti.;.s th(omstlvvs
Th.;.y .1re uniquely In an ma that should w addr~s~ s~Ulcally tor
that and this program d~ not addrm thal
Larson/l undmtand that aM I undmtand that somt of thm Inltlatlv~
start'id Nfort) Ult CHAS and thoi WIloloi stra~y and all Ul. pUbliC
Inpul I think that wv Mid to W sinsitive to tht Idea that an awful
lot or people try to put logethoir CIlAS and lust ~aUSt on InitiaUve
carne bvtore, Maybv It noKods to bv r*valuaV-od In ~rms ot the
prioflU~ that tht community Soit In tht Cl/AS I don't want to take
any more Umt, Thanks. I nt\'<l~ to hear your In(ormatlon so that I
could havt In contoi>.'t thiSli OthH comments Thank you.
MCDlls tMre anyoM WIlo would like to addrtss thv council on this Item,.,
Hlrlam IRick) Wtbbvr I LIVing h(or, tor about 20 yms and I hm no addms
Meaus& I am hom(ol,s, I hm ~n ask~ to como> Mr, by th,
peopl<< I hm mtt at the Emirg.;.nGY Housing Prol(o(t and at Fr(l&
Lunch, Th~y think that I can talk, So What I hav~ to say IS that th~
majority o( th(om s*m to bf ~opl~ WIlo ar~ doipms~, not only
monOlarlly but mentally I don't know WIly It Is Ulat thoiy arv not
hlr~ As I say, I h3V~ ~oin hm tor a long tim~ I h3Voi appll&d for a
lot of lObs In this town I know that mallY of Ulfiln Ulat I W3S not
hlrw and I was not r(olaln(o(! Meau50i o( my race or Meaustll hm a
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big mouth that I won't k~p shut ~nti won't put up loJ\Ul Mlng tol,j to
kiSS ~nybody's r(o~r (ond I think that ~ lot 01 th~,) po;-vplilalS<l lit Into
that c~t~ory, Maybt som~ 01 th~m hm low skills I don't know I
dldn'ttak~ an ~li3mlnaUon 01 th~m TM situation at ElIP IS v~ry bad
Thm m ~pl~ sl~plng on th~ ('Nf'h, Thm arv p(o(opl~ slnptng on
th~ yard, Th~ Mlghbors \o,~r. complaining The poltc~ wm
constanuy oolng c311.o1 Th~ City s*ms to 00 Irom what th~ poiltce ar(o
doing to ~ trying to g~t along WIth th~~ ~pl~ Ul~ oost that th~y
can, I know that this IS a national probl~m not lust a city pro)bl~m I
don't know .li3cUy What your CIIAS has In mind but.1 know thiS must
l>i a vr,ry compltx probltm, But tht probltms 01 thos~ p+oplv Who at.)
homr,l~s and Who are on thr, strnt and whO art not bringing tn
r,nough mOMY to mn han an ap3rtmynt must bY addrvssYd In a
W3y that allows thr,m to stand up on th.lr own t\i,\) f*t and try to
contrlbuw ~mr,thtng to this socIety It not then a low crlmt district IS
probably going to turn In to a high crtm. district I say that boKausr,
on. of th. Ullngs that W3S noto>mrthy to mr, tn Changing that I can S*
rrom my own pvrspv<tivr" I don't hm any statistics to back 1M up,
this ust to bt a town wMrt tht drug situaUon was mainly low clm
drugs, Marijuana, LSD, that kind of thing, Thyr. Ii a lot of acid on thy
str*~ Mayor. And thm Is a lotof hmln and cocaine, (00, I would
mum. that that mtans that ~pl~ Who push that kind of stut! and
tnforc!) thr,lr turf art coming MY.t. I wouldn't want to s* Ulat
happvn, My kids live In this town, So I would think that tht City
~tt.r get on that (00, I got nothing elst) to say
Bob Wr,lsh/ 2526 Mayfield, I first had tht prlvil~t of addrr,sslng thy city
counci! In 1966 wll&n I gay!) a rr,('Nrt on oohalt of clU::r,ns for a b\.t~r
10'113 City on housing, The r~ommendaUon at that Umo W3S that you
crr,aw.tht city council croa~. a low rr,nt hOusing agr,ncy, TM council
accep~ that r.xommendaUon I had Ul~ prlvll<ie to serve as Ule
first chair of that agency that la~r boxam. th. Housing CommiSSIon
As you may rt)memoor, that Commission put togr,ther a study or many
alwrnaUves, conductod a public r.rvrvndum The pUblic asslstanc&
program starttd at that ('Nlnt That was With out any city stat! 1
would r.mlnd you, Thoso applications wm mado and ('Nllel.s sr,t up
I would also 0011 you that at that Umo th& tod~ral r~ulauons conslsOOd
of a four page docum&nt With a not. dlmogard page two and UUO\l
WhiCh m&ant Ulat all or Ul& fe..l&ral r~ulations wt)r& all on on. olght
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and 0 hall thMt on both tld~ 113t~r cam~ ~forf you r~u~sung
your asststanc~ In r~lauollto wlllng ~m~ land adlac.:nt to Ulv post
oftleo ond bUYing tho i>>'l 0111(0 lor a s~nlor (~n~r and lor oldorly
housing, I com~ tonight to comm~nt on tho CIIAS program Let mo
mako somv very slmpl~ suggvsuons tlumbVr I, on pago ,2. that th~
Ecumvnlcal Housing Program bV llst~ I was amaz~ wMn I road It
Wday, to find out that It's not mn !tsWJ It IS th~ OWll'ir or
Ecum'inlCal To,*rs. which Is Ulv 61 apartmvnt unit It Is a cor~rauon
that also has ass'its. HumbVr 2,\ trust that you will glvv att.lnUon to
th~ lotlo:r that was pr~nt(od In Ul~ Maring on Si!ptom~r 26 from
[\,)n Rasman, who's tho chairman of thv Ecumvntc.)1 Consultations
Housing Task Forct, And third, I ~uld llkv to call your att.lnUon to
my Ivtt.lr or May 23, which IS a part or that drartthat I'm surv you all
hm md, And In mind with that I ~uld r~ommvnd that In your
fiv'i year strategy. numbVr four In r~earch and planning. that you do
t~ things, tlumbVr I, Ulat you clmly arrtrm your Intent to loin with
oth~r gmrnm~ntal units, ~rVICv agvncl~, and community
organizations In addrosslng tho housing n~s on a r<-glonal, county
basis. Two, that you attlrm your Int.lnt to join In a Mullally ba~
regionally bas~ proms that ~uld Involve such groups as ouUin~ In
our proposOO planning procoss rrom th~ Ecumenical Consultations on
page six or that proposal. Plus organizing alow.lncom~ cltI:en's group
as ouUlned on pago six- on pago 7, ox.:uso me, of that proposal, In
other ~rds, I want to shm with you, the fact that Ithlnl: Ulat In tho?
proposaltht Ecumenical Consultation has put *roro you, that It tis
orterlng you a 81tt, and it Is OM that I trust you WIll accop~ and OM
Ulat you wllllncor~rato In your CHAS program at UIIS umo, Thanl:
you,
McD/ Thank you, Bob,
Jan RuUedgt/ AttorMY. Legal ~rvlc&S Cor~ratlon or Iowa In Iowa City, I
~uld first or all!tl:~ to compllmontth~ stafr ror tholr vory slnc~re
and o~n and r~~nslvo approaCh to devoloplng UIO CHAS, Tiley
mado participating very ploasant, and I think, vory productlvo Thoro
aro a num*r or vvry good things about UIO Cl/AS. and I'm ospoctally
vtry plvaso<l to s* tho (lmphasls has ~n placed on smlng tM
n~lvst pooplt first Along thOS(l !tnos, I ~uld ~Int out that
somotlmts w!l(ln Ult largot groups m mentioned, ror InstanCt on
page 37 and 39, UIOY don't roally targot, tMy lust montlon v&ry low,
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IW. and mc.jmt~ m(om.;o p....)pl~, lUst a v>!ry larg~ gNup and tlllt II
you mlly want to targH tM I~t n~y ~pl~ ltr~t, It would ~
Mlplul to rellM that t.:lrgH. or at Imt mdl(at.! What ~mnt.:lg(Oi arl?
Inloindo,j for WhiCh p3rt of that group It's dUllcultf.;,r us to aSSfll
how conslst~nt tM plan IS for the st.:lloid purpow Anoth~r lloim ~Illlch
I hm some conwn or rioServaUons abOut IS the O~rauon e.oolllrap
I m~nuon~ at th'i Manng Mlo1 by tho: HOUSing Commission that lhm
really wasn't any Information provlo1o:d abOut hoW th~ city Inloin,Js to
Implement O~rauon Bootstrap, So It'S dllll(ult to MI II It'S propo1rlY
Included In Ule CIlAS My undmtandlng of It IS that It would bol 0
voluntary program, pr<oUY much a SOCIal work OflvnlaUon Wht/rM
wnanl$ would Iii glvvn thi opportunity to havv a coordlnat/d
program of ~rvl(es mad~ available to them I thin\: In areas wMre
there Is not good coordination prVSoinUy f'lirhaps that might ~
something to bo: consto1ered But I Utlnk In Iowa City we are e:-:trtmely
fortunaloi to hav~ qUlt(o an unpr~slve array of human serVIC~ whiCh
Is ~II (c..,rdlnaW ano1 o1mlo~ It dO*n't s*m elllclolnt to:l mt to
as\: tM PHA stall, In ess~nct, to alm~t dabble tn SOCial \\~rk as ~rt
of their other duties, which 1/10 suro take up Ulelr entire timt, to wor\:
In Ulls arva. Thm would no doubt be some appr~lable administrative
cost and stall time In dmloplng and Implementing this program, W1Ut
no demonstration of nO<'d, Also, on page 51, the plan proposes that
only ~ of Ute MW rental units would b+ required to accept cerU!lcal&S
and vouchers, Now I thin\: Ulat UIO last m&&tlng Utatl attendWand
all throughout this proms, OM of the vf:ry severe problolms lhltlowa
City facos, Is Ute falluro on the ~rt of Si'Jm~ landlords, to accept
certificates and vouch'lrs, In fact, Mr Hondmon from the PIlA,
Indlcat~ Utat50.60~ of Ute voucMrs are turn&<! back In ~aUli the
~ple WhO wero Issued vouchm or certificaws can'tllnd anywhm
to use them. So It seems to me thatll the stty Is going to subsuually
contrlbuw to the construction of now unlts, that all of tholm shOulo1 M
requlr~ to accftpt cftrtillcat~ and voucMrs, Also In rCiard to Ull) 24
units molntlon~ on page 51 that n'i<<l to M rolhabtlutaloid I'm
wond~rlng Whl)th~r they'rl) Mlng ro:hablUtaW for any parUcular
group. for vory Ii'JW Incom~ pooplv, or a mix Also If Ut~e landlords
aro going to M required to accvpt cvrtillcaloid and voucMrs, I would
suggest that Utoy M lequlred to do so' Flnally, I just wanted to
emphaSize a point that's almdy bVvn made, Utat ther~ IS a lot of
conmn abOut publiC hOusing sales, I would IIkv to comm9no1 the stall
for 3mi}ndlng Utv CHAS to call for a stu1Jy of Uti} salol of pUbliC hOUSing,
not thol actual sail) I thlnl: tMN aN So:lm& studies that tndlca~ that
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1M SJl~ of pUblic housing dOo!S not sa\'~ any mon~y but CJn actually
~t tho) my mon~y I UlInl: It muld also fUrth~r constrict an alr~Jdy
v~ry Ught housing m3l'koH It mUld actually pro~bly hm thi' i'rr~t
of an Incr.u.ln Ill. ~t.ntlal tor horn..I.."n.". ~au,.. mo(.. p*pl..
w"uld hav~ to compel. for f&w&r Units of r~nbl hOUSing So I think It
....'3S a vvry WIse and r~~nslv, Changi' to (all for the stUdy lns~ad
McDI Thank you. v&ry much. Jan
Uz Boa I I 1115 PInt. I \<,Ijuld Ilki' to I~t thi' council knvw Ulat not In thi'
ImmNlat~ on~ ym plan but may~ In thi compri'h~nSlvi fly," y~ar
plan, to Includil a group of hom~"''Ili'rs Who normally fall right
throught th9 cracks of any pUblic aslSlJnct that Is thiri, And that
"""uld ~ hom~wnvrs Who at on, Urni' wm abli' to g~t convinUonal
fln.lnClng .lnd now m In th.1t low to modm~ Income group and hm
trouble malnlJlnlng their mortgag~ If thi'Y could get some kind of
shon ~rm asslsbnct or oni Umt aSSlslJnci WhiCh HACAP IS mlly
Iwklng Into" I \<,Ijuld rfally Ilk! to s~ tht counClll1&lp HACAP WIth
this program that's opmUng out of thi' TWIn CIUU I CJn't ri'memb&r
tht nam& of tht, I think jt's North Star Programs, But I thlnl: It's
Im~rtant that thi' ~plt Who \<,Ijuld normally ~ fOr~lostd on got a
ch.1nc& to gtt ~ck on thi'lr f*t, it for a layorr or an lIIn~s, thtri
should ~ somt way to avoid a !or~losurt and avoid bv<omlng a
ptrson Who's on tht walUng list for r&ntal assls!.lnct, Thank you.
Kubby I LIz. I did find your litt.!r and 111 glv,"lt to Marian
Boall Thank you.
Pat M,ytr I Dtr.xtor, Dom~Uc Vlolonco IntmonUon Program. I'm not suro J
hm a lot In addlUon to say. In addlUon to What I said Mort tht
Housing Commission. but I waniOO to sP\'ak just t<<aust I want
Council to know how crlUcal I, ....'1). I rtprmnt my board or dlr~tors. I
cumnuy havt 40 \<,Ijmi'n and kids In sMlti'r, J've movtd a lot out
this month, TIllngs IOOStntd up a IItUe bit and 'f,~ just k%p filling up,
I want you to know What a crlUcJllssu~ thiS Is for us, TM city starr
has dOM an IncrtdlbJtlob on this docum~nt Wi' fi'lt Ilki our Input
was rtally IIsti'Md to. So I want to commend thom ^ Coupli' things I
say 9viry chanc9 J gtt to !.llk about housing that J want to blk about
On91s that Wh&n \\~'ri !.lIking about programs Uk& Operation
Bootstrap, th&r&'s a numbvr of comm&nts In th& CHAS about s~1t
SUrt!cltncy, OM Of tht things that Wrt r&auy struggling WIth Is that
\'N'ri \<,Ijrklng WIth farnllttS Ulat us&<! to hm. a lot of thtm ustd to
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II1V~ tw (:'3r~nu 8-Kau!~ of Ylol~n'~ th~!~ Jr~ now 5mgl~ pmnt
lamtll~ \l,1th (htldr~n OM 01 th~ r~JIlU~s IS that ....~ r~JIli' n~
coun~lIed and m3d~ a 'ommltm~nt ~ continUing to d(ovvlop
~rmaMnt allordabl, housing obViously b+:aU$9 thy IYdYlJI
gmrnm~nt has abdjcat~ that r\1~nslbl1lty, It'S g.;tting dumpvd
b3C~ on you And as othvr ~ple hm s.Jld,lt.S a national prot>ltm
W,'re tal~tng WIth sMltm all ovo?r tM country.th~Y'r.; saYing th~y
Ilvolln counU~ W\1~r.;. lor ;:.:amplo? ltall:ed to Sljm,l>>;ly In Call1ornt3
Who SJld In th~lr county thm m mort hom,l~ ~pl, than thm
are ~ple In their county \<0'110 are ol/Iclal rontd(lnlS 01 th(llr county. So
It's a probl,m all ovor tho country. I thlnl: Ulat's r(oal Irlgh~nlng. and
I thin\: w'r, going to hm to 1001: at how do ....'V addrm that on a
lug.;r lev.;1 But on, 01 th, tht things I thln~ that happens IS you start
thln~lng. ....'VIIII ....., lust get ~p!e lobS, thvrt's something wrong WIth
this Individual that's hOm~lm And I want to say It'S Ix<aus(o therfs a
lacl: 01 units Wfv, lost thoui3n,js 01 units In UIIS stat(o. and I Ullnl: 311
om the (ountry In the la5t t,)n yem It's not aoout Individual ~pl.;
not managing th~lr mono?y. Whatmr, I Wl)rl: WIth a group 01 ~ple
that olwn times ....~uld like to ~ employed, ar, employed be<aus,
UI,y hav, (hlldren, bo.'(austth.,y hm to (:'3y lor child cm WhU,
thty'rt not g.;tting th,lr child sup~rt, They n~ assls~ housing,
And probably ....'11 ntOO to do that lor a Whll, Studies WIth low Income
VNm,n jndlca~ that the only way that s(oll sutttcltncy programs work
lor \\~men Is it they marry SljmebOdy Who lfIal:ts enough mOMY to
gtt th.;m out 01 ~verty, In this communlty,the estimatt right now IS
almost 20~ 01 children m liVing ~Iow poverty In this counl So my
major thrust tonight Is to asl: councU to commit to What Wi! ~Ilm Is
a v+ry 9>>:+II+nt plan, But It's going to takt city stall and r&sourc" to
h,lp With th, coordination to pUll that 011, My se(ond conc.rn Is again
that ~ prlorIU:&, On& 01 my Ims, and your gOing to hear I~ as Jan
said, w're real plm~ that the issue about th, sale 01 public hOusing
has been modlll~ to a study. Again, When I startW dOing this \'lOrl:
~n years ago, public hOUSing was avallabl. to people Who "*r. least
able to commit tn UI& prlvatt mark.t with vouchers It 1~ls lI\:e II w
start looking at salo 01 pUbliC housing and SC(i~nlng peopl., I hal,'O
smral people) Who arv In thi s<rnnlng procm to git Into publiC
housing units and It's ~Ing looked at as II thoy could Ncomi buym,
I know It.s turning ,It.S Upping it Wi'ro 1001:lng at tho most quallllod
rathor than the peoplo 'h'ho aro Imt ablo to compete In tho prlva~
marM TM competition Is tough lor vouCMrs OM 01 Ult Ullng, that
w're wrl:lng with a number 01 100al groups to sot) how w can
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lmprm rOlaUOnshlps WIth 13ndlords .:mn's ~n PHt or that
prO(~s to unprovo meptJnce 01 vouchm I hm ....\)m~n Who WIll
make, OM 01 Ul0 wmen I think about In tM house, callod, lOa do sixty
(311; In a l\\\) ~k INr10d !ivory Umo tho papvr (3me out, She \013;
lurnYd down ovor and ovor and over again because she was on lemd
hOUSing Thal's roal hard Tho house gets mltlinse becJusv F*Ople got
real Irustrate<! that I have my voucher. I'm ro:ady to go. I want to
ma!:.;. a hom~ lor my kids and myselt and I can't get anYbOojy to
accept thiS. That's a smous problem I'm concernod again about loss 01
units and more com~UUon tn the prlvat.) rnarl:.;.l
Horowl Pa~ I hm 3 quesUon, ~po.'lClally about In the housv. Th~ vou(Mrs
(an ~ usYd other than Iowa City, Do any 01 your (lIents Im~?
tMyer I W~'ve ~n calling Muscatine. W,;,'ve ~n calling Codar Rapids
Horowl Are thoy sucmslul?
Meyer I Sometimes, but again Codar Rapids
Horow I Ar~ they su(cosslul?
M~yer I But again, CYdar Rapids
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MeYH lor so, so It's not lust Iowa City.
Horowl I m,
KUbby I It they go out In the country, they hm transportation problems to
get to their lOb, It they can 1
Meyer I Right Or I've got tour kids, I don't want to got out In tho) country
With no car, ~au$o) what It there's some sort 01 modl(o!. That's Kery,
Wo oro pursuing that But again, our contacts, Burlington's waiting list
tor public housing's long, This Is a prOblem all mr the sta~,
I:Ubby I With the chango In tho languago, to Inv~Uga~ tho salo ot ton units,
Is It something that you not only tool (omtortable, J'm trying to Ilnd
ou~ l! that goos as lar as you want It to go,
Meyer I Well, I would ho~ Ulat thl)ro would ~ a plan that "'~ could look at
so I could s* ~t~r what, you know It sounds ltI:e Ron had a bigger
picture than I, Alii hear Is solo 01 pUblic hOUSing. How does this oil lit
togothor. I \\\)uld lIke to 5* a plan I would ho~ thore'd 00 another
opportunity With U10 Housing Commission to give Input once w s*
that plan,
KUbby I Thanks.
McDI Thank you, PaL
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Anna Wagntr I I w~, w~IUng for Si)mtbody ~I!~ to com~ up 11m ~n1 ,-,y
som~thlng for aWhIl~ And I'm up Mr" I gU~~, so I'm gOing to Mv~ to
r(tad som, of thiS. so fOlglYv rn~ for tllat My nam~ IS Anna WagMr,
and I'm spYal:lng Mri tonight as a low Incom, ~rson Thm not to
say I r,pr(o~nt mlY low lncom, p<orson or hom,l,ss pmon around,
but that's my sltuaUon I did sptal: at thy Allordablt Housing Tasl:
forc, ph aMut a yom ago My sUSi~uons m basically tho samo Do I
hm fm mlnut~ to tall:?
trlcDI That's tint, Anna,
WagMr I Stnc, th,n, som, MW InfollnaUon MS ~1I dlscoY(or~ For
instanc!) tho low Incomo ,lnglOi youcMu that I so d(oill~ 8l(o In fact
avaUablt from HUD. For somt riason tho city dotsn't want to glY,
th,m out. Anoth\lr point, Rvnt to own sltuaUons A poor p<orson cannot
mlly afford to mak, landlords rtchir, I might sugg~t that UlC P3ym'
mOMY is ootng s~nt to mal:, tM mh,r, too. Mn s~Uon 6 mOMY
goos toward a rtnUng lathol than a buying option At th~ Mallng
aoout a ym ago, som~M frorn tho c~p m,nUontd that, or Irom a
housing coop, mtnUon(od that tht P3ym+nts for th,lr dv.~lllngs m at
Imt 25~ cMap<or than If you hJd that landlord SttuaUon buUt Into It,
so I'd likt for my ro)nt to b(o 25~ chia~r. Going on With Ulls. I saw a
film clip that Habitat for Humanity mad, and In It th&y show(od an
apartment hous. that tho)y ronoYat~ and sold tho) units to tho wnants
at IItU. or no Inwmt or mOMY down, Why can.t tMy do that Mro? Or
why can.t tho public s~tor do Ulat? First Urn& hOmo own-:rs could bV
h~lpox1 this way, I thlnl: landlords hm a good racl:&t around hm
Pardon me for ~Ing so blunt But With sl*plng rooms going for
$200 plus and 55~ Of 1M F*OPI(o haYing to rontl/ow thoseal& two
Idm that would, I s~ ai toYing h.lpfulto a pYrson Itl:. mt, Okay. So
I had a list of things that I dldn'tlll:t, I Will probably bo) stopping on
a lot of toos whon I uy this ont, WoII, I Will try lust a f(ow 01 thim
L1ko pUblic hOusing In gonml. (know som~Um(o you n*<l pUbliC
housing for c,rtaln roasons In gonoral, It s/)olrns to attract crllM It
g&ts run down and It do-."S not k~p housing In tM prlyat, S~lor.
$ORs sound good to f*Oplt WIlo haY~ nmr llYN In OM, I don't know
hOW tho hcel: p<oOplo wvro supposo to eat Thoy can't ~at out all th&
Um~, I/otlf thiy ar~ poor ~pl~, So thllY wvuld n*<l atlllast a
pullman I:ltchlln. I would add a small bathroom too for dlsmo control
among oth&r rl/asons. I m&nUonw that !.l<<aUSO JlI.\Oplt talk aoout
SROs as a solution I don't I:now lIlt IS, It doosn't s&om Itl:o It Is so
Ilvabl~ to SOIMOllt who has to N \lilt SMltm Only of 'Im&rg~lIct&S
This Is not an ongoing sltuaUon. TMr~ can N a lot of proN&ms With
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sh~l~rs On~ g~nU~man alr(lady m(lnUon(l(! that A lot 01 ~pl~
protl3bly levl that way And ~~Ially wilen It IS OV(lmo~j(l(! I had
sorn~thlng about translUollal hou~tng I hm nmr IIv(l(! In on~ so (
prob.lbly shouldn't commont on that But to mo all hou'ln8 I'
translUonal unl~s you 0....,1 It So I havv bo/(ln translUonal lor a long
Um~ This IS wlm(llt gitts Into morv haIry stull It svvms lIk~
mrythlng Is run by ag~n<l(05 and <tUvs S<<tal ag~n<y or bur~aumU<
<lIvnt mod~!and I don't know I put SOIM nvgaUvv <omm~nts down
I guvss I don't levllll:v going througll right now It IS mosUy th<m m
thv kind 01 pvoplv Who arit hm Thm m vitry l(lw low In<om~
pvoplit hm tonight I am Ulankful lor thit on~ that did d~ldit to
show up, Sevms to ~ poor on that kind 01 thing. L.;-w In<om~ pvopl~
don't always s..\i ads In thit paJl(lr. Thity don't g~t Ulv <ablv ~l~vlslon
So thvy don't know What Is run on thm. Som~ 01 us try lO do a muv
bit 01 l~allittUng With lIy~rs to gitt-at litast litt poor low lncomit pvople
know that this was going on. And a litw sho....~ up I am gra~Hul
that they did, Many got th~ lIyers that didn't show up. I don'tl:now
If they don't carv What hapJl(lns lO them or tMy don't thlnl: that It
d~ any good to show up, Somv, morv than OM, vxpr~soo to me that
they arv afraid to come down and (.111:, That is a bad situation OOcausv
thvy m arraid or reprisal In this town for SJl(laklng out. That Is the
hon~t the God truth, So I thlnl: that you nh"<lto consld&r this. I
think Rev. Wv!sh menUonoo too that it ~/,)uld bit good to build In some
lo~r Income parUclpaUon in thos~ kind or things, You might 11m to
reach out furth~r to do that than you hm, I Will say a couple morit
things, TMn my time Ir running out, I would IIkv to sev thit national
housing vouchm on an entiU&mitnt basis, I am talking to anybody on
thv roo&ral govvrnm&nt that shows up In this town about that.
8<<au~ I think that Is thit way to go With doing somvthlng about
hom&lvss pvople, That is What they did With the lood stamp program,
President 10hn F, K&nnooy star~ that lood stamp program and thvy
had It on a tooeral basis At onv Umit or anoUlitr Uley sllll~ it to thit
stalv and oth&r stratas, And it didn't work out and they put Is back on
a t(lojeral basis, II you arv a low Incomo Jl(lrson you got rood stamps
no mat~r What the othitr situations you hay,) (think that Is
mntually thv way to go on that tt thvy want to do somvthlng about
homel&ss pvoplv, And I am pushing that OM I sUII hm $Omit
qu&sUons, QUIckly, Okay, Some comments too, Like on pagv 2 01 thit
short rorm thing It says gr&atvst ~mlvoo probloms, Lacl: 01
arrordablv rental units That's trU!). 2) Lack or avallablv units ror
Jl(lrsons With Sit( a housing cvrUtlcatt)s and vou<hm A lady told lOt)
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a/l~r that m~tlng on th~ Z6tl\ Ulat thm '''~r'! tw staws lllat pass.;o.j
laws Ulat landlords had tI) tal:/! vouchm I UlInl: 1115 I:lnd 01 a sham
for Ul~ fiodml govNnm~nt to bv putting out voucMrs and piocJpl~
can't Ult th~m I Ullnl: thal IS ~mythlng that ~plt nnd to 1001: at
Lacl: of rioSOurc~ for sU~tport.1 don't I:no'.... 111 ship over that OM
Lacl: of alfordabl\' hom<1 for first Um~ bUYifS.hom~buym It pwpl~
lool:i'd at first Umo? Mm<1 as mayt-? as an apartrn~nt or half 01 a
dupl\'X or ~mo:UlIng tns~ad of a /lousy way out thm TMn maybo:
pwpl~ could h3V~ hom~ That Is anoth~r way to 1001: al things I
gu~, I am gOing to'5 This has mlly Wfn 1M down I ....'11 admit
Lac\: 01 mllabl~ Vac.lnlland lor MW construction 01 alfordabl\'
rynung houst. LI\:y Iowa City Is not on an Island, rtally. Or
~mythlng, ~. Ulm Is land around It and I don't know It thty could
bUY ~m~ land and subdlvld~ It Inti) attordabl~ lots tor pwpl~ ....'thoul
having dmlo~rs tal:~ a big prlCy out 01 II You might hm to do
~my +mlMnl domain or ~m.;thtng All of UI(~ things thaI I am
s.lYlng has to do WIth th~ fact wMth~r th.;y do ~Ive thest probl\'ms.
How ~rlously or Wheth\'r thty lust want to do Wllalth.,y hm to do
as far as this CHAS thing, H<'rt is one qU<1tion, Pag\' I it says low
Incomt rtnltu In n~ ot asslstanCt, according to HUD, 2,510, Thin il
says on page 3 thaI Utey olre going to asl: tor 50 new ~, ~ vouchers.
What do Ute oUter pwplH490 suppose to do anyway. I mm thaI Is
the I:lnd of qu&sUon thaI I \'lI)uld Ill:e to asl: anybody, ThaI Is how I
enwrprel It
McDI You mean as far as.you are tall:lng about Ute num~r of vouchm thaI
art ~Ing r~U~LM
Wagnor I Yeah. It that many pwple thaI n<<<I now help, That Is not mn
counting Ult ones on the waiting list AnoUter 534 on Utt waiting list
McDI Thir. Is a proc~ Utat I am sure thaI you are aware of Utat ~ al~
havo to go Utrough In order to rVCColve Utose, ThVy aro not glm In
unlimlWd numt-?r5. Aclually WiI fllel vilry forlunale ov.;r the paSl
couplil of Yt3rS Utat our voucMrs hm bWn sle3'JUy Increasing.
WMre In a 101 ot oUter communlti~ Utat has nol happeni'd. So ~
tllel OM of Ute rea~nsthat Utls has hap~ni'd Mr~ Is be<aus~ th~
program IS run vory ~II The stall has done an \,Y.(ollonllob and \~
Utlnk Utal it WiI can continu~ to show could r+sults In this ma Utat wv
WIll ~ able to continually gOI moro, Ills a procoss Utat and c.ln ~ a
raUtor longUty one at timos
WagnH I Well, th\'n. IgU&S1 my qu&stion Is What doos hap~n to UIO
roughly 3000 piocJpl& Mrv Utat ar& &Ithor on tho waIting Itst or low
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Incom~ r~nlo?rs In n~\1 01 asmtanc~ Ar~ th~y Just l>;!slC.1l1y out 01
lucl:
McDI PrObJbly In thi' parUcular program Unl'm wv can Ilnd wm9 oth+r
mv3n1 to 3ddr~~ thCrS~ n*<ls But In that parU,ul3r vouch,r prcir3m
II has to turn o'/(tr and mab mor~ mllabl+
Y.Ubby I Somi' or th~ PfOpli' m cro\1.\1lng tog~thtr cumnUy so thiy can
artord thi' r9nt So you hm ovmro'.\'dtng probl~ms P~pl~ hm
shi'l~r but It may not w ad~u3to? bt<auS(t It IS owr crWdo?d
WagMr II gUtsS SInC9 I hm tall:ed 100 long To wrap this up I r~lt 1I1:~
thiS CIIAS thing. mayw nalv~ly, I r(tlt 1I1:i' It was a ro?al ,rtort rorm th+
red<<ral gov(trnm<<nt Slnc(t It IS bo;'lng don\' In mry 1000.1Uon to r9ally
dtal With thm prob19ms I don't know to what 9rt~t that Is gOing to
~ tm May~ not as much that I muld 111:(0 to think and hor*
Thank you ror you Umv,
McDI Thank you ror your cOmm&nlS, Anna,
~ubbyl And I r~ally appr~la\(o your (ommo>nts TMy hm b(o(.n rvally
htlprullcnlght
M(DI MarianM, muM you hk~ to addrtss a coupl+ or Ut(o Spo?CltlCS on that
Mllkmanll muld IIko to addr~ that 2,540 rlgur" or pvrsvns or ramlllOS In
nHd or asstst.lncv. That Is a rlguri' that HUD has (omt up With rrom
updated c(onsus dat.l, basl(ally. And sumys. But I think What has to
~ rl)aUzed Is that thl) cIty alrtady r6((tlvws 790 vou(hm and
cerUrl(alis on an ongoing basis, Thtr(t m almdy 790 ramtltts or
Individuals I).)lng s(trvtd, So thtr(o m a lot or oth(tr low Incom&
r*rsons Who art ~Ing MI~ With housing r(thab or oth(or things 111:.
that So, Tht numMrs art sllll bad but \1.~ 8r(t not down 00 just 50
out or 2,540,
M(D/Okay, Thank you MarlanM,
Kubby I And wfvt b(o(.n applying tor moro mry ym and *Ing prttty
sU(CtiSru\. Hmn't~?
Mllkmanl Yn V(try SU(((tssrul. TM program has (oxpanded (toormously
M(DI Anyon(t (tlst Who muld IIkt to addri'Ss Ul\, counCIl in Ulls ltom,
~II HI. I would hm \)..\(tn ho)rt .arlli'r and b(o(.n Inrorm~ about
mrythlng ol~ that wa5 gOing on but ~Ing a 51nglo moth(tr 01 thr~
on ~ltart and a rull Umv coll~t studi'nt I was dtJl1ng With school
unllllatt, Ran homt and tM tht kids suppi'r With What I could scra~
togothor and put tm out or tho thrvv to 00d With th& nu That IS
somt or tht r(tasons that things como Into to playas to Why ~ artn't
h&r&, [Id~nllry mysl111 as ~l I am gOing to go ahorad and say Ulat [
spvak ror th~ stri'Vt p~pl~ and th~ hom~ltss In Iowa City som&What
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W9 must hav~ passtX1 out a hundrtX1 01 tMs~ Ullngs TMs~
announc~ments 01 tM p'~pl~ I am glad th~ ~pl~ that sho~ up
did ItlS good to S* tMm Mr~ But it was a r\o31 con~rvaUon toptc
at Ir~ lunch, It mlly was a m310r concern Some 01 Ule problems
you hm 01 why Ulo?S~ ~ple don't show up I '"",uld lust IIl:e to
m3YOO bring up some ldm Tho? problems and attitudes 01 !'('Ople In
poverty 3rt? a mUe bit dlf!o?rent TM years In wing dO',orotroodo?n or
tM hOpo?lessno?Ss 01 the whole sltuaUon can onter In ReputaUons can
enter In. ThiS IS th~ !lrst tim~ I hm m~t you ~p19 and I am a IIlU9
ntrvous I Wl)uld III:e to mal:o mys~1I available to you In the luture
~:mn knows who I am and I also have a l:arm3 broth9r who IS 3 good
rvpr.~n~ whoso? namo IS Dan3, Dana Is a good w:QmW lie has
~n In a wMelchalr since M was I~. He has bo.-.on a ro?Sldent ollw.l
City of! and on lor yms now He IS In 3 wh~lchalr and he doosn't
hm a place to live, You hm a mtaln numoor 01 acco?Sslblelw
income apartments hm and the T*Ople that Ilvllln Ulem 10<1: them up
until they die usually, Or end up long term In tho} hOSpital an they sUII
have acc~ to hang on to them, Dana right now Is sl~plng on the
floors ollrlends hoUSe9, He has ~n dOing this sinco he was Illegally
evlc~ from his house before his lease was up OO(ause the Wl)men
was scar&<! of him alltUe bit I think W(ause 01 what he apf*3r&<! to
look like, Some dllferences like that. And lit felt a IItUe too
downtrodden to take It and run with It and say I can stay unUI my
lease Is up. TMse people get so tired 01 thiS, A IItUe bit about my
history. I came to Iowa City about three years ago as a single mother
of Ulree to come to the University whero I can study stress
management and now I am getting a m3stm In so<l31 Wl)rl: so that I
can maybe be able to htlp out a IltUe bit moro with thwse ty~ things
and help both sldo?S to understand some things, I hm a real dvslre to
do that A IIttie bit about my story, I camo to student hoUSing and I
wanWd to come Into the community ~au~ the studont housing was
real small and I have three children, IlIl:e the north stde so I got into
a placo and the landlord didn't Ill:e the fact that I was an art major
and I did ty~ dyes, And I hung one up one my Iront porch OM
summer day to keep the sun out There was no air conditioning, I
couldn't afford it III had It. And M camo by While I was at elm on.
evening and yell&<! at my son that Il the typo? dye wasn't down by Ulat
night that I Wl)uld be l:lcY.&<! out phySIcally IlIe next few days and
Ulrea~ned the children and stufr ~ause I hung a ly~ dyv on my
front porch. It was not politically reprl)sentativl) of anyUllng. And so,
ChrlsUnas camo) around and that was U10 time to renew th~ Ivas~ and
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unrortunat~ly Ulat always ~n Ul~ tJln~ to ro?noiW Ul~ Io?a!o? l1oKausoi
you goit OM yo:>ar Io:as~s For Ulr~ yo:>m III a row UlIS sort of Unng Ms
gOM on an(lth(~ fl'?Opl~ hm this ('.gal ~lXUSo? I don't know If you
know about II It Ul.y say th.y m gOing to wllth. prop.rty Ulat you
hm to 1m.;>, Tht housing auUlorlty can do nOUllng That IS What hv
saId, H<o IS sUII r~nung Il to (011('80:> studvnls As soon as 'gol out M
had som~body tis; In thm TM sts;;t had probloims ....'Ul
Su~t.lndard hOusing I WIll ~II you hono:suy It was III~al to hm
cats, Wt .....m not supi>>S~ to hm ~ts, Att(lr tho? sltuaUon WIth Ult
ml((l got so smr" and thtlandlord W1>uldn't roiSpond, I did g.;>t a cat
Tht CJt (aught four mlct In 2~ hours In my kl((hoin and IIYlngroom In
Iiroad dayUghl Tht landlord also.thm wm some oUltr problems
thm such a5 hv did not wUm Ulat 2~ hClurs was nvmsary noUc.;>
for />tOple of my ty~, Plus ht was YHY SUSpICIOUS of mt and tho
ty~ of ~ple Ulat came to my houS(l and wan~ to comt In
un(o~t~dly, Would Io)t hlmso)!f In and (Md~ up on Ult piaN (loss
my rights ~au~ of Ule IIftslyl.;> that I was prtsum~ UlalI l.;>ad I
hm ~n an honor student at Ul~ Unlvmity and I am a mothtr of
Ulr~, I am trying to 00 a Ualson oot\mn dlffmnt.you know What I
am trying to say. I try to rtprystnt boUl Sldvs, Wyll, M saw thy
n~ativ; and What he didn't Uk;, So I trlvd to gvt out of Ulm. I
actually wanw..1 to gvt out of Ulm, But th,n I couldn't find a plac.;> to
UVt b(l(aUS9 I want to ~II you Ulat90~ of Ult ~plt'When tht pi acts
art at all available In the p3p;r'90~ m you on hOustng aUUlonty,
Housing assist.anct. Yts I am, I am sorry W(o won't dtal With you,
About 90~ okay, Of Ult IO~ of Ulatm lef~ say W(lll 0011 us about
yoursvlf. So I hm to 6911 my p;rsonalily. my grade potnt mragt,
my past history, and my (hlldren's oohavlor wfor.;> UlYy WIll (onstdvr
mt. And then a lot of Um&s Ulty Will turn around and Ul.;>y WIll say
Okay, Wt Will makt an appointment WiUl you Ulls mnlng, You can
r,ome by at 70'clor.k, So I go by at 7 o'clor.k and I want to ttll you Ulat
135t (all It hap~noo at Imt 6 timvs I got Ultrt and p;oplt mtt mt at
Ult door and said I am sorry but Ulm was tills wond~rful young
couplt) WlUl 22 kids I am g.;>tUng a UlUt (ruslratoXl hm You know,
In a Volvo or someUllng, They gm us flrs~ last and damagt In cash
We could not turn UI&m down, I am sorry Thm aro that many
p;oplt) In Ulls town th3t art Ulat w~1I off, Th&y can aflord to go it and
Ulty just snap anyUllng that IS avaUablo up lmmwlatoly. That tht
p;oplo Who n~ Ulo housing aro ootng (ovtctoo oocauso Ulo own(or IS
using Ul& e:<<ust) that lit Is gOlllg to soli tho prop;rty, Tllis haS
happ;nvd to me thr~ Umos now So I didn't hayo any placo to go. So
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I ~all.;d tM Ch3mwr's ag~ncy WIlo hay>! l;oo:.!n v>!ry l:lnrJ to rn~ In tM
past an,j UI~y put Ino? 11I10 OM 01 tMIl sturj~nt hous.~ WIth loud musIc
unUI 3 In tM mOrlllng IlIvoo In Ulv S(..;ond !loor WlUI Ulrw kids
Hardly acc.;sstbli and It was VHY tough to IIvo) Ulm but I was Vo)lY
gratAiful to Ulo~ Jmphl for hvlptng m9 out Now I am In a vvry nlC~
p13C~ but I havv to tvll you Ulat I know of tW\l or Ulrw 01 my fllvods
\'/M hm Ulr* chlldrlln WIlo call1lOt giot Into a pla~~ WlUI Ulv VOUChH
C"lIlng as It IS A mOUl"r WlUI Ulfoi9 (hllrJro)n Ul9 voucMr C9111ng at
UllS point was t560 At Imt It was for mv You tvll m~ 01 a
subsUnUal standard 19Vo)I MuSt) In UIlS hOUS~ WlUI ~ven t....~
blidrooms, and I n(oo."o(\ Ulr~, 3nyWll~re nNr t560 a month It IS
almost Imposstblv 01 thosv, pvoplv hm tho) Irmom to say housing
mtstancv, 110 thanks w~ don't tak~ you You m on wvllm. Wi! won't
Ul:iJ you, I sioarcMd for om ~ monUls last ym and vnd(O(\ up haVing
to tal:9 gvt In to th& stud&nt situation TM student housing upstairs
3partmvnt d931 for 6 monUlS aft,)r I had smcMd for ~ I actually !lad
to drop cla5m in ordvr to smch, I had to hit the paptr mry day as
soon as It camv out Call U1OS9 pvoplv and talk and s~al: In a
~rf~Uy wonderful coll~lan VOlC9, Calm, cool, and coll(o(W As If
Ulis was no sl:ln oft my ~th, At that point I filt IIl:v (rylng with
many of th~ pvople that I callvd, TM public rvlations with m*tings
IIkt this, TM strwt pvoplN lot of th&m arvn't IllAiraw mn Or th&y
hm got d&prvsslon problems, Or molntal problolms, Or tholY hm
drug probl&ms oocausv of thollr I~ of hO~, TIl&Y don't gvt thIs
Information to com& Mrt, ~nd of all th&y ar& scmd to d~ath to
~ you Jmpl& and com& in hm wIlm thvr& ar~ voIlv&t chairs and
carp&Ung and mryoM Is ~arlng suits, I am pr&tty much Okay WIth
It oocauSt I com& from.1 was voluntarily poor, I chost to I&ad a
rathvr htUt class lIt~tylt oocauSt 01 th& r&lationSlllp that I was In, I
di<tdod that I wanW to gvt out I am facing WIlat I am facing, I WIll
say of my own WIll, It Is not my and It IS not oxacuy WIlat I
&~tOO. Tills Is a Mautiful town, I wan to lAill you that Ult cUltur&
In this town and In tht Mldw~t is a m~ca I don't carv If you art on
tht strwts, You can go to a symphony for fr~ hert I hav~ calli<!
Hancher and I hav~ said that I am low income and Ul~y hav~ liot rnv In
th~y door, $40 a tickt! Plms U~e that don't let me In wlUI kids, It is
wondvrful Mre, Absolutely btauutul, And Ult archlt&ctur& and the
things that ar& available, Just mrythlng about UIlS town In
lnmdtbl& I talk it up to mryon& Il:now I am not from hm I just
go to school Mre But thore IS a whole populaUon Ulat art liVing Oli
coucMs and thm art not all students And thty m not all UYlIIg on
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couch~ Th~y m living on liNn My rn~nd Dana has ~nd.z.d up on
my (Ioor thH~ Um~s In th~ hst thh~ or (our "'~I:s WlUloUt
allordablv rnMICJI CJIo;, to do his dally hyglo;.n~ and things that m
Ilol(~'my Ilu;t don'( know W11~( vl.v to (\ill you 'Iu,l ....~nl,;.j to Iyl
you know that th(>So;. m $Om, or thv things that wuld haVi bo;.vn
Sfo)ko;.n about had thisv t+Jpl~ com v And that thvy sw mv as a
rvpr~nt.lUv~ for th~m Mor.;. And r don't I:now If you know about
It But ~ put on a Slr*t po:,)pl.;. party In UI~ park WMI~ w.;. f~ th~
PUblic and ~ InvltN all 01 you ~plv Wv callV\! a coUpl.;. of agvnct~
and ....~ t.llkoid to a bunch of tht' brothm and Slstvrs Who had just
gotwn tooo st.lmps Anoth.;or thing. at Fr~ Lunch Som~ Um.;.s It
cl~s down ~USi thi church(>S or thi IndiViduals lust.th.;.ri art
tmpty days, Wh.;.thvr you know about It Thm .....m threv tmpty
days In a rc.w at Frev Lunch last month. So somt of thi vilry poor(>St
Who actually Sltpt und~r th.;o bridgvs In Iowa City camv around and
said hty man ~ just got our (000 st.lmps lvts htad on down W~11
fm thtst ptOpl~ up at (Oll~v Gr*n pari: In thv stylv that th~y hm
niv.;.r b.;o(ln tV\! at Fr* Lunch TM nUlrlU"nal qua1tty at Frw LUnch IS
also som~thlng that ~ Wi/rit trying to addrvSS. Anyway that IS
anothtr Issuv, TMso; ~plt pullVd tog.;.thtr all thm tood sbmps and
bought a S r 10 worth o( tood at tht coop and ttd OVir 50 str~t ptOplv
In th& next thrN days, Evvryone said how do ~ do it and ~ saId ~
s))fnt a WhOI& months w<>rth o( monty ot tood sbmps on this And
tM brothtrhood and clOStntss and tmoUonal bOnding that happvntd
during that pvrlod was un~Jlvvablt. Thm Is a good group of
conscious homtless and poor and r know that r gUtSS tht word str*t
poopliJ and homtl~s kind ot Mr out ot vogUiJ, r undtrstood about a
month ago. I wasn't InvolvY<! In that and r don't know anything abOut
It r am ritally sorry but that is What Wit arit, Wit art str*t ~pl.;.
and Wit arit homolvss PiJOplit and ....'& ar& ~plo) ....ith insulllc!&nt
housing and I put up WMn OM of my brothm and slstm want a
plac& to crash, tMy know Ulty can comv to 1M and awut thr* or tour
otho)r ~pl~ Will gvntrally try to find a placiJ, You know what can r
say, r am not a saint. r am just wanUng to hiJlp Out. r hm got thr*
kids and th~y aro v~ry iJnrlchoo by this &xp.:rl~nee TlI~lr lives ar& so
much rlchvr for this, Th& brothvrhood to g&t oth~r poopl. tog&th&r
our thm Is lncroolble, PltasiJ conUnue tv 1&1 us know Nv:,1 Ume you
hold somvthlng that aHv<ls us, WlII you pltasv bring announc~mvnls
to (r* lunch WOUld you pleas& mal:v sure that you s~nd SOm&OM
over to Free LUnch PliJase send somoon& to EHP too and rnay~ liv&n
OVP, And con bet mv !:aren ~ubby IS a ac,:ess p-trson for mt (ont.Jet
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mt I WIll d? 1M runnlng I WIll do th. foot ....'Jrl: I WIll do COplM of
things Than!:s to Jim at l.;ophyr Il~ is always r~ally good for cauY.-S
I lust met a Nuplt of strwt ~pl(land tho:y S,1ld Ulat tl3Slcally thvy
m lust sm~ w comt Mrt I mH thtm on tht way ovtr Ont or
thtm said you handlt It rt31 ""tll. you LJII: ro:-al good, you go ror It So
Mrt I am and I want you wasl: mt any qutstlons you wan~ gtt
Inrormatlon. mal:e app"lntments. Whatmr I ""11 try W Mlp out I
hm Mver dOM thiS bo)fort I hm nmr tntt you p-:ople I'm lust
IIYlng W sptal: for What I s~ In the community I !pprtcla~ It
Thanks a lot
I:Ubbyl ~I. put the 'M)rd out that I WIll bo) at Frw Lunch on Wwn~day
washing dishVi so I WIll bi avallablt., so It UliY want W wash dlShH
and 1.111: w mt thty can,
Bo.\V11 Wt ....~uld ctrbinly 00 WIlling W wash dlshYs, Anything "'Of can You
guys want w gttlo community actlvlUts DaM, Who 15 In a Wh*1
chair, actually said that U you ar€' gOing W bUild any MW housing
sh,l~r that ht Is going to 00 thtrt, /It IS gOing to havt a hammtr In
his hand, Okay, Thts. peoplt art ready and WllUng Just call them,
Thank you.
Novl Put your nam, and addrVis on th, list and you WIll 00 contact.)d,
McDI Thank you,
Rilla Orcutll I 'M)rk as a homtltsS advoca~ attht community mtntal htalth
(en~r. I want to commend tM CHAS and tht proc~s and I hm bo~n
really grattlul w bt a part of It I fwl U!:t a lot of tht Issu~ and tht
plan tor tht CHAS Is rtally 'M)ndtrfullr ~ art going woo t.1l:en
~rlously and done, I am nervous about the ract that it might bo
rhtwrie. Thatsom& or thi Issuvs that I s* as !>vlng rtally urgtnt
n~s W 00 addr~m and not lust staltd and that IS part or my
conCtrn, I r*1 Uk& ...... hm sttn a lot 01 st.1tt cuts and budgtt cuts in
gintral, That has w aU&ct our tlnanclal sltuaUon and thattht city has
W takt somt or thl) r~ponslbllity W mal:t surt that somt 01 thiSt
(onctrns or sUPP"rltd Strvlcts, That issUtS IIkt pi am IIl:t utt 51:11I5
art wing cut Hlllcrtst Community Smlcts art btlng cut Wt art
asl:lng w txp3nd supporttvt smlcts That IS What OM 01 1M major
issuts. W& arot S*lng major major cuts In thvsv svrvicts. And that J
think It Is Important vspvclally ror mtnLJlly tII ~pl& W hm Illoso)
suppvrUv& svrvlcts and Illat wv could pottnttally prmnt
hom&l~snvss Ithlnl: Ill~r~ IS dHlnl~ly a lacl: or hoUSing in hm, I
Ullnk Illat th~rt is a lacl: or ~rclcltn'lvS I thlnl: Ulat, you I:now I. Il'vo?
M~n supp"rUvt 01 SRO's, I 'M)uld agrlN Illat It would M grvat Ir wv
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could gtt etllcltncl~ lns~ad 01 SRO's , but at t1I1S point now t11~h; a(~
many ~plt Who don't havt any mOMY at all and (~nnot allord to
IIvo almost anyWhm Tht'(t"s no support and so II .....~ got som~ HUD
mon..y to cr..at. SRO'i or imall illlclincy unlt& t1lal wuld rvally t...
wMllclal to our community What tlst was I gomg to say? Also aboul
tM vouchm. Which Ithlnl: IS 3 r~ally ImporLlnt ISSUv (thlnl: that
thiS, that 1/, you I:now,tht city LlI:~ Il a ml. Jthlnl: It could ha'N a
rvallmporLlnt ro!o) In provldmg tnc~nttvvs, When. you know. we hm
mOMY Is glm to ~pl~ that thtly hm> to acc~pt vouchm, I can'15*
prOViding some mont~ lor our commumty landlords WlUIOUt making a
priority to acc~pl vouchers,
I:ubby / Do you hm somi s~tltcs In t~rms 01 Whal kind ollncvnllvvs
you'ri thlnl:lng 011
Oflutt/Jknow What wi'vi!mn Lllklng abou~ I'Vi !mn wrl:lng on 3
community and a community group trying to g"t ~twr r"lationshlps
With landlords and ti!nants, The things that hm Imn ooovllClal to my
clI"nts and r"lationshlps With thtlr landlords IS some InwmnUon
When they levl Ulat prOblems arise, And J've!mn able to help wme
01 my ~pl" malnLlln thvlr housing 1/1 g~tlnvolv~ and thty 1(0&1
thire Is somebody to call or somebody to h"lp through a prOCiss 01
mayoo som&body WhO Is mentally ill WhO nms some support 01
servlc&s, That IIthtllr hous" Is dewrlorating and they 1*1 concorn lor
tMlr pro~rty,that som~body Is alort~ and that som~thlng g&ts donv,
And Utat mayl;oo) hav" some lunds to help ~pl~ do some rehab W1)rk
to make pro~rty m*t COO& r~ulr&ments that don't don't m%t COO&
requlr"m"nts at this time. So that could l;oo) an Inctlntm,
Y.ubby / So th" city could help r"hab so It would go up to COO&?
Orrutt/ Right.
Y.ubby / So tMn thi &:<<hang" would 00 they tako a tenant on ltas~ housing,
Otruttl Um.huh. Or make It either, I don'
t know 1/ you can say that you have to take Im(olj hoUSing, I don't know
how Ulot works I Ullnk Ulat tMy have to, I am appall~ by Ult) lact
that most 01 tho landlords In this town don't accopt it. Flat out don't
accopt It. It Is OM thing 1/ Uley d~ld~ Ulls t~nant doosll't hay!) good
rvl&rvnc~, That's not (lv!)n an Issuo They n&vor ev(on gOla chanco to
del end their rolerences, They say no, Wit don't Llke It. They don't
take county assistance, We don't take vouchm We can hav!) as
many vouchers, W!) could have a thousand vouchors right now and It
wouldn't do that much good Without th~ pro~rty
Horow/ Rltta, I would IIko to explore this at UIl) risk 01 walking into a
quagmlro here, ~aus~ J cannot Imaglno tMs~ landlords shoWlIlg up
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and gIVing ~m~ 01 1M ri'J~ns tn pUbll': as /I' WIly (My no I"ngt'r
accept tM voucMrs But ror 019 SJki or dISo:USSlon, Ul\llandlords Ula!
I hav(l hwd rrorn It IS not a matM 01 01\1 r~lvrvncvs 01 tM fXIOplv
WIlo m shoWIng up Ulvn It IS Ulv past hlStfJry 01 Ul~ trashing 01 Ul~
ap3rtm~nts 01 prvvlous wnants That Uliy havv built up thiS Iwllng
011 WIll 00 damned III WIll accipt any morv voucMrs I gUioSs my
qu~uon to you IS In Ul~ situations WIlm you hm Ulat Intvrlac(lo
Ulat pvr~n Ulat has Mlpoxl HW\I you ~n abl\l /I) alrnO'>t hm a
graduat(l 01 your Int(lrv(lntion, ~ you S~ Ulat Ulat sUcks That thos~
~ple WIlo are l1elf*d WlUlI-:l's Sdy housing k~ptng stills or that
~rt 01 Ullng. Ooxos that l.lki Obviously th\lr(l ar& gOing to ~ $(Imll
(>VOple WIlo m just not capabli 01 Mlplng Ulim~lvliS In the IttUv
malntinanci around Uli house or WIlawVir.
OHuttlln my ca~, I work WlUl a lot 01 menl.llly III pvoW tMntal UlniS,
~nds to 00 cyclical. Silmebody d~sn't colli'Ct gart>3ge or ma~ havoc
In their apJrtment all Ute tim(l. But they might hm a po:rlod 01 tim(l
where they are e~rlenclng thetr Illness and hm or do things that
might ~ po:rc(llved as very d(lStructm and may hm to go to th(l
hospital. Ol~n In that Um(l th&y g&t ovlcW rrom their housing. It an
In~rvention can ~ taking place at that point and thvy are not evicted,
then you c!(lan up thi apartment and you slart all OVir again, I know
many landlords that hm very r~&ptivi, Theiy might say that It Is
hard but their propo:rties'lt maintains at the sam.) Iml. Al~ the
transitions ~metimes (>VOple do git evlcte-j, And rightfully evlc~.
TM transitions can ~ ~t~r done, TM supportive smlces might ~
n~~ry ror somebody who has got~n evlc~ to go Into a next until
May~ to hm mor\l supportiv\l sirvlces, I think that In ~m\l caS\lS
~mi pvople might nm to hm supportive servlcliS lor vvry long
~rm,
Horow/l guess I am pUShing you. Whm m thi supportiv(o mvlm going t
com& rrom, For Instance. the cuts art&\t the SChool or soc. Work, I
hav(o probl(oms trying to Hgurl) out wMr9 Ul&S1) supportive svrvtcos.
Ortuttl That Is WIly I am coming out hm I kind 01 1*1 like It Is going to
hm to come Irom the city Silmehow ~'Vi got to ma\:o'
Horow/You mean moro city omployovs
Oltult/llo, I Utln\: Wi Mod to pro~t In somi ways thi supportive smlc(os
that almdy olilst
Horowl That m&ans &Ith&r mOMY or labor and WIlm would that COffi&
(rom
Oltult/ Po~ntial grants That IS my malor ISSU& WIth saying looY. WtJ hav~
this plan, Ills looking really gOoxl on p3PtJr but Ir W'J don't hm the
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mOMY to support It UI~n ~~ m h'!lIy gomg to ~ In troubl~ Right
now ~ ar~ ~Ing a rt3uy big crlsts conc~rntng tM m~ntJlly 111 W~
hm'losllM Mills. ~ hm losl bo:ods altM Unlv lIosp Thm af(o 6
bYds lost Right now It IS gOing to t~ g3ln~ but In thiS mom~nl fight
now It Is a CrISIS And th~r" ar, gOing to w a lot of ~plv on th&
str*l Or a lot of pwplt that art gOing to sUllyr t+:autv of that CrISiS
And Wt m nol planning for Il
florow/lt you had a ChOIC" to ma~v ~~)uld you say thal mort monty would
~ pUllnto supportlvo? StrVICEoS such as hoUstk*plng skills, aSSIStlng
tht ~pl, who art In th~v aP3rlmvnts, making UllS transition or
would lM mOMY rath.;.r I>> put In acquIring PUbliC hOUSing
Offultl Thoy n~ to bt doni In both. I think that wv nY+J to havv low
Incomt housing but I also thin!: that Wi! neo."o(\ supportlvt mvlcEoSand
thall am not surv about tht ~rcvntJgv. But I think that It would bY
a mlstak, to thin!: that wy would bt abl, lo succt5sfUlly maintain
po:opl& In hOusing Without $Om, supporUvv s&rvICEoS
Kubby 1 And som& ollt Is going to como Irom a group 01 ~plv who hm
oovn mNUng monUlly or bl.\ml:ly or whatmr, W& rvally nNd a
nam, soon, Wo m pooling our r';'S(iurcvS and vovrgy and gHUng ov.;.n
mori conn~Wd and lnlorlwin&d In lh& support mvl"s
lmplom&ntatlon and giving of the support so:rvlm, We can't do It In
Isolation of each otMr,
1I0row/l gUtsS I hm ~n Ullnl:lng along lhos& IIMS In wrms of lM
various soureiS for granLS, TIle ROOOlt WOOd Jollnson foundation for
Instancy, In wrms of prevvntlvv Mallh,
Offutt/I Utlnl: If Wt don't do lhat I am r.;.ally concyrn~ about Particularly
for lh, m&ntally III, Ilhlnk lhal ~ havv s(-o/n Slim.;. mcEoSSEoS Wllh
Jmpli lhat hm "*n on Life S1:l1ls, Tllat have had SAL svrvle~,
Supvrvlsvd AP3ftmvnt Living Il:now lhat wv m loslng.W& ,m nol
lOSing lhO* svrvlcts onUfvly, But wv arv dliflnt~ly got significant
cuts In thWl sorvlc&s, I am eoncornM that the my IS aware oflh&
fact lhat lh&S& ~rvlCE1 hm oovn cut slgnlflcanUy aM Ulat Wt mlghl
have a lot more mentally III Imple In our shelt~rs and homes 1:<<3us~
lh&y are going to Wind up on Ul~ str*t 1 am not saying UlattMy
\~n'l wind up on tho strM If WI) gvt supporUvl) s~rvt((o$ bull lh III I:
Ulat a lot of pYOpl~ would gvt assistance and probably WI) Wo)uld
stgnlllcanUy r&<lucy homolvssn.;.ss,
lIorow/lt'8 a lug. Wo havo got ono sourco 01 monoy rtght now for Ivt's say
WlUlln lh& Mxt ym,
Offutt/llhlnk Ulal Ull) mon&y oXists fro I1v~ryUllng If WI) pool~d our
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rmurc\>$ 8<<.1U'~ gr.1nts ler ,up~ruN !o)rYI~~ m not tM IJffit
gr.1nlS lor Musing For r~lIuUdlng MUSing TMt It IS not tMt ...~ m
gOing to ta~~ a\~y lrom tOmHhlng It IS a m3tteor 01 gCotUng th~o)
SoirVICVS In plac"
l:ubbyl To r~ally .1ggrvsjlvtly do tMso? gr.1nts and put th, ....'I:.rd out
tvtrywMrt and wnw .1 hundrtd grants. you might got 17
OlluttJ ll:now lor alact I S* a grant Thm 15 a M~l:lnMi' grant lor
5MI~r. not 5Ml~r, lor tmsluonalllOuslng I nmr SoNn tM grant
until probably 2 days ago. It IS dut!):t ~ I Thm m prob3bly mort
PfOpltlool:lng at Ulat grant right now It IS th~ kinds 01 things that
III s.3W tht grant il month ago It IS Y.lmtthlng w rNlly nw.lto
pursu+. I thln~ that It could N uS+J and I thln~ that II thtr+ was
somtbody that rtally pursutd somt 0/ thos./y.jml grants bo,\(aus~ I
thin\: that IS Whm thi monty Is and that 'r.~ could do somt mauhlng
Thm art a lot o//y.jml program51l1:t tht Johnson Foundati<on and
thty hm ~ndtt/ul, But UloiY hm a lot 01 mOMY
HONWI You havt to 5tructurt It Y.I that It 1001:5 Ilktl What thtlr thtm(o IS lor
tht ytar. II you could proy(o that It IS prmntivt Malth
OlluttJ WtllI,lt Is d(ollnl~ly prmntiyo health,
Horow/l appr+elali your diSCUSSion,
McDI Thank you,
Kubby 1 Actually, now ....,ould N a good Um+ to put out th+ call/or a landlord
Who maybt has b%n burntd on It3sOO hOusing to takt a rlSl: With tht
support ~rvlCi group and to ~ tr It would ~rl:, Invltt you to git a
hold 01 Rita or Pat
Pat Miyor/l hm Mon ~rl:lng WlUI this group w<aUSi 0/ my hustrauon
about this,
McDI Pa~ just on+ mom+nt Mort you go ahtad, I do want to glv+ mryon+
thi opportunity to 5~al:, Anna, you hm alri'ady bWn up also. Just
a momtnt pltast, Is thllr, anyont olso) In tht au,jttnct Who has not
had thi opportunity to ad1r~s tho council on thiS IS5U(o that \I.'Ou11
Ilko to 00,
Mary Lmw/l hay. smral commtnlS hm tonight that I wouH Ilkt to
addrtss Tht lact that ptOpl(o Irom Ult 5htlto1r haYo) not s*n lit to
com, to this mwUng IS r(oally sad. Wt hm had tht bUIl,Un on our
bullo)Un board all w*k and wv hm talktd about lor a month or
mort, TIlat tho) CHAS Is ~lng lormi'<! and po:oOpl~ Mtd to hm Input
Into thoS& pr.x~tngs, As you alll:now I am Sltt~Uy In lavor 01 slngl~
PfOple. I 1(001 that Wit havt a largo numboir 0/ programs that aro
d&dlcaw.t to UI~ lamlllo?s and rlgllUuny so TMrt IS nOthing mOIO
Important than our youngsto?n But thort aft) hundrtds 01 ~plO In
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IMntally and ~motJonally that n~~j to haw our support anlj our hoJlp
Bt'thatln g~ltJng ~mploym~nt or Mlptng th~m outrtght In g\'tulig
mental or phYSical or m9dlcal mlsl.!nc~ Wr, hm ~rhapi 30. 35
~pl~ atth~ shell~r tonight Prob3bly 7.601 Ihl)S(< ~pl~ are
tmployabl~ I know a lot 01 ~plt hm tho Id~a that ~'>Cau~ \IN
hm strong Malthy looking Individuals at tht sMI~r that thty should
all 00 out gHung a lob TMy should all w....,orklng But WIItn you
constd~r th~tr backgrounds and tht IndivIdual ~rs.,ns thm you
r~allz~ that notallth~ F*Oplt can N out ~rktng Wt aft> l~'oojlng
anYWllm lrom 65.120 pwplO mry night Tht nights Ulatth<- lr~
lunch was cJos~ down wv had 125 ~pl. lor ,up~r U10H vVvnlngs
~USt th~ p..~plt W"i sl.!rvtng, POOplt Who m hom(oli'ss and
WIIo aro amongst 1M unomploy~ ~nd to storv up no'.... ~auso tMy
don't I:now Mw much lood tMy ar~ gOing to hm tomorrow So Wi
rtally m ~ung out COOl: an,j our lactltU~ at th(o sMlt(or by lmlng
all 01 th~ ~pl~, But 'fM hav~ put on a WQnd~rlul m~al mry night
01 thot ym lor 365 days a ym. TMr~ Is nmr a night WIItn our
sh(ol~r dovs not o~n at 5 o'clock TMrt) Is nmr a timo Wh<,n w
don't hav(o stall on duty to tatot mot of all kinds of mvdlcal
vmvrgvnct~ and <-motional crlsts, husb3nds and \',1v~ abusing and
batwrlng onot anothtr, This morning I took a g(onU(oman to tM VA
Hospital at6 o'clocl:. H9 had ch(o(l:~ hlmsvlf out of thm at II o'clock
last night b<<ilus(o he wasn't happy WIth the trtatmvnt h& was
rv.:ttvlng. A Coralvlllt pollc(oman brought him to m(o, Af~r hot cool\'l1
down and c3lm\'d down h~ was rolady to go back to th. hOSpital This
Is all In a night's ~rk, So I want &'ItryoM to roall.ot that a lot of our
~pli Who comithrough our shtl~r that W~ help are translints, If
Wot can work through thv probl(om thatthiY hm at that particular
moment and get their problem addr~s~ and s~nd Lhim b.lCI:
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Larotw/A swp In tho right dlrotcUon. Thero Is a lot of mOMY n%de<! tor bus
transportation, For gasoline mOMY of for car r~PJlrs and for UI05o)
kinds of things Ulat can b& a bilndald solution to th~ Immvdta~
problom, That we can help this ~plo mm on and mOVo) to SOffiO
othor community Whorv they hm roots. Wo hm 2~. 30l of our
clients that are local Iowa City r~tdo)nts and th~o) art tho ,*,plo that
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to (\lilV>) Mr\l,
I:Ubbyl What ~mntag\lagaln
LomW/1 ...."uld say right now, I:mn. It IS around 30~ And U1~~ m ~pl~
Who. I hm addriSsM UIIS ISSU~ tvtor~, U1at U1~y want to stay Mrto In
U1& community, nl~y don't want to 00 pUSMd out but U1m IS no
plac~ ror U1~o ~pl~ to Ilv(> Th~ houstng voucMr sltuauon Is a crlsts
bo?caus~ no OM WIll rO:<oilv~ U1OSoi vouchons, TMr~ Is virtually no
landlord In Iowa City U1at WIll tak(> U1(>m WMn I rtrst startoo
~rl:lng as U10i Oir, or U1~ Sh(>lter In 19~a I startoo compiling a list or
~pl(> Who would acc(>pt vouchers bo:.cau$o) no on(> ~ls(> In town had a
list, And to UIIS day I hm got maYN a dozvn nam~ on Ulat list W&
guard U1~ nam~s vvry carerully, Thank you,
McOI Than\: you my much Mary,
Is tMr9 anyoM 91$0) Who has not had an opportunity to s~al: tonight Who
wanW<! to address Ut& council on UIls tlom, Pat,tv,'o mlnut~,
Pat tMyer II just want~ to state U1at part or U1~ problem IS I UIlnk WlUt U1e
voucher system Is Utat Utlsls a group Utat It Is my to sUgmaU:oi
Peopl~ Will tell m& U1at Unlv, students do U1at but I plan on U1al
Th&y trash apJrtmints but I plan on Utal I gUiss my analogy Is Utat
When people wouldn't mak~ arrvsts ror b.1ttero)(! women, Thiy
wouldn't most Ute assailant ~aus& womon always drop chargiS,
Tho studl~ started Indicating Utat b.1ttoro)(! womon didn't drop
charg~ any mort rr~uo)nuy Ulan anyoM &ISoi Who press&<! charg&s
against somebody Who assaulted Utem, It Is a ~rcipUon or a group, I
UIln\: Utat Is ont lssu&. I U1lnl: U1at Is SOm\lUllng again Utat wo n~
community support to 1001: at Yes, U1oro art a cort.1tn numoor or
piOple Utat ar& bad lonants and I Ullnk Utat W& hm a rosponstbiltly
as aginct~ to educato piOple aoout What e~taUons m, I also
think Utat again Utir. has !>tvn an onormous shltt In U1tlast 10 y.m
In U11s community In terms 01 hOSing stock, TM quality 01 hOUSing,
Lakesldo Is a plact I Utlnk or U1at wint Ulrough a major
r~mlopment So t~taUons or how piOple tal:oi car~ or U1at
pro~rty hm changed It used to W Utat It didn't matter Ir you
trashoo it !:<<aus. It was terrible anyway I UIlnl:.so ~ havo two
Utlngs going on, Wt'v. got wll9ro U1t cllmato has chango)(! so Uler. IS
more..lor piOplt to stigmau:& a cvrtaln group and Ut&n Ute qualtly has
Chango)(!, So YOU'V& raised &~t.aUons I don't I:now Ulat Ut. ~plO
Who aro USing Utos~ vouch~rs no:<~ssarily haviI M~n o)(!ucated to Utat
Tllat Is Whltr. U10 ag.ncl~s aro trYing to coordlnatlt Ih&lr resourc~s
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McOI Thank you, Pal
Ian RuU<i~/1 \\~uJd IUSl Ul:~ 10 add thH whal you d+s.;rlb(>d SUSiln IS
baSically dlsmmlnaUc,n Th311~ you h3V.~ a group Whos(o m,mt.vrs
ar.: priludg\'d bas~ on IMlr mimwrshlp tn that group. Public
housing lE>nants aro thiS w3Y P(oo,ipli WIth voucMr c+rUltcal(oS m all
this way And that In many r~po:oo:ts In hOUSing ....'(0 hm madi It
tIl+gal to ~1~mmln3t,(o l'md on mimbomhlp In a group For o:-2rnpl.:,
raCi Is now tIl~al Familiar status IS now a cal~ory that you can't
dlscrlmlna\.} basw upo~n and so on Wi hm nol rnad~ Itlll~al ~)
dlS(rlmlna~ ba~ on how you pJy your r(lnt That In many r(oSpo:<ls
you art much more s~ur. as a landlord whvn you haY, a l,nant
InyolYid In this program W\au~ tM majority oltM r,n~ somt Um.:s
almost all of tht r+n~ m guaranlOo.~ from a rtasonably d(~p and
se\urt pockot And you can also Insist on dtposlts m so on TMrt Is
also 50010 r.:coursolO th(o PHA In C3S(o 01 probltms.
Horowll can ask you about that That IS OM thaI I re\all now thaI has ~n
brought up, It I am not mlstdl:(ln Ron can (orr<<t m~ on this, Tht
s<<ullty dtposltls not glYtn In advanco, That Ul. landlords c.1n only
gtt It at tht ond afoor tht porson has Itll Is that corre\~ Ron,
l\tcaust that has stuck in the craw 01 a num~r 01 r*OPlt who have spoken
WIth mt,
RUU(~&I Thirtls a Umlt on tht amount 01 tho d~po$lt that may 00 (hargid,
TIlat IS fodmllaw, TMy cannol (hargt a d(opo$tt hlgMr than Ul(o
amount 01 tht \.}nanls shart 01 Ult ront or S50 or wl\at,(oYir IS grtalir,
It Is glvtn up fronl
Horow/ltls given up Ironl
RUU~tl Surt, Then It Is also a ctrtaln amount 01 damag~ that thtlandlord
can go back against tht Housing Authority lor
Horow/ls that usually &qual to what thi damagll Is, (s thoro any stdUsUcs
I.on this,
RuU(!6t/1 cannot say, My point Is Is that tJ) dlscrlmlnat,(o against mirnbirs 01
this group Is as unfair as any kind of dlscrlmlnaUon mr IS And that
tllandlords ort uMasy about bad \.}nants thty havo many /(oSOurcts
avallablt to thorn to llIter out t,(onants who art not gOing to 00 helpful
and good and dtslrable tenants and that to dlscrlmlnat,(o against this
whole group 01 f*Oplo Is lust what Is dls<rlmlnaUon
Y.Ubby / L1nda,ln our Human Rts. ordlnanco, sourco ollncomo In thll am 01
housing IS a pro~ted group, Is It nol Source 01 Income lor some-thing
IS a protected group, Isn't It Source 01 Income And WIlY IS II lllat
Ime<! housing Isn't consldtre<! sourcv ollncomll
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Golntryl 111 IH Jan am...."1r Uut
f:ubby II \\~uJd II~~ to +xplort tMt
G,ntry III you want a "mus answvr I WIll hm to do "jm~ digging Alii
(an t~1I you IS from u.; Si\onslltuUonJI SlJnd~lnt th\l V S supr~m\l
Court dws not H~(>6nt:v (~OnOrnlCS as a proloi<lo.ld <1m undtr th~ V S
J ConsUtul!~n That I know That lHlw
RuU\~vl Tht City of 10....'3 City dcts hm an "rdln3",. Which mlk~ It lII'lial
to dts<rtmln31~ In hoUSing bmd on sourct of Incomt but not on how
thv f(lnt WIll N PJld Illlln~ tllat tM argum.nt could w mad~ that
thall' vtlry slmll" to tht hOUSing vouch+rs and c+rUflca~ I don't
know, It bas n+vir ~n tvsW In Nurl Whoth.r thaI 'M)uld t04
suffldtnt or not I Ultnk that II 'M)uld bY mort bvlpfuland <1m If. for
,X3mplt, thm ~r(l an ordlnanc(l $.lYing that II was not p.Y.Slblt to
dlscrlmlnaw basOO on bow r,nl WIll t>t p31d Th,r. ar, again l~
staws that havo) dOM that on a SlJ~ ....'d, t-3Sls Mm and ono) oUlvr
lItW England SlJlt,
~Ubbylllas that ~n cballtngts at all.
RUUjJ6t/ln ont ,tattl know thty bad to go wck and amtnd thtlaw
af~rwards b<<.1USt p+oplt WYr& saying IllS not tov<aus. of th, Sf(. 6
program as such,llls all of lllat PJ~r work that gOYs along WIth It
Thty chang~ th.la~1 to say that you can not dls<rlmlnato basVd on
how th, rtnt WIll bt paid or tht paptr ....,ork that gotS along WIth tht
ptrson WIlo pays tht rtnt. As far as I kno\...th~ol t\\'O art> t>nfof((.j
today, I don't know jf thty ~r. dlr~t cMlltng.>s to tholm or not I
could find out mor,lnformaUon,
r.ubby II ~uld II~. mortlnformaUon on that I think Ilia I IS ~m(lthlng to
look at I know tht Human RlS, ordlnanc(lls const.Jntly btlng
rtvltwVd ,
Courtneyl Seemsllkt a common thrtad thaI II gOing through from J 101 of
sptakers hm as a malor prOblem. I ....\iuld IIko to hm that IOOI:td at
Gtnll'y I TIl& qUiSUon.1 think UJat Ul~r~ IS a commlt~ that Anne Burnstd~
Is Wl>rklng With to r~wrlt~ th~ Human Rt.s Commls~l~n ordlnanc~,
Larsonl Ont of thi pracUcal mattm, I c~rtalnly don't o>>:us9landlords
turning down for that rN~n It IS 1000X\:usabl~ As a pracl!cal mat~r
What (aus~ It In som9 sense Is that thty don't nnd to lJkt th~
voucb~r to g~t thilr apt rent~ So It you bad mori housing stock
avallabl~, that probl~m i3Ses, If ~mwne lias a chotcv M.....wn taking
a voucher or not gotUng any rtnt from anyoO(o It IS a dlffervnt kind
of chotc~, Causv and &ff(ot;t Uloiro) also
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I:Ubby /But th~ r~ahty IS IS that th& housmg marktit IS Sl) light that ...\'...n II
\Iev buill hundrNs or units tll3tlt ....\iuld SlIll t* S<j light Ulat J don't
Uunk your argum~nt would actually hY" Its~lr out m our community
Larson/ W~ may nmr bv aN& to hm th, kind or occuPJncy that $Om...
clti~s hayv but Ulat I am not so SUf& that hundrNS of units 'n\')uld
mal:e an appf9<lable dlffmnco
I:ubbylln po:oplo's IndlYldualllY&i It would In lvrms or your argument
Larson/It won't mal:o thi' probl9m go away That IS fOf SUfe,
I:ubby I Thm Is so much com~Ullon out thm
McDI Anna, you wanW a final two mlnuU-S Bob, Is that What you ari' up
theft fOf too, TMn this phis going to 00 om
Anna WagMf II want to comment and I^'Vple did a prvtty good lob about
this busln&is about F~pl, on any kind or holp OOlng ltasMfs Of
haVing that I:lnd of f&putatJon. I am Mt on vouchm Wish I did get
OM but I don't I hm gotlvn Mlp from Oenml ASslstanc.... I haY,
nvm ltash~ a plm In my Ilfi' And usually Whon I moyo.' O\lt of
thOfO It looks a Mil of a lot bvtt.?r thon wMn I moY~\oj In . As far as
trashing Is concorn~, coll~v kids and othor ~plo do thvlf shm too.
To m& that Is just an v:<<u~, I wish thm W.lS a law In Iowa that
thHt 3r& In two oUltr sl.llvs that thty hm to l.lk& vouchm b<oc3usv
again, I am rt~aUng myself, I think it Is a sham that tM fooml
govvrnment will give out something and tMn Wt can't get it and use
Il TM po:opl& W110 n&OO Il I just want to say a COUpl9 of oth~r ullngs
r~ally qulcl:ly, I don't I:now it this Is a approprlat~ or not but I r~ally
want to do Il I want to thank Of ~mrn9nd Pat M9Y9rs DVP and Kay
Hall Social ~rvlc&i Gi'noral Asslstanco.Johnson County Soc, ~rvlc&i
who hm holpoxl mt In Um&i of crisis whon I mlly n&\\tj~ it Of I
would 00 homoltss, I hm ~n hom&loss onc~ and I would 00
hom&!eoss mOft than thaUf thoy hadn't slvppoxl In and fvally did
somothlng right away wMn things foil aPJft for me, I want to Ulank
thOS& two poopl& tor OOlng outsl.lndlng poopl&. I got OM mOf& thing
to say and this Is In contradlcUon but It Is not i'tthor WMn you haY~
funds I would rath~r s* thOS& funds go to homel&is and poor po:opl&
dlfO(Uy though than any mort agency stuff It theri' has to bv a
cholc& 111:& Ms, Horow, suggtS~. I moan as a poor ~rson that IS how
I fo&\. That Is slvpptng on somo toos but homolossness Is a t./mbl&
thing, J also rathof sov funds gOing for homol,ss than fehap. That IS
slvpplng on some moro toos but I hm to say that Thanl: you vtry
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~b W~ISh/llust wanW to th!nk you ror holding thiS phi hav~ w.:n at a
numwr 01 th('5>! through tho yms and I r&ally appr~la~ thiS OM I
gu~s I 31~ wanW to oxprvss appr~latlon to th~ Who spo!:&
tonight !lot only lorm ag~nclvs but thos~ rrom positions 01 n*<!
Unllkli ~mli ~rs>)ns, I would (.mphast:, again I do not lixpv<t that
you as a city counctlas tho? Mtlty 01 Iowa City Will bIi abl~ to ~lvli
this prObl&m. I Ullnt. that It IS ~slintlal that thvrli l~ as m~h!nlsm
lor tht utlllratlon 01 all tho? rewurcliS or thiS community, I don'thm
the ansmrs to all 01 th~ Ullngs I am In 1m wtU, this community,
TM per~n Who s.lld this was a m<..;ca as sur<- right. I do have a
1~lIng and a conviction that lor this community, the goal 01 prOViding
dofClint housing lor mryont Is a practical goal, And II you all would
hlilp and othlirs would hlilp In stttlng Up:l m~hanlsm 01 corpora~
planning and utiliZing all 01 tho r~urc~, I thin\: that It call b& mol
And SUsan wMn you melltlon~ about do you USt money Mre or uso?
monty thm. I gUtSs I am now at tht point In my litt Whtre I am not
sure that mOI\&Y IS always the solution. You know thm might bt
Whol. rtlationshlps 01 adoptlvt grandparents Who would rtally help,
I guliSs that alii am saying to you Is I think, and I don't want to bt
playing a rtcord again. I think that the planning prO(~s that the
Ecumtnlcal ConSUltation Is pro?slintlng to you Is ono? that could utlllzv
all th~ r.~urclis and come up With some very creative ways In
which this total community end all the r~urcliS and I gUtSS I haVt
~n surprlS<od at how m!ny poople, memblirs of tho ctty council,
watch this program on ~levjslon Bt<ause WhM I was Mre not too
many wooks ago aoout cabl, tv, a numbVr 01 said My, I saw you on
lv, I would ho~ that those Who art IIs~nlng tonight would r.;Jllze
that thm ar& things that thliY can do, And that toglither.toglithtr, not
the ctty, but all 01 us tog.thvr can rtally ~lv& this problem, I think
that It can bIi dOM. I guliSs I just wanW to again thank you all and to
thank thOSt wllO spoke tonight.
McDI Thank you ~b, You had a Ilnal commvnt you wanW to mako Y.mn
Kubby II just had two things that I Ulought mrt) miSSing rrom tilt WAS or
not.maybli It Is In thort but It Is not vxpllClt so I am not SWing It, On&
olthom Is somothlns that f1aoml brought up last night that wo hm
talkoil about bvloro and that Is land trusts, If wo would mr ~nd up
doing somo kind or Sycamorl) project again or Sy~amoro VIl)w proltct
that WI) do ~mo kind of land trust To at Imt discuss that at somo
point In Ult rtVt yoar strategy So Ulat wllon homos m then sold that
thoy stay Within thl) allordablo rango and thoy don't set back out on
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1M r~ulu mJrI:H Th(l ~n(lrgy and mon~y Uut tho) city an,j Jmpl~
put In to It .mn't lost arl~r lho) IIrst g~llmllOn or th~ IIrst hQrM
buy~r Th(l s<'\ond cornm~nl was about coot*raum Slnctlllv(lln a
coop I '* how Wy hm t1v., Sll'uclur~ alld WY hav., 30,35 P'i',pl., In
flv. SlI'UCtUM ....,th allordabl., up to grad., housing, WaUl as lot or
support wrVIC.S ....'thln that housing 1 know that It IS m.,nuon~ In
pnvalt non.proUt group and thv thing that Imp.xl~ coot*rauv~
1I0UrtShlng In thiS commulltty m zonmg cod~ I know Ulat IS
mtnUonM bn.,lIy but I ho~ that ont of tht many things In r(lvlo)wmg
our zoning coo~ wuld Includv coopvrauv~ TM only way
cOClt*ratlv~s can bit In thi' city IS undvr Ult bvardlng houst ZOM And
sorn+tim~ thaI Is InapprOpr!alt plac<o for a coop to W Som+Um.,s a
slnglt family unit IS thi most appropnaw :onv for a coop 10 bit. So I
~uld Ilk" us to "A'Plor+ thalmnu+ also. IllS a good pooling of
r~urc~ so that WY can hm thaI 20~ bvlow marktl valut r~nl as
WYllas paying v.,ry IllU., rnoMY for food WhiCh Mips out 10WYr
Incomt PNplt trtmtndously. I don't know If th+ CHAS can look at
othir St.3~ or fMml r~ulations but II you Itvtln a coop you can Mt
conutbu~ food stamp rnoMY for th., group buying. And I don't know
it rul&$ can 00 1I+:~bl" Within the county sys~m so that ~plv living
In coopmtive situations ~uld hm fvw.,r dollars of food stamp
mOMy but can conulbul(. to group buying t<<au* you hm moro
buying po\&Nr ~r dollar, And that would bo Mlpfu! to fact1lta~ that
kind of hOusing To op".n It up to Individuals SUCh as ~l Who havv to
hay, food stamps to surVlvt, SM can't bo In th, coop bocaus+ sM
can't cornt up With tht tl-:tra food mOMY as wtll as havt Ult rood
stamps. It ~uld opvn up that option for a Wholo.for 50~ of ~plo
of Iowa City almost
Novl ~ar.,n, can you clarify that, Why can't som~M like hitr Who has food
stamps not live in a coop.
!:Ubby I Well tho rulos m that food stamp r<<lpl+nts canMt parU~lp3to In
group buying Only your tamtly can us+ your tood st.Jmps Wo pool
our mOMy, I pay $70 a month tor food and a Wholtlot of othtr
strvlevs Within my houst, And B*l wuld Mt 00 ab10) to us+ h,r food
st.Jmp monoy for that pool so sM would hav& to comit up WIth cash for
that pool, ~ausv vv,nyont has to conll'tbuto to that pool. So It th&
food stamp rvgulation said that If you pool your food stamps In a
group HVlng situation it would opvn up coopvr3UV& hOUSing options
tor ~pl& on food stamF's
tlov lIt SvvffiS to mo Ul3t a coop n*<l not ro?qutrv coop".raUvv food bUYing
Oth&rs don't n<<&ssarily do that.
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I:Ubby I No But It gtv~ you mor~ bUYing po:lwr II you hm a P'>'I 01 mOMY
than II ~IIS bUYing Mr own lam and Ult?n th~ coop IS bUYing th~lr
own jam.
Courtn~y IBut that stamp rul~ IS not our rul~ that 15 Irdml.
I:ubby I I don't know how t1~i~bl~ thow rulon m I Wl)uld Uke us to look In
to that to sw II thm m ways that WI can ge?t ~:y:o!pUons 01 hm
t10lQblUty WlUlln that I don't know II they m s~adlast or not I am
aSking US.thlsls ono way 01 o~nlng up hoUSing opUons by I'~klng at
100<1 stamp r~ulaUons,
Horowl I Wl)uld Uk~ to comm~nt LIz, I em glad you ~r~ hm this mnlng
I>>:au$o I hav~ a concorn about tho Issuo you addr.md a numbvr 01
Umon, In this that has to do WIth maintaining attordablt own~r
occupllld housing opportunlU~s lor thosv Who art alrwady owning therlr
hom~ but are ~mporarlly In arr~ars with th~lr mortgage?, As was
polntlld out last night, In tho priority Ulr~, Thm 15 OM 01 tho)
programs that Is bo)lng proposrd is a loan program to assist ownm
with temporary loss or Income, Th& target groups W\)uld 00 low and
moderate Incom~, Th~ target ma W\)uld ~ City wido, I think Ulat Is
3ddrosslng what you m talking about I was glad Naomi r.mlndlld
mo about that last night That that 15 in horo.
Novl I don't think that was In the on~ yoar plan. I think It was In tho flvv
ym plan, That ~/3S OM ot my concerns last night, Wo might consider
moving It up,
MeDI Thank you, I do want to thank, on oohall 01 the council thank
mryone tor coming and giving your vl~ws and your Input on this
documont I think that WI had a pretty good sosslon tonight I think
that wv alll&3rnlld a IllU& bit Thanks tor coming,
I now d&claro this ph. c1osM,
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Reg~1I CouncU MoIling
October 15, 1001
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ITEM NO. ..
CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.
I, ConsIdlr In Ippolntmlnt to tho BOIld cl Eleetrlcl' Exlmlnorl
Ind Appelll lor I rlptlllnlltlve 01 tho public lor I lour'yolI
torm ending October 28, 1985, \Willllm Roddlck'l torm
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b, Consldor Ippolntmlnll to tho Rlverlront Ind Nltur.' Arm
Commllslon to fill two posltlonl lor tlvol'VOlr terml ending
Doeomber 1, 1804. (Torml 01 AI Robel Ind Douglu Janol
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hUbbyl' hm on~ It~rn I had m3ny calls today and ~ot stopp.:.,1 on tM
str*t by a rvport~r to g,t my rNcllon to som, 01 tht Ilom\'<omlng
palnllngs downto....'ll 'hadn't ~n thvm so , couldn't r~ally r~act I
mad, an ~>:tra trip do'o'/lltown aM saw tMm and ....'3S rval conwniod
about Imag~ry that was on ther, lor t"^> r~asons I) It was vvry
vlol~nt It was ~pl, ~lng burMd and ~plt g~ttlng th~lr n\'<ks
stvppe..1 on ' Hair ~Ing pUllvd And th~ p.:oplt Who tht vlolenct wa 5
~Ing doni against \'Nrt native Americans So, bv<auStt 01 tht IJUnt.
a/~r all 01 that listen, now' can't talk So thiS Imagery conc~rns me
for those t"^> r.ason$. ~ause It Is p&rp&traWd against a group of
p.:oplt and b<<ausv It Is v~ry violent Imagvry, And that Is not
SOmething that I n~marlly want to hm out thm In tht Mmt of
S(hool spirit 'found out today that Ann ROJd~ Is the p&rSo)n at tht
University who Will ~ taking comments about this, H~r nUm~r IS
356.0292, F*I fr* to give her a call, Dvfore p.:<)plt react , ~uld
encourago you to go and look at it for yours~If, Know What your own
reaction Is and give some ftfdb3ck to the UniverSity, Mort
ImportanUy, I don't lbtnk lbat it Is really a good thing to b3sh P90plo
mr the heads saying this Is racists and lbls Is vlol"nt ~apsv I am
biking against violence. But to find out maybo from Ann r{03dl olllco
What groups WIthin the UnlvtrSlty are doing the p3tntJngs and
WhethH the raCisms or violence Is jn~ntJonal, Just an jn~nUonal
picture that they aro putUng up Ulere so lbat they know What lbe!r
community's reactions Is to the Images Ulat thoy are portraying It Is
imporbnt that p.:ople look for lbemSVlves and d(<(lde for them~lvos.
Courtney I You are saying thor. are student groups p3lnUng them now.
Kubby II am not sure Who Is painting them,
McD/On store Windows,
KUbby IRlght They aro on store Windows,
MCDI A lot of the stores are contacto>d, TIlls Is part 01 Hom~omlng W*k
festivlUes, It has ~n going on for a nUm~r of y,m
KUbbY/IIII:o lbe Idea of th~ painting of UIO lbom It Is lust tho jmag~ that
m portrayoo ar~ disturbing,
McDI Normally It Is done by lbe various (ir*k hous,s, fraternlll,s and
sororities tnvolvoo In lbls,
Courtney I We had a private IndiVidual Who came for sevml years and
p31nWd our storo Window
Kubby I A stor~ own~r.manager "^>uld know Who pajnt~'<I Ulilr storo
Window. /I P'lOple wantvd to roact to thiS In somt way they could
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.;ontact tM store manag~r and lIn'J out and tMn tall: to tM ~pl~
Who actually did tM painting or Ul~ who SJnctionN It
I.3rson/llust WJIlte<! to publlel:~ th(o upcoming city cOlJnel1 ~lectlcn mght I
wouldn't do It If I had 3n oppt)nvnt bo.'l(3usv I don't want to u~ thv
pt)wer or Incum~ncy as any 3dvantag~ or anything, Th\o reason.and J
would ....~lcome a wrl~ In campaign as long as It wasn't anyon& any
gooo TM r~3son that I Ulought Ulat I could bring It up and th(o
reason That I thought Ulatlt was Important enough to bring It up was
that I didn't Ullnl: Ulat It ....,ould ~ pemlvM or os any big odvantag(o
ror mil, What I want to mate ~ple aware or IS Ulat Ole candlda~
really don't go to very many neutrally put on mnts and Uley hm
th&lr won campaign mnts at coU*s and Mlghborhood m*tings
There lust aren't all that many I lust wanlhd to encourage ~ple,
wMtMr It Is a nvlghborhood m*ting and service organization or CIVIC
group or wha~ver It s.to contact tile people up ror election and as\:
them If they will all come out ~au~ It Is a really (o~xell(ont
opportunity ror us to get the pulse of Ole community as ....'ell as for Ole
community to flguro out what Ole value of Ulvse candlda~ 3re, What
tMy stand for and whether thoy art compe~nt and all Ulose \:Inds or
things. Since I am not worried so much about Ole race In my
particular situation, I want to encourago, I usually go to th~ things
~auso of th~ opportunlti~, I was a little dismayed this ym that
ther& hmn't ~n all or Ulost) Ullngs yot, I wanlhd to oncourag&
people that not only would I go to those things but 010 othor
candlda~ would Iiko more opportunltios to In~ract wiUl Ule
community, WMre It Is not lust your supportm Ulat you ore rallying
but a neutral typo situation, I lust wantod to encourago pooplo and
remind them that that election Is not vory rar away. Nov. 5th, And
they should hav& some or theso opportunlti&S,
Nov/Thm Is a rorum thatmrybody could go to on Oct. 24th.
Larsonl Fool fr* to glvo 010 particUlars. TMy m somt), I don't moan to
say thatthm aron't any, Thm are 2.3 mor& Sc:hedul~ that I I:now
of. There ought to more, I Olin\:,
Kubby 10M or tho Inter&Sting things is Ulat thWI aro throo dltfmnt
organizations In tho community who have given council candlda~
quostionnalros, J don't I:now It tho public really \:nows about that. J
havo ~en watching local governm&nt and partiCipating as 0 candldato
for many y~ars and hm nmr had a questionnaire ~rore Jthln\:
tllat moans there Is more tn~r~t In U\e raco,
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c~ndldat(oS lorum l);t 2,th tn 1M mntng In 1M 10Wil City Public
Library. Opvn to tht pUblic. Inclul1lng thOSt at homt It WIll ~
t~ltvlk'kj and thm WIll N ~1,phoM qutSUons 7 30
Horow/I havt ~mtthlng lor Mr. Atkins thiS tvtnlng I hm comt across a
numoor 01 situations Involving school saltty. It ~ms to mt WIth tht
!ncrtasoo school population Utat w hm TM plpt) IInt-thtr, IS a blip
In th, pip' lint as It moves through Irom th, ~Itm~n~ry allth, Wily
to City IUgh, With 1M Increasoo d,nslly of our ntlghbOrhoods and
MW subdivisions. I am gttting a lot ollnformaUon about the lack 01
saftty rou~ for many of tht~ kids, Tht qutStion Is.wvlI, what ar&
tht othtr C\UtS dOing about thiS, OUr district covtrS mort than lust
Iowa city, Would you ~ able to tlnd out lust IilCaCUy what the (rlIMrta
do po:oOplt u~ for tratllc managtmtnt Jim Is fantJsUc going to UttSt
m~Ungs but M dM follow tht book I am Wglnnlng to question Ulat
w nffi1 to hay, somt ~rt of .In this Um, ollncrtaSN IltU, ~pl,
population, WMthtr ~ shOuldn't hm ~me sort of dtVlation from
Ute book.
Atkins I lIo, That Is fino,
Cubby/Or when dmlopmtnts ar& dtSlgn.xl,
Horowl I am mort concvrnid about right now, Y.artn, B<<auso tho bus
rou~"'S,lncrtaSOO tratlle, and lacl: of crossing guards. OUr saftty
commlttefl art stralnid,
Atklnsl I can do Utat
Kubby I Darroll has brought up tim, and Umi again dlttortnt 1Ights,
Horowl Ono of 1M Issu~ In ro<y(1Ing, I gtt an awtullol of ro<ycllng
maga:lnvs so I am not going to tJko mdlt for a lot of Utlngs I say.
Thtrt Is ono Utat (tally Intmsts mo and that Is prlco prtftrtnco and
proeuromtnl That wv not nO<&SS3rlly tako Uto 10WtSt bIds, For
instanct, pay IO.15~ hlgMr if Utt bid IncludtS ro<yclid ma~rlal or
ro<yelabltS, I wuld Ilkt to tnvtSugat& that Just OYolCuy what we m
~Iklng about. Wt could hm Utls prlc, prtftrtnc" WMthtr I) It
would bt IIItgat. 2) It wuld also 00 somtWllore Within a rtasonablo
price rang&
I:ubbyl AnoUttr way to do Utat Is to say that Wit hay, a pref&rrw ma~rlal,
That your pr&fmw ma~rlallS ro<yclablt and so that you can hm
that as an option, TMn, Ute lo.....'st bid of the prefemd ma~rtal That
Is how you wrd your spO<s,
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Thursday not<oS that \<.'\0 g<-t at our hout'~hold ror many YNrs Tho:-
~fo)ty commlttw over th~r. also Ius bo.~n talking about th~ lacl: of
mO'ltmvnt that \<.~ h3'1v had In thv f\3st yvar ~Incv thvy I.\lk~ to us
OM ot thv tho I~ms that I hm t.)lkvd about IS What I askvd about a
ym ago 3r~ th~ rvduced sP*d ::OnYS an'J thtllashlng y~l1ow Ughts
and lust tho) IlltnllltcJUon or school zonts I W3l(hvd as I drovo) to
Madison and Nct through a lot 01 small towns In WIs<onsln Almost
Invarlablt w ~ 5<hool zon~ Idtntltled TM lIashlng y~l1ow lights
comt on W11<<n tho chl!drtn artI out and th~y go olf at~r thvy 3rt on
Evtry ytar at UI9 SJmt Umo) that our 91emvnl.\ry s<hools start hm ~
3rt alSo) gvtllng a batch or Unlver. P<'Oplo coming In WhO dont know
Whoro tht 5<hool :on~ ar~ Mayw It w-ould cost a IItUt mort to do
this but I stili think that It Is So)mothlng that ~ ought to look al And
IIk9 you SJY, Ulty 1.\11: about that It do<-sn't W3/r3nt It I dont cm
about the book. I iN ~ hm anoth.r group coming In to ~ us In
tw-o \mks trom the south p.:lrt of town. I think w aro gOing to Mar
moro and moro,
AU:lns/l w-ould Uk. to lak. about on. or tw-o mlnults to rtspond to that. In
ract, I rv<elv~ a lolter today rrom somo rolks vvldtnUy Indicating
that thvy wm a SJtoty commlUw at Hoom School, And In thv body
or tM drartleltor thoy ask ror a numwr or ISSUVS, I am prtparlng a
rltSponso Which I WIll 00 happy to copy, Ono or tht points Ulat I \\'3nt
to makv to you and I WIll w making to th~ Hoover p.:lronts Is that
Wi hm OM trartlc .ngln~r and Wi havv ltn eltmtntary s<hools
WIthin tho corpora~ limits ot Iowa City WIth Which ~ can doal With,
Tho dlttlculty that I think that ~ art .xporltnclng Is that ~ art
wing pulltd and tuggvd In dlttvrtnt dlr~tions. Each 5<hool s~ms to
comt up with a dltt&ront sot or ldm as to What thoy \\~uld IIko to SH
donv WIth rospt<t to trartlc control, I hm spoktn to a couplt or
council membo>rs In Ultlast ttW days I think that ~ ar& gOing to
have to find some sort or unlrorm W3y to atltnd to this Issue I have
tho Hoov&r paNnts saying that I want a stop sign on tht corntr or this
and that you havo to put a lIashlng ytl10w Ught hvro, I havo another
5<hool that ~ say that Is not Ulat Imporl.1nt and What Wi rtally want
Is that wv want this hm and that thm, You Simply CJnnot hm 15
mph at Hoom and 20 mph at on oth&r schOOl and som&body vls&
saying that that doosn't both<'r th~m, What I am gOing to try to do put
togoUl&r WlUI Jim and mayoo some OU1&r st.)H rolks So)m&thtng that IS
a IilU& mor& uniform, It In ract W~ n~ to tnsl.1l1 oro school ZOM
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~Ign~, that 1$ rtn~ W~ can do that It has to ~ unllorm throughout
th~ city
Kubby lit s"ms IIk~ It ~uld makt Sin~ to g+t ripr+SoinbUv~ Irom SJlily
(Ommlttoh\S at th~ schools to look at What the rangt 01 options m
and Why they think their oplJon IS th~ b\\St and hav~ a diSCUSSIon
Horowl Hm th~m do an aSStSsment on Ulelr O\\lll
Atklns/l:mn and Susan, I had always undmlOO<:l that thm WJS a dlStllct
salety commltt~, But the district 53loty commlttN may l>t telling us
Ofit thing and the IndiVidual schools ar~ telling us somothlng else I
think that IS Whore wv are gHUng thiS conlllct
Kubby I Maybot ~ n*<l to ask them to do thal
Atklnsl For examplt, ono 01 tho things that wv got a comm~nt about I WIll
just u~ the Hoover example, Th~ rKkloss opvration by tho kids
coming out 01 City High. 50ttom line Is I think that the school district
bms a gro)at d<oal 01 r&Sponslbtllty to d~al WIth that ISSU~, Thoy may
have to put togethor a policy that says that My kids you art not going
to hm th(o"~ cars at schooltl you live Wlthm a c~rtaln distance. We
simply cannot police every tral/le activity. We hm ten olemenbry
schools Wt put out 5.6 olllcers on a shill It Is a very dllllcult to do
normal pollclngluncUons and be there to attend to tach and mry
school. They have their policies and that Is line but I think that ~
have also trloo to approoch this Issut WIth somt reasonable kind 01
standards so ~ can apply school ::ont signs WIthin 5000levtry
elementary school and wv do that lor mrybody, I don't thlnl:-
Courtnty I You and I have talk~ about It on occasion too that part 01 the
problom with the congesUon tral/le at tho) school Is belore and alter
school When tht p.uents art dropping Ule kids oil and picking them
up,
Atklns/l can assure you Is that one 01 Ult things that the Hoover parents
want Is strict tral/le and sJ>*<.! tnlorcement on Court Str"t And I
can proml~ you Ulat they WIll get It. I'll glV!) you Ule list 01 po.'Ople
that art gOing to get cltaUons. Thty art going to ~ Hoom pmnts,
B<<auso) that Is the way Ulat It always ~rks out That Is okay We
can do that kind 01 enlorcem~nt Try to understand that wv are
getting pull~ and tugged In dlllmnt directions and I think that ~
hm got to bring this thing Into locus,
Horowl My Id~a Is not that our sbll Is spvndlng all 01 Its time working on
this, This 19 Imp.:>sslble OOcauso we only do have one traHte engln"r
SoMm to me Ulat UIlS Is OM 01 Ule things tn Ule view or Ult! po.l(j(ostnan
and the view 01 the school pmnts that Wht!n tht!Y 1001: at all the
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apprOilchts 01 Ut~ school Thal Ut~y Id~nuly at l~ast OM SJI~ty rout~
II not II coupl~ and/or Ul~y Id~nUly UI~ probl~ms and lly to ~rk on
~mE< of UtE- ~luUons Som~ of Ul~ pmnts at Lincoln, for InstanCE<, m
mn Utlnklng 01 5.6 par~nts Who ~uld lulflll Ut~ on~ poslUon 01 a
crossing guard,
Atkins, SUsan, W~ WOUld w d~llghtM If Ut~ Utlngs that I point out to Ut~
Hoovo?r 101l:s IS Utat 'n~ can't g~t po:oplE- to So?rVE- as crossing guardS
Simply wt Ciln't g~t fmpl~, W~ m adv~rUslng all of tM lJm~, It 'n~
put tn an adult crOSSing guard and Utat Individual choom not to show
for What ev~r r~lI~n, Sick or What('v~r, 'n'{l n~"o(\ to ~nd out a uniform
offlc~r, W~ Simply do not hm Utat kind of f*rsonn~lto provld~ Utat
kind of covmg~, TM p.u(onts art gOing to hm to tak~ c~rtaln
r~ponslbIIlU" for the Uttng as wtll as Ute school, And Ute district IS
going to hllv~ to look at their pollcl", Imaus~ I Ullnk they havt just
simply said Ulat wt 'n~n.t TIle city, It Is your probl~m, you tak!) It
becllUSo? our policy Is Utls, I don't think Utat Is fair to Ulls body, Nor Is
It fair to Ulls gOvtrnment With limited romurc" Tak~ a big look ~,
Horow/l would like to help you on this,
AUclnsl Coralvlllt has thr* S(hools. Th~y could hm a s~t of pollcltS,
Emybody has II S(hool. lJnlv. His. has a school. I Will t.'lke that as
dlrKUon form th~ council.
Nov,1 S~ve, Ulert Is a problem In NorUlLtwrty,
AUclnsl Good, I Will t.'llk to my colleague, Pat McGarv~y, up thert and flnd
out how they are going to addrtSs It
McDI There Is one other element that doos come In to play on this, I know
that wt do hm 11 c~rtaln responsibility, I agr* With What th~ city
manager has said that Ulere Is also a rtSponslblllty form Ule S(hool
district In past years I can rememwr on a couplt diltmnt prolKIs
that wt had talked about That wt wtre going to do somt cost
sharing, Imaust With all of th~, WMnmr w~ Implement any new
prOjKls, poIlCltS.Uttrl) Is usually a cost lac tor InvolVed WlUt UlO$t,
Again, wt don't hm that kind of money laying around, Thm had
bMn In the pas~ efforts mad~, on various projKts to do ~me type of
cost sharing on certain programs, And When wt have golten to that
point there was not any Intor~st on Ule part of the school district
Courtn~y II Ullnk you Will ttnd a certain Iml 01 coof*raUon from the
district nowadays, Itls worth pursuing,
Atklns/l hm no trouble pursuing It. I just want you We offer to prOVide
the t Ulat WI) pay a crOSSing guard to Ule Indlvl~ual S(llools and Itt
th(on!.I\O, can't do Ulat. I don't I:now how n!u,h ~aSI~r w~ ,ould mal:~
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It by paYIng th~ bill and olt~nng th~ monty and having them comr
up WIth tl1& ptlnonMI
Courtn~y I Is th& L~, sponsoring th& Library forum also
"orowl Y~I KUbbyl The 22nd,
Courtn~y I At 7:30.
"orowl Also. EnvlronmentJl AdvrXa~ Is 10:30 on Saturday the 26th at the
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October 15. 1 SS 1
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REPORT ON ITEMS FROM THE CITY MANAOER AND CITY ATTORNEY.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ALlTHORIZINO THE MAYOR TO SION AN
APPLlCATlONTO THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOP.
MENT FOR IOWA COMMUNITY ECONOMIC BmERMENT ACCOUNT
FUNDINO ON BEHALF OF SUEPPEL'S FLOWERS,INC.
Commant: Sueppol'. Flowerl,'nc.l. roquUlIng 0 lorglyabl.loan undar
the Stata 01 low. Communlty Economic Bettorment Account ICEBAI.
No nNncl.1oulllanceI. raqueated Irom Iowa City. Undor CEBA,III.
Ipptoptlato lor Ihe city In which tho busln... IS localod to mike
IpP/lcatlon to tho Stela en behall 01 tho bu.,n...,
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'OWl City CIty Council
Rogullt Council Meotlng
October 15, 1001
P'go II
ITEM NO. 12.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ALlTHORIZINO THE MAYOR TO SION AND
THE CITY CLERK TO AneST AN AOREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF
IOWA CITY AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
A ORANT FROM THE IOWA RAIL ECONOMIC DMLOPMENT PRO.
ORAM. .
Commont: Tho CIty 01 10wI City hll obtllnod I '100.000 gllntlrom
10wI DOT lor eWllUCtlon 01 I now rill lpur In eonJ\rlctlon with tho
oxponllcn 011110 'OWl City Proclor . Olmblo planl, Proctor' Olmbll
hlllgtO.d to eroota not'lU thin 100 I~,tlmo lobi within two yoorl
01 tho pt%et eomplltlon,
ITEM NO. 13 .
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Action: CN"I' / 1/JI.1<fJt)
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TEMPORARILY CLOSINO STREET AND
ALLEY RIOHTS-oF.WAY IN AND ABLITT1NO BLOCK 82. ORIOINAL
TOWN AND ALlTHORIZINO THE EXECUTION OF AN AOREEMENT FOR
TEMPORARY USE OF PUBUC RIOHT.OF,WAY BETWEEN THE CITY OF
IOWA CITY AND DIVERSIFIED PROPERTlES,INC.
Commlnt: ThlI tOloIutlon IUlhor11Ol Diversified PrOportlOl, lno" ownor
01 tho 10wI Aportmontl (Lot 4, Block 821, to plleo ICllloIdlng Ind
eOllltructlon lonco within public rlght,ol,wlY Idjaeont to tho tOltoretlon
pt%et 01 tho 10wI Aportmonlllocotod et tho louthooat eornor cl UM
Ind Wlahlngton Strootl, ThlI Igroomont will be In olloet lor ono voar;
howlyer, work IllImltod to lorty.fiya (451 day. on Wllhlngton Slroot
Ind tho alllY and IIXly 1801 dlYI on UM Slroot.
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t.IcDI Moyo,>d by Courtno)y, s.xondo,>d by Horow to adopt tM r~lu!l.,n
I:Ubby I WMn wt say r., w do Wi: m~an Ul~ 5ld~wall: or do wo al~ rno)an
part of the strM I gu~ss Inm some clmUcation awut WIlat reJlly
WIll bi dl)S~ 011.
lWntry I Wt usually havt a diagram, you m rlght We don't In this CJSO.
~nny Gannonl Also,ln tht agr~mont It says Clinton Strett Irom tht mt
r.o.w lint to tho) fast curb IIno oot....~n Ulo) SOUUI ro,w lint 01
Washington Strto)t and tho) north r 0 w,lIno of Ule allo)y
~UbbYlRlght It says that but that IS not clm,
ursonl Doo.'S that anSWtr tht qu~tion
Gentry I Translali It ~nny,
Gannon/8aslcally, It Is U10 sidewalk ma.y~
Kubby I The WIloltthlng
Gannonl Thty art saying U1at that Will 00 closvd but also tn '.
/lOY I Can you assurt us Ulat U1or. WIll 00 somo path such as In front of Ule
construcUon at Fist /lat Bank,
Gannonl Yos, Itdoos say that I arn trying to find that hm,
Noy lit Is alright If you ean't find It If you ar. surtthat It says thal
Gannon/l found illt furUler agrots that the ftnCing willeKtint to the
dtpths of the city's r,o,w. to Include all U1e arta limporary cl~ by
U1t city WlUlthe allowanc& for U1e nW<! to prOYlde for p.xI~trlan
movement along U1t mt sldt of Unn Strett and tht south sldo 01
Washington Strett.
Kubby II gu~s that I am concerned becaust I havt htard from a couple of
buslntSSts to the tastof tht banks ~mporary construcUon way, That
they have OOon losing saltS sinct that has gORt up from WIlat thoir
sales were Jast year, Up to 20~, It's hard to Set their busln&ss, Itls
harder to temporarily park, WIleth.r It Is legal or no~ to go do thtlr
thing and come out. 19 thm any recourSt for ~pltln ~rms of thOSt
agretments. If they art not working out as agret<lto, doos the city
havt some way of opening up this agretment again to say that U1ls
really Isn't working the way we envisioned It to work and some
busln&sstS art having probhllns, W& nm you to do It at this other
angl&, Not do It for so many days In a row or somethIng to proW<tthe
busln&Ss&S on either side of these limporary construction agr*m&nts,
Gtntry lIt Is our obllgaUon to provide access by way of the sidewalk but It Is
not our obllgaUon to assure that th&lr &(onomlcs are not alftcttXI
Setms to me that Is a problem that should 00 d&alt With up front With
Mr, FOK and the oonants and th& ~Pl& In Ul& bUilding,
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Courtnoy II W3lk that through Fust flat mry morning bofcJUS~ r hm (0
snoop Into tht IItU+ WIndows thm Plus I onloy th+ 4It 'tAirk thm
rind Il hard lo ,*Um thallt has had an ailed on the bustn~5~
OthH lhan he la(t Ulat F~plt (3n't pullin thert and p3rl: lor Ir<-t
Larson/It IS a p3rklng problem
t:Ubbyl Thalls a rtalthlng. We JUSl ney.j to know,
Courtnty/l don't know IS~" m obllgat(>oj to provI,jo) Ir~..! parking Wt
havt had lots 01 discussions about p3rkmg.
I:Ubby / My point Is that this mayor has polentlal to all<<t oth+r bustn~5~
and wh+n wq okay thiS W(o n<'<'d to M aW3r<o that that po~nUal <oX!sl$
Courtnty / This has tho po~nUal to all~t thi buslMSS~ In thy building
McD/ And Ills all on. bUilding, So It....'Vuld ~ thy p..~ply.thelr landlord IS
who thoy would ney.j to,
Kubby / Mayboi tht ptOplt to tht Sr)uth
Courtn+y I Art you talking abOulth.law olllc. to U10 SQuth Well, Ulat IS
whalls thm. Mmdon's Law olllctS dlr~UY to tht SQuth and dlr<<uy
to tho mtls tho vacant Pr~s Citizen building
Larson/ All the buslntsSM art In thiS building,
Y.ubby / Just so that...... art awm thatll could hm ripple allt<l$ and mal:t
surt that that Is okay WIth US,
Gontry/ Ills rtally up to tho landlord, Th. owner olth. building to work
that oul
Larson/ Similar thing caused US to hm Ult Holiday Inn-
Kubby/ In approving this as Is...... art ~ylng that It Is okay, I don't know.
Maybt wt nHd to ~y hav.
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Y.ubby/ N~ to talk toadlactnt buslnos~, In thlsca~, maybt that Is not
what Is n*<ltd,
McDI Tht JmPltthat havt talktd to you about this. ThO bUSln~s(tS that
have talktd to you about this, hm they talktd to tholr landlord about
It.
Kubby / I don't know Tho landlord Is the OM domg tht prolt<( TMlr
landlord,
LarSQn/ Sh. Is saying that tht ptOplothat hm talktd to Mr art lorm tho
Flrstllal Bank prOjecl not Ulls OM,
Courtnty / I am sure Bill Mmdon WIll apprt<latb your conctrn lor his
busln(o$s
Gentry / Ho) WIll probably jump rlghlon Ulat
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVlNO, AUTHORIZINO AND DIRECT.
INO THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST A
UCENSE AOREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE OF IOWA
TO PROVIDE FOR THEINST ALLATlON AND MAINTENANCE OF A FIBER
OPTIC CABL! SYSTEM IN CERTAIN CITY STREETS FOR THE PROVl.
SION OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS STATE FACILITIES.
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Commlnt: TNI Heonao Igroom.nt wUllnow tho StltO ollowI to Inltall
fiber optic elblu within city rlghtl,ol,wlY to link tho Unlyorslty ollowI
Ind K1tkwood CommlMlty CoIlogl to tho Itltl'. now eommlMleatlonl
IYltlm,
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDINO CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZ:' !
INO THE MAYOR TO SION AND CITY CLERK TO ATTEST CONTRACT !
FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AN EQUIPMENT SHELTER FOR TRUNKED
RADIO PItOJECT.
Commont: Bldl wlro oponod on October 10, 1901. Tho lollowlng bldl
wlro roeolvod: L" R CommlMleltlona Umllod, Sioux City, lA,
m,S78.20: RoIvl Toworl Equlpmont Sheltor, Poorl"IL, t28.821,OO:
Utlllty StructurOI'nc., Brookfiold, WI, .38,317.80. Tho Ita II OIt, WOI
t3S,OOQ, Purchasing reeommonds In award to tho low blddar, L 81 R
CommlMleltlons Umltod.
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McDI Moved by 1I0row, s+:ondN by Nov to adopt UI, r\'SOlullon DtS<US$lon
lIorow/l hm a qUllSllon Mr 1I,1IIng, \o.W, you abl, to as<,rt.1tn WIIHMr
or not hiS IllNr opUcs sys~m WIll alt~t our cabl, or our t,l,vlslon
1I+llIng/lt 'M)uldn't hm any alt~t on It As I mdlcaW to you, our
undvrst.1ndlng 01 tho) IllNr opUCS syst~m Is simply a 8r,at,r caF'lclty
/lot a chang, In th, amount or eMrgy or Whatmr that IS r<'qulr\'d to
s':nd a signal through. So It shOuldn't hm any alto:<t unl~s
somtbody cuts a cabl, or ~methlng.
lIorow/1 am very Int,rtst~ tn this ~aust) tht Civil ~r,ns. &ard on
WIIlch I sit W. hm t.3lk\'d about thiS In ~rms 01 Ha%Mat ~am TM
Ha%MAt T+am plugging Into thiS so that Irom on, ,nd or tho st.3~ to
th+ oth+r A load or toXIc ma~flals, lor InstJnc,. on 1.60 could ~
tmN W11lch 'M)uld assist th,lIa:Mat ~am In knOWIng Ir a spill
O(cur\'d What was SpUlN, I thlnl: that this IS kind 01 ,)~IUng lilt
actually tJk~ plaet,
~ubbY/1 know that wt hm to have 2~ hr, notlllcaUon II thty m gOing t.)
b+ doing some digging, "wt 'M)uld hm mort than that It 'M)uld ~
nlcolt It Is gOing to disrupt any MlghborhOO<ls or tratrtc now It ~ can
git a prts1 rilmi out to thi pa~r so pvopli atlmt hm a liW
hours 01 loriwarnlng, It 'M)uld 00 a nlc, s,rvlct,
Nov / " It Is going to lollow ~mo 01 our main str~ls. Can \1.'& hm ~m,
assurance that they are not actually gOing to dig up tho stritt That
they art lust gOing to go along Ule ditch along th, side or ~mtthlng,
Denny Gannon/It Is going to bo.ltls going to tot, It Is actually the cabl, that
Is going to ~ laid down Is going to ~ bortllj. So thm WIll r,ally bo
vory rew o~n cuts. Th&y WIll hm to dig $(tmt pl18 mry Mwand
thin,
Nov/lt Is not tn tho stroot. Not tn tho pavomonl.
Gannon/ No. It WIll b+ 0" to tho sldo, Most or this Is along Hwy 'I and
highway '6,
Larson/Is Ul,r, somt roason WIly wt art dOing Ulls yoars In advanci or
Whon thiy might actually do It. Sin" they IImn't prOVided any
lundlng lor It and It Is probolbly nmr gOing to git rundlng Did UIiY
ask us to do It now,
O,ntry / Thvy as~ us to do It s,vml months ago, Tilt contractor was down
hor" Prosumably r+ady to go.
Larson/ They hmn't mn approv\\1 tho t1nanctng yot It hasn't mn
passed,
Gentry I Thoy wm down IItr" nolto trot.
Larson/ Tllty art only about S 150 million short.
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G~ntryl May~ It was pre<onstruCUon ""'It Engtn~rlng d~lgn
Horowl WiIIlt'ost us anyUllng
G~ntry 1110,
Gannonl Wmn't U1vy down horv awuta ym 3go wanting to do Lhls
,^~rt, I was eont.1eted a y~ar ago,
G~ntry lIt was a Wllll~ ago and Lh~y dIdn't want to sign Lh~ agr~m~nl
Larsonl Th9y stgned Lh~ I~tslatlon W1UloUt tM mon~y. can't do anYUllng..
MeOI Thank you ~nny,
Roll call.
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Iowa City City Council
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October 18, 1901
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ITEM NO. 18.
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CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDlNO SECTION 10.38 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF IOWA CITY ESTABLlSHINO THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE VOTlNO PRECINCTS IN IOWA CITY. I..eond conaldtrldonl
Commlnl: Tho now yotlng ptoelnctlnd city council dlltrlct bolIldlrfu
rllloetlng populltfon ching.. 01 tho 1880 ConSUl hoyo beon drlwn up
Ind hove beon rlvlowod by tho public It In Inlormltlonal mOlting Ind
by tho Jo/vuon County Commllsfoner 01 Eloetlonl, Tho Council mUll
Idopt In ordlnlnco rOvlsfng tho bolIld.rlol Ind Iubmlt tho now
bolIldarllllo tho Socrltlryol StOtl by Novomber 18, 1901. Tho now
yotlng ptOclnctlnd City Council dlltrlet boundlrlll will go Into IIIoet on
Novomber 18, 1991. Stall hal roquoltod I_podltod action en thllltom.
ITEM NO, 17 .
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CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDINO SECTION 2.17 OF THE CODE ~" I
OF ORDINANCES OF IOWA CITY ESTABLlSHINO THE BOUNDARIES OF I
THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN IOWA CITY, llleond eonaldorldonl i
Commont: Soo ptoeodlng 110m. All rOlull 01 tho roptoelnctlng ptOCOII
Ind the rom.nberlng 01 I ptoelnct, yotlng ptoelnct number 7 II now
locltod In tho goograph!c Iro. for City Council Dlllrlet A: thorelorl,
S.etlon 2.17 01 tho Codo 01 Ordlnanc'l mUlt be Im.ndod by movlng
Proclnct 7 from Council Dlltrlet C to Council Dlltrlet A. Stoll hol
roqulltod Ixpodltod action on thllltom,
Action: tJlLlr / ~u,
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CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER SMN 171 ENTITLED
ANIMALS AND FOWLS BY ADDINO ANIMALS TRAINED TO ASSIST
THE HWINO IMPAIRED TO THE EXCEPTIONS SECTION FOR DOO
UCENSES. (pell Ind ldoptl
Commlnt: Tho Ilet !hot tho City Ordlnonco IXlmptl Iltlng IV' dogl
Irom lIetnsfng rlqUrlmlnll but nctlnlmlll trllntd to 11a/lt tho hllrlng
Impellod WII poIntld out by I eltlztn 01 Iowa City. Tho Im.ndmtnt
Iddllnlllllllllllnod to milt hllrlng ImpaIred to tho txcopllOllllOCtlon
01 Chlptlr Slven 171.
ITEM NO, 10 .
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McDI Move<! by KUbby, s<<onde<! by Horow that th~ ordlnan(~ N a,joptoo
at this Umt, DIs<usslon,
J:ubby I flow th~ (ommtnt on this hasn't change<!, What'tN ari voUng on is
th~ ntw rorm that Is mor~ Inclustv. ....1th animals that htlp F*rsons
WIth dlsablllU~s,
Y.arr I That Is comet
O.ntry I Thanks to AnM
MeDI Roll call.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
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DATE: October 11. 1991
TO: City Council
FRl>>I: City II.Inager
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RE: Vork Session Agendu Ind Heetlng Schedule
October 14. 1991
IIonday
6:30 . 9:00 P.H. Council Vork Session. Council Chambers
6:30 P.H. . Review zoning litters
7:15 P.H. . Comprehonsfve Housing Affordablllty Strategy (CHAS)
7:45 P.H. . Downtown parking facilities. Chauncey Swan and
Recreation Center
S:15 P.H. . Expansion of Dttered parking areas
S:30 P.H. . Council agenda, Council tile, Council c~lttee reports
S:40 P.H. . Consider appolnbDonts to tho Board of Electrical
Exa.lners and Appells and Riverfront Ind Hltural
Arels Commission
S:50 P.H. . Executive Session (Land AcquiSition)
October IS. 1991 Tuasday
7:30 P.H. . Regullr Council Heetlng . Council Chlmbers
October 21. 1991
6:00 . S:OO P.H.
6:00 P.H. .
IIondlY
October 2S. 1991
6:30 . B:30 P,H. Council Vork Session. Council Chlmbers
Agendl Pending
Council Vark Session. Council Chlmbers
Heet with Rice. Vlllllls Assoelltes reglrdlng Clble
TV Refrlnchlslng/Renewll Process
IIonday
October 29. 1991
7:30 P.H.
fENDING LIST
StorIWlter Hanagement Review
Sales/Solicitation on City Plaza
Clglrette Ordinances
Appointments to Senior Center Commission, Board of Appeals and Board
of Examiners of Plumbers . October 29, 1991
Appointments to Historic Preservation Commission, Human Rights CommisSion,
Board of Adjustment and Parks and Recreation Commission. November 12, 1991
AppOintment to the Design Review Committee. November 26, 1991
Tuosday
. Regular Council Heetlng . Council Chambers