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IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 23, 1992
7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CIVIC CENTER
410 EAST WASHINGTON
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AGENDA
IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. JUNE 23, 1992
7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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CALL TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL.
CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR
AMENDED.
a. Consider approval ,of Official Council actions of the regular meeting of
June 9, 1992. as published, subject to corrections, as recommended
by the City Clerk.
b. Minutes of Boards and Commissions.
(1) Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of May 13, 1992.
(2) Historic Preservation Commission meeting of April 14, 1992.
(3) Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission meeting of May 20,
1992.
(4) Planning and Zoning Commission informal meeting of May 4,
1992.
(5) Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of June 4. 1992.
(61 Committee on Community Needs meeting of May 27, 1992.
(7) Library Board of Trustee meeting of May 28, 1992.
(8) Airport Commission meeting of May 19, 1992.
(9) Senior Center Commission meeting of April 20, 1992.
c. Permit Motions and Resolutions as Recommended by the City Clerk.
(1) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for
Ruadhri L. Brown, dba The Dublin Underground, 5 S. Dubuque
Street. (newl
(2) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for
Vito's of Iowa City, dba Vito's, 118 E. College Street. (Renewal)
(3) Consider amotion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for
Dome, Ltd. dba Soho's Bar, 1210 Highland Court. (renewal)
14) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for Three
Elms, inc., dba The Airliner, 22 S. Clinton Street. (renewal) ,
15) Consider a motion approving a Ciass "C" Liquor License for
American Legion, Roy L. Chopek Post #17, dba American Legion,
Roy L. Chapek Post #17, 3016 Muscatine Avenue. Irenewal)
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(61 Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for K.J.
Enterprises Co.. dba Gas Co. Inn. 2300 Muscatine Avenue.
(renewal)
(7) Consider a motion approving an oUldo,or service area for Larken
Iowa City, Inc., dba Holiday Inn, 210 S. Dubuque Streat. (newl
(81 Consider a resolution issuing dance permit to Vito's.
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(91 Consider a resolution issuing cigarette permit.
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Setting' Public Hearings
11.1 Consider resolution setting public hearing for July 7,1992, on
plans. specifications, form of contract and estimate of cost'for
construction of the Iowa City Landfill Scale House Project.
Comment: This project involves the construction of a new '2'
x 20' scale house at the Iowa City Landfill. Architect's estimate
for the cost of this project is $35,000.00.
(2) Consider a resolution setting a public hearing for July 7, 1992,
, regarding a $75,000 loan to United Action for Youth to aid in
purchasing property at 422 Iowa Avenue.
Comment: This resolution sets a Public Hearing for July 7,
1992, to receive oral or written public comment regarding a
$75,000 ioan to, provide funding to United Action for Youth
(UA Y) for the purchase of the property at 422 iowa Ave. for
Youth Sociai Services. Purchase price is $160,000, the City will
provide $115,000, $40,000 through Community Development
Block Grant Funds and a $75,000 loan. UAY will secure a
separate loan for the baiance.
(3) Consider setting a public hearing on August 4, 1992, for the
purpose of revising the" Policies and Procedures Governing the
Operations of the .Iowa City Housing Authority."
Comment: The "Policies...." manual was last amended in 1988.
The Housing Commission reviewed the draft and, on July 9,
1991, recommended to the City Council the revised and amend,
ed document. Legai staff has reviewed the revised document
which was furnished to the City Council in the May 29 informa,
tion packet. Under State Code it is necessary to hoid a public
hearing prior to the adoption of the new Policies and Procedures
Manual. Recommend public hearing be held August 4, 1992.
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City of Iowa City
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TO: Mayor; Council; General Public
FROM: City Clerk
R E: Addition to Consent Calendar
2. c. (10)
Consider a motion to refund a Class "c" Liquor License for 1&D Inc. of Iowa
City dba Chubbies, 5 South Dubuque Street.
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2.g.(4) Letters regarding proposed Kirkwood/L. Muscatine project from:
(hh) Dana Fae Park
(ii) Jinx Davison
(jj) Frank Eicher
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June 23, 1992
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Motions
11) Consider a motion to approve disbursements in the amount of
$6,104,118.75 for the period of May 1 through May 31, 1992,
as recommended by the Finance Director subject to audit.
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Resolutions
(1) Consider a resolution adopting supplement number fifty. three.
(2) Consider a resolution accepting the v-:ork for the sanitary sewer,
storm sewer, water main, and paving improvements for Apple
Ridge.
'Comment: See attached Engineer's Report.
(3) Consider a resolution accepting the work for the suppiemental
contract for the seeding, fertilizing and mulching on the Highway
1 West Paving Improvements Project.
Comment: This resolution accepts all work for the seeding,
fertilizing and mulching on the Highway 1 West Paving im.
provements Project. The total cost of this supplemental contract
is $390.00. Of this amount, $214.50 is expected to be reim.
bursed by the Iowa Department of Transportation. See attached
Engineer's Report.
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111 Letters regarding the proposed pesticide ordinance from:
(a) CoF. Kent.
'(b) Jerry Meis.
(21 Letter from Carol Horton regarding the old library parking lot.
(3) Letters regarding ACT's proposai for a new street from:
(a) John and Marge Clancy.
(bl Charles Eble.
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project from:
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(a) Mrs. Freda Bush
(b) Sharon Kay Shapcott
(c) Mary Anne Madden
(d) Mary Duslerhoft
(e) D. Gallagher
(f) Sharon Kay Shapcott
(g) Jayne Ness
(h) Maxine Koenigsaecker
(j) Henry T. Wadden
(j) Kathy Kasson
(kl Sheri Clem mens en
(I) Penny Cazanas
(m) Tim Ness
(n) Nancy Shannon
(0) . Mary Ann Mullinnix '.'
(p) Margaret and Lloyd Kohl .
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(s) Betsy and Chuck Hawtrey
(t) Paul and Joan Victor
(u) Helene and David Arkush
(v) Victor M. Sonn
(wi Paul Retish
(x) Wayne and Donna Johnson
(y) Karene Eades
(z) Barbara Ludke
(aa) Don Breese
(bb) Sue and Frank Judisch
(cc) Eliot A. Keller
(dd) Jack and Shiriey Lekin
(ee) Elizabeth Weinberg
(ff) Todd A. Flemming
(gg) Marta L. Heffner
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letler from Bob Farnsworth regarding an oak tree on Scott Park
Drive.
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(6) Memoranda from the Civil Service Commission submitting
certified lists of applicants for the following positions:
(a) Maintenance Worker I . Parking
(b) Maintenance Worker I . Refuse
(c) Dispatcher. Police
(71 Memorandum from the Traffic Engineer regarding parking
prohibition on the north side of Newton Road.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 22. 1992
TO: Mayor; Council; General Public
FROM: City Clerk
R E: Addition to Consent Calendar
2. c. (10)
Consider a motion to refund a Class "c" Liquor License for T&D Inc, of Iowa
City dba Chubbies. 5 South Dubuque Street.
2.g.(4) Letters regarding proposed Kirkwood/L. Muscatine project from:
(hh) DanaFae Park
'( i i) Jinx Davi son
(jj) Frank Eicher
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h. Applications for City Piaza Use Permits.
(1) Application from Billy Howell.Sinnard to set up a table on City
Plaza on June 5, 13, & 19, 1992, for the purpose of. distributing
literature about Baha'i Faith. (approved)
(2) Applications from Latin American Human Rights Advocacy Center
for permission to set up a table on City Plaza during the period of
June 8 through 19, 1992, for the purpose of distributing
literature and offering crafts for donations (approved)
(31 Application from Brett Elder, Anti.Racist Mobilization, to set up
a table on City Plaza on June 17, 1992, for the purpose of
distributing flyers, (approved I
(4) Application from Carol Ann Hauenstein for permission to set up'
a tabie on City Piaza on June 15 and 18, 1992, to solicit
signatures for the candidacy of Ross Perot. (approved)
15) Application from Dick Fesenmeyer for permission to set up
telescopes on City Plaza near the Library during the summer
months when weather conditions are favorable. lapproved)
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(6) Application from Carol Ann Hauenstein for permission to set up
a table on City Plaza on June 16, 21, 25 and 27, 1992, for the
purpose of soliciting signatures for the candidacy of Ross Perot.
(approvedl
(7) Application from Grace Trifaro, Animal Coalition, to set up a table
on City Plaza on July 18, 25, August 1 and 8, 1992, for the
purpose of distributing literature. (approvedl
(81 Application from Jacqueline Gharib. WINDS/Comadres, for
permission to set up a table on City Piaza on June 25, July 2, 3,
9, and 16, 1992, for the purpose of distributing information and
accepting donations for handcrafted items. (approved)
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(91 Application from New Pioneer Co.op for permission to have the
Fifth Annual Open Air Pancake Benefit on City Piaza on June 21,
, 992, to benefit ICARE. lapproved)
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Applications for Use of Streets and Public Grounds.
(1) Application from Peg McElroy Fraser for permission to use a
horse. drawn carriage on Iowa Avenue to transport guests to a
benefit on June 14, 1992, (approved)
(21 Application from Mark Ginsberg to have the Iowa City Jazz
Festival on July 4, 1992 using downtown streets. (approvedl
(3) Application from Donna Phillips. Concern for Women, to have a
Walkathon on June 20. 1992. (approved)
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ITEM NO.3.
PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS.
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a. Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the
use regulations from RM.145, High Rise Multi.Family Residential, to
PRM, Planned High Density Multi.Family Residential, for an area
generally located between Newton Road, U.S. Highway 6 and Woolf
Avenue in an area referred to as the West Side. (REZ 92,0008)
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Comment: Bya vote of 6.0, the Planning and Zoning Commission, at
its April 16, 1992, meeting, recommended approval of the Cityo
initiated proposal to rezone the west side RM.145 zoned are'a to PRM.
This recommendation Is consistent with the staff recommendation
included in a report dated April 2. 1992. Comments regarding this
proposal were received by the Council at the May 12 and May 26,
1992, public hearings on this item. Due to the number of letters
received from affected property owners who protest this downzoning
proposai, a favorable vote of three. fourths of the members of Council
is required to pass this ordinance.
Action:
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b. Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the
use regulations from RM.145, High Rise Multi.Family Residential, to
PRM, Pianned High Density Multi.Family Residential, for an area
generally located between Clinton and Dubuque streets and Davenport
and Jefferson streets, including properlY located at the southeast
corner of the intersection of Clinton and Jefferson streets in an area
referred to as the Near Northside. (REZ92.0007) (Passed and
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Comment: The Planning and Zoning Commission, at its April 16,
1992, meeting, by a vote of 6-0, recommended approval of the City.
in.itiated proposal to rezone the Near Northside RM.145 zoned area to
PRM. This recommendation is consistent with the staff recommenda,
tion included in a report dated Aprii 2, 1992. No comments were
received at the Councii's May 12, 1992, pubiic hearing on this matter.
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Consider a resolution approving the preliminary and final plats of
Westport Plaza, iowa City, Iowa. (SUB92.0011) (60.day limitation
period: July 13. 19921
Comment: The appiicant, Wal.Mart Stores, inc., is proposing the
subdivision of a 28.09 acre parcel of land located south of Highway 1
West and west of the Iowa City Airport into four commercial lots. At
its June 4, 1992, meeting, by a vote of 4.1 (Dierks voting no!. the
Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the
preiiminary and final plats of this subdivision. In a staff report dated
June' 4, 1992, staff recommends approval of the plats subject to
resolution of deficiencies and discrepancies and approval of the legal
documents prior to City Council consideration of the final plat. All plat
deficiencies and discrepancies have been remedied; the legal docu,
ments are being reviewed by the City Attorney's office.
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,. ~ .Consider a resolution approving the final Large Residential Development
(LSRD) plan for Washington Square Condominiums (LSD92.0003).
ITEM NO.4.
Comment: The applicant, Jim Glasgow Construction, has requested
final LSRD plan approval to allow the construction of 16 condominium
dwelling units on a 2.04 acre tract of land located at the northwest
corner of Scott Boulevard and Washington Street. The Planning &
Zoning Commission will consider this request on June 18, 1992. The
applicant has requested expedited Council consideration of this
, proposal. in the staff report dated June 18, 1992, staff recommends
approval of the LSRD plan for Washington Square Condominiums
subject to resolution of the discrepancies and deficiencies listed in the
staff report, and approval of the construction plans and drawings and
an erosion control plan by the Public Works Department and approval
of the legal papers by the City Attorney's office prior to Council
consideration. The construction plans and drawings and an erosion
control plan have been approved. The legal documents are being
reviewed by the City Attorney's office.
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ITEM NO.5:
PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY OF IDWA CITY'S PROPOSED APPLICATION
TO THE STATE OF IOWA, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(IDEOIFDR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PRDGRAM FUNDS.
Comment: The City of Iowa City proposes to submit an application to the
state of Iowa, Department of Economic Development for HOME Investment
Partnership Program funds to be used to supplement the City's existing
Housing Rehabilitation Program. The purpose of the HOME funds is to
expand the affordable housing stock and to promote and advance the goals
of the Iowa City and the state of Iowa Comprehensive Housing Affordabiiity
Strategy (CHAS). Public input is required by federal law.
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Courtney/Public Discussion
Jean Hood/ Senior Center Commission. I would like to bring you our
monthly report. he first thing that I would like to do is share a
brochure. The new brochure for the Senior Center.
McD/ Thank you, Jean,
Hood! These are the new brochures and we are really velY proud of
them. This was purchased fTOm money for our Tenth
Anniversmy. As you remember you allotted us an cmlount for
extension publicity for 1l1e Senior Center and here is one of the
final results. We sent the newsletter to everyone about the
Celebration and we are really proud of this particular piece.
This is an expensive piece. It cost about a dollar per brochure
to produce. It is not something that we are going to ave out,
for example, at the County Fair for everybody that comes by to
pick up a copy. We will have some there and those people who
appropriately would like to have one of these will be sure that
they get one. The brochures were designed by Water Mark
Design Studio. We think that they very concisely give
information about the center. The pictllres show some of the
exciting things I1mt are going on at the Center. Do you have
any questions about the brochures.
The other thing 111at I would like to share with you is that on
July 18 1l1ere is going to be a Seniors Issues Conference
sponsored by Kirkwood Community College. It is really the
Heritage Agency on Aging and about 70 organizations and
agencies. I think you should know that Iowa City is well
represented. The Senior Center is represented by Flieda
Shannon. She is on the program committee and has a made a
very real contribution with many people from our Senior
Center, older adults, will be on 1l1e program. She also has been
instnuuental in asking some of 1l1e video group. The famous
video group I think who have been trained. Who know how to
do video well. They have a great deal of professionallsm about
their work.. The crew of them is going to go up and 1l1ey will
be video taping some of the programs and these 111en can be
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used on our cable to extend the knowledge base from that
conference, We also will have a table at the conference and the
Senior Center display will be there. We are hoping to have
some of our older adults near the table and be able to kind of
let people know what we do here In Iowa City. The COE also
will have a display up there In July. So these are some of the
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outreach programs that we are doing. I hope that some of you
were able to be at Older Amelican's Day. I was in Des Moines
at the Governor's Conference so I wasn't there. But I
understand that it was velY successful. I am more than willing
to answer any questions that you might have. Thank you velY
much.
l.c1rson/ Jean, you can have my brochure back so you can give it to
someone else for a dollar. Thank you....
John Ockenfels/ From the Iowa City AirpOlt Commission.
Representing the Airport Conunission and also the Technical
AdvisOlY Committee for the study we are doing right now. A
feasibility study at the airport. I would just like to bring to the
attention of the council and the public in general that on July
13 we are going to have another Technical AdvisOlY Committee
meeting, And in the evening we are going to ave an open
house. And the open house and work shop basically is going to
be set up so that we can get as much information to the public
as possible about what is going on at the Iowa City Airport. It's
past, present, future. And we would just like to get the word
out that we would like to have as many citizens as possible,
both from the county and the city, anybody in the area that has
an interest in the airport and development at the airport to
come on over. The teclmicalmeeting is going to be held at the
library. It is going to be from 6:00 to 8:00 in the evening.
And the open house style allows people to come and go as you
want....the format is set up for infonnality. We want people to
come in and be able to ask questions on a one on one basis. We
are going to have a lot of people there to answer questions. We
are going to have a lot of information to give you. I just want
to get that word out to the public, The last meeting we had we
had two people from the general public at the meeting and we
would really like to have more people than that at the next
one. With that, Darrell and Karen, I look forward to seeing you
there. I would like to also mention t11at this Technical
AdvisOlY Committee is made up of a number of people from
the area. We have got city government, county government,
state and federal. We have got business representatives. We
have got aviation interests represented. We have got nono
aviation interests represented. We have got people on the
committee that are just simply interested. With that, that is all
I have.
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Courmey/ John, our meeting is in conjunction with this or is it em'lier
in the day like we had before.
Ockenfels/ It will be just like it was before. There wlll be a Technical
Advisory Committee meeting in the afternoon and general open
house in the evening.
Courtney/Do you have a time on that.
Ockenfels/ Yeah, as a matter of fact I do. It is 2:00- 4:00 in the
afternoon for the Teclmical Advisory Meeting and 6:0008:00 for
the general open house.
Courmey / Thanks.
Ockenfels/ That is all I have for tonight, thank you.
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Regular Council Meeting
June 23, 1992
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN
APPLICATION TD THE STATE OF IOWA. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IIDED) FOR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING THE CITY'S OWNER.
OCCUPIED HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
Comment: The City of Iowa City proposes to submit an appiication to the
Iowa Department of Economic Deveiopment for $400,000 in HOME Investo
ment Partnership Program funds. This program is identical to the program
previousiy administered through the City's Housing Rehabilitation Program,
with the exception of a lifting of the equity requirement and installing a
recorded resale agreement. A summary of the grant application is included
in the Council agenda packet.
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PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THE KIRKWOOD AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS
PROJECT.
Action:
Comment: This public discussion provides the public an opportunity to
express their views regarding the proposed paving, storm sewer and water
main improvements to Kirkwood Avenue and Lower Muscatine Road.
Decisions regarding pavement widths will be made at the July 7, 1992
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CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT[-~
a. Consider an appointment to the Johnson County/lowa City Airport
. zoning Board of Adjustment for a five. year term ending February 26,
1997. (John B. Ruyie's term ended.1
Action:
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b. Consider an appointment to the Board of Electrical Examiners and
Appeals to fill an 'unexpired term ending October 26, 1994. IMelvin
Schweer resigned.)
Action:
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Comtney/ Moved by McD, seconded by Horow. Discussion.
Kubby/ r had a couple of questions I think either Mal)' or Pam could
answer. One of them is in the resolution. It states that the City
wlllinsure funding of the admInistration costs. So r want to
know where they are coming from. And in the future if we do
more Home projects, does this mean more staffing. Because
$400,000 worth of rehab if it is 16020 projects is a lot of work.
Mal)' Nugent! That is con-ect. It is going to come tlu-ough the
Community Development Block Grant fund.
Kubbyl From the $380,000 or whatever.
Nugent! Roughly $100,000, a $180,000,
Kubbyl But that is currently being used for administration.
Nugent That is correct.
Kubby I Does that mean we are losing other federal funds so that we
are not administeling those funds. You are already using that
money for administration. How are we going to get more
administration out of the same funds.
Nugent! Work a little harder. We do plan to, if funded fully, we plan
to put in for a parttime rehab specialist to assist in this current
project and in future home projects.
Kubby/ So that will be a CDBG proposal in the future for part of the
rehab.
Nugent! That is correct.
Kubby/ My second question was about-is it possible to amend any of
the details at a later date from this grant or do we have to wait
if we want to do a sllghtly different program do we have to do
a separate grant in a different time.
Nugent! It depends upon how you want to deviate. This particular
application is for single family owner occupied. However the
city staff is working with a non-profit for rental rehab
appllcation. And also we are providing technical assistance to
maybe two other rental related. And at the time of those
agreements or those applications go to the state they will come
before the council. But this resolution is basically to approve
the city's own submission of the home funding application.
Kubby I Is this just the first time-is it the first round of applications
that we won't be required to do a matching grant situation.
Nugent! Hopefully, we are working towards having it extended for
another year but it looks like we may have to come up for at
another 25% local match,
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Kubby/ My one concernomy question about amending detailsowas
about selling. When the person wants to sell the home, selling
to a person of low income or if they don't they have to pay
back some of the.a certain percentage of the lien. Or of the
loan. I guess 1 would like to see us say that if you get into this
particular program you have to sell to a lower income
purchaser. Although I am willing to wait to see what the track
record is to see does it just happen any way. I fear that we are
going to use federal funds to create less affordable housing
over a long time. Those things can be worked out. This is just.
the state has basically said that our underwriting, how we do it,
is basically tailored to the interests of the conullunity and
through the council.
Horow/ Karen, I think I understand what you are saying. I agree,
some what. But what that would then do is put the onus on the
new owner to do as much staff work to assure that the next
succeeding owner is of low income which would be putting a
terrible burden on that new owner. I understand the motive
but maybe we should see the track record because I can't quite
imagine how they are going to do that.
Kubby / If that was part of the agreement. If that is what they
agreed to before entering the program. But 1 have said that 1
am quite willing to look at the track record and see how it
actually functions. We have talked about this before when we
are doing affordable housing work and investing public monies
that we want to insure the long term sustainable affordablllty.
Horow/ I don't see how you do that unless the city continually owns
the house and the house reverts back to the city and the city
staff has the responsiblllty to check out tlle new applicant.
Nov/ I think it would work if we have a lien. We would have to
release the lien in order to have it sold. We could put
conditions on that.
Horow/ Then, stlll, the first owner would have to go tllrough the
scrutiny of whether or not the second owner was indeed
qualified.
Nov/ Or the city would have to do it.
Horow/ That is my point. It would have to revert back to the city
whether than the owner doing it.
Kubby / There are options out tllere and we need to be exploring
what they are when it comes time-
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NugenV Again, the whole idea-the numbers are at a workable. 8 the
first year and 8 the next year. Again, these kind of things can
be reviewed and refined.
Kubby/ I am glad that we are doing this.
NugenV Anything you want to add, Pam.
Pam Barnes/ I just wanted too say a couple of things about this
particular application. We have many rehab applicants who
apply for rehab that don't have equity in the program and
currently are not eligible for major rehab. So what we end up
doing Is doing a bandaid Job and doing a minor repair Just to
get the house through. The program is needed and we have a
waiting list and we could easily do 8 of them now. So, the-I
wanted to say something else. There was another federal
program where they did allow the loan to be assumable if the
applicant who was buying tillS particular house that had this
section 312 loan-If they were low income. The loan was
assumable by that particular applicant is they were below 80%
of the median,
Kubby / So there are some options out there. Thanks. I look forward
to the rental rehab one too. We can always use more of that In
tillS town.
Courtney/Any further discussion.
Roll callo
The resolution is adopted.
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Courtneyl Id like to open the P.H. Before we get started, just a couple
of comments. If you could keep your comments as blief and to
the point as possible we've got (! lot of folks that'd like to come
up tonight and also Id like to request that all who want to, give
evelybody who wants to speak once a chance before you come
back a second time. Okay.
Bill Meal'donl Rocky Shore Drive. III be velY brief. Living on Rocky
Shore Drive, I guess I should say welcome to YOll from Le
Mans, because that's a wonderful street to watch the cars go
by. My purpose here, is to express 011 behalf of the steering
committee, some thoughts that I have concerning the Kirkwood
Avenue proposal. Theres no question but that some
improvement is needed. The curbing things of that nature,
there are some tings needed there. However what the objection
that we have is, and I have some experience, having
represented DOT, then the highway commission and all of the
parcels that we acquired for the so.called by-pass around Iowa
City. Those who read history will discover that theres two
kinds of roads: one road is a land service road. That's a road
that serves the people who live along the road. And the other
kind of road is represented by our interstate highways is a
traffic service facility. The purpose of the by-pass was a traffic
service facility The objections, basically underlying objection to
many of the proposals have been voiced is that you are turning
or may t1ll'n, Kirkwood Avenue from a land service road into a
traffic surface facility. This is something that we object to,
That's all I'm going to say to you. NIindful of your opposition
and I'll ask john to step forward.
john Grossi Id like to take a few moments using the overhead
project to talk about the need for widening Kirkwood Avenue
as it seems it'd been established In the Summit Street Traffic
Study imposed by the staff in 1990.
Courtney I john, we are going to need you at the microphone If you
can get somebody else to flip the charts for you. Otherwise we
don't pick you up on the recorder,
John Grossi This survey was done In 1990 by Jeff Davidson and the
staff, Look at the next page please. This study looked at
Summit Street and adjoining streets. The key Item on this page
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is the volume capacity ratio. 11)i5 is the capacity of the street
to hold the vol ume of the traffic. And the service level for this
study was set at level C which is not optimulll but it is not
really terrible crowed. A V -C ratio of 1.0 means that the street
is operating pretty much at capacity. The lTaffic counts used
we are taking from 1985 and it isoa couple of key numbers I
want to look at. Especially the 19,900 on Kirkwood Ave.
10,200 down there at the corner. Down on the lower right hand
corner 14,200 vehicles per day. Those traffic counts produced
a V-C ratio of 1.1 in the stretch from Dodge to Summit Street.
.8 and then 1.0 around the bend on Lower Ivluscatine. And 1.2
at Sycamore Mall. And as we approach First Ave, .8. Those
numbers pretty clearly indicate that these streets are running
pretty well at capacity. However those of us who live on the
street know that those numbers don't seem to be quite right.
This was the traffic counts that was given to us. And we see in
1985 that the Dodge to Summit Street segment shows and
increase from 1983 from 14,000 to 19,900. The says that on
that section of Kirkwood Ave it is busier than Riverside Drive
which is either four or six lanes east of Hwy #6 where the
count was only 18,900. If we would have looked at the
numbers in 1985 we would have realized that there is a
serious likelihood that those numbers were flawed, There may
have been some construction elsewhere that pumped the
volume on Kirkwood Ave at that time. But the survey taken
just last month shows on that same section, which was in 1985
recorded, in 1990 to be 11,700 which is a 41 % in the count.
The segment form Gilbert to Dodge Street is a 30% decrease in
the count and the Mall to First Ave is also a 30% decrease in
the count...When we take that percentage reduction, we see
that tile section from Dodge Street to SUlllmit Street is .64 V oC
ration. And around tile bend at Mall it goes from .8 down to
.56. Looking at that volume capacity ratio as based on the
CUI1'ent numbers it appears cleariy to us that it ain't broke.
There is a lot of capacity stili there. And as we look towards
the future we certainly can't consider only today's traffic. In
the end of the traffic study there is a short range projected
growth area. We can see-yellow highlighted there-Intersection
of Hwy #6 and First Ave, a velY small area designated for
further commercial development. It doesn't seem to be any
other development that will directly Impact Kirkwood Ave
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given that Hwy #6 provides adequate traffic flow. I might add
that we have received a lot of COlJlments recently that the
traffic flow and the signalization is velY much improved. And
we are finding that the by-pass does work a lot better. So we
don't see in your report any substantial growth In need for
traffic along Kirkwood Ave. And your own numbers show that
there is certainly capacity there to handle any growth that does
occur. So we are velY hopeful that you will consider repaving
Kirkwood Ave at its current width.
L:'lI'sonl John, this is not a night for us to express all of our opinions
because you are here and I want to get some perspectives from
you. I wiII ask a couple of brief questions. Is is your feeling
that the width should be the same, extend for tile entire project
including down there by Gilbert or do you entertain tile idea
that perhaps from Gilbert to Gilbert Crt. a little widening would
be in order.
Gross! I personally feel that from Gilbert to the alley behind the gas
station could be expanded to accommodate a turning lane. That
wouldn't take away any parking from the next businesses
which would be extremely detrimental to those business
owners. Without parking in front, they are out of business.
Larson! But other than light around tile intersection you think the
widths all along the Lower Muscatine and Kirkwood should be
exactly the way they are.
Gross! I believe so, yes.
Larson! Thank you.
Barbara Nicknish! 832 Kirkwood Ave. I was delivering leaflets
recently. I counted and we have 25 trees on Kirkwood Ave.
There is no question that out in front of John and I there are
four magnificent trees. I am very concerned about whether or
not, With or without the widening if those trees wiII be taken
into consideration with the contractor, I checked Witll
somebody tllat is a tree expert and he said that if the contract
was let when the trees are dormant we have a much greater
chance of sl\\~ng our trees. There are certain things that the
contractor can do by clear cut and what have you. I am just
here to ask you is this a consideration when a contractor is
hired. How doeso
Horow! That is a good point.
Atkins! Certainly can be. All you need to do is build it in the
specifications.
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Nicknish/ As a nonowidened road we would really appreciate that a
great deal. One other point I wanted to make was I did a test
drive a 6:30 in the morning and I went from Earl May to the
bridge right by the armory and it took me five minutes. So
then at about 5:15 I did the same dl1ve and it took me sL'\
minutes. I reaIIy sincerely hope that all of you wiII think about
does that one minute, is is worth is to destroy a neighborhood
and obviously all of us that are here believe that our
neighborhood wiII be destroyed. Thanks very much, I
appreciate your time.
Larson/ That is a definition of an Iowa City traffic jam, one minute.
That is why we live here.
Dick Brownll am a Realtor here in Iowa City. Along with my partners
Don Benda and Monie Adams own the building at 320
Kirkwood Ave. We have been in that building since 1984. For
a number of years and even though I have moved to another
office at this point, I travel that street extensively. In the time
that I was in that office, the only time I have ever had a
problem with the intersection was making a left turn. You
have some proposals here to make that either a three or four
lane widening. We strongly suggest that if you do widen it that
you make it a three lane and make a turning lane in the center.
I can understand some of my neighbors in that general area
that if you widen it to three lanesoeven to three lanes past our
place, you are going to take off all of their parking. I think you
reaIIy have to consider that. Some of these people wiII be left
with no place to park at all where they have had it for years. I
have a letter that I would like to give some of you who haven't
received it already for your consideration.
Horow/ We would like to enter this into the record,
Brown/ There is one other thing. In my business as a Realtor, I think
really widening Kirkwood Ave wiII diminish the property
values of that street all the way out. Thank you.
]olm Dyson/ 837 Kirkwood Ave. I would like to thank council for
this opport1111ity almost speciaIIy prepared at Steve Atkin's
suggestion for additional public input on tlus issue. Because I
think tonight is the Input that you are going to get that is going
to cast the dye for the whole neighborhood. As I understand it
you are going to address the engineering dept. with your
desires for what this project shall be. And therefore I think
when it comes back for further public input, your minds and
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your directions will be pretty well set. The dye will have been
cast. I would like to remind you of a few precedents that have
already been said. Or at least one precedent that has been
followed by your council and those who have preceded you.
Several issues have come up about Kirkwood Av in the past.
You have embargoed heavy truck traffic on that street for
various reasons and I was not in attendance so I don't know
what all of those are but I can certainly guess what a few of
them might have been and I don't wish to go over past histol)'
but just point that out. I was present during discussions of
development of business properties at 521 Kirkwood Ave. And
the types of businesses and the ways to maintain low traffic
counts and to maintain residential neighborhood atmosphere.
The same was hue about the Donohue-Lensing business
development. That was an excellent solution to a mutual
problem of allowing property to be properly developed for the
owners in a business manner. Where they could recoup
investments that they had made and also to selve the
residential needs of the neighborhood in maintaining the
quality of the neighborhood. lastly, I spent considerable time
talking and working with some of you about the beautiful
condo that is right across Marcy Street fromme, That is just an
excellent development. It was a much better solution finally
than what was originally proposed. I certainly hope that that
is what we can work on here tonight. The precedent, however,
is to maintain Kirkwood as a residential neighborhood. I
certainly represent myself and the opinions expressed before
you previously on those issues. Additionally, I have been part
of the steering committee in larger groups involved with
Kirkwood and Lower Muscatine and Longfellow, Rather a large
group of people representing maybe more of a cOllllllunity than
just a street. In these issues we have asked ourselves a lot of
questions. Is there a traffic problem. And I haven't heard the
answer yes expressed to that question at all. Is there a
problem turning left or getting on Kirkwood or accessing
Kirkwood from any direction. No more problem than what you
would face with a street light. Okay. Is there a sever or
unusual safety problem. I don't think so. I don't see any and I
don't hear any. Have you received any requests from people
on Kirkwood Ave or associated streets or adjoining streets for a
wider street. I don't think so. I don't think that if you have
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that that request would support the wishes of the general
population. So we are concerned about the quality and the
future of the neighborhood. I would encourage you to follow
your previous precedents and believe that you can do so. The
text book answer to traffic isn't always only in final solution. I
would just point out that we have nice wide streets nmning
through a lot of ghettos in this country, And on the other
extreme the plaza shopping center downtown Kansas City
where people are free to drive at will, cross road intersections
and so forth, one after the other. There are no traffic cops.
There are no stop lights. There are no stop signs. Thank you.
Liz Boal/1l15 Pine. And the biggest concern I have about widening
the street is the fact that I have children, a child, who will be
crossing or should have been crossing on his way to Mark
Twain next year. Although he will not be going. 1 got some
statistics and I would like to give them to you real quickly,
First one comes form the National Safety Council. That 16% of
all motor vehicle accidents are pedestrian involved. That
comes to 7,400 a year. In Iowa, the total is 862 a year and
50.8% of those are children between 0 and 15. That is a big
chtmk of kids. The biggest problem is the age group of 5-9
which I represent. They are more likely to be injured than any
other age group. And the reason for that and I wanted to find
out why is that and I finally got a hold of someone at Iowa
State University that was able to tell me. Developmentally a
child is not able to make a decision on time, speed and distance.
So matter what you do. No matter how well you try and teach
your child, they cannot make 1113t judgement. The second
statistic on this is at the age group of 65 and older they are
more likely to be killed in an accident. 43% of all fatalities.
That is mostly for physical reasons. And if you were to widen
the street even though locally the figures are real low, they are
bound to increase. I don't want to see that happen to any of
the eight kids on our 20 houses in the 1100 blocks. I certainly
don't want mine to be the test pilot here. So he will not be
using 11le neighborhood school although I wish he could. Thank
you.
Kay Weston! 730 Kirkwood, I am a real estate broker wllh Leplc
Kregor Realtors. I have been selling real estate for 14 years.
There is no question. If you widen Kirkwood our property
values will go down, There isn't a four lane street or a three
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lane street in Iowa City that has many owner occupied houses
on it. Just think about it. Before you vote I would ask each of
you to not drive down Kirkwood. Come and walk it. Come
walk our neighborhood and see what it is like. Don't make us
change it. Don't lower our property values. Don't make us
leave.
Rob Phipps!! I am the guy that is going to lose his parking. I won
the bUilding at 331 Kirkwood Ave. There are four businesses
in that building that depend on parking along there. If we lost
it it would seriously affect those businesses. It would also
seriously affect tile value of the building. The parking is real
similar to what is right behind the bUilding along the west side
of New Pioneer Coop. And it is owned by the city. It is not
owned by me. There would beoit would damage our businesses
quite a bit. Also I would like to point out that I have always
felt of Kirkwood as a residential type area and I would hate to
see it get widened also. I would like to see the city implement
programs along some of the intersections along Gilbert Street
that they have already talked about that might alleviate some
of the problems and we wouldn't have the need to widen
Kirkwood. I would also like to see the city initiate some sort of
programs with the state lOOT to start look at upgrading IIwy
#6 By-Pass. Maybe, in the future, they will have to look at
making it three lanes each way. I don't know how you would
go about doing that. I am sure that it is not easy. Darrel has
told me tilat the lOOT isn't going to be down here tomorrow.
But anything we can do to coaxed them to upgrade IIIV)' #6 Byo
Pass, I would like to see that done. In closing, I would just like
to say that I think the widening of Kirkwood Aveothe next step
would be a rezoning request along Kirkwood Ave. I think it
would eventually would be a whole new look for Kirkwood Ave
and I would hate to see that. Thank you.
Larson/ Bob, I didn't understand your comments about the
intersections of Kirkwood.
Phipps/ I thhlk along Kirkwood and Gilbert, Kirkwood and
Burllngton, some of these intersections. I think there has been
some talk about upgrading some of the intersections. Tuming
Lanes. And on Gilbert itself. That might alleviate some of the
problems. Make it easier to get to II""y #6 Byopass or
whatever. Or use other methods than Kirkwood Ave.
Nov! Will you business benefit from a turning lane on Kirkwood.
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Phipps/ No. We have trucks come to our business right now. It
would not-we have no need to widen it for those trucks. They
come in and out of the warehouse all of the time, velY easily.
Larson! One of the few traffic congestion points in town I know of is
when you cu'e on Kirkwood going west and you come to Gilbert
and you tJy to turn left right in front of your store. I think
tllere is a tuming lane there, isn't there.
Phipps/ I think is you put a turning lane but just light down from
tlle alley and gas station on, you would get a big enough
turning lane to do the job. Just from the alley on. I think we
would have enough room to make it but leave our parking. I
want to also say that it is very easy to pull in and out of those
parking places.
Larson/ That was my question as to whether at certain periods of the
day, because it is backed up because it is hard to turn left onto
Gilbert, if people are having trouble getting into your
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Phipps/ parking places and tIy to back out is just as easy as it CCUl
be. It is really not congested at all. It is velY easy. The
visibility is good. I would like to see it remain there.
Courtney/ I talked to Rob today on the phone about the frustration
of getting the DOT to move on doing anything with their
highways. It took me five years to get the stuff done in front
of Pauls and Jacks and we have fired out first letter off the the
DOT requesting information as to whether if there are any
plans for two more lanes on Hwy #6 and the immediate
response back was no. Who knows, in tilree or four more years
if we keep asking long enough we can get tilings done.
Phipps/ We need to keep asking because if they hear it and keep
hearing it they are finally going to take notice. That is the
artclY that is really meant to take the traffic. Not Kirkwood. I
think that we can really get that done.
Horow/ Was the question six lanes on Hwy #6 or a by-pass by-pass.
Nov/The question was Hwy #6,
Larson! They go by traffic loads. Much more by tile book than we do
and the less traffic we encourage to go on Kirkwood, the more
will go to Hwy #6, the higher tile traffic loads, the sooner we
will get another lane there. It all ties together.
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Phipps/ Also the numbers that I just saw show me that maybe there
is not a need for this-the traffic count numbers, Ob\~ously-
Larson/ They sure don't make sense. We wouldn't think that we
have less traffic there than 5 years ago.
Phipps/ Thanks.
Cecell Kuenzsli/ I am here as the president of the Longfellow
Neighborhood Association adjacent to Kirkwood which consists
of 800 families. As you know at our January meeting we voted
unanimously to support Kirkwood residents in opposing the
widening of their street. Again at our May meeting we
discussed what we could do to assist in their effort. Our main
concern Is the quality of life in our neighborhood and how that
quality will be affected if Kirkwood is widened. Whatever
happens on Kirkwood will affect what happens in our
neighborhood because traHlc enters the neighborhood from
Kirkwood via Summit then to Sheridan and Court and 7th Ave.
Widening Kirkwood to three and four lanes can only Invite
more cars onto Kirkwood and from there into the
neighborhood. We don't want more traffic, we want less.
Therefore we ask you to divert cars to the Hwy #6 Byopass
which would constructed for the high volume traffic. At first I
thought we were going out n a limb asking the city please not
to widen the street. Then I started to read and research the
topic a bit and realized that there are alternatives to Widening
streets, Innovative planners and traffic engineers all over the
U.S. are re-thinking and re-planning cities to deoemphasize
cars. Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, California, Orlando =0,
Florida, Olympia, Washington, Charleston, South Carolina,
Seattle and other cities are implementing traffic engineering
concepts and building roads that contradict tlle guidelines in
the lnstitute of Traffic Engineer's Manual. I would llke to
quote from an article that I found In my research that was
from an address given by one of these traffic planners at the
Harvard Graduate School of Design In Nov. 1990 which I tllink
expresses pretty well what we are trying to say to you here
this evening. I quote, " Building real towns will require
changing master plans, codes, road building standards and
above all, attitudes. The reign of traffic engineers must end.
Americans must be reacquainted with their small town
heritage and be persuaded of tlle importance of protecting the
human habitat eve!}' bit as rigorously as tile natural habitat.
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Architects and planners and developers can be leaders and
educators but ordinmy citizens have to insist that the
happiness of people take place over the happiness of cars, That
the health of communities takes precedence over the
unimpeded flow of traffic."
Kubby/ Great quote.
Horow/ Way to go.
Kuenzslil Last June this council adopted a policy of preserving-or
giving priorities to neighborhoods over that of trafl'ic. Now I
ask you to implement this policy. Preserve our neighborhoods.
Do not widen Kirkwood.
Paula Brandt/ I live at 824 North Gilbert on the North side. I
thought about this issue a great deal and Intellectually I know
that they is no master plan with the city to destroy our older
neighborhoods. Especially historic neighborhoods like tins.
And drive the people who live in the inner core or Iowa City
out to the edges or town or to the suburbs. But really, when I
hear of proposals like this my heart or hearts I have to wonder.
I ask tlle city council to please don't put a nail in this cornn.
lPyd Kohli 806 Walnut Street. Being on Walnut you may wonder
what I have to do with Kirkwood. It is only a block away and
after 40 years of the same location we have round that
anything that happens on Kirkwood affects us. Especially if we
want to go to Kirkwood. Most of the questions that I had have
been covered earlier. But I did want to make one comment
that il' the slTeet is widened its going to mean bigger, not
necessarily better. It is going to mean more cars, more speed.
The major thing is is that it is going to make the entrance on
the unprotected intersections for a left hand turn only onto
Kirkwood almost impossible. It is bad enough to go across one
land or traffic. But to go across two lanes Is unthinkable. I
would like to ask council if they remember the letter I mailed.
That is looking to the future, I know It can't be done tomorrow.
But I don't think the future ends tomorrow either. A by-pass-
a Hwy #6 ByoPass would by-pass in name only. Widening #6
ByoPass isn't an answer I don't think. A true bYopass, as I
pointed out in the letter, a true by-pass with limited excess
could do notlllng bu help tramc in Iowa City. Get the major
highways out of town. Walmart business route, such as most
cities have, would direct those people who want to do business
in Iowa City, into the town. Those that are traveling and want
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to by-pass and a lot of people want to by-pass Iowa City.
Those that do, a bypass would certainly get them around. That
bypass could include Coralville very easily with 380, 281,
Highway 80. Columbus, lvlissouri is an example of cooperation
between federal and state and city government. They
combined Hwy 63 South with 1-80 to bypass the major part of
d.t. Columbus on Hwy 63. Ideally, of course, lets look at
Minneapolis/St.Pau!. A complete circle around the city.
Limited access. The city has expanded beyond the bypass now
but with limited access it makes no difference to traffic that is
on the way through the cities. As I said before I know that
even if such a plan were implemented tonight it would happen
for a long time. But gain, As I said, the future doesn't end
tomonow. So let us look ahead and plan for the future. Thank
you.
Larson/Mr. Kohl, when we get as big as the Twin Cities, I am moving
out.
Kubby / One of the things we will have to deal with when we talk
about putting the traffic on Hwy #6 is the more we facilitate
that which we may end up choosing to do, the more imminent
it is going to be to make sure that children crossing Hwy #6 to
go to Southeast can do so safely. Or if we talk about over
passes over the highway that is about a million dollars a piece.
We might need one to three of them that we have talked about.
So there are other pull here and tug here -a ripple here is going
to make an effect somewhere else. And we are going to have
to deal with those side effects also which might mean large
amount of tax dollars. So I want to make sure 1'1.mt people are
thinking about that too. Or different ways the community
pulling together without use of tax dollars to tl)' to facilitate
building safe access across Hwy #6. Fspecially by children and
people on bicycles,
Julie Huus,man} 1038 Diana Street which is one block off of
Kirkwood. My feeling on the widening of Kirkwood is 11mt it is a
real field of dreams. If you build it, they will come. I know
that this Is true because my fonner secretm)' who worked with
me several years in the Art Building and now works in the
Jefferson building, drives in from West Liberty evel)' day on
Kirkwood because she perceives that it is faster to do so than
coming into town on Ihvy #6, And listening to Mrs. Nicknish's
statistics on how long it took her on different times of the day
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to come down IGrkwood I can see that it is probably true. You
widen the street and it will probably take here four minutes or
three and a half minutes to get a long on that stretch. One of
the things that I would like to suggest that the council consider
on widening Kirkwood and generally moving traffic around
Iowa City is that perhaps one of our objectives in the
community should be not so much as to move traffic but to
discourage traffic in tenus of moving people in other ways. We
pride ourselves velY much on the quality of life we have here.
Our neighborhoods contribute to that quality of life. The work
that we have done downtown on urban renewal has
contributed to that. There are lots of things that conttibute to
that. One of the things that would also make it better here
would be less traffic. Moving people through better public
transportation selvices. And perhaps in considering solutions
to these problems, this is something tat should take greater and
greater precedents in tenus of long term planning for the
community. Thank you.
Linda Mlfhler/ 1219 Kirkwood. Most of tlle people preceding me
have already spoken what my concerns have been. This lady
have just kind of pointed out that I have lived on Kirkwood off
and on all of my life. When I didn't live there my parents have
so I am very familiar with Kirkwood. When I grew up I could
go from IGrkwood Court and take my sled and go all the way
down to Pine Street with no cars. I couldn't in no way do that
now. But the more I see you putting stop lights out on the byo
pass the more traffic there is on Kirkwood. Therefore, it is not
lets widen Kirkwood to handle the traffic. Lets tJY, as this lady
said, to divert the traffic some place else. The only concern, it
is probably velY selfish, that no 011 has spoken of, those people
who live between IGrkwood Court and Franklin on the south
side of the street have velY steep driveways. You widen
IGrkwood, when I back out in the winter time, I need my apron
to stop before I slide out in the street. I really don't want to
have to take two hours to have to try and get dOWll my
driveway so I van get to work. I need my apron. I do not need
Kirkwood widened. It is going to not only endanger the safety
of other people for me ttying to get out of my driveway but for
me pulling out into IGrkwood. That is my only otller concern
that I wanted to voice. Thank you.
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Weldon Decker/619 Kirkwood/ I did send in a letter Saturday. I
presume you may not have it yet. I have one addition to what
I stated there. Thoughts came up to the comments in respect
to the intersection of Gilbert and Kirkwood. I turn left, headed
west, turn left onto Kirkwood JUany many times. I would
rather have a minute delay there then have this widened to
open a funnel to put more traffic onto Kirkwood and Lower
Muscatine. Thank you.
Carol DeProsse/ I was delighted when I walked into the room tonight
because I though that all of these people had shown up to
oppose the Campus Review. But I am equally delighted that 11
of these people showed up to oppose the widening of Kirkwood
Ave. I do. I live on College Street. About a year and a half ago
I bought a small piece of property on East Benton Street. It
parallels Kirkwood between Gilbert and just a little bit around
the railroad tracks north of Eichel'S. No, west or east of Eichel'S.
Because of that piece of property where I have my studio I
have a lot of need now to cross over Kirkwood to tIy to get
over to the bypass to access businesses and so forth and I don't
really see any problem. Occasionally I have to wait a couple
minutes for the traffic to clear so I can get across Kirkwood to
get over to the bypass but it is not very much of a problem.
Over the years I have tried personally to tTavel Kirkwood less
and less because I feel that as individuals we need to take
some kind of responsibility to use roads that are constl11cted
for other purposes. I think 111at is why the bypass exists.
Those are hard habits to break. But I still think that we need
to 111ink that way. If I was to read the comments of the council
tonight I guess I would walk out of here thinking that they
sound like they are not going to approve 111e widening. I hope
that is the case. But 11mt is not something that I can rely on.
So I am just going to ask you to look at it maybe from another
point of view that hasn't been mentioned. And I think, again,
that it is a velY hard one, but I think to put yourself on other
people's shoes and how you would feel if tillS project was
planned for the road in front of your house, Thank you,
Caroline Dieterle/ I live on Walnut Street. I velY much agree with
the comments of my neighbor, Mr. Kohl. However I have lived
in Iowa City now long enough and I have been active enough in
el1\~ronmental kinds of issues to remember similar kinds of
fights all too often. And I guess the modern urban minute man
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has to be the person who is ready to go out and preserve their
neighborhood from the take over of the national predilection
for forgive ......auto erotism. Where everything is done to make
room for motor cm's. I would remind the council you could
probably go back if they were taping meetings then about
19690iO. Somewhere in there. Where they were proposing to
widen Burlington Street between Sunuuit and First Ave. And
the City Engineer at the time actlJally said in a public meetiug
that a person outside a motor car was not as important as a
person inside a motor car. TI1is led to a general upJising of
people in the neighborhood and ultimately, as you know, they
did not do that project. And contrmy to the city engineer's
predictions, the world did not end the following week. We still
are managing to get from Summit Street to Fu'st Ave in one
piece and everyone seems quite happy. Prior to that and what
heartened those brave folks back then was the prior fight over
Keokuk where we were similarly told that if there weren't four
lanes between Kirkwood and Hwy #6 bypass-doom was in the
forefront for Iowa City. I have heard the same kinds of
arguments about Summit Street. I have heard that we needed
to have a four lane bridge across the RR Tracks where Summit
crosses the RR Tracks. And I just think that basically you have
to in the end come down to comJUon sense and not worry too
much about what the statistics are. And pay attention to what
the people In the area want to do. All over the place the city
has got projects to try to improve neighborhoods, So lets not
spoil any. You knowowhile we are trying to improve others. It
is counterproductive. So please do not widen ti1at.
Rebecca Anthony/lO04 Kirkwood. I would like to make a few
concluding remarks from the Kirkwood Ave. Lower Muscatine
Steering Committee. You have heard a lot of concemed citizens
and experts talk to you tonight about road classifications. You
have listened to business owners talk about their opposition to
the project. You have learned that homeowners will face
certain devaluation of their property. And I think you have
also had a fairly good graphic display of the car counts. When
you give your directions to tile city staff on July i, we hope
that the citizen input that you hear tonight will be considered.
There really is no bad guy here. There is no conflict between
groups In the conuuunity. You are not forced to choose
between one group of the electorate or another. And we hope
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sincerely hope that this is not a difficult Gecision for you. The
people are united in their feeling that if this old section of Iowa
City is not maintained that it will be the prelude to selious
degeneration and blight. We look to you as a collective voice
for the people to safe guard this historic, viable, and mixed
income neighborhood. And we look to you to protect this
valuable comlllunity asset from potential demise. And we
especially thank you for hearing our conunents.
Linda Nelson/508 Kirkwood. I think about one of the last times I
was here about a dozen years ago. It was somebody who lived
d.t. who was opposed to building of the parking ramps d.t. and
I really echo a lot of sentinlents about cars. And light then the
fight was between are we going to really look at mass
transportation or are we going to look at automobiles and
parking ramps. Well, I recently made the big leap after a
dozen years in Iowa City to be a homeowner. I live at 508
Kirkwood. And I am back again about automobiles. I think
that what really distresses me in talking about this with my
son who is heading into junior high. I was pregnant when I
was here last time. Is that he said that by the time he is out of
high school, if this passed, it would look like Los Angeles
around here. And he is velY worried about smog. I know that
I don't eat anything that grows in my front yard just because
of the led poisoning there already. 1 really wony what is going
to happen if we widen that. The only last note that I would
have in addition to all the fine comments before me is that
many of us don't have spacious lawns on Kirkwood. My front
door is about 20 feet from the street. And I know that is true
about many of my neighbors and folks down on Lower
Muscatine, too. I want you to think about how much closer
that is going to bring the street to my front door. Thank you.
--------/ I am a resident of Iowa City. I have been residing
here for the last 11 years. And 1 am also a business owner and
my business resides at 521 Kirkwood Ave. I would like to
start-as people talk about safety. I drive more heaVily on that
road than the average person that resides on Kirkwood. The
biggest safety that 1 see is the bicyclists at the bend over from
Lower Muscatine to the Sycamore Mall. That section there.
There is safety involved, It is not kids. I don't hardly even see
kids coming down the street. 'nlat street is so narrow,
Bicyclists, his life is in danger. As far as the business that
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resides at the intersection of Kirkwood, the 1m track on
Kirkwood. The cars that have parallel parking feel that one of
these days there is going to be an accident. Every time I drive
down there I got to watch out for a car that might be parked on
the east side of the van. There is potential there. I feel it is
the cily's responsibility if they are going to eliminate those
parking spaces that tile city needs to accommodate the store
owners there. But as far as the expansion of the road, I feel
comfortable with the way the road is residing from Dodge
Street to the turn over-the change over to Lower Muscatine.
Lower Muscatine to Sycamore Mall does need to be improved
at least for the safely of the bicycles. From the IlGE to
Sycamore Mall, that road has to be expanded. The last meeting
that took place over at Mark Twainothere was an accident right
in front of the job service building. That is a dangerous
intersection. Last week on Thursday or Friday there was a 7-
Up tnlck parked on tile down hill side over near 521. Over near
Governor's Ridge. Parked in the road and traffic was getting
backed up and there were people endangered trying to bypass
right in front of the Kitty Hawk. UPS trucks park there. It is a
safety problem. I feel that if anything-between Kirkwood and
Donohue Lensing Funeral Home tilat that needs to be widened
for safety reasons. And also from I1GE to Sycamore Mall. As
far as the homeowners I feel comfortable driving down that
road. I drive down that road at least sLx to eight times a day
and even more at the far west end. The expansion. I don't
know why there is so much static as far as tile width of the
road in the area of Sycamore or SlIImnit Street. That area feels
comfortable. I drive down Muscatine. Muscatine is a little
wider than Kirkwood, As far as tile traffic, the average
homeowner when tiley go to the shopping store tiley find the
closest parking spot to Ihe store to get inside. They won't walk
that distance. If you widen it or don't widen it, the average
working class is going to find the shortage cut to get from point
A to point B. RIght noW I don't feel thaI if you expand that
road that the people who travel now from P & G to the west
side of Iowa City are going to change tileir route, Whether you
expand it or not. If they find Hwy#6 faster noW before you do
it they will stay on Hwy#6. I'm for-I am not too concerned
whether you do or not expand. But I am for tile safely and
expansion at the east and west end of Kirkwood. Thank you.
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Linda Kron/1507 Lower Muscatine. I have lived in the family home
since 1956. My only comment to this man is that in all of those
years I have seen one accident with a bicycle outside. But I
have seen many more people get picked up for speeding along
there. I really think that if you do widen it you are just gOing
to cause the cars to travel a lot higher speed. That is all I have
to say.
Larson/ I want to comment too. I don't think it is good traffic
planning to make street widths wide enough so a car and
bicycle can coexist in the lane. The safety of the bicyclist
depends on the car drIver understanding that he should not
pass the bicycle until there is room to pass and so I don't think
the width of the lane really should be a part of that. We need
to educate the car drivers to realize that you don't share that
lane with a bicycle. They get the lane themselves until it is
save to pass.
Mary McInroy/ 919 Roosevelt. And my comfort level with widening
Kirkwood is quite a bit different than that gentleman's. For one
thing I am not talking about driving the road sLx times a day.
I am talking about living there 24 hours a day. And it does
make a difference. And I wanted to also have the council note
that the list of letters to the council is not complete. My letter
is not on there and neither is a letter of a friend who wrote in
opposition to this widening.
Larson/ It is not intended to be, I don't think.
Kubby/ We have had other letters.
Horow/ We have had other packets in which the letters have come
in.
McInroy/ okay.
Larson/ I want to thank everybody who has sent a personalized
letter because I don't much care for the form letter approach to
issues. But I appreciate those that personalized theirs and
wrote their own.
Horow/ However, a 29 cent stamp is a 29 cent stamp.
Lori Bears/ 1213 First Ave. I do not live on Kirkwood but me and
my mother do drive or she drives and I see. I have seen
actually Kirkwood Ave, I like looking at the trees and the nice
houses. I am not for widening it to three lanes and there Is a
reason. There is going to be more 1mffic and I haven't done
any studies but I agree with these people that have come here
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tonight and I hope you guys don't destroy Kirkwood Ave,
please.
jolm Gross/ I would like to add one element that I thought about
earlier, At our Mark Twain meeting not all the councilors were
able to be there. And, correct me Steve if I am wrong, we
talked about the quality of the street and I believe that you
stated that if we were to rebuilt Kirkwood Ave at its current
width we would not be following bad engineering. That would
stilI be a well engineered street. There wouldn't be anything
inherently wrong.
Atkins/ That is correct, john.
Gross/ Thank you vel}' much.
Larson/ john, since you brought that up I wanted to explain. I don't
think any council member has to apologize for missing any
meetings because we have literally dozens of them a month.
That night happened to be the CIisis Center Board of Directors
meeting and I don't miss that because I am vel}' honored to be
on that board and so that was why I wasn't there. It would
have been important for me to be there because that was the
process is which I was changing my mind on tIns whole thing.
I did want to explain to everybody. I told council members to
explain why I wasn't there and then found out later they
didn't. I wouldn't to let you know why I missed that.
Gross/ Randy, I served on that board years ago as treasurer just
shortly after it was founded. And their work is velY
important. I want to tllank you for serving on that board as
well as the council.
Larson! I have been woodshedded on the Kirkwood Ave incident
quite a bit already.
Dick Brown! There is one other COlmnent I would like to make about
this Kirkwood Ave thIng.
Courtney/We are stmting to get people coming up a second time. Is
everyone done for the first time.
Brown/ There is no question there needs to be improvement on
Kirkwood Ave. The Intersection of Gilbert Street obviously is
one of the most dangerous in Iowa City. And I think that three
lanes right at that intersection with a left turn lane would
greatly alleviate that problem.
Emilie Rubright/ I am really here with my Project Green hat on.
Some years ago when tlle bypass was built Project Green
planted a lot of trees along the side of that road and you
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probably wonder today why the crab apple trees are so far
back from the highway. That is because the DOT told us that
you had to leave space for expansion of teat road and we could
not bring the plantings close to it. That was the deal that we
struck with them. However, before the bypass was built, all
the traffic came down Muscatine from the four corners. That
was Hwy#6 and the minute this road was built we started
calling it the bypass. But it is the only Hwy#6 we have, folks.
It is not bypassing anything. It is the highway. So I think
from Project Green's point of view, certainly we are for
preserving the trees on Kirkwood if it is possible. But I think I
would second the motion that it agitate Y11th the DOT to either
give us another bypass or to help us do something with the
existing I-hvy#6 that would make the traffic flow faster on it.
That is my only COlUment and I am celtainly in empathy with
this tough decision.
Courtney / I think we are all in agreement with you on that, Emilie.
We have been through it before and we know how long it
takes.
Rubright! It takes a long time, yes.
Courtney/We don't want to put out any false expectations of this
thing happening over night. It took five years to get Hwy#l
what is done on the other side of Riverside.
Rubright! Thank you vel)' much.
J.L. Preston! I don't live on Kirkwood Ave but I attend the Church of
Christ at 1320 Kirkwood. And one of the concerns that we
have is a matter of safety as we enter and exist our church
facility on Sundays and Wednesdays and other times that we
are there. That traffic does come down that hill pretty fast.
We have, too, some concerns about how easily we could enter
into Kirkwood Ave if it were three or four lanes, One thing we
noted that parallel to Kirkwood Ave. There already exists a 34
foot wide street. Highland Ave. Which nms from Gilbert to
Sycamore. And if you bought one house on the corner of
Sycamore and Lower Muscatine Road, you could extend
Highland Ave from Lower Muscatine Road to Gilbert Street.
And you would have your 34 foot wide street already in
rxistence. Just a thought. Also one other thing you might do,
A lot of people travel that because they are Hying to get from
the north side of Iowa City to the south side. And as you are
aware it is First Ave, Summit Street, Dodge Street, or Gilbert to
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get from North to South. You might want to consider is there a
place for another crossing at 7tll or Second Ave. You could run
2nd Ave and connect Mall Drive and take some more traffic, So
there are some options that we can use otller than widening
Kirkwood Ave to get the traffic moving. Thank you.
Courtney/ To clear up one point. Now the church you are speaking of
is right on tlle CUlve there, The proposal does not include three
lanes on the Clllve. Broaden out the culve and wjdening to
match the two sections coming together there. But that is not
one of the places tllat is proposing tlu'ee lane.
Preston/ Okay. Thank you.
Jim St.John/ I also thank the council for tillS opportunity for all
citizens of Iowa City to make a contribution in tllis argument
over whether to widen or not widen. I recall last fall in my
race with Susan that over her dead body Kirkwood Ave. would
be widen. So tonight, Susan, we are all here to save you. But
more seriously, I think the most important thing here is
preselvation of a neighborhood. On Kirkwood Ave we saw it
when it was discussed. Excuse me, Summit Street. When it
was discussed to widen the bridge last year to four lanes and
the citizens on Kirkwood and Summit Street got together. On
the nortllside when the helicopter pad was proposed for Mercy
Hospital the Nortllside Neighborhood Association stepped In. I
think the HalVard article that was read to us earlier really hit
home to me in that we can't always apply, !vIr. Atkins, textbook
solutions to a velY novel community. And unfortunately, this
street has already been compronllsed in so far as some of the
development that has occUlTed there, not only in the last ten
years but even the last 40 with the parcelllzed portions that
were taken from tile Plum Grove Area that was the original
park. That was something that we can't do anythlng about now.
But now this council can reassure these property owners and
tax payers and residents whether tlley're on the northside or
the west side that this council truly takes into consideration the
care and concern that tllese parents and people have for their
street. So i oppose the widening of this street on those grounds
alone. I tllink the traffic counts, maybe we could do further
studies, but I don't know that that would do us any good. As a
Johnson County SEATS driver I travel those streets very early
in the morning, midoday, and in the evening. I have to tell you
that I think the studies are somewhat accurate in that those
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streets are not at total capacity. I think it's easier to travel
down that street than most people realize so they don't take
the bYopass. The one intersection that I have problems with
that would streamline the argument and this occUlTed just last
summer to me in a SEATS van, a motorcycle as I was
proceeding east on Kirkwood, a motorcycle behind me came
around as I was tuming right onto Keokuk, and was hit by a
car. So I think there are some improvements that could be
made here, insofar as perhaps no left turns from Keokuk going
NOIth so that they can take Dodge or Gilbelt Street. There may
be some modifications we could use to put more traffic onto the
bYopass. As Randy mentioned really encourage the state to
come up with additional dollars to widen that by-pass because
this is a neighborhood and I think people here tonight have
expressed that it needs to be a service road not a real traffic
avenue. So thank you vel)' much for your consideration.
Carolyn Grossi 820 Kirkwood. I hope you all appreciate the new look.
I'm told I'm not coordinated tonight. I've heard a rumor that
several of you don't wish to pour a ml1lion dollars plus worth of
concrete into a substandard street. By whose standard is our
street width now substandard? Not mine. Not most of the
people in this room, Not most of the people in the community, I
believe. So by whose standard is it substandard? If it's a
textbook that says this is a substandard street at 31 feet or
whatever the width, all the way along the street, then I say it's
time to throw the textbooks out, as many good communities in
this country are already doing. We've already heard a list of
the some of the best cities in this countl)' who ~lre realizing
that the by the book traffic planners in the country have been
wrong, We've gone about accommodating cars in our cities to
the detTiment of our own lives. We need to change that. Iowa
City is an innovative town. We don't need to be a follower,
widening the streets to make them textbook correct. We need
our lives in a conullunity that's unique and beautiful and we
shouldn't ruin it with a textbook. Thank you.
Ron Swatzendruperll've heard all kind of proposals here tonight.
One even included you buying my house, I am on tl13t corner
of Sycamore and Lower Muscatine Road. I go along with a lot
of tlle proposals tllat are being made here, And primarily, I
would rather not see Lower Muscatine and Kirkwood widened
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either. But my iocation onto Sycamore Mall on Lower
Muscatine is shot already. From Sycamore Street down it
needs to be widened. You have got job service there and that
brings your vehicle count up tremendously. There is a steady
stream of cars in and out of there all day long from opening till
closing. It worse than the Mall. In Job Service alone. Now, to
top it off, 1 have gotten large-Macs 80 foot length semi tractor
trailer rigs coming down Sycamore, making that sharp V right
hand turn on Lower Muscatine and going back south. 1 don't
understand why. They have got First Ave which is deveioped
for trucks. So, the folks down at the Church on Kirkwood, up
where I am on Sycamore, maybe a coupie more stop signs on
the street wouid discourage some peopie from using it. Not
such a long stretch of no stops. TIley would go out on the
highway. That would make everything safer for the Church
and the people. Put in a three way stop sign instead of a one
way at Sycamore and Lower Muscatine Road. And even at
Keokuk. Make iT a three way stop. That will make it safer for
evelybody to get on to the road also. So, lets just try andolets
say control what we have and monitor it and check the
speeders, And we don't need to widen tile road other than
that.
Nov/ I have a question on trucks. What kind of trucks are on
Sycamore. They are obviously going beyond the Mall or they
dellver the stuff to Sears.
SwartzendlUper/ I don't know about Sears. They are up the road
form us.
Nov/ You don't know where the tl1lcks are going.
Swarl2endmper/ No. They come down and turn. Come down
Sycamore and rum right onto Lower Muscatine Road, the sharp
V-turn. They drag their trailer wheels over the curb evelY
time. No vehicles can be coming from either direction. They
take up all the lanes to do it. I don't know if they are going
back to Oral B or back to the Mall because they missed the
drive. I don't know where they are going, But it really doesol
think it should be checked. I haven't seen them go down
Lower Muscatine farther than they are suppose to because
they go into Iowa Power and Electric and then come out of
there and come back.
Courtney/This is past the embargo area.
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Horow/ The embargo area. And many times they just haven't been
able to find the right route into the city. Because I have driven
right after them and stopped them and got out and asked them
what they are doing. I do.
Swartzendruber/ They don't know where they are at. And I see
them come. The smaller ones especially. But I don't think they
are over the weight limit. They come down and t11m left on
Sycamore, then tum right on Highland and go down to Gilbert
that way.
Horow/ We have 18 wheelers on Kirkwood.
Swartzendruber/ But they are not suppose to go down that way, I
know.
Horow/ If it is an 18 wheeler it is not suppose to be there.
Nov/ Steve, is there a weight limit on Sycamore.
Atkins/ I couldn't tell you.
Nov/ Would be worth checking into, It doesn't look like a street big
enough for trucks.
Horow/ His point isoin terms of signage of something out on Hwy#6
in terms of the route. Plus the signs out on 1-80.
Feather Lacy/ I don't live on Kirkwood. But I think this is an issue
that all the citizens of Iowa City should be concerned about. I
would just like to mention talking about text book solutions.
That the European ComlUunity Commission just came out with a
report where they said that cars are ruining the cities of the
world and they suggest that at least seven cities in Europe start
making plans to become carless cities. It said that cars are
destroying the cities because of the space they take up. I think
that is a good case. We can make that right here in Iowa City.
And we can be on the forefront instead of just taking the easy
solution of paving over Iowa City. We can increase our mass
transit, bike paths and do some creative thinking here. Thank
you.
Courtney/Anyone else have comments. Thank you all velY much.
That will close tile public hearing. I declare a five minute
recess. Thank you.
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Iowa City City Council
Regular Council Meeting
June 23, 1992
Page 10
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Consider an appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission to
fill an unexpired term ending January 1, 1996. (Randy Willman
resigned.)
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d. Consider an appointment to the Board of Library Trustees to fill an
unexpired term ending July 1, '995. (Thomas Gelman resigned.1
Action:
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CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION.
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ITEM NO. 10' REPORT ON ITEMS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.
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Courtney/City Council InfoI1llation
Nov/ I have to tell you that I met our first VISTA volunteers for
]olmson County. Several of us were at a reception. We gave
them certificates and they are now honorary citizens of Iowa
City and we are expecting wonderful new programs to prevent
homelessness and hunger.
Kubby/ And we might have three more in August and one of them is
living in the COOP house. They are getting involved.
I have one that is velY related to Kirkwood and that is another
neighborhood traffic concern on Park Road. I have had quite a
few calls about speed of traffic and people passing going down
or up the hill on Park Road. I am not quite sure what the
options are in dealing with Park Road although one citizen
suggested that we encourageowe re-route people over onto
Riverside Drive to the highway instead of going down to Park
Road and onto Rocky Shore to the highway.
Larson! I am all for that.
Kubby/ As a new homeowner over there.
I wold like us to discuss this at some point and just what else
can be done besides enforcement. When enforcement is there
it works. People are ticketed. When enforcement is not there,
the speed goes back up.
Courtney/ I am not sure what the point is on that-the re-routing.
Kubby/ So that people don't go down Park Road to get to the
highway. To get to Coralville. So that they go.
Larson! Right now you can't turn left on Riverside and t111'11 on to
Highway #6 because you can't turn right at that Intersection.
Kubby / To re-route people instead of going down Park Road to
Coralville, to have them going down Riverside. Turn right on
Riverside from Riverside onto the Highway.
Nov/ It is not legal
Kubby/ That is what the suggestion is. Is that we look into tl1at or to
whatever otller options that there are because the Issue, again,
is neighborhood preselvation. And so this blings up this whole
thing again about when tl1e county encourages development.
When we approve things In the fringe area. Especially on the
nortl1 end of town outside of the city limits. People want to go
down Park Road. When we facilitate that expansion, how do
we protect the stable current neighborhoods from traffic Issues.
Kirkwood is one example. Park Road is another and there are many others throughout the city.
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Rocky Shore. I have a little screened in porch. The reason I
bought that house is right there. It is the closest resident to
Rocky Shore.
Courtney/ Believe me. After about July 10 it will just subside
somewhat. There is a lot of traffic going in and out of City Park
for ball games this time of year,..
Nov/ Wait until you get to a football Saturday.
Larson!
Kubby / I would like us at some point to look at Park Road also.
Courtney/AnythIng else.
Kubby/ That is it.
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Courtney/City !vIanager
Atkins/ One quick item. The first of our recycling tIucks has mTlved.
It Is now In Guttenburg, Iowa being retrofitted with the bins.
We hope to have the other two shortly. They are about a week
to ten days behind now. We have scheduled July 13 as the
kick-off date officially for the curbside collection. Hopefully as
early as the latter part of this week we will begin the
distribution of the brochure which has the calendar, the
schedule and everything that you always wanted to knolV and
need to know will be delivered to all 12,000 residential refuse
customers. Boyd has finished his contacts with all of the
retailers In town with respect to the container purchases. We
have a couple of them, as we understand, that are about to put
out a promotion. This Is the official container if you want to
buy the thing. We do have some additional t.v. promotional
items. So the next ten days the thing should be picking up a lot
of stemll.
Kubby/ What is the date where people will receive the booklet from
the city on how to recycle.
Atkins/ We hope to mail this thing, Karen, possibly as early as the
latter part of this week, It will take 4-5 days. Hopefully by
mid next week, everybody should have it in hand. We are
going to make laminated copies and put them in various stores,
When they go to buy their containers. It it really Intended to
be something you can stick by the refrigerator. You can tear
out your schedule which tells when you pick up. Keep your
fingers crossed and we will be ready to go shortly.
!vIcD/ Are we changing anything with respect to disposal of yard
waste at this point.
Atkins/ Yes we are. We are going to be offering that annual sticker
for $20.
!vIcD/ That will be in conjunction with the implementation of the new
program.
Atklns/ Yes. I think those permits-the stickers themselves have
arrived and we will get those out and make them available for
purchase.
Nov/ Tell us about cleaning off tlle sidewalk on Clinton Street with all
the bird st11ff,
Atklns/ We went out and invested in a fancy smancy new power
sprayer. We were getting council complaints as well as just
anybody just walking around down there. The bird droppings
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were getting to be a mess. So Joe Fowler, our Parking system,
purchased a power deck sprayer. It cleans it...off. He is using
it not only on the sidewalk but they will be using it in the ramp
to begin cleaning the place up a little bit.
Horow/ Could we have just gotten a bunch of kids with those new
sq uirt guns...
Atkins/ We will do it as frequently as we have to. The bird
droppings were Just getting to be a mess. We simply didn't
have the equipment to do it. That is what led us to go out and
purchase this thing. It is a power sprayer....blasts it off the
sidewalk....we have the thing. If they see some spots, please let
us know.....tllat is all I have.
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Iowa CitY CitY Council
Regular Council Meeting
June 23, 1992
Page 11
ITEM NO. 11 .
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF A
CONTRACT WITH SVENDSEN TYLER, INCORPORATED FOR THE EXTENSION
OF A CDNTRACT FOR PREPARING A COMPREHENSIVE PRESERVATION
PLAN.
Comment: The CitY recently agreed to amend the
contract with our preservation consuitant, Svendsen
Tyler, Incorporated by extending the contract period
from May 1. 1992, to June 30, 1992. Aithough the
plan is nearing completion, the Historic Preservation
Commission believes that the public hearings regarding
the plan should not occur during the summer months
when many citizens are out of town. Therefore, the
consultant has agreed. to extend the contract untii
November 1. 1992, in order to allow the public hearings
to occur in the fall.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND
THE FRIENDS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO ESTABLISH AND DPERA TE
A JOINT PROGRAM FOR THE STORAGE AND RESALE OF HISTORIC AND
RECLAIMABLE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING MATERIALS.
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Comment: An Agreement between Friends of Historic Preservation and the
City of Iowa City regarding the operation of a "salvage" program has been
signed. The Airport Commission has agreed to the use of the property for
this purpose and a final agreement has been signed. No comments were
received at a Public Hearing held Mdy 26.,. 1992.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE IOWA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR IDWA EMERGEN.
CY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDING.
Comment: The Iowa State Department of Economic Development has agreed
to provide to the CitY of Iowa City a maximum of $46,770.00 in United
StateS Department of Housing and Urban Development funding for the
support of shelter services at the DomestiC Violence Shelter ($10,230), the
Emergency Housing Sheiter 1$19,500), and the Youth Emergency Shelters
($15,350), The award aiso includes $1,690 to reimburse the City for some
of its expenses in administering this grant.
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Courtneyl Moved by Horow, seconded by Kubby. Discussion.
Kubbyl The only concern I have about expanding this program is
that we don't use it as an excuse to have demolition to be an
easy answer. And that it should be the last res0l1. And that
this Is a positive outcome of a no win situation. This is the end
result of the last resort.
Horowl I second that. I would like us to, at some point, look at
kicking up the permit fee for demolition of houses that are
either of historic value or are supporting structures to historic
facilities. I don't want to go into it tonight but we have kicked
this Idea around before. And I would like to take a look at It. I
agree with Karen totally.
Kubbyl As well as posting in the neighborhood Having some kind of
wait time between when you apply for the permit and when
the demolition can happen so that the neighborhood can have a
chance to respond.
Courtney I Roll callo
The resolution Is adopted.
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Regular Council Meeting
June 23, 1992
Page 12
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ITEM NO. 14:
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE
CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AGREEMENTS FOR IOWA EMERGENCY SHELTER
GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDING WITH THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
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A, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM ($10,230)
B. EMERGENCY HOUSING PROJECT ($19,500)
C. YOUTH HOMES, INC. ($15,350)
ITEM NO. 15 .
Comment: The Iowa Department of Economic Development has approved
and contracted with the City of Iowa City to provide Iowa Emergency Shelter
Grants Program funding lor the City of Iowa City to expend in support of the
Domestic Violence Shelter. the Emergency Housing Shelter, and the Youth
Emergency Shelters.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO PROCEED WITH
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR A COLLECTOR STREET BETWEEN
ROCHESTER AVENUE AND HICKORY TRAIL.
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Comment: At the June 9 meeting the City Council requested this item be
deferred pending further information from staff on alignment alternatives for
the street, and the impact on .wetlands. 'Staff recommends this item be
deferred until the August 'I City Council meeting.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BUDGETED POSITIONS IN
JCCOG ADMINISTRATION AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
Comment: This resolution formalizes action which has already been approved
by the JCCOG Urbanized Area Policy Board. The Assistant Director of
Planning and Community Development/Executive Director JCCOG position Is
established at .5 FTE. It Is combined with a .5 FTE In one of the JCCOG . . '
program areas, currently Transportation Planning. This results in a .5 FTE in
Transportation Planning which is being established at the Associate Planner
level. No Increase in local funds is required for these actions.
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Courtney/Moved by Horow, seconded by Nov. Discussion.
Horow/ Yes. Under the SUllllllaJY of contract activities, this-the
amounts include water, sewer, and trash seIVices not to exceed
$1,800 Is ESGP funds. Is this realistic. I know this is off the
wall asking you this. But I looked at this and I wondered this
Is a low figure.
Atkins/ My suspicion, Susan, would be that...in these types of grant
programs, the state will grant us the money and then place
some regulation on the actual use of the monies. In other
words, up to $1,800 may be used for water, sewer, or
whatever. I think they actually calVe it up into elements.
Horow/ So then we have to supplement whatever they go over.
Atkins/ They do. It just comes out of their regular budget. If their
utility bill is $3,000, $1,800 can be paid for by this grant. The
remaining $1,200-lt Is up to them to come up with something
else. That Is how I have always understood It to be.
Horow/ Because these will go up as our fees go up.
Atkins/ Oh, sure. Absolutely.
Courtney/Roll call-
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Courtneyl Moved by McD, seconded by Horow. Discussion,
Novl Yes. I can't figure this one out. It looks like somebody is
working 8/10 s time rather than fulltime.
Atkins/ I will do my best to explain it to you. I picked it up not only
from staff but also the ]CCOG Board that met in approving the
item. The half time equivalent position was Melody who is
now assumed a fulltime position when we had a vacancy. That
throughout the combination and the monies that were made
available for transportation planning and the changes we made
with respect to the executive directors position, we had
available anotl1er halftime position. And that the two halftimes
in combination equal one fulltime.
Novl Where did the 3/lOs come from.
Horowl Where do you see 3110s.
Nov/ I don't remember exactly.
Atkins/ We talked about that.
Kubby I The percentage of time Jeff is spending doing administrative
work.
Atkins/ Naomi is correct in that and I can't remember how exactly
how it shook out.
Gently I It is administrative.
Atkinsl Under tlle old arrangement the Planning Director had a
portion of it-
Novl It says deletion of .5 Ass't Director of Planning Community
Development to ]CGOG from ]CGOG Transportation Planning.
Addition of 3110s Assistant Director of Planning Community
Development Executive Director to ]CGOG Administration. So
what is the rest of it-
Kubby I It means we are having a little bit of additional planning
time and a little bit of additional administrative time and the
transportation.
Atkins/ Basically that is how I understand it is theobrought it to me
oliginally and planned to take it to ]CCOG says I need to the
bottom line. And the bottom line is that we will be able to fund
one full time position without any additional monies after
transferring all around, and without Jeff here I wouldn't be
able to pretend to understand.
Nov/ So the halftime in Transportation Planning is switched to a
different sort of plalUling7
Atkins/ No it'll be Transportation Planning. The individual tl1ey
would select would have to be able to preform those duties.
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We're not going to lose any of the Transportation Planning
process. If they hire Mary, Mary will have to do half time
Transportation Planning, halfotime riverfront natural areas,
and 1 think Board of Adjustment is the other one that Melody
had responsibility for. That's how it all works out. With respect
to the assignment of the individual and the dollar figures don't
change.
Nov/ Where is Jeff working? And on what projects? Is he doing more
generic planning then?
Atkins/ Yes. As well as the executive Director of JCCOG and then just
the general oversight of the transportation process.
Courtney/Roll callo
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Iowa City City Council
Regular Council Meeting
June 23, 1992
Page 13
ITEM NO. 17 .
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST A CONTRACT FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH SYCAMORE SANITARY TRUNK SEWER
PROJECT.
Comment: The bid opening for this project was held June 16, 1992. The
following base bids were received:
Weber Mid.state Construction, Inc.
Springville. Iowa
$559,964.80
Dave Schmitt Construction Co., Inc.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa
$585,303,10
Winter Construction Co,. Inc.
Pipestone, Minnesota
$599,869,00
Van Hauen & Associates
Clive, Iowa
$650,358.00
Sulzberger Excavating, Inc.
Muscatine, Iowa
$704,415.20
Engineer's Estimate
$566.000.00
Public Works/Engineering recommends awarding this contract to Weber Mid.
state Construction, Inc., of Springville, Iowa at the base bid amount of
$559.964.80.00.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE
CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
IOWA CITY AND DAVIS BUILDING PARTNERS FOR THE SUITE, FIRST
FLOOR CENTER, DAVIS BUILDING, 322 E. WASHINGTON STREET, IOWA
CITY, IOWA.
Action:
Comment: The two. year lease agreement with Davis Building Partners dated.
June 14, 1990, on the suite of offices utilized by the Assisted Housing'
Division is scheduled to terminate June 30, 1992. Subject resoiution
authorizes a lease for a period of two years with an increase in rent. This
increase appears reasonabie in that it ha's been two years since the last
increase and is a fixed sum for two years. The rate of $11.00 per square
foot per year (2,245 sq. ft.1 includes heat, water, taxes and insurance. All
costs incurred will be borne by the Assisted Housing Program. Staff
recommends approval of the resolution. Annual rent will be $24,690.
Action:
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Courtney I Moved by Horow, seconded by Nov. Discussion.
Nov/I'm thinking here about what this means when it says a base
bid. I would like an explanation, a definition.
Rick Fossel I could have just as easily said bid. Base doesn't need to
be there.
Novl Okay.
Courtney/Okay. Any other discussion.
Roll caIl-
Resolution is adopted.
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Courtney/ Moved by Horow, seconded by Nov. Discussion.
Roll call-
The resolution is adopted.
Kubby/ Quickly, before Ron takes off because he was here for this,
Are there going to be blinds on the windows of the new
building. The answer was yes.
Ron Henderson! (can't hear)
Kubby/ It is good to have blinds so that peopie aren't looking in on
peopie getting services. I would get real distracted-people
watching on that corner if I sat in one of those desks. It is a
very interesting corner.
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Iowa City City Council
Reguiar Council Meeting
June 23, 1992
Page 14
ITEM NO. 19 .
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONSOLIDATED
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRACT KC.9033V. PROJECT NO. IA05.
V022.013.
Comment: The Annual Contributions Contract covering the 246 units of
Section 8 Existing Housing vouchers had a termination date of April 30,
1992, for Project Number IA05.V022-004. HUD has offered to renew the
project to Aprii 30, 1997, Project Number IA05.V022.013 will replace the
expired projects and. therefore, doe snot represent any new vouchers for the
program, but is intended to maintain the number of units in the program at
the current level. This extension is essential to the continued operation of the
Assisted Housing Programs now administered by the Iowa City Housing
Authority. The maximum Annual Contributions amount will be increased to
$1,162,911.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATI N FOR A~
ELIMINATION GRANT IN CDOPERATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS OF JOHNSON COUNTY.
Comment: For the second year, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) has published a notice of fund availability for Drug
Elimination Programs in Public Housing. HUD has targeted elimination of
drugs as one of its new goals and is requiring efforts by all Public Housing
Authorities to meet this goal.
Under a grant award, the Iowa City Housing Authority is collaborating with
the Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County to provide drug education and
elimination activities to you in Public Housing. The present award is
$26,251.
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Staff recommends the continuation of the effort and recommends this action.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF $5,000,000 ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSE GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS AND LEVYING A TAX TO PAY SAID BONDS.
Comment: This resolution provides final authorization for the issuance of the
bonds.
Action:
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Courtney/Moved by Horow, seconded by Nov. Discussion.
Kubby/ I had a quick comment. This teon 'elimination of drugs'. It
in a way bothers me because I think it means one thing but I
would like it to mean something else. That a lot of times I
think what people think it means is the use of illegal drugs. I
would like to expand that definition. I have talked to Joan a
little bit about tins. That I know that some of the legal drugs
that will be targeted may be alcohol, maybe caffeine, tobacco.
But also one of the things that I am real interested in is
empowel1ng people to question their medical professionals
about what the options are besides prescription dmgs for
therapy or for dealing witl1 sickness. And that I think that that
is a big part of our cultt1l'e. The prescription as well as nono
prescription. Legal or nonolegal drugs. I hope that ends up
being part of the program. If not now then some time in the
future.
Courtney/Any other discussion,
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Courtney/ Moved by Horow, seconded by McD. Discussion.
This was the bond that we did a couple of weeks ago.
Refunding, refinancing of previous bonds. It is non additional
debt of the city.
Kubby/ We will be saving money.
Courtney/ And we save money because of it.
Roll call-
Resolution is adopted.
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Iowa City City Council
Regular Council Meeting
June 23, 1992
Page 15
ITEM NO. 22 '
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION NAMING DEPOSITORIES.
Comment: This resolution adds Norwest Bank, Perpetual Savings Bank, and
the University of Iowa Community Credit Union as additional depository
institutions for the City, Also, Iowa State Bank and MidoAmerica Savings
Bank have increased the investment limits to $10,000,000.
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CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ON UNCLASSIFIED SALARIES AND COMPENSA.
TION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993 FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK.
ITEM NO. 23 .
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ITEM NO. 24 .
Comment: This resolution sets the salaries for the City Manager and City
Clerk for FY93 as per the evaluations heid by the City Council on June 8, .
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CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35, E~D "VEHICLES ~
FOR HIRE," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY,
IOWA, TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE AND REGULATIONS OF PEDICABS.
(FIRST CONSIDERATIONI
ITEM NO. 25 .
Comment: This ordinance amends the current reguiations for taxicabs by
adding a definition for pedicabs and establishing regulations for their licensing.
This ordinance aiso requires a driving permit for each pedicab similar to the
present requirement for taxicab drivers.
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Courtney/ Moved by Horow, seconded by !vIeD. Discussion.
Kubby/ I would like the new people that we invest with to at least
be told about our discussion about the invesl111ent policy in
tenns of affordable housing. And that we mayor may not get
around to putting some kind of voluntary guidelines or
suggestions in our policy. But that we did have a discussion
and had a general agreement about it. That we may act upon it
at some time.
Horow/ Each one of these banks, however, has to report under the
Community Reinvestment Act.
Kubby/ Just so they know that we have discussed it. It is important
if we are going to be investing millions of dollars.
Atkins/ Two of the three have not participated in some of our past
discussions. I wlll see that they are informed of that.
Courtney / I am not sure that all of them will be considered as
investments. Some times deposits are made as a float through
to another investment vehicle such as the state pool that we
are involved in. I know our office deposits money but it goes
right directly to Minneapolis overnight. They mayor may not
fall under what you are talking about.
Any other discussion.
Roll call-
The resolution is adopted.
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Courtney/ Moved by Horow, seconded by Mcn Discussion,
Kubby / Linda, I have a question. Can a city council member abstain
on any vote even if there is not a conflict of Interest.
Genlly / No.
Larson/ Time out. We can't abstain from a vote just because we
don't want to vote on It.
GentlY / Con-ect.
Larson/ Why is that.
GentlY/ It Is not proper Roberts Rules, You can't just say April Fool, I
am not here.
Larson/ You cannot abstain.
Gentry/ You have to have a reason.
Kubby/ You have to have a reason but the reason has to be a conflict
of interest.
Gentl}' / Either conflict of interest or impartiality or some grounds
other than I just don't want to do tlus,
Larson! But if you disagree with it, you have got to vote against It.
You can't kind of take a middle ground. I didn't know that.
Gentry/That Is true. Or else you have to be absent.
Larson! VelY few things I abstain from. Frankly, I didn't know that.
Kubby/ The reason I ask this Is because I have a real problem giving
our appointed employees more than what was bargained for
collectively with the union. Meaning that the city thought that
it was fair for the workers that you all are managing. That
council is deciding that there should be more compensation.
But I don't In any way want it to be a reflection that I am
dissatisfied with any work that our appointed employees are
doing, That is why I asked. Because I want to make a
statement but I can't agree with what we've done.
McD/ Karen, one of the things that might.
Kubby/ I want to make a statement to our employees because I want
to be able to work with you and I don't want you to take a
negative vote In a personal way. It's real important for me to
have you understand.
McD/ One of the things that might help you understand this a little
bit better, I think It would be velY Important if when youolf
you would look at the total amount In the collective bargaining
process rather than just that it Is one percentage. There is a
certain percentage that comes out of that. I tl1ink tlmt you
would be surprised at what that total package actually contains
percentage wise.
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Kubby/ But we are talking about and I confinlled this with Dale so
that I made sure that I wasn't just thinking that the Union was
getting one thing and they were really getting another. So that
I had the facts. We have a two year contract with the AFSCME
Union. They got 5% last year and they are getting 5% this year
but it is broken up. And that being broken up makes a
difference on how much take home pay there is. They make 2
1/2 % in early July and the other 2 1/2% in JanuaJY. And our
appointed employees do a good job in part because our on-line
workers are dOing a good job and vice versa. It is a collective
process here. This running of local government. I think that if
in good faith we are bargaining, which I believe that we are,
we agreed to it. That it is fair for the people doing the nitty
gritty work of performing the work that is managed. That it is
a very fall' process for our appointed employees.
McD/ It is an entirely different process. I totally disagree with you
on this.
Kubby/ It was collectively bargained. Not only was this the union
folks coming together but we were at the table too.
McD/ You also know that our appointed employees do not have near
the protection that what the union employees have, Are you
aware of that.
Kubby / That staff is up to us.
McD/ They don't have it. It Is not there. Not the people that we hire
and fire. It Is not there. It Is not in the package.
Horow/ Karen, I agree. When a union person enters Into a union
contract. They do so wJllingly, Our appointed people didn't
enter into tat contract. I don't see why they should have to be
subject to it.
Kubby / I am looking at It from the perspective that we went to the
table saying that this is a fair proposition. And I think that if it
is fall' for the people who do the work on the street. It is fall'
for the managers. The percentage is a bigger chunk of money
that folks would take home.
McD/ You aJ'e comparing apples and oranges.
Horow/ Call for the question.
Courtney/There has been a call for the question. Is there a second.
McD/ Second,
Courtney/ Discussion has ended.
Kubby / There is no discussion on whether you cano
Courtney/No discussion on calling the question.
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Courtney/Roll call or all in favor- 402 on calling the question. With
Larson and Kubby voting no. And so we will have a roll call on
the original resolution.
The resolution was adopted. Kubby voting no.
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Courtney/ Moved by Horow, seconded by Kubby. Discussion.
Kubby / I thought the comments from Kirkwood Ave. residents about
other forms of transportation goes really well with this new
business that is starting up in Iowa City. I wish you well.
Nov/ I have still a few concerns about safety and I think we can
keep records of safety and monitor this kind of thing. I
wonder if we ought to put a moratorium on tlus. Try it for a
one year period or something like that. See how the-
Gentry/Sunset clause.
Nov/ To some how be sure that we aren't going to run into a lot of
traffic and accident problems.
Curt Iiams (sp7)/ There is a company in San Francisco called Barbary
Coast Pedicabs who have operated 30 cabs for 11 years and
they have never had an accident. Zero. There have been no
claims to tlleir insurance. There has been no damage to a bike
due to nmnlng into vehicles. I asked, too, if there had been
any accidents caused by pedicabs in which they weren't
involved..he said no. There has never been an accident. They
can't go very fast, first of all. Because they are geared so low.
And so, it is obvious that you see them. They are large and
colorful. They can't mover vel)' fast. Hydraulic disc brakes.
They said there is basically really nothing that you can do with
them. So, basically, in 11 years, operating 30 cabs, twice as
many hours in a day that I am going to do, three more montlls
out of the year tllan I am going to do, they have never had an
accident. And I can get a doctlment of that.
Horow/ What I would be interested in Is not so much the pedicabs
having the accident as a velucle crashing into the pedicab
because the driver not being able to deal with something going
that slow.
Iiams/ There are more vehicles In San Francisco. And there are
more pedicabs there who are on the road more often. The
opportunity id much greater for an accident to be there and
there is no circumstance here that I think that would be
extenuating from that.
Horow/ I do have a little bit of question-
Larson! I wish Curt all the luck in the world. I think it is a fun
exciting new thing. We certainly would be within our rights
that is tllere are legitimate safety concerns t<;> repeal it at any
time.
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Courtney/ I have some big concerns on this too. Mainly because of
what you say of the velY slow movement and the fact that in
one lane of traffic the cars can't get around like they can with
an individual bicycle.
Iiams/ They are not suppose to anyway.
Courtney/ But they do and if you are piling cars up behind you and
have some inpatient drivers in the city. I'll be prepared to
repeal this at any time if there starts to be accidents. You got
no protection from those people that are riding in there or the
driver like an automobile has. I asked Linda before whether
there was any special liability problems with the city. She
didn't seem to think that there was just for passing an
ordinance to allow it. If the answer would have been yes I
would have voted against this in a second.
Gentry/ Curt, I have a practical question. This was raised by Hick
Fosse, our city engineer. Do you have any idea whether there
is enough metal in a pedicab to trigger the trippers on our
traffic signals.
Iiams/ Isn't it weight?
Gentry/ No. It is metal. I thought it was weight buto
Iiams/ Can a motorcycle trigger it.
Courtney/Not unless you are just sitting perfect on it and a lot of the
cycles have alumimull engines ...
Gentry/That Is something you had better e.xplore because you don't
want to be parked in a turning lane and never have the light...
Iiams/ I would assume that if a motorcycle wouldn't set it off, that
tlns wouldn't.
Larson! Motorcycles do sometime.
Nov/ But a bicycle does not.
Iiams/ Ib you have problems with mopeds.
GentlY / I don't know. You may have to insert some kind of metal
underneath it.
Larson! You may have to instruct your dlivers that they have to pull
up far enough that the car behind them get on it.
IIams/ I would assume that if a moped could get on there which has
a uulbody frame that a huge....
Larson! Have fun
Courtney/Roll callo
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 19, 1992
TO: City Council
FROM: City Manager
RE: Work Session Agendas and Meeting Schedule
June 22, 1992
7:30 - 8:30 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
7:45 P.M.
8:05 P.M.
B:25 P.M.
City Council Work Session - Council Chambers
- Review zoning matters
- Pedicabs Ordinance
Council agenda, Council time, Council committee reports
- Consider appointments to the Airport Zoning Board 'of
Adjustment, Board of Library Trustees, Board of
Electrical Examiners and Appeals and Parks and
Recreation Commission
Monday
B:30 P.M. - Special City. Council Meeting - Council Chambers'
, Sepa ra te agenda pas ted
Executive Session (Performance evaluation of the
. . City Attorney)
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7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting' - Council Chambers
Tuesday.
July 3, 1992
HOLIDAY - INDEPENDENCE DAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED
July 6, 1992
7:30 - B:30 P.M.
Friday
City Council Work Session
Agenda pending
Monday
July 7, 1992
7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers
Tuesday
PENDING LIST.
Appointments to the Design Review Committee, Planning and Zoning Commjsson,
Board of Adjustment and Mayor's Youth Employment Board - August 4, 1992.