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Home My WebLink About1993-03-02 Correspondence ;, L ,.,- - ........- .. ... ------.-~-....... .,....~.....",,--....... ...- ~ ..".- -......-~; ""'-"I!"'" __ I : ;', " 'L-i.:' ',[1;:..~,' <:i, ">~7'J"" :':", ':', ;" \ ' ~., ,(j":.',::,.IJ.>:. .~zr :)LJ::,' " ",::" ::>:",." }~~\ Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Johnson County RECEIVED FEB 1 9 1993 4265 Oak Crest Hill Road Southeast Iowa City, Iowa 52246-5881 Phone 319/337.2145 ,....,....' February 18, 1993 Darrel G. Courtney, Mayor City of Iowa.City 410.E. Washington st. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mayor Courtney, Please extend my thanks to all the members of the City.Coun- cil for the continued. funding .of. Big . Brothers/Big. Sisters of Johnson County. . We are all aware of the difficult issues facing the Council this year and have great appreciation .for your diU- gence and skill in addressing these issues. . The staff. and. Board of Directors of Big Brothers/Big Sisters will continue to .work hard to provide quality services to the families and children in Johnson County. I would also like to take this. opportunity to invite all the members of the City Council to come and visit one. of the bowling houses on March 13 for Bowl For Kids' Sake Community Day .. You will be able to cheer for the "People I s Choice Team" at noon at Colonial Lanes. Sincerely, ~ Executive Director A YOUTH PROGRAM Of TH[ JOHNSON COUNTY [X![NSION S[RVIC[ ." AND IUSTlCE fOR ALL,., The IOWll Cooper,11lve hlenslon Scrvlcc'sprogrllnu"nd poll(h~s.Hcconsblenl with perrlncnl fcdchll ~ 'i' "nci Slille I.w..s .md rcgul.uions on non.dlscrlmln,lllon rl'g.udlng [,"e, color. n,lliorMI origin, religion. sex, Ilge. .lncl hMdlc.~p. ~ ~~ , Q2S . ..__.....~, ""-~....ili.)-:-; -- ....... ~ .'~ , I I I i I I \ ; I , i i I , I I I , I I I I , , i \ 7/r'-- y-'-- ~~1~ ) } - ~.--- --.............-}- -r ~-----'.--r-"""',-- ..... ~ - ."....-.-....... '_ ':".,. '-'~t";'I"'" "LJ' ""2':' ',., I "'.', "" ",: ,'. '," ';, :, ~<,:'.:' ,Lr>;:;I~,~,:..'-'-/+f ; .(..:, ':'.':; ~',: ';~',':,~::: '..:::',>/,:," RECEIVED FEB 24 1993 The 1993 Melrose 4-Lane Worst Case Scenario and U-Heights Proactive Response by JC:.,I A. Nesbitt, University Heights, Iowa, 2/23/93, rev. 2/24/93 [U-2,144] I. Background: City of University Heights 1. Incorporated in August 1935; current: 1,042 residents; 170.4 acres; $250,000 yearly taxes paying for: Contracts and Fees for Attorney-Legal, Bus, Engineer, Inspectors (build., electric, plumb.); Fire Service ard Police Pro- tection; Library; Sanitation; Pay for Clerk, Mayor, Councilors, Trs., etc. 2. University Heights has provided a high quality, protected, faro. resi- dential comnunity for nearly 60 years with light commerce, amenities; with low traffic, low pollution, low noise. U-Heights is an asset to OI, IC and area, 3. Since 1940s there has been succession of hardball conflicts between Iowa City and U-Heights re land, boundaries, water, sewage, traffic, services, fees, taxes, fed. census, fed. grants, etc. U-Helghts is a sma 11 population hornet pestering and occasionally stinging the large population Iowa City. 4, If IC and UI-UIHe emerging plans are implemented, UH will be degraded, oecome strip-like -- quickly, completely, profoundly and permanently. II. Worst Case Scenario Making UH's Melrose Bridge and Avenue Four-Lanes. ~C perceives UH as non-tax-paying amenities beneficiaries and Ob- structing IC development. But, if UH were downgraded and absorbed by IC: a. IC gets authority over development, commerce, zoning, grants, traffic. b. IC gets increased tax income from residents and new commercial taxes. c. IC gets increased census count for state and federal funds. 2. IC has made four serious tries to [lUsh through four-lanes on Melrose Avenue from Downtown Iowa City and Riverside Drive to the west edge of Iowa City and now to 218/380, connecting with the Avenue, of the Saints. 3. Routing traffic to increase pressure from OI, UIHC ard IC re: a. IC Comoorce; b. OI Athletics; and c. OIHC Faci 1 i ties. 4. Iowa CI ty traffic counts re Mel rose Avenue go up. 5. The Four-Lane Domino Sequence, the developers' pincer moves: First -- Get four-lane Melrose Bridge' in place, a critical, key start. Second -- Make Melrose 4-lanes River to Bridge, IC authority, condemnations. Third -- Orchestrate traffic count buildup wi th signs, routing by IC, UI, OIHC. Fourth -- Get IowaOOT to declare U-Heights' Melrose a Primary Road. Fifth -- Build IC-lOOT-U.S. four-lanes through U-Heights and continue to High- way 218/380, the Avenue of the Saints -- result: 50+mph, four lanes, car-heavy truck, commercial pattern, 1-80/218-389 to IC-Burl. to 1-89 and vice versa III. Elements in a City of University Heights City COuncil Proactive Response. L A UH City Council Repudiation of U-Heights' Vote for JC-Council of Gov- ernment Arterial Plan with implied approval of 4-Lane Melrose Avenue Concept. 2. A UH Attorney-Legal Analysis of I-OOT Authority, Likelihood to Classi- fy Melrose a primary Road; and, UH Legal Means of Petition, Resistance. 3. A UH City Council Renewal Forgotten 1970s Plan vs New UI ~ Plan. 4. A UH Environmental Study -- Anticipate/Challenge lOOT-IC's Environmen- tal Exclusion; cite dangers re ped-count, Ped-Campus, cycles -- E-effects. - 5. A UH Structural Assessment of Melrose Bridge vs. IC Assessment. 6. A UH Lard OWner Legal Search re Melrose Bridge vs. IC Opinion. 7. A UH Independent Traffic Count vs. IC Methods and Traffic Count. 8. A UH Independent Traffic Managment Plan vs. IC-UI-UIHC Signs/Routing 9. A UH City Council Proactive Community Leadership Plan: a. A Proactive Plan by UH City Council for U-Heights Conserv-preserve-protect. b. A Proactive Plan by UII City Council with U-IIeights' Vol. Community Organ, c. A Proacti ve Plan by UH City Council with IC/area Neighborhood Groups. 19. A UH Assessment of Problems and Divert Funds to Meet Needs: a. UH Ci ty Counci 1 increase funds for UII Analysis, Briefs, planning, Studies. b. Increase Pay to UH City Councilors, Attorney to cope with developers. 1 ~~ i, : ~"') J~1f:t I \ - . .... --- .. _.- ....". , ~-.......... .,. -y--, -- ,- ~ .......,..- ... '^".. 't'':''I'\: '~"I ", '%1- . ':~t '. ,,' , ',' ,',., :'.J" , oJ' . . " "" . I'., :1" .J~ ;.:.' ~' . \ ",' "",':..:'~ ..', , . .'.1 "10' " '.. " . .. ': , I." ",,\ "" ' ~.' . I , " , , . . '. . ......... '.-. r ._' ," . ) 1 . . I, '., '. . "',.. I"" ,......,.,'. . \ ",.'. RECEIVED FEB 1 9 1993 33B Koser Avenue 100,a City, 100,a 52246 February 17, 1993 Darrel Courtney Iowa Ci ty Mayor City of Iowa CIty 410 East Washington Iowa Ci ty, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Courtney: I~e understand that the Iowa City Council soon will be considering a proposal to widen Melrose Avenue from the bridge over the railroad tracks near Kinnick Stadium to Byington Avenue. We are writing to urge you to oppose this widening of a street through a residential neighborhood, Melrose Avenue is ill-suited for a main thoroughfare and should not be turned into one. 11elrose was not designed to be a four lane highway. The street winds through residential areas, and meets up with the portion that goes through University Heights. There is little room to expand the road in University Heights since houses are too close to the street to easily permit expansion; To widen Melrose only to have it narrow to two lanes does not make a great deal of sense. Rather than encouraging heavier traffic through this area, the existing road should be repaired and turning lanes installed as needed to assist traffic flow, We have lived in this area for almost fourteen years. From our observations, the only times that traffic is heavy is during football games and for a br ief time I Ca lied "rush mi nu to" by those who live on Koser Avenue) when people are coming or going to work at University Hospitals. Putting in addi tional lanes for the fe" times when traffic is heavy seems a gross misallocation of resources. Further, enlarging the street "ill encourage addi tional traffic through an area that has a high concentration of chi ldren, large amounts of pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and streets that twist and turn. I t may also cause problems for the stores located at the corner of Koser and Mel rose, ~Ihose presence ties the communi ty together. ~Je very much hope you "i 11 vole against any significant expansion of Melrose Avenue. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this letter. Sincerely, ILL ;1;. ~r' Christine M. Luzzie ~J:: ~ ~ Patrick B. Bauer ------.......-: ~~(, \ ~ ~~1 C) ';,. I", "'t'71' ';'t1"., '~ iZ': : ,:::.,11,.':' ",,":, :. 'i: ',,~<. . ,'. 1 r. "1m 1.:71: ",~ .' I l '." I :: '~':'I:::;"~;.", . "I~",,_' "'~, ' ,~ \": .' '..: ~l~' .,' ", .... RECEIVED FEa 24 1993 Monday, February 22, 1993 To the City Council: My daughter asked me recently about the plans to widen Melrose Avenue in Iowa City. When I explained, she saidJ "I want to write to Congress! They shouldn't do this!: The letter I have enclosed (with her permission) is all her words and thoughts. All that I can add to her comment is this: if even an eight year old child can see the dangers that would be created by the proposed road widening, why can't the city of Iowa City? The Melrose Avenue Bridge should not be widened to four lanes. Widening the bridge this much only makes sense if all of Melrose A venue eventually becomes four lanes. TIlat expansion would hurt neighborhoods and endanger children. Please consider widening the bridge to three lanes and committing the third lane to bicycle traffic. Sincerely, c~H~ 1483 Grand Avenue Iowa City, Iowa 5 i/~~ I , I . Ii I \ I ", ':::':. ~<,,',' ,;/,~;;~-.., ""-:~",;,, :', ',,:,' :.- /', ,! .,';: .' , . ,L.I L:S", , " ,", ' . ,'" ',' : :'..':JJ..1:.)I4J,:.'"I.......;., "'~i\:"'~':-: '..:' .:,'" '/.:,1, ~ ' -t<::t:o= r-\- ~ r- \J ~ A. >:: \ "" ~,,' ~ . " c-::s ~ ~ ' . 1 ~ <.......--' , ~ ~ ~ \!! i~ ") ; c-........ "- C"""' \ "t-- ~ sf) Rl. (~ ~ ~ \'..)-~. ~ ~ r~ ~ C--V ~\J ~ \J (~~ C\ tJ \ \;j ~ ~ "- ~~~~ V\~ :J ~ ~'\ \\" ~ r- \~ ~ "- ~~ ~ r\\\ ~ ( \.) ~~ ~ \) \~ ~ ~~. I,'" ~ G, (\\ i , ! i , i I , I , cJ r-r \A. + ~ ~I I ,,\' c;J 0 C\." ~ - \"l "- ~ r '- ..., ~. ("t) F=: ~ ~J\ ~; V) ~ ~f-7' ~'" ~ ~~f'-~ , \...... ""- ~ ~ ,,\' '-~ \J ,;;" ~ · ~ ~\ ~ \t IJ"~ ~ 7OA'I "-. ..... fF -- ,......- -- -- "'--"--'-"-"T~~_ -'--'----,...-- _ _ ~.._ . ~ - - ,.- ...~~,"""""- ::..."tl....'..,'ttj':. ',.-': ,.,'....:.'...,.. ': :,"". .:, ',,:'.'.', . " :...... '." ..ie, ,"[{" . " '. ',,' ',/ :::'..,.,,:, ,; ..ji,~:<..:, '~:;IL .}Zl; '.:; '. ':,'. ::"':',': .. '., .,:; . ~~:'\~\) J RECEIVED FFR ? 5 1993 February 22, 1993 Dear City Council Member: As you are aware, we, the members of the Melrose A venue Neighborhood Association, are upset that we were improperly left out of the early planning phases of the Melrose A venue and bridge reconstruction. This project will have profound impacts on our neighborhood and on the entire community. In our opinion, these impacts have not been adequately publicized and discussed, No alternatives have been offered. We thus request the following of all City Council members: I. We request that you, once and for all, reject the four lane Melrose bridge proposal. If you are unwilling to take this action, we ask that you indefinately postpone a decision on the Melrose bridge proposal. Doing so will provide adequate time to consider impacts al/d alterllOtives. 2. We petition you to initiate an Environmental Impact Statement with IDOT and the Federal Highway Administration. The widening of Melrose bridge, a federal action, will result in significant impacts on our community, e.g" traffic movement, vehicular saftey, pedestrian saftey, changes in land use, cultural/historical repercussions, noise, social impact, etc. These impacts need to be identified, evaluated, discussed, and acted upon. Doil/g so will allow the commul/ity to //lore fully judge the merits alUi deficiel/cies oflhe present plan and will aSS/lre consideration of reasol/able altematives. 3. We urge you to direct city staff to work with state, county, and other municipalities to improve signage directing traffic to the Hospital and University, and to explore other traffic patterns that will be less disruptive to residential neighborhoods. Doing so will help to reduce the traffic flow on Melrose Avel/ue and better direct traffic to its illlended destil/ation. 4. We urge yotlto support, encourage, and continue to participate in efforts to engage the University/Hospital, olher municipalities, and adjoining neighborhoods in responsible, good faith, shared community planning. Doil/g so will lead to better sol/lliol/S for this al/dfmure community issues, We appreciate the attention you have devoted to our concerns over the past few weeks and look forward to having future meaningful dialogues with the City and the University, Sincerely, The Melrose Avenue Neighborhood Association .....\......... (1 , liJ~~W' 1\ .' J lY1ii'L )UIJ.JM l_ John A. & Michaelanne Widness Donald & Joanne McCI~skey Ail ul 0 Co.Presid/~nt~ -r- ,- . ,Co. Vice Presidents dJ WvJ,.it ./ v~ : ~,lJNj/ ai!fL~rJ},j (1vrwjv'[.7", J~ ,t1'1C;t;,~~ Charles Burrotlg~ &~ Champe dhn F, Else & Cathy M, Rollett Co.Secretaries Co. Treasurers Copies: Dr, H. Rawlings, Mr, S Atkins, J Staley, & R Gibson, Press-Citizen, Daily lowal/, Gazette 4:J~ .... .' I \~I ~l .~. I ':', ': "'tJ...I"'.' ';;12:; ,,:.)::,:> "::fj' (' "." ,/'~..::: ,=,.:-: i'.'.,:":"':-" "', .1" >, ';".,l!IA:,:;"fq:,"t~ :1' ~-: "., : ",:",:1:','".:', ::., .r, , ) I.~~', ...~ " " . " ,",' ".'. . . I L ..., . . ," : '. I'. . . '.. , I., . ' , . . ." , , ~: , . E . , ' . . 0' . ,. < ;. .~ ", . ::, ....,. '." ',' .,_ . ",'_ d. . MELROSE AVENUE: " ',,',','" , .. .-...'.'. ',.-.' ...; .-'.;........,.. ..,.............. 1, Complaints about the process: A. Lack of notice to residents \.0 W B. Lack to adequately include community concerns c) '1 C. Lack of Environmental Impact Statement ':'::: :;'j c ;'; " ..-, ,. ,',' (,~,_., N .. , (JI 2, Concerns about the Dresent proposal recommended by the Iowa City Planners: A. Unlikely to alleviate current and anticipated traffic problems :.:[,; ~ " " 1. Bottlenecks will remain at Koser Avenue and Golfview at Malr.ose - 2, Multiple access points--not a true arterial street and widening.:may riet help because: ,7' . a. Cross traffic will have to cross 2 lanes of traffic b. Outside through-lane will still have to contend with right turning cars, stopped buses, delivery trucks ect. c, Adding an additional traffic light to "bunch up" traffic and will not necessarily create "breaks" for cross traffic: vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists B. May create new or exacerbate exiting problems 1. Safety issues--pedestrians (especially childrenl), bikers, joggers, day care centers 2. Getting in and out of side streets, parking lots, driveways 3. Effects of more traffic on through streets, especially Koser and Golfview Avenues 4. Destabilizing effect on our community-including an effect on business, and neighborhood ambiance 5. Will eliminate handicap access to Melrose Avenue.University Heights businesses C, Unplanned impact of the University of Iowa Hospitals parking garage D. Lowering of property values on Melrose Avenue 3, We are askllliJ1Qr; A. A role in the planning process B, More time to discover the facts, discuss options and offer suggestions C. More workable options that satisfactorily address University Height's, Iowa City's, the University's and neighborhood problems 1. To address the long-term problems: a. Solving traffic problems by widening existing streets (Dodge, Summit, Kirkwood, Melrose) doesn't work--see the Johnson County Arterial Street Plan b, Have Melrose Avenue declared a "capacity-constricted link" c, Getting traffic into the University Hospital complex via link from Melrose to Hawkins Drive (at the golf course) appears to be the best available long-term solution D. More cooperation among the primary players: Iowa City, University Heights, the University and University Hospital and the communities I/~(, I - v-.-- - .. .---~.-.....,- ...... ,....~....",...--......--~- -- ..~----~-........ -- - ~""'" 'i'::t''"''l'" "::'~"\' """~"": . '.....,. '..... I:, ':"" ",:":", :-" \ . \ .~ ,\ I \ r" .', \. .'." ,t, ,,\ - . , ,.' , '> (' ~. ,4"",":':.' ).(,.' ,1,.,,,1' " ,"," ','\' :;.I':"~'l"'''l':~':-,''-'''i'~'' 'f"c', ''''-', " ""~~'" ",1;" " !.., ,"/ '~". '<.~/ ?;,,'r.,~..(. \',.1, ll\Y"I,~: ", r.ll, '" \. ".' \' ~o~)" ) ~13~~J~~Im~1 We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especialiy the Melrose Avenue Bridge, We understand that this will mean a delay in the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue. We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge, We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitled "Community Case Against 4 Lane Bridge/4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet". ^ " 1\ IfA ,n "vr;J n ~ I D-"(; f\~ _ JT 2n",I..'{:(, ""~ ;,l,llO rI~-v"u~ 3 M ilrW J 1.-.:;.'1 G,JI..",,- 14' _1"1''-,- ,AI. fur; f.'H II " ~, ,~/'" -# /.,'--- 6-111",,, f-,~~ .Ilf ;11t:: l' '"/Jf1M1 7 -1if.,I., ~m ,L/ / _" ~-<-,.. ~ Jl-;.<( 8 ~ "' I] .J. NO k:,'i,kl "Ad iN- 9 ( ,/J. '.., ,1u-I'-.f.Wb'l II!- 7f rEf 10 WI! 1, '" _.c ?J_\/ /h~ 11 I ;"'..,);"1' (J.~, :J C? /1' h/ .~~... 1" '" ./ --t:"7 ~-'"", .:U M -' Co_A' .h 71/ ,.0 1'1-:.-! ' ,;'// 'If1;rJf... 1./'17 f./.... 14 II V I. , '///L. 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Wlvl(.t'\- 3~ 1"'02 (I '3'3~ -"I~-o 338-(,'2.D_ ?~5-"'-\\C, )(-lJ-n-'l') 551- ur,_" 13c'27h' 338-53/(0 ?5Y'0l~~~ -;I, ')1./-- / '5 71J c:J oJ -n -'1 rn r. ~J (;:J ,_l f') < ..,;.J Ul r~fI ~.....- ~ - y-.- '-. .. .. .,..-.r-"~-- ....-r--, T - - .-y-- --,.~ .. ' 'T - .... ---- --- ..... ..~ ~,;,:' "'", ~~':":,:~,(j;.', .~,;;Zl.'::jtl;"':;.' ".:':', '.' ,',,:.' ,:.':'.:, :',; ;"',".. .:, "1 J ,', f':'~'.;f:(', /. ,fa j .",171 r, f . '_' "'J' " \ . .' J'..li~'.' .'":t~".',,\',~"~,..,';.11 i"'~' '. ,','I.",' "./.':',.:' '. We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especialiy the Melrose Avenue Bridge, We understand that this wili mean a delay in the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue. We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge. We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitled "Community Case Against 4 Lane Bridge/4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet", Name Address Phone ..,.,.) 1 Co ~o/ /, W;,)-+I'<' 1'J(, 1<.0(;:11- five, 3 3 j'- '10/7 21<, ,!ifA- 1." 3'3Y KtuJ./'.... iku. '3[;/-/I.f'ff 3 11.0.17.1" .A. H1,. II~A. - tLA'-L U"/- / q 3"Zl 4 (1/? /,J"/,, , i~ 'I J1oseJ;.kA. "?n 11.:39 5 t..~iJ-c?<<'~'- 3"l7: II,./'(a~.{ .a: In-prz; 6C '.rt:ZL-. lib 1'Yt11lPfk:;{ A~(" 33'ii'd'78'O 7 I~'I\- \'Ul \(.a\-eJ1\Jf, j'n-l~D' 8 /.. ./;";,,. ,r, ,I III II ~ ~ ii.?(; - 8' u.., 91?1'\jl'Jl.>,..J\lJ'::(';),' ,QJ ..-JlI A...o ,2,<;/.-7"i~" 10 rm-.c::.~ T1A1n '~ ?'~t'ZS3<f. 11"""n"h/IC,",o.J....., !:inn'" fl. .::P"7_ ~A ;., 12 J.1'M/'jf~.Y ...-Y_ II/JIJ ~/ l"uJ..V J'?7-,~/Jff'() 13 Ine-.A~ 1 "...' j '" 1:::;",,_Vla.M' ~.":l7.-:'J.<;5?t/'- ;:~ 14 ,. P ,",I 0.' 0 ;J I b f-(.Wl," (JA.Y' "l:J7 ~."l '.'5'0 :- c-' ~ ,." 15(.\<TI)~jlIn"",,- ~d 1..1~ 1/ ,..A. - V)t - J h.~. ,< ," ,'! t\, . '" 16~..,," 0.." II .A. ^"{f., IJ.~g.,)c;A-U <'37 .1.f.').1r? :'~.' J1 17 A"J,U. u. -:luo ltl<~ tI.,.~ Z'o' 'Jolt'} ,';!" '1) .' , 18 >iCt',n' A,~,) dl/ 0 JL~/hu/; z,'z,<;{ 1'1/7 ,:i:-: 19" rl,e.,-Ml . ,j/.,~jJ. "j'N J(e-z.ilA.(("u..{, .3JP','f779 ;:-., - ,.1 20 J . IJ.,{/ /{ aA,C 31~"'1'7/'''' v) 21 /11""...~ejl-f' l/,II/., ~ 5'0 /.L' '" jf'J.'. bllF .Ilk'" ;>If-,' 22 ~,;....tU,l..h"I:r-.. ",11 JI,,~r.t:I Ih,,~ _:6,~J>- ,'" A_ ~ /A., IJ'Jfi' ~/lfJf' ?3ff~t9/J.- 24 ,',D Jlf1o,,/V"/' -1 J"1 /./_,~ 3:;)~ J2... 9] ~5 l:\t-.., ~O'l Ko<>"l 33'\-/35>- 2 \o^~l ~I \../. 14tl JLMg.lt., :36</ .4h~'il 2 1.11 j ~(.~,J)..,I /-Jlf+fl./Jlv) iv~ .?tJl-t~'1-1('-; 28 1.)2.il~~\ /./l..u...J!.. 11 I' "/' II 129 ~~ '0 ItM(lrJ...J Dr. 11 n?- '/(~56 30 hunt, j...... il n --;;r; ,If.,'iiA/ / ~. ""6~ ~, 31.1i'j"~1 ILWI~~ /..i) VLJ'f.f..hl/fL.. ?~~JI-.:;J'I-),?) 32 !J()"d ' rvlCd 011 e...., ~ 0 (,0 (y,' Ihi.f :? '\ *' :W] t.J. 33-;..,.,..../..4'///1.~..{.-' I/(i J',\'r;' .,..'..( :; i'f~~ '1 'r , . 'I~(, ;,tIJ' - v-.- - ... ..---~..- ~-- .... ~ .,.....-..--.--...-.. -r- ....-, - .... ~-,.,.,.--------.---...... -- ..... .~ 1':, 'rf~,' ~~~:,,'.&B',:' '~;;Z,", ,'".'jLl~~' .:, >: "',:;<:,':,:' :~,<'~'.;-:<'~l)<,;~~~:,,--:~{~;~~:',~.':' ':., ..' "',~'::~',,,:"-::. " .:l~',> , , I PET1iTONTO STOP WfDENI'NG:oF MeCFfOS'E' ....1 ' . . .'. ,: :BRIDGEJ\NDAYENUE',::}:i;:,;:,\: We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especially the Melrose Avenue Bridge, We understand that this will mean a delay in the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue, We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge, ~ \~ 0~ ,: We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitled "Community Case Against 4 Lane Bridge/ 4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet". /' /1 /l 1J;:1d.. ';(/;u(), J:Y{,/JI! w /{} i1uu, ,''II1/, ~tJ/- d~-6-.:? 2--::1J')' ('l'l"W1or--... 1/ ')jJ-jl>J I1H,.", '7, ~l/ - 2</63 ~1(\1M I u I~yt-"T 7 1 I),o~', r-/lY tR :, "J - ":? / r.. S 4'\\':\\,';,,,- ,Le"", '..l\ !'D.\!'\Y\c.rp ~'\I,-."h\ 5/,/), . fI~AJ' ')7. {I,SN,} P /",' :?'u}.-ul7l 6" i~,)In'''I'H.;~' II ~ "" I' 7 II...,,' !f,J...1J!/1I1"';.... '/ !~v';,,J..,) 1/~:1\ 33//1 8 ~ 0 I'll ;=IJR.\~ 0 r ft.V,..,1,' ~t1 ,57 ~c '11< '" 9 ~ -u-f(.e, Cu .1h ,)/.",(''.../1'./I,}( "?"7-"'Ij(,Li. 10~'",lV' ....;~ (, 'J 73,(J6c,f<il-, C-.I0 "-,=?.:2,'/.-"'/',40!L 11 'lj f. a..v......Vj;' ".5 /5- J/! M/h.-U'::U' '~?,7-If'L"I-:t., 12'1(..hA ~Q J/o.(hn1' :In./)"t!f/ '..... 13d9,,';,;e,) )..t~' 'V\ "3/,) 11. ]n~/.Jw" ~ ~,' ")~"..J 3J..5"" '" ""w :131~ 01/80 ::>. l;':] '~] ~j'HJf, _ Lt, J-/r7fJ;;il~'I'l'i'<'lr-3/l.:t- ,,- "I Ul 16,ICr: ,. f', '4/.' ;/, II ,~/J'.." ,. /~.;.. 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Jj,rl.'lAuJ /1/&;,1./7,,/] I,d' '3' -lJ'J' 7tJ'5h 33"<:.::.... ...t, I }(J <...[) ill'[0 10. ~ Il~ '3'~~ -,/iJS0 34 ~(,,,("J.ai/1. ~",_, 005 ,Si{!lsvtH, '13'(;-'1'37~1 ~:0 '.J (,) (/.1 l/~(, _...____,_J!:I_......-........w.._"""fI\'Il~____ ...... I (\ (;\ \ '!', \ i , I I .; I .".-.- . r ,,---"-~--""-r 1 -y - - '-r- -. ,..- .. "'T- ...- '\ 'I, i7J ". ;'&jJ;';, .~ 12,,'::".. :(':, ::" :,,," ':',.':' ::,:;\ .:,~', 'i~ f.lt' \-:::')I~\;: " :' ,~~ZI,., ",' :!r\' ,.-' .' c, .,":' \ I"., ' , : .:-.<: .,'<\, , . ,'~.~J :.' ',1,"/ \ \I~,\\.", "(',' ".. ~TOSTOP..WIDENlNG.OFME[ROSE""'1 '.' . . . ..........:i~'\ ........BFlIDGEANDA vENUE.i"i,..........ru~ti:}:.::'..! We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especially the Melrose Avenue Bridge, We understand that this will mean a delay in the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue. We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge. We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitied "Community Case Against 4 Lane Bridge/ 4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet", , . 1 Ii n,r,-M/f1A.-. 1.7,O?u/Y;tt 1i, 2 /' tlll~ C fIlv 'i. , 'tZo Stll1X 'jff, 3 ( '1i;,H--t dvLIfI N.f$ ..:;,~~ 4/';;'1 LAlIIII If {, 5 m,,~., IIbllA /flD c:,wwi' 6 J , 1\ ~ I ~ 4'1 I :))1<11 ro' .... 7 {,1 fI :M. tL '../ K!> G11't:~",'; Iir- 8 .t""'" 'k 71"'", l'IgJ (;n,_.1 A....e 9' ~1" '\1 /L!'l S ..I'M. \I CW..., 10 (Hrn1 LI h ~/ ;/,IQIJ ~hA jlJ,J. 11 ~,,",'1!j( [I.:.tC1;t;c::;w -. IV(" G,'w..! fIJ~ 12 ,7~ "flHII Ji/."f'ic v./ . 4..,,,, 13 vrili I" '^ 11/ I') Uu,Mr1 vi!..... 14,-..,1\14. \;11.... 0 14~ '\ b,'!(~& ~ 15\.I!i/J f" (~i;~f/JA.- d..., I r:y;l/, d () It.. 16 M~/, '~:VM 1';:11{ if I:' 17 11\ 18 \~ 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 ~tjJ' .JJ4 35/-)/'1 '((3'1- if 'f f,f II t.1 ?':ly- 1 I ),-rYJ ,-,11 35/- 7302- P"J.-'Jll:. :sYi\' - 5506 ;; ,:?,'J -/}/?9 ~:~ ?,',,~1'7/W r~ 1'1<1 ' '^ '1/r'l :':;. ~5 L{-J YSb ;';., H)1,<;'f70 L.Jo .-1.('"(/-777/ >- II .. ID t,) ..." ,orl .;.-." C? .J '" UI ""tJ . .j 1 - . .. .. ~, ,'''' I./~(' ....., I ~...... ~.>:':'0;"':>";':hj:\'::':, ;~' ',',:, <;/1 ':";'" :~::' :::"":',,': : :,:;;:"\::\ 1 .' ~". ) , ',' . " ,'. " . ., ., \' . . ,~': . IIIIr: \ ' " ,t.. . ': j,..~ . . ", \ " _ '-',' '. ,', ~,':- 1 ,~ . > t ,. \ \'..~, I'~ _ '", ': ,. \' , . \, " , '. 1 .. (' . ~ . . We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especially the Melrose Avenue Bridge. We understand that this will mean a delay in the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue. We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge. We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitled 'Community Case Against 4 lane Bridge/4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet', 1 ~-"'l.L.w.M),L 'I >2.. 1Y1LY/J/I~ 111112. IrJW7/{,;(; III 5'ZZWa 2 <:;J'/Jl1ru,:n I 1/,3ri.. tU1f.. Ti9 nd1.i'.J. It? 5'C);).,/t, 3 /.1 LI ~ I, l.. rr., ~., f'n~ .{)." t~J, ') 11 r"." 4 "I, ^ idi!... I,'-ZC, JlAJ./,...I.l41rt 1.-11 Uk, U -' I\' r;iwl 5 "l1\4I 'I(,(Ji, ~ I.. -i i ""MA~",d U. HPi~(,f" / :LA t;;ZNl 6 '\All"" - .L! 'c'" : L.,., ,^ t) f,' . hi. 1..1. (",:~u:, 7 ("<<"1 (V, A,1, ~V) /l) LP(."ll1 fie rII- 1.111 V'/;Plq,y , ~'" "".,/ /0 iN"", r'I L"""".;t !ic.r4 9 ......11, <... fU-- /1./ t.eill'lcI!. cr . (J hiJlIS'io 1 -AI 'i.h) ;v.,.<t-!.J I, I 1 71t Y.:lztJ!c :2 2 Le."". C+- U.,'v, 1~",ld, ';-22'It. 12 (/<1'Q' -J'..&! ~~ j'e~""'I' oJ LIn1.'.", !JI,.:/cl 5:l:JlJ(, 13A'l"J...f"f ,,./ .1. .J6 ~u- f)MV. -H';' ,j- 5Wtl" 14 h4..J ~ I .Jlt / d tL-- '/I.L..Ws ,- L1Y< 15 ': ~U!1 r,n).I/J.V :30 t..eAmit/2, t:f /1 , C11.l/1 16/ .f:".f .f) 7 I (O,)t.I":' '1. ,I I ( .1 17 ~ / .1:',9", -'___ , I , r I ) I (', I I .!!!llliuJ_Jd (-l' ~'o.,;, /<1 (7(;6111..,,(./ V, ., II ~LI, (. "1" II !I:.J-b..hl1kl ';!- II" " 2O(?}/"".,"JL '"..1" /1 If J( II /1 21' (J 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 l;"'l L) '1 '. 1"1 '-1 -.1 l:) 'J i\) ,- _ '. UI ;.~~~, ~ Cl~' .j -. , .'- ) '0 l/~ _ ,ft.'" ._.. I :: II :1 II I .j; I I - ~- -- y-' - ---",.,--~ -- ~. ........ ,.-- ....... ;,';~\'::,\ftf:,,~"ffr:i :,~:'~r .:,:,q,'::,: ,::: '::,':),,:.'.,:.:'." #...:,.:U'\1...'^y~,,' . '1' ...,:'.,~C~"" \ '{ ',', '.:'\ ~~':'"" , .,j ," . I., . ",I.'" ':. .Of , ; J," ~ ";-,.< : T . 0 ..' ',:BRIDGEAND)"AVENUE.. ,t, (<:.)J\;1:0/;', ::.,.......-. ":,;"::,-,:,,,:.,.::-::-,.<, ..,,'" 0"';.,',',.;""' :"'>;,..::_::\'.:;:.:::::'~.' ::., :,~ " ,; ," ':.\.:~::,:: I I I I i I I I I I I I We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especially the Melrose Avenue Bridge, We understand that this will mean a delay in the reconstruction ot the bridge and Melrose Avenue. We acknowledge the need tor and support the reconstruction of a new bridge, We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitled "Community Case Against 4 Lane Bridge/4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet". /7., J/""\ , 11ttf,U(l'l'<!., / /20 r:.,,[+v,''C(,J ifV<', ~,>I-{N,.,!,~ 2 f:.~ 7A :911', J t't~ /11 () /; ~Y'tLlJ!.,..fJdLw. ,~,.(c./ - M & '2, 3 ,j 01:;"" ^'" oW IQ<.J:.J.... ~ 3;::\1. -i.\.1.11 .r\4(, ,/,e'{J, ",V 1},IIOI,J,o f ';?,';J,I'J_rlfl' 'f 5~'fI/A '."/". .1I,~rfl 1/ /0 jI,'Afl.II, ??,'l- :J.CJ'1t1 W~JI tdJl1'u.:-' j ~ &~.ll.(! r!/ J.3J- 9,1.91 7~ './.-1'1 ,^ "I- ::J,':J 1S2.P",:"" at-+- :,<37_ 9::;Jl'1 8'":" ~.J',: C...,t , ~ 2 '5" I-C.!<~ r ,:J'l 3;1,g- - ~~ / 00 9 J"Z-.' d Lv",-Q 1r'7 "J) ''ir :.J2,0_0/J) <L 10.. },:.1tj - j ""/,~ 7/) O-tl.--_ ({. j51- '71,(3 11 r,~,., I j' I Cl n 1,'-'1 (L ] n ,~.".(:..~ 12 1'1" '"tl u...h, I. :3~ Ill.." ('.j '2 "1..J:=iCf?R 13 I ::U It[ ~ ~ 1\"," (;1'. 3)1/- 1/';(("1/ 14 ~"i1'" 7i-rLrt.I'VJ /7{",-,r'/-',,',,'/,/,,/ 'p';t II \'/ 15 1"'~/Lm('{,-,.r~'\ )7,J(,:;h...r(u.., 'l.il.;.(.jtNIl 16iJ D 17 . 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 '" - l,) , , . ". -'1 .. 1"1 ",1 ... c.'''J ("'" N ',n ClI .... ; 'r', ~? I , --. C):~'! - .. , .. -" ,) W I./~ '-. fII'f -- - ~.-- --.. ....................~)----~ ~~:..;^'0. "\",:", . ..~/,):..., ..: ':'.'1,.... .' ,:, ,:'," :- .' :' .,,', ,'\, I lot ", "'", , ". ..l2~,. .. ..b'. ',121. .." .'. " ~,t': ...:,> }r;\'.lt;lfm', ~. ~.J1...,:, >'.9.::" ',~' ';", ,t',",. .::/,::'." :::~ \ >';':, , : ""t "'), 1"!\!:1" ""i -, . ,~W! '." ,," '. ," , ," .1. . '. ".'f,.I\, _ I . . ".,.. . .1 We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especially the Melrose Avenue Bridge. We understand that this will mean a delay In the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue. We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge. We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitled 'Community Case Against 4 Lane Bridge/4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet'. J, ~ 111l,.L ~, .I<-of /J,!LI. y, IJAJ ,UtLI 2 1\ I. ~ I/?' Jt. ,..,,~ALJ 3 rMff.W '1t~l\ 1\'2 flJ ".,J 1,1t;> 4 .~c.!J ~ in ~ ;t1e- ,,;se. Lo 5 I~ //l~'( II 'IV 4/.lk,.... 4t 6 I <"M ",;; ,/1/ t..... Iltft:! A~/.t...f.t(n/ a. 7 i, H,/.i" . II, I. lIi 01' l ,l"r} /J.\ "1IJjftr, 81/ ,PIT-':'. , v I' i)" '(' j'):; .f."'\ ,',. 9-111!'" ./ hnA';'/ytH. IJ/f Mllvo:'G 101,{,.,..,' 7,-,' f~J /'IJ(.}, 11.(,11 ,) 1H.4", ~ ~~~ fv\",IV"'5'e 12 i+. t <1"" A . 1rl.3~ !-(f!rJS( 1:v?Z..-#i ./ 'fl 'LJ ~ y?) ,I"" .Ii " 14 7.,)" IV' ./'1lx~ fr4. Muli~u lY{ 15t:li 0 /; 1:,(1t 1\ 1~ ' I I A (j !?rfn 12"l.(./(.."),.r.y( 17 ,1, 'M'II.. 1.115 '1\I\O/A,\<l.Q 18 ' ,II" l,lfJ1 It A. _ 19 r~/~:1 n.J. _ IL n /}}/,,/,ftj" 20 . ~ '.. 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We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especially the Melrose Avenue Bridge, We understand that this will mean a delay in the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue, We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge. We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitled "Community Case Agajnst 4 Lane Bridge/4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet". /lItJilJe- 4dA ,..6.5 () 11(}J1 e~ 1 1/ /'. Vn I, ;/'{'9.J~ ~ D':( AAJtl./A n (1(/8 f)"" .q~'l ?X/.I(" 2 III/fA. L ],.<J7'/Jt;:,Ad.1-" ::;:::/?,,,,,(" 3 (L ,y) .." r 'JI1fiJ.lA7ru1- hi. 7) 7--675' I ~P)'hJ.l /jil1-' ~II !nal1(f-s[",-io7-&"IY/ 5 I'j1:""i f'-I .3q'l ~4.. W 6 ( / A J. l./..V, j-/'/ )11. iu /"",t!... 7 17__ u..-I ( 51) 1'l'c.k.J- Oi 8"';...X~,' S'-\Io ~~<>..<:!R"~" 9 f~ Ii.J -' @,t.. t11~b. cl>vrr 10 D I .' ;.I",. ., p; ()!. m.J. I, ^~ 11 ",.,1" LA. . 141/, M. h .1/. 12 1(. lI",.IN>}'\ '2> \I f'it t' IfL 13 '11'\ l"f" . 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" '...:f7 We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed ?J' f . widening of Melrose Avenue and especially the Melrose Avenue Bridge, We ?t:-- understand that this will mean a delay in the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue. We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge. We agree with the comments on the at1ached sheet entitled "Community Case Against 4 Lane Bridge/4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet", )f/MI!.(! /J./JAY>--' b"A.1xf 1A,'-',I,;.',<,:c..., ./11 111/ \J'<-c. ,...:,'1.,-<-;'''1 2 :'vU.<-__ ...IM-I.!...... -'k'f" t--(oJ/T1<J,= 3,J. - .; J-P 7 3 ~_. /!";#i _30 , -;'l.,"f'"a -3:;</.3/ ." V 4,- C~d / . ~ ),(k )j(. ,'..',...."": .',:;;-1'1"'7 5 '-''IF ',..8~'A 1/(..., v,.',/..... ) ("/ .. 1 1"1 7 6,.,.....jHlJ/ / .l...TZ.'Y1'- :J 017 /17//7//'/te Viti. It/n 7 ~ hi" - -:=t ~ ,.::U') Ij.... '11 OhI'Ce.. .'J. ~l, - ('i~--'7 8 ' d./lifJiji"Alvr.v). ),/ ("7 1~1H.o!-e 'JJ~- I"~{ I{. 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'l/,N. ,,~!>- f?.:.:J., . f- ":l, ~. / - /1", :l. 0 . 251",1".~ll, ~1. ,~ZJ7 L......iJ-<- ~ ';fl(' /t:; 2<1 ',1 26 j.l~/i:1..:t.,.i)IJ/" <l1~)T41C1J ,.J51-"-ICJ7(). 27 'U1"A /frJl. ~5'~ ?O$d- 3~/-498 (,:- 28(~, /1 ~ ;h/"~ J7C.' V,,$I~K.- ?,j/-"?<14.7; :.: 21r: .'-.p-ns-j:-tfl(/l '}r:;;-fJl4'? .._~'! 30 r:. c!..'I)/'bIVA)"J' ~\/ KCi,'_ ~~f._ '7)../"2. ,,;,; 31 \f'r1/.A (0 r)',/rf/H, 3~ fViin. ;,,?'k- 17. I Q . 32 V Ihl.",,,,.t.lv<> ~.( 1 ':''-',1,<.0\/ ~ '4 J' 71) \- 33 VlAII>>!l ^:I,~ ~ I' ~( I//\.If 31; \- "t;", (" 34 /t1A/.r, 1 'J!'lanI; ;\J)Ci 7rnl ~MuJ '1110'& (?,~ / \ v V '[ v'v ,~ . , ~ 'I~~ - . :', :,:.:' t;,': ',;:10./ . ilk'} :,:ts:< ',' :" .:. .',",'.'/:.. : '.>:: .',.:"f~,,\;;J!l,\ '~71' ~-\ll~l", ",', :"':". \', "" I\>"~,; '/T,'" {~\' .J..,_......... _",,',.':,. We, the undersigned citizens of University Heights, oppose the proposed widening of Melrose Avenue and especially the Melrose Avenue Bridge. We understand that this will mean a delay in the reconstruction of the bridge and Melrose Avenue, We acknowledge the need for and support the reconstruction of a new bridge. We agree with the comments on the attached sheet entitled "Community Case Against 4 Lane Bridge/4 Lane Melrose Avenue: Fact and Position Sheet". me Address Phone 1 - q.:.;;), 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! 10 11 " 12 t' 13 :: 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 1.0 W I::) ." , . '"' r<l ...., .... CJ , J " n . N , ,.,." '., Ul , " -';(':, :~: j.,'j " 1 '. L.J: - ~..: ..' .. :'> ,..) ,j.'" ,,~(, '. I ..... IIf1 - .,,-.-. -- .---"-~T~'- ....... ~..... - '-r- -- ,.~ .. ......,..-... --r.-- -....- .... ..... . ~I\ 'j }b\2:~I" ';":',' :i7,', < ,ill'." jil": ',;"1" :'" '>, (": "::- ':, ..: " . :,~:'::",~J~/~I";;'~~I~r:. ~ ~i0~.~' "'.'.I~\.J:;;,,: ..:.."~:"" :.'~:,:.:~: ;:".f,'.:') r~~.~("r:';\ t:-"': ' .. i' '1'19"1 I ~)l J 629 Melrose A venue Iowa Oty, IA 52246 Fcbnmry 24, 1993 Mayor Darrel G, CO\lrtney Civic Center Iowa Qty, IA 52240 Dear Mayor Courtney: On behalf of the Melrose A venue Neighborhood Association, I want to thank you for taking thc time to visit with \IS last week. It sO\lnds as though you made room for \IS at the end of what was already a very long day, and we do appreciate your making the effort There were so many people who wanted to speak Thursday night (and I had done so much speaking when I went before city cOlmcil) that I felt I should let otllers whom you had not already heard from have the floor, There were, however, a couple of points brought up Thursday night that [ believe are important enough to bear repeating, These points underscore tlle imp0l1ance of postponing the vote on the proposal currently under consideration, Firs~ by delaying the vote on the bridge, ci ty council will put pressure on the university and the hospital, the kind of pressure tlmtI believe will be reqlured to get tlle university and tlle hospital to take their Task Force commitment more seriously, to cooperate to a greater extent with tlle city in looking for alternatives to the clU'J'ent problem, and ultimately perhaps even to consider changing the nature of their planning processes, There was some talk Thursday night of putting in a 2-lane bridge to spite the university and the hospital. No one, of eomse, is seliously suggesting that; tllere is an argument to SUppOlt a 2-lane blidge option, but [ do not believe this is it. However, a vote to postpone the blidge sends the message that a 4- lane hridge and a 4-lane Melrose avenue are not necessarily foregone conclusions, If the city makes it clear tllat it is going to take a closer look, not just at tl1is proposal but also at otller options, [ believe tllat tile hospital and university may be forced to do likewise, A second reason for not acting on the bridge proposHI WHo mised by Paul Diehl last Thur9dey, He s\lggesled Ihnt there is 1\ lIlovelllenlstirring on the pelt of university and medical faculty who arc frustrated with the way the university and the hospilal do business, A group of faculty members met witll Hunter Rawlings on Tuesday to express their concerns, By refusing to accept tlre bridge proposal, city council will allow more time for this movement to gain momentum, --., \ l./:J(P I ~-,.- ~.- .. ........~. ....,,.-~ "...... ., -y - '-,"- ~_...,.~ -.~.......,. - ... ........... - -..... .'.. :'::,-~ 'i7a':.:LJ;~., 'lj(/"fj- ",: '," ,': ","",,':," .:' ,.:', ~, '. f/;'f' \. IT)l' - ~'71 . I "", - " . \ ' . ,'. . '.' ;':............ ,\~',,_ .,'~~.,~,'.\', [ I'," - .',:',,", :,. , I' tl '\ finally, I am Slll'C you arc awarc of tile pcrsoIlllcl changcs to takc placc during tile ncxt fcw montilS \vilhin tilC hospital administration, We need to alIaII' ale dust to settle in order to determine the disposition of thc new administrators, It does seem , possiblc that this shakcup could represent an opportunity for the establislunent of new relationships mnong the city, the university and the hospital. We should pro\~de time for this to happen to tile extent possiblc, Thank you again for "heming us out", We do appreciate your consideration, Tl1lly yours, )~4'~ \rJ~/ Michaelanne Widness I/~' ......, ,l:(. '. n"";: . ';. ...~.It ", "', : . ';'" ", ~, " :::, :~', ", ~;" . -"t' " . " "', .",..t ." .121 .",L'''''I~ ,.;" ...,., ,', "~'-:',~f: '"i._,: Ila'~ ,':"~'71; '",;tl ,;':::1.'" .-:,:'-". .... ':;. ...;..~t-='ll,..",~.......; 'I-,,~I\'..." "\1\'~ .,~ . , ,. t. ,"...,.' , . '~r.' ,_, '_, _. .' I '. '. .'..' , , . '. . " .: J ~~G16) . j~ ~5/ ,QQ3 . President: . SUsan Feeney . 719 RoMlds Iowa Chy, IA 52245 Vice President: Dawn Neppet 727 N, Lull1s Iowa City, IA 52245 NORTIISIDt NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION . SecretB1Y: Uz MIRer 714 Ronalds Iowa Chy, IA 52245 Tre'SUMr: Anne Bumslde Ble RoMlds Iowa Chy, fA 52245 . I . ~.~~~I. . " ". .,~ Lf(~ ~.c&' OMQ~' "~~~~~~' '. ~..~IWn~~. ~~ ~I~~-W~ t)Q~.... ~~(lmd~. ~~. . .~ "~ .vrU4f/. ~ ~e1L ~.' ....:.J.-r-... .'. fiI. ':"" n '../1 .0....""-1. '. .~. /j)frI"+'~._' '. '. ' '.'. .~lf~rv..-." V~~r~ , . . "VvJ~j'~~fN ~,~~'. ..~.~~. ~JJ-w;t ...... to ~ .~. oJJ~~ ...~~lli~I~~ ~~.~~~~. ~~~.WN1 ~ 0bJ ~ .,~d..~.~~, ~~w ~O\J ~~~I,' . '7~~, C5-u +-~ ~tI, . I ..... ~- - -- "...-- - ... .....---'I"~--....r 1'" - - --r- -- ,- -. .... -........- - ... ,~............. "':""'t~"""""Ni" '." '''~-'.I,::';t~l'' ..:' '::- ,:.:""::,,,:,.1:',.'- . ',r, ',' ! ~.' . \ . , - ; . ' '11 ' ,'{. , . " , '1 ' , I, '" - , . .., ," 'l \ -.. , '.. ":'.,>{,~<:.~:\~::".:".~~~..'.',': ':l.~":\<,'.r' ,- '~';,\,,':,~:,.,.. "',~:.;' SENT BY:Unlver,lty of lOw, : 2-21-93 : 2:35PM; PresIdent', Offlce~ ~.~~..~~ I 319356500911 2 THE UNMRSITY OF IOWA' February 26, 1993 Dear Mayor and City Council I I am writing to provide background intormation on the University's views on the City's plan to widen Melrose Avenue. University representatives have met on'severa1 occasions with representatives ot the Melrose Avenue neighborhood and. we recognize the concerns of the residents. It ,may be usetul to note that the University has participated in and has undertaken several studies ' concerning the matter of traffic circulation on the west campus,. All heve concluded that Melrose ~.venue plays, and , will continue to play, a oritica1 part in the circulation of vehicles to and from'the campus, between areas of the community, and to areas outside of Iowa City. No study has identified an alternative that would replace the multiple functions performed by Melrose Avenue. As a result of these studies, which go back well over twenty years, the University has made plans that assume the existence of' Melrose and depend on it tor c1"rculation to and from the campus, through the c~pus and as a part of the internal ' vehicle circulation. system. Our Campus Planning' Framework, published in April 1990, contains a map of major ,roads , serving the campus , (Map #5), that indicates an understanding that Melrose will be widened to four lanes. This Framework has been widely .circulated and reviewed.' As a part of campus planning actiVity in connection with the development of the University ot Iowa Hospitals end Clinics (UIHC) Final Phase Faoility, the Univereity engaged a national consulting f~rrn to address the issue ot the adequacy of Melrose, if widened to four lanes according to the City plans at that time, to accommodate the new. addition. The coneultant has reported that five lanes would be preferable to four, but. not essential. In order to avoid the necessity of encroachment on the neighbor~ to the south of Melrose Avenue the University has not pursued and does not intend to pursue the five lane alternative. Several alternatives have been suggested by parties, interested in aVOiding tho. widening of Melrose and the bridge. A common characteristic of these alternatives is bypassing University H~i9ht~ to the north with either a omctofthlVlclPlll!dlol(or I051IllUpHIll' 10II1C!ly,10Wl52242.1316 ,310/335.3552 I.I!JJ... Rl\.I.m lIld l1nJvlrtlty SIMeI'.. . 7r11411" ...... -,s:.~ -- -- ...-.- .. "~-'-~~--""---r---, --r - - '.r- ---.,- .......". - ... -- " -"" ,':'t~";:":'Lli: '."k>"'" ":,:.,,.,:, ,," ...". ..",. :':111:\'<' ':, :":':>,,:..ILt/, <~~i:f,;':;~~"Z:i: ': >;",~ >'.' ."~. "'i', ':,' ~~...(,t,/ .....1 ""''''''''.'.''1 "'. ."'". t, 'It "V 1.'''.'1'1 I 11'11....'111..' Itll."''''' "'......."'''''''1" '" I connection to the hospital area via Haw~inl Drive or termination at a parking tacility with transfer to the, hospital area via bus service. The UIHC has concerns about the latter alternative in light ot the needs of patients and visitors to the hospitals. Construction of a tull bypass with connection to the hospitals area would require land now used and required by the Finkbine Golf Course. It would almost certainly require the costly displacement of athletic and recreational facilities. It would be a "long way around" solut1on that would likely not be used once travelers discovered that Melrose was a shorter route. Perhaps the most significant aspect of the bypass is that it would be very,limited in its purpose; the interception of eome hospital bound traffic from the west. It would not replace the need for Melrose in any of its multiple functions, including serVing as an east-west arterial street for the City of Iowa City, or reduce the present and projected traffic below the need for a four lane street. It is unquestionable that the Iowa CitY/Coralville area is developing toward the west, and that there are existing and growing needs for east-west travel. Melrose Avenue is an arterial utilized by residents who live in Coralville, Iowa City and University Heights and travel to the east for a variety of purposes. Melrose Avenue will also serve as a point of entrance to a new Family Care Center and AmbUlatory Renal Dialysis Suite that will be located in the lower level of the UIHC Final Phase Facility. While all other patients entering clinics in this Facility will do so off of Hawkins Drive, it Is essential from several standpoints that Family Care center and Ambulatory Dialysis facilities be readily visualized and easily accessed from Melrose; and .that the patients using these services be able to park in an adjacent area of the ramp to the east of the Final Phase addition. rhe university has be~n sensitive to the concerns of Melrose Neighbors in planning for access into the Family , Care Cent~r and Ambulatory Renal Dialysis Suite and into the parking ramp in that there will continue. to be only one , access point along Melrose Avenue. There will thus be no additional curb cuts beyond the one that exists at thie time. Furthermore, ae a means ot minimizing congestion along Melrose Avenue, the preliminary plans for this parking structure call for primary entrances at ~he northwest corner and on the east side. The drive off of Melrose Avenue will be designed as a secondary entrance to carry a muoh smaller volume of traffic which will serve the need for access to the Family Care Center entrancs and to meet the parking requirements of patients to be served in the Family Care Center and Ambulatory Renal Dialysis suite. 'IJII , I ! I ....-. -- - "...-- -.,~- -r ,....---- ...~,....... ,-- ... ~....." -- ....--.- ---- -~ '. .. t' , ...;', . " . I'. ,'" '" ' r ... . J..,' . -\ . ;:J.... . , \ I... ,., II .' . " 'fJI""'~"; ~.", .,.',::.. ,",-,"," ..,~l~ :' ,,\, f': ,-- 1,"', ',:'1 I,; ~ ':IC' . "':,~ ", "," ",. ,'._,.,~;' ",. ,\:, :, " 'I ,(".. . l' .' , - . ':' I -', :t; ';. i.,.', ;,~, ,.:..1 ~~"',';'. ~ \,,..'... '. .:'~. '. \\:." ~cnl Dliunlvirll;Y Of Iowa ; 2-26-93 ; 2:31PM; Prilldint', OfflcI1 3193565009:' 4 It is regrettable that a project .uch a. the Widening of Melrose will have an unwanted impact on private property owner.. It i. for that reason that the University ha. indicated a w~11ingnes8 to make the land available for the proposed widening from land owned by the State on the north side of the street. While this will not satisfy all the concerns of the affected property owners, it will significantly lessen the impact of the project on their property, We believe elso that the construction of a four-lane street deeigned to carry the already present volumes of traffic will serve to facilitate turns onto Melrose from drives and streets to the south. It is apparent that delay or further study of alternatives will not produce better options to widening Melrose. Moreover, all reports indicate that the condition of Melrose Avenue and the Melrose Bridge have deteriorated to such an extent that replacement in accord with the timetable established by City planners is highly desirable. Also, the construction of the UIHC Final Phase FaCility is well underway and the Eye Institute 1s scheduled to be ,completed in mid 1994. It will also be necessary to undertake, immediately, the construction of a number of utility projects In the Melrose right-of-way to support the new construction. This work, too, needs to proceed this next construction season if it Is to be in place in time to serve the new bUilding. uncertainty concerning the future configuration of the street and the timing of street construction will complicate and add costs to the utilities improvements, now and in the future. For these reasons we support your plan to widen the bridge and the street according to the recommendations of the oity staff. We recognize the concerns and interests of Melrose-area property owners. On balance, however, the University is supportive ot the project as the best alternative to meeting the current and future needs for traffic flow between the east and west sides of the community. Sincerely, W'~\;.. Douglas K. True Interim Vice President for Finance and University Services '~ ) 'IJ.' .Mtl NUTUUIWW8M'IJIlI"-"- M_~ ~ --.. 1!l!Hl!t~~~~~ftft!lIMI_ ;or-.,.... IF - -.".,.-. : \,', ' '''''::\','::,:-' ''"':" ::LZ}: ":-"::13:','.:::' ,','::" ,:e,'<':', :>:;'. ",..,EL, W '"~?l''' '7] ", , ",.' ", }::':":")~'\ l~~,;::..:,:';}~,;~<':~~~.::,;, ,'......... ;<:.:: ' ',: (', ' "'. ",. '~'I',"' ,,",':' ~ o~\0 WALLACE L. TAYLOR ATTORNEY AT LAW 326 HIGLEY BUILDING CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA 52401 RECEIVED MI\R 1 - 19m TELEPHONE 13191366.2428 February 26, 1993 Hayor and Council Hembers Ci ty Hall Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Hayor and Council Hembers: I am writing to you on behalf of the residents along Helrose Avenue concerning the proposed widening of the bridge Rnd approaches to the bridge 1rhich you have planned. I Im01r that you have heard many concerns expressed by these residents and I will not reiterate those, I The point I want to make is that we believe you need to undertake evaluations of this project as it pertains to environmental concerns and the effects on historic properties. Since there is substantial federal funding for,this project, the National Environmental Policy Act requires at least an environmental assessment to be underta](en. Because of the impact on the neighborhood as already described to you by the residents and because of the many issues of concern which have been raised, any attempt to bring this project within a categorical exclusion and avoid an environmental assessment would be contrary to the law, In addition, there are historic properties which would be affected by this project and the National Historic Preservation Act requires a review and negotiation procedure before a project CRn be approved. This lmuld be conducted with the State Historic Preservation Office. There is also a provision in the Iowa law requiring that historic properties he protected to the extpnt practicahJ.e ?nd that alternatives are to be used in planning and locating hig1l11ay proj ects. This laIr requires you to examine and use acceptable alternatives. We anticipate that you will review this project and the applicable laIrs. Upon doing so, lIe anticipate that you will comply with your legal obligations. Very truly yours, tJ/atdw d 1JgIt'ffJi- Wallace L. Taylor WLT/jsf L/a.~ I --\ \\ ;\~~ Id, I :::~.:,tl'" "::",&d"",,~.'C\:',,,'r)', :.",',' ::" ;,'-",.::: . ,'", [ 'I' " 171 "~'.0I 'I,m" ',I'" . (,. " .\::' 1\,", \~~.""':"~~.', ",1 '~\",:' I." , ,'" ':. ,.;,,1,'," I~ RECEIVED ~IAR 1 - 1993 117. D~Jt. [i p~' '0 ' Penny Hall, President Denise Jurca, President-Elect Kiki Aaneslad, Past Presidenl Cindy Parsons, Secrelary Sandra Joynt, Treasurer Bev Bymm, Elemenlary Safely Deb Kauffman-Watson, Secondary Safely Myrna Arner, Tmffic Safely Loni Parroll, NeIVsJeller February 26, 1993 / ~~ cJ1 Mayor Darrel Courtney City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington, Iowa 52240 Dear Honorable Mayor Courtney and Council Members: The Districtwide Parent.s Organization encourages the city council to consider the safety of children walking between Roosevelt Elementary and the daycare centers along Melrose Avenue. The safety of these children would be affected by the widening of Melrose Avenue. Proactive NOT reactive safety measures must be ensured for these young citizens. Sincerely, '-j/1 Lf 1/((~ g. tL'l'1L~ Myrna K. Arner DPO Traffic Safety '-I~~ I ......, I ",,"...,. .....,..:- ,', ,. '''~-:.., ':i~-: ....:'.. .'..' ::'. :.' ':,',:..: <, ,.." , . !". 'I' 11 ," ," ':' _: ? '." I :\>:'~:'. fR<:.;~L,:..:,:;;"!"'<: :-: "~":""'" :'. :','" :: ,,::<, :.... ; ",:' State Historical Society of Iowa The Historical Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs February 26, 1993 In reply refer to RCI 920452018 Randall B. Faber Historic Preservation Specialist Office of Project Planning Planning and Research Division Iowa Department of Transportation 800 Lincoln Way Ames, Iowa 50010 RE: FHWA (DOT) - BRM-4066(1)-8N-52 - JOHNSON COUNTY _ IOWA CITY, IOWA - BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER THE IOWA INTERSTATE RAILROAD AND WIDEN MELROSE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET - REVISION OF JULY 28, 1992 LETTER IN LIGHT OF NEW INFORMATION. Dear Randy: This letter is to add to our comments of July 28, 1992 about the proposed project. The comments made, at that time were based solely on the direct impact of the bridge project. and the removal of a less than 50 year old bridge. A second look at this undertaking leads us to issue two additional comments, the effect of which suggests that project review be re-opened. First, while the bridge that would be replaced is itself non- historic, the kind of bridge proposed to replace it--one which increases the number of lanes from two to four--may have an adverse effect on nearby properties listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The effect of funding the project to install a wider bridge will be to put into effect the widening of Melrose Avenue from two to four lanes and the magnitude of this change with the accompanying changes in traffic volume may diminish the historic character of at least two properties listed in the National Register, namely, the A. W. Pratt house at 503 Melrose Avenue and the Billingsley-Hills House at 629 Melrose Avenue. In our opinion, but for this undertaking to replace the existing bridge with a wider bridge, the four-lane widening of Melrose Avenue would not happen and its accompanying potential adverse effects on the National Register properties would not occur. Therefore we cannnot recommend that the project proceed without taking into account whether the undertaking may diminish the properties' setting and sense of time and place by introducing visual and audible elements that are out of character with the nearby National Register residences (36 CFR, Part 800.9(b)(3)) . o ~1I2 IlllI'~ Avenue lo\V~ Cit\'. Ill\V~ 522,10 (3IY) m:JYI6 g c'lpillll Compb Des Muines, Ill\\'~ 51131Y (515) 2HI.5111 o Monl~lIk Bux372 Clermont. luwn 52135 (3IY) ~23.i17J ~~(, I ':,'\ : (i .. " I \\. " J, .' .----.........~, -"f""- ...... , -r --- '-r- -~ ,.- .... ~T- ... , ........ -.-. -..... ..~ -,' ,~::i,. ~:t:",'::.:'.LD' ",\'c:,;-: :;'0."~'~" ...., 1:-::, ,',; ,':,"':'\.' I " 'f' Im)! ~T1" lf1 J"" , . ., r." I .:.~'::: -~::.; .'.\~~.I \ ....~." '; ,1'''-':1 :'j ,'," .:. . ", J.J~" Page 2 Second, the city's actions will need to satisfy the requirements of Iowa Code 314.24. This stipulates that cities "shall to the extent practicable preserve and protect the natural and historic heritage of the state in the design, construction, reconstruction, relocation, repair, or maintainance of roads, streets, or highways." cities are directed to avoid historic sites lIif reasonable alternatives are available" for the location of streets and, to do this, cities "shall make a diligent effort to identify and examine the comparative cost of utilizing alternative locations" for streets. Additional review of this project is further warranted, in our view, as a result of the recent completion of the Iowa city Historic Preservation Plan. This singles out for attention Neighborhood 11: West Side - Melrose Avenue and identifies several objectives which include retaining historic landscape settings and improving visual relationships between historic residences and modern developments such as parking areas. , Should you have any questions regarding our findings and recommendations, please feel free to contact me at (515) 281- 3306. . Sinc~e~ ~,~. I,) XI '. /"1/,, , . , .1 "'" , I_.,/t I,'" , ./ /C ~'.vi/r .-'\..... '- 1./ LC Lowell J. 'Soike, Ph.D. Historian, Bureau of Historic Preservation cc: Roger Anderberg, Local systems Dan Mathis, Federal Highway Administration Dennis Gannon, Iowa City Engineers Office Steve Ballard, city Attorney, City of University Heights MaryAnn Naber, Advisory council on Historic Preservation Jim Jacobsen, Historic Preservation Bureau, State Historical Society of Iowa ~~~ I :" ' .' ,'~ " '" ,';;(.'" ""=~i', .,'",;';'" ,\\ } ,:::, :;;,> '.: ',;~;"";, ,:":' - . ,L OJ, L:::;, , ~Tlr "! '.,,'... ., :: ,', ',fJ,>:. ''';~~~\'''', \~ -,,': I:" \ .'. "~", : _ ',l ", . ,." , HW U..^~~U" IC~C~l.t"It:/'( ,'Il:lll J 3- 2-93 12:27PM I ,I \ BRAD GRUPE-TURN FOUR" TEL: 1-319-351-3422 '~\l~' . ." , 1 319 351 3422-1 Mar 02.93 3193565009J" 2 " \' 12:26No.OO!P,02 j ..._ t.. RECEIVED MAR? - '993 To the memebm of tha IOWI, City City ConneD:' RR: Melrose AveIlUI Project Since I will bl unable to Ilttend the discussions regarding the Melrose Avenue project I "ish to pm on some though" on the issue. , :1 l! I I I I 1 While it is Uue that ~ trAffic problem does exist on Melrose Avenue I do not feel it would be made any "or6~ by lIdopting II tllm O! f01!r !~!~ widening project. I feel the notion that more congestion would be created is ill-conceived and is merely I Bcare tactic. While the group that opposes the project may have a fair number of supportm please think of the OVl\fan good to the community, the hospital and the fewlllble impression that will be 16ft with those "hD trawl into the city, bringing money for lodging ,food and shopping with them. Also think of those of us who must travel the rOllte daily and hOlf much ellsier it may be to not ban to wait 5 or 10 minutes to mako e Mt turn, Do not be disuaded by fancy presentations and elequent speakers who Illay sound good but really have nothing of real consequence. to say. Think of the oYeJllll good-Not just what sollie percl\ive to be on inconnnience. Bndley Grupe 630 Westgote Streot IolVs City, 101'1 52246 " i I i: :' .: ; , , I I I I , ! I " , I " , . I I ~a(,: ~....- -,.: --- y-.- ....... \ 'Jbl i;\ \~ ... ................-..-~----.... '.... .".t~' :', ,:~' ~:, ~ cri;' . "'}8 .;,,'~' ,_: :"',;:< ::,:"'", ',,:,' : " " '~c, ...1 ,', I . ,', ',' , ,,' ,,' '.~:.' ,.,........,(.:~;,::L~~)) .".~;Ijjj,!:'_,\ '<,'!" \_:'.\.:, \', .~,.,.. .',',>,01 <,'~' .-... ,..........~ ,'.'.I.~ ..:'~. .;,....;.,.. ~ ~.~:,~ . .', .' ,. ~ I'.' ., . .. I . ..d' .,' r.. 'l~~:::.r~ I. TO THE CITY COUNCIL: RECEIVED MAR 2 - 1993 2 Melrose Circle Iowa City, IA 52246 I am writing to urge the City Council to "bite the bullet" and reject the' Melrose Avenue street-widening project proposed by the City planning staff, This difficult and controversial decision is appropriate and in fact necessary for two important reasons. First, the plan itself appears to be seriously flawed, and may not resolve the traffic congestion problems, safety issues and environmental concerns that currently exist and wl1l surely become worse due to Hospital expansion. Support for concerns raised about the present proposal comes from two Independent sources: local traffic planning experts, and national traffic planning experts at the Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. Ms. Mlchaelanne Wldness reported these expert opinions to the City Council at the open discussion in Council chambers on Tuesday evening, Feb. 2nd. These consultants agreed that there were serious questions with respect to different aspects of the present plan, and recommended that other alternatives to widening Melrose Avenue should be identified and evaluated. The second reason for rejecting the present proposal Is that the process used to generate it is fundamentally flawed. Support for this assessment is nearly unanimous, and comes not only from Melrose Avenue neighborhood and University Heights residents, but also from many UI faculty and City residents, and even from City planners who are routinely faced, after the fact, with trying to accommodate unilaterally conceived Hospital expansion plans formulated without adequate consideration for the concerns of the entire city ond surrounding communities. It is cleorly In the best interests of the entire community to insist thot plonning for Hospitol exponsion not toke place in Isolation, and that all affected parties be allowed ond encouraged to partlclpote In the plonnlng process tn a timely manner. Although the University ond the UI Hospitals and Clinics ore extremely importont components of the lowo City community, they should not be ol1owed to dictate to the City and surrounding communities how our neighborhoods, streets, business districts ond industriol oreas ore to evolve. This is precisely what the present Hospital planning process accomplishes, and City Council members should send a clear message to the University and Hospital administration that such a process wl1l no longer be tolerated. The first step in sending this message Is to reject the Melrose Avenue street-widening proposal, a questionable attempt to accommodate a Hospital expansion pIon that was generated in Isolation without adequately considering the best Inlerests 'I en efleeled ,.111.. ~. ~. I I , I I i I I I I I I I I I I i ! I I I i I i ~~& ~" ~-- I iF --- ...,.-.-- I 1~~~1 ! I i I . .........-........,. ~-~ ............--.,..,. - - '.r- -- ,.---- .. .....,..-.. ." ''':.t71'':''''''~' \:'/':~~:;' :.i8- ....., , ',,:':,' " ,",', ..:-:,:-.:', ~ " ,",) . . ,I '.' , ".", , \, ,. ' .:-? ,- ..;.... ',,') '\--.," :.' ".....' ;'].. ; , : ,'( ,,", ,:,., "', ,\ I.", , . I ' ~ , " 'I RECEIVED FFR 19 1993' Frances Sladek 209 College Ct. Iowa City, Iowa 52245 February 17, 1993 City Council of Iowa City Civic Center 410 E. Washington Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear City Council, I am writing you to respectfully request that you decide against building a new airport on Site Number 1 as recommended by the consultants from Coffman and Associates of Kansas City. My husband, JOlleph T. Sladek, and I purchased 80 acres on this site in 1936. We erected a two story home, garage, barn and other outbuildings. We grew oats, corn and hay on the land. We raised animals and milked. cows for many years. We grew a large garden to feed our three children, cured our own meat, and canned all our own fruit and vegetables. We had to worle very hard but the land proved to be wonderfully productive, as it s.till is. Our land adjoined the homestead which ; had been purchased by the Sladeks in 1915/ and we farmed that land also, Every year this land became more precious to us and we knew how important it was to keep it in the family. Our three chi.l.dren were born on this land and our youngest child and only son, Joe poseph Edward Sladek) / helped farm the land from the time he was a small boy. Eventually / as we grew older / Joe took over the farm and purchased the old Sladek homestead. Our house became the home for Joe, his wife, Nancy, and their three children. Joe's youngest child, Steve, grew up farming with his father. He left for four years of college to get his degree in business agriculture at Iowa State University, but immediately returned to the farm. He now lives in the house of his grent grandparents on the old Sladek homemtead with his wife, Sherry, They are expecting l/~7 ....". I I i i I I I I i ! ::;':: 'rjj" /"rj',,' ',L:"",j'7'I:::: ~:~".';';'"';:' ~;<" '.,.'~.L':\"\::,;'4':; ,1.:13)" ,~. '.!L':'i"" ",> I I, r:, .,< .... ',.""..' \,' ',I".' their first child this coming fall, steve and his father work together on the land every day and it would be hard to say which one of them loves the land more, There are no words to describe our sorrow and sense of loss as we contemplate losing our farm, It has not only sustained our families, but created a lifestyle which we have been able to preserve, We are also proud of the abundance of food this land has provided for others, I ask you to consider this before you allow this most fertile, life-sustaining land to be covered with concrete, I am now 84 years old, This particular land is an irreplaceable part of me, and of my family, It is our anchor and our strength, We use it not only for ourselves but as our means of continuing the noble profession of providing food for our country, Please safeguard this land for us and for all those who benefit from it, Sincerely, ;) fLew-LA,,,,",, .~~ '\. &I'Jl Frances Sladek 4;.7 , "'--" I ,.,- .-- , ,~;"';( lJ' "L: , ",'.,: ,:, ",:',: '.:',' :< :,lj,',::"',:14{;:'t:r:; ;.',t.f.: " ',", , ,",:,'",:,,:: i,;-J J~0 RI=r,EIVED FES 1 9 199J 3948 Greencastle Ave, Oxford IA 52322 February 18, 1993 To The City Council, I would like to bring to your attention an area of road work which desperately needs to be upgraded and improved. This is tile bottle neck between West High School and Highway 218. The traffic is greatly increasing with the two new subdivisions, Galway Hills and Walnut Ridge, and the traffic to 218 has also been steadily increasing, The narrow road has no shoulder, and deep ravines on each side. When the weather is raining, snowy or icy the hazard is greatly increased because of the traffic coming in and out of these two new subdivisions. I hope that you will consider making the grading and widening of this section of road a high priority in the very near future. Sincerely, Connie Brothers ~~s' I, ". I -,,:-.- .,,-.-- --. ..-.........-T..........,-....".-,.......-_...-r-- _-,.--- ... ....y-........,..-... -p- .'- ','.. "'ff/-:" ',ttJ"""" :"fM' :','.. ;~t' ,:", ":,, ,"', . " .', t,' 'U"'" ", "'" ~,:\".: ,". , " ,,' " j. l \1"~;"" ,;. '/, ',' ",' :~..' )',' . " . ., ~ ~ I ..... . ,"'" '. , , .' , ".' '~" I '" ,'. .. .' . \ "', , _ '. ' -, _ ' 1~8) RFr.I::!vi=n r:r:R ? I, 19~j 1'7 J I )2.t/..,&~",cj~~ Iowa City, Iowa 52240 February 22, 1993 Mayor Darrel Courtney and The City Council Civic Center 410 E. Washington street Iowa City Iowa 52240 Dear Mayor Courtney and Council Members: I am writing in support of the construction of an overpass over U.S. 6 at the First Avenue intersection. As a person who prefers to walk to the mall rather than drive my car, crossing U.S. 6 is like crossing the track at the Indy 500 - the traffic lights simply do not allow pedestrians sufficient time to cross safely. I understand that a federal highway such as 6 must have speed and it is not intended to be "pedestrian friendly" - that is the nature of the case. However, surrounding US 6 is a community of people of all ages - some of us like to walk to the shipping area at Sycamore Mall, while many junior high students must cross it twice a day. It would seem that Iowa City has a responsibility to itself to provide a safe crossing for the many people who must cross it every day. Count me and my wife as two citizens who favor the building of an overpass for US 6 - not just for our personal pleasure of walking, but for the safety of our neighbors' children southaf the highway. Thank you for the time you and the council members spend on pro- viding order and safety and cleanliness for our city. sm'Ltly~ Carl and Bea Beyerhelm ~d.q I -:":\~f"":':'li':": "k,'" "~err ,,'" ;,': . " ' " :',:.',':J~i:\,'.;t;l:,;',).9'" .',{3, ;".: ':',>,:,::' :~',r'::'::,: , ~~\~ February 26, 1993 Members of the City Council City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 "'''''bf.'~" CITY OF IOWA CITY Re: Funding of the Iowa River Trail Segment from Iowa Avenue to Burlington Street Dear Mayor Courtney and City Council Members: Representatives of the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission have learned that, for budgetary reasons, the City is now proposing to eliminate fiscal year 1994/1995 funding for the Iowa River Trail segment between Iowa Avenue to Burlington Street. Only the final design plans to be prepared by the Public Works Department would be accomplished this year. Commission members were both surprised and disheartened by the news, I ! I I The Commission had originally expected this project to be constructed last summer. However, we were Informed toward the end of the summer that construction drawings would be postponed until spring of 1993 for summer construction due to the Public Works Department's work load, Ills now Indicated that the project will be postponed for at least another year. We must strongly urge the Council to reconsider this position. The Iowa River Is a unique resource for the benefit of the entire community. We must refresh In our memories that Old Capitol and subsequently Iowa City were located here specifically because of the river and its scenic views. Completion of the Iowa River Trail would provide an important community recreation resource and recognize the Importance of the river In our heritage, Furthermore, funding of this critical "missing link" will support and keep vital the efforts of the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission and The Friends of the Iowa River Scenic Trail who have worked so diligently In promoting the trail development. Please reconsider the following points: The $29,730 funding would be relatively small compared to the overall City budget; Funding would be a major Indication 01 supporting the efforts of the City's appointed Commission, the fund raising efforts of FIRST and development of the trail itself; it Is an opportunity to amplify City funding by providing "seed development" to promote successful grant applications and private funding; It would provide a vila I "missing link" In the trail development; The City's support as evidenced by funding of this segment has been an Important element In the strategy to raise funds from private sources for trail development; The City's support as evidenced by funding of this segment was an Important element of the American Greenway DuPont Awards grant application that the City approved last December, We firmly believe that it will be In the best Interests of the entire clly, 4111 [AS1 WASIIIN(j10r-; SlRrrl' JOWA CITY, IOWA 'll~O.lal'" 131913'''.'000' fAX IJI91 3'''.)009 4/30 .. . ~- : ,"rfti;" ~'L:.' ti}" "", ",-' : ;',' , ,:',:" :",: 1:..1:,:" ::U;i'::, ',:1l1i:',:8 ,:' '",;, ',",::"",,' ~::-;~~ Mayor and Members of the City Council February 26, 1993 Page 2 The Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission therefore requests that the Council reconsider this Important community Improvement project and restore the $29,730 funding for construction next summer. , . Larry . Wilson, Chairperson Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission c: Commission Members Casey Cook, FIRST Terry Trueblood, Director of Parks & Recreation bc5.1 I I Ii' , , i '130 IF - ~- 601 1. ... .. .-----.'....,--.,,-r T'" - - ..~,.- - ........,.. ----........., ......... -- ", ;';:t~': .', ~M:' ':~'" \fi....""."".'" '.-:,."~..",:,,:',',,, ~ ~ .' I ,', L. " I: . \ '~:!;;' : " ' :.' " : .',',:. <, ,~' "':'. '.' ;., j ',' .~ \ , 'I,' . J ,I ~~ " : ' " , "',,', !'. . I' ........""",.\ 'I "~>. .,'~' . :,,-, '. ',; . ,~,', , ," , \, . . " . .' I~-;:H ";" J .'_, _. February 28, 1993 (l'1P'n , ' jJ IlL;, - (:,: II: ?G 1'1" "'1' ''',,, I';'''] r ..:..:i.LJII\ /:1 " el"" 10'''' "0'. .r . I' 'I.i-'l Members of the Iowa City Council 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear City Council Members, It was brought to my attention Friday evening February 26, that the funding for the Iowa River Trail segment between Iowa Avenue and Burlington has not been approved. While there may be an excellent reason for this change, I am not aware of it and those concerned with expanded trail development in Iowa City have not had adequate time to respond. In fact, while this decision was being made, Dee Vanderhoef and I were at a neighborhood open space meeting presenting the open space plan to the Grant Wood neighborhood. Our subcommittee which includes P&Z commission members staff and Parks and Recreation commission members has been developing this open space plan since October of 1991. Trail development especially in the inner city areas is a key component of the neighborhood open space plan. Failure to approve funding for the Iowa Avenue segment sends a very strong signal to our subcommittee as well as the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission that the City Council is not supportive of these efforts. Has there been some change in the Council's opinion of this matter since John Watson and I presented our plan to you on February l7? Since that date we have met with four neighborhoods, the Optomists and the Environmental Advocates. We have an additional meetings scheduled with the Johnson County Home Builders and arrangements are being made to meet with the Board of Realtors. The response to date has been overwhelmingly positive. We continue to see trail development as the most accessible response toward balancing environment concerns with cost effective housing. We emphatically appreciate your continued support. Sincerely, c~oof! v~~:Yt~~ir of the Planning and Zoning Commission President of the Friends of the Iowa River Scenic Trail ~31 ~....- f1FF -- y-.-- .. .. ..............-T~--- ...-r-T1 ~:""'{~'::"',:,,LJ<, ,~,~:::C": ;:.':10',',' -:';;:' ~,,:', .:>: ,,',':<;::' " ,[.f ,,,Jfl., ~T!J. IL~ .... ,n' ..' ".~ . '.:......, '" ,'~ ..' ,'" I. , :~ , '. I U,S. POSTAL SERVICE \dent's prior, unexplaIned, and :mitaUon on the chleC stewnrd's unlawful warnIng It issued hIm, :<IltW by the Judge-thelle;;pon_ rant treatment oC the chleC stew- )rdertng him to leave the prem- : arrest, Member OvIatt Joins his In findJng the consequent sw- 1 discharge unlawCul. I aRE See. 10(b) I Tallo arbllmllon '40.40 vm not deler !<l arbltmllon ease In which It Is alleged oyer violated Section 8(a)(4) JY suspending and dlscharg- 'steward for filing unflllr-!a- 'ce charge, Iml to arbUmllon .4D.40 I,m not deler to arbltmtlon lease In which It Is alleged iJyer violated Section 8(a)(3) :by limiting union steward's lmployer's facmty and then r~ and discharging him be- lls perlonnance 01 his stew- I, where (1) this allegation 15 rmwlned with another com- I gatlon that suspension and \were also motivated by ste- Ing 01 unlalr-Iabor-pmctlce i' arbitration award, which inst steward, expresSly noted :3 confined to detennlnatlon ber employer had just enuse lectlve-bargalnlng contract; ilalled !<l give consldemtlon i,l-access allegation 01 com- I' evidence ol employer'S un- s presented In present un- practice proceeding. I INATION Sec. 8(0)(3) I Ing '52.15 '52.2158 .52.2128 I 'r violated LMRA by I,sulng 'rnlng !<l union's chlel stew- I (l) Issuance occurred two r weeks alter steward tiled ,alleging that supervisors Inning unit work; (2) ,te- ~ged derogatory stalcmcnt.'J these supervisors were not I. and In any event, employ- ilsk ,wward !<l give his ver- ;dcnt. :NATION Sec. 8(0)(3), 8(a)(4) 1slon - Dlschllrr.e "52,2152 1.2684 '53.05 , violated LMRA by su,- nlon's chlcl steward and uglng him, ,Ince these ac- 'motivated by his activities land by his tiling ol unlalr- , ( ( c) ( ( ( ( ( ( ( c.. (. l l '", '. \, .. SUNBELT MFG, labor-pmctlce charge, (1) Employer previOUSly hod unlawlully restricted steward's access to Its facility; (2) It was greatly disturbed by steward's ag- gressive union advocacy and !<lId him that things would go harder lor him lor having avalled ol NLRB's pre- cesses; (3) when superintendent re- fused !<l pennlt ehlel steward to enter laclllty !<l give shIft steward key to newly Installed lock In union's office, ehlel steward cursed and threw his brlelcase down on desk, but he did not assault superintendent physically or orally. nor dId he assault any other supervisor. MILLARD PROCESSING SVCS. _ MILLARD PROCESSING SER- VICES INC" Omaha, Neb, and FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS LOCAL 211, Case 17-CA-15923, Sep- ttember 22, 1992, 308 NLRB No. 138 Constance N, Traylor, Mission, Kans" lor general counsel; Patrick J. Barrett (McGrath, North, Mullin & Kmtz), Omaha. Neb" for employer; Thomas F, Dowd (Thomas F. Dowd & Associates), Omaha, Neb" Cor union; Administrative Low JUdge l<onard M. Wagman. Belore NLRB: Stephens, ChalrnlOn; Oviatt and Raudabaugh, Members, REFUSAL TO BARGAIN See, 8(0)(5) - Retllsal 01 recognition .54.902 "54.855 Employer vlolawd LMRA by rellls- Ing to reeognlze and bargain with newly certlllcd union, since Issues raised by emploj'cr regnrdlnc union's eertitlcatlon IVere previously litigated and determined by NLllD In repreS..l- tatlon proceeding, On August 20, 1090, the union we., certilled Cor a unit oC the employer's 1I11llntcllllllce, production, and sllnltn- lion employees, 'fhercll(tcf, the em- ployer refused to recognii'.c ami bar- gain with the union. 141 LRRM 1105 REFUSAL TO BARGAIN Sec. 8(0)(5) - Relusal 10 provide Inlormatlon '54.5232 '54.5231 Employer violated LMRA by refus- Ing !<l provide newly eertlfled union with lnfonnatlon concernIng employ- ees,lneludlng wage Increases, benefits, and job clnsslflcatlons, ORDER Sec.lO(c) \ - Certification year '58.513 To remedy employer's unlawful re- lusal to recognize and bargain with neWly certllled union, eertlflcatlon shall be construed as beginnIng on date employer commences !<l bargain In good faith, I RAUDABAUGH, Member, dissent- Ing: ITc.rt1 For the reasons stated In my dissent In the underlying representation case, I I would reverse the Judge's declslon nnd find thnt the UnIon was Improperly certified. SUNBELT MFG.- SUNBELT MANUFACTURING INC" Monroe, Lo, and CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS, AFL- ClO, Cases 15'CA-11521 and -11572, September II, 1992, 308 NLRB No, 110 Ronald K, Hooks and Dwana King, lor genernl counsel; James B, Irwin and Lowrence G. Pugh, III (Montgom- ery. Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz), New Orlenns, Ln.. Cor em- ployer; Administrative Low JUdge William N, Cates, De/ore NLRB: Stephens, Chairman; Devaney and Oviatt, Members, INTmlFEltENCE See, 8(0)(1) - Videotaping el11lllo)'ce!i "50.272 Employer vlolawd LMRA by video, taping emplol'ee haudbllllng actil'lty at lront gate ol 11.1 facllltl', where (I) Videotaping oeellrred at eulmlllatioll oC election campaign, during which emplol'er committed ael.l of llnlllwCul I Aflll/lrd l'rorl',ulnQ Srn'lrc.r, 304 NI.nn No, 99, ftllllOll,ata.OI1381.IlRM I094IfAuiI.:n.II19!l. '1~J- ~- y-o_- a .~~~_...-.. '" :.;: "t;k ,;', 'tM\; ':, .""'H/- " " " ,8' ',,:' ,.'.' ,-' : ".' ,:'. " ',:, , f. 1_, ' , ,. \ I ." ' ,.~. ,I '.-..', "\'I~. ; 11 ~ . ' ',' ,'.' , " 'I' '".' ',. - . \ . , \1 " .:' " Millard properties: Parcel Valuations: #63755020 63755017 1992 1991 1990 $8,000. $8,000. $8,000. $4,870,340. 4,585,570. 4,263,790 Property Taxes 91-92 248 90-91 240 89-90 234 Paid: $142,484. 127,600. 113,318. *TIF 91-92 90-91 89-90 .. $67,698. 55,572. 42,826. Property tax bill remains the same, but the increment in the TIF is not apportioned normally Ischool, county, state) but goes to the TIF, in this instance Kirkwood Information based on telephone call to J.e. Auditor's office, March 2, 1993. I 4~1 -- I ~ -- v-'~- . ...,.......-...- ....., ~- ......-~---.,...,. - - . -~ .. .". - .... ~ ---- .-- -- ,-- . "", ('-,',: ,,:':'" ~:~,';.,'~,; " "",," ":""" ,:~ . " ~YJ, i '1 ,~'I' I['t '" ' .' '" " " .~' " ."I~~l,~'~: 1"1,':, :,',1 -,'.;.....\.' ..;lL. ;'.,' ,',:'. . :"'.. \;,.\ '. :,:' ':, ",' ,:'.'" I&U I 131 USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO AID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,115,1,1 , *. t. , , 3. A department administering a program under subsection 2 sball ndopt administrative rules provid, ing bonus points of not less than five percent and not more than twenty percent of the points available under the program for certified participants under this section, 4, A city, cluster of cities, county, group of coun, ties, unincorporated community or group of unincor- porated communities not yet certified under this section but awarded a grant or initiative from the state shall initiate a process to establish a communi, ty builder program within six months of the award, to be completed within three years of the receipt of the award, 5, A city, cluster of cities, county, group of coun, ties, unincorporated community, or group of unin. corporated communities shall submit a community builder program to the regional coordinating council for coordination, review, and comment and to the department for certification, 6, A community builder program shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following information: a, A plan to improve infrostructure, cull ural and fine arts resources, housing, primary health care ser- vices, and natural resources, conservation, and ree- reutional facilities, The plan shall include a prioritization of identified nceds, b, A community database inclnding nn inventory .. ' , '- . , '''', '..' ...'," ."", " ': ~ .. ".. ," ".. ' . , . :"'" ,:' , '" ,,' ,', " ~:. '.,' ' .'" ,:', ': "..' with other the region and services esses. council in al regional oryofbusi, Ita base and ic develop, t providing rvelopment ptcnt's do. 'ams to fa. ;~s in the .rthe cata, , 3Ild updat, I lead data. ? individu. 'nsandser- !nd the pri, jtenanceof I:lCOncern. , ~rsourccs, .. 'b'l' "jponsl II, ,e/opment ttered into ~oordinat, n, itablished llopmenL ge a city, unincor- rporated iforcom. ,nL lofcOUIJ' :unincor. .d receive i~ible fllr ~5tate fl. i i account I I {lUll {lro, ~Hll'r Ihis I , D,Li, \11 lJlldf'r I ifillllllt'e I 'nhallt't'. InlroJ of and assessment of infrastructnre, cultural and fine arts resources. housing, primary health care services, and natural resources, conservation and recreational facilities. The database shall also include an assess, mcnt of applicants' participation in a county or re- gional economic development plan, c. A five,year community economic development strategic plan designed to meet the needs of the com, munity. d, A list of loeal community programs to encour, a~e economic development including public and pri, vate financial resources. an analysis of current and potentialloeal tax revenues,and tax abatement pro, grams. e, A county or regional survey of Ihe available emplnyment and labor force. 7, Contingent on the availabiliiy o~ funding for this purpose, the department may enter into a con, tract with service providers to provide technical as' sistance to a- city, cluster of cities. county. group of counties, or unincorporated community, or group of unincorporated communities participating in a com. munity builder program, - 8, The department shall adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this part. 90 Acts, ch II ,10, ! to SEWU'Clinn CHAPTER !5A USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS '1'0 AID ECONOMIC UI~VF.I.OPMl\N'I' I.l"~illali\r' bndm,'; ~j .\llli.lh 1:<:1.11 151\,1 I~cunomic develoJlment - Jlublic IlIlrJlOse - ell' virunmcnlnlllrntectiunnlldwnshldisllllS31 refl\lirement~, I GA, 1 l~conomic development.- puhlic Jlur- nose - ellvironmentlll prole(~tion lInd wlIsl(.\ dis. Ilosol requirements, I: Ecollomic {~~!(!I!mcl1t is II pllhl[_~I~~lI,~,I_~!,}~'!.c. for whlt'h thc !ital~J4tclty. nr it cllll11lYtlJl.~Y.Jlr.u\'l(Il! grants,/Ollns, hrunrnlltccs, 1I1ld nther fillllll('ial assis. tance lo Ilr for thc bcncfilllf privalf~ pNSOllS, For purposes uf this c1l1lpler, ~1'(,OIltJl/lil' cll'Vl'iofl' nJ(,lIt" means privatc or juint JlUlllic alld Ilrivutc in. vestmcnt ill\'lllvilll1' the crcutinn IIf IlI'W johs alld incolllc or tlw retentiulI nfcxistil1~jl11lS .11111 illl'llllll' that would otherwise II(' losl. 2. Befllre Jluhlic flllllls lIrc IIsed fllr I:rnnls.lfl:lns, l,iA,2 Cnnlliclsflfinll'tl'sl. IM.:l Puhlic t'l'unumil' dc\'elnpmcnlll~sislann' -- \'lula- liuml- aiminal ]It'nallb, Ilrfltherfinnndnl assistanretllpri\'atc pl'rSllllSIlr1111 lu'half of privnlr Jll'rSll!lS fllr 1'('\lIl111nk 1II'\'I'lupl1lCnl, t.he l'llV(lrnilll! hotlv flfthl' ::Inll'. rlltJ.ll1llll.\:..uLlllher JI\lllli,r hllll,~' displ'n~!I.I~: .t,I~I)S~~ ,1).Il},ds W 11Jw rfl\:l'rllill~ hodI' s d"SI~lIce, 'sl..II' delerlllllle that n lUbhr 1'\1(' . @~~\YJJficas~na ybe accomnli,hedhy,t ,e I~pcns!' ~J!1gQr.useorthose fuuds.ln dl'lermining whl'llll'r Iht' 'l::fi!mls Sllfllllcl he cli5Jlenscd. tIll' ,~9.rcrnill~ hlHly nr designec of the gflvl'rl1in~ ImdY~~ihll~ol15idl'r lIlIY or nil of the folluwing- factors: a, Busillrsst's thnt ndd din'rsily tn or ~(,Ilt'fat(' I\l'\\! opportunities for thl' 1l1wa I't'llllom)' lihould Ill' favored liver Ihost' Ihal dOllot. '1~~ ~\:., :~~","''':~::-.'~:7 [.,,;\'''l';~ ,--:,',;" :""":-::',>,>,:' ", .. t"'l './"/' "I I "/,,, , " , , , ,I", ,,' , ... . ~ " . ': ':1.' 'j ,J~:, [~ ' ." 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",' './ , '. <, ' (. 1 '. . 115A.I, USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO AID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3~~bu~quirements of subsection 2,~provideagrant,lo~ ~t r 's' oaprivatepersonllllll!lll{ , , unless the business for II' ose enefit t e financial assistance is to be provid, ed meets, to the satisCaction DC the state agency, all of the Collowing; 0, The business makes a report detailiog the cir. cumstances of its violations, if any, of n federal or state environmental protection statute, regulatioll, or rulewithio the previous five years, The stale agen' cy sholl take into consideration beCore allowing fi, nancial assistance this report DC the business, b, IC the business generates solid or hazardous waste, that the business conducts in,house audits and management plans to reduce the amount of the waste and 10 safely dispose of the waste, For pur, poses of this paragraph, a business mol', in lieu of conducting in.house audits, authorize the waste management authority of the deportment of natural resources or the 101\'8 waste reduction center estab. lished under section 268..1 to provide the audits, 87 Acts, ch 183, 12; 00 Acts, ch 1125, 11 NF.l\' lUbl.tcllon 3 15A,2 Conflicts of interest. If a member of the governing bedy of a city ur county or an employee oC n state, city, or county board, agenCY1 commission, or other govcrmncntnl entity of the state, city, or cuunty has on interest, ei. ther direct or indirect, in a private person for which grnnlli, loans, guarantees, or other financial assis- tance mol' be provided by the governing board or governmental entity, the interest sholl he disclosed to that ~overning body or governmental entity in 132 writinl{. The member or employee having the inter. est shall not participate in the decision. making pro. cess with re~ard to the providing uf such financial assistance to the private person. Employment by a public body, its agencies, or in. slilntions ur by any other person having such an ill' terest sholl not be deemed on indicia of nn interest by the employee ur oC OilY ownership or control by the employee of interests of the employee's employ, er, The word "participate" or "participation' sholl be deemed not to include discussion or debate prelimi, nary tn n vote of a local governing hody or agency upon proposed ordinances or resolutions relating to such a project or any abstention from such a vote, The designation of a bonk or trust company as de, pository, paying ngent, ur agent for investment of funds sholl not be deemed a moiler of interest or per. sonal interest. Stock ownership in a corporation having such an interest sholl not be deemed an indicia of an interest or of ownership or control by the person owning the stocks when less than five percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation is owned or controlled di. rectly or indirectly by that person, The phrase 'deeision,making process'shall not be deemed to include resolutions advisorv to the local governing body or agency by any ciiilOns group. board, body, or commission designated to serve a purely advisory approving or recommending func, tion for economic development. A violation of a provision ufthis section is miscon. duct in office under section 721.2. However, a deci, sion of the governing board or governmental entity is not invalid because of the participation of the member or employee in the decision,making process or because of a vote cast by a member or employee in violation DC this section unless the participation or vote was decisive in the awarding of the financial assistance. 87 Acts, ch 183, 13; 88 Acts, ch 113,1, 112 . \ 133 17,1 on 17,2 Mil 17,3 Bit 17.4 Ani 17,5 Gh' 17,6 All 17,7 Hrj 17,8 SUI 17,9 Stn 17.10 Uli 17,11 Rq 17.12 De' 17.13 GUI 17.14 Nu, 17.15 LeI' 17.16 t.e, , " 17.1 (' State 01' de~~rt?'CJ potts, to, (orin consi ness of nw Befoie fi edit, the " proceedinr ders, and I or which i public off" all statist;' Any rep thissectitll lion, and l: ed, This SCl the superi: and revis(. [C24,2', 71,73,7[1. 1M.3 Publie economic developmellt assis. tance - violations - eriminal penalties. A person who engages in deception and knowingly makes or causes to be mode, directly or indirectly, a false statement in writing, for the purpose of pro cur, ing economic development llssist.ance from a st.n.te agency or political subdivision, for the benefit DC the person or for whom the person is acting, is b'\lilty of a Crondulent practice in the first degree os defined in section 714,9, For purposes of this section, "dccep' lioll ~ means deception as defined in sectioll 702.9. 00 Acts, ch 1135, ! I NEWIf1,'\ian , " ,