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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Dale: May 18,1993
To: City Council
From: City Manager
Re: Material In Information Packet
. Memoranda from the City Manager:
a. Melrose. University Heights Community Newsletter
b. Pending Development Issues
. Memoranda from the City Clerk regarding City Council work sessions of April 26, ~ay 3 and
May 11,1993. tJ3R
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. Copy of a memorandum from the Director of Planning and Community Development regarding
soil testing actJvlty.
. Copy of a memorandum from the executive Director of JCCOG regarding media coverage of
paratransit (SEATS) eligibility certification under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
. Copy of a letter to William G. Nusser, Sr. from the Chairperson of the Design Review
Committee regarding plans for renovation of the Prairie Ughts Books store.
. Copy of a memorandum from Melody Rockwell, Associate Planner, to the Neighborhood Open II
Space Plan Committee regarding the Neighborhood Open Space Plan. () 7).
. Copy of a letter 'To the Editor' from MaryAnn Dennis regarding funding of the Down Payment
Asslstancll Program.
. Agendas for the May 13 and May 18, 1993, meeting of the Johnson County Board of
Supervisors. 0
. Copies of two articles regarding technological advances In telecommunications. / (; i/ 5
* Agenda for Johnson County Board of Supervisor~ formal/.mf\eting May 20, 1993.
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* Memo from the City Atty. regarding Status of Cliffs Apartments; Retaining
Walls , /Ol/7
* Letter from Don Yarborough, University Heights Council member, regarding JI
joint meeting between Iowa City City Council & University Heights. 07.
* Agenda for the 5/25/93 Forma 1 meeti ng of t'4t'ar;~/~upervisors. (dJ4, 6/~j
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: May 14,1993
To: City Council
, From: City Manager
Re: John Nesbitt Community Newsletter
At your most recent City Council meeting, Mlchaelanne Wldness called your attention to a copy
of the Melrose-U Heights community bulletin. In her commentary she Indicated a copy had been
sent to my office and It would be copied and distributed to your attention. Before proceeding to
do that, I was discussing the Melrose project and other Issues with Jeff Davidson and he Informed
me that John Nesbitt had Indicated to him that the community bUlletin was not to be copied due
to a copyright. I have the copy available for circulation. I understand copies are for sale for $1
each.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 11, 1993
TD: City Council
FROM: City Manager
RE:. Pendi n9 Deve 1 oprnent Issues
An application submitted by Plum Grove Acres, Inc., for final plat
approval of Scott Boulevard East, Part 2, a 25-lot, 9.23 acre
residential subdivision located east of Scott Boulevard and north
of Court Street.
An application submitted by Frantz Construciton Co., Inc., for
final plat approval of Mt. Prospect, Part VI, a 16-lot, 5.06 acre
residential subdivision located east of Sycamore Street, north
of Lakeside Drive and illUl1ediately west of Grant Wood Elementary
School.
An application submitted by Braverman Development, Inc., for
prel iminary and final plat approval of Walden Square, Part 2, a
3-lot, 8.7 acre cOllUl1ercial subdivision located north of Westwinds
Drive and west of Monnon Trek Boulevard. (New grocery store, some
retail and new University of Iowa Credit Union Office.)
An application submitted by Iowa Realty Co., Inc., for final plat
approval of South Pointe Addition, Parts I-IV, a 13D-lot, 29.87
acre residential subdivision located immediately north of the Iowa
City corporate limits and west of Sycamore Street.
An appl ication submitted by River Products Company for a
conditional use pennit to expand an existing limestone quarry
located south of Highway 6 West and west of Deer Creek Road SW
in Fringe Area I.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date:
May 20, 1993
REVISED 5-20-93
To: Mayor and City Council
From: City Clerk
Re: Council Work Session, April 26, 1993 - 6:55 p.m. In the Council Chambers
Mayor Oarrel Courtney presiding, Council members: Courtney, Kubby, Horowitz, Novick,
Ambrlsco. Absent: McOonald. Staff present: Atkins, Helling, Gentry, Karr, Moen, Lundell,
Boose, Milkman, Moran. Tape racorded on Tapes 93-42, All; 93-43, All.
AGENDA ITEM #23 - REVISE FEES FOR TRANSIT VEHICLE CHARTER SERVICE:
Reel 93-42, Side 1
Transit Manager John Lundell presented Information about the proposed revised fees for
transit vehicle charter service,
PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS:
Reel 93-42, Side 1
Senior Planner Monica Moen presented the following Planning and Zoning items for
discussion:
a,
Settina a oublic hearina for Mav 11 , 1993. on an ordinance amendina the Zoning
Ordinance bv adootlna Section 3a-82Id) to oermlt. on a case-bv-case basis.
construction of a sinole-famllv dwelllna on a lot of record which falls to meet the
re~uirements of the zone for lot area
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Moen stated that staff will provide information to Council prior to the public hearing.
b. Settino a oublic hearlna for Mav 11, 1993. on an ordinance amendino the Zonlno
Ordinance bv conditionallv chanoina the use reaulations from RS-5. Low Oensitv
Sinale-Familv Residential. to OPDH-5. Planned Develooment Housino Overlav. and
aoorovina an OPOH clan for an aDoroximate 55.14 acre tract of land located west of
Scott Boulevard and north of the Iowa Interstate Rallwav. (Vlllaae Green South. Parts
3-8/REZ 92-00171
Moen stated Council will receive more detailed Information prior to their next meeting,
c. Public hearlno on an ordinance amendlno the Zonino Ordinance bv chanoina the use
raouletions of an aooroximate 13.98 acre tract of land located southwest of Tea Drive
and east of the western section of Aber Avenue from RS-5. Low Densltv Slnale-Famllv
Residential to P. Public (Kiwanis Park/REZ93.00051
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d. Public hearino on a resolution aoorovino the voluntarv annexation of an aooroxlmate
6.92 acre tract of land located south of Scott Park and north of Fairvlew Golf Course.
(Mitchell-Phi oosl ANN 93-000 2)
Moen recommended that Council continue the public hearing until Council's May 11
meeting because of questions relating to ownership of the property.
e. Public hearino on an ordinance amendino the Zonino Ordinance bv condltlonallv
chanolno the use reoulations of an aooroxlmate 6,92 acre tract located south of Scott
Park and north of Fairview Golf Course from Countv RS. Suburban Residential. to 10-
RS. Interim Develooment Slnole-Famllv Residential. IMitchell-Phioos/REZ93-00041
Moen recommended that Council continue the public hearing until Council's May 11
meeting. Moen distributed a draft copy of the conditional zoning agreement.
f. Resolution aoorovino the voluntarv annexation of an aooroximate 5.59 acre tract of
land located north of American Leoion Road at the north terminus of Owl Sono Lane
SE. (Windsor Ridoe tl/ANN93-0001)
g. Ordinance amendlno the Zonlno Ordinance bv conditionallv chanolno the use
reoulations of an aooroximate 5.59 acre tract located north of American Leoion Road
at the north terminus of Owl Sono Lane SE. from Countv RS. Suburban Residential.
to RS-5. Low Densltv Slnole-Famllv Residential. (Windsor Ridoe II/REZ93-00031 (First
consideration)
Moen distributed copies of the revised rasolution and ordinance. Novick requested that
some type of protection for trees located on property that Is annexed be included In
the tree ordinance.
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Ordinance amendino the Zonino Ordinance bv condltionallv chanolno the use
reaulations for a 30 acre oarcellocated west of Svcamore Street and immediatelv
north of the coroorate limits. from IO-RS to RS-8. Medium Densitv Slnole-Familv
Residential. (Iowa Realtv/REZ 93-00011 (Passed and Adooted)
DEMOLITION PERMITS:
Reel 93-42, Side 1
Senior BUilding Inspector Ron Boose and Community Development Coordinator Marianne
Milkman presented information about the demolition permit process and fees. Council asked
staff to prepare language that would not require posting a notification sign for residential
accessory buildings unless the accessory building is of historic significance.
State Contractors Registration. Senior Inspector Boose and City Attorney Gentry stated they
would review correspondence presented by Patrick Hughes,
Erosion. Kubby reported on a phone call from a woman in a newer neighborhood with inflll
development and experiencing erosion on her private property, Boose stated there were steps
the City could take to stop erosion but the City could not order one private party to go on
another private property for clean-up.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CDBG FUNDING:
Reel 93-42, Side 2
Community Development Coordinator Marianne Milkman and CCN members Bruno Pigott and
Linda Murray presented information about the recommendations for CDBG funding. Council
agreed to CCN's recommendation to allocate $30,000 to the Burns (Press-Citizen) project by
applying $20,000 from (Community Development Division's request) land acquisition plus
$10,000 from the contingency fee,
RECREATION FEES:
Reel 93-42, Side 2
Recreation Superintendent Mike Moran presented information. Council directed staff to
prepare a multi-year budget plan for adopting fees and to consider removing such fees from
the City Code. Councllmember Ambrlsco recommended that Council defer action on this item
until all Councilmembers could be present.
COUNCIL TIME/AGENDA:
Reel 93-43, Side 1
1. (Agenda Item #21 - RFP to TCI.) Kubby stated that TCI should be asked the reason
behind outages (page 33, Item #26). Novick recommended the language provide a
summary of the outages experienced in 1992 and the reason for those outages.
Kubby also noted that the language in the RFP should not limit the use of kiosks.
Novick raised concerns about the provision of access channels to whoever asks for it
free of charge (page VtI, '2). Assistant City Manager Helling stated that he would
contact Draw Shaffer regarding this Issue.
Horowitz stated language should be included "but not limited to interconnection
between communities" (VI...XXIV, Item #2); and there should be language under
access that would also be inter-company or inter-district connection capability.
Kubby raised concerns about the cable company suggesting a time frame of the
franchise agreement. Helling stated that the proposal asked the company what they
have to offer in terms of the time frame, Kubby stated she would want a franchise
agreement shorter than 15 years.
2. Horowitz inquired about the status of the gas station located at Muscatlne Avenue and
First Avenue. Atkins stated that he will check into the gas station located at
Muscatine Avenue and First Avenue and the Coastal property on Burlington Street.
3. (Agenda Item #4e(5).) Horowitz commented on correspondence received from William
Meardon regarding peninsula development. Horowitz asked if there was any way the
City could look into an environmental assessment of the area. Atkins noted that
Council is scheduled to discuss the peninsula sewer during CIP discussions on Monday
and will review Information.
4. Ambrisco inquired about progress being made on the retaining wall located behind the
Cliff Apartments. Gentry stated that there is an April deadline and that she will check
Into the matter.
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5. Novick Inquired about the Cepitol Street (Capitol View Apartments) construction site.
Atkins explained they had a contract to do specific things but was unsure whether the
judge gave them a specific date. Atkins and City Attorney Gentry stated they will
review Information.
6. (City Atty, letter to J.C. Atty, regarding access to Iowa City Watershed Treatment
Plant via Napoleon Road; Threatened Embargo.) Novick inquired about the county road
situation. Atkins stated that the road was being graded on Friday. Gentry stated she
did receive a response from the County Engineer.
7. (Agenda Item #14. Prohibits right turn on red on Mormon Trek/Melrose.) Novick
raised concerns about the proposed no right turn on red from Mormon Trek Into
Melrose where there are only two lanes. Novick stated she is concerned about the
people merging very quickly and suggested that a sign be posted stating "stay in your
own lane." Courtney recommended deferring action on this Item. Atkins stated that
he will request that Traffic Engr. Brachtel draw a map of the intersection for
discussion.
8. Novick stated Councilmembers received an article from Nation's Cities Weeklv
regarding curb ramps. Novick asked if the City will need to redo all the curb ramps on
Kirkwood Avenue. Atkins explained that there Is one curb ramp problem located on
Kirkwood and Van Buren Streets. Helling explained that the ADA accepts two
different specs. one with truncated domes and the other without. Gentry noted the
City is not going to use the truncated domes.
9. Novick requested an opinion on the restriction on newspaper vending racks.
10. (Agenda Item #18 . Traffic control at Kirkwood and Summit,) Horowitz raised
concerns about the removal of stop signs at Keokuk and Summit Streets. Horowitz
noted that there Is an Independent living home located at that Intersection and those
individuals need to cross Kirkwood to walk on the south side of Kirkwood all the way
down to Sycamore Mall then cross to Goodwill. She also noted the bus goes east on
the south side of Kirkwood where there is no sidewalk. Atkins stated staff will have
to take a look at it.
11. Councilmembers discussed the May meeting schedule. Tentatively, Council agreed to
cancel the May 10 and 24 meetings and hold meetings on May 3, 11, and 25.
Courtney stated meetings are also scheduled for June 7, 8, 21, and 22.
APPOINTMENTS:
Riverfront and Netural Areas Commission - Judy Pfohl.
Broadband Telecommunications Commission - Joyce Patton.
ADJOURNED: 9: 15 p,m.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date:
May 10,1993
To:
Mayor and City Council
From:
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City Clerk
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Council Work Session, April 26, 1993 - 6:55 p.m. in the Council Chambers
Re:
Mayor Darrel Courtney presi'ding. Council members: Courtney, Kubby, Horowitz, Novick,
Ambrlsco. Absent: McDonald:',Staff present: Atkins, Helling, Gentry, Karr, Moen, Lundell,
Boose, Milkman, Moran. Tape re~~rded on Tapes 93'4~AII; 93-43, All.
AGENDA ITEM #23 - REVISE FEES FOR TRANSIT VEHICLE CHARTER SERVICE:
, / Reel 93-42, Side 1
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Transit Manager John Lundell presented info!,liation about the proposed revised fees for
transit vehicle charter service. /
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PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS: /
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Moen pres'~ted the fOlloWing Planning and Zoning items for
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Reel 93-42, Side 1
Senior Planner Monica
discussion:
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Settina a cublic hearina'for Mav 11,\1993, on an ordinance amendino ~h~ Z~nln;,
~r~~:~ bv adoctina Section 36-8~(dl to cermlt. on a case.bv.c s_ asis
construction of a sinale-familv dwellina on a lot of record which fall~ t~ me;;the
reQuirements of the zone for lot area \
Moen stated that staff will provide inform~~o\ Council prior to the public hearing.
Settina a cublic hearina for Mav 11. 1993. on en ordinance amendlna the Zoning
Ordinance bv condltionallv chanQina the use reQ'ulations ~~m R~I'5~ L~W D:~:~~
SinQle.Femilv Residential. to OPDH-5. Planned DeV~locme tHou in 0 erla.. d
accrovino an OPDH clan for an accroxlmate 55,14 aore tract ~f land I~~~t~~ w~s~ ~f
Scott Boulevard and north of the Iowa Interstate Railwav. (Viii ae Gre tho P r s
3.8/REZ 92.00171 \
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Moenstated Council will receive more detailed information prior to their next meeting.
Public hearlna on an ordinance amendina the Zonlna Ordinance bv chanalna the use
reaulatlons of an accroximate 13.98 acre tract of land located ~Quthwes~ of Tea Drive
and east of the western section of Aber Avenue from RS-5. LQw D~nsitv ;;linal!l.-Famllv
Residential to P. Public (Kiwanis ParklREZ93.00051
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d. Public hearina on a resolution aoorovina the voluntarv annexation of an aooroxlmate
6.92 acre tract of land located south of Scott Park and north of Fairview Golf Course,
(Mitchell-Phioosl AN N 9 3-000 2)
Moen recommended that Council continue the public hearing until Council's May 11
meeting because of questions relating to ownership of the property.
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Public hearina on an ordinance amendina the Zonina Ordinance bv conditlonallv
chanoina the use reoulatlons of an aooroximate 6,92 acre tract located south of Scott
Park and north df Fairview Golf Course from Countv RS. Suburban Residential. to 10-
RS. Interim Deveiooment Slnale-Familv Residential. (Mltchell-Phioos/REZ93-0004)
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Moen recommended that Council continue the publiCihearing until Council's May 11
meeting. Moen distributed a draft copy of the con/ltlonal zoning agreement.
R I i r vln nn i (an r x' r r
I n r h f Am rl n L i n R h n r h rminus fOwl n Lane
(Windsor Rldoe II/ANN93-0001)
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Ordinance amendlna the Zonlna Ordlna ce bv condltionallv chanaina the use
reaulations of an aooroxlmate 5.59 acre t(act located north of American Leaion Road
at the north terminus of Owl Sona Lane/SE. from Countv RS, Suburban Residential.
to RS-6. Low Densitv Sinale-Famllv Residential. (Windsor Ridae II/REZ93-00031 (First
consideration) /
Moen distributed copies of the revls~d resolution and ordinance. Novick requested that
some type of protection for tree~ located on property that is annexed be included in
the tree ordinance. / \.
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DEMOLITION PERMITS:
Reel 93-42, Side 1
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Senior Building Inspector Ron Boose and Community D~\eIOpment Coordinator Marianne
Milkmen presented information about the demolition permit p(ocess and fees. Council asked
steff to prepare language that would not require posting a notification sign for residential
accessory bUildings unless the accessory bUilding Is of historid'signlflcance.
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State Contractors Registretion. Senior Inspector Boose and City Attorney Gentry stated they
would review correspondence presented by Patrick Hughes. \,
Erosion. Kubby reported on a phone call from a woman In a newer neighborhood with Infill
development and exPeriencing erosion on her private property. Boose stated there were steps
the City could take to stop erosion but the City could not order one private party to go on
another private property for clean-up.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CDBG FUNDING:
Reel 93-42, Side 2
Community Development Coordinator Marianne Milkman and CCN members Bruno Pigott and
Linda Murray presented information about the recommendations for CDBG funding. Council
agreed to CCN's recommendation to allocate $30,000 to the Burns (Press-Citizen) project by
applying $20,000 from (Community Development Division's request) land acquisition plus
$10,000 from the contingency fee.
RECREATION FEES: Reel 93-42, Side 2
Recreation superl~tendent Mike Moran presented information. Council directed staff to
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prepare e multi-yeer budget plan for adopting fees and to consider removing such fees from
the City Code. Coundlmember Ambrisco recommended that Council defer action on this Item
until all Councilmembe(s..,could be present. ..i'
COUNCIL TIME/AGENDA;\ j/Reel 93-43, Side 1
1. (Agenda Item #21 - RF~ to TCI.) Kubby stated that TCI sh&JId be asked the reason
behind outages (page 33( item #26). Novick recomme~d8d the language provide a
summary of the outages e~perienced in 1992 and the,l'Jason for those outages.
Kubby also noted that the I~hguage in the RFP ShO~' not limit the use of kiosks.
N'k'd b \H ., f//h I h kf'
OVIC raise concerns a out t e provIsion oya9.cess c anne s to w oever as s or It
free of charge (page VII, 12). A~sistant.'.e.. C?i1tY Manager Helling stated that he would
contact Drew Shaffer regarding thi~\U~ ,
Horowitz stated language should be Il1.cluded "but not limited to Interconnection
between communities" (VI...XXIV, Item \~2); and there should be language under
access that would also be Inter-company o"~ter-district connection capability.
Kubby raised concerns about the cable com;iaQY suggesting a time frame of the
franchise agreement. Helling stated that the propb~al asked the company.what they
have to offer in terms of the time frame. Kubby sta~ she would want a franchise
agreement shorter than 15 years. \
2. Horowitz Inquired about the status of the gas station located'st Muscatine Avenue and
First Avenue. Atkins stated thet he will check into the \g.as station located at
Muscatine Avenue and First Avenue and the Coastal property 'o~ Burlington Street.
3. (Agenda Item #4e(51.) Horowitz commented on correspondence re~~ed from William
Meardon regardlng,penlnsula development. Horowitz asked if there w~s any way the
City could look .Into an environmental assessment of the area, AtkinS noted that
Council is scheduled to discuss the peninsula sewer during CIP discussions on Monday
and will revlel':/informatlon.
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4. AmbriscQ hl~uired about progress being made on the retaining wall located behind the
Cliff Apartments. Gentry stated that there is an April deadline and that she will check
into the matter.
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5. Novick inquired about the Capitol Street (Capitol View Apartments) construction site.
Atkins explained they had a contract to do specific things but was unsure whether the
judge gave them a specific date. Atkins and City Attorney Gentry stated they will
review information.
(City Atty. letter to J.C. Atty. regarding access to Iowa City Watershed Treatment
Plant via Napoleon Road; Threatened Embargo.) Novick inquired about the county road
situation. Atkins stat;ed that the road was being graded on Friday. Gentry stated she
did receive a response, from the County Engineer.
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(Agenda Item #14 . Pr6~iblts right turn on red on Morm,on Trek/Melrose.) Novick
raised concerns about tile proposed no right turn on red from Mormon Trek into
Melrose where there are o~ly two lanes. Novick stat~ci she is concerned about the
people merging very quickly'~nd suggested that a sign'be posted stating "stay in your
own lane." Courtney recommended deferring action on this item. Atkins stated that
he will request that Traffic 'Engr. BraChte~dr Ii a map of the intersection for
discussion. . \
Novick stated councllmember~'\'received a article from Nation's Cities Weeklv
regarding curb ramps. Novick asked if the Pity will need to redo all the curb ramps on
Kirkwood Avenue. Atkins explain~~ tha~there is one curb ramp problem located on
Kirkwood and Van Buren Streets. \ Halling explained that the ADA accepts two
different specs. one with truncated g6mes and the other without. Gentry noted the
City is not going to use the truncated\domes.
Novick requested an opinion 0~)1e re~~ction on newspaper vending racks.
10. (Agenda Item #18 . Traffic control at kirkwood and Summit.) Horowitz raised
concerns ebout the removal of stop signs ~Keokuk and Summit Streets. Horowitz
noted that there is an independent living ho e located at thetlntersectlon and those
individuals need to cross Kirkwood to walk \ outh on Kirkwood and utilize the bus.
Atkins stated staff will have to take a look at~t.
11. Councllmembers discussed the May meeting sc~edule. Tentatively, Council agreed to
cancel the May 10 and 24 meetings and holct\meetlngs on Mey 3, 11, and 25.
Courtney stated meetings are also scheduled for \ne 7,8, 21, and 22.
APPOINTMENTS:
Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission - Judy Pfohl. ,
Broedband Telecommunications Commission - Joyce Patton, \
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MEMORANDUM
Date: May 20, 1993
To:
REVISED 5-20-93
Mayor and City Council
From: City Clerk
Re: Council Work Session-CIP, May 3, 1993 - 7:30 p.m. In the Council Chambers
Mayor Darrel Courtney presiding. Council members: Courtney, Ambrlsco, Horowitz, Novick,
Kubby, McDonald. Staff present: Atkins, Helling, Karr, Franklin, Davidson, O'Malley, Fosse,
Mansfield, Schoon, Schmadeke, Klingaman, Robertson, Trueblood. Tape recorded on Tapes
93-43, Side 2; 93-46, All; 93-47, Side 1.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS DISCUSSION:
Reel 93-43, Side 2
City Council members and City staff continued review of the CIP projects.
PARKS AND RECREATION
Parks and Recreation Director Terry Trueblood presented information about the proposed Parks
and Recreation capital improvement projects.
CRANDIC PARK BANK STABILIZATION. Trueblood explained that there are two different
methods of doing the project, the $60,000 project is a more elaborate system, and the
$30,000 project would do nicely.
UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL LIGHTING. Trueblood explained this project would Involve entering
Into long term arrangements with the University of Iowa to light three of their four softball
diamonds for joint use of the facility. Trueblood explained disadvantages are lack of
concessions, working with the intercollegiate schedule, and flooding. The advantages are the
City could get the adult softball out of Napoleon Park, the University faCility Is ready-made,
and it would reduce the dollars needed to be spent on a City sports complex, Horowitz raised
concerns about equal use between the University of Iowa and Iowa City. Trueblood explained
that the University of Iowa and the City would enter into a written agreement to spell those
things out. In response to McDonald, Trueblood stated that it would cost approximately
$700,000 to $1,000,000 to build a complex similar to the University's softball diamonds,
Trueblood noted that this project would allow the City to convert the Napoleon Park totally
into youth softball. Horowitz inquired about additionel costs, Trueblood stated that there
would be shared costs for the electricity and maintenance, In response to Novick, Trueblood
stated that the adult softball program costs $40,000 to $50,000 annually. Trueblood noted
that this project is considered to be a very high priority.
PARKISPORTS COMPLEX. Trueblood stated the greatest need is for soccer fields. Ambrisco
asked if the Parks and Recreation Commission has considered doing the project piecemeal
over a period of years. Trueblood stated yes and said that this project was ranked the number
one priority on the Parks and Rec Commission's strategic plan.
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COURT HILL PARK. Trueblood stated this project would allow for a minor amount of off-
street parking and a restroom. In response to Kubby, Trueblood explained the south end of
the north section would be widened out in the street for parking,
BENTON STREET PARK. Trueblood noted that this project has been discussed for several
years and would become part of the river trail system.
IOWA RIVER TRAIL SYSTEM. Trueblood said that it is difficult to put a cost estimate
together without getting a full fledged study done and the plan is to have the Iowa River trail
system run all the way from the reservoir down to the Hills access.
SOUTH SITE SOCCER FIELDS. Trueblood noted that this was ranked as a high priority and
would initiate a plan to begin developing soccer fields. Trueblood explained that currently an
agreement with the County states that before any development is begun there has to be north
access. Trueblood said that the kickers and youth soccer would like to join forces with the
City to Initiate the project. Trueblood presented Information about the cost of the north
access. Trueblood stated the access would include a seal coat type driveway,
NAPOLEON PARK RENOVATION. Trueblood stated this project is ranked as a very high
priority and is a number one priority on the Parks and Rec Commission's strategic plan.
Courtney asked if girls softball has any funds to help. Trueblood explained that they indicated
that they had some money they could put into improvements.
RECREATION CENTER FLOOR TILE. Trueblood stated that the 9,000 square foot of asbestos
floor tile will need to be replaced In the future. Novick inquired about covering up the tile
before it starts cracking. Trueblood stated It would be very difficult for the Rec Center to
maintain 9,000 square feet of carpeting. Novick suggested using sheet vinyl or wood.
Trueblood stated he could look Into that.
HICKORY HILL TRAIL. Trueblood explained that he would like to be able to develop a trail
that is accessible to the disabled and renovate existing trails. Novick inquired about the lack
of maintenance on current trails. Trueblood stated staff did not want to put a lot of money
into maintenance of the trails until they knew whether or not this plan would be implemented.
Horowitz asked what is the possibility of altering existing trails so as to let the old trails go
back to nature and start new ones, Trueblood stated he did not know.
WILLOW CREEK OFF-STREET PARKING. Trueblood noted that if new soccer fields are built
this project would not be needed. Trueblood stated this project was to get better parking for
soccer.
KIWANIS PARK, Trueblood explained funding for this project depends upon the extent the
neighborhood association and Kiwanis want to become involved.
HUNTERS RUN PARK. Trueblood noted that plans are short-range and long-range. Short-
range plans involve a small area including a shelter for playground equipment. Long-range
plans are for development of the 16 acres of ground. Horowitz asked If the property is
adjacent to the Johnson County Historical Museum property. Trueblood stated no,
OPEN SPACE-LAND ACQUISITION. Trueblood stated this project pertains to the neighbor-
hood open space plan that Is currently being developed. Trueblood noted that the proposed
open space plan will come to Council In June.
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CREEKSIDE PARK SHELTER. Trueblood explained this Is ranked as a high priority item
because it needs so much work.
RECREATION CENTER ROOF. Trueblood stated this project is ranked as a very high priority.
Trueblood explained that the proposed roof would have a minor slope.
FUTURE PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT. Trueblood stated $50,000 per year for seven years
was budgeted. Trueblood said the parkland development Is a high priority and was listed as
a number 5 priority in the Parks and Rec Commission strategic plan.
CEMETERY EXPANSION. Trueblood stated $200,000 is budgeted for this item. Horowitz
suggested the City seek a consultant to obtain information how they can restructure the
cemeteries to get a longer life. Trueblood reported a firm from Wisconsin has contacted the
Parks and Recreation Department regarding a study. Atkins explained there are a number of
options inclUding going out-of-business altogether and encouraging others to get into the
private cemetery business. Atkins noted there is always going to be some demand for burial
at public expense. Ambrisco suggested the Parks and Rec Commission look into other
options. Horowitz raised concerns about appropriating $200,000 for acquisition of land and
there might be more efficient ways of respecting the wishes of people.
EXPAND ROBERT LEE RECREATION CENTER AND MERCER PARK AQUATIC CENTER.
Trueblood explained that each project would cost an estimated $4.5 million. Trueblood
explained that the projects would double the size of the Recreation Center and more than
double the size of the Mercer Park Aquatic Center. In response to Novick, Atkins stated that
there are two to three more years before the Mercer Park pool will be paid for. Horowitz
raised concerns that the wests ide recreation needs are not addressed by these projects.
Horowitz asked If a 28E agreement with Coralville could be used. Trueblood explained that
Coralville charges a non-resident fee and that the University of Iowa facilities are open to the
public.
MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE. Trueblood stated this project would cost an estimated $3.5
million and would be self-supporting. Trueblood stated the project would require a feasibility
study. Kubby asked If Trueblood had information about organic golf courses. Trueblood
stated yes. Trueblood explained Iowa City Is the largest city In the state without a municipal
golf course. As an example, Trueblood stated Cedar Rapids has four golf course and charges
$8.50 to play 18 holes. Trueblood noted Cedar Rapids Is currently doing a feasibility study
for their fifth golf course. Trueblood noted that the Recreation Center expansion was on the
Parks and Recreation Commission's strategic plan list at /12.
INTRA-CITY BIKE TRAILS. Trueblood stated this project is a component of the Neighborhood
Open Space Plan and is number 3 on the Parks and Rec Commission strategic plan list.
Trueblood stated that there are no cost figures listed and a lot of it would be simply
designating streets and sidewalks as bike paths.
ICE SKATING FACILITY. Trueblood stated the projected $1.5 million cost would be for a very
basic ice skating facility. Horowitz asked if the ice skating facility could be utilized In the
summer for skateboarding. Trueblood stated the facility would have a concrete floor and
could be used for other purposes. In response to Kubby, Trueblood stated the $1.5 million
price is just the capital cost. Novick asked if the ice skating facility would need walls.
Trueblood stated other communities that have ice skating facilities have recommended that
the facility be in en enclosed building.
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SYCAMORE FARMS WETLAND. Trueblood stated that no cost estimates have been
established because project plans have not been developed.
NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS
City Manager Atkins presented information about the proposed new public buildings projects
as follows:
PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX. Atkins stated the biggest drawback to the public works site is
its location because it Is constrained by the Airport and the clear zone and the site is more
valuable for commercial use. Atkins explained the City would like to move the old bus barn
on Highland Court out and get the water site inventory into the Public Works site. Atkins
explained that funding from the Public Works complex could come from the use of water,
sewer, road use tax and the sale of the land. In response to Novick, Atkins explained
boundaries for the site for commercial use would be outside of the clear zone. Novick asked
the reason not to place the Public Works complex on the current site. Atkins stated the site
Is worth more commercially and Is not well designed now.
PARKING RAMP - NEAR SOUTHSIDE. Atkins stated projected cost Is $4 million and would
be paid by parking funds. Atkins noted the City has contacted St. Patrick's Catholic Church
regarding a location for a parking ramp.
ARTICONFERENCE CENTER. Atkins noted the projected cost Is $20 million to $25 million.
Atkins stated that a study Is underway now for the Art Center, the Art Center Committee hes
asked for an additional 30 days, and it will be 30 to 45 days before there is a final
recommendation.
FIRE STATION. Atkins explained that fire service is measured by the speed of the response
and the number of personnel. Atkins noted thet the City's response times remain good.
Atkins stated there are other options available including policies that would deal with road
improvements and the willingness to expand the capacity of certain east-west and north-south
roads. Ambrisco inquired about abandoning current fire stations. Atkins stated that remains
a real possibility. Atkins explained that fire response has become more person-related with
emergency medical kinds of services. Atkins explained fire stations are traditionally located
in high value areas such as the fire station located off of Lower Muscatlne near the Industrial
Park. Atkins stated that the downtown central station is a good location because of the high
value of downtown, the public Investment, the University and density near that location.
Kubby noted that decisions made by Council affecting growth In different directions will have
an impact. Horowitz asked If the fire station study Included a point of view of mutual aid.
Atkins stated yes. Transportation Planner Jeff Davidson stated that staff looked at a number
of scenerios. Horowitz stated that all stations should be able to respond to hazardous
material. Atkins stated that ultimately all fire personnel are going to heve to meet broad
definitions of emergency response.
FIRE TRAINING FACILITY. Atkins noted that the City has changed its strategy end Is sending
firefighters to formal training school at the University of Illinois. Kubby stated there Is the
ability for cable training. Horowitz questioned whether the Rural Policy Board has started to
discuss this. Davidson noted that the mutual aid Is one of the best things to ever happen to
Johnson County end it works great. Horowitz stated that a fire training facility has not been
discussed by the Johnson County Emergency Management Agency. Horowitz suggested that
this item be placed on a Council work session agenda for discussion, Atkins stated that
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fire training is worth discussing.
LIBRARY ADDITION. Atkins stated estimated costs are $4 to $5 million, there is a Facilities
Planning Committee, and more information will be forthcoming,
PARKS CENTRAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY. Atkins stated that this project will provide
adequate maintenance facility for the Parks staff. Kubby asked if operating costs would
decrease with the facility. Atkins explained that operations would become more efficient.
Novick asked where the current facility is located. Atkins stated the facility was in City Park
and noted that it would be nice to get the Forestry Division out of the Oakland Cemetery
location.
MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS
INDUSTRIAL PARK. Atkins explained the City has little industrial zoned land. Atkins
explained the reason for considering a publicly owned Industrial park is that the City has the
staying power that private developers don't. Atkins said If the Airport were to move it will
create an industrial development opportunity.
CURB RAMP (ADA). Atkins noted that the law has stipulated full implementation by the year
1996. In response to Courtney, Atkins stated the $3 million would complete the entire
project.
STREETSCAPE - NEAR SOUTHSIDE. Atkins stated he does not know the cost. Atkins
noted the City can afford to do the streetscape study and he has directed staff to prepare an
RFP.
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SUMMIT STREET HISTORIC PLAN. Horowitz asked if the project is tied In with the Summit
Street bridge. Atkins stated it doesn't have to be. Atkins noted that the street will need to
be repaired within a five.year period.
PRIORITY SETTING
Atkins explained that public policy making and priority setting is dramatically different from
the private sector. Atkins stated Iowa City has a diversity of interests that make it difficult.
He encouraged Council to not think about money now but think value. Atkins stated value
is the most important characteristic. Atkins explained that when setting priorities the
fOllowing things should be considered: 1) timeliness and sequence, 2) matter of efficiency
_ does it fully utilize the capital assets, 3) doabllity, 4) consistency, and 5) balance. Atkins
suggested using a priority process whereas Council establishes superior relationships to
projects of similar values. Atkins stated that when considering and prioritizing projects it is
important to stay within categories identified in his memorandum. Atkins stated that once
priorities are set he will develop a financial plan from the priorities. Atkins stated he will also
develop a schedule wherever practical. Horowitz Inquired about projects that are mandates.
Atkins stated that he has flagged mandated projects.
Council and City Manager Atkins used a question and voting process to prioritize the fOllowing
projects:
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STREET RECONSTRUCTION (CURRENTLY UNIMPROVED)
PRIORITIZED
PROJECT VOTES RANKING
Melrose Avenue - West High to 218 9 #1
Sycamore - Burns to City Limits 6 #2
Taft Speedway - N. Dubuque to Calibrla 3 #3
Foster Road - West of Dubuque 3 #3
Slothower Road
Rohret Road 9 #1
Kubby requested information about what development will be spurred by each of the projects.
PCD Director Franklin presented a map locating the projects and impact on development.
Council requested existing traffic counts on Melrose Avenue and Rohret Road.
WASTE WATER
Atkins explained that the removal of ammonia and the South River Corridor connection
projects are considered mandates. Kubby asked If consideration was given to the use of solid
chlorine. Schmadeke stated it is something he could check Into. Atkins stated he also
flagged the North River Corridor project because of the pending decisions on the water
treatment plant location. City staff and Council members discussed options relating to the
location of the water treatment plant and Intake, and sewer projects as it relates to future
development.
Council and City Manager used a question and voting process to prioritize the following
projects:
PROJECT
PRIORITIZED
RANKING
VOTES
Remove ammonia by chlorination - take out
Remove ammonia by mechanical means -
take out
South River Corridor - take out
Southwest Interceptor - take out
- Mandated -
- Mandated -
- Mandated -
Removed from consideration
Peninsula sewer and 11ft station
Northwest trunk sewer - phase II
Aber Avenue sewer
Highlander area sewer and 11ft station
Idyllwild area sewer
Scott Park area trunk sewer
West side trunk sewer
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#2
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#4
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BRIDGES
Atkins stated that funding for bridge projects and the deterioration of the brldga run hand In
glove. He stated the priority of the projects is established because of the availability of
funding and deterioration of each bridge. Novick asked why the Burlington Street bridge
wasn't put in front of the Summit or Woolf Street bridges, Fosse explained that the
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Burlington Street bridge has more life left in it than the Woolf or Summit Street bridges.
Fosse noted that he is currently working with the IDOT to obtain funding so that the
Burlington Street bridge and Burlington StreetlGilbart Street intersection can be constructed
together.
McDonald asked why the street repaving projects ($200.000 per year) ware Iistad in the CIP.
Atkins explained that because the projects are expensive he felt obligated to present the
Information and is going to recommend to Council that it be removed.
Council discussed scheduling another work session to finish up CIP prioritization. Council
agreed to meet May 25, 1993, 7:00 p,m., to continue the discussions.
Meeting adjourned at 10:25 p.m.
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MEMORANDUM
Date:
May 10, 1993
Mayor a~ City Council
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To:
From:
City Clerk
Re:
Council Work Sesslon.CIP, May 3,1993 - 7:30p.m. In the Council Chambers
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Mayor Darrel Courtney presiding. Council members: Courtney, Ambrisco, Horowitz, Novick,
Kubby, McDonald. Staff present: Atkins, Helling, Karr, Frahklln, Davidson, O'Malley, Fosse,
Mansfield, Schoon, Schmadeke, KHngaman, Robertson, Trueblood. Tape recorded on Tapes
93-43, Side 2; 93-46, All; 93.47, 'Side 1. /
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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS DISCUSSION: Reel 93.43, Side 2
City Council members and City staff continued r view of the CIP projects.
PARKS AND RECREATION
Parks and Recreation Director Terry Truebl09 presented information about the proposed Parks
and Recreation capital improvement projects.
CRANDIC PARK BANK STABILlZATIOI Trueblood explained that there are two different
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methods of doing the project, theJ60,000 project is a more elaborate system, and the
$30,000 project would do nicely. "
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UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL L1GHTIN~. Trueblood ex~I~lned this project would involve entering
into long term arrangements with the University of \owa to light three of their four softball
diamonds for joint use of the facility. Truebloo~1 explained disadvantages are lack of
concessions, working with the intercollegiate SChadU!e,and flooding. The advantages are the
City could get the adult softball out of Napoleon Park, the University facility is ready-made,
and it would reduce the dollars needed to be spent on a G~'ty sports complex. Horowitz raised
concerns about equal use between the University of Iowa nd Iowa City. Trueblood explained
that the University of Iowa and the City would enter into ,written agreement to spell those
things out. In response to McDonald, Trueblood stated t/l~t it would cost approximetely
$700,000 to $1,000,000 to build a complex similar to the University's softball diamonds.
Trueblood noted that this project would allow the City to conVert the Napoleon Park totally
into youth softball. Horowitz Inquired about additional costs. Trueblood stated that there
would be shared costs for the electricity and maintenance. In response to Novick, Trueblood
stated that the adult softball program costs $40,000 to $50,000 annually. Trueblood noted
that this project is considered to be a very high priority.
PARK/SPORTS COMPLEX. Trueblood stated the greatest need Is for soccer fields, Ambrisco
asked If ,the Parks and Recreation Commission has considered doing the project piecemeal
over a period of years. Trueblood stated yes and said that this project was ranked the number
one priority on the Parks and Rec Commission's strategic plan,
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COURT HILL PARK. Trueblood stated this project would allow for a minor amount of off-
street parking and a restroom. In responsa to Kubby, Trueblood explained the south end of
the north section would be widened out in the street for parking.
BENTON STREET PARK. Trueblood noted that this project has been discussed for several
years and would become part if'fhe river trail system.
IOWA RIVER TRAIL SYSTEM.' Trueblood said that It Is difficult to put a cost estimate
together without getting a full fledged study done and the plan is to have the Iowa River trail
system run all the way from the reservoir down to the Hills ,access.
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SOUTH SITE SOCCER FIELDS. Trueblood noted that this' was ranked as a high priority and
would initiate a plan to begin developing soccer fields. ;rfueblood explained that currently an
agreement with the County states that before any development is begun there has to be north
access. Trueblood said that the kickers and youth ~o'ccer would like to join forces with the
City to initiate the project. Trueblood presented 'nformation about the cost of the north
access. Trueblood stated the access ~OUld inclu e a seal coat type driveway.
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NAPOLEON PARK RENOVATION. Trueblood tated this project Is ranked as a very high
priority and is a number one priority on \the Parks and Rec Commission's strategic plan.
Courtney asked if girls softball has any fund~ 0 help. Trueblood explained that they indicated
that they had some money they could put to improvements.
RECREATION CENTER FLOOR TILE. Tru blooq stated that the 9,000 square foot of asbestos
floor tile will need to be replaced in~ future. Novick inquired about covering up the tile
before it starts cracking. Trueblood tated It Would be very difficult for the Rec Center to
maintain 9,000 square feet of car eting. NoVick suggested using sheet vinyl or wood.
Trueblood stated he could look in}'5 that. \
HICKORY HILL TRAIL. Trueblo/d explained that ~~ would like to be able to develop a trail
that is accessible to the dlsabl~~ and renovate existirt~ trails. Novick inquired about the lack
of maintenance on current trails. Trueblood stated st~ff did not want to put a lot of money
Into maintenance of the trails until they knew whether d not this plan would be implemented.
Horowitz asked what is the 'possibility of altering existl g trails so as to let the old trails go
back to natura and start new ones. Trueblood stated h did not know.
WILLOW CREEK OFF-STREET PARKING. Trueblood noted that if new soccer fields are built
this project would not be needed. Trueblood stated this pro st was to get better parking for
soccer.
KIWANIS PARK. Trueblood explained funding for this project epends upon the extent the
neighborhood association and Kiwanis want to become involvedl
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range plans involve a small area including a shelter for playground equipment. Long-range
plans are for development of the 16 acres of ground. Horowitz asked if the property is
adjacent td the Johnson County Historical Museum property. Trueblood stated no.
OPEN SPACE-LAND ACQUISITiON. Trueblood stated this project pertains to the neighbor-
hood open space plan that is currently being developed. Trueblood noted that the proposed
open spece plan will come to Council in June.
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CREEKSIDE PARK SHELTER. Trueblood explained this Is ranked as a high priority Item
because it needs so much work.
RECREATION CENTER RDOF, Trueblood stated this project Is ranked as a very high priority.
Trueblood explained that the proposed roof would have a minor slope.
FUTURE PARKLAND DEVELOflMENT. Trueblood stated $50,000 per year for seven years
was budgeted. Trueblood said the parkland development is a high priority and was listed as
a number 5 priority In the Parks and Rec Commission strategic plan.
CEMETERY EXPANSION. Trueblood stated $200,000 is budgeted for this Item. Horowitz
suggested the City seek a consultant to obtain informatio~ how they can restructure the
cemeteries to get a longer life. Trueblood reported a firm/rom Wisconsin has contacted the
Parks and Recreation Department regarding a study. At~'"s explained there are a number of
options in'cluding going out-of-busi~ess altogether and' encouraging others to get Into the
privata cemetery business. Atkins noted there is alw ys going to be some demand for burial
at publiC expense. Ambrisco suggested the Par and Rec Commission look Into other
options. Horowitz raised concerns about approprl ting $200,000 for acquisition of land and
there might be more efficient ways of i~spectln the wishes of people.
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EXPAND ROBERT LEE RECREATION CENT~R AND MERCER PARK AQUATIC CENTER.
Trueblood explained, that each project woy(d cost an estimated $4.5 million. Trueblood
explained that the projects would double 'the size of the Recreation Center and more than
double the size 'of the Mercer Park Aquat" Center. In response to Novick, Atkins stated that
there ara two to three more years bef re the Mercer Park pool will be paid for. Horowitz
raised concerns that tha westslde re reatio~ needs are not addressed by these projects.
Horowitz asked If a 28E agreement Ith Coralville could be used. Trueblood explained that
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MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE. Tr eblood stated thls"~roject would cost an estimated $3.5 and
would be self-supporting. Tr6eblood stated the p\oject would require a feasibility study.
Kubby asked if Trueblood ha,d'lnformation about org,~nic golf courses. Trueblood stated yes.
Trueblood explained Iowa City is the largest city In th~tate without a municipal golf course.
As an exampla, Trueblood ~tated Cedar Replds has fou golf course and charges $8.50 to play
, 8 holes. Trueblood not~d Cedar Rapids is currently ping a feasibility study for their fifth
golf course. Trueblooq/ noted that the Recreation Cent r expansion was on the Parks and
Recreation Commission's strategic plan list at #2.
INTRA-CITY BIKE TRAILS. Trueblood stated this project is a omponent of the Neighborhood
Open Space Plan, and is number 3 on the Parks and Rec ommlsslon strategic plan list.
Trueblood stated that there are no cost figures listed and a lot of It would be simply
designating st?ets and sidewalks as bike paths, \
ICE SKATING FACILITY. Trueblood stated the projected $1.5 mllllonqost would be for a very
basic ice s~btlng facility. Horowitz asked if the ice skating facility could be utilized in the
summer fqr skateboarding. Trueblood stated the facility would have a concrete floor and
could be used for other purposes. In response to Kubby, Trueblood stated the $1,5 million
prica is just the capital cost. Novick asked if the ice skating facility would need walls.
Trueblood stated other communities that have Ice skating facilities have recommended that
the facility be In an enclosed building,
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SYCAMORE FARMS WETLAND. Trueblood stated that no cost estimates have been
established because project plans have not been developed.
NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS
City Manager Atkins presented Information about the proposed new public buildings projects
as follows:
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PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX, Atkins stated the biggest drawback to the public works site Is
its location because it Is constrained by the Airport and the clear zone and the site Is more
valuable for commercial use. Atkins explained the City would like to move the old bus barn
on Highland Court out and get the water site Inventory 1)110 the Public Works site. Atkins
explained that funding from the Public Works complex could come from the use of water,
sewer, road use tax and the sale of the land. In r~~ponse to Novick, Atkins explained
boundaries for the site for commercial use would be 9utside of the clear zone. Novick asked
the reason not to place the Public Works complex on the current site. Atkins stated the site
is worth more commercially and is not well deslg ed now. .
PARKING RAMP - NEAR SOUTHSIDE. . Atkin tated projected cost is $4 million and would
regarding a location for a parking ramp. ".
ARTICONFERENCE CENTER. Atkins not d the projected cost Is $20 million to $25 million.
Atkins stated that a study is underway I) w for the Art Center, the Art Center Committee has
asked for an additional 30 days, Jd it will be. 30 to 45 days before there Is a final
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FIRE STATION, Atkins explainedJhat fire servlce'-Is measured by the speed of the response
and the number of personnel. f.tkins noted thal'the City's response times remain good.
Atkins stated there are other options available InclUding policies that would deal with road
improvements and the willingnesS to expand the capa~lty of certain east-west and north-south
roads. Ambrisco inquired abqUt abandoning current fi/~ stations. Atkins stated that remains
a real possibility. Atkins explained that fire response h~s become more person-related with
emergency medical kinds 0/ services. Atkins explained ire stations are traditionally located
In high value areas such as the fire station located off of ~ wer Muscatine near the Industrial
Park. Atkins stated thatthe downtown central station Is a ood location because of the high
value of downtown, the public investment, the University and density near that location.
Kubby noted thet decisions made by Council affecting growt ~n different directions wiil heve
an impact. Horowitz asked If the fire station study Included l\ point of view of mutual aid,
Atkins stated yes. Transportation Planner Jeff Davidson slated t~at staff looked at a number
of scenarios. Horowitz stated that all stations should be able, to respond to hazardous
material. Atkins stated that ultimetely all fire personnel ere going to have to meet broad
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FIRE TRAINING FACILITY. Atkins noted that the City has changed Its strategy and Is sending
firefighters}o formal training school at the University of illinois, Kubbystated there Is the
ability for pable training. Horowitz questioned whether the Rural Polley Board has started to
discuss this. Davidson noted that the mutual aid is one of the best things to ever happen to
Johnson County and it works great. Horowitz stated that a fire training facility has not been
discussed by the Johnson County Emergency Management Agency. Horowitz suggested that
this Item be placed on a Council work session agenda for discussion. Atkins stated that
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fire training Is worth discussing.
LIBRARY ADDITION. Atkins stated estimated costs are $4 to $5 million, there Is a Facilities
Planning Committee, and more information will be forthcoming.
PARKS CENTRAL MAINTj:NANCE FACILITY, Atkins stated that this project will provide
adequate maintenance facility for the Parks staff. Kubby asked If operating costs would
decrease with the facility. '.Atklns explained that operations would become more efficient.
Novick asked where the current facility Is located. Atkins stated the facility was In City Park
and noted that it would be ni'ce to get the Forestry Division out of the Oakland Cemetery
location. '
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INDUSTRIAL PARK. Atkins explai~ed the City has little Industrial zoned land. Atkins
explained the reason for considering apublicly o~Med industrial park is that the City has the
staying power that private developers 'don't. Atkins said if the Airport were to move it will
create an industrial development opportunity';
CURB RAMP (ADA). Atkins noted that th~ Iw has stipulated full implementation by the year
1996. In response to Courtney, Atkins stated the $3 million would complete the entire
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STREETS CAPE - NEAR SOUTHSID . Atkins stated he does not know the cost. Atkins
noted the City can afford to do tze treetscapestu,dY and he has directed staff to prepare an
RFP. .
SUMMIT STREET HISTORIC PL N. Horowitz asked if the project Is tied in with the Summit
Street bridge. Atkins stated it'doesn't have to be. ''f\tkins noted that the street will need to
be repaired within a flve,ye~( period.
PRIORITY SETTING
Atkins explained that public policy making and priority ~tlng is dramatically diiferent from
the private sector. Atkins stated Iowa City has a dlverslt of Interests thet make it difficult.
He encouraged Council to not think about money now bu ,think value. Atkins stated value
is the most important cheracteristic. Atkins explained IQat when setting priorities the
fOllowing things should be considered: 1) timeliness and sequence, 2) matter of efficiency
- does It fully utilize the capital assets, 3) doablllty, 4) conslst~ncy, and 5) balance. Atkins
suggested using a priority process whereas Council establish~ superior relationships to
projects of similar values. Atkins stated that when considering an..d prioritizing projects It Is
important to stay within categories identified In his memorandum. \Atkins stated that once
priorities are set he will develop a financial plan from the priorities, Aikins stated he will also
develop a' schedule wherever practical. Horowitz inquired about projedts that are mandates.
Atkins ptated that he has flagged mandated projects, '
Council and City Manager Atkins used a question and voting process to prioritize the following
projects:
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Rohret Road 9 #1
Kubby requested information about J,at development will be spurred by each of the projects.
PCD Director Franklin presented a me~ locating the projects and Impact on development.
Council requested existing traffic counts. on Melrose Avenue and Rohret Road.
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Atkins explained that the removal of ammo.lia and the South River Corridor connection
projects are considered mandates. Kubby asked if consideration was given to the use of solid
chlorine. Schmadeke stated It Is sometp(ng h~ could check into. Atkins stated he also
flagged the North River Corridor proje9t because of the pending decisions on the water
treatment plant location. City staff a9d Council members discussed options relating to the
location of the water treatment plant" and Intake, \~nd sewer projects as it relates to future
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Remove ammonia by chlorlnatlo'n - take out
Remove ammonia by mechanical means -
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Southwest Interceptor - take out
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STREET RECONSTRUCTION (CURRENTLY UNIMPROVED)
PROJECT
WASTE WATER
Peninsula sewer and lift station
Northwest trunk sewer - phase II
Aber Avenue sewer
Highlander aree sewer and 11ft station
Idyllwlld area sewer
Scott Park area trunk sewer
,West side trunk sewer
VOTES
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RANKING
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RANKING
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Atkins stated that funding for bridge projects and the deterioration of the bridge run hand in
glove. He stated the priority of the projects is established because of the availability of
funding and deterioretion of eech bridge. Novick esked why the Burlington Street bridge
wasn't put In front of the Summit or Woolf Street bridges. Fosse explained that the
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Burlington Street bridge ha(~ore life left In it than the Wo~lf or Summit Street bridges.
Fosse noted that he is currently working with the lOOT to obtain funding so that the
Burlington Street bridge and Burlington Street/Gilbert Street intersection can be constructed
together.
McDonald asked why the street repaving projects ($200.000 per year) were listed In the CIP.
Atkins explained that because the, projects are expensive he felt obligated to present the
Information and is going to recomm~nd to Council that It be removed.
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agreod to meet May 25. 1993. 7:00 p:m., to continue the discussions.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: May 18, 1993
To: Mayor and City Council
From: City Clerk
Re: Council Work Session, May 11, 1993 - 6;35 p.m. in the Council Chambers
Mayor Darrel Courtney presiding. Council members: Courtney, Ambrisco, Horowitz, Novick,
Kubby, McDonald (6:40 PM). Staff present: Atkins, Helling, Karr, Gentry, Moen, Wlnkelhake,
Brachtel. Tape recorded on Tapes 93-47, Side 2; 93-48, Side 1.
PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS
Reel 93-47, Side 2
Senior Planner Monica Moen presented the fOllowing Planning and Zoning Items:
A. PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY
CONDITIONALLY CHANGING THE USE REGULATIONS FROM RS-5. LOW DENSITY
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. TO OPDH.5. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT HOUSING
OVERLAY. AND APPROVING AN OPDH PLAN FOR AN APPROXIMATE 55.14 ACRE
TRACT OF LAND LOCATED WEST OF SCOTT BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF THE
IOWA INTERSTATE RAILWAY. (VlllaQe Green, Parts 3-8/REZ92-0017l
Ambrlsco asked staff to look at the traffic Impact and consider a parking restriction on
Wayne. Moen stated that If the condlllonal zoning agreement Is signed prior to CounCil's
formal meeting then Council can close the public hearing at their formal meeting. CounCil
requested the minutes rellect discussion and concerns about drainage problems and the
I Impact from the moisture content from the already developed areas.
B. PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY
CHANGING THE USE REGULATIONS OF A CERTAIN 15.1 ACRE TRACT, KNOWN AS
PEPPERWOOD XII, AND LOCATED EAST OF SOUTH GILBERT STREET AND WEST
OF SANDUSKY DRIVE ON CHERRY AVENUE EXTENDED FROM ID.RM, INTERIM
DEVELOPMENT MULTI.FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO RM-12, LOW DENSITY MULTI-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, FOR 6.8 ACRES. AND TO RS-5, LOW DENSITY SINGLE.
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, FOR 8,3 ACRES. (REZ92-00121
Moen stated Council has two options based on the fact that the connection between the
north plant and the south plant will not be made for a period of time: deny the application
or refer It back to the Planning and Zoning Commission. City Attorney Gentry stated that
If CounCil refers Item c back to the Planning and Zoning Commission and want to receive
public comment, they would need to close this public hearing and start over wllh a new
public hearing.
C. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE USE
REGULATIONS OF A CERTAIN 15,1 ACRE TRACT, KNOWN AS PEPPERWOOD XII,
AND LOCATED EAST OF SOUTH GILBERT STREET AND WEST OF SANDUSKY
DRIVE ON CHERRY AVENUE EXTENDED FROM ID-RM, INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
MULTI.FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO RM.12, LOW DENSITY MULTI.FAMILY RESIDEN.
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TIAL. FOR 6.8 ACRES, AND TO RS-S, LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
FOR 8.3 ACRES, (REZ92-0012) (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
Moen recommended that Council refer this Item back to the Planning and Zoning
Commission.
D. RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 86-101 TO ALLOW THE CITY TO
MAKE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO ROHRET ROAD WEST OF FREEWAY 218
BEFORE 1998.
E. PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY
CONDITIONALLY CHANGING THE USE REGULATIONS OF A 71.05 ACRE TRACT.
GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF ROHRET ROAD. BETWEEN HUNTERS RUN AND
SOUTHWEST ESTATES SUBDIVISIONS. FROM ID-RS. INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO RS-5, LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDEN-
TIAL. (Kennedy-Hllaenbera/REZ92-0016)
Council requested the minutes reflect discussion and concerns regarding out of sequence
development; need for west side trunk sewer and Rohret Road upgrading; and limits on
bUilding permits Issued as outlined In the condillonal zoning agreement.
F. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CONDITIONALLY CHANGING
THE USE REGULATIONS OF A 71.05 ACRE TRACT. GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH
OF ROHRET ROAD. BETWEEN HUNTERS RUN AND SOUTHWEST ESTATES
SUBDIVISIONS. FROM ID-RS, INTERIM DEVELOPMENT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDEN-
TIAL TO RS-5. LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. (Kennedy-
Hllaenbera/REZ92-0016) (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
G. PUBLIC HEARING ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION
OF AN APPROXIMATE 6.92 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF SCOTT
PARK AND NORTH OF FAIRVIEW GOLF COURSE. (Mllchell-Phlpps/ANN93-0002l
H. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF AN
APPROXIMATE 6.92 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF SCOTT PARK AND
NORTH OF FAIRVIEW GOLF COURSE. (Mltchell-Phlpps/ANN93-0002)
I. PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY
CONDITIONALLY CHANGING THE USE REGULATIONS OF AN APPROXIMATE 6.92
ACRE TRACT LOCATED SOUTH OF SCOTT PARK AND NORTH OF FAIRVIEW GOLF
COURSE FROM COUNTY RS. SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. TO ID-RS, INTERIM
DEVELOPMENT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. (Mltchell.Phlpps/REZ93-0004)
J. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CONDITION-
ALLY CHANGING THE USE REGULATIONS OF AN APPROXIMATE 6.92 ACRE TRACT
LOCATED SOUTH OF SCOTT PARK AND NORTH OF FAIRVIEW GOLF COURSE
FROM COUNTY RS, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, TO ID-RS. INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. (Mltchell-Phlpps/REZ93.0004l (FIRST CONSiDER-
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K. PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY
ADOPTING SECTION 36-82(D) TO PERMIT, ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, CON-
STRUCTION OF A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING ON A LOT OF RECORD WHICH FAILS
TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONE FOR LOT AREA.
L. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY ADOPTING
SECTION 36-82(0) TO PERMIT, ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, CONSTRUCTION OF
A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING ON A LOT OF RECORD WHICH FAILS TO MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONE FOR LOT AREA. (FIRST CONSIDERATIONl
M. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE USE
REGULATIONS OF AN APPROXIMATE 13.98 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED
SOUTHWEST OF TEG DRIVE AND EAST OF THE WESTERN SECTION OF ABER
AVENUE FROM RS-5, LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO p, PUBLIC
(KIwanis ParklREZ93-0005l. (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
N. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CONDITIONALLY CHANGING
THE USE REGULATIONS OF AN APPROXIMATE 5.59 ACRE TRACT LOCATED
NORTH OF AMERICAN LEGION ROAD AT THE NORTH TERMINUS OF OWL SONG
LANE SE. FROM COUNTY RS. SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. TO RS-5. LOW DENSITY
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. (Windsor Rldoe II/REZ93.0003l (SECOND CONSIDER-
ATiON}
O. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF SOUTHWEST ESTATES, PART FIVE,
A 14-LOT, 5.3 ACRE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON PHOENIX DRIVE
EXTENDED. (SUB93-00011 (60-DAY LIMITATION PERIOD: MAY 11.1993.)
Moen stated Council received a revised resolution In their packet.
P. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF HUNTERS RUN SUBDIVISION, PART
NINE. A 5.7 ACRE, 16.LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON DUCK CREEK
DRIVE AND PHEASANT VALLEY STREET. (60-DAY LIMITATION PERIOD: MAY 11.
1993.l
Q. RESOLUTION CERTIFYING TO THE TREASURER OF STATE THE ACTUAL
POPULATION OF ANNEXED TERRITORY GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF IOWA
HIGHWAY 1 AND WEST OF THE IOWA CITY AIRPORT.
MELROSE/MORMON TREK INTERSECTION
Reel 93.47, Side 2
Traffic Engineer Jim Brachtel presented Information and a drawing of the Intersection. Council did
not direct staff to make any changes to the Intersection.
COUNCIL TIME/AGENDA
Reel 93.47, Side 2
1. Kubby stated that Mayor Courtney will be representing the City Council at the meeting
with the Johnson County Board of Supervisors regarding SEATS funding and questioned
If Council should give Courtney direction as to how to proceed. City Manager Atkins
stated that at Issue Is the additional funding for SEATS and the study as to how the City
will proceed In the future on the prospective contract. Council Indicated a desire for the
school district to have a separate contract with the County for school related activities,
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APPOINTMENTS
Reel 93-48, Side 1
Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission. Jim Pugh
Library Board of Trustees. Anne Hargrave and Jesse Singerman
Parks & Recreation Commission. John Pelton
Board of Appeals. Jane Hagedorn
Project GREEN. Bruce Haupert
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: May 17., 1993
To: Sleve Atkins, City Manager
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From: Karin Franklin, Director,
Re: Soli Testing Activity-FYI
In response to an Inquiry from the Mayor regarding the testing company truck located at the
Intersection of First and Muscatlne avenues, I called Twin CIties Testing In Muscatlne. They have
a contract with the State of Iowa to test 42 sites In the Iowa CltylCoralvllle area for soli
contamination from underground storage tanks. This activity Is part of the State program'to clean
up leaking underground storage tanks and Is funded through the gas tax. Twin CIties Testing Is
using the old Kerr-McGee site as a field office for their local work. They hope to have the field
work done by July 1. The Kerr-McGee site Is one property they will be evaluating.
The scope of the contracted work Includes identifying the limits of contamination at the 42 sites
identified by the State; Identifying the responsible parties; and recommending the approprlate
response. The response can range from no action to monitoring to clean up; Twin Cities will
suggest the best available technology if some action is required. The final report Is submitted to
the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Is, presumably, public Information.
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To: Steve Atkins, Iowa City City Manager
From: Jeff Davidson, Executive Director ~'
Re: Media coverage of paratranslt (SEATS) eligibility certification under the Americans
with Disabilities Act
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There were a couple of statements reported In the media last week which I would like to clarify
regarding the paratranslt eligibility certification Issue.
1. The paratranslt eligibility certification process will begin July 1 of this year and extend
through July 1, 1994. July 1, 1994 Is the first date non-eligible riders will begin being
denied SEATS service. We discussed at a staff level whether or not to recommend
accelerating this process and decided against It. This eligibility certification process Is part
of our federally approved ADA complementary paratranslt plan.
2. The examples given of senior citizens who might be denied paratransit eligibility
certification sounded to me like they could very well be certified eligible for SEATS. For
example, a senior citizen with osteoporosis could be certified as eligible for paratransit
service If they are unable to travel without assistance to the bus stop or If they are unable
to go up steps to board the bus.
3. The City Council may determine that non-disabled senior citizens should stili be able to
use SEATS. This can occur by designating additional funds for SEATS transportation, or
by creating a separate transportation system for complying with the Americans with
Disabilities Act. Remember, for non-ADA paratransll we have increased flexibility, The
fare schedule, hours of service, etc. do not have to be comparable to Iowa City Transit.
You can even limit non-ADA paratransll service to certain trip purposes.
Let me know If there Is any further clarification needed regarding this mailer.
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Iowa City Transit
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May 6, 1993
WIlliam G. Nusser Sr.
WGN Compaales
19 1/2 S. Dubuque Stmlt
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Mr. Nusser,
Oa behalC oC the Design Review Commlllee, I would like to thaak you Cor having Steve Mackenzie oC 'lIansen
Lind Meyer' architeCtural omce, present the plans illustrating Ibe proposed renovallon oCPralrle Llghls Books.
We hope that Steve Cound Ibe committee's, commenls helpCul.
I am very pleased.to see Ibat you and the Design Review Committee have so much In common. Having an
architect help you with renovallon oC your building shows how Involved you are with the Image of the business
dlslrlct oC Iowa City which In turn alTecls the well being oC the whole community. Our commlllce shures the
same concerns. We all commend you Cor your elTort to Improve Ibe downtoWII environment and look Convard
to worklng with you In the future for .he benent of our community.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: May II, 1993
To: Neighborhood Open Space Plan Committee
From: Melody Rockwell~anner
Re: Neighborhood Open Space Plan
Meetlna Schedule
At the April 28, 1993, Neighborhood Open Space Plan (NOSP) meeting, the Committee
scheduled several meetings related to presenting the plan to Commissions and the Council. Some
dates have been changed due to public hearing notice requirements. The following Is a tentative
schedule of NOSP meetings for May and June:
Wednesday, May 12, 1993, 5:30 PM . Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting at the
Recreation Center. Evaluation of plan; recommendation to Council.
Monday, May 17, 1993, 7:30 PM ,Informal Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting at the
Senior Center Classroom. Evaluation of plan.
Tuesday, May 18, 1993, 4:00 PM. Map Meeting with Cook, Hebrecht at 1929 Keokuk Street.
Wednesday, May 19, 1993,5:30 PM. Rlver/ront & Natural Areas Commission at the Senior
Center Classroom. Evaluation of plan; recommendation to Council.
Thursday, May 20,1993,7:30 PM. Planning & Zoning Commission sets public hearing for
June 3, 1993, on the NOSP Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Civic Center Council Chambers.
Wednesday, May 26, 1993, Noon. Neighborhood Open Space Plan CommIttee meeting,
brown bag lunch in PCD Conference Room.
Thursday, June 3, 1993, 7:30 PM. Planning & Zoning Commission holds public hearing;
makes recommendation to Council on the NOSP Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Civic
Center Council Chambers.
Tuesday, June 8, 1993,7:30 PM ' City Council sets public hearing for June 22, 1993, on the
NOSP Comprehensive Plan amendment, Civic Center Council Chambers.
Monday, June 21, 1993,7:30 PM. City Council Work Session, Informal presentation of NOSP
at the Civic Center Council Chambers.
Tuesday, June 22, 1993,7:30 PM, City Council holds public hearing, Civic Center Council
Chambers. Formal, publlo presentation of NOSP. Council may approve NOSP Comprehensive
Plan amendment by resolution, or defer action until a later Council meeting.
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Thank you for sUbmitting NOSP themes for Bob Hardy to use in writing the scripts for the 2)6
minute video blocks. A blend of your ideas will be forwarded to Hardy this week; I'll also
forward a copy to each of you. Hardy Is hoping to have a video or two ready to go by mid.
June. If you have any further Ideas about video images, music or themes, please let me know
or call Bob Hardy directly at 356.5047. Stay tuned to star in your very own NOSP showl
Revised Neiahborhaod Ooen Soace Plan
The revised draft of the Neighborhood Open Space Plan is being forwarded to the Parks and
Recreation Commission, the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission and the Planning and
Zoning Commission for review, comments and recommendations to Council. Please note that
the plan was revised in accordance with your comments at the April 28 NOSP Committee
meeting. Some adpltional clarifications were made to indicate that recreational trails are
considered active, linear neighborhood open space, and to place increased emphasis within
the plan on 'active" neighborhood open space. The comment section was amended in line
with neighborhood responses and recent development proposals.
If you have any questions or suggestions about the Neighborhood Open Space Plan schedule,
video, draft plan, etc., please feel free to call me at 356.5251.
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May 7, 1993
Maryann Dennis
914 Fairchild Street
Iowa City, IA 52245
To the Editor:
This letter is to reiterate Linda Murray's letter of May 6, I would also like to express my
disappointment at the City Council's decision to cut the recommended allocation of
Community Development Block Grant funds to the Down Payment Assistance Program.
The Down Payment Assistance Program complements a 'package" of projects that
addresses the array of housing needs in our community, This "package" includes support
for: shelter (improvements to the Emergency Housing Project and a new shelter for the
Domestic Violence Inlervention Project); inereasing the stock of affordable rental housing
(Greater Iowa City Huusing Fellowship) and; maintaining low to moderate income citizens
in their homes (Rental Rehabilitation Program and Elderly Services Small Repair Program),
Thc 'package' received support from not only the CCN, but also thc Housing Commission
and the City Staff, A piece of the 'packagc' has now been drastically cut. One. councilor
voted against cutting the Down Payment Assistance Program,
Local Commissions and Committees are appointed by our elected councilors Local
Commissions and Committees work hard to make responsible, knowledgeablc
recommendations to the Council. The members of the City Council have ignored the
widespread community support for lhe Down Payment Assistance Program, It appears that
our City Council docs not represent our diverse community, yet relies on elitist and classist
views to govern us,
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Agenda
J. Call to order 9:00 a.m.
2. Action re: claims
3, Action re: mlnute.~
4. Action re: payroll authorizations
5. Business from tlle County Auditor,
a) Action Te: permits
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c) Other
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a) Motion selling public hearing.
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7. Business from lhe Planning Assistant.
a) Discussion/action re: the following Platting request:
1. Application S9292 of Richard L. Brne requesting preliminary and
final plat approval of a Resubdivisioll of Lots 26, 27, and 29,
Woodland Valley Estates, a subdivision located in the SE 1/4 of
the SW 1/4 of Section 22; Township 80 North; Range 6 West of
the 5th P.M. in JOMson Counly, Iowa (This is a 2-lot, 3.35 acre,
residential subdivision localed, on the south side of Oak Park
Drive NE, approximately 400 feet northwesterly of the
inlerseclion of Oak Park Drive NE and Oak Park Court NE in
Penn Twp.).
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UselPermit applications:
a) Discussion/action re: the following Conditional UselPermits:
1. Application CU9304 of Melro Pavers, Inc., Iowa City, signed by
Craig Albrecht, requesling a Conditional Use Permit to operate a
temporary concrete plant on certain property described as being
in the SE corner of Section 2; Township 79 Norlhi Range 7 West
of the 5lh P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This property is
located on the west side of Deer Creek Road SE, approximately
1/2 mile soulh of its inlersection with Iowa High\9ay 6 at the
Klein Quarry in Clear Creek Twp,).
2, Application CU9305 of Johnson County Agricullural Association,
Iowa City, signed Dale Shires, requesting a Conditional Use
Permil for Camper Rallies on certain properly described as being
in the N 1/2 of the SE ]/4 and the S 1/2 of lhe NE 1/4 of Section
28; Township 79 Northj Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in
Johnson Counly, Iowa (This property is localed on the west side
of Oakcrest Hill Road SW, al the Johnson Counly Fairgrounds in
West Lucas Twp,),
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b) First and Second consideration of the following Zoning
applications:
1. Application Z9260 of Bravcrmar\ Properties, Ine" signed by
Cordell Braverman, ,Iowa City, requesting rezoning of
approximately 33.7 acres from Al Rural to RS Suburban
Residential of certain property described as being in the North
1/2 of Section 21; Township 79 North; Range S West of the 5th
P,M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This property is located on the
north side of American Legion Road SE and west of Wapsi
Avenue SE in Scott Twp'.).
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Orlin Hochstetler, Williamsburg, requesting rezoning of 2. 1.99
acre tracts of a 16,04 acre parcel from Al Rural to RS Suburban
Residential of certain property described as being in the SW 1/4
of the SW 1/4 of Section 23; Township 79 North; Range 7 West
of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This property is
located on the east side of Kansas Avenue SW, approximately 1/8
of a mile north of its intersection with Rohret Road SW in Union
Twp.).
3. Application Z9307 of Ray Hruby, North Liberty, and Kim
Hochstedler, Oxford, requesting rezoning of 1.99 acres from Al
Rural to RS Suburban Residential of certain property described as
being in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 18i Township 80
, Northi Range 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa
(This property is located on the south side of 260th Street NW,
approximately 1/4 of a mile west of its intersection with Green
Castle Road NW in Madison Twp.).
4. Application Z9308 of James Rohret, Oxford, requesting rezoning
of 27 acres from Al Rural to RS Suburban Residential of certain
properly described as being in the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of
Section 23; Township 79 North; Range 8 West of the 5th P.M, in
Johnson County, Iowa (This property is located on the west side
of Cosgrove Road SW, approximately 1/8 of a mile south of its
inlersection with 400lh Street SW in Hardin Twp.).
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c) Discussion/action re: the following Platting applications:
I. Application S9278 of Ernest Stoppelmoor requesting. preliminary
and fmal plat approval of Stoppelmoor's First Subdivision, a
subdivision located in the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 11;
Township 80 North: Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson
County, Iowa (This is a I-lot, 3.00 acre residential subdivision
located on the north side of Sugar Boltom Road NE,
approximately 1/2 of a mile northwesterly of the intersection of
Sugar Bottom Road NE and' Newport Road NE in Newport
Twp.).
2. Application S9280 of Dale and Jeanne Dienes, signed by Robert
Mickelson of M M S Consultants, Inc., requesting preliminary
and fmal plat approval of A Subdivision of Lots 1 & 2, Twin
Oaks Subdivision, a subdivision located in the NE 1/4 of the, SW
1/4 of Section 5; Township 80 North; Range 6 West of the 5th
P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 2-lot, 6,33 acre,
residential subdivision located on the southeasterly siqe of
Mehaffey Bridge Road NE, approximately 3/8 of a mile northerly
of the intersection of Mehaffey Bridge Road NE and Quarry
Heights Lane NE in Penn Twp.).
3. Application S9303 of John D. Meade requesting preliminary and
final plat approval of Meade's Pine View Acre, a subdivision
located in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 22; Township 79
North; Range 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa
(This is a I-lot, 1.19 acre, residential subdivision located on the
north side of Rohret Road SW, approximately 1/8 of a mile east
of the intersection of Rohret Road SW and James Avenue SW in
Union Twp.),
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4. Application S9306 of Terry D. Aubrecht requesting preliminary
and fmal plat approval of A Subdivision of Lot 2, Aubrecht
Subdivision, a subdivision located in the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of
Section 22; Township 80 North; Range 8 West of the 5th P.M. in
Johnson County, Iowa (This is a 2-lot, 31.65 acre, residential
subdivision located on the south side of Lower Old Highway 6
NW, southeast of thc intersection of Lower Old Highway 6 NW
and Lower Oxford Road NW in Oxford Twp.).
5. Application S9308 of Neil Erusha requesting preliminary and
final plat approval of Erusha Subdivision, a subdivision located in
the NE 114 of the NE 1/4 of Section 24; Township 81 North;
Range 6 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This is
a I-lot, 21.42 acre, residential subdivision with one agricultural
lot located approximately 4/10 of a mile east of the intersection of
Iowa Highway 111 NE and Sutliff Road NE on the north side of
Sutliff Road NE in Big Grove Twp.).
6, Application S9318 of Cletus Rohret Estate, Regina Parks,
Executor, signed by Ralph Neuzil, requesting preliminary and
final plat approval of Wheeler Subdivision, a subdivision located
in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 18; Township 80 North;
Range 8 West of the 5th P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa (This Is
a 1.lot, 12.24 acre, farmstead split located on the southwesterly
side of Rhine Creek Way NW, approximately 1:0 mile
northwesterly of the intersection of Rhine Creek Way NW and
295th Street NW in Oxford Twp.).
7. Application S9319 of Philip Dylhoff requesting preliminary and
final plat approval of Dylhoff's First Subdivision, a subdivision
located in the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 15: Township 78
North; Range 7 West of the 51h P.M. in Johnson County, Iowa
(This is a 1.lot, 5.29 acre, farmstead split located on the east side
of James Avenue SW, approximately 3/4 of a mile south of the
intersection of James Avenue SW and SOOth Street SW in Sharon
Twp.).
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9. Business from the County Attorney.
a) Report re: other itcms.
10. Business from the Board of Supervisors,
a) Action re: resolution establishing acquisition polices for property.
b) Action re: setting Friday, June 4, 1993 at 10:00 a.m. as date for oil
letting and authorizing County Auditor to publieh notice to bidders.
c) Action re: resolution setting speed limit on Sand Road north of
Napoleon Str~et at 45 m.p,h. J
d) Action rc: Medicaid Home and Community Based Payment
Agreements (HeBS waiver) for clients #15892320, #1611881B and
0902222B.
e) Other
11. Adjourn to Informal meetlng,
a) Business from the Director of S,E.A.T,S. re: FY '94 Iowa
City/Coralville S.E.A.T.S. contract/discussion.
b) Inquiries and reports from the public.
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1. Call to order 9:00 a,m.
2. Review of the minutes.
3. Business from Peg McElroy
J~mployment Program
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Fraser, Director of Mayors Youth
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b) Other
5. Business from Brenda Iiolllngsworth and Cliff Howe re: sites for
building apartments for the mentally ill/discussion.
6. Business from Judy Pfohl re: Mormon Trek Boulevard and Highway I
traffic signal/discussion.
7. Business from the County Auditor.
a) Discussioll re; cash flow analysis for April.
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COMMUNICATIONS
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. Call it Ihe firsl gre" business show.
down of Ihe 21S1 cemury: The gi.
ants of AmericJn communications
are locked in a S1ruggle to build and comrol
a vast web of eleclronic nerworks. These so.
called information highways will be of glass
fiber and will deliver an abundilJ1Ce of ser.
vices to offices and houseS-video images,
phone calls, helpful d"a in many guises,
They promise 10 change Ihe way people
work and play. In the view of some lech.
n%gislS, Ihey could affecl American life as
prOfoundly as railroads, interstate high.
ways, lelephone~ and Tv.
The risks are as colossal as Ihe opponu.
nilies, BUilding a glass highway ~ moon.
shor expensive-by one eSlimate, extend.
ing Ihe nerworks over Ihe neXl 20 ye""
may COSI phone companies alone nearly
ll40 billion. Regulations are likely 10
change while Ihe game is being played;
lechnology is evolving SO quickly Ihal some
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highways could become obsolele before
Ihey are complele, The highways' SUccess
will depend on Ihe revenues they generale,
YeI no one knows how much consumers
will pay 10 browse Ihrough movie libraries
using the~ remote COntrols, play electronic
games wilh far-off friend~ or visil Ihe~
doctors by video,
Since Ihey COntrol Ihe inrormalion con.
duilS feeding into households 10day, tele.
phone and cable TV companies have rhe
moSl at srake, The idea of receiving a
phone call on a cable TV wire may SOund
as impossibly COUnterinruirive as, say, get.
ling a cup of coffee OUI or an electrical
sockel, BUI Ihe idea wUl soon be realily.
New lechnology is breaking down Ihe bar.
riers belween Ihe industri.. Telephone
companies such as Bell Allamic and GTE
are eyeing the lucralive lZQ.billion.a,year
cable TV business, while cable operalOrs
such as Tele.Communicalions Inc, and
Time Warner (parent of FORTUNE'S pub.
lisher) covel Ihe vaSI l65.billion.a.year
market (or residential phone service.
The highways Ihese rivals have slmed
conslrucling are different rrom Ihe elec.
Ironic Superhighway Ihat Vice Presidem
Gore is promoling. His is a nalional net.
work or supereomputers, linked by fiber
optics, thai will Connect universilie~ has.
pilals, resean:h cemers, and orher insriru.
tions that need 10 exchange Vasl amounlS
of data, ConSlruction of this superhigh.
way, an expansion of loday's federally
subsidized sciemific nerworks, seems al.
mOSI cenain 10 proceed, Bur Ihe Clinton
Administralion is couming On privale en.
telJlrise to conslru~t advanced nerworks
Ihar will serve the public generally. As a
result, America's information system
Won'l have a single owner: It will be a
REPORT1!RASSOClATESAliaD Hills ,\f()(J(pand
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network of nelworks. controlled by many
companies,
How government regulates Ihe nel.
works-<Jr doesn't-will profoundly indu.
,nce service and profils, Should regulalo"
;.:rap rulos thai prevenl cable TV Jnd lele.
phone companies from leaping miD one
another's businesses without constraint?
Should government lake Ihe lead in ensur.
ing Ihal the networks all work logether~ I(
not government. who?
The most controversial queslion is
whether business. wilhour the help of
Washington. will aCI quickly enough, Many
people fear Ihat Ihe U,S, is lagging danger.
ously behind its trading partn'" in build.
ing infonnation highway>-a failing thai
could reduce America's compelitiveness,
Coming, Ihe No. I maker of optical fibtr,
estimares Ihal if lelephone companies up-
grade aging installations at Iheir hislOrical
pace, Ihe rewiring will lake until 2037. But
Japan is committed 10 completing ana.
lional fiber network by 2015 and believes
Ihat the resulting productivil)' gains "III
boost GNP by no less Ihan 30%, Gennany
I dollar bels, What follows is a look al the
i policies and technologies that will shape
1 the new highways, the services Ihey will
i make possible, and Ihe competilive strale.
gies of those who plan to build them,
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IThe Clinlon Administralion has PUI eJec.
Ironic highways on the national agenda
bUI has yel 10 decide what Washington will
do to get Ihem built, One of Ihe hOltest
debares is abouI how much Ihe govern.
menl should spend, Some people Ihink
zero, Brendan Clouston, chief opera~I' g
officer ot Iele.Communlcallons Inc,
(IC1), asks, "If multiple Industnes will .
creare Ihe archirecture. why should taxpay'
ers pay?" .
BUI the highway build", face a chicken.
and.egg problem that a sprinkling of gov.
ernmenl seed money could help solve,
Unless fiber-oplic networks can provide
services that consume" wanl 10 buy, Ihey
will be jusl so many useless strands of
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and France are nOI far behind in Iheir
plans, Observes Michael Morrison, manag.
er of advanced operalions testing al GTE:
"These nalions 5ee how attracting and
keeping companies wilh telecommun;"".
lions helps Ihem be compelilive, We tend
10 lrip over our own feel."
Amid Ihe debate and uncenainl)', com.
panies like Morrison's are placing billion.
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glass, Useless, <rptnl/l" strands, Mean-
while Ihe businesses Ihal mighl offer ser-
- vices such as movies on demand will need
to invesl in specialized hardware and sofl'
Ware, Unless networks sland readv 10 car.
ry Iheir services, making Ihese inv;stmenls
would be like pUlling up a mOlel before
Ihe road is buill, lee Camp, presidenl of
Pacific Bell Informalion Services, de.
scribes Ihe dilemma h~ company faces:
"Does one pursue a Field of DrrafIU stral.
egy-'Build il and Ihey will come'-or
wait unlil there ~ proven demand?"
A modesl inveslment of rederal dOllars
could kick,slan Ihe induSlry, argues econ.
om~1 Eli Noam, a Columbia University
professor and authority on lelecom.
municalions. Demonstration projecu elec.
Ironicall linking, sa, communil
I rarie~ sc ools, an unlVemltes cou d
pIque public mter",t and SIImulate de.
mand or I -ca acltv nctwor 0 .
ant anlce uchowski, a onner Bush
Admin~tration official, advocates "appli.
cations funding," including grants 10 help
entrepreneurs develop services 10 sell,
The Defenso Depanmenl's Advanced
Research Projects Agency or a civilian
equivalenl could also contneute 10 key
lechnologie~ In Ihe 1980s the agency
helped finance work on digital signal pro-
cessing-Ihe packing and unpacking of in.
fonnalion for efficient transmission and
receplion, The lechnology still needs work.
So does the science of Iranslating video im.
ages inlo computerized fonn,
Regulators. meanwhile, could huny Ihe
highway by loosening antiqualed rule~ es.
pecially Ihose Ihar hobble Ihe telephone
business. For instance, phone companies
must depreciale Ihe~ capital equipment
over 20 years or more. That was Ihe useful
Iiletime 01 telephone gear a decade ago,
bUI loday, when lechnology
changes faster Ihan govern.
menls in Bolivia.lhe rules deter
investment.
The Federal Communica.
lions Commission and Slate
utility commissions. which must
arbilrate Ihe networks' con.
slruClion, are besieged by lob-
byists from lelephone and cable
companies, Each side wants to
gain an advantage, While Ihe
regulators deliberale. cable
companies are gelling into Ihe
phone companies' business and
vice versa. Some cable opera.
lors have bought into campa.
"Does one
pursue a
Field of
Dreams
strategy_
'Build it
and they
will come'
-or wait?"
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friend. or I... Tilt" AlfIntlc: IIld . foal CIbIo optn1or shwo.1lbtr net'oori< In nor1f1em \'IrPrio.
nies Ihat are laying fiber in city centers and
stealing CUStomers from Ihe lelephooe net.
work. A Bell company, in rum, just made
an end run arcuod rules barring itlmm the
cable business in its service area by a"lu~,
ing two big cable lranch~es out 01 Slale.
As cable and phone companies invade
ooe another's markel~ Ihe government
should d~mantle Ihe rules separating the
indUslries carefully, So far Ihe phone
companies have won the right from the
FCC to olier a "video dial lone" Ihat en.
abies other companies to use the phone
network to transmit video programming.
A lew phone companies have also won reo
Iiel from so-called rate.ol.rerum regula.
lions, which Ihey say stifte innovation,
The rules, admin~tered by the state~ lim.
it Ihe companies' rerum on assets, typical.
Iy 10 8% to 11 %, II a company lakes a
chance on an ambilious new service and
succeeds. it must return any "excess"
profits 10 CUstomers in Ihe fonn 01 rate
rebates. Some stales. such as New JeJS<Y,
have w~ely begun 10 allow higher profits
in exchange ror guarantees Ihal a new in.
vestment will lead 10 lower
prices for basic phone service,
The most difficull issue gov.
ernment will lace is how-and
even whether-to make sure
there is basic, low-cost service
(or every American who Wants a
phone and olher menlial ser.
vices Ihallhe highway will pro.
vide, On Ihe telephone network,
Ihat prinCiple. known as univer.
sal service, has been the law 01
Ihe land for 6Q ve.rs, It reftects
Ihe beliel Ihat phones, like mail,
electricity, and highways, unite
Ihe nation's people and make
America mong,
The governmenl achieves universal ser.
vice Ihrough regulalion, The phone compa.
nies are obliged 10 hook up evetyone in
Ihe~ service area and charge each CUStom.
er Ihe same basic rale-even thnugh lhis
can mean stretching miles 01 wire 10 a cus-
Inmer whose payments won'l cover Ibe
whole cost. High profits from some cuso
lomers-such as those who pay lor added
services like call walting-<:ompensate ror
the mooey losers and enable Ihe phone
company to hitlhe rale 01 relurn Ihe regu.
lators allow.
BUI as compelilion and new lechnology
galvanize local markeu, universal service
becomes harder 10 deliver in Ihe Ir.Idi.
Ilonal way, Cable companies aren'l bound
by universal service rules, Using leading.
edge lechnology, a sawy cable operator
could add phones 10 its system and larget
just Ihose pans 01 the local market Ihat
produce Ihe lallest profils, Indeed. Time
Warner has asked the FCC 10 let sub.
seneers on lis advanced cable system in
Orlando, Florida, use Ihe cables 10 place
long.dislance calls, That would enable Ihe
company 10 claim a share 01 Ihe lucrative
roes Ihat AT&T and olher long.dislance
companies pay ror connections 10 local
CUstomers, II the FCC approves Time
Warner's plan. BellSoUlh would see its
profilS in Orlando erode-and might file
for pennission 10 raise basic rales,
What should Ihe FCC do? Oplion A is to
regulate local markelsmorr, requiring new.
comers to provide universal phone service,
That would surely discourage competition
and slow Ihe development of inronnalion
highways, Oplion B is 10 lilt restriClions on
phone companies just enough 10 lellhem
counter. but nOI drive OUI. Ih, invaders-
say, by providing infonnalion services, in.
cludlng Iheir own video programming, as
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long as such services .In! r'alrly priced. This
approach involves a Jclic:ltc halancing act
[hat federal and ~t;I[c reguJi1Iurs would
have [0 perform Jgam and agarn JS wm.
p"ing local networks pop up across the
coontry uuring the coming docau", Slill
another oplion: Require new cn[r:mts [0
pay the phone company to help o~set Ihe
COSI of universal service.
Opening local markets to comp"ilion
will be a uillicolt business because of the
complex and interlocking nature of regola.
lions a~ecting the industries-far trickier
than opening up long distance, a process
Ihal has occupied the FCC and Ihe courts
for more Ihan ten year>, Evenlually, in
communilies whcre compclition nour.
ishes, regulation may not be nceded to
ensure cheap and abundanl lelecommu.
nications, In the meantime the govern.
ment will have 10 be careful to modify its
rules in a way thaI protects the public in.
teresl while giving neilher industry an un.
fair advantage.
Lelling many companies compete in
building Ihe information highway lessens
the chance Ihat the country will get mar.
ried to the wrong technology. Compelition
will fosler continuous innovation, But it
also increases Ihe risk Ihat the U,S, will be
dOlled with networks that caJ1'llalk 10 one
another.
Ab, for the simplicity or monopoly,
When AT&T ran the Bell systcm. it kept
everything working smoolhly by sening de.
tailed lechnical standards. When a new ser.
vice appeared, it was sure 10 work every.
, where. "Bul boy," says Bob Barada, chief
stralegist for Pacific Telesi~ "was Ihat pro-
ClOSS slowl This country can't wait fora sian.
dards body to cross every t before we get
staned." ~
Instead of defining standards In advance.
regulalor> should jawbone companies inlo
working out the details themselves. If a ca.
ble company and a teiephone company op.
crate competing networks in a community,
residents should be able 10 reach each oth.
er no matler which network they use, BUI
where should Ihe physical connection be.
tween the networks occur! In a manhole?
In a telephone company central ollice?
And with what equipment? To be main.
lained by whom?
These are nUls.and.bolts queslions that
regulator> aren'l good at answering, Co.
lumbia Universitv's Noam. who once
served on Ihe New' York State Public Ser.
vice Commission. advises regulator> to
bring all the panies into a room and tell
them 10 work OUI their differences under
threat of regulatory fiat, He says. "The ar.
rangemenl works panicularly well when it
involves lechnologists-they're problem
solvers:' Once Ihe rules are agreed on.
; regulator> can codify and enforce them, If
! Ihey UO Ihis job well and clear the way for
! competilion. says Jim Chiddix. the chief
, technologist at Time Warner Cable. "it
looks like all the forces are there for pro.
mo[ing [rem~ndous innovation in technol.
ogy: fear and greed:'
THE GLASS HIGHWAY
I "You'll be going 10 Cerritos, I hope:'
said Ihe man from GlC, Cerritos is GlC's
community of Ihe future. Buried benealh
the wide. straight roadways of the Los An.
geles suburb. slender sheaths of glass guide
pulses of infrared light from laser> in Ihe
switching ceater to two schools and 4,200
homes. bearing programs and telephone
calls. A teacher summons up video lessons
at the touch of a butlon, Some families on
the network-brave Jetsonsl-<:an caJJ up
movies on the system whenever they wish,
The families can even conver>e wilh each
other on Ihe screen,
AJltwo of them. "For years it was only
one guy watching movie~ It's a standing
joke in the industry," says Danny Briere,
president of TeleChoice. a New Jersey con.
suiting finn. of the cautious pace al which
GlC has pur>ued its five.year lrial. But
Cerritos is no joke to GlC. Billionodollar
decisions depflnli nn what fp.chnolo~tislS
and marketer> learn Ihere; other compa.
nles arc conducting similar small.scaJe trio
ais. They show Ihe fitful and tentative way
revolutions sIan.
The technology of the information high.
way is evolving al a furious pace, In Decem.
ber 1992 the FCC licensed CellularVision,
a Freehold. New Jer>ey, stanup company,
10 test an ultrahigh.frcquency microwave
radio system Ihat may eliminate wires in
some parts of urban networks, Such inno-
vations could dramatically lower costs and
reshape information networks even as they
are being built,
The highways thaI cable and lelephone
companies currently envision will. in the
words of GlC vice chainnan John Segall,
"tic the world together in a hush of pho-
tons," The network will be rich in fiber-oplic
cable, which has far greater carrying capaci.
ty Ihan copper wire or coaxial cable,
Messages conveyed on Ihe fiber> will be
encoded in Ihe ones and zeros of compuler
language and compressed by sophisticated
'circuitry for easier storage and quicker
lransmission, Ultrafasl switches will route
video images as easily as ordinary phone
calls, Special computer> called video servo
ers will store movies and TV programs in
digital form.
These technologies will give Ihe network
ilS hallmark atlributes, II will be "broad.
band," Just as a line painted with a broad
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brush contains more paint Ihan a line ing light pulses into ~Iectronic
lr:1ced wilh a n"rrOW one, a broadband net. signals, which enter the hoose.
work C:1n carl)' more infonnation than ils hold via coaxial and copper
narrowband counterparl, Since signals on wires hooked to the TV and
Ihe ne~vork will all be digital, it will ~asily phone, respectively.
carry infonnalion of different kinds: It Cable companies, by con.
won't ne~d to know whether a transmission trast. don't need to lake fiber
describes a lark's song or a slasher movie, all the way to the curb. They
The network will also be two.way and inter. will run it to the edge of each
active: Everv user will be able 10 send all neighborhood, where transmis.
kinds of infonnation-voice. video, data. sions will feed into the coax
alldgnlphics-to anyone else. network that Is already in
Before this vision can become reality, place. Each fiber link might
phone and cable companies must each serve as many as 2.000 fam.
overcome innate weaknesses. Phone com. i1ies. By using the latest com.
panies are experts at running networks pression techniques, which can
linked by switches (powerful computers multiply lenfold the number of
that let any customer dial any other) and at channels on a cable system. a company can
providing service with near. total reliability, assign channels to individual customers as
But the system itself is narrowband, its needed-to deliver a movie, say, or relay a
thin-gauge copper wire unable 10 cany a telephone call.
high-quaJity video image. Cable systems, The fiber links are essential for two-way
with their heavier.gauge coaxial cable, are communication; coaxial networks alone
broadband-a strength. But unlike tele. can't handle It. In a coax system, signals
phone communiC:1tion; which is two.way, pass through an amplifier every 2.000 feet
cable signals flow in only one direction on or so. Each introduces a whisper of elec.
the systems common today. They have no tronic interference to the line. In one.way
switches and can't relay phone calls. transmission, the noise is manageable; but
GTE's experiment in Cerritos typifies on the return path in two-way communica.
tbe approach phone companies will proba. tion, it builds up, and the cacophony of the
bly, adopt. A fiber strand runs from the amplifiers drowns out the message, The in.
phone company's central office to a curb. troduction of fiber brings a measure of
. side pedestal that can serve up to 20 calm: Laser signals can travel for miles
houses. Inside the pedestal Is an optical in. without a boost, so Ihe total number of am.
lerface unit with a separate circuit card for plifiers in the system stays relatively low,
each house. The card contains Ihe subscrib- For both Industries. the most expensive
er's coded address and ensures that phone job will be laying down fiber. The work has
calls and video programs arriving on the barely begun, According to Corning. the
shared fiber.optic line end up in the right U.S. now has some 12 million miles of fiber
pl~ The circuits also converlthe Incom. installed-compared with 1.2 billion of
! copper phone wire, Neither phone nor ca.
. ble companies have put down much fiber in
I residential areas, which account for some
! 65% of the mileage of telephone networks
and 75% of the mileage of cable systems.
It's hard 10 say how much rewiring for
advanced networks will cost, partly because
both industries are gradually swilching to
fiber anyway for Iheir ordinary operations.
Coming estimates that doubling Ihe rate of
conversion of the phone system-which
would mean that the job would be finished
by 20lS-would increase spending over the
period by S24 billion, Add Ihe 563 billion
that phone companies already plan to
spend and 550 billion for new ultrafast
swilches 10 keep Iraffic flowing smoolhly
on the infonnatlon highway, and the bill
comes to 5137 billion, That's just for Ihe
telephone network.
Until now, cable companies
have held a theoretical advan.
tage: They can make do wilh less
fiber because they already own a
broadband conduit into Ihe
home, By most ~stimates, a ca.
ble operator could add two.way
services, including fiber to the
neighborhood, for less than
S 1,000 per household. Installing
a Cerritos-like system, including
fiber to the curb, could roSI its
telephone rival hundreds of dol.
lars more, That advantage will
erode: As demand for two.way
services increases, the cable 00:
erator wul have to sel!lllenr its
network into smaller units and inst,1I mnr~
fiber. Eventually the two systems will look
andcost just about the same. But in a devel.
oping market, the cable company's he~~
start millht be crucial.
Small wonder that Bellrore, the research
ann of the seven regional Bell oper:1ting
companies, has raced to find a practical .
way to transmit TV prognlms over ordinary
copper telephone wire. In June 1991 it un.
veiled a digital compression system built to
do just that. Known as .ADS!. 1,W'rhrQ-
nous diRital subSCriber linn), the technol.
ogy IS still far from perfect. The longer the
copper pathway the TV signal traverses,
the more the piclure degrades; at best the
picture quality Is no beller than that from
an ordinary VCR. All the same. if regula.
tions allow, phone companies can now look
forward to offering video service as soon as
they bring fiber to within a mile or so of a
residential area,
Both industries need more break.
throughs. The greatest technical roadblock
involves storage technology, In most elec.
tronic.highway plans, TV watchers will be
able to scroll through menus of video Ii.
braries- Treasures of Columbia Pictures,
say-slocked by independent vendors, A
push of a bUllon on the remote control and
the show will begin,
For such schemes to work. any company
that wants 10 offer a video service should be
able 10 buy a video server and hook it into
the network. But servers that can store
movies digitally and dish them OUI on de.
mand aren't ready yel, The lask is crushing:
Even a 9S.minute film like Wayne! World
requires billions of bits of memory. Ameri.
tech Is testing a system in Chicago that will
enable Arthur Andersen, Ihe consulting
firm, 10 dispatch training films to clients.
Other developments, such as the rapid
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evolution of wireless technology, could
change the course of the highway race, In
CeIJuJarVision's trial inswllalion in Brook.
Iyn. New York. subscribers with a decuder
box receive 50 TV channels using a mov.
able antenna only five inches square, Un.
like' ordinary microwave signals. which
require a direct line of sight between trans.
miller and receiver, the ultrahigh.frequen.
r:j signals bounce off concrete like a
billiard ball off a felt rail. losing very Iillle
strength. So users need only move their
antennas around until they get a good
bounce. The system can also cany signals
both ways: a test of telephone service will ,
begin shonly. 1
Most telephone and cable executives dis. i
miss the idea that any new technology, no ;
mailer how stanling. will provide its owner i
with a sustainable edge. [n the long run, the l
same technology will be available to all com. i
ers. Tel's Brendan Clouston gets downright
testy when pressed on the pros and cons of predicting how consumers will respond.
competing schemes for an advanced net. Almost without question. business de.
work. "[don'tlikethewaythisconversation mand will drive the m"k" fnr advanced
is going," he say~ "Technology is not the services at first, Manufacturers and their
issue. What do consumers want to buy? suppliers will use electronic highways to
What do they want to pay, and when?" link their computers and collaborate on
product development. Insurance compa.
nies could receive images of auto wrecks
for claims processing. Video depositions
and arraignments, which some law enforce.
ment agencies already employ. would be.
come common.
But to really cash in, communications
companies will have to turn consumers on.
says John Malone, president of Eastern
Management Group, a Parsippany, New
Jersey, consulting firm, Just as the personal
computer industry languished until spread.
sheet programs appeared, information
highways need a "killer app"-software in.
dustry lingo for an application people are
dying 10 use,
The No, 1 candidate for killer
app status is video on demand,
the armchair equivalent of a Irip
10 the perfect video store. View.
ers will be able to order movies
and TV shows anytime. using
remote control, TCI recently
studied how such a service
would compare with today's
more cumbersome pay. per.
view, which requires customers
10 phone in Iheir orders, It
round that viewers would in.
crease movie spending three to
nvetimes,
Another likely hit: telecom.
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THE KILLER APP
. As they imagine the billions of dollars
consumers might spend on electronic high.
ways, telecommunications executives often
exhibit the Pavlovian response of a gam.
bling addict exposed to flashing neon lights,
Listen to Anhur Bushkin. president of Bell
Atlantic Information Services: "The mar.
ketplace is notlhe S20.billion.a.year cable
market or the SI2.billion.a.year movie
rental market. It is into Ihe hundreds ofbil.
lions of dollars, It's for work force training,
medical services. and shopping. It's the abil.
ity to see real estate before traveling there,
It.s videoconferencing and us.
ing multimedia. It's transmit.
ting recipes, It's endless."
Maybe it will be. someday.
But creating services that con.
sumers will want to buv could
make building nelworks seem
as easy as running a string be.
tween two tin cans, Some appli.
cations are no.brainers-
merely belter ways of delivering
services people already use,
Others. the kind visionaries cite
w~.en they claim information
highways will change the Amer.
ican way of life. pose obstacles
to CJlecution and problems in
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"Technol-
ogy isn't the
issue. What
do consum-
ers want to
buy? What
do they want
to pay, and
when?"
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m~ti6g. Despite the limitations of today's
te ep one networks, the number of em.
ployees working at home is rising at a star.
tling rate. According to Malone, 14% of
the FORTUNE 500 and Service 500 compa.
nles now have formal telecommuting poli.
cies; 870,000 employees work at home 35
hours or more each week, and 5.5 million
do at least some home work, The numbers
are growing by more than 35% a year,
The advent of information highways will
accelerate the trend by increasing the num.
ber of jobs telecommuters can perform. An
American Express service representative,
for example, wouldn't have to leave home to
field customer calls and tap into the compa.
ny's immense databases. Telecommuting
will get a lift in states like California. which
requires companies to encourage the prac.
tice as a way 01 reducing auto pollution.
The educational possibilities of the ad.
vanced network are emerging in tests. Betty
Hyatt. a teacher in Cmitos, uses the fiber.
optic system to call up penmanship lessons
forherthird.gradc class. That frees her from
the chalkboard so she can roam the room
and monitor her pupils' progress. Hyall
says, "It's changed the way I leach," Ameri.
tech has begun a program in Warren, Michi.
gan. that will link the homes of 115 founh.
graders to their classrooms, allowing the
children to call up their homework electron.
icallY and do it on. screen, Advanced net.
works will eventually let students in remote
areas altend college classes by wire, And
they may matriculate not at Ohio Stale but
at the Big Ten, mi~ing and matching video
classes from any of the member universities.
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Forphysicians.the house call may return,
electronically, Using a video link on Ihe net.
work. a paliem could see and lalk 10 her
doctor wilhourleaving home: by placing a
hand on an electronic sensor, she mighl reo
lay vital readings the doctor could analyze.
The highway may be dangerous for debt.
aholics. Going on a buying spree will be as
fulfand easy as playing videogames, wilh no
m:ed to sillike a brass monkey before Ihe
Home Shopping Network. An armchair
CIJllSUmer will s<:lect a video calalogue
from Ihe on-screen menu and, by punching
theoremore control. ask to see a jacket in a
certlin size and color. A simulated Ihree.
dimensional model will rotate slowly on
the screen. The subscriber can order by
pushing a bUllon; Ihe network will have his
address and credit card dala on file.
Marc Porat, head of General Magic, a
Silicon Valley soflware developer, believes
the advanced network will change Ihe way
people buy information, He expects a lorm
of publishing to emerge called electronic
subscriplions, Ii will replace the sort of
books that become obsolele as soon as you
buy Ihem-guides 10 New York City night.
life. for example. A broadband n~twork
could deliver an update every momh by ei-
ther d~playing it on screen or lransmilling
dala to Ihe consumer's home printer.
Evemually Ihe highway may deliver a lot
more, A jovial. forward'lhinking engineer.
ing colleague of Porat's predicts Ihat pea.
pie will don electronic gear and use Ihe
network 10 play virtual reality games. Play-
ers will have Ihe illusion of moving Ihrough
an artificial but lifelike 3.0 landscape. That
may put a new spin on humanity's oldest
killer app. "The ultimate," says Ihe engi.
neer. "is when you'll be able 10 PUI on a vi-
sor and bodysuil Ihat lei you become
anyone in the world having se,\ with anyone
else in the world." Virtual reality emhusi.
am call ilteledildonics, .
Virtual reality is Ihe most extreme variam
of so.called multimedia programming. In
partnership wilh GTE. the Discovery Chan.
nel is already transmilling coded instruc.
tions in i1s TV signal that add graphics 10 Ihe
station's science and nature programs when
Ihey appear on Ihe Cerritos system, Viewers
may see a map superimposed on the screen,
or a fact aboul an animal habilal, The infor-
malion comes from a miniencyclopedia on a
CO-ROM Ihat plays in a device connected
to the TV; Ihe codes in Ihe TV signal sum.
man up relevant bits during the show, Only
50 or so families receive Ihe d~ks now; na-
tionwide rollout may begin next year. When
Cllmponles wlth the spendlnl_ to buUd Informatlon highways lndudt Installed almost IlO/It In nelgfrllorflood. whtre the networks are "-i.
hl&n:unes iii telephones and cablt TV. All employ optlcalliber but 11m Pl10nt .ystems .00 rely on eopper wire, cablt IIItems on eouIal cabIt.
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$2.8 11.9 155 0.45 Msting video informalion services.
$2.8 FiBlbd.rrvervideo", fiberb tho hOme: """
13.3 122 0.94 lesling a cable TV and phano ~ in I
Heo1tiraw,Aorida.
$2.5 0.97 Built fiber n_rk fo, a cabl. TV Opel,",' in f
10.5 167 Manhattan; opemtf:s a combined cobIa TV and
tel.phon. syslem in Blibin,
$2.4 I.'orbi'~videa"'domandwith~
9,5 167 0,80 nicatians AT&Tin~brollculod.
lIlllCOd,..;ghbomood lilrting.1l994.'
Testing yideo.on-demand eqvipment in Chicago;
$2.3 11.0 191 0,59 pralotype naiwork in Michigan links fovrth.
g,od." with rh~r .choal.
$2.2 1.20 Building all.fiber __ in NM ~Mi: lesling
11.0 197 video JM\Iices in ~inia; readying est of InOYIM
on demand",,", inary capper ";IIl,
ConSlruC1ion of advanced nel'Nork neor Sacra.
$1.7 9.2 156 0.31 menlo, Californio, needs oppra.-cl in June
refftrendum.
i SGUTlfWESTERN BELL $1.6 0.58 Rm "llional Bell company b W, ~ inb cable
9.0 170 TV: O<quired tv.a ~ near s/lIngbn, D.C.,
! ISllaoi1j Bell Mannc', bock)ord,
mE.COMMUNICATIONS $0 5~' Wonls ro send TV signals in digjkJj form 10 one
9.4 0.18 0.17 million cVSklmen: opercn,s aperimenkll ad.
I '6lglMOd, CoIo10d01 ' yonc&d nel'Nork in Bribin wirh US West.
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$0.3 7,1 0.16 0,11 ing cab TV ~ in Ovoem, N<w York, b can-
INeoY01'oI r<<!_'p/-onesbllCl,
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~ l),dartlJ $0.1 1.7 0,04 0,04 Landon rhal also oHe" telephone servicl!.
CAIlLEVI510N Plans to roll avludvanced commvnications net.
$0.1 2.1 O,OS 0,02 "",k for 1,1 million h..,,,hold, in New York met.
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advanced nelWorks are ready. the disks'will
be unnecessary: Ihe extra informal ion can
Iravel over fiber,
BUI like olher services upon which the
informalion highway will depend. multi-
media is having Irouble gelling off Ihe
ground. Produclion is awkward and enor.
mously expensive: most CD. ROM pro.
grams are as primilive as Ihe Groucho MalX
: Show in TV's early days.
, - That's one reason network builders are
having a tough lime predicting customer
interest. TCl's Ooustonsays: "Traditional
marketing Is done with products that ex~l.
What we're doing now is like asking a
horse-and.buggy driver whether he'd pay
Sloo more for a car with an air bag. He'll
ask, 'What's a car?' Nobodv knows what
gennle wilunllnrl" .
That leaves cable and phone companies
wilh high hopes and gnawing dooblS, like
city leaders who erect a lavish spons dome
in hopes of landing an expansion team. Are
the network builders in for a nasty CllSll of
that queasy feeling you get when you wake
up in a bad. bad place?
GIGADOUAR GAMBLES
. Gaining an advantage in 21st;:entury
telecommunications won't be cheap. Stew.
an Personick, a networking information
services executive at Betlcore. explains the
COSI of simply entering the race: "If you
want to make a commitment. you have to
have a million cuslomers. The investment
in optical fiber, nelWork hardware and soft.
ware, automaled billing. and advenising is
a minimum of SI,ooo per customer. You've
got to go for a billion dollars."
If technology, regulations. or business
relationships change unexpecledly, Ihat bil.
lion could van~h, Yel companies that hesi.
tate could lose oUI completely. Even with
imperfect lechnology. a big
~nough player making a big
~nough bet could Slake out a
dominant position, As a result.
says Personick, the competilion
is like an Olympic bicycle
'print: "All of these guys are on
their e.'pensive racing bikes go.
ing five miles per hour. waiting
for someone 10 make a break.
And then they all go like mad,"
The break has clearly begun,
Last October,.m announced
it would soon begin offering
some subscribell 00 channeis,
In January, Time arner
upped the ante with i1s Orlan.
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Circling
warily,
phone and
cable com.
panies
are like
predators
at a jungle
water hole.
do plan 10 build a two.way ne/
work for 4,000 families, Then
Cabl~vision promised a similar
svsl~m in the New York metro.
politan area-for over a mil.
lion subscribers. Meanwhile,
US Wesl unveiled plans for fi-
ber'lo-the-curb systems in its
14-state region: Bell Atlantic
won permission to replace wilh
fiber all the copper wire in New
Jersey by 2010, Vinually every
other big communications
company has an information
highway plan in Ihe works.
Among the contenders. Bell
Allantic stands out for aggres.-
siveness and astute politicking. Its plan to
rewire an entire state ~ a first, It convinced
regulators that New Jersey needs the expen.
sive new systems to maintain competitive.
ness. Bell Atlantic wants to time the
installaiion of fiber to suitlocaJ markets in
each of the seven states it selVes, In a few
neighborhoods, where marketers believe
there is ready demand for interactive ser.
vice, the company is extending fiber to the
curb right away,
That has thrown a scare Into at least one
cable company. The owner of a housing de.
velopment In northern Virginia says,
"When the cable people found out Bell At.
lantic was pUlling fiber optic in. they had a
fit," Where the company thinks TV watch.
ers will embrace an alternative to cable, it
plans to take fibcr to the neighborhood and
send ADSL transmissions the rest of the way
over existing copper wires. /
US West is belling that the fastest way to
roll out advanced networks is by CUlling
costs. The company has challenged suppli-
ers to tighten their belts and help it build
fiber.to'lhe,curb systems in new neighbor.
hoods for no more money than'
a standard copper.wire system.
(Right now pUlling in fiber
costs about 30% more.) ,/
TCI. the largest cable compa.
ny, will switch to digilal signal
transmission in dozens of com.
munilies starring next year and
has ordered one million slale.
of.the.an convener boxes to let
customers tune in, The invesl.
men! could serve as the founda.
tion for two.way nelworks Ihat
can deliver video on demand,
Archrival Time Warner has fo.
cused its allack more narrowly,
concentrating on showcase
projects designed to push net.
work technology as far as it will
go. The system planned for Or.
lando will have 600 digital
channels for video on demand
and phone calls, as well as 75
regular channels for ordinary
TV, Construction ~ set for next
year. even though crucial com.
ponents such as video seIVers
aren't yet available. /'
GTE, which owns local sys.
tems in 40 states, Is maneuvering
to cash in on a key advantage
over other regional phone com-
panies, Since it was never pan of
the Bell system, GTE ~ not
bound by the federal consent decree that
bars Bell companies from owning informa.
'tion businesses. GTE ~ testing interactive
video services it can market through systems
like the one in Cerritos. One lets customers
pay bills by filling in on.screen checks; an.
other helps students prep for SAT exams.
AT&T. finally, is poise~ at the edge of
the field. It no longer owns a wire Into the
home; but with its proposed S3.8 billion in.
vestment in McCaw Cellular Communica.
tions. It could again be a powerful force in
local markets. especially Ifwireless technol.
ogy emerges as a way of delivering ad.
vanced information seIVices.
As Ihey circle one another warily, phone
and cable companies are like predators at a
jungle waler hole. wondering, Will it try to
eat me, or will it kill some other animal and
let me share Ihe meal? Confticting motives
leave Ihem tom between competition and
cooperalion.
Phone companies could easily afford to
put broadband wire into people's homes-
regulators permitting. But Ihe job would
take a long lime, and the companies lack
experience in programming, Cable opera.
10rs are in a position to skim off lucrative
telephone business, But they have Iillle ex.
perience wilh network managemenl. and
none with swilching or billing phone calls.
The Industry's fragmentation also suggesls
a need 10 cooperate: Most metropolitan ar.
~as have sevcral cable systems. which
would probably have 10 -:'ork with the
phone companies 10 provide local seIVice.
Temporary alliances are taking shape, In
Denver, for mmple. AT&T. US West, and
TCI have tcamcd up to test.market video
on demand, Viewers at home browse
through a catalogue of 2.000 movies and
punch in a code number on their remOle
controls, Emily five minules laler the film
"We're ask.
ing a horse.~and.buggy
driver
whether
he'd pay
$100 more
for a car with
an air bag."
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-.:r, mt:mury bank-though what Jc[ually
h;lppcn~ is ihut u wurkcr Jt the [cst center
lumps up, rinds the prop.r vtd,otap., and
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Which compani.s clash will d.pend part.
ly on th. sp.ed of deregulation. If state reg.
ulator> move slowly. phone companies may
go outside th.ir service areas to gel into
n.w busin.sses. invading one anal her's
turf. Southwestern B.Il, for example. reo
cently bought two cable systemS near
Washington, D,C.. pUlling itself on a colli.
sian COUr>e wilh Bell Atlantic,
Where regulators are most Oexible.
phone companies will simply upgrade
their own networks, They may even ally
with local cable operator> 10 economize.
In such an arrangement the phone pan.
ner would handle switching and billing for
calls Jnu m[~r:lctivc :icl"iccs delivered
through the cable system, Eli ~oam at
Columbia IJniverslly thinks regulators
should be leery of such plans. lest Ihey
give rise to powerful monopolies in local
service: "Phone and cable compani.s
should be beating .ach other over Ihe
head in their home service areas,". BUI
Clouston of TCI argues Ihat alliances
would speed network building,
In fact. lechnology is evolving so quickly
Ihat monopolies seem on likely, Cellular.
Vision, with ils capable little antennas. has
sent strategists scrambling at phone and ca.
bl. companies alike, The household anten.
na and decoder box cost only SJOO to
install, much less than any glass highway
hookup, Soch innovations could alter the
balance of power. Alanned, several Bell
companies,tried to squelch Cellular.
Visions license applicalion by riling objec.
tlons IVllh the FCC. saying the technology
wouldnllVork, But il docs, Durmg a recent
demonstration in Brooklyn, the piclure
qualiry was good, ','cepl wh,n a moving
crane passed before Ih. Window, -
Among the would.be builders of infor.
mation highways, it's too early 10 pick win.
nm, AI a recent ptess conierence about
Time Warner's ambition to build glass
highways and filllhem with photons bear.
ing movies and recipes and homework,
CEO G.rald Levin showed a flash of grim
realism, Reflecting on the company's
multimillion.dollar losses on Time Tele.
lext, an early electronic infonnation ser.
vice, he said: "A lot of people are going to
lose a lot of money," No doubt. But the
bounty will be great for those who marry
Ihe right technology to the right services at
the right lime, Ii
IlucIlins lor. newsY'lem to show II1O'Iies: A worker In Uttlelon, Colorado, 100ds ..,..<<..Imo a bank olVCRs for atesl ohldeo on de""nd.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Patricia A, Meade, Chiurperson
Joe Bolkcom
Charles D. Duffy
Stephen P. Laclna
Belty Ockcnfels
May 20,1993
FORMAL MEETING
Agenda
1. Call to order 9:00 a.m.
2. Action re: claims
3. Action re: minutes
4. Action re: payroll authorizations
5, Business from the County Auditor.
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a) Action re: permits
b) Action re: reports
c) 1. Clerk's April monthly report,
d) Other
6. Busincss from the Assistant Zoning Administrator.
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a) Final consideration of application Z9260 of Braverman Properties,
Inc.
b) Final consideration of application Z9305 of Raymond Williams and
Orlin Hochstetler.
c) Final considcration of application Z9307 of Ray Hruby and Kim
Hochstedler,
d) Final consideration of application Z9308 of James Rohret,
e) Other
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1. Application S9289A of Dan Black requesting preliminary
and final plat approval of Country Hills, a subdivision
located in the NE 114 of the NE 114 of Section 30; Township
79 North; Range 6 West of the 5th P,M. in Johnson County,
Iowa (This is a 3-lot, 40.07 acre, residential subdivision
located approximately 1.0 mile southwest of Iowa City on
the north and south side of Iowa Highway #1 i~ Wes~ucas
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7. Business from the Planning Assistant.
a) Discussion/action reI the following Platting request:
8. Busi~ess from the County Attorney.
a) Discussion/action re:
Agreement for FY '94.
b) Report re: other.ltems.
9. Business from the Board of Supervisors.
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Trust Fund 10 the Secondary Roads Fund.
b) Motion requesting County Attorney to research maintenance
responsibility of intersection of Highway 1 and Mormon Trek
Boulevard.
c) Action re: righl-of-way for Sutliff Road.
d) Action re: authorizing Chairperson to sign Detour Agreement with
Iowa Department of Transporlation.
e) Discussion/action re: fireworks permits.
t) Motion changing meetings of June 8th and June 10th to June 7th.
g) Other
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a) Business from the Director of S,E.A.T,S. re;
Cily/Coralville S,E,A,T,S, contract/discussion,
b) Inquiries nnd reporls from the publlc.
c) Other
11. Adjoul'nlllent,
FY '94 Iowa
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: May 18, 1993
To: Honorable Mayor Darrel G. Courtney and Members of the City Council
From: Linda Newman Gentry, City Attorney
Re: Status of Cliffs Apartments; Retaining Walls
I spoke with Rick Fosse, City Engineer, together with Denny Gannon, Assistant City Engineer,
and Ron Boose, Senior Building Official, regarding the above matter. As you well know, the
City of Iowa City and Jim Glasgow, representing the developers of the Cliffs Apartments,
have been working to resolve a seemingly ubiquitous problem by reason of the type of rock
behind the Cliffs Apartments located on Dubuque Street.
Jim Glasgow has submitted engineered grading plans, showing construction of a second
concrete retaining wall to be placed to the east of, and behind, the existing concrete retaining
wall. This second concrete retaining wall will be buttressed with buttress walls, at a 900
angle, from the main second wall. Denny Gannon, Assistant City Engineer, has reviewed
these plans and approved them, all as provided in the Iowa City Grading and Erosion Control
Ordinance.
Ron Boose, Senior Building Official, will be responsible for Inspection of the anticipated work,
and has received a construction schedule from Jim Glasgow, with work to commence May
15, 1993 - weather permitting. Time for construction is broken into three sections, with a
completion date of August 1 , 1993.
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As Ron Boose informs me, much of the progress will be weather.dependent, and Ron doubted
whether Jim Glasgow would be able to start today, Monday, May 17, 1993 - yet that was
the target date.
In addition to the second engineered grading retaining wall, the remainder of the hili will be
flattened off to a gentler slope, with rye grass and crown vetch ground cover implanted, We
arB all looking forward to the weather cooperating, and I will continue to keep you informed.
Nonetheless, please do not hesitate to contact me If you have any questions.
cc: Rick Fosse, City Engineer
Denny Gannon, Assistant City Engineer
Ron Boose, Senior Building Inspector
Doug Boothroy, Director H&IS, FYI
Steve Atkins, City Manager, FYI
Marian Karr, City Clerk
Dale Heiling, Assistant City Manager
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Mr. Darrel Courtney, Mayor
city of Iowa City
Civic Center
410 East WaShington st.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Darrel:
The University Heights city Council members and major
have reviewed the dates that we discussed for a joint
meeting. We are available for an evening meeting
(after 5 P,M:) on anyone of the following dates: June
15, 16, 17, and 30. We will be pleased to meet with
you in your council chambers or at a location that we
arrange, as you prefer. We suggest that the following
topics might receive our attention: traffic planning
and control, including the Melrose Avenue Bridge
repair; animal control; and planning for future
development of the Neuzil tract.
You may address any correspondence to Mayor Emery
Rhodes, with a copy to me, or you can phone me.
University Heights council members asked that the date
be set as soon as possible to free up as much of the
their June calendars as possible.
We appreciate your finding time for us in your already
busy schedule and look forward to meeting with you.
Sincerely,
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Patricia A. Meade, Chalrperson
Joe Dolkcom
Charles D. Duffy
Stephen P. Lacina
Belly Ockenfels
May 25,1993
~'ORMAL MEETING
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3. Adjournment.
INFORMAL MEETING
1. Call to order following canvass meeting. '
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3. Business from Jen Madsen re: Social Welfare Board update/discussion. I
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b) Other
5. Business from the Dil'ector of S.E.A.T,SI
a) Discussion re: FY '94 Transit Purchase of Service Contract with
East Ccntral Iowa Council of Governments.
b) Discussion re: FY '94 Transit Equipment Lease Agreement with
East Central Iowa Council of Governments.
c) Other
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6. Business from the Sheriff's Department,
a) Discussion re: resolution regarding destruction of dated documents.
b) Other
7, Business from the Board of Supervisors.
a) Discussion re: support of the Eastern Iowa Tourism Association in
FY '94,
b) Discussion re: appointments to the Commission of Veteran Affairs.
c) Reports
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8. Discussion from the public.
9. Recess.
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