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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
DATE: September 17, 1993
TO: Memo for Record
FROM: City Manager
RE: Material in Information Packet
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Memoranda from the CHy Manager:
a. Flood Update (dVuJ qhh3
b. Leaf Pick-up with copy of news release and map
c. City High School Parking
d. Mark Bean Property. Dunaggan Court
'Copy of letter from the City Manager to the Chair of the Iowa DOT
Transportation Commission regarding Melrose Avenue bridge project:
Memoranda from the City Attorney's office:
a. Melrose Avenue
b. City Employees and City Council attending Birthday Party
Memoranda from the City Clerk:
a. Absence
b. Joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors
c. Codification Project
Memorandum from the Parking Superintendent regarding Tow VXR799
Memorandum from the Assisted Housing Division regarding complaints
from Eastmoor neighborhood.
Copy of news release regarding DUbuque Street.
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Farms development annexation. ~ ___
Letter from Adult Day Program staff regarding open house on September ceD3~
22, 1993.
Agendas for the September 16 and 17, 1993, meetings of the Johnson
County Board of Supervisors.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: September 17, 1993
To: City Council
From: City Manager
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On Friday morning we concluded our last formally scheduled telephone conference with the
Corps of Engineers. It is our intent to call and secure information strictly on an as-needed
basis.
The pool level is at 692.3 and declining, Inflow into the Reservoir is 5,800 with outflow at
12.200. The goal for pool elevation is 686. which is slightly above the normal 683.
Evidently, the 686 is fairly common for this time of year in that it provides a larger water area
for migrating birds,
The Corps expects to reduce the outflow to 11,000 on Friday the 17th and declining
thereafter to approximately 5,000 on September 23. which in effect would have outflow
match the inflow into the Reservoir.
All predictions are based on minimal ra,in. and the National Weather Service has indicated the
next 48 hours we could experience approximately one-half inch of rain. There is a larger rain
center In Kansas moving toward Iowa. however. it should pass to the south.
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Our City crews are at work on North Dubuque Street in an effort to open the street on Friday
in the late afternoon. This requires coordination with lOOT and others with respect to the
public information that will follow particular as it affects signing on 1-80. We are encouraging
local traffic only on Dubuque Street. All of our engineering work appears to indicate there are
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no major hollows or other significant street damage to Dubuque. Please keep in mind that we
are only opening one lane in either direction, the other side will havo to stand an engineering
, test on its own.
N. Riverside Drive in the University area is likely to remain closed until next week. There
evidently is some street undermining, and the University will be moving a little more slowly
in the removal of the sandbags and other street blockage along N. Riverside.
Most of the Normandy area has now been scraped, flushed and generally cleared of street
debris. Sandbags are beginning to appear in volume at the curb. We will begin removal of
sand begs next week, as our crews are busy with other street cleaning projects throughout the
community.
It is our intent to keep the weter treatment plant sandbagged for the time being. While there
appears to be no major danger to our water supply. the removal of the sandbags is not only
labor intensive on our part. but we are in no particular hurry to remove the protection that it
effords our water supply.
The Taft Speedway residents are beginning to return to their homes and have asked for
permission to hook onto fire hydrants' for water pressure for cleanup. Most of the homes
along the river have sand point wells and septic systems, end with the flooding have lost their
water supply and the septic systems have certainly affected the quality of that water. While
they are not City water customers, we are providing the fire hydrant water as a service to
them in order to assist in cleanup.
Over the past week, no new sinkholes developed from collapsed sewers; however. the costs
begin to rise as we deal with the damage throughout the community. The Hazel/Pepper area
in particular may approach $100.000 in repair costs.
We have learned of the Soil Conservation Service emergency watershed program in more
detail now and will be pursuing funding for our erosion control planning efforts. While I
expect a number of communities to be seeking such funds. we believe it is a worthwhile effort
and Engineering staff will pursue funding,
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The FEMA documentation review process continues. and we expect the FEMA representative
to leave the Civic Center sometime next week. Many of the sites and information that we
provided are not eligible for FEMA assistance and. therefore. we will be making plans
accordingly. We do not know what the State is planning with respect to match requirements.
If you have an opportunity. you may now view what remains of Terrell Mill and City Park,
The weter is receding and the mess left behind will be somewhat devastating to the eye. It
is literally a sea of mud. We continue to work on our planning as to how we will go about the
cleanup of the park. Further updates will b~ provided as the cleanup and any other major '
consequences occur.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: September 17, 1993
To: City Council
From: City Manager
Re: Leaf Pick-up
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In your packet of information, you will receive our news release indicating the beginning of
our leef pick-up program. As many of you know, this is a very labor-intensive effort on the,
part of our City street maintenance crews, We are working to assure that most of our street
cleanup with respect to flood related damage can be accomplished early in order to fully
setisfy our leaf collection program. This may not all be possible and the leaf program may
suffer. We will do our best to provide for the quality program we have in the past, but our
obligations to f1ood.related cleanup and damage, in my judgment. must continue to be a
priority.
I am simply bringing this to your attention in that the community expectation for leaf pick.up
is a community.wide concern arid they will often forget about the other citizens who have
experienced the flood damage and our efforts, with the same City employees. to assist their
needs.
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CITYOF IOWA CITY
Leaf Pickup. 1993
The Streets Division of the Iowa City Department of Public Works will again offer the
unique service of leaf pickup this fall.
The cooperation of the residents of Iowa City is imperative to the success of the leaf
collection, The leaves should be raked into the parkway area (between the sidewalk and the
curb). but no farther than five feet from the curb. If the leaves are placed more than five feet
from the curb, the vacuum equipment cannot reach them without damaging the parkway area.
Leaves should not be raked into the streets as they may be washed into the storm sewers by
rain and cause street flooding. Also, residents should remember that only leaves can be
picked up; the machines will not pick up brush and garden refuse.
Parked vehicles also cause problems for the leaf pickup crews. Some areas. where on-
street parking is heavy, are posted for no parking, while leaf pickup crews are in the
neighborhood. Where parking is limited to alternate days, leaf pickup will occur on the side
of the street without parking.
In spite of all preparation of schedules and maintenance of equipment, there are other
elements that affeclthe operation of the leaf pickup and can cause delays in the service.
Breakdown of equipment. heavy rains. snow, etc. can change the schedules. and residents
are asked to be patient and understanding. If residents desire more rapid leaf pickup. they
may bag the leaves in yard waste bags and place them out with regular refuse for collection
by the City refuse crews. Leaf burning is banned by City Ordinance.
A map showing the planned schedule for leaf pickup service is on the reverse side of
this information sheet. Please keep the map for reference throughout the seeson,
CONTACT: Streets Division. 356-5180
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City of Iowa City
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Re: City High School Parking
As you will recell. I requested t,he, Fire Department to review the parking/access problems
around City High with the recent changes in parking restrictions. Over the last ten days, on
a daily basis, Fire personnel have investigated the area in question. Generally speaking, there
were no major problems observed with respect to the ability of Fire apparatus to pass through
and along the streets in question. The most significant issue appears to be parking too close
to the cornernntersection and thereby causing turning problems for our fire apparatus. We
will review this further and determine whether additional signing and enforcement may be
necessary at the intersections/corners.
We will do periodic follow-up investigations.
cc: Fire Chief
Traffic Engineer
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: September 14, 1993
To: City Council
From:
City Manager
Re:
Mark Bean Property' Dunaggan Court
We have received correspondence from attorney William Meardon representing Mark Bean.
In the letter he is representing to us that Mr. Bean wishes to sell his property to the City. As
I may have mentioned in the past. we recommended the installation of a gate valve in Mr.
Bean's property in order to prevent the further occurrence of sewer backup. until such time
that we were able to construct the sanitary sewer project in his neighborhood. You will recall
we rejected earlier bids. Mr. Bean has apparently rejected the proposed gate valve and
attorney Meardon as you will see from the attached correspondence has raised a number of
questions. Additional attached correspondence will give you our response to Mr. Bean
through attorney Meardon. At this time we have chosen to not pursue the purchase of the
Bean property, We are doing further analysis to determine the expense of the proposed
sanitary sewer project. its overall effect on the neighborhood. and whether the approximately
$100,000 purchase price for Mr, Bean's home would be a worthwhile investment.
Mr. Bean has made it a case of contacting Council members in the past about his circum-
stances. I wanted you to be aware of our discussions with his attorney.
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IOWA CITY. IOWA 52240.1602
August 31, 1993
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Mr. william Kim Hill
Property Acquisition Specialist
City of Iowa City, Iowa
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410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Re: Mark Bean Property
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On behalf of my clients, I would like to have consideration of
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gate valve which if installed "would likely solve the surcharge
problem".
In view of the problems and the action which has been taken in
the past, my clients are very concerned about such an installation.
How long would it last? What would it look like? What would the
function be? What action would be necessary for Mr. Bean to
prevent the discharge of sewage into the house? Would he have some
type of monitor so that he would know when the valve should be
turned off?
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client is simply overwhelmed by al of these suggestions and his
inability to obtain any answer. This would indicate that there
would not be a permanent solution.
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Some apprehension concerning the installation of a gate valve in
Mr. Bean's property is understandable. Unfortunately, adverse
weather conditions have caused the sewer project, consisting of
enlarging and straightening the sanitary sewer which serves the
Dunaggan Court area, to be postponed until next year. This
excessive rain has also overloaded the sanitary sewer and is
causing the surcharging into Mr. Bean's property.
Originally a gate valve was offered to Mr. Bean as a temporary
solution, but he suggested that the flow be diverted away from
his home to another line across the street. This possible option
was pursued but did not work out because we found that
surcharging problems also exist downstream on that sewer.
As was previously discussed with Mr. Bean, a gate' valve consists
of a manual valve placed on his sanitary service with an 8"
diameter wheel handle which closes off the sanitary line to
prevent backflow. It could be placed in his basement or yard,
above or below ground, and closed when'ever there is significant
rainfall to cause concern. We are not aware of a monitor
available, however Nr. Bean is familiar with the circumstances
that cause backflow into his basement and so in the future when
these are encountered he could close the valve. If there is a
check valve, the gate valve could be placed downstream from it
and used in combination to allow additional safety. If there is
no check valve, both could be installed. Installing both would
require an area approximately three by four feet. After
installation there would be a one foot square door beside the 8"
diameter wheel.
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recently installed in an elderly couple I s home at 1108 Kineton
Green. They are pleased with its looks, operational ease and
most importantly peace of mind. They haven't had any surcharging
problems since installment, whereas before they were getting
sewage nearly every time it rained.
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August 17, 1993
WIlliam L. Meardon
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Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1802
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I have forwarded copies of your letter of August 13, 1993 to the Public Works Department
as well as to Steve Atkins, I will keep you Informed of any decision made regarding the Bean
property,
I wquld like to point out that the Public Works Department has considered various options
in addressing Mr. Bean's surcharging problems. At least one of those options, the Installation
of a gate valve, would likely solve the surcharge problem. Mark has Indicated that this Is not an
acceptable solution, Other options which would provide a more permanent solution to the
problem, I,e" replacement of the existing sewe,r lines with larger lines have been shelved due to
the weather we've had this summer.
I sympathize with Mark's problems. This spring and summer were rough on many
homeowners. I assure you, and Mark, we are attempting to address his problem. Please contact
me with any questions you might have,
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MARK T. HAMER
THOMAS C. HOBART
MARGARET T. t.AfNSON
DOUGLAS O. RUPPERT
PAULJ. McANDREW, JR.
TIMOTHY J. KRUMM
WILLIAM J. SUEPFlEI.
CHARLES A. MtARDON
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Your file on this case should contain a number of papers
including two release forms signed by my clients.
It would appear that the problem of sewage infiltration into
the home of my clients is one that does not permit immediate
solution.' Under these circumstances we feel that you should
acquire the property by paying the price for it which does not in
any way reflect the sewage problem. otherwise, we request a speedy
and permanent solution to the sewage problem. My clients have
received a letter from Mr. Scott dated July 22, 1993. However, I
believe that they have had so many problems with the sewer in this
area for such an extended periOd of time that they are simply ready
to "give up" the property and look for another home. Obviously, an
outflow line of eight inches cannot handle the effluent from two
inflow lines ~1ith each being eight inches when all of the lines are
operating at full capacity. We believe that the City of Iowa City
has a responsibility in this regard.
Please give this matter your immediate consideration and let
me hear from you.
IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240.1802
August 13, 1993
Ms. Kim Hill
Property Acquisition Specialist
City Attorneyls Of.fice
City of Iowa City, Iowa
Civic Centel'
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Re: Bean Property
2 Dunaggan Court, Iowa City, Iowa
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The City 01 Iowa City Is In the process 01 developing a community locus group to assist the City
Council In their decision making associated with the reconstruction 01 the Melrose Avenue Bridge and
Melrose Avenue Irom a point east 01 the bridge to South Grand Avenue. A map is attached, In order
to involve our citizenry and other Interested parties, as well as perform a' required environmental
assessment. this locus group is being created to bring together what we believe to be the various
Interest groups and to provide a lorum lor comment on t~e evaluative criteria used in the environmental
assessment. The group Is to provide Its recommendations on the scope 01 work 01 the environmental
assessment to the City Council prior to selection 01 an environmental consultant.
The specific task 01 the group will be to review a draft scope 01 work, We believe that you represent
one of those Interest groups. A list 01 groups contacted Is attached. Our plans call lor hiring a
lacllltator, securing a representative from each 01 the interest groups. and convening this group In a
lormallocus group setting in order to review the draft environmental assessment scope 01 work under
the guidance of the facilitator. We recognize the divergence 01 Interest and the fact that certain
Interest ,groups are Irom out 01 the Iowa City area. Therelore. sufficient lead time must be'
Incorporated Into the process, This should provide not only a timely review to meet requirements of
various agencies. but also to secure sufficient participation prior to the lormal decision by the City
Council to proceed on the scope 01 work.
We would like lor your organization to provide a representative to participate In this community locus
group discussion, Our plans call for the meeting to be held In October, Your participation or that 01
a representative would be helplul. We believe such a locus group session could involve an all day
commitment, We will do.our best to accommodate schedules. However. it may require a commitment
01 a Saturday In order to' assure maximum participation,
Please contact me as soon as possible about your participation in this group effort and, il at all
possible. the name 01 the Individual who would participate, Follow-up information such as
correspondence and background material associated with the Melrose Avenue project will be provided
to participants prior to the meeting In October.
Thank you lor your Interest and I look lorward to hearing Irom you soon.
Sincerely yours.
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Ian MacGillivray, Director
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Iowa Depanment of Transponatlon
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Re: Environmental assessment for Melrose Avenue Bridge reconstruction project
Dear Mr. MacGIllivray:
As you are aware, the City of Iowa City Is undenaklng an environmental assessment lEAl In conjunction with the
Melrose Avenue Bridge reconstruction project. This Is being undenaken at Iowa DOT's direction, and we will be
working with Harry Budd of Iowa DOT to develop the appropriate scope of work for the EA. We will be seeking lOOT
approval of the scope of work before proceeding to contract. It Is stili not entirely clear to us what factors have
changed since Iowa DOT's Initial determination that an EA was not required; however. at this point our Interest Is to
proceed with completion of the F.A so that the reconstruction project may move forward.
The Iowa City City Council has asked me, to correspond with you on why Iowa DOT Is requiring an EA Instead of an
environmental Impact statement IEISI. It would be helpful to us If you could explain the difference between the two
procedures, and why you have made the determination that an EA Is appropriate for our project. It Is of concern to
us that a situation may nccur similar to the recent events which led Iowa DOT to withdraw the exclusion arid require
an EA for the Melrose Avenue Bridge. If there Is a chance you will subsequently void our EA and require an EIS, we
may wish to eliminate the time and expense of the EA and proceed directly to the EIS,
This has been a confusing process for us, as we have been pulled In several directions by various federal and state
agencies-the Federal Highway Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, our Congressional office. th'e
State Historic Preservation office, and Iowa DOT. I have been advised that at your request, we are now only
responding to direction from your office. The deteriorating condition of Melrose Avenue Bridge has IQft us with a
potential public safety problem on an anerlal street which carries up to 17,000 vehicles per day. and therefore we are
anxious to proceed with a reconstruction project, We would appreciate your prompt response to our request, and
contact JCCOG Transportation Planner Je~ Davidson at 13191 356.5252 If you need any funher Information.
Sincerely,
Stephen Atkins
City Manager
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Re: Our phone conversation of April 1, 1993 regarding Environmental Assessment for the
Melrose Avenue Bridge reconstruction prolect
Dear Harry:
Because of the local Interest In the Melrose Avenue Bridge reconstruction project, I want to
confirm the elements of our phone conversation of April 1. I appreciate your assistance with this
mailer. Please let me know If I am misinterpreting any of the following Information. ,
1. The environmental assessment (EA) we are required to conduct will be a straightforward
technical evaluation of the Melrose Avenue Bridge reconstruction prolect. The final report
will describe the project and the altematlves whIch have been examined In conjunction
with the project. Our leller from Darrel Renslnk of Iowa DOT dated March 10 Indlqates
these altematlves should Include taking no action, repalrlng the exIsting bridge,
constructing a new two-lane bridge, and constructing a new four-lane bridge. The
altematlve of constructing a new arterial street over University of Iowa property has
already been considered and rejected by the University. The environmental assessment
will consider lactors Including the degradation to the natural environment, noise, and
degradation of historic properties. We will develop a scope of work from the sample EAs
you send us.
2. Mer we have drafted a Request for Proposal for the environmental assessment, we will
send It to you for approval. Since we are conducting the environmental assessment at
the direction of Iowa DOT, we feel It Is Imperative for your approval before we proceed.
You Indicated that In additIon to Iowa DOT's approval, you will get the approval of the
Federal Highway AdminIstration. Following your sign-off, we will select a private
consultant to conduct the study. I'm sure we will want your approval of our consultant
before we proceed. You Indicated the study should take two to four months to complele.
The environmental assessment will result In one of two acllons: a 'finding of no significant
Impact,' or a recommendation 10 conduct an envlronmentallmpacl study. .
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3." Iowa DOT has correspondence from resIdents of Iowa City who wish to provfde Input to
the environmental assessment process. You have IndIcated the EA Is a technical
evaluation, not a political process, and that public Input to the environmental assessment
should occur as follows: after the environmental assessment has been completed by the
private consultant, the City of Iowa City should either conduct a public hearing on the final
report, or publish a notice on Its availability and the opportunIty lor the public to comment.
I expect we will do both. The publiC may then comment 9n the environmental assess-
ment, and the Initiating agency will either defend It or reject It. Although Iowa City Is
technically the Initiating agency, you concurred that sInce the Iowa Department of
Transportation has mandated we conduct the environmental assessment, you are the
appropriate authority to either defend or reject the final report. We are proceeding wIth '
the understanding thalli the environmental assessment Is conducted according to a
procedure which you have approved, you will be responsible for the defense of the final
report.
4. I will continue to emphasize to our City Council that the environmental assessment Is only
one more piece of Information for them to use In their consideration of the Melrose
Avenue Bridge reconstruction project. I will attempt to make sure they understand that
the EA will not determine the appropriate scope of the project for them. Ian MacGIllivray
01 Iowa DOT has stated to me In no uncertain terms that the appropriate scope and scale
of the Melrose Avenue Bridge reconstruction proJect Is a matter of local decisIon. Since '
It Is a federally funded project, whatever decIsion Is made by the City Council of Iowa City
must also be adopted by JCCOG, our local metropolitan planning organization.
Please let me know at your earliest convenience II any of this understanding Is In error. Thank
you for your assIstance, and we look forward to workfng with you during the environmental
assessment process for Melrose Avenue Bridge.
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Assistant Director
Dept. of Planning and Community Development
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
Austin Turner, Chair
Iowa Department of Transportation
Transportation Commission
627 Davis Avenue
Corning, IA 50841
Dear Mr. Turner:
It is with a great deal of reluctance that I address this letter to your attention; however. my
growing consternation in dealing with the Department and in particular a lack of response to
my formal correspondence has lead me to the preparation of this letter. Attached are three
separate letters, each prepared by me or at my direction concerning the Iowa City Melrose
Avenue bridge project. To date, we have received no formal written response to this
correspondence. As I am sure you can appreciate. the Iowa DOT plays a critical role ill the
decisions associated with the Melrose Avenue project and therefore has a significant stake
in the project development. The lack of some formal response is most disheartening. The
Iowa DOT originally granted a categorical exclusion and then later revoked the exclusion. As
I hope you can see, 'Iowa DOT must be a partner in a project development so we may be
assured of our fulfillment of your regulatory requirements., However. to date, our requests for
information and your participation in the Melrose project have not be answered. Whether the
correspondence has offiCially reached the appropriate authority I do not know; however, I do
understand that members of my staff have had conversations with the DOT staff concerning
my correspondence and are aware of our requests.
Again, I apologize for having to take this action in directing my concerns to your office;
however, we are eager to proceed with the project development and specifically inVOlving all
agencies that have a slake in the success of the project.
Your attention to this matter is most appreciated.
Sincerely,
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cc: Darrel Rensink. Director, lOOT
City Council
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MEMORANDUM
Date: September 17, 1993
To: Honorable Mayor Darrel G, Courtney and Members 01 the City Council
From: Unda Newman Gentry, City Attorney
Re: Legal Opinion Request Concerning Denial or Restrlc Ion 01 Access onto Melrose
Avenue Irom Final Phase, University 01 Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
I. Background
During the winter 011991.92, In response to an Iowa DOT City bridge candidate lundlng list, the
City Engineering Division began working with NNW, /nc" design engineers, to begin the design
01 a new Melrose Avenue Bridge, Due to Its poor condll/on, the Melrose Avenue Bridge ranked
third out 01 a total 0162 municipal bridges In the State 01 Iowa to receive lederallundlng lor lis
replacement. At the same time the Engineering Division began looking at how to deal with
present and projected traffic on Melrose Avenue, Including the effect 01 the Increase In traffic
generated by the University Hospital's proposed expansion ollis "Eye Institute." On March 17,
t 992, City Council approved a resolullon and an amendment to an agreement lor design services
dlre~1lng NNW,/nc.to design a lour./ane lacllity. Also on March 17, 1992, City Council approved
a resolution and an agreement with the Iowa DOT to receive lederallundlng In an amount not
to exceed $650,000 lor replacement 01 the Melrose Avenue Bride.
Subsequently on March 2, 1993, City Council approved a resolution and an agreement with the
Iowa DOT amending the agreement to Increase maximum lederal lundlng to $850,000. The lOOT
and Federal Highway Administration ("FHWA") preliminarily approved the City's decision lor
replacement 01 the bridge, Including a lour.lane design. On August 31, 1992, the lOOT granted
the proposed bridge reconslrucllon a "categorical exclusion" under the National Environmental
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Protection Act (NEPAl, with FHWA's concurrence. The City made an attempt to coordinate its
bridge reconstruction with certain street, improvements needed In the area, together with the
University's major utility construction for its Final Phase In City rlght'of-way.
At your March 2, 1993, meeting, the City Council voted to defer the decision on widening the
Bridge and/or pavement on Melrose Avenue. After some Congressional inquiries, the lOOT
withdrew its categorical exclusion and now requires an Environmental Assessment under NEPA.
More recently the City has been asked to consider denying or restricting the Hospital's access
onto Melrose Avenue. You, In turn, have askel;l for a formal legal opinion as to what City actions
are permissible.
II. Issues
Specifically, you ask whether the City has lawful authority to deny the University access onto
Melrose Avenue, as the University attempts to construct Its Final Phase of the University of Iowa
Hospital and Clinics capltai Improvements project. You also ask whether the City can force the
University to move said access, Finally, you ask whether the City has lawful authority to enforce
certain traffic controls and regulations on the University at the proposed new access and
reSUlting Intersection with Melrose Avenue,
III. Summary of Conclusions
Any attempt by the City to dsny the University's continuing use of Its existing access onto
Melrose Avenue between Grand Avenue and Hawkins Drive, cannot be done with Impunity, The
University enjoys a protected property right In the existing access, and any attempt by the City
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to deny or remove said access would Interfere with a known property right which Is protected
by the Iowa Constitution and Iowa common law.
However, the City does have authority to regulate traffic at the Intersection of Melrose and the
Hospital's proposed access onto Melrose, based on the traditional traffic safety and public
welfare concerns. At the point where such restrictions unreasonably Impair or Interfere with the
University's right of access Is a very fact,orlented question which cannot be answered here with
any degree of certainty, absent more specific facts. Nonetheless, if the City's restrictions make
the University's convenient access "nearly Impossible," the City has probably gone too far, but
that is a question for another day,
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Phase" of the Hospital and Clinic capital replacement program to the City Council on October
12, 1992. this presentation was accompanied by slides and a document entitled ''The Eye
, Institute and Final Phase of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Capital Replacement
Program Presented to the City Council of Iowa City October 12, 1992," see attached, this Is
apparently the last major capital Improvement to be made to the University's west campus, at
least with respect to the hospitals and clinics,
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Hospital, since It no doubt was. I simply state here that there was no discussion 01 the
transportation problems or traffic patterns at that meeting. Nor did City staff then know whether
the Hospital had Inlormed the neighbors about the proposed Final Phase.
A. Summary 01 Traffic Studv Reoort: Final Phase
Thereafter, In January 1993, consultants Barton.Aschman Associates, Inc., 01 Evanston, illinois,
prepared a traffic study/report lor the University 01 Iowa concerning the Impacts and overall
transportation patte(ns expected as a result 01 the Final Phase 01 the Hospital construction In the
vicinity 01 Melrose, Hawkins Drive and Grand Avenue. I have reviewed the report, and have
discussed the report with JCCOG Transportation Planner Jeff Davidson, Traffic Engineer Jim
Brachtel, and City Engineer Rick Fosse, They confirm my understanding of the Hospital's plans,
as set lorth In the report as lollows:
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Practice Clinic, logether with a number 01 other existing ambulatory care clinics will be housed
In the new building known as the "Eye Institute," Clinics to be moved Into the new building
(through the late 1990s) Include: ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dentistry/oral surgery,
obstetrics, gynecology,lniernal medicine, geriatrics (rheumatology), lamlly care clinic. and renal
dialysis.
2. The "Final Phase" area, shown on Figure 1 from the Barton.Aschman Report ("Report"),
Is now being constructed on the eastern.most portion 01 University property bounded by
Hawkeye Drive to the west, the existing UI Hospital parking ramp to the north, and Melrose
Avenue to the south, see attached Figure 1,
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leetto the University Hospital.
4. The Final Phase Includes a parking ramp (Ramp No.4) to be located on lot5B and also
on the western hall 01 exlsllng Field House Parking Lot 41. Ramp No, 4 is expected to provide
BOO- 1,000 parking spaces, see attached Figure 1.
5. Two malor access drives to the Final Phase area are proposed: one Irom Hawkins Drive,
and one Irom Melrose Avenue, see attached schemallc diagram Figure 6. The access Irom
Melrose will be a Wlo.way, Wlo,lane roadway, with an entry to the new ramp 150 leet north 01
Melrose, and an exltlrom the ramp 200 leet north of Melrose,
6, Because the Final Phase anticipates relocallng exlsllng clinics Into the building, the Report
expects new Ramp No.4 will attract cars Irom exisllng hospital ramps 1 and 2, The Report also
anllclpates a total 0150% redlstribullon 01 exlsllng hospital trips to the WlO access drives serving
the final phase, namely Hawkins Drive and Melrose Avenue. [Report, page B.]
7. The proposed Melrose Avenue access will be located 5BO leet east 01 Hawkins Drive,
which is an acceptable distance under generally accepted engineering standards used by the
City, and by the state and lederal governments,
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numbers Indicate morning peak traffic counts,
9, The Report shows that Barton-Aschman took the peak counts. and then projected
expected trip Increases due to "ambleni growth' (meaning natural growth of the City and
University), and also projected Increased trips due to the new ramp as well as the relocated
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trips at the Intersection of the proposed Melrose Avenue access Into the Final Phase are
expected to roughly double.
11. I have synthesized the relevant Information. see attached schematic entitled "Projected
Trip Counts to Year 2005."
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areas, with the exception of the Intersection of Grand Avenue and Riverside Drive (which Is
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to move through the Field House Lot 41 Parking Lot, and exit onto Grand Avenue thereby
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eastbound traffic turning north onto Hawkins), and also a turning lane lor the Intersection of
Melrose and the new access road - presumably for either east or west traffic, although the
Report does not specify, [Report, page 16] However, the Report does state that If the City
determines a turning lane Is not warranted at Hawkins and Melrose, then a turning lane Is not
, warranted at Melrose access, and concludes ",,,It would Increase capacity of the Intersection, but
Is not absolutely necessary." [Report, page 16]
B. Summarv of Facts Relevant to this Opinion
15. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ("Hospltel") has an existing access onto
Melrose Avenue that leads Into the University of Iowa Parking Lot 41, often referred to as the
Field House Parking Lot.
16, The Hospltal's plans for this access road Include Improvement to a two-way, two-lane
access to the new Final Phase, which will eventually house seven ambulatory clinics, plus the
Eye Institute. The Final Phase will also Include a parking ramp, scheduled to hold 800-1,000
parking spaces,
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21, The distances between Hawkins, Melrose access drive and Grand Avenue appear to be
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V. Legal Analysis
Denial of Access Proscribed
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22. Iowa law provides that all property owners enjoy a property right of reasonably convenient
and suitable access to a public street or highway that abuts their property, This right Is a
property right protected under the Iowa Constitution, Section 18, Article I, as well as Iowa
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Hathawav v, Sioux Citv, 57 N.W,2d 228,231 (Iowa 1953). .
24. Such right 01 access and egress Is appurtenant to the property, which means It attaches
to the land. and runs with the land Itself regardless 01 ownership, Hathaway, at 231,
25. Even though the City owns the street right-ol.way, the street Is relerred to as the servient
estate In property law with respect to access rights, This means the City
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estate,..."
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'26, This property right 01 access and egress Is 01 a different quality than that 01 the right 01
the general public:
"...owners 01 property abutting a street have special right [sic) in the street as
distinguished from the general public, This is true where a street has been
opened and used, [cites omitted)...No special rights are required until the street
has been opened and used by the property owner...."
Tott v. Sioux City, 155 N,W,2d 502, 506 (Iowa 1968) (emphasis added),
27, This same right 01 access is similarly recognized In other jurisdictions, with one noted
commentator stating that such reasonable access Includes the right 01 property owners to
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with a degree of convenience and ease which In the circumstances are
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10A MCQUilLIN, MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, Sec. 30,63, page 382.
28, There are no Iowa cases dealing with the facts presented here, namely whether a city can
deny or take away a state.owned university's existing access onto a city street. However, I find
nothing under Iowa law to Indicate the University, as property owner, enjoys a lesser standard
of rights than those accorded Iowa's private citizens already described above,
29, Thus, I conclude' lowa's general common law of access as a separate property right
applies with equal force to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, especially as those rights
relate to an existing access.
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entity, these principles of property law may be strengthened because of the State of Iowa's
sovereign immunity, see Board of Trustees of the California State Unlversitv and Colleaes v, CI~
of Los Anaeles, 49 Cal. App, 3d 45. 50; 122 Cal. Rptr. 361 (1975) (city could force university to
get a permit for a performing circus because university acting in lis "proprietary" (revenue-
generating) capacity, as opposed to lis "governmental" capacity of education),
31. Applying this "law of sovereign Immunity" to our facts, an Iowa court would likely find that
preserving the Hospllal's access as a means of providing hospital/patient care Is a "governmental
function" that falls easily wllhln the protection of the University's sovereign Immunity,
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32, In sum, It Is the conclusion of this Office that the City cannot lawfully deny the University
access to Melrose Avenue under the facts and circumstances presented here. The existing
access onto Melrose between Grand Avenue and Hawkins Is a property right appurtenant to and
running with the University land, Hathawav, at 231. Once Melrose Avenue was paved and
opened and once the University of Iowa was given permission for the original access/curb cut,
the University's right of Ingress and egress became a vested property right. and cannot be taken
away with Impunity. Id.; Tott, at 506.
Restrictions on UI Access to Melr~
Finally, even If the City Is precluded from lawfully denying or removing the Melrose access, the
Council has asked whether the City stili retains the authority to place certain traffic control and
curb cut restrictions on the University's access. The answer Is "yes," as follows:
32. . CIties generally have the right to control and regulate access to the public streets from
abutting property owners, based on their broad pollee powers to protect public safety, health and
welfare, MCQUILLIN, Section 30.63, pages 382-89,
33. Iowa law explicitly gives Iowa City the obligation, as well as the authority, over all public
streets as follows:
"A city shall keep all public grounds, streets, sidewalks, alleys, bridges, culverts,
overpasses, underpasses, grade crossing separations and approaches, public
ways, squares, and commons open, In repair, and free from nuisance,.,,"
Section 364,12(2), Code of Iowa (1993).
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35. The State Legislature has also given the City the right to Install traffic control signals, and
Iowa City has adopted certain regulations concerning traffic signalization, see Section 321,255,
Code of Iowa (1993) and Section 23.30, Iowa City Code of Ordinances,
36, As for lust how much the City can regulate by way of traffic controls and turning lanes,
such question Is very fact.speclfic and can only be answered on a case.by.case basis under
Iowa law, Hathawav, at 231; Tillotson v, Windsor Helahts, 87 N,W,2d 21 (Iowa 1957),
37. Since the myriad of possible traffic controls have not been presented to me in any detail,
I cannot now say, with any degree of certainty, lust how many and what restrictions can be
placed on the University's Melrose Avenue access without running afoul of state law, However,
I can say this: substantial Inconvenience Is not necessarily "denial of reasonable access," Countv
of Anoca v. Esmallzadeh, 498 N.W,2d 58, 61 (Mlnn, App, 1993),
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made so Inconvenient as to be nearly Impossible, as In going around the block, such may well
be an Interference wllh "reasonable access" and might be considered Infringement of a
recognized property right, Anoca, at 61.
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V. Conclusion
The University 01 Iowa enjoys an existing access onto Melrose Avenue In the area between Grand
Avenue and Hawkins Drive, which Is a recognized property right under Iowa law, this in no way
prevents the City 01 Iowa City Irom Imposing reasonable regulations on the Hospital's Improved
access onto Melrose In order to control traffic salety, Including traditional traffic control devices
and established design standards,
I trust this will be 01 some assistance to you, but please do not hesitate to contact me If you have
any questions. I will be happy to discuss this at a work session, il so requested,
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Sieve Atkins, City Manager
Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager
Jeff Davidson, JCCOG Transportation Planner
Rick Fosse, City Engineer
Jim Brachtel, Traffic Engineer
Chuck Schmadeke, Public Works Director
, Marsha Klingaman, Neighborhood Services Coordinator
Karin Franklin, PCD Director
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MEMORANDUM
Date: September 15, 1993
To:
Marsha Bormann, Assistant qlty Attorney
Unda Newman Gentry, City Attorney
Inquiry Concerning City Employees' Attending Developer's Anniversary/Birthday
Party; Inquiry Concerning City Council's Attending Birthday Party
Lowell Swartz, who Is developing the Windsor Ridge Subdivision In Iowa City, Iowa, has Invited
. a number of City officials and employees to a combination anniversary and birthday party. The
question has been raised whether City employees and/or City Council members can attend this
birthday party without running afoul of the new state gift law.
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son/employee Is not In any position at the City to assure that Lowell Swartz, as developer,
achieves some 'financial gain' which would be greater than that available to other members of
the public. Moreover, It Is unlikely that the City Council's attending the birthday party would be
deemed a gift from a 'restricted donor,' since the preliminary plat approval of the Windsor Ridge
Subdivision has already been granted by the City. The likelihood that Lowell Swartz will obtain
some 'additional financial gain' over and above the general public by virtue of the City Council
members' attendance at the party seems rather remote.
Since under these facts and circumstances the developer does not appear to be a 'restricted
donor" under the new state law, It does not appear that attending the party would be a 'gift' under
the ethics law. Additionally, even assuming Lowell Swartz were a 'restricted donor,' each
employee or Council member attending should Just IImllthelr eat and drink to no greater than
$3.00 during one calendar day. If persons are truly concerned about this, I would ~uggest that
they limit their consumption to the $3.00 amount as explicitly set forth In the new statute.
I trust this will be of some assistance to you; and as you and I have suggested, answers to the
questions of whether something Is an 'Illegal gift' or a 'gift from a restricted donor' or a
'permissible gift' must be answered on a case.by-case basis, because fact.speclflc. In any event,
If there are additional questions, please do not hesitate to discuss them with me.
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September 17, 1993
Mayor and City Council
Marian K. Karr, City Clerk l{~
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I will be absent from the office Tuesday, September 21thru Friday, September 24.
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September 17, 1993
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Marian K. Karr, City Clerkt
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Joint meeting with Johnson County Bd. of Supervisors
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will begin at 4:00 in ,Council Chambers,
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Linda Newman Gentry, City Attorney);v1
Codification Project
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In order to keep the cOdification on schedule and allow for timely adoption of the new c.ode the
following schedule will be in effec~:
September 16, 1993 - Deadline for department changes from Phase 6 or 7 to City Clerk
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October 1, 1993 - Sterling to furnish advance copies of new Code to Clerk
October 4&5, 1993 - Clerk to route copies to City Atty. & Departments for PREVIEW
Oclob~r 29, 1993 - Deadline for department input on new Code
November 5, 1993 - Council to receive new Code in packet
November 9, 1993 . Council to set public hearing on new Code with an effective date
of March I, 1994
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December 7, 1993. Council gives second consideration
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1994. Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and Title 10 of Stage 6 (see attached) haye been reviewed, updated
and reformatted. Stage 6, Title 13, and Stages 7 and 8 will be reformatted only, and will be
reviewed and updated for Council consideration at a later time. The remaining review (Title 13,
and Stages 7 and 8) should be accomplished by the end of the calendar year and to Council early
next year for inclusion in a supplement.
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# & Subject Sterling to City to Sterling
1 Charter March " 1993 April 1. 1993
1 . Administration
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2 11 . Municipal Library Apr1/1,1993 May 1, 1993
12 . Parks & Recreation I'
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Reference: Tow - VXR799
At 9:32 AM, September 14, 1993 Parking Enforcement Attendant 2991
Michelle Croy, issued a ticket for expired meter to a white
Mercury, license number VXR799, at meter 1212 in the 200 B1k. of
Iowa Ave. The ticket writer "beeped" indicating that the vehicle
was on the impound list.
At 9:35 AM Ms. Croy called the meter shop on the radio to report
the vehicle in violation. At that time Beth Montgomery, Account
Clerk, checked the license number on the computer to see if a
receipt had been credited since the tow list was last updated,
after the end of the previous days business. The computer
indicated no payment had been received.
At this time there were no maintenance workers available to impound
the vehicle. When they finished their previously assigned duties
Mark Fay, Maintenance Worker II, was assigned to impound the
vehicle. He went to the 200 B1k of Iowa Ave. and found the vehicle
parked at meter 1212. The meter was expired at this time. Mr. Fay
checked the handle of the meter to make sure it was operating
properly and found that it was. At that time he called on the
radio requesting p wrecker to the 200 B1k. of Iowa Ave to tow the
vehicle. This call was placed at 10:02 AM. Holiday Wrecker
dispatched a wrecker which arrived at 10:14 AM. At that time the
vehicle was towed.
Between 11:00 AM and noon I received a telephone call from a lady
stating that her vehicle had been towed when it was not in
violation. I advised her that two employees had verified that the
meter was expired. She stated it could not have been. I offered
three times to check the meter for defects and stated her ticket
would be dismissed if issued on a faulty meter. She did not wish
the meter checked, just kept restating that her vehicle had not
been in violation as she had paid her meter at 9:30 AM.
September 15, 1993 meter 1212 was checked by Mark Fay to see if it
gave, the correct time for the coins deposited. It operated
correctly. It was then taken to the meter shop and time checked.
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RE: Complaints from Eastmoor Neighborhood
This memo is in response to the removal of three evergreen trees '
on the rear lot line at 608 Eastmoor, a public housing unit. The
trees were removed because they were not appropriate to their
position under the powerlin~s. To reduce the cost of maintenance
and to reduce the potential damage to the powerlines, these
speoimens were sacrificed.
I authorized the removal by Iowa-Illinois in recogni~ion of the
problems large epecimens cause. It was and is our intent to
replace these specimens with a lower height specimen. The
screening and barrier attributes will be considered. As you may
be aware we have received relatively few complaints on the
condition of our property as we strive to "blend" into our
neighborhoods.
I am aware now of the negative attitude that the families in this
area have toward the city and the effects of the flood. There
appears to bean increased sensitivity toward loss of property
value. I have received two calls from owners of abutting
property and one from a relative that lives out of town.
I have written the attached letter to the neighbors expressing
our desire to improve the property on Eastmoor and to be
responsive to neighborhood issues. I regret that you will have
to deal with irate citizens over the activity involved at this
public housing site.
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Marcia Hale
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410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA 62240.1826
Phone: (319)356-5400 . FAX! (319)356-5009 · TDD: (319) 356-5404
september 15, 1993
Hre. Louiee Novack
609 Hanor Drive
Iowa city IA 52246
Dear Hre. Novack:
Thie letter ie in response to your complaint in regard to the removal
of the evergreen trees on the rear lot line at 608 Eastmoor. It is
regretful that this has caused you grief and has lead you to believe
that the Iowa city Housing Authority desires to reduce the esthetics of
the neighborhood. I wish to assure you that this is not the case.
The trees were removed because they were not appropriate to their
position under the powerlines. To reduce the cost of maintenance and
to reduce the potential damage to the powerlines, these specimens were
sacrificed. It is and has been the intention of the Iowa City Housing
Authority to meet neighborhood standards and community desires in the
upkeep of plantings on the properties it controls. The Housing
Authority will replace the trees with plantings that when mature will
not impinge on the power lines and will provide the barrier and
screening that the removed specimens served.
The Iowa City Houeing Authority regrets the inconvenience our action
has caused you and regrets that you believe us to be bad neighbors. It
is hoped that our activities and responsiveness will lead you to a
different view of the Housing Authority in the future.
We will be contacting you in the future as we move toward the
resolution of this problem, If I may be of assistance to you in this
matter or other neighborhood concerns, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
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Ronald L. Henderson
Housing Administrator
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PRESS RELEASE
Contact Person:
Rick Fosse
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Phone No.: 356-5143
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will be open at reduced capacity, primarily for local traffic. One lane will
be accessible in each direction and large vehicles, including RVs, may experience
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September 16, 1993
Iowa ~ty Planning' and Zoning Commission
Civic c'~nter
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, ~a 52240
Dear Commission Members:
We are writing to express our support for planned protection
of the wetlands in the proposed Sycamore Farms development
annexation. These wetlands are a unique resource important
to the people of Iowa City and the State of Iowa.
We understand that there have been proposals to establish a
conservation easement for the property or, in the
alternative, to make a public dedication of the property. In
our experience, public dedication is more effective in
preserving and protecting wetlands, and insuring their
continued vitality. Public dedication is also more reliable
and offers firmer guarantees of protection.
On the other hand, a conservation easement would be subject
to conditions placed on it by the developers, and the terms
of easement would be reached only after negotiation. such
negotiation necessitates compromising protection of these
wetlands, Public dedication, with the city as steward of the
land, would assure that the public interest in protecting
wetlands is upheld.
We hope that the Commission also understands the concept of
jurisdictional wetlands. Jurisdictional wetlands are those
that have been formally delineated as wetlands over which the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has jurisdiction to manage and
control. However, such management and control are by no
means a guarantee against damage or disruption to wetlands.
This federal jurisdictional status also does not mean that
the rest of the area which is not jurisdictional wetlands is
not wetlands which may be protected by other provisions in
the law. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Soil
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Conservation Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency
also inventory and delineate wetlands. The Commission should
confirm that all wetlands in this area are inventoried and
protected, and that the proposed development will not
adversely affect those areas.
Our understanding is that only one-third of the wetlands in
this area have been delineated by the U.S, Army Corps of
Engineers, but that additional surveys, mappings, and
determinations are underway and more will be made this
spring. Any action by the Commission should await these
future findings.
Many members of the public in the Iowa City and Johnson
County area are concerned about protecting these wetlands.
We trust that the Commission will make every effort to make
sure that they are protected from harmful management or
development which would deny future generations the benefit
of a preserved natural environment.
Sincerely,
BARTLEY LAW OFFICES ~f\ ..0 ~
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SUSAN J. FRYE
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WALLACE L. TAYLOR, Esq,
32B Higley Building
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
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ADULY DAY PROGRAM STAFF
Re: National Adult Day Care Center Week
Date: September 19-25,1993
Next week is National Adult Day Care Center Week. The Adult
Day Program in Johnson County will join with other adult day
care providers throughout the state and country in observing
this celebration.
You are invited to stop by the facility at 28 South Linn
Street, G10, anytime during the week to observe the activities
and share in the festivities. We have scheduled a variety of
activities to help commemorate this special event.
On Wednesday we will host an OPEN HOUSE, from 9:00am until 12:00
noon. Thursday we will honor our dedicated volunteers and
celebrate all the September birthdays.
ADULT DAY CARE WEEK honors the dedicated service of the adult
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FORMAL MEETING
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Memoranda from the City Manager:
a. Flood Update (ci.4h.a 9/JIJ/9aJ
b. Planning for Water Facility Improvements
Memorandum from the Community Development Coordinator regarding use of
CDBG "Flood" monies.
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Date: September 20, 1993
To: City Council
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Re: Flood Update
At our Monday morning meeting, the schedule of the Inflow/ouUlow management of water at the
reservoir has not changed, Our energies continue to be directed primarily toward clean-up,
particularly with the cold weather on the way.
The storm sewers along Dubuque Street as well the roadside swales that serve the runoff for
rainwater on Dubuque and Taft Speedway are filled with river slit, While we' oelleve we can
address the Issue of the storm sewers on Dubuque Street, the swales at roadside are far more
difficult due to the ground condltlons and our Inability to put heavy equipment Into that area,
Public Works Is working on various options,
We are planning to do as l!1any sump pump discharge tiles as possible under private contract
work, You will recaJlthls Is the type of work that was brought to your attention by residents on
Essex Street.
There are a number of major ~ewer projects also underway by private contract. We have hired
Shive Hattery to do engineering, Inspection, and arrange contracts for the sewer repair work due
to collapse and other flood related damage. The approval of contracts remains with the city, The
areas In question Involve upland Avenue, Nevada, Grant Wood, Pepper, Hazel, WOodrldge, and
Benton Streets,
It Is our Intent to begin the removal of some of the sandbags at our water treatment plant. We
plan to stockpile the sandbags near the water treatment plant as a precaution and maintain that
Inventory of sandbags throughout the winter. There are many doors and windows that need to
be replaced on buildings as well as the removal of the bridge over Madison.
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Re: Planning for Water Facility Improvements
Ths following is a summary and update on ths status of planning for improvements to the
water supply, treatment, storage and distribution system for the City of Iowa City,
Planning to date has included a Comprehensive Study in 1990 which addressed the condition
of existing facilities and providsd ganeral recommendations for further investigation of
groundwater sources and major treatment plant improvements.
Groundwater investigations wers conducted in 1991 and 19,92 to study the capabilities of
shallow alluvial and buried valley aquifers south and east of Iowa City, Results were less than
optimistic for developmsnt of significant portions of the City 's water needs and it was recom.
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Current studies are concentrating on location and preliminary design of source and treatment
options using a combination of Iowa Rivar water and groundwater from the Silurian/Devonian
aquifer and tha Jordan aquifer. The most sconomical and assthetically pleasing water for
Iowa City, taking into account availability and reliability, appears to be from a combination of
these three sources.
A final recommendation for source and treatment should be forthcoming within the next few
weeks. It will most likely include up to thrae Jordan wells and five or six Silurian/Devonian
wells, plus a new water intake structure on the Iowa River upstream from Interstate BO.
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parsllel to and south of I.BO extending from west of Dubuqus Street esstward to Scott
Boulevard, It is conceivable that this main may be extended south along Scott Boulevard also.
The wells would likely be spaced at one-half to ons mile intervals,
The location of an intake on the Iowa River upstream from I-BO is strategic for sevsral
reasons: 1) water can be withdrawn upstream from I.BO hence further minimizing the risk of
contamination as a result of a mishap along the interstate, 2) water can be withdrawn
upstream from Clear Creek which carries significant agricultural and livestock runoff as well
as the potential future discharge of the sewer plant effluent from Coralville, 3) the dam at the
Iowa River Power Company creates a pool with significant depth to facilitate the construction
and operation of an intake, The control and continued maintenance of this dam could likely
become a component of the surface water source,
A site has tsntatively been selected for the new water treatment plant. The proposed site is
nsar Interstate BO, west of Dubuque Street and west of Radio Station KXIC, There are
several advantages to this site:
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chlorine,
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units will be designed for their ultimate capacity (40+ years), These processes would include
the raw watar intaks, various plant and yard piping, etc, Other process units, such as pumps,
filters, chemical feed systems, etc" will be designated for a 20-year period. In all cases
provisions will be made in the initial design to account for futurs expansion by simply
constructing additional treatment units,
Regulations Impacting drinking water quality have been changing rapidly the last few yaars
and naw regulations are baing proposed which will likely further impact Iowa City's water
supply In the foreseeable future, Provisions will ba designed into tha naw facility to allow
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regulations are batter defined, and likely to be more stringent, Whenever practical tha plant
will have maximum flexibility designed into it to meet future conditions,
The plant is proposed to face south and be visible from I-BO, The plant will incorporate lime
softening similar to the processes used at the University of Iowa Water Plant. The resultant
lime sludgs can ba handled and disposed of in a number of ways, Preliminary invsstigations
indicate the most economical and reliable means of treating and disposing of the sludge is
storage lagoons followed by land application. The lagoons will probably be located north of
ths plant.
The location of the new water plant will impact the Iowa City water distribution systam,
Currently ths Iowa City distribution system is analogous to a wheel where the existing water
plant is the center and the distribution system is supplied water radially from the plant. There
are areas at the outer edges of "spokes" where there is low water pressurs, The proposed
plant location will require nsw lines be constructed to transport finished water into the
existing system, These lines from the new water plant will be located to help alleviate the
areas with low prsssure, The site of the existing water plant is projected, at this time, to be
convsrted to s booster' pumping station and utilize the existing water storage facility in the
University of Iowa parking ramp,
Further recommendations for water facility improvsments will be presented to the Council in
October.
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Karin Franklin
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To: City Council
From: ~ Marianne Milkman, Community Development Coordinator
Re: Use of COSO "Flood" Monies
This is just to give you some information on the planned use of the initial $175,000
Supplemental COSO funds for flood assistance that the City has received, We have put
together preliminary guidelines for e flood damage repair program for homeowners. l:hese
guidelines, which are attached, together with application forms will be available to persons
attending the FEMA Floodproofing Workshop on Tuesday, September 21, 1993.
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PRESS RELEASE
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) FLOODPROOFING WORKSHOP
The FEMA Hazard Mitigation Team will be presenting a workshop on
methods to floodproof homes on Tuesday, September 21, 1993 in the
Iowa City Civic Center, 410 E. Washington at,7:00 p.m.
The methods of floodproofing will be covered in a video format with
handout materials and time allowed for questions and comments.,
Five ways to mitigate damage are discussed: relocation, elevation,
floodwalls and berms, dry floodproofing, wet floodproofing'along
'wit~ the advantages and disadvantage of each. '
There will be handouts on "Minimization", a program for helping to
pay for elevation and relocation of utilities and appliances
through the state of Iowa Individual and Family Grant Program. " '
There are also various Federal and state grant programs that are
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have "substantial dlllllage" to their homes. Substantial damage is
defined as repair costs that exceeds 50% of the fair market value
of the structure before the damage occurred. If the dwelling has
been sUbstantially damaged, it is required by the Floodplain
Management Ordinance that the structure be ~ated or floodoroofed
if located in the 100-year floodplain. Residents are reminded that
any repairs made to struoture must receive a Flood Plain
Development Permit for the work. There is no fee for the permit.
The permits can be received at the City of Iowa' city Building
Inspection office, 410 E. Washington, Lower Level.
The workshop is open to all members of the public. Please contact
Ron Boose, Iowa City Senior Building Inspector at 356-5122 if you
have any questions or need additional information.
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Preliminary GuIdelines lor CD8G Funding AssIstance
to RepaIr Flood Damaged Homes
September 20, 1993
General Inlormal/on
The City of Iowa City was recently allocated $175,000 In Supplemental Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Funds to be used for flood disaster relief. The City has chosen to use most
of these funds to assist property owners with repairs to their flood damaged homes, This
program will be administered by the City's Housl~g Rehabilitation Office,
We will be offering both grant and no Interest loan funds to assist in repairing damage to your
structure and to any essential systems that make your home unsafe and unsanitary; however,
these funds can not be used to replace any personal property. For Instance, we can replace or
repair your plumbing, heating, electrical, flooring and walls. We cannot replace your washer,
dryer, air conditioner, or personal belongings damaged In the flood. We will only be assisting In
paying for Items that are not eligible for assistance through FEMA or HACAP, or that were only
partially covered by these agencies,
Preliminary Guidelines for the Flood Damage RepaIr Program.
1. All repairs will comply with the City's Floodplain Management ordinance which requires
Ihat any structure that has been 'substantially damaged' by flooding (I,e, to Ihe extentlhat
the cost of repairs equals or exceeds 50% of Ihe fair market value of the structure before
the damage occurred) must be elevated if Ihe structure Is In the 100-year floodplain,
2, These funds can only be used 10 repair damage due to Ihe flood, All repairs must also
conform 10 federal, state and local codes and guidelines,
3. Priority will be given to households with emergency needs or uninhabitable structures,
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The funds will be allocated either as a grant, a no Interest loan or a combination
granlAoan, depending on your gross household Income,
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5. These guidelines are preliminary and will be amended as more Information Is made
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If you wish to apply for assistance, please call Steve Long at 356-5250 and request an application
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: September 24, 1993
TO: City Council
FROM: City Manager
RE: Material in Information Packet
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Memoranda from the City Manager:
a. Parking and Transit Policy
b. Landfill
c. Newspaper Dispensers
d. Mandates
, , e, Burning of Disaster Rubbish
f, Pending Development Issues
g. Bid Notices on Government Cable Channel
h. Health Care Proposal
Copies of letters from the City Manager to:
'a, Congressman Leach regarding revolving loan fund
b. William Buss regarding Melrose Focus Group
Copy of news release regarding work on Kirkwood Avenue.
Memorandum from Jransit Department regarding Emergency Housing request
update.
Memoranda from the City Attorney:
a. Helpful "Tips" on Avoiding Awkward REferences Regarding Gender
b, Presentation at Iowa State Bar Association
c. Partial Litigation Update
Memorandum from the City Clerk regarding Council's work session of
September 13, 1993.
Final list of candidates for Council At-Large positions and District B
position.
Copy of letter to the City Manager from Nicholas Johnson regarding city O~O
serv ices.
Copy of letter from C. Joseph Holland regarding multi-family residential
parking.
Notice of reading at Riverside Theatre.
Agendas for the September 21 and 23 meetings of the Johnson County Board
of Supervisors.
Notice of public forum - "Accessible Buses".
Agenda for 9/28 Informal meeting of the Bd. of Supervisors.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: September 24, 1993
To: City Council
From: City Manager
Re: Parking and Transit Policy
As you are aware, It seems whenever we discuss Issues of our public transit system and parking
system, although Int~nded to be separate discussions, we IneVitably find each of these respective
services and their policies having some bearing upon the policy of the other. As we all know, the
Issues of transit and pinking provide no shortage of opinions, There Is a common thread that
runs through these two operating services, that Is they facilitate travel to and from our central
business district and the University main campus/hospltal area, Each of these services has a
significant bearing upon the success of our central business district and thereby they Influence
each other when decisions are made concemlng mode of travel. Transit fare policy, parking
rates, the construction of new parking facilities, the availability of parking and parking
enforcement, and the frequency of transit service Influence decisions made by each citizen
choosing to travel to our downtown, The economic vitality of our central business district and the
significant public Investment which was made by the City and private businesses, Influence the
type and extent of transportation services available to our central business district.
Thr9ughout discussions over the years, It has become more and more evident to me that the
policies of each of these operations are so Inextricably tied together that they should, and usually
are, considered simultaneously, as you debate and discuss any Issue associated with the service
level of each respective service, It Is for these reasons I am proposing the creation of a new
operating department within the City organization, that being a department of parking and transit,
This department Is not unlike the University's operating department where the management of
parking and transit occurs under one Individual administrator. I believe the time has arrived for
our communlty'to consider this type of organizational assignment for management of our parking
and transit operations,
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The City Council's previous polley positions, In my Judgment, at the very least lend support to this
concept, If not directly encourage such an organizational proposal. In our comprehensive plan
It Is discussed In the following way. 'AII..,pollcles are Interrelated, parUcularly those regarding
mass transit and parking. Transit and parking policies are especially crlllcal to the City since
substantial sums of public monIes are regularly allocated to these two complementary systems.'
The Comprehensive Plan also slates, 'Requests for City-owned parking structures even come
from areas outside of the central business dlstrlcl At the same time, Iowa City continues to
support Its transit system. this system, like all transit systems, depends upon expenditure of
public funds (general fund) for support, Assuming that energy costs are reasonable, the
availability and ease of parking, real or perceived, directly affect the use of mass transit. Those
systems, parking and transit, fulfill the function of accommodating people's needs to get
downtown, Those systems, under current polley and practlce"lnvolve the expendllure of public
funds. The City should, therefore, undertake the task of Integrating Its policies relative to parking
and transit, Identifying the neeefs to be met by each system and the approprlate public response,'
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'develop a coordinated polley to address the continued support of the mass transit system and
the provision of publicly-owned parking In the downtown.'
In our Iowa City Urbanized Area Transit Plan, added emphasis to the Interrelationship between
parking and transit policies Is also Identified. this report states as follows: ' 'An Increasing
planning emphasis Is to explore the Interrelationship between parkJng and transit policies In the
Iowa City urbanized area, ParkJng and transit are Inextrlcably linked, In that they provide the
same service (movement of persons) by competing modes of transporlatlon (auto and bus):
Since both require significant Input of public funds, It Is Important to consider the policies of both
modes at the same time,'
The management of parkJng and transit polley under a single administrator, I belleve,wIII brlng
a unified source for polley recommendations concerning operations and thereby Improve our
ability to provide public transportation services for downtown, There are many other complemen-
tary policies such as Bus and Shop, Park and Shop, the potential use of commuter lots, marketing
and advertising for each system, that could be brought together In a more unified manner and
thereby, I believe, Improve overall service delivery, Also, a Parking and Transit Department would
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be better equipped to Initiate plans for growth and management of each system as It relates to
downtown development objectives, CB.1 0 zoning, near northslde policies, near southslde policies,
new CB.5 zone, and cullural conference center planning currently underway. This department
would allow the City to respond to University Initiatives by offering our own unified poll.
cy/management. How the UniversIty's parking and transit policies are Implemented have a direct
bearing upon our central business district and Its economic success, and thereby the public
services we provide to support our downtown.
I believe we can fix responsibility for these polley and management Initiatives with a new
department In the City organization at minimal additional cost, and It would be my desire to
Implement this proposal within the current complement of employees,
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The parking and transit systems are both enterprise funds and have similar accounting and
budget management requirements, allhough the transit system requires a substantial general tax
subsidy, Each operating fund would continue as a separate entity primarily due to the debt
management obligations In parking and the substantial general fund subsidy for transit operations
and capllal reserve funds, Each service Is operationally Intertwined wllh the other. The means
of finance for each service would remain separate and Is easily maintained linder a single
administrative official,
Both the parking and transit systems have changed little, In my judgment, over the years.
Services have been adjusted In the past, butllltle substantive change has occurred. I believe that
this Is due In part to some of the conflict that occurs In polley direction and debate. The parking
system provides for ramps, on.street meters, off.street meters, Park and Shop, as well as other
services such as parking enforcement In the near northslde and southslde, and the provision of
parking enforcement and services of the Civic Center, The parking system also advises on
parking enforcement on a Clty.wlde basis, The transit system moves ounesldents throughout
the community, wllh the downtown the primary destination point.
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be 01 sufflclent size and polley/management complexity to warrant Its stature as a separate
department. The department would have 82 employees (68.5 full-tIme equivalents) and an annual
budget of $5,6 million, Each division of the new department, one for Parking and one for Transit,
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would be headed by a superintendent or manager, the appropriate title to be determined at a later
dale. Mld.level supervision, such as ramp managers and operation supervisors, would be
amended accordingly through recommendations of the new director. Similarities In operational
support and general responsibilities would also require the early atlentlon of the new director.
An additional benefit to this proposal Is the removal of the parking operations from the
Department of Finance, This will allow that department to concentrate Its Intended work effort on
the overall support of the City's operating departments and general financial management, such
as budget, accounting, risk management and Insurance, purchasing, data processing, utility bill
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collect/on, payroll, etc.
Attached Is an outline of the new department structure. Internal policies/procedures and
personnel assignments would be left ,to the new director. Overall polley direction would be
derived from existing polley pronouncements as Identified eariler In this memorandum and the
City's Code of Ordinances. Position changes, new Job descriptions, etc. will, be forthcoming, I
would like to proceed Immediately.
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MEMORANDUM
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September 24, 1993
To: City Council
From: City Manager
Re: Landfill
Ths City recently received appr9val of its preliminary plan for remediating the leachate
contamination problem at the sanitary landfill, As you may recall, we submitted our plan in
1992, and have now been given the authorization to proceed,
Shive-Hattery, Inc" the City 's engineering consultant, is proceeding with the preparetion of
fins I plans and specifications, Construction is schaduled for the spring of 1994, assuming
IDNR approval of construction plans,
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acres of the landfill site, This overburden will further compact the existing solid waste,
thareby reducing water flow and minimizing leschate production, This additional fill will
extend the useful life of the landfill approximately one year,
The IDNR will not permit placing overburden on the remainder of the landfill until it has had
an opportunity to monitor and analyze the potential reduction in leachate.
Although somewhat exaspereting, we appear to now be able to address landfill concerns.
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Date: September 24, 1993
To: City Council
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Re: Newspsper Dispensers
Attached are items of correspondence and a legal opinion concerning nawsracks on the City
Plaza, This item has bean scheduled for informal discussion at your Monday, September 27,
work session, The attached information is provided to assist you in your discussion.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: May 29, 1992
To: City Council
From: City Manager
Ae: Newspaper Dispensers. Downtown Plaza
Attached are various Items of correspondence and Information concarnlng newspaper dispensers,
On your agenda for discussion at the June 2 Informal work session Is the Issue of newspaper
dispensers In the downtown plaza, The correspondence attached Is pertinent to that Issue,
Slgnlflcant staff work was undertaken in 19BB which outlined many other Issues assoclated with
news racks on public property, At this time, the Mayor has requested the discussion of
newspaper dispensers as they pertain to the downtown plaza.
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MEMORANDUM
Date:
September 28, 1987
Mayor and City Council
To:
From: Craig Welt, Chairman, Design Review Committee
Re: 8anks of Newspaper Dispensers for Iowa City C8D
This memo is prepared for Council consideration during discussion of the
Lega 1 Department I s recent report on the regu 1 at ion of news racks on public
property.
HISTORY OF DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE CONSIOERATION
In 19BI the City Manager asked the Design Review Conmittee to suggest guide-
lines governing newspaper dispensers on City Plaza. The ORC reviewed avail-
able modular styles of dispensers and reconmended the size and location of
several units within the Plaza area. City staff addressed the mechanics of
purchase, lease and maintenance.
In 1985 the Committee reviewed the draft ordinance then being considered to
regul ate newspaper vendi ng mach ines on public property. The members reaf-
firmed their previous recommendations regarding banks of dispensers in the
Plaza area, but also reClJlllll!nded that within the Central Business District"
(bounded generally by Iowa Avenue, Linn Street, Burlington Street, and South
Capitol Street or Madison Street) newspaper vending should be confined, to
specific locations, selected in consultation with newspaper distributors,
with banks of newspaper dispensers provided by the City. The Coomittee also
recolMlended that the City assure the upkeep of these units in the downtown.
At its September 1987 meeting the DRC discussed the recent Legal Department
report and again recommended that newspaper dispensers on publ ic property
within the CBD be uniform and grouped together in appropriate locations.
PRESENT LOCATIONS OF NEWSPAPER DISPENSERS IN THE DOWNTOWN
On September 11, 1987" a survey of newsracks located in the CBD was taken to
update the survey of this same area in August 19B5. A map showing the re-
sults of the update is attached. A canparison of the two surveys reveals
that there has been an increase in the total number of newsracks, from 41 to
54, with minor changes in locations and the mix of newspapers. (NOTE: A
survey of approximately the same area in October 1983 showed 20 newsracks.)
A notable change since the 1985 survey is the addition of seven newsracks
near the Pl aza entrance to the Holiday Inn Hote 1.
Of the 54 newsracks counted in 1987, a few may be on private property, These
could be several of those, located at the northeast corner of Old CapitOl
Center and at the entrance to the Hol iday Inn;
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of all structures and carts must be maintained in good condition
by the applicant,
(hI [/lumina/ion: Nighttime interior illumination of all build.
ing fronts and basement extensions, diBplay window extenaiona
and basement stair wells is required during hours of operation"
(i) Newspaper.uending machines: The city will mske available.
at a resaonable COlt, space in the city.owned newspsper dispenser
units on City Plaza, In the case of more applic:.ations than avsilable
apace, a selection procedure that is deemed fair, reasonsble snd
appropriate by the city shall be establis
(i) Construction COlt.!: All costs of construction are to be
paid by tha applicant, including costs of damage or repair
to the City Plaza caused by the construction. (Ord, No. 78-
2894. t 7, 5-16-78; On!. No, 8203058, t 9, 4.27-82; On!. No, 82-3085,
t 2a-f, 1()'26-82i On!. No. 86-3288, t 2(3), 6-3-86; On!. No, 87-3353, ,
t 1, 12.1-87)
Sec.' 9.1.8. City Plaza use permita.
(a) Mobile uendol1: Specific locations have been designated within
the boundaries of City Plaza for the operation of mobile vending
Carts, Each mobile vending permit shall carry with it the suthoriza.
tion to operate at one or two (2) designated locations The vendor
may sell in transit if a customer request is made, provided the
primary trade shall be conducted at one of the designaUid locationa,
AlIlesse applications for mobile vendor operations'must be received
at least four (4) weeks before the proposed atart of the lease,
The city manager or his/her appointed designee may issue a permit
to operate a mobile vending cart in the public right.of.way of City
Plaza after c:.areful consideration and BSBurance thst the following
conditions have been or will be mot:
(l) An authorized designated mobile vending location is avail.
able which will not interfere with the operation of an existing
mobile vendor. the general use of City Plaza, and free move.
ment within the emergency/aervice lane,
(2) The applicant's proposed mode of operation will not impede
the ,free now of pedestrian traffic along the City Plaza right.
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The Honorable Mayor Darrel G, Courtney and Members of ths City Council
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Regulation of Newsracks on City Plaza; Research Completed
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Re:
At various times, the question has been raised as to ,whether the City of Iowa City can require
our own newsracks on City Plaza, based on concerns with the proliferation of eXisting racks.
This question has besn previously discussed by former Assistant City Attorneys, as noted in
the attached memo, Since the question has been raised again recently, I ~sked Kim Hill, a
former City Attorney Intern from the Law School, to update the research on regulsting
newsrscks in the City Plaza.
As you can see from Kim's attached, well written and fully discussed memo, the City of Iowa
City clearly has authority to establish modular newsrack requirements in the City Plaza, with
a modest fes to be assessed, to cover costs only. You will note in Kim's memo that he refsrs
to Dick Boyle's prior drsft prepared in 19B7, together with a nimlo model draft, Since these
"draft ordinances" are far more complicated and go beyond what I understand the City
Council's concerns to be, namely the City Plaza, I have not attached them to Kim's memo,
The drafts are quite lengthy, and will merely, at this stags, be confusing.
I understand that this is not "priority #1" on your priority list; but since ths research has besn
done, it may well bs time to sit down and discuss whether the City wants to proceed with
such newsrack regulations in City Plsza.
I am forwarding this to you as a confidential memo, sines I believe the City Council will want
to discuss it before taking any further action, and before directing this Office to proceed with
drafts. You may wish to communicate your interest in pursuing this to the Mayor, or to me. '
In any event, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have additional comments or
questions,
cc: Marian Karr, City Clerk
Steve Atkins, City Manager
Dele Helling, Assistant City Manager
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MEMORANDUM
Date: September 17 I 1992 ~_
To: Linda Newman Genyy, City Ali In
From: W, Kim Hill. Law Clerk tJ.J
Re: Regulation of Nswsracks on City Plaza.
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You requested I rssearch ths question of whether ths City can regulate newsracks on ths City
Plaza. It is my understanding that thers is interest in regulating the newsracks on this property
for both assthetic and safety reasons, The concern about news rack regulation is whether such
regulation violates protected First Amendment rights,
Much resesrch into this question has alrsady been done by previous City Attorneys, Rather
than reviewing all the research previously done, I will attempt to summarize the basic legal
findings, refer to previous resesrch, and discuss the most recent cases, I will also discuss the
regulatory alternatives the City has, and the pros and cons of each of those alternatives.
Introduction:
In recent years there has been a marked increase in city ordinances attempting to regulate
both vending machines and boxss distributing free advertising sheets and periodicals, While
no definitive rules have been articulated by the courts, certain basic principles relsted to these
regulations may be determined.
It is true that cities hold public property in trust for the public, and thus' may regulate use of
public property to insure that the use is not inconsistent with the primary purpose for which
the public; property is establishsd, Code of lowa, Section 364.12 (1991), Howevsr, a city's
sbility, to regulate use of public property is dramatically limited when the exercise of First
Amendment rights is involved. As the U,S. Suprems Court stated in Haoue v, C,I.0" 307 U,S.
496, (1939):
"Wherever the title of straets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been
held in trust for the use of the public and, time out of mind, have been used for
purposes of assembly, communicating thoughts between citizens, and
discussing public questions....The privilege of a citizen of the United States to
use the streets and parks for communication of views on national questions
may be regulated in the interest of all; it is not absolute, but relative, and must
be exercised in subordination to ths general comfort and conveniencs, and in
consonance with peace and good order; but it must not, in the guise of
regulation, be abridged or denied,"
In essence, the exercise of First Amendment rights is considered a legitimate use of most
public property, including streets and parks, Ths government may not prohibit all
communicative activity, though it may regulate it,
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With regard to regulating newsracks, these First Amendment protections extend to the
distribution of publications via newsracks, The right to publish periodicals would be meaningless
If the right to distribute the publication Is prohibited or curtailed, Lovell v, Citv of Grlffl'1 303 U,S.
444, 452 (1938), As Justlc~..Brennan pointed out In his opinion In Cltv of Lakewood v, Plair]
Q.ealer Publlshlno Co" lOB S: Ct. 213B, 2146 (198B), the Court will take a very close look ('strict
scrutiny') at a city's attempt to regulate newsracks, while the Court would hardly scrutinize at all
a city's regulation of soft drink vending machines, This 'strict scrutiny' Is simply due to the unique
and preferred status courts have traditionally granted to First Amendment rights of freedom of
speech, press and association.
Constltutionalltv of Newsrack Reoulatlons
As noted In the quote from Haoue, First Amendment freedoms are not absolute, A city may pass
reasonable regulations governing the '~Ime, place, and manner" of the communicative activity,
Gravned v, Cltv of Rockford, 40B U.S. 104, 116 (1972), These regulations must be 'content-
neutral,' and they may not discriminate among 'the various publications on the basis of the
messages of Ideas they convey, (Content-based regulations raise a different set of constitutional
Issues. Since It Is my understanding that the city Is not Interested In regulating specific types of
publications, I will not address these Issues,)
The constitutionality of content.neutral regulations Is determined on a case.by-case basis, with
the courts balancing the values of free speech against the government's Interest In insuring the
health, safety, and well-being of the public, There are two principles that guide the courts In their
determination: 1) The governmental interest furthered by the regulation must be substantial,
Unitad States v,Q'Brlen, 391 U,S, 367, 377 (196B), and, 2) The restriction on free expression must
be no greater than Is necessary to achieve the government's interest, and must be the least
restrictive alternative, Id,
1) Governmental Interest Involved,
In most of the cases Involving the regulation of newsracks, the governmental interests have been
Insuring the safety of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, and/or the preservation of aesthetic values.
The courts have found these Interests compelling enough to be sufficient justification for the
ordinances, '
In Cameron v, Johnson, 390 U.S, 61 t,' 615.16 (I96B) the Mississippi Anti-Picketing Law was
challenged as being too restrictive of First Amendment rights, The Anti.Plcketing Law prohibited
picketing In a manner which would obstruct or unreasonably Interfere with entrance or exit from
any county courthouse. The U,S. Supreme Court found the law constitutional because It did not
prohibit all picketing, only that picketing which actually Interfered with courthouse traffic, The
Court held that traffic regulation was a legitimate and substantial governmental Interest. However,
It should be pointed out that other courts have found that a city's Interest in pedestrian or auto
traffic safety may not serve as a shield for regulations which bear little relation to thai Interest.
For example, In Minnesota Newspaper Assoc, v, Cltv of Minneapolis, 9 Media L Rep, (BNA)
2116, 2125 Mlnn, Dlst. Ct. Aug, 3 19B3), the district court Invalidated a Minneapolis ordinance
regulating the placement of news racks because the city failed to "demonstrat[e] that [newsracks]
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Aesthetic Interests have alsR, been found to be sufficiently compelling to Justify some forms of
regulating First Amendment rrghts, Members of the Cltv Council of Los Anoeles v, Taxoavers For
Vincent, 104 S,Ct, 211 B (19B4)(upholdlng a Los Angeles ordinance prohibiting the posting of
s1gns on public property). Courts that have dealt with newsrack regulations based upon aesthetic
concerns have, however, emphasized that the ordinances aimed at advancing this Interest must
be narrowly tailored, and must be no more burdensome than necessary, Discovery Network. Inc.
and Harmon Publlshlno Co.. v. Cltv of Cincinnati, 946 F,2d 464, 471 (6th Clr, 1991) (Invalidating
a ClnclnnaUI ordinance which prohibited the distribution of commercial handbills on public
property),
In examining ordinances Justified by safety concerns and by aesthetic Interests, the courts
examine the gains In safety and aesthetics achieved by the ordinance, If, as In the Discovery
Network case, the gains considered by the court are deemed "paltry,' then the ordinance will be
struck down, Discovery Network, at 471,
2) Least restrictive alternative,
Even ordinances regulating newsracks found to be supported by substantial governmental
Interests may stili be unconstitutional If the regulatory provisions are not the "least restrictive
alternative' available to the city, Discovery Network, In discussing whether a proposed ordinance
will pass this 'least restrictive' test, It Is helpful to look at some of the forms an Iowa City
ordinance could take,
Alternative Ordinances:
1) Total ban In the Plaza,
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ban to be unduly harsh and thus unconstitutional, Phlladelohla Newsoaoers v, Borouoh Council,
381 F.Supp 22B,244 (E,D, Pa, 1974), A typical approach to a total ban may be found In California
Newsoaoer Publishers Assoc, v, Cltv of Burbank, 51 Cal. App. 3d 50, 52 ((1975), The court held
that a "blanket prohibition without more makes the ordinance overbroad and unconstitutional on
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Thus, It seems likely that a court examining a ban on all newsracks In the City Plaza would
reason similarly, particularly since the Plaza Is so obviously an area devoted to communicative
activity,
2) Size and olacement limitations.
The City could enact placement and size regulations on news racks, All courts concede that there
are legitimate grounds for cities to regulate placement and size of news racks, Courts also agree
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Amendment activity..,,' Kash Enterprises. v, CilY of Los Anaeles, 19 Cal, 3d 294, 299 (19n),
This same requirement, nal1)~ly that the brdlnance be narrowly-tailored and definitively drawn, Is
refiected In many of the newsrack regulation cases, For example, In CllY of Lakewood, the U,S.
Supreme Court struck down a newsrack ordinance which gave 'unbridled discretion" to a
government official In licensing and locating newracks, In other cases courts has found the
challenged ordinance to be detailed and precise enough, For example, In a Des Moines, Iowa
case, the federal appeals court found that Des Moines' ordinance regulating the size, placement,
and licensing requirements was constitutional, Jacobssn v, Crlvaro, B51 F,2d 1067 (6th Clr,
1988), Ukewlse, the Kash Enterprises Court found the Los Angeles ordinance sufficiently
detailed, I have attached copies of these ordlnsnces for your review,
It also seems clear that the City could enact a City-wide ordinance If It were detailed and
narrowly-tailored, which would regulate the size and placement of newsracks throughout the City,
I have attached copies of 'model ordinances" created by a previous Assistant City Attorney (R.
Boyle) and NIMLQ, The problem with such a model, ordinance Is that it would regulate all
newsracks within the City limits, not just those within the Plaza, Courts examining such city-wide
regulatory ordinances have required those ordinances to be very specific, very complete, long
and very complicated, In Iowa City, such regulation may be broader than the City Council
wishes. It Is my understanding that the biggest concern Is with the Increasing numbers of
newsracks In the Plaza, and the resulting clutter and "vIsual blight." It would make little sense to
enact a complicated, city-wide size and placement ordinance II the primary concern Is only those
newsracks In the Plaza.
As an alternative to an ordinance regulating all newsracks, the City could provide to newsrack
owners space In a dispenser unit or module owned and/or controlled by the City, This alternative
would assure the City's ability to control the appearance and location of newsracks within the
Plaza, and eliminate the "unsightliness' of proliferating numbers and shapes, In fact, this
alternatiVe Is already provided in an existing City ordinance, Section 9,1-7(1):
The City will make available, at a reasonable cost, space In the Clty-owned
newspaper dispenser units on City Plaza, In the case of more applications than
available space, a selection procedure that Is deemed fair, reasonable and
appropriate by the City shall be established, '
Based on the most recent case law, the City must specify the method by which vendors are
selected before putting a dispenser system In place, Thus, the last sentence of the above
ordinance must be changed, The selection method could be based on a lottery or first-come-first-
served, both of which have been approved by the courts, Of course, the City could avoid
problems associated with this selection process by ensuring that adequate space was available
In the module for all vendors desiring a space on the Plaza.
In addition, the 'reasonable cost" charged the vendor for the module space must be a sum
designed to cover only the costs of administering and purchasing the module, Gannett Co, v.
CllY of Rochester, 330 N,Y,S,2d 64B, 659 (Sup,Ct. 1972). The Gannett opinion casts doubts on
fees designed as producers of revenue, rather than just related to actual, administrative costs.
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must be justlfled by a substantial gove'rnmentallnterest (namely, ellmlnallng vIsual pollution
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drawn, A City-wIde regulation may reach more newsracks than Is desIred by the City. If that Is
the case, the provision of City owned or controlled modules may be a desirable alternative. If the
latter anernatlve Is chosen, the City must provide a selection process which satlsfles
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MEMORANDUM
Date: September 21, 1993
To: City Council
From: City Manager
Ae: Mandates
I recently read an article by Janet Kelly concemlng mandates. I have taken the liberty of adapting
her findings to a brief memorandum that describes mandates, We often discuss mandates and
~ow they affect local govemments, and I thought the Kelly Information described the situation
well.
I have also forwarded a copy of this memorandum to Council candidates In that I suspect they
are now hearing or will soon hear much about the Issue of mandates - whether It be the new
water treatment plant, new sewers, new landfill rules, tax freezes, tax limitations, removal of local
control of pensions, etc.
Of all the Issues that engage local govemment officials, none appears to be more
contentious than mandates. Mandates go to the heart of what govemlng Is all
about - autonomy and money, Local officials recognize the need for the policies
that ensure basic and equal protection for all citizens and are willing to help
Implement those policies, In return, they generally ask for two things. The first Is
the ability to Implement the polley consistent with local needs and conditions, and
the second Is financial assistance to fund the requirement.
Unfunded mandates place additional burdens on already fiscally stressed local
govemments. They strain the Intergovernmental relationship,
The two most broadly used definitions of a mandate are based on either cost or
penalty. Cost.based definitions begin with some variation of the theme 'any
statute or rule requiring a local expenditure 01 funds or restricting local revenue
rates or bases,,,'
A weakness of a simple cost.based definition Is that It reduces Important
arguments about mandates to money. When the definition Is cost. based,
discussions will cenler on whether or not the mandate has a cost and what that
cost will be, This Is especially troublesome as many mandates require localities
10 use their existing resources differently or more Intensively. Because of the
proliferation of mandates, local governments bear very high cumulative costs but
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01 these mandates at all.
An altematlve approach Is a penalty-based deflnlUon. Rather than ask 'will It cost
money?' a penalty.based del/nlllon asks 'must' comply?' The ralter Is much
easier to answer decisively than the lormer, This test lor the mandate Is whether
the locality can legally resist It, For Instance, some would argue that II a law
Impacts the private sector as well as local govemments, (e,g, OSHA regulations),
It cannot be considered a mandate, A penalty.based definition seltles that
argument In short order, The only disadvantage Is that a definition based on
penalty tends to reveal the volume 01 existing mandates, some 01 which are not
Important to the local govemment. However, there Is a strong argument to be
made that II you aggregate all the 'IIWe' mandates their cost would approach II not
exceed the cost 01 the lew 'big' mandates.
Is this whole Issue really all about money? Well, yes and no, Money spent on
compliance with lederal mandates Is money that cannot be spent on local
priorities. So cost Is a central Issue, but It Is opportunity cost displacement caused
by the mandate that chales -the preclusion of spending the money on programs
or services valued by the local constituency, II local priorities were equivalent to
lederally mandated priorities, money spent on compliance with mandates would
not be contested. In lact,localltles willingly accept responsibility lor programs and
services when there Is popular support lor them at the local level, So the
mandates Issue Is more accurately about different priorities and the loregone
opportunities they create.
The I/scallmpllcatlons are enoonous. There Is the loss 01 local tax dollars that
might have been applied to other more pressing and popular uses. There are
mandates that limit the ways In which localities raise revenue, putting some taxes
off limits. These revenue exclusions and exemptions have the effect ollorclng
more Intensive use or the much hated property tax.
Another serious and often Ignored I/scal consequence 01 mandates Is that 01 loss
oll/exlblllty. When mandates are procedural -telling the loCality not what to do,
but how to do It - It should not come as a surprise that Congress or lederal
agencies are not the best Judge 01 how to run the business 01 local govemment.
Some local govemments call this 'mandated Inefficiency' -the preclusion by law
or rule Irom taking the most efficlent path toward the service or program goal. Not
surprising, the administrative routines mandated lor a city 01500,000 may not be
as workable lor a city of 500, Even seemingly Innocuous procedural, mandates,
have their consequences. One law requires a social service agency to keep a'
copy of certain records. A copy Is del/ned by statute In such a way as to prevent
the use 01 computer records or mlcrol/che, alternatives far less expensive than the
maintenance 01 paper copies, '
Finally, and most critlcal,ls the loss 01 responsiveness In local government toward
Its citizens. Local governments have consistently been shown to be more
responsive to cltlzen prelerences for taxes and services than the lederal
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government. Poll respondents are far more likely to say that theIr local govern.
mentis more responsIve to their needs and Is more open to their Input than
federal government, Local officials often point out that they see their constituents
on the street, dine with them, and hear about problems dally. Governing, for these
elected officials, Is about the ablllly to respond to constituent demands or at least
to engage constituents with conflicting goals In negotiaUon and compromise,
When mandates preclude the use of local resources toward the assential function
of government, local government loses the trust and the confidence of Its people.
It Is critical to note that mandates are a necesslllY part of Intergovernmental
relaUons. No 10callly should have the right to pollute the envIronment, deny
adequate education to children, deny benefits to eligible residents, deny due
process and voting rights to cItizens, or operate a justice system that Is not In
conforman~e with other localities, Mandates are a necessary means by which to
achieve these goals and are both the right and the obligation of Congress.
However, the proliferation of mandates has also made It clear that local govern.
ments are beIng saddled with an ever expanding lead of rules and requIrements
whose cost over time Is enormous.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: September 21, 1993
To: City Council
From: City Manager
Re: Burning of Disaster Rubbish
As we are all aware, the Governor has declared a: state of emergency In all 99 counties In Iowa.
Addltlonally,the Department of Natural Resources Is permllllng the burning of disaster rubbish
at controlled sites. While we have not received any request to date frorn clUzens or businesses,
we will need to determine ~ polley on burning of disaster rubbish. The City Code does permit
burning under emergency circumstances. Aller discussion with fire personnel and our solid waste
superlntenden~ we feel that the City will not at this time need to allow for the burning of disaster
rubbish. Our residents have the curbside program and we have also provided for various'
contalner drop-off points In selected neighborhoods, Our position will be that we will do our best
to avoid circumstances that might require the burning of disaster rubbish, Unless the Council
feels differently, this Is how we Intend to proceed, In case of an emergency situation, I believe
the City Code grants proper authority to the Fire Chief to accommodate specific requests,
cc: Fire Chief
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MEMORANDUM
Date: September 21, 1993
To: City Council
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Re: Pending Development Issues
An appllcaUon submitted by Capitol Implement Company and Kennedy Plaza, Inc, to vacate a 3B4
square foot portion of the Lafayette Street right-of-way located east of Gilbert Street and northeast
of Malden Lane.
An appllcaUon submitted by Kennedy-Hilgenberg, Inc, for final plat. approval of Wild Prairie
Estates, Part Two, a 33-lot, single-family residential subdivision located on a 12,05 acre parcel
locatee! Immediately west 01 the proposed Irving Weber Elementary School on Rohret Road,
An appllcaUon submitted by Frantz Construction Company, Inc, for preliminary plat approval of
Mount Prospect AddlUon; Part VII, a 31-lot residential subdivision located east of Sycamore Street
and south of lakeside Drive,
An application submitted by CB Development, LId, for final plat approval of Whispering Meadows
Subdivision, Part Two, 103.lot residential subdivision located on a 26,14 acre parcel located on
Whispering Prairie Avenue extended,
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An application submitted by Michael and Vicki Lensing for a special exception for property located
at 617 Kirkwood Avenue to permit expansion of a funeral home to allow use of the properly for
a recovery support group program and to construct a four slall garage south of the existing
residence.
An application submitted by Debbie and Mlchlal 0, Hartley for a special exception for properly ,
located 611126 Sheridan Avenue to permll reduction of, the required side yard by up to two feet
to allow replacing a carport with an attached garage and home addition, ,
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located at 31B E. Bloomington Street to allow a religious Institution to share required parking
spaces with other tenants on the property,
An application submitted by New Pioneer Coop for a special exception to allow up to 50% of
required parking spaces for property located at 20 S. Van Buren Street to be located In the new
Chauncey Swan parking facility.
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MEMORANDUM
September 21, 1993
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TO: City Council
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RE: Bid Notices on Government Cable Channel
Purchasing is adding notices of upcoming bids to the Government Cable Channel, Two(2)
weeks prior to bid opening Purchasing will give Cable TV a brief description of the bid item, ,
bid d,ate and contact person for further information, Last year Purchasing processed over 120
formal bids.
Cable TV has set up a category on the interactive channel titled "Central Procurement Bids",
The first bid listing began Monday September 20, 1993, Cable will add and then remove the
information following the bid opening date,
Bid notices on the Government Cable Channel is a positive way to provide information to the
public, increase competition utilizing the local market and advertise at a very reasonable rate,
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RE: Health Care Proposal
I suspect we will be asked to offer opinions on the President's Health
Care proposal. Therefore, I prepared this summary of the proposal.
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HEALTH CARE
Health Security: The Principles
Security. Every American wlJl receive a Health SecUrity Card that guarantees you a comprehensive
package of benefits that can never be taken away. If you lose your Job, move, or get sick, you're
covered, That's not true today.
Savings. To control health care costs, we're going to spend smarter and make health plans compete
for your business. We're going to cap how fast your health premiums can go up, eliminate wasteful
spending, and cr~ck down on fraud.
Quality. We're going to provide free preventive care, give you the Information you need to choose, and
Invest In training more family doctors, We'll make whafs best about American health care beller,
Choice. We're going to preserve your right to choose your doctor. Many people, In fact, will have
Increased choices, Including a traditional fee-for-servlce plan that too many of us are denied.
Simplicity. We're going to streamline the paperwork that's choking you and your doctors and nurses,
Simplifying forms and cutting back on regulations will give doctors more time to spend caring for you.
Responsibility, Everyone should contribute to health care, Right now, we all pay for those who don't
take responsibility, It's time to say: 'No one should get a free ride.'
Facts About Health Care
. One of every four of us will lose our health coverage sometime In the next two years.
. Insurance companies piCk and choose whom they cover, If you change jobs, move, or get sick, they
can drop you.
. Insurance companies charge small businesses as much as 35% more than big business.
. Only 3 of every 10 'employers with fewer than 500 employees offer any choice of health plan, Millions
of Americans have almost no choice today,
. Twenty-five cents out of every dollar on a hospital bill goes to bureaucracy and paperwork - not
patient care,
. Health care fraud costs all of us at least $80 billion a year. That's a dime of every dollar we spend
on health care.
. Our naUon's health costs have nearly quadrupled since 1980. If we do nothing, your family's health
care costs will double by the year 2000.
. The number of hosplt~ administrators Is Increasing four times faster than the number of doctors.
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I've got good coverage, What's In It for me?
. Real security, Something no amount of money can buy you from an Insurance company today, Lose
your Job, move, get sick. No matter what. You're covered,
. Increased choice, You're guaranteed at least three choices, Today, only 1 of every 3 small and mid-
sized companies gives employees a choice,
. Wage Increases. Gives American workers ability to stop trading wage Increases Just to keep health
benefits,
. Free prevenUve care. Only a handful get It today.
Will I pay more for less?
. In fact, the vast majority of people who have Insurance today will save,
. Some will pay more: businesses that contribute nothing to their employees' health care; young,
healthy people.
. And everyone gets something no amount of money can buy tOday: real security.
How are we going to pay?
. Same way we do now. Most of the money comes from premiums,
. Responsibility. Everyone will have to contribute, No more free rides,
. Savings. Squeeze waste from the system and reinvest the money In new benefits.
. Sin taxes, President specifically rejected a broad-based tax,
Big government?
. President rejected 'a government.run solution and the huge tax It requires.
. Preserves and builds on today's private system,
. Government sets standards, provides security and safety, then gets out of the way,
Whaf about small business?
. Small business Is the real vlcUm today. Insurance companies charge them 35% more than big firms,
. The plan was designed specifically to help smail business. Offers them discounts so they can afford
It,
. Reduces their outrageous admlnlstraUve costs and folds In the workers' compensation mess,
. The Wall Street Journal says the plan will provide 'an unexpected windfall' for small business,
Job loss?
. Health care costs are kUling companies right now. Workers trading wages for same benefits.
. We're going to lower costs for many businesses, which will help create jobs,
. Economists predict a huge boom In health care jobs,
. The studies predlcUng job loss are ridiculous; don't take Into account the discounts,
Rationing care?
. Oldest scare tactic In the book; comes from people who profit from you now.
. We can control costs without rationing. Germany has proved It. So have stales such as Minnesota.
. We preserve the doctor-patient relaUonshlp, keeping the decisions about care with you.
Doctor choice?
. The plan preserves your right to choose your doctor. Follow him or her Into a plan,
. In fact, Increases choices for many people, whose companies now restrict their choice;
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Ths Honorable James Leach
House of Representatives
21 B6 Rayburn Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
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Dear Jim:
I recently read of a program bsing proposad by the Clinton Administration that would provide
a $4,6 billion revolving loan fund for projects associatad with ths Safe Drinking Water Act.
The EPA Administrator has recently outlined certain changes in the administration of that
legislation, one of which appears to be support for this revolving loan fund, The City of Iowa
City is sctivaly involved in the planning for a new water treatment plant and will be required
to design the plant in accordance with the Fsderal Sefe Drinking Watar Act standards, This
project will likely excesd $40 million and, therefore, will have a profound affect upon my
community's wster rates and debt position, We recently borrowed $40 million to satisfy our
wastewater treatment responsibilities, Any proposed revolving loan fund which could assist
in capital costs, as well as provide for general financial relief from this significant expense,
would be welcomed.
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League of Iowa Municipalities meeting, thare also appears to bs a program whereby cities are
encouraged to purchase through federal assistance floodplain areas and maintain the
floodplain for public purposes, This program was alluded to in his presentation and appears
to serve a dual purpose, that being we were able to address a policy of how we can best
manage our floodplain sreas and at the same time could be of assistancs to us in the location
decisions of our wster plant, likely to bs close to the Iowa River as the water source, I would
appreciate your staff reviewing these two items and providing my office with additional
information, in particular a copy of the legislation and its status,
Thank you for your assistance,
Sincerely,
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Stephe J, Atkins
City Manager
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Chuck Schmadeke
Karin Franklin
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September 17, 1993
William Buss
747 W, Benton St,
Iowa City, IA 52246
Dear Mr. Buss:
Thank you for your interest in serving as a member of the Melrose Environmental Assassment
Focus Group. I have attached a copy of the original letter sent to the other representatives,
We still have a few who have not responded. Hopefully, we will have their appointments
within the next few weeks and we can bagin the process of scheduling a date for the focus
group meeting, Shortly we will provids you with a packet of information that should bring
you up to date on this issue and assist in your participation in the focus group,
If you have sny additional questions, please feel free to call me or Karin Franklin, our Director
of Planning. Again, thank you for your willingness to participate,
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Barbara Greene. President
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Oear Ms, Greene:
The City of Iowa City Is In the process of developing e community focus group to assist the City
Council In their decision making associated with the reconstruction of the Melross Avenus Bridge and
Melrose Avenue from a point east of the bridge to South Grand Avenue. A map is ettached, In ord9r
to Involve our citizenry and other Interested parties, as well as perform a required environmental
assessment, this focus group is' being created to bring together what we believe to be the various
interest groups and to provide a forum for comment on the evaluative criteria used In the environmental
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assessment, Ths group is to provide Its recommendations on the scope of work of the environmental
assessment to the City Council prior to selection of an environmental consultant,
The specific task of the group will be to review a draft scope of work, We believe that you repr,esent
one of those interest groups, A list of groupe contacted is attached, Our plans cali for hiring a
facilitator, securing a repreeentative from each of the.interest groups, and convening this group In a
formal focus group setting in order to review the diaft environmental assessment scope of work under
the guidance of the facilitator. We recognize the divergence of interest and the fact that certain \
Interest groups are from out of the Iowa City erea. Therefore, sufficient lead time must be
incorporated into the process, This should provide not only a timely review to maet requirements of
various agencies, but also to secure sufficient paftlcipation prior to the formal decision by the City
Council to proceed on the Scope of work.
We would like for your organization' to provide a representative to participate in this community focus
group discuselon, Our plans cali for the meeting to be held'ln October. Your participation or that of
a representative would be helpful, We believe such a focus group session could Involve an ali day
commitment, We will do Qur best to accommodate schedules. However, It may require a commitment
of a Saturday In order to assure maximum participation,
Please contact me as soon as possible about your participation In this group effort and, if at ali
possible, the name of th9 Individual who would participate, FOliow-up information such as
correspondence and background meterlal associated with the Melrose Avenue project wlll be provided
to participants prior to the meeting In October,
Thank you for your Interest and I look forward to hearing from you soon,
Sincerely yours,
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PRESS RELEASE
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Contact Person:
Rob Winstead
Project Engineer
City of Iowa City
Phone No.: 356-5145
Weather permitting, on Friday, September 24, 1993, Metro Pavers,
Inc. of Iowa City will begin work on a portion of Phase 4 of the
Kirkwood Avenue Reconstruction Project.
Kirkwood Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from Marcy
Street to Kirkwood Court. Marcy Street, Summit Street, Howell
Street, Clark . Street and Kirkwood Court will be closed to
vehicular traffic at Kirkwood Avenue. These side streets will be
accessible to local traffic only in the blocks immediately north
and south of Kirkwood Avenue and will be used for residential on-
street parking. Residents relying on access to their property
within the closed portion of Kirkwood Avenue will need to move
their vehicles to side streets prior to Friday morning.
Pedestrian trafUc will be maintained along Kirkwood Avenue.
This portion of Phase 4 is expected to last from September 24,
1993 until late October 1993, although weather conditions may
alter this schedule.
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portion of the project, Kirkwood Court to Franklin Street, will
be completed in the Spring 1994.
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MEMORANDUM
DATil September 23, 1993
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Steve Atkins,
Bill Oollman,
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At the September 13th work session, we requested an extension
to further study ridership on the Broadway route in front of
the Salvation Army. After reviewln9 the Information collected,
we have agreed to proceed with our original decision of
returnln9 to the re9ular Klrkwood,Avenue route.
Ridership counts were taken, both In and outbound, at the
Highland Ave. and Boyrum St. stop. Counts Include all pass-
~ngers boarding and deboardln9. Ridership counts are as follows:
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With the re-openln9 of phase 3 of Kirkwood Avenue on Friday"
September 24th, the Broadway route has returned to Its regular
route along KI rkwood and Keokuk Streets. We wi I I continue to
use this regular route unless otherwise directed
5:00pm (outbound) 1 0 0 2
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5:30pm (outbound) 2 6 5 5
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,MEMORANDUM
Date:
September 23, 1993
To:
Department and Division Heads
From:
Linda Newman Gentry, City Attorney
Re:
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I ran across a recent article, which gives some very simple, helpful "tips" on writing to avoid
awkward gender-biased language which we frequently see, from time to time. All of you are
aware of my keen interest in writing clear, plain English, free of "legalese" and other esoteric
or unnecessarily confusing language, I thought the attached information from the September
issue of the Iowa State Bar Association bulletin would be helpful to you, and I forward it FYI,
cc: Steve Atkins, City Manager, FYI
Marian Karr, Chy Clerk, FYI
City Council, FYI
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Language
The New Jersey SlIpreme COllrt Task Force on Women in the
COllrtS, appointed by ChiefJlIstice Wilentz in 1982, was the first
sllch Task Force in the nation to examine gender bias in the JlIdi-
ciary, Althollgh there has been significant progress in the recogni-
tion and elimination of gender bias, It remains a pervasive problem
in all American sociallnstitllllons, inclllding the JlIdiciary. Often It
is expressed in sllch subtle ways that the one expressing It does not
realize that an instance of gender bias has occllrred, Most often that
expression takes the fonn of wrillen or oral commllnication,
The Task Force on Women in the
Courts has recommended that coun
rules and model jury charges, as well
as documents, fonns, notices and
correspondence prepared by or used
in the coun system should be revised
so as to use gender.neutrallanguage,
While much has been done to
implement this recommendation,
more work remains,
Gender-biased ianguage usually
emerges because of assumptions and
altitudes that are deeply Ingrained In
, our society, As the Task Force noted
in its 1984 Repon, 'Gender bias Is the
predisposition or tendency to think
about aud behave toward people
mainly on the basis of their sex, it is
reflected in altitudes and behavior
based on stereotypicnl beliefs about
the sexes' 'true natures' and 'proper
roles' rather than Independent
evaluation of each Individual's
abilities, life experiences and aspira-
tions,' The use of gender-biased
language in wrilten materials or in
oral communication conveys the
appearance, if not the fact, of such
gender bias, It may also convey the,
Inaccurate message that gender bias'
is acceptable in the Judiciary,
Accurate, unbiased communication
requires a continuous and conscious
effon, The guidelines that follow are
offered as a means to help writers
and speakers recognize and avoid the
use of gender.biased language,
l. Avoid use of the male pronoun
(he, his, or him) when the Inten.
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8033 University, Suite A
Des Moines, IA 50325
515.224-0104
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women, The Task Force on
Women in the Cou!tS has noted
that. while this usage may be
grJmmatlcally correct, it can
nevertheless be demenning to
women, A vnrlety of alternatives
are available; the best one to use
would depend upon the context in
which the 'gender-biased language
appea,rs:
I. Eliminate the pronoun entirely,
E.wllllple:' The Assignment
Judge shall perform such
additional duties as shall be
as~igned Ito hlml by the Chief
Justice or by rule of the Su-
preme Court,
2, Replace the pronoun with a
neutral ankle,
E.rllmple: An auorney must
prepare [hisllM case before
coming to court,
3, Change the singular pronoun to
plural.
E:ir/lllple: [Each supervisor!
Supervisors must inform (hisl
m employees about these
changes in procedures,
4, Use an adjective other than the
pronoun to modify the noun,
E.rllmple: A judge shall not lend
the prestige of [hlsl illi!ml
office to advance the private
interests of the judge or others,
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noun (e,g" anyone who, an
auorney who, whoever),
E.wllllple: [If anI An auorney
lYhll shows disrespect to the
judge [hel may be found In
contempt of court,
6, Repeat the noun or use a
synonym for the noun, (This Is
usually most effective when
several singular pronouns need
to be replaced, In these in-
stances. eliminating severJI
pronouns often adds clarity,)
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employee who does not do this
by December 1st Ihel may lose
lhW insurance' coverage,
Fiduciary Losses
The Facts
Fiduciaty court bond losses are increasing at art alanning rate.
The increases are in both small claims (under $20 thousand) and
in those over S 100 thousand - with the largest losses often
occurring from the most highly respected sources!
The Solution
1) Recommend a bond for complele proteclion, Make sure
" your client knows thatloday's In1St can become
tomorrow's tragedy for heirs and beneficiaries,
2)
Suggest that your client consider joint control. especially if
the principal lacks business experience or might have
financial problems,
3)
Require annual reports, Many sizable claims could have
been substanlially reduced by proper supervision.
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however subtle,
. Instead of 'man and wife" use
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woman', or "husband and wife",
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references such as 'the little
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unless that is the correct age.
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women (or men). not girls!
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or 'male' before an occupation or
role unless the gender is relevant.
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doctor", 'male nurse', "female
judge" 'female attorney', 'male
secretary",
- Use the term 'spouse' instead of
'husband" or 'wife' to avoid
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individuals are all of one gender,
Example: The judges' [wivesl
snouses are also invited,
- Avoid the 'Dear Sir' or 'Gentle-
men' form of address, When you
do not have the name of the
person(s) to whom you ,Ire
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lion. e,g, 'Dear Counsel" or, if this
is not known. then use 'Dear Sir
or Madam',
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apply to one sex, focus instead
on the work performed,
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gu~ge from your wrillen and spoken
communiC'Jlions, In doing so, you
will both improve your ability 10
communicate effeclively and help Ihe
Judiciary eliminate gender-bias from
the system,
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distributed by the New Jersey Admin,
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prepared as pan of implementation
of recommendations of Ihe New
Jersey Supreme Coun Task Force on
Women in the COUItS (now a stand.
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'men' or male references when
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specific subslilUle,
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date:
September 23. 1993,
To:
Honorable Mayor Darrel G, Courtney and Members of the City Council
From:
Linda Newmen Gentry"City Attorney
Re:
Presentation at Iowa State Bar Association, Environmental and Natural
Resources Law Section, Environmental Law Seminar; October 15. 1993, in Des
Moines, Iowa
Attached please find an announcement of the Environmental Law Seminar. wherein I will bs
making a presentation on "environmental concerns for municipalities," Some of you have
expressed interest in my outline, so I want to make that evailable to you upon request,
I shoula forewarn you that the outline is very "dense," because the environmental concerns
facing Iowa City are numerous. as you well know, Just give me a call if you are interested
in the outline. together with some of the handouts. which you would not have seen because
used with the various departments and divisions,
Attachment. FYI
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Environmental Law Seminar
Embassy Sui", on lhe River
Des MoilltS, Icwo
Frid<rt, Oclobtr 15,1993
8:45 a.m,-4:30 pm.
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Case Law Updete
Scott A. Young
Nyemaster. Goode, McLaughlin,
Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien
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Microbial Environmental Services
Bioremediation
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Program
8:1l1-8:4G
Registration
8:45-8:15
Principles of Environmental Law
Lawrence P. McLellan
Bradshaw, Fowler. Proctor &
Farigrave, P,C.
Des Moines,IA
9l111-&.4G
Environmental Concerns for
Municipalities
Linda NeWDlan Gentry
Iowa City City Attorney
Iowa City,IA
9:46-10:15
Criminal Lt.w lesues
Kathleen M, Deal
Assistant Attorney General
Des Moines,IA
10:111-1Qo.30
Break
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11:00-12:00
Ineurance Polley/Company leeuee
Panel
Moderator-Charles F, Becker
Belin, Harris, Lamson, McConnick
Des Moines,IA
Insurer's Position -
'lrudy Peterslie
Employers Mutual Companies
Dee Moines, IA
Insured's Position -
Rick Jenkins
Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown,
Koehn & Shors
Des Moines, IA
12:00-1:15
Luncheon
11111-2:00
Bankruplty Law lesues
Roger K. Scholten
Maytag Corporation
Newton, IA
2:00-2:30
Use ofConsultanta
Brian L, Wirt
Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown,
Koehn & Shors
Des Moines,IA
2:3D-2:4G
Break
2:4G-S:30
Banking Iseues: Trustee Liability
and Life After Fleet Factors
Chrlatopher Pose
Connolly. O'Malley, Lillis, Hansen &
Olson
Des Moines, IA
3:30-4:30
Ethical Considerations -
Multiple Party Representation in
Environmental Actions and
Representing the 'Bad Guys'
Brenda Myers
Barnhill & Goodman
Dee Moines, IA
Seminar htu bw, approotd (or 6 '
hoUri a( Slate and I haur a(
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5TII ANNUAL IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL CLE
Name
Address
Embassy Suites on the River
Des Moines, Iowa
Friday, October 15, 1993
Member #
Section Member:
I,S.B.A. Member:
Non-Member:
Advanced Registration Fee
$70.00
$BO,OO
$95,00
Registration at Door
$BO,OO
$90.00
$105,00
I cannot attend but I would llke the materials at a cost of $35,00 (check enclosed), Yes D
Return check and registration by Oct. B, 1993 to:
The Iowa State Bar Association '
521 East Locust
Dee Moines. IA 50309
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, City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: September 24, 1993
To: ' Honorable Mayor Darrel G, Courtney and Members of the City Council
From: Linda Newman Gentry, City Attorney
Re: Partial Litigation Update; Successful Outcomes
1'. Nathaniel C, Buros v, Iowa Citv, Iowa; Federal Docket #3-91-CV70093 (Buros III),
This is a Section 19B3, constitutional claim filed in federal court Fsbruary 1992 as a
pro se action (meaning Burgs represented himself without an attorney), Burgs claimed
Winkelhake, Sueppel, Knock, Steffen and Widmer conspired to illegally arrest him in
August 19B9,
As you can see from the attached ruling, congratulations are in order to Anne Burnside,
First Assistant City Attorney, for winning the cass on appeal to the Eighth Circuit, The
City Attorney Office was confident that the lawsuit was without merit, but the "win"
is we,lcome,
2,
Darrvl Davis v, Citv and R,J, Winkelhake; Federal Docket #4-92.10552 (Davis II),
Davis filed this Section 19B3 constitutional claim in federal court August 1992,
claiming Iowa City police falsely arrested him because of his race (black) and used
racist tactics, Phil Mears represented Davis as an appointed attorney, The Federal
District Court has now ruled in the City's favor, granting the City defendants summary
jud9ment on sll counts, While the case is still appealable, Judge Longstaff's ruling is
sound, and we are confident it will withstand appeal (if Davis so chooses), see
attached,
Again, congratulations to Anne Burnside, First Assistant City Attorney, for a "job well
done,"
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Bernard Yeoov et al v, Citv of Iowa Citv, Glasoow, Charles and Julie Slavmaker; Iowa
Supreme Court Docket #92-1922 (Yeoov III,
The City of Iowa City won this case sometime ago in September 1992, based on a
motion for summary judgment filed by First Assistant City Attorney Anne Burnside,
Thereafter, private defendants Slaymaker and Bruce Glasgow obtained sanctions
against the Yeggys for filing a lawsuit against the defendents without a factual or legel
basis for the claims, which is contrary to Iowa rules of civil procedure, The District
Court granted sanctions, the Yeggys appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court, and ths
Court upheld the sanctions, see attached. Unfortunate/YI the collection of "stuff" is
occurring egain, so this ruling mey not be the end of the matter,
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cc: Steve Atkins, City Manager
Marian Karr, City Clerk
Dais Halling, Assistant City Manager
City Attorney Staff
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For Th e Eighth Circuit
u.s. CODrl " CUllom Roua.
1114 Martel S.....l
SI. Loule, Mllloarl D3101
September 14, 1993
Mr. Nathanial C. Bt1J:gs
IOWA STATE PENITENTIARY
#700851
P.O. Box 316
Fort Madison, IA 52627
Re: 93-129lSID Nathanial C. Bt1J:gs vs. Icm City, Iowa
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G~P 16 1993
em ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Dear Sir:
Enclosed is a copy of the opinion filed today in the referenced
case. Judgment in accordance with the opinion was also ent~ today.
Please review Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and the
Eighth Circuit Rules on post-sul:mission procedure to insure that any
contemplated filing is timely and in canpliance with the rules. Note
particularly that petitions for rehearing must be received by the
clerk's office within the time set by mAP 40 (within 14 days of entry
, of jUdgment). Petitions for rehearing are not afforded a grace period
for mailing and are subject to being denied if not timely received.
SWy,
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Clerk of Cc?urt
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Enclosure( s)
cc: Linda NewI1'aI1-Gentry
Anne Gregg Burnside
James R. Rosenbawn
District Court/Agency Case Nurnber(s): 9l-cV'-70093
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Winkleheke, Police Chief, Iowa *
city Police Department; Paul *
Supple, sued as Detective, Iowa *
City Police Department; Jerry *
Knock, sued as Detective, Iowa *
City Police Department; Dan *
Moore, sued as Detective, Iowa *
City Police Department; Duffy, *
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City Police Department; Patrick *
Harney, sued as Captain Patrick *'
Harney, Iowa City Police *
Department; Kibbee, sued as *
Officer Kibbee, Iowa City Police *
Department; Sladek, sued as *
Magistrate Sladek; H. Delanoit, *
sued as Assistant County *
Attorney, Johnson County; Linda *
McGuire, sued as Assistant *
County Attorney, Johnson County; *
J. Patrick White, sued as *
Johnson County Attorney; Mike *
Wallace, sued as Assistant *
Attorney General, State of Iowa; *
Thomas Miller, sued as Attorney *
General, state of Iowa, *
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Plaintiff-Appellant,
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Submitted: September 9, 1993
Filed: September 14, 1993
Before FAGG, BOWMAN, and LOKEN, circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Nathanial C. Burgs, an Iowa'inmate, appeals from the District
court'sl order granting defendants summary jUdgment in this 42
U.S.C. S 1983 action.
Burgs filed this action against Iowa city, the Iowa city
Police Department, and numerous Iowa city pOlice officials. Burgs
claimed defendants, violated his constitutional rights when they
questioned him about a string of local burglaries, arrested him,
searched and seized his property, and conspired with his parole
officer. He also claimed defendants falsely arrested him,
maliciously prosecuted him, and slandered him. He claimed Iowa
city and 'the Iowa city Police Department failed to adequately train
and supervise their personnel, and defendants abandoned proper
police procedures, fabricated false evidence about him, and
conspired to deprive him of his rights.
The District Court dismissed the complaint as frivolous as to
some defendants, and ordered service of process on others. The
remaining defendants answered, and later filed a supported motion
for summary judgment. When Burgs did not respond to the summary
jUdgment motion, the District Court sua sponte granted him an
extension. Burgs still filed no response within the extension, and
the District Court granted defendants' motion.
IThe Honorable Harold D. Vietor, United states District Judge
for the Southern District of Iowa.
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We review ,for abuse of discretion the dismissal of an in forma
pauperis complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.c. section 1915(d).
See Denton v. Hernandez, _ U.S. _, 112 S. ct. 1728, 1734
(1992),. A district court must consider whether a complaint is
frivolous before it grants in forma pauperis status to a plaintiff.
See Gentile v. Missouri DeD't of Corrections and Human Resources,
986 F.2d 214,217 (8th Cir. 1993). Burgs challenges the dismissal
as to defendants DUffy, Moore, and Harney, but his claims against
them are based on the kind of "indisputably meritless legal theory"
envisioned by the Supreme Court. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S.
319, 327 (1989). The District Court did not abuse its discretion
in dismissing these defendants.
"When a motion for summary jUdgment is made and supported
. . . , an adverse party may not rest upon the mere allegations or
denials of the adverse party's pleading, but the adverse party's
response . . . must set forth specific facts showing that there is
a genuine issue for trial." Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e); White v.
McDonnell Doualas CorD., 904 F.2d 456, 458 (Bth Cir. 1990) (per
curiam). Additionally, Burgs was required to respond to the motion
within fourteen days after the defendants' motion was served. Fed.
Local ct. RUles, S.D. Iowa Rule 14(f). From the record, it appears
defendants served their motion on October 8 and filed it October
20. The District Court sua sponte granted Burgs until November 4
to respond, yet Burgs failed to do so. Consequently, contrary to
Burgs's contention, the District Court did not err in rUling on
defendants' motion at the time it did.
"[T]he plain language of Rule 56 (c) mandates the entry of
summary jUdgment, after adequate time for discovery and upon
motion, against a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to
establish the existence,of an element essential to that party's
case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at
trial." Celotex COrD. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986). Here,
'we agree with the District Court that there was no genuine issue of
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material fact and no reasonable jury could decide in Burgs'S favor.
See Anderson v. Libertv Lobbv. Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 247-49 (1986).
Burgs's allegations were vague and unsubstantiated. He stated
that defendants conspired against him when they arrested him,
searched his home and car, and made slanderous statements about
him, but he did not allege a meeting of minds among defendants, and
he did not demonstrate how any defendant violated his
constitutional rights. See Nelson v. citv of McGehee, 876 F.2d 56,
59 (8th Cir. 1989) (citing Mvers v. Morris, 810 F.2d 1437, 1454
(8th Cir. 1987)), Burgs also failed to allege facts or present
evidence supporting his conclusory assertion that Iowa city and the
Iowa City Police Department failed to adequately train their
personnel. Moreover, defendants produced evidence that the state
court in Burgs'S criminal proceedings had already determined that
the arrest, search, and seizures were based on probable cause, that
there 'was substantial evidence to support the charges against
Burgs, and that defendants did not conspire against him.
Defendants correctly argued the ,state court judgments are entitled
to preclusive effect. See Miqra v. Warren city Sch. Dist. Bd. of
~~, ~65 U.S. 75, 81 (1984). Defendants also correctly stated
that the statute of limitations barred Burgs'S claims about events
that occurred more than two years before he filed the instant
section 1983 action. See Kaster v. Iowa, 975 F.2d 13B1, 1382 (8th
Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (citing Wycoff v. Menke, 773 F.2d 9B3, 984
(8th Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1028 (19B6)). Defendants
further correctly argued that Burgs'S allegations of defamation
were insufficient to state a claim under section 1983. See Paul v.
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not a liberty or property interest protected against state
deprivation by the Fourteenth Amendment); Nelson, B76 F.2d at 5B
(denial of due process, not alleged defamation, triggers federal
cause of action). We therefore conclude that the District Court
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CASE NUMBER: 4-92-cv-10552 '
Iowa City, Iowa; R. J,
Wink1ehake, Sgt. Cummings;
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Jury Verdict. This action came before the Court for a trial by jury, The issues have
been tried and the jury has rendered its verdict.
-X Decision by Court. This action came to consideration before the Court, The issues
have been considered and a decision has been rendered. '
IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:
Defendants motion for summary judgment is granted. Judgment is entered for defendants
and this case dismissed with prejudice,
September 15, 1993
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IOWA CITY, IOWA; R. J.
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RULING
NO. 4-92-cv-10552
vs.
Defendants.
This is an action brought by an inmate under 42 U.S.C.
~ 1983. He is represented by appointed counsel. Plaintiff, who
is black, contends that defendants falsely arrested him for
burglary on June 22, 1990. He asserts that he was acquitted by a
jury in'September of 1990. His pro se complaint was filed on
August 12, 1992. Defendants have moved for summary jUdgment on
statute of limitations grounds and on grounds they are entitled
to qualified immunity. 1
SummarY judament standard. Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of
civil Procedure provides that summary judgment "shall be rendered
forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to
interrogatories and admissions on file, together with the
affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any
1 Plaintiff concedes any claim arising from an August 1990
arrest is barred by his conviction on the charge. See Maladv v.
~, 902 F.2d 10, 11-12 (8th Cir. 1990).
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material ,fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment
as a matter of law."
To preclude entry of summary judgment the nonmovant must
make a sufficient Showing on every essential element of his case
on which he has the burden of proof at trial. Celotex CorP. v.
Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322, 323 (1986); Continental Grain Co. v.
Frank seitzinaer Storaae, B37 F.2d 836, 83B (8th cir. 198B).
Rule 56(e) requires the nomoving party to go beyond the
pleadings, and by affidavits or "depositions, answers to
interrogatories, and admissions on fiie" designate "specific
facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial." Fed.
R.civ. P. 56(e); Celotex, 477 U.S. at 324.
The quantum of proof that the nonmoving party must produce
is not precisely measurable, but "the nonmoving party must
produce enough evidence so that a reasonable jury could return a
verdict for the nonmovant." Anderson v. Libertv Lobbv. Inc. 477
U.S. 242, 257 (1986).
On a motion for summary jUdgment, the court views all the
facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, and
that party must also be given the benefit of all reasonable
inferences to be drawn from the facts. ~eaal v. Runnels, 793
F.2d 924, 926 (8th Cir. 1986).
Analvsis. The plaintiff's complaint was filed' for statute
of limitations purposes on the date it was delivered to prison
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904 F.2d 427/ 430 (8th cir. 1990) (general rule is that document
is "filed" when received by the clerkl only exception is for pro
se prisoner filings, which are deemed "filed" when delivered to
prison authorities for mailing) (dictum as to prisoner filings).
In the absence of any evidence regarding that date, it is deemed
filed on the date it was received by this court's clerk, more
than two years after plaintiff's arrest but within two years of
the jury verdict acquitting him. The statute of limitations for
section 1983 actions in Iowa is two years. See Wvcoff v. Menke,
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(19B6). If plaintiff's claims accrued on when he was arrested on
,June 22, 1990, the action is time-barred I if it accrued when he
was acquitted, it is not.z
Although the state statute of limitations is borrowed for
section 1983 actions, federal' law controls when the,claim
accrued. ~ Norco Construction. Inc. v. Kina Countv, 801 F.2d
1143, 1145 (9th Cir. 1986). "A federal claim accrues when the
plaintiff 'knows or has reason to know of the injury which is the
basis of the action. "' Baalev v. CMC Real Estate Corp. / 923 F. 2d
75B, 760 (9th Cir. 1991) (internal citations omitted).
2 Plaintiff agrees that this is a correct characterization of
the issue I he does not dispute, the dates, only the legal analysis.
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plaintiff advances two legal theories: A "constitutional claim
for malicious prosecution" and false arrest. He contends that an
acquittal is an element of both these claims, so they did not
accrue until his acquittal by the jury within the term of the
statute of limitations.
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actions toward a criminal suspect, such as arrest, interrogation,
or search and seizure, are presumed to have accrued when the
actions actually occur") (emphasis added); Veneqas v. Waqner, 704
F.2d 1144, 1146 (9th cir. 19B3) (same; distinguishing "denial of
fair trial" claim, which accrues upon conviction).3
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common law tort claims which are not, by themselves, actionable
under section 1983. ~,~, Gunderson v. Schlueter, 904 F.2d
407, 409-10 (1990) (malicious prosecution "is not punishable
under section 1983 because it does not allege a constitutional
injury") .
plaintiff's "false arrest" claim might allege a Fourth
Amendment violation. To the extent it does, acquittal is not an
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l'Ialadv v. crunk, 902 F.2d 10 (8th cir. 1990), extended the
malicious prosecution acquittal requirement to false arrest claims.
This is incorrect. In Maladv the court held that for policy
reasons conviction is a complete defense to a Fourth Amendment suit
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common law tort of malicious prosecution. See Yoch v. city of
Cedar RaDids, 353 N.W.2d 95, 100 (Iowa App. 19B4). A section
1983 claim based on facts which might be described in a short-
hand way as constituting malicious prosecution is different:
Malicious prosecution "is not punishable under section 19B3
because it does not allege a constitutional injury." Gunderson
v. Schlueter, 904F.2d 407, 409-10 (1990). It is the
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due process, violation of substantive due process rights,
, violations of equal protection, and so on.4 As in Gunderson,
the facts here "simply do not show [plaintiff] was accorded less
process than he was due under the Constitution." I9.... at 409.
Plaintiff has also failed to show a genuine issue of
material fact going to outrageous conduct by the officers, which
for arrest without probable cause. I9.... at 11-12. There is no
indication the court intended to add this requirement as an element
for recovery, and there is no justification for doing so. As the
Johnson court noted, the violation of a plaintiff's constitutional
rights is complete when he or she is arrested without probable
cause, a violation of the Fourth Amendment; the date of arrest is
therefore the date the claim accrues. 925 F.2d at 1301.,
4 The defendants are the police officers who arrested
plaintiff. Plaintiff has not alleged any facts which would suggest
the officers' involvement at trial in any violations of
'constitutional rights such as are mentioned above.
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may be a substantive due process violation in the appropriate
case. See ~~ 904 F.2d at 410-11 (1990). His allegations
about a pattern of racial harassment are undermined by his
conviction or guilty pleas on the oth~r charges brought against
him. He has 'also failed to pursue this in his resistance.
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claim that he was persecuted by the defendant police officers
because of his race, he has alleged no racially motivated actions
by them within tne statute of limitations -- that is, he has
alieged his acquittal occurred then, but it is the allegedly
racially motivated acts of the officers, not the ultimate effects
of those acts, which violates the constitution and which causes
the claim to accrue. plaintiff's other claims are therefore also
barred by the statute of limitations. It is unnecessary to reach
defendants' other grounds for summary judgment.
SummarY. Defendants' motion for summary judgment is
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dismissed with prejudice.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this ~~ay of september, 1993.
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IN THE S\JPREHE COURT OF ~OWA
No. 297 I 92-1922
Filed August 3D, 1993
BERNARD YEGGY, HUBERT YEGGY,
WILFRED YEGGY, LEO~ARD YEGGY
and MAXINE YEGGY,
Appellants,
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CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA; et al.,
Defendants' ,
BRUCE GLASGOW, CHARLES and JULIE SLAYMAKER,
Appellees,
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YOUR INFORMATION
eARl<EIl. CRUISE. KENNEOV,
HOUGHTON & FOSTER
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AUG 30 1993
CLERK SUPREME COURT
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Johnson County,
L. Vern Robinson, Judge.
plaintiffs appeal from sanctions ruling, AFFIRMED.
wilfred Yeggy, Iowa City, pro se, for appellants.
Davis L. Foster and M. Rebecca Seidl of Baxter, Cruise,
Kennedy, Houghton & Foster, Iowa City, for appellees,
,Considered by Harris, Schultz and Andreasen, JJ.
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The plaintiffs, the Yeggys, appeal from t~e district
court's ruling imposing sanctions under Iowa Rule o'f Civil
procedure 80 regarding their pro se prosecution of a'
lawsuit against the defendants arising out of a nuisance
action.
The plaintiffs claim that the district court
abused its discretion in awarding defendants Glasgow and
the SlaYmakers thai;: attoJ:ney feds au Ii sanctivn against
the p~aintiffs.We affirm,'
The plaintiffs were subject to a nuisance action by the
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subsequently filed a pro se petition raising various tort
claims against the City of Iowa City and various individual
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Slaymaker also joined in the request for sanctions. The
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g~~nting"the motion for sanctions. '1'ha court determined
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should be imposed against the plaintiffs, ,The, ruUng
awarded attorney fees for Bruce Glasgow in the amou?t of
$2191.50 and for the Slaymakers in the amount of $220B.5Q,
The plaintiffs filed a motion for reconsideration, which
was denied on October 16, 1992.
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certaIn claims did not apply to some of the defendants, we
conclude that the district court did not abuse its
discretion in imposing sanctions under rule BO; We affirm
the district court's ruling.
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MEMORANDUM
Data:
September 16, 1993
To:
Mayor and City Council
From: City Clerk
Re: Council Work Session, September 13, 1993 - 6:35 p.m, in the Council
Chambers
Mayor Darrel G, Courtney presiding. Council members present: Courtney, Ambrisco, Novick,
McDonald, Horowitz, Kubby, Pigott (6:3B p,m,), Staff present: Atkins, Helling, Burnside,
Karr, Franklin, Schmadeke, O'Malley, Dollman, Smith. Tape recorded on Reels 93-7B, Sida
2: Reel 93.B 1, Side 1.
PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS
Reel 93.7B, Side 2
PCD Director Franklin presented the following Planning and Zoning items for discussion:
a, PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE A TEN.FOOT WIDE WALKWAY
RIGHT-OF.WAY LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF THE 415 N,
llEVENTH AVENUE PROPERTY, IStrinaerNAC93.00021
b. PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY
CHANGING THE USE REGULATIONS OF AN APPROXIMATE 1.65 ACRE TRACT OF
LAND LOCATED AT 702 S, GILBERT STREET, IOWA CITY, IOWA, FROM CI-l.
INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL. TO CC-2, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. IKennedv
Plaza/REZ93.0009)
Novick requested information from Traffic Engineer Brachtel regarding parking on
Gilbert Court. Horowitz requested information regarding Kirkwood Learning Center's
impact on the Gilbert Court area.
c, PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CONDITIONAL ZONING
AGREEMENT FOR AN APPROXIMATE 240 ACRE TRACT, KNOWN AS WINDSOR
RIDGE, LOCATED EAST OF SCOTT PARK, SOUTH OF LOWER WEST BRANCH ROAD
AND NORTH OF AMERICAN LEGION ROAD. (REZ92-00131
d, ORDINANCE VACATING THE ALLEY LOCATED WEST OF GILBERT STREET AND
NORTH OF KIRKWOOD AVENUE BETWEEN 210 AND 230 KIRKWOOD AVENUE.
{PASSED ANDADOPTEDI (McDonald ChirooracticNAC93.0001 I
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RIDGE SUBDIVISION, CONTAINING LOTS 25. 26 AND 27 AND A PORTION OF
RUNNING DEER WOODS ROAD, LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 NORTH IN FRINGE
AREA 4, (SUB93-00101
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ISUB93.0010) ISO-DAY LIMITATION PERIOD: SEPTEMBER 14,1993,)
COUNCIL TIME/AGENDA
Reel 93-78, Side 2
1, City Manager Atkins and Transit Operations Supervisor Dol/man presented informetion
about the Emergency Housing Project's requests to change the Broadway transit route
and the half-price ticket program, Atkins requested that Council aI/ow City staff an
additional two weeks to review information before any decisions are mads, Kubby
requested that staff look at ideas about how the City and other agencies can provide
transportation to that area,' Council agrsed to dsfer a decision two wseks for more
staff review of the Emergency Housing Projects requests,
2. Horowitz suggested that information about tree pruning should be included in
information furnished to the Riverfront Commission,
3. Horowitz raised concerns about ths feasibility of renovating City Park,
4, Horowitz noted that the Iowa City Public Library is waiting for a reply from the City
Council regarding their expansion, Atkins stated that he met with the Library board
and he didn't feel they have formalized their expansion plans yet.
5. (Consent Calendar 2,f,(3)) Kubby raised concerns about parking confusion at the
Farmsrs Merket, Atkins noted that Farmers Market will be relocated soon to the
Chauncey Swan Facility,
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(Agenda Item #191 Kubby commented about ths proposed parking fine ordinance,
Kubby asked if tickets could remain on file in the City and not be deleted after one
ysar. Assistant City Attorney explained that the parking tickst comes under a criminal
code section and is a simple misdemeanor only prosecutsble for one year after the
date, Novick inquired if the City could tie parking tickets to Johnson County car
registration renewal, Assistant City Attorney Burnside stated that she would have to
look into that issue because car registration is controlled by state law, Atkins noted
that cities in Illinois h3ve city vehicle stickers to allow parking on city streets and tie
parking tickets to those stickers, Kubby inquired about the provision in the proposed
parking fine ordinance that states, "Thirty days after issue all illegal parking fees
except handicap shall increese to $10," Assistant City Attorney Burnside ststed that
the City does havs separate laws for the handicapped disabled parking, Kubby noted
that the policy to tow at $15 was not included in the ordinance,
7, Novick inquired about Senior Centsr parking in the new Chauncey Swan parking
structure, City Manager Atkins steted that Parking Superintendent Fowler hes
proposed permitting the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center and Heritage Agency
on Aging to utilize 20 spaces, Council agreed the spaces should be sst aside for the
Senior Center snd Heritags,
B, In response to Courtney, Atkins stated that people may be concerned thet Trick-or-
Treat night is on Sunday night because it is a Christian holiday,
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Kubby announced thet she will present Council Membors with a memorandum
regarding bicycle issues at the formal meeting 9/14,
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meeting on September 20, 4-5:30 p,m" with no dinner, Council Members ssked that
ths following items be added to the meeting's agenda: GIS mapping project, Year
2000, traffic lights, rural tax levy vs, general tax levy for services, Atkins noted that
an issue to think about is developing an agenda of issues,
11, Kubby requested that the information update that was sent to Normandy Manor
households should also be sent to places like Baculis Trailer Court,
Meeting adjourned at 7:35 PM,
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1993 CIT'( ELECTICNS
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1178 E. Court St.
Stan Bench At-Large X X
814 East Market St. Apt. A (26 months)
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306 Mullin (4 years)
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September 17, 1993
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Although you will understand my desire to reserve my right to complain about
City matters in the future, this is a fan letter of thanks,
In this age of "reinventing government," and substituting "market place forces"
for government services, it just seems to me that, for whatever my limited
experience is worth statistically, my own' encounters with City employees, and
services, over the past year have been very positive,
I live with my wife on Melrose Court.
Water, During the last winter we had a couple of breaks in the water line, City
employees were on the scene very quickly, regardless of what time of the day'or
night they were needed, worked expeditiously and professionally, and had water
service restored in short order,
A new line was put in Brookland Place, and this summer they put one in on
Melrose Court to avoid furtiler problems, That, too, was done professionally
and expeditiously, and with a cooperative and friendly spirit designed to
minimize tile disruption to those living in the neighborhood as the street was
tom up, and blocked with equipment. Someone.. I presume the same folks ..
actually threw some grass seed on the area in front of my house which had been
disturbed in the process,
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Finally, one employee in particular took it upon himself to counsel and advise
me with regard to putting in, and then nmning a connection from, the new water
line on Brookland Place which I especially appreciated,
And the City employees who relocated the external meter on the hO\lse did a
really neat and professional job of putting it all together in an aesthetically
pleasing way, were friendly, expeditious and professional.
Street cleaning. Since the street sweeper came by again this morning, I am
reminded to comment about that as well, Partially this is just nostalgia from my
boyhood, when I was living on Brown Street in 1940 and the late 1930s, and
the arrival of the street sweeper was one of the highlights of excitement for me
as a v~ry young boy, And partially I suppose it is my northern European
ancestry, descending from folks who actually swept their own piece of sidewalk
and street (as I am still nutty enough to occasionally do myself when it rains,
and I can use my big street broom), In any event, I really appreciate the
service, and the clean street, and given the miles of streets in Iowa City think it
is remarkable that we get as regular a service as we do.
There have been occasions when I have left sweepings along side the curb and,
without calling anyone, or asking for service, they were simply picked up --
presumably by someone working for the City,
Trash/Recycling, The trash collection and recycling seems to get handled on
schedule, with no mess left behind or containers thrown about the yard,
Street sign, Recently, for some reason, an erroneous street sign was posted at
the comer of Melrose Court (as it ha's been at least since 194 I) and Brookland
Place, indicating that Melrose Court at that point was "Myrtle," I simply called
the Civic Center, was put in touch with whomever [ was told I should talk to,
and within no more than a day or two it was replaced, That was pretty
impressive service, too,
Because I am sure that at some point I will have some perfectly outrageous
complaints to level at you, I thought I should pass along the praise as well
before the mood passed. Thanks for your; and your employees,' handling of
what are, for the most part, largely thankless jobs,
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Attorney at Law
300 BrewelY Square
123 North Unn Slreel
P,O. Box 2820
Iowa City, IA 52244
RECEIVED SEP 1 7 1993
319-354-0331
FAX 354-0559
September 16, 1993
Mr. Bob Miklo
Department of Planning &
Program Development
CITY OF IOWA CITY
410 East Washington Street
Iowa city, Iowa 52240
RE: Multi-Family Residential Parking
Dear Bob:
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pursuant to our recent telephone conversations I am enclosing
copies of floor plans of 4 recently built apartment complexes which
I think are representative of the growing problem with inadequate
provision for parking. As, you know, the parking requirements in
Section 36-5B of the zoning Ordinance tie the number of required
parking spaces to the square foot floor area of each dwelling unit.
As I emphasized in my earlier correspondence, this has produced a
number of instances where parking is grossly inadequate.
The first set of illustrations, which I have labelled "A" are
for a property located at 501 Bowery Street, on the intersection of
Bowery and Van Buren. The first page of this illustrates a 5
bedroom apartment contained on this property. The subsequent pages
illustrate 2 additional 3 bedroom apartments and the final page
illustrates a 2 bedroom apartment. This means that in this 4 unit
apartment complex there are 13 bedrooms. Those 13 bedrooms legally
require only 6.5 parking spaces (rounded to 7). This translates to
_!53B parking spaces per bedroom. I think the experience of most
landlords would be that an average of .75 to 1.0 cars per bedroom
is a more realistic estimate of parking loads.
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You asked for illustrations of multiple bedroom apartments of
the type which are producing ever greater parking congestion under
the current ordinance. Example "B" is from Kennedy Plaza on South
Gilbert Street. This illustrates a 4 bedroom apartment of 1,008
square feet. In reality this 4 bedroom apartment equals 2 - 2
bedroom apartments rolled into one. This is the wave of the
future.
Example "C" is located at the corner of North Dubuque and
Church Streets. This particular segment of the floor plan
illustrates 2 - 3 bedroom apartments just under 800 square feet and
a 4 bedroom apartment just under 1,000 square feet. . Partially
shown is another 3 bedroom apartment also just under 800 square
feet. These 13 bedrooms again require only 7 parking spaces
(rounded up from 6.5). Note that the 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom
apartments have exactly the same square footage. Again, this is
the wave of the future, i.e. to put more bedrooms in the same
square footage. This reduces the required parking and also the
amenities available to tenants.
Example "D" is a property at 514 South Johnson Street. This
floor plan illustrates a 4 bedroom apartment of approximately 920
square feet.
These are examples of what are really rooming houses,
bypassing the requirements of one thousand square foot per
apartment and requiring only two parking spaces, regardless of the
number of bedroom or occupants.
I am not going to belabor the points I made in my December 14,
1992 letter to the Council. I will only say that some of the same
builders who have put up the example buildings and others have
purchased real estate and will be putting up more' of these
buildings.
What has happened is that buildings which previously would
have been a mixture of 2 and 3 bedroom apartments have been
redesigned into much larger dwelling units. A typical 9-plex would
have 6 - 2 bedrooms and 3 - 3 bedroom units of significantly
greater square footage. The 21 bedrooms in such a 9-plex would
translate into 16 parking spaces which equals .762 parking spaces
per bedroom. This is much closer to the .75 to 1.0 standard I
mentioned earlier. Even at .762, I think most landlords find that
on site parking is still very tight. '
All you need for proof of the tight demand for parking is to
tour the South Johnson Street area around 10:00 p.m.
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What has happened is that what appears to be a 6-plex
apartment building is, in reality, 6 rooming houses in one
building, rather than 6 apartments. These apartments are designed
for occupancy by 5 persons and more.
Indeed, I have in front of me a floor plan which conforms to
Cope which would put 5 bedrooms into an apartment less than 800
square feet. Each unit would require only 1,5 parking spar-es. On
a typical interior Iowa City lot, (60 x 150 feet) it is possible to '
put 8 of these units into one apartment building. This means 12
parking spaces for a 40 bedroom apartment complex. This equals a
. 3 parking space per bedroom requirement, one third of parking
which is really necessary.
I am purposely not, sending you this floor plan, because I
don' t want to see this building built. There are still a
substantial nwnber of the 60 x 150 foot lots available for building
these rooming house/apartments. However, it won't be long before
someone else will figure this out and you will see a B unit, 40
bedroom complex built. Everyone in the area of such a building
will suffer when only 14 residents, out of 40 or more, have on site
parking.
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of these buildings with multiple bedroom, small square footag~,
apartments have been constructed. I hope that the Commission and'
Council can expedite the process of addressing these troublesome
issues.
I see those issues as:
1.
go from 1,
apartments?
Is the City going to allow the mix of apartments to
2, and 3 bedroom apartments to 4 and 5 bedroom'
2. Does the square footage to parking requirement still
make any sense when builders are bypassing this by squeezing
everm0re bedrooms into the' square footage which historically was
occupied by a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment?
3. What does the terribly congested condition of
parking in the South Johnson area tell us?
4. ,Are these apartment complexes or rooming houses by
another name?
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Of course the final issue is whether the City can react fast
enough to changes in construction and land use to stop a growing
problem.
very truly yours,
C. Joseph Ho~land
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cc: Mayor Darrell Courtney
Monica Moen/Planning & Program Development
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Joe Bolkcom
Charles D. Duffy
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Belly Ockenfels
September 21. 1993
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b) Other
7, Business from the Board of Supervisors,
a) Discussion re: minutes,
b) Discussion re: Heallh Insurance,
c) Reports
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9, Recess.
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Charles D, Duffy
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September 23. 1993
FORMAL MEETING
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a) Discussion/action re: Homestead Tax Credit applicalion for Johnson
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b) Action re: right-of-way for Sutliff project,
c) Motion amending General Relief Guidelines and Policy for Johnson County,
"Rent paymenls shall not exceed $200,00 per month for single or $300,00 per
month for mulliple member households, effective October 1, 1993."
d) Motion adopting proposed Johnson County Child Care Policies as
recommended by the Board of Supervisors, effeclive October 1,1993,
e) Motion requestiBg the Counly Attorney's Office research maBdalory
requirements regarding Board of Supervisors minules.
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Public Law: 101 :336
Public Forum Tuesday, October 5th.
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· Peter Hallock-Director: Iowa Public Transit, Iowa Department
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· Don Westergard-Director: Iowa Commission of Persons with, '
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. Phone: 337-5847'; 338-9859
Hawkeye Advocates
1314 Pine St., Iowa Cily, IA 52240
Ma~orle Hayden Slrail
National Federation of the Blind
1220 Village Rd,//14, Iowa City, IA 52240
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Dear Ms, Strait:
Thank you for your interest in Project ACTION (Accessible Community
, Transportation in Our Nation), Per our telephone conversation, please find enclosed a
sampling of Project ACTION materials, Administered by the National,Easter Seal Society,
funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, Project
ACTION is a national research and demonstration program established to promote and
improve transit accessibility nationwide.
The heart of Project ACTION's national program is ilS local demon~lrarinn effnr1~
Project ACTION .funds resea""h and demnn!trarinn proiect~ io various communities as a
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Americans with D~abilitie~ Act ofJS To ensure that the knowledge created and
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ACTION has augmented i:s existing activities by establishing the National Institute for
Accessible Transportation (NIA 1'), The Institute provides a comprehensive program of
infonnation dissemination, technical assistance, and training activities,
As we discussell, I will be contacting Iowa Transit directly using the infonnation you
gave me. As Soon as I have infonnation, I'll be sure to pass it along, Please find enclosed
for your infonnation a sampling of Project ACTION materials. Your name has been added
to our mailing lIst to receive Project ACTION Update, our quanerly newsleller,
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Pamcia A. Meade, Chairperson
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INFORMAL MEETING
Agenda
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Call 10 order 9:00 a.m.
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Review oflhe informal minutes of September 21st recess to September 23rd and
formal minutes of Seplember 23rd.
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Business from the Assistant Zoning Administrator.
a) Discussion re:
Commission.
b) Other
Johnson County Broadband Telecommlmicalions
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5. Business from Jean Lilts re: transportation safety - S.E.A.T.S./discussion.
6. Business from the Counly Audilor,
a) Discussion re: resolution transferring from General Basic and Rural
Services Basic 10 Secondary Roads.
b) Discussion re: cash f1011' analysis for August.
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a) Executive Session to discuss strategy for collective bargaining with PPME
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Social Services emplo}'ees)/discussionlaclion.
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':,:' Re,: .)~Toxic: Olean-'up 'Days', . '0::1;) . ';", .1',:',..,... "i') "....I .
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questionnaires to individuals in vehicles dudng.
the Toxic Clean-up Day last Saturday. I had
conversations,.wi~h.'many,.of the:lpeople, ::all of which
waited between 1 1/2-3 hours.
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'1:'1 '~.: r;!;::;'.'~ ',~: gratitude. in many :QfllthQs~ :pilll.t!cipl\tiJig. Many.:ha,<J!
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JCCOG Solid Wastei Planner to gather a group of
" !.1 '::.:.". ~,;~: ',...,people' ;to ,1"debrieflJ.;'after~11:bE\ ',T.CD.::., .~his" g!;OUP
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staff, participants. I think it's ;;,!mpo)::tan1:' to
discuss this soon after the event, 'as I believe
many people will be unwilling to participate in
another event unless we stress how the next one
will be different. (One of the most common
statements I heard on Sunday was, "I'll never do
this again.")
Some suggestions for the next time are listed.
These ideas come from my conversations with people
on Sunday.
*Have a paint only. drop box.
*Conduct a paint only clean up day two weeks before
the Toxic Cleanup Day.
*We need a paint exchange.
*Advertise that empty paint cans should go to the
curb.
*Have four lines going at once at one site or four
different sites.
*Have appointments.
(Appointments will do the followin\l,:JI,.!.;,j;!"I"':~ ','(,
Provide a good idea of the nlll\lPe1l'1;.~~,,\Pa.Jj1:igtP'ants
expected to show up. Educate participants about what
to bring and what not to bring. I heard one
estimate that lout of 3 paint cans were empty.
This is a waste of'volunteer time to unload empty
paint cans when people are waiting two hours in
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deterring otherl.~~~apptoptiate~:lwastes from Showing up.)
"'Hold another Toxic Cleanup Day ~ again' tl'lis C'olliing weekend to
accommodate those who could not enter..the~fairgrouni:ls after 2: 15pm.
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'City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: September 27, 1993
To: City Council
From:
City Manager
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Flood Update
The Corps of Engineers has advised us that the pool level at the reservoir is 688.9 and
increasing. Inflow into the reservoir is at 11 AOO, outflow is 4,500. We understand they will
attempt to keep the outflow at approximately that number.
The rain over the weekend caused some road closure problems, but no known backups at this
time. The pumps that were placed throughout the city were activated and apparently worked
sati~factorily.
One issue of hindsight is that we may have moved too fast to reopen Dubuque Street. ,The
ditches along the roadside remain clogged with river silt and, therefore, runoff was not as
satisfactory as it should have been. We were required to close some traffic lanes over the
weekend.
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All other issues appear to be satisfactory. We are receiving some frequent requests to reopen
Madison Street near the water treatment plant. With the chlorine lines, and other general
jeopardy we believe that may exist at the water treatment plant, we are not moving quickly
to reopen the street. While the inconvenience will exist for some time, we believe the
security of our water supply system remains paramount.
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