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Home My WebLink About1993-10-12 Agenda \ '. , . '. ' r:"":I" 1...1 .' 'I~f', :1 ':", ': ' ,"", - ,'~_ , , I ,t ,_, .'.;' . _. y ,'1, .' ._~- <~-, , , '----=-::~_.--- -'. '. . -"'--.. , I , I " IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL "I , , 1-! ' !i I; . AGENDA II I " I !i "1\:, II -, 'It:: \ , ~ . I :,\ . \, ~ :..,..' ,\-;" il 'j,:: II: ; :IJ;<, ,".: fl" , L '" " . ';'.'; . ., . "', :".'1:'" . ,"" . :1_>"'. < ".:.'~.~~,~' '.: l)'"i;j:!:':~(: I I , I REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 12, 1993 7:30 P.M. :'.' I COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CIVIC CENTER 410 EAST WASHINGTON I I I , i';: :il ":1" ,),'~ - , l.._-- ...."- '~---"'-""'''''I.:''''';'''';'''~'''~''-:'I\' ":.,..);.,.,,......;.,' ,.;"" ";~i...,,, ;'~''-'':.\ ,'" .,.J ""'''''''''' "d."'.. .'. ..;,','.'. . .', . .',.., -"". ....', . '. .... .... "..." "'.'" ........"."'~...... d: , .'. I:, ,. \ . 'I' , . 'I,' i '. ,I , ;', , :~. . . \.J,I, . ". " ~ " I "I'!', I '/ I , " , , \ , . ~ '" ';"'-.- , . '. .', . I, . - \. I I'. . '1 f .,"t.,' "", . .t;.. -I' . . '. _ . ' L .1, . 'I ',., /.."'.' , ,,' . " ,.. , ", ',' . ".'. - . / //~. . '''' .~. ~.~::::-~-:- --~-----~....~~ AGENDA rOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. OCTOBER 12, 1993 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS ~ /M$,' .lk4i ~ /J(u.# ~ ~ ITEM NO.1. CALL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL. ITEM NO.2. MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. ITEM NO.3. a. Unitad Nation's Week. October 12-24, 1993. b. Iowa Valley Habitat Day - October 18, 1993. _ ~ ~ Co. q,t!t.iQI P~p~la{.;.ns lthk .&.t-l-D~' IC-,;}g /'1?3. CONsIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED. a. Consider approval of Official Council actions of the regular meeting of September 28, 1993, as published. subject to corrections. as recom. mended by the City Clerk. b. Minutes of 80ards and Commissions. (1) Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of September 8, 1993. I i i (2) Mayor's Youth Employment Board meeting of August 25.1993. (3) Board of Adjustment meeting of September 8. 1993. c. Permit Motions as Recommended by the City Clerk. (1) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for La Cesa Lt., dba La Casa Ltd., 1200 S. Gilbert CI. (Renewal) (2) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for Hilltop , Tavern Ltd., dba Hilltop Lounge, 1100 N. Dodge SI. (Renewal) I , I , (31 Consider a motion approving a Class "E" Beer Permit for Eagle Food Centers. Inc., dba Eagle Food Center 11220. 1101 S. Riverside Dr. (Renewal) (4) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Beer Permit for Miller. Mart, Inc., dba MillerMart. Inc., 2303 Muscatlne Ave. (Renewal) . (5) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Beer Permit for Inland Transport Company dba 1<lrkwood 76 Mart. 300 Kirkwood Ava. (Renewal) .m a4dJ7 O'Y) ~~""__'.h' ...._~ -..............'_".h.. '_"'.:"..\ ..,../"......... , - "'. ~'''-' '.n . , " ~-_..._--. I , I ! , I i .1 J' i r ~ i , i: 1'. II , Ii - I Ii ,. II' 1 I' il 1 , \ I - ~'Ii . : i.~ :J Ii ' " " [' " ~; 1 I.. 'i 'J" '{j J I I ! I, I I, " ! .: dl . ,Il.,rl ~I-I' ',==t- ' ..' " :',' '. .... '. ,f. :,.1 " '_" I '-'. ~, ,..., -, '...::::.:: :~----- #2b page 1 Courtneyl Iowa Valley Habitat Day - October 18,1993 I Thank you very much. In the past year we have tried to get all of our paper work done and proceeding to get our affiliation taken care of with the National Board For Habitat for Humanity, We have had had many many open doors and many friendly faces and lots of help from various offices throughout the Iowa City government. There are lots of people who have given us lots of help and a lot of Information. This proclamation this evening, I think, reflects once again that spirit of helpfulness on the part of the community of Iowa City. The council has Indicated their Interest and their support for our organization. In the spring as we start to build our flrst home we wlll hope to come back to council and once again Invite all of you to Join us and strap on that carpenters belt and get a paint brush and help us put that first house together. I thank you again very much. Kubbyl Sue can get her hard hat on. Horowl SUre. "',II \ ' I , , , I I," \ . ,~ I,' " 'h 'I ',t. I______~.".."',...,,.,--".....,:,.., ",'.. ,",', ..',..,. .. .." ,'. ".,..;,..I,I,.".:,! '......'.;, ..'."....'.,~j,..:."....,:,',,,...,. .,'....... ...,.,'......._'.....A__. .., .'~'.. ,:1 I ,. /, ',I '! "".. ...h....'..__....~.._............ \" i , " '11 11'\;1 '- I , , j i I ! i I I 1 I ! I' , , I I I I I, !. 1,\, !' J ili I '1'1- If, ! .11' II " 'I ' I - \ ' p ': I '1\ - . '.-.'.: , i i Ii' \'\ I ! I: \ , .. ' . , - ,f':": 1...1 '1':"1'. !~l' , " '-:. '. , ' ' f' , ','.' " ~. J~: ,\''-.,. ., '~-::-:' :~::::._w___...._ --.... \ -.....--.. City of IOwa City MEMORANDUM DATE: October II, 1993 TO: Mayor, Council, General Public SUBJECT: Additions to Consent Calendar 3 - c. (6) Consider a motion approving a Class "c" Liquor License for Leegh Enterprises, Inc., dba Legends Sports Diner, 224 S. Clinton St. (New) (7) , Consiaer a motion to refund an unused portion of a Special Class "c" Liquor License for Leegh Enterprises, Inc., dba Legends Sports Diner. 224 S. Clinton St. 3 - f. (6) Petition from residents in Normandy Drive area. (memo from City Mgr. attached) 3 - i. Motions. (I) Consider a motion to accept the abstract ,of votes for the Iowa City Primary Election of October 5, 1993. I ! "'...1' ',".' I I I 'I '''__~'''_,w''__''''''''''''''''''''''''''__'__._.'..........,.., "('~".'~_" ,'..,....,_..,........._,,_ r'os-hd. Ie-It. S 3:'15,.... 51:: '!:j I ), ;: "......1. ., '" .. ,.. .' "'~'''~'''--'- ", I, , " '1.1, ' " r- Lf\-,_ I I I I , ' I ! i i i, , ! I [ " tl III Ii Ii t1".. !I 'Iii' Ip I I Ii. I \; ", ;,: I I . I. , Ii 1..- I'" " J i j:. .! , ~,. ----- - "1------...;---~---- 'J I " , . t-I LI" -, /-, "" ' . '-' ~~' - '/. \', ' , . ,.',...- , ,':' " :'1 ,", :',' '.- .; ,-' " \. ,-.. ....;j .' ,/f' /, '" l. , ......_-----.. Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 2 d. Setting Public Hearings. ('l) CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OCTOBER 26, 1993, ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILlTY STRATEGY (CHAS). . Comment: Iowa City is required to prepare a CHAS in order to be eligible for certain federal funds. The document also provides an opportunity for the City to review and address its affordable' housing needs. Public input is required and any comments received must be addressed in the final CHAS document. Comment: The owners of the property located at 512 South Summit Street participated in the City Housing Rehabilitation on June 4, 1990. The financing received was in the form of a two. year interim lien for $17,500.00. The lien was raplaced by a payback mortgage on March 15, 1993, because the applicant's income had increased. The mortgage and lien were paid off on October 1, 1993, and can now be released. , , i i i , , I !, , ': I ! 'I I , , i , I ,[ , - 1 , l 1 I I Ii I , , !' I j h i , , , I,' i I: 1 " I 1 " , , I ! :;, !', I J " Ii 'i' e. Resolutions. 93-2."V (1) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THE RELEASE OF A LIEN AND A MORTGAGE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 512 SOUTH SUMMIT STREET, IOWA CITY, IOWA. q3- Z.b~ (2) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THE RELEASE OF A LIEN REGARDING THE PROMISSORY NOTE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2018 UNION ROAD,IOWA CITY,IOWA. Comment: The owners of the property located at 2018 Union Road received assistance in the amount of $2,600.00 through the City's Housing Rehabilitation Program. On October 4, 1993, the amount due was paid in full and the lien can now be released. : ,I Q3. Z. 7D (3) CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE CIVIC .. CENTER EAST LOWER LEVEL REMODELING. Comment: See Engineering Division Report 'l~. 2.1/ (4) CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE COLLEGE STREET BRIDGE DECK AND SIDEWALK REHABILI. TATION PROJECT. " , .. " COMMENT: See attached Engineer's Report. I " il i , I /, 1...- , ., ,.,--...,- " \'.' ,\ I i " r \1.'1 .. ~". K>" - j; '1~~'~-"---",_ - -- It .... ..... .... -....- ~Ff. .......,..- (,. ' ','t"::'l. . LI .....;-,.," '17t:: . ' ", . ", ' "-:.' .' . . ' ,I 'i " . " ", , .; _.' " " '~',-R , : . , /1' I~>"\I ~: "j. , -'- .....----........--... Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 3 'l~- z.n (5) CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE SANITARY SEWER, STORM SEWER, WATER MAIN AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS FOR WALDEN WOOD. PART 4. COMMENT: See Engineer's Report. , , , , I i I' i , i -I, I: I q~~ Z.~a (61 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST A PARTIAL RELEASE AGREE. MENT CONCERNING THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR IDYLLWILD CONDOMINIUMS. Comment: The Large Scale Residential Development Plan and Stormwater Manegement Easement Agreement for Idyll wild Condominiums obligate the Developer to construct two storm- water management facilities. This obligation constitutes a lien and a cloud on the title to the condominiums. The Developer has substantially completed the storm water facilities but a general release of the facilities is not yet appropriate. Th,is Partial Release Agreement removes the cloud on the title to Idyll wild Condomini. ums while protecting the City by establishing an escrow fund which will be retained until the facilities are completed '13 - 2. 74 (7) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO A TTESTTHE RELEASE OF A PORTION OF A STORM SEWER EASEMENT LOCATED ON LOT 77. WALDEN WOOD, PART 6,IOWA CITY,IOWAANDTO EXECUTE A NEW WATER MAIN, SANITARY SEWER AND STORM SEWER EASEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THAT PROPERTY. I' I Comment: The City possesses a 15 foot wide storm sewer easement on Lot 77, Walden Wood, Part 6, Iowa City, Iowa. Due to the location of the existing utilities, it Is necessary to relocate the easements. This Resolution authorizes release of the existing easement and execution of the replacement easement. : ! f. Correspondence. , ~ I Ii (1) Letter from Mark Collins, Sign Productions, regarding Iowa City's Sign Ordinance. (2) Letter from Ute Grimlund of North Liberty expressing complaints about Iowa City's oil and battery drop off area. (3) Letter from the Parks and Racreatlon Commission regarding tha south site soccar davelopment. (4) Letter from Aaron Wolfe, Publisher of J.C.Qlj expressing displee. sure at the possible regulation of the newspeper vending me. chines. . I I ~'''--'''-'''~-'''''''''-'~'....-.."" ','''~"''-'"'''''''' .... ,....... .. '1--- 11.&1 J i I II I Ii - I Ii 1., :i 1\' i \ I ~ 'I: ,', Iii j'L il':'! i ' ] III \,;I! , 1,1 , ii I I I 'I ( I ! " r, I ',,:i' ' ,'I \ . '. "": .:' ~"':I" ,1.../', "1"':1. - ~~f ". ','." : . .' " f' , ',,' , ,! '} ..... , ',' , . - / / //~ , ',. ...., .~ '-..".'".::----. -------------. ---" --- Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 4 (5) Letter from Amy Kolen regarding bicyclists in Hickory Hill Park. ~ Q..d..J.Jz d"I/ g. Applications for Use of Streets and Public Grounds. (1) Application from Regina High School for permission to have their Homecoming Parade on September 30, 1993. (approved) (2) Application from John Gross for permission to close a portion of Kirkwood Avenue for a block party on October 10. (approved) (3) Application from Iowa City Hospice Road Races for permission to have the 17th Annual Road Races on October 24, 1993. (approvea) (4) Application from Mike Foley to have the D.O.C. Dash on October 2, 1993. (approved) (5) Application from the University of Iowa Homecoming Council for permission to use Dubuque Street between Iowa Avenue and Washington Street for a Big Wheel Race on October 14, 1993. (approved) h. Applications for City Plaza Use Permits. (1) Applications from Fred Slocum from Committee to Organize Grad Students for permission to set up a table City Plaza during the periods of September 20-25, 1993, September 27.0ctober 1, 1993, and October 4.8, 1993, for the purpose of sOliciting signatures on a petition. (approved) (2) Applications from Widd Workman from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for permission to set up a table on City Plaza during the periods of September 29-0ctober 3, 1993, and October 6,13, 1993, for the purpose of distributing free informa- ' tion. (approved) (3) Application from James E. Perdue from A.C.C.I. of Indianapolis for permission to set up a table on City Plaza during the period of October 11-15, 1993, for the purpose of taking applications from University students for credit cards. (denied) . I. (fIoh ~, 4ft.. acidJI CfY) END OF CONSENT CALENDAR I~ 1kI~ ~ t;/a:;N .....,.... ._-~._,...".... ~'''''''''''~'"''''~"~-"-' .~'.. -...-".' '. '-, '" '......'.,."..,.',.', ..,'0, . . ' , Ii I! Ii " " il :! '1' ii ! i , , I ! I I " I i " 1'1 Ii I! " ,I Iii I II. I' , 'I:' 1\ j.! ri :; " . q: :j Ii I' I . , Ii I 'I ", I' .,;,', 'i::,,' '1' . , :', ,; : Ii. , ',' ! i , , .-....." '" ":1 "I " , I I , '1' " i , " , i' i',: ,', .' , , . , " t'.Jl . 1...1 .. '.,-/' ,/:t , " .'.' .. , I,D. '.. . . " , :., - ','. .-.' " . . /' ;''1 .II' " , j '-, \ ,,'----.- '..- - -~ -', .....~----.~~-....,-~.... --'-" ---. Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 4 (5) Letter from Amy Kolen regarding bicyclists in Hickory Hill Park. fLu.... o..d.J..Jz c:f'Y) g. Applications for Use of Streets and Public Grounds. (1) ApplicatIon from Regina High School for permission to heve their Homecoming Parade on September 30, 1993. (approved) (2) Application from John Gross for permission to close a portion of Kirkwood Avenue for a block party on October 10. (approved) (3) Application from Iowa City Hospice Road Races for permission to have the 17th Annual Road Races on October 24, 1993. (approvea) (4) Application from Mike Foley to have the D.O.C. Dash on October 2, 1993. (approved) (5) Application from the University of Iowa Homecoming Council for permission to use Dubuque Street between Iowa Avenue and Washington Street for a Big Wheel Race on October 14, 1993. (approved) h. Applications for City Plaza Use Permits. (1) Applications from Fred Slocum from Committee to Organize Grad Students for parmission to set up a table City Plaza during the periods of Septembar 20.25, 1993, September 27-0ctober 1, 1993, and October 4-B, 1993, for the purpose of soliciting signatures on a petition, (approved) (2) Applications from Wldd Workman from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for permission to set up a table on City Plaza during the periods of September 29-0ctober 3, 1993, and October 6-13, 1993, for the purpose of distributing free informa- tion. (approved) (3) Application from James E. Perdue from A.C.C.I. of Indianapolis for permission to set up a table on City Plaza during the period of October 11-15, 1993, for the purpose of taking applications from University students for credit cards. (denied) , I, (fJohl1"M. ~ actdd7 CfY) END OF CONSENT CALENDAR I~ ~~ ~ ~;/@4if ...~- ,., ..-..-.....~,...-,......,.',,,.,, "".....~.".._~, .,...,.,,_. ...-- "., II.U~ .JiJI. \ , I I I I I I , ' i I 1 I i; I, I ,,] Ii \ i I \ II I, ,I 'I" " ! ~ 'I' " I'i ii , " - Ii it I' ", ~ I - Ii /: . II H' I I n I: i Ii I Ii .t., II :; :, !, I , I , , I'. I'. .'-'" : : , , i i , ' ; I ;" 'i:. , , , ..," I I I I I !" .'! I I , i' I ,":;/{.- I I I I .,1',: ' ',-'I I, 'I " ',,', , " '\'l'" 'I;' " 11I;':" , " " ' t':":/ ,LI "1-' 1 , 0 ' ' , '. ,: ' , 'I . t , ' . . .' ': , . ' . H . ~ II _ ' ~~. '';:>:c~:::_:-------~,_ '. , City of IOwa City MEMORANDUM DATE: October 11, 1993 TO: Mayor, Council, General Public SUBJECT: Additions to Consent Calendar 3 - c. (6) Consider a motion approving a Class "c" Liquor License for Leegh Enterprises, Inc., dba Legends Sports Diner, 224 S. Clinton St. (New) (7) Consiaer a motion to refund an unused portion of a Special Class "c" Liquor License for Leegh Enterprises, Inc., dba Legends Sports Diner, 224 S. Clinton St. 3 - f. (6) Petition from residents in Normandy Drive area. (memo from City M9r. attached) , 3 . 1. Motions. (1) Consider a motion to accept the abstract of votes for the Iowa City Primary Election of October 5, 1993. i' L, t'othd. 10-1/_ S 5:/(5".... Si:: "-~'_.---............. ......~..'-'"'...H.~."..".,..~ ,.,__ ,""_'_'._.,__ ...,_...,,_.,-, ........1. " , - -_.04.,___ - "1 I I I, I I, I,' :1 I; Iii II I 1,1: 'i - ", 1 'Ii: I I I I , ' , ! ' 'I I I I , ': ':,' \: . I "", '. - - -', j . , .. ': ': f~/' 1...1 c/. ,i't, . . , . ': " .~. " ,I" _. . .;" '-. . .' ,- I / /~ 1 I, \ '. --, '.,.---..-- Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 5 ITEM NO.4- PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS. a. Public hearing on an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by conditionally changing the use regulations of an approximate 1.2 acre tract of land located at 605 and 617 Kirkwood Avenue from CC-2, Community Commercial, and RS.5, Low Density Si~!e-FamilY ~slden- tial, to CO-I, Commercial Office. (REZ93-0008) ~/ Comment: At its September 16, 1993, meeting, by a vote of 5-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use regulations for property located at 605 and617 Kirkwood Avenue from CC-2 and RS-5 to CO-I. subject to: 1) the existing curb cut at 617 Kirkwood ~venue being closed at the applicant's expense; and 2), an access easement being established across 605 Kirkwood Avenue to provide access to 617 Kirkwood Avenue. The Commission's recommendation is inconsis- tent with the staff recommendation included in a staff report dated July 15, 1993, and a memorand~m dated September 2, 1993. Action: ~P' / 10;,.J I , i i i ! i I I I i I 1 , I ! I 1 i ! b. Public hearing on an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use regulations of a 0.139 acre parcel located immediately south of Block 3 Braverman Center and west of Keokuk Street from 10- RM, Interim Development Multi-Family Residential, to RM-12, Low Density MUlti.Family. (REZ93.0011) Comment: At its September 16, 1993, meeting, by a vote of 5-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance by changing the use regulations for a 0.139 acre parcel,located west of Keokuk Street, from ID-RM to RM- 12. The Commission's recommendation is consistant with the staff recommendation included in the staff report dated September 16, 1993. Action: y\c ~.v ~"'nu..J1 '~._-"' ..'.,..,_.~", ."_.'_.,,, . \ -._'-"..,+... I I , , ! , I I I , i , I , " i 1 , II I,i I, Iii I I I " '1 " " .- I' " I " ,; " I I': - I ' Ii : I: 1,1 I:: I , ,I " PI " I' . , i Ii <I I I , I ! '.i :1 I ,;' \',i, ,I.,; T , ,i' I . I 'i /: I' ., " 1.\1, " ~,. 'I i _ "T"""" .., I I I -~---- ~.. ',,' ", I '- ' .' '~ t-I LI f.-I <:-'/ f. ' , ". , I I . t. , ,. ','; '.....:, ;" - I "-' . /~. '." .1: "<::'::::-:::::.::-., .....,-~-.----._,.. #4a page 1 Courtney! Open the p.h. Michael Lensing! I, along with my wife Vicki, own the properties and 60S and 617 Kirkwood. I think the only thing that I would want to assure the councll is after this long long process which I have learned a lot we-out goal is really to keep the integrity of that neighborhood together because we plan to be there many many years. Our biggest focus Is really wanting to house the support group in the property at 617 and also to put garages In the back. Earlier when Susan had mentioned about plantlngs and everything-the only think I guess I would say tot hat when that property at 60S was developed we did put two plantlngs of arbor vita and they were large ten years ago. But there Is a row of walnut trees that consistently drop sap on those trees and they have not been well maintained. So when doing hedglngs and different things to border those properties we would be happy to work with the city forester to help us find something to do that. We appreciate your help and we really have to go on living there too and we want to have a good rapport with neighbors. Thank you. Courtney! Thanks, Michael. Any other public discussion on this item. Close the p.h. I ---,--~,.~""-"",,,,,,,,,,,,p__,,,""''''_'h_'_'h'___~'''_'',____ , .. ~",H'._,..._".., .',. '.. '..!,., "". , '^ ..,..,...~".. ,'-.. .....',..,.'_-~<.' - I1!b.l ---,--_. I I I ! , , , I I ! I , i , ' , i I' : I, i I , ,Ii Jji t. }, } ,I Ii I !i - Ii. !~ 'Il 11, -..i i: "Ii',' , I '~ : ;-t.:. : r ; .,'r. '1'1 : ~,. '. ,j . ,) ': II , :.',..', .- I," i. ' , :1. ' i I /, , ., I. , '"" , . " . "r":'l .' 1...1 '. . t-", .:1 . .-' < '. ...:, '. /'. ' , -:-,' 1,,;0;' . . . ': .' ,... / //\ ;' J '~, ;' - .....~.- -~ Agende Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 6 . -'~'~-'-"."""""""""'''-'' c. Consider 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. (Second consideration) (REZ92.0013) Comment: At its August 19, 1993, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 4-0, recommended approval of an amendment of the conditional zoning agreement that accompanied the March 30, 1993, rezoning of Windsor Ridge from County RS to City RS-5. The purpose of the amendment is to clarify the procedures for conveyance of approximately 13 acres of land for a school site to the Iowa City Community School District. The recommended amendment differs slightly from what staff originally proposed, but is consistent with the intended clarification staff felt was warranted. Comments were received at the September 14, 1993. public hearing on this item. The public hearing had been continued from the September 14, 1993, meeting of the City Council. No comments were received at the Council's September 2B, 1993, hearing on this item. Action: /tle~/1Itt~J) ,1~~//11 d. '/Jt(/J J~I Consider an ordinance to vacate a ten-foot wide walkway right-of.way I located along the southwest lot line of the 415 N. Seventh ~venue i property. (Second consideration) (VAC93.0002) (~) Comment: At its August 19, 1993, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 4.0, recommended that the ten.foot wide public walkway right-of-way located adjacent to the southwest lot line of Lot 21, Windsor Heights, Fifth Addition, be vacated, subject to retaining the 20-foot wide sanitary sewer and utility easement located along the N. Seventh Avenue frontage. This recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation included in the staff report dated August 19, 1993. No comments were received at the September 14, 1993, public hearing on this item. Action: flt,C 1/ .~ jt4. e I/t/j . fJe~J) 64 Au6~-: ..,... I' I I, I -I ' I: I ; Ii ~ I ii II 'I 'I Ii I, ,I n. i: Ii " I' jl 'i , : i'; " i:' " 1,; " " I h' i ' ' I .I' I I " ;f ,,'I , \ ';, ~.,.,... ...",.". , I --....... ----.-... "'W\ -- "'--. - _ --- ~ --- .......... - -I ' _ "',1___... , , ~ '" ,', . -' . - ' , . 't'-I j- I El . -t ' ',' ' . , . , .u..If8,:~t ".' . . ,,', , .; _4 " , ' _," ',..~ ' , / !,'\ )~ '1 L .., -', ---.~.. ,-- Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 7 13- 3S9Z e. Consider 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, Inten~ive Commercial, to CC-2, Community Commercial. (Second consideration) (REZ93.00~~~ Comment: At its August 19, 1993, meeting by a vote of 4-0, the P~) Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinence by changing the use regulations for property located at 702 S. Gilbert Street from CI.l to CC-2. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommen- dation included in the staff report dated August 19, 1993. Comments were received at the September 14, 1993, public hearing on this item. In a letter deted October 1. 1993, ,the applicants have reqUested.q~ expedited consideration, of this item. f(O . ~ AOIio", :<4jtr!e Mdt: ~ ,7JL'~J; ~(Jtl!! r!mj % f. Consider a resolution approving the preliminary plat of Windsor ~: ~ Part One, Johnson County, Iowa. (SUB93.0012) '15- l.15 Comment: At its July 29, 1993, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 5.0, recommended approval of the preliminary and final plat of Windsor Ridge, Part One, a four lot, 5.57 acre subdivi- sion located north of American Legion Road and west of Taft Avenue in Fringe Area 5, subject to: 1) City Attorney approval of legal papers prior to Council consideration; 2) approval of a Grading and Erosion Control Plan by the Public Works Department prior to Council consideration; and 31 approval of construction plans and design calculations by the Public Works Department prior to Council consideration. This recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation included in a report dated July 29, 1993. The Grading and Erosion Control Plan has been approved by the Public Works Department. On September 30, 1993, the applicant submitted a separate final plat of Windsor Ridge, Part One, to be considered simultaneously with the final plats of Parts Two, Three and Four of Windsor Ridge. On October 1, 1993, a separate preliminary plat of Part One was submitted for immediate Council consideration. No legal papers are required as part of a preliminary plat approval, and in accordance with standard procedures, the construction plans and design calculations need not be, approved at this time, but should be approved prior to final plat approval of Windsor Ridge, Part One. The preliminary plat for Windsor Ridge, Part One, is ready for Council consideration. Action: ~ / 'l~~ ..kd/ 1~) ~'j .uJ aIuW '...... "..... 'Ll -"'" - i i , -! ' I '1::: II I! " " I' I 'I it fI i. j. /l n ";,i ;.i i'; ,I I. " I I I Ij-- 'I, , j' ",; "I, i ""'If"". - - '..i. J 'I , " ), "1~--:;'--~"" ~ ..-,'........-- -.-. ... --- ~ff .... -"1- .... - . I.... ...--;-- \ , ' . J, _' _ ,.' . t .1 ?'-t 't-l . ,!~l ' :. '., ~ .; 1__ . _ '. I ~ " . I,' //' ' i,,\ ;' .I " . --.:~. , '---.~-" -, 1f4e page 1 Courtneyl McDI Any Interest on the part of council to collapse second. Kubbyl Yes. I wllI have to say something about It. McDI With only six of us we have to make sure. Courtneyl Moved by McD, seconded by Horow to collapse second and third readings. DIscussion. Pigott/l would like to just address It for a moment. I will vote for it. I just understand that we are collapsing the readings In order to allow small businesses to occupy these spaces shortiy and that they need to move in soon, very soon. Whlle I support that, we are support of collapsing this in part because of someone else's mistake I think and because of that it gives me pause to think we are doing someone else a favor when they made a mistake initially in the need to come before counell. Whlle I'll vote for this I just wanted to say that It Is Important, too-I think that I do it with hesitation. Horow/l agree with you Bruno. It think It sends a message to people that this is something that they can do whimsically whenever they want to. Pigott! While I'll vote for this because by requiring a third consideration we would only be punishing the small businesses that seek to move into there and that is not the intent of this councll and so I don't think that that would really resolve a problem. NovlWe did address this problem for the first meeting. We did ask that when someone applies for a bullding permit that they get the designation of the zone so that we know which zone they are in and the kinds of developments, the kinds of businesses, residential are allowed In the particular zone that they requested a permit for. When the person requesting this permit did not know this-it Is not as if they weren't doing it in a timely fashion. They just did not understand what was allowed in the current zoning ordinance and they made an assumption that was really not correct so we have to do something that prevents assumptions in the future. Courtneyl Any other discussion. Roll call- (yes) Moved by McD, seconded by Nov. for final consideration. DIscussion. Roll call-(yes) The ordinance Is finally adopted. " , , , I I I I I 10 I , Iii I , I , . " I , ,I I: :1 , '! Ii 'i " \. I' j! W: ;.~ li~ , Iii n ':'. I I'i , " " l , , i' ;.', l'" , :':' II , , , "__'.___~#_"",~,,,~,,,,_~,-..,,,,,~,,....,.~,, ,_.. -. .,._,..,."',,......h.' ....- I "I' r ! ,'" " ,'..... .1l!l:;l 1_..A. " " . . . , "t"::/ ~.LI' ,tl ,/~: '. ,'..'." .,'" ~ . I .' ,U , '.;' -, '" ~-' ,- l~ ....., .~. ~'::::;~-., ------ , ---.. " -~-'-"'.--. .. . #4f page 1 Courtney! Move by Horow, seconded by Nov. Discussion. Nov! Yes, at our Informal meeting we were assured that this little piece of ground, preliminary and final, will not contain housing. There will be houses In the further part, three and four. But this one Is just a plat to put In a road and utilities. Kubby! Although not forever, until It Is annexed Into the city. Nov! At least for today I felt that we had to clarify what we were okaying. Courtney! Any other discussion. Roll call- The resolution Is adopted. .~... , <: i ! , \,;r, . , " 'j' I 1 i I : ---...-....._,,~......_.....,--"-,._-,_..._.., - .. -"""""n..,....,,,,_,..._.;,,,,,_...,,.:; ..., "c. '. ,.-,;,', . '" ,.. .',-,h' ot;:" .. """""""'~"'..;'-..;...";..,.."..,,.._,..~, ".~"'.~.,_"... l,'i I ...\1' '.. '. ",1 '!' , , , i" \.i ! I I I I I ! , I, , , , Iii '1'1 ti ,,: " l: " , , , I I i_I Ii, II: ;1 I) t, 'I \ \ ~:~. ,t:_; . I "I';' 'I ' 'G,; I "Ii, I '. :'Ii;i" . "!,"': W::', ,'i ','I'" "",' ; ,;:- "';"/,: , " " I" ,(, ~ ," I, I: i ! , , " ll!> ',' ; '..:.1 ',L1 f.:...',' hi,,', . ,'" .. " ,I . , _. . " '.' -' /~: '-- " <:::.;:-.:~- ....'.----..---. . " Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 8 ITEM NO.5- PUBLIC DISCUSSION. ~(7) ~) ITEM NO.6. ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES. e. Previously Announced Vacancies. (1) Board of Appeals - One vacancy for a five-year term ending Dacember 31, 1998. (John Staska's term ends.) (2) Rivarfront and Natural Areas Commission _ One vacancy for a representative of The University of Iowa for a three-year term ending December 1, 1996. (Larry Wilson's term ends.) (3) Senior Center Commission. Two vacancies for three-year terms ending December 31, 1996. (Terms of Bud Gode end Mary Geasland end.) (4) Design Review Committee - One vacancy for three-year term ending October 26, 1996. These appointments will be made at the October 26, 1993, meeting' of the City Council. I I I I I I (5) Board of Adjustment. One vacancy for a five. year term ending January 1, 1999. (Ernest Galer's term ends.) (6) Board of Appeals . One vacancy for a five.year term ending December 31. 1998. (Anna Buss's term ends.) (7) Design Review Committee. One vacancy for an unexpired term ending July 1, 1995. (Alan Mack resigned.) (8) Human Rights Commission - Three vacancies for three-year terms ending January 1, 1997. (Terms of Lu, Chia-Hsing, Alison Galstad and Ken Gatlin end.) , , , I',' ' I: -'{ , ',' ", " .--...---...'"""',..."",., ",.',~..._-..-.~,~~..........,--,~-, ,. " "',;.,'",,..,. "\",,,'" , ; " " I' ", -" _ ~-a '.""'~""'-- -.'," ---'" '.--. I I I I I I ! LAt" I , I I I , ! i , , , I i I , , :'i II , ; II t;' '"" 111\ III -- II. : . < I, 1'1 '. I' I 1,1 - ,( , 1! ~ i~ I j,' Ii ,,[, I . " j Il' i J t' . I I I',' : I j" Ii , ' \':' 'IlIff"" i I i , ) , ' " \:; - - "1~-----:--~-- ~ f/j-" ....... - ,- -"-'--~P""'~l~"".,.,,',, ~. ...- r .' b":I" ',LI . . t ./' ,::-t.. " ". . . ': . ':- r...,. ':, . __I ,~Li , ' ' : ' " / , /"\1 1, ,. " -'--- ~.--..-... #5 page 1 Courtney! Public Discussion. Harold Engen! You appointed me to the Senior Center Commission. When you did that I was a little reluctant. I was not really very knowledgeable about the Senior Center. Although f was eligible I was stlll not very knowledgeable about it. And f have just been amazed by the numbers and the volunteers that we use. There Is a mistake In the Post and f want to make public announcement of that. We do not have 1,117 classes taught last year. That is the number of sessions we had. We did have, however, 253 different classes that were taught. Now that Is amazing to me. We had 814 part-time services provided. Listen to thls- 84,000 visits to the old post office which Is now a beautiful Senior Center and we have two persons handling 500 and some volunteers to do that. Last night we honored them and I think 4 or 5 of you were there last night. We had abut 200 of the volunteers. We need to think now about how the future is going to be conducted at the Senior Center. We have had a 5 year plan that Is up this year. We are going to do something that f think is kind of exciting, really. We are going to Invite-we have made the Invitation and we haven't received all of the acceptances yet, some of the best and brightest In fowa City and Johnson County. We are going to form, well we think so, we are going to form a visionary committee and this visionary committee will sit down on the second Tuesday In November and Jude West and David Day from the School of Business who are very very talented In this area have volunteered their services. We are going to lock these 35 people up for a day and have them brainstorm. David Day will then take the brainstorming Ideas, put them together and we will bring this committee back on the second Tuesday In December and work on strategies. These strategies will be for a half of a day. We are getting these people for a day and a half of very Intensive brainstorming. We will then take the Information that they provide and the members of the Senior Center Commission and other persons In the Senior Center and then will propose a new mission statement and strategies for completing them. We will be back to you, as you well know, later on to present the findings to you. But we think this is a very very conscientious and reasonable way to go about handling the senior citizens of fowa City and Johnson County. fowa City will always be a community for the youth. We have -',".."".,.. --'-" .'-- I I I j i j , I i ! i I I' i I i " , 1 , !, i' , Ji I Ii I il 'ii, !i ' 'I' It; - 11 \: I' ',:,'1- j.: ",. 'I '(' , ,j !i' "I '""ll / I' \ ,'.'. ~ .', " . j' " I I, I I , i "-- ...",." "ii ,I , , '; \.: "J ..... -"---""'11-----"'" I I I i I I ,.! '^""-......".....,-,,"'-,.~",' --- ~ -- ...........-----... - ~- ~-- ~ ..~I ...... PI~" " . , 1,_'. ~"':I ,LI. 'f' Ft " . ".,.'.. ..,.'. , ,.,1,1 _, _. . , / / /,' /'1 I, .... \' - - '-- ~_.~-----.- #5 page 2 the University here, we have a young community. And I think that is what attracts retired persons to this community. And retired persons are looking at Iowa City as a very very favorable place to retire and I think that is a consideration when we look at the Senior Center as being one of the outstanding ones in the United States. Thank you. KUbby! Later on in a minute the mayor is going to read all of the openings but there are two Senior Center Commission openings and the two people whose terms are up cannot run again because the by-laws say only two terms in a row. So anyone hearing Harold's description of this next phase of the Senior Center who is interested should apply for the Senior Center Commission. Harold Engen! Yes. It is a very enjoyable experience to serve on the Senior Center and to find out what is going on. Kubby! Thanks. Courtney! Just to tag onto that a little bit. I see a lot of young fresh faces in the audience tonight. I am told we have a poli sci class and a journalism, both. Urban planning. Welcome to all of you. Wish we had more visits like this. Any other public discussion. Theresa Mclaughlin! I am here tonight to thank you and also to introduce myself as the director of the Johnson County United Way. I am oniy six weeks on the job and I have a lot left to learn. I did want to let you know I have become very famlllar with some of the funding basis of the agencies in which we are involved which there are 40 agencies supporting 240 programs. I have come to realize how much Iowa City proVides these agencies as well as your own participation in the UW Campaign and the fact that Iowa City employees in the Campaign rank #9 when you compare the number of employees in this area. So I do want to thank you for those significant contributions and let you know we have kicked off the Campaign and so far towards our $950,000 goal tonight we reported at our board meeting that we are up to $130,000. This time last year we were up to $117,000 so we are off to a real good start. As part of my orientation to UW I pretty much stepped into the frying pan in that I started and four days later the Campaign started. So it has been a little bit hectic but one of the priorities that I have made is visiting the agencies and becoming familiar with the directors and their programs and ..','.' ;.,..,.... .... ! ---'-'- --,~ . I . I ! I' I II I II - it. 'I I, r " " ,; " , I , :' , Ii : l.i " r; II " I ; " , j , ",.', I' Ii , " " d I i , ~ ~------ . . I I , ,'~, -,: I-t' '. " , ' f '1 . 1...1 t '"'' L.. ' . " " . '.. ' '" \ r-', ~ .' , '. " ~. " .', ,',_ _" I", / / , '>", " 1 ~;' ' -----.... ~...._-----... -~_h". _..'~ , #5 page 3 services that they offer. They have been quite overwhelming and quite compeIllng. I think you can see all of the needs. But one thing that keeps coming out Is how effective the human services agencies are In Iowa City. I belleve that Is one of the things that we hope to promote In the future and that when people start selling Iowa City one of the things they can say Is the quality of llfe her Is so good because of the human service agencies that we have In Iowa City. As far as my own goals with OW I was hired with many Ideas In mind Including starting some planned gift areas and endowments for UW. Currently we spend all of our money In operations and I think there Is a lot to be done there and there are some things In fine tuning our campaign. For Instance we are going to start acknowledgments for the first time this year. We have never thanked people for their Individual gifts and I think that Is an Important component that we start up. In a couple of years It wllI probably become much more organized but we are trying this year to get that going. Currently my biggest charge Is when I was hired the campaign has just been around $940,000, This year It Is $950,000. They want to bring that closer to $2 mllIlon next three to five years. I really do think that we can do that. I think that Is something that Is out there and the money Is there and I just think we need to ask for It a little more clearly and articulate out needs a little better. As far as my own experience I have moved back to Iowa City after taking a short hiatus and I came back In 1986 as a fund raiser for Regina Catholic School system. I was out there for about three and a half years and during that time we went from $20,000 to about $450,000 In an event called the Gala, an annual fund raising and an endowment giving. I was lured to the U. of I. and there I worked as a fund raiser for Hancher Auditorium and the Museum of Art. The budgets between Hancher and UWare quite different but I really do Ilke the mission of OW. In the three and half years I was there we went-we raised about two and half mllllon dollars In several campaigns and I say that someone modesty because I see my roll as kind of setting the table for the people who are the contributors, who are the campaigns chairs and who are the people who are Involved In those fine organizations and I hope that I can do the same for UW. From what I can tell with the support I have seen and commitment, we should be able to be I I ! , 1 , L J il! I, i; - l II, 1'1' II . '" i ~ L , 1" \ i 4 (~ ,: I,',' 'il: h " I; :i il i i I, i I J il , ," ,I i, , i I. '___'_',.."",,~,.,..,~j' ',;" ~':-'. ,. ... .. I \-.,: \, ~'-... ~". - "~ ,it ,- , 'I " ',:1 f i '; , , ',I \. i l'.,i ~_ \J_ 'j I l '"I I I I I i I I i I I "1------...: -~.... ~ -;.' ......- ........ -.....- "f" ~ .......,...- , '';'': I" ;. -,' - . ", ' , '. ~: I ,LI 't I, I' t " . . , , : .'. I . ': 'I '-r ~ '. ' . ',- " ,~. ,--' , ., . / ('). /'/ , ,~. '---":::'".:::.--. .._----...... , ------ .... #S page 4 there hopefully before that five years Is up. I say that because I see Johnson County, Iowa City and Coralville all contributing to some of these agencies but I know that budgets are tight and tax dollars aren't ovelWhelmlngly going to continue to come in at the rate that everybody says the needs are there. I do see UW perhaps picking up some of those areas and I do hope that we can fill those. I welcome any suggestions and comments you have In helping me and UW's board and all of it's committees become more organized and I encourage you to attend our planning and allocations meetings as well as taking some of these tours that have been very helpful for myself. We are going to be setting another schedule of tours this month and next month and If you would like you can give me a call. They are Just setting up the tour schedule now so you can plug Into them quite easily. If you have any questions, again, lease gIve me a call. Any questions tonight I would be glad to answer them. Courtneyl Thank you. Any items for public discussion not Included on tonight's agenda. ....,-_.~-....."..~"~..,..~".."i,...".-".... ~.." ,'...,,',.,.. "".,,..... ,.,...~".,'..."".._. '_OM___' . ..... ._*,...... "~'-"'''''''' " --------------~... .-. ---..---, , , I I .. 1 l: II I I I i II II II, i\' .. Ii .. !i I, , I I ! i F , r, ;, \' "'\' I , I l I ! I : I I ,< r , I ,",,, 'i ... ,..~"".'..,""._--..._'~ , , '. . , ", t":l 'LI . t , 1': :/ t., ' , ,.' , ''- , . "., , .", 1 " " . '. " :.", ,'. 'I,''' , I/' , I:, , " <::-:::-:':'::'" ---.--------,-... Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 9 (9) Parks and Recreation Commission - Two vacancies for four-year terms ending January 1, 1998. (Terms of Mary Weideman and John Watson end.) These appointments will be made at the November 9, 1993, Council meeting. b. Current Vacancies. (1) Mayor's Youth Employment Board - One vacancy for an unexpired term ending March 27, 1996. (Velma Tribble resigned.) This appointment will be made at the November 23, 1993, meeting of the City Council. ITEM NO.7- CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS. a. Consider an appointment to the Planning and Zoning Commission to fill an unexpired term ending May 1, 1997. (Casey Cook resigned.) Action: km/fttfJ ~ r ~AU 1;).01/ t. b).1~~dX ITEM NO.8. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. ~ atf~ '.b#) /~./ I "I i , \ I , >1 , .,~, 'I '< ' i I I I I , i ....-...---.----"........"...,'..a.,~...~"'_....,'~" ""_'" ...;...,....". .~.~ ~... . "-.,.......'.'.'h'.,., ""_,-"~,,,,,,,,-,,-"""", '.. .'. ,; "" ,." '-'. ..'.,'." ,'--~ " " ' ., \ : ",! , :' ~ ,- -_..,,--, I I , I I I I , ! I I , , ,I Ii I " I 'I -', It I"~,: :1 , \l"" i ,\!,. , I. . ',!:t' l' ::rJ' I 'I; ! -: IV', ,"j ',', ."II'J I I ': ,I II ,.!' i , ' " , ,/ i , ,! , 1" ~ ,: . , , , ," " "t~/' " 1...1. '. t', :'/'Z:t; , . .-<; ,', " '.' I, , " ' .', . ',', . .'.', ,,-': / /'--, !,..' " ......-...--...-- #7 page 1 Courtney/ City Council Appointments. Earlier council nominated Jane Jacobsen, 1204 E. Washington Street. Moved by Horow, seconded by McD. Discussion. Kubby/ I had asked the council at informal session if they would be Interested in postponing this appointment, not because of the applicant but because the person who we are appointing will be making recommendations to the new council and thought It would be an act of courtesy. Although I understand it would be two and half months and a lot of Issues without a fuil commission. So I understand the reasoning and will be voting for the applicant. It will also help with gender balance on P/Z and the applicant worked a lot in '85 with the ad hoc committee on environmental concerns that Naomi was apart of. So I think she has some sensitivity to some of those issues that we are dealing more and more frequently with development and trade off between allowing growth and protecting environmentally sensitive areas and it is going to be very challenging next five to tens years and we will need someone with this person's qualifications. Even with my hesitancy with the timing of the appointment I will be voting for Jane. Nov/ Also she was on the P/Z Commission for one full term. Courtney/ And chair of it. Kubby/ She is very well qualified. We welcome her participation. It was just kind of a principle I wanted to bring up. Courtney/ I am not sure I agree with the prinCiple you are trying to bring across here. With have had an extreme problem with attendance at P/Z meetings. If you watch as I read these things we are 4-0, 5-0 and one of the ones that tended to be there was Casey. I hate to take this down to a problem where they don't have quorums. We need to put someone on there now. Pigott/I think that is a separate issue. Courtney/Well, it Is a problem with the. Kubby / Maybe if there are people who are chronicaliy not there they need to be encouraged. CourtneY/I agree. Any other discussion. All in favor (ayes). Passes, '''-, ...'.-....~" ...~'."...."....', "'~''''__...,,,,.,-_. ,.. ...,-. . ,..,..,., ----.. .~- i I , , i , I :' ! I Ii .. , i i , .. ! i I, !j I, Ii ,II 1 II'! -iI- , ,j : ' r I: i ~ I" - i I'!I:' ; i'~ , ~ I' I:> i :: I '1:1 , I I i, j , , ii 'I " I , , , i) , ,\1 . ""IIIt'"". - ~~---., ------~ ...,.... -....- ""9\- ~ ;r........ -r~"" .....,..- ': ,t'~/" Lf t I .' . ::~ ' : ,::..... , ";.\,: ....:..' '.\, "." ",~w, ' ' 1/ ' ,/ '" ,I. . :'. :':"':':.~._,-,.- . ! ; I I I I I I I I I i , , ! #8 page 1 Courtney! City Council Information. Kubby!1 wanted to continue a discussion we had earlier about a letter we got from someone who was distressed about bicycles being In Hickory Hlll Park and there are signs. For people's Information you are not suppose to ride your bikes on the trails or In the park at all In Hickory Hill Park. even though it Is fun, it Is a walking trail and not a biking recreation trail. And one of the things I was thinking of Is If there are peak times when this is a problem that maybe we could pin point the time that the bike patrol Is In that neighborhood to be around weekends or If there are certain times of the day that it Is more filled with people on bikes. Courtney! The bike patrol does patrol the park. Kubby/ I don't know If there are targeted times or random times. I don't know that. So If there Isn't targeted times maybe we could figure out what the best target times would be., Can the bike patrol give tickets or do they just give warning tickets. They are not sworn officer, right. Courtney! Warnings. Kubby!lt would be Interesting to find a way to have more umph to what they do. I think they do a good job. I have seen them stop people on the pedestrian mall and talk with them. They seem to have a good manner as well as bike skills. We have some biking officers already. I wouldn't mind people getting some tickets actually for some of these because It Is also tearing the trails up down there. And I think the point about maybe needing a place for bikers to bike around the area Is a good one. It Is a fun thing. It Is a sport people are Interested In. Nov! Other parks do have trails. Kubby/ They are trying to keep this a natural area and the more bikes In there tearing up the trails the more disturbance there Is to the park. Nov!1 think maybe we could put up a sIgn saying bikes are not allowed In this park however the following parks do allow bikes. We encourage you to ride In a different area. Pigott! Once that river front trail Is-we will be able to redirect them over there. Kubby! Riding on a paved trail In city park Is different than riding In a park like Hickory Hill. The sport Is different. The target 'I '.M,.,.__........,..",,,..',,:,,::,,,,,:, "", I..,' , _.~.~!U.LIkIM.. .. - -~-'''' .-~, i 1:; ! '!I I if - il: ii Ii I jl ,'!\: 1'1 I j . f ~ I l, J r'} 'l; ;j { ,j" .:',',', "I' i! ;~ , 'J, , 'J , I , "I' " \.: " 'qf'" ---------"'""'QIIf~ ~ - "1-~: -~..... ~ :;'......... '. :t~/" ,.kl 'LJ. ,!~t '.. . . '. ," .'.. , . I ,I.. . '. "', . _. '1 / / ;,"\., c' , I- " ',-:'-,--- '- -. - -- ._-~,-- ---.-,. .._~ #8 page 2 I ,I \ ' I audience is different. The thrill is much different. There are people who go down that hill with the water detention area. The other thing I wanted to just mention to people this letter we got from somebody who wrote to the Airport Commission suggesting that we don't try to sell the 48 acres at this time. And that to find a more practical way to keep the present airport functioning for many more years. I just wanted-l have a few questions about-because I just found out through the paper when the Airport Commission was discussing this and have they made any decisions about what they are going to do. Atkins!l understand their next meeting I think is the 14th. Courtney! October 14 they intend to take a vote of some kind. Atkins! That is what I understand. Courtney! Don't ask me which one. Atkins! And the story in the Press was the resuit of comments from a commission meeting and then I was called by a reporter and asked some general questions and I discussed it with her. Nov! One of the members of the Airport Commission told me that this particular option made the newspaper and they had discussed other options which did not make the newspaper. Kubby! I wouldn't mind then getting a little low down on all of those additional options besides what the consultant gave the Airport Commission. Courtney! Do we have that set of minutes yet. Kubby! We don't get them for about two months later. It would be nice to have those soon. Lastly I assume Darrel you are going to give us a report about your trip. Which you-I was in Des Moines and someone from Iowa City came up and asked me what is going to happen to the money raised from Operation Payback. I didn't have any idea and then read in the paper that you are going to be part of a committee. If you would, during your report, maybe talk about that committee and who is on it and how you are going to make those decisions if you would later on. Courtney! Anything else. Pigott! I wanted to talk about for a minute an Issue that we discussed last week when Larry Quigley came before councH and asked us what we could do regarding ADA and I wondered whether or not we could schedule a time to talk about perhaps some sort of monetary incentive programs for busInesses downtown to comply by putting ramps Inside their businesses ---............,..,""-..,"~..,:,.:...-,',c, 'I, '. :" Ii II i ,. il Iii I: I,; i ~ ,', I 'II 'ii': " I! I,; \; I . ,!i :f I r J ;,Jf. f' 1 .- :, ,. , , " ij II I , 'I') '. 'I, . , , I:; ~". ..... -r- "1 ~ "'"~\,,,,~,;,,;,,;",:_,,-.,,, ~.,', --, ""-- ~ .;,'.......- -- -.-~..,- -~-, - ...If".... -'If { .',;,,!," ,,' '-'" -' ,', " '. b I 1'1 L I 1 . . , '. f, ,.:~ -t :l!' " ; .':' '';'. -~ ,',' '. ,..~ / ,/''1 , ' \., V , -, ...... ".-'-"-. #8 page 3 so that they become accessible for the disabled in the community. And, for instance, I know that some CDBG money has been used in the past-has gone to landlords to fix up their apartments that they rent out to tenants so that the intent is that the place Is habitable for tenants and perhaps something like this could be thought up or staff could be encouraged to put forth some sort of program that encourages businesses to comply with ADA by giving them some sort of small incentive monetarily to put in these ramps if they do. I know there are all sorts of pros and cons but I just wanted to put it out as perhaps one way to be pro active on this ADA issue instead of waiting for the feds. Horowl That is an interesting point. We don't even know whether there are federal guidelines that preclude businesses getting CDBG money. I don't know that, do you. Kubbyl In terms of block grant moneys their clientele would have to be-their customers would have to be at least 50-more than 50% low-mod income. But we do have the residential accesslblllty program. Maybe interested-if the owners were of lower income that the owners, because of that criteria, they could get In on some of these. The other options besides block grant money. Some other kind of federal program or grant. PIgott/ It doesn't have to be restricted. I was just thinking that maybe we could provide an incentive instead of a regulatory- Horow/ We certainly have to deal with other federal legislation of a more urgent nature for health and safety reason and it seems to me that this is definitely a safety Issue for someone who Is- Plgottl And It Is urgent for those who are disabled. For those who can't get Into restaurants or places of businesses. Horow/ I really would like to get the d.t. or the Chamber of Commerce Involved In this somehow. Nov. I would have to think about all the other businesses who had already put In their own money to make their business accessibly for the handicapped and now their competitors would be given government funding. I just don't see this as being an equity- Pigott! I am just trying to bring It up as a thought to spur on more thoughts about how we can act. Kubby/ You can make that argument that we shouldn't do rental rehab because a lot of landlords keep their places up nice. 'o. '_ ..,,;,., ,', ~ J' , ", . . ',' , .. ,~ - - -.'--'. .-- / " ; I i I , It; j'! Ii I ,I ' I ., I Ii il: {I! - ' I~t' Ii I." , ) i '~ i r': r: i /1 !, I ,I 'I .I I ,'1'1 ""I II' I '. I 11,,/, , : ;' . ., I i' .. - i , ,'I II! ,1 ...",.,. - - '1---- --:--.....~ " .. , \' ' 'l ," "".' " r-I,".u Ltf f'i: '"" .,:'\' . ' , '1 I,' , . ,,' . , '" ' " , ., ' _- ", f ,~, ,...~ . ' , ' . , / /., \ J , . --~' "'-'~-'-" #8 page 4 Nov/ I can argue from rental rehab for the disabled because there aren't enough places. Kubby/ For anyone of a certain Income guideline. Nov/ But we have waiting lists for housing. Do we necessarily have waiting lists for people who want to enter- Pigott/But this Isn't just waiting lists for housing. It Is rehab In already existing rental units. Landlords today who already rent out- Nov/ Not subsidized housing- Kubby/ Not necessarily. Plgott/ I am just trying to think of creative ways to address a pressing issue. That Is It. Nov/ I have to tell everybody the reason I am wearing black and gold. For those of you who know me know that black and gold Is not my favorite color scheme but I went to the presentation yesterday of the Homecoming Queen and King and I was very Impressed. The Homecoming Committee worked hard on their selection criteria. They had an excellent group of candidates. They were judged very carefully by a panel of judges. This was not a popularity contest and the winners were Deborh Hole as queen and Scot Dumpsmer as king. And I think that these are worthwhile people. We should commend them. Also the parade Is this Friday, October 15 and everybody should see the Homecoming Parade. It Is always worth seeing. And yesterday, after that, some of us went to the Senior Center Dinner to acknowledge their volunteers and we found that the Pan Hellenic Association had sent us the waiters and waitresses and there was another group of talented young people devoting themselves to the community. And last week I brought up the question of someone who was getting a parking ticket within two minutes of ten o'clock and It was clarlfled that there Is a five minute leeway, so I have to say this out loud today. Somebody Is not suppose to get a ticket at 9:55 or after and I thought that was quite fair. There Is also a five minute leeway allowed on exiting the ramp If you have to walt In line to get out. Thank you. Horow/ I would like to follow up on Naomi's comment about the Senior Center Volunteer Dinner. It was and It always Is a joy to go to these dinners. You see the number of people who actually volunteer and participate at the Senior Center and to listen tot he staff In terms of their analysis of volunteerlsm and '~, ,.~... -,\,,,}\, '-.. -.._,~ "" " -- - d1. ~'--_~ i I I' , , I, J:' t: 1 I ~ Ii I ,[ I i ~ '[' , :1 1\' I~ i, ~ h ~ j': t'; 1,1 i ,I I I 'I ,I', II i , I , i i " \',i " ~,. ----- ~ "1----.;--:--~---- '.~~,.....," . ., .,:, t" I~" " l ,. ' ;:t:',,' " . '..' ' , . " I' " ,: ,'oj , '. r '.;' -.' .', !', ,... ' / '. \J .',' " #8 page 5 the joy they get out of giving. Usually they are very very thought provoking speeches. This time though it was Interesting because the director of the Senior Center thanked various members of city government for their creative ways of helping to support the Senior Center. Everyone form someone In our acquisition department, the Director of Finance, Bob Hardy on Cable Television to our city manager and I really appreciated that because I think so often the normal citizen of Iowa City does not see the whole tapestry. They really do not get to see all the threads that are Inner woven and create this city of Iowa City and volunteerlsm In whatever form Is definitely a part of that tapestry. It was an excellent dinner. Going from the dinner, however, I would llke to remind people that on October 20 there Is the Human Rights Commission Breakfast at the IMU. If any of you are Interested In attending that and seeing the progress that Iowa City has made In terms of human rights, the award that will be made to someone who has been an outstanding person In that area, get In touch with Allee Harris here at the Civic Center. Then on October 24 and I am sure that John has really been working hard In getting ready for this Is the Hospice Road Race. Now John gets ready for this by pressing the finger because he has In previous years has helped set off the gun. But I am assuming that you are going to do It this year. Those of you, get your bods out there and start working on walking-running. Get ready for the Hospice Road Race on the 24th on Sunday. Kubby/ You can participate other than running. You can pledge, pledge, pledge. Horow/ Pledge, right. We want your money. We will take anything. And volunteers down at the office. It Is a lot of fun. There have been years where I have wanted to die. Wished that I would have died but didn't and then I hadn't. It was really great. So John, are you going to make it this year. McD/ I am ready Sue. Kubby/ He will be on the massage table. McD/ I need more than a massage, let me tell you. I am saving my energy for the race. Courtney/ I guess I should have warned everybody ahead of time that a copy of tonight's tape will be sent back to Santa Rosa for various different purposes that I will get Into as I go through this. I am going to try to give the trip that I took over the .,."....,."",,,,,....,. """"""" - --" - -'.' " i, i I' ; I " I' :. I i i i ) i i I I;i " " j I I, 'I -- i I, I Ii if r i)' ,: " Ii ,I -, ji Pi: \> 1:1 i,I I' n ' I, ,.1 ' ;1 j. 1 I Ii I '\' " I , I i I, ' , i "/ I , I , I I I I ii, "'....,.. "'fIf"'" ..... ------..., ~~, ~..... ~ ...-..r....... ---~ ---~......-----...-- , i I i -~-~.~...,,,.'-',,,','-....,,:, :-1' \: oJ _, " J , . . I - - . . , . b~/' ',L,I . LJ I~t ..',,' '.., " '.;', . t~ ',' '." '. "" ~~ ,,' . ' / > .~ {, --.....,.~ #8 page 6 weekend justice but I know that I really can't convey to you the enthusiasm and the sincerity of the group of people that are heading up this effort out there that they are callIng Operation Payback. For anyone who hasn't updated themselves on this. In 1906 there was an earthq uake In California. San Francisco got the majority of the publicity but Santa Rosa was a community hat was completely leveled and I saw some pictures of it while I was there and it was not a building left In the town standing. The midwest came to their rescue by some extent by sending 30,000 CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 93-87 SIDE 1 money depending on what sort of Interest rates you want to use on so on. But it was a lot of money. And so there was a group of people who just kind of popped Into their heads really that they ought to try to do something for the mldwest. There are some other cities out there who have adopted other mldwestern cities but Santa Rosa chose to adopt Iowa City and Johnson County as a whole. It Is not all just Iowa City as a community that they would like to help out In anyway that they can. The-I actually I think council a little bit astray on this because I was under the impression that they had been working a little longer than they had and that this last weekend was really going to be the culmination of their efforts. It was really more of a kick off than it was a culmination because they have been planning for this particular weekend for most of the time. They only started Into this effort on about August 8 or 9 and It was a very short time ago. The Intention Is to continue on through the winter months and Into the spring. So far the total number of dollars that are raised are a little bit hard to pin point. We know that there Is at least $14,500-600 but they have other things that really haven't been counted yet because there are milk cartons sitting allover the city beside cash registers where people can drop money in. And they haven't even collected those yet. They have some other projects that are really just getting started. They presented a few Ideas to me while I was there. So I really don't know what to expect totally. The collection this weekend resulted In about $5,000. There was a silent auction and a live auction and what you have to call a very large garage sale. "'-~''''''" ""'-" .Ill i i ; , I' i:' I II, .' , I 'r '1\, -, I 'j :,i f " \ , J I, f r 11 ,I i :1" : -" .. '":.~ ...,..".. ....... ----~------..~, ~""'~..-,..."..--'~-- ........ .......-....-, -~-,f"... .......,.... .. ~ ~ . --;-""1_......----, \ , '. / 't":' LI ["I' Ci ,H, , . ,'.' . " .,1.. 'I" ~", V ' '.' .' '-';', ,_~ ;', - .', ' 'r: -' , , / /''1 'y "-----..... -~-.. ,. #8 page 7 People were Invited to come In and bring all of their items to a table that was provided free and they could donate whatever percentage of their sales that they wanted to for the Operation Payback cause. I saw most of the signs on the tables that said 100% was what what they had picked. I few of them were 80/20 and that sort of thing. Most of them were 100% the items that they brought in. Friday we spent on really what I like to call a dog and pony show. We toured the community. We being Mayor Maurine Casey and myself and she picked me up at 7:15 after a long day of traveling and we started through the radio stations in town. The sounds awfully easy here but Santa Rosa has a lot of radio stations. The first one that we hit at 7:15 we got upstaged and this Is a story I have to tell. We pulled in and somebody got their wires crossed and Kenney Loggins was there at the same time. I found out I wasn't quite as Important as Kenney loggins was in Santa Rosa. Instead of a live Interview they did put us on a newscast and replayed It all day so it actually worked out pretty well. I like to tell the story because as we pulled In the station owner had picked up Kenney and brought him and he parked in a handicap spot and Mayor Casey has a real thing about handicap spots and as he got out of the car she says two things-#1 I am the mayor of this town and #2 you are in a handicap spot and that is a $275 fine. We thought we were being hard when we hit $50. In Santa Rosa, folks, it is a $275 fine and she says that they write several every week and it all goes to the city. So anytime you want to think about raising it there is a precedent out there. So we proceeded on and we had a t.v. crew following us part of the time. I understand that tape made it back to Channel 7 news last night in Waterloo and I was glad to see that. We visited three different schools. Neuman High School which Is the equivalent of Regina here. It is a catholic parochial school. That one we talked to a government class there that wasn't quite as elaborate as the other Mr. Hibb's class here. I gave them suggestions on how he could shame politicians Into coming Into class like Dale Hlbb's does and he couldn't believe that. So he is going to be calling Mr. Hlbb's to get suggestions on that. We then went to Lincoln Elementary School which Is a publIc school In a low to moderate income neighborhood. They have a video tape that t.v. 50 put on that Is just an absolute first class job. They put together news clippings form several 1 I, :t '-.._...'..'........,'~,-"...",.......".--_...- ',,: \' '...L.MI. 1 dJ:l.._J1 ... ; 1,\ \ ! , , i I' 1)' 1 II II , Ii, I I II' , I I j! I ;" I r: i , i l; I j II' I " J I' , I .. i I' I". , 1 " " ;1 ............"IIf"I'. , , I', I' ~~ -----...- ~..... Il...IIII. -,_ ... -- ~ -- .....,...-... - -I ~~,.~~ -......... ~Tf".... ... ,..-...... IT""'----;-- \ .. .',' \ " " .. I" r-I 1- I t-f /:-t I : ,'. ' . . ",' I ,,' l, " .,' ,;. . ....:.' .,'~" -', -,", . , , . ( , / /'1 ..i(' .... - ----.... -.-.,.- '-- #8 page 8 t.v. stations here that they compiled and some that I took when Mayor Casey was here on her tour of the city and some footage of the Santa Rosa earthquake and I have a copy of that tape and I couidn't bring all the stuff back. It is being all shipped back. And that t.v. station donated all of their time to put that together and certainly appreciate that. They are using that in all of their fund raising out there. They went to Lincoln Elementary Schooi with us. These klds-J am sorry the t.v. crew didn't go there. The tape we played for the full elementary school and those kids had some great questions. And some of them showed up the next day at the auction and brought some toys and so on to put on the table to auction off. It was in particular, one little guy I wish I could remember his name. You w11l see this tape before it is over but he brought up a whole sack of toys that he didn't sell and said to take them back and give them to someone that needed them. It is all age groups that are participating in this thing. The other school that we went school is probably the one that touched me the most because it is a Sierra Youth Center and it is a medium security youth center for youth that-I don't know how else to say it. They have had a little bit of history of some legal problems and they are on their way back. They progress through this center. Some of them get to the point where they get to go home on weekends. Others don't. And eventually they are able to leave the center. And the banner that J have behind me is a banner that was drawn by these young people at the youth center. And I don't know how well the cameras can pick it up but the wording across the bottom says "sun, keep on shining." And they have some raIn clouds but the emphasis is on the sun and if anyone can pick up on the camera the drawing on the far right shows an extreme amount of talent from the artists that did that particular one. I had a chance to talk to that young man and he is going to work his way back through and put his talents to use when he gets out. This particular center, I didn't get a age grouping but it appeared to be somewhere In the 114-16 or 17 year olds. There are other youth centers there that are a little maximum security and so on but they made progress through the Sierra Youth Center. And I would just encourage those kids who are going to see this also to keep working and get out of there and get your life back together. You are a great group. On , I , , :1 I , , I Ii ! ,I ,I 1:1 . ii 1,1, . 1'1,: I:' '. ,',. I ',: I' '!;. ..', h: I, i i , I I I I' I I, .',' , i' I i "\ I > I .I 'I I' "~ , ,I -.. _'h.._ '''~ '... - , , i , , , I,,! 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They have a live slmul-cast over the radio and the two mayors were the featured guest over that and we went from nine to twelve hyping this cause over that radio station. Absolutely thousands of dollars worth of free publicity on It. We had two particular thing that took place. They were selling roasting ears for $1 an ear. And each one of those dollars were donated to the Operation Payback. We left without knowing how many ears of corn they sold. They had a contest between Mayor Casey and myself. She was shucking ears of corn and I had to take the foil off of the top of wine bottles. That Is wine country out there for those of you. Sonoma County Is next to Napa Valley and It Is all wine country. She won 9-6. That foil Is hard to get off. The other one- Kubby/ You have got to drink more wine, Darrel. Courtney/ I am usually not opening It myself. The other one which Is of note Is a actual big check that I got but It Is In a form of a real check from the Santa Rosa fire fighters, Local 1401, and they have so far raised $500. That Is put Into the fund. Kubby / Darrel, was my theory true that things that sald Iowa City went for an okay amount of money. Courtney/ Yeah shopping bags went for $5 and I understand we sell them for $4 out here so we came out ahead on that. And I don't know what the final price on your Item that was there. I know what it was when I left. It was up to $20 when I left and I had bid on another set of ear rings that I had $20 and got outbid seriously. I can buy yours anytime. This was someone out there. There was a lot of silent auction Items and some very expensive ones and some falr amount of art work and so that Is how the weekend went. We finished up Monday morning with sort of a little planning session. Mayor Casey who will by them ..-.-....~,,,..,,",..,~.:,-., ',""..... '.- -" - I I! i I I: I I I, Ii :i ! Ii II Iii ,. Il !i . Ii: Iii.' 11 Iii I , J; i ": , ' I I. I I. Ii, I ,1 11'/1 , i' II "J I , ". " ------~~-- - --, -~~ L.-. -'.-, -----:, --"". .,~... .. 1 - ...-""!'" ,,,.. -.~ \ , <' r..- " ~~/' 'L; t-, i:~ ',' . " '.- "'" . I. ,I " _. , ~'.; -.' - - / ' / :,'\ , 1 L < . - - --~ ~, --~... . -~-._'.- "-,~ #8 page 10 be councll woman Casey because her term as mayor ends at the end of the year will be back the first week In April. They have a very special gift to present to the city which I am going to keep secret untlllt gets here. And It Is not an Item really designed for the Operation Payback but something to enhance our relationship a little bit. I see this as a long term relationship between California and Iowa and I hope that councils In the future continue. I have letters form the kids at Lincoln Elementary, the 4th grade class, that I am going to pass along to a couple of 4th grade classes In Iowa City to establish a pen pall relationships. I have some other- Nov / Give them to Lincoln School. Courtney/ Maybe. I have some other thoughts about some penpallng relationships with the kids at Sierra. They are very anxious for that so we have kind of set up a couple of things on that. So far the planning committee, there are seven people that are really Involved In this whole effort out there. They are doing virtually all of the planning, the leg work on It. They have actually a separate office set up that they are renting to work out of. They have so far only designated a couple of thousand dollars that they had a specific request form the Mennonite Relief Society the spent a lot of town In cleaning up. They sent out a specific requests for a family that needed to get their foundation done In a hurry so they could bit the winter on rebuilding the house and they have voted to sent about $2000 back for that particular effort. When It gets past that I would have to say that the percentages that they are talking about are still under discussion. They are seven people and as you know seven people can have a lot of different Ideas about where they want to go. I can tell you that the Salvation Army Is being mentioned quite frequently and I suspect that they will get their share of It. The American Red Cross-those were the two that had the most visible presence when the visitors from Santa Rosa were here and so the American Red Cross will be Included In there and then I think they are still looking for specific projects, specific people to help that aren't going to be able to get help otherwise. I put In a very serious plug for another Item I am going to talk about here In a second. Our city park restoration fund and our little League ball diamonds. I wouldn't go out there without bringing that up and that will be taken under consideration also. .~.''''~._''''''''''''~'''''J.,....."."""., """"-"'''1" , .dmll~ , I i < I I: I I , i !, i: , " , , ! I ,. 1'1 ; i ( 1': ii I Ii \1 I ii - il 11 iF ii I; :1- I',,', " 'li'7 :<, i i' I I i I I,: j: '1" ~ ;1 , "l'j , , <, i( ~i I II '" I' r , ; J ',"j ,I q ',' , , "''YIr 'II/f("". /';1 'I " " , ;,1 " - -- .",..... .....,..~--..---~ .... ...... --..---~ -~" ------ ~ ..-,....." - '\;" -.... ''IF-' 'P'- , , . . , I , _ . I ' t-I' c,' t-/ .,:t. , ,'. , ,I, . , I' , U '.:' ~.. ,',-' ,- '~~ " : / I;'~ "'1 i, " .~-~.._-- I I I ..J #8 page 11 Kubby/ So, are you saying that the money they are raisIng they are deciding how to pin point It and send it. Courtney/ I think that you are going to see that the seven people on that committee are primarily going to make the decisions. I am not sure that-the item In the paper may have been a tad misleading. I am not actually on the committee. They are looking to me for suggestions and they are- Kubby/ So the committee or Santa Rosalans- Courtney/ Currently those are the people that are Involved with the heavy emphasis placed upon any suggestions that I would give them through the council and so I really can't give you a total breakdown of It. I think that some of that will come depending on how much they raise In total but right now they are Interested In some specific projects if anyone has specltlc people In mind that are-that there Is an urgency for. They would like to hear about that. Nov/ If someone In the television audience knows that they should call you. Courtney/ That Is correct and I will pass it along. Kubby/ Was there a discussion about people who wouldn't fail under the guidelines that we have for using the federal block grant moneys like Bacillus and Thatcher Trailer Courts. Courtney/ The Bacillus and Thatcher Trailer Courts is really one of their pet projects on this. They had two local people I should mention, Bob Crawford and Steve KolI, two local real estate agents who accompanied me along with my wife out there and they really did some nice work on some peace making efforts to those trailer courts down there and have them to make a come back and to do some work. They have some other suggestions they would like to go with. I did take our resolution along and the first CDBG moneys, the $175,000, and they were certainly glad to see that. They have a crew of 20 young people that would have raised enough money to actually get on the train and come out there and do a project from one of the churches and so they are looking for a project for them to come and donate some labor to. Kubby/ It might be good. The Board of Supervisors have been doing a lot of clean up and contact with people In the unincorporated areas of the county to see If they might have suggestions. Horow/ In the Senior's Involvement, the newspaper, there was a IIttie advertisement by Heritage Agency also that If anyone h"~_,_,.""""~""".,,,,, _, ,;, ,~ '", J - .-~-,.--. ~ -- \ --._..,--~ l.LltllH ,,' , i. i'i I II I !I _ 1 Ii . il: " I !: 'J 'f:! ,-I:, 11. 'J ,I -:, I 1/' I P I '.: II I I : , II i I' " , , .,.........."'ff"". ,i. I I \",\ -- --"1 ----..., -~-- '-.e.. ~-.' ...... -- ~ .......... ........-- -- -..........,""'".""-~..',~'''.." , r-- ,-- ............-,~..-; \ , . " r "t7/:' L;>,'t-, I..J' ..., ~ . . ", ~ '," ',;~I ':lJ. " ',.; "....,:.. ,'- _.',', -, . / ,> \ " 1 ~. .-.""-.--- '-, -.-,..., --'- #8 page 12 needed specific items such as washers, dryers, stoves or whatever to let Heritage Agency know that. I thought they really plug Into this. At least for Johnson County. Courtneyl Along with the Red Cross and the Salvation Army they were very Impressed with the efforts that were being put out by the Mennonite Relief people. They have put out a huge amount and so when they called it was met with a lot of success. Okay. A couple of other just little tidbits about Santa Rosa getting off the fund raising efforts. The $275 handicap ticket I thought was great. They also have their own ice skating rink. We have a letter from someone, I don't think it is in the packet yet, asking about an ice skating rink. Horowl It wasn't me but I could have. Courtneyl it just so happens that they have an Individual that lives out there who is a great hockey fan. His name is Charles Schultz who writes Peanuts. That is why you see Snoopy and the little bird. Charles Schultz lives in Santa Rosa and he build an ice skating indoor arena for them and he maintains it for them and it is going to be donated to them at the end of the year. We need somebody like that to build us an ice skating rink. We do have a cartoonist living in town but he hasn't quite got to the level of Charles Schultz yet. They are also building a skate board park which is another item that has been discussed many times here and I-in the box that is being shipped back here is an RFP that they put out for a skate board park. You are welcome to look that over too. Okay, enough on Santa Rosa. We had a meeting last week on the parks fund raising committee, for what it is being called now. We have set an initial goal for the fund raising effort for City Park restoration at $150,000. The P/R Commission and Foundation are both meeting tomorrow night to discuss this and decide whether they want to proceed and take some votes on it. If so we are going to meet again next week, Tuesday, October 19. If anyone has any suggestions or would like to sit in on the meeting. You are certainly welcome. There are four or five entities that are involved in the community so far. I would like to point out that the Iowa Sports Program was highlighted tonight on ABC News, the Women's Program. ABC News did a whole issue on the equity issue in women's sports and really took a stiff jab at - Lbo.... n - , , i I Ii ; "i I' I, II! II 'I - I' ! : Ii II, i 'I' i ! ~ 'I i , - \ I , , 11 I , , , " i.'! . I: 1 , 1;' " I il I, I : 'i I " \ . , .j i I I :1, I I II I I I I , I i, i , , I , , i I , , , d """', "'I' ' , " .., . :'i.J ' ' '~:, ,. I ",: . :'{ /, " /, " " .. \ ". ..: '{ , ,\ : l~:i . ,\) '," . , , .' ...: 1:- 'f-' , . /-.. . . " t I ~I' ., ..,~ '.' , . .: , . " .' '-~ ... , '. , -. ,,-, ! /:)., , '-- , ----~ --- -........."':....--- , --" , , ---" --, ,," , #8 page 13 Auburn who got sued by some of their women athletes and lost big time and they picked Iowa as the prime example In the whole country as having come the farthest to meet that and will come to full equity before any university In the country. I thought It was a great piece that they did. Hunter Rawlings was featured and Christine Grant and wish them all the luck to finish that up quickly. 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'~ '. , " - - "---'- "-, --.~, - Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 1 0 ITEM NO.9- REPORT ON ITEMS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. a. City Manager. krJ b. City Attorney. A/h~ ITEM NO. 10. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BUDGET AND CREATING THE 33. 1.1(, POSITION OF PARKING AND TRANSIT DIRECTOR AND AMENDING THE CONFIDENTIAL/ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN. Comment: This resolution creates the position of Parking and Transit Director. This position will be responsible for both systems and will bring the policy recommendation and administration for both systems under one individual. Please refer to the September 24, 1993. memo from the City Manager. A",", ~ /::: 'fA' IIw, % ITEM NO. 11 - CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ENGINtt ~ 5~. 1'1 NEGOTIATE AND THE MAYOR TO SIGN TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1993 PAVING ASSESSMENT ,. ' PROJECT, Comment: The City of Iowa City must acquire temporary construction easements to construct the 1993 Paving Assessment Project. This resolution authorlzas the City Engineer to negotiate and the Mayor to sign these documents. Action: I!uo / 7J1 ( ,& I ~ ~. A1% ~/Jr 'j i " J '-'''-''-'-''''''- .,.,:..',.".', "."'...-.,.,.,.,....--. ...' ,'.'''.....-' -~, ~. I" , ';'\ ..... ICI.'.' - -"--- .' I , I I I , , I , , i ! , r I i I f: I,' Ii' II Ii II I, :i if " " i: , " ~ :Ii - K I;' I I I: i I ,1\ "1':'- , ' , , ,L; ;i " !, I' ,,'I I I " '! . iI,' .........,." ~.....~- --.....~ - ---- .......-...-.... """11III:, -,.....- ..., ,-" ",'..... - --- "f""OF -......-. ~.......-,...........-- --.--;.------- \ I . ~, ' , ' ",::- ~ ~ . t71 'I... . t-, -t 0 , '.. ',. " , ~/, "', , . .", ' "I" ", " "j' ';,' '_ '_ -. I", ' , ;' / /'\1 J" " "'....... -. #9a page 1 Courtney/ City attorney. Atkins/ I have two items for you. I wlll hold the good news for a moment. I want to report to you briefly just some general concerns we have. Obviously we all know the water has receded. With the water going down and I don't want to call them complaints but the publlc complaints about the maintenance activity are beginning to Increase. We have not flnlshed and we wUl not finish the street damage that occurred from last winter. There Is just simply no way to get it done. Secondly, we are stUl working toward resolving the many fiood related maintenance and damage that occurred. You need to know as well as the public needs to know that we are somewhat at the same mercy as they are and that Is trying to secure contractors to do some work of some consequence. And then the third point Is that we have many Ideas for new construction on how to protect properties In the future. We wlll be deallng with those. Hopefully we wlll be meeting with a number of businesses on South Gilbert before too long. But those are going to have to be just a little further down on the Ilst. The bottom line problem Is we don't have enough time or people or money to get everything done and there are certain things that have to be done In preparing ourselves for winter. We wlll do our best to correct particularly the major Issues like sewer collapses. But it does require contracted work. Right now many of our crews are sort of up to their elbows In leaves and that Is an expectation level on the part of the publlc that we have to satisfy for the next couple of months. I simply ask you and I ask the public please be patient with us. If FEMA money comes through come next spring we wlll be able to get ourselves back In some normal routine of maintenance and have the city looking spiffy again. But bottom line problem Is going to be the next month or so and it just takes time to get ail of this work done and I beg your Indulgence In that of the publlc. Kubby/ We are doing three sweeps of the city for the leaf vacuum program. What would happen If we went down to two a kind of a trade off for these repairs from last winter that wlll get exponentially worse two winters In the row without the repair and maybe it Is Inconvenient but that would be the trade off for getting a little more work done. i I I i i . . . I' , I ' , i i , , I 1 i 1;: , I i i I i: I I Ii II I. , ]1 I I' !, j! I " 'i " i! , 11 I ' il" !; - i'~ t: I I' I: I '! I I I ' ' , "fl I I ' ' . I r ,/ II' ,,i I) i i ~ '. -_..~,."...,.~...".._,..,," - -- , ~,.,..".. .... -----..., ---"'-, ~- ~ ~?...fI. -- ~ ----~. ...- -~- - "If".... -.... I -- ..~... IT \ J -(,' ." , ' . " -:, "t """ CI", ,I..., C" ,/:J, , ".,' . '.; '. t.~~ I ~I \ '_. _ _~ " . "., " " / , /~ ,I , --------- -,-. #9a page 2 Atkins/ That Is a thought. The only concern that I would have Is the asphalt plant will close sometime In early November anyway. Just about the time we would be doing the third sweep and we wouldn't have the materials available to us to do a lot of the work that we would like to get done. Kubby/ Do normal sweep one and three Instead of two. Atkins/ We can do that. I suspect you are going to see It go off the chart with respect to complaints. Kubby/ We can't do everything so we need to make some priorities and try to balance everyone's needs. Nov/ The discussion Is too late. We should have eliminated the first one that came along yesterday and there was really nothing off the trees yet. Atkins/ We were getting calls. They start calling right away. Nov / If you are going to do - Courtney/ People have an expectation when they get them out to the curb at the time when they are suppose to be there. They don't want them blowing back Into the yard. Atkins/ That Is an Important part of the time we have tied up on our streets crews. The biggest problem Is getting the contractors that our folks are simply not equipped to do the major sewer repairs which we normally contract out for construction as well as the maintenance activities. Horow/ [remember asking the question and [think the answer needs to be repeated. The question was Is there no way that we can elicit contractors from metropolitan areas, Minneapolis or Chicago. The answer at the time I think Rick told us that by the time they got here- [ still keep wondering If there Isn't some way that this couldn't be worked out. Atklns/ [ suspect there could be but [ think you will have to be prepared to get scalded on the prices too. Kubby / [ know some of the utlllty companies have done that. ['Iorow/ The utlllty people use the tree trimmers and they bring them In from all around. Atkins/ Our problem appears to be more on the sewer related collapses that we have and that there Is really only one contractor of any size that can afford to buy all of the equipment that Is now necessary to get Into the sewer construction business and that just simply makes it difficult. The company Is looking at new construction activities all I I I " , ",'i r I , ): '...~.....'...,--".....,,"'.,;"'*,',.-'. ,,' ' ",,,' ". ',.,., , ' '1>tI ._~ J!IIIl.... ~, , i , I I I I I I I' Ii I I Iii I " " " I, " I! " i' I' " :1 - II I': 'i I' II f: " " " j j I J :;' I ! ' " , , ;1 i i /, ,( . , " i \", " 'III/f"" ----- '- ...,-------...-: -""9\- ~ ..-,'811....- , .' 'r":I'.," L: t'-, tt,' "" ',' .- '. . I, .", . ~ '" " " ,J . _ _. "_ ~,_, \,. .; ,'-- - , /' , /~ ,. I, ',. .., .- '-- ----...------, #9a page 3 throughout the area. They have generally been pretty good to us. Horow! It isn't necessarily that our crews could be taken off of what they are doing and put into this construction. Atkins! My concern about the leaves circumstances Is that there Is so much street work that didn't get finished. They can do a lot of that type of work. And what we are going to do Is just postpone it until spring time. We really don't have much choice In the matter. Nov! I am afraid we are going to have another flood in the spring and postpone It again. Atkins! We don't want to talk about that. That Is an element that we have buIlt Into our thinking that there is a very real possibIlIty that that could occur and If we have another tough winter lIke we had last year. We didn't get a lot of snow. It Is the darn freezing rain that tears the streets up. Snow acts, quite frankiy, as a blanket and Insulator. I am not suggesting we want tons and tons of snow either. It Is easier to push that around! I just wanted to alert you because I suspect you may be gearing about It., Courtney! Now the good news. Atkins! The good news. We received notification from HUD that we wlll receive a grant of a lIttle over $3 mIllion for the construction of 13 new affordable housing units, scattered site housing. And another 20 units of housing to replace the stock that was sold In the program that we Initially approved a couple of weeks ago. In addition to that we are going to receive another 50 certificates and vouchers which wIll bring us to almost 800 famIlIes now that we wlll be assisting and wlll bring our total publIc housing stock up to about 95 units. The vouchers and certificates are five year contracts Is how we measured them and have a value of about $1.3 mIllion. That plus $3 mIllion In new construction money, we did pretty good. We got more than Des Moines. We put a dent In that Issue. That us all I have. I I I I I I I I I ...._'..',..~",......."..._.... ~n' '....._, .._.._.....,.... ,,_ ~ ~ --_'h. __ i , I , I I I , I , , h' i , I I Ii I I it - I: I' II " i; 'i 1\; ( i i\ ~i " j.' " .f; r '. '.. " , , 'I J .',\.'. ", I, I' " /: I! I I! I I I I i , i I I , , "'"".. "'fI('''' ',; ....... .-"l~.. ~-- ~ -, ., -- ~ -- ''''QIIJ'' ... ,...... --- r-~ ,- .. -..... ~....... ....~ ~\~ ,.(;:/.,' .I~ . ,,..,,' ""1;/ ' " ~','. '" . ~ " r., " <, f ' t ,I, ''; "- )_. '- '. ~- . ' i ,/)" <::::::-:::.:.:::.:::_-- , --...... --....",---.. #9b page 1 Gentry/ Well, Your Honor, I really tried to talk you into taking me with you to Santa Rosa because I spent a number of years in northern California. I am a graduate of Berkeiey- University of California at Berkeiey. But I couldn't talk you into needing legal advice. But maybe next time you go I'll go. Courtney/ Monica Moen was on the plane coming back. Gentry/ Sounds like you had a great time and this art work is wonderful. It is very enjoyabie. It is refreshing. I wlIl be in Des Moines on Friday doing my continuing legal education presentation on environmental law and representing you people and I wlIl report back. It could be fun. , , \ i I ! , , I ~ I "!I r. :/ ., ~ I .,,'.. .. ,'!. 1" ,f (, ,~ i,i 1,0,.' -~\j I I I I I ...-...'4..1'''''.....,~,lI'.....i''.-:;..'...;.:,.'...\,\,'-,.'",....,'".",';,', ..".'.',;,,,:,',,',..;,...,._.,,',',,',_:;'..:,,',',~,,..:r:.'".'"','":,...,"",'.-'".,..~.,;,...,'.....,'"...,,....-., ..,_ "', ".,'..,,'.',..,"".~."k'..",.',"_.,_,_.'--, ......,.,.",... " 1 __2_____ __________ , , 'i " \ I I I I I 1:':- \,:",::. "~I' \ :!'!' , I ',,[,': ,'-', " ' .. ,'- " '" - - -. '....-- _....---~, -........,..--...---.-----.- -/----r" ....,~--... _T' ---...--- -~.- ,._ ~ 1 ,,=,.......- 'lIIIIIf""~ ---,.., ~, .... - ~ It '....... - \~ ) . , . , , , : ' ,'...: ,:.:.'" 't ". I.' 1 :/1. '.. '. , ..' ~ I ,....... -' . .:,. ' '.', . .',' "" :,,1 ' >. .. '.; _. ,'_ ~'\ " ,J.. I,' / i\ / ., , , I " ~..-'--~-- ',- ----,,'-~. #10 page 1 " I, Courtney! Moved by Nov, seconded by Horow. Discussion. Horow! This particular resolution I feel should have happened a long time ago. Just this councll did we finally use the word parking and transit In the same sentence. And that to me Is a quantum leap forward In planning and looking at the variables that go Into moving the city around. And so, because the councll has taken that step it seems to me the next natural step Is to create-not creating new departments. It Is a new department but It Is essentially merging two existing departments and when you do merge them the position that Is created as director supplants the two previous directors from the old departments If you are following me. There wlll be a merging of some of the tasks. We will be certainly helping In terms of planning because someone has to overlook those two Issues and be aware of all of the other issues that go Into those. I applaud this whole resolution. I think it Is about time. Pigott! I agree. Nov! It is about time. Pigott! I just had a sllght concern about creating levels of top heavy management but I think it Is a great-a really good move In that- Horow! Something I thought about that though, Bruno. You know when you do have two departments moving it kind of stirs up positions that are then open and employees can move up the rank If they are qualified for doing that. I think certainly that must excite employees to find out how they can Increase their- Atkins! Also please keep In mind that we are creating a new title. It Is not a new department. So there is not an additional top management position. It Is taking the Division of Parking out of Finance. Taking our Transit Operation and merging those two. What you need to do Is this recommendation Is that you have the authority to create the positions and what you are doing Is creating this position which will substitute for the other one. Horow! I want to make sure that people really realize that though. Kubby! I am not understanding you. I thought that there would be- we would still have transit person kind of In charge of transit and a parking person in charge of parking. These two subdivisions of this new department and that there would be a new person hired who would be above those two subsections. i; I I' I I i I ;: i ! ;1 . " i i ;, l: , I- I! 1: I, I i I, III ,II lil'r , , \i- -. h, ,:: - Ii :t'\' " {; Ii ", .i 'i j I II , , :, Ii ,~. ' ", '';:'1 I ---~-'---'-".'.'~'" , , "/ \, . , , ,',I "~,I - 'I:' ',,/ , , I ;,' ~-' - - ~ --~... --- ~1~"" ..\_..... . f, ' ....::' .:...: ,', """I" '. , ' . '. , '1...' "1 -"" .,,' ., ' , " ,- , . -." t .1, .,' I' . . / ' . ,', ,,' ',:' _F --' '- ' . '- -~ " / / ~/' ~\1 , , I ,. - '. .._~ ~, ------ #10 page 2 Atklns/ It Is my Intent, barring things failing apart, to select the Individual for this position from the parking superintendent and the transit manager. Kubby/ Oh really. Atklns/ My Intent Is to do that so that I have no net Increase In new positions. I don't want to burden the new director to not to be able to make recommendations In the future. But that Is the Intent not to Increase the total compliment of employees. Moving It around. The prImary function Is to get the two polley areas together under one leadershIp. Are you with me. Kubby/ Although It Is Interesting because last time we talked about this when I had raised thIs question we had some concerns about moving one of our people who Is now the head person In their own section to this position because the transit person will have bias In one direction and the parking person bias In their own. But now you are thinking about It differently. Atklns/ I think that I can count on the two IndivIduals that are going to compete for the position. I think they are both are imminently qualified. They both have graduate levels of degrees. They both have sufficient depth of experIence that they recognize what we are trying to accomplish in doing this and I think they can offer the leadership. I would be less than candid with you. We could go through the interview and they could bomb miserably and we have to move on to something else. But I have to come back to you and talk to you about that. Nov/ It sounds fair to offer the currently employees first chance. Atklns/ I have confidence in both of them and I think It will be a very difficult choice to make. But I think having that involvement and that experience in the two candidates is a plus for us. Again, I would like to say that If It didn't work we have that option available to them. My Inclination is we have a total compliment of personnel that is what we are going to try to stick with. Kubby/ For me this is Important because for years there has been this two ways of thinking of council that transit and parking policies don't have anything to do with each other. One does not affect the other and some of us were thinking that It does. I am really glad to see this. I, too, have the hesitancy about whether or not another person but another upper management 'kh..,.'''','.'...;"..,'.,"',.,''',.,..,~.".,,,.......... ., - '- -... ,.... ... \ ----" '__L I I " !: , il 'I ~ II II ii - II. d II,', II Ii Ii ,: /l ,Ii. I: II. . '" '\ IJ: il 'Ij I ,Iii, :1 I '/: ,II. ' I: ,r": I' I! I' , I I I , , I I I I'" , , " i ii .' I ~ ' , , ;i " I " ) j, ...... ~ "1 - " .....------ . , ' f. ';'L-I" '1...,' 'f'I' '~:t.. ",., .~.:.. ,.;,': Ii-.' :~," "f, j,~.J,o '." , '.','." . , j' /J ,'( . , -'-,. ". '----'. ........---...---, ", . #10 page 3 position but i don't the substitute thing to offer so I am going to be- Horowl I also see those two positions that exist right now from which one wJl1 be chosen. This is a real challenge. Those positions can be restructured. The job description of those things can totally change from what they are right now. I just think this offers a lot of potential for those two areas to really bring us out of the dark ages for this whole area. Novl Come on, the dark ages. Horow/This is exciting. Courtneyl Susan, in Santa Rosa it cost $.85 to ride the bus. Just thought I would throw that in. I check each city I go to. The first 90 minutes in their parking ramp d.t. is free. Nov I No kidding. Kubbyl It should be the other way around. Atkinsl Somebody is paying for it. There is nothing free. McDI I do think that this is a move in the right direction and I can see a lot of benefit in this. I have to take exception to a couple of comments my colleagues have made. This is not the first time this has been taiked about. And there have been other councils that have talked in terms of or talked about the transportation system which we all know consists of basically cars and out bus system as being alike in many ways. Because of the fact that it Is a transportation system that we need to continually address. But at the same time I think that we do have to remember that they are both different and maybe-I mean one is subsidized and the other is not. The other is paid for by the users. So I d think though-I mean it makes sense to view it as a transportation system and to maybe bring everything under one umbrella and the possibility of maybe becoming more efficient and managing it a little better. But they are different I think and I think at times the council, as different issues are laid on the table, wiIl have to viewed that way also. But it is not the first time guys. Nov I That Is true. I have to tell you John that I have been one of those people that have been talking about combining these things for quite awhile. I am looking forward to a system of satellite parking a shuttle buses into town. Horowl I want a circumferential bus route around Iowa City. Atklnsl Wait a minute. I have to write all of these things down. i , , i 1 1 'I, l ~ I I I j:i ij I, II, !: -,' if il. " ' I. :: oj' :\ ,. I " j, 'II: :.1 'i,ll, I;: ,,', .. .1: I 'I ;j j II 11, /0" , , " ii (I , , , I I ..."~.,_~,,,".......~....'_ O..H.......~.-.,.~-,-',. ....'" .,."" --- ...,. i I , I I ,I , f i ,I I,' I , 'rl ':. ;, ! I ',1 ':,.' '... '{ " , ./, .T :~ \ , , ~--..--;. -~...~ -,-.....--- - --- ,..,- ; .;.: ...: ' , ", 'I' ",' , :' '. , " . , t I I , l' , ~_ ~'I, ~ " , ' . ' I' ..,.:.....::,,;,..j .'.' :;., ' '..., ' /~ , ~. '........... "( '-...::..-=-~::::::::::: ' -?---.. ", ~'. ,,~', ' ',. I" #10 page 4 Courtney I Boy am I glad I am not going to be in that position with this crew. I would just repeat my warning from last time if you have any illusions about raiding too much of the money out of the parking system be very careful. The bond covenants that you have there we have already got in trouble once and we don't want to do it again. Keep the finances separate. Any other discussion. Roll call- The resolution is adopted. --,--, \__......_,~.............."'_...,........ ....,"""....~:';,;~.';, j"\:,:"-".~,;,~"",,,,, .'I\,'I,~. .', ,,_'.. ""~.,;"'..-.',,,'_'j... "" "..,__...1.",. ...,." ,_~" ~ ...",..,_".,.,.....__'~'. _,..,,'",',...,. ., ..,,~, ,'..,_~ .."..,~._"~~".....,..~,,_.,. """,,..,. .,' j,., "1.,';:,: : Lj '_ _ ~_U ___ ____ ___ ~' LlL .~-'~ , I: , ',' , ! ! , , , ; I I f , ; I I, ii II Ii Ii I' iI " I' ,I Ii 1 , I , , ! , i" [I' , , Iii :1 I Ii '11 II ' , II 'I IF 'I 1 :1 - . I ,i1 ~ I! I,'!\.. ' ,,\;'-::" 'J: , , I'.,. , il: '1'1:_ \ ," 'I'"" " "" 1,\: ,;"''- ',' .,....... "'fI('P' , I, , ! I I, , -: ......~~~-, '....,.""",.", ---'~ - '-......... ........... ~ ,;'...... , , i ...:".:.. . I' /-., . ", ' ':. , : L I' '. ,1...,' " . 17l! :', . . , . , . . .; r~~ .,~ t ,_ ,'.-. " ' , ". ,/ i, .... /' 1 j, 'J '- ......---.....- ---'--.. --- , Agende lowe City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12, 1993 Page 11 ITEM NO. 12. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR THE 13- 2.'/9. 1993 PAVING ASSESSMENT PROJECT. Comment: Contractor has submitted contract and performance and payment bond for this project. Action: ~/1J!cf} I !JIC~~ . ~.r ITEM NO. 13 - CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK ~5- Z?'f TO EXECUTE CERTAIN PERMANENT STORM WATER DETENTION. WATERMAIN AND SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT AGREEMENTS FOR THE MENARD'S FACILITY LOCATED ON THE DANE TRACT. Comment: This resolution authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into permanent easement agreements for the Menard's site. Action: ftLc~/ /kt; ITEM NO. 14. CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE A YOR AND '15- Z9:D CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST. RESPECTIVELY. AN AGREEMENT WITH CITY CARTON COMPANY INC. OF IOWA CITY. IOWA FOR THE PROVISION OF RECYCLING SERVICES. Comment: City Carton agrees to provide recycling services to the City for the fallowing solid waste material: magazines, newsprint, mixed paper. old corrugated containers, plastic, tin and glass. The City will guarantee a fixed $30.00 per ton price to City Carton for newsprint from drop boxes, a fixed $20.00 per ton price for newsprint from curbside, and a fee of $35.00 per ton for mixed paper. City Carton Company will pay the City. at a minimum. ( .J. the same price per ton for old corrugated containers as the contractortl5liYS ~I"'(I) the public for same. No compensation will be paid for magazines, plastic. tin CA-rlDIl. or glass. Action: ~/1l1(jO I ..J././ --t'AJ 8fti % Ibxl~ . ^ ,.,...,., ,"~.....~, .....".H'..'''...." ""'", M.." 1:.. J ..i -j ~ II . II If 11 r' r: J 'l.l I;j. 1 I .",1 I ,~ I Ii I' ,I If Ii \1- .1 : q: :\ I , " I ":1 i " i /, I -' I, (,' l'j --- ----.., ~- -- - -- .."......--..........--- ~-- ~ ..-'....... ~1f".... -.... I -' .. - - ,y ... . . I , '., i' ,.:. 'J- ' I ' 'f ..," , . . -' ~ ',/ ',. ' , , ,..: rL' ,I '.. 'J ,'". " ,.; -~ - / .' ::>'\ j , ~- -.---.. --~,.. '--,- #14 page 1 Courtney/ Moved by Horow, seconded by McD. Discussion. Kubby/ I have a few questions. We-the magazine collection so far has been something sponsored by City Carton and it Is mentioned In this contract-are we going to begin collecting magazines. Schmadeke/ It gives us an option to collect magazines. Kubby/ Are we looking at it In terms of curbside or drop off. Schmadeke/ We are looking at it more in terms of a quarterly pick up or something like that. Nov/ Are we talking about curbside. Schmadeke/ It would be a curbside pick up quarterly. Kubby/Curbslde quarterly pick up. So we would do special advertising. Nov/ When we are bringing these things to City Carton on a quarterly basis all the people with magazines who live In apartments get rid of them also. When we are talking about city curbside we are talking about very few residents. Kubby/ It doesn't exclude City Carton from continuing their bi- monthly. Schmadeke/ That Is right. They will still have the drop site at City Carton. Kubby/ Maybe more people would participate In the clty. I am glad that this Is expanding. That every time we talk about this we are kind of opening the scope of what we can collect. Nov/ While you are here what are you talking about In terms of mixed paper. Is that a curbside service. Schmadeke/ That Is an option that the city has. Our contract at city carton Just opens up those options. We haven't really talked about how we would really go about with curbside collection of those materials. Nov/ Can you explain why the differences In price. Schmadeke/ Just the market conditions primarily. Mixed paper re quires city carton to do my processing. Nov/ What about newsprint. Why does It cost more here than there. Schmadeke/ The $30 per ton price Is from the drop sites because they have to do a certain amount of sorting because that paper Is not as clean as the curbside collection. Kubby/ Because people are dumping misc. things. Nov/ So we are paying them less money for clean paper than from drop sites which may have something Intermingled. ._":;.._;......~'.~-"."'''',''',..-. . ',,';.',,;, , " ____'-- .d.~ -:,-"- i.I i , ':"; " .' ": ""'~-'I ' c, I ';;-t' ", .': , ' I 'I ' ' . .;' , -:..': ;'_ ' ~ ' . It ... ' . , ~ " ' .' .', / , '\ u 1 i \ .- '--' ..... ..n~~_~___. #14 page 2 Courtney/ We don't always have to pay. It depends on the market prices. If the market prices Is high enough then we don't have to pay. Nov/ But we are guaranteeing $20 ton or $30 ton and that Is a lot of difference. Schmadeke/ That Is right. Kubby/ Last year or the 1st contract It was $25 a ton, wasn't It Instead of $30. Was It $30. Schmadeke/ Yes. Courtney/ I think John has got a comment there. John Ockenfels/ There Is a little bit of confusion on that. What we are operating on Is a spread on a market sheet. So there Is an actual published price every month that we get for paper and what we have done Is tie our contract to that number. For the number that we get for the drop off bins Is $30 a ton less than the high point of the selling market price and we take the high side. They have a high and the low and we use the high side for the benefit of the city. The curbside collection material, that comes In substantially cleaner and because that Is cleaner we don't have to put as much processing Into It. We give you a $10 per ton break on that and only use a $20 margin. So that the rate that we payor that you pay Is based on those markets and It varies up and down throughout the year. For the last three years this contract has been severely down. Kubby/ If we should go to a staffed drop off site we might want to re negotiate this because I would assume that the products taken to that staffed drop off site would be CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 93-87 SIDE 2 Schmadeke/ Has agreed that If we go to a staffed drop off site and the paper Is as clean as the curbside that they would consider It at the $20 price. Kubby/ On page 2, under city's responslblllty It talks about Instructions and notice to the public on appropriate use of the bins. I need to get some pictures to you. When I was camping there were some really neat signs that had good graphics that had easy explanations. I will get those pictures to you. I know that has been a problem of vandalism and keeping the Instructions there. When I was talking about the 011 thing before that I know when I have gone to the bins at Econofoods __~"'".,,'_~H" ,,'~.~' ,,,, ",..' J ;" .', .",-,'...."... --,.... i, , I ! i I, , ", I II! _ II I,lL I, , , i ~ I ,,' ri: I; : , 'I ; I, I I I I i 'j . I !' ,; , II -....... ""ff"". \ i, I " ..... - ..,----.....--;, -""WI,,"'~ ..-,'.......- -- "QIII , ' , '. I ' r~ ,',-,' (Lt.}.' '.'J" i~ " , ,': :," ,:. '.; -~" - . ,..... / / , /'~ ' >.., .\~' .. ---":':'-.~,---- #14 page 3 they are real junky because they get used so much which Is a good thing. But If we can do continued good maintenance on them and emptying them frequently enough then people will take more Initiative to keep them neat. If they see stuff all around and then they just-I have seen people just be really messy. So I hope we will continue to take those responsibilities seriously. Horow/ Are you finished In that area because I have another one In that area. Kubby/ Go ahead. Horow/ #17, page 3, City Responsibilities. It says the city will not sort the deposited recycling materials either for the city's convenience or the convenience of the contractor. Maybe I misunderstood this because my question Is why are we not just co-mingling and why bother with the separated source at the curbsIde. Schmadeke/ We have to separate In order to get these prices that are In the agreement. If we co-mingle then City Carton would have to separate and the price would go up. Kubby/ You mean if we had mixed paper that we wouldn't separate the paper out. This Isn't about taking- Schmadeke/ This about taking white paper out of newsprint for our benefit rather than the benefit for City Carton. That we would not do. Horow/ You are talking about paper. When I looked at this I automatically thought gee I can co-mingle my tin, plastic, and glass. Kubby/ No. Horow/ Okay. I wanted to make sure. I don't think that Is the way this was meant. Okay. Another one on page- Atklns/ Susan, while you are doing that, should the word 'paper' be added In that sentence somewhere. Kubby/ But It may not be just about paper that the provisIon Is In there. It Is about every. Nov/ If somebody puts the wrong number of plastic In the plastic bin we are not going to separate It out. Gentry/ It Is not our obligation nor I think we want It that way. Atklns/ Leave It the way It Is. Horow/ Page 5, the insurance, I didn't understand why we are Involved In the detail of the insurance aspect of this. ~'-':"""~"'\':"'"'''''~''';'''':';;''''')''''''' ",...', '..',.. .' .._'-" ,-- i 11,1 II ,II II II II 'I"':' I' 'I ",:, Ii , 1\ ' II - lor 1, I I: ~" . ,: l, '\;". Iii;! ' :( ,:, I : " ! r, , '(, , ..' . ':1 , , " :! , , " il I I >, , 'I.'IIlf':'" - ~. ""-----;--.",~.... .. - - ~::.~... i i i i ! , I , , i I I I I I " 'I' 'jl _ 1 . I I I , , I I 1 I I I I I I , ,I I , I ! , 1 1 ,,,'! i ' I' " " :/ I, ,: '~~, , Ii . ' ,'I" ~,. ":', ,I ' ','".." \,',', ,'" 'I" , ' \\" , Ij -' "~ "" ' I, . , ~-I., Ie:.. , . 'I " Ct,.' ,",' , , . -I. ,/. .' . . ; -- '- " " ~ , ,.' r ! /~, ,"" ~. ,------ --'-:::=:--- , --- - --,."- \ I ! i I ! #14 page 4 Gentry I That Is a requirement of our risk manager. Kevin O'Malley has a type of coverage for any activity and any activity and Chuck calls him up and asks him what and he describes it and Kevin gets out his polley and says this Is what you need. Horow / Thank you. Courtneyl Any other discussion. Roll call- The' resolution Is adopted. I t , , I I i I i I I I I I I I i I' ! , " , , I I _.._.......").,.;....."'l'i~',.;.l-.............'.-....."..._~''',',."..-.......",...'''....~-____..~_, "...,,, ".......,;..,.."~ ,",' .,.,;..:,~.' ;,.'..._,~, ,,,,.,,..,,-,,,, ,"" ,..-..,,--... ..'"-_.__..~. '."~"'''.H'~''_'''~''~'_''''''''''''''.'''''''''''_. - , ' i ' , I i . i I ,':-l' ! i , , , . I ,~' , " '". -,' :;<: iI I:'" I'" I: " 'I" " I ,':,. J I J, , .'" " Jr' ----- ..,... '1 .....-- ILJ'a. --,_ "i1 -, "'-liI>" ~. , , ' . ! _:: ,- . -, '/-[ '-", .'. , ' t..:. '/ 1 " . . : ~.I . 1 '1 ',' .~. " ," ," , ",-- / / (~ \.~ \' , ' , - , ~~ .... --"--- Agende Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting October 12. 1993 Page 12 ITEM NO. 15 - CONSIDER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS USER ORDINANCE. (First consldaratlon) Comment: This ordinance repeals in its entirety Chapter 33. Article 1/. Division 1 and enacts in lieu thereof a new chapter. These revisions are necessary to reflect recent changes in state and federal laws. fn_C'J/,JkAJ /sI'l!. plf ~ ;tw JI(1A) t&-ar f6 , /In0 ~ ITEM NO. 16. CONSIDER A WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS INDIRECT DISCHARGE ORDINANCE. (First conslderatlonl Action: Comment: This ordinance repeals in its entirety Chapter 33. Article 1/. Division 2 and enacts in lieu thereof a new chapter. These revisions are necessary to reflect recent changes in state and federal laws. Action: ~/ 1f1J1dv ;.stet/ I,~ - ~% ITEM NO. 17 - CONSIDERANORDINANCEAMENDINGCHAPTER23_21(b)(1).PARA:A~ 1. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. (First consideration) Comment: This amendment will raise the minimum dollar amount in unpaid parking fees before a vehicle can be impounded from fifteen (15) to fifty (50) dollars. This Change is due to the escalation in parking fees for unpaid parking tickets. The effective date will be January 1 J 1994, to coincide with the parking ticket fee increases. Action: ~/ nM.iU,h :~/ t~ ITEM NO. 18. ADJOURNMENT. ISlJy/ k % M~ Jttt,C/~ r :J.~ IIi1. aee~ _..."'..'......,~".....~-,~~..-._-,..._...w,~ ',,_._, ',',...., '"'''' .,~ ,....,.".", '.-,.", " ---..-.,--, I I I I -j I ) , I I I I , ,/ I i, ~' Iii II' i! 'II ,! If I, 1 " " ',,1 ,. "I , ",:,', ' i! '~ , 'I i: ;t n l"j I;) I I I ", . ;" i. ,i II, , i ': - ", ,:/ I I " , .'....,.,~;."'..;......" "''- .-.'. ",: i.., \; \-.. , , . I '. ~"':I.. I~I' (-I :'1 .. ',.., ,:' \, . f', ,,,_ ,_ "~ , I ; //...... " I ' ,(. _n'."........ ..-..,-----~ #15 page 1 Courtney/ Moved by McD, seconded by Horow. Discussion. Kubby/ I need some explanation because when I read through this It sounds like we are tightening things up. The language Is more concise which makes It also more clear. And there are more responslbJlJtles on the people doing pre-treatment. It Is actually a stronger ordinance. Gentry/ yes. We are doing Is as requested by the DNR. Kubby/ There Is a couple places where It did say shall and not It says may and it Is In terms of If someone Is convicted of environmental Infractions. I want them to pay the $1,000. Gentry/ No. We had qUite a debate, the DNR person and I, over that. And it Is very clear that the DNR and the EPA require that when a permit holder violates their permit or If they violate the Indirect discharge ordinance we have to malntaln some flexibility In terms of the severity of the violation and to say shall means that that takes away all discretion from us to deal with severity, repeated acts, good faith, bad faith, ete. Kubby/ So we might be able to fine someone $100 If It were a small thing that was an honest mistake that didn't have great consequences. I mean If someone Is convlcted of an environmental Infraction can we fine them less than $1000. I thought environmental Infraction meant $1000 per blank. Gentry/ It does but the option Is stili to use municipal Infraction which are not $1000. Schmadeke/ The state, too, looked at that as a maximum amount that we would charge. gentry/ Which Is by law anyway. Kubby/ But It says In here upon conviction of an environmental Infraction. So If they are convicted under environmental Infraction do we have any choice. Gentry/ We prosecute. It goes through the legal procedures In magistrate court. In other words you would not assess a fine. Dave Alias, Chuck SChmadeke, or Steve Atkins would not assess an administrative fine. You would site them with a violation and It would go through court and then upon finding of a conviction then they would owe up to $1000 for each environmental offense and If you prosecute It as a straight municipal Infraction $100 for the first offense, $200 for the second offense. We stili have three options of penalty: simple misdemeanor, environmental Infraction, and municipal Infraction. .. -.-'-" .~- I ;'i i! , i.: 'I lit , !i j: 'I i' II . Ii' " ii ,. ,\l ,!!-:.. 1\' j'> 1;: I.' ., , , ; !! I I I '1' I" ",lr,' 'I, .. i ,1_ " I! ... , , ' ,I ':', ' , ' 'Ii .\- ,'..j I i i , I I > ' ,j I :'1 .' ii' ,. " .,...... -"1 -" -...--- ~ ~.".....- , , . , ',',', r"":/ ':c .,-/ /.:1', ", " '. " "". '. . I I ' . .. '. ' '., "- ~..-.' -,:, '/' , I 1'1" , , ' ... ...---::00::...-.:::,_:-----__.,... --'-" ,~-- , ....""'''''''-.~-."~,,~""''',.,,.~''--..-,,..,,' ..,---..,....,.. ... ...."......, ".." "..'..___a,..'....,....,'... ..','...., ..,....... "'" ','......', .........,.......,..... '\.'i.' h, " ,) #15 page a. Kubby/ Okay. So I am hearing a couple different things. I am hearing at the beginning of the conservation you said that if someone is convicted of environmental infraction it is $1000 but then you said up to $1000. So it is up to $1000. Gentry/ It Js no more than $1000 by law. Kubby/ And once you are convicted of environmental infraction do we have a choice of saying there is no fine associated or there Is a discretion as to how much. Gentry/ There is discretion. The judge wouid not have to impose the $1000 and that is what I think the DNR was after is some form of discretion. And we would not impose it anyway. It would be the judge. Kubby/ Thank you. Courtney! Any other discussion on this item. Roll call- The ordinance passes first consideration. .., f i I , I,,' i ! i , I I , I, I I I I. II I, fi I!i ,f, III ii'll' , \\;"lL I '. ,{i I<!f.< j" . ',,' r..:.', --'. l ' " :"'"/",,,,, " ,',',\,'.~.., "J,<,' : I,I},",'" '., "" , , "','., ,,, ,.' 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Monday Tuesday City Council Work Session - Council Chambers Review zoning matters - Council agenda, Council time, Council committee reports Consider an appointment to the Plannin9 and Zoning Commission 7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers October 25, 1993 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. Monday City Council Work Session. Council Chambers Agenda pending October 26, 1993 7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers Tuesday PENDING LIST Appointments to the Design Review Committee, Board of Appeals, Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission, and Senior Center Commission - Octobel' 26, 1993 Appointments to the Board of Appeals, Board of Adjustment, Design Review Committee, Human Rights Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission _ November 9, 1993 Appointment to the Mayor's Youth Employment Board. November 23, 1993 ..."'..\'....."""',~.,,t.,..,..~'"''',....._,,...'...~ ~'-'---, .'_' .'. . -, ,..,-.."..~,..,~ ..'. w.... 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