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IOWA CITY, IOWA
THE JOHNSON COUNTY
COALITION FOR PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES
26 East Market Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Voice ITTY (319) 338-3870 or
(319) 354-1067 (voice only)
The Iowa City City Council c/o Susan Horowitz
410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Mayor Horowitz and Council Members,
Within the past few months we, The Johnson County Coalition for Persons with
Disabilities, have offered ourselves as a technical assistance resource to the
council on issues related to disability. A few months ago we circulated a
petition asking the city council to "proceed carefully" in regards to the para-
transit system. In our efforts to educate the public about the two para-transit
systems, it was brought to our attention that the level of service was not decided
by the provider but by the city's contractual agreement with the provider.
Consumer involvement was strongly encouraged by the directors of both transit
systems. To facilitate this, we would like to re-extend our offer to provide
technical assistance in determining the basic details of the contract with specific
attention to the quality of service provided. As a constituent based organization
we believe that we have,relevant input related to community issues.
While this particular issue may be disability related we would like to work in a
jOint effort to increase the level of involvement of persons with disabilities and
the elderly on all Iowa City issues.
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Iowa City Council Members
Civic Center
410 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear City Council Members,
We write in support of extending health benefits to same sex partners of city
employees. We became aware that the council was considering this issue
when we read Dan Hogan's February 19thPress Citizen editorial in
opposition to extending the benefits. We have Mr. Hogan to thank for
alerting us to the fact that it was important for us to speak up about this
issue.
We favor the change you are considering because it equalizes benefits to all
employees. Extending health benefits to same sex partners is something our
city can do to correct one of the many discriminations that homosexual
couples face. It is time to move beyond prejudiced and homophobic ideas like
those expressed by Mr. Hogan. Mr. Hogan attempts to lump all of us who are
mamed and heterosexual together as part of the "majority". We wish to go
on record as not part of his "majority". We encourage you to move forward
with this change in the health benefit plan.
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Dear City Council Member:
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I hope that you will not approve the property tax relief requested by
the developer of the property at Clinton and Burlington Streets.
As a downtown business owner I hope the project does go forward.
As a taxpayer, I object to public money being used to aid a project of
this type, The property in question is not blighted or in need of
renewal. The developer involved is not creating significant new jobs
or production in our local economy.
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C.A. SKAUGSTAD, M,O, SUSAN M. GOODNER, M.D.
NANCY HEERENS-KNUDSON, P,A. RALPH KNUDSON, M,O,
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Dear Councilpersons,
As a family physician I have learned that the
family structures that support and nourish
our physical and emotional growth come in
many forms and styles. For this reason, and
also because I firmly believe that it is the
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in support of extending health care benefits
to the domestic partners of city employees.
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Susan Horowitz, Mayor
Iowa City City Council
City Hall
410 E. Washington
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Mayor Horowitz,
We are strongly in support of extending hea,lth care benefits to
domestic partners of city employees. We feel this is essential
to recognize that families come in many forms, sizes, and styles.
Differences in family styles are not a valid reason to deny these
benefits. We expect and hope that our elected city officials
will respond to this matter in a fair and just way.
Sincerely,
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Mona Shaw
March 3, 1994
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Attached are three documents for your review.
1.) A brief summary ofresearch relevant to Domestic Partner benefits.
2.) A listing of enterprises that offer Domestic Partner benefits.
3.) A copy the VI report on Domestic Partner benefit coverage,
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The Issue
While the issue of Domestic Partner benefits is a relatively recent phenomenon, a
significant amount of research has been done, and many precedents do exist for these
benefits. To date more 130 municipalities, companies, and academic institutions offer
health care benefits to same-sex couples. That number is predicted to increase markedly
before 1995, since domestic partner coverage is being proposed in more than 150 venues
during the coming year, Fortune 1000 has seen this trend as inevitable and has proffered
the accepting and adjusting to domestic partner inclusion as a critical topic at national
corporate conventions, Statisticians predict that the inclusion of domestic partners will
become common practice by the year 2000,
People who are lesbian, gay and bisexual view domestic partner benefits as an issue of civil
rights, The concern shown by lesbians and gay men for their life-partners is no different
than the concern shown by heterosexual married people, Therefore it is offensive to these
employees that benefits afforded heterosexual couples are denied to them, As a matter of
fairness, of equal pay for equal work, and of individual equality, it seems institutions
should cease discriminating against gay and lesbian relationships by providing parity
benefits.
The Questions
Yet, reasonable people have questions when considering the inclusion of these benefits.
The most common are:
I. Utilization
The VI study (as well as the previous studies it examined for its report) showed the highest
end of utilization of domestic partner benefits to be 1,9% (the city of San Francisco) of
employees enrolled. In each case there was no measurable increase in employee health
claims following domestic partner inclusion. The lowest end of utilization (and most
common) was 0%, The average utilization of employers is ,2%, The following table
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American Friends Service Committee 350 I .02%
American Psychological Association 1500 5 .03%
Ben and Jerry's 355 0 0%
Berkeley, CA 1550 18 .1%
Laguna Beach, CA 225 0 0%
Lotus Development 3100 12 ,04%
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San Francisco 31000 594 1.9%
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West Hollywood 105 I 1%
Village Voice 231 5 2%
II. mV.related Health Care Costs
According to the National Institute of Health, the average life-time cost for a person living
with HIV disease is $65,000, as compared to one-time costs of $30,000 for heart disease
or $250,000 for organ transplantations. Since this figure falls within the median range,
most insurance companies do not classify HIY disease as a catastrophic illness because its
costs are considered marginal. In fact, nearly a dozen insurance companies have gone on
record as offering domestic partner benefits at the same rate as legally married couples,
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benefits will increase claims for HIV -related health care over single employee coverage,
On the contrary, experience has indicated that those who register as domestic partners as
less apt to make these claims,
All employers and a national health care consulting finn (Hewitt)report that no adverse
claims were realized after extending domestic partner plans. Even at the highest rate of
employee utilization, HlY -related claims only (1,9%) only account for 1,7% of employee
health claims. There is no measurable increase in HlY-related claims in plans that include
domestic partners compared to those benefits paid on single-policy claims. In fact
maternity care which accounts for 27% of family health care claims are of far greater
concern to HMO's with respect to domestic partner inclusion than HIY or AIDS related
claims.
III. Benefit Exploitalion
There is some concern that same. sex couples will stage a relationship for the purpose of
receiving health care benefits. Employers have minimized this risk by requiring
documented evidence of jointly-held financiul obligations, It is highly unlikely that couples
would muke these types of finunciul commitments in the ubsence of u genuine re!utionship.
Utilizution figures, of course, support this cluim, since fewer thun one tenth of the
projected number of guy, lesbian, or bisexual employees actually enroll in the plan. Indeed
the San Francisco survey found thutl % of those previollsly enrolled for family benefits
(heterosexual, married couples only) had (alsely claimed to be married. Hence, the number
of heterosexual couples who "cheat" is higher than the totalnul11ber of domestic partners
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,'Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies 18:85-91, Spring '91
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'Alameda, CA ...........,.......,....,......,....,......,......(c) (B) (5)
'Ann Arbor, MI...................,..........................,..,(c) (B) (5)
'Atlanta, GA....,...........................................,..,..(c) (R)
"Austin, TX.......,................,..............................(c) (5) (M)
'Bay Area Rapid Transit [2,600j ............,....;......,(B) (M)
'Berkeley, CA [1 ,550j ...................................,..,(c) (R)(B) (P) (5) (M)
Boston, MA ""...',..,.., ,..,.. ,.. ,..,., ...."" ". ",. "".. ..,(B)
Burlington, VT ......................................,...........(c) (?)
'Cambridge, MA ........,..,......,......................,....,(c) (A) (B) (M) (P) (=)
'Chicago, 1L...............,........,........,.."....".."....,,(c) (B)
'East Lansing, MI..................,..,........,...............(c) (B) (5) (M)
'Ithaca, NY............ ,.................,....,.............. ,.. ,..(c) (R)
'Laguna Beach, CA [560j..................................(c) (R)
'Los Angeles, CA [46,000] ....,.......... ,............ ,..(c) (B) (5)
'Madison, WI ..,....................,......,........,............(c) (R) (B) (5)
'Marin County, CA ......,..................................,..(c) (?)
Massachusetts [23,800].................,.....,..,........,(s) (B) (V)
'Minneapolis, MN [6,000J........,......,..................(c) (R) (B) (5) (M)
'New Orleans, LA ............,.......,..............,..,......(c) (M) (R)
'New York, NY [417,OOO]....,..............,..,............(c) (B) (P) (R)
'Ontario Canada ,......................,................,......(M) (p)
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'San Francisco, CA [23,000) ..........,..................(c) (R) (M)
San Mateo County, CA..............,..........,...........,(C) (5) (D)
'Santa Cruz, CA [650j........,....................,....,....(c) (B) (5) (M)
'Seattle Metro 14,000j..............................,........(C) (B) (5) (M) (=)
'Seattle, WA [11,OOOj.............,......,...........,..,..,(c) (B) (5) (M)
'Shorewood Hills, WI..,..,....,..,..,...........,...........,(c) (r)
'Takoma Park, MD..............,........,........,..,....,....(c) (B) (5)
Toronto, Ontario ......................,.......... ....,........,(?)
Travis County, TX..........,.........................,....,....(C) (B) (5)
'Washington, DC [48,000] ..,.............................(c) (M)
'West Hollywood, CA [125] .........,..................,..(c) (R) (B) (5) (M)
'West Palm Beach, FL..................................,..",(c) (B)
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American Automobile Association [3,200]"..",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,(7)
American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco Office """,..""..,..."".",,,..,,,(7)
American Friends Service Committee [350]...."""''''''''..'''''''''....'''..,,,,..,,,(7)
American Psychological Association [1,500]"""""",,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(7)
Apple Computer Corp, [11,500] ",,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,(M) (A) (B) (b) (C)
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Beth Israel Medical Center, New York ""..""""",,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,(?)
Borland [986] """"",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,..,,..,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,, "...... ..,..,(0) (M)
Boston's Children's Hospital."",,,..,,,,,,,,....,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(O) (L) (M) (f) (=)
Boston Hotel Workers Union .."",..,.."""""",,,,,,,,,,,,....,,,,,,,....,..,,,..,,,,,,,,,(7)
Boston Globe [3445] ""......,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,...,,,,.....,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,....,,,,,(M) (B)
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Levi Strauss and Company [31,000].....,......,........,......................,...........,(B) (U) (L) (M) (=)
Lotus Development Corporation [3,500J..........,........,......,........................{B) (M) (R) (=)
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Montefiore Medical Center, New York City .....................,..,....,.......,..,........{?)
MI. Sinai Hospital Nurses. New York City .................,..,..........,........,......,....(B) (U)
Museum of Modern Art, New York City....,..........,..............,............,......,....(B) (U)
NYNEX workers (NY/NJ telephone company}[93,800].........,...........,.........,(U)
National Organization for Women,....,..............."....".............. ......,......,....,(?)
National Public Radio ..,..,...........,..".............................."'.......,........,....,..(M) (=)
Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers (several locals in NY and elsewhere)......,..{U)
Oracle......."....................""..,......................................."........,,....",......,(C) (D) (M) (v)
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Planned Parenthood ........................,......,............"..........", ........"......"..(D) (M) (?)
Quark, Inc, [375].......... ........ ......,..,..,...... ....................",....'",...... .........., ,(M)
,Santa Cruz Operation [l,300J...,..............,.........,....,.................................(0)
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(F) Faculty/staff only
(f) Family leave policy for domestic partners is same as married partners
under the Family Medical Leave Act
(f-) two different policies exist for family leave
(H) Student housing only
(h) Home purchase loan
(I) informal policy -- not in writing
(10) issues university identification
(P) pension plan
(M) offers medical benefits
(T) tuition waiver
(0) benefits offered to same-sex and opposite-sex couples
(S) students only
(=) no benefits available to spouses are excluded
(-) some benefits available to spouses are excluded
(?) specifics of plan unknown
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Benefils
Albert Einstein College of Medicine "'''''''' ""."" " '" " ",,"'" '""" ",,(?)
Bowdoin College",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(H) (S) (P)
Brown University, '" "" ,,' """" '" ,","" '" "" ",."""", "." ,,', "" "" """,(S) (P)
Carnegie Mellon University [616/5000] ",,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,(10) (B) (f-) (0) (-)
Clark University '''''''' " " " " ''''',,'''''' "'''' ""'''''' "" " """""",,,,,,,,,,,,,(B) (D) (M) (l)
Coiby College, ME [140/1880] ""'" " "'''''' " ,,"""""" " ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(ID) (T)
Columbia University [medical benefits 1/94]",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(H) (10) (M) (P)
Dartmouth College, '" '"'''' "" "'''''''''''''''' """ '"'''' '"'''' "" ","" ",,,,,(M)
DeAnza Community College",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(M)
Georgia Stale University [746/24247] """,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(S) (P)
Grinnell College, IA [131/12911"""""""""""""""""""""""",,,,,(H)
Harvard Law School ,,,,,,,,,,,...,..,,,,....,,,,,....,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,(H)
Harvard University.."".."""" """"""'"'''''' """""..",,,,,,, ".." "" ",,(M)
Middlebury COllege""....,.."....""....,.."....,..""..."..""",,,,,,,,,,,,,,..(M) (0) (=)
MIT [1000/95641....,,,,,,.......,,,.............,,,,....,..,,,,,,..,,,,,,....,..........,(F) (f) (M)
Moorehead State University ,..,..,.."...................".."......,...."..,..,..(P)
New York University ,......,....,...........,....,..,........,............"..,......,..,(M) (P)
North Dakota University [532/9711] ....,....,...........,..,..................,..(H) (S)
Northeastern [effective 1/94].....,.."..,..,..........,........"......",,,..,,..(M)
Oberlin College, OH [185/1783]......,...................,..,..,....,,,..........,(ID) (T)
Occidental College, CA [125/16801..,......,........,.......,...................(10) (T)
Ohio State University [3097/51,OOO],......,........................,,,......,,..(B) (P)
Pitzer College [80/750]..............,:...."",......,..,......""",......"......,,(F) (M)
Ponoma COllege..,......,....,................,..,..,..,........,................,..,....(F) (10) (h) (M) (T) (=)
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Princeton University [671/6200]...................,..........,....,....,.........,(10) (H)
Rutgers University [1964148,000]...".....,.. ...,.....".,.....,.....,..,.,......(10) (?)
SUNY at Purchase, NY [129/2999]................................................(H)
Stanford University [650/6500].....................................................(S) (10) (M) (0)
Swarthmore College [135/1320].....................,............................,(10) (1)
Swathmore College [135/1320]......................................,.............(M) (?)
Union Theological Seminary ....................................,....................(H) (S) (P)
University of British Columbia......"..""""...."""""",..,..."""..",",,(M)
Univ, of CA at Irvine [957/15,7761..........................,......................(10)
Univ, of CA at Sanla Cruz [405/20361............,........,........,.......,....,(10)
Univ. of Chicago, IL [120/90001...........,........,........,.....................,(10) (F) (H) (M) (1)
Univ, of Colorado [4500/41,689] .........................,........................(10) (H) (M) (S)
Univ, of Iowa [1600/28,OOOJ ...................,..............,..................,..,(M)
Univ. of Michigan [3035/42,6731.................................,................,(ID) (S) (P)
University of Minnesota..................................,............................,(B) (c) (M') (P)
University of New Brunswick...........................,..............",............(M)
Univ, of Pittsburgh, PA [3447/34,336]....................,........,............(10) (B) (1) (.)
University of Toronlo...................,...................,.................,..........(IO) (M) (0) (T)
Unlv. of Texas [9967/145,655]..........,...........,....,..........,..............(10)
University of Vermont ..............,..,........,..""".."",......,..,.."......"..(M)
University of Waterloo ..............,..,........,.............."....,.............."..(M)
University of Windsor ......,..,................,..,......,..........,....,..............(M) (T)
University of Wisconsin [7200/162,330J........,............................,..(H)
Wesleyan University [284/1833]....................,..........,..............,....(ID) (T) (H)
Wilfred Laruer University".....",....".""."".""".. "",'..'"", "".."'".,.(M) (T)
Wright State University (B).............................,..,..,........................(M,S) (10)
Yale University [2239/9800] ................................,..,..,..................(10) (I)
Yo rk U nivers ity,.""",...,.."...,.,........".",...,..,.."",.",..".".""".."." ,(M)
(') The University of Minnesota was unable to get an insurance carrier to write policies for domestic
partners, The University has instead issued stipends of up to $2500 to apply toward the purchase of
individual health and dental insurance policies,
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DOMESTIC PARTNER COVERAGE
I, INTRODUCTION
Background
The Funded RetirementlUld Insunulce Commiuee (FRIC) tirst considered the issue of
extending healih bene fils to domestic panners of University faculty IUld merit staff in 1990,
At that time a majority of the commiuee felithat such IUl extension was a humlUle IUld
equitllble response to tlle needs of University communilY members who live in stable long-
lerm relationships but who are not able to provide for the healih costs of lheir family
equivnlents beclluse their relationships are not recognized by the legal system, Nonetheless
some commillee members were concemed about the fil1lUlcial implications for the
University IUld its employees of extending these benefits at II time of rising healih care costs
IUld the uncenaimies created by the advelll of AIDS/HIY disease,
For thllt reason, the issue was tabled until 1991 when these concerns could be explored
more fully, To help FRIC Illsess the COSIS of providing these benefits, a subcommiuee
was fonned to investigate the mauer funher.
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Domestic pannership covcl1lge curremly is IUI arca of intensc intcrest in bolh the public lUld
private sccturs,
Several institutions and municipalilies havc alrcady or prescntly arc addrcssing this issue,
For this relllon, the sobcommillcc was ablc 10 asscmble information from and rely 00 the
experiences of those entities who have eXlcnded or are coosidering extcnding domestic
punnership coverage to their employees, Panicularly inslmclive were two task force
repons from Ohio Slate Universny IUld the CilY of San Francisco, '
The City of Sun Fruncisco conducled IUlaclnal survey to detcnnine what ponion of its
31,000 employees would qualify for IUld utilize healih care benefits for their named
punners if the city offered such covel1lge, The SlUl FnUlcisco lask force also did IUl
IIclUlUinl study on the HIY.related COSIS of domestic panner coverage, The resulis of its
employee survey IUld the IIctuarial calculations convinced the city that extension of benefits
to domestic panners Will economically fellsiblc, San Francisco began eXlending such
coverage 10 liS cmployees in June nf 1991,
'nle Ohio Slate University lIllk fmce also concluded Ihat domcstic parlnership coverage
was economically felllible, To date Ihe Universily hilI uot actcd on the task force
recommendation,
In addition to these repons, Ihe subcommillee did ils own survey of nUlIlY of the
municipalilies IUld private employcrs who cUl'lullIly offer healih care coverage for domestic
punners, Thus, the subcoollnillee Will able to rely on the aClual experiences of these
providers in fomllllating its repon, Conunlly,lhe cilies of Sellllle, Laguna Beach, SlUna
Cruz, Berkeley IUld Wesl Hollywood ex lend heahh care covel1lge to named panners of their
employees, Private employers soch III the Yillage Yoice, Ben & Jer!)"s, AmericlUl Friends,
Service, LOlliS, Levis Straoss and several Olhcrs also offer domestic panner coverage, '
Finally, II repon by Elripire Blue Cross Iuul Blue Shield of New York on AIDS COSllUld
utiliwlion, Abstract F,D, 812, which was presented mthe Sixlh Illlemmional Conference
on AIDS in SllIl FI'IUlcisco in June 1990 IInd II repolt by Fred Hellinger, senioreconoll1ist
wilh the Nmionlll Cenler for Hellhh Services Reselll'ch, which IIppellred ml05 Public
Heahh Repons No, I, JIUlullry.Febnmry 19911, w~re cOllsuhed for Ihe projecled lifetime
hellhh cllre costs of persons wilh AIDS,
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The costs to the University imd its employees of extending heahh coverage to domestic
panners fall illlo two main cmegories, One small direct cost to the University would be the
additional charge paid to Blue Cross lUld Blue Shield of Iowa to administer the cOlllracts for
domestic partners, Another cost category tn consider would be the potelllial increase in
premiums for the group from any adverse claims experience from HIY-related disease,
Presumably all of the employees who would sign up for domestic partner heahh coverage
already receive heahh care coverage throngh the University heahh insnnmce group,
Heterosexual couples already have a mechimism for obtaining family heahh care coveroge
by filling a common-law marriage affidavit with the University benefits nffice, In addition,
even without filing 1m affidavit, cohabiting couples Clm falsely claim they are married, The
University does not require proof of marriage for family heahh care benefits even when
couples have differelll sumames, In conducting its survey, the City of Sim Fnmcisco
found thm almost I % of the heterosexual couples responding to the survey already were
obraining domestic panner covernge by falsely claimmg they were married, For the
foregoing relLlons, the University chose to focns on those with no avenue of gaining group
coverage for a plU1I1er for whom they are economically responsible,
HIY-related Heahh Care COStS
The major category of additional cost considered by the subcommiuee was HIY-related
heahh cme costs, Forthe purposes of this report, we ILlsumed thill all domestic
pannerships in which both panners are male are in fact gay male piU1nerships, We also
assumed that, within the domestic pannership population, only gay males would
experience HIY-related costs, The potential number of gay panner enrollees was arrived at
by using the two methods: employer survey Imd demogrnphic data, The survey of
employers preselllly offering domestic pannership covernge reveal a remarkably low
utilization by gay couples,
Ulilizatinn of Domestic Pannership Benefils
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Emplover Toml Emplovees Emplovees Enrolled
Laguna Beach, CA 225 0
Santa CnlZ, CA 650 0
San Fnmeiscu, CA 111 31,1100 594
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Using demographic dllla, one learns thllll ,8% of the nlllionaladult popullllion live in same-
sex relationships, Assuming that gay males form domestic pannershiJls at the same role
that lesbians do, then 0,9% of same-sex relationships in the general population are gay
males, At the high end of projectcd utilizalion (Slm Fraocisco survcy), we can expect that
1.9% of the University's 8,000 cligible employees or 152 of the faculty nnd sUlff enrolling
for domestic partner heuhh benefits will be guy men, The mid I1l1lge Inili~Juion rate bused
, .on demographic dlllu would be 0,9% of the University's 8,000 cmployees or 72 guy male
- employees who would sign up for domestic parmer covcmgc, At the low end, we cun
expeCt that no gay mcn in the university's eligible cmployee populmion would sign up for
domestic punner covcmge,
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To cstimmc Ihc pOlcmial HIY,rel:llcd CUSIS, Ihc sllbconllnill~c rclicd unlhc actuarild
caiculmions uscd by thc Cily of SIUl Fmnciscu 10 forccillt thcsc samc costs for ils cmploycc
populmion, Thcsc calculmions wcrc pcrformcd 10 arrivc m thc load factor Ihc city would
pay pcrcmploycc pcr momh IU its hcallh care providcrs 10 dcfray Ihc potcnlial additional
costs of domcstic.partncr covcmgc, Thc San Fmncisco load faclOr Will blllcd on aCluarial
caiculmions ofthc cost of prophyl:lclic AZr for HIY-positivc individuals and Ihc Iifctimc
hcalth care COSIS for per.ions with AIDS oncc IUl aClive diagnosis is made, Based on acmal
studies of the gay population in SIUl Francisco, Ihe city determined that 50% of the gay
population is HIY-positive, Of that number, 13% who did not have an active case of AIDS
were taking AZT at any given timc, Finally, the city delermined that the conversion rate
from sero-positive to an active case of AIDS was 6 percent per year, The figure used by
San Francisco for the lifelime health care costs once an AIDS diagnosis is made was
$50,000, All of these figures were well substantiated by the City and accepted by the three
HMO's which will be providing the actual coverage,
The subcommillce's estimate of HIY -relmed costs deviated from the San Fmncisco
projections in one respcct. They used a figure of $65,000 for the lifelime health care costs
of individuals who have been diagnosed with AIDS, That figure was obtained from the
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shicld Repurt and reprcsems Ihat insurds experience of costs for
10,483 cmies of AIDS among hs insured's ovcr a sevcn-year period, A copy of thm
abslrnct is available,
Based on the actuarial data of thc San FnUlcisco liIsk force report, we estimated expected
HIV-related costs at the medium IUld high cnd ranges of utilization ill follows,
Medium Range UliIi'.lion
,09% gay domoslie partners (~emographie data)
,009 , ,50, ,13 , S 321XI/l2 = Sll,I56 nr SO,I6
,009, ,50, ,06, S65000/12 = S1.46
Total eosl per Delive employee/per mumh of pruph)'laclie I\ZT alld aClive AIDS cases = 1,66,
Total eosl per year = 51,66 , 8,000, 12 = S 159,360,
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72 dO, ,13,53200 = S 14,976
72 dO, ,06, S65000 = 5140,400
TOlal eosl per ye"r = S 155,376
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1.9% gay utlnlcslic partners
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,019, ,50' ,06, 565()(IO/12 = S3,OS
TolD! eosl per acllve employee per mon~1 of pruphylaclie AZT and "Clive AIDS easos = 53.41,
TOlnl COSI per yenr = 3.41 ,8,000, 12 = 5327,360
SlnlcdOlhcrwise:
152, ,50, ,13, 53200 =S 31,616
152, .50 , ,06,565000 = S296,4oo
TOlnl CDS! = 5328,016,
At the low end of 0% utili1;!tion,thc extcllsionllf domcstic panner henllh benefits would
not entaillUlY addilional HIV-relmcd custs, (It should be nOled that thc University already
has incurred HIY-relmed claims for members of ils faculty IUld staff who have suffered
from AIDS,)
To give some blllis for compariug thc projected HIY.relmed COSIS 10 cnrrent heldth care
costs, one should notc Ihm the lOW I claims for Ihe employec popul:llion was $18,971,309,
Thus thc BIV.relatcd costs m amid-r.ulgc lIlili1.mioll represent unly ,8% of our current
costs, Allhe high cnd ufutili1.miun, thcse CIISIS represcllll,7% uf thc current
expcnditures,
The City of Sau Fmncisco which arrived m alowcr proj~clillll of I'IIV-relatetl costs of
$3.00 per active cmployec per mllnlh felt the COSI projeclions wcre ovcrstmetl for a number
_ ' 'ofreillOIlS, Specifically, the City felt thm the sUlVey IIverstmed thc actual mte ofutili1.lUioll
by gay domeslic pi1l1ners,lhm all eSlimme of $50,000 for lifetime COSIS of AIDS after
diagnosis was too high, lUld filially, IhattUl eSlimmed 50% BIY infection nile among gny
domestic partners Will tOO high,
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This assumption is borne out by Ihe aCllwl experience oflhose employees offering domeslic
pannercoverage, Of those responding to the survey, oniy the Yill:lge Voice had a
utilir,mion rate approaching the S:Ul FnUlcisco survey resulis, TIle cities of Sunla Cru~ and
Laguna Beuch :Uld Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream of Yermol1l hud no gay male employees
enrolled io their domestic panner plan, West HollywoO<l, Culifomiu, which hus a
substwlIiul guy population, had only one gay employee take udvilllluge of domestic punner
coverage,
Likewise our projections are based on lifetime AIDS costs of $65,000 per AIDS diagnosis
while the San Francisco calculations are based on lifetime costs of $50,000, To the extent
San Francisco is correct that the $50,000 figure is too high, our projections for HIY-related
costs are grossly overstated, Finally, San Fmncisco and New York have been the epicenter
of the HIY/AIDS epidemic, Consequently, even if the 50% infection rate for San
Francisco is accumte, the rate of infection in Iowa is likely to be much lower and cost
projections based on that rate would be too high,
It should also be noted that fears about adverse impact on had a utili~ation rate upproaching
the San Francisco healih cure insunUlce becuuse of catastrophic AIDS c1uims huve not been
bome out by the experieuce of employees offering domestic pannership coverage, For
example, the mOlllhly surch:uge imposed by the Kuiser Heulih Muilllenance Organir.1tion in
1985 when the City of Berkeley began to offer domestic punner covemge Will first reduced
IUld then eliminated ufter three yealli of experience failed 10 justify Ihe need for uloading
factor to cover the expected uddilionul c1uims of domestic purtners, Likewise, the early
experience with c1uims of Seattle's domestic punoers has been beller thun thut of spouses
and much less than the amount budgeted by the city for such claims, TIle experience of
these two employers is similar to that of olher employers responding to our survey who
uniformly reponed no adverse c1uims experience from the extension of domestic punner
coverage,
Finally, a repon on domestic punner coverage relellled by Hewill Associates, a nationul
health care consuliing firm, found that the fears ubout catastrophic AIDS cluims were not
realized in any of the domestic punner plans thut were studied,
One explanation for the fuvorable c1uintl experience of domestic purtnelli could be that
domesllc pannelli on the whole are younger th:Ul the genend employee population and thus
have fewer healih problems associated with mid to later life. Another reuson could be that
this group utilir.es pregnancy benefits less thun married employees, PregmUlcy claims
accounted for 27% of SUI hospitalization charges for 1989-90 and consistently represent
the largest cost componelll of our inpmient charges, JlIlerestingly, Kaiser, one of the
HMO's thm will be providing domestic panner coverage for the City of S:Ul Francisco, was
more concemed aboUlthe high cost of mmemilY claims than HIY,relmed costs,
While H1Y-relmed costs arc a valid concern in considering the extension of healih benefits
to domestic pannelli, they have nUl proven to have a seriously negmive effect on other
plans and should not be Ihe linchpin upon which we make oor decision,
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individuals with catastrophic health needs will overutilize this benefit or that employees will
establish a domestic pannership with friends who have such needs for the sole pOl]lose of
obmining this coverage, As noted earlier, adverse selection h:LI not been a problem for,
those eotities offering healih care benenls to domestic pannel~,
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health care costs, the same fimUlcial obligations undenaken by individuals when they
marry.
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domestic partner relationship.
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One impetus for extending heahh care ben~fits to domcstic pann~r.; is the principle of
equity, or the cqualization of cmployee benefits, Stated otherwise, Ihe extcnsion of health
benefits to domcstic partner.; is the provision of cqual pay for equal work of similarly
situated employces, Thus to the extent the provision ofhealdl benefils seeks to distribute
the risk of health cure costs among the employee population artd to avoid pauperizmion of
an employee with a costly family illness, diem employers are having to change the basis on
which benefits are provided to mectthe changing needs of their employee population.
The extension of health cure benefits to domestic panners is an issue of growing interest
among employers, The cities of East Lansing, Michigan; Boston, Massachusetts;
Madison, Wisconsin III; and Minneapolis, Minnesota currently are considering the
extension of health coverage for domestic partners,
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its 9,000 employees, and the City of SIU1 Francisco extendcd such coverage to its 31,000
employees last June, Morcover, the experience of those employers who have extended
such coverage, some of which have had domestic panner plans in place since as early as
1982, has not bome out the fears about advel1ie selection and catastrophic health cure
claims among the domestic pmlner population, Indeed, the utilizmion rate among the
perceivcd high-risk group, gay men, hilI been exceedingly Inw, It wonld appear from that
expericnce that the extensinn nf heahh care henclits tn t10mestic pal1ners is not only
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Pursuant to Section 23.234 of the Municipal Code of Iowa City, the City Traffic Engineer will direct
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with Rochester Avenue north to the north end of North First Avenue, This action will take place ,
on or shortly after March 16, 1994.
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five preferred that the prohibition be on the east side of First Avenue.
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March 4, 1994
Mayor Susan Horowitz
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Iowa City, IA 52240
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I wanted to elaborate on several points raised during the March
council meeting regarding the proposed urban revitalization area
located south of Burlington Street.
First, though, I'm aware of some suspicion regarding my
motivations for speaking up on this issue. I am not and never have
been an employee, business associate, tenant, creditor of, nor lender
to, Wilfreda Hieronymous, her family or her business interests. I am
not related to Mrs. Hieronymous, nor do I move in the same social,
professional or religious circles as she. The truth be told, early in my
journalism career as a reporter at the weekly news, I was probably a
thorn in her side and the likely object of her scorn, All is forgiven.
That said, I want to again urge the council to approve this plan
with as much dispatch as it can muster, I recognize this plan poses
an important public policy issue which must be deliberated. I expect
you and the other city council members to do just that.
With respect to the procedural questions, (and assuming that the
advice of your legal counsel on Tuesday last remains valid), I urge
the council to proceed with the plan as it is now written and amend
the plan to incorporate the design review and housing restrictions as
discussed.
I remain somewhat puzzled by the arguments that have been
advanced for abandoning the proposed revitalization area. They
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seem, quite frankly, to be advanced out of a sense of desperation and
designed to delay or derail a particular project. I would urge the
council to focus on the tax abatement policy issue regarding the
proposed district and not consider the qualifications of a particular
developer who may be waiting in the wings.
The latest argument seems to advance the notion that downtown
Iowa City office space absorption rates are so anemic as to make the
need for new office space virtually non-existent. As a consequence,
any new space built downtown will only result in a reshuffling of
tenants out of older buildings and into newer ones. The upshot of
any new development effort, it is argued, will simply result in one or
two owners of new buildings profiting at the expense of established
building owners, and all of this rigmarole financed on the back of
Iowa City taxpayers.
This is malarkey and it's beside the point anyway.
It is a virtual certainty that a new Class-A office building
downtown of the quality and size proposed by Wilfreda Hieronymous
will result in some tenant relocation, You can probably expect several
downtown law offices to relocate to such a building. I would expect
the leasing agent for this building to aggressively court existing Iowa
City professional office users as potential tenants. Frankly, I'm
surprised this project has not already secured space commitments
from such users. Be assured the building will attract some existing
downtown tenants.
But so what. This is capitalism, ladies and gentlemen. Some
existing space users will find a new building more to their liking than
existing space. The city council ought not concern itself
unnecessarily with the reasonably expected consequences of offering
tax abatements intended to spur certain kinds of development
downtown. Yes, there will be tenant relocations and certain building
owners may suffer some short-term hardship. But space vacated by
existing tenants in older buildings will be taken over by new
enterprises, either start-ups or other businesses that need space
downtown. In the long run, the provision of additional commercial
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office space downtown should be evaluated in the light of whether it
will provide more opportunity for business activity in the central
core, I believe it will.
The argument against the revitalization area continues that the
only reason new office space will be built downtown is because of
the tax abatement incentive contemplated by the revitalization plan.
Further, it's argued that tax abatement provides "unfair competition"
to existing building owners.
Again, so what. This argument, at its root, embraces the notion
that city government has no legitimate interest in guiding land uses
in the core. Nor does the city have any business shaping the market
to intensify land uses where the market has failed.
While some embrace a political philosophy that's friendly to these
notions, I do not. I believe the city has a vital interest in the
downtown core as both a retail and employment center. The two-
and-a-half block area that's proposed for revitalization is woefully
under-used. Although it is ideally located for commercial purposes,
no developer has yet seen fit to upgrade these properties for more
intensive commercial uses. The area is well served by the city's
significant investments in parking facilities, our bus system,
streetscapes and pedestrian mall.
Despite the city's commitment to its urban core, suburban
development poses a significant threat to the core's vitality as an
employment hub. New office development on the fringe, in Coralville
and at the Oakdale Research Park could easily relegate the downtown
office space market to secondary status, important only to a narrow
group of space users. This would be a tragic mistake. Whether you
like it or not, suburban office developments offer several advantages
that are attractive to business ow easy parking for employees and
customers, proximity to new housing developments, lower costs and
the opportunity to locate offices in park-like settings. Personally, I
find such developments revolting, but then again, I don't rent much
commercial space either. The point is, corporate location specialists
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do like such developments and they put buildings like that at the top
of their scorecard when they're looking for new space,
There is also a potential wild card. As part of the council's
deliberations concerning the Iowa City Airport, the argument has
been reasonably advanced that undeveloped land at the airport now
owned by the city but not necessary to assure aircraft safety be sold
to help defray the cost of certain safety improvements, Should the
city decide to take this course of action, it's reasonable to expect
private developers to build commercial and industrial buildings on
this land. I'd be very surprised if the city did not also receive a
proposal to build office space at the airport if land is sold.
Finally, I want to address the issue of tax abatement and the
myriad attempts during the council's deliberations to brand this tool
as a "subsidy." Let me look at several arguments in turn,
* Tax abatement constitutes a subsidy to wealthy doctorlIawyer
tenants of a building with tax abatement. Rent for business premises
is fully deductible on state and federal tax returns. If, as falsely
claimed, rents in the proposed building are lower than elsewhere,
tenants will pay less rent, but will probably also pay higher state and
federal income taxes. But rents in the Hieronymous building will
probably be at the top of the market. Tax abatement may allow the
building owner to offer space at slightly less than the real carrying
cost of providing the space, which may reduce the tenant's rent costs.
Any reduction in rent simply increases the potential federal and
state tax liability of the tenant. Some tenants of the building may
have to raise their prices to afford the rents and protect their
margins, but these are matters best left to the tenant and landlord.
* Tax abatement constitutes a subsidy to a building developer
who proposes a building that is not "economically feasible." Mrs.
Hieronymous has done a pretty good job in outlining the pitfalls of
financing commercial office space. She neglected to mention that as a
result of the savings and loan scandal that is costing U.S. taxpayers
billions of dollars to clean up, federal bank regulators have stiffened
loan requirements to the point that many banks simply refuse to
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offer financing for commercial office development. Despite their
credit ratings, Mrs. Hieronymous and other financially strong
developers across the nation, are paying the price for the financial
manipulations and outright crimes of the shysters who nearly
destroyed the savings and loan industry. The price these developers
must pay is that of finding money in a difficult marketplace for
construction and permanent financing.
Mrs, Hieronymous has also provided you with a good general
explanation of the financial performance a commercial office building
owner typically expects. The early years may be a little bumpy,
depending on how fast the building rents up. Tax abatement simply
allows the developer to build more building that he or she might
otherwise be able to finance. Given the building design expectations
of the proposed revitalization area, and the proposed design that
Mrs. Hieronymous has submitted for your information, this is a fair
trade. Larger, taller and more elaborate buildings mean higher
property tax valuations and higher collections at the expense of a
relatively modest forbearance during the lO-year abatement period,
That Mrs. Hieronymous is willing to proceed with this particular
project is all the more remarkable. Her determination to proceed
displays the kind of deep commitment and concern about out city
that should be recognized and encouraged. Tax abatement is a
legitimate means of doing just that.
,Tax abatement confers an "unfair competitive advantage" to
one or another building owner. Whoever said life is fair and where's
the line to get squared away? The Code of Iowa has set out the legal
requirements for tax abatement for a number of years, To my
knowledge, the city has only considered one other application for tax
abatement; that for a widely "uneconomic" Citizen Building project
which would provide elderly housing. Property owners in Iowa City
who've been unwilling to avail themselves of this tool have no one to
blame but themselves. Rejecting the use of this tool because it may
have some detrimental short-term effect on competitors seems ill-
advised unless those competitors produce concrete evidence to the
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contrary, The burden of providing that information lies not with city
government but with those who fancy themselves aggrieved. The
time for presenting such information is now, during the public
hearing process on the revitalization plan. Frankly, the effort by
those who claim tax abatement will injure them has been
unimpressive.
* Tax abatement constitutes a special, and unprecedented "favor"
not previously granted to business. First, the proposal you have
before you offers developers the use of this tool only in a well-
defined, compact area, for specific, well-defined purposes. Contrast
this to the case in metropolitan Des Moines where the entire central
city has tax abatement and many of the outlying suburbs offer it too,
even on raw land!
Secondly, I have attached the list of 18 active tax exemptions
totalling $4.7 million for the current year, granted since 1989 by
Iowa City to various industrial enterprises located within the
corporate limits. There is ample precendent for the city's use of tax
abatement as an ecomomic development tool for industrial purposes
and this tool should be expanded to encompass commercial office
space development.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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1991 163,520 1,030,050
1993 51,000 72,000
1990 9,950 $ 33,170
1991 26,610 S9,130
1992 836,910 1,391,900
1993 197,380 261,170
1991 11,116,620 $2,SlI,010
1192 269,790 119,650
1991 27,210 60,530
1991 3S,370 71,600
1992 13,610 22,680
1993 $ ll5,II0 ISI,I50
1993 25,230 33,610
1993 20,160 26,110
1993 19,010 65,150
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IOWA CITY COMMUNITY
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CITY CLEHK
IOWA CITY, IOWA
509 S, Dubuque Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
(319) 339-6800
(319) 339-6890 FAX
" Barbara Grohe, Ph,D.
Superintendent
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City Council
Civic Center
410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Council Members:
I am writing on behalf of the Iowa City Community School District, and in regards to the parking
ban on Morningside Drive.
Money has been allocated for a new parking lot for City High School and construction on that lot
will begin this summer (1994). The parking lot will be completed and ready for use at the
beginning of the 1994-95 school year. We are asking that the parking ban on Morningside Drive
be repealed by the City Council until the end of the school year.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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Connie Champion, P sident
Iowa City Community School District School Board
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