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Home My WebLink About1994-06-07 Agenda '-:;~;~<'~>/:':~,!,'.?:~: ' m:mai';:,":"i'. ....."",' ',:":":"" "".,', < ,',,:):','_\i:)', ,-,": ,,:,,'''< , "',~ ,:; " '.' '. .-.:.", - , ."-;,,,;'. , .,~. ',",,")-:>,..< ; .' ',.',:,' ','..':";'....,' ,... '., ...' '" .' " ,'_, ,.'0,,: ',','.-', .._.___......_......,...,."""."-h<"""..""~h"-".~~..,............,_",,._..,,_.~_.,____.....:.---.:.a_.::"'.'.-:, '." ," ,I 'rl " i '~'~'fl ,. I I " i ) " ' I,,' , IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL '\ "~.; AGENDA , I:, i.! "'" ~ REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 7, 1994 7:30 P.M. I I i , 410 EAST WASHINGTON' COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CIVIC CENTER , ,',- . ','-:, ..r' ""', ",', ," ;,( , ~'" ,,' , " , " .'It ''''-7- -, --:- " ,',,)" ',." :;..'"\.,,.':;';,;';11,,' ",,::,:'<,"':,:':,:<,,;,:':,:.:'\'~,:,:'D,:':-::\:;( "<,":'\";'.':'~2:, "18?Tr";,,,,~"';y"r~"":""":r;-'"."-:-'T:c"..?"'.J ','.'. I:K " ,~,,':'l'''':'\''''i,.,..,Q'r'f''', 11"';.-",,,..,'. 'Ie' , ' ' ,"i5 'lrol, ,;': ';; '>~,,:,",:.,'.,...."\' ',', "':': -'..: :~";l>' /~.:'.,;\,:::<'i:?}':;-\{-,'~:.:"::',\"" :',':" , . ", ::',}T..<. '1:!J:t:';,.,i,.~~:11 l':(' ~ , ,",', .,.'", ',".' :':\\''':,;'' ,,' ,.". '-;",\'::,'i',.. ,\ ~"" -..,....->:,:,.., ' ., " .: '::"~,~.:\'(~..: :. '.-,"~ :/1 . ':\ .. , I" . ':','-;'} , '," , .. ',;-:::'j', " . ." "__......;..,~;.:,;.;:..;~';.:.:..,_',~~~~,.:i-;.-"':;,~'.'.,''',"-,,..;,~...-'',.';.'''.;.,,~"~,.""'........"-,.....~.:..__..._.....;.-'~~,-':~., &_"~..- I ~ ~ ~ ~ 1<<vlw j~ ~ Presentation of checks to the City of Iowa City from the City of Santa Rosa, CA. )&- ~ ITEM NO.3. MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. Iowa River Month - June 1994. ~ /l'Ltni:Ov ~ Flag Day - June 14, 1994. , ';:"::'); ...~, '._ ..,.. :.. ..~:.',:,::":~'_..J~:.i_~.,.':,,_,~.;._..~~'..:':'-'::".....,~,_~;~.'-. .: " AGENDA IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. JUNE 7, 1994 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS ITEM NO.1. CALL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL. ITEM NO.2. SPECIAL PRESENTATION. a. a. b. . ,~. l'; 'I...: ., , : ,I; , ,,; :.' ".. ~ ;'\ ITEM NO.4. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED. " a. Consider approval of the Official Council Actions of the regular meeting of May 24, 1994, as published, subject to correction as recommended by the City Clerk. b. Minutes of Boards and Commissions. ' , ,', , .._, . (1) Charter Review Commission meeting of May 17, 1994. (2) Airport Commission meeting of April 19, 1994. , '1'"7l~ l' (3) Mayor's Youth Employment Board meeting of March 29, 1994, ',j r.". \1: (4) Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of May 19, 1994. , '!.f' , ,. (5) Committee on Community Needs meeting of April 27, 1994. " f-::i~ r[' c. Permit motions and resolutions as recommended by the City Clerk, I . , ~ (1) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for , I I Ruadhri Brown dba Dublin Underground, 5 S. Dubuque St. (Re- newal) I , b . (2) Consider a motion approving a Class "C" Liquor License for Frater- nal Order of Eagles Iowa City Aerie #695 dba Fraternal Order of Eagles Iowa City Aerie #695, 225 Hwy 1 S.W. (Renewal) (3) Consider a motion approving an Outdoor Service Area for GFP, Inc., dba Wig & Pen Pizza Pub, 1220 Hwy 6 W. (Renewal) (4) Consider a motion approving a refund of an unused portion of a' Class "C" Liquor License for Iowa City Yacht Club, Inc, dba Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S, Linn Street. , \', ";,j ,~' I." , ".-,".' )'''--"._"..,.,.._...,....'-'-~'_.,,_._..,.__.._'''-f--~'''.'I'':":f' :', ",:\>,t,Q:)i:,~;,i\,X"T',.:,<'\"'.' ,'.. ..."'" "J 5"-:"":"'::':;' , ,[)':,:.'. };~: ------i ...'.; ""':; , >,,"', ',' ... ,'I'",,' i?<\;' ;':',:, ;",:':_;,:;l;,\',~""'''': ".',', ',. :' :~,':, "'::::":'-<::"""l'~'I"k'& (C, - ".--. "" ,} 0 ;'1,.' _~__ . _. . _._,--~---~-----~ \ , " " " ,fllJil1:1o~ ,.....-......'. , ' " , ;'~(' ,: I'.. \ 1.... t; \1' I' ~ I" I , I i I , I I b II il'T it J ;-",,-;:.1' " : I ~ri,I1l.I,.~,,'~," I",'~ ........_~ lrr~- 0 " f'i " ,~ , . .'t , ",\.\1., ,. " <, "," , '-"l' ".' . . :.' ' #2 page 1 Horow/ (#2) Horow/ We have a special presentation of checks to the city of Iowa city from the city of Santa Rosa, California and Darrel courtney, our former mayor is here to present-actually I already have them but, corne on Darrel. Darrel courtney/ Good evening. I thought the bench presentation was going to be the final chapter but I got a surprise phone call a couple of weeks ago and they sent some checks in and I think probably the most apt way to sum this thing up- I got a final report in which I think t'lent in to the newspaper in Santa Rosa from the Operation Payback Committee and I will just quickly go through it because I think it really sums up the effort that sums up the effort that was put forth out there as well. Ten months ago a series of events and letters led to the formation of a group of people in Santa Rosa whose common interests was in helping flood victims in America's midwest. Part of their motivation came from reflecting on the help which midwesterners gave to Santa Rosa after the 1906 earthquake. That is why the term payback became part of our name. Subsequently we have met a great many obstacles in attempting to send people, money and material goods nearly 2,000 miles to the Iowa city area. We also benefitted greatly here in the Santa Rosa area from our payback experiences. We built relationships to new friends in Iowa city as well as within the Santa Rosa area. Relationships that will be with us for a long time to come. Links were made from California to Iowa between elementary schools, between ministries and churches, between governmental officials and agencies and between businesses. We learned that partnerships are not nearly as difficult to form as often portrayed. We saw distinctions blur and cooperation built as representatives of government, and religious groups and private sector worked together to send relief to people in need far away. Bureaucratic processes were expedited, difficulties were minimized and our problems became simple challenges as we combined our efforts to overcome inconveniences and barricades surrounding our usual routines. We will remember that our mutual interests will allow for exceptional achievement when the situation demands it. In many ways it was revealed to us that small tasks and simple gifts can be especially valuable as outsiders bringing together estranged parties under stress and Iowa city seemed almost natural. The result is a new level of understanding and even love among them. The Santa Rosa teens traveling by train at their own expense to wash Iowa River mud off of mobile home skirts spoke volumes to the people of Iowa. We realized that philanthropy is generosity in many forms all of which needs to be delivered by cash, check or money order. Your generosity provided concrete blocks and mortar to raise a home and to purchase food, clean supplies, clothing and paper products to help serve food and - F060794 ,,)S".,"'[j: ,""','.,,..,: ., '1,:,,1 - ~ ,~li, ...:- ~ 'J."';"""'''',, " ", : ", :,' :;,~:', <' "'~. ~ T .' " ;, " ' ". ':":. ~' o --, . ~.. ': "~,,, ',~':, ~ "." ~" . "",., " , ,:' " .'.. II' ~ \ :..2" ,~ '~~(i I', i ~ i I I II [I . \ .- ~ (l,.'" ~ " , " ~ , '~;, ,i~. ';' ,j', " .', '",1 ,';,."1. , . ',' :::;:'~~.~,~'!,:~ -.: ,-' , , \" ,,' ,.,',..'", .,..,.',.,',.,.,., ""_...',..,.",.'",'","',:,-'.',',','",'."'.",,,'t,,',',~:,',:.""',..,.',.;,_,,",.,..'_',.,',:', '..'~' ., ",'",,';' , " > ' _ ~_ ___ _ .c _ ' ... _-'" ~....~ ~_ ~___" -,-, ' ,_,_~,..:;~i;:..'.....,;/>.:.~'::,;~~~...'",~:~,~~~,:.:,.,i.;'.:.'.,""~",.~;..-:J;_\,:::;...H.',~"-.."'".~"..,..:'-V.'.,.1,..~=..~,_:'i;.:-'.~~;.-'''''_,._:.--:' , ". , ,~ , , " #2 page 2 '., ',,! beverages to volunteers in Iowa city. Your money rented porta johns, paid for chemicals to clean mildew off of flood soak basement walls, and to give a fund raising boost to a group who works with at risk teens, a program site that was washed away three times by rampaging flood waters. Your contributions will help restore the Little League baseball fields that sat under water for five months and to plant trees in city park that became a lake for most of last year. Your donations of canned and dry goods went into the kitchens of families that did not see the inside of their rain saturated homes for many weeks. Your telephone calls of support, here and there, your prayers and your many gifts reflected such a genuine concern that your mark will soon not be forgotten in Iowa nor will it be forgotten here. Thank you Santa Rosa. To that I say amen. And the final chapter is on behalf of operation Payback and the citizens of the Greater Santa Rosa area, I am pleased to forward the enclosed checks to the Iowa City PIR Foundation. $1,000 is donated to the Foundation for the Little League Baseball Complex. I wonder where they got that idea. $3,000 is given to purchase trees and shrubbery for the city Park which was also devastated by last year's flooding. In addition, approximately $2500 will be sent sometime in the next week to Iowa city Salvation Army specifically for direct assistance to homeowners for flood reclamation expenses which do not qualify for other forms of financial support. Wi th these contributions, operation Payback will, for practical purposes, no longer be in operation. For legal and financial purposes, our records will remain open for six months. Small ways in which we were able to offer personal and financial support to the citizens of the Iowa city area have had a very important impact on the cooperati ve potential of the public , private and' church sectors of Sonoma County. New relationships were established and a greater levels of understanding were reached. Your suffering and sacrifice contributed to our gain. May God continue to bless both communities particular Robert W. , the chairman of operation Payback. Horowl Thank you, Darrel, for everything you have done. Good job. F060794 -_.~ PlI o , , .'. '. ,," - "'.....,. ~II,;,O;:',;.i;?:<O~:'ii'~1iW;'2, .', ',. ".';. ':>,;; t'.,',.' "i"," ,I :~?::\':';,i(" " :.~\'..." -..~ .,-"'" .<":"' ~~:'~,. ~ , :, ,_;:. '~:-".' :',;, ,,' ,:, ';:1;,: ,,\,:',. ----..... , < 'I ,i. ;.,.., '-':',:i, '1,' ,. ,';'(,: '.'T....- ,25 : ...', ,""1' ~'O'~Ji,\~ " "" '.';,: " "", j', /1 .,~:. .., ,....l."'.." ',,\ 0(1 J\ . ' i " - ' , I .- ~ .' , . '" ."',\1., "', .. .' " ',' .,'..:' , , '~...' ".. . . '. , , ,.._,;:...;I_,:"'~", ,.'"" ,,",' .,.;,'" ..._,..:.......v_~~'~'.~ ' " , . - , ' ...._;.__._',...~,~'c-,.'c',....''''., , ".-","'.,..,,,,,,;,'~'.,,'J " -,,,, _',."..r',....,',~.:'.,' '.,:,',.J-.:.'''_',.,........_..~ , #3a page 1 Horow! (#3a) We have a couple of surprises. The Iowa River Month I do, indeed, have a proclamation but we also have a ceremony. (Reads Proclamation) Karen Mumford! Thank you Mayor Horow. I would like to ask Casey Cooke, Terry Dahmes and Feather Lacey of the Friends of the Iowa River Scenic Trails to come forward please. Horow! Casey, Terry, and Feather. On behalf of the City of Iowa city and the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission I hereby present to you the 1994 Iowa River Month Special Recognition Award. Mumford! And it is with great pleasure that we recognize you for your contribution and focusing attention to the Iowa River for your tireless efforts in promoting and raising awareness of the Iowa River Corridor Trail. The work of FIRST members Casey cooke, Terry Dahmes, and Feather Lacey is to be especially commended. Casey and Terry for their work advocating construction of the trail and Feather for her work coordinating the first bike and hike. Congratulations. Horow! Thank you. CD ; I I I : I, II~~ : I ~ J~ Casey Cooke! We know you have got a backed agenda and a full house tonight so we will be brief. I wanted to return the favor to the council and I also wanted to make it clear that this is a great honor for us and we are very clear that we are accepting this on behalf of the 325 members of the FIRST. Secondly, I also want to thank the council for their work in putting through the trail segment between Iowa Avenue and Burlington Street and will be looking forward to a ribbon cutting. We will keep you posted on that. Finally, I particularly want to call your attention to the outside plan on that which is the Willow Creek Plan. And if you are looking for ideas as to how to spend your $180,000 in neighborhood trails fund that might be one to take a hard look at. I also want to note for the audience here and for the television audience that we are planning the bike and hike this year September 25 and I look forward to as many of you joining us as possible and finally I want to make a pitch for new members to join us in these efforts with FIRST and you can do that by writing to me at my office at 1929 Keokuk, that is in Iowa City. ,: .1' Horow! Thanks. Mumford! Would Fred and Larry Schnittjer of MMS Consultants please come up. Horow! Fred and Larry, on behalf of the city of Iowa City and the F060794 ,..-':.::;',........"..,...;':"...'T...'... , '" ,s .lb:r ., " - '..'. '1\ ~",,;, , "'-, " I I ! i ! I I tl '-' ,( \l;~/;" 1,~~i"P.?i: . /'1' , :~ I :',' , -....., . ,". ~ . "I ."I.\l, ". , .~, "..,1 , '-Of" . ,I.. '. ~~- ..~" " ~,,-~\. --' -. ... ...- I ".. . ,.., "-,, ',','" ,...,'....H.."..'__,.',_"...,,-__~~,~,___ . " .--'__ ..'..'..', ,,,.._,....,,'~O ".','. ,..',.. ,..,...." ','~ "... #3a page 2 Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission I hereby present you with 1994 Iowa River Month Special Recognition Award. Mumford/ We are very excited to recognize the two of you for your contributions and focusing attention to the Iowa River through assistance and preparation of the Iowa River Corridor Study Update Trails. The graphic elements of the study update, prepared by Fred, have increased the awareness of and created a greater understanding of the concept of the Iowa River Corridor Trails. Thank you. Would Bill come up. Horow/ Bill, on behalf of he City of Iowa City and the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission I hereby present you with 1994 Iowa River Month Special recognition Award. Mumford/ We are especially thrilled about Bill's contribution in focusing attention to the Iowa River through preparation of a trial of two cities. This slide show and video that Bill prepared giving proponents of the Iowa River Corridor Trail a valuable tool to foster public support for the trail. Horow/ I would like to invite Emily Rubright, co-chair of project Green to join Karen Mumford and me to present the cash awards to the top three winners of the 1994 Iowa River Photo Contest. Is Emily here. Nancy would you be able to substitute for her. Each year for the past eight years the Riverfront Commission invites submission of photographs which capture the natural beauty and recreation value of the Iowa River in Johnson county. Nancy Sieberling, I appreciate you standing in for Emily. Mumford/ This year the first place winner and recipient of the $50 cash award which is donated by Project Green is Steven Miller of Iowa City. Is Steven here tonight. Horow/ congratulations. Project Green will get you the money later. Check is in the mail. Mumford/ The second place winner and recipient of a $30 cash award is Wilfred Yoder of Iowa city. Is Wilfred here tonight. Thank you. congratulations. And our third place winner will be receiving a $20 cash prize is Timothy Blake from Cedar Rapids. Tim- Horow/ congratulations. Mumford/ And we probably should have kept Wilfred up here but Wilfred was also the person who was selected to win the honorable mention award. So Wilfred, if you could come back F060794 (r- 0 ,~-- - "-- r-:n ;'0",,_:]:;:,. " . '~--""""" ...-..-,," -'-." ., , ,,' ! ,j' '" r'"''' "5' ') \ ~(,- \>t; , ld> > :, ' '!' :,1,-' . ,':;, '," ' I,', ; ,-,'..,",:',-,.',:, ',':, ,"",';, .'" ": " ,'"., ':' -",:,'-'''--'.-'':_::' ;;'_' _. ~_';"'__o....-,",..._,......,~.............;<;),~".>.:."".',UI'.',1-,"'";'::;".I;''''.;-C.1~.',:r,",~(.;.;,.-"'::I:.:.',"""""V;=",:,\"~",t,I>.:..t:,..._,...\,,.,,-,...;..~"" ,,' , , , #3a page 3 up here for your second award. congratulations. Horow/ Congratulations again. Mumford/ Just a quick reminder to everybody in the audience, we have the winners from this year's photos contest on display. The photos are on display in the public library and will be through the month of June and then they will be in the civic Center through the month of July. We encourage everyone to go down and look at the terrific photos that community members produced. Very quickly, on behalf of the Riverfront and' Natural Areas commission, I want to thank the people who did participate in the photo contest. It was very e~citing to see the different types of photos of the Iowa River. I want to thank Project Green for their provision of cash prizes for the contest. And I certainly want to thank the city council for their continued support of Commission activities. We really appreciate it. Horow/ Thank you. This concludes the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission's 1994 Iowa River Month Awards Ceremony. Thank you. ,! ' !:, " .' " !-..,. , . "', , F060794 ",' " ;'" i" .I ,'), ' o "':',: .- -_....:.......:......:...:....:.:" .." '\'."':, i' ~' ",::,,/2b(\J::r!~:;,p':/;~;;: 'I :;i\ ..:,:.~~.::~il" ,-: "'-""-"--'~""'-"""'I"'-'-' ""'-','" " ' ", ,',', ,,' ':,\ ",.""j'5 ,>. ....r1'i:: '", ,:,-," ,,<:::.~,.',' j ""',:"><:.., (~~l'~i'. '., ;' ;it~'" ,\ , ~ '....-'.1 J l~'\ "', 1 " I I I ill ~ I i ~,; I \) J s L,); ,'\,...., 'L r 7~ ~_. 0 \"1 .' I ,I '~i ' .."W:. '.', .. '~ ,',' ,', , ,." , ,-".,' " ".. . . .- ," ,_:, ...;i:";_;'~~ ,,: :.~"" ;'-~_',' , .,...;4-,-"",',",,,,,,.~,,_,.,.., I ,j #3b page 1 Horow/ (#3b) (Reads Proclamation) KUbby/ So is traffic going to stop. They do that in some country. It is a really interesting way to- Horow/ We haven't received notice about that. But I do hope that everybody does sort of pause on that time and think about the flag. Having lived overseas and gone to ceremonies at the ambassador's compound, I can assure you it is a very emotional moment when you see your flag on foreign soil. You really learn to appreciate it. I am taking the mayor's prerogative of also mentioning something else. I recently had the honor of representing city council at the Memorial Day services at Oakland Cemetery last Monday. And during the course of my speech there I reflected on those members of Iowa city, Iowa city citizens, who are not there because they were in France celebrating the memory of 0- Day. And I said so many of our brave young people made the ultimate sacrifice as the invasion of Nazi occupied Europe began and on this 50th anniversary year of D-Day we pay special tribute to those who lie beneath the rows of white crosses and Stars of David in France. Some youngsters or recent citizens might question what the day is all about. But by gathering here we have dignified, legitimatized the time honored tradition of remembering our dead and their part in history. And I just wanted to let everyone know that I really appreciate taking part in these ceremonies. They do mean a great deal to me and to the rest of the citizens. Thank you. Pigott/ Sue, could I just add a word to that. You know because it is 50 years ago yesterday that my dad was one of the hundreds of thousands of people that were involved in the D-Day invasion. He and his friends stepped off of a boat into the cold and choppy waters near the Normandy beaches and he saw many of his friends die on those beaches and I think that they indeed sacrificed to insure our freedom and today, election day, we celebrate that freedom by casting a ballot for Governor, U.S. House of Representatives, and various local offices that are up for election today. I just wanted to take a moment to thank those that we all know who served and the families of those 9,000 people who died who were not as lucky as my father to make it through that day and never got to hear a thank you from their sons, their daughters, their brothers, their sisters, mothers or fathers. And all for that selfless sacrifice, we enjoy the right to again to continue the freedom to vote. So I just wanted to say thank you, dad, and thank you to all those who served. . ,f Horow/ (Can't hear). F060794 --,-~--_.',',.,-.. ,::-: '",'.:'i:":' .'.,'" '. .'--.:'.- 0",,' :il\t.,.,,:.,,~;;... ::;""... ,. ',..".,-,.;.,.., 'I..,','..,",' "I",'"""'.,' "5' 0' /. ". ,1 , '.'.. J,.. / ~:/'r' 'I' ; , , , ,- ,L r- \ i~ ! ~ i ' : ~ I , I I ! i , l~ 4 , , i'~',."IJ:": " ',il /.; " " ...~ , lr-,', I'" , " 0 , I" , ., '~ , ::,,':''-:,:,' ' : ~t\' 'I '," "':::"~ T.,.. "'~' , , .r', , ~ :( ~: !:,." , . '" . ":-"" . . ~' , :_.~~....:,'L::;.~;:~~L"::.j~"L:{.}.;,.,,.~':::. ;'".......~.:r~:.:.;:'"'._.......;:-__~"... ,:' , , ' .' , . , ' , ',. _ ,__........,~ ,,..,, """:U,,,,-;.j:~:,,;..,;-.,,,~;,'::"'1''',.,I.;;o'''' >,', -,'.' :!,'." ."........~ _~_'".~.__~___ '_ .;~. __,.A_ I I I ,I Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 2 CN - 1'01- (5) Consider a resolution issuing Dancing Permit to Fraternal Order of Eagles. d. Resolutions. " 9t-l~ (1) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THE RELEASE OF THREE LIENS REGARDING PROMISSORY NOTES FOR PROPERTY LO- CATED AT 1310 YEWELL STREET, IOWA CITY, IOWA. Comment: The owner of the' property located at 1310 Yewell ' " Street, Iowa City, Iowa, received assistance three times for $1,800, $1,200 and $2,280 in the form of Life Lfens through the City's rehabilitation program on October 28, 1988, November 9, 1989, and February 12, 1991. On May 20, 1994, all three liens , were paid off and can now be released. qt~ I*' (21 CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE SANI. TARY SEWER, STORM SEWER, WATER MAIN AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS FOR PARK WEST SUBDIVISION - PARTS THREE AND FOUR. @ Comment: See Engineer's Report. '" " e. Correspondence. (11 Letter from Daryl Woodson of the Sanctuary regarding the rede- velopment of Maiden Lane between Court and Harrison streets. A public hearing on this matter will be set in the near future, (2) Letter from William C. Sayre regarding Teg Drive.". ""', I' ;,:,\)..!:,' (31 Letter from the Iowa Department of Transportation regarding summer street inventory. (4) Letter from David G. Bloesch regarding airplane noise in Iowa City, (5) Letter from Suzanne M.link regarding charges for licensing cats. f. (61 Letter from Richard F. Houston regarding the proposed purchase of the power dam. /JJ.0 o.-rJj;(dz~ ' Applications for the Use of Streets and Public Grounds. ... (11 Application from Patricia Van Eck for the use of Park Road Bridge and Oakland Cemetery for Memorial Day Services. (approved) (2) Application from Weldon Deckerto have the Mormon Trek 5K and Family Fun Run on June 11, 1994. (approvedl "', n - , ',':,,'} , ;]"'''''''';',.,''''''"....,,';;'''''',..,'''''"..,',.',...'..'"'''1.....- "'1' ,: ",'.'i':! ',,'...,:-::~';~;~'_; /\:-:'::'" ',' i~,."..:,~..,,;, ',', :::t:;"""';,~; ,::',,','" . ,\' ,..' "", . \' ' ,.", (;' " .,' ':' "',' ',.' ~:, , ,="0"..,/,,. , " f'J5 j' n, ',',';,,: :" '..,....1, ":" .:-P:'>,:", :,':<;..":....:-" "";;'" ': :; .-,I~'I "\ "';':'>.:""",.'.~/-!,: , ",.,," .~: :':'~~:" ," -.\:,;, ;:' '"' ~-~. ", " , J I, t r \ c>i 1"7 1/ I ! , I I I :~ 1i,~ ~w: &~ i\' , i J " ',: '.....:, ., . ."::,;:.".;,, , , ',' ~ '.~t't'f;' ",.'\ :-?'..'~,!t . "" A': ,..,' -'" ' , . J'., .;.:.._;~_:";.._;~""...."",...:.......,_.;,~_,..~......."u""r_""'fnl.:,"-,',-,-,"",~,~~:.f.""'('~~',~",,,,,_,~,,,.'~);io.,,,,~_,"~""""""~',~:';;~,,A,-,,-~_'- Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 3 (3) Application from Brett Beemyn to have the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Pride Parade on June 18, 1994. (approved) (4) Application from Karin Franklin to close a portion of Morningside Drive on June 5, 1994, for a neighborhood party. (approved) / (5) Application from Walter J. Sparks for permission to close Jeffrey Street on June 18, 1994, for a neighborhood party. (approved) (6) Application from Billy Howell-Sinnard to have the Race Unity Day Walk on June 12, 1994. (approved) g. Applications for City Plaza Use Permits. (1) Application from Colleen M. Finnegan to set up a table for a fund raiser for the Miracle Arts Center at the University Hospitals on June 4 and 11, 1994. (approved) (2) Application from the Emma Goldman Clinic to set up a table on June 10, 20 and 24, 1994, for the purpose of distributing infor- mation. (approved) (3) Application from International Socialist Organization to set up a table on June 4 and 5, 1994, for the purpose of accepting dona- tions for literature. (approved) (4) Application from Iowa Center for AIDS Resources and Education to have a Pancake Breakfast on June 19, 1994. (approved) (5) Application from Michelle Coleman to have The Iowa Arts Festival on City Plaza and on the parking lot adjacent to the Holiday Inn during the period of June 10-19, 1994. The parking lot will be used June 10, 11, and 12, 1994. (approved) n~~/1~) ~~gL " , JM~~-h(tv ~/ ~!o , G~ END OF CONSENT CALENDAR ~ ITEM NO.5. PUBLIC DISCUSSION. ',ft'-, ~V'''IV- - '( 0'" " ,,' 1="0'''''''' m~""""'"r"\'''"''''''''''''''''-r'--' " ...,:"','" .'" 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Item #4e(7) Letter from Penny Bryn Neighborhood Assn. regarding safety issues of speed and traffic on Teg and Aber Drives. "j Item #27 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING UNPAID SANITARY SEWER SERVICE UTILITY CHARGES TO JOHNSON COUNTY FOR COLLECTION IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROPERTY TAX. (Baculis) "'j ',..-"':'! II '''\, r'; \ ,\ f~ I r " , . i I II. R "",' " ',! " "1,' ,I ".'if' o , ,.' ',,\,' ',.. ,.,',:' ',' ': :,' 't~: .',-'.\,':,; 'L:' '/"(l'.~~:::;::\:~;:,i ~:;':::;:~:',;::;:,9:,', i': j,;: 'f:,~::::~;' ....,,',',~, ,~,,:J, .:.'f'-t...",-~"'ll'.':"?#~P'I""'..Il~',r",Tr"":\....,,"''",'..,~(.'"7.,~..-:,~"~'''T"'-'--':"'''''':'' ','-, "I'" ,',: '1\' \;,W~:;"'::."::':";'::~"':L,.:.'~,:~~,';";:',' ", "," ":': "":::.--_;!i'5"~' .'.mx "\"",-",:..',\':..'.";,..",',,, " , ,r/:.-,'....' ,_",_,,!LJ:"l ,,' '; " , ""I, ,," ,..,\. '.. . ' "".' , ' , , '," ': ' ~ "', ,,' \, Q """. '.',f," " 'L , ~f~c(ei;:r:' '", ' #4 page 1 .! Horow/ (#4) Consent Calendar. Moved by Nov, seconded by Throg. Any discussion. Kubby/ I have just one comment and that is we are going to be giving a refund for a liquor license for the unused portion to Hank at the Yacht Club. I just wanted to say thanks to Hank for having a place for live music of all different varieties. It is a special place in down and I hope that someone fills that void for live music here in Iowa city. '/ I I '...., '1, ..>,~ " Horow/ Great okay. Roll call- (yes). i. " ..': ,') :,) , I \ i , I , I I,! t' : . 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The neighbors in that area have asked for a week to consider a totally new name change in that area and so I just want to let you know that this is an issue that is really sort of moot at this point. Also #x on the agenda, that having to do with Foster Road. Council last evening in discussing this adopted the recommendations from P/Z Commission regarding the recommendation of Foster Road, not making a decision about whether or not to put Foster Road through. So we have asked the staff to involve the property owner in terms of working out those issues that assault the environment, those issues that deal with street patterns, zoning, open space and drainage. So if any of you are here to discuss this, please know that this is where it is at right now. We have asked staff to come back to us and we have heard your concerns about these issues and if you wish to address them this evening you certainly may. But I wanted you to know where we were. , \ ,\ , /~ I I" I Kubby/ Sue, could I make one clarification on that. And one of the things that we discussed last night was that the only way really to have any control over some of those issues about steepness of slopes and preserving trees and open space and trails through that area was by talking about putting the road through. By saying if we put the road through it is the only way we will allow you to develop and the only way we will put the road through is if some of these issues are taken into account. And we haven't finalized what that list of issues are or how to negotiate that. But it is the only way to have some negotiating power with the developer. At least that we talked about last night. Horow/ And it starts it off. It starts the process off. Also #26, having to do with parking fees, we have chosen to defer this matter pending having a full council. We also talked about alternate including charging for a half hour at 30 cents or a whole hour at 55 cents. We seemed to wish to have staff pursue that arrangement. Still to be discussed is an alternate mechanism for diverting parking from Old capital Mall to Dubuque Street. In other words we still have to figure that one out. We wish that citizens will realize that the bus system is heavily subsidized from property taxes right now and some of the money that would be generated from such an action as parking fees being raised would be going into the Transit system as a whole. You know that recently we combined the Transit and Parking Departments and so we are looking at this as a whole Transportation System. So, if you wish to address #26, please do now. Declare the public discussion open. , , I , I ! k, , ~. , , F060794 --~ .. --~T _ : 0'"1\':" " ",,"',~Y " , :C-'~_ -~_. .."" P' . .' ...-.,....-."-- , . ~ ! I i () I.! ....." ,'; !)5,lo. ~:mau~' ,i .. J ~..;\ i \ ,\ \ ,/:::J r"'i. , I I I' I I I I , ! I , I ~, : I'" ~ I! U-J '""" !If ;::,'~,:"" NIl, i#,ii ~: l~J ....-. C' :, 0 ;, _____" __ "_.__u . , '" . .., . .t'.\I" '.. , ',' , '. . " , .. #5 page 2 Kubby/ If people want to speak to us about any of those issues they should do this at the public discussion. Horow/ Yes, they certainly may, yes. Throg/ And Sue, if anybody wants to talk about any other issues that is not on the agenda, they can talk about those issues at this point too. Horow/ Yes. Those are the three hot items right now. I just wanted to let you know where we were. But yes, if there is anything else you wish to address that is not on the agenda, now is the time to come forward. John Murphy/ I am with Bremmer's Clothing and I am president of the DTA and I am here to talk about your favorite topi.c, parking in d.t. And I have got another handout for you I would like to deliver this. Throg/ Is it an award. Murphy/ What a nice deliver of the mail, there. Horow/ I need one for the- Murphy/ Ernie is not present so there is not going to be a vote. They mentioned last night that the vote would be in a week. will that be in two weeks. Horow/ No. Murphy/It is in a week. You have a meeting in another week. okay. All right. Okay. I am just going to go over these viewpoints. Again, I am representing the DTA and our Board of Directors and we have all talked this over and these are our thoughts. I will just go through them quickly and I know some other people would like to talk about this issue to you, too. (Reads statement: Downtown Association- Issue Points on Parking Fee Issue) An example I understand there are some disability things that have come through that are expensive but I really think they need to be looked at as an expense situation. For example, on the bus system in 1984 as a percentage of total property taxes collected, between the different agencies of Transit, Library, Police and Fire-from '84 to '94 a percentage of all of our property taxes that went to these areas, Fire has increased, what we spend on the Fire Department has increased one half percent from where it was. It was 15%, 15.3 and now it is 15.9%. Taxes for the Police Department have increased 2.5%, from 26% to 29%, roughly a little less than 3%. Library has F060794 - . fi , -~~---.'" '.'0,)',"""'" " -".." .... ,:" ','.1'..'-< . ,.' , ' ! CD ,I,j , lb t~.<\ !'~ r , [ ,,\ (-'i \ ',' ,\ f~ I , I': I , I I I i I ~' : I'. i , i I I, .]1 ir"~',':" lilt' * ii' \\~\ -" ,C' :' ? 0, i"j '.~t \\'~:" ..'\ " . " .:',.' , ", . ,1,. , ... #5 page 3 increased slightly, 3%. The percentage of our property taxes to Transit has more than doubled. It has gone from 6% of property taxes to almost or over 13%. So I really think it needs to be looked at and I think that is one of the alternatives that you can do without raising parking ramp fees. I think, it is bad political words, but I think it is a tax and spend philosophy. I think you keep raising parking rates to make up for other areas that the expenses are going crazy on and I am pro bus system and I am pro SEATS. Yet I think something has got to be done. It looks like the figures here that expenses are out of control. Again from those ten years, the bus budget in 1984 was $1.8 million and the fees collected from ridership was $785,000. For FY94, ten years later, the budget is $2.8 million. It has gone up $1 million and the fees collected from ridership is $630,000. It has gone down $155,000. I think no matter how much you raise parking ramp rates and it has been done the last 9-10 years without raising the bus rates. People are still driving their cars. You are not going to change that lifestyle. The only thing you may change by raising the ramp rates is it just makes those people drive elsewhere to shop. We talked to a few councilors and they said to us to come up with alternatives. We came up with one. We don't really like it but we think it is a good fair alternative and we could save maybe $20,000-25,000 a year and that is start enforcing parking meters in the morning in d.t. at 8 AM instead of 9 AM. That is still common business hours. You are enforcing the ramps rates at that time and I am not sure on the dollars but I bet it would be anywhere between $15,000-25,000. So I think from our view point we don't think it is fair to raise the ramp rates again and not at this time and we think there are other'alternatives on the expense side of the issue and also on maybe some of these other alternatives with meters. And we would like you to vote no on this and consider the other alternatives for now. Horow/ I have a question. Has the DTA made any major effort to increase the Park and Shop ticket reimbursement program. Especially those stores in Old Capital Mall that are not now taking part in it. Murphy/ We have talked about that and we want more people to take part of it. We haven't done anything lately. We always push it whenever we get a new member. We feel it is a real important thing and we- Horow/ suggestions that were made to me. I was in the mall today and I purchased $20 worth of books and I almost tore up the check. I went through with it but I really considered tearing up the check and telling them why I wasn't going to buy and F060794 " ..-- )"".....'....' ',," , ..: \,..;.' ,-..' ,.",.' ',.' 0, _lild1 . ..' I' , o : -! " I" . 8' IS l 00/ ..., '., t~i.~i!.i ',' ' ,- t .~ , ~ I~ I ii I I i I !~ . ! I I 1\ '~ ~~' ,,-, c; it (" .~' , -------- I', '" . , , "r 'W.,' , , .~, , " ,'M.,. . " #5 page 4 the comment Ivas made that they had suggested to the mall ownership at the mall stamp the tickets rather than the individual store owners and I wondered how aggressive the DTA feel they could even get towards increasing this program. Murphy/ We have 82 participants now and it is something that when they join the DTA it is an option. It is a big expense for a lot of these stores. And it is like a promotional expense to me. I think it is a great thing but it is not something that you can just walk in and say you need to spend $1000 on Park and Shop if you want to be in the DTA. So it is an expense. I don't see it happening-I think it is unique and I think you should praise the DTA. We think it is good and we think it helps business, too. But I think you should at least praise us for at least having it. How many towns that have meters say oh here, we are going to pay for your parking. But I think the perception may be that everybody thinks that every merchant is involved and maybe that is a misperception. But it is an option of the retailer and it is not something we can mandate. Nov/ I realize that you cannot mandate this but I also run into retailers who will say okay to stamping your parking meter ticket, rather your parking ramp ticket, but they do not offer you the bus ticket. So they are selective about this and I hope when you encourage people to participate you will encourage them to participate in the bus system also. Murphy/ I will make a point of that. I think we are getting away from the issue here. Any other questions. Karr/ Could I have a motion to accept correspondence. Horow/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Nov. to adopt the correspondence. Any discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Are you addressing the parking issue. AUdience/ No I am not. Horow/ I wonder whether we might not get one issue done at one time. Is there anyone else who wished to address the parking issue. Thank you for being understanding. victoria Gilpin/ I am a d.t. business owner, Preferred Stock. And we are members of the DTA and have been for 17 years. I would like to also address the proposal to increase parking rates. As part of the DTA I definitely share John's views that the board is expressing. I would like to add a couple of things. First of all I would like to reiterate the DTA is very pro Transit system and very pro SEATS and in these figures that F060794 - '" .-,,'. - 0,")"" "~:",-~' ,,' ,.' . r-' '; t. ~ ~) , , o ,I.! lo: .., . I I ~'. - . 1\ .\", , ":~t ~ ' . ..\1,,', 'f:. ". . .I :..~' . " , '. .~.. .,' " ,.' . . , ' . , ;!:,,:-',:,;.:: ',:'!~~;, ~.'_ ';:.'.::.~'" ..:...:~ ,_:,;.~Il.i;.~._.,_....__" '." .. .' ._._..~'....,.,-....,....", "C.;' ,;-,'-, . . "";'. ,;.;. d'.~',":.;L;',. '.,:.-,.,...",.'.I~."._..".,.,,,.",,."..._- #5 page 5 , ~ John gave we certainly don't want the perception to be that we think the Transit system should be disbanded or in anyway affected. However, one of the things about parking d.t., as you all know, there is a perceptual problem which we as members of the DTA are constantly addressing and to that end encouraging very strongly our members to participate in the Park and Shop and Bus and Shop programs. And actually at one of our last meetings it is something that we are addressing with Old Capital Center. They are a mall entity \~ithin themselves and they do function separately from the DTA and so a separate issue as John said. Secondly, I think it is important to note that d.t. businesses are extremely active in supporting many many projects. Supporting the arts, the Iowa Arts Festival. Literally the DTA is funding the Friday Night Concert Series which, as you know, is a 17 week free live music program every Friday night throughout the entire spring and summer in d.t. And the reason that we do all of these things and this is money that d.t. businesses are writing out checks to support. The reason that we are able to do that to the extent that we do it is because we are able to make money at our businesses. If we are not able to make money or the less money we are able to make then we can't write checks to the Iowa Arts Festival and we can't write checks to United Way and we can't write checks to Friday Night Concert Series. And I think it is an important point because sometimes there is this feeling that d.t. businesses should be paying for everything in the city. And boy, we are paying for a lot. And we want to and we want to be able to do that. But we have this problem with parking and it is a problem. You hear customers, and Sue is one of them, tonight complaint about parking situations in various forms. We are addressing from our end as aggressively as we possibly can. I think we do need the support of council and we need to feel that you are pro business because without businesses there is no tax base. Literally this is the bottom line here. People can't buy homes, they can't do anything, buy groceries. So to ask the people who shop d. t. and work d. t. to subsidize or pay increases in a county wide program seems to us to be a little bit of a odd approach to solving the problem. We certainly want to contribute. We certainly want to help contribute to solving this problem but the way it looks in the presentation when we talk about needing money to make up a deficit or help attack an increase in a county wide program by raising parking rates d.t. I think you can probably understand my point here. So, thank you. Throg/ Victoria, could I ask you a question because I don't know when the best time to ask this question would be and it would apply to anyone speaking on this issue. Both you and John referred to the negative perception point. I take that to .!. ....--.~... J' (~.\ I \ ; I I ! I I I i I, ! b'll I I, F060794 ([.- .' . v-'. ' 0 ..'~ ~- ,-- - .~ ,.' . 0.. j"'.""'", ,",,",",--' , . ';':~',;.' ..,);::'.':',,' "" '-'''\'''' '\ ,. , ?S ,: Itji. . ,'i_......:..... . ,'-: l~,", mm'. ,':' r 1', ,~ (~', \., . . >~ I:T1 , I~ I I I I Ib \ . ~ .J ;'!if:.~} (.\' ~ t.li' ~j (C' , 0 \' .-,. --.- ---- ;;l" '., '. '" " ~,~, '.{ t, '; . " ",." .... " ., ; .l '" .' , ~. . " , , . ",. ,." ,.' . . .' '..' ..., "'",,-:,,,~,,.;,,;,,,,,,,, .:.I'."''',':...,~,-'.._-;-~_. .1 #5 page 6 mean that you and many other people think there is ample parking in the d.t. area but there is a problem in terms of what people think is available. And that is in part, I suppose, related to the lack of large open free lots like one might find out at Sycamore Mall or some other such places. So I am curious about what you think we could do to alter the negative perception. Gilpin/ I am really glad to you asked that question because I actually-not that I feel that there is plenty of parking in d. t. Iowa city. There is plenty of parking in d. t. Iowa city. We have parking structures that are rarely full and at least one or two of them are really easy to get in or out of at any time of the day or night. So, the problem is with perception and the DTA supports this also and has looked at certain campaigns for improving the perception via education by saying there are this many stores that will pay for your parking if you shop in their businesses despite the confusion of some that don't. You asked a second part of that. Throg/ If the city chose to spend some money to help alter those perceptions through advertising and other means, would that be a good thing. Gilpin/ I think it would be and one point that you brought up is that we have a lot of small towns in Iowa where you can pull your car up in front of any business and park for free and walk a few steps into the door and come back out to your car. And so-as we all know, a lot of our population comes to Iowa city for the University and they maybe small towns and they also may be from large towns where you have to pay $5.00 an hour. A ramp that you have to walk six blocks and this is convenient. So, yeah, I think it is an educational thing. You can park in a ramp d.t. and literally the farthest you are going to walk to a d.t. business is six blocks. That is the farthest. You actually can walk a half a block or a block to most of the businesses in d.t. So, when you think of it like that and very often have your parking paid for by somebody else. You park all day long, you don't have to plug meters, there really isn't a problem. It is a bit of a mentality. I am fond of saying that if you could park your car in d.t. Iowa city in front of my business and walk in for free probably my business wouldn't be there. There wouldn't be anything going on d.t. if this were the case. ,'..1" Throg/ If there were many large open lots there wouldn't be any d.t. Gilpin/ Exactly. I appreciate-I know the council and other people hear a lot of negative input because, you know, you can only F060794 ,. .....r'...'.'~. ".'''. "'".1" .".Cli'.... . .'. 0"" ,IS. .... i, . ,.:.....".-'.,'....,' : r~ _~:_~.. ,~ . '. :.'. . '.' "; . . : "'\\~.:~::,~.:.'" ,.":'.::: ':':',~,: ","" ',::'" ~"',':,,'~~;: '-'2: '~'::'O;;'i,,~,,:,;r/> ',:: ",.'.., ,.' . ",, ., . ". ,: ~' I' , '" . "\ \~ l~ . '. .1 .", .' .~. ','..! , .~". :. . , -":: ' .;~,.'~..~..~..._: ,...'..,....~,~.. . - -~. -. .,..-,..,."....-,'''_.,.,~,.< .,......-.' #5 page 7 ,/"~'" )', -, (,-,,\,: \. ~ . 1\ i'''"}':'\ I park for an hour at a lot of meters and we deal with this all the time at the store and we try to explain to people well, if it weren't an hour turnover program it would be a parking lot d.t. You would never be able to get a meter ever. So, it is a matter of sort of letting people know \qe have a really really vibrant d.t. area. And it is full of people. And the reason that we have a perceptual problem with parking, I feel, is because of that. So if we let people know that we have a great d.t. and it is really busy and there are a lot of people coming d.t. and that is the reason we have to park in the ramps. Then this is the good news. This is not the bad news. And on Friday nights, during the Friday night concert series, when there is 3,000 people down there which there probably will be this Friday night. You see these people parking their cars in ramps and unloading strollers and children and seniors and I think this is very very good news. The DTA is working pretty hard to maintain the vitality of d.t and we would like your help. Throg/ Who is playing Friday night. Gilpin/ Orchestra de Jazz- pigott/Victoria, could I just ask another question. As you know probably as part of our considerations were thinking about charging half an hour, 30 cents for a half an hour in some of the lots. Sort of as an encouragement for those people who don't stay that full hour. They don't pay that full 55 or 60 cents. Instead they pay a lesser amount and it encourages some perhaps some turnover in the parking lot. Perhaps addressing some of the perception. I just wanted to get your input about that other idea in connection with that as well. How you felt about it. , ./ .1 Gilpin/ I can speak for myself because I actually haven't discussed this particular issue with board members. But I think it is a very good idea, you know. I think that helps people feel that they can park a short time and run in and run out. And I can only hope that all the stamps that I do at my business will be worth a half hour instead of an hour. I would also like to say that you know I think the Park and Shop and Bus and Shop programs are great. We ask every single customer if they would lilte a bus pass or if they have parked in the ramp and take that opportunity to explain the program to them when they say what is that or no. Although I must say that a lot of people say gee I am so glad you asked. So many people don't ask and I get back to my car and I have forgotten and I don't use the program because of that. So Preferred Stock has taken thi.s opportunity to sort of be a one man-one woman-two women, ten person educational team on this issue because we support I ,I I' , I I I ,! I I , I b I ! 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I would also like to say I was talking to Karen Kubby about this not too long ago that over the years when you look at our monthly billing statement and you see the ratio of bus users that we are gi ving out bus passes to parking, it has grown a lot and although ridership may have gone down the user fees on our bill use to be about one third bus and two thirds parking and very often it is about half and half now. And a lot of people are really really happy that you have as]ced them for a bus ticket. So I support the half hour. Absolutely that is a good idea. Horow/ I am going to have to ask that further speakers keep adding stuff. Let's try not to duplicate what has already been said. We have got a long evening. Jean Gilpin/ victoria's sister. I am in business with her down at Preferred Stock. And I actually had the opportunity to speak to a number of you on the phone and most of you know my long version and therefore I will condense it to just a couple quick notes. One thing I would like to say is that one way to not combat-I probably don't even need this. One way-we do have a perceptual problem and to increase the parking is not going to help it. Let me just tell you that. It is going to make it worse.So I would appreciate consideration. I know talking a=with you Sue that you have said can you come up with some creative solutions and unfortul1ately I do feel like I am a creative person and I personally have not come up with any creative solution. That is your job. But I would like to say it needs to be equitable and I don't feel that it is equitable by raising the rates in the d.t. parking ramps. I will say that. I would hope that most people would agree with me. I do feel like it is a good'program and if we need to make up some money somewhere we all need to share the cost and I really strongly feel that by raising the rates in the parking ramp is not the fair or the right way to do it. And I don't feel like you should do it just because you can. Granted we all know there are people who are going to come down to town no matter what. If they have to pay a dollar to park in the ramp, there will be some people who will come down. But I guarantee you it won't be a lot of my customers. I mean I stand at my counter everyday and I hear people complain and we try to do what we can by offering the Park and Shop and Bus and Shop, carry their packages to their car, whatever we need to, call a taxi, whatever it might be. But we do still have a large amount of customers who complain and are concerned about having to pay the fees here in d.t. Iowa city and I do feel that we are paying a fair share of this already by choosing to have our location d.t. and by paying taxes, by funding concert F060794 o "..l",-' .,.....,'-....'-'.- . .... ,.. . ..._.."".....~'_..-'...-- I 0' .. ',i .! nj~, 'I'd',: ""'-' :'.....f' I ',' ;, ,_ 0".", ,';' 1:"U~t:.1' .....---:......-. ,~ c--. \ \ I I ! I , , c ' .. "I _u 0 . I I j"l "'. ' ". .. 0(\\',; ,iI -' . ',' , ".... ,.' . . , ,". :.", -_.".~..".,-"",., ';',";":",,",'..,,., ""_'",..'-''',~""""-,-.,, , .. -~--'.]~, ,<, -'-. ,; -' ""'-"-"'~ ..-,- '.~ - #5 page 9 series, by participating in Park and Shop and Bus and Shop and we want to be in business d. t. We have chosen to be there for a very specific reason. But we do ask of the council for your help that it continues to be fair and that this potentially is not the best way to raise additional funds. I would encourage us to look at some other things. Horow/ Thank you. CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 94-81 SIDE 1 Kubby/ When we first talked about raising parking rates this was before we knew the amount that the increase in SEATS was going to be so dramatic. Isn't that right. This was something we were talking about before the SEATS deficit was looking at us. Nov/ And we also talked about the fact that we needed to start putting some money away for ramp south of Burlington. John Gross/ Mr. Throg. for your information, I serve on the Transit Committee with the DTA. I am working very closely with Joe Fowler. Over the past 5-7 years we have offered many incentives to try and break the perception of parking ramps that many people have. We have had free days, cooperative ads, we collect a fee from each participant and spend that on Park and Shop and Bus and Shop promotion. In my opinion the only way to break the perception or the negative of parking in the parking ramps is to wait for the old guys to die. It is pretty ingrained. I have neighbors who won't come d.t. Who won't come d.t. because they don't want to park in parking ramps. We have to wait awhile. I think another generation to solve that. My point is that over the past five years we have seen a significant decrease in business in our store d.t. As a result we have had to right size our firm, we let about five people go over the past two years. These are people who pay rent, who buy groceries, who pay taxes, who get their cars fixed, who buy pots, who buy suitcases. Five good citizens of Iowa City aren't employed d.t. anymore. I am on the process of expanding our store in Coralville by 50%. We see more business growth in Coralville than we do here. I don't anticipate hopefully making any other changes d.t. If it continues to decrease as it has been there isn't the volume of business d. t. The 20 people we have employed d. t. we may have to move elsewhere. I am wondering if the councilors are aware of what an acre of good commercial property pays in taxes. And then compare that in your mind to what an acre of residential property pays in taxes. I think you will find that there is significantly greater difference and I feel that because of that the d.t. with its substantially higher tax rate, not tax rates but tax dollars, deserves your attention F060794 .:==--" ~ ~- il:"~' . . '0"".' ' -, ", ,.", ..,' ,:". ,,' '.',: :c, . 'j "I,'.,:.:: I~I') , . ' : '-' . '-'.''''-''- :: ~ ',' 1 \': "'-' i ,,' , J."'. ... :;;:-, [f. ,'" ,..1,,", l'..:l;;'~1 " . ,- .. ~." l .. . ",', '1,' '-11'1" '."1 . , " ; , ,', , " . ...., , ", "'''/ ,.' . . I ....,._"..~~":.:..".-<.._... :"""::'';';''~_\''''''''-'.''-'''''''--''- .. ._.___~.'-_".'i.. ..,,-....,.,... '.',', ..;.,.1'".......'_:.';..'.:; ,"-,".'...-;".".."- .).;....,""_.".'..,....'~."m #5 page 10 as care takers of the budget in the city of Iowa city. I feel that we deserve your attention. That you need to recognize that you represent the entire cHy and that it is important that you give attention to this major tax base for the cit of Iowa City that provides funds for all of you. I was very disappointed last month when you refused to support a major expansion, a major project in d.t. Iowa city which would have brought jobs, which would have brought shoppers d. t. and would have brought big tax dollars d.t. You refuse to support the health and growth of d.t. Iowa city. Now you are looking at raising the parking rates and trying to milk d.t. a little bit more. But just last month you refused to feed us. It doesn't seem to make sense to me. I feel that any councilor with the interest of the entire community will not raise taxes for the d.t. parking. Thank you. ~ Horow/ Thanks, John. Anyon~ else wish to address council on the subject of parking. Kubby/ I think I want to make a clarification about something what John said. I want to make a clarification on something John said that we did not support a certain financial incentive that a developer may have chosen to use and that developer could have chosen to do that development with or without that particular kind of financial incentive. We did not say we did not support any particular development. Darrel courtney/First time I have been up here without having introductions. 1 Princeton Court. Also ad. t. business person. I think as all of you were elected and as well as the two terms I spent you all come in having visions of certain things and seeing things in the future and hopefully you do look into the future by more than one FY or two FYs and we had a group of five people that sat up there in the early and mid 70's that had a vision and it was a vision of a regional shopping center d.t. It was to compete with Wardway. It was to compete with Sycamore, with the new malls that were going up in Cedar Rapids and it was called Urban Renewal. And they envisioned this to be a regional retail shopping center. I would suggest that that vision has come and gone. The retailers are leaving d.t. If you can just vision in your minds as I read these off what these store fronts look like: Jacksons, A.J. August, Josepheson's, Rocky Roccoco, Reliable Drug, Motts Drug, Concord Cleaners, stephens, Legions, Dill Burger, Taco Johns. These have all closed within the last year and year and a half. Some within the last two or three weeks. D. t. is becoming like many big cities. Like the Minneapolis of the world if you visit d.t. Minneapolis. It is becoming service oriented. We have got the home offices of the banks, lawyers, brokers, accountants, property management I :....-:-....-.- ,. [. . ,..\ (~"\' \ l ~ "'" " I'~}-\ i, , 'I" . . i I F060794 ..'..' 0 zlI,""'.. ;\"'''''' ,",'.",.1"..,-,,,...--..--.-, , I' j- f~)' tj, tr :~__~_n____,__.___.i ,-- 1 . ,,,....,.,,..; WlW.ii ,I... .' ! .!~ [ \ .?l '.'1 I , , I , I i i I , , i ~ i: :( ~ ~ ;l~ 'X~ I.: ~ ~ L {,( .'-0....-.' ~, . , .. " i '" . "I ',1,\1:. " .,', , -.. . , ,", .' ...;..,..,.....'-.-":'-.:.. . . .. ....'.._.-_~..~--.. . ..,~ ''''''_ h.....: ,," -'" ","'" #5 page 11 people. It is all service oriented. Now those service people will support some retail trade but they won't support the retail trade that was envisioned by those five people when they decided to do the Urban Renewal. That was $70-75 million worth both private and public money that was put into the d.t. I think what you need to ask yourself next week is what is your vision for the future of d. t. will you continue to price them out of the market by raising the parking fees once again. Or will you find other ways to fund your Transit system and your budget. Thank you. I have a baseball game to get to. I didn't want to wait until the end. Throg/ That is a terrific challenge, Darrel. I would like to make a very quick response. I would completely agree that it is a wonderful place to shop and do retail trade and so on. And I know that you would agree with this. That is not all that the d.t. is. It is also a vital place for interaction among people who live and work in the whole area. Denney Visser/ 113 Post Road and I also manage a business in d.t. Iowa City which is just a block away at 328 E. Washington street. I am a manager of Northwestern Mutual Life. And I have enjoyed living in Iowa city for the last 27 years. Two years as a student and the last 23 years as a business person. And Iowa city is a great place for many reasons such as parks and its schools just to name a few. Ten years ago as Darrel mentions there was a whole revitalization that was happening to Iowa city and I chose to be a part of that and city council was very supportive of that measure. In the process there were things such as industrial revenue bonds made available and that with the private sector were able to remodel a building in d. t. Iowa city and this was a very posi ti ve business environment at that particular time and I chose, along with other people, to seize some of that vision that was taking place in d.t. Iowa City. I would like to register a strong protest to the current idea of increasing the parking fees that are seeming to escalate. I think there is a problem that you are attempting to address and I would suggest that along with John earlier that one of the solutions that I would suggest is increasing the tax base that is in the d.t. area of Iowa City. We took an old building which was the Knights of Columbus Building which was just a deteriorating phase and was probably contributing about $1000-2000 a year of property taxes. And due to the improvements this is juts about a 5000 sq. ft. area. Now it generates about $14,000 of annual taxes to the city of Iowa city which I would submit helps to do a lot of the services that are taking pace and to add a nickel here and a nickel there is I think penney wise and pound foolish for some of the good things that Iowa city does in its d.t. area. And I would encourage you to take a much more F060794 - )"""" .'" " ""0.' ...'... . ,". I!~.i..". :..<';.....'::: :.' " .~ -, -.- ".. ,- , , 1" . o " .! l !5 lti "_.',,,.,,' I '., . , , r.m;}ij ,. ,.:.' , ,. [ ,;" (-. \ \ \ I~ , r . I" I I I , I , ! I I : I , i I k:. , 1-' I, ill S '. 'J Il. " I~I, . fg~ ' ~:i\ .; 1" ~ '!LO "), . . . -,"'I '" . '. ' .1 1.\ i,~, . ',' , -, . H':_"'_::__'.." _"".. ,_...u.:".,....,_"......."......_ . ...... ,:;.',,;'.--.:'. #5 page 12 longer term view and promote some of this high intensity tax base that is possible within the Iowa city area. I represent a number of people that work in my office who are administrative staff as well as associates who do have to pay the costs for parking to work d.t. and just that continuous increase is one of the problems of hiring good quality people because many of these people do commute from rural areas and they do have to park. They don It even have access to SEATS or to the city bus system. SO a large amount of Iowa city's population is not just accessible by these particular services. I submit to you that doing a parking increase such as you are proposing, I know there is some innovation involved with it is short sighted. I encourage you to take a much longer term view and raise the tax base of Iowa city. Iowa city is a great place to live and work and I would like to continue to have to see that continue and I don't think increasing the parking rates would help that. Thank you very much. Pigott/ Thank you. Horow/ Is there anyone else who would like to address the parking at this point. If not- Lelia Helms/ I am here to speak on behalf of the Penney Bryn Neighborhood Association, the willow Creek neighborhood area that is. I last spoke to you on April 26, made a presentation about our concerns which deal with the impending Teg/Aber connection which is part of your consent calendar tonight. At least the dedication of the street, the opening-the formal opening of the street. This is a connection which runs parallel to the park more or less the length of Willow Creek Park from Benton street to Sunset and Highway 1. Reacting to my presentation we received from the city manager a response to our concerns enunciated. I hope you all have a copy of that. Tonight I would like to speak about our further concerns which the city manager has provoked in terms of discussion among the association. We feel that the memo side stepped our concerns. However the memo did in fact confirm the existence of a speeding and safety issue in this area. We are requesting the council to put on their agenda our concerns formally about safety and speeding raised by the opening of the street connection. The city manager's memo indicates that there are these problems. Specifically we are requesting that the council consider adopting one of the following options and you will see them listed there. Installation of stop signs on Teg preferably at Hafor Drive or lowering of the speed limit to 15 mph or installation of breakaway barriers. Let me discuss each one of these options in order. The first one to deal with stop signs. We requested in our initial presentation the presence of stop signs to be added. The F060794 - 0']'/'< . . ' .:.~,~" .,:):. . ,.' . " "j' IS " l j , I i' o I, , " ,10, '. "....."," ~~~~ , .~ , "~'., ..-'. r \ \ 1 . I,: I I I , ; , i fl, : . , l( .J '~ """'_1/ i":' Vi ;1'* )~,l~, .',', :;~I 'W' I'" L_~ f?" '\\, 0 ,. , -' . .,. '1\1"l: '.'."l ,~. , '. . :.' , B_"_'/'''''''''' ".".,,' _,' . #5 page 13 purpose of this was to break the speed, the pattern of speeding as people begin to pick up speed through the straight away in this area. There is a semi blind corner and that is exactly where most cars pick up speed. In the memo the reply indicated the reluctance to employ this method of slowing traffic. That it had limited effectiveness and it increased the city's exposure to liability. We would request that the council consider this matter in that the city has used this method of breaking speed for these purposes in at least two areas which we could name off the top of our heads. Lexington Avenue and Koser , although that may be University Heights. Secondly, in terms of the liability concerns, if the city has knowledge and evidence of a significant speeding problem before hand as it does in this case and does nothing there may be liability also for non-action. And that is a second consideration to raise. Secondly we would ask as a second option to lower the speed limit to 15 mph. The city manager's response did not go into the specifics of this request. specifically I am citing two code sections, Iowa City Code 23.188b.5 and 23.188c. B.5 provides for a 15 mph speed limit in the park. Now state law and other provisions in the city code do say 15 mph within a park. But this specific provision states in a park. Teg may be viewed as in a park. It certainly parallels a whole length of willow Creek Park. That is all the parking activity takes place for access to the park. If you employ the language of the statutory construction as set forth in the preface of the Iowa city Code, in fact I think you could reasonable argue that this would be a 15 mph speed in a park. Alternatively, provision C. empowers the council upon a finding by the city engineer of a danger Le. excessive speeding to set its own speed limits. This is a general enabling provision which allows city council discretion to act over and above a specific state requirements. We think you have the option to act regardless. Third, is the option of break away barriers. We might ask as a third option to install break away barriers to stop through traffic from using the connection and yet to allow for emergency traffic through in case of need. This option was not presented to council the last time we spoke because in our neighborhood meeting with Mayor Horow and Jeff Davidson they indicated that this is not an option which had ever been used. In fact that we have learned that it has been authorized for California Street in the same or parallel circumstance. So that for exactly almost the same reasons we would feel that this might be something that you would consider as a third possible alternative for dealing with the problem. Finally, to respond to the larger considerations raised by the memo. The city manager's response to the convenience that the Teg/Aber connection provides for the new development which has gone in on one end of Teg. In particular, for convenience for Parkwest residence F060794 ",", w -V'- . o :, ,'''i\"....... ..,~" I ,.' . '. " ,1,1 ", )S 10 ]2h~' ,. L ,'-"_1 ( \ \ ./'i1 ,,:.~... , , " i I 1 I , , I k", I .'\f. " . t. : I ;"',, ',.~ ~~,.t~/,',~ &:11' ,"'v,; L_ .,( " ;" . :, . .r\\'t,:, . , ~ , . , '"... . :: . ...",.---....'................--.... #5 page 14 was emphasized. In response we would ask you to consider two things. First of all, we are the primary beneficiaries of this connection. We in the neighborhood. The Penney Bryn Neighborhood Association is an association of roughly 125 families who have been there for long years. Not necessarily 25 new residents. We feel strongly that the safety issues which are raised up by speeding and traffic outweigh any argument for convenience. This is a product of our long term experience and after all we are the people who are going to pay the primary price in terms of having to go more slowly and/or use alternative routes, whatever the option of the decision is. We value the common good rather than the convenience and recommend to the city council that they take that particular perspective on this problem. Finally in terms of the existing situation. The traffic is getting worse. The road has opened it. We have Faraway, Cubs and Mennards which are all opening soon within the foreseeable future. Commercial vehicle traffic will increase. The Teg/Aber connection offers the only direct connection between Melrose and Highway 1 which provides stoplight access to Highway 1. That is the most convenient access. In addition there is no school zone to slow anybody down on the interim routes. Speeds we suspect are already increasing although there has not been another study and I realize that more would need to be done. We are simply asking tonight that you put this issue on the agenda and consider some various options for dealing with what we all agree has been a documented problem of speeding and potential safety concerns here. Thank you. Horow/ Thank you very much. pigott/ Thank you. Kubby/ So the average speeds that were documented, there were some extreme speeds, but the average was 31-35. Helms/ 31-35 I think. It was higher going one way than the other. And in a large part that is because of the shape of the road and where the straight away lies. Horow/ Is there anyone else who wishes to address this issue. Glenn Myers/ 1835 Hafor Drive. I would also like to address the issue of the speeding problem on Teg Drive and resulting safety issues. I would like to urge council to take appropriate action to insure the safety of children and others of the willow Creek Park neighborhood. This is safety is threatened by the existing pattern of excessive speeding on Teg Street. As you know there has already been a fatality in the area. Secondly there is an established pattern of F060794 ---- ~ '~:-' ,'j ,,', - o '0..'),',...,.,.,.,,,....,,. "\ .' ': '''~.''. ,.' . Q i.,! , ., ',- ') c. .. ~) , 10', ,", '.' " "...,.i:;,l (" \ A f'cJ I I I I I U " .1 \,ll.".', ,~' .'1 \W &i , (,,'-. ' 1 ., .,", " '" . . ". ,:'1\\', ,,', '~ ';.' " . ,..'1 , .....,.,. I .' .; .." . ,. ~" "j',.. ,..'"". ,_. '. c,:' ,;_~(' #5 page 15 excessive speed on Teg documented by the city's data showing about 3/4S of all cars exceed the speed limit by more than 5 mph. About half of all cars exceed the speed limit by about 20 mph. Third, the efforts to reduce these speeds by increasing police patrol alone has not be effective. Resident report that the number of speeders appears to be increasing and not decreasing. Fourth, the traffic on Teg will be dramatically worse if abatement procedures are not taken. Connecting Teg with Aber creating a "shortcut" between Mormon Trek and Benton intersection to Highway 1 and Sunset intersection will first increase the number of vehicles passing through this neighborhood and two, change the type of traffic in ways that will make it still more dangerous. This will be in effect a cut through between those two intersections of Mormon Trek/ Benton and Highway 1/sunset for individuals who are too impatient to take the longer route. And those drivers will be from outside the neighborhood and therefore presumably much less aware of the risks in the neighborhood. So, I would like to urge council to take the needed action to correct the existing problem of excessive speeds on Teg and prevent further erosion of the safety of our children and others in the neighborhood. The action I would like to suggest is to reduce the speed limit on Teg to 15 mph and then to enforce that. And the rationale is as a practical matter, Teg which runs along the eastern margin of willow Creek Park is in fact part of that park. willow Creek is one of the larger parks in the city system and is certainly one of the more heavily used. It is perhaps the only park among the larger and heavily used ones which has no off street parking. In effect, Teg serves as that parking area for the park. As a practical matter then Teg is part of and within willow Creek Park and is fair and proper to set the speed limit to 15 mph. I ask you not to wait for another fatality, act now to protect our children from this established- Horow / Thank you. subject. Anyone wishes to address council on this Karr/ A motion to accept correspondence. Horow / Moved by Kubby, seconded by Pigott. Any discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Kubby/ I would like to request that these suggestions be referred to our traffic engineer and we ask for a response. I hate to put a specific time frame on it because it is just open, the sooner that we act for some preventative measures the better. I guess we need to ask Linda the interpretation of if Teg is within the park or in the park we have that option of 15 mph. To ask the traffic engineer to look at stop sign F060794 .... " . .,,' ~.. "j'?".:''''''''''' "0'" ',.. "'. . .", ,\, "'., " ."J:,:, ,.\,,'., ....:;.,' .-~);":"," .:',. """,'" ',or"."';":)' . o ~ ,"' ~ @ ,i .! ;" \" 15 '" ld~ " ....'.'.,,'" ., "" .'c'-.---,', .... ~-mt;'Z"ii' '. I .,." ;.",. , , " .".-.. ,,( (-'i \) l' ,~- I r'1 \ , I , ~ I I en ':\,' -~_. .. \"1' '" .' , "~ '. .,1'.\1.: ". ". ,~. , 'M;,. . I .1 ,.' .. '",', .......,. '" v'.. :::';.;;..:, i ,'.~... . #5 page 16 at the intersection and breaker barriers and to get some information about what is happening on California. If someone asked me do we have bullards on the street I would say no. But if that is not the case and I guess- Horow/ That is a new one on me. Is there anyone else who wished to address this on Teg Drive. We will give staff instructions. Kubby/ If we could have it on our July 5 meeting. Pigott/ Yeah, then can we discuss it at our July 5- Horow/ Remember what we are doing. We are having the traffic engineer bump other issues and respond. I am not saying this isn't important but I hope you- Kubby/ I think because the street is just opening and because our own figures are saying that there is substantial speeding it is appropriate. Throg/ We are als0 being asked to have this included as a formal item on the agenda. I didn't hear that. NoV/ No, a discussion item is what I heard. Horow/ We have got item #21. This is coming up-actually #22. I would prefer that we discuss it at that point. Baker/ I thought we were going to defer #22. Kubby/ That is changing the name of the street. That has nothing to do with- Actually we already dealt with the item- Horow/ We already dealt with it. KUbby/ I move that we defer this and those perimeters be (can't hear) . Horow/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Pigott. Any further discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Kubby/ It will be on an informal agenda. Horow/ It will an informal-we have to direct this to the traffic engineer and get a little bit more information before we put this on the agenda. We have two meetings when we are in formal session. One is an informal meeting on Monday and the formal is on Tuesday. KUbby/ It is a time that we don't vote but we talk about issues. F060794 .,,- . r ';.),"',..,......,;:..,",.".,..".....,'".,...... . ....:..'... . " . '<-'. '. '. .; ,;'........',.".\ .' \ "0' ", ,'. '..;",... .'}""".).:. "~" . '.' . '. :''', {:'..' i.!, " ....'..I...'....,",.. .\.... . . ..~ ,l'J ,~'- ld/~i " ,"."" ,,~~-:' , mm ~. i f , , . ~t '. \ I ,'1 , '''.. #5 page 17 Horow/ When this is discussed on the informal meeting we will let your association know. The reason I say that is because some times we do collapse the meeting and have both informal and formal on the same night and we will make sure that you know about that. Next time, I am assuming that there are some people here to address the issue on Foster Road. Is that right. Laura Ruth/ I live at 613 South 7th Avenue. I bought some visual aides and I am not entirely sure how I go about distributing them. Throg/ Steve, can we get some help. Horow/ That is all right, just pass these around and we will take a look at them. J (-. \ ., '\ Ruth/ The photographs taken last Sunday (can't hear). I am here tonight to urge the city council to consider very carefully the proposed extension of Foster Road and the expansion of Bruce Glasgow's Plum Grove Acres. The area of land in question, almost entirely owned by Mr. Glasgow, is part of I believe of a much larger system. This land is an integral part of a large habitat corridor which connects the river and the land adjacent to it. Although I am no scientist, I am a person who grew up roaming these ravines. It is my fear that to allo~l the construction of this road and the subsequent development would irreparably damage the integrity, biologically and geologically of this land. The city has already acknowledged this tract of land is environmentally sensitive area. It has been labeled highly erodible. I am here tonight to reassert these facts. But I am also here to remind the council of creatures that inhabit this land who cannot speak before us. There are innumerable species of plants and animals here. On the days that I have walked I saw no less than 10 different wild flowers, flocks and daises, spring lilies, blackeyed susan and clover. There are great bushes and ground swells of wild roses, bumble bees and butterflies. The canopy of trees is home to a veritable symphony of birds. The trees themselves, some are oaks, over inches in diameter. There is a stand of aspens I am sure many of you have already heard about. Indeed this land is some of the last of its kind in the area. To level it for a road and subdi vision would be a travesty. I urge the council to carefully consider this proposal's long term impacts. This council has the power to impact the health and stability of crucial habitat corridor and an integral part of the areas water shed. It is my hope that the council will choose to apply a strengthen version of the erosion control ordinance and the woodlands conservation plan to any decision made. At ~ f''"'i' I I- I i ! ! ~, I r, Ii i I .ll" \~~ '~~.. iq'i ('II it F060794 ie,.. '~' -- I, - - . ,. o <~.' ,"\ ~ ,. - . ,,;...- ,.' . o , ,~ I l " 11.5 10 '.f ;. ,~ ~.;;dj: ,. i", . " . "'r' . .'''\1" ' .,. .. ';.' '" . ..'.", , " '., . " ..,.,'".".-..,....-,..-.-.,,--... ._.... .~.,...._ ""4...,.:..:_..,,~"'.'""...."."h_"____.: . ,- ,-~~.-....,' .,.- ,.....,' .~..:.:...,:.,' ,~'.,;":" #5 page 18 the very least Bruce Glasgow should be directed to follow the most stringent environmental restrictions available. At the very best, this land will be preserved for all species for generations to come. I also have photographs of (can't hear)" Horow/ Thank you very much. I would remind people that we are, last evening we discussed accepting the recommendations of P /z Commission about this parcel. However within the context of working with the property owner regarding those issues about the environment, the street pattern, the zoning, the open space and the drainage and the only way this can take place is for us to consider a road. We have to consider something in order to work with the property owner. We have accepted the recommendation, not necessarily putting the road through at this point. Baker/ Sue, can I respond to that because I didn't say much last night. I don't necessarily accept that rationale that that is the only way we can achieve the other goals that we have. I was interested in Laura's presentation. I use to live in that area. And I use to look at those ravines, trees, that wooded area every day. And I am not convinced that a collector road is indeed the only way we can control the development that occurs there and that is what I am going to be looking at. I am not convinced that even P/Z unanimously agrees that a collector road is the only way to control it. So I don't want to mislead the public into thinking it is a foregone conclusion that it will happen. I, for one, am going to look for a way to avoid those other problems without having a collector road established through. Horow/ But you do have to start with something. I would prefer to take public input right now. Kent Williams/ 1441 Oaklawn. My property and the property of the neighbors on west side of that street directly abuts some of the land Mr. Glasgow is proposing to develop. Hence, my interest. You have gotten a letter from me at home addressed to all of you. So I am not going to reiterate some of that-any of that information. Making some calls, I believe I have some new points to raise. I will just go through those very carefully. One of the phone calls we made initially came up with the council people. The issue came up that the city wants to proceed carefully so as to avoid the potential for litigation with the developers and I know that the potential is there. As I understand the law if a developer comes up with a correctly zoned and technically correct subdivision the city has to show some pretty extraordinary reasons why they shouldn ' t be allowed to develop. I understand that. I certainly think that in this case there are some of those I " I I' , I l, I J ,. I ",I, , L.. \'-"'_/ " f: '~'-)) iiI" ., ~{t~',"~'" "~f18M ' f",." 'l.. , . l~...."\:--.J F060794 , ,r;=- 0 ,', " )'------_.._---~- )..1','....-?\ , 0'\, "',, ",i: ' ".,'-.1';'; : 1" '.'r..'...."" IS I , I , I I 0"1>,. " ,:' " .!S~t::i'J /0. '......~-. , ,.\ '-'0,\ r \ , \ I ,1,\ I i I I i I j i ~'. , i I J '{ ,,; \,..,-:,- )l.V'; I ,i,.le~'" (.Jl ~ ' ;;;l ,. yi: ".' ,~' ~ " 'j , -"" It:---- 0 -.- Y I "' , ..,", . ,ol.\\l,'!_ ,~. .",,1 , ',. ,.. . 1.,.C..,.', ....,...-.-"'...--,,.. . ." ..,.._. ':_'-h ;'..t~",..."...__. #5 page 19 issues are there that could preclude him having a free hand. But I did consult with my lawyer and asked him about the history of litigation in that area in Iowa city and his conclusions or statement was that litigation is actually fairly rare. He.remembered some cases in the 70s that the city lost but he didn't give me details. I don't know how long the insti tutional memory is on the council but that-The most recent suit was filed by dean Oakes when he disagreed with the city's rulings on one of his subdivisions having to do with access and he wanted to build a subdivision with one access and the city wanted to require more than that. I don't know of the court dates of this one. I could look it up if the council is interested. And he lost that case and took it to the Iowa Supreme Court and lost. So I think the council should consider that as long as the cpuncil does everything right in terms of considering the law and have the city to consult on these issues that a possibility of litigation shouldn't be an issue. Of course we don't want to get into legal battles either. I don't think Mr. Glasgow- Second issue, traffic and access. There is a problem that council may be aware of but I haven't seen it in any of the public discussion with the connection to prairie du Chien Road. The proposed street, Foster Road, is a collector street which is a technical term for people who don't follow this stuff, I am just learning about it, means that it takes the lowest classification for a street is locals streets and they feed into collectors and collector streets into arterials. And the city has engineering requirements to developments on all of those different kinds of streets. The current requirement is that a collector street be at least 31 feet wide. Furthermore collectors are suppose to feed to the arterials or other collectors and to take traffic from local streets to collectors or other arterials. prairie du Chien presently is 24 foot wide between Dodge Street and Virgina r. o. w. There is no street 0 the Virginia r.o.w. there. It is roughly parallel with the end of Oaklawn Street. Then 28 feet out past the city limits. That means that the prairie du Chien is substandard and cannot be considered at this point as an arterial or a collector street and os there would be a problem with being up to the city's engineering standards by connecting Foster Road directly to prairie du Chine since Prairie du Chine isn't up to standards as a collector. prairie du Chien, the r.o.w. is 66 feet which means that the city could conceivable widen prairie du Chine and that is an expense which will not be born by Mr. Glasgow. The will be an expense of the city entirely and I don't have to tell you it will also be a political issue when you start taking front yards away from people on prairie du Chien. So that is an area of concern is that you are setting up yet another situation in Iowa city where you have engineering standards ! .! F060794 .... ].',.,"".' . .,'" ,. . ',. o. " , ..' ." "". ,",,", ':;"~.., :"y., "'-, ' ~;'S'" . ~d:. . ',' .':':' .',{" . \ '., .' . .-i. _'lJ::.1Iri , '"\ c-" \ '\ ~ f I . I I I i., : I~" ~ ',!~,"'I'.' :r ~l\~' (!" '" fr-:' .~.. 0 .. ;' i '.~t:.'\.I., . -,;t . ',.. . " .... ,,'.' ~ ", . . ,,~',:':"_ ..:"i ~':.' C':'.. . : .,.-~- '.';.'<',~ : .'.;','(!" #5 page 20 that streets are not up to. And a lot of those problems right now are grandfathered in. The city should think a long time before you create it on purpose. And there has been a lot of talk about green space. In talking to my lawyer I guess there is a case before the U. S. Supreme Court where they are considering an issue of whether or not a city can actually require a developer to donate his own land to parks. So that is really an open issue. If Mr. Glasgow is going to donate any land for greenspace or parks at this point the city can't really require it. He is going to have to do it out of the goodness of his heart. And I hope that happens. But I wanted to bring up the parkland acquisition fund the city has. It is controlled by the P/R Department. Speaking with a friend of mine, Sue Scott, who is the part of the Longfellow Neighborhood Association and apparently there is a considerable sum of money in this account for parkland acquisition that hasn't been spend and I don't know the exact figure because I ran out of time trying to contact P/R but she indicated that it was somewhere in excess of $.5 million and none of that money had ever been spent in acquiring parks in Iowa City. And if I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me. I think it would be an excellent use of some of that money to try and actually build a park in that neighborhood and it would probably make Mr. Glasgow feel a little bit better about setting aside some of that land-donating it to the city. Also if the city is willing to pay for some of that land, they have a better choice. They can choose what they want. So, thank you very much. Norval Tucker/1600 prairie du Chien Road. I am also speaking to this subject. I would agree with the people who said it would be nice to develop it. My comments are based on being in the paper that one of the council members that is will be developed. It is nice to here that the practice of just drawing a line on a map and saying let's put a road here maybe in the past. A few years ago when we move dot prairie du Chien Road I checked the mileage for the three routes to drive from our house to the corner of Church and Dubuque Street which was a convenient corner for me. The most direct route to that point was by way of Dodge Street and the most direct return was by way of Governor Street. So if, and I think it is a big if, residents of prairie du Chien Road are the ones who are causing traffic problems on the other streets and not the people who live over there I think the reason is the traffic bottleneck at the corner of prairie cu Chine and Dodge Street. If you want to help the traffic go towards d.t. you would do it best by installing a traffic lights at the problem corner. If you want a road from the proposed development area into town and one from that area to Dubuque street, not necessarily using B'Jaysville Lane, would be sufficient. The suggestions F060794 . ..,-,~..., )',:":'t'.",. ,0_.:... ",i,:" ,.' . ,':'C.':'. _.-, """'''' Q .: .1 '. - 'n'. .'...'.,.".'i.-.... )'5: fo, . ,', ,. '.",,,., , " ,\ ;'9N:fu:j I. I ,,\ '_.~ r \ \ .\ ;~ " . I I I i I 'b I I" I . .~ ~th.t~~ L ,~~ , ." G" " 0 -',' ~.._-------_._---- . i' j '" . , .~ .....\', . '. ':"J , " . ... ~..j:".~_. ,....-..'...'0;....._'-.........,-,........-- . ' .-,.-." .,..,~ ,,"....,,-,... #5 page 21 that I am making now about development are primarily the result of going on the Parade of Homes. Judging from this public display of homes there is no apparent recognition of local builders of the existence of low to moderate income families in Iowa city or of energy saving devises such as passive solar heating or that some homes should have handicapped access. It would not be possible to retrofit a single one of those homes for handicap access. I heard one builder tell a friend that he was cutting down 25 trees that day. Sort of the way you would say I am having chocolate and raspberry torte for dessert. So I suggest that when you consider this large area of development that a newspaper said is 200 acres, you make a firm requirement that 1-the access road and the general development maintain the environmental integrity of the area. 2-That all of he houses be affordable for low to moderate income families and at least some of the houses be accessible by wheelchair. If you have the authority to condemn existing rental homes for road construction as P/Z says in their notes surely you can state firmly that Iowa city's low and moderate income families have a right to live in an area which is not been bulldozed into bareness. The proposed development would be a good opportunity to be sure that the overall and long term welfare of our citizens is considered. Thank you. Horow/ Thank you very much, Mr. Tucker. KUbby/ Jeff, could you just shake your head from the back of the room. At the time of the line on the map of the proposed street, does not take away any housing at this point. Is that correct. He is shaking his head yes. So there are no homes that are currently built that would be taken away with the proposed alignment. There is some trailer court land but not on any lot where trailer courts are. Caroline Dieterle/ I live on Walnut Street. I lived in Iowa city for a long time and for a while I served in the county Condemnation Commission and I have seen an awful lot of property condemned and an awful lot of people suffer supposedly for the public good including you know a lot of the properties that were condemned for urban renewal as Darrel Courtney mentioned earlier. The number of businesses that were lost in the last year of d. t. Iowa city was nothing compared to what went out of business from condemning buildings for urban renewal. And if you all you know think about the law for eminent domain you will remember that there was quite a controversy about whether urban renewal was really a fit subject for the law of eminent domain because it was a taking of private property by a public body not to be kept in the public trust but to be resold to private person again and F060794 ----- ' ~:~ ")".,',..;'''',.... , J':,' ." .,' . ,.' ' ,,": .. ~ -' : ",',,'. ,'1' ',.r.."j'- ....;".- ,'I' o ,'.- ,,' ,.' . i I .1 'I., 1',0""1.,'",, 'r'''''''' , is' . .,.... ""'" .. " .mfb. , ..:.."- ,.-', "~'- c f! ~ ": ~j,'~ p' (,=..,....". " 0 I . \' I '" . '~t: ,I' .. '. . . .~' , " . .'... _...~;....'- .,."""........-.......-.,. ....-..,.'..,..'.,.';... #5 page 22 there was a lot of acrimonious fighting going on over that. I also was active n the struggle to keep Burlington street from being widened from Summit street to First Avenue. And at that time the council was proposing to take so much of some people's lots to do that that the lots would no longer be buildable. And there was nothing in the plan to then compensate them for the entire value of their home. I also fought the idea of the Ralston Creek cheap solution of not putting in new sewers and separating the storm water for the sanitary sewers. But actually simply declaring that after a certain number of years the value of all of the properties along Rundell Street and some of the other streets near the creek would simply be amortized which is the sanitized way of saying the properties would no longer be worth anything. And so the list goes. I guess that I would like finally to see the council use the law of eminent domain truly for something that I think it is a good cause. Namely to take some of the public's money and buy nearly all or all of this property for a large park because if you look at an overview of Iow~ cit you will see that aside from Hickory Hill there is no other large body of land that is like this that has this kind of diversity, that has this kind of ecological sensitivity and if you think about the fact that now we have had proof positive that we are not going to be growing at the slow rate that we were told that we would grow when we did the Iowa 2000 Plan. That we got a much bigger population burgeoning. We have a population problem allover the united states. We really have exceeded the carrying capacities of the earth generally but we are doing it here in the united States, too. And I think that in the very near future we are not going to have to be trying to convince people to come to Iowa. We are going to have to worry about what we are going to do with them all when they get here and you know one of the things that we are going to be short on is going to be public property that is easily CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 94-81 SIDE 2 And I think one last thing I would like to say about the photo that you had. Didn't you say that the second set of photos were taken just this past week. So, I don't know, any time you that you look at you know a natural area being basically raped that way I just can hardly stand it because it takes years and years and years to build something back again. And we just don't have that kind of time and we don't have that kind of area anymore. And the pretty soon you know we are going to be an urbanized area. We are going to look like the area between Ann Arbor and Detroit and there isn't going to be anything in between. There is no oasis. And it is the kind of thing that if people get into large area where there is no refuge like that I think it is part of the general picture F060794 .11. . . ,0),.,.,..;:",' , ' " ."ji'" ..:_::'.-' '.' '\ ...... ,...".".......,.. .., ".' - ,.' . .'." '~....,-~...... I" is , , I I I CD i.! 10" .,....',..,., ,f " ?21ZSri' r " ( (~\ ~ ./"lliIL f'4/"'~ 11 I" · I ' I I I , I I k. ' 1,'1..' I l' J .~ .,J.if :!Ii i;!~~ L_- rr- 0' ,:l,_ .. .,. ,. .',," ~ \\~.~ ',' .. . , ", . .....:!..,'-. '.:"- #5 page 23 where people get stressed and they have no relief and no green and it looks like something out of Brazil, the movie. Pigott/ Thank you, Caroline. Horow/ Folks, I will have to ask you to keep your comments brief. We have not even got out of public discussion yet. And we have got 26 zoning items and quite a lot of resolutions. Grace Trifaro/ I live at 902 N. Dodge street and I am here tonight because, like Laura and Caroline, I would like to urge the council to look and work very hard to prevent any kind of construction of the Foster Road area. At the end of May I sent the council a letter which I had written to Larry Wilson, The director of the DNR, regarding a possible hunt at Kent Park. The reason I sent this letter was-the reason I sent you a copy was to provide you with a warning with what could possibly happen in Iowa City if habitat such as the one near Foster Road area is destroyed. I think that when we talk about losing this area, not only do we talk about losing a rich eco system but we talk about displacing a lot of animals. There are a lot of deer that live in this area. There is less and less habitat for the deer. At the same tie there is more and more complaints about deer vehicle collisions on Dubuque street for example. And complaints of deer damage. If this area is lost for construction and development you are going to here a lot more complaints and you will probably see me in a couple of years protesting to defend the deer from possible sharp shooting or bow hunting in Iowa city. So I urge the council to look for alternatives and I also want to thank you for trying to look for ways to solve this problem and please think about the deer and the other wildlife that live in this area. They don't have any place to go. There is less and less habitat for that and I just wanted to thank you again for working on this issue. Horow/ Is there anyone else who would like to address this issue. Bob McKray/ 1438 Oaklawn. I attended last night's informal council meeting. I was very pleased and encouraged by the council and the staff discussion on the Foster Road issue. I will try to make this brief. I would still like to take this opportunity to highlight major points that I have developed with numerous members of the Shimek area neighborhood for the record tonight. I would also like to thank you for the opportunity to present my own and many of my neighbors interest in this area. I believe all of you have probably received correspondence from me. It was probably distributed Monday. However in that correspondence I promised that a copy of our meeting announce would have been attached to that letter and I forgot to have F060794 , (-,1.""..,..:.'........ '. o. .... ..,.. ... ,.' . ,',-,,",','/ ..".,".', ", v- ~- ,.' . r I , I ~ ~ " " " "' @ I ; ,f j 5 1 ~ 0, I,..,. ,._'. .' ~. " . .".' .' ; . , " r J (-', \ ., .\ , ~ , ' , ! ; , I I I , I I ",,' I I~' It' '.~ j "~~ q, .;,' ;; . l-" l [~[ rr-- :t 0 . '~ .> . .. ' .' . . , <,~f\,'!: ,.. . , ',' , " . ".,', .._....1.. _,_' ,. ., ""_~_"'-'~;,""...."..~..._.... ,.' . , .. .." """'''~'-_.,._-~--- . .. ._.~.,..",,,.'..,, .:.' ;.'.1. ..' .,'.,._,' ,. #5 page 24 that attached. During the first half of May when this development issue became known to the resident of Oaklawn Avenue an informal neighborhood meeting was held to disseminate information about the issue and to survey the neighbors interests and concern over such land development. A core group of approximately 20 neighbors attended the P/Z meetings and May 16 & 19. Several designated spokespeople addressed the commission to convey concerns which the neighborhood group shared. I was one of those designated spokespeople. The residents of the area have since held a second informal neighborhood meeting which was announce with the distribution of 200 of those notices. It was held at Shimek School on June 1. It was attended by about 35 neighbors and it afforded a broader group of area residents the opportunity to learn about the various facets oj; this development issues and express their opinions concerning them. In addition, the possibility of forming an officially recognized neighborhood association was also addressed and the formative stages of establishing a Shimek Area Neighborhood Association are now ongoing with the city's designated coordinator in the Office of Neighborhood Services. Numerous issues were addressed. I will just try to highlight the main issues. I have broken them down to four main categories. Future neighborhood traffic flow; neighborhood open space, greenways and Foster Road alignment; environmental issues and Shimek School enrollment pressures. city P/Z staff report that Foster Road between Dubuque Street and prairie du Chien Road will have attributes of both a collector and arterial transportation route. My own personal belief that as the development proceeds to north of I-BO off of prairie du Chine a future Foster Road cn be expected to carry increasing commuter traffic from outside the surrounding neighborhood. I believe that with time and future growth the proposed collector nature of Foster Road may be transformed into an arterial function. Neighbors have expressed, particularly people who live on prairie du Chien, have expressed concern over increased traffic on prairie du Chien, speeding on prairie du Chien, and magnified bottleneck at the intersection of prairie du Chine and Dodge. We are all aware of that. Resident so subsidiary streets in the neighborhood, that is st. Annes, Buresh and Oaklawn, are also very concerned that future connections to Foster Road will facilitate increased traffic flow on these residential streets as drivers seek shortcuts to N. Dodge Street. I might add that this probably reali ty was even expressed by Mr. Glasgow at the May 16 informal P/Z meeting. Although he characterized it as a positive aspect the development. This is the view not shared by any of the residents that I have thus far encountered. Addi tionally the use of Foster Road as an access way to prairie du Chien will in fact add to the already crowded F060794 r 1 "" - JH',":::""'" '\ r:'~,::;\;"":' J,."..,.....,.. , . '-"~'" ~,- , ------...<h...- .,0., I o ;' .j ".' -'I"" 'JS' ., ... rID. ",0"""".,'11 '.. .' .: (.. ~i~~~'"!a'. .-" i ; ("'\','~ \ " \: A1 " I i I . I ; k, ill; il ). '~," .!P'f '1>.' il': ~t ~ p:," ee... ~w ..~ :G,o' , , " .\' , " .. . "t" : \,~!,', ., ,... ',' , , ' " . " , - : .......~.~-" ,,',. -'.. ... .,......-. .........., . ..",.....,..' ..""...,..::',,.....,:, #5 page 25 intersection. Second major category, neighborhood open space, greenways and Foster Road alignment. The region bounded by Kimball Avenue north to 1-80, Dubuque Street east to prairie du Chien Road is within District J, Mayflower Shimek District, of the Iowa city Neighborhood Open Space Plan. The plan classified District J as a developing district because of the large acreage of undeveloped land within it. A majority of this undeveloped land is within an area that would be affected by any eastward extension of Foster Road and the ensuing associated subdivision development. The plan recognizes the District J is deficient in neighborhood open space by approximately 10 acres. The plan also emphasizes linking neighborhood open spaces, community parks, the Iowa River Corridor with trail systems which parallel water parcels and drainages. Many of the residents of our area are aware of the proposed greenway linkage of upland areas around prairie du Chien, with the Iowa River Trail system as proposed in the Iowa River Corridor Study Update which was presented and approved by city council in November of 1993. It is our contention that any consideration of an eastward extension of Foster Road or Foster Road area subdivision must seriously consider the placement of and negotiation for neighborhood open space and greenway trail linkage with the Iowa River Corridor. We hope that the council, P/z commission and staff will display receptiveness to the neighborhood's needs for open space as documented in the city's planning documents. The alignment of any proposed Foster Road and acquisition of r.o.w. for such road needs to be cognizant of the need for open space and greenway trail link along the major east west drainage through the area. On the letter that I sent you I enclosed a small map with a potential greenway space shaded for the area of concern. Funding for acquisition of greenway and open space should also be an integral part of any costs that the city might calculate for Foster Road development within its CIP budget. Lastly here, environmental concerns. The area of the proposed Foster Road and associated subdivision built within a moderately wooded steeply ravined portion of the city which has been identified as a sensitive area according to several criteria documented in the city's recently complete Sensitive Areas Inventory. Wooded steeply ravined nature in the north part of Iowa city is well known and is considered by many to be an extremely positive and integral part of the character of the area. It makes the area pleasing to live in, it helps enhance property values. Most of the existing subdivisions within this portion of the city have been developed around the ravines in harmony with the existing ridge tops and valleys. An aerial view demonstrates this fact very well. All the residents I have spoken to are very concerned about excessive tree removal, excessive ravine filling, excessive hilltop scalping and excessive landscape F060794 I I ,.' . : '! I I I [ , , ~ ),"",::' '.. "". .' ':'.:,'.,; ,::~;>';:' """,;,,O:':"\";-"J,' '\ ...'.i,~~' ,4; ~) 1:'1'0; ','f"""'" " " ,:,0' . I'~ . ntL.l1ki i:'- ' i l " (- \ ~ : I i I I : I I I ~ I ~ P !~~' (~' : ,\ ,II [~~11" "L t(~ ,'l.. .' ,\;'\ :> , . '. , . ~\l.~ ~ ".. ..'. , '';' .' ., " . ':.;. , -~ . . . ...,.,.....'~~~~.':-- , . . .._~_~ ~._~...,r..".,.,",.~".",.. --",H';",.'".',,,,,:.,,...C."', .' '-~'. "".,~,,,~'.,-,.." '., ..~;_., . #5 page 26 modification which might accompany large scale development in the Foster Road area should the city not take a forceful stand in shaping that development. We urge the city to careful review the environmental aspects of any plans for the development of this area including the city's involvement in the design and alignment and construction of Foster Road. Thank you. Horow/ Thank you very much. Is there anyone else who wished to address council about this issue. Okay, is there anyone who has an issue other than this issue- Dawn Harty/ I understand your time is strapped and I will try to be very brief. 1521 prairie du Chien Road. I am also ad. t. business owner. And a mother of small children that love on prairie du Chine Road. I have only lived on prairie du Chien Road for just under a year. My property goes into a ravine which was flooded when I moved there. One of my primary concerns comes from the environmental issue of bottlenecking the front end of that ravine up to north of my home. If you are to lob off the top of the ridges and fill ravines, I think that this ravine will flood not only in times of the great down pour but as a standard. The creek runs through there on a daily basis and always has water in it. I am also concerned with the widening of prairie du Chien Road which would have to happen in the event of this. This would go by my children's play space. I am sorry I came up here thinking you were going to bulldoze through that trailer court at the end of prairie du Chien Road and finding out that that is not true. I was concerned with that as another issue. I, on Sundays, trek through those ravines, with my children as our Sunday hobby and have also recently spent time out at Kent Park and noticing parallel issues of the ground out there and the grounds around my home. I have been on the property in question of being developed and the ravines are very deep and the water runs through them fairly swiftly for creeks, the trees are very large. I actually measured around those trees and they are quite large. Some of them reach 100 feet tall and even if some of these trees are not necessarily going to be cut, they are talked about being sculpted around. If you start sculpting the ground around a big old growth tree it is going t.o fall whether you cut it or not. Mainly I just wanted to let you know that there are neighbors in this area that are very concerned and feeling quite threatened with the land eroding around them. That is all I have to say. Horow/ Thank you very much. At this point I would like to move onto #6. Nov/ Linda, is it possible to set p.h.s A-D in one lump. Can we F060794 )..'..',"..",'.. --.":""':; .' ',1,- ' " J""", :\~,; :Y'),: '.- . -. ,=~-;,:!- -"'- .' 0 ;'..', .'" -- ,"' . '-"."".,...:..._:__.__.,_...~. r,. ! i' , Q ; ,I ,., "',' " -"~;5 "1'0,, ~f;:.'Yi' ( f!, I i I ! i l ~ ;~ A rr- .", ':~m 0 '.. ':-'. , :.\>:'.~,".\., ;. ~._:t~~~}:, 'i~~'" . ;1( ..1 .' , ~.: ,',-' ,'" . , ,,;:.,..,. .:"" .' . . -, ' , . . '"..:.I_....";.:.:...--:.~',.,_...;......~,~.......'.;.;:.:a....-"'.:.~..;.:,~..._.,~,~.........."',.'.,."".''''_.,..'....,''.,..;.."...I.,..,..."..~..>-Io...:...;.:__...:..:......, .. ,.' #5 page 27 have one motion and one roll call on all of these above p.h.s. Gentry/ Yes. Horow/ If council is in agreement we have proposed that we take A-H and set a p.h. at one time. F060794 ,,'J' ~,., ,..,....,.\. "'" ......:; ,'- " L_ },..,",.."."'."."..."....",._,..... <2{\i:i;';:,~:':,!:,2.":,;;0:;':,"::,,,"\I.\',. ,...'., .' .' ' . .'.,. !. .,: "\ . , .!' , , , ,- ., . " " ~ .' 1 , .' :;.- \' ."'1''','' ""','\"I~"""':'(,:: . "'''''''0':' " ,~' ". ':: ,~:':' '- . :' I i\',: . ,Si""'" ,~\ .'," t' '. ,:_.I.~.(".I. -,,,,d ",'. ,. ........,' ":' ;". .' "r.... '. ' .~ ., . "',1 ~'., jO " ,:":..'-' .'" .' . '.'\t' '. '.~ \ ~'t : ~. ';' ~ 1 .. . ,,~, . '.'.;'j ",:, ' " '.'" , .:.... . '~'T .j" .... ,. ,.' ,.' ~ ''f .: ~ .. ::,:',,'-' :.;.: ...,:'I,-..-l'~.',; ..,:-.;.~...,,~ " "~',_,,"_'. '. .:._ ~~_.._ ,~... _ ,. .;__.__._'-'-'.......",.~..-"'..~....u_,.. .~_.._..~.~~,~... _.__... "'~... _.,,- .~....,,..,,.....",,,'." "..,-..".~. ._.,..,..........;.~-_ :::'-_A ~ .__. ,:- Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7,1994 Page 4 ITEM NO.6. . ~ PlANNING AND ZONING MAmRS. ~/ ~ Q. -.J,/imJ a, CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 5,1994, ON AN A~(;;' MENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE LAND USE MAP < DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF HARLOCKE STREET FROM 16.24 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE TO 2.8 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, . j , Comment: At its May 5, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 5.0.1, with Dierks abstaining, recommended approval of the amendment of the Comprehensive Pian land use map designation of the subject property from 16.24 dwelling units per acre to 2.8 dwelling units per acre, . The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation, ,:. b. ..... , CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 5, 1994,ON AN AM~ MENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 1 WEST FROM 8.16 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE TO 2-8 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. Action: Comment: At its May 19, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. , sion, by a vote of 6.0.1, with Dierks abstaining, recommended approval of the amendment of the Comprehensive Plan land use map designation of the subject property from 8.16 dwelling units per acre to 2.8 dwelling units per acre. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation, '@ Action: c, CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 5, 1994, ON AN ORDI. NANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE USE REGU. LATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES OF LAND, KNOWN AS THE JENSEN TRACT, LOCATED EAST OF HARLOCKE STREET FROM RM.44, HIGH DENSITY MULTI.FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, TO RS.5, LOW DENSITY SINGLE. FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. (REZ93.00071 , . ! .j- Comment: At its May 21, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. . sion, by a vote of 4.2.1, with Scott and Jakobsen voting no and Dierks ab.' staining, recommended approval of the rezoning of four acres of land located east of Harlocke Street from RM.44 to RS.5. The Commission's recommenda. tion is consistent with the staff recommendation. Action: " 'L 0- ", " '"O{~,:,:?""","?\"c"":"'''''''';':''''l,) 5" 1'0''''';:', ,.,';'.;A,.:, ' ' ,L.., ',',':..<, 'Ii, . ',;1 '. .,', . , ':'~h\'I:' -.;' '~; : ~, I "...::::..... ";' .' ;, ~.'. .. "'~:'" . 1" j,:. .... . ; !'. ;~l , ,",I, ::" ',.', " ,", '-':'';', . " ',.:,', \ , . " " ,.. , '! .. . ,I.'.... ..... .-' ~ ~'_' '_f. ,~.~,,~_ _....:~.~._.._.,~'.::~"i'~'..:..:...~l........_ ".,'''''.lu.~ ...~..:.._~ .' ..' "..~'_~;_.~.'~:,~...:.:....:'...:~....,,~~~:"".:.'.,,~.._...~ >~__'-~,~._".......'.~N."....'..,,,.."'''''-.~....,,_U.,,;.,.."''~..'~.,...a_~_. _. . .' Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7/ 1994 Page 5 , , 1 j , I I i d, CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 5/ 1994/ ON AN ORDI. NANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE USE REGU. LATIONS OF AN APPROXIMATE 11,5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, KNOWN AS THE RUPPERT TRACT, LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 1 WEST FROM RM.44, HIGH DENSITY MUL TI.FAMIL Y RESIDENTIAL, TO RS.8, MEDI. UM DENSITY SINGLE.FAMIL Y RESIDENTIAL. (REZ93.00071 ! Comment: At its May 19/ 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 6.0.1, with Dierks abstaining, recommended approval of a City. initiated application to rezone an approximate 11.5 acre tract of land located generally north of the Highway 1 West from RM.44 to RS.8, The Commission' s recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation. Action: e, CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 5/ 1994/ ON AN ORDI. ',.( NANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE USE REGU. - " LATIONS OF AN APPROXIMATE TWO ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED GENERALLY ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF HARLOCKE STREET FROM RM.44, HIGH DENSITY MUL TI.FAMIL Y RESIDENTIAL, TO RS.5, LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, (REZ93.Q007) Comment: At its May 19, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. \; sion, by a vote of 6.0.1 / with Dierks abstaining, recommended approval of the P',.; rezoning of an approximate 2 acre tract of land located generally on the east and west sides of Harlocke Street from RM-44 to RS.5, The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation, (; Action: [ ,;\,: C', \' ,~ " f, CONSIDER SETTING A PU8L1C HEARING FOR JULY 5, 1994/ ON AN ORDI. " rdf-1 NANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE ! J , CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, ENTITLED "ZONING" TO PERMIT BUILDING CONTRACTOR FACILITIES IN THE CC.2, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONE, , BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION, SUBJECT TO THERE BEING NO OUTDOOR STOR. I ~, AGE. I 1[\ '~'..,,'f' " ", .:',1,';' /.""'1'1,,' " I,' Comment: At its May 19/ 1994/ meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion/ by a vote of 6-1, Gibson voting no, recommended an amendment to the CC-2 zone regulations to parmit building contractor facilities within the zone, subject to tha provision that all storage be contained within the building, and that the use be subject to the special exception provisions. The Commission/s recommendation is inconsistent with the staff recommendation. " Action: " , ,l,';'.:~' () ""!~ of .. l.r.~d_'" If , :J-'-"" :l'7''''~';''''''''~'''''"'''''''''''''''''''''' ",... 'c""'"''I'~''''''' " . ',,'," .;', ": ;, ", ':,/',;,,",," ",' -, \ "_ ,', " ',~ l" .." ,', ,; , ~ ,', 0 ,,'., ",' ,', ' :j~ :">;::',,),>', ,:,;,::\>~:,-. ,,,I;i\',~I::,~:,,,'/::'.\;:' ": ',', '. ,~:,.,~ ,,:"1"0"""\" 'i,:"()'I',..""..,,}'; ,',',,' t - - _._-_.~-------- .. ':~~\" 1\.... l~uia~" . . ...J:....c . r" \(~ . , ,:. .........,.'\. ( . \1 \~ ~ , , , , N .(1'-~ 0 .. .fl_ .. . ,"' , . ..~I,\I ' "l ,'. , ".', '.,....j' , '."'-to, " . ~ . I ..._~.J~:.."': : '.'.';~"" . ." ..... ....'........",_:.;'.J:. '. ,.,.;.:,'~'.:.,,,,<"., _'_'.,:,.-~.u........ . ..1., __~.~_ ~J ' #6a page 1 Horow/ (#6a-h) Moved by Nov, seconded by Kubby that we put the following motions for all under one category for July 5 p.h. Is there discussion. Kubby/ By voting yes are we voting to do that or to put them all together. Horow/ We are voting to put them all together. A through H. Nov/ Okay, now we are going to read all of them. Charlie Ruppert/ I am Charles Ruppert. Horow/ Charlie, we are off public discussion. Ruppert/ I am speaking to this that is before us now. This, #6, where are you going. Nov/ We are going to set p.h. Ruppert/ I know you are. That is good. Horow/ In other words, you are telling us that you don't want us to lump them all together, Charlie. Ruppert/ I was just going to get time here and I will ask you. I want a little clarification about how you down zone clear to the highway. You have got the thing all boggled up here and I don't think it is right. Horow/ Charlie, you realize that we are only setting p.h.s for- We aren't having p.hs tonight on it. Pigott/ We will talk about it on July 5th, though. Ruppert/ Well, that is a month away, isn't it. Horow/ Right. We are not going to do anything with it before a month from now anyway. Ruppert/ Well, I would like to have you clarify it a little bit before you go any farther. It is all right. Horow/ Charlie, if you want us to take those two out we will do so but we are not having a p.h. on them this evening. Ruppert/ All I was going to ask was one little question. Horow/ okay, get back to the microphone and ask us the question, Charlie. Come on, that is okay. F060794 - -- ~ ..'.'..,. > o.-,,"\\,};"':":""" .':'<""": '''''.';' ': .., '. ":".~;';"~";:",:>':.I.,' .' ,"' . '\,',' , i 'I , .\' 'I"" t~ "1''''';',','' ," '0' '., ,':1 I:. .. ,,',.;,..)...,-. /: ~>}7,~~::-':.~,:~:,~ \.) " . ~Ii",~.!,r, '-,.'.:';:.:./" ., .' i , I , ; .'_,i' ? , 'I '(:: II ~ ~ ITJ i ~I II l['- () . ,', i,' . ":, " .. ' . " ,.'" . . ,- . .' ... ,"~-.:';'~~~:::~JM.~...."..,..J~_'~,:._~",:-,",,,_._.:,-,__ __.,~,.~.:..._:...~.....;...--,<~,:,~",~'~~-:.....;._ ';",::'. " :.. .'" #6a page 2 Ruppert/ I was just going to ask when you down zone clear out to the highway. You got double my property just about. When did you downzone clear out to Highway 1. Nov/ We don't down zone until after the p.h. Horow/ okay, that is the answer to ~he question. KUbby/ That is one of the issues that we- Horow/ That is one of the issues. Exactly. Right. Kubby/ We specifically asked that we look at that question, Charlie, as to why it would be residential along the highway vs. commercial. Horow/ okay. We, right now, for those of you who have come into the chambers, we are taking items A through H and cOllapsing them to set p.h.s on July 5. Any further discussion from council. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Nov/ We have to read all of these p.h.s. Horow/ (Read A through H) Moved by Kubby, seconded by Throg to set all of these items for p.h. on July 5th. Further discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Thank you very much. F060794 f.", r',: ! 1 I 'I I I ~ . .,.... I." , ' ~ .",I[ . .....',...,....,... ..".,." ..,.,...-.... ,,-. -.'., , ',' , \".' \,., .lL )_.."....,.C',"..'...h"^".'^""~"'............._.I".........,.. .""::;;,': :,':,":_",<':',,:<':,,~:'::",:,-:"/:,;,~;,;.:::':'" "\:;:i~Y:(',i<;i:".>'>'\:-":, ."':,' "',- """,- '.- :.'.:,-'0:,'/'\>',:', :': :,,:,\.:' '.,.. "':"''''''i''O\',,,,{, \"'1":""'" . 1),5 ' .fJ. ,-:.':':>::,;. ''.'~'~'~;L':~'''''-~~';;'' ,\~t",\,~",,',:?i(":~:,:,;)':;~,.'::::: :"::;"" ,f~'.""'; i/"i"-':'~'_'d~':J~,~.:~~ .' .,~ "'I, ~~:'"A'ii';; -',:,;.;_.'1.: " \-..:1\,:::'.,. "": ...., . ','.''-;: .;. '. , , . " . ( . . . r '.,' .. '.' ~ ., "._;__._,.,:":,::":,~:,::",-,.:....~........;.;".i.u.......;.;.......;.,,,,,._..._,.:....,,....,~:=.,,',,,,,,o:.=,,:,."""J.!;l:'''''''~''cll....=,;.,.....~a_~;..;~:'~ ..'. ,,;.'". '<.J " ":'1 , Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7/1994 Page 6 . I i , g, . CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 5, 1994, ON A RESOLU' TION TO ANNEX LAND IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF MORMON TREK BOULEVARD AND HIGHWAY 1 AND TO ANNEX LAND NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION, (ANN94.00051 , , , " 1," Comment: At its May 19/ 1994/ meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 6.1, Dierks voting nOt recommended approval of the pro' posed annexation. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation. Action: . I 1 I ,. '/ . , ',-I ,~ h, CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 5/ 1994, ON A ORDI. NANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE USE REGU. LATIONS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE MORMON TREK BOULEV ARD/HIGHWA Y 1 INTERSECTION FROM COUNTY A 1 TO CI.1 / INTEN. SIVE COMMERCIAL, AND LAND NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION FROM COUNTY R1A TO CO.1, COMMERCIAL OFFICE. (REZ94.0007) .' '\ .'i Comment: At its May 19/ 1994/ meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 6.1, Dierks voting no, recommended approval of rezoning land in the vicinity of the Mormon Trek Boulevard/Highw1i'y 1 intersection from County A 1 to CI.1 / Intensive Commercial, and rezoning land northwest of the intersection from County R1A to CO.1/ Commercial Office. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation. ., ! ".1 , , "j Action: . .~... ~'; , "j '~', ! ~ ~,. ',C .< '.~~,"'~ I ' i i ~ 1 I , I i, PUBLIC HEARING ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEX. A TION OF AN APPROXIMATE 18.6 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF THE IOWA CITY CORPORATE L1MITS, NORTH OF ROHRET ROAD AND EAST OF SLOTHOWER ROAD, (ANN94.00041 .r , Comment: At its May 5, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 6.0, recommended approvel of the proposed annexation of 18.6 acres of land located north of Rohret Road. The Commission's recommenda. tion is consistent with the staff recommendation qontained in the staff report dated April 21/ 1994. Action: 7~tK~ CI1~ f1flll1l1fAYlriM,~{ ~ ~~'=~ ~ )u;~ [" ., i \, ) ~ :":', 'f:.: ,r"O ,1'1.' , ,.".'", : ..'" ""Ii' _ .. . .-~~~~" ~ I ,I . . ",:'; ","r,' ]'-~-'-~'-"'-"'"'-'-';'."""'-'''-'1-'''m' ""Ie ",~'..ii'i' , ':ii'::'i",Q~"ii';::....,..,:,,;~t../.\ '. ." ',' 'ii '" ,', ''is' "'<, ,'0'..'. ':\ ',','-, '"",., I"';'" ':, .". 1,1: . :,l,:-.: ';"',~' .;<~I::\:-,; ':.:.:.,<l:;'~l.:.';>>.~,"~' '.' I .' .'i:'~::",~',: '...~~t,~,L,,: .;.t:'~) - . 'i~:.:: /;", ., r';. ~l, "",';"" . ,"?W,', . , ;~. " '" . .... , '''"I . ,,"' .....-'~.l.. _..'...~,._".,..".."".,......._ ..,..__.._~_._. . . "......_._..._...A'~...._ .".U.".,.....,....__.. ~..."".'., ''''~ ,.' #6i page 1 Horow/ (#6i) Declare the p.h. open. Karr/ Could we have a motion to accept correspondence. Horow/ Moved by Throg, seconded by Kubby. Discussion-to accept correspondence. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Declare p.h. closed. " I Throg/ Whoa. KUbby/ I think there may have been people that wanted to speak. Horow/ Oh, all right. We are still in p.h. Robert Hageman/ I would like- I did want to give the developer a chance to speak first because I think open public reasons about an important proposal are important. I would like to state my opposition to this annexation because currently this 18.6 acre tract is unserviceable in terms of sewer, water pressure. And it would also mean two other serious detriments to the community. One is that Rohret Road would likely be extended to the new city limit which would be .6 to .7 of a mile further west and that would be at very significant public expense. The prime beneficiary of this pUblic expense would be two developers who themselves are not citizens of this community. The second thing is it would encourage, under the proposal-it was a three part proposal, part of which was a fairly high density pattern and it would encourage traffic by the new elementary school. For those reasons I do oppose. In addition I would like to state that if the area is annexed I would encourage the council not to resize the lift station at the landfill to fit the servicing of land in Old Man's Creek water shed. Finally, a comment, I did wait to speak because I did want to hear reasons from the developer as to what is going on here. I attended both public meetings in front of the P /Z Commission and the developer never spoke at either of those. In fact, your comments indicate that the P/Z Commission voted 6-0 in favor of this proposal but no citizen spoke in favor of this proposal. No developers came and gave reasons. In other words, there must have been information into the P/Z Commission that was not done at the open p.h. And for that reason I would encourage that this body require that people who put forth important private proposal come forth and state their reason for doing so. " ....--.... J. '-'i ( \ , I I" ! I 11 ! I. J \ " 'iC"" . ~r , ~-"'., 1" ~t.~"", '1'" i::', , PI":' 1 -.."\...; Horow/ Mr. Hageman, did you ever see the staff's report on the proposed development. Hageman/ Yes, I did see the staff's report. That is the city's position not the proponents position. But I don't think it is F060794 ,;r- 0'- -' -. )"~';''''::'''''''' " '. .. .. ., '.... " """, "'.' .:',,' ....~.. ,;~.J',. , : , "'.' .., ~'; ....... I",.",,, . \. ~~ .0 ... :'..,,'1', , .! ..... ..,....,,,....., '',) t. ,: ... ..) 'to: ..,.,'.,.., ..-.' I Elt., / /; ,.,'. i I " (- ~ f',?l ~1 , , , , I : i , I I , I . I i ~ II .u \i '. ~ ~A,~,. :1~ I,' f;~ 1'- L , ,:C~.,. I'.. .. ,y'l -' . '~t Ij'j, '1'., .. ,... ,~' , ','.,', , '..,.' . ,,'.:..'.<..;". ,; .'.... ,...,.......-...,...".,--:--:' ....-""........--.-. #6i page 2 too much to ask a proponent who puts forth a proposal that he come and state his reason. Not the city's reason. The city occupies quite a different position from the proponent. The city sits up with the P/Z Commission. In fact, the image that I got. I don't mean to suggest that anything was done improperly. I admire the P/Z Commission for the work that they do. But I do mean to state that the image that is got if you allow a developer not to come and speak at these important formal meetings is that what happens is all the citizens come and speak against and the city and the P/Z Commission take the posi tion for the developer. It pitches me against the P /z commission, not me against the developer. Horow/ You understand that we don't permit them to come. It is they choose not to come. Hageman/ yes and I think for failure to not to come and state public reasons I think the penalty for that should be non recommendation. Thank you. Horow/ Is there anyone else who wished to address council on this issue. Jayne Sadler/ 41 Tuscon Place. I am also speaking in opposition of the annexation. One of the things that was brought forward at the P/Z Commission was that this was a voluntary annexation and that the opportunity for voluntary annexation may not arrive all that frequently and that the city should take advantage of that. My feeling about that is that presently this land is zoned one to the acre in the county and the county is really not interested in rezoning it for more units to the acre. Additionally at this time by reannexing it the additional expense to the tax payers at this time prior to sewer services being available, the expense of having the maintenance of it, law enforcement which is pretty limited where we are probably as other parts of the city, straining the budget of the city for those services could be avoided at least until the lift station is in and further information could be received regarding the servicing of that particular area and the plans the developer has for that area. One of the other comments that was made by P /Z is the expense of doing the road at this point in time as Rohret is being readied for improvement would be less expensive to the city than waiting. At the time when Slothower Road is improved upon it can be done at that time. It is not much to turn a corner and go down .7. of a mile. So at this point in time I just wanted to register my opposition. Thanks. Horow/ Thank you. Anyone else who wishes to address council. F060794 - ,'),',','::'" "', ,",' , .".... '"0,,. ~_ ~- I I ,", . I I (): " i .l 1"" ., t. l.) 1""1, 0, .,". . ..-"'.. ,\. ~m ./~ L (J ',' \ /~ " I , 1 fl ~ , . .~ '~"i tr. " 'I' l{ ~l~j c_ 0 ,. .;\ '-'" "I' , , ....'\" '.'\ " , '" , . ..:j." , " .' , ...,........._--'.;.:w.,'._:_::,.. .,,,,,, _:"- """'''-'''-''~',",._....~._~.._. .. I ;,'. . I ,.' "''''~'''''''_.'_.___w.._._.. . #6i page 3 Larry Schnittjer/ MMS Consultants. In reference to Dr. Hageman's comments, I was at all of the meetings and I represent the developer. The reason that there was no comments made was the merits of the staff report were so much our own objectives that there was no need to (can't hear) and spend more time. In regard to some of the comments that were made last night at the work session. There was discussion about the undue financial burden to the city. The annexation will allow for development of a better street pattern that will allow a much better transit operation. Right now we have got a bottleneck si tuation there at the corner. If we develop up to the corporate limit line, across the section line, we don't have access to Rohret Road through this parcel then you have got a bottleneck in your transit operation. There is a substantial area of ground that needs to be developed before we get to this parcel but it is a step in that direction. Throg/ Thank, Larry. Horow/ Thank you. Hageman/ At the first formal meeting on the subject Mr. Scott asked if there was anybody there from the developer (can't hear). Horow/ Okay. Does anyone else wish to address this issue. Karr/ Madam Mayor, before the p.h. closes I just want to note that the petitions that were filed were a protest of rezoning and should be officially filed in the next p.h. as part of the rezoning and that is why there is not a motion to accept them right now. So we do need to accept them but next time. Nov / And we have accepted all the correspondence that we have received on this annexation issue. Karr/ On the annexation, yes. And we will ta]ce care of the rezoning next. Horow/ I am going to declare the p.h. closed on this issue. Baker/The question is about annexation. It could be answered in the next p.h. as well. Horow/ Well, I don't want to cut you off. What is your- Baker / My question is, just for the record, I would like staff, Karin, to very briefly reiterate the compelling reason why the city should annex this property. Throg/ Noting that Mr. Hageman raised a different point about the F060794 ,--,--rr ~ J .,..Y...::,";''''". . _ ' ", '." r. ~ "':",0'::',,:' -" , .)" ""', ,'- -.... ,"." ~~ .i."" 1 j I I I I J '! 1'-" ,IS "1',' ,..,.;' . '. (.' 0/ ,;",'-"\"'''-'' , -....r::::i,~,'/:~:\;~,/)'., ,mJ!!il, ..... I. .',' '\J:, "';' " ..' " 1>'. ~. ,.. "\ . ;~. ,. , -:' , ._ '..:'::_~ '~'~:::'~,., :i';:.~'.2.,"".:,.~..~'",L~'...~'.'.:...:J:~L~_:_. ~.:;: .',: ..~,'~':~...~.....:...,:...~~i::..~~~,.':z.,~i:.'';''''''''');''-''''~:''-h''-:.;''''';~..\.~,..,.-.~'Jj;.'...;.1:':"'}'V~~:!lt;..;.....-"~:...,"':o-i~~:~~.:.:....:.:.......~~~' , #6i page 4 '\ i : developer presenting good reasons for initiating it. Baker/ what, I read the report but reiterate the staff's position- Franklin/The reasons that we have supported this annexation is because it is wi thin the designated growth area that the council has adopted for the future growth of Iowa city. It is a voluntary annexation. I think a statement was made on something about voluntary ann~xation don't always come along. That is not necessarily so but it is easier to annex when it is voluntary as opposed to involuntary. There cannot be service provided to this area right now as I said to you last night. But it maybe able to be provided after we do an analysis of the sewer system on the west size to determine if there is adequate capacity in the trunk lines at which time then the developer would be responsible for putting in the local-that is the facilities that are necessary within the development to sewer the area. It is potentially sewerable. I think the larger reason is that because it is in the growth area and it is an area that is an entrance to Iowa City and an area that we would prefer to have control over in terms of city control vs. county control. It gives us an opportunity to do that. ',I ' i,.' ., I , . . , . " ,". Kubby/Karin, where is this piece of property slated in terms of our sequencing of development in our compo plan. Franklin/ It would be in the lorig term. Kubby/ That is what, 2010. Franklin/ We are not strictly in years anymore. with the ID-RS zoning it would be delayed. It is not anticipated it would develop immediately upon annexation. . "" \ t r \ ~ I'! I I ! i \,' Baker/ okay, thank you. i I I II i I r \ . .lj .~ F060794 , ." ~. " ",' ,(-~ 0 . ",,,,,i:".:'" .'s~'. !, . -"\\',.,..... , ...";.":',::~;!.'Sp..i~~)j~;"'?,!',,I' \ . ~...,., " . "".,- .......,-.. ":1' .",,~i':: ... ....f..... -,', " '.'.'.'..'....0.':1. 'iJ 5"'" "., '1/" ',~:, ' ': ';;, "',." . ''"\ . ;;,',,',':;'.. ."i'.~.. ".1';(: ""'.'" -....... .,;' " "1 :::.,\' " am',- ." .. " .. . . '" . :'~ '.\".', . . ~ .... . '; , .... , '. ., ".'w.. ,.' ,- . . .~.. .. . .~ .~:. .,...:.,.~., w"~;""',c'.;.;.:'. .':":-.';;'...., '.:':'. ~ '~"'~CJ..w;..i'~L~,::.~~:~::~ ,e,. ,.;..~._,~~.:.....;:;.:_ .:_' _.: . , r" \ \ f~ I i' , I I i I :~ -.J ;~, !j; Ijl' ,', 1:;/ '" Ii' ,r; , ' ' ._e_._._L........"'.c......",.;;.'.\C,::.;J.~"'.,,_.,...,...: ,'::.~~'.i':;';;','_"."'_'."J.._,:.".,,,.....,,.."~_~.";"_Q._... . .".; ...:;~...,.,,-,..J Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7,1994 Page 7 j, PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE USE REGULATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY 18.6 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED NORTH OF ROHRET ROAD AND EAST OF SLOTHOWER ROAD FROM THE COUNTY DESIGNATION OF RS, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, TO ID.RS, INTERIM DEVELOPMENT SINGLE.FAMIL Y RESIDENTIAL. (REZ94. 0006) Comment: At its May 5, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 6.0, recommended approval of rezoning an 18,6 acre tract of land located north of Rohret Road from County RS to ID.RS. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recomme~9~i~n contained in the staff report dated April 21, 1994, b ~ Action: k~~ flW{Jl fJJ7l111fdY1dM~ {- ~ .It ~ ',.' , , k, PUBLIC HEARING ON A RESOLUTION TO SEVER (DE.ANNEX) AN APPRO XI. MATE 95 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA CITY, IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE IOWA INTERSTATE RAILWAY AND EAST OF THE IOWA CITY CORPORATE LIMITS. (ANN94.00011 . :\ Comment: At its February 17, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Com. mission, by a vote of 5.0, recommended approval of the de.annexation of this property subject to (1) annexation of the entire tract by the City of Coralville and approval by the City Development Board, and (2) a 28E agreement with the City of Coralville to give the City of Iowa City review and consent on zoning and subdivision matters on the portion of the property which is south of Clear Creek. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated February 3, 1994. The City of Coralville approved the annexation of this property on May 24, 1994, subject to the City of Iowa City's severance of the property, A \JJ Action: \\Q tJ1W C1f-fD ~ .vuQ ,1.1 I, PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE REPEALING THE VACATION OF THE EASTERLY TEN FEET OF MAIDEN LANE SOUTH OF COURT STREET AND NORTH OF HARRISON STREET, (VAC94.0003) Comment: At its April 21, 1994, meeting, by a vote of 5.0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the vacation of the easterly ten feet of Maiden Lane south of Court Street and north of Harrison Street ba repealed, The Commission's recommendation Is consistant with the staff recommenda. tion contained in the staff report dated April 21, 1994. The public hearing was continued to June 7, 1994, to allow for the preparation of a plat and legal description, No comments were received at the public hearing on this item on May 24, 1994. Action: ~~o,~ - ~,<<~ ).";;""...,.....,;"'".",.....,,',..,'.'.;..,"..'.,'.1"'." "0,":::: ,/,,' '" "15' . '. /:i.'. ,~ ',. , ~ ...~~'. ,li:>:;-.':.,":'.' '.. ,,". .-1 ,la, ...,..."""",,,, ",.1,,\...',.;'::::' ,....--, ;'{.'?':.' .\'~,',::l-," .-...,..",". "', ,'." ,'.. '""'..,,..,,-,~;,~,;;.~-', , ! , i ! -~J ! . ! ~ ! i I I I II I '~,: ~,.",".,;,',' t"' ,;W If!: '" .," I l..._""\'; ,,(-0 y": ., ~ ' , " ":"~~~,~'i'l; " , " ~' , , .'.... ,.'.'". :~ " " , , , , "':::' 1 . .' . " , , " , " :.,;,::"~'-,,,;'.;:.'-,..;', 'i,~""' "','~~"d" ::"-'Ii' '" 'N,'O" ... _...._~__.:._" . . .~..,. ,';::i).; ...:;;.'~, .:~..~~..;..;,::;::~j~:L:'i:"; ~~:'~'~j;'c::.'l~",~;~,,;:;~-,':,;;.;~'.;....;~(i~t,",~XL2.~.. .:~., , .. , , , ' , . . -' . ~ L~.L~.,....~.:;..~...... ',,"-,~~';~~>l....~~~~.;.,;.; ;....,:,;..,"' ..;:..l,.:. :.0::1;::;' #6j page 1 Horow/ (#6j) Declare the p.h. open. Robert Hageman/ Same comments. Thank you. Horow/ Thank you. Any other discussion. Franklin/ I just wanted to make the council aware that we have been looking at the rezoning protest petitions that have come in to calculate whether we are going to reach the 20%. It looks like we might very well reach the 20% which means an extraordinary majority vote of the council on the rezoning would be required. Horow/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Pigott ( to accept the petitions and correspondence). All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes) . Baker/ Now, I want a clarification. about annexing and rezoning. to annex, don't we. Back to Karin. We are talking Before rezoning occurs we have Franklin/ That is right. Baker/ My first question is the annexation. The other question is if we don't annex. Franklin/ An extraordinary vote is not required for the annexation but potentially for the rezoning. Baker/ Okay. Throg/ So, are we going to talk about annexation tonight or- Horow/ This is just a p.h. We are just getting public input. We are not going to be voting. Is there anyone else who wished to address amending the zoning ordinance. okay. Declare the p.h. closed. F060794 .'inl J),'.....'...'....... -, "'-'. ..,...-..,...""...,...,.. -' ",,' ;'", ", \-';:.'."'');'.::,:<,:'' -:\{"'" '."'" ":,' :L~;'>9\~',~;~:~!.L:""<}:~i',':,::,::':'\,:\,. ' . . ,', ' . . .' ..' , " == '"',,,',,', '...<.' i"~" :1,:: .....,.,.", .,..".. .,'. " ;'.",' ';", ,.' , ,.. I" , I ',r..!, ."" ' .. , , . ,'. . . . "''', .. ", '-"-, .,.. ,.,.,..., :<."'," ," 5" ',' 'D..,:),."., ", "..", I, ',:' ..~.,:..::,"".\(..,..;'.}; .<..,_..... - ..'. ~,' , f;." .-...,....,. " , I ,1 C- \ P! I I [ :~ " p ~'I I~'! ;'11 rl~ !~~ \jtLo . "' , " ':::, . ..~t~\'L;; .....,',..... I ;~, 'I" ~'"' " '~ .."........... ,.' ,', , '. . ,,,.,,'< :".....~__,:.~. _.J.,~ ._!..<~.::~_..~....,_"...._........._~.____ , ..' ,., " .. ._..:..._.-.-.:...., ~_........ .--'.....,.....,:,,~;,.......~~'"_,,_. .",.,,,'.,,,,,," ......1. "-"C'''C'->~'".'''>:'''''''''''='>''''''''h...:...,~--...~.,_a_... .'. Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 8 1 j I '. i m, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REPEALING THE VACATION OF THE EASTERLY TEN FEET OF MAIDEN LANE SOUTH OF COURT STREET AND NORTH OF HARRISON STREET. IFIRST CONSIDERATION) Comment: Action: See item I above, ~ /1h^'1 n. I~Gu6--€ ''1l~ ~~~ CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANG. ~ ING THE USE REGULATIONS OF PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF CHURCH STREET BETWEEN DUBUQUE STREET AND DODGE STREET FROM RM.12, MEDIUM DENSITY MUL TI.FAMIL Y RESIDENTIAL, TO RNC.12, NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION ZONE. (REZ94. 0004) (FIRST CONSIDERATION) . 0, Comment: At its April 21, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 5.0, recommended approval of the proposed Church Street rezoning. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated April 7 , 1994. Public input was received at the Council's May 24 public hearing on this item, Ao"" ~ IYl~ I<I-<u,~% CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDlN~N E TO At,b~ DIVISION 7, ENTITLED "MINOR MODIFICATIONS," (FIRST CONSIDERATION) r:. v p, Comment: At its April 21, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 5-0, recommended approval of City-initiated amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to permit minor modifications ,to the Zoning Ordinance through administrative review. At its April 13, 1994, meeting, the Board of Adjustment also recommended approval of the City-initiated amendments, The Commission's and Board's recommendations are consistent with the staff recommendation. No comments were received at the Council's May 24 public hearing on this item. A"'"' ~ In..~ I$f,,~ ~/b of'~ CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE ECTION 36. ~4.,..--I- 55(M)(11, ADDITIONAL REGULA TIONS, TO PERMIT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO 8E ESTABLISHED, OR EXPANDED WITH ACCESS TO A COLLECTOR STREET. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) ,I J. Comment: At its April 21, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 5-0, recommended approval of amending Section 36- 55(m)(11 of tha Zoning Ordinance to read: Religious institutions shall be located with access to arterial or collector streets or on street pavements wider than 28 feat. The Commission's recommendation Is consistent with the staff recommendation contained In a staff memorandum dated April 14, 1994. Public input was received at the Council's May 24 public hearing on this Itam, ~/~ l>rc.u(-f 1Pv ~ ~) Action: ~/D ~ ~ ., - ,':::'"0,,, ,,',,' ~~= "l'~:"~'~_':"':~:'":'''''~~''\('\' """"f':':l;:r,r~":,'" -~' ;'~'l'."~~';"'T~'.~'" , " "1" ,.' )5 ,'., ..,' ......"," ,,'::/>:: :., ,.: ,'. ", ' -,. , .. a"'""'" ,:'80', ;'.:. ""'("""". ti. . " , .'- ~v,' .<' , '-':1,"' -."~.-,~ '. ,. ." I ._1 I I ! , , i "'~ ~; . .- , .~ " " . , i ~ i -/1 _~1\ ,fe..., 0 -~'-~ - .': ",t':",' < ' . i:, . :, ~ , ' . '. ':':~t :~;; i '" ..'..'.'l " ..;." '.~', , ' ,I" .' . :. . :_;."-........;............" ..,,=--u;"~::.l'"'~.l.I:;,..:;"':.'....'.:..'C,l...,;. ".:.,..,:~..:.';...,"';:~,-":;.~,:.;.:;:_;~.,\,.~~J,..;",..;.,.,,,,,,,,'';.,,,:_..,,_'':'_'~'__ #6p page 1 Horow/ (#6p) Moved by Baker, seconded by Kubby. Discussion. We had quite a lot of discussion on this but I think at this point this was the one where the discussion centered around whether or not there would be increased parking and we have been assured that there is not and the situation with increased parking that is being solicited and paid for and the impact would be on the neighborhood. That has been resolved to council's pleasure. Any further discussion. Roll call- Okay. First consideration passes. F060794 -_ ,': ...,....,2,~:i - \--"-- . ......."..,. '.' ,/,~X,i+;:...,..:"o-:,;:J{r:,(,',;.'..~D:')...."~."':, ~':.:.~""...'r.5~'~..' .1 "',,,,,.., . ",' ".,' ".., ,.,:.~"...;.'L....',\',',-,.,. C,,'.' . . ...., I .w~._ . .,""~ ":.'.: ',.'> -',. ' . " . _,' '-, :; I oj: ,: ," ", .1 " , . . ~,. ',.-.. " , 1 l , ,'1 i I , I "r-,' I .,.l I ,'-. i.! I I t -.;' ! ..,..'1'. . In:;, ......."~,~:::,;, ,.'-.-.." .....;.;. ; '; , "I~ ~,'.-' . \c. ,j " [ ,z: r- \ ~ I . , , I I ,; I i~ ~. " ~;%",~, '~ II" , I'l? ,~ ,.<i,;': -"'<::'''':, "....~_'... _h ., ...., ':.~_t\~.(,. . "', .' I..,. .. ....:1 , ~I...,.,;~, !, .- . ,',I' . .'.'1 "', ,~, , " , . . . I,'. ~ . 'i.... . . ~., , -.,. '. '. _..:',._.h'_....._....'h;...'-.'~.:.......;.._...~._:._.. . -- - . - '--'+'+-"-';':':-;;"';"-~'-~'::"-' . . . _ .__,.._,__,___.~._,_..,___,~tiL u.. .: Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 9 o I q. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, ENTITLED "ZONING" TO PERMIT AWNING SIGNS IN THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE (1.11. HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE (1.21, OFFICE AND RESEARCH PARK ZONE (ORP) AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PARK ZONE (RDPl, (SECOND CONSIDERATION) " -.-"j - " Comment: At its April 21, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 3.2, Cooper and Gibson voting in the negative, recommend. ed approval of an amendment to the sign regulations of the 1.1, 1.2, ORP and ROP zones to permit awning signs, provided the awning signage shall be limited to 25% of the surface of the awning, or 12 square feet, whichever is less. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommen- dation contained in a staff memorandum dated April 14, 1994, In a letter dated May 18, 1994, David Long requested expedited consideration of this item, No comments were received at the Council's May 24 public hearing on this item. i~ ~ CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 36.18 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (CN.1) ZONE, (SECOND CONSIDERATION) Comment: At its April 21, 1994, meeting, by a vote of 6.0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of amendments to the CN.1 zone to broaden the types and sizes of permitted uses, provisional uses and special exceptions allowed in the zone; allowing CN.1 zones up to 10 acres in size, subject to site plan approval; and establishing requirements and guidelines to encourage pedestrian amenities and neighborhood compatibility, The Commis. sion's recommendation is generally consistent with the staff recommendation contained in staff memoranda dated April 21, April 17 , and March 11, 1994. In a letter dated May 13, 1994, Harry Wolf of Southgate Development request. ed expedited consideration of this item. Comments were received at the Council's May 24 public hearing on this item, -~~ ~ I_V'~ io . ~u CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE A PORTION OF THE LINN STREET ~ RIGHT.OF.WAY LOCATED WEST OF GIL8ERT STREET AND NORTH OF BENTON STREET, (VAC93-00061 (SECOND CONSIDERATIONI Action: . r. Action: s. Q~ /1~ ~ ~- u;f;t 6/0 ."1 A '!If-B'J-- Q) , l"!,j: , .~ Comment: At its April 7, 1994, meeting, by a vote of 5.0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of vaceting a portion of the Linn Street right'of-way, subject to certain conditions. The Commission's recom. mendetlon Is consistent with the staff recommendation contained In the memo. randum dated April 7, 1994, No comments were received at Council's May 10 . public hearing on this Item. In a letter dated May 12, 1994, Gerry Ambrose requested expedited consideration of this Item. Action: ~) ~ t.l:/Jlf ~/' rt b&lOu () K~ ~ "~" ".,.,jr,'.' :,,<>,: " .. )'- .....,,"", ',.,.. ,.."." , "'"'W''' '''..'''......'',.....]".'' .'....1'" .....",. ,<..\:",,'. ,'\"': ,,',' '.'...1.' ,.... '"5::":";"'~::.'O"'" ':,\" '~-,': \;'\,l.:1.";","{:'/,"':'i ,'. " ,,' t,. .'-'.' .....":. "~' .'.". , .1 . ......."."............;.,."1 ~\',:;~:.':}: .Il:." .':,.:..... , ,") , , ! ! , ',' ".:',' ..j,~., " 'r .~'. . , , .' "'" ,.. ,'''' ...... ,'f' . " '<,' ,". _..:.' ..~_~~~:~W_~k~;.'.................~ :........~...,..;;... .....;..~.~:..,~,.._.,...~...._........; ...,,~,_~., v~.:!>...:.,J'..:.lW_".~~\l.".,.~~~~...:B ..~...;.. .': ::.." Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 10 ',' I t. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 36.20IG)(1) OF THE ZON. ING ORDINANCE TO MODIFY THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS SERVICE ICB.2) ZONE, (PASS AND ADOPT) -3.!f - 3~2.1 , ! ',-, Comment: At its April 7, 1994, meeting, by a vote of 6.0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of amending Zoning Ordinance Section 36.20(g)(1) of the CB.2 zone to read: Religious institutions may expand without compliance with the off-street parking requirements. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated April 7, 1994. . ,',' . . Action: I\~J ~ ' I , " Cf'f ~ 185 P <4- a...- n.~ tP~ ~~ ~ CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL .PLAT OF WINDSOR RIDGE, PART 5, A 9.31 ACRE, 17 LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LOCATED IMMEDIATELY WEST OF TAFT AVENUE, (SUB94.0006) " u, ... ,... ,"G (-~ \ \ ,~ I . I I ! ~ , i ~~~ l: , ",', \ (__~ r Comment: At its May 5, 1 994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 6.0, recommended approval of the final plat of Windsor Ridge, Part 5, subject to approval of legal papers by the City Attorney's Office and construction documents by the Public Works Department. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated May 5, 1994. The legal papers and construction documents have been approved, Action: ,,~~ ) (~J I 6 . ,,/ ~O~~t7/~~U ~r r45 ~ v. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF SOUTHWEST ES. TATES, PART SIX, A 10.21 ACRE, 25 LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LO. CATED NORTH OF PHOENIX DRIVE. (SUB94.0008) (1) I" 'd.,! " Comment: At its May 19, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion, by a vote of 7.0, recommended approval of the final plat of Southwest Estates, Part Six, subject to approval of legal papers by the City Attorney's Office and construction documents by the Public Works Department. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation in the staff report dated May 19, 1994. Legal papers and construction docu. ments are being reviewed. Action: ~~I(~ dfJ ~ ~;f ~a10"') " /\ " , ,/....' \./ ' , 'j',,'rO~'ii," ,8," ./; ..'...,.....,......, r.,':;' .:.>,,; '.'.r, 'T .' ~d:::"". ::1" ..'..,. ""c.,_,.\"..\"I""I~""~' f.-r,<" ,.......""".." ''''1''l' 11J".H ','1(',. \ '0', t',' ,,' 'I' r.. ,\,'," "",.' ,'"> ~~ .~J. , ~ ..i.., ''',.-'<:-':i ..:' 'l~:::,;':';;' " .. ~ o,! . ~. ~,\:',.. "';1>:"'. JJ" '" ., . ~,' ~ :.",,,.....i. .',' " :/ . ~~: . ' .",.,', :\ ,. ,.' ':r:':'I,:.. ' . .,.;' '1" ~ .._~i'_.:.i~.L.~;~;~..~':'d"'.~'~~"~~;;i':'~":"-~:"~~;t'.~.l;:. .i.'_::;:,.\_i~,::.:, ;~':1~"':"'''~U;:.:.:.....~"~,,,.'.~'''''h~.~ _,~~~L:, ' '\ #6u page 1 Horow/ (#6U) Moved by Nov, seconded by Throg. Discussion. I Throg/ You know, even though I just seconded that, I am no fan of this particular kind of development. I mean, it is a conventional pattern and the development, I think, is destructive in the long run for the community. However, I have no legal grounds whatsoever to oppose it as best as I can tell. So I will support it. " ., I Horow/ okay. Any further discussion. Roll call- Okay. Passes. I , I I I I I :; .J ,,' .L \': \ c?,' ~, r~~';1 1/; , I i I r I l .-,.' F060794 " ,~ . "', ,I." j._.".."."'N.N"".."_.......--.. .. ,! ,"", " . ~ < !. . ' L \ ___~, '",,,' ...0:,/.', '~;.I,' < 'c "'L)' I. \.t.' "", '.... ,', '. ,1' \',' ' .........- \' ,,", :, ..,r-:,.'.,...,:l,.."."i':: , )5':8 OA .' . ":"":":""\""";''';'1)1' , ~'''''T '\" ,'~_.. ,- - "','-' ','"; "~--~ . t( . ~"'I>" .....,.,..- ': , . _ .. ',' :'~~t~'\'i': .,;.. ~, :. '. '_' ~t. , . ;' C' ;~. .,': ',-"..' , ~ ~ ,.' . ... . ;... . '., ,,,.:-': _ ~.'._'. L':~' ~, :,;,'~~'<'.~;:.~;::;o;;:..:::Lr;~:~{l,~ ';. .i i . ~ . --. ! '" >'co '. ", "~'':;'.'.'.:.:....,.,,,..~..,,,';''..~..''':''';'.._.- , ',..', " . ". -'" . . ,_._ .~_~_,___......,..."......,............_....__~,~~........... "....:,'"'.,.,..,.-.:..,....."(.".~",.,,.~> .."......~......~,,~.,,;a_:.__..__ .. I', Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7,1994 Page 11 > , w, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF DEAN OAKES FOURTH ADDITION, A 5,28 ACRE, 11 LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LO. CATED ON QUINCENT STREET EXTENDED, (SUB94.00091 Comment: At its May 19, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 7.0, recommended approval of the final plat of Dean Oakes Fourth Addition, subject to approval of legal papers by the City Attorney's Office and construction documents by the Public Works Department, and provision of a 35 foot waterline easement, north of the gas pipeline easement on Lots 10 and 11, The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated May 19, 1994, Legal papers and construction documents are being reviewed. The waterline ease. ment has not been provided, ,.1 " I ',I . Action: ~~ / r; (Hudv rhfAJ ~ ~~I . dB~ x, CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COM. MISSION REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF FOSTER ROAD 8ETWEEN PRAIRIE DU CHIEN ROAD AND DUBUQUE STREET. Comment: At its May 19, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commis. sion, by a vote of 7.0, recommended approval of the following statement: ~. .',' If Plum Grove Acres comes in with a subdivision proposal that shows Foster Road from Prairie du Chien Road west to the pres- ent eastern terminus of Bjaysville Lane as a collector street, and the alignment of the proposed Foster Road is acceptable to the City of Iowa City, then this Commission will recommend to the Council that the City acquire the necessary right.of-way to com. plete Foster Road to the intersection with Dubuque Street. It is understood that the City may have to condemn lands to acquire this right.of.way for the completion of this segment of Foster Road, Further, as City policy states, "all costs associated with the acquisition of needed lands by condemnation shall be borne by the benefitting parties which may include developers, adjacent owners and the public sector. " )" In a memorandum dated May 1 0, 1994, s~ff outlines the issues pertaining to the extension of Foster Road ~. 1 t.' ~ tw . J. A "4tv Action: Wl/I dtR- T. 1 " , ' " ,.",1:'1', _:-: )'~'~'-"''.'"''~'''''''"'''"'''''' "~"'C<"."T7'-...""" "'" """j; ',' , ,-":': .. '\ "I',' > '>[j" , ',: '\ ',0 ",". ,"1. ')5 ' ,',.. '."'\'I~""'(~ ..,.~":~~.-, ".:;)\.'1 "I :.~ . '..".w",:,."..:':::~;:'. .r.". ~'11, (' \ r1 , I i I I :~ "~~). IQ ~ ," r.~ " ,( '. ;'. " ~: 1 , . , ~/. , '.~t\' 'f' . ' " ',\.~ , .. ,~'..' .. , , ""'" . '" ";~;l",:~..:':,i'J~",,..'.:.;,..\ ''.:'~''~'"''~_H_"''~'_:''' ":..__~_"....-~,;.".~ ~'"'..'.:.-,':: <~,-,-._,;,." ...." ,""""," ". ,", " . '.C'" ,', #6x page 1 Horow/ (#6x) Moved by Pigott, seconded by Throg. Discussion. Pigott/ Well, just to make it clear that we are just hearing essentially what the and accepting their message to us as to the consideration of Foster Road and not saying that we are going forward with building Foster Road by accepting this statement. Nov/ We are saying we have received your recommendation. Throg/ I was just going to say that further more that the statement from the P/Z Commission makes it sounds as if the whole issue is a traffic issue and as we have heard in the P.h. tonight that is not the case and we understand that very clearly. Baker/ I also want to make clear that part of the background of this from P/Z is it is not just this particular issue. They would like for us to look at this in conjunction with the whole northeast area development, traffic patterns to begin with. But all of those issues and we if we are not going to do this I think P/Z wants us to think about doing something. Horow/ Yes. Right. Kubby/ So it is my understanding from last night that what we are directing staff to do is to say development is only acceptable in this area if the environmental concerns are taken into account, including trees, steep slopes, highly erodible soil, drainage ways, open space, trail issue, neighborhood traffic concerns. Horow/ Possibly an OPDH. Kubby/ possibly an OPDH. And my viewpoint has been, through our discussions last night, that the only way we can have any negotiating power with the developer is to say we will put-the only way you can develop is to put the street through and the only way we will put the street through is if you meet these certain conditions that we have. But Larry is saying there might be some other ways. So, I don't know what those other ways are. I guess I would like to know what our options are to say you have to follow these additional considerations that it seemed last night we had all agreed were very highly held community values that we wanted to act upon. Is that fair to say. pigott/ I think that is an accurate reflection. Nov/ I have to say one more thing to clarify. Some members in the audience, the neighbors are kind of raising eyebrows at OPDH. F060794 ~, -, v- '],.',.,'.:'::n, >;"";',',,,:':. ...,' ".i:, ..., ....~,..,,-" ....,'."' ," . '\ o '0.' .... .'." ',"'. ,.' . , ,',' .-..------.-. -I , I I I 1 I o \J )", ""I'" " "\ C. , ',) 10" '..." ,',., ( ". .",,", ~":,:'::\',: '~:::;':>'.:' ~',,' .:.-._',1; , . ,.:. ,..',0, " , ::..~ .,'.,. .' , :' ":'.,.~W,~' , r " " '....0::..' .~ i', ;.... '~ . l' '.~' , ! " " .'.,.. , ,. ::<_".:.~.:~:,j':'~:~J,,",-,"''''''':=~'~'-I.O':''-:~'>;;''~'::'~''';'''"~:'''''';'',"':''',','~_l.I.....,-...". ';'o'--';'~''''';''''''"''''''''_~~;''':"'._.~~__ ..\ '.', , ~'. ' #6x page 2 We are talking about a planned development which would allow clustered housing and more open space. Kubby/ He can have the same number of units per acre but instead of it being evenly spread out they would be clustered in one part and preserve more of the natural area. Horow/ These are the sorts of things that we want P/Z to consider and we want to hear the returns of how they deal with this. Kubby/ Karin, is that specific enough direction at this point for the staff and P/Z to go forward. Franklin/ It is specific enough direction. I think we should all be aware that it is still going to be up to the developer to pursue anything like this. They may choose to do nothing in which case- Horow/ We will have to deal with it later. Franklin/ Right. Horow/ Any further discussion. All right. All those in favor signify by saying aye-(ayes). Thank you very much. Karr/ Could I have a motion to accept correspondence. Horow/ Moved by KUbby, seconded by Nov. Discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Thank you. " (- ':\ ,.;:l f~ I' , I I I i I , t I i i I l :, "j F060794 , nj l:i Iii .' , ',r, _',"-7 ~ ' e ,,~, . ' ;j'.......,..'......."'.'"'.-'....'...'''...''' , '.- ~".~,';~',;,;:/.':,,'::" ~::';':~~>> ,:,::;':::;:I..':.'~:.",:.:. ,:":,','\', ',' ,'. ',": '" ,\. ~,., ,,0."""'" ,ii".,....'" ' ....., '. ..".".' ;,,'. ~"., ."~:<::';::../:d':':.,',\\...:," . " :' ,I'. ',: , '.'. .' , . ....". CO ,.. , ' . . . \ . ' i' , " I, f,'\ ,.\Y''-' ,,' '/",.'.,;':. .I.:.! ,. " r! ....'''r.. . .'.'1.....:.(" .')'5'<::" r.,"', I: ",., ,UI., , .-. ' . , ...., ,:,' '.' OJ'''-'<! '. ~ ~ ....... l'E'JJ~ill ........_,... ;:'.. .. f . '\ -:'., : ".tw.~ . ". .~>, .. ,""..1 l' '" . ,', '. .~. .... .~' .. ;',', , ,.' ,. . . :- '." ~ '~. ~:.. .....;,!"..' :~:,__~.._.,'-O;"L'_"''''::~::~~':''J'_~''"~~;'~':~~~~~~.~._.,:" ' -'-'~~-'---"'-~-"_._"' .~-----_.'" --. ..;....... ..,.' ...__..,...'_...... .",;......,____,__c__B" ,_, I. 1 l , " I , Comment: The City is currently considering an ordinance vacating of a portion of the Linn Street right.of.way located west of Gilbert Street and north of Benton Street. Merlin Hamm owns the property adjacent to the right.of way, He has offered to purchase the vacated right.of.way for $2,500, the appraised value of the property. The City does not need the right.of.way for access to property in the area but will retain a utility easement over the parcel. Action: t:rv..V ~"Jl - , 0./J ITEM NO. B. CONSIDERARESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONVEYANCE OFA VACATED PORTION OF THE LINN STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED WEST OF GILBERT STREET AND NORTH OF BENTON STREET TO MERLIN HAMM, ITEM NO.9. Comment: See Item above. If Council does not grant expedited consideration for Item 6s, this item must be deferred to Council's meeting on July 5, 1994. Action:o\(~ I ~ ~ 6hl ~~ PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTI- MATE OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROHRET ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, PHASE 1. o. I " ,l r \ ~ I} Comment: Phase 1 of this project involves reconstruction of Rohret Road from the city limits to the east entrance of the new school. Construction includes new pavement, storm sewer, and sidewalk. Estimate of cost for Phase 1 is $520,000. Funding for this project will be provided by 1994 General Obligation Bonds proceeds. . . 1" .~. Action: ~ fnU.' ~OA.At?.t) ! ! ITEM NO. 10 . ~ID CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROHRET ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, PHASE 1, ESTABLISHING AMOUNT OF BID SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EACH BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS AND FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS AT 10:30 A.M. JUNE 28, 1994. ./ , i I \..., I I I \ ~1 Comment: See comment above, Action: IIp / 1 ~ Jev r~ 1Jwr %J ~ ~ t It 1([- 0 ,- . -V-;- ~~..~ '. , )' '..." '.I~"'."C'"'''' ....,-.,....".........'.'..'"'1.....' "I'. ...,,;: 2 /' \' " '\' 0" ') 0 '- \ \ \ . \ : . ','..,' .-' .'" f;l: 'j t.. , ,. _ ~ ....:... ,-, .,' I' ~ J . .' ( , , '.".,,\ ",' ~:~';::\,. ,:i'-~'! '.~:';. ,,' m.~:, .:'.'i...... . . ,,':' ~ , ': .'\, ",'. . . '.~ '~'".: ;,'hl.. .' " ".,,'. ...'. ,i I ,-i'--" . , :,.. '! , ' , . ..'-, " 1" . ,_...::.:...:__,;~ ~,...,..,;';"~,'. ~.....t;''''1.,'''':l''.r' ~"+'''':''-I :.)~;.. ,',' ,"_, " ",;;,,,;:;.; ".-,: ~'. ;;,%', "'~-'-::::. ;[;-~;~~,,,-l;!,:~ ',J/ '~';"''''''.''' "".""",,__,_,,_,~ '... #10 page 1 I " ! I i i I 1 I , ' Horow/ (#10) Moved by Nov, seconded by Throg. Any discussion. Kubby/ Phase 1 is from the city limits east to past the furtherest west drive of the school site. And that will happen this year and Phase 2 will be from the mostly easterly access to the school site to Mormon Trek but next year. Fosse/ That is right and we will need good weather next year to get all of that completed. It is a big project. KUbby/ Then when we have both phases done we will do landscaping for that whole stretch, from Mormon Trek to the city limits. Fosse/ Correct. Nov/ While you are here, Rick. When are we going to do pedestrian bridge along there. , Fosse/ Those should be constructed yet this summer. The contract has been awarded. If the beams are fabricated in time we should have them in before winter. Horow/ Okay, thank you very much. It has been moved and seconded to consider the resolution. Any further discussion. Roll call- The resolution passes. 1 (~ \ " ~ I , ,." F060794 , :li 'j" I' " ~, , ~I , . ~ ; Ir-:::-.... ~L.Om'" - --- ,..,...", .' , : '~' " , ....._' .~-:,:,;,;, \ ' ,d .:.:....:i2 ' : ". :,:,.::~,~; '; " "" "'I" " " " ; I~, ...' ;" ,')'";::;:T'::7":':\""""":':'~":;';.".,. "'1)"" ..." ': "'.I..o..l\!,: ,0."". ,I'"..,..,'" ',' ,,,.is,), ".. ", ' ',~\;~.., ,,:;:..~f,::,'-:::''',,:','I "". " ' ._,-',c,' ,':",,1:, ;.' /" <,' .'..,. . ,,',' .."y....,."'...'l, ,I ...:~,~ -;:",: ~>':'!' .."", ... f"\',:'::" .. ":;I,~:~::'; " , , ",..\1,.. ...::r. ..' .. \.~' .. ., ,., ""-'. .0 .:'..' '.\. , ,'; , " ,..,' .~. . ,-':~CL',,,. ~ .:i:.,:,,::.,-..:;;.:..'~;: ::.;.......;....~,;J.,.:~;!L.~~;,.c.'.;~r.:,:.;.;~::,'~."'~,,.:~~.~':.:. . . ,"f ._._...;:....._._w...,..........."',.,-..>;".,...."~''',,..lI'~-.:..,_...:.-; <. - ., '_.....~"-,~'.~.:.:.t";.;..,',.~:>."'::r.-~'.'.<~" ">CJ.,;:!.'~:,~.....'.l,'I....n,...",.a.;"_~__.~... ' . J, :.j Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7,1994 Page 13 ITEM NO, 11. PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTI. MATE OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIDEN LANE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. Comment: This project involves construction of a 64 foot by 8 foot precast concrete spandrel beam bridge across Ralston Creek between Court Street and Prentiss Street, The estimated cost of construction is $86,203. Funding for this project will : be provided by road use taxes. Action: t1 /) ~ t2f1e<,~ ITEM NO. 13 . CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATE OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OFTHE MAIDEN LANE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, ESTABLISHING AMOUNT OF BID SECURITY TO ACCOMPANY EACH BID, DIRECTING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS AND FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS AT 10:30 A.M. JUNE 28, 1994. ~:;,::"" ;;:;;~~ ) CITY COUNCIL INFORMA~:. ~ '-J ITEM NO, 12. ~>{- - I~,'l '. "- j,'.' &bJ ~~ ~ ~ .J;~ jM) ITEM NO. 14. REPORT ON ITEMS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. , I..! a, City Manager, '~.;.-;',* , ( I" \ . i d ,I '41- - .A.f711) ,"'&/1) ~ I r I b. City Attorney, btJ.J ,.P-!<<.4) .", r o .,1,', ,',ie' ...:@:::,.~~,."",":\",C '^"'" ''''''''C ,....~'" '"1;." '~:'.~, .)"" , ". .", t5 " . , ,'1", J.,,:li,.",.' '[]' " ,~ ,'i , ' " ,:' . . , ' " '",,""""".""':' ." ~:i;t,r", , " ..,. ',. :. "-,' "-' " ' "I", ".'" . ,", '." I" .. \ #12 page 1 Horow/ (#12) Moved by Nov, seconded by Kubby. Any discussion. Baker/ This is on June 28? Horow/ June 28, yes. Baker/ There will no doubt be some notice of my birthday that day. " :' Horow/ There sure will be, yes. Nov/ We will ask Rick Fosse to have cake. Baker/ I will be there. I would like to have a party. Pigott/ How old will you be. Baker/ I will be 35. Throg/ Is that your birthday. Horow/ Roll call- (Yes). '--', " ; ";. '1 , I , \ i ,i _n _I I , , .-1 , i ')"'-.' , ~ I I ! F060794 ',.', - '.'. ,'..".;, -j)q" ., \~"~'2' , ..-'..., ""::- ~~:~.~ }i\::' ",' ..' " ) "-::-':7~7\~.~~":I.~::.t:,f~,'~'\I\"WI:Il:\~l"1"~:~:'~"'~.:'','r..~-...,-~~..I','':':-:-",.~-r:,,:;'', 'I '0' ,l:J' ',' ';.,::'::;:'~'.',;'",:.;", -, I,;,:;;. ':,:...:';/~<:,"!,,~;.,,', ',", ,-" ,.'",,:'. ;<"'" t:' '. ',.) . """,':""""",O/!,,,,,,, I',....,,'.,',' " ""'J5,,, ")' '.. 'i''-;''-'~' :''''',i,:,.,l""..',\~.,.r:..:.:,..._.. ,//~:';_:'>":':':\':;;:")"I",:-,,:,:.'>!;: .; ". ::.:,,':~' , . ,.\.~'I~:,:,,'__"~I_:::,~';';i:,. " ,( ~::.. o , j"" -- " ';"'" . , ~'"l,., ,;. ..'< ~(": ..;. -' ~ (-. \ " .' (1 ,''';'""" \ I ' " -..... ,:C~o_ . ..". . ':':'. ~r ;'\\'. ' . . . '.. ~ , .. " ,~, , " ,. I'. . . .... -. ~ ._._. :.... d' '/.~,' '... .... C,".. . #13 page 1 Horow/ (#13) city Council Information. Baker/ Yes, I would like to recommend to the council that we take items #15-26 and do a blank deferral until next week. Horow/ Sorry. Pigott/ I have two things. First is this weekend is the kickoff, this Friday night, is the kickoff of the Iowa Arts Festival which is a week long celebration of our local arts talent and it ~s, as everyone in town probably already knows, a tremendous display of the artistic talent in town. I just wish that everybody come d.t. to the parking lot across from the Library Friday night to help kick off. Horow/ Is that the Taste of Iowa city. Pigott/ The band, the Orchestra Salsa Band and everybody will be dancing in the streets. So I look forward to that with great anticipation as do most residents I am sure. The second issue was one regarding the boards that have been displayed outside of bars in Iowa city and there has been some controversy about the whether those chalk boards or marker boards violate the spirit if not the real intent of the law. And I wondered, Steve, if you could just give us a rundown as to what the process is now. I understand Doug Boothroy is going to give an opinion. Or perhaps Linda would be the person to talk to about this. Atkins/ To follow up from last night, Linda and Doug and I will meet to prepare something to give you a memo pointing out whether that is in fact enforceable and we will do that fairly quickly. It seems to be pretty straight forward. Pigott/ And if it is not enforceable the next step is we- Atkins/ Can you legislate it? pigott/ Yes. Atkins/ I assume that is really very much up to you. Pigott/ Thank you. Throg/ It is too late. Nov / I would like people to know if they are still listening there will be a p.h. on adoption of amendments to the state's Water Quality Standards and this is June 8, tomorrow morning, 10:30 AM, Room B, Iowa city Public library. Also I have to say that F060794 - If -~ ),...,..," , . . .. - '..' ': :. ~ ., '" ",:,':',," .\:'c..,:' .,... .,1".' i,' - '0 ..... I I , , ,.. '. :-, ~'-' '; -"_:;~':' I' , ! , ' I , r I", " "''''''''I,''''S':''fO'''''i, . ~ ,U ," ....'1...'...'-..... ,.... ^ ~;j .. (" \ /'1 f'" ; I , i , ! '~ J 'I~. . l~'; -,'j l0 :0' , , (C~uo . Y l -' , . '~t \ 'I ',\. ~ '.... " , , '" ,.' . . " , .. .L . '.'."' ,'.:.. ~:J '.... _" __. . , ,..,C,"...."..__..... '. .,......'. '''''-'-''--'''~ #13 page 2 I went to a so called ground breaking in Coralville for the Highway 6 Extension and it turned out to be not a ground breaking but a ribbon cutting and the ribbon was up in the air and three of us stood up in the front of a front end loader and my grandson is absolutely thrilled. And I am saving my plastic so called hard hats in order to give it to him when he comes next. Horow/ I appreciate you stepping in for me, Naomi. I am sorry that I didn't tell you what you were getting into. Nov/ It was a complete surprise. Horow/ Is that all. Nov/ That is all. Kubby/ We have not gotten an update about the Adult Day Program and I am not asking for one now but if you could jot down a few paragraphs to update us about what the commi ttee' s recommendations are so that we can forward officially. Horow/ Sure. fi\ \.:J Kubby/ I had brought up an issue a couple of weeks ago about the escalating parking tickets and my belief that people should be able to tell the city which ticket the payment they are giving to the city is for. And ~Ie haven' t heard back from staff about that. Atkins/ I owe you a memo. It is on my list. Kubby / I also want to let people know about June 9, the Human Rights Commission is holding a p.h. at the Iowa City Public Library, Room A, 7: 00 PM, to discuss changes to our Human Rights Ordinance. We do a regular update and encourage people to go to that p.h. I do have a couple of other things. A couple weeks ago, it is very unusual for me to get 15 calls in a two day period about the exact same issue. So it caused me to investigate it a little bit. And the issue was a particular lawn care company who was giving prenotification but basically just saying we are going to be in Iowa city or we are going to be in your neighborhood Monday through Friday. And I talked to the company a little bit about what they were doing and it wasn't very helpful to people who were receiving the prenotification and just wanted to remind the residents that the state regulation says that people must notify you at least 24 hours in advance. They might be notifying you more than 24 hours in advance and that is quite legitimate under state law. But the prenotification must also say date and "1.1 F060794 .. -. 'l ), .,...:." ; ':,: .~ -,..";. , ' '1' , , " 5 ,j, ' " .. ;0, ,....li.....,) .", o. ""-:"-':\, ., .... ;:'. ,'j ..; ~",,' ~- I ! c~\ \\ \~ I~ I ) I ., II I I I k., ~ I -..., c- -, :, '. 0 " ~ . . ., ~" i ,"" , . ; '~t, ,'I;' " ' .~., .. . .~, ~:. " , '-;.,.., . '..... '.;_ :_._'!:__'.~"..:...~:;' .".~ _'_:""';"-'.''-' ,:-_!.v...-'_.....;__ 'I ,.' . . ~ " ,.- '~'. '\ . .. '.. '" ':'.'~ ",.: _""_'.:C,... .' .." ',~".-_ ,'"", ".~.._,...~ #13 page 3 approximate time of day of application. So if you are getting prenotified without that kind of specific information, I recommend before calling the Department of Ag. and Land Stewardship that you call the chemical company first and ask some questions and to tell them this kind of prenotification is not adequate. And if you get inadequate prenotification again, that you call the Department of Ag. and Land Stewardship to make a complaint against the company and you can reach them at area code 515-281 3981. Anybody can call me at home to get that number, the Public Library, Des Moines information. And I have one last item. And that is in our last issue of the Iowa League of Municipalities magazine. But it says that this month they are going to be gathering to create a document of the state of the cities for Iowa. And mostly what I fear will be in the document will be a huge whining session about mandates and what I would like us to do as a council is to ask our mayor to write a letter saying that it is not the mandate that we are screaming about because most of the mandates from the state and federal government to many of them are concerns for environmental health and public health issues. And I don't mind state and federal government talking to cities and telling cities you need to do some things. I think there needs to be some flexibility in those regulations and I think there should be money coming down. But what is happening is the conversation is shifting from the public health policy to saying we don't want to do them and I don't think that is really the message that I want to participate in maldng. So I would like us to write a letter to ask that the emphasis be talked about the benefits of those. Horow/ I don't disagree with you on this but I am glad you brought it up simply because this city is taking part with the local government environmental council that has essentially said to DNR here we are and we are ready to help you. We are ready t help you carry out those guidelines, help you write the regulations and in other words we are taking a positive approach towards it rather than just saying no and I would prefer to have the letter or our contribution to the state of the cities be positive in terms of what we can do. KUbby/ That is exactly what I am asking for. Horow/ Great. No problem. Kubby/ Is a letter to say we are not whining. I am really tired of whining by public officials all across country about this and I want us to be taking positive stand- Horow/ Yes, I would rather take a positive stand myself. Great. F060794 )",~,.-::.,.....::,..,.;".',:..",.,..":,;",.:..,:",, , 0' ,:,,' \ . . ~ :,;;":,-;"-,'.,,,' .:', 'v';' " . :;;,.',,', "J;'~:'.'.' , ... ,'., !'.! '~ ?"S' : 10> , I,.., "("""""') .... ;. ~' I' . . " l (-"',\ \ ',' \ /~ " , I I I : I , i I i ~: j . i l . ,,' "-l.~;" l'r ~, ( f, ~: (r,,-, 0,' ,~ .' ,1"'1 :" , "It" "\.\'1:, '.. .... . ~. : . , . ~;"""'-'-";'."',,,,,,,,,_-- . , , ' ,~.".", ~~,~.,>,''''':;'''- .-,'- .... ,(.,' .. . . ......,....-....,'''....-- #13 page 4 Kubby/ As well as, I read in there that the Mayors of the Nasty Nine, the Mayors of the Big Nine Metropolitan Areas in Iowa will be gathering to talk about some policy input and I would like people to start thinking about how we can give input to Sue so she can represent us at that meeting instead of just being Sue representing the city. She needs to represent all of us. She needs our help or else her only choice is to talk about her issues. Horow/ You know me, I don't mind talking about my issues. But I see through glasses public health anyway. So if you have any other angle, let me know, and that meeting is 30 of this month. Anything else. Atkins/ For Karen's information and the rest of council, the large city mayors have really been I think fairly positive about the mandates. They hate being painted as anti this and anti that because they complain about the mandates when they recognize the importance of the state and federal government being able to set these broad agendas ut the problem is you keep denying us the resources to carry them out and the mayors have been pounding away on that point. Kubby/ And that is what gets heard then and the other stuff gets lost. And I guess I really do have one more-And that is we had letters out to different communities asking if they would be interested in joining us on a petition to the Department and Ag. and Land Stewardship about sign changes state wide for post notification for pesticide application and wanted to know- Horow/ We got one reply from Waterloo. KUbby/ I know that some officials in Dubuque and Cedar Falls are interested also. I would ask permission of council to do some follow up calls to the people that Sue sent the letters to just to see what their silence indicates. I don't believe it n~cessarily indicates no or yes. Horow/ Great. Go for it. Kubby/ That is all for now. Horow/ There is one precinct that is still out. As of right now the Johnson County county race: Sally Stutsman is the leader, 4,882 votes; Steve Lacina is next with 3,772 votes and Rusty Martin is last with 3,268 votes. That is one precinct still out. This has been a heavy voting and that is all we have got because they have got a heavy- F060794 - ),.,-,'"..,.,,"',' : .::-"'1:., " ".-", :;;'::,' . .....-. ::'Y", "'" ' , _',~, "'i"'-'''''' .;.', "/.. '\ , , 0 '.,-'-'>"'",\ ...'..... , I ,I ,.' . " ' @) :,,' . .) '! ~5' ,lef . . '.. " "~.,,,., .". , '. '; >..~'" . . :. ;:::~~:';'~"l' .,..:,.. :,ft .. I ;~:/<~';'" ., , r: .,"" .~ , " ,.... I '., . ,,"' '.1 '., ~ ' co ..'.... . ..'... .;, , ' , .'. ,:;:~'~.":"',;"",,,,,,,,~,,"';;,""'~~_"N~"--'-';"::"';'~"'~^'"' \', , , ,," "'.,,;...~,,,.,J:, ":.,.....~,._,~.~'-......;....,.__._,.;......_, ::_;_.__".~.. I, , ! 1 ,I i 1 l : ! I #13 page 5 Kubby/ We focus on local stuff around here. Nov/ That is our focus but I just wondered if you had anything else. Horow/ No, that is the best I can do. Pretty good actually, having tried about three or four times to get it. I just wanted to mention-Thank you, Marian, for getting that for us. I wanted to mention that last weekend, as some of you might have read in the Press citizen yesterday I think it was. Last weekend a group of boy scouts from several troops around town, under the direction of Mike Finley, provided approximately 190 service hours spreading wood chips on the trails on Hickory Hill Park. Chips were provided by our Forestry Division. While the scouts were unable to complete the whole of the trail system, they did put forth a substantial effort. So I would really like to thank them very much and their families for supporting them on this. That is about all we have. ,I CD \ ;' ! i I I i~\ ~ ~.,\ \ " \ .'\ f~ I i ! I ! ~ I I" . " \ :~ F060794 , , , Ie; , ,..,,',,';..:,'....,. ,'. ",.,.~,,\ - .,.,','."., 1-"" "W"", n' ""''''",,''''~''-''''-- , p,', '.'1 \ '\ ~ \11. 0" -., A" , 'v\", . .) ~ (!,' . I .~", . .... . , .)':' :,' " '\.' ' T1r ~ r , "1 ;, , " r:""':.'~.I'o;.;"c 1',.' .'."',' .." ..:, '."" ':.'11,' . ,,', :'. is,;, ' ), , r,' . ~ ,,'. : ." " . {:' I::~' ~,' .1',' ~~~~2~":f.,' ' ),~':':' , ~':\ l~ . I I , ,! ;',1 :,':j :i j ;' ~ #14a page 1 Horow/ (#14a) city Manager. Nov/ Dale, do you want, well I don't know. Is your meeting on ADA pUblic, can anybody come? Do you want to put that in the record here. , '. . ~ . Helling/ Anybody can come. We didn't post it as a public meeting but basically it is, again, a group trying to form a coalition to work on community compliance and it is tomorrow morning at 11 0' clock in Room A of the Library. We have invited a number of people who have expressed interest. But certainly anybody is welcome to come. ,I Horow/ Thank you. " '. ) ", ,i I .i -, j ". ') <>'1 ,: .;r~~ I F060794 " :'t....:,., ,~ ~ - t .. .., " : ',;: !_; ~ , ,," '-, ,']"7'7! i~';':::':",'~\"":':""'",:"'c"~,';:':;"r~'"'''''~T,'.'....".::."';.';:,!"[]'..:.\T,i. :,II."~"'::',~:,:.:::::~?',:,\~':~;" " :+';'.;~.i{;<.,.." ':,~i';/;','>'::::.':'_"~':";"'.'i~: _: .;, .', ,.:'" ,,>,,;';:, ":;:'.:'." ; :,;';:'~ " ",...,'....,.".."0.\,,, " ,)",., "",', '.... . .' ,.:.1,5.. \,' . >' ',\::.":; '-,,' , . _'_I, . , , '''',.)' ,;r.<~.;:,'?:>}.':;.>~~\,:f:.'::,:!:::,!.',",;, ',; '. -,:' ,;,-.~,' ~1 ',i::,:,;:,:;,,.i,,',,.,,,,.;~.~"~. '~,.".'...O :L._ ',',0 ,'.. t_."..,..., ' " ~" ..,', .. '. ,_:};'"( ~~{.?":" .:' ,:-~: " '; ~)'~t:~'I,\,. , " "~. '," 't' ,.' " '-", ',I., . "; :, . ,'"':", . . -, ,', .' '. . ._~.:.__J~~;;...,..d~...,;.,~~.,j"...o.';.;,~;...;,~,..L"~' ~,~""__._._.,o.;,:,:.~.~~"....;.~,-"......;,,,,,,,:,,~..",..":~__'__~__'0';' ','i i i I i, #14b page 1 Horow/ (#14b) city Attorney. ',,' Gentry / I want to remind you about our welco)11ing and farewell brunch in the city Attorney's office library. We are saying goodbye to Bill and Marsha and welcoming Sarah and Tom. Thursday, from 11 AM until 2 PM will we have brunch. <.,' Horow/ Great. Thank you. " -- !. , I@ " '! .,.,'[ '", , , ,'," r~ \ \ l~ ! I I I ! ~ , I I i I " " , " l ' ~ ~~:',' i\"r: L.:... ..;"', F060794 rc ,j 0 " ' '/" " ' --,... ".::;","'., , , , \.';' 1'-'><C"~.."^:""':~.'''.,..,.''''.".,., ."',",",""C .',<,":'.':'-;:':~':':,:J::::.:' - .:/:;:::,,-,1,,; '\.;~;t~~-,.'-,:: ',::" . ~. '\ ,,', : ',,',.;, ,,\ " " ,B.,' "0,,,,,,, ,\,\"" ,,' ' ,;!,:l;'\.'-":')\ " ,I, ."..~", >.,/,!.<.,:,:,/.;,!,,;(..~.: ._' , '; . "~,I '..j...',.,...,,'" ','I".....,"'.:,;,:".,', ,,' 0" 'J5"'>v." " " r ,r'., " ..,;~.":l",',"\i,,.:.; :~:~r. ,",""; . ,',r:. . "':'''-''-'-' " "I' . "'''_\.\li' " t: .f, " .>1 -~"'::r'.' '. ';,! ~\, ,~';." 'I.', .~ . , ,~. , i " "'. ,""1' ,.' . . ~ . ~ ".-' . ...... :C~r;>,<L,i:,_~.;,,~ ~...r;'; ;.:~ '" "~'~~:L.;,:::., '..~."..'..:~~.;~:~ti~~: ~_::". ,~.~:~~"'""''"''''.;.~..~~_~~ Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 14 I' I 1 j , ITEM NO. 15- q"i--I(!'~ CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING AGREEMENT NO, 92-F.9 RELATIVE TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MELROSE AVENUE BRIDGE WHICH SPANS THE IOWA INTERSTATE RAILROAD NEAR KINNICK STADIUM. Comment: This document amends Agreement No. 92.F.9 entered into with the Iowa Department of Transportation on April 13, 1992, for the Melrose Avenue Bridge Replacement Project. The amendment allows for a two (21 year extension for location/design study report approval for this project, This is the second amendment relative to Agreement No. 92.F.9, The first amendment passed and approved by City Council March 2, 1993, increased the maximum project participation in Federal. Aid Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation funds from $650,000 to $850,000. Action: l-kw ~4 ~ ~-r CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREE- MENT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SOIL CONSER- VATION SERVICE RELATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN REPAIRS ADJACENT TO THE IOWA RIVER CAUSED BY THE FLOOD OF 1993. \'\~ I ~ ITEM NO. 16 - 9+-1e<'\ ,,',., Comment: This agreement stipulates that the Soil Conservation Service will provide for 100% of the cost of certain repairs adjacent to the Iowa River caused by the flood of 1993. Repairs include removing sedimentation from drainageways and storm sewers; stabilizing river embankments along Dubuque Street, Rocky Shore Drive, City Park, Crandic Park and Terrill Mill Park; and stabilizing and reinforcing the emergency spillway of the Iowa River Power Dam. The estimated cost of repairs is $244,000, This agreement requires the City of Iowa City to provide in.kind contribu. tion of design, construction inspection, and contract administration. G ("" ') Action: ~!~ 0~ ,jtlO~ ~/V k~ ~ CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO~ EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SHIVE-HATTERY ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, INC. OF IOWA CITY FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES RELATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM. .j' f1 I i ITEM NO. 17 . q~-r'iO i' Comment: This agreement provides for grant assistance and administration, design, bid and construction Inspection services relative to the Emergency Watershed Protection Program for certain repairs adjacent to the Iowa River caused by the flood of 1993. These engineering services will be provided at a cost of $65,500. Funding for these services will be provided by FY95 General Fund contingency. Action: Wu~ ~ a.~ \ .~ ,I ~' il; I~ I' , , , ,( f, '. " , o ". .','.' ...1.""'" 0'" '.'. . ';. ;:', -. 7' j:-..",.,~"",""","'"'''''.'''''''.e''_''-'''''''''''''l-''' "I" ',...'/> . ", ',,'::,,:'_j',:.~;:.I<:::',~~,"\':;.;o I',';' :"-:~:-. "~,~:'i:'.il", ",'':--''~ \. ',' ' ,I:,..,,:', ::'., '0"; ::,:, , , " ,..' '.",,',.'" '""." , ' ,'~ 5, y, ,.' "',' ";,,;,,..,, '..:""~ ,'.' ""1""- ..,~:.,:::.::',::..,,';:;::, : ".,' ',' .:'~, 'h,';,'.~..'~.:',,,,~.;,,,,,.<1 ..... - - mm" '0' " '1\"':' l'.- ' I.." 'j I , , , '":"- .. "'~-, ~' " , i I I ~l ("~"- .', 0 'I" __,___, ". ;,:. '."'" i"j- ", ',".~ """ " .". ,..t\~ I.~ .'. ~ " . .,1," ,"" . ,~, ,( ",'.T. 1 -."'~, .',; ,.' ..,' ~,'.-.., '.".' '~;_,:", ". ~."'; -,,'.";'''.' .:~-..ti_; ;'1", ;',,'.."', . #16 page 1 Horow/ (#16) Moved by Kubby, seconded by Pigott. Any discussion. KUbby/ Yes, when it says stabilizing river embankments, I would hope that we would look at various options and that not every embankment needs this the same thing and what I really don't want to see happen-I don't think this is it but just to say it out loud is I don't want rip raf everywhere. Fosse/ That is probably the option that we will look at and the reason for that is the type of flood that we experienced last summer, the vegetative protection didn't hold because it was under water for so long that those plants died and the roots were eroded away and there are some good examples of that in that stretch of the river in Iowa City and Coralville. Little pieces of rip raf were quite stable but the other parts of the bank that were protected by plants and vegetation didn't survive. KUbby/ Is it possible to do rip raf with vegetation growing through it. It may get ripped out during a huge flood but the rest the time of the year it looks overgrown with green. Fosse/ I don't know if it is or not. We can look into that. I don't think we can get trees growing up through there very well. Usually things do start growing on it. KUbby/ I know there are some grasses that might be able to work among a rock. I would like us to look if there are other options than just rip raf. I mean this is a great program but if all we have on the river bank is rip raf to me that is not as positive of a way of doing it if possible. If that is the only way we could do it, that is the only way we could do it. Horow/ consistency sake- Nov/ Some of the areas I have seen you are going to need something like putting some dirt in order for the rip raf to have something to sit on. Fosse/ Yes, there will be some grading before the rip raf is placed. Nov/ It is just about to the edge of the sidewalk. By the way, speaking of sidewalks, can you include something like an ordinary drainage ditch storm water kind of thing. Fosse/ Some of those along Dubuque street are included in this. Horow/ okay. Roll call-(yes). F060794 r I I I I i I. ,I I' , I I I I I 1 V 11_ ,,: :-0,: Z)...,""',..,""'''''''''.i''''''I'''.'''' . "" " ..::f',~;'..' _:', .';, ';....:-. \' ,'. " ,'" ..'!.,: ': . ,',' .''',' ".' :',:;L.'" ),.\'::}:: " .,' '. '. .I~' -. '.'_'_ __," " ",. '..I'....'......-.~'''._.r .:_.,;J,~;\',.. "".."...."..'.".0' ..,~, " " , . '. ,. i5 '.', " . '" f'" ' " " " :' .- " "', "J' , .,"..'.,\,...... ..,-J , ,~: " .:'.' ." "'. .... -.I~' .,,' ' .{ ."" . ~~:_,~'r< . :.. 'r,'.' ~, ..,....,., , " , ""',':'.'."-"f .,' #17 page 1 .... : \ I i I i . ~, I , \. I I Horow/ (#17) Moved by Nov, seconded by Throg. Discussion. I guess, Rick, this is where we would ask Shive if it is at all possible to plant among the rip raf to kind of investigate if that is possible. Fosse/ We will have them look into that and also the SCS may be able to give us some advice. I should note that two of the three components of this contract are not to exceed so that the actual price could be less than what is listed. ; .,! "I , i , , , ~; Horow/ So that should be at a cost not to exceed $65,500. Okay Great. Thank you very much. Roll call- (Yes). " , " ..'" -< '..' ~;'T 'J~', ,".: (~. \~ ~ I t ~ I I i i I I II I I ': i ""', F060794 .," " 'I;. ,\C-O '-,,;'",' ,-,-- - " , , " ' .\ . ' " ,,',',:j ," . ,.:., "'""..;,il'I,;,',ijr,. . )." _. """""~"''''''''''',''''''''''I"--'''''-'''!''''~''''''"'"'~''-''.-,.,.,,--:,...........,', ',",'," , 'c.',".;c,~':',: ,.\ ", .',....,, ' ", " '0" ;",:,,;:,,;::,,<.);:/.,;:.;,::::", ;'.',:',::-\i/:':"'~-;~;::\:'<:;.:,:':.: " "" 'r',- ":"r'r':" _ :.~, '::";: """,.""",,.,0,,,,,;,,,, ,,',:' ,",', " ,: :IS,,,,, ,."') :"1'/.1.':;'.""'<: "'-~"""-.. 7.".,~,.', /~f,:> ::)'/"-r.!-:I::~>';",_ ' ':,. <,-","",.::,:~,..,..::~.,..,."f::,r ":<.' ",'.',::, , '~_.l.t ~~{~;(t;'.r":."" , .. .._....:.:..:...._:"'~.:...;.~~;;....;~."'....v~~2.;J~~L~a_;;.< ;:,':: '-'/; :.:-,:,::- ",.,<i'J . ' ' I ,~:'..;;.:""j:;:,:;'~.:'if'\t? .~"'I'''~~''''.rn'I''~l\~_.~........~...''t-----:--.':'"~''":I-:-;' j \ ',' ,-- "I.!: 1:;;:;;'!).,'>I:,;'\,.,. '..... ,i\ '.'. ",""5'i;;;.,/ ,r1'){ r'.r,(.'.f.'''{,....l'-','.,_....I,.".-'''''._,;::.~':''. .. {."t. "":: .W).- .. "', <, -'" "_,-,,.:,\' , ';'..' :,J :,. .', ,'-' ,',,' ,: " ....., .. ,'__"" " I. '. '.' :,..._ I." ::"':""~'I ''''~;;\'''' .'. ...:;',i},' Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council, Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 15 ITEM NO. 1B . q't~ 1'11' CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST CONTRACT'FOR THE IOWA CITY SENIOR CENTER EXTERIOR REPAIRS PROJECT. Comment: The bid opening for the Iowa City Senior Center Exterior Repairs Project was held May 31, 1994 and the following bid was received: E&H Restoration, Inc. Davenport, Iowa Base: Add Alternate #1: $ 78,525 $ 33.607 $112,132 Architect's Estimate $ 83,800 Public Works and Engineering recommends awarding this contract to E&H Restora. tion, Inc, of Davenport, Iowa, Funding for this project will be provided from fund balances and repaid from the Senior Center operating budget over the next four to five fiscal years. ".' Action: J2uu '(\) 1 ~... . ~, o/~ iMV~ ~Ui~ CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAY. OR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AN AGREEMENT BY AND BE- TWEEN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY AND R.M. BOGGS CO. TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FLUE REPAIR SERVICES AT THE IOWA CITY SENIOR CENTER. ,'0 ''-, " :) , ;.-.. ,-:l , ITEM NO. 19. ~+~ ('12. I i I , _00'.:..:.1 I ! ,oj 1 Comment: Due to a recert spring wind storm the flue cap at the Senior Center was damaged. Upon inspection it was discovered that the entire flue had seam welds broken leaving large holes in the entire length of the flue, creating a dangerous situation that could allow carbon monoxide to enter the building. Carbon monoxide detectors have been placed on each floor to allow continuous use of the building while flue repairs are undertaken. R.M. Boggs Co. has submitted a proposal for both temporary and permanent repairs to the flue totaling $10,340, It Is the recommen. dation of staff that Council approve this expenditure and repairs be immediately undertaken. Funding for this project will ba provided from fund balances and repaid from the Senior Center operating budget over the next four to five fiscal years. '. " r , ~ ~ .;t',J;r (- ~\,: " '~~,~ 1\ Action: (~/~ ~~ 0/'0 ~t'~ f-'~ o , . ,. l " ',',. '~<,::': "~;,,;~-:.' ",,;: ':. " " ---_.._.......:.._-~.....;.;~. 'I I ,~ ",1 . . ~" . .' r .. . . .~"'.~'-:~'~;">, ~~ ~-' !-:,;.',. ~,;_;-",\,,;::'.'.'-J _.~<..';,1:' ,~... - '.' ; ...;, "'~', ,I ~; '.' , ' I " -'-'.- .,. ',," ,.. :f /- " .:.' . ,-,,,.' .:.;., _....:..~_;...... ~,~_,._:"'-........n~:':'''''::''''.~,...."..,."" ,.'..,_,~. ,~'o1.'''''~"'.' -::,;':J~'.., ",;t~,LJ'':''''~, ',\,\,Q ...;i"......~....,_.-,.;~c....:.:-~..;... '.__ #18 page 1 I 'I , , " : '.! Horow/ (#18) Moved by Kubby, seconded by Throg. Discussion. Kubby/ I usually don't like to support something that just has one bid but this has been the second time we have tried and I think we made a good faith effort to get competition and we didn't get it. So I will support it. Horow/ Roll call- (Yes). Great. Thank you very much. I .,1.' .'j I I i ',"! , , , I \ , ' , \ " i I .-.' .j " 1 " 1,' I II I ~ i I II I, I r~ 1]) F060794 r -'~ ~ ' I,' 0_,; ',' , .',,:,:,., , ,'~"" - - - -. " " .,,:' ",',:,.~..);\; ,_:. ,i:'" ", ':~"i: 0 ", ,.~L);.~?';N':,':',"':'\"" ~~,.,,,,""""~ ..... ...,~,.:~_..,~,:lJ~); "\'" '.' ,;;:~:i', . "\." ~~ I' ", : . i~i(.-'. 0, -: f. :';"",';"'. -t'I" .'....\.: " .' ;~. " , " ,.. . . " ',' ...:."..~:..\ ... -~-, , " .~,:', .._~.''''''__ ~4_'':'~' .~::~" ~_. _\ ~ ~ _"''':'>'<"'''_'~ __ "__":"__'__'~"'M~__~_-'-"'__'_, . ....._,_"_,~___._~,_,a,.___..__,',' ' Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 16 I ITEM NO. 20 . ~ CONSIDER RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING THE MA VOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1994 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR PROJECT. CAPITOL AND DUBUQUE STREET PARKING RAMPS. Comment: The bid opening for this project was held May 26, 1994, and the follow' ing bids were received: lOTAL AL1HlNAlE TOTAL BASE BID BID NO.1 , , , ! -""] Advanced Chemical Technologies, Inc. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma $163,393.16 $12,675.00 Northwest Waterproofing and Restoration Co" Inc, Rock Island, Illinois $203,756,20 $16,550.00 Harry S. Peterson, Co, 8ensenville, Illinois $210,540.70 $19,500.00 --'.,-' , : Specialty Construction Services Madrid, Iowa $228,352.00 $9,402.50 I , ,; 1 , , i 'I I Engineering & Contract Services, Inc. Des Moines, Iowa $234,720,00 $8,812,50 Weidner Williams Contracting Co" Inc. Omaha, Nebraska $307,663.70 $19,903,50 I I' I " ;......~:... '". [ (~} \J ! Engineer's Estimate $205,976.00 $17,310.00 Public Works, Parking & Transit recommend awarding this contract (total base bid plus alternate bid no. 11 to Advanced Chemical Technologies, Inc. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Funding for this project will be provided by parking revenues, I, Action: J\~/P~ fl, ITEM NO. 21 . 1~~~ CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CHANGING THE NAME OF ABER AVENUE LOCATED IN TV'N CAE, PARTS 1 & 2 TO ABER AVENUE WEST. I I r'l ,I , :'l~ Comment: On February 4, 1993, City Council approved the final plats for Park West Subdivision' Parts Two, Three and Four. With these plats the decision was made not to connect the two sections of Aber Avenue but instead to extend Teg Drive to connect with the easterly section of Aber Avenue (located in Bryn Mawr Heights' Part Thirteen). Due to the non.connected nature of Aber Avenue, the emergency services of police, fire and ambulance have expressed concerns relative to future problems with respect to response time. Therefore, the change in street name is herein proposed. '~ Action: ~ ~ , , .J' c.... ....... " 0 , ' ',. ----- -~' '4-. jj"-"""~"""'~"'" ,~'''".""... ........ ',,' ,,:,:,' 01 ' ,-,;"" '\ ' ,'" -,I,.;" ,',', ,l,.' 1,1 ....,..._.,..,^:'~~~- ' ".....' ,':" ..I"'..'.......,' "1..',';"("', '0":' .' : - . c'... IS ,:" ':, A,..",'...':.. .., ",.,"0..,.,1"',"'" '. ;. 'fj;j;;1/i1;~~: ,~'.'; ., ,,' . '..... . 'It . . .",\.\1.'- . I,.. ',' " , .~.. ,.' " . "'.t'. ~; .:...~~_.... \.~~, .:;.:, ':"::., ::_". ~ '. ~ ...,....,...~._..~,.,-_.,. B,___ ,-",~'",--'..'.,.. Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting June 7, 1994 Page 17 ITEM NO. 22 - 04-- (~ * CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CHi\NGING THE NAME OF THE EAST 144.3 FEET OF TEG DRIVE LOCATED IN PARK WEST SUBDIVISION - PART FOUR. TO ABER AVE- NUE. Comment: This street name change will provide at the site, identifiable starting and terminating points for Teg Drive and Aber Avenue: Aber Avenue will be located from approximately the westerly right-of-way line of Aburdeen Court to the east, Teg Drive will be located from approximately the westerly right-of-way line of Aburdeen Court to the west. Action: ~A{tf'rI'tr C?~/ &Puw Mev % ~ CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BUDGETED POSITIONS IN THE C~ ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CONFIDENTIAL PAY PLAN. ITEM NO, 23- N~ \'1',1) Comment: Due to a reorganization of duties in the City Attorney's office some of the responsibilities of the Administrative Secretary will be handled by the Legal Assistant, The position of Administrative Secretary will be replaced with the position of Administrative ClerklTypist which more accurately reflects the revised duties of the position, ~ Action: 1~1 k~ J:bw '/IJ ~ CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32.1, ARTICLE VI, ENTITLED "PARKING FACILITY IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE" BY AMENDING SECTIONS 32.1- 115, AND 32.1-123. IPASS AND ADOPT) ITEM NO. 24- qi- 3b21 (...~: J" (~'i \\. ~ ~ :: r 1 I " : I , I : I Ilr -lL" ,.11fl . )', (.m 0 Comment: The proposed ordinance amendment establishes a mechanism of annually adjusting the parking facility impact fee, Action: ~) n~ ~ p4-w ~~ ~/[) ~ . ~ ITEM NO. 25. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) ! .1 Comment: In September of 1992, the City awarded contract 10 Sterling Codifi- ers, Inc. of Weiser, Idaho, to reformat the Iowa City Code of Ordinances. City staff has worked with Sterlihg on reviewing and updating the present Code, and recommends adoption of the proposed Code with minor amendments that are on file in City Clerk's office, A public hearing was held on the proposed Code on May 10, 1994, and no one appeared, Effective date of the proposed new Code of Ordinances is September 1, 1994, Action: ~/~ ,~~" fb'AJ /Sf'CIJIP , ~d) ~~ ~ ~ -~~~'.-- )",,',........",..'." "',\""-"'"",'" ";"'....'.1,:,.. i"'.5"...,..."'. 1'0" 'i,.,:",., 0,;,.:..,\: ':' ~. . " . .... ~..." . '. , , ,~:., '. - _.::. ,,:'.':::' ~.~~. ~>\";'. . .'~ ;.; '.;" .~, 1 '.' j ( ) pl I I I , ~ r (I', iJ ~~ (,' ,. :,' "., ", ." " ~ ~ , '.;:, . '~":':;:~;~~';'!'~"';''; " " ...., . 'I.~' .!; , , t-~. , . ~:_';~:~~i;:~.'~'~~r...~....:,~L.,~~~~_~~~:,... ' ,'~ ., "";'.., , '. ..; ......:..:.,;......:.:..."",.....,.U.....,................:~.~."''''-:..''''.....,~.....~.,U.,..",,,';",,. ,..,~,,", :.",:-,~~,;!.,;.' ;:,~..::.".,.....,'."...,..."..~...;.~;.......___ _ ' " #25 page 1 Horow/ (#25) Moved by Nov, seconded by pigott. Discussion. This is first consideration. Nov/ This is first consideration and we have to say with great deference to our city attorney and our city clerk a job well done. pigott/ Yes. Horow/ Yes. Thanks. It was monumental undertaking. Kubby/ And within that big task I did not take responsibility to read the ne~l code, compare it to the old code, see every change. And just by chance I looked at one of the changes and felt that it would create many households being illegal in terms of their compost piles. So there has been-one of the significant changes from when the city clerk and city attorney and staff went through it was the definition of compost pile. I still have some problems with it and still think that about 50% of the community is going to be illegal and I think we need to-It is like a budget. There are going to be things you don't like and things you do like and we are going to come upon some of these specifics through experience and at that point we will need to deal with the specifics of the language in the new code. I also cannot stand, this is very picky, the kind of binders that we received the code in because you can't turn the pages very easily with the kind of angle that the ring is in. So I hope we get binders that make our new functional code more so. Horow/ But they are certainly better than the original ones. Those original ones were enough to drive me crazy. Kubby/ And I look forward to the new index so I can find stuff I need. Horow/ It is a fantastic job, it really is. Thank you very much. Nov/ I look forward to returning the old style. I wan to give it- return it. I want somebody else to have it. Horow/ Roll call- (Yes) F060794 ..."'f . '. ",",., "',..', ,,::,,';,.. ' '::,.:,'"'\~;;nY":''':':'{'"'.''''':''-::'''. " . '. ~.:', ',,', Co':,', :'!,~:,:'.".J~,. "'\:~'-dI::,t':'\..:>,:..:,' .....", o ~ . I'" , . "",:, \ " .' :. i I' ", I' I : t . I I I I". ',;. A ',:.t:.!J .\' ., ,/ ..; , "'..r.':"", ',"I",.[]'''./',' 'fJ5,':':' ..." L, . '4' ':,,': /1 "', .,.. .''',1 ,.,,,,:..,,,,", ,');,!. ;;:i~};t'/.' . . ,.' ".-. . "-:, ", ':'.:, ,'" ",.._~_":,,:_-":"~'...:.._ " ";a..' . ,; Agenda Iowa City City Council ' Regular'Council Meeting June 7,1994 Page 18 ITEM NO. 26 - CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32.1, ARTICLE IV, SUBSECTION 23-277, SCHEDULE FEES OR CHARGES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, BY AMENDING SECTION 32.1-63, ARTICLE IV, SUBSECTION 23-277, PARKING FEES AND CHARGES IN CHAPTER 23. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) , .,<] 7felYl NO. . bl7 - IJhL o-dddtdY) ITEM NO. 2! - ADJOURNMENT. h 00 t?Jf4- \i. :..'- , " ',' : Comment: This ordinance amends Chapter 32, Section 32-1-63, subsection 23-277. This amendment will increase hourly parking fees in the Capitol Street ramp (Ramp A) from $.50 to $,55 per hour and in the Dubuque Street ramp (Ramp B) from $.45 to $,50 per hour, The intent of this increase is to provide additional funds to the Transit Division to fund paratransit service (SEATS), The effective date is August 1,1994, Action: ~4 / /~ to/tJ ~ ~J/, ''''''-{ I , i ..' j .-, , , I 1 , Q~ )1~ /()',t-f5 DOO~ ,I _"I I i I , , : ~ .,~ Ji (-'J ffl ~ , ":-:1 : '","': ,;"..,', ,,",.,",,., ' ',"". '<':",..:'..,.',.,.",.'..'::y,,;-,;'s;O\..;\8']'".,..' "~;Ui?~!',.';:7~,,""~:'''',~...~''.''~.~.'.'''.[~;'TY,"':'.0""+:" " "'" ,,' """" ,,.) ..,'"..I,..,.',~" ''\''''''''1' ,,' ' " " 'J t. """ ' '1' ~ _' '~' " ," h.' ,.'. : 0' "'.' ,!~.j~')\"::,<',.;,fj, .')::~, '<' );,,;-..~f, :'~_,'~'/'~;',,,;, L:"u, r:;.~i F' ,- I .' .' " ',' ",0' I, ,'. , , .' 'j", ,~{,,:,}.: ;.>;..:~;;'r;" ., ' \. .:':-.'i ''-'::::-/i::~'~i.':' .,' .'.....' ..,',..... "," 'j,., ..' " ~~. , '" " . ,~' ;,_ l: .' ',' ,.. 1"'(' ." " . , . ;'. . '.., , .. ,i{::;';'l:"~:'X:,,", _"";~,,,;~'c~",,",,~,;'c,";;,!;;,.,; i;~Ll;,::~sJ:,;.i:,i2U@"'';'';;'':''''IJ:;;;';;:';;;''''"'':':''L;";;;~''';'::'",f:.i'';i';:'',;";"";,_,;",,,,,,,~,!,,;,,",',:,,,",,,;,~"~.".,.~,.~,,"'""~:;..,,,"' , , \. i . ",1 " .' City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM I .,. .". To: Mayor, City Council and General Public From: City Clerk " Date: June 7, 1994 " ' ':- ,~ Re: Additions to the Agenda ,-, : "I " , ! i Item #4e(7l Letter from Penny Bryn Neighborhood Assn. regarding safety issues of speed and traffic on Teg and Aber Drives. , Item #27 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING UNPAID SANITARY SEWER , ' SERVICE UTILITY CHARGES TO JOHNSON COUNTY FOR COLLECTION -.'.-- IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROPERTY TAX. (Baculisl Comment: The City Attorney requests this item be deferred to the June 14, 1994 Council meeting. -K~/ n~ chfW (, ~t/ (iJ}(L ~ " , , :j'.'.j,.' ;\ . ';".,.,.'" . , " . ",,", ,'.,,,'. ',', :',.,y',-' .... " ..'",,' ",.'" ',I''':' , \" ' ...,-...._~~""~..~~/<l"".r."::r.ll'~~t~;1\'.Im-~~'!/.f.~.<f".":~.'i"~~.."., .', '. ;I,,-,~~..'ti': , , """:.""('I<':,i~';:,o'>:)~J"i;"i,"'\' ", " ",'/jS,i.i, ,171: 'l i,-".' ...,'...::.;.',',.,',..".I,....,:,~J.<"....~.(............ ,,"1'"""""""'"'''''''''''''' " fl......",...... ,~...r .' " ......,',..,..", '., ',....".,~ ~';"":"''''''''''i,'.-:',/:!..l'.;;'.'' " " ;""",: :',- ""'~,:-<..:';',~,t'''''l:i-'';' "; ".' L~';;: c '.!',' . 0 ,;-. v ...:.;':..," ":'1,: ,=&:3" ' ''I., ," " ' ....'-l .;. ..'. - <I ',' ", ',' .::':";'-'~h~i,;.:" ' :'~ '.....:. . ..~. ,.1 \\(: .',\ ' . ~ ' .l -' '. . ',' 'I" : ">:':':~,":: ~:...:-,...:i;~l.:.,~.:,-.d';.'~I.:.~~.~j~~'~~~:;~:~~:~::.":~;~~,~,~~~;.:.;~"~.~t"';',",~,,__,,,,__:, . ""':.j" '/ :' . ~ ';,' . . , , ..,. .' ,,' -" ';', ,..,' . , , , , _ '..L. 'c-.' _. __... ~"':';:;";'''':-''''''''''''''.-'#",-",-'''r""",,' "-' ,."t;...'.,.."'.,'1::r_. ',,\,~..: ,:,. :-;;'1.-, ""'~'.j,,,l._v.."..'~~':';': ,,,,,-,-,,,,.., ,........~'"-"""........,....- " ',' ,~,. ;' , , City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM , 1 To: yor, City Council and General Public , I From: !' Date: i "I Re: Additions " , Item #27 CONSIDER A SOLUTION CER FYING UNPAID SANITARY SEWER SERVICE UTILlT CHARGES TO aOHNSON COUNTY FOR COLLECTION IN THE SAME MA ER AS P OPERTY TAX. (Baculis) " requests this item be deferred to the June , 1 I ] I I ..'.. < / , \ I . \ , , --'-I i , i , i , , ') ;-"'1 1 \~ fl>l I i ! ~ ! ! '! I , I I I, II i I ~ ~ LJ " ;.':'.f' ", (( 0 """ "j: '"" " , ", , ., __,u____' , -.-- .', n~"",. i, -...- ,,' '. '" .1-..':. ....,~.:)!,';\ ,'''-"~'-'''~O'''''"'''''''''''''"'''---''T'.'''' , 'I ' ,,1 _...',i~:,,:~::;:?,',ii'2L_~::,:'.:i' ",:';,. ." ":' '",? ~::,:",,,g.!r "f' -.- ( j: ~ ' . ,j 'I I J City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM i ; 1 , I DATE: June 3, 1994 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: Work Session Agenda and Meeting Schedule Monday June 6, 1994 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. City Council Work Session - Council Chambers TIMES APPROXIMATE - Review zoning matters - Maiden Lane/Rohret Road Parki ng Fees - Council agenda, Council time, Council committee reports Tuesday , 6:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:50 P.M. 8:00 P.M. " , .J June 7, 1994 7:30 P.M. Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers , ~ , June 13, 1994 6:30 P.M. - City Council Work Session - Council Chambers Agenda pending Monday Tuesday June 14, 1994 7:30 P.M. - Special Council Meeting July 4, 1994 INDEPENDENCE DAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED Council Chambers ( '\ Monday r1 r I' I, ! : July 5, 1994 Tuesday 6:30 P.M. . City Council Work,Session - Council Chambers Agenda pending 7:30 P.M. . Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers . ~ ",.J '" ,:,,':,,,,j .' 1 .' ~'-,~:. :":"",', '.:: ~ : .: ~":" ': - . ','. : ,',;"\:,':,,,J ,..",.'..,'\".'..",'::'."'.'1' """:'-:"':~:~1 /;;:. ::~'.:: :;,:. "::;,"., ':'::'~ - . " . ~ ;';' . ". - '.;' \ ~ )) o . .,:::~;i?~~,;r:~."~~~7..~.:) ,1::1::;:,:;;", ,,', .,.'''''''''._.....-,r."~ ','.'.'.,.....'1"'.1.,,:, ::,'\,' ','I'" I','''''''''' O"'! ",' ' '/)5"'\("" .' ,'.~ ' ,I . . ',',;.". ~::'" ,':,:':"-"L;'t,.,l..",~\,-,,;.~~ .........