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Home My WebLink About1994-07-11 Info Packet .,', ,~~.:.. ~",." '.':... .' '_:,::"b. "'j ,,'. ',~t ,';', , ~ . ' ',' '.' '~: " .. . " ,."; .~, . ".: . ".:.;. , :"''' "'. : f . , .,~': .:':.::...~,":...:~E.":,'_.~,,,:-:".~.__'"";~.,,~"-.;~,...:.;;.i:~.,l:.I.:..:...:.":....L_,~~...~~,..'-C....:....M'~:~_.:..__'-. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM r',' , ", ,....:- " [ .. ~ ~ ! ' I i , '" ! , i if'l ~ \ :([- 0 0 DATE: July 8, 1994 TO: City Council (Memo for Record) FROM: City,Manager RE: Material Sent to Council Only Copy of letter from Mayor Horowitz to Gertrud Champe regarding Melrose 735 Avenue. Copy of Melrose Avenue Association letter of May 18 and Jeff Davidson1s letter to BRW, Inc., attached. Memoranda from the City Manager: a. Fall and Spring Toxic Waste Cleanup Events - Update b. Proposed Staffed Recycling Drop-off Site c. Pending Development Issues e. Water Plant Site f. Senior Street Watch 1739 J7l/0 J7~{ Notice of open forum on the Iowa City Human Rights Ordinance Memorandum from the City Attorney regarding disruptive transit passengers. ,Ii Memoranda from the City Clerk: a. Council Goal Setting Session, January 10, 1994. b. Summer Meeting Schedule (Revised July 5, 1994) Copy of letter from the Chair of the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission to the Planning Director regarding Foster Road Extension propos a 1. Building Permit information for June 1994. Agenda for the July 7, 1994, formal meeting of the Johnson County Board , of Supervisors. Agenda for the 7/12/94 Informal meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Distributed 7/11 Council Work Session: Article: Cashing in on Curb Parking. Information on Economic Development in Iowa City. '--.L-n,,,~1_.. )''','''~'''''"'''-'''''''''''''; " :_,' ,<:",_",:: '\:;;',:'/:'1.: . \ ,0"., ''','',., ' .,,' :"r."'.'::':':'"'':''' ;>.-,'i;"",,' ::,,::' " - ~~-: .' , .. ' 174~ / /750 I . ~. , i I I , ',' .. I I !:l ,.'.' '.J i "._.._).~"." 'I' 0', ,'- ,.....: ""","'J ;",,0, ',f' ""\,,:,,~;'~.. :/\' l1l\1l!lOif,' ' :"., ;": "':"':~ -...: . ',. -"':1' ~("~',,' ('.' \ ~ ,""~" r~, I '~ , , I ' I I i', ! ! I I J ! I I 11i~ i I I ~ ,. -f \ ' ,:~" ,~rl' 'L~ , ~' , , . :., ~ ' ~ . ::'~':".' , : :.' ':...~r '.:. ,.' . ' ," , ',I\' , '\.~' . .... ," t ,: ,w .<, , ' :'lr' : " ,'.. . ,i-, ./I ~. ".. July 8,1994 ~,&,.. CITY OF IOWA CITY Gertrud G. Champe 521 Melrose 'Avenue Iowa City, IA 52246 Dear Trudy: Council has asked me to reply to the July 1, 1994, letter from the Melrose Avenue Neighbor- hood Association, No doubt by the time you receive this, association members will have seen our July 5 Council meeting and have anticipated the response. We feel strongly that the work being conducted by BRW Inc. adheres to the scope of services engendered from the focus group, which included representatives from the Melrose Avenue Neighborhood Association. The Family Practice Facility's curb cut on Melrose Avenue does restrict the number of cars entering and exiting Melrose Avenue at that site. You asked that we notify BRW Inc. of this fact, and Mr. Davidson's letter of May 26 did just that. Was it the Association's judgment that this information, by itself; would be a variable of such weight as to have BRW Inc. draw a conclusion that Melrose AvenL!e should obviously not be widened? Council does want BRW Inc. to be allowed to decide, based on all available information, if this curb cut will change the traffic count on Melrose Avenue. The second part of your July 1 letter is of concern to all of us because, frankly, we believe that a "working session conducted on a level playing field by an objective facilitator..." was what the focus session was all about. At this point, Council questions whether there will be any solution other than what the Association wants that will be acceptable to the Association. Within the context of City-wide urban planning, this is most distressing, We feel the process is being conducted and we await the outcome of what we all initiated, that of the environmental assessment. As you can imagine, the final decision the City Council , directs to staff will not be made without thought and consideration for the neighborhood, Please give the process a chance to play out. Sincerely yours, <jx~ Susan M. Horowitz Mayor bc5-1 410 !AST WASHINGTON STUET' IOWA CJ.TY, IOWA l2l40.1126. !l19) 1l6.1000' FAX (l19) 116.100' \,~S \".-, '1-',,'. , ".. ."": .!,' "', " :.' " ',' "., 1.:.'1' J"'""''''''--'''.''''' ..-." ',.".."....,....'-."1.......... '"..I'...,".'i'l', '_:),;;,' ';'.>';/" .r',:):ri~.:,;::<'i"..\", ''-i,'" ',-,.':- "........"..;.:,\,:,,~ ; :I.l::r' ,,0:"" I""" ", " ') 5'" " [],', ,'<.,:,<,:,;,..':,-~~-,,:\,',~;;.~.-, j.l~~~\::.-':;,/::};~,~,., ',' ::,,: '-.' . ',.... ,.-,., ',;S-", ':, :~":':"..L.\~,,;~,-',~~'\ , i:..>,' ,-,"" ,:,/': ",' - ~;;,//r';- , , " " .'" "J ",",'",','J '....''.;. , " , " ~.. '.. . , . \::':'i':>~' :,',.::.t\\I' or. :"".;: ", ,'~ .'. '. ' , . ". ,', , " ';',-. '"I. ' ,': ' , ........~.,..'. . . ~. . . "~ ' "~I . .,./, '-." ,.'....:,:. ,> '''.',~' ..::.::~:,:~~~jL.~L~,:,:,,~.~j'~,'~.~~iJ,,~~~.~~,'.s;~L;~.i~,:';~~~~~~,;",:':~_,,:,~.~_'.... , .' " ,- ." . . . ._..__._._._........~_.....-...,...O#+......._~_,__~..,___, ""'\:&... CITY OF IOWA CITY May 26, 1994 Jeanne Witzig, Project Manager SRW Inc. 700 3rd Street South Minneapolis MN 55415 .,." ," r Re: Melrose Avenue Environmental Assessment/Alternatives Analysis Dear Jeanne: The attached correspondence from the Melrose Avenue Neighborhood Association was provided to the City Manager. He has asked me to forward a copy to you. If you have any questions regarding the University's plans for their new parking ramp on Melrose Avenue, please contact Dick Gibson at the University's Office of Planning and Administrative Services. " '- J'~. Your scope of work should continue to adhere to our Agreement for Environmental Assessment Services dated March 29, 1994. In order to maintain the integrity of this process, no deviation will be made to the scope of work without approval of the Melrose Avenue Focus Group and the City Council. Contact me at (3191356-5252 if you have any questions regarding this matter. I.... I, ~ [ \, \ ~' )0;".':", ~.:;. I I I . I i I II l , I~;,': ~! f'? L' ;;/~ Jeff Davidson, Assistant Director Department of Planning and Program Development cc: bc2-3 Steve Atkins Rick Fosse Melrose Avenue Focus Group City Council v' ./ " .10 lAST WASHINOTON STUIT, IOWA CITY. IOWA IlltO.IIU' 11111 11101000. FAX 1111) 111.1001 \1[',.",., .'" 0 . "J._ . '. "~I, I. .. 1'1 ,. ' :~ ...:.......~-~.-:...:..".::.. " ,\ 135 "". ,.'", - ',."..., '..' " - , ;;i';:-;'<,o,::.!,;.';\\..;;iln:n..'y..:\....,_.,...,',.""'--:"'~~'..;:';'I'rl,; oJ' ,.:~ . "\':.:' ',' :"~;,;,I,:/,!,I,....:;",~':~<,,,~,,:,/:'_;,',.... ~', _'_.j.,' " "" :';~:\;',~:~.:,~~_,~':,~/:,: , ,,' f~~~i'. -,:i ..," . . ( I! r i , I I I I I I I \ ~ \, ~" J. " , ,\ C~O ~ ,:.:' i . . , ' ,....'. ,; "\~ '. , '. .~, ~ \ I : . 'f " '. ", ":."... (, .~. I'" ,'" "!.>. , : ~"I',' ,,' ." '-.1. . . ..,_.__._......._ ..~___,~.:..____~..;.A._~,.; . ~. . ,-,' .,. ' :.,.-;. . . _.._ .'-Ie:." ......:.<.0. '.~"""'~A'" ,,.. ''''-''''_ .,,-,,--"-~I> ~::.-__~ ,,,-,--,~.,,,......,, ......____ _~ _,. _~_ Melrose Avenue Neighborhood Association 521 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52246 May 18,1994 To the Mayor and City Council of Iowa City: some days ago, you forwarded to this association a memo from the City Manager, steven AtKins, resulting from a conversation he had with Richard Gibson of the University of Iowa. There Is one point of Mr. AtKins' memorandum which we wish to call to your attention and to Keep before your eyes and the eyes of the community. He has relayed to you a claim which Mr. Gibson and other university officials have made repeatedlY at other times and places, on the public record, namely that after the new parking building Is In place, there will be fewer cars traveling over the curb cut than there are now. The university Is evidently In agreement, therefore, that Its Melrose Avenue curb cut will not create any special need to widen Melrose Avenue. we therefore request that you direct the planning staff to Inform the consulting firm conducting the Environmental Assessment that expert studies commissioned by the university show there will be a decreased flow of traffic directlY onto Melrose Avenue from university parKing Installations. Also In connection with the Environmental ASsessment and subsequent design of the Melrose Avenue reconstruction, we have been informed that recommendations will be made on the basis of a 'desired or tolerated level of service' communicated to the consultants by the city planning staff. we therefore request that you direct the planning staff to Involve, among other citizens, representatives of those who live, bicycle, and walK aiong Melrose Avenue and the streets which lead Into I~, In maKing a determination of the desired level of service. esponslve reply to our requests. (4Jt11JfV GertrU G. pe ./ . For M Irose Avenue Neighborhood ASsociation 1.0 - J:" 0 .,.. ~-n - ~~ ::;:. " -< :-:,-/ - ""- ~. 1.0 '.- -!~ :-.:, =- ."., -~ - , '. - o~ co .:J -- .._,""'It .. ....- .... N .;:0 .... w :~ j..,,'.......... :',,;,0>< ,yr', ," "'~~,, ,'. '" ..... , , I' " Qr "I';, " , , 'l1~S ..'.....'_.._...1",'_ ','.',','..','1,.' .'''''1.,', ' . 'JS'" (1' . ,( ,C,(J. '. "".--""":,,,,-',1...."': ",\" . :>1l;;W.'il' - . ., .."j' ' J ... . '.~t; , ,:,\1., , " ,~. ,', ,':.:' , ." , -. .. ! ,,' . , .,:__:~.~.:~~, '.,.. '-; ,,' ".. .c,"_ ~,~., ,',;',,- :L'. I~. ~..!;:~.)",,~ .~.~~ ,~_ :.;.':': .,,'; --'';,.1.', ~,. ,,;,",::,~ '.', h. ", ,~,,, ~....,_.:;:.._';,:._." ..., ..___... .. . City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM " ,. . ,',,' ,t', .\ " d , I : I , I : I I J~ It lL); , (- _.?_-- - \ 1 ~Ic ., . : ,:. ..; ~, '..r...'.....,',."., /'S" 0, ,',.",.,..,;'J I' Date: July 6, 1994 To: City Council From: City Manager Re: Fall and Spring Toxic Waste Cleanup Events - Update We have been notified of receipt of a grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNRI to assist in funding a fall toxic waste cleanup day. Unfortunately, the event h.ad to be rescheduled to spring because the County fairgrounds were not available. Floyde and Brad recently attended an IDNR toxic waste cleanup day workshop in Des Moine,s. There are two concerns about dealing with IDNR. 1. If we use the IDNR grant, we have to use the toxic waste cleanup firm they have under contract. Unlike our locally sponsored toxic waste cleanup day last spring, IDNR will not permit the cleanup firm to remove materials from vehicles. This means we will have to rely on volunteers or locally paid staff for this function. 2. The IDNR will not pay to dispose of any "good" latex paint. We will need to find a place for all latex paint we receive. In spite of the above concerns, we believe it is worthwhile to pursue the IDNR funds for our spring cleanup event. We are now planning to hold a separate fall collection for paint and household batteries. This will allow us to eliminate a large volume of material before the spring cleanup event, and relieve some of the traffic congestion we experienced last spring. The fall event could be held at the Iowa City Transit facility in mid to late September. We are checking football schedules. An appointment system would be used and a residential paint exchange held the following weekend. This would allow all good paint to be recycled and made available to groups or organizations at no expense. - 'J"':""'"'''''''''''' ",,",',.. ',', ".i:,:,'..,'.. '\ o ,,',',""'" ., ' , ..... ",,:"'" '.' '" " :)\ " ;;~'i;~;J" " . ,.-,,,.;"+- , , , . (t'w- f ,:0 ...... \' I " .'i >, ,;" , ,~ _..:.~_n._'.':..:..__:.;.;..:___.';"'~.-...,.':"'" :, i , 2 Any paint left over after the fall event would either be bulked and taken away for disposal or reuse, or dried out and disposed of at the landfill. We would need to contract with a chemical waste disposal company this fall to take our batteries and bad paint. All other hazardous material will be collected in the spring at the IDNR-sponsored event. We are proceeding; further updates to follow. cc: Jeff Davidson Floyde Pelkey Chuck Schmadeke Joe Fowler b~updat.,cm ;<1 . ',-'" ," ,',:')" . 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" , "-\f ", _..._~~_.--.:..-..:..:..;.....~-':':''':'':''':~A~';'': ; . , City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 7, 1994 To: City Council From: Ciiy Manager, Re: Proposed Staffed Recycling Drop-off Site In response to the policy direction provided at your recent discussion of solid waste management " ' issues, attached is the proposed staffed recycling site. We have undertaken substantial work to date in preparing this proposal, and are proceeding with what we believe to be your interests to see such a project developed. This attached memorandum will provide you with a summary of the expenses and general issues. Each of the substantial items identified in this proposal, such as the land acquisition, the construction contract, and other major capital expenses will require .. ' '.. your approval on a future agenda. Unless I hear differently, we are proceeding in accordance with this project proposal, as outlined. r,' cc: Jeff Davidson Chuck Schmadeke Floyde Pelkey Brad Neumann Don Yucuis 4 ,(D \1 r3fr' I,' I ~ I ! bc2.1 II I t,r',,' --0- ", '. ,,' .~ ' , .._.._._.._-----~---~-- , .,... ,'. '-.':,''''i: .,", \'".,,, ",'-" . "..'I " , " ~'.::,".' ~. , .. , ',-, .. 'i'm7..~f \' , "t . ". \~':, , . ,'. "' . '. ,,';. \ 'V'OJ '. ""-'. ...~... . ,. " , '. , .,~~,:" .". .,. .......",., ,.:,..:.:,...4.,..'....;:U" ._.~_:;~ :~, _., _ ;;; ,:, ...1., :J:C', '":."""",,,_,, :'" ..cO.. .....C ,_"" .:"^'" .._.,'. ~. .~..,. ,._._."...n_'......_._ ..._'.,."'...... . /13"'ff I :! 5 ' City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 7, 1994 To: City Manager , . From: Brad Neumann, JCCOG Solid Waste Management Planner Floyde Pelkey, Sanitation Superintendent Re: Recommended changes to recycling drop sites/Feasibility of household hazardous waste collection EXISTING UNSTAFFED RECYCLING DROP SITES There are 6 unstaffed recycling drop sites located throughout Iowa City: the Rochester and North Dodge Hy-Vees, Econofoods, Eastdale, City Carton, and the City Public Works site. These sites receive about 1,250 tons per year of clear glass, newsprint, metal cans, and #1 and #2 (with a seam) plastic. Collection, maintenance, and disposal costs for these sites are funded through the landfill at a cost of about $85,000 per year. PROBLEMS WITH UNSTAFFED RECYCLING DROP SITES The problem with unstaffed drop sites is contamination; contamination from both the deposit of the wrong materials and garbage. Because of the contamination over 25% of the recyclable material'must be disposed of at the landfill. We believe we can greatly reduce contamination with staffed drop sites. (.---- ,RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IOWA CITY RECYCLING DROP SITES f .~\, (-'\ \l ~ 1. Eliminate all unstaffed drop sites Existing unstaffed sites should be phased out. Information will be posted at the unstaffed sites detailing future changes. 2. Provide three staffed drop site facilities Three staffed drop sites for recyclable materials are suggested to efficiently cover the entire county. The suggested sites are: 1) The Iowa City landfill; 2) City Carton Company; and 3) A new facility located on the east side of Iowa City. Site #1: The Iowa City landfill. The landfill is already staffed by City employees and can be conveniently utilized by city and county customers. Appliances, tires, and yard waste are already accepted at the landfill In addition to general refuse. Two roll-off containers would be placed at the landfill to collect clear glass, metal cans, #1 & #2 plastics, newsprint, corrugated cardboard, chipboard, and mixed paper. The roll-off containers would be placed just inside the gate for security. Residents would not need to cross the scale to use the containers. Present staff would monitor the site. The landfill permit will need to be amended to accept recyclables. I' .. f.1,; '.i , , I I' ; I II i! I ; ~, I I ( I il.",J, ,........... ; ~~(,,' ~i'_;+ 4\~' !:~t'~' .-.....\..- C.o ___ 6:J .,-".,.". " ~' , I I~o\: , '. .~ "lli\~] ( r:. I , I ~ ;~.. ," ~, , i' " .. . '. ~t; . .\1., " , / ',' '...i , ". " . --- ." ,. "'''_:''~''.~' ~',., '. . " .'~,.:;';.;.:. '.-.:;,.,;:'~-/:.,.. .:~, -';'!!.'-' ~.. ,-- ....~ '"." 2 Site #2: City Carton Company. Iowa City would continue to use City Carton Company as a staffed drop site. Because of the presence of City Carton employees at this location, contamination has not been a significant problem. There has been very little contamination problem at this location and they also accept materials that are not collected at the curb. City Carton will accept newsprint, metal cans, #1 & #2 plastic, glass (clear, brown, and green), corrugated cardboard, chipboard, and white paper. The City is presently responsi- ble, by contract, for the newsprint and plastic collection bins at the City Carton location. City Carton is agreeable to working with us at their location. Site #3: A new east side facility. We recommend construction of a new staffed recy- cling collection site in east Iowa City. This could be a new structure or a remodeled structure. The facility should be enclosed with a drive-through area for use in all weather conditions. Material accepted would include clear glass, metal cans, #1 & #2 plastic, newsprint, corrugated cardboard, chipboard, white paper, mixed paper, household batter- ies, oil, anti-freeze, and mixed metals. All items would be collected in roll-off containers serviced by one truck. This truck would also pick up material collected at the landfill collection site and deliver it to City Carton or other markets. The entire grounds would be fenced with a gate at the entrance and exit. The proposed size of the collection facility building is approximately 60'x 80', with large overhead doors on each end and one on the side. Having doors on both ends would allow vehicles to drive through the facility and unload in all kinds of weather conditions. The facility would also be large enough for a drive through household hazardous waste (HHW) collection event after all of the roll.off containers are removed. 3. Provide household hazardous waste collection Permanent hazardous waste collection. The proposed east side recycling collection facility could be combined with a household hazardous waste (HHW) collection facility. The facility would be designed to accept HHW, segregate material, bulk material, and provide a facility for paint exchanges. There would be two special hazardous waste storage units separate from the recycling collection facility. These units are most com- monly prefabricated or precast buildings. The type of building staff recommends is a precast concrete unit which averages about $25,000 per building. The units are specially built for HHW and contain all the necessary storage and safety equipment. State and Federal requirements. This type of HHW collection site does not require any special state or federal permits as long as hazardous material is' accepted only from resi- dents and/or small business. Material to be accepted. Hazardous waste material to be accepted at the facility would include paint, paint products, batteries (auto and household), oil, anti.freeze and other household hazardous materials. Paint, oil, batteries, and antHreeze would be collected on a continual basis and handled through the city's current markets for those materials. Good latex paint would be reused through a residential paint exchange or through ar. ranged outlets. 'c, ....0 .~ , , , . -~' ,- ~. ,) ,0, :', ',' - ~. . .-..-......,, I Q "31 \, ,'S f'; 00, !.' -'." t;;;~\~,~,'r.';' ',.. ' ':,' ""f' '. .~, .,__ .._"...__,._,_.______~_."_"...._.....w.'. 3 Other toxic material such as paint related material, poisons, flammables, aerosols, and corrosives would be collected on a quarterly appointment basis. The material would be accepted by trained city employees or contracted personnel. We would contract with a chemical waste company to pack, transport, and properly dispose of the material. It will cost approximately $8,000-$10,000 per collection for transportation and disposal. Iowa Department of Natural Resources permanent household hazardous waste collection assistance. Iowa has a grant program to fund construction of a permanent HHW facility up to $100,000. However, the recipient is required to provide service on a regional basis, which for us would include 5 other counties and the city of Cedar Rapids. Iowa City would need to staff and operate the facility which would require funding from the rest of the region for their use of the facility. ;, The state also requires that state funded facilities accept hazardous material from condi- tionally exempt small quantity generators. A conditionally exempt small quantity generator is defined as any commercial business that generates no more than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per month, generates no more than 1 kilogram of acutely hazardous waste per month, stores no more than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste on site, and does not generate or store more than 100 kilograms of residue, contaminated soil, waste, or other debris resulting from an acute hazardous waste spill. A locally funded facility would not be required to accept material from conditionally exempt small quantity commer- cial generators. Staff does not recommend pursuing the IDNR grant funding for a permanent regional facility at this time. We believe our initial effort should be to collect material on a local basis. Expanding to a regional facility can be evaluated in the future. QN \\t ",:\ Labor for recycling and hazardous waste collection. Regardless of the funding mechanism, state and federal law requires that at least one staff person shall have received OSHA's 40-hour health and safety training, and all other staff must have received other applicable training including: hazardous materials chemistry, personnel and site safety, proper lab packing techniques, and proper transporting of hazardous materials. i ~, ~ One full-time and two part-time staff people would be needed for the recycling collection. The existing full time employee would be shifted from the current drop site collection program. labor for hazardous waste collection would consist of a combination of volun- teers and trained labor hired to accept the material on a quarterly basis. Volunteers may be needed to bulk certain items for disposal or reuse. i i ~ ':.~ . 'W ,.t. ~I,',',<,':,,':,h;, ~~~ :t'J ~,- .t.'- Lj;.; ':, "c.'o._'-' . ' . . . . .:;,,; ": " ';' '__ ~'~ ,;' ~i' __L " .~",!,"...'."",.,'.,"'.', Ii ,~.. '.'!'2:"'o'}:!)l~;j:f",{77,r';~\', , " ,..",..!.,.'"\,,,,,.',,,',, """\":""",,,,,',.0..,,,,..,,,,,\.,. ,;' '.' ..':"'- :'~., ,,':::'?;':'-"'!r-':,:',i,i.:,';:<,'.':,;,::-':'.':';" /737' ..' " '" ~ , ".....,.",'.' , . '::' \"..r-p ";',' Cj'" ',..,;"~, " ';"10,.:ih ", . 'rJ,5"'.;'\, ,(J"",. 'Ii .',': .'. :-L.." ,,',..", '; .'. );': ",.'.-.., '",",':: ,,'_'~).~":J,;i\l-"!':'; 1'1: 'J\,' ~.&!ii1;:. " .. , .', "'... ' ," -'r ....\\" , .""t., . " " .~, ,.',. " ' ",".:' ~ ':'or ~' ", . '. , " ..~.,._.,. "-'",-. . ." -';'." " . " '. '." -, _ .:..~,..... "',' ....,.. " "':"..'''',.~C. :...:.,_ "-';".l","~,,,-~,~s,.; :",~:..:.. ...~~:..':__;.. ''-'''.~''':~'.'..:.,..;,.,_,-__",. ,,' ',. ,.\o'"~",,:,..,, ......;. _...;.. "_' ~. .... ... .--~...~._.._."~-~~~",~"....,...,, -,.., .".,'-,~"".'..., ." 4 4. Proposed recycling and HHW drop sites estimated budgets Capital Facilities Expense 1. Property for east side location 2. Building for east side location 3. Precast HHW storage facility 4. Equipment Total capital expense $120,000 $250,000 $ 50,000 .$ 55,000 $475,000 Operatinq Expense 1. Labor (2.0 FTE) 2. Building expense Total annual operating expense $ 75,000 .$ 75,000 $150,000 Current Landfill Rates Per Ton $48.50 - City $53.50 - County and others (Effect of new DNR financial regulations recently approved under review.) Total estimated capital expense, say $475,000 Payable over 8 years at, say $65,000 per year '"i Total operating expense: $150,000 I Annual Budget: ~21 5.000 Current Revenue Available Toxic cleanup tipping. $1.25 per ton $96,000 ,r-~ (part of current landfill rate) (, . ~. (\\ Part of current landfill rate used for un staffed dropslte collection $.91 = 70,000 ,r.,!, New revenue needed. increase in landfill tipping fee $.80 = 61 ,000 ~227,000 Summary of recommendations: . Remove all unstaffed drop sites . Provide 3 staffed recycling drop sites: , 1. Iowa City Landfill 2. City Carton Company . 3. New facility located in east Iowa City . Provide permanent collection of residential household hazardous waste at new east side facility rc-o -. -., -- \ - '" ,',.", o',.";,'..=]\(.r::"'.::..".:.I.:.....'.,,,.,..,'"';"""""" 17.3'7 .', \~S',; .,.0"'1, ,.c.; . ..' . 8 /1 , ,.',.,-.......,...)" ": ' ",' ' , ::'f , ";~"~,,,:,,': :.:'~\: , 'i I I -~._.._~.~:...:..:...,.""",.......,.;.....~""."";'.~~',~',,~.~. " . . . 5 . Do not submit grant application to IDNR fpr regional permanent household hazardous waste collection facility; fund county-wide facility locally . Adjust tipping fee for capital and operating expense for all facilities " '''" cc: Jeff Davidson Chuck Schmadeke jccogswldropsite.mmo 'c .:"; "', ~ "; i,I' c- ~l-' ,', " 0', ,.., . , '." , . . -' , >/, '..~:~--,------~ ",'"" ",',,'. ' '..I'" ';:--:<:.',\',::;-;' :.,',' """"If, L" I 7 "":i . '.,,''-. 73:,::,Lf'; ..,.., .', .',.,.. ,',,</,:.',::>.'. O;(,\~j~r':';;}7?,'~'\~"'-'7:'''-~-i':''-''''lj'5';,''I'.,'0' ..' '.I,r '." :'~"";;':':;:''''':'J':''.''' :.r":"',I,'!": ~1';~'~':J<j;I,.'~,:).'r\~:\\~':_>:.':,::;>,_. ....:., - . .' ,,"',~-;\:,,'5" "" ,,:::'; '_;:.:~;;';_4:;;~':<t~/i~ ".; ,', -~ , " , ~. ;.,~;t,:\.'i}':' ,,", " "t': . , ,.. -. - . . :' ",'".' " . ",.." '. . . , :,~_,-_._""""~'.~:o.<>"""",,,,,,,',o.:.kl,,,,....._,~v.,,,,,,...,,....,t'. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM -;.. An application submitted by Robert and Joan Powers for special exceptions to reduce the required off-street parking and to modify the front yard requirement for property located in the PRM zone at 902 Newton Road. h DATE: July 5, 1994 TO: City Council FROM: ' City Manager RE: Pending Development Issues An application submitted by Dean Oakes for a special exception to permit dwelling units above the ground floor of a commercial use in the CI-I zone at 315 First Street. An application submitted by Living Word Christian Fellowship for a special exception to permit expansion of a religious institution located in the CBM2 zone at 318 Bloomington Street. [," "; " ('=f\\ " \ " ~ ! ," I I ~ i i " /' . .. .' '" I ,tr .';~c, 0 "/",_. 'I.' . ",'~-: -,; "',' l''''AA'...''?,"".......,-'"......,,''''' '\','::;:':;:0;!O:';,;:{;,: ,!1\i::~'8":""/,','~,,, .,'.,..'..', .'. ' 1138 " "..' '" '1',".'....- "':;I';~'4", ':.,.' " '0",', ,rJ 5"1';" ' " " :~'~"'" :,::..:::L",~::"",,::,,'.i:~;t ;~~;,::~'dt...... · ,'. ..'~ "'", . ". . . . ." ,"," . -,.-:', "- " ", -,',.' '.", :,: ......' . ._+..:.._._.~..;....."_.",__"",,,......<:..H~,'':''''_','''''''''''''~U,j..,...'', I;':' .' , City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM , ",.1 I DATE: July 7, 1994 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: Water Plant Site " ,'; We have had interests expressed for additional uses of the water plant site. They include Science Center (attached), commuter parking lot, and ice skating rink. :" :'-\' ",;,..,' cc: Chuck Schmadeke Karin Franklin ~..:,~} r ~ ~ ~ n~1 , i I I , I. , ' ;.1"""" ~{i: "',' ", 11' . ~!t'" ',,:l:.: ...~ i ~i i I ,I " ,. "j,,' .' '7~0 , ! ,'-"':"'" L ...... " .',' l"~, '"'' w_ ,-,-'.,.,-'-' '''''',:~'---'''''''''-'-~--I''''' ,'-'"'' ",' ,< .".:'1", :'.':>'_-:>;,\.::: :"::{",:' " :')'~~<'.'':'' ,'-~F;,~T\';'.:-":;~:,'::-: ~ \..,',,::' . :,"' ,", '~';'"'' :,": ;/;':' .'::" :': ",'",;'. -: t':',' ~:~~;/ ..",...";,,,1.,,)',,0,,,,,,,,',, ,.,~,:""",.", .,,", , ., i5."l', ,d.", .,,'::/',' ',,', ,;:"'~." "~..,, ,J:,I'>~"'."\~;:,':I'..'\'::',:,:':-,':':::~",':' ", ' : ';',','::'-." "'.' 'l<::;'::;;"L~;.'.I,:,;'.nr 113' " " ,~: . ~ '," ....,\', "C~u~', '....'1','. "",:, ".,' .' ',' -' ;iey;',:,x/ .,<,"":{' '," '. ,-, ". -.-. \;,: ,'" ,',' ':''.';'':;>:;''-',,:0;,.; -":"',.:,', , "':,'j.'", !:i';}Y/::_::\':\' ,.:{\\j~)2L~2:~:i~~~,:. \'1 , . , " . ," ,~,' . . "-,, ,', ..... '. ..."-,,' ...._.._. ._..:._~~,~;."';~-""':~",,,,,"""'...o-.I.i.Clt.~,,,,,,,.._<,,', " " 'RECEiVeJ ~~~ ,5 1994 IOWA CITY AREA SCIENCE CENTER, INC. 504 E. Bloomington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52245 319-337-2007 June 30, 1994 Mr. Steve Atkins City Manager City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Re: Iowa City Area Science Center, Inc. Site proposal Dear Steve: ~ I write to you in my capacity as President of the Board of Directors of the Iowa City Area Science Center, Inc. (ICASC). As you know, ICASC is a non-profit tax-exempt corporation created under the laws of the State of Iowa for the purpose of establishing a science and technology center in our community. It is our. expressed goal to have a science center facility in a location that is convenient to the public and which provides potential for long term development. In that regard, I wanted to inform you of our interest in part of the site where, we understand, the City of Iowa City is currently considering for the location of its new water treatment facility. ~ ~ Because of our interest we have spoken to the owners of' the property but ICASC has made no formal offer. Should the City of Iowa City purchase part or all of this parcel ICASC would be interested in discussing the possibility of us~ng a portion of it. We look forward to your response. ~ I I I I Best wishes. II ~ JCL:lcj 1731 ..". ;.::~i}_: ""',";, "':::"~-;':'_'.)>:I . .....'....;\. ., :;",,;:..,-~ ....,' "",; '. ....T.'..." :,"""";'1';;;:/)/'\: ":';;/:5\"::;: ..,r"1');' '''', ;,{,.. ',",'" ,LJ~l .' ,.......l..::'",.",:,t..,-,;;..,..;.i....I",.".:(,::il o l:,',:;:i:-:~:'O" ~,\,'\:/,\i: ':'. ,.-,.,1I"'l".." . {.."I('('lJ -:-",'."I"':".'."<",'..'.'''''''r' .. ' ;"'1-''- J1l:.:""ii~'~: .1 I,."" ,( r \ ~ I' i I i I I It ~ ,I) :~ .-, ~~\ " },.' , t. , , ,',':". . ,,'.',:':~~\~\il ,,;I , < ~.' "~~' '~ , , . "", , ," 'j" .\ ',. , "'. "":,.. , ' . '~, ,'.. ,~_,_,_:;-~:(';:,;,~~:;""":";;~,;.,-''::;,-,,,,,,:>s-'~:;~-.'.:.:.\'':';;'-J.;~til,L,';j,i.o.;~;.:I.I.~~~I;~L':"~'';-';';';'J~~'''''''';'''';'''~..2~:.:....:.~____ ._ Senior Street 'Watch by Bette Meisel , How would you like to be the eyes and ears of the City Street Department? How often as you've walked in the neighborhood, driven to a friend's house or been on a bus in town have you felt a pothole, stumbled over a crumbling curb cut, noticed a sidewalk broken up by tree roots ,and other street problems? The limited number of City employees and the huge number of tasks that need to be completed after winter plays havoc with our streets means that the City workers can't/don't see all of the problems. But they would appreciate your help in identifying potential hazards. Remember a report doesn't mean repair. Sometimes it's private property; sometimes it's part of a bigger problem, but they will check out every sighting and do what they can. If you are interested in helping please pick up an SSW card at the Senior Center host/guide desk. The card will be sized to fit in your wallet. When you see a problem, fill out the card. Then leave it with the receptionist at the Center. Each problem you identify will be checked out by the Streets Department. If you want to know the outcome, just sign the card and they will send us a report which we will keep at the desk. ,rctr\SIrt\\1eJ1.Ort Senior Street Watch Problem: Location: Your Name: (optional) ,_,-_'__n'_~~_____'~"'''''''~__'''''''..."",.........~'';",A~.':'~_.. . \ S \''-'\ '~~ ~ 7)fJ ~~ &t~~ . ~MU~ W4-~~ 1><l 7:~ ~kP<~~ H/fUJ . :)fhW. ~ 1b )ud; Ai ~. ~ ~t.J'f V.I ti,k kd~ ~~ID 6t. (,Ii _ . M.1~ h-'~~' .... ~ " I~ )1 LfrO , (---~-,- - - ).."-.-'''''...""'''....-... ','" '.. ..,. ',....,.: ,'. :>'''.::.... '>.'.:'".r... , ":,;/:?:'~""."', :~' ",S . ..' ':: .' ..:.,:;".0",,, ;',;> :,ii',";' . ,',,' '. " .", ,., " ~. , , I CD ; .' .i .. '.1, " " 1:1 I' "''o'~':!' )6 "8 [1; , , """,., " . "r:,.-...,:,::" ':f' ~:_,I , ," ' . ''';, . ";:.~~.:"..;,,'j:,:,,, " " I" ' ::.-. i. " ',' ';:--::;,i:~h,\i,',::' " .~ ~ , .. ',' ,', , ~ ' ,'y I ~,' , ,',' ..".... ,', ' ...,',' , " . -- _.-._.~--,,,~--,,,--,,:,,,,.......,,,..,.....'",,,.....:,,,,"~'';';''.....,....;,, ,. __:.;~':,~.,::.....,~,~J~~~~'..,,~~..::~c.~ w..-~"'~':":\.:llo<J.:;;.;;..,';.1..,~.~~~.,~~.:~~,.h..,~:,~....;;:~~',:...,,~:.',..L,,~~L~_:....__. IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HUMAN RIGHTS - A HUMAN ISSUE , ; ~ ( \ '11 r-->: ~ ~t J ,~; ~f ~ ,.' ~,&...- CITY OF IOWA CITY OPEN FORUM ON THE IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE JULY 14, 1994 7:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The Iowa City Human Rights Commission invites all citizens to attend and participate in an Open Forum concerning the Human Rights Ordinance. The Commission has completed extensive revisions of the Ordinance. The revisions may be important to you. Some of the changes include: * Extensive additions to the housing discrimination provisions to bring the Ordinance closer into line with the Federal Fair Housing Act * The addition of education as an area of activity protected by the Ordinance. Revision of the Commission's procedures, to clarify the operations of the,Commission. * The expansion of the period for filing a human rights complaint from 180 days to one year. * Creation of a registry for domestic partnerships. * Be sure to attend the Open Forum to learn about these proposed changes and others. Commission members and City staff will be present to answer questions and to provide background about the changes. If you cannot attend, the Open Forum will be broadcast live from the City Council Chambers and viewers 'may telephone their quest.ions to the Forum participants. CIVIC CENTEH . 410 EAST WASHINGTON SHEET' IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 · (319) 356.5022 ;c__~_ ~~" ~~._~ ~. , ~. " ',",.~,'"o,:":J,,.''':',}:('.:::':'f: :' .,<;,':. """,: ; \ '..j;' ,~)': :", .. /,'" JJ~J . ",;, , ,,,'," . .~'" '.. " ~. . ,,"". (}) : , i," , '~ ' ':1' ~l5~,'1 01, . '''', "':<" "i"~'I\.;;'~".,I': ::',- ;~\i}',i':'J'" .' . ,. " . ",." , ,,' " - .- . '" ' .c._.__...................~"-L.......,.....<_.JJ".....".....,_._.. .' . City of Iowa City MEMORANDU,M Date: July 7,1994 To: The Honorable Mayor Susan M. Horowitz and Members of the City Council From: Linda Newman Gentry, City Attorney .: 0, ;,,' Ilq:t " "." , '. , ' .,',", .' , . :' ~ ". ." .' :" .' ' .','. ..~ ~ \' "'T'-';"';'"t'i''''''''''' 'i':jS i,:"r:r:" " .', ;,:':;~':~; .:.... ,,'..,:/:;'~.~:~, .~g'1~~ Re: Memo by Director of Parking & Transit dated 5/10/94 concerning Disruptive Transit Passengers Attached please find the memo by Joe Fowler, Director of Parking & Transit, FYI, requesting authority to adopt a "disruptive passenger ordinance" . cc: City Manager, FYI Assistant City Manager, FYI City Clerk, FYI ( ~ l ~ " ~ .. I ,,_ '1. ,'I:.;' .. ' : ,',';'. ~i:.\l .....-.-- J ',' (~"\ \\ \ , '1/;._"'" ~~.1 _' ~ !i~I," wr ~, ~ r?'l', " -: "\~l~ -"'-- r-- ", 0 / 1- ., " f '~k'i' ., '.":, .,,~, , '. "'. . . .._._,~I.,,:.... .~; ...:'.' '..:"."',;! _~ /.:."..~' \_, ;:h':'''''"" ~';'_'" '."., ,,_~.;", \ ,C ' City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM 1\ .~ .. . . ~l ..:.. ....;., , " Date: May 10,1994 Ree ~ IV f:o MA y 16 1994 CITY A17i O'?"/E't"s O. rFICE To: Linda Gentry, City Attorney From: Joe Fowler, Director Parking & Transit --:J""..- Re: Disruptive Transit Passengers During the past six weeks Iowa City Transit has experienced a rash of incidents involving a small group of passengers. These incidents have involved highly intoxicated individuals. Their actions have included, but not been limited to, the display of a knife, verbal assaults, and inflammatory racial and sexual statements. As a result of the actions of these few individuals both transit operators and office staff have received numerous complaints from other passengers. Although it cannot be documented, it is perceived that the actions of these few individuals is having a direct impact on ridership. The current procedure for denying service to disruptive passengers requires the driver to contact the Transit office; the office to contact the Police Department; the police to attempt to locate and identify the individual; both the police officer and the transit operator complete incident reports and forward them to Legal; and Legal sends a letter advising individual that continued behavior will result in denial of rides. If the individual receives the letter and again behaves in a disruptive manner, the process of identification and reports begins again. After these are reviewed, ridership can then be denied. I I realize the City must insure that the rights of all citizens to use Transit and other City facilities must be protected, but in these incidents the rights of the majority are being infringed on by the actions of a few. The current procedure is cumbersome at best. On May 5th a driver reported three individuals as intoxicated and disruptive at 8:00 AM. The police officers did not locate them at the transit interchange. By the end of the day the Police Department had received seven complaints on these individuals through out the CBD. The last complaint was received at 4:45 PM. I have attached the driver's incident report and the police log for your review. The driver states that the following day ridership on the same trip was down approximately 50%. I am asking you for assistance in developing a speedier mechanism to deny rides to disruptive riders. I realize the Police Department cannot respond immediately to every call for assistance. Is it possible for transit management to advise individuals that their behavior is disruptive and that any repeat offenses will result in their being denied future service? Both the driver and the manager would then prepare reports detailing the incident and forward them to your office for review. Any assistance you can give us to speed up the process will be greatly appreciated both by staff and the public. ns\passe~or w. ': ),"''',,': 0.', ,'., . ," \. , , . ,',;, , ",::-" ,'," . 11q~ ~\5 ,10,: . '. '."" 1 , <II',"" ~~ ~:~!i'.i,','.' '. "':;.\....: '..... :,'-:;.l\\'JI : -''''~ \-,.. , . -'~'" ," ~, ,;;, " ). . ,0 "'.:',.,;- ,.," ..;~, .' ,- . ~~. "~'. ~:._~___~;L~i~'3.:,:, ...~~~,~:~..>:'::r:<,~~..~~~~~~~~~.oJj~'~~;oI~~~..~.l.l,,_:..~,~~~_:; :. . . .... ,..__,,'-~~_._,__.._.:....-....~........rl.......'.;.,..~__...'t.:..__'. " City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM , 1-- 7' fj};,1 &;a', /J { 1/f)-1: If ~u/;C-/ . J'LJ fjtJ '( ~jfll}u1jVV , t,J · d'~ 0 ..u~ ~ ,~~.- ftt4l-ttJr/( ~~ , ~,f - ~J.-; . dt I dtt/l?t~' ~wt'1-t. Date: January 28, 1994 To: Mayor and City Council From: City Clerk Re: City Council Goal Setting Session, January 10, 1994 - 12:45 p.m. at the Iowa Memorial Union Big 10 Room Mayor Susan Horowitz presiding. Council Members present: Horowitz, Novick, Baker, Throgmorton, Lehman, Kubby, Pigott. Staff present: Atkins, Helling, Gentry, Karr, Smith. Tape recorded on Reels 94-10, All; 94-11, All; 94-12, All; and 94-13, All. COUNCIL GOAL SElTlNG DISCUSSION: Reel 94-10, Side 1 Tim Shields presented information about his role with the Institutes of Public' Affairs and stated that he would facilitate the City Council's goal setting discussion. Shields asked Council Members if the veteran members could offer to the new Council Members something they have learned and the greatest satisfaction, obtained serving on Council. Eacn Council Member presented brief information about what they have learned while on Council and what has been satisfying: Shields established the goal setting session should be 1) an informal session, 2) open with each other, 3) constructive and focused, and 4) silence implies affirmation. Council Members established the following agenda: Goals ( Prioritize ~ ! f. i I i Individual Goals Discuss Process Agreement Styles of Communication Methods Public Council Role , I I I I I (, ~ ,. Follow-up Activities Share Perspectives , ' ~,. " I ~"1 11q~ . ,.. ,I ~ ;. ..' '1 ~, ' "," I , i I , ~ j 1 i i I -,\' f.t\ " ,,",', ,"oj .',\ '" ',1,,1 , ' 'I,,'. ,',. ,\,'(~ 0 ~. . \i .... . .,'1'-, . ~ ;.""",..".' ~..'~-.I'.:' ~ " J" ''''''~"',',"e'\'','~'':,,_''''~ "-,-'"',r-'..-"'"....'~..""l'-"" ""I', ',:' ", ", :;, ',," ':, " : :'::'<:':1':";'" '._:':-::.", ",:,..,;,<" ,'~~~,}:,,:":,:'!:,:"../, ' . ".',',\ ",I ::,' . :_, ,.:,,' '.:-:.-'~,..:',: " -,', :'?): , ", ~_"::":"i:""!"O\::""" "\,\!""""J"..",,, 25., 0", _ ""_"",:,~"""".,r,-",,,,w,,, :!.;'\I'r';'--':;";":((:'."":';:'::'_<~':' . ,;' . ..;,,,< 1""':';;'~i',I.'h,,,'/:i', '--.- ..-'.-.... ;imei ..:.. ;:' ',~' ... .;~ , ,,'..........~.,.-.-.. -, ....-'.- c'", 'W'" \ 0 " "'. " .' . ':"'.. "t:' . ":~" \\V,' .. ."...', ,', , '" . ,', .....:.' , " , '~., . ,I', :. ..~.___,_u l__~.. ~ .]0>.: ~~.,w....._t.... _~:~ .J......u\ ""L'..! '-...._U..~~.~........,,"__~.:....,....:...~~_ .__ '. I '. ~. .,' . _. _.._.._'_ ~"""~"""'~''''~,".""",-, ',,,..~n-.'.,_""~"'~"'.....,,.",,.._ . 2 Relevance Clarity for Staff. Shields noted that Council ought to be striving for effectiveness. Shields explained that the three elements in effective City government are 1) knowledge, 2) planning which includes consensus and goals, and 3) teamwork. Shields stated that major trends that have occurred in City government is the unbelievable growth and complexity and that that complexity bridge gaps between Council and staff. Tim Shields asked Council Members to identify key issues. The key issues listed by Councjl Members were: 1. Transit Funding Routes/Level of Service SEATS Fares 2. Autos and Alternative Modes of Transportation on Level Playing Field Street plans Parking 3. Affordable Housing Impact on City 4. Solid Waste Education Waits Recycling Methods Marketing Toxics 5. Airport 6. Balance of Residential and Non-Residential Deveiopment 7. Environmental Protection ,,' Sensitive Areas 8. Land Use and Zoning Growth ,," _u ")Y--'" ,,'.... ,..,..'... ..,..."..".... ' "";:0.,>,[,:, ,)::~" .\ " " . ~ ...."..... . ).1 179~ ',1'..,"",,'.'1".'."';';,' "c. '0' .,!,~) .L. " -' 'J.' .' ,: . ."<:'..I.t'~..;.V'.,.<~(, . "': ."~ . ".:'>\'" ;~' l1Il'I.\l'Z!ji,i " , .. "".'"1.. " " "I ",", ,'. ;"~~< . .-.'~' ~l 'j I ' ~. ",', '~'1',,, .'....'. .' .' . ,,'- ~~, " ,', \ :' " , , .' '" , ~, ; , ;" . ~. . I 1 , i' '.t' " " ". "" ,,' .,..~...;~~.:::..~~,~,~;..:.."..,....~"".~,-.....;....<",,.L~..~;:.j:J~~~;:G..;""':..c'J,""~~:""'~""~,,,;;-,,...~:....~,,,,:,~~'~~.._ ' . ',' . .,-,-,-_.,-_._._,-',---~-_............,--~.....,._-'.~---'.,- 3 ,', 9.' Intergovernmental Relations !' Local 10. Affordable and Sustainable Public Services Water plant 11. Melrose Avenue 12. Open Space Ordinance 13. Fringe Area " 14. Sustainable Delivery of Human Services , , , 15. Greater Citizen Participation :", Neighborhood associations 16. Library Expansion 17. Protecting Older Neighborhoods' 18. 19. ".- t, r 20. \ 21. ~ ~ I, ~ 22. 23. I 24. If: 25. \ l 1J 26. . .... Historic Preservation. new ordinance '11> I Cultural CenterlConference Center Maintaining an Increasing Downtown More vibrant qefinitionof Family Neighborhood Development " ! r.'., More compact Crime Public safety Parks Development ADA Implementation Teamwork Review Comp Plan I,:. - "~-~:- , , 17'-1~ '", "', '. "I,"" Po' ":1',' ""i" , ' 0'" , . " ')5' ,,:., ':,' A, "",., .. /, ,', "'I':"",,,,,,',,",/i,,,-<.;, !EO , .:: ",..,:,:,:';::::.'::: ":::: j' bl",'-'" ......,'"..,"...,',-.. '." ',' --",",'" ". '-'<f"{,I','; .1""'," . '. 0' ,I, i" ,,\, ' ,'-- :"">:':~:;i' /)i:~:;":. . ,:~',: --"',,,," " . ': " ," ",,, <~~',,>',; , ",.I.r " , " " : ":"'\"'-, .':.,::".~w,. . . .', .~" '. "', <': .., , ,..\ '.. l~ .L r \ , , ~ I · I ! ~ , , I , I ! , I l~; \~1 'l , " " ;~ ~ ." ~1 ,,, J(,'.' l, ", " ~. ,;',': , ..~ . .,", \.,. ~. i:.,:' '" ' .). . , '~..,: , , .t.", '; .'! ' '. .. .. ','. _".~L..;..~wL~:1;~~:~:-o. ,~t:-,-""":!.'~1!.~~.,.~~,~~i~~~',~",~;,;,...~::.~'..~......,<.~...;.,'",,,"1_~'..M~';"'_-'__"_"_~___~>WW"~"""'~'.:"""""""~;~~';:A__~""':-~: 4 27. Preventive Public Health of Infrastructure 28. Policy of ,Economic Growth 29: Flood Control and Flood Response 30. Traffic Management (Atkins) 31. Fiscal Policies (Atkins) 32. Cable Franchise (Helling) 33. State Relations (Shields) 34. limovative Communication Methods 35. Water Plant , " " Shields asked Council to describe what is an effective Council and what are the elements of that effectiveness. Council presented the followi~g elements that make effective City Council: 1. Listen to public Make decisions Even if controversial Frame issues Methods (who/how) Communications to public Fiscal responsibility Honestylintegrity Public awareness Openness 'Transparent' 00' Accessibility Illformed Teamwork with staff 2. (]) i',i 3. 4. 5. .'\ . .;...).:! 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. .' 11. rr --y- TT" , 1 '1.3 , ,';-"':- ",' : ~),"'''-'''-'''''''''-'' ''---"''-'''~''-''-''''''''I "'-, :".'1' '''''''i'' , ',,' -';',. : :. ..,',::<- ';0-;";', ,,~,/>,,:'. '':';:')';:'<\'<?'~ ,::::"':":""., :',,\,, "".. "';' :"./ '.~' 'J,',".'Li,' :," :.,:':" \:' ." J ""Q,,,.,,. 0,1,' '" fH~,. 0, , , ".' ," ...,,', '.': I' '"" ,: ","',-'" ': "'~1,-' ....-,':;,:...'., ':, 1, ,', 'L, ".)-: '" " /; ,..7" '.: , ,,' '. ,,'," '~""':":~""~"~4"',T':-",:", (') I . -.' '.: : \ :, ",~,'" -: , . . t'."."",,,,," . '.. ;~. . ',-"'-i; ~ .~: ......1 ~..' I) '., , .. .." <:':~t~~'I' . :,'~ , .. ,,' '", . .;~; , ,. ".,'.'.,/ , '.,~. . . .,.' , '..1.1:. :'" ,-'., "...... .,:. '.., ". .' ,,_' '." ~'..""'" "",,,"~...,-,",~,;,,, ,;.;..;.l. "'.'-'1..;'; ,,,,'"'~'./':",..~ ..."'.J-;.~;';~I":;""I...;......";..,,......,c"';,,,~,....~...,-,.', ,,,....,..'..'; .~w_.:.__~.:.. _~.~ ^. ,._ .. I ~. . ',\ '. , ' --"'--~>~"' ..-..,,- ~"...<..... ~.,.,...",,,.-,,....,...,,...~,,,,,,.,~~,,,- _..~.~. '.. 5 12. Examine alternatives 13.. Providing policy direction 14. Sense of Council 15. Good management (facilitation) 16. Capitalize on group differences 17. Timeliness of decision-making 18. Very good staff Interaction 19. Evaluation of decisions 20. Knowledge of City services 21. Work with City management 22. Role clarity 23. Norms 24. Process 25. Balance 26. Trust (' 27. Elan (ability to laugh with each other) Camaraderie id I , ! , i , I 1, i I ~ ",' ~ , G Shields asked Council Members to develop the concept and definitions of informal sessions. City Manager Atkins stated that he would like Council to tell him what they want done in work sessions because it helps his staff prepare and frame issues'. Atkins noted that staff spends time packaging information through the sense of Council and it helps to anticipate. Council Members developed elements of work sessions as follows: Informal Staff Input Preparation (re: information) Discussion Persuasion Frame (issues) Deadline ,"., - 1.......~'.,',..."'-'''..,.:'''' :,' '0."', .,,', ;::,"'\ ,,' ,,'. ',(.r. ;11" .:"..,""\:,:..",, ',:':.,': .,:," , .,," " \ ",1 .,..1 @ , , '~ 17 Ll3 "1'- ('S' ,'.. .): :: I. '~t[l. ~,~'.." ., ..... ,.. " ,.- t~lA1ir~' : . .. .~ .." . '., ;", r\" . " " l r' \ ~ I, ~ ! I i i : I , i ~,~ (I ~\ "j 'I' ,1,\\ ' ~,~,:t',' f~ ' " \C_~, \;'\ " , . ~ " ,,:, '" "'\" :' 'l, <"'." .. " .~. , , ,:.,' ", , . " ~. ..,.'., ._,'~,::.,:~; -_ ,'~.\ '''." ~~-.~~: ;;,'_",::1 ,..;.;.~: ;, I f:~ ..d.,..:;..~,.~.:.. ':~. ,.:.,.. '_-' ;.;:. ",",,-,;..:- ......~ .;;,~ " ~'~~.. ~_"'_ .. 0;, ~. . "".". _...._.. 4.....~... _._..,., ."."..,~....",,-....>.''''' "''"'_,,..,.,~"'''~." 1743 1 "". :/5" 6 Council Members raised concerns regarding the length of meetings. Council Members discussed public discussion, versus talking in private about issues and/or decisions made, behind the scenes. They agreed to establish a 10:00 p.m. deadline on work sessions. Shields and Council discussed the need for additional work sessions. Council listed criteria for other work sessions: Monthly Quarterly Ad-Hoc Long-Term Planning Team Analysis Macro Issue Tracking Council agreed on the following: 1. General understanding of utilization of Monday workshop Includes deadlines 2. Six times ~ year informal session for general discussion and analysis. 3. Use of one-on-one discussion within specific parameters. 4. General understanding of Council time. Shields noted that Council agreed to rotate the beginning of Council time. , ' Horowitz asked Council to address the facilitator's role. Council listed facilitator role criteria as follows: Facilitator role (agre,e on Mayor's role) a. Move discussion. b. Does not limit agenda discussion. c. Maintain discussion openness. Solicit ideas, comments. d. Assist in building consensus. e, Read statements of absent members. Shields asked Council to discuss public input. Council listed public input parameters as follows: Public Input Fair access - reasonable. Perception ,.' Expand Get knowledge/expertise Diverse opinion Value of representative democracy Increase efficiency " . -. - --,-- , i J,""",-,...".."..,",..,' ......" '" 0.' '.";,':' '\ .. .. '. >-'1' ,.',/,," ,; -':'.:':,., ,,,:t',':L',, .. .. .~ .. .. , .' ,.',. , ' i r ",: .1 10'''''':,'',., ~ ' """",0"',.,..,,,1..'.;, , "--:.':~,\.:'.:\~:~;':: - ~~~~:;,,:~.~..):f' '; ,,' ""C',.' ". ,., :.//~~f~'\'!,',;: .'. '.."'ot,',.'.. I I , " ~. '9",:..:' , ' , , ' ._ _._...;~_..;....;.,_.;.__;",-"",;,;...,,,-,,_"":'."':A,..,,,-.......:...""':",;',' '.'L 7 I I j ',1 Justify decision Prevent 11 th Hour Council will discuss situational input needs. Shields asked Council Members to summarize their concerns and their hopes about how to work together. Shields asked Council Members for items that the group needs to talk about. Kubby noted that Council Members are not using their voice mail numbers. Pigott stated Council Members should address Intemet. Horowitz raised concerns about working against preconceived ideas about other Council Members. Baker stated that he likes to talk to people in both private and in the public. Horowitz emphasized the need for evaluation. Shields listed the following: Informal session (July) , . Do evaluation of process and teamwork Shields and Council discussed the need for a follow-up process. Kubby stated there needs to be a follow-up on the prioritization of the issues list. Shields asked Council Members what staff is doing that has been helpful. Council Members responded that staff is accessible, they listen, pay attention, provide information, and very responsive. ,..,.. Shields summarized that Iowa City is an excellent community and has an excellent city organization. Shields cautioned Council Members.to not take themselves so seriously and that the key to' leadership is for Council Members to work together effectively and to work with staff effectively. Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. (Attachment: "City of Iowa City Strategic Planning" prepared by Tim Shields.) eel.la,ln' I " },\ ,'.-",/: I'.,'.. :~ ,l'.-"', :Ki" ~~! . ~ f'L"\" ~ . " ([....61"'*'" "" .~".:-:::. r ,,',),.,';,,"';'\,'~','.::.:,"),:~'{;,'i:?"';--\"'."'~"""":-';"~~""'"'1""5'l'-~'rr{: " :'.:,' -.:' . '.' ~"+:JI:)1:.<,:"::Y';,~":~"\~:,:'" . ,. , ',.,' ..:" .,~,., ,';:,,:,:"::"-l"~'<: 17'13 ~~;~~;i\,;,~' . ',I:' ~ '. '. ..... .,-C.' '. '," ~;..,,':":~t;,~\; .,.", ',' " ~ " I " "I . ' .'. , ....'. .:_,.':~:~~:D;~L~:~~:~:i';'i~~LLJ2~:~';:/.i~;:.~~~~.:::.~J.~~j~~~~~~~~~~': , ~. , ' I . ' , ' . ;:",-, ',:, ' . , .._...:.._.__~."":",,,,,~""''''''J'''''''W'''''''''<i.''''''':'::''''';:_-'''''''';o~,,,.....'',,, . ':j 1 j , " i " I I d'l City of Iowa City Strategic Planning Summ'ary Report i January, 1994 " ,':'; ';'". .f I" \ ~ : " ~ I ' I. i ' I i I [ I I ! , I ' ~l '1 ,'. .; ,,' CompUed by Tim J. Shields Institute of Public Aft"airs The University of Iowa " ,'; .- - ~ " ' 'i)i #!; V~' " , '" " , ,I. ,;L~~o . ~, .,_':-~---'~::,~',.:n" . -.. /?q3 "."..'",... ]"", :'r"'~"~,"'"''''''~'''''''''-''''''''''' '":' 'r'.;":~' y:", '''1'0'''''1!;, ,_, .,.,;,:::,::,:,...\..'....'.:.:i,;!',,';.~:..:,;.,:::.9,.,..,~;,j~,',:,','.:/.:,.\, ",.,',:',:,~,.,',',',!,.~,,:,,:"',:,,~.,',',.,.,.,...'"".":",,:,,.::... "\\.'> " ,.,,'.:.. .' ,..' '" :(A to; .~",:' I "', :~( I:.., .' .. ;'~ ," '. ' " :;'~:..,~.,.~:".'/'.,:,'~".~-.i/,,:..,.;};:, --~~:'r::V:~:'/:'f:: ?:.:; '.i'" \ 'i'~f!t{ ; ~ ::~;.;' ~: ';;':';~~: ' " '.', I :.-, ,,-, ':'~', .'-", ..,,":' . . .,. , . . ...': ." .. .,., . "::""";' I , f City of Iowa City Strategic Planning 1 , j 1 .....1 I '.'., ,( . 4genda :",: \': 1. Discuss processes A Styles of communication B. Methods of communication C Council role D. Follow-up activities E. Sharing perspectives 2. Identify key issues -~.,:, , .,' 3. Develop clarity of direction for staff . .." Ii, 1\ I I ~, I I II tl \~j, ,:(" ' """0'" ", ,". '. ' ,',' "'," '-, ,,/,,17-2';',' '.. 'j , .:.' ..... " ..-,....:.,:..., '-"""":",:"""-:"":''-, " .,,' , ,,' "",' .,..' ',' ,,'<', ".r~ " --.--------- ~.__.~.~~~_. --..--- ~.' " /'1'13 ,';',. , ~.~"..._.."""..-'-"-'_.,.._-_..,-, ....."." ''''I, "... :'f"Ji,<" z;- )i:.D,(.,:;::FQ'::0A', ,:\;;{'~;";"\,' ' , ...' ,'...' .'..'. '.,'., ,2S<r. ',.." [;r; '~"<'I' ;'~;", .' ',';,:- ",",,', . ,:'.....;.. , .,,','J,,'\:";Y::';,\:<:~:~i:,\i';I:,I. ,':- '<,:; ,,:,' ':")"'.._." "'T<'~';''''':';M,,.;,j'i'.~~f''~'! . .... .,.. .,\ ~(~.; - ......J".... : ~ " .\ (-'i \ \ ~ ! i , ' I" I i I 'I , I , , I ~, I !'~ ~ ".'9i .' " :,1~,\;I:",,' ., ~;i . ' r'" ' -' C,O,', (. .. ., .~ \' ~ . , ' ' .'.~ t \ \'1 ' , '. , . ,,~. ~ , - .',' ~ " . _,~ "':"." ::..: :." ..._, ,,_,,-,.,j...J"_'_-""'~""_""~':" ''''i.~'..'_'.: .'~.., ..:.,. J""";',.. __~__"... _...~.:...~..~_'.'~',_:,__."_ f" . , ' . .... -_..~,...._~, ,~"."'''..-' .".......,,, -"~..~-,,...". City of Iowa City Strategic Planning Team Agreements 1. The team reached a general understanding of the utilization of the Monday Informal Workshop (to include "time deadlines"). 2. The team agreed to meet six times a year in an informal session for the ptupose of councll discussion and analysis. Session goals: a. Longer term issue analysis b. More general councll discussions c. Analyzing councll effectiveness and teamwork d. Specific strategic issue in-depth analysis 3. The team agreed on the use of one-on-one discussions within specific parameters. 4. The team reached a general understanding on the use of councll time in their regular and informal agendas. 5. The team reached a basic agreement on the Mayor's role, (i.e., primarily a facWtator role). ' a. Move the discussion b. Does not Bmit the agenda/discussion c. Maintains discussion openness/solicits ideas/comments d. Assists in building consensus e. Reads statements of absent members 6. The team agreed that the councll will discuss public input needs and processes situationally, (i.e., councll will provide staff guidance in this area as issues arise and as early as possible in the decision milking process). " 7. The team agreed to conduct an evaluation of processes and teamwork at an informal session, (i.e., six months). r- ml'~"-- . r--' ~~~_ j"','.'..,,'.'.,'.,-:.. . '.','...i 0, "','.',' .' , . , . '. , . ; , . '.' ..,' ,I. ',. - ". .. ,,' . '~,. "~'.' ...,......' . '~', " \ '1"13 ; .! I, )5 \ ."'" ' 10i, .".,:;". I,;'. ">':.:":;I',',:,':-r ~i," ,C.," . . .:;".1.' . " _' X I.. . ..... . ,..~t:l'l . ,. '-.... ~ . '. , " ":', ~ ~. 1"-,' , , ;"'. ' '.-... , " . ' . ~. .,. . ~ .,.___,"" i;:,~.:..:",:~"~~'L..".,,-......,,,~,;.;.l~''';''~:~:'~~~'':'~'''''''''-/~i'''~........,;.,""_...~~,_..-.:.......:~.._~~~,.: '. _,__..~. ....._.h_.._...".~,"~._-.".,._._. _"_'~"'" . City of Iowa City Strategic Planning i I Key Issues The councn identified key issues facing the city in the next two- three years, as foUows: 1. Transit a Funding b. Routes/Level of services c. Fares d. SEATS e. Parking 2. Automobiles and alternative modes of transportation on level playing field, (e.g., street plans, parking). 3. Affordable housing (Impact of city policies and actions) , CD 4. Solid waste a Rates b. Methods c. Recycling d. Education e. Marketing f. Toxics r 5. Airport \ ; '! 6. Residential/Non-residential development balance t:i , I 7. Environmental protection (sensitive area) i , ! i I i I ~ .J 8. Land use and zoning (growth) 9. Intergovernmental relations (local) 10. Affordable and sustainable public services, (e.g.. water) 11. Melrose Avenue 12. Open Spaces Ordinance 13. Fringe area decisions' "t'. i~~: j; ,; l 17~J' -, -'-y- ,;~ ,'., ,'.',.,. '.'. ",):':':i;,;::.,e,,\ ,.. ..' "",' 0 ,..., , "\"J . " ,.,...... .' "".:- "-,,,,'..1 .. ;, ~, " . , .T"'" ."'1' ..,'"..[':, "j'5' 0.,., . . 3, .. ~ , toGI..... '. ..:' _, ';1 . ',..../,..,,-,.;,...., ,< c- '\ _0__ , ~ :- , ;~,~~r:rp ". , -, ;i.: (0;( \ \ ~ i" I ~ If; II ,L ~l , . ([':~ '- ~:. ':-,,;:': ,? :,"':'.\i~~~"~,: . . . . ',~ ,',,' \/'.. .",' ,i , ".~' . , " ",.,.:1 ., "'", .,'" , ' "',.:"', :~ '.' ~. .. . '. . .:.-. ."'::~~'~-~,~'::~';"li:~Z;"'''''~'_''i''',"~U",:"=u,,,,~',,,,;~'~;~~':.'~';"J:':..,:.~~....~..;".ho~:-~:~~;:-""~'~"'''~''''C:;''"__''':~..:.......:,.... .._._+____.____A__.;""'~"....".._"''',..,'~,:..~~.,_~:.....L. 14. Sustainable human services/programs '15. Greater citizen participation. (e.g., neighborhood associations) 16. Ubrary expansion 17. Protecting older neighborhoods (to include historic preservation) 18. Cultural Center 19. Maintaining downtown Yiabllity, (e.g." more vibrant) 20. DefInition of family policy 21. Neighborhood development policies (I.e., more compact) 22. Clime/Public safety 23. Park development 24. ADA Implementation 25. Teamwork , , 26. Comprehensive Plan review a "Policy statements without tools" b. Update 27. Infrastructure maintenance lri .. !W ,. , 28. Economic growth policy 29. Flood control and Planing/Flood response 30. TraffI~ management 31. Fiscal policies 32. Cable franchise .!'- 33. State relations 34. Innovative communication methods to and with the public 35. Water plant .' " \ 1 ~ 3""~~':".i/ l","N""".""".".':""'''-'''''''-'''''-' "," "\"""'''' '8 '!: '..". ",:,.,/,0'.:.',.;,;;.;.':".",.\."," .,., ..,. ..'/je;,' ,;;u,nj: ._(", "n".:'-',.'! .,' ::,,,,.1 .d:<>',',~:,!,':-:::,:,:" 'I,," ,', : '~'~':':':C'~'I~'''';;'~;'.';' 7'",,7 .i' ': i( , ' .'1([;0 - ..: ;.".~--~.....~..:....'..."",~,:;~_.,,:_-~'--,~.:.::.:.j':""','. \ . ' City of Iowa City Strategic Planning , Rationale for Public Input Processes In a discussion of public input prOcesses, the caUDCn identified a number of reasons for utilizing enhanced public input processes, as foRows: 1. Provide fair and reasonable access for citizens. 2. . Create perception and reality of openness. 3. Expand decision-making processes. 4. Solicit knowledge/expertise. 5. Consider diverse opinions. 1743 .~ . .' .. . ~.. '.'".,,;, .- I .; r ;;:;i:,:\~i); :',.. ',", .. ",; ,'..:,,::... ..", .":., .,' " .:ti ., .." " .'"..' , '. ""1',.:.':""".:' ". J, ..'j.: , j, '~-""''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''1'''.''','''- '''~''I':'' ,oi."(, , :," .....:'..:..;'...':".:',."..:.,:,,':;j,...-:;'x:, ,,::"/:' ~';<" ,;":/.(;,1'::':' ;t:;N~:',::':;~i::;//:~ :.: ,S.;:, ":.:,,,.', .. :\"':''-' .\ ';,L:;' , ': "':';",:"':i~~"'; :"'>:'\"',:';','.;:( ..::: -,ii}1',('~,;:i .'.:'1", '':', ..,..'~. ;.<"....,.i,QII""." '" \t'\"\jOl"';,:, '..'...., '" "lrJ 5, ),'" 'LJ,j" " " ... ','" ",:';';'';:':'' '.,''', . 'P.," ~,,:", . ,,~;.o' .;'?";\I.~>\~::;ii':~,'r/':,":':':t:'::')" ,,':,,-1,," if. :~. :,'/ ::'~'~~. ,L"'I"': :/:.::, ;~; ". \ '.' .'. ':', "'.". ' ',";;'.',:,,'; ':.'.:\ , ..,.,...., '. "".-",:.",,"''','''' ,','.",,,,;,,-, -. ....",,- ,\. ~' .r r"""" \ ;\ 1 ~ I, , , I ~l i ! : I ~:, ~lj J '~ ~,'::,', ~1' " \"', fC",O,' . "l. " " _l: I , I I ~ ,.. i ;' ':~t; \'], ' - -, ' : ~ " , ,,;I' , ~ " .~., ~. . . :'..,..~'J. :,~;,.._, . .' '_. : I~,,~' '-','-,1"~'-: ,;. :,,_ :~c,: _~~..: c i~~' ,~,:;'_'. .:..., ..' ',,> ,; '.~. ..-'_.. ,._,.-.,..-. ".._:". ~ .....:,u~... _~._,_ _ __ ",,- ..", "..',....'~ ,,""''"' """."'."':"-"'''''''- , City of Iowa City Strategic Planning Elements of Council Effectiveness The councll discussed the various elements of an effective counclI as fonows: 1) Listens to public 2. Makes decisions (even when controversial) 3. Frames issues 4. Communicates with the public 5. Fiscally responsible 6. Demonstrates honesty and integrity 7. Maintains public awareness 8. Openness ("transparent government") 9. Accessibility 10. Stays informed 11. Teamwork with staff 12. Examines alternatives 13. Sets policy direction 14. Achieves and communicates a sense of councll direction 15. Utilizes good meeting management techniques 16. Capitalizes on group differences 17. Timeliness of decision making 18. Good councll/staff interaction 19. Conducts evaluations of decisions 20. Knowledgeable of city ~ervices 21. Works with city manager 22. Achieves role clarity 23. 9perates with well understood group norms 24. Follows processes 25. Maintains balanced views 26. TrUst amongst members and with staff 27. Achieves a level of camaraderie 10 J ,j - f -:'".....: ),,,,.,,,,,,,,, r __. ''-,,:' . ,", 0;, j:' , " 171/3 --''''1 /5 ""I" ,..,"',' I .O!', . .); " ~::":I"""{'?:," . ~",.,'.. ..;/ " ,h.",..._..~, \ , 'I j' ~ ;'.: I 11 I , I \r;j (,t", \:>-'" , ,,' '-"',:, ~"' "" ~ iX' ! " 't~~~ 'fr"' ' o'~ 0, " :.'~J~'\'I i "' ,',.,'\,- .. " ',' , , , ., 'f '~ " . " ." .. -. '. . .' . _ - ::~'_::~ ~..'~:~~~'~,~;..." ~.:. ,...,. ,~.~.:. "~.;;:,:_.:~~.:"' '~:'.<;"'.~':"'.i.:':'~~:.'';'~'_'"~~~ ~;(,.;.:.:.: ~;."":'.3.Lo,.\._.....""o:: _,._"":~'___,;.~....;~..,,. ,.~ ... __ ___ _'..... .", ,~..',. ,,..,, ". ..,'J",.-, ." -'-." ".,,:,.~ "".:;.~, _ ,.-.....-~;_"..:,;:.,",c.~ :-. ' . '~', ,. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 6, 1994 ' To: Mayor and City Council From: Martan K. Karr, City Clerk ~~ Re: Summer Meeting Schedule I I REVISED 7-5-94 The following schedule reflects Council meetings for July and August per Council discussion July 5. Please note these meetings on your calendars. Tuesday, July 5' 5:30 PM 7:30 PM Monday, July 11 6:00 PM 6:30 PM Monday, July 18' 5:30 PM 6:30 PM Tuesday, July 19 6:00 PM 7:30 PM Special Work Session Regular Formal Meeting Special Formal Meeting/Executive Session (Airport) Special Work Session (Economic Development) Special Formal Meeting/Executive Session (Evalua- tion) Regular Work Session ';' \ I Special Formal Meeting/Executive Session (Evalua- tion) Regular Formal Meeting 5:15 PM Special Formal Meeting/Executive Session (Evalua- tion) 6:30 PM 'Special Work Session (Water) Thursday, July 21' 6:30 PM Regular Work Session Monday, August 1 Tuesday, August 2 7:30 PM Monday, August 15 6:30 PM Tuesday, August 16 7:30 PM Monday, August 29 6:30 PM Tuesday, August 30 7:30 PM Wednesday, August 31 , 7:.00 PM 'Dinner provided cc: 'Department Heads '~,- Tnr '! Regular Formal Meeting Work Session - CANCELLED Formal Meeting - CANCELlED Regular Work Session Regular Formal Meeting Special Work Session (Northeast Iowa City Planning Issues) tp4-9 ~ ',., '1Lf~ " ~ .">0, :~;~\"!:r;~"';"""'::'\""''''''w.,,,\,----, S.S ';'.I'tt _ . ~. ,..."".l.'~"".I:..l; .. . ^ ~ " '. ".~-.... - - . i , \ (~ \ ~ , , ' i I II I j , , i~ I! it ,~ t,:i~' 1" (~ " ,(""~ . , i',. ~ .. " "'~?:1 '!: 'I"~ . ~ " .. ,,~, " , "',; ", . , .....~........,-".-'!.',..:....; , "".; ,",' ....~,,~..:.,...^',,' _;.. '."u'. ').'~_I....;.'.,,:.;:.. .J..,_. .,~,..;.,...~.'.._.."..~.~.w,..~~,_._._ .",. . ~. .. ._.-_.-.-.,....._~~"._._,,-_._" . , ' 11~S I'" , ') r.. <. w) ~&.. CITY OF IOWA CITY July 1, 1994 Karin Franklin, Director Planning & Community Development City of Iowa City Civic Center 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Karin: At its June meeting, the Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission considered the Foster Road Extension proposal. The Commission is concer,ned about the extension because it would traverse areas shown on the City's Environmentally Sensitive Areas map as being fragile and sensitive to impacts caused by land development. We know that the road connection through this area has been shown on the City's Transportation Plan for quite some time as a necessary collector street connection. Our primary concern is that if the road is identified as necessary to meet a community transportation need, it should be done in a manner that also provides other community benefits. That would mean identifying a suitable route that would cause the least disturbance of the sensitive areas. This alignment should be studied and identified by City staff rather than merely responding to a developer who understandably has other objectives in developing the site. The Commission therefore recommends the following course of action: . The need for the road should be verified. Is it still needed? ,Is it greatly needed? This verification will likely be needed to respond to questions from the public anyway; . Determine the route (or routes) that would provide a suitable road alignment and which would be the least impactive on the sensitive areas. Work with the Environmental Technical Advisory Committee in determining potential impacts; . Evaluate the community benefits of the road and the impacts on the environment to determine if the tradeoffs are reasonable and for the overall benefit of the community; . Present the recommended alignment to the developer(sl; . Work with the developerls) to identify the development densities and road alignments that best fit the environmentally sensitive areas and which will also allow reasonable development of the property. 410 EAST WASHINOTON STREET' IOWA CITY. IOWA 11l40.I126' (l19) 356-5000' FAX (l19) 356.'009 W~_ - ), ':,":""""'" O>~:;.' . .-' -' " """':"'''1'' ,,"'/""-" ,. .......,... . ., N"__' , " ----_._-_._~._-- 10 ',I.! "80"'\ I ..U,. /' .'-.,-, '."':' ~c~'2r'l "'" .,. " ' ',.:" ..;"; ";,; ;, "", r I I i '" I I I , I' , ) ,l,ij . '1 ~':I,..",l",;" '1,1"" If ~~' '. '.tri:}" ~ Fo \~ , .~. .-. .~' '," ,. r, Karin Franklin July 1, 1994 Page 2 : . r In addition to road alignment considerations, areas which would be appropriate locations for parkland should be identified as part of the study. Parkland might also be a mechanism used to preserve valuable environmentally sensitive areas. The Commission will be very supportive of your efforts to accomplish these actions. Irry i1son, Chairperson Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission . c: ~mission Members "1Aayor Susan Horowitz and City Council Members Stephen Atkins, City Manager Tom Scott, Chairperson, and Members of the Planning & Zoning Commission Terry Trueblood, Director, Parks and Recreation Jeff Davidson Charles Denney tp4-11 ,. " I:'" ,. - \ ',',', ~T1 1:,:", ' .." ". ~~.. "",., '.' I ,,-.. - J7~r,; .. '.'",. .,~.,.l",I". '.,' i),'~~~~"""~''''''-'''''-'''-''-'-'''''''''-'"---'''''' '1""'''''''''' 'I ','" :<;:'"."h:,<O::.(,)ii';DL:.' '\ "... .' "> '::;' " .' 'i ,',' ,',~," '," lS,lI n .',:...., ' " - ',':,," .,". ,..~-.' ")"',:~.I...:,:,::,,,I:.,(::-',,;:<.':.::~!':" " <,I '> '\i"'\'I~~.~.:~~;\; '" .... "",, , . . , , ,i'.:" ~~~;:j:t'.'i':':~." ;. ; .'; " .,: .,:.'.;,' ,; , ',' "...--...---....--...;....-..."..............--....-.--...- .\" June 1994 " I" BUILDING PERMIT INFORMATION .) . ;;" ~:~ CITY OF IOWA CITY KEY FOR ABBREVIATIONS ~ Type of Improvement: ~ .',',' .'., ADD Addition AL T Alteration OEM Demolition GRD Grading/excavation/filling REP Repair MOV Moving FND Foundation only OTH Other type of improvement , " " , . ,'f. Type of Use: ,.',' ,'r ~~ \ '\ NON Nonresidential RAC Residential. accessory building RDF Residential. duplex RMF Residential - three or more family RSF Residential. single family MIX Commercial & Residential OTH Other type of use ,", . ,... ( 'C I ~ I building,,,,, ~ :~ " '\ " 'J.' 17~' ",1 ," ;,1 I ,I , ,1 '.,.,'. j . ". .', ....;..' , , (~.. '.'.,',','.___0' "'":"" ~ ,'~- i , l' '!' , ,'," , '} j"~"'"...'''.''"'''".._-_...'''': ' ,,- '1""-'" :'..'I~'''~'': ",...', ' " "0" . ,.~ I, - f. \ . " "i 1(,';':::0,"":;':):" , ',' (5~,' l,' , J' '.,," >"oj'" ,~.:,r ~ ::.~; I' ~. .; ~~\'\\'.IV'I '., ',' """,;,',,,,:-,',' " , ,,\ f..mm.~,' " ; , ~., i " 'It' ,: :' ,.\~t.i ,',. .. . .:-.... " ~!. .! . .' ., -'. , '. .' .. - . -'. '.': .' ' . __ ,_,"'.k.~..:.....,.....I ",,"..,.. I.~,_....r..^..C,-""':'_..[,~.:.I./\o.!.:I;~l.,r.:._.:.'...,.....,,",,_.,_,,....~,-.__,____.~..__.._.;.. .. " Page: 1 Date: 07l08i94 From: 06/01/94 To..: 06/30/94 CITY OF IOWA CITY EXTRACTION OF BUILDING PERMIT DATA FOR CENSUS BUREAU REPORT . " '..' , ~. '. " ,..,-,......""...........,,,..........,,..,_-.-,_.., 'I' Permi t No. Appl i cant name Address Type Type Stories Units Valuation IlT!lr Use ========== ==================== ======================================== ==== ==== ======= ===== ============ BLD94.0413 FIRST MENNONITE 405 MYRTLE AVE CHURCH ADD SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOMS. ADD NOli BLD94.0436 MCCOMAS' LACINA 1310 HIGHLAND CT 36'x 160' ~AREHOUSE ADDITION. ADD NON BLD94.0435 CAROUSEL MOTORS 809 HIGHWAY 1 ~EST 42' X 130' ~AREHOUSE ADDITION ADD NON o o $ 580000 OS 80000 o s 52189 ADD NON permits: 3 ~~~~~~.........~..........~.................-.~.....~....................-..........~.~.~....~~~~....~......~.~~~...~.........~..... s 7121B9 BLD94.0411 GARY MCILRATH 1503 TRACY LN 10' X 24' CARPORT ADD RAC o OS 4200 ADD RAC permits: 1 .~.~.~~~....~...~............_~...~..~......-..................-~~.~....~--~..~~...~~~~._.._....._..~.~....~~..........._........... $ 4200 '-, BLD94.0394 PHI DELTA THETA n9 N DUBUQUE ST INSTALL NE~ EXTERIOR FIRE ESCAPE. ADD RMF BL094.0398 JOHN ROFFMAN 413 JEFFERSON ST ADD RMF SECOND FLOOR ADDITION TO EXISTING APARTMENT. CHANGING FROM EFFICENCY APARTMENTS TO ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS. o o o $ 60000 OS 12800 I ADO RMF permits: 2 ..~~.....-..~...................................~--....................~..................~......................................... $ 72800 .;r- 1 (~'\ \ f;1~ I , , i BL094.0375 KEVIN HART~IG 7390UBUQUE RO 24'X 30' ATTACHEO GARAGE ADDITION. AOD RSF BL094'0366 SEATON, TOM ANO BEV 3017 RAdCLIFFE AVE 14'X 43' BEOROOH/FAMILYROOH AOOITION ADO RSF BLD94'0405 DAVE HOME\IOOO 1621 DOVER ST TVO STORY ADDITION. AOD RSF ~ BL094-0130 EMMETT VAHGHAN 2911 CORNELL AVE 20'.6"X 16' FAMILY ROOIl ADDITION. AOO RSF BL094.0378 KRIEG, DEBORAH AND 890 PARK PL ART 14'X 23' SCREENED PORCH ADD RSF BL094.0431 JOAN COLE 8 KIRKIIOOO CIR ADD RSF CONVERT EXISTING GARAGE TO SCREEN PORCH AND BUILO 16' X 22' GARAGE BLD94.0446 KIMBALL ~ALL 2 DURHAM CT 14' X 18' SCREEN PORCH AND 14' X 8' OPEN OECK ADD RSF BLD94.0401 RICHARD HOUSTON 1429 FRANKLIN ST 12' X 23' ATTACHED GARAGE ADD RSF o o o o 0 $ o 0 $ o -\ o o $ 45000 os 40000 ,I.! o $ 30000 26000 17000 o s 16700 o $ 15000 0$ 8000 l?q~ .....,- V'" --~ " ' '.:.'," )""'"'''..'.'''''''''''''''''.........''''' .' ' '., ' .",':'I,/,-"\-'.~:''-'' . \' '- ' ',0 ",..," , .' '. ,".' I. ;"."" ,:,t,::"'" .:_:_,:..'7::-'.': . "'..', . ~5'\"lo.. ;'~ rc=o , '. ,-~, c''', /." ' ~,. "" .....':. " " l' , ,;I , : -;.:t:\'I' . . '" .. , ;~, .', ',:.' , . ~..,' ~. .... . . " .:.... "-~" - - '" ".,', . ' . .;. .: ,,~ ,..........~..J _._...:.._,.::.... :''''.-..Jl....'.:........;.~~~ ;.....;~.;...".:..:.~..'_~-.:,,;,. ~".._.,.,...,,:.'"...._ c.",.. A._,~_..,~_.._...,.. Page: 2 Date: D7IDBi94 From: 06/01/94 To..: 06/30/94 CITY OF IOWA CITY EXTRACTION OF BUILDING PERMIT DATA FOR CENSUS BUREAU REPORT Permit No. Appli cant name Address Type Type Stories Units Valuation lirpr Use ========== ==================== ======================================== ==== ==== ======= ===== ============ BLD94.0390 FRANK & DELORES 3304 SNAMROCK DR BURNS JR 14' X 14' SCREEN PORCH ADD RSF o o s 7000 BLD94.0420 DAVID KRUMMENOEL 74 EALlNG DR REPLACE EXISTING DECK YITH A 12'X 12' SCREENED PORCN. ADD RSF o OS 63BO BLD94.0410 DON FUNK 152 RAVEN ST ADD RSF OS 6000 12' X 12' SCREEN PORCH AND 6' X 12' OPEN PORCH BLD94.0454 JOHN LINDBERG 73 AIIHURST ST ADD RSF 0 OS 4000 14' X 14' AND 14' X 10' OPEN YOOO DECK BLD94.0404 JOSEPH & IRENE B27 RIVER SI ADD RSF 0 o $ 3400 ASCROFT 4' X 30' UPPER DECK AND 12' X 16' LOYER DECK '- 3568 VISTA PARK DR 0$ 3000 BLD94-0400 RINGEN, BRYAN AND ADD RSF 0 LISA 12'X 14' SCREENED PORCH ADDITION TO EXISTING YOOO DECK. lID BLD94'0440 JOHN M ABACI 2721 FRIENDSHIP ST ADD RSF 0 0$ 2000 I 10' X lB' OPEN YOOO DECK BLD94'0391 DAN HUDSON l7lB COLLEGE ST ADD RSF 0 0$ 1500 5' X 17' YOOO DECK AND 10' X 10' SCREEN PORCH OVER EXISTING DECK BLD94'0421 HIKE HORIHAN 3105 RAVEN CT ADD RSF 0 o $ 1500 r 12' X 20' OPEN DECK ,,' .-~ ~"I BLD94.041B THOMAS BAUGHMAN 205 Y BENTON ST ADD RSF 0 OS 1200 ( , \ 8' X 28' OPEN FRONT DECK .! ,j BLD94.0314 STRANG, BOB AND MARY 522 TERRACE RD ADD RSF 0 0$ 900 ~ ( , 10'X 12' STORAGE ADDITION ATTACHED TO EXISTING GARAGE. ! " .................................................................................................................................... ADD RSF permits: 19 S 234580 " BLD94.0450 IOWA CITY Cl>>lHUNITY 2901 MELROSE AVE ALT NON SCHOOLS REPLACE ENTRY STEPS ON THE NORTH END OF THE YEST HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. o OS 29300 i i I i, I ~'; ~ ~I BLD94.0415 SUPERCUT'S 702 S GILBERT ST REMODEL EXISTING RETAIL SPACE. AL T NON o OS 20000 BLD94.0358 IOWA STATE BANK 102 S CLINTON ST ALT NON REMODEL TYe RESTROOHS ON THE THIRD FLOOR. HANDICAP RESTROOHS. o OS 19324 BLD94.0419 HAYKEYE BAY STATES 209 YASHINGTON ST CO. REMODEL OFFICE SPACE ON THE THIRD FLOOR LEVEL. AL T NON o OS 16000 119' _ _'.&'''''' M _~ ~ - ,0., ,) """ ,,: ,,, .~...~....., - i','..," ,'5 ,10 lLuO - ."",:,.,,': '. " m"-, " .~. Y' l ". . :." ':"i_~~~>!.: ..'. " " ".1. ,'" ".....".., . '.. '., '\:~-'-;'.',~.'.~~~" ,.~~..,....:.:.,,,",....:_.;.,,..::./J""l:':!::;.~~:;_,.,,.;_, .:.._.\.,...:,;_,;.~L"_-...,..',,,,"...,.,_;...,. .,'~....:._.. . Page: 3 Data: 07/08/94 From: 06/01/94 To..: 06/30/94 CITY OF IOWA CITY EXTRACTION OF BUILDING PERMIT DATA FOR CENSUS BUREAU REPORT Permi t No. Appli cant nama Address Type Type Stories Units Valuation llIllr Use , . .~, , ~. . ========== ==================== ======================================== ==== ==== ======= ===== ============ BLD94.0443 ROBERT FOX PRESTON 311 WASHINGTON ST ALT NON 0 ENTERPRISES REMODEL FORMER "SUN TAN" SPACE AND ENCORPORATE INTO HEARTLAND INVESTMENTS. BLD94.0372 JOHN SOLOSKI 209 WASHINGTON ST INSTALL 121' OF PART ION WALLS AND FOUR DOORS AL T NON BLD94-0395 PAUL HARRIS 201 S CLINTON ST REMODEL EXISTING RETAIL SPACE. AL T NON BLD94-0445 CREEKSIDE PARTNERS 625 S GI LBERT ST ADDITION OF 440 S.F. TO EXISTING OFFICE SPACE. AL T NON o $ o 0 $ o 0 $ o 0 $ 12000 6400 5341 3000 ALT NON permits: 8 ...................................................................-....__.~................-.._-................................... '11365 BLD94.0392 ED BUETTUER 938 DEFOREST AVE RELOCATE 14' X 20' DETACHED GARAGE AL T RAC o $ $ ,1200 ALT RAC permits: I ..............--...........-...--.....................-_..._.........-.........__._~~.~......~..~..~_._.~~........_.....~.~..~...... 1200 BLD94.0360 PHI KAPPA SIGMA 716 N DUBUQUE ST REMODEL OF SECOND AND THIRD STORY OF FRATERNITY ALT RMF BLD94'0407 CHI OMEGA 804 IOWA AVE ALT RMF REMODEL BATHROOMS ON SECOND AND TNIRD FLOORS OF EXISTING FRATERNITY. ,? "i( (-- \, '\ ~ I I BLD94.0351 DELTA ZETA SORORITY 223 S DODGE ST ALT RMF FIRE CODE REVISIONS' INSTALL A NEW EXTERIOR STIARWAY. BLD94'0438 TOM KAUT 625 DAVENPORT ST ALT RMF INSTALL FIRE WALL BETWEEN EFFICIENCY APARTMENT AND GARAGE o o $ $ Q 80000 39800 26500 350 i ,I' o 0 $ o o $ ALT RMF per~lts: 4 ........................................................~.................~......................................................... $ 146650 ~, BLD94.0399 JOHN HEISF REMODEL BASEMENT ALT RSF 21 HERON CIR BL094-0340 JOHN R STRIEF 2018 GLENDALE RD BEDROOM REMODEL IN EXISTING UNFINISHED SPACE OF S.F.D. AL T RSF I i, i~ 11-' ~ BLD94-0377 MIKE RAMIREZ 1519 TRACY LN FIHISH OFF A PORTION OF BASEMENT. ALT RSF BLD94.0364 ROCCO L ~AGNER 1761 DOVER ST ENCLOSE EXISTING WOOD DECK WITH A THREE SEASON PORCH. ALT RSF BLD94'0402 SHEILA JONNSON 3201 MUSCATlNE AVE # 5 FRAME IN OPENING FOR THE NEW BAY WINOOl/. .. \ ALT RSF ~,'-, i:' ,Ii:, I.~,! {; , ~'tl , BLD94'0408 POWLES, JON AND RENA 602 OAKLAND AVE ALT RSF REMODEL EXISTING BASEMENT OF S.F.D. TO PROVIDE FOR A HOME OCCUPATION. o o $ 14000 10000 5000 4500 2200 1500 l7 'I' "I"" B \ ,'5 ".0, -~ j'''''''''''''''' , I '\ o '" ,..' ;. (-- · 0 ,'.\ ,,' ------ ~JI. ~~ ':~~ m - , ~=- o o $ o o $ o 0 $ o 0 $ o 0 $ o o $ ,.".,.','" ,.,'U .'" EmlID I .... ",f ,"". . :":,' . " :~ " , , ..', - ~. ,l\"\'!, .... '1,.. .~. . . ,.; . ~. ,. "M",? ~. . . , I 1 . ',,'" ' .; ; . _ . ," .'.... "" ~~,... ,,: ~';'..;.'_,:. __-,'j. :0. ,--', '.;. ," ..e.;I~,'..:..:S.. ~""'J.:~..:.:.:"..:....:~.:...;.,: ::..~,,'_,.:.:..:.:r':' ':'~';~''''''''''~"",'"'4,n ",,,.: '_L ...;."'~...,-:,,,...":'. .'''''' .... , Page: 4 Date: 07/08/94 From: 06/01/94 To..: 06/30/94 CITY OF I~A CITY EXTRACTION OF BUilDING PERMIT DATA FOR CENSUS BUREAU REPORT ,~ Permit Applicant name No. Address Type Type Stories Units Valuation IfI'llr Use ========== ==================== ======================================== ==== ==== ======= ===== ============ FACIAL AND SKIN CARE CENTER. BLD94.0439 PAUL T MCCLURG 516 S LUCAS ST INSTALL EGRESS ~INDOW IN BASEMENT ALT RSF o OS 300 ...............................................................................................-...................-----............ AlT RSF permits: 7 s 37500 BlD94.0442 RICHARD MIllER 105 TAFT SPEED~AY S.F.D. IN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. GRD RSF o os o , ' .--.....--................-......................................................................................................... GRD RSF permits: 1 s o BlD94'0409 NATIONAL COMPUTER 2510 N DOOGE ST NE~ NON OS 2615000 SYSTEMS INTERIOR FINISH OF NE~ OFFICE BUILDING AND PEDESTRIAN ~AlKWAY , BlD94.D257 FARE~AY STORES INC 2530 ~EST~INDS DR NE~ NON o S 700000 23840SF GROCERY STORE \ BlD94.0416 HANICK/ROFFMAN 209 N LINN ST NE~ NON 0 o S 148000 r TWO STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING. BlD94'0201 DAVE POUER 1214 IIlGIILAHD CT tlEY 11011 OS 31000 50' X 80' ~AREHOUSE/SHOP ~ITH 20' x 22' OFFICE AT REAR OF lOT .. BlD94'D388 JIM MCFALL 951 MIllER AVE NE~ NON 0 OS 12500 40 X 28'6" STORAGE BUILDING ..... ............................................................................................................................... HE~ NON permits: 5 S 3506500 \ .f BLD94.D383 HOOGE CONSTRUCT 1011 2410 lAKESIDE DR NE~ RAC 0 OS 18000 23'X 110' CARPORT BlD94.D384 HOOGE CONSTRUCTION 2422 LAKESIDE DR NE~ RAC 0 OS 18000 23'X 110' CARPORT " BlD94'0385 HOOGE CONSTRUCTION 2434 LAKESIDE DR NE~ RAC 0 OS 18000 23'X lID' CARPORT BlD94.0386 HOOGE CONSTRUCTION 2446 LAKESIDE DR NE~, RAC 0 OS 18000 23'X 110' CARPORT BlD94.0387 HOOGE CONSTRUCTION 2458 LAKESIDE DR NE~ RAC 0 OS 18000 23'X lID' CARPORT BlD94.0376 JOHN 0 BROUNING III 427 CLARK ST NE~ RAC 0 o S 2500 12'X 40' DETACHED GARAGE. ,r':" r~\ \ ' ,\ \ 1 , , i' , I ! I I, . I I ~:; I \ . ,~ ...................................................................--.-.............-..-.....--........-...-.....-....---...--.....- NE~ RAC permits: 6 $ 92500 i..,:))'i;t'::~:,.~,-:....:;\ '.",..,".'" ",," .'.." 1?'1~ \ :/5 .,ldl, ,. , .' . T"" \.:..- ".r ~., lL" i ~', -,- 0 .. , 0 " ,'.,.',,',', , C,' Q~~\.':"'\ 1-' ..,....~, " J; C~'\' \\\ " , , /~- f~, '., ;,- . '.l" . ' ,</'1'-: " "t' .:"., W,:> . ~. '., .. ~, " 'M'f . ,'-"':"- . "~;,,...,-.;-~ " ' ' , -.- .: :::~.~.~ ~~~"-'.l~"_"~".;".~,;,..u..._,...".;,,,,,....~;,:'.,..-,~:~1'~:,'~"'...::c~::.:;.~':=.............~~,~,.._...:~.~:__.....;_ _~..~. :. Page: 5 Date: 07/0B/94 From: 06/01/94 To..: 06/3D/94 CITY OF I~A CITY EXTRACTION OF BUILDING PERMIT DATA FOR CENSUS BUREAU REPORT Permit No. Address Appli cant name " ,I t~' I , .- " . ~. " _.".~......~." "~".'"'''''_''.''' "_~"L'.U'_".' _..~._._~_..._._.. i Type Type Stories Units Valuation IfTllr Use .1 ========== ==================== ======================================== ==== ==== ======= ===== ============ BLD94-0374 RAMON BONILLA - 1220 3RD AVE TON ITA RIOS DUPLEX CONDO ~ITH ONE CAR GARAGE. NE~ RD F 2 2 $ 136852 ......................................................................~~..~.......a...._.~........................_...~................. NE~ RDF permits: 1 BLD94-0379 FRANTZ CONSTRUCTION 1362 OXFORD PL NE~ RMF TRI-PlEX ~ITH TYe CAR GARAGE. aka 1362 - 1366 - 1370 OXFORD PLACE. BLD94-0352 MITCHELL-PHIPPS BlDG 537 S VAN BUREN ST & DESIGN 4-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING NEW RMF 2 S 136852 3 S 299000 3 4 S 200000 .....................a.........~....__......................_.....~a~................................~....~......................... BlD94.044B ST JOHN CONSTRUCTION 620 SCOTT PARK DR S.F.D. ~ITH TYe CAR GARAGE BLD94-0367 DUFFY BUILDERS 904 SCOTT PARK DR S.F.D. ~ITH TYe CAR GARAGE. BlD94-0455 GLENN DUFFY 53 BUCHANAN CT S.F.D. ~ITH THREE CAR GARAGE. BlD94.0397 SPEER CUSTOM HOMES 1946 FLANIGAN CT S.F.D. ~ITH TYe CAR GARAGE BlD94-03BO MICHAEL T EVANS 73B PEPPER DR CONSTRUCTION S.F.D. ~ITH TWO CAR GARAGE BlD94-03B2 MICHAEL T EVANS 714 PEPPER DR CONSTRUCTION S.F.D. ~ITH TWO CAR GARAGE BlD94-03B9 MICHAEL T EVANS BOO PEPPER DR CONSTRUCTION S.F.D. ~ITH TYe CAR GARAGE BlD94.0354 PAT MOORE 1106 ~EEBER ST CONSTRUCTI ON S.F.D. ~ITH TWO CAR GARAGE. BlD94-0350 JASON lEE 736 CHESTNUT CT , S.F.D. ~ITH TUG CAR GARAGE. BlD94-0272 FURMAN BUilDERS 36 GAl~AY CIR S.F.D. ~ITH TWO CAR GARAGE. - \ 8lD94.0434 OAN HAAF 4 EAllNG DR CONSTRUCTION S.F.D. ~ITH THREE CAR GARAGE ..~- ,-- .~-:-'&~. ,I"~-- Co ...., NEW RMF permits: 2 NEW RSF NEW RSF NEW RSF NE~ RSF NE~ RSF NEN RSF NE~ RSF NE~ RSF NEW RSF NE~ RSF NE~ RSF 7 $ 499000 2 1 $ 213033 I lB3232 I , " 2 1 $ 175000 162578 1 S 152787 1 $ 2 1 S .:,., 1 $ 152787 2 2 2 2 1 $ 152489 1 S 149278 1 S 125n9 1 S 125455 1 S 117388 1?Li' .. '?:s''':, Ie)';' .' . . .li._~"".;....'.'.p,. ,n -'1~'l '" iJ",~,' '''~'''"'''^^''-,''','' ,... .",;-,\':.,;"',\. ,.'.... ,.' \'. , ':,\ ',."',>0:.:;>.):1'\' ' '.".,' ' " ""'....,,' , , ,~::~.~ ", ..... l I " "' ,0 . "~. ."~h'i:' .. '-.' .\:. ~. .. .. " ! .. "". " , .w.... ", " .~~ " ." ~ ___.... ~:.~.,.':~:f..~:-.._~;..;..,.._,.,_.~~:CJ'"'~'.:..,......._~'J'~\.;-:~:""',..;.;.);.;;~~..:.;l,i.i,i'...~~:........~~.....'....~~.....,.:..........~....,_.~.~':...~.._......_.......~.> ,..."...,~"~>"".;." "".'.'w,_...._.......,"~..,.:....;,......A ...~.~~. ;. Page: 6 Date: 07/08/94 From: 06/01/94 To..: .06/30/94 CITY OF lOijA CITY EXTRACTION OF BUILDING PERMIT DATA FOR CENSUS BUREAU REPORT Permit No. Applicant name Addrass Typa Type Stories Units Valuation Irrpr Use ,c ========== ==================== ======================================== ==== ==== ======= ===== ============ " BLD94.0457 NEWPORT BUILDING AND 660 SCOTT PARK OR NEW RSF 1 $ 116634 DESIGN S.F.D. WITH TWO CAR GARAGE BL094.0428 MIOLAHD NOMES, INC. 1646 LANGENBERG AVE NEW RSF 2 1 $ 109950 S.F.D. WITH TWO CAR GARAGE. BLD94.0313 RICHARD MILLER 105 TAFT SPEEDWAY NEW RSF 2 1 $ 105704 S.F.D. WITH CARPORT ATTACHED. BLD94.0353 DENNIS SPENCER 623 PEPPER DR NEW RSF' 1 $ 100B23 S.F.D. WITH TWO CAR GARAGE. BLD94.0456 MIDLAND NOMES INC. 1655 LANGENBERG AVE NEW RSF 2 1 $ 96531 S.F.D. WITH TWO CAR GARAGE .~.........~.....-..............................................~....~........~.....~~..~~...~~~~.~..~.~....~...~.....~...........~. NEW RSF permits: 16 16 $ 2239398 ~. BLD94.0441 HERBERT W HETHCOTE 256 MAGOijAN AVE OTN RSF 0 0$ 1300 INSTALL 8' PRIVACY FENCE ID BLD94.0412 GARY & BETH GAUGER 414 N VAN BUREN ST OTH RSF 0 o $ 500 r ,210' OF 7' FENCE ...............~..._...............................-_..._.......~.................................._..........~..................... OTH RSF permits: 2 $ 1800 .;.-: r\ \ ~(,:", I, ' i ' , I I , ! ~. BLD94.0406 UNITED ACTION FOR 422 IOI/A AVE REP NON 0 yooTH RE8UILD STORM CELLAR ENTRY, REPAIR FRONT PORCH FLOOR AND PIERS, AND REROOF BUILDING o $ 20000 .............................................................................................-...........~.......................... REP NON permits: 1 $ 20000 BLD94.0373 REHONA ROTH 1226 BLOOMINGTON ST REP RDF REBUILD 26' FEET OF EAST FooHDATlON WALL WITH 8" CONCRETE BLOCK 00$ 4100 " .................................................................................................................................... REP RDF permits: 1 $ 4100 , i, I ! I , 'r.' I ~",' II' I I ~l,) \'.......:J. " , ,J BLD94.0308 C.J.G. REllTALS 315 ELLIS AVE REP RMF REMOVE AND REPLACE EXTERIOR EXIT BALCONY TO EXISTING APARTHENT 8UILOING. o o $ 30000 '4 BLD94.0393 HAWKEYE INVESTMENTS 700 CARRIAGE HILL RESIDING OF APT. BUILDINGS 700 '7Z1 REP RMF o 0$ 28000 .................................................................................................................................... REP RHF permits: 2 $ 58000 BLD94.0381 SPEER CUSTOM HOMES 1929 WOODBERRY CT REPAIR FIRE ON THE HEWLY CONSTRUCTED HOOSE. REP RSF 2 o $ 135000 'I, ',,! C'o - ~ -~ "\,"..::~::::--" ,~, ':'" . " ,'. ,",:',P',:',L.4::,;iL" ,:\ 11Y'",.,,;' . '>''''''''-'''' ",' , ,t} ~",'l[J'::' I"~ J:';") ),.; " " . '. "",;, '.", "",~..,.- I',' :.'.. " " ' ,,( fJ'. ,:. ,':'- J. '.".. , ~'," .'\., :. ,;~";" _.",:__~_,____,_,__ . _ __~ _:_~,~::.,."'... .",,~"-i.~,~,...,,:...,,~=,..,..,~~~.,-~~;:~~.:._, ,_,__,____., ..,=_._"_'~ __._.:.._.. I ':d "-":":';:~f'."~'~~' :' '. ~~~.:;.~>:<' ..','.. '.:" ~ """.,y. ,,",:,~'~ . ;.;. Page: 7 DatQ: 07l0~/94 From: 06/01/94 To..: 06/30/94 Permi t Appli cant name Address No. CITY OF IOWA CITY EXTRACTION OF BUILDING PERMIT DATA FOR CENS~S BUREAU REPORT : ~j:,;::,:~.. ,-.n" '-'.:;'. Type Type Stories Units Valuetion I~r Use ========== ==================== ======================================== ==== ==== ======= ===== ============ BLD94'0417 BAD VAN TRANLAM 20 REGAL LN REPLACE EXISTING REAR PORCN. REP RSF o os 700 .................................................................................._......~.~~....................._....~............ REP RSF permits: 2 s 135700 TOTALS 25 S 8014334 ."'" i" ' "',, .:.... ..,> i /':i; :.,. 'J'.',"'" ("" .'.. \' , 1 i- r .1 .1' . I' ,..,', :""'.., ,.'.ii"'" .:"i,;. 'r..~.\"..'.,'..,...' .' ,r- ":'t:':',. j---"- .-,"" ' .. .' ., I ,,:\.~ . '\ '''''''0(''; 'II:! " , , .' IJ ~.;..,' l ,':: ; ..j;l - .," I.,., .' i, " '/19~," ~ 1...-1: ,...' "'(" '"..~ '{~ I of,: . ,J" ,., :' l...,.~"",.k,.:.,:..!:;.'.'I' ,(- 0 . ~ 'I, ~~. [L - ".:';':", ~}:}':'~:":~:;"'l _;_;~:i:',:.::;~ , '.~.. , , ~' . To: IO~ CITY CLERK \ " J;. 7-7-94 9:0Da~ p. 2 of 3 Juhnsun Cuunl)' _ \ TOWA~ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REVISED Stephen P. Lacina, Chairperson Joe Bolkcom Charles D. Duffy , , Patricia A. Meade July 7. 1994 j' FORMAL MEETING " " Agenda .... ,., '- ,- f'. " L CaJlto order 9:00 a.m. 2. Action re: claims C', 3. .., _ r. ~.:, ~ ..~ .;:.":~ 1'.... ":I 'r-.. ":, Action re: informal minutes of June 28th recessed to June 30th ang,',t'he fobnal...,~ minutes of June 30lh. :;..:.: ::,.. _". -." , "-'" 4. Action re: payroll authorizations ........ ...., - . . ., :::;.::--: -- " - ;', ;:) h? 1 ",' \ "', " Gj \A m ! R 1 1 I 5. . Business from the County Engineer. a) Discussion/Aclion re: Bid results for projects L-U-25-1 and L-N- 2-2. b) Other ,,'J'I,'" 6. Business from the County Auditor. a) Aclion re: permits b) Action re: reports c) Other 913 SOUTIl DUBUQUE ST. P.O. BOX 1350 IOWA CITY,IOWA 52244-1350 "',',' FAXI(319)J5b.60s17Q7 ,,/, -:~ "~"",;"~"':"-"'~.'c,,.._,-.-:,...,,.,.,, .:.," "j .,,:..-...,,',' "'."""'( :-:..., ","',' ,< ::<.":;,:1 .:. ':';>;';:~':,i~~"";.-I~.:.t~':,.~\.-" .' :,~".' '."',', " ;,:.' ::,\,:,",: 0" ':,:~'., .'., ,~::";:"':~:,';':'}'9:::'+:.~t;\':;,',;:("""" '",.,>' . I',? ~'};:':'''::'''';':~' TEL: (319) 356-6000 c",' ,0 ,<,\. . '.....,....=,." .',",," ." ' , ., L . ,. :.' .~. '. .., ,", . - ~:'~'(.I I" . 0, ", '.:.<~~~.. , :.,',\1". . ., ;',",;1" ..' ..,. " 1{- ,L <, , ,', -.' , ,..:,....~,. ......___.~..._.__._-...~:;.;~:i~,~..~.~~" ../...~..~:.:u:.W'.,~~"'i.:~..~j:,:':.'~2~~~~L~.~~.~~,J~~~~..u-..~:l<.':~~~.;."..~_....._~_.~....-~___K.~d'":......'....,,,....~:.._",:...::a~"~~~~,_.,: ,',', . .',. ,,' ~. ..... To: IOWA CITY CLERK From: jo hogartv 7-7-94 9:00a~ p. 3 of 3 , ' Agenda 7-7-94 Page 2 7. Business from the Assistant Zoning Administrator. a) First and Second consideration of the following Zoning application: 1. Application Z9410 of Alan Lacina, Iowa City, requesting rezoning of 2 - 1.99 acres from AI Rural to RS Suburban Residential of certain property described as being in the SW 1/4 oflhe SW 1/4 of Section 10; Township 79 North; Range 5 West of , the 5th P.M. in Johnson County. Iowa (This properly is located on the east side of Wapsi Avenue SE. approximately 1700 feet south of its intersection with Lower West Branch Road SE in Scott Twp.). .... , 8. 'Business from the County Allorney. ' a) Report re: other items. a) Action re: FY95 Heritage Area Agency on Aging contract for transportation Senior Dining. b)' Action re: resolution for flood disaster relief. c) Other f:" , ": '\ 9. Business from the Board of Supervisors. .r:- G, '~ ~ I ; ~ I i i'~ 10. Adjourn to informal meeting. a) Inquiries and reports from the public. b) Reports and inquires from the members of the Board of Supervisors. c) Report from the County Attorney. d) Other )1' II. Business from Larry Harmon. Director of Dislocated Workers Center at Kirkwood Community College. a) Action re: Resolution for Flood Disaster Relief. b) other k ( i , j ~ 12. Adjournment. I ;,: ... T :(,0 ",.-- <~':' - ~, ,I,~::C;-,;,c:'~::"':'::'" _, "..~., ,',ii"li..O:'" ::I:~';,I/\"'>i,:,!,\\" ,1197 ,;,;.", 7''''''''''''';, ,',', F,_..,"....I,,[]',i ';''JS'''', -. , .'.-, ..{' " '.., ,'.'.i, '. ' '. . "'. ' " i 1 ,,', " , :.,:.', , "'.; ~,: ,! I .,. . ....:.~., ~, :"'j "f..' ~::' ,;:'..<'l. , " .;': :,.,'" , . "" ;:1,\'1', ..".'l " . ,~ "- , , j , , , I " ". ~. "',." "; ~. '~ " , f ' ,.,.....,'.. . ,",,',. c.~.;'..;.::. ... ~.. ,~,"""~~:.~"~;~l:j' ~.;~~;;~~~::..~:~.., ;,~'~;2\;i~':~'~'~~:l~L;,~i:;'~:::-,:~'~:;,:~~j~ :D.UL:~~':;'~~~;:,i;'~',~;'~;~:,:~L.G~L\~L~~\;~ ~,.';'.'":. .j:~, ...;.... ~-..' '\.' To: IOWA CITY CLERK From: jo hcgartv 7-11-94 B:51am p. 2 of 2 J"[!t " ' .' ",:' '.', ' Johnson County _ \ IOWA:; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Stephen P. Lacina, Chwperson Joe Bolkcom I,,', Charles D. Duffy Patricia A. Meade ' U) Don Sehr r July 12, 1994 0 '- :::En c: "Ti :l>=i r ..",. n-< - INFORMAL MEETING t""" - n -In ;<r :::- 1m _f"Il :.;r Agenda 0::0 :r=;l \.0 ',..,7 CaUto order 9:00 a.m. $:A .. 1. ~ 0 ,',',. 0 2. Review of the informal minutes of July 5th recessed to July 7th and the formal minutes of July 7th. .-'"\ , 1,' 3. Business from the County Engineer. .'" a) Discussion re: speed study results for North Liberty Road and Dubuque Street, and intersection concerns. b) Other , 4. Business from the Board of Supervisors. a) Report from Susan Horowitz. Iowa City Mayor regarding Iowa Cityl Johnson County updates/discussion. b) Reports c) Other , , I \ ' I '1 I ,.: I " ' i I 5. Business from Cheryl Whitney, Area Administrator for Department of Human Services. a) Discussion re: Department of Human Services Local Expenditure Plan. b) Other 6. Discussion from the public. 7. Recess. 913 SOUTH DUBUQUE sr, P.O, BOX 1350 10WACITY,IOWA 52244.1350 TELl (319)356.6000 FAXI(319l356'60H611'S .;",,:,: ,,' ,_' ~",";:,~,'/ "(':'-""':">,:;. ""O:'.':':/~'::~;" ',"'!;f:;1{''''!','''!;\'''''''''''''!''''~''-'''"J,,_'"''~:,~ 'R .' Ii, ",.' " ,.. . ' IS. ull _"'" M'i..";;' i'" " "':'-. ,I,' ..."" ,./'"":"~::i.:li::..,i,,':>':"_"',_ :, ' ,',. "" """-""""~;.'~""':""'I~.(; (~ 0 ,;~:,~:\j"~('~ ,~. :';':i'"'' " ..,. """'110".'1.'-,'," , ',,''''\'' ~ ", ",,','~ . ..:, " 'l~' , ..' ' :~.\ ).,.-;,/~": . " ,.'.. ", .' '/':',,':';'-',-:,'::,;_:~~,: " , ' '" " @\.'vs.;,,~~ . ......, ~ ~"" ".'.::' _.......----~-_.. A,' ..",. '. .,'.' ',# ".', ,.j 't,'. '/ ' Cashing in , on Curb Parking jf do jv'} J ./ tJ~P/lJ'lV I'm ~1}t ftPU r 7 lfiU 01 '~, ~ Iv IrN (!)'I : '.~ :,~. : BY DONALD C. SHOUP I \ >~ ;l ! /I, I..','..',. .. '''''.:'''-',,:''-:'} Cusloms House, Monlerey, CA, eorly 1900s. ,,..,.., I'S~ ~", \l\ " Whether you :r.e driving to lcork, to a doctor's appointment, or to dinner with a friend, you don't want to reach your destination and then circle the neighborhood for " 40 minutes looking for a parking space. rou want even less to compete with dozens 0/ other cars looking for that same vacant space, while dodging do;;ble-parked cars and listening to honking and cursing. J ,I , , <~ i \ , ~ ! , I ! i I I r: U. ,.,,,,;:; l .,J, ' DCHld/J c. SI",up i, pro/,,,,,, 4 u,bu pld""i"~ "t Ih, Uniurlily 4 ClJ/i!drnilJ. LIII Atlg.:l.:" CA 9~'(,':!4. r/,;, "'.Y /, .J.pl,J [ro.. /,;, ["'/"'''''1 .,/i,I, ;, ,h, ).urn.1 .1 tho Am"'..n PI,nn'nj Au.,J.llun. " " '"c.:;c',...[' .,5-,'5 . . " ,~ o . ",::,:,),,\\:'::':().;f;;,:.f~~i: ' 11~~ ',..'. ..... . .., .. "";,.",:":',,,,1' ".I,!,''''N':~ ""...'r"""".""~'''''''''''''''',,\'~''''''''"'''.'~'~'"''''T'''' -........\' I" '. \,:'; ,:(:.,!'''':,i' '\ .." ",," ""~5'i: .!Jil. I' ~d ".,1." ;t, ",.' ;,I' .,." ,1-:, :,.":, "}'.;:': '.' .', ,: 't..., '~"(:':;";"r":;"'" ,,:' 1',.1' 11 Lf~.. o),,~-,:'" -. )":"loi,;: , - . ,.,' . ..... ., ~':-. 1-": "'.','-., , .... ;.'1'.\1.; '," t'. f " ~ . . \ ~. ,: 1 . '-. ;;,~, . .__.. '.._ _._ ....'-..~.......'...~."'_,_......._......_~..;.l'""'~. :' ___teL.,. .':'.~J ...:.!~" .~.l_.'.",l. ",<"~..._,-",,J.._t., .'. .,,'_....___.... fo prevent just that kind of nightmare, city planners across the country have ordained .mimum off.street parking requirements for everything from apartment houses to zoos. , They've thought that if the city could assure convenient, free parking, more visitors, employees, and business clients would come into town. Besides, by keeping parked cars off the streets, they could make local residents happy, and they're the ones who vote. But I believe that planners have seriouslv misdiagnosed the parking problem. By imposing minimum parking requirements, planners have inadvertently increased auto- mobile dependency and decreased urban density. Because parking requirements are based on observing the number of cars parked at existing land uses, and because motorists report paying nothing to park for 99 percent of all trips, I parking requirements are implicitly based on the demand obselVed at a zero price, without regard to either the cost of providing parking spaces or what motorists are willing to pay for them. When all development is required to provide enough parking to satisfy demand at a zer!> price, the resulting market price will be zero. The consequence is a vicious circle of parking subsidy, required oversupply of parking, and ubiquitous free p~king which then leads to an obselVed "demand" that is used to set future minimum parking requirements. But if new developmentdoesn't provide sufficient off.streetparking to meet the newly created demand, won't parking inevitably spill over onto the neighborhood streets? If nearby curb parking is free, any development that does not provide enough off.street parking to meet the demand at a zero price will cause spillover. I would argue that the spillover problem is not caused by a shonage of off.street parking for all motorists who want to park free. Rather, it is caused by the government's failure to charge an appro. priate price for curb parking. If solving the spillover problem by pricing curb parking were so simple, why wasn't it done long ago? The answer lies, I believe. with what happens to parking meter rev. enue. Money put into a parking meter seems literally to disappear into thin air. Unless citizens can see how the revenue directly benefits them. why would they support charg. ing for something that used to be free? To change the political calculus. suppose market prices for curb parking were introduced by creating "Parking Benefit Districts" that differ from existin Residential Parking Permit (RPP) districts in two ways. Firs~ residents woul~ continue to receive permits to park free in theirdistric~ but nonresidents would be charged the market price for parking. Second, the resulting revenue would be spent for additional public services in the neighborhood where the revenue is collected, such as for sidewalk and street repair, street tree planting and trimming, street cleaning, street lighting, graffiti removal, or pu\t!ng overhead utility wires underground. Spending curb parking revenue in the ne'ighborhood where itis colleCted w~elp , residents to see themselves as owners. not merely users, of curb arking, Seen from the resident's side of the transaction, charging nonresidents for curb parking and spending the money to benefit the adjacent property resembles Monty Python's scheme to "ta.~ foreigners living abroad." > I In 1Il,1990 ~.tionwld, P,,,,nal T"".port>tion SUI'I'l'.IIl,l8,lllO ",pond",~ "po"'" fret par~ni (or 99 po",,"! or all lhelrilutomabll~trlps. i(C 0 ,l I, , ' ." -~-~, ,.,..: u ".' .'-:,,, ',' ~', ; , .. ~ ,A I ~~~~/~ '2'?"~ IIJF",mu~ ~I1t'l"r~ 1"001' ..,I"'RKING 9,," 8,. .~"'!Ar "10':';: -' . "'>\' ' .7>;F':~\1 ( J ,'I ::". IJ~' ~B ~ 1 i V A where doe, Ihe revenue Irom curb porking gol .... . ". A ' ,t C-:', E.' 5 5 ' " .,.. ., .' " 10 ,I.f _/" . .:'..,..,..,...., 17q q,,_\,~,:il:':' ..,""',..,'[',1,.::_"";1"': .' . ,.." ,...In ",' ','.Is Y:C' ..U,i: . ' ., .I .,{'" "" ' ,', ',.. '....;I~..\'!~"','.,,\., , ,;',.,',""" '~. ." ~::h"~_"~ ., . '-d,',_, ~:':~;;:~'\;::;:;?'.>.l.: " ~",' . " .~, :,....-; " -----:.,;,'--,_:-, A, "I'''...., ' . .. ~. ';' . \:' ...,:,:':,::':~::,' > \~~ '. ,': By creating Par~ing Benefit oislriels, curb parking revenue could b. ul.d 10 beautily s're"lli~. Ihis. ":",; '" ;;> 1',- A Parking Benefit District represents a compromise between the one extreme of free curb arkin that is overused b nonresid nts a the 0 osite extreme ofRPPdis-, tricts that flatly prohibit nonresident parking. When cities establish conventional RPP districts, they are overlooking some important benefits that a more market-like solution can offer to both residents and nonresidents. A Parking Benefit District offers nonresi- 'dents the option of paying a fair market price to park (rather than simply prohibiting them from parking), and it offers residents neighborhood public revenue derived from non- residents. - . Almost every city must have some neighborhoods with broken sidewalks, potholed and treeless streets, or overhead wire blight that could benefit from additional public investment financed by nonresidents' payments for curb parking. Consider what it means to set a "market price" for curb parking. TraJiic engineers usually recommend that at least one in seven curb spaces remain vacant at all times to ensure easy parking access and egress. Thus, the appropriate price for curb parking would limit demand so that at least one in seven spaces remains vacant to accomodate ' new arrivals. This strategy is not new: all commercial parking operators set prices high "'- enough to maintain vacancies. The last thing a commericial operator ever wants to do is put out the "full" sign, because it means that the price is too low. Can market.priced curb parking reallyyieId sufficient revenue to make it worth coI: Iecting? At a,priceof fifty cents an hour for only eight hours each weekday, and an 85 percent occupancy rate, one parking space would yield S884 a rear. By comparison, the :,:" ~ ~C-:-t-:r::-'i' lr " . !";:(,;::;!;Jj;\;,~:)O}'iti;,,;'.' ']1:0?~:\,:;:' " \' ~._, --.. '\ ,,1,1; ""l.',: :1';-.,': ":"'",'." ',." . i'.". .:~ ~ .-1"'.. ;,1; 1:i .,,'; ..._. 0' ..,~!.!I,::':: ~\. I,' ",., ,';":.' , " :~.. .... ;';,:;~'l,L~"...~.;~ :_,";~.~~,~'.~...~...~~_:...:~'iL::~~~if" ,'::';- . '~'__",~'::..L.i~~",~J~..~;.:..~~,~l~~~..r'''':~~~..~". .' 0..;1 .ian property lllX on single-family houses was $922 a year in 1991. Many single-fami- neighborhoods have two curb spaces in front of each house. Therefore, even at mod- est market prices, potential curb parking revenue in neighborhoods subject to spillover parking could easily exceed current property tax revenue. A neighborhood.generated public land rent that is spent on the neighborhood's own highest public priorities should especially appeal to advocates of greater neighborhood s:If.govemment It may not be easy to decide how to spend a Parking Benefit District's revenue, but Special Assessment Districts, which are already used to finance public pro- jects that specially benefit particular neighborhoods, show there is ample precedent for neighborhood political choice. Special Assessment Districts are often organized by petition from residents, and it is common for each benefitted property to pay a special assessment in proportion to its street frontage. Indeed, the chief difference between a SoecialAssessment District and the proposed Parking Benefit District seems to lie in who pays: resident property own- ers pay special assessments, while nonresident motorists would pay for curb parking, Manycities already use special assessments, so these cities mustalready have the account- ing systems for allocating district-specific revenue to neighborhood public services. Because anyone parking illegally would be stealing neighborhood public revenues, residents would have a new incentive to cooperate with the police and parking enforce- ment officers in supporting parking regulations. And If market prices create ubiquitous vacant legal spaces, no one would ever "need" to park illegally by a fire hydrant, in a bus stop, or in a handicap space. What's more, we now have the technology to do away with having to feed the meter. One particularly promising new system employs a personal in.vehicle parking meter, sim- ilar in size and appearance to a small pocket calculator, that operates like a debit card. mth this system, motorists pre-pay a municipal authorit). for a total value of parking that is programmed into their in-vehicle meter. After parking, the motorist keys in the park- ing zone code, switches on the meter, and leaves it inside the car with its LCD display visible. The motorist does not need to carry coins, and does not suffer the "meter an.xi- ety" associated with conventional parking meters. Cities in California, New York, and virginia have already begun to use the in-vehicle parking meter, which in Europe is called an "electronic purse." Motorists who have tried them report an ovenvhelmingly positive response. The real obstacles to charging market prices for curb parking are political, not tech- nical. The political acceptability of charging for curb parking depends on a politically acceptable distribution of the collected reve!!!!.e. If each neighborhood's parking revenue were spent for that neighborhood's highest public spending priority, more people would want to charge for curb parking. T)Je pW'pose of a Parking Benefit District ivould be to make the neighborhood a place where people want to be, rather than merely a place where anyone can park free. > , ~'~" "..,.. .. ~ \: ~' , ' ~ ..' [.l, . ~ " I ""1 ,~;..' ..[L' 0 __ . ,~'~. ~ . A In-'ehicle mele" make paying rar curb parking easy, (AulaParq by Duncan Industriesl G , . . 5' 'A "( : (.,' h 5 : :, '. "': - 't 'f' r 1'1 '1,~ ,..;.:.".:j~: '\"'"'''' ',1'1' r' 'J,~ ,mi . " t 5 .,' " . ,I.:.l", , '.' ,,', \ . I .:\ c' it,::'.. ~\:'f,~ I: ,'. ,,.;. , " ", - ~- ';',;.,,, ,':iV:))';'i.f",i\ ',.', '-)~";;":"'i: "" " "",~,/;"..."",;,~";-.,,~,, " '.',.,-,-q-,,,', ":," "_":''-',.' ':',','.";":','_':,,1':'1,: .,". , ;.'\. . :<;'\:',':, ,,,t'II' ','..'1 I " ..,; ~ ,...:" " "~'. ~'; ~',.' ':, ,> , " ~. __..;'"'oI.;~:_,::"..,.",~~............."".:,:....:.tl:";...u.....,.-..:.",,,"u:.;'l~~"~_._ ~ '. ..............n.~w. _""__."_P_o__ . J,' <., " '~. '., " -- , A tiny fracnon of Ihe countlm land uses lor which parking requlremenls exIst In zoning ordInances. Perhaps the only common element Is the allumptlan Ihal there should &e at leasl one parking space for every person (excepl for relfglousland uses). ,C',j:' 'E, '~i'S:', , ([,.,','..,.""" : 0 . ....-- CD - - '. '::' " --- ., ,,' .. \~' ""'::<::':'~< ..:. '".. ...... '. ';'. . Is It Fair To Charge for Parking? ',,' If people "need" parking, won't pricing it necessarily hann the poor? But the fair. ness of charging for parking has to be considered in comparison to the alternative, which " is 'free" parking made possible by minimum parking requirements for all land uses. Parking itself appears to be free, but the cost does not disappear; rather, it reappears as higher costs for all other goods and services, especially housing. A case study from Oakiand, California shows how minimum parking requirements reduce the supply and raise the cost of housing. In 1961, Oakland's zoning ordinance began to require one off. street parking space per dwelling unit for all apartments developed after that date. As a result. the number of dwelling units per acre in new developments fell by 30 percent and the construction cost per dwelling unit rose by 18 percent Why did developers reduce housing density by 30 percent in response to a mini. mum parking requirement of one parking space per dwelling unit? First, developers said the requirement made previous densities imoossible without expensive underground g~ges; therefore, they reduced density and devoted more land to surface parking. Second. developers said that adding a dwelling unit required another parking space, but e11larging a dwelling unit did not; therefore, they built fewer but larger units. All architects and developers know of similar situations where minimum parking requirements dictatewhatcan be built. what it looks like, and what it costs. Fonn no longer follows functiono'or fashion, or even finance; instead, fonn follows parking requirements. " , ' .. > SElECTEU PARKlIlli naUIIrEMEUTS" lAND USE MIIfIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT I MullEnle~ainmenJ I parking space per palran plus one spoce peremployoe on Ihe largesl working shih Baroer 2porkingspocesperoaroer BeauryShap 3 parking spaces per heaul/dan BowlingMey I porkingspace for each employee ond employer, plus Slpoces rore achalley GO/leOUM 10 parking lpacesper hole Nelipo~ S parkingspoces perlouc~down pad Mausoleum 10 parking lpocel per maximum numher of Inlermanls in a one'~our period Nunnery I parking space per 10 nuns , " Redory 3parkingspocelper4c1ergymen Swimming/ool Iporkingspoceper2,SOOgollonlafwaler TallSland I parking space (or each employee on Ihllargesllhih,plusI space per laxf, plUlsulliclenllpocellooClommadolllholorgeslnumberolvisilon Ihal may ~llXpeded 01 any Gnll/me I"j P.... r . " ',.', . ~ " 11q :~ . ':,.' . ,".' ~ 'I: '"'''_.',','..I'''..~,''''' ,...","', 0..',1\ n5"\, 't ..(, .'. ," ". .',1 :, ........,;','.;,.;."..'.,"..'1".',": ,;.... .J.... ..' 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But the fair. , ness of charging for parking has to be considered in comparison to th~ltemative. which is "free" parking made possible by minimum parking requirements for all land uses. Parking itself appears to be free. but the cosi does not disappear; rather, it reappears as higher costs for all other goods and services. especially housing. A case study from Oakland. California shows how minimum parking requirements reduce the supply and raise the cost of housing. In 1961, Oakland's zoning ordinance began to require one off. street parking space per dwelling unit for all apartments developed after that date. As a resul~ the number of dwelling units per acre in new developments fell by 30 percent and the construction cost per dwelling unit rose by 18 percent Why did developers reduce housing density by 30 percent in response to a mini- mum parking requirement of one parking space per dwelling unit? Firs~ developers said the requirement niade previous densities imoossible without expensive underground g.!!!!ges: therefore, they reduced density and devoted more land to surface parking. Second. developers said that add/llg a dwelling unit required another parking space, but ell/argillg a dwelling unit did no~ therefore, they built fewer but larger units. All architects and developers know of similar situations where minimum parking requirements dictatewhatcan be buil~ whati! looks like. and what it costs. Form no longer follows function, or fashion, or even finance; instead, form follows parking requirements. . , '. ", > HlECTEIT PARKING lrEaUIREMEllTl lAND USE Mull Enllrtainmenl Barber BeaulyShap BawlingAlllY GalfCaullf Helipart Maulallum Hunnery , Rlrtary SwimmingPaal TalfSland MINIMUM PARKIHG REQUIREMElIT Iparklnglpallplrpalranplusanllpallperlmplayel an Ihllargellwarkinglhih 2 parking lpalelper barbll 3 parking Spalel per beaulirian I parklnglpall rarlalh ImplaYllandlmplaYlr,pluISlpales(arlachaIlIY 10 parking lp,alelplr hall SparkIng sparel plr laulhdawn pad 10 parkinglparrs pll maximum num~lr af inlllmenls in a ane'~aur plllad 1 parkIng spall PlrlO nunl '" '. ' . . 'J~.".,t'. ~..t. ., 3 parking Iparrsper4 dllgymen I parking Ipallpll2,SOD gallanlorwallr I palkingspall(arlalhemplaYllanlhllargllfshlfl,plusI spallpIrlaxl, plullu((fdenllpallsla alCammDaalllhllarglsl number ar vllilaB fhal maybl upldld al any ani limo " I '.'. ."., ., . . .' ;". ", ,j P' I ','. ',' 1,,1 /, , <I, !, 111' ,,' ':' , , ," " .. 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When the whole city is considered the patient, minimum parking requirements will never cure traffic congestion, reduce air pollution, decrease energy consumption, or improve urban design. Rather, minimum parking requirements are a harmful addiction masquerading as a cure. When three spaces per 1,000 square feet no longer accommo- date the demand for free parking, a stronger dose of four spaces per 1,000 square feet can temporarily quiet the neighbors' complaints, but every jab of the parking needle relieves only the local symptoms, and ultimately worsens the real disease. The fear of spillover parking is a legitimate but not unanswerable objection to elim. inating minimum parking 25 requirements. To deal with spillover parking problems that may occur if cities eliminate parking requirements, I have proposed creating Parking Benefit Districts where the revenues from market-priced curb parking are dedicated to paying for neighborhood public selVices. At relatively modest parking prices, curb park. ing revenue could easily exceed the current residential property tax in neighborhoods subject to spillover parking from nearby commercial development Eliminating minimum parking requirements will encourage people to do what elan- ners have long exhorted them to do: carpool, ride mass transit bicycle, or walk. With market prices for curb parkin~, and a commitment to spend the resulting revenue to ben. efit the neighborhood where it is collected, spillover parking can become an important source of public revenue, rather than a source of annoyance, That is, spillover parking can be converted into an additional advantage of eliminating inappropriate minimum parking requirements, . Q REFERENCES Michael Cameron. "Efficiency and FaIrness on the Road" (Oakland, CA: Environmental Defense Fund, 1994). Donald Shoup, Cashing Out Employer.Pafd ParkIng. Report No. Fl'A.CA.ll.003S-Sa_l C'Nashlngton. D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation. 1992). UCTC No. 140. , :!',f Donald Shoup, "Cashing Out Employer.Pald Parking: An Opportunity to Eliminate Minimum Parking RequIrements?" forthcoming In Journal of the American Planning Assoe/at/on. UCTC No. 204. Wallace Smith. The l.ow.Rlse SpeCUlative Apartment, Researc:h Report 25 (Berkeley: UnIversity ot CalifornIa Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. 1954). Richard Willson. Suburban Parktng EconomIcs and POlicy: Case StudIes of Offlco Worksftes In Southern California. Report No. FTA.CA.j 1.0036.9a.1 <WaShington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Tran5Porta~lon. Sept,mber 19921. 11~~ , ' ~;;(Y' ... ~.;:.'" '. .,~. .~, '. -'4, ~', , ' ">.;,,:.. . .." . ,,":"~2..;_.';'.;.:.:.~~;~:~'~~~:.;L:.~.:2.~..~.L...;,;.~~~_;.;.'.."..........~~:u"~~~':.~'L~~~::"'''''''''''':'~':I(~,c.~..."..~,..~".....,,,,...,~,,..,,.~.L...4..._......;....~,,~~,~.."'.,;...:.-:::.....A,...;.~,~'...-i.... . '3)/61- 1/1/ ".-', " :l' What is the role of the City government in the economic development (economic well-being) of our community? , .. Current Polley · support/secondary -role · others do it on our behalf · provide traditional public services · encourage private sector role More Aggressive Policy · matter of degree · independent action on our part - recruitment . public expense for your plans · can have others carry it out for you I,' Great control through stronger policy pronouncements . qualifying/expectation process . tell clearly what we expect, what we want done ..r, . tell how we are willing to accomplish (finance) ". . e.g. when we finance, expectation level increases Even stronger policy r ,"." "', pronouncements . do more ourselves " . create opportunities, e.g. municipal industrial park .,", . set standards (expectations) for park tenants . preserve zoning opportunities. ORDP, Commercial . local preference. stay at home recruitment ~'I . . overseas initiatives left to others: University of Iowa; Cedar Rapids .\'," ~ . regional influences. corridor plan {4... Recognize others will act \ "i., independently . maylmay not seek our involvement - University of Iowa; J " '~ other cities ,O"f ~.~t . ICAD acts for others I' . State economic policy through their institutions: Univer- I , sity of Iowa; Oal<dale; Prison I ~ How best to express your polley? . comprehensive plan . capital plan and public Investment: - infrastructure . ':,... . quality public services , - industrial park " . zoning (related legislative/regulatory initiatives) . . communicate polley position to players . establish/artlculate expectations mg!\ecoOOv,oul , t(-"7,1" 1 1m .'-- ~ ,." ,.'". ...',..""..,".'"""" .",'.,'." : ., ...'.... ",",,1 " " "" , \:' ., )..""'..".,_..._..'"''"'~..''''., ..,;::i/;;>:)(),,;,::;,;:j~(,"'..};.;;:\,''\ ': '.' ',. ' 'I. 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