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Home My WebLink About1994-11-08 Agenda '-"~;" .,' ''ll6i.l' ....... " "". - '~ 1 , . ",":, , . l J " ~",'" ...' ': ,;,.., - ',",~t \{'ri:' , ..:.~ :";::~,.'~ . " . ",,;., ,.' ,". .' . - - . . '~. ". . ,-, '-,;,.. ." :,,' ., .J ,C'.:. . . ,~' i '-,; , :'~>;'.::,-..;, ~i,~*.i 'l\~'!::"_'" ~~~r'.. ' ,. I.j...!..... . (: j .' '. I "' /',) '. , IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL AGENDA -.;. ~~-.. " I . .! >" ~i""':,"~ :" '\. ' '.: \1 : \~. ~. ;;t~ ".,_.. ('~\' I " I '.: { ~~ If: , , , , , ~ &". 7:30 P.M. :;:1 ' ~;j l .' ,. :' ; l)~, ; ~f~'1' . . l' " ,i.~ REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 8, 1994 COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CIVIC CENTER . ~- . : ' 410 EAST WASHINGTON' " . Ii' ;' ~ \\j,~ Ml ~m I~: .... ~l I, i i~1i "~' \ .,1 , . ,(~ 0 ~'~'= . . ~" ' ~mi ~4~' t;ft1~1 1/ . I,d '~'r,llj ~i: 'f~ i -1......... ........u....... ..... " ~'T"- ~ " 0, ,~ ,:>:' , ,',u_...~:f5-' [1 1. I) "".; ,'j' ~, ;.' . _.,..,~:.,"'. '" .. ,~. . . u' . .'. ',~I~ ._', ..' :. :.~h\I:' _ 'I~'" ;:"':-'.'.l'r.:'.. ';. . . '"Of " '" f" ., \ ..'.""'u"_.,.,,,,,,. .' . _.~~.-~ ~tf' ITEM NO.1. CALL TO ORD1huv -&; ~ ROLL CALL. ~ ~ . t/~~. ~ h~ ~ .41~ t:= AGENDA IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - NOVEMBER 8,1994 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS ITEM NO.2. MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. a. Kosai/lowa City Cultural Exchange Week - November 14-19, 1994. ./ ;., b. Geography Awareness Week - November 13-19, 1994. ...' c. Heritage Tree Volunteer Appreciation Day - November 9, 1994. d. Community Read-In Day - November 9, 1994. " , ITEM NO.3. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR AMENDED. a. Approval of Official Council actions of the regular meeting of October 25, 1994, as published, subject to corrections, as recommended by the City Clerk. C'. K \'~' \ ! \\' ..'1\\ . ____-:I. 0'1*" r v : , '1' , .~. ; \ b. Minutes of Boards and Commissions. (1) Airport Commission meeting of September 1, 1994. (2) Airport Commission meeting of September 20, 1994. (3) Riverfront and Natural Areas Commission meeting of September 21,1994. ." (4) Senior Center Commission meeting of September 19, 1994. (5) Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of October 20, 1994. (6) Historic Preservation Commission meeting of October 11, 1994. (7) Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of October 19, 1994. " (81 Human Rights Commission meeting of September 26, 1994. (9) Human Rights Commission meeting of October 24, 1994, c. Permit Motions as Recommended by the City Clerk. (11 Consider a motion approving a Class "E" Beer Permit for Eagle Food Centers, Inc., dba Eagle Food Center #157, 600 N. Dodge St. (Renewall cr. , ,t.. 0...... "'. .' . ,.-..---.- " ~. . l; ,.,', . ,)...... 0...... ". .'>'" ,';,; . .1.'/.", ' ..:~>';:':.,' ,,.'" .',. '--'C.-~"~I'~."_ 510, L~lti I I~-'." , ( ":' ..--:', \ \ , I \' "~ . ~."_',J:.. ;(..- . ( \ l; : r ' . I ! ~ I '~i 1 I il I I [II I I' ! I i , i I : I~' II I I J ;! !. "Ii . l,\.....~ 'I " i:'~~I..~; (" ill" l::l\i~"j~i Ill, r);l)l' ,. ~1.W~C,l' ._-'\.~ .ro ~- 'r i '" , . ." ~ ',\ t. ~ , . , 'M,", . . .. ..... '.-" ..... ...,....-... ". .'.". ,." ,y. #2 page 1 ITEM NO. 2 - MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. c. Heritage Tree Volunteer Appreciation Day - November 9, 1994. Horow!1 would like to ask the people who have been involved with the Heritage Tree Program to come up on the podium: Nancy Sieberling, Kate Klaus, Linda McQuire, Jeff Schabillion, Cecil Kuenzli, Leon Lyvers, Beth Galager. I believe Leon is not here this evening. Okay. For the audience, let me read the proclamation and then we will give one of these to each person. (Reads Proclamation). I have signed this today. I would like to thank not only the volunteers and the special people who have helped. I would like to mention that Mr. Lyvers has contributed greatly in excess of what was originally contemplated and donated his professional services to this project. But I think every single volunteer who assisted on the project. It isn't just a hug a tree. It is really sort of appreciate what our heritage is in this city and I would like to thank you. Linda McQuire! Many years ago Gretchen Harshberger who was one of the founding mothers of Project Green had a dream that we should take note and appreciate one of our city's most precious natural resources which was its urban forest. In particularly, the unique character of many of its oldest trees. We have lost a lot of those trees since then but many years later and mostly at the instigation of Nancy Sieberling of Project Green members of the three neighborhoods that you heard picked up on Gretchen's dream and took stock of the trees that currently remain on public property and we dutifully and tediously took note of their location, size, species, what condition there were in. Yes, we did hug trees because we measured them by circumference each and every one of those trees. It was a massive effort. 135 people took part, 2,000 volunteer hours. They had to go through training and understand how to conduct the inventory and how to identify trees. And we are here tonight to thank you for your support and to tell you how much fun and enthusiasm was generated from the Project. But also to tell you that we are now moving into Phase 2 of the Heritage Tree Project and we hope to continue to have the kind of support in public and private partnership that we had in Phase 2 that we have had in Phase 1. First of all what we are going to be seeing is in each of the neighborhoods a continuation and these might take the form of tree walks where people go around and look at the finest species of trees and think about what to plant in their own yards. We might have brochures that talk about suitable trees for planting. Planting plans in each of the neighborhoods, including one person's idea of having a memorium for trees for people who have died. To have planted in the different neighborhoods. But we are also interested in more than planting. Planting is something people come easily to about trees. But one thing we really came to realize as we looked at all these old trees is the sad shape that many of the older ones ar in and how much maintenance and care they really need. And so we are hoping in Phase 2 on a city wide basis to continue this public private partnership that we began and to have a protective maintenance program where with city funds as well as with private funds and private labor that we can have a plan that will maintain what we have for as long as we possibly can and have long range planning about it. And so we hope, as you look through your budget process for this year, that you do give due consideration to Terry Robinson's budget for the tree maintenance. That department is sorely under funded and what we saw as the result of our efforts. And that we hope that we can continue to work creatively with Project Green, with the city and with the people in the neighborhoods to continue this project. ThIs represents only a reasonably accurata transcription of the Iowa City council maatlng of Novambar 8, 1994. -~_.. ,'_01:,: ~' I .''l t. '_ r~I~~r ~.~~)j ~'>$' r:\l!\' [\{i.li' "1 [~t t . I ~~ 1':. \. Il I I, \; 1 ill · hI .' ." ~".' . .. !' ~>,', 1'1 h ,w.:.&ir:!. :';,'-, ,'.~t~ "I 'j' .,-"':",'.\11,.,.. ~' . . .,;.' , ,. '''''' . '.,.,1< <,:, , #2 page 2 'r" Leon Lyvers, who the mayor talked about, had a wonderful person to help us out. He donated many many hours beyond those of which he was paid for, couldn't make it tonight and he wanted me to submit this letter and read it. (Reads Lyver's Letter) I just wanted to point out-our commemorative tree bag that we are using as one of our fund raising efforts for private contributions to the project. They are available by some of the local merchants to support the project as well. Thank you very much. I want to just very quickly introduce Kate Klaus who wants to make a presentation to the city on behalf of us. , , ! Kate Klaus! We have a number of volunteers who came out tonight who grubbed their way with little tree knowledge through identifying and putting these trees on plats. I would like them to just stand and recognize them. For the courageous efforts among the citizenry, we would like to present you with this little of the template of the maps of the three neighborhoods that everybody used to find out where we were in the neighborhood and where the trees were on the lots. And this is for city hall, thank you. \ I' .' " Horow! What a lovely gift. Thank you. '" Throg! Sue, I would love to hear some stories about some of the incredible trees they saw. I know this isn't the right moment. - , Klaus! By the first of the year all of the data-Anne Burnside has not been recognized-is entering all of the data that we have collected onto the city's data banks. And by the first of the year we hope to have that all on the data banks so we can start pulling out where the most oldest, the most beautiful specimens of trees are so we can get everything together. Plus care programs, an analysis of where the care needs to be made for these trees and there are tales to be told. Horow! Thank you very much. ,,..-:6'.. }<, r.','Xti \~' , ,II ~~:-J r:-:_, . I- \ I \ I ./ ! '\ i I I, II II I~:I I ,tj ~.,.,-,,' ~~. ::., This represents only a reasonebly accurate transcription of tha Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. '. :l~~ C',',I:,.,.,,',,:,.,i 1\" , It; I , , ~, 1.",' ,'...t , 10.._,"",-- .:., ,c" .. '..:;" 1,.,""','.',','..,',... ...:r@" '''f:i1Yf,1'', ~U~;/~ti " 2(' i~,:", ~'. ;' I i(C. -- - ~'..,: i.,-' .~.~'" :",,"\\\:':;: ~ :'.~)~-,:,,~'>! .....'.....1',..-'.,',.,.,..., ,.", " ,.'....;5::.', 0',' ~; ~ . , l.~ \':< : ':";~ ~VW"~'-1- . '0 . '. . '. , ".,", . ' o :':':,.i:<~:>, ' .. ',.- "E'~~~" " , .. ;:'1 '. , . , '.' .' ::,' .; .' - . ~:~t\\.!; ~ ',' '..', '~".'. .. . .~; ",'. 1 . '~'Y , I.", . ' .," ,.' :._ _" _ ..' .'.'.'~-'" '-~'l-~,Jl: .~~~_.l:;:c ~',c,;,_:,,:, t.::.:..:..Li;~~:i: ;..r;L,-..;'~::"': ~;_::~;~ ~~.~~;::::.C~:..;:::'.l~:'~: :;:';:.;:~,:)::;.;~;_:'-;i/.L. ~i.!~!'.:; ,;,~_:,; _: ::.:, , ':: l I J .,' ., .~.-: ~-.. ',' . . -:' ";: , ',:, . ....""...~..~'I'd,j,....:~.... :'~,...,:'c;:.~";;'..~:.~.'::, . ,..'''' "!~ ~ '> I Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8/ 1994 Page 2 (21 Consider a motion approving a Class "E" Beer Permit for Highland- erlnc., dba ExpresStop, 2545 N. Dodge St. (Renewal) (3) Consider a motion approving a Class "B" Beer Permit for Clean Livin', Inc. dba Duds 'n Suds, 5 Sturgis Dr. (Renewal) d. Resolutions. ~ ~ 335 (1) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN IMPROVEMENTS FOR WINDSOR RIDGE - PARTS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR. f C~'\ \ . \, t'~ rr , j' i ~ I II , I :f' I" Ji ~~ :'~'~,",',) 1:1 11 ~ .... i ..- ([,-- ; 0 . ), ~ 'u . Comment: See Engineer' s Report. qf - 331a (2) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR ROHRET ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, PHASE 1. Comment: See Engineer' s Report. qt- ~~'1 (3) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WORK FOR THE SANITARY SEWER, STORM SEWER, WATER MAIN, AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS FOR WILD PRAIRIE ESTATES, PARTS ONE AND TWO. Comment: See Engineer's Report. "tLf - 3)<6 (4) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A PRIVATE SANITARY SEWER SERVICE LINE EASEMENT AGREE- MENT FOR CONNECTION TO CITY PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER BETWEEN ORRIS V. COOPER, JR., AND TIMOTHY R. SHIPE AND THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA. Comment: Two property owners in the area north of Church Street have private sanitary sewer service lines which criss-cross other properties in the area. These two private sanitary sewer service lines have experienced considerable backups of late, with resulting concerns for health, safety and property values. The Public Worl<s Department and the City Attorney have negotiated an easement agreement which reconfigures both City and private alignment in order to minimize further problems. The property owners will pay their share of the City installation, and Staff recommends approval. e. Correspondence. (1) Letter from the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce regarding the Near Southside Commercial Urban Revitalization Plan. (2) Letter from R. Lakes regarding the problem of speeding cars in the Manville Heights area. ~............. - "r -, ,.. ',';;'. ' l,,",/""" .:/.' -,...,',..' _0 @ ~ (Ii , ~. 'I ~ .~' J, .1 " "~ . 11i' , ~'" ( , I - , ~ 1, :i '" ,t' ilt ,~ r ./~. \ '(. ....J> In. ,.i," I , C,; I../i~\ : \'\t l .~ y,:~, , ( , I' , '( , I i I , I I: I fJ I'" l \".",...;.' \.'....... . I I, 1\_"'> t; '. ~ "~: l~~ " Co n. . . .' " " " , '''I' ':-' . ,'.V:l -,"'" , '. , ..' " Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 3 ~ (3) Letter from Senator"1'1m:l. GrassJey regarding a petition which evolved from the conference at the Lincoln Institute, "Community Land Policy and River Flooding", which was attended by Mayor Horowitz. (41 Invitation from ACT to the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new distribution/warehouse facility. (5) Letters expressing appreciation for the temporary walkway on Melrose from Walnut Ridge/Galway Hills to West High School from: (a) Randy Alexander and Dick Perkins. (b) Twelve families from Galway Hills. (61 Letter of appreciation from West High School for the Council's response to the problems at the school's entranceway intersec. tion. (7) Letter from Marlys Breese regarding solid waste collection. (81 Letter from Jane Klitzka, Vice President of the Grant Wood Neighborhood Association, regarding the bus route on First Avenue. (9) Letter from Home Builders Association of Iowa City regarding the Ope~, S'pa~e ordinances. fJU.- o&.dLd1 <JY\. f. Applications for City Plaza Use Permits. (11 Application from John Ealer for permission to film interviews of patrons of drinking establishments on College Street for a class project on November 4 and 5, 1994. (approvedl ~iAA/ ~ tUl nMlD.M,(Jo.-!2 ~ I 114 o ITEM NO.4. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR PUBLIC DISCUSSION (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). .l-tv pfw ~ - - -. '0,], :'. . . . .! : ~ ' . t:!.~ L, r: lk' ~, I ~ it I, , " , , -1" '1>5" ~,LJ, - ,',.-- ,r:""," . , '~ ., """ " j~f: '. '., ~ ".' , "llI"--" , :"~\\~r' . ','\'1.'.,:..-: '~" : " . t, " .,: "I~' , . ':0." ...........,.. . C,_ .-,-,,_,,;. .._,~:._'~_',.L~.j.':.I":. ';.-' ,',., , City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM To: Mayor, City Council and General Public From: City Clerk Date: November 8, 1994 Re: Additions to the Consent Calendar. Item #3e( 10) Letter from Mildred Flynn regarding the noise on the streets at night in downtown Iowa City. Item #3e(11) Letter from Kimberly Leeney regarding Near Southside Commercial Urban Revitalization. Item #3e(12) Letter from Harvey Wehde regarding the Near Southside Commercial Urban Revitalization. c .~ c \ ~ !:':""" ( , I t' i IF:; II \ \ j '~;' ~'.; 'i :1'/ ~, ~~' II t , r(~~ .___> '> __-w- -~ :> l . .' . ' ""'0""',',":':,'" ; . " . .' I,' ~. . " ' . . . .: ...'..' " . . _' ___ .li. ,... _J)-': , .',,:' ;.:' "..,,,,-,, ,"~",,,,"'." ""-,,..;.; ,-, \ ~'. . f" :, , 'I .. , """ .~ ,. j~' .." ',', " II in 1\:1 ,.. , '. .! . ",10/ ,'l'oorJ r " J ( \ , \ \ r:~ ( , ' : I I" I . f' i I ~ ,) , i \ ~~ , r;~" !11~,:': 'r , , " . "I' . 1,1,. .,.. .. .. 1 , " ",I; -"'. , ""." "- :~...., #4 page 1 ITEM NO. 4- PUBLIC DISCUSSION (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA). Horow! We move into public discussion for items not on the agenda. Gentry! J have something Ifor you).... Carol Godiksen! With the Homebuilders Association of Iowa City and I just want a clarification from the council. I do want to speak on the Open Space Ordinances this evening and I would like time either at this point or during the agenda. Horow!1 think now would be more appropriate. Godiksen! Okay, fine, thank you. I want to thank the City's Attorney's Office, This will not help for my comments right now. As I mentioned during last council meeting I had received information from the National Association of Homebuilders regarding questions on the Open Space Ordinance. I shared the information with several departments in the city and with the City Attorney's Office and had meetings and discussions with everyone since then. One of the areas that concerned the group turns out to be a lack of information and understanding and we were unaware of. a number of the members were unaware of the relationship between the ordinances and the Open Space Plan that was adopted by the council in July of 1993. So that has been some of the concern. There are still some concerns about legal issues and financial impact that it has on the membership and but at this point I cannot comment any further on those. There are two specific issues that I did wish to bring before the council this evening. The first one was a question that was asked by the National Homebuilders Association regarding if existing public parks, green space, recreational facilities in the vicinity of the proposed development meet the city's demand can the city take in lieu of fees and would that be justified and I had spoken with Linda about that. That was not part of her answer in the letter and I understand- Gentry! I have a second memo. Horow! She has a second letter. Godiksen! So, that is still a concern at this point because I have not heard back from the City Attorney's Office. The other issue is something that was mentioned in the Homebuild- ers letter. But more specifically it has been brought up in public comment before and I think it is an issue that the council really needs to address. Having sat last night in the work session and having read a number of things I know determining where budgets and money are coming from is very very important to the community liS well as to the council and tax payers such as my members and personally myself. The question had been how the city plans to maintain the newly acquired land. Neither the City Attorney's letter nor the ordinance has responded to this question that has been raised on numerous occasions. The Open Space Plan, the document itself, indicates that" The city should allocate sufficient funds so that the newly acquired land can be developed and adequately maintained." This is an issue the city council has not, according to my members, been able to address satisfactorily to the group. Those are the only comments that I have this evening. Thank you very much. Horow!ls there anyone else that wishes to address council. This represents only e reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. tr OP",'-'- ~- ... O,,'} " ~. "" ~' I I. t... ~.{ ,.~ f"",."" .":t'I,~ i:?/r./; f';~~,'t~;,', f~)~;{-. ~'~I},t: ~~' "lk ~g ~1 D ~' l f\ 11 'i", ~( E 111" .. I': l~ r ':! "I ~, , ;-,' .,',:ti 'Ill, ~ [1 ,-c.;:,.;;.' :t;ij,1~i::: .. ..." . .....0'..'..' :,:.-.:;'.'_.:;...., ."'~ ......7"l (i (:;~'\ \J. 9 i I I , I 1 ~ 1 1 II ,1 i I ! i w It ' 1 I i"A \}~ (,.."....."..,....., - ,1 (). " 'I ._ _ __ __ f..'i,"', , ',~' , " " , ' #4 page 2 John Watsonl From the Open Space Committee. First of alii guess I have to kind of object to any delay of the ordinance at this point. We have been at this 2-3 years. There have been numerous p.h.s. There have been meetings with the Homebuilders Association itself as well as members, the Board of Realty. We have sought input, we have sought out input. We have discussed this to great length with all parties. The Homebuilders is not a new organization. The members are not new businesses in town. The linkage between the ordinance and the Plan has been clear all along. And all of the p.h.s of the Plan we said the next step is to adopt an ordinance. There is nothing new. The arguments that I think are brought forth by the attorney have been addressed well by Ms. Newman. We would urge you not to delay your deliberations and your vote on this any further. We have gone forward. We have been open. We have had p.h.s. We have heard the comments and we have answered those comments and we have answered the questions and it is time to get on with it. Thank you. Horow/ls there anyone else who wishes to address council on an issue that is not on the agenda. Holly Berkowitz/l would like to commend Iowa City on maintaining Hickory Hill Park as a natural area. I would recommend that that area be preserved as a natural area as a model for study of ecology and water treatment systems because it has got a natural vegetation base which is very good for water filtering and I did an aquatic bug study at the park last spring and was amazed at the diversity of aquatic insects I found and which was quite different from the count that I did downstream from that at Ralston Creek. I plan to do one in Clear Creek also and in the Iowa River and I need to wait to comment about the water rates. Jeanette Ockenfels/l have a little gift for you tonight. Kubbyl She assured me it is under $2.99. These are hand crafted. Ockenfels/l crocheted them with my own hands. They are book marks. Novl For Community Book-in honor of the read-in. Very appropriate. Horowl Jeanette and I were in the Hospice Road Race together. She came in right after I did. I saw your name in the newspaper. Ockenfelsl What 19 minutes and 32 seconds. Horow/l did 17 minutes. You only were two minutes after I was. Thank you, Jeanette. Anybody else care to address council. Okay. It is the end of the public discussion. This represents only a reasonebly eccurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November B. 1994. *:.._~-:- I '-'~_" . ~, l~:; ,. ;I' ". ,-',': f" I " , , I I ".'," "'.\:./. I I I I , " , !~. r.:~'; '.0.', './'~) I.n, ~f;;:'~';'~"': ' . ' '~ .... Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 4 1 l , a. Consider setting a public hearing for November 22, 1994, on an amendment to City Code Section 14-6E-7, to regulate the location of parking spaces in the Central Business Support Zone ICB-51. I' ' r i' , " I ITEM NO.5- PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS. , J Comment: At its October 20, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 6-0, recommended amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to prohibit access to parking areas from the street in the CB.5 zone, and to require that at least 50 percent of the ground floor area be used for commercial use. Action: IL~ ) ~~<",<?Ar) I I I '.. . t1d.~ " b. Public hearing on an amendment to City Code Section 14.6E.2, Neighborhood Commercial Zone ICN-11, to allow restaurants as provi- sional uses or by special exception with specific restrictions, and car washes by special exception with specific restrictions. A ':.:J " 7' (' (!~ \ i~ rr J ,~ ! Comment: At its October 6, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 4-0, recommended that in the CN-1 zone: 1) dwelling units continue to be permitted by special exception, 2) restaurant uses of 2,500 square feet or less be permitted as provisional uses, 3) restaurant uses of more than 2,500 square feet be permitted only by special exception, 4) in no case would restaurant floor area usage exceed 20 percent of the total commercial floor area within a CN- 1 zone, and 5) car washes be permitted by special exception, provided the car wash is restricted to one bay and is an accessory use to a filling station. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff memorandum dated October 6, 1994. ,I Action: ~ dl&/ ~.dU~ , i I, II, If'!' :l QJ rr-6-~' , ,.-~ ='.j I ,~-~:::.......~~' , " ,\ \l-"""'"'' ." ',", . ' , ~ , "0" ,", " , , ", 'Ji:\I, fl';' ',.' . . ,.,':.,c .'."."'T)"., ~t.:, .5 ,1lo'/ ',",. --~ '-~.." r'j ", ' ,'.,." ,:'~~~~'j,:; ,'. . ,/ ,-'~ . "I .~. \ " ",.,.' , , "'.1', ""~,,,,-,,-,;.<.....,;,~,:::_,..-,:',: .:;~ ,.' ._:_,,;';.;:;"", "'_:': t-:::,;,~:.>.; : ';:,~,C:;'~',',' ., Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 5 c. Public hearing on an ordinance vacating a portion of Waterfront Drive located southeast of the CRANDlC Railroad right-of-way. Comment: At its October 6, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 4-0, recommended approval of the vacation of a portion of Waterfront Drive located southeast of the CRANDIC Railroad right-of-way subject to retention of a utility easement over the sanitary sewer line located in the right-of-way, retention of easements over other utilities located within the right-of-way, and establishment of a temporarY public access easement over the property between the eastern terminus of Stevens Drive and the northern terminus of Waterfront Drive until the time Southgate Avenue is constructed' between Waterfront Drive and Gilbert Street. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation contained in the staff report dated October 6, 1994. "VI. , 'I.? ~ Action: '7A~/7(~ (~wp) t'lt.! ~(?~ d. Public hearing on amendments to City Code Section 14-6B-2 and Section 14-6E-8 to permit restaurant carry-out uses in the CB-1 0 zone. Comment: The Planning & Zoning Commission will consider these amendments on November 3. Their recommendations should be available for the November 8, City Council meeting. Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendments as discussed in the staff memorandum dated October 28, 1994. Action: 'fiE 81tV ~OA..A ~-'l e. Consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, Section 14-6N-1, Off- Street Parking Requirements, to require parking spaces for commercial uses in the Central Business Support Zone (CB-51. (First considerationl Comment: At its October 6, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 4-0, recommended amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to require parking spaces for commercial uses in the CB-5 zone at the rate of one parking space per 1200 square feet of floor area. No comments were received at the Council's October 25, 1994, public hearing on this item. Action: (- ;~''"~ v_ .~~ _ r 0 - j~)::,;' '. ' . ',' ' o " '. 4t ~ T '15 .' :.;' ...' ,10' , I , ... .' ~~. . ".,' ',,',--p r: !"'~ C '. \ ..-.4 r:~;;l r ~ Ii , I , , I : i I~> " i J '} , ;(---~~'~. .' _, l ',", :':~t: . , ..,1" '. ,-.. ,0 '" . :~. .',.', ~ '." #5e page 1 5e. Consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, Section 14-6N-1, Off-Street Parking Requirements, to require parking spaces for commercial uses in the Central Business Support Zone (CB-5). (First consideration) Horowl Moved by Throg, seconded by Nov. Comment. Kubbyl Do people consider this as part of the package of the whole South Side discussion. Baker/lt doesn't make any sense unless you are doing the other stuff. Pigottl Yeah. Kubbyl But you could still have this without and what I am getting at is later in the meeting there are some things I don't like about the package but I am committed to keeping all of the commercial part of the South Side discussion all together out of respect for people wanting it to stay as much connected as possible. So that is why I want to know people's viewpoints are about this in terms of how connected. Throgl Absolutely. Pigottl Yeah. Kubbyl Then I will be voting no on this. Horowl Okay. Any other discussion. Kubbyl And I will explain myself. Horowl But not for this particular one. Kubbyl No, I will talk later. Horowl Okay. Ernie- LehmanI Well, at least from my perspective, the only support that I have heard for a parking requirement has come from PIZ Commission and members of the council. I have no support whatsoever from the public, If other council members have I really would kind of like to know it. Novl We have had some comments where people said that did want to have parking on site. At least some parking on site has been among the comments we have heard. LehmanI But this ia a required ratio and the city staff has indicated they do not support it. So I will be voting no. Horowl Okay. Any other comments. This represents only a reosonably accurote tronscrlptlon of tho lowo City council mooting of November 8. 1994. --- ..~ - ~ .~ ""o-~\,' , , l , I j ~' " t.~"~,., 1':,1~',' 1',' r ( . Q . i ~" """', r-, /) 10, "...,.:;,:1 ,,":-)'i, ,e~ .' ,- \ \ ". 1(.; f i I I I I ,I ~\ ~,,~ J ~' Ut I! ([ -- :' 0 , ' 'f"i. ~~_ r ., ~ ;. -:::..,-.-,.....:- , .":~,t, ~', i ',~ ~:':>.'t I . , ~' I ,\', . "; ~ .~~ #5e page 2 Throgl There were statements made in opposition during the p.h. Lehmani I don't think you heard any supportive either. Throgl No but there were opposition. Horowl No, there was no opposition either. All right. Roll call- The first consideration passes, 5-2, Kubby and Lehman voting no. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. 1'IT "T 'a .." ---..: "~: " , i)'-"'" ,- 0, I,' , ~", "..t,' : :',.\ ' . ;, f" :',,' '.. ,',... , : I . I , I I o , ----~~5,1 [j, .....,,-,..... I: .. [',''"1. " , ':"",'. . ~t,~ ',' , ',.'.11 ..,:', . . : ,.,,; ~ , . I~< '.', " .~.. .., ., . ..,.' .. .~,....:.:~~~~,,:..,...;;.,. .;.;:.;':;"':ii;;.:i,,<:;;~ \;.ii..~~~.:.:.:;;'::.: _0.,:~;::..:~':::lL~~'~:_;:'i!...:.:;.<i:~;:~;.:;:},';,,; ~',:" .~:: ;:";::':':'::.:l;:::~~c:.-, :.' ,', :;:-: .'.' f", . , I I I Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 6 I I j f. Consider an amendment to City Code Section 14-6J-2, Planned Development Housing Overlay (OPDHl Zone to require dedication of land or payment of fees in lieu of land for neighborhood open space. (Second consideration) ) " ~. Comment: At its September 15, 1994, meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the amendments to the OPDH zone section and the subdivision regulations section of the City Code, as proposed by the Neighborhood Open Space Committee in a draft dated September 9, 1994. Comments were received at the Council's October 11, 1994, public hearing on this item Action: P-Jd4 / P~df. 1w~ ~{'..ulf 6, ~t<.J 17e!~ 16J '~' g. Consider an ordinance amending Title 14, Chapter 7, "Land Subdivi- sions," of the City Code by adding a new article D entitled" Dedication of Land or Payment of Fees in Lieu of land for Neighborhood Open Space." (Second' Consideration) Comment: See item above. I l -/? ; e;> :;\\ ~... .....~ r. ,', <""l ~i t~, r ' \ I , I ~ ' ! '. h. Action: ~ ./ rfld/1 ~ f1., 1/;/,0 k~) IF ~ Consider an amendment to Title 14, Unified Development Code, Chapter 7, land Subdivisions, by amending Article A of the City Code to require review and approval of the division of land prior to recording. (Second consideration) IIItO II , ' i~, " Comment: At its September 15, 1994, meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this amendment to require any division of land (except minor boundary line adjustmentsl to be administratively reviewed and approved by the City prior to recording. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recommendation as stated in the staff memorandum dated September 9, 1994. No comments were received at the Council's October 11, 1994, public hearing on this item. " Action: /11}1~~ )JW,-,/- I C I 'l/iJ '6VA(f ~wq fj ~- , I '-'" ~ .." P.\ ' l:,j \.~ i{f"':~""'" "".' . 'I ."'-. ([ - .,. " ; ,'. Om.__~_ ,. . - ,,~~-, ':.~,:'.:'. ...' " ,.;: '-,' " , - , " l~\(' , : <",' ~ ".'."'.,'" F:;'~;; .,DO,', ,<, ~~. D .. . . ,.J_ ',\" f_ ~'." ..; ~ ". . . " ..-:,\" ", .. . "j'-': . .-,,\\ I.'~ " \~, j,! " " f" '.'." #5f page 1 ,:,,:.:,,,;;, .' ."~" ~l ~, '("t ':: ')(" , , ~>' 1$:' 5f. Consider an amendmentto City Code Section 14-6J-2, Planned Development Housing Overlay (OPDHI Zone to require dedication of land or payment of fees in lieu of land for neighborhood open space. (Second consideration) Horow/ Moved by Kubby, seconded by Pigott. Discussion. Kubby/l guess the one legitimate concern I think that has been talked about from the very beginning and that was reflected in the plan saying you need to have a commitment to maintenance if you are going to do this. I am assuming that with an affirmative vote, for me it means that during budget time I am going to know what does P/R need to do good maintenance and development for the parkland that we have already extracted through the zoning process. I I., , I i. , Throg/l think we are committing ourselves at budget time. Kubbyl So that is clear. Horow/l don't disagree with you but I have a slightly different angle on this, I think there needs to be a healthy discussion among council members in terms of what we mean by who takes care of the neighborhood space because we have gone back and forth with the Homeowners Associations and I think we still need to go back and forth with this discussion. Whether the neighborhood associations, whether the owners of these neighborhoods take on the responsibility of the maintenance. Maybe we are talking about a private-public partnership. I don't know. I would like that discussion to go forward before I would agree with you on that part. Any other discussion. Roll call- The second consideration passes, 6-1, with Lehman voting no. A \;;;/ I ,. ,...."'! \, . \ ,I, " ~,-1 , ' I , : I I I ! I, , ' i ~ II ,I ~ This represents only e reasonably accurata transcription of tho Iowa City council meeting of November 8,1994. I ~ i: ~" , , " :C~~.~~.=- ~T --\- - , ',-' . ',.' )' , ,0" I.' -'.' , .' I >::; ""T ,~ ". '" . ,/.'','] ,c.,. ~. . ,Il], ....... ,:-.,:....""'.- f r'~ \ .~ "'~',1 I , i t I ! i : i , I I~: I ~' "} ~ ,,(r-~" .\"1.. ' ", " " "t'" . . "',:,\\l:~" .. ,.' " , . ',' ':"1 , , ' 'N., #5g page 1 5g. Consider an ordinance amending Title 14, Chapter 7, "Land Subdivisions," of the City Code by adding a new article D entitled "Dedication of Land or Payment of Fees in Lieu of Land for Neighborhood Open Space." (Second Consideration) Horowl This is second consideration and the discussion is the same as the previous. Moved by Pigott, seconded by Kubby. Discussion. Lehmani Susan, I approve of this concept. Don't get me wrong. I think that a majority of the developers do too. I think this is very very close to being what we really would like to have and I guess-I remember back in the 70's when I was on the P/Z Commission. We would talk about something for weeks and nobody showed up and then finally came to council and everybody showed up and objected to it and I found it very very frus- trating. I think that there is a genuine possibility that with some small,and I am not asking that this be deferred because they can always be changed. I think that the developers and the city or whatever are very very close to something that everybody can live with and be happy with. So I guess I would encourage landowners and developers to visit wit the city and lobby for those small changes that they have neglected to do during the process. I talked to Karin about this. Everybody has been informed. They knew of the meetings. They knew of the hearings. They chose not to or whatever didn't show up. So I think maybe with some small revisions which I think can come about very easily this cn be changed to meet everybody's concerns, I am not voting against a concept. I think that there is a little more that can be done. Horow/l appreciate your comments. I would add one other group to those with whom I think we should continue to talk and that would be the lenders throughout the city because this is something that will get into the financing of it. I think a healthy discussion will come forth from it. Throg/l guess I would like to echo that but in a different way. What I mean by that I would certainly want to encourage continuing discussion with land developers and lenders and so on and amendments to ordinances are always appropriate. But we should recognize what John Watson said that there has been a year long process of the ordinance being developed with consultation, substantial consultation with a large number of people and many p.h.s. The other thing is if we are going to be affirmative in trying to establish those kinds of conversations with land developers and lenders we should do exactly the same thing with regard to neighborhoods. Be as affirmative. Horow/l have to correct you on how long this has been going on. Naomi and I were laughing about it. We have been at this since like 1987. no, I agree with you. Any other discussion on this. Pigott! Except that it is a good point that everybody has been working really hard on it for a long time. I appreciate everybody's efforts. Horowl Roll call, Second consideration passes,(6-11, Lehman voting no. This rap resents only 0 reasonably accurate transcription of tho Iowa City council meeting of November 8. 1994. - --~.- ,'-':: "J':"""'..'''' """0,:",,,",.,';" . .' ." " " :. .. ' ,~ ',". ' ' ". ,.,. ,.',' f" , b',W,' , ~,;;~"I. ''fir, , , , : . 1 : I i I I CD .., , ~ ' 'T BO /5 ,', ...,-...... : ~ '. .' < , .' ;'.". ',\ ,j: :1m'l!l' ',i , .:; ,;--,~~ '. ., ,',I;!',\: ';". '. . '} :'. ..;"" '-:~}~,;..~'t':l " . ':': " , f" ..~. .':' . ", ,-. Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 7 , , ' , 94 - 3104& i. Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance to allow crematoriums as an accessory use to a funeral home. (Pass and adopt) I Comment: At its September 1, 1994, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission, by a vote of 6-0, recommended approval of an amendment to Section 14-68-2 of the Zoning Ordinance adding a definition of a funeral home which includes crematoriums as an accessory use. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recom- mendation included in a staff memorandum dated August 26, 1994. No comments were received at the September 27, 1994, public hearing on this item. Action: td~~ I '1~) --0' (J pohV , % ~ ~ j. Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance to change the use regulations of a 5.52 acre property located east of Waterfront Drive and the CRANDIC Railroad right-of-way from CI-1,'JPtensive Commercial, to CC-2, Community Commercial. (REZ94-0010) (Pass and adopt) A '''!;J Comment: At its September 1, 1994, meeting, by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of rezoning a 5.52 acre property located east of Waterfront Drive and the CRANDIC Railroad right-of-way from CI-1 to CC-2 subject to certain conditions. The Commission's recommendation is consistent with the staff recom- mendation contained in the staff report dated July 21, 1994. Comments were received from the public at the September 27, 1994, and October 11, 1994, public hearings on this item. Action: ~/U~ ~ rtJidV/ ~ ..' ~to 10;1. (10) ~!.j,. ~ %~ ~ ~ czll aLt~ .. ,\C-'- 0 ".'.'. ' MlBI 1 ~ ~<u' ";"l;t,-~""""".'\":,..p , fd. - ",,-,. ,,0 '.'/ '....: ,: ,."..', .,",,; ...'....1 , , I t. :J,," ;~) ""',~:i,~'''':;> ' :;j;...i:t.-i', . ~~' 1.' ~ f:'l-:-,. " ~ " .. .-',>/i'." ",,':,)\.;I~ , ,,',',-... .... . .,' \ ~. :. , " '.' ", f" , , , , "".':,'.." ~: It", ;l;,'-,.~r , "'i ,~, .~) "l ,[ #5j page 1 5j. Consider an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance to change the use regulations of a 5.52 acre property located east of Waterfront Drive and the CRANDIC Railroad right-of-way from CI.1, intensive Commercial, to CC-2, Community Commercial. (REZ94-0010) (Pass and adopt) / Horow/ It has been requested that we have a motion to defer this to November 22 and then there will be a subsequent motion to set a p.h. on revised conditional zoning agreements. The chair would entertain first a motion to defer this to November 22. Moved by Pigott, seconded by Lehman. Discussion. Well, the discussion is there is a revised conditional zoning agreement under review from HyVee and there will be a motion for a p.h. on the 22nd. All those in favor to defer signify by saying aye (ayes). Chair would entertain a motion to set a p.h. for November 22 on a revised conditional zoning agreement for HyVee. Moved by Nov, seconded by Throg. Discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayesl. Okay. I I', I , r J! C-"." ': \t \~ I~ I ' ) I i I ~, " I I i I ' I ".... . ~ ~:I:'/' " "' l~r '. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of tha Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. ;('-'.~-= - . = ._~,--, ---.. "".:,.,)"."." ,.~O "',, 1"", ,.' ,\,".' _ '1" _.. ,:,~\" ,,'. l ~ :~;A,,'O', " ~<l '~) , . -- ,,'. h.,.' ;;,;j1t.i~' , "(. .,.....",; " r" " ,',.:,\'. > ,..~,~t\j,'j' ",:,,"1., .. " 1" "~'I' , ~,." , I:, ., '" -.., , '0 f" ,;- " , , ' , .,',__ '__v.~''-''''~''~ "",,;,",-'.\'.,' ,. ,."..:,::'-:;.-:1 ',,\:',,:',___..'u,}-:,;',:..' Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 8 ITEM NO.6- PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES. , Comment: This public hearing is being held to receive public comment for or against the proposed water and wastewater fee rate increase. Water fees are proposed to increase by 40% and 75% for bills issued on or after February 1, 1995 and 1996, respectively. Wastewater fees are proposed to increase by 35% and 40% for bills issued on or after February 1, 1995 and 1996, respectively. Water and wastewater rates were last increased in 1991. The proposed increases are needed to comply ,with existing federal standards and in planning to construct a new water treatment facility at a cost of $ 50 million and make improvements to double the treatment capacity of the existing south wastewater treatment plant at a cost of $16.4 million and construct a sewer line to connect the two wastewater treatment plants at a cost of $25.7 million. {" l,. to"~: \~\ ";":','l~l I , , ~ I The impact to the average residential user (750 cubic feet usage per month) is an increase from $38 per month to $48 per month in the first year and an increase to $70 per month in the second year. The minimum bill currently is $ 23 per month and will increase to $ 27 per month and $30 per month in the first and second year, respectively. A memorandum from the Finance Director is attached to the agenda. ' Action: Y\~ I p~ (jfJ?cI;;;~j'P) 71 ~tL. a..M..cur 1<~ 1~ ~ &1MMr1~~ CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, CITY FINANCES, TAXA- ~ TION AND FEES, CHAPTER 4, SCHEDULE OF FEES, RATES, CHARGES, BONDS, FINES AND PENALTIES, SECTION 3-4-3 POTABLE USE AND SERVICE AND SECTION 3-4-4 WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS USER CHARGES (FIRST CONSIDERATION), ITEM NO.7- Comment: The proposed ordinance increases rates for water by 40% the first year and 75% the second year, effective for bills issued on or after February 1, 1995, and for wastewater, 35% the first year and 40% the second year, effective for bills issued on or after February 1, 1995. The rate increases as proposed will be applied as a flat increase across-the-board to all existing rate blocks and minimum charges. Action: -K~,I '1 ~j ~AJ -IJ 10cZ (1,0 0 n'~L\ ~v\ ~J /, ~ iiJ. .~ ~ " 'll ~ /,1 h-u: [,!! ~,tl: '~". ~"!i '~<i !l (j'i: ' !'" " , r iJl I'~,,' ,'_ I ~;" ' <:I" ' \ ' ,L . , ", .' 'I " " l1' , ([ - ,"'- - . )",:: .. '~' ",' ...c, " I , i " 0 0 . 5 0, ~, . ,,' " " - . ,~~ r ;" '" .;:. , , \ ' , ,\ \ 1?~i : I , iw I I , , , I ,( ; I:' , , : I ',I ,I \,~ , 'I~" ! " ( j '.~! 'r:\,: ~.. I ".-" :CO,' " \ " , ~t ~ \' " "~ .' ,f.', ,...'......'7' '",'_'.'.' ,:,-"""._""",' .:.-. <',.. .." #6 page 1 ITEM NO. 6- PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES. Horow!1 would ask our staff to give about a five minute presentation on the background of this and then I'll open the p,h. Mr. Atkins, Atkins! Thank you. Tonight you have a p.h, on increases in water and wastewater sewer rates. The utility billing process for the city is bimonthly billing and it is as most of you know often called water bill. Quite frankly there are about five components to that utility bill water: wastewater, residential refuse collection, disposal, recycling, and then the state sales tax on water. That is all part of that utility bill. Tonight we'll be talking about water and wastewater. The proposed increases are in my judgement directly attributable to the cost of two major capital projects which we face in the couple years. And that is a new water plant as well as a provision of the distribution system and additional water sources. And secondly in order to meet some new federal standards at our wastewater treatment plant the connection of our north plant with our south plant. If I may I'd like to do just a couple of minutes of sort of background on the federal legislation and sort of what got us here. And hopefully I can describe to the public the extent of your responsibilities as a city council with respect to these issues. The clean water act was originally approved in 1972 and at that time set into motion a dramatically expanded role for the federal government with respect to setting an environmental agenda. It, as the federal government can do, created their authority to set that agenda for the nation. It created the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency, which is the enforcement instrument for this legislation. And it also established new performance standards for wastewater treatment and then later on through later legislation water and solid waste. Now the EPA grants to the states the power to administer these new laws and once that power has been grated to the states the regulatory process sort of begins in earnest. They're the ones that set the rules for us. Now the city is going to playa major role in this legislation because we provide water, wastewater, and solid waste services. Since the passage of the Clean Water Act there have been a number of other laws passed that are also pertinent to your discussions and deliberations, I'm just going to name a few of them: the Waste Reduction and Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Ground Water Protection Act. The Clean Water Act has been amended at least twice that I know of. There is now a Clean Air Act. There's a Storm Water Management Act. Theses are all items of state and federal legislation which I believe are in support of the general environmental agenda for the national government. And no matter how you shake it out and I'll give you some examples in a moment the city is directly affected and when we're directly affected by these new obligations and responsibilities it does require cost on the part of the local government. Some examples not on tonight's agenda but the issue of solid waste. The Ground Water Protection Act for example affects how we build landfill cells. As you all know landfill cell built just a few years ago was a $250,000 investment. Now it's about a million. How the landfill is operated is regulated by the state government. The Waste reduction and Control Act bans from the landfill certain items. When those items are banned you as a city council have an obligation to come up with new efforts on how you are going to collect and dispose of these items. Yard waste and tires is an example. the state licenses our landfill. It in effect regulates how we do business out there. I think as you can see all of these things make good This represents only a reesonably accurate transcription of the lowe City council meoting of November 8, 1994. --- ~- ,,' -0 ,)\"" --- ,.' , ~:ilf~:'. r,:,Ni. ~:iW :;i~'~ ;. 'ff ;1' r I , I , 1\1 ,"!l j,\ 1,/ ~ 1;~l ~ [1 .'f~' ;'1 . :, ~ I .\.. " , .. . " ~ ....,. . ;:'_:'<.,.:,-~~'.'" "'..,'-,:.',:', #6 page 2 environmental sense but not without a cost. Wastewater, part of tonight's discussion. The bottom line on the wastewater legislation for our country is we're going to clean up the effluent that goes into our rivers and streams and that we have a desire as a nation as is represented by this legislation that we're going to clean up those rivers and streams. Now initially after a lot of community debate back in the late '70' s and early '80' s the city set upon a course that ultimately led to a new wastewater treatment plant and renovations of our old plant. Unfortunately it was under a court order or a consent decree which didn't make the process that much easier, something we're trying to avoid, but at that time that $40 million investment caused a dramatic increase in sewer rates. Shortly after we opened the plant new regulations as well as a new administration indicated that they were going to more aggressively pursue these regulations and thereby when we opened the plant, turned the switch, we were out of compliance. And we began the process the planning process which brings us in effect to today for other improvements to the quality of the effluent. Tonight's issue is satisfying federal regulations with respect to ammonia standards in connecting our two plants. Water also being considered this evening is a requirement that we now need to meet new water treatment standards. We've had several years, several years in the years I've been here, of Spic 'n' Span jokes about the taste of the water, We've had a number of problems of late with nitrates, cryptosperidium, and other things that I can't pronounce, but they are all part of the process of attempting to clean up and provide for a far better quality water. We need to satisfy the Clean Drinking Water Act, and in doing so at least in my judgement, we have not only an issue of the environ- ment, we have CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 94-128 SIDE 2 the water source, the treatment, the distribution system are all subject to federal regulations, Our old plant cannot, we have facilities there that are a hundred years old. We have space constraints. The plant's vulnerable and in order to meet these new regulations and the federal government has assured us that every three years we can expect expanded regulatory obligations. We need to build a new treatment plant. Now I suspect we're going to hear complaints and concerns about the price. But practically speaking the environmental legislation for it to be successful has to be approached nationally. There has to be a national agenda. We can argue about the small parts in my judgement but in order to clean up the rivers and streams which importantly is the source of our drinking water both of them fit together, I think you need this national overview. The federal government has determined that we are going to use our water resources more responsibly, and unfortunately for you as a city council, the penalties, the sanctions, the inaction for not fulfilling the federal agenda rests with you. You have an obligation to see that this national agenda is fulfilled. From a generational perspective, if we take time to think about the investment and that the other water plant was there for a hundred years, we have a chance to provide for cleaner water to consume and we also have a chance to protect the water resources for future consumption. The costs are going to be borne locally. That's your obligation, But the environmental and public health issues are of preeminent importance on the national agenda, and our federal government has said that's the direction we're going to go. With that as I said earlier we set upon a process several years ago which in effect brings us to tonight of approximately $90,000,000 worth of investment in our water This roprosonts only 0 roosonobly accurato transcription of tho Iowa City council mooting of Novombor 8. 1994, :c~""~ - -~, ,T -- ~o);, ..' - ~M,':: ~~tJ:. f( " CD ~ 1: , I \::~i W~, \ I /!~ , ,,' 0, ",;;". a~\ .,--.,. " ( , .\ ._... , \ " \ \I. '-,\ ;~...:J "7..... ! I' \ TI " I i I I · I I~~ I 1'1" : '\ ) 0.::,::~ " Ii' Y. '~'~,:.. " " ~:- "II ,i~~~ , \T~"~" l,_,,, C "~,,,..,~: I, ~, 0 " \" ~ .., , 'It' "\\1,,' , . \ '-'1'. . ~.:;,'~;.'{, ;~.- ;,.. #6 page 3 and sewer systems adding to the previous $40,000,000 in the next ten years we've estimated $130,000,000 in infrastructure for our utility system. I'm not counting solid waste management issues. So you have some major decisions facing you and with that the public is going to see substantial increases in costs for there services. Novl Steve would you go into one more detail a little bit more broadly. What are the changes in the source of water that we have to do. Atkinsl Let me speak somewhat historically. The Iowa River is our source of water today, We have a Jordan well; we have two silurian wells which provide us maybe on a good day maybe up to 20% of our water. With our new plant we will have and if it was running at full capacity that ratio would switch closer to 50-50. But the opportunity we have with the new plant and the new water source is that we can on given days rely on differing sources to meet the particular standard. We can switch to the well. We can switch back to the river. We can do a number of things with respect to that water resource and then when we have the technology built into that plant that gives us far greater flexibility than we've ever had in meeting not only the demand for water but clearly the quality of water would be far superior. Novl Will it be better tasting. Atkinsl The quality of the water will be far superior. I don't think it tastes bad now but. Horow/l'm going to open the p.h. I will ask you to sign in. State your name and I will keep you to five minutes of your testimony. I declare the p.h. open. Roberta Patrick/515 Oakland Ave. I live at 515 Oakland in one of the older parts of the city. I live in an older house. I live on a very fixed and small and I emphasize small income. I cannot see how I can stay in my home and pay the increased water rate that you anticipate. Right now I'm having a great deal of difficulty with the bills I have, even paying the water bill I have today. I will find it extremely difficult in fact almost impossible to pay the increase that you are anticipating and I'm speaking for many older and retired people in Iowa City and some of these people I'm speaking for are not necessarily the older and retired. They're the younger family with lots of children and maybe not a terrifically high income. We are all going to be absolutely destitute and really I think it's up to the city council to figure out some way. I don't know how you could do it, but perhaps we can receive some help in paying these bills. Thank you very much. Horowl Thank you Roberta. Holly Berkowitzl 612 Granada Ct. I'd like to add to Sue's comments that is not only an investment in our future for environmental cleanliness. It's an investment in our public health. To take it further, an investment in the reduction of health care costs. I'm not going to take time to explain that. You can come to me and talk to me about it later. Water rates in Iowa City are escalating as the city plans to build a $50,000,000 water treatment plant. The complaints have hit the headlines and rates depend on supply and demand economics. But we need safe water. Before we become irate we need to This represents only e reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. _H" _~ __ , - . o _.),-,' - f" , -' p:t;fW' 'I'\~~ "".... :lK; ,,,,~ {.t't r ~ ! I . , " '" I,: r., '" ft 0", ,\.J ~ :~'J}.iil: .--...... , ..\ C....,.'\ \J, ,.,;i 1';';;..... " ( \ .'i : I' I. }(',' : )1' : II ,,1 : I'," : ~ i ! 1:1 Ii, I "I . I I I i ': I' :, i I ~" I' i j-:, 'I" t, I' I .. ; I ! ~~....j , I ~(,;' :!i.t~I:' ,~:. ,', t~^ ;,ii['r',:,:1 ,i~"r .""- C-,.,'" ,! 0 '.\. '. ..~-_._- . \.\ .. , :'hO,. ,.f\j .,\ ,'~ . .. .' , .,~, , . #6 page 4 analyze why rates are increasing. According to supply and demand economics if demand exceeds supply of safe water, then rates will probably increase. When our source becomes contaminated our cost of treatment operation increase, Is it possible, are you ready for this, is it possible that the city should, could charge those who are contaminating the river with the cost of building the new plant. If someone dumped garbage in my back yard, should I be charged to remove it. Legally I could seek financial damages from those who dumped on me. Yet Iowa City residents routinely pay to remove garbage from our water without seeking damages. Some think that it's too difficult or too expensive to find the sources of contamination but even visual and odor tests could be cost effective clues to dumping or sloughs. Aquatic insect counts are excellent indicators of the biochemical condition of a waterway and are very easy and cost effective for volunteers to conduct. The role of careless contamination in the Iowa River on the new water treatment plant have not been adequately addressed. Possible sources of contamination of the Iowa River in Johnson County probably include effluent from cities up stream leakage from unmaintained septic systems from houses upstream; from the water plant intake and I'd like to refer that to Johnson County; sewage from the Clear Creek outlet in Coralville ducks regularly die on bubbles in the river downstream; run off from farm fields; toxic run off from suburban and urban upstream; run off from poorly managed construction sites, asphalt contractors and from quarries; turbidity from changes in flow at the dam, illegal dumping of diesel fuel last winter in Coralville resulting in a fish kill downstream and poor management of the spill; other industrial dumping; undetected dumping; storm run off toxics which include lawn chemicals, hydrocarbons, metals, and turbidity. This expensive water treatment plant is also being built because of the possibility of an accidental spill of unknown contents from Hwy SO. It's possible that contamination of or any where else may exist. We need to consider water shed management, a water shed management program. I know that these are politically sensitive but look at the entire economic pictures instead of just little parts of it. I don't expect to see real results now because our culture isn't ready for it. We all pay for chronic and expensive diseases that grow out of the contaminates in higher provider costs, insurance costs, and higher taxes. Please consider developing contamination fees for the most obvious events such as poor septic tank maintenance. Most septic tanks in Johnson County are not adequately maintained. I'd like to go on and talk about how medical records are inadequate for toxilogical research but I'm not going to do it now. I hope to inspire an awareness of the reasons for the need and the cost of effective water treatment. I hope to inspire a need to protect our waterways from contamina- tion. Unexpected events like a toxic spill, diluted dumping, or flood, a very real possibility here, can lead to serious and unexpected health results, health risks. I hope to inspire an awareness that we are our community and we depend on each other for our future health and our health costs us plenty. We depend on healthy people and safe water for our economy to thrive. It's unfortunate that many reject the benefits of effective watershed management to protect our water resources and as a result we pay. As a community we must be fair. Fortunately have recognized the economic consequences of poor environmental management and have written safeguards into the regulations. Regulations are a start but only cooperation by team players will help us win. God's faucet in the sky may be free but it's not hooked up to our tap. Thank you for protecting our water supply. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. T ,- - V--'~--: l,."',"'"., , ", , , ,'" . o - f" t~~~~~i ' WJ1:' i~, ;i " f f ,I I , r. , " ...' I,) t; '~\\ ":\\ ;':'i~ , rO, , , .1'db~1 ?' .,~ (-.c, , \ \ ?~ ( , f', ' ! ! , , , ~ I I i I , , I , i : i 1 I~.'! I' i I , I 1\ ~ t~" ~~ ;,( '0 " ---- "~"~I. , , .,~ . , ."''.\1.; . , .' -" . ~ ". . '" .....,---,;.. #6 page 5 Horow! Thank you Holly, Anna Buss! 525 W. Benton. Oh no. It/s her again. I brought my water bill. Of course I live in a duplex and my water bill when I of course have read about all of this stuff/I went and I called the Iowa City Water Department so I could get some very accurate figures. Because it's coming out in the paper that this is only affect $10 a month and our bills actually every other month and they informed me that it may at some point in the future that our bills would be every month. Well going on that a bill right now actual here in front of me that is $113.11 every two months breaks down to $56.56 a month. This bill is for five people. With your first increase this bill, this bill will go to $166.67 per month. Every other month it will be larger than that. By the end of your second increase I/m going to be looking at just on this bill $333.34. Every two months. Which breaks down to $190.44 per month. that's a lot of money for water, sewer and your refuse. Horow! That cost is for all of those things. Buss! This is once your bill is all totalled. Once your bill is all totalled. Horow! So it includes refuge as well as wastewater. Buss! This will include everything. When I called the Utility Department they gave me everything. So that my math was not incorrect, I let them tell me. Okay. Being an apartment manager I took some of our water bills and I calculated them for you to give you an idea of what this will translate to in rent. An apartment building that is now a three plex with a current every other month water bill of $101.00 will go to $132.00/ then it will go to $224.40. By your first increaser planning ahead as an apartment manager means I have to have raised the rent last year which we haven/t yet. Most of our leases run from August to July. This means that come next rental increase period, some of our rents on a $375 a month apartment could potentially gop up to $59 higher. This will put the rent range for this apartment, you will have a one bedroom apartment will go-some of them will be $410/ some of them will be $431. By the end of this you are going to be seeing a one bedroom apartment close to $ 500 a month for a rent increase and for the water. A lot of these buildings are older and they only have one water meter and its not economically feasible yet for us to divide it out and put meters on each place. The prices of the water and the prices that I have just quoted you for rents, these do not include or reflect any property tax increases or any other increases. This is only what the water will do and the sewer increases will do for to rents in Iowa City. Many people cannot afford this. A lot of people cannot afford the rents now. I called around and I found out that there are a lot of one bedroom apartments that rent for more than our price and there are some that rent for less. I can assure you that all landlords are going to have increase their rents. These fees will be arranged in many cases a year ahead of time because we will have to budget it in. All of your increases I am under the impression will come in February and so a lot of the new people are going to see this and a lot of people who are already here will see it next year. Okay, some questions that I have that- Horow! Anna, you are out of time. This represents only e reasonably eccurate transcription of tho Iowa City council maetlng of November 8, 1994. . ~~- A_ -= ,)",.,',,"'" 0, ;_",;'; .'.- ..' , r':*.~~ ,:~~' l;~))' ~);'. !~~ @ I I ,I " , , r- '\ t. ~t .) "1 ~ 'Il , ~ll .n~Z1 . , "',' "\' , '~ ,> . ',' 1 ". #6 page 6 Buss/l have one thing that I want to ask. I have a couple of things that I want to ask, Throgl You can come back up after other people have had a chance to talk also. Whatever you want to do but- Bussl That is fine. Horowl Let's have somebody have time. Kubbyl Before the next speaker begins can we have-those figures sounded to me like a 300% increase. And if we could get a reconfirmation of those numbers with that specific bill, that would be real helpful. Throg/lf we could get it tonight, right now. Atkins/l don't see how we could do that. Throg/lf somebody could just check the consumption, the cubic feet. Can somebody just kind of look at the numbers and go through. Horowl Why don't you give it to Ed. Pigott/lt would be great to- Throg/l don't mean to be- Novl Let's just do it tomorrow. Kubbyl At some point to get a reconfirmation of the numbers, .r--.' J' ~~\ r I \ ~, ~;~ "r Larry Svoboda/16 Cherry Lane. I wanted to follow Anna because I also am a landlord here in Iowa City and I also brought a water bill for you. I guess I wanted to share a few wonderings with you tonight that I have-wonderings in my mind. I always read in the newspaper about what the residential rate increase is going to mean to the average residential person but I always wonder why there is never anything on the commercial side of this story and Anna just briefly addressed it and I want to continue on on that part of it a little bit. I am wondering-I was going to ask you if you have any idea what we as landlords pay for water bills where we have one water meter in a multiple unit building and apparently you are not very much familiar with that particular situation. I wanted to bring a bill and I will pass a copy of the bill through the City Clerk when I am done here. I am going to address specifically a building I have at South Clinton Street which is a 15 unit apartment building, My average bill on that right now runs, this one happens to be $699 or $700 per billing. Okay. I have heard that on the outside, when all of the cattle are in the barn on this situation, we could be looking as high as 130% increase on this total situation. Calculating that increase into what I am currently paying, that is another $909 every billing or a total of $1609 per billing, We are in a very unique situation in this particular type of business and that is we have no control over our water usage in our buildings. Our tenants use they water. They use , i' - I I I i , , I i I : : ,i I , ~:. I i I ; , ~ \ lJ ,.,.-:1 ~~,.-,.,. "I 'I' t " This rapresents only e reesonebly eccurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. ~"~I'" .. ,;~, ifj"ilM". ' ~:!'.L , ",. L_-.:.. :C ~ '''--r - T-__ - _ -~ w '), 0 -, ..." ," t;/'~~~., :/I'~'~:' .-,~:,' ['",\!:~:,; . ''r;; '.h r'~!( "II to,' Fj!f ,1 i I, I ! ~~ ~ " I , ! 1 ' ':1 I,. ~\O, ~;" .J V .~~ .II ............ I ,. .~\ 'I ....'.-.... \~. ~~ ~ {i' \ , I ! I I " ! I -"',\, (' .' " I .>, . "r' '\4', , . " .',', , '. ..';:::4":;."'::">" #6 page 7 it at their will and at their desire and we have virtually no control over it whatsoever. I had a situation right across the street from another apartment building I have here that happened about three years ago when some people broke the ballcock assembly in the toilet and never told me about it. They tried to call me. I wasn't home and that was their excuse for not calling me the second time and another tenant finally called me and said do you know that you have water running constantly in this building because I can hear it in the pipes. I went in and inspected and found that the toilet was running rather badly. I fixed it immediately. My next water bill that came in was another $900 over and above the amount that I normally pay. So we have to look at that situation, too. That scenario is there. I calculated that $900 fiasco into this situation. That would be another $10070 and so I could be looking at a $3000 water bill in one billing period on that 15 unit apartment building. That is ridiculous and I mean I can trade luxury cars quite frankly for a lot less money than what my water bill is going to cost me. So, I guess I would like to compliment the first speaker here. Why not challenge the situation. I know that we can't do that because this is beyond the control of the city but if we were really concerned about the quality of our water, we would go after the source of what the problems are. I don't think that we as the residents or the bill payers of Iowa City should always be asked to have to pay to correct these problems. We are in a farming state, for instance, I have never heard one thing at the state legislative level about cleaning up what the farmers put in the fields. Not to mention the others that the first speaker mentioned tonight. Some else in my wonderings. I remember and recollect about two months ago, three months ago, the people in the Cedar Rapids had a p.h. on their water rate increase and people were arguing over 50 cent increases on their water bill and I guess I would like to wonder how our bills currently stack up with other city rates. I have seen some comparisons and ours are already astounding and I guess I wonder why we got in this situation in the first place and then I wonder where are we going to go from here. We all already heard tonight that this is just the tip of the iceberg and that we can expect additional regulations from the federal government. So then I begin to wonder why doesn't somebody take a stand against the federal government and say why, you know, enough is enough and I understand you are trying to do that through the League of Municipalities or whatever but I don't know how much effort is being exerted there. Quite frankly I guess the bottom line to what I am trying to say is that this thing is going to get so far out of hand that it is going to be unmanageable and I think somebody needs to do something about it. And then I really wonder in the end when the landlords have to increase their rents to cover this problem who is going to get the blame. Are we going to be classified as rent gouging people. I don't really like that. I would like to see the rents stay right where they are right now.. I would like to see a certain amount of stability in our market. But it is going to cause a lot of instability in the rental market. Anna mentioned also this is just one of the problems that we have to face. You just recently doubled the housing inspection fees on us. Now we are looking at this type of situation in the Water Billing Department. Our City Assessor was at our throat. I am sorry, the Tax Assessor was at out throat here this last go around. I know some landlords got some very significant property tax increases. On this particular building I went up $1200 in one year. There is no way we can increase our rents to even keep up with these types of problems, Horow/ You are out of time. This represents only e reesonebly accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of Novamber 8, 1994. o '- 111 ~ _',"~--l: " " ' - ~' '. 't',..,\,. ,",Ni;" "~\T ~.I~tJ~ t~' I i t 'I:' "~ " ..' ,.' 'i\t t~ll 0 .:.-"WteJ . " l" ., C \ d ! I i; , I ! , I . I ! II \ I \1 ~~~ j ~' N:' " h 'I l "'1 .;, , ....r~ , ,,1... . , ..~. ,.:, \ '. . #6 page 8 Svoboda! Thank you. Nov!1 have a question, just quickly. Would it be worth your while to put individual meters on these apartments and let people pay their water bills individually rather than increasing the rents. Does it make any economic sense. Svoboda! Once the building is constructed you can't get into the structure of the (can't hear) You literally have to tear out the walls out of the building (can't hear). Horow! You are going to have to get to the mic or this will not be picked up. Make it quick. Svoboda! I think if we are the most educated community I think maybe we can use that education to find out a more ingenious way to pay for this problem. Donita Faust! I understand that there is environmental problems and that someone has to pay for that and part of it has to be paid by individuals. But to have a 75% increase means, to certain families, that is a lot of money when they are already paying 50% of their income for housing and the result of that, like this man talked about being a landlord, that is going got be passed to the renters and there is going to be a lot of people that are not going to be able to pay for their housing. And when you increase stress like that there is going to be more child abuse, more kids that are homeless and that is a major public health issue too. And when you set up a situation where there is going to be certain families that cannot pay for that in any way. I mean that seems like making more problems than trying to deal with the issue. There seems like there needs to be some kind of provision to help the families that can't pay because there are some that can hardly pay what they have not and they are not going to be able to pay that. Instead of just having them forced out into the street. There has got to be some kind of provision to deal with that. Horow! Thank you. Anybody else care to address council. Okay, let's have your questions. Anna Buss! I get another five minutes I think. Horow! Do you have your questions, Buss! Isn't there anyway and Larry hit on this, too. Isn't there any way we can get state or federal money for any of these improvements. The other thing is why couldn't we have and I have heard this kicked around before by other people who have addressed the city council and I know that other communities do this. It is not very popular. But why not have a 1 % or 1 1!2 or 2% what they call a community development fee which that 1 % or whatever it is set on is a tax above anything that is like a hotel!motel tax and that way everybody that comes to the community helps pay for this and it doesn't hit the people who are low income or on fixed incomes as hard. 1 % is a lot easier to take than 75% in your household. The other thing is is that people are already conserving water. What happens to your figures when people really start to conserve water because they can't afford to use it. Is that built in somewhere. Atkins! Yes. Anna, can I ask a question. 1 % of what. You lost me on 1 %. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. .1['''0' 'T '" __, --:1 =__ - <'0 ) ",u,'" ,. ..,., ',., , 'y.' ~' , .: ~ ~}~:~~"~ .- '~l~: lk, ,j " . A \:.;J '. r " ') , ..t: .... 10, .J1Jlri::;1' .' " .t \ \ \ ..;:. t...... ~-(' I' I~ I I i I' I ; i Ii ,l "J "'I :r t (r..... 0 ~- " \' I , . '.~h"( ,\ , '.! ... \ 'H"T'_. f" . ;. ;. I, ~ . -, : ' ~ #6 page 9 1,.;,.(;.,';1,,"" ,.Ji{I,i;/ 'N~~ ~,"'fd," f;""J' 'W ~W 1'. Buss! Like a community development fee, There are other communities where I have been. Like a hotel!motel tax. Atkins! In that case you can't, council, that is regulated by state law, You can't do that. Buss! You can't put a 1 % community tax above anything. Atkins! No. Nov! We could have a sales tax which is about the only choice. Buss! I know that other communities have done things like that. And I know it takes like a referendum. 1 % still is a lot easier and I think it would probably be worth more for that then if you- a lot of people can't afford this that are on fixed incomes. Horow!1 have had this question asked before, I would like some sort of discussion about how we have to adhere to steady income to pay back the bonds that we go out for. Atkins! There are a variety of things that you have to consider particularly when you are going to do a borrowing. When you do a borrowing, you have to demonstrate to the people that are going to ultimately purchase the bonds, you have the ability to pay it back. That means they are going to be looking at source of income that underwrites the bonding. The bottom line trouble is in Iowa you simply do not available to you broad taxing power. State constitution is very very clear. You are not granted that authority. For all practical purposes you have available to you is a property tax with limits imposed by the state and you have sales tax by referendum. That is it. Q Horow! Steve, if the city council determines that elderly people on fixed incomes or lower income level, if we wish to assist them, where will that money come from. Atkins! If you were to continue operating our water and sewer funds as utilities, call them enterprise funds for accounting purposes, you can develop policies that would provide certain benefits to folks by age, by income, as you see fit. However, you still must be able to generate a certain amount of money to pay for the operating costs. That would just push it up for someone else. How dramatic that is going to be that is difficult to say. But you have that authority. .1- Horow! Do we have the authority to supplement from the General Fund. Atkins! You have the authority to supplement from the General Fund virtually any time you want. Horow! But it would have to come from somewhere else. Atkins! That is your only choices right now. Kubby! Could we have a policy. Someone can come in and apply for a low income status (can't hearl. This reprasents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8. 1994. 'W' = _:-- ) r I [1 .. o. }~ ';\:.:,' .,~... . .-1, " . ..~i7r1: t','i " ... , "t . "'.\1,'r . ,'.. "," , -. . #6 page 10 Atkins/ For our refuge, we have not done that for water, Again, those are policy questions, You can design payment systems as you see fit. Horow/ Okay. Dean Thornberry/ 1202 Oaks Drive. is part of this increase in the water/sewage-all of the other fees, Is part of this money going to pay for the new water facility north of town. Throg/ Sure. Thornberry/ I have a little problem with that. I am still not convinced that we need all of the property that you are talking about to get all of the water that we need for Iowa City. I still think that part of this money is going for a new city park, bicycle pathways- Horow/ Time out. I have heard this from other people and I would like to clear it right now. Thanks for bringing it up. Atkins/ The purchase of the land for the water treatment plant is also the source of our water, That is very important and that has been lost in this discussion. Secondly, the cost of purchasing that land, $228 plus acres, and the size of the borrowing of the moneys for these water and wastewater improvements is a tad bit less than 2 % of the total project cost. Throw the land cost all together and you are down 2 %. Thornberry/ Okay, I will take 2%. Atkins/ I understand that but I mean it has been purported to be a huge amount of money and it is just simply not the case. Unless our appraisers, and they are two very reputable firms, grossly miscalculated the value of the land which I don't think they did, it is about 2 % of the total project costs. , " .,\ ,.-.--..... \ \ Thornberry/ I understand that we have very little option. We've got to have safe water for our residents of Iowa City. We have got to have the wastewater treatment facility redone. We have got to do that. There is no option. It is hitting us pretty hard on our bills but the federal people have said that we have got to do it, there is no alternative and I understand that you and between a rock and a hard place. yes, I would also like to know where all these contaminants are coming from but I think paying Jacque Costeau ferret out these contaminations would be prohibitive, too, Question: where does Coralville get their water and how safe is the Coralville water. ~ /1"",'" ,'''''''' ( r . Atkins/ Coralville has a well system I think completely, Dean. I think it is 100% of their source. Thornberry/ That meets federal standards. , I I~: I I 0~ "} , Atkins/ They, to the best of my knowledge, will face what we are facing in a few years. Just like in the treatment plant. What happens is the federal government goes after the big providers such as we are, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Iowa Cit. They then move to the smaller systems. what you are going to see and I think I mentioned to council in This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. - aI':lP- -:-~~ o,~)\. ,(-'~'" .._~- ~_. J f" , t:;J;.;.~;.~'i;::' f:(,:,~i;>': l~f {,"",' ~~" ;flJ/ , ()} I , \ /5 <~\ ~ 10. .m;bl \"1 '" . . '~~ i, \ t, ., , " ~ '. :~ "" #6 page 11 passing, many of he smaller rural water districts will simply go out of business because they just don't have the resources available to them. The Coralville and the Iowa Cities can survive because we have the resources available to us. But theirs is a well system and to my knowledge they are in compliance. I just couldn't tell you sir. Thornberry/ I hate to see the people of Iowa City going to Coralville just to save money on water. Jim, you know what water costs. I understand you called your landlord wanting to know why the water was going up so drastically and it was a stuck something or other in your toilet. You called your landlord and wanted to know why the bill was going up so drastically. We are faced with this and when it does go up we notice it because it is one of our major expenditures, not for you obviously, but for those on fixed incomes and I don't know what-You have got plenty Jim. Throg/ No, we can talk about it afterwards. Thornberry/ But we need safe water and, you know, I don't want to have to buy my water. Does anybody know, if you buy water at a grocery store do you pay a tax on it. Atkins/ I don' think so. Throg/ Bottled water is very expensive per unit compared to city. Nov/ I don't know. Atkins/ I kind of doubt it. Thornberry/ Then why should we pay tax on water that we get out of the taps, Atkins/ State law. , " .~~ ( Horow/ State law. Anybody else care to address council. , \ Mike Woodhouse/ About a month ago I addressed the council what the other gal talked about and that was possibly having a referendum for a local sales tax. I feel that- I don't have any facts, I don't have any figures. It might have to be more than 1 %, It might have to be 2%. But I just really believe- ~ ( Atkins/ It can only be 1 %. I I I , , , Woodhouse/ Okay and thanks for clearing up the other because I was going to ask you about that but now I don't have to. We have so many people come into this town, Just to give you an example, the tip of the iceberg, there is going to be 70,000 coming to watch a football game on Saturday. There is going to be another 8,000-9,000 over at City High School on Saturday. People come to town for University events every week. We could institute a tax. They come here the night before, They eat out, they spend money they buy things while they are in Iowa City. I just fee that if we were to do this we could get some help paying for it. Other communities have this and the reason they have this is because they know the federal government is broke. I don't like the idea i .~: , I , ! I ~'~ 'J r~~ !I~ L_ This represents only a reasonably accurata transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. C'-;~- " .1~ , ~,)~ "7" _ f" , fS,m~{~:.' (';').~' ~,,\ w#! f:.4 "'~~ hW ~! ~ A. V , I~ ! , flt ,,~I ~,~', ~[1 \ "I r~ ", ,,; " .T~m ~ l .~,~ \ \ \ \ ,..>\".:1 (--'f'" , ' , I' i It I ! , i I 1 ; , I ( ; f, j! ( : I ; l ;"'",,, 'J , C' 0 ,',,:' ~---,~---_.. . " I '" , "7 . .,\\. ':'1 .~. , '. #6 page 12 they come in here and they told us this they have to do it and you can't argue with them. And I don't want to be drinking just anything out of my tap. I am not arguing that it has to be done because I know it has to be. But I just feel if we were to have a local sales tax it would be a lot more fair and people wouldn't be so hard hit by this and we could get some help paying for it It would be just-I guess my tongue is tied up a little bit here. I just feel that let's get some help doing it rather than having to raise rents, businesses having to raise prices. I just-there just has to be a better way to do it I would like to think that there is a better way to do it Thank you very much. Holly Berkowitz! I would like to make some comments, The question was raised as to why the intake was above at the current property, the Glasgow property. I raise the question a while back why, in the previous plan for the water treatment plant the intake was across from the asphalt plant in the quarry and I realize that that is not a very good place for a municipal water intake place to be is right across from the asphalt plant because in the river you get circular motion. The currents go in circular motions and so I would request that the intake be further north than 1-80 because also of the risk of spillage and regarding the trying to find funding for this plant I go back to the liability issue. When the diesel fuel was dumped into the Iowa River last November it is my understanding that the people who were responsible for that were only charged for the costs of the action of putting in the buoys. Atkins! The clean up, that is correct Berkowitz! And that seemed fairly illogical to me that when you put a whole municipal city at risk for their drinking water that there is not some kind of reinforcement to prevent that action in the future and that shows me that the legal system is fairly deficient in the environmental area and I request that-Again, it is a sensitive issue and it is a very politically volatile issue. But the economics of it seem a little cockeyed to me. Nov! Holly, you are coming up with some ideas that really belong on the state level. Both the punishment for the many who spilled something and whoever is allowing run off into the river upstream. If you address those concerns to the state legislature you might get somewhere with them. Berkowitz! Is it possible for us to do anything at the local level. Nov! We can't do it though. Kubby! There are some things. I mean one of the things I want to ask for before next week is a brief update on our water shed management contacts we are trying to make with the Corps because they control a lot of the land in between the reservoir and our water intake no matter where it is and they lease a lot of that land to farming so we want to talk to them about water shed management Berkowitz! I would also like to look at the urban contamination and Susan, you mentioned the other day that we all need to work together. It is not just Iowa City. It is Coralville. It is Johnson County. It is the State of Iowa. Let's get together and work on this because we all have the same water shed. It is all coming through, if you look at the map, the This represents only e reasonably accurate transcription of tha Iowa City council meatlng of Novambar B, 1994. . ____I . ,'f -~ o j:~' '\ f" f:!1tb:~'~ ' ~~"" '?f '::U' if ,'1 i I o /, ~, .j' ~,,~,'" ,,,,"' "'1/, \~: 10, f.:.~fm ,~ "~ C -". \ ,?'~ I,,":'"' , r I" I j , I i , , I~:' I , I , i I 0"';;~ '~ ~~, ~;'f~ I L. C" 0 .' ;: i , .' . 'I).' "'," . "~, . ~. ~ -. ",:"",.., #6 page 13 river knows no political boundaries. The seepage through the ground water knows no political boundaries. I think we need a lot more. Horow! Thanks. Do you have any more information on the sales tax angle of this or do you- Atkins! I will dredge it up from the recesses of my mind when we did the sales tax back in '87. It would have generated about $3,5 million which is about 40% of your debt service requirements. You would still be looking at substantial water and sewer rate increases. Secondly, and I know the law has been amended and I haven't read anything more about it. If you recall that you had to have the vote on the contiguous cities and it had to be voted on just as if it was one city and there is just, Then the moneys are not distributed by the source. It is distributed based upon some formula for distribution and I am assuming that is still in place. To my knowledge some of the University things that someone else was talking about are not taxable anyway if they are run by the University. Horow! My question is in a bonding market is a sales tax considered a legitimate tool. Atkins. It is considered a legitimate tool. It is a rather weak one and would probably force us to reevaluate our debt package in some way to-In fact, I would probably have to say to you, without a doubt we would still have to pledge the water and sewer revenues as the potential source of income. You could offset it by sales tax just like you would offset it by property tax if you would choose to do so. Horow! Then the other question that I have for Ed is is the intake scheduled to be across from the asphalt plant. I didn't know there was an asphalt plant. Atkins! It is not an asphalt plant. It is a sand and gravel operation and to my knowledge, other than trucks coming and going they don't have any major petroleum products that are there. A sand and gravel operation and the actual small lake that is on the site is a tremendous advantage to us because we intent to draw water from that lake which acts as a filtering device from the river. In that case it is a good thing for us. Horow! Does anyone else care to address council. Mike Woodhouse! I just had one question. You said $3.5 million, is that 1987 dollars. Atkins! That is what I was saying, Mr. Woodhouse, that was 1987 and if you run it out it is maybe $4.5-5 million now. I haver just not done any calculations. The debt service on these projects is about $8 million a year. That is the debt service. So it could offset a substantial portion of it but it won't cover all of it. Kubby!1 have a couple of questions. One is for Anna or Dean or Larry or any of you in terms of what percentage of your expenses are your utilities. I think Dean said it was a big amount. Do you have a figure off the top of your head as to what percentage of your expenses as operating and managing housing. Your utility bill including water and sewage and solid waste. This represents only e reesonably accurata transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8,1994. -~".._- ,= .~' ) I':," . ,'. o - f" ~1;i f:m;r: t.~, r ~ I '0 I' I r R / ,~ :;i\ "~'. ']'1 ',:Ai i/j ID, . , " .9!.'Ii0! \' \ , , '.',~k't . - 0'\'1 .. f... , " ."". " , '.".," \ .' .~. I.," #6 page 14 Throg! But not electricity and not natural gas. Kubby! Right. I mean the city utilities. Nov! Most apartments don't have city refuge pickup. It doesn't say anything about proportions. Kubby! No idea, okay. Larry Svoboda! (can't hear) Atkins! While Larry is coming up. Anna, did we get those numbers corrected for you. Did that help out. Buss! (Can't hear). Horow! Let's hold this. Svoboda! I don't have a percentage. Alii have a per unit cost increase. Just the increase is going to amount to about $30 a month per rental increase just for the water bill. I don't have a percentage. Kubby!ls a multi-unit building have a bigger water meter than a s.f. Don Yucuis! Mr. Svoboda's bill, it is a larger meter. I don't know what size it is but it is a larger meter. Svoboda! I don't know if we are billed at the same rate either as a residential. Yucuis! Your minimum bill for the meter at your location is about $18 a month- ,~ ,(: ...-.;.il \ 1 \ i:'~ '(...., i Svoboda! Is our water rate the same as residential. Yucuis! Yes, everything else is the same after that. The bill for your meter size is higher at the beginning and then the rates after that are all the same. Horow! All right, any other questions. Any other people would like to testify. fl Kubby! Anna was saying from the audience that the difference in figures figured tonight from what she said was a $20 difference. Is that correct. $20 to $30 difference. Yucuis! The figures and I will recheck them tomorrow I' , I I : i , , , I i f" II il ! I , ( 'I, J .~~ p;i. CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 94-129 SIDE 1 Yucuis! With the new rates going in effect. The first rates will increase it to $147 and the next rates will increase it to $221. Those are every two months. So you are looking at $34-about 100%. This represents only a reesonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. '~'~ ',:..".,,',',,',.. 1, ~i u>' !,'. ~"" ~-' l(-~- ~ ~ 'L_ _ -:' ~-=-' O,~ ),;'> ' '\ - - '. f" I-'f.;!' ~;1\!;:' :'I,!;il' )~J.\ ~f9; I i I I 0, "\ ~' I ~, I. \~, "!)) ,~D, ~:. ,...;'. " f r~'\ \ , \ 4' I I, ' ~ I , , , I I Ii r I'" Jj .;~ '~,.,~' I~'.: J. g: :~" I")~, " 1..-.. Co \,':.1 , , , ". .'T.\y,~ . , , , -. . ):' #6 page 15 Dean Thornberry! Do you have-what is the cost per cubic foot for residential now. Yucuis! Currently, after the minimum, it is $1.10 and that is for the next 2800, The first 200 cubic feet is the minimum bill. The next 2800 cubic feet is $1,10 per 100 cubic feet and then after that is goes down to $,70 over 100 cubic feet. Thornberry! What is it for commercial, do you know. Yucuis!lt is the same. Nov! That minimum is what changes based on the size of your meter. If you have a multiple unit building this basic 200 cubic feet is higher than if you have a s,f. home. Thornberry! What difference does it make how big a meter it is. Doesn't it just measure cubic feet anyway. Yucuis!ln Mr. Svoboda's case he has one meter for his entire complex. He needs a bigger pipe coming into the system to get the pressure into the building to all of the units. Thornberry! But it still measures cubic feet. Yucuis! Yes it does but the basis for the meter, depending on the meter size, you are going to be paying more for your minimum depending on the size of the meter, It costs us more to buy that type of meter and provide that. Thornberry! I don't think an option for Iowa City should be a sales tax increase. That would just drive people other places to shop, Think of something else please. Horow!1 would like to entertain a motion to continue the p,h. to November 22 unless there is anybody else, Nov!1 would like to say something before we actually do continue, If somebody from the audience wants to talk first. Horow! Holly. Holly Berkowitz! I would like to thank the water treatment people for their expertise and for their efforts last summer during the flood. I think they face a super human challenge trying to get the toxics out of the water from the flooding, Thank you. Horow! Thanks, We appreciate that. Anybody else. Naomi. Nov!1 think the only option that the city council could think of when this discussion first started was that we would buy everyone water filter or water distillation system and everybody would have clean drinking water and then we wouldn't worry about what was happening for the laundry or the whatever, It doesn't work, They require that every drop of water coming out of the water plant be absolutely drinking water quality. So we will put out fires with the best drinking eater that we have ever met. There isn't This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8. 1994, .~ - - ~ -. =~~~. -4 )'... ,.' .r?".~ """,..' f" d \' ',,' t., .,. .) i,'i;,~ It,Y',;,%"! ..:JJ:, :'~IJ ,;~. 11 I : I b " i' '~i :fi~'lo.. ., ~r.2',rirli; ;' , ., . . 'I~' .. 'f\.,\j,~, , ...... '.. ~. .,', .',,-',... #6 page 16 any other choice. We really did try. So if anyone can come up with a better idea, we are sitting here willing to listen. Secondly, I would like to push strongly for the council to start now on monthly billings. It seems to me from what I have read from the staff reports it is not terribly complex to train somebody to bill and to train somebody else to read meters accurately once a month. And I think that this will be a lot easier on all of us in terms of writing checks and it should not be delayed. Also I would like us to consider a different system of reading meters and to become more accurate because we can encourage conservation that way. Our current system is to read in 100 cubic foot increments only. So we tend to have a water bill in a s.f. home that is the same X hundred cubic feet in every bill. It may have actually had a bill of let's say 780 cubic feet but the last two digits aren't read. If someone has conserved water and they come with the next bill at 720 cubic feet they don't know about it. They have actually conserved 60 cubic feet. They just don't know that they have done it and they say gee what am I doing here. I have been trying and I am not succeeding. It doesn't pay, So if we can go for increments of ten instead of 100' s I think we will see some results of water conservation and people will be a little bit happier with their efforts. Kubby! We also talked about having it on the bill instead of cubic feet because not many people look at their bill and relate to how much water is a cubic foot and I have used 600 so what does that mean. Larry had requested that we put gallons used so it was more understandable for everybody and I assume that we are moving towards that. Atkins! 7.48 gallons per cubic foot. Nov!1 have been saying 7.5. It is so much easier. Lehman! Naomi, you have to be accurate. It is like conserving eater, you are rounding it off. I !:J Nov! That is right but I am rounding it off to tens. I am not asking for the one hundredth decimal point. Also I would like us to consider if we go to monthly billing to stay with the $3.00 delinquency fee. I this going up to $5.00 on a two month bill is entirely bill but if you are going for monthly bills maybe stay with $3.00. [ \ Atkins! You have asked us to do about 3-4 things there. How about we bring them back to you at the next informal and just kind of step through. Okay. ;(.C , Throg!1 think I have a lot I want to say about this but not tonight. So but next meeting I will. What I do want to say is just this. We heard from seven people tonight. I am shocked. I am really expected to hear from quite a few more people. And so I think I don't know how to interpret the fact that only seven people have spoken. Does that mean that the public is unaware of the issue. I don't think so. Does it mean the public doesn't care about the rate increase. I don't think so. Does it mean the public just kind of accepts the fact that we are going to have to pay for a rate increase or I see Anna fed up. So, then how to interpret that given the fact that we have fowl water and our staff does a great job of trying to clean it up and they really do a fine job of that. And we need to build a neW plant. So how are we going to pay for it. So I am just inviting people to come to the p.h. two weeks from now and speak if they want to. : i I , : , i : :< , , I ~ i "I. \~j ~ l This represents only a reasonably eccurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November S, 1994. 'c- 0 " ".. ~-_..._----~- ~~~:,- ,- T -v~ r 1 o ,1' - -l f" " (.. ~"';~~," "-,,'i<l -Or." 1",;<,' ,~" "'/ t~ .' ! t::\ V ~ I , '~I' 'j~ ~"~" ~, ~ll , i , 1:, ,,~ ,) ., ",~-,' J~>, .\'. \ r. ( c"" \ .... ....,. ~~'~ 1'/ I I I , II , I I, [Ii,'" " II I , ~, "j \ ~ ~ L:! ~, ,( 'i:": . 1., ""':,",. .'.' . ..I, : ,,\I.~'. " ':.,",',. ~' ,0 . i~' ~ '~"I" " ;;, #6 page 17 Horow/ Roberta says people do not read the newspaper. Throg!1 am just inviting people to come. Horow/ Bruno. Pigott! No. Horow! Chair would entertain a motion to continue the p.h. to November 22, 1994. Moved by Nov, seconded by Pigott. Discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayesl. Moved by Kubby, seconded by Throg. to accept correspondence. Any discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayes). Thank you. This ropresents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of Novamber 8, 1994. f" "* '..',: 1'~Wi!; . "flff ~ y-. , , Jr~~ -~.",. , ,--'" 1],,",..,",.::;',"',"";.-",:-""""'",'-''' ..0"".,', j;'( '.'....-:,", '" r..;, ,',,': i :,";..::'...,';':;~,""--T;"" ',r.. , 1/'.--:} ., o<J ..~, -~~ " o """,",,,,-,1 ',": , I i I I 10 " ,', r . , ~, , 10, ",.-"-', ~!', -,',:.::;::, " , i; ",' (-i i<~1 C-" , \: '~ 11 I ) I \ "I : ',' I i I II II~'~' ~ ',', "I";:' ~!: ' f~. [~ r ,\ , ','.\' ,..; .--- i"j -~ ': '.- ~' ,;:~';':':':~!~,~'t:~~ ';:~, ' , " ~: . " f" .. _ _. :'; ,- ;~.~..:.Li~:L,,;; .,~.~i~'-';;; ~;~:~J,;~.:j;,,~:~~~.} ,:~L~':';'~~~~;:;:"~i!L;:3'~'1.;:'~;'-:'~: L!';:.L;:;;~;;:;:-'i!.;'):':~;: )'..~ ;';'~", :: ,~: '~;:I/,', ,:' ;,::,:: :t, '....'. .L",.,,'; _ ",,:~~,-:,_:' ,_;:',_ ,_' w. '_' " ~~.' Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 9 ~ q:/5 I ITEM NO.8- ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES. a. Previously Announced Vacancies. (1) Parks and Recreation Commission. One vacancy for a four-year term ending January 1, 1999. (This appointment replaces the School Board representative.) This appointment will be made at the November 22, 1994, meeting of the City Council. 4R.v .eituv (2) Housing Commission - One vacancy for an unexpired term endfng May 1, 1996. (Robin Paetzold-Durumeric resigned.) This appoint- ment will be made at the December 6, 1994, meeting of the City Council. (3) Committee on Community Needs - One vacancy for an unexpired term ending April 1, 1995 (Marc Libants has resigned), Inasmuch as his term ends April 1, 1995, the vacancy is being advertised as a full three-year term in addition to the brief unexpired term. This extended term ends April 2, 1998. This appointment will be made at the December 6, 1994, meeting of the City Council. i i , ! D ITEM NO.9. CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS. a. Consider an appointment to the Board of Adjustment for a five-year term ending January 1, 2000, (Catherine Johnson's term ends.) 11/ \ (J/ b. ft of 0{ I ).,lMI.M) P,tJ~Pll' Action: 114-5' ~J~.J All) Consider appointments to the Human Rights Commission to fill three vacancies for three-year terms ending January 1, ,1998. (Terms of Jason Chen, Sara Mehlin and Pamela Dautremont end,) ~ Action: . c. Consider appointments to the Parks and Recreation Commission to fill two vacancies for four-year terms ending January 1, 1999. (Terms of Bill Brandt and Dee Vanderhoef end.) Act;on:,..IIt,.. &t /JDmj",J..1 ~l/o~ 1uriM; Iiu ~f 1AJAtM IOn1 ,AlidA} IJu - ',,~~,~ :~~ ,.,."" ".,.'\P",jy- WJ,. , ~'I i ,/S".' 0, 0' ,"I,,', ;ym:za'. .'; ._,.,.... , /; ........-.'1 r," ,; c~'\ ; \l "j " " .....-. r:... if. '\ I ! II , ~ ...., :("'0 .' <,: . ')f ~,~'~, ' ", . " ,~, , " 1 .....i, ,.' ,." #8 page 1 ITEM NO.8. ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCIES. a. Previously Announced Vacancies. (1) Parks and Recreation Commission - One vacancy for a four-year term ending January 1, 1999. (This appointment replaces the School Board representative.) This appointment will be made at the November 22, 1994, meeting of the City Council. Novl I would like to interject for just a second. We really need another woman on that Commission. We are not balanced and we encourage any people who are listening to apply. This represants only a reesonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of Novamber B, 1994. "T''q ,~J1 .~- ],',',:' ,'",',,> . .. ~ ..... " '0" '.:' ,,,,, ,\.( .. ..: ,: -', 'J .'~, ,\ , ~J ';--'" - T f' ' ,}... " i'll. "W~ (\;' .' l: ' w: I~. ) i I i I I r ,I ," (. il:',\', ::10, .' " ; , " . , , , "r' .~ \\1,. . . ~' . , , i~t..r.;m " 1 '. ..... ,"' . , ."...,......,..... . ., .'--.,..' .~:,",.....'. '. ..~ ... - -,; ..... ;13,' if Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 1 0 ITEM NO. 10. CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. xluJ ~d ITEM NO. 11 . REPORT ON ITEMS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. a. City Manager. - ()- b. City Attorney. I -0- . t1 ITEM NO. 12. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND CITY li~ q't-- ~3'l CLERK TO ATTEST AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MMS CONSULTANTS, INC. ~~",(l OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, AND THE CITY OF IOWA CITY TO PROVIDE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION FACILITIES. : I , I , I i I I 6?, II'" ! I I '~ ,I ' 0,0'<'. I l;, Comment: This agreement provides engineering consultant services for the design of a lift station and associated sewers to provide sanitary sewer service to :I: 748 acres in the Snyder Creek tributary near Scott Boulevard. A portion of the 748 acres is currently being served by the Village Green and Heinz Lift Stations. The negotiated engineering consultant fee is $43,980. This project will be funded with G.O. Bond proceeds. Action: <?~ / ~~ Ju; 1l~ . I-koU ,(~~ .. - , -',-.' ~.. ")',: : ',_J"'" " ,"t, ../' "', , Il'~ : m 0', ~, "..J , ~E' , ;'1 r'" .L ",,",,, \\} (.>~ 'f 'I ! I , I I f" I , , ! I , , I , i , ' , I j ! .Ii) I! " I "\ :1 \jjf,<'" "/I'f "4~i' J~I~" I" iif\, 1,..-.... C. ':, ,--~ ; '~ , , "~t\\i' ' " , , .. " .' , ~ '. . - ',j' ,~;, ...,..1,',,," ':'.' #10 page 1 ITEM NO. 10- CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION. Horow! City Council Information. Novll will urge people to go to the League Of Women Voter's meeting on November 16,7:30 PM at the Iowa City Public Library. There will be a good panel discussion on growth in Johnson County. That is it. Pigott! I have two things. One is last night at an informal meeting, as a council made a policy change to put transcriptions of city council meetings on diskette and I think it is a great move and it is great that the City Clerk's Office and Marian has been so cooperative and happy to do this for us and I really appreciate that as well as the people that requested it I am sure. Second, we received a letter in the packet about the bins that we might distribute should we adopt the solid waste proposal that was presented to us and the letter said that this person had already spent $25 on recycling container and gee, please don't make us not make those recycling containers no longer useful and I just wanted to say that under the proposal that was presented to us we could still use that and finally, I wanted to comment a little bit about the election process and say how discouraging it was to watch the national elections this fall and the fact that they have run on almost no issues whatsoever. Mostly personalities slamming each other saying nasty lies and frankly, watching the city council elections in the past and the county elections in the past, I must say, I think the level of debate on our local level is pretty darn good in comparison and I think that is good and better for our community. Baker! Because we are the most educated community in the world and we represent that educational level. That is all. Horow!1 have a couple of items. On November 17 there will be an annual meeting of the directors of Public Access Television in meeting room A of the Iowa City Public Library. That is Public Access Television, the annual meeting. I read a proclamation this evening and I would once again urge you people to become aware and take part November 14 through Wednesday, November 16,Thursday, November 17 on the whole area of Japanese culture with Iowa City crafts people as well. There will be a reception and the welcoming of visiting artists from Yamanashi on Monday at 5:30 in the Public Library and I will be there representing the city. I urge people to plug into the library and find out what all is going on because it is definitely a multi-cultural event. There will also be a couple of performances at City High School and one at the Senior Center. On Sunday I attended the dedication for the Habitat for Humanity home now owned by the O'Leary family and it was truly a very moving experience. There were so many people who had taken part in putting this home together and the family itself helped put it together, obviously. But I would also like to single out Mr, Lowell Lichty who was the general contractor who supervised the whole project and when he wasn't constructing his own projects, every spare minute of his time he would be over there working on this particular house. I would also urge our viewers-in the Advertiser we now have what is know what is Trash Talk. I just couldn't resist it. We are doing Trash Talk and this will help you with any questions on solid waste. And the This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November Sf 1994. '~ , ..., 0",)", .~ , .:., f" li':B~,'r ~,;(t ,'ii'X.: ,,,,1 'lfr .1J/t " o :1 ,) 'I"' . t ./ :) , 1 ;'~ :~i :: ,',' ~ ~~lo, "~, , . .:.'.,~"i. . , ",r,,'I'" "- ...... ",' i. . ~ " ' -. -...-.~\ .' " ." ,. , ~B.~(~ l""" .' .',,' ':~I ':...1. , ..~.. ' ....,. . , f" , ..,',',','..' '{.~f.; t;U:(. .;;"J'"'" r~: #10 page2 other thing is-the Senior Center made it big time with it's WWII Commemorative Month and has quite a write up in the national newspapers on senior centers. And that is it. : : , " ~ C' ~i (:.c\ \ ) r~ I' , I , I i ~, ,I ! (; I ' "W ~ " ,I .-:1 This represents only a reesonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. ;(~._~' ,',' ,-".','-~,',,';,~" ,: .- ~ )....,',..,....,...,' .":'"O:J"".,;IJi.""...\ " \l, 'If;. ~ ;. "..'I' , '...........''''...........-......'..'1''.. ' , , ",'''' ,',' "0 .. ,','", ,'\S'.'., , ' , ". .... \,' .' ,.,..:.'. ", ';.;',..1 ". ".' ::"'~:~\~:i.'r,' , ~" ..' '. - ',~;, ( ~, 1<. .' ~_\'f' .. j ,;. "r .-........ . ,,' " ,~ ,<.:1' .~ " '...,.,:" . "',.!".',,: . ....., , " ".,,-,,,,,.[;L,,',. .. ,., '.,.",,', .;. :...:.,_.,'_......,,_.~ #12 page 1 ITEM NO. 12- CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MMS CONSUL- TANTS, INC. OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, AND THE CITY OF IOWA CITY TO PROVIDE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION FACILITIES. Horowl Moved by Pigott, seconded by Lehman. Discussion. I thought last evenings question by council of staff as to whether or not we share this sort of work with other consulting companies was a good one and the answer is yes we do. We make every effort to make sure that the engineering consulting companies in the city are contacted and utilized equally. Roll call- Novl Wait a second. Horowl Do you have another discussion. Nov/l figured out the amounts on the actual contract. I came up with something like $55,000 rather than $43,000 and I am not sure exactly why but I am asking that our attorneys look into the reason why this number and that number are not the same. Gentryl We will. Horowl Roll call- (Yes). Okay, resolution passes. ( (~ \ , , .:..i;l r,::.~ I,: I , : I I , I !~ I, il. :, . \~ This represents only a reesonebly accurete transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8. 1994. ',::. ',If :1 ~ :t, ,'~~ "-, " ~~ ._~: , , , ',o,iT)',:;':,!":\ " f" " -,--,,', ~',W&",: ."",., .~~'{,:, ;SJ{ . A 1JJ I I I I .', ..' "",: ..'..'I.. /11 . '. ...... .: ' .~t,5''',.'l , It, ,.,,' ttt . I " I I I I I i , I ' : I I I '! I ' I I. ~I I 1'(';) i I I ~!) \....... ,.1' , I j,' ~_." i.l; ~ l:r',' :,,1, j.'" :~. ", " ' , ...... t-~ ,~<WEm':' I' . , ,....--.. ( , c'.!;\\ \, ,;::~ r",,~ , I', I .' " , , C.,.' '.. ''',11, " , .' . , ..... . Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November S, 1994 Page 11 ITEM NO. 13 - CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND q+_ 3#) THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST A 28E AGREEMENT FOR JOINT EXERCISE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. Comment: The 2SE agreement allows the agencies to work together on law enforcement matters which affect the various agencies named in the agreement. The 2SE agreement has been discussed and reviewed by all signers. ~ ~ idulj / J(~ , l Action: t~% ITEM NO. 14 - CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FUNDING OF ROOF REPLACE- 9'f- 51-I MENT PROJECT FOR THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING AND THE UNITED HANGAR BUILDING AT THE IOWA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. Comment: At the October 25, 1994, Airport Commission meeting, the Airport Commission voted to request Council funding for a new roof on the Airport Terminal Building and the United Hangar building. The following bids were received: 1) D.C. Taylor Company 2) Jim Giese Commercial Roof Company 31 Maintenance Associates $54,120 $59,935 $69,450 The Commission recommends accepting the bid from D.C. Taylor Company in the amount of $54,120.00. Action: ~ /~ of~ aM.L 7/a ITEM NO. 15 - CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2, ENTITLED "HUMAN 94 - %17 RIGHTS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, TO REPEAL THE TITLE AND ADOPT A NEW TITLE TO BE KNOWN AS "IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE". (PASSED AND ADOPTED) Comment: Council requested that language in Section 2-5, relating to registration fees and certified copy fees for domestic partnership, be revised to delete the reference to specific fee amounts and to provide instead that such fees will be determined by resolution of the City Council. Section 2-52 has been revised accordingly. 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(,', "".- ._~., .. ,------"\f i ',0 ,..', ,'..',"':, .,'.'.'..,. " "H _ _ ..,.:..::..:_...:-.:._ , -c :: - v ."0':),:"" "" .. ,~""-' '.)y. l: :..,..... ,t'~ 'M ;,,) ,'. '".' ~ "". J f" .' ','. '(f~~;i. "',~r' i i I , (!) , ,I ,~ : 'L \ , '10', ., mm " ;'1 '\~ . , ',l\,\i., ..' ,.. .. . ,', , ,',' ~ ": :~.:;L~~ ;.:~:,~-'>;... # 15 page 1 ITEM NO. 15- CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2, ENTITLED "HUMAN RIGHTS" OFTHE CODE OF ORDINANCES OFTHE CITY OF IOWA CITY, TO REPEAL THE TITLE AND ADOPT A NEW TITLE TO BE KNOWN AS "IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE". (PASSED AND ADOPTED) Horow! Moved by Kubby, seconded by Throg, Discussion. Lehman! I have a couple of questions for Ms. Whitto. Do you have a copy of the ordinance, Gentry! Yes I do. Lehman! On page 34, under section 251, under Domestic Partners. It says by doing this we enable employers to voluntarily provide equal treatment in employment benefits for such partners and their dependents. Does this do anything to affect what employers c an give their employees. Gentry! It doesn't mandate anything if that is what you mean. They can certainly do it voluntarily or gratuitously but it doesn't mandate them to. Lehman! No. Does it do anything. Gentry! No, it is a public registry. Kubby! But what it does do is if a company does want to do it they don't have to figure out what their own criteria is. They could say if you are married or in a domestic partnership via having a certificate from the city that you can show them then you qualify for benefits. So it does make it-they don't have to work so hard to figure out what the definition is. And there is a mechanism to show that you are a domestic partner, t ,;,; Lehman! But it does nothing as far as enabling them to provide benefits that they wouldn't otherwise provide. \ Kubby!lt is an easier tool to implement the decision to provide those benefits. I';;i .. I I Lehman! Then on page 35, we require that persons declare that they are each other sole domestic partner. We don't do this with anybody. Nobody asks a married person if they are faithful. why are we requiring this of domestic partners. Kubby!lnteresting question. I i: I I ! I , I ~ I I I \ ~,..l ') ,ti ~ Gentry! It is not a legal question. It is a policy question. Lehman! Then in the next one it says the partners have to be "responsible for each other." How are they responsible. There is no legal responsible. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. ~1"":Oi......t"WF1I,-- , 0 '. ::',. \. --- , .~ ~~ T ),.,..'."",...., ':".'" . '0__',:: ' " .:.. , ',\ ..' I I , I;'~,'~,';; 1.'/- ~,:" ~-' ,?;'f 'I~ C> " ( ;1.' " ",'~_:. ~',,;,. t:W_:1i ~D, I. ,t., , ,,:t ,..) " . 'Z:im?l, "-'., " , ,~\ \ I \ \ \ ,~:~ r,:;';. f \ ., . I !: I I " I I i ! I f I II.l! ,I ' : \ ) ~::::,/ \! ,: ;' j, '.;.'1:,',",' ~..; " .1 ", l"?i;, , L.--: :~"~' .~__ V , .\,'.. , . . . '~t :.\'!,. , , '\ . #15 page 2 Gentry! No. Any legal responsibility does not flow from this domestic partnership listing. Or did I say that backwards. No legal responsibilities flow from the listing. Lehman! So they are not legally responsible for each other even though they have to say that they are. Gentry! Yes, that is correct. It is a statement of intent and concern and caring. Throg! What is your point, Ernie. What are you getting at. Lehman! My point is that I don't think this really-Okay, I guess I will just ask right out. What are the benefits to the partners, to the City of Iowa City or to the Iowa City community by having a registration for domestic partnership. Pigott! Didn't Karen briefly explain some of the possible benefits of- I think. Lehman! What are the legal benefits. Gentry! None Nov! None. Kubby!lt is a recognition. Gentry! It is a recognition. Kubby! Of a relationship. Lehman! You know, in a time when most of the social problems we have we blame on break down of family, it seems to me that this sort of ordinance is really counter productive. It really doesn't do anything positive and in fact, it may be doing something negative. Throg! How is that Ernie. I don't follow your reasoning. I just don't understand. Lehman! Okay, the family as we now know it, as we have traditionally known it. Experts blame problems that we have with youth as a break down of this family. This does nothing to promote family as we know it. Throg!lt doesn't inhibit family as you know it either. Lehman! Oh, I think it legitimizes family as we do not know it. Kubby/ I would like to respond a little bit. I think a lot of our problems and the break down of the family are not so much because of the traditional players who create educational opportunities, cultural-pass down of cultural identities, caring for each other, responsibility for each other. It is not who is playing those roles but that people are functioning in those roles no matter who they are. And I think the breakdown of the family that I hear people talking about are that people are not playing those roles in This rapresents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November e, 1994. '1'",", -- - -fa. - 0- );,. .' "",, f" - ' '1.:_ , /) ----l j t-+}, k~ ~: i;; l @ }',:\ r~ t[f f! l , I~~ :' ,;~ ;;~i 0, "mill} " ,.," ..r"' .L r '\ '\ z~ r' ~ I I I I I i Ir; " I J A '~ I ,- "Lo " ..'" '. -- .' y i ,/ ... . :,~t \\'i' . , .. . '\ .... ..... '\ '. #15 page 3 groups of people in loving, caring ways and that for me, what this ordinance does is to say there are lots of ways people are getting together, supporting each other, in family units. Maybe not as we have traditionally known them but how they are practically being functioned. The varieties of families that are functioning out there in our society to day whether they are recognized or not. And what this does for me is recognize a more diverse array of people who are playing those roles that our society so vitally needs right now. For me it does exactly the opposite of what it doesn't do for you. Lehmani This ordinance does not create any responsibility. You were recently married. You didn't have to. You could have waited and registered as domestic partners. So could I. Kubbyl Same price. Lehmani No, it is a lot more expensive being married, I can guarantee you. But I have a legal responsibility to my family. As domestic partner I have no legal responsibility to anybody. I am irresponsible. Kubby/lf the state would allow marriage of domestic partners and this is not just for same sex couples who are in a domestic partnership. I mean some of that is choice for people and some of that is there is not a legal option. Lehmani But you chose to get married, I chose to get married. That is an option available to all except same sex partners. Why would we include those folks in this ordinance. Kubbyl Why what? Lehman/ Why would we include opposite sex people in this ordinance. They do have an option to do everything you are saying we should do. They can get married. Kubbyl Those individuals may choose to not legally get married that want to declare domestic partnership because of their political views or their personal views. Baker/ Opposite sex couples also have an option that same sex couples don't have and that is common law marriage and that is a legal-somebody else can explain the legal ramifications but it is a legal option that same sex partners do not have and common law marriages can be recognized for benefits by this city, for example, in a process that we now have. Gentry/ And this list may go a long ways towards establishing a common law marriage. Pigott/ For same sex couples. Gentry/ No, for opposite sex. Horow/ I wonder if we could hear from our HR Commission staff member. Heather- This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. -= _-4110 --. 0,.,,)\., 1 ."~-' , ' f" , _<',1. ~"''':' , (!Jh!1i ,1!{1{ (,Wi!, iJl!;- 'J' " ;~I . h ~ J ' ~ r '~O', ",I ,. , ""\ ' -.I ...,f ,\ '.:.:.., ~ . . -.,' l_ ..~m," I," YI , ,"~ k' ; " c'~1 \. ,""'-' r::~ I ' I I , I ;., I! , I ~ I i: , I I I I ~,\ II" \,[ j ~ , ~.','I',;'J ,,', ~.I' t~' ~ ' '" .~~ ~(' ., .\.'"\ ": , " ",t\.\I:\ '\.; , . ,-.. ' , ....... 'f" ',' ., . ,. '.. -' .....:: -'.;, ,:'.-.~: ,:.:~:.-; ;', #15 page4 Heather Shankl Actually some of the things I wanted to say has just been said but it does establish options that weren't available prior to the ordinance being adopted, Lehmani But none of which are legal options, Shankl Well, you know, it is like a symbolic effort. They come in and they say I am making this commitment to this person and I am agreeing that I am going to take care of this person and this person's welfare is important to me, It is not a legal document which says you have to pay a certain amount of your salary for this person's welfare, This is like something they have to consider very carefully when they come in. We can't like police the efforts of people to take care of each other but it is something to say to the other person we are doing this together. This is a commitment we are making to each other and it is important in that respect although legally it is not saying I am going to have to pay a certain percentage of my salary of you get sick. It is not going to be mandated by the court or, you know- Lehmani I care about Karen Kubby. Okay. I am not responsible for you but I care about you. I care about everybody in Iowa City. Kubbyl Send our water bills to Ernie. Lehmani Anybody can say what we want to say on this. Anybody can register. We can go down and say we have been committed. Yes, that is the only partner I have ever had and I am responsible by golly. Shankl You know, there have been a lot of bigamists that go and get married over and over and over again, too. I mean we don't have control over everybody's behavior and if they are going to violate the true essence of the ordinance we have no control over it. But it doesn't mean we need to eradicate it because it won't be affected. Lehmani I guess I don't see where it does anything. Novl What is does is offer people an opportunity to declare a relationship if they choose to do so. That is all it does. Horowllt is an offer. Lehmani Enough said. It is getting late. Horowl Roll call- (6-1) Ordinance passes, Lehman voting no. This represonts only a raasonobly accurate transcription of tho Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. T--q~ - ,-", " _.~ - l,'..,':'.,,'..,";-:, -.. ,";:",", ,1;:..1," " .!J'.'. ' ".~.,..c...-"'..r-;, '~l r.. ;0.., ..) ~ ",..0 o tj1~~;\ ~l,' it I I I I ~ .!- '. '" ~t " ~':\A " I :, tJ, i, ,~ "~: "..;......"1, B 0 /~ ' 8 " " - .......'...' , " .J!::m\i'! . i-'l ,'0'\ ".., -"'\" ".-".,.,'.. ". . .- , '~. ~ '-, "1 . ;', .. .,;'.0.:.:...,..,.....,...; ;.._,....".... ,'J""', " ...,...,..-....".....,... ,,'''"'::'~'..'. '-_.." Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 12 ITEM NO. 16 - CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A NON-REFUNDABLE FEE FOR q4~ 3+'& THE REGISTRATION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP IN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA. Comment: The above Human Rights Ordinance, which includes procedures for registering domestic partners, is presented for final reading. After passage of this ordinance, this resolution may be considered. A fee of $30 is proposed to cover administrative costs of registration. Copies of the rules and regulations for domestic partnership registry as well as declaration forms are attached~ ~ ~ ~ 1~:~ ,f, t1f~ 1 fJr'"ij ".- , /t(J ITEM NO. 17 - CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14, "UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE," OF THE CITY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE A, ENTITLED "PARKING FACILITY IMPACT FEE," TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Action: Comment: These ordinance amendments would require new commercial developments in the Near Souths ide Neighborhood to pay a parking facility impact fee. Adoption of this ordinance should only occur after Council's adoption of the amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to require parking spaces for commercial uses in the Central Business Support Zone. Action: ~~;~;l 14' c. u i p i~ % ft 'IuJ" ( ~ I i , I I ITEM NO. 18 - CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AN AREA OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, AS AN URBAN REVITALIZATION AREA WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE NEAR SOUTHSIDE COMMERCIAL URBAN REVITALIZATION AREA. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Comment: The proposed Urban Revitalization Area includes the area zoned Central Business Support Zone, generally located between Burlington and Court Streets and along Gilbert Street. Adoption of this ordinance designat- ing the proposed Urban Revitalization Area is required to implement the Near Southside Commercial Urban Revitalization Plan; therefore, final passage should occur only after the Council's adoption of the Plan. 41f# / ~taAJ ( Action: ;>f~~ I ~ ~ I~f'::::; ~ I. ,,~l I' I '. ,( 0 ................m~AiIl T' ~ -.. )'",,-,",,"" ',0", _ , ~ J f" ., Q " . "' "',...,,'.' '. . .......: 'l~ ,!;!;';(~l)l' ,.. .., ' '.i , " '. ,')t~' . .,' ..v,. ' . . ~'j." .,', - ~ j ~ , "'''1 , '- .. ; ;"'.~.'''' ., ", .: _ _ ,__ ;-.r\;, ,. . ., .r .....-.... l \ \ ~ I , ~ i I II i I , I II I Ft. I 1\ ~i " , . '11 ~; " ~; ~_! ;1[_ 0 ~'- #16 page1 ITEM NO. 16- CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A NON-REFUNDABLE FEE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP IN THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA. Horowl Chair would entertain a motion to adopt this resolution, Moved by Baker, seconded by Kubby. Any discussion. LehmanI I can't support this for the same reason I couldn't support the last one. Horowl Understandable. Roll call-(6-11 Resolution is adopted, Lehman voting no, This represents only e reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. --~, ~ ,,--' ,),';';<i,':'''''';' ,0 ,', '"'' ,'", ...." .' '. '. .'".' , .,' .' ~. . 1A.~4.' :';:' ': , ".'1- "'5 ,J' I ... ..~ ,.' ,l(~~' ..,<~" I". .~ (, I I I I , 'Q' ,;.' .. B ' U 0, !D'" , , '\ , .~~ "l" c~,. __~)1 ,.~ . I ' ~ I \, Ii: ~ 1\ \ I III I I i I [! I~:I I' " '! I 1\ ,I !, ~~~;:1-; ~ , : 1,;.,_~',,'.,',\ "f "./.', ~~, ~ t,; "" L " _....2 (, ""'......... ;, 0 ':.... -..--- r.-) '. " ' '':' '. :.~t:'\"j , ',', . ~ ,,0 .,~, ',',,-, , ",- . 11" , #17 page 1 ITEM NO. 17- CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14, "UNIFIED DEVELOP- MENT CODE," OF THE CITY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE A, ENTITLED "PARKING FACILITY IMPACT FEE," TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Horow/ Moved by Pigott, seconded by Baker. Is this the one that we asked staff to prepare- Kubby/I would like it done for this because this is a second in a series of decisions. Before we do these blocks of decisions it would be great to have that. Horow/ Okay. We have asked staff to prepare an outline and a brief explanation of what we are talking about right now. Gentry/ Karin. Kubby/ Oh, come on, use the laser. Please. Throg/ Go high tech. Franklin/ Right there is a the first point. Are we ready for this? This is the outline of the Near Souths ide Redevelopment package. The first item is to require parking spaces for commercial uses in the CB-5 zone. This is the item that was already on your P/Z part , of the agenda of one space per 1200 square feet. The next part of this is to require commercial development to pay the parking facility impact fee. Right now it is just residential. The third part of it is to provide tax exemption for qualifying commercial properties. The fourth is tax exemption for qualifying residential properties. An intent to vacate a portion of Dubuque Street. And then lastly to prepare a design plan and reinvest funds, the tax revenue that is generated in the area to the area. Kubby/ Where you emphasize where the intended vacation of Dubuque Street because there has been some confusion in some letters that we have received about the extent of the closure. It will not be in between the Holiday Inn by the ramp and to Burlington. But it will be south of Burlington towards Court. Is that correct? Franklin/In this block of Dubuque Street between Burlington and Court or some portion there of is what we have been talking about. Throg/ And right now there would be problems with access to buildings particularly on the southside of that if we simply vacated the whole street r.o.w. So there have been discussions about maybe phasing in vacation of the street. Maybe not vacating the entirely of the street in order to make sure businesses retain access and that people who live in Old Capitol Apartments can retain access. Franklin/ Right. Baker/ And Karin, on the agenda tonight is just a designation of the area and the parking impact fee. We are not doing the last two items on that list tonight, right? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November B. 1994. --' ,=--c ,--- ~"".."",.., "",",-.,' 0', .i: " -,' '-', , ".\ , . . . . '. ,. ' " ,..... '" ,c" ",:, , ' > ' c'. ,',.'- -r ,';'U'., ,i~2Y ~~~!: t: ,I' \., ,I;..i, I~ ""r,~'....: 'jt ;.i, .J D, ,!J:Jt"l r ..\ ( \ ';'~,' ,,":';:"; I' I' I , , i I , I , ' , , I i :~,~, 'I' II i( ~~~l 1 i.. ,II r ~. ~ !i 'r 0 .' i i , '. , '~t "~I !. '. , , , ,'.: , '. . . .',,1... \. .....__...~:..:.~:. #17 page2 Franklin/ That is correct. What I have got here now is the CB,5 parking amendments. The last two items on the list, the potential vacation of Dubuque Street and the design plan and your intent to reinvest in the area will come on resolutions at your December 6 meeting. Baker/ Okay. Franklin/ We will have informal discussions of those resolutions on November 21. Throg/ Karin, before you go off to talk about the parking impact fee I am thinking about the overall combination of elements. I guess what I want to draw attention to is the fact that despite some of the conversations that have taken place in public discussions and public hearings, this combination would provide very substantial incentives, financial incentives, in the form of tax abatement and redevelopment of the area south of Burlington. That is the first thing. And despite a relatively-and the parking impact fee would be really quite small percentage of the overall tax incentive. So, what the council is trying to do here in regard to this overall package is provide a major incentive for redevelopment in that area and then try to do it in a way that is in the overall public interest as best we can judge it after having talked about it over a long period of time and having to work out some disagreements and understandings and so on among the council. And we think that the end product that we are coming up with is one that will not only provide incentives to redevelopment of businesses but also provide incentives for redeveloping properties for affordable housing and provide ways in which we can improve the public quality of the public place in the area south of Burlington as far south as the RR tracks. So all and alii think most of us think it is a pretty darn good package that meets a lot of the needs and desires of the people who are involved in the overall process. Kubby/ Karin, there are two other elements that I don't see on there. One is the streetscape plan and the other one is the potential parking ramp on St. Pat's site. Will you outline those two things as well because they are a part of this whole- Franklin/ Sure. In the Near Southside Plan we have had in there from its adoption in 1992 the intention of the city to construct a parking facility south of Burlington Street and actually to construct ultimately more than one parking facility south of Burlington Street if in fact the demand is there for one. The sites that we have been looking at have been St. Patrick's parking area and also the Federal Lot. The Federal Lot will take longer in terms of acquiring the air rights. It also is farther away from the demand center as it now exists or would exist with what we expect in terms of the initial redevelopment of this area. We are in the process of talking with St. Patrick's Church. That is about as far as it is right now. Kubby/ There is a rumor that I would like-if you have any information to confirm or dispel that in terms of the St. Pat's site that the church wants to sale all of the St. Pat's property or none of it. Not just the area where the parking area is but the church and the building next to the church. This represents only e reesonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November B, 1994. -..- ~-- o. ),:'. I,:' .IN" , .', :::: , ~ J f" - ' ;~p(l; :W 1:(? -.', 0"., " , (~ ~~, 10, " 'I' ,I 'J . ,.;' ,., _.:. .:;:;~ 1 ( ';';' \ \ ,~ r:,,? i' . i I ! i , I . I~ ,; I , I , \ 0.'.J '1 "I . l~l '- :( 0 \ i '" . "t - '. \\!..~ , ". . ....". ".:_'_.'-~.- '" ,.. #17 page 3 Franklin/ We have had some preliminary discussions with St. Pat/ s. I don/t think that they have made a decision at this time as to exactly what is going to happen as far as the parish is concerned. Kubby/ Okay, but we would only be interested- Franklin/ The city is interested in and what we have expressed an interest in is the site that is on the corner of Linn and Court Street where they currently have a parking facility. I think we are, weill wouldn/t say indifferent, but do not have strong feelings about the location of the parish. That is up to the church. Whether the church stays or goes we could work out something with St. Pat/ s for use of that parking facility if the parish were to stay there. I think because we have a Historic Preservation Commission and we have a strong Historic Preservation Plan that what ever happens with St. Pat's Parish that there would at least be some interest in the community in seeing the buildings preserved. Who does it, how it happens I really can/t say. Kubby/ But you can/t say that is the direction the church is going at this point. Franklin/ No, I cannot. Kubby/ Okay, thank you. Franklin/ Should we get into the parking facility impact fee. That is the first item. Okay, as I indicated earlier the CB-5 parking requirements you have already given your first consideration of and it is one space per 1200 square feet with hotels and motels remaining distinct as they are now within the d.t. with the ratio of 1 1/4 spaces per room and then the option of having a long term parking arrangement in one of the municipal facilities. That requires a contract with the city between the hotel and the city. The parking facility impact fee amendments-we do have a parking facility impact fee right now for residential development only. What this ordinance does it imposes such a fee for commercial development based on the ratio of 1 per 1200. It is at $2/000 per space in 1992 dollars. That is different from the amount that is charged for residential development and is calculated based on a pro rate share or an estimation of how much we believe that the commercial development would use the parking facility. As it is drafted, a commercial enterprise could provide up to 25 % of their parking on site and then be obligated to pay 75% equivalency to their parking requirement into the parking facility impact fee fund. They could, however, also choose to pay 100% of their obligation into the parking facility impact fee fund and have no parking on site. Another option, I suppose, is they could choose to have 25 % on site and still pay 100% but I can/t imagine why anybody would. Um, this is a payment which can be paid in three annual payments to begin at the time that the building permit is issued. The payer may pay the entire impact fee at the time of obtaining the building permit or pay one third at that time, one third annually thereafter for two years. There is no distinction made in the commercial parking impact fee between hotels and other commercial uses. The other point that I want to make sure that everybody is aware of is that the parking facility impact fee will apply to all commercial development, just as it applies to all residential development, whether that develop- ment has a tax abatement or not. This ropresents only 0 reesonobly occurote transcription of tho Iowa City council meeting of November B. 1994. ~.d, '~'~-, ..__ '-_: ,,- .~ '.).,i. f" , ~I~'::i;:' . }~lj" if! vi ,,' ',' ('I \o:;J ~ I" ,;'1 4~' I R /~ ull .....--..,, '" .-mt , i ...-: .t c-" , \ \ , ,;.~ ",-~?,,,~ ( ~ II : I I I, ,1 II I r~ i I ~ ~"Pi " .! ..' {(..m 0 ~.., I ' ", "t . .,'~ '.~ t; . - . , . '. .' " . ",:' '~...: . f" " #17 page 4 Nov! Would you give us a little reality number? What is our cost to construct a single parking space? Franklin! In 1992 dollars for an interior space it was $12,000. So this is- Kubby! Does that include the cost of land? Franklin! No. Does it, I am sorry. Kubby! I think Casey Cook would _ those figures. He had some figures he threw out some time that seemed much higher than that. Franklin! Well, it is higher than that now in 1994 dollars but the rationale for having the lesser fee, not just for the commercial but not having the development pay the full $12,000 is because these facilities will not be closed to the rest of the community and so that is how it is worked into that equation. Horow! Okay. Franklin! Any other questions? I have overheads of the commercial revitalization area, the residential revitalization area. Horow! Why don't you put that on. Franklin! Okay, that is the commercial area which is the subject of your ordinances that you are voting on tonight, pertain to the district that is being designated. Not the plan for the district but the district itself. This is the residential urban revitalization area where you can get abatement for housing for low to moderate income people. This overhead shows both of the districts. The yellow is the commercial, the green the residential and then the bold line indicates the parking facility impact fee district. That is the area in which the parking impact fee will apply to all commercial residential developments. Horow!ln other words that is the area for potential development. Franklin! No, that is the area where that we are designating as the district within which the fees is collected and spent for the parking facility. The hatched marked areas are those area where we have projected development in the next 5-10 years, Horow! At the corner of Court and Linn CHANGE TAPE TO REEL 94-129 SIDE 2 Franklin! Probably delete that given the recent-Oh, I am sorry. Court and Linn, the St. Pat's. Oh, I thought you were talking about the law office. Horow! No. Any other questions. Thank you very much, Karin. Now, is there any discussion? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. , - 'r'.'-: - ',,0 ,), .".,',,:. 'I' .!:,: , ", ' " ~, . ~ ,';', '.', , ~"~, r:;;;~L' "~" , ' '", t'a b " '. '\ ii', \' ,'fi!, /) . U 0, .' '. I- lf~~i.;:.';!: , I / :'~t;\'( .'. ,".':,. .~ .. . ""'. , '. . . ,,,,., -- ,...., ." '-',~' ....~ ..-c.,_....: #17 page 5 Baker! Yeah. We had talked last night about the possibility of discussing again some amend- ments to this parking impact facility fee and I would like to offer two. One is fairly simple. The other one probably is going to require some discussion, more serious discussion, The first one,we had talked last night about the possibility of collecting this impact fee at the time of the occupancy permit versus the building permit to lessen-to get the money but lessen the immediate up front financial impact for the developer. There was some confusion last night about being consistent with other kinds of impact fees and how it would be applied consistently and I think that Linda can help me out here but I think we can reach an understanding here tonight that as long as the impact fee is collected consistently between these areas, the commercial and residential revitalization areas, we can collect both of them, residential and commercial at the time of the occupancy permit and then go on for the subsequent two collections and not necessarily do it on the building permit. That is my first suggestion, Horow! Deal with one at a time because these would be amendments to the- Baker! I want to make sure, Linda, that I got that right. Gentry! Yeah, the impact fee for both residential and commercial uses. If you do it for both I don't see it as a problem. It was my understanding last night you were only talking about it for the commercial uses. Throg! There were some discussions last night that we were worrying that doing this kind of thing might have some impact on the Neighborhood Open Spaces. " .t c"':' \ Gentry! Yes and Larry and I talked about that, talked it through a little more this morning and you certainly have an option of using the triggering event for the parking impact fee for the building permit as it is now drafted and as it has been for several years. You can change it to the occupancy permit. I think you know some of the administrative problems that may result but those are not-I mean they are doable. The Open Space will be triggered the subdivision platting and the OPDH Review. It will not be triggered by the building permit. So it is not affected. Having-I mean I haven't heard of that before and having thought it through I think it is workable if we do it for both residential and commercial. .-.:. r:.'~ I Baker! And it is just a matter of just changing the wording or the ordinance to occupancy instead of building permit. Gentry! Yes. ~ Horow! Any other questions? I I , I , I . I : , i I I (i:i , I i \ ~," '~ Nov!1 would like to know what the other idea is before we start thinking about this one. Horow! Before we go on to that- Baker! They are not connected. I don't think they are connected. , ~i~"I' W, .' This represents only e reasonebly accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of Novembar 8, 1994. '~Jl,( , - . -~I- - ,(' =- 0" -: , ' ';,. ,- -.-.--- . ~~ f" , Wff' r;,~li' ~~' o '. i; 1>5 ~O, " ~,."r'\. .;~i."'U~\I ,- .~ ........,...:_. ....c. r r- ~ ~ I ~(' ~ . l " , . , "', , ::'1\\1; :.':.- .. .',' , '" . ..., ~_:', .-. . . .',.' h..' '.~. '..t.... # 17 page 6 Horow/ Do we have an assessment of the value that we are talking about? In other words, the price? The amount of money that would come to us when? How long is a building permit? What is the period of time between the building permit and the occupancy permit? What is the normal trend of time because we are talking about how much money? Kubby/lt could be six months. It could be eight months. Gentry/It will be the construction period. Horow/ Okay, so we would be losing that much money over that period of time? Throg/ We wouldn't be losing money. We just would not get it. Nov/ All right. The city wouldn't get the interest on it. However when the occupancy permit is issued the cost of parking may have increased and the costs per space paid by the whoever developer will also increase because as this fee is paid it will be paid in current dollars. Gentry/It can't. It has to be calculated- Nov/ As far as I read it it was 1992 dollars in 1992. Franklin/ There is provision in the ordinance to update that fee based on an index, a manufacturing index. Nov/ Right. So if you have a building permit issued in '94, your parking impact fee is 1994 dollars. If you have an occupancy permit issued in 1996 you pay the fee in 1996 dollars. Gentry/ You either calculate the impact at the increment stage or at the CO stage. Nov/lt is calculated differently so I am not sure it would make a great deal of difference to the person paying it. Pigott/ The up front costs might be different. I mean the immediate costs. Gentry/I don't know. Kubby/ Linda, you mentioned last night there is some problem of people not getting occupancy permits. Do we know how wide spread that is? Especially for new construction? Gentry/I think it is a bigger problem in single family residential. Commercial it is going to be less of a problem because we have the heavy hand of the fire code and the building code to enforce. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8. 1994. o , , -~-- - o ), ''"',. - .'~'" -~ (" , .- ...,1,. e t. ~ ~) I\~\' 1.- ,. Q I '. io . -".-:, ~~i' ", ~.1 './' ., .i' ."-~h"l' ....... " ',I'~ , .. . " , . , .', ','.." . ~ .~.. f" , " ., , '. . '.-' ~ '. ,. ',~ '. ;.',1' f'~~'; rt'.";.' .,. #17 page 7 Franklin! It is also quite obvious, too. I mean we are talking about large projects potentially that are right in the d.t. It would be hard for us to miss them. Kubby! And we will know if they have paid their parking fees? Franklin! There is no interest that is collected on this. Gentry! But the city will make interest once it is paid in. Nov! But if the city had the money two years earlier and invested it there would be some gain in interest to the city. ,I Horow! Okay, would you care to make a motion for that? Baker! I would move that we amend the ordinance to change the collection of the impact fee from the building permit issuance to the occupancy permit issuance. Throg! Would you like to modify that or do it some other way to give staff instructions or to make sure that it applies to both commercial and residential? Gentry! By making this change it will. Horow!ls there a second? Pigott! I will second it. Horow! Moved by Baker, seconded by Pigott, to have this change from the building permit status to the occupancy statues. Further discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye (ayesl. All right. That carries. Do you have another amendment? f..~ Baker! As part of the p.h. process we got opinions, facts, and a discussion about how this will have an impact on hotel development and one of the questions that have been raised is whether or not requiring an impact fee in addition to a parking contract is a fair assessment. I have come to believe that we ought to offer an amendment that says that hotels would be exempt from a parking impact fee if they have a parking contract with the city to do a couple of things. One I think it is just inherently more fair that way. Two, it still collects money for the service and helps defray costs on impacts but it is not sort of double the impact. That is general my logical and I am certainly open for fine tuning or clarification. But it just seems like this part of an incen- tive package we are balancing incentives and fees together and this seems to be a more fair balance on impact fees as far as hotels goes. c~'. (. rd,<'~\ .' \~. i ,~ ,,~,~~ (. \ ! I i 'I I I I ' , 1 i Iq, j j ,', ".:,';:.-;" \ .I I ,;. I' ~:.,,;,:'" '\6 f;[,~.", or) ........ Kubby! The contract for parking include more than just maintenance of the system. I mean you have got to pay for the space, the building of the space. Got to pay for maintenance of the space and the use of the space. So what does the contract pay for? This represents only a reasonebly accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8.1994. c,.,',.." . 0 " ", - - . . ---------~-~ T, - o. .j'';'' . ,,". i~l :~IO, }t;, i, ,~.J. ,2ii>m " f ,..--".'" \ \ \ \ \ r.~ .' ~ ~l I i : I I , : , ' I , 'P : '(" i I" , I : ( , ~\~":," "~J .I '~'i !:1:'tjl"~..' ,..rn. i!.'\ ' , , -' . _~CM.'~: '-:-' . f " .."t' , ~,\\ l,'t .' .. , , \ ....,.., . _"', cll._...' . .:............;-..'".;: #17 page B Baker! That is the question I have to ask staff. Exactly where because I am sure it is like the parking impact fee, itself, it doesn't pay for the space entirely? Kubby!lt doesn't necessarily pay for the capital expenditure. Gentry! It could. Franklin! It is paying back some of the bonds but it is equivalent-It is like when you pay your monthly permit of an hourly in the ramps in any of the system. Atkins! Larry, what if you can't accommodate them? We can't grant them a contract. Kubby! Because we don't have space. Horow! That is the question I have. Kubby! But his amendment or his idea is to say that they don't have a contract then they pay the full fee. If they do have a contract- Baker! It is an either or situation and it may be that- Gentry! It is a proposal that Karin brought forward about four months ago. Atkins! Now it is gone. Gentry! Yeah but it is back. Baker! So it is Karin's proposal, not mine. Gentry/ I mean Karin drafted it. Not that it is a good idea. Nov/ Karin, while you are there, what does the hotel have in the way of options today? What does the current ordinance say? Franklin! Provide the parking on site at 1 1!4 spaces per room or enter into a lease arrangement with the city for use of the municipally owned facility. So the first thing we would do is evaluate whether there are spaces available during the times when a hotel is going to be having demand at that parking facility. Atkins! We do have to make that commitment though prior to the project? Franklin! Oh, yeah. Atkins! So you would weight it against- Franklin! Just as with any project they would have to show that they can provide the parking on site in order to get the building permit. You have to show all of that compliance before you can get the building permit. Likewise, you would have to have this lease This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meatlng of November 8. 1994. o " )',,','.. ","" '..' , ~"' . - ~ . f" , '- "".1 /'- .. ...J ~:j~f,;;' t:}%,:. W'l' ~' , , I b ~l\ q '\n' I 0, ;m:t~:ij .L c , \ \ \ i'2j , , ' , ' '" , i I , I I , I :f, : I" , ' : i , I ~~ ~ L. \c~ro , , .. . 'It' .-....\1., ~ ". , ,-.., ,:.\. ~, .,,,-,,-,-,,,..:.,,.,." #17 page9 arrangement made with the city prior to getting the building permit because we have to be sure that that obligation can be met. Nov! Now we are not going to have them in the same group of other commercial development with no more than 25% allowed on site. We have just taken them out of that group. Franklin! No, only if-I think what is being proposed is that it be amended such that the parking facility impact fee will not apply to hotels that have chosen to provide their parking through the lease arrangement. That lease arrangement is for 100 % of their parking requirement. So it is not-they are not going to have parking then on site for the hotel. Nov! They have no option for parking on site if they have a lease arrangement. I am trying to figure out how many options they have here. Franklin! No, because they are going to be exempt from the parking facility impact fee and the parking facility impact fee is the one that says that you would have up to 25% on site. So the first choice that the hotel is going to make is lease arrangement or parking on site. If they choose parking on site then they can have up to 25% on the site and 75% obligation they pay in a fee. Nov! But they cannot have 100% on site? Franklin! No. Kubby! And they can't provide 25% on site and get? Nov! This is what I am trying to remember. At one point they had a choice, Franklin! No, they can't because when they make the choice for the lease arrangement is when they no longer have the obligation under the parking facility impact fee. Okay. You get that. The choice is made between providing the parking on site or having a lease arrangement. The hotel chooses to have the lease arrangement. By making that choice they are exempt from the parking facility impact fee. All of their parking is provided at the municipal facility. They pay an annual contractual arrangement with the city for those sites. The choice is to provide it on site. Then they fall under the parking facility impact fee just like any other commercial use: 25 % is on site and 75 % they pay for. But no more than 25% is on site. Nov! The old ordinance which allowed 100% of hotel parking on site does not apply to this zone. There was an ordinance at one time where a hotel could provide all parking on site or through a contract. Franklin! As soon as you impose the parking facility impact fee, you change that option for on site parking within the entire parking facility impact fee district. Any use cannot provide-any commercial use cannot provide 100% of their parking on site. So you have got the parking requirements that have different ratios for different uses. And then given those ratios and what is required, up to 25% can be provided on site, 75% you pay regardless of what the use is, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. ... '.0': r~~ f" - u':', i",i,,\i !,.lJ ~!',1, ~ .t~ '0 I II I ,(' .J ') . '., II, ~, ~'\ >1~ ; 0 ~.ttf}/~~'I . ,,; ,;.... '" r ,0;\ c \ 0~ <'-f'! I I i ~ I I , I : I , i , , I b; ii" !:[ ~,~'.i '~ "11, " l' " (,I M, f,r' ,'ICO .' -f 'j ~'. ' . , ..t., ,'.:~ W.-. '. , t~- ',> . ""-" , , '~... . ,- #17 page 10 Nov/Okay. Throg/l would like to ask you a couple of questions or maybe ask other council members questions, too. The first is I am concerned about something like equity. I don't mean financial equity, How likely is it that some other potential developer will come to us and ask for a special exception from the parking impact fee because that developer's circumstances are unique? I don't know if you can answer that. Franklinl I think the uniqueness here for the hotel rests in the zoning ordinance not in a particular circumstance of any hotel or any business enterprise. You may have people who will come to you and ask you for special dispensation because there is something peculiar about their operation but this peculiarity rests in the zoning ordinance. This option to lease parking is only given to hotels in the downtown and now CB,5. Throgl So the second question and this just displays my ignorance about the way the ordinance is currently written works. What happens if-let's say we make this change pertaining to hotels. What happens if the owner of the hotel chooses to back out of the annual contract or not back out but stop paying in the annual contract? Is it possible to do that. Once you are in it, you are in it for life. Is that what you are telling me? Franklinl Yes. Novl Unless you close the hotel and put in another sort of business. Throgl Okay, I wanted to be clear about that because otherwise it would (can't hear). Horowl Any other questions. I have a question and that has to do when we were discussing parking. This was prior to Chauncey Swan being put up. We were discussing parking there and the Rec Center and parking south of Burlington. It seemed to me that the south of Burlington development was being targeted, parking for south of Burlington development was being targeted south of Burlington and that the 64-1 A parcel was always in people's minds in terms of its use of the Dubuque Street Parking Ramp. My question is are we setting ourselves up for having the Dubuque Street Parking Ramp be the answer for parking late in the evening for exceedingly number of facilities? Kubbyl For two hotels and plus whatever 64-1 A. Horowl That is right. Exactly right. Bakerl Also isn't it possible, assuming we build the new ramp somewhere south of Burlington, that the contract can be just shifted over to that ramp? Horowl But in that case then the contract would have to be re-configured to support building that ramp. As I understand the contract right now it is more for long term parking. Or is the current Holiday Inn contract for payment of the Dubuque Street parking ramp? This represents only a raasonably accurate transcription of the law a City council meeting of November e, 1994. - 1l!l!'l!W - '- = .':0',',)"",':"" '''" . . .~'~~~ ,,' :\:: ;": , .. f" " ,I" " fii- .>l." -},-t' ;C'I;' " " I I i I 10 ~ l 1>5' 10, ..-:;.;.;.' .' " ", .' ",j ,. .',' , , ,1"11 , '~ , .. " . .~. '. , , ' ."" .~... , .' , , .........::...,.....::...;. # 17 page 11 Franklin! It is as much as any payment of a monthly permit or an hourly fee pays off the bonds that were purchased to build the facility. That is a portion of what that money goes to as I understand it. That the hourly or monthly rate that one pays for parking, part of that money goes to retiring the debt of the facility. It also goes to operations, maintenance and generally supports the system. Atkins! Yes. Kubby!1 mean it is a problem because if the hotel happens that Kevin is talking about and the Holiday Inn, neither of them are going to want people parking as far away as St. Pat's or the Federal Lot. / Horow! That is right. Baker! But in the possible hotel south of Burlington that parking facility south of Burlington is certainly a viable option for them where it wouldn't be for the Holiday Inn north of Burlington. So I don't see the problem of the Dubuque Street Ramp presently existing being overloaded and us tieing up that ramp with a contract between the hotels when one is south of Burlington where we are building a ramp south of Burlington. Franklin! This discussion, too, goes to the particulars of a project and the decision that you will ultimately have to make is to whether you are going to enter into a lease agreement on Dubuque Street which is something else entirely. Joe has done an evaluation of Dubuque Street and found that at the particular hours that a hotel would be using it that there are spaces that are available now . You all are still or some council will have to make a decision to enter into that lease agreement just as you did with the Holiday Inn. And when you make that kind of judgement you consider the issues that you are talking about right now. Horow! Are there any other questions for Karin on this? ,~ J: ,\\ ~ A I' : ; ~ Lehman! Yeah, I got one. Basically I think we are looking at two blocks. That is all we have talked about. This commercial area includes more than just these two blocks. It goes on down to Gilbert Street and south. What do you think the impact will be of the impact fee in the development along Gilbert Street where we provide no more than 25 % of the parking on site and thinking of the topography and what we have down there? What do you think the impact will be? It is a lot more than just two blocks that we are talking about. We are talking about two projects. That is all we are talking about. Franklin! The staff has not supported the impact fee. I believe that the impact fee will, ! I II i j I ~" I .. I " Il I J ~ I ~ l,~ Gentry! For commercial. This represents only a reasonably eccurate transcription of tha lowe City council meeting of November 8,1994. ('~'''~~ -, '. \,'~~~ _'T~,\,)i\...': ,\ '. .....,. ,';'.'" ,:,.' f" .~ . ',.'."r:..' /' !:.l ,/ , . ~~..~ "-':' ,: I i I, i b I " ~d, , ' ,~,~~~1' ,.c C~'\ \~ r~ '( '. j' ! f I' < I , i I , I : I , , ' , I~~! I " I I , \,\ ,J ')1 J \, ,:.1 ~'.: .- r-"~"-' ,~ , , -" , . "'t' o ~\;., , " ~ " .'., ,"~oJ:';-:";'., ",>,,--:". ,',""" .~. '- ',~""- ...."",; .,-'.'.".... ';',,-,1:' #17 page 12 Franklin! For commercial, right. That is what we are talking about. If the projects there cannot qualify for abatement. lehmanI Which they obviously won't be able to. Throg! Why is that? Franklin! Not necessarily. lehmani You got three stories of commercial. Franklin! You can have two stories of office and a story of retail. Given what the market seems to be supporting right now and what I know of potential development projects on Gilbert Street it will be a burden for them, lehmani Well, effectively it will prevent development. Franklin! I can't say that. It depends of the economics of the investor. lehmani What is your best guess? Franklin! I think you all are going to have to judge that. Baker! But Ernie, I have always said that- Lehman! We are talking about two projects and two blocks. We are forgetting all the rest of the area and we are applying the impact fee to the entire area. Baker! I have also said that one of the things that, if we can get this settled, one of the things that we should next look at is, indeed, whether or not that area along Gilbert Street that is currently CB-5 should be CD-5. We can't start that debate but if it is a problem, if that is not the appropriate zone for that area then we need to come up with a different zone for that area, Lehman! We just added it. Baker! We have done a lot of changes on stuff that has just been added. I got no problems with that. Horow! Talk about a patchwork quilt. All right. Would you care to put your amendment- proposal in amotion? Baker! I would propose that we amend the parking impact-parking facility impact ordinance to state that hotels would be exempt from a parking impact fee if they enter into a parking contract with the city. I don't know how else to phrase it. Horow!ls there a second? This represents only e reasonably accurata transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November S, 1994. - ',,-- - - o. J:i'," f" " H;~~:\ ~'" {ff I) 'I." ,I:.. ",J' ...-,) \f "10, }r~, c ,~A'"" .L c~ :~ ~' ! I' , i \, ~ I I I'I I i II I , , I, ,~, I I" , ,( J ::-~~ ". ,j; '/' '1,- '~" ,.,.,.,.., " ~'. ~" , l~, l' ,', '" " .",-, :G", 0 ~ , , - ;-"1 " ". , . ':r'\l': "I, " , .~.,. . . # 17 page 13 Pigott/l will second it for the purpose of discussion. Horowl Moved by Baker, seconded by Pigott. Any further discussion. Lehmani Would you include other commercial development if they bought monthly permits? Kubbyl Complicated, Lehmani No, I am just saying- Novl That is not complicated. Baker/l am perfectly willing to consider that in the future. Not at this time, Pigottl To do what? Say that again. Lehmani If I build down there and I buy a monthly permit, would you waive the impact fee for me? Baker/l am perfectly willing to talk about that later. Not at this time. Throgl That is basically the question I raised about equity. About whether we are going to get into a bunch of special exceptions based upon- Pigottl Well, they got one, right. That is a good point. Horowl Okay. This is a motion to the amendment. All those in favor signify by saying- Throgl Have we finished now? Horowl Well, no. Do you have something? Throgl Well, I don't know. We just kind of hopped from that little conversation. Horowl Do you have anything else? Lehmani No. I just think that is a legitimate point that- Horowl Other discussion. Nov/l think this is truly an equity question. I think that if we give this kind of option to hotels only it just isn't fair. I think there are multiple options instead of just the one then it ought to be extended to other kinds of development. Pigott/l would hate to see that used as a precedent to allow for other exceptions in the future. Thereby destroying the effect of an impact fee like that. It leads to the question ultimately if the intention is to gut the impact fee-if it is just a precedent which allows future-you know, then why do an impact fee at all? This represents only e reesonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of Novomber 8. 1994. .... -- .~-. ~n ,0:-)':" 1 ) f" , . '.,' .'-.-- ~:i~r r'.';\' ''...>}~ I,},~;.' ~~, ~ ,~, I' ',' !., t. ,,1 , ~\ )~ '1[1 /.~:..,i,:,'j' .,--..... " J [~'.1 ~" 'i ~ 'I \ r' I ~l i ,I ! I I . I : I ~' I i" j :--.i,; ~'"o; .....,. " r " r~rJ :!~ :( 0 i j .. . 'it'. ,""\1., , , , . <""1."" ,",.; :'-':"." #17 page 14 Lehman! That is the real question. Nov! Well, propose that amendment. Horow/ Okay, let's- Baker! I don't have stock in this. I am not losing a lot of sleep on this one. I thought that as a question of equity this is a fair proposal. Throg!1 don't want to see this as a way to become a way to weaken various other-provide other special exceptions for other firms or developers that might want to avoid paying parking impact fee somehow. So I think I would oppose the motion. Horow! Okay, there is a motion on the floor. The amendment is that hotels would be exempt from parking impact fee if they have a parking contract with the city, Is there any further discussion. All those in favor signify by saying aye: Baker. Oppose, same sign remaining six. Fails. We now go back to the main motion which has already been amended for triggering the impact fee to begin with the occupancy permit rather than the building permit. Its to consider the ordinance amending the parking impact fee. Baker! As amended. Kubby!1 want to say a few things that kind of go for all of the items before I vote on this. And it is because that these are a series of decisions that were meant to be on . And the councilors who put the package together prefer that we vote on all of the items as a group or none of them. And I have said before that I prefer to differentiate between the commercial set of votes and the residential set of votes and I think for me it is a real legitimate thing to differentiate because when we originally talked about this plan in '92 I was very concerned that the incentives weren't strong enough for the affordable housing and that we weren't mandating the retention of affordable housing and the creation, Out of respect for the people who put this package together and I know there has been a lot of discussion by everybody on this I will however keep all my commercial votes together. That is why I voted no against the zoning issue earlier even though I do support a modest parking impact fee. I will vote against it since I won't support a tax abatement for commercial areas. I really strongly believe that one of the purposes of government is to intervene in society for the greater good when the private sector is not doing what is needed by the community. I do not believe that one of its purposes is to help people with lots of resources garner more resources. And agreeing to the item that is next on our agenda, the commercial revitalization designation, would be doing just this which I so strongly disagree with. And I will vote against the designation of the area because its sole purpose is to designate the area which tax abatement will apply. And since a property will only qualify for tax abatement if it is at least three stories of commercial use it will be only given to individuals, partnerships or corporations who have resources to put together most likely more than one parcel of land or they already have those parcels of land and have the front money to invest in the building of such a large venture. And, frankly, I don't believe, they need our help. I am not saying these ventures are bad or that they are not good for the community. They create jobs. They create local This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of tha Iowa City council meeting of November e, 1994. '- ,- ~ II: . -~,~ 0)\:' f" , 1','1'" ~~i ~J' r >, ~ . ,')J'~,O ,,' r ,,' r. ",) ~',. /- ol>"JlB.\! ."..~ (i ..t\,: C~'\ \" ~. " .?-:-," ,,~:.- , ' " i i i I I I ~'I ' 'I f;, i I I II J ~~ .~,'I','\' l" y:~ rl, l.~ :(-' 0' r.. ., !--j' '" , '. ' , . '\~' . " ~ W,i, '. , I~' ~ '" , f" " ...:.....'..,... #17 page 15 economies. What I am saying is I don't believe the public needs to subsidize them and I don't think we need to subsidize them because I think in some form they are going to happen because we have a vital community. We have a strong downtown. and I think that south of Burlington over a long period of time will be an extension of that. The difference between the commercial revitalization plan and the residential one, which I do plan to support, is that only one developer in town, Bob Burns, the architect, has put together packages of multi unit buildings specifically catering to the subsidized housing market. meaning housing for people living in poverty. And our community desperately needs landlords who will participate in the Section 8 Programs and builders and developers who will create such housing, But it is not happening and so we need some kind of incentive. We need government intervention to make it happen. We also need to make sure that housing for people living in poverty is not concentrated in just a few areas of town. And I believe this area will end up/ if not being upper scale housing, will be upper priced housing. And the tax abatement incentive will help make sure this is a more diverse neighborhood economically. And this is a greater good that the private sector is not fulfilling or only fulfilling in a real small scale. A slightly different subject in terms of this whole package is that it seems that everyone is going to be swallowing some bitter pills in this series of votes. And from comments made from council members throughout the process it seems that there are parts of this deal that they are pretty uncomfortable with but will vote for them in order to get the sections of it that they feel strongly in favor of. And many people call this compromise and it is kind of how the system works. It is reality. And I believe that reality is created by the choice that we make as individuals and specifically for these seven individuals for our society for our community. So that if we make different choices we then create a different reality. And I don't like the reality that I would be choosing if I voted for tax abatement for the commercial areas. Especially because it is only for larger ventures. It takes it away from the smaller business person. I would like to encourage us to find a different way of coming together on issues although I think this process is moving in a positive direction. That we are trying to look at concerns people have and find a way to bring us together so we can move forward. But I guess I would like us to do it in a different way so that we feel comfortable about more parts of the package. But I just feel so uncomfortable with supporting the tax abatement because it gives unfair advantage to those with already large holdings. I can't support the commercial parts so I will be voting against all the commercials. Horow! Any further- Baker! I have got a couple of things to say. One, a point of clarification from Karin. Even on the residential tax abatement, these are private developers that will be taking advantage of the tax abatement. In other words, the low to moderate income housing that will be built through this abatement would still be a for profit. Franklin! Yes. Baker! They will be making a profit based upon the incentive we give. Franklin! Yes. This represents only e reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November B, 1994. ,- . ':-.- . -~ .....' "\ )"""'" .," . " ,. ,. , 0 " :, ,'" ''', '.',',.:' ',",.,., ",l';'.. , ., " _ .l.t .. ... ,,'~,I: "" !;~;;if~ ~fr~.: ~'i / .!. , , f,~~. J:', , , I ' "I;:; :'10', -""',. .,..1.10, ~.J'21" .' ".' " , , '.> . . ;~1\ -\,: . . ,..: , .. . '.. ; ,~ \:..' " '~"I. . _ ';.'. . ....._,...... .."...:,,-_.'_..',L' .:_",' " ~( , , \ \ ..~ r.:1~ r I' I, I' I I' I I I , I I, , I, "" ~; ~l J , "1" ~E',' tl' ,: ~;, :('-~ '.,",,---~ #17 page 16 Baker/l just wanted to make sure that is clear. And they could do it on their own if the profit were there with the current conditions. The rules apply to both commercial and residential. In other words, if the market will let you make a profit doing low to moderate income, you will do it. If it will let you make a profit building commercial, you will do it. One of the goals that the council has adopted for that area is high density development and that does require, if that is our goal, extensive amounts of capital. There is a real debate whether or not this will happen with or without a tax abatement, when and in what form. Part of the deliberative process that I went through is how much do I want to affect that development, how much do I want to accelerate it, do I take that calculated risk that if we do nothing then it will happen eventually. I would prefer to see that if we can do it earlier through an incentive program with various conditions on design and parking impact fees and public space being provided and public reinvestment of the tax money being put down there to provide for that public space, streetscapes and other sorts of city involvement. I prefer to see us take that lead and do it and we do trade off. We trade off helping certain people develop a project that we perceive in the best interest of this community. Both in residential and in commercial and that is what I think this package does in its various parts. That is why I think it is a good proposal now and I hope that not only do we get commercial development but we get this low to moderate income housing down there and I think the council, if we can agree on these parts, the council as a whole has done a substantial-made a substantial step in that direction. So I will be supporting this, Horowl Jim, did you have- Throgl Yeah, I guess I have to respond. I agree with much of what Karen has said. We have talked about it quite a few times in various ways. But I end up in a different place and I think I want to be clear about what that different place is and why. And to do that I have got to talk a bit historically. I mean like earlier this year. To be blunt, my sense was that if I and Bruno did not try to influence the process we would end up with a redevelopment package that I couldn't agree with. That I disliked. In other words we would end up with a commercial tax abatement coupled with a modest parking impact fee. Right. I think that is the way things were headed. I wanted to try to influence that and to make it better than it was going to be in my judgement. And the only way I could see to do that was to talk with people and I was quite happy to do that and what we ended up with then is a combination of things including the commercial tax abatement and the residential tax abatement. But also incentives for building affordable housing on the south side of town. A method for designing redevelopment of the land in a way that is good for the larger public and not just for the a few business people who would like to redevelop their land commercially and a way for targeting funds for reinvestment in that area. The combination ends up, in my judgement, of being a lot better than it was going to be. So I am pretty happy about having tried to work that out and I am quite happy to live with the ultimate package of items even thought taken one at a time I would disagree with the commercial tax abatement and I would disagree with the parking impact fee. Horowl Bruno. This represents only e reesonably eccurata transcription of tha lowe City council maatlng of Novembar S, 1994. r - ---"~V J'..',",.,',",",'.."" ,,', ''''-'}:.~, "'''" . . \ ,"0,:, " \i' , ~ "1,:',,,._ f" ., .", , ,,~~!...' ~.' . l"\r' ,qj 10 " .. i , ~ ,'.. I ,I r.. ... ~) ,,~ \~ ",' 10/ ,', ;', rmmhri."',, l,~ ~ "",". .. , ", . i ! ' - ; , , 'I , ._~--~. , , .~,l J C-'" , \ \ ) \, .......1- Ir,"", 0' ! I I I ,I ( ~. I I I I I ~l I \ !'" J ~t~ .. ,1,'. I'" , . '. . ',"'", .", ". I': ~il ," r'-' L' ':" .---.;,,; ,r " :~~.,' 0 .. ',0 . "t' "'II' ,,' '1, ",f. .I~' / " , . , . '~~ #17 page 17 Pigott! I basically agree with you Jim. I think that many parts of the program as we-that the council first time voted on it saw a split on it and it was, I think, indeed, through efforts after that vote that we discovered that a reality could be created if we worked together to make something that maybe none of us were really totally comfortable with but was better or, in my mind, better than the reality that I saw coming down through a vote on the council without my input in it. While it might not be the plan that I created myself if I had my drothers, it is something that I feel comfortable and happy with given the circumstances and the people and the representation they brought to the table and as a result of that, I think it was a process that took a lot of work, a lot of hammering, and that nobody is going to be totally satisfied with and we found, even tonight on this item-the parking impact fee, wide spread disagreement on aspects of it. But, overall, I think it will benefit us, Maybe not all of us will think it will benefit as exactly what we want but I think it goes a long ways further than we thought it did. So I will be supporting it. Horow! Anybody else. Lehman! Just briefly, I think we really need to look at what that impact fee does on the entire commercial area. I don't think any of us have looked at anything except two projects and I personally feel that we have effectively eliminate any development along Gilbert Street. Number one. Number two, everyone who has spoken to us publicly has opposed the impact fee because they feel it is a deterrent to development. And I really think that city staff probably spent more time on it than we did and they feel the same way. This would be a significant factor in reducing development in the commercial area. So for that reason, although I may support the basic revitalization area, I cannot support an impact fee. Throg! You are going to vote simply against that and vote for the other items. Is that what you are going to do? Horow! Okay, all right. Roll call- First consideration impact fee with the amendment passes, 5-2, Kubby and Lehman voting no. This ropresents onlv a reasonablv accurato transcription of the Iowa Cltv council meeting of November S, 1994. .. _:.~ . ,__J " ,_=_0,,:)),." , ',', 'J'; ,,~., ..or;.,... Jr.' " ' -. ' . . ! I , " ,..It;, ',t, ~) '''\. 0- ~mt:I~(' I d ( \ . F(j , , , , ! I I II , I 1 I i I i r ~\ '1 ~: 't !;~ !; f- Co ., \. i , " "".~t :~'l' , ,"j,.. ,,~. .. . '.',.', , '-;., . '".,.,'; . ...........,.,....-.-;.-.."' ... . . ..' . ;", . .._ _:...,_.~_..._...... ..h_____....~.'~"..r'.."...;,: '",.-;..,.,,~,;.,..,,_,.',:'.".. ;.";';"'''' .'--1,'.'_ ,.,.,..-.- .........:'.:.. Agenda Iowa City City Council Regular Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 13 ITEM NO. 19 - CONSIDERANORDINANCEDESIGNATINGANAREAOFTHECITYOFIOWA CITY, IOWA, AS AN URBAN REVITALIZATION AREA WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE NEAR SOUTHS IDE RESIDENTIAL URBAN REVITALIZATION AREA. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Comment: The proposed Urban Revitalization Area includes an area zoned Planned High Density Multi-Family Residential Zone and Central Business Service Zone, generally located south of Court Street along Linn, Dubuque, Clinton, Capitol and Prentiss Streets. Adoption of this ordinance designating the proposed Urban Revitalization Area is required to implement the Near Southside Residential Urban Revitalization Plan; therefore, final passage should occur only after the Council's adoption of the Plan. 7~~ lS/evll!IM d ITEM NO. 20. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, ENTITLED "TRAFFIC," CHAPTER 9, ENTITLED "DEFINITIONS, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCE- MENT OF TRAFFIC PROVISIONS," SECTION 6, ENTITLED "APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS" OF THE CITY CODE BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH APPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRAFFIC TITLE TO BICYCLISTS. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Comment: This amendment applies the traffic regulations to bicyclists, and requires individuals riding bicycles to follow the "rules of the road" applied to other vehicles. This action makes clear that bicyclists must follow the rules of the road, and tracks state law. Staff recommends approval. 7LM~)1 ftftl /st(}vl) 1/ kytJ v~ ~ ITEM NO. 21. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, ENTITLED "TRAFFIC," CHAPTER 1, ENTITLED "DEFINITIONS," SECTION 7, ENTITLED "TOY VEHICLES," OF THE CITY CODE BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH TO PROHIBIT TOY VEHICLES OR SIMILAR DEVICES UPON SIDEWALKS IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Action: Action: Comment: This amendment prohibits the operation of toy vehicles such as roller skates, rollerblades, skateboards and coasters or other similar devices on sidewalks in any commercial district. This action corrects an inadvertent deletion during the recodification process. Action: M~ 11~ dIf) ih 1I/2p af~ ()/~eM ITEM NO. 22 - ADJOURNMENT. ) <tl . 1~ ~ /~.'15!11i. ,~~ AaO _ . = - ,0_]\,: f" , " ' ,'. '. .' , . .~....,,_.'.. .'. ! r.\ V , ~ r I ',t r.. ,';',.1' O!, ........ . , , . . .F~'1t'.".'<;' J r~ <:~~ \ r1 I ,. I . ~ ' (-~,y ;" ~-,?,-, . I,', .," ,-,', ":'~:j:W~,\;(;: '~ . '.~ " . ". ',' "~,,,,:: ,. # 19 page 1 ITEM NO. 19- ~~. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AN AREA OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, AS AN URBAN REVITALIZATION AREA WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE NEAR SOUTHSIDE RESIDENTIAL URBAN REVITALIZATION AREA. (FIRST CONSIDERATION) Horow/ Moved by Throg, seconded by Baker. Discussion. Throg/ I would like to make an observation here that this particular ordinance would not be in our packet and we wouldn't be voting on it were it not for the kinds of negotiations and conversations that we had and I think it is a good thing that we are trying to make it possible to build more affordable housing in that part of the city. Horow/ Any other discussion. Roll calHYes) First consideration passes. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council maating of Novembar 8. 1994. - .x:., . .-;., '" .',',' ":,"">';: ~""J"" If I> '~. , (Ill of:' , ! I I ,I ~1 ' , ' J r -n_ .'<. ~]_." ..' ','> ',,'. <_' ,O'~rl>~r .::,.~~~:s ,1 0'/ ".i r--;.:''''-- -- \~ Jli~:ttf~ ;..., ., (' ,{ \ \ ~ y;...""' (f 1/', t' I I I i: , I , , , i I~:' ,. , l ~:,-j "J ,; fr.. ~; ~! '," i' ., .. I., :\.~. . ,,\\'1: .\.'1 , , '; ~ . , ", #20 page 1 ITEM NO. 20 - CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, ENTITLED "TRAFFIC," CHAPTER 9, ENTITLED "DEFINITIONS, ADMINISTRATION AND EN- FORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC PROVISIONS," SECTION 6, ENTITLED "APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS" OF THE CITY CODE BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH APPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRAFFIC TITLE TO BICYCLISTS. Horow/ Moved by Nov, seconded by Pigott. Any discussion. Throg/ I would like to make an observation. Last night in our discussion I noticed that I made a comment that I as a bicyclist often ride my bike up to stop lights late at night and find that the metal detector doesn't work so if I followed the law religiously I and any other bicyclist would have to sit there for seven hours until another car came. So that led to some interesting conversation about how flexible the interpretation of the whole law should be for cyclists and it just bothers me. I don't quite understand what it means. I mean I certainly believe the cyclists should follow the rules of the road but I don't know what it means practically. Horow/ 011 Jim, in your one example, I can accept you bending the law when I balance the rest of the examples that I see. Throg/ I see that all of the time, too. Horow/ It is distressing. It really is distressing. Kubby/ It is really not bending the law because the ordinance says "that the driver of the vehicle by this title shall follow the rules except those provisions of this title which by their very nature can have no application." So that is still could be vague as to interpretation as to does this apply to me or not but it does at east get a lot of people realizing that'And really the only reason we need this is because legally bicycle is not in the definition of vehicle for traffic laws so we need this to interpret a bicycle as a vehicle on the road. Gentry/ I tell my clients and I will tell you because you are my major client. The laws is designed to be reasonable and common sense will come into play when this is enforced. Kubby/ What this means is not only how bicyclists behave but about how car traffic and pedestrian traffic and any other kind of traffic relate with bicyclists, So that if I am trying to make a left hand turn and there is a car behind me, I have the right to take up the lane as a vehicle in the road and that I have been harassed by cars behind me honking at me as if I am not allowed to be there to make a safe left hand turn. Throg/ I have been run off the road before. Kubby/ Although this creates some responsibilities to bicyclists, it also demands some respect from four wheeled vehicles as well as two wheeled. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. , . v -- v,~.o _.J," ,\ " f" ~.." ~~}*: I 'i' A I Q ~ t \/,S" ~O, -..,..;..' . ~'L ,<~~,~. . ",0 " :. " n, ., ,- \ \ a Ii I II ~( '1 j 'i ,'I' .1' ~. I' (' , '\. --,-~, . i..... ., .>.:;',,;,:;,,:', . - -~~\ \i I'.' . ".'1 " , .~ , , '" . , #20 page 2 Nov/ In my estimation it demands some respect for the pedestrians, the bicyclists and some very crowded areas of the city tend not to stop for pedestrians. Throg/ Naomi, I got ran over by a bicyclist once. So you are absolutely right. Nov/ I believe you and I have a friend who was not only knocked over but was seriously damaged. Skull fractures and all kinds of stuff. Horow/ Can we please vote on this. (Council members vote yes). This represents only a reasonably eccurate transcription of the Iowa City council meeting of November 8, 1994. ~ .. "-,' T ~~!" "w.~~ - 7",',' ).:",.,'" , 0.., , , " :;' ':,:','" - ,<I': ":' , .l , I, f': , 11!.' I ! I , A \:SI ,I' ..m ..""I'..." "'I' " . .". "'j' '0' , ' ,oj ,~ . t . ' ", , . '~~"'~ ',. j"j "\~' , ."",~J" . , , '" , '~' \'.:' , 'N",:, ~I '. " ___ '__'_"_"'~~' "._~...._~ _'._'N__'__" .._..._"._,_..~...,..,,_ ",_.'"."',,C'_:._; .:. ",_,-t,:,",'.';- , City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: November 4, 1994 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: Work Session Agenda and Meeting Schedule November 7, 1994 Monday 6:30 P.M. - City Council Work Session - Council Chambers TIMES APPROXIMATE - Review zoning matters - Near South Side - Airport Roof Repair Project - Airport Master Plan Update - Transit Policy Discussion - Water/Sewer Rates Snyder Creek Water Shed Lift Station - Federal Crime Bill Program - Neighborhood Policing - Public Hearing Process - Council Meeting transcriptions on diskette Council agenda, Council time, Council committee reports - Consider appointments to the Board of Adjustment, Human Rights Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission November 8,1994 Tuesday 7:30 P.M. - Regular City Council Meeting - Council Chambers 6:30 P.M. 6:50 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:10 P.M. 7:20 P.M. 7:35 P.M. 7:45 P.M. 7:55 P.M. 8:15 P.M. 8:25 P.M. 8:35 P.M. 8:50 P.M. ~( (" \ November 11, 1994 Friday VETERANS' DAY HOLIDAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED November 21, 1994 Monday 6:30 P.M. - City Council Work Session - Council Chambers Agenda pending November 22, 1994 Tuesday 7:30 P.M. - Regular City Council Meeting - Council Chambers ,~ r;;;;~ ! r . I~ I I II I , , II , I November 24, 1994 THANKSGIVING DAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED Thursday November 25, 1994 CITY HOLIDAY - CITY OFFICES CLOSED Friday , ( I~: ~l 'J ;'~;; { ~ , ,~~-~--- " PENDING LIST Appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission. November 22, 1994 Appointments to the Housing Commission and Committee on Community Needs - , December 6, 1994 ' , --. ~ ~ ~~- 0,".)' , .,1,:,'1' . f" A \:.iI . ','" r,'~ ,nO', ~., \) I