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To: Steve Atkins
From: RJ Winkelhake
Ref: Grant Donation
Tammy Swearingen, the Personnel Manager, from Wal-Mart
applied for and received a grant from the "Safe Neighborhoods,
Safe Heroes" program. The grant was earmarked to be donated
to the K9 program of the Iowa City Police Department.
Tammy Swearingen, the Personnel Manager, and Chris Annan,
the Store Manager, will present a check ( a large over sized
check) in the amount of $1,200 to Mayor Lehman. Gallo and
Officer Ron Gist will attend the meeting.
08-20-02
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Subject: Englert Civic Theatre
Hello,
Just wanted to inform everyone that the Englert Civic Theatre project
was passed on to the negotiations phase of the CAT grant process. We will
hopefully be meeting in the next couple of weeks to determine the amount we
will receive from Vision Iowa.
Many thanks to everyone who has helped make this happen! I will keep
you informed of our progress.
Justine Zimmer
ROSA LIE ROSE
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Marian Karr
From: RhysBJones@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:12 AM
To: cou ncil(~iowa-city.org
Cc: jeff-davidson ~iowa-cibj.org
Subject: Successful Lexington Ave. Barrier
August 13, 2002
Iowa City Council:
We understand by way of Jeff Davidson that the one-year review of the
Lexington Avenue barrier is before the Council this month. As residents on
Lexington with a hidden driveway that enters the street, we wish to relay to
you the success of the barrier in the last year.
The barrier has worked beyond out expectations and has made the street safe.
As discussed last year, Lexington Avenue, because of the row of dips was a
unique public safety issue. The barrier has prevented vehicles of all kinds
from joy driving through a two block residential area at speeds of 50 to 60
to sometimes 70 mph through stopsigns. This could occur at all hours of the
day and night with a heavy use after the bars closed at 2:00AM.
According to the city survey, there has been minimal impact on the other
streets Manville Heights. Jeff Davidson has called it a modest increase in
traffic and no speed increase on other streets. That is because many of the
people who drove Lexington came to the street as a destination to drive the
dips.
Police action and patrols have been eliminated thus freeing the police
department for more important duties and saving it time and money. We
received a summary of calls to the police department from the 200 through 400
blocks of Lexington from 9/1/02 to 7/26/02. In that period when the
gate-barrier was in place there were no calls, NONE, to the police department
for speeding, reckless driving, traffic stops, or property damage accidents.
This is in sharp contrast to previous times when we had almost daily calls to
the police and police cars constantly patrolling the street.
Thank you for you action last year and we hope the barrier will continue in
the future.
Sincerely,
Rhys Jones
Valerie Chittick
708 McLean St.
Iowa City, IA 52246
IJohnson County
Carol Thompson, Chairperson
Pat Harney
Terrence Neuzil
Mike Lehman
August 9, 2002
Honorable Emie Lehman
Mayor
City of Iowa City
Civic Center
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Mayor Lehman:
During the Johnson County Board of Supervisors August 1, 2002 formal meeting, the Board of
Supervisors voted to terminate the existing Senior Center 28E agreement between Iowa City and
Johnson County.
The agreement will terminate effective June 30, 2003.
Sifcerely(
Carol Thompson
Chairperson
Cc: Mr. Steve Atkins, City Manager
Ms. Linda Kopping, Senior Center Coordinator
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To Members of the Iowa City Council,
I am writing in regard to an issue that I hope the Council will take under
consideration. A number of cities across the United States are amending their city codes to
replace existing language that refers to 'animal owners" to 'animal guardians' wherever
such language exists in city law. On July 11, 2000, the Boulder, Colorado City Council
passed a resolution making the city the first in the nation to replace the term "animal
owner" with "animal guardian". "Guardian" is now used exclusively when referring to
animal caretakers in Boulder as well as in West Hollywood, California. In addition, the
cities of Berkeley, California and Sherwood, Arkansas and the state of Rhode Island have
also enacted laws that recognize the legal status of the word "guardian."
Under present Iowa City Code, animals are regarded as property. There are a number
of problems with affbrding animals the same legal status that you would extend to say a car
or a refrigerator. Chief among them is that property status fails to recognize companion
animals as sentient beings with lives worthy of compassion. For many of us, these
creatures share our homes and occupy our hearts in much the same way that members of
our human families do. As such, I respectfully request that the City Council consider
revising the Iowa City Code to replace 'animal/pet owner' with 'animal/pet guardian."
Guardianship language more accurately describes the relationship between companion
animals and those who care for them. While this may seem like an inconsequential
semantic matter, language is a powerful tool, and often the way we speak about animals is
a precursor to the way we treat them.
I thank you for you time and attention in this matter and hope you will take the
matter under consideration. I am enclosing a copy of Boulder's City Code that includes
pertinent revisions regarding guardianship language and well as two articles that deal
briefly with this matter.
Sincerely,
~ana 8tormont
OPINION
Codifying respect for animals
Ellio~ K~tz
Throughout history our great thinkers and leaders, such as St. Francis of Assisi, Mahatma Gandhi, Rachel
Carlson, Cesar Chavez, and Albert Einstein have expressed a deep concern for the fights and well-being of
animals and urged others to view and treat animals as more than just resoumes for humanity.
So it was more than just a politically correct gesture of the moment when San Francisco's Commission of
Animal Control and Welfare recommended amending city code to include "and/or guardian" wherever city law
uses the term animal "owner."
The Sept. 9 decision, prompted by a proposal from the animal rights group In Defense of Animals (IDA), makes
a distinction - morally and semantically - between someone who buys an animal and someone who adopts an
animal.
Although quite a bit of media fervor has focused on the proposal, many people still seem to be confused as to
exactly what IDA expects to accomplish. Ultimately we want to elevate the status of animals from that of
property to that of individuals with needs and rights of their own.
Legal language is a first step. In the short term we hope to extend existing laws to recognize a respectful
relationship between two individuals of differing species, rather than maintaining the present relationship of
"owner" and "property."
For example, it was only after slaves, women, and children were legally recognized as individuals and not as
property that society afforded them rights. Likewise, oppression is inherent when a being - human or animal - is
property.
In San Francisco, the new category of "guardian" will encompass the same legal rights, responsibilities, and
liabilities of an "owner." A guardian, however, refers specifically to someone who adopts or rescues an animal
instead of purchasing a commodity.
Outlandish? More than 130 international animal protection organizations, humane societies, and thousands of
people who have endorsed and supported our effort don~ think so.
Another example of politically correct zealotry? Not if you consider that on Saturday the New York Bar
Association held the fifth annual conference on animals and the law to discuss "The Legal Status of Non-
Human Animals."
The conference, and the increase of animal rights law courses offered at universities - including Harvard,
Georgetown, and UCLA - are a result of public acknowledgment of the work of animal advocates, like
respected primatologist Jane Goodall, who've elevated and expanded our understanding of animals as
individuals.
As a veterinarian, and president of In Defense of Animals, I am all too familiar with the injustices, exploitation,
cruelty, and abuse perpetrated on innocent animals because they are perceived of and treated as mere property.
If you're not familiar with the millions of animals killed because they shed too much, bark too much, or can't
run fast enough to compete in greyhound races, then you can't fathom the harm that befalls loving beings
because they are seen as disposable property, seen only in terms of the benefits they bring to their human
"owners." When that benefit is perceived to diminish, those animals are often killed.
The need for a more retSned legal relationship with animals stems directly from these injustices.
We must ensure that our legal system reflects the fact that humans, over time, have purposely taken animals
from the rules of the game in the wild to the rules of the game in human society. We have a duty to protect these
animals.
Under the proposed changes in San Francisco code a "guardian" may legally be indistinguishable from an
"owner." However, the semantic and moral difference - an owner buys, a guardian adopts or rescues - will plant
the seeds ora new ethic of compassion and respect for animals.
How can a change in language result in better care and treatment of animals? As past liberation movements
have repeatedly proven, the way we speak is a precursor to the way we act.
Just as you don't buy a member of your family, animals should not be bought like inanimate objects with no
interests or feelings of their own. By not buying an animal, the number of animals purposely bred for profit -
and correspondingly, the number of animals dying in shelters - will decline. The concept of "guardian" supports
this ethic.
It is time for our legal system to recognize the relationship between people and animals as something more than
"owner" and "property."
· Elliot Katz, a veterinarian, is president and founder of In Defense of Animals, a national nonprofit animal
rights organization based in Mill Valley, Calif.
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Insight on the News
July 31, 2000
In Boulder, Colo., Animals Are People, Too.(Boulder ordinance
changes term "pet owner" to "pet guardian")(Brief Article)
Author/s: Stephen Goode
We live in interesting times. For the people recently learned from
culture commentator Nichael Medved's updatesolutions, corn, for
example, that in an effort to improve the lot of domestic animals in
the upscale community of Boulder, Colo., the city may remove all
references to "pet owner" in municipal ordinances and replace them
with "pet guardian," which Boulder authorities seem to think will
cause an upsurge in empathy and compassion for Boulder's nonferal-
animal population,
Animal advocates claim the change in wording will inspire (former)
pet owners and (future) pet guardians to regard their charges as
family members and treat them as they would a son or a daughter.
No other aspect of Boulder animal law will change. (Guardians, for
example, still will be required, like owners, to walk dogs on leashes
and to feed and care for their pets.)
According to 3ennifer t4elten, an attorney for Rocky Mountain Animal
Defense, "We're just trying to get them to look at a living being
differently than they would a chair. Boulder is usually first with these
things, and I'm happy we have some forward-thinking people."
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TITLE 6 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SANITATION
Chapter I Animals~ __ ~,_ ~=
~Adopted by Ordinance No. 4719. Amended by Ordinance Nos. :-' :~-- -Ti
4730, 7062. Derived from Ordinance Nos. 1734, 1941, 2208, -~, ,~
2257, 2843, 2866, 3080, 3467, 3679, 4040, 4242, 4350, 4387, _,~ .~-~: :-.~
4656, and 1925 Code. . ~, ~
5-1-1 Legislative Intent. -~
ia) The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the
:ity by prescribing: the types of animals that can be kept in the city and the conditions under which they
:an be kept, limitations on keeping animals that create a nuisance by being safety or health hazards, and
:he procedures by which the city manager or an authorized agent may impound and dispose of animals
~ept in violation of the chapter.
~b) The city council intends to protect persons and property in the city from animals running at large and
:o abrogate the requirements of the Colorado fence law2.
~c) The city council, notwithstanding the use of words such as "keeper," "owner" or "title" in this chapter,
ntends to implement and continue the common law view that the property rights of owners in their
~nimals are qualified by the city's exercise of its police power over such animals, and that summary
impoundments and dispositions of animals are two such qualifications of such rights3.
~,d) The city council intends to protect the black-tailed prairie dog to the maximum extent of its legislative
~ower. The city council asserts home rule authority to do so in light of the February 4, 2000, decision of
ihe United States Fish and Wildlife service finding threatened or endangered status for the black-tailed
rairie dog "warranted" under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. Section 1531, et seq. The
ck of any differentiation under state law concerning threatened and endangered animals not yet
rotected under the Endangered Species Act, and even for animals protected under Article XVIII,
ubsection 12(b) of the Colorado Constitution, is a disgrace. And the wanton destruction of black-tailed
rairie dogs and other species of concern permitted and practiced under the Colorado State Pesticide
pplicators' Act, Section 35-10-101, et seq., C.R.S., should not be permitted in Boulder. The willingness
~f the city to accommodate relocation of black-tailed prairie dogs on city open space makes use of poison
~r other destructive pest management practices on prairie dogs inappropriate in Boulder. Although
~rotection of species of concern could be argued to be an issue of statewide concern, the city of Boulder's
icquisition of over 37,500 acres of parks and open space to protect the Boulder Valley makes protection
~f species of concern in the Boulder Valley a matter of uniquely local and municipal concern. The city
specifically intends to exercise its legislative authority and power to require compliance by landowners
d employees, even if the applicator or the employer cannot be reached by the city's criminal jurisdiction
nder state law. ,
5-46-101, 102, C.R.S. See SaBelle s, Inc. v. Flens, 599 P.2d 950 (Colo. App. 1979) Berman, J.,
dissenting, afl'd, 627 P.2d 750 (1980).
3Thiele v. City and County of Denver, 312 P.2d 786 (Colo. 1957).
Ordinance No. 4935 (1985).
6-1-2 Definitions.
The following words and phrases used in this chapter have the following meanings unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
"Guardian" means owner.
"Keeper" means a person who has custodial or supervisory authority or control over an animal.
"Leash" means a chain, rope, cord, or strap with a clip or snap for rapid attachment to a choke chain,
collar, or harness, all the parts of which are of sufficient strength to hold at least four times the weight of
the dog and are suitable for walking the dog and controlling it.
"Leg-hold trap" means a spring-powered device or trap that captures or holds an animal by exerting a
lateral force with fix-mounted steel or other metal jaws on the leg, toe, paw, or any other part of the
animal's body.
"Mall" has the meaning prescribed by Section 5-1-1, "Definitions," B.R.C. 1981.
"Owner" means each person who owns an animali If an animal has more than one owner, all such persons
are jointly and severally liable for the acts or omissions of an animal owner under this chapter, even if the
animal was in possession and control ora keeper at the time of an offense.
"Peace officer" has the meaning prescribed by Section 5-1-1, "Definitions," B.R.C. 1981.
"Prairie dog burrow" means any burrow actually occupied by one or more prairie dogs and any burrow of
which any entrance is surrounded by a mound.
"Premises" of the guardian or keeper of an animal means only that property over which the guardian or
keeper has full possession and control, and from which the guardian or keeper has the authority to
exclude, and does exclude, the public.
(1) Private property which is fenced or otherwise enclosed so that dogs within it cannot escape, and which
is set aside by the owner of the property for use as a dog exercise or play area, and through which persons
who are authorized to use the property are not required to pass in order to get to their destination:shall be
deemed the premises of any guardian or keeper who has the express permission of the r~n. er of;~ch area
to use it with the dog for such purposes..<.~:~ ~' ~:.,- ~
(2) Places which are not "premises of the guardian or keeper of an animal" within the m of'fflis -\ '~
definition include, without limitation, the following: ~ . --"~..~)
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public property; or --:~ cJ~
(B) On private property:
(i) Any common sidewalk or walkway, any common unenclosed yard, or any other common unenclosed
exterior space;
(ii) Any common parking facility (whether or not spaces are reserved); or
(iii) Any common interior room, hallway, stair, or passageway.
(iv) For the purposes of this definition, "common" means any part ora residential condominium,
townhouse development, apartment building, shopping center, business condominium, office building,
business center, or industdai park which residents, owners, tenants, employees, customers, or visitors of
more than one unit or space may use.
"Service animal" means any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or
IPerform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding
individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired heating to sounds, pulling a
wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.
;'Voice control" means control of the behavior of a dog which is not leashed or otherwise physically
restrained by its guardian or keeper sufficient that the dog does not, without regard to circumstances or
distractions:
(1) Charge, chase, or otherwise display aggression toward any person or behave toward any person in a
manner that a reasonable person would find harassing or disturbing;
/2) Charge, chase, or otherwise display aggression toward any dog;
I3) Chase, harass, or disturb wildlife or livestock; or
I4) Fail to come to and stay with the guardian or keeper immediately upon command by such person;
md voice control does not exist unless the guardian or keeper exercises this command authority at all
Iimes to keep the dog within the requirements of this definition.
Drdinance Nos. 5377 (1991); 5393 (1991); 5858 (1997); 7133 (2001).
Marian Karr
From: whonachefsky@sprintmail.com
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 2:34 PM
To: cou ncil@iowa-city,org
Subject: National Geographic News
Please find the following article entitled "Green Based" Urban Growth, which appeared
in National Geographic Online. This may be of possible interest to the council and
community. Thank you.
William Honachefsky PP, QEP
Phone: 908-638-8650
"Green-Based" Urban Growth: Next Wave of Environmentalism
D.L. Parsell
National Geographic News
April 22, 2002
After it was introduced 30 years ago, the phrase "think globally, act locally" became an
environmental rallying cry for an entire generation. Yet the grand vision it inspired-of
communities mobilizing to take responsibility for the health of the planet starting in
their own backyards-remained more a slogan than reality.
Now, local environmental activism is getting a new lease on life, sparked by a public
backlash against runaway and poorly planned development of cities and towns, widely known
as "sprawl."
Cookie-Cutter Suburbs
Many planning experts say the kind of suburban developments that are springing up to meet
housing demand are environmentally unsound because residents are dependent on cars to meet
all their needs.
Photograph by Reed Kaestner/ CORBIS
"People are locked in traffic, spending two hours a day driving, and wondering: Why do
I live in the suburbs?" says environmental scientist William Honachefsky of Ringoes, New
Jersey.
As population growth fuels soaring demand for housing, roads, and related services,
millions of people see the effects of sprawl paving over the natural landscape and eroding
the character of their communities.
Apart from frustration with traffic congestion and aesthetic blight, there's mounting
concern about increased pollution, strains on local water supplies, and the rapid loss of
trees, wetlands, farmland, wildlife habitats, and open spaces.
Desperate for solutions, coalitions of citizens, conservationists, and public officials
are organizing behind campaigns known variously as "smart growth," "new urbanism," and
"sustainable cities." Their visions and goals differ according to local conditions. But
the intent is the same: to change present patterns of local land use and development.
"There's no question that we're at the threshold of a reformation in land-use planning-not
just in the United States but around the world," says Honachefsky, who has nearly 35 years
of experience in environmental protection and land-use planning. "People don't have
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preconceptions [about what to do], but they realize they have a problem and are eager to
find new approaches."
Need for New Tools
As communities feel their way toward new patterns of growth and development, there's much
demand for tools and resources to guide changes-and a hunger for real-life examples of
what works.
A new book published by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Solving Sprawl: Models of
Smart Growth in Co~lmunities Across A/nerica (Island Press, 2001), describes 35 cases of how
cities, towns, and rural areas have found effective alternatives to sprawl.
The American Planning Association /APA) has developed a variety of programs in recent
years to support "smart growth" initiatives, including a recently completed seven-year
project to design new model, laws for land-use planning. APA is a partner in a coalition of
national, state, and local groups organized as Smart Growth America.
Honachefsky travels widely, meeting with government bodies, civic groups, and planning
commissions interested in the anti-sprawl strategies he proposes in his book Ecologically
Based Municipal Land Use Planning (CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, 2000) [see related
sidebar].
How to Achieve
Ecologically Sensitive
Development
In Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning, William Honachefsky says solutions to
urban sprawl lie not in more laws and regulations, but in greater community control over
land use. A~mong the strategies he urges communities to implement to achieve more sound
land-use policies are these:
· Make municipal master plans, rather than zoning, the central guiding principle in land-
use planning and development.
Incorporate the local "ecological infrastructure" into the municipal master plan for
primary consideration in decisions about development and land use.
Draw on 30 years of scientific research about environmental conditions and combine this
with locally appropriate "ecological indicators" to assess and monitor the health of
natural resources in an area.
Use tools such as geographic information systems (GIS} to aid planning decisions.
Involve representatives from all sectors of a community-including citizens, planning
experts, conservationists, business and industry leaders, elected officials, and
developers-more directly in local decisions about land use, especially to decide what
features of the local environment must be preserved at any cost.
"Over the past 30 years, the establishment of agencies for environmental protection have
lured people into a false feeling that environmental problems can be fixed by legislative
cure," says Honachefsky.
But he argues that solutions lie largely in changes to local methods of land planning that
are built upon a realization of inherent ecological constraints.
"Three miles above ground-three miles into the stratosphere-it's a very thin shell, our
spaceship," he says. "The tools are there, the information is there, now the question is,
what do we do about it?"
The book, he insists, is not a manifesto against development. "This is not a non-building
alternative, but it calls for building within the ecological limits of the landscape," he
says.
Former secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, who has a strong public record of support
for environmental issues, declared a need for such an approach in a speech at Stanford Law
School in California last November. Laying out an environmental agenda for the 21st
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century, Babbitt argued that the United States must shift from current "anthropocentric"
decisions about land use to a system of planning that's "ecologically based."
As Honachefsky sees it, sprawl occurs because in many cities and towns, the comprehensive
master plans that ideally provide a foundation for planning a community's growth over time
have been superseded by decisions based mainly on zoning laws. "Zoning was never meant to
replace master plans-the roles have become reversed," he says.
That's a problem, he explains, because zoning codes and maps dictate land use in the near
future, without considering the consequences it will have on a community decades later.
He cites a case from New Jersey as an example. When the state compiled maps showing local
development since 1985 in each of the state's 566 municipalities, it highlighted a massive
loss of wildlife habitat, with native species being forced to live on ever-shrinking
parcels of land.
"Reversing the situation was virtually impossible once plans for individual sites and
subdivisions were already approved and on the drawing board," says Honachefsky, noting:
"Once you get to the site-plan stage, there's very little you can do to change things."
In his book, he urges communities to restore the use of municipal master plans as the
overriding vision of development, and to make preservation of the area's "ecological
infrastructure" the central priority of such plans. "We need to get back into thinking
about the master plan, back to thinking about the carrying capacity of the land," he says.
Greater Complexity
Most of the planning statutes now in effect in the United States date from two model
planning and zoning laws adopted in the 1920s. Planning experts say these laws are due for
a major overhaul.
Earlier this year the APA published Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook: Model Statutes
for Planning and the Management of Change. APA officials say the book, which presents a
variety of options for statutory reform, is intended to replace the "one-size-fits-all"
land planning approach of the 1920s.
"Clearly, government planning and the issues it addresses have gotten a lot more
complicated since then, and APA believed it was time to develop new model laws to respond
to the needs of the 21st century," W. Paul Farmer, APA's executive director, said in a
statement accompanying the book's release.
One reason new planning approaches are needed, the APA says, is to better reflect changing
attitudes about land and its use. After decades of growing environmental awareness, many
people see land as having important ecological and social values, and not merely as a
commodity to be bought and sold.
Another factor is the greater complexity of the municipal planning process today, which
requires integration of environmental protection measures and development decisions across
various levels of government.
"There's been a lot of thought about regionalism, looking more at planning in terms of the
ecology of an entire region," notes Frederick Steiner, dean of the School of Architecture
at the University of Texas-Austin. He is the author of The Living Landscape: An Ecological
Approach to Landscape Planning and several other books on the need to balance development
and conservation.
Before moving to Austin from Phoenix last year, Steiner was active in a com/nunity
coalition organized to devise an ecologically sensitive development plan for a 120-square-
mile (311-square-kilometer) tract of land north of Phoenix.
In the final plan, Steiner says, one-third of the area was set aside in its natural form,
as the Sonoran Preserve. The remaining area provided for rural and suburban residential
tracts, and targeted areas along the city's expressway for future development. "Our
premise was that one sihgle type of development in Phoenix wasn't appropriate," says
Steiner.
The plan also urged the city to reduce its originally projected level of population growth
3
by 100,000. The advisory group had concluded that the region's natural and human-built
infrastructures could accommodate no more than 250,000 additional people.
Steiner said the plan was overwhelmingly approved by elected officials and citizens, and
the city of Phoenix approved a bond issue to purchase the land for the reserve.
Notably, the group didn't follow standard methods of municipal planning that have
dominated the cormmunity development process for years, Steiner points out. "Usually roads
are laid out first, then the land use is added. Whatever is left over is open space," he
says, adding: "We reversed that process."
whonachefsky@sprintmail.com has sent you this story from National Geographic
News. We hope you enjoy it.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/O4/O422_O20422_landplan.html
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Marian Karr
08-20-02~
From: Eric Miller I'iemiller@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:55 AM
To.' cou ncil@iowa-city.org
Subject: Bus service to elderly on Scott Bird
Dear Council Members,
I am concerned about a situation on Iowa City's far eastern side. A number of elderly housing developments, including
one in which my mother lives, have been constructed on the east side of Scott Boulevard. My mother is a frequent bus
rider and has no vehicle of her own. Indeed, she, like many others in the area, is no longer in a position to transport
herself around town even if she did have a vehicle.
The problem is this: no buses that I'm aware of, and certainly none in the area where my mother lives, go all the way to
Scott Boulevard. The closest one picks up a couple of blocks away requiring my mother, and any other elderly people in
the area who wish to ride the bus, to cross that very busy street with all its traffic, including many large semi-tractor-
trailers. The speed of traffic along the street also frequently exceeds the 35 mph speed limit that is supposed to be in
effect there. Furthermore, there is no crosswalk near where my mother must cross the street to and from the bus stop.
With all of the elderly persons living in this area of town it strikes me as unconscionable that bus service does not extend
all the way out to Scott Blvd. where these people could safely use Iowa City bus services. True, the county provides
SEATS services but these are not as convenient to use for a variety of reasons including the fact that the services must
be arranged a day ahead of time. I know it is difficult to route buses to serve everyone's needs and that users generally
must accept some inconvenience in getting to bus stops. But we are talking here about our City's elderly population--a
group who cannot and should not be expected to make the same sacrifices younger people can make to use our bus
system. Failing any change in bus routing, the City should, at least, install crosswalks with traffic lights enabling safe
crossing of Scott Blvd. by the elderly and others wishing to cross over to use the bus.
I implore you to please consider these issues and make some change to ensure the safety of our elderly population on the
City's eastern edge. Don't let their distance from our City's center become distance from our concerns.
Thank you,
Eric Miller
Wayne Ave.
Iowa City
8/7/02
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Marian Karr
08-20.02
From: Lisa Mollenhauer 3
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 2:27 PM
To: 'Shams Ghoneim'
Cc: *City Councir; Steve Atkins
Subject: RE: Interfaith events
Ms. Ghoneim:
There is an event, recognizing September 11, being organized by the Iowa City Press Citizen. They, along with local
businesses and community organizations, are putting together a memorial event that includes not only Iowa City and
Coralville, but also several surrounding communities. It is to be held in City Park.
Thank you for sending your comments to the City Council. A copy of your email will be distributed to all seven Council
Members on their next printed Formal Agenda Consent Calendar.
All correspondence addressed to Council becomes a permanent public record.
If you wish to communicate with Council Members immediately, please click here for additional contact options
http://www.icgov,org/citycounc!!,htm.
Lisa
Lisa Mollenhauer
Administrative Assistant
to the City Manager
(319) 356-5010
..... Original Message .....
From: Shams Ghoneim [mailto:ghoneim@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 10:39 AM
To: RevDee@hotmail.com; bjones~iowacity.net; hismail~blue.weeg.uiowa.edu; alyt~horus.ophth.uiowa.edu;
Moe579@aol.com; Dannoush@aol.com; ama17448~yahoo.com; hismail~blue.weeg.uiowa.edu;
alyt~horus.ophth.uiowa.edu; MMKH46~aol.com; ferial.tewfik~WORLDNET.ATT.NET; imd58~aol.com;
guldenesat~hotmail.com; Bax8352~aol.com; betty-greer~uiowa.edu; chardon~soli.inav.net;
iowacitymosque@hotmail.com; al-aly@uiowa.edu; ameeraf@hotmail.com
Cc: usranet~yahoogroups.com
Subject: Fwd: Interfaith events
Dear CRC Leadership,Iowa City Mayor and Council members:
I am forwarding the information below to get us motivated on articulating a theme/event to
remember and honor the victims of 9/ll.MPAC Iowa would like to participate with the
Interfaith Consultation,City Council, and Mother Mosque Support Group in like events. I
will be available from now through September 11 for any assistance I can provide or
participation. Please let us know what and if there are any planned organized activities for
that most somber day. Best regards.
Shams Ghoneim
8/5/02
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Muslim Public Affairs Council(MPAC)
Iowa Chapter,Co-Coordinator
To: Our member organizations and friends
From: Rev. Janet Bregar, Executive Director
Santa Monica Bay Interfaith Council
( Westside Interfaith Council)
Date: August 4, 2002
September 11,2002, is a day that is important in many ways for our community and you
as individuals and religious and community institutions. The way that we observe the
anniversary of the attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., is important. The
Interfaith Council is striving to bring a vision of a future of tolerance~ hhope and peace, as
well as remembrance~to the community observances. I have been working with the City of
Santa Monica and the Council to plan a series of events thatgives dignity and respectto
the tragedy, as well as a vision of hope for the future.
I need your participation.
The following events are planned:
11 Days of Contemplation
11 days of contemplation, beginning the evening of August 3~ with Beth Shir Sholom
Temple sponsoring the showing of the HBO footage_of the tragedy. Each da~Lup to
September 11th a religious or community organization will be hosting an event. The dates
of peptembe~,3,~,7 and 8 are available. Each e_vent will be planned by the host
organization and focus upon an issue related to the tragedy. If your organization would
like to host an e~vent please email us. We will then contact ypu.
On September ~ ~ 6:45am Interfaith Service on the West end of the Pier
On the morning of September 11, a brief memorial service will be held. If you would like to
participate please email us or call 310 -394-1518.
Ringing of the b~ells
8/5/02
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Bells will be rung by the churches and fire stations at the time of the fall of each tower.
Further information will be provided as to the time.
Community Event on the Pier September 11, 2002 7:00pm co - sponsored by the City of
Santa Monica
A community observance will take place. The program includes
New Directions Choir
Tribute to Response Workers
Police, Fire and other workers
Tribute to Survivors
Visions of Peace Community Readings
Memorial Silence
Ritual of Hope - Harbor Patrol
In addition, it is planned that there be 5 minutes of silence on the Pier as well as the
dimming of the Ferris Wheel lights.
These events are im~r>ortant for the community and we are very fortunate to have the
s~onsorship~ of the City of Santa Monica. If you would like further information or want to
participate~ please email or call us. Thank you.
Rev. Janet Bregar
SMBInterfaithC@aol.com
Phone: (310) 394-1518
Fax: (310) 476-357'
8/5/02
Evert Conner Center
for Independent Living
730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Voice: 319-338-3870 · TTY: 319-338-4785 · Fax: 319-338-8385
August 1, 2002
Ernest Lehman, Mayor
City Council of Iowa City
410 E. Washington Street 7~2-" ~'::
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Mayor Lehman;
On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff and consumers of the Evert
Conner Center for Independent Living, I want to thank you for your
continued support of our annual ADA Celebration. Your monetary
contribution assisted the Center in another successful celebration.
It was great to have the opportunity to recognize three major contributions
the city of Iowa City has made in the advancement of accessibility for
persons with disabilities. The universal design home, the accessible trails
at Hickory Hill Park and the accessible play ground equipment at Hoover
Elementary School. The celebration continues to be successful because of
the cooperation and participation of local government, organizations and
businesses.
Again, thank you for your generous contribution, for the proclamation
from the City of Iowa City. We look forward to working with you again
next year.
Sincerely,
Harriet Gooding
ADA Project Coordinator
Augdst 2; 2002'
,- Daniel C. Zwiener
11314 N. Cactus Rose Dr.
.rT ,,~ i' ~?v.,~.~5, Oro Valley, AZ 85737
Ernest W. Lehman
Mayor
Iowa City
410 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Mr. Lehman;
While on vacation recently in Iowa City, I was appraised by a family member of the
efforts of the Sand Prairie Preservation Project concerning the proposed Southgate
development at McCollister Farm. It was recommenced that I contact members of the
project concerning potential impact on cultural remains at the site. After meeting with
members of the Preservation Project, I volunteered to review the cultural resource
investigation completed by The Louis Berger Group, INC. and to make recommendations
as to potential concerns that I might have over this investigation and the potential impact
of development of this site on the cultural resources in this area.
Before I comment on this, I should point out my expertise in the area of archaeological
investigation. I am the recipient of a Masters of Science degree in Anthropology-
Archaeology from The University of Wisconsin in 1985 and have served both as an
amateur and professional archaeologist from 1978 to present. I am a past employee of
The Office of the State Archaeologist of Iowa and served as President of the Iowa
Archaeological Society from 1980-1984. I was involved with numerous archaeological
surveys and excavations in Iowa prior to moving to Arizona in 1985. I played an
instrumental role in the creation and approval of Iowa's present law pertaining to the
protection and preservation of human remains in the early 1980s. I also surveyed and
helped excavate the Rolling Hills Farms burials in western Iowa in 1983 that served as a
test case for the implementation of this law. I am presently a high school teacher and
faculty member at Central Arizona College where I teach Anthropology.
I have reviewed the report of Louis Berger Group, INC. and took it upon myself while in
Iowa City to conduct a brief pedestrian survey of the proposed Southgate Subdivision.
found the Cultural Resource Investigation that was conducted to have surveyed only a
small portion of the area included in the various plans for development. Also, since there
have been additional concept plans proposed for the development, it is not entirely clear
how relevant the original cultural investigation might be. Of even more concern is the
fact that my own survey of the area revealed the possibility of one or two more mounds
not identified or recorded by Louis Berger Group. Further, t found several more low
depressions that may represent subsurface features that were also not identified or
mapped by Berger Group. These features appear to run along an approximately 25-50
meter wide pathway along what appears to have been the south facing ridge of the terrace
at the approximate time mound 13JH251 was constructed. Their present location would
be in a slight arc stretching about 20 degrees south and east of 13JH251 and extending
along or near the present day ridgeline of the sand terrace. This pattern of apparent
cultural disturbance then approaches the area recently back filled by the developer. It is
not clear at this point what the pattern of recent disturbance is in this area of the site.
There are also several depressions that appear to be subsurface cultural features in an area
beginning near 13JH251 and extending approximately 50 meters to the east and slightly
to the north. Since there is a great deal of vegetation covering the site and since I was
only conducting a cursory survey of the area, I was unable to gain any further knowledge
about the nature of these possible features. Also, since there is a more recent concept plan
submitted that I am unfamiliar with, it is not clear if this is an area that will remain public
space as a part of the Showers Estate, whether it is an area that will be retained in private
ownership, or whether it is an area of actual impact.
According to the report by the Berger Group, the suggestion was made that "Site
13JH251 might contain more than one prehistoric mound". Their report states that the
Office of the State Archaeologist was contacted and Joe Artz (OSA) was sent to
investigate the possibility of more mounds near 13JH251. I note the Mr. Artz was sent to
survey the area during January when there was substantial snow cover at the site
prompting him to return in March of 2001. However, Mr. Artz confined his investigation
and subsequent report to testing Features 2 and 3 as to their potential cultural significance
and did not conduct any apparent survey of the large portion of the subdivision's
potential impact to the east and north of 13JH251. Further complicating the matter is the
fact that the developer has back filled much of this area of the proposed subdivision
including a high terrace south and east of the pond that has the great potential for
containing cultural materials including burial mounds. There is no indication that this
area was ever originally surveyed by any of the parties involved.
Mention is made nnder recommendations that "no field technique is completely adequate
to define all potential cultural resources within a given project area". The contracted
archaeologist then recommends that should remains be uncovered, that work should be
halted. Given the incomplete nature of the survey of the impact area, I would
recommend against this due to the great potential for the disturbance and eventual
destruction of cultural resources including the potential for the disturbance of human
remains. Further, if any attempt is made to remedy the back filling by the developer the
Office of the State Archaeologist should closely monitor it. I would also recommend
against this since this course of action would result in disturbance of an area not
originally surveyed. Any determination of impact on potential burial grounds should be
made prior to further development and should include the input of the Office of the State
Amhaeologist Indian Advisory Committee.
The highly unusual geomorphologic formation of this site must have been very apparent
to the native people who inhabited the area at the time these mounds were constructed.
At a bare minimum, the unusual plant inventory growing here must have been of great
practical and religious significance. Further, we are dealing with an archaeological
culture that is known to transport unusual soils for substantial distances to include in their
burial mounds. Although this may be within the realm of speculation, I would find it
highly unusual if these people didn't consider this area to be of great religious
importance. Unfortunately, we have very little in the way of modem tribal affiliation or
documented cultural histories that can comment on this. It is important to note that many
if not most of the mound sites documented for this period are in the form of mound
groups, not solitary mounds as this report would indicate for the proposed impact area.
Although solitary mounds are recorded, it is not known if this is the result of recent
destruction. The probability of a mound grouping with subsurface burials at this site is
great. I would even speculate that the report given that there is a solitary mound at this
site is very unlikely, and that the existence of many more mounds on this site is probable.
It should be further noted that the geomorphologic investigations of the terraces at the site
reported that the land surface at the time of occupation for this period is variable but in all
probability would be below present day land surface. It would appear that there was very
little agricultural activity on this high terrace due to its low potential for productivity.
This would indicate that should burials be present, they would be very difficult to locate
without the use of more modem archaeological survey methods and without a survey
under more favorable conditions.
At present, there is no indication that the Office of the State Archaeologist Indian
Advisory Committee has been consulted in this matter. As a key player in the creation of
the present law pertaining to human remains in Iowa, I find this to have the potential for
the eventual dissatisfaction of Native American peoples. In fact, the references to the
City's sensitive land ordinance are impractical when the potential for the destruction of
human remains exist.
I would like to make the following recommendations that should be completed pending
any approval for development of the area:
1. A complete and contemporary survey of the impact area be made by OSA as
the party with primary responsibility for the investigation of potential
destruction of human remains in the impact area. This survey should be
conducted using any or all modem technology available to OSA for the
investigation of subsurface features. This survey should be in conjunction
with more recent concept plans for the site.
2. That the Office of the State Archaeologist Indian Advisory Committee be
advised of and be included in any further investigation of the site and in any
efforts to preserve and protect existing and potential human remains in the
proposed development. This would include the possibility of protecting and
preserving the recorded mound 13JH251 from further disturbance by residents
of the proposed development. Merely moving the proposed impact area to
avoid destruction of the mound will do nothing to protect it or any other
potential mounds from disturbance or destruction by residents of the proposed
development.
3. That further investigation be made of the back filling of the terrace to the
south and east of the pond. It is unfortunate that, in all likelihood, that any
mounds that may have existed there may be buried and that the only
alternative for finding out is the removal of the back fill. This removal will
only result in the potential destruction of cultural remains. A proposal by the
developer to set this area aside is a possible solution from a cultural resources
standpoint but problematic for the preservation of natural habitat since the fill
was brought in from offthe site.
I have confined my comments only to the cultural impact of development in this area and
have said nothing about the potential for the destruction of a unique natural habitat. My
first impression when I visited the area was of the highly unusual in unique nature of the
plant and soil formations at the site. I am unfamiliar with the controversy surrounding
the destruction of natural habitat for wildlife in the area and so not claim to be an expert
in this area.
As a native of Iowa City and having spent most of my life there, I find it unfortunate that
the city would consider the destruction of such a unique area. I should note that, since I
have lived in Arizona for some time now, I am mostly tmfamiliar with the activities of
Southgate as the proposed developer. I don't view their efforts to develop this area to be
unusual or in anyway intentionally harmful. With the exception of the problem of
backfilling portions of the site apparently against city regulations, Southgate appears to
be in good standing with the community in general. The fact that Southgate allowed the
contracting of cultural impact assessment of the site without the reqtfirement of federal
law should is notable. Also, my understanding of the more recent concepts plans for the
site are sensitive of the cultural features identified so far; albeit that the information
provided for this concept plan may be incomplete. Nor do I mean to be overly critical of
the survey that was completed other than to say that, as is often the case in these days of
dwindling government funding, the effort could have been more complete.
I do not wish to get overly involved in the politics of this proposed development other
than to voice my concern regarding the potential destruction of cultural resources and the
possibility of disturbing the final resting ground of prehistoric Native Americans. As is
often the case, some middle ground should exist whereby the interested parties work
together to achieve a plan that can be the best of all worlds. It would be hoped that the
interested parties would view this as a unique opportunity to work together to achieve a
result that is acceptable to all rather than view only solutions that are in the self-interest
of one party or another.
If you would like to seek further comment on my part, feel free to contact me by phone at
520-797-3127 (8:00 - 5:00 MST) or by e-mail at arizonahawkeye(~_~aol.com.
Sincerely yours,
Daniel C. Zwiener
Cc Southgate Development Co.
Karin Franklin Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission
Shirley Shermer Office of the State Archaeologist
Jeff Vonk Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Lon Drake University of Iowa
Bruce Mountain Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Maria Pearson OSA Indian Advisory Committee
Karen Dawes Sand Prairie Preservation Project
Lori Klockau Attorney
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July 28, 2002 ~
410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Mayor Imhman,
Enclosed is a petition signed by 148 residents of the neighborhood surrounding the
intersection of Mormon Trek and Cameron Way. These signatures are in support of a
traffic light at this busy intersection. The residents feel that the intersection is currently
hazardous both for car traffic and for pedestrians.
In speaking with JeffDavidson fi.om the City Engineer's office, he indicated that
the intersection was under scrutiny, and the installation of a tratYac light was being
considered for the next 2-5 years. That is not acceptable. Traffic is constant, it is heavy,
it consistemly exceeds the posted speed limit of 35 mph, and accidents are frequent. The
retail area of Walden Square is a popular shopping destination for west side residents and
it needs to bea ~fe destiaafiun.
In the interest of time this sampling is confined to the streets just east of Mormon
Trek and north of Benton. However, hundreds of more signatures could be included to
prove the concern citizens feel for this baTardous situation..
The crossing of Mormon Trek by pedestrians is unsafe at nearly any time of day.
Use of the bus system is jeopardized by those east of Mormon Trek because it is so
difficult to cross Mormon Trek. Residents told me of their concern for children attempting
to cross, either on foot or on bicycle. Seniors would love to walk to Walden Square but
will not risk their safety doing so.
Continued development, according to the Southwest District Plan, is a realRy for
the Mormon Trek area. This will only increase traffic flow, congestion and the number of
traffic accidents. We do not have 2-5 years to wait. The residents who submit this
petition are asking for immediate action to correct a hazardous traffic problem. Please
respond by making this issue a priority for the City Council.
Sincerely, .
Iowa City, Iowa 52246
339-4530
Please sign this petition ff you support the installation
of a TRAFFIC LIGHT at the
MORMON TREK & CAMERON WAY
Intersection. This petition will be presented to
Mayor Emie Lehman and the City Council
to show the need for controls at this busy intersection.
Please sign this petition if you support the installation
of a TRAFFIC LIGHT at the
MORMON TREK & CAMERON WAY
Intersection. This petition will be presented to
Mayor Emie Lehman and the City Council
to show the need for controls at this busy intersection.
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Please sign this petition if you support the installation
of a TRAFFIC LIGHT at the
MORMON TREK & CAMERON WAY
Intersection. This petition will be presented to
Mayor Emie Lehman and the City Council
to show the need for controls at this busy intersection.
Please sign this petition if you support the-installation-
of a TRAFFIC LIGHT at the
MORMON TREK & CAMERON WAY
Intersection. This petition will be presented to
Mayor Emie Lehman and the City Council
to show t~he need for controls at this busy intersection.
Please sign this petition if you support the installation
of a TRAFFIC LIGHT at the
MORMON TREK & CAMERON WAY
Intersection. Thi~ petition will be presented to
Mayor Emie Lehman and the City Council
to show the need for controls at thi~ busy intersection.
Please sign this petition ffyou support the installation
of a TRAFFIC LIGHT at the
MORMON TREK & CAMERON WAY
Intersection. This petition will be presented to
Mayor Emie Lehman and the City Council
to show the need for controls at this busy intersection.
Please sign this petition if you support the installation
of a TRAFFIC LIGHT at the
MORMON TREK & CAMERON WAY
Intersection. This petition will be presented to
Mayor Emie Lehman and the City Council
to show the need for controls at this busy intersection.
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Please sign this petition if you support the installation of a traffic light at the
Mormon Trek & Cameron Way Intersection. This petition will be
presented to Mayor Ernie Lehman and the City Council to show the need for
controls at this busy intersection.
Name Street Address City
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Please sign this petition if you support the installation of a traffic light at the
Mormon Trek & Cameron Way Intersection. This petition will be
presented to Mayor Emie Lehman and the City Council to show the need for
controls at this busy intersection.
Name Street Address City
Please sign this petition if you support the installation of a traffic light at the
Mormon Trek & Cameron Way Intersection. This petition will be
presented to Mayor Ernie Lehman and the City Council to show the need for
controls at this busy intersection.
Name Street Address City
Marian Karr 08-20-02
From: Marquee123@aol.com
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 11:30 AM
To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org; steve_atkins@iowa-city.org
Subject: Thank you!
Hello,
I would like to thank all of you for your time and ef[ort yesterday. I
know it was not an easy descision to make~ but your commitment reflects the
true community spirit of this project. On behalf of the Englert Civic Theatre
Board of directors and volunteer corp, we are extremely grateful for your
support. We look forward to the next step of this process and your
generousity will go a long way in securing funding from the Vision Iowa
Board. Let's get the doors open!
Thank you again,
Justine Zimmer
July 15, 2002
Mayor Emie Lehman
Mayor of Iowa City
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Mayor Lehman:
We are pleased to inform you that The Iowa Children's Museum, in Coralville has been
selected to receive a Cultural Enrichment Grant (CEG) in the amount of $4,000, from the
Iowa Department of Cultural Affdlrs.
The grant allows The Iowa Children's Museum to showcase a new exhibit, "Under
Construction," in never before used gallery space. Learners will put together hundreds of
pieces and parts to create extraordinary structures from forts to tables and chairs. The
stimulating environment encourages interaction between children and their caregivers.
The ICM is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating children with hands-on, minds-on
exhibits and activities. We would be delighted to give you a tour of the facility and the new
exhibit at your convenience.
Thank you for your continued support of The Iowa Children's Museum!
Sincerely,
Deb Sieben
Director of Marketing and Development
1451 Coral Ridge Ave Coralville, IA 52241 319.625.6255 fax 319.625.6266
www.theicm.org
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Marian Karr
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From: Rob, Trena Bradford [robtrena@interl.net] 3
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:51 PM
To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org
Subject: Volunteers
Trena J Bradford
717 Main Street
Keokuk,lA 52632
319-524-3599
Hello! I am the director of the Iowa US Beauties Pageant and Her Heighness 15ageant Coaching Spokesmodels. I am
offering our services free of charge to your city. My girls can assist with fundraisers and organizations. I have a
spokesmodel that lives in Iowa City and attends U of Iowa, so her availability is great!
Our appearances can range from store openings to fundraisers. We will help speak about your organizations and hand
out flyers. The titleholders and spokesmodels will appear in crown and banner. We also have flyers that we have about
our company, so that other organizations can contact us about making appearances.
I hope that we can assist your community in some way and make a difference in the lives of our future.
Sincerely,
Trena J Bradford
8/2/02
TO: Someone With The Authority To Make Changes
From: John Dane, 4082 Dane Road SE, iowa City, Iowa 52240
Subject: Mormon Trek Extension
Date: July 30, 2002
We have been through the Public Hearing process for the Extension of Mormon Trek Blvd South of
Highway 1. Facts have become clear that without some changes, a major boondoogle will exist with
the Extension as it is now planned.
Fact 1: THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO CLOSE DANE ROAD! The Earth Tech Location Study Report
dated May t999 states on p14: '~reets are not expressly prohibited within the Runway
Protection Zone, the Federal Avlatlan Administration regulations state--". This is verified by the
fact that Riverside Drive, at the east end of Runway 6-24 is not slated to be closed. Since Dane Road
will be over 500 feet wast of the end of the extended Runway 6-24, it is the Iowa City Airport
Commission that has dictated that Dane Road be closed without any justifiable reason.
Fact 2: Dane Road has been an integral part of the County Road system throughout its entire
exlatance. It lays true north-south and lines up directly with Sunset Avenue In iowa City. It is
heavily travniod by the many residents it serves. II1r~h the completion of Mormon Trek extended,
Dane Road will serve as an Important part of the Infrastructure.
Fact 3: Assuming Dane Road will be left open, Marmon Trek extended must be re-designed so that
it crosses Dane Road at 90 degrees, eliminating the two off-set approaches in the present design.
Initially this intersection should be a 4-way stop, and when the traffic count warrants, a traffic light
should be installed.
Fact 4: The adoption of the above suggestions eliminates all controversy regarding Options A, B or
C for acces~ to the Dane properties, and the necessity of building one.
It la my earnest desire that someone will linten to these suggestions and act upon them. Please
check out my facts and do not continue with an unwise plan just because it has been voted upon.
Time is running out and there in nowhere else to appeall
Re~spectfully sJ/bmitted,
4082 Dane Road SE
Iowa City, IA 52240
Tel: 319-354-3630 -~'
Individual letters to all 7 Council Members ·
of
August12,2002
John Dane
4082 Dane Road SE
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear John:
In response to a copy of the letter dated July 30 you directed to my attention, I asked the Airport
Manager the specific question, that being "There is no requirement to close Dane Road!"
Attached is a copy of Ron's memorandum which clearly outlines the position of the Airport
Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration as it relates to the closure of Dane Road.
If there are any other questions concerning the construction of the Mormon Trek Extended
project, our Staff Engineer is Ross Spitz. Issues associated with Airport Master Plans can be
directed to the Airport Manager and Airport Commission.
Sincerely,
Stephen O. Atkins
City Manager
Attachment
cc: City Council
Ross Spitz
Ron O'Neil
mgr~ltrs\dane doc
410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356 5009
Memo
To: Ross Spitz
From: Ron O'Neil
Date: August 1, 2002
Re: Dane Road
John Dane is incorrect when he states that Dane Road does not have to be closed. The FAA does
allow for a road in the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) if there are certain clearances over the road.
The type of road determines what the clearance must be. Inside the RPZ is the Runway Obstacle Free
Area (ROFA). The only things allowed in the OFA are things that are fixed by function and are
necessary for aviation, such as runway lights or signage. The OFA is 400' wide on either side of the
runway centedine and extends "1000' out from the threshold of the runway. Dane Road, at its current
location, would run directJy through the ROFA when the runway is extended.
One of the reasons 800' of concrete is being added to Runway 07 is because the runway needs to be
shifted 800' to the west in order to take Riverside Drive out of the OFA for Runway 25, The runway will
remain approximately the same distance from threshold to threshold, but there will be an additional 800'
available for taking off to the west. The east end of the runway, Runway 25, will then meet the FAA
criteria for safety zones. This will be safer for aircraft and for those on the ground.
Meeting the criteria for runway safety areas has been. part of the Airport Master Plan since 1996.
Several public meetings and public hearings were conducted for the Master Plan and I do not recall any
written comments objecting to improving the safety zones at the Airport. Two mobile home parks were
purchased and the tenants relocated to acco~nmodate the safety irdprovements. An 8-acre parcel was
also purchased from John Dane as part of the RPZ and the OFA for Runway 07.
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From: matt heidenwirth [matt@matthewheidenwirth.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:59 PM
To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org
Cc: steve-atkins@iowa-city.org
Can you or someone explain to me the increased police
presence in the downtown Iowa City bars? They are
creating problems with the students and increasingly
the highly publicized arrests of student-athletes on
campus for very minor offenses. Iowa City is a
shining jewel in an otherwise drab and dreary state
recreation and culture wise and this junk has brought
nothing but negative publicity to the city of Iowa
City and the University of Iowa. Being a police
officer is a noble profession, but something needs to
be done when the city administration and the police
force is viewed in a negative manner by the students
and the general population. You are here to serve the
people of Iowa City, not harass them. I look forward
to hearing your position on these matters.
Matt
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Marian Karr
From: Ross Wilburn
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 9:55 AM
To: Gunnells, Dorma Jean; 'ernie_lehman@iowa-city.org'; 'stephen_atkins@iowa-city.org';
'dee_vanderhoef@iowa-city.org'; Marian Karr
Subject: RE: Concerns over location of the Senior High Alternative Center
Dorma, thank you for expressing your views. If you wish to have your viewpoint heard by the people making that decision,
you should contact a representative on the Iowa City Community School Board. If I am not mistaken, the future of the
alternative program (at least the financing) will be part of a bond referendum that the school board may be putting forward.
You can check this out too with someone from the school board.
Thank you.
..... Original Message .....
From: Gunnells, Dorma Jean [mailto:dorma-gunnells@uiowa.edu]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:45 AM
To: 'ernie_lehman@iowa-city.org'; 'stephen_atkins@iowa-city.org';
'irvin_pfab@iowa-city.org'; 'con nie_champion@iowa-city.org';
'ross_wilburn @iowa-city.org'; 'mike_odonnell@iowa-city.org';
'dee_vanderhoef@iowa-city.org'
Subject: Concerns over location of the Senior High Alternative Center
I take my 14 month old daughter to LaPetite Preschool and do not feel that
locating a program that deals with senior high students between two daycare
centers is in the best interest of our young children. With LaPetite on one
side and Kindercampus on the other side there has to be better use for this
empty lot. I would be more interested in seeing a co-partnership be formed
with Coralville and have it located somewhere in between. Anywhere is
better than next door to my daughters daycare. I have been in contact with
Stephanie Phillips and will be calling her on Monday to find out in detail
what type of students would be attending this type of center. I am prepared
to go as far as getting signature on a petition to stop this from happening.
What can I do to prevent this from happening?
Dorma Gunnells
1667 Hemingway Lane
Iowa City
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From: Lisa Mollenhauer
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:24 AM 08-20-02
To: 'lisa marshall' 30('1g~
i
Cc: *City Council
Subject: RE: Death of puppy in Iowa City
Ms. Marshall:
Your note has been forwarded to Ann L~hy, of the County Attorney's Office, who is handling the case.
Thank you for sending your comments to the City Council. A copy of your email will be distributed to all seven Council
Members on their next printed Formal Agenda Consent Calendar, All correspondence addressed to Council becomes
a permanent public record,
If you wish to communicate with Council Members immediately, please click here for additional contact options
httpJ/www,icgov.org/citycou ncik htm.
Lisa
Lisa Mollenhauer
Administrative Assistant
to the City Manager
(319) 356-5010
..... Original Message
From: lisa marshall [mailto:lmarshall6~houston.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:46 AM
To: council~iowa-city.org
Subject: Death of puppy in Iowa City
July 26,2002 Friday - Time Crucial
To City Council Members, City Manager and Mayor of Iowa City, Iowa
I am writing about the recent news of the death of a puppy in your town. I am one of many who are demanding
full prosecution of 24 year old Darren Hertzer who is now charged with animal neglect for allegedly leaving his
brother's puppy in a car for three hours on a hot day in June. Evidently, Mr. Hertzer told police that he put the dog
in a plastic pet carrier without water as punishment for urinating in his apartment. The puppy died of heat
exhaustion. People should stop thinking of animals as "disposable".
I am all FOR maximum punishments for teenagers and adults who commit animal neglect or animal cruelty. A
"slap on the wrists" is not enough. A misdemeanor is not enough. This person who in the end slowly killed this
dog obviously does not like dogs or animals, and has an anger management problem. Sad. Children (juvenile
detention, counseling, etc...) should also be punished when hurting or killing an animal. It is NOT normal for a child
or an adult to want to hurt, torture or kill an animal. All animals are God's creatures. All animals have both physical
and emotional feelings. It is about time that animal protection laws become stronger and be more strictly
enforced. Mr. Hedzer should not be able to own any animals in the future. Your help is greatly needed. A
precedent needs to be set. Animal neglect and animal cruelty should NOT be tolerated in your town or state.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter on this very important issue. I hope that you reach this letter in
time. Please forward this letter to the Prosecutors in Johnson County, Iowa, if needed. I do not know how to
contact them personally. Thank you
Sincerely,
Lisa Marshall (age 32)
15023 Rain Shadow Court
HOUSTON, Texas 77070
my personal email: mta/k@houston.rr com
I care about all animals everywhere, not just in my hometown of Houston.
7/29/02
July 25, 2002 ~
~,~ 29 r~112:02
Oity Council
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Council Members:
I am writing to you for your consideration of extended bus service on the West
end of Melrose Avenue. I am the manager of Melrose Meadows, a new senior
retirement community, that will open in the fall at 350 Dublin Drive. I have been
in contact with representatives from both Galway Hills and Walnut Ridge
developments and find that there appears to be significant interest in bus service
beyond the twice daily West Loop to West High School.
In the case of Melrose Meadows we will have 58 independent living units and 22
assisted living units. I have had many future tenants request if there were any
plans to expand the current bus service. Many of these individuals are currently
patrons of the public transit system and have an interest in continuing to shop,
visit the senior center and be able to access services in downtown Iowa City. I'm
not requesting service directly to our residence but pursuing, on behalf of my
tenants, staff and other residents on the West side, a more frequent schedule
that would include a stop somewhere further West on Melrose than the one at
West High School.
Thank you for your consideration. I originally contacted the transit department
and was advised that I should send my request directly to the City Council.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Judy A. Hesson
Manager, Melrose Meadows
350 Dublin Drive
Iowa City, IA 52248
3'10-341-7803
Marian Karr
08-20-02
From: Lisa Mollenhauer q
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:05 AM
To: *City Council
Subject: FW: Iowa City Transit Service to Oaks Drive
..... Original Message .....
From: Ron Logsden
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:02 AM
To: 'bevplatz@mindspring.com*
Cc: Lisa Mollenhauer
Subject: Iowa City Transit Service to Oaks Drive
Ms. Soukup-Platz:
Currently we do have a stop on Dodge at Bristol Drive which may be another option for you other than the Hy-Vee stop.
We do not have any plans to extend our North Dodge route up Dubuque Road for two reasons.
1. The North Dodge daytime route is one of our hardest routes to keep on time since we extended the route to go out to
NCS all day. The 2-3 minutes it would take to service Dubuque Road is not available in the schedule.
2. Dubuque Road is not designed to carry a city bus. In the Spring and during wet weather our buses would cause
substantial damage to the road surface. Our buses weigh over twice what a school bus weighs.
If you have further questions or need additional information, feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Ron Logsden
Ron Logsden
Transit Manager
Iowa City Transit
319-356-5154
From: bev platz [mailto:bevplatz@mindspring.com]
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 7:51 AM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject:
I received a prompt response from Rick Fosse about a few questions I had
concerning construction in my neighborhood. Thank you for that. I now have
another question and hope one or all of you can point me in the right
direction. How is it determined that a city bus will provide service to a
particular area. I walk to the nearest bus stop, North Dodge Hy-Vee, which
is over on mile from my home on Oakes Dr. Most of this is on a busy street
with no Sidewalk! There are over 60-70 homes in this area. The Iowa City
School system provides pick-up at Oakes and Dubuque. Is there plans for the
City to provide this service to us in this area soon? Thank you. Bev
Soukup-Platz
Marian Karr
.~ 0,~.20.02....
From: Ron Logsden
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 11:41 AM
To: 'subathra@iastate.edu'
Cc: *City Council
Dear Ms. Aravamudhan
Welcome to Iowa City! The bus that you are referring to is called the Westside Loop and the schedule was set up
predominately to provide service to West High for students who live in west Iowa City. We do not have any plans or the
money in our budget to increase service on the Westside Loop at this time. We have been receiving numerous requests
for additional service to the Weber area, but due to budget constraints we do not have the luxury of being in an expansion
mode at this time. I have made note of your request and will keep it in mind if funding becomes available.
Sincerely,
Ron Logsden
Ron Logsden
Transit Manager
Iowa City Transit
319-356-5154
..... Original Message .....
From: R.Subathra Aravamudhan [mailto:subathra@iastate.edu]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:49 PM
To: council@iowa-city.org
Subject: timings
Dear sir/Madam
I am R. subathra Aravamudhan a transfer student from ISU. I have recently
moved to Iowa city want to appreciate you for the excellent public transport
service that you provide .I live I n Ranier drive and I see that that there is
a bus leaving between 7:15 to 7:30 am from weber elementary school . I and
everybody in my area would be greatly helped if you can add a similar service
leaving from weber school around 8:30 am and coming back around 3:00 pm
everyday except Thursday whch would aid us in picking the children from
school.. It is easy to commute in peak winter if there is an extra service.
Please consider my request
Thankyou
Sincerely
subathra
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08-20-02
From: Angela Fletcher [gday2umS@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 3:11 PM
To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org
Subject: Stepping Up Project
To All Councilors:
I want to express my support to eliminate underage drinking in Iowa City. I was recently at Orientation at the
University of Iowa with my son and stopped by the booth for the Stepping Up Project.
During orientation, I had opportunities to visit with other parents during dinner and breaks and the subject of
underage drinking came up each time. We discussed this openly with our students in our presence and it was
elightening to hear that our students are supportive of our ideas.
Why don't you just 'keep it simple'. If the establishment sells alcohol, you CANNOT get in unless you are 21.
My daughter who just turned 17 has an annual summer party at our house every year. She's extremely social
and this year we had a DJ and had over 150 in attendance and this was just at a private residence! We had zero
alcohol and it was a blast!!! Kids can have lots and lots of fun and they can have this fun WITHOUT alcohol.
The only ingredients you need for kids to have LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN is: Lots of kids, lots of music and
food and non-alcoholic beverages.
it's just that simple!
Angela Fletcher, 3614 Knight Court SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
(319) 396-8509 e-mail: gday2um$~yahoo.com
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7/22/02
Marian Karr
00-20-02
From: Steve Brower [shbrower@earthlink.net] 30(24
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:54 AM
To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org
Subject: Iowa City Alcohol Regulations
I feel compelled to write the council and ask your help in solving the
underage drinking problem in the community. I am an alumnus of the
University of Iowa and disheartened by the "Party Town" reputation the Iowa
City now endures. I have a step-daughter that attends the University of
Iowa and a son at St. A~brose University in Davenport. I know this is a
difficult problem and understand the issues to change the current system.
There is a reason for Iowa's legal drinking age is 21. To allow people
under the age of 21 in drinking establishments is looking the other way.
The law becomes unenforceable at that point. Iowa City has become the
destination for underage kids from all over the state. The reason seems to
be the easy access in local establishments, access kids do not have in their
communities. If the idea is to allow bar owners to make a profit off
underage drinkers and be the destination for kids looking for the wrong kind
of fun, the current ordinances are working. I loved Iowa City as a graduate
student. I encouraged my step-daughter to attend the University and had
hoped all four of my children might attend. Believe me when I tell you that
this issue is a concern of parents sending their children to the "right
school". This also has an economic as well as social implication for the
community. Please make the tough responsible decisions to correct the
problem.
Sincerely,
Stephen Brower, President
Brower Real Estate Services
1444 NW 124th Court
Clive, IA 50325
shbrower@earthlink.net
Marian Karr --
08-20-02
From: Joseph Coates [jmcoates@mac.com] ~3g(2~)
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 4:13 PM
To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org
Subject: Dubuque and Foster intersection
Dear City Council,
Please allow me to express my concerns about the lack of a traffic
light at Dubuque and Foster roads.
A traffic light is needed there now, as soon as possible, not in 2005
- as seems to be the plan. The traffic has already increased there
and will grow even more with the addition of the Peninsula
Neighborhood.
I realize that this is a difficult intersection and that certain
safety and construction criteria need to be met with regards to
horizontal and vertical geometry. So I urge you to speed up the plans
so that this intersection has a light sooner rather then later.
Sincerely (your soon to be newest tax paying citizen),
Joseph Coates
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Marian Karr
From: Mary Niichel
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:20 AM
To: 'smsmith@mcleodusa,com'
Cc: *City Council
Subject: Telecommunication SAVINGS
Scott,
If I understand your inquiry, you had been speaking with someone concerning carrier-level services for the City.
I am not aware of the "consultant" you mention in your email and the conversations that took place. However,
the City has embarked on a project to upgrade its communications infrastructure and is installing City-owned copper
and fiber to its buildings and installing a new central voice switch. This will reduce our requirements for dedicated
copper circuits to each City building for both dial tone and data and in fact, allow the City to offer all
data services over City-owned fiber. The City has in place and under contract the PRI circuits to be used for all trunking
into the new switch. If you have any questions concerning the above project, please call Michael Meister ~ 208-343-
4635),
consultant on the above project. You are certainly welcome to call me as well.
Mary Niichel
Central Services Administrator
319-356-5078
..... Original Message .....
From: Smith, Scot M. [mailto:smsmith~mcleodusa.com]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 2:58 PM
To: Council@iowa-city.org
Subject: Telecommunication SAVINGS
Dear council member,
About a year ago I was contacted by a consultant retained by Iowa City to
inventory all the telecommunication and data services and make recommendations
based on the findings. A sales engineer and myself met with the consultant at
the civic center to assist in the inventory. We toured the two equipment rooms
and obtained Qwest lec records. When we went to follow up with the consultant we
were informed the relationship had been severed.
In these days of economic uncertainty I know government bodies are constantly
exploring avenues to reduce expenses and this is where McLeodUSA can give some
assistance. Since we are a local, long distance, and data company we can show
overall savings on your telecommunication services while allowing you to enjoy a
state of the art network. Please let me know when we can spend some time
discussing this at greater lengths.
Eagerly awaiting your response,
Scot Smith
1814 Sterling CT
Iowa City, IA
319 358 2498 home
319 790 7826 office
7/24/02
-- 08-20-02
Thank you for your support of the 2002 Zowa City
4th of July Fir~woPks F~stiv~l. T~is 40+ y~r
tradition is an important symbol of pcid~ iff our
count~ and community. Zt is th~ ~sou~ces and
make this event happen, as well as encourages
efforts given by local businesses and ~¢sidents that
to participate in community betterment projects.
Your I¢odership is therefore, t~uly recognized.
The ~aycees look forward to I¢~din9 this ond other
¢wnts for the citizens of ~owo City in the years to
C0~¢.
08-20-02
O~jet lil~-so~ still da~,
C~oing l~o~te, but not away.
at this trying tirade..,
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From: Lisa Mollenhauer
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:15 PM
To: 'UAYGinny@aol.com'
Cc: Marian Karr; Dale Helling; Steve Atkins
Subject: RE: UAY Youth Center plans
Ginny:
The City Council will not receive their next packet of information until Thursday afternoon-after your preview. If you wish
to invite them, I suggest you call them at their homes. You can obtain phone numbers by clicking on the following link:
htt~oJIwww~icgov.orglcitycouncil.htm .
Have a nice afternoon.
Lisa
Lisa Mollenhauer
Administrative Assistant
to the City Manager
(319) 359-5010
..... Original Message .....
From: UAYGinny~aol.com [mailto:UAYGinny@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:11 PM
To: council~iowa-city.org
Subject: UAY Youth Center plans
dear councilpersons, UAY will be hosting a preview of the new Youth Center plans for the public and press
on thursday, 7/25 @ 10 am, 355 Iowa Avenue (Tower Place). hope you can join us! thanks for your support,
ginny naso associate director
7/22/02
City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: July 11, 2002
To: City Clerk
From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ~
Re: Item for August 20, 2002 City Council meeting: Installation of two NO PARKING
BETWEEN SIGNS signs on the north side of the alley between the Senior Center and
Tower Place
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action:
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(10), two NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS signs will be installed on
the north side of the alley between the Senior Center and Tower Place.
Comment:
These signs are being installed at the request of Ecumenical Towers to ensure that vehicles do
not park in the alley and block the elevator and stairway access to the Ecumenical Towers lower
level parking area in Tower Place.
Mgr\agenda\nopkgsig n doc
City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: July 22, 2002
To: City Clerk
From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ,~
Re: Item for August 20, 2002 City Council meeting: Removal of two existing bus stop
signs and installation of one new bus stop sign on Lakeside Drive
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City
Council of the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(19), two bus stop signs will be removed from Lakeside Drive
and one bus stop sign will be installed on Lakeside Drive at a new bus stop located
between Aster Avenue and Nevada Avenue.
Comment:
This action is being taken at the request of Iowa City Transit. A new bus shelter has been
placed on Lakeside Drive between Aster Avenue and Nevada Avenue. As a result, Iowa
City Transit would like to combine two existing bus stop locations into one and locate it at
the bus stop with the new shelter.
jcogt p/bp-itcom7-22-O2.doc
City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: July 31, 2002
To: City Clerk
From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ~
Re: Item for August 20, 2002 City Council Meeting: Installation of two NO PARKING
LOADING ZONE 30 MIN LIMIT ENFORCED MeN - FRI 8 AM - 5 PM signs on
the south side of Davenport Street
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of
the following action.
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(18), signs indicating NO PARKING LOADING ZONE 30 MIN
LIMIT ENFORCED MeN - FRI 8 AM - 5 PM will be installed on the south side of
Davenport Street
Comment:
This action is being taken at the request of the Emergency Housing Project located on the
southwest corner of Davenport Street and Gilbert Street. The loading zone will aid in the
drop off of donations to the Emergency Housing Project.
jw/merWbp-davenport.doc
August t5, 2002 FI
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Various Public Officials
Subject: Ron O~leil Memo Re Dane Road
There needs to be more clarification on the status of Dane Road than appears in Ron O'Neirs memo
of August 1, 2002, a copy of which I did not receive until August t 4, 2002. In sentence No 2 Ron
states that the FAA does allow for a read in the Runway Protection Zone if there are certain
clearances over the read. What are those clearances in regard to Dane Road?
Now there is to be 800 feet of concrete added to Runway 07. According to the 1996 Master Plan,
this figure was 660 feet. When was the extra 140 feet added? Ron states that there will be an extra
800 feet available for taking off to the west. This moans that no concrete will be eliminated from the
east end of Runway 25, just that the threshold will be displaced 800 feet. The east end of Runway
25 will still be within 100 feet of Riverside Drive. Why can't these same criteria be applied to the
west end of Runway 07, and Dane Road remain open?
It seems to mo that the City and County should recognize that Dane Road is a heavily traveled
integral part of the infrastructure, and should remain a through north-south road. Once this has
been established, the question to the FAA should be: "What are tho requirements for the airport in
order to keep Dane Road open?" Other questions need answers too, ie: Is it necessary to add 800
feet of concrete when no concrete is being ripped up? Is not runway 7-25 long enough now to
safely accomodate General Aviation traffic?
While there have been no written comments objecting to the closure of Dane Road at the airport
public hearings, Ron O'Neil knows that I have verbally objected to the plan ever since it was created
by the Iowa City Airport Commission. WriE~en objections have been filed at the public hearings for
Mormon Trek Extended. It does not take an engineer to recognize that different critirea are being
applied to Dane Road than to Riverside Drive.
The City has many needs more pressing than to continually ~nd an airport which has diminishing
returns and serves such a small segment of the population. The airport needs to listen to the
concerns of the public and co-exist to the benefit of the community. The City can no longer afford to
cater to every airport whim. Please start by keeping Dane Road openl
Respectfully submitted,
~ohn Dane
40g~ Dano Road ~
Iowa Ci~, IA 522~0
Memo
To: Ross Spitz
From: Ron O'Neil
Date: August 1,2002
Re: Dane Road
John Dane is incorrect when he states that Dane Road does not have to be dosed. The FAA does
allow for a road in the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) if there are certain clearances over the road.
The type of road determines what the clearance must be. Inside the RPZ is the Runway Obstacle Free
Area (ROFA). The only things allowed in the OFA are things that are fixed by function and are
necessary for aviation, such as runway lights or sigoage. The OFA is 400' wide on either side of the
runway centedine and extends 1000' out from the threshold of the runway. Dane Road, at its current
location, would run directly through the ROFA when the runway is extended.
One of the reasons 800' of concrete is being added to Runway 07 is because the runway needs to be
shifted 800' to the west in order to take Riverside Drive out of the OFA for Runway 25. The runway will
remain approximately the same distance from threshold to threshold, but there will be an additional 800'
available for taking off to the west. The east end of the runway, Runway 25, will then meet the FAA
criteria for safety zones. This will be safer for aircraft and for those on the ground.
Meeting the criteria for runway safety areas has been part of the Airport Master Plan since 1996.
Several public meetings and public headngs were conducted for the Master Plan and I do not recall any
written comments objecting to improving the safety zones at the Airport. Two mobile home parks were
purchased and the tenants relocated to accor~nmodato the safety irdprovements. An 8-acre parcel was
also purchased from John Dane as part of the RPZ and the OFA for Runway 07.
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Marian Karr
From: Michael Wright [michael-wright@uiowa.edu]
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 9:20 AM
To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org
Subject: Neighborhood Relations Task Force
Councilors:
The recemmendations/actlons from the Neighborhood Relations Task Force
whioh you
will be discussing this evening are important, by and large relatively
painless steps to
improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods. Certainly implementing
some of them
will involve spending money, and in some cases even adding staff. I
believe this would
be money well-spent.
In the comments before you this evening, two (nos. 5 and 11) make
recommendations
to post rental permits (5) and information packets (11) on the Web, rather
than relying on
a paper format. Please remember that while mounting a document on the Web
does make
it available, people then must be active information seekers to find
it. Most of us are
not active information seekers, but passive ones, and are more likely to
read a physically
posted rental permit or information packet than one we must retrieve from a
Web site.
Remember too that while many people use the Web as part of everyday life,
many do not.
Please do not substitute Web documents in these instances.
The issues of parking, over-occnpancy, and nuisance properties have come up
again
and again during the relatively short time I've lived in Iowa City, and I
am pleased to see
them beginning to be addressed. I thank each of you for your consideration
of the Task
Force recommendations.
Sincerely,
Michael Wright
815 Roosevelt St.
358-9344
August 18, 2002
City Council of Iowa City
410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, Iowa i'~,,' "' '
52240
Re: Terry Edwards et al. Traffic Stop Practices of the Iowa City Police Department:
April- December 31, 2001 (June 13, 2002)
Dear City Council Members:
The recently released study -- Terry Edwards et al. Traffic Stop Practices of the
Iowa City Police Department: April- December 31, 2001 (June 13, 2002) (hereinafter the
"study") is of interest to us professionally because a primary area of our research is the
use of statistical evidence to test the validity of claims of discrimination in the
administration of the criminal law. Our resumes, which document our experience in this
area, are attached) We routinely peer review for scholarly journals empirical studies that
are comparable to the Edwards et al. study of Iowa City police stops.
On the basis of its findings, the study states that the "data provide no empirical
evidence that the ICPD is systematically engaging in discriminatory stop practices." (p. 1)
The study implies that it has affirmatively established that there is, in fact, no racial
discrimination in Iowa City police stop practices. In addition, the study asserts that for
the purposes of future research, the racial distribution of auto stop data presented in the
report should "become the baseline from which to evaluate future practices" (p. 25).
It may well be that there is no systemic discrimination in Iowa City's auto stop
practices and we hope that this is the case. However, the study fails to establish that fact
and is incapable of answering the question one way or another. Obviously our critique of
the study is merely the opinion of two people. One way to resolve the esoteric
methodological issues that our critique raises is to get other opinions. We strongly
recommend that you send this report out for peer review by other scholars working in this
field.2
A. Two Decision Points
In considering what the study does and does not prove, its is useful to distinguish
between two parts of what the study refers to as "stop practices." They are shown in
Figure 1 attached to this letter. The first part, shown in Part I of Figure 1 is the decision
~ Professor Baldus' publications are on page 1-3 of his resume and Professor Woodworth's publications are
on pages 3-9 of his resume.
2 On a related issue, if the City supports more research on this issue, we suggest that it follow standard
practice on such matters and issue a request for proposals (RFP) and invite competitive bids from interested
researchers. Those proposals can then be peer reviewed before a contract to do the work is awarded by the
City.
to stop a motorist. The second part, which is shown in Part II of Figure 1, conSi~iS of a
series of decisions made after the stop is executed.
B. The Decision to Stop
The decision to stop is the principal decision of interest. TOt t6~t the eXtent to
which race may be a systemic factor in the exercise of officer discretion to stop motorists,
one would ideally have information on the racial characteristics of the people who were
not stopped. This would enable us to compare the racial composition of those stopped
with those who were not stopped/
When a database contains no information on the persons who were not stopped, as
is almost always the case, researchers look for a proxy population that will enable them
"to identify the racial distribution of stops that would exist in the absence of
discriminatory stop practices" (I).24). With such a population, one can compare, for
example, the percentage of blacks among those stopped with the percentage of those who
would have been stopped in the absence of discriminatory stop practices. The issue is
whether and how this proxy population should be identified. The authors of the study
(hereinafter the "authors") are of the opinion that the identification of this population is
"extremely, if not impossible, to measure" (p. 24) and that a "comparison to population
data is invalid" (p.25).
Instead the study asks whether, among the drivers who were stopped, there is an
association between the driver's race and whether they were stopped for a moving
violation. The study concludes that there is no evidence of "racial bias in drivers being
stopped for a moving violation"(p. 21).4 This is the sum and substance of the
"multivariate" results beating on the stop issue. The results fail to discount the
possibility of racial discrimination in the stops. They do not even address the question of
whether among all the persons stopped the proportion of minorities is higher or lower
than the proportion of minorities among all the drivers who could have been stopped but
were not. In short, the analysis is irrelevant to the issue of racial bias in the decision to
stop a motorist.
We agree that the identification of a compahson population raises a number of
interpretive issues and that such results must be viewed with caution. However, the use
of comparison populations is essential and unavoidable in this kind of research,
Researchers routinely compare the racial distribution of the stopped drivers with the
racial distribution of comparison populations and compute the disparities. For example,
in 1998, we conducted such an analysis of the Iowa City stop data that were available at
that time. Specifically, we compared the racial distribution of Iowa City and Johnson
3 Note that with respect to the post-stop decisions in Part II of Figure 1, we do have information that will
enable one to compare the racial composition of the two relevant groups, for example, those who were
searched and those who were not. This permits analyses of those decisions that is much more powerful
than what can be applied to the initial decision to stop a motorist.
4 The study reports that in this analysis race emerged as a third-order predictor" (among 18-30 year old
Iowa residents) (p. 21) but the details and possible implications of this finding are not reported. Good
practice calls for the presentation of the stahstical results for key analyses.
2
County residents with the racial distribution of persons stopped in Iowa Ci~tY! The results
are shown in Tables 1 and lA attached to this letter.
Table 1 presents the racial distribution of Iowa City residents l.gow A) and the
racial dlstnbubon of people stopped dunng the eight months in 1999~and 20Q0 'T, kl~
relevant companson ts between Row A, which presents the racial ~r~butlon 'of t692a~
City citizens, and the racial composition of the motorists stopped by the police, which is
shown in Rows B.1 and B. 2. The only column, in which the citizens stopped are over-
represented in Rows B. 1. and B.2., compared to Row A, is Column D. It indicates that
blacks constitute 2.5% of the population of the city, but represent 8-9% of the people
stopped.
Table lA focuses on the "rates" that citizens are stopped given their
representation in the City (Row B) and the County (Row C). Stop rates provide a more
sharply focused measure of the comparative risk that different members of the
community face of being stopped while driving in Iowa City. For example, Row A,
Column A indicates that 5,028 motorists were stopped during the period of this study.
Row B indicates that among the population of Iowa City, the stop rate was .08
(5028/60272). Column D indicates that blacks are the group most at risk of being
stopped. Specifically, the black-motorist stop rate is .30 if the comparison population is
Iowa City and .19 if the comparison population is Johnson County. These rates are from
3 to 4 times higher than the rates experienced by the other racial groups.
We do not suggest that these data constitute definitive evidence of discrimination
since the police practices may have changed since 1999. Moreover, the introduction of
controls for other motorist characteristics may reduce the magnitude of the black motorist
effects documented in Figures 1 and lA. However, we believe that the results presented
in these two figures clearly indicate that the authors, in spite of their skepticism about the
validity of analyses that involve comparison populations, should have included
comparison data in their report. They could then have explained the limitations of this
methodology and left it to City Council and the people of Iowa City to assess the validity
of the comparisonsfi
Furthermore, on the issue of stops, the raw data presented in the study raise
several questions that deserve exploration:
a. "Black and other" males are over-represented by about 25% among
drivers stopped in the 21- to 40-year old age range (Table 5, p.9). We would expect this
disparity to be even stronger among the males who were stopped. If racial profiling were
practiced, minorities in this age group, especially males, would be likely targets and
would be over-represented among the motorists who were stopped.
~ Indeed a comparison of the data in the study with comparable results from the earlier period may give the
community a sense of whether the system is improving.
3
b. Table 8, p. ll, indicates that the hours from midnight to 3:00 am
account for a disproportionate proportion of the stops. The racial distribut!,or/r, [~? [l~e
people stopped in this period deserves additional attention.
c. Table 14, page 15 indicates that "black and other" drivetgS~g? more
likely than whites to receive warnings. Other research on this issue indicates that when
racial profiling occurs and traffic stops of minorities are pretextual, the minorities
stopped are less likely to be cited or charged because there was no good cause for the
stop in the first place. In this regard, the racial distribution of the 431 persons against
whom "no action" was taken would be relevant.
C. The Post-Stop Decisions
Part II of Figure 1, which is attached to this letter, indicates the range of decisions
that may be made after a motorist has been stopped. The Edwards et al. study analyzes
thoroughly only two of those decisions - who received warnings and who received
citations (pp.22-23). It concludes that those inquiries detected no evidence of bias.
Because these are core findings, good practice calls for a report of the statistical models
and results of these analyses, which were not included in the study.
It is not clear from the report, why it does not focus as well on the following post-
stop decisions:
a. Other outcomes - such as arrest, field interview, and no action.
b. Searches - requested and conducted, as well as search type.
c. Property seizures.
d. Use of force.
The raw data raise questions about the post-stop decisions that, in our judgment,
are not answered satisfactorily.
The text on page 13 indicates that black drivers consented to searches at a higher
rate than whites (28% v. 23%). This resulted in blacks being over-represented (24%)
among the 83 consent searches compared to their representation (9%) among all persons
stopped (p.9).
Blacks were also over-represented (15%) among those searched "incident to
arrest" (Table 12, p.14).
In addition, other research indicates that the key decision is not the consensual
search itself but the request to conduct the search. When racial profiling is in place,
racial minorities are more likely to be asked if they will consent to a search. That
information is not presented in the report.
Blacks were also more likely to be arrested (13%) v. a 7% rate for whites and 6%
for others (p. 15).
Conclusion
First, the study's conclusion on the core issue of whether there is racial bias in
traffic stops is not supported by the evidence. It may well be that there is no bias and we
sincerely hope that this is the case. However, the limited scope of the methodology used
in this study cannot support the conclusion that there is no racial profiling in Iowa City
traffic stops. Moreover, the raw data presented in the report suggest further analysis is
needed on the basic stop issue.
Second, as for the issue of bias in post-stop decisions, the report only scratches
the surface of the issues that should have been addressed concerning post-stop searches,
arrests, use of force, property seizures, and final outcomes. In short, far more analysis is
required before this study can validly support a judgment about racial profiling in Iowa
City traffic stops.
If we were reviewing this study for a scholarly journal, we would recommend that
it be returned to the authors for a more thorough consideration of their methodology and
a more systematic analysis of all of the issues that the data permit them to present. It
might also be advisable in any areas that appear to be problematic to conduct follow up
research involving a consideration of the evidence and final disposition of specific cases
and the collection of questionnaires from a sample of motorists who were stopped.
Sincerely yours,
David C. Baldus George Woodworth
34 Seventh Ave. North 14 West View Acres
5
FIGURE 1 DECISION-MAKING IN TRAFFIC STOP PRACTICES: IOWA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT: APRIL - DECEMBER, 2001
Part I: The Decision to Stop a Motorist
YES NO
n = 9,702 n = ?
1
Reasons for
the Stops
--Moving Violation: 69%
--Equipment Registration Violation: 26%
-- Other: 6%
Part II: Post-Stop Decision Making
9702 Stops
Search IPropeny I [F°rcell II
Request ~ Used Outcome
Yes: Yes: Yes I INo I
Vehicle Person -- Arrest
· ~...~/ --Alcohol IPassenger Il D~ver I
Weapons -- Warning
[ Search C°nducted I --Currency
[ --Field
I [ I I --Narcotics Interview
Consent Officer Incident Probable -- Evidence
Safety to Arrest Cause -- Other -No Action
TABLE 1
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION OF lO\VA CITY AND TRAFFIC STOP BY IOWA CITY POLICE FROM $/1/99 TO 4/10/00 (^) BE~ WEEN
'111E HOtRS OF ] 1:00 P.M, ,\ND 7:00 A.M. AND (B) OVER 24 HOURS E~CH DAY CON I ROLLING FOR THE R:\(E AND ETI ]NICFIY OF THE
DRIVER
, : 1i~4/CE 2~ZgD ~ICITY OF THE I)RIVE~;:
~, ~ G D E F
All White Asian Black ] Hispanic Other(Arabs
Citizens & Mid-
Easterners)
A. Iowa City Citizens~ 100% 90% 5.0% 2.5% 1.5% UK
(60,272) (54,575) (3,290) (1,492) (915) UK
B. Police Traffic Stops
1. Over 24 bouts each da),' 100% 85% 3% $% 2% 1%
(11,683) I (10,029) I (36s) I (925) (230) J (13!_)
2. Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. 100% [ 84% i 4% 9% 2% ! 1%3
(5,011) (4,217) [ (197) I (454) (94) (49)
~ !oxxa Cit3's Populauon Data m 199o
TABLE IA
TRAFFIC STOPS BY IOWA CITY POLICE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 P.M. AND 7:00 A.M.,
CONTROLLING FOR THE RACE AND ETHNICITY OF THE DRIVER: 8/1/99-4/10/2000
RACE AND ETHNICITY OF THE DR1VER
A C D E F
All White Asian Black Hispanic Other (Arabs &
Citizens Mid-Eastern)
A. Number of Stops 5028 4217 197 454 94 49
B. Traffic Stop Rates Based on Iowa City
Population
1. Rates (Number Stops/Number of Citizens) .08 .08 .06 .30a .10 ?
2. Iowa City Populations 60,272 54,575 3290 1492 915 ?
C. Traffic Sto~ Rates Based on Johnson County
Population
1. Rates (Number Stops/Number of Citizens) .05 .04 .04 .193 .04
2. Johnson county Populations 103,709 93,880 5060 2443 2326
~ Iowa City's population data are 1990.
2 Johnson County population data are 1996.
a The stop rate for whites, Asians and Hispanics as a group is . The difference between that rate and the stop rate for blacks is statistically significant beyond
the .0001 level. Specifically the disparity is significant at the IE-20 level.
DAVID C. BALDUS ', ~,~lu~V~a~4~002
Joseph B. Tye Professor, University of Iowa College of Law · Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1113
Ph: 319/335-9012 - Fax: 319/335-9098 - lnternet: david-baldus~uiowa.edu (~ii : ~ ~ i ~ ,
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW, IOWA CITY, IOWA
Joseph B. Tye Professor, 1983 - Present
Professor, 1972-83
Associate Professor, 1969-71
Subjects: Criminal Law, Anti-discrimination Law, Capital Punishment, Federal Criminal
Law, and Admiralty
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
Professor and Director, 1981-82
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Director, Law and Social Sciences Program, 1975-76
PRE-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Delegate, 1967-68
GENERAL PRACTICE OF LAW, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1964-68
U.S. ARMY/ARMY SECURITY AGENCY (ASA)
Lieutenant, 1958-59
EDUCATION
YALE LAW SCHOOL
LL.M., 1969- LL.B., 1964
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
M.A., 1962 (Political Science)
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
A.B., 1957 (Government Major)
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Statistical Proof of Discrimination, 386 pages, Shepards-McGraw Hill (1980) (with James
W. Cole).
Annual Supplement, Statistical Proof of Discrimination (1981), (1982), (1983), (1984),
(1985), (1986), and (1987) (with James W. Cole).
-!! ~-~
Equal Justice and the Death Penalty: A Legal and Empirical Anatvs'is} 698' pages,
Northeastern University Press (1990) (with G. Woodworth & C. pu.l~sl~i).,
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ARTICLES~ BOOK CHAPTERS & REPORTS ~.'
£
Competence to Terminate Concession Agreements with A!i~'9~'~,~3:~Ofi~cl~¥)'l~;~~
56-97 (1964).
"Pennsylvania's Proposed Film Censorship Law - House Bill I098," 4 Duquesne L. Rev.
429-40 (1966).
"Welfare As A Loan: An Empirical Study of the Recovery of Public Assistance Payments
in the United States," 25 Stanford L. Rev. 123-250 (1973).
"A Model Statute for the Regulation of Abandoned Railroad Rights of Way" in Re-Use
Planning for Abandoned Transportation Properties, Final Report to DOT. 109-25 (K.
Deuker and R. Zimmerman eds. 1975) (with S. Grow).
"A Comparison of the Work of Thorsten Sellin and Isaac Ehrlich on the Deterrent Effect
of Capital Punishment," 85 Yale. L. J. 170-86 (1976) (with J. Cole).
"Quantitative Proof of Intentional Discrimination," 1 Evaluation Quarterly 53-85 (1977)
(with J. Cole).
"Statistical Modeling to Support a Claim of Intentional Discrimination," Am. Statistical
Assn., Proceedings of the Soc. Stat. Sec. Part I pp. 465-70 (1977) (junior author with J.
Cole).
Quant~tattve Methods for Judgmg the Comparative Excesstveness of Death Sentences in
The Use~Nonuse?Misues of Applied Social Research in the Court: Conference
Proceedings, 83-94 (M. Saks & C. Baron eds. 1980).
"Identifying Comparatively Excessive Sentences of Death," 33 Stan. L. Rev. 601-77
(1980) (with C. Pulaski, G. Woodworth, and F. Kyle).
"Comparative Review of Death Sentences: An Empirical Study of the Georgia
Experience," 74 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 661-753 (1983) (with C. Pulaski & G.
Woodworth).
"Monitoring and Evaluating Contemporary Death Sentencing Systems: Lessons From
Georgia," 18 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1375-1407 (1985) (with C. Pulaski & G. Woodworth).
"Arbitrariness and Discrimination in the Administration of the Death Penalty: A
Challenge to State Supreme Courts," 15 Stetson L. Rev. 133-261 (1986) (with C. Pulaski
and G. Woodworth).
"Law and Statistics in Conflict: Reflections on McCleskev v. Kemp," in Handbook on
Psychology and Law 251-73 (D. Kagehiro & W. Laufer eds. 199I) (with G. Woodworth &
C. Pulaski).
Race Dtscnrmnat~on and the Death Penalty, tn Oxford Compamon to the Supreme Court of
the United States 705-07 (K. Hall ed. 1991) (with C. Pulaski and G. Woodwo~h).
Death Penalty Proportionality Review Project: Final Report to The New Jersey Supreme
Court, 120 pages plus 200+ pages of tables and appendices, (September 24, 1991)
['-I ;'-C~'
State v. Robert Marshall; Report to the New Jersey Supreme Court, 80 page~ (sePtember 24,
1991).
"Proportionality Review of Death Sentences: The View of the Special Master," 6 Chance
18-27 (Summer 1993) (with G. Woodworth). 5'" i i.' '
"Reflections on the 'Inevitability' of Racial Discrimination in Captt~l SePte~e{ng and
'Impossibility' of its Prevention, Detection, and Correction," 51 Wash & Lee L. Rev. 419-
79 (1994) (with G. Woodworth and C. Pulaski).
"Improving Judicial Oversight of Jury Damage Assessments: A Proposal for the
Comparative Addimr/Remittitur Review of Awards for Nonpecuniary Harms and Punitive
Damages," 80 Iowa L. Rev. 1109-1267 (1995) (with J. MacQueen & G. Woodworth).
Keynote Address: "The Death Penalty Dialogue Between Law and Social Science." 70
Ind. U. L. Rev. 1033- 41 (1995).
"Additur/Remittimr Review: An Empirically Based Methodology for the Comparative
Review of General Damages Awards for Pain, Suffering, and Loss of Enjoyment of Life,"
(with G. Woodworth and J. MacQueen) in Reforming the Civil Justice System, 386-415
(Likamer, ed. 1996).
"When Symbols Clash: Reflections on the Future of the Comparative Proportionality
Review of Death Sentences," 26 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1582-1606 (1996).
"Race Discrimination in America's Capital Punishment System Since Furman v. Georgia
(1972): the evidence of race disparities and the record of our courts and legislature in
addressing the issue," Report to A.B.A. Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
(7/25/97) (19 pages) (with G. Woodworth).
"Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury and Bum Patients in the Civil Justice System: The
Prevalence and Impact of Psychiatric Symptomatology," 26 J .Am. Acad. Psychiatry L.
247-58 (1998) (junior author with J. Max et al.)
"Race Discrimination and the Death Penalty: An Empirical and Legal Overview" (with G.
Woodworth) in America's Experiment with Capital Punishment) 385-416 (J. Acker et al,
eds. 1998).
"Race Discrimination and the Death Penalty in the Post Furman Era: An Empirical and
Legal Overview, With Recent Findings From Philadelphia," 83 Comell L. Rev. 1638-1770
(1998) (with G. Woodworth et al.).
"The Use of Peremptory Challenges in Capital Murder Trials: A Legal and Empirical
Analysis," 3 U. Penn. J. of Constitutional Law 3-170 (2000) (with G. Woodworth et al,)
"Disposition Of Nebraska Capital and Non-Capital Homicide Cases (1973-1999): A Legal
and Empirical Analysis: Report to the Nebraska Commission on Criminal Justice and Law
Enforcement" (October 10, 2001), 120 pages (with G. Woodworth et al.) (forthcoming in
the University of Nebraska Law Review).
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"D. Chambers, Making Fathers Pay," 78 Mich. L. Rev. 750 (1980).
M. O. Finkelstein, Quantitative Methods in Law & W. Fairtey & F. Mosteller, Statistics
and Public Policy, 1980 Am. Bar. Found. R. J. 409.
3
"W. White, The Death Penalty in the Eighties" & "H. Bedau, Death is Different," 1 Crim.
L. Forum 185 (1989) (with G. Woodworth & C. Pulaski) ...... ;~ :~;' lq~ ~i~ d.' ~ 9,
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"Arbitrariness and Discrimination in Capital Sentencing: A Challenge For Presented State
Supreme Courts," Stetson Law School, March 1985.
"Arbitrariness and Discrimination in Capital Sentencing: The Georgia Experience,"
Fortunoff Criminal Justice Colloquium, N.Y.U. Law School, May 1985.
"Statistical Proof in Employment Discrimination Litigation: An Overview", State of
Washington Judicial Conference, Tacoma, Washington, August, 1985.
"Arbitrariness and Discrimination in Capital Sentencing" Symposium on Capital
Pumshment, Columbia Law School, December 1985.
"Capital Punishment -- A Tragic Choice?" Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
April 1986.
"Consistency and Evenhandedness in Federal Death Sentencing Under Proposed
Legislation," testimony before House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Washington, D.C.,
May 1986.
"The Impact of Prosecutional Discretion on Arbitrariness and Discrimination," American
Criminology Society, Atlanta, GA, November 1986.
"Death Penalty Cases: The Role of Empirical Data," National Judicial College of San
Diego, February 10, 1987.
"Individual Rights and the Constitution: Issues and Trends in the Death Penalty,"
Controversy & The Constitution Conference, Ames, Iowa, February 12, 1987.
"Equal Justice in Proposed Federal Death-Sentencing Legislation: lessons from the states,"
Testimony before the United States Sentencing Commission, Hearing on the
Commission's responsibility regarding promulgation of sentencing guidelines for federal
capital offenses, Washington, D.C., February 17, 1987.
"Usable Knowledge from the Social Sciences: A Lawyer's Perspective," University of
Nebraska College of Law, April 10, 1987.
"Equal Justice and the Death Penalty: Some Empirical Evidence," University of Nebraska
College of Law, April 10, 1987.
"McCleskey v. Kemp: A methodological critique," Law and Society Association,
Washington, D.C., June 12, 1987.
"Law and Statistics in Conflict: Reflections on McCleskey v. Kemp," University of Bristol
(March 4, 1988), University of Durham (March 16, 1988), Hebrew University (April 17,
1988), University of Reading (May 6, 1988), University of Oxford (May 27, 1988).
4
"Arbitrariness and Discrimination in the Imposition of the Deatl~ P~nalkyi'i Testimony
before Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, D.C., October 2, 1989.
"Arbitrariness and Racial Discrimination in Post-Furman Death Sentencing: Implications
for the Racial Justice Act and Proposed Federal Death-PenaltyrLegislatiqnd"T~stimony
before the Const~tuttonal and Ctwl R~ghts Subcornrmi~ee, ,H~9~ }ttdic~ary-~ttee,
Washington, D.C., May 3, 1990.
"The Proportionality Review of Death Sentence: New Jersey's Options," New Jersey Bar
Assembly, Headquarters, New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 23, 1992.
"Proportionality Review of Death Sentences: New Jersey's Options," Law and Society
Association, Philadelphia, May 24, 1992.
"Regulating the Quantum of Damages for Personal Injuries through Enhanced Additur-
Remittitur Review," Law and Society Association, Philadelphia, May 28, 1992.
"Proportionality Review of Death Sentences" & "Race Discrinfination in the Use of the
Death Penalty," University of Michigan Law School, January 1993.
"Reflections on the Reinstatement of the Death Penalty in Iowa," Public Lecture, Coe
College, April 1993.
"Discretion and Disparity in the Administration of the Death Penalty" & "Racial and
Ethnic Bias in the Criminal Law: Some Trends and Prospects," AALS Workshop on
Criminal Law, Washington, D.C., October 29 & 30, 1993.
"Improving Judicial Oversight of Jury Damages Assessments: A Proposal for the
Comparative Additur/Remitfimr Review of Awards for non-pecuniary harms and punitive
damages," Conference of Chief Justices, Williamsburg, Virginia, January 1993;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Medical School, February, 1993; Conference
on Civil Justice Reform, NYU Law School, October 1993.
"Racial Discrimination in Capital Sentencing: Reflections on its Inevitability and the
Impossibility of its Prevention and Cure," Symposium on Racism in the Criminal Law,
Washington and Lee Law School, March 11, 1994.
"Racial Discrimination in Mortgage Lending," Department of Housing and Urban
Development, January 19, 1994.
"The Death Penalty Dialogue Between Law and Social Science," Keynote Address,
Symposium, Capital Jury Project, Indiana Law School, February 24, 1995.
"Reflections on the Failure to Reinstate the Death Penalty in Iowa" & "Claims of
Arbitrariness and Discrimination Under State Law; recent trends." Legal Defense Fund
Annual Conference on the Death Penalty, Airlie House, Virginia, July 28 & 29, 1995.
"Statistical Approaches to Title VII Discrimination Claims" Defense Lawyers Association,
Des Moines, September 1995.
"The Marshall Hypothesis Revisited," University of Pittsburgh Law School, October 1995.
"When Symbols Clash, Reflections of Proportionality Review, Death Sentences,"
Luncheon speaker, Death Penalty Conference, Seton Hall Law School, Nov. 2, 1995.
"Law As Symbol: explaining the uses of the death penalty in Amenca,~' DePaul Law
School, Chicago, January 1996; Northwestern Law School, March 1996.
"Post-McCleskey Discrimination Claims: Law, Proof and Possththtles, Plenary Session,
Legal Defense Fund Annual Conference on the Death Penalty, Georg~t(3wn Universit,J,
July26,1996. '~.[] I [i
"Preliminary Finding from the Pennsylvania Capital Charging and Sentencing Study" and
"Law As Symbol," American Criminology Society, November 1996.
"The Death Penalty and How It Might Affect the Iowa Practitioner," Iowa Bar Association
Criminal Law Seminar, Des Moines, March 21, 1997.
"Race Discrimination and the Death Penalty: Recent Findings from Philadelphia" Plenary
Session, Legal Defense Fund Annual Conference on the Death Penalty, Airlie House,
Virginia, July 1997; Death Penalty Symposium; Cornell Law School March 1998;
American Society of Criminology, Washington D.C. November 1998.
"The Death Penalty for Iowa: What Would It Bring," testimony before the Iowa House
Judiciary Comrmtte¢, March 1998.
"Race Discrimination and the Proportionality Review of Death Sentences," Yale Law
School, March 1998; St. John's Law School, March 1999.
"The Use of Peremptor~ Challenges in Capital Murder Trials: A Legal and Empirical
Analysis," Research Club, University of Iowa, December 17, 1999; Center for Socio-
Legal Studies, University of Iowa, January 21, 2000; "Race, Crime, and the Constitution
Symposium," University of Pennsylvania Law School, January 29, 2000; Law Dept.,
Erlangen University, Erlangen, Germany, July 18, 2000.
"Raee Discrimination in the Administration of the Death Penalty," Senate Judiciary
Committee, Pennsylvania Legislature, Harrisburg, Pa., January 22, 2000; The Governor's
Race and the Death Penalty Task Force, Tallahassee, Florida, March 30, 2000.
"Reflections on the Use of Capital Punishment in Europe and the United States," Political
Science Dept., Erlangen University, Erlangen, Germany, July 17, 2000.
"Race Discrimination in the Administration of the Death Penalty: Current Concerns and
Possible Strategies for Addressing the Issue During a Moratorium on Execution," ABA's
Call to Action: A Moratorium on Executions, ABA Conference, Carter Center, Atlanta,
Georgia, October 12, 2001.
"Race and Gender Disparities in the Administration of the Death Penalty: Recent Finding
From Philadelphia and Legislative and Judicial Strategies to Reduce Race and Gender
Effects," Pennsylvania Supreme Corot Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the
Justice System, Philadelphia, Pa. December 6, 2000.
"Race Discrimination in the Administration of the Death Penalty," Death Penalty
Symposium, NYU Law School, March 29, 2001.
"Reflections on the Use of the Death Penalty in Europe and the United States," Capital
Punishment Symposium, Ohio State Law School, March 31,2001.
"Arbitrariness and Discrimination in the Administration of the Death Penalty: the
Nebraska Experience," Judiciary CormTattee, Nebraska Legislature, October 18, 2001;
University of Nebraska Law School, February 22, 2002.
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MISCELLANEOUS ,.al~ ~ ~ ~ L:~ 4\
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Member: American Bar Association; American Law Institute; American Society of
Criminology; Law and Society Association.
Board of Editors: Evaluation Quarterly (1976-79); Law & Policy Quarterly (1978-79);
Law and Human Behavior (1984-); Psychology, Public Policy and Law (1994-).
Board of Trustees, Law and Society Association (1992-94).
Grant Recipient, N.S.F. Law and Social Science Program
1974-75 --"Quantitative Proof of Discrimination."
Invited Participant, N.S.F. Sponsored Conference on the Use of Scientific Evidence in
Judicial Proceedings, November 1977.
Invited Participant, ABA--AAAS Conference on Cross Education of Lawyers and
Scientists, Airlie House, Virginia, May 1978.
Reporter, Roscoe Pound Am. Tr. Lawyers Foundation Conf. On Capital Punishment,
Harvard University, June 1980.
Grant Recipient, National Institute of Justice, 1980-81, "The Impact of Procedural Reform
on Capital Sentencing: the Georgia Experience."
Consultant, Delaware Supreme Court, April 1981 and South Dakota Supreme Court,
November 1981, on the proportionality review of death sentences.
Member, Special Committee of the Association of the Bar of New York on Empirical Data
in Legal Decision Making and the Judicial Management of Large Data Sets (1980-82).
Grant Recipient, NSF Law & Social Science Program. "A Longitudinal Study of
Homicide Case Processing" (1983).
Consultant, National Center for State Courts project on the proportionality review of death
sentences (1982-84).
Expert witness in McCleskey v. Kemp, 105 S.Ct. 1756 (1987), a capital case challenging
the constitutionality of Georgia's capital sentence process.
Recipient, Law and Society Association's Harry Kalven Prize for Distinguished
Scholarship in Law and Society (with G. Woodworth & C. Pulaski) for our capital
punishment research ( June 11, 1987).
Grant recipient, State Justice Institute, 1988-1992, "Judicial Management of Judicial
Awards for Noneconomic and Punitive Damages" (with Dr. J. MacQueen & J. Gittler).
Special Master for Proportionality Review of Death Sentences for the New Jersey
Supreme Court: 1988-91.
Member, AALS Committee on Curnculum and Research (1994-97).
Recipient, "Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service to the University of
Iowa", October 1996.
Recipiem, "Award For Faculty Excellence," Board of Regents, State of Iowa, October 18,
2000.
Grant recipient, Nebraska Crime Commission, "The Disposition of Nebraska Homicide
Cases (1973-1999)" (2000)
Member, AAUP, Iowa Chapter (1969-~, Member, Executive Board (1992- ),
Member Committee A (1985-~
GEORGE WOODWORTH
CURR/CULUMVITAE ~f~; l~; Ii'i 2: ~c~
August, 2002
Address:
George Woodworth
Department of Statistics FAX: 319-335-3017
and Actuarial Science Voice: 319-335-0816
241 SH Home: 319-337-2000
University of Iowa Internet: George-Woodworth~uiowa.edu
Iowa City, IA 52242
Personal Data:
Bom: May 29, 1940, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Marital Status: Mamed with two children
Education:
B.A. Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1962
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1966
Employment:
Instructor, Department of Statistics, University of Minnesota, 1965-66.
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Stanford University, 1966-71.
,~ssistent (Visiting Assistant Professor), Department of Mathematical Statistics, Lurid Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden, 1970-71 (on leave from Stanford).
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1971- 1996.
Associate Director, Director (1973-1980), Acting Director (1982-3), Adviser (1984-present):
University of Iowa Statistical Consulting Center.
Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, 1990-1996.
Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Iowa, 1996-.
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Iowa 1996-.
Research Interests:
Bayesian Inference
Statistical Computing
Applications of Statistics in Biomedical Science, Behavioral Science, and Law and Justice
Multivariate Analysis and Discrete Multivariate Analysis
Choice Modeling
Longitudinal Data
Dissertations Supervised: ~
Stanford University Ph.D.: ii ~ ~i ~ I~ I ti 5:
1. Reading, James (1970). "A Multiple Comparison Procedure for Classifying All Pairs out ofk
Means as Close or Distant" ~'
2. Withers, Christopher Stroude (1971). "Power and Efficiency of a Class ~bfX3oodness af Fit~ ~ ,fa
Tests."
3. Rogers, Warren (1971). "Exact Null Distributions and Asymptotic Expansions for Rank Test
Statistics."
University of Iowa, Ph.D.:
4. Huang, Yih-Min (1974). "Statistical Methods for Analyzing the Effect of Work-Group Size
Upon Performance."
5. Scott, Robert C. (1975). "Smear and Sweep: a Method of Forming Indices for Use in Testing
in Non-Linear Systems."
6. Hoffman, Lorrie Lawrence (1981). "Missing Data in Growth Curves."
7. Patterson, David Austin (1984). "Three-Population Partial Discrimination."
8. Mori, Motomi (1989). "Analysis of Incomplete Longitudinal Data in the Presence of
Informative Right Censoring." (Biostatistics, joint with Robert Woolson)
9. Galbiati-Riesco, Jorge Mauricio (1990), "Estimation of Choice Models Under
Endogenous/Exogenous Stratification."
10. Shin, Mi-Young (1993). "Consistent Covariance Estimation for Stratified Prospective and
Case-Control Logistic Regression."
11. Lian, Ie-Bin (1993). "The Impact of Variable Selection Procedures on Inference for a
Forced-in Variable in Linear and Logistic Regression."
12. Nunez Anton, Vicente A. (1993). "Analysis of Longitudinal Data with Unequally Spaced
Observations and Time Dependent Correlated Errors."
13. Bosch, Ronald J. (1993). "Quantile Regression with Smoothing Splines."
14. Samawi, Hani Michel (1994). "Power Estimation for Two-Sample Tests Using Importance
and Antithetic Resampling." (Biostatistics, joint with Jon Lemke)
15. Chen, Hungta (1995). "Analysis of Irregularly Spaced Longitudinal Data Using a Kernel
Smoothing Approach." (Biostatistics)
16. Nichols, Sara (2000). "Logistic Ridge Regression." (Biostatistics)
17. Dehkordi, Farideh Hosseini (2001). "Smoothness Priors for Longitudinal Covariance
Functions." (Biostatistics)
University of Iowa, MS:
18. Juang, Cinfei (I 993). "A Comparison of Ordinary Least Squares and Missing Information
Estimates for Incomplete Block Data."
19. Wu, Chia-Chen (1993). "Time Series Methods in the Analysis of Automatically Recorded
Behavioral Data."
20. Peng, Ying (1995). "A Comparison of Chi-Square and Normal Confidence Intervals for
Variance Components Estimated by Maximum Likelihood."
21. Wu, Li-Wei (1996). "CART Analysis of the Georgia Charging and Sentencing Study."
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22. Meyers,Troy (2000) "Bias Correction for Single-Subject Information ' ~ "-; ;
Audiological Testing." ~ ~
Publications
Refereed Publications: ~'' , r,
1. Savage, I.R., Sobel, M., Woodworth, G.G. (1966), "Fine Structure ofth~'Ord~nng 0f. :',. ,,'
Probabilities of Rank Orders in the Two Sample Case," dnnals of Mathematical Statistics,
37, 98-112.
2. Basu, A.P., Woodworth, G.G. (1967), "A Note on Nonparametric Tests for Scale," Annals
of Mathematical Statistics, 38, 274-277.
3. Rizvi, M.M., Sobel, M., Woodworth, G.G. (1968), "Non-parametric Ranking Procedures
for Comparison with a Control," Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 39,2075-2093.
4.Woodworth, G.G. (1970), "Large Deviations, Bahadur Efficiency of Linear Rank
Statistics," Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 41,251-183.
5. Rizvi, M.H., Woodworth, G.G. (1970), "On Selection Procedures Based on Ranks:
Counterexamples Concerning Least Favorable Configurations," Annals of Mathematical
Statistics, 41, 1942-1951.
6. Woodworth, G.G. (1976), "t for Two: Preposterior Analysis for Two Decision Makers:
Interval Estimates for the Mean," The American Statistician, 30, 168-171.
7. Hay, J.G., Wilson, B.D., Dapena, J., Woodworth, G,G. (1977), "A Computational
Teclmique to Determine the Angular Momentum of a Human Body," J. Biomechanics, 1 O,
269-277.
8. Woodworth, G.G. (1979), "Bayesian Full Rank MANOVA/MANCOVA: An Intermediate
Exposition with Interactive Computer Examples," Journal of Educational Statistics, 4(4),
357-404.
9. Baldus, DC., Pulaski, C.A., Woodworth, G.G., Kyle, F. (1980), "Identifying
Comparatively Excessive Sentences of Death: A Quantitative Approach," Stanford Law
Review, 33(1),1-74.
10. Louviere, J.J., Henley, D.H., Woodworth, G.G., Meyer, J.R., Levin, I. P., Stoner, J.W.,
Curry, D., Anderson D.A. (1981), "Laboratory Simulation vs. Revealed Preference
Methods for Estimating Travel Demand Models: An Empirical Comparison,"
Transportation Research Record, 797, 42~50.
11. Baldus, D.C., Pulaski, C.A., Woodworth, G.G. (1983), "Comparative Review of Death
Sentences: An Empirical Study of the Georgia Experience," The Journal of Criminal Law
and Criminology, 74(3), 661-753.
12. Louviere, J.J., Woodworth, G.G. (1983), "Design and Analysis of Simulated Consumer
Choice of Allocation Experiments: An Approach Based on Aggregate Data," Journal of
Marketing Research, XX, 350-367.
13. Baldus, D.C., Pulaski, C.A., Woodworth, G.G. (1986), "Monitoring and Evaluating
Contemporary Death Sentencing Systems: Lessons from Georgia," U.C. Davis Law Review,
18(4), 1375-1407.
14. Baldus, D.C., Pulaski, C.A., Woodworth, G.G. (1986), "Arbitrariness and Discrimination
in the Administration of the Death Penalty: A Challenge to State Supreme Courts," Stetson
Law Review, XV(2), 133-261.
15. Bober, T., Putnam, C.A., Woodworth, G.G. (1987), "Factors Influencing the Angular
Velocity of a Human Limb Segment," Journal of Biomechanics, 20(5), 511-521.
16. Gantz, B.J., Tyler, R.S., Knutson, J.F., Woodworth, G.G., Abbas, P., McCabe, B(F.,[-
Hinrichs, J., Tye-Murray, N., Lansing, C., Kuk, F., Brown, C. (1988), "Evaluation of Five
Different Cochlear Implant Designs: Audiologic Assessment and Predic[~s?o¥
Performance," Laryngoscope, 98(10), 1100-6.
17. Tye-Murray, N., Woodworth, G.G. (1989), "The Influence of Final Syllable2~bsition.oa,
the Vowel and Word Duration of Deaf Talkers," Journal of the Acoustic~d~i~ty'of~
America, 85,313-321.
18. Baker, R.G., Van Nest, J., Woodworth, G.G. (1989), "Dissimilarity Coefficients for Fossil
Pollen Spectra from Iowa and Western Illinois During the Last 30,000 Years," Palynology,
13, 63-77.
19. Shymansky, J.A., Hedges, L.V., Woodworth, G.G. (1990), "A Reassessment of the Effects
of 60's Science Curricula on Student Performance," Journal of Research in Science
Teaching, 27(2), 127-144.
20. Tye-Murray, N., Purdy, S., Woodworth, G.G., Tyler, R.S. (1990), "Effect of Repair
Strategies on Visual Identification of Sentences," Journal of Speech andHearing
Disorders, 55,621-627.
21. Cadoret, R.C., Troughton, E.P., Bagford, J.A., Woodworth, G.G. (1990), "Genetic and
Environmental Factors in Adoptee Antisocial Personality," European Archives of
Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences, 239(4), 231-240.
22. Chakraborty, G., Woodworth, G.G., Gaeth, G.J., Ettenson, R. (1991), "Screening for
Interactions Between Design Factors and Demographics in Choice-Based Conjoint,"
dournal of Business Research, 23(3), 219-238.
23. Kochar, S.C., Woodworth, G.G. (1991). "Rank order Probabilities for the Dispersion
Problem," Statistics & Probability Letters, 14(4), 203-208.
24. Knutson, J.F., Hinrichs, J.V., Tyler, R.S., Gantz, B.J., Schartz, H.A., Woodworth, G.G.
(1991), "Psychological Predictors of Audiological Outcomes of Multichannel Cochlear
Implants: Preliminary Findings," Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 100(10),
817-822.
25. Knutson, J.F., Schartz, H.A., Gantz, B.J., Tyler, R.S., Hinrichs, J.V., Woodworth, G.G.
(1991), "Psychological Change Following 18 Months of Cochlear Implant Use," Annals of
Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 100(11), 877-882.
26. Kirby, R.F., Woodworth, C.H., Woodworth G.G., Johnson, A.K. (1991), "Beta-2
Adrenoceptor Mediated Vasodilation: Role in Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Stressors
in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats," Clin. and Exper. Hypertension.- Part A, Theory and
Practice, 13(5), 1059-1068.
27. Tye-Murray, N., Tyler, R.S., Woodworth, G.G., Gantz, B.J. (1992), "Performance over
Time with a Nucleus or Ineraid Cochlear Implant," Ear and Hearing, 13,200-209.
28. Tye-Murray, N., Purdy, S.C., Woodworth, G.G. (1992), "Reported Use of Communication
Strategies by SHHH Members: Client, Talker, and Situational Variables," Journal of
Speech & Hearing Research, 35(3), 708-717.
29. Mori, M., Woodworth, G.G., Woolson, R.F. (1992), "Application of Empirical Bayes
Inference to Estimation of Rate of Change in the Presence of Informative Right Censoring,"
Statistics in Medicine, 11,621-631.
30. Shymansky, J.A., Woodworth, G.G., Norman, O., Dunkhase, J., Matthews, C., Lift, Cfi.,
(1993), "A Study of Changes in Middle School Teachers' Understanding of Selected Ideas
in Science as a Function of an In-Service Program Focusing on Student Pr~bffi~t~obg"
Res. in Science Teaching, 30, 737-755.
31. Wallace, R.B., Ross, J.E., Huston, J.C., Kundel, C., Woodworth, G.G. (1993), ~iOwa
FICSIT Trial: The Feasibility of Elderly Wearing a Hip Joint Protective Ga~[~/~;lo
Hip Fractures," d~ Am. Geriatr. Soc., 41(3), 338-340.
32. Gantz, B.J., Woodworth, G.G., Knutson, J. F., Abbas, P.J., Tyler, R.S. (1993),
"Multivariate Predictors of Success with Cochlear Implants," Advances in Oto-Rhino-
Laryngology, 48, 153-67.
33. Mori, M., Woolson, R.F., Woodworth, G.G. (1994), "Slope Estimation in the Presence of
Informative Right Censoring: Modeling the Number of Observations as a Geometric
Random Variable," Biometrics, 50(1), 39-50.
34. Nunez-Anton, V., Woodworth, G.G. (1994), "Analysis of Longitudinal Data with
Unequally Spaced Observations and Time Dependent Correlated Errors," Biometrics,
50(2), 445-456.
35. Baldus, D.C., Woodworth, G.G., Pulaski, C.A. (1994), "Reflections on the Inevitability of
Racial Discrimination in Capital Sentencing and the Impossibility of Its Prevention,
Detection, and Correction," Washington and £ee Law Review, 51(2), 359-430.
36. Cutrona, C.E., Cadoret, R.J., Suhr, J.A., Richards, C.C., Troughton, E. Schntte, K.,
Woodworth, G. G. (1994), "Interpersonal Variables in the Prediction of Alcoholism
Among Adoptees: Evidence for Gene-Environment Interactions," Comprehensive
Psychiatry, 35(3), 171-9.
37. De Fillippo, C.L., Lansing, C.R., Elfenbein, J.L., Kallaus-Gay, A., Woodworth, G.G.
(1994), "Adjusting Tracking Rates for Text Difficulty via the Cloze Technique," Journal
of the American Academy of Audiology, 5(6), 366-78
38. Gantz, B.J., Tyler, R.S., Woodworth, G.G., Tye-Murray, N. Fryauf-Bertschy, H. (1994),
"Results of Multichannel Cochlear Implants in Congenital and Acquired Prelingually
Deafened Children: Five Year Follow-Up," Am. ,~ Otol., 15 (Supplement 2), 1-7.
39. Cadoret, R.J., Troughton, E., Woodworth, G.G. (1994), "Evidence of Heterogeneity of
Genetic Effect in Iowa Adoption Studies," Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
708, 59-71.
40. Bosch, R., Ye, Y., Woodworth, G.G. (1995), "An Interior Point Quadratic Programming
Algorithm Useful for Quantile Regression with Smoothing Splines," Computational
Statistics and Data Analysis, 19, 613-613.
41. Cadoret, R.J., Yates, W.R., Troughton, E., Woodworth, G.G., Stuart, M.A. (1995),
"Adoption Study Demonstrating Two Genetic Pathways to Drug Abuse," Archives of
General Psychiatry, 52(1),42-52.
42. Tye-Murray, N., Spencer, L., Woodworth, G.G. (1995), "Acquisition of Speech by
Children who have Prolonged Cochlear Implant Experience," Journal of Speech & Hearing
Research, 38(2), 327-37.
43. Cadoret, R.J., Yates, W.R., Troughton, E., Woodworth, G.G., Stewart, M.A. (1995),
"Genetic-Environmental Interaction in the Genesis of Aggressivity and Conduct Disorders,"
Archives of General Psychiatry, 52(I1), 916-924.
44. Tyler, R.S., Lowder, M.W., Parkinson, A.J., Woodworth, G.G., Gantz, B.J. (1995),
"Performance of Adult Ineraid and Nucleus Cochlear Implant Patients after 3.5 Years of
Use," Audiology, 34(3), 135-144.
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45. Baldus, D, MacQueen, Jr, and Woodworth GG. (1995) "Improving Judicial Ov~h:~l~htldf:
Jury Damages Assessments: A Proposal for the Comparative Additur/Remittimr Review of
Awards for Nonpecuniary Harms and Punitive Damages," with John C. I~l~i~Ql~e~g
George Woodworth, 80 Iowa Law Review 1109 (1995), 159 pages.
46. Parkinson, A.J., Tyler, R.S., Woodworth, G.G., Lowder, M., Gantz, B.J., (199~) iiA VCithin, (
Subject Comparison of Adult Patients Using the Nucleus FOF1F2 and F0~'F,~gB.3B~B5 :
Speech Processing Strategies," Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, Volume 39, 261-
277.
47. Baldus, D., MacQueen, J.C., Woodworth, G.G., (1996) "Improving Judicial Oversight of
Jury Damages Assessments: A Proposal for the Comparative Additur/Remittitur Review of
Awards for Nonpecuniary Harms and Punitive Damages," Iowa Law Review, (80) 1109-
1267.
48. Cadoret, Remi J., Yates, William R., Troughton, E., Woodworth, G.G. (1996) "An
Adoption Study of Drug Abuse/Dependency in Females," Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol.
37, No. 2, 88-94.
49. Tripp-Reimer, T., Woodworth, G.G., McCloskey, J.C., Bulechek, G. (1996), "The
Dimensional Structure of Nursing Intervention," Nursing, Research 45(1) 10-IT
50. Tyler RS. Fryauf-Bertschy H. Gantz BJ. Kelsay DM. Woodworth GO. (1997) "Speech
perception in prelingually impIanted children after four years," Advances in Oto-Rhino-
Laryngology. 52:187-92.
51. Tyler RS, Gantz BJ, Woodworth GG, Fryauf-Bertschy H, and Kelsay DM. (1997)
"Performance of 2- and 3-year-old children and prediction of 4-year from 1-year
performance. American Journal of Otology. 18(6 Suppl):S157-9, 1997.
52. Miller CA, Abbas PJ, Rubinstein JT, Robinson BK, Matsuoka AJ, and Woodworth G.
(1998) "Electrically evoked compound action potentials of guinea pig and cat: responses to
monopolar, monophasic stimulation." Hearing Research, 119(1-2):142-54, 1998 May.
53. Knutson JF, Murray KT, Husarek S, Westerhouse K, Woodworth G, Gantz B J, and Tyler
RS. (1998) "Psychological change over 54 months of cochlear implant use." Ear &
Hearing, 19(3):191-201, 1998.
54. Gfeller K, Knutson IF, Woodworth G, Witt S, and DeBus B. (1998) "Timbral recognition
and appraisal by adult cochlear implant users and normal-hearing adults." Journal of the
American Academy of Audiology, 9(1):1-19, 1998.
55. Baldus D, Woodworth G, Zuckerman D, Weiner NA, Broffitt B. (1998) "Racial
Discrimination and the Death Penalty in the Post-Furman Era: An Empirical and Legal
Overview with Recent Findings from Philadelphia," Comell Law Review, 88:6, 1998.
56. Green GE. Scott DA. McDonald JM. Woodworth GG. Sheffield VC. Smith RI. Carder
rates in the midwestern United States for GJB2 mutations causing inherited deafness.
JAMA. 281(23):2211-6, 1999 Jun 16.
57. Gantz BJ. Rubinstein JT. Gidley P. Woodworth GG. Surgical management of Bell's palsy.
Laryngoscope. 109(8): 1177-88, 1999 Aug
58. Featherstone KA. Bloomfield JR. Lang AJ. Miller-Meeks MJ. Woodworth G. Steinert RF.
Driving simulation study: bilateral array multifocal versus bilateral AMO monofocal
intraocular lenses. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 25 (9): 1254-62, 1999 Sep.
59. Weiler JM. Bloomfield JR. Woodworth GG. Grant AR. Layton TA. Brown TL. McKenzie
DR. Baker TW. Watson GS. Effects of fbxofenadine, diphenhydramine, and alcohol on
driving pertbrmance, A randomized, placebo-controlled trial in the Iowa driving simulator.
Annals of Internal Medicine. 132(5):354-63, 2000 Mar 7
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60. Tyler RS. Teagle HF. Kelsay DM. Gantz BJ. Woodworth GG. Parkinson AJ. Speedh
perception by prelingually deaf children after six years of Cochlear implant use: effects of
age at implantation. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology - sul~ple~kh¢'~ 1~: 8~l,
2000 Dec.
61. Ballard KJ. Robin DA. Woodworth G. Zimba LD. Age-related changes in m~0t' ¢ontrol~-~
during articulator visuomotor tracking. Journal of Speech Language &
44(4):763-77, 2001 Aug.
62. Gfeller K. Witt S. Woodworth G. Mehr MA. Knutson J. Effects of frequency, instrumental
family, and cochlear implant type on timbre recognition and appraisal. Annals of Otology,
Rhinology & Laryngology. 111(4):349-56, 2002 Apr
Books, Chapters:
63. Bober, T., Hay, J.G., Woodworth, G.G. (1979), "Muscle Pre-Stretch and Performance," in
Science in Athletics, eds. Juris Terauds and George G. Dales, Del Mar CA: Academic
Publishers, pp. 155-166.
64. Hay, J.G., Dapena, J., Wilson, B.D., Andrews, J.G., Woodworth, G.G. (1979), "An
Analysis of Joint Contributions to the Performance of a Gross Motor Skill," in
International Series on Biomechanics, Vol. 2B, Biomechanics VI-B, eds. Erling Asmussen
and Kuert Jorgensen, Baltimore: University Park Press, pp. 64-70.
65. Hay, J.G., Vaughan, C.L., Woodworth, G.G. (1980). "Technique and Performance:
Identifying the Limiting Factors," in Biomechanics VII-B, eds. Adam Morecki, Kazimerz
Fidelus, Krzysztof Kedzior, Andrzej Wit, Baltimore: University Park Press, pp. 511-520.
66. Woodworth, G.G. (1980). "Numerical Evaluation of Preposterior Expectations in the Two-
Parameter Normal Model, with an Application to Preposterior Consensus Analysis," in
Bayesian Analysis in Econometrics and Statistics, ed. Arnold Zellner, Amsterdam: North-
Holland Publishing Co., pp. 133-140.
67. Hodges, L.V., Shymansky, J.A., Woodworth, G.G. (1989), Modern Methods of Meta-
Analysis: an NSTA Handbook, Washington, D.C.: National Science Teachers Association.
68. Baldus, D.C., Woodworth, G.G., Pulaski, C.A. (1990), Equal Justice and the Death
Penalty: A Legal and Empirical Analysis, Boston: Northeastern University Press.
69. Baldus, D., Pulaski, C., Woodworth GG (1992) "Law and Statutes in Conflict: Reflections
on McCleskey v. Kemp," in Handbook of Psychology and Law, edited by Dorothy K.
Kagehiro and William S. Laufer. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1992.
70. Baldus, D., Pulaski, C., Woodworth GG (1992) "Race Discrimination and the Death
Penalty," with Charles J. Pulaski, Jr. and George Woodworth, in The Oxford Companion to
the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, p 705-7.
71. Woodworth, G.G. (1994). "Managing Meta-Analytic Databases," in The Handbook of
Research Synthesis, eds. Harris Cooper and Larry V. Hedges, New York: Russell Sage
Foundation, pp. 177-189.
72. Lovelace, D. Cryer, J., Woodworth, G.G. (1994), Minitab Handbook to Accompany
Statistics for Business Data Analysis and Modelling, 2nd edition, Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing Company.
73. Tye-Murray, N. Kirk, K.L., Woodworth, G.G. (1994). "Speaking with the Cochlear Implant
Turned On and Turned Off," in Datenknovertierung, Reproduktion und Drick, eds. I.J.
Hochmair-Desoyer and E.S. Hochmair, Wien, Manz, pp. 552-556.
74. Baldus, D. MacQueen, JC, Woodworth GG. (1996) "Additur/Remittitur Review: An
Empirically Based Methodology for the Comparative Review of General Damages Awards
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for Pain, Suffering, and Loss of Enjoyment of Life," with John C. MacQueen and G~61tgo '
Woodworth, in Reforming the Civil Justice System, edited by Larry Kramer. New York:
New York University Press, 1996, p 386, 30 pages.
75. Baldus, D, and Woodworth, GG. (1998) "Race Discrimination and the Death Penalty: An
Empirical and Legal Overview," with George Woodworth, in America's Experir~.¥c ~with,
Capital Punishment, edited bY James C-Acker, Robert M. Bohm, and Charlq ~g~?,~ard~';! ',
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1998, page 385, 32 pages.
Unrefereed Articles, Reviews:
76. Libby, D.L., Novick, M.R., Chen, J.A., Woodworth, G.G., Hamer, R.M. (1981), "The
Computer-Assisted Data Analysis (CADA) Monitor," The American Statistician, 35(3),
165-166.
77. Woodworth, G.G. (1987), "STATMATE/PLUS, Version 1.2," The American Statistician,
41(3), 231-233.
78. Hoffmaster, D., Woodworth, G.G. (1987), "A FORTRAN Version of the Super Duper
Pseudorandom Number Generator," Science Software Quarterly, 3(2), 100-102.
79. Baldus, D.C., Woodworth, G.G., Pulaski, C.A. (1987) "Death penalty in Georgia remains
racially suspect," Atlanta dournal and Constitution, September 6, 1987.
80. Hawkins, D., Conaway, M., Hackl, P., Kovacevic, M., Sedransk, J., Woodworth, G.G.,
Bosch, R, Breen, C. (1989) "Report on Statistical Quality of Endocrine Society Journals,"
Endocrinology, 125(4), 1749-53.
81. Woodworth, G.G. (1989). "Statistics and the Death Penalty," Stats. The Magazine for
Students of Statistics, 2, 9-12.
82. Baldus, D.C., Pulaski, C.A., Woodworth, G.G. (1989), "Reflections on 'Modem' Death
Sentencing Systems," Book review, Crirninal Law Forum, 1,190-197.
83. Baldus, D., Woodworth, G.G. (1993). "Proportionality: The View of the Special Master,"
Chance, New Directions for Statistics and Computers, 6(3),9-17.
84. "Race Discrimination in America's Capital Punishment System since Furman v. Georgia
(1972): The Evidence of Race Disparities and the Record of Our Courts and Legislatures in
Addressing the Issue," with George Woodworth, Report to the A.B.A. Section of Individual
Rights and Responsibilities (1997), 19 pages.
85. Baldus, David C., George Woodworth, David Zuckerman, Neil Alan Weiner, and Barbara
Broffitt (2001). "The Use of Peremptory Challenges in Capital Murder Trials: A legal and
Empirical Analysis," University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, February,
2001.
86. "Complement to Chapter 6. The WinBUGS Program," in Bayesian Statistics: Principles,
Models, and Applications, Second Edition, by S. James Press, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,
New York, 2002.
Convention Papers, other Oral Presentations:
87. Woodworth, G.G. (I983), "Analysis ora Y-Stratified Sample: The Georgia Charging and
Sentencing Study," in Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Law and dustice Statistics,
ed. Alan E. Gelfand, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, pp. 18-22.
88. Woodworth, G.G., Louviere, J.J. (1985), "Simplified Estimation of the MNL Choice
Model using IRLS," Contributed talk at TIMS/ORSA Marketing Science Conference at
Vanderbilt University.
89. Woodworth, G.G. (1985), "Recent Studies of Race- and Victim Effects in Capital' r
Sentencing," Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Law and Justice Stati~sti¢,s~ .cd,. G.G.
Woodworth, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, pp. $5~8i :~ [ ~ ~ ~
90. Woodworth, G.G., Louviere, J.J. (1988), "Nested Multinomial Logistic Choice~ ~M~ ~odels .
Under Exogenous and Mixed Endogenous-Exogenous Stratification," ASA ]>~t3~,~edines~of,
the Busmess and Economtcs Stattsttcs Section, American Statistical Assocf~on, pp. 121-.,
129.
91. Woodworth, G.G. (1989), "Trials of an Expert Witness," ASA Proceedings of the Social
Science Section, American Statistical Association, pp. 143-146.
92. Kirby, R.F., Woodworth, C.H., Woodworth, G.G., Johnson A.K., (1989), "Differential
Cardiovascular Effects of Footshock and Airpuff Stressors in Wistar-Kyoto and
Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats," Society for NeuroscienceAbstracts, 15,274.
93. Woodworth, C.H., Kirby, R.F., Woodworth, G.G., Johnson, A.K. (1989), "Spontaneously
Hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto Rats Show Behavioral Differences but Cardiovascular
Similarities in Tactile Startle," Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 15, 274.
Unpublished Technical Reports and Manuscripts nnder Review:
94. Kadane, JB and Woodworth, GG. (1998) "Hierarchical Models for Employment
Decisions," Submitted to Journal of the American Statistical Association,
Archived Data:
95. Baldus, D.C., Woodworth, G.G., Pulaski C.A. (1989). "Procedural Reform Study," Inter-
University Consortium for Political and Social Research: Criminal Justice Archive.
96. Baldus, D.C., Woodworth, G.G., Pulaski C.A. (1989). "Charging and Sentencing Study,"
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research: Criminal Justice Archive.
Professional Awards:
1987 Harry Kalven prize of the Law and Society Association (with David Baldus and Charles
Pulaski).
1987 Iowa Educational Research and Evaluation Association, annual award "For Excellence in
the Field of Educational Research and Evaluation for Best Educational Evaluation Study,"
(with Larry Hedges and James Shymansky).
1991 Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States, selection of
Equal Justice and the Death Penalty as an outstanding book on the subject of human rights
(with David Baldus and Charles Pulaski).
Service Activities
Departmental Service: ~ -,~-~ r-
University of Iowa Statistical Consulting Center:
Founder, Associate Director, Director (1973-1980) (~,
Acting Director (1982-3) I$',~ .,.' ",i"
Member of Steering Committee and Adviser (1984-present).
University Service:
Outside member of over thirty Ph.D. dissertation committees, 1973-present.
Woodworth, G.G., Lenth, R.V.L. (1982) "A Stratified Sampling Plan for Estimating Departmental and University-Wide Administration Effort."
University of Iowa, Basic Mathematics Committee, January 1983-84.
Statistics Advisor to the University ~f Iowa Journal of Corporation Law, 1984-85.
University of Iowa, Research Council, 1984-87, Chairman 1986-87.
University House Advisory Committee, 1986-87.
Chairman, Political Science Review Committee, 1988-89.
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Applied Mathematical Sciences, 1988-present.
University of Iowa, Judicial Commission, 1979-81, 1990-93.
University of Iowa, Liberal Arts Faculty Assembly, 1985-87, 1995-6.
Professional Service:
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1980-3: Statistical Analysis of the Georgia
Charging and Sentencing Study, Expert testimony in McCleskey vs. Zant (decided in the
U.S. Supreme Court).
ASA Law and Justice Statistics Committee, 1982-1987: Member of two methodological review
panels in Washington, DC. Organizer of two-day Workshop on Law and Justice Statistics,
August 1985.
ASA Visiting Lecturer Program, 1984-1988.
1984 Invited talk at Culver-Stockton College
1986 Invited talk at Moorhead State University
1988 Invited talk at Gr/nnell College
Invited Participant, 1984, Planning Session for Florida Capital Charging and Sentencing Study, Florida Office of Public Defender, Richard H. Burr, Esq.
Editor, Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Law and Justice Statistics, American Statistical
Association, 1985.
Invited Panelist, 1986 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Panel discussion of
current state of capital sentencing research.
Invited Speaker, 1987 Seminar-Workshop on Meta-Analysis in Research, University of Puerto
Rico, San Juan, Faculty of Education, Department of Graduate Studies.
Associate Editor, Evaluation Review, 1983-1986.
Baldus, D., Woodworth, G.G., Pulaski, C.A. (1989). Oral Testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (presented by D. Baldus).
Invited Participant, ASA Media Experts Program (1989).
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Statistical Consultant to Special Master, David Baldus. State of New Jersey, Administrative
Office of Courts -- Proportionality Review System. 1989-present.
ASA Law and Justice Statistics Committee, second appointment, 1993-95.
Baldus, D., Woodworth, G.G. (1993), "An Iowa Death Penalty System in the 1990's and
Beyond: What Would it Bring.9" Report submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Iowa
Legislature, February 24, 1993.
Baldus, D., MacQueen, J.C., Woodworth, G.G. (1993), "An Empirically-Based Methodology
for Additur/Remittitur Review and Alternative Strategies for Rationalizing Jury Verdicts,"
Report prepared for the Research Conference on Civil Justice Reform in the 1990's.
Baldus, D.C., Woodworth G.G. (I 995), "Proportionality Review and Capital Charging and
Sentencing: A Proposal for a Pilot Study," Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Administrative
Office of Courts.
Refereeing (since 1980):
1980: Journal of the American Statistical Association
1982: JournalofEducational Statistics
1983: Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation ~3
Annals of Mathematical Statistics ~':~
Evaluation Review (associate editor) .
1984: Transportation Research
Law and Society Review
American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences
Journal of Educational Statistics
Evaluation Review (associate editor)
1985: Edited Proceedings of 3rd Workshop on Law and Justice Statistics
Evaluation Review (associate editor)
1986: Psychological Bulletin
National Science Foundation
Evaluation Review (associate editor)
1987: J. Amer. Statist. Assoc.
1988: Science (ca. 1988)
1990: Annals ofOtology, Rhinology & Laryngology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Macmillan Publishing Company
Survey Methodology Journal
1991: International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
1993: Multivariate Behavioral Research
1994: International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
1995: SIAM Review
Duxbury Press
Acta Applicandae Mathematicae
1996: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
1998: Duxbury Press
2001: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
2002: Addison-Wesley
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Extramural Consulting:
American College Testing Kaiser Aluminum ' :? i~ ,7 [ ~i~ I:il 3:
Allergan Electric Power Research Insti~fe-
Beling Consultants, Moline IL NAACP Legal Defense and EducaIion Fund
Bettendorf Iowa AEA National Research Council
Coerr Environmental, Chapel Hill Supreme Court of Nebraska
Defender Association of Philadelphia Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Death Penalty Information Center Rhone-Poullenc
Florida State Public Defender's Office Stanford Law School
Gas Research Institute. StarForms
Hoechst Marion Roussel / Aventis Supreme Court of New Jersey
HON Corporation Vigertone Ag Products
Legal Services Corporation of Iowa Westinghouse Learning Corporation
Iowa State Attorney General's Office WMT news department
Intramural Consulting:
I consult almost on a weekly basis with colleagues and students throughout the University,
including at one time or another (but not limited to): Audiology, Biology, Exercise Physiology,
Geology, Law, Marketing, Nursing, Otolaryngology, Physics, Psychology, Psychiatry, Science
Education, the Iowa Driving Simulator, and the National Advanced Driving Simulator.
Expert testimony / depositions:
Robert R. Lang, Esq. (Legal Services Corporation of Iowa)
1982 Ruby vs. Deere (gender discrimination)
Mark R. Schuling, Iowa Assistant Attorney General.
1984 Burlington Northern Railroad Co. vs. Gerald D. Bair, Director (taxation)
Teresa Baustian (Iowa Asst. Atty. General - Civil Rights Division)
1988 Howard vs. Van Diest Supply Co. (age discrimination)
Walter Braud, Esq.
1988 Hollars et. al. vs. Deere & Co. et. al. (gender discrimination)
Mark W. Schwickerath, Esq.
1988 Schwickerath vs. Dome Pipeline, Inc. (effects of chemical spill)
Richard Burr, Esq.
1990 Selvage vs. State of Florida (capital sentencing)
Amanda Potterfield, Esq.
1990 Reed vs. Fox Pool Corporation (product liability)
1994 State of Iowa vs. Dalley (forensic identification via DNA)
Jerry Zimmerman, Esq.
1991 George Volk Case (age discrimination)
1993 Rasmussen vs. Rockwell (age discrimination)
1994 Hans vs. Courtaulds (age discrimination)
Thomas Diehl, Esq.
1992 State of Iowa vs. William Albert Hams (jury composition)
Diane Kutzko, Esq. (Iowa State Bar Association)
1995 Consultation on the validity of the Iowa bar exam.
John Allen, Esq.
1995 Buchholz vs. Rockwell (age discrimination)
Michael M. Lindeman, Esq.
1995 Beck vs. Koehring (age discrimination)
Timothy C. Boller, Esq.
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1995 Larh vs. Koehring (age discrimination)
Thomas C. Verhulst
1995 Carr vs. J.C. Penny (racial discrimination)
J. Nick Badgerow, Esq.
1995 Zapata et. al., vs. IBP, Inc. (racial/national origin discrimination)
David J. Goldstein, Esq., Faegre and Benson, Minneapolis
1999 Payless Cashways, Inc. Partners v. Payless Cashways (age discrimination)
Catherine Ankenbarndt, Deputy First Assistant Wisconsin State Public Defender
2001 Civil commitment hearing of Keith Rivas (Prediction of Sexual Recidivism)
Michael B. McDonald, Assistant Florida Public Defender
2001 Frye hearing in re Actuarial Prediction of Sexual Recidivisim
Greg Bal, Assistant Iowa Public Defender
2001 Civil commitment hearing of Lanny Taute (Prediction of Sexual Recidivism)
Harley C. Erbe, Esq. Walker Law Firm, Des Moines
2002 Campbell et al. v. Amana Company (Age Discrimination)
Texas State Counsel for Offenders, Huntsville, TX
2002 Daubert hearing in re Actuarial Prediction of Sexual Recidivisim
Michael H. Bloom, Assistant Wisconsin Public Defender
2002 Detention of Moms F. Clement, Forest County Case No. 00 CI 01 ·
(Prediction of Sexual Recidivism)
Federal Court Division, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Capital Habeas Cf~oyp~_ s Un~
2002 Petitioner Reginald Lewis (racial discrimination)
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To: City Council
From: Hillary A. Sale,
Chair NHRTF
Re: City Manager's Response
Date: August 19, 2002
On behalf of the Task Force, I offer the following responses to the City Manager's memo.
1. Adopt an ordinance increasing fines for municipal infractions involving nuisance violations.
- We are pleased by the City Manager's support and we understand that the time involved
in enforcing municipal infractions is minimal.
2. Establish a citizen committee to advise staff:
- The Task Force had proposed that this committee be located in the City Manager's
office because successful work requires coordination of different departments. As the
Task Force proposal reveals, the issues are not just "housing" oriented, they involve
police and legal issues. Indeed, police and legal staffmembers have been invaluable to
the Task Force. The Task Force urges the City Manager to reconsider the location of this
Committee, but is pleased to see support for it.
- Finally, the Task Force urges that whatever form the Committee takes, it include
representatives of the affordable housing community.
3. Adopt an ordinance to require cars be parked at least three (3) feet from driveways.
- The Task Force does not understand why this requires more time. No staffconcerns
were raised in Task Force meetings about the three feet limit. Purpose is to improve
safety for people backing out of driveways and eliminate any confusion about when cars
are parked too close to driveways.
4. Adopt a resolution to move all single-family and duplex rental units to a two-year permit
review cycle.
- The Task Force understands that this resolution would take time to implement and
supports the staffnecessary to do so. This resolution is key to decreasing neighborhood
problems.
5. Adopt an ordinance requiring rental permits to be posted on rental properties.
- The Task Force is disappointed in the response to this suggestion. Many people do not
have web access, particularly in the middle of the night when problems occur.
6. Adopt an ordinance with mandatory lease addenda specifying occupancy limits and other
terms.
- The Task Force appreciates the City Manager's support for this item. The Task Force
does not, however, believe that this request addresses the same issues as determining
occupancy on permits. It addresses communication between tenants and landlords. Both
Boulder and East Lansing have adopted such provisions and the Task Force used them as
models.
- The Task Force agrees that the addendum should not have to be filed with the City, but
that it should be available upon request of Housing Staff. The Task Force understands
that this item would take several years to implement.
7. Revise the Housing Code notification requirements to allow verbal notification for violations.
- The Task Force supports this item for all violations. The current procedure is
cumbersome and requires unnecessary staff time.
8. Direct City Manager to initiate promotional and education efforts to detail initiatives,
emphasizing City Council's support and need for cooperation of the City, County and court
officials.
- The Task Force appreciates the City Manager's response to these items and urges that
public statements and support become part of the City's enforcement efforts.
9. Direct City Manager to direct police to issue citations in disorderly house occurrences more
frequently, and, where appropriate, on the first call. Direct police to develop program for
notifying landlords at the time of violations.
- The Task Force is pleased that the enforcement issues are being addressed and urges
that this time of year is key to setting the tone.
- The Task Force disagrees, however, with recommending that the landlord notification
program be reviewed for further discussion. The Task Force discussed this issue
thoroughly. The neighborhood members of the Task Force were very pleased by the
support from the landlord members to the suggestion that the police call the landlords at
the time of violation. Indeed, the landlords want to know what is going on with their
properties. We urge the City Manager not to delay implementation of this policy.
10. Direct City Manager to develop procedures for police and housing inspection to keep
complaint records up to date and keep each other apprised of activities related to properties,
particularly disorderly house, criminal activity, over-occupancy and other housing-related
issues.
- The Task Force is pleased by the response to this item.
11. Direct City Manager to direct police to consider increased patrols of neighborhoods
experiencing disorderly house and criminal complaints. For example, foot patrols in near-
town neighborhoods between 2-3:00 a.m.
- We are pleased by the City Manager's support and appreciate the staffing concerns.
12. Direct City Manager to direct police to utilize the municipal infraction process to cite
properties in violation of zoning and housing codes.
The Task Force is pleased by the response to this item.
13. Direct City Manager to direct Police, Housing Inspection and Legal to enforce codes pro-
actively, rather than awaiting complaints.
- The Task Force remains supportive of this item
14. Direct City Manger to direct Housing Inspection to develop a process to identify and address
properties that are subject to numerous complaints.
- The Task Force is pleased by the response to this item and urges adoption of the
necessary ordinances.
15. Direct City Manger to direct Legal Staff to work with County Attorney and U.S. Attorney for
future actions in appropriate drug-related cases.
- The Task Force is pleased by the response to this item.
16. Direct City Manager to direct Legal Staffto work with Housing Inspection staffto urge
property owners to make use of the clear and present danger provisions of the Housing Code.
- The Task Force does not think this matter needs further discussion. Landlords want
information and, although the Task Force appreciates that staffcannot advise landlords, it
can provide information and suggest that landlords contact legal counsel where
appropriate.
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17. Direct City Manger to direct Housing Inspection to develop a policy to alleviate blowing trash
problems, including requiring newspaper deliveries to be made to porches or inside
multifamily units, and be bound and bagged.
- The Task Farce is pleased by the response to this item.
18. Direct City Manager to consider a process for reporting unpaid fines to credit agencies.
- People who have problems with their credit ratings are usually anxious to clean them
up and resolve collection problems. We hope that staffwill rethink this one.
19. Direct City Manager to establish an amnesty day for disposal of large appliances and
furniture, perhaps twice a year.
- The Task Force understands this response to be supportive of the amnesty proposal and
appreciates it.
20. Direct City Manager to direct Planning and Zoning staff to include mandatory participation in
Good Neighbor Policy in zoning code revisions.
- The Task Force understands that staff will include this proposal as part of proposed
zoning code revisions. It does not mandate good behavior; it mandates communication.
21. Direct City Manager to direct staffto develop information packets for landlords/property
managers that cover .....
- The Task Force appreciates the support for this item and wants to stress that it is not
directed solely at students, but is intended to cover packaged information for landlords as
well.
22. Direct City Manager to direct staff to work with University of lowa administration to create
rental information packet for students/tenants.
- The Task Force appreciates the support for this item.
23. Direct City Manager to direct Housing Inspection staffto revise rental permits to include
occupancy limits, name/contact information, and permit posting requirement.
- The Task Force appreciates the support for this item.
- The Task Force believes that this item is key to dealing with over occupancy. As
previously discussed, over occupancy both leads to the depletion of affordable housing
stock and to neighborhood problems.
- The Task Force does not understand why this item would require additional staff. The
units in question are not the majority of the housing stock in Iowa City. And, the number
of units affected by this proposal is only approximately 13 - 15 percent of total rental
housing stock.
- The Task Force understands that this proposal would take several years to implement.
24. Direct Planning and Zoning staffto develop pilot residential permit parking program, of three
to five years in length. Issuance of permits should be tied to occupancy limits and payments
of outstanding fines to City.
The Task Force appreciates the response to this item.
25. Develop a code enforcement web page designed specifically for neighborhood and tenant
questions/issues.
The Task Force supports this item.
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Iowa City Police Department
Traffic Stop Data Analysis: 2oox
Presented to
The City Council of Iowa City, IA
By
Terry D. Edwards, J.D.
Elizabeth L. Grossi, Ph.D.
Gennaro F. Vito, Ph.D.
Angela D. West, Ph.D.
University of I.ouisville
Department of Justice Administration
Louisville, KY
August xg, 2002
Introduction & Overview
· Analysis of 9,7o9 contacts occurring over the 9 month period from April 1-
December 31, 9OOl
· Contract between ICPD and researchers at the University of Louisville
· ICPD contact sheet/MDT screens
· Formatted into an Excel spreadsheet, then transferred into SPSS for analysis
· 38 variables (driver demographics, stop information, officer badge number)
· Minor glitches with the data collection that were addressed as they arose, or
when they became known
Data Analyses
· Two levels of analysis: descriptive and multivariate
· Descriptive analyses provide percentages and give only a very superficial look
at the data--they describe the current state of affairs
~' Lack inferential ability: cannot answer "why"
~/ Cannot predict events: cannot address "what it"
~' Cannot describe relationships among variables
~' Only a ".lirst step" in a thorough analysis
· Multivariate analyses provide an in-depth examination of the data
~ Inferential: can help to answer "why"
· / Predictive: can help to predict future outcomes
· / Can help to understand relationships and interactions between
and among variables that lead to a certain reality (as portrayed by the
percentages)
· CHAID: Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detector (see attached)
~' Examines each decision point (e.g., arrest, citation, moving violation)
~' Determines the ability of driver demographics (age, sex, race) and other
events and characteristics to predict any particular outcome
· / Resultsina"decisiontree'thatordersfactorsrelatedtottieouteomein
order of their strength (predictive power)
· / Outcomes of interest: ~) Reason for the stop (moving violation,
equipment/registration violation)?; 9) Search conducted?; 3) Type of
search (incident to arrest, consent)?; 4) Property seized?; 5) Outcome of
stop (warning, citation, arrest)?
Results
· Reason for stop?
~ No factor (race, sex, age, residency) was a significant predictor of an
equipment/registration violation
~ Aqe was the most significant predictor ora moving violation. It had
significant interactions with sex, and residency. The "base rate" for
moving violations was 68.6%. Most likely to be stopped for this reason
were those over 40 with non-Iowa registrations (84.5%). Next
most likely were those under 18 who were female (81.8%).
· Search conducted of driver or vehicle?
~ No factor (race, sex, age, residency) was a significant predictor of
whether a driver or a vehicle was searched.
· Type of search conducted (consent or incident to arrest)?
~ No factor (race, sex, age, residency) was a significant predictor of
whether a consent search or a search incident to arrest was conducted.
· Property seized?
~ No factor (race, sex, age, residency) was a significant predictor of
whether property was seized.
· Outcome of stop (warning, citation, arrest)?
~ No factor (race, sex, age, residency, reason for stop, multiple reasons for
stop, search conducted, property seized) was a significant predictor of
arrest.
~ Whether a search was conducted was the most significant predictor
of receiving a warning. It had significant interactions with reason for
stop and residency. The "base rate" for receiving a warning was 55.5%.
Most likely to be warned were those who were NOT searched, who had
equipment/registration violations, and who had non-lowa
registrations (77.1%).
· / Whether a driver was stopped for an equipment/registration
violation was the most significant predictor of receiving a citation. It
had significant interactions with age and residency. The "baSe rate" for
receiving a citation was 38.7%. Most likely to receive a citation were those
1VOT stopped for an equipment/registration violation, who were
over 30 years old and who had Iowa registrations (50.4%). Next
most likely were those NOT stopped for an equipmentTregistration
violation who were under 18 years old (50.2%).
· / Race was never "the factor" influential enou§h to be predictive
of any outcome.
The Baseline Dilemma
· Comparing "what is" to "what should be" is problematic.
· To determine "what should be" one would have to get a measure of the racial
distribution of drivers who are doing something that would make them
eligible to be stopped ("violators"). This should mirror the racial distribution
of drivers who actually are stopped ("stopped violators").
· Research that has attempted to measure this is flawed. Usually use speeding
as the on]y detectable behavior-speeding stops are a minority.
· Comparisons to population census data are invalid.
· / Census figures include the entire population and the population of drivers
to be stopped is generally only of driving age (over ~5);
· / Driving populations and police stop practices fluctuate depending on
several factors (measurable and unmeasurable);
· / Ignores the fact that a significant proportion of drivers stopped are not city
residents (38% in the current study);
· / No theory to back the belief that the population of drivers stopped should .
reflect any resident population;
· / No theory to back the belief that driving characteristics/events should be
equally distributed among populations--different groups can have
different driving patterns/characteristics (males, younger persons, etc.).
Conclusion and Recommendations
These data provide no evidence that the ICPD is systematically engaging in
discriminatory stop practices. This does not preclude the possibility that any
individual officer could be using race as a factor in any individual contact
situation. This possibility is not measurable using these data and is unlikely
to be measurable in any situation.
· Age and sex of the drivers, along with other events related to the stop were
more predictive of stop outcomes.
· Recommendations have been communicated to the ICPD on an on-going
basis and steps have been taken to improve the data collection process and
the quality of the data. We are currently negotiating a second contract for a
full year of data collection (2002).
Outcome--CITATION
51T32
Yes 3868 3753
(100.00) 9702
Tota~ (74,31) 7210 Yes 2
Age Groups
N~ 49 84 154 No 60,03 2791 Cat. % n ~. % n C~.
Ces s0. t6 155 Y~ 3997 1858 No 50.49 1137 No 75 1756 N~
~ {47;g2) 464g-
4383) 425 ~09) 397 Total (2 38) 231- ~ '(.Tg) 20~7
Citizens for Public Power
(Formerly the Public Po~ver Initiative)
Statement to Iowa City City Councii~ 8/20/2002
Good evening. Saul Mekies and I are co-chairs of the Citizens for Public Power,
formerly thc Public Power Initiative.
We were able to attend as observers the August 13 joint cities meeting in Ankeny hosted
by the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (lAM[F). The meeting's purpose was to
discuss the preparation and issuance of a joint Request for Proposal (RFP) for a
feasibility study for the establishment of public electric power utilities in each of the
participating cities.
We were delighted that the cities of Emmetsburg and Everly that have akeady completed
recent feasibility studies were present and could share their information with the group.
A representative from the University of Iowa attended as well as 15 other cities.
Emmetsburg just pa~ssed a referendum to establish a municipal electric utility, by about 50
votes in spite of heavy and costly campaigning by MidAmerican Energy Co.
A lot of good discossion, questions, and answers took place, and it seemed to us that most
cities present were eager to move ahead with this process (subject to revie~v and approval
by their governing bodies.) We sensed a great deal of enthusiasm.
Let us share with you three items based on our observation.
1) It appeared that there could be big savings by having a joint feasibility study. The
total cost ~vas estimated at between $80,000 and $I 00,000, with Iowa City's share
projected at about $24,000-$30,000. A precise formula for cost sharing has not
yet been determined, but it seems likely that the cost for the part of the
information applicable to all the cities may be shared based on an agreed-upon
formul~ and the costs for city-specific information would be borne by the
individual city.
2) The cost of the feas~ility study will be lower for each city participating in the
joint effort, not only because of economies of scale, but also because the lAM2)~
has offered to provide to whatever consultant is hired, information for two key
components of the study: (1) a legal precedent and assumption analysis
surroanding system acqnisition, and (2) four recent IAMU studies of the costs of
wholesale power.
3) The Emmetsburg feasibility study, shared with the group by Emmetsburg, showed
a cost savings in residential rates ranging fi.om a worst-case scenario of 10% to
24%. (The average cost savings provided by the 137 municipally-owned electric
utilities in iowa to consumers is 35% when compared to the average oftbe rates
charged by investor-owned utilities. Emmetsburg's projected savings are less
than Iowa City's would be because Emmetsburg is located in the MidAmerican
District now charging their lowest rates. A rate hike is expected next )'ear.)
We gather that a proposed RFP, drafted at the Aug. 13 meeting, will soon be ready for
your consideration.
This joint process offers the citizens of Iowa City a great opporttmity to gather
information on the feasibility of public power for iowa City. We are glad that Iowa City
is participating in this process. We are very excited about what we learned and hopefid
that this will save the citiTens oflo~ City money and help further economic
development. Thank you for participating in this process.
REMARKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY
David C. Baldus
George Woodworth
August 20, 2002
My name is David Baldus, 34 7th Ave. N. and I teach at the University of Iowa
College of Law. Joining me in these remarks is George Woodworth, who teaches in the
University of Iowa Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science.
We are here this evening to address the validity and accuracy of the principal
conclusion of the empirical study on racial profiling in Iowa City traffic stops that was
recently presented to city council. The study was prepared by criminologists from the
University of Louisville.
We have an interest in the methodology and validity of this study because we
have spent much of our professional lives conducting empirical studies of the impact of
race in the criminal justice system.
The bottom line conclusion of the Louisville study is that the data "provide no
empirical evidence that the Iowa City Police Department is systematically engaging in
discriminatory stop practices."
In considering these claims, it is important to distinguish between two very
different points of decision in the process of stopping and charging motorists. First is the
threshold decision to stop a motorist. This is the core decision about which there is the
greatest public interest concerning racial profiling.
This threshold decision is followed by a series of post-stop decisions involving
searches, citations, warnings and arrests. These decisions raise important, but distinctly
secondary issues.
The "no bias" claim of the study has led many people to believe that it
definitively established that race is not a factor in the initial stop decisions. For example,
the Iowa City Press Citizen stated in an editorial this morning that the study shows that
"Iowa City police did not systematically engage in a practice of pulling over drivers
based on their skin color." The Iowa City police chief has stated on several occasions
that he is pleased with the study because it shows that race plays no role in Iowa City stop
decisions.
However, as much as we hope that the police chief's belief is true, the traffic stop
study contains absolutely no data to support either that belief or a belief that racial bias
does play a systemic role in the process. The study simply does not address the issue.
The only analysis in the study that purports to address the stop issue merely
establishes that among the motorists who are stopped, blacks are no more likely than
whites to be charged with a moving violation. This conclusion has nothing whatever to
do with whether race played a role in the initial stop decisions. On this issue it is
important to note that one co-author of the study, Dr. Angela West, agrees with us and
has stated: "On the basis of our study, one simply cannot tell if race is a factor in the
initial decision to stop motorists."
The reason the study provides no basis for answering this question is a
fundamental flaw in its research design. It has good racial information on the motorists
who were stopped. They were 9% black. However, it contains no racial information on
the people who were not stopped. Nor does it contain racial information on the
population of stopped motorists that one would likely see if there were no racial bias in
the system. Without such a comparison population nothing definitive can be said about
the stop issue.
To understand the significance of this omission from the study's research design,
imagine that we were studying the impact of immaturity, i.e, being 16-18 years of age, on
auto accident rates and we only had information on the age distribution of the drivers
actually involved in auto accidents. Further, imagine that these data showed that 16-18
year olds were involved in 25% of the accidents. With only that information, we could
say nothing at all about the impact of driver immaturity on the risk of being in an auto
accident. To make any judgment about that issue, one would need information on the age
distribution of all drivers. If the data showed that 16-18 year olds constituted only 10%
of the licensed drivers, but were involved in 25% of the accidents, that comparison would
provide relevant evidence on the influence of immaturity on auto accident rates.
Therefore, to support an inference about the role of race in traffic stops we need
racial data on a comparison population of citizens or drivers that could then be compared
to the 9% of blacks among the motorists who were stopped.
We have no preconceived belief about what the results of a properly conducted
study would show. What we do believe it that the citizens and police force of Iowa City
deserve to have the best study possible, one that cannot be significantly challenged on
methodological grounds.
Given the flaws in the Louisville study, it is surprising that so many people
misinterpret its meaning regarding the stop issue. The reason is that the study is
profoundly misleading. This arises from the weakness of its research design, a lack of
clarity in its analysis, and a confounding of its findings about the role of race in the post-
stop decisions with the role of race in the initial stop decisions.
Because these are technical issues, we suggest that you submit the stop report to
peer review by scholars who conduct empirical studies of this type. This study has been
subjected to no peer review. Nor was the original research proposal. When co-author
Angela West was asked about a peer review of the traffic study, she replied that peer
review was not needed because the study was not going to be published in a scholarly
journal. In our judgment, there is a far greater need for peer review of a study that is
offered up, like the traffic stop study has been, as a basis for public action on an
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important and sensitive political issue, than there is for peer review of a study
published in a scholarly journal, which is unlikely to have any impact on important
issues.
We thank you for the opportunity to appear this evening and will be pleased to
answer any questions you may have.