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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-09-10 CorrespondenceMarian Karr From: Southard, Karin [karin-southard@uiowa.edu] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:43 AM To: 'cou ncil~iowa-city.org' Subject: Lexington Ave barricade To Iowa City Council Members, Please keep the Lexington Ave barricade. It is a huge improvement. We live adjacent to the "double dips". Those who do not live close by cannot and have not witnessed the extreme recklessness of the drivers who speed the street where there is a very bad blind spot. We no longer fear for those riding bikes, walking, or pushing baby carriages in the part of the street that is not visible to traffic. Thank you, Tom and Karin Southard, 420 Lexington Marian Karr From: Linda Kerber [linda-kerber@uiowa.edu] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 3:34 PM To: cou ncil~iowa-city.org Subject: Lexington Ave Traffic Calming Barricade Dear Council Members, We have been delighted by the effectiveness of the traffic calming barricade on Lexington Avenue. Our safety has been greatly enhanced. This has been the first summer in 22 years we have lived at this address that speeding cars and motorcycles have not threatened our safety as we back out of our driveway. No one has swerved into our ravine. We strongly support continuation of the barricade. Linda K. Kerber Richard Kerber 425 Lexington Avenue Iowa City 52246 351-8446 Linda K. Kerber May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts and Professor of History, Lecturer in Law Department of History University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 Office: phone: 319/335-2299 FAX: 319/335-2293 8/19/02 Marian Karr From: CMEICHER@aol.com Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:36 AM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: lC Council-Lexington Ave. IC Council Members, Thank you for the time you have given to our city. I am writing to you in regard to a very small matter. The famous Lexington dips that have been there forever (almost) The majority of people that live within the radius of 25 miles and has spent anytime in Johnson County are aware of the thrills and problems that come with that area. When you purchase property not every neighborhood is perfect. Therefore I am opposed to the fact that 60% of 24 residence can totally disrupt the flow of traffic in a section of town. There is a review of this issue again. The area that should be looked at is the traffic generated pass Lincoln School. Thank you, Marita McGurk Eicher 338-9056 Marian Karr ~ From: Michael Martz [gmmartz@attbi.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:04 AM To: co u ncil@iowa-city.org Cc: phillip-jones@uiowa.edu Subject: Stepping Up Project and associated concerns Dear Councilors, As a parent of a freshman girl at the University of Iowa this fall, I am deeply concerned about the ability of underage young adults to be admitted to establishments that serve alcohol as its only or major form of revenue. Iowa City has been in the news lately from a number of incidents associated with bars in the area of the campus and I must say this does not shed a favorable light on the city or campus. I believe that The Stepping Up Project is a worthwhile endeavor and its suggestions should be strongly considered. I urge you to reconsider the ordinances that allow minors in bars in the areas immediately surrounding the campus. I would strongly encourage you to change existing policies as well as institute new ones for any new establishments in the area. In addition, I would hope that the city and university in partnership could foster the development of non-alcoholic venues for the younger students to patronize such as cosmic bowling, game amades, cheaper movie houses, indoor putt-putt golf, etc. The students who attend Iowa, many of them from out-of-state, are used to having such opportunities available to them and have the disposable income to frequent them. Please seriously consider these recommendations. I look forward to hearing back from you. Sincerely, Carole H. Martz 314 S. Wille St. Mt. Prospect, IL 8/20/02 Marian Karr From: Kristen K. Maughan [yomaughan@juno.com] Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 6:04 PM To: council@iowa-city.erg Subject: underage drinking and the allowing of 18 year olds in bars TO the Iowa City City Council- I am a parent of a new freshman at the University of Iowa. During orientation I was disturbed to hear that youth 18-20 are allowed in the bars in I©wa City and that there are literally dozen's of bars located within walking distance ef campus. I realize that the bars claim to prohibit the consumption of alcohol by those under 21; however, even with the most stringent of policies, the reality is that many of these youth are drinking. Those that are net drinking are still exposed to ethers who are drinking and to these who are drunk. It seems to me that the admitting of underage youth into bars promotes underage drinking and contributes to a "drinking culture" in the University setting. I feel concern that my daughter of 18 would be exposed to this environment and that her safety could be compromised by being in drinking establishments during her freshman year at college. I recognize that the University sponsors many activities which are free of alcohol. Students Nave the choice of where to socialize; however, the availablity of bars te 18-20 years olds most certainly diminishes the attendance at alcohol-free events. I support and encourage the passing of a law which would prohibit 18-20 year-olds in bars in Iowa City. Sincerely, Kristen Haugha~ University of Iowa Parent Story City, IA 50248 tHE .===1 P RO.J E C'F A COMMUNITY AND CAMPUS COALITION TO REDUCE BINGE DRINKING Ex¢cuUve Members ?tugust 27, 2002 Willard L. Boyd Iowa (;it3' CiB' Council Carolyn Ca,sit 410 E. Washington Street Jzm Clayton Iowa Cin- L~ 52240 Carolyn Colvm Dear Councilors, Dilek Dogruysevcr Sarah Hansen The one rear anniversan- of the drink specials ordinance has passed. We would suggest that Dale Hellmg the city council take a look at an additional solution to the underage and high-risk drm~ng Nick Herbold problem in Iowa City. Phillip }(. Jones Citations for underage possession of alcohol in the first half of 20U2 have increased more Mary Fdaowassal~ than 700o over the same time last year. Nearly half the bars in Iowa (;in' have been charged Emie Lehman with senTing underage patrons. stcvc Parrott Lane Plugge l,ast }'ear, our cit3- council agreed that something needed to be done about underage and high-risk dm-king. With 86°'0 of underage UI students reporting that they are able to get Cathy $olow alcohol in bars and the latest pohcc statistics seemingly supporting this figure, the answer Nan Trefz seems clear to us: we need to make it harder for those under 21 to drink illegally b) raising Ben Van Dyke the age of enU?- to bars to 21. We xvill support the ciw council in its effort to do so. J. Patrick \xiqute Sincerely Interrna Director ::-' ~.2;~ Stepping Up Project .~ ;~: 100 Curncr Hall. Umversit? of ]oa'a. Iowa City. IA 55242 (319)335-I349 Marian Karr ~ From: John Gross [jgross@techiowa.com] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:49 AM To: co u ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: Downtown sidewalk vault covers Why is Pete Vanderhoeff one of the few merchants who can maintain his sidewalk vault cover properly? He's just an average guy who cares. John A. Gross 8/22/02 Marian Karr From: Lisa Mollenhauer Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 2:26 PM .To: 'gerry lloyd' Cc: *City Council; Steve Atkins; Joe Fowler; Barb Coffey; Chris O'Brien; Roxanne Gustaveson; Dianna Furman Subject: RE: for attn: Ernest W. Lehman, Mayor Good Afternoon, This note is in response to your email to Mayor Lehman in reference to a parking fine. If you are interested in pursing the next option (which would be going to court), please stop by the Civic Center at 410 E Washington Street in Iowa City and speak with either Treasury Customer Service Manager Dianna Furman or Customer Service Representative Roxanne Gustaveson. You will need to complete paperwork that is filed with the Johnson County Clerk of Court. If you are unable to come to the Civic Center, you can call Roxanne at 356-5066 x 070 to make other arrangements. It is my understanding two court appearances are necessary - one to set the court date and one for the court date itself. If you are found guilty, you will be required to pay the fine plus an additional amount of $39 for court costs/fees. If you are found innocent, no fees will need to be paid. 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:llwww, icgov.orglcitycouncil.htm . Best of luck. Lisa Lisa Mollenhauer Administrative Assistant to the City Manager (319) 356-5010 ..... Original Message ..... From: gerry lloyd [mailto:gerlloyd@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:37 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: for attn: Ernest W. Lehman, Mayor Dear Mayor Lehman In the confusion surrounding construction next to the Iowa City Library, I reversed my stationwagon by mistake into a disabled parking spot on a Sunday afternoon and took off for a stroll in the fountain area. My fine is the standard $100. ~ appealed the fine, because itwas a genuine mistake. That area is busy even on Sundays, and I hurried to avoid blocking traffic. The temporary parking lot has a unique layout, with oblique entrance, preventing immediate view of Handicap signs. My appeal was turned down with the statement that the metre had a sign. Being a Sunday, and being a little slick, I didn't look at the meter. I've been unemployed for an extended period, pending research funding at the University of Idaho. I would be very grateful for your interception in this. sincerely Gerry T. Lloyd Marian Karr From: Richard Twohy [twohy~inav.net] Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 11:44 PM To: Iowa-City-Council-via Cc: Labor-Friends-via-Richard; Far-Flung-Family-via-; Connerctr@aol.com; MH-ADHD-Disability- Advocates-State-Officials-via Subject: #2, Eric Shaw -Lest we Forget '8-31-02 Importance: High #2, *Learning from Eric Shaw's death, 8-30-96 -- 6 years later. This text -- except for one significant paragraph -- appeared as Guest Opinion in Iowa City Press-Citizen, December 23, 1996: To the Editor: It is nearly four months since Eric Shaw was shot dead by Officer Jeffrey Gillaspie. It is not, and never was, a federal case. The matter, still unresolved, will soon be back in the local hands where it began. It is time to address the local decision which must be made. Like no other issue that has ever struck this community, this one continues to eat at our soul. Healing cannot even begin until this matter has a proper airing - one that we can believe in. Clearly, there is only one reliable treatment for our cancer: an old-fashioned remedy, designed by the founding framers. But it can not work properly while left sitting on the shelf. County Attorney Patrick White needs to submit this case to the Grand Jury. Four months along the road now, this is not impossible to do. It is not even difficult. It does not require Mr. White to change his views. For the law provides not one, but TWO independent ways for a matter like this to come before a court. One is for the prosecutor, with individual discretion, to commence criminal charges directly. The additional way is to entrust this discretion to a Grand Jury... whose job is to make that decision when asked. Though he has made clear his individual view about criminal charges, Mr. White can send this to the grand jury, WITHOUT COMPROMISING HIS PRINCIPLES or position in any way. And he should do so. The statute of limitations has nowhere near run out on this matter. The Grand Jury is available to consider an indictment - and, if so, on what (if any) criminal charges - and thus to decide whether there should ever be a trial at all. Why is this step necessary? It's needed because a series of important mistakes, and an important conflict of interest, have prevented J. Patrick White from making a proper one-man decision in this case. To wit: Error %1: Weeks before the investigations were done, Mr. White announced that he was not going to submit the facts to the Grand Jury. From that premature decision a thoughtful person could predict, as many of us did, that no charges of any kind would be filed. Why? A prosecutor is never in a position to ignore his or her special, working relationship with the police. They know too much about each other's mistakes in the past; and they need each other too much, every day, every week, to allow that kind of fissure. The conflict of interest is inherent and (apparently in this case?) inescapable. An honest leader must avoid even the appearance of such conflicts -- ! especially when (as here}, he failed to do any formal or informal oversight, to assure that Officers would not be "trained" (his phrase) to do what happened here. The crucial conflict required that this good man NOT make the prosecuting decision himself - in the interest of justice. Error ~2: Again, weeks before any investigation was completed, Mr. White announced his conclusion that the shooting was "not justified." Of all the public officers here, he was in fact the only one who had a true duty NOT to make a decision on the ultimate issue before the investigations were done. Even if his decision should turn out to be correct, this was a deep mistake. It makes you wonder why an attorney ever tells others to withhold their judgment until all the facts are in. If Mr. White had in fact decided this was an unjustified killing before ANY OF THE FOUR investigations had been completed, then the clear, proper choice was to take himself out of the decision seat, and submit the criminal determination to a Grand Jury who could and would approach the entire matter with an open, undecided mind. Error ~3: Having now decided that this killing was an unjustified, improper use of force (do you wonder how much force WOULD have been "proper" here?), Mr. White then made the startling connection that there was no question of even the slightest criminal wrongdoing. He said there was no recklessness, no intent to kill at the moment that trigger was pulled. Several lawyers have pointed out that your typical drunk driver also has no intent to kill at the time their car crushes the life of another human. The criminal misdeed, for which that driver is charged, with or without a Grand Jury, concerns his intent, not at the moment when he "flinched" at the wheel, but instead at the time he had set the stage by pointing the car with his foot on the trigger. Clearly there are crucial questions here, on which reasonable minds could well differ. On the facts that we know, it's clear that reasonable men and women could reasonably determine the issue of criminal charges quite differently than did Patrick White. Of course a Grand Jury might very well reach the same decision that Mr. White made. But the choice to indict or not would then properly belong to this wide-ranging group of unpaid citizens from throughout the community. Their choice, whatever it is, would be immensely easier for the whole couhmunity to accept. A Grand Jury is needed by Eric Shaw's family, for decent and acceptable closure. A Grand Jury is needed by Officer Jeffrey Gillaspie, who {-did we forget?) was hounded out of town without a reason, under the current decision. A Grand Jury is needed by the rest of us, who deserve some assurance that sudden death like this won't be done, again, to someone else's child. There can be no quiet peace, and no public confidence essential to the County Attorney, while this matter remains choked off from closure by one-man-rule. --Richard Judson Twohy Iowa City Marian Karr From: Tanclan4@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 11:56 AM To: council@[owa-city.org; jfaucett@ci.coralville.ia.us Subject: Junior League Forming in Iowa City Attn: Mayor Ernie Lehman and Mayor Jim Faucett and Council Members I am very excited to tell you that a Junior League is forming in Iowa City! If you are familiar with the Junior League organization then you know that it is a women's organization, international in scope, with 280 chapters in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Great Britain. Chapters currently exist in Cedar Rapids, DesMoines and Davenport. The common purpose of Junior Leagues is to improve the community through the effective leadership of trained volunteers. Its sole purpose is educational and charitable. Mission To promote volunteerism. To develop members for voluntary roles in community affairs. To improve the community through the effective action and leadership of experienced volunteers. Junior Leagues have extensive lists of projects that they have successfully accomplished. The projects typically benefit women and children, with a wide range of focus. The projects address such problems as domestic violence, hunger, illiteracy, teen pregnancy, poor healthcare. Leagues also support many educational and cultural programs like children's museums. Leagues do not compete with existing volunteer organizations. The idea is to work together and place volunteers where they are most needed and where their skills would be of greatest value. If the Junior League of iowa City is even somewhat as successful as existing Junior Leagues, our community will benefit greatly. Our first fundraiser is October 28, 2002. We are supporting the University of Iowa's Women's Rowing Team with a yacht club themed lunch at their annual Regatta on the Iowa River. Tickets are $25.00. Women supporting a U of I women's event. We think that's cool! Our first $500. is going to benefit the Iowa Children's Museum, supporting their annual Crystal Ball. Our Kickoff Meeting and Membership Drive will be held September19,2002 at 7:30pm at the Sheraton Hotel, Iowa City. We are expecting to recruit 100 or more members by years end, women mostly from Iowa City and Coralville. I am asking Mayor Lehman and Mayor Faucett for Proclamations about this momentous occasion. This is the start of something wonderful for Johnson County! Mayor Lehman and Mayor Faucett, please join us as we embark on this exciting and major undertaking! I have spoken to you, Mayor Faucet't, and understand you have a prior commitment. If you can provide a person from your office to stand in for you and make the Proclamation, we would be delighted! Mayor Lehman and Mayor Faucett, please let me know as soon as possible who is able to join us at our event. Thank you in advance for your support! Mary T. Tanner 341-4301 9/3/02 TO: Major Public Office Holders in the Greater Iowa City Area FROM: RICHARD V. CAMPAGNA DATE: September 1, 2002 RE: ALL DAY SEMINAR AT NEW MELLERAY ABBEY (outside of Dubuque)- Oct. 24, 2002 (Thursday) I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and to encourage you and/or any members of your staff to attend an all day seminar I am coordinating at the New Me!leray Abbey in Peosta on Oct. 24, 2002. I have resided in Iowa City with my family for the past 13 years. We re-located from New York City (after having lived all over the world) principally to achieve a life style which only the Iowa City area can provide. We consider that all of our goals, needs and desires have been met and as a consequence thereof, I am currently seeking statewide elective office. I would be honored to serve the people of Iowa who have been so kind to myself and my family. This past year I had the privilege of attending the Citizens' Police Academy and was also a member of the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Program (CLP). I obtained a great deal out of both programs; However, there always seemed to be comments indicating that this area in general, and the particular cities and governmental entities, lacked an integrated philosophy or vision of government. Therefore, as an informal project emanating from my participation in both programs, I have organized the above-referenced all day seminar in Peosta, sponsored through Kirkwood Community College Adult Education program, as a method of encouraging governmental, business and community leaders to look at their philosophies of life and of governing. If you think attendance at such would be beneficial, please call KCC at the numbers highlighted in yellow on the enclosed sheets. The course is described in greater detail and I consider that the cost is extremely reasonable. Another $30 would need to be paid at the door to New Melleray Abbey for three (3) delicious meals served throughout the day. If you have any further questions about the foregoing, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing you on October 24. PO Box 5265 Coralville, IA 52241 Tel: 329-33941252 ail campodal@ al ~m : av oil.net .. EMT-BASIC CLINICAL $78 The EMT-Basic dinical is designed to provide a hands-on aunosphere for EMT-Basic students. Cllniculs will be performed in the emergency room/ho~- HISTORY piral setting (24 hocm) and with an approved tn~porting ambulance sen4ce (8 hours) at a minimum. Clinicals will be graded on a minimum skill compe- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 1N IOWA ~ $9 tency base. The student may need to perform more clinical hours to obtain the Join Lyndon Ctist in this brief survey of Wrightian strugtures built in~i~wa, minimum skill competencie~ required for succ~fid completion. 14 ~ including client information, construction aspects, hlstoric, al overdew of each Begim Sap 16. building and current status. A slide presentation xnd listing of reference 206368 - TBA sources for further study will be ferreted ~nd possible visits to selected sites FOOD SERVICE TRAINING FOR LONG TERM CARE disc~ed. 1S~ion. O~t 2. Inst. Crist. 6-gPM MEAL SERVICE FOR FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISORS $69 Parr of the 90 hour D.O.H. requirement. Focus is on the food sen4ce and health ca~e team, basic nutrition, menu planning, nourishment, food merchan- dising, work simplification and selLhelp devices, cost and control. Tit THE ART OF THE SHORT STORY $79 is offered over the ICH. 4 Wks. Begins Oct 2. Inst. Koury. Join Ianet Freeman for this considetadon of sore 214021 Wed. - VA Hospital, 3 West Rm 19C 5:30-8 Joyce, O'Connor, Hemingway, Monroe, Trevor and others. Lots of and fellowship. 11 Wks. Begins Sep 26. Inst. F~eman. Hwy 6 West, Iowa City 221891 Thu. - IC-Learning Ctr Pan J · MODIFIED DIETS FOR FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISORS $69 EXISTENTIALISM AND PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL FRI:-F-DOM Part of the 90 hour D.O.H. requirements. Designed to familiarize I t service Discover how existentialism can unleash your human potential in personal and/ personnel with the restrictions of the following diets: Diabeti~ , sodium restricted and fat exchanges, herb and ~1 on the professional realms. Learn how this philosophy and psychological approach to ICN. Instructor will originate from Iowa City. 3 Wks. Begins Oct ~ life and work is consistent with your religious convictions, work ethic and per- Koury. sonal life style. Enjoy a much needed break from the daily grind at the s 214037 Wed. - VA Hospital, 3 West Pan 19C ul~ Hew Mdleray Abbey in Peosta, near Dubuque, indudint Hwy 6 West, Iowa City three delicious meals and a day of camatadetie and philosophical mninI not induded in registration fee. I Session. Oct 24. Inst. Campagna. HEALTH OCCUPATIONS 221889 Tho. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 6500 Melleray Cirde, Peosta This course is for READING FOR PLEASURE ~ $29 and insurance companies. Medical terms will be discussed in conjunction with PHD a btief summary of anatomy. Emphasis will be placed on memorizing sni:F~xes, Ting to figure out pre£~xes, and word roots. Book required. 10 Wks. Begins Sep 12. Inst. wbethe . reveal and McCarthy. what do they conceal ~ they entertain us.} You help choose the books as you 216174 Thu. - LC. Kirkwood Annex Rm 122 6-gPM learn from each other in this fun class. 8 Wks. Begins Sep 5. Inst. Gibson. 221890 Thu. - West H.S. Rm 105 7-SPM NURSE AIDE THE mGIC OF THEATRE ~ $45 NURSE AIDE $275 Come and see how excidng theatre can be! Explore some of theatres greatest 75 hr course that prepares students to work in a long term care facility. Course plays and musicals through in-class reading and discussion, audio/visual pre- ,t,~1~ with patient care, terminolo~, and procedures necessary to give good sentafions, ~nd a glimpse 'behind the curtai~. 8 Wks. Begins Sep ~l. Inst. patient care. Book intuited. 7 Wks. Begins Sep 16. Inst. MclGllip. Jorgensen. 214011Mon.,Tue.,Wed. - Oaknoll Retirement Home Rm TBA 8AM-NOON 221892 Tue. - West H.S. Rm 108 7-8:~0PM 701 Oaknoll Dr. WRITING NURSING CONTINUING EDUCATION MAGaZIN£WmTING $6O BASIC SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL $1~5 Have you ever read ~n article in a magazine and thought, The focus of this course is to assist the health pmfessinnal to communicate that , Well, you could have. Every magazine in the country uses freelance writ- with Spanish speaking clients. Vocabulary and grammar will be emphasized to ers, and you could he one of them. This class is designed to show you how to communicat~ with clients in the clinical setting. Must Attend all sessions. 10 establish relationships with maga~ne editors and how to write aixides that will Wks. Begins Sep 10. Inst. R~driguez. attract their attention. Taught by a ro~*iae writer who will give you all of the 216163 Tue. - Me~T Medical Plaz~Iowa City Pon MC. AU 7-gPM inside scoops. 8 Wks. Begins Sep 3. Inst. Asenjo. NURSIHG D~TIOH: TOP TEIq QUESTION AIqSWERED $19 221894 Tue. - Robert A. Lee Corem Rec Cemer Rm DESK 7-gPM See page 65 for coume description. 1 Session. Oct 15. Inst. MitchelL- 220 S. Gilbert, Iowa City, IA 217806 Tue. - KCC I.C. Credit Ctr Pan 101 6:30-8:30PM WRITING OUR LIVES BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMEHT OF SEVERE PROBLEM BEHAVIORS $19 Students will write freely about significant events that have shaped their lives. Emphasis will be on personal expression and writing from the "heart-mind". 8 See pag~ 65 for course description. I Session. Sap 17. Inst. Ring&Id, PhD. ~lTks, Begins Sep 5. Inst. Arerm 217819 Tu~. - KCC I.C. Ctedit Ctr Rm 101 6-gPM 221895 Tue. - SE J.H.S. I-ibrary 8-gPM HOW TO WRITE A PRESS gm ~ASE FREE Get information about your organization's function out the 'va'ire" wa~ Lear .n to create a simple press release for daily or weekly newspapers. Suitable for reh- gions and non-profit 0~ganizations. This class brought to you at no cost by Kirk'wood and The Iowa City Press Citizen. 1 Session. Sep 9. Inst. Brenner. 221895 Mom - City H.S. Rm 103 7:~0-gPM t, ,,;~' -.~]~[~'~liOg.q~'- · Wine Apprecmt~on I~ ltealing ~Vutrition, Meditation, ' _O~i~ . ;Advanced Wine Appreciation ~tVour Tuesday nights ~tarting and Homeopathy in 17 I ,, ~ ~,, Johnson County /, 6:30 to 8:30p.m. $60 Tuition introductory course (...:i~.7~ t[~ To t~ister ~ll 319-398-1022 or 1-800-332-8833 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: August 30, 2002 To: City Clerk From: Beth Pfohl Traffic Engineering Planning Re: Item for September 10, 2002 City Council meeting: Installation of LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT signs on the north side of Washington Street at the intersection with Linn Street As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3A of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(8), signage indicating LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT will be installed on the north side of Washington Street for eastbound traffic at the intersection with Linn Street. Comment: This action is being taken at the request of the Police Department to emphasize that Washington Street changes from one-way traffic to two-way traffic at Linn Street as motorists travel eastbound. The signage is consistent with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. jw/rf~m43 p-washin gt on.doc City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: August 28, 2002 To: City Council From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner~i~ Re: Item for September 10, 2002 City Council Meeting: Installation of a parking space located on the north side of the 400 block of Market Street 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(17), one public metered parking space will be installed on the north side of the 400 block of Market Street. The parking meter will have a one-hour term limit. Comment This metered parking space is being added as a result of a driveway being removed and a curb installed. The meter term is similar to adjacent metered spaces. Jccogt p\memos\marketmeter 1 doc City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: September 4, 2002 To: City Clerk From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ~'~ Re: Item for September 10, 2002 City Council Meeting: Installation of NO PARKING 2 AM - 6 AM EXCEPT PERMIT HOLDERS signs and TOW-AWAY ZONE signs on the 400 block of South Maiden Lane 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: Pumuant to Section 9-1-3A(10), NO PARKING 2 AM - 6 AM EXCEPT PERMIT HOLDERS signs and TOW-AWAY ZONE signs will be installed on the 400 block of South Maiden Lane. Comment: This action is being taken at the request of businesses in the area that use the parking for their customem. Earlier this year, the overnight parking restriction was removed so permit holders would be allowed to park overnight in this area. This has led to vehicles other than permit holdem parking in these spaces overnight, leaving few spaces for area businesses. By installing these signs, permit holders will still be able to park overnight in these spaces, and them will still be parking available in the evening for customem frequenting the businesses in the ama. jccogtp/mem/bp-itcom9~,-02 doc