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Members of the City Council
Civic Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Members of City Council:
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January 11, 1977
May I suggest, for your consideration, the following changes in the traffic ordi-
nance.
1 . To change the definition of alley to use another word in place of "thoroughfare"
and to include in chapter 8, or some appropriate section, the wording:
"Through traffic is prohibited on alleys".
Rationale: Alleys are not to function as streets. They are to provide access
and service to the residents or businesses.
2. To change 6.04.09 second sentence to read: This provision shall not apply
when traffic is controlled by police officers.
Rationale: I think it is Important to give right of way to funeral processions.
This has been the custom ever since I can remember and I believe it is a
proper practice and a courtesy to the family that should be continued. I
am aware that this section is identical to 6.46.16 in the present code. I
believe that the practice and ordinance should not be in conflict and :hat
the ordinance should be changed.
3. To delete 6.04.36.4. I am told that the meaning of this provision Is that if a
train is engaged in switching operations it can block the intersection for more
than 10 minutes. If this is so, the word except In 6.04.36.4 should be
deleted .
Rational= I think 10 minutes is long enough to block our major streets.
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4. To include In 6.04.36 and 6.04.36.5 after the word vehicular, the words "and
pedestrian".
Rationale: To discourage pedestrians from going between train cars.
S. To Include in section 6.04.37 on Littering, a section that deals with the mud
often dragged onto the streets by cars and other machinery.
Rationale: This is a very objectionable type of litter that those responsible
for should clean up.
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6. To delete 6.05. 04 and 6.05.05 relating to "Play Streets".
Rationale: I believe that neighborhood parks, not in the public right -of -way
is more appropriate. I also believe that if such is to be included it would
be important to involve Parks and Recreation.
7. I hope you will retain 6.12.09 as it appears In large draft.
Rationale: When persons come to my home or to outlying residences or
businesses there is space on private property for bikes to be stored or
items to which bikes can be attached. I would prefer this to the sign
post on the corner or the fire plug.
B. To change 6.12.11 to retain it being illegal to ride two abreast.
Rationale: When bikes ride two abreast on most residential streets, it
makes it almost impossible for a car to pass the bikes. On Iowa Avenue,
it would be impossible. Safety, I believe, is also a factor in favor or
single file riding except on paths or parts of roadways designed for bikes,
In most cases, however, the bike lanes that we now have are not designed
for riding two abreast.
9. To eliminate the last ten words In section 6.14.10 N.
Rationale: I have discovered that the intent would not be changed and I
think It would prevent misunderstanding.
10. I believe that section 6.16.04 might be strengthened by adding, "This provisiOlL
prohibits double Larking ".
Rationale: I have discovered that this is part of the intent of this section and
I believe that such wording helps to clarify this intent.
11 . I would also suggest that It be illegal to discharge passengers into a lane of
traffic.
Rationale: Safety
In addition to these suggestions, let me express to you some additional opinions
for your consideration.
A. In some cases, 6.04.05, the violation is said to be a misdemeanor, In 6.04.33
the violation is said to be reckless driving. In most cases, the violations are not
Identified. It may be well to have a section that say9, "all violations not spec -
lflcally identified are misdemeanors.
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B. In the section on authority, 6.05.01B (and many other similar sections) I be-
lieve it would be best for the City Traffic Engineer to notify the City Council
in advance rather than after the fact and unless Council takes action at Its next
meeting, the City Traffic Engineer shall proceed.
C. I trust that you will give special consideration to 6.19.08 B. Is it correct that
this limits the use of the parking meter fund? In the past, it has been contem-
plated to use such funds for construction of ramps.
D. I trust that all members of the Council are aware of the fact that although
6.06.03 seemingly restricts U turns In the business (I am sure this should read
commercial) district that 6.04.14 restricts U turns in the entire city. This may
be clearer if 6.06.03 is eliminated, and if 6.04.14 would include the words "no
U turns" .
E. Section 6. 04.14 will create certain problems at the Post Office. At the present
time, a good percentage of persons approach the Post Office from the north. They
U turn at Harrison or turn across the left lane of traffic Into a parking space. This
section would make both practices illegal. This could have two effects. One,
increasing traffic on Harrison between Dubuque and Clinton by the public school.
Second, increasing the demand for left turn lanes off Burlington at Dubuque. It is
possible that in your Judgment this is better than the present condition. My rea-
son for mentioning this is that I believe you need to make a conscious Judgment.
In many communities, U turns are allowed if there is not a stop light at both inter-
sections and at special places with stop lights when posted.
F. A U turn on Iowa Avenue and Clinton is important in light of the present street
patterns. Washington to the south and Jefferson to the north are both east bound
one way streets. This fact was acknowledged and the sign saying "No U Turn"
was removed some time ago. The ordinance that you have before you restricts
U turns period .
One final, but all Important, note. I trust that the police force will be informed
of this ordinance and requested to enforce it equally and fairly.
I also trust that the city will take the responsibility of preparing a brief citizen's
guide which will inform persons of the new ordinance. If I can be of any help
in preparing such, I would offer my services. Example: in many communities
there is a differencelretween standing and parking, depending upon whether the
car is occupied or not.
A simple folder or listing in the newspaper would, I believe, help to create an
understanding and acceptance of your efforts.
Thank you for your consideration of this rather lengthy communique.
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Sincerely,
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Robert L. Welsh
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Iowa City City Council
Civic Center
Iowa City, IA 52240
Dear Council Members:
The Fegional F':u:un.ing Commission at its January 19, 1977 meet-
ing, will be maaking appointments to a standing committee for
fluman S-erv.icns Pl.nr<nina. The Steerliig CoTntlittee wl'11, present'
P.amCS for Commission consideration.
We are requeSting that you submit two naive: for the Commission's
con.siderati.o.R. We would like at least one of those to be an
elected officiai; the other could be staff.
lembership on the committee is expected to be a stimulating ex-
perience, but also one that will require strong interest and thy
commitm-ent of a fair amount of time, at least periodically.
We are proposing to the Commission the following composi_illn for
the commit tee.:
1. Si.t: representatives of funding bodies: two ea-h
from Johnson County, Iowa City and United Way.
2. Six board members from human service agencies.
3. A staff member from six human service agencies.
4. Six consumers of service or representatives from
consumer groups .
S. Up to six additional persons appointed at large.
The tasks we f.orsee for the committee are:
1. Finalizing and overseeing the 1977 work program including
making decisions about needs assessm°_Ilt and r °SOLITCC ldois-
tification process. When results of these efforts nre
available, making the recommendations to funding =, bodies
and the community at large.
2. The consideration and development: of a mechanism for on-
going planning and coordination of human services, to
Include plans for keeping information on services and
and needs current and available.
Your Involvement will be important for
gram. Colrld you let u-, know by Jnnuary
may suh:rlt to the C.onrti: ;sion?
Sincerely,
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Isabel 'Turner, Chairperson
the success of this pto-
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2%2 south dubuque street, towo city, Iowa 52240 (319)351 -8556 Emil L. Brandt e.c.m.0 wean
12/17/76
AN INVITATION:
The Human Services Steering Committee of the
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission
invites you to meet with us for an interchange
of ideas about human services planning and the
work program for 1977, described in the enclo-
sure. We have been working for the past three
months to give some direction to this effort.
We need your ideas and criticisms before the
work program is undertaken.
OPEN HOUSE
'January 6, 1977
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
First Christian Church Library
217 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City, Iowa
Committee members and staff will be available
for discussion with individuals or groups.
OPEN MEETING
January 20, 1977
7:30 p.m.
First Christian Church Basement
217 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City, Iowa
Formal presentation of the work program and discussion
with agencies, citizens groups, and interested persons.
THANK YOU.
Neal Berlin
Doris Bridgeman
Emil Brandt
Isabel Turner
Faith Knowler
Carol Spaziani
Florence Stockman
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1977 Work Program - Human Services Planning
Steering Committee: Florence Stockman, Supervisor of Services
Dept. of Social Services- Johnson County
Neal Berlin /Dennis Kraft /Linda Schreiber -
Iowa City
Doris Bridgeman, Director, Council on Aging
Faith Knowler, Chairperson, United Way Plann-
ing Division
Emil Brandt, Director, Regional Planning
Commission
Isabel Turner, Chairperson, Regional Planning
Commission
Iowa City has requested that the RPC undertake a countywide human
services planning program and provide input into the Comprehensive
Plan for Iowa City in the human services area. The primary support
for this program will be from'the city's Community Development funds.
The steering committee, appointed in early September by the Executive
Board has been meeting weekly since, and has developed the following
work program. The committee had one full day with a consultant,
Jack Bloedorn, from Technical Assistance and Planning Associates,
Chicago, Illinois who visited without charge and made a number of
helpful suggestions. The committee has had staff assistance from
Mr. Brandt and since October, from Diary McCue in one of the half -time
research assistantships from the University.
Mr. Brandt, with the committee's assistance, is currently interview-
ing candidates for the position of human services planner. The use
of a consultant is being considered at several points in the work
program. It was felt that this decision could be made after ongoing
staff is hired. The Steering Committee is recommending the creation
of an Advisory Committee of the RPC for the duration of the study.
This committee of no more than 30 will be made up of 1) representatives
of local funding bodies - Iowa City, Johnson County, United Way; 2) hu-
man service agency board members; 3) staff from public and private
human service agencies; 4) consumers of service. This proposal will be.
made formally at the January Commission meeting.
The goal and objectives as adopted by the Steering Celllmittee are:
Goal: To make the planning and i.utplementution of human services in
Johnson County as efficient and effective as pussible by pro-
viding policy makers with the information necessity t 3 make
sound decisions needs and resuuc�os Cur progi-ans such
as health, recreation, social services, economic oppurtuni.ty,
education /] nformation and transportation.
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Objectives: 1) To supply data about existing programs and
agencies.
a. To provide for meaningful organization of
existing data.
b. To gather new data as needed to supplement
or to fill gaps in existing data.
2) To identify the human needs of the residents of
Johnson County and to determine the extent to
which these needs are being met.
3) To analyze and correlate the information on
human needs in order to make it useful for de-
cision makers in formulating programs and
allocating resources.
4) To establish a mechanism for ongoing planning
and coordination of human services, to include
a way for keeping information on services and
needs current and available.
Because the areas of human service are so broad, priorities need to be
set. For the first year's work program tlae committee has chosen areas
of concentration. These were chosen with two considerations -1) the
programs included have some degree of local finding - from city, county
or United Way funds - and 2) these are areas in i:hich the committee
feels there are unmet needs or other concerns about coordination, de-
livery of services, etc. There may be further narrouri.ng down or changes
as the allocation of time and money resources becomes clearer and as
more input is received from agencies, Board of Social Welfare, etc.
List of Areas:
1) FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
Includes such programs as respite care, homemaker
services, home- health care, home management edu-
cation; chore services; day care, both in and out
of home; telephone reassurance, meal programs,
companion programs, counseling services; and vari-
ous kinds of alternative living arrangements in the
community.
2) EMERGENCY INCOME AND MA"CERIAL SUPPORT
For transients and permanent residents in crisis
situations. Includes short term assistance with
food, shelter, transportation, medical care, jobs.
3) MENTAL IIEALTII /CIIP1[CAI, DEPENDENCY
Includes preventive programming in areas of mental
health, alcohol, drugs; crisis intervention, in
and out - patient psychiatric care, alcoholism treat-
ment facilities; residential treatment.
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4) PUBLIC PROTECTION AND JUSTICE
Legal services, advocacy services, correctional
programs in the community setting, protective
placement.
Within these areas the work program involves Human Needs Identification
including: —
1. Social Profile giving statistical information about needs.
2. Information gathered from agency professionals, community
leaders, consumers of service and general public through .
already completed surveys and reports, coordination with
current and planned efforts and additional surveys and
meetings as needed. Cooperation with the city consultants
and Comprehensive Plan Committee is forseen. The committee
has already submitted survey questions for the consultants'
consideration.
Resource Identification:
Agencies giving services in the areas of study will be surveyed
to assemble information about programs, budgets, staffing, con-
trol, etc. The resulting information will be made available to
funding bodies.
Problem Statement and Recommendations:
By coordinating the information from the Human Needs Iden tifi.
cation and the Resource Identification areas of need, concern
etc. will be identified. Recommendations will be made to
funding bodies from this
The time frame involves decision - making and design through March 1977
with the surveys etc.actually carried out between April and September,
a staff report by November 1977 and recommendations developed by the
Advisory Committee in November-December.
The Advisory Committee will give ongoing direction to the staff and
also give consideration to developing the mechanism for ongoing plann-
ing and information services as in Objective 4. A second year's work
program can be developed by repeating the process, concentrating on
other areas of human service.
A more detailed study design is available through the office.
WIIITE, WEN'ZEL & PIEI2SALL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1737 FIRST AVENUE S. E.
CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA 52402
TIMOTHY S. WHITE
RICHARD C. WENZEL
JAMES A. PIERSALL
LYNDA E. THOMSEN
STEVEN W. CORDES
City Council
City of Iowa City
Civic Center
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
AREA CODE 319
TELEPHONE 365.4000
December 22, 1976
Re: Proposed ordinance amending ordinance number 2359
Gentlemen:
I am writing on behalf of my clients, Curt and Norma Hames,
owners of Sunrise Mobile Home Village, Iowa City, Iowa,
with regard to a proposed ordinance amending ordinance
number 2359 by the enacting of a new section supposedly
dealing with retaliatory evictions. I feel constrained to
point out various areas of vulnerability contained in said
proposal under both the U.S. Constitution and the Iowa
Constitution relative to the rights of land owners, contractual
rights and property rights as well as obvious conflicts with
present Iowa law on this subject.
The present Iowa law on this subject as stated by the Iowa
Supreme Court is that a landlord's service of 30 days and
3 day Notices to Quit on a tenant are sufficient to terminate
a month to month tenancy for any reason or for no reason at
all. Verlinden vs. Godberson, 238 Ia. 161, 25 N.W. 2d 347 (1948).
Various other states including Illinois, New Jersey and Rhode
Island, have passed statutes dealing with this subject under
the authority of the State's police power for the safety, health
and welfare of the residents of the state. In those states and
in others, the elected state legislative body has deliberated and
determined that such an act was necessary for the protection of
its citizens. However, it was on the state level, not the local
level. We have been unable to locate any instance of a local
body passing an ordinance dealing with said topic.
Looking next to the constitutional arguments embodied in this
proposed ordinance, we find various due process and equal protection
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arguments under the 1st, 5th and 14th amendments to the U.S.
Constitution and the applicable articles under the Iowa
Constitution. without attempting to exhaustively cover those
arguments, I will briefly mention a few that are apparent at
first reading. Said proposal is invalid under the due process
clause because it is vague and ambiguous concerning the actions
of the parties involved, it is an arbitrary restriction on
business, deprives the landlord of property and rights of freedom
of contract, creates an invalid presumption of retaliatory intent
on the part of the landlord, and is overly broad in its proposed
effect on the landlord's rights. Additionally, it in effect
creates two types of tenants in violation of the equal protection
clause and as such i s unreasonable and arbitrary and also, arbitrarily
classifies owners and operators of mobile home parks as the subjects
of this proposal without a showing being made as to the necessity
for such a classification.
The purpose of this letter is to indicate various problem areas
inherent in said proposal as presently written. The Iowa State
Legislature is the proper legislative body for any action relative
to the topic being addressed in this proposed ordinance. I would
suggest that the City of Iowa City defer to the State Government
whose authority to act on such an area is unchallenged.
Sincerely,
WHITE, WENZEL & PIERSALL
1 11 James A. Piersall
JAP:pr
• • 1410 First Avenue
P.O. Box 1696
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Telephone (319) 337.4158
;oodwill Industries of Southeast Iowa
O.R. Hibbefer
Executive Director
January 5 , 1977
Mayor d City Council Members
Civic Center
410 E. Washington
Iowa City , Iowa 52240
Dear Sirs :
I.am writing to you to ask if Goodwill Industries of Southeast
Iowa can receive one pass for the Iowa City buses to be used
occasionally by volunteer workers. The pass will only be used
when the volunteer is with the client and either teaching him
the basics in how to take a bus transfer and read the bus sche-
dules or in learning to get around the community to eventually
be placed on a job or to make use of community resources.
We have found that learning to make use of the City Bus System
has been an important step for many clients in moving towards
independence. Your help with this would be greatly appreciated.
If you have any questions about our request, please contact me.
Sincerely ,
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j John Ka e
Rehabilitation Counselor
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Goodwill is "people GROWING strong"
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February 7 1977
MAYOR
MARYNEUHAMER
MNCILMEMEERS
JOHN EALMER
CAROLINPROSSE
L F. FOSTER
OAVIO FERRET
11AXSEUER
ROEERTVEVERA
Mr, John Kane
Rehabilitation Counselor
Goodwill Industries of Southeast Iowa
P.'0. Box 1696
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Mr. Kane:
The City Council approved your request for a -free-bus pass to be used by
Goodwill Industries volunteers. Enclosed is a transferable pass that can
be used by a volunteer escorting a client.
The City is very happy to cooperate with Goodwill to help all of our citizens
in Iow% City/to achieve independence.
City Manager
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Acting Transit Superintendent
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