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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-10-18 Info Packet*City of Iowa Cit* MEMORANDUM DATE: October 13, 1977 TO: City Council �✓ FROM: City Manager I� RE: Application Form for use of Streets and Public Right -of -Way The application form for use of public streets and public grounds has been revised to comply with the existing ordinance. This change results from citizen questioning of the previous procedure which did not comply with the ordinance. This new form requires more information from the applicant and will thereby facilitate the review process. In addition, the applicant must complete the form for use of public rights-of-way 30 days in advance of the date of the event. This requirement allows sufficient time for the review process by department heads and for appeal by the applicant. Under the new procedures, the applicant will be notified of the City Manager's decision and the request will appear on the Council agenda for the Council's review. If the applicant is aggrieved by the Manager's decision to deny the permit, written appeal may be filed with the City Clerk within five days. The Council will then hold a hearing on the request at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting. At that time the City Council can affirm, reverse or modify the Manager's decision. The news media has been informed of this change. This change will occur October 17. Individuals may request forms from the City Manager's office. A copy of the new form is attached for your information. 34710 APPLICATION FOR USE OF STREETS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS FOR PARADES AND OTHER EVENTS (CHAPTER 7.18.7 - CODE OF IOWA CITY) All applications must be filed at least thirty (30) days in advance of the date requested unless the City Manager waives the time requirement. Admin- istrative review by the departments and the City Manager usually takes 3-5 working days. Upon granting or denying the application, the City Manager is required to notify the City Council. The City Manager may waive any of the requirements of Section 7.18.6. This notice must be included on the Council agenda by Thursday noon. At the Council meeting the following Tuesday, the City Council will either confirm or set aside the action of the City Manager. The applicant will be mailed notification of the City Manager's decision at the same time the notice is sent to the City Council. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the City Manager to grant or deny any permit may appeal from the determination of the City Manager within five (5) days thereafter to the City Council by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk for a hearing at the next regular meeting of the City Council. Upon such hearing, the City Council may reverse, affirm, or modify in any regard the determination of the City Manager, based upon the standards of Chapter 7.18 of the Code of Iowa City. Also, the City Council may waive the five (5) day appeal period if it determines that there are unusual circumstances. A list of the standards for issuance is attached to this application. Applications will not be considered until all questions are completed. If any question is not applicable, indicate "not applicable" or "none" in appropriate space. APPLICATION FORM FOR USE OF STREETS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS FOR PARADES AND OTHER EVENTS (CHAPTER 7.18 - CODE OF IOWA CITY) 1. (7.18.6.A) EVENT: 2. (7.18.6.A) NAME AND ADDRESS OF APPLICANT (INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION): 3. (7.18.6.A) APPLICANT'S AGENT (IF ANY) NAME AND ADDRESS: 4. (7.18.6.A) OFFICERS AND/OR EMPLOYEES OF SPONSORING ORGANIZATION, NA14ES AND ADDRESSES: 5. (7.18.6.6) DESCRIPTION OF EVENT AND PURPOSE: 6 7 8 9 (7.18.6.C) LOCATION: (7.18.6.D) EXPECTED ATTENDANCE: (7.18.6.E) DATE AND TIME OF USE: _ (7.18.6.E) METHOD OF ADVERTISING EVENT (IN DETAIL): 10. (7.18.6.F) PERSON(S) IN CHARGE OF USE, NAPLES AND ADDRESSES: 11 12 13. 0 0 (7.18.6.G) IF EVENT IS A PARADE, PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, RALLY, DEMONSTRATION OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, LIST NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS WHO WILL BE FEATURED AS ENTERTAINERS OR SPEAKERS: (7.18.6.G) IF EVENT IS A PARADE, PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, RALLY, DEMONSTRATION OR YOMBINATION THEREOFUSED, ANY ANIMALS, MECHANICALST BE USED, ANDAEDUSED,QUIPMENT TO BE ESCRIPTION OF ANYSOUND AMPLIFICATIONS TOBE TO BE USED: (7.18.6.H) DESCRIBE PROPOSED POLICING OF THE ACTIVITY, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO DIRECT TRAFFIC, SET-UP AND CLEAN-UP AND TO MAINTAIN ORDER: (NOTE: IF POLICING ARRANGEMENTS ARE DEEMED TO BE INADEQUATE BY THE CITY MANAGER, APPLICANT CANREQUIRED 14. (7.18.6.I) DESCRIBE LIMITS AND INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS OF LIABILITY INSURANCE. (NOTE: LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WHICHLL NAME IS AE CITY AS AN REQUIREMENT UNLESSDPARTY WAIVED BYDTHEALL CITYNY AND SAVE HARM - MANAGER 15. (7.18.6.J) ATTACH A TO APPLICATION IN AN AMOUNT DOMINED BY THE CITY MANAGER, BASED UPON THE USE AND THE EXPECTED SIZE OF THE GROUP TO INSURE AGAINST DAMAGE OR SET OUT THE BOND PROPOSED. APPLICANT DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE STAFF APPROVAL (SIGNATURE AND DATE) POLICE CHIEF FIRE CHIEF DIRECTOR OF PARKS & REC PUBLIC WORKS LEGAL FINANCE CITY MANAGER PARKING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS 1. POLICE 2. FIRE 3. PARKS AND RECREATION 4. PUBLIC WORKS 5. LEGAL 6. FINA14CE 7. PARKING 8. INSURANCE 9. BOND 10. IF PARADE OR OTHER EVENT USING STREETS, (ROUTE OR STAGING AREA): 11. MONITORS OR POLICING REQUIRED: 12. OTHER REQUIREMENTS DEEMED NECESSARY BY CITY MANAGER: 13. IF REQUEST IS DENIED, REASONS FOR DENIAL: 14. DATE REFERRED TO CITY COUNCIL: _ 15. DATE AND CITY COUNCIL ACTION, IF ANY: 16. (1.18.9) DATE NOTICE OF APPEAL FILED WITH CITY CLERK BY AGGRIEVING PARTY: 17. DATE AND CITY COUNCIL ACTION UPON APPEAL: 7.18.7 STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE. 'rho City Manager shall examine the application and shall grant or deny said permit based upon the following standards: A. As to whether or not the date and times of said proposed use will disrupt the use of the streets by the public to an unreasonable extent at a date and time when the public uses the streets to a great extent. B. As to whether or riot the estimated size of the group wi11 disrupt. the use of the streets by the, public to an unroosonable extent or can be held because of its size. C. Whether or not the proposed street can accomodate the group based upon its size and the facilities available for health and sanitation. U. Whether or not the application demnn- strates that tho applicant has the means, funds, planning, an•d coordination to hold such event as is proposed in view of the proposed time and place, facilities available traffic control, parking requirements, policing, and to meet the requirements of the permit. f:. Whether or not the application demon- strates that the event is of such size and nature requiring the diversion of so great a num- ber of police officers of the City to properly police the event and the areas contiguous thereto that allowing the event would deny reasonable protection to the City. 1:. Whether or not the event will interfere with another event for which a permit has been granted. G. Whether or not any information in the application turns out to be false or non-exis- tent in any material detail. H. whether or not the proposed event would intcrfore unreasonably as to date and time with the inhabitants of the surrounding area. 1. If the proposed event has been previous- ly hold, whether or not the results thereof have been favorable or unfavorable. J. Whether or riot the applicant has previ- ously demonstrated inability to comply with a permit for a previous event. 9. Whether or not the applicant is a com- mercial or charitable applicant, the policy beinp, to minimize commercial use. L. The length of time of the proposed event to determine if the time period is unreasonable. 1•I . Whether or not there is additional infor- mation which reasonably leads the City Manager to conclude that the proposed event will not comply with the laws of the State of Iowa, the Ordinances of the City of Iowa City, or the permit of the City of Iowa City. CITY OF IOWA CITY CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST October 14, 1977 Dear University Heights Resident: IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354.180 In March our letter to you stated, "In many ways University Heights and Iowa City already are one community. Now we invite you to join in making us one community legally and governmentally." Unfortunately this joining of interests has not occurred. Although University Heights submitted another contract offer to Iowa City, the basic problem remains; i.e., the cost of services to University Heights exceeds the amount of revenue which University Heights can raise to support these services. It is now apparent that University Heights will be unable to continue to purchase services from Iowa City. Therefore, effective January 1, 1978, the following changes will be made in the services currently being provided to you by Iowa City: 1. Police. All services will be discontinued. 2. Fire. All services will be discontinued. 3. Refuse Collection. All services will be discontinued. 4. Mass Transit. Iowa City buses will operate through University Heights with oors-closed policy. 5. Animal Control. Animal control patrol will be discontinued in University Heights and Animal Shelter will not accept animals from University Heights residents. 6. Cemetery. University Heights residents will be charged as non-residents. 7. Parks and Recreation. University Heights residents will be charged as non-residents. 8. Library. University Heights residents desiring to check out materials will be required to purchase a non-resident card. 9. Water and Sewer. Service will continue. 39�/ O O University Heights Resident October 14, 1977 Page 2 Iowa City regrets that these changes are necessary. Our goal remains. We still invite you to make Iowa City and University Heights one community legally and governmentally. Sincerely yours, Mary C1 Neuhauser Mayor Ch 4�a Carol W. deProsse City Council Member John Balmer City Council Member L. P. Foster City Council Member David Perret City Council Member aMaxSezer City Council Member dj4 Robert Vevera City Council Member IA4w—z(—. Neal G. Berlin City Manager 0 ^�//�/� ,.,[INTI R 410 t. wAWINctON SI / • n Z nr� • IowA 3191 3W 11P. cn r,lowA 112QOctober 13, 1977 0 MAYOR MARTN(ONAOE(N COUNCIL MEMBERS pNN PALMER CAROL MPROSIS L R. TOTTER OAVIO'EARLY MAA Lt LZER ROBERT VEVERA Mr. Adrian D. Anderson, Director State Historic Preservation Officer Division of Historic Preservation Iowa State Historical Department 26 East Market Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Anderson: Thank you for your letter of October 5, 1977, concerning the College Block Building. If you had contacted the City at the time of the prepara- tion of the bidding documents, I am sure that we would have been prepared to consider your concerns. However, after the City Council designates a preferred developer, it is a little late to undertake the suggestion con- tained in Your letter. Z)ir�jreyy yours, Neale City Manager is cc: City Council 3W. RCCC-; .'Lp p * 710 DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IOWA STATE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT ADRIAN D. ANDERSON. DIRECTOR STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER October 5, 1977 Mr. Neal Berlin City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Berlin: I am writing to express concern over the City's recommendations for the disposition of the College Block Building. It was our understanding that our office would be invited to participate in the review of proposals for this property and I am thus surprised to learn that final action has already been taken. We are also surprised that more favorable consideration was not accorded the two proposals which included restoration of the second -floor architect's loft, a plan highly appropriate for this building. Sincerely, Adrian D. Anderson, Director State Historic Preservation Officer ADA/sh 2e EAST MARKET STREET . IOWA CITY. IOWA 82240 TELEPHONE (310) 353.418E/353.0640 0 City of 00wa CIO MEMORANDUM DATE: October 11, 1977 TO: Neal Berlin, City Council ///►►► FROM: Dick Plastino, Director of Public Works RE: North Side Parking I This memo will briefly summarize the findings and conclusions of a study of north side parking problems. a. The boundary was Brown Street, Dodge Street, Bloomington Street and Dubuque Street. b. The total amount of daytime parking available on -street and off- street is 1,250 spaces. At nighttime the total is 1,430 spaces (calendar parking prohibitions apply only in daytime). C. Parking demand from dwelling units in the area (but not including commercial units, fraternities, churches, public schools, and Mercy Hospital) is 928 spaces. Findings: Actual parking demand in the area is far in excess of the parking demand from dwelling units due to Mercy Hospital staff and visitors and University of Iowa dormitories. These numbers cannot be estimated but it is abundantly clear that parking demand in the area substantially exceeds available supply. ALTERNATIVES Several alternatives are listed below with advantages, disadvantages, and comments. A. More Calendar Parking: Sweep and plow streets easier, discourages long-term storage, inconvenience to residents, may only move long-term parking to other areas, reduces number of daytime parking spaces. Not able to measure effectiveness of calendar parking since its use is usually related to sweeping and plowing and not parking solutions. Comment: The accepted use of calendar parking is to permit frequent cleaning and snow plowing of streets. The full history of calendar parking in the north end is not known but it is reasonably clear that calendar parking was put in as some land of attempt to deal with the parking situation. Unfortunately, given the basic problem of ,3F/3 -2- • too many cars and not enough parking spaces, calendar parking does not solve the problem for either home owners or renters in the area. It does permit smoother traffic flow since parking is basically allowed on only one side but this is accomplished at the expense of inconvenience to local residents who park. in the area. There is, no doubt, some elimination of long-term storage in these areas but this cannot be measured. B. No Parking One Side: This reduces parking by one-half during the night as well as in the day. Calendar parking removes half of the parking only in the day, provides easier traffic movement, but may not discourage long-term parking. C. Parking Lot: Provides real solution to the problem which is too many cars and not enough spaces. It is an expensive solution. It encourages long-term storage. Estimated cost of $600 per stall. Could be made aesthetically pleasant. Comment: Parking lots can be provided either by acquisition of lots and construction of off-street parking lots or modifications in the street right-of-way so that 90 degree parking can be accomplished on both sides of the street. This is shown on the attached drawings. Parking lots in street right-of-way should only be implemented by using "traffic diverters" which would, in essence, make selected streets very low volume. On -street parking lots of this kind are not recommended where traffic volumes are high since accident rates would increase. Possible funding sources are road use tax, block grant, GO bonds. One parking space could be provided for each 10 feet of curb length provided no driveways or mature trees are present. Adequate space must also be used to provide buffering at each end of the block and at various points in between. If Council expresses an interest in this approach, detailed studies will be made to determine exact cost and number of potential stalls in the area. D. University Policies: At the present time the University provides 469 long-term parking stalls in the area of Harrison and Madison. Cost of these is $31.50 for nine months and $10 for the summer session. There is no bus providing service from the long-term lot to any areas of the University. There are 200 people on a waiting list and the lot is over assigned to account for absences. There is no unusual vandalism in the lot and there is high demand for lot space. University officials are concerned about the parking situation in the north end; however, solutions are as difficult for them as for the City. The City has the administrative and legal tools to accomplish solutions more easily than the University. It is suggested that the City choose an approach to the problem and after that the City and the University can coordinate on implementation. E. Stricter Enforcement of 48 -Hour Rule: Discourages long-term parking. Extremely time consuming with marginal benefits for Police Department. Does not address basic problem. F. Change 48 -Hour Rule to 24 -Hour: Discourages long-term parking. Extremely time consuming with marginal benefits for Police Department. Does not address basic problem. SUMMARY The solution to the parking problem on the north end is difficult but the problem itself is easy to state: There are too many cars and not enough parking spaces. The real solution must involve one of the three following items: 1. Reduce the number of cars. 2. Increase the number of parking spaces. 3. Live with the problem. A reduction in the number of cars may occur gradually over the years as individuals, on their own, choose alternate forms of transportation. No practical means are known that can artifically induce this change con- sistent with the democratic and political process. An increase in the number of parking spaces is feasible and if well done, can have side benefits by reduction of through traffic through the use of traffic diverters. The third option is to live with the existing problem and handle parking requests on a case by case basis. This essentially is what has been done over the last several years. It is suggested this item be scheduled for an informal Council meeting and decisions be made. cc: Jim Brachtel Dick Gibson ExIsTIN' OW STFREET 'PAR KIW6z- I • ALLEY I "= Zo' ?FlC ?AR 3A IJ Q< IA Y bl s PRoPEIUY LIQFE •City of Iowa Citil DATE: October 11, 1977 TO: Neal Berlin / City Council FROM: Richard Plastino, Director of Public Works/ /F RE: Sunset Street /�!! Recently we have received additional complaints from citizens abutting Sunset St. Their complaints center on the mud, the weeds, etc. In researching this item we find the following facts: In 1966 when Bryn Mawr was platted the developer signed an agreement in which it was stated the developer would pay for paving at least 25 feet in width. At that time the City Ordinance did not state the City would pay for all over -width paving but discussions with employees who worked here at that time indicate it was the intent that the City pay for the extra width paving. 2. In 1969 a City Ordinance was passed stating that the City would pay for all extra width paving in excess of a local street. 3. Attached is a letter from the developer dated 1968 which states the understanding between the City and the developer. We believe that the letter states the correct understanding between the City and the develo The unfinished portion of Sunset Street has been a matter of concern to the City and the residents in the area for several years. It has been included in the budget the last few years but has been dropped from the budget. With this additional information it would seem that the item should be funded to fulfill the City's obligation. To: The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa In Re: Paving of Sunset Street Part Three Bryn Mawr Heights Gentlemen: .cLa •..O,L »..nu A•cA :o oc ve The purpose of this letter is to request that the City install the center section of paving in Sunset Street between its intersection with Nest Benton Street and Derwen Drive in Bryn Mawr Heights. At the time of the original platting, the agree•• ment was that the subdivider would install the two outside lanes of paving at 12'2- feet each, and that the City would subsequently install the center 24 feet at no expense to the subdivider. An examination of the area will indicate clearly that the center section should be paved at this time, and we will appreciate your attention to the question. Res ctfully urs, Charles A. Barker CAB: DS FriJUN 7 19F' GLEN V. ECKAr . J CITY CLERK LAW OFFICES OEHLER, BARKER, RADIG & HOY )O. SAVING! L LOA% BV,LO.ha 1.0.80. rea AAI e.oen LLIL G... It. A..A..C. IOWA,CITY, IOWA 522.0 [OGLN. L.AAOIO 00%AL G A, NOY June 7, 1968 To: The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa In Re: Paving of Sunset Street Part Three Bryn Mawr Heights Gentlemen: .cLa •..O,L »..nu A•cA :o oc ve The purpose of this letter is to request that the City install the center section of paving in Sunset Street between its intersection with Nest Benton Street and Derwen Drive in Bryn Mawr Heights. At the time of the original platting, the agree•• ment was that the subdivider would install the two outside lanes of paving at 12'2- feet each, and that the City would subsequently install the center 24 feet at no expense to the subdivider. An examination of the area will indicate clearly that the center section should be paved at this time, and we will appreciate your attention to the question. Res ctfully urs, Charles A. Barker CAB: DS FriJUN 7 19F' GLEN V. ECKAr . J CITY CLERK 0 0 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: City Manager and City Council FROM: Hugh Mose, Transit Manager /70 RE: Complimentary Bus Passes for New Residents October 12, 1977 V 1 �(e rt cyj I have recently uncovered some ICT complimentary new- comers' bus passes and would like to provide them to Welcome Wagon for distribution to new non -student residents in the community. We would like to distribute packets of transit informa- tion, each of which will include a cover letter, a system map, a set of transit schedules, and four complimentary passes. Welcome Wagon has agreed to hand out the packets along with the other material they currently distribute. The complimentary passes will be collected and counted along with our regular farebox receipts. The free passengers will simply be added to our daily ridership totals, while our revenues will remain the same. The passes are numbered and signed by the Transit Manager for control purposes. A sample Iowa City Transit newcomers' pass is shown below: O O 0 o• x Iowa city transit If this plan is acceptable, I will begin preparing the packets for delivery to Welcome Wagon. We plan to provide only enough material for two months (100 packets) and evaluate the success of the program after this trial �e6i12 1977 ilii II 11 9/S City of Iowa Cit• MEMORANDUM DATE: October 10, 1977 TO: Staff FROM: Mike Kucharzak RE: House Moving Procedures Following the problems we had with recent house moves and the permit procedures, I am instituting the following procedures immediately and hereby order that these procedures be implemented. After reading through this memo may I suggest you review Chapter 5.20 and become familiar again with the contents of the moving ordinance and compare the same with this memo. You will find that we are not changing procedures so much as restating procedures already in the code. The changes that are going to result are in fact not in the ordinance but are pro- cedures that have been developed over a period of time that have replaced the responsibilities of the mover or perhaps other City departments and had the Building Inspection personnel assume these responsibilities. Hopefully, by getting back to the basics required in the ordinance the amount of staff time spent by this department on house moves will be minimized but more importantly we will be assuring the City administration that house moves will be done legally correct and with the minimum liability to the City. Role of Building Official The permit counter will issue a house move permit according to the requirements set forth in Chapter 5.20. It is important that the check -list outline establishes by Glenn be reviewed, updated if necessary, and be utilized in any issuance of a house move permit. The responsibility for meeting the check -list items such as routing, securing police protection, notifying traffic engineering, forestry, and so forth are the responsibilities of the mover, not the Department of Housing and Inspection Services. When the mover has provided the counter with the appropriate forms and necessary supporting documents a moving permit can be issued. Field Responsibilities I wish to make it quite clear that the responsibilities of the Building Official and his assistants are simply to assure that a house located within the City limits or one to be brought into the City limits can be placed or removed from a City lot safely and in accord with the code and ordinances of the City. This means that on the appointed moving day representatives of the Department of Housing F, Inspection Services will be at the moving site to witness the loading of the structure onto the moving apparatus. Once the structure is on the public way, the responsibilities of the Department of Housing $ Inspection Services cease. The police Department and Traffic Engineering will be responsible for escorting the structure through the City limits. This is a most important change in our existing procedures. In the past, the policing or supervision of traffic flow as well as prevention of damage to private and/or public property is not in the purview of the codes and ordinances that the Building Official is responsible for. Those duties are clearly stated in the code of traffic and police as enforced by the Police Department with support from Traffic Engineering. 39/6 0 0 House Moving Procedures 10/10/77 page 2 Should the house move result in a structure being moved onto a lot within the City, then the function of the Department of Housing F, Inspection Services will be to provide staff to watch, not supervise but watch the placement of the structure on the lot located within the City limits. Once the staff is assured that the structure has been properly placed and has been made safe, the respon- sibilities of this department have been completed and the staff shall return to their other duties. Responsibilities of Mover It should become evident that there is a similarity between the house moving permit application and that of the application for beer or liquor licenses, that is, the mover will have to go to the various departments of the City, County, or Department of Transportation and secure documents such as permits, routing authorizations, commitments of personnel and so forth and bring written evidence of that along with the application for permit to the City of Iowa City permit counter. Should the papers be in order there is no problem. However, if the mover has failed to properly secure the necessary documentation the City will not issue the permit. In the past, the Department of Housing & Inspection Services assumed many of the above responsibilities. The original intention of this was probably quite good, that is, to assure a smooth move and to assist the citizens in wading through the necessary red tape. However, often when things did not go well such as problems with signal removal, problems with notification of utilities, railroads, etc. the burden for correction rested with the Department of Housing and Inspection Services. The Ordinance I know this will not solve all the necessary problems of house moves. However, this will at least bring us into the proper framework as stated in the ordinance. As most of you know we are currently studying house moving ordinances in other cities and have discussed some of the internal problems with the Department of Public Works, Police, Forestry, Legal, City Clerk and Fire Department, hopefully we can revise our house moving ordinance to allow even greater control and proper supervision of future house moves, but until then we must follow the ordinance as it is written, not as it has been interpreted in the past. After you have reviewed this document and the ordinance on house moving contact Glenn Siders with any questions you have. Glenn will set up a meeting in the very near future with the affected departmentstoinform them of our new role in house moving and how it may affect their support services. CITY OF !OWA CITY CIVIC C'ENTR 410E W/,SHINGIC_ IV S October 10, 1977 E. Norman Bailey 919 Talwrn Ct. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear tor. Bailey: At the City Council meeting on October 4, 1977, the question was raised during the public discussion of whether you had a conflict of interest in bidding on urban renewal property. It is my understanding that you made review appraisals in the urban renewal project area for the City over two years ago and that your company, North Bay Construction Co., was a successful bidder on an urban renewal parcel. The following conflict of interest provisions apply. 403.16, 1977 Iowa Code, Personal interest prohibited, No public official or employee of a municipality, or board or commission thereof, and no commissioner or employee of an urban renewal agency, which has been vested by a munici- pality with urban renewal project powers under section 403.14, shall voluntarily aoguire any personal interest, as -hereinafter defined, whether direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project, or in any property included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project of such munici- pality, or in any contract or proposed contract in connec- tion with such urban renewal project. Section 11 of the (rant Agreement. No member, offices, or employee of the Grantee, or its designees or agents, no member of the governing body of the locality in which the program is situated, and no other public official of such locality or localities who exercises any func- tions or responsibilities with respect to the program during his tenure or for one year thereafter, shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or subcontract, or the proceeds thereof, for work to be performed in connection with the Pro- gram assisted under the Agreement. The Grantee shall incorporate, or cause to incorporated, in all such contracts or subcontracts 39/7 -2- • a provision prohibiting such interest pursuant to the purposes of this section. It would seen that there is no conflict under either provision. Even if you considered an agent of the City under Section 11, you would be pre- vented fran bidding for only one year after the ompletion of your work for the City. If you have further questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you. Yours truly, 4 , `4i� Angela Ryan Assistant City Attorney cc: Frank Eicher City Council �p5 AND � • • IOWA SAVINGS AND LOAN LEAGUE, INC. CEApUE SUITE 1219 •SAVINGS AND LOAN BUILDING •DES MOINES, IOWA 50309 •PHONE 2e2-6168 October 11, 1977 Dear City Officials: Due to a conflicting meeting, the workshop in Iowa City has been changed from 8:00 p.m, in the evening to 3:00 p.m, in the afternoon. The place remains the same, The Ironmen Inn. I hope you will be able to attend. Sincerely, Kathy Kathy Cashman 3 9/3 4PIty of Iowa Cit* MEMORANDUM DATE: October 11, 1977 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Dennis R. Kraft, Director of Community Development RE: September Monthly Report Attached is the September Monthly Report for the Department of Community Development. 39/9 • -2- • REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION MONTHLY REPORT September 1977 GOALS: I. Carry out project management procedures and prepare management documents and records consistent with City Council policies and HUD requirements. II. Carry out a program of land marketing consistent with City Council decisions and HUD requirements. III. Carry out financial settlement and project closeout as soon as possible, consistent with sound program management. SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES: I. Planning: a. Met with representatives of Associated Engineers regarding design development of the City Plaza final plans and specifications. b. Met with the downtown merchants regarding interim control measures on College and Dubuque Streets. II. Marketing: a. Consulted with numerous developers regarding potential proposals. b. Received 43 bids from 29 bidders on the 13 sites being marketed. c. Completed staff review of the proposals; drafted a report to the City Council; received City Manager's approval; submitted disposition recommendations to the Council. III. Management: a. Completed the R-14 closeout audit. b. Began work on budget. IV. Administration: a. Sought a position classification review for the Redevelopment Specialist position. PROJECTED ACTIVITIES: I. Complete contract negotiations, contract execution and conveyance. II. Complete R-14 closeout. CDBG DIVISION September 1977 GOALS: I. Program Administration: To continue the establishment of CDBG project administration procedures -- environmental review processing, financial monitoring, compliance procedures, and sound record keeping. II. Project Development: To monitor the development of CDBG funded projects to better insure CCN, City Council, and HUD satisfaction with program goals, objectives and progress. III. Program Coordination: To coordinate all CDBG projects to accentuate their success and effectiveness and to minimize duplicated research. SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES: I. The 4th year CDBG application citizen input process was defined. Two public meetings were scheduled and news releases, radio talk shows, and radio advertising were prepared. II. Decisions regarding the proposed senior center project were made by the City Council. The Post Office is to be acquired to develop a City owned and operated senior center. A draft schedule of proposed activities was prepared. III. East Central's Housing Opportunity Plan was critiqued. Efforts are being made to coordinate area plans with City plans. IV. Department staff potential was reviewed and planners assisted to plan CDBG programs. V. Current CDBG programs were reviewed and activities for FY 1978 proposed. PROPOSED OCTOBER ACTIVITIES: I. CCN will host two public meetings to gather citizen input for the FY 178 CDBG budget and 4th grant application. II. HAP will be presented to the Housing Commission on October 12th and to the City Council when the informal agenda allows. Revised HAP will be submitted to HUD. III. Budget information for all CDBG programs will be compiled for CCN decisions. IV. Senior Center program development will continue. Planning activities will be defined. A survey will be prepared for gathering input. V. A report, Programs for the Handicapped in Iowa City, will be compiled. VI. Program activities will continue as listed on the attached chart. MONTHLY SUMMARY OF CDBG PROJECT ACTIVITIES CDBG PROJECTS SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES PROJECTED OCTOBER ACTIVITIES 1. Committee on *CDBG program progress was reviewed. *Review of last year's programs and staff Community Needs *Two public meetings were planned for early recommendations for FY 179 program October to gather citizen input for the 4th year activities. grant application. *Plan two public meetings - October 12 and 13, *The Senior Center project was reviewed. 2. Housing *Exterior housing survey data was analyzed and *Total completed structures - 8. Rehabilitation neighborhoods for housing rehabilitation were *Monitor construction of 8-10 structures with considered. 3 completed. *The first group of packaged bids was not awarded *Develop specifications for 4 new cases and • due to lack of bidders, but contractors are now request bids. interested in individual contracts. Four structures are currently under construction. *Rehab cases completed = 3. 3. Neighborhood *Playground equipment and bus benches selected. *Order and install bus benches. Site *Forms and procedures for the tree planting pro- *Begin sidewalk and alley repairs. Improvements ject and sidewalk repair project were to be *Order playground equipment. developed. *A schedule for alley improvements was developed. 4. Ralston Creek *Draft of final Powers -Willis report was critiqued *Contract for construction of the Interim Flood Control by staff. Projects will be let and work will begin th� end of October. S. Housing Code *After adoption of the new code, in-service train- *Follow-up of Area A and Area B properties. Enforcement ing of inspectors was initiated. *Complete annual inspection of all multiple *Follow-up inspections in Sections 9 B 11 of family dwellings containing 10-19 units. Area A was continued. *Schedule inspections for leased housing *Initial CDBG systematic inspections began in units. Section 12 of Area B. *Annual inspection of apartment complexes with 10-19 units began. *Submitted Housing Occupancy and Maintenance Code to City Council. MONTHLY SUMMARY OF CDBG PROJECT ACTIVITIES CDBG PROJECTS SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES PROJECTED OCTOBER ACTIVITIES 6. Rape *No progress. *No progress planned. Prevention Program 7. Senior Citizen *The environmental review record was completed. *Develop budget proposal for CDBG funds. Center *The Council voted to acquire the Post Office *Obtain rules and regulations for Title 3 HEW structure as soon as possible. funds. *A tentative schedule of future program development *Establish goals and objectives. activities was developed. *Contact U of I and ISU to consider possible involvement in aspects of the complex's • development. 8. Retarded Citizen *The environmental review record was completed. *The Legal Department will draft a contract Center between City of Iowa City and Johnson County Association of Retarded Citizens. i N 9. -Bus *Notice was received that funding is available *Project tabled while UMTA funding is sought. Acquisition from UMIA so CDBG funds will not be used for bus acquisition. 10. Comprehensive *Additional issues and alternatives were reviewed *Staff will begin drafting potential goals Plan by the City Council. and objectives for the Plan. *Staff continued analyzing the impacts of each *Council review/approval of Impact Analysis. issue and alternative selected by the Council. *Goals and Objectives reviewed by CPCC and • *CPCC reviewed the impact analysis reports. P $ Z. 11. Human Needs *The final three draft service area profiles *Completion of profile review by Steering Study were completed. Committee. *All profile reports were reviewed by sub- *Profiles mailed to agencies, organizations, committees. and Human Service Committee. *In -Home and Disabilities questionnaires were *Recommendations drafted by sub -committees collected and analyzed. and reviewed by Steering Committee. CDBG PROJECTS MONTHLY SUMMARY OF CDBG PROJECT ACTIVITIES SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES PROJECTED OCTOBER ACTIVITIES I12. Energy Plan I *The Energy Commission met again to discuss pro- I *The Energy Commission will meet again to gram alternatives. discuss program alternatives. 13. Urban Renewal *29 developer bids were received for the 13 parcels *Staff will complete proposal review before of land. October 15. *The staff analyzed each development proposal and *Developers will be selected. submitted recommendations to the City Council. *Contract negotiations will begin. *Staff and City Council review of City Plaza plans. 14. Architectural *The contract was awarded to Paulson Construction *Begin construction of the elevator and Barrier Removal for Recreation Center improvements. accessible locker rooms at the Recreation Program *Construction of the passenger drop-off area north Center. of the Recreation Center began. 15. Park *Sidewalks in the playground area began. *Fall trees will be planted. Improvements *Installation of Mercer ball diamond lights began. *Lay paver blocks around small pond for *Staff report on Hickory Hill -Conklin Lane stabilization at City Park. shelter was started. *Staff report on Hickory Hill shelter will be reviewed. 16. Park Acquisitions *The Council discussed the Happy Hollow acquisition again. *A letter was sent to Hickory Hill property owners advising them that we are no longer interested in acquiring the land. *No activities planned. SEPTEMBER MONTHLY REPORT CURRENT PLANNING SEPTEMBER ACTIVITY: • Staff reports prepared by the Current Planning Division during the month of September included Staff Reports for two preliminary plats, a final Planned Area Development plan, a final Large Scale Residential Development plan, two final plats, and one variance request. Other work activities during the month of September included much time devoted to reviewing Urban Renewal proposals and preparing a revised ordinance to amend the Tree Regulations of the Zoning Ordinance. PROJECTED ACTIVITY: No specific numeric objectives for subdivision plat reviews, rezoning application reviews, etc. are established due to the impossibility of predicting the number of submissions which will be filed. Work activities for the month of October will include: (1) completion of the proposed ordinance revising the Tree Regulations, and (2) preparation of a Development Ordinance upon selection of alternatives for construction of the Ordinance. -s - SEPTEMBER REPORT ADVANCE PLANNING DIVISION GOALS I. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN -- to proceed with planning work so that the two main areas can be developed according to schedule: 1) a City Plan, and 2) a Zoning Ordinance. II. RIVERFRONT COMMISSION -- to continue staff assistance. III. RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION -- to begin staff assistance with Public Works. IV. URBAN RENEWAL -- to provide assistance as needed. V. CDBG ADMINISTRATION -- to provide assistance as needed. VI. CITY ADMINISTRATION -- to provide assistance as needed. VII. NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT -- to provide coordination with City activities and to monitor this project. SEPTEMBER ACTIVITY: Work in Comprehensive Planning continued as follows: City Plan -- all topical reports have now been approved by CPCC. The Community Facilities Report is now available. Council review of the draft Issues and Alternatives was completed. Evaluation of Issues and Alternatives approved for analysis continued and CPCC reviewed several analyses. Zoning Ordinance -- Zoning Ordinance development continued with work on unified development regulations and standards the notable activity. II. Staff assistance to the Riverfront Commission continued and a meeting with the Johnson County Supervisors was held. III. Staff assistance to the Resource Conservation Commission began with prelimi- nary establishment of work objectives. IV. Staff assistance to urban renewal included attendance at meetings, assistance to Sasaki Associates and Associated Engineers, and review and analysis of bids for urban renewal property. V. Staff assistance to CDBG administration continued with assistance in Long- fellow neighborhood project planning and Ralston Creek projects. VI. Staff assistance to City Administration and other departments continued with annexation research and providing survey data to Public Works. VII. Involvement in the Northside Neighborhood Project continued with finalization of reports. PROJECTED ACTIVITY: I. Ilie essential planning activities necessary for the development of a City Plan and a Zoning Ordinance will continue on schedule. The separate Citizen Participation process will terminate with approval of the report by CPCC. All other Citizen Participation will he an integral part of the development, evaluation and adoption of the City plan elements. II. Staff assistance to the Riverfront Commission will continue. III. Staff assistance to the Resource Conservation Commission will increase rapidly. IV. Staff assistance to Urban Renewal will continue at an increased rate through the end of the year. V. CDBG assistance will continue with increased involvement. VI. Assistance to City Administration and other departments will continue as requested. VII. Involvement in the Northside Neighborhood Project will continue. DETAILED REPORT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACTIVITIES: Clerk Typist -- The Clerk Typist is being filled by a temporary employee until a decision on the typing pool is completed. Planning Technicians -- During September the Planning Technicians provided graphics for the Planning and Zoning Commission, City Administration, and planning projects. They assisted in office duties, and prepared final copy for printers as well as updating base maps and providing base maps to other departments. Assistant Planners -- During September the Assistant Planners worked in several areas as project leaders for planning tasks. The Assistant Planners performed zoning research and data processing duties. They also continued work on Issues and Alternatives impact evaluation. Additionally, work on a promotional leaflet for Iowa City began as well as assisting in CDBG projects. Senior Planner -- The Senior Planner directed planning activities, and continued research of the new Zoning Ordinance, worked on the Issue Questions and Policy Alternatives, assisted in urban renewal activities, prepared the annexation memo for the City Manager and assisted in the research on moratorium procedures and areas to be designated. *Ity of Iowa Cito MEMORANDUM -10- DAT1: October 7, 1977 TO: Dennis Kraft, Director of Community Development FROM: Bill Keating, Assistant Planner RE: Northside Neighborhood Preservation Study -- Monthly Status Report We are preparing to release the first two of approximately thirteen reports summarizing the results of our research during Phase Two of the project. The historic structures inventory and the Neighborhood Site Improvements Program will be presented to the City Council on Monday, October 17, and to the Planning and Zoning Commission Thursday evening, October 20. A short slide show will preface presentations by Elaine Baxter and Vicki Williams of NNPS group. The Historic Structures Inventory is a comprehensive evaluation of what is considered to be the historic resources of the north side neighborhood. The report details each of the 50 blocks within the study area boundary, gives examples of what are considered the significant architectural styles represented and also presents the methodology used in conducting the inventory. The Neighborhood Site Improvement Program is essentially a summary of improvements which residents of the neighborhood felt would go a long way toward enhancing the quality of the north side's physical environ- ment as well as eliminating some of the area's most severe problems. Residents' opinions on these matters were solicited at block meetings during Phase One of the project. The improvements are by no means prioritized, rather, they represent a starting point from which a cost/ benefit analysis can be developed. We hope that we can release the remainder of the Phase Two reports at intervals of approximately two weeks. Since all the reports are prelimi- nary at this stage, all are subject to some revision and reworking before they are released in final form next spring. BK:sc IOWA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT SEPTEMBER 1977 ROBERT P. KEATING,, FIRE CHIEF SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES The Iowa City Fire Department responded to a total of 34 emergencies. One civilian suffered minor burns. First aid was administered by the Fire Department, hospitalization was not required. 'til fires were investigated and their cause established. On Sept. 19th the Iowa City Fire Department accepted delivery on the new American LaFrance pumper. This piece of equipment had been on order since August 30th, 1976. Upon completion of testing the pumper will in all likelihood be placed into service the latter part of next month. A great deal of planning and work is being done for Fire Prevention Week, October 9 through the 15th. The department is now in the midst of 3rd quarter inspections. Most of the inspections are being done with an in-service pumper crew. FUTURE ACTIVITIES Irrangements are being made by the Training Officer to conduct C.P,A. classes at Central Fire Station for all Fire Department personnel. Third quarter inspections will continue with an anticipated completion date of December 15th. • FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH MONTHLY REPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR TO DATE • NONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1077 YEAR TO DATE FIRE ALARRS 17 209 232 RL•4 4 — 100 1700 0 Aff-FtA.ffi 7,— _ T , .3 - — R 53 I9 97 55 TOTAL r11EPAEPICIES 34 447 449 T'ISPFCTIONS 1.PERMITS 76' 11 7 0 1329 21p 3 14^2 116 6 fi>f 1 I I C p 25 13 FIRE L— 17 44 25 LtPLAINTS 1 27 21 AID 11 1 - &:;--- 180 1052 1311 FIRST AID INSTRUMM— 0 1 166 3 _ 70 n 40 53 RTATDR4vUTv 1 2 1` - PF. SCHOOLS LS 1 121 lb 3 i 1 10 44 S E L 3 59 _ 21 I'ITURIES TO FIP,EFI�WTERS 0 3 11 1. OF FIREFIQ(TEPS0 n n 6 16 ATFL4T 0 n CLASSIFICATION HO. THIS LOSS THIS MONTH VALUATION LOSS TI1TS YEAR LOSS LAST YEAR WE OF EQUIPMENT THIS MONTH THIS YEAR AT FIRES AT FTRF.0 THIS MONTH THIS YEAR AT DVT IIQ AT DVT 11C 7SF h,, HOSE 600 100 1700 0 1640 3100 — lqnAO UP 14" Ifoa 800 480n 1350 Ffinn rr S E, 11750 77.5 415n 68 102 397 ]91 15 222 56 186 50 0 3 0 n &:;--- 0 0 13 3 IlCr 354 6 23 166 3 _ 70 n 361 p J 0 47 JIKUCK 362 1 8 1 121 lb 91 i 1 10 7 AA DAin SEPTEMBER 1977 TOTAL TO DATE 1hiakm. v■t_ Tamm Vmber set, Lops Fires in Building 9 $24,707.Q3 102 $157,724.19 Fires in Motor Vehicles 4 3,398.00 51 16,765.26 Fire• in Rubbish 2 .90 P1 10 Other Fires Outdoors 2 .00 95 .00 Malioious Woe Alaiae 1 .90 34 .00 Other False Alarms 1 .OD 19 .00 Apartsents 0 .00 24 30,809.00 Dwelling 6 11,658.93 39 98,854.96 Hotels - motels 0 .00 .00 � Other Residential 0 ,00 11 1n, 185.10 Institutions 0 n0 7 928.110 Schools - Colleps 0 .00 3 1,290:00 Public AssenblY 0 •00 n nn Stores - Offices 2 1,049.00 12 2.959.13 Manufacturing 0 .00 �0 Storage 1 12,000.00 5 12,6nn.0n Mi"allaoeous 0 .00 1 100.00 0 TO: Robert P. Keating SUBJECT: Monthly Report DATE: October 7, 1977 The following is a report of the activities of the Fire Marshal's Office for the month of September 1977. FIRE PREVENTION: Preparations were completed this month for the activities during fire prevention week which will be October 9 through October 15. The 4th, 5th and 6th grade students will have the opportunity to enter a poster contest. Three plaques will be given to the winners in each respective grade. Also thanks to Captain Womhacher and members on Shift NI who built a Sparky Dog house. We are looking forward to visiting all the elementary schools with out dalmation mascot Sparky. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS: 44 Schools (Elementary) - 2 Mercantile - 7 Building Plans & Review - 6 Street Plan Review - 3 Fraternity Houses - 4 Sorority Houses - 5 Multi-Nelling - 5 Day Care (Certification) - 2 Tavern Inspection for Permit - I Complaints - Flammable Liquids - 1 Exit Signs - . Fire Escape - 6 There continues to be a large numher of new fire escapes installed on multi -family dwellings and businesses. FIRE INVESTIGATIONS - 3 Causes were determined for all fires during the month of September. One of the more serious fires resulted in a juhenile boy being turned over to Johnson County Probation Officers. Fire Marshal's Report Page 2 PUBLIC RELATIONS - 7 Participated in three fire extinguisher demonstrations. Two fire prevention talks and two fire drills. SPECIAL MEETINGS - 11 State Deputy Fire Marshal - 1 Building Officials - 3 County Attorney - 1 Various Architects - a Personal Installing Fire Escapes - 2 FOLLOW - UP INSPECTIONS le have started our fall inspections. East and !Jest Stations have been inspecting the outlying areas of our town in their respective districts. Central Station has been inspecting in the north end of town and will work their back toward the downtown area. All shifts have been a good Job promoting fire safety. ^espectfully submitted, Lawrence H. Kinney J Fire Marshal TRAINING REPO• 6E SEPTEMBER 1477 Shift #1 Number of (lours 249 Number of Drills 50 Shift 02 Number of Hours 271 Number of Drills F1 Shift 03 Number of (lours 265 Number of Drills 67 TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS 785 TOTAL NUMBER OF DRILLS 18O EQUIPMENT AT DRILLS 4" (lose 600' Truck #351 13 Truck, 0167 n 3" (lose 100' Truck #354 9 Truck #369 2 2�" (lose 3100' Truck #360 1V Hose 1350' Truck. #362 lf, Ft. of Booster 725 Truck. #163 7 Ft. of Ladders 397 Truck #364 7 Times Pump Used 56 Truck #365 flozzle Lines 56 Truck #366 10 Other Minor Equipment Tarps,slldes,projector. Officers and men received 785 hours training and totaled 180 drills. The T.O. with the aid of other officers presented classes on resuscitator, building construction and hydraulics in the fire service. I and 10 other members of the department attended a county,meeting in Coralville where a class and demonstration on flammable liquids was given. I was very glad to see our younger people present and taking a very active part in them. Chief Keating, Dave Loney, Bill Crow and myself had the privilege to go to a luncheon at the University of Iowa hospital to preview a film we helped make on fire safety in the hospital. Although 1t hasn't won any awards or nscars for the actors I'm sure it wasn't Dave or Bill's fault. :ie spent a lot of hours at the river with the new truck #351. It still is not in service due to orientation and instruction with actual working practice. Also we are putting on equipment peculiar to the job of fire suppression. I have been very fortunate to have all the officers and men helping me in getting used to my new position, everyone has been most helpful in every way. Thomas L. Hansen T Training Officer Wity of Iowa Cite MEMORANDUM DATE: October 13, 1977 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Mike Kucharzak, Director, Housing $ Inspection Services RE: Monthly Report - September 1977 Attached is the monthly report for the Department of Housing $ Inspection Services. Please note the discrepancy between the permit dollar amount for building permits as reported in the "Building Line" and as reported herein. When the "Building Line" was prepared the person responsible for computing the permit dollar total was ill and the substitute staff used the wrong data. We apologize for the error and will correct the data in the September issue of the "Building Line". 3919 • 0 RF11AB DIVISION Goals through December 31, 1977 1. Complete construction on 16 structures. 2. 26 - 30 contracts in force. 3. Spend or encumber between $200,000 - $230,000 September Activities 1. No bids received September 6th. as part of formal advertising campaign. All properties have since been taken out for bids. 2. 3 structure surveys completed. 10 financial interviews conducted. 3. 4 structures under construction. 11 structures out for bids. 4. First no interest loan contract begun - $14,650.00 value. Proposed October Activities 1. Continue intense finance interview schedule, updating our past - inquiry list, seeking grant eligible cases. 2. Intensify effort to get acceptable bids for cases we have identified already. 3. Begin efforts to refill our construction specialist vacancy. 4. Begin construction on 6 structures. Report of the Housing Rehabilitation Program Finance Specialist October 5, 1977 Costs Actually Spent Estimated Total (Completed or under (:1„i for bids or Construction) being, estimated) ADMINISTRATIVE: (excluding staff) $ 1,253.84 as needed 5 1,53,84 GRANTS 24,960.04 $38,000.00 62,960.04 FORGIVABLE LOANS 20,897.40 40,999.60 61,897.00 REHAB I LOAN 14,650.88 22,350.00 37,000.88 $61,761.88 $101,349.00 $163,110.88 Submitted by Maureen Taylor • HOUSING • I. 309 LZIM SECTICN 8, DCIF UNITS. Convert 72 additional emits of Section 23 to Section 8 units. Continue to provide assistance to families under Section 23 educing the number of units to 0 b/ June 20, 1978. II. 64 UNITS NEW CCV4I CTICN UNDFR SFCTIC27 8. TO assi in providing additional housing units for Iw inc-re, elderly and handicapped persons. III. 1100SM ASSISTANCE PLAN. Provide input to the Housing Assistance Plan for the third year HMA application. IV. HOUSING MtUSSICN. Provide adninistrative support to the Iowa city Housing C7mmi5slm. sFPl'E um ACTIVPTY: I. During September, 19 units were brought into the Section 8 Program. Nine were Section 23 Conversion. 3 Section 23 were terminated. Total units Section 8, 241. Total both programs, 271. 10 annual, or final, 19 move in inspections were perfor"cd. 28 applications for Section 8 were approved. II. 64 Units New Construction. Willow Stmt occupants received approval for move in September 16th. Both buildings occupied. III. Completed. IV. The Housing Cinnission met on September 21st. Cords^ion reoxrxxxled to Council that they not approve the Proposed Tenvvnt Li dlord Ordinance. PR3JD IM ACTIVITY: I. During October, 10 units will be oomverted frau Section 23 to Section S. It is projected that 10 new units will be brought into the Section 8 Progran. II. 64 Units New Construction. open House and Dedication scheduled for October 13, 1977 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. III. (opleted. IV. Housing Cormdssion. The Housing Comission was scheduled for Cctciy.,r S, no quorum. Cnnission meeting rescxduled for October 12. Topic of discussion will be the Housing Maintenance and occupancy Cnie. BUILDING INSPECTION IITVISION September tember Activity 1. Completed a review of the Uniform Building Code Amendments and will submit to Council the staff recommendations and the recommendations of the Plumbing Board of Appeals. 2. Initiated a system to maintain a property file system. 3. Evaluated and drafted divisional job titles and considered reorgan- ization of duties to accommodate vacant positions that now exist within the division. 58 permits were issued for a monthly total of $1,191,745 in construction. This brought the total for this year to 539 permits reflecting $13,911,103 in construction. The above figures are composed of 10 new single family dwellings, 1 multiple, 3 duplexes, 1 public works, and 8 other types of new construction. In addition, 35 alteration permits, 1 demolition permit, and 4 house moving permits were issued. Goals for October 1. Review Section 5.20 of the Ahmicipal Code of Iowa City and establish new procedures and check lists for issuing house moving permits. 2. Review and attend educational courses on the new Energy Conservation Code which will take effect .January 1, 1978. 3. Paul Bowers will attend a workshop on the new Electrical Code. 0 HOUSING INSpI!CTION 0 Goals for October 1. Followup of Area A F, Area 13 properties. 2. Complete annual inspection of all multiple dwellings containing 10 to 19 units. 3. Schedule inspections for leased housing units. September Activity 1. 204 structures inspected. 68 reinspections. (week of 19-23 F, 26-30 only) 758 dwelling units inspected. 674 rooming units inspected. 2. 30 systematic area inspections. 86 routine annual inspections. 17 complaint inspections. 3. 31 violation letters issued. 0 emergency orders issued. 63 compliances issued. 4. 0 court appearances. 3 intent to placard. 2 placards. 1 administrative review. 5. 63 compliances: dwelling units 362 rooming units 128 6. Submitted housing Occupancy F, Maintenance Code to City Council. 7. Continuing Area A followup and Area B initial inspections. 8. Continuing annual inspection of multiple dwelling structures. HUMAN SERVICES PLA.JNING PROGIM MONTHLY REPORT Goal To make the planning and implementation of human services in Johnson County as efficient and effective as possible by providing policy makers with the information necessary to make sound decisions about needs and rbsources for programs such as health, recreation, social services, economic opportunity, education/information and transportation. 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. I 2. To identify the human needs of the residents of Johnson County and to determine the extent to which these needs are being met. 5. To analyze and correlate the information on human needs in order to make it useful fordecision makers in formu- lating programs and allocating resources. 4. To establish a mechanism for ongoing planning and coordi- nation of human services, to include a way for keeping information on services and needs current and available. The following was accomplished in the month of September. 1.. Completion of the 8 Service Profiles. 2. Review of profiles by subcommittees (involved 9 separate meetings). 3. Revision of all profiles. 4. Revision of work plan by Steering Committee (enclosed). S. Steering Committee revision on some of the profiles. (To be completed 10/S,) 6. Presentation of program report to the City Comprehensive Plan Committee. 7. Follow-up conducted on In -Home and Disabilities questionnaire. 8. Recruitment and hiring of graduate assistant. 3920 0 Problems: 1. The magnitude of this project has required more clerical staff time than was available due to the other on-going programs of the commission. Steps have been taken to hire one additional secretary on a temporay basis. Because of the shortage of clerical time, the Law Enforcement referal manual was not printed. 2. Committees required at least one review meeting per profile. We had originally scheduled the review to take place in one week, when in fact, it took one month. The result of the Committee involvement in the profile revisions was very beneficial and will ensure that it is a community plan, rather than a staff plan. The Steering Committe will also be taking longer to review the profiles, than had been originally scheduled, because of their length. 3. The funding bodies will not receive copies of the profiles until Oct.28. The Steering Committee felt that it was important for agencies of about have an opportunity to respond to information contained in the p themselves before it is released to the public. Two copies of the preliminary profiles will be sent to the City of Iowa City for review how- ever. Projected Activities for October: 1. Completion of profile review by Steering Committee. 2. Profiles mailed to agencies, organizations, and Human Service Committee Members. S. comments reviewed and corrections made on profiles. 4. Revision of Profiles completed by sub -committee; corrected copies mailed to funding bodies. S. Recommendations drafted by sub -committees and reviewed by Steering fom- mittee. RLViSLD WORK PLAN 10/1/77 - 11/16/77 October 5, 1977 Steering Committee reviews profiles. October 7, 1977 Profiles mailed to agencies, organizations, and full Human Services Committee. October 14, 1977 Profiles returned from agencies, organizations and full committee with corrections and comments. October 18-21 Subcommittee reviews agency comments and begins to draft recommendations. October 26 Steering Committee reviews recommendations. October 28 Recommendation drafts and corrected profiles mailed to full H.S. Committee and funding bodies with cover letter. Agencies and organizations also sent draft recommendations. November 2 Public meeting held to discuss recommendations. November 9 Full committee meets to review public comments and approve final plan. November 16 Regional Planning Commission meets to approve final plan. 0 AGENDA IOWA CITY RIVERFRONT COMMISSION CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM OCTOBER 19, 1977 - 3:30 P.M. Item No. 1 - Meeting to order, roll. Item No. 2 - AppLuval of the minutes for September 14 (joint meeting with Parks and Recreation Commission) and September 21. Item No. 3 - Report by Jean Lloyd -Jones on the formation of a non- profit corporation to protect and preserve open space within Johnson County for public use. Item No. 4 - Report on meetings with: a. Johnson County Board of Supervisors - September 27. b. Coralville City Council - October 4. Item No. 5 - Update on status of Coralville power dam and results of discussion between the Johnson County Conservation Board and the Coralville City Council on October 18. Item No. 6 - Appointment of a Commission member to the Waste Water Facilities Committee. Item No..7 - Discussion of availability of funds for riverfront land acquisition. Item No. 8 - New business. Item No. 9 - Adjournment. 392/ 0 0 High Court Says Commuter Parking Ban Doesn't Violate Equal Protection Clause BY a wAUSTRYYT JOURNAL RRIrJ RepaT(e,T WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said it commuaides may restrict daytime rking in their neighborhoods to residents. The court told a lower court to reconsider finding that the commuter parking ban opted by Arlington County, Va., a Wash - ;ton, D.C., suburb, denied nonresidents equal protection of the laws guaranteed the Constitution. Court: —Voted six to three to set aside a lower court ruling that a Massachusetts law giving military veterans preference for state civil service jobs was unconstitutional discrlml. nation against women. The Justices told the lower court to reconsider its decision In light of a 1476 Supreme Court ruling that a violation of the Constitution's equal protection clause must involve discriminatory "purpose" as well as discriminatory "impact" A Massachusetts woman who challenged the preference argued that because veterans were predominantly men, they got most of the more desirable state jobs. Most states, as well as the federal goverment, give veter- ans some kind of preference over nonveter- ans for civil service jobs. Justices William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall and Lewis Powell disagreed with the majority's sum. mary action, saying they would have heard oral arguments on the case. —Agreed to decide whether members of Congress are Immune from sults charging that they or their aides violated an Individu- al's constitutional rights in the pursuit of a legislative Investigation. The cart will hear an appeal by the Solicitor General on behalf of Sen. John McClellan (D., Ark.) and some former aides, who were ordered by a lower cart to stand trial on a claim arising out of a 1967 Senate subcommittee Investigation into civil disorders, a subcommittee that Mr. McClennan heads. A Kentucky couple, Alan and Margaret McSurely, filed a dam• age suit after the subcommittee obtained copies of documents, Including some per. sonal papers, seized by Kentucky officials under a state sedition statute that later was declared unconstitutional. The Solicitor General maintained that lawmakers are protected from such sults by the constitutional provision that a member M Congress can't be "questioned in any other place" for "speech or debate" In Gsr gress. The lower court's ruling that the im- munity depends on whether the legislative process has been conducted properly would "undermine the independence of Congress." the government argued. It contended that "an Immunity that would protect only when no wrong has been comrnitted Is no immun- The challenge to the Arlington parking restrictions was brought by commuters who had been parking In a residential neighbor hood near large commercial and office complex. The Virginia supreme court held in their favor. Invalidating the county's com- muter parking ban. Arlington's system pro- vided free parking permits to residents and their visitors and banned parking by others between S a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. The Supreme Court disagreed, setting aside the lower court ruling In a brief, un- signed opinion without hearing oral argu- ment. "To reduce air pollution and other envi- ronmental effects of automobile commuting, a community reasonably may restrict on - street parking available to commuters, thus encouraging reliance on car pools and masa transit," the court said. It added that "the same goal Is served by assuring convenient parking to residents who leave their can at home during the day." Noting that a community also may de- cide that restrictions on outside tranc into residential areas "would enhance the qual- tty of life there by reducing noise, traffic hazards and litter." the court said "the Constitution doesn't outlaw these social and environmental objectives, nor does It pre- sume distinctions between residents and nonresidents of a local neighborhood to be invidious." The Constitution merely requires that rhe distinction drawn by an ordinance such r Arlington's "rationally promote the regula- tion's objective," the cart concluded. "'I Justice Thurgood Marshall said be waua have preferred to hear oral arguments p� 31722 L� A REPORTED AT N1'.W YORK C ITI'5 gnnrrll oCut, whicil 11.,I; an ,:cpcnse Inulgvt - for ill's fiscal year (fourteen billion dollars) matched by none of the fife• states and by relatively few fm•- eign unions, and a work force (two hordred and thirty-four thousand) larger than the combined populations of tin: state capitals of New York and New Jersey, k nut noted for its productivity, Lis the following facts suggest: According to the Temporary Cum - mission on City Finances, which was appointed in 1975 by Mayor Abraham Beamc to study the city's long-term financial problems, city taxpayers spend three times as much as they did ten years pgo to receive the same level of police, fire, sanitation, and education s,•rvlras. The cost of educating a child in city public schools is comparable to the cost of sending a child to private schools. In 1960, the annual cost per student in public schwds wm just over five hun- dred dollars. Today, the public -school systcm has only ten per cent more sur dents hilt twice as many employees, and the annual cost per student is almut twenty-five hundred dollars—a fnur- hundred per cent increase. Inuring the same period, the consumer price index increased by a hundred and eleven per cent. Over the decade 1965 to 1975, the rig's transit system, according to the Temporary Commission, lost twenty per cow of its riders but gained almost thiro•ro per cent more employers. In rascal year 1976, about eighty-four per Cent of the system's operating expendi- tures was earmarked for labor costs. 'I'hringh the city has two thousand more policemen than it had in 1961, their tours of duty add up to one million fewer hours worked per year. A survey by Mary McCormick, the research di- rector of the Temporary Commission, cuuclodes that in 1961 23,515 police- men worked an average of 1,880 hours cath; last year, 25,355 policemen worked an average of 1,693 hour each. Over the decade 1961 to 1971, the municipal -hospital system's patient serv- ices declined by nllnost twrnly per cent, according m to a sdp by Charles lire, her, n pnlitiral scientist nn the staff of Columbia University's Conservation of fluman Res irces Project, hilt the number of hospital employer., grew by more than four thousand, In file Inst decade, the city's health expenditure have rriplal, according to Stephen MORE F(M LESS �1 LARGE licrger, vxr,'ntive diwLt"I .f the slate Emergency Finmcial Control Mold, which oversew city finances, and New York's per -capita health eapendimres are nun• seventy per cent greeter than the rrst of the nation's. Between 1961 and 1975, tiro city's labor costs --fur wages, pensions, and 6irnge benefits—increased by three hundred and twelve per cent, according to the final report, issued in June, of the 'Temporary Commission on City Finances. The report said that the hir- ing of additional employees to improve services was not the primary curse of the increase, because, even allowing for inflation, the percentage increase in la- bor costs in that period was almost three times the percentage increase in the number of employees. In the 1975 fiscal year, the report said, the cast of labor was, its usmll, the largest item in the city's exprn a budget, accounting for more than forty-two per cent of the total. Thcse facts, when they are coupled with the city's economic decline and fiscal crisis, seem to add up to a disaster. Bill they also add up to an opportunity. Since nn one can deny that Neyv York is engaged in a struggle for survival, there is an opportunity to dramatically alter the way thecity government de- livers—nr dnesnIt deliver—services. Bankntptcyand economic development are subjects than receive more attention than services do, but if New York is to retain its middle-income tax base, if it is to avoid a clash between the public and its employees, if it hopes to convince the federal government that it is worthy of needed assistance, it has to make sure that the natinn's most heavily taxed citizens receive better servires. And, be- cause New York is broke, it must fig- ure out how to do more for less. "rTv HERE are no restorers left ex - J, sept better tilimtion of the re- maining work -force;" says the intro- duction to a report issued in 1975 by the New York City productivity Coun- cil, which was established in 197 by the city and four labor unions to study %%ay, of impnn•iuy nuuliclp:d •.;nb-.... "The uphion of r. owning I..'; Dines as usual' is no lunger :,it if New York is to survivc." Such :''.nking is conuvon mow :unwng labor ..nd ntan- agenneltt people alike; hut. :is (.ak Higel, whn is municipal I.Ib. is repte- S,•Iltathve to the Lliterltclncy l'lllallt'ial Control Board and une of ti!e leading laho, ; :ores; in the city, often :os, "it's easy to agree nn gencl:•tlities." Where labor and management part. ,d eouee, isonparticulars—mchasthe c y'swmk rules, The city' has a Ion, list of work rules that from a labor starolpoint are reasonable, hard-won rights but in the eyes of a mail like Anthony Russo, the director of the Office of Municipal Labor Relations, are merely "ripoffs." However these rules arc ehslacterized, there is no denying that cher signifi- c:mtly affect the amount of time that city employees spend actunllr workiug. The fiscal crisis has wrnm.ht many rhangcs, hilt the city's basic personnel system, like some bulge., immovable rock, remains. For instance: New York City, a pirme•.r in so many ways, in effect leas a four-day work week for most of its employees. Apart from teachers and the Uniformed services, city employees, according to the Temporary Commission, uork two hundred and ten day's out of a possible nvo al ansl_5imy-une workdays, since, they get.twenty-five tars of vaca- tion, twelve sick days, eleven holidays, half a day. for death in the family, and two and two-tenths days for "terminal lave." The average policrm:a m' fire- man is off about fifty-fit•c days per year (including sick days and terminal Iravr), in idditirnl to weekends or their equivalents; pulictmen work an avcr- age of about two hundred riga-and-a- (Iuarter-hour tour of duty per ),ear, cent firemen work an average of about a hundred and eighty-two nine -hour tours of duty. 'reacher rea•ive about seventy-fivr days off, includ;ng sum- mer, Christmas, and Em rr vacations and eight other holidays. City Univer- sity faculty member rccrive about right• days off. (A full professor, re- ports the Temporary Commission, is pAd $33,47? a vrnrand spend! Ls5 than eleven hours a week in the clauroum.) Sauitation Inrn, beginning with their first year, rercive five wrrks „f paid va- Cation• A year apo, the city's laowst municipal union, District Council .47 of the American Fnleration of State, County' nod Municipal I?mployre3, Agreed to rebn•e the vacation v_hedulc 9 ALRF- i - r`,.: �•'~�\ � alfa ( RuNs �uN's HAA(BARGER'a: MARNESS,. �_ _�..- "( 11010,31 city employees from four weeks to three, but this applies only to new euupbu)ers, and there will he few "f them. After three years, a patrolman receives twenty-seven days of vacation. In return for staying on tour an extra ynaner hour a day—ten minutes at he beginning of the tour for check- ing equipment, attending roll call, and receiving assignments, and five min- utes of checkout time at the end of the tour—patrolmen are given eight "chart" days, or days off. The extra work tittle used to he half an hour and the number of chart days eighteen, but in Oember of 1976 the Police Depart- ment reduced the chart day's by ten and the vara lime by fifteen minutes. The department has calculated that this reduction in chart days was the equivalent of adding nine hundred po- licrmrn to the force. Police sergeants retrive from eighteen to twenty-eight chart days, and have so far refused to relinquish .1ny of them. According to Sidney Schwalm, special deputy state comptrnller for New York City, who reports t" the Emergency Financial Control M,ard, if sergeants reduced the number of their chart days to eight, it would be the equivalent of adding two hundred and fifty-six sergeants. (There are about tient}-four hundred $e'rgCa11I$ now.) Firemen and policcuhen are granted (lays off for donating blood. Firemen receive .1 day off for each donation. (They used to receive two days, but earlier this year they relinquished the second day as part of a package worked out by hlay'nr Beanie and the firemen's union to forestall the layoff of a Inm- dred and eighty firemen.) In the Police Department, patrolmen receive twn days off for each donation (though in the near future this will he reduced to line); officers of the rank of sergeant and :thrive receive one day. In 1975, the Police Department reported twelve thoumild five hundred days off for blood donations. Franris ti1cLnugldin, the departlnrttt's deputy commissioner for public infnrnhation, sqa, " \Vc now limit it to rive thousand guy's, or tell thousand days." Anthony Russo sass, "\u one should get those days off. They're men with gond cnnstinuions. Civilians don't get them " Uniformed empinycrs, including po- lirrmrn, firemen, and correction nffi- ens, are granted one personal Irnve day each } rar—"for 4hatevrr reason. Under :t state lave, if firemen and po- licemen who are veterans work on Veterans Day or Memorial nay, they receive c,mtpensitory, time off. The city grants unlimited non -line - of -duty sick leave to its uniformed cur ployees. Policemen averaged fifteen sick days last year. The number has risen to eighteen since patrolmen lost some of their chart day's. For the first eight months of the 1977 fiscal year, an average of eleven hundred and twenty- four policemen were out sick each day. Commissioner Russo complains that the city's lihrral sick-lenve politics lead to overtime abuses. "They have a huddy, system;' he Say's. "'Soy, Joe, you take tomorrow off, and I'll get time .11,11 a half to take your place.' You see, the put' who takes Joe's place has lit he paid time and .1 half. 'I'hcn the next tithe they reverse, and foe gets time and a hal L" last year, police overtinhe cost thirteen million dollars, and three hun- dred and twenty-eight ppdicemen each made five thousand dollars lir more in overtime. Non -uniformed city employees, Who 30 I vc,-ice (Inns icu to 1,.% ell q' sh l: dace, Al" allmred to ae(unuthve these da)'s from year to Year. Thu,, sirk days, whirls were (h.,:"ned to insure than vvorkcus would not be penalized for legitimate ill nr,s, have tended m hecone additional vacation days. If the worker dens not take the days, they etc hanked, and when he leaves rite government he is paid for them nn the bas's of one day's patfor evcrY two sick daps not, taken, up na a maximum of a hundred and twenty days. The city follows "minimum m:ul- ning" practices in the Sanitation and Fire Departments. Sanitation trucks carry three men, though many cities and man' private carters use two (the city would like to be able to use three 1ncra when ft's necessary, two when it isu'r). Before the fiscal crisis struck, the city was contractually obligated to as- sign five men to a fire -engine company and six to a truck company. Art arbi- trator has since waived the obligation, and 6, city la, tedured the manning br one (Or each npe of rwripany. I f one 111.111 is aL:rnt, the I.iry Uepartnuent is required to pa)• nvrrtimr to a man from the puevious shift. "Th,.- numher of men on a truck dorm't matter;' snys kusso, olo, wield like w eliminate mfninunn manning. "What matters is the numher of turn nt a fire." Each workday, fire Officers are paid for a half hour of "administrative time", during which they wash up and write reports. Firemen receive a half hour a day for "maintenance of per- sonal firefighting gear." Sanitation men end their workday fifteen min- utes early for "wash-up time." Police- men, firemen, and correction officers receive a paid lunch hour each day. Francis McLoughlin sacs that police- men are on call during their lunch hour, but Philip Cavus", who was a candidate for president of the Patrol- men's Benevolent Association in the union's recent election, sacs that most offiecrs are out of reach dont;, lnuch. If policemen received a half hour for lunch, as sarthati,m iter, do, the city would gain nen million six hundred thousand additional hours of work catch soar --the equivalent of hiring fifteen hundred police officers. Social -service employers are allowed four hundred and right), minutes of lateness before bring penalized. The Office of onieipal Labor Relations estimates that a policy of 'cash dock- ing for lateness" would. have saved the city ten million dollars in the 1976 fiscal year. City, bus drivers, according to a March, 1976, report by the Teorpar rary Commission on City Finances, are paid to work eight hours and forty- eight minutes daily but drive their buses just sic hours and fifty-four min- utes—seventy-eight per cent of the time. Subway mumnnen are paid for eight hours and three minutes but are in their cabs just five hours and fifty- two minutes—a little less than seventy- three per cent of the time. Because it is exceedingly difficult to fire city employees, workers have such a strong sense of security that they often feel independent of their 'basses." After a brief probationary period, usu- ally six months, "the empinycc attains permanent status," according to the city's personnel manual. 'rhe worker may "be discharged only after a for- mal hearing," and the grievance pro- cedure involves six to eight steps and can take as long as nine mnnths. If an employee is promoted and fails in his new position, city policy requires, according to the personnel manual, that "he must be restored to a position in his former title." 'addition to liberal work ides, the City provides its employees with a generous package of fringe benefits. According to the Temporary Commis- sion, the annual al cost of fringe and leave benefits averages $4,640 per city employee—almost three times the aver- age cost for municipal employers in other metropolit.•tn areas. jack Bigel, the labor consultant, replies than mu- nicipal -employee health -insurance costs, for exvnple, are higher fn three or four other cities, and that New York City's numiripal-employee pension henefhts tare lower in slime respects thnu those pro- vided by other cities and by the federal government. The nonpartisan Congres. sional Budget Office has concluded, .after surveying the city's fiscal crisis, that the city's "wages are not parricu- larly out of line" but that "what little reliable evidence there is seems to indi- cate that New York City provides its noir: :11111 r•,•n d1.1:4y 111"i I. in d:- .•:.:: „I hind• hm•lu•, prn,i,nla, ;I.,, It oICe, rte.- Iban is mien vd for ,ngoL•,. I c of other la rgr cities. n N. w 1•,l) k City n"a cpcnds nen d,d- lrs ,.•, ,,..omit, f•,r view Ihrce dollars d;. ,n has: pay. in nddltiotl u, the s;an.f,M S.,ci:d Sccurit% contribution, the a':t l,r,ocidcs pension plans that per - Int z,:n, cniplotcc: m retire after IwcII'V tants and (others after nrenit- five, rrcc;617 at least half of their last c,•a is mart (ofrcti inflated by over - tittle Pn%mrnte). It pays the full cost of health and hn:pital iwmance for each cngt'"ver and his f:nnily, which in fiscal %cur 1976 came n, a hundred and t:t4our million dollars. The hcalth- in,u:am-e %ills of all retired employees, cern Cu,,c in their early (I,rtics, are paid br tae city, as arc the health -insurance costs of their immediate fmtilirs. ']'lie tilt' alai hays the cost of vnrinus supplenwitt l "welfare funds," which cattle w more than a hundred and seven million dollars in fiscal 1976. Thoogh financed by the city, these funds are ndininiitered by the municipal unions. Among other benefits, they provide eta•glasses, prescription drugs, and dental cave for emph,yces and their fonilics. (Fur instance, the Security Benefits Fund of.Loeal I180 of the Conumtlticitions 1Vorkers of America, to which the city contributes three him- dred :nil fifty dollars per year for each eligible employee, provides "reimburse- ment up to $30 for a pair of prescrip- tion cycglasscs per empinyee and de- pendents to a maxitmtm of eight pairs per family each three years.") Some funds protide Icgal assisuuwc :cod in- cntnr-a1x )trip, Workers don't have to be full-time employees it, benefit from I welfare fond: part-time empluyres iccci:c p:,rtial hcuefits after six months. The fools cost the city between three hundred :cul fifty and four hundred and twenty dollars a year per employ- ee, ae;ordi:nG to the Tempnmry Cum - mission. The funds are referred tit as "uni„n” welfare funds, :Intl Commis- sioner Ru:ao complains that as a result workers come to believe that the hene- fits are being provided by their noun, not by the city. For teachers and for uniformed em- plut•ros, the city also provides an annu- it• fund, which is paid for solely by the taspaler,, Beginning in 1967 with the s i4mimt %:urkrr,, the city agrerd to put into, a unimn-administered hind :1 dolf,r a d,I% for each day that vaeh 1in- pinyr,• i<,nt the city's payroll, including tacatinn time, sick leave, and paid huli- dat•s, np to:1 masilnum of two hundred amt •!vat -one dollars per employee per Irar. fin„ the sanitation workers had I,,-it,d this hrnrli t, the pI,l i,•v 11'11:nI,l hwill••n dclielolyd and cot.•ir,d it. N'hru :1 sanitation wnnkrr to litre, he can begin uh':neing annuity 11:11 cornu or rant 1.(live in a lump sum 1111 principal :nil acctutrulatcd invlstmrnt 1110,111, in bi, :rr,nnu, An :umuitvAtInd bookl,•t prepared for the sanim611 workers says that a worker might iccci%e fnnn the fund as much as $30,750, if be put in thirst• )cars of service and i,c,itcd right per cent interest ,it IIIA aclmttnt. In fiscal year 11111, the annuity funds cost the city ghoul twenty-four million dollars for uniformed workers and eleven mil- lion dollars for teachers. The unifornud workers' fund is heing challenged in the courts by the New York Public Interest Re- search Grnup--:m r,rgan- iztion modelled nn a sim- ilar gmop fminlle,l by Ralph Nader. This or- ganization argues that in rsrnblishiug the fend the city violated a state law prohibiting municipalities from creating "any retirement system." No similar complaint has been brought against the teachers' fund, hecaose in 1970 the State Legislature passed legislation per- mitting the fund. In addition, policemen and firemen receive what is called'9ungevity" pay -- a hundred -dollar bonus every five years. There are a nunther of Other items in the city's fringe -benefit package: Policemen will) work in an office re- ceive special holiday pay, thmlgh most don't work holidays. Cnnunissioner Russo complains, "An innrdin:nr nutn- her of policemen do office [cork. An artual patrolman works from a chart, which defines the number of dans he works and the number (if days hr's ulf. In addition to his salary, every year he is paid for eleven holidays --let's say eighty dollars a day, or eight Inndred and eighty dollars a year—whether he works the holiday or not. The guys in the office rarely work holidays because they're not on a chart. Yet they still get extra holiday pay for eleven holidays. Thus they get paid twice for the holi- day." 7•he police spnkesmnn Francis McLaughlin says that this is not true for all policemen who do office wnrk: "It's not true of my office." In fiscal year 1976, taxpayers pro- vided nineteen million dollars in allmv- ances fur uniforms to workcrs with a hundred and ninety different joh titles, many of whom don't wear uniforms. Lt that same fiscal yrar, mare than ninety-three thousand city employees rereived frim twenty-five to two luu%- dred and sixty-five dollars npiece for nnifn,tn'. Tlw Trntltnrtry C"uutiis- sion 6a. said Ih.nt Ihr city rnnl'i sa cr more th,on ritfhl million d•ll:ns auu I b; ndi,rinc unifnrnt ollow•;ma•s. •1•b,• Offi,r of .Municipal 1.:1bnr RVI'lll"ll, 1srm:o• . that the elimination of Ihr uniform :dlo•.caucc of those city em- ployee; wau ho required to we.1r ni- inmts %could save title million dollars. 'I•ite city pot's full-time maintenance wm'kcn the sante high hourly wage rates that prevail in the construction in- dustry. "If sve employ a carpenter, even though he's doing main trIla lice, not coli Sir ticllnn," sac's Russo, "we have tit pay prevailing eonstt'octil)n wages." Mayor Re:one's Alntagement Advisory Bo.ud has iccommuulcd that this practice he re- formed (thc Mayor has ignored this recommenda- tion, and (,titers), and Commissioner Ittiseu esti- mates that if it were, new maintenance workers could he heed for twenty-five to forty per cent less. Though Saturday is a regular work- day for sanitation men, those working receive tithe -and -a -half rates fnr two of the hours they work. If they work Sun- da)s, they are paid double time. City employees who wnrk nights are paid at a sprcial night -differential rate. This is standard in private industry, hot night is defined differently for certain city employees. For most city workers, night begins at 6 P.m. For policemen and correction workers, it begins at 4 p.m. For sanitation ,nen, it cm hrgin ns early as 3 P.ms. Commissioner Rns- so's (I which lists the night -shift differential among the mail), contract items it hoprs to nmend at the bargain- ing tabir, csrimates that if night mics fur policemrn hegan at 6 P.m. the city world sive at least a hundred and twenty-five dollars per man per year. In an average year, the taxpayers Imy ninth• per cent of the cost of the city's pension system, which is budgeted at a billion four hundred million dollars (hiring the current fiscal year. Lt the case of transit workers, they pay a hun- dred per cent. In 1970, the policemen and firemen persuaded the Slate Legislature to pass the so-called heart hill. This bill, re -annually by the Legislamrc, Pro- vides that any $cart disability is to he considered joh-related and potinihs po- lice nen and firemen sidering sur$ a disability in receive disability-retirrntrnt pay at three-quarters of their last year's &claw. The sanitation union is pushing to receive the same hettefit. The orient estimated an nal cost In the taxpayers, M a, Cordia(; In rl„ •f•.onpnwr)' Gnnnnis- ,nna, i.:.rrcno•en nailli�m Joll:u ,. The city hdlo•.v, whin is r:dlcd a "post-ruvenag'." polity, which Irads as orrrtime pay fur fire rapuiinc and lien- una.uus. The p"liev reapaire, that nn nNicrr out sick ran le replaced only ill, of officer of egnal rank --frequently one from :mother shift, will, draws overtime rates. A s:mitation roan works from a chart Re a policeman, hilt if his chart calls for him to work a holiday he is paid time null a half. City employees in managerial posi- tions, who are presumably supposed to check time clucks, not punch the.ol, are in effect paid dverdme. According to a personnel nrdrr issued recently by May- or Beamc, managers who work more than forty hours a week can fill out a time sheet and take compensatory time off. If instead of taking the time off they allow it to accumulate, they nn be paid fnr a part of it when they' leave ciq• service. hlmtagers who work two consecutive overtime hours receive a rural allowance (,f five dollars, even if alae two hours do not coincide with any mealtime. 'File city comptroller's office says that it does not break down the citywide costs of compensator' time, hilt figures ore lav alable in individual cases. When First Deputy Mayor Jones Cavanagh left city' government in December of 1975, after thirty-seven years, he re- ceived a payment for eomprmatory tint', accrued annual leave, and unused sick days equal to his last year's salary—• hn'q'-nine thousand eight hundred and flirt)• -nine dnllans. The payment would have been more except for a regulation that such a payment may not exceed the final ),car's salary. When Chief of Detectives Louis Coell retired last ur Dvicember, after more than thirty-fot yews; he was able to collect vacation e (:file and terminad (rave amounting to c five months of his last ),car's salary, i which was forty-three thmmind dollars. Police Commissioner \•lichael Codd 5.4d that Ile could not afford to simI I- y tanthousand Ll- pay forty-three thol- r Jails to a new chief of detectives, sl, he e loft the positinn vacant. a These fringe benefits cost a consid- o Crabb amount of money. But thry gen- p vmtc, or reprovnt, attitudes that cony h• rasa vveo marc: the attitude that unc i+ )t in pnhlic service not to serve but m grah as :u moth as possible; that a government y job k a right, not a privilege% that one's KITr-_ I )IIIb sun... Hie fpddrish sw:un in the murky hack. I %sons :a Child there, whole the helmeted ding hobbled, w hero, ill an coam, ]led While husin hehm, Ill, turtles straggled. They were a moist delight. And, as f realicc, shaped is :1 child draws anv animal r(sold hotly, legs and head extending. Kites are separate from toy;, for they are Seasonal. Toys are in the inner aisles that follow age sl, faithfully a child might guess what tilen ext stop might he. Of skeins of baby yarn, of hibs and rattles sings the hardwood fluor- f mother. Then of pencils, parcirs, powder, hobby pins, barrettes. Suddenly, at the counter, a life has passed— .a history, an age, a generation. But the kites, like thr pleated paper bells, are Seasonal. Slaking conversation, tie W young father tells, "We're not looking for some expensive kite, now," as his son and little da fighters skip around grandly. For months it was Wouldn't your mother like a handkerchief or perhaps a teapot for Christmas? in the window display, but now it is kites and flowers. Not kites in trees or kites like heroines in wires but the kite that was a speck, the opposite of fishing: to want nothing caught in anything hilt the pretty sky, m reel the color back down again IR side you, a celebrity who tells what it is like in the altitude. —LAURA JF.NSFN hvconte what Milnvan Djilas (,tire de- snibrd as "tile new class,' cot¢rrncd primarily with princeling its privileges. Of course:, it is not only in New York hat the work ethic has been we. ,L_ k- ed. lrxamples n( its derlinc abmnnd lecwhere, from no-show jobs for polit- tal hacks, to the federal hail -oat loan guarantees for Lockheed and Penn Central, to bankruptcy proceedings by oung people seeking to avoid the epayment of student Inns. Still, the hange in attitude toward work mong Now York City's cmpint'ees vor the past several dewades has been pronounced. 'e\Vm'king for the city •ns totally deterinratvd," Commissioner usso says. "When 1 came in, in 1936, an eight-hundrrd-and-(nrq'-dollar-a- ear clerk, there was n great deal of re - baoehts flow from the union and that ,�- "the rity," not the taxpayers, fo"ts the bill. One can make a fair argument that pohlie employees, with their enor- A l mons political power and benefits, have rn�i spec[ for authority. It w•as a steady joh, all opportunity for advancement. Pot, - pie worked hard, because they felt good. We were residues of the city. This was mar town. Today, to seine de- gree city employees are mercenaries. They work for a wage. Pwnple spend the day here and go home to the suh- urbs. There's no identification with the city, nn sense of mission." The attitude of workers toward their jobs during the prriod Rimo recalls was no doubt affected Ihy the Depression and the scarcity of jobs. Times change. During the ni no teen -six ties, there was a strong national economy and some ex- hansiun of the local ecnnomt•, and so, n.nurally, wmketti expectations wore rising. What seemed tat he missing by then, however, was tfae idea of serving the public. For instance, early in 1969 Mayor John Lindsny asserted that the nnmher of policemen on patrol daring high -crime evening hnurs could he in- creasod by fifty per cent if the force could be deployed in four platoons, or till'•, ine ..d ,.( the,•.•. Skiny puLli ,,,iy.n, .•.' Li. ,lion I„ p•'t nLe Stab: I r.•: 6;:a, b. rr,rind :: lilly-rii;Lo- trat ..1,1 L,tr trgtllin_ ihrrr I•latnuu>, Lin,1. , .; ,I in a live-pae�.L:Irmrut tbnl -I f•�i:h bi. at;;uuu•m fine .t (uII rlh pl+n.nl• "I •�rty.hv%co pet cr lit of all vi - !I -Ir 1-11A atctck, orcnr dining the rid i .41..lir peri "I brtvrrn 6 t'.M. and L n.'•:., v;ale :illy fifteru and sic -tenth; per r•,.t occur h - •I wwvn i A.M. and ur.m. %'ct ander the three-platmt Sys - IOU tin• : i:y has roughly the same num- her td pn!i.c pazrollin_• the streets at all hour+ in a tsvrntt•-four-hour period." 7'hc p�••.+r.:,I pniice union, the P.B.A., fottgbt f.indst•. It conuni�sinted folk paee newspaper ads and waged an in- wnsive Ini+hying campaign, charging that p,Ji,r "morale" would he destroyed hr Uel-n's prop -sal. The only fair sohr�:•n, :ire union leaders said, would he it. ncke the fourth platonn volun- tary. Ther said that if this wasn't dune, policemen would cal in sick rather than work the shift. Lindsay's advisers he %varoed him that faced a tough pri- marc and fall campaign Inc redectinu that rear, and that three teachers' strik••; th:• previous year had convinced tnan• vu:ers that he was anti-lalmr. So Lind.,g- moved to prove himself a friend of labor. With the taxpayers' Tonne[•'hp snececded. On September I 1, 1967, Lindsay presented a plan to pay thirty-five hundred policemen— ftve hundred each night—overtime pay as an inducement to work the fourth platoon. The total overtime cult a'as too hundred thousand dollars per week--mon• than ten million, dollars per t+ar. Pressed by City }tall report- er;, I-indary ackunwled;wa than he did•:'[ Uov, where the numcy would come Iron. "%Ve're going to he in a veryIigbt hind at the end of this fiscal µ•:a;' im said. In the fall of 1972, Lind<av lengthened the tour of duty by a L:df hoar, ht return, patrolmen re- ceivod eiphtern chart days; n few uh•n,tb. Inter, sergrants received eight- een lir twenty-eight chart days, de- p:mpng on whether their tours of duty [were Irn_tihrned by a half hour or fifty, miva:rs. Tota:•, the fiscal crisis has smashed m:nlr hnhits and many lives. Twenty - f% ;il me:md cit' workers have been laid if,. .lootlirr thirty-five thousand 1wr retired ur resigned. Nety am- tnl!, lelve been placed nn overtime. Unum; have agreed to a pay freeze. Certain benefits Ihave been sacrificed. Still, the true nature of the crisis facing Ncsv York Ila, ma souk in. (Richard J. 1'iuhti, +yin Intjust kern elected presi- door of lir Unif,wow l Fin,fighters As- t•,r•ri"�,, .+ puss he ha; b• -Id hrfmc, prn- - • rrllotrerrl, Ibis is one of the Toughest decisions /'•se ouer had ro make.' noutiml himself fit for office by declar- ing, I have ne•vrr given :ill -thing back rn the city.") Many of the r,stric- tive will rides and fringe bcoefits have not been changed. 11 front-page story on the nmr:de problems of tite Polive Ucpartmem in the Timet last February sounded familiar: "\lost offi- cers and commanders attribute the morale wars mainly to the lung dis- pote over a drferml salary increase and new 'chart,' or work schedules, that require officers to work 10 more days a year. Additionally, many police- men are upset by suddenly reduced opportunities for overtime and the fear of further reshnflings that Ina), be sallied by the city's chronic financial difficulties." The city's monvy well has nub fly. Private industry covers higher cost; by pasting tlhem nn to consumers. New York, already the [[list heavily taxed city in the nation, cannot raise taxes without hosing more of its tax base. Nor can it any lunger offer new hene- fits by hiding deficits and borrowing money. The limits of growth are no- where more apparent than in Nev, York. The city has no alternative hit to nh:mage its resn:cus better. Tn ac- complish that, the city will h:eve to re- form its management, its productivity program, its Civil Service systcm, and it, collective-bargainifg nhethuds. TfiE city's fiscal crisis is the result of mi;nvmagernrnt It is true that the city is a victim of a federal gov- enhment that does not give snficient support to the cool. T's ohIt" cities. It is tree that hanks redline neighborhoods and that federal highway fonds rn- courage people to escape to suburbia. But if previous mayors, beginning with Robert \Vngnrr, had nut resorted to deficit financing, the city would not he crushed under debt-srn•ice charges (at least two billion dollars this fiscal year) that consume twenty-five per cent of the tar funds raised by the city. By permitting a deficit of three billion three hundred million dollars to aevu- mulate, the Wagner, Lindsay, and Beater administrations mismanaged the t'ity's finance, The report issued in June by the Temporary Cotrnni,+inn ,it City Fi- nances say's of the city's manngement pr"hlmw "The City's relations with it organized employees [:dire 1965 erre sytnpmtnwic of the incrruinglp near -,q hted character of local political and ncnn:gerial decision-ut.tking. Of- 36 tint Cin' wnrl:rr; h�:w nrdx waj.,: .ins :n the c•,Ilrrlier Ic1�9. iuhl_ 1114 .',rlc•incl}-. in the arca r.f I,lir,•- tI••it, haul lits. Brca,l,e p•-nron iln- pr„t' m:^us, a:nlikr whore inc r. d•I 11111 h: %e u, be funded it uned i:rtvlt, of- I!I lab It :Ihle to doter p:lt tun:. into the h'mre •.v ;file raping short-lelau pi- Iili•':! !I.•nrfiti knell .1s municipal union sL�Ipo�n in electur:d politics. 7'iw Inure 111:111 iti hillion in uufundcd pceiwl li- :d,i!its that exist inlay, much of it Iv- eelthn_ froth negotiatrd pension iut- pin:: meni% in talc 1)ost-1965 period, I pre,ents n not-frequrnily- n,ru;5.nrd form ref debt that i\.•w• \'„rkcr% are rarryinp, A,,,vc ami beyond the $13.+ hit - Fon that currently ii -well for oul,rmding notes:uld bonds. "'the _rlweth of debt in the decade prior w 1975, particu- I:Ir!%- after 1969, also bears wit - nes to the increasing propen- sity of Inca) pi)itied decisions to reflect short-term political needs rather than long-term economic needs.... Tit,- short -rem orienrninn of )oc.d political decision-making nl,n a:I%, evident in the City's tax policy. New taxes were introduced and existing tags increased to the point w'her'e the City's raxrs cmitrihuted it, the wasting of an- other important long-term nswt: busi- neves .11111 individuals of mmnns %chi were a major source of local rc%camrs. ... Eisential service: were om,timl,ly reduced in the carlr 1970s when the City char to limit its expenditures by reducing the number of police, fire, ;,ml s,nfmri"n emphn'ees rather than Mn sdary :cod other 1,enefit in:re::sc,... In silent, the ('ill's po- fiticl management was exacerbating rather than easing the site's prnb- Ic:n,.... "1'711• financial implications of the Ci:y's management failures were enor- nnnr... Darin,, the 196 1 -1975 fiscal pe- riod, the annual a ceragt incre•n;v in labor rots was 10.65 percent. If through a crmshinatiin of lliyh.,r hrrtrer rldleetite Iev_aining and rligh.'II' conn• Idlir'rnt management, the Cite some- how had I,rcn ahb• to hold ill,- averatr^ a ramal increa,e fit labor costs In just •hnli bl/n9r• Iver ii n1- h), thall alnl- dh arcnrred, the City' would base hillion rnnudaticrh.•• 's m:mngancnt, while it ha; intpn,ced, is by its own tc,tiulonv Hill f lir!: prfnnitive. The 1975 11r"declivity Cnancil report, approeed by First Depu- il \furor Ca vinagh, concluded, "The v.I••-tc of this report ennsid,•r tar must t'rl: '*ii 1!t -tri -rent to rffccli%'e ,crvict in I. :^lane•mint. Adrrplatr 7min.11"r- uwnt at ibr m p ;., it as in the n(d- JI,--Ivvrl lu.,itions- i, h, kill", ill alhm:,t et: rt (In :It,m Y• • • I'll, )IYtI 1,1 air. I'n.dn, lit it)' Gmucil h:ls bound that b,r ❑II intent, :cod pill i•",, midd!r-let el m:ma�rmrnl dors 11.4%i,1.11 One 1 -1 - "Ill it 11111-,11'1 dist k th:n maters city j ” u, pvoplc who,ty pdiliral conucc- tion; ovrcd ilu•ir ;rhiliti,:i. For in.rtanrc, 1111"it:hollt 197a, ill,- Itlit )'I•::1- of the currrul fi,cal crisis, it was the cousnsn, of obscrv,v's, including mail)- ranking rite officials, that Sanitation Cunuuis- sinner Robert (.;rah :uul Transportation Admini:a'atur Michael Lazar were in- adequate it, their Positions. Yet Groh remained on the Joh until September of that year and Laz:Ir remained until January of 1976, because ,Mayor licame felt an obliga- tion to both nun—to Groh because he %%•as hacked by Dnmtld Manes, the Queens borough president and Drmu- cralic county leader, and ut Lazar because Ile had miscd moor)' for the %liver's 1973 campaign. There was a similar situation in the case of Addiction Services Com- inksilmrr ,Jerome flornblass. He had workrd for Beame when B,rmne was cin' comptroller, and, is ;I rabbi, he was considered :ill asset in the ,Jewish eom- nulnity. Lt Maich of 1976, after these had heen eon,ider:lble protest ahout llornblass management, }frame let it br known that the Addictimi Services Agency w'udd be disbanded. A )'ear Luer, the agency was still in opera- tion and llornblass was still its coni- mis,ioner. Even after the federal con- tribution to the agency's budget w:•Is reduced by two-thirds and the funds were rerouted directly to the treatment programs in question, Beaunc remained loyal to llornblass, and allm%rd him to stay un in office until March of this year—when Hurnblass's name, w:lich Beaune hill submitted it) the Bar As- sociation's judiciary committee, cleated the committee and the %I:i)nr appointed him a criminal -court judge. When I :liked Jahn %ucrnai, %vlln rrsigned in ,June from the office of firs) deputy mayor, to assess I hn'nbla.i s tn:ulage- lncnt abilities, he chid, "1 did nit think he %cr,;l gond manager.” John Burnell, %kiln %v:1- director if the Office of I.ab„r 161.Iti"u, dwim Ilvantc's first three yc•lrc as mayor, was widely judged uI lie ill ever his head. But he walk spnnsored by a pmv- erful friend—harry \'an Arsda!r, Jr., chief of the city's Central Labor Cuun- ril. Beams nppoinud Anthonv Rusin m replace Burnell earlier this )vent. But He:um• did nit fire linnlell. Instead, Mirmll teas re%e:lr,led with a nr.v tide— director ,f the Office -f Labor- \Lmag,•mrnt Rvlati11ns--and n to k:rp hi, salary of $77,897• lac is ,up- p.scd nr maintain hai,nn with unions in i:w Ill'ivatc sector. To pruvidc til,: man- e: to Inas• But nell's salary in this pvrf11d if au;icrity, Ru,,o did not hire a deputy dilator. When I asked Ro,sn not lout ;I"') m describe his former buss, he said, "It's unbelievable. f ked wish it for tree yenis. 1 once pill ill in), retirement papers. Cav:ulagh tr!cd to hypass Ilnr- ne11, Int as cinunksioner he had to sign everything. We could take no action perceived as contrary to the unions.” Boincll's is not the oral)- current cast- of aseof political favoritism. The Mayor's executive assistant, Eugene Price, was iccornmended by Manes. lie Is paid $3714(10.'1 -he N Liyur's cru it set, Ronald Stringer, allied with the New York County Democratic leader, Frank Ros- selti, is paid $37,403. The director of special prngrams, Joseph Erazo, who fs politically well connected in the If:,; - panic community, is paid $43,316. "Everyone agrees that Price, Stringer, and Emzo have nothing to dn;" sans one of lfeante's aides. The city's direc- tor of operations, Lee Oberst, told the Nrrw in Irate May, that "there probably are same" ❑l) -show jobs fn city govern - Went. Last March, in its second report tut the city's management and personnel ssaent, the Management :advisory finned said, "The current syStrn bs' which the City's nnanagers are ap- pointed is inadequate fn many ways.' The report wns hig:dy critical of du way the city government is run, and it got the sort of reeeptinn that sueih reports tent) to get: the Mayor re- leased it late one Friday afternoon, with the announcement that he would ap- point a committee to study its findings. The report concluded that the most crucinl prinrity for improving the city's personnel systens was the development of a strong managerial service. This nh- servatiun, however valid, %vas not new. As far hack as 1963, :at exhaustive study of the city's personnel needs by the. Brookings In,tiulti-n said, "Toe Brnnkings staff rarely inleiview•rd an o0icial will) indicated smi,fariiun with 0w gna)ity of the prllfrss5nml, wchnieal, or managerial pvr,mmcl tar City was gating."'That rci,ort wa, loltvly' nI•- 11kcied, as worr 6uilnr ora:, that (il- I'mcd. Ile the late simics, %Li),Ir Lind- say' was relying incrra,iurly on nmsidc rohnnlia tits file studies and fill manage- nlent, .1nd he defended til,• practice by proclaiming a "middle-ommigemrut cri,is." Administrations chnnge, hilt the i; ui.n. :�:•idem pro:+l.m, linen. 'I'hc \Iua,; oleo :\d+i>„rt )burl rrpon "The Circ It;:,, boiled I, bip .I lie idrutity for it, Inao:hcl%." A16,mnTba,am wa, :d erre much nn the n.iud of I. ht:uJ I Iamilinn, a J lint) nsn �a under l.ind,o, when hr %%x. in- n ryirwrd hp the (hate Charter Reeisilm Cl.m mix.,inn :I few ecus ago. Ilan nilunt of Ill, nerd al- do vr)op a "no n- a:'Cuicllt (thos," and went on to sa''r "'Tina prnhlenl in nwst gave ruuheul, is d:at the challenge u, middle mal:Ige- mtnt is Greater than other places, he- ratlw they have to dual with enlpho)C.0 ores whom the)don't have the usual Ir•. vrs— they can't fire them, tile)' can't Inacr their salaries, they can't usually do ranch about their promotion, the)• can't do any of the things that a middle Inca ager expect5 In use as his stock in nn"le.... Pu Ill it: managers(in the whale hate to be superb people In readily mnti- %:Ite profile in a sintation like that. Der spite this, middle managers in the city have rirmally nothing nn the other side.... They had nn training, the'• had no sense of being part of a man- :agemert cadre which was somehow bolting over the shoulder of people who did what they (fill for a Inng time, and so forth. 'There is nn equivalent to the Levy to the executive washroom; tu•re I tit) recognition, nn feeling of lifer -group identification, none of the things that help turn a person into a manager." One reason the "managenrcnt rile " is missing is that ninny man- agers Identify not with the city bot with the union the belong to. They s" tile union as the source of their protection, of the push for hither salaries, of their Lcil:h and welfare benefits. In the Fire Dq,tronent, dcputy chiefs, each of wham supervises from three to five hat- talinns comprising from five to twelve eon ilinnirs and earns about forty thou- s::nd dollars a scar, belong to a union. l.:aa ivar, according to the Temporary, Conunission un City Finances, only fourteen nut of more than Cie;'l.n thou -Fire Depaltmcnt employees were outside the cullrctire-bargaining s}'steno. In the Police Department, the deputy chief,, who also rain ahnut forty thou- sand dolhors ;I year, belong to a union - it, the Sanitation Mpaitment, eve•y- nnl• below the Ieycl of horinigh soper- inreildeot hrlongs to a onion. In the 116noing Authoriti', housing-projvrt mana,ers belong to the mune union as orad of the people the)- are supposed In mana_e. In the Office of Code En- forcement of the Mousing and Devel- opment Administration, neeurding it, tine Productivity Council report, (,il)' four out of apprntiniatelt' fourtrrn I,❑mh, II I ngdn) r, , aIe ro,t me IIIbel, of a uoinu. In the rill I n o flit o d le e's off i t e, til, audihws Id Di-ni(h C,.imcil I h :lth :rad Sry tl I;I I' I'I.ua :o c on of Di,trict C,mid 17. Couuuis.i. a wr If u,". vnlnd, Iik•: a ge Ic cal trio, 1.1s loll his vllops. "lo Ibc Parks Department, Ili,- Indy uw•n evc Il;"c tvha atn'I uniml utenihcl:c :lie th'• horough park utanagcrs," he says. "The as,ictant park manager ill each hmnugh— the prone respotuihle it), - discipline. -lelong., urdiscipline---belong., In Victor Got- huum's uninn, District Council 37. Lt c:uc of a strike, evho opens the door to let in workers wbo want in work? Who represents us --the people( In Parks, if the borough manager tells his deput) to do something, there is a conflict. fie might do it. But he also has in the hack of his mind the union identification." Labor consultant Jack Bigel sees no conflict in such an offi- cial's belonging to a union. "I think uum:agers sheen he organized;' he says. But he favors separate hargaining units for maogcrs and the workers they manage. "What is Invaltp a prod- uct of?" Inc asks. "It ought to Ire a product of professi(-n:disno. I don't think a nnauager is more lo):d bcalrsc he's economically at the toed mercy of one individual." District Council 37's direc- tor of research and negotiations, Alan Viani, would not object to removing some managers from Illllnlis, lie says that Ile favors the deerlopment of a better tn:mngentem farce, because it is easier for onion leaders to deal with competent managers than with weak ones. Good management requires n good, clearly defined structure. Is the man- ager given authority as well as re- sponsibility'( Does he kmnv wham it, report to? In 1973, when Beame ran for mayor, he attacked the Lindsay administration's superagency structure, claiming that it diminished the illipor- taocc of commissioners by having them report to administrators rather than Ia the mayor, lie promised that in his nd- ministration commissioners and agency heads would report directly to the mayor. Since Ihr. city Ind more than ,sixty commissioners :old agency chiefs, ems Ili., srhrnic pno'd (nnd,e r„mn•, ,Trak.. ening Cih}' Ilal is ability' to m:magr dr )•aronents, r%it r sorveying the cit% m:wage Men[ st'uaurv, Ill, \Lmlap.- menl Advicni)• linard I,., roauhd I.r.t J:ul Let I)' that the NInc"r su!I$time "a clearly identified elh::in of cout- m:nol," witll a tram of thirteen ",wc- olive offiee•rs," including :r•.cn deputy maynts, In over,ee the agancie5. Such a chain of ennmtand, the bn:ud said, would reduce "tile span of control of the Mucor :old the Fir,r Depot., May- or, lensing Iheut the' time to de:d nmre eticctiscly with the policy devel- opment, large-scale problem response, out crisis management that cannot really he delegartel." Thr hoard pro- posed establishing the office of director of operations and urged that "line mannans responsible for City agcncics" report through the director of opera- tions. In other words, eve arc back to the superagency principle, thnlolr it isn't called that. Gaud m:nutgenient requires good people. pow doubt that the cin' Ihas had a cadre of first-rate executives recent - :'—John 7-ueeotti, Budget Director Donald Kummerfeld (who has suc- ceeded '/.ueeotti a, first deputy mayor), Fire Commissioner John O'liag:m, Cnmmissinner Russo, Operations Di- Iretor Ler Oberst, and several others. But :h government cannot hr rum by a handful of peoplr. \]'ileo I asked Personnel Director 'Thomas Roche re- cently to assess the city's present m:m- agenient, he said Ihat it was "nut in- adequate hilt d)innant." Good m:mageniert requirrs clearly stated goals, and managers who can he held accountable for achieving them. Goadl.d by the Emergency Financial Control Board and the Managcn'ent Advisory Board—not to mesion the City Charter, as amended in 1975— the city has initiated a management-hy- objectives program for each agency. For the past )'ear, all agency Ileads have Irren regnircd to specify their goals, ;Ind their progrrsc is monitored through a monthly management re- port. "']'here were very bright guys in pn•vfoos administrations," ops Jacnh Ukeles, the exrntiv, diirttor of the Advisory Board. "Why well- they not successful, and why do I brlicvc we will Ill.? Historically, ilv criterion for success in tine public sector was not per- form: ricc. It lint hoes much we'll. getting for hues much. It ma, rrspon- skvncss. In other words, if 1 had a pothole in front of my Ihnnse and I called the department and it was fixed the next day, I felt government was succeeding. 'rhere was nu halanee short. Now, because of the pn.,sure of l-7• /`..�" �. ,.�, `� at ,� "� r I , D& w �'•� y'f �I i. ,C.dj'fd: Gla R 1-C'�::1! ��r'If.�n3f�:=vi ! C 1 r 13 4- s ti m r s� 39 "O)t the other hood, the 11aillands went by tramp steamer and loved every nainuto of it." the fisrsl crisis, everyone realizes we have to do more for less. I think we're on the threshold of dramatic improvr- meuts in how the city is managed." Gond ummce meat als� rrquires in- sphhig lradrrshfp, if New York is in n wmt;nie type of crisis, mol)• the maynr tau fu<pirc people it, sacrifice. Only the nsayol ram rumucmul people's intention, define• the challenges, create a sense that the sarrifrces arc equally sharrd. Onh• til,• mayor can hire and fire com- ntissmlwv , ()nly the mayor—and not his appointees receives n mandate from the electorate. AIJUSfNFSS measures its snrccss (or failure) by the botn,m line— The attempt u, find a com- parable bottom line by which to meas - tire a government's effieicncy (or inefli- ciency) fn delivering s:n•ices is whnt productivity is ill ihuut, (jr is supposed I,, Ire about. Unlike "profits," ..prohtc- tivity" is a word of many nuances. People don't alwa)s agree un what it mems. Ahc lleaune, fill- fnstntr, dmeom'I seem to agree with Ahr Beanie. The rfty'•: first hinnmunl m:mwennnt w1 mrl, w•bich w:6 i,sned in FZr ary, iutnnl.0 ml frmm th, \laymr pra,lnimin},, "fn II,,• n.•<I ansa )enr it will he possihle tin deliver better servicce at lower casts." Yet page I of the same report declares, "Tis basic managrment goal for the City r,f New York is to maintain the quality and quantity, of rssential municipal services." District Council 37's Alan Viani thinks that the city gnwer mnent is soint—M it confused, "1'tnductkity could mean savings," he mys• "It could mean bet- ter-gnnlity work. It could nnan in- creased revenues. It rnmhl mean dc - creased staff ,err a period of tinny. The enrrent pioduetivin' program gives no credit for improving service. They're looking for dullirs. They're not deal- ing with productivity. They're dealing with savings" The disagreement belwrrn the unions and the city gmwrnmrnt is minnr compared with the differences hetvvecn the city and the limcrgency Financial Control Ihard. The city's contracts with the mumioipal unions prnvidt• that cost-nf-livin;; pan• in- creases (COLA) will he grained if the increases are mitchrd by, prodenicity gains al- "other swings." The Cmntrml t ISn:n'd, which is empowered cul In . aI I,rove :dl fn -rens -s, has unsvtrces,fully rvsict- rJ thi, &rm;timn, vlaiminr than rai,es arc merited nal)if wmrkers arnedl). produce the sone mr Letter services at a Imwcr coat. The city counters that any savings, including hudgct cats, shmnld he considered prudnctivity gains. Raymund ilorton, the staff director of the Temporary Commission on Cin• Finances, sees it differently. 1 -Ie sees that there are only three ways of tndv increasing productivity: by inercasing services while maintaining rose:; by maintaining the level of services while reducing crisis; by increasing services while decreasing rnsn. The city's current effort appears to lit noir of these categories. Mile from Miyor licame, nn top city official has claimed that services have improved. Last December, in exuberant John /.mermen carne clow. "In my eta!oa- tinn, Ihrrw has been no serious imlair- nn•nt of the delivery of servicrs," lie told the Time;. ]Int in March be odd int. , "1 :un amt contending there has been nu ieductimn in rill' s,rcicvs." A rl",c Innk at the city's prnductivfty ef- bot suggestsa prorram of maint,mutce r.nhrr than improvement. A (it) nr.an- nnndmn In Ila Cmmml 1(-1,11.1 on „ u n :h. - "It m .i) nt f . Pebrn.u' 3 1977, } , rl pmpn;rd u•:vhrrs cnntra� I i; rrvral�nr;: 'It pr":erl, Ihr inti rr•.Ie .d .Cha. d, dn n by maintaining clan, siir .,nil I a1 t :e F ni.inn at r. i,tin:; lawns d. .pit•-`i•n.sly elated .soon 5;Io the Mold of F-111(li.a1 ha., 1"r in.:ao e, arc, ple,l nn cithlh-ftr.ole Trading keel ;15 snflicieut h,r y;radna- lion from high sclLuul, the approach of olainlaining existing ]wets nlay be tqr piping the wrong standard of mensore- mcnl. Llctead of asking allow caul we do better?" the cin• administration is apparently asking „flow• can lee maintain what we did last year?" lira me administ ration's approacI, n, productivity is Icss ambitinus than the one tak,•n by the Lindsay admin- kmitinn, L.indeay promised to increase services, not just maintain them at the previous years levels. He also relied tore on City hall than on his agency chiefs to define the goals, and if this lit;,)- have resulted in unrealistic tar- gcts, it certainly resulted in more am- bitious ones. The weakness of the Beane productivity efinrt, slys a for- mer Lindsay administration official who now works for licame, is that "it is silly." fie adds, 1°]'here is yet nn measure of what each department shnuld he doing." Martin Lang, who has served both as parks commissioner and as sanitation commissioner, helirves than the city also fails ill measure w'Iat cath employee should he doing. The city's productivity program, he says, nwasures the total tonnage of gnriagc collected—hut "what enrols is the per -man tonnage." In March, %ucentti defended the city's efforts. "First, we have brim- dnced--void we haven't invented the wheel—a systematic approach that allows ;it, ongoing review of an agol- cy's perfnnnance," he said. "We have b:eu able to minimize reduc- tions in personnel in the de- G livery of services." Ile licked uff areas in which he felt tlm lnaMW city receives improved serv- ices. The Fire Department ha. a twenty -five -per -ant greater work lord and twen- ty -face hundred fewer men, yet maintains the same level of service, he said. (A spokes - Irma for the department says the com- ❑tis.ioner refatse5 to claim that it is uminr:tin;og the stmt level ,f service, preferring to sty only that the service i, "ade(loate•" ) "Arad lake the p,dire," pail) I,Ifco i. "They're hey're down six thou- s:nd caps, yet this year there are more men on patrol than in the previnus year." Day can:: "We have defunded seventy-five day-care centers, yet w•e are serving roughly the same number of children." Few dispute that the city has im- proved its productivity management since the fi,eal crisis hip:na. But :,uy- unc's judgnlcul of 11ov. muni I,rup;rrs, has been made hI'vil l: on evil, n• Il'. i, 'tailding. II %urr..Ili, a rdrnted, b:n'd.drivin;! rvv otter srng- gliltg of move Ile reek two lumdred feet, twenty feel of pro.. rr,s is reason to he grateful, pal Iic,holy since ynu know the obstacles only Inn well. But for snnenne standing farther awa', the focus will pa,hably Ile nn the hundred and eighty feet remaining. 'hake '/.uc- eouis police example. Granted, the city is dningsontewhat better. But compared with what? New York employs 25,355 policemen. Representative F'dw:u'd Foch, a candidate for the Democratic mayoral nomination, has charged that during each of a day's three platoons, or shifts, there are only fifteen hundred patrolmen nn the streets—a total of forty-five hundred nlen. Police Com- missioner Codd has disputed this num- her, asserting that the average is ahnut twenty-nne hundred men per platoon. By the department's own figures, just 6,436 of the 25,355 policemen—ahem a quarter of the police force—are as- signed to precincts and are "on patrol" nn any given day. However, Francis McLoughlin adds that the patrol figures do tint include about three thousand men who arc assigned art narcotics, traf- fic, the detective bureau, and other duties each day. Since "profits" are much more difli- cult to measure in government than in business, the city has to try' to qualify— nut just quantify—results. That in- vites disngrectnents, so the accountants often slip back into quantifying results. The Productivity Cnnncil has reported one grievous example: The Office of Code Lnforcenn•nt gave as proof of increased productivi- ty that it was inspecting eight H buildings each day rather 9 than six. "Yet the statistic it- self," the report complained, "is meaningless—the question is what happens as a result of o LEI c these inspections? Is there a follow-up visit to see if viola- tions have been corrected? If they have not been attendrd tit, is the Landlord properly punished? When a landlord cannot immediately he located, are efforts made to track him down? In other words, how many of the in- spreto'ial visits actually result in hnild- ing improvementsi 11 Jack Bigr.l accuses the special drPu- ty state comptroller, Sidney Schwartz, of the same obsession with quantifying results. "I resent Sidney Schwariz's approach; 'says Bigel. "fie corrals belies only. I love him, but a brad -counter is not a problem solver. lic just count.iLy- off, and think, y nu b avc t, hale ::tele ell tiv time lir Ih, ro is nn prodn, ti•.'•y. lie doesn't trahzc 111.11 the :uui;i, : nark i, running all ill, lino•." R.1:•l t1kr, e.nasidrtahle ptidc in the cin'. a:uition pulicv, which he help, if est:,bl's h. I nctead of making seleclivelm off,, the yin adopt- ed a general hiring (reezc and rucunr- a,ed people to retire early. In the Parks Department, far instance, nmghli twenty-five workers resign or mire cath month. There were eleven tiwilsand Ru'ks employees in 1975. This year, after layoll's and attrition, there were four thousand seven hundred. In April, hcb,re his retirement as parks commissioner, Martin Lanz called this attrition policy "insidious," "An or- ganization that Ins no influx of new people is donated," lie said. "An agency can't be preserved like a fly in archer. The average age of my field force is fifty-six. All city dcfartulenus must he dt•Ilanllc. The Parkas Deparuntut is dy- ing." City departments have, of euursq been xRccted not ,lily by attrition Ino by layoff policies. Because of Civil Service and union seniority require- ments, the twenty-five thousand people laid off by the city were the youngest, and often the most eager, workers. A rrpnrt issued last year by the Conunis- sion on Yuman Rights showed that more than half of all Hispanic employ- ers were fired, as were thirty-five per rent of all black employers, and that the percentage ,f women cntplopres fired was thirty-three, compared will, twenty-two per cent of white males. Productivity ,(forts raise still other problems. The government's measure of productivity improvement may not he the saute as the public's. Martin Lang takes pride in having intr"dneed "mobile crews" to trmcl from park to park to clean up. They rrplaced sta- tionary crews, who simply rentaioed in one park. Lang sass that the mobile crews do a better jab of cleaning but that the public "feels abandoned'" br- c:ulse it is more concerned svitih safety and the presence of a uniformed em- ployee than it is with cleanliness. Some city agencies have complained That the paprrwork involved in the city's productivity pr"gl:atn reduces productivity. The Department If Cole snutcr Affairs, in its nannbly manngc- mrnt report last (Moller, apologized brcan,r il, f:nforrenlcltt Dkkion had trill prrfnnnrd m 111:111gala"I.:ntd gam - station impection, per d:ty as it had planned. The reavnl: "The inspectors spent an additional day in Ile ni ice sit that the produrtivity figure, synuld be calculated and the report snhmiued on time." Lnpmved prodnetkity assumes tcol!.r co:lpccltion. City nf!irials cam Ihaur'i ambit inns prutlucti%itc bo ttnrk, is :u'c not utachiur:. TI -.v. to be upnicmtclI- n, bane their uuoa!r uu,iotained. Intcrt'ictc, with wurbol•, :mol L,h„r I.,olUI'\ NIg�C•I Ih:,t at pi; s, nt the notate of city rnyloyrc. is Inv. Pollctlncn, in particular, fool that tlnn• have been "fill nishel"--- Ihnnlylh tuts, the loss of clru t days, and hrr:,oc :het' have hero without a con- mict for three )cars. "Thtrc is no quet6m c.tt the fiscal crisis has led I a mar',ad decrease in np,r;dc,” says Jack Ihir•a, \C'nrker,, he rays, are inserore it ;heir joie,, their sieve, hbeir re- tirement pay, and the possibility of city bankruptcy. He also blames the news- papers: "Every time they read the press, thev sec it's the city workers who are merpaid and un lerworked. They feel thct'tc been held up to ridicule." A third of those who have left their jobs, the M:osagcntent Advisory Nord notes, have wsienrd, not retired. Thv cooperation of workers and their unions is oscnti:d at the nePtiat- in; c.Jdr. litany of the work rules that the (it)' :Idhcres n+—vheh as the prac- tice of assigning three rather :ban two wren to each sanitation truck --hinder productivity efforts. The minutes of a mectiug held September 27, 1976, be- tween first Deputy Mayor 7.ueeotti and Sanitation Colnmi,sioncr Anthony Varcaredlo carry an instructive notation under the heading "•I'wn-elan Col- Irchion Crews." It reads, "Union wOR t ltegotiate with Department on this issue:' The minutes go an to say, "Issue to be raised with Office of l.:lbnr Relations." When Commission- rr IGoBo was asked about this matter ma Ion" ago, hr said, "One of the thin;. labor Ir:ulers and their people augur is than at the productivity table we i,nuld not try to get back their benefits. That, they say, must he re- sered for collective bargaining. Yet w•iun sve bring it tip at collective bar - r46114 ,_, thee- tell us, 'Go to hell! , " \layer ]leans, seeking r6leetion, has been hoisting abnut the city's nc- rom;dishmcnts and pinying down its prohdrum. His 'balance(]" expense budget of nearly fourteen billion dollars for the current fiscal )-car contains nlnney to keep libraries upon longer; to provide pay increases; to reduce taxer--tlomgh he acknowledges that the next three budgets, ;is now pro- jrcteJ, show a deficit. The next mayur I,,ny have to play Scrooge; Nenmr is playing Santa. Before he left office, Jahn %uccotti was asked why the May- or did not mnke furthrr manpower cuts, :upl he replied, "That's a gond point, I would say o eau there prnM aldt wf,old hoc to L, additional rcduc- Ii,n1, if, , itm.nlpmtcr." II i, fru• h'mn wpwril b,r incnmh.uts to put a boot L,cc .,If thing', n, veer., Ilm 11."itivr, )tot its ,r nq+hasivilq{ %111,11 has N. n door r:aher thmh what word', Io hr dnnr, the \layer may los, all uppurnwitl' m vs'in ¢crater Puhlie yupl,oll for meted rhx,'es. The cily's first biannual man- agcnteot report horrowed a tot hoique nr two Iron Drpartment of Defense "pacification" reports issued during the Victoam war. Unpleasant facts were simply skipped over. The overtime and sick -leave n•c- onl, of cit' drp:uvncnl.,, forkw instance, earned a mere 1,1- note: "A6srnteeistn and ,!er- litoe are not reported in the data tahlcs of this Report because uniform techniques for defin- ing, reporting, and anrls"Alig absentee- ism and overtime for diflrrent agencies have not yet horn developed, Mensores of Ihesv fn -tors will he included in fu- ture reports.,' A review of the departments' unpub- lished monthly manageuunt reports shows that overtinu• and sick leave arc among management's num serious pro- dnrtkit• problems. It also suggests flat the agencies !lave devised "uniform techniques' for reporting overtime and absenteeism. The problem is not the technique but the numbers. They don't snake for gond news. The Correction Department report for last November said that there Ind been twenty-two per cent more sick leave than thc Ile- paronent hall expected. Overtime was twenty-four per cent more than ex- prcted. The Consumer Affairs De- partment's report for last Scptemhcr Showed two hmmhrrd and twrnth-five 111:111 -days Inst because of :ltsrntecism that nnmth; the deparunout had ex- ,I.cn,l a hundred :uI,[ sixty-s.v,•n. Ab- senteeism in the Sanitatinn and Police Departments was also running higher than expected. When I asked about the discrepancy betwern the published report and unpublished monthly re- ports, Jacob Ukeles, the principal com- piler of the biannual mxringenent rc- pnrt, replied, "They nen•r said, 'Leave stuff out of the repot.' The rcpnrt was don p on fessiona I ly. " Ile ackit, wl- cdged, however, Ilea the report went through "many drafts" and I11:11 it w•nmld have been dVI(t'ed if the newly nmtndrd City Charier had not rcgmired its publication. ON his first full day as mayor -- January 2, 1914—Ahe Ncame is- sued an executive order to his cmnmis- sinners that they were to choose their Civil Service aides strictly on the basis i; of win lecrie.d the Lig, hr,t ,L.'iul.•.I- poinl rutin;;: ou vc cin rn rx:m+in.o�, n� 'I•li, uu•s,agr wax than tit, -,v hr no f:lymihi.oh in III— Il.mm.:uliniu- i.trati„n. •The Lilted•:a }' adohini:1'':- tiun',"it form" allowing n or I,. In pick from one of the lop do. r vx:un armee, was dis,al'ded. N„vv ii a commis,ioner wanted to rhonse .,nuc- une other than the person whit i+ad scored highest un the exam he would need ]femme's written pormis,inn. •Tire Civil Service associations chvercd. So did many good-guveruneaht forces, which hailed the nos" Mayor for rcmoting "poli- tics" from staff selection. People remembered flint the Civil Service, introduced in 1883 as a reaction to the spoils system, was instiuted to protect the public interest. III reality, however, the system tom often prmccts the employee's inters insu•ml. Graming an cmpinyrc wbar is in vffrct lifetime tenure (barring enter- gencirs such as the fiscal crisis) is not the host w•ay to keep him on Itis tnrs• A hundred -and -forty -three-page saute of the Civil Service by the City Adminis- trator's office in 1972 dubbed it a "meriless" system. The study said that grind people could not he selected solely nn the basis of a written exmninatiou and that the rise of strung unions du- plicated the protections offered by the Civil Service. Mayor Lindsay nerwmsly disowned the report, and it was Len- crally ignnred.'rhe came reception had been given to a 1470 report by the Natinnal Civil Service League, which stated, "Many of the mrthnds by which governments have contrived to assure merit employment and protect the service :,gainst past abnsrs have nNo served to t•xclm le nminy wrll-qualifi,•d persons, severely limit the flexibility of responsible elected oficGL, and curtail the overall effectiveness of the public service." A consensus is now beginning to build in favor (if overhauling the sys- tem. In the introduction to "'The Spoiled System," by Imbert Vaughn, a Still]) ' aIitirl of the federal Civil Scrvicc Commission, which is cunsidemhh• Ices rigid than the city's, Ralph Nader pointed to the trndcnvy of pure:utcrtrfes In become vested interests. Nader wrote, "These vrsted interests inclml.! the wrmity of tenor., the sermitt' If inevitable Pmmnotion, lite sccnrit}' of habit, the srrurity of •.bah, and the un- fettered right to stifle dissent within the (:mks and block evaluation of per- formance front nntside, whether by the public nr by other governmental hod - its." A repnrt by the Temporary State Commis,iun an Management and Pro- L� Junhide in tbu Ihlhliv S„t„r a ltu,. th.1t Ill” Cit if Srt vice I.y"'IT" in it. pn•s- e I form is con o tv rp r, eductive. "I'I u• .1 .1,911, IIIC 1`1JIMI ,al �, "Ill Iv - w cols pel'forunil" n❑ lflr job" Ic11 "Wn";nds wuimity; " It:,; made i1 al- ooea lull u,oible to lire in:uh'quale W.0 14- 1-1 and has lu.tcrt.d reliance on u•lit- 1. examinations, which favor "tc..t- 1.Ihas" and do not measure "dedira- tiou, interest, sociability, and the ability In handle rvsponsihility." People collect Civil Service horror s;urirs. The city's director of pharmacy, Oil pr"duclivity Council rcpnrt noted, mn,t le draw'❑ from a principal-phar- ul.lii.td lir. Yet the exam doe> out LVA administrative competence—Ihe primary skill required in the job. The first deputy of one city agency ex- pl a current predicament: "We are stuck with an accountants' list for an entrance -level accountant which is three )-cars old. Many people arc t.n that list will, cannot read Engli'll. We have a nerd for accountants, but ice siulply cannot use that lir." lie has a similar problem finding auditors: "h's a different skill from accounting, si, we're trying to set up a different exaun for auditors from that given ac- countants. I'm going crazy. 'The Civil Service people's desire is to have the lowest possible number of exalts." His desire is to get a gond auditor. The Board of Education's person- nel director, Frank Arricale, says that his greatest source of frustration is the hiring of teachers. "The overwhelm- ing majority of teachers, perhaps cigluy-five or ninety per tent of them, are sent at random to districts on the basis of rank order or seniority," he says. "If a district needs twenty-five teachers, tile. rust twenty-five nn the li,t are sent to that dim i1., 7be district has 0o input. A mark on an exam and when you took the exam deter- mine where and when yen go. The reason be- hind the system is to eliminate political and racial patronage. But it takes away front the district superintendent and the principal any input into staff selee- 1iml. We're wedded In n system where some - ole with a ninety- i.,lit-pnint-five score is hired ahead of some- one who scored nincty- eight point four. If there were fifteen slots and on; of 1heu1 n." b,r a o.n'hcr mith a nus;, b.,,l",r,mod hot now. of IIIc first fill, .0 to"Y hr 1•. on Inc li.l 11:1.1 a ounir h:uigv nnud, rt.n end, 61'I rhonsr a parr+o1. tvilh sm h a havkgn,uud rcen if nll.n the li•t." "Civil C.16ve lllak.�, it difli(ult for Ina nagcrs u, perform," sat': laeoll Ukeles, who studied the subject for nearly two )cars. "For r tuillc, we have thousands of titles in the Civil Service, so it's dilieult m transfer pen - pie. The number of steps in the griev- ance system takes months. 7'" man- age, yon need the Ability to hire and fire, t" redeploy; to ch tug, requnlsihili- ties. And you don't have those things." Commissioner Russo puts it another way: You could have the worst possi- ble banana and still not be able to bring him up on charges." The Management Advisory Board Counted niore than thirty-nine hundred different Civil Service job titles, in two hundred and forty-three urclgrntiowd groups. The federal government has only twenty-two occupational groups. What results from the larger nunthrr of groups is more rigid tests, more pa- perwork, more pigeonholing. "There is .also a requirement that when an open- ing develops someone he promoted from within the group if he has the right test score and title—even though he may not be considered qualified by the manager. Labor leaders are receptive to some reforms, Albert Shenker, president of the United federation (if Teachers, s:lys he would like to "find some meth- od that would allow managers to pro- eced against incompetent people." Alan • AUGUST I, 1977 \•inti tar"ni,'5:Ibnut "evtrcrlw" 1, foriur Ina do-. suppon. gking inn gn9s enough flrsihilily Y. that thv: d„n•t ho. to I'cly nn v. -ripen r'.anl. rioo.•. Ile mmld :list. like I,, "rn1 dw.an ilu• unmhcr of tillrc” :nd to allow :. Arri I,, u'.nl:,fcr Into one Title or d,•p.:r:mnu to :nalther. The forces for change are 1^,arils •Tbe recently amended Cin" Charter repl'aled Blame's executive order, xr this January the city went hack to Linds:,y's one -in -three rule. There are the first serines stirrings within the State Legislature, where a hill to re- f"I"tit palls of the current syre'in :i now b, in,, discussed, and the Manaaentent Advisory Board, fn its personnel report last March, called for sweeping changes: "The City has two personnel systems, a Civil Service and a lahor-re- lations system. These provide teal re- dundancy in many areas, constituting a kind of fail-safe arrangement that dou- Idcs the personnel-m:unagrmrnt task." 'I'll illustrate, the board said than salary scales, rmployce-grivirance procedures, nod wink odes were all set both by the Civil Service and through collective bargaining. COMPARED with the powerful New York municipal unions, the Civil Service is toothless. "The City's capacity to act as :in arm's-lenyth em- ployer in bargaining with the municipal unions is not what it should b.•," the Charter Revision Commission mildly concluded. The Management Advisory loud pinpointed :n conflict: "A May- or's ability to rellite lm municipal Inions as chief manager of the City is sharply limited by his need to relate to them .as an elected official." "There is no gncstion about it, we hate the .ability, ill a srnic, to elect onr own boss," Victor Gotbaum ad- mitted a couple of years ago. The Charter Revision Commission, which recommended the overhaul of many of the city's personnel practices, determined that the public employ- er was not comparable to the private eltgdnycr fit at least three critical ways: first, "thc Mayor is a plhiral aniulal wbn, in many nim.irurs, most rely an the sup• pmt of powerful union force at election time;" second, "the City, as employer, is not subject . , . 1.: : 1'ffis I^1'EWYORMil ", OW • nuc curv.uaioc, „f .npitiy and 1.1monl that dir- ro, l,. dr: plivalc ,-mph 13 1 it, o••y,ni:n romp„ ;uol, third, \ I.;rrt forv-s outtide Itis run- {� ut•I" ohrn mbilrIle and order rI settlrmcnt" "cannot say 'nu in I..•gmtimions and make it / stick." \hoicipal unions arc not as popular in New York today as ill,-), u•rre ,,line,. years ago, hill they are still pmverful. I h,•y hat's tile. power to strik,•, %.hien can cripple tom city, ni the transit makers proved ill 1966 and the Midge workets mull toll collectors slid in 1971. 'They can provide a tre:Islnr of money :rad man- pnwer flit smile and local call- (lidates. ']'hough most state legislators prwatcly thought that the 1976 Stavisky-Goodnn:m bill, ntandatin-, additional expenditures byon the city for edocation, was irresp- sihle, dory voted to override Governor Carry's veto. 'Fhe reasml wis intense pressure from the United Federation of'J'earhers, which included midnight phone calls and threats to rim candi- dates fn primaries against legislators who voted "wrorn, 'Fill. municipal unions have always kern able it, :let as a special imerest and )ct not be trutcd as nor. While this ability has probably peen diminishrd by tht. Iiscal crisis—for the first time, nna- jur Ilrtuncratic candiolitcs ("t• miyor haloo made the power of im nicipA lm- imns an issue--thr unions have gained slow. uevv powers as the city's chief h:mkvrs. ply June of 1978, the nnunici- pal prnsi,m funds, which are effectively contrd!e,d by the unions, will have in- V011A three Trillion six hundred million dollar, in city and city -related notes and hond.- -Ihrce times the amount invested by honks. Thwt this is not union money doesn't srvm in matter. Most city offi- cials call them "union" pension funds. Cotmni„inner Russodmes not. "They're not (116"13 pension funds,” Ile says. "Most Of the money in what are called 'uniwm' pension funds is taxpayers' mon- ry," lit the privacy of their "nicer, and fill condition that the)• nut hr quoted by uatnr, unur public offici:ds will venture that it is wrong for the, unions to have she, power bl cuntnl city pension funds, Will dos bargain moth as employees and as hankers. At least line important state o0icial sats that he plants n, try to end union control of the funds, thus lie- errasln^ the unions' leverage in bar - ']rile uni,ms also play a major role in 4; "Yes, ! do mind if you sing'Stardmct'I" the noanagemnetrt of city ogenrics. Sec- tion I173-4.3 of the New York City Collective Bargaining Law seeks to de- fine "management rights." It has come, however, to dviltle union rights, fall. 'Tire final sentence reads, "Questions concerning the practical impact that do- ckions on the ;thrive matters have on employees, such as gLIUSILons of work Iliad or ntamoino, are within the scope of collective bargaining." ']'his rule, promulgated in the Linds:ly adminismi- tion, ,leans that ux1:Iy work. -is can bar- gain with management on just about anythin . And they da. The work roles flit policemen and firemen arc written into the police and fire contracts, just as the size, of clauses (or teachers and the maximum case loads permitted welfare workers are written into their con- tracts. When a top official of the Met- ropolitan']-ransportation Authority, which operates oho city's trains anti hoses, was asked ahomt his greatest source of fnlstratinn, he said that it teas the eon:raer prohibition against the use of part-time employees, who emrhl he sehedode(I to conform to rider rather than worker habits. ']`he city gnvc•nonent would like greater flexibility nn contract work rules, hill first it most negotiate, anti that brings up another proldrm: the city is rclips;l at the negotiating table. The 'fcmporm,v Commission un City Fi- nmu•es described the problem this wiy in its June report: "The allocation of municipal resources by the City to its Own Office of Labor Relations eom- pnred to municipal onions ilhrtmtes the City's managerial confusion whit respect In the collective-hnrgaining process. In 1976, OLR, responsible for research- ing, negotiating, atoll handling gricv- anus for 122 different hargafnfng units, employed only' 50 parsons and received an appropriation front the Cit). of :ipin'ncimatels' $S00,000. Titcon- trast, the City released 125 municipal employees full-time to onions mod paid for all of their salary, fringe, and rc- tirenn•nt henclits; 96 additional nunlfci- pal vngdoyres were released without pay but with the City funding their pension credits; and 41 more cit )• workers were released u, unions on a part-time basis, 'I -he total cost to the City of stifling on unifipal mo inns for ohm purpose of conducting labor relations with ... the City was $3.6 million, al- most five Buoys what dor City spent on its own Onice of Labor Relations." Commissioner Russo says, "iron out- classl.rl, uutnoann(!d, outgunned. 'I-hry• hire tire. hest lawyers in the count, -) to negotime for them—firms like Phillips, Nizcr lir Kaye, Sc•hnlrr.'1-hey call pay a fee of (our hundred .thousand dol- lirs for Ione case. We can't even hire a twrnt)•-five-thousand-dollar-mprar lawyer." A year or so agn, to save mons)•, the city sacrificed eight thou - mind square feet of Rum' s spacr, in- cluding five conference rousts. "1ie- canse we have nn space, wr now go un due union offices to negotiate,, Russo says. "It pots us ata dis:tdvantagc. The other alternative is uI go to a hotel, which is very, expensive." The real cost is psychological: "You rr in their home. 'I'hcre have hren titers when Jack Ri- gel has th rcatened I" throw its not." Rimn approves of a proposal frnm the Management Advisory Jloartl that the nnohcr of units he most bargain with he reduced from a hundred and twenty-two to tell lir twelve,'1'hc !lame, bargains with only six. "It's the biggest m Ina,Llm we- I�I• �� Ifo.., .at.. "Ifs,.,}. nail Iris I., .n „Inde, rrI, Idhcr." Thr n• i. out r',p- .ell nI �, major nlqu ail :ul: !n tl�; ba al's n..unnn od.n it'll II'm ILr I)flier of .l l wlitillal I.,I hots. If rl:Itiuu; roG rdiu;ue har_Iinim; f.,r hull) olm"i and non-ntavnr:d agvuciw. (At prrscut, uoot-nclyoral agruries, such as the Iilrl rd of Education, bargain srpa r:drly. with the unions, with little regard fnr Ili, eio''s ovrrall ]Aur strategy.) And the need for a "common data Lase;' as voted for by the Advisory Board, k ap- p:u'rnt. It is impossible slow to reconcile the contradictors• sets of "facts" ahout tit}• %'ages and benefits which are put forth by labor and management. Per- haps a uonparti,an commission could be r>ta1,1611rd to provide for the city the s.o't of infornmi"n that is available un the federal level from the Congression- al 1lndcct Oflive. The read problem in making ctlleo- tivr-hargaining changes is that union uffirials—:lthongh they agree with Russo, privately, that there are inn many hargaining mots and that reduc- ing their number would make the task r1f a labor leader easier—stu't with as- somptinns about collrctive bargaining that are totally different from those held Ily eitV officials. Russo thinks that tu• unions have till, much power; Jack Rigel, of enurse, thinks that they have fill, little. IVhichcver assumption nice starts with, it is incontestable that city unions have considerable power. Com- paring the citV's Office of Collective 11.trgaining (6-C.B.) with the state's Public F.ntpinvtes Relations Board is instructive. Both are rinpnwercd to resolve disagreements betwrru government and labor. The st:nc heard consists of three members ;Ippuinted by the governor, with list• vivice and consent of the Q Stns Senate, "from persons rep- M rrsrntative of the pahlic" The R��t O.C.B. consists of seven mein- I&A bets-4wo designated by the mayor, two by the municipal unions, and three "impartial members" elected Inthe four (others. 'Phos, Inhor and management must agree on the four. Must this means, according to .1 re- port by the City Club, is that "O.C.B. accepts the concept of the primacy (if the adv'ersariv$, that is, labor and man - while p.E.R.B, assumes the Iwfntaey of the public interest." The fiscal crisis subjects cullertive bargaining to new tests. Traditionally, it is a trading system, a process that has led to more for the workers Bot now that there is it,, inure to give—and, in fact, the city wants to regain certain nvmagement prerogative; and cancel certain fringe benefits—it is not clear vVI'm Hill 11 IgII it. \% III III, I. h, •arik..° tali 1:C I'\p,ti tt ln!LH :d:,llCti to sl.md still wbil'• ioll.ni..0 d­.ost; (!:m fit, so. Is, :I luiddlr;.1.Imn l m It, the rity It , it,, ❑omry too pap lar it I law do vsa s:Iti.f) lite drsitr of LlxpatrI, or I;It less and rrcl•it I• nhnre $twits.,, :tad Ike Ih>ife of employers tot n•crive more nunhry and work less? Do', Ihr fiscal crisis prmide the l,pi lnntitY to, creme a new middle ground? If there is a new middle grrnntd, the Beane ad- minis:ration has yct to find it. Though the city and the unions have made sacrifices, the message implicit in 13eamr's (uureen-hillinn-dollar tire - tion -year expense budget, with its new espenditurrs, is clear: Rclax. It will he difficult for a union leader to gn bark to his members and ask for more sacri- fices when the meso can point to a growing city budget. { � J 11Y, :Ifter all the studies and pro - Vv p"sals, dues change rnme so slowly? politics, if course, is a funda- mental reason. The pnlitirzl problems impeding change are illusttsated by aft event that occurred last March, For years, the city has reimbursed its re- tirees for their payments to the Medi- care program drat covers doctors' fees, an expense that other retirees pay them- selves. Once .1 year, the city sends .1 check—this year, far ahoot eighty d,& Iars—to each of forty thousand or sot retirees. ']'he annoal rest to the city is $nine (our million boor hundred and twenty thousand dollars, an amount that will increase :is tome and more members of the work force retire. As part (if a proposed reduction in hinge benefits and other rxpensts, the Itrame administrnion reached .1 tacit agree- ment a year ago vvith Victor Got - XDp Noon to end this practice. Legis - �-Lotion to accomplish the change i was introduced it the City Coon - still in February. In earlyMarch, Brooklyn Councilman Robert Steingut told Cnmmis.ioner Russo that the Council would never pass the hill. He was right. On March 31st, May- or Berme announced that the cor- sent reimhurscment policy' vennld con- tinue. "IVe were able to avoid inhpus- ing this hardship of retirees," Barone said in a press release announcing the cuntinumion of file reimburscmcnl pnli- ep, liu,al put it a different way. "Ahe cnllapsell," he told ms., resignedly. "There was tan much political pressure on him. City Council ]'resident 11.1111 O'Dwyer has even introduced a bill to merrnrr the reimhurwinent to match the increase in premiums." politics is not till. exclusive province of politicians. Labor leaders also have AUGUST 1, I) 7 7 m ;�vl carol of :Iml 1,3.1 1, of, ;ural this i. "t'r it 111.111 Ihr, per lel r, -,l I:I`"II. ul vIr"r nni.ol no olhr r; in 197i rot. l 1776 to cuthark% it' hVII.:flls f.'r .rl( ..f Ihru1. Unimi Ie.Ilkrs Idt-n agree dr : thcrr should he pml.,ioo reforms, L.r. oral)' hot' fulmrc rnlpb%'rrs, In Ihr rnntrxl of the rite's fhec:d crisis, unions. whit h enjoy' n•puctlion, as :oh u;::tcs of change, (requrntlt• Levsin% dI fenders of file status quo. "We nerd to do things slow b'" says Gnhaunt, who 11.15 been .1 genuine stuesntui during insist of the fiscal crisis. "IRre can't make tip for the errors of the past in tine lir two years. Thr system would hust In a sense, the st'stent hm=r open ),cars ago. Without the discipline Once inhposed nn labor and other interests by a birnt (and often corrupt and au- tocratic) Imlitic l -party org;110zatinn, Kew Pork is divided into gavial, ethnic, and special-interest groups, each seek- ing the adoption of its own agcuda. No mayor can cope with these dspmxte forces and fmtdamentally alter :he way New York is governed without a con- stiuuency that supports chmrge. The forthcoming nmyr l election may demonstrate whether or not such a cunstituenct• exists. WHA -rVV to fin? Effective manage- mcnt of the city in the future stay require that the utayur be grant- ed authority silver as well as responsibil- ity' for non-mnyoml agencies like the Board of Education (as Brame has proposed). 'I;Ira reasmt the mayor doesn't have authority over the Board of Education flow is that it has tradi- tionally been (eared that "politics' would creep into, the school scstrnt if he did have it.'1'nday, few members of the public would he likely to arose that in this respect the mayor rould do any worse than the bnard. And tak- ing non -mayoral agencies under the City Hall umbrella would have the ad- vantage of improving co6rdination in lahor negotiations, thereby insuring that one set of workers, would lint do hotter than another. In this sense, City Hall management has In be tighter. In another, it has to he looser. The city will have to continue the process—bo- gran last year—of giving the commis - 6 o ners of its agencies more finsibility in managing their budgets and their personnel. Along with this incentive most go encouragement is, be firmer with unproductive cmployeec. Edward Costik}•:n, who was a can- didate for mayor until May of this year and is novo co-chairman of Edward Koch's mayoral campaign, has recom- mended firmness Of annthrr,sort—a willingness to accept strikes, mther than Tl IE NEW YORKEII an muntpt to avoid them at all costs. "In order In guvetn, )ou'vv pot it, h, ph:paeJ t.. chkc a stdkv," Costiky:n said heli: n he %vas still ;I candidate. "If suu're tun prepared, Ibe• bnu"m lin: is mm., once, more. if they strike the s, It,,. I'd he prepared to tell the traduces they're forfeiting their job se- rudly--under the sone Taylor Law, you tom." Cnstikvot's approach is not pupnhn' with labor leaders and politi- cians; it may he with the public. Within the last year or so, the mayors of San Franci.co and Atlanta have succeis- fuly ivi:ircd strikes by municipal cm- plorecs, winning popular acclaim in the prncr.;. The city will also need greater flexibility to create incentives—m dis- pntse rewards. "A manager's pay should he linked it, performance,' says Personnel Director Thomas Roche. Bath the city and the state have begun small pilot programs in which outstand- ing managers are given pay increases and other incentives. Former First Deputy Mayor'"/.oceotti thinks that the city must gn further in this direction. "Let's put on the table the question, Can you recruit top nuuuageis fit com- pctitiem with the private sector, and it - tract middle managers, without paying wase increases to them?" he says. "Is it pns.ible for someone running for office to address that question? And can a guy say that and still say when he faces the union, 'No wage increase'?" A %)'stem of incentives nssumes a sys- tem of performance evaluation. Yet the ehv "dues lint hate a systemntfe process for identifying its hest managers," the h4armgemrnt Advisory Board has said. (Nor docs it have one for evaluating the performance of most workers, which a real merit system requires, Rather, it has seniority protection and tenure protection and grievance -proce- dure protection and the protection of whiten exams, and, must important of all, it has protection from performance evaluation.) At the risk of generating newspaper headlines, the city meq' in some cases have to invest in hiring more managers. The Advisory Board report issued in ,January concluded, "The City his ten few executive officers above the level of Commissioner, and inn few staff prn- fessionals to support the officers who are in place. In most large private corpora- tihnhs, the number of managers per 10,000 employees shove the fifth level of management (a position roughly :mainguu%to agency heads) far exceeds the City's." There are many cases, hynv.•vrr, in which :hgrncies are top - it, a spcedt to the City Chub in June of list year, Anthony Smith, then ,,It the staff of Spatial Utpur• State Comptroller Svbamrn., nnopara•d the New fork City Police 1),p:I11111rnt oh the Mr.virm Aruty. Ile i''und that there was one lieub•uaut f"r every 2.7 sergeants un the bnic and oe captain I'm every 2.9 ficua•nains. Afieranalyz- ing one Manhattan sanitation divrict, the Cnuncif nn Municipal Performance, a privately funded group that was fanned five years ago ar study urban economics and municipal services, con- cluded, "Of the 122 men present and available for work each day in the district, 39 perform supervisory, administrative, and service functions, which support the acetal 'street' work of cleaning and collec- tion. Adding to this figure the absentee rate, less than half (48.9 per cent) of the work force is allocated to street work each day." It is manngement's task to address the problem of lowered worker morale. Albert Sha» ker says that "if you're in a war you need a goal, a terminal point, slime overall plan," and that what New York now needs is a "shared sense" of sacrifice. Instead, Shanker says, his workers feel, "I int losing. I am going down," and he ex- plains, "There is poor mnrale because people ]unit know there is a plan. they don't know there is a plan because there isn't one." Shanker's lament is sounded by other labor leaders. The morale of the work force is a genuine concern. Alan Viani cites nn example of how ill improve morale and produc- tivity. The Department of Water Re- snurces contracts with private firms to repair hydrants. Confronted with the prospect of layoffs, Viani's union mem- bers offered to compete with the pri- vate contractor, betting that they could du the job for less money. In place of one crew's doing the entire repair job, the union "suggested an assembly -line approach;' according to Viani. "We sent out a crew to dig up the hydrant. Another crew dropped off the replace- ment. Another attached it. It's a con- tinuous process, which works extremely well—and the city is saving two him- dred thousand dollars a )'car on it. This is the kind of thing that can be dune, but it requires imagination on the part of managers and the union. And con- stant review. It involved no more work. It just involved a better organization of the task." ,Jack Bigel takes this idea a step further. lie argues that workers must have a financial stake in productivity, and that the nirrcnt cost-nf-living increase in return for productivity is an insufficient incrntive. "All they get 47 this year is three hundred nod five dnl- hits," It.. says. "'That was a fair inelc.t,e in IIIc niuctrrn-thirties." As a suLsyi- utte, Bigcl propu:cs a "gain sh:uine' phot. As cath worker retired, and is tests were it•duced by impruvetucnti in nianaguinvnt and worker productivi- ty, the savings world gat into a pool. Though the work force wtnld he re- duced, thc workers would be rcspnn- sible for maintaining or improving serv- ices. In return, says Bigel, the workers would get to keep fifty per cent of the savings, and the city the rest. Detroit has tried a similar ap- proach, and officials there claim positive results. State Senator Roy Codman his urged that policemen who volunteer tet work in one-man patrol cars share in the sav- ings, which he estimates could approach four million dollars a year. From the public's point of view, the key would be the assurance that services would be im- proved. Worker coliperitives are another favorite idea of Bigcl's. I'or instance, the city would contract out to the sani- tation union the responsibility for gar- bage collection. The union would agree to perform the job at a lower cost in re- turn for the opportunity to earn a prnfit on the difference. The result would be that the taxpayers would pay less and the workers would earn more. This general idea his alum been embraced by Felix Rohatyn, chairman of the Mu- nicipal Assistance Corporation. Former First Deputy Mayor''/-uccotti expresses reservations but says that the idea is worth exploring. Some cautions are useful, however. The program might work better if private enterprise were allowed to compete with the union—an idea that is unpopular with union lead- ers. Schnnl custodians have had a co-op ,arrangement for years, and a recent audit by City Comptroller Harrison Goldin found that in the 1975 fiscal )'ear some custodians bilked the tax- payers of ten million dollars. Com- missioner Russo thinks that controls to insure savings can be included fn co-op plans but says that he is "scared to death" of gain sharing. "I am going to recommend against it," he says. "You start with one group, and where does it cod? Will a cop stand still if a sani- tation man makes fifteen hundred dol- lor% a year extra by way of gain shar- ing? I see problems ahead of me." Another idea for increasing produc- tivity is a longer work week. In Calf- furnia, the state employees work a forty -hour week. Fifty-six per cent of New York Sotto employees work fut'ty hours per week and forty-four per cent 0 0 x �,k 111.1 It 11 .,fill a h:df boil, S. In \,a Y,.d: (:in, :,tuns: Irl, the rul- hntc,s, acoodolt, o tilt. D- ialI n( Prrananrl, woe::, ll,inc-fare-hunt. urrk. 'I'br 'I'empor;n'y Cnnuni>simr nn (:itv 1'in:illars h:,; :user, -d !:,at making the d:c's wvurk week 0;mid, with rhe stetr's (for Ihoec wolking le;, thin thirty-s;vcn and a half horst "world b.• equic:drnt o, addin_ Idnmit five thousand new city workers at no rx- Penic to the city:' if dm city (ullnt,rd the s:rhne annual -trace policies as rhe slate, Tile T runporary C omniksion sail, the city would ztve almost two bil- lion dollars during the nest Wentc-five ),cars. The Pro- ductivity Council has esti- 1711t0l that obtaining just ane hour a day more "pro- ductive cmployce time" from ,very city employee—not necessarily by means mf a longer work day—world he worth mnre than three hun- dred million dollars annually It, The city. Albert Shanker disparages the notion of a lunger work week, con - tering it to "my mother's swcatshol,." \\,h), ant lave :ut right' -hour week? he asks. "'Then we could have sixty per cent normploynncnt rather than ten per cent;' State Iludget Director Peter Gnldutaik has :n dilierent perspectivr: ollefnte you go tri a fort' -hour week, yon hate to get work for thirty-five." Another recommendation, front the City Club—that the coat of every con- tract between unions and the city he ennlpnted and published shortly after the agreement Is reached—bceaalc part r,f rbc newly amcndnl City Charter earlier this year. It is a basic consnnxr issue: those who pay the hill ought to know what they're paying for. Ther is .it,,, the argument That' the public should hair greater access in the collectivr-har- gaining table. In a recently published honk, "The Public Interest in Govern - 111011 l.ahor Relations," Richard Schick out Jean Couutrier all for public hear- ings at which hath sides would br rc- gnired tm disclose their positions, for Gdl disclosure of all agreements, and for a citizens' advisory committee that world be consulted when the parties reach fah impar,c—all to insure an increased pub- lic voice in l:lhor negotiations. An wt- dcmncratic variation of this proposal was advanced this parr winter by the city's eleven major cnnunercial banks. In reuu'n for their crd;prration in svll- iug city securities, the hanks proposed a three-member rcu'icw hoard to he algnoinled by the gmertn,r to nversee III,. city's finances, including collective- bargaining agrccmenis, It wasn't ex- plicitly statrd, hilt Fahind the hanks' p,op•r•:d I:Iv ihr Lolivf th.0 �rw 1'o�rk S'liff fed fl' "Ill Inn ,Ilio II, II,M1 it... little, ,b inocracv, and That til• only wvay In arbicce n-pelf<iblr flscal I, h., vine frau, puhlic ofli:;;tk was u. nmunand it. As die cites vxprricncr will, the Ifnler- gcnvy I'in:mc:d Cnorul li•,ard pons, .orb a ..+uP bars certain lodkital advan- I,ICrs. It pnrcidc> villains, permitting rleetwl 11114i:,ls In throw up their hands and proclaim, "I'm not I"pnu,ihle:" "lite \l:magenwrit At visory Board had a dillrrent idea for compelling re- spuuiil,ility' at the bargaining Table. It reemnmcodrd That the city's "ability ill p:ly" lie auprime considera—tion in any ncgnllnllnns, and that pay increase, hr matched If), productivity savings. This proposal received a tepid re- sponse form folm Zliccotti. "It's nm realistic to think pIJ you can continue to rum the city and do hndget planning without granting some wage increases;" he say's. Jack Bisel says that the recommendation is "unreal" unless tilt i1•lanigetnent Ad- visory Board al,o "declares inflation il- JtLml," It is likely that dre city's task will be ennyllicatrd by' the fourteen - per -cent pay increase for a hundred and forty thousand state employees which Governor Carey agreed to in April. The city—as the Ath•iv,ry Board and the City Club have urged—will make a push to remove from union contracts those work rules that are con- sidercd to he properly management's prerogative, And Governor Carey has prnpnced legislation to half managers from belonging to the same bargaining unit as the people life)' supervise. ('rhe proposal has been huried in committee in both hooses mf the Legislature.) A proposal granting onions their lung - desired agency shop—requiring that nonmembers who benefit from union negotiations pay union dues—was passed by the Legislature a few days ago,, and Carey is expected to sign it. Commissioner Russo embraces this change for practical reasons,saying that without it Jaime Icaders are con- stantly grandstanding in an effort to recruit nonmembers. Still another prudnctivity prnpnstl is that as the city work force shrinks, vnlnnterrism should he encouraged; citizen volunteers could serve as auxlh- ary policemen, park attrndants, case- workers, and school aides, for instance. This idea makes the talions understand- ably nervous. But their fears could be overcome if a mayor created an atmos phcre mf common struggle and sacrifice, Such voluntrerisrn could fuel a new spirit in Kowv York ._oile of Inge :Il ill with more people hcgiu- nina to think of ih,fr cite, the way they think „ f th -fr laulill . 'file city government avmot hide from its prudnctivity' problems today as it once hid (rum budget deficits, The r,tiort of th, Management Advisory. Board defined th challenge fairly: "Thr citv's fiscal crisis is forcing a dramatic revers:d of recent trends. Not only will the City Ira unable to continue to increase chuplayoent, it will acuh:dly have to make sharp reductions in the size of its work force. During the next two to five years, the City faces a diffi- cult period of rete•:nchment, a period made even more painful by the rela- tively weak state of New York City's economy and the relative paucity of alternative joh opportunities." The answer to the city's problem is—in part, at legit—leadership, par- ticularly from City Hall. Aim for the moon, the sn'ing goes, and hit the top of the trees. It's interesting to ]link at the :aim Mayor B. ame took on May 3rd, when hr responded to the recom- mendations of the Management Ad- visory Board's pehinnnel report with same reemmnnenda•ions of his own. He thanked the hoard for "a significant Coll I rihurion to our thinking" and sketched a series of general, rcladvely noncontroversial $ups he was initiating. They included "broad handing" (con- solidation of the cily's thirty-nine hun- dred Civil St•r'ice job titles), a "man- agcmalt-dc%,,. pm,•nt program, "'per- formance ratings' for managers, "upgrading nF ihr examination prom- dnres," new procedures "to strengthen the use of the probationary period;' and so on. But the Mavnr ignored many of the most significant recommendations of the i\lan.lgemcat Advisory Beard. These, he said, "are more complex and require further analysis and discus- sion"—presumably after the mayoral election. Among I'm recommendations lie ignored :ore pr"pustls to tie pay to productivity increa.cs; m consider per- formance as well n o wnioritt' fn making layoffs; to appoin, "public members" to the Board of CAlecuve Bargaining; to replace dechn I -point grading of Civil Scrice exons with grades of A,B,q, and D; to proviole pry in- creases for minag M; to integrate the Civil Service antindlrcurv-hrgaining systems; to rch,,m the "prevailing wage -rue system•' for maintenance ,u wcokers; to reeuf,,,izr the y's ablity to pay as a key a ierion in labor ne- gotiatinns. This mayor, like 111tv"N brfnre him, was aiming nut I- l' the m,inn hot for v elle tnp of the lrer, --hats AtI1.E17A 1 1 1 FINANCIAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR JULY I, 1976 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1977 392y 11 I1 11 ' ANNUAL FTNANCIAL REPORT CITY OF fOfVA CMY, IOWA 1 11 1 FOR llki FISCM, YIWZ IMED JUNE 30, 1977 11 II 1 PREPARED BY: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 1 CITY OF IOiVA CITY, IOWA September, 1977 1 II II CITY OF IOWA CITY ANNUAL FINANCIAL. RN'OR'I' TABLE 01' CONII:NI'S I. INIRODUCIORY SECTION Letter of Transmittal Report of Certified Public Accountants on the Financial Statements Report of Certified Public Accountants on Internal Accounting ant Other Matters II. FINANCIAL SECTION Summary Statement of Fund Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Comparison of Program Disbursements with Budget . . . . . . . 3 Statement of Fund Operations: General Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Special Revenue Funds: Community Development Block Grant Fund . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Road Use Tax Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Urban Renetiral Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Low Rent Housing Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 General Revenue Sharing Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Reimbursable Programs Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Industrial Revenue Bond Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Debt Service Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Capital Projects Funds: Water System Construction Fund . . . . . 8 Leisure f, Cultural Opportunities Construction Fund . . . . . 8 Pollution Control Systems Improvements Fund . . . . . . . . 9 Street $ Traffic Control Construction Fund . . . . . . . . . 9 Bridge Construction Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Parking Facilities Improvements Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Other Construction Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enterprise Funds: All Funds - Summary Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Parking Revenue Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Sewer Revenue Funds: Pollution Control Operations Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Sewer Depreciation, Extension & Improvement Fund . . . . . 14 Sewer Bond $ Interest Reserve Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Sewer Bond & Interest Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Water Revenue Funds: Water Operations Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Water Depreciation, Extension $ Improvement Fund . . . . . 16 Water Operation & Maintenance Reserve Fund . . . . . . . . 17 Water Bond f, Interest Reserve Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Water Bond $ Interest Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 I TABLE 01: CONTENTS -2- Intragovernmental Service Funds: Equipment Maintenance Division Fund . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Central Supply � Printing Flmd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Trust ✓i Agency Funds: . 35 All Funds - Summary Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Pension & Retirement Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Trust Funds: . 38 Library Gifts $ Bequests Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Park Trusts Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Monument Escrow Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Perpetual Care Trust Fund . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Police Pension $ Retirement Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fire Pension $ Retirement Fund. . . . . . . . 22 Special Populations Involvement Trust Fund . . . . . . . 22 Agency Funds: Recreation Projects Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Staff Escrow Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Legal Escrow Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Project Green Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Clearing Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Transit Replacement Reserve Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Special Assessment Funds: Paving Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sewer Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sidewalks Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Street Lighting Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 New Construction Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Working Capital Fund . . . . . . . 26 Statement of General Long -Term Debt on a Modified Cash Basis - General Long -Term Debt Group of Accounts. . . . 27 Notes to Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 III. STATISTICAL SECTION Schedule of Fund Balance by Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Investment Transactions by Fund . . . . . . . 34 General Governmental Expenditures by Function . . . . . . 35 General Governmental Expenditures by Program . . . . . 36 General Governmental Revenue by Source -Calendar Year. . . 37 General Governmental Revenue by Source -Fiscal Year. . . . 38 Property Tax Levies and Collection . . . . . . 39 Property Tax Rates Per 1000 Assessed Valuation . . . . . . 40 Property Tax Receipt by Function . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Property Tax Receipt by Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 TABLE OF CONTENTS -3- III. STATISTICAL SECTION (CONT. Computation of Legal Debt Margin • • • • • • • • • . . . 43 Ratio of Net General Bonded Debt to Assessed Value and Net Bonded Debt Per Capita • • • • • • • • • • • • 44 Ratio of Annual Debt Service Expenditures for General Bonded Debt to Total General Expenditures • • • • • . . 45 Summary of Bonded Indebtedness - Debt Service Requirements to Maturity • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 46 Schedule of Revenue Bond Coverage • • • . • • • • • • • • 47 Schedule of Insurance in Force • • • • • • • • • • • • . 48 Miscellaneous Statistical Data • • • • • • • • • • • • • 49 1 John Balmer Carol deProsse L. P. Foster CITY 01: (OWA CITY, IOIVA (TIY (MINCII. Mary C. Nwhauser Mayor CITY MANAGER Neal G. Berlin DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE Rosemary Vitosh Director David Perret Max Selzer Robert Vevera I ' CITY OF IOWA CITY ' CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354.180D I' September 23, 1977 To the Honorable Mayor, Councilmembers, and City Manager: The Annual Financial Report of the City of Iowa City, Iowa for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1977 is submitted herewith in accordance with provisions of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, 1977. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND REPORTS The City's accounting records for general governmental operations are maintained on a cash basis, revenues being recorded when received and expenditures being recorded when paid. Budgetary control is maintained on a fully automated accounting system. This system provides monthly reports for management review of activities to avoid over -expenditures during the fiscal year. GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS General governmental functions include those activities which are performed within the programs of the General Fund, the Debt Service Fund, and the Pension & Retirement Fund. Revenues for these activities during the FY 77 total $8,888,923, of which 52.8% was produced by general property tax. The amount of revenue from various sources is shown in the following tabulation: % OF REVENUE SOURCE AMOUNT TOTAL Property Taxes $4,701,151 52.8 Non -Property General Taxes 41,003 0.5 Intergovernmental Revenue 584,311 6.7 Licenses $ Permits 185,439 2.1 Fines $ Forfeitures 289,728 3.2 Charges for Services 332,946 9.4 Revenue from Use of Money and Property 85,899 1.0 Miscellaneous Revenue 155,767 1.7 Transfers 2 012 679 8,888,923 22.6 100.0 I ' Mayor, COUnCilmclnbers it -2- September 23, 1977 City Manager 1 Assessed valuations of $431.1 million represent an increase of 21.6% over the preceding year. Current tax collections were 99.9% of the tax levy, down 1.22 from last year. Delinquent tax collections were 0.72 of i.utal tax collections. ' The ratio of total collections (current and delinquent) to the current tax levy was 100.62, a decrease of 1.22 under last year. Allocations of property tax levy by purpose for FY 77 and the preceding two fiscal years are as follows (amounts per $1000/assessed value): 18 MONTHS ' PURPOSE FY 77 FY 76 ENDED 6-30-75 General Fund $ 7.396 $ 8.080 $11.951 Tort Liability .306 .195 .548 Debt Service 1.721 1.118 2.772 Trust $ Agency 1.528 2.150 1.862 10.951 11.543 17.133 ' Expenditures for general governmental purposes during FY 77 totaled $8,848,480. Levels of expenditures for major programs of the City are ' shown in the following tabulation. a OF PROGRAM AMOUNT 'TOTAL Community Protection $2,545,820 28.8 ' liuman Development 1,257,007 14.2 Home $ Community Environment 2,985,416 23.7 ' Policy $ Administration 2 060 237 23.3 $8,848,480 100.0 Capital Project Fund balances at June 30, 1977 totaled $(767,510). On ' July 21, 1977, the City received from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration the amount of $1,010,013, which was a reimbursement of 80% of the cost of the new transit coaches purchased by the City as lead agency for the UNTA grant approved for the City of Iowa City, the City of Coralville, and the University of Iowa. I' DI:BT ALMINISTRATION The ratio of net bonded debt to assessed valuation and the amount of bonded ' debt per capita arc useful indicators of the City's debt position to municipal management, citizens, and investors. These data for the City of Iowa City at the end of IN 77 are as follows: DEBT/ASSESSED ' RATIO DEBT' (PRESENT PER AMOUNT MARKET VALUE) CAPITA tNet Direct Bonded Debt $3,795,000 .0085 $80 II I ' Mayor, Councilmembers T, City Manager I 1 -3- September 23, 1977 ' Outstanding general obligation bonds at June 30, 1977 totaled $3,795,000, of which $1,225,000 are considered to be self-supporting as water and sewer revenues are used to annually abate the taxes thereon. In addition, $3,754,000 of revenue bonds to be retired solely from the earnings of the water and sewer systems are outstanding. Industrial Development Revenue Bonds in the amount of $3,285,00 are outstanding but are not an ' obligation of the City of Iowa City. Also outstanding are special assess- ment bonds in the amount of: $39,500. The notes to the financial statements present more detailed information about the debt position of the City. On .July 15, 1976, $285,000 of general obligation bonds were sold. The City's General Obligation Bond ratings are as follows: MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE ' General Obligation Bonds Aaa Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds A ' Cash temporarily idle during the year was invested in savings accounts, in time deposits ranging from 84 to 180 days to maturity, and in U.S. Treasury Bills and Notes ranging from 80 to 473 days to maturity. The ' interest received during the year on idle funds totaled $350,581, an increase of $17,791 from the prior fiscal year. CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS The proceeds of general obligation bond issues are accounted for in ' capital projects funds until improvement projects are completed. During IY 77, expenditures financed by general obligation bonds totaled $156,567. I,IDEPENDENT AUDIT ' The Code of Iowa requires an annual audit be made of the books of account, financial records, and transactions of all administrative departments of the City by the State Auditor or by a Certified Public Accountant firm selected by the Council. The audit for PY 77 was made by McGladrey, Hansen, ' Dunn & Co., Certified Public Accountants, and their opinion has been included in this report. FI 11 II II I II Mayor, Councilmembers tj City Manager ACKNOWLEDGHvIF P September 23, 1977 ' Preparation of this report on a timely basis could not be accomplished without the efficient and dedicated services of the entire staff of the Finance Department. I should like to extend my appreciation to all members of the department who assisted and contributed to its preparation. Respectfully submitted, Rosemary Vitdsh, C.P.A. Director Department of Finance RV:bc MCGLADREY, HANSEN. DUNN 6 COMPANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Iowa City, Iowa lie have examined the accompanying financial statements of the funds and the General Long -Term Debt Croup of Accounts for the year ended June 30, 1977, as listed in the table of contents of this report of the City of Iowa City, Iowa. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and Chapter 11 of the Code of Iowa and, accordingly, in- cluded such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. In our opinion, the financial statements mentioned above of the City of Iowa City, Iowa present fairly the cash transactions of the funds, an listed in the table of contents of this report, for the year ended June 30, 1977 and the financial portion of. the General Long -Term Debt Group of Accounts ns of that date, in conformity with the City's cash basis accounting policy, an de- scribed in Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements, applied on a basis consistent with the preceding year. (IC AI ! `N CIIlkJLll. 111 lam .'w (,t))k1�lit lll�� Iowa City, Iowa September 6, 1977 1 McGLADREY, HANSEN, DUNN 6 COMPANY tCERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS ' REPORT OF CERTTFTEU PURLTC ACCOUNTANTS ON INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL. AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ' To the Honorable Mayor and City Council ' Iowa City, Tows ' We have examined the financial statements of the funds and the General Long -Term Debt Group of Accounts of the City of Iowa City, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 1977 and have issued our report thereon dated September 6, 1977. As a part of our examination, we reviewed and tested the City's system of internal ac- counting control to the extent we considered necessary to evaluate the system as re- quired by generally accepted auditing standards. Under these standards the purpose of such evaluation is to establish a basis for reliance thereon in determining the ' nature, timing, and extent of other auditing procedures that are necessary for ex- pressing an opinion on the City's financial statements. ' The objective of internal accounting control is to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance as to the safeguarding of assets against loss from unauthorized use or disposition, and the reliability of financial records for preparing financial ' statements and maintaining accountability for cash and securities. The concept of reasonable assurance recognizes that the cost of a system of internal accounting con- trol should not exceed the benefits derived and also recognizes that the evaluation of these factors necessarily requires estimates and judgments by management. There are inherent limitations that should be recognized in considering the potential effectiveness of any system of internal accounting control. In the perfor- mance of most control procedures, errors can result from misunderstanding of instruc- tions, mistakes of judgment, carelessness, or other personal factors. Control proce- dures whose effectiveness depends upon segregation of duties can be circumvented by collusion. Similarly, control procedures can be circumvented intentionally by manage- ment with respect either to the execution and recording of transactions or with re- spect to the estimates and judgments required in the preparation of financial state- ments. Further, projection of any evaluation of internal accounting control to future periods is subject to the risk that the procedures may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, and that the degree of compliance with the procedures may de- teriorate. Our study and evaluation of the City's system of internal accounting control for the year ended June 30, 1977, which was made for the purpose set forth in the first paragraph, was not designed for the purpose of expressing an opinion on inter- nal accounting control and would not necessarily disclose all weaknesses in the sys- tem. However, such study and evaluation disclosed the following conditions that we believe to be material weaknesses. The corrective action proposed is mentioned in some cases. 1. The City does not comply with provisions of the City purchasing manual in that bids are not taken on all capital improvements or supplies purchases costing in excess of $5,000. Since the Code I ' of Iowa does not require bids on such expenditures, we believe the City Council must establish its own requirements for bids and whe- ther formal or informal bids shall be taken. 2. We noted an instance where the Code of Iowa provisions that bid de- posits not be in excess of 10% of contract amount were not complied ' with. A bid deposit of $7,000 was taken on a contract with Missouri Petroleum Products on their bid of $47,596. It is our understanding that the bid security on this contract was specified in the public notice at the specified amount. We recommend that the City take ac- tion to prevent future occurences of this nature. ' 3. Quarterly payments are made to the City Airport Manager for his ser- vices. It is our understanding that the only contract agreement or Council approval of the manager's compensation is a 1967 contract. We recommend that the City update the contractual agreement with the ' airport manager, setting out the contract period, compensation and responsibilities. 4. The City Police and Fire Pension and Retirement System has not segre- gated funds to the extent specified by the Code of Iowa. It is our understanding that steps are currently being taken to correct this matter. 5. Only one signature is required for the release of securities held by the City. Internal control would be strengthened if a signature in addition to the custodian's was required prior to release. 6. We noted in our examination of Community Development Block Grant funds that the City did not disburse a drawdown of $800,000 received -Z0 on December 6, t,776 until December 16, /q•7G, Federal regulations re- quire disbursement of such funds within three days of receipt. It is our understanding that the delay resulted from the lack of timely appraisals on the acquisition of land and that the City took subse- quent action against the appraisor. In addition to the preceding matters regarding internal accounting controls, we have the following comments and recommendations that we want to call to your at- tention: 1. We believe that the City should require annual conflict of interest statements to be filed by all City employees. Though not required by the Code of Iowa, many states have adopted such a procedure to en- sure employee awareness of relevant statutes. Such a letter might prevent recurrences of an unintentional violation such as the one recently brought to the City's attention. 2. In December, 1976 the City council authorized the execution of a lease for radio equipment to be used by the police department. Even though not specifically prohibited by the Code of Iowa or City policies, we believe the City should give careful consideration before entering into future lease purchase agreements. First, the effective interest charged on such agreements can be excessive in relation to other City debt. In the instance cited, the effective annual rate of interest was approximately 14% on a financed balance of $44,286. Second, lease purchase agreements raise questions in regard to appropri- ations of revenues of periods beyond the current or succeeding fiscal period. If the City intends to acquire the radio equip- ment cited, it has obligated funds from the next five fiscal years. ( 1 'nc�' Ici, i �J 11JulL)l u Iowa City, Iowa September 6, 1977 CITY OF IOWA CITY RJNtIARY S NITTIENT OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 GENERAL SPECIAL REVENJI? DEBT ■ IUM) FUNDS SERVICE RINDS RECEIPTS , Property Taxes $3,307,545.64 $ --- $735,908.25 Non -Property General Taxes 41,003.06 --- ' Intergovernmental Revenue 584,311.20 5,206,168.10 --- Licenses $ Permits 185,439.38 --- --- Fines $ Forfeitures 289,728.07 --- --- Charges for Services 800,401.85 1,760.00 --- Revenue from Use of Money F, Property 80,039.72 181,817.71 1,054.86 ' Miscellaneous Revenue 92,595.16 1P6_15279.3.72. '7,005,539.53 778.71 $5,3R 64.08 $77r,,7AT:8Z- 206,800.00 TRANSFEMS FROM OTIIER FUNDS 1,783,482.38 885,288.85 Total Receipts P, Transfers $7,764,546.46 $7,890,828.38 $944,541.82 ' DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services $4,326,268.85 $ 165,996.24 $ - ' Commodities 461,078.66 9,083.73 Services $ Charges 1,439,351.95 619,574.48 - - Capital Outlay 683,196.82 54,383.88 --- Debt Service --- 6,909,896.28 3 323 704.41 4,172,742.74 987 356.09 987,356.09 TRANSFERS TO OTIiER FUNDS 282,661.22 3,598,954.36 Total Disbursements $ Transfers $7,192,557.50 $7,771,697.10 $987,356.09 ' Receipts $ Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements 6 ' 'transfers $ (28,011.04) $ 11.9,131.28 $(42,814.27) FUND BALANCE, Beginning 834,145.07 1,045,811.08 46,860.36 ' FUND BALANCE, Ending $ 8062134.03 $1,164,942.36 $ 4,046.09 1 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. ' I 1 1 --- 5,928,649.36 PRO- 'CAPITAL JR.'I;S II)ND.S --- --- 289,728.07 49,859.02 BrIl"RPRI SE MINDS $ INFRAGOVI:[ N- SPECIAL TOTAL. MENTA. SINVICE 'I'RU.SI' F, ASSESSMIiMI' (MemorandL n FUNDS AGENCY IUM).S IUNDS Only) 137,870.06 --- --- ' 376.20 2,051,432.28 1,485.96 7,124.94 410,301.67 --- 507,441.45 276 425.55 423 992.03 652,81.2. 5 ,7 8,159.50 25,477.99 1,332,761.99 542,923.74 --- ' $1.985,574.64 $3,281,083.24 $ 4252477.99 $ 939.77 $ 566,982.68 $ 137,210.39 16,158.08 159,035.92 266,939.85 213,595.73 331,631.08 68,809.71 2,728,470.67 177,221.75 49,613.62 3982.50 2,959;164.25 1,573,853.93 522,573.57 --- 978,658.74 --- $2,959,164.25 $2,552,512.67 $ 522,573.57 $ (973,589.61) $ 728,570.57 $ (97,095.58) 206,079.85 1,640,356.58 (293,048.27) $7fi7,509.7(i) $2,368,927.15 $(390,143.85) 1 2 $ 657,696.86 $ --- $ 4,701,150.75 --- --- 41,003.06 300.00 --- 5,928,649.36 7,482.05 --- 192,921.43 --- --- 289,728.07 49,859.02 --- 2,905,315.31 141,404.33 6,027.93 827,771.16 45 788 1,645,325.71 161,758.72 67 312 86 18,753,922.00 970,492.86 5,721.,749.82 $2,615,860.57 $167,758.72 $24,475,671.82 $ 852,635.93 $ --- $ 6,050,033.86 8,769.10 --- 921,065.34 264,445.06 28,828.71 2,966,236.72 25,596.34 --- 3,718,483.08 --- 26 300.00 4 676 343.00 1,151,44 .43 55,128.71 18,332,162.00 861,475.50 --- 5,721,749.82 $2,012,921.93 $ 55,128.71 $24,053,911.82 $ 602,938.64 $112,630.01 $ 421,760.00 2,742,990.17 199,201.85 6,422,396.69 $3,345,928.81 $311,831.86 $ 6,844,1.56.69 CITY OF IOWA CITY CONU'ARISON 01: PRO RM1 DISBURSIiMEN7;S W111I BUIXY"f Year Ended June 30, 1977 GENERAL DIil31 SrRVICr CAPITAL. PROJECTS ENIMPRISES: Parking Revenue Sewer Revenue Water Revenue TRUST $ AGENCY* SPECIAL ASSES34ENT** POLICY $ CO MUNITY IDIAN HDIE £, CUMUNITY ADMINI- PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT ENVIROMENT STRATION PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGR41 PROGRAM $2,163,910.68 $1,086,244.70 $ 2,008,164.97 $1,934,237.15 --- 96,843.75 890,512.34 --- 45,494.01 90,264.12 2,823,406.12 --- - - 90,407.43 --- - - 801,018.51 --- --- --- 1,661,086.73 --- 442,112.73 73,918.78 86,738.69 125,999.37 --- --- 7,197.33 --- Actual Disbursements $2,6S1,517.42 $1,347,271.35 $ 8,368,532.12 $2,060,236.52 Amended Budgeted Amounts 3,113,808.00 1,607,046.00 .13,294,304.00 2,756,982.00 Actual Under Budget $ 462.290.58 $ 259,774.65 $ 4 ,925,771.88 $ 696,745.48 **Includes New Construction Fund and Working Capital Fund *Includes Pension and Retirement Fund NOTE: This statement is a comparison of budgeted disbursements to actual for those budgeted funds as included on the Budget Certificate Summary submitted to the State. The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. CITY OF IOWA CITY GEk,TRAI. FUND STATIIdwr OF FUM) OPIERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 Budget Actual ' RECEIPTS Property Taxes $3,322,998.00 $3,307,545.64 Non -Property General Taxes 606,345.00 41,003.06 584,311.20 Intergovernmental Revenue 140,625.00 185,439.38 ' Licenses f, Permits Pines f, Forfeitures 304,000.00 289,728.07 Charges for Services 872,579.00 800,401.85 Revenue from Use of Money and 98,340.00 80,039.72 Property Miscellaneous Revenue 35 500.00 5,380,387.00 92,595.16 5,381,08.08 TRANSFERS FROM OlIIER FUNDS 2,973,516.00 1,783,482.38 Total Receipts and Transfers $8,353,903.00 $7,164,546.46 ' DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services $4, 546,254.00 $4,326,268.85 Commodities 536,204.00 461,078.66 Services $ Charges 1,563,532.00 1,439,351.95 683 1.96.82 Capital Outlay 855 037.00 ,501,02 .00 9091 96.28 TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS 283,934.00 282,661.22 Total Disbursements and $7,784,961.00 $7,192,557.50 Transfers Receipts $ Transfers Over (Under) $ 568,942.00 $ (28,011.04) ' Disbursements f, Transfers FUND BALANCE, Beginning 834,145.07 834.145.07 ' FUND BALANCE, Ending $12403,087.07 $ 806,134.03 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. ' 4 CITY OF IOWA CITY SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS STATI1 OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services $ Commodities Services $ Charges --- Capital Outlay - Debt Service --- TRANSFERS TO MIER FUNDS 1,400,224.57 Total Disbursements F, ROAD COMMUNITY USE TAX DEVELOPMENT $988,851.67 BLOCK GRANT RECEIPTS $1,894,883.00 Intergovernmental Revenue $1,400,224.57 Charges for Services - Revenue from Use of Money (Under)Disbursements $ Transfers F, Property --- Miscellaneous Revenue $3,917,702.66 (71,149.01) .),400,224.57 TRANSFERS FROM drl ER FUNDS Total Receipts F, Transfers $1,400,224.57 DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services $ Commodities Services $ Charges --- Capital Outlay - Debt Service --- TRANSFERS TO MIER FUNDS 1,400,224.57 Total Disbursements F, ROAD URBAN USE TAX RENEWAL $988,851.67 $ 985,419.63 $1,894,883.00 22,048.91 81,943.48 --- 1,007,468.54 1 140 876.18 3,117,702.66 (Under)Disbursements $ Transfers --- 800,000.00 $1,007,468.54 $3,917,702.66 $ $ 17,790.41 2,311.03 --- 216,054:55 21,783.10 11,960.69 2,.926,373.16 21,783.10 � .x,174,489.84 953,123.98 814,361.83 Transfers $1,400,224.57 $ 974,907.08 $988,851.67 Receipts and Transfers Over (Under)Disbursements $ Transfers $ - $ 32,561.46 $ (71,149.01) FUN) RMMCF., Beginning --- 527,574.88 199,116.61 FUND BALANCE, Ending $ - $ 560,136.34 $ 127,967.60 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 5 1 1 1 GENERAL RF-DUMSABLE INDUSCRIAL REV NUE TOTAL dum �MeOOnnl LOW RENT REVENUE SHARING PROGRAMS ) HOUSING $364,968.00 $534,178.00 $ 26,494.90 $ --- 206,168.10 $5,1,760.00 ' --- 181,817.71 61,454.30 23.651_27 16,371.02 --- --- 52 592.96 398 673.31 398,673.31 1 615 793.72 7, 539.53 5450,073.57 550,549.02 80,847.86 ' -- 85,288.85 885,288.85 $450,073.57 $550.549.02 $166,136.71 $398,673.31 828.38 $7,890,828.38 .,86,900.21 $ 61,305.62 $ --- $ $ --- $ 165,996.24 9,083.73 6,064.93 707.77 21,237.42 --- 1,341.25 619,574.48 380,941.26 19,363.78 --- 54,383.88 1,276.31 397 331.25 3,323,704.41 126,209.18 398,672.50 $4,172,742.74 t$449,588.12— 3.598,954.36 7,927.91 423,316.07 --' - $457-516. $423.316.07_ $128,209.18 $398,672.50 $7,771,697.10 ' $ (7,442.46) $127,232.95 $ 37,927.53 $ .81 $ 119,131.28 93,543.67 282,577.32 57 003.47 2,07 1,045,811.08 $ 86,101.21 $409,810.27 $ 19 075,94 $ 2.86 $1,164,942.36 1 1 6 1 ' CI1Y OF IOWA CITY DEBT SERVICE FUND STATEMENT OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 1 1 Budget Actual RECEIPTS Property Taxes $735,874.00 $735,908.25 ' Revenue from Use of Money f, Property 1,054.86 Miscellaneous Revenue --- 778.71 ' 735,874.00 $737,741.82 TRANSFERS FROM OT10ER FUNDS 206,800.00 .206,800.00 Total Receipts ✓i Transfers $942,674.00 $944,541.82 ., DISBURSEMENTS $987,357.00 $987,356.09 Total Disbursements 4 ' Transfers 987,357.00 987,356.09 Receipts and Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements $ Transfers $(44,683.00) $(42,814.27) FUND BALANCE, Beginning 46,860.36 46,860.36 FUND BALANCE, Ending $ 2,177.36 $ 4,046.09 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 7 DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services Commodities Services & Charges Capital Outlay TOTAL D I SIAIRSWENTS Receipts F, Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements FUND BALANCE, Beginning FUND BALANCE, Ending $ - $ - 6,000.00 5,000.00 161 000.00 --- 167,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ (4,500.00) $ --- 40,170.63 40,170.63 $ 35,670.63 $40,170.63 $ $ --- 12,568.44 34,200.00 18,804.48 507 580.00 59 411.20 541,780.00 90,784.12 $ 16,566.00 $ 10,894.54 (15,506.40) (15,506.40) $ 1,059.60 $ 4 611.86 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement 10 11 11 11 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 CITY OF IOWA CITY ' CAPITAL PROJIiCI'S FUNDS STATEMENT OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 , WATER S1'S1'IT1 LELSURE $ CULTURAL CONS1RUC1'lON OPPORTUNITIES CONSTRUCTION Budget Actual Budget Actual ' RECEIPI'S Intergovernmental Revenue $ $ $ $ --- Charges for Services --- ' Revenue from Use of Money F, Property --- --- --- Miscellaneous Revenue --- d , $ TRANSFERS FROM OPIfER RINDS 162,500.00 5,000.00 558,346.00 101,678.66 ' Total Receipts f, Transfers $162,500.00 $ 5,000.00 $558,346.00 $101,678.66 DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services Commodities Services & Charges Capital Outlay TOTAL D I SIAIRSWENTS Receipts F, Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements FUND BALANCE, Beginning FUND BALANCE, Ending $ - $ - 6,000.00 5,000.00 161 000.00 --- 167,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ (4,500.00) $ --- 40,170.63 40,170.63 $ 35,670.63 $40,170.63 $ $ --- 12,568.44 34,200.00 18,804.48 507 580.00 59 411.20 541,780.00 90,784.12 $ 16,566.00 $ 10,894.54 (15,506.40) (15,506.40) $ 1,059.60 $ 4 611.86 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement 10 11 11 11 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 POLLUTION CONTROL SYS7'FN IMPROVIMI3N'I'S Iiudgct Actual $ 881,983.00 $ 68,500.00 20,000.00 376.20 120,000.00 --- $1,021,983.00 68 876.20 75,000.00 --- $1,096,983.00 $ 68,876.20 $ $ --- 30.81 928,979.00 65,654.70 253 803.00 48 240.00 1,182,782.00 113,925.51 $ (85,799.00) $(45,049.31) (51,864.23) 131,864.23) $ (117,663.23) $(76,913.54) Q SI'Rlilil' Fi 'IRA1'FIC CONTROL CONSTRUCTION 1?udpct Actual $ 424,200.00 $ 602.52 1 371 000.00 1,795,200.00 933.320.00 $2,728,520.00 $ 72,477.00 (49,403.17) $ 23,073.83 285 400.00 286,002.52 939,859.11 $1,225,861.63 $ 939.77 2,796.02 13,037.84 1 088 179.96 1,104,953.59 $ 120,908.04 (49,403.17) $ 71,504.87 CITY OF IOWA CITY CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS STAT134ENT OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION Budget Actual RECEIPTS Intergovernmental Revenue $ 77,000.00 $ 68,767.54 Charges for Services --- --- Revenue from Use of Money & Property --- --- Miscellaneous Revenue --- --- 77,000.00 68,767.54 TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS 26,000.00 26,000.00 Total Receipts $ Transfers $103,000.00 $ 94,767.54 DISBURSDICNTS Personal Services $ --- $ Commodities --- Services $ Charges --- --- Capital Outlay 110,000.00 100 467.19 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS 110,000.00 100,467.19 Receipts $ Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements $ '(7,000.00) $ (5,699.65) FUND BALANCE, Beginning 7,873.75 7,873.75 FUND BALANCE, Ending $ 873.75 $ 21174.10 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement 10 PARKING FACILITIES IMPROMENTS u get Actual $ - $ - --- 7,124.94 $ ---- 7,124.94 101,000.00 475.00 $101,000.00 $ 7,599.94 $ --- $ --- TOTAL $ --- $ 939.77 @temorandum OTHER CONSTRUCTION Only) Bu get Actual Actual 475.00 158,668.00 110,623.71 $1,071,832.00 $ $ 137,870.06 2 600 781.00 2,759,449.00 --- 3761.20 --- --- 7,124.94 1 X22 000 00 222 041 2,041,45 50745 652 412.45 65 $ --- $ 7,124.94 1,430,176.00 259,749.22 1,332,761.99 250,960.29 $2,724,008.00 $ 481,790.67 $1.985,574.64 $ --- $ --- $ --- $ --- $ 939.77 ------ --- 762.81 16,158.08 101,000.00 475.00 158,668.00 110,623.71 213,595.73 2 600 781.00 2,759,449.00 1 432 172.32 1,543,558.84 Z 728 470.67 2,959,164.25 4-1 5.00 ,000.00 $ --- $ 7,124.94 $ (35,441.00) $(1,001,768.17) $ (973,589.61) 250,960.29 250,960.29 3,848.98 3,848.98 206,079.85 $250,960.29 $258,085.23 $ (31,592.02) $(1,057 919.19 $ (767,509.76) 11 CITY Or IOWA CITY ENTERPRISE FUNDS - SUMMARY OF AU, FUNDS SUMMARY STATEMENT OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended .June 30, 1977 Total Receipts & Transfers $541,060.16 $968,415.63 $1,771,607.45 $3,281,083.24 DISBURSINENTS Personal Services Commodities Services 6 Charges Capital Outlay Debt Service TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS Total Disbursements $ Transfers Receipts & Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements $ Transfers FUND BALANCE, Beginning IUND BALANCE, Ending $ 41,988.08 $209,417.31 $ 315,577.29 $ 566,982.68 3,250.96 36,085.64 119,699.32 159,035.92 TOI AL 85,857.36 PARKING SEWER WATER (Memorandum 164,586.13 REVENUE REVENUE RE TENJE Only) RECEIPTS 1,573,853.93 74,430.43 Charges for Services $ 90.00 $778,208.04 $1,273,134.24 $2,051,432.28 Revenue from Use of Money $ Property 344,986.34 23,530.91 41,784.42 410,301.67 Miscellaneous Revenue 195 983 2 541,060.16 6 206.60 807,945.55 74 235 13 1,389,153.79 276 425 55 2,738,159.50 TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS --- 160,470.08 382,453.66 542,923.74 Total Receipts & Transfers $541,060.16 $968,415.63 $1,771,607.45 $3,281,083.24 DISBURSINENTS Personal Services Commodities Services 6 Charges Capital Outlay Debt Service TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS Total Disbursements $ Transfers Receipts & Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements $ Transfers FUND BALANCE, Beginning IUND BALANCE, Ending $ 41,988.08 $209,417.31 $ 315,577.29 $ 566,982.68 3,250.96 36,085.64 119,699.32 159,035.92 28,081.39 85,857.36 217,692.33 331,631.08 1,110.00 11,525.62 164,586.13 177,221.75 99 787.50 442, 73.43 239 795.Op 1,056,750.07 338,982.50 1,573,853.93 74,430.43 15,977.00 358,345.08 604,336.66 978,658.74 $ 90,407.43 $801,018.51 $1,661,086.73 $2,552,512.67 $450,652.73 $167,397.12 $ 110,520.72 $ 728,570.57 339,844.61 .483,358.18 817,153.79 1,640,356.58 $790,497.34 $650,755.30 $ 927,674.51 $2,368,927.15 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 12 CITY OF IOWA CITY ENTERPRISE FUNDS - PARKING REVENUE FUND STATEMENT OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 13 Budget Actual RECEIPTS Charges for Services $ --- $ 90.00 Revenue from Use of Money $ Property 263,900.00 344,986.34 Miscellaneous Revenue --- 195 98382 T(VAL WCH IP'15 $263,900.354i:666:16 D I SBIIRSIN Nl :S Personal Services $ 40,477.00 $ 41,988.08 Commodities 5,582.00 3,250.96 Services and Charges 13,357.00 28,081.39 Capital Outlay 3-15-0-0-00- 62,916.00 1 110.00 74,430.43 TRANSFERS TO OTUER FUNDS 116,502.00 15,977.00 Total Disbursements $ Transfers $179,418.00 $ 90,407.43 Receipts Over (Under) Disbursements ✓a Transfers $ 84,482.00 $450,652.73 FIND BALANCE, Beginning 339,844.61 339,844.61 FUND BALANCE, Ending $424,326.61 $790,497.34 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 13 CITY OF TO11A CITY ENTERPRISE FUNDS -SEWER REVENUE FUNDS STATIMENT OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended .June 30, 1977 RECEIPTS Charges for Services Revenue from Use of Money F, Property Miscellaneous Revenue OTHER FUNDS POLLUTION CONTROL OPERATIONS Budget Actual $729,879.00 $778,208.04 15,000.00 15,240.03 3,501.19 ,8 .00 3796,949.26 TRANSFERS FROM Total Receipts $ Transfers $744,879.00 $796,949.26 DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services Commodities Services and Charges Capital Outlay Debt Service TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS Total Disbursements $ Transfers Receipts $ Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements F, Transfers FUND BALANCE, Beginning FUND BALANCE, Ending $224,878.00 $209,417.31 68,587.00 36,085.64 133,585.00 83,151.95 23,454.00 11,525.62 450,504.00 3 TWO —,1 0.52 332,835.00 332,835.00 SEWER DEPRECIATION EXTENSION F IMPROVEMENT —Budget Actual $ --- $ --- --- 1,753.34 1,753.34 24,000.00 24,000.00 $ 24,000.00 $25,753.34 75,000.00 --- $783,339.00 $673,015.52 $ 75,000.00 $(38,460.00) $123,933.74 231,328.76 231,328.76 $192,868.76 $355,262.50 $(51,000.00) $25,753.34 52,400.00 52,400.00 $ 12400.00 $78,153.31 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 14 SEWER BOND SPICR BOND ACIIJAL T(YI'AI. $ IWEREST RESERVE F, INTHRESr SINKING (Memorandum Budget Actual Budget Actual Only) $ ___ $ ___ $ --- $ --- $778,208.04 --- 6,537.54 --- --- 23,530.91 2 705.41 9,242.95 --- --- 6 206.60 12,000.00 12,000.00 124,470.00 .124,470.08 160,470.08 $ 12,000.00 $ 21,242.95 $124,470.00 $124,470.08 $968,415.63 $ ___ $ ___ $ _-- $ --- $209,417.31 36,085.64 --- 21705.41 --- --- 85,857.36 --- --- --- --- 11,525.62 2,705.41 99 632.00 99,632.00 99 787.50 9, 87.50 99 787.50 442, 73.43 $ 25,510.00 $ 25,510.08 $ --- $ --- $358,345.08 $ 25,510.00 $ 28,215.49 $ 99,632.00 $ 99,787.50 $801,018.51 $(13,510.00) $ (6,972.54) $ 24,838.00 $ 24,682.58 $167,397.12 5174,987.00 $174,987.00 $ 24,642.42 $ 24,642.42 $483,358.18 $161,477.00 $168,014.46 $ 49,480.42 $ 49,325.00 $650,755.30 15 crrr of IowA ciTy EN'HU'RISE FUNDS - WATER REVEMIF OPERATIONS SI'A'I'IMEMI' OF IUM) OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 Total Receipts F, Transfers $1,462,190.00 $1,359,700.25 $ 36,000.00 $ 40,725.27 DISBURSBUfrS Personal Services $ 311,299.00 WATER DEPRECIATION 315,577.29 WATER OPERATIONS EXTENSION $ IMPRWBHWr 174,711.00 u get ctual Bu get Actual RECEIPTS 217,609.00 215,516.41 - Charges for Services $1,261,190.00 $1,273,134.24 $ --- $ --- Revenue from Use of Debt Service --- Money $ Property 50,000.00 14,506.80 --- 4,725.27 Miscellaneous Revenue 34 000.00 1,345,190.00 72059-.21 1,359,700.25 --- $-- --- T 4,725.27 521,330.00 117,000.00 5,000.00 Total Disbursements $ TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS 117,000.00 -- 36,000.00 36,000.00 Total Receipts F, Transfers $1,462,190.00 $1,359,700.25 $ 36,000.00 $ 40,725.27 DISBURSBUfrS Personal Services $ 311,299.00 $ 315,577.29 $ --- $ - Commodities 174,711.00 119,699.32 --- Services $ Charges 217,609.00 215,516.41 - Capital Outlay 295,451.00 164,586.13 --- - - Debt Service --- --- --- --- 999,070.00 T 815,379.15 T ---- ,p -— TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS 581,330.00 521,330.00 117,000.00 5,000.00 Total Disbursements $ Transfers $1,580,400.00 $1,336,709.15 $117,000.00 $ 5,000.00 Receipts 0 Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements $ Transfers $ (118,210.00) $ 22,991.10 $(81,000.00) $ 35,725.27 FUND BALANCE, Beginning 285,178.12 285,178.12 81,000.00 81,000.00 FUND BALANCE, Ending $ 1662968.12 $ 3082169.22 $ -- $116,725.27 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 16 1 1 .1 ' WATIiR WND ACRIAL 'I(VAL WATER OPERATION F, WATER RAD fi MAIMI'ENANCE RESERVE 6 INTEREST RESERVE [WE -RE -Sl' SINKING' (Diemorandlml ' Budget Actual Budget Actual Budget Actual Only) $ $ --- $ $ --- $ $ $1,273,134.24 ' 41,784.42 --- 1,481.26 --- 21,071.09 --- --- — -- 2 137.92 3, 1 --- 38.00 �— 38.00 74 235.13 1,3 9,153.79 ' , 1,--1. T --- 30,000.00 30,000.00 313,954.00 316,453.66 382,453.66 f$ --- $ 1,481.26 $ 30,000.00 $ 53,209.01 $313,954.00 $316,491.66 $1,771,607.45 $ $ -- $ $ -- $ $ - $ 315,577.29 __ -- 119,699.32 ' 2,137.92 38.00 217,692.33 -- - - -- 164,586.13 244 656.00 239,195.00 239 195.00 '— 2,137.92 244,656.00 $239,233.00 1,056,750.07 --- 78,007.00 78,006.66 604,336.66 $ _-_ $ _-- $ 78,007.00 $ 80,144.58 $244,656.00 $239,233.00 $1,661,086.73 ' $ --- $ 1,481.26 $(48,007.00) $(26,935.57) $ 69,298.00 $ 77,258.66 $ 110,520.72 ' 50,000.00 50,000.00 390,678.33 _390,678.33 10,297.34 10,297.34 817,153.79 ' $50,000.00 $51,481.26 $342,671.33 $363,742.76 $ 79,595.34 $ 87,556.00 $ 927,674.51 II 17 CITY OF IOWA CITY I M•RA((KI MMI'AI, SHRV I CI: 14INII•S SIM IMI M' 01: MND 0111MI•IONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 PECEIPTS Charges for Services Miscellaneous Revenue Total Receipts DTSBUR.9Pb1P.M'S Personal Services Commodities Services and Charges Capital Outlay Total Disbursements Receipts Over (Under) Disbursements FUM) BALANCE, Beginning FUND BALANCE, Ending EQUIPMENT CENTRAL TOTAL MAINTENANCE SUPPLY (Memorandum DIVISION $ PRINTING Only) $ --- $ 1,485.96 $ 1,485.96 375 733.49 T7T5—,733--.-4-9- 48 258.54 423 992 03 $ 137,210.39 $ --- $ 137,210.39 239,052.25 27,887.60 266,939.85 50,826.29 17,983.42 68,809.71 48,506.32 475,595.25 1 107.30 46, 978.32522,573.57 49 613.62 $ (99,861.76) $ 2,766.18 $ (97,095.58) $(286,547.92) $ (6,500.35) $(293,048.27) $(386,409.68) $ (3,734.17) $(390,143.85) Thri notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. CITY OF IOWA CITY TRUS1' F, AGENCY HINDS SUMMARY SI'ATEWWFS OF FUND OPI IZAT IONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 RECEIPTS Property Taxes Intragovernnental Revenue Licenses F, Permits Charges for Services Revenue from Use of Money PENSION $ RETIRITIF.M' TRUST AGENCY FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS $657,696.86 $ - - $ --- 300.00 ------ 7,482.05 32,543.67 --- 17,315.35 TOTAL (Memorandum Only) $ 657,696.86 300.00 7,482.05 49,859.()2 $ Property 4,804.75 126,438.27 10,161.31 141,404.33 Miscellaneous Revenue 62 392.85 467 380.58 258 852.02 7.88 625.45 757,438.13 593,818.85 294,110.73 M645,367.71 TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS 22,396.69 140,638.17 807,458.00 970,492.86 Total Receipts F, Transfers $779,834.82 $ 734,457.02 $1,101,568.73 $2,615,860.57 II II II II TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS Total Disbursements $ Transfers Receipts $ Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements F, Transfers FUND BALANCE, Beginning FUND BALANCE, Ending $667,093.75 $ 177,554.48 $ 7,987.70 $ 852,635.93 --- 208.92 8,560.18 8,769.10 1,472.82 99,290.02 163,682.22 264,445.06 668,566.57 281:169.31 01,410.55 ,34 151,446.43 60,203.00 _ 1,272.50 _ 800,000.00 861,475.50 $728,769.57 $ 282,741.81 $1,001,410.55 $2,012,921.93 $ 51,065.25 $ 451,715.21 $ 100,158.18 $ 602,938.64 250,367.05 2.230,133.00_ 262,490.12 2,742,990.17 $301,432.30 $2,681,848.21 $ 362,648.30 $3,345,928.81 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 19 DISBURSEMENTS ' Personal Services Commodities ' Services F, Charges Capital Outlay II II II II TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS Total Disbursements $ Transfers Receipts $ Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements F, Transfers FUND BALANCE, Beginning FUND BALANCE, Ending $667,093.75 $ 177,554.48 $ 7,987.70 $ 852,635.93 --- 208.92 8,560.18 8,769.10 1,472.82 99,290.02 163,682.22 264,445.06 668,566.57 281:169.31 01,410.55 ,34 151,446.43 60,203.00 _ 1,272.50 _ 800,000.00 861,475.50 $728,769.57 $ 282,741.81 $1,001,410.55 $2,012,921.93 $ 51,065.25 $ 451,715.21 $ 100,158.18 $ 602,938.64 250,367.05 2.230,133.00_ 262,490.12 2,742,990.17 $301,432.30 $2,681,848.21 $ 362,648.30 $3,345,928.81 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 19 II I1 II II CITY OF IOIVA CITY '[RUST $ AGENCY FUNDS - PENSION & RETIREMENT FUND SPA'I'IMEM' OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. Budget Actual RECEIPTS Property Taxes $653,593.00 $657,696.86 Charges for Services 15,211.00 32,543.67 Revenue from Use of Money & Property --- 4,804.75 Miscellaneous Revenue --- 66 62 392.85 T757,438.13 ,804.00 TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS 26,951.00 22,396.69 Total Receipts $ Transfers $695,755.00 $779,834.82 DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services $695,756.00 $667,093.75 Services and Charges --- 695,756.00 1 472.82 668,566.57 TRANSFERS TO OTTTER FUNDS -- 60,203.00 Total Disbursements & Transfers $695,756.00 $728,769.57 Receipts $ Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements 8 Transfers $ (1.00) $ 51,065.25 FUND BALANCE, Beginning 250,367.05 _250,367.05 FUND BALANCE, Ending $250,366.05 $3012432.30 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. CITY OF IOWA CITY TRUST $ AGENCY FUNDS TRUST FUNDS - STATBE-W OF FUND OPERAT'TONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 RECEIPTS Revenue from Use of Money 4 Property Miscellaneous Revenue TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS Total Receipts $ Transfers DISBURSBUNTS Personal Services Commodities Services $ Charges Capital Outlay TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS Total Disbursements & Transfers Receipts $ Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements $ Transfers FUND BALANCE, Beginning FUND BALANCE, Ending LIBRARY GIFTS F� BEQUESTS $ 3 396.73 3,396.73 $ 3,396.73 208.92 146.76 4 415.89 4,771.57 $ 4,771.57 $(1,374.84) 5,598.61 $ 4,223.77 PARK MONUMENT TRUSTS ESCROW $ --- $ 1 200.51 - 1,200.51 T $1,200.51 $ - $1,200.51 93.98 $1,294.49 1,441.80 $1,441.80 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement 21 II 11 11 SPECIAL POPULATION TOTAL PERPETUAL POLICE PENSION FIRE PENSION INVOLVE- (Memorandum CARE TRUST $ RETIREMENT 6 RETIRBM- MENT TRUST Only) $ 1,272.50 $ 59,608.57 $ 65,557.20 $ --- $ 126,438.27 $ 220 839.40 280,447.97 241 881.60 30 38.80 62.34 2.34 467 380.58 593,816.85 $ 1,272.50 78.14 $1,258,729.21 $1,335,583.29 $140.48 $80,435.17 $ 26,939.00 $ 33,264.00 $ --- $ 140,638.17 $81,707.67 $ 307,386.97 $ 340,702.80 $ 62.34 $ 734,457.02 1,272.50 $ 1,272.50 $80,435.17 $80,435.17 $ 81,684.29 50,062.31 131,746.60 $ 95,870.19 49,080.95 144,951.14 $ 131,746.60 $ 144,951.14 $ --- $ 175,640.37 $ 195,751.66 $ 62.34 1,083,088.84 1,139,831.63 78.14 $1,258,729.21 $1,335,583.29 $140.48 22 $ 177,554.48 208.92 99,290.02 4 415.89 281,469.31 1.272.50 $ 282,741.81 $ 451,715.21 2,230,133.00 $2,681,848.21 CITY OF IOl4A CITY TRUST $ AGENCY FUNDS - AGENCY FUNDS STATEMENT OF FUND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 23 RECREATION STAFF LEGAL PROTECTS ESCROW ESCROW RECEIPTS Intergovernmental Revenue $300.00 $ --- $ --- Licenses F, Permits --- --- Charges for Services --- --- --- Revenue from Use of Money G Property ------ --- Miscellaneous Revenue 503.14 5 348.14 12.48 803.14 5,348.14 12.48 TRANSFERS FRCM OTHER FUNDS --- --- --- Total Receipts $ Transfers $803.14 $ 5,348.14 $ 12.48 DISBURSEMENTS Personal Services $ --- $ --- $ --- Commodities 3.70 6,118.34 Services $ Charges 249.06 28.11 --- Capital Outlay 200.93 --- --- 3. 9 6,14 .45 TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS --- --- Total Disbursements $ Transfers $453.69 $ 6,146.45 $ --- Receipts F, Transfers Over (Under) Disbursements $ Transfers $349.45 $ (798.31) $ 12.48 FUND BALANCE, Beginning --- _ `1 425.50 1,831.56 FUND BALANCE, Ending $349.45 $ 2 223.81 $1,844.04 The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. 23 PROJECT GREEN 2,075.34 28 145.99 30,221.33 $30,221.33 1,350.75 14,502.09 17 798.34 3, 1.1 $33,651.18 $(3,429.85) 49,136.89 CA[ 7n7 nA CLEARING 7,482.05 17,315.35 320.00 224,842.27 249,959.67 $ R(l0.000.00 $1,049,959.67 $ 7,987.70 1,087.39 148,902.96 3 181.18 161, 5 . 3 800,000.00 $ 961,159.23 $ 88,800.44 44,704.89 $ 133,505.33 24 TRANSIT REPLACBENP 7,765.97 , ' $ 7,458.00 $,15,223.97 $ 15,223.97 168,242.28 $183,466.25 TOTAL (Memorandum Only) $ 300.00 7,482.05 17,315.35 10,161.31 258 852.02 294,110.73 $ 807,458.00 $1,101,568.73 $ 7,987.70 8,560.18 163,682.22 21,180.45 201, 10.55 800,000.00 $1,001,410.55 $ 100,158.18 262,490.12 $ 362,648.30 CITY OF IOWA CITY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUNDS STATEMENT OF RIND OPERATIONS Year Ended June 30, 1977 RECEIPTS Revenue from Use of Money $ Property Miscellaneous Revenue TOTAL RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS Services 6 Charges Debt Service TRANSFERS TO O'DRiR FUNDS Total Disbursements $ Transfers Receipts Over (Under) Disbursements $ Transfers FUND BALANCE, Beginning FUND BALANCE, Ending PAVING $ --- 109 ,0016.716.733 109 SEWER Actual $ --- 11 299.46 11,299.46 $ 21,631.38 $ 26 300.00 --- 47,931.38 $ 47,931.38 $ $ 61,085.35 .(327,619.27) $(266,533.92) $ 11,299.46 35,952.45) $(24,652.99) SIDEIVALKS $ --- 4 679.39 4 679.39 $ (12,351.85) $ 17,031.24 (48,306.17) $ (31,274.93) The notes to the financial statement are an integral part of this statement. 25 sf'RGBT LIGITHNG N1 --1W OONS1'RUCHON WORKING CAPITAL ACIUAL TOTAL Actual Binet ActualBu get Actual (Memorandum Only) $ --- $ --- $ --- $ --- $ 6,027.93 $ 6,027.93 7 876.66 7 876.66— --- --- 28 858.55 34, 86.48 161 730.79 167 758.72 $ --- $ --- $(85.00) $ $ 7,282.33 $ 28,828.71 --- 26 300.00 �33zIS150.161 12,351.85 -- - - - $12,351.85 $ - $ 85.00 $ 3,050.00 $ 7,282.33 $ 55,128.71 $(4,475.19) $ $ 85.00 $ (3,050.00) $ 27,604.15 $112,630.01 1,301.56 85.00) —c85_00) 609,863.18 609,863.18 199,201.85 $(3,173.63 $ 85.00 $ --- $606,813.18 $637,467.33 $311,831.86 26 CITY OF IOIVA CITY 91'A'I'1MEW OF GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT ON A MODIFIED CASH BASIS GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT GROUP 01' ACCOUNTS Year Ended June 30, 1977 Amounts Available and To Be Provided: General Obligation Bonds Annunt Available in Debt Service Fund $ 4,046.09 Amount To Be Provided From Future Taxation 3,790,953.91 Long -Tette Capitalized Lease Debt Amount To Be Provided From General Fund Receipts Total Available And To Be Provided Long Term Debt Payable: General Obligation Bonds Payable (Note 4) Bridge Bonds of 12/1/59 Bridge Bonds of 11/1/61 Bridge Bonds of 11/1/68 Bridge Bonds of 10/1/71 Public Library Bonds of 8/1/62 Street Improvement Bonds of 11/1/68 Sewer Construction Bonds of 11/1/70 Park Bonds of 10/1/71 Water Treatment Plant Bonds of 12/1/71 Street Bonds of 11/1/73 Street Bonds of 8/l/74 Street Bonds of 8/1/76 Capitalized Lease Debt: Motorola Inc. Lease Purchase Contract dated December 15, 1976 (Note 4) 27 $ 75,000.00 20,000.00 300,000.00 500,000.00 75,000.00 775,000.00 500,000.00 75,000.00 725,000.00 300,000.00 200,000.00 250,000.00 $3,795,000.00 44,286.00 $3,839,286.00 $3,795,000.00 44,286.00 $3,839,286.00 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies The City's accounts are maintained, and the statements of fund operations are presented, on a cash basis, reflecting only cash received and dis- bursed. Likewise, fund balances represent each fund's cash and investment balances. Therefore, receivables and payables, accrued revenue and ex- penses and equipment and depreciation, which are material in amount are not reflected and those statements and the related fund balances are not in- tended to present the overall financial position or results of operations in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Other signi- ficant accounting policies are as follows: Investments: Investments are stated at cost. General Long -Term Debt Group of Accounts: The statement of general long-term debt is presented on a modified cash basis. The general long-term debt is presented at face value on the accrual basis. The amounts available and to be provided to service the debt is presented on a cash basis. Note 2. Pension Plans The City contributes on behalf of each policy and fire system employee into the Iowa City Policy and Fire Pension and Retirement Funds. The total City contribution for the year ended June 30, 1977 was $286,293. At July 1, 1976, the actuarially computed value of amounts to be contributed in the future by the City was $3,656,360: Note 3. Insurance Coverage The City is presently self-insuring for liability exposures related to streets and sidewalks to a limit of $1,000,000. At June 30, 1977 the City had an excess overlay indemnity policy for exposures of $1,000,000 to $4,000,000. 28 I [J [J NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTE 4. Long -Term General Obligation Debt ' YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, ' 1978 1979 1980 1981 ' 1982 1983 1984 ' 1985 II II II '1 The service requirements of the June 30, 1977 indebtedness are as follows: SUMMARY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITALIZED LEASE BOND ISSUES PAYABLE INTEREST PRINCIPAL INTEREST PRINCIPAL RATES MATURITIES RATES MATURITIES 3.25-5.70%. $ 844,000 14.40% $ 9,241 3.25-5.70 894,000 14.40 6,973 3.25-4.704 644,000 14.40 8,050 3.2574.704 644,000 14.40 9,294 3.25-4.704 369,000 14.40 10,728 4.25-4.30 200,000 --- --- 4.25 100,000 --- --- 4.25 100,000 --- --- $3,795,000 $44,286 TOTAL ANNUAL MATURITIES PRINCIPAL INTEREST $ 853,241 $155,186 900,973 117,045 652,050 77,495 653,294 49,765 379,728 26,945 200,000 12,775 100,000 6,375 100,000 2,125 $3,839,286 JA47 711 The liability under the capital lease, with a June 30, 1977 balance of $44,286, is due in monthly installments of $966, including interest, to June, 1982. 29 NOTES TO FINANCIAL. STATEMENTS Note 5. Water and Sever Revenue Bonds Payable The service, requirements of the June 30, 1977 water and sever bond indebtedness are as follows: Water Bond Issue of Water Bond Issue of Sewer Bond Issue of Sewer Bond Issue of December 1, 1961 June 1, 1967 January 1, 1966 April 1, 1965 with Interest Payable with Interest Payable with Interest Payable with Interest Payable on June 1 6 December 1 on December 1 6 June 1 on July 1 6 January 1 on July 1 6 January 1 Total Annual Year Ended Interest Principal Interest Principal Interest Principal Interest Principal Maturities June 30, Rate Maturities Rate Maturities Rate Maturities Rate Maturities Principal Interest 1978 3.80% $ 105,000 4.10% $ 40,000 3.70% $ 25,000 3.25% $ 25,000 $ 195,000 $ 137,705 1979 3.80 110,000 4.10 40,000 3.70 25,000 3.25 25,000 200,000 130,242 1980 3.80 130,000 4.10 40,000 3.70 30,000 3.25 25,000 215,000 122,495 1981 3.80 125,000 4.10 40,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 25,000 225,000 114,277 1982 3.80 130,000 4.10 40,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 25,000 230,000 105,684 ' 1983 3.80 125,000 4.10 40,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 30,000 230,000 97,092 1984 3.80 132,000 4.10 40,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 30,000 237,000 88,299 1985 3.80 95,000 4.10 50,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 35,000 215,000 79,671 1986 3.80 125,000 4.10 30,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 35,000 225,000 71,618 1987 3.80 70,000 4.20 - - 3.70 35,000 3.25 40,000 145,000 64,866 1988 3.80 137,000 4.20 50,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 40,000 262,000 57,288 1989 3.80 90,000 4.20 50,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 40,000 215,000 48,280 1990 3.80 130,000 4.20 45,000 3.70 35,000 3.25 40,000 250,000 39,510 1991 3.80 185,000 4.20 25,000 3.70 50,000 3.40 50,000 310,000 29,460 1992 3.50 115,000 4.20 50,000 3.70 50,000 3.40 50,000 265,000 18,808 1993 - - - - 4.20 35,000 3.75 50,000 3.40 50,000 135,000 11,460 1994 - - - - - - - - 3.75 50,000 3.40 50,000 100,000 7,150 1995 - - - - 3.75 50.000 3.40 50,000 100.000 3.575 51.794.000615 5.000685 0,00066$ 5,000 $3,754,000 $1,227,680 The bond ordinances in effect at June 30, 1977 require that revenues of the water and ewer systema are to be not aside as received into separate and special funds. The use of the funds is to be restricted as follows: Fund Amount Nature of Expenditure (a) Revenue Bond Sinking Amount sufficient to pay current bond and interest Bond principal and interest coupons. maturities. (b) Bond and Interest Reserve $1,000 per month for sewer bonds and $2,500 per month Bond principal and interest if revenue bond for water bonds as long as any bonds issued are out- sinking fund is insufficient. standing. (c) Depreciation, Extension $2,000 per month for sewor bonds and $3,000 per month For extraordinary costs of maintaining or the and improvement for water bonds. cost of constructing improvements or exten- sions. Principal and interest if necessary to prevent deficiency in revenue bond sinking fund or bond and interest reserve fund. (d) Operation and Maintenance $500 per month for the water bonds only until the ac- Necessary operating and maintenance expenses when Reserve count aggregates $50,000, no other funds are available or can be trans - 30 ferred to sinking fund or reserve funds to cover deficiencies therein. NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Note 5. Continued. Another important restriction on the outstanding water and sewer bonds is that the bond ordinances state that the City guarantees that none of the facility's property would be sold, leased, mortgaged, or disposed of as long as such property is useful or essential. This restriction continues as long as any such bonds are outstanding. Note 6. Special Assessment Bonds Payable Note 7 The service requirements of the June 30, 1977 special assessment bond in- debtedness are as follows: Street Improve- ment Issue of December 1, 1969 with Interest Payable on June 1 Street Improve- ment Issue of May 1, 1970 with Interest Payable on June 1 Total Annual Year Ended Interest Principal Interest Principal Maturities June 30, Rate Maturities Rate Maturities Principal Interest 1978 5% $11,000 52 $13,000 $24,000 $1,200 1979 - - 5% 13,000 13,000 650 S111000 26 000 $37,000 JL850 All special assessment bonds are redeemable at the option of the City at any time. The bonds must be paid from the Special Assessment Fund. Urban Renewal Project Note Payable The City had issued a note payable with a face amount of $1,613,000, plus interest at 2.73%, which was paid August 19, 1977. The note was paid off with cash on hand in the Project Temporary Loan Fund plus a direct Federal loan in the amount of $152,236. The Federal loan has no specified maturity date and bears interest at a rate of 7k%. Note 8. Subsequent Events General obligation bonds in the amount of $3,015,000 were issued in July, 1977. The non -callable bonds are payable from taxes levied without limi- tation as to rate or amount. Maturities are as follows: 1979 $115,000, 1980 - 1981 $200,000 annually, 1982 - 1985 $300,000 annually and 1986 - 1989 $325,000 annually. Interest rates range from 4.101 in fiscal year 1978 to 4.40% in fiscal year 1990. 31 I1 I1 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ' Note 8. Continued. ' In August, 1977, Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1961 and 1967 with a par value of $145,000 were retired. In August, 1977, the final transfer of real property was made from the City acting as the local urban renewal public agency to the City of Iowa City in the amount of $964,650 from Community Development Block Grant funds. On ' September 15, 1977, public bide ::crc a:..Nfed on the sale of the real pro- perty by the City. ' Note 9. Contingent Liabilities The City is a defendant in a breach of contract suit in which the plaintiff seeks $436,650 damages for lose of property value resulting from limited sewer capacity. The plaintiff would, as an alternative, accept increased sewer facilities in place of monetary damages. 1 1 1 1 1 1 32 CITY OF TOwA CITY SCHEDULE OF TUND BALANCE BY I YPI: Year Unded June 30,. 1977 *Includes cash in bank, petty cash and change funds, certificates of deposit and savings accounts. 33 U.S. GOV. CASII SECURITIES TOTAL GENERAL $ 610,572.92 $ 195,561.11 $ 806,134.03 SPECIAL REVENUE 797,783.04 367,159.32 1,164,942.36 DEBT SERVICE 4,046.09 --- 4,046.09 CAPITAL PROJECTS (767,509.76) --- (767,509.76) ENTERPRISE 413,871.79 1,955,055.36 2,368,927.15 INTRAGOVERWEN'AL SERVICE (390,143.85) --- (390,143.85) TRUST & AGENCY: Perpetual Care Trust 1,056.10 79,379.07 80,435.17 Police Pension $ Retirement 14,845.55 1,216,944.66 1,231,790.21 Fire Pension $ Retirement 6,344.40 1,295,974.89 1,302,319.29 Project Green 45,707.04 --- 45,707.04 Transit Replacement Reserve 183,466.25 --- 183,466.25 Other 502,210.85 --- 502,210.85 SPI•.CIAL ASSES34EN' 79,916.86 231,915.00 311,831.86 TOTAL $1,502,167.28 $5,341,989.41 $6,844,156.69 *Includes cash in bank, petty cash and change funds, certificates of deposit and savings accounts. 33 CITY OF IOWA CITY INVESIDM TRANSACTIONS BY FUND Year Ended June 30, 1977 34 INVESTMENTS BALANCE BALANCE INTEREST 6/30/76 PURCHASES REDEMPTIONS 6/30/77 RECEIVED GENERAL FUND $1,048,539.30 $ 4,014,498.11 $ 4,678,818.28 $ 384,219.13 $ 50,266.09 SPECIAL REVENUE FUND 794,669.31 7,473,671.74 7,480,611.24 787,729.81 63,668.91 DEBT SERVICE FUND --- 48,945.14 48,945.14 --- 1,054.86 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS 276,011.17 442,863.89 718,875.06 - - 7,1224.94 ENTERPRISE FUNDS 1,775,866.20 4,878,153.62 4,022,874.64 2,631,145.18 81,469.42 TRUST F, AGENCY FUNDS: Perpetual Care Trust --- 79,379.07 --- 79,379.07 1,272.50 Police Pension $ Retirement 1,052,590.48 426,942.70 262,588.52 1,216,944.66 59,528.57 Fire Pension 6 Retirement 1,129,232.06 437,682.01 270,939.18 1,295,974.89 65,522.20 Project Green 38,932.78 43,991.88 82,924.66 --- 2,075.34 Transit Replacement Reserve 205,915.45 339,167.12 544,658.30 424.27 7,765.97 Other --- 344,732.75 344,732.75 --- 4,804.745 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUNDS --- 977,405.04 538,585.28 438,819.76 6,027.93 TOTAL $6,321,756.75 $19,507,433.07 $18,994,553.05 $6,834,636.77 $350,581.48 34 CITY OF IOWA CTTY GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION G.O. DEBT GENERAL AIRPORT PUBLIC RECREATION SERVICE GOVERNMENT STREET SAFETY SANITATION CEMETERY $ 494,609 $384,271 $ 367,806 $212,403 $28,848 701,029 724,808 459,987 171,623 31,082 691,189 384,563 537,131 239,622 25,708 797,787 820,159 647,628 215,980 28,343 816,907 635,859 720,806 256,962 42,893 1,141,801 630,324 799,953 270,866 40,524 1,984,554 735,391 1,035,584 240,758 44,893 1,415,692 804,469 1,049,014 243,595 44,626 1,559,365#11 761,140 1,270,100 376,493 45,300 2,848,770 1,762,983 2,205,586 700,456 78,028 General Expenditures for the purpose of this comparison includes the seven functional 'funds, Debt Service, Trust & Agency, Liquor Profits, and Road Use Tax. These Expend- itures have been restated in certain cases to eliminate expenditures paid for out of bond issues in an attempt to portray support of these functions from operating funds. '* Includes Purchase of Land and Improvements of $112,458 ** Includes Improvements of $57,262 # The Transit System was operated by the City from September 1, 1971 through the end of the year. ## Includes Transfer of $32,467 to close Liquor Profits Fund ' *** Righteen months perJod ended .June 30, 1975 35 PARKS & G.O. DEBT LIBRARY AIRPORT TRANSIT RECREATION SERVICE $ 98,192 $132,615* $ $228,048 $157,513 124,015 31,180 279,260 174,370 130,386 32,938 283,806 225,419 133,239 27,645 31.9,495 204,244 152,669 28,430 367,499 280,683 173,890 20,999 507,970 280,724 193,127 80,326** 82,176# 543,778 424,999 208,232 32,689 312,340 478,110 636,954 248,647 23,832 370,063 545,212 641,900 427,284 45,809 745,076 806,056 810,538 General Expenditures for the purpose of this comparison includes the seven functional 'funds, Debt Service, Trust & Agency, Liquor Profits, and Road Use Tax. These Expend- itures have been restated in certain cases to eliminate expenditures paid for out of bond issues in an attempt to portray support of these functions from operating funds. '* Includes Purchase of Land and Improvements of $112,458 ** Includes Improvements of $57,262 # The Transit System was operated by the City from September 1, 1971 through the end of the year. ## Includes Transfer of $32,467 to close Liquor Profits Fund ' *** Righteen months perJod ended .June 30, 1975 35 CITY OF IOWA CITY GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURES BY PROGRAM FISCAL COMMUNITY PUBLIC YEAR ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPMENT SAFETY TRANSPORTATION 1974 $ 884,917 $321,512 $1,408,805 $1,537,910 1975 1,151,830 389,754 1,473,237 1,743,830 1976 1,158,571 467,270 1,638,448 1,428,314 1977 1,199,850 734,388 1,822,196 1,705,510 LEISURE & FISCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURAL PENSION & DEBT YEAR PROTECTION OPPORTUNITIES RETIREMENT SERVICE 1974 $486,631 $827,097 $442,312 $645,374 1975 564,761 831,195 379,451 705,501 1976 582,671 1,035,730 521,632 942,482 1977 644,369 1,086,245 668,566 987,356 36 CITY OF IOWA CITY GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL. REVENUE, BY SOURCE LICENSES FINES & CRARGES FOR YEAR TAXES 1965 $1,254,138 $ 86,841 $ 110,816 $ 241,663 1966 1,284,491 91,545 114,087 238,747 1967 1,779,330 83,079 115,961 343,298 1968 1,909,246 86,409 143,223 213,653 1969 2,232,006 121,199 184,421 254,486 1970 2,405,468 117,823 231,228 459,024 1971 2,580,599 115,397 305,421 617,410 1972 2,920,254 125,472 305,839 549,254 1973 3,175,883 120,356 246,514 552,685 1975* 5,411,100 203,339 293,993 905,501 General Revenue for the purposes of this comparison includes the seven functional funds, Debt Service, Trust & Agency, Liquor Profits, and Road Use Tax. * Eighteen month period ended June 30, 1975 37 INTERGOVERN- USE OF MONEY MISCELLANEOUS YEAR MENTAL REVENUE AND PROPERTY REVENUE 1965 $ 394,448 $ 44,437 $ 68,106 1966 507,191 49,762 38,196 1967 508,491 33,110 130,938 1968 658,236 60,371 38,447 1969 668,271 43,894 112,292 1970 881,417 88,129 45,056 1971 1,148,598 109,115 171,018 1972 1,175,379 103,737 209,746 1973 1,388,749 121,089 330,637 1975* 3,417,076 295,970 505,977 General Revenue for the purposes of this comparison includes the seven functional funds, Debt Service, Trust & Agency, Liquor Profits, and Road Use Tax. * Eighteen month period ended June 30, 1975 37 CITY OF IOWA CITY GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL REVENUE BY SOURCE FISCAL LICENSES 6 FINES 6 CHARGES FOR YEAR TAXES PERMITS FORFEITURES SERVICES 1974 $2,779,538 $123,482 $196,677 $497,486 1975 4,518,917 145,992 194,012 546,837 1976 4,193,843 193,058 237,714 663,322 1977 4,742,154 185,439 289,728 832,946 FISCAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL USE OF MONEY MISCELLANEOUS YEAR REVENUE AND PROPERTY REVENUE 1974 $1,442,082 $149,163 $160,053 1975 1,907,798 144,929 173,424 1976 1,304,663 99,901 103,523 1977 2,165,933 87,172 152,652 38 LEVY COLLECTION TOTAL TAX YEAR YEAR LEVY CITY OF IOIVA CITY PROPERTY TAX La"IES AND COLLECTION DELINQUENT CURRENT TAX % OF LEVY TAX COLLECTIONS COLLECTED COLLECTIONS M TOTAL. AS A TOTAL TAX % OF COLLECTIONS CURR24T LEVY 1966 1967 $1,785,158 $1,772,478 99.3 $ 6,577 $1,779,055 99.7 1967 1968 1,923,890 1,893,586 98.4 15,260 1,908,846 99.2 1968 1969 2,098,717 2,056,797 98.0 26,466 2,083,263 99.3 1969 1970 2,440,655 2,376,617 97.4 28,526 2,405,143 98.5 1970 1971 2,567,028 2,553,624 99.5 26,725 2,580,349 100.5 1971 1972 2,902,628 2,866,145 98.7 44,473 2,910,618 100.3 1972 1973 3,134,947 3,114,393 99.3 51,743 3,166,136 101.0 1973 1975* 5,427,059 5,378,747 99.1 15,576 5,394,323 99.4 1974 1976 4,148,714 4,153,463 101.1 40,380 4,193,843 101.8 1975 1977 4,712,465 4,710,074 99.9 32,080 4,742,154 100.6 ASSESSED AND ACTUAL VALUE OF TAXABLE PROPERTY 39 TOTAL LEVY COLLECTION REAL PERSONAL R.R. UTILITY ASSESSED MONIES 6 TOTAL ACTUAL YEAR YEAR PROPERTY PROPERTY PROPERTY VALUATION CREDITS VALUE 1967 1968 45,159,712 5,394,323 3,894,318 54,450,353 29,243,120 230,911,094 1968 1969 51,893,371 5,959,156 3,187,546 61,040,073 36,079,632 262,153,976 1969 197n 54,369,594 6,282,563 3,741,988 64,394,145 39,717,553 278,214,386 1970 1971 57,186,907 7,379,237 4,098,711 68,664,855 478,125 254,792,402 1971 1972 64,803,191 7,287,805 4,448,287 76,539,283 197,766 272,565,480 1972 1973 68,386,048 7,773,730 4,546,295 80,706,073 124,640 299,036,021 1973 1975* 71,264,091 8,394,046 4,855,441 84,513,578 53,144 313,066,396 1975 FY76 82,244,844 8,390,355 5,062,620 95,697,819 95,802 354,532,169 1976 FY77** 379,504,175 30,946,885 20,680,850 431,131,910 29,080 431,160,990 1977 FY78 393,667,654 31,123,659 22,369,601 447,160,914 29,080 447,189,994 Note: In 1971, the state government began taring banks and supplying the taxing agencies with a replacement of the monies and credits tax. The value of the monies and credits for those institutions was excluded from the actual value total. *Eighteen month period ended June 30, 1975 **Assessed value changed from 27% to 100% of actual value. 39 CITY OF IOWA CITY PROPERTY TAx RATES PER 1000 ASSESSED VALUATION . RATIO OF COLLECTION I.C. SCHOOL BASIC CO. CITY OF AREA IOWA CITY LEVY YEAR YEAR DISTRICT SCHOOL LEVY IOWA CITY JOHNSON CO. SCHOOL TOTAL TO TOTAL 1967 1968 42.208 20.997 34.644 16.492 1.500 115.661 29.8 1968 1969 47.503 22.566 33.604 15.790 1.500 120.963 27.8 1969 1970 56.956 26.735 37.377 18.379 1.500 140.947 26.5 1970 1971 57.219 28.107 37.012 21.244 1.500 145.082 25.5 1971 1972 51.839 20.248 37.590 15.789 1.508 130.847** 28.7 1972 1973 74.931* --- 38.073 17.732 1.508 136.116** 28.0 1973*** 1974 68,318 --- 42.304 18.259 1.507 134.221** 31.5 1974 1975/76 57.253 --- 42.751 22.515 1.938 124.647** 34.3 FY76**** 1976/77 14.927 --- 10.951 4.381 .483 30.742 3s" 6 FY77 1977/78 15.140 --- 11.096 4.500 .406 31.142 35.6 *Basic School Levy combined by law in 1972 with School District Levy. **Includes mill levy for Joint County School Board not included elsewhere. •**Tax Levy of 12 months ****Changed from mills to dollar/actual valuation amounts. 1976 is on a fiscal year basis. 40 II CITY OF IOWA CITY PROPERTY TAX RECEIPT BY FUNCTION GENERAL PUBLIC TRUST 6 MUNICIPAL. GOVERNMENT STREEITS SAFE.TYY SANITATION ENTERPRISE $ 31,255 $ 146,125 $ 259,275 $ 165,715 $ 120,659 30,429 142,380 281,806 229,579 11.5,532 72,782 133,346 253,865 160,677 134,219 160,361 138,236 406,001 212,054 178,314 200,580 71,547 505,240 212,102 159,539 177,289 8,147 547,135 254,582 221,397 197,098 2,797 638,610 222,202 223,861 125,838 108,415 901,168 208,692 198,686 187,805 219,991 882,784 214,986 194,017 48,760 153,179 969,794 222,009 356,42.0 317,322 196,869 1,592,121 769,816 357,839 * Eighteen month period ended June 30, 1975 ** Included in streets 41 DEBT TRUST 6 TORT RECREATION UTILITIES SERVICE AGENCY LIABILITY $ 99,570 $ 61,978 $ 1.67,818 $ 117,192 $ --- 111,975 67,971 158,256 115,383 --- 188,200 67,373 155,586 116,656 --- 220,429 95,145 235,353 133,162 --- 247,392 117,754 201,944 192,748 --- 418,772 74,875 198,259 182,807 --- 471,562 73,788 355,413 185,997 33,809 403,841 41,194 353,625 207,358 31,528 454,785 80,265 388,360 275,060 22,202 322,887 123,242 532,478 366,754 80,348 643,233 --- ** 865,363 581,502 87,035 * Eighteen month period ended June 30, 1975 ** Included in streets 41 CITY OF IOWA CITY PROPERTY TAX RECEIPT BY PROGRAM FISCAL ADMINI- COMMUNITY PUBLIC TRANS - YEAR STRATION DEVELOPMENT SAFETY PORTATION 1974 $130,043 $ 24,443 $ 837,875 $346,521 1975 100,299 208,814 1,335,161 216,272 1976 99,840 273,013 1,433,423 479 1977 297,055 250,980 1,479,332 120,502 LEISURE 6 FISCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURAL PENSION 6 DEBT YEAR PROTECTION OPPORTUNITIES RETIREMENT SERVICE 1974 $250,647 $416,543 $314,270 $459,196 1975 652,098 791,713 488,067 726,492 1976 458,386 744,005 730,452 444,246 1977 376,309 824,372 657,697 735,908 42 CITY OF IOWA CITY CUAPUTATION OF LEGAL'DEBT MARGIN Year Ended June 30, 1977 ASSESSED VALUATION 1008 of Actual Valuation Real Estate $393,667,654 Personal Property 31,123,659 Utilities 22 369 601 TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION $447,160,914 Add: Monies F, Credits at 1008 $ 29,080 TOTAL ACTUAL VALUATION $447,189,994 DEBT LIMIT - 58 OF ACTUAL VALUATION AMOLW OF DEBT APPLICABLE TO DEBT LIMIT Total General Bonded Debt $3,795,000 Capitalized Lease Payable 44,286 Other 3,791,000 $ 7,630,286 Less: Special Assessment Bonds $ 37,000 Revenue Bonds 3,754,000 $ 3,791,000 TOTAL AMOUNT OF DEBT APPLICABLE TO DEBT LIMIT LEGAL DEBT MARGIN 43 $22,359,500 $ 3,795,000 $18,564,500 m= m= m m r m m m m m m m r m m m m CITY OF IOWA CITY RATIO OF NET GENERAL BONDED DEBT TO ASSESSED VALUE AND NET BONDED DEBT PER CAPITA COMPUTATION OF DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING DEBT June 30, 1976 8 APPLICABLE NET RATIO OF NET NET DEBT ASSESSED GROSS DEBT DUE BONDED BONDED DEBT TO NET BONDED YEAR POPULATION VALUE BONDED DEBT AND UNPAID DEBT ASSESSED VALUE DEBT PER CAPITA 100.009 $ 3,795,000 .858 $ 79.49 Johnson County 695,000 1966 41,602 50,954.972 1,575,000 Iowa 1,575,000 .0309 to 1 37.86 1967 41,602 54,450,353 1,398,000 1,398,000 .0257 to 1 33.60 1968 41,602 61,040,073 3,238,000 3,238,000 .0530 to 1 77.83 1969 41,602 64,394,145 3,078,000 3,078,000 .0478 to 1 73.98 1970 46,850 68,664,855 3,914,000 10,000 3,904,000 .0567 to 1 83.33 1971 46,850 76,539,283 5,400,000 5,000 5,395,000 .0705 to 1 115.15 1972 46,850 80,706,073 4,981,000 4,981,000 .0617 to 1 106.32 1973 46,850 84,513,578 5,142,000 5,142,000 .0608 to 1 109.75 1975 47,744 95,697,819 5,053,000 5,053,000 .0528 to 1 105.84 1976 47,744 431,131,910 4,314,000 4,314,000 .0100 to 1 90.36 1977 47,744 447,160,914 3,795,000 3,795,000 .0085 to 1 80.00 COMPUTATION OF DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING DEBT June 30, 1976 *Per Capita Actual Value $9,366.59 44 8 APPLICABLE NET DEBT TO THIS IOWA CITY RATIO TO CITY PER CAPITA NAME OF GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT SHARE OF DEBT ACTUAL VALUE POP. 47,740* City of Iowa City $ 3,795,000 100.009 $ 3,795,000 .858 $ 79.49 Johnson County 695,000 49.259 342,288 .088 7.17 Iowa City Comm. School Dist. 6,071,000 69.998 4,249,093 .959 89.00 TOTAL $10,561,000 $ 8,386,381 1.889 $175.66 *Per Capita Actual Value $9,366.59 44 CITY OF IOWA CITY RATIO OF ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES FOR GENERAL BONDED DEBT TO TOTAL GENERAL EXPENDITURES General Expenditures are those made out of the General Fund, Debt Service and Pension 6 Retirement Fund, excluding revenue funds. *Eighteen month period ended June 30, 1975 **Fiscal year period 45 RATIO OF DEBT SERVICE TOTAL TOTAL GENERAL TO GENERAL YEAR PRINCIPAL INTEREST DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES 1967 177,000 48,419 225,419 2,550,762 .088 to 1 1968 160,000 44,244 204,244 3,087,523 .066 to 1 1969 160,000 120,683 280,683 3,299,894 .085 to 1 1970 164,000 116,724 280,724 3,834,806 .073 to 1 1971 264,000 160,999 424,999 5,017,290 .085 to 1 1972 419,000 217,954 636,954 5,168,402 .123 to 1 1973 439,000 202,900 641,900 5,809,596 .110 to 1 *1975 469,000 321,538 810,538 10,430,585 .078 to 1 **FY 76 739,000 203,482 942,482 7,801,892 .121 to 1 FY 77 804,000 183,356 986,806 9,048,699 .202 to 1 General Expenditures are those made out of the General Fund, Debt Service and Pension 6 Retirement Fund, excluding revenue funds. *Eighteen month period ended June 30, 1975 **Fiscal year period 45 CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA SUMMARY OF BONDED INDEBTEDNESS DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS TO MATURITY June 30, 1977 General Special Industrial Obligation Revenue Assessment Subtotal Development Total 993,641.25 332,704.50 25,850.00 1,352,195.75 396,925.00 1,749, 20.75 1,006,432.25 330,242.00 13,650.00 1,350,324.25 395,956.25 1,746,280.50 717,958.75 337,494.50 - 1,055,453.25 398,912.50 1,454,365.75 691,472.75 339,277.00 - 1,030,749.75 395,987.50 1,426,737.25 395,086.75 335,684.50 - 730,771.25 397,187.50 1,127,958.75 212,775.00 327,092.00 - 539,867.00 396,875.00 936,742.00 106,375.00 325,299.00 - 431,674.00 400,625.00 832,299.00 102,125.00 294,871.00 - 396,996.00 398,125.00 795,121.00 - 296,618.50 - 296,618.50 394,687.50 691,306.00 - 209,866.00 - 209,866.00 395,312.50 605,178.50 - 319,288.00 - 319,288.00 394,687.50 713,975.50 - 263,280.00 - 263,280.00 387,812.50 651,092.50 - 289,510.00 - 289,510.00 - 289,510.00 - 339,460.00 - 339,460.00 - 339,460.00 - 283,807.50 - 283,807.50 - 283,807.50 - 146,460.00 - 146,460.00 - 146,460.00 - 107,150.00 - 107,150.00 - 107,150.00 - 103,575.00 - 103,575.00 103,575.00 $4,225,866.75 $4,981,679.50 $ 39,500.00 $ 9,247,046.25 $4,753,093.75 $14,000,140.00 46 II 11 11 11 GROSS ' YEAR REVENUE 1967 242,987 1 1968 277,061 1969 290,735 1970 302,753 1 1971 287,558 1972 270,733 1973 272,333 1975* 425,827 1976 320,493 CITY OF IOWA CITY SCHEDULE OF REVENUE BOND COVERAGE PARKING REVENUE. SEWER REVENUE 1967 NET REVENUE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS 222,142 25,000 AVAILABLE FOR 87,253 2.5 1968 364,540 EXPENSE DEBT SERVICE PRINCIPAL INTEREST TOTAL COVERAGE 132,531 110,456 50,000 6,975 56,975 1.9 78,359 198,702 50,000 5,425 55,425 3.6 126,578 164,157 50,000 3,875 53,875 3.0 149,204 153,549 65,000 16,462 81,462 1.9 161,215 126,343 105,000 17,513 122,513 1.0 100,204 170,529 230,000 11,375 241,375 .7 73,334 198,999 --- --- --- --- 104,170 321,657 --- --- --- --- 55,093 265,400 --- --- --- 49,960 SEWER REVENUE 1967 355,609 133,467 222,142 25,000 62,253 87,253 2.5 1968 364,540 130,680 233,860 25,000 61,734 86,734 2.7 1.969 390,183 181,655 208,528 30,000 60,890 90,890 2.3 1970 405,928 203,716 202,212 35,000 59,077 94,077 2.1 1971 508,815 227,722 281,093 35,000 57,878 92,878 3.0 1972 490,494 233,473 257,021 40,000 55,723 95,723 2.7 1973 495,713 245,036 250,677 40,000 54,408 94,408 2.7 1975* 785,097 446,819 338,278 80,000 78,960 158,960 2.1 1976 672,893 248,405 424,488 45,000 49,960 94,960 4.5 WATER REVENUE 1967 757,583 330,849 426,734 50,000 132,559 182,559 2.3 1968 805,208 324,304 480,904 80,000 150,640 230,640 2.1 1969 847,480 396,457 451,023 85,000 150,815 235,815 1.9 1970 883,005 410,993 472,012 90,000 146,276 236,276 2.0 1971 965,406 453,702 511,704 95,000 137,588 232,588 2.2 1972 932,104 449,801 482,303 120,000 117;027 237,027 2.0 1973 872,590 549,152 323,438 1.05,000 124,446 229,446 1.4 1975*1,419,302 853,170 566,132 125,000 166,927 291,927 1.9 1976 1,190,176 546,171 644,005 130,000 101,072 231,072 2.8 * Eighteen month period ended June 30, 1975 47 LIABILITY Kemper Aetna Life 6 Casualty Northwest National PROPERTY Iowa Temper Hawkeye Security Hawkeye Security AIr BOILERS tFe Rartford BONDING General U. S. Fidelity U. S. Fidelity U. S. Fidelity U. S. Fidelity U. S. Fidelity U. S. Fidelity Transamerica Transamerica U. S. Fidelity PERSONAL SERVICES u ana—FidcturerZife Iowa National Mutual Hospital Service *Estimated GT -5545 01/01/77 01/01/78 Group Life AC30432173 01/01/77 01/01/80 Workmen's Compensation 2521 12/01/76 11/30/77 Group Medical 48 35,000 13,734" N/A . 63,333" 50,000 per illness 218,175* CITY OF IOK,' CITY SCHME OF INSURANCE IN FORCE POLICE PERIOD LIABILITY ANNM POLICY NMMEER FROM TO DETAILS OF COVERAGE LI,IITS _ PRENIIM GLA 4-93-98 05/21/77 05/21/78 General Liability -Auto 100/300/100 $18,185 2OXN261%CA 01/01/75 01/01/78 Excess Overlay Indemnity 4,000,000 4,000 CA60-34-25 10/27/76 10/27/77 Public Transportation Liability 100/300/100 26,758 83-37-73 01/01/76 01/01/79 City Buildings 16,488,000 19,620 FE 49347 01/12/77 01/12/78 Transit System Bldg. 130,000 1,022 HC7-74-42-81A 01/06/77 01/06/78 Transit System Buses 32,000 per bus 2,688 FE55058 04/19/76 04/19/79 Temporary Relocation Mall 183,000 2,745 MN8322815-01 03/19/77 03/19/78 Boilers 1,000,000 1,128 FD10544 07/16/75 07/16/78 Employee Blanket Bond 2,500 594 20-0170-34-75 03/04/75 02/01/80 City Manager 5,000 13 10-0170-34-74 01/02/76 01/02/78 City Attorney 500 10 20-0170-624-70 01/01/76 01/01/78 City Clerk 1,000 10 20-0170-3n-76 01/02/76 01/02/78 Na)vr 500 19 20-0170-31-76 01/02/76 01/02/78 DIayor Pro -Tem 500 19 20 -0170 -XXX -XX Varied Airport Commissioners (4) 1,000 53 5620-07-63 01/09/73 01/09/79 Airport Commissioner 1,000 8 5620-14-67 01/12/76 01/12/77 City Treasurer 10,000 72 20-0170-137-77 06/01/77 Cont. Housing Coordinator 40,000 100 GT -5545 01/01/77 01/01/78 Group Life AC30432173 01/01/77 01/01/80 Workmen's Compensation 2521 12/01/76 11/30/77 Group Medical 48 35,000 13,734" N/A . 63,333" 50,000 per illness 218,175* CITIY OF IOWA CITY MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICAL DATA Data of Incorporation April 6, 1853 Form of Government Manager/Council Area 13,864 Acres Building Permits - Fiscal Year 1977: 11,267 Permits Issued 345 Estimated Cost $8,621,736 Fire Protection: 27,212 Number of Stations 3 Number of Employees 51 Police Protection: 47,744 Number of Stations 1 Number of Employees 54 Recreation: Number of Parks 25 Mini Parks 2 Number of Acres 475.3 Number of Swimming Pools 3 Cemetery 1 Employees as of June 30, 1977 380 permanent 218 part-time Population: 1900 7,987 1910 10,091 1920 11,267 1930 15,340 1940 17,182 1950 27,212 1960 33,443 1970 46,850 1974 Special Census 47,744 49 CITY OF IOWA CITY MISCELLANEOUS SPATISTICAL DATA Major Employers: University of Iowa 14,590* Veterans Hospital 915* Mercy Hospital 700* Iowa City Community School District 949* Westinghouse Learning Corp. 525 Sheller Globe Manufacturing 537 Owens Brush Company 450 American College Testing Program 450 Moore Business Forms 245 Procter & Gamble 350 Elections: Last General Election - 1976 Registered Voteres 39,240 Number of Votes Cast 24,769 Percentage Voting 63.1% Last Municipal Election - 1975 Registered Voters 31,585 Number of Votes Cast 8,471 Percentage Voting 26.80 *Includes part-time employees 50 =I LVA I►yilwl01kiav"01=&VIq■l!1, 0 0 PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA BY THE STAFF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DIVISION CITY COUNCIL Edgar Czarnecki C. L. "Tim" Brandt Penny Davidsen Carol deProsse J. Patrick White CITY MANAGER Ray S. Wells DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Dennis R. Kraft, Director Planning Division Staff Richard Wollmershauser, Senior Planner in Charge Donald Schmeiser *Anthony Osborn Morris Dicker James Wamberg Jorge Rendon Sherry Child, Secretary Former contributing staff members Dick Royce M. Terrance Lambert * Project Planner PLANNING 6 ZONING COMMISSION Donald Madsen, Chairman Patricia Cain James Galiher Lyell D. Henry B. A. Horner Louise Larew Dr. Robert Ogesen Printing: Phae Keemle CONTENTS List of Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neighborhoods of the Study Area , , , , , , , Physical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inventory and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . enera Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . Population Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Street Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storm/Sanitary Sewers , , , , , , , , , , Water System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Existing Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Existing Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Existing Zoning , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Development Problems , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Land Use Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recommended Development Program . . . . . . . . . . objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Case studies of zoning actions in the Study Area , ii Page v v 1 11 11 21 30 42 48 48 50 54 54 54 56 56 60 63 63 66 66 66 70 72 72 0 0 LIST OF MAPS Page 1. The Study Area's Location as Related to Iowa City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Neighborhoods of the Study Area . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Ralston Creek Inundation Areas . . . . . . . . . . 8 4. Convenience Food Store Service Areas . . . . . . . 14 5. Offices: Medical -Government -General - 1970 . . . 16 6. Church Locations - 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7. Non -Residential Land Uses - 1972 . . . . . . . . . 20 8. Population Density Distribution (People/Acre) -- 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 9. Percentage of Resident Population Between 17-24 Years of Age -- 1970 . . . . . . . . 24 10. Population Over 65 Years -- 1970 . . . . . . . . . 28 11. Percent Single Family Dwellings -- 1970 . . . . . 33 12. New Multi -Family Units -- 1971-1973 . . . . . . . 35 13. Median Rent Per Housing Unit -- 1970 . . . . . . . 37 14. Median Rent Per Room -- 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . 39 15. Location of Homes with Historical or Architectural Significance . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 16. Existing Arterial Street Network - 1970 . . . . . 44 17. Traffic Volumes -- 1971 (Average Annual Daily) . . 45 18. Bus Transit Routes -- 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 19. Park Type Facilities Service Areas and Population 18 Years and Under -- 1970 . . . . . . 51 20. Public Schools in the Study Area . . . . . . . . . 53 iii LIST OF MAPS (continued) 21. Location of Sewer System 22. Location of Water System 23. Location of Street Lights 24. Existing Zoning . . . . 25. Existing Land Use -- 1973 26. Special Problem Areas . 27. Proposed Zoning . . . . iv 0 Page . , . . . 55 57 . , , , . 58 . , , , . 61 Appendix 64 68 LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1. Land Use Composition of Study Area . . . . . . . 12 2. Student Forecast by Enrollment Levels . . . . . 26 3. Median Family Income and Age of Household Head, Owners and Renters -- 1970 . . . . . . . . 29 9. Median Family Income and Age of Household Head, Renters -- 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 5. Population Composition by Race . . . . . . . . . 31 6. Composition of Housing Supply by Percentage 32 7. Removal of the Study Area Housing Supply From the Iowa City Total . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 8. Composition of Housing in Iowa City . . . . . . 34 9. Number of Apartment Units for Which Permits Were Granted in the Study Area and for All of Iowa City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 10. Housing Characteristics of Iowa City and the Study Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 11. Size of Park Facilities in the Study Area . . . 49 12. Enrollment Levels for Longfellow and Horace Mann Elementary Schools . . . . . . . . . 52 13. Zoning Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 CHART 1. Population Age Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 23 Al 1 INTRODUCTION This is the first in a series of small area studies which will be forthcoming ac- part of a continuing program prepared by the Department of Community Development and intended to serve as a foundation for a new Comprehensive Plan. As additional studies are completed, the unique characteristics of the neighborhoods of Iowa City will be examined and the needs of the City will become increasingly apparent. In addition to these area studies, topical studies of the characteristics, facilities and needs of Iowa City will be presented including a population study, economic base analysis, housing analysis, and a community facilities study among others. Thus, this represents an inaugural publication, the culmination of which will be the completion of a new Compre- hensive Plan. After the Comprehensive Plan is completed, implementation of the Plan will result in new development ordinances (zoning and subdivision) and resulting priorities for succeeding Capital Improvements Programs. The purpose of this background Area Study is to analyze the social, economic and physical characteristics and functions of the area as they relate to the community as a whole, to determine if deficiencies exist, and to provide an initial framework for developmental or redevelopmental direction. Specifically, the objective is twofold: 1) to present basic background information and data concerning significant elements in the older, predominately R3A zoned Study Area and to explore their functional relationships, and 2) to provide possible conceptual approaches as an essential basis for the development of the area in response to immediate needs as determined by this study. 0 0 2 NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE STUDY AREA The Study Area consists of the major portion of the center of Iowa City excluding the University and CBD areas. (See Map 1). This sector of Iowa City has been broken into several "neighborhoods" for treatment in this study due to ease of analysis and differences in sub -area characteristics which were found in the course of the study to necessitate this approach. Map 2, "Neighborhoods of the Study Area", presents the nine sub areas into which the area was divided. Each is identified by characteristics which are felt to best describe the area under discussion, and as such are not necessarily intended to characterize the traits of the "neighborhoods". The Summit Street Historic Area This portion of the Study Area located along South Summit Street extending from east Burlington Street south to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad overpass has been recently designated an historical area by the National Park Service. The area is part of Iowa City which still retains the atmosphere of America's elegant mid-Victorian era. Three- fourths of the buildings in the area were constructed between 1860 and 1910. These old structures are remarkably preserved and present a large variety of architectural styles. Later buildings successfully preserved the gracious and dignified residential atmosphere achieved by their predecessors. The flavor of the area is park -like and strongly evocative of the culture of well-to-do middle class Midwestern Americans of the late 19th century. Because of the exceptional distinction of some of the houses and the still more exceptional degree to which it has pre- served its character intact, the district is to be regarded as a museum of one aspect of American life and history, the preservation of which will provide an amenity and cultural heritage of the City. The Horace Mann Area This area is distinguishable as a relatively independent neigh- borhood, possessing an elementary school (Horace Mann), and a grocery store in its approximate center. Possessing a higher percentage of owner occupied housing, there is lesser Univer- sity impact vis-a-vis the other neighborhoods of the Study Area. MAP 1 STUDY AREA LOCATION AS RELATED TO IOWA CITY, IA 0 0 E 11 • NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE STUDY AREA FEET 0 660 1320 2640 0 201 402 004 METERS JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT LONGFELLOW AREA w j _= 0 W R 0 0 U = 7 f W< J m 3 Z 0 m R I J > V m J m= 0 J W z U W �7 00 > 0 H 3 O t 0 0 > 0 a BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN 4 MAP 2 0 0 The Dubuque Street Area This is a University dominated area, centered around the arterial street after which it is named. Possessing a great deal of multi -family, fraternity and sorority usages, its high rental occupancy rate and student aged population set it apart from much of the Study Area. The Mercy Hospital Area Centered about two one-way arterial streets, this is an area which is dominated by uses beyond its borders. This portion of the Study Area can be easily identified because it possesses the Mercy Hospital complex. The Hospital is a 298 -bed private facility, the services of which are available to all members of the community. The remainder of the Mercy Hospital area consists of uses and occupancy patterns that characterizes the Study Area as a whole. The CBD Area The majority of the Central Business District (CBD) area lies beyond the boundary of the Study Area, and consists primarily of commercial, offices and governmental uses. This will be covered in detail as part of a future Area Study focusing on the CBD and CBD Frame Areas. The College Green Area This sector of the Study Area is composed of residential land uses mostly dependent upon University oriented tenants. Similar to the Dubuque Street area, it nevertheless contains a greater mixture of dwelling types. The Upper Muscatine Avenue Area Much of this neighborhood is more easily associated with outlying residential areas. Lying at the interface of the City -dominated and University -dominated areas, it combines traits of both. The Bowery Street Area The redevelopment and conversion of dwellings in this area is a dominant feature distinguishing it from its neighbors. Lying at the limit of the student commuter -shed, it is an area composed of a disproportionately larger percentage of elderly persons. 0 0 The Longfellow Area Similar to the Upper Muscatine Avenue area, this neighborhood possesses elegant examples of turn -of -the century dwellings, and seems relatively unaffected by the University. PHYSICAL FEATURES The physical features of an area have an effect on the extent and type of development that will occur in that area. Both manmade and natural features act as attractions and detriments to growth of a community. The physical features, as they exist as restrictive environmental factors in the Study Area, will be analyzed. These features can be a stimulus or a retarding influence on future and desirable development in the Study Area. Topography The land form of the Study Area is relatively flat land, gently sloping to the south and west, save two steeper slopes, one confined to the northernmost extremity of the Study Area, and the other paralleling the eastern border of Ralston Creek and generally sloping down toward that stream. The area may be properly considered a plateau, being neither in the flood- plain of the Iowa River nor at the higher level of the surrounding hinterlands. Drainage NATURAL SURFACE DRAINAGE: The entirety of the Study Area is located within the drainage basin of Ralston Creek, with the sole exception of a small area upon the northwestern boundary. Within the Study Area, there are at least two major subdrainage ways, consisting of a northern and southern system. Before the development of a storm sewer system, numerous small intermittent streams existed on either side of Ralston Creek within the Study Area, including Park Brook and Market Brook, both identified upon early Iowa City plats extending north of Ralston Creek. near Gilbert Street and Van Buren Street respectively. This surface drainage function has been supplanted by the storm drainage system created by the City as development necessi- tated better control of increasingly large runoffs. As with any city, Iowa City increased the rate and amount of runoff occurring in its developed area as a larger percentage 0 0 ri of the once forested and open land was covered with buildings, streets, and impervious surfaces. It is this process which has aggravated the flooding of Ralston Creek, and necessitated the development of a storm sewer system over much of its natural watershed. Ralston Creek It is not the purpose of this study to attempt an indepth analysis of Ralston Creek within the Study Area, but certain observations may be made. First, in its present state the Creek is far from the form it took at the platting of the City, both in terms of its alignment and its behavior. Second, Ralston Creek has been bridged at virtually every stream -street intersection, thus effectively removing its potential influence as a barrier to movement within the Study Area. Finally, the type of development permitted along the Creek is both inappropriate due to the potential property damage and the total negation of any natural recreational potential such creek -side land once naturally possessed. MANMADE DRAINAGE: The existing storm sewer system within the Study Area was finished in its present form in 1972, with the completion of a one and one-half million dollar storm/sanitary sewer separation project. This project involved the creation of two totally separate systems for the handling of sewerage, with all storm runoff being taken into Ralston Creek and all sanitary sewerage being routed to the sewage treatment facilities of the City. FLOODING: The problems of flooding in the Study Area are virtually solely associated with Ralston Creek. As previously stated, this Creek and its flooding are in no small part the result of the location of Iowa City and its streets, homes and institutions. That does not solve the problem; it only serves to make it clear that whatever problems exist, they are not truly natural but manmade, and must be man -solved. As Map 3 shows, a substantial area along either side of Ralston Creek is subject to periodic inundation by flood waters flowing over the banks of the Creek. This overbank flow causes untold property damage, disrupted travel within the community, and possesses the potential of being a threat to the safety of the citizens of Iowa City and the Study Area. F-1 0 RALSTON CREEK INUNDATION AREAS 1*1 1 1 0 660 1320 2640 611111111111111111 0 201 4012 804 MFTERS C, FLOOD PLAIN I_1 FLOOD CHANNEL IM BROWN RONALOS CHURCH FAIRCHILD DAVENPORT BLOOMINGTON MARKET JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SE(MOUR SHERIDAN w 2 F 7 2 lal 7 $ W IJ 0 O M N O U 7 i q LLI Q J m J Z O J I� J > 0 0 > m c 0 2 O 0 3 > '� n MAP 3 0 0 The ultimate solution to be chouen to control the flooding and/or flood damage will be determined after the study on Ralston Creek is completed. Whatever action (or combination of action programs) is chosen, it must be a permanent solution, reflecting an accurate assessment of the impact any future development may have on the Creek. In the past the Creek was realigned, deepened, lined and banked, and every solution became obsolete as development of the Creek basin advanced. Thus, here as elsewhere the validity of immediate solutions to immediate problems was disproven. Tree Cover The role played by trees in the habitability of an area can best be appreciated by an examination of the consequences of their absence. A quick idea of their significance can be gained through the following example. Consider standing or sitting on the northeast corner of the intersection of Dubuque and Washington Streets at noon on a 90° summer day. Then compare the apparent heat there to that experienced when standing or sitting beneath the canopy of trees on the Pentacrest on the same day at approximately the same time. The difference will be significant for more reasons than the presence or absence of shade. Put simply, a treeless, paved area acts as a heat sink, absorbing much of the radiant solar energy, radiating heat and, thereby creating a desert effect near the ground's surface. This is caused by the lack of moisture, the direct light of the sun on the low albedo of the paving and the absence of breezes at ground level. It has been shown that a "city is often twenty degrees hotter than the surrounding countryside in the summertime . due to these characteristics of the materials that are used to fabricate our cities". Among the possible strategies for ameliorating this effect is the use of trees, for their effects are manifold. First, if preserved and perpetuated, the natural canopy of deciduous trees can serve the manifold function of providing cooling shade, cooling the air through transpiration of moisture, channeling cooling breezes over the ground and, of course, stabilizing the ground from erosion. They also help slow down the water cycle by retaining water, impeding its rapid runoff and thus, in turn, further cooling the climate through evaporation. The judicious choice of shrubs in the right spots permits visual isolation, and may buffer breezes where inappropriate, as may trees. • 10 Thus, where breezes are needed they may be channeled, and where they should be lessened this, too, may be done. The roofs of houses, with their low albedo and resultant heat absorbing characteristics, may be shaded so that they do not absorb as much heat from the sun, all merely through preserving the natural tree cover of the area. Since 1965 the City of Iowa City has been conducting a vigorous program of street tree planting, which has resulted in the placing of some 3,250 hardwood trees along the streets of the City. Many of these trees were planted in the Study Area to replace elms depleted by the Dutch elm fungus responsible for denuding the tree cover of so many cities. This program has no anticipated completion date, but may well be a continuing effort by the City to maintain Iowa City's appearance and in future years receiving the afore- mentioned benefits from the trees planted today. Hence, the Study Area is fortunate to possess the tree cover it has, for it serves to provide a more attractive and habitable environment. 0 11 INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS The Study Area contains examples of virtually every category of land use present in Iowa City except industrial. The distribution of these uses is important to both the Study Area and Iowa City as a whole, for it is this pattern which deter- mines the travel patterns, relative land values and amenities or nuisances present in the community. GENERAL LAND USE Residential Of the 607.7 acres in the Study Area, approximately 558 are currently used for single family residences, and 12.88 for multi -family structures. As the following table shows, there are about 400 more dwelling units in multi -family structures than single family in the Study Area, or around 308 more units on only a quarter of the land. (See Table 1). As indicated in the table, the vast majority of land in the Study Area is dedicated to use as residential property, and the overwhelming majority of that is in the single family category. Next comes institutional land, which consists of government property (schools, parks, government offices), churches, hospitals and club buildings. This concentration of institutional uses in the Study Area is atypical, and almost solely the result of the inner city locale of the Study Area. While the residential land uses comprise the most extensive and significant uses of property in the Study Area, the institutional and commercial uses in the Study Area are important to this immediate area and to Iowa City. Convenience Shopping Convenience goods and services are those items or services which are needed frequently and are essentially the same wherever sold. Thus, groceries, drugs, sundries, laundry, dry cleaning, shoe repair, etc., could be considered conven- ience goods or services. Such items are typically made available by small or moderately sized outlets, such as "chain" grocery stores, or small neighborhood shopping centers. 12 Table 1 LAND USE COMPOSITION OF STUDY AREA USE DWELLING UNITS AREA IN ACRES Single Family 1,173 195.75 Two Family 536 96.80 (268 structures) Multi -Family 1,569 95.68 Fraternities & Sororities - 6.76 Commercial - 18.10 Institutional - 39.00 University - 5.65 Streets - 213.00 Alleys - 36.00 Vacant land - 6.00 TOTAL 3,2733 607.79 1 Included in commercial is 107,395 sq. ft. utilized by doctors and dental offices and clinics. 2 Included in institutional is City -owned property, schools, parks, churches, hospitals, club buildings, etc. 3 Due to differing definitions between dwelling units and housing units as defined by the Bureau of the Census, the figures for such units are not comparable. 13 The location of such outlets is critical in matching those to be served with the outlet, and thus not only being conven- ient to customer, but assuring the retailer of a clientele. As Map 4 demonstrates (using a 1/2 mile service radius) there are two major grocery stores serving the Study Area, with at least four more corner type groceries (using a 1/4 mile service radius) located within the Study Area. These corner groceries, while not able to supply the full line of convenience goods, do function to meet the needs of those residing near them for the most commonly needed convenience food items, an important function in an area with as large a pedestrian commuting population. Added perspective may be gained from considering the more modern service radius standard for convenience goods of six minutes driving time which, assuming an average speed of 20 m.p.h., gives a 2 -mile service radius. This standard obviously assumes access to automobiles for the service population, and as such reflects the adjustments of more recent commercial development to the highly mobile urban population. Curiously enough, it is the southeastern portion of the Study Area, characterized by a low percentage of student -aged people, a relatively low percentage of elderly and, hence, a more "typi- cal" population in terms of age grouping, and a high owner occupancy rate (more homeowners) that lies beyond the walking distance service radii of the grocery stores. All of these findings tend to indicate that the residents of this area are quite likely more mobile than is true of the rest of the Study Area, and as such fit the driving time standard for convenience shopping more closely than those residing in areas within walking distance of the grocery stores. Thus it may be stated that the location and type of convenience goods retail outlets serving the Study Area are reasonably well suited to the needs of the people of the Study Area at this time. Shoppers Goods and Specialty Items Shoppers goods are those items needed infrequently, denoted by variety and, thus, relatively unique. Examples of such items would include sports equipment, clothes, furnishings and toys. Such items are sought at irregular intervals, and need not be as centrally located as convenience items in order to adequately serve a given population. Specialty items are goods consumed so infrequently, and of such unique character as to require only a generally accessible location because those seeking them will be willing to make special trips to obtain them. Such items may, in fact, be purchased only once in a lifetime, and include cars, expensive jewelry, custom tailored clothes and furs. 0 0 CONVENIENCE FOOD STORE SERVICE AREAS FFI I 0 660 eL 0 201 MFfERS WHITEWA SERVICE AREA LIMIT EAGLE SERVICE AREA LIMIT 14 1/2 MILE RADIUS 1/4 MILE RADIUS - - - W 2Q W 0 U' Q ¢ ~¢ J¢ p Z W ¢, O U Z i Q W Q J m O= O J ¢ i J > U m J m O J J V W l7 O 0 W N M Q O ZQ �O O E > " ¢ JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY 'iE fMOUR SHERIDAN MAP 4 W The inclusion of the shoppers and specialty goods category in the same analysis is due to the small scope of this Area Study. Suffice it to say that a full scale retail space study will be required to adequately treat the question of retail space needs for the community and regional level shopping facilities which are designed to merchandise the shoppers and specialty goods, although the Central Business District will include many such outlets. In view of the fact that such shopping centers are designed to be reached primarily by auto, and the fact that the Study Area has no less than eleven streets designated as either arterial streets or primary road extensions, and is centrally located, it is apparent that access to such centers must be considered adequate if they are located appropriately to serve Iowa City as a whole. obviously this considers neither the person without an automobile, nor the role of the Central Business District. Downtown Iowa City Traditionally downtowns have served as the central focus for the economic, cultural and social functions of a city. In the case of Iowa City these functions have an enduring viability in the Central Business District due to several factors, most of which are related to the University, dwelling patterns, commuting patterns and street capacities. All mitigate in favor of the downtown. The public commitment of urban renewal evidences a strong faith in a downtown commercial and office center. Assuming the redevelopment of Iowa City's center is successful, the proximity of the Study Area thereto re-emphasizes its place once more as a desirable residential area. The CBD area obviously evidences the strongest direct influence from this center, but all of the neighborhoods abutting it reflect the influence it has. The College Green Area possesses offices on its western extreme which can be ascribed in some degree to the proximity of the CBD. The Dubuque Street Area in its southern half shows the influence in restaurants, taverns and drug stores. The Mercy Hospital Area in its western portions is similarly affected. Thus, while the CBD lies pre- dominantly beyond the borders of the Study Area, it exercises a strong influence on the Study Area and its inhabitants. Offices As Map 5 shows, there is a clustering of office land uses in the CBD area and the western section of the College Green Area. These offices include real estate, medical, and • 16 OFFICES: MEDICAL -GOVERMENT -GENERAL -1970 FF E f 0 660 ummm` 0 201 METERS w Z 2 2 w N K 2 W R O O U O Z Q W Q D J m 7= O 7 J > U m J m m p J W J U w U' O p0 > m0 i O = O O > O K no JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMUUH SHERIUAN MAP 5 0 0 17 governmental offices, with Mercy hospital being the single largest unit. The Impact of the University The Study Area is strongly influenced by certain locational and institutional circumstances, the effects of which are evident in the land uses of the area. First is the ubiquitous influence of the University of Iowa, felt not only through its physical presence but also through the population it attracts, the tastes it engenders and the influence it exercises either through policy or a lack thereof. The policy of the University toward undergraduate housing, as evidenced by its dormitories, has had tremendous influence upon Iowa City and the Study Area. Obviously,the clustering of students to attend classes must create an "instant market" for many school related items such as books, but the effects of a concentrated population in high density nodes (i.e., dorms) are certainly greater. Whereas the class -attending students may have need of such facilities as restaurants and book stores, the resident students in dormitories must look to the area surrounding the campus to supply a large part of their living needs, including food, service facilities such as dry cleaners, and even apparel shops. For the Study Area, situated along the eastern periphery of the University, this has meant pizza parlors, corner groceries, taverns, and similar establishments related to the needs of a population largely limited in its mobility. It is the limited mobility of the student population which is, perhaps, the single most important characteristic in determining the effects of the resident students. No con- clusive figures are available but the assumption that a very large percentage of the student trips in the Study Area are made on foot or by bicycle seems irrefutable. This, in turn, makes the concentration of commercial outlets at distant car -accessible points impractical in meeting the needs of the students. It is a curious parallel to an earlier life style, wherein corner groceries were necessary, as the "shopping center grocery" is too far to conveniently reach on foot. There are additional consequences of the pedestrian travel mode, including a need for relatively high dwelling densities to accommodate those needing to live within a reasonable walking distance of the University. Unlike the auto commuting worker or student, the individual either unable or unwilling to use the automobile must carefully consider his dwelling's location relative to his most frequent destinations, i.e., 18 school, work or stores. The location of the dwelling relative to an infrequently visited destination (e.g., a mortuary) will be relatively unimportant. Thus, the Study Area's convenient geographic location makes it a desirable residential area for students and this, in turn, affects the other land uses of the area. Churches and Synagogues The Study Area possesses a number of churches (see Map 6, Churches and Synagogue Sites), many of which have been located in the Study Area since its earliest development. As with other uses which located at their current site long ago, many churches have felt pressure to relocate further out from the City center (since 1967, four churches have left the Study Area) in an effort to find more land upon which to grow. The realization of this desire is often prevented by the problem of finding a usage which is permitted under the current zoning ordinance for the old church building and which can advantageously utilize the unique architectural character- istics of a church building. The problems of these churches in finding new users for their structures are not unique to Iowa City, but are complicated by the leniency of the zoning ordinance in originally permitting churches in residential districts wherein the few potential buyers are prohibited. The usage characteristics of churches do not lend them to residential locations, and the fact that few congregations are predominantly "walk-in" (the parishioners living within walking distance of the church) tends to indicate no compelling reason to permit churches in residential areas. Thus, the original leniency of allowing churches to locate where they choose has effectively backfired, ultimately hurting the churches as their requirements have altered over time. Map 7 summarizes all of the nonresidential land use locations in the Study Area. Among these, the governmental and insti- tutional uses (in black) tend to form a buffer to the eastern land uses, lacking but a few blocks to completely isolate the commercial from the residential land uses in the Study Area. Thus, the extent of the CBD is delimited with a high degree of certainty, with the public and quasi -public land uses serving as buffers between the residential and commercial properties. The desirability of this is obvious, and should be enhanced through appropriate zoning district boundaries. FFEI 0 660 0 201 METERS 0 0 CHURCH LOCATIONS 1972 W Z Z Z W N R ._ Y . O p Z W &, p U Z S C W Q n J m D Z O 0 R I J > l7 m _J m Z O J w :3 U w U' O a•J G p m 00 > O It JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEfMOUR SHF.RIOAN 19 MAP 6 • NON -RESIDENTIAL LAND USES 1972 0 FIFT 0 660 1320 2640 0 201 402 804 METERS PUBLIC SEMI — PUBLIC BROWN RONALDS CHURCH FAIRCHILD DAVENPORT BLOOMINGTON MARKET JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN W 2 Q W 0 U Q 0 �- Q J R 2 W P O O U O I Q W Q j J m J Z O O K I J > U m J m= 0 J W D U W Q O c O p N 0 I > 0 m oft MAP 7 0 0 21 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS The Study Area possessed a population of 8,485 persons in 1970, or 18 percent of the total population of Iowa City. This population displayed a highly atypical age distribution, as discussed in the following treatment of the student popu- lation and the elderly. The median age of the area population was 22 years, and the breakdown by sex was 458 male, 55% female, as compared with Iowa City's population of 498 male and 518 female. Students The composition of the resident population of small areas of the Study Area in 1970 reflected to a large degree the influence of the University of Iowa upon the Study Area. This influence was very localized, with the greatest impact being within one-half mile of the site of Old Capitol. (See Map 8, Population Density Per/Acre.) Inasmuch as one- half mile is the commonly accepted maximum standard for walking distance between a trip attraction and a trip origin for the pedestrian, this finding is easily explained. The exact number of University students residing in the Study Area is unknown, but an examination of that component of the population age croup most likely to be in attendance at the University (17-24 years of age) can be used as a fairly sure measure of student population. As Chart 1, "Population Age Distribution", shows, there is a concentration of young adults (17-24 years) in the Study Area, comprising a slightly greater percentage of that population (398) than is true of Iowa City as a whole (358). An appreci- ation of the significance of this figure can be gained from the observation that nationally, this age group comprises only 12% of the population. In certain subareas of the Study Area the percentage of students in this age group was over 56 per- cent in 1970. (See Map 9, Percentage of Residents Between 17 and 24 Years Old.) A curious phenomenon encountered in such parts of the Study Area is the "eternally young" resident population. This is due to the constant, selective influx of young persons into the Study Area which results in a population which is per- petually younger in its composition than is typical for most neighborhoods or cities. Whereas the typical suburban community goes through a cycle of young families with small children to older families where the children have left the :�allllllllllllllllll 111111 �//.� 111111111111111111111111111111 ��//. �r\IIIIIIIIIIIIIII1°�,��% .111111111111111111 III��� d � ■ 1111111111111111111111111 'a g o IIIIII0WA11IIIIf-ll 1111, 01 ,�IIIIII �`.IIII61�1111111111" WO/d Fl.... 111111111111111111111111Y liiiiii �101.p �Dli11'Old SII% yjNO,�1111111Hill s ,%% � x:111111911111111111111111 �� � ►111111 111111 . POPULATION AGE DISTRIBUTION IOWA STUDY CITY AREA 2000 500 1900 I ' 1800 STUDY AREA FEMALES 1700 1600 400 1500 1400 1300 1200 -STUDY AREA MALES I 300 1100 t IOWA CITY FEMALES 1000 1 N -IOWA CITY MALES 900 800 200 700 I pp I I r+ 0 U O U O N O fA 0 0 0 0 O N 0 0 0 0 0 AGE DATA DERIVED FROM 1970 CENSUS FIRST COUNT. 23 CHART 1 0 0 24 1970 PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENT POPULATION BETWEEN 17-24 YEARS OF AGE. O 1111 i r- W 0 660 1320 2640 i O 201 402 804 M(.fERS W 0 ° 0 BROWN • 230 RONALDS 52% O J W ■� N O CHURCH = m m J Z O J J > O 5�°% NPORT LiFAIRCHILD MINGTON O 43°ET O ( F OEM 45% 45•% m 5E w% Fin i rr 19% .1 JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN MAP 9 Z W 0 ° 0 ¢_ O J W ¢ N O U = m m J Z O J J > O O Z O > p Z 0 O O > ID ¢ JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN MAP 9 25 home, the Study Area has probably maintained a relatively large population of young, single residents for many years. In terms of the effect of young residents on the area, certain observations are possible. First, a younger popu- lation demands more area, not necessarily for recreational facilities but for facilities of the more active nature,than an older resident population would need. Second, many of the needs of a major portion of this component of the population, e.g., medical, educational and entertainment facilities, are met by the University. Third, although there are a large number of students in the Study Area, they are apparently not of the group in which substantial family formation has occurred, as evidenced by the low percentage of very young children when compared with the average for Iowa City (5.28 and 8.38 respectively). Fourth, the variation within the Study Area in the percent of residents of the student age group is great, with one sub- area (Longfellow Area) having only 19 percent of its residents of that age group, and another area (East College Green) having 56.5 percent of this age group. Finally, as pointed out in the convenience shopping section, there are numerous facilities in the Study Area tailored to meet the needs of the student residents. These serve to further amplify the desirability of much of the Study Area for students, thereby attracting more students, and in turn encouraging more local business development, an example of a feedback effect in the realm of population and land use. The analysis of any area as strongly influenced by a large population of "in" and "out" migrants as the Study Area is extremely difficult. If the analysis is to be accurate, it must account for the conditions of the resident population both including and excluding these non -permanent residents. Unfortunately, statistics of a sufficiently specific nature to accomplish this are lacking. If the residents are well- to-do and the students poor, the average income may well appear quite high. The reverse situation is also true, making the determination of the economic and social characteristics of the more and the less permanent residents indistinguishable through census data. Thus, this study is hamstrung by one of the most obvious and pervasive characteristics of the residents of the Study Area, the very high percentage of University students, their spouses and children. Any attempt to distinguish between 26 the group which may be characterized as "student related" and "city related" would be to treat both groups more appropriately, not to ignore one of the other's needs. Yet, such treatment is not possible, for the grouping of all residents of the Study Area, even when aggregated at the block level, is a misleading grouping. This condition has made an analvpio ui the true income and social characteristics of the Study Area difficult because the area's resident population is so transient and because the aggregation of these figures renders them potentially meaningless. It should be noted that the anticipated stabilization of the student population of the University may result in a slight decline in the resident student population of the area. The following table shows University enrollment at various levels and enrollments predicted by University officials for each of the next ten years: Table 2 STUDENT FORECAST* MEDICINE FRESHMEN, JUNIORS, DENTISTRY, YEAR SOPHOMORES SENIORS LAW GRADUATE TOTAL 1972 6077 7258 1860 4857 20,052 1973 6275 6911 1964 4900 20,050 1974 6395 6897 2008 4950 20,250 1975 6490 6814 2046 5000 20,350 1976 6600 6970 2080 5000 20,650 1977 6800 7094 2106 5000 21,000 1978 6950 7224 2126 5000 21,300 1979 6950 7409 2141 5000 21,500 1980 6830 7514 2156 5000 21,500 1981 6600 7528 2172 5000 21,300 1982 6365 7447 2188 5000 21,000 * University of Iowa Spectator, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1973, Iowa City, Iowa, p. 4. 0 • 27 Elderly Another age group deserving consideration is that of those over 65 years of age. This group comprises 11.98 of the Study Area population, as compared with only 6.58 for Iowa City and 108 for the nation. This age group concentrates in the Study Area for several reasons, some of which are different from those of students. Whereas students can be said to reside in the Study Area for reasons of access to the University, the elderly are frequently renters who have migrated to the lower cost residential areas of the City or have lived there over long periods of time. In addition, the Study Area is conveniently located relative to the facilities offered by the CBD, a factor both students and elderly are likely to consider favorable. Among the elderly, there is a higher proportion of elderly women to men in the Study Area, over 2.45 to 1. This pro- portion is even more remarkable when considered in light of the ratio between elderly women and men for all of Iowa City (1.9 to 1). It should be pointed out, however, that women do tend to outlive men, but the ratio is not this high nationally, 1.39 to 1. Furthermore, Iowa is atypical in this trait in that until 1940 there were more men over 65 than women. In 1970 in Iowa the ratio of women to men over 65 was 1.05 to 1, still significantly lower than is true nationally. Thus, the Study Area and Iowa City both display a highly atypically composed population in its age distri- bution and in its composition by sex and age. As Map 10, "Population Over 65 Years" indicates, certain subareas of the Study Area possess unusually high percentages of elderly residents. This concentration is to some extent explicable by home ownership patterns, but a far more compre- hensive explanation is income related. In Iowa City in 1970, median incomes for families consisting of more than a single person by age group, were as shown in Table 3. What these figures demonstrate is the similarity of income status for families of the youngest and oldest family age groupings. That they reside coincidentally in the same area becomes less puzzling as the implications of this income picture are grasped. Even more telling are the figures as shown in Table 4 for families which rent their dwellings. �J, We 0 Table 3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME AGERENOFSHOUSEHOLD HEAD, Under 30 years old 30-44 years old 45-64 years old MEDIAN INCOME GROUP $ 5,000 - $ 6,999 10,000 - 14,999 10,000 - 14,999 65 years old and over 5,000 - 6,999 Table 4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME AND AGE OF HOUSEHOLD HEAD, RENTERS Under 30 years old 30-44 years old 45-64 years old 65 years old and over MEDIAN INCOME GROUP $ 5,000 - $ 6,999 10,000 - 14,999 10,000 - 14,999 3,000 - 4,999 29 These figures can be reasonably interpreted to evidence a strong latent, unmet demand for low-cost elderly housing in Iowa City. Furthermore, at present (1973) over 50 percent of the occupants of the Leased Housing Program are elderly, supporting the hypothesis of an unmet demand for elderly housing in Iowa City. Minorities The minority component of the Study Area population is sur- prisingly small, with only 0.78 of the population being E 0 30 black, 0.13 being Indian, and all other non-white races comprising but 1.13 of the City population in 1970. The following Table 5 summarizes the population composition of the Study Area by race. As evidenced by the Table "Population Composition by Race", there are virtually no clusters or concentrations of ethnic minority groups in the Study Area. A significant grouping of the minority population occurs in areas which are in close proximity to the University of Iowa, indicating an association with the University. (For a more detailed analysis of the condition of minorities in Iowa City, see the Minority Status Report - 1973, Department of Community Development). HOUSING By the very nature of its narrow scope, this Area Study must approach an analysis of its housing stock almost solely from the supply side. This is true because of the mobility and variability of its resident population which is the predominant source of housing demand. Where in an area - wide housing analysis the total demand for housing may be estimated and allocated, in an Area Study of the scope of this one, the portion of the total housing demand of the region which must be met by the Study Area is unknown and highly variable. Thus, rather than examining the adequacy of the existing housing stock to meet an allocated demand, this study must approach its topic from the viewpoint of the quality, rather than the sheer quantity of its housing. Overview There were 3,765 housing units in the Study Area in 1970, or approximately one sixth of the total supply of housing stock in the central urbanized area of Johnson County. This supply is provided on about one eighth of the developed land in the urbanized area. The overall development density of the area is 11.7 dwellings per gross acre, or about 3,700 square feet per dwelling unit. At 40 percent for public right-of-way, parks, and school grounds, the Study Area has a not residential acreage of 172 acres, for a net dwelling density of 19.4 units per acre, or 2,245 square feet per dwelling. These are ovoral.l densities, and do not accurately represent the density of development for many of the subareas of the Study Area. The net density of development for the portion of the Study Area south of Fairchild Street, north of Bloomington Street and west of Van Buren Street and east of Dubuque Street is 30.9 • * This figure was suppressed to avoid any possibility of the disclosure of information • about a particular person or persons. ** The term Negro is that utilized by the Bureau of the Census, and in no way connotes the attitudes or values of the author. w r Table 5 POPULATION COMPOSITION BY RACE E.D. k 25 27 28 42 43 44 45 46 47 54 55 Iowa City Total # 1161 2B6 580 374 1101 504 739 538 1144 1040 940 45,810 of whites Total k 4 1 16 2 9 7 0 7 3 8 5 463 of Negroes** Total k 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 30 of Indians Total k 11 19 11 10 10 * 19 * 8 6 4 547 of Others • * This figure was suppressed to avoid any possibility of the disclosure of information • about a particular person or persons. ** The term Negro is that utilized by the Bureau of the Census, and in no way connotes the attitudes or values of the author. w r 0 0 kyA dwellings per noL acre of land. Thus, curtain areas have much higher or lower. donsitics Lhan the norm. Table 6 COMPOSITION OF HOUSING SUPPLY BY PERCENTAGE STUDY AREA IOWA CITY S.F. Dwellings 35.82 46.48 Duplex Units 16.48 12.28 Multi -Family 47.88 41.38 This Study Area possesses a significantly larger percentage of duplex and multi -family dwellings than is true of Iowa City as a whole. Only 35.88 of the dwellings in the Study Area are of the single family type, whereas 46.68 of the housing stock of Iowa City is comprised of single family dwelling units. (See Map 11, Percent Single Family Dwellings 1970.) This is the result of the aforementioned impact of the University of Iowa, the downtown, and the zoning classifi- cations of much of the area. Because the Study Area is a component in the overall housing stock of Iowa City, accurate comparison of the two areas would require the removal of that component of the Iowa City housing supply located in the Study Area. The following table reflects such a removal: Table 7 REMOVAL OF THE STUDY AREA HOUSING SUPPLY FROM THE IOWA CITY TOTAL S.F. Dwellings Duplex Units Multi -Family 0 STUDY AREA REMAINDER OF IOWA CITY 35.88 49.48 16.48 11.18 47.88 39.58 P\ .\ •� X Ir 34 As Table 7 shows, the removal of the Study Area component from the Iowa City total only serves to emphasize the dissimilarity of dwelling type composition of the Study Area in comparison to Iowa City. As Table 8 ("Composition of Housing in Iowa City") shows, the past fifteen years have seen a significant shift in the composition of Iowa City's housing market, with multi -family dwellings comprising an increasingly large percentage of the total number of dwelling units available. This increase is largely the result of a demand for housing by young single adults, particularly those associated with the University. Table 8 COMPOSITION OF HOUSING IN IOWA CITY 1958 - 1960 1966 1970 SFDU 678 60% 49.68 46.48 DUPLEX 10% 13.98 10.0£ 12.2% MULTI- 23% 27.1% 40.48 41.38 FAMILY What is true of Iowa City as a whole is even truer of the Study Area. Here the majority of dwellings are in other than single family structures, with a total of over three hundred multi -family units having been built or initiated in con- struction in 1971 through 1973. Map 12, New Multi -family Units (1971-1973), shows the location of these new apartments. The relative scale of this level of building can be best perceived through a comparison of the number of apartment units for which permits were granted in the Study Area versus the number of permits granted for all of Iowa City (see Table 9 for comparison). FEET 0 660 0 201 Mf IE RS 0 0 35 NEW MULTI -FAMILY UNITS (1971-1973) W 2 Z Z W 0 T 1- Y O J Q O j j m J QI Z O J UI U W Q O T. 1 O N 0 3 n V O JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN MAP 12 0 STUDY AREA YEAR NO. OF PERMITS 1970 3 1971 7 1972 19 1973 1 n u Table 9 P1:RMITS GRANTED IOWA CITY UNITS YEAR NO. OF PERMITS UNITS 38 1970 8 328 71 1971 25 421 212 1972 23 283 4 1973 4 63 36 Based on the construction of multi -family units, an extensive amount of land use changes has occurred in the Study Area during the last three years. In 1972 there were a total of 283 dwelling units in apartment structures for which building permits were granted, of which fully 212 were for apartments located in the Study Area. That represents over 75 percent of all apartment units granted building permits in 1972 in Iowa City. However, the continuance of this trend is dubious in light of the decreased level of permits issued in 1973 and the population trend of the last year. Thus, the Study Area is not entirely confronted with the problems of new develop- ment but rather how should such development fit into the existing fabric of the area. Cost of Housing The cost of rental housing in the Study Area is, like all of Iowa City's housing, higher than is typical for the rest of the state. (See Map 13, Median Rent Per Housing Unit.) In point of fact, for Johnson County as a whole, the per dwelling cost of housing is higher per room than for any other county in the State of Iowa. As Table 10 indicates, the average rental per room in the Study Area is the same as that of Iowa City. (See Map 14, Median Rent Per Room.) The cost of housing in an older section such as that of the Study Area might be expected to be slightly lower than the average, but the relative geographic position of the Study Area in Iowa City probably offsets much of this tendency, for in this one area are combined access to both the down- town and the University. This alone makes residence in the area quite attractive, not only to students and to the elderly who desire proximity to a majority of the services they need, 0 0 37 MEDIAN RENT PER HOUSING UNIT 1970 ©J IFI 1 0 660 1320 2640 0 201 4012 604 METERS / BROWN $ 100-119 RONALDS 80-99 CHURCH ,oil�(6 ■/ FAIRCHILD 60$79 DAVENPORT -L-w �. BLOOMINGTON 00.119 MARKET $� JEFFERSON © ■ 0-99, IOWA �* its i WASHINGTON $ R § 80-99 $ $ /9 COLLEGE 80-99151 100-11BURLINGTON ' COURT . I iIm1�• Xij iii 100$119 -0 100$119 BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIOAN w Z r Z Z w�- Z W v o u p 0 z Z rt w a W O 7 p O' 0 N C 0 i 0 OO > MAP 13 0 0 MV but also to those employed by the University or in the down- town area. This location makes the area particularly subject to the seasonality of the residence requirements of students and University related persons. Thus, in addition to the higher rents commensurate with the geographic advantage of much of the Study Area, there is another factor at work, i.e., potentially high vacancy rates. Table 10 HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS OF IOWA CITY AND THE STUDY AREA Any real estate market as restricted in scope as that of the Study Area, especially that element of the Study Area within one-half mile of the campus, has a relatively inelastic supply of housing. This makes the limited supply of housing doubly valuable, as it is definitely restricted in its capacity to expand to meet increased demand. When coupled with an extremely high potential vacancy rate during the summer months (up to 258 among students), the cost of housing is made even greater. IOWA CITY STUDY AREA Occupied units 14,766 3,432 Mean number of rooms 4.5 4.1 per unit Owner Occupied Units 6,775 1,136 Mean value $20,517 $16,258 Mean rooms/unit 5.9 6.0 Mean cost/room $3,485 $2,710 Renter Occupied Units 7,991 2,296 Mean contract rent $111/mo. $102/mo. Mean rooms/units 3.3 3.1 Mean cost/room $33/mo. $33/mo. Any real estate market as restricted in scope as that of the Study Area, especially that element of the Study Area within one-half mile of the campus, has a relatively inelastic supply of housing. This makes the limited supply of housing doubly valuable, as it is definitely restricted in its capacity to expand to meet increased demand. When coupled with an extremely high potential vacancy rate during the summer months (up to 258 among students), the cost of housing is made even greater. • 1, MEDIAN RENT PER ROOM 1970 FEET 0 660 1320 2640 0 201 402 004 METERS BROWN RONALOS CHURCH FAIRCHILD DAVENPORT BLOOMINGTON MARKET JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHLRIOAN W 2 z Z W N Q Y . O 2W W p 0 U = p m J K O Q Z O V = ? R W Q m J m mO J w J U W O Za 0 N Op f w 39 MAP 14 40 Whereas the cost per room for rental housing in the Study Area is equal to that for Iowa City, the cost per room of owner occupied housing is substantially less and the mean value per dwelling is also lower. This apparent anomaly is a result of the relative ages of the houses of the Study Area and of Iowa City. Whereas apartment construction in the area has been substantial in recent years, the same cannot be said of detached dwellings in the Study Area. Thus, owner occupied homes in the Study Area are typically older than those in the rest of the City, and, therefore, not as competitive in certain respects as the newer rental units in apartments. In addition to this there has been substantial replatting of this sector of Iowa City which has resulted in many of the homes being located on very small lots. These smaller lots cannot be expected to possess values comparable to those of larger lots prevalent in the newer sections of Iowa City. Finally, there is the element of risk, namely the risk that with the prevalent R3A zoning one's home may become an unwilling neighbor to an apartment or club. The price paid for a dwelling with this potential problem will be less than for a similar dwelling in a zoned district where such a possibility is higKly unlikely, ceteris paribus. Of course, this last point has its other side, i.e., that of the homebuyer who wishes to eventu- ally build an addition onto his home for rental income, and therefore finds the current zoning classification desirable. Homes of Historical or Architectural Significance A city develops through time. Considered as a whole its physi- cal features are constantly changing. On the other hand, smaller areas within the City, once developed, are usually stable and relatively permanent. The physical forms of urban neighborhoods -- street patterns, architectural design and relationships, extent and character of landscaping, type of street furniture, and so on -- represent the development ideas, and perhaps ideals, of their period of construction. The history of a community is reflected in its development pattern. The Study Area has some homes and sites of particular interest or historical significance. (See Map 15, Location of Homes With Historical or Architectural Significance.) Most of these homes are scattered throughout the Study Area although, in the Summit Street portion of the Study Area, there is a concen- tration of old elegant homes which are remarkably preserveG and which present a variety of architectural styles. Many of the homes within the Study Area are representative of six distinct periods of nineteenth century architectural design including: 1) Colonial Period, 2) Greek Revival Period, 0 0 LOCATION OF HOMES WITH HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Ce] I I I I O 6G0 1320 2640 s mmm 0 201 402 804 MFIERS tl I 4> • SITE LOCATION BROWN RONALOS CHURCH FAIRCHILD DAVENPORT BLOOMINGTON MARKET J 2 QW 0 0 - w 2 0 j J m D Z O 0 W O Z O > h 0 a 1 O 0 > u m JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEfMOUR SHERIDAN SUMMIT STREET HISTORICAL HISTORICAL AREA MAP 15 0 0 42 3) Gothic Revival Period, 4) Anglo -Italian Style, 5) Neo - Jacobean Style, and 6) Composite or Elective Style. Such buildings and areas contribute to the variety and vitality of Iowa City by enriching the daily experience of uoth residents and visitors. Many of these homes form an important part of the community's historic and cultural heritage. This does not mean that any structure must be saved simply because it is old or that any site must be developed as a special part because it was once vaguely associated with some historic event. It does mean that Iowa City, preferably as part of the comprehensive planning program, should make a thorough inventory of its resources and take the necessary steps to preserve those homes which are found to contribute significantly to its physical and cultural heritage. Terms such as historic or cultural conservation, and the more traditional historic preservation, are used to identify public and private accomplishments within a community to maintain and enhance the value of this heritage. STREET CIRCULATION The efficiency of land use depends greatly on the capacity and design of an area's traffic way. It may be fairly stated that the street system is orientated almost solely toward the automobile with all of the other modes including pedes- trian movement, bike, and mass transit taking a distant second place. This results from the original platting of Iowa City in the middle 1800's into blocks approximately 400 feet square. This rectilinear grid pattern has resulted in a somewhat nigher percentage of the land being used for streets than in newer areas of the City. Numerous constraints mitigate against any modification of the existing street network; one of the greatest constraints being the fixed land use pattern, and its dependency upon the existing street system. Present circulation indicates that there are a large number of relatively low level arterial streets and the designation of a few high level arterial streets within the Study Area. As with any inner-city area, the Study Area functions both as a residential community and as an area of transition between outlying residential uses and the center city. This means that various streets within the area are necessary to provide transportation routes to and from the downtown for residents not of the Study Area. Thus, arterial streets 0 0 93 which have the concentration of fewer than four per fifty -square block in outer residential districts may have up to twice as many arterials in the same area in this sector of the City due to the coming together of numerous arterials in the relatively small space. These facts point toward some form of articulated street system comprised of direct routes to common destinations along those streets best suited to handle the higher volumes of traffic. Functional classification is the basis for so delineating streets. Such classification will be the basis for improving the streets in future plans. Widening, curbs and gutters, signing and roadway marking are the results with a larger roadbed more attractive to heavy traffic on those streets selected as collectors and arterials. Not every street can be selected as an arterial or a collector. Heavy traffic volumes, longer trip lengths and trip purposes are translated into needs for designating definite streets to their use. Those not selected will be determined local streets and will funnel traffic to higher systems. Map 16, Existing Arterial Street Network (1970), designates the existing arterial street network. The present arterial street system could be said to cleave the Study Area with little regard to the impact on existing neighborhoods. It should be remembered that an arterial street is defined as one providing for through traffic movement between areas and across the City and direct access to abutting property. Thus, every street large enough to be an arterial is not necessarily one, for it must serve to move people through an area, not merely to it. Where traffic volumes are slight, the desig- nation and design of streets to arterial levels is unnecessary if not undesirable. As Map 17, Average Annual Daily Traffic Volumes - 1971, shows, the arterial streets of the Study Area display wide variance in the volumes of traffic handled. While South Governor between Burlington and Bowery Streets move but 2,000 vehicles per day, Burlington Street is handling 16,500 cars on an average day. The impact such streets have on the uses fronting on them can be expected to be extremely different. As a general rule of thumb, all other things being equal, the higher the volume of traffic the more effectively a street functions as a barrier. Thus, the effect of Church Street in functioning as a neighborhood boundary will be considerably less than that of Dubuque Street. Commercial uses, unlike most residential ones, will frequently be centered about arterial streets because of the high access potential. This is also true of high density residential uses, but in the latter case the impact of streets is frequently 0 0 EXISTING ARTERIAL -STREET NETWORK (1970) II I I 0 660 "mmmL O 201 MF.TERS W 2 2 Z W 0 ¢ `- Y O J 2¢ W O 0 4 0 i ¢ J¢ O - W ¢ N O U = �I W C 7 J m J Z O J ¢ J > U W V N V Q O ZQ 00 > ¢ JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN 44 MAP 16 [A IIII 0 fifi0 I 0 201 ME IERS TRAFFIC VOLUMES 1971 ( AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY ) z z w 0 R F Y 1— O z Q w 0 c9 a O j, J M W j J fA J Z O O R S -� > yj l7 m J m x D J w J U y� Q O U O > O O C0 > m 45 JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN MAP 17 0 46 minimized by site design, whereas commercial outlets will often purposely allow the greatest possible impact from streets via the direction they face and building design in an attempt to attract business by appearing highly accessible. Unlike these preceding examples, the value of abutting an arterial for a single family dwelling is outweighed by the nuisance and danger an arterial and its high traffic volumes will create for the residents. Public Transit At present the only feasible, proven public transit system which can be made to function efficiently and which is available for a town the size of Iowa City is bus transit, the system already in use in Iowa City. The City bus system combines low fares, 15C, with a route system which provides all of the residents of the Study Area with access to the system within three blocks of their homes. The accompanying map (Map 18, Bus Transit Routes 1973) identifies the routes currently employed by the City buses within the Study Area. As of this writing, the policy of the bus system is to pick up riders along the route without the use of designated bus stops. This means added convenience for those using the system. while the success of the bus system is adequate justification for its continuance, it cannot be expected to function as a panacea for all the transportation ills of the Study Area or Iowa City. In short, the automobile remains the primary means of vehicular transportation in the Study Area as well as the City. Bikeways and Pathways The development of a totally separated bikeway -path system within the Iowa City area is at this time infeasible due to the cost of right-of-way acquisition. However, an articulated bike pathway system can be developed utilizing collector streets and non -street rights-of-way as the main arteries for bike traffic, and in this way achieve a reduction of the unnecessary interface between two dissimilar modes of trans- portation, i.e., cars and bikes. In summation, the existing transportation network and infra- structure of the Study Area are extremely auto dependent, and IIF I O GGO 7 o zoI MFfERS 0 0 BUS TRANSIT ROUTES 1973 W 2¢ W= O Q 0 ~ M J = W R H p U 2 d W C p J m J Z O m Q I J > O m J m Z O J w > U w U' > ul v1 iq O G O 0 > p R JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN 47 MAP 18 EE. would require large public investments to modify or suffi- ciently alter this dependency. While alternative systems should be explored, the proper layout and functioning of an arterial street system could do much to ameliorate the complaints voiced by area residents about auto traffic and its attendant ills. The ultimate solution to the present circulation problem in the Study Area will be determined after the Area Transportation Study is completed in the coming year. This study is being administered by the Johnson County Regional Planning Commission. COMMUNITY FACILITIES Community facilities are physical manifestations, i.e, buildings, land, equipment, and whole systems of activities -- of governmental and private services on behalf of the public and of major segments thereof. They are important components of a community and add greatly to the quality of urban life. The demand for more and varied community facilities and services increases as urban areas expand, population grows, old facilities become outmoded, and living standards and public expectations rise. While the demand and need for traditional community facilities such as water or sewer lines continues, the demand for other services, such as health clinics and recreational parks, is increased by a more sophis- ticated and expectant public. A service or facility that a few years ago was a luxury may now be regarded as a necessity. Parks As with commercial facilities, recreational facilities are typically broken into functional classes for the purpose of analysis and treatment. The neighborhood park is the smallest standard park with a maximum service radius of one-half mile and the "neighborhood" being the area served. The community park is the next largest park, possessing a service radius of two miles and intended to serve a group of neighborhoods, namely, a "community." Finally, is the regional park, designed to serve those within 40 minutes driving time, and providing park space for a whole cluster of communities. obviously the scope of this report limits it to the smallest standard park, the neighborhood parks. The Study Area currently possesses five park -type facilities, and of these,only three are actually parks; they are College 49 Hill (also called College Green), Happy Hollow and North Market Parks. The City has recently acquired additional park land located in the southern -most extremity of the Bowery Street area. This park site, named Oak Grove Park, will provide a basic neighborhood playground recreational facility for the residents who are isolated from the rest of the Study Area by the right-of-way of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. However, the Oak Grove Park site will not be fully developed into a true neighborhood park until fall 1975. The following table summarizes the sizes of these parks. Table 11 PARK APPROXIMATE ACREAGE College Hill 2.4 Happy Hollow 3.3 North Market 1.5 Oak Grove 1.6 In addition to these parks, the following possess area and facilities appropriate for service as parks. PARK APPROXIMATE ACREAGE Horace Mann Elem. 1.27 Central Jr. High 2.5 Longfellow Elemn. 10.0 It has long been an accepted principle that the most efficient use of scarce public land can be made if parks and school sites are integrated. This concept fails to weigh the problems of administering joint facilities between two governmental bodies (i.e., park boards and school boards) and takes the view of what would work best under ideal circum- stances. Iowa City is fortunate to possess a school system not enamored to the concept of "securing" areas from people via fences, gates and patrols. Thus, the schools cited above as possessing recreational areas are open to the general public, and do, in fact, function to a certain degree as joint facilities. 50 Map 19, Park Type Facilities Service Areas, presents the service areas of the existing park type facilities of the Study Area. Although most of the Study Area is located within the service areas of existing parks, there is a question of the adequacy of the area provided. The accepted acreage standard for neighborhood parks is 2.5 acres of park land per 1,000 people, with one half that 2.5 acres being designated for passive recreation (e.g., picnic grounds, trails, nature areas) and the remaining half for active recreation (e.g., field sports, court sports, children's play area). Based upon this standard there should be 21.2 acres of neighborhood park land serving the Study Area, when in fact there are only 8.8 acres of official park land present. Only by including the school grounds does the park land present exceed demand. The neighborhood park should, in its active areas, possess sufficient space to accommodate a softball field, a tennis or basketball court and a playground, and in its passive areas space equal in size to the aforementioned active portion of the park. This means a minimum area of 5 acres, greater than any of the parks in the Study Area. Thus, even if there is adequate acreage in neighborhood parks in the Study Area, the site sizes of most parks are insufficient to accommodate the needed facilities without becoming outdoor gymnasiums. Therefore, the need is clear; that the school sites be perpetuated in their multiple usage roles, and that any potential they have as recreational resources be preserved and enhanced wherever possible. This is especially true of the Longfellow Elementary School site which has sufficient acreage to function as a true neighborhood park. The adequacy of community and regional parks (as with shoppers and specialty goods outlets) is beyond the scope of this report. An indepth evaluation of the adequacy of the park system as it affects the Study Area will be provided in the forthcoming Community Facilities Study. The reader is referred to the 1965 Park and Recreation Surye for Iowa Cit by Ralph H. Burke, Inc. or specific recommendations for park improvements and additions. Schools As with parks, the public school system will be treated in the Community Facilities Study. This analysis, therefore, will be restricted to the effect of the schools upon the • 11 121 PARK TYPE FACILITIES SERVICE AREAS POPULATION 18 YEARS AND UNDER rFr � 660 1320 0 20 MFTFRS CRMPRAL JUNIOR Ili(Ill SCIIODI. CU1J,I:GIi HILL HAPPY 1101,11W ,A MARY. I rA ttn W Z" Z Z W N Ir F W H O ¢J ¢ J m Z 07 ¢ 7 J > Oq x O J W , V pW 4 O 7 O > H O O 4 > ¢ BROWN RONALDS CHURCH FAIRCHILD DAVENPORT BLOOMINGTON MARKET IIORACI; MANN S Cl 1001. JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT LONGFI:LLOW 5 CI 10101, BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN MAP 19 52 Study Area in terms of location and site attributes. The two elementary schools in the Study Area, Horace Mann and Longfellow, are located as shown on Map 20. Both possess. service areas (two-mile radius) which place their boundaries beyond the borders of the Study Area. Longfellow Elementary School, a three-story brick structure, possesses a reasonably large site of ten acres. Located on a collector street, it was built in the early 1900's. Horace Mann Elementary School, with its 1.27 acre site, adjoins North Market Park's 1.5 acre. Like Longfellow Elementary, it was opened in 1917, is brick, and has three stories. This school, however, fronts on two arterial streets, Dodge and Church Street. This undesirable location is somewhat ameliorated by the presence of crossing guards, a measure which might remove most of the danger posed by the streets' presence, but cannot relieve the potential distraction these streets may create. Table 12 below gives the enrollment levels for the last three years of Longfellow and Horace Mann Elementary Schools. Table 12 ENROLLMENT LONGFELLOW HORACE MANN 1971 440 350 1972 338 313 1973 349 302 The location of the Central Junior High School in the center of the Study Area provides the residents of the area with an almost ideally located facility. The location of an arterial street (Jefferson) is acceptable for students of the ages of those in attendance, and the location of the building on the far side of the site from the arterial minimizes the disturbing influence such a street may have. Unfortunately, it is this street which separates the actual building site from the school property southeast of the main site. 16 if PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STUDY AREA FEFF 0 660 1320 2640 0 201 402 804 METERS BROWN IIoY.n:c ILlnn RONALDS CHURCH dic FAIRCHILD DAVENPORT BLOOMINGTON MARKET Central JEFFERSON Junior High 1 IDWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT oo-, BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN W 2 Z 2 W 0 M F Y Q . O J Q = W M y0j O U = i Q W Q O J m J= O O i J > O l7 m m m O J W U W _J O u 0 > O i O e O U 0 A 53 MAP 20 Summary 54 In summation, the neighborhood parks and schools in the Study Area are well located relative to those they are intended to serve, and appear to possess adequate site sizes except for certain of the neighborhood parks. Like many early 1900's public facilities, they reflect a more compre- hensive philosophy of city planning than was true of more recent times. Thus, the Study Area possesses a legacy of well planned and reasonably well sited educational and recreational facilities. Utilities Storm and Sanitary Sewers Map 21 describes the location of sanitary sewers in the Study Area. A one and one-half million dollar storm/sanitary sewer separation project was completed in the Study Area in 1972. As a result of the separation project, most of the problems that existed in the area have been corrected. Ninety percent of the sanitary sewers in the Study Area are not used to capacity and in most cases never will reach capacity. Minimum size of sanitary sewers are 8", the reasoning for this size is not one of capacity but rather for the elimi- nation of cleaning problems. An 8" sewer should serve approxi- mately 450 single family lots at flattest grade; at steeper grades, B" sewers could serve 1200 - 1500 homes without reaching capacity. Therefore, even an increase in density within the given area should not cause overloaded sewers. Storm sewers are in good condition throughout most of the City; these include Ralston Creek, other open ditches, and some enclosed storm sewers. The one major problem relates to Ralston Creek which must handle most of the storm water runoff of the Study Area. This problem is currently being investigated. Water System The municipal treatment plant is located at the intersection of Madison and Davenport Streets along the bank of the Iowa River and serves the entire City as well as University Heights. The Study Area is located close to the treatment plant being in the older part of the City. The water is distributed throughout the system by a total of 136 miles of mains ranging in size from 2 to20 inches. Recent improvements have totally automated the operation of the treatment plant and increased peak capacity from 7.5 to 12.0 million gallons Fl F1 ri 660 0 201 METERS LOCATION OF SEWER SYSTEM EXISTING ............. SEWER SYSTEM W z T. '2 W V Q 0 Q J R O Z W M N O U 2 R W Q > J m O Z 0 O I J > O m J m OJ D u w l7 7 Z W m 0 4 O ZQ >O > w JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN 55 MAP 21 0 0 56 per day (see Map 22, Location of Water. System). No major new construction of water lines is envisioned within the Area Study boundaries. Most current problems concern the size of mains, and leaks and breaks due to age of mains in the area. To that extent, a program of gradual replace- ment of water mains is being pursued by the City. Relative to the above statement, the City is also increasing pressure in the water mains by replacing all of the more obsolete 2" and 4" mains with 6" mains as time and money allow. Although fire protection is generally adequate in the area, hydrants are being placed to serve a radius of 600' through the area and new replacement hydrants are installed when time and funds are available. Existing Lighting The locations of street lamps are depicted on Map 23. It was generally felt from personal observation that the commercial portion of the Study Area had adequate lighting. The residential areas possess a minimum of lighting, far too little for the safety and desirability of the residents. Extreme dark conditions exist in practically all portions of the residential neighborhoods. It is specifically felt that more installation of lighting should be provided primarily for the residential portion of the Study Area and, in particular, for the high pedestrian traffic in the Study Area. Existing Parking Most of the parking needs of the Study Area comes from the result of activities via commercial and high density residential units. A shortage of parking is evident in the commercial portion of the Study Area, as most metered parking is occupied during the normal working hours. A low level of convenience parking is also evident in the residential areas of the Study Area, as off-street parking facilities are inadequate. Insufficient off-street parking leads to the undesirable consequences of on -street parking which disrupts normal traffic flow, generates pedestrian and motor vehicle hazards,prevents street cleaning, while also adding to the unsightly appearance of residential neighborhoods from the street. The provision of adequate off-street parking is contingent upon the requirement of such spaces in the Zoning Ordinance, as it is far cheaper for a builder to rationalize for on -street parking than to actually provide off-street parking. FEET 0 660 off` 0 201 ME IERS LOCATION OF WATER SYSTEM EXISTING •SER SYSTEM W 2 I Z O J m J Z O J m J S W VI Q > ¢ JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SE YMOUR SHERIDAN 57 MAP 22 Ill I 0 640 0 201 METERS LOCATION OF STREET LIGHTS W 2 Z Z W 0 ¢ H 9 O p W ¢ H O U O Z G W G O J m J Z O J = J > O O p Z O > N O 7 O O > O ¢ 1REET LIGHTS JEFFERSON IOWA WASHINGTON COLLEGE BURLINGTON COURT BOWERY SEYMOUR SHERIDAN 58 MAP 23 rI 59 The reader is referred to the 1979 Parking and Side Yard Study for specific recommendations and comments. The increased demand for adequate off-street parking facilities in the neighborhood portions of the Study Area is largely due to the influx of multiple family units into the existing fabric of the residential areas. These high density units generate more parking requirements than the once predominant single-family units. The location of off-street parking is equally as important as its provision, for poorly located and designed off-street parking areas can be as much a blight to a neighborhood as no off-street parking at all. 0 0 M EXISTING ZONING Zoning classifications for this study are defined in Table 13. Table 13 ZONING DEFINITIONS R1A = Single family residential. Minimum lot area -- 10,000 square feet. R2 = Duplex or two-family residential. Minimum lot area -- 6,000 square feet. R3A = Multi -family residential. Minimum lot area per dwelling unit -- 1,000 square feet. R3B = Multi -family residential. Minimum lot area per dwelling unit -- 750 square feet. C2 = General commercial. No minimum lot area requirement. No setback yard requirement except for commercial and residential uses listed in a high zoning classification. Minimal off-street parking space requirement except for land uses listed in a high zoning classification. CB = Central business district. No minimum lot area require- ment. No setback yard requirement except for commercial and residential uses listed in a high zoning classifi- cation. No off-street parking space requirement except for land uses listed in a high zoning classification. Reference is drawn to Map 24 for the zoning of the Study Area. The preponderance of the area is located in the R3A multi- family zone. Such zoning intent was based upon several objectives stated by the Harland Bartholomew & Associates Study of 1960 Housing and Public Buildings, Iowa City, Iowa. Perhaps the most telling for the Study Area is reproduced below. "The major housing problems in Iowa City involve two entirely different, yet still somewhat related aspects. The first is in increasing the supply of rental units in convenient relation 62 Lo the. University of. lowa. This problem is aggravated by the present occupancy of most of the suitable located multiple - dwelling areas by private residents, many of these single family, so that the areas are no longer available without conversion or replacement of existing dwellings. Further, the conversion or replacement of individual buildings, unless carefully related to the overall neighborhood design, would tend to affect adversely the remaining homes, which relates to the second aspect of the housing problem -- overall improvement and protection. These factors were considered in the zoning plan, but there will no doubt be pressures from time to time to relax the regulations with respect to specific individual properties." Thus, much of what has transpired in the Study Area in terms of the redevelopment was casually related to this study and the zoning district designations it spawned. This does not say that the concept was incorrect so much that it demonstrates something pointed out at the time; a carefully considered neighborhood plan is necessary to achieve the stated ends if undue conflict is to be avoided in relation to existing dwellings. Such a neighborhood plan was not forthcoming, and its absence has been felt. It is the stated intent of this study to attempt to fill that void. 63 DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS The Study Area contains large areas of intermixed land uses, building types and, hence, use characteristics as illustrated by Map 25, Study Area Land Use. However, the problems of land use and land use control in the Study Area are materially different than those of newly developed areas. The critical problem of an older, established area is not solely the protection of what exists but selective replacement; not development but redevelopment. Were the Study Area unchanging, it would be moribund. This is not the case or the problem, but rather the type of redevelopment to be permitted, and where such redevelopment is appropriate. Iowa City and the Study Area in particular are being subjected to housing demands and development pressures usually peculiar to the larger metropolitan areas. It is a unique and fortunate problem, in that rather than struggling to find ways to revita- lize a declining central area, the City, as is the case with the Study Area, is faced with the problem of accommodating substantial requirements for increasing housing stocks. While the Study Area does not contain a large quantity of deterioration or ill development, there are two neighborhood areas that are confronted with the problem resulting from the occurrence of dramatic land use changes. These areas are shown on Map 26 as special problem areas. The two areas are presently single family in character and should be retained as such. Every effort should be made to preserve and enhance the integrity of these neighborhoods. Land Use Problems The most significant land use problems confronting the Study Area may be summarized as follows: 1. The Study Area functions as a transition area between the homes of many residents and their places of work or schooling. This effect may have well been inevitable, regardless of the type of zoning classification adopted, as the tremendous growth of the City caused increased usage of the Study Area as a place to be traversed to arrive elsewhere. 2. The present zoning classification of the Study Area has insufficient controls over multiple family housing in residential districts, including excessive allowances for height and building bulk. 0 65 3. The conversion of single family housing to multiple family units causes dramatic land use changes within the Study Area, especially injurious to single family property. 9. New multiple family housing clashes with existing single family units from a cultural standpoint; they increase densities, probably decrease amenities, and perhaps change the character of the neighborhood more decidedly in favor of multiple family. 5. In almost every residential block in the Study Area there are a number of scattered duplexes or multiple family dwelling uses interspersed with single family homes. As previously related, the single family home is the most sensitive to adverse effects from other land uses. 6. Many additions to existing structures in the Study Area have no continuation or basic similarity of design to the existing building. These additions have been criticized as being inappropriate for the scale of the existing structure, as detracting from the appearance of the neighborhood, and reducing the values of existing homes. From a cultural standpoint, the disparate land uses and the lack of architectural continuity could be construed as a liability or a negative development. 7. off-street parking facilities are inadequate in the residential neighborhoods of the Study Area. Increased demands for off-street parking comes from the result of conversions of former single family dwellings to rooming houses and multiple family structures as well as the former minimum provision of one parking space per dwelling unit in new apartment buildings. 8. Although the Study Area is located well within the service areas of existing parks, there is a question of adequacy of area provided. Based on the standard 2.5 acres of park land per 1,000 people, there will be a need for a minimum of 5 acres of playground and 7 acres of playfield. 9. Problems of flooding in the Study Area mainly stem from the results of inappropriate development in the floodplain areas of Ralston Creek and continual development and increased run-off upstream. 10. In general, the Study Area has an undesirable mixture of incompatible residential uses, moderately deteriorating residential buildings and a general feeling of dissatis- faction and discouragement on the part of many single family residents. RECOMMENDED 0 W. DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Iowa City is engaged in a comprehensive program of planning for community improvement. It is the general goal of the citizens of Iowa City to improve the quality of life in the City -- by enlarging human opportunity, improving the environ- ment and strengthening the economy. The objectives set forth below are not to be considered as a comprehensive or complete statement of the residents of the Study Area relating to social and physical development, but rather are intended to represent those social, economic and environmental objectives which relate directly to the physical development and improve- ment of the City as well as the Study Area and for which the City Council has primary responsibility. OBJECTIVES The development of progressive programs to: -- increase compatibility between established and developing land uses throughout the area. -- preserve and maintain the basic character of existing neighborhoods. -- provide for a more desirable living environment than would be possible through usual development practices. ALTERNATIVES Several alternative development strategies could be formulated for purposes of guiding the future development of the Study Area. The alternative strategies to be considered include: (1) to preserve the existing character and density of the Study Area by prohibiting future conversions of single family units to multi -family units, and by prohibiting the con- struction of additional apartments and offices; (2) to allow the transition occurring in the area to continue, realizing that this will result in an increasing residential density, and will most likely increase the level of activity, the amount of noise and congestion, and result in a reduction in the amount of open space in the area; (3) to attempt to allow for the transition of parts of the Study Area while making provision for the preservation of other parts. If alternatives one or three are followed, it will require substantial zoning changes in the Study Area. In considering all of the above-mentioned alternatives, there is a need to closely evaluate all applicable land use regulations and to 67 amend those ordinances which result in developmental patterns which are inconsistent with desired objectives. These could include not only changes in the zoning classifications of various properties, but also possible changes in: (1) maximum allowable residential densities; (2) lot coverage requirements; (3) off-street parking requirements; and (4) the provision of required open and/or landscaped areas. Other regulations which could be considered include architectural design controls and on -street parking regulations (both prohibitions and allowances) and street design standards. The improvement of the Study Area presents a fairly complex problem which requires both short and long-range solutions and the cooperation of the private and public sector of the community both in the development of strategies and in agreeing upon and implementing substantive objectives. The following alternatives when taken individually or in combination appear to have some promise in solving the problems which currently exist in the Study Area. Alternative One The area illustrated on Map 25 as Problem Area #2 be rezoned from R3A to an R3 and R2 classification (see Map 27 for rezoning of the Study Area). In planning for the future improvement of Iowa City, zoning should reflect the unique characteristics of individual neighborhoods which make up the City. The avowed purpose of zoning is designed particularly to guide and control private development, and to stabilize and preserve private property values. Because zoning is primarily retroactive in its effect, it cannot,as a result, be used as a major device to correct existing conditions. However, zoning can and should be used to regulate uses in each area of the community. The proposal for rezoning is based primarily on a consideration of the following factors: 1. The deleterious effect of high-density apartments on both the economy and marketability of predominant single family residential areas. 2. The inherent conflict and clear incompatability between high density apartments and single family housing. 3. The realization that the conversion of single family housing to multi -family units caused dramatic land use changes which can be especially injurious to single family property. UALD ::;: ;;; ::::� i:::: ;:•:` x 0 CHURCH FAIRCHIL • , S vi _ .... . DAVENPI BLOOMW MARKET OEM - fir VNIA ........ o.❖ •.❖, .•.�•'•�IIi .....:....., :.......... •,,• •,•,•, :••� �,•,•,� :,•�I•I �l is r:i •••a 'rr . rr: •re . .....40 ....... ........... + :..........:.���'�J/ fig,,, •••.•••00 1W 4. The areas, despite a mixture of duplex and multi -family uses, still retain the character of a preponderantly single family residential neighborhood. Zoning should be aimed at protecting existing development in areas of historical or architectural significance, and particularly the architectural integrity of existing structures. Alternative Two It is suggested that the City strengthen its housing conservation program through rigorous uniform code enforcement programs for the rehabilitation of structures and neighborhood facilities. It is suggested that the City establish a development ordinance which would control the conversion of single family homes to apartments, and which would assure that such conversion will enhance the living environment. The older single-family neighborhoods in the Study Area are a part of the City where conservation and land use control actions will be needed immediately. The conversion of single-family units to apartments and the construction of new apartment buildings can have a deteriorating effect on adjoining property and adjacent neighborhoods, especially when development is not related to established land use policies. Alternative Three Iowa City should establish a program that will identify, preserve, and protect homes and neighborhoods of historical or architectural signifi- cance. This program should incorporate provisions that will establish high standards of design in architecture and landscaping for all residential improvements. There are buildings, sites, or neighborhoods of particular interest and significance within the Study Area. Many of these features have national or local historical importance. Some may be associated with notable persons or groups, eitner historic or contemporary. Some may be distinctive in archi- tectural design, landscaping or other artistic features. Such buildings and areas contribute to the variety and vitality of the City by enriching the daily experiences of both resident and visitor. They form an important part of the community's 11 F"I 70 historic and cultural heritage which, if lost, cannot be replaced. Alternative Four The City should encourage moderate and high density redevelopment within the Study Area. However, such develop- ment should be permitted only where suitable and where it can be related to the policies of a new comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance. The ultimate approach toward the solution of the widely existing problems confronting the Study Area is the develop- ment of a new comprehensive plan accompanied by new land use control ordinances. These new documents will include means for dealing with a broader range of problems than merely the height and bulk of buildings and the use of land. They will bring together the sufficient information needed to facilitate planning, correct the most flagrant land use conflicts, protect existing development and improve the mutual compatibility of all land uses. RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations set forth below relate directly to the physical development and improvement of the Study Area. Community Facilities Parks/Schools dual use of facilities biiuuiu ue conrinuea ana xully aeveiopea. 'mere are two elementary schools and one junior high school with sufficient land to provide active recreational area. Because of the limited availability of vacant or open land within the Study Area, these school sites are virtually the only spaces available for active recreation. Exist facili and not suitable for active recreation and should be renovated into a downtown park that will provide informal passive recreation. Great improvements in the number and the quality of recreational facilities has been made during the last few years. However, the shortage of park acreage available is a major deficiency in park -type facilities and playgrounds in the Study Area. 71 Streets is recommended in order to or nazarcous areas. The amount of traffic occurring in the Study Area is based predominately on the activities that occur nearby. The new land uses generate traffic which often congest the existing street system. Present circulation indicates that there is a wide variation in traffic type and quality. These variations should be reflected in an overall plan for circulation. (Detailed recommendations will be determined after the Area Transportation Study being prepared by the Johnson County Planning Commission is completed in the coming year.) Parking It is recommended that adequate off-street parking facilities be provided in residential areas reflecting t e eman s or parking. It is further recommended that on -street oar ina on any arterial street. Also, reet par inq should a limited collector and reslaentlai streets. The reader is referred to the Parking and side Yards Study prepared by the Planning and Zoning Commission for specific recommendations. 0 APPENDIX 72 Past zoning actions occurring in the Study Area were studied in order to formulate a policy framework for land use and development. The zoning actions studied were separated into two classifications: zoning cases approved and zoning cases denied. The conclusions in regard to the policy implications of these cases are listed below: Zoning Cases Approved Civic Center Parking Lot (R3B to C2): Council initiated request for rezoning property bought by City. There are no policy implications confronting the Study Area involved in this zoning case. Approved. (1/21/69) Ray Lewis (M1 to C2 and R3A) Rezoning of an area generally bounded by Gilbert Street, Bowery Street, Dodge Street and the CRI&P Railroad was accomplished after a study of this area was made by the Planning Staff. It was determined that the proposed zoning was more conducive to the area than the present M1 zoning. Rezoning was approved. (2/2/71). Telephone Company (C2 and R3B to CB) Telephone Company bought property contiguous to its building for further expansion and requested rezoning for its present building and the newly acquired property. Request was approved by Council. (2/2/71). Zoning Actions Denied J. C. Dehler (R3A to R3B) Request for rezoning property at 922 E. College Street. Applicant wished to erect apartment house and contemplated 34 apartments under R3B rather than 26 apartments under R3A. The request for R3B was denied on the basis of "spot zoning and no justification for increasing density." (9/17/68) 0 0 73 By Petition (R3A to R2) Request for rezoning of area south of Burlington, east of Dodge, north of CRI&P Railroad and west of present R2 District. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial of this request, assuming that the non -conforming uses resulting from an R2 classification would be undesirable, especially to area residents. (5/27/69) Abrams (R2 to R3A) Property faced R2 zoning and was removed from R3A zoning on the west side by two lots. Long block on which property is located required that school children used adjacent alley as walkway. Planning and Zoning considered this request to be a form of spot zoning. Request denied. (7/8/69) Ray Lewis (R3B to M1) Applicant was operating a tin shop in converted garage and wanted to convert to auto repair shop. Planning and Zoning determined that the M1 zone would be too close to the CBD and also disapproved of spot zoning. Denied. (8/12/69) Paul Schneider (R3A to C2) Request for rezoning an area located on the north side of an alley across from a C2 zone located on the south side. Other property to the north and east of the area was zoned residential. Planning and Zoning felt that the alley was desirable barrier separating R3A zoning from C2 zoning. Request denied. (12/2/69). James Pearson of Pearson Realty Company (R3B to C2) Owner of property proposed to demolish residence and adjacent residence and erect an office building. Planning and Zoning denied the request on the basis that it was spot zoning and would allow commercial intrusion in a predomi- nantly residential block. Denied. (11/23/71). Sgontz, Shively, Trott, Hoffman, Summit and Court Area (R3A to R3 and R2) Residents objected to the intrusion of multiple family structures upon older but well kept neighborhoods. Many residents of the area voiced opinions pro and con. Planning and Zoning attempted to defer decision until a study could be made but applicants insisted on a decision. Planning and Zoning denied. (9/14/72). (This zoning case initiated the Area Study of Study Area One.) 0 0 74 Policy Guideline The action taken on these rezoning cases suggest several policy guidelines: -- Zoning that will result in the enlargement or extension of non -conforming uses should not be allowed if it is not advantageous to proper land use. -- Spot zoning is considered to be detrimental to surrounding land uses and a deterrent to proper land development. -- Commercial zoning outside the CBD area should not be allowed until the need is demonstrated. -- There has been no substantial amount of rezoning occurring in the Study Area since 1962 when the area acquired its current R3A zoning district classification. City of Iowa CitMEMORANUM DATE: October 14, 1977 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Bill Keating, Assistant Planner RE' Northside Neighborhood Preservation Study Attached are the first two preliminary reports of the Northside Neighborhood Preservation Study which Doug Lee will present to the City Council on Monday and the Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday. Since the reports are preliminary, they are subject to review and revision and we anticipate feedback from both Council and Commission as well as residents of the North Side. cc: Dennis Kraft BK:sc sce ?n&E7 '� o ldf/z tcua Studt6o rnr No/z-61'V z` Ylam- hes�hu.9�5ox ,�-vgyba,ehO04 3926 ORDINANCE NO. hGINANCE AM a)ING CIOM21 8.101 0 XMIX; ORDIMa' OF TIE MITJICLPAL CODE OF TIE CITY OF IaW CITY, BY LIMITINS coN,SIRtCrIIX7 WITHIN A DESIGNNIID AREA FOR A MWIM PERIOD OF SIX ALNIIIS PENDING ME 119C1IIEW OF A NLW ZONING ORDINAPa. BE IT OR1An'U) 13Y 111E CITY OF IaYA Crry, Iav'1i SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide adeluate time for the completion of the new Comprehensive Plan and the proposed Zoning Ordi- nance. It will prevent construction of potential non- conforming uses that would frustrate the Plan which has been the product of extensive study by the City Council, various Camnissiones, staff and citi- zen participation. SDCTION 2. Ar1M? u;718. Section 8.10.4 is hereby wlulldcd by a ing the ollowing section; D. In order to provide sufficient tine to cert,, plete the Caprehensikr Plan and enact a new Zoning ordinance, construction in the area here- inafter described shall be limited to the erec- tion of single family dwellings and the repair, but not expansion, of existing structures. The area affected by this interim ordinance is described as follows; Beginning at the ranter of the intersection of Dubuque and Brunn proceedirni southerly along the center lire of Dulxrlue to tlr intersection with Jefferson, then proceeding easterly along the center line of Jefferson to the intersection with Governor, then proceeding northerly along the center line of Governor to the intersection with Dodge, than pro^ecri- ing southerly along the center line of Dodge to the intersection with Bmn, and then 0 D westerly along the center line of Crown to the point of beginning. OCT 114,9717 The present Cil zone boginning at the inter- A B B I E STO LF U section of North Dodge street and Prairie du CITY CLERK Chien Road; then north to St. John's Alley, then in a northeasterly direction to St. PVttthias Alley, then southerly along St, Matthias Alley approximately 501, thence northeasterly to North Dubtxlue Read, tlnen southerly to the intersection of North Dubuque aryl Conklin Street; extended then south- westerly to Summit Street; thence Summit Street north to the point of beginning, SECTION 3, The Building Inspector is hereby author- ized to c ngc the Zoning Map of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, to conform to this amendment upon 399 -2 - the final lvassagc, approval and publinuion of this Ordirumce as provided by law, SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and dir�—to certify a copy of this Orditwcc to the County Records of Johnson County, Iowa, upon final passage, approval and publication as provided by law. SECTION 5. UrECrIVE DATE. This Ordinvrce shall bcome effective upon publication arca shill morin in effect for six rmnths or until the enact=nt of a new zoning ordinance for the area herein des- cribed, whichever is sooner. Passed and adopted this dly of , 1977. MY C. NLUILIUSER, T•MOR ATTEST ABDIE 91UR i, CITY C12M It was moved by and seconded by that the Ordinance be adopte, upon c 1 them were: AYES: W\YS: ABSLWrt 1st consideration Vote for Passage: 2nd consideration Vote for Passage: Date of Publication RECMM & AFr110.TD BY TIL LEGAL DEPAR,"TNT FC bNSI fNit' ENGINEERS ' 202 BLACKF�Tfl 1'S 7r „ INDIAN LO'* 3 , IOWACITY,t0AY/4 , TELEPHONE (3SB) iY 15 ,4; ` .,; �, E PETERSON, P.E, •'rit ,f.' .u.1 L Aupust 24, 1977 6 L E f Members of the. Council � AUG2 41977 ` City of Iowa City Iowa City, Iowa 52240 ABBIE STOLFU-4 CRIT CLM Dear Council Members: f arnl deProasr.'r; nrst•nti.vo. c•ommont:. ol(nut my handling of thr; Airport Master plan Study Application are unwarranted. The study was authorized by the Airport Commission at our meeting Septenber 27, 1976 (see minutes). It was discussed in last year's annual report to the council It was discussed at our Anril meeting (see minutes). I personally gave the council a progress report on the apnlication when various commission members met informally with the Council May 26. it was discussed at the two June meetings we held (see minutes). To roview, this Master flan Study will cost 130,701. The federal government will pay for 90; of the cost of the study, the ntate government will pay 5%, and the city will pay 5% (^1,535). There are 1G senarate administrative stens necessary to complete the study (see attached list). Ten of these have now been comnleted by the Commission. The letter I sent to the FAA on August 10 (with a copy to you and the City Manager) was Sten Mo. 10. Durinp the nrenaration of the master plan (Steps 14 F. 15) there will be several opportunities for public input, via public hearings, as per FAA requirements. Our nrimary goal is to pet the Master Plan Study completed as soon as possible, because we, an a Commission, feel that we need the information that it will contain to help make future plans for the airport. You may be assured that we will continue to keep the Council and City Manager informed, as we have done in the nast. We resnectfully request that you authorize Ileal Berlin or the mayor to sift) any ndditional Master Plan Study application documentr• if my signature iu not adequate, or in my ahrienee, r.() that comnlr.tinn of the study will not be. unnecennari.ly (Inlayed. ",inccraly, / C, 1:. Petergpn, Chairman Airport Commission cc: Ileal Berlin Airnort Comm. 3923 SPONSOR CH&IST FOR PLANNING GRANT PROGM&P) PROJEOTS 1. Sponsor contacts Federal Aviation Administration (FM/State Aeronautics (by telephone or letter). 2. Sponsor reviews FAA Advisory Circular AC 150/5900-1A, "The Planning Grant Program for Airports", especially paragraphs 1 through 13. 3. Sponsor meets with FAA/State to discuss the application process and the approved method for selection of a consultant. 4. Sponsor selects Consultant.* See para. 14 - 21. 5. Sponsor and Consultant prepare a preliminary description of work and cost estimate, and submits it to FAA/State for informal review. See para. 8. 6. Sponsor and/or his Consultant notifies appropriate A-95 clearinghouses of the proposed project. See para. 10.b. 7. FAA/State reviews the preliminary description of work and cost estimates, and advises Sponsor as to acceptability. —,i>8. Preapplication conference with the Sponsor, Consultant and FAA/State, if necessary, to further discuss the proposed project. See para. 8. 9. Sponsor and/or Consultant begin preparation. of the application. See para. 10. 10. Sponsor completes and executes the application, and submits original and two (2) copies of application and attaclunents to FAA. See para. 9 - 11. 11. FAA reviews application and determines whether the project is approvable. 12. FAA sends grant offer to Sponsor. Sponsor accepts and returns executed Agreements to FAA with the resolution authorizing execution. See para. 13. 13. FAA reviews the execution of the Resolution and Grant Agreements and notifies sponsor to issue a Notice to Proceed. 14. Master Plan Study begins. Responsibilities of the sponsor during the course of a study normally include: a) Sponsor/Consultant furnishes Quarterly progress Reports. See para. 24-26 & 30. b) Sponsor/Consultant furnishes preliminary study findings to FAA for review in accord with schedule established in scope of work. See para. 24-26 & 30. c) Sponsor submits Partial and Final "Request for Advance or Reimbursement" (payment). See para. 33 - 39, 47 & appendix 3. 15. Final Master/System Plan Study Report. Sponsor furnishes FAA five (5) copies of final product. See para. 32. 16. After Sponsor and FAA acceptance of the final report. Sponsor completes Financial Status Report (FAA Form 5100-63) and Final Performance Status Report. See para. 25b, 26 and 41. No reimbursement for work performed before grant is issued (except Study ign, where appropriate). See para. 4. tions can be answered by contacting FAA, Airports Division, Planning Nast Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 - Phone 816-374-2181. 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I -so s w ssmar asset �,ss sssas as• ® • , S y'R y'o .: till s1.J �j �� �71� 1 ...!•�_' ._..-. •.... a • 9J_�:.:.,n 1J ��9��..�J .�-sal. /%1�•d�j .I� _. .. �{.-�I! JP ;'.' • -� ` ,. J'r \ SZ \ 1� . /�II�7,I.Y%."vr•/.AjI /(�rJ-r�N.- r�J .yai ', � _ .. T _ LEGEND... ,� �° � UI�(7E2STo `f1�G-tea • �U2UF�� 1 :':%� ` - � ►.rar'Allh�-Iow ou TµeS ru) I.IorsNowruJ - • ,44AU Z VArpbr' • V I r- . 1 G2Of)IIDCDVC� VIUE�S r:: V l I.tGA. • 30"1 FW— �ITrE V•l . GJFi17U1� • ft-OWSO� 7 - L-,-w" 17 4,3 IR X,; . . . . . . . . . . N LEGEND OVO2Smo2y Q-vruMu Amu LxrTLe, L,64.r Liu r�G-u Fzr, LAW C;>ew 1�bAeSV— MApL,5 e--Ief�IeT C44/1 yv r-4 o (114 arc Tj ;11A INFORMAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION OCT013ER 11, 1977 INFORMAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION, October 17, 1977, at 1:00 P.M. in the Conference Room at the Civic Center. Mayor Neuhauser presiding. Tape-recorded on Reels N31 & 33. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Neuhauser, deProsse, Selzer, Balmer, Foster, Perret, (1:10 PM) Absent: Vevera. STAFFMEMBERS PRESENT: Berlin, Stolfus, Schmeiser, Schreiber, Brachtel, Plastino ZONING APPLICATIONS Hy -Vee Ron Pierson from HyVee made a presentation regarding their request for an access cut to Highway 6. They agreed to pay for the road to Highway 6, for the traffic light at the intersection and the turn and stacking lanes, and will move the drainage off that area. Larry Snittger explained design for the intersection. Public Works Dir. Plastino noted the staff objections to the project. Scott Barker, Attorney for Fleetway and owner Charles Scott appeared. Council discussed condemning the Greb property for extension of Hollywood Blvd. Three Councilmembers favored Hy-Vee's proposal and three did not want an access to Bypass 6. Mt. Prospect IV Final decision concerning storm water management ordinance .. compliance will be made at Tues. formal meeting. Village Green South Revisions have been made to eliminate the 40' dedication. NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION STUDY Kevin Laverty, for Project Leader Douglass Lee, presented slides showing the positive and negative aspects of the neighborhood. Elaine Baxter discussed the Historic Structures Inventory, and gave some data on setting up a Historic District. Vicki Williams presented the report on Neighborhood Site Improvement Program. No cost/benefit analysis was made. Council pointed out that this information as presented would be helpful. AUDIT -ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FY '77 Dave Johansen, McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn & Co. CPAs, was present for discussion of their recommendations and comments. Finance Director Rosemary Vitosh explained that the one million dollar deficit in Capital Projects was because the City did not receive the UMTA Grant reimbursement until July. In the General Fund, the Year End Balance of $806,000 was close to what the Staff had projected. Two corrections were noted: 1) on the second page of the CPA's letter, Point q6, the year should be 1976 (line 3), 2) on page 40 for FY76, the Ratio of Iowa City to Toal should be 35.6. There was a short discussion of Conflict of Interest and accrual accounting. AIRPORT COMMISSION -MASTER PLAN Commissioners Peterson, Phipps and Embree were present for the discussion. Peterson explained the status of the master plan and its purpose. They are proposing to make the airport accessible for business jets. Arguments for and against were pointed out. 0 CITY PLAZA AREA DESIGN REVIEW 0 City Manager Berlin pointed out that the detailed information of the design for the Plaza area had been presented, & if there were any variations or problems, this was the time for Council input. Jack Leaman outlined the final design scheme on the drawings presented. The dry focal point had been redesigned using the Purington paver bricks with granite strips, with a granite center square. Showalter & Hauber had reviewed the selection of trees. Changes had been made in the recommendations for lights. Capacity & expansion for bike racks was discussed. Several Councilmembers still had concerns over the design of the kiosk. Leaman will discuss this with the Design Review Committee. The placement of telephones was changed, and vandalism and design of drinking fountain (accessible for handicapped) was pointed out. Coordination with the private group concerning timetable for focal point will be provided by Leaman. Access to the Apple Tree has been provided. After the final working package of drawings is completed, and reviewed by staff,the project will be bid for construction, probably in mid-December. Regarding negotiations with the Utility Co., Glaves advised that they need to know where to install the stub utilities services for the lease spaces. There is still a problem of switch gear locations and transformer locations not on the Plaza, but in or off of alleys & other parcels particularly in the quadrant to the north and east of the center section. A section of space will be allocated for the power company on the proposed Library lot. Construction for the College Block Bldg. was discussed. Old bricks removed will be used or saved. Some water services will be replaced next spring. EXECUTIVE SESSION Moved by Perret, seconded by Foster to adjourn to executive session for discussion of land acquisition. Roll call vote, all members present except Vevera. Staffinembers present: Berlin, Stolfus, Kraft, Vann, Sheets, Plastino, Showalter and Parks & Rec. Comm. Chrp. Glenn Boutelle. Moved by Foster, seconded by Balmer to adjourn. Motion carried, 6/0. 5:10 P.M. AGENDA Energy Coordinator A job description will be provided for budget sessions. Fire Protection -Ernest Horn School City Manager Berlin suggested determining if the School Board would annex the property to the City. There were no objections. Economic Development It was suggested that as urban renewal is underway, Counci coul now look at the strategy for economic development with the consultant, (Hunter). Corn limentar Bus Passes It was noted that the passes should be given to wherever tie We come Wagon goes, but not passed out in the dorms. The Arlington, Va. ordinance will be investigated. A l�ication�form for use of City Streets and Public Right -of -Way. The City Manager was asked to simplify the form. Article Mayor Neuhauser called attention to the article "More for Less" in the packet. It was noted that the Housing Inspector slot had been vacant for 3 months. There was concern that the Housemoving Procedure was cumbersome. The Clerk advised that the date for Housing Application would be moved to the 22nd. There were no objections. Meeting adjourned, 5:30 P.M. m 0 FoIc�ER �° /0//E/77) PIR-' -2 U r Noah Side Neighborhood Preservation Study NEIGHBORHOOD SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM 3 926 Department of Community Development, City of Iowa City Inst itute of Urban & Regional Research, University of Iowa Iowa City,• .-October, • 3 926 NEIGHBORHOOD SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM ti Vicki Williams October 1977 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Douglass Lee, Project Leader Institute of Urban and Regional Research University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Preparation of this report was supported by an Innovative Projects grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to the City of Iowa City. ; r`1 .1....-7 1 7 PREFACE The projects described in this report constitute a shopping list of possible improvements for the neighborhood; they have not been formally recommended in any way, and they have not been ordered into any kind of priority. The projects are simply candidates, among many, for the City's capital improvement funds. Documentation for each project is brief, although more extended justifications can be found in other reports of the North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study, those on streets and traffic, and parking, in particular. It is expected that this report will be revised within the next four months, and will, at that time, incorporate the results of discussions and recommendations concerning the proposed improvements. Interested persons may contact the North Side Neighborhood project at the Institute by calling 353-3862. NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS INTRODUCTION Pages 1 TRAFFIGWAYS 2 Alley Surfaces 2 Traffic Controls in Alleys 2 Cement Patches in Brick Streets 2 ^V?; Figure 1 - Alleys in the North Side 3 Figure 2 - Brick Streets 4 i. Pedestrian Right -of -Ways 5 MTraffic Diverters 5 Figure 3 - Traffic Diverter 5 M" Necking" 6 A:. , Traffic Lights 6 MBike Lanes 6 Figure 4 - Necking 7 MFigure 5 - Traffic Lights and Bike Lanes 8 a. PARKING LOTS Screening 9 Figure 6 - Screening Parking Lots 10 VEGETATION Tree Planting 9 RECREATION Happy Hollow 11 Figure 7 - Parks and Playgrounds 12 Figure 8 - Happy Hollow 13 WALKWAYS Sidewalks 11 Figure 9 - Sidewalk Installation 14 STREET FURNITURE Lighting 14 Figure 10 - Street Lights 15 Benches 16 Utilities 16 ■ Figure 11 - Transit Routes and Benches 17 SUMMARY TABLE 18-20 RESOURCES 21 M INTRODUCTION The following list of possible neighborhood improvements for the North Side of Iowa City has been developed as a result of residents' comments at block meetings, expressions of concern from members of the North Side Neighbors organization, and observations by the study staff. Although distinctions are sometimes vague, an attempt has been made to limit this list to physical public improvements for the area (e.g. , sidewalk maintenance and repair) as compared to neighborhood problems that require a "policy" approach (parking control) . Improvements have been arranged in sections that correspond to other reports of the North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study, and these provide a more detailed justification for the proposed improvements. So far, no attempt has been made to determine whether the projects are worthwhile on a cost benefit basis; the improve- ments listed are simply those for which a need has been expressed. The program of improvements is presented in a table at the end of the report. Included in the information contained in the table is the location, the source of the recommendation for the improvement, a description of the improvement itself, and a rule -of -thumb estimate of some of the cost parameters. I TRArFICwAYS 1) Alley Surface As indicated on Figure 1, almost every block in the neighborhood is divided in half by an alley. The unpaved alleys, concentrated along the eastern border of the study area, are also noted. Negative Impacts I such as dust, noise and run-off would be reduced if these alleys were surfaced or regularly oiled. The City Streets Department recommends the latter as being cheap(T in the long run. Residents share the cost of materials (.4 gal/sq it at 60C a gal.) and the city provides equipment and labor. Under the present policy, it is difficult to achieve consensus among abutting property owners for alley improvements. Residents must take the initiative in making arrangements with the city. 2) Traffic Control in Alleys Although residential alleys are not intended for use by through traffic, those alleys indicated on Figure #1 have become a convenient short cut for many motorists. In addition to contributing to some of the negative impacts discussed above, through traffic is dangerous and disruptive to residents. Possible controls such as barriers, speed bumps, or raised mid -block medians on North-South Streets would tend to slow traffic and discourage short -cutting. 3) Cement Patches Many residents of the North Side view their brick streets as valuable resources and they object to patches of cement and asphalt used to fill holes resulting from utility repair and other maintenance work. Until recently, the city had no policy of brick replacement, resulting in over 100 patches along the eighteen blocks of brick streets in the study area (Figure 2). Restoration of bricks to these areas would greatly enhance and preserve the unique character of a number of North Side Streets. F 1'i ure xl - Alleys in the North Side ® Gravel mmm Brick 000 Lxcessive Through Traffic U U J � J PARK BROWN Q i Q RONALOB W LJ ° 'CHURCH (� SCHOOL \IRCHILO � rPAK U LC- ,� DAVENPORT I�r e MMOMINOTON I HOSPITAL y-- MARKlT U H �� }'i'U-, JEFFERSON f ---j � 1 F ---j F - k� z Q o 7 °m ° u z z m 7 m Z p o _z J 7 J z p ° 0 0 0 4 m k� Figure #2 - Brick Streets of the North Side FROWN PARK 4 Sri...:..... ... ...: :::..... :.:::: ::...: .....:: .........:.... . ;5 } RONALOB Q :�;..CHINiCH •''::: i�4iiiay.:1f SCHOOL NC ............ :.: '•'''''''y' a PARK ❑ GAVIIINPORT �j, ALOOMINOTLN HOSPITAL II^'' �-1 5 ,.MARKET '.. JBFFURBON .... 2 m 2 m 2 m I p p o J ? j 4 cv 4) Pedestrian Rights -of -Way The city policy of marking pedestrian cross -walks is limited to those intersections which have pedestrian traffic of 200-300 crossings an hour for at least 8 hours a day. This policy adversely affects safety, because motorists and pedestrians lack a mutual respect for each other. Marking pedestrian crossings has been requested by residents, and any attempts to raise motorists awareness of pedestrian rights-of-way (by signs, painted lines, contrasting surfaces) would be worthwhile. 5) Traffic Diverters The use of traffic diverters would discourage through traffic on the residential streets of the North Side and would help protect the neighbor- hood from some of the negative impacts (noise, dust, vibration, physical danger) of excessive vehicular movement. Design possibilities range from the diagonal positioning of 3 or 4 large cement tubs (containing plantings and trees) across key intersections, to landscaped islands such as the diverter pictured in Figure 3 below. Although more costly, the latter would contri- bute green space and lend a pedestrian orientation to the area. -- ��_--- n, ■ ao OW ■we■■■ : ■: ■ ■■i■■ ■ � C Figure 3: Traffic Diverter* *Source: Department of Community Development, Towa City Plan, Trafficways Report. 1 5 6) Necking Moving curbs outward at intersections prevents parking and provides easier access to narrow side streets. At an intersection such as Governor and Ronalds, left -turning traffic from Governor must enter Ronalds swiftly; if cars are parked on both sides, then two moving vehicles cannot pass (Figure 4). 7) Traffic Lights Traffic lights should be provided where two major streets intersect, particularly in cases where there are substantial left turn movements. Church and Dubuque, Gilbert and Jefferson, and Gilbert and Market are intersections fitting this description (Figure 5). The following data demonstrates the need for traffic control. Intersection Church and Dubuque Gilbert and Jefferson Gilbert and Market 1977 No, of Accidents A 6 personal injuries 2 property damage 4 personal injuries 1 property damage 1976 Rank in City No. of Accidents 7th 20th 1976 Rank in City Rate of Accidents ------------- 9th 16th ;F;;, The city is presently considering traffic light installation at the last two Intersections. 8) Bike Lanes 1 Considering the location of this neighborhood in relation to downtown and the university, and the fact that many students reside in the North Side, there Is an obvious need for more and improved bike lanes. Figure 5 shows the only existing bike lanes in the area along Market and Jefferson and locates Y;4i { L' Dp- Ronalds St. PROPOSED Ronalds St. Figure 4 - Example of "Neckiny" on Ronalds St. at Governor Stroot 7 opOWN AONAUM IOMUPCM �N1111CMIL0 1 i DAVINPORT N ELOOMINOTON MARKET JEFFEpEON ri ure SSS - Bike Lanes and Traffic Lights • Proposed Traffic Lights --- Suggested Bike Lanes 'EEE- Existing Bike Lanes �IQ10 I�J1� �1� l r-.1 11 1 �1 •� �;CN[iOL ; �1�1� ❑r �IL� �- PARK n ON =1=1=rrr=1 Ummom I MOEPITAL 1 L C L F L C- L 9 0 suggested additions. Some streets which do not lend themselves to stan- dard bike lanes (Linn Street has a brick surface and calendar parking controls) could be designated as "bike streets" upon which autos must yield right-of- way to bicycles. PARKING LOTS 9) Screening Screening of the city -owned Market Street parking lot, in accordance with the Iowa City Tree Planting Plan (see Figure 6), is recommended. VEGETATION 10) Tree Planting As explained in the Iowa City Tree Plan, trees are an extremely valuable amenity. In addition to being beautiful, they provide shade, windbreaks, limited noise control, and insulation. Continued tree planting should be encouraged along the parking area of streets. Arterial or collector streets such as Dubuque, Church, Dodge, Governor, Market and Jefferson should be considered as having first priority because of the amount of traffic flow and increased need for protective buffering. Such trees as pine and spruce are suggested for this nt was made of the number of block purpose. From a windshield survey, a cou faces on the above named streets which could use more trees. These included blocks that were completely naked of vegetation (South Side of Church between hose which contained unlandscaped apartment buildings. Dubuque and Linn) and t Other areas, such as the south side of Bloomington between Dubuque and Linn, ed in the Neighborhood Impacts Survey• have been included because they were not 0 Figure #6 - Screening of Parking Lots TYPICAL PARKING LOT SITE PIAN —+4— CONTOUR O2" CALIPER TREEi 20% OF EACH: CRAB APPLE GREEN ASH MAY► 1978 LITTLE LEAF LINDEN NGLABEHEAD MAPLE 1 11 250, BRADFORb PEAR F14 LYS'x jIn w W (L x xx x x DECIDUOUS DRIVE D^pirtment of Community Development, Guide to Parking Lot Landscaping 10 RECREATION SPACE 11) Happy Hollow Park As indicated in Figure 7, the recreation and green space within the study area is limited to only two municipal parks and the playgrounds of two schools - a mere total of only 8.57 acres. One of the parks, Happy Hollow Park, has been described by the city as "fully developed for its size." It has been observed, however, that the present use (ball diamond and re - suiting parking space requirements) completely overpowers the aesthetics of the park and neighborhood. The addition of 1.2 acres of land to the west (see Figure 8) would greatly ease this situation. WALKWAYS 12) Sidewalks There are areas of the North Side which do not have sidewalks. City policy consists of referring any complaints about sidewalks to the City ;. Council. In all instances, installation and maintenance costs are assessed to prowners. Along Dubuque Street between Ronalds and the alley north (Figure 9) this is exceptionally dangerous due to the high volume and speed of traffic. The steep embankment of property fronting Dubuque Street further complicates pedestrian travel along this half -block and would necessitate some type of retaining wall after sidewalk installation. Another location for sidewalk installation is noted on Figure 8. 11 P_igure-7 - Parks and Playgrounds in tl;t: North Sidc Z -Happy Hollow Park ....:.:....::.::. {.;:.;..r..... ..: eaowN '-- RONALD? m It LO— C=7U�7CUCIC� �_� CHURCH (� Horace Mann Playground RCHILD North Market Square 1''/�^�1II III(�11t I I I I �x U L�J 4-. N ❑ �� ;,. DAVENPORT OLOOMINOTON HOMPITAL MARKET BCHOOL Central jr. High Playground �,,# �. 2 �.`.. j F ¢ 2 w 0 W m J Z m m a Q Z J1>1 Jat J o o 1 m > o °u 17 Piaure #8 - Happy Hollow Addition f - sed Additiod LIJ +{ HAPPY HOL LIJr}J�y}1 •� PARK ' Proposed Sidewalks ,l be ^r' 13 Figure 9: Proposed Sidewalk STREET FURNITURE it 13) Lighting Commercial portions of the study area have adequate street lighting, but the residential areas possess only a minimum of lighting, far too little for the safety and convenience of residents. City policy is to place streetlights at intersections only (unless the block is unusually long), leaving the mid -block sidewalks extremely dark. Because the North Side and because it attracts substantial is a high risk area for crimes such as rape, pedestrian traffic, increased street lighting is needed. The style could be similar to street lights on university property. 14 . .._...:,�.i...v � 1qure#10 - Street Lights • Existing Street Lights BROWN RONJ:LOB Y CHURCH = �= =0 El re �-=o Jo- L IRCHILO DAVENPORT �U��•UUU7UC_U� �o�UU��_-�UU_�n�� ALOOMINOTON l U, HOBPIT L MARKET �� C� L -___J • SCHOOLS] U _� L•_J U IU_ J C .. __ :.U:_-1 JOFFYRMON - Y ] ] Z Q _Z m J J z W ] V Z ] N i W 0 Q Q e ; G J > 0 0 0 0 15 14) Benches Strategic placement of benches and/or shelters would provide plea- sant rest stops for pedestrians and bus riders. The Manager of the Iowa City Mass Transit System has suggested locations that are close to neighborhood institutions such as Mercy Hospital and Eagles Grocery Store (see Figure 11). A wooden bench is seen as more aesthetically pleasing and a pedestal leg would contribute to mowing ease. 15) Utilities Most of the alleys in the North Side contain numerous utility poles, elevated platforms, telephone and power lines, transformers, and other equipment used for utility distribution. These features, plus the wires connecting individual structures to each system, create an unsightliness that is detrimental to neighborhood quality, and a program of staged under- P grounding would be very desirable. The City presently mandates the under- grounding of utility services in new subdivisions at a total cost of about $3.00/ft. (only part of which is assumed by the developer). In addition to �! the loss of life from existing above ground equipment, undergrounding in Ijl o; the North Side would be more expensive because of existing infrastructure (sidewalks, alleys, etc.) and the need for residents to rewire their homes to accept underground service. The utility company estimates that the average age of poles and wires in the neighborhood is about 10 years, although the majority tend to be clustered at each extreme (new and 20-25 years). 16 Figure 411. - Iowa City Transit Routes © Suggested Locations for Benches � L ■ROWN . HOSPITAL �I� �I rC .�----�-I--------------�-�--� SCHOOL �1 pONALDE I� W F-01 :NUACN ^I I� OL $CHILD I PARK DIL. 'DAVENPORT .-J �DDDD�J;L�CD;L MARKET "JEFFEpBON f 17 HOSPITAL �I� �I rC .�----�-I--------------�-�--� SCHOOL ��C 17 CO Improvement 1) Alley surfaces 2) Alley traffic control 3) Restore bricks to cement patches 4) Pedestrian -right- of-ways Neighborhood Improvements summary p�C�d�f�1�U1�11�U Estimated Reference Proposal Location Description Costs Trafficways (see Figure 1) 15 1/2 alleys, $6,750 per alley oiled once a year or surfaced Trafficways Alleys between 6 1/2 alleys mid block $500 each Davenport and Fairchild barrier in alley from Dubuque to Dodge; between Jefferson and mid block medians in $1,400 400 each Market from Dubuque to N -S streets Van Buren 19 patches $85,950 Trafficways Brown 38 patches Total Linn Fairchild 29 patches Davenport 11 patches Church 5 patches with an average area of 48 sq. ft. Trafficways Church & Dubuque 6" lines, reflective $1501totalection Fairchild & Dubuque paint, 6' apart, Davenport & Dubuque applied twice/yr. Bloomington & Dubuque or installation of Market & Dubuque permanent material Jefferson & Dubuque (brick, plastic) of Market & Linn contrasting color, Market & Gilbert 6' wide Jefferson & Linn Jefferson & Gilbert p�C�d�f�1�U1�11�U VU MUM, AM A Neighborhood Improvements Summary idose (Continued) Estimated Improvement Reference Proposal Location Description Costs 5) Traffic diverter Trafficways Linn & Davenport sl0 di $21,000 each Linn & wide constructed Linn & Ronalds gonally across inter - Linn & Bloomington sections or 3 or 4 cement tubs w/plantings Trafficways Ronalds &GovernorExtending 6) Necking along15' of block face intersection at intersection 7) Traffic lights Trafficways Church & Dubuque Standard stop light $12,000 each Gilbert & Jefferson pretimed signals Gilbert & Market 2 phased control 8) Bike lanes Trafficways Davenport 36 blocks of lanes painted a contrasting $9/block total $324 Gilbert Johnson color 4' wide, once a Lucas year Ronalds Church Fairchild "Bike streets" $60/sign Linn Brown sign to inform $300 total motorists every 2 or 3 blocks 9) Screening Market Parking Market Street Plantings around $3,000 between Linn & perimeter lot Gilbert VU MUM, AM A I N 0 Improvement 10) Tree Planting 11) Happy Hollow 12) Sidewalk 13) Street lights 14) Benches Neighborhood Improvements Summary Table (Continued) Reference Proposal Iowa City Tree Planting Plan Location Church - 1 1/2 blocks Dodge - 3 blocks Gilbert - 5 1/2 blocks Governor - 2 blocks Jefferson - 2 blocks Market - 1 1/2 blocks & business section Bloomington - 1 block Brown Street between Governor & Lucas Dubuque between Ronalds and alley North Description 150 trees pine, spruce other large trees 1 tree every 32.8' Addition of 1. 2 acres adjacent & to the west of park 4' wide 1/2 block long, plus 4' retaining wall 9 square blocks 25 lights lantern or from Market to Church , globe on a 10-12' pole Gilbert to Dodge Mercury Vapor Located midblock or down 1/3 of block on one side, 2/3 down facing block Corner of Jefferson & Linn, Market and Van Buren, Jefferson and Governor, Dodge and Church FELMORAMW Wooden bench with pedestal leg Estimated Costs $75-$100 each $7,545 - $11,318 total $90,000 $7,650 $500 each $12, 500 total $75 - $600 each $300 - $2400 total i RESOURCES Brachtel, Jim, Traffic Engineer, Public Works Department. Department of Community Development, Iowa City Bikeways Plan. Department of Community Development, Iowa City Tree Planting Plan. Electrical Distribution Office, University of Iowa. Engineering Department, City of Iowa City. Farmer, Frank, Civil Engineer, Public Works Department. Geshwiler, Rick, Senior Planner, Department of Community Development. Keating, Bill, Assistant Planner, Department of Community Development. Laverty, Keven, Streets and Traffic Report, North Side Neighborhood Study Group. Minter, Craig, Superintendent of Streets, Public Works Department. Mose, Hugh, Transit Manager, Iowa City Bus System. Schweer, Mel, Engineer, Iowa-nlinois Gas and Electric Company. Sheets, Sue, Redevelopment Specialist, Community Development. >,-'- Williams, Vicki, _Parking on the North Side Neighborhood, North Side Neighborhood Study Group. y v 21 I1?�t,Ny Fo%!f2 of 10/18/77) �i.pf 2 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study: HISTORIC STRUCTURES INVENTORY Department of Community Development,City of Iowa City Institute of Urban & Regional Research, University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa -October, 1977 39x6 MO I I I I I 11 HISTORIC STRUCTURE INVENTORY Elaine Baxter October 1977 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Douglass Lee, Project Leader Institute of Urban and Regional Research University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Preparation of this report was supported by an Innovative Projects grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to the City of Iowa City. PREFACE This inventory identifies and records those structures within the North Side Neighborhood which possess historic or architectural signi- ficance, up to approximately World War I. As one component of a com- prehensive planning study of the Neighborhood, the historic survey is intended to serve two major purposes: first, it attempts to document some of the many social and physical resources that make the community an important and worthwhile segment of Iowa City and second, it attempts to integrate a concern for historic perservation with a general interest in neighborhood protection. Both of these objectives are highly innovative, and the present volume constitutes only a beginning. It is the recommendation of this study that some kind of additional incentive to retain the structures identified in this inventory be created, possibly in the form of an historic district or districts. Iowa has recently enacted enabling legislation which describes the process by which these districts may be established. Other related recommendations are contained in a series of reports prepared by the North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study, covering problem areas such as traffic, parking, community facilities and neighborhood improvements. A note of appreciation is warranted for the people whose knowledge of architectural history and historic inventories was drawn upon for this inventory. Dawn Chapman of the City of Iowa City, Professors Robert Dykstra and Laurence Lafore of the Department of History of the University of Iowa, Lauren Horton of the Iowa State Historical Department, Jerry and Carol Goddard of Burlington, Iowa, and Todd Mozingo of the Division of Historic Perservation of the Iowa State Historical Department all were helpful with their advice. Professor Douglass Lee, Project Leader of the North Side Preservation Study, provided the overview necessary to integrate this work into the larger Neighbor- hood project. Also the residents of the North Side Neighborhood were unfailingly helpful in supplying information about their homes and neighborhood. Comments and questions about this inventory should be directed to the North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study, Professor Douglass B. Lee, Jr., Project Leader. This is a Joint project of the City of Iowa City and the Institute of Urban and Regional Research with offices at the Oakdale Campus of the University of Iowa, telephone 353-3862. ii r L !I CONTENTS Preface History of the North Side Neighborhood Guidelines for an Historic Structure Inventory Descriptions of Architectural Styles References North Side Neighborhood Historic Structure Inventory i 1 5 11 18 HISTORY OF THE NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD The history of the North Side Neighborhood begins in 1839 with the founding of the City of Iowa City. The First Legislative Assembly, meeting in Burlington in 1839, passed a bill to locate the permanent capital of the Territory of Iowa in Johnson County. The Iowa City site was picked for the new seat of government and by May of 1839 the new city was surveyed and platted. All of the North Side Neighborhood was contained within the boundaries of the original City of Iowa City. The Neighborhood extends from Jefferson Street on the south to Brown Street on the north, and from Dubuque Street on the west to Governor Street on the east. This area, lying just north of the central husiness district and west of the campus of the University arliest parts of the city to be settled. EARLY after t:y The old architeo which w�: The majority New York, and behind. , and those who came buildings which they built. d are simple in style. The )les the Greek Revival style 1820 through the 1840'x. F'Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and to look like the ones they left Churches were quickly established in the new community, and the first Mass in Iowa City was celebrated in 1840 on the site of the present St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Methodists founded their church in 1840, on the location now occupied by the United Methodist Church. Immigrants moved to Iowa City, and the North Side, from Ireland, Germany, Scotland and, in the late 1840's, from Bohemia. The Bohemians, or Czechs, moved into the northeast part of the North Side; this area came HISTORIC STRUCTURE INDEX MAP NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD �+---^� JEFFERSON KEY 59 BLOCK NUMBER HISTORIC STRUCTURE LOCATION RETAKE OF PRECEDING DOCS r JORM MICROLAB TARGET SERIES J HISTORY OF THE NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD The history of the North Side Neighborhood begins in 1839 with the founding of the City of Iowa City. The First Legislative Assembly, meeting in Burlington in 1839, passed a bill to locate the permanent capital of the Territory of Iowa in Johnson County. The Iowa City site was picked for the new seat of government and by May of 1839 the new city was surveyed and platted. All of the North Side Neighborhood was contained within the boundaries of the original City of Iowa City. The Neighborhood extends from Jefferson Street on the south to Brown Street on the north, and from Dubuque Street on the west to Governor Street on the east. This area, lying just north of the central business district and west of the campus of the University of Iowa, was one of the earliest parts of the city to be settled. EARLY RESIDENTS The people who first settled on the North Side, and those who came after them, left a record of their way of life in the buildings which they built. The oldest homes still standing in the Neighborhood are simple in style. The architecture of these buildings most closely resembles the Greek Revival style which was popular in the United States from about 1820 through the 1840's. The majority of the new arrivals came from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York, and they built their new homes to look like the ones they left behind. Churches were quickly established in the new community, and the first Mass in Iowa City was celebrated in 1840 on the site of the present St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Methodists founded their church in 1840, on the location now occupied by the United Methodist Church. Immigrants moved to Iowa City, and the North Side, from Ireland, Germany, Scotland and, in the late 1840's, from Bohemia. The Bohemians, or Czechs, moved into the northeast part of the North Side; this area came to be called "Goosetown". They built their parish church -- St. Wenceslaus -- in 1893, and Czech Hall in 1900. This community building is now used for the Preucil School of Music, but its history is not forgotten; the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. BUSINESS It was not long before a commercial area grew up on the North Side, along Market Street between Linn and Gilbert. Three breweries dominated the block; first, the Englert's established a brewery in 1853 on the south side of the 300 block of Market. Across the street, on the north side of Market, was the Dostal Brothers Great Western Brewery. Down the block on the southwest corner of Linn and Market was the Union Brewery, owned by Conrad Graf and later by Hotz and Geiger. This building, built in 1856, is still in use today by the Economy Advertising Company. The other breweries have been demolished, and parking lots now occupy the sites. Other businesses came and went, and a listing of them illumi- nates a way of life now past. There were ice houses, meat markets, cobblers, saloons, groceries, and lunch rooms. There was a soda water bottling business, a confectionary, a tin shop, a barber, a black- smith, a bakery and a carpet weaver. Protecting all these establish- ments, and the surrounding residents, was the Alert Hose Company, ready to battle fires when summoned from its headquarters at 204 Linn. Some things have not changed so much; drugs were dispensed from the same comer where Pearson's pharmacy now does business. Since the 1850's there have been rooms for rent on the second and third floor of the building where Sutton T.V. is located. Many familiar Institutions like John's Grocery and Taco Grande have housed a succes- sion of enterprises since the 1870's and the 1880's. 2 1 HISTORIC STRUCTURE INDEX MAP NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD W'1,:a,,... -- BROWN 91 0 .9 . .■m■.■ ... :.... ti �N 3 • . .. • • • ' • RONALOS as r gxV� • • • H;.a .•.■Boom•Nm Be Y .`b rt cNuneH LL • • ■ ■ 0 Z • ■ ■ • .. ■ ■ • • ■ • • 10EFF 0D�h ° • Z • ■ W ■ �OU■(30J ' J • ■ • ■ i■■■B■ ■u ■• J .�■ V 0 pA1RCNILO o ■ moss . ONE ;.. . 1-001,10 ° ¢¢, ' • UPkhR ' . m s •"' +yyy • ■ ■ .■ ■■ ■' ■■.■. ■■ •• J u■ su...' pAV ENrO AT qi ■ ■ g�1, uuu■ ■ i eLOOMIN6�ON .o. ■■■ .. ■ B Y"��°°••°� • m.. HOSPITAL q 38 ° ■ m • . ... MARKET ..■ ■■• ■ j • • ■ . •• M • ■ • iF.; ■ as JEFFER80N KEY SQ BLOCK NUMBER I.,I ISiOR%C 6TRUCT URE LOCAT IO N I 1 II II II One of Iowa City's most distinctive commercial buildings -- Slezak Hall -- is located on the northwest comer of Linn and Bloomington . Nostalgia for Bohemia must have inspired the design for this complex of buildings, which included a saloon, a grocery, a stage, meeting rooms, a hotel, boarding rooms and space for horses and carriages for the guests. The entire group of buildings is still intact and now houses Pagliai's Pizza, the Laundromat and the Holub Apartments. There were other small businesses scattered throughout the North Side. Many of them were located in residences: meat markets, grocery stores, carpenter shops and even a cigar factory located in a backyard. GROWTH AND CHANGE The simple architecture of the 1840's gave way to more complex and omate styles, and the buildings on the North Side mirrored the tastes of the times. The residents of the North Side were primarily middle and working class people and there are few opulent homes in the Neighborhood. There are some larger and more distinctive houses, but the dominant theme is one of modest houses. They represent, on a small scale, the changing styles that shaped American architecture from the 1840's until World War I -- the period covered in this inventory. As the population of Iowa City grew and the North Side became more built up, many early buildings were torn down or moved to different locations. Around the turn of the century many of the older small brick and stone buildings were replaced by larger frame houses. The North Side not only was a neighborhood of residences, businesses and churches; it also had schools and a hospital. In the 19th century, the Sisters of Mercy Hospital and the Josephite Sanitarium were both on the block now covered by Mercy Hospital. A branch of Ralston Creek flowed through the block, but was covered over by the turn of the century. 3 The creek also flowed through the middle of the block now occupied by Central Junior High School. A public school, built in 1885 and known as the Second Ward School, stood on the south east comer, and a high school was across the creek to the west. By 1903 the creek was covered over and a new high school has been built. Central Junior High School is now housed in this building, and the other schools on the block have been demolished. Other landmarks in the neighborhood which have vanished include the brickyard in Happy Hollow Park, the J. T. Aldous Greenhouse (located on the lot now occupied by Eagle's Supermarket), and the Third Ward School on the southeast corner of Davenport and Johnson. Despite the changes, the alterations and the demolitions, the most remarkable feature of the North Side Neighborhood is its continuity. Here is a neighborhood that displays the range of domestic and commercial American architecture from the 1840's onward. The major growth was over by World War I, but there are many buildings dating from the 1920's and 1930's. The dominant character of the neighborhood had survived for 138 years. It is an American neighborhood of a type once common and now rapidly disappearing into our past. 4 II I I II II L1 1 1 GUIDELINES FOR AN HISTORIC STRUCTURE INVENTORY The guidelines which follow explain how the information was gathered and recorded for the North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory. Residents of the neighborhood who would like to do further research on the architectural or historical significance of their own homes or the neighborhood as a whole can use these guidelines, and they will prove helpful as well to the professional planner who wishes to conduct a similar project. Many of the inventory sheets are only partially completed, but this should be sufficient to provide a skeletal view of the architectural and historical significance of the structures in the Neighbor- hood built prior to World War I. Further work will still be necessary to flesh out the story of the North Side Neighborhood. IDENTIFICATION block: Obtain the city block number from the Iowa City Assessor's office at the Johnson County Courthouse. address: List the number and street address of the building. present use: For the North Side Neighborhood the uses will be either single family residential, multiple family residential, commercial, religious, or educational. In the latter three cases, give the specific name of the occupant; for example: commercial - John's Grocery. Information about present use can be obtained at the City Assessor's office at the Johnson County Courthouse, and should be field checked. lot number: The City Assessor's identifying lot number will be found at the City Assessor's office at the Johnson County Courthouse. 5 owner occupied: Only relevant for residential uses. Check ownership of property at the City Assessor's office, and cross-check with listings In the Iowa City Telephone Directory and City Directory to ascertain owner occupancy. DESCRIPTION date of construction: The date of construction for the buildings covered by this inventory was determined by two methods listed below. A third method, not employed here, will be explained to assist people wish - Ing to do further research on this subject. A. exact dating: For this inventory, reference was made to books on Iowa City architecture by Keyes, Lafore and Weber. These works give exact dates for a limited number of North Side structures. Dates for a great many more buildings were obtained from information contained In the Sanborn Insurance Maps located at the Iowa State Historical Library in Iowa City. The first of these maps for Iowa City was issued in 1883 and subsequent maps were published in 1888, 1899, 1906, 1912 and 1920. The maps depict all the structures on a block, in outline form, and denote the building materials used. Not all blocks are included, but those that are it is possible to date post -1883 structures with a high degree of accuracy. B. 22proximate dating by architectural styles: An estimate was made of the date of construction for the majority of buildings in the North Side Neighborhood. This was done by studying the architectural styles that were popular during the period covered in the inventory from approximate- ly 1890 up to World War I. Books by Plymat, Whiffen, and Williams contain pictures and descriptions of 19th and early 20th century archi- tectural styles and list the years these styles were in fashion. Keyes and Lafore's books were also useful in this effort. Buildings which are outstanding examples on the North Side of styles occurring after World War I are also included. Whiffen and Lafore were the only sources used for the post -World -War -I period. The term "circa," meaning approximately, has been used when uncertain- ty exists about the exact date of construction. In all such cases the abbreviated form "c." precedes the date; for example: c. 1890. 11 I ' C. other research techniques: The Iowa State Historical Society Library in Iowa City, the Iowa City Public Library and the Special Collections section of the State University of Iowa Library in Iowa City are all repositories for a great deal of useful information about the older buildings on the North Side. The librarians will be able to assist individuals in their search for early newspapers of Iowa City, old city directories, histories of Iowa City and Johnson County and collections of early letters, photographs and diaries. 1 [1 The Historic Perservation Office of the Iowa State Historical Department in Iowa City can provide information on research methods and the results of studies in other communities. Documents kept at the Johnson County Courthouse provide other clues helpful when assigning dates. Wills, deeds and the Assessor's tax roles are all potential sources of information. Property owners can examine their abstracts; a sudden increase in property value indicates construction on the lot. Interviews with older residents can yield data on year of construction or information on alterations or movement of buildings to new sites. These methods were not used in completing the inventory, but should be used in adding to the body of knowledge contained in this report. building type and material: number of stories A. one story B. two story C. three story D. describe any variation from the above, or any combinations building materials A. brick B. wood frame C. stucco D. shingle E. stone F. siding overlay of more recent addition 1. aluminum 2. asbestos 3. perma-stone 4. imitation brick siding G. describe any other building materials that occur that are not listed above 7 architectural style: The buildings on the North Side are generally a simplified version of the several styles that were popular in the United States from the period of settlement of Iowa City in the late 1830's through the Victorian styles of the middle and late 19th century and into the early 20th century, Picutres and descriptions of the styles most pre- valent in the North Side follow these guidelines, and the reader is advised to consult these in order to become familiar with the chara c- teristics of the various styles. The information for this section comes from Lafore, Plymat, Whiffen and Williams. The terms "early" or "late precede the style names when accurate dating information suggests that the structure has been built some- what before or after the period during which that style flourished. Two styles that are common on the North Side do not lend themselves to easy categorization in the recognized styles. The terms that have been coined to describe these styles for the purposes of this study are North Side Victorian c. 1885 - 1905 and North Side Turn -of -the - Century Cottage c. 1890 - 1910. The architectural styles most often seen in the North Side Neighbor- hood are: A. Greek Revival c. 1830 - 1850 B. Italianate c. 1845 - 1885 C. Gothic c. 1845 - 1910 (this includes both early Gothic and late Carpenter Gothic) D. Queen Anne c. 1875 - 1900 E. North Side Victorian c. 1885 - 1905 F. North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage c. 1890 - 1910 G. Georgian Revival c. 1890 - 1920 Other styles which are present in the North Side Neighborhood are noted in the space for architectural style, but no attempt has been made to picture and describe every style in the guidelines, because they appear so rarely and are not typical of the neighborhood. Whiffen's book provides the most complete coverage of the many styles of American architecture in use during the 19th and 20th centuries. I 11 11 I II 1 Fi 1 1 1 1 1 I ' condition: Using the following criteria, describe the condition of the structure. ' A. excellent - no visible repair work needed B. good - major repairs not needed, but need for general maintenance ' C. fair - in need of repairs more than routine maintenance work D, deteriorated - In need of major repairs importance to neighborhood: Rate the architectural or historical importance to the neighborhood using the following remarks. A. has importance independent of surrounding structures - This category is reserved for the most important structures in the North Side. example: 319 Bloomington B. focal point of block - In a group of buildings this one stands out because it is more interesting architecturally. example: 215 Linn ' C. important as part of a cluster of buildings - This building is not distinctive on its own but gains importance as part of a group. example: 229 Gilbert D. later alterations have diminished architectural value - So much of the original building has been remodeled or covered over that it lacks the appearance common to its period. example: 331 Market notable features of building and site: Mention anything distinctive about the following elements of the building. A. porch B. windows C. doors D. roofs E. chimneys F. brackets or "gingerbread" G. columns H. foundation I. sheds, barns or landscape features j. Describe any other outstanding features about the exterior of the building 9 If the structure is mentioned as an outstanding example of its style by Keyes or Lafore, or Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, that should be noted. That information can be obtained from the Division of Historic Preservation, Iowa State Historical Department, Iowa City, HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE original owner: Name the source for information, Keyes, Lafore, Weber, or other. In most cases this will be blank and further research will be necessary to determine the original owner. original use: The same comments apply here as above. historical significance: Information of historical value will be entered here. To determine historical significance it is necessary to consult refer- ence works on local history, architectural history, or individuals familiar with the history of the North Side Neighborhood. The infor- mation used in this inventory came from books by Keyes, Lafore, Weber and the Sanborn Insurance Maps, If the sources cite infor- mation about the structure being moved from its original location, that should be entered here. sources: List the sources of information used in dating or determining histori- cal significance, 10 I 1 1 1 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 II II II II GREEK REVIVAL 1830 - 1850 The earliest settlers in the North Side Neighborhood built structures based on the styles of ancient Greece. This Greek Re- vival style was very popular in the eastern part of the United States, and as the pioneers moved west they built their homes in this mode. The more ornate examples of Greek Revival with their classic columned porticos do not appear in the North Side. Instead, the typi- cal Greek Revival building seen here is very simple in form, and many structures will have only a few details of the style on a simple rectangular structure. ?19 N• Gilbert materials wood frame brick stone - local yellow sandstone style one story two story door rectangular glass transom over door 11 windows six over six panes stone lintels over windows on brick and stone versions roof low pitch to roof broad cornice broken pediment dentil molding low pitched roof J` cornice ` si2c over six detattt - "' = "irtdow with r \, •molding .- - -tea µ_` � pants stone lintel anchor iron- tt•Ansom ?19 N• Gilbert materials wood frame brick stone - local yellow sandstone style one story two story door rectangular glass transom over door 11 windows six over six panes stone lintels over windows on brick and stone versions roof low pitch to roof broad cornice broken pediment dentil molding ITALIANATr, c. 1845 - 1885 The coronation of Queen Victoria on June 28, 1838 marked the beginning of the Victorian era, which lasted for more than 60 years. The term "Victor- ian" is applied to a number of architec- tural styles that were popular during the years of Victoria's reign. The first of these styles to become popular in Iowa City was the Italianate It was imported from the East, where eaves with heavy bracltets G"*T-e— piUars on porch or veranda materials wood frame brick style one story - not common two story wealthy persons were building homes in the 1830's and 1840's. The new styles became popular in the West via pattern books, which allowed local carpenters and builders to copy the fancy buildings from "back East". The Italianate house with a tower or cupola is not common on the North Side; instead, Italianate fea- tures appear on the basic rectangular house of the Greek Revival period. 3 18 E. Je f ferson windows tall slender - often floor length segmental arches over windows - early ornate arches over windows - late bay windows common low pitched roof segmented arch bay mitldow 1 1 11 1I 3 ' floor ' length window it r rOOI low pitch to roof extended eaves ornate brackets, often paired, under eaves, around porches and bay windows door double doors common oval glass inserts in door arch almost always a porch (often called veranda) square pillars with brackets I 12 1 GOTHIC c. 1895 - 1910 At about the same time that Italianate style buildings were replacing Greek Revival in popu- larity, the Gothic style was also being introduced. "The Architec- ture of Country Houses" by Andrew Jackson Downing, printed in 1850, helped popularize both the Italian - ate and the Gothic. The Gothic style is easy to identify but hard to date. That is because it remained in use for such gingerbread bargeboard oa gables -paired window with pointed arch tritn— gi"erbread unaterials wood frame style one story two story a long time, from the Gothic Revival in the 1890's, 1850's and 1860's to the Carpenter Gothic of the late nineties. The Gothic style has sharp- ly pointed rooflines, multiple gables and fancy scroll woodwork. With the invention of the mechanical jigsaw, gingerbread decoration was made pos- sible on a grand scale. Patterns were mass produced, and trim was applied to otherwise plain houses. It is often the case that this trim has been removed in later years. i z o E.Fairchitd windows pointed -early Gothic paired windows in some instances roof sharply pitched steep pointed gables gingerbread bargeL•oards porch gingerbread trim 13 QUEEN ANNI' c. 1675 - 1900 The name Queen Anne is a mis- leading one for this style. It is not an adaptation of the architecture of Queen Anne's time, but is instead an American version of a style popular in England in the latter part of the nine- teenth century. The Queen Anne style is charac- fish scale sh irLyLe s steep pitched roof -with -many gabtecT materials wood frame - mixture of surfaces board siding and fish scale shingles most common brick - mixed with fish scale shingles on gables style one story - uncommon two story porch delicate spindlework classical details ff"M terized by complexity and irregularity of form. There is always a variety of surface texture, roofs and wall projec- tions. The tower or turret is the most prominent feature on some North Side Queen Anne houses. Pattern books and blueprints by mail were the source of inspiration for most of the North Side Queen Anne houses. tower Largc porch with. swindle or clinger - bread tri.u6 324 E. Church windows bay windows frequent variety of window shapes window panes often outlined with stained glass squares leaded glass and stained glass root steeply pitched many gables dormers and towers I I II II II II II I I J I 14 1 11 11 1 P NORTH SIDE VICTORIAN C. 1885 - 1905 North Side Victorian is a term coined to cover the large number of late nineteenth century houses on the North Side which owe a great deal to both Queen Anne and Georgian Revival styles, but are really too simple in form to fit either style. Most often there is a prominent front gable on these houses, and the gable often has fish scale shin- gles on the gable peak. There are porches, sometimes Queen Anne, some- times Georgian Revival in detail. It is giagerbread bargeboarci - Large front Upper section. usually stained or leaded glass materials wood frame - fish scale shingle wood trim common brick style one story two story windows large front window - upper portion stained or leaded glass possible that some houses, in their original form, would be classified as one of the above styles. Over the years a great many structures have had all trim removed, porches torn off, siding applied, and new windows added, so that all that is left to hint at the style are the steep roof and the gables. There may be a large margin of error in this inventory in judging correctly the original architectural styles of these houses. 1 15 steep pitclud roof Wi tih f root gable poreli with gingerbread trilxL so E. Ch'"C" roof steeply pitched front gable most prominent feature porch gingerbread trim Georgian Revival details NORTH SIDE TURN -OF -THE -CENTURY COTTAGE c. 1890 - 1910 There are many simple rectangular or L-shaped houses on the North Side which do not fit into any of the catego- ries of Victorian architectural styles. These houses are usually one story, al- though there are some two story houses classified as cottages in this inventory. These cottages bear a resemblance to the earlier Greek Revival style, but the pitch of the roof is steeper, the cor- distinctive treatuvmt of windows or door— material wood frame style one story two story windows no distinctive treatment nice is not as wide, and the windows are taller and narrower. In their origi- nal state they may have had trim clas- sified as Carpenter Gothic. As in the case of the North Side Victorian, the trim and the porches have often been re- moved leaving a very simple, plain house These houses are difficult to date accu- rately, and the inventory may be in error on many Turn -of -the -Century Cottages. 814 E. Church 16 I M, roof moderate to steep pitch porch plain or simple trim moderate pitched roof with plain II I 'I GEORGIAN REVIVAL c. 1890 - 1920 The Georgian Revival represents a turning away from the foreign influences of the Italianate, the Gothic, and the Queen Anne styles. Americans were look- ing to their own architectural past and were building houses based on Colonial styles. The turn -of -the -century Georgian Revival still showed Victorian influence, but grad- ually the new style resembled the 1700's more and the 1800's less. wilulcrw -vitl& kwawy stone On the North Side, the Georgian Revival house is usually not ornate in form. There is often a Palladian -style window in a front dormer, and doors sometimes have fan lights. The domi- nant feature is the front porch with co- lumns topped by capitals in the Doric, Ionic or Corinthian orders. 214 E. Church loos pitched roof wide eaves grouped ' vii.do.us materials roof wood frame hipped, pitched or gambrel brick dentil molding under eaves style door two story fan light over door windows porch Palladian -style columns of Classic orders leaded windows clustered columns paired windows short columns with heavy bevelled glass stone supports 17 large porch REFERENCES CITED Insurance Map of Iowa City, Iowa. New York: Sanborn Map and Publishing Co., 1883. New York: Sanborn Map and Publishing Co., 1888. . New York: Sanborn -Perris Map Co., 1892. New York: Sanborn -Perris Map Co., 1899. New York: Sanborn Map Co. , 1906. . New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1912. New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1920. Keyes, Margaret N. Nineteenth Century Home Architecture of Iowa City. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1966. Lafore, Laurence. American Classic. Iowa City: Iowa State Historical Department/Division of the State Historical Society, 1975. and Robert R. Dykstra. "Report on the Proposed Rezoning Area of Iowa City's Near North Side." Iowa City, 1975, (mimeographed). Plymat, William Jr. The Victorian Architecture of Iowa. Des Moines: Elephant's Eye, Inc., 1976. Weber, Irving B. Iowa City. Iowa City: Iowa City Lions Club, 1976. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780• A Guide to the Styles. Cambridge: The M.I.T. Press, 1969. Williams, Henry Lionel and Ottalie K. Williams. A Guide to Old American Houses 1700-1900. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1962. I 11 II I II I I II II II I ''I I 1 Key Block 5. r,6 historical sfrucfure existing sfrucfure l! MST rIr r—a AVU S3 32 31 e G'2 G 13c P I 1 I I I G-13 29 � G 2 2 G7 2 h z rIr r—a ryl J4 JS 3b" .I��F�SoN North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 119 N. Governor present use: single family residence present owner: Ruth Carlson block: 5 lot no. 37-2025 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: A steep tin roof and the gingerbread trim onthe front porch give this house its Gothic character. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: c North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 831 E. Market present use: single family residence present owner: Marie Fuhrmeister block: 5 lot no. 2027 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Dutch Colonial Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 821 E. Market present use: multiple family residence present owner: Walter and Rozella Brennan block: 5 lot no. 2029 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished notable features of building and site: Distinguishing brackets have been removed, and the windows which reached to the floor on the 1st floor have been altered. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 11 Y F. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 5 lot address: 811 E. Market no. 2031 present use: single family residence owner present owner: John A. Dohrer occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -later asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as a part of cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 807 E. Market present use: single family residence present owner: Margaret Hughes block: 5 lot no. 2032 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of neighborhood notable features of building and site: The gingerbread trim on the front porch suggests the Carpenter Gothic style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 a U H z W A N F: �, w U z U z R H U N 0 F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 803 E. Market present use: multiple family residence present owner: George and Maldel Urchoticky block: 5 lot no. 2033 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanbo m 1912 1 1 I North Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 5 Histc -acture Inventory z O r. lot ¢ U address: 804 E. Jefferson no. 2034 z present use: single family residence owner A occupied: yes present owner: James H. Quinn N date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -later asbestos siding architectural style: Dutch Colonial Revival condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: a U N W Q original owner: W original use: Z historic significance: �C U z u, U N O H sources: Sanborn 1899 A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 5 lot address: 810 E. Jefferson no. 2035 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Glen Fitzpatrick Cont: occupied: Yes James Quinn date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -recent aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 814 E. Jefferson present use: single family residence present owner: Raymond & Eileen Roe block: 5 lot no. 2036 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F, O E a rx U Ca W r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 818 E. Jefferson present use: single family residence present owner: Sara A. Tokheim block: 5 lot no. 2037 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -later asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of neighborhood notable features of building and site: There are six over six windows and square pillars on the porch of this cottage. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 W ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 5 lot ' address: 117 N. Governor no. 2040 present use: single family owner present owner: Ambrose Dreckman occupied: ,Yes ' date of construction: c. 18,90-1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: I , The Greek Revival style six over six windows suggests an earlier construction date for this house. It is possible that it was moved from another location and the foundation is newer. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z a U z w A z W w z U z 1, H U N O F Key historical structure existing sfrucfure VjLcoMINC�"[oN b ctn �I I❑ Block 6 *Rkq W. P PI T I ¢q 50l 51 I 34 SS G. *Rkq North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 227 N. Governor present use: single family present owner: Prizler and Frus block: 6 lot no. 37-2041 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: simple Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F. W U z 4 U H z 2 H U M rz O F m 7. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 8 lot address: 817 Bloomington no. 2042 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Dean Oakes - Conservator occupied: no Cont: Wolf date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 809 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: George and Anna Mellicker block: 6 lot no. 2044 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The porch pediment has an interesting motif. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 z 0 a U H z w Q H :. w U z Q U H (±1 z R H U H x O F I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 224 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Tames & Susan Nordin block: 6 lot no. 2046 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as a part of cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 220 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Murray block: 6 lot no. 2047 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: Fish scale shingles surround the Palladian window in the gable peak. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 I:1 z 0 a U w Id North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 218 N. Lucas present use: multiple family residence present owner: Merle and Eileen Kjonaas block: 6 lot no. 2048 owner occupied: no late of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The steep pointed gables and the narrow double windows on the 2nd floor mark this as Gothic in style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 810 S. Market present use: single family residence present owner: Frank Gahan block: 6 lot no. 2050 owner occupied: no date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This is a typical gable front with fish scale shingles and a steep tin roof. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: G O H a. x U W W W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory .address: 814 E. Market present use: single family residence present owner: Charlotte Holoubek block: 6 lot no. 2051 owner occupied: no date of construction: C. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: There is a turn of the century style front door with an oval glass insert. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources:. 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 816-818 E. Market present use: multiple family residence Present owner: Benjamin Rittgers block: 6 lot no. 2052 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 1906 In the early 20th century a grocery store was located at 818 Market. z Q z w Q Q ?�l North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 213N. Governor present use: single family residence present owner: Joseph W. Walter block: 6 lot no. 2056 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story brick -stucco applied later architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: This simple structure could be earlier in date, however any identifying features have been removed. original owner: original use: historic significance: According to the owner this house was at one time located at 207 Governor. sources: Joseph W. Walter - owner z 0 P U z A H O H w H rz U w P4 ,. Key historical sfrucfure existing sfrucfure VMRVC?IT Block 7 NO o© a �hrYt 1 1 w Y L�� P•2 NO s a 1 Mimi Bu-,ow-,r\Tam North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 7 lot address: 817 Davenport no. 1081 present use: single family residence owner present owner: occupied: no I.G. and Geneva DeFrance date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn of the Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: A porch was added on the north side of the house c. 1899-1906 sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 71 U q North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 7 lot address: 330 Lucas no. 1083 pr sent use: multiple family residence owner present owner: George and Porence Kandura occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1900 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos and brick siding , original use: U building type and material: historic significance:zy architectural style: Gothic ' 1-I condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance z p �. notable features of building and site: PH a U H W w A , 1 original owner: W , original use: U historic significance:zy Hy, ' 1-I z U N ai H , sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 324 Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Pearl Hinkel block: 7 lot no. 1084 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 z a U �1 F z W ro lie e North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 320 Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: I. G. DeFrance block: 7 lot no. 1085 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame - asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -century cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The gingerbread trim on the porch and the tin roof are features often seen on the North Side Cottage. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanbom 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 7 Historic Structure Inventory z O lot U address: 830 E. Bloomington no. 1092 owner E present use: single family residence occupied: no A present owner: Francis and Genevieve H Conklin date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: focal point of block OH notable features of building and site: a U There are pedimented headings over the windows, but any w Italianate brackets have been removed from the house. A original owner: w original use: z historic significance: ¢ H z O H to sources: Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure Block 8 Dwe?-T F4 'AAS Dwe?-T If E-� Dwe?-T North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 429 N. Govemor present use: multiple family residence present owner: Mabel Krafta block: 8 lot no. 1094 owner. occupied: no date of construction: c 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asphalt siding architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the Century Cottage condition: fair Importance to neighborhood: Important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: ,a North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study , Historic Structure Inventory block: 8 address: 819 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: Ethel Kaspar lot no. 1095 owner occupied: no date of construction: C. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asphalt siding architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The gingerbread on the g able peak is all the Gothic fancywork that remains on this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 I I, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 410 N. Lucas present use: single family residence Present owner: Vera Northup block: 8 lot no. 1099 owner occupied: no date of construction: c 1850-1860 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -1 story brick -see note architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good Importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This house appears to be an early brick Greek Revival cottage with six over six windows and a later addition of a two story wood frame wing. The wood siding is now covered with a later asphalt siding and there is a carpenter Gothic side porch on this part of the house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: ,a North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 8 lot address: 812 E. Davenport no. 1102 present use: single family owner present owner: Gary Edwards occupied: yes date of construction: c 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: i original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure inventory block: 8 lot address: 814 E. Davenport no. 1103 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Tosephine Nesbitt occupied: no date of construction: c 1850-1870 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: late Greek Revival Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 W w z 4 U z t7 U a O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation. Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 826 N. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Thomas Kaefring block: 8 lot no. 1104 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1685 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 830 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Roger Bardwell block: 8 lot no. 110s owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Gothic condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 a U E" F z W 4 -- ra :; Key Block 9 ' historical sfrucfure existing sfrucfure Ct1uvka L ,l �1 :1 ;1 T�1 :1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 827 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Donald Laughlin block: 9 lot no. 1108 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1880 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Gothic Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F. w U z U H z c� M U x O H M North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 9 lot address: 821 E. Church no. 1109 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Esther Chuwick occupied: yes Cont: Nels Malmburg date of construction: c. 1860-1870 building type and material: 1 story brick architectural style: late Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The segmental arches over the windows and the anchor irons are Greek Revival features on this small brick house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 811 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Wm. Hoffey block: 9 lot no. 1110 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: large North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This is a larger version of a North Side cottage with a tin roof and square columns on the porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: f� A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 803 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Marion McNamara block: 9 lot no. 1111 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: single family residence architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 9 z O lot a address: 804 E. Fairchild no. 1113 present use: single family residence owner F4 present owner: John Wroblewski Cont: occupied: yes A Douglas McVay , date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame-perma stone architectural style: large North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good z importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished p notable features of building and site: F a ti rx U w Q original owner: original use: w historic significance: z U z N ti U x O H Cn i� sources: Sanborn 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 9 Historic Structure Inventory lot address: B12 E, Fairchild no. 1114 present use: single family owner occupied: yes present owner: Josephine Machovec date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 9 lot address: 820 E. Fairchild no. 1115 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Rose Shay occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 :. P! North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 828 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Leo Boarts block: 9 z lot U no. 1116 owner F z occupied: yes A H date of construction; C. 1905 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 1 1 1 1 ■ t North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 9 Historic Structure Inventory z O F ' lot M address: 830 E. Fairchild no. 1117 owneroccupied: present use: single family residence yes present owner: Jake Roskup A H date of construction: c. 1890 ' building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian z ' condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block O H notable features of building and site: x Fish scale shingles on the gable end of this house, and a flat bay window with bracket supports distinguish this house. There is an old barn, now used as a garage, at the rear of the lot. original owner: original use: historic significance: 1 .1 sources: Sanborn 1906 Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure Block 10 C�1u�cN v w G CT G=1 G-2 G J.� 4� C�1u�cN v w G CT North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 629 N. Governor present use: multiple family residence present owner: James Mellecker block: 10 lot no. 826 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z O a U ka F z w Q .a A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 823 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Barbara Ettleson block: 10 lot no. 827 owner occupied: no date of construction: c.1890 building type and materia}: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: N orth Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 10 1 lot ' address: 815 E. Ronalds no. 828 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Wm. Griffin occupied: yes t ' date of construction: c. 18g0 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: I1 original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z U z w A F, rd 4� North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 10 Historic Structure Inventory lot address: 809 E. Ronalds no. 830 present use: single family residence owner occupied: yes present owner: Edwin Ruppert Cont: James Netolicky date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 628 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Frank Palik block: 10 lot no. 831 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This house has gingerbread trim on the porch and chamfered corners. The gables have fish scale shingles, and there is an 1890's leaded glass window. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: a Z i. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 808 Church present use: single family residence present owner: Anna Hardek block: 10 lot no. 832 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1885 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding building type and material: architectural style: Italianate-North Side Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster notable features of building and site: It is possible that the Italianate features of this house have been changed over the years. The wide eaves, the door and the first floor windows all suggest an Italianate influence on this North Side cottage. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 1W N_ North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 814 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Earl Etherington block: to lot no. 834 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The fish scale shingles in the gable end of this structure are an indication of an 1890's construction date. The tin roof and brick foundation are also noteworthy. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: :. lie North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 828 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Paul Shaffer block: 10 lot no. 836 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asphalt siding architectural style: large North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Key Block 11 ' hisforic®I sfructure 4f .� exisfing structure M, ,M ■ ■ North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 722 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Warren Hove date of construction: 1865 - owner knew date building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This is a simple brick Greek Revival . original owner: Christine Gallager original use: office historic significance: block: 11 lot no. 842 owner occupied: This building was used as an office for the brick yard located in what is now Happy Hollow Park. sources: Warren Hove - owner yes F- W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 804 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Wayne and Vimala Begley block: 11 lot no. 843 owner occupied: yes date of construction: 1906 -owner knew date building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This early 20th century Georgian Revival house displays a number of features of that style including Ionic capitals on the porch columns and leaded glass windows. original owner: original use: historic significance: This house was built for the owner of the brick yard located where Happy Hollow park now stands. sources: Wayne Begley - owner I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 814 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Albia Miller block: 11 lot no. 844 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: There are stone supports for the porch columns on this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: N �s a U E" H z w Q M w U z U (±1 z M U x O F ' Key historical sfrucfure exisfing structure F imm�lm IiiFli I Block 12 LVJ d J 1 — � 5T 5B 59 �� LVJ d J 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory 11 address: 727 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Barbara Soucek date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 12 lot no. 23-848 owner occupied: yes There are details in the brick work of this Georgian Revival house that are unique on the North Side. It was built by a brick maker. The brick yard was nearby in what is now Happy Hollow Park. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F, O a. a r. a U 94 w rde North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 727 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Barbara Soucek block: 12 lot no. 849 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The enclosed porch is a later addition. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 721 E. Brown Present use: single family residence present owner: Dorothy Klouda block: 12 lot no. 850 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910-1915 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: r., W W U z U M H I� Iv -1 Qui 0 U3 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 717 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Harold Rogers block: 12 lot no. 851 owner occupied: yes date of construction: 'c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: More research is needed on this house and the house at 713 E. Brown Street. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 713 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Harold Rogers block: 12 lot no. 852 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This house is identical to the house at 717 E. Brown. More research is needed on both houses. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F, w U z a N z r� U x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 704 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Marshall and Mildred Hunter block: 12 lot no. 856 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a' cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 P a U E z w Q H O F a H x U CO w 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 712 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Terry Smothers block: 12 lot no. 857 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 r. a U F~ z w A H Mr Id North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 724 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Delores Rogers block: 12 lot no. 859 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1860-1870 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate cottage condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: There are six over six windows and a simple Italianate style porch on this small cottage. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 730 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Martha Ribble block: 12 lot no. 860 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The front gable of this house has a gambrel roof. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: :. r W U z U f� z t7 U a O F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 713 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Lorraine Tauber block: 12 lot no. 861 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: �. i. dw i� Key hisforiccal sfrucfure 0 exisfing sfrucfure Block 13 I I I I � j ! I � I � I I ; I ! i I I I EAGLES GROCERY � I I I I W r. YUCK North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 729 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Anna Bock block: 13 lot no. 862 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1885-1895 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F2 01 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 719 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Eugenia Boyle block: 13 lot no. 863 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1885-1895 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The influence of the Queen Anne style is very strong on this Victorian house. The gingerbread trim on the front gable, the unusual use of fish scale shingles on the roofs of the bay windows, the stained glass window and the spindles on the porch are all noteworthy. original owner: original use: historic significance: The grandfather of the present owner built this house. sources: Eugenia Boyle -owner North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 713 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Stella Dana block: 13 lot no. 864 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Both this house and the house at 630 N. Dodge were built by the great-uncle of Lillian and Ray Vrana of 630 N. Dodge. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, Lillian Vrana �. 3W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 630 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Lillian and Ray Vrana block: 13 lot no. 865 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The porch is a later addition. original owner: original use: historic significance: The great-uncle of the present owners built this house. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, Lillian Vrana-owner 70 7 a .t Key ' historical structure exisfing sfrucfure CimmA Block 14 ��14.CNl�p 9 7 4 ■ �'T!� •o®eaMLWA G -Z 1 Mi �w w ®, (�f N ��14.CNl�p 9 7 4 xr ' �'T!� G -Z 1 (�f N LM I9 30 31 3L ��14.CNl�p 9 7 4 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 14 Historic Structure Inventory lot no. 1119 address: 719 E. Church owner present use: single family residence occupied: yes present owner: Evelyn and Luther Oaks date of construction: c. 1860-1870 building type and material: 1 1/2 story stone -stuccoed over architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: later additiona have diminished importance notable features of building and site: The design of this early house has been somewhat obscured by later additions. There is still an original six over six window in the gable on the west end. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: I 1 1 X North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 715 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Evelyn and Luster Oaks block: 14 lot no. 1120 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: late Greek Revival Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The spindle turnings of the porch are an 1890's touch, however, the cornice and window style indicate construction c. 1880 or earlier. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study 1 Historic Structure Inventory block: 14 lot address: 711 E. Church no. 1121 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Adeline Sedine/Cont: occupied: no James and Kathleen Murphy date of construction: c, 1090 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: .. F4 x North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 14 lot address: 705 E. Church no. 1122 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Adeline Sedive/Cont: occupied: no Tames and Kathleen Murphy date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: II I II II II 1 7 1 1 'I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 14 lot address: 532 N. Dodge no. 1123 present use: multiple family and commercial owner present owner: (Kathy's Comer) occupied: no Winslow/Cont: James and Kathleen Murphy date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story stucco architectural style: late Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: Further research is necessary on this building. This is one of three buildings on the block (520 and 514 N. Dodge) that have Greek Revival features, but later alterations make positive identification difficult. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F, a. .d North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 14 Historic Structure Inventory lot address: 522 N. Dodge no. 1124 present use: single family residence owner occupied: yes present owner: Joseph Miller date of construction: C. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style. North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: I 0. O a a U w W- original owner: w , original use: U historic significance: H z , U ,U N H F N , x sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 520 N. Dodge present use: multiple family residence present owner: Chesley Hansen block: 14 lot no. 1125 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style:Greek Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: later alteraions have diminished importance notable features of building and site: There are original, six over six windows and a low pitch to the roofline. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 a U F z w Q Z O H a H a. U CO W 5W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 514 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Gloria Denison block: 14 lot no. 1126 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 14 lot address: 510 N. Dodge no. 1127 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Adolph Zabloudil occupied: yes Cont; Reese date of construction: C. 1895 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame - asbestos siding 1977 architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 F, :. w U z U M f� z R M U M a O F M x North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 716 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Hilda Kessler date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 14 lot no. 1130 owner occupied: yes One of a few 1 story houses in the Italianate style on the North Side. The windows and doors have headings with pointed pediment. The screened porch is a later addition. original owner: original use: historic significance: Sanborn does not show this building in the 1899 or 1906 editions That suggests the house was moved to this lot from another location. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 O F a H x U W Q 5 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 724 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Donald Maidsen date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 14 lot no. 1131 owner occupied: yes The columns of the porch are, typically Italianate in style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z Id North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 728 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Charles Hindes block: 14 lot no. 1132 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 Z Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure Block 15 OrNma [J North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 421 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Bernice Kennedy block: 15 lot no. 1133 owner occupied: no date of construction: C. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 P. 0 W U z U H z caH U h -I x O F W Z. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 4 31 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Luther B. Wilson block: Is lot no. 1134 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 LO w U z H z c� EO U x O F to 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 715-717 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Eugene Duffy block: 15 lot no. 1136 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: large North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: A grocery store was located on the east side of this building sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 G North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 711 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Norman Kuenster block: 15 lot no. 1137 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 9a W w U z a U [Hy H z t� a 0 H Q u I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 430 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Clarence Parizek block: 15 lot no. 1138 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: The owner was born in this house in 1901. sources:Sanborn 1899, 1906 �. IZ Y �i North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 426 N. Dodge present use: multiple family residence present owner: Russell Cochran block: 15 lot no. 1139 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 420 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Mrs. Chas. Horning block: 15 lot no. 1140 owner occupied: yes date of constn.;otion: c. 1900-1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: eZ w U z a U K7 z N U x O F W ii North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 710 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Leo Chudacek block: 15 lot no. 1143 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition9ood importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: 710 and 714 E. Davenport are almost identical in style both have entrances on the east side of the house, and broken pediments on the front gable. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 714 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Clara Cerny block: 15 lot no. 1144 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation brick si ding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: Similar in style to 710 Davenport. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 Fee W f' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 718 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Leo Chadacek block: 15 lot no. 1145 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -brick veneered architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The segmental arches over the windows, the front bay window and the fish scale shingles are all noteworthy features on this 1890's house. The screened porch may be a later addition. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 11 ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 15 Historic Structure Inventory lot address: 720 E. Davenport no. 1146 present use: single family residence and commerciapwner present owner: Gordon Brown occupied: yes ' date of construction: 1853 -owner knew date building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival ' condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: Here is a well-preserved house from the 1850's. It has segmental arches over the windows and chimneys at either end of the tin roof. The front entrance appears to be a later addition. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F. w U z U rz O H Al North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 16 lot address: 732 E. Davenport no. 1147 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Aldra Story occupied: yes Cont: Viola Hoover date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: I story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Additions were made to this house in 1906 and 1912. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 II 1 I II Block 16 historical structure existing structure w B�a�,w4roN a® r w B�a�,w4roN North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 717 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Kehrer block: 16 lot no. 1152 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 C Q North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 16 Historic Structure Inventory z O H H lot U no. 1153 address: 715 E. Davenport owner E present use: single family residence z occupied: yes w present owner: Smothers Q Cont: Schroeder date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 ., ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 16 ' z 0 F lot < ' U address: 713 E. Davenport no. 1154 � Present use: single family residence owner 2 present owner: Kacena occupied: yes w Q H date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material; 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminised importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: A on -'a story tramo building was on this lot in 1899 according to Sanborn. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 a W U z U z U N x O H to North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 711 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Everill and Jean Daters block: 16 lot no. 1155 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation printed brick architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 328 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Herdliska block: 16 lot no. 1158 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 Z :. :w North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 320 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Hotz block: 16 lot no. 1159 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 702-704 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family residence present owner: Loretta Owen block.: 16 lot no. 1160 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asphalt siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This cottage has a tin roo4 six over six windows on the north and west sides of the house, and an old stone foundation. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 a U F z w Q H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 710 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Oaks block: 16 lot no. 1161 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of b] )ck notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 716 E. Bloomington presentuse: multiple family residence present owner: Country man block: 16 date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: H a. a The Carpenter Gothic features on this house include the gingerbread m trim on the porches and the decoration on the gable. wO original owner: original use: historic significance: R. sources: Sanborn 1899 z 0 H F lot no. 1162 owner E -- occupied: occupied: yes w C.1 date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: H a. a The Carpenter Gothic features on this house include the gingerbread m trim on the porches and the decoration on the gable. wO original owner: original use: historic significance: R. sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 720 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Goody block: 16 lot no. 1163 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1895 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 724 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Wyatt and Dorky date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: Focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 16 lot no. 1164 owner occupied: yes There is gingerbread trim on the porch of this house. The addition at the rear of the house is covered with board and batten siding, which is rare on the North Side. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z z r. Key historical sfrucfure existing structure SL.O--tO�OV4 Block 17 SET Ip 1 1 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 225 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: Irving and Rose Rockafellow block: 17 lot no. 37-2057 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z P, W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 17 lot address: 715 E. Bloomington no. 2060 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Helen Schlenk & occupied: yes Elizabeth Sample date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 Y 1 1 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 711 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Timothy and Elizabeth Crowley block: 17 lot no. 2061 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 �. Z Q North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 703 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Howard and Ann Madsen block: 17 lot no. 2062 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 17 lot address: 224 N. Dodge no. 2063 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Leroy, Robert and Louis Grimm occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildirg s ' notable features of building and site: The bargeboard on the gable and the gingerbread trim on the ' porch are characteristics of Carpenter Gothic houses. ,1 original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 1 M O F w ; U CO3 W lei x O F RETAKE OF PRECEDING DOCS N North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 220 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Leroy, Robert and Louis Grimm block: 17 lot no. 2064 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster notable features of building and site: This house has a gingerbread trim bargeboard on the gable, fish scale shingles, a tin roof and a brick foundation. original owner: original use: historic significance: A one-story wood frame building with a different floor plan is shown in Sanborn 1899 suggesting that the present house replaced an earlier building on this site. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 11 11 11 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 706 E. Market present use: single family residence present owner: Meade and Whitebook block: 17 lot no. 2066 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: rW original owner: original use: historic significance: This house replaced an earlier 1 1/2 story wood frame building shown in Sanborn 1899. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 726 E. Market present use: single family residence present owner: Richard and Grace Orr block: 17 lot no. 2070 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure MARKET Block 18 �FIFFFIR::SON ■ �FIFFFIR::SON North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 117 N. Lucas present use: single family residence present owner: City Property Corp. block: 18 lot no. 37-2073 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 9 a U F z w A z W U z a U N z N U x O F Ea North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 18 lot address. 729 E. Market no. 2075 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Roberta Fenlon occupied: no Cont: Cora Griffin date of construction: c. 1850 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -brick veneered architectural style: Greek Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: In describing this house, Keyes refers to it as the Templin- Fenlon House. There are segmental arches over the windows and door, window sills of dressed stone, star-shaped anchor irons and horizontal boarding in the gable peaks . The door treatment, with its fluted pilasters topped by Corinthian capitals, may be a later a ddition. original owner: James D. Templin original use: historic significance: sources: Keyes, Sanborn 1899 7 O H a a U CO W 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I , North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 721 E. Market present use: multiple family residence present owner: Ida Blacker block: 18 lot no. 2076 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Another 2 story wood frame house occupied this site prior to 1906 . sources: Sanborn 1899, 190G, 19172 .. W U z 4 U f� z U x O F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 719 E. Market present use: single family residence present owner: Barber/Cont: Mulligan block: 18 lot no. 2077 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 7 F. ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 18 Historic Structure Inventory 1 lot ' address: 120 N. Dodge no. 2081 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Henry Lindner occupied: yes 1 date of construction: 1852 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: excellent structures importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding notable features of building and site: ' This house has features which mark it as transitional Greek Revival to Gothic Revival. The hood over the door, and the arch -like brackets on the side porch, are Gothic 'Revival touches. The stone lintels over the windows and the transom over the front door are pure Greek Revival. original owner: S • F • W • Branch original use: historic significance: sources: Keyes II I I 7 O F W z U w W W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 114 N. Dodge present use: multiple family residence present owner: E. Hicklin block: 18 lot no. 2082 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 7 O F PW x U U3 W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 719 E. Jefferson present use: multiple family residence present owner: Margaret Gerker block: 18 lot no. 2087 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 F, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 18 z H F lot `1 U address: 720 E. Jefferson no. 2088 present use: single family residence owner 2 present owner: Phillip and Shirley Rocca occupied: yes wQ date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings 0 notable features of building and site: F w z U w Q original owner: original use: U historic significance: z a z 0 U x U CO sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 I II 1 I II A Cl North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 722 E. Jefferson present use: single family residence present owner: McLaughlin/Cont: Kindl block: 18 lot no. 2089 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: By 1906 a 1 story addition had been made to the rear, and porches were added on the east and west sides of the house. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 F, F. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 730 E. Jefferson present use: single family residence present owner: James and Meg Vargason block: 18 lot no. 2090 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 Key historical sfrucfure x existing sfrucfure Block 26 JEff FRSQA u.l ►t JEff FRSQA u.l North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 26 lot address: 127 N. Dodge no. 2129 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Caroline Simon occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This cottage shows influences of the Georgian Revival style original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 �. f - North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 629 E. Market present use: single family residence present owner: Bissell block: 26 lot no. 2130 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The main part of the house has brackets under the eaves, a Greek Revival style door, dentil molding and gingerbread trim on the porch. The rear of the house appears to be a later addition c. 1890. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 F, F2 Q North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 611 Market present use: medical -office present owner: Maxwell block: 26 lot no. 2133 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent Importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 z 0 P CCU E. E. w Q r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 26 z 0 E~ lot `1 address: 603 E. Market no. 2134 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Walter Wallace/Cont: occupied: no A H. A. H. Investment Assoc. Q date of construction: C. 1860-1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Greek Revival transitional to Italianate condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: F a x U W W Q original owner: original use: w U historic significance: a U En H z c� En U x O H Ca M x sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 26 z address: 112 N. Johnson present use: single family residence present owner: Carney lot no. 2136 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c . 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame- asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 F, .1 date of construction: c. 1860 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Greek Revival transitional to Italianate condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The wide cornice, corner pilasters and simple headings on the windows indicate a Greek Revival inspiration for this house. The double door and floor length windows (now altered) are Italianate touches. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 OF ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 26 z U ' lot E U address: 108 N. Johnson no. 2137 present use: multiple family residence owner 2 present owner: Chudwick occupied: yes Cont: Pratt �w .. ' date of construction: c. 1860 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Greek Revival transitional to Italianate condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The wide cornice, corner pilasters and simple headings on the windows indicate a Greek Revival inspiration for this house. The double door and floor length windows (now altered) are Italianate touches. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 OF North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 608 Jefferson present use: multiple family residence present owner: Lewis/Cont: Preston block: 26 lot no. 2139 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This house has both a first and a second floor porch. The columns on the porches have Doric capitals. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 F. Mr ,. R. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 610 E. Jefferson present use: single family residence present owner: Kelsey/Cont: Sale date of construction: 1847 -owner knew date building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Greek Revival block: 26 z O lot no. 2140 owner E occupied: yes w A condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures p notable features of building and site: w H The owner is restoring this house. It is an early Greek Revival U style with six over six windows. It is the only house on the North w Side with a full pediment on the gable end. Ca original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Dave Sale -owner W U z a U f`! z CnH U x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 622 E. Jefferson present use: single family residence present owner: Villhauer block: 26 lot no. 2143 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 t E- r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 28 Historic Structure Inventory lot no. 2144 address: 109 N. Dodge owner present use: single family residence occupied: yes present owner: Moyers date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Key historical structure existing structure '�Lcxt'�It�G"CUN Block Al ■ 1 1 1 1 i 1 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 27 ri lot a address: 625 E. Bloomington no. 2148 U present use: multiple family residence owner H present owner: Grace D. Parker occupied: yes z w Q date of construction: c. 1895-1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian - transitional to Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: F Q original owner: original use: w historic significance: U d When the University of Iowa Memorial Union was built, this house was moved from that location to its present site. z U H sources: Grace Parker - owner North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 27 Historic Structure Inventory lot address: 619 E. Bloomington no. 2149 present use: single family residence owner occupied: no present owner: Alma D. Kreider date of construction: C. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: A carpenter's shop was located at the rear of the lot on the Sanborn Map of 1899. sources: Sanborn 1899 1I w U z Q k� z C7 U N a O F La F 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 613 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Iver Opstad block: 27 lot no. 2150 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: The Sanborn Map of 1899 shows a smaller 1 1/2 story wood frame house on this lot. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 F - i U z w A Z Id 4.' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 224 N. Johnson present use: multiple family residence present owner: Nissen and Sturms date of construction: c. 1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Hybrid condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: Further research is needed on this house in order to trace the date of construction and the styles. It combines elements of many different styles. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: block: 27 z , `1 lot no. 2154 � owner z occupied: no cu Q ' H date of construction: c. 1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Hybrid condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: Further research is needed on this house in order to trace the date of construction and the styles. It combines elements of many different styles. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 0 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 27 lot address: 209 N. Dodge no. 2162 Present use: single family residence owner present owner: Watt/Cont: Wilke occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: Further research is needed in order to be more precise in Identifying the architectural significance of this house, and the house at 211 N. Dodge. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 is North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 211 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Zeman block: 27 lot no. 2163 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: Further research is needed in order to be more precise in Identifying the architectural significance of this house, and the house at 209 N. Dodge. original owner; original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 Key historical structure existing sfrucfure nNI vAjr--�T NINE Block 28 IL14 ?>WQAIt-IC7%0K in, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 28 Historic Structure Inventory lot no. 1168 address: 631 E. Davenport owner present use: multiple family residence occupied: no present owner: James P. Kinney date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival Hybrid ' condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: 1 This house, and the house at 625 E. Davenport, are unique on the North Side. The houses seem to be identical, and do not fit ' architecturalinto any of the styles Further research should be donethese ese houses when they were built. original owner: original use: historic significance: A grocery store was doing business in this house c. 1912. ■ sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 C North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 28 z 0 lot Uaddress: 625 E. Davenport no. 1169 .� Present use: multiple family residence owner H Present owner: Wm. Hoffey occupied: no z w q date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival Hybrid condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings z notable features of building and site: F a This house is identical to the house at 631 E. Davenport; U see that inventory sheet for more information. CO Q original owner: original use: historic significance: w U z a U z c� M U N x O E sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 621 E. Davenport present use: multiple family residence present owner: Lawrence and Mary Hradek block: 28 lot no. 1170 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century ' condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sonborn 1899 z 0 a U H z w A �l J North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 28 z 0 lot d address: 332 N. Johnson no, 1173 � present use: single family residence owner 2 present owner: Albert and Dorothy Gaulocker occupied: yes w Q date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings 0 notable features of building and site: F w x The south wing of this cottage has a Queen Anne roof line; this looks like a later addition. w A original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: U z z th E N 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 326 N. Johnson present use: multiple family residence present owner: Donna McKeen block: 28 lot no. 1174 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This is a good example of the simple square houses that were built in the early decades of the 20th century. The North Side Neighborhood has many houses of this style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 z 0 a U H z w A N rdw W U z U fb z U x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 28 lot address: 320 N. Johnson no. 1175 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Goering/Cont: occupied: no Don Fowles date of construction: C. 1910 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 II II I , II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 28 z lot U address: 616 E. Bloomington no. 1178 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Ben J. Rittgers occupied: no wQ date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: w original owner: original use: W U historic significance: zz U H z 0 M sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 6 30 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Edwin Goodyear block: 28 z d lot no. 1181 L'. owner H occupied: yes w Q H date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding with perma stone architectural style: Georgian Revival trim condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance O notable features of building and site: H a original owner: original use: w historic significance: RC U H z 0 H sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure Fu A- qF �vv AMY -1-T PAR39, P-20 Block 29 -� -7- T)N\JF4,SVOZT I 4 O p L 9L -� -7- T)N\JF4,SVOZT I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 427 N. Dodge present use: single family residence present owner: Leo Gaffey block: 29 lot no. 1184 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1885-1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame 2 story architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 z r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 623 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: George Nerad date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 block: 29 z ' lot H no. 1185 F ' owner occupied: no w q 1 date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 29 z 0 H lot 1 address: 619 E. Fairchild no. 1186 present use: single family residence owner [� present owner: George Nerad occupied: yes Q H date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: H x U W W Q original owner: w original use: U historic significance: 4 U N 7 C9 M U x O H CO sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 29 Historic Structure Inventory lot address: 414 N. Johnson no. 1187 present use: single family residence owner occupied: no present owner: Plum Grove Acres, Inc. date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 I 1 I1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 29 _� O lot q address: 604 E. Davenport no. 1188 Present use: single family residence owner H Present owner: Glenn Yeries occupied: yes w A date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: a x U W original owner: original use: historic significance: w U z A 1 story wood frame building housing a meat market and grocery store occupied this lot prior to 1906. f� z t7 U x O F sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 a 4i North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 608-610 E. Davenport present use: multiple family residence present owner: St. Wenceslaus Church block: 29 lot no. 1189 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: The wide eaves, the bay window and the Italianate brackets on the porch all indicate construction c. 1870. There is strong evidence that the house was moved to this location around the turn of the century. The foundation and porch supports appear to be c. 1900. original owner: original use: w historic significance: z U z N I� 11 1 sources: Sanborn 1899 1 L1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 630 Davenport present use: religious church present owner: St. Wenceslaus Church block: w 29 lot no. 1191 owner occupied: date of construction: 1893 building type and material: brick architectural style: Gothic condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: There are lancet shaped windows and an octagonal belfry on this 1890's Gothic church. original owner: original use: historic significance: This is the parish church founded by the Czech community of Iowa City. sources: Lafore i E- ,W Key historical sfrucfure existing sfrucfure CHu�.eN C,�AVEE E��" P�lVE4Y+Y CMQT5 Block 30 -M2. 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 30 Z ' address: 524 N. Johnson lot 4 no. 119.3 Present use: educational - Preucil School of Music owner ' present owner: Safarik Lodge #75 occupied: 2 Cont: Wm. and Doris Preucil w Q date of construction: 1900 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and p ' site: .. F G4 H x Czech Hall, as this building was known, is cited by Lafore and Dykstra as a U good example of early Georgian Revival. TheA is on the National Register of Historic Places. building original owner: Bohemian Benevolent Association original use: community building historic significance: w ' z The Czech community in Iowa City used this building as U a meeting hall. ' z H fZ C• CO �F+ sources: Division of Historic Preservation, Iowa State Historical Department; Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1906. original owner: Francis X. Rittenmeyer original use: historic significance: sources: Keyes, Lafore and Dykstra 11 it ir II II II II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 30 z ' 0 lot U ' address: 630 E. Fairchild no. 1194 � present use: single family residence owner F present owner: Paul Chelf occupied: yes w A ' date of construction: 1879 ' building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Italianate condition: good z ' importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: w a ' I The trim on the porch of this house has, what Keyes calls, a U character reminiscent of Chinese lattice work. Lafore and Dykstra w A ' place the construction date c. 1850-1860. original owner: Francis X. Rittenmeyer original use: historic significance: sources: Keyes, Lafore and Dykstra 11 it ir II II II II Key historical structure �LY34 4C I.V existing structure Block 31 rr ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 31 ' lot address; 631 N. Dodge no. 869 present use: single family residence owner 1 present owner: David Holtkamp occupied: no ' date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings ' notable features of building and site: There is a rather ornate porch with spindle -turned gingerbread ' trim on this simple house. I original owner: original use: historic signifibance: This house was owned by the grandparents of Lillian and Ray Vrana of 630 N. Dodge. sources: Lillian Vrana P, rdw North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 629 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Helen Krall and Arlene Fuller block: 31 lot no. 870 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The porch is a 1920's addition to this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z U a U F z w Q II I , North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 619 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: rrancis and Elizabeth Donahue block: 31 lot no. 871 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 0� F, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 617 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Clifford Bauserman block: 31 lot no. 872 owner occupied: yes date of construction: 1918 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Late North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent important: to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This simple style house was still being built as late as 1918 original owner: original use: historic significance: The owner reported that the original owners moved into this house on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. sources: Mrs. Clifford Bauserman - owner i 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 613 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence Present owner: Mark Klein block: 31 lot no. 873 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of bdiiding and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 624 N. Johnson present use: single family residence present owner: Louise Pauley I block: 31 z ' 0 E~ lot ¢ ' no. 875 H owner occupied: yes w A date of construction: C. 1915 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable feature's of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: II II II I II II I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 614 N. Johnson present use: single family residence present owner: Anne Crowley block: 31 z P lot no. 877 owner [� occupied: no w A N date of construction: c. 1840 - 1850 building type and material: 1 story stone architectural style: Greek Revival Cottage condition: deteriorated z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: w a An early Iowa City house constructed of native yellow-brown cc sandstone. There are dressed stone lintels over the windows and Q door. The transom over the door is often seen in other early houses on the North Side. Keyes refers to this as a modest one-story house. original owner: Almon Barnes original use: historic significance: sources: Keyes North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 31 lot address: 606 E. Church no. 879 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Robert Shea at al occupied: no Cont: Donald Makon date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 610 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Barbara Greenleaf block: 31 lot no. 881 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 0. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 620 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Edna and Penelope Kielenstyn block: 31 lot no. 882 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 11 II 11 Key historical sfrucfure { exisfing sfrucfure Block 32 R2 ?, NAws Onx 1005122 11002 M: PON trim, w M maim FrAMI, R2 ?, NAws North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 610 E. Ronalds present use: present owner: block: 32 lot no. 896 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1885-1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z 7 Key ti�s2� historical sfrucfure II exisfing sfrucfure 14, Nmeq Block 33 2 RauA� ds E o 3 74 P t" 1 t; 78 pti 77 7 675 _ r 2 RauA� ds E o 3 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 33 z 0 lot U address: 529 E. Brown no. 675 w present use: single family residence owner H present owner: Irvin/Cont: occupied: no z Stan Vander-Woude date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: O F x U w w r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 523 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Frank and Jessie Fisher block: 33 lot no. 676-2 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 519 Brown present use: multiple family residence present owner: Clara Hotka block: 33 lot no. 677-3 owner occupied: Yes date of construction: c. 19oo building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 4 U ka H z W Mr IA, w U z a U H �7 z R H U H a 0 H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 33 lot address: 509 E. Brown no. 678-9 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: George Grunwald occupied: yes Cont: Charles Grunwald date of construction: c. 1890-1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: ' original use: w historic significance: z' U N z H ' U O 0 H En sources: ' 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 33 z 0 r. lot U address: 730 N. Van Buren no. 679-5 present use: single family residence owner H present owner: Stanley Vander Woude occupied: no z W Q H date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Gothic condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings 0 notable features of building and site: x U w w Q original owner: original use: U historic significance: z 4 U Etf z t� M U N x 0 H I sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 33 lot address: 726 N. Van Buren no. 680-6 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Frazier/Cont: occupied: no Thomas Hearity date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The enclosed porch is a later addition to this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Sidc Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 510 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Scott/Cont: Ed Hulme block: 33 lot no. 685-11 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The enclosed porch is not original to the house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 a U k� z w A :. y North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 516 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: P.A. and Florence Dooley block: 33 lot no. 686-12 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1880 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Gothic condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The enclosed porch is not original to the house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 33 lot address: 518 E. Ronalds no. 687-13 Present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Noel and Norman Siems occupied: no Cont; Shirley Sixt date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z W U z U H z U M 0 F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 530 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Helen Anderson block: 33 lot no. 689-15 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Swiss style condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding strictures notable features of building and site: Improvements are underway on this distinctive house, which Lafore and Dykstra say is one of two Swiss style houses in Iowa City. A larger example is located at 419 S. Summit Street. There is Swiss style trim on the gable peak of a basic Greek Revival or Italianate house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra ' I 1 I 1 I 1 I Key hisforical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure Block 34 PtVKA I 12 NO P PtVKA I 12 NO North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 34 lot address: 617 N. Johnson no. 22-691 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Esther Spaan occupied: no Cont: John Weming date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The hipped roof, while typical Italianate, is rare on the North Side. The porch seems to be a later addition to the house. original owner: original use: historic significance: Neighbors reported that this house was moved to its present location c. 1920: sources: z O E~ a U z W 19 z r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 39 lot address: 619 E. Johnson no. 692 present use: s ingle family residence owner present owner: Ke ith Williamson: occupied: no Cont: Steve Saur date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 sto:v wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 529 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Francis Leone block: 34 lot no. 694 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: The porch is a modem addition to the house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 t� a U E� H z w A M w U z a U H z 2 N U x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 34 lot address: 515 E. Ronalds no. 22-696 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Shuppert at al occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - asbestos siding architectural style: Dutch Colonial Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 622 N. Van Buren present use: single family residence present owner: Fuchsia Schroeder block: 34 lot no. 699 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1906 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 z 0 a U z w Z original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Edna Shalla-owner North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 34 z , 0 lot 506 E. Church no. 701 U ' address: � present use: single family residence owner present owner: Edna Shalla occupied: yes ' date of construction: 1896 - owner knew date , building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Queen Anne condition: excellent z ' importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: w a , U Lafore and Dykstra note the well-preserved character of w this house. There is spindle -turned gingerbread trim on the porch Ca and the gable peak. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Edna Shalla-owner North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 512 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Donald Dolezal block: 34 lot no. 702 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The north side of the 500 block of E. Church Street is well preserved, and made up entirely of 19th century houses. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra I r. r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 34 Historic Structure Inventory lot no. 703 address: 516 E. Church owner present use: multiple family residence occupied: yes present owner: Jorge Randon date of construction: c. 1890 -asbestos siding building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: of building and t important as part of a cluster of buildings notable Lafore and Dykstra cite 11Y he north s side f the 500 block of E. Church as being es original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899 Z I I M a U w ,, 11 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 520 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Wm. Lator block: 34 lot no. 70.4 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: One of the 19th Century houses which line this side of E. Church. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899, 1906 F w U z a U H z U H U x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 524 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Jorge Rendon date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: II block: 34 z , 0 a lot U ' no. 705 owner H occupied: no O There are strong overtones of the Queen Anne style on this house. The most notable feature is the loggia on the second floor; this is one of the few examples of a second story loggia on the North Side. The 500 block of E. Church is mentioned by Lafore and Dykstra for its fine collection of 19th century houses. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899, 1906 1 1 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 34 lot address: 530 E. Church no. 706 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Herman Good/Cont: occupied: no Alma Brogla date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The north side of the 500 block of E. Church Street is considered to have an "especially well-preserved" collection of 19th century houses. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899, 1906 r� YJ w U N z 2 v, U M x O F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 34 lot address: 611 E. Johnson no. 707 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Robert and Mary Rhodes occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: While not as ornate as most Queen Anne houses, this house does have the curved porch that is so typical of that style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: I Key Block 35 historical sfrucfure I I existing sfrucfure 01 r►-� �I �� II .��►1 01 Ftw,mtk-ID pkwl �I Ftw,mtk-ID pkwl Nord Neighborhocd Preservation Study Hist( ructure Inventory address: 509 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Donald and Nellie Shimon block: 35 lot no. 1201 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 a U f~ z w t e O F a a U CD W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 522 N. Van Buren present use: single family residence present owner: Velva Vitosh block: 35 lot no. 1203 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 s :. 4 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 35 lot address: 502 E. Fairchild no. 1207 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Minnie Calta/Cont: occupied: no Ralph and Eileen Schuur date of construction: c. 1860-1870 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The style of the foundation indicates the house was moved to this location c. 1890. The house has a Greek Revival wide cornice and an original six over six window in the gable. The transom over the door has been boarded up. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 r z W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 514 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Ira and Donald Lewis block: 35 lot no. 1208 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z :. O F a. H x U U3 W t North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 516 Fairchild present use: multiple family residence, present owner: Madelein Lowens block: 35 lot no. 1209 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 Id Ii II II Key f hisforic®I sfrucfure t` exisfing sfrucfure �AIRC�\LQ Block 36 "Opzw MAARYzT 1pk< �u4y�KT pi 4 9V�A N_ n l l� Block 36 "Opzw MAARYzT 1pk< �u4y�KT North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 430 N. Van Buren present use: single family residence present owner: Richard Keith block: 36 lot no. 1212 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The enclosed porch was added later. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 F, Z A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 418 N. Van Buren present use: single family residence present owner: Charles Sladek block: 36 lot no. 1214 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The porch and the gable are decorated with gingerbread trim. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 E, 1. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 406 N. Van Buren present use: single family residence present owner: Lewis Powers block: 36 lot no. 1217 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: O w a U M W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 508 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Tulia Bowman block: 36 lot no. 1219 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c . 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 Z z O F w H x U M W Q 1 Key historical sfrucfure 1 existing sfrucfure Block 37 ��I.mM1NG�'oN 001 z z a 1 1 1 r 1 4 1 Block 37 ��I.mM1NG�'oN 001 z z a North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 327 N. Johnson present use: single family residence present owner: Claudia Doliesh block: 37 lot no. 1230 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892 Z Z rd North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 37 Historic Structure Inventory z O lot U 331 N. Johnson no. 1231 address: F present use: single family residence owner z no w present owner; Lowell Luhman occupied:A H date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Tum -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O F notable features of building and site: w a U w Q original owner: w original use: 2 historic significance: Q M A 1 story addition was made to the rear of the house c. 1895. � A porch on the west side was added by 1906, and a porch on the east z M was built before 1912. w U z O F sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899, 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Iiistoric Structure Inventory address: 515 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Leatha Owens block: 37 lot no. 1232 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Greek Revival transitional to Italianate condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: A branch of Ralston Creek flowed through this block and this lot. It was not covered over until sometime between 1892-1899, and the house was moved here at a later date. The simple headings over the windows, the transom over the door and the altered floor length windows are c. 1870-1880. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899 as �. W �7 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 37 lot address: 314 N. Van Duren no. 1237 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: David Gause occupied: Cont: W.O. Terry date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Stick Style condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This is a good example of a style that was popular c. 1915-1925 There are many examples on the North Side. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: w U z a U N z t7 M U M 0 H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 37 z lot '¢ U address: 504 E. Bloomington no. 1238 �i present use: multiple family residence owner H present owner: Kenneth Deming occupied: no O 1 date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Italianate ' condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: There is a broken pediment on the front gable and segmental arches over the windows. The porch has Italianate style columns. A 2 story extension on the west side of the house has Queen Anne features c. 1895-1900. A curved porch, on the west side, has since been removed. original owner: original use: historic significance: Isources: Sanborn 1892, 1899 :. W I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 512 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family residence present owner: Joseph Sparano block: 37 lot no. 1241 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good Importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899 F, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 530 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family'residence present owner: Carl Miller block: 37 lot no. 1243 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of,buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Q Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure MMT Block 46 �IFTMR� A �A 3 -19 tj P6 I Piz Mj V\� �XF 7", rim �IFTMR� A �A 3 -19 tj P6 I W1177 �IFTMR� A �A 3 1 North historic significance: Side Neighborhood Preservation Study This house replaced a one-story wood frame structure shown Historic Structure Inventory block: 46 ' address: 121 N. Van Duren lot no. 36-1861 sources: Sanborn 1892, 1906, 1912 present use: multiple family residential owner 1 present owner: Schuerman-Richard son occupied: no ' date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story frame . architectural style: Georgian Revival _ condition: f air importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: ' There is a modified Palladian window in the front dormer. 1 ' ' original owner: original use: historic significance: ' This house replaced a one-story wood frame structure shown on the 1892 Sanborn Map. 1 sources: Sanborn 1892, 1906, 1912 1 1 -� w U z U f� z W M a O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 46 lot address: 431 E. Market no. 1863 present use: single family residential owner present owner: William Nowysz occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 427 E. Market present use: multiple family residential present owner: John Hayek block: 46 lot no. 1864 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: There is an unusual shell motif over the three windows in the gable peak. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 7 Q W U U H z H U H ai 0 H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 401 E. Market present use: commercial -John's Grocery MF -4 present owner: John Alberhasky block: 46 lot no. 1869 owner occupied: date of construction: circa 1875-1885 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Italianate commercial condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster notable features of building and site: The stone arches over the windows are Italianate in design. The store front seems to be made of cast iron with rope -turned columns original owner: original use: historic significance: The Sanborn Map of 1888 shows a Hose House (fire station) in this building. The next known use was an office in 1892, and by 1899 the building housed a saloon, The south wing was built between 1888 and 1892 . sources: Sanborn 1888, 1892, 1899 F, Q w U z a U E� z H w U M �i 0 H North Side Neiqhborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 120 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residence present owner: John Alberhasky block: 46 lot no. 1871 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster' notable features of building and site: The front dormer has a Palladian windown and there are Doric capitals on the front porch columns. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 a r. date of construction: 1899-1906 building type and material: 2 story frame -brick veneered architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: There are many Georgian Revival features on this house. The front gable displays a broken pediment. There are brackets under the eaves on both the roof and the porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: A two-story frame house was shown on this location in Sanborn - 1888. The present house may be a new structure or the older one greatly remodeled. sources: Sanborn 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906 Z W �l North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 46 z 0 , H lot ¢ address: 114 N. Gilbert no, 1872 .. present use: multiple family residential owner H present owner: Swisher/Cont: occupied: no w John Alberhasky 0 ' date of construction: 1899-1906 building type and material: 2 story frame -brick veneered architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: There are many Georgian Revival features on this house. The front gable displays a broken pediment. There are brackets under the eaves on both the roof and the porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: A two-story frame house was shown on this location in Sanborn - 1888. The present house may be a new structure or the older one greatly remodeled. sources: Sanborn 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906 Z W �l i ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 46 lot address: 104 N. Gilbert no. 1873 ' present use: Religious -St. Paul's Lutheran Church owner present owner: St. Paul's Lutheran Church occupied: date of construction: 1926 building type and material: brick architectural style: late Gothic revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: 1 1 original owner: original use: historic significance: 1 sources: 1 Z F, ,d North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 46 lot address: 420 E. Jefferson no. 1875 present use: multiple family residential owner present owner: N.W. Warren/Cont: occupied: no Marjorie Shriver date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of cluster notable features of building and site: There is a Palladian window in the gable peak original owner: original use: historic significance: A smaller home was located on this lot until at least 1892 sources: Sanborn 1892, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 46 z address: 424 E. Jefferson present use: multiple family residential present owner: H. Aldershof lot no. 1876 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: A smaller home was on this site until c. 1892. sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 117 N. Van Buren present use: single family residence present owner: Elizabeth Hildebrand block: 46 lot no. 1880 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster notable features of building and site: The leaded windows and Corinthian capitals on the porch columns are Georgian Revival in form. An unusual feature is the gambrel roof on the front gable. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1912 �. Q Key n� his toric®I structure existing structure Block 47 RWT it FJ II 11 I! II tj II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 47 lot address: 417 E. Bloomington no. 85 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Plum Grove Acres occupied: no Cont: Mercy Hospital date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster notable features of building and site: The pedimented porch has columns with Doric capitals. There is the leaded glass window treatment customary in the 1890's. There is a suggestion in the pitch of the roof line and the placement of the 2nd story windows that this could be an 1850-1860's Greek Revival drastically altered over the years. original owner: original use: historic significance: This house needs further research in order to date accurately. Sanborn 1892 shows a 2 story wood frame building on this lot. A large front and east side porch is added by 1899, and a 2 story addition to the rear of the house by 1906. The owner places the date of construction in the 1890's. sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899, 1906 F, F, w z U C'7 z H rn U z O F W F. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 411 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: John P. Smith block: 47 date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: deteriorated z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures 0 notable features of building and site: H w a Lafore and Dykstra categorize this house as Ventian Villa in U style. It has a number of notable features including heavy paired brackets Q under the eaves, a small round window in the front gable and pointed arches over the windows and door. On the 1st floor the windows extend to the floor and there is a double door entrance. The porch has Italianate brackted columns. original owner: original use: historic significance: Only one other example of this style exists in Iowa City, at 415 S. Summit. r� sources: Lafore and Dykstra z 0 H H lot a no. 88 H owner occupied: no w Q date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: deteriorated z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures 0 notable features of building and site: H w a Lafore and Dykstra categorize this house as Ventian Villa in U style. It has a number of notable features including heavy paired brackets Q under the eaves, a small round window in the front gable and pointed arches over the windows and door. On the 1st floor the windows extend to the floor and there is a double door entrance. The porch has Italianate brackted columns. original owner: original use: historic significance: Only one other example of this style exists in Iowa City, at 415 S. Summit. r� sources: Lafore and Dykstra North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 230 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: John P. Smith date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival to Italianate condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 47 lot no. 89 owner occupied: no The porch of this house has Italianate columns and gingerbread trim. The entrance is the double door style often seen in Italianate houses. Lafore and Dykstra point out that all the buildings of the 200 block of N. Gilbert were built before 1900. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore Dykstra F. :. r1 �Gl North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 214 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: Joseph and Leo Chudacek block: 47 lot no. 91 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -brick veneered architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: Fish scale shingels are used on the front gable of this brick Victorian with segmented arches over the windows. This is one of the pre -1900 homes that line this block as noted in Lafore and Dykstra original owner: original use: historic significance: One story porches were added to the west and south sides of the house and a one-story rear addition was built by 1899. sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1892, 1899 I I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 210 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: Chudacek, at al block: 47 lot no. 92 owner occupied: yes date of construction: 1896 - owner knew date of construction building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: Shingles of an unusual pattern cover the roof of this house. Also to be noted is the leaded glass window and the ever popular fish scale shingles of the 1890's. This is just one of the pre -1900 houses lining this block, see Lafore and Dykstra. original owner: original use: historic significance: The Sanborn map of 1892 shows a cobbler shop on this location. sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1892, 1899 .. a W U z U k� z 0 CoM U M x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 204 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: Joseph and Leo Chudacek block: 4 7 lot no. 93 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate to North Side Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster notable features of building and site: The wide eaves, bay window and transom over the door all are indications of age. Distinguishing features such as brackets have been removed. This could be regarded as a house with transitional features of two styles. Lafore and Dykstra cite this as one of pre -1900 houses lining this block, original owner: original use: historic significance: A front porch was added by 1899. sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1892, 1899 rg Z rd North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 47 Historic Structure Inventory z O lot ¢ U no. 94 address: 402 E. Market owner present use: Commercial- FoxIF nd Tavern occupied: Q present owner: Joseph and Leo Chudacek r date of construction: c. 1880 building -ype and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: i9th century commercial condition: f air importance to neighborhood: late., aiteraacns have diminlshec lmpor:anca notable features of building and site: The transom over the door, the simple style of the windows and the stone foundation all hint at an earlier date for this structure. original owner: original use: historic significance: A saloon is shown occupying this 'Location in Sanborn '_892 and by 1899 the use had changed to a flour and feed store. sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899 I ,dw North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 47 z 0 a lot U address: 410 E. Market no. 95 present use: single family residential owner F present owner: occupied: no 2 Mrs. Peter Rocca 0 date of construction: 1854 building type and material: 1 1/2 story stone -local yellow sandstone architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: This is one of six early stone houses still standing in Iowa City. It is pictured in Keyes and Lafore. The house has a distinctive salt -box roof line, twin chimneys, eyebrow windows on the 2nd floor and stone lintels over the windows and also a transom over the front door. original owner: Henry C. Nicking original use: single family residence historic significance: The Nicking House, as it is known, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Finkbine and Loveless were the contractors. sources: Keyes, Lafore O E a z U W W Q Key I historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure 1� NN O?T Block 48 ?-Lu wom I i 5 i � 1 � I a U R2 �"• I LO 4l OL Li ?-Lu wom I i 5 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 319 N. Van Buren present use: single family residence present owner: Mrs. Emma Elberts block: 48 lot no. 29-1246 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1850-1860 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -imitation printed brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This small Greek Revival cottage has a roof with a low pitch and wide eaves and six over six windows. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892 ®r rdw w U z a U f� z H U x O H CO North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 331 N. Van Buren present use: single family residence present owner: Thomas Organ block: 48 lot no. 1248 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 425 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Wayne Carney block: 4 8 lot no. 1249 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1865-1875 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - asbestos siding architectural style: Late Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The front gable has a broken pediment and there are also gables on the east and west sides. The house rests on a brick foundation. original owner: original use: historic significance: A one-story rear addition to the house was made between 1892-1899. A one- story porch was built on the north side between 1906-1912. sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899, 1906, 1912 7 0 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 48 z 0 9 lot address: 411 Eno. 1252. Davenport � present use: single family residence owner [ present owner: Ticku lawahar occupied: no W A H date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings U notable features of building and site: F x U w A original owner: original use: w U historic significance: z a A porch was added to the back of the house between 1892- 1899 , CzCa9 N I x U sources: Sanborn 1892, 1898 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 48 lot address: 324 N. Gilbert no. 1254 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Beatrice Wallace occupied: no Cont: Gary Albertson date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story frame -asphalt siding architectural style: Italianate condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The Italianate style porch has gingerbread trim, there are pointed arches over the windows and the tin roof has chimneys at either end. original owner: original use: historic significance: There is some evidence this house was moved to this location at a later date. It is not shown in the Sanborn map of 1892. sources: Sanborn 1892 A w U z a M z U U rz O F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 310 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residence present owner: Don C. Fowles block: 48 lot no. 1256 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1850-1860 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: Important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: Lafore and Dykstra consider this to be one of the most important houses in Iowa City from design standpoint. It bears a resemblance to Plum Grove, the home of Iowa's first Territorial Governor (end of Carrol St. , Iowa City) . There is an "oculus" or small round windown in the gable peak, and segmental arches over the windows. Pilasters flank the front door which is topped by a trans .m and arch. original owner: Rothweiler original use: historic significance: A one-story porch on the west side of the house was added between 1906-1912. Keyes cites the Rothweiler-Fountain house as a Greek Revival house with the entrance in the gable end. sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1906, 1912 Keyes 7 7 O F a x U W W low I I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 308 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: Valerie Rhoda block: 48 lot no. 1258 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The simplicity of this house makes it difficult to date by architectural style. It is probable that any original trim has been removed. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: II z 0 a U F z w A H Z North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 412 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family residence present owner: Carl Stah block: 48 lot no. 1260 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1920-1930 building type and material: 1 1/2 story shingle architectural style: Bungalow condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: This is an excellent example of the California Bungalow style which was popular in the United States circa 1915-1935. The rustic shingle exterior, the broad spreading eaves with heavy projecting beams, the porch with squat heavy columns and the leaded glass window treatment are all classic bungalow features. There are many bungalows on the North Side, however, this one is outstanding. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: �. 5, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 48 lot address: 430 E. Bloomington no. 1262 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Nathaniel Mutuhler occupied: no Cont: Donald Gregory date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Queen Anne condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: There is a tower at the west end of this Queen Anne style house. The house has a variety of gables and window shapes. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: II z 0 P �. .. Key hisforical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure FiNMUD Block 49 I 10 b 67 _ft2 I Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure - FNq,*IIuD I Block 49 I I - r- Q I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 49 z 0 H lot �1 address: 931 N. Van Buren no. 1266 present use: multiple family residence owner E� present owner: Joseph Gerber occupied: no w Cont: Mary Cline q H date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F, O H a H x U w W Y North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 425 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Agnes Kasper block: 49 lot no. 1267 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890-1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Additions were made to the house between 1906 and 1912 sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 z 0 P a U z w Q H :. 4: r North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 421 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: A. J. Neuzil block: 49 lot no. 1268 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The porch was a later addition to the house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: P5 r. A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 419 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: Thomas Neuzil block: 49 lot no. 1269 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This is another example on this block of houses with porches added later. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 426 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: Viola Hunt block: 49 lot no. 1272 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian Cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This is another case of the original appearance of the house being altered by the addition of the porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 F2 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 430 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: Floyd Hirt block: 49 lot no. 1271 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: The Sanborn Map of 1899 shows a different 2 story wood frame house on this lot. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 rZ :. �l North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 418 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residence present owner: Pauline Paul block: 49 date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Queen Anne condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures 0 notable features of building and site: H a. x There is an unusual diaper pattern shingle on the front gable w and porch pediment. Queen Anne features of this house include the Q many gables, the bargeboard, and the fancy gingerbread trimmed porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: According to the owner, this house originally stood on the site of Iowa City's old Post Office. sources: Pauline Paul -owner w U z a U H z O M U x O H z 0 H H lot no. 1274 F owner occupied: yes z w Q date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Queen Anne condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures 0 notable features of building and site: H a. x There is an unusual diaper pattern shingle on the front gable w and porch pediment. Queen Anne features of this house include the Q many gables, the bargeboard, and the fancy gingerbread trimmed porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: According to the owner, this house originally stood on the site of Iowa City's old Post Office. sources: Pauline Paul -owner w U z a U H z O M U x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 414 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Paul W. Ver Vais block: 49 lot no. 1278 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: Important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 z rmp A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 420 E. Davenport present use: multiple family residence present owner: James H. Shaw block: 49 lot no. 1279 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870-80 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z r: O H a H x U CO W W it North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 49 z 0 ., F lot U address: 424 E. Davenport no. 1280 present use: multiple family residence owner z present owner: Wm. Cambridge Cont: occupied: no W John Nolan A date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings 0 notable features of building and site: E a a The Palladian style windows in the front dormer is ato Georgian Revival motif on this house. W A original owner: original use: U historic significance: zz U M z En U N Q F sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 Key n hisforical., sfrucfure existing sfrucfure C1 . 1,11A Block 50 II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 415 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Gertrude Englert block: 50 lot no. 1288 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1885-1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: A front porch was added sometime between 1899 and 1906 sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 M :. W it North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 520 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residence present owner: Mary and John Gerber block: 50 lot no. 1292 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1070 building type and material: 1 1/2 story brick architectural style: Italianate condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: This house, with its Italianate style porch, is cited by Lafore and Dykstra as having "great charm." They also say that it is "an example of the dignified, Italianate style.. ." original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra Z U x O F Co North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 50 z address: 512 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residence present owner: Jessie Gunnette lot no. 1294 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 0 E. F U H z W A w U z a U f� z U x O F Co •5 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 50 Z 0 H F lot U address: 412 E. Fairchild no. 1297 present use: single family residence owner E� present owner: Margaret Goetz Cont: occupied: Yes w Thomas Scott q date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: a H �z The upper story of the house has six over six windows. The U W first floor has floor length windows, Italianate-style columns on q the porch, and a door with oblong curved panels. original owner: original use: w historic significance: U z U M Z 0 M U M rc. 0 F sources: ' North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 416 E. Fairchild present use: educational - private school present owner: Willowwind School block: 50 lot no. 1298 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This small house has an unusual Palladian -style window in the front gable. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 F, O H w H x U CO W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 50 z 0 H F lot U address: 420 E. Fairchild no. 1299 present use: single family residence owner F present owner: Ralph Neuzil occupied: yes w Cont: David Hall Q date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: W original owner: original use: historic significance: Sometime between 1906 and 1912 there was an addition built at the rear of the house. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 1 Key Block 51 1 historical sfrucfure Xfi M1 h?r b 1 existing sfrucfure 1 1 `1. 1 1 1� 1 1 1 :1 i i NmQv\ I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 429 E. Ronalds present use: multiple family residence present owner: Chris Cooper block: 51 lot no. 709 owner occupied: no date of construction: 1899-1906 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 421 E. Ronaids present use: multiple family residence present owner: Roger and Ann Westrig block: 51 lot no. 711 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 F, U F a a 0 rg w rd North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study ' Historic Structure Inventory block: 51 ' lot address: 409 E. Ronalds no. 713 present use: single family residence owner ' present owner: Lyle Seydel occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 story frame architectural style: North Side Victorian - cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This cottage has the steep roof and fish scale shingles on the front gable typical of North Side Victorian. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z Idw F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 624 N. Gilbert present use:. single family residence present owner: Rose Machover block: 51 lot no. 715 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1860 building type and material: I story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Greek Revival Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: f ocal point of block notable features of building and site: This cottage has six over six windows, a brick foundation, and a lean-to addition. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 409 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Lyle Seydel block: 51 lot no. 713 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 1 story frame architectural style: North Side Victorian - cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This cottage has the steep roof and fish scale shingles on the front gable typical of North Side Victorian. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z c Id North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 51 lot address: 624 N. Gilbert no. 715 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Rose Machover occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1860 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Greek Revival Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This cottage has six over six windows, a brick foundation, and a lean-to addition. I original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 402 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Clarence and Ken Hagen block: 51 lot no. 719 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1850 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have altered importance notable features of building and site: This early house, with its wide cornice and broken pediment on the gable end, has lost some of its Greek Revival flavor by the addition of the enclosed front porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z 7 W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 412 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Raymond and Velva Vitosh block: 51 z 0 lot no. 721 owner [� occupied: no w A date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures 0 notable features of building and site: H a. c� Lafore and Dykstra call this small Italianate house "an elegant U En miniature, a sort of stately doll's house." Q original owner: original use: historic significance: F sources: Lafore and Dykstra North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 424 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Miriam Young block: 51 lot no. 723 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870-80 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: a Ide North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 51 lot address: 613 N. Van Buren no. 726 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Mary Larew occupied: yes Cont: Dennis Carter date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use; historic significance: The 1912 Sanborn Map shows a cigar factory doing business in a 1 story brick building at the rear of the lot. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 0� w U z 4 U ki z R U M a O H ' Key historical sfrucfure existing sfrucfure � rYn F-p�Jt Block 52 vv vt/ v �otdAl.D; ui �wN vv vt/ v �otdAl.D; ui North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 417 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Maynard Haugen block: 52 lot no. 730 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1885-1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The porch was a later addition to this North Side Victorian house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 0 F& North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Histdric Structure Inventory address: 415 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Robert and Martha Allen block: 52 lot no. 731 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900-1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The gambrel roof on the front gable appears on several other Georgian Revival houses in the North Side Neighborhood. In addition to that feature, this house also has clustered porch columns with Ionic capitals. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: w U z a U f� z 2 H Ca U N C4 O H m North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 409 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Gary Fletcher block: 52 lot no. 732 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895-1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 P a U F z w A W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 52 lot address: 718 N. Gilbert no. 735 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Howard Rogovin occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F. :. Q I" North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 52 lot address: 712N. Gilbert no. 736 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Rose Scott occupied: yes Cont: Mary Ann Shaffer date of construction: 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z rw North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 52 lot address: 402 E. Ronalds no. 737 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Rose Scott Cont: occupied: no Security Investment Inc. date of construction: 1890-1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Queen Anne condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: r2 Mr lap North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 430 E. Ronalds present use: multiple family residence present owner: Neil Humble block: 52 lot no. 741 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 7 O R F Q U H z w Q H r. w U z 6 U N z R U x O F M Key historical structure I = existing structure Block 53 A di ,ro tI 57. 65 54 A di 57. 65 54 54A 47 I 5V A di North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 715 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: David Lilly block: 53 lot no. 744 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story woo.d frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Z w U z U H z M U rz O H CO 4: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 329 E. Brown present use: multiple family residence present owner: Trott/Cont: John Sales block: 53 iot no. 795 owner occupied: yes date of construction: 1850-1860 building type and material: 2 story brick -stuccoed over architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: Keyes refers to this as the Reno -Trott house, and cites it as showing "a localized interpretation of the Greek Revival style..." It has six over six windows and a broken pediment on the gable end. The Italianate style porch might be a later addition. original owner: original use: historic significance: The first hotel in Iowa City was housed in this building c. 1851 sources: Keyes, Weber 0. A 11 !I 11 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 325 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Kasper/Cont: Joyce Weeks block: 53 lot no. 746 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1892 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The porch pediment has an interesting motif not often seen on the North Side. The stained glass window and bay window are more typical of this style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 0� .r North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 53 Historic Structure Inventory z O H H lot H address: 323 E. Brown no. 747 owner F present use: single family residence occupied: yes Q present owner: Cecil Miller date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O H notable features of building and site: C4 U rn w A original owner: w original use: U historic significance: U M z a U 0 O H I sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 315 E. Brown present use: multiple family residence present owner: Eugene Duffey block: 53 lot no. 748 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: PIP f North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 311 E. Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Eugene Duffey block: 53 lot no. 799 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian - transitional to Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Mr z a, I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 730 N. Linn present uca: multiple family residence present owner: John Nolan date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 53 lot no. 750 owner occupied: no There is a large gingerbread trimmed porch and bargeboards on the gables of this North Side Victorian house, original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F, M A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 53 lot address: 714 N. Linn no. 751 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Johnston/ Cont: occupied: no Dennis Boatman date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 304 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Bernard Murphy date of construction: c. 1860 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 53 lot no. 752 owner occupied: yes The wide eaves and cornice, the stone foundation, and the flat bay window all point to construction in the 1860's or possibly 1870's . The Queen Anne style dormer would be a later addition. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: re 71 Idw W U U z H N U x O F cc 5 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 308 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner:Hung Sho Hu block: 53 lot no. 753 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 312 E. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Allen Grunstad block: 53 lot no. 754 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 0� Mr U O H CO e North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 53 Historic Structure Inventory lot no. 755 address: 320 E. Ronalds owner present use: single family residence occupied: yes present owner: Robert Moninger data of construction: c. 1695 building type and material. 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Georgian Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The influence of the Georgian Revival style is seen in the design of the porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 701 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residence present owner: Bert Steffensen block: 53 lot no. 756 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story stucco and shingle architectural style: stick style condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: C :. Id Aj 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure ?�Avvs Block 54 CI�URCI� W- L7 iG 1 ,�c .`1 by t: G6 kJt G %, bb � G GN - I G-4 CO G Zlipi 5iA 51 r 'x" •. bS .. �yG N I CI�URCI� W- L7 iG 1 ,�c .`1 by t: G6 kJt G %, bb � G GN 1-10 r 'x" •. bS .. a I� 1 i l0 CI�URCI� W- L7 1 1 1 I1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 54 lot address: 629 N. Gilbert no. 758A present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Otto/Cont: occupied: no Richard Wayne date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 7 :. w U z Q U H z N U x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 54 lot address: 313 E. Ronalds no. 759 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: George Pickering occupied: no date of construction: c. 1885-1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This North Side Victorian house has a bargeboard on the gable, fish scale shingles and a pedimented porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 Z Id w z U CO N V H U x O F Co North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 54 lot address: 311 E. Ronalds no. 760 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Gerald Dean occupied: no Cont: Fred Sales date of construction: c. 1870 added to c. 1905 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The wide eaves and Greek Revival door treatment indicate an early construction date. original owner: original use: historic significance: Porches were added to the house between 1899 and 1906. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 z t North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 628 N. Linn present use: multiple family residence present owner: William Terry block: 54 lot no. 761 owner occupied; no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian transitional to Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 54 lot address: 624 N. Linn no. 762 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Sturdivant/Cont: occupied: no Mac Investment date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 II Z P, Q .r date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame ' architectural style: Georgian Revival z condition: good art of a cluster of buildings O , importance to neighborhood: important asp w notable features of building and site: a U Ca , The porch of this house has columns with Doric capitals - a The front entrance has double golden oak doors with beveled glass panels. , w original owner: U original use: z historic significance: U z H U x O F CO sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 54 ' Historic Structure Inventory z O H lot no. 763 (~ address: 620 N. Linn family residence owner H z w present use: single occupied: yes Q ' present owner: John Grady date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame ' architectural style: Georgian Revival z condition: good art of a cluster of buildings O , importance to neighborhood: important asp w notable features of building and site: a U Ca , The porch of this house has columns with Doric capitals - a The front entrance has double golden oak doors with beveled glass panels. , w original owner: U original use: z historic significance: U z H U x O F CO sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 54 lot address: 308 E. Church no. 785 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Sweet/Cont: occupied: no Mary Arp date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne condition: excellent Importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: A towered Queen Anne without the peak, this house has been transformed from its original form. The house at 314 shows the style as it was in the 1890's. The 300 block of E. Church has been praised by Lafore and Dykstra, and this house is pictured in Lafore. original owner: W Professor William A. Willis original use: historic significance: The original owner was superintendent of Iowa City schools, 1884-1891, and principal of the Iowa City Academy according to Keyes sources: Keyes, Lafore, Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899 a O Q U F z w Q H Z w U z a U (=1 z M U N a O F W H x North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 54 Historic Structure Inventory lot address: 319 E. Church no. 766owner present use: single family residence occupied: no present owner: Delta Chi Fraternity date of construction: 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne condition: good' importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures potable features of building and site: The three story tower is the outstanding feature of the house. The wrap-around porch has balustrade and grille of turned spindles. Both Keyes and Lafore show pictures of this house, and Lafore and Dykstra call it "an almost perfect example of the towered Queen Anne style." original owner: Joseph Michael original use: historic significance: sources: Keyes, Lafore, Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899 z t North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 316 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: George Peiseler block: 54 lot no. 767 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: In a block which Lafore and Dykstra mention as having several distinctive houses, this house stands out as a simple Italianate style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra r� r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 318 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Martha Rohr block: 54 lot no. 768 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The Italianate porch of this house attracts attention even In a block of outstanding houses. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra IZ Q 11 II II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 54 lot address: 324 E. Church no. 769 present use: single family residence owner Present owner: James Quinn occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: Lafore and Dykstra single out the 300 block of E. Church Street as having an especially good collection of 19th Century houses. original owner: orlginai use: historic significance: ri sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899 II M is North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 330 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Dorothy Moore block: 59 lot no. 770 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1890 building type and material: 1 story brick -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: This is one of the 19th century houses which line the 300 block of E. Church Street. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899 7 II 1 1 1 1 1 II ' Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure C�uAOA Block 55 y I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 55 lot address: 519 N. Gilbert no. 1303 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Clearman/Cont: occupied: no Neil Humble date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 a North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 329 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: George Johnston block: 55 lot no. 1304 owner occupied: no date of construction: c, 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: A variety of window shapes , the fish scale shingles and barge - board on the gables, and the steep roof all point to the Queen Anne style of this house. It is just one of several interesting houses on this block. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra 1 11 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 55 lot address: 319-321 L. Church no. 1305 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Hill/Cont: occupied: yes James Schintler date of construction: c. 1850-1860 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -stucco architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: While the style of this house is altered through later additions, it has importance as part of a group of 19th century buildings on this block. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra a �M u North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 55 lot address: 317 E. Church no. 1306 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Kury/Cont: occupied: yes S.A. Conner date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: "As a rare example of a residential street with its original 19th century houses complete on both sides of the street, the 300 block of E. Church deserves special mention." Lafore and Dykstra original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899 RW North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 309 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Anna Kury block: 55 date of construction: c. 1875-1885 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival-Italianate condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: F a H Q. Keyes pictures this house with its paired brackets and heavy U window comites. Lafore and Dykstra cite all the houses on both w Q sides of the 300 block of E. Church. original owner: Strup original use: single family residence historic significance: Keyes notes that county records show year of construction for this house as 1885, however, the style would indicate an earlier date. sources: Keyes, Lafore and Dykstra O F lot ¢ U no. 1307 owner occupied: yes z w Q date of construction: c. 1875-1885 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival-Italianate condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: F a H Q. Keyes pictures this house with its paired brackets and heavy U window comites. Lafore and Dykstra cite all the houses on both w Q sides of the 300 block of E. Church. original owner: Strup original use: single family residence historic significance: Keyes notes that county records show year of construction for this house as 1885, however, the style would indicate an earlier date. sources: Keyes, Lafore and Dykstra North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 55 z 0 H F lot < U address: 526 N. Linn no. 1308 present use: multiple family residence owner F no z present owner: Marjorie Love occupied: w� H date of construction: C. 1885-1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne condition: fair z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: F a H ai The curved Queen Anne style porch has spindle -turned trim, andCn a bargeboard and fish scale shingles decorate the gable. w Q original owner: w original use: U historic significance: 4 U H z H U H cw O E W H x sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 522 N. Linn present use: multiple family residence present owner: Stephen Connor block: 55 lot no. 1309 owner occupied: no date of construction: 1892 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: An unusual touch on this house is the Moorish design on the cut-outs of wood trimming the porch. The gable in the center front has a bargeboard and fish scale shingles. Also noteworthy are the finials on the steep tin roof. original owner: Moses Bloom original use: residence historic significance: sources: Keyes F_ North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 55 Historic Structure Inventory z O H F lot 4 U address: 514 N. Linn no. 1310 present use: multiple family residence owner E"occupied: no A present owner: Alberta Brinton Cont: Wilfred Eckhard date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The short clustered columns with Doric capitals rest on stone supports. Leaded glass windows and a Palladian window are in keeping with the Georgian Revival style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 55 lot address: 506 N. Linn no. 1311 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Rogers/Cont: occupied: Wilfred Echard date of construction: C. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The massive bungalow style porch was probably added in the 1920's to a basic North Side Victorian house. There is interesting use of fish scale shingles on the side bay window. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: C .. W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 312 E. rairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Alberta Brunton block: 55 lot no. 1312 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1850-1860 building type and material: 2 1/2 story concrete -boarded over 1906 architectural style: Greek Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This house appears to be early in date, but it has been altered over the years. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: as .. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 314 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Wilfred Eckhardt block: 55 lot no. 1313 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame and shingle architectural style: Dutch Colonial Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The gambrel roof of this Dutch Colonial has some Victorian trim original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 �. F, �a North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 55 2 O .. F lot U address: 326 E. Fairchild no. 1316 present use: single family residence owner E present owner: Husa/Cant: occupied: z w Harry Hinkley Q date of construction: c. 1860 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: There is a hood over the front door and a Greek Revival slope to the roof line, original owner: original use: historic significance: Porches were added on the south and east sides of the building between 1899 and 1906. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 O F a. a U W W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 55 lot address: 328 E. Fairchild no. 1317 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Stanley Rupp occupied: yes Cont: Edward Rupp date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 7 :. r. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 511 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: David Schell I block: 55 7. , O H lot Q U no. 1318 M , owner occupied: yes z wQ date of construction: c. 1850 building type and material: 1 story stucco ridded later architectural style: Greek Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: Here is an early stone house which still retains some of the original six over six windows. The bay windows look like Italianate additions. The front entrance and large front windows are of a recent period. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 Z Q w U z a M z a O F to 1 Key hisforic®I sfrucfure 1 existing sfrucfure Block 56 r Key hisforic®I sfrucfure 1 existing sfrucfure Block 56 r � I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 317 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: R. Petrak block: 56 lot no. 1323 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 Mr North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 309 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: Benner block: 56 lot no. 1325 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The wide eaves and fluted columns with Ionic capitals are all typical of early 20th century Georgian Rr vival. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 7. M w U z K4 U M z H U x O H M n 1h North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 430 N. Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Folk block: 56 lot no. 1326 owner occupied: Yes date of construction: c. 1860-1870 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -shingled architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The Greek Revival feature to note is the low pitched roof with chimneys on either end. The bay window is possibly a later addition, or marks the house as transitional to a later style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: G W 2 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 56 Historic Structure Inventory 2 O E lot U no. 1327 address: 420-422 N. Linn owner E present use: multiple family residence Q occupied: no present owner: Housel H date of construction: c. 1650 building type and material: 2 story brick -boarded over 1906 1977 siding 7 architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good z importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance O notable features of building and site: a U CO w A original owner: w original use: U z historic significance: U H z CnH FE sources: Sanborn 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 416 N. Linn present use: multiple family residence present owner: Weston block: 56 lot no. 1328 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne transitional to Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: Georgian Revival and Queen Anne styles are both apparent in this house. There is a tin roof topped by a finial, and the gable has an interesting use of fish scale shingles around the windows. The porch columns are fluted with Doric capitals. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 Mr ,d B. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 412 N. Linn present use: multiple family residence present owner: Kelly/Cont: Kuchen block: 56 lot no. 1329 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 7. Z I 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 304 E. Davenport present use: multiple family residence present owner: Hamdorf, et al block: 56 lot no. 1330 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair Importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Another house was on this site as shown in Sanborn 1899, 1906 sources: Sanborn 1899,1906, 1912 a dw North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 30B E. Davenport present use: multiple family residence present owner: Hill/Cont: Rupp block: 56 lot no. 1331 owner occupied: no date of construction: c 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 rd 1 1 1 1 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 312 E. Davenport present use: multiple family residence present owner: Johnson block: 56 lot no. 1332 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Gothic condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later changes have diminished importance notable features of building and site: The house at 314 E. Davenport is very similar to this one. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 .. raw North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 319 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Rummelhart block: 56 lot no. 1333 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1885-1895 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: A decorative scroll is attached to the pent roof over the 2nd floor bay window. There are both stained and leaded glass windows. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 Z a Q aM 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 320 E. Davenport present use: multiple family residence present owner: Walter Jones block: 56 lot no. 1334 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F, W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 324 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Peet lot no. 1335 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: .. P- W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 332 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: de St. Victor date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 56 lot no. 1336 owner occupied: yes Important features on this Georgian Revival are the curved front portico with square columns, and the curved fanlight over the entrance door. original owner: original use: historic significance: A 11/2 story wood frame grocery store was on this location prior to 1899. sources: Sanborn 1899 0 E- L Key hisforical sfrucfure i� a� exisfing sfrucfure Block 57 ,�Lxl*aGToq J i QT �r i ciwin p r PIO ®p� t � it �xA�W �•��3 ; Y ,�Lxl*aGToq J i QT p r PIO ®p� t � it �xA�W �•��3 ; Y ,�Lxl*aGToq J i QT North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 325 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: Sutherland block: 57 date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival with 17th century baroque forms condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures C notable features of building and site: w N Lafore and Dykstra note that this house is unique in Iowa U M City for its 17th Century baroque designs applied to a house which W could be expected to follow the Georgian Revival style. The Ca distinctive trim around the windows and on the porch is noteworthy. original owner: original use: W U historic significance: z U z U H sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 2 O lot 's U no. 1339 owner H occupied: yes w H date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival with 17th century baroque forms condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures C notable features of building and site: w N Lafore and Dykstra note that this house is unique in Iowa U M City for its 17th Century baroque designs applied to a house which W could be expected to follow the Georgian Revival style. The Ca distinctive trim around the windows and on the porch is noteworthy. original owner: original use: W U historic significance: z U z U H sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 331 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residence present owner: Scott and Keith Cont: Strabala block: 57 lot no. 1340 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: This is a Georgian Revival house with a decorative motif on the porch pediment, Doric capitals on the porch columns and a leaded glass window. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: .. 'I II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 321-323 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Pearson block: 57 lot no. 1341 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1845-1855 building type and material: 1 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: Keyes mentions this as another of Iowa City's oldest buildings. The transom over the front entrance and the brick work over the windows are characteristic of these small Greek Revival Cottages. The houses on this side of the 300 block of Davenport are all 19th century construction according to Lafore and Dykstra original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Keyes, Lafore and Dykstra 7 i North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 57 lot address: 319 Davenport no. 1342 present use: single family residence owner present owner; Deters occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - imitation brick siding architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899-1906 z ra w U z a U z U N oc O E North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 315 Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Wagner block: 57 lot no. 1343 owner occupied: yes date of construction: 1850-1860 building type and material: 1 1/2 story brick -aluminum siding architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1888 70 A, W� W U G U N z N U H x O E U3 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 57 lot address: 328-330 Linn no. 1345 Present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Kehrer occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899-1906 =� 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 3 26 Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Costolo block: 57 lot no. 1346 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 F, i� North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 322 Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Healy block: 57 lot no. 1347 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 W w U z 4 U N z H U x O H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 318 Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Fennell block: 57 lot no. 1348 owner occupied:no date of construction: C. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 F, A ri North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 308, 312, 314 Linn present use: multiple family residential present owner: Holub/Cont: Skarda block: 57 z 0 E lot `t no. 1349 owner H occupied: no z w Q date of construction: c. 1875 building type and material: 3 story brick architectural style: Italianate condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: F CLI a This building is notable for its ornate stone arches over the N windows, and the brac':ets under the eaves. A original owner: original use: Slezak Hall historic significance: This portion of Slezak Hall was a hotel and boarding rooms, see the inventory sheet on 302-304 Bloomington for more details. sources: Sanborn 1888, 1892 Weber II I 1 II II II U North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 302-304 Bloomington present use: commercial Pizza Palace present owner: Holub/Cont: Skarda block: 57 lot no. 1349 owner occupied: date of construction: 1875 building type and material: 3 story brick architectural style: Italianate condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: This distinctive Italianate building not only has the typical brackets under the eaves, dentil molding on the cornice and arched windows, but is also notable for the unusual roof line both on this building and on the adjoining Laundromat at 310 Bloomington. original owner: original use: commercial - Slezak Hall historic significance: Slezak Hall housed a complex of uses including a grocery and a saloon on the first floor, a meeting room with a stage on the oecond floor and hotel and boarding rooms at the rear in what is now the Holub Apartments on Linn. The present Laundromat housed feed for horses and carriages were kept in the low building at the rear of the lot. sources: Sanborn 1888, 1892, 1899 Weber ZI �. If North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 310 Bloomington present use: commercial -Laundromat present owner: Holub/Cont: Skarda block: 57 lot no. 1349 owner occupied: date of construction: 1875 building type and material: 1 1/2 story brick architectural style: Italianate condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: This building should be considered as part of Slezak Hall (302-304 Bloomington) . The style is distinctive and complements that building. They were built as a complex. original owner: original use: Slezak Hall - stable and feed historic significance: Refer to the inventory sheet for 302-304 Bloomington. sources: Sanborn 1888, 1892, 1899 Weber .11 w U z Q U f� z N U M �i 0 H Ca Key Block 58 historical sfrucfure existing sfrucfure Im"FRIM F AIM'4f MW A ML M01-7 I II II II II II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 219 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residential present owner: Patricia Chase et al block: 58 lot no. 36-1903 owner occupied: no date of construction: 1847 building type and material: 2 story stone architectural style: Greek Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surroundings notable features of building and site: This is an early Iowa City Greek Revival house with stone lintels over six over six windows The door has side lights and a rectangular fan light and there is a decorative molding on the cornice. It is pictured in both Keyes and Lafore. original owner: Caroline Wentz original use: multiple family residential historic significance: This home, built of local yellow sandstone, is one of theoldest in Iowa City. It is on the National Register of Historic Places sources: Keyes, Lafore, Division of Historic Preservation Iowa State Historical Department Mr 0 �d North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 229 N. Gilbert present use: single family residential present owner: Mary Keating block: 58 lot no. 1905 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: There is a decorative motif on the porch pediment, a leaded glass window, a steep tin roof and a modified Palladian window surrounded by fish scale shingles in the front gable. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 319 N. Bloomington present use: Commercial -Walls Alive pres^nt owner: Westinghouse Learning Corp block: 58 lot no. 1906 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surroundings notable features of building and site: The columns on the porch of this house have Italianate style bracket supports. There are ornamental stone arches over the windows, an oval window in the front gable and ornamented double doors. Heavy brackets appear under the eaves of the tin roof. A stone water table tops the stone foundation. The front porch was added c. 1895. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1883, 1888, 1892, 1899 O E. E a U E. E z w A F, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 214 N. Linn present use: commercial -Hamburg Inn MF -2 present owner: Kathleen Graf block: 58 lot no. 1911 owner occupied: date of construction: c . 1890 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: 1890's commercial condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: The decorative cornice is the type frequently seen in commercial buildings of the 1880's and 1890's. original owner: original use: historic significance: This building is the oldest of a group of buildings housing small businesses on this side of Linn Street. From the late 19th century and into the early 20th century the Alert Hose company stood at 204 Linn. It provided fire protection and was famous for a pair of matched horses. Other business in this part of block 58 have included a tin shop, a cobbler a soda water bottling co. , a confectionary, a meat market and a drug store c. 1910 at 200 Linn. sources: Sanborn 1883, 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906, 1912 0. 7 Q Key Block 59 I historical structure existing structure %MT M6X North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 59 lot address: 331 E. Market no. 1925 present use: commercial Taco Grande owner present owner: Goldberg, Merrel, occupied: Trustee et al date of construction; c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: late Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: Decorative flat arches over upper windows. original owner: original use: historic significance: In the 1880's a market was located in this building and by the 1890's a meat market was doing business on this site. To the west were a variety of small businesses including a barber, a blacksmith, a saloon and in the middle of the block stood the City Brewery. This was Iowa City's first brewery founded in 1853. There was also a brewery across the street on block 58 and on block 67. sources: Sanborn 1883, 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906, Weber F, .. W U z d U f� z w U a O H to North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 119 N. Gilbert present use: single family residence present owner: Klein block: 59 lot no. 1922 owner occupied: yes data of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story shingle architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent Importance to neighborhood: important as part of cluster notable features of building and site: Further research is needed on this house; it is possible it was built in the Gothic or Italianate style, and has been altered over the years. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1883 Fe F, rde 11 1 1 1 1 I II II II II II II II II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 59 lot address: 318 E. Jefferson no. 1935 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Paul Shaw/Cont: occupied: no 318 Jefferson Corp,, et al date of construction: 1883 building type and material: 2 story brick -stucco applied later architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: Italianate brackets and dentil molding appear under eaves and on porch cornice. The first floor windows extend to the floor and the second floor windows have decorative stone segmental arches. The bay window on the second floor is repeated in a bay shaped entrance on the first floor. original owner: Robert Hutchinson original use: historic significance: This house was the only house on the west end of this block for many years. It was located near the back of the lot at 310 Jefferson and was moved to the present location c. 1905 sources: Keyes, Lafore Sanborn, 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906 Z rd North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 115 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residence present owner: Reta B. Lekin block: 59 lot no. 1939 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1850 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: Important independent of surroundings notable features of building and site: There are stone lintels over the windows and an oblong fanlight over the front entrance in the Greek Revival manner. Other notable features include the dentil molding on the cornice and the stone water table topping the foundation. This house is referred to in Keyes as the Rohret-Lekin house. original owner: original use: historic significance: This house was originally located at 328 Jefferson. It housed Iowa City's first City Hall c. 1875-1882. The move to the present location took place c. 1910 and the front porch was added at that time. sources: Sanborn 1883, 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906, 1912 Weber Keyes F, Id w U z 4 U z M U M Q!i Q F CD 5 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 328 N. Gilbert present use: multiple family residential present owner: Michael Hart block: 59 lot no. 1938 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: There is a large porch which wraps around the front and east side of the house. The porch has massive stone supports and square columns. Another noteworthy feature is the leaded bevelled glass windows. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1912 E- a North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 320 E. Jefferson present use: single family residence present owner: Douglass Lee block: 59 lot no. 1936 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1885 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: The variety of surface textures on this house is typically Queen Anne. Fish scale shingles appear on the bay window and also on the gable. The front gable peak has a decorative bargeboard. The variety of window types (stained glass, frosted glass, and small -paned windows) is also a feature of the Queen Anne style. The porch, with its Ionic capitals on the columns and dentil molding, was added to the house c. 1910. original owner: J.J. Englert according to Eva Englert, now deceased original use: historic significance: This house was originally located at 321 Market Street the only residence in a commercial block. To the west stood the City Brewery, Iowa City's first brewery built in 1853 and owned by J.J. Englert. The rest of the block housed an array of everchanging small businesses including a carpet weaver, a paint shop, black smith, saloon, barber and meat market where Taco aande now stands. Around 1910 the house was moved to the present location. Adeline Englert, a daughter of J.J. Englert, lived here until her death c. 1972. sources: Sanborn 1888, 1892, 1899, 1912 Weber 0 Y Key historical sfrucfure existing sfrucfure SWT Block 67 J G1 �JZW40!iW�pp.�.} . ( > �i4 �•Y� �Y IAMW'i hL •�S Y� b g All �Fl I P NelllNO AN 4• F • � i d�l ri'..� � s ...•.3��U. a �Ny i aSdih I I v. n NFI _r d I I I• n J �JZW40!iW�pp.�.} . ( > �i4 �•Y� �Y IAMW'i •�S Y� b g All NelllNO AN 4• F • � i d�l ri'..� � ...•.3��U. a �Ny i aSdih I I J North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 117-131 Linn present use: Commercial -Economy Advertising present owner: Economy Advertising Company block: 67 lot no. 1936-1940 owner occupied: date of construction: 1856 building type and material: 3 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival-italianate condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: The low pitched tin roof is characteristic of the Italianate style of architecture as are the rounded arches above the windows on the east and northeast corners. Greek Revival features include stone lintels over the windows on the north side, the star-shaped anchor irons, quoins on the first floor NE comer and pilasters topped by a wide frieze and cornice on the E. side first floor. ' original owner: Conrad Graf original use: Brewery historic significance: The Union Brewery was one of three breweries clustered along Market Street during the middle and late 19th century. Other breweries ' were on blocks 58 and 59. A large flat stone set in the grass on the north side parking reads "In Memoriam Simeon Hotz and A. Geiger," early proprietors of the brewery. II sources: Sanborn 1883, Weber II :. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 213 Market present use: religious -Wesley Foundation present owner: Wesley Foundation of Iowa block: 67 lot no. 1942 owner occupied: date of construction: 1870 building type and material: two-story brick architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: The gable front of this building has a small round window in the gable peak, windows with segmental stone arches, a cornice with Italianate paired brackets and dentil molding. The front entrance has rope -turned wood trim around the door, and the stone foundation is topped by a dressed stone water table. Keyes refers to this building as the Geiger -Wesley Foundation House. original owner: Anton Geiger original use: single family residence historic significance: sources: Keyes 0� r r. 1 1 I 1 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: Jefferson and Dubuque present use: religious - 1st United Methodist present owner: Ist United Methodist Church block: 67 lot no. 1945 owner: occupied: date of construction: 1906 building type and material: roughstone architectural style: late Gothic Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: Lafore draws attention to the Medieval characteristics including the crenellated towers and a large rose window over the entrance. Other Gothic details to be noted are gargoyles, pointed windows and the trefoil motifs over the doors. The substantial character typifies the late Gothic Revival style of the early 20th century. original owner: 1st United Methodist Church original use: Church historic significance: There has been a Methodist Church located on this corner since 1840. sources: Lafore, Weber :. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 67 lot 1946 address: Jefferson and Linn no. present use: religious - St. Mary's Catholic owner present owner: Church occupied: St. Mary's Catholic Church date of construction: 1869 building type and material: brick architectural style: Romanesque with Gothic features condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: has importance independent of surrounding notable features of building and site: structures The round headed doors and windows are in the Romanesque style, a popular style for churches in the 1850's and 1860's. The steeple is in the Gothic form. There are buttresses on the east and west sides of the church. St. Mary's is pictured in Lafore. original owner: St. original use: Church historic significance: Mary's Catholic Church The first mass in Iowa City was celebrated on this location in 1840, and the first parish in the city was organized here. Father Samuel Mazzuchelli supervised contruction of the first St. Mary's on this site. a sources: Lafore, Weber "Des Moines Sunday Register" July 10, 1977 , p4E 1 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 220 Jefferson present use: religious - St. Mary's Rectory present owner: St. Mary's Catholic Church block: 67 lot no. 1947 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 1/2 story br'_ck architectural style: Queen Anne condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The roof of the Rectory is covered with diamond patterned shingles; there is a rounded arch window in the gable and a finial atop the gable. Stone string courses top the second and first floor windows and there are leaded glass windows on this building. The porch is noteworthy for its arched columns. original owner: original use; historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892 :. F, ,d Key historical structure existing sfrucfure Block 68 F-15 IVA, Q4 G -z3 ol bIA F-15 Q4 G -z3 bIA F vtn IA 1 67P Gs North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 221 N. Linn present use: multiple family residence present owner: Richard Nissen block: 68 lot no. 1948 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn, 1906, 1912 0 G .dw North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 225 N. Linn present use: multiple family residential present owner: Kurtis Voparil et al block: 58 lot no. 1949 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1850 building type and material: 2 story brick - perma stone siding architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good Importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site; original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1883 1 1 1 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 223 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family residential present owner: Opas Jutabha block: 68 lot no. 1950 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: There are the typical fish scale shingles on the gable of this North Side Victorian, and Doric capitals on the porch columns. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 tE lie North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 219 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family residential present owner: Chester Bell block: 68 lot no. 1951 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: A finial tops the steep tin roof of this house. There is 1890's style gingerbread trim on the porch, and small stained glass panes surround a front window. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892 I II ::Jrih Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 215 E. Bloomington present use: single family residential present owner: Leo Cortimiglia block: 68 lot no. 1952 owner occupied: no date of construction: c . 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: While the typical Italianate brackets under the eaves are missing, this house does have a bay window and Italianate columns on the porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: This building does not appear on this lot until 1906 according to Sanborn. The architectural style is considerably earlier, and so there is a strong possibility that the house was moved to this location C. 1900. sources: Sanborn 1906 z 0 a H z w Q Z North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 209 E. Bloomington present use: single family residential present owner: Leo Cortimiglia block: 68 lot no. 1953 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: The broken pediment on the gables may be a clue to an earlier construction date. Further research is necessary on this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1888, 1892 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 205 E. Bloomington present use: single family residential present owner: Douglas Schleisman block: 68 lot no. 1954 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 1 1/2 story frame architectural style: late Stick Style condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of building s notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1912, 1920 F, Id E North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 230 N. Dubuque present use: single family residence -office present owner: J. M. Mariner block: 68 lot no. 1955 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story frame architectural style: late Stick Style condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: There are projecting stick supports under the wide eaves of the roof and porch. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1912, 1920 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 224 N. Dubuque present use: multiple family residence present owner: John P. Gordon block: 68 lot no. 1956 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Sanborn in 1920 lists this building as a rooming hous e. sources: Sanborn 1906, 1920 F. V. i� North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 68 lot address: 222 North Dubuque no. 1957 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Arthur Small occupied: no Cont: Thomas Slockett date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 218-220 N. Dubuque present use: multiple family residence present owner: William Hunter block: 88 lot no. 1958 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892 0 Z North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 68 z 0 F~ lot ¢ address: 220-222 E. Market no. 1963-1964 present use: Commercial -Sutton Radio & TV MF owner 2 present owner: Alberhasky/Cont: above occupied: W Peoples Bank and Trust Q date of construction: c. 1850-1860 building type and material: 3 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding 0 notable features of building and site: structures H x This large building, of the Greek Revival style, has a roof with rU a low pitch and triangular motifs on the cornice. The windows are topped Ow by stone lintels and there are star shaped anchor irons capping the tie rods which lend stability to the brick walls. original owner: original use: W historic significance: Z 4 This building has housed a variety of businesses including a bakery, a confectionary and a restaurant. Furnished rooms were available on the z second and third floors. sources: Sanborn 1883, 1888, 1892, 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 68 lot address: 209 N. Linn no. 1966 present use: Commercial -Plains Woman Bookstore owner present owner: Fred Stinocher occupied: date of construction: c, 1885 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the- Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: One of a group of buildings dating from at least the mid -1880's . This structure has a simple porch with spindle turned posts, a tin roof, and a random stone foundation. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1883, 1888 F. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 68 lot address: 211 N. Linn no. 1967 present use: commercial - The Frame House & owner present owner: Gallery occupied: Mary Schuppert date of construction: c. 1885 building type and material: 2 story frame -recent wood siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: A carpet weaving shop was doing business in this building In the late 1880's. sources: Sanborn 1888 II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 215 N. Linn present use: vacant shop present owner: John Schuppert block: 68 lot no. 1968 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1860-1870 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: Some of the original six over six windows still remain in this early building. There are stone lintels over the windows and Italianate pilasters flank the front door. original owner: original use: historic significance: A tin shop was located here in 1912 according to Sanborn. sources: Sanborn 1888, 1912 O w x U M W W U a U M fa z H U N x O F Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure Block 69 .1 ( 01404-TDQ 01 Gz 13 SI yYX^j$0?7, Z_ .1 ( 01404-TDQ 01 Gz 13 Z_ zv Ix, .1 ( 01404-TDQ 01 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 225 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Doris Marchael block: 69 lot no. 1357 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: stick style condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 Fe North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 69 Historic Structure Inventory 2 O H F lot U address: 223 E. Davenport no. 1358owner F' present use: multiple family residence occupied: no A present owner: Launspach H date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian 2 condition: deteriorated ant as part of a cluster of buildings O importance to neighborhood: import notable features of building and site: a. a U Here is a North Side Victorian house with a gingerbread � trimmed porch and a steep tin roof. A original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 217 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Williams and Beals block: 69 lot no. 1359 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Q 5 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 211 E. Davenport present use: single family residence present owner: Day block: 69 lot no. 1361 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1885-1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 328 N. Dubuque present use: multiple family residence present owner: Lambert block: 69 lot no. 1362 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - imitation brick siding architectural style: Queen Anne condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The tower on this Queen Anne house makes it distinctive. original owner: original use: historic significance: A smaller 2 -story wood frame house is shown on this lot in Sanborn 1892. sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899, 1906 .. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 69 Historic Structure Inventory z O F lot 4 U address: 326 N. Dubuque no. 1363ownerF present use: single family residence occupied: no A present owner: Marion Taylor date of construction: C. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The transom over the door, the windows with six panes in the upper section, and the low slopes to the roofline suggest an early construction date. Further research would be helpful on this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: No record of this building exists on the Sanborn maps. That might indicate it has been moved to this lot. sources: 10 W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 318 N. Dubuque Present use: single family residence present owner: Helen McEvay block: 69 lot no. 1365 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame - shingled architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: z O r a U z w A H original owner: original use: w U historic significance: z U A one-story porch on the west side of the house was added c. 1910. z t� H U H O H sources: Sanborn 1892, 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 202 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family dwelling present owner: Stanley Miller block: 69 z lot Q no. 1367 owner z occupied: yes ua A date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - asbestos siding architectural style: Queen Anne condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: H a z The 3 story tower is cited by Lafore and Dykstra as "the only 0 surviving example in Iowa City of the so-called pepperbox tower, Q Inspired by the feudal fortress architecture of twelfth -century France..." original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1892, 1899 I ■ 11 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 69 z O H H lot `t 1368 address: 206 E. Bloomington no. � present use: multiple family dwelling owner F no w present owner: Benson/Cont: occupied:A City Property Corporation H date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Sometime between 1899 and 1906 a wrap-around porch and a bay window were added to the house. sources: Sanborn 1892, 1899 r. ii North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 69 lot address: 212 E. Bloomington no. 1369 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Benson/Cont: occupied: no City Property Corporation date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -imitation brick siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: A one-story wood frame house was on this lot prior to 1892. sources: Sanborn 1892 I t II II [1 11 II II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 216 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Owen and Dreyer block: fi9 lot no. 1370 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Italianate condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The wide eaves ai.' .ow pitch to the roofline are reminiscent of the Italianate, but later alterations make it difficult to be precise about the style of this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: i� F, w U a r N z t7 H U M O F Ca E. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 220 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family residence present owner: Robert Bush block: 69 lot no. 1371 owner occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Italianate condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892 II I 1 II North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 222 E. Bloomington present use: single family residence present owner: Van der Woude block: 69 lot no. 1372 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The gingerbread trim on the porch and fish scale shingles are characteristic of North Side Victorian. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1892, 1895 Q North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 228-232 E. Bloomington present use: multiple family residence present owner: Nielson block: 69 lot no. 1373 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1850-1860 building type and material: 2 story brick -stuccoed over architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Between 1899 and 1906 a 2 story addition was made to the rear of this house. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 11 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 313 N. Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Larew date of construction: C. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 69 lot no. 1375 owner occupied: Yes There is a Palladian style dormer and columns with Doric capitals on this early 20th century house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F, E. Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure !FMC\w-V Block 70 I PMJENvdv-1v G.-2 pP ti ri I R4 '18 77 :3Z=l P-1 I PMJENvdv-1v G.-2 pP ti ri I R4 P-1 P-3 3 I 6A 84 u I PMJENvdv-1v North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 225 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: Strub block: 70 lot no. 1376 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Queen Anne transitional to Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: The porch of this house seems to be Georgian Revival, but the many gables, fish scale shingles and finial on the roof all point to the Queen Anne style. The architecture of the carriage house is similar to the main house. Lafore and Dykstra call this "...a large and imposing house....." original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore and Dykstra, Sanborn 1899 .. W �l s North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 221 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family dwelling present owner: Strub block: 70 lot no. 1377 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: The Sanborn Insurance Map for 1899 shows a one-story wood frame building on this site. P sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 70 z 0 H lot U address: 215 E. Fairchild no. 1378 present use: multiple family residence owner z present owner: Benson/Cont: occupied: no w Richardson and Scheurman A date of constriction: c. 1895 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame - imitation brick siting architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 II Z �l North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 207-209 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: Pitkin block: 70 lot no. 1379 owner occupied: no date of construction: c . 1850-1860 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame architectural style: Greek Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: Pilasters by the front entrance and six over six windows indicate an early construction date. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: i r U z w A :. Q w U z U N z c� M U M 0 F 1 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 412 N. Dubuque present use: single family residence present owner: Nolan block: 70 z 0 H F lot U no. 1383 owner occupied: no z w A date of construction: c. 1840-1850 building type and material: 1 story brick architectural style: Greek Revival condition: fair z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: H N �i Another of Iowa City's very early homes located on the North U M Side, this house has segmental arches over the windows and a transom ua A over the door. Keyes refers to it as the Johnson -Wilson House. original owner: Sylvanus Johnson original use: historic significance: Property originally owned by Iowa City's first brick maker Sylvanus Johnson. sources: Keyes North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 70 lot address: 220 E. Davenport no. 1389 present use: single family residence owner present owner: Blanch Peters occupied: yes date of construction: C. 1860-1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The Carpenter Gothic porch is a later addition to a house which displays elements of an earlier style. At one time there were probably brackets under the wide eaves. The floor length windows and transom over the front door are other indicators of an early construction date. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 222 E. Davenport present use: multiple family residence present owner: Mackey block: 70 lot no. 1390 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: Porches were added to the south and east of the house sometime before 1906. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 70 z lot address: 403-05 N. Linn no. 1391 0 4 U Present use: multiple family residence owner t~ present owner: Murphy/Cont: Wm. Terry occupied: no 2 w date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair Importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features building Z 0 of and site: M F a x U M w A original owner: original use: historic significance: w U A one-story wood frame house stood on this lot prior to 1906. U (±1 M CO U x O F sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 II 11 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 70 lot address: 411 N. Linn no. 1392 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Esther Hunter and Hazel Graham occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 Fe Z Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure COM Block 71 rIV7 n r L Won" r L North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 527 N. Linn present use: single family residence present owner: William Lenz block: 71 lot no. 1394 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as a part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906 0. ri North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 533 N. Linn present use: single family residence present owner: City Property Corp. block: 71 lot no, 1395 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Tian -of-the-Century Cottage condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Mc-.1ghborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 219 -221 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Dwight Finken date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 71 lot no. 1397 owner occupied: no There are twin front gables on this large Georgian Revival duplex. original owner: original use: historic significance: A smaller two story wood frame building occupied this site, and was removed sometime prior to 1912. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 71 lot address: 215 E. Church no. 1398 present use: single f amily residence owner present owner: Kick/Cont: occupied: yes Andrian Angelsberg date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Turn -of -the -Century Cottage condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: The Sanborn map of 1899 shows a 2 story wood frame building on this location. sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address; 211 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Nicholas Peet block: 71 lot no. 1399 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The gable end of this rather unusual Georgian Revival house faces on Church St. There are gables with gambrel roofs on the east and west sides of the building. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: �. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 528 N. Dubuque present use: single family residence present owner: C. P. Berg block: 71 lot no. 1401 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1880-1890 building type and material: 1 story wood frame architectural style: Carpenter Gothic condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: Gingerbread trim on the porch and a bacgeboard on the gable mark this house as Carpenter Gothic in style. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 Z O a. a a U CO W w U z a U N z H U M 0 E CO i. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 71 z O E. H lot U address: 508 N. Dubuque no. 1403 present use: multiple family residence owner E� present owner: Olga Johnson occupied: yes w Cont: Robert Mitchell Q date of construction: 1906-1912 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: a M The fluted columns on the porch are an unusual detail. x U Ca w A original owner: original use: w historic significance: U fh z EO x 0 F sources: Sanbom 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 202 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: Mary Englehart date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Gothic condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 71 lot no. 1404 owner occupied: yes There are seven gables and paired narrow windows in the second floor of this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: There is no record of this building on the Sanborn maps. That suggests it was moved here from another location. sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: yI z 0 R F lot `t U address: 208 E. Fairchild no. 1405 present use: multiple family residential owner 2 present owner: Sarah Smith occupied: W A date of construction: Pre 1899 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures O notable features of building and site: H x There are several Italianate features on the first floor of this U CD house including the floor length windows, the columns and brackets A pn the porch, anq the bay window on the east side. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 W U d U H z N U x O H y North Sift Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 212 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: L. R. Brumley block: 71 lot no. 1406 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906-1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 216 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: H.A.H. Investment block: 71 lot no. 1407 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: fair importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: There was a 1 1/2 story brick building on this lot prior to 1899 sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906 R H 4 U F z w A F, A; A w U 6 U f� z H U M 0 H North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 71 lot address:222 E. Fairchild no. 1408 present use: multiple family construction owner present owner: Clement Brack/Cont: occupied: no Betty Norbeck date of construction: c. 1890 building type and material: 2 story wood frame - asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 Z Z Q North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 230 E. Fairchild present use: single family residence present owner: George McCormick block: 71 lot no. 1409 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: The porch is a later addition to the house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 0� .. Key historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure Block 72 01 16 it 15 3,S 01 OI North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 619 N. Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Kenneth Hubel date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: 72 lot no. 22-772 owner occupied: yes The grouped columns on the porch and the leaded beveled glass windows are distinctive features of this Georgian Revival house. The architectural style of the carriage house is similar to the main house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1906, 1912 Z if lie $1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 629 N. Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Robert P. Block block: 72 lot no. 773 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: fair importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: The wide eaves, the six over six windows on the second floor, and the floor length windows on the first floor point to the Italianate style. Any other distinguishing features such as brackets under the eaves have been removed. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: :. .. ,d !e' A 1 1 1 1 II 1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 219 Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: James Harris block: 72 lot no. 774 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: There is a resemblance between this house and the house at 415 S. Summit that Lafore refers to as a "Venetian Villa." The upper windows on the central gable have an unusual pent roof with sawtooth trim. The first floor has double entrance doors and floor length windows. original owner: original use: historic significance: The original front porch has been removed. sources: Sanborn 1899 Z A w U z 4 U z R M U x O E North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 630 N. Dubuque present use: Fraternity present owner: Beta Mu Bldg. Co. block: 72 lot no. 776 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1920-1930 building type and material: 3 story brick architectural style: Roman condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: There are similarities between this building and the Phi Beta Pi House at 109 River Street cited in Lafore. He points to the resemblance to Italian country houses of 500 years ago. Noteworthy features on this building are the Roman arches and iron railings on the second floor balconies. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore . I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 616 N. Dubuque present use: single family residence present owner: Gertrude Rummelhard block: 72 lot no. 778 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 11 w U z U E'a z rAM U N a O F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 72 Historic Structure Inventory lot address: 612 N. Dubuque no. 779 present use: multiple u tipleftmily residence owner occupied: no present owner: Bruce Orr date of construction: C. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent rtant as Part of a cluster of buildings importance to neighborhood: impo notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 602 N. Dubuque present use: multiple family residence present owner: Michael Welsh date of construction: C. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: block: /Z lot no. 780 owner occupied: yes There is an 1890's style Victorian bargeboard and stained glass windows on this house. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: b .. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 214 E. Church present use: multiple family residence present owner: Thomas Hulme block: 72 lot no. 781 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1910 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This is a Georgian Revival house with a broken pediment on the front gable, massive columns with stone supports and leaded beveled glass windows. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899, 1906, 1912 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 72 z O lot t address: 220 E. Church no. 782 � present use: multiple family and beauty parlor owner z present owner: Arthur Cornwall occupied: yes ua Q date of construction: c. 1885 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent z importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings O notable features of building and site: w H x The porch with its gingerbread trim has been screened in. U w Q original owner: original use: ua U historic significance: z U M z ccM sources: Sanborn 1899 0 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 228 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: Besse Hickey and Jean Bartley block: 72 lot no. 783 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1860 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Italianate-remodeled condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: The Italianate brackets are a reminder that this was once an elaborate Italianate style house with a tower. Keyes has a picture of the house before remodeling, original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Keyes Eliza 1'. Hight Key historical sfrucfure existing sfrucfure Block 73 '--M Rblo, .DS -A NO i1 I r ,, 4 Ile Ij i All, � w G L Y1 x bac 4: '--M Rblo, .DS -A NO i1 I r ,, 4 Ile Ij i '--M Rblo, .DS -A NO i1 I North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 725 N. Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Buckley block: 73 lot no. 786 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: good importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z O a U H z W A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure inventory address: 729 N. Linn present use: single family residence present owner: Wallace Tomasini block: 73 lot no. 787 owner occupied: yes date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 215 Brown present use: single family residence present owner: Joan Zug block: 73 lot no. 788 owner occupied: yes da;,e of construction: c. 1915 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Georgian Revival and late* Stick style condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: This is an imposing house situated on a terraced hillside overlooking the Iowa River. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 E~ Q U z w A 71 w U z a U ka z G M U M P; O F North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 724 N. Dubuque present use: Fraternity present owner: Beta Rho Iowa Corp. block: 73 lot no. 789 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1920-1930 building type and material: 2 1/2 story brick architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: A number of interesting Georgian features are used on this building including a front gable with a broken pediment, dentil molding on the cornice and dressed stone keystone lintels. Lafore refers to the fraternity houses grouped together on N. Dubuque as composing a very attractive picture. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 73 lot address: 720 N. Dubuque no. 790 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Paul Shaw/Cont: occupied: no Charles Billick date of construction: c. 1905 building type and material: 2 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: fair importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: Later alterations have changed the appearance of this house, but it is still impressive with its large portico and tall columns, original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 9 a U z w A North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 73 lot address: 716 N. Dubuque no. 791 present use: Fraternity owner present owner: Phi Kappa Sigma occupied: Fraternity Corporation date of construction: 1931 building type and material: 3 story stone and half timbered architectural style: English Manor House condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrouding structures notable features of building and site: The prominent chimney, steep slate roof and dressed stone walls make this a "replica of buildings in England in the late. Middle Ages" according to Lafore. otiginal owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 73 z 0 M F lot `t U address: 702 N. Dubuque no. 792 present use: Fraternity owner F present owner: Gamma Sigma Phi Epsilon occupied: W Alumni Association date of construction: c. 1920-1930 building type and material: 2 story stone architectural style: Norman condition: good z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures 0 notable features of building and site: H w x This is another of the group of fraternity houses on N. Dubuque built to imitate styles of another period. The steep slate roof and Q castellated towers of this building are inspired by Norman buildings of the Middle. Ages. original owner: original use: W U historic significance: z U N z 2 H Co sources: Lafore '1 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure lInventory address: 222 £. Ronalds present use: single family residence present owner: Plaza Suite Inc. block: 73 lot no. 795 owner occupied: no date of construction; c. 1895 building type and material: 1 1/2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: deteriorated importance to neighborhood: important as part of a cluster of buildings notable features of building and site: original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: ,a,1 A ' 1 ' Key t historical sfrucfure exisfing sfrucfure cNMu k Block 74 F-wow'D w O Ca4 G-10 z y z6 In 1 L ( Y CIO G3 29 30 91 3z � sl me -110 F-wow'D w O Ca4 G-10 1 L Z G3 29 30 91 3z F-wow'D w O Ca4 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 521 N. Dubuque present use: multiple family residence present owner: Viola Lons block: 74 lot no. 624 owner occupied: no date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -aluminum siding architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: The porch of this Georgian Revival house has clustered columns with Doric capitals. There is a broken pediment on the gable front. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 z 0 a U H H z w A H F, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 529 N. Dubuque present use: multiple family residence present owner: Fred Lewis block: 74 z 0 a lot no. 625 owner H occupied: no w A H date of construction: c. 1870 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: fair z importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures 0 notable features of building and site: N C4 This house still retains much of its original appearance. 0 It has paired brackets under the eaves, Italianate columns on the A porch and floor length windows on the first floor. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 111 E. Church present use: single family residence present owner: B rldwin Maxwell block: 74 lot no. 626 owner occupied: Yes date of construction: c. 1920 - 1930 building type and material: 2 story stone and stucco architectural style: English, half-timbered condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: notable features of building and site: focal point of block This house with its steep roof and fake half-timbering is pictured in Lafore. It represents a fad for Olde English houses in the 1920's and 1930'x. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore I z 0 a U H z w A N :. North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 74 lot address: 530 N. Clinton no. 627 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Eugene Hubbard occupied: no Cont: Richard Wayne date of construction: c. 1895 building type and material: 2 1/2 story brick architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: Important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: Here is one of the most impressive examples of Georgian Revival on the North Side. There is dentil molding on porch and roof comics, leaded and stained glass windows and Doric capitals on the porch columns. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Sanborn 1899 North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 74 lot address: 522 N. Clinton no. 628 present use: sorority owner present owner: Delta Delta Delta Assoc. occupied: Pi Chapter date of construction: c. 1920 - 1930 building type and material: 2 1/2 story brick architectural style: Classical Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: An imitation of Greek Revival from the 1920's or 1930's. This building has a portico with large columns having Corinthian capitals. There is a round window in the gable peak and a broken pediment on the front gable. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: z 0 a U z w A O E a a U M rw North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study block: 74 Historic Structure Inventory lot 500 N. Clinton no. 629 address: owner present use: religious -church occupied: present owner: 1st Baptist Church date of construction: 1952 building type and material: Stone architectural style: Gothic condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: There are lancet windows in this Gothic style church. There is also a rose window over the pointed arch entrance. original owner: original use: historic significance: The 1st Baptist Church was organized in 1B4 sources: North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 114 E. Fairchild present use: sorority present owner: Alpha Delta Building Corporation block: 74 lot no. 630 owner occupied: date of construction: c. 1930 building type and material: 2 story brick architectural style: Georgian Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: focal point of block notable features of building and site: Another of the fraternity and sorority buildings built in the Georgian manner. This one has stone keystone lintels, fan lights around the entrance and brick quoins at the corners of the building. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: F. W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 120 E. Fairchild present use: multiple family residence present owner: Elizabeth Means block: 74 lot no. 631 owner occupied: no date of construction. 1877 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: Gothic Revival condition: good importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: A house so outstanding it is cited by Keyes, Lafore and Lafore and Dykstra. It is considered to be one of the most striking houses in Iowa City. It has a steeply pitched roof, fancy bargeboards, bay windows, elaborate chimneys, and many other features of the Gothic style. original owner: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Keyser original use: historic significance: The house was constructed by Louis H. Jackson for the Keysers, but it was occupied for over forty years by Stephen A. Swisher and his family. It is often referred to as "the old Swisher place" . sources: Keyes, Lafore, Lafore and Dykstra F5 O F a H cc U w w i �l J North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory block: 74 lot address: 128 E. Fairchild no. 632 present use: multiple family residence owner present owner: Dorothy Yount/Cont: occupied: no Duane and Elizabeth Means date of construction: c. 1900 building type and material: 2 story wood frame architectural style: North Side Victorian condition: excellent importance to neighborhood: important independent of surrounding structures notable features of building and site: Gingerbread trim on the gables decorates this house that Lafore considers an outstanding example of Midwestern turn -of -the -century domestic architecture original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: Lafore, Sanborn 1899, 1906 z 0 P 4 U Z w A F: W North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study Historic Structure Inventory address: 515 N. Dubuque present use: multiple family residence present owner: Duane Means block: 74 lot no. 633 owner occupied: no date of construction: C. 1870-1880 building type and material: 2 story wood frame -asbestos siding architectural style: Italianate condition: good importance to neighborhood: later alterations have diminished importance notable features of building and site: An old barn with board and batten siding is presently being used as a garage. original owner: original use: historic significance: sources: 1 z '