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Home My WebLink About1978-04-25 Correspondencef41LRW ILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAk RAPIDS AND DLS ludll REC. 'Fn A.°' 1 9 1978 JP 1 9 1g7A The Mayor and City Council ABB1E $TOLFU.3' City of Iowa City CITY CLERK Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Re: Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. Lease Agreement Dear Mr. Mayor and Council Members: As you may recall, you gave preliminary consideration to the extension of additional options to Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. in October of 1977. I am enclosing here- with a copy of the Amendment which I presented on behalf of the Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc., during the discus- sions that took place in October of 1977. It was my understanding that the Council was reluctant at that time to enter into the proposed Lease Amendment and suggested that it would be appropriate to reconsider the matter after the Council had received the Comprehensive Planning Report. I have made informal contacts with the City Planning Staff and with the City Manager's Office and it is my under- standing that there are presently under consideration no plans for the area now occupied by Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. Accordingly, I would again request on behalf of Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. that the Council give considera- tion to amending the existing Lease Agreement to add three 1141CROFILMED DY 'JORM MICR6LAB frOAP RAlI^' - 1 1401.11'5 SHULMAN, PHELAN, TUCKER, BOYLE & MULLEN ATTORNEYS AT LAW LOON. SHULMAN BAC.CN BWLOING WILLIAM V. PHCLAN P. O. Box 2150 TLLCPHONC WILLIAM M.TUERLR IOWA E:ITV, IOWA 62240 Aga -II O.I DANIEL W. BOYLL (APu COOc p19J CHAI14cS A.MULLEN STEPHEN F. BRIGHT BROcC L.WALHER April 17, 1978 RICHARD M.TUCHER JP 1 9 1g7A The Mayor and City Council ABB1E $TOLFU.3' City of Iowa City CITY CLERK Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Re: Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. Lease Agreement Dear Mr. Mayor and Council Members: As you may recall, you gave preliminary consideration to the extension of additional options to Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. in October of 1977. I am enclosing here- with a copy of the Amendment which I presented on behalf of the Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc., during the discus- sions that took place in October of 1977. It was my understanding that the Council was reluctant at that time to enter into the proposed Lease Amendment and suggested that it would be appropriate to reconsider the matter after the Council had received the Comprehensive Planning Report. I have made informal contacts with the City Planning Staff and with the City Manager's Office and it is my under- standing that there are presently under consideration no plans for the area now occupied by Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. Accordingly, I would again request on behalf of Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. that the Council give considera- tion to amending the existing Lease Agreement to add three 1141CROFILMED DY 'JORM MICR6LAB frOAP RAlI^' - 1 1401.11'5 1411.1<OFILi-IED BY JORM I4ICROLAB .k - 2 - CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES ''1UiNLj additional two-year renewal options to the existing Lease. This amendment would permit Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc. to occupy the present location under Lease from the City of Iowa City, Iowa, through and including November 30, 1986. UI'u+ It is important to Mr. Spelman, of Union Bus Depot of Iowa City, Inc., that some decision with reference to this matter be made as soon as possible since the drive area is in need of repair or resurfacing but prior to making the decision of whether or not the drive should simply be patched or whether it should be completely resurfaced, Mr. Spelman would like some indication from the Council regard- ing how long the Bus Depot will be located at that location. If it would be of benefit to the Council to discuss this matter in informal session, I will be more than happy to make myself available to the Council at the convenience of the Council. uo.'rurs very truly, a�?d'4� C"-' � Charles A. Dlulle CAM/ lm Enclosure cc: Neal Berlin City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 I41CROFIL14E0 BY 1 JORM MICR+LAB MAR RAPIM pF5 14OI:IFS MICROFILI.IEU BY JORM MICROLAB • CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS 1.10INL,, lu&, !\141"<Utlli'i'I' 'I'(t I•f:\tili - MIS 1111i5ti I'RUI'I!R'I'1' THIS AMEi\I1:`•IENT to Lease :Agreement, executed in duplicate, made and entered into this day of 1975, by and between the City of Iowa City, Iona, a "unicipal Col'- poration (hereinafter called "L:utdlord") and Union L'us repot of lova City, Inc. (Itcrei.nafter called "'Tenant"). IIIIEREAS, the Landlord and Tenant entered into a Lease Agreement commencing December 1, 1974, and ending \ovember 30, 1976, for the lease of the following described real estate, to -wit: The South 70 foot of Lot S in Block 43, and the South 70 feet of the West 1.0 feet of Lot 6 in Block 43 in Iowa City, Johnson County, lowci, according to the recorded plat thereof:. and 1911EREAS, said Lease Agreement also granted to the i Tenant two - ? year renewal options, the first of r:hich options has been exercised by the 'Tenant, and WHEREAS, the Landlord and Tenant noir Irish to amend said lease to grant additional options to the Tenant. N01'"', THEREFORE, in considcrati.on of the premises and in consideration of the past and future performance of all of the obligations of the Lease Agreement by the 'Tenant, it is agree(: as follows: 1. 'file last sentence of paragraph 1 of the Lease Agreement between t.hc Lelldlol'd ,11111 'Tenant is 11 1 1) deleted and replaced t•:ith the following: F � L E 0 APR 19 978 ABBIE STOLFUS CITY CLERK 4• `�, r� I4ICROF ILI•IED BY 1 JORM MICR#LAB trnnR enrins • nrs MOINU %8's f•11CROFiU1ZD BY JORM MICROLAB • CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MUINLj, luv+;, In addition, 'Tenant shall have the option of rc- ne);ing this lease Cor five 2 - year periods upon the same terms and conditions provided that 'Tenant gives vrI•itten notice to Landlord 60 days prior to the expiration of each t):,o-year lease term oC its intention to exercise such re- newal option. 2. As amended b;: this Amendment, the original Lease Agreement between the Landlord and 'Tenant is herchy ratified and confirmed. IN 14ITN1iSS P;III:REOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment to Lease, in duplicate, the day and year first above written. CITY OF 1011A CITY RI tango,• By City Clerk LAN 1)LOR1) UNION BUS DEPOT 017 IOIVA CITY, I14C. B) Preside), By — --- SccrStaSc Y MICROFILMED BY ' JORM MIC R+LAB ,I trnArt PAPIDS • nrS M01'i[S MIROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB April 17, 1978 CEUAR RAPIDS AND ULA h1D117Lu, !u4t, RECEIVED � 720 N. Dubuque St. nn l !,, j- ( SUBJECT: Zong and Long Range Effects To Members of the Iowa City Council: For some time I have been meaning to comment concerning the development of Iowa City. The restrictions on the building of housing between Dubuque and Governor and between Market and Church are likely to cause a great many problems in the future. For the forthcoming reasons, the area described should be redisignated from 7-16 DU/A to 17/32 DU/A. 1. An alteration in the zoning would help to eliminate future traffic problems. Traffic problems would be decreased since more people would be living within the city and therefore less people would have to travel in and out each day, The demand for housing within the city is evidenced by the fact that apartments i may run $20 to $100 higher in this area than for similar housing in Coralville or West Branch. If more people were living near the core of the city, it would also diminish the need to create a sprawling public transportation system to ever increasingly distant subdivisions. Development should not be continued on the premise that federal aid will be available to buy buses and subsidize mass transit systems. Transportation problems should be avoided and should not be created with zoning. 2. The cost of remodeling homes makes it unlikely that many of the homes presently in the area would provide satisfacotory housing. Rather than remodel homes and continue to live in the city, it is more likely that these homes would be given minimal 7g6 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CFOAB HAITM 0F5 1g01N[F MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS hiDih L:,, iJV"' care as the property owners build new homes for themselves in the suburbs. The trend to turn the houses in the area from self - owned single family dwelling units into tenant apartments is irreversible. If the described area would be zoned so as to allow more apartment buildings, then the value of the houses in the area would increase because of the increased potential earning capacity of the lots. For this reason, property owners presently residing within the area would benefit from the changed zoning. 3. If the zoning law were altered as suggested, it is likely that small apartments would be built within the area, ie Clark Apartments. Owners are likely to build apartments because they know that new apartments within walking distance from work or school are very competitive with the larger apartment complexes in the area. New apartments are likely to be built as opposed to remodeling existing structures because of the greater earning capacity of the apartments due to the decreased maintence costs with new buildings. The change in zoning laws would thus be likely to result in an influx of new and more modern housing for tenants in Iowa City. 4. For a profitable redevelopment of the downtown, increased density should be allowed within the specified area. To limit these somewhat larger apartments to the edges of the city is to encourage businessmen to build stores near the edge of the city where they will be in a more convenient location for their customers. This practice is evidenced by the continued private development of commercial enterprizes near the edges of Iowa City and in other outlying communities. It should be recognized that the people living within Iowa City only have "x" number of dollars to spend. If the mass of future development is limited to the i MICRO(ILRCD BY JORM MICR+LAB MILROPILMED BY JORM MICROLAB • CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MUINL�, !UWF outskirts, and if stores follow customers, than it is likely that the downtown region, inspite of a recent urban renewal, will not become the thriving center of commercial activity that is presently expected. 5. I can appreciate the desire to prevent the pertinent area from becoming overrun with flat roof buildings. Aesthetic or architectural zoning should be examined as a more direct approach to limit such development. Sincerely, Jim Donkersloot II CROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB fFDAR VAi'l nS nrS MOINES h1iW1U�!Li,Ic.0 BY DORM MICROLAB CLUAR RAPIDS AND ULS '10,,iLl .�mals�7rr,1�I o''DAPR 1 71978 ABBIE STOLFUS - CITY CLERK �r�1 wl wOle � ceh.en -. �c�((} - cee, ?00, tCA -)uoe6cl,( /V ecP'T Id ICROFILI-ILD BY 1 DORM MICR( LAB ff jird` 70I'IFS 7s7 MILRUFILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES HUINL�, UOeOl 797 411CROFILMED BY JORM MIC R6LAB rrnnr PAP11' . nrs MOMrS I•IICRUfILMLD BY JORM IdICROLAB TO: FROM: CEDAR RAPIDS AND DL`, AUII,LJ, iU011 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: April 11, 1978 Honorable Mayor and City Council _ James Brachtel, Traffic Engineer RE: Commercial Loading Zone of the North 400 Block of Clinton Street As directed by 6.02.01 of the Municipal Code of Iowa City, this is to advise you of the following action: ACTION: Pursuant to Section 6.15.01, the City Traffic Engineer will direct that signs be installed on the west side of the 400 block of Clinton Street bracketing the existing service drive to Currier Hall. These signs will remove an existing parking stall north of and south of the service drive to Currier Hall. Signs will be installed creating a commercial loading zone which will bracket this service drive. Designation will become ef- fective April 27, 1978. COMMENT: This action is being taken at the request of the University of Iowa to improve their access for service vehicles and various delivery vehicles servicing Currier Hall. It is felt that this action will not have a negative impact on either parking or circulation in the North Clinton Street area and further, that it will have a beneficial impact on the University's effort to service this dormitory complex. 141CRUILKED By JORM MICR6LA6 NTAP VAP@5 ',E `, M01?1rC u APR 12197'8 v ABBIE STOLFUS CITY CLERK NMI Mluk F ILMLO BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS ANO uLS City of Iowa Cit MEMORANDUM DATE: April 20, 1978 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: James Brachtel, Traffic Engineer (/j " RE: � J y� Parking Meter Zone on 400 South Clinton Street As directed by 6.02.01 of the Municipal Code of Iowa City, this is to advise you of the following action: ACTION: Pursuant to Section 6.19.01, the City Traffic Engineer will authorize the establishment of a metered parking zone on the east side of the 400 block of South Clinton Street. The metered parking zone will be comprised of nineteen parking stalls. The most southerly two stalls will be reserved for the handicapped parking pursuant to Section 6.20.01•of the Municipal Code of Iowa City. The time limit on the meters in this newly created zone will be thirty minutes. Authorization will be effective May 5, 1978. COMMENT: This action is being taken at the request of the Postmaster for the Iowa City Post Office. At the present time long-term storage is ocurring in the parking bays directly east of the federal building. The City Traffic Engineer concurs with the judgement of the Postmaster that existing uncontrolled parking spaces are being used for long- term storage to the disadvantage of postal patrons and patrons of the federal building. The installation of thirty -minute parking meters will create more rapid turn -over in the parking usage and will restore the use of these parking stalls to the federal building user. Y- -rr1 1CBOFIL14M BY f DORM MICR6LAB ifMP PAP!'i' ^{4 5101aCS LS D E 0 APR2 01978 ABBIE STOLFUS CITY CLERK mn t•1100FILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND uLS Ault iL" iva" City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: April 19, 1978 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: James Brachtel, Traffic Engineer_� RE: Yield Signs on Amhurst Street at Tulane Avenue and Hastings Avenue As directed by 6.02.01 of the Municipal Code of Iowa City, this is to advise you of the following action: ACTION: Pursuant to Section 6.09.01, the City Traffic Engineer will direct yield signs be installed on Hastings Avenue at the inter- section with Amhurst Street and also installed on Tulane Avenue at the intersection with Amhurst Street. Effective May 5, 1978. COMMENT: This action is being taken to protect the right-of-way along Amhurst Street. Upon completion of the installation, vehicles entering Amhurst Street from either Tulane Avenue or Hastings Avenue will be required to yield right-of-way to vehicles on Amhurst. bc2/2 1 141CROFILMED BY JORM MIC R+LAB crnnc i�nnl��, • nrs. �am�us oLEDAPR 19 1978 ABBIE STOLFUS CITY CLERK „n,1; ;L I; a BY JURM 111CRULAb • i,�J{fid iU;riw .�iiU ��L� �... ,. .. EgURL OppORTUNXTy as � IIVTEGR A TED HOLIS-INq Do you have questions about how to integrate housing? Are you concerned about financing integrated housing? The Iowa City Human Rights Commission is sponsoring a presen- tation by Morris Milgram about his experiences in providing housing opportunities for minorities and integrating communities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, and Connecticut through construction and financing. Date: May 1, 1978 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Council Chambers Civic Center 410 E. Washington Iowa City, Iowa The program is free and everyone is invited to attend. For more information, call 354-1800 extension 302. 'd NII(Of ILMCD By JORM MICROLAB