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Home My WebLink About1978-06-13 Info PacketMICRDFILM D BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINL>, IUvii+ City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: June 9, 1978 TO: City Council) ', / FROM: City Managers iJ"' RE: ERA Resolutions A couple of weeks ago the Johnson County/Iowa City National Organization for Women and the Johnson County Women's Political Caucus presented a resolution concerning support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Two (attached) new resolu- tions have been submitted. While I do not support the second of the two resolutions because I believe action of a different nature could be more effective, of course, I will carry out the wishes of the Council in this regard. However, I believe that the second resolution may impede City opera- tions and provides the potential for serious disagreement between the Council and the Manager because of its ambiguous language. The resolution, as submitted, restricts the execution of official and necessary business of the City government. For example, the code organization which reviews major building projects is located in Kansas City. This agency is utilized to review major building construction plans, particularly for urban renewal. It is necessary, from time to time, for the Police Department to visit other states to interview suspects and obtain evidence. At the time bonds are issued, a City employee delivers the executed negotiated bonds, usually to Chicago. It is recommended that the resolution be amended to delete from the application of the resolution those activities deemed essential by the City Manager to carry out the official and necessary business of the City government. In addition, it is important that the City Council determine, before adoption of the resolution, whether the Manager is to interpret the resolution or the Council wishes to define the terms. For example, how many people need to be present to have a meeting? When public interest or professional organizations provide training efforts in conjunction with national or regional conferences, what characteristics differentiate training efforts from conventions? What is a "reasonable alternative?" Is it reasonable, for example, to spend additional money to go to another state? What is the nature of the report which includes "all details?" Why isn't a listing by location, name of person and purpose of trip adequate? Does "no monies of the City" include only City monies or does it include all Federal and State grant monies? What about reimbursements to the City for travel expenses? An amendment also should establish applicability to travel approved after the effective date of the resolution and consideration should be given to conditions under which the provisions of the resolution would terminate. cc: Department Heads Clara Oleson Susan Hester :41CROFILIIED BY JORM MICR46LAB //37 PIICROFILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES NOINLS, IOTA RESULU'TIONS,TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA'CITY BY JOHNSON COUNTY/IOWA CITY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN AND JOHNSON COUNTY WOMEN'S POLITTCAL CAUCUS RItiG0I,1JTION 111. Whereas inclusion in the Constitution of the United States is the basic right of every citizen, and Whereas Iowa City views this exclusion of over one half of the population of the United States from the protection of the Con- stitution as intolerable, and Whereas the people of the state of Iowa have spoken in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment but are being denied the benefits of it because of the failure of three states to ratify, Therefore be it resolved that the Iowa City City Council endorse the extension of the ratification period for the ERA. RESOLUTION N2 Whereas the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment is an issue of both national and local impact in the lives of citizens, and Whereas a majority of the people of this country have indicated their support of the ERA through their legislatures, Therefore be it resolved: 1) that no monies of the City of Iowa City shall be spent on out- of-state travel, food, accommodations expenses, or convention costs for government employees who attend conventions or meetings in states which have not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment; 2) that nothing in this resolution prohibits expenditures of Individuals' private funds in unratified states; 3) that visits to federal agency officials and participation in employee training programs in unratified states may be funded by the City of Iowa City if no reasonable alternative exists to said expenditures, and that the City Manager shall report -all details of such expenditures to the City Council at six, month intervals; and 4) that the City Manager shall notify appropriate persons and organizations of this resolution. �,.. 1 141CROFIL14ED BY ' 1 JORM MICR+LAB Q DAI RAI if;:, - i.'.: `101'1[`. MILkOiILMED BY JORM I•IICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINL:,, :Ovlii TO: FROM: RE: City of Iowa CN, MEMORANDUM DATE: June 5, 1978 City Manager / City Council Michael E. Kucharzak, Director, Housing & Inspection Services Building Permit #16421, AKA 1106 Denbigh On Friday afternoon, May 12, 1978, Glenn Siders informed me that he and Dick Frantz made a final inspection on the single family residence being constructed at 1106 Denbigh. Siders explained that in the course of the inspection he found two violations in the finished basement area and did not pass the build- ing for occupancy. Because it is unusual to find violations of this magnitude Glenn brought it to my attention immediately. The violations were as follows: There is a basement living room with a fireplace that appears to be used for a recreation area, approximately 385 sq, ft, in size, and is deficient in meeting the 10% window area required by Code by approximately 50%. 2. There is another finished room adjoining this recreation type room in the basement that Glenn called a bedroom which is approximately 170 sq. ft. in size and also falls short of meeting the 10% window requirement of code by approximately 50%. Siders made a determination that this is a bedroom because, a.) the room contained a closet, b.) the room contained a smoke detector which is required for bedrooms, c.) there was a 3/4 bath adjoin- ing the room. The window sill height in this "bedroom" exceeded the 44" minimum required by Code by approximately 10 inches. Monday morning, May 15, the Building Official took a phone call from Mrs. Ellen Schellin concerning an inspection made on the property she is constructing at 1106 Denbigh. 1 took the call and identified myself as Glenn Siders' and Dick Frantz's supervisor. She indicated that she was pleased to talk to the super- visor and began to explain the violation notice that she received following the inspection and wanted some clarification. I indicated to her what the code required regarding habitable areas. Mrs. Schellin further indicated that she is planning to move into the house this weekend and that she intends to use the lower level for a playroom for her children and that the room that we're calling a bedroom is going to be used as a study. I had personal know- ledge that the building was up for sale and listed by Burns Realty so I asked Mrs. Schellin about the listing. She indicated that she is planning to take it off the market and that she is going to move into it herself. I therefore indicated to Mrs. Schellin that she is asking the City staff to assume an awful lot. First of all, that a room that has all the appointments of a bed- room is not a bedroom, that a finished lower level room with a fireplace is not going to be used as a family room, and that a house that's listed and up for sale is indeed going to be her permanent residence in Iowa City. She indicated that it's not our job to worry about what she does with her rooms and that there is no way she can comply with the code by lowering the windows because the basement would take on more water than it already has. The longer we spoke the more excited Mrs. Schellin appeared to be and wanted somebody to come out and see for themself exactly what was going on while she was present. I arranged for Mr. Frantz and Mr. Siders to meet her at the Denbigh address at 2:00 that afternoon. 113:9 �MICROFIL14f.0 OY DORM MICR6LAB Lf Jfd'. P:,;1?O;'I. MILROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MOINES, IOWA page 2 Memo to: City Manage) / City Council From: Michael E. Kucharzak Re: Building Permit #16421, AKA 1106 Denbigh Glenn Siders and Dick Frantz met with Mrs. Schellin at the Denbigh Street pro- perty and talked with her about the violations. Glenn Siders reported that Mrs. Schellin was quite upset and among the things she said were as follows: 1. She insinuated that she was upset and that she didn't like being picked on and thought she was being discriminated against because she is a female contractor. 2. She indicated that she thought it was negligence on our part for not pointing out this deficiency in the room at the time of our framing inspection. 3. She indicated that this is not a habitable room, and is no different than her garage, and that she would use it for her sewing room or laundry room and therefore did not have to meet the code requirements. 4. She showed us the entire house and explained that there were three bedrooms upstairs, a dining room/family room combination, a kitchen, and therefore she did not need basement rooms as habitable rooms and she could finish them in any manner she liked and still not be a habitable room. While Glenn and Dick were meeting with Mrs. Schellin I was still bothered by the fact that Mrs. Schellin indicated the building was no longer listed for sale and I was further curious as to what the actual advertised names for these rooms really were. I contacted Burns Realty Office and asked if they still had a list- ing at 1106 Denbigh and was told that they do. Mr. Burns then asked who was call - ing and I identified myself by name. I then explained that the owner was working with us on the final inspection matters and indicated that the building was taken off for sale and she was moving into it and we had some code problems to work out with her. He indicated that he knew the Schellins and that Ellen Schellin was working for him as a sales person. I then obtained a xerox copy of multiple listing #6948 showing a profile of the house as it was listed and up for sale, showing three bedrooms on the first floor and the lower level indication is bedroom or study, 13 X 13, and further shows a recreation room on the lower level 15 ft. 9 in. X 25 ft. 7 in, and further shows a bath 5 X 8 on the lower level. A photo copy of this multiple listing card is included in this memo for your perusal. The rest of this memo is devoted more or less to a summary of the above numbered four points. Mrs. Schellin was not in any way, "picked on", harassed, or dealt differently with because she is a female than any other contractor that we deal with on a day to day basis. It was made quite clear to Mrs. Schellin that she would be expected ions to abide by the code requirements. Mrs. Schellin indicated on didrnotsowncas f the code, copy in the presence of staff that she was not aware o of the code, and that it is the responsibility of the City Building Official to help a citizen design a building and help build it. We indicated that we are not licensed architects and therefore we did not feel that this was our responsibility. Regarding the accusation of negligence on the part of the City in not picking up the violation at the time of framing, it should be noted for the record that the original permit was applied for on May 9 of 1977. You will recall we did the final inspection on May 12, 1978, over a year later. As the Council is aware, the Building Official took the job on July 5, 1977 and therefore the Schellin permit was issued prior to my office. The old procedures did not require plans to be on the job site for inspection nor were there any written -er g141CROI 10110 By 1 JORM MICR#LAB L[aUdi H,,1!:_'. ISL; s101';f5 MICROFILMED BY JORM 1•IICROL.AB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MUINLS, IUWH Memo to: City Manager , ,ity Council page 3 From: Michael E, Kucharzak Re: Building Permit #16421, AKA 1106 Denbigh records of rough -in framing inspections and so forth kept in property files therefore, it is not known if, a.) a framing inspection was ever made, and b.) if the inspector making a framing inspection would, by not having the plans available, know that the lower level was not intended for a habitable area. The most important thing about this whole memo is THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLIED FOR ON 5/9/17 INDICATED AN UNFINISHED BASEMENT. Mrs. Schellin continued to contact the Building Official, Building Inspection staff, legal counsel for the City, private attorney, Council members, Mayor and the City Manager. Each and every time as the meetings were reported to the Building Official, the intentions of Mrs. Schellin regarding the personal occupancy of the building, for sale status, use of basement rooms and likes or dislikes of the City personnel vacillated. However, rather than adding the summary comments of Angela Ryan, Jim Leighton, Neal Berlin, Glenn Siders, Dick Frantz and others, may we provide the Council with the following final pieces of information: 1.) Mrs. Schellin met with Glenn Siders in his office to pencil sketch on the original blueprints the alterations made and contemplated by Mrs. Schellin in i an attempt to comply with the code. 2.) Mrs. Schellin was issued a building permit for the alterations that have been done and the ones proposed to comply with the code. GLENN SIDERS DID NO CHARGE MRS. SCHELLIN THE DOUBLE PERMIT FEE MANDATED BY CODE F0R FAILURE TO OB 3.) A Certificate of Occupancy was issued by Glenn Siders for the property to allow Mrs. Schellin to personally move into that property on the weekend inasmuch as that is what she indicated to him, and therefore enable her to continue her remodeling program to comply with code while she took up her residency there. 4.) The issuance of the building permit was done on Friday, the 19th, of May. Mrs. Schellin held open house on her property that she has up for sale on the 21st. At the time of writing this memo which is June 2, 1978, the property is still not occupied and is still listed as for sale by Ellen Schellin. The Building Official and the staff does not mind the verbal abuse that we suffered from Mrs. Schellin nor the threats of lawsuits, personal and otherwise, nor the verbal accusations regarding our job performance, abilities of our staff, etc. The staff does feel obligated however to inform the Council and the City Manager of the facts of the case inasmuch as the matters here deal with the failure of Mrs. ScFellin to obtain the proper permits for the construction and were until the time we issued the permit, a violation of the City ordinances and also provided incorrect and erroneous data to the County Assessor's office on the true value of this property as we understand it. Citizens also look to the City inspection process for a degree of consumer protection. Real estate salespersons advertising a property for sale and offering a dwelling with rooms in violation of the codes certainly can mislead the public, however, the staff always took the posture that we were dealing with Mrs, Schellin as a private citizen and as a private contractor and we did not wish to involve ourselves regarding her real estate licensed practices, but rather limited our involvement with her to the City codes. �... nI ILMm By DORM MICR6LAB r' MluROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINLS, IOWA City of Iowa CK, MEMORANDU OATI, June 8, TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager / n FROM: Candy Morgan, Director of Human Relations `" / RE: Employee Membership on Citizen Boards and Commissions 1978 / �,✓V"' I think there is a legitimate concern that the spirit of the charter will be violated if employees are placed on citizen boards and com- missions. When the charter prohibits employees from being Council members it is attempting to stop persons from being involved in situ- ations which would require them to make policy decisions with respect to their employment or City practices. By the nature of staff functions this presents a problem. I think the commissions can be viewed logically as an extension of the City Council in that they create and recommend policies in the same manner and as a substitute for City Council in many areas. The reason for the existence of some of the commissions is because the job of City Councilperson would be overwhelming unless there were citizen experts who were assisting the Council in some areas. If the real problem the Council and Commission people are concerned about is the support received for specific commissions, I would recommend that either the staff assignment for the commission be changed or that staff people be assigned to commissions as an ex officio non-voting basis. I think we will be setting ourselves up for great problems in the future if persons cross lines between policy making and implementation functions as specified in the charter by becoming commission members while they are employed by the City. Thank you for your consideration. bc4/3 141 CROf IWED BY JORM MICR46LAEI 1101111 1137 h1ICROF1LMED BY JORM MICROLAB • CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA City of Iowa Cit" DATE: June 9, 1978 TO: Members of City Council ,)r FROM: Julie Vann, CDBG Program Coordinator RE: Neighborhood Site Improvement Input Meetings The attached are notices for initial input meetings with residents for the Phase 2 Neighborhood Site Improvement Program. Council members are invited to attend and participate in the discussions. The meeting on June 14 will cover an area bounded by Governor, Bloomington, Van Buren, and Church Streets. At the June 15 meeting, the area bounded by North Dodge, St. Clements and Brown Street will be discussed. Additional meetings throughout the North Side and Central areas of Iowa City will be held beginning June 19. JV/ssw Attachments CR FILMED BY JORM MICR+LABi 01.04 RAI 1W, • .7 LS MOVIES t/yo Mi; t(oi;C-4J BY JORM 1-11CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DLS Elul."iu, •'�� YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE DISCUSSED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 7:30 P.M. ST, WENCESLAUS CHURCH TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS YOU ARE INVITED....., TO A MEETING JUNE 14 AT 7:30 P.M. AT ST, WENCESLAUS CHURCH HALL TO DISCUSS,,,,,, A CITY SPONSORED PROGRAM FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SITE IMPROVEMENTS,,,,, WHICH IS BEING INITIATED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT, THE CITY STAFF WANTS YOUR IDEAS,,,,,,,, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVE- MENTS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT, SOME POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SIDEWALK AND ALLEY REPAIRS, TREE PLANTINGS, BUS STOP FURNITURE.,,., BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN PROVIDING A SAFE AND PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT, PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTACT SUSAN SHEETS, PHONE 354-1800, EXT, 324. MICRO[ IU -119 BY DORM MICROLA13 .. .allf!a'!IL�ikiib .:.,,i,.., ..Al..�: YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE DISCUSSED THURSDAY, JUNE 15 7:30 P.M. HORACE MANN SCHOOL TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS __`1 YOU ARE INVITED...... TO A MEETING .JUNE 15 AT 7:30 P.M. AT HORACE MANN SCHOOL GYM TO DISCUSS..... L\ A CITY SPONSORED PROGRAM FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SITE IMPROVEMENTS..... WHICH IS BEING INITIATED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT. THE CITY STAFF WANTS YOUR IDEAS........ AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVE- MENTS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT. SOME POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SIDEWALK AND ALLEY REPAIRS, TREE PLANTINGS, BUS STOP FURNITURE..... BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN PROVIDING A SAFE AND PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTACT SUSAN SHEETS, PHONE 354-1800, EXT. 324, DORM MICROLAS MICRUFIL;1ED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA y ;,'_... ;t , �•'q$ Y r �^�. �•u � �.«fir �`� DATE: June 9, 1978 TO: City Council FROM: Julie Vann, CDBG Program Coordinator RE: Program Evaluation Workshop, June 15, 1978 The City of Iowa City and Johnson County Regional Planning are jointly sponsoring a workshop on Program Evaluation and "In-Flouse" Program Assessment Techniques. The purposes of the workshop follow: a. to explore with interested agencies, the improvement of their record- keeping systems so that they may effectively document their program performance to funding bodies, b. to review agencies' experience in management by objectives program administration, c. to identify resources available to agencies interested in improving their ability to document program quality and performance, and d. to gather background information about the experience level of agencies who plan to provide services in the Senior Center, so that the role of the Board of Directors, in relationship to program quality can be delineated in the management plan. Attached is a copy of the information mailed to agencies. You are welcome to visit the workshop. It will be informative. I hope it is stimulating. I expect it to be a learning experience for all participants. The purpose of this memo is to keep you informed about an interesting, upcoming event. If you have questions, do call. JV/js Enclosures MICROFILM By . JURM MICR6LAB GDAI: ItGPlllS. Ji.$ s1p;'!PS //y0 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MUINES, IUwA CITY OF IOWA CITY CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354.180 June 5, 1978 Dear Agency Director: Have you taken time recently to analyze exactly how much impact your program has made toward meeting the community's needs? Are you convinced that your employees are performing in the most efficient and effective manner? When preparing budget requests, do you have enough information at your finger tips to present a persuasive request for continued funding? These three issues and more will be discussed at a workshop jointly sponsored by the City of Iowa City and Johnson County Regional Planning Commission. You are invited and urged to attend this workshop to be held: Thursday, June 15, 1978 J 9:30-11: 30 A.M. Iowa City Recreation Center -- Meeting Room A (Preregistration is requested by 6-5-78) Professor Lloyd Turner, University of Iowa, Department of Urban and Regional Planning will be the featured speaker at the workshop. He will present information to acquaint you with the virtues of program assessment and evaluation and he will also identify sources of available technical assistance. Ultimately we hope to convey the role of evaluation as a component of each agency's continuous planning process, which when carried to its logical conclusion can more completely justify budgetary requests and hopefully guarantee a sound program. In order to make this workshop meaningful for your program, Mr. Turner has requested that each agency provide the following information: 1. A sample list of objectives to which the agency is directed, and 2. A performance measure for each. A form is enclosed for you to use to (1) register for the workshop and (2) submit objective and performance indicators. Please return the form by June12 to Julie Vann, Civic Center, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City. This will allow Mr. Turner time to critique your "in-house assessment" process, and provide assistance to you at the workshop. As you know, the City of Iowa City and Johnson County Regional Planning have become increasingly involved in human service programming. Examples include the Johnson County Regional Planning development of a Human Needs Plan, the City's funding of several human service programs, and the City's budgeted one million dollars of 7 141CROFILFICO By ' JORM MICR+LAB LWNl R!V JLS 1101'i'. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB -2- CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA capital expenditure funds for renovating the Old post Office into a facility to be used as a multi-purpose senior center. We are, therefore, increasingly interested in quality and accountability of human service programs. losed form by June S.yoThetworkshop We hope to seewthe orkshopwill Please provide a realopportunity forcyou tore rreviewation . ..-..A tat -'Mine how effectively your agency is performing. AGENCY ADDRESS MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINES, 10WA PLEASE RETURN THIS REGISTRATION FOM TO: Julie Vann, Civic Center, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, Iowa no later than June 12 1978. REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP In order to provide assistance to your program, we request that you fill in the space below with four to ten of your program objectives and then complement it with an example of an indicator you are now using to measure program performance or success. Example Objective: To provide vision screening for elementary aged children on a City-wide basis, during the 178-179 school year. Performance Indicators: Vision sereenang clinics held at each City elementary school once each semester. The schools' records for 2000 children will indicate that vision has been reviewed and parents informed of results. Example Objective: Performance Indicators: To provide 60 home bound elderly persons Records wiZZ indicate that 60 individuals with a nutrition program. have been delivered adequate groceries to facilitate their ability to prepare meals independently. ,4,. .,t�• MICROFILMfo By � DORM MICR6LAB UJAR knell;:. 'id.; IIO;IiFa M 11 ttILROFIC ED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA RESOLUTION NO. 76-270 � Y T Z. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO ANNEXATION AGREEPN WITH CITY OF CORALVILLE AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION 0 NN AGREEMENT. JJov WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City and the City of Coralville have entered into an agreement dated December 30, 1968, which agreement included, among other things, provisions governing the annexation of certain unincorporated land or territory, and, WHEREAS, said prior agreement as stated in Paragraph 1 on page 5 thereof provided for a ten-year period of time which will expire December 29, 1978, and, WHEREAS, since the execution of said agreement by the parties in 1968 matters have arisen requiring clarification and modification of said agreement, which clarification and modification is beat accomplished by terminating said prior agreement and entering into a new agreement which is necessary and desirable to continue the parties' harmonious relationship to the joint benefit of both Iowa City and Coralville, and, WHEREAS, said new agreement has been formalized and reduced to writing and is attached to this resolution and has already been executed by the City of Coralville. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY that the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the attached agreement and the City Clerk is requested to forward a signed copy of said agreement to the City 141CROFILME0 BY JoRM MICR+LAB CCDM. I�hPla; • 7i is !401"ES I I4ICROFILtED BY JORM MICROLAB Ree. 76-270 • CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA -2- of Coralville. The City Clerk is also requested to send an informational copy of this agreement to the Board of Supervisors of Johnson County and the Johnson County Zoning Commission. It was moved by _ Vevera _ and seconded by Fnat X that the resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Balmer x x deProsse Foster x Neuhauser x x Perret Selzer x x Vevera Passed and approved this 3rd day of August 1976. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk MICMILMID BY JORM MICR4�LAB CfJAK F101111:5 i ..i 1 � 1 I4ICROFILtED BY JORM MICROLAB Ree. 76-270 • CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA -2- of Coralville. The City Clerk is also requested to send an informational copy of this agreement to the Board of Supervisors of Johnson County and the Johnson County Zoning Commission. It was moved by _ Vevera _ and seconded by Fnat X that the resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Balmer x x deProsse Foster x Neuhauser x x Perret Selzer x x Vevera Passed and approved this 3rd day of August 1976. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk MICMILMID BY JORM MICR4�LAB CfJAK F101111:5 E t41CROFILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IUWA AGREEMF.Nr THIS AGREEMENT, entered into by and between the City of Iowa City, Iowa, a municipal corporation duly organized, authorized and existing by virtue of the laws of the State of Iowa, hereinafter called "I0VA CITY", and the City of Coralville, Iowa, a municipal corporation duly organized, thorized and existing by virtue of the laws of the State of Iowa, herein- a. Ler called "CORALVILLE". WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, IOWA CITY and CORALVILLF. entered into an "AGRFFMFNT" dated December 30, 1968, which included among other items provisions governing IOWA CITY and CORALVILLF. regarding annexation of certain unincorporated land or territory; and WHp.REAS, said prior "AGREEMENT" as stated in enumerated paragraph one on page five thereof provided for a ten-year period of time which will terminate December 29, 1978; and WIEREAS, since the execution of said "AGRFFMENT" by the parties, matters have arisen requiring clarification and modification of said "AGREEMP.NI"' which is beat accomplished by terminating said "AGREEME'T" and formalizing a new AGREEMENT, which is necessary and desirable to continue the parties' harmonious relationship to the joint benefit of IOWA CITY and CORALVILLE, the same being the mutual consideration of this AGREMIT. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED by and between the parties as follows: 1. That the prior "AGRFFMENT" above mentioned dated necemher 30, 1968, is hereby amended by deleting in its entirety the single sentence contained in enumerated paragraph one on page five and by adding and inserting in lieu thereof the following sentence: "That this "AGRFFMENT'I shall terminate July 1, 1976." 2. That as provided in Section 368.4 of the Code of Iowa 1975 as amended, IOWA CITY hereby agrees not to annex under any provisions of Chapter 368 of the Code of Iowa 1975 as amended any territory respectively northerly or westerly of the following line: -1- r �iaitrsonuuo BY 1 JORM MICR+LA9 LEJAI PA; 1iC, 7C; !101'11 MILRUFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS bIUIIIL 10vl;+ Commencing with a northerly extension of the east line of Section 29, TW1' 80 N, R 6 W of the 5th P.M.; thence South along the east line of said Section 29 and Section 32, TWP 80 N, R 6 w of the 5th P.M. to the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 33, TWP 80 N, R 6 W of the 5th P.M.; thence east along the north line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 33 to its intersection with the center of the Iowa River; thence southerly along the center- line of the Iowa River to its intersection with the Fast -Went center- line of Interstate 80; thence southerly and westerly following the corporate limits of the City of Iowa City to a point wherein the west line of Camp Cardinal Road intersects with the centerline of Clear Creek, said point being approximately on the east line of Section 1, TWP 79 N, R 7 Id of the 5th P.M.; thence westerly and northerly fol- lowing the corporate limiLs of the City of Coralville to its point of intersection with the north line of said Section 1, TWP 79 N, R 7 W of the 5th P.M., said point of intersection being on the southerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; thence westerly along the south right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, 3. That as provided in Section 368.4 of the Code of Iowa 1975 as amended, CORALVILLP. hereby agrees not to annex under any provisions of Chapter 368 of the Code of Iowa 1975 as amended any territory respectively southerly or easterly of a line of the same description as set out in enumerated paragraph two immediately above. 4. That upon compliance with the provisions of Sections 368.8 and 368.7 respectively of the Code of Iowa 1975 as amended, IOWA CITY shall sever from its incorporated land area and CORALVILLE shall annex into its incorporated land area the following described parcel of land: Commencing as a point of reference at the Southwest corner of Section 6, TWP 79 N, R 6 W of the 5th P.M., Johnson County, Iowa, said point being on the centerline of Camp Cardinal'Road;•thence North n•25110" East 1621.97 feet along said centerline of Canp Cardinal Road to a point (this is an assumed bearing for purposes of this description only); thence North 20'24110" Past 322.69 feat along said centerline of Camp Cardinal Road to the point of beginning of tract herein described; thence North 69°34150" Wast to the west right-of-way line of Camp Cardinal Road; :thence North 20°24110" East 1735 feet more or lees along said west right-of-way line of Camp Cardinal Road to point of intersection with the Southwesterly right -of -say line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; thence South 54°55'40" East along said Southwesterly right-of- way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad to the center- line of Camp Cardinal Road; thence South 54'55140" East 2n69.87.feet along said Southwesterly right-of-rdy line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad to a point; thence South 71*2613n" West 1673.36 feet to a point; thence South 89033140" West 731.54 feet to a point; thence North 0°52'4n" East 767.00 feet to a point; thence North 69034'50" West 1032.00 feet to the point of beginning; and containing 80 acres more or less. 5. That the line described in enumerated paragraph two above, including the easterly and southerly boundaries of the parcel described in enumerated paragraph four above shall also be the line defined for use in this AGRFEMEFT as the "Line of Jurisdiction" between IOWA CITY and CORALVILLE. 6. That in the event a rural or county subdivision is proposed which by state statute requires IOWA CITY or CORALVILLE approval, the same being outside of both corporate limits but within either city's two-mile jurisdictional limit or the equidistant line between the two cities; then the city receiving -2- FIICROFILI•m.D BY DORM MICRbLAB MICROFILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES 1•I0INLS, 10WA the application shall first determine on which side of the "Line of Jurisdiction" (see paragraph five above) said subdivision is situated, and if on their side, approve or disapprove said application at their discretion; but if situated on the other city's side or on both sides, shall not approve or disapprove the application until the other city has had a reasonable opportunity to examine the same and report its findings or recommendations to the city having received the application. 7. That nothing herein contained shall prevent either of the parties from extending trunk lines for water or sewer into areae the parties are pro- hibited from annexing and the parties further specifically agree to cooperate in the construction of said lines. This cooperation shall not extend to any financing or any payment of any costs but shall only be in the area of juris- diction. It is understood that any joint use of lines or any agreements for the provision of services are not covered by this AGRF.FMFNT. 8. That any provision herein may be altered, amended, changed, modi- fied or rescinded by the mutual consent of the parties in writing. Further, it is agreed that no officer, employee or agent of either of the parties has the power, right or authority to waive any of the terms or to change, vary or waive any of the provisions of this AGRF HM.. ; nor shall any custom or habit of dealing involving the performance of the services made within the knowledge or authority of the Councils of the parties have the effect of changing, modifying, waiving or rescinding any of the terms, conditions or provisions of this AGREF.tdp.NT. Any modifications herein must be done by Resolution, duly enacted by the respective City Council of the parties. 9. That no waiver of any breach of this APREEKKNT or failure to enforce any of the provisions of this AGRF.FXW shall be held to be a waiver of any of the provisions of this AGRFEMM or.any part thereof or the rights of the parties to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this AGREEMENT.. 10. That the term of this AGREFMF.NT shall be from the date of its execution to July 1, 1986. Dated thisl�day of CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA By ttestAt/ �..:_...'.—� fs l -3- ilICROFILMED By JORM MICR6LAB LLOM RAJ; C, :)LS 140111FS z MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB special feature CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINLS, ID'dA ADMINISTRATORS' SALARIES supplement #2 to newsletter ICMA May 22, 1978 Vol. 59, No. 11 This Special Feature contains the most recent data on salaries of managers' and administrators in ICMA-recognized cities, counties, and councils of government in the United States. The statistics were compiled by ICMA's Data Services Center with a total of 2,004 cities, 506 counties and 435 COGS reporting salaries. The figures are broken down by population groups and regions in the following tables. Trends Overall, mean salaries for managers and administrators showed ,1,h increases following the trend in recent years. The city manager mean salary Table 1 was up by 7" this year compared with a 5.6% Increase reported In 1977. County admin- istrators (Table 2) are earning 3% more this year, according to the statistics, compared with an increase of 10.1% in their mean salary in 1977. The mean salary for COG directors (Table 3) showed only a 1% increase this year, compared with a 4.1% increase in 1977. On a regional basis (Table 4), city managers' salaries showed fairly consistent increases in all parts of the country. Managers in the Northeast are earning 6x more this year than last year with their mean at $21,646 now. In the North Central region the mean salary is $27,501 --an increase of 6.5% over last year. Managers in the South are earning 6.4% more this eyar with the mean now at $24,358. The West recorded the highest salary jump this year --7.8% over last year's mean. The mean salary in the West is the highest in the country at $32,272, compared with a national mean of $26,448. More on Salaries The February, 1978 UDS Report contains more detailed information on manager and administrator salaries with similar data for 25 other municipal officials. For subscription Information, contact UDS at ICMA. Detailed information on salaries of county officials will be published In the 1978 County Year Book which will be available In August from the NACo/ICMA Joint Data Center at ICMA headquarters. Also available for members on request to UDS will be a complimentary copy of an individual list of municipal salaries over $24,000. International City Management Association I41CROFILMEO BY JORM MICR¢LAB CI'JAR '66'1;,'1 • lib MOIRE`., 1I Nz- rilCROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB TABLE i CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINLS, 1JWA CITY MANAGERS' SALARIES AS OF JANUARY 1, 1978+ No. of Population Cities Ist 3rd Group Reporting Mean Quartile Median Quartile TOTAL, all cities 2,004 $26,448 $19,605 $25,500 $32,242 500,000 to 1,000,000 250,000 to 499,999 5 14 54,599 50,500 54,294 57,066 100,000 to 249,999 53 49,386 43,733 45,110 39,743 48,328 42,800 52,179 46,979 50,000 to 99,999 25,000 to 49,999 130 303 39,217 35,000 38,940 43,308 10,000 to 24,999 557 33,513 27,860 29,928 24,000 33,000 27,500 37,290 31,447 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 464 299 22,407 19,000 22,000 25,200 Under 2,500** 179 19,172 15,751 16,068 11,000 18,500 14,500 21,500 18,112 * The salaries shown in this table are only for municipalities recognized by ICMA as providing for the council-manager form of government. *' The ICMA master file includes only those municipalities under 2,500 population that are recognized by ICMA. TABLE 2 i COUNTY CAO/MANAGERS' SALARIES AS OF JULY 1, 1977* No. of Population Counties 1st 3rd Group Reporting Mean Quartile Median Quartile TOTAL, all counties 506 $25,259 $17,100 $23,364 $31,008 Over 1,000,000 12 47,839 38,500 50,750 54,600 500,000 to 1,000,000 26 40,197 31,001 40,275 49,750 250,000 to 499,999 35 34,717 29,495 34,362 39,834 100,000 to 249,999 84 30,892 24,500 30,502 35,487 50,000 to 99,999 105 23,923 18,512 24,000 28,793 25,000 to 49,999 96 21,288 17,000 20,492 25,008 10,000 to 24,999 105 18,743 13,489 17,000 21,435 5,000 to 91999 37 19,353 13,600 17,000 23,142 2,500 to 4,999 Under 2,500 4 12,653 11,499 12,456 13,200 2 30,786 -- 30,786 -- Salaries shown here are for all survey respondents indicating a position of county chief administrative officer. I Id ICROEI LIdED BY ;I JORM MICR#LAB CLON: k.AITi :, • A" 10111[5 J MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB • CSDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, 10WA TABLE 3 %� COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS DIRECTORS' SALARIES AS OF JANUARY 1, 1978 T,. `i Ti+uaorlu4tn By JORM MICR�LAB CLDN' VnPIB`. • 'K, Mn1915 No. of Population COGS 1st 3rd Group Reporting Mean Quartile Median Quartile TOTAL, all COGS 435 $23,829 $19,406 $23,000 $27,000 Over 1,000,000 23 39,519 35,800 39,000 44,976 500,000 to 1,000,000 41 29,273 25,416 28,150 33,337 250,000 to 499,999 79 26,126 23,000 26,000 29,828 100,000 to 249,999 159 23,176 20,200 23,200 25,800 50,000 to 99,999 84 19,371 17,245 19,328 23,526 25,000 to 49,999 34 18,402 15,600 18,500 20,628 10,000 to 24,999 15 16,993 15,000 16,700 19,000 TOTAL, all COGS reporting 441* 23,505 19,243 23,000 27,248 } The ICMA master file does not show a population for 6 (1.4%) of the 441 COGS reporting; consequently, those COGS are included In the total, but not in the population breakdowns. TABLE 4 CITY MANAGERS' SALARIES AS OF JANUARY 1, 1978* BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION** / Region No. of Population Cities Ist 3rd Group Reporting Mean Quartile Median Quartile Northeast TOTAL, all titles 385 $21,646 $15,900 $20,900 $27,010 500,000 and over 0 -- -- -- -- 250,000 to 499,999 1 48,000 -- 48,000 -- 100,000 to 249,999 4 45,786 40,500 45,323 45,645 50,000 to 99,999 9 34,944 30,375 33,000 38,500 25,000 to 49,999 40 31,352 27,820 30,711 33,800 10,000 to 24,999 104 26,214 22,351 25,484 29,636 5,000 to 9,999 105 20,609 17,749 20,192 22,456 2,500 to 4,999 63 15,895 13,194 16,000 17,712 Under 2,500*** 59 10,887 7,900 10,633 13,500 North Central TOTAL, all titles 451 27,501 21,675 27,000 32,415 500,000 and over 250,000 to 499,999 0 4 -- 47,803 -- 45,000 '- 47,268 -- 48,155 100,000 to 249,999 7 40,246 38,391 39,900 40,394 50,000 to 99,999 31 38,000 34,179 37,450 40,101 T,. `i Ti+uaorlu4tn By JORM MICR�LAB CLDN' VnPIB`. • 'K, Mn1915 141LROfILMED BY JORM i•IICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MOINLS, 10WA TABLE 4 (continued) The salaries shown in this table are only for municipalities recognized by ICMA as providing for the council-manager form of government. * These are U.S. Census Bureau regions. Northeast includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. North Chitral includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. West includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevar, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. A** The ICMA master file includes only those cities under 2,500 population that are recognized by ICMA as providing for a position of professional management. t MICWILME0 BY l JORM MICR+LAB RDAP Pfd`L)'. Ad' '10::'11.`_. West No. of Population Cities 32,273 I s t 32,100 3rd 500,000 Group Reporting Mean Quartile Median Quartile 25,000 to 49,999 74 33,828 30,375 33,000 36,461 10,000 to 24,999 124 28,811 26,000 28,500 31,127 5,000 to 9,999 113 24,119 20,523 24,000 26,093 2,500 to 4,999 70 21,156 18,285 20,380 23,125 Under 2,500*** to 24,999 28 16,776 14,227 15,750 17,655 5,000 South 82 25,486 22,547 25,494 28,000 TOTAL, all cities 686 24,358 18,410 23,000 28,530 500,000 and over 2 55,356 -- 55,356 -- 250,000 to 499,999 5 29,248 45,055 48,500 52,400 100,000 to 249,999 25 41,108 38,953 40,530 43,085 50,000 to 99,999 30 35,866 31,750 35,580 37,479 25,000 to 49,999 91 31,136 27,741 30,000 34,002 10,000 to 24,999 203 25,722 22,038 25,750 28,500 51000 to 91999 164 20,838 18,375 20,000 23,000 2,500 to 4,999 105 17,652 15,406 17,362 19,717 Under 2,500*** 61 15,137 12,125 14,540 17,150 The salaries shown in this table are only for municipalities recognized by ICMA as providing for the council-manager form of government. * These are U.S. Census Bureau regions. Northeast includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. North Chitral includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. West includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevar, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. A** The ICMA master file includes only those cities under 2,500 population that are recognized by ICMA as providing for a position of professional management. t MICWILME0 BY l JORM MICR+LAB RDAP Pfd`L)'. Ad' '10::'11.`_. West TOTAL, all cities 482 32,273 25,440 32,100 38,004 500,000 and over 3 54,095 - 54,294 - 250,000 to 499,999 4 51,488 44,000 51,747 52,680 100,000 to 249,000 17 48,545 45,246 48,190 50,829 50,000 to 99,999 60 42,162 38,450 42,753 45,000 25,000 to 49,999 98 36,365 33,418 36,342 39,318 10,000 to 24,999 126 31,728 28,176 31,902 35,074 5,000 to 9,999 82 25,486 22,547 25,494 28,000 2,500 to 4,999 61 22,898 19,074 21,624 25,150 Under 2,500*** 31 25,295 19,059 24,000 31,649 The salaries shown in this table are only for municipalities recognized by ICMA as providing for the council-manager form of government. * These are U.S. Census Bureau regions. Northeast includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. North Chitral includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. West includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevar, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. A** The ICMA master file includes only those cities under 2,500 population that are recognized by ICMA as providing for a position of professional management. t MICWILME0 BY l JORM MICR+LAB RDAP Pfd`L)'. Ad' '10::'11.`_. MICROFILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS MID ULS MUIPILS, IOWA 7N THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR JOHNSON COUNTY THOMAS A. WEGMAN and A. & A. COINS, INC., COPY FORWARDED TO ADVISE OF PROGRESS OF THIS FILE Plaintiffs EQ. No. 44247 VS. RULING ON SPECIAL APPEARANCE CITY OF IOWA CITY, Defendant. Defendant's Special Appearance was heard by the undersigned judge on May 4, 1973. Plaintiffs' Brief was filed May 26 and Defendant's Reply Brief was filed May 31. This is an appeal from denial of a subdivision plat by the City Council of defendant City on March 7, 1978. Twenty* nc c later, March 27, 1978, plaintiffs' appeal document was f d:Td With the Clerk of this court and a copy thereof with an Origiigi Noti&l, was placed in the hands of the Johnson County Sheriff wir& ryte., w instructions from plaintiffs' lawyer to serve the Clerk of the defendant City "on this date." However, the documents were not i served until March 29, 1978. Iowa Code Section 409.15 provides, inter alia: "From the action of the council refusing to approve any such 'plat, the applicant shall have the right to appeal to the district court within twenty days after such rejection by filing written notice of appeal with the city clerk." I believe that the holding of Economy Forms Corp. v. Potts, 259 N.W.2d 787 (Iowa 1977) is controlling. Because of the failure to file a written Notice of the appeal with the City Clerk within 20 days, this Court does not acquire jurisdiction of the appeal. Defendant's Special Appearance is sustained. Dated this `` 5t``hpp day of June, 1978. YV,cu.A K� UY;JRA ''• ' t '•F /�/ ✓ / ✓' 01 SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT 04 p; 0f ! IAILNM ILM6U NI , JORM MICR+LAS LOO: knPlf;S • A , !1017[5 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IUWA G / /yy REC VECI JUN 81978 League of Iowa Municipalitie Suits foo • 000 Du Moinl/Strait, Dee Molnar, Iowa 50319 • 515/786.00 June 7, 1978 PRESIDENT / Hughugh 0. 0. Lamont Mayor Pre -Am Mechanicsville I VICE PRESIDENT Xenneth E. Kew GGG / TO: Selected City Officials Mayor, Mason City FROM: Robert W. Harpster, Executive Director PAST ►R[e10lNT 011ie SUBJECT: SA 336 -- Hotel/Motel. Tax MS a'oll Yor, Ankeny DIRECTORS ----------------------- Edward M. Xing Mayor, Mt. Plessant We have recently received an enrolled copy 33 Merllyn Mccrery Mayor, _- a bill permitting local option guest - ony have Lab City Paul J. Nltbur enclosed a copy for your information. City Clark, Eagle Grove If your city is interested in acting on this bill, Richard E. awn Mayor, you should begin now in drafting, with the assistance of your Oat Moines legal department, an appropriate ordinance for imposing the tax. Derr Pokorny This is the first step in appying this tax locally. The second City Manager, Sioux city step is the approval of the question at an election provided for Darrel Romink City Manager, in the bill, Sioux Center Lae Roel' Although the Governor has not yet signed the bill, Mayor, Waterloo prompt action by the cities will be necessary, so preliminary Lloyd:Levers pians should be made now. Mayor, Altoona Richard D. Singleton If you have further questions, please call the League Mayor, office. Conetvilla Thomas A. Tully, Jr. Mayor, Dubuque .. D&othy Ven Hors council"Mm, Jefferson EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Robert W. Harpter RWH/mla enc. Y:...•TTcRorlLHfn 8Y JORM MICR+LA6 G / /yy MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB SENATE FILE 336 AN ACT RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OP A HOTS. AND H7 TAX BY A CITY OR COUNTY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. 08 IT ENACTED RT T88 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SPATE OF IO{NA: Section 1. MEN SECTION. HOffi. AND HOTEL TAE. A city or county my rose by ordinamca of the city Council or by resolution of the board of Supervisors a hotel :and motel tax, at a ram Cot to aa00ed sewn pmroent, which RI&II be imposed in increments of one or mom fall percentage points upon me gross receipts from the renting of say sod all truces, apartments, or sleeping quarters in any hotel, motel, inn, public lodging Muse, roondng house, or tourist Court, or in any place whom sleeping accommodations are Ifurnished to transient guaam for rent, whether with or without meals except the gross receipts from the, mating of.leaping rove in dormitories and in msmorial unions at all 2ta of Iwo universities sad miles". The tax when lope by a city shall apply only within the.corporatebounderige of that city and when.imposed by a comty sh&Ul apply, only outside incorporated areas within that county.-hanting• and •rent• include any kind of direct or indirect charge �Or such coons, apartments, sleeping quarters, or the we the f. However, such tax ;hall out apply to the gross receipts (from the renting of a roam, apartment, or sleeping quarters whlje rented by the sac person for a period of. xors than thin {Y -me consecutive days. J A local hotel and motel tax shall he impose on January first, April first, July first, or September Brat, following the notification of the director of rownca. Inca imposed, the tax shall remain in offect at the rate 1 sed for a minimum of one year. A local hotel and motel ax shall terminate only on March thirty-first, Jun* Uhl tieth, September thirtioth, or December thirty-first. At lust Isixty days CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MUINLS, IOWA Senate File 336, P. 2 prior to the tax being effective or prior to a revision in the tax rate, or prior to the repeal of the tax, a city or county shall provide notice by Certified mail of such action to the director of revenue. A city or County shall impose a hotel and metal tax, only after an election at which a m)ority of those voting on the question favors imposition. The election Shall be bold at the time of that city's or county's general election. The director of revenue shall administer the provisions of a local hotel and motel tau: as nearly as possible in conjunction with the administration of the state calms tax law. The director shall provide . appropriate fors, or provide on the regular state tax forma, for reporting. local hotel and motal tax liability. All money* received or refunded one hundred eighty days after the dam on which a city or county terminates its local hotel sod motel tax Shall be deposited in or wLthdraw from, the state general fund. The director, in Consultation with local officials, shall Collect and account for a local howl and notal tam and shall credit all revenues to a 'local transient guest tan fund' established by section tow (2) of this Act. No tax permit Other than the state tax permit required under section,ilor, hundred twenty -tow point fifty -throe (422.53) of the Code may be required by local authorities. The tax herein levied shall be in addition to any Stam sales tax unposed under auction four hundred twenty -tow point forty-three (*27.43) of the Code. , The proviions of sections four hundred twenty-two point twenty -Live (422.15), subsection Poor (41, fwr;pundred twenty-two point thirty _1422.301, four .hundred iwnty-�tiu point for"ight (412.48) tbron0loor hundred twenty-two point fifty -tow (422.52), four hundred twenty -we point fifty-four (422.54) through four hundred twenty-two point fifty-eight (422.56), four hundred twenty- two point sixty-seven (422.67), four hundred twenty -tow point sixty-eight (422.68), four hundred twenty-two point sixty- nine (422.69), subsection one (1), and four hundred twenty- two point aeventy (422.70) through four hundred twenty-two IAICRO(ILI((.0 BY DORM MICR#LAB LLNAI1. 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB Senate File 336, P. 3 point seventy-five (422.75) of the Coda, consistent with the provisions of this Act, shall apply with respect to the tares authorized under this Act, in the ear manner and with the sem* offset r if the hotel end notal tans were retail sales tares within the meaning of these statutes, notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the director &hall provide for only quarterly filing of nturm as prescribed in section four hundred treaty -two point fifty -me (422,51) of the Code. Further, the director may require all persoes," defined in section tour hundred twnty-two poet torty,4Ma,(422.42) of the Code. who arm engaged -in the bus amens of deriving gross receipts subject bo to ender this Actf ta.,regiater with the department. . Sec. 2. EMM SECTION. heal, TEAmSIMT GUEST TAX FUND. 1. Thera is created in the offiw of the .!usurer of i *tate A local transient groat tar fund which shall consist of ell moneys credited to such fund under section one (1) of this Act. < 2. All Sys in the local transient goest,jar fund shall be remitted at lsut quarterly by the .treae of state, pursuant W rules of the director of raven". to each city in the amount collected from businesses in that; ci[y and to each county in the anoust collacted frw businesses in the unincorporated aaeas of the county. 3. Moneys received by the county or city from this fund Mall be credited to the general fund of such county or city, subject to the provisions of subsection four (a) of this section. 4. The even e derived from, my hotel And ental tax authorized by this Act shall be used as follaws A. Each county or city which levies the tar shell spend At least fifty percent of the revenues derived therefrom for the acquisition of sites for, or constructing, improving, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operating, or maintaining of recreation, convention, cultural, or entertainment facilities including but not limited to manorial buildings, halls and monuments, civic center convention buildings, CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MINES, 10''WA Senate File 336, P. 4 auditoriums, celiseu,A,, and parking areae or feillties located . at [Mea recreation, :eMvention, cultural, or entertainsumt facilities or the peyaeot of principal and intereat*, 6hau due, on bonds or othUr evidence of'iepebtadne*s issued by the county or city f r those reofeatim, convention, cultural, or entertainment fee lities, or for the prosotion end Mcouregerat of tourist and convention brim,,, in the city or county and surrou g areas. b. The rerining nvm"a a,sy be spent by the city or county which levies >(Ce tax for my city cr cooAty operations authorized by law as Vis,proper purpose for the erpanditcre tAtions of city or county evenas derived within statutory I iML1 frw ad valorem, taxes. C. Any city or cymty which levies and collects the botal and motel tar author sed by this Act may pledge m asom,t on[ W exceed thirty ipetcant of the revenues derived therafrw to Ne e payment of be which the city or coeaty may issue for one or more of Ur purposes set forth in paragraph a of this subsection. M7f revenue pledged to the payment of such bonds may be credited to the spending ragairement of paragraph a of this subsection ARTM I A. IMU I President of the Sean i DALE M. 00CMK Speaker of the Mouse I I hereby certify that this bill originated in the S*mte and Is known as Senate Fljle 336, sixty-seventh General Aaeszbly. r KEVIN Approved 1978 Acting Secretary of the Senate , ROBERT D. RAY Governor < `C1 IIICROFIL14ED BY JORM MICR+LAB CIDA11 RA;'iii'. . '.iii 1101/1/5 f! P1ICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB MINUTES OF STAFF MEETING May 24, 1978 CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINES, IOWA Departmental referrals from the informal and formal Council meetings of May 22 and 23 were distributed to the department heads (copy attached). The City Manager stated that he had received a report from Personnel on hiring of minorities. Transit is doing especially well. The department heads were advised to keep in mind the City's EEOC commitment. The Director of Human Relations asked the department heads to remain after the staff meeting for a short review of the draft of Blue Cross and Blue Shield coverage. The City Manager advised that a group will propose to the City Council next Tuesday night that the City prohibit travel to those states which have not ratified the ERA. The City Manager advised that he would furnish a list of states which have not ratified the ERA. After receiving this information, the staff was requested to write a memo concerning the implications of such a prohibition. Items for the agenda of May 30, 1978: Set a public hearing for amending the building code Concept statement for Sand Road Award bid for transit garage Resolution approving swimathon at Recreation Center Comprehensive Plan AFSCME Contract It was requested that agenda material be submitted a day early (Wednesday noon) this week only due to the City Manager's secretary's planning to take vacation leave on Friday afternoon. Prepared by i ei Lorraine Saeger t 1 141CRorILMEB BY JORM MICR6LLB LIUAV RV'D' • A'. 10r41.S /1y -r MAY 22, 1978 INFORMAL SESSION MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB DEPARTMENT CEDAR RAPIDS AND DLS MUINLS, IOWA REFERRALS �....., y+.. �. 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICR#LAB (LOA1 VV::,', • IAS )101';[5 D SUBJECT DATE REFERRED DATE ¢ w ¢ � o COMMENTS/STATUS REC'D TO DUE � ¢ W ¢ CL Why wasn't code violation of Schallein property caught with framing inspection. Memo to Council (B.Vevera) 5/22 H&IS Does Board of Appeals practice of rotating chairman conform with by-laws? (B. Vevera) 5/22 H&IS Council will meeting June 5 and 6. Send memo to Council, department heads and 5/22 CM's office Proclamation for Older Americans' Week added to May 23 agenda. 5/22 CM's office Sod needs replacing on Muscatine 5/22 P&R Discuss overtime and misc. items Public regarding Street Division at regular Works weekly meeting 5/22 Adjust informal schedule. Discuss status of litigation on June 5 rather than 12. 5/22 Admin Ass't Reschedule discussion of code enforce- ment at informal session 5/22 Admin Ass't �....., y+.. �. 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICR#LAB (LOA1 VV::,', • IAS )101';[5 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MOINES, 1014A MAY 23, 1978 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING DEPARTMENT REFERRALS T... `ri ld ICROFIUdfm BY 'I 1 JORM MICR#LAE3 LIAM. V;T1 '. ILS I VVI SUBJECT DATE RECD REFERRED M DATE DUE a w a- a ff COMMENTS/STATUS 0 w ¢ a Discuss alignment of Scott Boulevard, north of Ralston Creek,at weekly 5/23 Public meeting with City Manager Works Check Abrams' subdivision situation 5/23 Comm Dev (� & Legal Add discussion of moratorium area rezoning to June 5 informal session 5/23 Admin Ass't Add discussion of Oscar Mayer to June 5 informal session 5/23 Admin Ass't Check minutes and tape of moratorium area rezoning hearing regarding zoning by P&Z for Burger tract 5/23 Comm Dev When will sidewalk in front of Nemos be repaired? (David Perret) 5/23 Public Works Madison Street, between Iowa and Jefferson, needs repairing. (J. Balmer) Public Write memo to Council on schedule of -street repair, 5/23 Works Prepare policy statement for Council regarding rezoning adjacent to Sunrise Mobile Home Park 5/23 Comm Dev Call bond counsel regarding library bond issue. Questions to include sale and demolition of site 5/23 Legal T... `ri ld ICROFIUdfm BY 'I 1 JORM MICR#LAE3 LIAM. V;T1 '. ILS I VVI 141CRBfILMCD BY ' JORM MICR6LAB UDAI? Pi i:!', ;if ; G1DI:ICS /STATUS MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MOINLS, IOWA MINUTES OF STAFF MEETING May 31, 1978 Departmental referrals from the formal meeting of May 30 were distributed to the department heads (copy attached). The City Manager's Secretary was requested to arrange a meeting with the City Engineer, Legal staff, and the City Manager to discuss Mr. Robert Wilson's problem on Mount Vernon Street. The Resources Conservation Coordinator distributed a memo regarding project review for energy conservation. The staff was requested to furnish comments for amending this procedure by the end of the week. It was announced that more volunteers are needed to help with the University registration on Monday, June 5. The Director of Community Development advised that there is an increasing problem getting an outside telephone line. The telephone system seems to be saturated. i The City Manager advised that the Finance Department is working on this. A study will be received from one company next week and the phone company will be coming j in after that. The City Manager suggested that the phone company do a study of saturation level to see if it has changed since the last study. The Director of Housing and Inspection Services noted that there are problems with not enough cars in the vehicle pool and not enough people in Word Processing Center. He was advised that an experienced person has been hired for the WPC and the new high speed printers would be received soon. The City Manager advised the Director of Housing and Inspection Services to meet with the Finance Director to straighten out this matter. Also the Finance Director will be sending out a memorandum concerning the car pool. The was also suggested that no vehicles from the pool be taken on out-of-town trips. Items for the June 6 agenda: Resolution setting public hearing on budget amendments for June 13 Resolution changing,hours of the municipal parking lot Zoning items deferred from agenda of May 30 AFSCME Contract Two public hearings: Hickory Hill PAD Bus Depot I.11CROFILMEO By JORM MICR4LAB LL D7,i1 F'A�'I SJi,ti 1401 :I:S 4TUS MICRorILRCD DY DORM MICR+LAB PAI 7W, • 'A S :40:'11:, MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA Monthly Report POLICE DEPARTMENT May, 1978 Citizen generated requests for police services totaled 2090 for the month of May, approximately the same quantity as the proceeding month. Most categories of reported crime were nearly the same in number as in April. However, because of vacation and specialized school, OMVUI reports were about one-half of the earlier month. Arrests were down by almost 900 as compared to April. The decline can best be attributed to the recess of the University of Iowa and the subsequent reduction in traffic and parking violations. A total of forty-two cases were assigned to the Detective Bureau for investigation and twenty- five cases were cleared by investigation and/or arrest. Four hundred hours of training was afforded officers rdous materials; hostage negotiations; including handling of haza and the maintenance of physical standards. One new officer was hired during the month of May and two officers resigned, one to accept employment in another state and one to start to law school. Complaints received by Animal Control officers were down preceeding year 111/213. Animal from the same month of the Patrol activities were substantially increased because of less need to care for confined animals. Considerable progress has been made toward shifting most of the pet licensing from the City Clerk's Office to the Animal Control Shelter. The transition is expected to be completed early in July. An order for new vehicles foralldvisionsto the n was vfilleds during the month. Transfer of equipment is underway. Because of the increasing frequency of nighttime break- ing entering, four patrol officers wesomessuccesssigned tinaeitheral burglary detail and have been having information effecting arrests of those involved or passing to the Detective Division for subsequent arrest of the offenders. 1186 �•,t TR IA ICA01'I LI•lEDOY ' JORM MICR+LAB MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA Monthly Report Police Department -2- Task oriented teams composed mainly of patrol officers have been and will continue to be the major element responsible for investigations. finally, preliminary work upon a proposed program to combat vandalism was started. The initial portion of this prevention program will be offered at Southeast Junior High School on Thursday, June 22. Statistical summaries are attached. 5�.., ti •�-FILI4ED BY DORM MICR+LA9 CEOAR RA;`D, AS F10MES 14ICROFILi4ED BY JORM MICROLAB COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY POLICE 0100 CRIMINAL HOMICIDE i 0200 RAPE 0300 ROBBERY 3400 ASSAULT I - 0500 BURGLARY 054 ! LARCENY 0700 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS 0900 ARSON 1000 FORGERY & COUNTERFEITING 1 - 1100 FRAUD 1200 EMBEZZLEME:;T 1300 STOLE`? PROPERTY (receive-poss. buy, 1400 VANDALISM 15^1) 14EAPONS (carry-poss.) j - 1600 PROSTITUTION 1700 SEX OFFENSES (exc. rave &yrostitut 11800 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 1900 GAMBLING 12000 OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY & CHILDREN 2100 OM" I X2200 LIQUOR LA14 VIOLATIONS 2300 INTOXICATION CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA JAN.I FEB. !KAR. IAPR.I MAY -1 JUN,I JUl,.I AUG.1 SEP.J OCT.I NOV.I DEC. 0 1 0 1 0 0 Imam 1 0 3 0 3 OMME 2 1 1 2 0 6 6 11 6 14 33 38 41 37 55 103 108 112 1159 155 13 12 15 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 8 1 3 4 7 14 4 9 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 66 I 44 81 87 74 —tJ �I 2 11 0 I 0 0 7 S� ••'! 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB C[,)nR RAPM', • JCS '401':[5 6 28 Imam ©©WE OMME S� ••'! 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB C[,)nR RAPM', • JCS '401':[5 6 28 1,11CROFI0ED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AMD DES MOINES, IOWA I41CROFILMED BY t JORM MICRI�LAB CEDAIi • BCS WD19L5 JA:I. FEB. YAR. APR. :!AY. JU:1. JUL. AUG. SEPI OCT. NOV. DEC. 75 54 90 X131 136 2400 DISORDERLY CONDUCT 2500 VAGRANCY I O 0 0 0 0 9 4 5 16 9 2600 ALL OTHER CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS(exc.traf 3000 ABANDON/RECOVER VEIIICLES - TOW IN 15 19 16 2 0 j 37"0 ACCIDENT - MOTOR VEHICLE 284 233 22$ 239 205 I�J 3400 ACCIDENT - OTHER I G 11 0 1 4 0 i142 13600 ALAR`I-INTRLSION/TROUBLE/SILENT ALAR11 111 160 150 119 e l 3700 ALARM - FIRE (not call in) 1 - 0 I -0 0 1_ 3800 ASSIST & SERVICE 418 307 1_312 ' 1 369. r ---1 — -- -343 76 34 i 51 57j 55 { 4000 ATTEMPT TO LOCATE i i i_ J 4200 BOATING/ RECREATION dATER CO:IPLAIIITS LO —� 0 I - 0.I 0 - -� 0 ! --�--*— ---- I I 1 ---�— -I 4400 CIVIL DISPUTE OR PROBLEM;-_ 20 17 29 40� 34 I ! _ -- - 4600 DEATH IWEST/SUDDEN DEATH/BODIES FOUNDL_1 0 ,-0__x_0_3 4,� DOG & CAT & DOMESTIC 43 34 45 -1 27�j3— UIPING & RUBBISH 1 —05000 61 3 5200 FAMILY/DOMESTIC DISPUTE/DISTURBANCE 5 110 116 rI I 281 34 — — 12 11 13 71 11 j 5400 FIRE 4 0 0 0 0 5600 GUNSHOTS 2 4 6 3 6 5800 HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS -- 6000 HUNTING COMPLAINT (exc. trespass) 1 0 0 0 0 156 98 40 53 55 6200 INFORMATION -MISC. 6400 i INVESTIGATE - MISC. 0 0 0 0 0 I41CROFILMED BY t JORM MICRI�LAB CEDAIi • BCS WD19L5 6500 6600 i 6800 i 7000 7200 I ! ) .JO 7600 jI 7700 F 7800 8000 ! 8100 8400 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB JUVENILE - HISC. LIVESTOCK LOST & FOUND PROPERTY MENTAL COMPLAINT MISC. COMPLAIidT/SERVICE REQUEST SUICIDE SUSPICION WEATHER/BAD, ETC, WILDLIFE/DEER KILLS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS SNO;4MOBILE COi•iPLAItITS PARKING TOTALS • CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINLS, IOWA 0 JAN. I FEB. IML1R. APR. :tA'i . JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.I NOV.I DEC I26 25 51 481 45 1 2 I O o 1 1 63 63 77 ! 61 84 3 1 3 S 12 38 45 104 103 127 2 0 5. 0 0 57 55 57 49 69 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 I 1 - J- 0,0�.- 01 -�---I -- — 16 ; 13 14 41i 38 i 5 4 .moi i-_ 0 0 I J 270285 _L226 20 6 11919 2.541-219 2063 2090�__�_ _t 1 1 I f :41CROFILMED BY DORM MICR+LAB CCDM! RAI !I):, • UIS VID i'ICS t•11CROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB ARRESTS MADE BY POLICE - 0100 CRIMINAL HOMICIDE 0200 RAPE 0300 ROBBERY 1400 ASSAULT 0500 BURGLARY OC..,_J LARCENY 0700 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS 0900 ARSON i 1000 _FORGERY & COUNTERFEITING 1100 FRAUD 1200 EMBEZZLEMENT 1300 STOLEN PROPERTY (receive-poss. buy 1400 VANDALISM i15()0 WEAPONS (carry-poss.) 16UU PROSTITUTION 1700 SEX OFFENSES (exc. rane & prostitu !1800 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 11900 GAMBLING 12000 OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY & CHILDREN I 2100 OMW I X2200 LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS ,2300 INTOXICATION CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINES, IOWA JAN.I FEB. IMAAR. IAPR. I MAY.I JUN.I JUI..I AUG.I SEPI OCT.I NOV,I DEC 141CROf ILMED BY DORM MICR+LAB UJAR P41 1!)" • )[." MOINES 1 Q I O D 0 p I 0 0 0 0 1 mm 0 1 p 3 p 1 6 4 2 7 �o©fie 1 3 0 3 0 15 11 12 29 14 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 p 2 1 1 1 141CROf ILMED BY DORM MICR+LAB UJAR P41 1!)" • )[." MOINES 1 ©��©� mm �o©fie 141CROf ILMED BY DORM MICR+LAB UJAR P41 1!)" • )[." MOINES 1 2400 2500 i i 2600 j 3000 i! -)0 1 3400 I 3600 i 3700 3800 4000 4200 4400 4600 )0 I 5000 i 5200 5400 1 5600 i I 5800 6000 I I 6200 6400 LIICR0FILi4ED BY JORM MICROLAB DISORDERLY CONDUCT VAGRANCY ALL OTHER CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS(exc.tr ABANDON/ RECOVER VEHICLES - T014 IN ACCIDENT - MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT - OTHER ALAR11- INTRUSION/ TROUBLE/ SILENT ALAWI ALARM - FIRE (not call in) ASSIST & SERVICE ATTEI.TT TO LOCATE BOATING/ RECREATION MATER CO'IPLAINTS CIVIL DISPUTE OR PROBLEM DEATH INVEST/SUDDEN DEATH/BODIES FOU DOG & CAT & DOMESTIC DU!4PING & RUBBISH FAMILY/DOMESTIC DISPUTE/DISTURBANCE FIRE GUNSHOTS HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS HUNTING COMPLAINT (exc. trespass) INFORMATION - MISC. INVESTIGATE - MISC. CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MOINES, 10WA n JA:4.I FEB. I :".AR. IAPR.I :IAY.I JUN.I JUL.I AUG.1SEP.] OCT -1 NOV.1 DEC 6 13 4 1 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 —i 0 Ip 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 1 p 26 124 34 29 30 i 1 ! I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 IO 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 i0 0 0 0 0 0 n I I' 0 1_ 0 0 0 I 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ! 0 0 t� 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 —i 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 1 p 0 0 0 i 1 ! I 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 p 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 n 14ILROFILI4CO BY JORM MICR�LAB CLOhR RAP; i> IiLS Y101`Q$ i 6500 j 6600 i 6800 7200 7400 7600 7700 7800 8000 8100 8400 } MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINES, IOWA JUVE11ILE - MISC. LIVESTOCK LOST & FOUND PROPERTY MENTAL COMPLAINT MISC. CO:iPLAI,4T/SERVICE REQUEST SUICIDE SUSPICION 14EATHER/BAD, ETC. 14ILDLIFE/DEER KILLS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS SNOI,PIOBILE C0:•IPLAINTS PARKING TRAFFIC TOTALS JA -N. FEB. t•LAR. APR. :LAY.1 JUN.1 JCL. AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC.. 0 0 0 0 p 0 I p 0 0 p 0 0 0 0 p 0 0 0 0 p 0 0 0 0 p 0 0 0 0 I p 0 0 p 0 p 0 0 p 1 p l I 0 I 0 0 p 0- 0 0 1 0_ I ----0_L 11261.4 -LZ -288-11.605:179.1:1 _2-6_�_L___ 1237 36.1 590' 541 �- _; 2941:2.731 2305 2444 I, I ' I I ' I I ROrILREO BY JORM MICR+LA6 CCDAA K,d if), •UCS Id01'7F.S Mii;ROFILMEO BY JORM 141CROLAB • CEDAR RAPIDS AND DLS MUINLS, IU+ia ILLEGIBLE DOCUMENT, ALL OR IN PART iiiiiiiiiiiiiiij JORM MICROLAB TARGET SERIES i FOLLOWING DOCUMENT ILLEGIBLE I4ICR01 WILD BY JORM MICR6LA13 (Iild P.' ':01".( 141CR061LMED BY JORM MICR+L_A6 PAI1!�I� •JCS 1-0O;i�I:L IAICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA City of Iowa Cit MEMORAND DATE: June 5, 1978 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Michael E. Kucharzak, Director, Housing & Inspection Services RE: Monthly Report - May 1978 Attached is the monthly report for the Department of Housing & Inspection Services. MICROFILM BY JORM MICR4LA9 MAP PVD, - A', 10!;[S A i IAICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA City of Iowa Cit MEMORAND DATE: June 5, 1978 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Michael E. Kucharzak, Director, Housing & Inspection Services RE: Monthly Report - May 1978 Attached is the monthly report for the Department of Housing & Inspection Services. MICROFILM BY JORM MICR4LA9 MAP PVD, - A', 10!;[S A I i MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DLS MOINLS, 100A HOUSING REHABILITATION GOALS THROUGH JUNE 30, 1978 1. Total number of completed projects - 30. 2. Total funds to be encumbered or spent - $350,000.00. 3. Full integration of 312 financing into the City Rehab Financing Package. MAY ACTIVITIES 1. Total structures finished to date - 16. 2. Processing 312 applications. 3. Presentation made on expanding local loan program throughout 403 area. In addition, increased upper limits on grant income allowance (picked up 8 cases). 4. Construction Specialist resigned May 31. 5. Financing Section: a.) Conducted 11 interviews. b.) Began reviewing "closed" files for accuracy and completeness. Construction Section: a.) 5 structures surveyed. b.) 5 structures out for bids. c.) 16 structures under construction. d.) Began construction on one structure. 6. Negotiated with County to assume their Rehab Program. PROPOSED JUNE ACTIVITIES: 1. Hire temporary help in Construction Specialist position. 2. Close contract with County to begin their Rehab in August. 3. Complete construction on 15 structures. V 111CROFILMEO BY � ! JORM MICR+LAB C FUMc F.,1P:JS iii... MOVIES MICROFILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINES, IOWA HOUSING INSPECTION Jl1NE GOALS: 1. Perform 50 systematic inspections in 403 area. 2. Perform annual inspections of multiple dwellings. 3. Conduct reinspections as required. 4. Finalize and print billing and field inspection forms. MAY ACTIVITIES: 1. 39 systematic area inspections 74 routine annual inspections 19 complaint inspections 2. 1243 dwelling units inspected 360 rooming units inspected 118 reinspections 3, 70 violation letters issued 0 emergency orders issued 52 compliances issued 4. 1 housing appeal 0 court appearances 0 intent to placard 0 placards 0 administrative reviews 5. Adopted Housing Occupancy & Maintenance Code and shifted to enforcement procedures under the new code. 6. Continued form design for billing and field inspections. nrILMEn 1 BY i JORM MICR#LAB CCUNIFlnP! A— M19E, MICROFILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB GOALS: CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IOWA ASSISTED HOUSING I. 309 UNITS SECTION 11 EXISTING UNITS. Convert 72 additional units of Section 8 units. Continue to provide assistance to families under Section 23 reducing the number of units to 0 by June 30, 1978. II. 64 UNITS NEW CONSTRUCTION UNDER SECTION 8. To assist in providing additional housing units for low income, elderly and handicapped persons. III. HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN. Provide input to the Housing Assistance Plan for the third year HCDA application. IV. HOUSING COMMISSION. Provide administrative support to the Iowa City Housing Commission. MAY ACTIVITY: I. During May, 28 units were brought into the Section 8 Program. Seven units were Section 23 conversion. Total units Section 8, 303. Total both programs, 307. 28 annual or final, 21 move in inspections were performed. 33 appli- cations for Section 8 were approved. Approved budget for FY 79 was received. 11. One tenant terminated her lease at Autumn Park Apartments. A successor is being selected in accordance with Autumn Park policies. Management completed inspection of both buildings. Findings were mailed to the owners for review and comment. After receipt of correspondence owners visited the site May 18 and concurred with management. 111. Completed. IV. The Housing Commission met on May 3, 1978. Election of officers: Stephen Lombardi, Chairman - Jerry Smithey, Vice Chairman. Commission mailed out questionaires to various service organizations for fur- ther development of Housing pamphlet. Lombardi resigned as a member of Housing Commission to continue education in another city. PROJECTED ACTIVITY: I. It is projected that during June, 10 new units will be brought into the pro- gram. Completion of Section 23 Leased Housing Program by June 30, 1978. II. Owners of Autumn Park are sending a crew of workmen to begin repair work. III. Completed IV. The (lousing Commission will meet on June 7, 1978. Returned questionaires will be discussed. Commission will start discussion of their annual report to be submitted by July 15, 1978 to City Council. 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 L[Ak kA; 1i5L „L:: 101%" MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MUINLS, IUWA BUILDING INSPECTION MAY ACTIVITY:- 1. CTIVITY:ion 1 olnehonewoprepared odburningnst vested andtoneionulate two informationrneededntotapplyaforlats, building permit. 2. Have submitted several code changes to the 1976 UBC. 3. Have done some preliminary review for the Super Block Mall. 4. Have received and started plan checks on Pieper Barber Shop and on a 2.4 million dollar addition to N.W. Bell Telephone. 5. Attended the annual plumbing inspectors meeting. 6. Attended an I.C.B.O. plan check short course. 7. 74 permits were issued for a monthly total of $1,623,129. This brought the total for this year to 273 permits reflecting $9,994,135. in con- struction. The above figures are composed of 12 new single family dwellings and 14 other types of new construction. In addition, 46 alteration permits, 2 demolition permits and 1 house moving permit were issued. GOALS FOR JUNE: 1. Prepare for Council the proposed Sign Ordinance. 2. Conduct oral examinations for electricians. 3. Systemize a procedure for condemnations. 4. Prepare an itemized and systematic procedure for house moves. 5. Begin preparation for micro -filming records. r... ,C�•-•----OFIu4C0 BY - JORM MICR�LAB CCillu; t:�Pl Gti aC5 V10;YL; 1•11CROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINLS, IOWA June 1, 1978 HUMAN SERVICES PLANNING PROGRAM 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 resources for programs such as health, recreation, social services, economic opportunity, education/information and transportation. 1. Emergency Assistance Subcommittee met to discuss which of its recommendations to address next. 2. Meeting held with City of Iowa City, Board of Supervisors and United Way to make final plans for this summer's joint review process for agency funding. 3. Attendance at the Crisis Center's budget hearing before the State Substance Abuse Authority. //y7 1CROFIL14ED BY 1 JORM MICR¢LAB 011Al; P.AI 1I',% • J15 1101!11:5 OBJECTIVES 1. To supply data about existing programs and agencies. a. To provide for meaningful organization of existing data. b. To gather new data as needed to -supplement or to fill gaps in existing data. 2. To identify the human needs of the residents of Johnson County and to determine the extent to which these needs are being met. i 3. To analyze and correlate the inforamtion on human needs in order to make it useful for decision makers in formu- lating programs and allocating resources. i A. 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 during the month of May: 1. Emergency Assistance Subcommittee met to discuss which of its recommendations to address next. 2. Meeting held with City of Iowa City, Board of Supervisors and United Way to make final plans for this summer's joint review process for agency funding. 3. Attendance at the Crisis Center's budget hearing before the State Substance Abuse Authority. //y7 1CROFIL14ED BY 1 JORM MICR¢LAB 011Al; P.AI 1I',% • J15 1101!11:5 MICROFILMED BY DORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MUIRLS, IUWA 2. Monthly Report (cont'd.) 4. Justice Subcommittee meeting to assess status of work on recommendations. 5. Meeting with Julie Vann to plan an evaluation workshop for agencies to be held in June. 6. Attendance at a city Council informal meeting to present informa- tion regarding the proposed Joint Funding Body agency program review process. 7. Program Development Subcommittee met to set up its consultant schedule. 8. Revised Services Index typed int6 the computer. 9. Attendance at the monthly Title XX Task Force meeting. 10. Meeting with an ad hoc committee interested in looking into the possible development locally of an adult day care center. 11. Justice Subcommittee had second meeting with youth serving agencies to discuss further implementation of recommendations. 12. Mental Health Subcommittee held second meeting with agency repre- sentatives regarding the need for a substance abuse counselor to work with youth. 13. Larry Bonander, a summer intern from the graduate program in Public Affairs, joined the staff. 14. The,Family and Individual Life Subcommittee met. Subgroup A: Developed the first three (of seven) sections of the Developmental and Acquired disabilities profile. Subgroup B: Held its second meeting with Day Care Center providers; held a meeting with Family Planning providers; tabulated and analyzed the results of the Day Care Home and Foster Care Questionnaires. Note: Justice Subcommittee meeting with jail architects was not held due to the fact that there have been essentially no changes in their plans since November 1977, when the subcommittee met with them. Proposed Activities for June 1. Justice subcommittee will meet to plan action on Adult Corrections and Protection of the Elderly recommendations. 2. Justice Subcommittee youth serving agencies subgroups will meet. 3. Evaluation workshop for agencies will be held. 141CROFILMEB BY i JORM MICR46LAB i:f.DlJl W6 W', • A" )IO!I:FS I MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB • CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINES, IOWA 3. Monthly Report (cont'd.) q. Program Development Subcommittee will hold two meetings: one with local information and referral providers, and another on evaluation in human services. 5. Work continues on getting the revised Services Index material ready to go to the printer. 6. Family Life Subcommittee will meet. Subgroup A: Will complete, except for recommendations, its work on the Developmental and Acquired Disabilities Profile; will begin work on the Nursing Home Profile. Subgroup B: Will analyze material received at Family Planning Provider meeting; will go over results of Day Care Homes and Foster Care Questionnaires; will begin work on Services for Children Profile. 7. Mental Health Subcommittee will hold another meeting with providers to continue discussing implementation of the Mental Health and Counseling Profile recommendations. 8. Staff will attend a Title XX Task Force meeting. 9. Joint Funding Body hearings on agency programs will begin. 141CROFILME0 BY JORM MICR+LAB CF.OAIt A'� MOVES hliOWi ILMi.D BY JORM I.IICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS !Ue+n The Building Line Volume 10 STRICT CODE MODIFIED TO SAVE COSTS June 1978 On September 6, 1977, the Council adopted the 728 page volume of the Uniform Build- ing Cade - 1976 edition. Since that time the Building Official found in administer- ing the Code that certain sections did not conform to local building practices and in effect were more restrictive and resulting in more costly construction than the Building Official felt necessary to protect the health and safety of the citizens. Therefore, the staff is recommending that the Council consider amending the Uniform Building Code by the following changes: NOT REQUIRING DRYWALL INSPECTIONS as a mandatory minimum inspection for construction. The Building Inspector normally inspects drywall installation when fire rated dry- wall is required by Code as part of the routine inspection process of the construc- tion. Mandating another inspection is not necessary and staff scheduling would cause unnecessary delays. EXEMPT CERTAIN HANDRAIL REQUIREMENTS. The 1976 Uniform Building Code requires hand- rails to be placed in all installations where there are stairways having two or more risers. The Building Official feels that this requirement is too strict and that in actual practice it would be most difficult to require handrails in every location having two risers such as church altars, elevated platforms for use as stages, etc., and for grade changes in private dwellings. Therefore the staff is recommending that handrails can be exempted when there are less than four risers. FLOOR ANDROOF TRUSSES. The majority of construction, especially residential con- struction in Iowa City, uses engineered and pre -fabricated trusses in roof construc- tion and in floor girder construction. Although the engineering and manufacture of these trusses is carefully controlled to assure their safety, the state of the art in the field is such that many contractors do not understand the importance of main- taining the truss design. The Building Official has observed field modifications such as cutting, splicing, repairing of damaged trusses, the removal of components such as webs and gussets, often negating the engineering protections afforded by the components. The Uniform Code does not contain adequate language to prohibit field modifications or mishandling of trusses. Therefore, the staff is recommending lan- guage that would enable the Building Official to reject modified or questionable trusses or to require that an engineer certify approval of any such modification. ENCLOSED SHOPPING MALLS. The Building Official is further recommending that new sections be added to the Building Code defining enclosed shopping malls and speci- fying construction and use. Such suggestions including but not limited to area, exiting, fire protection devices, sign construction ratings. The International Con- ference of Building Officials has provided the Building Official with an appendix developed by the organization for consideration in future editions of the Uniform Building Code. The appendix has been reviewed by the Building Official and Fire Marshal and was found to be acceptable for inclusion into Iowa City's Building Code. The staff recommends the adoption of the amendments defining and regulating enclosed shoppiCenter, ansed 9malls encloprior shoppingdevelopment be locatedplans inand thespecifications for Old Capitol Copies of the proposed amendments are available at the City Clerk's Desk. CODE AVAILABLE AT NO COST The Housing Occupancy $ Maintenance Code is now in effect. Several informative brochures which detail aspects of the code are being composed to get the word out to the public. Meanwhile, copies of the entire code are available at the Housing Inspection Office in the Civic Center. There is no charge for your copy of the code, sc drop by and pick one up if you are involved in rental housing in Iowa City. Specific questions may be addressed to Department Dir- ector, Mike Kucharzak or Senior Housing Inspector, Bruce Burke. The phone number is 354-1800. WOO V wlCRunuaED BY JORM MIC ROLAB II •iril'.i:, f11(:R0FILMFD BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MUINLS, ;UWA APPLICAT--,D FOR HOUSING COVISSION MEMBER -HEEDED The Housing Camnission is a citizens advisory commission appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. The commission consists of seven (7) members. 'Penn of appointment is normally three years and all members must be qualified elec- tors of the City of Iowa City. The commission serves two roles; 1.) They investigate, study, review, and analyze the housing needs and the meeting of such needs within the City and make recommendations to the City Council. 2.) They act as the Appeals Board under the recently adopted housing Occupancy and Maintenance Code. Steve Lombardi, present chairman, has submitted his resignation. He is moving out of town to continue his education at Drake University. There are now three vacancies on the commission and qualified applicants are needed. While not mandatory, experience in real estate, banking, building/construction, rental/management, community planning would be attributes for a commissioner. The most important element is a sincere desire to participate in community affairs. Applications may be obtained from and returned to the City Clerk's office. Those interested are encouraged to submit applications before June 22, 1978. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MINIMUM HOUSING During May, 1978, 275 structures were inspected containing 1243 dwelling units and 360 rooming units. 526 dwelling units and 86 rooming units were found to be in compliance with the Minimum Housing Code of Iowa City. 717 dwelling units and 274 rooming units did not comply with the Minimum Housing Code. SSI *ON P..twid 001 'ALO VM01 11I1d "ON y•n BUILDING INSPECTION During the month of May, 1978, 74 Build- ing Permits, 8 Mechanical Permits, 41 Plumbing Permits, and 60 Electrical Permits have been issued by the City. The total value of all May construction in Iowa City is $1,623,129.92. There were 2 demolition permits and 1 house moving permit issued. HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM During May, 1978, 28 units were brought into the Section 8 Program. There are 4 units left in Section 23. Total units, Section 8 = 303. r- -• .. kICROPILRED BY ' JORM MICR6LAB 04ZZS EAOI `X3TO aMoI •lg uoDButgseM Tse3 DIV 9a3Int0S votToadsuI puv SuTsnoH ;o luaurlaedaa vil?O uMoI do •(310 MiLifUi ILi4E0 BY JORf4 FIICROLAI4 • CLDA:4 RAPIDS AND ULS bl0PiL`,, :01411 `Meat -Axe Radicalism' in California By WALTER HELLER The property tax revolt is reaching while -heat Intensity. How else would a rad. ical measure like the Jarvis -Gann wtia. live I Proposition 13) have a good chance of passing in California tomorrow even though a superior and more moderate al- ternative IProposition 8) appears on the same ballot? The apparent determination of Califor. nia voters "to send them a message" through Proposition 12—at a tax loss of $7 billion a year, perhaps the most costly message in history—has evidently caught the country's Imagination: Item: This Is the second article on Jar- vis -Gann in two weeks in this space. (See Jude Wanniski's article of May 24, plus the subsequent letters on June 2.) Item: Just last week, 50% of the respon- dents In a Minnesota Poll survey voiced approval of the Jarvts-Gann amendment I even though significant property tax relief has already been voted in Minnesota). Item: Whether one appears before audi- ences In Norfolk, or New Orleans, or New York, one of the first questions from the Rolr concerns Jarvis -Gann. The Essential Elements Yet at the peak of this Inverted pyramid one finds a seriously and perhaps fatally flawed proposal. The essential elements of Proposition 13 are as follows: —It slashes the maximum property tax rate to 1% of the full cash value 11975-76 assessed value) of real property: —Assessed values may not be Increased more than 27. per year except on property that changes hands. —At the state level, the majority vote Is replaced by a two-thirds vote requirement for new or increased taxes. New taxes based on the value or sale of real property are banned. —No new substitute taxes can be levied at the local level unless approved by two. thirds,of the "qualified electors:' Far from being a constructive "ex. periment in democracy;' Proposition 13 would help dig the grave of local sell•gov emment. It would rip the heart out of local finances by chopping away nearly 607. of the ill billion of local property taxes. And by freezing assessments (except for the glacial thaw of 2'7• a yearl and requiring a two-thirds majority of all electors for any new tales, II would bar any life-giving In. cal tax transplant. Chaotic cuts In local school, hospital, police and fire services would be the order of the day. Indeed, to meet advance -notice requirements, wholesale dismissal letters have already gone out to a large number of teachers in San Diego, Los Angeles and other communities. The strangled local governments would be forced to turn to the state for fiscal handouts, not just from ex- isting surpluses, but permanently. State sales and income taxes would have to be boosted. Apart from this erosion of local self-rell- ance. since when is It good democratic practice to Imbed in the Constitution mea- sures that prevent elected representatives from responding to the changing needs of the electorate? Indeed, under Jarvis -Gann, the fiscal noose would grow tighter and tighter. Rolling back assessed values to 1975.76 would cut the Initial effective rale on today's values to perhaps three-quarters of 19.. And with market values of real es. tate growing at even a "modest" 10% a year. the 291, limit on growth In assessed Board of Contributors By putting legislators in such fiscal irons, the new constituttanal tax limit would enfeeble government and weaken democracy. values would cut the property tax ceiling to less than one -halt of 1% of market values within a few years. By putting legislators In such fiscal Irons, the new constitutional tax limit would enfeeble government and weaken democracy. Even apart from broader questions of ttscal management and philosophy, the ef- fects of Jarvis -Gann would range from ca- pricious to deplorable. The provision freezing assessed values to the 1975.76 level (except for the token 2% annual rise) for properties that do not change ownership, while permitting prop- erties that change hands to be appraised at the full market value at the time of trans- fer. Is anomalous, not to say weird. Two properties of Ideptical market value could have sharply different assessed values If one of them were sold after March 1, 1975. This unequal treatment of equals flies di- rectly In the face of constitutional tax prin. ciples. And the lock -in effect, the restrlc- tion of mobility, the Inequities between those who can stay and those who have to go, make this provision a nightmare. Nothing In Proposition 13 requires a pass-through of benefits from landlords to renters. And the slow and viscous process of competition In housing offers little prom. Ise of relief to renters. Those who are too poor to own their own homes take It on the chin twice—once as renters and again as recipients of curtalled local services. To the surprise of many, the biggest bxr nanza under Jarvls•Gann goes to Uncle Sam. A UCLA study shows that $2.7 billion of the $7 billion denied local governments would end up In the U.S. Treasury as a re - !4100111.14611 BY JORM MICR6LAB suit of shrunken income lax deductions. The UCLA econometric model also shows a loss of 300,686 local jobs, plus IOO,000 private lobs, under Proposition 13. hardly the economic tonic that proponents promise. A Constructive Alternative Fortunately, Californians will have a constructive alternative when they enter the voting booths tomorrow, namely, Prop. osltlon 8, which would activate Senate Bill 1. Under the prod of Jarvis -Gann, the legis. lature passed and Gov. Brown signed SB 1 providing: (1) a 307. immediate property tax cut for homeowners, to be financed pri- marily from the state's D billion budget surplus; (2) a curb on local property tax revenues by limiting their growth to the rate of inflation (specifically the rise In the GNP deflator) plus taxes on new construc- tion, a combination that would save tax- payers about fl billion a year by 1983; (3) added relief of about $175 million a year for renters, together with liberalized relief for senior citizens; and (4) an Implicit curb on new state spending by dedication of the existing state surplus to property tax relief, plus an explicit curb by a complex formula tying the rate of growth In state tax revenues to the rate of growth In state personal Income. Thus, Proposition 8 offers sizable relief for hard-pressed homeowners without crip. pling effects on local self-government, on essential services, and on the California economy. But there Is an electoral booby -trap. If both 8 and 13 pass, 8 is preempted and 13 prevails. And since 13 Is self-contained while 8 Is a bare -bones authorization that requires a knowledge of SB 1, the balance may be swung by Ignorance. And speaking of Ignorance, or misun- derstanding, one finds that a' blizzard of higher assessment notices has generated a last-minute surge of sentiment for 13 even though much of the impact of higher valua- tions will be offset by lower tax rales. Clearly, governments the country over need to be brought to book, they need to deliver more value per dollar of tax, and they need to deliver excessive tax dollars back to the taxpayer. But all of that can be readily granted without committing fiscal hara-klrl. One has to hope the Californians will send their message to government via the moderation of Proposition 8 rather than the meat -axe radicalism of Preposition 13. Mr. Heller is Regents' Professor of Eco- nomia[ at the University of Minnesota for- mer chairman of the Council of Economic Advisfrs under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and a member of the Journal's Board of Contributors. An editorial on fhts subject appears today. 1•11iLRW ILKD BY JORM PIICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MUINLD, iUvi,, REVIEW & OUTLOOK Warning: Tax Revolt Arrives If the latest poll soundings prove true, tomorrow California voters will approve Proposition 13, the Jarvis - Gann initiative, slashing property taxes and imposing a constitutional requirement of a two-thirds vote if the legislature wants to Increase state taxes. If the measure Is something of a blunderbuss, it is also the kind of thing that happens when governments Ignore festering tax resentment until it breaks out In full-scale revolt. in an important sense. California's politicians are only secondarily to blame, since their problems basically result from the inflation generated in Washington. The inflation drives Call- fomia voters up through the brackets of the state's progressive Income tax, even If In noninflated dollars their in- come remains unchanged. Similarly, the inflation raises nominal property values, all the more so since real es- tate Is the most obvious recourse for everyone who wants to flee from dete- riorating money. The result is that at both state and local levels the politicians are in gravy. The "system" generates huge revenues for them to spend, without their ever having to vote a tax in- crease. Indeed, they can bow to public pressure to "cut" tax rates some and still indulge their spending Impulses without much restraint. Meanwhile, the voter has the same spending power and lives In the same house, but has to shell out a greater share of his real Income for the politicians to spend. California voters, it seems, have had enough. The vehicle at their dis- posal for expressing this sentiment is unquestionably extreme. The legisla. ture, city councils and school adminis- trators doubtless will spend many an- guished nights adjusting to Its man- dates. We are Impressed with Walter Hello's argument, presented on this page, that it will curb the effective In. dependence of local governments by making them more dependent on the state. Yet these truths can be overdone. Passage of the amendment will not cause California to sink Into the Pa. cific. The state has accumulated a $5 billion surplus with which It can, at least for one year, help out local juris- dictlnns financially pressed for money. When ways have to be folmd. they usually are. From the standpoint of, say an individual school district, we doubt that the disruption will be a lot more severe than that caused by your average federal busing order. Opponents of Proposition 13 have offered their own initiative, Proposi- tion S. With Its accompanying legisla- tive act, the Behr Amendment, it is a gimmicky scheme to rebate state funds to homeowners and renters, without fundamentally changing the tax structure that causes the problem. Its supporters rushed it onto the ballot to stop Proposition 13, have not pre- viously done much to address real tax relief, and indeed opposed a much more moderate tax limitation scheme a few years ago. It looks suspiciously like a ploy to keep Intact the old game of Inflate and tax, tax and spend, and the polls show voters cooling toward It. We have never been great fans of the Initiative process, which tends to offer the electorate half-baked propos- als. Nor are we great fans of constitu- tional spending limitations, since over the years politicians have shown stun- ning ingenuity in circumventing them. We doubt that voters in California or anywhere else will make any perma- nent dent in the spending habits of their legislators until they learn how to make better use of the time-honored recourse of throwing the rascals out. But the one thing that seems clear to us is that California's politicians would feel less anguish about the out- come of tomorrow's vole If over the last few years they had spent less time basking In the luxury of having all the money they could spend and more time trying to protect their con. stituents from the real tax Increases Inflation automatically generates. The same mistake Is being made by politi- cians elsewhere, most especially In Washington, which Is both the seat of the Inflation and the beneficiary of in- flation -escalation of the federal in- come tax. 'So the lesson of Proposition 13 ought to be widely digested, regard- less of the outcome of tomorrow's vote. Even if It falls, the essential problem It underlines will remain. And If It succeeds, It may well prove the spearhead of a nationwide tax re- volt. . :4ICROI I010 By JORM MICROLAB i. '10: 116-0 M MICROFILMED By JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOOLS, IUiIA ® johnson county ® regional planning commission ® Isobel Turner cwvx,— 2 /2 south clubuque street, iowo city, Iowa 52240 (319) 351-8556 Emil L. Brandt D,.a 6-2-78 I 1•1ILROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DLS FIOINL7, IOWA DAY CARE HOME QUESTIONNAIRE TABULATIONS Number of Questionnaires Sent Out Number of Questionnaires Returned (9 Questionnaires not completed. Questionnaires to summarize. . . JCRPC 5-31-78 . . . . . . . . 56 . . . . . . . 33 Are no longer taking children.) . . . . . . . . 29 t-0ILROFILMEO BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MOINLS, I0',1i1 DAY CARE HOME QUESTIONNAIRE TABULATIONS *Indicates number of respondents checking this answer. 1. }lour do parents usually learn about your service? * 2' Newspaper 24 Department Of Social Services 17 Other Parents 'Other (Please specify) 16 Friends 2 ADS ON APP'T BULLETIN BOARD . 1 4 C's (Community Coordinated 1 -OTHER DAY CARE PROVIDERS Child Care NA - 1 2. What criteria do you use in accepting or rejecting children? 1 Financial Need 10 Hours, Days ' 14 Age of Child 6 Opening Available 5 Good Behavior 5 Dependable Parents - 1 Health of Child 3 No Answer 3. Please check below to indicate the age group(s) you serve. 27 2 years old or younger 16 3 years old 20 4 years old 17 'S .years old and older 4. How many single parent families do you serve? 25 # a. Of these, how many parents are students? 8 # b. Of these, how many parents are working? 15 N BOTH 1 5. flow many two-parent families do you serve? 75 Q a. Of these families, in how many are both parents students? 10 (( b. Of these families, in,how many are both parents working? 1 .45 (( c. Of these families, in how many does one parent work and the other attend school? 20 0 CAN'T TABULATE 4 I4ILROFILI•IED BY DORM MICR6LAB fADAIc kl::7,._ MiLR0F11-MED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS NUiNL�,, 10'Wti 2. DAY CARE HOME QUESTIONNAIRE TABULATION (CONTID.) 6. Please indicate the number of families who pay by each of the following means: Parent fees 7g Donations $ Title XX 12 8 Other (Please specify,if known) Sponsorship 2 # CAN'T TABULATE 3 NO ANSWER 2 7. .Please indicate the amount you charge for each of these categories: 8. About how much time* is spent each in day in: See page 2A Organized Activity (e.g., story time, -,Private Title Xx Other Per hour 504.- $1.00 754 - $1.00 Per day $5.00-7.50 $5.00-7.00 Per week $22.50-50.00 (3 CHILD.) Per month $100-140 $150 8. About how much time* is spent each in day in: See page 2A Organized Activity (e.g., story time, group games, art, skill development) 1 7 hrs. per day Free play 3 _ B ••.NAP TIME hrs. per day NA 21a - 2 9. hours of operation: (be sure to circle a.m. or 3 p.m, for each line, for example: Sun. 9 !a.m;/p,m. to 2 a. m.lp—in:N See 2A page Sun. _ a.m./P.m. to a.m./p.m. ' Mon. a.m./p.m. to a.in. /p.m. Tue. a.m./a.m. to _ a.m./p.m. Wed. a.m./p.m. to a.m./P.m. Thur. a.m./p. m. to _ a.m./n.m. Fri. a.m./P.m, to a.m./P.m. Sat. a,m./pom, to a.m./P.m. �• ��: � MICROFILM[[) By JORM MICRWLAB 1•IICRU1 ILMED BY JORM MICROLAB • CEDAR RAPIDS AND UES MUINO , IUY1A Day Care Home questionnaire 2a Further information regarding question 81 26 providers responded to this question making the following breakdown: 17 had 2-3 hours of daily organized play 4 had 4 hours of daily organized play 3 had 1 hour of daily organized play 1 had 7 hours of daily organized. play 1 had 0 hours of daily organized play The rest of the day was spent in free play, meals, naps and snacks. Question 9 29 providers responded to this question making the following breakdown of hours open possible: 1 is open 3Pm - midnight - Monday through Friday 1 is open 7:3530 pm Monday through Friday in the 5 pm - Monday through Friday in the Summer and 0am- 2 are open on Saturday: one has hours from'8am - midnight one has hours from 8:30 am - 7:30 pm 2 are open on Sunday: one has hours from 2:30 pm - 12:30 am one has hours from 5:30 am - 3 Pm 1 is open 7:30 - 12:30 am - Monday through Saturday the remaining 22 providers are open , Monday 4 do Fridayen fromeen 6 and approximately 7 am - 5:30 P 7 am and 7 close after 5:30 pm. MICRO 1110 BY JORM MICR6LAB I i f'():9 C. hiICi2UFILMED BY JORM 141CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DLy MUINU, IU'aii 3. DAY CARE HOME QUESTIONNAIRE TABULATION ( CONT'D.) 10. How do you provide back-up supervision in case of an emergency (e.g., being ill yourself, a child needing emergency assistance, etc.)? 14 Friends and Neighbors 7 Members of the Babysitters Family 4 Provided by Parents 1 VNA 4 Other Daycare Providers 2 Relatives of Babysitter 4 All Parents 1 No Answer 1 None No Provisions Made 11. What do you do if a child becomes ill while in your care? 3 Call Doctor 24 Call Parents 1 Call Doctor, then Parents 1 Take Care of Child Myself 1 Take Temperature, then decide what to do. 1 Isolate the Child What problems have you had contacting parents in emergencies? (Please specify) 22 None 1 Parents not informing me of their leaving work early 1 No Answer 4 Problem hasn't arisen yet 1 Parents en route when emergency occurred 12. Have you partticipated in any job related training programs? 8 Yes 21 No When? 3 (Iowa State) Jan. -April 19/6 1 Jan. 10, 1978 1 June 1977 1 March 1978 1 Feb. 1975 1 Jan_ - March 1978 1 Feb. - March 1978 What.was the subject of the training? 7 Child Care and related activities ;dICROf ILFIf.D 6Y JORM MICR+LAB LEON., if,;:! MILRUFILiiED BY JORMMICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MUIHLS, lUvlti 4. DAY CARE HOME QUESTIONNAIRE TABULATION (CONT'D.) Do you think you would benefit by more training? 9 Yes 11 No 7 NA If yes, in what areas? 1. Children are adversely affected by their parents divorce -results in changed behavior. 2. Child development, nutrition, first aids and CPR training. 3. Legal ramifications of babysitting. 4. Discipline, understanding childrens' psychological development. 5. Care for older children. 6. Dealing with the parents. 7. Activities to involve the children in 13. Please check the items which are included in your daily nutrition program: 27 Milk 25 Bread or cereal 27 Fruit or juice 22 Vegetable 23 Meat or other protein food 20 Butter or margarine 14. Are you insured against incidents involving your day care service? 10 Yes 19 No If yes, please describe the limits of the policy. 1. $100,000' per child 2. $300,000 3. Damages to the house by any child is covered 4. $300,000 5. $100,000 total 15. Would you be interested in organizing with other day care providers to... Exchange information 14 Yes 10 No Discuss methods of providing services 9 Yes 8 No Other 4 Yes 6 No If yes, please describe. 1. Setting up back-up sitters for vacations, doctor appointments, etc. 2. Discuss problems such as controlling a child's temper, child biting. 3. Support group of organized day care providers is needed. 4. Now much to charge; coping with different problems that arise 5. Day Care Association would be available organization for referral, toy lending, sharing, back-up emergency care, enhance self-esteem and and quality of day care services. 6. flow do others handle parents who don't pick their children up on time. 16. Do you receive requests for services that you cc not provide, e.g., extended hours, weekend services, emergency care for sick children, financial support? 19 Yes 11 No IUCIMFILI.10 DY JORM MICRbLAB MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MUINL�), IUWA 5, DAY CARE HOME QUESTIONNAIRE TABULATION CCONT'D.) If yes, please specify the type of request. 10 Extended hours 9 Weekend services 5 Emergency care for sick children 1 Financial support 1 Taking care of children at unusual times due to extenuating circumstances. 2 Sitting for children that are too young. I7: If clients need referral, to what programs do you routinely refer them? 1 Friend 1 . 'Day Care Center 6 No referrals have been requested 6 Social Service Office 1 4 c's 1 Early Childhood Education Center 1 Kinderfarm 2 Other daycare providers 18.' What are your most pressing problems or needs as a day care provider (e.g., liability insurance, fee collecting, play equipment, emergency relief)? 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13 14. 15. More toys for older children. More ideas on fun activities for children. Providing care for school age children along with summer activities for them. Insurance and play equipment. Liability insurance. Feeling I am not charging enough. Need more children to care for. Emergency relief; cost of play equipment is high. Fee collecting for extended hours. Play equipment the children can't break. Not picking up children on time. Education for daycare providers and parents. Need a community children's resource center, which could include day care. Need recognition for the services provided. Hard to stay under the law of "6" children. wiCRonuaeB By ' JORM MICR6LAB 111LZW ILMEO BY JORM MICROLAB LEDAk RAPIDS AND DLS MUiNLJ , MIA ® Johnson county ® regional planning commission Isabel Turner cro�,mnm ®1/2 south dubuque street, iowo city, lowo 52240 (319) 351-8556 Emil L. Brandt e,mane Nmw 6/1/78 MINUTES Family and Individual Life Subcommittee (Family Planning Meeting) Tuesday, May 23, 1978 3:00 p.m. First Christian Church Iowa City, Iowa 52240 PRESENT: Florence Spaine (Chair), Faith Knowler, Betty Bunge, Dave Schutt ABSENT: Jim Harris, Judy Howard STAFF: Sally Baldus, Pam Ramser, Larry Bonander GUESTS: Gayle Sand, Lina Duckworth (Emma Goldman Clinic), Emily Henderson-Shippy, Dan Grinstead (University Hospitals Social Services), Marge Penney (Free Medical Clinic), Anna M. Vinzulas, (Iowa Department of Social Services), Anne Rapp (University of Iowa Family Planning Project), Charles de Prosse (University of Iowa Department of Ob- stetrics -Gynecology), Dixie Rathjen (Cedar Rapids Public Schools), Jane Simpson (Medical Genetics -University Hospitals),Kathleen Kelly (VNA), Pat McMahon (Southeast Junior High School), Joyce Schultz (Greenwald, Hesse, Luhman), Kathy Wallace (Lutheran Social Service). The meeting began at 3:05 p.m, with Sally Baldus giving a brief back- ground on the Human Services Project, Family and Individual Life Subcommittee and profiles to be developed. Introductions of those present followed. Marge Penney questioned the broadness of the definition of family planning utilized in the questionnaire sent out. Employing the questionnaire as the format, the following discussion took place. Ms. McMahon said there was, at present, little family planning education in the schools. High school has only elective courses. There used to be a 7th grade family living program. Eighth grade has some health education (e.g., reproductive system program). Ms. Kelly does, upon request or referral, education on methods of contraception and,for post -partum clients, education on further conceptions. An integral part of post partum follow-ups start before completing pregnancy. VNA is working with Kathy Wallace (LES) on an ante- partum program for unwed mothers. Post -partum referrals come from nursing students at University Hospital and self referrals (Mercy Hospital makes patients aware of service). VNA informs client of all /1-S1 141001' IL141D BY JORM MICR#1LA9 Uf.JAI ;..: � - ! , tOI'li : F1;t_R0i 1LML.0 BY JORM MICROLAB Minutes 6/1/78 CEDAR RAPLUS ANU UL5 I'MhLi, lune -2- available options and gives information on resources to prevent problems rather than control them after they have begun. Hospitals don't necessarily do this. VNA would be willing to expand its services through raising the level of community awareness to the service and increasing access through providers of related services. In an experiment conducted at University Hospitals in 1979 the hospital Post -partum staff nurse visited patients and gave information which resulted in increased staff not client referrals. Nursing service did not pick up on it. Mr. Grinstead said there were too many women needing post -partum follow- up to allow for such follow-up in all cases. The discharge planning task force is interested in increasing the relationship with follow- up services, but needs someone who knows state resources. Ms. Henderson- Shippy said that the services offered by University Hospitals include counseling for post -partum problems, resource location all over the state, and crisis intervention. Ms. aenderson-Shippy has contact with SO% of the patients at Westlawn either simply by their staying there or because they have a problem. Mr. Grinstead, in talking about referral agencies, said you need to know who to refer to in an area (who will handle it well). The family planning classes at Westlawn are given by someone from outside the staff. Ms. Rapp said that there are 16 federally funded family planning agencies in Iowa. They perform the following services: infertility testing, sterilization, termination of pregnancy, pre -natal care. They have income guidelines and a sliding scale fee assessment for those above guidelines. Using the Allen Guttmacher measure they have ascertained that 2,500 women fall under income guidelines for federal care, but the Family Planning Clinic is serving 222 this year. Hopefully, clients �( do not receive care because they don't know of the service. They can't advertise widely because they are associated with University Hospitals. However, they do have posters that they can put up, and public service announcements on the radio. The purpose of the program is to serve low income people. Most are referred by word of mouth. The Family J Planning Clinic cannot move out of University Hospital due to the cost involved in setting up a clinic. I Iowa City has many more resources than the average town because of University Hospitals, the Emma Goldman Clinic and the Free Medical Clinic. However, outreach is costly, and so many potential clients are probably not aware of these services. Unfortunate experiences with family living program and other similar programs in the schools have caused no such family education programs to be offered for the last few years. Ms. Vinzulas provided an explanation of various titles under the Social Security Act. Titles V and X are concerned with health money, including maternal and child care. Titles XIX and XX are available to those who are on ADC, SSI, and the disabled. A flyer on family planning_ 4 services was sent out this month with ADC checks telling of services available in sixteen statewide locations. DSS offers services for problem pregnancies, infertility, and sterilization with clients being referred to the appropriate providers. Monies used by County DSS for pro- PII6MI WID By DORM MICR6LA6 ',V'! "rl:.,I I.7i utU i-iL;4E.0 BY JORM 141CROLAB Minutes 6/1/78 -3- CEDAR RAP1U5 AND ULS MOINL;, 'UNt, viding these services come from the Poor Fund, State Papers, and local funds (depending on determination by the County Board of Supervisors.) Ms. Spaine said that if the parent is a veteran, the Commission on Veteran Affairs pays for services when the costs are under $750.00. Dr. de Prosse said that post -partum follow-up can be provided by private practitioners if they are willing. In the cast, there was a woman who would visit patients after birth and this worked very well. Obstetric care, problem pregnancy, high risk pregnancy, and genetic counseling are among the services provided by University Hospitals. The high risk clinic is doing better, and now deals with genetic problems in infancy, coordinating on this with the pediatrics depart- ment. OB-Gyn gets involved with them on how to deal with problems in genetic abnormalities. Ms. Simpson said that genetic clinics are held in family planning clinics around the state. She also said genetic counseling is being expanded but needs more publicity; it has been in operation since 1960. They do allow self -referral. The regional Genetic Consultation service provides state-wide information on genetic counseling. There is no charge for this service at.University Hospitals. At the Univer- sity Hospital, one pays the regular appointment fee, which ranges from $35.00 to $80.00. There is a clinic in Cedar Rapids to which patients can be referred. • Amniocentesis and pre -natal counseling are used more and more now. Often patients think genetic counseling and amniocentesis are the same. The March of Dimes National Foundation is funding research in this area but may be cutting it off. This organization.has done a great job in publicizing information on these services. The question was raised regarding a need for more gynecological services in Johnson County. Dr. de Prosse said that the services provided are limited by time and space constraints. People at University Hospitals have to spend their time in research and teaching duties also. They would like to get every woman in University Hospital to have a pap smear but this can't be done at the present time. Ms. Penney said that the Free Medical Clinic does a lot of family planning work. However they are no longer advertising, because they wereseeing too many people. Information dissemination is espe- cially necessary for young people. These young people even need information on conception.. Money is needed for services for unwed, pregnant teenagers. Student Health is not popular for family planning due to non -confidentiality. Money and confidentiality are the biggest hindrances to providing services. Preventive care is often not accessible to young families with little money for these types of things,as well. _. MICR01l LIACO BY JORM MICRWLAB 141LRW ILMED BY JORM MICROLAB Minutes • CEDAR RAPIDS AND DLS MUINL�, 1JO", -4- Gayle Sand mentioned the need to be aware of the needs of the rural and older segments of the population. There seems to be a need for satellite health facilities in rural Johnson County. It was suggested that retired nurses might be used to staff such facilities. Dr. de Prosse mentioned that the Clergy Consultation Service for Prob- lem Pregnancies is no longer in existence. It was suggested that a new service for problem pregnancy consultation might be offered through the proposed rural satellite facilities. Ms. Kelly said that the Health Department routes some calls to VNA. The resource to which clients are referred by VNA depends on the tag put on the client's problem. There are problems with lack of follow-up, men not taking responsibility for contraception or not being involved, and women waiting too long to make a decision on pregnancy. It was suggested that a well publicized information and referral service is needed locally, and perhaps a centralized bulittin board for information on family planning services. Ms. Wallace said that LSS has homes available for single, pregnant girls. She said that this service is available to any single parent. There are no income guidelines. Ms. Rathjen said that people, particularly youth, need more family planning education. About 90% of the girls she sees who are pregnant don't know about contraception or have misconceptions about it. She stressed the need to start with human sexualtiy in K-6. One of the biggest problems is with teachers. Kids often know what the teachers are talking about, and teachers often can't handle teaching about sex. There is a need for an ongoing year-to-year program for sex and family life education. In some schools, in other areas, nurses and/or teachers work in providing such programs. (Kirkwood has an infant care center; Ms. Rathjen was promised 16 spaces but has been given only one or two. The demand is very big.) _ There is a problem in gearing programs to the level of knowledge which kids have because kids of the same age have different levels of knowledge about sex. "Sex" education is thrown in at random, not com- bined with other course content. From 1968 - 1974 VNA offered a family life education program for schools in Lone Tree and Solon which dealt with the subject of "sex", as related to families. According to Ms. McMahon, when the first Iowa City youth not to be given the Family Living program were in the ningh grade, there was an upswing in teenage pregnancies among that age group. These two things may or may not be related. Ms. Rathjen fell• that too many young people want to have children, and think it will solve their problems and don't know the realities. Ms. McMahon related an experience of a 7th grande class in which kids brought up an egg as a baby under certain constraints. Students took it seriously. This will be done every year. VNA had a session with kids of various (young) ages where classroom kids were assigned to take care of these children for an hour or so. This was very beneficial. It was mentioned that working in a day care center would also help kids learn how to care for babies and young children. I41CROF ILME.n By JORM MICR6LA6 MIEROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB Minutes 6/1/78 • CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULb MOINLb, 1UNA -5- on abortion, Ms. Vinzulas said that health providers can provide services to minors without parental consent, but DSS cannot provide money for this. Ms. Sand said there is a problem with the July 1, 1978 abortion funding cutoff. It will cause the same problems for adults that minors now experience. Dr. de Prossee said there are not enough abortion services in general. There is a need to make people aware of reasons for abortion and alter- natives to abortion with freedom of choice always being stressed. Ms. Schultz said that Greenwald, Hesse, Luhman are adding a fourth member. They are now doing tubal ligations in the office itself and, therefore don't need to refer as many patients to University Hospital. The Emma Goldman Clinic provides pre -natal exams, counseling and post- natal services. Support groups in clients' homes are also offered. Some of the classes are offered before birth as well as short sessions with clients at the hospitals. The post -natal class at University Hospital consists of how to bathe and feed a baby. Mir.Ronu•i1n Be DORM MICROLAB CEJA[ i r,i Ia:LiWl iC-1cJ BY JORI4 MICROLAB J'cramblea Keaaour LEOAR RAPIOl AND bLS b1Gi;1 _, :.ir1 Cities' Computer Financial Controls Often Are a Mixed Bag, Detroit's System Shows By BYRON KLAPPRR aWn afpcorW of THR WALL OTaawTJOUaeAL DETROIT—In 1974, Detroit had Nab hopes that a new computer system would solve the problems of Its outmoded financial controls. The Financial Information and Control System it purchased from Arthur Andersen E Co., the big accounting firm, was ex• petted to help Detroit N many ways. The PICS would set up budgetary controls by matching each dollar spent against each dd• lar of Income, eliminate the need for dupti• tate bookkeeping by city departments, and give managers fast, accurate ftnancnal data to use in making declslom.'The system seemed so promising that It won for Detroit a 1976 achievement award hops the Musid- pal Finance Officers AssoclatiM a proles. slonal group. These days, though, FICS Ish't winning any plaudits. Instead, It Is undenteed and under fire, with critics complalalni that The Motor City may have bought. itself a 811.6 million lemon. After city offldtls receally asked Peat, Marwick, Mitchell k Co. to re- view the system as part of its city audit, she accounting firm conchded that FICS help the finance director kap track of the bayat but Is of little value to many dlpermeatt Is managing Manes or keepfag tract of costs. Other Cities' Problems For Its part, Arthur Andersen says that its system is working as It was designed to and that the criticisms aren't Justdad. Whatever the case. Detroit's experlsce may be instructive for cities like New Yak, Boston and Washington as they try to adopt computer management systems. Other' cities such as Seattle, Charlotte, N.C., and Wichita Falls, Texas, have ne into trouble when they turned to central data systems. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in IM became the first city N buy a Peat Mare t} system called FAMIS, and It spat the asst far years getting the bugs at of it. "In the beginning It ran wild, and people couldn't make sense out of the reports,' said Damon Adams, Fort Lauderdale's dsp uty finance director, who now gives It high marks for performance. There are some who believe that the complexity of city financial structures delta the effective use of computer management systems. In January of last year, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment evelopment scrapped a S26 million program called USAC after eight years of trying to der" computer programs that could be used from city to city. Its failure was reported In a study, "Requiem for USAC;' by Kenneth L Kramer, professor of administration at the University of Catffornla "The scope and complexity of building a total municipal to. formation system is greater than originally thought," he concluded; In 1974, however, the Idea of a central. Ized accounting and Information system had a Int of appeal for Detroit officials. It was a time of recession, ,and the city's fiscal shun - tion was a man. Slowdowns In the auto in. dustry and municipal layoffs pushed local unemployment to almost 2517. The city bud. gel that fiscal year had a $35.6 million deft. cit, and Detroit's credit rating was declln- Ing• As the situation worsened, the Detroit city council came up with a recovery plan that required tighter controls of budget, ac• counting and reporting than the city's anti• quated manual ledgers could provide. The answer seemed to lie N a management rye• tem Arthur Andersen had designed pre- viously for the state of Louisiana that would be adapted for use on Detroit's existing Bur- roughs urroughs computers. Detroit, of course, wasn't unfamiliar with computers; 909* of all large cities, In fact, use them for accounting, payroll, tax collect dons and other functions. But the Detroit system went further than most. Through the use of desktop computer terminals, all city operations were linked directly to the fi• nance deputment, which monitors spending and revenues. A central data base put all city departments on the same set of books. Using such a system "It's Inconceivable that the mayor and comptrotier could come up with dtHermt btalger numbers as they did during New York City's fiscal crista;' says Gerry Rlso, a partner and municipal - accounting expert at Touche, Ross & Co. ■osMWty of Workers But a lot went wrong from the outset with Detroit's system. City department beads who weren't asked to participate In its planning fell snubbed and resisted the change. Mmy city workers were also has• tile; they often referred to the matte -black computer terminals as "boob tubes." A number of managers simply Ignored the monthly computer printouts of financial ma• terial In deciding how to spend tax dollen. Coding errors, such as one that bided 00,000 to the transportation department for horse - meat delivered to the city zoo, damaged the system's credibility. There also was a nonoperational factor that cast a cloud over the system. Stuart E. Egan, former Detroit systems analyst, leveled co nNct4-Interest charges against Dennis 0, Green, who waked for Arthur Andersen before Ns 1973 appointment u De. iroit's Mance director. (Mr. Green, now a member of President Carter's Office of Management and Budget, denies any Impro- prieties in awarding the contract to Arthur Andersen, Mr. Egan, who had been fired by Detroit and successfully sued to get his Job back, ultimately went to private industry as a systems mglyst. Although Mr. Egan com- plained to several law-enforcement agen- cies, no formal charges have been brought.) Things didn't get any better as time went on. Early last year, the city's 29 -year-old au• ditor general, Marie D. Famll•Donaldson, reported that nine out of 11 city departments checked weren't using the FICS system as It AKIO)[ ILIdfil 0Y JORM MIC RmL AB was Intended. Their fallure to do so, she said, was "completely destroying the worth of this system.' Among city departments, the word was that FICS wasn't adaptable to their needs. Stephen T. Kiah, chief accountant for trans. portation, says, for example, that the sys• tem can't handle 909, of the transportauml department's paper work, such as profit. and•losa statements and reports to federal and state agencies. Complaints of Departments A file In the city clerk's office details complaints about the system by other de-, partments. The envlronmental•protectionj department said FICS didn't keep track of the cost of garbage pickup, engineering, street and building maintenance, and other services. The fighting unit said it had prob- lem rob- lems reconciling Its cash -collection records with those in city hall. The pension system said FICS wasn't programmed to account for Its assets, Investments and reserves. The housing department said it had to keep du. plicate records because federal reporting standards differed from the finance depart' ment's. The airport said the system's single - cost -center reporting wasn't adequate for recording airline leasing Income that may Involve up to five separate bookkeeping en. Mea. According to Allss Farrell -Donaldson, many departments were using FICS only to Process payments and to deposit receipts, while others pare eeft the system only to help maintain the former manual system. "As a result, In many instances, we have had to rely on the department's manual set of records as opposed to the records goner• ated by the FIGS system;" she says. Detroit officials put much of the blame on Arthur Andersen for the troubles with FRCS. "it appears that many of the system's: problems have resulted from incomplete training of city personnel;' Mia Farrell.!; Donaldson told the city council last year. Arthur Andersen thinks otherwise. "Training programs were very extensive and adequate for department personnel," the accounting firm says. It alai Implies that come, people may have expected more from FIGS than It was designed to do. The firm notes that there are many flnmclal systems in D etnolt"that operate In a subsld. iary manner to the FICS system." Detailed cat abconnMg Is one "winch PICS was never Intended to conmoL" It says, Though FICS hasn't lived up to expecta• tions In Detroit, It can't be rated as a fad. are, either. In at least one Instance, It has //S'12 N i I MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND ULS MOINLS, IOWA been crtdind with helping to keep this year's city boded from ellpphtg Into the rod. Len July, data printouts from FICS started showing a 1rLWA*a•monlh for In ben and trolley fares. Coupled with a 257E In. I sense in diesel -fuel casts and higher poo - due cats, the Ion In fates put the trampor• tatka depattmeot's budget in the rod sed t►restened the overall' dry boded, hence a lv'e court tiding made the city respondbk transit veradoss. -unwe ex. ��set $4ted to A mWlm�behind t he debt tpall and unable to meet payrolls;' UP Mr. Kish of the tramprtatlm department beth the computer's early warning, how - "r. the city budget director was able to move quickly to offset the deficit. He pushed M ordmasce thmvgb Ike city council that rslrod transit tura to 50 cents, a 10,cent br Comm, and raised student fares a nickel, to J? tents. The council passed the otdbuoxe Is January. Wt summer, Arthur Andersen corn* Oiled thesecond phase of Its contract for a pgmll end personnel system within FICS to write paychecks and keep track of city workers' hours. Although the system Is rela- Uvely new, the Detroit police department rya it may sea help eliminate ahassa Com uter printouts for last October, ft ex* am e, shoved sick pay was 5.096 of the de• parlinent's payroll, sornewhat higher than ,sated, Other data show one police section dM wn% of its work Ihd month on overtime. The week@. scetadmg to a high police of. tidal: the eblefsamea. ti-.,. �•�� t11CWILMCO BY JORM MICR(6LAB C[DAR fl&21.1. • Ili.i. !MNES- l� MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND U`_S MOINL�, 10WA INFORMAL COUNCIL. DISCUSSION JIJNIi 12, 1978 INFORMAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Junc12, 1978, 1:30 PM in the Conference Room at the (:ivic Center. Mayor Robert Vevera presiding. COUNCILMF.MBERS PRESENT: Balmer, Vevera, ,Neuhauser, Roberts, Perret, Erdahl (1:35 PM). absent: dePTOSSC STAFFMF.MBERS PRESENT: Berlin, Stolfus, Schreiber. Others present as noted, for certain discussions. TAPE-RECORDED on Reel #78-13, Side 1, 35 to End. ZONING APPLICATIONS Schmeiser, Boothroy present. 35-700 Su ivxston roce ure, discussed with Coralville Mayor Katchee. a. Concerns re present procedure discussed some Coral- ville Councilmembers wanting more definitive action by Iowa City; time -frame a problem; possible change in annexation agreement. b. Iowa City will provide a map showing the annexation line, will in the future send a copy of the Staff Renort to Coralville Planning F, Zoning $ will await other concerns from Coralville. c. Berlin noted that Iowa City should apply its standards when property is cast of the annexation line, and be more detailed in reporting concerns to Coralville. Hickory Corners PAD $ Prel Plat Atty's White f, Hoy Present. a• tty. Ryan present, h packet memo (6/9) discussed. b. Placement of the houses was described on the map. c, Altho the adjacent landowners wanted less density, $ notification Procedures were discussed, Council agreed to the Plat as drawn, f, waiver of 2 readings. d. Ms. Waters pointed out erosion of the Ralston Creek bank. e. Berlin suggested that PFZ could consider notification procedures in the now zoning ordinance. Expansion of Mobile Home Park -Sunrise Village area a. Letter y Payor sent to Supervisor Donnelley. b. Majority of Council opposed to request. C. Vevera will attend the Public Hearing held by Johnson County Planning f, Zoning tonite, to discuss Council's views. Abrams' Rezoning a. Ts thereis no meeting until .lune 27th, has requested two readings on the 13th. b. An LSRD will be required for development C. Perret-opposed to rezoning. 5 -t•"" MI�RV IL14LO OY I DORM MICR+LAB the developer of the area. r41CROFIL14ED BY JORM 1,11CROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES, IU'WA Page 2 Informal Council June 12, 1978 E 11ALRIGHTS AMENDMENT RESOLUTION 700-937 1� a. Neu auser suggesteT imenLIments to Res. 02, 1st section to include conferences or committee meetings costs along with convention costs; F, elimination of Paragraph 3. Berlin agreed that this would allow staff to deal with the regular business of the City. b.; Clara Oleson presented suggested language. c. Ifhere travel is agreed to in a contract, the contract will hold. Any travel approved before June 7th will be o.k. From June 8th on, the resolution will govern. d. In answer to Perret's question, the majority seemed to agree with Mary's suggestion. C. Berlin advised that he was agreeable to adding to 1st section, language that the City Manager would report non -ERA travel every G months. AGENDA Glaves, Kucharzak, Siders present. 937-14SO a. Oscar Mayer contract -Berlin explained that the City is being asked to change the standards for fat content F, when there is a major industry, the City has to agree to treat the waste and co-sign the application to the Dept, of Environmental Quality. Procter $ Gamble has special sewage treatment needs. Oscar Mlyerwould be exceeding our standards in the zoning ordinance, which are low according to Veenstra F, Kimm, so they, Staff f PF,Z see no problem in changing. b. Item 20, Cont. with Ames En inecrin - new phase. to present contract on Ctty ' aza, noting that Jack Leaman is leaving Assoc. Iingrs., Glaves advised that Staff has reviewed this F does not think it will have an adverse effect, as Leaman has agreed to be involved at certain key times. Assoc. Engrs. has asked to be involved in this next phase, but they were considered the first time, only because Leaman was there. Proposed sidewalk plans were explained for Burlington f, Clinton. Glaves pointed out that insuring of open space when considering the treatment of the College St. r -o -w between Clinton f, Capitol, could he addressed by Council during the process of design review of Old Capitol, as technically it is within the confines of the property owned by Old Capitol. C. Item 21, Ord. on Downtown Commission. Voting require- ments were c1ar1 Be . If Council -To -es not agree with the Commission, it will take only a simple majority to overrule. d. New berm at Gordon Russell docs block the view. e. Amendments to Buildin Code Di erunces etween recommendatiuns of Building Official F Board of Appeals explained by Kucharzak F, Siders. f. Memo re J:Ycecs Carnival request distributed F, explained by City planager, MIMI—IL140 BY DORM MICR+LAEI UJAI It;•�'!]', �i [. `101'1 C;