HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-11-26 Agenda
City Council of Iowa City Meeting with Area Legislators
November 26, 2007, 5:30-6:30PM
Harvat Hall, City Hall, 410 E. Washington St.
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Iowa State Housing Trust Fund appropriation
3. Utility Programs that promote energy efficiency appliances and other "green"
initiatives
4. Property tax credits / condos
5. Increase the funding for microenterprise development
6. Expand Iowa Earned Income Tax credit
7. Change in Iowa Code 562A.12 (wrongful retention of landlord deposits)
8. Maintain local control over cable franchising
9. Tax Restructuring (rollback, etc.)
10. Enable local government to regulate smoking in public places
11. Support Passenger Rail Transportation Initiatives
A. Development of local commuter rail
B. Extension of Amtrak service into/through Iowa
12. Iowa City City Council and Iowa League of Cities Shared Priorities
A. Alternative Revenues
1) Increasing the hotel/motel tax up to 9%
2) Implementing a sales tax rebate for specifically defined
economic development
B. Infrastructure Funding
1) TIME-21 Committee
a) Pick up truck registration fees
b) Statewide sales tax and/or gas tax increase
2) State funding for water/wastewater infrastructure
C. Economic Development Initiatives
1) Preserve or expand initiatives such as Vision Iowa, Great
Places and Community Attractions
2) Prevent changes that would impair use of Tax Increment
Financing (TIF) as an economic development tool
D. Limit costs imposed on local government for police/fire pensions.
1) State support of MFPRSI System
13. Other Legislative Issues