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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-08-25 Bd Comm. minutesMINUTES RESOURCES CONSERVATION COMMISSION JULY 13, 1987 MEMBERS PRESENT: Moreland, Singer, Crain, Vogel STAFF PRESENT: Schoenfelder MEMBERS ABSENT: Pelsang, Duffy STATEMENT TO CITY COUNCIL: The stated responsibility of the RCC is "...to serve as an advisory body to the cies, rules, ucregulations,miordinaneslandSebudgetseview relating nd recommend matters olof energy and resource conservation. The Commission shall provide recommenda- tions and reports to the City Council and other City commissions." (Fiscal Year 1986 Annual Report of Iowa City Boards and Commissions.) In view of the fact that the RCC has been consistently uninformed with regard to the follow- ing projects: 1. Coralville Mill Dam 2. Waste -to -Energy Study 3. Mercer Park Swimming Pool 4. City Park Pool Renovation 5. Pollution Control Report the RCC is unable to fulfill its duties. The RCC wishes to reiterate the recommendation of the last meeting that the RCC receive in a timely manner all plans and specifications for proposed buildings, renovations, street lighting, fleet purchases, feasibility studies, housing, and weatherization programs and other energy related projects. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:39 p.m. by Moreland, Chair. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Singer moved to accept the minutes of June 8, 1987, seconded by Vogel, passed unanimously. PUBLIC AND MEMBER DISCUSSION: No public discussion. Two U of I students in attendance. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Waste -to -Energy - Chuck Schmadeke, Director of Public Works, gave an informa- tive forty-five minutes presentation on the history and future of the Iowa City landfill, followed by a question and answer period. The presentation covered current problems and solutions as well as future problems and solu- tions as described in the Stanley Updated Waste -to -Energy Study. //77 Resources Conservation Commission July 13, 1987 Page 2 Energy Conservation Week - No report. Media - No report. 1987 Homeowners Energy Fair - Singer distributed an outline of tasks to be comp e e . He sugges e a Fair date of September 19,1987, and the location to be Sycamore Mall. He entered a motion that a subcommittee be formed by Moreland, Duffy, and Singer, to meet before the next regular RCC meeting to organize the Fair; motion seconded by Vogel; passed unanimously. CITY PARK POOL RENOVATION: Schoenfelder presented plans and specifications to the RCC pointing out the various energy conservation features as addressed by Miner Engineers in their June 29, 1987, memo to Kevin Monson. ANNUAL REPORT: It was decided that Moreland prepare a rough draft of the annual report to be approved at the next RCC meeting. OTHER_ BUS; The before -mentioned statement to City Council was formulated and passed IJ unanimously by voice vote. It was decided that Moreland would contact the University of Iowa by letter to inquire as to what was done with the tons Of waste paper generated by the Weeg Computing Center. Hilda Crain will send Schoenfelder a letter outlining her copy expenses for the research she did for the gasahol and waste water reports. She needs to be reimbursed for these expenses. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m. MINUTES IOWA CITY HOUSING COMMISSION JULY 14, 1987 IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY - ROOM A MEMBERS PRESENT: Watts, Streb, Hulse, Parden, Moore, Dawson MEMBERS ABSENT: Stadtlander STAFF PRESENT: Boothroy, Seydel, Stroud, Milkman, Nugent, Snow RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None MEETING TO ORDER: 9:10 AM MINUTES: Minutes of June 9 meeting were approved on a motion by Hulse, seconded by Streb, carried 6-0. ACCESSORY APARTMENTS: Boothroy recommended to the Housing Commission that both the zoning and housing codes be amended to allow accessory apartments. An accessory apartment is a living area built out of surplus space within an owner - occupied, single-family dwelling. Legalizing accessory apartments will expand the opportunities for safe, affordable housing along with providing security and/or assistance to elderly owners and eliminate the potential for illegal conversions and keep the conversions under better control through the permitting process. Boothroy also submitted a memo from Jean Snow, Executive Director, Elderly Services, urging the Commission to legalize accessory apartments because of their importance to the frail elderly clients. Boothroy also submitted fourteen (14) conceptual provi- sions for an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. Motion was made by Moore, seconded by Hulse to pursue the concept of accessory apartments and to return to the Commission with specifics, carried 6-0. APPLICATION FOR SIXTY-TWO (621 SECTION 8 VOUCHERS: Seydel stated he had received verbal approval from Kansas City that the o Iowa City Housing Authority would receive an additional 62 Vouchers. Fifty (50) would be free standing and twelve (12) would be in support of the rental rehabilitation program. The additional Vouchers must be under lease by the end of September, 1987. The application for the Vouchers will be on the City Council Agenda for July 14, 1987. The current waiting list of 135 eligible families can support the additional Vouchers. Seydel "116 Iowa City Housing Commission July 14, 1987 Page 2 proposes adding additional staff due to the steady increase in Vouchers/Certificates/Public Housing units. Funds for staff can be sup- ported by the additional units. COORDINATOR'S REPORT - Seydel A HUD Review was held July 8 d 9, 1987. Seventeen (17) units (percentage of total) were visited to make sure Iowa City Housing Authority is in compliance with Housing Quality Standards. Two units were cited: one for peeling paint, one for a missing guardrail. End of Year Reports for FY87 are currently being prepared to submit to HUD. - Section 8 Update - July HAPS: 59 Vouchers $15,271 457 Certificates $95,810 - Public Housing - three (3) turnovers in June and two (2) terminations scheduled for the end of July. Forty-five (45) applications submitted for signature. DISCUSSION: Marianne Milkman stated that an amendment to the City's Housing Assistance Plan for 85-88 was submitted to HUD - Omaha for approval on July 10, 1987, increasing the City's goal from 2.5% to 5%. The City has made excellent progress towards meeting its three-year goal. ADJOURNMENT: Motion was made to adjourn by Hulse, seconded by Moore, carried 6-0. Next meeting: August 11, 1987 APPROVED: Gary Watts, Chairperson .V' pto Subject to BTC Approval MINUTES BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1987 - 8:00 A.M. IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY - ROOM 8 MEMBERS PRESENT: Twaler, Hall, Justis, Sumnerwill, Patton MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Shaffer OTHERS PRESENT: Blough, Scott, Turpin of Heritage; Gann of Daily Iowan; McGuire of Iowa City Public Library; Beeson of University of Iowa Channel 28 RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION TAKEN: The BTC approved their Annual Report. Hall suggested the Technical/Service subcommittee prepare a checkoff form to evaluate and monitor aspects of Heritage's operations and performance, The Archive subcommittee reported in I programs will be cataloguedand eand ustored locally iroder produced City public Library programming, These i or, the Iowa Historical Society, Cable casting problems on educational Chan - mel 27 recurred. Shaffer suggested: 1. Heritage write the Board of Education about this problem to ensure that it does not happen again and if necessary; 2. Cost sharing the purchase of a programmable switcher with Kirkwood may be Possible and could also ensure fewer future problems. Blough said Heritage's Board of Directors and stockholders voted in favor of the leveraged buyout by TCI. Heritage plans on this leveraged buyout occur- ring in August, 1987, perhaps August 10. Heritage will sign a five-year management contract with TCI to continue managing all Heritage systems for five years. Blough said Heritage is suing Marion County, Iowa, over a state tax law matter. In addition, Heritage has 14 cases on appeal in Iowa, one of which involves Johnson County, also relating to state tax laws. The mandatory community producer quarterly meetings was briefly discussed. The BTC toured both the Community Programming Center and the Iowa City Public Library's AV Lab. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER: .o• Meeting called to order at 8:00 a.m. APPROVE BTC MINUTES: Sumoerwill moved and Patton seconded to approve the June 16 BTC minutes. Unanimously approved. &J" Broadband1Telecommunications Commission July 21,Page 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS: Twaler briefly described the documents Shaffer prepared for and distributed to BTC members, including: a draft BTC Annual Report; a brief history of Access and the NPO (Non -Profit Organization) work in Iowa City; several articles concerning TCI and Heritage matters and problems in other communi- ties; a list of all BTC subcommittees (current and historical); and channel program schedules for Channels 20, 26 and 29. Twaler said the BTC agenda has been revised in an effort to help meetings flow more smoothly and to keep them to about 1 1/2 hours in length. Sumnerwill said she will have to miss the August BTC meeting. Patton may also have to miss this meeting. (REPORTS) A. BTC ANNUAL REPORT: Moved by SumnerwiII, seconded by Hall, to approve the BTC annual report as drafted. Unanimously approved. The future goals as stated for the BTC for j many ofywhom havesomewhat hadaa chance BTC tois nowbec me familliarowpithdallf ofnew themBTCss i areas of responsibilities and interest. (REPORTS) B. TECHNICAL/SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Hall suggested the subcommittee prepare a checkoff form so that all necessary items needing to be monitored can be noted. Shaffer said he would like to go with the subcommittee next time they visited Heritage's offices. (REPORTS) C. ARCHIVE SUBCOMMITTEE: Justis reported the ongoing progress of the subcommittee in reviewing all the locally produced programming from over the last seven years. Justis noted this is a necessary and worthwhile effort because, he said, it is obvious from his viewing that there is a lot of creativity and talent displayed in these programs and not seeing them being made use of and not being catalogued is a waste of a great resource. Shaffer added the programs recommended for saving by the Archive subcommittee may be put on the Iowa CityPublicPublic Library archiving. for Shaffer ddeddHeritage is donating e Iowa ical l Historical Society Svideotapeo for dubbing these tapes to be saved. (REPORTS) D, BTS REPORT: Shaffer reported on the Chicago NFLCP (National Federation of Local Cable o. Programmers) conference. Shaffer received three complaints over the last month. One of the complaints dealt with a person who had been "given the run discussed yinHprevious BTC omeetings, that itto this bwoulde be to hHeritage'sgadvantas age to ensure all their phone staff have the same information and are familiar with Heritage's general operations so as not to mislead and anger subscrib- ers. Blough did eventually resolve this subscriber's complaint. Blough Mf/ .1. Broadband Telecommunications Commission July 21, 1987 Page 3 said, in response to a service related question from Shaffer, that Heritage does have staff on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for service and complaint -related t 1 h e ep one calls. (REPORTS) E. HERITAGE REPORT: There were additional complaints received concerning programs not appearing on Educational Access Channel 27 as scheduled. In the ensuing discussion it appeared the major problem now in terms of programs appearing as scheduled is two -fold: Heritage must be informed of any changes in the Board of Educa- tion's meeting schedule in order for Heritage to manually switch Channel 27 from a remote to a local origination source. Also, a programmable switch, as opposed to a manual switch, is preferable. Shaffer suggested to Blough that: 1. He write a letter to the Board of Education letting them know that he needs to be made aware of any meeting changes they have planned, and 2. That Mr. Connet from Kirkwood (the Operational Manager of Channel 27) is willing to discuss cost sharing a programmable switcher. Slough said the Heritage Board of Directors and stockholders have decided in favor of the leveraged buyout by TCI. TCI will have one person sit on Heri- tage's Board of Directors. That person will be Mr. Malone, the president of TCI. Heritage will sign a five-year management contract with TCI. Shaffer requested a copy of this contract. Blough said he believed there would be minimal changes after the TCI buyout. Slough said Heritage is suing Marion County, Iowa, over a state tax law, and has, in addition, 14 appeal cases in Iowa, one of which involves Johnson County. (REPORTS) F. CPC QUARTERLY REPORT: All members of the BTC did not have adequate time to study the quarterly report from Heritage. Consequently, the discussion pertaining to this docu- ment was tabled until the next BTC meeting. Shaffer pointed out the evaluation of questionnaires from those attending the Community Producers Meeting. Shaffer said the previous Commission had agreed to these comnunity producer meetings, and their mandatory nature, on an experimental or test pilot basis. The continuation of these meetings, par- ticularly on a mandatory basis, was to be dependent upon the success and reactions to such a meeting as well as this idea's compatibility with the philosophy of access and the ordinance. To continue these meetings on a mandatory basis may require at least a change in the Community Programming Guidelines, if not an ordinance change, as this Is a substantial change in access rules which is not now included in any formal legal documents. Shaffer commented he thought Heritage's staff did a good job in preparing for and conducting the Community Producers meeting. Broadband Telecommunications Commission July 21, 1987 Page 4 OLD BUSINESS: APPOINTS TO ANO/OR DISCUSSION OF ACCESS/NPO SUBCOMMITTEE: All the BTC subcommittees were briefly discussed. It was decided that no one would be appointed to any subcommittees at this time until the new BTC mem- bers have more time to read materials and become familiar with the various subcommittee choices available to them. PUBLIC DISCUSSION: i McGuire stated Nick Johnson from Iowa City received the coveted George Stoney award at the NFLCP convention in Chicago. Blough said Rod Tholl, Executive Vide President of Heritage, will be speaking at the cable TV marketing con- vention in San Francisco. NEW BUSINESS: Tour of Community Programming Center and AV Lab. The BTC toured both the Community Programming Center in the Iowa City Public Library as well as the AV Lab. This is an effort to illustrate to the BTC members the variety of resources and facilities they are directly or indi- rectly involved with and what cable TV related resources are available for community use. ADJOURN: Moved by Justis, seconded by Patton, to adjourn. Unanimously approved. Adjournment at 9:45 a.m. Respectfully submitted, r14�i_aamDrew' WShaffer Broadband Telecommunications Specialist .o1 `heal .i' MINUTES IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION JULY 31, 1987 - 4:15 PM IOWA CITY RECREATION CENTER, ROOM B MEMBERS PRESENT: Buxton, Kennedy, Maxwell MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Steinbach, Gibson GUESTS PRESENT: None RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY MANAGER AND STAFF: Staff was instructed to advise both the City and Officer Innermann of documents to be submitted by August 14, 1987. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT DISCUSSION: Dates for hearing an appeal filed by Police Officer Thomas Immermann were discussed. The appeal was filed following a disciplinary action taken against Officer Immermann resulting from an incident on July 19, 1987. The appeal date was set for Thursday, August 20, 1987, at 7:30 PM. This date meets the statutory requirements of Chapter 400. The second item of discussion was the proposed Rules of Procedure for Appeals and Hearings. These procedures will provide guidelines for the hearing process. It was moved by Buxton and seconded by Kennedy to adopt the proposed Rules of Procedure. Motion carried unanimously. Staff was instructed to notify both Imnermann and the City to submit by August 14 1) statement of fact, 2) names of witnesses and 3) the essence of the wit- nesses' testimony. The Commission an preparing a hearing sched- ule based on the number of witnesses to be called. Witnesses called during the hearing will be limited to those submitted on the list except for rebuttal witnesses.