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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-02-11 Info Packet of 1/31%4 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DAT1, January 31, 1986 TO: City Council FROM: City ?onager RE: Material in Friday's Packet Informal agendas and meeting schedule. Memorandum from the Finance Director regarding FY87 proposed budget. Memorandum from the Traffic Engineer regarding Street Light Report. Memorandum from the Associate Planner regarding tax exempt property within Iowa City and impact fees. Memorandum from the Chairperson of the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding discussion of the Southwest Area Policy. Memorandum from the Broadband Telecommunications Specialist regarding the Spanish Internation Network. Iowa City Public Library 2nd Quarter Report. Copy of letter from Senator Grassley regarding the Mayor's letter declaring Iowa City as a Nuclear Free Zone. Copy of letter from the legal staff to the University of Iowa regarding the Melrose Avenue right of way agreement. Copy of letter from First Capitol Development, Inc., regarding financial commitments to that organization. Memorandum from the Swimming Pool Planning Committee. �............ ..,_ �...__..,,.........,.............,., . City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: January 31, 1g86 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: Informal Agendas and Meeting Schedule February 3, 1986 Monday 8.30 A.M. - Council Chambers Special Informal Council Meeting - Report from the City Manager regarding staffing February 4. 1986 Tuesd� 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. Council Chambers 6:30 P.M. - Executive Session 7:00 P.M. - Joint Swimming Facility 7:30 P.M. - Finalize revisions to proposed FY87 budget 8:15 P.M. - Council time, Council committee reports February 10, 1986 Mond 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. Council Chambers 6:30 P.M. - City Conference Board Meeting - Separate agenda posted 6:45 P.M. - Review zoning matters 7:05 P.M. - 7:15 P.M. - Council Discuss agenda, Council time, Council committee funding for Human reports Services Agencies February 11, 1986 Tuesday 7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers February 18, 1986 7uesdav 6:30 - 8:30 P.M. Council Chambers Informal Council Meeting - agenda pending February 19 and 20, 1986 Wednesday and Thursday Clear Creek Development Planning Session - - a93 I J I rM.xitiaaatJ,.. \a \a.•.\t.`.t.e.. aataan..:.....nv:: .. .\\......aa -.A-»».........., n ..v........0+v.:.nwnxv� City Council January 31, 1986 Page 2 PENDING LIST South Riverside Drive - Street Name Leasing of Airport Land for Commercial Use City Administrative Procedures Sidewalk Cafes Newspaper Vending Machines Stormwater Management Ordinance Review Abandoned Vehicle Ordinance Evaluation Six Month Evaluation of City Attorney Hutchinson/Bayard Access Request Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund Mesquakie Park Development Appointments to Civil Service Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Housing Commission, Planning and Zoning Commission, Resources Conservation Commission, Board of Trustees for Police and Fire Retirement, and Committee on Community Needs - March 11, 1986. a93 i 3 l.+e.aa......!...................!....,...�.,.. ...... _ .. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: January 31, 1986 To: City Council II From: Rosemary Vitosh, Finance Directoro Re: FY87 Proposed Budget There are several corrections that have been made to the FY87 Proposed Budget. They arose from information received or reviewed subsequent to printing the proposed budget and are listed below with a brief explana- tion. Attached is a schedule showing the impact of corrections on the General Fund. In addition, there were some questions left unanswered in the budget review sessions. Information regarding those questions is included after the list of corrections. CORRECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET 1. There is an error in the General Fund 6-30-85 balance of $5; it should be $1,912,589. 2. Changes to the library revenues in FY86 and FY87, $(5,208) and $(3,752) respectively, result from subtracting miscellaneous revenues that are actually receipted into a library trust or internal service fund. The FY86 expenditure for upgrading the library's computer was added, $31,229. The County contract for library service is 10% of budgeted expenditures and is adjusted down by $400 in FY87. 3. Adjustments in recreation programming include increasing FY86 expendi- tures by $3,918 for recreation supplies and expenditures in FY87 by $12,690 for temporary employees. 4. The property tax levy has been recalculated on the taxable valuation finalized by the County Auditor for FY87 taxes. The total effect is $75,439 less in the General Fund. Of that total, $2,756 is a reduc- tion to the transit levy. 5. The weekend janitor was added back into the Senior Center's FY87 budget, $1,170. Correspondingly, the County's 20% share of that is $234, which was added to the receipts. 6. The General Fund's transit operating subsidy was raised by $6,839 in FY87 as a result of a decrease in UMTA operating assistance of $4,083 and the reduction in the transit levy of $2,756. An error in Tran- sit's FY85 receipts of $2,115, causes the FY86 transit operating subsidy to be lowered by that amount. a 9W , Yal\vataaa�vaa. \.a.a'at .aa .a .va .avv va...V�.� •-..a as a�av .R�v�.. ice. r..r... .a ..v. ... ....... ....... ♦� � Page 2 7. Budgeted salaries for both the new Fire Chief and also the new Parks and Recreation Director have been adjusted for the actual agreements, a total increase of $9,714. 8. An error in the computation of disability insurance has been rec- tified, the net change for the General Fund is a reduction in expendi- tures of $6,089, and the rest of the funds of $1,713. 9. The balances of JCCOG will fund part of the operations of JCCOG Ad- ministration and the Human Services Planner in FY87. There was a correction to these balances of $4,760 which, in turn, reduces the City's share by that same amount. 10. There has been a 10% reduction in the 1986 revenue sharing entitle- ment. This means $23,902 less receipts in FY86 and $13,177 less in FY87. The audit costs for both FY86 and FY87 increasedby $200 each. reduction in the amount allocated for capital projects The effect of the entitlement cut and the rise in audit costs is a to $428,002. from f465,481 11. A $1 million general obligation bond issue is planned for the spring of 1987. A minimal amount for interest cost, $13,391, has been added to debt service expenditures. 12. In parking operations there is a transfer -out of, $195,000 for the Dubuque Street Ramp Addition. This transfer is intended for the bonds to will e issued both the receipts foandhtherexpendituresoect. Thesof heuParkingbeBen aded ond Band Interest Sinking Reserve Fund. 13. In the CIP, there are two changes in projects using CDBG monies. CCN approved only $5,000 for the first year of the curb cut installation rather than $8,486. The amount approved for the North Market Park Play Area is $3,000 rather than $6,000. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR COUNCIL FROM BUDGET REVIEW 1. Fire Department expanded service level for 34 MSA face pieces: The request is based on each firefighter having his/her own face mask so that in the case of a large fire, face masks are not used by more lare be calledthan one pin. Hence, either each . In the event ofaperson would havef al Ifone ire face mask rsonnel mor some people would share masks. 2. CIP - North Dubuque Street Curb & Gutter: Up to 50% of the pro .ect could be special assessed, of which the University owns the maYority of assessable property. 3. CIP - Animal Control Facility Remodeling: The facility would be expanded to accommodate more animals. For example, currently there are 8 dog cages, in the remodeled building there would be 12. a9�z FY87 BUDGET CORRECTIONS TO PROPOSED BUDGET GENERAL FUND (Reference Page 14) '! MEMO REFERENCE N PROPOSED CORRECTED BUDGETCHANG PROPOSAL ---- -- g------------- g --E ------- ---- g----- 1 06/30/85 Balance 1,912,594 Correction (5) 1,912,589 Less: 06/30/85 Encumbrances (117,541 117,541 06/30/85 Carryovers 081,484; (181,484 Adjusted 06/30/85 Balance 1,613,569 (5) 1,613,564 FY86: Estimated Receipts 13,660,276 2 Revised Library Receipts (5,208) 13,655,068 Estimated Expenditures (13,590,910) 3 Adjusted Recreation Supplies (3,918) 6 Reduce Transit Subsidy (correct FY85receipts Transit) 2 AddLibraryComputerUpgrade 31,229) (13L623L942) 06/30/86 Estimated Balance 1,682,935 (38,245) 1,644,690 FY87: Budgeted Receipts 14,569,933 4 Property Taxes per Auditor's Taxable Valuation (75,439) 5 Revised County Portion for Senior Center 234 2 Revised County Portion for Library (400 2 Revised Library Receipts (3,152 14,490,576 Budgeted Expenditures (14,154,594) 6 Increase Transit Subsidy (revised UMTA & Transit Levy)(6,839) 5 Add Senior Center Weekend Janitor (1,170) 3 Adjust Recreation Temporaries (12,690) 7 Adjust Salaries for Fire Chief and Parks & Recreation Director (9,714) 8 Correction to Calculation of Disability Insurance 6,089 9 Reduce JCCOG Subsidy (corrected JCCOG balances) 4,760 (14,174,158) Less Reserved Balances (589,145) (589,145) Estimated Unreserved 06/30/87 Balance 1,5091129 137,166) 1,371,963 a9� r ...................... ....... w. w ........... . City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: January 28, 1986 To: Charles Schmadeke, Director of Public Works From: James Brachtel, Traffic Engineer Re: Referral from Council.Regarding Street Light Report Recently the City Council has received a report requesting additional street lighting in the south side of the CBD. This area is bounded generally by Burlington Street on the north, Summit Street on the east, Kirkwood Avenue on the south and Clinton Street on the west. The City Council has requested an evaluation and cost estimate of this matter. EVALUATION There are two standards that this request could be evaluated against. The first standard is the City's Residential Street Light Policy (RSLP) which would place a street light 1. at the intersection of two streets, 2. at the mid -point of blocks longer than 600 feet, and 3, at the end of cul-de-sacs. The second ,standard would be the North Side Street Lighting Study (NSSLS). The majority of streets in the north side are in a grid pattern based on, 400 foot spacing center line to center line. The NSSLS added street lights at the mid -point of the block faces in the 400 foot grid pattern. Attached to this memorandum is a map which shows the location of existing street lighting owned by Iowa -Illinois Gas & Electric and the location of the proposed additional street lights. Iowa -Illinois' existing street lighting is shown as an empty circle. The proposed additional street lighting is shown as a solid dot. The number adjacent to the solid dot refers to the list of locations supplied -by the study group. 1. Clinton Street between Court and Burlington No existing light. The proposed light would be consistent with NSSLS. This is in the urban renewal area and City guidelines would suggest no overhead power lines. This would be very difficult for Iowa -Illinois to serve. If a light is added at this point, the power would have to come from an existing City owned street light system. 2. Court Street between Clinton and Dubuque No existing light. The proposed light would be consistent with NSSLS. 0? 9_T •�NN\\a\L\r ..ai\�..aaa♦♦...a as .taau.�W .v . 2 3/4. Prentiss Street between Clinton and Dubuque Street No existing light. The South Side Street Light Report requests two street lights in this 320 foot block face. The NSSLS would suggest only one additional street light. 5. Dubuque Street between Prentiss and Harrison There is a mid -block light. Existing lighting is consistent with NSSLS. 6. Dubuque Street between Benton and Prentiss There are three block faces between Prentiss/Benton. There are street lights at the intersections. There are no street lights at the mid -points of the three blocks. One additional mid -block light would be less than the NSSLS standard. 7. Prentiss Street between Dubuque and Linn No existing light. The proposed light would be consistent with NSSLS. 8. Corner of Harrison and Linn A street light exists at this location. The proposed light would exceed NSSLS. 9. Linn Street between Harrison and Court No existing light. The proposed light would be consistent with NSSLS. 10. Harrison Street between Linn and Gilbert No existing light. This is a block and a half long area. A light installed at the intersection of Maiden Lane/Harrison would be con- sistent with the RSLP. 11/12. Benton Street between Gilbert and Van Buren No existing mid -block light. The two proposed street lights would be consistent with NSSLS. 13. Van Buren Street between Benton and Bowery Van Buren Street from Bowery Street to Benton Street is approximately 1200 feet. It is interrupted by the railroad right-of-way. There are existing street lights at the corner of Benton/Van Buren, the corner of Bowery/Van Buren and at the southern right-of-way line of the railroad right-of-way. Adding one additional street light be- tween Bowery Street and the northern railroad right-of-way line would be consistent with the NSSLS. -W .s i r �.vH llvva vvv!..va\.i.vtv.......va!v.vwwM 3 14. Bowery Street between Gilbert and Van Buren No existing light. The proposed light would be consistent with NSSLS. 15. Van Buren Street between Bowery and Court This is a block face approximately 1400 feet long. There is one existing street light at the midpoint and at the southerly quarter point. One street light could be added at the northerly quarter point. This would be consistent with the NSSLS. 16. Webster Street between Page and Bowery Webster Street does not run from Page to Bowery. It runs only to the southern right-of-way line of the railroad right-of=way. A postcard survey was conducted in this area in calendar year 1985. The consen- sus of the residents of this area was to not install additional street lighting. A street light at this location would be consistent with the NSSLS. 17/18. Johnson Street between Bowery and Court This portion of Johnson Street is approximately 1,000 feet. There is an existing light at the midpoint of this block. Adding a street light at the south quarter point and at the north quarter point would be consistent with the NSSLS. 19. Corner of Johnson and Court A street light exists at this intersection. An additional street light would exceed the NSSLS. 20. Court Street between Johnson and Dodge No existing light. The proposed light would be consistent with the NSSLS. 21. Bowery Street between Johnson and Dodge No existing light. The proposed light would be consistent with the NSSLS. 22. Dodge Street between Bowery and Court This portion of Dodge Street is 1,000 feet long. There is an exist- ing light at the mid -point of this block. The proposed additional street light at the south quarter point would be consistent with the NSSLS. 23. Corner of Dodge and Court A street light exists at this location. The proposed light would exceed the NSSLS. a9s k__ 4 24. Burlington Street between Dodge and Lucas A street light exists at this location. The proposed light would exceed the NSSLS. 25/26. Bowery Street between Dodge and Lucas No existing light. The South Side Street Light Report requests two street lights in this 320 foot block face. The NSSLS would suggest only one additional street light. 27. Benton Street between Dodge and Lucas This portion of right-of-way is named Page Street. It is approximate- ly 600 feet long. Installing the proposed light would be consistent with the NSSLS. 28. Lucas Street between Benton and Bowery This portion of Lucas Street is approximately 700 feet long. A street light exists at the corner of Bowery/Lucas and there are two additiogal street lights between Bowery and the north line of the railroad right-of-way. An additional street light could be consis- tent with the NSSLS. i29. Location unidentified. I30. Lucas Street between Bowery and Burlington This portion of Lucas Street is 1,400 feet long. There is a street light at the corner of Burlington/Lucas and Bowery/Lucas. There are two street lights spaced along the 1,400 feet of Lucas Street. The proposed street light located at the midpoint would be consistent with the NSSLS. 31. Bowery Street between Lucas and Governor No existing light: The NSSLS. proposed light would be consistent with 32/ 33/34. Walnut Street between Lucas and Summit. This portion of Walnut Street is 900 feet long. A street light exists at Lucas/Walnut and Summit/Walnut. There is an existing street light at the midpoint of this location. An additional street light at the east quarter point and the west quarter point would be consistent with the NSSLS. A third street light would exceed the NSSLS. a9 -s L' •�N alvla aca!a.v.\ 5 35. Governor Street between Bowery and Burlington This portion of Governor Street is 1,400 feet long. There is a street light at the intersection of Bowery/Governor and Burlington/Governor. There are two mid -block street lights spaced along Governor Street. The proposed street light located at the mid -point would be consistent with NSSLS. 36/37. Bowery Street between Governor and Summit No existing light. The South Side Street Light Report requests two street lights in this 320 foot block face. The NSSLS would suggest only one additional street light. 38. Corner of Bowery and Summit A street light exists at this location. The proposed light would exceed the NSSLS. 39/40. Summit Street between Kirkwood and Bowery This portion of Summit Street is 1,800 feet long. Street lights exist at all intersections and at the midpoint of the most southerly block and at the midpoint of the long block between Bowery and Sheridan. Adding two additional street lights at'the quarter points between Bowery and Sheridan would be consistent with the NSSLS. COST The study indicates that the current monthly flat rate for a 175 watt mercury vapor street light is $9.21 per month. This is the City's current flat rate cost. If the City were to install the additional 39 street lights, it would amount to $359.19 per month or $4,310 per year. This would be an increase of 2% in the annual operating budget of $219,400 for the City's street lighting effort. The proposal was reviewed with the City Forester and no tree trimming will be required for the proposed additional street lights. /sp a9 -s r P/ -05( ri mri LU 010 F crl- 090 52 -As 34 E22 0 waints 050- 200 IP r—Ar�—r—W-0 '! City of Iowa City - MEMORANDUM Date: January 30, 1986 To: City Council From: Patt Cain, Associate Planner�04 Re: Referral about Tax Exempt Property within Iowa City and Impact Fees In response to a request for information on the amount of tax exempt property during the within Iowa City, the City Assessor submitted the attached report to Council state, federalc City odistrict propertiestaroard e notaincluded city' county, Council also requested a copy of a Des Moines study about charging impact fees against tax exempt properties. Two Des Moines city departments were contacted, and ppthe only study on this topic that staff members were aware of ii still the beinCitrof Des epared. The National Development Council, a consulting firm within the next ytwo months. inesI have asked , will sthe h Des is t topicin Urban oDevelopment Department to notify me when the report is available. bj4/15 a 9� .� <...<........,.......... ...,,.. .,..............,.,, ,� ..._ 1985 TABULATION OF EXEMPT PROPERTY Religious Institutions: Churches $18,725,890 Schools 3,022,130 Church Camps 0 Recreational 1,841,280 Residential 1,939,940 Other 0 Total $25,529,240 Literary Societies: Total $ 0 Charitable and Benevolent Societies: Hospitals $25,541,480 Nursing Homes 1,103,520 Retirement Homes 90,550 Fraternal.Organizations 1,810,630 Agricultural Societies 0 Other 2,656,350 Total $31,202,530 Educational Institutions: i Total $ 88,780 Low Rent Housing: Total $ 3,927,420 Association of War Veterans: Total $ 195,060 Pollution Control & Impoundments: Pollution Control $ 61,017 Pollution Impoundments 0 Total $ 61,017 I Tabulation of exempt property continued Forest and Fruit Tree Reservations: Forest $ 242,069 Fruit 0 Total $ 242,069 Partial Industrial Exemptions: Industrial $ 0 Warehouse & Distribution 567,850 Center Research -Service Facilities 0 Total $ 567,850 Total Exempt Property Valued by Assessor $61,813,966 Prepared by Dan Hudson, City Assessor January 1986 i I ...........,a................,.._...._.a.._.....,,.,,........ ,.._......,............-.�,..,.. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: January 30, 1986 To: Mayor William Ambrisco From: Tom Scott, Chairperson, Planning & Zoning Commiss> . Re: Council/Commission Meeting - Southwest Area Policy Some members of the Planning and Zoning Commission have a conflict on Tuesday evening, February 24, the date set for joint discussion of the southwest area development policy. We would appreciate it if the meeting date could be changed to Thursday, February 27 and the 24th date be cancelled. Thank you for your consideration. bj4/9 a97 r City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: January 28, 1986 To: City Council From: Drew Shaffer u 5 Re: Spanish International Network Mr. Blough from Heritage Cablevision stated at a January 21, 1986, Broad- band Telecommunications Commission meeting that they have no immediate plans to change Spanish International Network's (SIN) location on the channel lineup. They do plan to keep SIN in Iowa City. However, at some future time they are considering compositing SIN with Black Entertainment Television (BET), so that each would play back a certain period of time during the day. Or, they may replace the Learning Channel with BET. Their decision to do this would, in part, be based on a programming ascertainment survey they plan on doing in the "near future", according to Mr. Blough. BET is presently cablecasting in four or five hour blocks of programming which are repeated several times throughout the day to fill up a 24 hour schedule. I hope this information is helpful to you. If you have any questions please feel free to give me a call. /sp .........a. ...... ......w...A-.....:....... .....a ..v...........a..........u.�� FY86 2nd quarter Report IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY FISCAL YEAR OBJECTIVES: 1. Improve information service to people who come to the library and maintain all other services, includ- ing telephone reference service, at current levels. 2. Increase the efficiency of handling and the quantity of items added to the library collections so that 72% of users' requests for a specific item are satisfied. 3. Sustain the FY84 level of volunteer hours and maintain the amount of gift materials added and private funds received at 30% of new acquisitions of library materials. 4. Reduce the number of requests by UI students and faculty for curriculum related materials and serv- ices. 5. Increase awareness and use of the library by the disabled. 6. Introduce mircocomputer software and services for preschoolers and out-of-school adults. WORK COMPLETED: 1. Increases have been smaller the last six months: Circulation was up 6% and other major indicators were even or down slightly. 2. The 6259 items added the first six months is almost the same as the number added during the same period a year ago. Shelving rates and shelving error rates were better than performance standards. 3. Volunteer hours are down about 12% primarily due to fewer special projects. The number of gift items added and non -Foundation contributors are about as estimated. 4. University of Iowa requests for curriculum related materials continue to stay at a manageable level. 5. Lots of activity this quarter: talk and tour for Johnson County Citizens Committee; stickers advertis- ing telephone information service placed in Homebound and Over 55 brochures; grant application -re: handicapped services completed; Visual -Tek rete vel don loan from Commission for the Blind; bookmarks, letters and articles describing services for the disabled prepared and distributed in Large Print books, SPI newsletter, and mailed to 44 local groups serving the handicapped. 6. Policy and procedural rules adopted by Board in November. Decision on start-up date pending. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS: FY82 FY83 FY84 FY85 FY86 FY86 (Actual) (To a7) T -M) I.A. Registered borrowers) 38,280 45,300 47,961 50,741 52,500 51,534 Percent IC residents who are registered 65.0% 73.5% 79.1% 83.6% 88.3% 86.5% B. Number people entering the building 414,000 471,600 497,276 507,620 518,000 242,179 C. Circulation 487,070 536,200 574,525 622,265 681,000 313,293 -------------- 1Includes Iowa City, rural Johnson Co., Coralville and fee card holders. !M�J a 0 0 �M1a\l1\�.t ata :».r r---H---..�.-..'.vii�ry i I a 99 I N4 FY92 FY83 FY84 FY85 FY85 FY86 (Actual) (Goal) (YTD) 0. Questions handled % which are by telephone 44,610 50,085 52,689 53,735 56,500 26,996 32.4% 31.4% 31.2% 31.8% 30.0% 32.3% E. Meetings by non -library groups 798 960 1,057 767 1,000 433 F. Programs for children Attendance 474 472 448 450 450 217 15,733 16,251 16,222 15,624 16,000 7,643 2.A. Circulation per book added (above 35 indicates collection is deteriorating) 26.1 26.9 32.8 31.5 33.0 NA B. Availability rate (% of collection on shelf available for use) 70.2% 68.0% 70.0% 66.2% 68.0% NA 3.A. % of acquisitions which are gifts or purchased from grants or gift funds 34.1% 35.5% 31.6% 31.0% 30.0% NA B. Volunteers in F.T.E. 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.5 4. Requests by UI students and faculty for curriculum -related services and NA NA 125 300 250 30 materials (4 mos.) S.A. Mailings sent to homebound borrowers 186 185 370 350 370 204 5.8. Quarterly report will be provided on what special services were provided, what resources added. 6. 50 software packages available for use by library borrowers by 7-1-86. DIVISION ANALYSIS: The library continues to "get by" with less facilities and evaluate services. Increased than adequate time to maintain collections and physical resources are 1980's as the Golden Age[ a must or we will all look back on the early Expenditures Budget Actual % 6000 815,716 411,737 50.5 7000 21,510 17,433 63.4 8000 188,400 71,743 9000 38.1 ,134 225 57* TOTAL 55.3 i I a 99 I N4 RECEIVED) ^1241986 2cytifeb 'Ziafes .Zenafe W ASHtNGTON. O.C. :0510 January 14, 1986 The Honorable John McDonald Mayor Civic Center 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mayor McDonald: Thank you for your letter on behalf of the City Council of Iowa City declaring your city as a Nuclear Free zone. I appreciate your sharing this with me. My wish is to see the nuclear arsenals of both the Soviet Union and the United States reduced to zero. A more realistic goal is to try to reduce the risk of nuclear war through arms control agreements that reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. and measures to limit the possibility of nuclear war through accident or misunderstanding. As the ongoing history of arms control agreements demonstrates, even such a relatively limited goal is difficult to attain. I support the efforts of our negotiating team in Geneva to reach an agreement with their Soviet counterparts that will preserve the security of both countries through mutual restraint. I would hope that such an agreement would result in a mutual and verifiable freeze of Soviet and American nuclear forces at substantially reduced levels from those that currently exist. Periodic reviews, resulting in measurably lower nuclear force levels, should also be part of such an agreement. This is a realistic concept, which takes seriously the realities of nuclear confrontation and the necessity for substantial and verifiable reductions of nuclear arsenals. Finally, I hope the United States and the Soviet Union can come to an understanding regarding alleged Soviet violations of existing arms control agreements. If questions regarding Soviet compliance remain unanswered, it is my belief that the whole arms control process will be in jeopardy. ,foo Ii\viii\S vw\vt v1`.\vi.. ai\\taShaaui.w.v.vJJ. Jtv':wi V wvw rMwa...(.....wiiiY:.tV �.t\.\ ..vin ..v�.vlmvnV•..w..� w Ci I S n -CITY OF IOWA CITY CMC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CIiY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000 28 January 1986 Mr. Michael J. Finnegan Business Manager University of Iowa 114 Jessup Mall Iowa City, IA 52242 Re: Melrose Avenue Dear Mike: I am enclosing a revised Agreement relating to the Melrose Avenue right-of-way. Paragraph 5 has been substantially revised, and Paragraph 9 has been added. As I believe I mentioned to you, the City Council requested that the Agreement expressly require a hearing before the steps may be removed, and that the Board of Regents approve in order to ensure that the Agreement will bind the University. If the Agreement is acceptable, please have it approved by the Re- gents, signed and add an acknowledgement in proper form. Sincerely, Richard J. Boyle First Assistant City Attorney RJB:kw Enclosures 30/ S `\i\vvavay.a ova \........a .a ..v .a avw N..�..........a Agreement AGREEMENT, dated as of the day of and between the City of Iowa City, Iowa (City), and the State University of Iowa (University). WHEREAS, at the request of the University, by Ordinance No. 84-3194, the City vacated the right-of-way of Melrose Avenue from the east right-of-way line of Byington Road to the west right-of-way line of Riverside Drive; and WHEREAS, the University has asked that the City convey said vacated right-of-way to it for use in conjunction with the new building for the University's College of Law; and WHEREAS, the City is willing to make such conveyance if the University will assume certain responsibilities and the University is willing to assume those responsibilities. NOW, THEREFORE, in considerationof the premises and the covenants and agree- ments contained herein, the parties agree as follows: I. The City agrees to convey to the University, by quit claim deed, all of its right, title and interest in and to the following described real estate located in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, to wit: The entire right-of-way of Melrose Avenue from the east right-of-way line of Byington Road, said line being 1858.60 feet east of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of Section 16, Township 79 North, Range 6 West, of the 5th Principal Merid- ian, thence easterly to the west right-of-way line of Riverside Drive, also known as Highway 6 (the 'property"). Such conveyance shall be subject to an easement for access for repair, maintenance or replacement of utilities, including but not limited to gas, electric, telephone, water and sewer lines, if any, located an or under the surface of said Property. 2. The University shall pay the City's out-of-pocket cost of publishing notice of the public hearing on the intended conveyance, and any record- ing fees or charges. The City shall prepare the deed at its expense. Each party shall be responsible for its own attorneys' fees. 3. The University shall assume responsibility for providing and maintaining adequate storm drainage through or under the Property to serve areas which currently drain onto the Property. The sity 4. owaUCoder(1985)cSec.ledes 3O6.4(3)atandinaccrdance with IowaoAdministrativeeCodev82Oo[O6L] Sec. I.3(2)c(5), the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) requires that cities enter into agreements regarding maintenance of primary roads within city limits and such agreements require cities to maintain, among nin other Is on b and right-of-ways lines, and gthat iRiversiderDrive (Highway 6), abutimarroads between ting the new building for the College of Law, is a primary road. 30/ 5. The University shall assume full responsibility for maintenance and repair of the retaining wail along the eastern boundary of the College of Law property including, without limitation of the foregoing, keeping the steps between the Melrose Avenue level and Riverside Drive open, in repair and free from nuisance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Uni- versity may elect to remove the steps, but only after all of the follow- ing procedures have been completed: a. A public hearing shall be held before one or more University offi- cials at a place in Iowa City which is reasonably convenient to the general public and at a reasonable time outside of normal business hours. b. Notice of intent to close the steps and of the time and place of the public hearing shall be sent to the City's Mayor at least thirty days before the date set for the hearing. c. Notice of the hearing should be published at least once in the Daily Iowan and Iowa City Press -Citizen, or their successors, not less than twenty days before the hearing. 6. The obligations undertaken by the University hereunder shall survive the execution and delivery of the deed, as described in paragraph 1, hereof. 7. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the parties hereto, 8. The agreements contained herein shall be effective at such time as the City conveys the Property to the University. 9. Each persons signing this instrument on behalf of a party warrants that he/she has been duly authorized to sign on behalf of that party, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the day and date first above written. THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA BY: By: William , Am r sco, Mayor ATTEST: ATTEST: Clty ,361 n �MN{A uwlwlw�w wwa \. w`.ww a\w •a♦ vtwl�w�M1•.vJ::.-:::w-.wwww+www�v..R....��ii�'�...vw.. ham. .v.�ry ... �.•.'4.v.vN+hv.�.N � STATE OF IOWA ) JOHNSON COUNTY ; SS: On this day of in and , 1986, before me, a Notary Public o> the State o wa Io, persona y appeared William J. Ambrisco and Mariathat n K. Karr, to me personally known and who being by me duly sworn, did City, Iowa, that thare e seal raffixedtto the Clerk, respectively, theCity itheocorpo- rate seal of said municipal corporation and that the was signed and sealed on behalf of the municipal corporation by authority of its contained in Ordinance (Resolution) No. City Council as City Council on the day of , passed or adopted by the William J. Ambristo an rian K. arr accnow e e ' RN—u. nand that instrument to be their voluntary act and deed and the voluntaryact of the deed of said municipal corporation, by it voluntarily executed. Notary u c n an ar sa a e •• Ntty aata�♦a `........... .....rvaa-.4 .1 ..vi..•...•.v.?MYwY.rw.4�n First Capitol Development, Inc. am P.O. Box 2567 MIowa City, Iowa 52244 (319) 354-3939 January 23. 1986 Dale Hellin, City of Iowa City "ivie Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Dale: I have .uticned below the current financial commitments to First Capitol Development for 1985-86. City of Iowa City $40,000 Johnson County 20,000 City of North Liberty 1,500 North Liberty Dev Comm. 500 City of Kalona 1,675 City of Coralville 6,400 City of West Branch 1.500 City of Riverside 1,000 Solon Development Comm. 500 City of Wellman 1,01E Total Local Government: $ 74,087 Please note that local governments have consistently followed the example of Iowa City by committing support approximately equal to a per capita allocation of 90 cent: per capita. These figues do not, of course, include a substantial commitment from the University of Iowa through contributed cervices. The private business community and interested citiaens have responded positively to the government initiative. The total pledges for 1385-86, the first year of the five year program, total $129,100 as of this date. We remain approximately $76,000 short of our private fund drive goal of w500.010) for tilt fire yea-, • program. i As yoU know. it is essential t11at we have some intermedlato term commitment from participating local governmc:ntc to assure implementation of the five ;.•oar program we ha:e'outllned. Our assumption is that appropriate officials will extend their pledges of annual support through 1990. Please let me know if you have further questions. We are particularly grateful to the Iowa City Council for their 1•.adership support in providing the foundation for rCDL. ::•iticerely. ,30.2- ......... CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM DATE: January 23, 1986 PROJECT: Iowa City Community Fitness Center NM File Y2.86A PRESENT: Planning Committee: Randy Jordison, Co -Chair Mike Cilek Mike Moran Craig N. Willis Darrel G. Courtney Mary Neuhauser, Co -Chair Dee Vanderhoef Diana Lundell City of Iowa City: Dale Melling Iowa City Community School District: Jerry Palmer Neumann Monson, P.C., architects Roy Neumann Kevin Monson Ken Wictor NOTES BY: Kevin Monson 1. A correction to the last memo was pointed out: the 25 meter x 25 yard pool to be investigated would also have a diving well. 2. Minutes of two previous meetings of the Committee, December 4 and December 19, were given to the Architect. 3. The Architects met with Mike Moran on January 17, 1986, to develop a preliminary program of the recreational space needs of the city. 4. The Architects have been in contact with the City concerning the prepara- tion of the architectural contract. 5. The existing plans of Mercer Park Pool are not yet available to the Architect, plans on the City Park Pool where received earlier this week. 6. The City staff has removed the snow from City Park Pool as of Tuesday and was in the process of pumping the water from the Mercer Park Pool which should now be completed. 7. Testing of the concrete at City Park Pool and Mercer Park Pool was scheduled for Wednesday but was delayed due to the concern that the con- crete patches would not cure properly in below freezing weather and the unavailability of plans on the Mercer Park Pool. 8. The Architects presented two preliminary program space projections for the review of the Committee. IA - 58,950 s.f. 18 - 43,518 s.f. This provides an early indication of the scale of the project depending greatly on the size of the pool and the gymnasium selected. 303 ....................... ......... 9. Six pool configurations were presented for review and comment: A. 50 m, 6 lane, 14,972 s.f. B. 50 m, 6 lane with "ells", 20,832 s.f. C. 25 m, 6 lane expanded 10,792 s.f. or with separate diving well add 4,104 s.f. D. 25 m, 6 lane expanded with diving "ell", 13,506 s.f. E. 25 m x 25 yd. with "ells" 17,107 s.f. F. Olympic pool with separate diving well, 26, 928 s.f. 10. Construction cost of the net pool area without supporting spaces can be estimated at $100-110 per s.f. 11. The needs of the various types of swimmers was discussed at length. It was pointed out that USS sponsored competitions require a pool of 50 me- ters in length and that "ells" were inconvenient for the judges of com- petitive meets 12. Jerry Palmer pointed out that the priorities that had been established by the School and the City on the type of swimming was as follows: School Cit ITstructional Instructional 2. Handicapped 2. Recreational 3. Competitive 3. Handicapped 4. S int rest roups 13. The cost of operating an eight lane pool iseapproximately cial 30% greater than operating a six lane facility. 14. Extra copies of the Architects's drawing of the pool configurations were made available for the Committee's use. 15. The Architects presented four configurations of the gymnasium/recreation- al spaces for discussion. A. Concept A included two High School size basketball courts or volley- ball courts, a running track around the perimeter and exercise areas at either end of the courts, 26,688 s.f. or with college size basketball courts. 28,928 s.f. B. Concept B included two high school size basketball courts or 4 vol- leyball courts, and a separate but smaller running track and exercise area, 23,808 s.f. or with college size basketball courts. 25,288 s.f. C. Concept C included two junior high size (recreational size) basket- ball courts or four volleyball courts and a separate multi-purpose area. 16,168 s.f. D. Concept D included two recreational basketball courts or 3 volleyball courts and a separate multi-purpose area. 14,276 s.f. 16. Randy Jordison strongly stressed the need for testing of the existing Pools immediately to facilitate the future planning decisions of the Committee. Will City Park Pool be renovate? Well Mercer Park Pool be renovated or abandoned? 17. A discussion of which method would be used to establish the project lim- its ensued: A. Establish a dollar limit that the Committee could "sell" to the voters. B. Document the Community's needs for a fitness center and produce a building meeting the Committee's perception of what is needed and therefore what the community will support. 18. Craig Willis suggested that the dollar figure should be generated from the program of space needs. Page 2 303 i.v.aa a.!....\..\....\......!....,:...w..v:::: r:'..:..."..��....--M..+�+�......�.n 19. The agenda for the next meeting will include: A. A review of the test results on the existing pools. B. A review of the previous reports on the existing pools. C. A review of the site recommendation for the New Fitness Center. 2U. It is estimated that the fitness center will cost in the neighborhood of $3.5-4.5 million based on the preliminary space projections. This cost will vary greatly depending on the quality of finishes proposed. This memorandum is submitted for your review. It is intended that the data contained herein be considered a factual reference and provide a basis for de- sign. If you have any questions, additions or changes, please contact this office. I NEUMANN MONSON ARCHITECTS Distribution: 10 copies - Dale Helling, 226 South Clinton Street Ken Victor Iowa City, fovea 52240 Roy Neumann Kevin Monson Jack Kiefer NNA File Page 3 .303