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Home My WebLink About1984-03-13 Minutes numberedCOMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF COUNCIL ACTIVITIES March 13, 1984 Iowa City Council, reg. mtg., 3/13/84, 7:30 P.M. at the Civic Center. Mayor McDonald presiding. Councilmembers present: Ambrisco, Baker, Dickson, McDonald, Strait, Zuber. Absent: Erdahl. Staffinembers present: Berlin, Helling, Jansen, Franklin, Farmer, Karr. Council minutes tape recorded on Tape 84-C25, Side 2, 388 -End; 84-C26, Side 1, 1 -End and Side 2, 1-20. Moved by Zuber, seconded by Ambrisco, that the following items and recommendations in the Consent Calendar be received, or approved, and/or adopted as presented: Approval of Official Council Actions of the meeting of 2/28/84, as published, subject to correction, as recommended by the City Clerk. Minutes of Boards and Commissions: Mayor's Youth Employ 41.37 ment Bd.-2/22/84; Human Rights Comm. -1/23/84; Airport Comm. -2/15/84; Broadband Telecommunications Comm. -1/17/84; United Action for Youth Bd.-2/15/84; Resources Conservation Comm. -2/27/84; Library Bd. of Trustees -2/23/84; Planning R Zoning -10 -- Comm. -2/9/84, 2/23/84; Committee on Community Needs -2/21/84; v -s Housing Comm. -2/1/84, 2/28/84, 3/7/84; Riverfront Comm. -1/11/84,x` 2/22/84. Permit Motions: Approving Class B Beer and Sunday Sales for Common Stock Trust of Ellis I. Levitt and Central Management Corporation dba Long John Silvers #9, 1940 Muscatine Road. Approving Class C Beer and Sunday Sales for Lucky Stores, Inc. dba Eagle Discount Supermarket, #220, 1101 S. Riverside Dr. Approving Class C Beer and Sunday Sales for Lucky Stores, Inc. dba Eagle 4150 Discount Supermarket #157, 600 N. Dodge St. Approving Class C S - Liquor and Sunday Sales for Rugger -Burns Restaurant Inc. dba�L Gringos of Iowa City, 115 East College. Approving Class C Liquor and Sunday Sales for BPO Elks #590 dba BPO Elks #590, 637 Foster — Road. Approving Class C Liquor and Sunday Sales for D&M Pro- motions Corporation dba The Gas Company Inn, 2300 Muscatine Ave. �S3 Approving Class C Liquor and Sunday Sales for Sheep's Head LTD. � dba Sheep's Head Cafe, 209 N. Linn St. `�"� Setting public hearings: To set a public hearing at 7:30 P.M. on 4/10/84, to consider an ordinance amending Chapter 17 of the Code of Ordinance, the Housing Code, by creating an exemption from the minimum room size for the second bedroom of a two-bedroom mobile home; and by amending the section requiring approved #55_ garbage storage containers by requiring that said containers be stored on the premises served but not in the front yard, the required side yard or a parking space. To set a public hearing at #5.6 7:30 P.M. on 3/27/84, on a resolution authorizing execution of an amended access easement for Urban Renewal Parcel 64-1b (Hotel). Motions: approving disbursements in the amount of $1,878,676.65 for the period of 1/1 through 1/31/84, as recom- mended by the Finance Dir., subject to audit. Coun^' Activities Marc.. .3, 1984 Page 2 Resolutions: RES. 84-49, Bk. 81, pp. 159-164! Authorizing 1 5_7 Mayor to sign and City Clerk to attest an agreement with the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company regarding the installation, maintenance, operation, etc., of a water pipe located upon railroad property (south of Hwy. 6 Bypass). RES. 84-50, Bk. 81, -,f5i7 pp. 165-170, Authorizing the Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to attest an agreement with the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company regarding the installation, maintenance, operation, etc. of a water pipe located upon railroad property (near Thomas & Betts). Correspondence: William C. Lucas representing the owner of the Vine building at the corner of Gilbert and Prentiss St. The Planning Department will reply. IDOT notifying the City of a 1/100 signing project on Highway 218. University of Iowa requesting vacation of a segment of Melrose Ave. which lies east of the Byington Road intersection. Jeff A. Romine re possibility of �b 2 using IRB's for the revitalization of neighborhoods, with attached study titled "Neighborhood Partnerships in Action". Committee on � 6 3 Community Needs re community development and housing needs in Iowa City. William L. Frantz re mandatory parkland dedication, referred 6 to City Mgr. for reply. Petition from Catherine Axnix and �� S Catherine Niman re vending in City Plaza. Applications for Use of Streets and Public Grounds: Jim �6 6 Newton to hold the Old Capitol Criterium Bicycle Race on 4/29/84 from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., approved. Diane Heindl to picket in �F 6 front of Emma Goldman Clinic on 3/3/84, approved. Timothy Ganske to picket in front of the Enna Goldman Clinic on 2/25/84, ap- proved. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the motion carried and repeated the public hearings as set. Moved by Dickson, seconded by Ambrisco, to set a public hearing on �6 9 4/10/84 on the proposed rezoning of certain property located at 30 North Clinton Street from P to RM145. The Mayor declared the motion carried unanimously, 6/0, Erdahl absent. A public hearing was held on an ordinance to vacate a public tf 7 o highway easement along Mormon Trek Boulevard realigned. No one appeared. Moved by Ambrisco, seconded by Baker, to send recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Comm. regarding the rezoning of 20 acres east of 7� Scott Blvd. from CH to RMH in the County to the board of Supervisors. Staffinember Franklin present for discussion. Councilmembers requested the recommendation strongly encourage compliance with urban design standards. The Mayor declared the motion carried unanimously, 6/0, Erdahl absent. Moved by Strait, seconded by Ambrisco, to adopt RES. 84-51, Bk. 81, pp. 171-172, APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF PEPPERWOOD ADDITION, %2 PARTS 4-7, LOCATED WEST OF PEPPER DRIVE AND SOUTH OF THE K -MART AREA. The Cour" j Activities Marc,. 0, 1984 Page 3 City Clerk noted the corrected resolution as distributed. Affirmative roll tail vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the resolution adopted. Moved by Ambrisco, seconded by Dickson, that the Ordinance to amend Chapter 10.35 of the Code of Ordinances of Iowa City to include land annexed since 1981 in Iowa City precincts, be given first vote for �f73 passage. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the motion carried. Moved by Zuber, seconded by Dickson, that the rule requiring that ordinances must be considered and voted on for passage at two Council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed be suspended, that the second consideration and vote be waived and that ORD. 84-3176, Bk. 21, pp. 94-96, AMENDING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF ORCHARD COURT SUBDIVISION, LOTS 7 AND 8, be voted on for final passage at <f7f< this time. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the motion carried. Moved by Zuber, seconded by Dickson, that the ordinance be finally adopted at this time. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the ordinance adopted. Moved by Strait, seconded by Dickson, to set a public hearing on 4/10/84, on an ordinance approving the final PDH Plan for Parts 2 and 3 of *75 Hunters Run Subdivision. Franklin noted the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion had voted unanimously in favor of the request. The Mayor declared the motion carried unanimously, 6/0, Erdahl absent. A public hearing was held regarding a lease to the Iowa City �%� Community School District of a parcel of land on the Iowa City Municipal Airport for a one-year term with options to renew for 21 additional years. No one appeared. Dan Bray, 948 Weeber St., appeared representing 63 neighborhood owners and requested Council refer their rezoning request to the Planning and Zoning Commission for consideration at their April 5th meeting. Moved by Zuber, seconded by Strait, to refer the downzoning request for approxi- 7 7 mately 10 acres east of Weeber Street to the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion for review and recommendation to Council. The Mayor declared the motion carried unanimously, 6/0, Erdahl absent. Mr. Bray thanked Council for courtesies extended to neighbors re the problem. The Mayor announced the following vacancy: Parks & Recreation 7 -one vacancy for an unexpired term ending 1/1/85. This appointment will be made at 4/24/84 City Council meeting. Councilmember Dickson reported on the National League of Cities 1179 conference in Washington and a seminar re Women in Government. Council - member Ambrisco noted the memo from the City Manager stating that because of the low bids received from transit coaches an additional bus would be purchased. He questioned if routes could be expanded for service to the l{ea southwest side of the City. The City Mgr. replied a memo would be sent to Council re route expansion within the next couple of weeks. Ambrisco questioned the memo from Asst. City Atty. Brown re discrimination in. y �� private clubs. The City Atty. stated Councilmember Baker had requested Cour,.,l Activities March 13, 1984 Page 4 the information. Baker noted the vacancy in the Police Dept. and encour- Z/P-4 aged a strong minority recruitment. Baker mentioned two letters on the Consent Calendar, item 4 from Jeff Romine and item 5 from Committee on �f�3 Community Needs, and suggested the two groups get together. Baker ques- tioned the payment for radio ads in the January disbursements. Staff will report back. Councilmember Zuber requested that the matter of Council g 5 actions when member(s) are missing be scheduled for informal discussion. Councilmember Strait noted the memo from the Library Director re affirma- tive action and reiterated his hope that the dept., along with the Fire Dept., would show better results next year. Mayor McDonald questioned the memo from the Planning and Program Dept. re the multi -family housing survey. The City Mgr. reported that the survey is done each year to V9 7 assess the significant changes in the market and is funded with departmen- tal funds. Councilmembers discussed acquiring additional information in the survey. The Mayor questioned the memo and resolution re inspection fees for the Camp Cardinal Road Bridge. City Engr. Farmer explained that staff was already involved in a number of projects such as the Iowa Avenue Bridge and the Dept. was understaffed to take on another project at this time. The Mayor noted that a motion should be made to accept the corre- spondence from the public hearing on the Human Rights Ordinance held last evening. Moved by Dickson, seconded by Strait, to accept all correspon- dence as presented and to make it part of the public hearing on proposed changes to the Human Rights Ordinance held 3/12/84. The Mayor declared the motion carried unanimously, 6/0, Erdahl absent. (Correspondence detailed in minutes of 3/12/84.) Councilmember Zuber requested a tran- W 9 0 script of the hearing be furnished to Council prior to consideration of the ordinance. The City Clerk stated that a complete transcript would require additional staff. She explained written notes are available as a guide for locating the proper place on the tape and are not intended as a summary of individual remarks. Council requested the notes be sent to them and will request additional information if necessary. Moved by Strait, seconded by Dickson, that the following recommen- dation from the Committee on Community Needs re that Committee's bylaws be forwarded to the Rules Committee: Article 1. Amend Section 1. Regular meetings. . to read: Regular meetings of this Committee shall be held months Amend Section 3. Place of Meetings. to read: Meetings shall be held in the Iowa City Public Library or any other public meeting place. A resolution was approved by Council 6/22/82 changing Article 2. Section 1. �MMem��b�e�rrs�hhi . to read: The Committee on Community eeTT—ds small consist of 1 melte; term of membership shall be 3 years. Therefore, no action is necessary on this recommendation. The Mayor declared the motion to refer the first two amendments to the Rules Committee carried unanimously, 6/0, Erdahl absent. Moved by Zuber, seconded by Strait, to adopt RES. 84-52, Bk. 81, pp. 173-177, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AN M AGREEMENT WITH THE WILLOW CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, INC. FOR THE USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF A HANDICAPPED PASSENGER VAN. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the resolution adopted. Coune'"• Ar^yities Marc.... .3, -: X84 Page 5 Moved by Zuber, seconded by Ambrisco, to adopt RES. 84-53, Bk. 81, p. 178, ESTABLISHES WILLOW CREEK COURT AS THE NAME OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD `15'0 ALONG HIGHWAY R1 SOUTH, FROM SUNSET STREET TO WILLOW CREEK DRIVE. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the resolution adopted. Moved by Dickson, seconded by Zuber, to adopt RES. 84-54, Bk. 81, pp. 179-184, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST AN AGREEMENT WITH MMS CONSULTANTS, INC. OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, FOR THE INSPEC- TION SERVICES FOR THE CAMP CARDINAL ROAD BRIDGE RELOCATION PROJECT. Councilmembers stressed the importance of the not to exceed figure in the agreement. City Engr. Farmer present for discussion. Affirmative roll call vote unanious, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the resolution adopted Moved by Zuber, seconded by Dickson, to adopt RES. 84-55, Bk. 81, �9S p. 185, ESTABLISHING FEES FOR CITY PLAZA USE PERMITS. Affirmative roll call vote unanious, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the resolution adopted. Moved by Dickson, seconded by Baker, to adopt RES. 84-56, Bk. 81, p. 186, AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED PERMANENT POSITIONS IN THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. The Mayor declared the resolution adopted. Moved by Dickson, seconded by Ambrisco,, to adjourn 8:45 P.M. the Mayor declared the motion carried, 6/0, Erdahl absent. JOHN MCDONALD, MAYOR MARIAN K R , CITY CLERK