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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 21, 1983
To: City Council �ry/
From: Dale Helling
Re: Fair Housing Assistance Program
A chronology of the events concerning our application for equivalency and
our application for funding under HUD's Fair Housing Assistance Program is
as follows:
-On June 15, 1981, Phyllis Williams and Marianne Milkman were present
at an informal Council meeting to answer questions concerning: (1)
our interest in requesting HUD to determine our Fair Housing Laws
equivalent to Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968; and (2) our
interest in the Fair Housing Assistance Program. (Minutes attached)
-On June 16, 1981, the City Council approved by resolution (copy
attached) our application to HUD requesting their certification of
Iowa City's Fair Housing law as being substantially equivalent to
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
-On June 19, 1981, the request for equivalency was sent to HUD.
-On February 4, 1982, the Office of General Council determined our fair
housing law as substantially equivalent.
-On March 31, 1982, a regional HUD official did an on-site review to
determine our capacity to administer our ordinance.
-On June 4, I sent a memo (attached) to the City Council apprising you
of the 'status of our application for funding under the Fair Housing
Assistance Program. The memo further described how much money we
anticipated receiving and how we anticipated using this money.
-On June 14, 1982, we were visited by three HUD officials to begin the
negotiation of a Memorandum of Understanding in conjunction with our
pending grant application.
-On June 21, 1983, I discussed the Fair Housing Assistance Program
application during the informal Council meeting. (Minutes attached)
-On August 11, 1982, we submitted our application for funding.
-On October 15, 1982, the City Manager signed the negotiated Memo of
Understanding and sent it to the regional HUD office for their
signatures.
-On December 1, 1982, we received an executed copy of the Memo of
Understanding signed by the Regional Director of HUD and by the
Assistant Secretary of HUD.
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June 15, 1981
3. Perret voiced concerns with the lease for the Davis Building, suggesting
that the following items were not covered: handicapped accessibility,
air conditioning, fire escapes, heating and ventilation and plumbing.
Lynch noted legal approval of the lease and questioned where the offices
would go for space. Erdahl called attention to the addendum on the
lease.
4. B. W. Sheridan appeared asking that something be done about the seven-inch
drop-off near Aero Rental & railroad crossing. Berlin will have the
street department check this out.
5. Neuhauser and Lynch commented on Atty. Hayek's memo regarding clients,
noting professional ethics would cover this area.
6. City Clerk Stolfus called attention to addition 'of a -beer permit for
Drug Fair N4/Peoples Drug and deletion of Item 2b5, a duplication of
minutes previously received, from the Consent Calendar.
7. Council agreed upon the appointment of Martha Jane Dodge to Committee
on Community Needs; of the reappointment of Cavitt and appointment of
Grimes to the Library Board with Lyman as the County representative;
and to the reappointment of Morris and Hamilton to the United Action
for Youth Board.
FAIR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 2200-2263
Wil lams was present to answer questions. Milkman advised that there was a
very good chance to get assistance under this program with the compliance
being sent to HUD.
V WATER RATES
Al a-1 greed with the recommendation in the City Manager's memo regarding water
rates. Berlin commented that if it did not work, it would have to be changed.
FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE PARKING SYSTEM/RAMPS 2263-2451
Berlin summarized information in Vitosfi memo of June 10th. He suggested
emphasis be placed on getting construction started in Block 64. Council
discussed monthly ramp permits. Berlin thought that when the lot behind
the Recreation Center was metered, more cars would park in Ramp B. He
noted that per space costs are generally higher in smaller ramps. Lynch
called attention to complaints regarding signs in Ramp B. Vevera
commented on how beautiful and clean the pedestrian mall was on Saturday
night. Neuhauser called attention to the resurfacing plans for the
Market St. parking lot, suggesting some trees also be installed there.
GENERAL FUND YEAR-END FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS 2451-2619
City Manager Berlin summarized the information in Vitosh memo of June 10th.
He stated that the consultant had been here and would draft a report on
the sale of the Old Library Building. Report in two weeks. The suggested
build up of RUT fund for asphalt program was noted. Balmer stated that the
Council had decided this year that if there were extra RUT funds, all streets
as originally proposed would be asphalted. Berlin answered the question of
where funding for purchase of S. Market Square would come from, stating that
eventually it would be from the Parking Systems Fund. • He also stated that
the year-end carryover was not too high considering the needs projected for
the first quarter of FY82.
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RESOLUTION NO. 81-157
RE"'OLL'TION AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION OF IOWA
CITY'S FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE (AS PART OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORD!IIANCE 77-
2830 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 79-2951) AS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO
TITLE VIII OF THE CiVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968.
WI:EREAS, it is the ,'urpose of the City of Iowa City to protect its citizens
against discriminatiun, and
WHEREAS, the Cit_d of Iowa City has adopted a Human Rights Urdinijr;ce which
includes the prohibition of certain discri,ninatory practices in housing and
provides for procedures for investigation and conciliation of co,nplaints, and
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City is interested in a continuing pursuit of fair
housing Dolicies for all its citizens, and
WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Ordinance of the City of Iowa City complies
substantially with the Criteria established by the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity of the Dt:par•tment of Housing
and Urban Development.
'IOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that the
City Manager of Iowa City be authorized to apply for certification of Iowa
City's Fair Housing Ordinance as substantially equivalent to Title VIII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1968.
it was mored by :ler,hau_er and seconded by ?erret Cha Resolution
oe auoptcc, roll call there were:
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Lynch
Neuhauser
Perrec
Roberts
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MEMORANDUM
Date: June 4, 1982
To: City Council
From: Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager
Re: Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP)
Last year the City sent an application to the HUD Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity Office, requesting certification of the City's Fair Housing
Ordinance as substantially equivalent to the fair housing laws provided by
Title
uivanc
of our laws has tnow been ecogni ed by HUD68andTaenotibce to that stantial eeffect was
published in the Federal Register, Vol. 47, No. 92 on May 12, 1982.
As a result of this recognition, Iowa City is now eligible to apply for
funds under the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). For two years the
City is eligible for non-competitive funding for Capacity Building (up to
$20,000 per year), Training (up to $4,000 per year), and Complaint
Monitoring and Reporting Systems (up to $3,000 per year).
We will shortly
$14,000 for Capacity submitting
and an $1 700 ifor on LTraining.lThe approximately
Building budget includes 20% of the salary of the Civil Rights Specialist
and the salary for a half-time Fair Housing Specialist. This will 'enable
the City to process fair housing complaints expeditiously (as required by
HUD), and to carry out an outreach program to landlords and tenants.
Training workshops are required by HUD, and will involve the Human Rights
Commissioners as well as City Civil Rights and legal staff.
Under FHAP, competitive funds for education and outreach, technical
assistance to real estate groups and institutions, and any projects which
improve the City's capability to ensure fair housing are also available.
We will investigate possible projects suitable for funding under the
competitive FHAP program at a later date.
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AGENDA -COUNCIL BUSINESS
1. McDonald explained the request to amend the Code to allow the City
Manager to issue a permit to allow a water-ski show on the Iowa River.
John Ockenfels, representing the Jaycees, stated that they have liability
insurance and the participants will sign a waiver releasing Iowa City
from any liability. They will also provide patrol boats on the river.
The State Conservation Commission will give their permit if the City
approves the request. Howard Sokol explained the Riverfront Commission's
vote against the request. Parks & Recreation Commission voted in favor
of the request. There were no objections to adding the amendment to
the agenda. The addition was posted on the bulletin board.
2. Lease for the Davis Building -Housing Assistance Program. This is addi-
tional space and funded from Federal funds. Helling explained the
change in time of payment of rent, which will result in more reasonable
rent. The rent averages an 8% increase over two years.
3. Contract Compliance Program -Balmer questioned hiring of half-time Fair
Housing Specialist, as written in Hel•ling's memo of 6/4. Helling
explained the.Fair Housing Assistance Program application. Balmer
suggested raising the amount of the contract as specified on Page 1,
\ Item 2 of the Policy Statement, to 525,000 and explained his concerns.
There were no Council objections to the change.
4. City Manager Berlin explained that for 4g(1) Asphalt Resurfacing, Engr.
estimate is $437,600. Difference in bid and estimate fcr N. Branch Detention
Project was explained. Unused monies will be reallocated (COBG funding)
by the Committee on Cbmmunity Needs along with next year's funding.
k' 5. Regarding scheduling of a goal -setting session with Staff, Berlin asked
if any Councilmembers had any other plans other than what had already
been communicated to him, regarding attendance at August, September
or early October meetings, to let him know.
6. Noise Ordinance. Balmer concurred with Erdahl's concern re Sec. 24.1-6.
Regulation of Sound Equipment and Sound Amplifying Equipment, and asked
that it be amended with the new wording. Neuhauser asked if Council -
members agreed with the City Manager's memo regarding the grace period
and substitute language for 24.1-6. There were no objections. The
letter from Casey Mahon, Assoc. Vice -President of the University of Iowa
was distributed. The City Manager thought that the objections were
reasonable. Neuhauser suggested that at the Tues. meeting, Council
make the amendments and give the ordinance all three readings. There
were no objections. All agreed with the comments of the City Manager
regarding the grace period. (See Item 8.)
7. Neuhauser called attention to the article in 'the Press -Citizen regarding
the sewage treatment plant needs. Berlin stated that the staffperson's
comments were taken out of context, and a letter of explanation is being
written. The size of the plant is documented in the study.
8. Regarding the Home Town Dairy/Noise Ordinance issue, Balmer noted that
the Chamber of Commerce was working on the issue. Councilmembers
discussed resolution of the issues, possibly during the grace period,
before any exemption to the ordinance is considered.
9. City Clerk Stolfus pointed out and explained a new procedure, Item 4c(10)
regarding cancellation of Sunday Sales Beer/Liquor license.
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM -
Date: April 22, 1983
To: City Council
From: Phyllis Williams 'IIL,
Re: Civil Rights Assistant
Our current contract with HUD under their Fair Housing Assistance Program
will end on December 3, 1983. Funding for calendar year 1984 is highly
probable. We plan on utilizing a good portion of the money received
during the remainder of 1983 and 1984 to pay the salary for a position
referred to previously as a Fair Housing Specialist.
The responsibilities of this Assistant will be three -fold and
specifically would cover community outreach activities, an analysis of
housing discrimination and directly assisting the Civil Rights
Specialist.
Community Outreach: Responsibilities within this area would include
educating tenants as well as employees, landlords, realtors as well as
employers, through the use of printed material and possibly a workshop or
two.
Analysis of Housing Discrimination: Do we (Iowa City) have serious
housing discrimination problems? If that is not the case, (as suspected)
why is that and how can other municipalities learn from us? The Assistant
would answer these types of questions by working with the appropriate
persons employed with the Planning and Program Development Department and
by "testing" the market.
Directly Assisting Civil Rights Specialist: We anticipate the Assistant
becoming involved with investigations, particularly housing complaints,
for the following reasons: 1) the Memo of Understanding which we have
with HUD stipulates housing complaints are to be completely resolved in 90
days - a quicker resolution than usually occurs with our average
complaints; 2) our new HUD relationship also provides for a
referral/deferral procedure so it is possible Iowa City housing
complaints originally filed with HUD could be referred to us for
processing; and (3) the Capacity building responsibilities associated
with the contract (as described on the attached sheet) could result in an
increase in housing complaints.
As you can see, we anticipate the Assistant will pursue quite a few
activities and we see these accomplishments as being beneficial and having
a lasting positive effect on the community as a whole.
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APPENDIX A
STATEMENT OF WORK
A. GENERAL REQUIREMENT
The Recipient agrees to process those housing discrimination complaints
arising within its jurisdiction, except as otherwise stated in this
Statement of Work. The Recipient agrees to cooperate with MUD in the
handling of housing discrimination canplaints under Title VIII of the
Civil Rights Act of.1968, as amended, and the fair housing law enforced by
the Recipient in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding entered
into between HUD and the Recipient, and any amendments or revisions
thereto executed during the course of this agreement by the signatories.
B. CAPACITY BUILDING
The Recipient agrees to utilize Capacity Building funds to develop a
complaint processing capability sufficient to enable the Recipient to
process all housing discrimination complaints arising under its
jurisdiction to future years. (See Article III. A. 1.)
C. TRAINING
Subject to HUD sponsorship of planning and training sessions in sufficient
geographical proximity to permit the Recipient to meet the following
obligations, the Recipient agrees to perform the following:
1. The Recipient agrees to participate in the design and development of
a Fair Housing Assistance Program training module and will furnish
the personnel and materials necessary to ensure inclusion of legal,
regulatory and procedural matters relevant to the Recipient in said
training module. (See Article III. A. 2. (a))
2. The Recipient agrees to enrol -1 a minimum of 6 employees in training
sponsored by the Department. (See Article ITT. A. 2. (b))
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MEMORANDUM =
DATE: April 15, 1983
TO: Wastewater Facility Committee Members
FROM: Chuck Schmadeke, Director of Public Works
RE: Wastewater Facility Committee Meeting
A meeting of the Wastewater Facility Committee has been scheduled for
April 20, 1983, at 3:00 p.m. in meeting room A of the Recreation Center.
The agenda consists of continuing the discussion of the various alternatives.
Enclosed are additional comments regarding each alternative.
City of Iowa Gita°
MEMORANDUM
Date: April 13, 1983
To: Wastewater Facility Committee Members rr�
From: Chuck Schmad2Ka, Director of Public Worksrl/
Don Schmeiser; Director of Planning & Program Development
Re: Synopsis of gwet, Plant Alternatives
Attached is a report which attempts to pull together for the committee the
issues which have been discussed to date regarding the different sewage
treatment alternatives, and present those issues as they relate to each
alternative in a comparable form.
The report begins with a set of assumptions upon which the service areas and any
growth potential for each of the alternatives are based. If these assumptions
are changed, the service areas may change accordingly.
The chart, which follows the assumptions, summarizes the narrative segments
which are included for each alternative. The narrative sections explain in more
detail the environmental considerations of column five on the chart and the
growth potential and future concerns outlined in columns four and six.
As stated in the assumptions, the alternatives discussed are the individual
options previously presented to the committee and are not combinations. of
options. None of the alternatives provides for full urban development of the
city as shown on the long-range comprehensive plan land use map (p. 32ii), nor
do any of the alternatives individually provide forcom lete development of the
areas shown on the short-range land use map (p. 32i). A combination of
alternatives which includes an increase in the treatment capacity of the
existing plant would be necessary to provide for the development options shown
on the short range map.
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A. The goal of the committee is to select a means of collecting and treating the
City's sewage in a manner which 1) meets the needs of the current population
of the city by providing adequate treatment of sewage and a resolution of the
collection problem on the east side; 2) allows for growth within the city for
at least 20 years; 3) avoids negative environmental impacts; and 4) does not
violate the City's adopted policy of encouraging development to take place in
a compact and contiguous manner.
B. Adequate treatment is having the hydraulic capacity to handle maximum wet
weather flows; peak hour flows are bypassed based on the premise that
dilution is sufficient at this level not to warrant expenditures for
additional treatment/ flow-through capabilities. The bypassing of peak hour
flows does not meet DEQ standards.
C. Maximum wet weather flows from existing development are 24 mgd.
D. Alternatives used are those outlined by Kimm and are not combinations of
alternatives.
E. Each alternative, as appropriate, assumes repair of the existing plant.
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F. Construction of any portion of the southeast interceptor will reroute 25
percent of the flows to the existing plant or 6 mgd of the maximum wet weather
flows. This flowage can be drawn only from the east side service area.
G. The wet weather hydraulic capacity for each of the S. Gilbert Street and
Southeast plants is 12.6 mgd.
H. No trunk lines are proposed for construction other thah`those designated in
each alternative, or in the CIP 84-88 (North Corridor - 24 inch trunk; Taft
Speedway - 30 inch trunk); the Highlander system is not included.
I. Growth is assumed to take place at 15 people per acre with an average flow
from this unit of population of .007125 mgd.
J. No annexation will take place other than that proposed in the Comprehensive
Plan Update.
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ALTERIIATIVE COST
Existing plant $550 000
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MAINTENANCE
COSTS
$950 060
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EAST SIDE
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PROBLEM
GROWTH
POTENTIAL
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EIIVIRONMENIAL (6)
CONSIDERATIONS FUTURE GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS
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Odor; by-passing
Growth is limited and future expansion of
would continue to
the facility is questionable.
occur for less
than peak hour
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1. SE Pumping
Station
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Yes (tone
-flows.
Maybe storage lagoon
Future expansion to facility which would
odors; by-passing at
accommodate growth could use trunk line
existing plant would
included in capital cost.
continue to occur for
less than peak hour
flows.
d IIA. SE
Treatment
Treatment Plant
$19.514 $1.4H
Yes 926 acres -all in
Release of effluent
Future expansion would shift growth to east
(Scott Blvd. )
the east service
area (300
to low -flow creek;
beyond corporate limits contrary to Comp. Plan;
acres
outside the cor-
odor at two sites;
high water table cast
development of the S. Gilbert/Sycamore area
would require construction of a major trunk
porate limits)
of Scott Blvd,
line from Gilbert St. to the plant, or a lift
110. 6 IIC. SEsystem
$21H $1.4m
Yes
to an expanded existing plant.
ren[ Plant
926 acres -all In
Release of elf luent
Future expansion would shift growth to south
(Snyder
(Snyder Creek)
the east service
area (368 acres
to low -flow creek;
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east beyond corporate limits contrary to Comp.
outside the cor-
odor at two sites;
high water table east
Plan;development of S. Gilbert/Sycamore area
would require construction noted above.
porate limits)
of Scott Blvd,
111. S.Gilbert
Pumping'
$15.6M 31. IM
Yes None
Maybe storage lagoon
Same as 1.
odors; bypassing at
existing plant would
continue to occur for
less than peak hour
VI. Upgrade d
Expand Existing
$IBM $I.ISM
No 042 acres-devel-
flows.
Odor
Future development could not lake place on the
Nantponinsula,nest
upmnont In west,
east side, or the S. Gilbert/Sycamore area
without extensive additional capital Improve -
none in east or
men ts.
south.
VII. S. Gilbert
$23M $1. 28M
Yes 926 acres -all in
Odor at two sites;
Future development of S. Gilbert/Sycamore
Plant
east east service area
(300 acres
depth of lower reach
area could take place with construction o!
out-
side of corporate
of interceptor would
make maintenance of
a trunk line to the plant or the interceptor
Future expansion of the plant could shift
limits or in
the line difficult.
growth to south somewhat and to east as In
south area will,
CIP).
11/IIA and shift treatment from existing
to new plant with additional expenditures
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construction of the filbert Street outfall-
VI11. S. Gilbert
Plant as proposed
$5UM $1.715M
Yes 2768 acres - full
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In facility plan
urban dev, of
(1979)
short range Cougm.
Plan.
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� plant has the capacity to treat 8 mod of sewage. The
The existing treatment p � al or dry weather conditions for the City's
! average flow month during norm
7 and g mgd The exYsting plant, therefore, can
current population is between a � � those times in which the |«w
t the average dry weather flows. However, a jth flow-through at reduced �
trea p * th plant handles up to 16 mgd w - t maximum wet
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` tr�atment` and bypasses any Therefore, approximately 8 m
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weather flows are 24 mgd.
weather flows are bypassed during' wet weather conditions. Bypassing is not an
by Department of Environmental Quality.
accepted practice
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During wet weather conditions, e
plant*hich is proposed will
of existing development. The repair of the existing . Bypassing
e only existing populatiuh
also pass through only 16 mgd and ser«This option allows for no
hour flows will continue to occur,
of less than peak
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growth and no solution to the east `
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I. SOUTHEAST PUMPING STATION - $9.5M NO GROWTH
COLLECTION SOLUTION
It is assumed that the pumping station would function so that there would be
storage capabilities fdr a 24 hour period. This would allow some relief
during wet weather for the existing plant. However, since repair of the
existing plant will not increase its treatment capacity, the bypassing of at
least 2 mgd of the maximum wet weather flow of 24 mgd will continue. This
will ,occur even though 6 mgd (25%) could be drawn off with construction of
the Southeast interceptor (see chart below). The "relief'. time at the
existing plant would be temporary and therefore should not be treated as
excess capacity in the system to provide for growth. Since the overall
capacity of the system would not exceed 16 mgd, any additional development
would result in increased bypassing of less than peak hour flows.
24 mgd flows into exising plant
-6 mgd drawn off by SE interceptor
18 mgd
-16 mgd treatment/flow-through at existing plant
2 mgd bypassing at existing plant
+6 mgd pumped back, eventually, to existing plant from station
8 mgd bypassed at existing plant
-0- net gain in capacity
Service area is the same as that for the existing plant with repairs.
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II. & IIA. SOUTHEAST TREATMENT PLANT (SCOTT BLVD.) - $19.5M GRROLLECTION SOLUTION
The Southeast treatment plants are designed to treat, flow-through, or
store maximum wet weather flows of 12.6 mgd. These plants can serve only
those areas in the east service area (see Map 1). We can assume that the
southeast plant will draw off 6 mgd from the existing plant; that is the
maximum wet weather flowage which can be expected from current development
on the east side. This will leave additional capacity of 6.6 mgd at the
southeast plant for growth in the east service area. This capacity
translates to roughly 926 acres of sewerable land (15 people per acre with
475 gallons/capita/day or .007125 mgd/acre). full development of the BDI
tract and the residential development from BDI north to Rochester Avenue
could be accommodated with 4.4 mgd of the plant's excess 6.6 mgd capcity.
The remaining 2.2 mgd would be available for further development of 308
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acres of residential development to the east of the corporate limits.
At the existing plant, with the 6 mgd drawn off by the Southeast plant, the
usual maximum wet weather bypass of 8 mgd would be reduced to 2 mgd. No I j
i growth on the west side, on the peninsula, in the north area, or in the
northeast could take place unless bypassing of 8 mgd were tolerated'. If
that level of bypassing were tolerated, 842 acres in any of these areas
could develop.
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No development in the S. Gilbert/Sycamore Street area is possible without �
additional capital improvements.
Service area map attached without 8 mgd bypass).
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COLLECTION SOLUTION
The capacity and development potential for this plant is the same as for
the Scott Boulevard plant. The limitations regarding the existing plant
also apply. The variation with this plant rests in the location of
potential growth areas. The shift in growth with this plant is to the
south and east whereas the Scott Boulevard plant would potentially shift
growth to the east. Any urban development outside the current corporate
limits, with the exception of the 218/Hwy 1 interchange is contrary to the
policy of compact and contiguous growth set forth in the 1983 Comprehensive
Plan Update.
Service area - see map for Scott Boulevard plant.
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VI. UPGRADE AND EXPAND EXISTING PLANT - $18M GROWTH
NO COLLECTION SOLUTION
The expansion proposed would give the plant a pass through capacity of 30
mgd. This would allow adequate treatment at the current flows of 24 mgd
and provide additional capacity of 6 mgd, or 842 acres. Bypassing of peak
hour flows would still occur. The location of the sewerable acres would be
in all areas except the east, the northeast and the south where no growth
would be possible without additional capital expenditures.
The map attached illustrates development in the west side watershed (given
the existing trunk lines), development of the peninsula on the Taft
Speedway trunk included in the CIP, and development of the north side.
This alternative provides sufficient capacity for growth west of Freeway
218. This development would be contrary to the Comprehensive Plan Update.
One continuing constraint to such development is a bottleneck in a 10" line
near Mormon Trek Boulevard; additional capital expenditures would be
required to relieve this bottleneck and open up the west side.
Existing plant - upgraded and expanded - 30 mgd.
Pass through capacity gained 6 mgd.
Service area map attached.
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VII. SOUTH GILBERT STREET FLOW THROUGH PLANT - $23M GROWTH
COLLECTION SOLUTION
The capacity and development potential for this plant is the same as for
the southeast plants. Development could occur in the east service area,
however, growth in other parts of the City would be constrained by the
degree to which bypassing continued to be tolerated. Growth would also
still be limited in the South Gilbert/Sycamore Street 'area, without
additional expenditures. However, the size, depth, and extent of the
additional trunks necessary to service this southern area of the City would
be of a lesser magnitude under this option than that required under the
other options.
Service area is the same as that shown for the southeast plants.
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OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
1985 sewer system operating and maintenance costs for the six alternatives under
consideration for upgrading the City's waste water treatment facility are as
follows:
Alternative #1 S.E. pumping station $ 100,000
Existing plant 1,000,000
Alternative #2 S.E. treatment plant 450,000
Existing plant 950,000
Alternative #3 New plant site pumping station 100,000
Existing plant 1,000,000
Alternative #6 Expand and upgrade existing plant 1,150,000
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(South Gilbert St. plant site) 1,000,000
Alternative #8 New plant as per facility plan 1,715,000 j
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
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Some of the environmental issues that should be considered when examining the
three locations for treating waste water are as follows:
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Alternative #2 - Southeast Treatment Plant. The southeast treatment plant is
located along Snyder Creek. Releasing effluent into Snyder Creek may create an
unacceptable odor problem because of low stream flows which may not provide
sufficient aeration or dilution. Treatment plant odors will no doubt be
unacceptable to residents living in the Scott Boulevard area; whereas,, odors that
presently exist in the Iowa River are not that much different from waste water
treatment plant odors. Also, treatment plant odors will exist at two separate
locations if two plants are maintained.
The additional service area east of Scott Boulevard that can potentially be
sewered has a ground water level near the surface. Sanitary sewer problems such
as infiltration and sump pump discharge will arise as development occurs.
Alternative #6 - Expand and Upgrade Existing Plant. The 1979 Facility Plan report
estimates a peak hour wet weather flow rate of 69 M.G.D. at the present time.
Assuming that 25% of existing flows (the total flow transported by the Rundell
Street trunk sewer) are treated and/or stored at a new location, a flow rate of 52
M.G.D. would still arrive at the existing plant during the peak hour. The
proposed expansion of the existing plant will handle a peak flow rate of 30 M.G.D.
Therefore, by-passing would still occur even with plant expansion and upgrading.
Alternative #7 - Flow-through Plant (South Gilbert Street Plant Site). The South
Gilbert Street plant site is located near the Iowa River between the Ralston Creek
watershed and the Snyder Creek watershed. In order to serve those portions of the
Snyder Creek watershed lying within the City limits, it is necessary to cut
through the ridge line along the westerly boundary of the Snyder Creek watershed
and install the southeast interceptor sewer. The depth of the southeast
interceptor sewer will be approximately 45 feet until it reaches Snyder Creek.
Sewers at this depth create major problems if maintenance is required.
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Decision "laking Criteria (in priority order)
1. Solves "Horse Shoe" problem. 19rtf.).K.e (rY %o.•� ZeK�e� � -
2. Affordable User Charge �'u-•^tl�fec /'le -der
3. Compatible with long term sewage treatment needs / plan to satisfy
4. Supportive of the comprehensive plan, e.g, orderly and contiguous
development.
5, Improves POTW effluent quality
6. Eliminates raw sewage by-passing.
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Key question is around criteria 3. above -- what is the beat long term plan?
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I believe the Comprehensive Plan and land use principles are about
right -- they will stand the test of time, requiring only fine tuning,
e.g, for the impact of Freeway 218 final alignment.
Options/Comments
I believe there are four basic options to consider:
A. DO NOTHING. ($550M FOTW rehabilitation,) This option is not
acceptable.
1. It does not solve the Horse Shoe problem.
2. Because of the Horse Shoe problem, it limits growth in the
S,E., East and N.E. areas,
3. EPA/DEQ will not accept.
B. FIX THE HORSE SHOE PROBLEM.
The most likely plan here is the $9,500,000 S.E. pumping station
(Alternative 1), This is a viable short term option, but poor
choice because it only defers larger spending.
1. Approx. $4,000,000 of the $9,500,000 is throwaway,
2. It is net compatible with a long range plan.
3. EPA/DEQ will not accept,
C. DEVELOP A S.E. POTW SITE,
As a long term : +lution, this option has three phases:
Phase I: Alt. II, S.E. Treatment Plant $21,000,000
Phase II: Expand/upgrade Existing Plant 18,000,000
Other: Balance of S.E. Interceptor, 4,300,000
U. Heights, Outfall relief,
and Sewer Rehabilitation
$43,300,000
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This plan does have merit because long term it saves
$8,000,000+
in capital. Major negatives are:
1. Never solves by-passing problem.
2. Long term have 2 plants to operate.
3. Service area is small relative to its cost.
4. Maximum utilization of its capacity involves
significant
change to the Comprehehsive Plan.
5. Discharges into a low flow creek.
D. DEVELOP THE SAND ROAD SITE.
As a long term solution, this option has five phases.
Phase I. Alt. III. New site pumping station.
$15,600,000
Phase II. Balance of a flow through plant,
8,600,000
Alt. VII.
Phase III. Outfall sewer.
8,000,000
Phase IV. Balance of the new plant.
15,280,000
Other Balance of S.E. interceptor,
4,300,000
U. Heights, outfall relief
and sewer rehabilitation.
$51,780,000
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C vs. D
Lower Phase I cost.
- Potential for lower
user cost long
term depending on timing of phases.
- Lower operating costs.
- Phase I about equal to Phase I & II (1$31,11,1)
in cost & result
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in cost & result (Could upgrade existing instead
of III & IV.)
- Solves by-passing.
- Gives more options/choices as demands
may change wick time. Flexible.
- Supportive of Comprehensive Plan.
- Engineering throwaway is minimized.
- Spending own money Phase I may be seen
as good faith effort and expedite
grant funds for phases II -V.
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City of Iowa Cit,
MEMORANDUM
Date: April 20, 1983
To: City Council and City Managers
From: Frank Farmer, City Engineer
Re: FY84 Asphalt Resurfacing Project
Council allocated $300,000 in the FY84 capital outlay for asphalt
resurfacing. The program will be for Hotmix Overlay and curb and gutter
repair. The overlay consists of applying two to three inches of asphaltic
concrete to existing streets to improve rideability and correct
structural defects. The cost of the curb and gutter repair necessary on
the street has been included in the prices given below to be performed by
the contractor awarded the overlaying project because the Streets
Department does not have time to perform these tasks this summer. At the
same time, it is best not to overlay a street until absolutely necessary
because of additional maintenance problems due to a reduction in curb
height. The streets as recommended by Engineering are as follows:
1.
Pine Street - Lower Muscatine Road to dead end
$12,087
2.
Johnson Street - Bowery south to the dead end
12,748
3.
Van Buren Street - Bloomington to Brown
47,071
4.
First Avenue - Court Street to F Street
62,342
5.
Brookside Drive - Meadow to Eastwood
8,720
6.
South Gilbert Street - from the end of the new
26,963
paving to the city limits
7.
Diana Street - 1035 Diana to Keokuk Court
10,687
8.
Diana Court - both east and west of Diana Street
8,680
9.
Fairchild Street - Center Street to Reno Street
7,827
10.
Western Road - from Hollywood Blvd. to 2001 Western Road 9,771
11.
Richard Street - Ferson to the end
11,626
12.
Hotz Street - Clapp Street to Parson Street
19,005
13.
Moss Street - from Ellis Street
6,184
14.
Grand Avenue Court - Grand Avenue to Melrose Avenue
8,327
15.
Market Street lot alley - between Linn. St. and
20,906
Gilbert Street
TOTAL
$272,945
The
$27,000 remaining is intended to be used by the Streets
Division for
curb
and concrete repair on various streets in the City.
Engineering
plans to bid this project so that work may begin
in July. If
bids
come in lower than expected, additional streets could be
added to the
program
at that time, providing funding is available.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 21, 1983
To: City Council and Neal Berlin
From: Dan Holderness, Civil Engineer��
Re: St. Anne's Drive and Tanglewood/Ventura Paving Assessment
Programs
Attached to this memo are three different charts detailing the following
information:
Chart 1: Four options with varying percentage splits and the property
owner's and City's corresponding total construction cost for each option
for St. Ann's Drive as originally proposed.
Chart 2: Four options with varying percentage splits of the construction
costs and the property owner's and City's corresponding total costs for
each option for St. Ann's Drive based on assessment to properties with
direct access only.
Chart 3: Four options with varying percentage splits and the property
owner's and City's corresponding total construction costs for each option
for the Tanglewood/Ventura paving program in 1984. Also included are the
assessments as proposed in 1979.
Ken Haynie, the City's legal counsel for assessment proceedings, has
advised the staff that the basic assumption of assessments is to equally
assess properties with equal benefit from the project if the properties
meet the necessary criteria. However, this assumption can be circumvented
if the parties subject to a higher assessment or percentage of the total
assessment waive their right to equality by agreement.
Mr. Haynie has advised the staff the assessment boundaries may be changed
between the preliminary and final stages of the assessment procedure
without starting the process over. However, the property owners cannot be
assessed more than their preliminary assessment. This implies if the City
decides to assess only the properties with direct access to St. Anne's
Drive, the City would have to pick up approximately $15,650 in costs if
the project is 100% assessed. If the bids came in lower, however, the
City could cut down the amount it would have to pay before the property
owner's assessments would be lowered from the preliminary figures. If the
City would want to .change the assessment boundaries in a way that would
raise some assessments above the preliminary figure and did not want to
risk having to pay any difference, the assessment procedure would have to
be restarted from the beginning.
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AS PROPOSED
NAME OF PROPERTY OWNER ASSESSMENT AS ASSESSMENT IF
PROPOSED (100%) CITY PAYS 25%
(Same as if
�• Assess construction
1. Dean, Cont to PH Grantham
2. Dean, cont to GW Grantham
3. Estate Frank P. Gahan
4. Campbell
5. Glasgow
6. Guyer & Merideth
7. Whetstone
8. B. Yeggy
9. Nelson
10. W. Yeggy
ll. Bross
12. Barnes
13. Sales
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15. Valanis
TOTAL TO BE ASSESSED
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TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST
4,746.57
3,857.77
1,597.01
422.65
42,244.42
119.45
6,653.40
13,117.69
4,449.99
1,178.76
6,621.90
495.77
752.14
3,678.12
6,429.62
10n,365.26
3 ,437.48
$103,802.74
3,559.93
2,893.33
1,197.76
316.99
341683.32
89.59
4,990.05
9,838.27
3,337.49
884.07
4,966.43
371.83
564.11
2,758.59
4,822.22
75,273.98
28,528.76
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CITY -500M OWNER -50% CITY 75% OWNER 25R
2,373.29•
1,928.89
798.51
211.33
23,122.21
59.73
3,326.70
6,558.85
2,225.00
589.38
3,310.95
247.89
376.01
1,839.06
3,214.81
50,182.67
53,620.07
1,186.65
964.45
399.25
105.66
11,561.11
29.87
1,663.35
3,279.42
1,112.50
294.69
1,655.48
123.94
188.04
919.53
1,607.41
25,091.35
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1. P. Grantham
2. G. Grantham
3. C Whetstone
4. 8 Glasgow (7 lots)
5. 8 Yeggy (3 lots)
6. Bross
7. Valanis
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TOTAL TO BE PAID BY CITY
TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJ4CT COST
ST. ANNE'S DRIVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT
BASED ON DIRECT ACCESS
ASSESSMENT AS
PROPOSED (100%
6,644.69
5,400.46
7,602.12
44,772.23
18,363.34
8,581.62
9,000.77
100,365.24
3,437.50
103,802.74
CHART 2
ASSESSMENT IF
CITY PAYS 25%
4,983.52
4,050.35
5,701.59
33,579.17
13,772.51
6,436.22
6,750.58
75,273.95
28,528.79
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CITY PAYS 50%
3,322.35
2,700.23
3,801.06
22,386.12
9,181.67
4,290.81,
4,500.39
50,182.62
53,620.12
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CITY PAYS 75%
1,661.17
1,350.12
1,900.53
11,193.06
4,590.84
2,145.41
2,250.19
25,091.31
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TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT $139,982.00
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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
PROJECT
NAME
OF PROPERTY OWNER
ASSESSMENT 100%
ASSESSMENT 1000.
AS PROPOSED 1984
ASSESSMENT IF
CITY PAYS 25%
ASSESSMENT IF
CITY PAYS 50%
ASSESSMENT i
CITY PAYS 75
AS PROPOSED 1979
1.
Jensen
9,049.62
14,939.46
11;204.52
7,469.68
3,734.84
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2.
Carlson
9,049.62
14,939.36
11,204.52
7,469.68
3,734.84
3.
McCoy
3,861.17
6,374.13
4,780.60
3,187.07
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1,593.53
4.
Jesus Christ Church
4,524.81
7,469.68
5,602.26
3,734.84
1,867.42
5.
Berg
14,781.04
24,400.94
18,300.71
12,200.48
6,100.23
6.
Pieper
19,728.17
32,567.81
24,425.86
16,283.91
8,1411:-95
7.
Casey
6,636.38
10,955.52
8,216.64
5,477.76
2,738.88
B.
Pitzen
7,058.70
11,652.70
8,739.54
5,826.35
2,913.18
9.
.Shepherd
6,787.35
11,204.74
8,403.55
5,602.38
2,801.19.
10.
Kleinhesselink
3,318.19
5,477.76
4,108.32
2,738.88
1,369.44
TOTAL TO BE ASSESSED
84,795.05
139,982.00
104,986.50
69,991.00
34,995.50
TOTAL TO BE PAID BY CITY - - -
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT $139,982.00
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City of Iowa City
MEMORANDUM
Date: April 21, 1983
To: City Manager and City Council
From: Don Schmeiser, Director of Planning & Program Development
Re: Disposition of Properties - Lower Ralston Creek Area
The following information is provided in response to the questions raised
by Councilor David Perret in his memorandum to you dated April 18, 1983.
Discrepancies
1. a. The map which appeared on page 12 of the Lower Ralston Creek
Property Disposition Prospectus was intended to be a location
map only to show the locations of the redevelopment parcels with
respect to each other and other landmarks in the Lower Ralston
Creek Neighborhood Redevelopment Area. It was referred to
accordingly within the text of the Prospectus. Likewise, the
map on page 5 of the current Elm Grove Park Prospectus is
intended to be a location map to show the Lower Ralson Creek
disposition parcels in relationship to Elm Grove Park. f
On the other hand, the sketches of each parcel on pages 13-17 of
the Lower Ralston Creek Prospectus showed exact parcel
dimensions and locations of adjacent streets, alleys, and the
creek, as they appeared on lot surveys prepared for this project
by a registered land surveyor. The east property lines of those
parcels adjacent to Ralston Creek coincide with the top of the
creekbank, as stated in the legal description for Parcel A-2 for
example. Thus, the City would retain ownership of all land
within the creekbanks and a 20 foot wide access/maintenance
easement parallel to the creek (e.g. over Parcel A-2).
b. Paragraph 2(a)(1) of Part I (page I-2) of the Contract for Sale
of Parcel A-2 refers to "rights-of-way and access, or as
described or referred to in Schedule A." The legal description
in Schedule A, page I-8, should have included descriptions of a
15 foot wide sanitary sewer easement (crossing the northwest
corner of the property) and the 20 foot wide maintenance
easement along the creekbank which the City would reserve for
itself. The descriptions of those easements were previously
made available to the proposed purchasers of Parcel A-2, who
have concurred, in writing, with the restrictions placed by the
easements. The maintenance easement is not described as an
easement "for public enjoyment of a buffer along the creek."
C. The retention of a green belt along the west bank of Ralston
Creek was not addressed in the Prospectus. However, the
preservation of a buffer for creek maintenance is assured by the
inclusion of a 20 foot wide easement on the property to be sold
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adjacent to Ralston Creek. Upon completion of the creek
widening project and reassembly of the remaining land, it was
realized that the total exclusion of any encroachment from
potential developers would rule out the sale of this property.
In no case would a developer be allowed to construct a structure
within the 20 foot easement. They would, however, be allowed to
place parking in the easement area.
2. a. In order to allow for the revisions of the official floodplain
maps, staff would propose that Schedule D of both land sales
contracts be revised to permit the improvements to commence one
year after the date of the contract and completion two years
after the date of the contract. The Prospectus provides for a
two year development timetable.
b. The decision to market these parcels was prompted in part by
serious inquiries from prospective purchasers and in part by
the requirements of state law (Chapter 403, Code of Iowa) which
states, "Real property acquired by a municipality which, ...is
to be transferred, shall be transferred as rapidly as feasible
in the public interest."
3. The procedures specified in Part II, Sections 301 and 302 of the
contracts were designed to require a minimum level of design review
and, therefore, cost to the redevelopers. Since none of the
disposition parcels were very large, it was not anticipated that
large or complex developments, requiring extensive review, would be
proposed.
4. A timetable for the submission of progress reports, as required in
Section 304 (page II -2) of the contracts, would be established as a
separate administrative action once each contract was executed.
Staff recommends keeping Section 304 regardless of the length of time
for development.
5. The contracts will be recorded documents in the land records of
Johnson County. As such, any unapproved transfer would create a
"cloud" over the title to the property. Much of the concern over
possible prohibited transfers is greatly diminished by the fact that
the parties involved are individuals, rather than corporate or other
entities.
6. The term "easements and restrictions of record" is commonly used in
real estate contracts.While no known easement is specified for
Parcel A-1, one could be uncovered as a result of a title
examination.
Other Policv Considerations
The Comprehensive Plan adopted in 1978 and the Comprehensive Plan Update
adopted this year both designate the land use for the Benton Street and
Kirkwood Avenue areas in the vicinity of Gilbert Street as an area for
"Land consumptive" and "intensive" commercial uses. Of all the commercial
land use designations, the commercial and industrial uses existing in and
intended for this area have the highest impact upon the uses permitted in
higher zones, e.g., residential uses. It is not an area with an
environment conducive to residential development.
The proposed zone intended to implement this land use designation is the
CI -1, Intensive Commercial Zone. The CI -1 zone permits heavy or intensive
commercial and light industrial uses. Most of the uses permitted in this
zone are those uses which presently exist in the area.
Perhaps one of the most controversial discussions amongst staff members
was whether to recommend permitting second floor residential uses in the
CI -1 zone as a "special exception." One person would argue that because
the types of uses presently located and proposed in this area are
incompatible with residential uses, residential uses should not be
permitted in this zone under any circumstance. Contrariwise, one would
argue that persons can choose where ,they wish to live and if they choose
to live in such an environment (perhaps at less rent because of the
environment) then so be it.
While under certain conditions the location of a residential use in the
CI -1 zone may not present problems for prospective residents, which is the
reason residential uses as proposed are only permitted as a special
exception upon special 'consideration by the Board of Adjustment,
residential development per se should not be encouraged.
The staff cannot recommend the area be established for "mixed use,"
although such a land use designation would truly be indicative of the land
uses in this area. Precisely because of the incompatibility between such
intensive commercial uses located and permitted in this area under present
and proposed zoning and residential uses, the resultant mixture of uses
would not be conducive to residential development.
The establishment of residential uses in the subject area would constitute
a major change in policy from that of the "small cities" area, the
Comprehensive Plan of 1978, and the Comprehensive Plan Update of 1983.
Prior to the establishment of the small cities area, the appropriate land
use for this area had been perplexing. The reason is the existence of
such a hodge podge of uses, many of which are incompatible with each
other, perpetuated by the existing M1 industrial zone established for this
area which permits "any use."
Redevelopment of the Lower Ralston Creek area has, since 1977 and the
establishment of the small cities area, been planned for the establishment
of and redevelopment for land consumptive or intensive commercial uses.
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The properties which were purchased are those properties which the City
felt were necessary to purchase for the redevelopment of the area for
commercial use. An entirely different strategy would have been formulated
had the decision been made to redevelop the small cities area for
residential use.
One of the goals of the Comprehensive Plan is to provide for high density
residential development close to the downtown and University campus area.
Such a goal presupposes a lesser density of development in established
older neighborhoods further from the downtown and University campus area.
This was the justification for down -zoning the Near North Side area and
the College Hill area. The staff is presently studying the options and
incentives to encourage high density residential development south of
downtown. But just as it has been the intent to discourage high density
residential development within the older established neighborhoods
further out, residential development in the subject area cannot be
recommended.
For the reasons mentioned above, the staff does not recommend changing the
Comprehensive Plan to provide for mixed use nor to change development and
redevelopment policies for this area.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 21, 1983
To: City Council
From: J. Jim Hencin, CDBG Program Coordinator
Re: CCN Request Regarding Allocation of CDBG Jobs Bill Funds
At its meeting on April 6, 1983, CCN briefly discussed the intent and
possible use of the additional $258,000 of CDBG Jobs Bill monies that Iowa
City will receive shortly. The Committee decidedto ask the City Council
to reconsider its policy on not using CDBG funds for personnel/operating
costs for public service (human needs) activities, in relation to the CDBG
Jobs Bill monies only.
Comment:
The basic objectives of the CDBG Jobs Bill program, as stated by HUD, are:
1. To
provide
productive employment for jobless Americans;
2. To
hasten or initiate Federal projects and construction; and
3. To
provide
humanitarian assistance to the indigent.
Preliminary information from HUD indicates that CDBG-funded projects
which address the objectives of the Jobs Bill, are also governed by the
basic requirements and objectives of the CDBG program. Each activity
funded with Jobs Bill money must be an eligible use of CDBG funds and must
meet one of the three national objectives of the program. These
objectives are to:
1. Benefit low- and moderate -income persons.
2. Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight.
3. Meet other community development needs having a particular urgency.
Because many CDBG projects are heavily construction- and, for the most
part, male -oriented, the Jobs Bill relaxes the limitation on the amount of
CDBG funds which can be used for public service activities. The stated
rationale is that public service activities employ mainly women, and in
this way additional jobs for women can be created.
Public Service Activities Funding:
Under HUD regulations, public service (human service) activities are
eligible for CDBG funding. The current policy of the City Council is to
use CDBG funds for public service activities of a capital improvement
nature (e.g. the acquisition or rehabilitation of a property for use by an
agency), and to use General Revenue Sharing funds for operational
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activities of agencies. CCN is asking the Council to consider a change in
this policy for the CDBG Jobs Bill allocation only, in order to ensure
that jobs are also created for women. CCN would like to consider the
possibility of funding short-term public service operational activities
such as Youth Corps -type projects, summer day care, assistance to the
elderly, etc.
CCN members will be present at the informal Council meeting on April 25,
1983, for Council's planned discussion on project eligibility for Jobs
Bill funding.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 21, 1983
To: City Council {�
From: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance
Re: Redemption of E.B. and A.C. Whiting Industrial Development
Revenue Bonds
Mr. Charles Mullen, attorney for E.B. and A.C. Whiting Company, has
notified me that the Whiting Company will not be able to meet the
construction deadlines set by the loan agreement by the Industrial Revenue
Bond project for which $1,500,000 of bonds were issued in July, 1980. Due
to the economy and some internal corporate structure changes, the Company
will not be locating in Iowa City. The attached letter constitutes
notification from the Company that it will prepay the loan/bonds in full
on May 30, 1983. I have directed the Trustee, The Howard Bank of
Burlington, Vermont, to proceed with the bond redemption.
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DANIEL W. BGYLC
CHARLcs A. MULLCN
STCpHcN F. BRIGHT
BRUCE L. WALDCR
RICHARD M.TUCHCR
TNGMAs H.GCLMAN
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P. O. Box 2150
IOWA CITY, IOWA 5224+
April 18, 1983
City of Iowa City
Civic Center
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Attention: Director - Department of Finance
Re: $1,500,000.00 of Industrial Development
Revenue Bonds (E.B. & A.C. Whiting
Company Project) Series 1980
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Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified that pursuant to Section 10.1
of the Loan Agreement between E.B'. & A.C. Whiting Company
(the Company) and the City of Iowa City, Iowa, dated June
19, 1980, the Company hereby elects to exercise its option
to prepay the loan in full on May 30, 1983, and to cause
the bonds to be redeemed on May 31, 1983.
You are further hereby notified to direct the Howard
Bank as Trustee to call the bonds for optional redemption
pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Trust Indenture.
Yours very truly,
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Counsel for E.B. & A.C.
Whiting Company
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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 18, 1983
To: City Manager and City Council
From: Larry McGonagle, Transit Manager_.-�/
Re: Bus Shelters
The shelter presently at Court and Fourth Street will be relocated to
Amhurst and Hastings. The shelter we are in the process of purchasing
will be located at Court and Westminister.
Unless we hear differently, we will locate the two shelters as mentioned
above.
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MEMORANDUM
DATE:.April 18, 1983
TO: City Council
FROM: City Clerk
RE: Beer/Liquor License/Conditional Approval
FOR YOUR INFORMATION --Conditional approval was given at the
11/23/82 Council meeting to Sycamore Eating & Drinking Co.,
Mall Shopping Center, for Sunday Sales Beer/Liquor permit.
They have submitted after the 90 -day period, the required
information which allows them to retain their permit.
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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 21, 1983
To: City Council /
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From: GoTdene Haendel�airperson, ousiln9 Commission
The Housing Commission at its regular meeting on April 6, discussed the proposed
changes to the Human Rights Ordinance presently• before the Council. The
Commission, by a vote of 3-1-1 recommends the Council table the proposed
amendments until the two commissions can get together and resolve many of their
differences.
Rationale for this recommendation follows:
A. The Housing Commission met with the Human Rights Commission during its
regular meeting of January 5, 1983, and provided input for consideration
by the Human Rights Commission. It is apparent little, if any,
consideration was given to our suggestions.
B. This ordinance does and will continue to have an effect on housing, and,
specifically, the rental housing market. The Housing• Commission is
dedicated to increasing the availability of good housing in the community.
This is best done by encouraging private enterprises to produce that
housing, and anything counter-productive to this goal must be given very
serious consideration. The proposed changes will further restrict and/or
place additional burdens on landlords and encroach on the control one can
exercise over their private property 'and will tend to discourage
investments in rental property.
C. The Housing Commission feels obligated to make their views known to the
Council, but does not feel obligated to re -write the document. Some
specific problem areas follow:
1. The definition of acme appears to be the definition of an adult. Age
would be better defined as the physical/chronological age of any
person. Add the definition of an adult.
2. The definition of de endent is not adequate. It is suggested the
- definition used by IRS or Social Security be utilized.
3. The definition of complaint and complainant should be changed to read
report of alleged discrimination. Also complainant should read an
adult person.
4. Typo error. Definition of credit transaction, last phrase "when such
credit is extended" not "discredit".
5. Definition of disability is not adequate. Simply because one is
sterile or cannot bear children (a major life activity) does not
constitute a disability. Recommend the definition used by HUD or
Social Security be utilized.
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6. Definition of marital status is not adequate. Utilizing the definition of
married as satisfying the requirement of Iowa State Code is suggested.
7. Definition of person -- add the word "adult individuals".
8. Sec. 18-32 Housing; exceptions, paragraph (a)(1) through (4). The Housing
Commission has many reservations concerning the inclusion of sex, sexual
orientation, presence or absence or dependents and Public Assistance
Source of Income to these four paragraphs. When asked, the Civil Rights
Commission could not document or provide the number of cases involving
these items. Therefore, it is felt they are unnecessary.
9. Sec. 18-32, paragraph (b)(3). Suggest this entire paragraph be deleted as
unnecessary. There are several non-profit sponsors - some of them
religious group sponsors that should be covered by the regulation.
As can be noted from the above comments, considerable re -writing of the
ordinance is necessary before adoption. This is the basis of the Housing
Commission's recommendation that the Council not act on the ordinance until
these points are corrected.
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April 19, 1983
i Mr. Bill Blough, Manager
i Hawkeye CableVision
546 Southgate Ave. _
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l Dear Mr. Bill Slough:
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Because of the restructing ATC has undergone the last several months,
f your comments regarding your newly transferred authority and because
the cable contract of Iowa City is with Hawkeye CableVision, I feel
all the future communications and dealings regarding cable TV should
be much more efficient and simpler when directed to Hawkeye 11
CableVision. Therefore, henceforth all of my communications will go
directly to you at Hawkeye CableVision. As a representative and the
Chairperson of the
STC I am i
hoping
all
P 9 such communications
dealings with Hawkeye CableVision will be dealt twith and
expeditiously as possible so that all matters can be dealt with
I quickly and do not have to be dealt with by the BTC when not
necessary.
Since our March 10, 1983, BTC meeting I have met with Brown from
Legal, Helling and Shaffer regarding the BTC recommendations on
equipment standards and the use of the Security Fund. Legal
determined in this meeting that the BTC cannot recommend that fines
be imposed on this matter out of Section 14-75(d)(3)• However, the
BTC can recommend remedies to the City Manager concerning equipment
repairs and replacements from this fund-. So that, in essence, the
I BTC could recommend such funds be used by the City Manager to repair
and/or replace equipment items ween the 100% minimum equipment
standards are not met. Consequently, at the next BTC meeting I will
f ask for a new motion. to that effect, which will take place on April
I 26, 1983, at 4:00 p.m.
Thank you for your assistance and cooperation on this matter. If you
i have any questions please feel free to contact me or Drew Shaffer.
Sincere
.V .
W. 0. "Bill" Terry /
BTC Chairperson
cc: City Council
Neal Berlin
BTC
Legal
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April 15, 1983
Conducted by Phone by
Johnson County Council of
Governments Staff: Jean Swift
Cheryl Mintle
Data Limitations: The larger agencies involved researched their records
to give us client numbers and client characteristics.
Some did not have such data and therefore had to make
an estimate. Many questions were phrased in terms of
percentage breakdowns; these were then applied to the
annual statistics provided. These statistics should
be understood to be indications and educated approxi-
mations of need, and their limitations should be kept
in mind.
Resul ts•:
Transients 744
*Hospitals 386
Locals 1585
Mentally Ill 399
3114
Definately
Unduplicated
370
358
385
67
1180 per year
*Does not include University Hospitals
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Crisis Center x
Domestic Violence Project x
Ecumenical Consultation x
Emmanuel House of Prayer x x i
HACAP Neighborhood Office x
Iowa City Housing Assistance Program x j
Iowa City Police Department x
Iowa City Residence for Women x
Johnson County Care Facility
Johnson County Department of x j
iSocial Services x X X
Johnson County Red Cross x
Johnson County Sheriff x
Legal Services x
Mercy Hospital x
Mid -Eastern Community Mental Health
Center x
Mount Pleasant Mental Health
Institute x
Patient Advocate x
Private Psychiatrists x
Psychiatric Hospital X X
Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic X X X X
United Ministries in Higher Education x
United Way of Johnson County x
United Action for Youth x x
University Hospitals
Veteran's Administration Hospital x x
Wesley House x
Total Responses 9 6 3 10 9
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Crisis Center
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Domestic Violence Project
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Ecumenical Consultation
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Emmanuel House of Prayer
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HACAP Neighborhood Office
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Iowa City Housing Assistance Program
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Iowa City Police Department
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Iowa City Residence for Women
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Johnson County Care Facility
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Johnson County Department of
Social Services
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Johnson County Red Cross
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Johnson County Sheriff
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Legal Services
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Mercy Hospital
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Mid -Eastern Community Mental Health
Center
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Mount Pleasant Mental Health
Institute
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Patient Advocate
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Private Psychiatrists
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Psychiatric Hospital
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Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic
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United Ministries in Higher Education
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United Way of Johnson County
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United Action for Youth
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University Hospitals
Veteran's Administration Hospital
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Wesley House
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Sex: Male: 489 Age: 13-17 years: 24
Female: 255 18-30 years: 280
Total: 744 31-50 years: 368
51-65 years: 72
Total: 744
` Average Family Size: One Person
Crisis Center Breakdown is - 1 person: 50%
Couples: 10%
3-5: 40%
Length of Housing Needed:
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Short-term (10 days or less): 528
Long-term (more than 10 days): 179
Comments:
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-Most transients are short-term and know what they want. There are
very few chronic transients. (Crisis Center)
-Long-term would be only for three weeks to a month, but ten days is
sometimes too short for youth runaways. (United Action for Youth)
-Alternatives for youth might be volunteers who.are willing to
provide short-term shelter up to ten days. (United Action for
i Youth)
Seen Per Month By Season:
Numbers increase in summmer - about twice as many as winter.
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Percent of Clients Who Had Contact With Other. Local Agencies:
374 people had contact with other local agencies.
Agencies Included: Listed By
Crisis Center All Respondents
United Way/Salvation Army Fund Psych Outpatient
Churches Emmanual House of Prayer
Needs Besides Housing: Responses
Food 6
Counseling 6
Medical Care 6
Employment 3
Clothing 2
Gas 1
Financial 1
Comment: Problems in Iowa City for transients who want to stay here are
the high cost of rent and the high competition for jobs.
People are therefore encouraged to look elsewhere. (Department
of Social Services)
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Would Have Difficulty Interacting Socially In
Residential Facility:
Small percentage - 7 people total
Facility Location:
-Downtown Iowa City
Comments: Location should be near bus station or Coralville bus
by.shelter. (Crisis
stop, and near food if not provided
Center)
-Iowa City is so small that the location
University
of the house does not matter
for employment would be
much,.but near hospitals and
helpful. (Department of Social Service)
Agencies Included As Respondents:
No. Per Year
360
Crisis Center
24
United Action for Youth
240
Department of Social Services
24
Psychiatric Hospital
36
Psych Outpatient
60
Emmanual House of Prayer
744
TOTAL
Unduplicated Count: 365 people per year
Extrapolated Characteristics:
Sex: Male: 242
Age: 13-17 yr:
18-30 yrs:
12
137
Female: 123
Total: 365
31-50 yrs:
161
35
51-65 yrs:
TOTAL:
365
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PEOPLE HERE DUE TO HOSPITALS
University Hospital is conducting an internal survey - not yet
completed. Will meet with them next week.
Mercy Hospital: Reported all people referred to Crisis Center, United I,
Way.
V.A. Hospital: Refer all to'Crisis Center.
United Ministries in Higher Education (UMHE) operates a home on \
Melrose Avenue for this clientele. Their statistics and those reported
by the Crisis Center are as follows for Calendar Year 1982:
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1. Sex: Male 55 210 2. Ages: Preteen 1
Female 55 66 13-17 yrs 5 i
Total 11O 276 18-30 yrs 22 166
31-50 yrs 28 99
104 additional people were 51-65 yrs 44 11 i
referred but had to be turned Over 65 yrs 10 !
away. They do not know what Total 110 276 {
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Long-term (more than 10 days) 50
Total 386 j
5. "lumbers do not vary based on season.
6. Contact with other local agencies: 20;
7. Referrals come from/go to: Crisis Center Department of Social Services
Local Churches Red Cross
Hospitals - vast majority
8. Greatest need is finances -- 10-200M cannot pay the S3 per night for
shelter at UMHE. Prescriptions and Counseling, such as Alcoholics
Anonymous and Hospice, are used.
9. No referrals are made to other agencies by UMHE. Clients are referred
to their hospital social workers if assistance is needed. Crisis Center
uses Salvation Army and Goodwill.
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11. Location should be relatively close to state hospitals.
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* Quite a few of these people do not have cars (UMHE).
* Ronald McDonald House will help people with children (UMHE).
* Ronald McDonald House will not meet all needs. Have question about
when it will open and how many it will serve (CC).
* VA plans to open new wing, will increase numbers (CC).
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Female: 336 Female:
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*Total 625/year '�-Total
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AGE
Pre -teen: 4 Pre -teen:
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13-17 yrs: 41 13-17 yrs:
41
18-30 269 18-30
1037
31-50 290 31-50
443
51-65 21' 51-65
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1585
*Without Housing Assistance (Leased Housing)
'.Includes Housing Assistance
3.
AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE
One Person: 5 agencies
3-5 Persons: 5 agencies
Total 10 Responding
Agencies
COMMENTS:
- Generally, no families are taken
in. (Emmanuel House of Prayer)
- Most families are mothers -single
parents
with children. (Department of Social
Services, HACAP)
4.
LENGTH OF HOUSING NEEDED
Short-term.(10 days or less):
238
Long-term (over 10 days):
1347
Leased Housing clients with
immediate needs:
162/yr.
COMMENTS:
- Long-term/short-term needs: 15-20 days needed due to time
forgetting ADC, Leased Housing,
finding a place to rent.
10 days is not long enough, but
people do not need real
long term housing. (Crisis Center)
- Some have been illegally locked
out of their apartments,
can get back in shortly via court
injunction. (Legal Aid)
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NUMBERS BY MONTH BY SEASON (no
significant seasonable
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1200 overlap
7. AGENCIES INCLUDE USED BY
Department of Social Services Psychiatric Hospital, Crisis Center, �! _
Crisis Center
Community Mental Health Center
Leased Housing
Vocational Rehabilitation
Social Security
Red Cross
Veterans Affairs
UI Hospital
Churches
Women's Resource Action Center
CAHHSA
Lutheran Social Services
Private Counselors
Psych Hospital
HACAP
Voss House
Legal Aid
Salvation Army
United Action for Youth
Red Cross, HACAP, Leased Housing
DVP, Psych, Outpatient, Emmanual
House of Prayer, Leased Housing,
Red Cross
Psychiatric outpatient
Psych outpatient, Crisis Center,
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Psych outpatient
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Food - Mentioned
Clothing B
Medical Care 6
6
Employment
6
Counseling
Pet Care 1
Utilities 1
(in winter) 1
Money for phone, transportation 1
Financial/money handling 1
Household items/ furnishings 1
9. UNMET NEEDS
A. Cloth or paper diapers (Crisis Center)
B. Financial counseling seminar (being planned by Crisis
Center)
C. Some just do not qualify for all ADC or Leased Housing
(Department of Social Services).
D. Some are wrongly denied and need advocacy.
j 10. PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY INTERACTING SOCIALLY:
j Few, 16 total.
! COMMENTS:
Social interaction more of a problem with local people due
to their stress level (Crisis Center)
Perhaps local should be separated from transients and
hospital related people. Could work in same facility with
the right supervision, separate entrances, etc. (Crisis
Center)
Married persons can get leased housing; singles, gays
cannot (Legal Aid)
- Referring agencies could help in screening out
"disruptive/inappropriate" persons (Legal Services)
Hard to find landlords that will accept housing vouchers
(Crisis Center)
11. FACILITY LOCATION
Downtown Iowa City
COMMENTS:
- Location should be in reach of employment (Department of
Social Services)
- Location should be near buslines (Leased Housing)
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Crisis Center
Legal Services
Red Cross
Domestic Violence Project
HACAP
UAY
Department of Social Services
Psych. Outpatient
Emmanuel House
SUBTOTAL
Leased Housing
TOTAL
COMMENTS:
# Clients
Per Year
211
120
36
24
42
36
48
24
84
625
960
1585
- Service must have sense of community -have people eating in
the facility. (Emmanual House of Prayer)
- Figures are low -feel there are more and statistics are bad
(Crisis Center)
- Would like to see a male half -way house for mentally ill
(Department of Social Services, Psychiatric Outpatient)
- DVP will accept local women and children temporarily, if
they have space available (DVP)
- Red Cross provides assistance only in cases of natural
disaster (Red Cross)
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I. Major factors contributing to re -institutionalization of patients
Monitoring medication
Family relations
Poor housing
Lack of adequate out-patient services
Other:
Employment
Day treatment
Supervision
Lack of desire to be followed-up
Independent living/vocational skills
Lack of adequate community resources
RESPONSES
9
6
5
1
3
2
1
1
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COMMENT: Institutions need to do monthly check-ups on discharges
(Johnson County Care Facility).
2. Goals for Clients Functioning/Annual Discharges, Potential Clients
Improved Functioning Possible:
Maintain Current Level:
Total
3. Improved Functioning Group:
SEX: Male: 66
Female: 108
Total: 174
4. Improved Functioning Group:
AGE: 13-17 years: 0
18-30 years: 124
31-50 years: 41
51-65 years: 4
*over 65: 5
Total: 174
174
225
399
Maintenance Group:
Male: 109
Female: 116
Total: 295
Maintenance Group:
13-17 years: 0
18-30 years: 115
31-50 years: 71
51-65 years: 17 .
*over 65: 22
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No significant seasonal difference
in number of clients.
6.
Clients who have had contact with
other local agencies: 332
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Agencies include
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(9 respondents)
Community Mental Health Center
7
Department of Social Services
6
Iowa City Residence for Women
5
Vocational Rehabilitation
3
Crisis Center
3
Leased Housing
3
Psychiatric Out-patient
3
Goodwill
2
Independent Living
1
Systems Unlimited
1
Commission for Veterans Affairs
1
Veterans Administration Out-patient
1
Social Security
1
Lutheran Social Services
1
MECCA
1
Johnson County Care Facility
1
Legal Aid
1
8.
Needs Besides Housing
Responses
Employment
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Counseling
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Day treatment q
Social 1
Self-esteem, reality orientation 1
- Money management 1
Transportation 1
Vocational training 1
! Deinstitutionalization 1 I
Independent living skills 1
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emotional support can also provide an early warning system to prevent Ii
future hospitalizations. (Department of Social Services). II
9. Unmet Needs
Housing
Follow-up on released patients
Employment
10. If a day treatment program was established, how many of your clients
would you refer today?
Aaencv Referrals 1
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Veterans Adminsitration Hospital 3
Mt. Pleasant 5
Iowa City Residence for Women 5
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Department of Social Services 13
Community Mental Health Center 13
Psychiatric Hospital 13
Johnson County Care Facility 12
(14 more if housing was provided)
Total: 86
COMMENT: Might discharge more patients if there was a good day
treatment program and housing available. (Johnson County Care
Facility)
11. Percent•returned to institutions now: 68.7% average
12. Percent expected with good day treatment program: 52.1% average
Agencies expected decreased percentage of return: 8
Agencies expected same return: 1
Total responding agencies: g
COMMENTS:
-Success should be measured in terms of lengthening the time
between hospitalizations. We would not expect everyone to be
"cured." (Department of Social Services)
-Have low institutional return due to placing mostly mentally
retarded in Systems Unlimited homes which provides an excellent
support system. (Johnson County Care Facility)
13. How would the availability of a day treatment program effect the
length of hospitalization?
Lengthen: 0
No Difference: 1
Shorten: 8
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Department of Social Services 13
Community Mental Health Center 13
Psychiatric Hospital 13
Johnson County Care Facility 12
(14 more if housing was provided)
Total: 86
COMMENT: Might discharge more patients if there was a good day
treatment program and housing available. (Johnson County Care
Facility)
11. Percent•returned to institutions now: 68.7% average
12. Percent expected with good day treatment program: 52.1% average
Agencies expected decreased percentage of return: 8
Agencies expected same return: 1
Total responding agencies: g
COMMENTS:
-Success should be measured in terms of lengthening the time
between hospitalizations. We would not expect everyone to be
"cured." (Department of Social Services)
-Have low institutional return due to placing mostly mentally
retarded in Systems Unlimited homes which provides an excellent
support system. (Johnson County Care Facility)
13. How would the availability of a day treatment program effect the
length of hospitalization?
Lengthen: 0
No Difference: 1
Shorten: 8
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VA covers the entire state and is not equipped to find housing,
etc. in Iowa City. It would be a great help if the day
treatment staff would assist in finding housing for patients !'
also. (VA) \i
-Might. be more discharges if there were housing and support
i groups, especially for men. (Johnson County Care Facility)
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Home:
74
Apartment: 112
Group home: 68
Institution: 145
Total: 399 -
15. Length of Housing Needed:
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Short-term (10 Days or Less): 180
Long-term (More than 10 Days): 219 !�
Total: 399
16. Housing Referrals Made To:
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Voss House
Johnson County Care Facility
Department of Social Services
17. What Number Might Have Difficulty Interacting Socially in a
Residential Facility? 75 people I
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we do not discharge them if behavior is too
Care Facility) (Johnson County
COMMENT: Very small percentage violent, 60-70 percent are fearful
and afraid of interaction. They have a lack of self-esteem which
could affect their int
eraction in
(Department of Social Services) a residential facility.
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admissions to the County Care Fac1lty seem as though /!
in some other counties. This is petake ato
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residents approved by the Board. /`mp� due » t�e need to have
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Private Psychiatrists*
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CONDITIONS OF ASSOCIATION
I. PREAMBLE
The United Way of Johnson Countl, the City of Iowa City,
and Johnson County believe in the principle that each person's
worth as a human being is a large degree the responsibility
of the community itself. As funding bodies, we have a legitimate
and overriding concern for people, the problems they face, and
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the community's role in resolving them. Accordingly, the chief
goal of the United Way of Johnson County is to provide the means
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by which a cross section of citizens and agencies, governmental
and voluntary, may join in a community -wide effort to deliver
efficient human service programs that target on current needs.
To this end, the United Way of Johnson County has identified
the following minimal criteria as "Conditions of Association"
for all who desire to join or to maintain their current affiliation
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with the United Way.
II. SERVICE GOALS
A) The agency must be an organized tax exempt body which
addresses one or more of the human services goals outlined
by the United Way of America Services Identification System
(UWASIS II). (See attachments Sheet A)
B) The need for the agency's services (mission) have been
documented on the local level. (See attached sheet B)
III. AGENCY MANAGEMENT
A) .The agency must be managed by a responsible, active
volunteer Board of Directors which:
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1) Meets at least 4 times a year.
2) Represents the agency's geographical service area with
regard to such factors as race, sex, age and economic
status.
3) Assumes responsibility and accountability to the public
for the administration of the agency's program through
the creation and maintenance of Articles of Incorporation
and bylaws which comply.with local, state and federal
regulations.
4) Has a viable committee structure and elected corporate
officers.
B) The agency Board must have initiated action which definitively
discerns the role of each staff position.
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
A) The agency's books and financial records shall be open
and available on demand for examination by United Way
officials or any other responsible citizen during the course
of the normal work day.
B) The agency must comply with the Standards of Accounting and
Financial Reporting For Voluntary Health and welfare
Organization, as revised.
VOLUNTEERS/BOARD SUPPORT
A) The agency must elicit and maintain broad community support
for its mission through the effective use of volunteers.
;p) The agency must have written internal evaluation procedures
which attempt to measure its ongoing effectiveness in meeting
community needs.
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VI. FUND RAISING (United Way Agencies only)
A) An agency shall not conduct independent fund raising
efforts in the United'Way soliciation area nor shall
it permit its name to be identified with a fund raising
project of any kind without the written approval of
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the Allocations/Agency Relations Committee. (See
details on enclosed Inclusiveness Policy Sheet C)
B) Agency board and staff members shall be willing to
render financial, volunteer, and resource support to
the annual United Way Campaign unless undo hardship
would result to the agency and/or United Way as a result
of said participation.
I VIII. GENERAL INFORMATION
A) An agency shall submit a copy of the following documents
i to the appiopciate funding body before admission into
the federation:
1) Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; (2) Personnel
iPolicies and Procedures; (3) Job Descriptions for all
Management Personnel; 4) (AAP); (5) A list of all funding
sources (public and private), complete with total dollar
amounts, activities and time frames funded, and copies
of appropriate contracts; (H) A current Board Roster
and Staff Organization Chart; 7) A Program Need Narrative,
Complete with demographic or other data which addresses
the agency's mission and purpose in the local community.
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IX. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
A) Agencies shall comply with all federal, state, and local non-
descrimination regulations pertaining to the employment
of persons regardless of race, sex, religion, creed, age,
or handicap.
X. AMENDMENTS
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A) The United Way of Johnson County, City of Iowa City, and
Johnson County reserves the right to modify these
conditions as events and time may warrant.
B) All amendments will be mailed to each agency within ten
days after their approval by the United Way Board of Directors.
ATTACHMENT A
Goal
I:
Optimal Income Security and Economic Opportunity
Goal
II:
Optimal Health
Goal
III:
Optimal Provision of Basic Material Needs
Goal
IV:
Optimal Opportunity for the Acquisition of
Knowledge and Skills
Goal
V:
Optimal Environmental Quality
Goal
VI:
Optimal Individual and Collective Safety
Goal
VII:
Optimal Social Functioning
Goal
VIII:
Optimal Assurance of the support and Effectiveness
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1. Does not duplicate an existing service agency innor clients
served.
2. The serviee could not be appropriately provided by another
existing agency.
3. The requester has exhausted and explored every other funding
source available.
4. This request is the least expensive way and most effective way
to accomplish the program goals.
S. Incorporation of this service into an existing agency has been
explored and it is determined that such is not possible.
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EMERGENCY HOUSING NEEDS SURVEY
3/14/83
Agency Contacted Date
Position of person responding to questionnaire
In an effort to identify the.unmet local emergency housing needs and the
desired community response, we are asking involved agencies to estimate
to the best of their ability the number of persons they see who are request-
ing emergency housing. This survey is the first step toward assessing
the possible need for an emergency housing program in Iowa City. A task
force, comprised of representatives from the City of Iowa City, Johnson County,
the State Department of Social Services, United Way, and the Ecumenical
Consultation, has been formed to study the problem.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. We
recognize that there will be some duplication in our data; however, we
do not want to gather clients' names.
I. We anticipate that most people needing emergency housing are either
transients passing through, people here because of the two state
hospitals (UI,VA), local people having housing difficulties, or the
mentally ill, retarded, or those recently released from institutions.
How many would you anticipate to be in each group in any given month?
Transients passing through
Here due to hospitals
Local people with housing difficulties
Recently released/ dentally ill
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1. What % of this group is: % Male % Female
(check 1 per category) 0 - 24%
25 - 49%
50 - 74%
75 - 100%
2. What % of this group is: Preteen
(assign estimated % to 13 - 17 yrs
each age group)
18 - 30 yrs
31 - 50 yrs
51 - 65 yrs
Over 65 yrs
3. What is the average family size? 1 person
(check one) 2 persons
3 - 5 persons
more than 5 persons
4. What % have short-term housing needs? (10 days or less) (check one)
0-24
25-49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
5. What % have long-term housing needs? (more than 10 days) (check one)
0 - 24
25 - 49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
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Summer Winter
0-5
6 - 10
11 - 15
More than 15
7. What % have had contact with other local agencies? (check one)'
0-24
i 25 - 49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
What are these local agencies?
8. What needs, besides housing, do these people have? (rank those that
apply, with 1 being the greatest need)
Food
Clothing
Medical care
Employment
Counseling
Other (please list)
9. Which of the above needs are already being met, and how?
10. To whom do you reft.`these people?
11. How many referrals do you make to the Crisis Center per week? (check one)
0-5
6 - 10
11 - 15
More than 15
12. What % might have difficulty interacting socially in a residential
facility? (check one)
0-24
IIi 25-49
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50 - 74
75 - 100%
i 13. Where would you r,ost like to see such a facility located? (check one)
I Downtwon Iowa City
Near the I-80 interchanges
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Elsewhere (please specify)
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1. What % of this group is: % Male % Female
(check 1 per category) 0 - 24%
25 - 49%
50 - 74%
75 - 100%
2. What % of this group is: Preteen
(assign estimated % to 13 - 17 yrs
each age group)
18 - 30 yrs
31 - 50 yrs
51 - 65 yrs
Over 65 yrs
3. What is the average family size? 1 person
(check one) 2 persons
3 - 5 persons
more than 5 persons
4. What % have short-term housing needs? (10 days or less) (check one)
0 -
24
25 -
49
50 -
74
- 75 -
100%
5. What % have long-term housing needs? (more than 10 days) (check one)
0 -
24
25 -
49
50 -
74
75 -
100%
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Summer Winter
0-5
6 - 10
11 - 15
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More than 15
7. What % have had contact with other local agencies? (check one)
0-24
.25 - 49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
What are these local agencies?
8. What needs, besides housing, do these people have? (rank those that
apply, with 1 being the greatest need)
Food
Clothing
Medical care
Employment
Counseling
Other (please list)
9. Which of the above needs are already being met, and how?
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11. How many referrals do you make to the Crisis Center per week? (check one)
0-5
6 - 10
11 - 15
More than 15
12. What % might have difficulty interacting socially in a residential
facility? (check one)
0-24
25-49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
13. Where would you most like to see such a facility located? (check one)
Downtwon Iowa City
Near the I-80 interchanges
Near the State hospitals (UI,%
Elsewhere (please specify)
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1. What % of this group is: % Male % Female
(check 1 per category) 0 - 24%
25 - 49%
50 - 74%
75 - 100%
2. What % of this group is: Preteen
(assign estimated % to 13 - 17 yrs
each age group)
18 - 30 yrs
31 - 50 yrs
51 - 65 yrs
Over 65 yrs
3. What is the average family size?
(check one)
1 person
2 persons
3 - 5 persons
more than 5 persons
4. What % have short-term housing needs? (10 days or less) (check one)
0-
24
25-49
- 49
50 -
74
75 -
100%
5. What % have long-term housing needs? (more than 10 days) (check one)
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25
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75 -
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Summer Winter
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More than 15
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7. What % have had contact with other local agencies? (check one)
0 - 24
25-49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
What are these local agencies?
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8. What needs, besides housing, do these people have? (rank those that
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Food
Clothing
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Medical care
Employment
Counseling
Other (please list)
9. Which of the above needs are already being met, and how?
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11. How many referrals do you make to the Crisis Center per week? (check one)
0-5
6 , 10
11 - 15
More than 15
12. What % might have difficulty interacting socially in'a residential
facility? (check one)
0-24
25
- 49
50 -
74
75 -
100%
13. Where would you most like to see such a facility located? (check one)
Downtwon Iowa City
Near the I-80 interchanges
Near the State hospitals (UI,VA)
Elsewhere (please specify)
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1. Which of these do you see as major contributing factors to re -institution-
alization of patients?
Monitoring medication
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Lack of adequate out-patient services
Other (please specify)
j 2. We anticipate that some client's goals would involve actual improved
functioning, and some would involve maintaining their current, perhaps
marginal, level. How many people would you anticipate to be in each
group? (check one per category)
Improved functioning Maintain current level
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11-15 II
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% Male % Female
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0 - 24
25-49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
4. What % of this group is: Preteen
(assign estimated % to 13 - 17 yrs II
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18 - 30 yrs
31 - 50 yrs
51 - 65 yrs
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Summer Winter
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6 - 10
11 - 15
More than 15
7. What % have had contact with other local agencies? (check one)
0-24
25 - 49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
What are these local agencies?
8. What needs, besides housing, do these people have? (rank those that
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Food
Clothing
Medical care
Employment
Counseling
Other (please list)
9. Which of the above needs are already being met, and how?
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25-49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
6. What % of this group is: Preteen
(assign estimated % to 13 - 17 yrs
each age group)
18 - 30 yrs
31 - 50 yrs
51 - 65 yrs
Over 65 yrs
7. If a day treatment program was established, how many of your clients
at any given point in time would you refer? (check one)
0-5
6 - 10
11 - 15
More than 15
8. What is your % return to institutions now? (check one)
0- 24
25 - 49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
9. What would you expect it to be with a good day treatment program?
(check one) 0 - 24
25 - 49
50 - 74
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of hospitalization? (check one)
Lengthen
No difference
Shorten
11. What is the current living situation of potential day treatment clients?
(indicate ' in each category)
At home
Apartment
Group home
Institution
Other (please specify)
12. What % have short-term housing needs? (10 days or less) (check one)
0-24
25-49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
13. What % have long-term housing needs? (more than 10 days) (check one)
0-24
25 - 49
50 - 74
75 - 100%
14. To whom do you refer these people?
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75 - 100%
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Downtown Iowa City
Near the I-80 Interchanges
Near the State hospitals (UI,VA)
Elsewhere (please specify)
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You are invited to a PUBLIC FORUM with area
legislators on Saturday morning, April 23, 1983,
from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Greater Iowa City
Area Chamber of Commerce offices located at 109 East
Burlington Street in Iowa City, Iowa.
State Senators Arthur Small, Jr., and Joe Brown and
i State Representatives Jean Lloyd -Jones, Minnette Doderer
and Rich Varn have been invited as guests of the Legis-
lative Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the
Johnson County League of Women Voters.
The public is urged to attend and discuss current state
issues with our legislators.
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15151 ]659961
First Session, Bulletin No. 8 .April 15, 1983
MORE CONSERVATION FUNDS TO LOCALS
The recently -passed jobs bill will increase Iowa's share of Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund monies by 5520,000 of Which the local share will be approximately 5260,000.
The funds will be available only for development and redevelopment purposes and for
grants which are entered into prior to October 1, 1983 with all federal funds ex-
pended by September 50, 1984.
The Iowa Conservation Cueanission is presently accepting additional applications
through May 51, 1983. .Applications should be submitted to Iowa Conservation Commis-
sion, Wallace State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa $0319.
Additional information can be obtained by contacting Nr. Donald Criswell or Mr. Les-
ter Fleming In Des Moines at (515) 281-5145.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING RETURNED TO COMMITTEE
Senate File 516, a bill which woufd have prohibited a city from having coning regu-
lations which disallow the plans and specifications of a proposed residential dwell-
ing solely because the proposed dwelling is a manufactured house, has been rereferred
to the Senate Local Government Committee.
This action means that further debate of the issue will not occur this session unless
it takes the form of an amendment to another piece of legislation which is germane to
the issue. Because there is no companion bill in the House, no action is expected
from that chamber.
COUNTY CHARTER BILL FAILS IN HOUSE
Senate File 216, a bill which had previously passed the Senate, was defeated on a6-7
vote in the House Local Government Committee. As passed by the Senate, the bill
would have called for the creation of a charter commission to examine county govern-
ment operations in certain population counties (Polk only one affected). The defeat
..i or the bill came after an amendment was adopted taking out the reference to county
populations, making it applicable to all counties.
Defeat of the bill in co=ittee makes further debate this session unlikely in either
chamber unless an amendment is developed to implement the intended purposes of the
bill.
COUNTY WATERWORKS BILL DEFERRED
Senate File '_la, a bill which Would have allowed counties to finance waterworks pro-
jects outside of cities with general obligation bonds, was deferred in the House Lo-
cal Government Committee following adoption of several amendments.
As passed by the Senate the bill would have authorized certain site counties (only
Palk affected) to issue general obligation bonds for a water system as an essential
county enterprise.
Deferral of the bill in committee makes further action this session questionable and
since the deadline for reporting bills out of committee which have already passed
one side has passed, it is doubtful that the issue will be debated this ,year.
A.G.O. ON URBAN REVITALIZATION
The Attorney General's office in a March 22, 1983 ruling stated that a governing
body of a city which has adopted an urban revitalization tax exemption plan cannot
give preferential treatment to a particular type of property within an assessment
class. The opinion went on to state that "such a result occurs if the governing
body (1) grants a property tax exemption to certain types of property while omitting
others within the assessment class, or (2) provides different tax exemption schedules
for certain types of property within an assessment class".
In conclusion the opinion stated "a city has no authority to give preferential treat-
ment through property tax exemptions to certain types of new construction or rehabil-
itation and additions to existing buildings".
If you Would like a copy of the opinion, you should contact the .Attorney General's
office. (Reference Kuehn to Tuel, OPP 9 83-3-13)
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House File 533, a bill relating to the use of federal funds, has passed the Senate
and now goes to the Governor for signature. As written the bill allows a city to
accept and disburse federal funds for economic development projects which may include
grants to private enterprises for the purchase or improvement of residential commer-
cial and industrial land or buildings. It also includes the use of federal assis-
tance for privately -sponsored projects with the city's urban renewal authority and
upon the funding of public purpose.
BOND REGISTRATION BILL PASSES SENATE
HF 377, a bill making numerous changes in Iowa law to comply with the 1985 federal
income tat amendments and allowing for the issuance of bonds after .July 1, 1983 in
registered farm, has been passed in the Senate.
Earlier in the week a deferral was granted because of an amendment which had been
filed to the bill imposing provisions of the Davis -Bacon Act on all construction con-
tracts.
The amendment, 5-3496 by Sen(s) Carr and Horn, stated in part that tha contracts for
the construction shall contain a provision that the rate of wage for all persons em-
ployed by the contractors or subcontractors on the construction project shall be no
less than the prevailing rate of wage for work of a similar nature in the locality in
which the work is performed.
The word "locality" was not defined and disputes are referred to the labor commission
for resolution.
The League position was that the amendment was non -germane. After considerable debate
the amendment was substituted for 5-355: and then ruled non -germane.
The House. is expected to concur in Senate amendments. and send the bill to the Governor
for signing.
HOUSE CLEANS DEBATE CALENDAR
In an effort to narrow the number of bills eligible for debate, the House has returned
all House Files an the regular calendar to their committee of origin. This means
that those bills will not be debated this session unless the subject matter takesthe
form of an amendment to another bill or is included in those bills excluded from the
"funnel".
Included among the bills returned to committee were House File 417, a bill requiring
compensation for the removal of off -premises advertising devices; House File 77 which
would have eliminated the list of negotiable items In Chapter 30 and replaced it with
an "open scope" concept; also lost in the funnel were House File 378 dealing with
veterans' Preference; House File 118 dealing with small -cities' police training re-
quirements and House File 73, a bill providing for fiscal notes on bills which man-
dated additional costs on local government.
House File 442, a bill relating to the hours of service by fire fighters, has been
placed on the unfinished business calendar. This means that it has been debated once
and deferred. It is still eligible for debate in the House this session, but cannot
be passed out of the Senate committee even if it passes the House.
Keeping in mind that legislation maintains its identity for both sessions of the
General Assembly, all bills which have been returned to committee and bills which are
still passed by one House this year are eligible for debate again next session.
SENATE PASSES WORKERS- COMP CARE BILL
After much debate the Senate has passed SF 343, a bill relating to the medical care
under workers' compensation benefits.
.As passed by the Senate, the employer shall select and maintain a panel of physicians
who are not employees of the employer and who are reasonably accessible to the em-
ployees of the employer. The panel selected and maintained by the employer with 300
or fewer employees shall contain at least three physicians .and the panel selected by
the employer with more than 300 shall contain at least seven physicians.
The employer is required to post the list of the physicians in a place accessible to
employees.
An employee is given the choice of accepting the services of a physician chosen by
the employer or may select a physician from the panel. An employee may choose an
alternate if not satisfied with the first physician selected.
In an emergency the employee may choose a physician at the employer's expense pro-
vided the employer or their agent cannot be reached lnmediately.
The emoloyer is not responsible for the charges for medical services furnished or
ordared by a physician or other person selected by the employee in disregard of the
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of the above requirements nor is the employer responsible for compensation for an
aggravation of the employee's injury attributable to improper care by the physician
or other person.
If the employer fails to•maintain a list, the employee may select a physician to pro-
vide medical services at the expense of employer.
Finally, the individual commissioner may order necessary changes In the employer's
panel if the commissioner finds that the panel fails to contain a sufficient number
of physicians who are conveniently available to the community. The industrial com-
missioner may also suspend or remove a physician from a panel under department rules.
EMERGENCY 'WARNING BILL pASSES HOUSE COMMITTEE
Senate File 159, a bill authorising township trustees to establish and maintain an
emergency warning system within a township, has been approved by the House Local
.Government Committee and sent to the floor for debate.
.As passed by the Senate the bill hadnodirect impact on cities. However, in House
committee an amendment was adopted which states that "when equipment or real estate
is purchased while an agreement under Chapter 28E is in effect to provide fire pro-
tection or ambulance service, the township receiving the service shall be credited
with a share of the value of the equipment or real estate acquired in proportion to
the amount of financial support to be contributed to the township".
The amendment goes on to state that the proportionate share of each patty shall be
included in the agreement as provided in Chapter 28E.
The I.eague is arguing that adoption of such an amendment could have a direct finan-
cial effect on cities and that the issue should be debated an its own merits as a
separate issue and not as an amendment to this bill.
SIDEWALK LIABILITY PASSES SENATE
Neuse File .i59, a bill relating to responsibility for snow and ice removal on public
sidewalks, has passed the Senate on a 30-11 vote.
The bill, which has already passed the House on a 96-0 vote, was debated at length
but only one amendment was passed to the bill.
That ;,mendment, filed by Sen. Ed Holden (R -Davenport), provides that the maximum ex-
posure to an abutting property owner would be for "nut.af-packet" expenses.
all other amendments were withdrawn.
The bill will have to return to the House for consideration of the Holden amendment
unless a motion to reconsider is filed in the Senate to further delay the bill.
This is a priority bill for the League and local officials should contact their Sena-
tors/Representatives and ask them to do everything to finali:e action on this bill
and send it to the Governor for signature.
NEW BILLS OF INTEREST
HOUSE
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Chicago Bids for Piece
Of the Technology Pie,
Against Sizable Odds
Other Cities in the Heartland
Similarly Look for Ways
Out of Industrial Slump
What Will New Mayor Do?
BY Hat. LANCA.NiFxt
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CHICAGO—The smokestacks at Wiscon•
sin Steel Co. on the south side of town
haven't so much as puffed for nearly three
years now, a vivid symbol of los[ jobs and
hope in a city where nearly 200.000 are un-
employed. But Chicago has a grand plan for
restoring some economic muscle to Its
slumping big shoulders: it wants to become
a Midwest capital of high technology.
Of course. Detroit has the.same Idea. So
do Cincinnati and Cleveland. Columbus.
Ohio. and Columbus. Ind., are beating' the
bushes for science -based companies. Even
Youngstown. Ohio• where steel was king,
hopes to revive a moribund economy with a
high-tech Industrial park.
Across the nation, some 33gta<
spent or plan to spend 3250 million to attract
Ig •tet Intlus[ry.
w y no . A re-
cent survey found
that 1517. of the 9f
growth In manufac-
turing jobs from
1955 to 1979 came ;7ca�=0
from that segment. .. .' ...
The hard-hit in.
dustrial heartland. Last of a Series
,where the need Is
greatest, hasn't gotten its share of the pie.
Somewhat belatedly, the region Is making
its cue, hoping to restore jobs and luster to
economies dulled by the decline of old-line
smokestack Industries.
But the region faces stiff competition.
Many computer -component producers, for
This,series has explored the prom-
ises and problems high technology
brings to smokestack industries.
instance, find It cheaper to make their
wares abroad and ship them to the U.S. Au-
tomation -equipment manufacturers are set•
ting up shop in the San Belt. Thus, the high-
tech vision could prove a cruel mirage for
many. "If everyone goes Into hleh tech.
•rrnst are going to lose." warns Boston Col.
�u—^P•�-'77713135ry Bluestone, the co•au•
thor of "The Demahistriallzation if Amer.
:ca."
Other economists• such as Rand Corp.'s
ron S. Gurwitz, consider high tech an eco•
..amic•de.elopment trend, like shopping
malls in the 1960s and service industries in
the 191Ds. Definitions of what constitutes
high tech are so vague, Mr. Gurwitz can'
tends that the concent Ie u.eleee ,< a doan1.
omen[ strate . Urban -affairs expert M•
ony Downs of the Brookings Institution
contends that the high-technology Industry
developed in the U.S. "won't be enough to
absorb the transition In the Midwest" from
heavy manufacturing.
Few alternatives
Despite the doubters. Chicago has en•
tered the crowded race, hoping that Its um -
versifies. Its huge pool of. venture capital
and Its big -city culture will lure the Indus-
tries of tomorrow. The city, It can be ar-
gued• hasn't much choice. Keeping or at-
tracting the Industries of today has been a
struggle here: Between 1980 and the end of
this year, University of Illinois researchers
estimate. 600,000 jobs will have disappeared
from the state's nonagricultural payrolls.
with many of those losses occurring in the
Chicago area.
Nor are the city's high-tech hopes without
foundation. After surveying 691 hieh•technol•
agY coM antes. the Congressional Joint Eta-
nomrc Committee recently Predicted tha
e Midwest will the next_mamr hieh-tech
growth area. its labor markets compare fa•
P rXR7V1Brthose of*New England and the
Far West• the current regional leaders, and
Its universides—an important magnet for
research -dependent companies—rate higher
on the average than those In the rest of the
country, the survey concluded.
But the appeal of the Midwest, and Chi-
cago in particular• has its limits. Strained
municipal budgets seem to guarantee higher
taxes on poorer services, either of which
could scare off new and old Industry alike.
Worker -training programs are often Inade-
quate, and many hidebound university re-
searchers remain reluctant to sell their ex-
PeRlbe to
Privare7enterprise. an Chicago,the
e ecuon last week of U.S. Rep. Harold Wash•
Ington as mayor even raises questions about
the extent of the city's high-tech commit.
ment. Rep. Washington hasn't said much
about the subject, other than to deride the
"high-tech hustle" of Jane Byrne, who made
high-tech a major Issue before being ousted
In February's Democratic primary.
Nonetheless• high tech is more than just
talk in Chicago now. The city has a blue-rib-
bon task force to study it and a coordinator
of high-technology development. Northwest-
ern University urban -affairs expert fouls H.
Masottl• paid to attract It.
Industrial Park , •
Prof. Masotti gill try to fill a new, t6•
acre Industrial park being developed jointly
with the state near the University of Illinois
at Chicago and aimed largely at btotechnoi•.
ogy and medical companies. After about six
months of recruiting, the park has one pro -
spec..., Occupant—Applied Molecular Ge-
netics Inc., which plans to employ 100 people
to produce pharmaceuticals for clinical in-
als. Applied Molecular's vice president and
general counsel. Robert D. Weist. says the
company was drawn by the nearby scientific
and medical centers. by the city's ,entral la
cation and by a favorable financ:ng pack.
age.
About a half-dozen companies also ar•
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mitator" building for high-tech start-up
wmpanles. But there Is still considerable
doubt about the eventual success of the
park, situated In an innencity area. Indus-
trial -park proposals are as plentiful as E.T.
dolls these days. "Some of the parks will
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flourish," says Mr. Gurwitz. the Rand econ•
omist, but "five or 10 years from now, we'll
see a lot of high-tech industrial parks where
the weeds will be waLst•high."
To avoid that fate. Chicago hopes to start
Its own companies with an ambitious•
mostly privately financed program its cre•
ators, Prof. Masotti and consultant James
R. Murray believe other tides will emulate:
The plan wilt create a nonprofit foundadon
[o finance commemally promising basic•re•
searcli locally. and a or-procompany
pro ec o e proto-
n ting o ml on is m
soug o crea e a system ME 1#111 aeuver
sec venturecapital-
-= local venture capitalists haven't
jumped at risky start-up ventures In the
past, preferring the greater safety of financ-
Ing later rounds. Much of the local venture
financing Is going elsewhere, anyway. Illi-
nois ranked fourth among states last year in
available venture capital. with 5808 million•
but"It's all going to California. where
they're applying the new technology:" says
Stanley Pratt, the editor of Venture Capital
Journal.
Rick Arons knows all about IL In 10
months of pavement -pounding hereabouts,
he has been unable to raise the 5800,000 he
needs to get his company, Data Voice Inc.,
out of a basement N suburban Elgin. The
company makes devices that simulate the
human voice to give commands to work.
ers.
Local venture capitalists, Mr. Arons
says, aren't as adventurous as they are an
the coasts. "They're looking for me -too
products and established markets;' he says.
Meanwhile, "Technology races ahead. Ev-
ery
very guy coming out of the University of Chi-
cago has the potential to develop a technol-
ogy that could eclipse ours. The window Is
open now, and we can't exploit It.".
Mr. Amos sought assistance from Tech-
nology Illinois Inc.. a federally financed to -
cal effort to help high-tech entrepreneurs de-
vise business plans and get financing. In Its
first year, the consulting outfit has seen
about 100 proposals• says manager Jerome
M. Selig, "everything from serious projects
to beanies with propellers." Fifteen are cli.
ents now, Including Data Voice, but only two
have found financing yet
Members of Chicago's technology task
force also hope they can redirect venture
capital. "Now there Is a network of people
that know whom to call when a project
comes up," says Richard 0. Ivins, a task -
force member who also monitors technology
transfer for Argonne National Laboratory.
"We didn't have that before."
Academic Links
Another 22tential source of commercial
hig •[ec ventures is _t a ata emit re•
searcher.Ine conservative, land-rUt
schools In e . I wes : w tc n't
openly encouraged industry links in the
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Mots recenL1y emits policies that had
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iuCES'��'Ga'rderTa c5ange. Edward P. Co-
hetrill i�r at the Unlace
slty oi'IWnois at Chicago• concedes that aces.
demla "hasn't completely come to grips
with the problem."
Robert Pry, a member of the Chicago
task force and executive vice president of
research and development at Gould Inc., re-
calls that at a recent seminar a dean of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology was
asked what he trained students to be. "With-
out flinching, he said 'entrepreneurs.' Mr.
Pry says "You wouldn't hear that here" in
Chicago.
Even more vexing Is the problem of a
poorly educated work force. "A critical fan•
for relating to the Chicago area's ability to
attract and keep jobs and firms is the qual-
fly of public education, which Is lousy," says
the Brookings Institution's Mr. Downs.
In "Retooling for New Technology;' a
consultant's report on vocational -training
programs in south suburban Cook County re•
leased last August. an electronics instructor
tells of teaching only television repair be-
cause he can't get equipment for anything
else. The study found industrial•electronacs
Induction almost nonexistent. And a fns -
traced supervisor at a local comparry has
taken to askingelectronics job applicants to
name their favorite circuit, because so
many coming out of local training programs
can't talk Intelligently about circuits.
Blue -Collar Jobs
Prospects for retraining idle blue-collar
workers for these brave new Industries also
seem dim.
Consider Boston's experience. Of 674.000
textile workers idled since 1958, only 20.000
had found high-tech jobs by 1975, a study
Mr. Bluestone and MIT economist Bennett
Harrison showed. Most wound up in lower -
paying trade and service jobs or out of the
labor force.
"We want to make sure we don't see here
what happened In Boston;" says Suhail al
Chalabl• Chicago's economic -development
director. So far, though, programs are lim-
ited. The city has contracted with Statistical
Tabulating Corp. to train 720 unemployed
workers along with 720 high-school seniors
as data processors. To qualify, however• en•
trants had to be able to type 25 words a
minute. "I know very few steelworkers who
can type 25 words per minute." says Janie
Aguilar, the co-chairman of the United
Neighborhood Organization's employment
committee. "These programs don't address
the problems of our community."
That complaint prompted a second pro -
grain with less -taxing entrance require•
mens to familiarize 512 blue-collar unem-
ployed with the rudiments of computers in
hopes of Improving their chances of -finding
work In an increasingly computerized world.
But Mr. al Chalabi concedes that the city's
programs miss a large segment of the un-
employed. Training programs are costly -
$4.4 million for the two current experimental
programs. To have an Impact, he says, the
city will need federal aid. "If you get a SI
billion national, program and Chicago gets
Its fair share: you should be able to train 15;
Oo0 to 18,000 people;' he says.
But many blue-collar workers resist pro•
grams that prepare them for high-tech jobs
that. Inevitably pay much less than they
earned on the assembly line. Most Wisconsin
Steel workers have rebuffed retraining pro-
grams. a city official confides. "It's a social
problem also:' Mr. al Chalabi says. "Many
blue-collar workers don't consider this kind
of work a man's job."
as done to offset the decline of the tire In.
dus". "They have adapted relatively suc•
cessfully;' he says. ,"and they didn't do that
by creating exotic new industries."
Eventually, the region's future may de-
pend on how well it blends Its strength -In•
dustrfes that shape metals -with the tech-
nology of the microprocessor, Mr. Bluestone
of Boston College believes. But modernizing
the smokestakes won't necessarily restore
jobs. After getting some tax breaks from the
state,.U.S. Steel Corp. said It would renovate
a call mill at Its South Works complex here.
Even when that Is'completed though, the
complex wilf employ only about one-third of
the 6,600 workers It did In its heyday.
Nevertheless, high-tech boosters Insist
the city hasn't any other choice. "We don't
believe we'll attract a whole lot of high-tech
companies from elsewhere and start a whole
lot of companies and right away create a
bunch of new jobs;' says Argonne's Mr.
Iv W. "But sometime In the furore, if we
don't do It, we'll be in a hell of a lot worse
shape."
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City of Iowa Cit,
MEMORANDUM
Date: April 21, 1983
To: All Police and Fire Personnel
From: Neal Berlin
Re: Police/Fire Wellness Program
Earlier this year a task force comprised of members of the Police and Fire
Departments was organized and began work investigating development of a wellness
program for both departments. The purpose of this memo is to advise you of
progress to date and the goals we will continue to pursue.
Jointly the Task Force, the Human Relations Director and I, have investigated
and discussed the following areas:
1. Development and implementation of a comprehensive wellness program for
each employee, which will include: medical -and fitness testing for each
employee, development of an exercise "prescription" for each individual to
help him/her attain individual fitness goals, with additional individual
professional assistance available, including diet, stress management, etc.
2. Establishment of an exercise facility preferably on City property, and
conducive to convenient use by employees.
3. Procurement of exercise equipment for the facility and for the outlying
Fire stations.
4. Fitness/health standards for new or promoted employees included in a
written agreement.
5. The necessity or desirability of establishing both fitness standards which
must be maintained by all current Police and Fire employees, and a testing
program to ascertain whether standards are being met.
6. Smoking policy in Police and Fire department facilities.
I have also discussed these ideas with Presidents of both the Police and Fire
unions, and will continue to seek union involvement in development of the
program.
In the areas mentioned above, our primary concentration to date has been working
with the University of Iowa to secure professional services in implementing the
program. In the next few weeks we expect to receive a joint proposal for
services from the Exercise Physiology Division of the Physical Education
Department and from the Internal Medicine Division of the University Hospitals.
We have requested the following services: a complete physical examination for
employees, including a stress test and an evaluation of the individual fitness
level - strength, flexibility, endurance, body composition, etc., and using this
information, development of an exercise prescription for each employee by a
physician or physiologist, to be supplemented with diet and stress management
information, as appropriate.
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We hope shortly to conclude our search for an appropriate exercise facility,
available on an around- the -c I ock basis, and begin to purchase equipment.
However, available space places a number of constraints upon the choice of a
facility.
We expect to also provide educational information concerning exercise,
lifestyle and diet considerations which impact on fitness, and plan to
disseminate the information via group meetings, individual consultation and
literature.
At this time we are considering emphasizing voluntary rather than mandatory
involvement of individual employees. We anticipate that we will be ready to
schedule the exams no sooner than June. We hope that the professional services
and information will serve as an incentive for a high level of participation.
However, if is is clear that employees with potential health problems, because
of overweight or for other reasons, do not participate, it may be necessary to
require physical examinations.
As we continue development of this program we welcome your input into the
process, either through- the Task Force representatives from your department,
listed below, or directly to myself or the Human Relations Director. Any of us
involved would also be pleased to answer questions you may have. We will
continue to keep you informed of our progress in developing a program which we
hope will, by improving your health and fitness level, also improve your quality
of life and ability to perform in your position.
cc: Police and Fire Wellness Task Force
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Elmer Beckler
Jim Hazlett
Andy Rocca
Matt Johnson
Roger Hanson
Steve Switzer
Jim Clark
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CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This agreement made and entered into on this day of
198_, by and between the City of Iowa City, hereinafter called -the Cit and
Whereas, the City deems it necessary and desirable to retain the services of
employees who are competent to perform mental and physical functions and duties
of the Iowa City Fire Department,
And, whereas, has been deemed qualified to
perform such services in the position of for
the City of Iowa City Fire Department,
Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained
the City and agree as follows:
1. Retention of Services:
Commencing , 198_,
shall be appointed to the position of to
perform the services, functions and duties assigned by the
2. Compensation and Other Benefits:
For the performance of the services, functions and duties assigned by the
will receive the same salary
structure, fringe benefit package and employee rights as do other employees
in the same pay classification plan and performing like services,
functions, and duties assigned.
3. Specific Contractual Conditions:
D. Employee will maintain an average rating in the Iowa City
Department Performance Evaluation System.
E. Employee will maintain a State of Iowa Chauffeur's License.
F. Employee will mail,tain Physical Fitness Standards.
The City will provide an evaluation of the employee's medical
condition and level of physical fitness, and will provide
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fitness program. One year following the establishment of the fitness
program, the employee will be tested to determine whether fitness
goals as outlined by the professional have been achieved. Any
employee who fails this test will be retested in 30 calendar days.
Employees who fail this retest will be terminated from employement in
the position of
G. Termination for failure to meet the established physical fitness
goals shall not be presumed to be a disability for pension purposes.
H. agrees that upon appointment as a permanent
that will not smoke
tobacco on or off duty. This condition will remain in effect during
the tenure of employment of and the existence of
the provision of the Code of Iowa, or such similar provision which
provides that:
"Disease under this section shall mean heart disease or any disease of
the lungs or respiratory tract and shall be presumed to have been
contracted while on active duty as a result of strain or the
inhalation of noxious fumes, poison or gases."
Ihave read and understood the conditions of
employment as identified in this document and agree as a condition of employment
to maintain those standards established in this contractual agreement.
BY:
Employee
Date:
By:
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April 18, 1983
y Conference Board: April 18, 1983, at 4:30 p,m. in the Conference
Room at the Civic Center in Iowa City.
presiding. Mayor Mary Neuhauser
Iowa City Councilmembers Present: Neuhauser, McDonald, Balmer, Perret,
Dickson, Erdahl.
Johnson County Supervisors Present: Sehr, Donnelly, Langenberg, Meyers.
Iowa City Community School Boardmembers: Cilek, Phelps
Staffinembers Present: Berlin, Helling, Jansen, Karr, Hudson and two
deputies.
Tape Recorded: Reel 83-7, Side 1, #527-710.
Assessors' Recommendation for Hiring Appraisal Compan
iMoved by School Board, seconded by County, to approve the City Assessor's
recommendation to hire Vanguard for Iowa City's residential reappraisal.
Balmer expressed discontent with the commercial property reappraisals and
hopes that the residential reappraisals won't generate a large amount of
complaints and appeals. Hudson explained that Vanguard expected 15% of
the commercial property owners and up to 5% of residential property owners
to question the new assessments. About ' of the 420 commercial appeals
resulted in assessment changes. Hudson said that the residential
appraisals should be closer because they are easier to appraise. In
response to a question from Erdahl, Hudson said that millage rates have
to not been set on the reappraised values. Berlin said that it is difficult
what the rol)back will be.
ErdahlJnoted ect hthat lthe ePossibility rates oexistswtout knoinglower the millage rate and
still maintain the budget if higher assessments are made. Neuhauser
stated that the millage rate is tied to agricultural property which is
based on productivity, making it difficult to foresee the future millage
rate. Hudson noted that his office has done the most recent appraisals.
j Cilek said that the school district has a spending limit and is therefore
least affected by the new assessments.
carried. Mayor declared earlier motion as
City moved, County seconded, motion to have the City legal staff review
the Vanguard contracts. Motion carried.
Hudson explained the current Board of Review appointment requirements.
Applications are received up to May 2. The position is specified for
someone familiar with the construction field.
Moved by School Board, seconded by County, to adjourn meeting, 4:45 p.m.
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