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Home My WebLink About1983-07-11 Info PacketCity of Iowa City MEMORANDUM TO: City Council FROM: City Manager DATE: July 8, 1983 RE: Informal Agenda and Meeting Schedule 7:30 P.M. - Special Council MeetingMonday - Room Separate Agenda Post Posted 7:40 P.M. - Executive Session 7:50 8:05 P.M. P.M. - Transit Funding - Future Prospects - Discuss Transit Fare Subsidy and Reduced Swimming Fees for 8:20 P.M. - WastewaterUnemployed Treatment Plant Update and Discuss Land Acquion lOft800 8:45 8:50 P.M. - P.M. - Oiling South Gilbert Court Discuss Space Needs 9:00 9:10 P.M. - P.M. Discuss Bicycle Licensing Policy - Council time, Council committee reports 7:30 P.M. - LENDING Priority A: Iowa -Illinois Utilities Franchise Discuss Water Billing Procedures - July 18, 1983 Discuss Council Policy Resolution Discuss City Council Majority Voting Requirements Housing Inspection Funding. Policy Housing Market Analysis Recommendations MECCA Funding Request Shamrock/Arbor Drive Drainage Area Lower Ralston Creek Parcels - Use and Configuration North Dubuque.Street Improvements Meet with Broadband Telecommunications Commission Discuss Amendments to Non -Discrimination Ordinance Clear Creek Investment Company Development Proposal Discuss Economic Development Report Discuss Transit Interchange Report Meet with Design Review Committee - September 26, 1983 Traffic Si'gnals - Flashing Mode Mandatory Parkland Dedication (Fall 1983) Appointments to Planning and Zoning Commission and Airport Commission - July 19, 1983 Appointments to Riverfront Commission, Committee on Community Needs and United Action for Youth Board - August 16, 1983 Special Informal Council Meeting - Conference Room Discuss Zero Lot Line Ordinance Priority B: Priority C: MICROFILMED V h' LJORM MICROLAB _CEDAR RAPT DS -IDES MOINES r J. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: July 8, 1983 TO: City Council FROM: Dale E. Helling RE: Responses to Questions raised at Meeting with Developers Additional information is needed to respond to questions raised at the at meeting with developers. Therefore, this subject will not be discussed be availableltotthemCouncilainothe.informationed. packet�oflJulym151andshould will then be scheduled for discussion. C� MICROFILMED BY tj>JORM MICROLAB , ''CEDAR RAPIDS* DES MOINES , r r ------------- J 1057 CITY CSF CIOHIC CENT �/ V A tER 410E.WASHWGTONSTCITY OWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5CoO July 7, 1983 t: GWG Investments 13y 4a -i c/o Bruce R. Glasgow 834 N. Johnson Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Glasgow: Approximately six months have elapsed since GMG Investments has taken possession of the Old Public Library. The City desires to receive information which demonstrates that reasonable progress is being made in the redevelopment of the building. As per Section 9 of the Offer to Purchase, the City hereby requests an accounting of the conies expended since January 18, 1983 to June accounting 1983. This accounting should be sant to the City Manager's office by n- later than July 22, 1983. In addition, the City requests that a quarterly accounting of the monies expanded be instituted. The accounting would be presented to the City Manager's office no later than 20 days from the end of each calendar September 30, and December 31 quarter (March 31, June 30, further request b and is subject to verification upon y the City. Recent news media articles would seem to indicate that there is some question concerning compliance with the development purposes in Section 9 of the Offer to Purchase. The City Council has directed the staff to insure compliance. Receipt of appropriate information will be appreciated. If You have questions regarding the above information, please feel free to contact me. i Si cerel ours, .Vette Neal G. Berlin City Manager i tp3/1 cc: Robert Jansen, City Attorney Andrea Hauer, Development Coordinator City Council 13500 Y� G� MICROFILMED BY t?i.JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES r i . 1 0 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: July 8, 1983 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Robert W. Jansen, City Attorney RE: Outdoor Service Areas (beer gardens) This is in response to your inquiry concerning so-called "beer gardens" -- are they authorized and can they be controlled by the City? We checked with the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department and these are permitted and licensed under the Iowa Code as outdoor service areas contiguous to taverns or bars. Any licensee wishing to serve liquor or beer in an outdoor area is required to furnish the Department a diagram showing the discernible outdoor area; a letter stating the dates the outdoor area will be used; a letter from the local authority approving the outdoor area; and a letter from insurance and bonding companies that the outdoor area is covered by the dram shop insurance policy and bond. Rule 150-4.12(123) of the Iowa Administrative Code. The States policy is that if the city does not approve a proposed outdoor service area, the Beer and Liquor Control Department will not permit it. This amounts to a veto and is the most effective control, although there should be a public welfare or safety reason on which to base withholding approval. I recommend that the bars having outdoor areas be notified by the Clerk of the State permit requirements. cc: City Manager City Clerk David Brown Dale Helling Lj j MICROFILMED BY `.JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES r /3-" A, City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: July 8, 1983 TO: Mayor and Council I.1 FROM: Robert W. Jansen, City Attorney RE: Airport Zoning The Council is aware of the need to establish extra -territorial zoning regulations to control uses within the runway approach zones and perhaps areas adjacent to the clear and/or approach zones. Although the bulk of the airport area is located in the city, planes using the airport can be endangered by ground hazards located in county areas. In terms of safety and in terms of federal aid for development of the airport, the Airport Master Plan mandates hazard zoning regulations. The Urban Fringe Committee has discussed this issue. I recently met with the County Attorney to explore ways in which airport zoning can be most effectively established through city -county cooperation. The County Attorney is of the opinion that the only sound legal basis is to enact a single ordinance by both jurisdictions as pro- vided in Iowa Code Sec. 329.4. I agree. Attempting to exercise joint zoning powers by means of a 28E agreement would not be appro- priate. The power to zone, including airport zoning, is delegated by the state legislature to cities and counties. Iowa Code Chapters 358A, 414, 329. In spite of home rule, the legislature has not repealed these Code provisions. Accordingly, the powers of cities and counties in the zoning field are derived from these statutes and zoning can only be carried out pursuant to them. The ordinance to be enacted will establish an airport zoning commission consisting of 2 members from each municipality and a fifth selected by the majority vote of the members. A board of adjustment will also need to be established. Although there may be some reluctance on the part of the Council to see another governmental agency created, I believe it is only prudent to establish airport zoning in the statutorily -prescribed manner. There may be elements of a "taking" in some of the zoning measures to be adopted. It would be foolish to provide a legal challenge to the regulations on the grounds that the Iowa Code procedures were not followed. I recommend the Council authorize the preparation of the ordinance. We would pattern this on the present Cedar Rapids -Johnson County Air- port Zoning Ordinance. This same recommendation was made to the Urban Fringe Committee. cc: Neal Berlin Don Schmeiser Richard Boyle MICROFILMED BY `JORM MICROLAB i CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MORTES r r•� M J. 1.■ I MICROFRMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS --DES . M DINES' r J .jort on Outdoor Swimming Pool es Phone survey conducted by Paul Crutchfield, July 7, 1983 Tipton - 319-886-2100 West Liberty -Ed Stiff 319-627-2418 Davenport - Andy Clark 319-326-7812 Waterloo - Dean Myhr 319-291-4491 Newton - Dave Holstad 515-792-1470 Ames - Joe Stevens 515-292-6228 Bettendorf - Ed Scheck 319-359-1651 Clinton - Jerry Bersch 319-243-1260 Grinnell - Brian Katz 515-236-6344 Cedar Rapids- 319-398-5065 Iowa City - 319-356-5100 City Age 1983 rate Iowa City Adults (10th grade and older) 1.00 7th grade - 9th grade .50 1 year - 6th grade (under 1 yr. free) .25 (50C Rec. Center rate for all ages ) .50 Tipton Adults 18 and older 1.00 Children 17 and younger .70 West Liberty Adults 18 and older 1.75 Children 6-17 years 1.00 Children 5 and younger Free Waterloo Adults 18 and older 1.00 Children 17 and younger .50 Newton Adults 16 and older 1.25 Children 15 and younger .65 Ames Adults 18 and older 1.50 Children 17 and younger 1.00 3 and under free Bettendorf Adults 18 and older 1.00 Children 6-17 years old .50 Children 5 and younger Free Clinton Adults 18 and older 1.25 Children 17 and younger .75 Davenport Adults 18 and older 1.00 Children 17 and younger .75 Cedar Rapids All swimmers 1.00 Grinnel Adults 18 and older 1.10 Children 17 and younger .80 MICROFRMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS --DES . M DINES' r J M City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 6, 1983 To: Neal Berlin, City Manager From: Larry McGonagle, Transit Manager Re: Bus Fare Subsidy: Project Hard Times Several transit system shave been contacted to determine what, if anything, they do for their unemployed citizens. (See attached sheet. ) If the City feels that a 2.7% unemployment rate warrants involvement in the program, I recommend the following procedure: Tickets be provided to the Department of Job Services. An example of this. is Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Job Service is then responsible for distributing the tickets. The major benefit of this procedure is that it virtually eliminates any administrative cost to the City, since the agency has already certified the eligibility of its participants. If the City were to administer this program there would have to be a certification system. The cost of such a system would undoubtedly be more than the benefit gained. I spoke with Tom Bullington at Job Services. Tom stated that Job Service would be interested, but with some reservations. He is concerned that problems could arise depending upon the eligibility criteria set by the Council. Tom would like to see anyone who is unemployed eligible. Also, he would prefer that individuals request the tickets. He does not want his people responsible for asking eligible individuals if they need tickets. tp2/1 41 t MICROFILMED BY :JORM MICROLAB 1 CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 'MOINES I.A V Sioux City Transit System - "Never heard of such a thing." Cedar Rapids Transit - Sells passes at a reduced rate to area agencies. They then distribute them to the appropriate persons. -800 Ann Arbor Transit Authority - cards. llow ha1f fare Re -issued rides. every Have threeissued (3) months• Individuals must be receiving unemployment benefits and must present a letter/document from distributor to receive a card. Students do not qualify. Des Moines MTA - Will not go with reduced fares on bus. Says that unemployment has transportation dollars available. Sells tickets and tokens at a reduction to Job Services and lets them decide who deserves them. Champaign -Urbana Transit System - Unemployment is not a big problem and so the idea would not be justified. Ames Transit System - They are not doing anything and definitely do not want to. Manager says that in a university community it is not practical. Waterloo MTA - They are not, and will not, alter their fare structured to accommodate an area already covered by other services. Davenport Transit System - Half fare (0.25). Go to City Hall and sign certificate stating they are eligible. Receive a pass that must be shown to driver to ride for half fare. /3612- j MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB fj CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES r City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 8, 1983 To: City Council and City Manager��(pr From: John Lundell, Transportation PlannV Larry McGonagle, Transit Manageri- J Rosemary Vitosh, Finance Director Re: Purchase of Transit Equipment Since previous Council discussions the state and federal transit funding picture has changed necessitating additional discussion of our local transit funding decisions. The emphasis of these changes relate to capital purchases. Originally it was decided to purchase six replacement coaches and other equipment in FY84 using UMTA, Iowa DOT, and local funds. At that time we anticipated receiving 80% federal and 10% state funding leaving 10% for the City to pick up. However, presently UMTA will only fund 75% and the Iowa DOT none, requiring 25% to be borne by the City. Actually, the Iowa DOT would be willing to pay a portion of capital expenses but only by reducing operating assistance by a similar amount. Therefore, while the City originally budgeted $109,000 as local match for this capital grant application, the amount actually needed is $260,531. The Iowa City portion breaks down as follows: Description UMTA Share (A) 6 transit coaches with fareboxes $742,500 6 mobile radio units 5,400 1 spare engine and transmission 15,525 10 bus passenger shelters 22,500 Grant administration 5,625 TOTAL $791,550 Local Share (20%) $247,500 .1,800 3,106 7,500 625 $260,531 The balance that now exists in the Transit Replacement Reserve is to be used for the local match on both the new transit facility and future bus purchases/remanufacturings. Below is a table of financial projections for the reserve through FY87 which was prepared last fall. Accounting records on the FY83 actual financial transactions are not yet final but they appear to be running very close to original projections. /3 MICROFILMED BY )I ',JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES'MOIIIES J I.I V 2 TRANSIT REPLACEMENT RESERVES ___FY83 FY84 FY85 FY86 FY87 g--------g---------;----------g---------1---- BEGINNING BALANCE 494,579 506,372 239,227 62,935 62,736 RECEIPTS: Interest Income 36,000 28,000 51000 3,000 3,000 Transfer from Operations 132,800 92,915 20,050 60,801 98,610 EXPENDITURES: Bus Acquisition (42,526) -- (109,000) (64,000) (49,000) Transit Facility 114,481 388,060 92,342 - mw - ENDING BALANCE 506,372 239,227 62,935 62,736 115,346 The FY84 state and federal operating grant amounts are not yet finalized, but it is anticipated that they will be somewhat lower than the original budgeted amounts. This will have a negative effect on the replacement reserve balance since the transfer from operations is based upon the excess of total revenues over total expenditures in each fiscal year. Any reduction in revenues will correspondingly reduce the transfers from operations to the replacement reserve in that particular year. With the apparent reduction in operating grants anticipated for FY84 and the possibility of future reductions, current funding will not provide sufficient revenues to fund the $260,531 local match amount which is discussed above. Our financial projections for FY85 may need to be revised downward and could result in reducing the ending balance for FY85 to zero or less, as it is possible that our operating grants will be reduced by $63,000 or more during fiscal years FY84 and FY85. This is based on the assumption that $109,000 is all that is available for the local match. Available funding options include: 1. Increase the bus fare. Our original projections indicated that the bus fare would need to be increased to 504 on January 1, 1986. This 104 increase would provide additional revenue of approximatley $100,000 if done mid -year or $197,000 if done at the beginning of the fiscal year. 2. The Transit Policy could be revised to increase the amount of funding provided by local subsidy (property taxes and Federal Revenue Sharing). The current local subsidy amount is 40%, as established by the Transit Policy. Each 1% increase in the local subsidy amount would provide approximately $18,000 in additional revenue. 3. The Council has chosen to phase Federal Revenue Sharing out of transit operation revenues. The reduction is $133,500 in FY84 and is projected to be $269,000 in FY85. These Revenue Sharing monies have been designated MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB t CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES f i /.363 I J_ I by the Council for use on Capital Improvement Projects and as such could be used for bus purchases. This option would provide only a solution as future purchases/remanufacturings would also req temporary ire the identification of local funding sources. 4• Additional state grant funds could be requested. However, it appears that this option would also cause an equal reduction in the City's state Operating grant which would only reduce operating revenues further. 5• A combination of the above options could be used and may be the only solution to obtaining the funding needed for the local match at this time. Another issue which the Council must consider is future funding of bus purchases or remanufacturing. The six new coaches currently beim applied intended to replace six of the City's twelve 1971 vintage coaches for are while they are being remanufactured. When the first six are finished, the rema{n{ g six would then undergo remanufacture. When we priced the cost of remanufactur{ng last August, the average cost was tapproximately $60,000 per bus. Most recent estimates range as high as $95,000 he conditlondofgIowan the extent City Transitocoachesuancapproximate cost of $70,000 each. The increase in remanufacturing costs appear 9to be caused b based on and a greater demand for remanufactured coaches Despite these increases, remanufacturing remains considerably less expensive than purchasing newcoaches at approximately $165,000 each. Not surprisingly, UMTA is currently reviewing their policy on funding remanufacturing anpattempt to keepltheMnewwtransitdbus manufacturing75% of sindustry healthy, is considering a limit on the percentage of vehicles in a city's fleet for which they will fund remanufacturing. which would permit Iowa City o onlyent remanufacturessixdicate vehiclea limit of 0% s. However, this policy is still under discussion at the present time. In conclusion, the City Council needs to determine the source of local match for the present UMTA grant application for six coaches and other equipment as well as review the policy on funding future transit capital expenditures. The Transportation Planner, Transit Manager, and Finance Director will be av to discuss this further with the City Manager and Council. ailable Thank you. bj/sp k; MICROFILMED BY t±` ;JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES-140INES r 133 ff City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 8, 1983 To: City Council and Neal Berlin From: Denny Gannon Re: Update of Work Schedules on Benton & Burlington Streets Weather permitting, Benton Street should be opened to traffic Wednesday afternoon, July 13, 1983. The telephone company's work on Burlington Street (from the north river bridge through the Madison Street intersection), across Grand Avenue at the Byington Road intersection, and across Riverside Drive will begin Monday, July 11, completion company to assure 1983, This work will be closely ed August83. Weather r22, by permitting, completion ofthe entire project is scheduled for November 7, 1983. At the time the memo dated June 29, 1983, was prepared, the engineer for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. estimated the contractor would move equipment and materials to the project site during the week of July 11-15, 1983, and begin construction, with the accompanying closing of traffic lanes, on July 18, 1983. However, the contractor awarded the project feels he must begin construction on July 11, order to complete the work detailed above by August 22. in Otherwise, if the start of construction is delayed one week, then completion will be delayed one week to August 29, 1983, Considering the heavy traffic flow expected with the beginning of school on August 24, staff felt it would be proper to permit the telephone company's contractor to begin work on Monday, July 11, in order to assure completion of the aforementioned work by August 22. bc5/3 /36tv. C ~ i MICROFILMED BY 'k 1JORM MICROLAB f I CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES r J t.i City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 8, 1983 To: City Council and City Manager From: Harvey Miller, Police Chief Re: Bicycle Licensing We have sampled reports of lost or stolen bicycles reported to the Iowa City Police Department over the past calendar year. In addition, over the past three weeks I have carefully monitored every report of this type in an effort to determine whether the past evidence remains currently accurate. It does. One out of every seven bicycles reported as lost or stolen is licensed in Iowa City. In those instances where the complainant indicated their bicycle was licensed in Iowa City, not one had the foggiest notion of the license number• or when it was purchased. Most every one of these complaints had to be chased through the name file. If the bike is lost or stolen on campus property, many individuals apparently only report the loss to Campus Security, and we are notified some time later of the loss. Campus Security records would probably indicate even fewer licensed bikes as lost or stolen than the records of the Iowa City Police Department. Finally, it appears from information received from conversations with a number of dealers in bicycles that the average length of ownership is two years. Interestingly changes of ownership are seldom reported, and thu the Police Department. s recorded, at I respectfully suggest the City of Iowa City repeal its present bicycle licensing ordinance. The present ordinance is largely unenforceable and to a great extent, ignored by bicycle owners. It does not generate significant sums of revenue and in fact, consumes personnel resources and time that are far in excess of receipts. In addition, in my opinion, officers should focus their efforts toward the control of violations committed by bicycle operators rather than licensing. Current licensing provisions have been in effect for nearly seven years and some type of licensing was in effect many years before the passage of the present ordinance. The current, as well as the past registration and licensing provisions have been largely ignored by a majority of citizens who own and operate bicycles. Violation of the licensing provision is a misdemeanor. Thus criminal penalities are assessed against an offender upon conviction. It seems curious that bikes that cost as much, or as little, as fairly good watches or other personally owned items, other than automobiles, are 11censed when more valuable property is not. Even autos are subject to statewide licensing provisions rather than local regulation. 4i 1 MICROFILMED BY �) tai JORM MICROLAB j CEDAR RAPIDS•OES'MOIMES r J i.1 Again, in my opinion, it is time to repeal licensing of bikes. In its place the Police Department will provide for the volar` registration of ownership not licensing) for those who wish to file this information with the Department. There will be no charge for this service. Bicycle shops and dealers wlbbe supplied with registration forms that can be made available to customers as a public service. If you agree that this is an appropriate and timely course of action to pursue, I would be happy to work with the City legal staff to draft a repeal of the present ordinance or to amend the present ordinance making registration. ..but not licensing voluntary and removing criminal penalties for not registering bikes. tps/7-8 1 „r MICROFILMED BY �iS' JORM MICROLAB . r 'CEDAR RAPIDS•DES HOINES_7J I a ti J.` City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 7, 1983 To: City CouncrI From: Don Schmelsser rector of Planning & Program Development Re: Proposed Zero Lot Line Housing Regulations Attached to this memorandum is a proposed ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance by establishing regulations for zero lot line housing. This ordinance is similar to the ordinance which the City Council previously reviewed in November of 1982. The significant difference in this ordinance from the earlier draft is in the minimum lot size required for zero lot line dwellings. The City Council had earlier indicated a preference to permit zero lot line dwellings on minimum 3,000 square foot lot sizes. As for duplexes, the most recent draft permits zero lot line dwellings on lot sizes of 3,000 square feet in the R2 and R3 zones. This is the lot size permitted for zero lot line housing in Coralville. Also included in the subject ordinance is a new zone called the RIC zone. This zone would be later replaced by the RS -8 zone of the proposed new zoning ordinance. The RIC zone and the RS -8 zone both permit a density of development at approximately 8 dwelling units per acre. Consequently, the minimum lot size for zero lot line dwellings in this zone is 4,350 square feet. The RIC zone, although not needed to permit zero lot line housing, is made a part of the subject ordinance to enable some property owners the opportunity to rezone land to this classification that heretofore had been zoned for single family use. The staff will be present to discuss the provisions of the subject ordinance at your informal meeting of July 12. Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time prior to the meeting if you have any questions concerning this matter. bc4/5 /3412 G, i MICROFILMED BY k ,NT JORM MICROLAB r CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 1.■ ORDINANCE NO. DRAFT: 7/6/83 SECTION II. AMENDMENT. The Zoning Ordinance of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by the following: A. Section 8.10.3A of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by adding the following definition: 26b. Dwelling - zero lot line. A single family dwelling with one or more walls located on a side lot line(s). B. Section 8.10.4 of the Zoning Ordinance fol towing: is hereby amended by adding the RIC - Single Family Residence Zone C. The Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by adding the following: i 8.10.7.1. RIC Zone Use Regulations s Premises in the RIC Single Family Residence Zone shall be limited to the uses set forth in Section 8.10.7. D. Section 8.10.9 of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by adding the following: } Use Specific Conditions Zones 1. The minimum lot area shall not be less than 4,350 square feet in the RIC Zone nor less than 3,000 square ? feet in the R2 and R3 zones. Zero lot line 2. Where an abutting lot has been de- RIC, R2, R3 dwellings veloped with a side yard of more than 0 feet but less than 10 feet, the dwelling shall be located such that there is a minimum of 10 feet between dwellings. 3. No portion of a wall, roof, or appur- tenance thereto on the zero side yard shall project over the lot line. Openings in the wall shall be prohibited. 4. Buildings shall be designed such that stormwater from roofs does not run directly onto abutting lots. 5. Legal provision shall be made for per- manent access for the maintenance of the exterior portion of the proposed building wall located on the lot line and other common elements such as aisles. A per - MICROFILMED BY tlfi' IJORM MICROLAB I CEDAR RAPIDS•DES*MOINE3 r J I V �5 manent ten foot maintenance easement to provide such access shall be secured prior to issuance of a building permit. 6. One side yard shall be at 0 feet and all other side yards at 10 feet. 7. The two required parking spaces may be provided in the front yard. 8. Each zero lot line dwelling shall be provided with separate building access and with separate utility service from the street or rear lot line. 9. All other requirements of the zone in which it is located shall be applicable. Duplexes The requirements of the R2 Zone shall be RIC applicable provided 'that the minimum lot area shall not be less than 4350 square feet per unit. E. Section 8.10.22A.1 is hereby amended by substituting in lieu thereof the following: 1. In RIA, RIB, RIC, R2, R3, CO and CH Zones, said buildings shall not exceed two and one-half (214) stories and shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet; except that a building on a lot in the CO or CH Zone within 45 feet of the side lot line of a lot with an existing residential building in an R Zone shall not exceed the height of said residential building. F. Section 8.10.23A is hereby amended by adding the following: One Front Yard Two Side Yards One Rear Yard Zone Having a Depth of Having a Width of Having a Depth of RIC 20 feet 5 feet 20 feet G. Section 8.10.24A. is hereby amended by adding the following: Frontage Lot Width Area in Single Two Multi - Zone in Feet in Feet Sq. Ft. Family Family Family RIC 25 45 4,350 4,350 4,350 " H. Section 8.10.26A.1 of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 1. In the RIA, RIB, RIC and R2 Zones: (a) Private garages. (b) Home occupations. 1j MICROFILMED BY i `.JORM MICROLAB I Iljl CEDAR RAN Ds-bE5 MOINES r 13 44 J I.I I 3 (0 Vegetable and flower gardens. (d) Tennis courts, swimming pools, garden houses, pergolas, ornamental gates, barbecue ovens, fireplaces, and similar uses customarily accessory to family uses, and fallout shelters or blast shelters. (e) Storage of wood, lumber and other material where the land occupied by such storage is confined to one location with a maximum area of one hundred (100) square feet; provided that there is at least eight (8) inches of free air space under such storage. (f) Keeping of small animals commonly housed in a dwelling but not for sale purposes; provided, however, that this shall not affect farms of more than three (3) acres where animals are housed in structured located more than fifty (50) feet from property lines. I. Section 8.10.35.5 is hereby amended by adding R1C as follows: 8.10.35.5 RIA, R1B, R1C and R2 Zone regulations. SECTION III. REPEALER. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such ajudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication as required by law. Passed and approved this MAY ATTEST: CITY CLERK It was moved by and seconded by that the Ordinance as read be adopted and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: BALMER DICKSON ERDAHL LYNCH MCDONALD NEUHAUSER /366 t�,{ 1 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB i CEDAR RAPIDS- DES MOINES . I' I t.1 1. I 4 First consideration Vote for passage: Second consideration Vote for passage: Date published 4 MICROFILMED BY IJORM MICROLAB `CEDAR IRAPIOS•DES.MOINES y 4 PERRET t d i i m 6 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 8, 1983 To: City Council �j From: Karin Franklin, Planner ' Re: Rezoning of 624 S. Gilbert Street The enclosed report from Shive-Hattery Engineers has been reviewed by the Engineering staff who find the recommendations addressed in the report regarding the gas barrier and venting system acceptable. To confirm the staff's findings, the report has been forwarded to an independent third party for further technical evaluation. We anticipate a response in time for the Council's final action on the rezoning item at the August 2, 1983 meeting. tp5/6 ixxr ` J 4� + MICROFILMED BY l IJORM MICROLAB {I CEDAR RAPIDS-bES'MOINES�r 1 /3 -1- SHIVE-HATTERY ENGINEERS Highwny I A Interslete CO. p.0. ROY.. 1050 Iowa City Iowa Cily, IA 52240 Cudm Rapid:. 319-354-3040 Davi npnil June 29, 1983 Des Wine!; Dubuque Rock lshmd University Realty 414 East Market Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Attention: Mr. James A. Clark Dear Sir: RE: Subsurface Investigation of Moore Oil, Inc. Property Iowa City, Iowa INTRODUCTION This letter report is a summary of the findings and conclusions from our subsurface investigation of the Moore Oil, Inc. property located at 624 South Gilbert Street in Iowa City. A plot plan indicating the location of the property with respect to adjacent streets and the locations of borings which were drilled on the property as part of this investigation is attached to this report. The site is currently occupied by a masonry building and-ieveral elevated bulk storage tanks. A loading dock is located on the east side of the building and is surrounded by a graveled parking area. The bulk storage tanks are supported on concrete collars. Immediately south of the bulk storage tanks a trench approximately 3 feet wide and of unknown depth has been installed. This trench contains perforated, corrugated plastic pipe surrounded by clean gravel. The trench connects to a pit located just south and on the west end of the line of bulk storage tanks. It is proposed that the site be developed for multiple family dwellings. Present plans include the construction of two apartment buildings with plan dimensions of approximately 50 feet x 67 feet on the property. The ground floor for these buildings would be constructed at or near the existing grade on the site. The purpose of this investigation was to explore the near -surface soils on the site for the presence of petroleum products which could affect the proposed apartment buildings and/or their inhabitants. A spill of approximately 8,000 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil reportedly occurred on the site approximately two Years ago and was reported to the Iowa Department of Environmental Quality. It has been estimated that approximately 4,000 gallons of this spill was recovered using open pits and a recovery well extending below the groundwater table underlying this site. The recovery well was installed by Fuel Recovery Company of St. Paul, Minnesota and this company also .performed a hydrologic investigation of the site and surrounding area. In the hydrologic investigation report, Fuel Recovery Company indicated the presence of petroleum products in the soils above the groundwater table and these products would not have been L - INDUSTRIAL - ELECTRICAL - NIECHANICAL STRUCTURAL - GEOTECHNICAL • LNVIRONt.IENTAL • TRANSPORTAIIO MICROFILMED BY l±� 'JORM MICRO_ LAB `CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES r 1 1347 Boring logs were recorded in the field during the drilling and sampling operation. The soil samples were visually classified in accordance with the Unified Soil Classification System. In addition, notations were made of soils encountered which exhibited petroleum odor. These notations are shown in the "Remarks" column in the Records of Subsurface Exploration. Soils encountered in the borings are described on the attached Records of Subsurface Exploration. Generally, the borings encountered variable depths of surface fill in the form of 'crushed rock parking log surfacing, cinders, and some apparently localized areas of deeper random fill. Borings 1-6 extended through any fill present into the underlying natural cohesive silty clay soils. Borings 7 and 8 were hand drilled to a depth of 1.5 feet and were terminated in fill. s A water table was not detected in any of the borings. In cohesive soils, however, it may take as long as several days for the water table to stabilize in •,� the open bore holes. The actual level of the water table could be determined through the use of piezometers. The level of the groundwater table could be expected to fluctuate with changes in surface drainage or climatic conditions. Following completion of the drilling, and explosimeter probe which senses the presence and concentration of potentially explosive gas was lowered into each bore hole. This equipment was provided and operated by Iowa -Illinois Gas & Electric Company personnel and the testing was witnessed by Shive-Hattery personnel. Borings 1 and 2 showed no indication of explosive potential; however, borings 3 through 8 showed a high degree of explosive potential. J Results of these tests are shown on the Boring Location Diagram attached to this iT7! report. The type of gas present in the ground was not defined. DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS The results of our subsurface exploration program indicate that much of the near -surface soil on the site contains some amount of petroleum products. Based upon smell, it appears that more than one type of product may be present and l� t I •�• SHIVE•HATTERY ENGINEERS 1367 i4j I MICROFILMED BY f It ':.JORM MICROLAB fj CEDAR RAPIDS•DES-MOINES r- 1 J 1 University Realty Mr. James A. Clark June 29, 1983 Page 2 removed during the recovery program. In addition to the most recent spill, it is possible that other spills of different products could have occurred on the site over the years in which the bulk petroleum plant was in operation. SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION AND SITE CONDITIONS l Eight borings were drilled at were drilled with a CME -55 truck the site on June 24, 1983. Six of these borings -mounted drilling rig and 4 -inch flight augers. Two boring locations were not accessible with the truck -mounted equipment and were drilled by hand using a small 1 -inch soil auger. Both hand auger borings were terminated at a depth of 1.5 feet due to the presence of brick, rock, and other rubble obstructions. All other borings were drilled to the maximum depth of 8 feet. Boring logs were recorded in the field during the drilling and sampling operation. The soil samples were visually classified in accordance with the Unified Soil Classification System. In addition, notations were made of soils encountered which exhibited petroleum odor. These notations are shown in the "Remarks" column in the Records of Subsurface Exploration. Soils encountered in the borings are described on the attached Records of Subsurface Exploration. Generally, the borings encountered variable depths of surface fill in the form of 'crushed rock parking log surfacing, cinders, and some apparently localized areas of deeper random fill. Borings 1-6 extended through any fill present into the underlying natural cohesive silty clay soils. Borings 7 and 8 were hand drilled to a depth of 1.5 feet and were terminated in fill. s A water table was not detected in any of the borings. In cohesive soils, however, it may take as long as several days for the water table to stabilize in •,� the open bore holes. The actual level of the water table could be determined through the use of piezometers. The level of the groundwater table could be expected to fluctuate with changes in surface drainage or climatic conditions. Following completion of the drilling, and explosimeter probe which senses the presence and concentration of potentially explosive gas was lowered into each bore hole. This equipment was provided and operated by Iowa -Illinois Gas & Electric Company personnel and the testing was witnessed by Shive-Hattery personnel. Borings 1 and 2 showed no indication of explosive potential; however, borings 3 through 8 showed a high degree of explosive potential. J Results of these tests are shown on the Boring Location Diagram attached to this iT7! report. The type of gas present in the ground was not defined. DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS The results of our subsurface exploration program indicate that much of the near -surface soil on the site contains some amount of petroleum products. Based upon smell, it appears that more than one type of product may be present and l� t I •�• SHIVE•HATTERY ENGINEERS 1367 i4j I MICROFILMED BY f It ':.JORM MICROLAB fj CEDAR RAPIDS•DES-MOINES r- 1 J 1 .til —• , University Realty Mr. James A. Clark June 29, 1983 Page 3 j gasoline may be included. Considering the odors which could emanate from these (products and enter the apartment buildings, and the potential for the entry of j explosive concentrations of gases it is recommended that a gas migration barrier and venting system be used beneath the buildings. A barrier and venting system design is provided on a drawing attached to this report. With this design, gas migration barriers would include at least 12 inches of compacted clay soil, a 10 mil PVC membrane above the clay, and two 10 mil PVC membranes immediately below the floor slab in the buildings. Any gas passing through the compacted clay soil and the overlying 10 mil PVC membrane should flow to the outside of the buildings through the porous concrete stone layer and the perforated PVC pipe extending through the perimeter wall footings to the exterior of the building. Since most of the near -surface soils on the site are believed to contain petroleum products, any material excavated in preparing the site for construction or in footing excavations should be wasted at an off-site location. (Fill materials for site grading, backfilling adjacent to the perimeter foundation walls, and filling inside the building area should be imported from an off-site source. The clay soil blanket recommended as part of the gas migration barrier should extend at least 3 feet outside of the exterior edge of the perimeter wall ' footings in the buildings. ,After excavating the building areas for placement of the clay blanket, the subgrade should be proofrolled. The clay soil blanket should be placed at or above optimum moisture content in two lifts and each lift should be thoroughly compacted with a sheepsfoot roller to at least 95 percent of maximum standard Proctor dry density (ASlld D-698). Clay soil used for this blanket should be approved by a qualified geotechnical engineer. All joints in the PVC membrane should be lapped at least 12 inches and a manufacturers approved adhesive should be used to seal these joints. Joints in the double layer of PVC membrane immediately below the floor slab in the buildings should be staggered a distance equal to 1/2 of the total sheet width for additional protection from joint leakage. The membrane placed immediately over the clay soil blanket should extend beneath the entire building area to the outside edge of the perimeter wall footings. A detail for sealing the upper double layer of PVC membrane against the interior and exterior foundation walls a is provided on the attached design drawing. Before anchoring the membranes to these walls, they should be sealed together with an approved adhesive and a double bead of caulking compatible with PVC should be placed along the walls in i the anchoring area. The effectiveness of the PVC membranes as a gas barrier will be dependent upon sealing of the joints between the membrane sheets and between the sheets and concrete foundation walls. Areas to be sealed should be cleaned as thoroughly Aj as possible prior to placement of adhesive or caulking materials. in addition, �j special care should be exercised to prevent puncturing or other damage to the membranes during placement of the membranes themselves or materials on top of !the membranes. i i�i SHIVE•HATTERY ENGINEERS t� MICROFILM BY �JORM MICROLAB j CEDAR RAPIDS•DE5-6101NES r /3G% I 'lniversity Realty Mr. James A. Clark June 29, 1983 ?age 4 For venting any accumulation of gas between the PVC membranes, an 8 -inch thick layer of concrete stone is recommended and 2 inches of sand or lime screenings is recommended above and below the concrete stone layer to minimize the possibility of sharp stones puncturing the membranes. Four -inch I.D. perforated PVC pipe should be embedded in the concrete stone and should be connected to solid PVC pipe extending out through the perimeter wall footings and then up to at least 24 inches above exterior grade adjacent to the building. Perforations. in the PVC pipe in the concrete stone layer should be staggered around the entire perimeter of the pipe in the casing stone layer and the perforations should be at least 3/8 inch in diameter. At least 24 perforations should be nsed in each foot of this pipe. These vent pipes should be placed beneath the floors at a space of approximately 15 feet center - to -center along the length of the buildings and an elbow should be placed on the top of the riser pipes outside the building to prevent the entry of rain or snow. Joints in this pipe should be securely bonded with approved adhesive. lith proper installation, the recommended system should prevent the entry of odor or gases into the buildings. However, if any odors are noticed, the effectiveness of the system could be enhanced by adding small low -powered and low velocity exhaust fans on the PVC vent risers. These small fans would create a slight vacuum in the granular venting layer to facilitate the removal of any lases or odors. REMARKS The analyses, recommendations, and design in thi's report are based on site conditions existing at the time of the investigation and the assumption that the exploratory borings are representative of subsurface conditions throughout the ,ite. If during construction subsurface conditions differing from those described in this report are observed or our understanding of the proposed construction is incorrect, we should be notified immediately. We make no warranty, for the contents of this report either expressed or implied except khat our professional services were performed in accordance with engineering principles and practices generally accepted at this time and location. If you have questions or if we can provide further assistance, please contact us. 10 :df nt.tachments 1113270-0 Very truly yours, SHIVE-HATTERY ENGINE i L K. II�vi s E. 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Since this is a major feeder circuit serving a residential area and one of the two underground sources to the Iowa City Water Plant, large underground cables and special con- struction is required. The total footage of large underground primary cable is 2340 feet. The installed cost of cable alone is $85,000.00. Along with this, a capacitor bank needs to be relocated for about $8,500.00. We'll need to install five pad -mounted transformers and one pad -mounted switchgear cubicle for about $16,500.00. Three single phase pri- mary taps and about 500 feet of street light wire are also required for $17,000.00. The total estimated cost for this project is $127,000.00. The estimated construction time is seven weeks for installation and two more weeks for removal of the overhead system. The switchgear needs to be ordered and the delivery time is about ten weeks. Please call me if you have any questions. WSincerely,g. 1h t OWE. RMU9CAUNE ROAO RO[u(4 n)WA CRY IOWA AppAu R NE 919)],9]81 1�1 ( _ MICROFILMED BY y IS ':.JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES'I401NES( /3Gt J RECEIVED JUL 71983 AIR, WATER 8 WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION Per Department of Air, Water 8 'Waste Management (WAWM) on July 5, 1983: ROBERT W. SCHLUTZ, Chairman RICHARD L. TIMMERMAN Box 269 1304 S. Field Drive Columbus Junction, Iowa 52738 Jefferson, Iowa 50129 515-265-6151 (Office in Des Moines) 319-728-3342 (Home) 319-728-3281 (Business) KEITH UHL ALLAN T. THOMS, Vice Chairman 2910 Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50312 510 St. George Street 515-274-9341 (Office) Dubuque, Iowa 52001 319-5884154 *GENE WIESE *LINDA D. APPELGATE Box 305 Manning, Iowa 51455 2400 38th Street 712-653-3678 Des Moines, Iowa 50310 515-244-6091 CLARK A. YEAGER *JOYCE CONKLIN-REPP RRV Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 Ottumwa, 1213 Willis 0 515-934-5323 Perry, Iowa 5022 515-465-5609 ANN FRENZEN 1743 Applewood Court NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 319-363-3277 ` *WAYNE GIESELMAN RR82 - Box 66 Morning Sun, Iowa 52640 319-868-4114 MARY McNUTT (Mrs. Paul) RR82 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 319-643-5676 *CHARLOTTE MOHR RR#1 Eldridge, Iowa 52748 319-285-4394 *GARY C. PRIEBE RRA1 - Box 183 Algona, Iowa 50511 515-295-2918 *New member EJK Form-WAWM M 41 j MICROFILMED BY 11 1JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAN DS•DES MOINES P i PROPOSED LAND ACQUISITION• WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY MICROFILMED BY +� f.JORM MICRO_ LAB I CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Not: Map is not -to -scale /37a �l `1 PROPOSED LAND ACQUISITION• WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY MICROFILMED BY +� f.JORM MICRO_ LAB I CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Not: Map is not -to -scale /37a �l Is prgss a mess in Iowa City? Some say paper boxes add unattractive touch to downtown area By Tom Walsh Garane Johnson County Bureau Chat IOWA CI'T'Y—There's no shortage of newspapers for sale in downtown Iowa City. Shoppers strolling through the central business district and the downtown pedestzim mail can plunk their change in vending machines that dispense The Cedar Rapids Gazette, The New York Thnss, the Des Maines Register, USA Tnday, the Dally Iowan and the Iowa City Plus -Citizen. While Iowa City s thirst for news may be good for competition, city officlals say the glut of newspaper vending machines Is Prompting a rub of complaints from Nose who don't like their looks. Iowa City Mayor Mary X01thauser said Tuesday she's had an earful :ztely — As many as 10 complaints Just last week City Manager Neal Berlin de. scribes the situation Is "out of hand" and "Just Impossible." The city's Design Review Committee, which rides herd on. the aesthetics of downtown Iowa City's urban renewal area, has suggested newspapers sold downtown be Placed In a "newspaper dispenser bank." The city s Parks and R"mstlon Department has looked into buying a sls.bank unit for $1,100 apd Installing It along Washington Street near the Jefferson Hotel building. The Papers wing the bank would pay the city An annual maintenance fee and would agree not to place vending machines anywhere else within the Pedestrian mall areas along College and Dubuque stints. Proponents of the concept claim c grouping the papers together would n minimise vandalism and thgft, which are now costly headaches for newspaper n distributors. "lite whole idea Is to get as littl clutter and visual distraction as we downtown," said Tom Wellman, ■ sign Review Committee member. " think the concern is over how they loo not how many there are. U there arc 2 out there, find — Just group togcolether and paint them all. the gam City Planner Andrea Hauer said Wednesday a system of centralised newspaper dispenser banks would be similar to the method used to sell papers In the main lobby of University of Iowa EWMEMMM «The whole idea is to get as little clutter and visual distraction as we can downtown. 99 Tom Wegman Design Review committee Hospitals and Clinics. Adjacent to the hospital's gift shop and snack areas Is a dispensers fiereped t's enough newspaper or nine different papers, and all nine spaces an being used. In addition to the sammachines downtown,nthe dIn 6 hospitals' automated newsstand also sells the Quad City Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Wall Stmt Journal, doThe hang-up nlnin implementing the oncerns about Its legality.stem sCity Attorto e Tucouncil esday thert alegalitysen lof s city limiting ewswper sales to a specific area has aver been determined by the lows e Supreme Court. can there's been plenty of litigation, and De. cases have been decided both ways, with I concerns being raised about compromle. looknot First Amendment rights. 00 The city sent letters lad year to the them newspapers that would be affected by e such ■ regulation, but not every paper contacted thought It was a good Idea, d One local 'newspaper distributor ob. jected +� any enough that the city put the d. John Glllisple, who coordinates Iowa City area distribution of 17w Des Moines Register, has taken the city to mutt. 111at dispute occurred during the summer of 1970, when the city ordered Glllisple to remove all Register vendor from city aldewalks. no city cited a Waterloo case As grounds for ordering the machines off city Property. GllUsple claimed in a request for a temporary restraining order and an injunction that "most of the sales from these vendors an to students who are In need of being kept Wormed., Gilllsple cited a city ordi tang that, Prohibited merchandise from being that •. on sidewalks, but also esciuded the sales of newspapers and mapslnes. The City claimed the vending machines were "obsWctions." District Court Judge Ansel Chapman granted a temporary Injunction, a ruling that was later upheld by Judge Harold Vietor. The city requested a hearing on the, merits of their claim, and a hearing data was set. According to court records, the matter was dismissed In January 1973 . without ever being resolved, Glllisple said Wednesday he'll �. back to court U the city again trip to,: regulate newspaper sales downtown, "fheycan't take them off the street,",. he Bald. 'M- ut's A violation of First Amendment rights." MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES /3 7/ UJaV 01TnJr_r q J,t,,,A Indiana Towns Attempt to Attract Industry At Economic Fair With Hard -Sell Tactics By Hu. Luvctam most of the beefed-up programs. "It's some- She also learned that another community's sac//eeeo.r..of T= W. s,..sr Jovm" thing short of desperation," says Brian Bos. Industrial park lacked water and sewer ser- EVANSVILLE, Ind.—From his booth at worth, deputy director of the state's Depart- vices, so she began emphasizing that Car. Hoosier Hospitality Days, a fair designed to ment of Commerce, "but there is a real mel's park already provides those ser. attract Industry to Indiana towns, Mark seas¢ of urgency. These communities have vices. Davis scans the electronic and audio-visual to paoduce." That kind of one-upmanship was perva- displays across the a1de. • Fort Wayne, a town of 172,000 people, Is sive here. "Market research," Mr. Davis of The booth with all the equipment belongs only too aware of that. "We have a couple of Indianapolis called It. With booths crammed to Vincennes, Ind., a town of 20,000 people.• thousand people who'll'be out of work next together In the local auditorium, secrets Mr. Davis Is the special assistant to the month," says Ilene Kehoe, research special• were hard to keep. "It's difficult to talk to a mayor of Indianapolis, a city of 1.2 million let for the Fort Wayne Chamber of Com• prospect when the guys on either side of you people. Mr. Davis left his elaborate displays Corp., has steadily reduced employment have one ear on your conversation." a com• at home. "1 feel a little underdressed," he says. 111 The tOWn3r a$gre3- munity recruiter said. Just finding a prospect was often diffl- ala because I didn't know everyonof the audio-vinial e sive sales pitches re- new Industrial park and gathering promo, would. IT tell you one thing: I'll bring It tiect "something short nted�hasnIncreased eachmunities Y year, but number of business prospects has remained next year.' Attitudes toward economic development rr on, of desperatia State about the same—some 60 a year. That disap• pointed many communities. They expected have changed In the Industrial' heartland.sr More communities, big and small, are com-. official says. But there more Interest as the economy picked up. But peWg for new Industry and John, and As a real sense Of ur- the recovery N the Midwest Is stili expected to be slower than in the rest of the nation. If they're getting better at It. At this year'sanything, Hooder gathering, towns scrapped over gency. These communi- says Indiana Lt. Gov. John Mum the recovery in his state is slower than he business prospects like shoppers at a bar- gain -basement Representatives of rr have to produce. expected. .sale. more than 120 Indiana communities showed .ties .The businessmen who' did show up got a tf up, compared with 90 tact Year and Just six at the Inaugural event five years ago. They merce, referring to the planned closing of an International Harvester Co. truck plant. The have refined their pitches, loo. Warsaw, a town of 10,600 people, showed a professional- troubled company chose to consolidate truck looking documentary narrated by Sports- manufacturing at Its Springfield, Ohio, plant after spirited bidding between the two cit - caster Chris Sebenkel, an Indiana native. A les, , Joint display by Cass County and the town of Logansport featured a robot that dispensed Vincennes's economy, on the other hand, Is fairly Information and shoe shines. Angola. a town stable. But Vincennes's public works have grown old, says local contractor of 5,500 people, ratfied oft an acre•of Indus' Robert A. Grumleaux, and money Is needed trial park land. to pay for, sewer and street repairs, Thus, 'Loaded With Facts' the Vincennes Area Community Develop - Beyond gimmickry and giveaways, ment Corp, was formed a few months ago, though, veterans of the event say commit- and an industrial -park site was developed, nit recruitment crews are more profes• , The community worked up a flashy display Blond and knowledgeable., "We're loaded and a video program for Its first appearance with facts -and figures," says Richard D. at Hoosier, Hospitality Days, Thrasher Jr., president of the New Castle/ Henry County Economic Development Corp, Carmel, an affluent Indianapolis suburb, also attended for the first time. The effects There are few questions that we can't give both verbal and written answers to." New of a decade-long, statewide freeze on prop• Castle didn't have much of an economic•de• erty taxes finally prompted the community to look for new business to broaden Its tax velopment program until three years ago. But the city's major employer. Chrysler base, says Mayor Jane A. Reiman, "We Corp., has steadily reduced employment couldn't be a bedroom community for. ever." from a peak of 3,200 In the early 1970s to 900 now. "People In the community recognized So Carmel officials were here, peddling a that competition for Industrial development new Industrial park and gathering promo, was unbelievably Intense," Mr. Thrasher tional tips from other, communities. Rush says. The community will spend 5103,000 on County prints a prospect's name In the ban - Industrial development this year, up from ner headline of a little newspaper, so Mrs. 560.000 three years ago. Reiman says that next year she will give out Such economic troubles have sparked personalized key rings with keys to her city. Y ,.. MICROFILMED BY +� 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1101NES { of o attention. Aggressive communities dis- patched representatives to "work the Boor." latching onto businessmen. "So many people here probably feel like a piece of raw meat," Carmel attorney Robert Bargers re- marked. Backing Up Their Words The businessmen didn't seem to mind. They seemed to be more serious shoppers than last year's bunch. "I'm Impressed," .said Jack Kennedy, president of Welding Specialties Inc. of Park Forest South, III. Chafing under what he considers an onerous tax burden, Mr. Kennedy Is ready to move. "If they back up their words, we'll probably be In northwest Indlana sometime next year." . A company called Georg Mueller of America Inc. had already decided to locate a spindle manufacturing plant In Indiana be - cattle of Its central location and tax struc• lure, says Ronald A.M. Wljtenburg, the dlvl• slon's marketing director. But the three-day event helped him narrow the list of possible sites. "A couple of communities we will talk to seriously because of what we saw here," he says. One that he hadn't considered be• fore—Greensburg—was added to the list. Theconvention atmosphere of Hoosier Hospital try Days represents "only a thin ve- qeer of economic development marketing," says the Commerce Department's Mr. Bos. worth. "You see some of the best of it, but also some of the worst of it." 137.2- y 37.2-