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Home My WebLink About1983-08-02 Correspondence7Cl RECEIVED HL 2 G 11,183 Downtown Iowa City July 25, 1983 To: Mayor, City Council and City of Iowa City The Downtown Association Board of Directors wishes to advise the Council that they have voted to request that the city take steps to realign the Capitol Street entrance to the ramp, that it be restriped to change the traffic flow and that the reopening of the Clinton Street entrance be under- taken. All as discussed by Joe Fowler and Don Crum at our July 19, 1983 Board Meeting. by Cordially yours, 0 0//,"4- Tom Muller, President Downtown Association Affiliated with the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce { MICROFILMED BY b' IJORM MICROILAB _J �LEDAR RAPIDS•DE3�MOIhES I_ i . i - i RECEIVED JUL 2 6 1983 Downtown Iowa City July 25, 1983 To: Mayor, City Council and City of Iowa City The Board of Directors of the Downtown Association has gone on record as recommending to the City that 30 minute meters be changed to 95 minute meters. These include the meters on Clinton and Dubuque Streets in the 10 block and those on Washington between Clinton and Linn. by Cordialllyam yours, %6/�CCC�Gii Tom Muller, President Downtown Association Affiliated with the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce Fr 5{ MICROFILMED BY IJORM MICROLAB. ,.CEDAR RAPIOS•OES�MOIRES ■ I i j . I: i f" r ■ r - I RECEIVED JUL 2 6 i983 Downtown Iowa City July 25, 1983 To: Mayor, City Council and City of Iowa City The Downtown Association Board of Directors has gone on record as being in favor of the Council determining and adopting a set of rules and guidelines which would allow for permission of restaurants to use public sidewalks for cafes. by Cordially yours, �p�y% �%rte Cl�G✓ Tom Muller, President Downtown Association Affiliated with the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce MICROFILMED BY 1JORM .MICROLAB i CEDAR RAPIDS•'DES.'MOINES ; Mal I i i i-: RECEIVED JUL 2 6 i983 Downtown Iowa City July 25, 1983 To: Mayor, City Council and City of Iowa City The Downtown Association Board of Directors has gone on record as being in favor of the Council determining and adopting a set of rules and guidelines which would allow for permission of restaurants to use public sidewalks for cafes. by Cordially yours, �p�y% �%rte Cl�G✓ Tom Muller, President Downtown Association Affiliated with the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce MICROFILMED BY 1JORM .MICROLAB i CEDAR RAPIDS•'DES.'MOINES ; Mal I i i i-: j i i r �CEIVED JUL 1 1 1983 July 7, 1983 To Members of the City Council: I am writing to express my interest in purchasing a strip of land which adjoins my home at 427 Ferson Avenue. The land is owned by the City, and was once an extension of Grove St. on the west side of Ferson Avenue. It was apparently vacated by action of the City Council in 1968. The approximate dimensions are 12' x 150'. Since purchasing my home thirteen years ago, I have maintained this property as though it were my own. Essentially, it is a driveway which leads back to my garage. It adjoins my property on the south, and a field owned by the University on the north. Between the driveway and the field, there is a dense row of ( trees, bushes, and power lines. ( For the past thirteen years, I have routinely mowed and plowed this strip, have twice spread loads of crushed rock, and have annually pruned and thinned the line of trees and bushes. fIt seems to me that I should be accorded priority in the purchase of this land because: 0 1) It is the only access for automobiles from the street to my garage. 2) I have maintained and upgraded the property for 13 years. 3) The other adjoining property, a field owned by the University, has no regular use or function. Within the past month, both Dennis Showalter and Andrea Hauer have encouraged me to pursue the option of purchase. I hope that the Council will solicit a staff opnion as to purchase price and proceed with my request on an expeditious basis. Sincerely, J ti ohjn B-6 Harper 4 7 Ferson Ave owa City, Is 52240 MICROFILMED BY I t1i '-JORM MICRO_ LAB I CEDAR RAPIDS+OES MOINES ' r l `-T J_ ■ e i City of Iowa Cif" MEMORANDUM Date: July 26, 1983 To: �t' City Council From: [p/,Andrea Hauer Re: Private Purchase of City Vacated Right -of -Way: Grove Street John Harper of 427 Ferson Avenue has requested, in the attached letter, a sale price for the vacated portion of Grove Street which is adjacent to his north property line. He notes in the letter that he has maintained part of the vacated right-of-way as his own property for the last 13 years. A site visit confirms his use of a portion of the right-of-way as a driveway. The northern part of the right-of-way has been maintained by the adjacent property owner, the University of Iowa. At this time, I would like to know if the Council would want to consider selling the property. A rough estimate of the total land value is about $4,000-5,000 based on the surrounding land valuations. The Public Works Department has indicated it has no present or future use planned for this right-of-way; however, Iowa -Illinois will reserve an easement for an existing utility line. Attachment bj5/14 Grove St. Vacated R -O -W l; 1 MICROFILMED BY ±' JORM MICROLAB f CEDAR RAN DS -DES 110111E5 1 /5-u_ _J NNW 1 ■ Pf1.4K a•:i ! .'2 J 6 us 4176 64 S l; 1 MICROFILMED BY ±' JORM MICROLAB f CEDAR RAN DS -DES 110111E5 1 /5-u_ _J NNW 1 ■ City of Iowa Cit, MEMORANDUM Date: July 22, 1983 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Brachtel, Traffic Engineer - Re: Stop Sign on Sandusky Avenue at Taylor Drive I As directed by Section 23-16 of the Municipal Code of Iowa City, this is to advise you of the following action: ACTION: Pursuant to Section 23-160 of the Municipal Code, the City Traffic Engineer will direct the installation of stop signs on Sandusky III Avenue at its intersection with Taylor Drive, which will protect the right of way of Taylor Drive. This action has taken place on July 22, 1983. I } COMMENT: Taylor Drive has been designated as a collector street in the City street system. The action noted above is consistent with the City's policy of protecting the right of. way of collector streets. bc5/3 i I 1 �U�22 a MSIR/� 1983 D 4r - MICROFILMED BY tai �JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAP IDS- DES .MOINES J 3 i C°a�M PLUG 21983 1 August 1983 MARIAN K. KARR CITY CLERK (3) To: The Council of the City of Iowa City From: Paul A. & Roberta B. Johnson, 621 S. Johnson Re: Alley Paving, Block 6, Lyons Second Addition We fully concur with the views of Don & Dorothy Fowles (Lot 24) that fair assessment for the alley paving would be to divide the total costs by the total number of dwelling units and assess on the number of units per lot (existing, under construction, or building -permits -granted). Our'territory under this project is Lot 16 and the north 10 feet of Lot 15 and has on Lot 16 one building consisting of 3 one bedroom units and on: efficiency apartment. The store building, 518 Bowery, at the east end of Lot 15 has an east - west depth of 21 feet, by 70 feet along the alley. By the originally proposed method of charge, the assessment would be the same as for our i properties, which would be grossly unfair because of its single -occupant maximum potential. A fair assessment for that property would be 7/8 of 21/150 of the dwelling unit charge, based on the limited east -west depth. We.contend that because only 21 feet of the east end of Lot 15 is included,, our portion (10 feet) would be 1/7 the amount charged against 1 the store, since there is no structure on that area, and should be con- sidered'as separate from Lot 16. The'same formula, modified for living units and for the dimensions of the portion of Lot 14 to the east of the alley, would also be in order (1/2 of 80/150 times 3 living units). I Current actual usage is the most equitable method for all properties and would divide the load most nearly equally. P��a��u,�ll,,��-. Johppnson Roberta B: J onson k� 4 M]CROFILMEDBY t+� ;JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS•UES. MOINES jS3