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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-04-07 Info PacketV- City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM 0A111 March 27, 1981 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager R11 Informal Agendas and Meeting Schedule March 30 1981 Monday NO INFORMAL MEETING March 31 1981 Tuesday NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 6 1981 Monday 1:30 - 5:00 P.M. Conference Room 1:30 P.M. - Review zoning matters 1:45 2:15 2:45 3:00 P.M. - P.M. P.M. - P.M. - Discuss Rural Subdivision Standards - Council agenda, Council time, Council committee reports Overview of Transit Grant Application - Transportation Planner Public Housing Development Program and Budget - Housing Coordinator 3:30 P.M. - Review Budget Process - Finance Director 4:00 P.M. - Executive Session - Collective Bargaining April 7, 1981 Tuesday 7:15 P.M. - City Council Rules Committee - Conference Room 7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers Executive Session - Collective Bargaining PENDING ITEMS Area Transportation Study Economic Development Program Housing Inspection, Licensing, and Fees Meet with Senior Center Commission Meet with Parks and Recreation Commission regarding parkland acquisition Appointments to Housing Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission - Apr11 7, 1981 Appointments to Mayor's Youth Employment Program and Committee on Community Needs - May 5, 1981 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 7 March 20, 1981 The Honorable Royer Jepsen U.S. Senator 5327 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, OC 20510 Dear Senator Jepsen: I ,genuinely appreciate having had the Opportunity to meet with your staff on March 3, 1981, to discuss the various issues of concern to Iowa City. Ms. Neuhauser and I found this exchange to be very interesting and informative. This kind of communication is extremely helpful for those of us who are responsible for making local policy decisions which are directly related to, and dependent upon, decisions made in Congress. We will remain in contact with your staff and will rely heavily on your communications regarding the current status of legislation that is of particular interest to us, especially that relating to funding for our new Wastewater Treatment Facility and for our Mass Transit System. Thank you for allowing your staff time from their busy schedules to discuss these matters with us. Please thank them for making us feel welcome. Sincerely yours, John R. Balmer Mayor tp/sp cc: City Council L-'. MICROFILMED BY .JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES -MOINES i March 20, 1981 The Honorable Charles Grassley U.S. Senator 344 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Grassley: I genuinely appreciate having had the opportunity to meet with you and your staff on March 3, 1981, to discuss the various issues of concern to Iowa City. Ms. Neuhauser and I found this exchange to be very interesting and informative. This kind of communication is extremely helpful for Lhose of us who are responsible for making local policy decisions which are directly related to,iand dependent upon, decisions made in Congress. We will remain in contact with you and will rely heavily on your communications regarding the current status of legislation that is of particular interest to us, especially that relating to funding for our new Wastewater Treatment Facility and for our Mass Transit System. 10 Thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to discuss these matters with us and for making us feel welcome. Sincerely yours, John R. Balmer J Mayor t.p/sp cc: Ci Ly Council i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES -MOINES u i MICROFILMED BY JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES L" March 20, 1981 3: IMr. Robert L. Lande Stanley, Lande, Coulter & Pearce Bank Bldg. 300 First National r Muscatine, Iowa 52761 Pr j Dear Mr. Lande: 7 Thank you for your letter of March 5, 1981, concerning an incident in described had been an Iowa City parking ramp. The incident which you System Supervisor, during the week of i ii reported to the Parking 22, 1981, by the driver of the pickup. A thorough February investigation has been made of the incident and the facts gathered City i conflict with your allegations. In particular, another the k employee who also witnessed the incident does not concur with If believe that the City facts as described in your lett.% you indeed reckless, the filing of a complaint and r employee was resolution of this matter in a court of law would appear to be the appropriate remedy. i I regret any inconvenience this incident may have caused you, your r, wife and Mr. and Mrs. Shepley. Sincerely yours, 9: � $l € Neal G. Berlin t G City Manager i 1 bj/sp cc: City Council Parking System Supervisor Director of Finance 4 i i Legal Staff I I j , i ' f i MICROFILMED BY JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES L" ::AVID M. STANLEY NOGr.R L. LANDE rNANLr, . N. COUL ICU .1111 N I•T.AIN C IAML:, A.'ICIN'LI I0rH EIII L. LANDC IIAV.D J MCLOY VAIII.LA J MADDEN 1. 1)OL1GLA5 DRAMNALL IIAI VH C. LUCHER I.I..0 T. SCIIMIIT I I IILLOPC D TVTIO.A gECEIVED MAI G ' i981 STANLEY, LANDE, COULTER 6L PEARCE ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS ]c0 rIRST NATIONAL DANK BUILDING MAILING ADOTICSS MUSCATINE, IOWA 52761 R. o. Dox 0.9 March 5, 1981 TELEPHONE ]ID/263-8)71 City Council of Iowa City Civic Center 410 East Washington Iowa City, IA 52240 Ladies and Gentlemen: The purpose of this letter is to inform you of an inci- dent involving a city vehicle which was being driven recklessly on Saturday, February 21, in the parking ramp which is located at the corner of Capitol and Clinton in Iowa City. My wife and I had just attended the Iowa -Iowa State wrestling meet with Brian and Emily Shepley of Muscatine. After the meet (approximately 10:00 p.m.), we entered the parking ramp at the exit on the Capitol Street side. Immediately after we entered the parking ramp, a city pickup truck also entered the ramp at the Capitol Street ontrance. The City vehicle immediately turned left behind the attendant's office. Since the vehicle was traveling at a rather high rate of speed for such a confined space, the four of us stopped near the attendant's office to allow the vehicle to pass. The driver of the vehicle again turned left towards the Capitol Street exit directly in front of us. The vehicle cut the corner so tightly that I had to pull Emily Shepley backwards to prevent the left rear tire of the vehicle from running over her feet. At this point, the pickup appeared to be ready to exit the parking ramp onto Capitol Street, so we proceeded towards the elevators. Instead of exiting the ramp, the vehicle was suddenly put into reverse and accelerated towards us at a speed sufficient to spin the rear tires. The driver of the vehicle then slammed on the brakes and stopped suddenly only a few feet from where we were standing. The vehicle was identified with a number on the left cab door. The vehicle number was 983, and the license plate number MICROFILMED BY `JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES L.,. [SAM V V - City Council of Iowa City March 5, 1981 was 35192. Very truly yours, STANLEY, LANDE, COULTER 6 PEARCE 21 By Q Zoo R bert L. Lan e 13LL/fp 2732-25A CC: Mr. and Mrs. Brian Shepley 2 MICROFILMED BY 1JORM MICRO_ LAB 'CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER QUARTER: 2ND DECISION UNIT: BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST FISCAL YEAR OBJECTIVES: 1. Oversee and monitor Hawkeye Cablevision progress and implementation of cable system construction and access channel support. 2. Keep City, City Council and library updated on status of cable TV. 3. Serve as BTC (Broadband Telecommunications Commission) staff and advisor. 4. Act as information resource, liaison and mediator for and between community, city and cable company. 5. Advise, assist, promote funding, operation and usage of the access cable TV channels. 6. Identify, contact, train access channel users; produce, supervise and/or assist in production of access programming. 7. Start administering NTIA (National Telecommunications Information Administration) grant. WORK COMPLETED: 1. Contacted Hawkeye Cablevision on bi-weekly basis. 2. Reported to City weekly. 3. Advised, assisted and updated BTC as necessary. 4. Continued to respond to citizens questions, concerns and problems dealing with cable TV. 5. Production workshops continued for City staff, library staff and public. Spoke at two con?erences and five community groups; consulted and advised 20 cities, towns, access center's and colleges. 6. City government access channel, public library access channel and public access channel upgraded. Character generator information maintained (more departments are now participating) and visual programming shot and ready for editing. Access center system continuing to operate from public library and Hawkeye offices. 7. Wrote bid forms and specifications for NTIA grant. Expenditures Budget This Quarter % 6000 $21,633.00 $ 9,827.18 45.427 7000 1,520.00 538.24 35.411 8000 2,866.00 1,225.58 42.763 9000 0.00 18.50 0.000 TotalT4_56 1 901 TQ MICROFILMED BY ' JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES PIOINES ...7 7- Published by the Amorican Public Transit Association L", ..7 The Weekly Newspaper of the Transit Industry Washington, D.C. Much 13, 1981 Severe Weather CaLlseS Leap in Midwest Ridership f=igures IOWA CITY, IOWA—All three fixed- year, and total ridership this year is pro - route transit systems which operate in jetted to surpass 5 million passengers. this urban area of approximately 59,000 Local officials anticipate the area will be people reported record ridership levels on officially designated an urbanized area as Feb. 11. Iowa City Transit carried 12,444 a result of the 1980 census, allowing the passengers, nearly 1000 over the previous transit systems to be eligible for the daily record. Coralville Transit, serving a USITA Section 5 program. suburb or 7500 persons, recorded 2730 passenger trips, while the University of Iowa Cambus system reported 18,680 trips. Altogether 33,854 transit patrons were served on this record day. While each system has consistently been experiencing Increasing ridership levels over previous year, the tingle-0sy record of Feb. 1I an be attributed to severe weather conditions. Five inches of snow fell the previous day accompanied by high winds and extremely cold tem- peratures, making auto travel very dirrr- cult. The Iowa City area has historically born recognized as a transit -oriented community. Annual per capita ridership last year exceeded 82 trips per person per MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES in I— f1 THE ver egy hersa NEWS Number 9 CITY OF 10WA CITY MARCH 1981 EDITOR: PENNY BURGER KEEPING THE HEAT DOWN On July 16, 1979, President Jimmy Carter, signed the Emergency Building Temperature Restrictions proclamation which declared that all buildings comply to certain temperature restrictions. Private homes and buildings that require certain temperatures, for example: hospitals, green- houses, etc. were exempt. The restrictions required that the buildings could not be heated above 65° F in the winter or cooled below 78° F during the summer. Also the domestic hot water temperature could not exceed 105° F. This action was expected to save between 200,000 to 400,000 barrels of oil a day. Because of the decline of worldwide crude oil production, the political instability of the mideast, and the United States' poor relations with some oil producing countries, President Carter extended the Building Temperature Restrictions twice. The last restriction was to be in force until October 16, 1981. JUST WHAT IS T H E ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM? The phrase, Energy Conservation Program, is heard more and more in Iowa City. What is it, what does the program accomplish, and how did it all begin? In 1977 the City Council established a volunteer advisory board, the Resources Conservation Commission (RCC). The RCC was responsible for suggesting and sponsoring activities, aimed at community and city government operations. Because the RCC is an advisory board, they did not carry out the projects. So, it was suggested that a full-time City staff position be created to implement an Energy Conservation Program in order to accomplish suggested projects. In September of 1978, this position was established and filled by Roger Tinklenberg, public administrator and past intern 'for the RCC. FY79 marked the beginning of the Energy Conservation Program. Like the RCC the Energy Program served both community and City government operations. The Program continued to divide its attention in this way throughout 1980. However, in FY81 the Program's focus changed. Its entire attention is now focused on conserving energy and money for the City. It manages projects such as: building energy audits, obtaining State grants for professional engineering audits, monitoring building and vehcile energy use, and the review of the plans for new City buildings. This program is unique in that very few cities in the U.S. have a full-time program designed especially to cut back on their city's expenses by reducing their usage of energy. Observing the trends over the past five years, costs of various types of energy have risen sharply. Roger states that, "the City has no choice other than to reduce its energy consumption in order to maintain an effective level of services". And that is what the Energy Conservation Program is all about. CONTINUED.... Energy Conservation Program, 410E. Washington, IowaClty, Iowa 52240 (319) 354 -IND)) f MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES ENERGY SAVER news HEAT CONT. However on February 17, 1981, President Reagan made compliance with the Emergency Building Temperature Restrictions voluntary. The City will continue to comply with the restrictions. The City Manager has directed that all City Buildings comply and each building will be monitored periodically to insure that they are. Since energy is the single largest operating expense, it is in the interest of the City to limit that expense whenever possible. Our compliance not only helps save the City money but contributes to the conserving of precious energy as well. AVAILABLE: ENERGY DIRECTORY The Resources Conservation Commission has recently compiled a guide called the Energy Directory. It lists and describes organizations which provide energy information. The organizations fit under the categories of; General Energy Conservation, Solar Energy Use, Alternative Energy Sources, Energy Tax Credit, Energy Education Services for the Public, and Consumer Protection and Energy Conservation. The guide is free and available at the Public Library and the Energy Conservation Office in the Civic Center. TURN �EM OFF In the past, fluorescent lights required an extra surge of electrical current when turned on, consequently they were left running continuously to cut back on energy consumption. This is still a popular belief, but no longer true, because of modern, more efficient tubes. According to a recent study by the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, the light needs only to be off one second to make up for the extra energy spent when turning it back on. But, doesn't repeated on-off switching reduce lamp life? Yes, it does somewhat. But, a lamp that is left on will have to be replaced before a lamp that is turned off when not in use. For example, consider three identical 40 watt lamps. The first one runs constantly, the second runs for 12 hours and is off for the other 12, and the third runs eight hours but is turned off and on every three hours. The lamp running continuously has the longest life - 38,000 hours. The second runs for 30,000 hours, and the third for 22,000 hours. Yet in terms of replacement time, the first lamp lasts 4.3 years, the second 6.8 years, and the third 10.5 years. Therefore, both power consumption and replacement costs are reduced when lights are turned off. From now on, when you leave that room for even a couple of minutes, turn off that light. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Page 2 THANKS FRED! Disturbed by the high cost of fuel oil used to heat the Iowa City Airport Terminal, Airport Manager Fred Zehr looked for and found an alternative. In the summer of 1980, the fuel oil burner in the hot water boiler was replaced with one which burns natural gas. During the winter of 1980, from October to March, $4,100 was spent for fuel oil. This winter from October to March also, only $1,500 will be spent for natural gas. This is a savings of $2,600. During the course of both winters, the Building Temperature Restriction was in effect. The cost to convert the boiler to run on natural gas, was $3,770. The payoff period then, is less than two years. One of Fred's duties is to manage the budget. Instead of merely watching money come and go, he analyzed exactly where much of it was going to, namely the purchase of fuel oil. Having had experience with this type of situation before, he began to explore various energy saving methods. He made a wise decision and helped the City to save a lot of money. NOTEo' The Energy Conservation Office of Iowa City wel- comes any and all infor- mation, correspondence, or suggestions concerning the ENERGY SAVER NEMS. Please send then to the address listed on the first page. Thank you. V_ S m T w TH F s 2 e LOAM -Staff Meeting BAM-Magistrate (Conf Room) Court (Chambers) 1:30PM-Senior Ctr 12noon-CCN (Rec Ctil Comm (Rec Center) 3:30PM-Housing (Conf Room) 7 omm (Law Liro ) Comm (Law Libr 7:30PM-Formal P&Z 7:30PM-Melrose (Chambers) zr'd r C mmitte S 7 9 8AM-Magistrate LOAM -Staff Meeting 8AM-Magistrate Court (Chambers) (Conf Room) Court (Chambers) BAN -Housing Board (Conf Rm) (ConfCouncil 7:30PM-Council 7:30PM-Parks & Rec 7:30PM-Airport Comm (Conf Room) ! (Chambers) Comm (Rec Center) i j 14 +S +c + .r LOAM -Staff Meeting 8AM-Magistrate ay ii C 4FIC8_ ters) 4:30PM-Resources (Conf Room) Court (Chambers) f Conservation Comm (Conf Room) Councinformal, i(conrm) •30PM-informal 7:30PM-Formal P&Z P&Z (Conf Room) (Chambers) i /9 'UM -Magistrate i+ 2.X (Cham LOAM -Staff Meeting BCourtg Chambers) 1Court t -Informals) (Conf Room) Council (Conf Rm) 4:3OPM-Broadband Telecommunication Comm (Conf Room) 4PM-Library Board 7:3OPM-Council (Storyhour Room) (Chambers) i SAM AS 3 aO -Magistrate lOAM-Staff Meeting Court (Chambers) 1ounciInformal •30PM-Resources Conservation Comm Council (Conf Rm) (Conf Room) 7:3OPM-Human Rghts i Comm (Conf Room) MICROFILMED BY ' JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOVIES City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM = Date: March 31, 1981 To: CityL`puncil From: City ager Re: Monthly Report - Civil Rights Specialist The City Council does not regularly receive the monthly report of the Civil Rights Specialist which is prepared for the Human Rights Commission. However, I have enclosed the latest report because I think it gives you a very thorough indication of the kinds of activities and the amount of work carried out on a monthly basis by the Civil Rights Specialist. If you have any questions concerning this report I am sure that Phyllis will be glad to discuss them with you. bj/sp MICROFILMED DY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES -MOINES 017 V: Civil Rights Specialist Staff Report February 20, 1981 - March 20, 1981 d Complaints u 1. H/S, 7-17-8001. A predetermination agreement was signed by the respondent and the Chair of the Commission. 2. H/R, 12-19-8002. A predetermination agreement was signed by the respondent and the complainant. 3. E/S, 5-22-7905. (For background information refer to February Staff Report.) I sent the respondent a letter (March 4, 1981) requesting additional information in response to the information I received on February 12, 1981. The respondent's corporate attorney called on March 5, 1981, in response to my March 4th letter. The investigation continues. 4. E/R, 7-10-7906 and 7907. The conciliation team met on Tuesday, March 17th to discuss the merits of the case and to further discuss their decision. j 5. E/R and S, 9-25-7910. A letter informing both parties of the conciliation team's no probable cause finding was sent. 6. E/A, 11-28-7912. I met with the complainant on March 10, 1981. The investigation continues. 7. US, 5-13-8002 and E/S, 5-19-8003. I had a telehone interview with one of the complainant's witnesses on March 18th. During the afternoon of March 17, 18, and 19, I interviewed the complainant's witnesses (one each afternoon). On March 19 I visited the premises of the respondent and interviewed eight employees including the Plant Manager. The investigation continues. B. E/S, 6-9-8004. I spoke with the complainant's attorney on March 18, 1981. The iinvestigation continues. X97 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB :CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES H i ..7, 2 9. E/S, 7-2-8005. I sent the respondent a letter on February 23, 1981, indicating my investigation would continue with or without his cooperation. I received a letter from the respondent on March 11, 1981, stating his intention to seek i legal advise and to then get back to me. i 10. E/R, 7-3-8006 and E/R, 7-3-8007. I did a telephone interview with one of the complainant's witnesses on February 24, 1981. The investigation continues. 11. PA/R, 11-4-8007. Although not mentioned in my Feruary report, I received a letter from the respondent's attorney on February 5th. The Assistant City Attorney will respond. 12. E/S, 12-19-8006. A phone interview was conducted with one of the complainant's witnesses. The investigation continues. 13. E./A, 1-2-8101 and E/A & S, 1-2-8101. The investigative report was written and submitted to Legal on March 11, 1981. 4 14. PA/R, 12-31-8008. On March 4, I sent the respondent a questionnaire which he returned on March 18th as requested. This particular complaint involves a question of Pproperty and I therefore spoke to one of the appropriate realtors on } i March 9, 1981. The investigation continues. 15. H/N0, 1-20-8101. The investigative report was written and submitted to Legal on March 16, a 1981. 16. E/S, 3-10-8102. I sent the respondent a letter, a copy of the complaint, and a copy of our ordinance on March 16. The respondent called on March 17 with some additional information. A letter was subsequently sent to the complainant requesting that she give me a call. REFERRALS AND ADVICE I 1. Employment - I met with someone employed by a Federal institution on i February 20, 1981. I gave him some advise and the phone number and address of the EEOC in Milwaukee. I explained how the EEOC could help him once he went through the federal grievance procedure appropriate for his particular organization. X97 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 3 2. Housing - I met with a resident of Iowa City on February 20, 1981, who wanted to know if a landlord could refuse to rent to her because she was too young (30). The landlord has a policy of only renting to older retired couples - an allowable practice under our ordinance. 3. Housing - A resident of Iowa City complained on March 4, 1981, about his landlord allowing the tenants above him to break their lease. He was referred to the Protective Association for Tenants. 4. Employment - An employee of an Iowa City business met with me on March 9, 1981. His concern had to do with his impending termination. I had no jurisdiction according to his perceived reasons for the termination. I'referrbd him to his private attorney. 5. Employment - On March 13th I talked to an employee of a local firm who wanted the status of a complaint he had filed against his employer with the State Commission. I subsequently provided him with that information. On March 19, 1981, this employee stopped by my office to file a complaint again with the State Commission and again against his employer on the basis of retaliation. 6. Housing - On March 9th an intern of Iowa City's Planning Department called and told me of a possible discriminatory policy being implemented by a local landlord. One of our Commissioners has asked that I make an informal inquiry. 7. Employment - A female Iowa City resident stopped by and discussed her concerns with being discriminated against in the area of employment on the basis of sex. I advised her and she said she would consider filing a charge in the near future. 8. Employment - A local attorney called about a client of his with a complaint concerm ng his wages. I referred the attorney to the Wage and Hour Division in Cedar Rapids. 9. Employment - A local resident called on behalf of her niece. She was 6 concerned with whether her niece could receive a poor reference check from Ea company that had hired her, but due to some unforeseen events her niece never actually worked for the company. I advised her. 10. Employment - An employee of a local firm called with a question concerning t her company's pension program. I advised her with the help of the Legal departments input. 11. Employment - An employee of a local firm called with a question concerning her employees policy of withholding paychecks. I advised her. 1 MISCELLANEOUS 1. A minority business called requesting information on the contact person in Benton, Iowa regarding construction going on there. I subsequently supplied the MBE with the proper name and phone number. 1197 j MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MO RIES ..1 4 2. Two contractors called requesting a list of MBE's. Lists were mailed. 3. A resident called concerning a practice of her car insurance company. The practice involved getting information on her, a policyholder, about her mode of living, personal characteristics, and information on her general reputation. This information would be obtained by talking to her neighbors. I advised her that based on my limited research, the practice is followed by most if not all insurance companies and is considered legal. 4. A student came in and talked to me about the Commission and its responsibilities. Two other students requested I send them information relative to the Commission and its functions. The information was sent. 5. I attended an excellent workshop in Omaha, Nebraska on February 26, 27 and 28. The workshop was sponsored by International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA). The subjects covered were: contract compliance, administration of local organizations, and fact finding conferences. (Holding a fact finding conference is a means of resolving single issue complaints in a more timely manner.) 6. Four commissioners (Rusty Barcelo, Angelita Reyes, Isabel Turner, and Dick Yates) and I, attended a dinner and public forum in Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids Commissioners and the State Commissioners were present. 7. A workshop was held for the Iowa City Human Rights Commission on Sunday, March 15, 1981, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. In attendance were Nancy Baumgartner, Linda McGuire, Isabel Turner, John Watson, and Dick Yates. Warren Bailey, Acting Education Director, Iowa Civil Rights Commission and I were the discussion leaders. 8. 363 letters and questionnaires were mailed to local businesses requesting their input on how the Iowa City Human Rights Commission newsletter could serve them. They were also asked a few questions relative to the Commission and future projects. 9. The Cable TV Specialist taped me and I gave a 34 minute presentation on the responsibilities of the Commission, the Commission's jurisdiction, how the Commission serves Iowa City residents, and some future uses of Cable TV relative to the Commission. The session should be shown on Channel 29 sometime in April. 10. The Commission's 1982 Program Statement was completed. 11. Several calls were made in an attempt to find brochures and pamphlets that explain a business' responsibilities in the area of affirmative action. I did not have much success. #97 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES 1401IIES March 30, 1981 The Honorable John Clark Representative State House Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Dear Mr. Clark: In reading the Thursday, March 19, 1981, edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, I read the attached article by Ken Sullivan, which discussed concern regarding the implementation and enforcement of the State Housing Law requiring certain municipalities within the State to adopt and enforce local housing codes. Since the City of Iowa City has been in the housing code business for a number of years, we support State efforts to share with local government the responsibilities for providing decent, safe and sanitary housing for Iowans and we particularly encourage any measures which encourage home rule decisions. The City of Iowa City has not experienced any difficulty in enacting and enforcing local legislation in accord with State law. Specifically, the City has adopted the Housing & Urban Development housing quality standards as our "model" code. This selection was made so as to comply with the State law while mandating the minimum number of "model" provisions to better enable local professionals to tailor an Iowa City housing code to Iowa City conditions. While staffing for enforcement is a continuing problem in these times of inflation, we, like many other municipalities, are looking to our existing personnel in building inspection and fire departments to assume the additional responsibilities of housing code enforcement. In addition, we would agree that effective housing code enforcement requires that municipalities provide clear information and direction to property owners and tenants alike regarding the intent, content and procedures for systematic and regular inspections of rental property. The new State Housing Law is less than six months old and we here in Iowa City, like all communities within the State, are still in the process of gearing up for the enforcement. However, substantial work has been done in this area and every indication is that we will have a successful housing code program which strikes a good balance between the needs of tenants, as expressed through organizations such as the Protective Association of Tenants, and the concerns of renters as expressed by the Iowa City Apartment Owners Association, MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES The Honorable John Clark March 30, 1981 Page 2 'i i two groups that work with the City Council and our local citizen Housing Commission to write the housing code and establish the i procedures and time tables for regular inspections, licensing fees I and administrative procedures. To better help you or your research assistant in understanding the work that we have undertaken, we are enclosing several copies of our housing code and we invite you to contact me or Michael Kucharzak, Director of the Department of Housing & Inspection Services, if additional information is needed. 6 Sincerely yours, Neal G. Berlin City Manager tp/sp Enclosures cc: City Council The Honorable Arthur Small The Honorable Jean Lloyd -Jones The Honorable Minnette Doderer i 1 i li i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES y99 r r i 6A Thb Ceder Rapids Gazette: Thurs.. March 19, 1981_ . .re HO.. ing`. regulations, problems subcommittee study, sub act' ;... •.ei'.... By Ken SWllvae,{...: ' and apartment owners are Irritated." DES MOINES Because' housing legislation Although Clark hal Identlned no goals at this dopted by the Iowa General 'Assembly s year, polnt, he suggested, "It Is fair to all parties go "hu problems for everybody Involved," it concerned to appoints subcommittee to look Into Acommlttee has been' appointed, this .year In It. What members of, the subcommittee do Is up re House of Representativea to review this law' to'them."' 4" )t- n j possibly recommend;'ehiriges. t' What critics of the eslst;14 law would like to In adopting a. state hous- see accompllslied Is roped of the requlrement' ig law last .year, said Rep.- `$t8i2111011l. that cities. iccept one, of only flve choices' ohn.Ularks R -Keokuk, chair-,.+ , , e Instead,, It Is. recommended that cities over ian of the Hoose CR14 Newg p`; ' 16,000 population be oblli ited to have a hou*j; ommittee, ,we created a ' ' h code, but allow them to tailor one to their own Ifflcult situation that at kart needs. t '• esArves another look." '�' �;; To meet the, concern for the need to Inspect i Indeed, certain provisions of tfie housing law multiple -family dwellings, said Boyken, new ave come under Intense flre: RiiceMng particu*- legislation could mandate that cities Include a trly close scrutiny, k the mandate that •cltlei ..provldon for rental pioperty Inspections In ver' 16,000 populatlon • adopt one of five enforcement procedures they adopt. . Atonally recognised uniform housing codes„ = I 11 icluding a,plan developed by the U.S. Depart-.. Id tent of Housing and Urban Development Most of 6e,affected Iowa communities have !opted the HUD plan, said Bob Boyken, lobbyist . tr the lows"Association.of Realtors, one of the% ifronted with a, 31111.0tlon desertt»a u trouoie-p "It has problems for @verybodyl"nvolved, sold •i uare k. 'The tenants a. upset because cities ere) idlnQ out people unannounced to Inspect their utments. Cities are bpset because they cant I ord to hire all the Inspectors the law mandates,'! 1199 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES PIOINES R L', City of Iowa Chy MEMORANDUM Date: April 3, 1981 To: City Council From: Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager Re: Fire Arbitration In the matter of arbitration between the City of Iowa City and the Iowa City Association of Professional Firefighters, Local 610, the arbitrator has made the following award: 1. The Union's final offer at arbitration (the same as the Fact Finder's recommendation) is awarded for the 1981-82 Agreement. That is; a 12.9% salary increase and retention of the current "COLA provision. 2. The City's final offer at arbitration (the sami. a the,Fact Finder's recomendation) is awarded. That is; the prolision for unused accumulation of sick leave pay out is to ha limited to employees at retirement (excluding resignation at any time prior there to). Time has been scheduled for any further discussion of this and other collective bargaining matters now pending at your April 6, 1981, informal meeting. tp5/12 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 9m, .I ■m *i - 11 City of Iowa CIly MEMORANDUM Date: April 1, 1981 To: City Council, City Manager, Department Heads From: Anne Carroll, Director of Human Relations Re: Affirmative Action Report As required by the provisions of the City of Iowa City Affirmative Action Policy, attached is the utilization analysis of the City work force, which contains a breakdown of minority and female employment within the City by occupational grouping and department/division. This report is a self-analysis to determine whether the percentages of sex, race, or ethnic groups in individual job classifications are substan- tially similar to the percentages of those groups available in the work force in the relevant labor market - local or national - who possess basic job related qualifications. Under the theory currently followed by the courts, substantial disparities found through such analysis would indicate that the effects of past or present exclusionary practices continue to adversely affect groups which are "underutilized" within the work force, necessitating positive efforts to overcome previous exclusion. On a City-wide basis, our utilization analysis indicates that in all City job groupings female employees are represented at a level that meets or exceeds their expected utilization (see Table 3). The female representation is especially noteworthy for Official and Administrative positions, where female representation within the City work force equals 36%, compared to 10% in the national labor market, Technician positions: 20% City vs. 5% local labor market representation, Paraprofessional positions: 88% City vs. 31% local labor market representation, Service Maintenance (which includes women in many untraditional positions): 15% City vs. 6.5% local labor market representation. Minority representation currently equals 3% of the City work force while minority representation within the City's major recruitment area - Johnson County - equals only 2% (See Table 2). Examination of minority placement within job groupings (Table 3) does, however, reveal several areas in which a minimal degree of underutilization is present: Official and administrative positions 3.5% minority underutilization, Professional positions 1.5% minority underutilization, Paraprofessional positions 3.5% minority underutilization. Although a significant degree of underutilization - 7% - is indicated for Protective Service positions, this discrepancy is due to the unavailability of local labor market comparison figures, necessitating the use of national statistics, although the City does not recruit nor draw applicants on a national basis in filling these positions. An 8.5% minority representation is not to be expected within Iowa City's local labor market, a more appropriate comparison figure for utilization analysis purposes is probably closer to 2-4% for Protective Service positions. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES 501 0 Minority representation within the City work force exceeds the expected utilization in the following areas: Service Maintenance, Skilled Craft, and Office and Clerical. Excepting Protective Service positions, the areas of underutilization identified could be remedied through the hiring or promotion of two minority group members. Several areas will require continued monitoring in the future. An analysis of the salary levels of minority group members and females (Table 4), reveals some disparities from those of white males. The over- representation of women and minority group members in lower salary levels may be due to their more recent entry into the job market, through Affirmative Action, however, in any case it mirrors those trends found nationally. The City will continue to strive to compensate employees based on the comparable worth of their positions to the greatest degree possible, and without regard to sex, race, ethnic origin, or any other protected status. The turnover rates of minority group members reported are much higher than those of non -minority employees. Due to the small number of actual turnovers, the reported rates may not be statistically significant, however, further investigation will be undertaken to insure that improper h or unnecessary turnover is avoided. During FY81, minority group members comprised 6.5% of all new hires into permanent positions with the City (Table 7), which can be taken as an especially significant measure of the City's Affirmative Action efforts, in that minority group members make up only 2% of the population of the City's recruiting area, and during this period experienced an unemployment rate lower than that of non -minorities (Table 6). New hire rates strongly indicate that even absent a formalized Affirmative Action program, as such, extensive Affirmative Action efforts have been made by the City of Iowa City. This utilization analysis of the City workforce forms the basis for the establishment of Affirmative Action goals and timetables by City departments and divisions, which will be designed to correct identified areas of underutilization and to maintain the City's position of leadership in the Iowa City community in assuring truly equal employment opportunity for all through an effective Affirmative Action program. bj/sp MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 5001 Table 1 Full Time Employees by Occupational Group - by Numbers of Employees(1) City of Iowa City (1) Numbers of employees by full time equivalent - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. Table 2 Labor Force Representation - % White Male White Female NonWhite Male Nonwhite Female Total (1) Officials & Administrators 7 4 0 0 11 (2) Professionals 41 20 0 2 63 (3) Technicians 34 8 0 0 42 (4) Protective Services 67 3 1 0 71 (5) Paraprofessionals 1 8.5 0 0 9.5 (6) Office & Clerical 5 53.5 0 1 59.5 (7) Skilled Craft 48 3 1 0 52 (8) Service Maintenance 70.5 14 5.5 2 TOTAL 273.5 114 7.5 5 F400 Percentage 68 28.5 2 1 (1) Numbers of employees by full time equivalent - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. Table 2 Labor Force Representation - % f (1) All full and part time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, ! February 1, 1981. 0 (2) Source: Johnson County - Employment Status by Sex and Minority Status for 1979 - taken from Labor Market Information for Affirmative Action Programs 1980. 50/ _i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•OES MOINES City of Iowa City Work Force 1 Johnson Co. (SMSA) Labor Force 2 White Male 68% 56% White Female 28.5% 42% Non -White Male 2% 1.2% Non -White Female 1% .8% f (1) All full and part time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, ! February 1, 1981. 0 (2) Source: Johnson County - Employment Status by Sex and Minority Status for 1979 - taken from Labor Market Information for Affirmative Action Programs 1980. 50/ _i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•OES MOINES I r-: Table 3 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). I.C.M.A. Member Survey (1979). ** Vetter Report - Professional Women and Minorities (1980). (3) Only total minority representation available. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 5o/ i IN CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) Non- on- White White White hite WhitePMaleTjFeTal Non- White Non- White Male Female Male ema_le Male _e (1) Officials & Administrators 64% 36% 0 0 *86.5%*3.5 --- (2) Professionals 65 32 0 2 66 31 2.5 1 (3) Technicians 80 20 0 0 95 5 0 0 (4) Protective Services 94 4 1.5 0 ** 88 * 3.5 **8.5------ *8.5- - -- (5) Paraprofessionals (5) 12 88 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (6) Office and Clerical 8.5 90 0 1.5 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft 92 6 2 0 95 5 0 0 (8) Service Maintenance 76 15 6 2 89.5 6.5 4 0 (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). I.C.M.A. Member Survey (1979). ** Vetter Report - Professional Women and Minorities (1980). (3) Only total minority representation available. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 5o/ i IN I 111- Table " a 9 Table 3a FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET ADMINISTRATIVE CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White White Non- Non - Male female White White Male Female White Male White Female Non- White Male on- Jhite emale _ (1) Officials & Administrators 50% 50% 0 0 86.5% * 10% * 3.5d--- (2) Professionals 50 25 0 25 66 31 2.5 1 (3) Technicians (4) Protective Services _ (5) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical 0 100 0 0 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * I.C.M.A. Member Survey (1979). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (1) Officials & Administrators City Manager Assistant City Manager City Clerk Human Relations Director (2) Professionals Energy Coordinator Broadband Telecommunications Specialist Civil Rights Specialist Assistant City Attorney Personnel Assistant (6) Office and Clerical Deputy City Clerk Secretary Administrative Clerk/Typist MICROFILMED BY `JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 3,61 ■ Table 3b FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET FINANCE CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female Non- White Male on- 4hite :emale White Male White Female Non- White Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators 0 100% 0 0 * 86.5% *10% *3.5%----- Word Processing Operator (2) Professionals 0 100 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (3) Technicians 0 100 0 0 0 99 0 1 (4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals 0 100 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (6) Office and Clerical 0 95.2 0 4.8 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * I.C.M.A. Member Survey (1979). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (1) Officials & Administrators Finance Director (2) Professionals Treasurer MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES So/ ■ Controller Purchasing Agent Accountant (3) Technicians Word Processing Supervisor (5) Paraprofessionals Buyer (6) Office and Clerical Secretary Administrative Account Clerk Senior Account Clerk Senior Clerk/Typist Word Processing Operator Duplicating Machine Operator Keypunch Operator Account Clerk Clerk/Typist MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES So/ ■ I Table 3c FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP i CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET PARKING SYSTEMS (FINANCE) --- - -- - -- _ REPRESENTATION (2) White White Non- on- White Jhite White White Whit Male Female Male Male Female White White -- — emale _ Male Female cia s &Administrators i(2) Professionals .(3) Technicians 100% 0 0 0 66% 31% 2.5% 1% _ I i(4) Protective Services —_ I(5) Paraprofessionals Office and Clerical i(6) 42 58 0 0 0 1 99 0 �(7) Skilled Craft 100 0 p p - — 95 5 0 0 (li) Service Maintenance 40 40 .7 13.3 89,5 6.5 4 (1) All full and part-time employees (2) Johnson County Manpower - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981.. information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). EEOC Job Category (2) Professionals (6) Office and Clerical (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance City of Iowa City Job Title Parking Systems Superintendent Cashier Maintenance Worker III Parking Enforcement Attendent Maintenance Worker 11 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 're / Table 3d FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET FIRENon- CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female White Male on- 4hite 7emale White Male White Female Non- White Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators 100% 0 0 0 * 100% 0 0 0 (2) Professionals 100 0 0 0 * 100 0 0 0 (3) Technicians 100 0 0 0 * 92.5 *.5 * 7 0 (4) Protective Services 97.2 0 2.8 0 * 92.5 *.5 * 7 0 (5) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * Vetter Report - Professional Women and Minorities (1980). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (1) Officials & Administrators Fire Chief (2) Professionals Training Officer Battalion Chief Captain (3) Technicians Lieutenant (4) Protectiye Services Firefighter MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES ,re/ ■ 1 Table 3e FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET HOUSING AND INSPECTION SERVICESNon- CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female 4lhite Male - rhite ale White Male WhiteWhite Female Non- Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators 100% 0 0 0 * 86.5% *10% *3.5%----- (2) Professionals 100 0 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (3) Technicians 71.4 28.6 0 0 95 5 0 0 (4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals 0 100 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (6) Office and Clerical 0 100 0 0 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * I.C.M.A. Member Survey (1979). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (1) Officials & Administrators Housing & Inspection Services Director (2) Professionals Leased Housing Supervisor Senior Building Inspector Senior Housing Inspector (3) Technicians Rehabilitation Officer Housing Inspector Building Inspector (5) Paraprofessionals Housing Specialist (6) Office and Clerical Secretary Housing Management Aide 5,01 i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MO RIES f I\ I Table 3f FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET LIBRARY (1) Officials & Administrators CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White White Non Non- Male Female White White Male Female White Male White Female _ Non- White Male C Jhite ema_le 0 100% 0 0 **86.51 * 10% **3.5% --- Professionals 12.5 87.5 0 0 * 8 * 84 --- --*7 (3) Technicians �(4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals 0 100 0 0 * 8 * 84 ------ 7 (6) Office and Clerical 20.8 79.2 0 0 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance 100 0 0 0 89.5 6.5 4:HO (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * Vetter Report - Professional Women and Minorities (1980). ** I.C.M.A. Member Survey (1979). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (1) Officials & Administrators Library Director (2) Professionals Children's Services Supervisor Adult Services Supervisor Circulation Supervisor Technical Services Supervisor Senior Librarian (5) Paraprofessionals Library Assistant (6) Office and Clerical Senior Library Clerk Library Clerk Secretary Administrative Clerk/Typist (8) Service Maintenance Maintenance Worker II MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES 50/ I IF. Table 34 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION (includes Cemetery) OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) White Male White Female Non- White Male on -White lhite emale Male White Female Non- White Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators 100% 0 0 0 * 86.5% *10% *3.5%----- 3.5%- ---j (2) Professionals (2) 57.1 42.9 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (3) Technicians Senior Clerk/Typist i s (7) Skilled Craft Senior Maintenance Worker Maintenance Worker III (8) Service Maintenance Maintenance Worker II Worker I i Maintenance t (4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical 0 100 0 0 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance 88.9 90.9 11.1 9.1 0 -0 0 0 95 89.5 5 6.5 0 4 0 0 A (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * I.C.M.A. Member Survey (1979). 4 EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (1) Officials & Administrators Parks & Recreation Director N (2) Professionals Parks Superintendent s Recreation Superintendent 6` Cemetery Superintendent d Recreation Program Supervisor II (6) Office and Clerical SecretarySenior Account Clerk Senior Clerk/Typist i s (7) Skilled Craft Senior Maintenance Worker Maintenance Worker III (8) Service Maintenance Maintenance Worker II Worker I i Maintenance t MICROFILMED BY `JORM MICROLAB -CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES L". 1 j_ F 4 i Table 3h FULL -TINE EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITYMUU_AL PLANNING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT UK NAIIUNAL LHnvrc rimmNci• CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female Non- White Male on- Jhite emale White Male White Female Non- White Male Non White Female Officials &Administrators 100% 0 0 0 * 86.5% * 10% * 3.5%---- t(2)Professionals 58 42 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (3) Technicians 66.7 33.3 0 0 95 5 0 0 I(4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical 0 100 0 0 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft I- (8) Service Maintenance __ -•• (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * I.C.M.A. Member Survey (1979). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (1) Officials & Administrators Planning & Program Development Director (2) Professionals Program Coordinators Planner/Program Analyst II Planner/Program Analyst I Senior Center Coordinator Program Specialist (3) Technicians Technical Assistant (6) Office and Clerical Secretary Minute Taker i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES sel Table 3i FULL -TINE EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL POLICE UM NAIIVNML LLIDVn rIMRACI CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female White Male 4hite •emale White Male White Female Non- White Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators _ 100% 0 0 0 *100% 0 0 0 (2) Professionals 100 0 0 0 *100 0 0 0 (3) Technicians 100 0 0 0 * 84 * 6 * 10 - --- (4) Protective Services 88.9 8.3F2. 0 * 84 * 6 * 10 - -- (6) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical 0 100 0 0 99 0 1 !(7) Skilled Craft _ - - i(8) Service Maintenance (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * Vetter Report - Professional Women and Minorities (1980). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (1) Officials & Administrators Police Chief (2) Professionals Deputy Police Chief Captain i (3) Techincians Sergeant Chief Dispatcher (4) Protective Services Police Officer (6) Office and Clerical Secretary Senior Clerk/Typist Clerk/Typist Dispatcher 1 A j MICROFILMED BY `JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES So/ i Table 3j FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET ANIMAL CONTROL (POLICE) CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female Non- White Male on- 4hite :emale White Male White Female Non- White Male on - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators (2) Professionals 0 100% 0 0 66% 31% 2.5% 1% (3) Technicians (4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals 0 100% 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (6) Office and Clerical (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (2) Professionals Animal Control Supervisor (5) Paraprofessionals Animal Control Officer MICROFILMED BY ' JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES SO/ .I Table 3k FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET ENGINEERING (PUBLIC WORKS)Non- CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female White Male on- hite emale White Male White Female Non- White Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators (2) Professionals 100% 0 0 0 * 90% * 2% *8%----- 8%- --- (3) Technicians (3) 66.7 33.3 0 0 95 5 0 0 (4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. ! (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * Vetter Report - Professional Women and Minorities (1980). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (2) Professionals City Engineer Assistant City Engineer Civil Engineer (3) Technicians Senior Engineering Technician Engineering Technician MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB -CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES ,5"0/ iis Table 31 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. 9 (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). • i EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title i (2) Professionals Equipment Superintendent I fi (7) Skilled Craft Senior Mechanic Mechanic II Mechanic I i Maintenance Worker III (8) Service Maintenance Maintenance Worker II r Se/ MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES ■ CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET EQUIPMENT (PUBLIC WORKS) _ REPRESENTATION (2) White White White hite White White Non- on N- - Male Female Male emale Male Female Whitehite Male Female (1) Officials & Administrators (?)_Professionals 100% 0 0 0 66% 31% 2.5% 1% (3) Technicians (4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical (7) Skilled Craft 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 (8) Service Maintenance 100 0 0 0 90 6.5 T 4 7 0 (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. 9 (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). • i EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title i (2) Professionals Equipment Superintendent I fi (7) Skilled Craft Senior Mechanic Mechanic II Mechanic I i Maintenance Worker III (8) Service Maintenance Maintenance Worker II r Se/ MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES ■ F -. " (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). EEOC Job Category (2) Professionals (3) Technicians (6) Office and Clerical (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance City of Iowa City Job Title Pollution Control Superintendent Assistant Superintendent Laboratory Technician Clerk/Typist Treatment Plant Operator Senior Maintenance Worker Maintenance Worker III Maintenance Worker II MICROFILMED BY ' JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Table 3m FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY /•LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET POLLUTION CONTROL (PUBLIC WORKS) -- _ REPRESENTATION (2) White Non- White White lon- hite White White No Non- Male Female Male emale Male Female White White Male Female (1) Officials & Administrators (2) Professionals 100% 0 0 066% 31% 2.5% 1% i(3) Technicians 100 0 0 0 95 �. 5 0 0 1 0) Protective Services (5) _ Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical 0 100 0 0 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 (8) Service Maintenance 80 0 20 0 89.5 6.5 4 0 (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). EEOC Job Category (2) Professionals (3) Technicians (6) Office and Clerical (7) Skilled Craft (8) Service Maintenance City of Iowa City Job Title Pollution Control Superintendent Assistant Superintendent Laboratory Technician Clerk/Typist Treatment Plant Operator Senior Maintenance Worker Maintenance Worker III Maintenance Worker II MICROFILMED BY ' JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Table 3n FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY 0� CiIY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) REPRESENTATION (2) White White Non- Non- STREETS/SANITATION (PUBLIC WORKS) White White 1"oni on- White WhiteWhie hite Male Female Male Female Male Female Male emale (1) Officials & Administrators (2) Professionals 100% 0 0 0 95% 5% 0 0 (3) Technicians 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 (4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals 1 (6) Office and Clerical 0 100 0 0 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft 80 10 10 0 100 0 0 O 1 (8) Service Maintenance 100 0 0 0 89.5 6.5 4 0 i 1 All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (1) (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). t City of Iowa City Job Title EEOC Job Category Streets/Sanitation Superintendent (2) Professionals Assistant Superintendent (3) Technicians (6) Office and Clerical Clerk/Typist Senior Maintenance Worker (7) Skilled Craft Maintenance Worker III (8) Service Maintenance Maintenance Worker Worker IIMaintenance I 5-/l MICROFILMED BY JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES I F . r Table 3o FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (PUBLIC WORKS) CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) _ LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female Non- White Male on- m Female White Male White Female Non- White Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators (2) Professionals 100% 0 0 0 * 90% 2% 8% - --- (3) Technicians 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 (4) Protective Services (5) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical (1) Skilled Craft 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 (8) Service Maintenance 100 0 0 0 89.5 6.5 4 0 (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). * Vetter Report - Professional Women and Minorities (1980). EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (2) Professionals Traffic Engineer (3) Technicians Senior Engineering Technician Electronics Technician (7) Skilled Craft Electrician Maintenance Worker III (8) Service Maintenance Maintenance Worker II MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES Ido RIES KI Table 3p FULL -TINE EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET TRANSIT (PUBLIC WORKS) CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) _ LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female Non- White Male on- hite emale White Male White Female jNon- White Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators City of Iowa City Job Title (2) Professionals Transit Manager I' (3) (2) Professionals 100% 0 0 0 66 31 2.5 1 (3) Technicians 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 (4) Protective Services Maintenance Worker II Maintenance Worker I (5) Paraprofessionals 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 (6) Office and Clerical 0 100 0 0 0 99 0 1 (7) Skilled Craft 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 (8) Service Maintenance 67.1 19.2 11 2.7 98 2 0 0 (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. + , (2) Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). i EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (2) Professionals Transit Manager I' (3) Technicians Assistant Transit Manager (5) Paraprofessionals Transit Operations Assistant (6) Office and Clerical Account Clerk (7) Skilled Craft Senior Bus Driver (8) Service Maintenance Bus Driver Maintenance Worker II Maintenance Worker I MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES sat Table 3q FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CITY OF IOWA CITY/LOCAL OR NATIONAL LABOR MARKET WATER (PUBLIC WORKS) CITY OF IOWA CITY (1) LABOR MARKET REPRESENTATION (2) White Male White Female Non- White Male on- hite Female White Male White Female Non- White Male Non - White Female (1) Officials & Administrators Professionals Water Superintendent (3) Technicians Assistant Superintendent (2) Professionals 100% 0 0 0 66% 31% 2.5% 1% ;(3) Technicians 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 (4) Protective Services MaintenanceI Water Meter Reader (5) Paraprofessionals (6) Office and Clerical (7) Skilled Craft 90.9 9.1 0 0 95 5 0 0 (8) Service Maintenance 66.7 33.3 _ 0 0 89.5 6.5 4 0 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 56/ ■ (1) All full and part-time employees - taken from Survey of City Employees, February 1, 1981. 1 { (2) i Johnson County Manpower information for Affirmative Action Plans (1970 Census). I I EEOC Job Category City of Iowa City Job Title (2) Professionals Water Superintendent (3) Technicians Assistant Superintendent , j (7) Skilled Craft Senior Treatment Plant Operator Treatment Plant Operator Senior Maintenance Worker I j Maintenance Worker III (8) Service Maintenance Maintenance Worker II MaintenanceI Water Meter Reader MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 56/ ■ I— Table 4 Salary Level - Full Time Employees MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB 'CEOAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES So/ $8,000- 9,900 $10,000- 12,900 $13,000- 15,900 $16,000- 24,900 $25,000+ White Males 1.1% 14.4% 28.9% 51.3% 4.2% White Females 2,9 31.1 37.9 26.2 1.9 Non White Males 0 42.9 42.9 14.3 0 Non White Females 0 50 50 0 0 Source: EE04 Report - December, 1980. MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB 'CEOAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES So/ Table 5 Turnover Rates of Permanent Employees(l) White Males 11% White Females 18.5% Non -White Males 44% Non -White Females 55% (')Source: Survey of Turnover 1/1/80-12/30/80 Table 6 Unemployment Rate - Johnson County(l) White Males 2.7% White Females 2.9% Non -White Males 0 Non -White Females 2.1% (')Source: Johnson County - Employment Status by Sex and Minority Status for 1979, Labor Market Information for Affirmative Action Programs, 1980. Table 7 New Hires - 6/79-6/80 Minority male representation 7.3% Minority female representation 5.0% Total minority representation 6.5% MICROFILMED BY `JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES ,Sol ity of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: April 9, 1981 To: City Manager and City Council I From: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance 01 Re: Road Use Tax Revenue In our original FY81 budget we projected road use tax revenue of $1,408,448. This was based on a per capita revenue amount provided us by the Department of Transportation during our budget process. Last fall, the League sent us information projecting a deduction in road use tax revenues from what had been originally projected because of the decreased use of fuels and the resulting decrease in the tax revenue. At that time we revised our budget revenue figure for road use tax to $1,360,704. Usually, as of the end of March, we will have received approximately 72% of total road use tax revenue which would be received during the fiscal year. Based upon our actual receipt to date, we will be receiving total road use tax revenue of approximately $1,230,000. Unfortunately, this is short of our revised budget projection by approximately $130,000. The mild winter should help us out in some respects. As of the end of February, total snow removal costs for this fiscal year were approximately $73,000. This compares with snow removal costs in I of $94,000 and costs in FY79 of $188,000. I have asked both the Streets Division and the Traffic Engineering Division, who are funded from road use tax revenue, to carefully review their expenditures during the remainder of this fiscal year and hold the line wherever possible. If a deficit does occur in the funding for these two divisions, it will be necessary to cover this deficit with funds from the General Fund - fund balance. Also, any increase in the road use tax rate by the Legislature would help cover any deficit in FY82. cc: Mike Kucharzak, Acting Public Works Director tp/sp UZI MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 7� 1 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: April 3, 1981 To: City Council From: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance �v Re: Budget Review Process Please give some thought to how you felt the FY82 Budget Review Process went and be ready to discuss any improvements or additions which could be beneficial to your review of both the Operating Budget and the Five Year CIP Budget. I am planning some format changes for the FY83 Budget which will make the budget more understandable. One change would be to list receipts in more descriptive detail. Attachment A shows the current budget receipt listing for Transit and Attachment B shows an example of a more descriptive listing format for receipts which I would like to use. Attachment C shows both formats for Animal Control. Expenditure detail would remain as is. I am interested in your comments on this format change and any others which you feel will make the budget easier to read. tp5/4 i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES I401NES 563 165 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401IIES 503 _t ENTERPRISE FUNDS MASS TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS FUND SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION ACTUAL FY 80 ESTIMATE BUDGET I FY 81 FY 82 j I BEGINNING BALANCE $ (56,256) $ (77,950) $ 10,876 RECEIPTS: Property Taxes $ 373 $ 337,504 $ -- Other Receipts: Licenses & Permits -- __ Fines & Forfeitures Charges for Services 477,753 619,000 645,000 Intergovernmental Revenue 243635 255,063 425,496 Use of Money & Property -- __, -- Miscellaneous Revenue 2,662 12,000 13,500 Transfers 309,440 277,824 566,409 © TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 1,033,863 $ 1,501,391 $ 1,650,405 EXPENDITURES: ' Personal Services $ 617,263 $ 735,652 $ 841,343 Commodities Services & Charges 23,859' 8,400 9,520 Capital Outlay 413,339 1,096 643,513 -- 767,866 Debt Service __ 8,200 Transfers -- 25,000 34,352 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 1,055,557 $.1,412,56 $ 1,661,281 ENDING BALANCE $ (77,950) $ 10,876 $ -- 165 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401IIES 503 _t , r TRANS II I'UNIIIMG SOUNCI:S ORIGINAL REVISED FY81 FY81 BUDGET BUDGET State Transit Assistance: RECEIPTS Bus Fares 619,000 619,000 State Transit Assistance: Prior Year -- 90,243 Current Year 200,000 155,070 Section 18 Funding 150,000 -- Section 5 Funding -_ -- University Heights 9,750 9,750 Miscellaneous Revenue __12,000 _ 12,000 SUBTOTAL 990,750 886,063 General Revenue Sharing 277,824 '277,824 General Fund Subsidy 1,560 337,504 TOTAL RECEIPTS 1,270,134 1,501,391 EXPENDITURES Original Budget 1,271,651 1,271,651 Additional Bus Maintenance Costs -- 140,000 Other 914 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1,271,651 1,412,565 RECEIPTS OVER (UNDER) EXPENDITURES 88,826 BEGINNING BALANCE 77,950) ENDING BALANCE 10,876 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES FY82 BUDGET 625,000 100,000 55,496 270,000 20,000 _. 13,500 1,083,996 455,950 110,459 1,650,405 1,661,281 1,661,281 (10,876) 10,876 I3 .fo,3 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES - T T ,tNL_ ..fir,.. ' tr GI NLRAI. HIND COMMUNITY I'Itf)1LCIIn ANIMAL CONTROL M y FUNCTION SUMMARY { ACTUAL ESTIMATE BUDGET CLASSIFICATION FY 80 FY 81 FY 82 BEGINNING BALANCE $ 11,842 $ 6,898 $ 9,142 v y RECEIPTS: y Property Taxes $ 54,872 $ 55,548 $ 51,415 Other Receipt,: Licenses & Permits 11,500 10,000 lima & Forfeitures -7,110 Charges for services 9,850 11,500 Intergovernmental Revenue -9,129 - Ilse of Money & Property -- -- 300 _ Miscellaneous Revenue 3,901 3,.500 2,000 Transfers -- -- TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 75,012 $ 80,398 $ 75,215 EXPENDITURES: I Personal Services $ 62,396 $ 58,881 $ 58,750 Commodities 4,825 5,350 9,112 Services & Charges 12,462 12,723 16,150 I Capital Outlay 273 1,200 345 Debt Service -- -- -- Iransfer•s -- -- f TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 79,956 $ 78,154 $ 84,357 i i ENDING BALANCE $ 6,898 $ 9,142 $ - i Pro �RoPCa \r TAK 4 54,C1a SSIj4g SIIYIZ- /0,000 lo,000 i ' 'rNPu•ao�-(.y. FfcS �lar� `� b00 i 10 S00 1 � a /`«LFcnNc�+ AQOATv„ i FEC;. 91�. 1 a5o I 1I000 i Y�.nr Re,.,•rn� -- :.Do X.J�Mt.r a,o�l 31So0 a,o00 XW Vaq t,SOl2 'S'0 9� iSral5- 81 503 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: April 3, 1981 To: City Cou From: Doug Boothr Re: Interim Policy for Application of Rural Development Standards The City of Iowa City, in addressing itself to the application of development standards for new developments located outside of the City limits, but within the two m�le extraterritorial control area, should consider the following criteria: I. The potential availability of City sewer service; 2. The potential for annexation within the next ten years. 3. The consistency with the Comprehensive Plan. Three different levels of rural street improvement standards may be applied to subdivisions upon the determination whether or not the above criteria is satisfied. Level 1: Full City standards should be applied to areas which have imm d ate potential for annexation (less than ten years). This means an urban cross-section with street construction of full depth concrete 28' wide. Level 2: A minimum rural development standard for streets should be appy —to those areas of future potential annexation (beyond ten years). This means a rural cross section with a 6" rolled stone base and chip seal surface 22' wide. Level 3: Present County local street improvement standards would be applied to those areas outside the City's area of influence. This means a rural cross section with 3" of crushed rock 22' wide. Pursuant to current City policy, necessary assessment waivers for public improvements upon annexation would be required at the time of development. A full presentation of the above recommended standards will be made at the Council's informal meeting on Monday, April 6. cc: Neal Berlin Don Schmeiser Chuck Schmadeke bc5/5 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES belly MINUTES MELROSE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 11, 1981 CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM MEMBERS PRESENT: Roberts, Perret, Kammermeyer, Turner, Wolraich, Vetter MEMBERS ABSENT: Hart, Bezanson STAFF PRESENT: Schmadeke, Brachtel, Boothroy, Tyler SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Chairperson Kammermeyer brought the meeting to order. Minutes of December 10, 1980 were read and amended as follows: Page 2 paragraph 2 sentence 2, "in" should be changed to "if" sentence, 3 add "and travel time: after "count" Page 3 paragraph 3, add "They were particularly concerned with designing the island so to allow ease of the movement of buses." Page 6 paragraph 2 line 2 add "of Grand Avenue and Riverside Drive" after "intersection" Pagragraph 1 delete "an analysis of traffic demand" Minutes were approved as amended. COST ESTIMATES FOR TRAFFIC CIRCLE Kammermeyer explained that he had requested cost estimates for the traffic circle without inclusion of cost for repaving South Grand Avenue and Melrose from South Grand Avenue to Byington. The original estimate including this work was $685,000. The new estimate without this work is $320,000. This would cover rounding the two corners, two lanes on Melrose Avenue and a bus lane on South Grand Avenue. TRAVEL TIME ANALYSTS Brachtel stated that Engineering had not been able to do traffic counts. Travel time analyses had been done. Starting from Wolf Avenue and ending just east of the river on Burlington, staff found a 15 second difference between afternoon and evening travel time. The times were 1 minute and 20 seconds and 1 minute and 35 seconds. He stated that bad traffic jams were not encountered on any of the timings which took place at 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES L,', JAM5 7 Ye:.. I—N MINUTES MELROSE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 11, 1981 PAGE 2 Brachtel presented films taken from the top of Slater on January 29th from 10:04 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The film showed the general traffic patterns on South Byington and Grand Avenue and at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Grand Avenue. He noted that a crunch occurred every 10 minutes during the last hour, but that cars never had to wait more than one cycle. He pointed out that 32 cars cleared the intersection during a 30 second cycle and that is about how many cars that can be stored on Grand Avenue and South Byington. He added that the intersection was working well with the worst time being from 4:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. With the work planned to be done on the Grand Avenue-Byington corner this summer, another 9 cars would be allowed to stack. According to text book calculations, 40 cars would be the maximum number which could get through the intersection as the timing is now set. However, Brachtel stated that he felt the intersection would actually allow more than 40 cars through during a cycle. DISCUSSION OF INTERSECTION AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND GRAND Vetter stated that she felt it was unrealistic to adjust the streets to accommodate a five minute rush hour. She suggested that the diagonal could be considered a long-term goal and that she would like to see money f spent now which would have a more immediateiresponded that the congestion might encourage people to seekoan easier route, namely Melrose Court. Wolraich stated that he feared that the intersection at Riverside Drive was the limiting factor. He noted that even if a diagonal was built, if only 40 to 45 cars could get through the intersection in a cycle, people would have to wait for the light and perceive it as congested and time consuming. Members asked Engineering how the timing of the light might be changed to increase the capacity of the intersection. Brachtel explained that the timing could not be changed without penalizing the north -south traffic on Riverside Drive. He added that the intersection would never get away from many left turns and traffic in all directions. Perret asked Engineering to consider the impact of lengthening the light cycle on Grand Avenue to 40 seconds by taking some time away from the other phases. He noted that this would reduce the number of times cars would have to wait on Grand Avenue. It would cause more stacking on Riverside Drive, but Riverside Drive has better facilities for stacking than does Grand Avenue. Brachtel responded that the proposal was asking the north -south traffic to pay a heavy price. Perret said it would be asking them to wait 10 to 15 seconds and might dramatically increase the intersection's capacity on the Grand Avenue leg. Brachtel stated that he did not feel it would dramatically increase the intersection's capacity. Wolraich added that a long cue on Riverside Drive might force cars onto Myrtle and from there onto Melrose Court which was against the Committee's intentions. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES jeos 'r - MINUTES MELROSE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 11, 1981 PAGE 3 Brachtel stated that altering the light at the Riverside Drive intersection to 45 seconds on Grand and Burlington and 30 seconds on each leg of Riverside Drive in order to accommodate 15 cars single cued on Grand Avenue was not reasonable. Roberts pointed out that at the present time traffic on Grand Avenue does not demand this kind of favoring at the intersection, but if traffic increased dramatically, the light phasing could be altered. Turner asked for an estimate of how many cars could get through the intersection on a 30 second cycle if they had a straight alignment instead of the turn at Byington and Grand Avenue. She stated then the Committee would have an idea of how much storage would be needed. Brachtel responded that the capacity of the intersection could be increased but quantum changes could never take place. He stated that he could not say exactly how many cars could get through with a straight alignment. He h noted that the text books say with the intersection as it is now, a F maximum of 27 cars could get through, but in reality, 32 cars get through on a cycle. The text book projects that 40 cars could get through the intersection if there was a straight alignment. Given the underestimation of the present intersection, Brachtel felt that more than 40 could get through. Roberts asked how many times a day more than 42 cars would stack up in a 30 second period. Brachtel responded that from the evidence provided by the film, it only happened two or three times in the rush hour. Perret stated that he questioned the point of substantial improvements if only 40 cars could go through in a cycle. Brachtel responded that a main issue was how to reduce traffic on Melrose Court. In order to do that, drivers need to be offered an attractive alternative. If Melrose Avenue I is altered to provide a more direct route, it will be more attractive. However, the improvement of Melrose Avenue, even the diagonal, does not answer all the traffic problems on the west side. Perret noted that one objective was to alleviate traffic on Melrose Court; Y the second objective was to study the overall traffic problems in the Melrose Corridor. He asked what the compelling reasons for building the ! Diagonal were. Boothroy stated that the benefits would be: 1. Improving traffic flow, which actually is fairly smooth now. 2. Improving perception of Melrose Avenue as a desirable route; widening it to four -lane might do this. He noted that sometimes a longer route is perceived as being easier and therefore more desirable. 3. The University and the neighborhood would benefit by consolidating traffic and thus allowing the local streets to function as local 5Ds MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES alo MINUTES MELROSE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 11, 1981 PAGE 4 streets rather than collectors. This could also lower the amount of pedestrian and automobile conflict. He noted that the values were in a sense political, and depended on people's perspective. Roberts pointed out that the intersection was not operating badly as it is now. He questioned whether it was worth $600,000 to relieve traffic on Melrose Court. Brachtel stated that if cars are waiting stacked single file up Byington they would perceive the wait as being longer than if they could see the light, even if the waiting time was actually the same. t she lt Turnerle see he light ill perceive the waand it as lengthy. Vetter noted that when she lived in Chicago, one of the most frustrating aspects about driving was sitting through a green light, unable to move. Turner stated that she did not see much point in spending two million dollars to put 48 cars in a cue when they can't get through the intersection. Roberts responded that if the traffic level got high enough that 48 cars were waiting, the phasing of the .light could be changed. Wolraich pointed out that defining the actual benefit of the diagonal was difficult. He noted that one major benefit being claimed dealt with driver perception, a rather nebulous area. The second benefit was really a benefit to the University which created much of the traffic problem in the first place with the hospital, dorms, and fieldhouse. He stated that he had yet to hear any real benefits for the neighborhood. Boothroy rejoined that pulling traffic off local streets and onto a collector would benefit the neighborhood. Wolraich emphasized that the neighborhood was opposed to buying a better situation for Melrose Court at the expense of Grand Avenue Court. Wolraich added that it seemed the University was not very interested in any trade offs to help protect the neighborhood, rather it seemed that the City tended to go along with the University without the University reciprocating. Perret noted that what members were really discussing was cost -benefit ratios of the proposal. He stated that the Committee still did not really know if the costs were justified by the benefits, but that it appeared to him that the benefits were not all that great - more direct traffic flow, fewer turns, a little clearer line of vision. But, a significantly larger number of cars would not be able to get through the intersection at Riverside Drive once they passed through the diagonal. Roberts stated that the University was going to be generating traffic and that it had to go somewhere. He pointed out that there had been a great deal of pressure to do something about Melrose Court and now that a concrete proposal was made, people were complaining that it cost too much. He added that the city had to plan for the future and that it would be good to get the alignment of the diagonal set and planned so that the University would not build in the proposed right-of-way. SOS MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOVIES MINUTES MELROSE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 11, 1981 PAGE 5 Wolraich objected that setting the alignment could affect property values in the area. Vetter responded that no solution would please everyone. She noted that the people who work at University Hospitals are citizens of Iowa City and need safe streets. She further stated that the University is not a contiguous mass and that wherever it straddles the City, Iowa City had to be responsible for proposing the best possible traffic patterns. Perret asked Brachtel if he would recommend the improvements. Brachtel stated that it was a policy decision as to what improvements were worth the cost. However, he stated that the diagonal had some good points to recommend it and that it might be a very good solution for future traffic I in the area. He saw benefits to recommending the diagonal so that the plan would be ready to implement some time in the future. Vetter asked how many more cars Melrose Avenue could handle before it was overloaded. Brachtel responded that it could handle another 25-30 percent and stay at the present level of service. DISCUSSION OF WIDENING GRAND AVENUE TO FOUR LANES It was suggested that the real traffic problem seems to be caused by South Byington. Turner suggested that a less expensive alternative to the diagonal and perhaps even the traffic circle would be to remove the island from Grand Avenue, widen the south lane of Grand to two lanes and south Grand to four lanes. She added that closing Byington north would relieve problems with traffic turning across Grand Avenue, and make the traffic circle unnecessary. Several members pointed out that the University might object to having a four -lane collector running between the dorms. Others pointed out that the cost savings might offset this objection, especially considering the need for overpasses and the amount of land the University would lose with the construction of the diagonal. Wolraich pointed out that closing Byington would free up access to the new Law Building. Brachtel stated that the proposal might have some problems at the top of the hill. Kammermeyer pointed out that the University just paved Byington in front of Hillcrest. REQUESTS FOR STAFF ASSISTANCE Perret pointed out that at the December 10th meeting the Committee had requested a report from Planning & Program Development analyzing the impact on the neighborhood the diagonal might have and the impact the other alternatives might have on neighborhood stability, land use and agreement with the Comprehensive Plan. The Committee also requested estimates of actual cost for all the alternatives. Turner added that the Committee needed to know how much land would be required for grading if the diagonal was built. Engineering responded SDS MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•OES MOINES -.7 .1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOIRES MINUTES MELROSE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 11, 1981 PAGE 6 that the department just did not have time to complete such a survey but that the grade could be contained within the right-of-way if retaining walls were built. Members noted that building retaining walls or obtaining property would add greatly to the cost. Schmadeke responded that Engineering had never envisioned building the diagonal until the University had acquired the necessary land. He added that with the construction of 518 and the Law Building being pushed back, the building I of the diagonal seemed even more distant. Kammermeyer stated that for the next meeting decisions had to be made on what immediate improvements and what proposals should be made for the j future. i Perret asked staff to contact University Heights about their future plans o for possibly building another bridge or installing stop lights at the corner just past the present bridge. It P Meeting adjourned. y i I Prepared by: Andrea y er, nute Takeri,, 1 Approved by:1n gIsabel Turner h 4 {£y Y' YYYY � i 1 I Soy MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOIRES /1� MINUTES OF STAFF MEETING March 18, 1981 Referrals from the informal Council meeting were distributed for review and discussion (copy attached). Items for the agenda of March 24 include: Set public hearing for the 2nd phase of undergrounding of utilities Revised resolution on Foster Road Resolution regarding Linder Valley Subdivision Resolution regarding Deer Hill Estates Subdivision Recommendation from Planning and Zoning regarding St. Anne's Drive and Foster Road Recommendation from Planning and Zoning regarding 1750 Rochester Subdivision Resolution soliciting offers for Elm Grove Park property Resolutions on reclassification of several positions Certified lists from Civil Service Commission The staff was reminded to furnish space requirements to the City Manager. The department heads were reminded of the Management Meeting at the Highlander Inn on March 25, 1981, at 8:00 A.M. The Human Relations Director advised the staff that there is now a procedure for the hiring of temporary employees. The Human Relations Director also advised that employee service awards would again be given out at a council meeting. Memos will be going out soon to advise the staff of what will be done this year. It is hoped to make this a more meaningful experience. The immediate supervisor of the employee receiving the award will be asked to make the presentation. A brief discussion was held regarding changes to be made in this program in future years. This subject will be pursued. The Senior Center Coordinator inquired about the policy of City employees writing to legislators. The City Manager advised that there is a Legislative Committee of the City Council and that the staff will not take a position as an employee without having the Legislative Committee of the Council review that policy. The Assistant City Manager advised that the staff will be receiving memoranda with the explanation portion of a number of bills. The full bills are on file in the Legal Department. The comments of the staff should be returned to the Assistant City Manager. If any of the bills will have a significant effect on the City, this should be indicated in the staff's comments. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOIRES L,., 506 _J 7- The City Council has approved the establishment of an advisory selection committee to search for a new city attorney. The committee will be appointed in 30 days. John Balmer and Mary Neuhauser will serve on that committee. The Finance Director advised that the telephone directory listing will soon be revised and asked for any ideas. The City Manager advised that he will be meeting with the phone company on Friday to discuss problems the City is having with the new system. The staff was asked to notify the Finance Director of any problems. The Finance Director advised that a memo on the computer committee was distributed, The committee will consist of department heads whose responsibility will be to accept requests from departments for application, prioritize these requests, and then make recommendations to the City Manager. The first meeting of the committee will be in two weeks from today after the staff meeting. Prepared by: 60La,,-.,-- a°q�ti Lorraine Saeger G i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES F H Informal Council Meeting March 16, 1981 DEPARTMENT REFERRALS ...7 SUBJECT DATE RECD REFERRED TO O ~ OOMMEM"S/STATUS Village Road Parking 3-16 Public Wks Agenda item for 3-24-81 meeting - motion to allow parking on one side of Village Road east of Village Project Schedules 3-16 P&PD/ Public Wks Provide schedule charts for - Conference Room. F Info m' i Rouncil Meeting March 23, 1981 DEPARTMENT REFERRALS MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOIIIES W SUBJECT FOo � D ~ COMMENTS/STATUS Rules Committee Meeting 3-23 Helling Schedule for 7:15 P.M. on April 7, 1981. Schedule for 3-30-81: Informal discussion 3-23 Nelling 1. Fringe Committee report2. Rural Development Standards Subdivision 4. Deer Hill Estates Subdivision Meet with City Manager re. Frail CDBG Projects 3-23 Human Serv. Elderly and Independent Living Planner Projects. Any proem with putting in ma xes Mailbox Island - Harrison Street -23 Traffic for eastbound at east end of island Engineer without extending island? Report regarding reference in minutes of Board of Directors to disposal Library Property -23 Lolly of property. Where do funds go? MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOIIIES Formal Council Meeting March 24, 1981 DEPARTMENT REFERRALS SLBJMT DATEREFERREDDATE RECD M DUE G iTS/.STATIA Railroad Crossings 3-24 Public Wks What kind of immediate temporary repairs could be made? P&PD/ Tom Alberhasky still does not First Avenue Land Deed 3-24 Legal have deed to land traded for First Avenue R.O.W. Prepare materials for placement Vacation of St. Anne's Drive 3-24 PUD on April 7, 1981, agenda. What is latest any area in the (able TV Service 3-24 CATV Spec. City will receive Cable service? Reports from west side say they Elm Grove Park Prospectus 3-24 POD to Redevelopment Committee they did a good job on the they Prospectus. Don't schedule anything for Conf. Tuesday afternoon of Council meetings 3-24 Lorraine Room or Council Chambers. THE WALL 11TRUT JOURNAL, Thursday, April 2, 1981 End of the Line? Mass Transit Is Facing a Financial Crisis; Service Cutbacks and Higher Fares Loom By HARLAN S. BYRNs Slof Rep rlerof T,a WAu. ST.." JI,UMMAI. Mass transit is lurching toward a finan- cial crisis. For the 12 million or more people who regularly ride buses and trains, the prospect Is unpleasant higher fares and reduced ser- vice, ervice, possibly no serviceln some areas. For taxpayers generally, the cat of subsidlring masa transit will continue climbing. Berl by Inflation, recession and labor problems, several systems, are' already In serious financial trouble. Commuters, up In Arms over fare Increases, are beginning to desert buses and trains, Just a few years af. ter hundreds of thousands were lured out of rIr automobiles by shortages and soaring rices of gasoline. To make matters worse, the Reagan ad- ministration Is planning to phase out more than $1 billion a year In federal subsidies Wal have covered about one-third of the op- erating deficlts In recent years. The remain- der of the money has come from state and local governments, but they too are finan. clally pressed; hence, Weir lawmakers are resisting transit operators' pleas for more help. Transit managers are under mounting pressure to control operating costs, which bave been rising 17116 a year In the past dec. side, and to Improve efficiency. "Blood Will Pour" "Transit systems are confronted with a crisis, and they aren't prepared for It," says Robert P. Neuschel, director of Northwest - em University's transportation center and a professor at the university's J.L Kellogg Graduate School of Management. "I see no end to the paln, and when the buses and trslns stop running, the blood will pour out. The last Job I would want today Is managing a transit system." Recently, transit's troubles have been dramatized by a string of setbacks. In De• cember, the Baton transit system shut down for a day before it was reluctantly bailed out by the Massachusetts legislature. Is tnvall, deeply rooted In fat labor con. tracts and political obstacles to higher fares, Is far from over. Next fall, a Spokesman says, the system may run out of money for the third time In three years, again bringing service to a hall In Birmingham, Ala., buses have slopped running Indefinitely; We money ran out at the end of February. After two fare In. creases last year, rkkmhlp dropped 17% and revenues declined. A hostile stale legs- lalure has balked at providing additional money, "I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm still groping," says Jerry Haight, general manager of the E firming. ham transit system. PMUsdelphia's 400,000 rail and bus com- muters are experiencingthe sixth strike there In three years. It Is pushing the transit system close to bankruptcy, The Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has been plagued by chronic money shortages, a deteriorating system, and a 20% drop In ridership on Its rail commuter lines follow. k�pIgg a $9/e fare increase Fnd ftrn aerrke clll'last year. "We're In foal VV&s If we hlm it" our faderel fChlg," up acorn Miter, controller of the a One'of the b1i flnukJat JttggW g acts In- volvea Illinois's Regional Transportation Au- thority. It oversees the Chicago Transit Au- thority and suburban rail and bus service in a six.county area. The CTA consumes 70% of the RTA budget. RTA officials say that the satire system, the nation's second larg- est, will close down N cold -April unless the state rescues It. The RTA; which is more than $100 mil - Hon short of meeting this year's budget, Is mlred In political controversy. As part of the price for pushing a bailout plan, Gov. James Thompson, a Republican, Is seeking to re- place the RTA board, which Is dominated by Chicago Democrats, with a fiscal watchdog agency, controlled by the state. Chicago -area commuters, hit by eight fan Increases In 13 years and faced with still another along with reductions In ser- vice, are rfled by reports of excessive labor torts And waste In the Chicago transit SYS, tem. Chicago's bus and train drivers are the nation's highest-paid, drawing annual base pay of nearly 125.000 after 42 months, be- sides overtime and other benefits that often run as much as $5,000 a year. Henry Lowenstein, a transit expert who Is a professor at the University. of Illinois College of Business Adminfptntion, say$ that more and more commuters In the Chi - cap area are going back to driving their can. He also has firsthand evidence that some people are seeking employment closer to home because of rising transit costs; His Tife, who Is personnel manager for a subur- ban company, recently has recruited several secretaries who were leaving Jobs In down- town Chicago because of commuting costs. Headache In New York In a class by Itself when It comes to transit problems Is the New York City area, which probably accounts for 25% of this are certain this year. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1101HES Adding to New York's headache Is the planned elimination of federal operating subsidies. That would cost the city nearly $150 million a_ year. Oddly enough, the federal government gets both credit for rebuilding many of INS country's approximately 1,000 transit a"- tems and blame for contributing to current financial difficulties. Serious federal efforts betale began ss add969s, when Washington local governments take over falling private systems. By that time mar tranalt had been In a 20 -year decline In ridership after reaching a peakshortly after World War - H. In the early '70s, govern. ments at all levels stepped up their particl. pation In mar transit, mainly helping to fl- nance new facilities and equipment. The big push came after the Arab oil em. bargo of 1973.74. Federal capital grants atmos than Maw aaasdad 113 WIM, k pai vide ID% financing of new equipment and h• cilltlaa. Including nearly 25,000 buses and rapid -transit can. SabYAles Blamed Mme crucial, perhaps, to the current sit. nation was the enactment of the National Nor TrarAportatiom Assistance AM of 1974 to give cities additional aid In the form of anbeldks to help cover operating deficits of transit systems. For many years, mass transit had made at least a small profit, but beginning about 15 years ago, deficits ap- peared and have been steadily wldeNng. No wander then, experts say, that transit opera - las eagerly went after the extra assistance from the federal government. But "oper. ating subsidies took away some of the incen. tive of transit managers to Increase effi. Clancy and to hold down labor costs," says Prof, Neuschel of Northwestern. At any rale, federal outlays for operating atthddles rose from $142 million N 1975 to $1.1 billion last year and an estimated $1.4 billion this year. Rising dependence on these subeldlo mattes It hard for transit systema to ed)uet to their prospective'loss beginning In 1993. Although the Reagan administration has Indicated that It will continue 807o financing of new -equipment purchases and will proba. bly help to finance new rail and subway sys. tem already under construction, It plus to hall aid for new roll stars. The American Public Transit Association, which Is kadMi Industry opposition, Is seeking a compro- mise in Congreve to Salvage part of the op - trading subsidies, The group argues that be- cause the federal government financed big new Imnalt Bees, It should at least continue operating subsidies to cover maintenance toss. Transit managers doubt, however, that Congress will substantially alter the Reagan plan. mw� Pre*ts In Jeopardy As a result, the outlook for a number of big pro)ects N uncertain. Among them are a 14mlle. $l billion rall line proposed in How too. an 90 million monorail system that would ring downtown Indianapolis, a a lal. town Los Angeles to the Hollywood area. ?hanks to federal grants, the Los Angeles system has doubled Its bus Beet and rider ship, and authorities there hope they can make a convincing case that a subway Nr ther easing traffic congestion makes eco- nomlc sense. But they're uncertain whether It can be done without federal help. Another Pressing concern of. the Los Angeles system Is the Impending loss of $60 million a year In federal operating subsidies. Experts say that federal operating subol- dles have been covering up the failure of transit managers to control costs. AGcordNg to a recent report of the General Accounting Office, transit operating costs, more Nan doubled from 1973 to 1979, with two-thirds of the Increase going to labor. (Contrary to general belief, diesel -fuel costs accounted for las than one-third of the Increase.) Pro- ductivity of transit systems declined during the '70s, with one measure, passengers per employe, showing a 137. drop. . CrOrh and Discipline The current crunch Is forcing transit managers to exert more discipline over coats, experts feel. A number of systems have obtained concessions from labor unions, such as power to hire part-time driv en for peak hours and thereby reduce over. tbse and, In some cases, the number of full• time drivers. But that has become a fighting Nae In many cities and Is one of the stick. In points In the Philadelphia strike, Some trash authorities also are talking of the need for wage rollbacks In some ares. In Chleago, union leaders say that any each mora will be resisted and could provoke walkoats. Prof. Neuschel feels that more systems will have to adopt fare structures that put A Premium price on peak -hour service and scale the fares to the length of trips. Innova- tive marketing tactics may, become more widespread. On the unusual side Is a trial prograrn_to sell newspapers on. busag of In. promoting the sale of televlston sets thmgh Product demonstrationd'on express buses. "We're looking for every dime we can scrape up," says John N. Gobts, director of marketing for the Indianapolis system. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOLLIES THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,' Thursday, April 2, 1"1 Firms' Wider Use of Tax -Exempt Bonds Sparks Renewed Concern in Congress By WALL STmmm JOURNAL SIOJfB1par1CT WASHINGTON — Congressional concern about the burgeoning use of tax-exempt In- dustrial -revenue bonds -is surfacing again. In a long-awaited study, the congres- Ronal Budget Mee reported that sales of the bands, which state and ]Deal govern- ments may Issue to provide financing for private concerns, swelled W $3.4 btilim lull year from about $1.3 billion In 1975. The of- fice predicted that such sales could reach) between $10.1 ballon and 11U.9 ballon next year and may be as high as 335 ballon In 1955. The study, which provides the first.con- prehenslve data on the rapidly expanding use of the bonds, will form the background for hearings by a Have Ways and Means subcommittee next Wednesday and Thurs- day. humday. There are some Indications that law- makers may decide to clamp down on use of the tax-exempt bonds. Lam to Tram" Cited Some government officials are (mown to be concerned about the growing lopes to the federal treasury residing from use of the bonds. The Budget Office estimated the tax. revenue by at $1 billion for the year ending ual rev lora could resellu high Nit sidd the nsbillion. ens Besides worrft about the cats, some of lclals have Questioned whether the bonds are being used in ways that Justify public support. OriginWy Intended to promote In- dustrial development, the hada In recent years have gone Increasingly to commerelal ventures, Including real-estate development, shopping centers, fast-food franchises, rec- reational facilities, such As bovilag,alleys and country clubs, and Could facilities, such as beach resorb and ski lod$ea. Moreover, .although the bonds were hP tendid to help primarily small businesses, the congressional staff study demonstrates that among their beneficiaries are'some very large eorporatbns. It nolo, for In- stance; that K mart Corp., the nstim's sec- ond largest retailer, Maxed 35 of Its retail stores with Industrial -revenue bands In 1110, alone. Between 1975 and 1980, K mart used $220.5 mWlon In tax-exempt bonds to open 90i stores In 19 states, the congresslonal Rudy, am. Current Isco doesn't place any rearlc- dons on the use of tax-exempt Industrial revenue tend issues up to $10 million. But I a bond Issue exceeds $1 million, the total capital expenditures on all the borrowing arm's facilities wiwp the same county or, city must be $10 million or less. That means•bat large corporations with' many low-cost, but geographically din-� persed, facilities can benefit greatly from the tax-exempt bonds. McDonalds Corp„ fort Instance, financed the opening of 32 of Its new fast-food restaurants In and Ohio, alone, with Indi bonds In 1979, the study says. The cayreedaul Rudy suggests that the use of small Issue hudtrtrial•revenue hoods has grown partly 1n response to the rise In market Interest rates generally. Because the Interest on the bonds L• exempt from federal taxes (and In many cases state and local 'teas, as well7, the bonds are sold at lower interest rates than taxable bonds. HW d- cst ty, tax-exempt raw have been abat 3510 below taxable bond rates, according to the study. But N recent years the disparity has been wider, with tax-exempt rates more like 4041. lower, It says. Nate DUlereace Widens The study says that tax-exempt bonds historically have sold at Interest raw about two percentage points below taxable•bood rates. But It am that, In 1950, the dlBnrr ence ranged between four and sem per, tentage points. The study notes that generally the only backing for the -bads is the credit of the borrowing company, the revenue from proj• ects fWaxed, or the funded faculty, (bell. As a result, the bondholder bean the kes It the borrowers defaults. While that may make the bonds teem particularly dodrable fp state ud local gov- ernments as a way of luring busirem, the, Rudy new that Willing the bonds does In- volve cats. Aside from the lou In rermue, taxes, fact such bands relative to den necdon, the study notes th nue bands' share of the emptbond market nae to 476 In 1975. . Congressional reaction to the study is dif• ficult to predict. Capitol 11111 sources report that most lobbying on the matter In recent yearshas come from people seeklag to ex- pand use of the bonds by Increaeisg the alae of bond Issues that can Qualify for tax ex- emptlon. But some • lawmakers are reportedly studyinthe tax "loophole" that could beiclosed. Such a move would rain revenue that add either obviate the need for some budild cuts or help pay for lie large general personal and busIness•tax reductions proposed by Presl- dent Reagan. The Reagan administration's position on the bonds Isn't clear. Norman Ture, apL- bonds before he Joined the government, Mr, Ture used to be a consultant for the Na- tional Council of Small Issuers, which advo- cates use of the bonds. Budget Director �avld Stockman repeat- edly has argued that the government should repeal Ipws that tend to Interfere with free- market forces In determining the fiow.of capital In the U.S, economy. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 0 Transit Center, Business Development Combine In Iowa City IOWA CITY. IOWA— Anew downtown transit interchange series not only Iowa City Transit, but also provides space for buses operated by the neighboring city of Coralville and the University of Iowa. Iowa City buses operate on a radial system comprised of seven route -paws, all of which converge downtown. Coralville Transit operates four routes which con- nect the residential areas of that com- munity with downtown Iowa City, and the University of Iowa Cambus system operates four routes which provide circu- lation around the campus and through the downtown area. Altogether, 51 buses per hour utilize the downtown transit inter- change during peak periods. The downtown transit interchange is near the University of Iowa's main aca- demic quadrangle, the downtown retail area, and the Old Capitol Center, Iowa City's new enclosed shopping mall. Be- cause space in the area is at a premium, individual bus bays could not be accomo- dated. Instead, paws of bus stops were designated at both curbsides and on a mid -street island, so that as many as 18 buses can be parked simultaneously. Al- though the interchange includes benches and shelters, the entrance of the Old Cap- itol Center has been designed so that rid- ers can wait indoors. The total cost of the transit inter. change exceeded $300,000, which was funded 100% locally by the sale of general obligation bonds. Iowa City's Old Capitol Center, which fronts on the downtown transit inter- change, is a prime example of local co- operation between the city and a com- mercial enterprise. The city used the availability of mass transit to convince the developer that customary levels of parking availability would not be required for a successful shopping center. In turn, the developer sold tenants on the viability of transit in light of the apparent shortage of parking. Furthermore, a portion of the funds that would have been invested in parking facilities have been diverted to interior amenities, resulting in an attrac- tive shopping center which is almost fully leased and currently has more that half of its 50 stores open. More importantly, the local transit sys- tems and the Old Capitol Center recog- nize their symbiotic relationship. The more than 15,000 daily transit riders who board, alight, transfer, or pass through the downtown transit interchange provide NEW SHELTERS on a mid -street island are part of the Iowa City downtown Irensil interchanoa, The facility is 100% locally funded. "S— MICROFILMED DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY got a facelift with urban renewal and the addition of a covered shopping mall, left. Buses using the downtown transit interchange serve 15,000 daily riders. a continuing flow of customers to the doors of the shopping mall. On the other hand, the availability of downtown shopping has increased transit ridership, particularly during midday, in JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 110111ES the evening, and on Saturdays. In addi- tion, the Old Capitol Center is open Sun- days, and is already creating a demand for Sunday transit service–something not op- erated in Iowa City in a generation. PASSENGER TRANSPORT