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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-09-22 Info PacketCity of Iowa Cite MEMORANDUM = DATE: September 11, 1981 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: Informal Agendas and Meeting Schedule September 14, 1981 Monday 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. Conference Room 3:00 P.M. - Tour Public Housing Units j 3:30 P.M. - Historic Preservation District Update 3:50 P.M. - Council time, Council committee reports 4:15 P.M. - Discuss proposed fueling facility 4:30 P.M. - Executive Session - Collective Bargaining September 16, 1981 Wednesday 7:00 P.M. - Meet with Johnson County Board of Supervisors regarding Congregate Meals Program - Conference Room 7;30 P.M. - .Meeting of Johnson County Council of Governments Board of Directors - Conference Room September 21, 1981 Monday 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. Conference Room 3:00 P.M. - Review zoning matters 3:30 P.M. - Council agenda, Council time, Council committee reports 3:55 P:M. - Consider appointments to the Human Rights Commission 4:00 P.M. - New Zoning Ordinance, Status Report - Legal/Planning and Program Development 4:30 P.M. - Report from City Attorney on Legal Department staffing 4:45 P.M. - Discuss amendments to Industrial Development Revenue Bond Policy September 22, 1981 Tuesday 7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting i PENDING ITEMS Economic Development Program Meet with Parks and Recreation Commission regarding parkland acquisition Appointments to Committee on Community Needs - October 6, 1981 Appointment to Board of Library Trustees - October 20, 1981 Appointment to Board of Electrical Examiners and Appeals - October 20, 1981 i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 9 City of Iowa Ci MEMORANDUM Date: September 11, 1981 To: City Council From: Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager Re: Collective Bargaining Requests to bargain for FY83 have been received from all three City employee unions. It is anticipated that the first negotiating sessions will take place during the week of September 28 or the week of October 25. At the time that negotiations begin, Steve Rynecki will meet with you at an informal meeting to discuss this year's process, expectations, etc. Bargaining teams for the City have been tentatively designated as follows: Police: Steve Rynecki, Anne Carroll, Capt. John Ruppert, 'Dale Helling Fire: Steve Rynecki, Anne Carroll, Dale Helling, Chief Keating, Joe Fowler AFSCME: Steve Rynecki, Anne Carroll, Dale Helling, Lolly Eggers, Hugh Mose, Cleo Kron In addition to the above, Linda Woito will provide in-house legal assistance if needed. The purpose of the executive session scheduled for September 14 is to discuss the role of all in-house staff for the upcoming bargaining process, to propose certain strategies, and to answer any questions you may have regarding these. Additional materials will be provided at that executive session. tp5/1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES 1401NES /y/7 September 8, 1981 Mrs. Bernadine Knight, Chairperson Iowa City Riverfront Commission 425 Lee Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mrs. Knight: Recently the Riverfront Commission expressed concern to the City Council about the City's maintenance yard and salt pile. The City has in recent years made efforts together with Project GREEN to increase the landscaping adjacent to the maintenance yard. However, the condition of the soil prevents the growth of adequate screening. While the City did consider the construction of a salt dome in the Capital Improvement Program, it is clear that because of financial considerations, the City probably will not be able to finance that project in the next several years. Less expensive alternatives must be considered. The Public Works Department will investigate the construction of an earthen berm between the maintenance yard and the highway to shelter that area from view and also provide an area for the placement of plantings. In addition, the Public Works Department will investigate the construction of a more moderate cost salt shed which would be constructed in a more desirable location. Because of financial considerations and the time necessary to construct an earthen berm, these remedies may not be implemented at an early date. Your staff will coordinate with the Public Works Department to insure that you are informed as plans proceed. Thank you for your interest in this matter. Sincerely yours, Neal G. Berlin City Manager cc: City Council Don Schmeiser bdw/sp MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES L'. /V/d September 4, 1981 Mrs. Will J. Hayek 900 North Dubuque Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mrs. Hayek: On behalf of the City Council, I am responding to your recent letter concerning noise pollution. The Council will continue to pursue this matter and also is communicating with the University relating to problems caused by fraternities. Some of the incidents which you describe in your letter are prohibited by current ordinances. Anytime you encounter such activities, a direct call to the police is suggested. The Police Department is very much aware of these problems and will work to assist you although the courts have not always been very helpful in resolving noise complaints. If we can assist you in any other manner concerning this problem, please call. Sincerely yours, Neal G. Berlin City Manager cc: City Council Harvey Miller bdw/sp i MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•OES MOINES 1 c V City of Iowa Cif MEMORANDUM Date: September 11, 1981 To: City Council and City Manager Froml&_�oug Hillstrom, Planner Re: Significance of National Register of Historic Places Districts Last April the Council approved the North Side Historic Structures Inventory, with the understanding that it would be completed during the summer of 1981. Work began on the inventory in May. Preparation of the inventory was a cooperative effort involving PPD staff, one full-time paid intern, two unpaid volunteers who did all of the photography, one unpaid volunteer who gathered information on ethnic settlement patterns, and the State Office of Historic Preservation, which paid the entire cost for photographic development and printing (in excess of $2000). In addition, staff was successful in obtaining a $1000 Research Development Internship Project grant to pay a portion of the salary of the paid intern. The inventory is now largely complete. Staff has been evaluating its contents in order to determine which portions of the survey areas might be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as historic districts. The attached map shows two areas (shaded portions of map) which we believe should be nominated to the National Register. These particular areas have been chosen because they contain the most significant architectural and historical structures and the fewest intrusions (newer apartment buildings, parking lots, etc.). Listing of these areas as historic districts on the National Register would: -Be an honor for Iowa City and the North Side Neighborhood, since the National Register is the "official list of the nation's cultural resources worthy of preservation". -Protect these areas from federally assisted projects (such as highway construction) by requiring comment from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation before any project can be approved, and -Make owners of commercial and rental properties eligible for federal tax benefits if they rehabilitate their properties. A meeting was held on September 9 to discuss the historic structures inventory with persons owning property within the proposed historic districts. After discussing the historic structures inventory, some persons attending the meeting expressed interest in serving on a task force to evaluate a draft historic preservation ordinance. An ordinance has been drafted by PPD staff and reviewed by the Legal staff. With Council's concurrence, a citizen task force would be established to review the ordinance prior to its final submission to the City Council. The historic preservation ordinance, if adopted would establish City designated historic districts and would set up a City historic preservation commission. tp5/15 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES /ycao HISiuRIC STRUCTURES INVENTORY SURVEY AREAS PROPOSED NORTH SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS 1. North Side Neighborhood Survey Area = North Side Commercial District rm= North Side Residential District 2. "Goosetown" Neighborhood Survey Area 3. College Hill Neighborhood Survey Area iyao ;1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES City of Iowa Ci. MEMORANDUM Date: September 11, 1981 To: City Council and City Manager From: Terry Reynolds, Equipment Superintendent Roger Tinklenberg, Energy Program Coordinator Re: Equipment Service Fueling Facility Potential Savings The potential savings from this project will be an estimated $13,000 per year. This savings would be realized through the recovery of unreported fuel usage and obtaining a better price on fuel purchases because of the ability to buy in larger quantities. Through this project we would also have the ability to control fuel usage in times of shortage or emergency. Existing Facility The existing fueling system at the Equipment Service Building consists of two 20 year old storage tanks and one 6 year old storage tank. These untreated steel tanks, located on an old landfill site for 20 years, are definitely past their useful life. According to the manufacturers, 20 years is the average life expectancy of an untreated steel tank. It would be less in our case because of the corrosive nature of the old landfill site. Capacity is also a problem with these tanks. The 6 year old tank has a 5000 gallon capacity, which is minimally acceptable. However, the two old tanks are only 1000 gallon tanks. This leaves the City with no fuel cushion for emergencies. The present sites are not acceptable because they are located close to the buildings and because of traffic flow problems at the pumps. The new site would get the fuel out in an open space, away from buildings to decrease the fire hazard: It would also allow more space for trucks to maneuver to the pumps and eliminate the bottleneck in the driveway to the Service Building. Recommendations Therefore, we recommend that three new fuel tanks be installed. The recommended capacity is: 8000 gallon Lead-free gasoline 6000 gallon Regular gasoline 8000 gallon Diesel fuel We are not recommending tanks larger than 8000 gallons because we do not feel the larger capacity is needed and the cost differential increases sharply in sizes over 8000 gallon capacity. (See cost breakdown later in this memo.) This not only increases the City's fuel cushion in times of emergencies, but also allows us to purchase fuel by tanker load. The average tanker capacity is 7200 gallons divided into four compartments. Therefore, a tanker load does not MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES 1401NES have to be all the same type of fuel. There may be up to four different types of fuel as long as each compartment is full and the total adds up to the capacity of the tanker. This bulk purchasing will save the City an estimated $4,000 per year. We estimate it would cost $2,000 to move the existing 5000 gallon lead-free tank. This would not include the inconvenience of being without fuel for two days and the fact that the tank is already 6 years into the 20 year life expectancy. 2. We recommend that these tanks be fiberglass instead of steel because of the soil conditions at the old landfill site. The fiberglass tanks have a higher initial cost than either untreated or treated steel tanks but they last much longer. The tanks can be placed in the ground and "forgotten" versus the monitoring which must be done on the steel tanks. The tank costs are as follows: 6000 GAL. 8000 GAL. 10,000 GAL. Fiberglass $4340 $4940 $5700 Treated Steel $3450 $4010 $5000 3. Also, we recommend the installation of a card -controlled fuel dispensing system. This will allow tight inventory control. The present system is an honor system where everyone fueling a vehicle must record on a sheet the amount of fuel pumped and there is very little control. The City has been purchasing more fuel than that recorded as used. (Approximately 8,000 gallons in FY80 at $1.17/gal. (average) equals $9,360.) So either the tanks are leaking fast or fuel use goes unreported or both. The meters are checked periodically and when recently checked were accurate. A key control system was investigated. However, it is more economical to use a card control system for a fleet as large as the City's. The standard key system has 10 keys per bank, so with about 175 vehicles fueling at the Service Building, we would need 18 key banks. This would take up an area about the size of a standard office desk just for the receptacles for the keys. 4. We recommend a card control system which has the capacity for twelve fueling hoses. This will allow us to control the regular gasoline, lead-free gasoline, diesel fuel, compressed natural gas fast fill line, and the eight natural gas slow fill lines. It may be necessary to replace one existing fuel pump depending on whether it can be switched to automated control. However, it should be possible to continue using the other two fuel pumps. (The cost of replacing the one pump, if necessary, will be about $1,200.) /ya.%i MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Y::.. f The satellite fueling stations at the Cemetery, City Park, Water Service, Landfill, and Transit will continue as they are now. Because of the small number of personnel and vehicles using these locations, we do not feel that it would be cost effective to install a $1,500-$2,000 card reader system at each of these locations (another $7,500 - $10,000). The Cemetery uses about 1,000 gallons of regular gas per year; Parks uses about 14,500 gallons of regular and lead-free gas per year; and Water uses about 4,200 gallons of diesel and regular gas per year. The ability to fuel at these locations is a convenience for the users because they do not have to bring numerous and various types of equipment to the Service Building daily for fuel. The system can either be two card activated or one card with a security code activated. In the two card system, one card identifies the vehicle, authorized fuel type, and maximum tank capacity and the other identifies the employee. The one card system has one card for the vehicle identification, fuel type, and maximum. The identification number for the employee would have to be memorized and entered manually as a security code. There was no difference in cost between these two systems. The system records the day, time, vehicle number, employee number, vehicle mileage reading, fuel type, and gallons in a non-volatile memory. Non-volatile means it will not erase when the power goes off. This information then is recorded on a tape for entering directly into the computer. This eliminates the fuel record sheets and the keypunching step. This system not only insures accurate records, but also virtually eliminates the theft of fuel and permits rationing of fuel if a shortage should occur. The cost of the complete fueling facility is estimated (based on vendor quotes) as follows: $15,000 3 fiberglass fuel tanks 15,000 card control system 20,000 all installation, tank burial, and hook-up costs* $50,000 TOTAL (plus $1200 if it is necessary to replace pump) *(This is only an estimate, as we have no way of knowing what the outside contractor will charge for installation and hook-up until the system is bid. The Street Division will do the excavation, tank burial, backfill, and concrete work on a time and material basis.) There is $65,000 budgeted in the CIP for this purpose. If this meets your approval, we will write-up the specifications and solicit bids. cc: Rosemary Vitosh Dale Helling MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES /VO2/ .._7 City of Iowa Cit„ MEMORANDUM DATE: Sept. 10, 1981 TO: City Manager/City Council J FROM: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance RE: Industrial Revenue Bond Application The attached letter, regarding an Industrial Revenue Bond application from Marcia Roganw. is being reviewed by staff. The Memorandum of Agreement will not be sent to Council until completion of the staff's review. MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 140INES WILLIAM L.MEARDON WILLIAM F.SUEPPEL ROBERT N. DOWNER JAMES P. HAYES JAMES D. MCCARRAGHER THOMAS J. CILEK MARK T. HAMER THOMAS D. HOBART MARGARET T. LAINSON ANGELA M. RYAN MEARDON, SUEPPEL, DOWNER & HAYES LAWYERS 122 SOUTH LINN STREET IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 September 4, 1981 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Iowa City, Iowa Civic Center Iowa City, IA 52240 Re: Industrial Revenue Bond Application by Marcia Ray Roggow Dear Mrs. Neuhauser and Gentlemen: TELEPHONE 3]9.9222 AREA CODE 3I9 Enclosed herewith are the original and two copies of an application for the issuance of $165,000 in City of Iowa City Industrial Develogmnt Revenue Bonds for the improvement of certain real estate located at the northeast Corner of the intersection of Burlington and Linn Street wined by Marcia Kay ROggow. The supplemantary data requested in the application form is also submitted herewith. First National Bank, lava City, Iowa, has coumui.tted to purchase the bonds issued as a result of this application. Plans for the improvelents to be Covered by the bonds, which will include apartzmnts and additional office space are available and Selzer Construction CCotipany, Inc. has been selected as the general contractor on the project. The proposed project has been reviewed by Ms. Rbggow on several occasions with Andrea Hauer and I am certain that she is familiar with many aspects of it. Please feel free to Contact the undersigned or Ms. Roggow directly with any questions which you may have regarding this application. The appli- cation fee in the alrount of $2,000 is also enclosed. Your assistance in expediting the processing of this application will be Trost appreciated because of the approaching winter season and the desire to have exterior Construction work conpleted prior to the onset of inclement weather. Thank you very much for RND:ama cc: Ms. Andrea Hauer Mr. Ralph D. Radcliffe Ms. Marcie Roggow Ms. Rosemary Vitosh yaa MICROFILMED BY DORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES CITY CSF IOW/-\ CITY CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319) 356-5000 PRESS RELEASE Contact Person: Hugh Mose Transit Manager Iowa City Transit really travels! On Tuesday, September 1, when Iowa City Transit celebrated its Tenth Anniversary, its display downtown included the distribution of helium - filled balloons. In spite of the best efforts of Arlo Fry, Senior Driver, who was handing out balloons, several managed to get away. They were quickly out of sight and out of mind. i I However, on Wednesday, September 9, Iowa City Transit received an envelope i i from the Marvin Peterson family of Stanton, Michigan, which included two Iowa City Transit balloons that they had found. According to the Petersons' note (see copy attached), they discovered the balloons in their backyard in rural central Michigan on Wednesday, September 2. Intrigued, the Petersons did some research, found our location and address, and sent the balloons back. Apparently in the space of 24 hours the Iowa City Transit balloons had crossed eastern Iowa, all of northern Illinois, the width of Lake Michigan, and part of Michigan's lower peninsula, a total distance of over 400 miles. That's incredible! It is also interesting to note that according to the postmark, the letter I containing the balloons took five days to get back to Iowa City. From: Administrative Offices / ya3 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 140INES V: - L, 457 •�c�c a.ze aQ.00c�u�z �%u�L evl _4s 2 U� ZIJ� �Lcae. r ..G.�- ./ZUiLc.Q • 6c L �irrcS�-- -.1 r. • .,Qat �rte.I.e .�t•L�` ��, t MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES //�Uvw moi% ��QEsv `�' QAat�1 539y 2J. ,�2jc,7ew �c(� v ves?e /el -L3 W MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER QUARTER: FOURTH DECISION UNIT: BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Fiscal Year Objectives: 1. Oversee and monitor Hawkeye Cable Company progress and implementation of cable system. 2. Keep the City and City Council updated on status of cable TV. 3. Serve as Broadband Telecommunications Commission (BTC) staff and advisor; mediate and resolve complaints and/or report status to BTC. 4. Act as information resource for community on 'cable and access television. 5. Assist, advise, promote funding, operation and usage of access channels. 6. Identify, contact, train access channel users; produce, supervise and/or assist in the production of access programming. Work Completed: 1. Contacted Hawkeye on biweekly basis. Ninety-five percent of cable TV system construction completed. 2. Reported to City government on weekly basis, informed City Council as necessary. 3. Advised BTC at each meeting; prepared all agendas, minutes and ancillary materials; resolved 50 complaints. 4. Compiled all information pertinent to cable and access for public inspection, answered questions and supplied information to citizenry and 30 other City government entities and access organizations. 5. Expanded Government channels hours to over ten hours per week using City Council and James Leach material; new advertising methods for access channels include Press -Citizen Diversions, Coralville Weekly News and posters for area buses were designed. Access Iowa City (AIC), the public interest access support group, was started and now provides several services including persons for City Council shoot. Ninety percent of equipment from the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) grant was purchased, installed and is being used by and for access channel purposes. 6. Continued teaching production workshops for access channel users. Analysis: Complaints have been reduced in number. Shifting of some responsibilities such as checkout of video equipment to the AV desk in the Library has enabled BTS to have more production time. More emphasis is being placed on the development of the access channels. iyowy MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Expenditures Budget This Quarter _% 6000 $22,000.00 $21,650.89 97.822 7000 1,520.00 1,608.60 105.829 8000 2,866.00 2,957.43 103.190 9000 Total 1 650.00 28,169.00 1 625.50 27,858.92 98.394 98,899 j MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB / CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES I i 1 V — TILE WALL SanEET JOURNAL, >wednesday„September. 9, 1981 , eagan s Plan to Slush Grants R for Sewers May Wind Up Down Congressional Drain a By Anov Pnszma i; sKyneporrer of TIM WAu. a"K=]ouenA�th .WASHINGTON Congresslonal'opposl• :. ',tion threatens to scuttle Presiden{',Reagan's controversial-planslash and redlrecta. . .fedemi ald Program for sewer grants.' 4:... ?.. Widespread. agreement exists Inside and P' ohti de government that the Environmental c protection Agency's mulfibillon•dollar con- 'and has shructionb n huts Program by years of misis too manage, ge• c ment. But lawmakers so far have,refused to -c go along with the adminlstr2t on's proposals to cut sharply. the amount' of money that ble.to receive siate and local thegovnext few years.. ents would be ellgl• h ' , The President wants to cut federal aid for: sewer•relaled cdnstructlon to $2.4 billion annually. starting In fiscal 1982; from more than sm billion In fiscal 1981. He would hold billion, even though athi next 1SM bWlon.bato ckkllog Of Potential projects, -currently Is, eligible_ for federal grants•. ,•..r; . ...The administration hopes to restrict gov- artunent,financing, to those Projects. ex* petted to have. "the. most dramatic".effect rn improving water quality. And the White of givin wants cchhunks end of money to statafa end Wad governments, all N the Sun. kelt, o builnments, nes an y • Belt, to bulld.sewer Imes and Plants in antic Ipatlon of Population growth... progitm's Survival at Stake T'here'aie Indications that the President and some of his top environmental advisers have decided they may be unable to win in 'Congress. And they aregraPPling with the possibility of eventually abandoning much of their original, proposal. to keep the program, alive. : °.. .,.. . The debate has pitted -lawmakers. from Industrial stales in the Northeast and the Great. lakes regions, which stand to beat, most from administration's proposed Ing- formula. against lawmakers from flit• Z' areas In the South and the West.. winch are, favored under the current crite- It the Impasse. between the White house, and congress Isn't resolved quickly: state' prorograrn will federal nbe disrupted. cials �Dozens ofr big.' planned prolects will be scraPPed, and IocaL governments won't be able to formulate 'm aRstic longterm plans to put In new sewer Imes, build treatment plants or clean up wa* terways, they assert. . "We're,vall hoping to get some comproi. mise bill out of Congress by the end of the; year:' one administration strategist said: yesterday, adding: "But the opposition. Is: pretty strong and there isn't any indication the gap between the two sides Is shrinking." Committees In the House and the Senate are, expected to take up sewer grants as a lop• priority legislative item starling thin week. But the White House has Promised to fight .any appropriation for fiscal 1982 unless Can• gr approves all of the•major changes In, e program requested by the EPA. Meanwhile, a, Senate Environmental sub-, committee Is expected to approve a bill this, month that"would assure states of getting radically the same amount of. federal aid under the program next year as they re-' eived this year. The members. of the sub•". committee want to exceed the. $2.4 bBllaa� eiling and they appose several ,other for- mula changes proposed by the President, In-' luding elimination of federal aid for repair: In or replacing storm sewers. Some influ•, ential members of the. House. COMMIltee., ave rated the same arguments. "There doesn't appear to be much hope at this point that the brunt of the changes proposed by the White House will make It to We Boor' of the Senate or'the House, con-, ceded another administration official In-' volved in the dlscussions: Several House and Senate staffers agreed, but emphasized that' negotfatlons with the White House and the; agency are continuing. j EPA's Alm is Cited ;} c: The EPA's aim:Is "to get out of making Individual project review and management. decisions” and give the states greater au tbodty in setting funding priorities and de• termWng local program goals, according to John Hernandez, the agency's deputy ad*;. ministrator. - , During . the, congrcsslonal recess last.` month, Mr. Hemandez said In an Interview: Van' of refft the ormintration "has g the program every 19C. "We must get hold of th4a.(program) or it will the of Its own weight," according to EPA Administrator Anne Gorsuch. She com• plalne l recently that It has become the' ' largest nonmilitary public works prrogr1ol"I In U.S. history..:, : ..• Lua ted funding means, that the federal, *govemment can't afford to construct every sewer line In this country. Nor can we.be re•. sponsible for all growth,,' she. told a group of utility otfielats t;td ::ii 1;•t . A . j MICROFILMED By JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOIRES /qa5, -PT 8/ " Mayors fight for'., :: cable contra _ . '.: Niw'r«y Tlmea Servkr "-`-� ��•-%� 1'gross Income and prevents municipalities from . WASHINGTON - Mayors from around the making excessive demands on system availability nation are attempting to put together a broad 'and programming. Industry revenues are ex. ..coalition of public and private Interest groups to "petted to.yeach $2.5 billion this year and double'; .defeat legislation pending In the Senate that • that amount by 1985:. would curtail local -government control of cable : .The legislation comes at a time when cable t Television..'• ' . ' -' -� 'television Is reaching many of the large urban In some city halls, the deregulation .proposal's `centers; where high Installation costs and various approved'by the Senate Commerce Committee Is complications hale delayed the establishment or causing more consternation than the recent completion of systems. _ round -of budget reductions, which are expected -In 'the past few. years it was • mostly the to cut deeply Into municipal treasuries. smaller communities that were wired" for cable • The legislation, which the Commerce Commit- television, Thomas E. Wheeler, president of the tee approvedlast month without bearings and National Cable Television Assoclation, said In an which Is strongly.supported by the Industry, says interview. "But now big 'money Is involved. It that no level of government "may establish, fix or' cost $100 million just to wire Dallas." I restrict the rates charged'.' for the use or sale of! "The controversy is, complicated by industry -cable television. ' -"„"j bcharges that local."government control Is .a� There is disagreement over the precise effect' vlolatl6n of First Amendment rights, and by local, of that prohibition because of exceptions in the: ocials' stand that cable. companies are a 'dei legislation and Interpretations put on the intent { •JjicW_7 mono .,oly once they gain a franchise. of the bill b the committee. But the National. , Coats and limits on utility rights•of-way area, league of Citles; tom lite urban organizations' J� usually_ too prohibitive. to allow competing - that has adopted a strong position against the I systems, the officials say. Of 5,000 cable systema legislation, contends that It "could eliminate' -now ee operator only eight Involve competition' -` almost all local. government authority over cable between operators serving the same subscribers. television"'' The National League of Cities. and• other In awarding franchises to competing compo-; The groups 'have: been seeking help" from' elea, the local governments are now able to' unions, consumer activists and religiou's groups exerclse considerable authority both on rates and 1 16 theiropposition to'the legislation, seizing on a . the.use of. channels. And many city officials have i •.procedural issue ,to bolster their case. been looking to the burgeoning industry as a way! previously, the mayors were able to defeat In committee deregulatory legislation advocated by to extend their authority and as a new source of'.the revenues 'as larger and more' sophisticated-' more Inclinedustry, but title year Congress has been 'systems are introduced. 1 more lncllned toward dismantling government Echoing *complaints 'of "the industry, ''the; controls. committee, headed by Sena Bob Packwood, R. Shortly before the Senate began its August recess, the Commerce Committee inserted into a Ore.; said the, legislation was needed in part to. prevent the cities from solving their. fiscal- 'deregulatory bill a provision forbidding any level •.problems by charging unreasonable fees -to the' of government from- fixing or restricting cable cable companies, an assertion strongly denied by;, rates. The bill dealt largely with the'American the mayors. , ;.' ........ _: Telephone and Telegraph Co. Soma_�i��yy ofil 1 Issuch as Ma�++��*.IV,: Mayor Charles Royer of .Seattle, chairman of j1Mortal of New �r�eans, say tlut some of the the League of Cities' task force on telecommuni- lservlces that" cable television promises for the cations, has asserted that the committee's action 1980'x, such as burglar alarm and fire alarm' was an abuse of the legislative process, because; systems connected to police and Bre headquar• no hearings were held on the Issue and there was • . ters, would enhance city services and result in no record as to which members voted for or: savings that they say would be threatened by the against the provision. { Senate legislation. - • ” ° Wheeler, of the cable TV association, said the,, "Cable television Is the'. hottest lasge in charge was not valid because "the Issues here are'! municipal government today;' said Fred Jordan, not, new — they have beerr discussed widelyin communications director for the National League Washington for a long time" He held that the of Cities, the organization that Is leading the fight measure would not go nearly as far in tying the against the legislation that Is expected to be mayors', hands as they have asserted. . voted on this fall. But It would settle some of the Issues that The opposition by many local governments have been hotly debated. For example, it would has intensified an already bitter struggle being codify the right of the FCC to Impose a ceiling on waged across the nation between cities and the franchise fees charged by local governments: cable television operators seeking franchises. The legislation would also authorize state and According to Industry spokesmen, some cities local governments to require the cable companies have been holding out for unreasonable fees, to provide channels for public, government and putting pressure on the Federal Communications education programs and restrict the rates on Commission to relax Its current rule that limits those. franchise fees to S percent of the companies' Iya4 MICROFILMED By JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES M0114ES r rJJ 1 September 12, 1961 1r. Berlin: Inclosed are my comments to be read at the joint meeting. of the Council and the Supervisors. regarding the congregate meals problem. I think it would be well if Mr.Bowles and Mr. Proffitt could stay over and attend that meeting. since They will already be in Iowa City that day. Oma& a MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB 'CEDAR RAPIDS -DES -MOINES .►Yaba _i S"- 1 The following; s submitted to be read at th pint meetint of the City Council and the board of Scoervi.rorc; .t their joint meeting, called to discuss the congregate meals situation in Johnson County. To the Honorable Mayor and Members of the Iowa City Council: and to the Johnson County Board of Su_r.ervieors as Provider of the Cong. Ideals Program: '-iy comments regarding the problem to be discussed are: 1iow that congregate meals are being served in a city owned building, the Senior Center, the following is what I think the citizens of Johnson County and the officials of Iowa City have a right to expect from the Johnson County Board of Supervisors as provider of the meals program. I think we have a right to exsect that the Supervisorc. will promptly sive us their answer to the following question: "Under federal law, what individuals in Johnson County have priority in the serving of congre- ,_ate meals?" Is it those persons are 60 anei older and souses of any age vho have the greatest economic or social need? Is it the persons in that are group rico get to the Center dining room first, which could include come who need the service and Some_ybq Io not? Or is it those persons in that age group who make reservation,, 14 ich could include those who reed tho service and those who do not? Ile need the answer to the above question because Michael roster, Director of Nutrition Services, who has an office in the city owned build - inF; it telling the public that there are no priorities; that all persons age 60 and older are eligible to come and eat. with no reservation required. Including younger spouses there are more than 8,000 of us and the present budget provides for 1,250 meals per week for 60 or 70 home delivered meals, some for Autumn Park and the rest for the Senior Center. For Mr.Foster to say that:.there are no priorities is wrong. As we X11 know, paragraph 2, Section 102 of the Older American Act as amended. Title III clearly states that "pending the availability of programs for all older citizens, give priority to those with the greatest economic or sociul.need. Mr. Atwell of the Dept. of health and Human Services and our County Attorneys concur. We have a right to expect that the Super- visors will not pe mit anyone to give incorrect information to the public regarding a program they are operating in a city owned building. We have a right to expect that the Supervisors will make sure that all information regarding congregate meals which is given to the public is correct. That includes the weekly notice in the Press Citizen and any informational folder that might be printed for distribution in the Senior Center. The noticer that appeared in the Iress-Citizen issues of Aug. 22 and 29 is wrong and needs correction. State and local plane are mentioned, but congregate meals is a federal project and the word federal is not mentioned. The word "priority" fof the elderly with gpecial needs does not appear. The notice is misleading because it tries to give the impression that age alone is the only criteris for participation and that all persons age 60 and older and their younger spouses are eligible to come and eat, seven days a week. It doesn't even make sense. As I see it, the following includes what the citizens of Johnson County have a right to expect from the Mayor, City Council and City Manager. now that congregate meals are being served in a city owned building: 1. That without further delay, they will ask the Supervisors to give them their ane:wer to the following question: "Under federall.law, what individuals in Johnson County have priority or preference in the serv- ing of congregate meals?" _ _ and that they pass that information on to the 2: that they will ask the Supervisors to promptly correct the notice public. regarding congregate meals that a,pears each Saturday in the Press -Citizen, 3• That they tell Michael Foster that, under federal law, in the sere_ in,; of congregate meals those personr with economic or social needs have Priority over the well-to-do, nble.bodicd ciI,izena who are perfectly a$1'e to m ke it on their own, and in prosperous Johnson County, those are in the v::st, vast majority. 4• Check the work of city employes who work in the city owned build - to make sure that they arc not following the bad example of Mr. Foster and tellir,F: the public that there are no priorities. I make, no comment ar to those who particil:ate in the Congregate me::ls progr•!m. Thct to which I strenuously object to the misinformation which has been and in being fed to the public. The public hoc a right to I.xpect thra they be tolyl the truth. p& a 1530 Sheridan Avenue. MICROFILMEU by 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES i I i i V- -� City of Iowa CI' -v MEMORANDUM Date: September 18, 1981 To: Mayor and City Council From: Robert W. Jansen and Don Schmet Re: Status of Proposed New Zoning Ordinance The purpose of this memorandum is to furnish the Mayor and the Council with a status report concerning the new zoning ordinance. Since assuming my duties as City Attorney on July 1st, I have reviewed the text of the proposed new ordinance, reviewed the Comprehensive Plan and have had several meetings with Don Schmeiser and his staff concerning the ordinance. This memorandum is a joint effort by Don Schmeiser and myself and our purpose is to ask the Council for instructions as to which way to proceed before going any further with the work-up of the text of the ordinance and the new zoning map. As the Council is aware, zoning regulations must be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan as required by Iowa Code Sec. 414.3. Iowa City's last Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 1962 and from that plan came the present Iowa City Zoning Ordinance. The current Plan was adopted by the Council on May 30, 1978. The section of the Plan entitled s "Implementation" states on page 73, "a revised (zoning) ordinance will be one of the major means of implementing the Comprehensive Plan. In this i manner, the City, pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 414, will adopt the regulations and restrictions which will, in large measure, implement the ranges of population density and locations for various types of land uses which are shown on the Comprehensive Plan Map." F Both the text of the proposed ordinance and the proposed zoning map have been prepared in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and the Comprehensive Plan Map For Land Use. However, at this juncture we believe that we are confronted with certain problems that were not evident at the i time of the adoption of the plan in 1978. Accordingly, we are asking the Council to consider the problems and proposed solutions that we are recommending and then ask the Council for a directive as to proceeding further with this project. There are proposed a number of changes in the present zoning of property ! which will be the most controversial aspect of any new ordinance and map. The more significant change will be the change in density allowable in areas to the east of the business district which are currently high density apartment and rooming house areas and which, under present zoning, contain many properties which could be converted to these uses. Downzoning`in those areas could have a substantial economic impact on the value of those properties. The affected property owners may be able to attack the ordinance as being a taking without due process or just 'V MICROFILMED BY JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES /4a1 ...7 years. The short-range plan would be based upon the long-range Compre- hensive Plan Map. There are two types of development, new developments and redevelopments. New developments will occur on undeveloped tracts within the community and redevelopment will occur as a conversion of existing land uses. By this alternative approach, it is suggested that: (1) undeveloped land expected to develop in the next five to ten years be zoned for the most appropriate land use in accordance with the short-range plan, (2) developed properties for which redevelopment to a particular land use is desirable be rezoned for the most appropriate land use, and (3) other developed areas remain as presently zoned. By this alternative approach, it is suggested that the short-range five to ten years to reflect changes Comprehensive Plan be updated every in trends and conditions. Upon updating the short-range Comprehensive Plan, the Zoning Ordinance would be updated to zone areas then expected to develop in five to ten years for the most appropriate land use. Approaching the Zoning Ordinance in this manner would require only minor adjustments or changes in zoning with less impact than rezoning the entire E community to zones in an attempt to implement the long-range Comprehensive Plan Map. If the Council wishes to use this approach, we would proceed with the preparation of a short-range plan and a zoning map consistent 'with the j plan. Obviously, the major disadvantage to adopting the ordinance on this basis is that the agony of such a process is stretched out over a period of many years rather than just going ahead now and getting it over with at this time. I should also add that I did meet with the members of the Planning & Zoning Commission, at their, request, last week and the members present indicated no objections to the approach. We should have no illusions that whichever approach the Council favors will mean a very substantial effort on the part of staff, Planning & Zoning Commission and the Council. There will have to be a number of public hearings and we will probably have to deal with a large number of objections once the impact begins to sink in with the community. This will be true regardless of which approach is adopted. However, from the legal standpoint, the alternative approach should serve to reduce the more obvious legal challenges to the ordinance and possible liability exposure since the "taking" aspect will be significantly reduced although not altogether eliminated. For all of the reasons expressed in this memorandum, it is our recommendation that the Council direct us to prepare the ordinance and map utilizing the alternative approach. Both Mr. Schmei ser and I will be available to discuss this with you at the informal session next Monday. Iqay MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES compensation if the ordinance, in effect, takes away the only reasonable economic use of the property. The burden on the landowner in cases of this type is very heavy to mount such a challenge, but the law of zoning is in such a state of flux at the present time that it is very difficult to predict what the courts will do. However, the City could incur substantial liability in damages if a taking is proved in these cases. We believe that there is a more effective way to deal with these problems. The new zoning map could incorporate large segments of the Comprehensive Plan Map particularly in those areas of the City where little or no change is contemplated between existing zoning classifications and the Comprehensive Plan Map. There is a dashed blue line on the Comprehensive Plan Map denoting the "limits of urban development" to the year 2000. The staff had previously indicated that within the blue line (excluding approximately 1500 acres in western Iowa City) there is sufficient undeveloped land to accommodate approximately 100-200 years of population expansion at the present rate of growth. If this is true, then it can be assumed that there are parts of the community that would not be developed for up to approximately 200 years from now. It is extremely difficult to make predictions in regard to the market forces and changes which could occur in the composition of the community. Such predictions must be based on present and past trends with assumptions made about the future. The farther into the future one attempts to predict what changes could occur, the more inaccurate the predictions will be. Yet, if we attempt to implement the Comprehensive Plan Map, which represents a guide for development for the next approximate 200 years, the presumption is being made that we can, in fact, predict what land use patterns should be established for the next approximate 200 years. This obviously is a ridiculous assumption. Future land use decisions should be made by future councils. If the Council were to establish zones for areas which will not develop in the foreseeable future, the zoning established may not be the most appropriate for the ultimate intended land uses. For example, there are areas along Interstate 80 that in all probability will not be developed for some time. The Comprehensive Plan Map indicates that these areas should be developed for residential use. However, it might be decided at some time in the future that the areas would be best developed for industrial use rather than residential use. The danger in attempting to predict the appropriate land use for areas not expected to develop in the near future is that partial development of these areas could occur preempting any desirable future change in zoning and land use without conflicts occurring. For the above reasons, it is our opinion that only those areas which can reasonably be expected to develop in the next five to ten years should be rezoned for the most appropriate land uses. The most appropriate land uses would be illustrated on a "short-range plan," a plan which is established as a guide for land use decisions in the next five to ten MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES '1 City of Iowa Citi MEMORANI UM Date: September 16, 1981 To: Neal Berlin, City Manager From: James Brachtel, Traffic Engineer_ {� / Re: Crossing Guard at Court Street/3rd Avenue On Monday, September 14, 1981, I received phone call from a Mrs. Mary Carey, the new chairperson for the Search Committee of the Districtwide Parent Organization. Mrs. Carey related to me that her group was concerned about the above referenced crossing. That her group was conducting counts at the above crossing location and requested that I meet with her on site to discuss this matter. CONCERNS After phone conversations with Mrs. Carey, Principal Hughes and general conversations at the site, I believe their principle concerns can be summarized as follows: 1. In general they feel that the existing situation at Court Street and 3rd Avenue is unsafe.. 2. ' Some' vehicles donot stop at all but roll through the intersections at speed. 3. Some vehicles do not come to a complete stop. 4. At the present time the children are being controlled by 6th grade safety patrol students. Some parents feel this is too much responsibility for a 6th grader. If something untoward would happen the guilt that the responsible 6th grader would feel would be a crushing load. 5. At the present time the student patrol is required to climb opon a ladder to open the folding stop signs. The parents are concerned that this is a dangerous procedure and one that will become even more so with the advent of winter weather, snow and heavier clothing the students will be wearing. Principal Hughes indicated that the newspaper article reporting that the intersection was working satisfactorily was in error. In fact, he and the local parents are still very concerned about the safety of this crossing point. The count data taken by the parents at this location is summarized below: 19a8 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES Time of No. of No. of No. of Vehicles Observation Vehicles Pedestrians Not Stopping 8:15 - 8:40 164 65 5 i 11:30 - 11:45 79 3 3 w Noon - 12:15 102 5 1 I 3:00 - 3:15 105 50 --- In the morning observation period there was a police officer present who made three arrests. In the first three counting periods bicycles were included as pedestrains and in the fourth counting period in addition to the 50 pedestrians there were also 23 bikes observed crossing. Principal Hughes relates that the noon crossing time may not be a problem. CONCLUSION This Committee is very concerned about the safety of this location and are gathering information and organizing to request that an adult crossing guard.be replaced at the crossing point. This memo requests any direction that you may wish to give in this matter. I will be making no further comment to this group until direction is received from your office. i tp3/1-2 i L LAI' � 1 i U C3)S7 i MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES S City of Iowa Civ MEMORANDUM Date: September 14, 1981 To: City Council From: Cil anager Re: Noise Pollution Based upon the inquiries and complaints which the City has received since the issue of a noise ordinance has been raised, it appears that there are three major areas of concern. These are amplified music, dogs and motor vehicles, particularly motorcycles. The staff is exploring an ordinance which would deal with these specific problems. If possible, such an ordinance should permit the police to issue complaints without using noise measuring instruments. If this direction is consistent with the Council's interest, please let me know. bdw/sp 1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB `CEDAR RAPIDS•DES 1401NES I Police Department Monthly Report August, 1981 F' �:G_ 0� ✓'i,y 1. Almost all categories of citizen generated requests for Police services showed some increase during the month of August as compared to July. A total of 2676 citizen com- plaints was received in August, the highest number received thus far in -1981. Moderate, but not substantial, decreases in reported complaints may be noted in only a very few categories. A total of 2359 tickets and citations were issued or arrests effected. Parking violations increased by 407 over the previous month while traffic violations decreased by one hundred twenty-eight in August as compared to July. Case load for the Detective Division remained about the same in August as in July. Officers and staff offered presentations to Kiwanis Clubs, Optimists Clubs and the University of Iowa College of Nursing Continuing Education Division. A total of 116 participants were in attendance. Requests for the services of Animal Control Division personnel increased slightly in August. However, total requests for service are running slightly below the aggregate total as compared to last year. Of special.interest is the substan- tial increase in the total revenue generated in 1981 as com- pared to the similar eight month period in 1980; $23,430 in 181 and $12,700 in 180. The greatest share of this in- crease was generated by the animal licensing program recently authorized by Council. The number of licenses issued in 1981 are nearly four times the number issued in 1980. Statistical reports are appended. I MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOIRES /1/30 i MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES DEPARTMENT: FIRE QUARTER: FOURTH DECISION UNIT: ADMINISTRATION Fiscal Year Objectives: 1. To implement preparation of a comprehensive training manual. 2. To develop a program for human relations training in the Fire Department. 3. To develop a long-range planning program as to the needs of the community and assignment of personnel. Work Completed: 1. All work on the comprehensive training manual has been completed and in the future it will only be necessary to update certain sections as new and advanced reference material becomes available. 2. The first meeting with the Director of Human Relations and Personnel proved quite beneficial. Additional meetings are to be scheduled and the program continued. 3. The long-range planning program has been basically completed. However, the assignment of personnel was an area that was left open due to possibility of new and different duties. Analysis: There is still some work to do in the long-range planning program, otherwise, objectives were attained with desired results. Expenditures Budget This Quarter % 6000 36,359 36,316.00 99.88 7000 1,986 3,479.95 175.22 8000 8,414 6,774.20 80.51 9000 7,291 7,291.39 100. TOTAL 54,050 53,861.54 99.65 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES /y3/ I L", MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES DEPARTMENT: FIRE QUARTER: FOURTH DECISION UNIT: SUPPRESSION Fiscal Year Objectives: 1. To continue preventive maintenance and readiness program for all pumper and ladder trucks. 2. Improve lines of communication within the department. 3. Continue technical training of personnel so masks, nozzles and gauges can be maintained and repaired inhouse. 4. Continue to provide emergency medical assistance. Work Completed: 1. The preventive maintenance program has been in effect for one full year at the end of the final quarter. The results have proven most beneficial during this time. The program will be continued and broaden somewhat to include some of the more technical areas of mainenance. 2. Communications within the department have been improved through more frequent meetings with the command staff. 3. Two fire fighters were sent to a two day fire school at Ames, Iowa as part of a continued effort in technical training. 4. The department responded to a total of 51 emergency medical calls during the final quarter. Analysis: Work on FY81 objectives was completed on schedule with very good results. Expenditure Budget Year -To -Date % 6000 $892,917 890,643.93 99.74 7000 45,052 41,183.74 91.41 8000 29,175 24,819.19 85.07 9000 11,530 15,078.99 130.78 TOTAL $978,674 911,725.85 99_29 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICRO_ LAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES a -_� —� - — -- L .J ,u /IW .I L,,. MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES DEPARTMENT: FIRE DECISION UNIT: PREVENTION & TRAINING QUARTER: FOURTH Fiscal Year Objectives: I. To continue fire investigation with more intensity towards the arson related incidents. 2. To inspect and require all drinking establishments to the new provision of the Iowa Administrative Code. 3. To provide a more intensive fire prevention program for the dormitories (December 81). 4. To maintain and provide the public with fire prevention material. Work Completed: 1. During the fourth quarter 156 fire investigations were conducted. Arson -related fires accounted for 20 of the investigations during the final quarter. 2. 34 drinking establishments were inspected during the last quarter. All inoted violations were corrected within the required time limits. s 3. Thirty fire prevention programs were given by Fire Department officers and the Fire Marshal. 4. Fire prevention material is now being ordered in preparation of Fire 1 This is part of e continued effort to provide the public with the latest fire prevention Prevention Week - October 4 through. October 10. material. j Analysis: E All the objectives set forth for FY81 have been attained. In so doing we have a better Fire Prevention Bureau and a greater number of structures in compliance with the Code. Expenditure Budget Year -To -Date _% i 6000 i 25,521 25,352.66 99.34 7000 2,045 934.03 45.67 8000 2,290 1,467.87 64.09 9000 TOTAL 29,856 27,754.56 92.96 I /yW MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES � s_ 11_1L1 _ - — _ f- . J y , _ ,ru Y:v.. MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER QUARTER: FOURTH DECISION UNIT: ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM Fiscal Year Objectives: 1. Update building inventory and analyze the energy consumption of buildings, July -September. 2. Conduct walk-thru energy audits, September -April. 3. Arrange for technical audits of buildings, timetable undetermined. 4. Update division vehicle assignment and establish fuel use database, July -September. 5. Identify vehicle assignment and operating changes, October -December. 6. Explore alternative fuel and smaller vehicle purchase, August - December. 7. Monitor solar collector performance, ongoing for entire year. 8. Disseminate energy conservation information to City employees as needed. j Work Completed: Walk-thru energy audits of the City buildings were completed. Applications for energy audit grant money were submitted on 13 City buildings. - A.Summer CETA employee was obtained. Steve Beck, an excellent worker, "• began compiling the electric and natural gas use data on all of the ' City's over 250 accounts with Iowa -Illinois Gas & Electric. - The use of a computerized energy management system was investigated, for reducing energy use in City buildings. - A proposal for a new fueling facility at the Equipment Service Building was developed with the Equipment Superintendent. - The City bicycle pool for employees was resurrected, for the summer, in cooperation with Jeff Davidson. Bicycles were obtained and the check-out system established. - Monitoring continued at the Solar Demonstration Project sites. - April and June issues of the energy conservation newsletter were distributed to City employees. - Supervision was provided for two interns during the spring semester and one intern and one Summer CETA employee during the summer semester. - Staffing was provided for the Resources Conservation Commission. Analysis: The energy audits were completed and the grant applications submitted. However, the recommendations resulting from the audits were not completed. They are expected to be completed during the first quarter of FY82. The general fund account 1251.0 shows $13,300 or 37 percent unspent because it was not necessary to spend the $7,850 for hiring engineers to conduct Technical Audits and the $5,450 to reimburse HUD for the infrared scanner. The rest of the budget was 100 percent spent. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES /y3 / —u -y f F, Account 1251.0: Expenditures 6000 7000 8000 9000 TOTAL Account 8153.0: Expenditures 6000 7000 8000 9000 TOTAL Budget Year -to -Date % $17,586.00 $17,558.07 99.841 600.00 765.00 127.500 11,100.00 3,275.69 29.511 5 450.00 0.00 0.000 34,736.00 21,598.76 62.180 Budget Year -to -Date % $ 2,248.00 $ 2,172.29 96.632 550.00 256.17 46.576 1,092.00 761.66 69.749 7 000.00 10,890.00 7 000.00 10,190.12 100.000 9 K. TF3 MICROFILMED BY 'JORM MICROLAB / CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401NES -01 TO: The Mayor FROM: John J. Gunther Executive Director DATE: September 9, 1981 SUBJECT: General Revenue Sharing Z thought you would be interested in the following newspaper article which appeared in The Washington Post today. \N ... ...",rn,, ",..... ... I"-, 1k mm 'I'IIE WASHINGTON VOST Revenue -Sharing Signaled Answering questions after his speech, William- mined to end the "degrading" spectacle of state son said, "It is no secret that some people in the and local officials "going door-to-door in Washing - administration believe that general revenue- ton literally begging for a hAncinut." sharing is an area to be looked at for further bud- He said programs shitted from categorical to get reduction, but it would be very premature to block grants eventually will be given hack to the speculate on that." Williamson did not expand nn states for administration, along with revenue his remarks, but the budget official, who declined sources to support them. to be identified by name, readily confirmed that Williamson and Housing and Human Services the popular general -assistance program is on the Undersecretary David R. Swnap cautioned, how - list for possible termination after next year. ever, that there is no timetable for such a revenue General revenue-sharing wait the keystone of tttrnhack. President Nixon 9 "new federalism" program when it was inaugurated in 1972, but President Carter and Congress eliminated the state share of it last year, and now the local component appears to be in jeopardy. The conference 'heard Sen. Poul I.oxnit (R• Nev.), head of Reagml9 advisory commission on federalism, say that the adminislratinn is deter• An End to Ile Ilavid S. Bruder The Rrtgam aliministr;uiun yesterdhy signaled that general revenue•sharing for the cities may not he around atter next year. The x.1.6 hillian•a•year program of unrestricted did u, luval governments is authorized lhrnugh fisml IIIM,i. and a budget official said yesterday that w, move e, strike it from the fiscal 1993 bud- get. •shAl President Reagan will submit in ,Imo- uxrv, o likely. - ILA alter that. hr said. it might fall victim to the fiscal prrssunh confronting the administration At n" drive fur it balanced budget by 1994. i l•hc doubtful future of revenue-sharing was raised publicly yesterday by Richard S. William• sun, assistant to the prt�.ident for intergovernmen. red by the Instiltte*forttContemporary Studies anar on federalism tltht \lavtluwer (burl. (;t),'Y''FF- L Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander (R) renewed the suggestion of several governors that the fed- eral government take liver the slate share of Med• icnid in return for the states' giving up federal aid to education. But Swnap said the administration believes the states Are better positioned to run the welfare pro- gram than Washington is. UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS • 1620 EYE STREET, N.W. • WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 • TELEPHONE: (202) 293.7330 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 140114ES