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1980-08-26 Info Packet
I u City of Iowa Cit" MEMORANDUM Date: August 13, 1980 To: All Department and Division Heads From: Nea)`(1{I Br�lin, City Manager Re: EEOC II Guidelines on Sexual Harassment The City recently received the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) guidelines on sexual harassment. A copy is attached. Sexual harassment in any form is unacceptable. Sexual harassment is a basis on which a sex discrimination complaint may be filed. These guidelines define what constitutes sexual harassment and indicate the obligations all supervisors have in dealing with instances of sexual harassment. Any employee who experiences sexual harassment is encouraged to contact the department head and the Human Relations Department or the City Manager's office. The City is receptive to receiving such complaints and appropriate action will be undertaken to remedy any incident of sexual harassment, including disciplinary action where necessary. The department head is to report, in writing, to the Human Relations Department and the City Manager's office, all sexual harassment incidents, whether or not a complaint is filed. The EEOC guidelines state that unwelcomed sexual advances are unlawful whether verbal or physical if: L Submission to such advances is either an explicit or implicit condition of employment; or 2. Submission to, or rejection of, the advances affects the job an employee holds; or 3. The conduct substantially interferes with the employee's work performance or creates an atmosphere of intimidation or hostility. The guidelines do not illustrate these definitions with specific examples and do not state that specific remarks or situations will always be sexual harassment. Each charge, according to the guidelines, will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Typical actions complained of in charges of sexual harassment include: pinching or patting women on the buttocks; brushing up against women; remarks that a woman's clothing makes her look sexy or appealing; a demand for sexual intercourse; and jokes of a sexual MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAE3 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES N i to�) nature. In addition, subtle actions or behavior over a period of time can establish a pattern of sexual harassment on which a complaint can be filed. The typical examples refer to harassment of women, but in similar circumstances men might also be sexually harassed. The guidelines require that supervisors take immediate corrective action. The guidelines indicate that the City is liable for sexual harassment where a supervisor actually knew of the situation or where the supervisor should have known it. Based on the guidelines, it would not be sufficient to say there was no knowledge of sexual harassment and therefore the City was not liable. However, it is important that immediate and appropriate corrective action be taken when a supervisor knows or suspects sexual harrassment. These guidelines are very strict and demanding in terms of supervisors' obligations. It is important that all supervisors, be made aware of the guidelines and the manner in which their duties and responsibilities are affected. Each department head is to discuss this memorandum and the guidelines, in detail, with all supervisory employees. In addition, every supervisor is to discuss these materials with every City employee and provide each employee with a copy of this memorandum and the guidelines. Within 3 weeks from the date of this memorandum, every department head is to notify the City Manager in writing that the department head and/or supervisory employees have complied with the instructions of this memorandum. The Human Relations Department will provide all new employees with both this memorandum and the guidelines until the information is incorporated into a new Personnel policy. If you have any questions, please contact Dale Helling. bdw/sp cc: Human Rights Commission City Council Union Presidents Dan Fitzsimmons MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES n Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sex Discrimination Guidelines 13950 19 3950.11] See. 1604.11 Sexual Harassmrnt—(a) I larrassment on the basis of sex is a violation of Sec 703 of Title VILe Unwelcome sex nal advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when (I) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment, (2) submission to or rejection of such con. duct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individJ+l, or (3) such conduct has the purpose or cacct of sulutantially Inlerfering with u1 individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offen- sive working environment. (b) In determining whether alleged con- duct constitutes sexual harassment, the Commission will look at the record m a whole and at the totality of the circum- stances, such as the nature of the sexual advances and the context in which the alleged incidents occurred. The determi- nation of the legality of a particular action will be made from the facts, on a case by case basis. (c) Applying general Title VII princi. ples, an employer, employment agency, joint apprenticeship committee or labor organi- zation (hereinafter collectively referred to 23 "employer") is responsible fon its acts and those of its agents and supervisory employees with respect to sexual harass- ment regardless of whether the specific acts complained of were authorized or even forbidden by tiro employer and regardless of whether the employer knew or shonld have known of their occurrence. The Com. mission will examine the circumstances of the particular employment relationship and Ilia job functions performed by [lie indi- vidual in determining whether an individual acts in either a supervisory or agency capacity. (sl) Willes respect to persons other than those mentioned in subsection (e) above, an employer is responsible for acts of sexual harassment in the workplace where the employer, or its agents or supervisory em- ployees, knows or should have known of the conduct. An employer may rebut ap. Parent liability for such acts by showing that it took immediate and appropriate corrective action. (e) Prevention is the best tool for the elimination of sexual harassmenL An em. ployer 311013](1 take all steps necessary to prevent sexual harassment from occurring, such 23 affirmatively raising the subject, expressing strong disapproval, developing appropriate sanctions, informing employees of their right to raise and how to raise the issue of harassment under'fite VII, and developing n1rll1nd3 to sensitize all eon. cerned, ISrelion I(Ad.11 reads as added, effective bfzrch 11, 1980.1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 ;'^; CEDAR RAPIDS s DES MOINES City of Iowa Cit�I MEMORANDUM Date: August 11, 1980 To: City Council From: CittV anager Re: Disposal of Alley to Hy -Vee Food Stores, Inc. The City Council requested that the staff converse with officials of Hy - Vee Food Stores, Inc. concerning the acquisition of 20 feet of their property at Kirkwood Avenue and Gilbert Street for the construction of turn lanes at the Gilbert -Kirkwood intersection. Hy -Vee has indicated that it would be willing to sell the 20 feet of property to the City. There could not, however, be an equitable exchange of this property for the 20 foot alley which Hy -Vee requested be vacated and disposed of to them because the 20 feet along Gilbert Street involves the partial taking of the existing building. The roof trusses in the building are such that it would apparently be cheaper to purchase the entire building and demolish it than to reconstruct it for 20 feet of additional right-of-way. Simply stated, damages to the property could exceed the value of the building and far exceed the appraised value of the alley at $10,000. Hy -Vee Food Stores, Inc. also indicated that they would be willing to sell the entire property to the City at a price less than the appraised value. Their motive is simply to get rid of the property. It would actually be cheaper for the City to purchase the entire property at the price quoted, demolish the building, and sell the property less the 20 feet of right-of- way than to buy just the 20 feet of property and pay damages after the taking. Alternatively, the City, in exchange for the disposition of the alley, could negotiate an agreement with Hy -Vee Food Stores, Inc. to obtain a first option on the 20 feet of property upon the sale of the property to a private owner. Such an agreement, however, would, in all probability, be conditioned on the basis that the existing building is demolished. That might be somewhat presumptuous as I doubt that anyone would buy the property at its appraised value only to raze the building when it has potential for use as a warehouse or for a business such as a furniture store. It is the staff's recommendation that the staff negotiate with Hy -Vee Food Stores, Inc. for a first option on the 20 foot parcel effective for a period as long as practicable upon the disposition of the property to a private owner, bj2/9-10 cc: Don Schmeiser Chuck Schmadeke Jim Brachtel MICROFILMED BY JORM MIC R+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 4646 I City of Iowa Cit�I MEMORANDUM Date: August 11, 1980 To: City Council From: CittV anager Re: Disposal of Alley to Hy -Vee Food Stores, Inc. The City Council requested that the staff converse with officials of Hy - Vee Food Stores, Inc. concerning the acquisition of 20 feet of their property at Kirkwood Avenue and Gilbert Street for the construction of turn lanes at the Gilbert -Kirkwood intersection. Hy -Vee has indicated that it would be willing to sell the 20 feet of property to the City. There could not, however, be an equitable exchange of this property for the 20 foot alley which Hy -Vee requested be vacated and disposed of to them because the 20 feet along Gilbert Street involves the partial taking of the existing building. The roof trusses in the building are such that it would apparently be cheaper to purchase the entire building and demolish it than to reconstruct it for 20 feet of additional right-of-way. Simply stated, damages to the property could exceed the value of the building and far exceed the appraised value of the alley at $10,000. Hy -Vee Food Stores, Inc. also indicated that they would be willing to sell the entire property to the City at a price less than the appraised value. Their motive is simply to get rid of the property. It would actually be cheaper for the City to purchase the entire property at the price quoted, demolish the building, and sell the property less the 20 feet of right-of- way than to buy just the 20 feet of property and pay damages after the taking. Alternatively, the City, in exchange for the disposition of the alley, could negotiate an agreement with Hy -Vee Food Stores, Inc. to obtain a first option on the 20 feet of property upon the sale of the property to a private owner. Such an agreement, however, would, in all probability, be conditioned on the basis that the existing building is demolished. That might be somewhat presumptuous as I doubt that anyone would buy the property at its appraised value only to raze the building when it has potential for use as a warehouse or for a business such as a furniture store. It is the staff's recommendation that the staff negotiate with Hy -Vee Food Stores, Inc. for a first option on the 20 foot parcel effective for a period as long as practicable upon the disposition of the property to a private owner, bj2/9-10 cc: Don Schmeiser Chuck Schmadeke Jim Brachtel MICROFILMED BY JORM MIC R+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 4646 City of 10iVa CiV2� MEMORANDUM Date: August 13, 1980 To: Neal Berlin, City Manager From: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance P V Re: FY80 General Fund Subsidy to the Airport The basic disagreement between myself and Fred Zehr, Airport Manager, centers on what the Council provided in additional funding to the Airport for adds I had received no information regarding the Airport's request for additional funding for the building improvements until last month. The City Council received a request for an additional $20,000 for a full-time airport manager and related expenses. to be used 1 am not they received any information on or a request for addiaware that tional funding for $15,000 worth of building improvements at the airport in addition to the other $20,000 request. I have reviewed the tape of the February 6, 1980, Council budget discussion. At that meeting the Airport FY81 budget and the additional discussionfunding needs in the FY80 operating budget were discussed. There was no for iimprovementsabohowpae , the l $20,000nginbeinadditionald fundi needsbuildin discussed. Although the deficit amount of $32,318 was discussed at that meeting, that figure did include the expenditure of $15,000 for the auto parking area. When the final budget was prepared, this $15,000 expenditure was taken out of the operating budget and moved to the capital improvement reserve budget. This action reduced the operating def the FY80 subsidy icit to $17,318 and likewise to the Airport was reduced to $17,318. .This reduced subsidy amount appears in budget information memos sent to the Council dated February 29, 1980 and March 11, 1980, and also in the final FY81 Budget. Fred's memo to me, dated July 22, 1980, included an attachment (item E) which listed amendments to the FY80 Budget. Neither Mel Jones nor I had seen this listing prior to the receipt of Fred's memo last month. It is my understanding that during the FY81 budget preparation period, Fred and Mel did have some discussions on the building improvements which were needed. However, no information went to Council at that time for their consideration of providing funding for any building improvements. Not until late May, 1980,idid Mel receive specific information from Fred on budget amendments needed for the building improvements. $16,776.64.The. deficit balance in the Airport Operating Fund at June 30, 1980, was reduces In July, 11980, $10,000 in farm income was received which reduces this deficit to $6,776.64. In FY80, the Airport had budgeted $18,000 for farm income but actually received only $1,784 during that fiscal year and an additional $10,000 in MICROFILMED BY JORM MIC R+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES / • I , 2 July, 1980 (FY81). The average annual farm income for the prior Lhree - years (FY/7, 78, 79) was $17,633. [herefore, the $18,000 budget projection does not look out of line for the FY80 budget. Tu Lal .,.(.u, farm income of $18,000 would have resulted in practically eliminating the deficit for the year. I do not recommend providing funding of over $17,318 to the Airport for FY80 for two reasons. First, the FY80 farm income question needs to be resolved. If they currently have grain in storage that will be sold in the future, that revenue should be used to reduce the FY80 deficit. i';'•, Secondly, the Council approved funding the operating deficit based upon an amendment to the Airport expenditure budget of $20,000 and not a total amendment of $35,000 which would have included the building improvements. bj/sp cc: Airport Commission Fred Zehr City Council -- - •:fF fri �I -i ii ij 1 i , r �I I I' I I i F / 1 MICROFILMED BY _ JORM MICR+LAB - CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES �I i \ 1 � r�Fl� --✓ ,. , I I - 2 1980 THE DOWNTOWN ENCLOSED O SHOPPING CENTER IOWA CITY, IOWA r j i OLD CAPITOL CENTER August 11, 1980 I Mr. Neal C. Merlin City Manager Ci Ly of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Berlin: Subject: Progress Report Old Capitol Center - Iowa City Pursuant to your letter of August 5 and Section 304 of the Hf Contract for Sale of Land for Private Redevelopment, we are herewith submitting a progress report on the referenced I improvement. I, We are approximaLely 70., completed with Lite devolnper.'n Icor- v .a tion of Lhu mall, J. C. Penney and Younker.:;. Thr: :;Lrncl.unll teal. i:: 100. complete. r` 2. improvements remaining to be completed are as follows: lixterior masonry 503 Mechanical 503 Sky lights 1003 Elevators Mall area 303 Roof 9 5 45% $ 3. Our schedule is to work every working day including overtime when necessary to complete our work by October 29, 1980. 4. We cannotive g you a firm date for the completion of lease- hold improvements since this is not our responsibility but that of the tenants. It is safe to say, however, that we will open with a minimum of 753 of our tenants ready for business on October 29, 1980. 1 We will, coBlplute the development as set forth in our contract. ,. ibLrOCC the time provided for in the contract. I i very truly yuur:;, John B. Klaus Project Director Int :119;1S157l5 Illnwul 1.2M I -MI CRY. III 57240 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Tel. 312-341; 5455 205 YL mnkel, Sudc 202 Chiciv. 11 WOO i, VEENSTRA & KIMM, INC. August 11, 1980 I' I Neal G. Berlin City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 RIVER CORRIDOR SEWERS WEEKLY PROGRESS SUMMARY NO. 4 !�1 This is to provide a summary of progress on the River Corridor Sewers project during the week of August 4, 1980. Eby continued to work in the intersection of Madison Street and Iowa Avenue. Progress has been hampered here by rain. He has the bottom section of the manhole built and was building the riser on Friday. Two existing manholes have fallen into the trench and must be replaced. This intersection should be backfilled and ready for subgrade preparation by the middle of next week. Eby plans to lay enough 42 -inch pipe to the north to permit paving the south lanes of Iowa Avenue into Madison Street. The east lanes of Madison Street were paved from Burlington Street north to about 100 feet south of Iowa Avenue. Work continued in Madison Street south of Burlington Street. The 12 -inch ductile iron pipe was installed as far north as possible. Crew No. 1 was allowed to resume laying 54 -inch pipe toward Burlington in an effort to make the connection as soon as possible. We need a continuous sewer from Iowa Avenue south to the plant so that sewer work in Iowa Avenue can be completed and that street paved. Pipe needs to be installed under a storm tunnel in Iowa Avenue. Eby has been attempting to schedule Affholder, the tunneling subcontractor, to do this work so that Iowa Avenue can be paved. On Friday, it was decided that Eby will do this work. It should be completed a week from today. Prentiss Street is being prepared for paving the middle of this week. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES It will be ready for the pour by )I Neal G. Berlin August 11, 1980 j Page 2 i The west lanes of Madison Street from Burlington to Iowa will be prepared for paving this week. A coordination meeting was held with the power company regarding construction in Dubuque Street north of Park Road. Eby must install sewer from Park Road to north of Kimball during the month of October when a high voltage power line can be de -energized. Gas (mins Dust also be relocated in this area. The power company will begin the relocation this week. We met with a University representative regarding construction status during home football games beginning September 27. The contractor was requested to prepare a detailed schedule of construction for the next three months, through November 15. Such a schedule will be prepared this week. i Eby was advised that he should advise his sodding subcontractor as to a date when sodding can begin. Capitol Street can be sodded as soon as the power and telephone companies have completed excavation In the packings. i value of work completed by Eby is now current with contract time elapsed. ' ENSTRA- IMM, C. / W: Kimm JWK:jk 11648 cc: Charles J. Schmadeke W. L. Levay 'I 1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MIC R+LA8 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES i ■. . MINUILS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TASK FORCE JULY 29, 1980 CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM MEMBERS PRESENT: Eggers; Jones; Keating; Kucharzak (late - 10:28 a.m.); Marcus; McCartt; Meisel; Miller; Orelup; Yates. MEMBERS ABSENT: None. STAFF PRESENT: Helling; Morris; Woito. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY MANAGER AND STAFF: None. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT DISCUSSION: 1. The meeting was called to order at 10:10 a.m. by Chairperson, Bette Meisel. 2. Review of the Minutes: The minutes were approved as read. It was decided by the Task Force that the minutes of each meeting be included in the City Council's information packet. Copies of the minutes should also go to the press. I. Critique of Present Affirmative Action Policv: The consensus of the Task Force was that the present affirmative action policy is outdated and that they will start afresh with a newly devised policy. 4. Discussion of Affirmative Action Pamphlet: The Task Force moves to prepare a strong City policy on affirmative action which shall include a process for dissemination of policy, assignment of respon- sibility and timetables for implementation and further moves to obtain commitments from the City Council for adoption and implemen- tation. 5. Delegation of Res IK for Drafting Revised Policv: Dick McCartt and Bob Keating volunteered to work on the "Policy Statement. Dick Yates and Carla Marcus volunteered to prepare the section dealing with "Dissemination." Arletta Orelup and Dick McCartt agreed to draft the portion concerned with "Responsibility." The project "Timetables and Goals" was accepted by Lolly Eggers and Harvey Miller. Meisel asked the members to work on their assignments MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES .................... . FL , I^i ^1 MINUTES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TASK FORCE JULY 29, 1980 PAGE 2 for the next two weeks. Drafts should be turned in to Phyllis Morris by August 12, 1980 for distribution before the next scheduled meeting. 6. The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 19, 1980, City Manager's Conference Room, at 10:00 a.m. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES WO ^City of Iowa Cit' MEMORANDUM Date: August 22, 1980 To: City Council From: Neal Y�i , 6ty Manager Re: Use of Industrial Revenue Bond Financing for the Redevelopment of Parcel 82-1b The Development Division staff has completed the first draft of the new Prospectus for Urban Renewal Parcel 82-1b. This draft is now being circulated among City staff members for review and comments. In addition, the draft Prospectus was forwarded to Don Zuchelli for review and comment. During a telephone conference with staff earlier this week, Mr. Zuchelli expressed his concern about the City's willingness to issue industrial revenue bonds for the redevelopment of Parcel 82 -lb. Mr. Zuchelli does not agree that industrial revenue bond financing is absolutely essential to assure the redevelopment of this parcel. In light of the relatively small size of this redevelopment project, Mr. Zuchelli believes that a developer should be able to obtain conventional financing for the project. The draft Prospectus, in accordance with instructions from the City Council, states that "redevelopers have the option of requesting industrial revenue bond financing". However, Mr. Zuchelli recommends that the preferred developer should be required to make a substantial, good faith effort to obtain conventional financing for this project, under such reasonable terms and conditions prevailing in the market place. Mr. Zuchelli suggests that the City should offer the•use of industrial revenue bond financing for this project only after the preferred developer has demonstrated and documented that conventional financing is not available. Mr. Zuchelli believes that the use of industrial revenue bond financing for the Block 64 hotel/retail project is fully appropriate, in light of the density of the proposed land use, the complex mixed-use nature of the proposed redevelopment, and the significant public interest purposes the City wishes to see achieved by a new downtown hotel. However, Mr. Zuchelli believes the extent of the public purpose served by the redevelopment of Parcel 82-1b is, by contrast, much less. Mr. Zuchelli believes it is important for the City to consider the extent of the public purpose involved whenever a request for industrial revenue bond financing is being evaluated. As an active and prominent member of the Urban Land Institute, Mr. Zuchelli is very aware of the original Congressional intent behind the adoption of tax-exempt industrial revenue bond provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. He is also aware of the increasing amount of scrutiny which Congress is giving to the use of this financing tool by municipalities across the nation. Mr. Zuchelli believes that, MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES ■ W. 2 unless cities act to ensure that significant public purposes are served through the issuance of industrial revenue bonds, Congress will be likely to reduce the availability of this financial incentive for urban economic development. In addition to the specific recommendation described above in relation to the redevelopment of Parcel 82-1b, Mr. Zuchelli strongly advises that the City adopt a clear policy enunciating the terms and conditions under which the City will consider the issuance of industrial revenue bonds, together with a description of the nature and extent of the public purposes which must be served by the use of such financing by private developers. In accordance with previous Council instructions the staff is investigating a proposed industrial revenue bond policy. In addition, unless the City Council directs otherwise the staff will prepare the prospectus in accordance with Mr. Zuchelli's suggested "non-availability of conventional financing" language. tp/sp cc: Larry Chiat Don Zuchelli MICROFILMED BY 4 JORM MICR+LAB j CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES i City of Iowa Cites MEMORANDUM Date: August 22, 1980 To: City Council From: Ci ager Re: Wa tewater Treatment Plant The University has requested that the City sell 1.6 acres of the existing wastewater treatment plant site to the University for sludge processing from the University's water treatment plant. The attached sketch of the wastewater treatment site indicates the acreage desired by the University. In addition, the Riverfront Commission has recommended that 4 acres of the wastewater treatment site be reserved for open space. To date, no specific proposal has been presented for the remainder of the site. In the proposals presented to date there are three problems. these are: 1. The City should enter into an agreement with the University only after all engineering and other problems associated with use of the trunk line and necessary reconstruction of the entrance into the pump house area are resolved. In addition, necessary easements for the City's new trunk sewer line will be required. 2. The proposal by the Riverfront Commission to reserve 4 acres of land for open spare has not been included in the Park and Recreation Commission's long range park development plan and/or operating budget, although it is not inconsistent with the Riverfront Stanley Plan. Such a proposal should first be approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission. Lastly, any proposal for reservation of a portion of the wastewater treatment plant site for park or open space purposes should include funds to compensate the sewer fund for the value of the land. In a period in which the City will enter into the largest capital improvement project in its history, and it is expected that sewer charges will increase by three to four times, it does not seem wise to siphon off valuable resources for other purposes. In addition, bond holders could call into question such financial practices. 3. The piecemeal disposal of the wastewater treatment plant could conceivably leave the City in the future with a Rube Goldberg collection of filters, mechanical equipment, and other paraphernalia which would have little or no use in the market place and, in fact, might depress the value of the remainder of the property. The City has previously discussed with the University the sale of the •entire tract to the University with the understanding that the MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 2 University would continue to pursue with the City a solid waste conversion system. Now that additional federal money is available for such purposes, the possibility of a program of this nature should be carefully considered. There are a number of other uses for which the existing wastewater treatment plant site could be used. Recently, the City received a preliminary inquiry concerning the sale of the 22,500 square foot parcel used by the Water Division for equipment storage located on Gilbert Street just south of Burlington Street. The proposal is that this parcel, along with several others in the area, would be combined to provide a significant commercial development. If such a development proceeds, it would be exceedingly desirable for the City to relocate its water facility. This facility could be relocated at the wastewater treatment plant site, and the funding from the sale of the site could be utilized to construct whatever additional facility might be necessary. In addition, the land available at .the wastewater treatment site could be used for the storage of water pipe and other materials. When the new wastewater treatment plant is constructed, it does not seem desirable for the sewer maintenance crew, whose work is located primarily in the developed area of the City, to travel back and forth from the new treatment plant. For this reason, there should be a site within the City proper for the sewer maintenance crew operations, including pipe, manhole and other materials storage. This could also be accomplished at the wastewater treatment plant. The existing wastewater treatment plant offices could, at some future date without a great deal of expense, be converted to City office space. Because of the access to that property, the relocation of Engineering, Public Works Administration, and Inspection and Building Permit Services to that site might be desirable. Another possibility on that site could be the construction of the bus maintenance garage. While this site would not be nearly as convenient as constructing it immediately adjacent to the maintenance building, the proximity of the two buildings would certainly be much more convenient than the current arrangement. Within the next two weeks, the City should discuss this matter so that the University can make a final decision concerning the process to be utilized for the disposal of water treatment plant sludge. be/sp cc: Randall Bezanson MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES A J 2q, � INLET STRUCTURE �(Nn Commission `PLANT FILTER OUTFALL SEWER SLUDGE SLUDGE NO. 2 LAGOON LAGOON i FILTER\ SLUDGE I HEAD BOX - LAGOON 1 SLUDGE DRYING I BED FILTER COL- A J 2q, � INLET STRUCTURE �(Nn Commission `PLANT FILTER OUTFALL SEWER SLUDGE SLUDGE NO. 2 LAGOON LAGOON FILTER\ SLUDGE HEAD BOX - LAGOON 1 SLUDGE .q Acres' University \ \ SLUDGE LAGOON 11 IOWA RIVER !"1 2 X ] BRICK OVAI �Z• SECONDARY GRIT REMOVAL SPLITTER PRIMARY \ DIGESTER GAS STORAGE SPHERE PRIMARY CLARIFIE CONTROL HOUSE-� SECOND! DIGESTE !rfront Commission `PLANT FILTER OUTFALL SEWER SLUDGE SLUDGE NO. 2 LAGOON LAGOON FILTER\ SLUDGE HEAD BOX - LAGOON SLUDGE DRYING BED FILTER COL- LECTION BOX FILTER SLUDGE NO. 3 LAGOON DIVERSION BOX !rfront Commission `PLANT OUTFALL SEWER SLUDGE SLUDGE LAGOON LAGOON MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 11UMUS PUMPING STATION KIRKWOOD AVENUE CONTROL HOUSE COLLECTI, Box FILTER NO. I \ 'I FILTER NO. 4 IW "FINAL N%ft= LIFT STATION WATER POLLUTI CONTROL PLAN' IOWA CITY, 10` b r1 August 20, 1980 Mr. Larry G. Heeren, Director Community Planning & Development Division U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Univac Building 7100 W. Center Road Omaha, Nebraska 68106 Dear Mr. Heeren: This is in response to your letter of August 1, 1980, to Mayor John Balmer concerning the site visit conducted by your staff on July 24- 25, 1980. PROGRAM PROGRESS SMALL CITIES PROGRAM. We continue to make progress on this program and, as previously reported, expect to complete all activities by September 1980. HOLD HARMLESS PROGRAM. As of June 30, 1980, several activities in this program were outstanding. The following information details the status j of each outstanding activity on July 31, 1980, and a schedule for completion. I. Housing Rehabilitation. Status: 2 units being rehabilitated. No additional rehabilitation planned in present budget. Completion date: September 30, 1980. 2. Neighborhood Site Improvements. Status: 3 contracts for sidewalk replacement under way. Completion date: September 30, 1980. 3. Energy Conservation. Status: 2 solar demonstration projects to be completed. Completion dates: award bids - August 27, 1980; complete construction - October 31, 1980; monitor energy savings, continue through June 30, 1981. 4. Ralston Creek Flood Control. a. South Branch Dam. Status: dam construction in progress. Completion date: November 30, 1980. b. North Branch Dam. Status: land acquisition in progress. Construction plans and design completed. Completion dates: establish just compensation - September 23, 1980; complete /40/3 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES ti _.. j 1 , i r1 August 20, 1980 Mr. Larry G. Heeren, Director Community Planning & Development Division U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Univac Building 7100 W. Center Road Omaha, Nebraska 68106 Dear Mr. Heeren: This is in response to your letter of August 1, 1980, to Mayor John Balmer concerning the site visit conducted by your staff on July 24- 25, 1980. PROGRAM PROGRESS SMALL CITIES PROGRAM. We continue to make progress on this program and, as previously reported, expect to complete all activities by September 1980. HOLD HARMLESS PROGRAM. As of June 30, 1980, several activities in this program were outstanding. The following information details the status j of each outstanding activity on July 31, 1980, and a schedule for completion. I. Housing Rehabilitation. Status: 2 units being rehabilitated. No additional rehabilitation planned in present budget. Completion date: September 30, 1980. 2. Neighborhood Site Improvements. Status: 3 contracts for sidewalk replacement under way. Completion date: September 30, 1980. 3. Energy Conservation. Status: 2 solar demonstration projects to be completed. Completion dates: award bids - August 27, 1980; complete construction - October 31, 1980; monitor energy savings, continue through June 30, 1981. 4. Ralston Creek Flood Control. a. South Branch Dam. Status: dam construction in progress. Completion date: November 30, 1980. b. North Branch Dam. Status: land acquisition in progress. Construction plans and design completed. Completion dates: establish just compensation - September 23, 1980; complete /40/3 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES ti _.. I Mr. Larry G. Heeren August 20, 1980 Page 2 r) acquisition - December 31, 1980. Construction likely to be delayed further by environmental lawsuit. 5. Urban Renewal Administration and Completion. Status: 2 urban renewal disposition parcels to be redeveloped. Completion dates: Parcel 1 (hotel site), execute redevelopment contract - October 21, 1980; convey parcel - January 31, 1981. Parcel 2 (office/retail site), rebid parcel - August 27, 1980; designate preferred developer - November 18, 1980. Monitoring of redevelopment contracts will be ongoing. 6. River Corridor Improvements. Status: 2 projects under construction, a boat ramp and a bike trail. Completion dates: boat ramp - September 30, 1980; bike trail - September 15, 1980. 7. Senior Center. Status: facility renovation/construction under way. Completion date: July 1981. 8. Spouse Abuse Shelter. Status: shelter to be rehabilitated by non- profit spouse abuse organization. Completion dates: award bid for rehabilitation - August 31, 1980; complete rehabilitation - September 30, 1980. During Program Year 1979, the City had $4,166,275, including program income, available for activities in the Hold Harmless Program. As of July 31, 1980, approximately $3,372,057 (80%) was obligated. The majority of the unobligated balance is budgeted for the Ralston Creek North Branch Dam Project. In any event, we fully expect to increase our rate of draw down of funds now that some of our larger projects are under construction. HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN A major obstacle to the City meeting its HAP goals is the lack of housing units under the annual statewide Housing Allocation Plan which are appropriate to our needs. For example, our goal of providing 20 units under the Traditional Public Housing acquisition/rehabilitation program may ultimately be thwarted by a lack of funds for that particular program. Another obstacle has been the lack of appropriate sites for housing assistance. Over the past two years the City has been involved in the preparation of a new zoning ordinance. It is anticipated that the ordinance will be adopted in late 1980. This change will make available additional properly zoned sites. The City will nevertheless take the following steps during the present (second) housing action period: MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES I W Mr. Larry G. Heeren August 20, 1980 Page 3 1. Provide housing sites. The City, in acquiring property under its Small Cities Program, has designated one particular site for assisted housing. We recently received preliminary approval of the site from HUD. Up to 8 family units can be built on the site. Its availability is contingent upon creek improvements being made, thus we anticipate the site being usable by late 1981/early 1982. 2. Housing rehabilitation during the second action year. No CDBG funds were budgeted for rehabilitation. However, the City is now exploring the possibilities of allocating anticipated program income funds for this purpose. A final decision will be made by September 1980. At the same time, we expect to pursue additional Section 312 monies. 3. Other Programs. The City will continue to make applications for additional Section 8 existing units and other programs as funds are made available from the Area Office. We look forward to considering the FY81 Housing Allocation Plan. FAIR HOUSING/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY As requested, we will submit monthly reports to your office on the City's use of minority businesses in the CDBG program. At the same time, the City is taking affirmative steps to involve minority and female -owned business enterprises in all of its other activities. ACQUISITION/RELOCATION In the future, we will follow your recommendation to issue separate payments for property acquisition, replacement housing claims, and moving expenses. I appreciate this opportunity to respond to the issues raised by the program monitoring visits. Program progress will continue to accelerate in the next six months. Sincerely yours, Neal G. Berlin City Manager cc: City Council tp/sp 141CROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES /6/3 r City of N ME Date: August 21, 1980 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager Re: City Council Goals and Objectives Attached to this memorandum is a DRAFT of City Council FY82 Goals and Objectives. It is based upon Council's discussion at your recent annual goal setting session. Please keep in mind that this is a first draft only and is subject to change as decisions are made during the budget process. I request that you review this document, note any deletions, additions, or corrections which you feel are appropriate, and return it to me at the informal meeting on August 25th. I would anticipate that there will be time for a brief discussion at that time if you wish. My purpose is to make,a second draft available to all department and division heads to be used by them as a guideline in developing their own goals and objectives. Mel Jones and I will be working with them in the near future to finalize objectives and unit measurement criteria for their individual decision units. Your cooperation in this regard is greatly appreciated. Please feel free to contact me prior to the Monday meeting if you have questions or concerns you would like to address. tp4/5 cc: Neal Berlin Mel Jones MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES /W/* I City of N ME Date: August 21, 1980 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager Re: City Council Goals and Objectives Attached to this memorandum is a DRAFT of City Council FY82 Goals and Objectives. It is based upon Council's discussion at your recent annual goal setting session. Please keep in mind that this is a first draft only and is subject to change as decisions are made during the budget process. I request that you review this document, note any deletions, additions, or corrections which you feel are appropriate, and return it to me at the informal meeting on August 25th. I would anticipate that there will be time for a brief discussion at that time if you wish. My purpose is to make,a second draft available to all department and division heads to be used by them as a guideline in developing their own goals and objectives. Mel Jones and I will be working with them in the near future to finalize objectives and unit measurement criteria for their individual decision units. Your cooperation in this regard is greatly appreciated. Please feel free to contact me prior to the Monday meeting if you have questions or concerns you would like to address. tp4/5 cc: Neal Berlin Mel Jones MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES /W/* I GOALS AND OBJECTIVES(- DRAFT FUND: GENERAL DEPARTMENT: CITY COUNCIL PROGRAM: POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION UNIT: CITY COUNCIL UNIT DESCRIPTION: The City Council is a representative body elected by the citizens to formulate City policy and provide general direction to the City Manager for implementation of that policy. UNIT GOAL: Maintain and establish policy for the City administration to insure effective planning and efficient operation of all facilities, services and public improvement programs consistent with the comprehensive plan. UNIT OBJECTIVES: I. Continue basic services. at current level. 2. Timely completion of Capital Improvement Program projects. 3. Review Comprehensive Plan. 4. Completion of Urban Renewal. 5. Implementation of Economic Development Strategy. 6. • Develop City Government Revenue Strategy. 7. Analyze City space needs and alternatives. 8. Continue to implement Energy Conservation Program measures. 9. Expand housing rehabilitation program in Ralston Creek area. 10. Implement Transportation Plan 11. Secure funding for new Transit operation and maintenance facility. UNIT MEASUREMENT: I. No reduction in basic services. 2. C.I.P. schedules maintained. 3. Comprehensive Plan updated - necessary amendments adopted. 4. Block 64 and Parcel 82-1b developed and alley improvements completed. 5. Implementation policy adopted. 6. New revenues limited to non -property tax sources. 7. Space needs assessed - old Library and U -Smash -'Em building utilized or disposed of. 8. Reduction in City energy use by 15% below FY80 level. 9. Additional eligible properties rehabilitated. 10. Implementation policy adopted. 11. Funding source identified and monetary allocation approved. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES F/ CI IRIS TIAN F. SCI IRCICK, M D. GI ORGE S. ANDERSON, MU. OSCAR C. IIFASIEY, M.D If IUMAS R. NICKNISI'1, M.D. KAKI I ARSI N. M.U. M. 0AIG CHAMPION, MD. NYI I K.AIIIFMAN, M.D. Y D IN I. KELII Y. MD R=Cr'F'�D AUG 1 9 1980 INTERNAL MEDICINE - IOWA CITY 2460 TOWNCREST DRIVE IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 PHONE (319) 3384864 August 18, 1980 Mr. Neal G. Berlin City Manager 410 E Washington Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Mr. Berlin: Thank you very much for your courteous, prompt and complete letter of explanation of August 6 concerning sidewalk repairs in the near north side. I cannot help but comment that the people in this neighborhood are having their cake and eating it, too. Three years ago the residents of this area were out in force at a Planning and Zoning Commission hearing. The pur- pose of the hearing was to upgrade the zoning of the region so that there could be no new development and upgrading of the area for apartments. They wanted to "preserve the quaint residential character" of the area. Now the same area is classified by the City Council as being "substandard housing units" and "blighted" neighborhood. This dichotomy should be pointed. out to the Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission. The whole problem still smacks a little bit of discrimination CES:ne Sincerely yours, C04 C. E. Schrock, M.D. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR¢LAB s CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES v RECEIVE- 3 1980 \�11 MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC. 99 CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007 (212) 553-0300 August 13, 1980 Mr. Neal G. Berlin City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Berlin: We wish to inform you that our Rating Committee has assigned the rating of Aaa to the $2,570,000 Iowa City, Iowa General Obligation, Unlimited Tax Bonds which sold August 6, 1980. In order that we may maintain the currency of this rating over the period of the loan, we will require current financial and other updating information. We will appreciate your continued cooperation in the future. Enclosed please find our credit report on the above referenced bond sale. JT:vlw CC: Ms. Brenda K. Waidzulis Vice President Duff and Phelps, Speer & Co. Suite 4510 55 East Monroe Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS . DES MOINES Sincerely yours, Freda Stern Ackerman Senior Vice President i i' d / RECEIVE- 3 1980 \�11 MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC. 99 CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007 (212) 553-0300 August 13, 1980 Mr. Neal G. Berlin City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Berlin: We wish to inform you that our Rating Committee has assigned the rating of Aaa to the $2,570,000 Iowa City, Iowa General Obligation, Unlimited Tax Bonds which sold August 6, 1980. In order that we may maintain the currency of this rating over the period of the loan, we will require current financial and other updating information. We will appreciate your continued cooperation in the future. Enclosed please find our credit report on the above referenced bond sale. JT:vlw CC: Ms. Brenda K. Waidzulis Vice President Duff and Phelps, Speer & Co. Suite 4510 55 East Monroe Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS . DES MOINES Sincerely yours, Freda Stern Ackerman Senior Vice President i i' d RECEIVE- 3 1980 \�11 MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC. 99 CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007 (212) 553-0300 August 13, 1980 Mr. Neal G. Berlin City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Berlin: We wish to inform you that our Rating Committee has assigned the rating of Aaa to the $2,570,000 Iowa City, Iowa General Obligation, Unlimited Tax Bonds which sold August 6, 1980. In order that we may maintain the currency of this rating over the period of the loan, we will require current financial and other updating information. We will appreciate your continued cooperation in the future. Enclosed please find our credit report on the above referenced bond sale. JT:vlw CC: Ms. Brenda K. Waidzulis Vice President Duff and Phelps, Speer & Co. Suite 4510 55 East Monroe Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS . DES MOINES Sincerely yours, Freda Stern Ackerman Senior Vice President i i' j-. ••MOOD'^4VESTORSSERVICE/GENERAL OBLIGATIOr/+"`-CIALTAX i� i Municipal Credit Report IOWA CITY, IOWA AlllplNl .1 . IlIHn U Sale: $2,570,000 bonds for bids August 6. "case see last pilge for details, Rating: Aaa Opinion: The City's role as an important educational and medical service center balanced by diversified manufacturing affords a strong and stable economy. Finances are sound, tax collections !, excellent, and debt management. is competent. These factors combine Lo i these bonds. support the highest credit qualiLy of Summary: 1.41cuLed In SOU LIKI-ANLeI'll lowo about. 20 miles from Cedar Itapids alid 115 miles east of Des Moines, Iowa Cft.y Is the seat or Johnson County and the 11411119! til' the SLa Le Unlver•stty of Iowa. floe economy or the city is based on sl•rvicl• induslrias, 1) r11eular1y Lha IIH1vers ILy which (including IJnivcrxily ilospi1n11 employs uvrr 12.60() people and I-wo other major• hospit.als empinyinll sovortil I.houstlnd. A number of Ion 11onnIIV known manufact.urIng/ indusl.rl111 firms opl'raIv in Iowa City rurchar• balancing cnlpinymenl. opportunil.ics and Iliversil'yinil the tax base. Finunelill opel•ilt.lolls ore sound and tux a)Ilecl Ions aro excellent.. Debt burden remains below ouriffunit. fix cOnble, average (lir of sire. Approximately 10.4% of the revenues necessary to finance t.ho (fl1.y's $911,9 million six year• (1979-R5) capital s cs ';j plan Will be derived from clan stile al• gelll!1'ill 01)1 igal.i/1n 11 fill revenlle bonds: however. debt is ION' levels In rola Lion (o tatiable resources. 1'/:%pacllal IU 1'PIIIII 111 ilyellL Is rlt1111•CtiHIvu. unit.: City Incurpunited: 1889 Debt burdunt :1.1% Ned. I'um. Income: 89,1124 Area, soli mi.: 21 Debt put cupfta: $.,j77 Pop. den.: 2.340 per sq.mi. F.V. per capita: 811,095 County: ,Johnson % due in 10 years: 87.4 SMSA: None Avg. annual growth F.V., 1975-1979: 8.3% ' - ------------Assessed Value ----------- YfII: - --'---.'---------Po _ Va IuuE 000) b Chan c PuI Lion--------- town 19,5 5431,132 —g- City ---Percent Change--- 11.7 1.6 1'n'ulatlon 19%1: 447.101 161 fy1y SLl1 l_e U_N. 1:17% 417, 19,,0 27.212 ,58.4 :1.3 14.5 'I 19TH r 1 .:1 1960 1:1,44:1 r c ,4:1, JIiH 22..1 ,,2 1!1%9 r11196111,11 19%u '16.8511 <I y(1,8 u.Yl , •111. (1 •; .•1 III.:) 1977 49,154 4.9 2,2 Ii,4 F.1111111iziltfan rate: 100% Source: U.N. Cl•71s11N• Pull value: $594,496,205 DEBT FACTORS: General obligation bonds have beenscheduled for rapid Debt burden is below the payout• median for ciLies of comparable. sire and will remain below average after issuance of all anticipated debt through 1981 THIS REPORT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN ANY FORM OR MANNER WHATEVER. It is furnished by Moody's investors Service, Inc, at your request under your subscription agreement obtained from sources believed to be accurate for and reliable. but because of the possibility of human guaranteed. Your un.lu5wn user The inl0nnahbn luaom ha•. bum _ and mechanical error ds ecumc nr cam delune Y f ss r, not. - I Moody's ratings aro opinions, not recommendations to buy or sell, and their accuracy is not guaranteed. A'along should be investment decision, and you should make your own study and evahiapon weighed solely as ono lector in an o1 any issuer whose securities or debt obligations you consider buying or selling. Issuers of corporate bonds. municipal bonds and notes, proferred stock and commercial paper which are rated by Moody's Investors Service. Inc., have, prior to receiving the rating, agreed to Pay fee to Moody's to, the appraisal and rating services. The lee ranges from $1 0010 167.500 _ Meodj, Imulure Leic V 99 Church Slieel, Ne. York, N.Y, 100071 Tel_ (71715530300 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS a DES MOINES i i� i , ;i -----------------Debt Ratios ------------------ --------Rate of Retirement -------- Net Per Bonds Amount 4 of Debt capita Medlan• %F.V. Median- Due (000) Total Direct $298.71 $392.62 --j. 5 2.6 in 5 years $6,333 44.2 Overall 377.30 576.50 3.1 4.3 In 10 years 12,533 87.4 • Selected titles 25,000-50,000 population. Use of bond proceeds: $1,540,000 for sewer system improvements; $1,030,000 for street improvements. Ilonds authorized but unissued: City anticipates issuance of another $0.5 million general obligation bonds in 1980-81 fiscal year and $6.0 million in 1981-82, Short-term borrowing: City does not utilize such borrowing Debt limits: 5% of actual value GOVERNMENT FACTORS: The City is governed by a seven -member council. Council serves for four years and elections are held every two years, which allows for continuation in office of at least three members at each bi-annual election. Capital improvements plan: For the fiscal year ending 6/30/80. $23.7 million was expended. The 1987-85 plan calls for $67.2 million. For the six year period (1979-85y, $59,9 million will be utilized for sewage collection system Improvements. The major sources of revenue for the $90.9 million 6 year plan are: $57.3 million fiscal aid, $27.6 million g.o. bonds, $3.7 million revenue bonds. Service Provision: full service city Welfare: State Schools: Independent school district Enterprises/utilities: water and sewer, parking system, transit system MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 4�4 i n 2 Iowa City, Iowa Debt Statement: (ea of H/l/80) In 000: Defaults: No record of default bonded debt outatandinil $20,292 Current. uffuring (8/6/8O) 2.670 security: O.u.. U1.T (;rosy bonded debt $22,862 Unfunded debt none Trend: borrows on n annual basis Gross direct debt $22,862 Less: Wtr. rev. bds. 1,789 Structure: rapid amortization Sew. rev. bds. 11190 park rev. bds. 5.200 -Principal Maturities-G.O. debt(000)•-- Direct net debt $14,683 1981 8 944 Overlapping debt: Amount S6 1982 1,319 Johnson County 1,950 51.45 1,003 1983 1,370 Iowa city 1984 1,360 Comm. S/D 4,114 69.51 2.860 1985 1,400 Overall net debt $18,546 1986-89 1,325 i (a) Excludes 84,590,000 industrial 1990-92 900 revenue bonds. -----------------Debt Ratios ------------------ --------Rate of Retirement -------- Net Per Bonds Amount 4 of Debt capita Medlan• %F.V. Median- Due (000) Total Direct $298.71 $392.62 --j. 5 2.6 in 5 years $6,333 44.2 Overall 377.30 576.50 3.1 4.3 In 10 years 12,533 87.4 • Selected titles 25,000-50,000 population. Use of bond proceeds: $1,540,000 for sewer system improvements; $1,030,000 for street improvements. Ilonds authorized but unissued: City anticipates issuance of another $0.5 million general obligation bonds in 1980-81 fiscal year and $6.0 million in 1981-82, Short-term borrowing: City does not utilize such borrowing Debt limits: 5% of actual value GOVERNMENT FACTORS: The City is governed by a seven -member council. Council serves for four years and elections are held every two years, which allows for continuation in office of at least three members at each bi-annual election. Capital improvements plan: For the fiscal year ending 6/30/80. $23.7 million was expended. The 1987-85 plan calls for $67.2 million. For the six year period (1979-85y, $59,9 million will be utilized for sewage collection system Improvements. The major sources of revenue for the $90.9 million 6 year plan are: $57.3 million fiscal aid, $27.6 million g.o. bonds, $3.7 million revenue bonds. Service Provision: full service city Welfare: State Schools: Independent school district Enterprises/utilities: water and sewer, parking system, transit system MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 4�4 /t\ Iowa City, Iowa ' 1 Source of information: Official statement Pensions Fund; Pensions of regular city employees, firemen and policemen are administered by the State of Iowa. Rates are set by the State at a level sufficient to meet pension fund requirements. It is reported that the police System will be fully funded by June 30, 1979 and the fire system will be fully funded by June 30, 1984. FINANCIAL FACTORS: Financial statements of the City are reported on a cash basis and are maintained in sound condition. Budgeted revenues typically understate receipts and budgeted expenditures typically overstate disbursements. The General Fund receives substantial transfers from other funds particularly Special Revenue Funds. Property taxes accounted for half the total revenues in FY 1979. The cash balance in the General Fund at the end of FY 1979 was S1,068,000; the preliminary audit for FY 1980 records a cash balance of $1,763,950 in the General Fund. ----------Financial Data (000) Fiscal Years Ending 6/30: -------------- Item General Revenues 1977 88,109 1979 1979 -Percent 77/78 Change - 7. 8/79 General expenditures 6,180 58,844 8,544 $9,761 10.4% 9,1% General debt service 1,116 9,770 14.3 4.4 Year-end oyer, loans None No806 None 1,292 15.8 13.0 Year-end gen. Ed. bal. Sanitation 1196 None _ _ 1,068 -16.7 48.3 a. General Fund and Debt Service Fund; includes transfers ---------Sources of 1979 Revenue -------- Property taxes 52,8% --------Items of 1979 Expenditure------- Fiscal aid 8 7 Public safety 18,6% Transfers 19.6 Transportation 17.5 charges for Svcs.11.4 Capital outlay 3,8 Administration 11,5 Items as n '6 of 1979 revenge Leisure 6 Debt aervla 14.3 recreation 11,1 Year-end fund bel. 10,9 Sanitation 6,6 ------------Property Tax Data ----------- Tax rate, levy and collection: Tax Rate Total as of Year Per 1.000 Lev 00) 4/1/80 Coll 1976-77 $10.95 $4,712 100.6% 1977-78 11.09 4,955 101.2 1978-79 12.07 5,665 76.8 1979 -RD 11.43 6,267 in process Year-end current dellnquency:1976-77 0.05% 1977-78 0.0% Hypothetical tax bill, $50,000 market value home: $670 Tax Base Conmositlon (1979 A V 1 Resldnetfel 52.1% Industrial 5,0% Commercial 32.8 Property tax base: real and personal Exemptions: homestead Assessing agent: County Collecting agent: County Taxes due: 1/1 and 7/1 Penalties: 3/45, 3 months after due date Rate and levy limitations: none MICROFILMED BY ` JORM MICR+LAB ',� CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES 3 4 Iowa City, Iowa rti, ECONOMIC FACTORS: Luc•rlted In southeastern Iowa abouLr211 miles south of Cedar URnpids and. 115 moles oast. of DeN MOines, Iowa City IN the seat of Johnson nI and the home ut' the State University of Iowa. The University Of including Un 1 2,60 hospital II;,s a current enrollment, of 23,349 students and employs over 1 Mer people. The City's two other hospitals, Veterans Administration and the Mercy Hospital also provide several thousand jobs. The City's role as em educational as well as medical service center affords a strong measure of employment security and economic stability. A number of industrial and manufacturing concerns operate in Iowa City, further diversifying the tax base. The high percentage of the labor force employed in government and in white collar jobs reflects the presence of the State University. The median value of homes provides a more accurate indicator of the relative wealth levels than does family income, due to the large student population. Per capita trade (1977 approx.): Retell $4,380, 3,437; Wholesale $2,107, State $6,954. State $ Unemployment: Unemployment rate for March 1980 was 2.8% for Johnson County compared to 4.4% for the State. -------1970 Census of Population --- Item Name Univ. of Iowa State Median £amlly Income _Iowa Citv $9 924 Urban % below poverty level 72 $9'824 Westinghouse % above 515,000 . 21'5 7.2 Median school white 14.0 18.7 12.3 collar 56 ilovcrnment 63.6 63,6 51,6 % manufacturing 41.8 16,0 6.6 22.9 ---------1970 Census Of Housing --------- Item State Iowa city w 56 owner occupied 46'Urban4 % 1 -unit structures 72'3 69.4 % Negro hot. hsehld, 8 74.1 % bit. before 1939 3'2 1.7 % bot. since 1959 32'6 69.9 Owner occ. med. vel, $223800 $18,400 -- Median contract rent ! 112 t 83 ------ -Largest Taxpayers----_---_ Name of Taxcaver Iowa III. Gas & Elec. Co. Business utility Proctor & Gamble American College Test Programs toiletries Owens Brush Co. Programs 11,J. Heinz Co, toothbrushes Westinghouse Learning Cor warehouse P• educ. svcs. -------Largest Employees-----__ Name Univ. of Iowa NO,EmDlOVee9 Veteran Admin. Hosp, 1r 11000 Sheller Globe Corp, 535 Westinghouse Learning Corp. 525 American Coll. Testing, Inc, 450 Owens Brush Co, 450 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA19 CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES a A. V. 0( 00) $27,045 9,415 7,981 7,246 7,126 5,858 II t i \ i I Iowa City, IOWA Census of Manufactures 1967 1972 No. of establishments 21 36 Value added by mfg. (000) $95.3 $136.8 Buidlina Permits Year Valuation ($ in 000) 1974 $12,766 1975 14,434 1976 25,372 1977 19,929 1978 23,492 1979 28,959 i MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES n 1967/72 Percent Chanae City 71.4 43.5 M i I I i i i n r_ i i 1 i t� IOWA CITY, IOWA ' I August 4, 1980 U Details of Bond Bale Legal name of issuer: Iowa City. Iowa Amount: $2,570,000 General Obligation Purpose: to finance improvemen(.s to sanitary ,Bonds sewers and street. improvements Rating: Asa Sealed bids until: 1:00 P.M. C.D.T., Wesnesday August 8, 1980 Addressed to: Director of Finance, Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa Date of bonds: 9/1/80 Maturity: Ser. 8/1/83-92 Annual Maturities (000) Denoaivation: $5,000 1983 $170 1984-89 200 Interest payable: semi-annually beg. 8/l/81 1990-92 400 Paying agent: at office of City Treasurer, Iowa City, Iowa Registration: non -registrable interest rete: In multiples of 1/4 or 1/10 Delivery: wlLhlu 30 days after anla of I%. Difference between hil)hest and lewesl. fate of Interest bid not to exceed Basis for award: lowest NIC I% per annum and maximum rate of Interest which may be bid shall not exceed 9%: 3 Good faith: $51,400 rate maximum Call features: not callable Consultants. Paul D. Speer d Associates. Inc., Chicago, Illinois Average life of issue: 8.12 years Security: bonds are general obligations of the City payable from unlimited property taxes Legal opinion: Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie and Smith, Des Moines, Iowa Litigation: nu -litigation certificate provided Historical Date of Last Bond Sale: 4/17/79 Amount: $5,500,000 Average life: 8.08 yrs Purchaser: United California Bank Ratings since 1970: Asa (1973) (this issuer, this security) An (1970) MICROFILMED BY JCRM MICR+LA19 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Net interest cost: 5.3198% Moody's Index: 5.75% (Asa, 4/19/79) i 'City of' Iowa Cid, MEMORANDUM Date: August 14, 1980 To: Steering Committee on Reorganization From: Don Schmeiser, Acting Director, Department of Planning and Program Development Re; Implementation Agreement Members of the Legal staffs of the City of Iowa City, the County of Johnson County and the University of Iowa met to discuss the implementation of the new Johnson County Council of Governments (JCCOG). Following is a discussion of the provisions which the staffs considered essential in an implementation agreement adopted by the new Council, Iowa City and Johnson County. JCCOG STAFF POSITIONS The staff positions considered necessary in the fullfilment of the first year's work program for the JCCOG, are enumerated and described below. The positions include existing staff of the City of Iowa City, the County of Johnson County and the JCRPC. 1. Executive Director - The Director of the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development would administer the programs and policies of the Council. 2.. Secretary -.The Secretary of the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development would provide the clerical support for the Council and the Council's staff. 3. Transportation Planner - The Transportation Planner for JCRPC would adm nister the functions of the Transportation Planning Division in the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development. 4. Assistant Transportation Planner - The Assistant Transportation Planner, presently a vacant position, would assist the Transportation Planner in carrying out the functions of the Transportation Planning Division. 5. -Senior Planner - The Assistant County Zoning Administrator for Johnson County would administer the functions of the Rural Planning Division in the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development as well as the continued performance of activities for the County. 6. Community Assistance Coordinator - The Community Assistance Coordinator of the JCPRC would perform the duties of providing community assistance for the Council, a function of the Rural Planning Division. MICROFILMED BY JORM MIC R+LA13 CEDAR RAPI05 - DES MOINES a 'City of' Iowa Cid, MEMORANDUM Date: August 14, 1980 To: Steering Committee on Reorganization From: Don Schmeiser, Acting Director, Department of Planning and Program Development Re; Implementation Agreement Members of the Legal staffs of the City of Iowa City, the County of Johnson County and the University of Iowa met to discuss the implementation of the new Johnson County Council of Governments (JCCOG). Following is a discussion of the provisions which the staffs considered essential in an implementation agreement adopted by the new Council, Iowa City and Johnson County. JCCOG STAFF POSITIONS The staff positions considered necessary in the fullfilment of the first year's work program for the JCCOG, are enumerated and described below. The positions include existing staff of the City of Iowa City, the County of Johnson County and the JCRPC. 1. Executive Director - The Director of the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development would administer the programs and policies of the Council. 2.. Secretary -.The Secretary of the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development would provide the clerical support for the Council and the Council's staff. 3. Transportation Planner - The Transportation Planner for JCRPC would adm nister the functions of the Transportation Planning Division in the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development. 4. Assistant Transportation Planner - The Assistant Transportation Planner, presently a vacant position, would assist the Transportation Planner in carrying out the functions of the Transportation Planning Division. 5. -Senior Planner - The Assistant County Zoning Administrator for Johnson County would administer the functions of the Rural Planning Division in the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development as well as the continued performance of activities for the County. 6. Community Assistance Coordinator - The Community Assistance Coordinator of the JCPRC would perform the duties of providing community assistance for the Council, a function of the Rural Planning Division. MICROFILMED BY JORM MIC R+LA13 CEDAR RAPI05 - DES MOINES 2 7. Human Services Planner - The Human Services Planner of the JCPRC would perform the duties of planning for Human Services for the i Council. - 8. Draftsperson - The Graphics Technician of the JCPRC would perform cartographic and related duties for the Council. Graphics Technician - The Graphics Technician for the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development would perform the { graphics and related duties for the Council. 1 r 10. Minute Taker - The Minute Taker for the Iowa City Department of Planning and Program Development would take and transcribe minutes of the Council's meetings including those of the Rural Policy Board and committees. 11. Other Staff - Such other staff of the City of Iowa City as deemed appropriate in carrying out the programs and policies of the Council would provide support to the Council including the staff of Word Processing and the Finance Department. To provide for maximum staff integration in a close working relationship with other staff of the City of Iowa City and to effectuate maximum efficiency in the operation of the JCCOG, the above staff positions should be established in the Department of Planning and Program Development for the City of Iowa City with one exception. Since the Senior Planner (Assistant County Zoning Administrator) for the Rural Planning Division would perform many of the same functions for the County as in his present position, it is proposed that he remain employed by the County though physically located with City staff. INDEMNIFICATION The JCCOG should enter into an indemnification agreement with the City of Iowa City and the County indemnifying and holding harmless the City and County for any claims, losses and judgments caused by the the actions or policies of the JCCOG or by the staff in the performance of their duties for the JCCOG. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION The JCCOG should enter into a contract with the City and County for the services of the staff identified above and such other staff as may from time to time become necessary to carry out the programs and activities identified by the JCCOG. t EMPLOYEE TRANSFER It is contemplated that the JCRPC will enter into an agreement with the City of Iowa City providing for the transfer of those current JCRPC i employees who will be employed in any of the positions described above. -- I /117 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA13 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES E f 3 i The specifics of the transfer, including carry-over of accrued benefits, will be determined prior to October 1. STAFF SALARIES There appears to be some discrepancy in the salaries among employees of the City of Iowa City, the JCRPC and the County for the comparable positions. A full analysis of the education and experience of the various employees should be compared to ascertain the monetary differences in salary levels. JCCOG ACCOUNTING SYSTEM The budgeting and accounting of the JCCOG will be prepared and monitored by the City of Iowa City as for departments in the City. Itis proposed that the following chart of accounts be established: 1260.0 JCCOG Fund 1261.0 Administration 1262.0 i 1263.0 Rural Planning Division f 3 i The specifics of the transfer, including carry-over of accrued benefits, will be determined prior to October 1. STAFF SALARIES There appears to be some discrepancy in the salaries among employees of the City of Iowa City, the JCRPC and the County for the comparable positions. A full analysis of the education and experience of the various employees should be compared to ascertain the monetary differences in salary levels. JCCOG ACCOUNTING SYSTEM The budgeting and accounting of the JCCOG will be prepared and monitored by the City of Iowa City as for departments in the City. Itis proposed that the following chart of accounts be established: 1260.0 JCCOG Fund 1261.0 Administration 1262.0 Transportation Planning Division 1263.0 Rural Planning Division 1263.1 Community Assistance 1263.2 Land Use Planning As costs are encumbered, disbursement would be made from the above respective accounts. The total funds budgeted to the JCCOG fund for FY81 would be an amount allocated by the various agencies by separate agreement including grants in aid. A • monthy and quarterly tabulation of expenditures incurred by the JCCOG would be provided by the City of Iowa City for monitoring of the budgeted amounts. EXISTING ASSETS Liquid assets of the JCRPC should be transferred to a close-out account with the City of Iowa City, account number 6532.0. From this account would be paid outstanding encumberances for expenditures incurred prior to the establishment of the JCCOG. At the end of FY81, the account would be closed out and remaining funds transferred to the 1260.0 fund. A listing of amounts for items over $100 payable at the time of conversion should be prepared. For all other assets an inventory should be made and a value assigned to each item as a permanent record of the assets of the JCCOG. Monies received for the disposition of items should be deposited in the 1260.0 fund. The specific terms of the implementation agreement should be mutually agreed upon by the parties entering into the agreement.• It is recommended that the Committee give their endorsement of the provisions indicated above and such other provisions deemed appropriate and that the specific AP/0 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAS CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 4 n terms of the agreement be drafted for review and adoption by the new Council. tp/sp 4//Ov, MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES { l i i 4//Ov, MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES { City of Iowa Crj MEMORANDUM Date: August 22, 1980 To: City Counc 1 From: Don Schmeise Re: Establishment of the Johnson County Council of Governments Please be advised that the Committee on Reorganization of the Johnson County Regional Planning Commission (JCRPC) has formally recommended the adoption of amended articles of agreement of the JCRPC (attached to this memorandum). The amended articles of agreement provide the basis for establishment of a new county planning commission, the Johnson County Council of Governments (JCCOG). Each member agency of the JCRPC is being asked to approve the amended articles of agreement and to appoint representatives and alternate representatives to the Council's Board of Directors. At the Council meeting on September 8, therefore, the City Council will be requested to adopt the amended articles and make the necessary appointments. It is proposed that the new agency be established prior to October 1. Not only will be required the formal adoption of the amended articles of agreement prior to that time, but also the adoption of implementation agreements. Attached to this memorandum is a memorandum to the Committee on Reorganization explaining the various elements which should be included in the implementation agreements. The implementation agreements will be drafted and submitted to you for your consideration and adoption in September. tp4/13 MICROFILMED MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Wood r :7 i I. City of Iowa Crj MEMORANDUM Date: August 22, 1980 To: City Counc 1 From: Don Schmeise Re: Establishment of the Johnson County Council of Governments Please be advised that the Committee on Reorganization of the Johnson County Regional Planning Commission (JCRPC) has formally recommended the adoption of amended articles of agreement of the JCRPC (attached to this memorandum). The amended articles of agreement provide the basis for establishment of a new county planning commission, the Johnson County Council of Governments (JCCOG). Each member agency of the JCRPC is being asked to approve the amended articles of agreement and to appoint representatives and alternate representatives to the Council's Board of Directors. At the Council meeting on September 8, therefore, the City Council will be requested to adopt the amended articles and make the necessary appointments. It is proposed that the new agency be established prior to October 1. Not only will be required the formal adoption of the amended articles of agreement prior to that time, but also the adoption of implementation agreements. Attached to this memorandum is a memorandum to the Committee on Reorganization explaining the various elements which should be included in the implementation agreements. The implementation agreements will be drafted and submitted to you for your consideration and adoption in September. tp4/13 MICROFILMED MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Wood Redraft 8/15/80 AMENDED ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT of the JOHNSON COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ARTICLE I Name The name of this organization shall be the Johnson County Council of Governments, hereinafter referred to as the Council. ARTICLE II Area and Duration Section 1: The area for which the Council shall be created and maintained is that included within the boundary of Johnson County. Section 2: This agreement shall be of perpetual duration except that it may be terminated in the same manner as is provided for its adoption. ARTICLE III Purposes The purposes of the Council shall he to: Assist the participating members in studies and planning, make recommendations to public agencies, coordinate planning for the various governmental units and provide such services as are agreed to by the Council and its members. ARTICLE Iv Powers Section 1: The Council shall have all the powers for joint or co-operative action by public agencies now and hereafter provided by Chapter 28E of the Code of Iowa. ISection 2: Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to remove or limit the powers of the cooperating governmental units. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES /6/f' M i l A� MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES /6/f' M i Section y----- Section 3: The C�ancil, acting through the votes .,f its representatives at its meetings, is solely responsible for official actions of the Council. No member agency, Council representative, committee of the Council, or staff member can act in the name of the Council without duly delegated authority. ARTICLE V Member Agencies Section 1: Membership in the Council shall be open to all general purpose local governments within Johnson County, and to the University of Iowa. Membership of an agency in the Council shall be contingent upon the acceptance of these amended ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT by the governing body of the agency seeking membership and financial participation in the expenses of the Council. Section 2: Associate non-voting membership in the Council shall be open to public and private agencies within Johnson County, subject to Council approval. ARTICLE VI organization Section 1: The activities of the Council shall be directed by an eleven member Board of Directors composed of representatives from the following agencies: City of Iowa City Johnson County City of Coralville City of University Heights/ City of North Liberty University of Ibwa 5 representatives 2 representatives 2 representatives 1 representative 1 representative 11 Total representatives Member agencies sharing one representative shall mutually arrange the pro- cedure Por selection of that representative and utilization of alternative representation. Section 2: The duties of the Board of Directors shall include policy direction to Council activities, adoption of budgets and other financial instru- ments, development of work programs, submitting applications for grants, execution of contracts, hiring of consultants, employment of staff, and establish- ment of advisory committees as needed. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES R • �i Section y----- Section 3: The C�ancil, acting through the votes .,f its representatives at its meetings, is solely responsible for official actions of the Council. No member agency, Council representative, committee of the Council, or staff member can act in the name of the Council without duly delegated authority. ARTICLE V Member Agencies Section 1: Membership in the Council shall be open to all general purpose local governments within Johnson County, and to the University of Iowa. Membership of an agency in the Council shall be contingent upon the acceptance of these amended ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT by the governing body of the agency seeking membership and financial participation in the expenses of the Council. Section 2: Associate non-voting membership in the Council shall be open to public and private agencies within Johnson County, subject to Council approval. ARTICLE VI organization Section 1: The activities of the Council shall be directed by an eleven member Board of Directors composed of representatives from the following agencies: City of Iowa City Johnson County City of Coralville City of University Heights/ City of North Liberty University of Ibwa 5 representatives 2 representatives 2 representatives 1 representative 1 representative 11 Total representatives Member agencies sharing one representative shall mutually arrange the pro- cedure Por selection of that representative and utilization of alternative representation. Section 2: The duties of the Board of Directors shall include policy direction to Council activities, adoption of budgets and other financial instru- ments, development of work programs, submitting applications for grants, execution of contracts, hiring of consultants, employment of staff, and establish- ment of advisory committees as needed. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES R tick/ n ^ Page 3 Section 3: The Council shall include a Rural Policy (Board comprised of one representative from each member agency not included in Section 1, above. In addition, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors shall appoint two representatives to the Rural Policy Board, at least one of whom shall also be a member of the Board of Directors, and the Cities of University Heights and North Liberty shall each have one voting representative on the Rural Policy Board. Section 9: The Board of Directors and the Rural Policy Board shall each adopt respective bylaws for the transaction of their business. Section 5: Representatives to the Board of Directors and the Rural Policy Board shall be appointed by the respective governing body of each member agency. Section 6: Representatives to the Board of Directors and the Rural Policy Board shall be elected officials of their respective agencies, or, in the case of the University of Iowa, shall be an official appointed by its president. Section 7: All appointments shall be for a term of two years. If a vacancy should occur on the Council due to resignation or loss of qualifications, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the member agency which appointed such representative in the first instance. A representative shall continue to serve until he or she has been reappointed or a successor has been appointed. Section 8: Each member agency may appoint alternates in a total number not greater than the number of its voting representatives. All alternates shall be elected officials, except for those cases where there are an insufficient number of elected officials to fill all alternate positions, in which case persons responsible to elected officials may be appointed. In the case of the University of Iowa, the alternate voting representative shall be an official appointed by its president. Alternates shall, in accordance with such procedure as is established by the member agency, have full voting rights at Council meetings whenever a member agency's regular representative is absent. Section 9: Associate non-voting members of the Council may participate in Programs and activities of the Council in a non-voting advisory capacity, subject to procedures and Policies which may be established by the Board of Directors and the Rural Policy Board. ARTICLE VII Financial Support Section 1: Annually, no later than January 1, the Council shall prepare a funding forecast for the two succeeding fiscal years, based on a two-year work j program and budget, j MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES i tick/ n ^ Page 3 Section 3: The Council shall include a Rural Policy (Board comprised of one representative from each member agency not included in Section 1, above. In addition, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors shall appoint two representatives to the Rural Policy Board, at least one of whom shall also be a member of the Board of Directors, and the Cities of University Heights and North Liberty shall each have one voting representative on the Rural Policy Board. Section 9: The Board of Directors and the Rural Policy Board shall each adopt respective bylaws for the transaction of their business. Section 5: Representatives to the Board of Directors and the Rural Policy Board shall be appointed by the respective governing body of each member agency. Section 6: Representatives to the Board of Directors and the Rural Policy Board shall be elected officials of their respective agencies, or, in the case of the University of Iowa, shall be an official appointed by its president. Section 7: All appointments shall be for a term of two years. If a vacancy should occur on the Council due to resignation or loss of qualifications, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the member agency which appointed such representative in the first instance. A representative shall continue to serve until he or she has been reappointed or a successor has been appointed. Section 8: Each member agency may appoint alternates in a total number not greater than the number of its voting representatives. All alternates shall be elected officials, except for those cases where there are an insufficient number of elected officials to fill all alternate positions, in which case persons responsible to elected officials may be appointed. In the case of the University of Iowa, the alternate voting representative shall be an official appointed by its president. Alternates shall, in accordance with such procedure as is established by the member agency, have full voting rights at Council meetings whenever a member agency's regular representative is absent. Section 9: Associate non-voting members of the Council may participate in Programs and activities of the Council in a non-voting advisory capacity, subject to procedures and Policies which may be established by the Board of Directors and the Rural Policy Board. ARTICLE VII Financial Support Section 1: Annually, no later than January 1, the Council shall prepare a funding forecast for the two succeeding fiscal years, based on a two-year work j program and budget, j MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES i ;r i Section 2: By March 15th of each year, member agencies shall adopt a resolution of financial support, v pport, including a commitment to contribute the requested assessment for the two succeeding fiscal years. 's Section 3: By April 15th of each year, the Council shall adopt a work Y program and budget for the succeedingfiscal year beginning July 1, including also a funding forecast for one additional fiscal year. 3 Section 4: In addition to the obligation for funding in Section 2, member agencies may annually approve additional support as they deem appropriate to meet individual needs and/or may contract for additional services. ARTICLE VIII Termination of Membership or Agreement Section 1: Member agencies may terminate their membership by filing written notice with the Council no later than March 15th of any year, to take effect on July 1 of the following calendar year (15 months advance notice.) Section 2: Member agencies filing notice to terminate membership shall remain obligated for budgeted financial support through the full term of their membership. Section 3: Upon complete termination of this Agreement, should the same occur, the assets and liabilities, if any, of the Council shall be distributed to or liquidated by the member agencies in proportion to their respective assessments for the two-year period preceeding termination. ARTICLE IX Amendment of Articles of Agreement Amendments to these Articles of Agreement become effective upon the unanimous approval of the member agencies. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES i \ i { r (, Page 5 1 ARTICLE X _ Adoption I These amended ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT shall take effect upon approval by the Johnson County Regional Planning Commission and all JCRPC member agencies. i APPROVED AND ATTESTED: Johnson County Regional Planning Commission the day of 1980 .�' CHAIRPERSON 1 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ' �.. _. APPROVED AND ATTESTED: i i !y B Y MI. It t Member Agency The day of _ , 1980 1 Or Y � ' Mayor Chairperson, � rp , Board Of Supervisors i City Clerk County Auditor I t G l ,. MICROFILMED BY - JORM MICR+LA6 e.. CEDAR RAPIDS DES MOINES .: City of Iowa Cr/ MEMORANDUM Date: August 2 1 To: City Counci From: Don Schmeiser Re: Public Careers Internship and Placement Center Grant Please be advised that the City had applied for a matching grant from the above agency and was granted $1,000 to support Ms. Karin Franklin in her involvement with the Riverfront Commission. The $1,000 is for a 12 -week leriod ength ofcouldcomcould Possibly be extended at thement rate of $80 per week. The bj4/11 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES L I j . i l i i City Of Iowa C rj MEMORANDUM Date: August 22, " To: City Coun From: Don SchmeIs Re: Sturgis Ferry Park Boat Ramp Improvements A total of $16,417 in CDBG money was allocated to the construction of a bikeway along Rocky Shore Drive. As the City was unsuccessful in its attempt to obtain a matching grant for construction of the bikeway, the money will be allocated to another applicable CDBG project. The Riverfront Commission proposes to use the funds for improvements by the Sturgis Ferry Park Boat Ramp including either one shelter with a light and four picnic tables or two or three gazeboes, a light and one or two picnic tables. What improvements will be recommended will depend upon the money used to complete the boat ramp. The Riverfront Commission requested approval of the proposed improvements by the Airport Commission which has since granted its approval. tp5/2 cc: Bill Gilpin MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAFI CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 1 t `z City Of Iowa C rj MEMORANDUM Date: August 22, " To: City Coun From: Don SchmeIs Re: Sturgis Ferry Park Boat Ramp Improvements A total of $16,417 in CDBG money was allocated to the construction of a bikeway along Rocky Shore Drive. As the City was unsuccessful in its attempt to obtain a matching grant for construction of the bikeway, the money will be allocated to another applicable CDBG project. The Riverfront Commission proposes to use the funds for improvements by the Sturgis Ferry Park Boat Ramp including either one shelter with a light and four picnic tables or two or three gazeboes, a light and one or two picnic tables. What improvements will be recommended will depend upon the money used to complete the boat ramp. The Riverfront Commission requested approval of the proposed improvements by the Airport Commission which has since granted its approval. tp5/2 cc: Bill Gilpin MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAFI CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Clty of Iowa C1ty MEMORANDUM Date: August 15, 1980 To: City Manager and City Council From: Hugh Mose, Transit Manager v Re: Accessibility of New Buses The new transit coaches to be purchased with UMTA Section 3 and 18 funds are required by present federal regulations to be equipped with wheelchair lifts. In addition to the lifts the buses are also equipped with a "kneeling" feature, which drops the front step of the bus aboutifour inches closer to the pavement. Recognizing that the law may be changed so that wheelchair - accessible buses are not absolutely required, we will attempt to write our bus specifications so that the wheelchair lifts may be deleted prior to the start of production. Should the regulations be changed, and the City Council decides that wheelchair lifts are not practical, we could then change our order and acquire buses without lifts. In either instance, however, the "kneeling" feature would be provided. The issue of transit accessibility must, soon be addressed by both local decision -makers and the handicapped community. John Lundell of the JCRPC is working to develop a Transition Plan for .the implementation of accessible transit service. Either he or I will be providing additional information on this subject as time goes on. tp5/1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES AW \1 I Clty of Iowa C1ty MEMORANDUM Date: August 15, 1980 To: City Manager and City Council From: Hugh Mose, Transit Manager v Re: Accessibility of New Buses The new transit coaches to be purchased with UMTA Section 3 and 18 funds are required by present federal regulations to be equipped with wheelchair lifts. In addition to the lifts the buses are also equipped with a "kneeling" feature, which drops the front step of the bus aboutifour inches closer to the pavement. Recognizing that the law may be changed so that wheelchair - accessible buses are not absolutely required, we will attempt to write our bus specifications so that the wheelchair lifts may be deleted prior to the start of production. Should the regulations be changed, and the City Council decides that wheelchair lifts are not practical, we could then change our order and acquire buses without lifts. In either instance, however, the "kneeling" feature would be provided. The issue of transit accessibility must, soon be addressed by both local decision -makers and the handicapped community. John Lundell of the JCRPC is working to develop a Transition Plan for .the implementation of accessible transit service. Either he or I will be providing additional information on this subject as time goes on. tp5/1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES AW ,r ,o i 1 City of Iowa Clio, ilill w Date: August 21, 1980 To: Neal Berlin, City Manager City Council From: Michael Kucharzak Re: Update of CDBG Sidewalk Replacement Project Status of Work Completed As of August 15, 1980, the progress on the Neighborhood Site Improvement sidewalk repair program was as follows: I. Northside and Hickory Hill Project Areas Contractor -- Merlin Hamm Construction Inc. Project 67% complete II. Longfellow, Creekside and Southcentral Neighborhoods Contractor -- Streb Construction Co. Project 61% complete III. Highland Avenue Neighborhood Wolf Construction, Inc. Project 51% completed Ramping of Curbs As many members•of the City Council already know, a problem arose in the execution of the above mentioned contracts regarding cutting of curbs and installing curb ramps. Following referrals from the City Manager and several Councilmembers that curbing was not being cut and sidewalk at curb line was not being ramped, I investigated the problem and found that the error took place in the above mentioned contracts due to the fact that the plans and specifications for sidewalk construction produced by the Engineering section of the Department of Public Works did not include the requirements that all slabs adjoining curbs be ramped to provide access to the physically handicapped. This was not a problem in the first phase of sidewalk replacement undertaken this spring since a separate contract and specifications dealt with all handicap ramp construction. Unfortunately this curb ramping specification error of omission in contract documentation for phase 2 was not discovered until 18 slabs at curb line were poured without the required ramps. Once the error in the documents was discovered, amendments to the contracts were MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES A 11- 2 foll, made so that proper curb ramps would be provided on the remainder of the contract work. 28 new ramps are to be installed during the remainder of the above mentioned contracts. All additional costs for construction of the ramps are being paid for with monies allocated and approved by the City Council for the CDBG sidewalk replacement project. At the end of the CDBG sidewalk and curb ramping program, 275 sidewalk points will be accessible for the handicapped. The staff does not recommend removing and reconstructing the 18 slabs that have been poured in error since the omission in specs was caused by the City, secondly, the City "policy" on ramping at curbs has never been officially placed on file with the City Clerk so that contractors could be properly "put on notice", and thirdly, to rework new concrete at approximately $6,800 of additional taxpayer cost, albeit federal monies, would be considered wasteful. The City Engineer has been instructed to place on file the appropriate documentation to establish a curb ramping policy as an official requirement of the City construction and sidewalk replacement. The Department regrets the error and assures the City Manager and the City Council that measures to correct this from reoccurring have been undertaken. bcl/6 MICROFILMED BY G JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES i .r n City of IOWA Ch. MEMORANDUM Date: August 22, 1980 To: City Manager and City Council From: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance Q-0 Re: Financial Status as of June 30, 1980 GENERAL FUND The comparison between budget and actual for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1980, is as follows: Receipts Expenditures Amended Budget $9,817,818 $9,832,106 Less Contingency 251 938 251938 9 9,565,880 ,580,168 Actual for Year 9,542,846 81851,134 Actual Under Budget $ 23,034 $ 729,034 The major elements making up the variance in expenditures are shown on the attached Exhibit A and occurred because of the following: Aid to Agencies: The Council on Aging was not in operation for the entire year. The Mayor's Youth Program is given only the actual amount needed or operations during the fiscal year. Subsidy to Refuse Collection: When budget amendments were done this past June, it was anticipated that an amendment of $46,935 would be needed to cover a deficit created primarily by an increased amount of maintenance Costs for the refuse trucks. However, the final deficit was less than expected. rostage Costs: A postage rate increase which had been budgeted for did aot materialize. Street Maintenance: The asphalt resurfacing and street repair and capital outlay budgets were purposely underspent by $191,616 because of an anticipated shortage in Road Use Tax revenue during the year. The remainder was due to low expenditures for snow removal because of the mild winter. Recycling: The low usage of this program resulted in lower costs than expected in addition to the decision of not purchasing a truck for the program as had been originally budgeted. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 2 !i Senior Center: The FY80 Budget had been based on the assumption that the Senior Center would be open for operation early in calendar year 1980. Salaries: Total actual salaries were 3.8% less than budgeted. Typically, salaries run approximately 4% less than the budgeted amount each year. This is due to turnover which results in both a temporary vacancy and the fact that a new employee will usually start at a lower pay rate than that of a former employee. In FY80, turnover was down somewhat but this was balanced by the hiring freeze on filing new positions and the director vacancies. Carryover Items: These are budgeted expenditures which were not expended or encumbered prior to the end of FY80, but which will be expended early in FY81. This includes funding for items such as: I. Computerization of traffic ticket billing and collection and of personnel records and needed enhancements to other computer applica- tions. Bids on a new computer system were taken August 12, 1980. 2. Tree trimming: The FY80 contract was defaulted on and work was rebid in July, 1981. 3. Animal licensing computerization and the initiation of a new licensing program: a January 1, 1981 implementation date is planned. 4. Purchase of master maker equipment for the Print Shop: this equipment will be ordered in the fall of 1980. 5. Additional financing of the Melrose Avenue Sewer Special Assessment Project. Since the total cost of this project was only $14,000, the cost of marketing special assessment bonds was not justified and it is being financed by a loan from General Fund. This loan will be repaid as the special assessments are collected. During the budget discussions for the FY82 Budget, it was decided to maintain an unreserved ending fund balance in the General Fund at June 30, 1981 of approximately $700,000. Exhibit B shows that the projections made during budget preparation indicated that the unreserved balance at June 30, 1980 should be $678,692. This chart also shows the actual June 30, 1980 figures which resulted in an ending balance of $1,030,270. Exhibit C shows that $351,578 in the ending balance is available for reappropriation. The chart also lists several FY81 funding needs which will require budget amendments and which will reduce the unappropriated balance significantly. In FY80, Transit was charged bus maintenance costs based upon 404 per mile. This includes repair, preventative maintenance and fuel costs. The FY80 Budget had to be amended by $48,000 but even then all actual costs were not charged back to the Transit Division but were absorbed by the Equipment Division. Actual costs averaged approximately 604 per mile for CAR MICROFILMED BY DORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES all bus maintenance during the fiscal year. It will be necessary for Transit to pay full costs in FY81 and it is now estimated that the budget will need to be increased by $140,000. The new telephone system planned for installation in February, 1981, will require a budget amendment of $20,000 for installation fees and additional monthly rates. It will be necessary to amend the total data processing budget by $13,000 because of a recent increase received from the City's data processing service bureau. The City has not received a rate increase on these services since 1976. Although bids are being reviewed for a new computer system, the City will continue to use the service bureau in FY81 while the new system is implemented. Council has already approved funding for the SEATS supplemental taxi service. Funding for this program was not included in the original FY81 budget. The termite treatment and painting touchups in the Civic Center will cost $5,500. The air conditioning units in the Fire Department are not included in the Civic Center main HVAC System because they operate independently and did not require engineering services. However, the units are beyond their useful life and are no longer reliable. They should be replaced next spring. The State's budget reduction of 3.6% will reduce municipal assistance and transit assistance by that amount. Local property tax receipts.will also be reduced. The transfer payments from the state to the county which distributes them to cities to make up for homestead and elderly property and special assessment property tax credits will also be reduced by the 3.6%. Because property taxes have already been certified, the taxes due from property owners receiving the tax credits cannot be increased. Therefore, the reduction will have to be absorbed by the cities, counties and schools. The 3.6% reduction may change as the Governor can increase or decrease the percentage as needed. The figures used on Exhibit C were based on a 3.6% reduction. The most recent projection for Road Use Tax revenue is $28.50 per capita. This reduces our original budgeted revenue amount. Since all Road Use Tax is being used this year for Street Maintenance and Traffic Engineering in the General Fund, any reduction in revenue will need to be funded by the General Fund, fund balance. This leaves $65,208 of unallocated funds in the fund balance. In addition, the FY81 Budget included an expenditure of $96,160 from the General Fund for the reconstruction of the Plate Glass Building which was located on the Gilbert Street right-of-way. Since reconstruction was determined not to be economical, this amount can be added to the General Fund Balance. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 4 I recommend using at least $3,500 of the balance to fund cost overruns on the Service Building Modular Project and that funding of approximately $35,000 be set aside for additional remodeling of a portion of the original Service Building for Traffic Engineering. The $3whee,500 will pay for lockers, plumbing supplies, Detailed cost estimates for the Traffict�Engsineer ngn, andar modelingR areanot available but could be prepared if Council indicates an interest in this project. The funds budgeted for the Plate Glass Building reconstruction were for improvements to the Equipment Service Building complex and these remodeling costs would be for the same basic purpose. It does not appear as if funding will be available in the foreseeable future for further improvements to the Service Building Complex and this funding would complete the basic remodeling. Additional possible uses for the available balance are the acquisition of property for the construction of Foster Road, the acquisition of the private drive to ACT Circle and the conversion of at least a part of the City's vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas. I would recommend maintaining as much of the balance as possible to cover any unanticipated costs which may occur during this fiscal year. There is little room in the FY81 budget to absorb any unanticipated costs or cost increases. Any portion of the balance which is not needed during this fiscal year should be maintained to offset any funding needs in the FY82 Budget. The departments have done an excellent job in keeping costs down and working within their budgets as much as possible. The Streets Division did an excellent job in holding costs down in FY80. It is as a result of conscious efforts to reduce expenditures that much of the balance is available and both staff and the Council need to be commended for this effort. ROAD USE Exhibit D shows a comparison of budget and actual figures for FY80 and a budget and a revised budget projection figure for FY81. The Road Use Tax revenue in FY80 came in short by about $200,000. The cutbacks in the Street Maintenance Division did allow us to avoid a funding shortage. As stated above, than we had the Road Use Tax rein venue figure for FY81 is approximately monitorr this sf gu a throughout ltheally pryearted. wWe keel continue to as to any further potential reduction in revenue and/or anyyn edou i ntorcut back on costs in the street maintenance or traffic engineering areas. GENERAL REVENUE SHARING Exhibit E shows the financial status for general revenue sharing funds. It gives information on both budget and actual FY80 and a new projected budget estimate for FY81. Although the ending balance in FY80 is $336,583, there are carryovers amounting to $201,603 which will need to be added to the FY81 budget and this in addition to a projected reduction in revenue sharing reduces the ending balance to $129,782 which will be available for reappropriation. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES A�cp 9 5 The Council has indicated that a portion of the $30,000 that was budgeted for the Willow Creek Tennis Courts will be reallocated to finish the Hickory Hill Shelter. The new projection for FY81 Revenue Sharing revenue is based on our best estimate at this time. The City will receive funding however it is not known at this time what formula will be used to compute that funding. The ending balance in the new projected FY81 budget less the $30,000 to be reappropriated by the Parks and Recreation Commission result in $99,782 that is available for reappropriation by the Council. SUMMARY Because of both the Council's and the City Staff's efforts in holding expenditures down and in making cutbacks, the City did not have a problem with its financial condition at June 30, 1980. Only through effective a can theed City avoidnfinancial problemsaand/ore cashyfl wnendiprobl msainnthfund e future. The Finance Department will be monitoring actual expenditures and revenues very closely during this fiscal year and will be reporting to Council on a quarterly basis on the City's financial condition. It is anticipated that this will keep the Council better informed and will enable the staff to work with Council in monitoring the current situation. bj/sp cc: Management Advisory Panel MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES /4073 i. 9 5 The Council has indicated that a portion of the $30,000 that was budgeted for the Willow Creek Tennis Courts will be reallocated to finish the Hickory Hill Shelter. The new projection for FY81 Revenue Sharing revenue is based on our best estimate at this time. The City will receive funding however it is not known at this time what formula will be used to compute that funding. The ending balance in the new projected FY81 budget less the $30,000 to be reappropriated by the Parks and Recreation Commission result in $99,782 that is available for reappropriation by the Council. SUMMARY Because of both the Council's and the City Staff's efforts in holding expenditures down and in making cutbacks, the City did not have a problem with its financial condition at June 30, 1980. Only through effective a can theed City avoidnfinancial problemsaand/ore cashyfl wnendiprobl msainnthfund e future. The Finance Department will be monitoring actual expenditures and revenues very closely during this fiscal year and will be reporting to Council on a quarterly basis on the City's financial condition. It is anticipated that this will keep the Council better informed and will enable the staff to work with Council in monitoring the current situation. bj/sp cc: Management Advisory Panel MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES /4073 GENERAL FUND FY80 EXPENDITURES, ACTUAL UNDER BUDGET r_Aniuii n Aid to Agencies: Council on Aging $ 6,300 s } j GENERAL FUND FY80 EXPENDITURES, ACTUAL UNDER BUDGET r_Aniuii n A10A3 Aid to Agencies: Council on Aging $ 6,300 Mayors Youth 9,500 Transfer -Out, Subsidy to Refuse Coll. 30,900 Postage Costs 11,600 Street Maintenance 240,000 Recycling 26,000 Senior Center 41,400 Salaries 217,045 Carryover Items 78,304 1I Other 67,985 �1 729,034 i 4 R Y5i r, tGW 1 1 :r l .. .. I 5 V�"t Ll. J i i MICROFT HEDBY G, JORM MICR;LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES A10A3 I I I ! 1I �1 i GENERAL FUND FY80 ENDING FUND BALANCE PROJECTED VS. ACTUAL BEGINNING BALANCE, 6/30/79 FY80 Receipts FY80 Expenditures ENDING BALANCE, 6/30/80 Reserved Amount: Litigation Escrow FY79 Encumbrances Transit Funding Reserve FY80 Amendments Needed: General Liability Insurance Sibsidy to Airport Tort Liability Balance FY80 Encumbrances FY80 Carryovers TOTAL UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE . [Anwii o FY80 PROJECTIONS MADE DURING FY81 BUDGET DISCUSSIONS ACTUAL FY80 $ 1,068,263 $ 1,068,263 9,737,818 9,542,846 9,413,514 II GENERAL FUND FY80 ENDING FUND BALANCE PROJECTED VS. ACTUAL BEGINNING BALANCE, 6/30/79 FY80 Receipts FY80 Expenditures ENDING BALANCE, 6/30/80 Reserved Amount: Litigation Escrow FY79 Encumbrances Transit Funding Reserve FY80 Amendments Needed: General Liability Insurance Sibsidy to Airport Tort Liability Balance FY80 Encumbrances FY80 Carryovers TOTAL UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE . [Anwii o FY80 PROJECTIONS MADE DURING FY81 BUDGET DISCUSSIONS ACTUAL FY80 $ 1,068,263 $ 1,068,263 9,737,818 9,542,846 9,413,514 8,851,134 $ 1,392,567 $ 1,759,975 174,000 174,000 54,339 150,000 194,930 134,028 17,318 184,190 205,031 77,440 78,304 $ 678,692 1 1,030,270 MICROFILMED BY JORM MIC R+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES i j.. 111111U1 V GENERAL FUND 6/30/80 FUND BALANCE UNAPPROPIATED BALANCE 6/30/80 UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE PROJECTED NECESSARY UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE BUDGET AMENDMENTS NEEDED: Transit Bus Maintenance $ 140,000 New Telephone System 20,000 Data Processing Rate Increase 13,000 Special Taxis Program 3,600 Termite Treatment 15,500 Fire Dept. Air Conditioning 4,000 REVENUE REDUCTIONS, STATE'S CUTBACKS: Municipal Assistance $ 10,025 Transit Assistance 5,580 Property Tax 36,921 ROAD USE TAX REDUCTION SUBTOTAL EXPENDITURE CANCELLED: Reconstruction of Plate Glass Bldg. ADJUSTED UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE MICROFILMED BY ` JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 0 $ 1,030,270 678,692 $ 351,578 186,100 52,526 47,744 $ 65,208 96,160 $ 161,368 AW I 0 i / ,I ? 111111U1 V GENERAL FUND 6/30/80 FUND BALANCE UNAPPROPIATED BALANCE 6/30/80 UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE PROJECTED NECESSARY UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE BUDGET AMENDMENTS NEEDED: Transit Bus Maintenance $ 140,000 New Telephone System 20,000 Data Processing Rate Increase 13,000 Special Taxis Program 3,600 Termite Treatment 15,500 Fire Dept. Air Conditioning 4,000 REVENUE REDUCTIONS, STATE'S CUTBACKS: Municipal Assistance $ 10,025 Transit Assistance 5,580 Property Tax 36,921 ROAD USE TAX REDUCTION SUBTOTAL EXPENDITURE CANCELLED: Reconstruction of Plate Glass Bldg. ADJUSTED UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE MICROFILMED BY ` JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 0 $ 1,030,270 678,692 $ 351,578 186,100 52,526 47,744 $ 65,208 96,160 $ 161,368 AW I 0 i ,I ? i j 1 , r q, r i 1 i BEGINNING BALANCE RECEIPTS: Road Use Tax Interest Income TOTAL RECEIPTS EXPENDITURES: Traffic Engineering Street System Maintenance FY80 Encumbrances TOTAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS: Service Building Addition City Park Bike Trail Bikeway & Handicap Curb Cut Bikeway East Side River TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL EXPENDITURES' ENDING BALANCE ROAD USE TAX FY90 & FY81 BUDGET ACTUAL FY80 FY80 $ 174,016 $ 174,016 $1,532,582 $1,345,529 24,000 10,007 $1,556,582 $1,355,536 $ 383,887 $ 354,084 1,173,666 964,656 $1,557,553 $1,318,740 $ 172,825 $ 190,935 9,000 -- 6,000 7,000 $ 194,825 $ 190,935 $1,752,378 $1,509,675 1—(21,780) 19,877 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES LXHIBIT D BUDGET PROJECTED FY81 FY81 $ (21,780) $ 19,877 $1,408,448 $1,360,704 $1,408,448 $1,360,704 $ 268,746 $ 268,746 1,139,702 1,139,702 -- 26,440 1,408,448 $1,434,888 $1,408,448 $1,434,888 $(21,780) $ 54,307 , r q, i GENERAL REVENUE SHARING FY80 & FY81 BEGINNING BALANCE RECEIPTS: Revenue Sharing Interest Income Other Adjustment TOTAL RECEIPTS TRANSFERS: Operating Expenditures: General Government Operations: Aid to Agencies Capital Outlay Mass Transportation Senior Center Recycling Truck Library Conversion Refuse Collection TRANSFERS TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS: Civic Ctr. Heating & Air Conditioning Mercer Park Restrooms Willow Creek Tennis Courts CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL TOTAL EXPENDITURES ENDING BALANCE tnniDii t , BUDGET ACTUAL FY80 FY80 $_ 383,317 $ 383,317 $ 587,616 $ 607,618 20,000 47,823 $ 607,616 $ 655,441 $ 191,513 $ 175,706 1529210 134,756 309,440 309,440 45,560 3,605 GENERAL REVENUE SHARING FY80 & FY81 BEGINNING BALANCE RECEIPTS: Revenue Sharing Interest Income Other Adjustment TOTAL RECEIPTS TRANSFERS: Operating Expenditures: General Government Operations: Aid to Agencies Capital Outlay Mass Transportation Senior Center Recycling Truck Library Conversion Refuse Collection TRANSFERS TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS: Civic Ctr. Heating & Air Conditioning Mercer Park Restrooms Willow Creek Tennis Courts CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL TOTAL EXPENDITURES ENDING BALANCE tnniDii t , BUDGET ACTUAL FY80 FY80 $_ 383,317 $ 383,317 $ 587,616 $ 607,618 20,000 47,823 $ 607,616 $ 655,441 $ 191,513 $ 175,706 1529210 134,756 309,440 309,440 45,560 3,605 10,000 -- 13,163 13,163 50,000 50,000 $ 771,886 $ 686,670 $ 167,608 $ 15,370 35,000 135 30,000 -- $ 232,608 $ 15,505 $1,004,494 $ 702,175 $ 13,561) $ 336,583 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES BUDGET PROJECTION FY81 FY81 $ (13,561) $ 336,583 $ 594,000 $ 575,241 10,000 10,000 $ 604,000 $ 585,241 $ 162,615 $ 162,615 -- 14,500 277,824 277,824 150,000 150,000 $ 590,439 $ 604,939 $ -- $ 152,238 -- 34,865 $ -- $ 187,103 $ 590,439 $ 792,042 $ -- I129 782 /� I X :a , 1 1 j i , 1 1 j 4 _ 1 1 I. eX �" City of Iowa Cly MEMORANDUM Date: August 20, 1980 To: City Council From: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance R'J Re: Senior Center Warehouse Space, 1212 Highland Court During the past year the City of Iowa City has stored furnishings for the Senior Center at 1212 Highland Court until the remodeling has been completed. The 1,440 square feet of rental space has provided adequate storage. The Senior Center is not scheduled to be completed until the end of May 1981 and Olin Lloyd has agreed to an extension of the contract through May 19, 1981, with a month by month continued rental following that date with a 30 day notice of cancellation by either party. Our legal staff has approved handling this extension by means of a letter from the City (signed by Neal Berlin) requesting such an extension and this is acceptable to Olin Lloyd. The rental rate will remain the same for the extension of the contract at $275 per month. Unless Council directs otherwise, staff will proceed with the preparation of the extension letter. tp3/3 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES I 1 1 j MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES I C! 1CC7 / 1 Date: July 21, 1980 - To: Fred Zehr, Airport Manager From: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance Re: FY80 General Fund Subsidy to the Airport Attachement A shows the FY80 Budget for the Airport. The $15,000 expenditure listed under "Transfers" was for the Auto Parking Area. In FY78, the Airport received $84,749 from the DOT for the sale of right- of-way along Highway 218. This shows up under Miscellaneous Revenue in FY78. In FY79 and FY80, the City Council did not allocate any subsidy to the Airport and it was assumed that the sale proceeds would be used for operations plus the funding of the Auto Parking Area. This is shown by the fact that the ending fund balance in both FY79 and FY80 falls below the sales proceeds amount of $84,749. Attachment B went to the City Council prior to the budget discussion on the Airport's FY81 Budget and the anticipated deficit for FY80. The total expenditures in the FYAO Budget had been increased by $20,000. This was the amount requested by the Airport Commission when you were hired as Airport Manager. The $15,000 listed under capital outlay is the same $15,000 shown on the FY80 Budget as transfers. At the Council meeting on 2-6-80, the Council was told that the Airport's FY80 Budget would have a deficit of $32,318 for FY80 operation (based upon Attachment B). It was pointed out to the Council at that meeting that the expenditure budget had been increased by $20,000. No mention was made of anything being added to the budget for improvements to the buildings at the airport or that any such improvements were planned. When the final budget wns prepared in late February, 1980, the $15,000 for the Auto Parking Area was taken out of the Operations FY80 Budget and transferred to the Capital Improvement Reserve Budget for funding from the sales proceeds (Attachments C and D). This changed the deficit for FY80 to $17,218, which is shown on Attachment C as a Receipt, Transfer from the General Fund. From the information I have, the Council approved funding the deficit based upon the information that only $20,000 had been added to the budget. Subsequent information sent to the Council late in February, 1980, as the budget for FY81 was being finalized, showed that the FY80 subsidy to the Airport would be only $17,218. Until you or Mel Jones can supply me with proof that the FY80 Budget information given to Council or discussed with the Council did include expenditures for building improvements, I cannot allow more than $17,218 to be transferred to the Airport in FY80. I am convinced that the Council approved the funding of the deficit in FY80 based only upon an additional $20,000 being added to the expenditure budget, not on an additional $35,000 being added to the budget. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES /6;Z,51 2 n Preliminary financial information as of 6-30-80 shows the following fund balance status for the Airport for FY80: Beginning Balance, 6-30-79 $15,414 Receipts 58,451 Expenditures 90 259 Ending Balance (Deficit), ( 16, b 6-30-80 The receipts listed above do include the subsidy of $17,218 from the General Fund. Farm income was budgeted for the year at $18,000 but the above receipt figure only includes $1,784 of farm income. This is $16,216 less than the original projection; had the total budgeted revenue amount been received, it would have covered most of the deficit that now exists at year end. A check for $10,000 was received this week for FY80 farm income. This does lower the deficit to $6,394. The $10,000 received this week for farm income will show up on the monthly computer printout as a July, 1981, receipt. We do our accounting on the cash basis which means we must record revenues on the date they are actuallydte that nual auditedfinancial,report willebeaprepar d othey the accrualebasisuand are earnd. Or nwill show the $10,000 as revenue in FY80 rather than FY81. Therefore, the published financial report will show a deficit of $6,394 for the Airport at the end of FY80. cc: Neal Berlin Mel Jones bj/sp MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES ■ ENTERPRISE FUNDS AIRPORT FUND FUND SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION ACTUAL ESTIMATE BUDGET FY 1978 FY 1979 FY 1980 BEGINNING BALANCE 94,707 $ 78,102 RECEIPTS: O*Fcp—erty Taxes Other Receipts: Licenses & Permits Fines & Forfeitures Charges for Services Intergovernmental Revenue Use of Money & Property Miscellaneous Revenue -- 18,822 18,500 44,502 105,921 13,145 2800 Transfers: Bond Transfers Expense Transfers 582 Other Transfers TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 125,325 $ 31,645*S 47,302 .EXPENDITURES Persona -FServices $ -- $ 3,500 $ -- Commodities Services & Charges 7,218 21,430 10,140 12,650 Capital Outlay 1,695 27,710 6,900 40,635 Debt Service -- -- Transfers 275 IS-,OOO VITAL EXPENDITURES 68,285 ENDING BALANCE $ 94.707 ---- 57,119 *Reflects change in FY79 Budget 319 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAF3 CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES w F] A Iowa City Airpur•L Iand Summary FY79 FY80 FY81 Beginning Balance $ 94,707 $ 15,4151 $ (321318) Receipts Property Tax -- S ICFS rent 15,552 15,552 17,952 w F] A Iowa City Airpur•L Iand Summary FY79 FY80 FY81 Beginning Balance $ 94,707 $ 15,4151 $ (321318) Receipts Property Tax -- ICFS rent 15,552 15,552 17,952 Flowage fee 4,351 2,800 2,800 Farm receipts United hangar 21,323 18,000 18,000 Interest income 5,063 4,800 Highway Commission 2,400 2,400 McCraq Brothers 1,800 1,800 Other 934 Iota: Receipts $ 51,423 $ 40,552 $ 43,552 Ixpr'ndiLure, Personal Services Commodities -- 10,000 25,500 Services 7,251 '• 17,6502 15,350 & Charges 33,081 45,6352 77,240 Capital Outlay _ 571 15,000 _6,400 Intal Expenditures $ 40,903 $ 88,285 $ 124,490 Ending Balance $105,227 $(32,318) -$(ll3,25JG IBeginning balance reduced to reflect $84,749 for capital improvements and interest income of $5,063 mandated by I'ighway Commission 2Changed based on letters from ICAC requesting additional fynding 3Back rent (Toomey) 1 MICROFILMED BY n JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES ■ 1 i. i i . I . ■ 1 CLASSIFICATION BEGINNING BALANCE RECEIPTS: rProperty Taxes Other Receipt: Licenses & Permits Fines & Forfeitures Charges for Services intergovernmental Revenue Use of Money & Property Miscellaneous Revenue Transfers: Bond 'transfers Expense Transfers Other Transfers 'TOTAL RECEIPTS EXPENDITURES: Personal Services .Commodities �i Services & Charges g 9� Capital Outlay 1 Debt Service B@ Transfers TOTAL EXF':HDITURES ENDING BALANCE n ENTERPRISE FUND AIRPORT FUND OPERATIONS FUND SUMMARY ACTUAL ESTIMATE BUDGET FY79 FY80 FY81 $ 94,706 b 15,415* $ 5,063 -- 46,360 40,552 43,552 17,318 /G, 192 b 51,423 $ 57,870 $ _119,744 $ -- $ 10,000 8 26,279 7,251 17,650 14,525 33,081 45,635 73,540 - 571 ',14()0 b 40,903 $ 73,285 $ 119,744 *The Airport fund was allocated into an operations fund and a Capital Improvement. Reserve in FY80. f 190 MICROFILMED BY DORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES rU.Nl) SUMMITRY J�BLlI. UPRISE FUND 'ORT FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RESERVI: *The Airport Fund was allocated into an operations fund and a Capital Improvement. Reserve in FY80. 194 MICROFILMED BY JOFIM MIC R+L A B CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES ACTUAL ESTIMATE BUDGET 53 CLASSIFICATION FY79 FY80 FY81 �i BEGINNING BALANCE $ $ 89,811* $ 74,661 RECEIPTS: Property Taxes Other Receipt: Licenses & Permits Fines & Forfeitures Charges for Services Intergovernmental Revenue Use of Money & Property 6,750 7,000 T Miscellaneous Revenue Transfers: Bond Transfers Expense Transfers Other Transfers -- '(OTAL RECEIPTS$ 6,750 $ 7,000 A ..... A" 4 EXPENDITURES: Pprqnnal qprvirpc < t *The Airport Fund was allocated into an operations fund and a Capital Improvement. Reserve in FY80. 194 MICROFILMED BY JOFIM MIC R+L A B CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES - - City of Iowa Cif" MEMORANDUM Date: July 22, 1980 To: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance From: Fred Zehr, Airport Manager e Re: FY80 General Fund Subsidy to the Airport Shortly Shortly after taking my new position I found the October 12, 1979 letter to the City Council (see attachment A) requesting additional funds for airport operations. Attached was City Council's response to that letter (attachment B). Knowing that we had $84,749 in an airport fund I approached Neal -Berlin as to the authorized uses for this money. It was ;ny understanding, after talking to Neal, that this money could be used for operations or maintenance, as deemed necessary. This being contrary to the language in the agreement between the City and the State, Neal sent a letter to the State explaining his intentions on the uses of,the money ;attachment Q. So not knowing for sure whether this $84,749 could be used for operations, we could not respond to the Council's letter wanting a more detailed breakdown of the requested funds. At that time it looked as though no funds would be needed. However, later in January a letter was received from the State saying that our proposal for the uses of the $84,749 would be in direct violation of the terms of the City's acceptance of the funds (attachment D). This being the case, Mel Jones and I started ,corking on amending the FY80 budget, along with working on our FY81 budget. Preliminary estimates indicated around a $30,000 deficit for FY80 (attachment E). Mel indicated that this information would be included in %he fund summary report that was going to Council for our FY81 budget iiscussions of February 6, 1980. The $15,000 under capital outlay FY80 cas to be for office space restoration (attachment F). �t the budget discussions with the City Council on February 6, it was stated that the airport was asking for $32,318 for FY80 and $85,145 for PY81 and Mayor John Balmer stated that there was general approval of the request. This is documented in the informal Council discussion minutes of February 6, 1980, page 2, paragraphs 2 and 3 (attachment G). It is also in the tapes of the meetings at numbers 240-246. I feel the Council was well aware that they were giving approval for an additional $32,318 to the airport for operations in FY80 and $85,145 for FY81. Now in response to your memo of July 21, 1980, stating that you would only allow $17,218 to be transferred to the airport in FY80, showing a deficit of $6,394. I feel this is contrary to the Council's approval of our amended FY80 budget, and ask that you transfer $23,612 of the $32,318 approved by Council. This would reflect a $0 deficit for the airport in FY80 and is $8,706 below the estimated amended FY80 budget. The reasons our actual expenses were so far below the estimated expenses was due largely to the mild winter and low snow removal expenses. Therefore, please adjust a published financial report to show a zero deficit for the MICROFILMED BY DORM MICR+LA6 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOIIIES /606 W airport FY80 budget and a transfer of only $23,612 rather than the $32,318. Thank you for your help. cc: Neal Berlin Mel Jones bj2/8-9 i MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES �1 I...YL ✓'I'�LNI J.I October 12, 1979 Richard D. Phipps- Chairman Iowa City Municipal Airport Comm. 825 Normandy Drive Iowa City, Iowa 52240 IOwE City Council Civic tenter Iowa City, Iowa 52240 ' REI Airport budget. Deer Council Members) The .Iowa City Airport Commission is in need of additional funding for fiscal year 1979-80- in the amount of $20,000. Thle amount is needed for management, transportation, shop set-up etc. I would like a meeting with the Council at your earliest convenience to discuss this matter. Respectfully, A't Richard D. Phipps RDPIbp Chairman) Iowa City Municipal Airport Conwission FI �ED, OCT 1 21979 1 ABBIE STOLFUI am clic MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES -■ / �1 I...YL ✓'I'�LNI J.I October 12, 1979 Richard D. Phipps- Chairman Iowa City Municipal Airport Comm. 825 Normandy Drive Iowa City, Iowa 52240 IOwE City Council Civic tenter Iowa City, Iowa 52240 ' REI Airport budget. Deer Council Members) The .Iowa City Airport Commission is in need of additional funding for fiscal year 1979-80- in the amount of $20,000. Thle amount is needed for management, transportation, shop set-up etc. I would like a meeting with the Council at your earliest convenience to discuss this matter. Respectfully, A't Richard D. Phipps RDPIbp Chairman) Iowa City Municipal Airport Conwission FI �ED, OCT 1 21979 1 ABBIE STOLFUI am clic MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES -■ CITY oF CIVIC CENFER- 410 E. WASHINGTON ST October 19, 1979 n /4774,'//M4-7- 1J IOW/\ C IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354180D Mr. Richard D. Phipps, Chairman Iowa City Municipal Airport Commission 825 Normandy Drive Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Dick: The City Council formally accepted your letter requesting additional funding at its regular meeting on October 16, 1979. It was agreed by Council members that your request should be discussed at a future informal Council meeting and that more specific information regarding that request should be supplied by you prior to that discussion. 1 ask that you submit to us a more detailed request to include the nature and extent of your.present funding deficit, specific purposes for which the requested additional funds will be expended, what alternatives may exist to additional funding, and perceived consequences in the event that additional funding is not available. This is the same general information we would require of any City department before considering a substantial budget amendment. The Council will be happy to consider your request after having received and reviewed the above information. You will be notified when the Council is scheduled to discuss your request at an informal session. This will occur on a Monday afternoon and all Commission members are invited to attend. Your prompt attention regarding this matter will facilitate our consi- deration of your request. Sinc ly yours, Robert A. Vevera Mayor cc: City Manager Finance Director--�___� City Clerk bc3/14 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES SaU .., I i i � I I CITY oF CIVIC CENFER- 410 E. WASHINGTON ST October 19, 1979 n /4774,'//M4-7- 1J IOW/\ C IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354180D Mr. Richard D. Phipps, Chairman Iowa City Municipal Airport Commission 825 Normandy Drive Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Dick: The City Council formally accepted your letter requesting additional funding at its regular meeting on October 16, 1979. It was agreed by Council members that your request should be discussed at a future informal Council meeting and that more specific information regarding that request should be supplied by you prior to that discussion. 1 ask that you submit to us a more detailed request to include the nature and extent of your.present funding deficit, specific purposes for which the requested additional funds will be expended, what alternatives may exist to additional funding, and perceived consequences in the event that additional funding is not available. This is the same general information we would require of any City department before considering a substantial budget amendment. The Council will be happy to consider your request after having received and reviewed the above information. You will be notified when the Council is scheduled to discuss your request at an informal session. This will occur on a Monday afternoon and all Commission members are invited to attend. Your prompt attention regarding this matter will facilitate our consi- deration of your request. Sinc ly yours, Robert A. Vevera Mayor cc: City Manager Finance Director--�___� City Clerk bc3/14 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES SaU .., December 26, 1979 Mr. Gordon A. Sweitzer :Right -of -Nay Director Iowa Department of Transport ion 300 Lincolnway Ames, Iowa 50010 Dear Mr. Sweitzer: In early 1978 the City of Iowa City entered into an agreement with the State of Iowa providing for the acquisition of highway property from the City of Iowa City and the Airport Commission. The certification of the municipal corporate resolution provided that the property was conveyed in accordance to FAA Rule No. 155.11(c)(10) which included language that the City obligated itself to ". . .use the proceeds of the sale exclusively for developing, improving, operating or maintaining the public airport." ;lowever, the language which was included in the attached agreement is inconsistent with the resolution of conveyance. Specifically the agreement language provides that the money can only be used for airport development items included in the NASP and that none of the proceeds can be used as matching funds. It was the intent of the City of Iowa City, as provided in the resolution, that this money be used for matched funds under the airport development program and that it further be used for any legitimate airport purposes including operation and maintenance. We believe that this was also the intent of the State. Therefore, the City will proceed accordingly to utilize this money for improvements with matching funds or for operation or maintenance, as deemed appropriate. If you believe that this action is contrary to the intent of the agreement, an early response will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely yours, Neal G. Berlin City Manager bj/sp Enclosure cc: City Attorney Airport Manager MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB 1 CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES RECE!1'E'D IAA 3 1380 �C�JIdGI/l7GP/�Z�` Q� �Glli�Z�1ZE�/��1,�/�'`GGL>Z HIGHWAY DIVISION 600 LINCOLN WAY AMES, IOWA 50010 515.296.1101 December 31, 1979 REF NO Johnson County FN -218-4(9)--21-52 Parcel 56 Neal G. Berlin, City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center 410 E. Washington Street Ic•va City, Iowa 52240 De1r Mr. Berlin: I have read your December 26 letter. The letter does not reflect our unlerstanding of the transaction. Th -2 DOT was first made aware of the city's limitations on conveying airport land to the state by way of an Attorney General's opinion from Dennis Hogan dated June 14, 1976 (copy attached). The opinion informed us that the FAA required several protective terms and conditions on any conveyance of land from the airport facility. The extent and nature of thrse restrictions became fully known through a transmittal by James L. Basgall, Chief Programs Branch, FAA, dated February 25, 1977 (copy attached). The exact language required by Mr. Basgall is now contained in the final conveyance from the city to the DOT. Your letter of March 10, 19"7, to Raymond L. Callahan, DOT, and your transmittal of April 6, 1977, alro contained the same language as now appears on the easement. I gad the city's resolution referring to FAA Rule 155.11(c)(10) to be a geTeral statement of purpose. The specific implementing language is all em2:odied in the form of the easement for public highway approved by the city's resolution of January 26, 1977. In accord with numbered paragraphs 1 E,ITd 3, your proposal to use the funds as matching funds for the Airport Dev,!lopment Program or for operation and maintenance purposes would be in dir::ct violation of the terms of the city's acceptance of funds as documented in I:he easement for public highway. JEG:pc Attachments JULESM.DUSNER an RBARA DUNN Smur CN, [O, Moln.5 Very truly yours, James E. Graham, Manager Right of Way Administration COMMISSIONERS C. ROGER FAIR DONALD R. GARDNER WILLIAM F. MGGRATN RODERTR. RIOLER OA.,nporl GEM R,pIdF MMrau Nu NMnplen MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA13 CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES BRUCE N. VAN GRUFF NW Oa/64 I i 1 1` RECE!1'E'D IAA 3 1380 �C�JIdGI/l7GP/�Z�` Q� �Glli�Z�1ZE�/��1,�/�'`GGL>Z HIGHWAY DIVISION 600 LINCOLN WAY AMES, IOWA 50010 515.296.1101 December 31, 1979 REF NO Johnson County FN -218-4(9)--21-52 Parcel 56 Neal G. Berlin, City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center 410 E. Washington Street Ic•va City, Iowa 52240 De1r Mr. Berlin: I have read your December 26 letter. The letter does not reflect our unlerstanding of the transaction. Th -2 DOT was first made aware of the city's limitations on conveying airport land to the state by way of an Attorney General's opinion from Dennis Hogan dated June 14, 1976 (copy attached). The opinion informed us that the FAA required several protective terms and conditions on any conveyance of land from the airport facility. The extent and nature of thrse restrictions became fully known through a transmittal by James L. Basgall, Chief Programs Branch, FAA, dated February 25, 1977 (copy attached). The exact language required by Mr. Basgall is now contained in the final conveyance from the city to the DOT. Your letter of March 10, 19"7, to Raymond L. Callahan, DOT, and your transmittal of April 6, 1977, alro contained the same language as now appears on the easement. I gad the city's resolution referring to FAA Rule 155.11(c)(10) to be a geTeral statement of purpose. The specific implementing language is all em2:odied in the form of the easement for public highway approved by the city's resolution of January 26, 1977. In accord with numbered paragraphs 1 E,ITd 3, your proposal to use the funds as matching funds for the Airport Dev,!lopment Program or for operation and maintenance purposes would be in dir::ct violation of the terms of the city's acceptance of funds as documented in I:he easement for public highway. JEG:pc Attachments JULESM.DUSNER an RBARA DUNN Smur CN, [O, Moln.5 Very truly yours, James E. Graham, Manager Right of Way Administration COMMISSIONERS C. ROGER FAIR DONALD R. GARDNER WILLIAM F. MGGRATN RODERTR. RIOLER OA.,nporl GEM R,pIdF MMrau Nu NMnplen MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA13 CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES BRUCE N. VAN GRUFF NW Oa/64 M r-, IoOiA clrr South Riverside DrivuNICIPAL gIRPORT Office Phone (3 193 o a City, Iowa 52240 1 1800 Ext. 357 FY 80 AIENOED BUDGET CAPITOL OUTLAY -_--- ------------- -- - $15,000 re offic. space -estimate -$15,000 Actual expenses New Roof--------- ------- Heat & Air ---------------6 7,980.00 Interior Repairs ---_---_-$ 40242.38 Replace Carpet---- - $ IS500.00 Steam Clean Carpet-- --$ 438.75 Janitorial ------ 144.00 TOTAL112. 0 PERSONAL SERVICES---- -- 14.417. 3 7 months- $10,968 salary-. Blue 90840 Blue Cross --------- .00 ISS-- ----- ----- ------$ 585.W S_S. .Tax -----------------$ 263.00 TOTAL 280,00 OPERATILONAL $10, 9 8.00 • EXPENSES___________ __ (One to inflated fuel prices --------and services)— —------- $ 6,350 Extra Legal Fees--_-ti-�---$ z,5O0.0O Roving Expenses-----------,_$ ,000.00 loss of Mc Crabb 00 TOTAL 1 0550.00 $ 6,350,00 TOTAL $32018.go MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 1 r I I . M r-, IoOiA clrr South Riverside DrivuNICIPAL gIRPORT Office Phone (3 193 o a City, Iowa 52240 1 1800 Ext. 357 FY 80 AIENOED BUDGET CAPITOL OUTLAY -_--- ------------- -- - $15,000 re offic. space -estimate -$15,000 Actual expenses New Roof--------- ------- Heat & Air ---------------6 7,980.00 Interior Repairs ---_---_-$ 40242.38 Replace Carpet---- - $ IS500.00 Steam Clean Carpet-- --$ 438.75 Janitorial ------ 144.00 TOTAL112. 0 PERSONAL SERVICES---- -- 14.417. 3 7 months- $10,968 salary-. Blue 90840 Blue Cross --------- .00 ISS-- ----- ----- ------$ 585.W S_S. .Tax -----------------$ 263.00 TOTAL 280,00 OPERATILONAL $10, 9 8.00 • EXPENSES___________ __ (One to inflated fuel prices --------and services)— —------- $ 6,350 Extra Legal Fees--_-ti-�---$ z,5O0.0O Roving Expenses-----------,_$ ,000.00 loss of Mc Crabb 00 TOTAL 1 0550.00 $ 6,350,00 TOTAL $32018.go MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 1 r I I 1 b?j low,, City Airport Fund Summary FY79 FY80 FY81 1 I Beginning Balance $ 94,707 $ 15,4151 $ (32,318) Receipts Property Tax __ ICFS rent 15,552 15,5521 Flowage fee 4,351 17,952 Farm receipts 2,800 2,800 United hangar 21,323 18,000 .8,000 Interest income 4,800 Highway Commission 5,063 McCrl Brothers 2,400 2,400 _ Other + 1,800 1,800 934 i:. total Receipts $-.5.1,423 $ 40,552 ._ $ 43,552 fxpeodiLures _ iersonal Services 10,000 I Commodities 2 25,500 ervices &Charges 7,251 17,650 15,350 2 Capital Outlay 33,081 45,635 77,240 571 15,000. 6,40b Mal Expenditures $ 40,903 $ 88,285 $ 1E4,490 tndinfl Balance $105,221 S(321318) ,$(113,256) 1Beginning balance reduced to reflect $84,749 for capital improvements and interest incomf, of $5,063 mandated by Highway Commission 2Chanp?d based on letters from ICAC requesting additional fynding 3Back rent (Toomey) l MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 a CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES I r 4 1 low,, City Airport Fund Summary FY79 FY80 FY81 1 I Beginning Balance $ 94,707 $ 15,4151 $ (32,318) Receipts Property Tax __ ICFS rent 15,552 15,5521 Flowage fee 4,351 17,952 Farm receipts 2,800 2,800 United hangar 21,323 18,000 .8,000 Interest income 4,800 Highway Commission 5,063 McCrl Brothers 2,400 2,400 _ Other + 1,800 1,800 934 i:. total Receipts $-.5.1,423 $ 40,552 ._ $ 43,552 fxpeodiLures _ iersonal Services 10,000 I Commodities 2 25,500 ervices &Charges 7,251 17,650 15,350 2 Capital Outlay 33,081 45,635 77,240 571 15,000. 6,40b Mal Expenditures $ 40,903 $ 88,285 $ 1E4,490 tndinfl Balance $105,221 S(321318) ,$(113,256) 1Beginning balance reduced to reflect $84,749 for capital improvements and interest incomf, of $5,063 mandated by Highway Commission 2Chanp?d based on letters from ICAC requesting additional fynding 3Back rent (Toomey) l MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA6 a CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES I r INFORMAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONr"I FEBRUARY 6, 1980 hvaW INFORMAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION: February 6, 1980, 7:00 P.M. in the Conference Room at the Civic Center. Mayor John Balmer presiding. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Balmer, Roberts, Neuhauser, Perret Lynch, Erdahl. Staffinembers present: Berlin, Stolfus, Karr, Scholten, Higdon. Vitosh, Jones, Kraft,aPlastinot 9 Others: Hokanson, D. Klaus. Erdahl present: 7:45 PM. TAPE-RECORDED, Reel u#80 5, Sideo1, 804 -End, and eSide a2, 1- Zehr , 1215. BUDGET Vitosh memo, 2/1/80 Plannin and Pro ram Deet. Berlin advised that $30,000 had been deleted from tle P anning uc et, but not allocated to anspecific the question of 9 from other Regional Planning, etc. had not been settled. A commitment for pltho r governmental agencies would be needed to explore other structures ll be five vacancies in the deparrtmentnas�of 2ll 05 be advertised Small Ci:ies Pro ram. / Milkman has been assignedet. There to With present em to ees Riverfront Commissioners Knight & Sokol were River Corridor Overlay, anditheoted Boatthat Rampthe Projectywill becompleted present. new proj;:cts started. Bikeway Pr the the Schmeise &Boothroy will �betthe tbacked eup for Plannined for aid in gr&cZoning Corrmmeetings. on CommwlitY Needs, Design Review Committee, Resources Conserv. Comm, and Riverfront Commission. It was suggestedC°�ittee be moved over. Consolidation witJohnson hCounty Humawouldhtake rmonths,fsoould supervision of the division heads would be handled administratively. `✓ Councilman Erdahl arrived, 7:50 p,M Perret called attention to a workshop 2/13, 1:30, called by the Exec. Board of Johnson County Regional Planning Comm. to discuss consolidation of planning function as we move into SMSA era, to be attencl!ad by the Count Iowa city, Y. Coralville, and Mayors of small towns. PPD -Gen Suoerv;�; secretar reduced graphics technician to 3/4 time, & deletion one 5'• _Planner Adm,, reduce 1/2 planning technician. Pro°_ ram Den -reduce planning program analysis from 1 1/4 to 3/q time. Kraft identified the functions of the Planning area. City Mgr. will report after 2/13 meeting. Hous_inLarld Ins ection Services Reductions of 2 housing inspectors, 1 se h �IerK-typ�st, ut d� g spec tor. �1'fidoyl Housing Commissioner Klaus presented su gesti tions to be done by Fire Dept. Resolution from CCN read. 99euggest to save money in this area. ed legal liability of disregarding State Lawgand�havingons tbiennialErdahl question- ins P Berlin Pointed out that Kucharzak is going to Des Moines Mon. night to testify re State Housing Law. Process used by Ames Fire Dept. that the ilousing Comm, should proceed with proposalt' streamline the r regulations. Phase-in time re trainin Council agreed g of inspectors discussed, present Airport Cnrnmis Commis led Of $6, 50 FY 0 should be earlier. The interest Berlin ca+ PP o Saue lin income fi!;ure of $6,750 FY80 should be deleted. 9 g' Bleckwenn present Hayek regarding the ongoing legal support for the Commission was noted. Balmer note Also the letter from Atty. d that the Commission had hired a manager withoutand asked if funding in hand, reasons. ehrhPointeddout sthat $3,000 fundingwasfrom State funds becruse of work not done. Previouslyt manager.Phipps &Redick outlined they could use the money from sale of land matching he commission was advised that capital expenditures. Phipps stated that thbut now told the been o y can use for only _._ __....... Aerated well - /6a4� 804-1721 1721-239 i 2390 -End MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES with a part-time manas� The City signed the agreeme. ith FAA restrictinguary 6 > 1980 use of sale of property monies to capital expenditures. Zehr is applying for a grant to get $10,000 for noise abatement study. Phipps noted that with part-time mgmt. the Airport had deteriorated, and two airlines were let go by default (Ozark - United). Possible uses for the monies in question were discussed, T -hangars could also be built with private money. Balmer noted that the City had thrown up roadblocks on alternate sources of revenue. Perret pointed out that receipts Side 2, for flowage fees were down (less gas allocated), raising fee can be negotiated 1-345 with fixed base operator, now is 2d, average is 4t. Farm receipts are down, a good crop in '79, poor in '78. Proposal for restaurant proposed. In Services 8 Charges, $42,000 is for matching funds for first phase of Airport Study. The Airport Mgr. receives BCBS 8 Life Ins. $1,500 is for temporary help. Balmer proposed an arrangement that the City provide the Airport with mowing and plowing services. Berlin stated that we could make direct charges to the enterprise fund, the park personnel has been cut back and that street equipment is funded out of Road Use Tax. Phipps replied that the City had taken their equipment. Bleck- wenn stated that the City maintenance facility is on Airport Land, should they charge the City. Berlin noted that if the Council wants the employees to mow and plow, just tell him. The financial transaction would be to put the money in the airport commission enterprise fund budget, and it would pay the general fund or RUT fund. Lynch stated that Jones did many good things, Bleckwenn noted that for what he was paid, he did a very good job. Several Councilmembers thought he should be thanked publicly for what he did for Iowa City Airport. Working toward being self-supporting will include changing the farming income, by not sharecropping, but having cash rent for land not needed for airport. Neuhauser explained that the City did not want industry to locate at the airport because the City would not get tax money then, but aviation industry would be acceptable. BJeckwenn explained the T -hangar project. i cenr commented t at to eve op new income will take a full-time manager. Phipps stated that they would work closer with the Council. Berlin advised that before the Commission had hired Atty. Tucker, the City staff had provided legal support for the Airport. A majority of Councilmembers did not want the Commission to provide its own legal coul�gj,,_,gjac pnVpnn � that .,.__ _.., n„d r.--- . . 345-1275 Aid toAgencies In prioritizing the agencies, Red Cross was eliminated. No FY'81 budget has been received for Council on Aging, the FY80 budget was received today. Youth Homes budget, deleted. Compared to $111,705 in FY80 budget, it is $108,634 in FY'81 budget, with above cuts. After discussions the agencies were funded as follows: Crisis Center, $5,000. Transient Program, $2,500. Willow Creek Neighborhood Center (Mark IV), $4,800. United Action for Youth, $30,000. Mayor's Youth Employment, $20,000. Johnson County Pals, $15,500. Rape Victim Advocacy, $9,515. I.C. Babe Ruth League, $1,100. I.C. Girls Softball, $1,100. I.C. Boys Baseball, $1,100. Friends of Children's Museum, $1,100 thru the Parks 8 Rec. budget. Final total allocated, $90,615. (without Council on Aging,.Jo. Co. Regional Planning or Human Services Program). City Mgr. Berlin distributed several memos; Current Salary Rates for Management; Compensation Trends 76-'80 between AFSCME, Confidential, Management, Police 8 Fire; Dept. Head salary survey, and increases '76-'80; salary comparisons for several employee slots; difference between benefits of the various employee units. � Meeting adjourned, 11:10 PM. MICROFILMED BY JORM MIC R�LAD CEOAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES n MINUTES IOWA CITY HOUSING CODE TASK FORCE AUGUST 6, 1980 MEMBERS PRESENT: Diane Klaus, Rachel Dennis, Norman Bailey, Bobbie Farrell, Dan Cross, Jim Barfuss, Margaret Nowysz MEMBERS ABSENT: Goldene Haendel, Mark Hamer STAFF PRESENT: Terry Steinbach I. Meeting to Order, 7:30 P.M. I II. Discussion: Emergency Orders. Recommendation: That the existing language found in Chapter 17 be used with the addition of the word "Senior" before the term Housing Inspector. . III. Discussion: Rent Escrow. After a thorough discussion of the current provisions and methods used to administer the program, it was the consensus that more specific written provisions and directions be included in the code and that all attempts shall be made to streamline and clarify the rights and obligations of both the tenant and owner/operator. Discussion was deferred for future consideration. Considerations in future code language will include specifying that only units that have violations within a structure shall be made eligible for rent escrow rather than the entire structure. IV. Discussion: Tenant -Landlord Checklists. Areas of discussion concerning checklists were the City's liability, the method of enforcement or lack of, and the correlation between checklists and health and safety provisions of the housing code. Discussion was deferred for future consideration. V. Adjournment, 9:20 P.M. Prepared by: Approved by: f2%�f/-_- MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 402 i I t I i August 18, 1980 Neal G. Berlin City Manager City of Iowa City Civic Center 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 RIVER CORRIDOR SEWERS WEEKLY PROGRESS SUMMARY NO. 5 °'=CFIVFD AUG 1 8 1980 This is to report progress on the River Corridor Sewers project for the week ending August 16, 1980, and to provide information regarding the contractor's plans for the weeks ahead. Main line pipe (54 -inch) was installed in Madison Street south of Burlington upstream to the Burlington tunnel. We now have a continuous 54 -inch sewer from Iowa Avenue south to the water pollution control plant. The contractor is cleaning the pipe so that it can be used. All underground work has now been completed at the Intersection of Iowa Avenue and Madison Street. Earth backfill of the intersection is complete and the contractor will be hauling in subgrade material this week. Material did not arrive for the installation under the steam tunnel in Iowa Avenue. This work is now scheduled for this week. We also want to get a major manhole built in Iowa Avenue this week. When these two items are complete, Iowa Avenue can be prepared for paving. Prentiss Street was ready for the paver last week. It is planned that the paver will move in, grade and pave this week. It is planned to finish grade and pave the west lane of Madison Street from Burlington to Iowa later this week. When this work is complete, the paver can move to Iowa Avenue and pave that street. Pipe crews will be moved to locations north of Jefferson Street in Madison. This area must be cleaned up and paved before winter. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAEI CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Neal G. Berlin August 18, 1980 Page 2 The gas company is relocating the gas main in Dubuque Street so that we can get the sewer installed between Park Road and Kimball in October. We advised in last week's report that a construction schedule through November 15 was attached requested econtractor. o roschedule othis report. Iftheschedule isreasonable, Eby nwillpbeeoutnofithe central campus area before winter. This includes Madison Street from Iowa Avenue to Jefferson Street. We will review his progress before allowing this reach to be opened. The writer will be in Iowa City on Friday and will be available to discuss the project at your convenience. ,VW. Kim JWK:jk / 11648 Enclosure cc: Charles J. Schmadeke w/Enclosure W. L. Levay w/Enclosure MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES smommmmm �UMMUMMUM i� o IS WOMMUMOM MO�MWOM NOWN IN��� �S IN NONE U r ® IN . 1` •�11�:. � .� ::./.. • �..�111: ../J� '... .'1.t ::� '. �1 i�..�n4�1':a.V: _114.:.tn�.Il�.i. it. �� MOMM .. 1 t I •-_•_-•• __-..._. ._ _ .-_ - -- -_ ---- __ •- -. - -_. _ - t r - -r - - - ---- -- F7- � 1 , , _ _- _- _- _ .._�.-_-. __.__•_.�._.._ ___ .......... • - - - MICR4?LAB . CEDAR RAPIDS DES MOINES � • � �_� �.� ,- _ _ ..o �_®�®C��p��.�.�®��ii� ������ �����r�®�� �� �® �_ �����ri�i�o �� ��� ��� ��_ ���ei��� �C�-o �'� �� �C� �s -��- ���s� �� ��� ��� �..�� _ �s �� ��?1 a...■ �� �_�_ ������ � '� �®_� ��r �� � i.. N...ur�. �iyrw ...� .. r � .... ..i.W .1 ... .. ••ter ...: ... �.'.JI .. ... . I / MINUTES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TASK FORCE CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM AUGUST 19, 1980 MEMBERS PRESENT: Eggers; Jones (left 11:55 A.M.); Keating; Kucharzak (late 10:20 A.M.); Marcus; McCartt; Meisel; Orelup; Yates (left 11: 00 A.M. MEMBERS ABSENT: Milller. STAFF PRESENT: Helling; Morris; Woito. GUESTS: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY MANAGER AND STAFF: None. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT DISCUSSION: 1. The meeting was called to order at 10:04 A.M. by Chairperson, Bette Meisel. 2. Review of the Minutes-Correcti in. on to the minutes Of July 29, 1980 was noted. It should be added that the Task Force decided to complete the first three steps of "The Essence tive Action Program" of an Affirma- listed in the Iowa Civil Rights Commission's Affirmative Action Pamphlet. Steps four through twelve will be the responsibility Director. of the Human Relations 3. Review of drafts on Poll and Timetable I c�XLD-i-ss-e."minat-i.-o-n L—Res Lonsibilitand Goals: X Meisel will rewrite a draft of the —11-111eu efforts of Kucharzak, Keating and McCartt on the Policy Statement and draft a compilation of the efforts of Kucharzak and McCartt on Responsibility to be distributed at the next meeting. n - next 4. Agenda for meeting: : discussion on Policy, Re'sP?nSIbIlIt�, 06;1sisemination and Timetables and Goals will be continued. 5. The meeting was adjourned at 12:06 P.M. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 26, 1980, City Manager's Conference Room, at 10:00 A.M. MICROFILMED BY DORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES I — NWS /1 RECE:VEDIAUG 1 9 1980 p N - p Y �oNlclew 900 Def Moines Street Suite 100 Des Moines, Iowa 50316 1515) 2659861 FOR IWEDIATE RELEASE Release Date August 18, 1980 CONTACT: Robert W. Harpster rc� Office: SIS -265-9961 Home: 515-277-2629 The Board of Directors of the League of Iowa Municipalities has adopted a resolution opposing an Iowa constitutional convention for the "purpose of adding an amendment that places limits on state and local revenues." The League Board took action•on the constitutional convention question at a meeting in Jefferson August 15, after much deliberation and debate. The resolution stated that, "The Constitution is not an appropriate place for satisfying temporary interests," and issues of a transitory nature. The League Board directed League Executive Director Robert W. Harpster to prepare and distribute information to the general membership urging them to oppose the convention call, for the purpose of amending the Constitution to limit the revenue and spending of local government. The Board stated in the resolution that such a limitation in the Constitution "denies state and local governments the ability to respond to citizen demands on specific problems,', The resolution will be submitted to the full membership of the League at its annual convention in Des Moines September 24-26. NM8 MICROFILMED BY DORM MICR;LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES (Resolution attached) h 1 State Constitutional Convention MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES N WHEREAS the constitution should be an instrument that sets out the general relationships between the various branches and levels of I government as guidelines for legislative action in setting the struc- ture, functionN procedures, and limits for governments to use in the performance of their duties; and i WHEREAS the constitution is not the appropriate place for satis- fying temporary interests; and WHEREAS a convention could open the whole constitution to revi- sions that risk undesirable changes; and WHEREAS Iowa's constitution has served this state for more than 120 by years clearly setting forth those principles and procedures that insure adequate representation of public interests on transitory pro- cedural and financial matters; and WHEREAS the limiting of state and local revenue or spending by a constitutional amendment denies state and local government the ability to respond to citizen demands on specific problems, and WHEREAS present efforts to call a constitutional convention are motivated by a singular issue of limiting state and local revenues; and WHEREAS sound constitutional provisions could be seriously jeop- ardized by a constitutional convention initiated and effectuated by a single interest; now therefore be it RESOLVED that the Executive Board of the League of Iowa Municipal- ities opposes the calling of a constitutional convention for; the purpose,u of adding an amendment that places limits on state and'lacal're'venuea;w"' and reaffirms its opposition to such an amendment; and be it further RESOLVED that this resolution be submitted to the membership of the League its at annual convention in September 1980. i 43d MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES N J QTY MANAGER WARciTy spreads as, Officials head he the prlraM sector. fin A q ���number of cities have ttgihk� ParUMts for elect city alswhapd earum rn .about $)D,WD Io XD.OW a year. Mauy moa. ager lite X6 wimams, who left the f�oopp in Saud Monica, QM., cOmplala that alaAea don'( keep Dace'wlth 1131/0011 and budget cnmdm r"bkt WIstlug ability. Re's now aconcem VP- taws requiring disclo- sure of mangers Job; appUcatlous deter J*11pppieg.l.; r NOrmaa RO6erq, Chief Public executive recruiter,for XMVFeM, sea 50% fewer aPPlicants than to IM. And he gets "a cou- 110 Of calls a day',. from.dLgg=Ued city uag maeri Ioating to get'Oul. Paul Resumecag6'b"ac�, Or* Jobs once ettracti i hundreds of.. didates ate tougher to fW, But fhe paucity ofpubflc executfaf is o boon to recruiters: KoWyerry's Rob" mys bwGess jY om Nrks tripleddartap the past fMee yearn, MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES 1 J � i. , Y i q 1 J � - Y i q Bus W, inflow. s-, healed Shin' Boal Riders p iV acc JJA�. M R KARS'9 V U9 OWf Rv"r 3R'0/ THE WALL eraMICTJOOenAL Millions of commuters are sweating out the summer's scorching heat an fancy new buses whose windows are sealed shut. Sealed -window boom malfunctioning alt conditioning and an "unusual, prolonged beat wave" add up to"thb worst of the worst," says Walter Addison, executive dt• rector of Houston's Metropolitan Trandt Au. tharlty. in Houston, where temperatures have soared above 100 degrees Jor much of the Kummer, complaints about air-condition. leg problems—mostly that windows em't be opened—also have eared, to 129 In June and July from 13 in the year-earlier period. "We arrive at our destination Wtingieg wet, nauseated and with headache; Gro- iyn Olsen and Am plores, two Houston sec• retarle, wrote the Houston MTA. 'One Wasson on their bus, Mra. Olsen added, pts so miserable that she takes oft her wig, re. vKeEng a bald head. ]NEW GUM Stiffer Isis D eo the ft often be has Deter so expensive. ..1 ...., •The wlndews on thew buses e because maev traeslrKvKtmm .m to im, wroisrgqulremeets for, cow. "ad - at ' bum,,..,— General Molar WE i ff'{ and Grumman "e corp.'o -retied wlndowe were among the sped- floes, . • . ,. 'rendt managbre, however, ilia woatad air condttionlog that works' r llably, Ind ;bey haven't gotten 16 "We seal here ned that we can't rely on pertection,raad eeW the windows Is reliance on peeYe• Stanley mum of Ina 74W Araciallom flair, log dears more sealed ww" huts ora analog blip use. GM and Mxible have got 6,000 of thepew buses Into service, Includlq about 3,100 hi:the past year. (Well over half Of H"011's bus fleet Is of sealed•wlsdow dedp,) Tbee have been the only hinds of f dl,liie buses transit systems can buy from U.S. bus maters. some otter seated•wlodow btse, including west German products, we alio being used. r But bus makers now are beginning to re - no to rider unhappiness. Using suggesdoat from the tam Antonio, Texas, transit sya- tem, GM has redesigned Its RTS -2's aireoa- didoning system and boosted the systmn's cooling capacity. GM tagm delivering the first of these newly designed buses to VIA Mehopoilmn Tramp, the San Antonio ryF tem, early this month. Grumman Fldble, a Grumman Corp. unit, has made more than 280 engineering changes In the air-conditioning systems of new 870e In recent weeks, says Robert ban- don, FIxible president. Meanwhile, the com- pany has asdgrred nearly 60 people to u vamp existing systems In such places as At- lanta, Houston and Chicago. All these change im'making some transit managers happier;. those in San Antonio, Houston and Atlanta still want sealed windows but with more reliable air cooling. The "Window -Window" Others have different Ideas. FIxble Is supplying New York City with 1,013 new 8% hiss equipped with small windows that can be opened within the large, sealed windows. Some city politicians had succmft* pressed the federal transit agency to slim this feature. Six other cities, Inclufiert Washington, are also showing Interest In what some transit officials have dubbed the "wisdow•wlndow." But even these have ds• veloped the same problem. New. York's Transit Authority reported last week tkat 17 Of the Eget 217 new buses have been take out of service, 2e of them because of aircon. dldonisg pr'oblarm Hot Near the Window But while these changes evolve, many M niter. "The air conditioner on this bas never works," said the driver of a Washing. too (D -C) Usttopolttan Aron. Traaslt As• thorlty's XI bus In Washington after a re• porter boarded recently. The temperance Goldie registered w degree in the shade on the reporteYs handy thermometer. But In his Kent, by a sealed window, the tempera- ture soon rose to 100 degrees, Some commuters have taken matters Into their ere hands. to Houston, rides ken• gan breaking the seab on windows and pushing Wim open, leaving them Eapoeg in the wind as the buses rolled down the bleat. The MTA Itself toot out some wlndown sec drely to riders could get cooler air. This year, the MTA pulls maled•wlndow base with broken air conditioners late the garage, and transit managers ebewhrs de the same. When air condlflooing lose o l an a sealed -window bus, „your bus b dead— you just cannot carry passeagers," Keys Robert Hocken, director of operations for Phoenix Transit . 4901 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR�LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES CITYOFIOWA CITY CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354.180 NEWS RELEASE Human Relations Director Appointed August 22, 1980 City Manager Neal Berlin announced today that Anne Carroll has been appointed to the position of Director of the Human Relations Department for the City of Iowa City. Ms. Carroll has been employed by the City of Davenport since August 1978 as Personnel Generalist/Affirmative Action Coordinator. Her responsi- bilities in this position were concentrated in the areas of affirmative action, policy and program development and administration, and employment and related services. The City received 67 applications for this position, and the Selection Committee was unanimous in the choice of Ms. Carroll as the new director. The Selection Committee was comprised of Mori Costantino and Richard McCartt, members of the Human Rights Commission; Lolly Eggers, Library Director; Bette Meisel, Senior Center Coordinator; Neal Berlin, City Manager; and Dale Helling, Assistant City Manager. Ms. Carroll will begin her employment with the City of Iowa City on September 22, 1980. FROM: Administrative Offices MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES in I�33 L RM MIC ROL AF] LOOKING AHEAD THE ECONOMY As we enter the second half of 1980, we are hopeful that the current economic slowdown will soon be followed by a long period of controlled economic growth—without double digit inflation. During the early part of this year, interest rales and the rate of Inflation increased rapidly. The prime rate reached an all-time high of 20 percent and the rate of inflation soared to a 17 percent annualized rale during the first quarter. The Administration implemented economic policies, particularly a credit restraint policy, and the Federal Reserve reduced the supply of money in another attempt to solve the major problem of inflation. It appears that inflation is abating and, in fact, there may be a month or two during the summer when the consumer price index does not rise at all. The challenge now is to maintain the gains made against inflation over the longer run. We are cautiously optimistic that the expectations and projections of the slowing of Inflation will Increase savings funds at thrill institutions. An Increase in savings is a major element In stabilizing our economy and Increasing our productivity. The recently enacted tax exemption on the first $400 of Interest and dividends, for married couples filing jointly, will serve as a stimulus for increasing savings dollars at thrift Institutions. TAX-DEFERRED ANNUITIES In March, American Federal Introduced a new savings plan, a tax-deferred annuity, which gives our customers a new way to accumulate more savings. A tax-deferred annuity enables you to defer taxes on your earnings which lets your savings grow much faster. Of course, you have to report earnings as Income but you may select the time ... like at retirement when you'll likely be In a lower tax bracket. Please see the back page of this Issue for more Informatlon on the annuity plan now avallable at American Federal. LOOK TO US FOR MORE — NEW SERVICES COMING Also, during the first six months of 1980, one of the most significant pieces of financial legislation since the 1930's was signed Into law. With the Implementation of this comprehensive financial reform bill, American Federal will Introduce many new services, reaffirming our commitment of developing new, meaningful services to meet more of your financial needs. One of the most Important aspects of this reform is that on December 31 of this year, American Federal will offer an account that works lust like a checking account but has the added benefit of paying you 5% interest. A customer will be able to write checks on the account just as they would with a checking account. However, unlike a checking account, they will earn 5% interest. More details about this new account will follow later in the year. In addition to authorizing this new account, the law immediately increased the Insurance limit on savings accounts. Since April, all American Federal savings accounts have been insured up to $100,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), an agency of the federal government. One provision of the new financial reform bill was a federal override of all State usury laws; contained was a provision for states to relaact their individual usury laws upon legislative action. Iowa is one of the few states that has done so. Although, the current usury law is much less restrictive then before, there are still some features, which may prohibit the flow of funds to the Iowa markets. Therefore, we continue to work for the usury law that will best serve our customers and insure the availability of mortgage money for the financing of houses In our market areas. POSSIBLE TAX WITHHOLDING OF INTEREST INCOME On March 14, the Administration recommended to Congress that Income lax dollars be withheld from interest and dividend Income. It this proposal becomes law, it would require that 15 percent of the interest and dividends earned be withheld and remitted to the government. This would Include the money your savings earns at any bank or savings and loan. If passed, it would become effective January 1, 1981. Rather than Imposing a tax withholding plan on savings, we feel that Congress needs to pass laws which serve as Incentives to build savings. I urge you to write to your representative in the U.S. House and to both of Iowa's U.S. Senators, encouraging them to vole against the withholding of taxes from Interest and dividend Income. We look forward to the exciting new challenges and great opportunities we now face. It appears Inflation Is slowing and we soon will begin a new period of strong, controlled economic growth. In addition, American Federal will be able to offer our customers a total package of financial services to meet all their financial needs. Wen W. Hardl� President and Chief Executive Officer r?,© IBM American Federal Savings and .,Loan Association 2 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Look To New Sere On March 31, Presk signed into law a signil financial legislation g to as the Depository I Deregulation and Ma Act of 1980. With th of this new law, Amer be able to offer our c range of financial sor of their financial nee impact of this new In introduction by Ameri an account that work account but pays you interest. A In the last year, of probably seen Ameri air balloon either in vision or In the news and white striped bel song, has visited or B 50 communities and our state in conjuncli civic and community our balloon has been advertising to symbol American Federal pa savings rate than yet bank. This year, Armoric be floating across 10 air balloon, which w the Windsong 11. Cu final steges of produ Ballooning in Indian manufacturer of hot Iowa, Windsong 11 is make Its maiden voy middle part of July. Larger than the while and blue strl will hold 55,000 on which Is approxima feet more than our To build o balloon o approximately 1,50 polyester material, polyurathana, will approximately 5 m aster thrond. The have spent over 50 build American Fa giant of the air. Windsong Il, age A customer will be as they would with a eking account, they this new account will *1""a law Immedlately ccounts. Since April, ve been Insured up to Insurance eral government. bill was a federal was a provision for s upon legislative has done so. ass restrictive then h may prohibit the lore, we continue to our customers and for the financing of REST INCOME nded to Congress I and dividend would require that 15 ed be withheld and elude the money your loan. If passed, It on savings, we feel ,e as Incentives to resentative In the es, encouraging I from Interest and Ien'e's and great rIvices atlon Is slowing and , controlled economic be able to offer our to meet all their Md Look To Us For More— New Services For You On The Horizon On March 31, President Carter signed into law a significant piece of financial legislation generally referred to as the Depository Institutions' Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980. With the implementation of this new law, American Federal will be able to offer our customers a full range of financial services to meet all of their financial needs. The major impact of this new law will be the introduction by American Federal of an account that works like a checking account but pays you 5% daily interest. This and other now services will be an excellent complement to our existing services, including our high - yielding savings and certificate accounts that pay you a higher savings rate than you get at any bank. A Checking Account Service That Pays Interest Beginning December 31, 1980, American Federal will be able to offer its customers a new type of bill -paying or transaction account. This account American Federal's In the lest year, many of you have probably seen American Federal's hot air balloon either in person, on tele- vision or in the newspaper. Our blue and white striped balloon, the Wind - song, has visited or flown over nearly 50 communities and cities throughout our stele in conjunction with various civic and community functions. And, our balloon has been used in our advertising to symbolize that American Federal pays you a higher savings rate than you can gel at any bank. This year, American Federal will be floating across Iowa in a new hot air bafloon, which will be christened the Windsong 11. Currently in the final stages of production by National Ballooning in Indianola, the only manufacturer of hot air balloons in Iowa, Windsong II is scheduled to make its maiden voyage toward the middle port of July. Larger than the Windsong, the rad, while and blue striped Windsong It will hold 85,000 cubic feel of air, which is approximately 9,000 cubic foot more than our original balloon. To build a balloon of this size, approximately 1,500 yards of polyester material, coaled with a polyurethano, will be stitched with approximately 0 miles of poly- ester thread. The mnnufncturer will have spent over 000 man-hours to build American Federal's now gentle giant of the air. Windsong II, again onsily Identified will work exactly like a checking account, but will have the added benefit of paying 5% daily interest. Now, you will be able to earn interest on money you would normally keep in a non-interest bearing checking account. Look for more information on this new service later In the year. This is just one of the new services and products that American Federal will be introducing in the near future. We look forward to the opportunity of expanding our services to better meet our customers' financial needs. And. we invite you to Look To Us For More. New W ��:'� aMFRIr, 1 Gentle (� T iDERAA GianteoA4'3�vAram i by the largo American Fedoral logos, is already scheduled for many appearances this summer and fall. Iowans will find our balloon at events such as Clinton's Bivarboat Days, the West Liberty Fair, the Bix Beidorbecke Festival, the Iowa Slate Fair and Newton's Town and Country Days. When football season hits Iowa again, American Federal's hal air balloon will be soon floating over many of the Iowa, Drake and Iowa State home games. In addition to special appearances such as these, American Federal's hot air balloon will be entered In various competitive events. August 1-9. you're Invited to see the Windsong 11 3 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES compete in the National flat Air Balloon Championship in Inclinable. In honor of the 1980 Championship. American Federal plans to give away a poster depicting some of the competing balloons, including the Windsong 11. It should be available to our customers by the middle of September. We appreciate the many wonderful comments wo have received from our customers about the Windsong and hope that Windsong 11 will find the some friendly faces and bright smiles as it flonts by. So, keep an eye up to the skies for American Federal's red, white and blue striped hot air balloon. WoT be looking for you. Pay -By -Phone ... Because We All Have Better Things To Do Pay -By -Phone, American Federal's telephone bill -paying account, is the most convenient, low cost and efficient way to pay your monthly bills. With Pay -By -Phone, you can pay virtually all of your recurring bills such as Sears, 1. C. Penney, utility companies, Younkors, Master Charge. Just to name a few, all entirely by phone. And, bill -paying money that would normally earn nothing in a checking account now can earn 5'h percent. Over the past four years, Pay -By -Phone has processed over 400,000 payments for thousands of American Federal customers. Pay -By -Phone customers have cited convenience, monthly interest earned. low cost and better control over their financial matters as the most important benefits of Pay -By -Phone. Convenience Of all the benefits of Pay -By -Phone, our customers mention convenience more often then all of the others. Rather than having to spend time writing checks, posting checks, addressing envelopes, supplying account numbers, finding stamps, mailing envelopes, etc., our Pay -By. Phone customers dust call American Federal and we do the rest. Plus, balancing the account each month is easier than with a checking account. The Pay -By -Phone Payment Register, which works like a check register, enables customers to keep a list of all transactions and a running balance of the account, At the end of each month, customers receive a comprehensive, detailed statement which lists all transactions to dated sequence. The statement fists those paid by name and their account number with that company. Instead of having to sort through stacks of chocks to balance their nccaunt, all our customers have to do is compare their register to their detailed stnlo- menl and add in the monthly interest they have earned. Monthly Interest Earned The second most montioned benefit of Pay-By-Phono is the monthly interest customers earn on their bill - paying funds. Instead of allowing their money to sit idle earning nothing. Pay -By -Phone customers use their money to earn more money - 5'h% daily interest. With American Federal's daily compounding, their bill -paying money is earning an effective annual yield of 5.65%. Low Cost Pay -By -Phone customers not only save time by using Pay -By -Phone, but they also save money. Customers choose to pay either $1.50 per month for unlimited transactions, or 15 cents per payment. Considering postage costs and checking account costs, most customers are saving money. Plus, that does not take into effect the 51h% interest they are being paid. Better Control—Better Records Many of our customers state that Pay -By -Phone gives them more control over their financial matters. Pay -By - Phone is a simple bill -paying system that requires less time and effort than paying bills by check, and that also gives customers bettor records than they have with a checking account. The monthly statement shows who a customer pays, by name, and the customer's account number with the merchant or business that they paid. For example, the statement lists that a payment was made to Master Charge on a particular date, the customer's Master Charge account number and the amount of payment. This is far superior to a checking account statement. Plus, payment records for an account for a year consist of 12 easily readable statements rather than stacks of checks that must be sorted. Make your bill paying easier while earning 5'/:% dally Interest on your bill paying money. Open your Pay -By - Phone Account at American Federal. You can find out more and sign up for Pay -By -Phone simply by ceiling or stopping by any American Federal office. Or simply fill out and mail us the facing business reply card. We will send you everything you need to open your Pay -By -Phone Account. We think once you try Pay-By-Phono, you will never go link to oaying bills by check. Our New Iowa City Office On Wednesday, April 2, American Federal began celebrating the Grand Opening of our new downtown Iowa City office. During the next ten days, nearly 6,000 people helped celebrate the opening by trying their luck at unlocking our Vault Full of Prizes. The now full-service facility Is located at the Intersection of Washington and Dubuque Streets in downtown Iowa City, across from the University of Iowa's main campus. its office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The now office is closed on Saturday, but our Lower Muscatine Road office and the Convenience Center in the Mall 4 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS - DES MOINES Shopping Center are still open to serve you on Saturday. With the opening of our downtown Iowa City office, American Federal now hes 15 convenient locations throughout central and eastern Iowa to provide our customers with the best financial services available. As with any of our other offices, all American Federal customers can conduct their savings and/or loan transactions at our downtown Iowa City office, regardless of whore they opened their account, We hope that you'll have a chance to slop by our new office and lot us show you around. We look forward to seeing you. 1: IPOST FI defer taxes on your your savings grow in it is a great addido rounded financial pr particularly appropr who are seeking a s method of accumula Underwritten by the Insurance Company, invest in a tax -defer maintained at Amari high, long-term rates What Are The Of A Tax-Defe Annuity? The earnings on t invest in an annuity during the accu mala j provided that you do DI your principal. Ingle 1 money to Uncle Sam, same high savings re you would have nor taxes. Of course, yo taxes sometime. Dut the time. For exampl decide to start with fund and paying tax earnings after retiro tax bracket will moa Pay-By- Becausl Pay -By -Phone, Am telephone bill -paying most convenient, low efficient way to pay bills. With Pay -By -P. virtually all of your I such as Sears, J. C. f companies, Younker: just to name a few, E phone. And, bill -pay would normally earn checking account nm percent. Over the pe Pay -By -Phone has pr( 400,000 payments fol American Federal cu Pay -By -Phone custc convenience, monthly low cost and better c financial matters as 1 important benefits of Convenience TAX-*** * At American Federal Offer You: * Tax -Deferred Income DEFERRED Jt Guaranteed Guarantaranteeded Growth omw insured ANNUITIES *FlexiblePayoy ,t Flexible Payout Options - Including Guaranteed Income For Life * Periodic Tax -Free Withdrawals ❑ Yes, I would like to learn more about the tax-deferred annuity program available from American Federal. Please send me everything I'll need to sign up for a tax-deferred annuity at American Federal. ❑ I'd like a FREE personalized benefit analysis, showing exactly how a tax-deferred annuity at American Federal would benefit my personal situation. Please send me the form to provide the information you need. \AME. UnY pn Afdvef: ❑ 601l Crvnl, U,wnluwn ❑ 400 Mode avy Rd ❑ 591hlaeulde1 3 ❑ 529 RWvrwR Of all the benefits of Pay -By -Phone, our customers mention convenience more often than all of the others. Rather than having to spend time writing checks, pasting checks, addressing envelopes, supplying account numbers, finding stamps, malling envelopes, etc., our Pay -By. Phone customers just call American Federal and we do the rest. Plus, balancing the account each month Is easier than with a checking account. The Pay -By -Phone Payment Register, which works like a check register, enables customers to keep a list of all transactions and a running balance of the account. At the and of each month, customers receive a comprehensive, detailed statement which lists all transactions in dated sequence. The statement lists those paid by name and their account number with that company. Instead of having to sort through slacks of checks to balance their account, all our customers have to do is compare their register to their detailed slnto- ment and add in the monthly Interest they have earned. Monthly Interest Earned The second most mentioned benefit of Pay -By -Phone is the monthly Records ADDRESS ._ !!Y TnFJ'aaNT I . Arm G W w'n11b Mdnn: ❑ 1R 22Ma1. Adevy: ❑ nnjh.%.TNvin Ceder Rmpi& ❑ 2o0 Mt S1. 5w ❑ MI Third Aln. SE ❑ 2350EQ..nl Rd. Many of our customers stale that Pay -By -Phone gives them more control over their financial matters. Pay -By - Phone is a simple bill -paying system that requires less time and effort than paying bills by check, and that also Iws Uty: ❑ 19ID.W.M¢anfir:o Rd. ❑ 11 1 1 1, u. r11lon ea..p: ❑ I a1 be. Evei 2MY1YRV1: ❑ 90h A..Sth Rd Ulnlon: ❑ JJ) iN AVR. SruN office. Or simply fill out and mail us the facing business reply card. We will send you everything you need to open your Pay -By -Phone Account. We think once you try Pay -By -Phone, you will never go back to paying bills by check. Our New Iowa City Office On Wednesday, April 2, American Federal began celebrating the Grand Opening of our now downtown Iowa City office. During the next ton days, nearly 0,000 people helped celebrate the opening by trying their luck at unlocking our Vault Full of Prizes. The new full-service facility Is located at the intersection of Washington and Dubuque Streets in downtown Iowa City, across from the University of Iowa's main campus. Its office hours are 9:00 a.m, to 0:00 p.m., Monday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The now office Is closed on Saturday, but our Lower Muscatine Rood office and the Convenience Cantor in the Mall 4 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Shopping Center are still open to servo you on Saturday. With the opening of our downtown Iowa City office, American Federal now has 15 convergent locations throughout central and eastern Iowa to provide our customers with the best financial services available. As with any of our other offices, all American Federal customers can conduct their savings and/or loan transactions at our downtown Iowa city office, regardless of whore they opened their account. We hope that you'll have a chance to stop by our now office and lel us show you around. We look forward to seeing you. IBu FIRST CLq defer taxes on your your savings grow m it Is a great additie rounded financial pr particularly appropri who are seeking a e method of accumula Underwritten by the Insurance Company, invest in a taxdefer maintained at Amari high, long-term rates What Are The Of A Tax -Defer Annuity? The earnings on t invest in an annuity during the accumula provided that you do your principal. lasts money to Uncle Sam, same high savings re you would have nor taxes. Of course, yo taxes sometime. Bull, the Ume. For exampl decide to start with fund and paying lax earnings after retire tax bracket will mast 1: i` Pay-By- Becausl Pay -By -Phone, Am telephone bill -paying most convenient, low efficient way to pay bills. With Pay -By -P. virtually all of your I such as Sears, J. C. f companies, Younker: just to name a few, E phone. And, bill -pay would normally earn checking account nm percent. Over the pe Pay -By -Phone has pr( 400,000 payments fol American Federal cu Pay -By -Phone custc convenience, monthly low cost and better c financial matters as 1 important benefits of Convenience TAX-*** * At American Federal Offer You: * Tax -Deferred Income DEFERRED Jt Guaranteed Guarantaranteeded Growth omw insured ANNUITIES *FlexiblePayoy ,t Flexible Payout Options - Including Guaranteed Income For Life * Periodic Tax -Free Withdrawals ❑ Yes, I would like to learn more about the tax-deferred annuity program available from American Federal. Please send me everything I'll need to sign up for a tax-deferred annuity at American Federal. ❑ I'd like a FREE personalized benefit analysis, showing exactly how a tax-deferred annuity at American Federal would benefit my personal situation. Please send me the form to provide the information you need. \AME. UnY pn Afdvef: ❑ 601l Crvnl, U,wnluwn ❑ 400 Mode avy Rd ❑ 591hlaeulde1 3 ❑ 529 RWvrwR Of all the benefits of Pay -By -Phone, our customers mention convenience more often than all of the others. Rather than having to spend time writing checks, pasting checks, addressing envelopes, supplying account numbers, finding stamps, malling envelopes, etc., our Pay -By. Phone customers just call American Federal and we do the rest. Plus, balancing the account each month Is easier than with a checking account. The Pay -By -Phone Payment Register, which works like a check register, enables customers to keep a list of all transactions and a running balance of the account. At the and of each month, customers receive a comprehensive, detailed statement which lists all transactions in dated sequence. The statement lists those paid by name and their account number with that company. Instead of having to sort through slacks of checks to balance their account, all our customers have to do is compare their register to their detailed slnto- ment and add in the monthly Interest they have earned. Monthly Interest Earned The second most mentioned benefit of Pay -By -Phone is the monthly Records ADDRESS ._ !!Y TnFJ'aaNT I . Arm G W w'n11b Mdnn: ❑ 1R 22Ma1. Adevy: ❑ nnjh.%.TNvin Ceder Rmpi& ❑ 2o0 Mt S1. 5w ❑ MI Third Aln. SE ❑ 2350EQ..nl Rd. Many of our customers stale that Pay -By -Phone gives them more control over their financial matters. Pay -By - Phone is a simple bill -paying system that requires less time and effort than paying bills by check, and that also Iws Uty: ❑ 19ID.W.M¢anfir:o Rd. ❑ 11 1 1 1, u. r11lon ea..p: ❑ I a1 be. Evei 2MY1YRV1: ❑ 90h A..Sth Rd Ulnlon: ❑ JJ) iN AVR. SruN office. Or simply fill out and mail us the facing business reply card. We will send you everything you need to open your Pay -By -Phone Account. We think once you try Pay -By -Phone, you will never go back to paying bills by check. Our New Iowa City Office On Wednesday, April 2, American Federal began celebrating the Grand Opening of our now downtown Iowa City office. During the next ton days, nearly 0,000 people helped celebrate the opening by trying their luck at unlocking our Vault Full of Prizes. The new full-service facility Is located at the intersection of Washington and Dubuque Streets in downtown Iowa City, across from the University of Iowa's main campus. Its office hours are 9:00 a.m, to 0:00 p.m., Monday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The now office Is closed on Saturday, but our Lower Muscatine Rood office and the Convenience Cantor in the Mall 4 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Shopping Center are still open to servo you on Saturday. With the opening of our downtown Iowa City office, American Federal now has 15 convergent locations throughout central and eastern Iowa to provide our customers with the best financial services available. As with any of our other offices, all American Federal customers can conduct their savings and/or loan transactions at our downtown Iowa city office, regardless of whore they opened their account. We hope that you'll have a chance to stop by our now office and lel us show you around. We look forward to seeing you. IBu FIRST CLq defer taxes on your your savings grow m it Is a great additie rounded financial pr particularly appropri who are seeking a e method of accumula Underwritten by the Insurance Company, invest in a taxdefer maintained at Amari high, long-term rates What Are The Of A Tax -Defer Annuity? The earnings on t invest in an annuity during the accumula provided that you do your principal. lasts money to Uncle Sam, same high savings re you would have nor taxes. 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Please send me everything I'll need to sign up for a tax-deferred annuity at American Federal. ❑ I'd like a FREE personalized benefit analysis, showing exactly how a tax-deferred annuity at American Federal would benefit my personal situation. Please send me the form to provide the information you need. \AME. UnY pn Afdvef: ❑ 601l Crvnl, U,wnluwn ❑ 400 Mode avy Rd ❑ 591hlaeulde1 3 ❑ 529 RWvrwR Of all the benefits of Pay -By -Phone, our customers mention convenience more often than all of the others. Rather than having to spend time writing checks, pasting checks, addressing envelopes, supplying account numbers, finding stamps, malling envelopes, etc., our Pay -By. Phone customers just call American Federal and we do the rest. Plus, balancing the account each month Is easier than with a checking account. The Pay -By -Phone Payment Register, which works like a check register, enables customers to keep a list of all transactions and a running balance of the account. At the and of each month, customers receive a comprehensive, detailed statement which lists all transactions in dated sequence. The statement lists those paid by name and their account number with that company. Instead of having to sort through slacks of checks to balance their account, all our customers have to do is compare their register to their detailed slnto- ment and add in the monthly Interest they have earned. Monthly Interest Earned The second most mentioned benefit of Pay -By -Phone is the monthly Records ADDRESS ._ !!Y TnFJ'aaNT I . Arm G W w'n11b Mdnn: ❑ 1R 22Ma1. Adevy: ❑ nnjh.%.TNvin Ceder Rmpi& ❑ 2o0 Mt S1. 5w ❑ MI Third Aln. SE ❑ 2350EQ..nl Rd. Many of our customers stale that Pay -By -Phone gives them more control over their financial matters. Pay -By - Phone is a simple bill -paying system that requires less time and effort than paying bills by check, and that also Iws Uty: ❑ 19ID.W.M¢anfir:o Rd. ❑ 11 1 1 1, u. r11lon ea..p: ❑ I a1 be. Evei 2MY1YRV1: ❑ 90h A..Sth Rd Ulnlon: ❑ JJ) iN AVR. SruN office. Or simply fill out and mail us the facing business reply card. We will send you everything you need to open your Pay -By -Phone Account. We think once you try Pay -By -Phone, you will never go back to paying bills by check. Our New Iowa City Office On Wednesday, April 2, American Federal began celebrating the Grand Opening of our now downtown Iowa City office. During the next ton days, nearly 0,000 people helped celebrate the opening by trying their luck at unlocking our Vault Full of Prizes. The new full-service facility Is located at the intersection of Washington and Dubuque Streets in downtown Iowa City, across from the University of Iowa's main campus. Its office hours are 9:00 a.m, to 0:00 p.m., Monday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The now office Is closed on Saturday, but our Lower Muscatine Rood office and the Convenience Cantor in the Mall 4 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES Shopping Center are still open to servo you on Saturday. With the opening of our downtown Iowa City office, American Federal now has 15 convergent locations throughout central and eastern Iowa to provide our customers with the best financial services available. As with any of our other offices, all American Federal customers can conduct their savings and/or loan transactions at our downtown Iowa city office, regardless of whore they opened their account. We hope that you'll have a chance to stop by our now office and lel us show you around. We look forward to seeing you. IBu FIRST CLq defer taxes on your your savings grow m it Is a great additie rounded financial pr particularly appropri who are seeking a e method of accumula Underwritten by the Insurance Company, invest in a taxdefer maintained at Amari high, long-term rates What Are The Of A Tax -Defer Annuity? The earnings on t invest in an annuity during the accumula provided that you do your principal. lasts money to Uncle Sam, same high savings re you would have nor taxes. Of course, yo taxes sometime. Bull, the Ume. For exampl decide to start with fund and paying lax earnings after retire tax bracket will mast available from a tax-deferred a tax-deferred , Ise send me the 1 nron Cato Is3o w,.ot SJu U. Rd. 131 E W.W,,Wn 511 ut Am Ent WI Eut xcmIv ly Rd. l'I ilh Ave. Sash fill out and mail us Is reply card. We you need to Phone Account. We Pay -By -Phone, you k to paying bills by are Still open to rdey. ng of our downtown American Federal anlent to t1maa Hand eastern Lowe slamers with the rvices available. As other offices, all J at customers can 1 vings andlorloan our downtown Iowa rdless of where they Dunt you'll have a chance aw office and lot us d. We look forward BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FIRST CLASS PERMIT NO. 1131 DES MOINES, IOWA POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE EDER�ALN4fA GSD LOAN ASSOCIATION 601 Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50307 defer taxes on your earnings and lets your savings grow much fester. And, it is a great addition to a well- rounded financial program. It's particularly appropriate for those who are seeking a safe and secure method of accumulating money. Underwritten by the World Book Life Insurance Company, the funds you invest in a lax -deferred annuity are maintained at American Federal for high, long-term rales of return. What Are The Advantages Of A Tax -Deferred Annuity? The earnings on the money you invest in an annuity are not taxed during the accumulation period, provided that you do not withdraw your principal. Instead of giving money to Uncle Sam, you earn our same high savings rate on money that you would have normally paid out in taxes. Of course, you'll have to pay taxes sometime. But, you got to pick the time. For example, you may decide to start withdrawing from your fund and paying taxes on the earnings after retirement, when your tax bracket will most likely be lower. a Y aral f $10,000 at a 10% I a lax -deferred at American cable program with a and (C) a taxable io% lax bracket. nding). A•$102.677 it B-$59,041 )N - $25,OB0 0 /* C•S361004 u 6-$20,345 C-$16,693 5 10 15 YEARS Availability Of Tax -Deferred Annuities A tax-doforred annuity program from American Federal is an excellent complement to a sound financial plan. To learn what o tax- deferred annuity program at American Federal might mean to you 5 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LA9 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES with your particular circumstances, fill out the enclosed postage -paid business reply card. Or, you can call or slop by any American Federal office. Our Tax -Deferred Annuity counselors welcome the opportunity to serve you, to answer questions you may have or to set up your plan. Pay -By -Phone, Am telephone bill -paying most convenient, lox efficient way to pay bills. With Pay -By -P virtually all of your: such as Sears, j. C. 1 companies, Younker. just to name a few, , phone. And, bill -pay would normally earr checking account no percent. Over the p Pay -By -Phone has pr 400,000 payments fr American Federal c Pay -By -Phone cost convenience, month] low cost and better financial matters as important benefits o Convenience .sem^pA0 t.✓1 -P...'_7tdf_!7,77r rte-'- PAYEY PHONE® Because we all have better things to do. With Pay -By -Phone you eliminate the bill paying hassles of writing checks — gathering envelopes and stamps, addressing envelopes and looking for a mailbox. Instead, you simply pick up the telephone and we do the rest. You can cul bill paying times to minutes. Plus your bill paying money will be earning 51/2% daily interest. ❑ Please send me everything I'll need to sign up for Pay -By -Phone. ❑ Please send me additional information about Pay -By -Phone. NAME __ ADI1NF_SS Am. Ode Hone, wW:u1n 2wr A.,..,. Fah,rnl drv., De.sidnee: ❑ 61h A nr..A. W.I.W. ❑ 4615 53.11. Ilny Hd. ❑ sN' 91h A Guldur ❑ 2539Inpurw11 Of all the benefits of Pay -By -Phone, our customers mention convenience more often than all of the others. Rather than having to spend time writing checks, posting checks, addressing envelopes, supplying account numbers, finding stamps, mailing envelopes, etc., our Pay -By - Phone customers just call American Federal and we do the rest. Plus, balancing the account each month Is easier than with a checking account. The Pay -By -Phone Payment Register, which works like a check register, enables customers to keep a list of all transactions and a running balance of the account. Al the end of each month, customers receive a comprehensive, detailed statement which lists all transactions in doted sequence, The statement lists those paid by name and their account number with that company. Instead of having to sort through stocks of chocks to balance their nccount, all our customers have to do is compare their register to their detailed state- ment and odd in the monthly interest they have earned. Monthly Interest Earned The second most montioned benefit of Pay -By -Phone is the monthly Records west lk .%tdnes: ❑ IALU 22.1 St. Imv. City: Ci 19N Loe'nr Almcntln. HA. Ankeny: P. Fnt A N. TNMn ❑ 122 F WmNnpmn Cedar R.piAc ❑ 2W Fem1 St. Sx' Newton: ❑ 511 1st Avo.. East ❑ Atl TNNAv..sE Dmenpml: ❑ Wl Eied HiinWly Rd. ❑ 3250 FAt,.,. l Rd Liman: ❑ 222 41h Ave. South Many of our customers slate that Pay -By -Phone gives them more control over their financial matters. Pay -By - Phone is a simple bill -paying system that requires less time and effort than paying bills by check, and that also office. Or simply fill out and mail us the facing business reply card. We will send you everything you need to open your Pay -By -Phone Account. We think once you try Pay -By -Phone, you will never go back to paying bills by check. Our New Iowa City Office On Wednesday, April 2, American Federal began celebrating the Grand Opening of our new downtown town City office. During the next ten days, nearly 0,000 people helped celebrate the opening by frying their luck at unlocking our Vault Full of Prizes. The now full-service facility Is located at the Intersection of Washington and Dubuque Streets in downtown Iowa City, across from the University of Iowa's main campus. Its office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 0:00 p.m., Monday and 9:00 a.m, to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The now office is closed on Saturday, but our Lower Muscatine Road office and the Convenience Center In the Mall 4 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS a DES MOINES Shopping Center are still open to servo you on Saturday. With the opening of our downtown Iowa City office, American Federal now has 15 convenient locations throughout central and eastern Iowa to provide our customers with the best financial services available. As with any of our other offices, all American Federal customers can conduct their savings and/or loan transactions at our downtown Iowa City office, regardless of where they opened their account. We hope that you'll have a chance to slop by our now office and lel us show you around. We look forward to seeing you. to k4 of tql it the ■ tax ■ `.-Pay-I `'_ Because Pay -By -Phone, Am telephone bill -paying most convenient, lox efficient way to pay bills. With Pay -By -P virtually all of your: such as Sears, j. C. 1 companies, Younker. just to name a few, , phone. And, bill -pay would normally earr checking account no percent. Over the p Pay -By -Phone has pr 400,000 payments fr American Federal c Pay -By -Phone cost convenience, month] low cost and better financial matters as important benefits o Convenience .sem^pA0 t.✓1 -P...'_7tdf_!7,77r rte-'- PAYEY PHONE® Because we all have better things to do. With Pay -By -Phone you eliminate the bill paying hassles of writing checks — gathering envelopes and stamps, addressing envelopes and looking for a mailbox. Instead, you simply pick up the telephone and we do the rest. You can cul bill paying times to minutes. Plus your bill paying money will be earning 51/2% daily interest. ❑ Please send me everything I'll need to sign up for Pay -By -Phone. ❑ Please send me additional information about Pay -By -Phone. NAME __ ADI1NF_SS Am. Ode Hone, wW:u1n 2wr A.,..,. Fah,rnl drv., De.sidnee: ❑ 61h A nr..A. W.I.W. ❑ 4615 53.11. Ilny Hd. ❑ sN' 91h A Guldur ❑ 2539Inpurw11 Of all the benefits of Pay -By -Phone, our customers mention convenience more often than all of the others. Rather than having to spend time writing checks, posting checks, addressing envelopes, supplying account numbers, finding stamps, mailing envelopes, etc., our Pay -By - Phone customers just call American Federal and we do the rest. Plus, balancing the account each month Is easier than with a checking account. The Pay -By -Phone Payment Register, which works like a check register, enables customers to keep a list of all transactions and a running balance of the account. Al the end of each month, customers receive a comprehensive, detailed statement which lists all transactions in doted sequence, The statement lists those paid by name and their account number with that company. Instead of having to sort through stocks of chocks to balance their nccount, all our customers have to do is compare their register to their detailed state- ment and odd in the monthly interest they have earned. Monthly Interest Earned The second most montioned benefit of Pay -By -Phone is the monthly Records west lk .%tdnes: ❑ IALU 22.1 St. Imv. City: Ci 19N Loe'nr Almcntln. HA. Ankeny: P. Fnt A N. TNMn ❑ 122 F WmNnpmn Cedar R.piAc ❑ 2W Fem1 St. Sx' Newton: ❑ 511 1st Avo.. East ❑ Atl TNNAv..sE Dmenpml: ❑ Wl Eied HiinWly Rd. ❑ 3250 FAt,.,. l Rd Liman: ❑ 222 41h Ave. South Many of our customers slate that Pay -By -Phone gives them more control over their financial matters. Pay -By - Phone is a simple bill -paying system that requires less time and effort than paying bills by check, and that also office. Or simply fill out and mail us the facing business reply card. We will send you everything you need to open your Pay -By -Phone Account. We think once you try Pay -By -Phone, you will never go back to paying bills by check. Our New Iowa City Office On Wednesday, April 2, American Federal began celebrating the Grand Opening of our new downtown town City office. During the next ten days, nearly 0,000 people helped celebrate the opening by frying their luck at unlocking our Vault Full of Prizes. The now full-service facility Is located at the Intersection of Washington and Dubuque Streets in downtown Iowa City, across from the University of Iowa's main campus. Its office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 0:00 p.m., Monday and 9:00 a.m, to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The now office is closed on Saturday, but our Lower Muscatine Road office and the Convenience Center In the Mall 4 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS a DES MOINES Shopping Center are still open to servo you on Saturday. With the opening of our downtown Iowa City office, American Federal now has 15 convenient locations throughout central and eastern Iowa to provide our customers with the best financial services available. As with any of our other offices, all American Federal customers can conduct their savings and/or loan transactions at our downtown Iowa City office, regardless of where they opened their account. We hope that you'll have a chance to slop by our now office and lel us show you around. We look forward to seeing you. to k4 of tql it the ■ tax ■ i L t Pay -By -Phone, Am telephone bill -paying most convenient, lox efficient way to pay bills. With Pay -By -P virtually all of your: such as Sears, j. C. 1 companies, Younker. just to name a few, , phone. And, bill -pay would normally earr checking account no percent. Over the p Pay -By -Phone has pr 400,000 payments fr American Federal c Pay -By -Phone cost convenience, month] low cost and better financial matters as important benefits o Convenience .sem^pA0 t.✓1 -P...'_7tdf_!7,77r rte-'- PAYEY PHONE® Because we all have better things to do. With Pay -By -Phone you eliminate the bill paying hassles of writing checks — gathering envelopes and stamps, addressing envelopes and looking for a mailbox. Instead, you simply pick up the telephone and we do the rest. You can cul bill paying times to minutes. Plus your bill paying money will be earning 51/2% daily interest. ❑ Please send me everything I'll need to sign up for Pay -By -Phone. ❑ Please send me additional information about Pay -By -Phone. NAME __ ADI1NF_SS Am. Ode Hone, wW:u1n 2wr A.,..,. Fah,rnl drv., De.sidnee: ❑ 61h A nr..A. W.I.W. ❑ 4615 53.11. Ilny Hd. ❑ sN' 91h A Guldur ❑ 2539Inpurw11 Of all the benefits of Pay -By -Phone, our customers mention convenience more often than all of the others. Rather than having to spend time writing checks, posting checks, addressing envelopes, supplying account numbers, finding stamps, mailing envelopes, etc., our Pay -By - Phone customers just call American Federal and we do the rest. Plus, balancing the account each month Is easier than with a checking account. The Pay -By -Phone Payment Register, which works like a check register, enables customers to keep a list of all transactions and a running balance of the account. Al the end of each month, customers receive a comprehensive, detailed statement which lists all transactions in doted sequence, The statement lists those paid by name and their account number with that company. Instead of having to sort through stocks of chocks to balance their nccount, all our customers have to do is compare their register to their detailed state- ment and odd in the monthly interest they have earned. Monthly Interest Earned The second most montioned benefit of Pay -By -Phone is the monthly Records west lk .%tdnes: ❑ IALU 22.1 St. Imv. City: Ci 19N Loe'nr Almcntln. HA. Ankeny: P. Fnt A N. TNMn ❑ 122 F WmNnpmn Cedar R.piAc ❑ 2W Fem1 St. Sx' Newton: ❑ 511 1st Avo.. East ❑ Atl TNNAv..sE Dmenpml: ❑ Wl Eied HiinWly Rd. ❑ 3250 FAt,.,. l Rd Liman: ❑ 222 41h Ave. South Many of our customers slate that Pay -By -Phone gives them more control over their financial matters. Pay -By - Phone is a simple bill -paying system that requires less time and effort than paying bills by check, and that also office. Or simply fill out and mail us the facing business reply card. We will send you everything you need to open your Pay -By -Phone Account. We think once you try Pay -By -Phone, you will never go back to paying bills by check. Our New Iowa City Office On Wednesday, April 2, American Federal began celebrating the Grand Opening of our new downtown town City office. During the next ten days, nearly 0,000 people helped celebrate the opening by frying their luck at unlocking our Vault Full of Prizes. The now full-service facility Is located at the Intersection of Washington and Dubuque Streets in downtown Iowa City, across from the University of Iowa's main campus. Its office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 0:00 p.m., Monday and 9:00 a.m, to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The now office is closed on Saturday, but our Lower Muscatine Road office and the Convenience Center In the Mall 4 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS a DES MOINES Shopping Center are still open to servo you on Saturday. With the opening of our downtown Iowa City office, American Federal now has 15 convenient locations throughout central and eastern Iowa to provide our customers with the best financial services available. As with any of our other offices, all American Federal customers can conduct their savings and/or loan transactions at our downtown Iowa City office, regardless of where they opened their account. We hope that you'll have a chance to slop by our now office and lel us show you around. We look forward to seeing you. to k4 of tql it the ■ tax ■ fDE ERRED ANNUITIES In March, American Federal introduced a way for our customers to keep taxes from whittling away at their savings every year. It's called a Tax -Deferred Annuity. What Is A Tax -Deferred Annuity? With a tax-deferred annuity plan, you combine the benefits of guaranteed, high -yielding savings certificates with the tax advantages of tax-deferred annuities. A tax- deferred annuity plan enables you to defer taxes on your earnings and lets your savings grow much faster. And, it is a great addition to a well- rounded financial program. It's particularly appropriate for those who are seeking a safe and secure method of accumulating money. Underwritten by the World Book Life Insurance Company, the funds you invest in a tax-deferred annuity are maintained at American Federal for high, long-term rales of return. What Are The Advantages Of A Tax -Deferred Annuity? The earnings on the money you invest in an annuity are not laxed during the accumulation period, provided that you do not withdraw your principal. Instead of giving money to Uncle Sam, you earn our same high savings rate on money that you would have normally paid out in taxes. Of course, you'll have to pay taxes sometime. But, you got to pick the time. For example, you may decide to start withdrawing from your fund and paying taxes on the earnings after retirement, when your tax bracket will most likely be lower. Save More With A Tax -Deferred Annuity From American Federal The chart below clearly shows the accumulation benefits of a lax - deferred annuity and illustrates how much faster your fund will grow in an annuity than it would in a certificate without the annuity. It presents $1 (A) the growth of $10,000 at a 10% savings rate with a lax -deferred annuity program at American Federal, (B) a taxable program with e 30% lax bracket and (C) a taxable program with a 50% tax bracket. $10,000 Invested at 10.00% (dally compounding). A•$102,677 * 8.$59,041 /Yr C436,004 A•525,080 a /�, Or 13320,345 �* C.$16,693 5 10 15 YEARS Availability Of Tax -Deferred Annuities A lax -deferred annuity program from American Federal is an excellent complement to a sound financial plan. To learn what a lax - deferred annuity program at American Federal might moan to you 5 MICROFILMED DY JORM MICR;LAB CEDAR RAPIDS DES MOINES with your particular circumstances, fill out the enclosed poslago-paid business reply card. Or,'you can call or stop by any American Federal office. Our Tax -Deferred Annuity Counselors welcome the opportunity to serve you, to answer questions you may have or to sol up your plan. oc During the pest decade, many of Iowa's cities have been working towards improving and revitalizing their downtown business districts. Cities such as Iowa City, Des Moines, Ceder Rapids and Devenport are promoting the redevelopment of their downtown cores in order to improve the economic vitality of these areas. A key to the completion of these revitalization plans hes been obtaining the necessary funds. Along with public funds, private investment groups and local businessmen have contributed financially to renovating the downtown areas. In addition, some financial institutions, such as American Federal, have provided low cost commercial loans to stimulate the growth of the inner city. In a relatively short period of time. Iowa's downtown districts have begun to lake on a new look. During the early 80's, the majority of these redevelopment projects will be completed, and it is believed that Iowa's central business districts will once again be the heart of these communities' activity. Iowa City Many of the redevelopment plans for downtown Iowa City have been completed, and those that are currently under development are nearing completion. Some of the major public and private improvement projects include a City Plaza, a new downtown shopping mall and now parking facilities. The City Plaza, completed lest year, is the core of the redevelopment area. It is a 3 1/2 block pedestrian mail located on College and Dubuque Streets across from the University of Iowa's main campus. To enhance the pedestrian traffic and downtown shopping onvironmenl, the Plaza has boon "slroatscaped" with trees, shrubs, pnrk benches and bicycle stands. West of the City Plaza, between Capitol and Clinton Sheets, the Old Capitol Center, an enclosed shopping mall, is currently under construction. The Cantor is scheduled to open In October of this year and will contain Younkers and I. C. Penney stores along with approximately 50 other retail shops. Immediately adjacent to the Old Capitol Center is a new 900car parking ramp. A hotellretall complex will be built on the east side of the City Plaza. The hotel will contain 150 rooms, e restaurant and a lounge. The adjacent retail complex will be the new home of Armstrong's, a Cedar Rapids -based department store, along with other small shops. A 450 -car parking ramp is currently under construction and should be reedy by October of this year. In addition to commercial development, a new Iowa City Public Library is currently under construction as is a now Senior Center, which is housed in the old Post Office building at the corner of Linn and Washington Streets. Plus, major now residential developments have been included in the redevelopment plans. By the end of 1981, the resurrection of down- town Iowa City will be completed. Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids has one of the strongest contra] business districts in the Midwest. Downtown merchants and city planners have worked together to maintain a viable downtown core. As a result, it is nearly impossible to find n vacant storofroni business location within the heart of the city. The capstone of Cedar Rapids' downtown redevelopment has been the construction of the 16 -story Slouffer's Hotel and adjoining Five Seasons Civic Center, which opened last year. The hotel/community center complex is connected to three different parking facilities that can, in total, accommodate over 1,200 cars. The Five Seasons Center/Flotel is connected to the downtown shopping area via enclosed pedestrian overpasses or skywalks. According to the overall renewal plans for the city, there will be a skywalk system that will connect virtually all of the downtown stores, office buildings and parking ramps. Along Second Street between Second and Fourth Avenues, the redevelopment plans call for an enclosed shopping center called the Five Seasons Moil. The two•block- long, two-story structure will include the current Armstrong's and Killian Department Stores as well as space for between 40 and 60 small retail shops. Once the financing has been obtained, the mail can be completed within 18 months. Connected to the proposed Five Seasons Mall will be a Ground Transportation Cantor. Located on the square block area of Fourth Avenue and Second Street, the plans call for the transportation cantor to be located on the ground level. The second floor of the center will be devoted to retall space, which would also be an oxtonsion of the second MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR¢LAE3 CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES I floor of the Five Seasons Mall. Two lowers, one for office space and the other for residential housing, will be buill above the center. Financing hes been obtained for the first phase of Us center and it should be completed by the end of 1901. Once the redevelopment plans for the downtown area are completed, the city planners feel that downtown Cedar Rapids will be able to compete effectively with the two shopping malls located to the east and west of the area. In fact, they feel that the competition will be quite healthy, making Ceder Rapids a shopper's paradise. Davenport Davenport's downtown area is unique in the Quad Cities since it has accessibility to the Mississippi River. As part of the overall plan, the city intends to "re -make the riverfronl into a more pleasant area, attractive and accessible to downtown workers and visitors, and with better utilization of this valuable land as a site for downtown housing combined with parking." Basically, the plan calls for an expansion of LeClaire Park with new pedestrian and bicycle paths, a new plaza constructed at the and of Main Street and extensive landscaping. However, these plans require federal financing for flood control, which Congress has not yet approved. Part of Davenport's revitalization plans include a Ground Transportation Center located on the square -block along Harrison Street between Second Street and West River Drive. In addition, a 230 -room hotel with associated retail space, office facilities, a community college and a 500 -space parking ramp will be constructed adjacent to the center. The third major Improvement project for downtown Davenport Is an activities center complex on East Third Strain between Brady and Parry Streets. If financing Is obtained, the complex will consist of the RKO Orpheum Theater which will be rannovalod Into a performing arts center, a 44,000 -square -tool convention center and an enclosed shopping arcade Inndscaped with trees and gardens. The entire complex would be connected vin a skywalk to the renovated Blackhawk Hotel, a Davenport landmark. These and other projects should increase the number of people coming into the downtown area. Though Davenport's downtown district may not be the retail center of the city, it will hold title as the community's activity center. Des Moines The central business district of Des Moines, generally defined by Tenth and Fourth Streets between Keosauqua Way and Mulberry Streets, has been undergoing gradual redevelopment over the past three years, and city planers have redevelopment projects mapped out that will not be completed until the mid -1980's. Many of these projects are under way and today. the core of downtown Des Moines is a hodge podge of activity es old buildings are demolished and replaced by new ones. The Des Moines Marriott, located across from the Ruan Center on Seventh Street between Grand Avenue and Locust Street, will be the largest hotel in the downtown area. The 32 -story building will consist of 416 rooms, two restaurants, lounges, complete convention facilities and an Indoor recreation area. The hotel will be connected via a skywalk to the Locust Street Parking Garage and Arcade locnled next to the Younkors Department Store. Al the eastern edge of the downtown core, on Fifth Street between Walnut end Locust Streets, the city planners have proposed a development dubbed "'Tho Square." The proposal calls for a two-laval "winter garden" shopping plaza MICROFILMED BY JORM MICR+LAB CEDAR RAPIDS • DES MOINES featuring specialty shops and restaurants sheltered by a two-story glass enclosure overlooking the Civic Center and Nollen Plaza. In addition to the retail space, The Square would also provide about 400.000-square- 00,000-squaro-feel factof office space. Other projects proposed or under ' construction for the downtown Des Moines area include an expansion of pi�yrii Veterans Auditorium, an enclosed A-` two-story mall along Wnlnul Street " y. between Fifth and Seventh Streets, ,K;yr;fs residential housing for the elderly at the corner of Grand Avenue and Fifth Street, a Fourth Street Parking Garage 10 serve the Civic Center area and the recently remodeled Savory =s..' Hotel, an annex to the Ruan Center and luxury residential housing located throughout the downtown area. ,-;;+,x.-•,�, Many of Des Moines' revitalization projects are still in the planning stage, but the leaders of the cityil°' recognize the need of a planned downtown community. Projects such as a city-wide skywalk system and an "Old Town" section are currently being discussed, and within three or four years, downtown Des Moines will have a totally new look. +„ The major cities of Iowa are not the only communities working�� n!>l towards revitalizing their downtown cores. Communities such as Canton, Dubuque, Waterloo and Carroll, to name a few, have plans underway to create an attractive downtown area. During the eighties, Iowans throughout the state will rediscover the thrill of "going downtown" to work, to ploy and to enjoy their community. B /u AMERICAN "� u.s. lk PostageRate FEDERAL PAID SAVINGS Permit No. 78 .n.". 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