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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-12-10 Correspondence Marian Karr From: James Lewis [lewis@performanceweb.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:27 PM To: cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: FW: City and County Innovations Advisory Good Afternoon. I am writing you today because I know you are deeply involved in the management of your government's operations and I thought you'd be very interested in the 2003 City and County Innovations Summit. This forum will bring together a faculty of public administrators from cities and counties across the nation - local governments who have faced revenue shortfalls and actually improved their citizen services. You can do the same. Would you like to see a copy of the agenda? I can email it to you if you are interested. Please let me know. Thanks for your time! Have a great day. James The 2003 City and County Innovations Summit. www.cityandcounty.org Dates: March 3-5, 2003 Location: U.S. Grant, A Wyndham Historic Hotel, San Diego, CA If there is one problem that municipalities nationwide are facing right this year, it is how to cope with revenue shortfalls while meeting the demands of rising citizen expectations. There is no doubt this is a very difficult dilemma, but it is forcing some of America's cities and counties to come up with very innovative solutions. Create local solutions for your local problems! Attend CCIS 2003! Emerge with Leading Innovations in Key Management Areas: PERFORMANCE MEASURES Acquire model performance measures and learn how to use them to "manage for results" PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS Achieve savings through privatization and outsourcing of functions, while ensuring quality service and employee protection PROCUREMENT Utilize bulk purchasing vehicles and performance-based contracting to get the biggest bang for your buck 1 e-GOVERNMENT Harness the power of leading IT solutions to deliver important services to citizens and streamline internal operations PERSONNEL EVALUATION Craft individual employee performance plans to enhance accountability PERFORMANCE BUDGETING Use a results-driven methodology to determine program budget allocations STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT Overcome human capital challenges with effective planning, targeting and staff development Featuring 60 Presentation Sessions by Over 100 Leading City and County Management Experts on the Latest Best Practices Key Speakers Include: - Mayor Thomas Menino, City of Boston, MA* - David Smith, County Administrative Officer, Maricopa Co., AZ - Deborah Neff, CIO, City of Philadelphia, PA - Carl D. DeMaio, The Performance Institute/Reason Foundation - Ann Eilbracht, City of Minneapolis, MN - Michael Armstrong, CIO, City of Des Moines, IA * Invited Space at this year's Sub,nit will be limited. Don't miss out on the innovations that executive program staffs in municipalities across the country will be talking about! REGISTRATION DISCOUNT Early registration discounts, and group packages are available. Contact James Lewis at (703) 519-6270 x201 or email him at lewis@performanceweb.org for more information. Your registration discount code is P163-JL. www.cityandcounty.org Marian Karr From: almurtda almuntdr [kumeel9@hotmail,com] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:53 AM To: lisa-mo[lenhauer@iowa-city.org; council@iowa-city.org; steve-atkins@iowa-city.org Subject: human rights in UNHCR/JORDAN dear sir/madam, greetings, i am iraqi nationalty ,i had submeted to refugee status in UNHCR here (in jordan kingdom) since more than 4 years ,and i had got a rejections some times .then i appealed my claim more than 3 times with so much indicaters >and evedences but i had got finally rejections ,now i am without protection card and my passport is fenished before some weeks !!so i dont have any documents that i can by it to stay in jordan kingdom !!so may be in anytime i will been displacing byforce to iraq!and this is mean torture then killed in iraq! !so plesae could you help me by contacting with any organizations or agencies in the world that recarding with human rights or jordanian goverment because my voice is very poor while your voice are strong in the world.and i am sure that is there are some defectiveness in UNHCR office my file nomber in UNHCR here:802/99 my phone :00962795305254 address of UNHCR/JORDAN: P.O. Box 17101, ~man 11195, Jordan United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees- ~man office ~nan, Jordan Fax: (962-6) 569-1915 dear sir/madam, please just click en this webcites : http://www.geecities.cem/refugees_in_jordan 1/UN.html?1033226523920 www.geocities.cem/alkefaaa82/un newl.zip The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page features/junkmail Marian Karr From: Larson, Michael [LarsMi@ncs.com] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:22 PM To: 'council@iowa-city.org' Subject: Iowa City Budget I would like to review the Iowa City budget. Where is this available, and can a copy be made? Thank you for your time. Michael Larson ACT Product Line Project Director LarsMi@ncs.com (319) 339-6660 This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, Please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. Marian Karr ~ From: Larson, Michael [LarsMi@ncs.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 12:25 PM To: 'council@iowa-city.org' Subject: Iowa City Dog Park I would like to inquire as to the possibility of the City of Iowa City building a dog park within the city limits. Thank you. Michael Larson 1913 Gryn Drive Iowa City, IA 52246 319-358-7818 mslarso@yahoo.com This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, Please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. Marian Karr From: Dr. Pete Wallace [pete.wallace@mercyic.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:11 AM To: council@iowa-city.org; jeanine@iccsd.k12.ia.us Subject: Voting permits Ernie, Dee, Connie, Steven, Irvin, Ross and Mike, Last spring I attended Jeanine Redlinger's class, State and Local Government, at City High. I suspect most of you have done the same. The project presented that day was on the voting permit, the ability of local municipalities to allow 17-year olds to vote in school-related elections (school board, bond, etc). I knew nothing of this issue, but by the end of the class was sold on the concept. I arranged to have the four young ladies and Jeanine do a workshop on the same topic at the Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) annual meeting last month. It was well done, and very well received by the school board members from across the state who were in attendance. It appears that in order for a municipality to do this, there must be enabling legislation from the state to allow it. Keep in mind this is voluntary, and legislation only permits a local decision if desired. Joe Bolkcom has offered to draft a bill and introduce it next month. One of the Board of IASB and also a legislator in the House moderated our workshop, and offered to rally support in her chamber. She did make the comment that the Legislature would respond more favorably and quickly if they knew a muncipality had passed the voting permit language and was waiting for state legislative permission to enact it. This is exactly what occurred in Cat,bridge, Mass, which passed their piece and await the Massachusetts legislature's permission. This may be as new a concept to some of you as it was to me. It occurs to me that we could arrange a presentation or some sort of information sharing with you to mull over. It would seem fitting that Iowa City, the most progressive city in the state, might consider this step before any others do. Please tell me of your interest and how Jeanine and her students could act. Thank you for reading, Pete Wallace TO: City Council o~ SUBMITTED BY: Karly Whitaker THINK GLOBALLY, ACTLO Iowans for Peace Resolution AGAiNSTi THE ABUSES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT Because/the 200_1 USA Patriot (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appr0p~iate Tools RC~luired to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act abuses civil liberties by: Allowing for indefinite detention of non-citizens who are not terrorists on minor visa, viglations if they cannot be deported because they are stateless, their country~_(}f origin rehses to accept them or because they would face torture in their count~/of · Minimizing judicial supervision of federal telephone and Internet surveillanC~ by law enforcement authorities; · Expanding the ability of the government to conduct secret searches; · Giving the U.S. Attorney General and the Secretary of State the power to deC2gnate domestic groups as terrorist organizations & deport any non-citizen who bel~s to t.~; · Granting the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime; and · Leading to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligence" purposes. Therefore we the undersigned urge the Iowa City and Coralville City Councils to pass a resolution that is similar to the following: "The city of Northampton officially asks, from now on, that 'federal and state law enforcement report to the local Human Rights Commission all local investigations undertaken under aegis of the [USA Patriot] Act arid Orders; and that the community's congressional representatives actively monitor the implementation of the Act crud Orders, told work to repeal those sections found unconstitutional. '" - Passed by Northampton, MA, 2002 CITY NAME ADDRESS / / ?) I?UPPOR. TAFFOR. DABLE HOUSING City Council of Iowa City 410 East Washington St Iowa City, IA 52245 Accordln~to [~h~-ZIJdt~onal Low Income Hou31rl~ ('<)ali the~e artr-8Od:~,~k] ~ . j .:-. ~ nome~ess people ~n this country on any gl~e~ nl~t. ~ many ah ' I~k~.OOl,~he E~ergency Housln ' · pr~ide~k ..... , . g Pzo3ect ~n Iowa I-[- ~. ,,~&~e~ aha 3erv~ce~ to 725 homeless individuals fora t~l 0f2t4~252 nights of shelter_ Women and 5~red ~e 5oc1~1 ~ork 5tudeot A~s~l~t, Oo (5~2. Si~a~ute: ~ ~ Ad&ess: V,,,u~ote, Jl,yt'~e.fo~lelP¢(,tkSt~,,eut/ ocat '. (.%VK4) According to the National Low fncome f~'5 there are 800,000 homeless people in th~-~ ~otU~:~y on any g~ven night. As many as 3.5 ~lllon ~er~ans tspend ~me Itl 2001, tile Emergency l{ouszng Project i~ provided shelter and services to 725 homeless~dzv~als for a Eotal of 11,252 nights of shelter~'Wome~Tand children are 30 % of those sheltered.--. /bt mote ~b~m~ot~im p/eo~e cooOd S~SA through there a=e SO0,O00 h43maless people in given night. As any as 3.5 mll~on ~i~ h~less each y~r. In 2001, the ~rq~y ~s~ Pro)ecC i~a C~y pr~id~ s~l~er a~ s~ces ~o ~25 h~less for a total of 11,252 ~s of 9hel~er. ~n childgen age 30 ~ of ~ /~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t~ ~t/~-~u~u Acco[d,rig to ~h~ Natlonai LOW Income }{~$ng there are 800,000 homeless people in ~h~s counbry ~ny given night. As many as 3.5 ~llion ~ricans~en~ome In 2001, the Emergency Housing Pro]ec~ i~ ~Iow~ provided shelter and services to 725 ~l~ss-~dividuals for a to~al of 11,252 nights of shelt~ Wome~;~nd children are 30 % of those sheltered. 5poo~o~ by ~bc 5~/~I Wo~ 5tud~ot A~soc/abon (5WSA). bbt rnotc m~tmat/?~o please cooO~ $~5A tbrooEb the ~t?~r,/,l/,/e h~u~m.q cus~ .t our~ ,~t..tun/ty According to the National Low income ttoo~ing Cg&]litlon, there are 800,000 homeless people in t~£J coun~r'y on any given night. As many as 3.5 ~/llion Am~l~s ~end some time homeless each year. In 2001, the Emergency Housing Pro3ect ~ I0wa,City~iL~ provided shelter and services to 725 h~e~s ~ivi~d,,~ls for a total of 11 252 nights of sheltem.-~omen~d ;bt ~.ore t.~rm~ioo p/eS~ coo~O~ 5~5A ~hrou~b According to ~he National Low Income }{'o~r~g Qoal~tlb~, there are 800,000 homeless people in t~.l-f ~oun~ry given night. As many as 3.5 ~llion ~%~i~ans ~endl~.a~me time homeless each year. In 2001, the Emergency Housing Pro3ect .ln~iowai~ity provided shelter and services to 725 h~Os i~ividuals for a tocal of 11,252 nights of shelter~:~omen children are 30 % of those sheltered. 5i~na(ure: Address: Da(e: According to the National Low income H~s~ing Cbali~'~n, there are 800,000 homeless people in given night. As many as 3.5 m~llion An~e%i~cans ~end time homeless each year. In 2001, the Emergency Housing provided shelter and services to 725 h~less ~dividuals for a total of 11,252 nights of shelter. Women~nd children are 30 % of those sheltered. I'br more m~rm4 ~/~n g/e~ con ~4~ 5~5~ ~brou~b 5igpa~ure: ~ ., Address: Da~e: given nxght. As many as 3.5 million~Rf~ica~ ~pend some · In 2001, the Emergency Housing Pro]e~ for a total of 11,252 nights of For ~ore /o&~at/on p/ea~ conta~ 5~5A throu~stmo-~/u~(~utowo.edu Signature: Ad~ress: · According to the National Low Income ~.{~LI~I] ~0~]ltion, there are 800 000 homeless people in t~.~ 6ou~y on any given night. As many as 3.5 ~llion ~ri~ans ~pend ~me provided shelter and services to 725 hOm%~ss ~di~als for a total of 11,252 nights of she!te~P~menT~nd . j given night. As many as 3.6 rr~llion:~ic~C~: sverd sone time homeless each year. 5pon re~l by tbe 5octa/ PVotk Stucleof A~c~a~lon g$~PvsA). ~br more t~attbn plea~ con ta~ 5~5A 5ign~u;e: . Address: [ P~e: T,'g ~, iA · According to the Na[ional Low Income there are 800,000 homeless people in~ co,try oH any g~ven night. As many as 3.5 million ~r~cans ~spend some time homeless each year · In 2001, the Eme[gency Housing ProjeCt in i~ Ci~ provided shelter and services to 725< ~0meless individual5 for a total of 11,252 nights of shel~2' Wo~ and~ ~ children are 30 % of those sheltered',~ ;bt more m~t/~o p/e~ con t~ 5~5A Sicjna~cure: Address: time homeless each year. '~ 3 ' I 'i~Z In 2001, the Emergency Housing Proj.e~..tfin iowa Ci~ provided shelter and services to 725_b~ele~ individuals for a total of 11,252 nights of shel~; Wo~n a~dJ 5~o~red bF ~be 5oo~] Wo~ 5~udeo~ A~c~Ooo ~). According to the National Low Income i~s~itg ?~j~lztion there are 800,000 homeless people in t~o~y on any given night. As many as 3.5 ~ll~on ~r~ans~pen~%sgme time home]ess.each year. '~ ~'1~ -'~. -- ~ ~n 2001, the Emergency Housing Project iq low~i[y provided shelter and services ~o 725 hom~tess indiVidUals for a total of 11,252 nights of shelter. ~ome~and ~ children are 30 % of those sheltered. - ~ /1 od ,z~ .~y c'/ecled cz~y c'oz~oc/1 re/,resc. 0 t/ve, I or. ,z~k.~q you to/~c/p c'.,/thc' o//~r,].l/,/c' h~u~.<q c~z~ .~ o.r ~ ~.~.~.~<~ : Accordltlg to the National Low income tiou'~in~ Co~t~on, there are 800,000 homeless people in thl'~ ~cOun~r~ ork any given night. As many as 3.5 million A/nerl~ans ~end ~o~e time homeless each year. :~:~ ~:3 ~.~ In 2001, the Emergency Housing Pro3ect: provided shelter and services to 725 ~%esstfndivi~als for a toSal of 11,252 nights of shelt~.' Womb-and. children are 30 % of those sheltered. fbr more tn~rmaf/bn please confad S~SA ~hrou~h kris~/~a-ho/ub~uiowo,~u there are 800,000 homeless people in-~[!~is ~)/int ~on any given night. As many as 3.$ million ~mericahs s~ some In 2001, the Emergency Housing Proj~dk~n provided shelter and services to for a total of 11,252 nights of she~e~[. W~en and 5~u~red by t~c 5ocia/ ~ot~ 5tudcnt Acc:ording to the National Low Income HOUSll/g there are 800,000 homeless people in t~i.4,coun[~3y oh-~ny glven night. As many as 3.5 million Ame~a~s spend~me time home]ess.each year. In 200i, the Emergency Housing Pro3ecE provided shelter and services to 725 ho~s i'~ividuals for a total of 11,252 nights of shelter~omen ~d children are 30 % of those sheltered. Ie: Add tess: Pate: · Ac(ording to the National Low Income I~l~lj there are 800,000 homeless people in Chi~ cou~_~y OJ~uany given night. As many as 3.5 mzlllon Al~e~rcans ~pend.,..~ome time home]ess,each year. I~1 2001, the Emergency 14ouming Project i~ lowa, Cit~:i provided shelter and services to 725 hom~i~ss[~ndivi~uals for a total of 11,252 nights of shelt~Wome~and children are 30 % of those sheltered. ~<~ According to the National Low Income Housing Coa]ition, there are 800,000 homeless people in this country on any given night. As many as 3.5 m/llion Am~cans ~nd some time home]ess.each year. provided shelter and services to 725 h~eless ~di~als for a total of 11,252 nights of shelteFJ W0men~nd children are 30 % of those sheltered. Ibr r, ore /b~m~a~/?m p/ea~ coo~o~ 5~A through Signature: Address: According to the NatLonal Low Income [l~r~f~g there are 800,000 homeless people in t~f~ given nigh~. As many a~ 3.5 ~llion ~[i~n~ ~pend fsDme In 2001, the Emergency ltousing Project 'i~ provided ~helter and services to 725 h~eiess for a total of 11,252 nights of shelte~me~nd'*'~ children are 30 % of t~ose sheltered 5pon~ed by the $ociM Work 3tude~ A~o~,O~ According to the National Low Income H$~£~g ik)mlltlon, there are 800 000 homeless people in t~£s couql~y ~,~ given night. As tony as 3.5 ~llzon ~¢~lcan5 i, pend .~6me · In 2001, the Emergency Housing Project ~n provided shelter and services to 725 homeiess'/i:bdivwdHals for 'a total of 11,252 nights of shelte~ ~ome~nd children are 30 % of t~ose sheltered. 5~n~reJ by the Socis/ ~o,k S~ujent A~s~Obo (5~). ?or more info~Mtoo p/ease contdd 5W5A through I/tr' .l/J~ ,t.~l/'/c I'l, ,ttwtl,t, 't ,,,, ,ut.. ,tt,,tt,~t:..Ik~ there are 800,000 ho~less people in th!~ ~iven night. As ~ny as 3.5 ~llzcn ~e~i~cans In 2001, the g~r~ency ,ou~[ng Project i~[[Owa ~ty provided ~helter and ~e~vice~ to 725 h~ i~vi~ls for a total of 1~,252 nights of ~helter~o~en~nd childre~ are 30 % of those ~helter~. ~ Signature: ~ . A~J4ress: Da(e: t-'II,/ (J/C ,I/JDtlJ, lJ'/C J/C)U~III.q ClI'~J~, ill 0111' there are 800,000 homeless people in tSis-'cour~ry o-~i'~ny given night. As many as 3.5 m/llion Am~r:icans ~pend_~gme In 2001, the Emergency Housing Project pro lded shelter and servmces to 725 ho~eless-zndl~lduals for a total of 11,252 nights of shelte~4~mer$3-and children are 30 % of those sheltered. ~ ~'~ 5ponsoreff by the Social ~Vork Stucleol A$5ociabon ~br more i~(ormation p/ease confac~ SWSA throuyh kn3tina-holub~utowa.ettu Ad4ress: / /. According ~o the Nat±onal Low income }{OUslng C~alltlon, there are 800,000 homeless people in 6~.'s cou~l.t;ry on any given night. As many as 3.5 m/llion A~-~ns~pend some provided shelter and services to 725 ho~ess~:i~ndividuals for a toEal of 11,252 nights of shelter. ~ome~and'7-] children are 30 % of those sheltered. 5pooh, red by ~he S~i~/ ~ork 5~ude,~ As~o~at~ (5~ ). ' f-bt ,note m&rmatio, please coota~ 5~SA ~hrough ,,...., 0 %:<% xl m/.;'~ my cloche / c/fy cou.~ ~/ re/,rescof,lOvc, /om ,~kmq you to he/? According to the National Low income Housing Coalition, there are 800,000 homeless people in th~ count~ on any given night. As many as 3.5 million A~o~jccans ~p~nd some homeless each year. · In 2001, the Emergency Houslng Pro]ect...~n~lowa~ity provided shelter and services to 725 h%mel~ess $~divi~als for a total of 11,252 nights of shelterl ~Wome~nd"[~2' children are 30 % of those sheltered. I-bt more mf~troatioo p/ease contact 5WSA tbrou~b~sqihg-h~b~uiowa.e~fu N · Acco=ding to the Nation41 Low Incc=e Ho~O~q C ition, ChaFe d£e 900,~0 ~less ~ople :.fl t:h]~unl/'Lr~ ~¥ given night. As many as 3.5 Mlltcn AmaZons ~nd_~ne cimal home] ess each year. ---~ ~) t:: · n 2001, the Emergency Housing Project :~o~a City~'~ provided shelter and se~vices to T~$ h~l~s ~Xvi-dl~iis for a tot&l of 11,252 r~ghts of shelter/~uen And ~ children are 30 ~ of ~se shel~e=~. ~ ~ 11-13' Acco~dxng to the #dtional Lo~ Income H~ng ~lLCion, there ~a $0~.000 ho~eless ~ple ~n ~~ o~y given night. AS tony as 3.5 milton ~s tim h~e]ess e4~ yetis. Ira Z~Ol, the ~rgency .~st~ pr~zd~ shelter ~ services to 725 h~s ~or a total of 11,252 n~ts of shelter~ children are 30 t o~ tho~ sheltet~. ~ Cur r,~ . II ·/1 tJ,1.1~ t;O' ¢.'1~ 'tct/ ~ 'tO, ~ ~ um~ 'd tz'f,tc'¢e':' :.1 tim;' l .Itt~ .l~L'm,I t '~ ,. fi, e/l,/IJw.l//~')~.Lil,lc I~, ,uwn.,/ , ~t', ,fir sul , , ,itl/! · Accotd~nq to eh~ N~tional l,o~t there dee 900,~0 ~less people ;n t~ c~n any given night. As Mny as 3.5 mll~c~ ~s s~e tim h~less each year. pr~id~ ~helCez for a total of 11~252 children are 30 my e/~'lctl , dy ,i ~nwd relve%e.:.:~tt~z: I.m; .lql&t;,I r~)t; fi, ;itt, ,lttltt,ut.,t~F · ~A.ccoldlng to the #aCional Lov Income there are eOC, O00 h~less · In 2001, ,;52 nights ol shelt~e~dk~ children are 30 5ignatu : · Acco~dinq t.o the National la~ Income Hous=l~9 Coa/i~on, ~here are 800,000 h~less ~le in ~his ~==y ~ ~y given night. As ~ny as 3.5 mllion ~ric~~ · In ZOOt, the ~cgency H~si~ Pto~ecc in ~Cit~ ~ provid~ shelter a~ se;vices to 725 h~l~nd~ for a co~al of 11,Z52 nights of shelCec. ~d children are 30 t of those s~ltered. ~ ~ ~ According to the National ~o~ Income there are 800.000 homeless peogle given ni~t. AS ~ny as 3.5 ~llion In 200L, the ~rgency H~=i~ P,o~ect for a total of 11,252 nights of shelter: children are 30 t of C~$e s~lte[~ According to the National ~ou Incc:e ItouS_[ng C~tion, t.here ate 800,000 homeless people :n th/~unt~ on any given night. As many as 3.5 edllicn ~ae_r~ sl~and some time homeless each yeaz. :3~ · in 2~01, the Faaetgency Housing e~o.'.ect (raffia L~ty provided shelter and sezvices to ?:5 h~s i~Xv~Is for a total of 11,252 n/ghts of 3helte~.-~x~en and children are 30 ~ of those sheltered FD 'o -- · Accozdinq to the National ~ Incc=e Ha~ C~£tJ. on, there 4~e 800,~0 ~ess people :n ~h~ ~ ~Y Jim haless each year. Iff 2001, the ~=g~cy for a ~otal ct 11,252 ~s of sheite~d children are 30 ~ of t t~l fftt' ~//,, 't./.I/,Ic' It, vtvtl~/, tt'a5 !ti, ,tit.. ,lt..fl · According to the National Lou Income there dee 800,000 homeless people in 9iven night. As any as '1.5 ,,,~llton time homeless each yea~c. · In 2001, the Baergency Housing provided sheltez and services to 725 for a total of 11,252 nights of shelter. children ate 30 { ct those sheltered. Signature: Address: there are 800,000 homeless people in given night. As many as 3.5 mllion AmezC~_~ s ..l~d stone In 2001, the brgency ~sing Pro)ect i~a pF~id~ shel~e~ a~ se~ices co ~25 h~iess i~ivid~ls for a ~otal of 11,252 ~s of shel~er. children a~e 30 ~ of ~h~ shel~eF~. $i~inatun~: Address: Date.. ~ ~.~,. *v~/~ ~,~l.~ 11//¥/o2 Iowa Department of Transportation 5455 Kirkwood Blvd. SW 319-365-6986 Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 FAX: 319-365-7294 November 20, 2002 Ref: MP-6-6(706)247--76-52 Johnson County City of Iowa City The Honorable Ernest Lehman, Mayor . City of Iowa City 410 East Washington St Iowa City, IA 52240-1826 ?.'i:; ' _-'z SUBJECT: Pavement Patching Project - US 6 -- Dear Mayor Lehman: This letter is official notification to your City Council that the Iowa Department of Transportation proposes to let a pavement patching project on December 13, 2002. The work consists of pavement patching with PCC (Portland Cement Concrete) and HMA (Hot Mix Asphalt). The project is located on US 6 from Iowa 965 east to the east corporate limit of Iowa City. The project is proposed for construction during calendar year 2003. The work will be done in accordance with the current Form 810034, "Agreement for Primary Road Extension Maintenance and Operation". Project costs will be paid from the primary Road Fund and no charges will be made against the city. Resident Construction Engineer, Ken Yanna, P.E., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, telephone number 1-31 365-6986, will advise you of the contractor's proposed schedule when the information is available. We ~vould appreciate this project notification being included on your next City Council meeting agenda as a matter of information for Council members. If you have any questions concerning the work involved, please contact this office as soon as possible in order to expedite any possible changes. Sincerely yours, Thomas M. Storey, P.E. District Staff Engineer TMS/rhh cc: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk Richard E. Kautz, P.E., District Engineer, Iowa DOT, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 Newman M. Abuissa, P.E., District Staff Engineer, Iowa DOT, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Ken Yarma, P.E., Resident Construction Engineer, Iowa DOT, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 FW: Mediacom Marian Karr From: Drew Shaffer [dshaffer@avalon.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:17 AM To: dschwindt@mchsi.com; cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: FW: Mediacom Dear Mr. Schwindt, Thank you for yom' email concerning Mediacom. Mediacom has provided premium channels on an a la carte basis to all subscribers, including basic subscribers, since they have had the franchise in Iowa City. Unfortunately this is not something some of their staff may have made clear to all subscribers, particularly during last February when the majority of changes took place in the cable system and my Cable TV Office received a great number of complaints from cable TV subscribers. In the proposed settlement agreement with the City, Mediacom agrees to make this clear to all subscribers, and for those subscribers that may have made a decision to purchase a premium channel thinking they had to purchase a digital tier, not knowing they could have done so with only basic service, they will receive a credit for the extra money they would have paid back to February. Further, the prices for the premium channels for basic and digital tier subscribers have now been standardized and lowered by $7. We do thank you for your information and will check further into the code section you quote below. Please feel free to call or email me if you have any further questions or wish to discuss this matter further. Sincerely, Drew Shaffer, Cable TV Administrator City of Iowa City 356-5046 From: "David Schwindt" <dschwindt~mchsi.com> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:52:59 -0600 To: <drew-shaffer~iowa-city.org>, <council~iowa-city.org> Subject: Mediacom From: David Schwindt[SMTP:DSCHWINDT@MCHSI.COM] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:52:59 PM To: d rew-shaffer@iowa-city.org; cou ncil@iowa-city.org Subject: Mediacom Auto forwarded by a Rule I read an article today on the Press-Citizen web site that says Mediacom will begin offering premium channels on a per-channel basis as part of a deal reached with the City of iowa City to resolve some 11/26/02 FW: Mediacom Page 2 of 2 complaints. If this is true, Mediacom is being less than straight forward with the City. There is what I have found to be a little known, or long forgotten, federal code under Title 47 - Telgraphs, Telephones and Radiotelegraphs that requires cable companies to offer these channels on a per channel basis as of October 5, 2002 (10 years from October 5, 1992 as stated in the cited section). A link to the federal code follows: http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t45t48+ 1491+51++%28%29%20% 20AN D%20%28%2847%29%20ADJ%20USC%29%3ACITE%20%20AND%20%28CHAPTER%20ADJ% 20%285%29%29%3AEXPCITE%20%20%20%20%20%20%20 The page is not formatted well, but if you search the page for "Buy-" it will take you to the relevant section titled "Buy-through of other tiers prohibited" (543(b)(8) In short, it prohibits cable companies from requiring the customer to buy tiers other than basic cable in order to get premium channels. The only exemption Mediacom has for this section is to file for a waiver with the Commission. My research has found no evidence that Mediacom has filed for such a waiver. If Mediacom's offering of the per channel is one of their ways of saying I'm sorry to the City, I urge you and the City Council to reconsider the apology, and further, to ask why this hasn't been available since October 5 of this year. David Schwindt Iowa City, IA 11/26/02 City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: November 19, 2002 To: City Clerk From: Beth Pfohl, Traffic Engineering Planner ~ Re: Item for December 10, 2002 City Council meeting: Installation of two NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS signs on the west side of the 800 block of South Clinton Street As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(10), two NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS signs will be installed on the west side of the 800 block of South Clinton Street between two sets of railroad tracks. Comment: This action is being taken at the request of the CRANDIC Railroad to prohibit vehicles from parking between the two sets of railroad tracks and interfering with trains. jccogtp/mem/bp-karrl 1-19-02.doc City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: November 15, 2002 To: City Clerk From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner,~,;~ Re: Item for December 10, 2002 City Council me~'tin'g:';'~' v Installation of two bus stop signs on Mormon Trek Boulevard As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(19), two bus stop signs will be installed on Mormon Trek Boulevard near its intersection with West Side Drive. One stop will be located on the south side of Mormon Trek Boulevard, and the second sign will be located on the nodh side of Mormon Trek Boulevard. Comment: This action is being taken at the request of Iowa City Transit. The two bus stops will be on the Westside Loop route. City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: December 3, 2002 To: City Clerk From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ~ Re: Item for December 10, 2002 City Council meeting: Installation of a bus stop sign on the east side of North Dubuque Street As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(19), a bus stop sign wirl be installed on the east side of North Dubuque at the1818 North Dubuque Street driveway. Comment: This action is being taken at the request of the Transit Division. jccogtp/mem/bp-itcem 12-10-02.doc City of Iowa City - MEMORANDUM Date: December 3, 2002 To: City Clerk From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ¢ Re: Item for December 10, 2002 City Council meeting: Installation of a double yellow centerline on Melrose Avenue between Grand Avenue Coud. and the Boyd Law Building driveway As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Action: Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(1), a double yellow centerline will be applied to Melrose Avenue between Grand Avenue Court and the Boyd Law Building driveway to indicate no passing. Comment: This action is being taken to prohibit eastbound motorists from maneuvering from the eastbound lane into the westbound (opposing) lane on Melrose Avenue before the one- way portion of the road begins at Byington Road. jccogtp/mem/bp-itcom 12-3-02 doc City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: December 4, 2002 To: City Clerk From: Beth Pfohl, JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner ~'~ Re: Removal of "NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS" signs in the 500 block of 2nd Avenue As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council of the following action. Unless directed otherwise by the City Council, this action will occur on or shortly after December 10, 2002. Action Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A(10) of the City Code, existing signage indicating "NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS" in front of the residence at 524 2nd Avenue will be removed. Comment At the City Council meeting on May 17, 2000, action was taken to accommodate a pick-up and drop-off area for an elderly resident who lived at 524 2nd Avenue. This individual no longer resides at this location, and the signs are no longer necessary. jccogt p/mem/bp-actcom 12-4-02.doc Marian Karr From: RodSulliv~aoLcom Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 3:39 PM To: cou ncii@iowa-city.org; mbyers@ci.north-liberty, ia.us Subject: Fwd: Yes For Kids ~s For Kids Please note the forwarded message. Please call Rod Sullivan at 341-0060 (days) or 354-7199 (eves) with any questions. Thank you. *** eSafe scanned this email for malicious content *** *** IMPORTANT: Do not open attachments from unrecognized senders Page 1 of l Marian Karr From: RodSulliv@aol.com Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:47 PM To: RodSulliv@aol.com Subject: Yes For Kids Dear Elected Official: I am writing you this evening as a member of the Yes For Kids Steering Committee. As you know, the Iowa City Community School District Board of Directors has scheduled a bond referendum for February 11 that will provide some much-needed improvements to and expansions of existing buildings, as well as some new construction to help ease the crowding in the Corridor area. We are planning on running a large ad in local papers early next week to demonstrate the broad support for the bond issue. This ad will list the names of local supporters. May we list your name? Please respond to this E-mail to let me know. In addition, please note if a significant other should be listed as well. (For example, should it read "Bob Dvorsky", or "Bob and Sue Dvorsky"?) We do not plan on listing titles (Treasurer, for example) in the ad; only names will be listed. Again, please respond within the next 2-3 days if you wish to be included in this ad. Thank you for your support! Sincerely, Rod Sullivan 12/10/02 I am here tonight representing the Yes For Kids Committee that has been formed to assure the passage of a $38.7 million school bond referendum that will be voted on on February 11. It is my understanding that you discussed this issue at last night's working session. Yes For Kids urges the council to take a supportive position on this bond referendum. I think we would all agree that the ICCSD is one of the crown jewels of our community. How special is it? In 2000, "Offspring" magazine named the ICCSD one of the top 100 school districts in the nation. Iowa was grouped into a nine state region that included Minnesota and states west of us. In this region, our district trailed only Edina, Minnesota and West Des Moines in the rating of educational excellence. We can legitimately say that we have a "Top 50" school district here. The quality of our K--12 schools has a large bearing on our local economy. Our children receive an education that serves them extremely well once they have finished school and entered the work force or gone on to the next phase of their formal education. Our large local employers are able to attract and retain talented employees in part because of the outstanding education that their children receive. Do not underestimate the impact a high quality school district has on economic development. I can report that there appears to be wide support for this initiative throughout the District. Two polls have shown that support for the bond referendum among registered voters is in the 65 to 75% range, which is above the super majority 60 % approval needed for passage. Our committee will be working very hard over the next two months to assure a large voter turnout and a resounding victory in this election. Labor and business are arm in arm in this effort. The IowaCity Area Chamber of Commerce, the Iowa City Federation of Labor, and the Iowa City Area Development group have all endorsed the bond referendum. We have three major themes that we are using as the linchpins of our campaign: First, passage of the bond referendum will reduce overcrowding in our schools. Simply stated we are out of classroom space. Yes, we are experiencing population growth .... we are one of the few districts in Iowa to be experiencing population growth. And that is expected to continue. The major reason, however, for the lack of classroom space has to do with the reduced class sizes that have been implemented in the Kindergarten through second grade classes. All day kindergarten meant we had to find room for 400 students. All told, this K-2 class reduction program has meant that more than 50 classrooms are being utilized that weren't being used several years ago. There are few open classrooms left. Indeed, we added 11 temporary classrooms. This year and now have 36 temporaries scattered around the District. Secondly, accessibility is a major issue. More than 10 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, City High is still not accessible to persons of all abilities. Passage of the bond issue will correct this. There are still occasional instances where students go to school on the east side of town until 8th grade and then are transferred to West High because of the inaccessibility of City High. This must be corrected. Third, because our three high schools .... City, West, and the Alternative School .... will be targeted for more than $17 million of the $38.7 million in bond proceeds, we can legitimately say that every student in the ICCSD will eventually benefit from this project. Overcrowding, Accessibility, and every child receiving a benefit ................. this is our mantra for this election. We believe passage is essential to make the needed improvements that will allow our District to keep its place as a "Top 50" school district. I join the entire Yes For Kids Committee and the Board of Education in asking for your support of a very important initiative.