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MINUTES
CITY RIVERFRONT COMMISSION -
•IOWA
RECREATION CENTER CENTER ROOM A
JANUARY 15, 1976
MEMBERS PRESENT: Leonard Brandrup
Samuel Fahr.
N. William Hines
Loren Horton
- - James Lindberg
:MEMBERS ABSENT: - '- CarolineBasset'L'
Charles Thayer'
STAFF PRIiSI,NT: Anthony Osborn
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION TAKEN:
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The Iowa City Riverfront-Commission:met in-:SpecialSession:on January 15, :1976,
with Chairperson Fahr presiding.
There was discussion of the priority of purchasing,land in the Showers
Property and of efficiently using the $200,000 of (ICDA funds committed for
riverfront development. Tom Cil.ek, Chairperson of the Park and Recreation-
Commission, indicated that Dennis Showalter had presented specific pro—
posals to that Commission for purchasing certain areas of riverfront pro—
perty in the Showers. property. Cilek mentioned that he would ask Showalter
to give thatsamepresentation to the River.front.Commission. There was a
concensus that the main concern is that the HCDA money is not being spent
Just because the lnnd is there.
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Fahr indicated that he would schedule a meeting wi.th.Showniter and:Roger,Hunt `.
'in order to hear their views on purchasing specific arcas.of the Showers - i1
property.
Cilekmentionedthat he was also concerned with the over budget, priority:
regarding the-purchase of park areas:
Cilek also reported that Showalter had indicatedtothe Park and Recreation
Commission In his presentation that the City should purchase specific areas
fronting the river and areas Intimately related to the river. Fahr: responded
thattheRiverf.ront'Commission is more interested in purchasing those areas
immediately affecting the river banks.
Fahr commented-on a-hearing held by the Johnson County Planning Commission
regarding a`request to rezone an area of land south of the Iowa River, ;east
of Highway 218, and b: mile north of the=Inters tate:80-Dubuque Street inter-
change. lie indicated that the proposed gravel extraction on that tract of i
land appears to be unacceptable to the residents of that area.
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Tom Cilek indicated that the Park and Recreation Commission would meet on
Saturday, January 17, 'on
concerning the spending, of (ICDA funds City: Park.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
M f NATES
• COMMLTTEE ON COMMUNLTY NEEDS
JANUARY 29, 1976 -- 7:70 P.M.
CfVEC CENTER COUNCLL:CHAMBERS
MEMBERS PRESENT:- Wm. Dennis, Wm. Kinnamon, Jim Hall, Horace Amidon, - -
Claudia Dalrymple; .Florence;Stockman ,.Andrea':Hauer;-
Gary Askerooth, Bob Conley, Robert Hibbs
STAFF PRESENT: Dennis Kraft, Julie Vann, Sherry Child,
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTIONS TAKEN: -
Mr. Dennis Kraft, Director of the Department of Community,Development,
explained federal regulations which outline` citizen:participation
requirements for Housing and Community Development Actfunding.'1.He
stated that the federal rules allow some ilatitudelas;.toghow-_the,"citizen
participation input Is made but the following,requirements;+must ,be met:
1) Citizens must be provided with adequate information concerning
the amount of funds available for proposed community ,development
In housing activities,_ the range of=`activities-that.may,be-under-
taken, etc.; {
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2) The City Council must hold at least two public hearings in order
to 706tain the views 'ofcitizens +on< community- 'development:and';housIng
heeds
oafs
3) Citizcn4,must he provided an adequate -opportunity to_part.lcipate in
• -the idevtilopment of`che.applicatlon andiany -amendments-_to It+f;
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Mr. Kraft pointed out that' the Clty_CounclL.wil1!make.the final•,determination
concerning the-flndings 7and contents oE.•-the application ',f however,; I the
committee's"primary''responeibility:should:be that ofcdiscerning; needs
in" the�commucilty:and'making`recommendations-,`•on!!programs;cand priorities to
the'City�Council. He -pointed out that a,;relatively,:extensive jewel of
citizen participation must-be�obtained:during the preparation of';the
HCDA application. '!He'stated that-.theccommittee members should!,represent
a crass=section of 4 people in, the community,;'specifically low:and,m-oderate
income and the elderly.—The citizen•participation process -,should be tied
to the entire comprehensive planning process, he said, and suggested that
this''be'an on-going process; throughout the _year.,:t r`
Mr. -Kraft expressed.hope that a strong effort,be made to•_estahllsh a
feeling :of mutual trust by�the varloun groups•Lnvolved Inithe-prnr.rras.
Late` applications .for- HCDA funds will notabe cons idr red3.by:11UD and ndhrrIn);
to a strict-timetnble will be necessary, -he said. The applicntlon must '
be completed:'and submltted_to the State'and 'Regional, C.lcar;Lng,Houses;ror
"A=95 Review -no -later than March lyi_++1976.:An attempt, has ;:been made, Mr.
Kraft°said,"to notify HUD that ithe.Iowa.City: program year tshouldlrun
from July 1. to June 30 so as tocorrespondto the.fiscal year. -Such
action will. require rthetHCDA'application:to`:be-:in the HUD eoffice„no nater
than April 15, 1976..'-
• Mr. Amidon questioned .if HUD would be more criticaliof,'this=applicatLon
than they were last year. Mr. Kraft explained that. [IUD' would be looking ._ `
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for a .more comprehensive t ype-of citizen Snvolvement.for
year 1977
the;fisca
application. l,;.
Mr. Hibbs was nominated:and named Chairperson Pro Tem.'
The following items of business were discussed:
1) included plan requiremenal; JI r>
ts for dispersing information I.,
included
the public
a) Radio
,::•.,
Talk shows
-.Call-in shows V . :;i
Voting by telephone
b) Neighborhood meetings Y' r
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;Newspapers;
LJa
_,:Flyers
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-'Boy Scouts toistuff mailboxes „jetc J ( i1.if
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Com munity:Suggestion Box
Surveys
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2) -Itwas determined that newspapers, and ;radio.; talk and;ca
would be the II'
_in, shows
media used to most expediently provide informs ion to -
the'pubtic.• The'followin
g:committee!members; volunteered.,to_speak
at -the talk shows:. Flo Stockman,,:Cary,Askerooth,.,Bill,:Dennis,
Bob Conley, and Bob Ilibbs. Neighborhood
meetings were dismissed i.n
•``favor'of-holdLng communit
y::meetinga aG thei;Civic;Center. 5-It,was,;
" determined that='d
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survey; was too time. consuming,;'however,z_a, summary
sheet• oirtltning last
year's .survey :results,,wnuLd;;be.(made.,avallab,le--
-tn-[he'commLEtce•memhers.
A revised:xalendar!scheduhing,committ,Le
-meetings; �community
meetingsand :Public , hear Ings ,was' es-tnblished:.
,;-The rev Lsed•cnlendnr.will•:be-
printed i.and;distributed!to-committee
`'members.'- Community
meetings were incheduled Wednesday„ Feb'ruaryy,Ll,.
at 7:30;p m., nnd'on; Thursday; --_February -
12,�•Erom,lo0y,S-F
The revised =calendar- is attached p;.m•, ;,
to these minutes
3) _
'Mr. Gary Askeroath'-volunteered•r
ron -the; ,of
a flyer which could be distributed wtokCitizens
inthecommunity.
lwas sup,gested<that•theflyer::be-deslgned inrtlme,for;commit,tee,,x;
"''discussion at-the'mext-meeting,'_Yebruary 12,; 1276.
.:CommItteejmembers
were asked to provide -ideas for -the written' content of,
the ,flyer,.,
4) A' motion was' madem by Mr.; -Dennis and scconded:by
'the:staff-to
Mr ..Conleygto4request ---
provide the committee;with!a-list!of.ifive-year,rprojquest
HCDA projects
and expenditures..cted
Thc;motion carried.
-unanimously..;
5) ::;The name"Committee on :Community Needs".'was,choeen;as
name of the committee. the official
The meeting, �djnurnad.
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Sherry ,Ch d, Secretary
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Ad Hoc Committee for Youth Service
-January 27, 1976
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Curtis Purington will write press
release outlining the goals of the Committee
for the next meeting.
Councilperson deProsse will report
at the Council meeting this'evening the' results
of the Ad 11oc Committee meeting.
The Youth Service Committee will regularly meet on`Tuesdays
unless there is a
conflict.
The meeting dates, for the next two
meetings are as'follows:
Tuesday, February 3, and,
Thursday, February 12.
A11 meetings will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the City Manager's,Conference
c Aoom
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Meeting adjourned at 1:20 p.m. _
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MINUTES OF THE DESIGN Rl:v(I:N COMMIT"I'lili
_-4:00 p.m. - ,January 28, L976
City Manager's Conference Room
NIENIBMIS PRESENT: Summerwill.,, lVegman, Gutheinz, Alexander,
lisbin, Wockenf_uss, LafOrc, Lilly, Nowysz,
Seiberling, Sinck, llaupert,`Hartman
MEMBERS ABSENT: Lot] I's
CI'T'Y SI'AFI: PRESENT: Plastino, Alexander, Stt]livan,Brei
OTHERS PRESENT: Dick Sllmmerwill, Freda Hieronymus,
Don Scatena, Dale Johnson Hanson Lind
Meyer
RECOMMENDATIONS TO CI'T'Y MANAGER
L To accept the Iowa State Bank Drive-in plans is presented
by Dale Johnson
of Hansen' LindrPleycr.
II I SCIISS I ON
A. low:r State ISanti Urive -in Faci1,ity
The meeting commenced with it presentation of the plans for
the Iowa State
Bank Drive -in -by Dale .Johnson or :Il:Lnsen
Lind Meyer, _
1_. The building has an elevation that -gradually drops
seven feet to conform with the terrain. lieight is
eight feet
with -a four foot fascia. The roof, which
will be twice as
large as the building, includes four"
different
colored triangles. The buildinf;.exterior
consists of natural cedar
2. Twenty-five parking spaces will be located left :of the
bank.
3. If accepted, the bank' construction would begin March 1,
1976, and hopefully be completed November 11 '1976.'
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Bruce llaupert"was appointed to attend to stress the
importance offollowingthrough on the Washington
Street amentities plan.
2. A letter of resignation effective February 2,`1.976,
from Jack Gsbin was read and regretfully accepted.
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MINUTES --
_- CITY-UNIVERSITY.. MEETING -
DECKMBER 30, 1975 -
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_ PPRSONS IN ATTEINDANCI': 11111 Daigneau. Dick
Clbeon, Dennis Kraft, Sieve Morris
RaY Mpssman, Dick `Plastlno
and Pat Strabala,
t.
Sewer Servtco Charges
The Un[verslty representatives indicated they had some
to tlx scop"
_
question as
cif the ntudY• Mr. Mossm_an Indicated
opinlon aC(t
th--that It
woul was his
_ d Clot be IinssJblc to make
water wtitch orlglnated'+tt Che writer an assumptlon that all
sewer system._-Mr. Dal.gnernr Indi.catedlthat whe
+ n fact f,O-into the
Jrecent!
had
R*PA meeting In Kansas City nod that y attended'an
additional for orm;itlpn'relaoded
- to both EPA requirements and State Depnrtmenl:of
requirements
Environmentill Quality
would be forthcoming. Also, Quality
EPA ,has indicated that
1s uF to individual communities to decide
what rate structures they,
_ would establish.-.'They also Indicated that ey,
an unusual..
water consumpcturesas
basis for calculating sewerage
fees, but that other al-tnot
natives-are acceptable including that;of er-
metering of sewage or
establJshing'val.id relationships between
water pumped and sewage
sewage
-treated.:: Mr. Mossman indicated that he. thought it
to have:
would bs
agreement on the validity of the stud
Of .study to y prior
to the initiatie,
on
attempt to fairly ascertain valid
Unlverslty, sewer rates `.
for the
If was decided that the next step would be for the staff
and Lhe staff of the
of the Ctty
Universlty to meet. with their consultants In an
ts mpi tp a};rcc upon a valid approach
to the study.
.
(tem which was dlacussed was tite
emcrowr possibility oL crcatJng an
escrow account Ln June, L97G, tintLl such
be
time as ndecision could
made on a sewer rate strucCure• Mr.
to
Gibson Indicated that Che
present time the sludge from the University's.water
'tot
going into the sewer and that as
Treatmen c Plant is
of`this-point the`Universit
not determined the most economical y has
approach Co disposing pf tlils sludi,e '
2. University Zone -
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This item is pending before the Planning and ZonIng Cummisslon,
Mr. Gibson -indicated that
the Commission had asked for a more
Position to be taken by
_'reasonable
the University relative to thUniversitye-zoning of
lands into a U Zone classification. Mr.
University, Cibson indicated that tit
had modified its position
that the
and y were-of the'op12 .
_ that not all University ..property -needed -the
it by
protection Presently,glven`
the RIA zoning, classification. (At
all
the present time, virtually
University property is zoned R1A andc
University-owned onsequently
this gives -tile
Lands a certain protection
against ad jscent propert(es.)
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Mr. Clba,a indicated the UnLversity was considering three different,
Lypea of UnlversiLy"zones
and that nthey though this would be of
mutuni beefit Co both
CLEy and the University.
Mr. Gibson Indicated that tile University's request
would,probably
yo Lo the Planning-_ ane( Zoning Commission durl.ng Januar
Ile- also
Indicated that the Unlversit 's biggesty• ---
providin
protection against high-rise buildngsonothersbank thatof-the
west campus
In the area surrounding the Iowa Center for
the Arts.
3.Jefferson BuLlding Vaults
Mr. Pl.astino indicated that the estimate for the
reconstruction of
vaults on both the north and east sides of the
Jefferson Building
was $65,000. Ile also indicated that
one option would be for the
City to pay for the slab over the vaults
asoccurredwith the Iowa
'-Stn Cc Bank construction. Mr. Mossman-l.ndicated
.1 desire to have
the same principle ripply to the Jefferson Building as
to
was applied
other properties along .Washington -'Street:Mr. PLnsLinn-Indicated
that-approximately
$40,000 had, been spent on nil of the other vaults
on Wr)shi.ngton Street and that tills
was appreciably less than tile
proposed $65,000 figure for the Jefferson
liulldLng alone.
It
was decided that both the City and the University would work
toward
m reasonable cost sharing arrangement for, this ,projectc,
4. Comprehensive Plan
Mr. Kraft indicated that the City staff would keep the University
apprised of the
progress which was occurringon the Comprehensive
Plan. lie also outlined
the steps which had been taken' :up to-this
point relative to the formation
of a Comprehensive' Plan Subcommittee -
- - of the Planning and Zoning. Commission
and that City. council members
.would be asked to serve on tills' Committee.
5. Urban Renewal Property Transactions -
The City staff lndicaLed it would Inform the:Universlty In .lnnuary of -
status of
_
Properties to be acquired I)y-the Ualveral.ty as-n:_part of. -`
'the R-14 Urban Renewal
_ project.- it was`1180mentioned that perhapa n
special meeting would have to be err
held on tills subject during
of January. month
6. Vacatlon of Streets and Alleys
A-discussion of future Street and alley vacations was held and
specific mention
•Jefferson
was made of the closure of Capitol Street from.
Street northward to Davenport, or possibly from
one-half
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block north of JeffersontoDavenport. It was stated that it would be
the University's intention that if these streets would be vacated, a
pedestrian walkway would be created. It was also indicated that
another street being considered for vacation would be that of..Bloomington
and Davenport Streets west of Clinton Street.
Mr.`Plastino ndicated the Department of -Public Works would draft a
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preliminary reort on this subject. Mention was also made of. the
need iu' provide -proper _access for fire trucks to these various buildings.
7-. Emergency Wnrning System
It wns mentioned -that -the maximum amount tobespenton -an emergency '-
warning system would be $75,000 and that fifty percent of this amount
-- would be funded by the federal government. It was requested that the
University appoint a coordinator to work with_,the Iowa. City purchasing
agent on the locations of sirens and costs. It was also mentioned
that the sirensproposed to bepurchased ` would be radioactivated.
Itwasthen indicated that Mr. Gibson would-represent;:the University
and that he would work with City PurchasingAgent Tom Struve on this
project:
8. Bikeways Program
Mr. Krnft Indicated:that, the Iowa CLtyportion °of the: report would _
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be compleLed In elLher Jnnunry or Pebrunry, of.1976, It was .Indicated
`
that Bob Burns would beOlecontneL person for the_Unlverslty on this`-
project.
9. Aeciesslbi l LLy for the Iinndlcapped
It was indicated that the UniversLLy had prepared a report'on the
accessibillLy for tlee handicapped of various University structures.
The Board of Regents had approved the financial request:in the report
"--
and the Governor's Office is presently prepared to askthelegislature-
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for a special allocation of $925,000 in order to increase accessibility
- tohandicapped-persons.
10. Street Signing
Mr. Gibson indicated that the University signing program would be_
finished by the end of January. Mr. Gibson was then told that the
Iowa City representative for this program would be the City's, Traffic
-_.. .:Engineer; --Jim Brachtel.-In-elaborating_on-"the.Univerrity plan, Mr.
Gibson Indicated that the system was designed to inform people of
various building and activity_ locations soon after they enter the
City.
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.. IL. -UMTA Crani
`Mr. SL'raba.la Indicated that an agreement which slightly modified
the disposition of used transit equipment had recently been drafted.
lie also Indicated that Iowa City was in need of a listing of equip=
ment that both the University and Coralville'decided d.to retain as
reserve-_Lransit vehicles. Mr. Strabaln further indicated
lie was anLL.that
cLpating a minimum disposition of-18 transit vehicles.
Tho University questioned what procedure would be followed relative
Lothe disposition of buses. It was .indicated-thatthe;Urban Mass _
Transportation Administration will laterprovideinformation to the
City on this and that once this information has been provided, the
University and Coralville will both be informed of'the recommended
process.
12. University Parking Ramp`
It was Indicated that the parking ramp adjacent to the'new Carver
Pnv[l.ion Ls presently in the design stage.It was also indicated
thnt the project would be submitted to the Doard of Regents next
week and that approval would be anticipated as of that time. 'It
•' was further indicated that bids would be sought in late spring and
that It was assumed that the construction of the ramp espywould begin
durLng the month of-August.-...The ramp will have s capacity obegin
cars an693
d Is tentatively,scheduled to be completed in-October of
1977. The road system In the vicinity of the ramp will be completed
simultaneously"w1_th the romp.
13. Joint Soild Waste Disposal Study
It was mentioned that the recommendation was made to have the Regional
Planning Commission conduct a joint Solid Waste Disposal Study. It
was also mentioned that the idea of utilizing a; shredder was apparently
not feasible for economic reasons. The University indicated it would
Closely monitor the progress on the Ames recycling program.. IE was
further decided that some time in the future, a specific meeting on
this subject would be.established.
14. West Side Storm Sewer Construction
Mr. Plascost inopar indicated that
cost
for parthe City has allocated an amount of:$30,000
ttcipatlon in the construction of a stormSewer in the
vicinity of the University Law School.
19. Melrose-Woolf Avenue intersection
Mr. Mossman indicated that this particular intersection was a traffic
• bottleneck and that at the present time, -Che was
was-.monitoring.
traffic flow In that area. It was agreed that when data-:was available,..:
the City and University representatives,
to the problem. would discuss possible solutions'
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