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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED STOMNI WATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be
held by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, at 7:30 o'clock
P.M., on the 0 th day of June, 1976, in the Council Chambers in
the Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. At which hearing, the
Council will consider arguments for and against the proposed
adoption of the Storm {Vater Management Ordinance, which provides
for storage of water on any residential development of two (2)
acres or more, or any commercial, industrial, institutional,
government facility or utility or other development of one (1)
acre or more. A copy of said Ordinance is now on file in the
Office of the City Clerk of Iowa City, Iowa, for examination
by persons interested therein. This notice is given pursuant
to Section 414 of the Code of Iowa, 1975.
Dated at Iowa City, Iowa this 21st day of May, 1976.
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Abble Stol us'`
City Clerk
PUBLISH ONCE May 21. 1976
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be
held by the City Council of Iowa City,Iowa at 7:30 P.M. on the
8th day of June, 1976 in the Council Chambers in the Civic Center,
Iowa City, Iowa. At which hearing the Council will consider argu-
ments for and against the proposed adoption of amendments to the
Zoning Ordinance by Revising Off -Street Parking Requirements for
Two -Family Dwellings. The proposed Ordinance would require the
following: 1) that duplexes have four off-street parking spaces in
lieu of three, 2) two parking spaces for two-family dwellings could
be located within the front yard, on a driveway no wider than 24 feet,
or if the structure has two driveways neither must exceed 12 feet in
width, vs. the present requirement of no parking spaces permitted
within the front yard and 3) two-family dwellings in all permitted
zones and single family dwellings in all permitted zones, except
the R1A Zone, may have only two parking spaces and one parking space,
respectively, within the required front yard, on a driveway no wider
than 12 feet, vs. the present requirement of only 1 (required)
parking space permitted in the front yard in R1B zones and no
(required) parking spaces within the front yard in all other R zones.
Copies of the proposed Ordinance amendments are on file for public
examination in the Office of the City Clerk, Civic Center, Iowa
City, Iowa. This notice is given pursuant to Section 414 of the
Code of Iowa, 1975.
Dated at Iowa City, Iowa, this 21st day of May, 1976
Abbic Stolfus, City Clerk
Publish once, May 21, 1976
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING I
AMENDING THEN ORDINANCE
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be
held by the City Council of Iowa
day City, Iowa, on the 8th
of June, 1976 at 7:30 P.M.
in the Council Chambers in
the Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa. At which hearing the
Council will consider arguments
for and against
adoption of the proposed
amendments to the
Subdivision Ordinance by
Revising the Scale of Preliminary and Final Subdivision
Plats. The proposed Ordinance
would require that:
nary plat be drawn to 1) a Prelimi-
the scale of 1
Of the inch to 50 feet in lieu
Present requirement,of.l inch to 100 feet, 2) a final
Plat be drawn to the scale
of I inch to 50 feet in lieu of
the present requirement of.
1 inch to 100 feet, 3) a trans-
parent repeoducible copy at a scale of 1 inch to 100 feet
be submitted with the final
Plat, and 4) preliminary and Final
Plats of a larger dimension
than 24 by 36 inches be drawn to
the scale of 1 inch to 100
Feet. Copies of the proposed
Ordinance amendments are on
file for public examination in
the Office of the City Clerk,
Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa
This notice is ,
given pursuant to Section 380 of the Code of
Iowa, 1975.
Dated at Iowa City, Iowa thi$
�d day of May, 1976.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City of Iowa City proposes to rezone from �L
to C2 , the following described property to -wit:
Lots 2, 3 & 4, Block 1 Fairmeadows Addition—First Unit
as requested by Whitehouse Enterprises
Notice is further given that pursuant to Section 414.4 of the /1.974 Code
of Iowa, a hearing by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, on the said proposed
rezoning will be held at the Council Chambers in the City Hall of Iowa City,
Iowa, at 7:30 PM on June S , 1976 , and any person having
objections to said proposed action may appear and file objections at said
hearing.
Dated at Iowa City, Iowa this 22nd day of MaV 19 76.
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Publish once I May 22, 1976
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MEMORANDUM
Neal Berlin, City Manager DATE: June 3, 1976
TO: City Council
FROM: Pat Strabala, Director, Department of Finance
RE: $385,000 City of Iowa City General Obligation Bonds
The following are descriptions of the five projects now
comprising the upcoming general obligation bond issue of
the City of Iowa City. These projects are also contained
in the proposed FY 77-81 Capital Improvements Program.
Washington Street Mall __ 200 000
This project includes the completion of pedestrian amenities
and improvements on a four block area of Washington Street.
The improvements and amenities include street lights,
pedestrian lights, electrical conduit work, construction
of tree wells, reinforced retaining walls, wall -mounted
benches, trash receptacles, bike racks, and assorted trees,
shrubs, and plantings. The total construction award for this
contract is $222,471. Although this project was budgeted
in FY 1976, the bond sale is being combined with the FY 1977
issue to prevent two issues.
Asphalt Resurfacing Improvement Pro¢ram - 100,000
This program provides for the resurfacing of selected City
streets, arteriala and local, whose conditions have deteriorated
and need rehabilitation and replacement. Since Road Use Tax
Funds are not available for the full project costs, Council has
approved the utilization of $100,000 in general obligation bonds
during FY 77 in addition to $50,000 from Road Use Tax Funds.
Highway 6-218-1 Intersection Improvements
S39,200
This improvement provides for the resignalization of the Highway
6-218-1 intersection.
intersection reconstrucAlthough originally conceived as an
tion project, including geometrics and
signalization of the area, state funding could not be obtained
for the full project. As a result, the Council has reduced this
project and approved the replacement of the signal lights in
order to improve the capacity of the existing intersection.
G.O. Bond Issue
June 3, 1976
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Highway 6-218 Storm Sewer Proiect - $30,000
This project provides for the reimbursement of the University of Iowa
for construction of a storm sewer along Highway 6-218 in the vicinity of
the Law Library. The City Council has agreed and adopted Resolution
#75-121 to provide reimbursement not to exceed $30,000 or 18.6%.
East-West One Way Couplet Project U1 - $16,800
This project provides for the overhead mast arm signalization and
Physical interconnect along the east -west one way couplet pair of
Market and Jefferson Streets in Iowa City. These funds will provide
for the replacement of three present signals and the signalization of
two additional locations.
Pat Strabala
Director
Department of Finance
�v June 8, 1976
STATEMENT
Public Hearing on East-West One -Way Couplet Project No. 1
FY 77-81 Capital Improvements Program
On April 27 of this year we (an informal group of residents and
property owners on the Jefferson and Gilbert street sides of block 59)
prepared and submitted to City Council a request in regard to the proposed
signalization of intersections on Market and Jefferson Streets. The request
consisted of two parts and was referred to the Director of Public Works at
the May 11 meeting.
The first part asked for vegetative screening (arterial buffer treatment,
as it is referred to In the proposed tree planting plan) along the Jefferson and
Gilbert street sides of our block, as a protection against the noise and fumes
of highway traffic. In a letter from Mr. Plastino to myself (apparently the
total extent of the City's response to our request), he states that the idea of
planting greenery "to provide a visual and acoustic block... certainly has
merit" but that maintenance problems prohibit shrubbery.* Maintenance of
plantings by abutting property owners would appear feasible, since they
already have responsibility for the parking strip, but some other type of barrier
might also be acceptable. The minor problems with screening do not seem to
warrant dismissing the concept out of hand.
Mr. Plastino also points out that:
"The City wishes to signalize these intersections...
primarily to increase the safety of both motorists and pedestrians
"Most of the data available suggests (sic) that traffic
volumes on Jefferson and Market will continue to increase in
future years....
"The problem of arterial streets intruding through
residential areas is not one that is unique to your area of town.
"...it must be recognized that Jefferson and Market are two
of the major traffic facilities in Iowa City and any significant
reduction in traffic volumes is quite unlikely. "
*The City Forester is cited in reference to this conclusion.
We are quite aware of all of these factors and acknowledged them in
our request; we are not asking that these streets be turned back into neighbor-
hood streets, but simply that the neighborhood itself be protected from the
nuisance effects of through traffic.
The second part of the request concerned the source of funds to be
used for street improvements. Mr. Plastino responds by saying that "using
general obligation bonds for a street used by a large part of the general
public would seem to be consistent with the general practice of most
municipalities." This we -have -always -done -it -this -way statement does not,
of course, address the issue of who should pay the costs.
With the help of a graduate student, I have done some background
analysis on the complicated financing question. Despite the large amount of
budgetary Information that went into this analysis, the results are very simple:
counting all sources of revenue (federal, state, county, city), 51% of the total
expenditures within Johnson County (including Iowa City) for highway purposes
are derived from general fund sources (property tax and revenue sharing). In
lay terms, a transfer of funds from the general taxpayer to a special class of
beneficiaries (highway users, In this case) is called a subsidy, and amounts
to almost exactly $2 million (in 1979) for the County. The major impact of
a subsidy of this type and magnitude is to promote overconsumption of the
subsidized activity, i.e., too many cars and too much traffic.
The net effect, then, is that we, as property taxpayers, are forced
to pay for facilities which not only fail to benefit us but actually serve to
reduce the value of our property. Subsidizing the motorist also tends to
increase the transit deficit for the City, another burden we bear as property
taxpayers. Expenditures for traffic signals contribute nothing to the City's
tax base; expenditures for traffic buffers and other forms of neighborhood
protection do enhance the tax base. As a neighborhood impacted on three sides
by arterial streets, we feel that it is time for consideration of pedestrians,
residents, and property owners to take priority over the interests of highway
user:;.
Douglass B. Lee, Jr.
320 East Jefferson Street
Iowa City