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1976-10-26 Info Packet
City of Iowa Cit MEMORANDUM DATE: October 22, 1976 TO: City Council. % FROM: City Manager, µ/ RE: Zoning Maps The Council has requested zoning maps that the audience and th6 Gouncil':can view at the same time. The use of these graphics will be implemented "ori the next new item that. Planning and Zoning submias to the Council.In the dean time, we will continue to use the existing graphics for the curre that the Council is considering, nt items You, will note on your informal agenda -that the firstfifteen mini tes.of'ithe informal meetings have been set aside to review zoning applications, jj�'e Planning staff will make a brief presentation on. new, zoning items and answer any questions on other zoning. matters that appear on the regular,agenda This procedure will allow the Council to be familiar with each application prior to, the formal Council meeting. If you have other suggestions or requests, please let me ]Glow. I , City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: October 22, 1976 TO: City Council FROM: Neal Berlin, City Manage RE: Financial Status of City The purpose of this memorandum is to provide detailed information concerning the financial position of the City, particularly the General Fund. This assessment is important because of: 1. The reduced year-end balance that bad been projected for, June 30, 1976. 2. The imposition of the tax lid by the Legislature and the. subsequent reduction by the Appeals Board of $300;000 property tax suppport for the budget. 3. Efforts instituted to reduce the level of spending -in the last half of FY 76. 4. Additional revenues which may accrue in FY '77 which were not included in the original Budget., S. Additional financial obligations which were not included in the FY 77 Budget. 6. Discussion of the increasing and/or decreasing, by GounGil action, of revenue sources. 7. The cash accounting system of the City which provides a.' somewhat limited view of the City's financial position., 8. The need to maintain a strong financial base for Nowa City government. As stated by Mr. Dave Johansen of McGladrey, Hansen; Dunn $ Co., the first pages of the FY 76 Financial Reportstate the financial position of the City of Iowa,City as accounted for on a cash basis, i.e. the receipts recorded when received, and Aisbursements recorded when paid. Comparison of budgeted and actual receipts, and budgeted and actual disbursements are reflected,on pages 'Z, 3, 4, and,5 of the report. 0 Financial Report -2- October 2231 Budget variances are due mainly to the fact that the Equipment Maintenance Facility and the Mass Transit Development. Project. were ,not begun in k Y 76:. Consequently, intergovernmental revenue; miscellaneous receipts, structure. improvements, and building expenditures; and equipment purchase expeoditut, were substantially below their budget projections. Pages 5-10 of the Financial Report summarize the activities of the I rious funds, programs and activities of the City of Iowa City for FY 76. As presented presennted in the summary statement of fund transactions on page 6, f}ie ending balance in the General Fund was $834;1,25. However, this balance, an other budgeted fund balances, do not reflect encumbrances or•caiiyover items. An encumbrance, for our purposes, is defined as an "obligation incurred by the City o Iowa City, but not expended by means of a cash outlay (outstandi purchase order)." Carr over items are those budget appropriations for which funds have not been o lb igated or encumbered in a past fiscal period, but are deemed necessary expenditures to be incurred :in the following fiscal,period (e.g. equipment purchases, construction projectsj. Attachment H1 provides total receipt, expenditure and ending balance estimat_a for all funds based on the final revised' budget. Attachment k;2 indicates the actual balance in the General Fund as of June 30, 1976. The General Fund balance increased significantly from earlier estimates: SOURCE BND• BALANCE .6/30/76 _ FY 77 Budget $314,955 FY 76 Budget (Revised) 294,799 Final Actual 573,306 Attachment k3 provides a detailed summary for allibudgeted fiords. As referred to in a memo of June 25, 1976;regatding FY 76 Budget AmeixBrgents, efforts in freezing personnel hiring and the lower cost of specific program areas, i.e. construction, had a positive effect; on fund balances. Also, overall, the General Fund received more property taxes, licenses and permits, and fines and forfeitures than almost Sprojected - Magistrate Court reO,U - gippap3 e parking fines were up by $35,000; construction rmits by. Sts pm; , sale of property, $35,000; and property tax by '30,000. Encumbered receipts reflected in the adjusted balance computations include. $12,000 carryover of general revenue sharing for. Human Services Funding;, $23,769 for landfill charges for FY 76 but not received until Ft 77 and $33,287 for library services of Johnson County for the past fiscal period. Most encumbered expenditures and carryover items'were.funded by suxplus,icas}i balances. The difference of ,$278,507 of unobligated or surplus Fund.balaace requires an adjustment for Road Use Tax ;supported activities and Airport balance. The adjusted surplus is then incrensed!to $311,775. i i. .. • ... .. � it 1 I Financial Report -3- October 22, 1976 , Year end balances plus projected first quarter receipts should he adequate to meet obligations due in the first quarter of the new fiscal dear. 'The. City of Iowa City was fortunate in having accumulated a balance,o£ approximately $500,000 frau which it could meet such operating expenditures as the July payroll, which amounted to approximately $395,,000." + , In reviewing amendments to the FY 77 Budget and,in development of the':FY 78 Budget, there are other additional important considerations. The FY 77 Budget is not currently balanced because.the State Appeals Board disallowed $300,000 .in property tax support for the budget. Cejtain additional revenues within the Genera:L Fund are available to balance tiie $300,000 difference. Because of the renewal of Revenue Sharing, it is expected that a payment of approximately $97,000 will be received in April, 1977. The payment was not included in the FY 77 Budget. As a result of legislative action, the City will begin receiving, State Mass Transit Operating Assistance in FY 77. the exact amount is not loiown at this time. It could range from $160,000 to $200,000. i In FY 76, certain functions of the Carmunity'Devel'Ment Dep3artment were charged to the HCDA Block Grant. This included services such as hous4i if inspection and the comprehensive plan. However, the actual fund transffers were not completed in FY 76. It is expected that these "make -u1 payments Ri will amount to approximately $100,000. �I I Therefore, the April 1977 revenue sharing payment, the Mass Transit Operating III Assistance and the "make-up" HCDA Payment could'be utilized to balance the p! budget. In accordance with previous recommendations, it would be preferable; to allocate the additional revenue sharing to capital rather than.opexating. expenses. The City Council will receive proposals frau the Transit Advisory It! Committee of the Regional Planning Commission drat recommend that all of the Mass Transit Operating Assistance be utilized for service eapansiofr and improvements. This is not recommended as a pIn4ent decis'ion.. 7lt least: $119,554 in Mass Transit Operating Assistance should be applied'to;the UI Mass Transportation function to offset the $119',554 in property 'tax reYenue: �. which was projected in the FY 77 Budget (See, FY 77 Budget, page 57). This !! allocation will partly substitute for the ;$300,000 in property tax support which was denied by the State Appeals Board, 71 The next priority for the use of Mass Transit Operating Assistance.should be the development of a program of transportation for the handicag'o, and. elderly which is not included in the FY 77 Budget. City of o MEEMCaAINDIUMI DATE: October 25, 1976 TO: City Council { J t FROM: City Manager RE: Correction of Paragraph 3, Page 4, of October 22 memorandum, subject. - Financial Status of the City The FY 77 budget provides for an annual payment: of $112,662 by University Heights. University Heights is currently paying at a rate of $104 764 or $7,898 less than the budgeted receipt. However, if Iowa City accepted; University Heights' proposal, there would be an annual revenue shortfall of $118,$7S.1 ILII i Financial Report { -4- October 22, 1976 : �I The FY 77 Budget includes $98,000 in additional parking ticke rpyenuel because of the July 1, 1976 increase in the fee from $1 to -$2., Council should decide to revoke its previous action, it will bti necessary to developIf 'the; an equal increase in another revenue source or reduce the d; budget accordingly. It is not recommended that any revenue sources be reduced at this time, particularly as additional revenuer u actually exist, such as the perpetual care trust fund and the.' Heights Contract. v ements University In the months ahead, a careful analysis should be .undertaken of, status of the General Fund so that transfers can be made for the t establish- ment of the cemeteryPerpetual Prudent. Pe etual care trust fund as soon as I financially j1 ThO FY 77 Budget provides for i ayme Heights. However, University Heig�saispcurrnt Of $104,764 b L rate which will produce a revenue short -fall of $48,375, Y annual ty Y Paying at an'annual, Overall, the City of Iowa City is,, at this time, fiscally caution should be taken in the use of federal monies or special 3 ro rjaLions sound, However �i� by other governmental agencies to fund operati xp consideration should be ng a enditures, andca eful p given in the preparation of the FY 78 Buiiget to �I include other revenue sources. I� The listing of encumbrances and carryover items in the FY 77 Budget will be presented at a later date for your formal action in Budget. Additionally,i amending the FY 77 process revisions to the published FYe77 Bu ged et tself, � 78 budget �I recommends that formal amendment of the FY 77 Budget occur before,' II discussions regardin The staff g the FY 78 Budget. �i ii s f i 0 FINANCIAL SUMKARY ALL CITY FUNDS REVISED BUDGET FY 1976 FINAL GENERAL FUM. ALMINISTRATION M'MJNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SAFETY: Police Protection Fire Protection TRANSPORTATION: Traffic Control Mass Transportation Ai�rtSystem Maintenance ENVI1RO'NTAL PROIECTION: SanCemetery LEISURE 4 CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES: Recreation . June ATTA(2MENT ACTUAL 27% :742;992 BEGINNING 319,243 ES1II! BALANCE �S TOTALT1(1TAL RECEIPTS B O a 104,484 $ 1448,431 $ 1e 289,936 631,463 546',399 sl ..(8, 026) (4,815) (78,539) (100,892) 657,666 102,734 100,457 (37,964) Parks 27,546 Library 51,505 TOTAL GENERA FUND 40 090 DEBT SERVICE FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS FMS. Water System Improvements Parks $ Recreation Improvements Pollution Control Improvements *Street System Improvements Bridge Improvements Parking Facility Improvements Landfill Improvements *Other Improvements TOTAL CAPITAL PR(1JECTS ENTERPRISE FUNDS: Parking Revenue Sewer Revenue: Pollution Control operations Sewer Reserves Water Revenue: Water operations Water Reserves TOTAL UPRISE FUNDS TRUST $ AGENCY FUNDS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUNDS: New Construction Working Capital TOTAL SPECIAL ASSESqMS TOTAL ALL CITY FUNDS *Reflects realignment of project within funds occurring FY 1977, $ 298,521 $ 125,320 18,264 31,153 S9,275 7,885 331 6 979 235 249 $ 408,327 205,969 204,692 244,039 482 67 ,; � $- 1-1, 4 977,595 747,807 397,782 606,162 171,729 31,260 531,006 108,799 339,837 295,009 397 212 $ 642,800 61,325 430:534 356;837 1,204;941 123;.000 303;190 22,790 4 009874 6�4g1 941,6i3, 27% :742;992 254;36; 319,243 715,,961 581, 840. (7fii4 831;570- (2�1 43,254 90;; 631,463 67,052. 2-1 354;095 358,514 3J` $ 942,909 $ 297,305 S 389^039 669,373 145,285 1,182,587 310 626 -"----`I $ 780,123 ��'1943 4, 714 19.3?! 56;14 70;aq 33y% 727,323 148',01, 95;610" 254;36; 1,310,!665 286 626 715,,961 15i5'67E S 744,482 $ „41,195 $ 2,246 $ 1S,949 $ 13,500 $ 4 69S 572 662 rl-S 4 9 44 OOU S28�662 15,94 53`9 062 $16 01 81 106 $181278s2 IgL314 516: GENERAL FUND COMPARISON SUMMARY June 30, 1976 GENERAL FUND: ADMINISTRATION CCMMJNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SAFETY: Police Protection Fire Protection TRANSPORTATION: Traffic Control Mass Transportation Street System Maintenance Airport INVIRON01TAL PROTECTION: Sanitation Cemetery LEISURE: F, CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES: Recreation Parks Library ESTIMATED ENDING BALANCE 6/30176 $245,061 6,516 27,956 (76,570) (2,175) 90,746 2,883 12,388 (12,000) 0 ADJUSTED BALANCE 6130/76 $354,985 22,170 60,972 13,558 (43,228) (48,250) 11,476 87,049 30,280 25,293 35,182, 9,693 14,125 TOTAL GENERAL FUND $294,799 $573,306 ATTACT BENT m 2. 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It is increasingly difficult to find police officers whoiae interested in chaperoning dances, and the Police Chief and the Manager both agree that this provision is archaic. Therefore, the Legal Staff is pre- paring an ordinance for Council consideration at a future: date which Will repeal that section. 2. Hawkeye Court Apartments. Parks and Recreation Department is conducting an experimental'recreat on program in that area. This is based upon a request of the residents for some recreation activities. 3. Burnin o£ Leaves. The City this year and in years past has permitted the urning o. leaves. However, as the City picks up leaves and leaves are a. useful resource and because burning is an irritant for persons with various types of health conditions, I have asked the Legal Staff to investigate. an ordinance which would prohibit the burning of leaves. If you haveanm suggestions or comments in this matter, I would appreciate receiving 9. Letters to New Businesses. Enclosed is a letter which the Mayor is sending, to all new usinesses in the community. We think it is important that new businesses be aware of: the City government and where they can recq:Lve. service if they have a problem. 5. Coo erative Agreements. Lyle Seydel and Fredine Branson will be meeting on oven er 16— with the Cgralville City Council at an informal meeting to discuss cooperative agreements. Coralville appears to be in favor of such a cooperative agreement as long as their housing inspector inspects the: housing. On behalf of the City of Iowa City, we wish to welcome you and your new business enterprise to our community. We are confident you will enjoy, Iowa City and our excellent City services. Should you encounter any problems associated with the City we want you to know that we are avail to assist you. Enclosed is a map containing the routes of the Iowa City Transit System; a map locating City recreation facilities and a leaflet on the Iowa Cite Ikunan Relations Commission. If you have employees who would lij e.copies. i of these items, please call and as many copies as you need willibe provided, j If we can be of any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact {i us or the City Manager. i Sincerely yours, IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL Mary C. Neuhauser, Mayor /is enclosures city of Iowa city MEMORANDUM DATE: October 19, 1976 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager C RE: Training Period for New Board and Commission Members As suggested by the Council, to provide continuity in the operation of the City's boards and commissions a thirty -day training program will be institutecl for all newly appointed board/commission members. This thirty -day training period will provide time for new board/commission members to acquire f-,imiliarity and understanding of the operations and procedures before assuming full authorty and responsibility. Vacancies will be announced sixty days before a term expires. The training period will begin and the announcement date will be thirty days before the actual term is effective (see example below). Appointment Notice of and Training Term Vacancy Period Bei Nov, 1 Dec. 1 Jan. 1 The chairpersons who have been contacted are very receptive to this approach. Appropriate revisions to the notice of vacancies, appointment letters„ and municipal directory will be made. The public and news media will be notified shortly. The plans are to implement the change on January 1, 1977. cc: City Clerk Chairpersons, Boards and Commissions iCity of Iowa Cl� MEMORANDUM DATE; October 22, 1976 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager NV RE: Nelson School1 For some years the Johnson County Association .For Retarded Citizens operated the Nelson School on Clark Street which provided a variety of servicesfOt handicapped adults. This year the building was sold because the pi'�ogram:and need for expansion have outgrown the site. The program temporarily'his been located in marginal rental quarters. For a number of months the Association has been seeking a new site,on which to build an improved facility. Discussions have been held with Gdrdwill con- cerning construction ad)acent to the Goodwill Building. However, This may not be feasible. As the nature of the program makes a site near Goodwill desirable, the Association began looking elsewhere in the neighborhood. It has been suggested that the Association discuss with the City the acquisition of the site which has been created by the relocation of First Avenue. A sketch of the site is attached. Council members may be informally contacted by Association Board m�mers:: Also, to preclude any misunderstanding, the Council should be aware that the Manager is very actively involved in the work of the Association for Retarded Citizens. p I T� •' 7S / I ss�-47f �Q 0 ti /4G. ' W .GOt_.q t:rtaar�tu _ 0� Qg38.99 7 Rt;x +rtr ti� y zo N ,01,480.78 7 ;� -i'h' m I �. B /' Clty Of 1QVVa city. ME MORNAND 'M, TO: Aeal Berlin, City Manager DATE: October 22, 1976 Dennis Kraft, Director of COmmunit FROM: y Development Paul Glaves, Redevelopment Program Coordinator RE: Urban Renewal Activities 1. The following is a list of Urban Renewal activities carried out period October 11 -October 22: during the a. Continued 'fork* on marketing'the College Block building. b. Continued work On Property taxes claimed due. c- Continued work on securing abstracts to all R-14 owned property. d. Collected, and mailed to Zuchelli, Hunter and Associates material to marketability of land in Iowa City. s! telate,41 e. Provided additional information to the appraisers. f. Mailed a new solicitation Of offers for review, appraisal services, 9- Continued work on negotiations for sale of land in the east; 1/2 Of, block. h. Reviewed with the City Engineer the status Of utilities in the vaca d Capitol Street right of way, and College Street between Capitol and. te lint Streets. 1 C , i. Received initial HUD approval of the December refinancing P.Idn, J• Settled one outstanding commercial relocation claim. k- Settled one outstanding property tax claim. PGISSW City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM, DATE: October 21, 1976 TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Bob Boalin, Asst. City Attorney RE: Widening of Highway #218 Problem 6V Dear Neal: Slowly but surely we are proceeding to get the matter dorm on Highway #218 resolved. I wanted to bring you up to date on our negotiations and outline the steps that remain to be cmPletecl. 1. We need to modify our long term lease with the U.S. Army, Reserve for their training center. Dan Slothower has prepared a modified description for the new access road, and I have forwarded that to the Army Corps of Engineers in Qnaha. They have a'greed that they will draw up the modified lease and will return.it to us. It will then be necessary for us to change this leasiO by following the procedures of 364.7 of the Code, which requires two resolutions and a public hearing. 2. Don Slothower has also provided me with the:necess�ary engineering data to present to the Federal Aviation AdminiIstratian. in Kansas City eonoerning the property descriptions, and other matters. I have forwarded this material to Dir. Lewis Obe;kran of the F.A.A. in Kansas City for his approval. 3. The Council also needs to approve an agreement conoernin.g! the disposition of any funds accruing to -the City of IowalCity fi•cm the Iowa Department of Transportation. This agreement maX be approved by a simple resolution which I am now preparing. Once te!send the completed agreement to the F.A.A., and once the F.A.A. approves 1 our engineering data, they will then send us a letter of release author- izing us to go ahead and convey the property to the Iowa Department of Transportation. 4. Once we have their release and once we have croirpleted our, lease arrangements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 'we Wili then be in a position to follow the procedures of Chapter 364.7 with. regard to actual conveyance of the property to the Iowa State Highway' Co mission. Once those resolutions are finalized,,we wily then be in a position to exchange checks with thelawa D.O:T. As;;we have discussed earlier, I believe that the money received from' the, Ica7a D.O.T. must be put back into the Airport for airport purposes. While we still have a ways to go on this project, we.are making definite progress. If you have any question's, please let, me know. Thank you, Neal. 0 0 �\ (V l V V \ Znewrml CHIC C1CMA M P NA&;\3SA�LSL ! KMA 19.3$4-1800 dao. I j 4 d ars.ssa-loot -1 'A, aTY, MW4• . POLICE DEPARTMENT October 22, 1976 i Ms. Grace Knox �t P. 0. Box # 721 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Ms. Knox: a Your letter of October 11, 1976 to the City Council, in regard to parking across sidewalks has been referred to me for response. I can assure; you that blockipg,sid!e- walks and crosswalks is illegal and the ordinances relates i ing to these prohibitions are r.i€;orously enforced, when they come to our attention. Police service for this type j of violation is rather quickly furnished. {; Obviously, a police officer on patrol does not, nor' cannot be cognizant of every violation that occurs 0' every j; block in the many miles of streets he/she may patrol, There are a substantial number of matters and incidents including parking violations that he/she must be watch- ful for. However, we can and will take, appropriai~e enforce- ment action when violations are observed or reported to us_ Any time you observe a crosswalk c'r sidewalk bloekgd i+ by a parked car, please call 354-1800, report the violation I and the approximate location and as quickly as a police Officer is available, one will be dispatched to the sc"e. i In closing, I might add that it would be of great assistance to us if you would include your street address on any future written communication. It would be of considerable value to us in advising the patrol force to be especially watchful for violations in your block and neighborhood. Please be assured of the Police Department's oomplete cooperation in all matters of mutual interest. Sincerely, HARVEY p. MILLER Police Chief ;j'I i Johnson coaty J�t'tvED _ regional planning commission -ICth dubuque street. town city. Iowa 52240 (319)351-8556 October 8, 1976 Mr. Dennis Kraft Director ,Department of Community Development City of Iowa City Civic Center Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Re: Scott'Doulevard--Area Transportation Study Dear Dennis: OCT 1 fi! 19713 W"lixnet c u'o.on Ertel L BnOndt 66�( Following our meeting with Neal Berlin yesterday and discussi94 regarding current considerations of the future of Scott Boulevard, I have asked Bob Donnelly to assemble the information we have developed in the Area Transportation Study relative to this matter. ATS Report N2 - Street, H is, Attached is the section from ATS Report 112 which summarizes the traffic service benefit evaluation o triose street and highway I projects related to the Highway 1 north corridor of I?wa City. 1 Included in this analysis are two alternative connections of Scott Boulevard from Highway 5 east -northerly to Interstat&,S 0, It should be noted that the 1995 traffic projections used in this analysis are based on anticipated travel demands generated; by the population and employment distributions forecasted im the Metro Land Use Plan. Two assumptions built into this plan ale of particular relevance to projected travel .on an improved Scott Boulevard: a) substantial increase in industrial empl,oy7gerit!,in, the southeast quadrant of the study area,, east of thetexistln'g I' industrial park area on Highway 6 east, and b) restriction of additional residential development to those built-up areas south of Rochester and west of Scott Boulevard, with the exception,of a small tract of land just east of Scott Boulevard bet weeb:G;ourt and Lower West Branch Road. Additionally, the traffic;ptoj,octions indicated for an improved Scott Boulevard are those attracted by a high grade bypass facility; an assumed travel speed :of 40;4S m:p was used for the computer analyses. The section ofA_ZS Report #2 which is attached, summarizes the. ' traffic service impact o t ese improvements, particul:arly,With { respect to future deficiencies within the Highway 1 north corridor i anticipated if no transportation improvements are implemented.. The general conclusion at this stage in the study, is that, an improved Scott Boulevard would have a moderate impact on reducing travel demand within the Highway l corridor°, however improvement of the Highway 1 north facilityis.still,;proba,tily required in the future. Also, the First Avenue extension proposal, is shown to have more of a traffic service;,impa'ct within the corridor than an improved Scott Boulevardproject. Next Sten: Evalua The next step in the Area Transportation Study is the identi- fication and evaluation of three transportation syst,emalter- :! natives - a high investment street plan alternative, a hi,•gh investment public transportation oriented altennativ,e, and,. an intermediate, "balanced" plan alternative. It is�.anti,cipatedl that both the First Avenue extension and an improvedi,scott, Illj Boulevard project will be included in at least -one of these alternatives. The evaluation of these alternatives will be summarized in ATS Report N3, and the .evaluation will. be broadened to include the effectiveness of proposed projects as+ they{, relate to four transportation objectives: a) the reduction III of existing and future traffic congestion/street deficiencies, 11 b) the minimization of undesirable through traffic ih res!,Aentia l areas, c) systems continuity including minimization of. trq:'l distances and user costs in terms of've'hicle and time savings, ;I and d) bypass and segregation of heavy conimerci'al traffic,. It is our objective to have _ATS Report N3 available for !j committee and local review by 7anuary r, 1977. We.anticipate that the consultant will be identifying the elements of alter- native plans within the next several weeks. I�am sure that input from you and your staff will be extremely helpful tat the consultant in the process of identifying the most appro- priate design and locational considerations to be included',in evaluation during this phase of the study with respect to Scott B1 d' Please let me know if additional information at this time will be of assistance to you. Sinc rely, ,�tL _ 2 randt ecu�tive Director ec: VNeal Berlin Jim Saag Bob Donnelly Enclosure EB/db i Y � • CORRIDOR 6 HIGHW— EAST The forecasted travel'g� under the 95 Volumes in this corridor Auto -Dominant travel assum Of 16,000 Ptions indicate a range to 17,000 vehicles tween the G Per day on Highway 1, East be_ overnor-North Dodge intersec change with I_80,* tion and the inter - This travel forecast exceeds the existing traffic carrying capacity of Highway 1 East in that segment. ° The preliminary estimate of Level of ne traffic carrying gapacity at Service C for the existin tions of 9 unimproved two lap Highway 1 East is 8,100 vehicles Q sec - 100 Restrained Assi Per day. The ca_ gnment suggests that the future deficiencies on Highway I East would displace some tra.ve9 to Corridor 5, and thereby aggravate the deficiencies on North Dubuque Street, Street and Hi hwa Network Improvements Five test network traffic Proposals were evaluated for their service benefit identified in for the Highway 1 Corridor. Figure 4 6, These are area -�—' Two easterly bypasses, of were incorporated in the Test S the urban Street and Highway, Networks, ® The connection East north to the Scott Boulevard from and I-80 was he interchange of Highway Eak! 6 facility, Thissfed as a high gradeghway 1 East and 4,000 vehicle attracted between lane 1995 travel on Highway day reducin ted 12,000 14,000 ghway 1 East intog forecasted Scott 6-uolevard trips Per da the range of With I-80 y' Connection of east of the existin; 4-38 �. i coaRiiij%r.: 6'- IILIY interchange of I-80 and Highway 1 East would pro- vide somewhat more traffic relief to this corridor (-4,300 vpd), however, the maximum.of 6,000 v(hi- cles per day projected to use this facility cqul'd not justify the construction of a new interchange with I-80. Improvement and connection with Scott Boulevard from Highway 6 East to Rochester and its connection with the existing interchange of local Road and I-80 east of the urban area was not tested, but could be expected to provide approximately the same level of traffic relief to Corridor 6 as Pro- ject 2-7 in terms of total traffic diverted. Any of these three identified easterly bypass connec- tions would reduce truck traffic from the east. (amount not determined) which presently uses High- way 1 East, Gilbert Street or Highway 6 East.i:o and from the southeast Industrial Park Mall area. ®The extension of 1st Avenue from Rochester north to North Dodge in the vicinity of the I-80 interchange attracted approximately 8,600 vehicles per daft under, the Auto -Dominant travel forecast. This red.uged travel on Highway 1 East by approximately 5, 5(O ve- hicles per day. The approximately 12,500 vehicles per day remaining on Highway 1 East might be ccommo- dated by an improved two lane facility. The Is;t Ave,- nue extension shows substantial additional utilization of existing sections of 1st Avenue; south of Rochester (+6,400 vpd), south of Court (+5,100 vpd) and south of Muscatine (+2,200 vpd). The widening of Highway 1 East to four lanes 4etween the intersection of Governor and Dodge and just north of the interchange with I-80 would provide sufficient capacity within this corridor to accommodate fore- casted 1995 Auto -Dominant traffic. An extension of 7th Avenue from Rochester north to North Dodge was also incorporated in one of the Assiorment Test Networks. This was tested in con- junction with the connection of Sycamore and Tth Avenue in order to test the traffic service benefit of such a continuous north -south facility. Approxi mately 7,000 vehicles per day would be projected to use this connection, however, traffic would irxcrease: on existing residential sections of 7th Avenuej; souiih of Rochester (+5,600 vpd) and south of Court e+4,700 vpd). No relief of the Highway I Corridor east of the 7th Avenue connection would be achieved. 4-39 Riiu°vr; 0 Transit and NPA Improvements In order for transit of NPA alternatives to achieve substantial impact on travel within this corridor, it. will be necessary to address external -local travel. In addition to such para -transit programs of converting auto trips to car Pooling or van pooling or small community subscripti"on bus service, shuttle service to peripheral parking facil.it;ies may be considered in the transit element. The, decision of where to locate new peripheral parking facilities in this corridor would require consideration of various trade-offs. Close -in locations may offer more convenience for the centrally -oriented trip maker, while locations farther out may represent lower land costs. In the Highway 1 East Corridor, it may be possible to coordinate express shuttle service with local service to Office and other employment activities in the vicinity of the I-80 Interchange. 4-40 Considerations for Plan Alternatives Improving the road section of Highway I East, and thereby increasing its traffic carrying capacity, would appear to provide ample capacity for the Auto -Dominant level travel demand in this corridor. One Plan Alternative to be. identified in the next step of the study might include the Scott Boulevard bypass concept (Project 207 or its variatign) and/or the I�st Avenue extension (Project 3-5) for further evaluation. However, the initial estimate of the traffic carrying capacity of Highway I East should be reviewed for 3 t this essentially uninterrupted, rural roadway section. I w arm -am VA T K7 0 0 CITY OF IOWA CITY DEPARTMENT iOF PUBLIC WORKS ME.MORANOUM TO: Neal Berlin FROM: Richard J. Plastino RE: Monthly Report - September POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION DATE: actot i I I, The crews cleaned approximately 1,000 -feet of •sanit7arg-sewer., Approximately 128.manhours were spent wo,rking,on lift. sta$ions.. There were three (3) complaints of sewer stoppagesji 'iijo were the property owners' r.esponsi,billty'and one g y was.thg City's responsibility. The lab technician position has been filled by Janette. Anderson The shaft broke on the pump at the West•'Park Lift $'tat.ion, The.entire lift station will be replaced in -the next few months and this type of frequent repair will be eliminated,. We have completed study, on utilizing sewer, gas to seat buildings at•the Pollution Control, Plant...A conitact'wil;l be signed shortly so that we can make final design, And let the. cont_r,act. We should recover total instailation costs in Itwo to three (Z to 3). years, since we will eJ:iminate uj of fuel o CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 64 building permits were issued; 66 m,echanica°1 -peri fts lJ plumbing permits and 110 electrical permits; Totai perml fees were $8;083., There are currgntly 674 active tuildiii; permits, 327 active plumbing permilts, 533 active eaectr.ic; permits and, 251 active mechanical permU1s;, The totalLva. of all con't'iction..to date is ih exces" of,F.iftp64 Milli, Dollars. n The unsafe windows at 116 East Washington Street above Enzler's have, been repaired. A warrant,for the arrest,of' John Lee was issued regarding "the junk situation a,j: 8QQ First .Avenue. STREET,..DIVISION 13 utility cuts were patched; 15.7 feet ,of- curb we; eFlaced,. 67 hours were spent mowing; 8 hours of this was a£'"the airport. 365 curb miles of street; were swept. I page 3. Monthly Report September EM.PMENt DiVISYON I The new Equipment 8up'erintendett, sta:fted'Work S'eptiAi�i 20th. Two different '§6ts ofe,ducat'idhkl :m'it`etia15,1I!hiv!'*1 4� been obtained foruse by the mechanics in preparing for the c6itilicition tests put on b�, the: -National Institute Automotive ' 5ef'Vice E,`ccellehce. ' Ro--th sets wiillb6 checked out and -dep&naihg*up6n` Which one is thL-be�'-t, an order will be placed for each of the mecha:nits. The Superintendent and the assistant .are developing 4, preventative maintenance schedule syst6m.- 'Zh1i:s_sY:iktA_M*_ will rely on index cards which will he used to, schedule. in equipment for pxO.vL4tativ6 maihtbhahce. A M i*n.t'enanq,q Iqorkpr T has been hired' to -provide f6r; up'Se'ryce,s at the he EjuIipm6nt Biii(l i_ji ldubiic"a tio hls,� PaI Y t s running a1,oth*emiscellaneous tasks. ThIis indivldual°4%Ti ll the Q,6PMto 'Mshift.It will�a'I utilization of mime When oth6t employeesare not3ptesen�,, 'phis makes tyro ppop 1,q working on 'the night shift. The tquipp.en,t SIp"Or.xqtehdent has LYe gun r PT�Ag, p, p-qu1p4 t specified in the yidgdt, ihcludth, Mhtivil rkV6rchps for the mechanics, welding equipment, tool and die; sets;, test equipment, engine stands, power saws, c19.these :Lockets, and additional lubrication equipment.: The :Vqui;pm9n't P4vls-ion is working with-'Pindlide to Igef1,iii 4 en to' caro. on. parts, actually being carried in stork andAtig1!dn up. on control, of 'Paris. it The Public Works Director has met w , h. Blartbn;-Aschbiz& Consultants in Evanston, Illinois to feyiew the- equipment maintenance. -study- A summary re,port of approximately 15;-2.5 .to- City ppuric, 'Th�q,'coAsu'lt'ant pages, will be submitted to- The;' .1. V " il" , finecl the need for a iew, e'Ruip"me'nt f9c' ky has clearly out and two options are being ex epth. , :The first, ;Qptiol iii; '�Prqyisqon of an dtstife,but .complete repair ',gauge :and equipRent storagp� bu�ld,img to b� built at o— ' nd by a general obligation'bond'. The'§econd cPtion is constr uc- tion of only the service bays with a'smift genera -bond and--con,strun ,ctio,of equipmen.t rage in,c storage �thel bu dings: and:facili..ti,es oui',(?,f' operating'd 'h fi�,fi s each year. 'aen 1 to bd !tiki�n The Superinten i is preparing test _ .,.� I I �i � by all the equipment personnel as a means of ddier!uuning, promotions, that will be occurring i,4 the next two to tht.ee (2 to L 3) months. page 4. Monthly Report* September We are exploring ways to install ventilation at the bus. 1 barn. At present, extremely heavy concentrati'•on:of A es.el 1 vapors are building up presenting a definite, }health ;hazard.:!! The Equipment„Superintendent is :t _ of synthetic.oii, in severe use equipmettigat.ing the use of i P.reparat.ion of sanders and snow plows for the *inter season!:' has .begun.. The leaf loader has been turned up, for aea pic}; up. this fial.l. The John Deere compactor at the,;, fa' a ' -,had i; a minor rebuild j.ob. SOLID. WASTE. DIVISION The Solid Haste D°vision N during the month. We, arepnowedow�n toOIZ person ondieth ste solid Waste. trucks and the remaining, temporary person will terminate..at, the .end 'Of' October. So;far,,'the +',eduction in in th`owe.r is .,w,orking, out well,. we are trying ti;o `find.^ funds I',� in the ,op,e.xating budget t.o; encl'ose and' heat .a , 6rtionlof the.:barn ;at, the sa -I to y .landfill,• Iri the past' few' X n,t'ers problems :have occurred+ ;in which t}ie 't,racks of t!h.e! buhldozer ! freeze to the ground a"t night and so-rid'waste is freex'ing i into, the. tracks .and .r,.ollers of the machine. Th! is',' is..ex-, t,reme.hy hard .on. Ehe.machi,ne arid'"r'Sul;t's itt' incl as.ed near... , 9 ENGINEERING DIVI'SfON i. ,Based. upon the, .progress to. date, it appears that the Washing,t,on Street, .Ameni;ties Program ,will b'e completed' b the end of October. The bricks have `b•een re,cei'ved aiid! he j trash receptacles are being installed". There die a few" J minor .c,lean-••up. type operations that will be taken oa;e of as. final' x.n§p'e,'ction is made.. A m�et.ing, has..be'en',he,'1_d oto review—the study of, ai•te;inat'e' I{ means of disposal' 'for the 'Water Plant sludge. Fu1�'l:ic iVio;rks i has concluded `.;,hat removal .of W;i'teY Plant sludge's ftom!' the , Iowa River is a very low pi:i'oTi;ty -and the Csty wil] be moving very siowly ;to meet' EPA 1=egyhatons, Public '-Wo,iks h fee.Ts that Congress may change -the" law to. make siic'h removal it no longei ne`cessar`y:. Field work fins d. been. comp`let•ed' on the Muscatine Arrrenue 1tinpTove! ments. We are `a few 'weeks tiehzn•d schedule; } oweyfer mel should be, able to fit, this ,project into the Summer of l'9?? Wit 9- problem. r The West Park Lift Station is' sch6)iul-ed for'de IiweXy oii',: November 30, 1976. This project is one. M page Monthly Report - September i' The Asphalt Overlay Project and. the 'Scurry':Seal Pxo}.ect,s are complete. The Mudjacking Contract is complete. � h The FY 77 'Landfill Excavation Project is still in.the, con- struction 'stage. The 10 -Unit T Hangars at the airport have been started and it is expected they Will be •complete this Fall. ; i Consultants have been interviewed for rating, all the bridges in lows City and, the firm of Shi.ve-=Hattery, and Associates has been chosen. 35' bridges in ,the -community will ?be studied �! for structural adequacy. i The Civic Center Air Conditioning Study will be cpmp2ete within about a month. Construction of South Sycamore by Frantz Construc,$ion Company i is progressing and it is expected this will be co'Oplet.ed this Fall. i� A Civil Engineer has been assigned to the southwest inter- ceptor, sewer repair. This is programmed for construction. this, Spring. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ADMINISTRATION The Traffic Engineer was involved in the following act livities during the month of September: it Worked with the University of 'Poria and the Lowa' Depar;,t%ent: of Transportation to discuss comprehensive directional signing for the University. Since some of thel signs. will, l have to be on City tight =of -way; the ,City is. involve d;;, The Engineer met with representatives of Iowa/411inois to confirm where we Would obtain electricity for -the "reconstruction of the Westlawn Cuive:,,Lighting: We w;ili lie done with this project in•the; nett few weeks: Next year, the rest of the lighting on Riverside Drive will be cgmpl.ete to the,northwest. The Engineer discussed recommendations of priority of transportation needs with the Chamber of Commerce Trans- portation Committee. I!' The Traffic Engineer continues to be involved in 'the jghnsor County Regional Planning Commission Area Transportation Stud and Urban Renewal Traffic Plans. Project Green is having a landscape architect r:e-.delgn Washington Street from Van Buren on east to .Dodge.. (Tr,affic i page 6. Monthly Repo- September Engineering is involved in reviewing these plans to insure compatibility with traffic needs-. Traffic Engineering met with representatives of the ;Iowa Department of Transportation to d,is_cus's the iiyle ;yeAf plan, and determine the status of Hwy. N1 West. Rig4t-of-w4y acquisition ;on, :Hw,y.. #1 West is: sghedgjied for 1919. _and, construction is scheduled for sometime after h no definite date. We are continuing .interviews t;ofill a vacancy;for-kign maker in the division. o The .Sdho.oll Board :has, requested that the City run, buses between Regina, and southeast a;nd,the Traffic•Eng;ineim and Transit Superintendent met with .the schoo;l;_Boatd, to,.',i discuss this item. The City will not provide Muses for this. d Mercy Hospital wants additional signing for the hospital and the: Traffic Engineer is working. :with; them ;qn thisimatte The Traffic Engineer is working with the Engineeringa,D3.v3si to discuss the transportation system for the east part of Iowa ;Ci!ty: Work is continuing on the accident pin -map ,upr;iiate (jt,his, is a map in the Traffic Engineer's office which,s$ows all acci from January 1, 1976: A street name sign inventory card system has..been co" letec i A postcard survey has been run concerning a stttet Tight is the area of Regal Lane: Observations were:made of the Burlington Street ;master con to determine when it is switching,f om a 66 secorid;c;ycl;e t 70 second cycle, and from 70 seconds to s0 seconds. Work has been done on base drawings for.ihe, nterse,gtion o k6-1-218 resignalizat•ion; the•xe'signalitatioh' of Sycamore Hwy. M6 and reconstruction of Benton and Rivepside,., Started data acquisitiod for the 1977 average daily taffic'm HUMAN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT August - September, 1976 October 13, 1976 Placement Activities Persons hired: 1 Senior Clerk -Typist - Admin,:istratlon 2 Redevelopment Spec.(PT) - Commuyji�ty Dovelopm;Klt: I Accountant - Fin a h�cLi, 2 Account Clerks - Fjinan:ce� 1 Clerk -Typist - Fi n a rcce I Librarian II(PT) - L i bra Iry I Therapeutic Rec. Spec. - Parks� & RQ06 1 Rotating Radio Dispatcher -Police qepa�j,�tment 11 1 Clerk-Typist(PT) - Police Depai�tment I Equipment Superintendent- Publtt Works 1 Civil Engineer - Pub I ix w o rks, 1 Asst.Supt./Pollut-ion Contr.-Publiq, Works 2 MW I Solid Waste - P u bI Tc� WorU 9 Bus Drivers(PT) - Trans1 t Persons terminated: 1 Assistant Planner - Community Developme"fiti, I Finance Dept. Director - Finance. 1 Keypunch Operator - Finallce I Firefighter - Fire I MW I Custodial - Parks�, &, Ret�6 I Police Officer - Police Dep�aj�tment 1 Radio Dispatcher - Poliq'e Oep,artment 11 1 Engineering Technician - Pubi Iic Works 1 MW I Solid Waste - Publi:c �o rkti 1 Parking Enforcement Att.- Finance Persons reclassified or promoted - I Animal Control Officer - Police (temp. part time to Perm. part �time) 2 Bus Drivers - Transiit (temp. part time 'to perm. part time)� I 1 Redevelopment Specialist to Program C-pordiinli 0 ol (Block Grant) - Community De'velqpA' ht� 1 Redevelopment Specialist to Program Qbordicn� (Redevelopment) - Comm6pity 00velQpi Ot' 1 Technical Assistant to Assistant Planner(PT) - CommUni.ty Delvel Qp nt: 1 Cierk-Typist to Keypunch Operator - Fi pance 1 Clerk -Typist reclassified as Senior Clerk -Typist - Commahity De .velop 'el t! 1 Librarian II - Libr4,ry (perm. full time to perm 3/4 ttime.) 1 Library Clerk Libr4ry (perm. full tim,e to perm. 3/4 time) 1 Senior clerk-Typ:ist/Administratlon to Clerk-Typfs�.it/Ri,.corlds - Polic�,e Depa,!!�tmeot 0 0 HUMAN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPOR17 Page 2 Temporary employees hired: 2 Clerk -Typists - Administ.rat:ion 1 Intern(PT) - Adm,inist.rat.ion 1 Director - City Spirit 1 Planning Technician - CommunitT .Devejopmen 1 Planning Technician(RT) - Community Developmen 1 Clerk -Typist - Finance 2 Library Aide(PT) - Library 1 Director - Mayor's Youth 22 Mayor's Youth 1 Receptionist/Rec.(PT) - Parks & Rec. 1 Recreation Supervisor(PT)-Parks & Rec. 27 Recreation Leaders(PT) - Parks & pec. 4 Recreation Aides(PT) - Parks & Rec. 5 Instructors(PT) - Parks & Rec. 2 Swimming Pool Managers(PT)-Parks &;R.ec. 7 Lifeguards(PT) - Parks & Rec. 1 Sports Official(PT) - Parks & Rec. 1 Park Security(PT) - Parks & Rea. 2 Laborers/Parks - Parks & Rec. 1 Laborer(PT)/Parks - Parks & Re.c. 1 Clerk -Typist - Police 2 Crossing Guards(PT) - Police 1 Sub.Crossing Guard(PT) - Police 1 Engineering Technician(PT)Public, Works 1 Laboratory Technician(PT)-Public. W'',orks 3 MW I Solid Waste - Public Works 1 MW II Water - Public W'ork.s Temporary employees terminated: 1 Clerk -Typist - Administration 1 Editor and Research Asst. -City Spirit. Projeot 1 Clerk -Typist - Finance 1 Library Aide(PT) - Library 3 Laborers/Cemetery(PT) - Parks & Rea. 2 Crossing Guards(PT) - Police 2 Sub.Crossing Guards(PT) - Police 3 Engineering Technicians - Public Works 2 Summer employees(PT)/ Pollution Control - Public Works 1 MW I Solid Waste - Public Works 2 MW I Solid Waste(PT) - Public Works 1 Summer employee/Water - Public Works 2 Summer employees/Water(PT)Public Works Temporary employees reclassified: 1 Crossing guard reinstated -Police 5 HUMAN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT Page 3 Civil Rights Com taint Activities Formal complaints: 5 (1 Race/Public Accommodat.ionsa 1 Sex/Public Accommodations; Informal complaints; 2 Race/Housing; 1 Sex F 36 (14 Housing; 20 Empioymentment.) Cases closed:2 2 Public Accommodations) (1 No probable cause 1 Administrat'- Sex/P0bllc.AccornmitionatignY closed ;Race/uComplaints in concasblic Complaints in litigation; ('1 Race/Employment; Requests for information; 30 Sex/Employment) 2 Westinghouse Progress on objectives Personnel Objectives Civil ts Objectives: 2. Continued evaluation of openings as they occur, Reviewed relationship between rehabilitation speciwed alists and building inspectors. Also Job description for buyer. Completed negotiations on numerous items with AFSCME after mediation. We are developing a reminder- I4, a lan. Perform- ance reviews from the budsystem for will be o 9 worksheets ea-, operational by the first of the year, 1• To estahiie� This objective was co �_. the revised plan was submittedntoethem,City 27 When Co,Uiiei l . HUMAN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT Page 4 Civil Rights(continued) !G 2. To develoa workable and effective contract '! cam ance Program or mon 4torling, e eira '! grants by July 1 6. .i We are developing a format for Urban Renewa!1 Civil Rights compliance in connection,with the Redevelopment Department., it We participated in an HCDA - Block Grant Civil Rights compliance seminar in order to Provide better support services to the departments in, this compliance effort. Collective Bargaining Objectives: I. To negotiate contract with AFSCME with 1 + r minim Contract negotiations for a two year agreement were completed and ratified by the City' Council on August 27. Negotiating sessions were held on August 2-3 with PERB officials mediating. Tentative agree- ment was reached August 3 at 2:00 A.M. 2. To admi manner. t a cohs'is AFSCME: Grievance Committee meeting on September 29 No formal consideration of grievances as per new contract. After being unsuccessful in the grievance.pro- cedure and during contract negotiations,, the equipment mechanics tried another method to induce additional compensation, and refused to, bring their tools to work on Friday, September lo• Each of the persons affected was suspend fo,e five days. A total of ten grievances wGire filled out of the situation and have progressed; through Step 3. FIRE: No new grievances filed. Negotiating sessions were held on September 3, 15, Z3, andi 28th. Team meetings were geld twice to prepare. Report to City Council was September 201;h. POLICE: No grievances filed. Negotiatijig seis:ions for wages only were held on August 11, Septembeir 3, 16, and 24th. 0 And God said WHAT? At wit's end By ERMA BONIBECK You hear a lot of talk in an election year about "bureauc- racy." One of the best examples I've seen per, appeared awhile back ¢ in the Congressional Record. Since there d was no author's name, '. you can fantasise on who wrote it. IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. He was then faced with a claw action suit for having failed to file an environ- mental impact statement with the Heavenly Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA, an angelically staffed agency dedicated to keeping the universe pollution free,i God was granted a temporary permit for 'ibe Heavenly portion of the project but was issued a cease and desist order for the earthly part, pending further study by HEPA. Then God said, "LET THERE BE LIGHT," and He should never have brought up this point since one of the Council was active in Sierrangel Club and immediately demandtd to know how the light would be made. Would there be strip-mining?' flow about thermal pollution? Air pollution9 God explained the light would'come ffgm a huge ball of fire. Nobody in council really understood this but it was proviiionall accepted U) no sttio� or itnoke Would result from the ball obi titre; (' e epbrate burning ,permit ,would be required, and 2) since coatinitoas light would be a waste ofenergp Ili iWul,d be dark at least kali the time.,God a'geed, When asked, how the earth4witil be covered for darllut'God said, "LET THERE BE FIR MAIMENT''AMip6T THE WATERS." 'One ecologically radical council member accttged him of doubletalk, but actlon was tabled since God would be required tint to file'itor permit from A*fiei Bureau: of Lund Management (ABL'M) and further Would :be required to obtain water permits from appropriate agetrcie6. ' God said, "LET' THE; WATERS BRING FORTH THE CREEPING CREATURES HAVING LIFE AND THE FOWL THAT MAY FLY OVER THE EARTH:' egr .Hagaid, ceeaeu tools no'!torrnai action,, slntp,iit; weld require alii"val'yf tke,Gailtu.a W pl& Commission,, eoordiait.a 16. God said He project fp six advised by m completely out 01106 1iteaji would, require a mhtinunn o to review the app�ieation a statement. Atter that, tAerq public hearing, It trade tie months before, a! perioit granted. God said, "To Heil with it," Aa - QQ. i Cost/Benefit of Barrier -Tree Construction I � ►fir-= ;; M Frequently, the anticipation of e>rtreme costs has stifled discussion and more thorough evaluation of the incorporation of considerations for the handicapped into new construction projects. Even greater anxiety, is attached to the likely costs in correcting already -built situations. This apprehension continues, due mostly to the. lack of research into the cost/benefit aspects of barrier -free construction. Recent studies have begun to bring inforrnationi to this! subject which indicates that earlier assumptions of costs were, In fact, exaggerated. In a study undertaken by Perkins and Will, Architects; on. .the, costs- of barrfer-free construction;.an anajysis;o( a ,questionnaire,seftt t0 ;local Officiate �n,�. .......:i__._ __._-..r^ be-.restrictive,ko the handicaPped,;Second,;that lessdhaml0 % of.the,�i'rohitepts soryeyeal -'(Olt that a•buifding constructed.lo.be.:fQtly' accessible. to , ,.- .,.,y.�.r,.,yg,tr: tk support of ,this is,a' study .cofiducked by Jhe,De,. partment, of :.Urban Studies;: Nati,onai: L`eagueo of Cities, Washington, O,G. (1.967),i[1-whiciiseveal; buiidingsf. both existing• and hypokhe icat.were. studied+as..to the:speoifjp cpsgs;involyed (n mak9 ing4hermbarrier-free, Eleme{tts;consideced in the estimate were basic Yo: accessibility,, gRd con, formed. ;to the ,4pecif!cations ,,',sei ;nrtt;..(n. me .ate... Bible .To,,;and, Usable ..B..y;, the ;...Phy;ically Handi capped. Aiso, the elements were designed so as not to.curtail' any, normal Jbriciions,;or detract from the aesthetic appearance of ttie ;buildings, Of the 3 neer existing structures studied, it was estimated.that each building could have been constructed in such a way as; toprovide total accessibility for less than 1110 of 9 % of total construction costs. likewise, 6 of the 7 hypothetical buildings !studiedcould have been constructed barrier -free. for less than 1f� of 1 % of the original construction costs—Although this relate Ir tMWlratlonS, Mttk idoU6t that the 11 construl�tion that A i de ,lTernentalty MINIMS i -cotes that i!Kessa- t D such ainajl. ttii, t. cases Johnssoc roved to i i�mafe�ing V �taly:to costs of site iaiseil tt;a{'�tjce price of id iwen less roMtp's arerli�kely to. t;e ting a a capped,, ly. cost the co rwnains; that our t. be aecessib�el :to'our li on s inot!yek twin, ierationa Idl;beijnci7rporat- resporill Ir, aiiditl6n, we I. rrierswt�'p-pnIiplggnate- ur a iist lPIOPir 1. rroij"6t and d'the c ,` S as Wf' n litto to Ie Soi'ahe with lnci�(pp ming I strulctitfb. The 9 IbNrr, ' dpll3ting I environment must be carried within established maintenance budgets and budgets for Capital improvements. The'cost-diind6( be buried Into: a long column of larger construction costs �to appear smaller. Father, if Must tornei from an understanding and acknowIddgmeni' by the public that these -areas must. ' "meet the requirements of. our Increasing :population. In most case ' s, pressure06i. use of a site have Intensified beyond ttie population .originally intended to be served. 'Hen, the benefits oVany correctiveconstrucflon will be realized by more users loan originally planned. There appears to be little evidence to support a claim that the costs of new bArrier-free, construction should itegatively influence the decision-making 'process, of whether barrier - free elements are to 667inclU,ded In:a:p(oject. On one hand, the minor cost: increase Involved Is a small price to pay for increased, accessibility, The study findings also show thatincrea''ses' *are' so insignificant If Included in the original construct ' ion that both 'public and 'private construction bud hould be able' to meet the additional costs W�Il�Vkttle or no apparent hard- ship. In addition, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 has explicit require- menis for the proylsion of barrier -free rch 1 tiec' ure, and site design along with the architecture: hac _ nery to provide � for the fuddling of such construction. truction. As was previously discussed in "Cur- rent Legislation" of the preceding: "Laws. and Legislation" section, th&Act,;covers-two items of importance concerning the public funding of bar- ,rier-free site design. The first deals with the Initial application and review requirements necessary for obtaining a grant. Section 104,4(A) states that "an accurate survey of the condition of housing in the community and the housing assistance needs of lower-income persons (including the elderly and handicapped) residing in or expected to reside In the community" has to be submitted before any financial assistance can be approved. The second item, Section 105.5 states that "assistance can be obtained for special projects in a community, di- rrected to the removal of material and architectural barriers which restrict the mobility and accessibil- ity of eldeflyjand handicapped peisbns�_ Wlth(nAhe private sector; the, Cqsks.JqYqIVed with ;malillng: existin.g, structures Aqc',J3s1,b1q lnust' be.,weigh.ed against the- I e- berrefits,_,of. complete accessibility; Wit6-ouIr,residen(W 646prr4rits being. designed :at JInd(eas(riq idens-it ies, the ultimate benefit of any, cqpsfdpral'og; - for the !!handicapped" not, -only provides ease of move- mePt,'for the, general ;public, ,but increases: , _,Ihd �poten,tjal consuimer-m.arlc_qt toirid.lude-it'ibse;with actual, hapd icaps as. well. Witti: the:j- c ,tatisfi s given earlier, one can, see that the,numbers..of .people, that. would -become eligible i'customers" to ,facilities so designed and that, are- r" i 'p . ese�tly -belrid,,ignored'would be .from .the potent * ial . economicgaini ,ot'0 pPr1!FIg areas to the handicapped'handicapped'gfouios,'.#e must ,ultimately, meet our. moral responsibility of prqyIdlng-iIo1aI acc6si,,J6oui,p6bIi6ipa6ii. This 1s especially appropriate pproppate r. w_hen I a z ne - .stops to' consider that the, yery ',doJ1A_rs s I Pent, for, the "construction, of public,-space.s, came in,,Oarll- (I Source: Barrier Free Site Design, U.S. GovcrntnentlI ?rxntir Office; Washington, D.C. MD -PDR -84!, Api.,-il 197 pp. 10-11. J 4 a 11 a he�. ;; - Growlng= _ n��M�, �� !l` Threat of Public Employ e Strikes An expert examines an issue that has tremendous importance to business and to the country •••1! �. —"' E%Fz T"t call not the proper a �* 0 "" bftiJlf�ae is poroa* 84?Mat 8 a SYSte"I Called #*@t4ndij0*t 0 RGAMZED LABOR is acioin'Press-' ing for The Oerim But 11 1 . : says one of its perennial goals --a federal law giving full percent f the qt�! million 9,2! COI- lective bargaining rights, accom- Panied by the fightu strike, to state mud lomji.,jc� Ployees now state and ICKMI government employee.assocla unions or ernp eye,4 Roughly Il'obbi 4 the For business, this invok" disturb- 78,000 l9cal ffoo"Frbentad� ing memories qfAllejal public worker walkouts tions meet with 'iHeij in Baltimore, Kait&*S,CitY, some fori6cjla"d-: ,I New York, Pittsburgh and San Francisco, in " ' I;" . 1. ty-eight hun'dred 0�*A can - '* and Massachusetts, which had a statewide striket by state duct , VO berg ung Organir �I`unu`F fed labor is Prossms, employees, PNAI-. sage of either of Thirty-seven states and the Dis- trict of Columbia ha,ve major ernployeeiloollective, statutes giv, ing some measure of laborTn"ge- ment - new before Con grisa The br7y H, R. 77 1 k� negotiation rights to at least one category of public employee'. In I Thompsoo (D. -N-, seven of the states, strikes by public 1,188, spo' adred goybel (b y -Calif Both Calit;);, employe es are permitted under �cer- tain cir curnstanoes• n6 include "ven are Alaska, Hawaii, Minnesota Man- tana, �r tive gtai' g1aiiat:': For oa vi jpublic Oregon, Pennsylvania, a' nd Ver- Mont. - collective 1, 'PIPF! Al wills 68 talked NATION'S BUSE Ras - qVip i 0 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORK STOPPAGES 1960-1975 1960 62 64 66 en ru 11 •� •. Source: U. S. Department of Labor The number of state and local public employees who Joined In work stoppages averaged about 25,000 annually In the early 1960's. Last year, the number was 919,600. The 1975 walkouts resulted in a loss of 2.2 million worl(days. Thompson, a recognized expert in this field. Mr. 'Thompson, a senior partner in the law firm of Thompson, Ogletree, and Deakins, of Greenville, S. C., and Atlanta, Ga., has repre- sented numerous public employers throughout the Southeast in em- ployee disputes. Thousands of state employees in Massachusetts recently went out. on strike. How do you view this Inci- dent? Although the strike itself lasted only three days, its impact on essen- tial services to the commonwealth was severe. For example, tons of raw sewage were poured into Boston Harbor because a treatment plant did not have the staffing to operate prop- erly. This is a vivid example of the damage that can result from a public sector strike. It also is a perfect illus- tration of what happens when you apply industry -style collective bar- gaining to the public sector, even, with strong prohibitions against strikes.' public employees cannot be per- mitted to disrupt the services of gov- ernment by strikes or otherwise. By the very nature, of their work, they hold a unique responsibility, and they should realize this when they accept the work, The taxpayers have a right to uninterrupted essential services paid for by their tax, dollars. Some contend that a federal law giving collective bargaining rights and the right to strike to state and local public employees would ret - duct, public sector walkouts because it would give the employees mor opportunity to be !ward on the! grievances. What do you think? Laws do notsolveall problems. federal collective bargaining le NATION'S BUSINESS • SEPT£31BER 1976 would not nett :,partly reduce the numl,er or strikes in the'ltubile sir, for Newspaper headhurg show that; when a public employee union wishes to strike, the union strikes,l re,ganl'• If -;s of v%Wher that is legal or 110L Everywhere such laws hate been en. acted on the state levels there has been a substantial increase in Arikes. But a federal law would bring uni- formity, Would that not Lead to 14" strife? Dio. The diversity of state laws and regulations ,dealing. with public sector labor relations hds not. been shown to be -a major problem:; Public, sector labor relations are;gf sueh.sensitivity to the loci I invo(vsd that it is most important that state or local officials' maintain control :of them. It is the responsibility of officials to direct thein, own work forces. '.Che superimposing oft preemp',gNie federal regulation on labor-tpansgo- ment relations at the state and local government level would iptly add r7if- ficulties- The American .Federation of Staie, County, and Municipsil Employ.'""* has proposed eompulsoijr srbitraiion. as -an, alternative to the r+ght to siiike for, such public;employ sus as polico man and fireman. Is such an altiiina, live vloble? Compulsory arbitratioh in the.pub7 lie sector would only *River. cor.#gOl of government into theihands of'the. arbitrators, elected orn§nelected. This is not acceptable; Qompulsory arbitrati`ori by nian- elected official's delivers power over government purse, strings into the hands of people who have not ii i en selected by the votera. Going the, route of elec" arbiti:atora simply substitutes, one elected nfficial for other in dealing with the labor g61a,- tions problem.. There is nothing wrong with designating a certain elected official, or offici,is to take;ire- sponsibility for labor rrIations in,thie public sector—provided control; of • the government is ma!iAtained in :the r hands of the, electorate;, It should also be pointed out;. that A arbitration of economic items,,, ;such w as wages, seldom w0i:ks u,nlessa dhe 69 i A• • Rockwell International can tell you more. Turn to page 73, THE SUCCESS FRANCAISE (ow"ro".X4 W.Y. Printing Orders Filled In Minutes SUCCESS AFTER tuCCeas During thapasl oghi years, K WIK•KOPY ha established over teS prints g while•you•walch centers. opportunities now available Ip the person who has a bq)gar,than average desire for success, and can h1aFinan• eat exposure of Se2,500 of which $28,500 can be financed. This does not Include working capital' which largely varies in Plopar6an'to the franchtseas; being needs for an estimated period of six months. REAL HELP EVERY STRIP K WIK•KOPY helps You Pick the location with greatest potential . Negotiates the leafs and pov(dea compMfe arae layout. Trains you completely for two full weeks at our national If tuning center and an additions! two weeks at your location. (No Printing background neussarl'.) Offers you Proven bookkeeping Procedure, a (wspdal Insurance plan, as well as many other profitable business methods, GET WHAT YOU WANT WNgag You WANT IT Need a change? 8e the boss with your own KWIK•KOPY Center. Priem bcahons and Wormed territories are available. — — — — _#;p.ttoupon and man tw----- Robert T Johnslon• Kwik•Kopy Caporalan 3308 Elia Blvd., Sure K. Dep. B. Houston. Texas 77018 or Phone collect (713) 688.2571 ..E AW Ess env aTAIEe%... 70 V m employees find the result acceptable, sis of governent- fire dim Otherwise, they resort to the striker I also have alteadr,mention and thewhole concept of compulsory pulsory arbitratitrn is unae arbitration as a solution to labor because o' the owever Problems in the public sector goes eminent o ent t,aat it to Ier, down the drain. to7sthe Should public employees be per- mitted to discuss their Wages ,and working con41tions with manage- ment? Absolutely. However, the. discus. sions should be conducted in a way that Promotes labor peace and re- sults in the most beneficial conclu- sion to all sides, including tht{,pub lic. Instead of a collective bairgaining mechanism, a system known as rnieet- and confer provides an laqultaible dis- cussion Esse for, resolving,contlicts on working conditions and Benefits. The meet andconfer approitch per- mits the employer, or hii representa- tive_ to hold periodic discussions with employees or their reprerlentahaves on matters of employment. The discus- sions are not binding on either party, They often result in a written memo- randum of understanding. What are the dlfferencsa between Collective bargaining and tabor vela. tions In the public and private on. lora? Briefly, the private employer has the authority when bargaining .to speak for the business and to r spond to economic demands in the -context of ani ability to produce on cocamit. marts and preserve the long-range health of the business. Unions bargaining in the Private Sector must take into account the ability of the.business to meet their demands and still succeed in the free marketplace. 'Furthermore, and perhaps most important, collective bargaining as we know it in the private sector re- quires, either the right, to strike or. compulsory arbitration to make it functional. Any experienced nego- tiator in the private sector will tell you this. On the other hand, all decisions in the public sector bargaining Process, are political in nature because of,who the employer is, who the employees, serve, and the source of the. euiploy- sea' wages and benefits. As I have already mentioned, the strike is not acceptable: in public sector labor relations because I"pen- tial services—which are ihel true, be - How doer, thebudge ass affect public, s tions? . A budget allocates iris spent, and there is; anj i money- Each abate:and'lo tat base. The amount of iq takes deteimines, in; �maet, mach can ,lpe spenk,:iVegol dei such k nestrictiiiri rear public employer having tt higher and!hfgher tensa as. demands got UP. Is polities. Sector neg Often, g to A contra are to be years. The other labor a feeling of tion worry demandsae It should Politics can have never ThelSupress doaln two d the public e issue. Can In The casket viilei Joint. E Hort_onville and 'Nation Usery. Both reaching iml Public emplip First, the i held the abil fire teachers though the 1 one aide of i technical hol essentially t clause of the i did not guars to fire the to or reviewed b the School b support to put never-ending services flowin NA,TIOWS major :tactor M fattent remmsni ,officials L withonti giving t to .hoVjI the PR nuk ovllr the f issue tol;end it at AWaxu!lict,51idekly let k . bot tlra�.xt ut how; the -mo to be asst, , e. ]MEmen ,6i ed ab K a' tWoedned.'ss on on "have the'flif W4 !involved negi0atiom ' the' ue pra I be Other Vii, + mi and to discipline those who violate the law. tonville and League of Cities cases is City of Charlotte v, Loca1,66p- mt-'of Private, sector cral The League of Cities case lends Ili this ,case, the city, u support to the basic Proposition that Charlotte, ca C,the 'court helde, that the. to �I esul certain day-to-day workings of stateclause The board ot'. "'ryiso and local government, such as public tcenth Amendment by denying othe fec�!t encs, m� this Ilan l in A nificaijt inmme;:tertuclions �9 "i f sector labor-management relations, dues checkoff to the Bremen's union, ted'!eiiipl°Yssa Some l'i .' + rc are state and local concerns and even, though the city withholds funds emplo; ees P 1 should be lett to those who are most from the Y then.went.on familiar with the problems involved, too the Paychecks of cit employees the e:i' wars unsuooesg Yvstrike '! Weis not* le to gai� a, resit The court struck down a 1974 amend- ponce• of order to avoid deal Or' aupport, ment to the Fair Labor Standards alis burden of withholding mmoney for Th iylpubli°,attitude was {JI Act extending minimum wage and p°rBOns or organizations that rc, example of the :citizens "�Mae overtime coverage to state and local policy a withholding, ChArlotte has a n4 policy of withhokiin oal and Ing; t°' s�trilcing tni; government employees, q y when .al] ,p]°yceg't '�nou�ij,'� pub A '' : This case raises serious questions benefited city or ePertmental employees are mends ijor wage and; extra The court found that this ib as to the validity of other statutes y reasonable and ilius satisfies, public Fzn to lie anions:lia covering Polk ' is r _ P ,y e Public employment matters the requirements of the e4ual the finanC ! of';{iiany "cities at the elate and local level. Pro- hausted,,, the lection clause, Pnbyic pat"' i W1rS Furthermore, I can foresee this haPPeno in Sati:' decision dealin a blow toome dance. o a FSO is s pi q final P.S.pas- People sea special signifi- all ll+owmg ta><�styeri ettioltl sage of any federal legislation be- dance in what has been ;happening 'against, arrogant, always stowing collective bargaining rights, In San Francisco 1n the public- am- Public employee„uriiOns; (� ' and the accompanying ability to PloYee labor relations asrctor,. What �° Fre+icisto'fi,,use o[`thrl strike, on public employees. I might Is Your assessment? endum t' hd add that the solicitor of the Depart- eztra benefit P 'eaitablish merit of Labor has indicated P Through a referendum, the. citi- p°Lcia m thin Pre- tens of San Francisco in essence inariage,»er,t field! ri>ay be. liminary disagreement with the served notice'on the board of super- itu,r,er P court's view. o� l,oniriile acre tai of visors to Stop using a wage compere_ such ublfe Another important P meant/ of uP, portant case recently bility formula that tied the pay of How decided by the Supreme Court, certain knoo tart rel ithe ptibNc .e though not as well known as the Her- Public employees, such as ploy” 6 i plumbers and electricians, to the. pay iron's fuhuL VOW"b s1� The ma-mier in ahich Ployee lai"or relations; leve i Ms How to Get Reprints impact :1" ° 1, h; q: tion ourr'uPon,h Reprints are available of the following articles in this iluue determine,"'y vvi4 take. 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'i_�ii 72 this Prge for dktails, NATION'S IBVSINE.:I3S • SEPT i:rrBtR .yah City of 'lows CA I MEMORANDV DATE: October 18, 1976. TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager FROM: Harvey D. Miller, Police Chief RE: Additional on Replacement of Police Radio Communication System I respectfully suggest that this proposal be submitted for Council review at the earliest possible date:, if Council approves of this method I should like to. enter a contract with the selected vendor ,-late in December., 19.76 or early in January, 1977. Under a lease/purchase l contract, payments would not start until approxi'mately two months after the installation of the equipment. With four to six months 'lead time necessary for delivery and installation, I anticipate: that the new fiscal year would be in effect prior to any but the initial payment,. It seems to me that it would be best if the�! greatest sum available was paid initially to reduce interest charges. :If my computations are correct it appears. the interest rate would be approximately 4.1%. If the inve$t= ment return to Iowa City on idle funds is maintained at the current 5 to 6% level, a substantial share of the interest accrued to the lease/purchase contract .could be offset by monies earned if we pay the contract re- quirements on a monthly basis. A related issue should be mentioned here. The pistol range is the largest area available for expansion of the Police Department facilities. Chief Keating and. I have agreed that the best location for the comiqunica'tion system, if purchased, would be where the Fire Department Office is presently located. If an alternative site for Police firing can be located, it appears that the present firing range could be properly lighted,_ venti. lated and remodeled for office space for the Detectivq,s,; evidence storage; etc. If this takes place, the Fire Department could take over at least three of the offices presently occupied by the Detective Division, and the present Fire Office used for the joint communication system. If you need further information on these ideas, I would, if able, be glad to supply it. o City of Mowa Cif MEMORANDUM— soft [)ATE. September 30, 197Q TO: Members of the City Council through Neal Berlin, City FROM: Harvey D. Miller, Police Chief MN, RE: Replacement of Police Radio Communication System. The radio communication system presently operated by the Iowa City Police Department: istechnically cbso= late. Repairs to the existing system are hard to per- form because of the difficulty in replacing aging parts. Transmission and reception effectiveness, dependent upon atmospheric conditions, is about 70 to 75% of total needed coverage. I respectfully suggest that the Iowa City Council enter a lease/purchase agreement for the early replacement of both the mobile and stationary radio communications equipment as a method to assure a 95% minimum.e'ffect- ive public safety coverage for the City of Iowa City. A total replacement of such equipment would cost an estimated $102,000, ($93,000 for mobile and stationary equipment and approximately $9,000 for a new antenna and aerial base). At the present time, the Police Department has accrued: slightly in excess of $28,000 in salary savingsioccasoned by unfilled positions. These positions will rer�.ai'n unfilled until such time as those people recru#ed for the jobs can be promptly sent to a mandatory State Law Enforcement Basic Training Class. I do not anticipate that this training, with the exception of one position., will be available before March, 1977. Consequently, by combining funds available at that date with pso- jetted overtime savings of $15,000 to $20,000, I'. anticipate, if you approve of this concept and the sub- sequent amendment of the operating budget, having $50,000 to $60,000 available for the initial payment and to incur additional payments for the remainiing, $42,000 'to $52,000, plus interest. The remaining payments would be spread over a sixty month period, with an, initial payment as stated, and subsequent payments to be on a monthly or annual basis, computed from -the ,date of delivery and installation. Depending on the amount of available funds, I anticipate monthly expenditures for the lease/purchase of the needed -equip- ment, with a $60,000 initial payment would amount to approxiniately $700.00 plus interest. If the contract, when it is advanced to you, is acceptable, I respectfully suggest payments be made ,dn a stated monthly basis. If that is your decision, the'baiapco of funds allocated on any fiscal year appropriation can be ins vested to partially offset the interest payments. At this time I can give you no firm estimate of the amounts of interest that would accrue to the lease/purchase. When a firm estimate of :the amounts on hand for the initial payment become available, the interest will be relatively easy to compute. The contract that will be presented to you, should you decide to pursue a lease/purchase plan, has a number of advantages. 1. Annual budgets will reflect a predictable fixed cost amount. Thus, true operating costs will be reflected in the budget. 2. The lease/purchase contract may be retired at any time the City desires to pay it off. 3. New equipment will not only effect a measureable increase in communication capabilities, but should substantivally re- duce present and future maintenance costs. 4, Equipment may be added as necessary with no increase in unit costs, although the total monthly payment must reflect the cost of added equipment. In short,'a hedge ag�iinst. rising costs is incorporated into the agreement. ldditidnal equipment, if needed, will reflect equipment costs- at the date of contract signing, and not acquisition date costs. 5. At the expiration of the lease/purcha,se agreement, the City would, at its option, either take title to the equipment;, or agree to extend the agreement for a specified period bf' lI time under existing terms. if the City opts to continue 'the contract, the contractor agrees to replace all existing equipment as installed, with new latest state of the art equipment at no increased cost to the; City. 0 6. If a decision is made to incorporate all City operated radia communications into a central communications centei,' the,teoh- { nological capability to establish the: center in the public safety communications center is available and can be, rather easily and inexpensively effected. i 7. "Crisis" replacement by spending very large amounts of mdney' on critical capital items on a "one-shot" basis can be alleviate 6. A mechanism for incorporating visual and manual control of fire and instrusion alarms will be part of the proposedisystemy thus allowing immediate operator and on -street these occurrences. reponse to 9. Better utilization of available space will be realized 7 within the Police 6 Fire Departments. Attached is a copy of the City Attorney's opinion regarding the legality of governmental lease/purchase agreements. i I respectfully suggest we move to acquire this vita All of the above is offered to inform you of a direction thak I lly neecletl capital equipment on an economically sound and system logical ii basis. If you agree, I shall prepare budget amendments .tit ferring personal services funds to the punt,rans later consideration. Should you concur woitherthisuggestiofor n ii. , I would anticipate the entering of the lease/purchase agreementii in late December, 1976. It is my understanding that tie, vendor would require four to six months before the equipment could be I� installed. if it I have full technical specifications and cost estimate$ available should you desire 'to see them. If you have any questions, I should, if able, be happy to respond to them. I City of Iowa C1;. UM MEMORAND DATE September 15, 1976 TO: Harvey D. Miller, Chief of Police FROM: Tony Kushnir, Asst. City Attorney RE: Lease/purchase Contracts The Police Department is interested in replacing present radio anami.cation system with new equipment. Total replace mnt cost for the entire undertaking is approximately $102,000. Motorola Corporation has made an offer of a five year lease/purchase proposal the main features of which are: A. City payments would be made monthly or annually. B. Any equipment subsequently added would be leased/purcTlased at the prevailing contract rate. C. At the end of the lease/pn-chase period .the City would' at its option, either own the equip:ient then in place -+or at the least - purchase arrangenipt is continued for;the, ensuing five year period, the cir,.pany would replace all currant equipment with the new, iate�# state of the art; equipment, and the arrangement would continue for, another five years at the original leaselpardiase price level. A. Can a lease/purchase contract be legally entexed into by Iowa Municipalities? B. Does a lease/purchase contract 1401ate the bidding Proce- dure as noted in the Iowa Code, or local practice? C. Must lease/purchase contracts, i:f legal, be open to all, vendors on an advertise for bid basis? A. Lease/purchase contracts are valid and may be legal -W entered into by Iowa Municipalities. B. Such agreements do not violate the bidding prooedures as stated in the Code of Iowa, 1975. C. The City of Iowa City may, in its discetion, advertise to, all vendors for bids concerning the lease/purchase uontract� although it is not required to do so. ,However, it. •-2- my recommendation that some type of bid procedure, whether formal or informal, be undertalzen so as to substantiate any questions that may arise in the future. DISCUSSION Division 6 of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, 1975# sets forth the procedures and regulations concerning the letting of contracts by Iowa municipalities. Section 384.96 states th.atvtten the esti mated total cost of a public imprcivement exceeds the sun of'$1O'0004 the governing body shall advertise for sealed bids for E.he."prcvosed improvement by publishing a notice to bidders as provided in :1 Section 362.3. Public improvement as defined in Section 384-05111 1. means any building or construction work either, within or' without the corporate limits of a city. 'Thus from the. term of the code, the radio ccmTunication system would not require sealed bids or a. p&lishe4i notice to the bidders. Absent any other provisions in the Code.of'Icraajl restraining the City of Iowa City from entering into this type ' of contract, the City by virtue of its Home Rule Grant is 4u#Z_r* undeiq'!, the provisions of Chapter 364 of the Code of Iowa, 1975,j to, enter #to this type of lease/purchase agreement. As stated above? it is hot a requirement that the City secure bids from all vendors In orde4 to enter into a lease/purchase contract or,agreement but iX wouldlbe,my recommendation that the City use some type; of bidding prooedure; whether formal or informal prior to entering into this sort of;an agreement. The lowest bidder need not be -the only criteria but. other, considerations such as service and local representation canI;al so accounted for. If you have any questions in regard to this mem please &-n't hesitate to contact me. Tony LEGAL DIVISION DJRN(TI( E K•o.. In0..K DAVID S RA ,IT 71MOIIIY J, LRAIIRIILHWEIG IACRY V: LURCH POPLIO J It, E CAROL ANN = MARY I RI: IAMS EMRK S'ldi�AT LE P„l ( ZI UAN RESEARCH DIVISION MRWI LI., THANE R' JO'I11': IN DAM E PC nnrR IOWA DAW1. RONAWN EAI: • • IOWA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PLPRESENTATIVE DALE to COCHRAN. CHAIRPERSON COUNCIL MEMI3ERS SENATOR MINNFITE E DODERLR, VICE CHAIRPERSON LL 4iOVERNOR ARTHUR A, MV, EXCVIrX:CI IOWA LEGISLATIVE SERVICE BUREAU SENATORS REPRESENTATiVS STATE HousC UICASJ DE Krs ER IPS El OtIALDDV, DOY EER DES MOIMS IOWA 503111 WILEARDR HANSEN KEITH'H DUNTehl TFlCP110NE S151201 3664 EUGENE HILL GEORGER KINLEY JEROME EnZeERAtD WELL'Aht J. HARURAVE Sr3GE H. GARRISON. DIRECTOR CLIPTONC 1AM9ORN FLOW H. MLLLFPt WILIIMLD PALMEk JJWM 4 I. NrDntM%1AR'. 6, 1976 STEVE SOctober BASS VAN GILSNT ANPIIEW V,RLEY Mayor Mary Neuhalser City Hall Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mayor Neulial;;cr: Advanced prephrntions are now being made for collection and tabulation, as a part of the regulat 1980 federal decennial census, of pofulation K La which will be more useful for purposes. of ingislativc redi„tricting than was the data available from the 1970 cl'nsus. The LeaguE of Iowa Nunicipiali.ties has taken, stepa to bring this matter to Lhe attention of, cities, and a number of respou:es have been received requesting more detailed informatign, This letter is intended to provide the needed information. As a result of problems eucounLere'd in using 197G census data for redistricting, efforts were begun several years ago by the. National. Conference of State Legislatures to work with the Consgs Bureau to bring about improvements in the 1980 census. These efforts culminated in passage by Congiess late last year of public Law 94-171, under which the Census. Bureau has now indicated to the states that it will offer two major improvements in the 198'0 census, which will facilitate legislative districting. These improvements are: I. Availability uf population counts for precincts, a unit not recognized by the 1970 census, if the required preparst.toas are completed by the states and their political subdivisions within the next few months. 2. An expanded and accelerated city block population program. The Census Liaison Commission, a temporary state body established by Senate rile 1267 of the 1976 Iowa General Ass,mbly and consisting of legislative leaders of both parties and, representatives of the Governor and of both politilial party organizations, h,s authorized the Legislative Service Bureau to, submit to the Census Bureau maps identifying precincts houAQXies: within some of the state's cities. This will not preclude, ul From taking advantage of LK improved city block program, but does keep' our options open for the time being and will alfard us .Some Page 2 • (I 'j' .1 protection if for any reason the improved cit black g YF1 delayed or fails to meet its goals. y Pro rant ir� Identifying Precincts for 1980 Census The Census Liaison Commission has directed that t,hg1'I II' Legislative Service Bureau arrange to have submitted to the dens:usj�� l Bureau maps indicating precinct boundaries within each of thy,"1 cities in Iowa which is large enough that it is likely -tp b4� divided in forming representative districts after the 19$0 census,, This means all cities having; populations of approximately 25,000. t4 30,000 or more. In addition, we will try to identify for the; j Census Bureau precincts in those cities of lesser population wfiich�l are immediately adjacent to such cities, and in any other 'Qltyl' which so desires, within the limits of time and ability to have them necessary map properly prepared. In so doing, we plan to proceed as follows, 'Haps': I developed by the Transportation luventory Divisiotl of the Jowa Department of Transportation will. be obtained and sent to the'. j respective cities together with the Census Bureau's requirements. 11 for identifying precinct boundaries. Each city will be aslged to,'I have the city clerk, city engineer or other appropriate person draw•;: precinct lines on the map add a. written certification of the' map's accuracy, and return it to the Legislative Serviee Bureau, Ile will then deliver the maps to the. Census Bureau. This delivery;; must be completed by April 1, 1977, so the procedure should be! expedited as much as reasonably possible. i "Proposed Precinct" Option unavailable We are aware that in some cities the requirements of Iowan law, and the nature of the units for which 1970 census pop'ulatianl' data was certified for most cities of under 50,000 P.Qpuhatian,1� combined to force the adoption by the city of pre'einc,t b,ouada.ries considered less than ideal. To try to avoid forcing these cities,ll to submit such precinct boundaries to the Census Bureau, section 2 j! of S. F. 1267 was meant to authorize cities to draw prop used! precinct boundaries. The intent was that these propased precinct jj, boundaries then be submitted to the Census; Bureau in lieu of the I boundary actually currently in effect, for purposes of 14'80 census U tabulations. A few cities have already :indicated interest in a utilizing that procedure. Unfortunately, we have just been informed in a letter } from the Assistant Director of the Buren of the Census that the ii Bureau has concluded that it cannot accept proposed precincts, as contemplated by section 2 of Senate File 1267, because they would {i not constitute "precincts legally in effect" withinslur mean;•ng 4f the applicable federal law. Therefore, it is mandatory, that zie,use currently existing precinct lines in each city for which we submit iE precinct boundaries to the Census Bureau, I • I I •, ji jPage 3 i. If your city strongly objects to submission of the it Present precinct boundaries to the Census Bureau as a basis forj tabulation of the 1980 census, please advise me of that f'aet at your earliest- convenience. Expanded City Block Pro ram In the 1970 decennial census, population was tabulated On, III a block -by -block basis in the urbanized portion of each standard metropolitan statistical area. A standard metropolitan P r mor statistical area is, essentially, a central city of 50,,000 or more gopu.11ation and its surrounding suburbs or unincorporated urbanized area,: addition, the Census Bureau offered a "contract block" In program 1It, cities in the 25,000-50,000 population or range wb4lch wanted population data so tabulated and were walling to pay for it - Unfortunately, the 1970 census population data by city block. tris not generally available to users until after the time when legislative districting must constitutionally be completed in Iowa, 'I For 1980, the Census Bureau has indicated that it Plans, to tabulate population on a block -by -block basis for each c.ity.of over 10,000 population. In addition, it intends to del iver block 11' data to the states by early 1981, simultaneously With daa;� for larger population units. These improvements are contingea.t upon a sufficient appropriation by Congress, but. Census Bureau Personnel state that all indications to date are that the needed ftkAds. will j be forthcoming. Anticipating the continuation in 1980 of generally the ) �; same policies with respect to block population data as crere I� followed in 1970, the General Assembly a few years ago passed what is now section 49.5(2) of the Code, requiring cities of over 2$,.000 to contract for black census data if they would not o'therwis:e receive it. Should the Census Bureau's plans for an expanded tplock Il " census data program in 1980 materialize, as now seems likely, this y l requirement will automatically have been met. Another aspect of the expanded block data effort is a ii contract block program for cities of under 10,000 populatio.n.• Th,l Census Bureau has indicated that it will announce more detalls .of I; this contract block program before the end of this year. If ybur city is in the under 10,000 population category and would' be interested in contracting with the Census Bureau to have population tabulated by city blocks in 1980, please let me know. I' shall txy to see that the information on the 1980 contract blot,k program reaches you as early as possible. If you have additional questions about any o.f the foregoing matters, please contact me. Our intent is to prepare to utilize the planned improvements in the 1980 census so as. to facilitate the legislative redistricting which will, be necesisary after that census, while creating as little additionaa work fo.r your city as possible. Sincerely, Phill;irj E..: Burks Senior Aeseatch Analyst, © ? City of Iowa city, MEMORANDUM DATE: October 25, 1976 r.!' TO: City Council FROM: Julie Vann, CDBG Program Coordinator RE: Geographic Area for Housing Rehab Program it Program Objectives: To rehabilitate every substandard dwelling that can be a part of the program workload. p' g To assist low-income persons and families to get into standard housing. Neighborhood Selection Criteria: Option 1 Option Total P z ' A n : I 1. 2. 3. Area should have no more than 50% "deteriorated" housing. Area should contain 500 to 1500 units. Area should contain a large number of single family, owner occupied units. Okay ?.869 52% Oka}, 411, 19% 0k{ 6 T, k 4. 5. Boundaries should be major thoroughfares or other appropriate buffers. Area should include low and moderate income families (Less than $10,000/yr.) Okay { 54% Okay Oki' 1 � Additional information shows large percentage of households below poverty level. 150SSI{ 9% 2c 6. The population should be relatively stable, the crime level relatively low, and the residents must seem willing to participate. P Okay Okay Oka I ' JV/ssw 3 9 I�1 � 110�cS1NC, OPTIONs vacs ARE�1 2 MARKET J TIC EE'eAPTL'h'fRC, S � W sNfNCiTON ST. r tp m (n A Y o Cou2r Sr. . t4 /,,. ����• ,� ,' - RAiLRoao TRAck (MATu4AC aouNDN�Y� 0 0 614.36- r srazE- (MAS" c WOUSIN6 RE'NAR `�EI�UICE AREA OPTION I RYE'r STRE ..___E'T (MAJbR ARTERIAL) I , RhlLROAD TRACK (uATu124L gouNDA2y) RALSTIOM CC?EEK \ ("MRAL BotAMDAZy) i i �I /Yluscgq�,vIs AVENuE (epAJoR �RtEieth�`r i i FIF'rH hV:NUF i i ail i I. I City of 10vva Ci•. na �WEMORANDUM, DATE: October 20, 1976 TO: City Council i! FROM: City Manager II i RE: Information for Friday's Meeting The Council is scheduled to meet with John C0110ton and Sand), Boyd at noon Friday, The Manager has asked that part of that future plans for hospital expansion,i.meeting include discussion d1l 'On County Regional Planning Enclosed a letter received ;�,jdm joluj- the medical complex, This information Commission which contains growth Projections fo.t; Information may be useful at Friday's peetiing'. I. Johnson 'fo � regional unty t planning 22 y2 aovrh dubuque sheet October 19, 1976 cammissia J n t iowo C,., Ono :??4.� (3191:151-8556 Isobel N Emit L nisi CitMr.lIowal Cit Oft City Manager Civic Center City Iowa City, Iowa 52240 RE: Status of Freeway 518 Review Dear Mr. Berlin: This letter is to review of the proposed you of the current been coordinatin Posed Freewa status of Mayor Neuhauser g• As Xou will Protect which the loca Department of dated May 11 recall, in a let ser er ag$ ncy hL. Iowa Cit Transportation�requested96,Bob Hum add?`essed.I Plannin Y and the Pol'commentsy of the Iowa g Commission with resCompect to of the Johnsonl'om the City Freeway 518 project, its co to sible sewer nnection 'three points R&gjotl connection with t lvith Melrose staging of Followinghe on Cowit Avenue: and Po$', referral o this y Home. the Area Transportation correspondence b reports with the Cit Committees, we reuiewede City C6u:ncil fi�� Of�vTra sp Council requestedil on 4, 1976 th:'se June 1 �* cotgmittee,' asportation assemble that our 3 At that iti helpful for further additional' gency and the; Tawa peme t� three areas nal in:Cormation which would bIr of supplemental of the proposed PPlemental ., be� information requested 11 Jj * .•. The 1 Current plans and re: West Campus and d P Pre: of Universit growth for the 2• Additional traffic service analysis area b Com}lex. bypass element of the Ysis of the urban 3• Comparative analysis of Proposed project: alternatives, four identified bypass Ypass able forg is a summary of the i' Most for future review b information d ii this information by Council in each Of 1"a dat',e avatl.� Policy Committees been reviehed b f these•," Burin thre{ areasl, 1 11os g the past several monthse Technical and. have a ital Growth: Attachment as regardin A summarizes and visitor g existin the i complex. Shorteraat the Universiitand projected employment,nfOrmdt�we age projections (19fIowa Hospital and .0 'inic dev?en eloped by ,the, HospttalI I i l Administration staff, indicate a relatively modest increase in i trip-generating factors; employment +IO%!i in-patients (+S%), and visitors +15% )' simple sum of,10-14t)h �! projections indicates that slightly more than half` e plgyees„I Patients, and visitors will be traveling to and from the 72ospi.ta� complex area from pointswithin the urban study area. The long-range projections ii crease in activity levels inythe Universi.tycHospitalate a bandnCl3nic complex. Increapsesyover the 2a)-year period are anticipated t6 bj� significant: employment s (+31%), visitors +Iol% . out-patients (+42%�, in-16a.tientS ( ) A simple sum of these fa ! rough indication of the tri gives ai hospital com lex yqs} P generating activity level of the �i represent forecasts which lare hsubstould antially higher e noted that hthanse ptilosetas! sumed in the traffic projections utilized, in the Area TreiAsporta? tion Study and in the traffic service analyses of Fgeeway 1518 conducted to date. The year 2000 projections areathan indicai and 1ted sity Hospital area t imply between 5,000 more trips to and, from thorUnive forecast in the Area Transportation Study' for the year 1995. 2. Traffic Service Anal sis: Attached are materials autl;ining '!'e results o analysis o t e traffic patterns of future (7,99!5); tra utilizing the proposed Freeway 518 urbanarea b ment B). This information supplements the initia,lsa, al(S'ee AttaG - Freeway 518 impact on urban area txavel contained inp"ATa "ATS Report Conclusions drawn in this report are still valid. li Freeway518 h. provides a moderate reduction in vehicle travel, throuI-� out the U.S. 6/218 travel corridor with maximum impact (-9.006 vem hicles per day) in the segment of U.S. 6/218 west of First:Avenuel in Coralville, and with less impact from First Avenu junction of U.S. 6/218 and Highway 1 in Iowa Cit q,east to-7,0C,� vehicles per da Y (-G,Q00 to G�_ y). Volumes of travel substantially xceedialg pacity remain on U.S. 6/218 with the construction of' the Freeway 518 project. The table included as Attachment B, ililustrae�s ! I the projected shift of travel for 1995 trips gyven t°e'c.onstructiq j of the proposed Freeway 518 project. 3. Evaluation of Alternative Urban Elrea Bypass Conce. ts• jjj close Attic ment C inclu es t e tri 1f'c�— the en alternative li — protections the four 1i ypass concepts (SA, 5B, 6A, 6B) identified ini'tial'ly a by the Citizens' Advisory Committee for Transportation for irhieh- t] Iowa City Council requested evaluation informati.an* These l forecasts were developed by the Iowa Department of Transportations using the 1995 Auto-Dominant travel projections developed i Lhe '. Area Transportation Study. 11 !, Diagram I illustrates the level of traffic flow on a w sterly# noni diagonal urban area bypass connecting Interstate 380 W!ith.the L Highway 218 corridor just south of the Iowa City corporate city limits (5A, 6A). Such a facility wouldprincipaly serve exter- nal -through traffic and projected volumes are. estimated to rang between 2,620 and 5,610 for the year 1995. various segments of the facility V Diagram II indicates projected 1995 traffic volumes for a wester urban area bypass connecting Interstate 380 with the U.S. 21& co ridor within the vicinity of Hills (5B, 6B). Projected volumes this alternative concept are very comparable to those identified for the previous alternative. Similarly, the princ.�pal traffic, service benefit of this concept is the removal of through travel from the existing U.S. 6/218 corridor within the urban area. To date we have not received the additional information re4ueste, of the Iowa Department of Transportation relative to t_he ,diltexna tives (construction costs, right-of-way requireme,nts,;, diaiJocati,oi and disruption impacts). Since the traffic projections developeli for the alternative concepts exceed 5,000 vehicles pex day' in oni no value or more sinments of developingethisse aladditional„information. Subs,equeth .ternatives e Iowa OT' nts1 several letters and meetings with Iowa DOT officials;, Iowa DOT is no!' committed to developing the information requested for :local I view, We had anticipated including this infor>ation in this lett however the results of this analysis (expected October 13, 1;9761 will not be completed until the latter part of this week. When received, this information will be transmitted to city staff and Council. Please let us know if we can provide additional information re- garding the proposed Freeway S18 project at this time. Srerely, Emil L. Brandt, Executive Director ELB/fb CC: Bob Donnelly Raymond Kassel Bob Humphrey Don Ward Stanley Good, Chairman, Policy Committee Dick Plastino, Chairman, Technical Committee Jim Harris, Chairman, CACT Jim Saag Attachment A • UNIVERSITY OF IOiVA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS GROWTH PROJECTION SUMMARY Source: Steven Ummel, Associate Director University of Iowa Flospi.tals and Clini cs *External consists of all non -Iowa City urban area resi sonsdents:., Total is the sum of both urban and rural, per, current Short Range Long Ran (1975) (1975) (1980) EMPLOYMENT (External).* Total (669) (735) 3,716 4,08.7 6,1�T0 OUTPATIENTS _ (External) Total (724) (905) (1,130) 11100 I„250 IIS62 INPATIENTS (External) (161) (169) Total 180 189 236 VISITORS (External) (1,600) (1,840) p Total (3,220), 2,000 2,300 GRAND TOTAL -- (External) (3,154) Total (,,'649) (5,.662) 6,896 $,862 _ lL>9S3 Source: Steven Ummel, Associate Director University of Iowa Flospi.tals and Clini cs *External consists of all non -Iowa City urban area resi sonsdents:., Total is the sum of both urban and rural, per, Attachment B 1995 TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS BASED ON AUTO -DOMINANT FORECASTS FOR STREET NETWORKS WITH FREEWAY 518 IN PROPOSED LOCATIONS F-518 (I-80 to Melrose) on Other..Facili,tie Dubuque D[elro.cP Total Trips h i; i i' 1995 10,800 -9,000 -1,800 +1,lo,o Through Urban Area 4,300 -4,300 To and From r Urban Area 6,500 -4,700�I -1,800 +1,100 +s;�' oQ,; Within Urban Area 0 0 0 0 �1 it i.1 ii d l h i; i i' II At t.tcimrut (, --. Auly_76 708 -PO :1540 9 1'0: Robert Humphrey FROM: Angelo Stefani SUBJECT: 1995 Traffic Forecasts on Arterial Highway 518„ t I Iowa City Urban Area. it L Presented herein are diagranonatic alighments, of Art, I-hiy, 518 '! which represent the various alternatives (ATN-ZrID,:SAy ;6A; 5B and 6B) sugested by the lows City urban area Citizens JI Advisory Comm?grittee for Transportation. The traffic dais posted on each diagram reflect: 1• 1995 Avge• Spring Weekday 2. Free Assignment Technique � 3• 1974 E+C Network with 518 coded to reflect ATN-7AD, SA , 6A 5B, and 6B. 4. No Hand AdjustmeTraffic Volumes. Assignment to Computer Ai • I� I; j The traffic volumes shown in Di.agra�n T are related to ! Alternatives SA and 6A and ii Diagram II to Alternatives 5B and 6B, i I; I I, j I: c19G 1 It Attachment C•� (CORtinued — T, - _6'> �,� filo= __ :d-7 -- ;�J +f o {� p ? �� (/j� .,. ' µr , O Attachment C (Continued) , f to 01 5�0 -_� ___ `1 AVS_._ RPC 5;-27-7f> • achment C ;(Conte:#ued). 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