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Home My WebLink About1979-01-30 Minutes numberedCOMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF COUNCIL ACTIVITIES JANUARY 30, 1979 Iowa City Council, reg. meeting, 1/30/79, 7:30 P.M., at the Civic Center. Mayor Vevera presiding. Councilmembers present: Balmer, deProsse, Erdahl (7:40), Neuhauser, Perret, Roberts, Vevera. Absent: None. Staffinembers present: Berlin, Stolfus, Helling, Bowlin. Minutes tape-recorded on Reel 79-2, 1530-End. Moved by Perret, seconded by Neuhauser, that the following items and recommendations in Consent Calendar be received, or approved, and/or adopted as presented: Approval of Official Actions, reg. Council mtg., 1/16/79, subj. to correction, as recomm. by City Clerk. Minutes of Boards & Commissions: 'Resources Conservation ' 17? Comm.-1/23/79;7Planning & Zoning Comm.-1/16/79 & 1/18/79;3Parks 1 1910 & Rec. Comm.-1/10/79;4 Housing Appeals Bd.-12/14/78;5 Library 3 It/ Board- 1/10/79;6Des i gn Review Comm.-1/17/79. k / aR 5 19.3 Permit Resolutions, Book 53, as recomm. by City Clerk: RES. 6 I x 79-36, p. 88, APPROVING CLASS C LIQUOR LICENSE FOR L. SMITH ms- DBA/SMITH & CO., 1210 Highland Ct. RES. 79-35, p. 87, APPROVING CLASS 8 BEER PERMIT FOR BUSHNELL'S TURTLE, 127 College St. / 86 Motions adopted: Approving work within Highway 6 right-of- way at intersection of Iowa & Riverside for Corridor Sewer Proj. _ /97 & at intersection of Burlington & Madison within Hwy. 1 right-of- way for underground sanitary sewer for Corridor Proj. To approve / $8 disbursements of $2,108,632.27 for November, 1978, as recomm. by Finance Dir., subj. to audit. /8.7 I Resolution: RES. 79-37, Bk. 53, p. 89, ACCEPTING WORK ON ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER PROJECT AT RECREATION CENTER as done by Paulson Constr. /90 Correspondence referred to City Mgr. for reply: (Human 1 /9/ Rights Comm.;1Natl. Org. for Women; and31A, Civil Liberties /91 Union; re firefighter Linda Eaton. 4Dewey's Auto Salvage re a / 93 proposed renewal proj. for Armory neighborhood. s Principal of I / 9Y Henry Sabin School supporting Children's Museum. 5 /9S Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 6/0, Erdahl absent. Moved by Balmer, seconded by Roberts, that ORD. 79-2939, Bk. 15, pp. 6-10, PROVIDING THAT THE IOWA CITY CODE OF ORD. BE AMENDED BY REVISING SEC. 8.10.3.A & Sec. 8.10.27 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING MORE COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION OF FENCES, as approved by P&Z Comm., be passed and adopted. Roll call vote, 5/1, deProsse, Neuhauser, MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 11011jE5 uil Activities ,I.,ouary 30, 1979 Page 3 will be absent from Feb. 27th meeting. The next week she will attend the Congress of Cities meeting. Neuhauser relayed a suggestion she received for use of the 4-H Fairground parking lot for storage of 20,5— cars. Staff will contact the Fair Board. Roberts advised that snow had been cleaned off the old sidewalk on First Ave. by Southeast Junior High. Staff will check to see who cleaned it, and advise them not to. Roberts was advised that the Management Compensation Committee memo will be discussed at 1/31/79 budget session. There was a consensus of the Council that Public Works Dir. Plastino go ahead with the 19' dam on the south branch of Ralston Creek Proj. as outlined in his memo. Perret requested an update on snowplowing still to be done, and costs for this year. Berlin advised that the information would be available at the 1/31 budget discussion. He also commented that Staff had decided to rent another garage for equipment for the next couple months, so they wouldn't have the hassle of starting cars & equipment in addition to 2 6 the workload. City Manager Berlin presented the bid & resolution for the Governor St. Bridge project, and called attention to the memo from Shive-Hattery explaining the $17,411 reduction. Moved by Balmer, seconded by deProsse, to adopt RES. 79-38, Bk. 53, p. 90, AWARDING CONTRACT FOR GOVERNOR STREET BRIDGE TO Hanson Concrete, Washington, IA. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers a O 7 present. Moved by Perret, seconded by Neuhauser, to adopt RES. 79-39, Bk. 53, p. 91, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE DEPT. OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR 50 FAMILY UNITS UNDER THE SECTION 8 EXISTING HOUSING PROGRAM. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers �� 8 present. Moved by Roberts, seconded by deProsse, to adopt RES. 79-40, Bk. 53, pp. 92-93, ADOPTING PRELIMINARY RESOLUTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN IOWA CITY. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers present. The project will be known 9 as the 1979 Street Improvements (Tanglewood Street Ventura Avenue). Moved by deProsse, seconded by Roberts, to adopt RES. 79-41, Bk. 53, p. 94, FIXING VALUE OF LOTS. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, ;z/0 7/0, all Councilmembers present. Moved by Roberts, seconded by deProsse, to adopt RES. 79-42, Bk. 53, pp. 95-96, ADOPTING PRELIMINARY PLAT AND SCHEDULE, ESTIMATE OF COST AND PROPOSED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1979 STREET IMPROVEMENTS (TANGLEWOOD ST./VENTURA AVE.). Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers present. Moved by Balmer, seconded by Roberts, to adapt RES. 79-43, Bk. 53, pp. 97-101, ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY AND SETTING PUBLIC HEARING FOR MARCH 6, 1979. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers /z present. Moved by Balmer, seconded by Neuhauser, that the ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORD. 77-2859 WHICH ADOPTED THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, IIICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 110114ES C cil Activities J.,uary 30, 1979 Page 2 Roberts, Vevera and Balmer voting 'aye', Perret voting 'no', Erdahl R 6 absent. Planning and Zoning Comm. recommendations re approval of prel. plat of Village Green, Part 10; & recommendations regarding proposed closing of Melrose Court noted. Council will discuss the Melrose Ct. issue 2/5/79. Memos from PPD, Gibson (Univ.), Comm. Blum and City Staff noted. Moved by Roberts, seconded by Perret, to set public hearing 2/20/79 on application submitted by American College Testing Prog. to rezone land NW of Hwy. 1, W. of Howard Johnsons & S. of I80 from CO /99 zone to ORP zone. Motion carried unanimously, 6/0. Moved by Neuhauser, seconded by Roberts, to set public hearing 2/20/79 to amend Comprehensive Plan for area described above by designating area as Research Park instead of Office Commercial. Motion carried /9 9 unanimously, 6/0. Lzw,,. Ooh+ ACT stt L. at /4g Councilman Erdahl arrived, 7:40 P.M. John Suchomel appeared regarding his request distributed in Council Packet of 1/26/79, and explained minimum payouts. Michelle Fisher, representing the Chamber of Commerce, commented on meeting held re Iowa City's litter problem. They will investigate a Clean Community Systems project. Nancy Seiberling, presented a letter from Project GREEN re the 'Green Machine' and maintenance for downtown areas. Two residents of E. Fairchild appeared with concerns re new calendar parking. Lamar Morris, 3014 Friendship, appeared re Melrose 000 Ct. & was advised to come to the 2/5/79 meeting. Recommendation of Parks & Rec. Comm. that Council approve the budgets for Recreation Div., Park Div., Adm., & CBD Maintenance noted. Recommendations of Resources Conservation Comm. that the Pilot Can Recycling Proj. be dropped until a cost effective method of picking up the materials is determined, & that the City Council grant permission to RCC to apply for EPA ;Financial Assistance for Resource Recovery Proj. Dev. funds for FY80. RCC recommendations will be discussed at a future informal session. Mayor Vevera announced vacancies on the Broadband Telecommunica- tions Comm., one one-year term expiring 3/6/80, two two-year terms ;Z0expiring 3/6/81, & two three-year terms expiring 3/6/82. Appointments to be made 3/6/79. The three vacancies on the Resources Conservation Comm. for three year terms expiring 1/1/82 will be 20 3 readvertised. Moved by Neuhauser, seconded by deProsse, to reappoint David Perret to the Executive Board of the Johnson County Regional 2 e y Planning Commission. Motion carried unanimously, 7/0. Neuhauser announced a meeting of the Council Legislative Committee with area legislators on Saturday to discuss Transit. Regarding future conferences, she questioned if someone from CCN could attend the Nati. Comm. Against Discrimination in Housing meeting, as she will not be able to go. She will attend, at her own expense, a meeting in Washington OC re housing, sponsored by HUD and MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOIIIES cil Activities January 30, 1979 Page 4 1976 EDITION & SUBJECT TO CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, by exempting publicly owned parking garages from certain requirements, be considered and given second vote for passage. Motion carried, 7/0. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers present. Moved by Neuhauser, seconded by deProsse, to defer consideration of the Ord. Amending the Housing Occupancy & Maintenance Code re Checklist, pending addition of appropriate language making the checklist mandatory but having limited enforcement by the Housing Inspectors. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Balmer, seconded by deProsse, that the rule requiring that ordinances must be considered and voted on for passage at two Council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed be suspended, that the first and second consideration and vote be waived, and that the ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 79-2936 TO CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE VACATION OF HARRISON STREET FROM THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CAPITOL STREET TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MADISON STREET TO APRIL 1, 1979, be voted upon for final passage at this time. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers present. Moved by Balmer, seconded by Perret, that the above Ord. H79-2940, Bk. 15, pp. 11-12, be finally adopted at this time. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers present. /vr," o vim+—_R-64a.cd Moved by Balmer, seconded by Neuhauser, that the rule requiring that ordinances must be considered and voted on for passage at two Council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally Passed be suspended, that the first and second consideration and vote be waived, and that the ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION AND PARKING OF VEHICLES DURING SNOW EMERGENCIES; AND PROVIDING THAT VEHICLES IMPROPERLY PARKED DURING A SNOW EMERGENCY MAY BE TOWED, be voted upon for final passage at this time. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers present. Moved by Balmer, seconded by Perret, that the above Ord. 79-2941, Bk. 15, pp, 13-15, be finally adopted at this time. Affirmative roll call vote unanimous, 7/0, all Councilmembers present. Moved by Balmer, seconded by Roberts, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously, 8:40 PM. ABB E STOLFUS, CITY CLER ROBERT A. VEVER , MA OR MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES tI0111ES 2/3 '2 /—f- .2 / bl S' .2/6 I City of Iowa Ci' MEMORANDUM DATE: January 26, 1979 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: .Material in Friday's Packet Copy of press release regarding Firefighter Linda Eaton which was distributed to the representatives of the media at Friday's press conference. A 17 Memo from the Management Compensation Committee regarding its recommendations. .218 Memoranda from the Department of Finance: a. Compensation Trends :217 b. Financing of Library Computer -z2 0 c. Budget changes to date :i2 1 d. Airport budget P-29 Memorandum from Housing Coordinator regarding minutes of special Housing Commission meeting of January 25 and copy of draft minutes. ;Z2 3 Memoranda, from the Department of Public Works: a. Ralston Creek South Branch detention structure 2 2 y b. Master Street Maintenance Plan 2 25' c. Contour model of North Branch Detention Structure 2 2 6 Copy of letter from Johnson County Regional Planning Commission to Washington, D.C., Office of Statistical Policy and Standards regarding designation as SMSA. 2 Article: .Bilandic better get tough on drivers 22 8 R 7. Memorandum from Johnson County Regional Planning Commission regarding Human Services Project with attached profile reports on Child Care and Nursing Homes. 2 29 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES City of Iowa C1 l MEMORANDUM DATE: January 26, 1979 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: Material in Friday's Packet Copy of press release regarding Firefighter Linda Eaton which was distributed to the representatives of the media at Friday's press conference. .2/ 7 Memo from the Management Compensation Committee regarding its recommendations. Memoranda from the Department of Finance: �i 8 a. Compensation Trends 2 1 q b. Financing of Library Computer � 2 O c. Budget changes to date 2 2 d. Airport budget P-29 Memorandum from Housing Coordinator regarding minutes of special Housing Commission meeting of January 25 and copy of draft minutes. P,2 3 Memoranda,from the Department of Public Works: a. Ralston Creek South Branch detention structure 2 2 y b. Master Street Maintenance Plan 5,2.5 c. Contour model of North Branch Detention Structure a;Z 6 Copy of letter from Johnson County Regional Planning Commission to Washington, D.C., Office of Statistical Policy and Standards regarding designation as SMSA. Article: Bilandic better get tough on drivers :223 5 2 7 Memorandum from Johnson County Regional Planning Commission regarding Human Services Project with attached profile reports on Child Care and Nursing Homes. 2 29 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 140114ES