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REGULAR FETING OF MARCH 5, 1974
7:30 P.M.
PRESENT ABSENT
BRANDT
CZARNECCI ✓
DAVTDSEN ✓
dePRDSSE ✓
WHITE ✓
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March 5, 1974
It wasmoved by. Brandt -and- seconded by White that the
minutes -'.of --,th6,.. meetings of CATv:.Cominittee,:2/4/74 Library_
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Board,` -1`/17'/74.& 1/31 Specfal-'meeting, Planning and Zoning
-Commission� �2/--28�/`74,-andf:.Parks`I nd -Recreation Commission 2/27/74
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be received ;and :,f ilbd 6� ` ;Motion-;. carried.'
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-C,.o,r,icerningli.P-l*anning-.I And-,-Z.oning Commission recommendation
to amend :.the
'Zoning , c I nihg:-' Oidinane - of the City of Iowa City, Iowa,
by creating _,�a:,* new �Central.-.Business-Service", Zone, and making
appropriate :.-chanlges-,,;O.ImPl6ment:.-the;New Zones, it was moved
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by grand an seconded ;Davidserj'_ to make Planning and Zoning
Public He ei)r i6q,
minutes,p*ar't,of t lie" -Publ .. -on March 12th. Motion carried.
I n-.--'.- disuciss" . ..... f
lon�'_ozrecommendation. by P d Zoning
Planning an
Commission„_ o Esta iris .a �Moratorium. on all future rezoning
o:t -1and:--:trontinqon= heowa�,Riveri-:Councilwoman Davidsen noted
,that Pa:rksNand Recreation:and Riv6rfront Commission had also
made-recommendatio7TF.��--,�---,,Attorney -Hayek advised that it would
not. bqj�proper-, t'o-.- establish the moratorium'in a blanket fashion.
It was moved .by 'td
Yll-�Whi, a.hd;-'s&c_q_nded :by Brandt that the recommendation
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for a.Moratorifum*bd'the=
City efeiied�to_theCity Manager and City Attorney
for report,,-, back l -to ,.l,C7)unc:U and -to:: the Planning and Zoning Com-
mission.,_--Motlon carrie
It :was -Brandt�:a
moved '4b.nd-:seconded by Davidsen to set
a Publxc_1He'aki ... Ath:,on-,l.the ProDo I sal to increase
7roning�-Subdiv±sion;f.:,:vacatibn:---�,.and-l.variance fees as recommended
by,Planningl-,,and.Zoning:Commi-'Esion-.-.-Motion carried.
-After di*sucssj:bn'-,of-.the ----recommendation from the Planning
and >Zoninal-Commission- aiid-�'Ilthe:,�-P arks And Recreation Commisison
Acqui'si ion. -o :A
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_f or.2.the,; --�Nefghbbrho6d.Parkin-the,Hollywood
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"Manor, area --_.� -,bv-Brandt-and seconded by Day i r] en
'Ye referred 'th6.-'m&ttdr.q%be'-�l th
red t 6- e' City Manacrer for recommendation
and -'-'Motion,-carried. Council then discussed
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the- re�65 P'ijks`l and Recreajjpp_CQ=&iia_%.j.Qn.
Concerning that e -.--.-Co- mmi . s s -wants to be involved
� iori, in, the
'-Of th-1
selection l-' .A -._consultant- LRalston C and wants
_:f ok e-: reek Study
tS have 7,7773 1 tic ial -i-,, active Participatory role in the planning
Process, � �it,*.was"noted `
- - -that-the '��selei-_tionl of consultants is
the City, Maha e-rl!§-'>"re8P6iiiiibi'"Iiiand he could seek input
from,the Commission on-- the' driteria they are talking about.
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Recommendati on #2;,�'th-6.:nim
'iedi a*te h
:purc ase of park property
within -6r:., adjacent -_,At6'--'H6llywood Manor,, Part V, such that the park
Property border - bh'.a pldtted"6treet in said plat; and contain
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approximately�,ei�ght acresand that' another park of approximately
approximately 1:.1 . .
- 1; , the Sand Road location
-P terrain' in
dees --pending-', on-,�th
twelve acres I
urcha*.s_e&..,,-" Ahid.,these`-: two park properties be connected by
b6 1 purchased._'
easement
a land's cap6d., public --walkway.-:either .-, l. -through purchaser e
_. _. . lv.,_ 1_ 11,.,modification of Alter-
or by ma_______._,dedication:.`_..7� Thijs�-is-_.a
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native:42 -o,f,the'7-- Neighborhood Park --Study Hollywood Manor Area";
and.rec6nunendation #-,-allow the -Commission to review Staff is
acquisition proposal and �develdpmen -t for the Hollywood Manor
Area bef ore.=Counci-1 -f inalizes the :same,were discussed along
`_ Rdcommendation%#4, Authorize a
with Item. 8 -on the agenda.-,.
feasib'i'lity''"S't udy',f'okf' ai -Northeast". Park, serving the Washington
n1s
Oak= -Woods, ak6a�of.,th in time.for Commission Park and' e _Ci Y
the study,
- .Aftei dis6u6sion of scope cope of
the C
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input, --into - . , I
1. . ; I , I , be up by Council;
-�-'ti m na need f or P r ioriti e -','tn set
sta ff e and 7
f a `_ Lh the Capital Improvements Program;
o t*s_e,3.ngidentified
projects
,b-,!.,
and lack- of, co , mprehensive --Community..'-Plan, it was moved by
Davidsenand;-s&conde'd'by -,Brandt:to-I.refer the feasibility study
tothe City, t� Man'age ' T 6n . a 1:locat'1o'n,. of. staff to perform the:
`--d-, R d t on #5 to supply any infor-
study., -.Motioncarried. -ecommen a- .1
ik time
mation,concerning.. thdpresent-.;.'status`of bi eways, in
C I;P.# The Cit Managernoted
the".-.1, '
for Comm'issionas jnput'-,in o -
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dsucssions-wI inteidst6d_citizens and7roject Green Bike
i'-_
ways. committee_..-Tne.,4nfiring -_.. apart -time student to develop
,��_
an:Overall=schematic plan<for the ..y and ftture locations
for bikeways;` Of the $8,0001 $5,000 has
c',-:--h-as-�be-dri-.-,cont.emp-l'ate,d'.',..
committed to th 1 e I- - , di -Ey'.7-C6 uihty. project,
been o
White �and �,-seconded by Brandt to adopt
Itwasmoved Nh _. _,..
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Permit A for
thelutkon!�'A )Prov Cjass':C- Beer� Permi pplication
-Reso
Clinton:I'l Brandt,
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Czariie;ckir' Davxdsen __1 I 11Wh:i.te',_'v6*ted. -'.,.aye- Motion carried, deProsse
absent.
it was` moved by `;White` and -`seconded by Bra ndt to adopt -
I -,--Api)��;viiig',tlassC:,.�Beer and!tiquor License Appli-
the Resolut-ow;
e 2�406'.N.1_ -Linn. Upon roll call C zarneckir
cation'.1f or__,Ma.qoo!�s-;-i_-,Inc.:�,�
e -'Brandt�i-voted 1 -aye! Motion carried, deProsse
Davidsen,� Wh ti
absent.-"
It. was - moved by'-White-�and sec !onded by Brandt to adopt
'Cl s'.5 6&r and Liquor License Appli-
cation :�-.f for --BPO, . — --Nd.L7 590_7oster Road. upon roll call
Flk Lodge, I,'
Davidsenrj I White ,'Bratnd_t r,Ctar.necki.,-, voted 'aye'. Motion carried
deProsse-'absent:
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It.was- moved .:by White and -seconded by Brandt that the
rules= be •sus endedand ':the second`reading of the ordinance
Amenc�in _-Final Planned-"Area--Develo ment Plan --for MacBride
Ad ition' Part I`:be::" iven.=b ---`tittle'-6hl . Upon roll .call
White -�-.Brandt,,'�!Czarn4Eicki, Davi:ds'en voted 'aye'. Motion carried,
deProsse absent; and second,readng`gven by title only.
It was moved'. by Brandt and -seconded by White that the
rules: be" :sus ended and -the `second':readin -of the Ordinance
o tin _Final=P -armed''Area`-Develo ment for MacBride Addition,
_artII be 'Qi en by title only 'Upon roll 'cal1� Brandt,J Czarnecki,
6�p,
Davidsen, White -:voted ',aye': Motion carried and second reading
given by; title =only, deProsse ;abs_ent.
It:was moved.by Brandt -.and -seconded by White that the rules
be sus ended;;and-:the:..second=readin�of the Ordinance Rezoning
tre National By-productsrom-RIA to Ml be,given by title
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nl Upon ,roll .call Czarnecki, ;.,White, Brandt, Davidsen voted
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aye' deProsse absent and -,second reading given by title only.
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The Mayor suggested that the Ci.ty'_Attorney report on the legal'
implications -concerning annexed property zoned R1A, at next
weeks informal :session:_
It wasmoved. by Brandt.'and,.seconded,by Davidsen that the
rules'. be,.sus ended and` the _frst ,readin of the Ordinance
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anaing -t e:.:Name"-o t.MacBride�Road =to -°MacBride Drive i7 McBride
Add iti:oii. art Ibe . iven �b P' - -title`•onl Upon roll call Davidson,
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White',. .Bran t, '.Czarneck-i voted .';aye' .: -Motion carried, deProsse
-given
absent --6 d-fiist reading by title only.
was `moved, by Brandt and seconded by Davidsen to defer
acta on , on. aloe .Resolution Amendi`n ._;" Com lai:nt, Grievance and
ro,. a:
ppea . ce ures orris_ enants'-.n Iowa .Cit s Leased M2asin
Y�
rogram ;an <sc e u e, or.'-Informal;'discussion next Tues
i rr•ie . ese•amen mens -.were made at the request of
the HUD.`area,'office.and have' -.been', the City legal
staff.' -
ls not in for
tnerW1sehat-ars are
the replat >- of ;-Portions of =lot -1 an flots 3 and
o - ock:=?30. East Iowa City Addition and requested deferral
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of :the- resolution. It=:was :moved`:by :White and seconded by Brandt
`t!
- to- defer the=Resolution ,:;Mot'ion carrie
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March S", 1974
It'was 'moved by' --Brandt- and�-,'-',sedonded by White to adopt
'--.-Authorizj-"::the- _s -,
the Resolution M A:x'6'r_S 1gnature on UMTA'
ran-rApplicatlon°. in7=e;4mount-- 9132-,600.00 being submitted
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7, Fhe7in -a irpt%n the: nurr)ose ot ul imarely
obtaini un incr-tothe city's transit
sYstem
all* Motion, e would have
upon roll-callcatrried'�.4/0. stated h w a
x , i. I trip at next meeting. He advised
report -- __qm hl�; Washington
- inim al. It was
that-anyfundirg-f orcfti'es.�our:..�si'ze wasm
move Davidsen that the Mayor consult
the 146V6iz f Uiiii7ersitv"Heiahtii -:concerning the possibility
_Vulth
.�,th'd't'ifederal officials do not
rcier` The"Mayor:,J�advised
of,'a--me,
1ook_f ayorably :on t pecial The City Manager.mentioned
he -S -Census....
I L. .,_ I— . it Heights needed to be
thdt"the-service contract.-wi-th Universi y 3.
brought -,-up to date'.,ugge ted,to schedule meetings
again. withgovernmental -,agencies: af ter the referendum. The
vote was-'._*1ta'k_en_,;-'_on�- the motion,d Davidsen voting 'no'.
Motio - n defeate.d:.- 2/2
It.-was"moved by:Whiteand ec hid ed by Brandt to adopt -
the -Res o-lution ',.Approvinq -,'-P ian- s -_-Spec if i c ations Form of
,-� -,
Contrabtf oVFour-5,'000�,Grbss��-Vehicle-'Weicrht Pickup Trucks
f or t, the', Trdf f ic "'Endinee rind Division an
Pollution Control----:Dlvks'i6ii,-�dhd--'S6ttihcr daterfor Receiving
n;.�a fir Ani -;i ii: 1974 Upon roll call White, Brandt, Czarnecki,
-'--o't"e'd"ay,'e"-'�.�,:-.-�.�.M6tion�:carrieCL, deProsse absent.
Da ids'ienv'
it%was .,moVed by..._,Brandt and' -seconded by -Davidsen to adopt
the Reso-lutl:on':Awardihq'Cohtract.-for One 80 HP Industri= =Ype
WheelTractor:tw'-th'':Fiont-End".-Ldadok:'and Backhoe for the Water
"i
:'i.to Martin" Bros. `,Ecfuijji6dhti,. :-Supply in the amo
Division,dnt).bf
516.100.,:00,1_7�Upon r61lJ-..cal-l-Brandt-isen, ;7--. Czarnecki, DavidFite
,
Voted,::' -ay --e i o . n Mot : carried; _ aevr o sse absent.
It - wasl'moved by,,�,.Davia'sen%. and seconded by Brandt to adopt
the Resolution Approviiiact:-Am6ndments for the Civic
Center: Remodel.-in(r''Pro-iect--iri-,,the amount of $542,00.1 Upon roll
-'-B Aridt.voted 'aye,. Motion
callCzarnecki'Davisen'd #_,Whi�te'r
"..` -,.
Carri d- Rk 'sse absent -
e ' d e ro
It',was.:move `seconded`by Davidsen to adopt
d b�, Brandt and :se6
the Resolution.-Awatdiii'Con-tra'ct -for__.the 1974 Street Repair
Project -No. the,-Tom---�O'Learv:-Concrete Construction Company
:-.-.
-of;, 011�,531,`Z L
in the --'amount,' -$3 Updn�.roll call 'Davidsen, White,
Brandt" Czarnedki, v6t6d.,_!:&Ye Motion carried
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e-requ ste&-that-the Council accept his
"repre sentat on the Regional Planning
-'iCommitt6d 1,-: and'.-. des icrnate a replacemerLt.
mission='s chairperson should not actively
pingrecommendation that will come to
as"? -moved -.by- Brandt and seconded by White
onwith `ttregret . and replace Councilman
n1i Davidsen', Motion carried.
ec ommend6d:: the ,:f ol lowingointments
,
on. F2ar Fee.—,
16 fi S. -:'i. A 7
�reen Fund Com-
dxpi3tirigMardhI-,1977-woMks. Calvin Knight.)
- ,-Pattchull-to
Housina,-Appeals.;tDick: fill
Harold Vrender, expiring December 31, 1975;
-Adjustment, t
tmeht_-`to�Board' of, he indivudual
e..-o'f--hdr;*.--nAme being -submitted, so Council
week.--,:`t,rIt was moved by Brandt and' seconded
ointments ts': ::approved. Motion carried.
... 6e, .
. . .reques.......te&.
' �I:consideration of these future
-_-,term4Boaird-'df°-'Trustees, 'Fire Department
Board.�'of-..f.-Titiist6(?!§',Pol*ice-'74-'78 and
:ce.-.--Comm:Ussibn';,.,-*,1974-1980 by submission
:cl'erk,.,-,-*He--xequested that if a name is
ire" the ... �individual is willing to serve.
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llscusslonAnin formal session requested
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;00rimentaizS treet Lighting program's effect
as6.-'.'n-_,-p6ed. is6uss I n I I ioon I insecticide control
)mmeAed oni, receipt of information on the
Le,_-SteekingCommittee<and information for
s,l and -attempt,=to` raise,. money for the
,,tPe--i-tcontr-ibution. A timetable was included.
ttled3attenti on to memo on Feasi-
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oj aiingtbn,street. He recommended
both id_ between e ween First Avenue and
77=11d be' -necessary to -remove iparkincLs
in the 1974 program
Kf t6v i s d 'u'-c-ssion, it was moved by Brandt
isen that the ,matterbe referred to the
Ld6r.,'.,th,6 -f eas'ibillity and costs to the City
-a- s -'. an - option to accomodate
in isarea
-.--oting 'no-,' 3/1. The City
irrIdd,jWhi:te v
tLI C&
i.ree,,-_'-r_epor. s..^.; ncerning the Sidewalk on
-,- , Council Minutes.
`March 5, 1974
artelt property', the ;advised thatthe
.nforceablo,and recommended Cit -in-
e -,19 , program- wi.t <^•costs and rig t-_
sessed to: 'owner. ,2t was moved by
�`
zarnecki•,that`the,program for the side-
`Mormon Trek be instigated as rapidly
eated, Davidsen•and White voting 'no'.
noteci..that-the,`Ordinance had been drafted
the Municpal:C_ode increasing street
24 _Hours;`, and `,would be on. the agenda
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k stated that he would file with the
egislatiori in ..the area of controlled
galty of :mandatory dedication, parks
s,of'`West�;Branch Road; report on con-
m,, .which :Fie summarized as indicating
iroblems..from a'legai point of view in
ogiam on city streets.
-andtf.and:seconded-.by Davidsen to adjourn
►. Motion,. -carried.,
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IOWA CITY CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 5, 1974
7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CIVIC CENTER
410 EAST WASHINGTON
AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 51 1974 7:30 P.M.
Item No. 1 - Meeting to order
Roll Call
Item No. 2 - Reading of minutes of regular Council meeting of
February 19, 1974.
Item No. 3 - Public discussion
Item No. 4 - Receive minutes of boards and commissions.
a. CATV Committee minutes of February 4, 1974 meeting.
b. Library Board minutes of January 17, 1974 regular
meeting and January 31, 1974 special meeting.
c. Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of
February 28, 1974 meeting.
d. Parks and Recreation Commission minutes of
February 27, 1974 meeting.
Item No. 5 - Consider a recommendation to amend the zoning ordinance
of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, by creating a new "CBS"
zone: and making appropriate changes to implement the
new zones: and repealing ordinances and parts there of in
conflict.
Item No. 6 - Consider recommendation by Planning and Zoning Commission
to establish a moratorium on all future rezoning of land
fronting on the Iowa River.
Item No. 7 - Consider recommendations by Planning and Zoning Commission
to increase zoning, subdivision, vacation and variance fees.
Item No. 8 - Consider recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Com. &
Planning and Zoning Commission for the acquisition of a
neighborhood Park in the Hollywood Manor Area.
Item No.
Item No
9 - Issuance of permits.
10 - Correspondence to the Council.
a. Letter from D.R. Stichnoth, Iowa -Illinois Gas & Electric
Company, regarding revisions to gas rules and
regulations which become effective March 17, 1974.
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Public Agenda
March 5, 1974
Item No. 10 - (Continued)
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b. Letter from U. S. Senator Dick Clark concerning Iowa
City's designation as a Bicentennial Community.
C. Letter from Lloyd R. Smith, Auditor of State, concern-
ing the audit for Johnson County for the year ending
December 31, 1972.
Item No. 11 - Consider ordinance amending final planned area development
plan for MacBride Addition, Part I. (S-6919) (2nd reading)
Item No. 12 - Consider ordinance adopting final PAD for MacBride Addition,
Part II. (S-7321) (2nd reading)
Item No. 13 - Consider ordinance rezoning Streb-National By -Products from
R1A to Ml. (Z-7316) (2nd reading)
Item No. 14 - Consider ordinance changing the name of MacBride Road to
MacBride Drive in MacBride Addition, Part I. (First reading)
Item No. 15 - Consider resolution amending "Complaint, Grievance and
Appeal Procedures" for tenants in Iowa City's Leased
Housing Program.
Item No. 16 - Consider resolution approving replat of portions of Lots 1
and 2 and all of Lots 3 and 4 of Block 30, East Iowa City
Addition.
Item No. 17 - Consider resolution authorizing the Mayor's signature
on UMTA Grant Application.
Item No. 18 - Consider resolution approving plans and specifications,
form of contract for four (4) 5,000 gross vehicle weight
pickup trucks and setting date for receiving bids.
Item No. 19 - Consider resolution awarding contract for one (1) 80
horsepower industrial type wheel tractor with front-
end loader and backhoe.
Item No. 20 - Consider resolution approving contract amendment for the
Civic Center remodeling project.
Item No. 21 - Consider resolution awarding contract for the 1974 street
repair project No. 1.
Item No. 22 - Consider resolution accepting part of the sanitary sewer
improvements in Court Hills - Scott Boulevard Addition,
Part II.
Item No. 23 - Consider resolution approving the Iowa Highway Com-
mission recommendation concerning the rerouting of
Highway #1.
Item
No.
24
- Public hearing on disposition of a protion of Hutchinson
Avenue north of Park Road. (V-7308)
Item
No.
25
- Discussion of the condiition of Melrose Avenue between
the railroad bridge and Grand Avenue.
Item
No.
26
- Business from the City Council.
Item
No.
27
- Report on miscellaneous items from the City Manager and
the City Attorney.
Item
No.
28
- Public discussion
Item
No.
29
- Adjournment.
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INFORMAL CITY COUNCIL SESSION
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1974
4:00 P.M.
DAVIS BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM
1.
Discussion
of Library request for cost -of -living
of
salary adjustment.
2.
Miscellaneous items of discussion.
of
3.
Discussion
of mass transit application.
4.
Executive
session to discuss appointments to
the following
boards and
commissions:
Airport
Commission -.One vacancy (3-1-74 to
3-1-80)
Project
Green Fund -One vacancy (3-1-74 to
3-1-77)
Board of
Appeals -Unexpired term (3-5-74 to
12-31-75)
Board of
Adjustment -Unexpired term (3-5-74
to 1-1-75)
CITY -UNIVERSITY MEETING
Monday, March 11, 1974
4:00 P.M.
Room 101, Jessup Hall
1.
Discussion
of
broadband communication.
2.
Di3CUSsion
of
mass transit.
AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 5, 1974 7:30 P.M.
Item No. 1
- MEETING TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Item No. 2
- READING OF MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF
FEBRUARY 19, 1974. Da -1 lam- -c lL,. , < " < < , � • • •,
y/�.�. ,. _
KX/( woecC-,aed.
Item No. 3
— PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
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Item No. 4
- RECEIVE MINUTES OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
a. CATV Committee minutes of February 4, 1974 meeting.
b. Library Board minutes of January 17, 1974 regular
meeting and January 31, 1974 special meeting.
C. Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of
February 28, 1974 meeting.
d. Parks and Recreation Commission minutes of
February 27, 1974 meeting.
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Item No. 5 - CONS -IDE -R -A -RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE `
OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, BY CREATING A NEW "CBS
ZONE: AND MAKING APPROPRIATE CHANGES TO IMPLEMENT THE -
--NEW ZONES :(AND REPEALING ORDINANCES AND PARTS THEREOF IN
CONFLICT
Comment: The Planning and Zoning Commission on February 28, 1974,
recommended approval by a 6-1 vote with the further re-
commendation that the minimum number of parking spaces
in Section C.7 of said ordinance be increased from 10 to
15 spaces. This ordinance has been set for public hearing
on March 12_,_.1974 and revises the Zoning ordinance to in-
corporate changes in accordance with the Urban Renewal
Plan.
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Item No. 6 NSIDER A1MORATORIUMNDATION Y
TOESTABLISH ONLALL IFUTURE REZONING NG AND ZONING OOFILAND
N
FRONTING ON THE IOWA RIVER., -
Comment: In light of the City's intent to hire a consultant to
prepare a study of the Iowa River Corridor, the Planning
and Zoning Commission on February 28, 1974, recommended
by a 5-2 vote approval of a moratorium on all future re -
zonings along the Iowa River for one year, until a study
of the Iowa River Corridor has been completed by a con-
sultant, or until the consultant can give advice as to
the most appropriate use of the land along the Iowa River,
whichever comes sooner.
Ac tion : _ 1) G
Item No. 7 -^CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
TO INCREASE ZONING, SUBDIVISION, VACATION AND VARIANCE
•f
FEES.
incurred by the City in con -
Comment:
In order to recover expenses
vacation and
sideration of subdivision, rezoning,
variance requests, the Planning
and
Zoning commission
app roval nofan
February 28, 1974 recommended by
a 7-0
vote
Fee Study
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fee schedule as given in Zoning
and
Subdivision
•dated
February 1, 1974.
Action:n
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MINUTES
IOWA CITY PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 27, 1974
DAVIS BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
CITY STAFF PRESENT:
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL:
Joan Buxton
June Davis
Sarah Fox
Virginia Hebert
Jim Lindberg
Orrin Marx
Robbin Powell
James Sangster
Jim Roegiers
H. Eugene Chubb
Donald Schmeiser
1. That the Commission wants to be involved in the selection of a
consultant for the Ralston Creek Study and wants to have an
official, active, participatory role in the planning process.
2.
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The immediate purchase of park property within or adjacent to �i;i4ifn,:
Hollywood Manor, Part V. such that theparkproperty border on
a platted street in said plat; and contain approximately eight
(8) acres and that another park of approximately twelve (12)
acres depending on the terrain in the Sand Road location be r
purchased. And these two park properties be connected by a
landscaped public walkway either.through purchase, easement or
by mandatory dedication. This is a modification of Alternative
#2 of the "Neighborhood Park Study Hollywood Manor Area."
3. Allow the Commission to reviewStaff'sacquisition proposal and
development for the Hollywood Manor Area before Council finalized
t.
the same. ,,�
4. Authorize a feasibility study for a Northeast Park, serving the I~
Washington Park and Oak Woods area of the City in time for
Commip.,../sion's input into tJ e C.I;P �v
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5. To supply any information concerning the present status of bike- `�� `0
ways, in time for Commissions input into the C.I.P.
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FEBRUARY 23, 197^_ -- .G '•--•
CIVIC CENTER COUNC=L C'c. tiS
ME_L.ERS PI:ESENT
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1. TO SUppOrt Pa"=�:5 a'_^.C: _...C-c.^i=_O_. CO::_.._S5_J_.,_.
to immediately pure:=ase and for a
Hollywood i�ta.:O. _-�.:. c�-���d1__g '��0:^_ C='C�/ �.GU 2V1e41
Or all 0'r 10a "_v= u _1C e:: -,3e -'. `-a
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To approve t-h'a ?o.: '..g ,: _ a Surdivi sio
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To approve
subject to he
parking lots a_:d 5t_uc-Cu-es of a ...-= --.. _.. _z,
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To establish a :ora.o_iu:: o_: ale
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Rivet" for ona L" _'c11 a S'GL::C`J G= _._V..._
Iowa Ye:_.r,
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consultant can give Z:, Ce as to t' -:a ::osc -G:
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Item No. 8 - CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR
THE ACQUISITION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN THE HOLLYWOOD
MANOR AREA. _ c
Comment: The Planning and Zoning Commission on February 28, 1974,
recommended by a 7-0 vote, support of the Parks and
Recreation Commission's recommendation to immediately
purchase land for a neighborhood park in the Hollywood
Manor area depending upon the City Council's review of
all priorities for public expenditure. The Parks and
Recreation Commission recommended by a 8-0 vote, im-
mediate purchase of park property within or adjacent to
-Hollywood Manor, Part V,. atn the February 27, 1974 meeting.
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Action: ,�`.n , .� ..; A.i;� �,..z5 ..,.�� 1 c, r � ,, . �.. , � �1 'i1 4.
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Item No. 9 - ISSUANCE OF PE
TS
a. Consider resolution approving Class C beer permit
- application for Drug Fair, Inc. 108 S. Clinton.
c�� l ill ,
Action: ��?% �i f
b. Consider resolution approving Class C beer and liquor
license application for Magoo's, Inc., 206 N. Linn.
Action:
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c, Consider resolution approving Class C beer and liquor
license applicatio for BPO Elks Lodge No. 5,90,,
Foster Road.
Action:
d. Consider resolution approving Class C beer and liquor
license application for Depot Lunch, 114 Wright Street.
Action: U -J ! l3, ll F ! t -c '
e. Consider resolution to refund beer permit for The
Annex, Inc., 26 East College Street.
Action:
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Item No. 9 - (Continued)
�it for
f. Consider resolution to refund cigarette perm
The Annex, 26 East College Street.
Action:
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Action:
Item No. 10 -
Action:
Action:
Action:
g. Consider resolution to issue' cigarette permit to
Thomas & Betts Company, Division of Thomas & Betts,
Inc.r P. O. Box #1369, Hwy. 218 South.
ermit
h. Consider resolutions approving Class B beer p
application and Sunday Sales Class B beer permit
application for Taco Grande, 331 East Market.
CORRESPONDENCE TO DO THE CITY COUNCIL. `
a. Letter from D. R. Stichnoth, Iowa -Illinois sGas
and Jv
Electric Company, regarding revisions to ga
and regulations which become effective March 17, 1974.
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b. Letter from U. S. Senator Dick Clark concerning Iowa \
City's designation as a Bicentennial Co `/qt, A-
11^ ee
C. Letter from Lloyd R. Smith, Auditor of State, con-
cerning the audit for Johnson County for the year
ending December 31, 1972.
Item No. 11 - CONSIDER PAN OR MACBR DENDING ADDITION1,LPARTNI. (S-6919)ELOP-
ME
DEVELOP-
MENT
(SECOND READING)
Comment: MacBride Addition Inca Company has submitted an amended
final Planned Area Development (PAD) plan for a portion
of MacBride Addition, Part I which provides for exchange
of park land along MacBride Road and replatting of two
lots and a portion of MacBride Road. The Planning and
ember 13 , 1974 (recommended
Zoning Commission on Dec
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Item No. 11 - (Continued)
approval by a 5-0 vote. This PAD is in conjunction with
the following item. Public hearing was held February 19,
1974.
Action:
Item No. 12 - CONSIDER ORDINANCE ADOPTING FINAL PAD FOR MACBRIDE
ADDITION, PART II. (S-7321) (SECOND READING)
Comment: MacBride Addition Inc. had submitted a Planned Area
Development Plan for 23.5 acres containing 32 lots and
104 apartment units. The Planning and Zoning Commission
on January 10, 1974 recommended approval by a 7-0 vote.
Public hearing was held February 19, 1974. 1
Action: la1Jt' JL�d �.�� ✓4 T• �� ?.� .l �_ �, L;.r/,�r�
Item No. 13 - CONSIDER ORDINANCE REZONING STREB-NATIONAL BY-PRODUCTS
FROM RlA to Ml. (Z-7316) (SECOND READING)
Comment: Mr. Al Streb the contract purchaser of the 13.27 acre
tract from National By -Products (as pointed out in
Mr. Downer's letter of January 17, 1974 there is no
option to purchase) has requested a rezoning from R1A
to Ml. The ownership of the property should have no
bearing on the land use considerations as related to
rezoning. The Riverfront Commission upon referral from
the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended at the
December 20, 1973 meeting that "P&Z Commission recommend
disapproval of all requests to rezone tracts fronting on
the Iowa River until July 1, 1974, pending completion of
a Riverfront Plan by a 4-0 vote. The Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended approval by a 4-3 vote on January 10,
1974. Public hearing was held February 19, 1974.
Action: 1:y1 '
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Item No. 14 - CONSIDER ORDINANCE CHANGING THE NAME OF MACBRIDE ROAD
TO MACBRIDE DRIVE IN MACBRIDE ADDITION, PART I.
(FIRST READING)
Comment: Continuous streets which run in different directions are
named "drives" according to the City's street naming
system, Since MacBride Road, a north -south street, is
now designed to curve concave northwesterly and extend
east -west, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended
approval of the change by a 5-0 vote.
Action: j f b!L ./j lD /piL- 7r %�, A % -r % r Y r , f ' P r /
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Item No. 15 - CONSIDER RESOLUTION AMENDING "COMPLAINT, GRIEVANCE AND
APPEAL PROCEDURES" FOR TENANTS IN IOWA CITY'S LEASED
HOUSING PROGRAM.
Comment: The Housing Commission on February 6, 1974 recommended
approval by a 4-0 vote of the attached "Complaint,
Grievance, and Appeal Procedures." These amendments
were made at the request of the HUD area office and have
been reviewed_by__the.0 ty=aegal staff. After Council
approval, the procedures are sent to the HUD area office
for HUD approval prior to implementation.;'.>>�
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Item No. 16 - CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING REPLAT OF PORTIONS OF LOTS 1
AND 2 AND ALL OF LOTS 3 AND 4 OF BLOCK 30, EAST IOWA CITY
ADDITION.
Comment: Mr. Stanley Cross, the owner of the above described real
estate bounded by I Street, Fourth Avenue and the CRI&P
Railroad, had submitted a replat to resubdivide four lots
into five lots (the only remaining portion of said
Block 30 is a 100 foot by 70 foot portion of Lots 1 and 2
in separate ownership). The Planning and Zoning Commis-
sion on February 28, 1974, recommended approval by a
7-0 vote.
Action: G(�C ;.�. -c� c Y'�D �� l-cJt-1 h"L �_ J Ar_4, //.
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Item No. 17
- CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE
I
ON UMTA GRANT APPLICATION.
Comment:
This preliminary Capital Grant Application in the
amount
of $932,600.00 is being submitted to the Urban Mass
Transportation Administration of the Department of Trans-
portation._for the purpose of ultimately obtaining funding
for
severa]improvements._to__the C.ity's transit system.
These improvements
will include the purchase of three
additional buses, the
construction of several bus shelters,
the purchase Of communications
equipment for the transit
system, funding for a part of the proposed central
main-
tenance service facility, and additional funding for route
signage and other equipment for the buses and the central
service and maintenance facility.
Action:
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Item No. 18 -
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CONSIDER RESOLUTION
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APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS,
FORM OF CONTRACT FOR FOUR (4) 5,000 GROSS
/
VEHICLE WEIGHT
PICKUP TRUCKS AND SETTING DATE FOR RECEIVING BIDS. V111175e.
Comment:
This resolution approves the plans and specifications and
sets the date for receiving bids for four (4) 5,000 lb.
gross vehicle weight pickup trucks. One of these vehicles
will be
used by the Equipment Division of the Department of
Public works, one WE used by the
Traffic Engineering
Division of the Department of Public Works, and two will
be used by the Pollution Control Division of the Department
of Public Works.
The date forr- e wing-bids will be
Thursday, April 11, 1974, at 10:00
a.m. This equipment
will replace four existing pickups which were purchased
in 1968. Funds were provided in the 1974 budget in the
amount of $9,600 for the purchase of these four pickups.
Action:
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Item No. 19 - CONSIDER RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR ONE (1) 80
C HORSEPOWER INDUSTRIAL TYPE WHEEL TRACTOR_ WITH FRONT-
END LOADER AND BACKHOE..'�-
Comment: This resolution approves the award of bid to Martin
Brothers Equipment and Supply of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in
the amount of $16,100.00. The bids received on this
piece of equipment are as follows:
Cline Truck & Equipment $13,987.00
Martin Bros. Equip. & Supply
Capitol Implement Company
16,100.00
17,247.00
Although the Cline Truck and Equipment Company was the
lowest of the three bidders submitting bids, their equip-
ment failed to meet the minimum specifications for the
tractor and it is recommended that their bid be rejected.
The 1974 budget for this equipment was $20,500. The bid
for this equipment is $4,400 below the budgeted amount.
Action: /u�.P?, � c2 ' '� jl '-t `
Item No. 20 - CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AMENDMENTsFOR THE
0 CIVIC CENTER REMODELING PROJECT..._':,
- / -_
Comment: The purpose of this contract amendment is to authorize
two change orders. The first would authorize a Formica
top on the counter for the Department of Finance at a
cost of $290, the second would authorize the replace-
ment of a broken window in the southeast corner of the
Civic Center at a cost of $252.
Action:
Item No. 21
Comment:
Action:
- CONSIDER RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR THE 1974
STREET REPAIR PROJECT NO. I.
This resolution approves the award of bid to the Tom
O'Leary Concrete Construction. --Company of Iowa City,
Iowa, in the amount of $30,531.76. This project was
discussed at the City Council meeting held on
February 26, 1974, as Item No. 18. The following is a
tabulation of the bidders: _
Tom O'Leary Concrete Const. Co. $30,531.76
Iowa City, Iowa
Wolf Const. Co. 38,928.24
Iowa City, Iowa
Metro Pavers, Inc. 43,636.96
Iowa City, Iowa
As can be seen, the bid submitted by the Tom O'Leary
Concrete Construction Company was the lowest of the
three bidders submitting bids on this project. The
engineer's estimate for this project was $36,168.87.
This bid is approximately 15% below the engineer's
estimate.
Item No. 22 - CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PART OF THE SANITARY SEWER
qL/ IMPROVEMENTS IN COURT HILLS - SCOTT BOULEVARD ADDITION,
PART II.
Comment: This resolution accepts the work done by Boyd and
Rummelhart Plumbing & Heating, Inc. of Iowa City, Iowa,
on the sanitary sewer in the 'Court Hills -Scott Blvd
Addition, Part II except for Lots 34 and 35. These sewers
have been constructed in accordance with the City's
specifications.
Action: �(.r Ct:4f.{';�;.
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Item No. 23 - CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE IOWA HIGHWAY COM-
r,�� MISSION RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE REROUTING OF
HIGHWAY #1.
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Comment: The Iowa Hiway Commission has requested thatlHighway #1
be rerouted during the construction on Burlington
Street from the intersection of Highway #218 and High-
.__ -
ea ._-
st on Highway #6 By -Pass to Gilbert, then
northerly on -Gilbert to..Burlington. The Iowa Highway
Commission will provide all necessary signing.
Action: L'n _ ! '� �Ci-�� ; f
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Item No. 24 - PUBLIC HEARING ON DISPOSITION OF A PORTION OF HUTCHINSON
AVENUE NORTH OF PARK ROAD. (V-7308)
Comment: Mr. & Mrs. M. Rosenbaum requested a vacation of a portion
of the Hutchinson Avenue north of Park Road because a
portion of their home is constructed in the right-of-way.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on November 29, 1973
recommended vacating the east 10 feet of the Hutchinson
Avenue right-of-way for a distance fo 80 feet north
beginning at a point 40 feet north of Park Road by a 7-0
vote. The City Council vacated this property on February
5, 1974. Appraisals have been made so the property can be
offered for sale..
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Action: 1��,! (�� 1y ✓L �! F «l
Item No. 25 - DISCUSSION OF THE CONDITION OF MELROSE AVENUE BETWEEN THE
RAILROAD BRIDGE AND GRAND AVENUE.
Comment:
Action:
The staff will be prepared to make a presentation to the
City Council.
Item No. 26 - BUSINESS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
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t . in regular session on the
in the Council Chambers
L rn I eckil Davidsenr deProsse (8:10),,
n nec. xi presiding. The mayor
,_ e c I o I rded b y. Radio Station KXIC.
i 66nded byz White to approve
1�meeting: of February 5, 1974
16bivary 6,`1974 subject to
r,son,.appeared noting they will
im,,and advised -of an infor-
ruary. 25th. It was moved by
`th�e documents be recieved and
--_4 16 N. -rLinn, Chairperson,
Vice Committee, appeared
,,ie -,'establishment of and serving
_ divices commission. It was
hite'.,tha't-the correspondence be
,John'Neff, Brooklyn Park
ingthe Noise Ordinance, as he
e Public Hearing. He noted
ce'will be a useless exercise
, necki-n6ted an Informal Public
e"Ordinance next week. Ted
ppared questioning when the
.61d and 'if there was -a 30 "day
ad: an alternative plan if the
_-Hayek,replied that three,
.-eeded and' five to twenty days
;lection could be held. The
fin;i._alternative plan as yet.
i , 6V_ised,that to comply with
in -Sunday Sales permits, the
the 90 -day period, showing
fiat the sale of goods and
, i 1.r6 - or beer does constitute
f iom the licensed premises
bite
ng :C
Do
!;
aye
rand
'At
Alv
ran
ancV. seconaeu by _wnite tnat the
�f taxes from Rose`Zetek, 704 Reno
Jarried,.deProsse"absent.
and seconded by, Brandt to adopt
ass B;.Beer:Permit Application for
3e 'Upon roll call Brandt, Czarnecki,
deProsse absent.
and sec,onded.by White that the letter
orney for.,-David'Baculis, objecting
n' F.. `Streb.-and National' By -Products,
and mad e - :part `of the public hearing
rosse=absent.
and seconded by Davidsen that the
s, UnIit1eds'S.tates Senator, concerning
lation be:'recieved and filed. Motion
and seconded by White that the
n, Property --:Manager Supervisor,
on, concerning the sale of land
and - Dubuque ,Street intersection be
rred to ,the City Manager for report.
sent
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2Y. -United Acti6h.-foi
Emergency,S e ter.s.
money, could rc
months Ms�-.: wStockmi
sharing -,'for'.,day _%,-car(
month; '-project, - -;,-fund:
Brandt
und-
Brandt_an_d`.`sPconded
Johnson :, County ,:,,Yout1
Sharing:.`day c -are -.-,-pr(
posal_bd,.refe,rred,:ti
d6Prosse arriv(
manager
second tl_arid.'thi
by- title - 'on _.Ly.
Ciarn6ck�i-Vote
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ALtf
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sen, _.- _e ro-s.
--arried.
:rppor
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nd.-seconded by Brandt that tne
ecoid; reaingof the ordinance
d v, F_ .9':10. 4c of-. the Plumbing Code,
Y -title,:;only. Upon roll call
'hii:d,,- Brandt voted 'aye'.
ing ;given by title only.
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and-,seconded-by deProsse that the
hird-I re- aiding . of -the Ordinance
'eliicldsltostop When Approaching
'ulating:,the,Use of Passenger
s be given by title only. City
incerning the ordinance, Coralville
[niversity Heights is interested.
Hayek, suggestthe effective date
[.'deProsse withdrew the first
PtAndlseconded by deProsse to amend
:iont_.,,_ o.read, 'to be effective
ked . ".It was moved by Brandt and
rules -be suspended and the first
,
:he ordi
nance as amended be given
.-,d6Pr6sse, Davidsen, Brandt,
rotea - .,no.1
Motion carried 4/1
)y'�_ title.only. It was moved by
,e,to, Adopt the ordinance. Upon
Whitej, Brandt, Czarnecki voted
6n.,.:the meeting with Planning and
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.Lnd Davidsen to adopt
It was was moved:by,Brcl ed by
the Resolution . Approving, __Co I ntract�_-.and '_.Bond for metro Pavers,
Upon
Inc.; fo -.`the:.l974,_ Biirlin4ton- StrOet'-Improvement Project.
Inc.r
sen
roll .call White,:,Brandt;.'Czarneck,i; Davidsen voted 'aye',
deProsse voted no -,-,Motion carried 4/l.
It was : moved and _., s e-onded by Brandt to adopt the
by �White".c
'pprovin . '�LBond -for Lincoln Development
Resolut.. ioin--A��' 9 Cbn.tr,aict� a
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Company.fo r Sanitary , .Improvement Project #1
Upon - rollcall ..White'r'-i, Brandt-$', Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse
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voted 'aye Motion -carried.
It.was;1ioVed_ by deProsseand seconded by White to adopt
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the Re-solution�,Awardin*g Contractforl- ne 47,000 lb GVW
is:t ,o ine r h amount of $17,345.39.
b' ' 1c
Chass* W* enner- reus' kein';�-t e
Upon roll,'cdiliBrandt,Czarneicki'Davidsenf deProsse,White
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voted .Mo ion carried
It w as', -m . 6 1 ve'd- by,' -White :-.,_an'd:,secohded by deProsse to adopt
the 24,000 GVW Truck
.Resollitidii.Awardin'g.'iContract'ror-one
Chas . siswa- 11 - itfi'-�_`Artidulated_ Hydraulic Crane and Flat Bed to Cline
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."00, . 0 Upon roll call Czarnecki,
Equipment I - - � - �in the-'. amo I u I n '_ t?-- of -_$160 .1
.. .. White; . 'Brandt , voted $aye$. Motion carried.
_:Wh
-Davidsen, : �dePiiossd
It- was -moved by4fiite�. andi,.sedoxided by deProsse to adopt
the Resolution . .Approv'iing `Plans -..;and .Specifications, Form of
Contrac f or o_ .-Tw� (2) 2 5L Yard:, Packer _�,;,.Un its for
pJ - .....
on,- dh&' Setting _-Date Date 'f' Receiving Bids for
the Refu�s�e Division -or
--call deProsse, White,
February 2 8 1974 Upon roll
Brandt;,.'Czarn�e ckivoted '. --_�. 'motion:,carried.
_ -.�j666fided by Brandt to adopt
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moVdd- by,.,--%4hiWhite cinci,
It 11 was :moved
�Re :k -'.the 1973 -Sanitary Sewer
the.. Resolution 4 -.the Wor. on.,
� .. - . :pon 11 .
I.— .. , - - I b_ ems, Inc., Rockford, Ill.
P done Y. ennetryn-.---byst
Repair .-,:-r03ec 0
" Czarnecki, Davidsen
Upon roll scall,._de1Pr. os`s e- White,;; -Brandt;
voted _aye iMo tion'.:..Carried..
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It ,Was.* moved byBrandt by deProsse to adopt
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the Re3oluti'on-Awarding'Contract for.Tree -Trimming Service to
t_
1,�k 7 Bramount of $9,820.80
�..-.,.,er.v,lc-e.lin the
wayne�Breedeno ..-4�ddO-risTree,S
�roll call deProsse, White,
for the OE._496� tiedsi,':_.Upon
Brandt, '.0z rned it' Davidsen-voted aye Motion carried.
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'February 19, 1974
Mayor Czarnecki announced -thait--this was the time set for
the Public Hearingfor-;AmendMein't--,6f.Final Planned Area Develop-
ment.,P l4n. 1 or 'MacBri"d6:-.-Aadi't ion . Part I which amendment provides
of--.pAkk-'Lland�-Alo MacBride.Road and a replatting
for exchange ng
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f MacBride Road Planning and
of;t�,vo lots and ,a portion e
Zoning C6mmis siom. fided-appr6val by a.5-0 vote. There being
_.recomme
no interested P-- ers ons.'pre sent th k.*.,,Maypr declared the hearing
closed-.
Mayor_ Czarneckl,.-., announced __that,this.was the time set for
the Public �_.'Hearing o I n., Final;.P1anndid,'_,Area Development for
Planning* -
Ma6Bride*.-Addi-Ei6n'. Part.,11.1 and Zoning Commission
7 4�' t Lyle Miller, Developer,
recommended . -,�approval-'-_by a.- - voter
appeared. .�i,Thdpublic -nearing:-.was �cldsed.
-The... Mayor,,--- ann6-ilhc-ed'�7---.�.tha-t.,.thi s_', was the time set for the
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Public Hearing.,,,-oln a..Rezoning,-,,Requiast� y. Streb-National By-
-`:�,The,'.,Rivek r
Products. i'f rom-RlAto M1- 7 -f-'ont Commission recommended
t1iat'the*,P_1_' oninc -recommend disapproval
an'ni-ng -and', Z j*,.-C6mm'is's lon
of.. all-requests-%r-c)-.--:rdz6iie-•.-tra6ts-�,fr6nting on the Iowa River
until--itpending-completion
i1j"7 i 44.74 of.a'Riverfront Plan, by,
.,'..-
a vote. -on - had recommended denial
,of � 4'O.-, :The","Cityj*9MAna drand ' staff mm
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of the :-Ml_q 'st n..-.order ,�-.to.,,develop protection for the
.reque
bkle`h66_ a.-,,, resi _4ential use. The Planning
adjoining Am6 e, park
and Z6niiiq:Comm3.!§sibn.�,recommena,e(,-,�approva1by a 4-3 vote.
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-.Tom CiIeik appeared 'repke'sentingMrStre b advising of zoning
of M2;b-y_'C6iity-bdf6r*'eb'e�ingannexe ::byCi ty and requesting
MI Zone-'Torpr6s6nt1Ahswhich indlude Warehousing, Comercial,
an t'.Indu'strxa k presented letters from
s r,6
and Light use A Ci-le
W "B ahlm6r�j� . -. ---Prd , §i ent T lumbe rs -'Supply, supporting the Streb,
rom---,Attorney�-- erry.-itoveless represen" ting David Baculis,
request; f'--
previous-,�6bjj t d from Ben
withdrakwing,'-�-his ec lon,�:An Johnson, Johnson
Count Zo-ninin'.'Admini's'trator expiaining:,previous County re-
g;
zoning.;- .moved. by Braii�dt�...'Ahd', seconded by Davidsen that
'made
-.� -.,,., iled:and part of the
all bereceived andfiled
Public`AearMotion carried: ary.Neuhauser, Chairperson,
lng-.i.*.,
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RiverfrontCommission,--.appedi6d:and :read ..their recommendation,
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recommending- no rezoning I .
z.�aloi4`! the,, -river. until July 1, 1974
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and .,noting �-tha'"t--'a consultantwas-eing hi red for a River
'b
Corr'dov study. Sdfah` -.Foxj Cha �n Parks and Recreation
irma
conunission,-,-app-eare-d'and -��,,-�,read thei:r--motion endorsing Riverfront
C ommission�.,s! recommendation The.- -Mayor,'declared the public
�
hearingr cj:6ie'd and'..*,ann6unced: A" f Eve minute recess.
It-- was--, moved :by.,BkAhdt and :seconded by, Davidsen to set a
Pc6lic'Hearin --6n.:aril�.-Ordii;i�;'ance',-.-,Amending Chapter 8.10 of the
�Mtinic3.pal-.,'Cbdoq---'-�'L"' of Iowa. City, '.L-' or..'March 12,1974 at 7:30 P.M.
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in the.Counci1-Chambers by,'changing the uses permitted in the
CB zoning district'and,to-.enumerate the uses allowed in the
proposed Central`Busine`ss Service',(CBS) zoning district as
approved; by Planning aidJ2on'ing. Motion carried.
It was moved by Brandt and seconded by Davidsen to set
_ a Public`He'aring-on Sideyard"and-Parking Study for April 2,
._ _ .
1974. Motion.carried ,_;. "
-It --was- moved. by, Brandt' and seconded by:Davidsen that the
Bill"pertaining the Landlord=Tenant Bill concerning rent
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deposits be referred.to'the Co uncl.Legislative Committee.
Motion carried.
-The:Mayor_noted receipt; of Councilwoman Davidsen's report
on: -State. Elderly Area Transportation Systan ( SEATS) program to
begin February 25,.:1974 It was -moved by White and seconded
by, d6Prosse,-that this report`be'`rece ved and filed. Motion
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carried.
Council ;discusse-d:;the"&icentennial Celebration letter,
and reaffirmed.the,March=1st deadline for'input concerning the
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1974 Sidewalk Program.:. They; also_,decided to discuss the Solid
- Waste Report from Johnson -.County, -after _Staff report on related
items (garbage and landfill).
Mayor Czarnecki announced ;the appointments of ten persons
to_the Design Review Board`to,add to the five reappointed
members.: D6n,Sinek,,340 Golfview;.Brian.Gutheinz, 505 Oakland;
Robert Alexander, ;718 E. 'Davenport .St. ; Bruce Haupert, 536
Mahaska`Ct, Lloyd 'Berger,.10. S: Lowell; Lawrence Lafore, 9 Parsons;
Nancy Seiberling, Rt. North Liberty; Lyell Henry, 1154 E. Court;
Fritz -W- Louis; ll36 E": Washington and Jack Esbin, 3117 Alpine
^'
Court. It was moved,;by White 'And", seconded by Brandt that the
Mayor's `.appointments; -be approved:Motion carried.
The Mayor:.noted an 8.00 A.M'.brief, session for those
going to Ka isa's. City,' in _th'e .City• 1Kahager's office, and that
there. would be',_no meeting,on Friday the 22nd in the morning
this week,: but one on :Saturday 'morning the 23rd at 9:00 A.M.
He advise d_:of.a tentative _1l 30 meeting Wednesday with the
University:representatives.concerning input regarding Madison
Street.'
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- City Manager Wells;
Commission' s-re.quest;;. fox
Street: Project from 'inte
_ Highway. 6, ":"west on. 6 to
north .on:, Gilbert' to ;Burl
agenda item -next week
The City Manager.nc
investigated r ate;_change
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to monitor;what`'other ;ca
any protest--,, eing filed
on, South_ " River :Corridor;,
Commission and Riverfron
approval; to:`'prbceed to i
contract. for professic
study." ;He advased that:
the Capitol .Improvements
ments contemplated'; for: N
noted �consideration,of a
early in April•. It was
deProsse__ that; the ..C1ty,N
Agreement i, wit tic. a consult
study and negotiate a cc
Improvements"Pro.gram mon
"Park;
Ferry projects. Mc
City Manager Wells
Plans,• Specifications w
Unused -46,000':;lb:.'GVW Ta
for Receiving: ,,,..Bi s< for. N
and seconded by deProsse
call White, Brandt -;`-Czar
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Motion carried$ _ ,
The City: Manager= re
job classification=of ;Pc
$906/$1150, .grade-_samea
Brandt ;and seconded by H
Record Supervisor'be.apr.
explained=: that due: to .ir
Human<RelationsCommis`s3
staff time-h'as. not.been`
authorizatib" of a_ speca
Co-ordinator`a �ob'degcriF
theHuman "=.Relation s Coma
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otified Council of Iowa State Highway
rerouting Route #.1'during the Burlington
se,ctlon'of'Riverside Drive and U.S.
he=intersection of`Gilbert, then
rigton., He announced it would be an
ed :'that he and the City Attorney had
for Iowa -Illinois and would continue
iesaredoing, and.were not aware of
He`alsorcalled'attention to the study
as;,discussed with Parks and Recreation
Comma.ssion. He requested Council
terva.ew-and' select and present a
.al*planning consultant to conduct the
unding woulli out of
Program;by3deferring park improve-
_:squaka.e
,and Sturgis Park areas. - He
new'Caprtol.;Improvements Program
Loved by:Davidsen and seconded by
wager be-instructed"to enter into
int:for SouthRiver Corridor` Projects
ctract, study to be funded by Capitol
.y,`.,allocated '`for Mesquakie and Sturgis
.ion' carried.
xplained'"the<Resolution Approving
I Form of, Contract for Two (2) New and
dem'Truck,Chassis and Setting date
irch 28th`,; 1974. It was moved by White
toadopt`,"the Resolution. Upon roll
mcki, Davidsen, deProsse voted 'aye'.
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guested approval of an addition of the
ice_ Recgr.d;Supervisor in range of
Police�Captain. -It was moved by
�xte.that-:the:."Classification of Police
Oved. 'Motion carried. He also
reased.activity in the area of the
asp,their contention that sufficient
Lllocate&'to,their group. He recommended
ac posit.on..entitled`Human Relations
ion ,would_be:presented-after review
ssion. was moved by White and
S�
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by e rosse --that".the,City-.Manager be authorized to
secondeddP
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develop-- afob Ica ion-ffo "-' r. �'Humdn Relations Co-ordinator
,
and revciew,-..� it with. --t e.,;. uman,. e ations Conmission and report
back to.."Counckl.,7, Motion-.,carrled.�
City;Attorney H dy.ek �'presen ted a- -,.-.report on the follow-up
action Litigation with Ainerex-Corporation,and that he had
enteyed .Intqt:s ipulatlbn-aIntffs to file for clarifi-
cation,of'the.-ru ing.and :orecommended - Council not appeal the
original- ruling- Thete was-. no:. instruction to appeal from
Council. -.,Heaidvised--..that:--concern'3.*n'g -,-,the case involving the
National',Environment&L%'.=Pollicdes Act the litigation in Federal
Court seek ing--3.niunction-'.against';itheCity from continuing
any adifilnistrative activities ofiLAirban renewal pending
resolution of'-`the-7enviLron' al:�review and as discussed in
'continue
executiv.s-by Council, . - to proceed with all
e�by-� Cncto"
activities_4_-_*unle'ssinjunction or Court
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-order. Th6._'Cb_unc_i1 staff to stop activity
on the urban'_`_reneweilproj dct. He note(! also that the City had
and, A- plaintiffs
not .,:been -served wkljl��.-no that if the
-yet
do not:sdek.,-to- bring :-.,;the -.*maftd'-r--tQh'e'aring, the Council will.
It, -was move-&- byaePr66 s�6 I and seconded by Davidsen to approve
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. for the use of Landfill.
the contract:.wl th'd - ,C , it - y„of, _Katona '
.
Upon roll call Bran d L,.- Cil za I r n eckii Davidsen, deProsse, White
voted aye 146ti om carr led
it -wasMoved by,- -..Bran t:_ands , econded by d.eProsse to adopt
the Resolution 6st,ab'lshiri.,a -Stop.-Sign at the intersection of
i -g,."
Union Place: andl'Bloomlngton-St. at the S.E. corner of the
ii. -.Czarnecki; . Davidsen, deProsse,
intersection'. Uponrollcall.
White,, Brandt, vot�ed.--',. ',aye': ;Mot .;io n -:car Iried.
It;.wa - s moved -by deProsse . and:. seconded by White to adjourn
to Executive6 essionto:-discuss.-,Fair Market Value for Acquisition
of -Urban Renewal Property,�,P arcel --03/18. Upon roll call deProsse,
White,.Brandtr Davidseini4Czarniackivoted 'aye'. Motion carried.
Execiitiv6session--was-1-h6ld„aind-cid'ourned to regular session.
It was inoved'�byDavidsen, and. seconded by White to adopt the
Resolution esoluti-on Es1E&blish1hg.1,1Fair Makk4i - t--* ' Value for the Acquisition
of Urban:-'Renewa Proper 'Parcel 93/18 -Edwards. Upon roll
call Wh. Brandt'.' Davidsen,:dePro', aye'.
1 - te sse, Czarnecki voted
Motion -'carried.--':
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Bits service to the" -.ark ifT apartment complex is -:badly needed„
The apsr�,ments house more than'700 people. `: Of these 700
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- tenants; c�ienty are age . 60 and hover o -< "There are more than
`920 Children Nei#; 4 half of , -the apartments are occupied
by:student -Samtlies, There arealso approximately 50 singlew
paren�famles in ;the ;complexo ?]i short," -many of the
tenants 'of Mark Wtneed to get' into ,tocm frequently; if
not .daily, ;in ardor to"attend the, university or to get to
Mork, ._;The complex �s.. 'cite isolated from the rest of
Iona City "it is near] ; mile from same apartments in the
complex to the' bus stop;. on thb - corner 'of Melrose and Mormon
Trek -Blvd.. ` (;
1441V of the terar_ts find ;tet nearly .impossible to get to and
from, this bus stop; at ;all: In, 3.s. group -I include those
over the age of 60.4 the ;three bland tenants in the complex,
and: mothers with :young .'cha ] dren. The taalk from the bus stop
at • the corner. of ;Ifelrose''and';Ziormon .,Trek is complicated and
made' hazardflus by steep h�ll'with;no sidewallce Because of
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the7.ack of arty iius=se`rvlce, ,sane tonants lead an isolated
life -r -cut ofi fr�i=services and amenities ;enjoyed by other
resents of'; IoFra :.City. ;The young people of Mark IV are
sometimes proh�iiited Erato takig advantage of the recreation
center. and;ather;3n-form'.faci]3tiss:; simp],,F because the bus
service isnot more accessible; Sortie tenants must hire a cab
order -to go grocery. shopptn"cmtething they can scarcely
` afford. to do4
I ren •though 'the city bust Hawl*e Apartment route stops at
2lorinon Trek`and M43.rose;' zt is-' often full before it arrives
at.this.corner. <Theiefore, at rush hours, people waiting
at thi' bus;.sttanding at the corner.
I therefore urge -,members of the city council to approve the
estab]_i sh Lng` of city_ bus; service to ,the Mirk IV complex in
- order -to eliminate: this. olation-aiid;inconvenience or the
unnecessary use of- commuter carso
Sheila DklauEhfl n
"Re'presenta-tive of the Mexk
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To: City Council'of Iowa City
From: League of Women Voters of Johnson County
Faith Knowler, President
Statement on the Urban Renewal proposal and the bond issue
March 5, 1974
The League of Women Voters of Johnson County wishes to inform you of the
support of our organization for the proposed bond issue to be voted upon on
March 28, which will help finance the city's commitment to the current re-
development proposal for the Urban Renewal area.
It is our assumption that the contract between the City and the developer will
contain the essential features of the proposal as it has been presented. It is
further assumed that enough flexibility will be maintained to allow adjustments
for changed economic or social conditions as development progresses.
Since 1966 the League has supported and worked for an urban renewal project for
the Iowa City central business district. Although the project has had many de-
lays, the League is enthusiastic about the Old Capitol development proposal,
which closely conforms to the guidelines adopted by the League seven years ago.
A renewed central business district will directly encourage the use of our
efficient mass transit system. Furthermore, adequate parking will be provided
for those for whom mass transit is not available or practical, and this parking
will be provided incrementally as development occurs. We support the elimi-
nation of through traffic in the central business district and provision for
off-street delivery facilities in redesigned areas.
The current proposal has a potential for meeting our guidelines for esthetic
design, including open spaces, focal points, vistas, landscaping and coordi-
nated street furnishings. We endorse the provision of land for public uses,
such as the bus shelter, transportation terminal, and malls for pedestrian
safety and convenience.
The League continues to encourage the location of housing for the low-income
and elderly in the renewal area as soon as this is possible financially.
The League agrees that the method of tax allocation financing proposed by the
City for repayment of the General Obligation bonds is an excellent means of
paying for public improvements within the Urban Renewal project area, as the
increased tax revenue derived from the property within the area will be used
to pay the interest and retire the bonds.
It is our understanding that city property taxes outside the project area wi11
not be increased as a result of the passage of this bond issue. We believe
that the adoption of this redevelopment proposal will result in greater long
range tax benefit to the city than would the sale and development of the land
by parcels.
Vie feel that it is important that citizens have a full understanding of what is
involved in this bond issue, 'Which is a crucial part of the entire concept of
Urban Renewal as it has been thought of in Iowa City. The League will strive to
provide information and will work for the passage of this bond issue.
STATEMENT OF CITIZENS FOR A BETTER IOWA CITY
In Support of the Urban Renewal Plan and Bond Issue
Citizens For A Better Iowa City favors the urban renewal plan for the
revitalization of downtown Iowa City and urges voter approval of the
bond issue necessary to get the plan started in its first phase,
We strongly support Mayor Czarneckils view that the single development
concept is the best approach to downtown renewal. It provides a unified
approach that can be controlled by city government and the people of
our city. It providas a definite plan for the voters of our city to
consider, rather than an uncertain approach to rebuilding our downtown.
In addition, we favor the plan because:
1. It is people oriented, as well as business oriented,
2. It is a way to get necessary city facilities downtown with the
developer and benefited businesses paying the cost of the
bonds and the interest.
3. It encourages commerical expansion downtown rather than in
outlying areas, which will benefit most citizens and students.
4. A parking ramp is needed as an integral part of the first part
of the development.
5. The private development will be locally oriented.
This plan for downtown development is an opportunity for Iowa Citians
to work together to make our downtown a place we can be proud of,
where more jobs and shpping will be available and which will complement
the many fine improvements and additions made to the University campus
in recent years.
Members of the Stegring Committee
Citi zees for a Better Iowa City
Approv_d
March 5, 1974
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MINUTES
Iowa City CATV Committee
February 4, 1974
MEMBERS PRESENT: Ehninger, Eskin, Hubbard, Prediger, Russell,
Welsh
MEMBERS ABSENT: Blum, Cordier
STAFF PRESENT: Bill Neppl
GUESTS: Harry Baum, Ann Loventhal, Leslie Gallay
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 p.m.
The proposed agenda for the meeting was as follows:
1. Approval of minutes
2. Boulder Ordinance Provisions - Section 5
3• Other business
It was moved by Hubbard and seconded by Kay Prediger that the
minutes of January 7, 1974, and the ordinance provisions of
January 7 subject to any corrections which may be noted when it
is compared with the original ordinance be approved. The motion
was passed in a 5-0-1 vote.
The minutes of January 21, 1974, were reviewed and corrected.
Hubbard moved that the minutes be amended as suggested by the
Chairman, and the Committee approved the motion in a 5-0 vote.
The Committee next reviewed the Boulder, Colorado permit for aid
in developing ordinance provisions. Sections 5 through 7 were
discussed as follows:
Section 5 Termination and Renewal
5.1 agreed
5.2 agreed
5.3 agreed
5.4 legal question -- Does renewal require another franchise
vote?
5.5 include sentence -- "A renewal may be granted not more
than two years prior to the expiration of any
existing term."
5.6 agreed
5.7 agreed
5.8 generally agreed upon with calling attention to the
provision 13 on page 10 of the Lakewood, Colorado
Ordinance and raising the question as to whether or
not the city should maintain the right to an earlier
Purchase.
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5.9 agreed
5.10 agreed
5.11 agreed
5.12 not applicable
Section 6 Regulation of Rates
ordinance)
6.1 agreed
6.2 consider sentence -- "The grantor shall maintain
the right to establish, review or modify rates for
all services."
6.3 substitute our own rates for Appendix B
6.4 addition to sentence from Champaign ordinance --
"There shall be no increase in rates for the first
three years."
6.5 a study should be made of this section in relation
to our ordinance sections VI B.7.b.(8)
6.6 agreed
6.7 changed item B to include not only FM but also FM,
AM, and short wave services
6.8 agreed
6.9 agreed
6.10 agreed
6.11 held for future consideration
6.12 changed to read, "City of Iowa City, the Iowa City
Public School System, the University of Iowa, and
other appropriate educational institutions and non-
profit corporations as determined by the Commission."
Section 7 General Financial and Insurance Provisions
7.1(a) generally agreed with possibility of adding statement
from the Champaign ordinance, page 8 saying that no
payment shall be considered.a tax.
(b) reworded to say, The City shall utilize these funds
for the enhancement and regulation of the System,
the support of the local government channel, the sub-
sidization of low and moderate income subscribers, or
other worthy programs associated with the System.
It shall be understood that funds from additional
sources can also be used to -!support these activities."
(c) agreed
(d) agreed
7.2 agreed
7.3 second sentence to read, "To this end, the Directors
of the (Iowa City Citizens Forum) may titilize any
means of attracting citizen support deemed advisable
by the Directors."
7.4 agreed
7.5(a) agreed
(b) agreed
(c) agreed
(d) agreed
(e) agreed
(f) agreed
7.6 agreed
Iowa City CATV Committee
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February 4, 19711
(Section 7 - Boulder, Colorado ordinance)
7.7 question as to rationale of penal sum
7.8 agreed
7.9 general feeling that rates are too low -- to check
with University as to rates. Include provision
that insurance company be provided by a company with
a rating of A+, AAA...
7.10 agreed
7.11 agreed
7.12 Hubbard made a motion and it was approved by the Committee
in a 5-1 vote that this section be worded as follows:
"The cost to the city in relation to the study of cable
television and pursuant to the issuance of this permit
shall be paid to the grantor by the grantee."
7.13 use abbreviated format utilizing information from
computer runs
Flo Beth Ehninger made a motion that by the fourth week in April
the Committee have a final report to submit to the City Council.
Russell seconded the motion, and realizing that it may involve a
great deal of extra work on the part of the Committee, it was
approved by those present in a 5-0 vote.
The proposed agenda for the February 18 meeting is as follows:
1. Approval of minutes
2. Consideration of municipal franchise provisions
a. service installations
b. cumulative analysis
C. access programming facilities and personnel
d. any additional items which five persons have expressed
their desire to have included in the ordinance provisions
3. Boulder Ordinance -- Section 8
The meeting was then adjourned.
I. Secretary's Report - -
A. Minutes of the January 17, 1974 meeting - regular meeting
B. Minutes of the January 31, 1974 meeting - special meeting
II. Financial Reports
A. Seven Rivers Library System Financial Report: December
31, 1973 proposal by McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn � Company
January 19, 1974
B. Departmental Receipts and Expenditure Reports: General
and Special Funds - January 31, 1974
C. Library Materials Expenditure Report: January 31, 1974
III.
Approval of Bills
IV.
President's Report
V.
Director's Report --
VI.
Committee_ Reports
VII.
Old Business
VIII.
Communications
A. Staff petition concerning 5% across-the-board raises and
fringe benefits
B.. Advisory Council for Library Service. "The Long Range
Plan for the -Development of Library Service for the
Citizens of Iowa": January 1974
C. Letter addressed to the Board of Trustees from Mary
Schaefer
D. Letter dated February 3, 1974 to the Board of Trustees
from Lois B. Muehl, Director of the Reading Lab Rhetoric
Program - University of Iowa concerning the head of the
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children's library, HazelWestgate
E. Letter dated January 28, 1974.from Suzanne Pavietich
concerning the Director's participation in the South
East Jr. High Career Program
F. Letter .dated February 14, 1973 from University of Iowa
about the status of the college work/study program
for 1974/7S
IX.
New Business
A. East Central Regional Proposal: Nelle Neafie, Director.
Subject: Serving the Unserved in the East Central Region
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B. Recommendation by Director that the By -Laws, Article
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regular meeting of the Board shall be held at the Library
Building on the fourth Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m.
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Next Meeting: To be decided
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The regular meeting of the board of directors was held January 17,
1974 at 4:00 p.m. in the Director's office.
PRESENT: Buchan (presiding), Bywarer, Canter, Farber, Kirkman,
Newsome, Richerson, Trumpp
STAFF PRESENT: Eggers, Kelley, Moses, McKenzie, Spaziani
OTHERS PRESENT: Breugger (Press Citizen), Jay Honohan, Don
Anderson
The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Buchan in the absence
of Mr. Downer.
The minutes were approved and placed on file. (Kirkman/Newsome)
Financial report by Director stated audit was in order and that
wooden shelving for Children's Room had arrived and was being
erected. He asked that a change inamountof deposit in NILE
be noted: $865.00 instead of earlier report of $900.00. Balance
from Seven Rivers of $642.35 be deposited to NILE account.
It was moved and seconded to accept Financial report. (Canter/
Kirkman).
A motion to accept and approve bills for December was made, seconded,
and carried. (Newsome/Kirkman).
The Director reported that federal money being appropriated for
education included library aid. He referred to a discussion with
Nelle Neafie concerning book title service to a three -county area.
The decision was deferred until Neafie attended the February 21st
board meeting to discuss the pros and cons of this request. A
motion was made and seconded that this matter should be given
further thought. (Newsome,Kirkman)
A motion was made, seconded, and carried to accept and file the
Director's report. (Canter/Farber).
Finance Committee_ Report: A decision to request $11,000 from the
County Board of Supervisors from revenue sharing to provide funds
to open.the library Thursday night and Sunday was discussed. It
was moved, seconded, and carried that the Finance Committee meet
with the County Board of Supervisors at an early date to discuss
this request. (Kirkman/Newsome). It was noted by Mrs. Buchan
that a readjustment in the budget would become necessary inasmuch
as revenue sharing funds are allocated for capital improvements
only.
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Personnel Committee Report: At the meeting January 4th, Ms. McKenzie's
request that the committee meet with City Manager Wells,
Mr. Honohan, and Mr. Smeed to discuss details of the election
and the status of library employees led to a decision to call
for such a conference.
Old Business: The Lone Tree and North Liberty contracts now ready
for approval. A motion to renew these mas made, seconded, and
carried. (Canter/Bywater)
Lolly Eggers' request to present a paper to the Board setting forth
the attitudes of the staff was granted by Mrs. Buchan.
Dr. Canter moved that her report be included in the minutes.
(Newsome).
"Like clockwork, the question of vacation policy for professional
librarians appears and reappears in any discussion of the ICPL.
The minutes of your meeting with the Board of Supervisors is only
the most recent one to come to my attention.
"In behalf of my profession and my fellow librarians at ICPL, I
would like to make a few comments and correct a few errors.
"l. The 22 day vacation was not given to local librarians in lieu
of salary as was suggested in the minutes of your January meeting.
The practice of giving librarians one-month vacations is an old
one and is nationwide. Historically, librarians come out of the
academic profession yet have less flexible schedules with much
more evening and weekend work required. For public librarians
(who do not benefit from the academic calendar of school and
college librarians), it is a small recognition of their connection
with the education profession and their need for time to study
and renew themselves in order to stay abreast of their field.
Contrary to Mr. Downer's statement, the month vacation for ICPL
librarians was added years ago in order to attract professionally
trained librarians to Iowa City, for then, as now, it was considered
a fundamental condition for employment.
"2. The suggestion that these vacations cost the library $2,000
annually is absurd.
a. While granting that some loss in institutional effective-
ness when any employee is ill or on vacation, in real
dollars these vacations cost nothing. No replacement
has ever been hired to fill in for a vacationing staff
member at this library (and perhaps foolishly, we do
not consider vacations when planning staffing needs for
the reference desk).
b. Very little of a librarian's job is done for her when
she is gone. (Ipersonaily have never been away for
longer than 2 weeks at one time because the work that piles
up even after a few days is unbearable). If you check the
113. The .whole trend in this country is toward a general standard
of one-month vacations. All federal employees have had one month
for years. Several large industries now give one month as standard.
Most give it after a -certain number of years of service. Right
now under your personnel policy all library employees receive
4 weeks vacation after 10 years of service. I hope the trend is
toward expanding vacations generally, not diminishing them for
all employees. If a person needs one month vacation after 10
years, he probably needs it after one or two. And until such
time, I hope the Board will consider vacations for librarians
a necessary corollary to sound professional library service and
not an embarrassing policy that it is currently "stuck with."
NEW BUSINESS:
The Director asked for a decision concerning the present pay
scale until he is notified that the board has adopted a different
scale. He also asked if library employees requiring family
coverage on BC/BS continue to pay the difference between indi-
vidual coverage and family coverage until the Board adopts a
different policy.
Ile was advised that nothing else could be done for the time
being.
Olive McKenzie (union steward) requested thet the employees be
recognized as a bargaining unit. She stated that no COL raises
for library employees had been instigated since 1970 and that
the staff members were -second to the bottom in the state in
salaries.
Mrs. Buchan referred the matter to Mr. Honohan for explanation
and clarification.
Mr. lionohan explained that procedural steps for the library
staff members would correlate those of the City regarding an
election of determine whether Local 183 will become the bargaining
agent for City employees. He proposed that he and Mr. Anderson
work together on details concerning the eligibility of library
employees by checking their status'and signed cards.
Ms. McKenzie asked why employees had been dropped from the City
pay scale and had not received the 5% raise granted City employees.
The Board members stated they had been unaware of this until it
became a matter of public record.
• Decision concerning the request by Nelle Neafie for the ICPL to
make interlibrary loans for part of the East Central Library
Region was deferred until the next Board meeting when Mrs.
Neafie would review the question before the Board.
The Director requested permission to attend the Mid -winter
ALA Regional Conference in Chicago for three days saying it
would be considered vacation time. -
A motion was made, seconded and approved that this request be
granted but that the time should not be considered vacation
time but a leave of absence. (Canter/Richerson).
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m. by a motion made and
seconded by (Farber/Newsome) . - - -
,a i Iyn rumpp, 9 retary
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A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Iowa City Public
Library was held Thursday, January 319 1974 at 4:00 P.M. in the
Director's office.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Buchan, Bywater, Canter, Downer, Farber, Kirkman,
Newsome, Richerson, Trumpp
STAFF PRESENT: Hurkett, Moses
OTHERS PRESENT: Connie Lane (League of Women Voters Observer)
The President called the meeting to order at 4:00 P.M.
A motion to meet in executive session was unanimously approved.
(Canter/Richerson)
Letter from the Director addressed to M. Trumpp (Secretary asked
that his resignation effective on or before June 30, 1974,
be accepted by the Board.
Motion to dissolve executive session unanimously carried.
(Newsome, Buchan).
A motion to accept the Director's resignation with the inclusion
of a vote of appreciation for all of Mr. Hurkett's efforts in
behalf of the library was unanimously carried. (Richerson, Kirkman)
The President appointed an ad hoc committee to begin search for
a new director. L. Newsome appointed chairman with Kirkman and
Canter assisting.
The Director presented alternatives concerning salary raises for
library staff. He explained the factor analysis which will be
generated by the City that should be completed by April or May.
Discussion related to the above followed. President expressed
the opinion that the Board's preference would doubtless be to
use the real date (anniversary of employment when employee would
become eligible for merit raise), but we will accept the April
1st date for merit increases if that is the City's desire in
order for us to receive retroactive funds to supply these increases.
A motion was unanimously passed to express a spirit of cooperation
with the Factor Analysis. (Farber/Newsome).
A motion approved at the January 179 1974 Board meeting to ask
the City for $15,536.00 to coverCOL_ raises was in error due to
-• incomplete data.
A motion to reconsider that figure was carried. (Canter/Richerson)
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A motion to stay with that figure was unanimously voted down.
(Newsome , Richerson) .
A motion was unanimously approved to submit the figures developed
by the Director and the Assistant Finance Director to the City
Counicl February 5, 1974 that would cover the across-the-board
merit raises on anniversary dates. (Kirkman/Newsome).
A motion was unanimously carried to request additional funds to
give library pages 5% increases according to guidelines set
forth in previous motion. (Richerson/Bywater).
A motion to adjourn was approved. (Richerson/Farber).
A new year, a new group to entertain the children, new shelving,
and a wholly new -looking room.
The Story Box Theatre presented its versions of "Billy Goats
Gruff" and "The Swineherd" to two absolutely spellbound and
delighted audiences. They have promised to come in and talk
about future scheduling.
Our long hoped-for shelving, only recently promised for
March 1st, arrived this month. But we had a trusty floor
plan ready, hove to, and rearranged the room while Mr. ilurkett
was away. And, in spite of adding three nine -foot long units
and one small one, it seems that we have a lot more space. We
have more mobiles to look at, too. We like what has happened;
come and see us.
A practicum student, Candy Hobbs, has begun her training with
children's services, in which she is most interested.
People still react to our snakes. One woman will bring her
pet boa constrictor to story hour and will give us his next
shedding -- but a girl tells us that horses are better. A
nameless envelope was found, later claimed by a frantic gentle-
man; -- it contained $500 in checks. When the frames for our
new shelving were flat on the floor and being built, we
were asked, "Are you making a sandbox?" And here is a�fairy
tale you thought you knew, told by a three-year old. Ra unzel'
Ra unzel, let down -your hair'. She bent her down and her hair
fell off. Then she said to her horseman, 'What do I do now?'"
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II
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Children's Department
A. Story Hours - 18
Total Attendance — 1042
Average Attendance - 58
B. Classes and Groups - 18
Nelson - 2
Headstart - 4
Friendship - 3
Dum Dum - 3
Kinderfarm
Will.owwind - 3
Sunshine - 2
C. Special Events
Story Box Theatre
"Billy. Goats Gruff" and "The Swineherd" - 2 performances
Attendance - 175
I). Reference Questions - 1153
Community Groups Using the Library
Legislative Service Bureau
Johnson County Counicl on the Status of Women
International Meditation Society
Local 183 AFSCME
Chamber of Commerce
Eckankar
Iowa City Softball Board of Directors
University of Iowa Employees Union
Sunrise Optimists Club
Iowans for Moral Education
Publicity and Promotion
Revision of Flow To Contact Your Elected Officials
Winter Film rogram mailed to 600 and poste
Weekly calendar
Programs
1 film program - Attendance 40
Film previews - 2 sessions
V. Displays
Outstanding Fictionforthe College Bound
Tax Information Center Exchange of paperback books
Snakes Alive! Noteworthy books of 1973 from
Rag Dolls made by Diane Suchomel New York Times Book Review
Crocheted Items by Robyne Halevy
January I Year to Date Same month
—�--- I 1973
1974 f __
Same
Pc r i. o cl
1973
I. CIRCULATION
1. Adult
Books
18,602
18,602
18,960
18,960
A-V
1,969
1,969
2,565
2,565
jTOTAL
202571
20;571
21,255
21,255
2. Children
Books
222661
22,661
20,S96
20,596
A-V
675
675
TOTAL
23,336
23,336
20,596
20,596
3. TOTAL ITEMS
43,907
43,907
41,851
41,851
II. REFERENCE SERVICE
1. Questions handled
8
8
97
97
Mail _L
913
913
7S0
750
Phone
623
623
648
648 -
In -Person
1,544
1,544
11495
1,495
TOTAL
2. Interlibrary loan
Items Borrowed'
22
22
27
27
Items Loaned'
13
13
369
369
III. SERVICE CONTRACTS
I. Adult Registration
Johnson County
68
68
352
352
Lone Tree
3
3
20
20
• North Liberty5
5
3.5
35
TOT
76
76
407
407
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IV. 1:1 NES
I,. Adult 0 66P.1299.62
2. Children Receipts 247:96
Total Receipts 1249.62
4. Non -Resident Fees 45.00*
S. Miscellaneous 50.00
TOTAL 1299.62
`.'. ,111111-T 12I?GISTRATIONS 699
699
** already included in receipts
See total b low
Eal b low
$398.16
0 0
$398.16
$398.16
3,899
$398.16
$398.16
3,899
JANUARY.
Year to Date
Same month
Sam1. c
•1973
period
Ill. SERVICI: CONTRACTS
1973 '
2. Adult Circulation
Johnson County
1-624
North Liberty
74
74
100
1 5 3
100
Lone Tree
142
142
112
112
TOTAL
3. Children Registrations
4
7-
Johnson County
9
9
8
8
Lone Tree
0
0
0
0
North Liberty
1
1
1
1
- TOTAL
10
10
9
9
4. Children.Circulation
Johnson County
1,733
1 733
972
972
Lotxc Tree
139
139
49
49
North Liberty
233
233
86
86
TOTAL
2,105
2,105
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IV. 1:1 NES
I,. Adult 0 66P.1299.62
2. Children Receipts 247:96
Total Receipts 1249.62
4. Non -Resident Fees 45.00*
S. Miscellaneous 50.00
TOTAL 1299.62
`.'. ,111111-T 12I?GISTRATIONS 699
699
** already included in receipts
See total b low
Eal b low
$398.16
0 0
$398.16
$398.16
3,899
$398.16
$398.16
3,899
CHILDREN
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G]tOWTH OF
1. Books
Adult
Child
TOTAL
2. A-V
3. Perio
Curre
Bound
Micro
TOTAL
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Added in
Total to Date
Added
January_1974,._
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MINUTES
• IOWA CITY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 28, 1974 -- 4:00 P.M.
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS - -
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Madsen, Galiher, Henry, Horner, Cain, Larew,
Ogesen
CITY STAFF PRESENT:
Schmeiser, Dicker, Child
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL:
1. To support Parks and Recreation Commission's recommendation
to immediately purchase land for a neighborhood park in the
Hollywood Manor Area depending upon the City Council's review
of all priorities for public expenditure.
2. To approve replat of portions of Lots 1 and 2 and all of Lots
3 and 4 of Block 30, East Iowa City Addition. (S-7403)
3. To approve the Zoning and Subdivision Fee Study.
4. To approve Z-7314, Parking provisions for CB and CBS Zones,
subject to the following amendment: "Public and commercial
parking lots and structures of a minimum 15 spaces."
5. To establish a moratorium on all future rezonings along the
Iowa River for one year, until a study of the Iowa River
Corridor has been completed by a consultant, or until the
consultant can give advice as to the most appropriate use
of the land along the Iowa River, whichever comes sooner.
REQUESTS TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR INFORMATION OR STAFF ASSISTANCE:
City Staff to provide comments of Westinghouse Learning Corp. and
American College Testing Program re: Office & Research Park Zone.
LIST OF MATTERS PENDING COMMISSION -COUNCIL DISPOSITION:
1. 72-01. Policy Study on Sidewalks - Staff. Report due
3/21/74.
2. 72-08. Proposed Amended Zoning Fees -- Recommendation in
these minutes.
3. 73-785. Zoning Ordinance Changes for High -Rise Apartment
Houses - Staff Report due 3/21/74.
4. 73-1444. Summit Street Rezoning -- Staff Report on Area
due March, 1974.
5. 73-1526. Provision of Neighborhood Parks in New Subdivisions --
Staff study due during March, 1974.
A t' in these
6. 73-1525. Hollywood Manor Park Request. mecommen a ion
minutes.
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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTIONS TAKEN:
Chairman Madsen called the meeting to order and asked if there
were any corrections to the minutes of the February 14, 1974
meeting. It was moved by Ms. Cain and seconded by Mr. Horner
to approve the minutes as written. The motion carried unanimously.
Z-7402. Request for rezoning a tract of land, R1A to R1B, filed
by Dean Oakes (vic. contiguous to and just south of I-80 and west
of Prairie du Chien Road). Date filed: 2/6/74. 45 -day limitation:
3/23/74.
After a brief discussion, a motion to defer Z-7402, as requested
by the applicant's attorney, to rezone a tract of land, RIA to
R1B, filed by Dean Oakes, was made by Mr. Galiher, seconded by
Ms. Cain, and passed unanimously, 6-0. (Dr. Ogesen was not yet
present.)
73-1526. Neighborhood Park Study, Hollywood Manor Area.
Ms. Sarah Fox, Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission,
gave a brief review of comments made at the February 27, 1974
Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. She explained that the
Commission modified one of the alternatives contained in the
City's Neighborhood Park Study, Hollywood Manor Area. Mr. Jim
Lindberg, representative of the Parks and Recreation Commission,
read the motion which was passed at their February 27th meeting.
Ms. Fox and Mr. Lindberg stated that a stipulation of purchasing
park property within or adjacent to the Hollywood Manor, Part
V area was that the property must border on a platted street and
contain at least eight acres.
Planning & Zoning Commissioners indicated that while they felt
there was a definite need for establishing parks in the areas
proposed by the Parks and Recreation'Commission, they were
hesitant to state that this need for parks should take priority
over all other needs of the City. Priorities for the location
of parks should come, the P & Z Commissioners said, from the
Parks and Recreation Commission but the City Council should
determine over-all priorities. Ms. Cain pointed out, however,
that she felt there was a particular immediacy about providing
parks in the Sand Road and Hollywood Manor areas, as recommended
by the Parks and Recreation Commission.
After further discussion, it was moved by Mr. Henry and seconded
by Ms. Cain that it be the sense of the Planning and Zoning
Commission that the location of a park in the Hollywood Manor,
• Part V area, as described in the Parks and Recreation motion,
is highly desirable and it is the hope of the P & Z Commission
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that the.City.Council, after'.the.review: of all priorities for
public expenditure, can ,support the Parks and Recreation
• motion. The motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Galiher suggested that one P & Z representative should be
present at the City Council meeting Tuesday, March 5, 1974
when this subject is discussed.
5-7403. Replat of portion of Lots 1 and 2 and all of Lots 3 and
4 of Block 30, East Iowa City Addition (vic. bounded by I Street,
Fourth Avenue and CRI&P RR). Date filed: 2/5/74. Deferred:
2/14/74. 45 -day limitation: 3/22/74.
After a brief discussion, it was moved by Mr. Galiher and seconded
by Mr. Henry to approve the replat of portion of Lots 1 and 2 and
all of Lots 3 and 4 of Block 30, East Iowa City Addition. The
motion carried unanimously.
72-08. Zoning & Subdivision Fee Study. Study completed by
Department of Community Development. Referred by City Council
to P & Z -- 2/5/74. Deferred by P & Z -- 2/14/74.
Mr. Galiher pointed out that it was the consensus of the Commission
that most of the costs involved in subdivision and rezoning requests
should be assumed by the petitioner. He noted that there may be
some inequities in the proposed fee schedule but said he felt
it was a much better schedule than what the City is presently
using and, therefore, was in favor of it. Dr. Ogesen said that
he felt such a fee schedule should be primarily an administrative
matter but noted that statistically the fee schedule contained
no correlation between size and the ultimate costs of rezoning
requests. He suggested that perhaps there should be one fee
instead of two fees. Ms. Cain pointed out that she was in favor
of the philosophy behind the proposed changes in fee charges.
A motion to recommend to the City Council approval of the Zoning
and Subdivision Fee Study was made by Mr. Galiher and seconded
by Dr. Ogesen. The motion carried unanimously.
P-7319. Office & Research Park Zone (ORP).
Mr. Don Schmeiser, Associate Planner, indicated that both
Westinghouse Learning Corporation and the American College Testing
Program had submitted comments on the proposed Office and Research
Park Zone. Chairman Madsen --indicated that these comments should
be available to the Commissioners and that this item should be
included on the agenda for the next informal meeting, March 12, 1974.
Z-7314. Parking provisions for CB and CBS Zones.
® Some questions asked by the Commissioners included the following:
1. Is there a difference between a private service parking area
and a service loading area?
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2. Is it intentional in the Ordinance that no accessory uses
should be permitted in the CB zone?
3. Should loading be considered an accessory use?
4. What constitutes a "private" lot as opposed to a commercial
parking lot?
5. Was the word "private" purposely omitted from Section C7
of the proposed Ordinance?
Commissioners voiced concern over whether or not there was intent
to eliminate private lots and over whether loading or unloading
in the CB zone would be permitted in light of the fact that
accessory uses for the CB district have not been included.
Mr. Henry stated that he felt it was undesirable for small
private parking areas to be scattered throughout the CB district
because of safety and aesthetic considerations.
Dr. Ogesen pointed out that recommendations concerning screening
of uses and off-street parking facilities, which better reflect
the Commission's thinking, will be forwarded to the City Council
in a subsequent Ordinance creating an Office and Research Park
District.
After further discussion, it was moved by Mr. Horner and seconded
by Dr. Ogesen to recommend to the City Council amendment of
Section C7 in Z-7314, Parking provisions for CB and CBS Zones,
to read: "Public and commercial parking lots and structures of
a minimum 15 spaces." The motion passed 6-1, with Mr. Galiher
dissenting. Mr. Galiher preferred 10 spaces as originally
written.
Report of Riverfront Commission meeting held on 2/21/74.
Ms. Cain gave a brief review of the Riverfront Commission meeting
held on February 21st. She indicated that the City had decided
to hire a consultant to prepare a study of the southern Iowa
River corridor.
A motion was made by Ms. Cain and seconded by Mr. Henry to support
the Riverfront Commission in requesting the City Council to
establish a moratorium on future rezoning of any land fronting
on the Iowa River for one year, until the study of the Iowa River
corridor has been completed by the consultant or until the
consultant can give advice as to the best use of the land along
the Iowa River, whichever comes sooner.
® Mr. Horner and Dr. Ogesen stated their objections to the
moratorium because 1) there is no immediate problem, and
2) the proposed study is from Burlington Street south but the
moratorium is for the entire length of the Iowa River.
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• Chairman Madsen stated that approval of the moratorium would
be nothing more than a commitment on the part of the Commission
that they would be willing to wait for the results of future
studies. This, he said, would not seem to be a hardship in
that it would merely be a notice to petitioners that the
Commission will not be granting any requests for rezoning
until a study of the area is completed.
The motion carried 5-2, with Dr. Ogesen and Mr. Horner dissenting.
The meeting adjourned.
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Louise Larew, Secretary
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MINUTES
IOWA CITY PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 27, 1974
DAVIS BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT: Joan Buxton
- June Davis
Sarah Fox
Virginia Hebert
Jim Lindberg
Orrin Marx
Robbin Powell
James Sangster
MEMBERS ABSENT:
CITY STAFF PRESENT:
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL:
Jim Roegiers
H. Eugene Chubb
Donald Schmeiser
1. That the Commission wants to be involved in the selection of a
consultant for the Ralston Creek Study and wants to have an
official, active, participatory role in the planning process.
2. The immediate purchase of park property within or adjacent to
Hollywood Manor, Part V. such that the park property border on
a platted street in said plat; and contain approximately eight
(8) acres and that, another park of approximately twelve (12)
acres depending on the terrain in the Sand Road location be
purchased. And these two park properties be connected by a
landscaped public walkway either.through purchase, easement or
by mandatory dedication. This is a modification of Alternative
#2 of the "Neighborhood Park Study Hollywood Manor Area."
3. Allow the' Commission to review Staff's acquisition proposal and
development for the Hollywood Manor Area before Council finalized
the same.
4. Authorize a feasibility study
Washington Park and Oak Woods
Commission's input into the C
for a Northeast Park, serving the
area of the City in time for
I.P.
5. To supply any information concerning the present status of bike-
ways, in time for Commission's input into the C.I.P.
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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION TAKEN:
A Special Meeting of the Iowa City Park and Recreation Commission
was called to order by Chairperson Sarah Fox on February 27, 1974.
Jim Sangster moved and June Davis seconded
February 13, 1974 meeting be approved with
A motion was deleted from the February 13,
to the letter from Dennis Kraft concerning
a motion should follow Page 2 - Paragraph 3
that the minutes of the
the following correction:
1974 minutes. In response
the Ralston Creek Study;
- It should read:
Virginia Hebert moved and Jim Sangster seconded that the
Park and Recreation Commission recommends to Council that
the Commission wants to be involved in the selection of
a consultant for the Ralston Creek Study and wants to
have an official, active, participatory role in the plan-
ning process. Motion unanimously carried.
Bill Schnute, representative of the residents of Hollywood Manor
Apartment Complex, expressed a desire for the#3 Alternative, looking
to the future, but was in concurrence with the commission on the
#2 Alternative for immediate acquisition and development. His main
concern was getting the children out of the streets, off the sidewalks
and into parks.
Jim Lindberg moved and Robin Powell seconded that the Parks and
Recreation Commission recommend to Council, the immediate purchase of
park property within or adjacent to Hollywood Manor, Part V, such that
the park property border on a platted street in said plat; and contain
approximately eight (8) acres and that another park of approximately
twelve (12) acres depending on the terrain in the Sand Road location
be purchased. And these two park properties be connected by a land-
scaped public walk -way either through purchase, easement or by manda-
tory dedication. This is a modification of the Alternative #2 of the
"Neighborhood Park Study Hollywood Manor Area." Motion unanimously
carried.
June Davis moved and Virginia Hebert seconded that Council allow the
Park and Recreation Commission to review Staffs acquisition proposal
for the Hollywood Manor Area before Council finalized the same. Motion
unanimously carried.
A discussion regarding the lack of park facilities in the rapidly grow-
ing North East Iowa City Area was held.
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Park and Recreation Commission Minutes
February 27, 1974
June Davis moved and Joan Buxton seconded that the Park and Recreation
Commission recommend that Council authorize a feasibility study for a
Northeast Park, serving the Washington Park and Oak Woods area of the
City in time for Commission's input into the C.I.P. Motion unanimously
carried.
June Davis moved and Robin Powell seconded that the Park and Recreation
Commission request Council to supply any information concerning the
present status of bikeways, in time for Commission's input into the C.I.P.
Motion unanimously carried.
Mr. Chubb submitted to the Commission a preliminary list of Park Improve-
ments for C.I.P. consideration. The Commission attached to the list the
following:
Ice Rink
East Side Park
Band Shell
Senior Citizen's Downtown Center
Nature Center at Hickory Hill
Handicapped Facilities and Programs
Chairperson Fox asked all Commission Members to bring their C.I.P.
priority list to the March 6th meeting.
June Davis moved and Joan Buxton seconded that the meeting be adjourned.
Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Catharine W. Eisenhofer
Secretary
Pity:,of lo...a cry
MEMORANDUM
-- DATE: February 27,1974
TO: Park & Recreation Commission Members
FROM: H. Eugene Chubb, kDirector, Parks & Recreation
RE: Preliminary "shopping list" of Park Improvements for CIP consideration.
BROOKIAND PARK
Drainage & grading
CITY PARK
Pond-zoo-playapparatus areas
Road -parking -walks -road extension
re -locate boat ramp
Re -arrange ball diamonds
Flower gardens/green house
Log cabins- use or remove
Wading pool needed
COLLEGE HILL PARK
Completely re -design on modern thinking
remove bad terraces
Remove or rearrange internal walks
Install people places -- benches
COURT HILL
Parking
Building - playground,restrooms,picnic
Creek control and turf improvements
CRANDIC
Storm sewers
Rip -rap
CREEKSIDE
ENLARGE PARK ON EAST
(Ralston project might take the small house)
ELM GROVE
Phase out and sell
FAIRMEADOWS
Picnic shelter
Cross -walks
Surface for games
Water fountain
Park & Recreation CIP shopping list cont'd,
page ,2
GLENDALE
Ralston project will change
HAPPY FOLLOW
Enlarge as per Burke recommendation
Re -design for better land use
Modernize play apparatus & courts
HICKORY HILL
Ralston Project
Keep development to minimum
Evaluate Scout & daycamping potential
Conklin Lane shelter
Possible Woods Nature Center & development
I-80 STRIP
Control parking
MERCER
Tennis
Neighborhood lawn/shade/open area
Second picnic shelter
Parking as needed
Utility -concession -rest room -storage building
Light 2 more diamonds
Outdoor handball courts
MESQUAKIE
Remove cars & level/ let settle
Buy River Pit & bank
Develop front pond area
Trails & picnic spots
NORTH MARKET SQUARE
Redesign with School -park -neighborhood facility concept
OAK GROVE
Funds will complete soon
RENO
Water
Turf smoothig
STURGIS FERRY
Develop like Terrill Mill
Hwy shelter
Trails
KEEP ALL GOOD VIEWS OF RIVER & OLD CAPITAL
TERRILL MILL
• Shelter for Hwy entry picnics
Protect views of the river
VA Il1�i 1
Plan like creekside
Playground use
Walks & paths (possible arboretum
0 urban trees & shrubs)
of usefull
pen game field with sliding terrace
Possible conecting link with Willow Creek
WILLOW CREEK
Scatter & minimise facilities
Include neighborhood playground
placed too tightly
Picnic facilities
CREEKSIDE TRAILS
HIGHLAND MINI -PARK
Design & develop
TOWER COURT
People benches etc.
WEST LANDFILL
Long range planning of functions
Entry landscape
facilities,but not
RECREATION CENTER
Entry & East parking
Elevator & ramps for elderly & handicapped
4 handball courts
Utility / storage with addition
Northwest patio development
Social room sound control
MISCELLANEOUS
Trails & Bikeways
Ralston creek will yield unknown possibilities
Camp Cardinal is now available for public use. City could
purchase.
PLANNING--- County/State/University/school/Regina/City
co-ordinating all these facilities can drastically
reduce need for additional lands & developments
FLOOD PLAIN CONTROL-- on River,Ralston,Clear,& Willow
will yield possibilities for trails & flood plain areas
Ice Rink
East Side Park
• Band Shell
Senior Citizens Downtown Center
Nature Center at Hickory Hill
Handicapped Facilities and Programs
* Added at the Park and Recreation Commission Meeting, February 27, 1974.
RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF CLASS "C" BEER PERMIT APPLICATION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that a Class
"C" Beer Permit Application is hereby approved for the following named per-
son or persons at the following described locations:
Drug Fair, Inc., 108 South Clinton St.
Said approval shall be subject to any conditions or restrictions hereafter
imposed by ordinance or state law.
77
The City Clerk shall cause a recommendation for approval to be endorsed
upon the application and forward the same together with the license fee,
surety bond and all other information or documents required to the Iowa Beer
and Liquor Control Department.
It was moved by Wh ite and seconded by Brandt that the
Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
Brandt
Czarnecki
Davidsen
deProsse
White
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X
X
X
X
Passed this 5th day of March , 19 74
I -
RESOLUTION NO. 74-81
RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF CLASS C LIQUOR CONTROL LICENSE
APPLICATION.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that a
Class C Liquor Control License application is hereby ap-
proved for the following named person or persons at the following
described location:
J✓I'll _ ( , '}F !`, f _.,
4.c
Magoo's, Inc., 206 N. Linn St.
Said approval shall be subject to any conditions or restrictions here-
after imposed by ordinance or state law.
The City Clerk shall cause a recommendation for approval to be
endorsed upon the application and forward the same together with the
license fee, certificate of financial responsibility, surety bond,
sketch of the premises and all other information or documents required
to the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department.
It was moved by White and seconded by Brandt
that the Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
Brandt X
EliX 4XXX Davidsen X
Czarnecki X
HXXXX XXXX deProsse X
White X
Passed this 5th day of March X19 74
RESOLUTION NO. 74-82
RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF CLASS C LIQUOR CONTROL LICENSE
APPLICATION.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that a
Class C Liquor Control License application is hereby ap-
proved for the following named person or persons at the following
described location:
BPO Elks Lodge No. 590, Foster Road
Said approval shall be subject to any conditions or restrictions here-
after imposed by ordinance or state law.
The City Clerk shall cause a recommendation for approval to be
endorsed upon the application and forward the same together with the
license fee, certificate of financial responsibility, surety bond,
sketch of the premises and all other information or documents required
to the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department.
It was moved by White and seconded by Brandt
that the Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
Brandt
Davidsen
Czarnecki
NXXXXXXXX deProsse
White
Passed this
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
e
1
5th day of
X
March
.19 74
RESOLUTION NO. 74-83
RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF CLASS C
APPLICATION.
LIQUOR CONTROL LICENSE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that a
Class C Liquor Control License application is hereby ap-
proved for the following named person or persons at the following
described location:
DEPOT LUNCH, 114 Wright St.
Said approval shall be subject to any conditions or restrictions here-
after imposed by ordinance or state law.
The City Clerk shall cause a recommendation for approval to be
endorsed upon the application and forward the same together with the
license fee, certificate of financial responsibility, surety bond,
sketch of the premises and all other information or documents required
to the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department.
It was moved by White and seconded by glydt
that the Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
Brandt x—
XaKNMX XX Davidsen _ x
Czarnecki X
M{xib deProsse X
White _ x
Passed this 5th day of
March
19 74
WHEREAS,
The Annex
at 26_E. College
in Iowa City, Iowa, has surrendered cigarette permit No
June 30
thereof, now therefore,
73-4
, expiring
, 1974 , and requests a refund on the unused portion
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that cigarette
permit No. 73-4 , issued to the Annex, Inc
be cancelled, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby
authorized and directed to draw a warrant on the General Fund in the amount of
$ 25.00 , payable to Ted McLaughlin, % the Annex, Inc., 26 E College
as a refund on cigarette permit No. 73-4
It was moved by White and seconded by Brandt that
the Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
Brandt
Czarnecki
Davidsen
deProsse
White
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X
X
X
X
X
Passed this 5th day of March , 19 74
has surrendered beer permit No. 74-0069, expiring January 2, 1975
and requests a refund on the unused portion thereof, now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that said beer
permit be and the same is hereby cancelled, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are
hereby authorized and directed to draw a warrant on the General Fund in the
amount of $ , payable to the Ted McLaughlin, % Annex, Inc.
for refund of beer permit No. 74-0069
It was moved by White and seconded by Brandt
that the Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
Brandt X
Czarnecki X
Davidsen X
deProsse X
White X
Passed this 5th day of March
, 19 74
WHEREAS, the following firms and persona have made application, filed the
bond, and paid the mulct tax required by law for the sale of cigarettes and
cigarette papers; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that the applications
be granted and the cigarette bond now on file in the office of the City Clerk be
and the same are hereby approved, and the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed
to issue a permit to sell cigarette papers and cigarettes to the following named
persons and firms:
Thomas & Betts Co., Division of Thomas & Betts Incorporated,
P.O. Box 1369, Hwy 218 South
It was moved by White and seconded by R rnnAf- that
the Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
Brandt X
Czarnecki X
Davidsen X
deProsse X
White X
Passed this 5th day of March 0 1g 74
RESOLUTION NO.. 74-87
RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF CLASS "B" BEER PERMIT APPLICATION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that a Class
"B" Beer Permit Application is hereby approved for the following named per-
son or persons at the following described locations:
Taco Grande, Inc., 331 E. Market St.
Said approval shall be subject to any conditions or restrictions hereafter
imposed by ordinance or state law.
The City Clerk shall cause a recommendation for approval to be en-
dorsed upon the application and forward the same together with the license
fee, certificate of financial responsibility, surety bond and all other
information or documents required to the Iowa Beer 6 Liquor Control Department.
It was moved by whit _ and seconded by Rra�_ that the
Resolution an read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
Passed this 5thday of March , 19 74
RESOLUTION NO. 74-88
BEER
RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL OF CLASS B,E
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, that
a Class B Beer Sunday Sales Permit application is hereby
approved for the following named person or persons at the
following described location:
Taco Grande, Inc., 331 E. Market St.
Said approval shall be subject to any conditions or restrictions
hereafter imposed by ordinance of state law.
The City Clerk shall cause a recommendation for approval to
be endorsed upon the application and forward the same together
with the license fee, bond, and all other information or docu-
ments required to the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department.
It was moved by White and seconded by Brandt
that the Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there
were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
Brandt X
Czarnecki X
White X
Passed this 5th day of March 3 19 74
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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
February 25, 1974
To: Mayor of Iowa City,
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Subject: Notice of Revisions to Gas Rules and
Regulations
Notice is hereby given that on February 13, 1974, we
filed with the Iowa State Commerce Commission proposed
revisions to our -gas rules and regulations to become
effective -March 17, 1974.
One revision, to reflect current installation costs,
increases the cost.tO customers from $1.00 to $2.25 per
foot for outside service piping in excess of the first
100 feet installed without cost. Also, the added charge
for services installed.under "winter conditions is
being increased from $1.00 to $2.00 per foot.
DRS•nb
POST.:O
ICE BOX 4350, .206 EAST ;S
very truly yours,
D. R. Stichnoth
Vice President and
Secretary
,ND fSTREET,;DAVENPORT, IOWA 52808 319.326.7100
NY
IOWA -ILLINOIS
.GAS', 14C ELECTRIC
COMPANY
DAVENPORT, IOWA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
February 25, 1974
To: Mayor of Iowa City,
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Subject: Notice of Revisions to Gas Rules and
Regulations
Notice is hereby given that on February 13, 1974, we
filed with the Iowa State Commerce Commission proposed
revisions to our -gas rules and regulations to become
effective -March 17, 1974.
One revision, to reflect current installation costs,
increases the cost.tO customers from $1.00 to $2.25 per
foot for outside service piping in excess of the first
100 feet installed without cost. Also, the added charge
for services installed.under "winter conditions is
being increased from $1.00 to $2.00 per foot.
DRS•nb
POST.:O
ICE BOX 4350, .206 EAST ;S
very truly yours,
D. R. Stichnoth
Vice President and
Secretary
,ND fSTREET,;DAVENPORT, IOWA 52808 319.326.7100
\ Y ICK CLARK • '
IOWA
IoUnueb Ztafez ,mate
_.. -. WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
February 25, 1974
The Honorable Edgar R. Czarnecki
Mayor
City Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Edgar:
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I have just received word from the American
Revolution Bicentennial Administration of
Iowa City's designation as a Bicentennial
Community.
I would like to congratulate you on this announce-
ment, and commend you on your initiative and
your contribution to the improvement of your
community as a living tribute to our nation's
200th birthday.
COMMITTEES:
AGRICULTURE
PUBLIC WORKS
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I would hope that your efforts might inspire others
to seek ways to make constructive improvements in
their community and state and kindle a new spirit
of dedication and pride in each town throughout
Iowa and the nation.
America's two -hundredth birthday offers an excellent
opportunity for reflection of what has been and a
commitment to what is to be toward preserving
the American system. Your project serves as a
great example.
i Again, my compliments and best wishes for success
in your bicentennial endeavors.
'ncerely,
Dick Clark
U.S.S.
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STATE OF IOWA
OFFICE -OF AUDITOR OF STATE
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LLOYD R. SMITH
4: C';AOR OF STATE
February 27, 1974
Mr. Loren Hickerson
Councilman
Civic Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Mr. Hickerson:
Enclosed please find the schedule of the audit of your County,
for the year ending December 31, 1972, which shows the amount of
property tax paid to the various cities and towns of your County.
The complete audit is on file in the Court House and are public
records. If you have any questions or problems concerning audits or
city government, please feel free to contact this office, as we have
a motto to assist as well as audit.
I will be happy to visit with you whenever you are in the State
House.
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CAPITAL GRANT
APPLICATION
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City, Iowa, has submitted a
Capital Grant Application to the Urban Mass Transportation
Administration of the Department of Transportation, a copy
of said application being attached to this Resolution and
by this reference made a part hereof, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public inter-
est to submit said application.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
1. That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed to execute the application submitted to the
Department of Transportation.
2. That the City Clerk shall furnish copies of said
application to any citizen requesting same.
It was moved by uran�+ and seconded b
that the Resolution be adoWhite
pted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
—� Brandt
X Czarnecki
X Davidsen
X deProsse
X White
Passed and approved this 5thday of March , 1974.
ATTEST.
City Clerk
MAT1:1
EDGAR C!,.TNECKI
COUNCK.EMPIRS
C t T.- 9iANDT
RINN/ D4VIDSEN
CAROI &NOSSE
J PATRCS WH.TE
• - CIVIC CENTER. 110 E. WASHINGTON ST.
IOWA CITU, IOWA 62210
310-361.1800
March 12, 1974
Mr. Frank C. Herringer, Administrator
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Department of Transportation
Washington, D. C. 20590
Dear Mr. Herringer:
RAY S WEDS, CITY MANAGIR
Attached please find a preliminary application for a
Capital Grant under the provisions of the Urban Mass
Transportation Act of 1964, as amended. The purpose
of this grant will be to enable the City of Iowa City
to both improve and expand the level of mass transit
service it is providing to residents of the City and
to the adjacent.city of University Heights.
Subsequent to a review of this preliminary application,
we would welcome the opportunity to meet with member§
of your staff for the purpose of expediting the prepar-
ation of a final Capital Grant Application. If you have
any questions on any parts of the application, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
Very _truly ours,
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Edrr arnecki
Mayor
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Proposed Facilities and Equipment to be Purchased
Three 45 -passenger diesel -powered transit coaches $141,000
equipped with air conditioning,. radios, and other
essential equipment.
One central business district bus shelter: this 98,000
will include the necessary architectural design
work as well as site preparation for the
construction of a 1,600 square foot shelter
to be located at the focal point of all of
the City's transit routes.
Four medium bus shelters: to include the design 12,000
and construction of shelters with an approximate
area of 100 square feet and with a maximum design
capacity of 25 persons.
Fifteen minor shelters: to include an area of 30,000
approximately 50 square feet and a maximum
capacity of 10 to 12 persons.
Communications equipment: to include 16 mobile 16,000
radio units and one base station transmitting
facility_
Bus garage: to be constructed as a part of a $390,000
proposed central maintenance service facility
for the City of Iowa City. It is estimated that
approximately 12,900 square feet of area in this
proposed facility will be utilized for the City's
transit operation.
Covered space at $30 per square foot
Maintenance space
Outside storage
Total cost
Route signage:
installed.
500 signs at $50 per sign
90,000
20,000
500,000
25,000
Hoist equipment
Bus washer.
Equipment for existing 45 -passenger buses
to include:
12 sun visors
Type C injectors for more efficient
exhaust emission control
Total cost
80% federal share
20% local share
The Transportation System
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10,000
932,600
746,080
186,520
The above mentioned facilities and equipment will be for the
purpose of both improving and expanding the Iowa City transit
operation. The additional vehicles will make it possible
to add two additional routes and to thereby provide better
coverage for the community. This will also enable the City
to alleviate the overcrowding conditions that exist during
peak hours on some of the routes at the present time.
The existing transit system provides a radial pattern of
service to all parts of the community. All routes focus on
the central business district of Iowa City in an area which
is immediately adjacent to the University of Iowa main campus.
The University's campus shuttle bus system and the City of
Coralville's transit route also provide service at this same
location.
There is a Transit Advisory Committee, which is a part of
the Johnson County Regional Planning Commission. This Committee
is specifically charged with the responsibility of coordinating
the operation of all the transit systems serving the area.
The proposed bus washing facility will enable the fleet to
be maintained in a more efficient manner than is now done.
This will appreciably reduce the labor costs involved in
cleaning the buses, and will subsequently result in a reduction
of the deficit the City presently experiences in operating the
system.
The City of Iowa City is proposing to put the transit mainte-
nance facility into the City's Central Service FauLlity in
order to provide the most efficient utilization of maintenance
personnel. Under present conditions, whereby the bus facility
is located somewhat more than one mile from the City's
maintenance facility, a considerable_ amount of time is spent
moving equipment back and forth from the bus facility to the
City's maintenance shop.
Benefits of the Proposed Facilities and Equipment
The above mentioned facilities and equipment will enable the
City to provide a higher level of transit service. This will
both enhance the level of service being provided and will
also reduce the amount of overcrowding which is presently
experienced on some routes during peak hours of operation_
In light of the present problems surrounding the availability
of gasoline, this will also assist in providing a suitable
alternative means of travel for those persons not wanting
to utilize private automobiles.
Estimated Project Cost
Transit coaches.
Bus washing facilities.
New maintenance facility.
Bus stop shelters.
Bus stop signs.
Hoist and other equipment_
Potential for Revenue Financi
$141,000
50,000
500,000
140,000
25,000
76,600
TOTAL $932,6(
In that the Iowa City transit system is a deficit operation,
the City has provided an operating subsidy from the general
fund for the purpose of financing this deficit. Therefore,
there is no means of utilizing a revenue -based financing
method for the increased capitalization of the system.
Source of Local Share for Federal Grant
As mentioned above, there are no surplus revenues available
for the purpose of financing any of the proposed capital
expenditure. The local twenty percent of the above mentioned
costs will most likely come from general tax sources of the
City of Iowa City. The City Council will take the necessary
measures to provide this local share. The amount will be
allocated in the City's operating budget.
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Efforts to Obtain Private Revenue Financi
In that the revenues generated by the system are not adequate
to meet operating expenses, no form of private revenue
financing is feasible.
Area -wide Planning Agency
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission
221j S. Dubuque Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Director: Mr. Robert Hilgenberg
Telephone (319) 351-8556
This Commission presently functions as the area -wide planning
organization for the Johnson County -Iowa City area, and has
also been designated as the (A-95) area -wide clearing house.
A copy of this preliminary application will be forwarded to
the Regional Planning Commission for their review and comment.
The Regional Planning Commission will take the necessary
subsequent actions in order to meet other OMB Circular
A-95 review procedures.
Transit Development Program (Area -wide)
A transit development program was submitted in February, 1973,
to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration by the
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission. This document,
which provided commentary for the three transit systems
operating in this area, described the incremental expansion
steps which were considered feasible as of that time. This
transit development program is now being updated. The up-
dating includes:
A. Ridership trends and new transportation priorities
have resulted in a potential change in the transit
needs for the area. Therefore, the level of service
provided, including headways, hours of operation,
days of operation, and geographic area of coverage
are being evaluated.
B. A long-range mass transit study, which has received
UMTA financial support, is presently being conducted
by the Johnson County Regional Planning Commission
and its transit consultant. When completed, this
study will provide the means to develop a fully
integrated transit program. This will be based
upon a thorough analysis of many feasible alter-
native transit possibilities.
C. The original transit development program is presently
being updated. This is being done in light of
current ridership and economic data for the above
mentioned systems.
It is anticipated that these revisions will be completed
within the next nine months. At that time the area -wide
program will be transmitted to the various local transit
agencies for their review, comment, and subsequent action.
The proposed capital improvements, which are included as a
part of this preliminary application, are consistent with
both the existing and the transit development program which
is presently underway. Standardized equipment specifications
are being utilized, where possible, in order to facilitate
the highest degree of compatibility for future possible inter-
system cooperation.
Arrangements for Continuing Public Control
A Transit Coordinating Committee, which has representation
from all of the local transit agencies, has been formed for
the purpose of'providing a continuing high level of coordination
between the operation of all of the area transit systems.
All of the systems are publicly owned and operated. Long-
range planning is being provided by the Johnson County Regional
Planning Commission. This Planning Commission receives advice
from several advisory groups. Each transit agency has member-
ship on the Regional Planning Commission as well as on the
Transit Advisory Committee. These coordinating procedures
have been previously documented to UMTA.
Adverse Im2act on Transit Em
ees, or Relocation Impact
The proposed improvements will not adversely affect any
current employment conditions. They may well result in an
increase in the number of employees of the transit system.
The proposed improvements will not result in the relocation
Of Mny families, individuals, businesses, or
organizations. If there is any change in the
will be mentioned in the final application.
Draft Environmental Analysis
A. Operational Impact
non-profit
above, this
The environmental impact of the expansion of the
Iowa City transit system will be a positive one.
The operation of additional buses will most
likely result in a reduction in private automobile
usage in the urban area. This should also result
in the reduction in the amount of energy consumed.
As mentioned previously, additional buses will also
result in a greater geographic coverage for the
City's transit system. The purchase of radios
will enable a higher degree of'communication
between the various buses in the system. This
will also result in a higher level of transit
service in that problems relating to street
conditions or vehicle breakdown can be made
readily known and remedial steps can be initiated
more quickly.
B. Construction Impact
Final determinations have not been made nor have
final des.i�.s been drafted for the bus shelters
and bus s'_op signs as of this time. Additional
information will be gathered prior to the sub-
mission of the final Capital Grant Application.
This additional information will be included
as a part of the final application.
Exhibit A. attached, provides information on the monthly
revenue passengers since the time of the City take-over of
the transit system in September of 1971. This data also
depicts both increases and decreases in ridership beginning
with the second full year of operation in September, 1972.
Exhibit B, attached, is a route map depicting the proposed
system for the Iowa City urban area, provided that the
requested capital needs are funded.
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Corporation Funds
Receipts and Disbursements 1972
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Treasurer's
balance
Current and
Orders
Balance due
Cities and Towns
Jan 1, 1972
delinquent
paid to
Corporations
taxes
Corporations
Dec 31, 1972
Coralville
$ 5,263.91
476,791.59
475,849.46
6,206.04
Hills
428.03
23,359.44
23,755.50
31.97
Iowa City
36,517.01
2,946,820.28
2,920,330.10
63,007.19
Lone Tree
2,141.02
37,715.08
39,613.84
242.26
North Liberty
12435.36
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35,269.73
- 35,988.25
716.84
Oxford
930.50
24,450.68
_24,958.43
422.75
Solon
2,585.91
40,462.87
42,935.27
113.51
Swisher
222.23
12,102.19
12,262.21
62.21
Tiffin
37.15
-9,364.14
8,919.39
481.90
University Heights
120.53
97,272.07
95,630.13
1,762.47
Shueyville
208.35
3,379.17
3,229.99
_ 357,53
Total
$ 49.890 00
2,206,987 4
-1,683,472-57
73,404.67
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13
RESOLUTION NO. 74-90
RESOLUTION APPROVING SPECIFICATIONS AND NOTICE
TO BIDDERS, FIXING AMOUNT OF BIDDER'S CHECK
AND ORDERING CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE TO
BIDDERS AND FIXING`A DATE FOR RECEIVING SAME
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
That Four (4) New and Unused 5,000 GVW Pickup Trucks. Trade-
in of one (1) 1969 Dodge D-100 Pickup Truck, City Equip. #742
(2) 1969 Ford F -100A Pickup Trucks City Equip. Nos. 798 & 292
and one (1) 1968 Ford F-100 Pickup Truck City Equip. #205
(Pollution Control -2, Equipment Div. -1 and Traffic Engr.-1)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the specifications, as prepared by
Jim Brachtel, Administrative Engineer
of Department of Public Works
and the form of contract and Notice to Bidders, as prepared by the
City Attorney, be and the same are hereby approved; and are hereby
ordered placed on file in the office of the City Clerk for public
inspection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amount of the check to accompany
each bid shall be equal to five (5) per cent of the bid of each bidder.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby directed to
advertise for bids on said equipment bids to be received
by the City of Iowa City, Iowa, at the office of the City Clerk in the
Civic Center until 10:00 o'clock A.M. on the lltlday
of April '7&nd opened then, and thereupon referred to the City
Council for action upon said bids at a meeting to be held at the Council
Chambers, Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa, -on the 16th day of April
19742 Notice to Bidders is to be published once each
week for two consecutive weeks in the Iowa City Press Citizen, a legal
newspaper, printed wholly in the English language, the first publication
to be not less than fifteen clear days prior to the date fixed for said
letting.
Brandt
It was moved by w11ito and seconded by R9pWk that the
Resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X Brandt
K CR996A Davidsen
X Czarnecki
.X X102MMOC deProsse
Y White
Passed and approved this 5th day of March 19 74
Mayo
ATTEST: �. LGL,«2�
City Clerk 29
RESOLUTION. NO. 74-91
RESOLUTION MAKING AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR £,�h
ONE NEW & UNUSED 80 HP INDUSTRIAL TYPE WHEEL TRACTOR WITH FRONT-NETr LOADER
& BACKHOE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
That the bid of
Martin Bros. Equipment & Supply of Iowa City, Iowa
in the amount of $ 16,100.00 , for the purchase of
One (1) New & Unused 80 HP Industrial Type Wheel Tractor with Front -End
Loader and Backhoe. Trade-in of one (1) 1966 Ford Model 4500 Industrial
Type Wheel Tractor with ront- n Loader and Backhoe, City Equip, #713
described in the specifications heretofore adopted by this Council on
January 22 , 19 74 , be and is hereby accepted, the same being the
bid received for said work.
The Finance Director is hereby directed to execute a purchase order with the
said Martin Bros. Equipment & Supply
for said equipment
, of Iowa City, Iowa
It was moved by Brandt and seconded by Davidsen
the resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
Brandt
Czarnecki
Davidsen
deProsse
White
Passed and approved this
5th
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X
X
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X
day of March 1974
May//
ATTEST: 4_1
City Clerk
that
Sealed bids will be received by the City of Iowa City, Iowa, at the Office of
the Director of Finance in the Civic Center until ten (101 o'clock, a.m. ,
Central Daylight Time , Thursday
Februar — on the ,{her. day of
19 74 , to be opened. by the City Manager immediately there-
after ci urnishing and delivering the following equipment in accordance with
the specifications now on fIlin the Office of the City Clerk, Iowa City, Iowa.
One (1) New and Unused 80 HP Industrial Type Wheel Tractor with Front -End
Loader and Backhoe. Trade-in of one (1) 1966 Ford Model 4500 Industrial
Type Wheel Tractor with Front -End Loader and Backhoe City Equip. X1713.
Copies of the specifications and proposal forms may be obtained at the Office
of the Administrative Engineer, Department of Public Works.
All bids shall be filed on forms furnished by the City of Iowa City, Iowa, sealed
and plainly marked "Bids for 80 HP Industrial Type Wheel Tractor with Front -End
Loader and Backhoe".
Each bid must be accompanied, in a separate envelope, by a cashier's check
drawn on an Iowa bank made payable to the Treasurer of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, in the sum of not less than five (5) percent of the amount of the bid as
security that the bidder will enter into contract with the City of Iowa City,
Iowa. Said check shall not contain any conditions either in the body of the check
or endorsement thereon. The envelope must be addressed to the City Clerk and be
endorsed with the name of the bidder andmakereference to the equipment being
bid. In the event that the successful bidder should fail to enter into contract
or furnish bond acceptable to the City Council as required by law, said check
shall be forfeited to the City of Iowa City, Iowa, as liquidated damages.
Bids may be withdrawn at any time prior to the scheduled closing time for receipt
of bids, but no bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) calendar days
thereafter.
The cashier's checks of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned within three
(3) days after award of contract. The check of the successful bidder will be
returned after execution of the contract in the form prescribed by the City
Council.
Payment for the unit will be made within thirty (30) days after acceptance by
the City Council.
The City of Iowa City reserves the right to waive any irregularities when by so
- doing it would be in the best interest of the City, and to reject any or all bids.
CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA
Attest:
M,
WHEREAS, the City of Iowa City has awarded a contract to
Burger Construction
said contract entered into on July 2, 1973 , and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed that certain changes in the plans and
specifications are necessary due to construction changes.
NOW.THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
1. That the contract dated July 2, 1973 entered into by
the City of Iowa City and Burger Construction
for the construction of Civic Center Remodeling
be amended by increases
as follows: Furnish all necessary labor and materials to replace
broken window on east elevation of new office for City Manager
$252.00
Furnish labor & materials as necessary for new formica top
for first floor counter $290.00
2. That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed
to execute an amendment to said contract incorporating the above amendments.
It was moved by Davidsenand seconded by Brandt that the
resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X
X
X
X
Brandt
(XOC XX Davidsen
Czarnecki
MkftXKM deProsse
X White
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA:
That the bid of
Tom O'Leary Concrete Const. Co. of Iowa City, Iowa
in the amount of $ 30,531.76 , for the construction of
1974 Concrete Pavement Repair Program #1
within the City of Iowa City, Iowa, described in the plans and specifications
heretofore adopted by this Council on February 26 , 19 74 , be and is
hereby accepted, the same being the lowest responsible bid received for said
work.
The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby directed to execute a contract with the
said Tom O'Leary C!r)ncrete Const. Co. , of Iowa City, Iowa
for 1974 Concrete Pavement Repair Program #1 , said contract not to
be binding on the City until approved by this Council.
It was moved by Brandt and seconded by
Davidsen that
the resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were:
Brandt
MOM Davidsen
Czarnecki
XR29M EK deProsse
White
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
X
X
X
X
X
Passed and approved this 5th day of March.. 19 74
ATTEST:
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1974 CONCRETE PAVEMENT
3 REPAIR PROGRAM N1 AND WORK INCIDENTAL THERETO IN AND
FOR THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA
Sealed proposals will be received by the City Manager or his
authorized representative of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, until
10.00 a.m. on the 28th day of February , 19 74,
and opened immediately thereafter. Proposals will be acted upon by
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the City Council at a meeting to be held in the Council Chambers at
7:30 p.m. on March 5, 1974 , or at such later
time and place as may then be fixed.
The proposed concrete repair program will consist of the
removal, replacement and/or repair of various sections of existing
concrete streets,'sidewalks, driveways, and storm sewer inlets and
necessary incidental facilities related thereto within the City of
Iowa City, Iowa.
The kinds of materials -and e.stimated quantities of materials
proposed to be used in --the proposed concrete repair program are as
_ follows:
29158.5 sq yds 711-P.C.C. Pavement Removal $ Replacement
— 11085.3 lin. ft. 61' Integral Curb
1,167..8 lin. ft. Saw Cut
100 sq. ft.= `4" P.0 -C- Sidewalk Removal and Replacement
1 .each Inlet.Removal and Replacement
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All work is to be in strict compliance with the plans and .''
specifications prepared b Geor a R.
tt
of Iowa City, Iowa,,,whichyhave ere o oreneeen a'E' Cit En ineer
x Council, and are on file for PProve y t e ity
City Clerk. public examination in the Office of the
Wherever reference is made to the specification in the plans or
contract proposal, it -shall be understood to include the "Standard
Specifications for Construction on Primary, Farm to Market, and
Secondary Roads and Maintenance Work on the Primary Road System",
Series of 1972, Iowa State Highway Commission.
Each proposal shall be made on a form furnished by the City and
must be accompanied by a Check drawn on, and certified b
bank and filed in a sealed envelope separate from the one containing
the proposal, and in the amount of
City Treasurer of the City of Iowa Cit 000.00 made payable to the
y,owa and may be cashed by
the Treasurer of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, as liquidated damages in
the event the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract within
ten (10) days and post bond satisfactory to the City insuring the faith-
ful performance of the contract. Checks of the lowest two or more
I bidders may be retained for a
J period
until a contract is awarded orrejection nmade. eOther checksnwill)beays
returned after the canvass and -tabulation of bids is completed and re-
ported to the City Council.
Payment will be made.to the contractor for the work included
in this contract on.or after thirty-one (31) days after acceptance of
the completed work by the City Council.
By virtue of statutory authority; preference will be given to
products and provisions grown and coal -produced within the State
Iowa, and preference will _be given to Iowa domestic labof
or in the of
struction of the improvement.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish a bond in an
amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, said
bond to be issued by a responsible surety approved by the City Council
and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all materials and labor and
protect and save harmless the City from claims and damages of any kind
caused,by the operation of the contract, and shall also guarantee the
maintenance the imroemet for a
years from
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The work under the proposed contract will be commenced within
ten (10) days after signing of the contract and shall be
comp e e Mav 31 1974
The plans and specifications governing the construction of the
proposed improvements have been prepared by Geor a R. Bonnett, P.E.
Cit En ineer of Iowa City, Ow w is
sped aca ions, a so rior P ans an
to and definity said P proceedings of the City Council referring
this notice by.referencepandathepproposedscontractare heeshy all rbmade
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of George.R. Bonnett P.E. Cit En i e of Iowa City,
Iowa, y na tide Diaders upon payment o dollars (� Q.Oa
which will be returnable to the bidders provided the p ans and speci i -
cations are returned to the City Engineer's Office in good condition.
within fifteen (15) days after the opening of bids.
The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and
to Waive technicalities and irregularities.
Published upon order of the City Council of%Iowa City, Iowa.
Abble.Stoltus
City Clerk of Iowa City, Iowa
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74-94
RESOLUTION -ACCEPTING PART OF SANITARY SEWER
IMPROVEMENTS IN COURT HILLS -SCOTT BLVD. ADDITION PART II.
WHEREAS, the Engineering Department has certified that the following improvements
have been completed in accordance with plans and specifications of the City of Iowa
City,
Sanitary sewer in Court Hill -Scott Boulevard Addition, Part II,
except for lots 34 and 35 as constructed by Boyd and Rummelhart
Plumbing and Heating, Inc, ofIowaCity, Iowa.
AND WHEREAS, Maintenance Bonds for Boyd & Rummelh art are on file in
the City Clerk's Office,_
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, that said
improvements be accepted by the City of Iowa City.
It was moved by Rrandi- and seconded by White that
the Resolution as read be accepted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
Passed and approved this 5th day of March 19 74
ATTEST
City Clerk
WHEREAS, the Iowa State Highway Commission has requested
that Highway #1 be rerouted due to construction on Burlington
Street.
WHEREAS, the requested rerouting is as follows - from
the intersection of Highway #6 By -Pass to Gilbert, then
northerly on Gilbert to Burlington.
WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interest of the City
of Iowa City, Iowa., to approve the Highway Commission request
to reroute Highway #1.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA
CITY, IOWA, that the City Manager and City Engineer are
authorized to contact the Highway Commission and make the
necessary arrangements for the rerouting of Highway #1.
It was moved by Brandt - and seconded by Davidsen
that the resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there
were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
x Brandt
_ Czarnecki
XDavidson
x deProsse
x White
Passed and approved this STH day of March
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ATTEST:• -
City Clerk
1974.
RESOLUTION NO.
7
- RESOLUTION APPROVING HIGHWAY
COMMISSION REQUEST
FOR REROUTING
OF HIGHWAY
#1
WHEREAS, the Iowa State Highway Commission has requested
that Highway #1 be rerouted due to construction on Burlington
Street.
WHEREAS, the requested rerouting is as follows - from
the intersection of Highway #6 By -Pass to Gilbert, then
northerly on Gilbert to Burlington.
WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interest of the City
of Iowa City, Iowa., to approve the Highway Commission request
to reroute Highway #1.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF IOWA
CITY, IOWA, that the City Manager and City Engineer are
authorized to contact the Highway Commission and make the
necessary arrangements for the rerouting of Highway #1.
It was moved by Brandt - and seconded by Davidsen
that the resolution as read be adopted, and upon roll call there
were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
x Brandt
_ Czarnecki
XDavidson
x deProsse
x White
Passed and approved this STH day of March
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City Clerk
1974.
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March 5, 1974
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
Iowa City
Iowa
Honorable Mayor and Councilpersons:
I hereby certify that the construction of the improvements listed
below have been completed :in substantial accordance with the plans
and specifications of the Engineering Division of the City of Iowa
City. The required maintenance bond is on file in the City Clerk's
office.
Sanitary sewer in Court Hill -Scott Boulevard Addition, Part
II, except for Lots 34 and 35 as constructed by Boyd and
Rummelhart Plumbing and Heating, Inc. of Iowa City, Iowa.
I hereby recommend that the above improvements be accepted
by the City of Iowa City.
GRB/mic
Respectfully submitted,
George R. Bonnett, P.E.
City Engineer
TO: Iowa City Housing Commission
Fr -'.OM: Iowa City City Council
RE: Senate File 1138/House File 1179
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DATE: March 13, 1974.
At their regular meeting on March 5, 1974, the Iowa City
City Council discussed the bill in the legislature
on establishment of a State Housing Authority. The
Council requested that the proposed bill be referred
to the Housing Commission for recommendation back to
Council.
CIVIC CENTER, 410 E. WASHINGTON ST.
IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240
319.354-1800
f January 29, 1974
The Iowa City City Council is considering appointments to
the following boards and commissions:
AIRPORT COMMISSION
One vacancy -
March 1, 1974 -
PROJECT GREEN
One vacancy -
March 1, 1974 -
6 year term
March 1, 1980
3 year term
March 1, 1977
These appointments will be made at the March 5, 1974 formal
Council meeting, 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers. Any
citizen interested in one of these positions should contact
the City Clerk, Civic Center, 410 East Washington, Iowa City,
Iowa.
Members of boards and commissions must be qualified voters of
the City of Iowa City, Iowa.
(1) Ronald J. Dicken
507 E. College Street
(2) Mrs. Mary Hoy
1520 North Dubuque
(3) Gene Greb
President, Volkswagen Iowa City, Inc.
East Highway Six
Iowa City, Iowa
(4) Robert L. Dautremont
1020 Church
(5) John (Skip) Laitner
15 North Johnson
(6) Richard Y. Blum
2041 Rochester Court
(7) Gary G. Bleckwenn
205 North Post Road
(8) Duane Ingram
1110 Cottonwood
(9) Harold W. Shipton
820 Woodside Drive
(10) Janet Shipton
820 Woodside Drive
(11) Melvin Oliven
441 Lexington
(12) Carol Oliven
441 Lexington
(13) Bob (Robert) Hicks
3116AA Juniper (�
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Dick Pattschull
315 Fairview Avenue
(2) Jerry Atkins
431 Scott Boulevard
(4) Bernard Shrader.
2723 E. Court
PROJECT GREEN
(1) Mark Schmitz
630 Bowery Street
Iowa City, Iowa
(2) Nancy Lineback
15 N. Johnson
i (3) Mrs. Calvin (Bernadine) Knight
425 Lee Street
(4) Ronald J. Dicken
507 E. College Street
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P.O. Box 1149 Iowa City, Iowa 52240
To: The City Clerk of Iowa City
Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa
February 1, 1974
I would like to submit the name of Nancy Lineback as
a candidate for appointment to Project Green. Ms.
Lineback is currently employed as the Local Environ-
mental Coordinator for the Iowa City chapter of the Iowa
Student Public Interest Research Group (ISPIRG) and is
a member of the Board of Directors for Citizens for En-
vironmental Action. She is also employed part time as
a registered nurse at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.
Ms. Lineback has been a resident of Iowa City since
August of 1973 and has been very active in community
and environmental affairs since that time.
She is a qualified voter in the City of Iowa City and
resides at 15 N. Johnson.
Thank you,
Joyce Dostale
Nominee for Project GREEN
Mrs. Calvin (Bernadine) Knight
425 Lee Street
337-9140
Mrs. Knight is currently doing the bookwork for Project GREEN
and would be a well qualified individual to place on this
Commission.
Gentlemen:
Residents of the Hollywood Manor Subdivisi^n of Io:va City are Petitioning
the City Council to provide for the purchase of land to be designated as a
neighborhood park for our area. .e are also petitioning the City Council
to amend the subdivision code, Chapter 9.50, Section 9.50.5 of the municipal
Code of Iowa City, Iowa, to require park land to be designated in any future
residential developments in Iowa City.
Presently, the Hollywood Manor Subdivision includes approxima�ely 200
.families living in single and two family units in addition to two apartment
complexes. These families have over 250 children, many of preschool age.
We understand that 147 new housing units, sixty-one cf which may be two family
wits, will be added soon as Hollywood Manor Addition, Part V. In all
probability there will be a proportional increase in the number of children
to be added to the neighborhood. Because yards in this area are small and
imagination and energy of children is great, there have been many instances
of mishaps and, so far, only near tragedies with children and au"crmobiles in
the streets. Fortunately, many streets are now dead end but when new
development has been completed these dead end streets will become through
streets, further compounding the likelihood of disaster. Cur closest park,
next to Grant Wood School, requires the use of transportation because of
distance and accessibility. Small preshoolers &ust also share unequally
the facilities with children attending school. It does not satisfy the need
of a neighborhood park with easy access without resort to transportation.
We believe that once the final approval is given by the Ciiy Council for the
proposed Hollywood Manor Addition, Part V. no further possibility will exist to
satisfy a basic and definite need for a neighborhood park. We are offering three
possibilities for a solution to this need:_
1. An immediate readjustment of City priorities to allocate funds to the
Parks and Recreation Commission to purchase land to be designated as a
neighborhood park in the Hollywood Manor development.
2. Remand to the Planning and Zoning Commissinn the preliminary Plat for the
Hollywood Manor Addition pending evaluation and possible adoption of an
amendment to the Municipal Code of Iowa City, Chapter 9.50, Section 9.50.5 to
provide for community open space for neighborhood parks in any new residential
development.
3. A commitment by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Commission to the
developer to purchase a segment of land located in the Hollywood Manor Addition,
Part V, to be designated as a neighborhood park when funds become available
and for the developer to set aside and reserve this section of land for purchase
by the City.
We ask that with your assistance, one of these, or perhaps another, suitable
solution to our needs will be found.
Respectfully submitted for the residents of Hollywood Manor by William J. Schnute,
2103 Bancroft Ur.
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We believe that once the final approval is given by the Ciiy Council for the
proposed Hollywood Manor Addition, Part V. no further possibility will exist to
satisfy a basic and definite need for a neighborhood park. We are offering three
possibilities for a solution to this need:_
1. An immediate readjustment of City priorities to allocate funds to the
Parks and Recreation Commission to purchase land to be designated as a
neighborhood park in the Hollywood Manor development.
2. Remand to the Planning and Zoning Commissinn the preliminary Plat for the
Hollywood Manor Addition pending evaluation and possible adoption of an
amendment to the Municipal Code of Iowa City, Chapter 9.50, Section 9.50.5 to
provide for community open space for neighborhood parks in any new residential
development.
3. A commitment by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Commission to the
developer to purchase a segment of land located in the Hollywood Manor Addition,
Part V, to be designated as a neighborhood park when funds become available
and for the developer to set aside and reserve this section of land for purchase
by the City.
We ask that with your assistance, one of these, or perhaps another, suitable
solution to our needs will be found.
Respectfully submitted for the residents of Hollywood Manor by William J. Schnute,
2103 Bancroft Ur.
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IOWA
February
22
1974
City Council
City of Iowa City
Civic Center
Iowa City, IA 52240
RE: Appointment to Commissions
The Iowa City Chamber of Commerce hereby recommends for your
consideration the appointment of Dave Cahill, 1005 Village
Green Boulevard, Iowa City, Iowa to the Board of Housing
Appeals.
Cordially,
Byron Ross, President
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
BR/nd
ACCREDITED
CM4MBER OF COMMERCE
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FEBRUARY 121 1974
CITY COUNCIL
CIVIC CENTER
IOWA CITY,, IOWA 52240
DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS,
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A POSITION HAS RECENTLY OPENED ON
THE BOARD OF APPEALS FOR THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE. I WOULD
LIKE VERY MUCH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. AS AN
ARCHITECT I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE U.B.C. AND ITS IMPORTANCE
IN SETTING MINIMUM BUILDING STANDARDS.
I AM A REGISTERED ARCHITECT AND A PRINCIPAL OF WEHNER AND
ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS. I HAVE LIVED IN IOWA CITY FOR THE
PAST 10 YEARS FOLLOWING MY GRADUATION FROM IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
WITH A BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE DEGREE.
MY INTEREST IN THE CODE IS GENUINE, I FEEL I AM QUALIFIED AND
WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS
POSITION.
SINCERELY YOURS,
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RICHARD W. PATTSCHULL
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ebruary 7, 19714
Drs. Abbie Stolfus
City Clerk_
City of Iowa City
1410 East Washington
Iowa City, Iowa 522140
Dear Mrs-. Stolfus:
I am t4ri.ting to place my name in nomination for the upcoruuing vacancy
on the Board of Housing -ppeals.
•iy qualifications for this position in addition tc being a qualified
Iowa City voter, include a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering f:•cr;i
the University of Virginia and over ten years experience in the const-
ruction industry. My first five post college years were in thf- Veterans
Administration's construction division inspecting hospital construction
and liter in project management. The next five years here spent :with
Stanley Consultants, Inc. as a. resident engineer on construction projects
ranging from sewage treatment plants to boiler plants to industrial man-
ufacturing plants both in the United States and abroad.
Presently, I am the Construction Manager for the Univera_ity Hospitals
and Clinics assigned to coordinate the construction of the new iiorth l-mier
addition.
I would be most grateful if you would present my name to the Iotiza City
Council for consideration at the proper time.
Yours truly,
c _
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1.431 Scut Blvd.
lmei'a City, Iowa
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1974
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Chamber of Commerce
P.O. BOX 673
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Lascy _ PHONE 337-9637
City Council
City of Iowa City
Civic Center
Iowa City, IA 52240
RE: Appointments to Commissions
The Iowa City Chamber of Commerce hereby recommends for your
consideration the appointment of Robert L. Hicks, 3116 Juniper
Drive, Iowa City, Iowa to the Airport Commission.
Cordially,
Byron Ross, President
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
BR/nd
ACCREDITED
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
IOWA CITY, IOWA 52242
College of Dentistry
Department of Pedodontics
Area 319: 353-3292
City Clerk
Civic Center
410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Sir:
February 20, 1974
As an aircraft owner and pilot I have a vital interest in the facilities and
operation of the Iowa City Municipal Airport. This interest has led to offering
to serve on the Iowa City Airport Commission.
During the past five years my flying activities have been varied. Owner-
ship of a single-engine and a light twin aircraft home based in Iowa City has
provided familiarity with the airport. My annual flying time for the last several
years has averaged between 150 and 250 hours, with a total time of 1, 000 hours.
Recent private aircraft travel has included most areas of this country, Mexico,
Canada and across the Atlantic to the British Isles and much of Western Europe.
Landing at many airports of all types has furnished some knowledge of their
operations.
Training for the private and commercial pilots licenses and the instrument
and multi -engine ratings was obtained from the Iowa City Flying Service. The
instruction was partially supported by the Veterans Administration.
My flying is divided between university and professional business and per-
sonal pleasure. As Head of the Pedodontic-Department of the College of Dentistry,
I have had opportunities to relate the role of general aviation to the conduct of
university affairs. In addition visits to many Midwestern and scattered other
recreational sites has given opportunities to appreciate both local recreational
flying and travel for pleasure.
It is possible that my training, ownership and flying experiences could
be valuable in contributing to the functions of the Airport Commission. if
this were judged to be the case I would enjoy the challenge of a term of service.
Ypurs truly,
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Frederick M. Parkins, D. D. S., M.S. D., Ph. D.
Professor and Head
1110 Cottonwood
Iowa City, Ia. 52240
February 4, 1974
Mayor Edgar Czarnecki
Civic Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Mayor Czarnecki:
I am volunteering my services for the announced opening on
the airport commission. Although new to city government, I come
to you with a rather broad background and with an interest in
community service. Enclosed please find a copy of my curriculum
vitae which should give you some idea of my professional inter-
ests.
Coming from a rural background, I have been in residence in
Iowa City for thirteen of the last fifteen years. My understand-
ing of the role played in our community by the airport is further
enhanced by the flying I do on university business and as an ac-
tive pilot with an instrument rating.
I fully recognize the importance of a well regulated air-
port to the economic and social health of a modern urban commu-
nity: With the prospects of dwindling energy reserves, it becomes
increasingly important that each of the alternative modes of trans-
portation be encouraged to contribute to that segment of travel
for which it is most efficient. General aviation has such a con-
tribution to make in the moving of people. With these thoughts in
mind, the necessity of maintaining a vigorous, healthy airport is
necessary for the vitality of the community.
I come to you dedicated to insuring that the airport be main-
tained and operated in such a fashion as to offer the greatest
service to the people of Iowa City.
Respect
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Born January 17, 1938, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, U.S. Citizen
Married, two children
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Education
1968 Ph.D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa,
Iowa City
1961 M.S. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa,
Iowa City..
1959 B.S. Wisconsin State College, Platteville, Wisconsin
Academic Appointments
1968-present Instructor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1968 Research Associate, Physics, University of Iowa, Iowa
City
1964-68 Research Assistant,..University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1964-65 Assistant Professor (on leave), Wisconsin State University,
Platteville, Wisconsin
1962-64 Instructor, Wisconsin State College, Platteville, Wisconsin
1959-62 Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Professional Affiliations
1962 Sigma Xi
1963 American Association of Physics Teachers
1963 American Association for the Advancement of Science
1971 Esperanto, League for North America
1971 Electron Probe Analysis Society of America, Chairman of
Midwest Chapter-1972-74.
1973 New York Academy of Science
Areas of Research Interest -
Physiology and Biophysics: To this point the entire effort has been di-
rected to helping-develop techniques,. standards and a computerized data
gathering system for making intracellular electrolyte concentration measure-
ments with an electron .probe microanalyzer. This system now is to be used
to study the behavior of active transport systems such as gastric mucosa,
kidney and the Nat transport system in the frog skin epithelium.
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continue to hold fascinating possibilities for more completely
nuclear phenomena.
Current
Projects
1)
Intracellular electrolyte concentration measurements
dark adapted frog and
of photo-
mud puppy
receptors of light adapted and
2)
retina.
Transepithelial electrolyte concentration profiles of frog skin from
flux chamber frog skin preparations.
empirical relationship between the backscattered
3)
Developing an
electron signal and the off-peak background for each
of the three X-
ray spectrometer systems in the electron probe.
Teaching
Activities
Year
Course Registrants Semesters
Percent
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1973
Human Physiology 72:13 198 1
33%
1973
Electron Microscopy 60:218_ _ 30- 1
6%
1972
Human Physiology 72:13 215 1
25% of lectures
1971
Human Physiology 72:13 300 1
10% of lectures
1971
Nonequilibrium Thermo- 6 1
100%
dynamics
1963
Modern Physics 12 2
100%
1963
General Physics 25 2
100%
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1962
Electronics 12 1
100%
1962
Electricity and Mag. 10 2
100%
1961
Adv. At. & Nuc. Lab 15 2
100%
29:133
Teaching Activities
a)
Undergraduate
While teaching at Platteville from 1962 to 1964, I
was charged with
that would
developing
a program and teaching advanced undergraduate courses
for graduate school. This
was at a time
adequately
prepare physics majors
from small schools such as Platteville were
successful in
when
attaining
few students
advanced degrees in physics.
b) Postgraduate
I have lectured on the electron probe for Materials Science IV, 56:281.
• - 3
c)_ Continuing.Education
While money Was available from AEC to finance the mobile radioiso-
tope training program,.I served as the physicist, lecturer -consultant re-
sponsible for the first week of a two week training program for instructors
of the biological and physical science departments of small colleges and
universities. This consisted of presenting a 90 minute lecture each day
and assisting with a series of 2 hour laboratory sessions. The laboratories
were held in a semi -trailer equipped to handle 12 students precisely. No
more than one week per semester was devoted to this effort.
d) Other
1957-1961 City Counselor at Badger Boys State, Ripon, Wisconsin
Collegiate, University, and National Committees
Member of University Committee for establishing the operating policy
for the Dental School Electron Probe Laboratory
Chairman, Executive Committee of Midwest Electron Probe Users Group
Committee to Establish a Materials Science Graduate Program
Honors and Awards
Received B.S. with High Honors, 1959
Elmer McNett Award for Scholarship, 1959
Financial Reso,rces
a) Federal
Undergraduate Instructional Scientific
Equipment Grant (1963-1965) 2 years $14,000
b) Other
Graduate College, Travel 1 year (1973) $ 430
Graduate College, Computer time 1 year (1972) $ 150
Department of Ophthalmology 1973 $ 250
(for services)
Physical Facilities
a) Office - Rm. 6-502 BSB
b)
Laboratory -
Rm.6-509
BSB Electron Probe
c)
Other - 1-364
Electron
Microscope
Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam - Marguerite Stout, 1972
Publications
4 -
Matsushima, S., J.R.Porter, Y. Terashita, and F.D. Ingram. Photoelectric -
photometric survey of night sky conditions in the vicinity of Iowa City,
Iowa Academy of Science 70:362-375, 1963.
Ingram, F.D. Final state coulomb interaction studies with the Li6(Li6,a)
Beg reaction. Ph.D. Thesis (1968)9 University of Iowa Report No. 68-34,
PP• 1-74.
Norbeck, E., and F.D. Ingram. Distortion of nuclear spectra by final -
state coulomb interactions. Phys. Rev. Letter:; 20:1178-1180, 1968.
Ingram, F.D. A small computerized on-line data gathering system for
the electron microprobe. Proc. Fourth Natl. Conf. on Electron Micro-
probe Analysis, 27A -27D, 1969. -
Ingram, F.D. and E. Norbeck. Be* states at 16.6 and 16.9 MeV and Final -
State Coulomb interactions. Phys. Rev. 187:1302-1305, 1969.
Norbeck, E., L.L. Gadeken, and F.D. Ingram. Interference of Be8* levels
and final state coulomb interactions. Phys. Rev. 3C:2073-2074, 1971.
Ingram, F-0., M.J. Ingram, and C.A.M. Hogben. Calcium measurements in
frog skin. Proc. Sixth Natl. Conf. on Electron Probe Analysis, 37A -37C,
1971.
Ingram, F.D., M.J. Ingram and C.A.M. Hogben. quantitative electron
probe analysis of soft biological tissue for electrolytes. J. of
Histochem. and Cytochem. 20:716-722, 1972.
Ingram, F.D., M.J. Ingram, and C.A.M. Hogben. Pure crystals as secondary
standards for quantitative electrolyte studies of soft biological tissue.
Proc. Eighth Natl. Conf. on Electron Probe Analysis, 62A -62E, 1973.
Ingram, F.D., M.J. Ingram, and C.A.M. Hogben. An analysis of the freeze-
dried, plastic embedded electron probe specimen preparation. Symposium
on Microprobe Analysis as Applied to Cells and Tissues, Academic Press,
PP• 119-1462 1973.
Reviews
Two papers for the Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 1971
Chapter for a book on the Principles and Techniques of Electron Microscopy,
1973
Presentations
5
Microprobe Analysis of Soft Tissue for Electrolytes. Midwest Probe
Users Group, East Lansing, Michigan, October, 1971.
Electron microprobe analysis of Soft Biological Tissue for Electrolytes.
Symposium on Electron Microprobe X -Ray Spectroscopy in Histochemistry.
22nd Annual Meeting, Histochemical Society. New Orleans, Louisiana,
November,'1971.
Albumin Standards for analysis of biological materials. Midwest Probe
Users Group, Midland, Michigan, June, 1972.
Seminar, Biological Studies with the Electron Probe, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December, 1972.
A Critical Analysis of the Freeze-dried, Plastic Embedded Electron Probe
Specimen Preparation. Conference on Microprobe Analysis as Applied to
Cells and Tissues, Battelle Seattle Research Center, Seattle, Washington,
May, 1973.
Other Comments
Participant, Summer Institute in Radiation and Physical Sciences, Oak
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1963.
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205 North Post Road '
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
February 5, 1974
Ms. Abbie Stolfus,
City Clerk
Civic Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Re: Appointment to Iowa City Airport
Commission Board
Dear His. Stolfus:
An efficient and functional airport is necessary to
retain our present industry and to attract new industry. It
is essential that our city be served by airport facilities
commensurate with urban renewal and the forward -thinking
people of this community. Air travel provides an inexpensive
and adaptablemeansof transportation which value can only be
increased by the energy crunch which is upon us.
I have been a resident of Iowa City since 1965, and
hold a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the
University of Iowa. I am presently employed by the Univer-
sity of Iowa as assistant manager of the Electrical Distri-
bution Department. I am a licensed commercial pilot and own
my own aircraft.
The main attributes which I would bring to the job are
a common sense approach to spending with emphasis on the
functionability of the airport, its facilities and a desire
to promote Uur community through the airport.
Yours truly,
Garry G. Bleckwenn
2041 Rochester Court
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
February 5, 1974
The Honorable Edgar Czarnecki
Mayor of Iowa City
Civic Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
RE: Airport Commission Appointment
Dear Mr. Mayor:
I am writing to bring to your attention my interest in serving on the Iowa
City Aiport Commission.
I am a graduate of the University of Iowa and a former staff member of the
University. After seven years in business in St. Louis and Miami, my family
and I happily returned to Iowa City. I am Vice President of Henry Louis, Inc.
I have been extremely interested in aviation for more than 20 years. I am a
regular subscriber to numerous commercial, business, and private aviation
journals, and I am a licensed private pilot, flying for business and pleasure.
Our company maintains an airplane at the Iowa City Airport.
I feel that the airport plays a significant role in the total development of
Iowa City; it serves many citizens directly, and many more indirectly.
Although I have what might be described as a "vested interest" in the airport,
I view the total airport picture pragmatically. As a business man, I am totally
aware of the necessity of establishing and maintaining proper operating practices
and budgets.
As a citizen of Iowa City who has elected to make this community my home, I
recognize the necessity to equate the priorities of the airport with the many
other municipal priorities which confront us.
I believe my experiences and special interests would qualify me to serve the
citizens of Iowa City as a member of their Airport Commission, and I would be
grateful for an opportunity to do so.
Thank you for your consideration.
Very sincerely,
Richard Y. Blum
RYB /nan
nvironmental action
e e
P.O. Box 1149 Iowa City, Iowa 52240
To: The City Clerk of Iowa City
Civic Center, Iowa City, Iowa
February 1, 1974
I would like to submit the name of John (Skip) Laitner as
a candidate for appointment to the Airport Commission. In
his position as State Environmental Director for Iowa
Student Public Interest Research Group (ISPIRG), Mr.
Laitner has done considerable work in the transporta-
tion area. He is the author of several reports on the
various modes of transportation, one of the most recent
was a critique of the draft environmental impact state-
ment of the proposed Cedar Rapids Airport expansion. He
has also served as a consultant to the Energy Crisis Study
Committee of the Iowa legislature.
Mr. Laitner is also a member of Citizens for Environmen-
tal Action, having formerly served as co -chairperson of
that organization. He is currently serving as a member
of the Johnson County Commission on Environmental Quali-
ty.
Mr. Laitner is 26 years old and resides at 15 North John
son, Iowa City, Iowa. He has been a resident of Iowa
City for four years and a resident of Iowa for eight years.
Thank you,
Nancy Llneback
Add. Is also a qualified voter in the City of Iowa City.
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To Iowa City City Council
Application for appointment to Airport Commission
Applicant: Robert L. Daut•remont Ave 39 Married
Life-lona Johnson County resident
1020 -.Church-
..Iowa 52240 Iowa City property owner and
Iowa City,
Phone: 338-2429 tax payer
Registered voter 18 years
10 years independent businessman
Elected Justice of the Peace ?_2 yr -
8 years pilot & aircraft owner
Member-C.A.P.
No connection to or financial
interest in airport
Am interested -in private and -commercial flying and safe efficient
airport operation
Thank you
Very truly yours,
Robert L. Dautremont
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Ray S. Wells, City Manager
George R. Bonnett, Acting Director of Public Works
Letter from Mike Pogue Dated February 2, 1974
In reviewing the subject letter I would concur
that there is no problem on placing bike lanes
on Washington Street, however, it would be
necessary to remove parking where the bike lanes
are placed. Additionally I would suggest we
place bike lanes on both sides of the street
between First Avenue and Dartmouth -Street.
Although this would necessitate removing parking
along the entire stretch of the street, I note
that there is very little parking activity there
now, so it would probably not meet with too much
resistance from the property owners affected.
My concern about placing two-way bike traffic in
one lane is set forth in the Denver Bikeway Plan
published in October of 1972, page 8, where it
states, " ... it is recommended that this bike
lane be restricted to a one-way direction to
prevent bicycling against oncoming motor vehicles."
The primary danger is at intersections where the
motorist is not used to looking for traffic coming
at him from the near lane.
An alternative we might consider is to install
sidewalks down Washington under the 1974 Sidewalk
Programa
If you wish to discuss this Memorandum in greater
detail please don't hesitate to contact me.
Dear Mayor Czarnecki:
1 .am a fourth-f*rader at Helen Lemme School and a lot
of Oin kids in my school like to ride their bikes includinr*,
m(-.:)-omo of them use Washington Street including me but it
i- very busy.!e would like to have some bike lanes for
ljin.shinrfton `street between Glenn Drive and our school at
3100 Washington Street.1'fashinf;ton Street is a very wide
street so there would be room for bike lanes.
Sincerely
Mike oRue
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11UMBER ONE
Iff ROL)UCTION
FEBRUARY 1974
NATIONAL LAND USE PLANNRNG LEGISLOTION (II) 93- -
The House Interior and Insular Affairs Com-
mittee reported H.R. 10294, the Land Use
Planning Act of 1974 on February 13, 1974. - A
similar bill, S. 268, passed the Senate on
June 21, 1973 (see WA 117, October 1973):. Floor
action is expected by the 'first week in March.
The stated purpose of federal land use
legislation is to change the present institu-
tional arrangements for decision-making affect -
Ing land uses which will have an impact on more
than one local jurisdiction. The central theme,
according to the Committee Report, is greater
public involvement in these decisions of more
than local significance. However, the Committee
contends that these changes will not infringe
"upon the rights of States or counties or
cities --or their citizens." The enunciated
policy of the bill is to encourage the States to
develop effective land use planning and
decision-making processes which provide for pub
—tfc- -and- -local government - invvivement; while
encouraging cities and counties to exercise im-
plementation authority.
The reported bill would encourage the
states to develop a comprehensive land use plan-
ning process and methods to implement that
process. States would not be required to plan
or implement for all land uses; in fact, only
those critical areas and land uses that are
identified through the planning process as being
glf more than local significance come under the
and use program. In other words, all areas and
uses are excluded unless specifically included.
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The bill does not call for federal controls
over land use, and minimizes federal substantive
controls over the land use planning process.
The bill requires, as a condition of federal
funding, that the state's land use planning pro-
cess follow certain procedures. These proce-
dures include:
• the designation of a single state
agency to coordinate land use ac-
tivities;
• creation of an inter -governmental ad-
visory council composed of repre-
sentatives of general purpose local
governments to review and recommend
changes in the land use planning pro-
cess;
• development of a data base for land
use decisions;
• provision of technical assistance and
training for state and local person-
nel;
• assurance of full participation of
and coordination with local govern-
ments and areawide planning agencies;
• consideration of the demands for land
of various uses, their costs and ben-
efits, including impacts on local
property taxes;
• criteria for and the designation of
• critical areas and land uses,
including an appeal or petition me-
chanism for cities over designations
or exclusions; and
• dt.velopment of substantive state
their
policies and criteria
for implementation.
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The state would have three years to
inventory its resources and designate critical
areas. The state would have ann aadditionalits
years to establish a program
Planning process to assure that land uses in
critical areas and critical land uses are con-
sistent with the planning process. Implemen-
tation would be directly by the state, by
al governments, subject to
general purpose loc
combination of the two. The
state review, or a
ourages implementation by
bill strongly enc
purpose local governments and regional
general
purpose local govern -
associations of general
ments for planning, review, and coordination for
land use decisions of regional implication. In
questions concerning the consistency of local
actions with the state planning process,mut be an
the
appeal mnchtheastatesestablished to demonstrate
burden o
nsistent with the state's P01-
actions are not co
icies and criteria.
THF E deral L_gSlies would be prohibited from
Federal -agencies regarding
interceding in management decisions
the state planning process. affect
lands, federal actions that significantly
land use must be consistent with the approved
land use program, except in cases ofby overridingin interesOVernmentsrnand d states seeking
dent. Local g gn
ects significantly
federal assistance for ro sharing) must
affecting land use (exceptrevenue and/or state
have the views of the Governor
as local governments and area -
agency, as well
IP -
wide agencies as to the consistency of the ap-
with the state land use program.
plication
Throughout the bill, the procedures established
under OMB Circular A-95 would be the basis for
reviewing consistency.
lands, emphasizing critical areas, and would
have to coordinate with states andlic localpuovern-
ments within the scopeof
rposes
already established.
The bill would not change existing law
• regarding Indian reservation or tribal land use;
of the problem would be re -
a federal study
quired. The appropriate federal agencies would
be required to inventory and plan for federal
„o rn fnA4TAL ONE I�IANAS•EM NI
The land use bill would complement the
present Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
effect, a line would be drawnandthoseareas
those
areas where CZMA applies,
covered under the land use bill. The CZMA would
deal with transitional and interfidal and coastal
salt marshes, wetlands, beaches,
waters. If the state does not have an approved
CZMA program after June 30, 1977, then the -land
use law would apply to the whole state.
1suiWTh program authorizes up to $100 million
a
year for 8 years for grants to the states,
and
$10 million to the Department of Interior for
administration. Grants to states would be allo-
cated by the Secretary of Interior based on a
formula developed by the Secretary, based on
state land resources, population, pressures from
growth, land ownership patterns, extent f of
as
of critical environmental concern,
needs, "and other relevant factors." The federal
share -could be 75% of project costs. There
would be a maintenance of effort requirement on
the states. Each state would be required to al-
locate a portion of its grant funds to local
governments for planning and implementation.
..,, AT1iN nr TuE FEEL IEVFL
The Committee voted to delete a requirement
for an Office of Land Use Policy Administration
within the Department of Interior; this was
os n
accommodation to the Administration's p P
to reorganize the Interior and Commerce Depart-
ments into a new Department of Energy and
f Ineror
Natural Resources. The Department
vouldtbeiad,
while administering the program,
wised by an Interagency Advisory Board (IAB)
composed of representatives of states, local
governments, and areawide and inter -state agen-
cies. The IAB would review applications
for
lanse
he federal
andduse interiorntonanlandvlt
use issues, regulations
e
policies, etc.
The pending land use legislation must be
4wnalyzed in the context of three distinct but
elated trends: conservation of natural re-
sources, decreased local control over land- use
decisions, and "New Federalism."
The first trend is marked by revised life-
styles brought about by a growing recognition of
the scarcity of our natural resources, including
land, and the necessity for their increased con-
servation. The conservation of land, or its
"non-use," has become a legitimate and desirable
land use. However, it is a fact that our pop-
ulation will Increase and that Americans expect
and are entitled to economic, social, and phys-
ical opportunities and mobility. Conflicts
therefore are inevitable over what is a wise and
balanced use of our scarce land resources.
The second trend is related to the mechan-
isms for resolving such conflicts. There is a
growing recognition and acknowledgement that
many issues cannot be resolved at the local
level. Local governments may not have the au-
thority or capacity to deal with issues of more
than local significance, such as pollution con-
trol, transportation, and the control of sprawl
in unincorporated urban fringes. Courts have
overturned local land use laws because they
failed to consider adequately regional, state,
or national interests. Federal legislation has
vested primary authority over air pollution and
water pollution control with the states, and re-
quires regional consideration for highway and
other transportation programs. Land use is a
major factor in all of these programs, so that
any proposed "national land use law" will be
supplemental to these planning requirements, and
not in lieu of them. States are adopting
general, comprehensive land use laws as well as
covering special uses, e.g. coastal zones and
flood planes. In the absence of any federal law
governing the procedures under which the state
land use program operates, the state is within
its own limits of discretion as .to the degree of
responsibility and coordination local govern-
ments are allowed. The status of local govern-
ments as creatures of the states emphasizes the
precarious position cities occupy in the
inter -governmental framework for dealing with
land use decisions.
The third trend affecting the direction of
national land use legislation has been "New
Federalism," or the turning of power away from
the federal government in Washington out to
states and local governments. Unfortunately, the
concept of New Federalism during actual imple-
Sntation has often been defined to exclude
cal governments. The Clean Air and Law
Enforcement Assistance Act of 1970 both illus-
trate the dangers to local governments when
cities are not clearly written in as major
actors; under hoth programa, ettlaen trenyueutly
have bean exelulled from active. pollry lovolaP-
ment.
More recently, there has been an improve-
ment in this trend. The Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments of 1972 placed the pri-
mary burden of planning and implementing water
pollution control programs with areawide agen-
cies, designated by the Governor and composed of
local representatives. Revenue sharing estab-
lished a direct federal -local funding relation-
ship, virtually amending the Constitution by in-
directly writing cities into the federal system.
The Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1973 strengthened
the role of cities in urban transportation, but
also strengthened the powers of the agencies
performing the required areawide comprehensive
transportation planning function.
National land use legislation, which has
been pending since the 91st Congress, has under-
gone significant transformation, reflecting the
increasing sensitivity of the Congress to the
inadequacy of a "New Federalism" that lumps
cities and states together. Where once it was
silent on what role, if any, cities had to play
in the land use planning process, it now empha-
sizes the role of local governments and details
the various points in the proceer. at which local
governments' interests must be protected.
These trends come together in the pending
land use legislation, calling upon the states to
work with local governments to develop a
stronger decision-making process to resolve com-
peting and conflicting land uses.
IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
on cts will remain under the land use
legislation as to what are the uses of the land
and who determines what is "best." The states
already have this authority, and it will not be
enhanced or diminished in any substantial degree
by 1vis federal legislation.-- Accepting some
increased state role arising from this legis-
lation—because the states want the federal fi-
nancial assistance or are able to legitimize
their power grab through the federal law- -the
federal land use law would act as a constraint
on that state authority. The states will have
to develop procedures to assure the primary
function of local governments, and to assure
that local governments are represented in de-
veloping those procedures. What the procedures
will be, and how they will be developed and
implemented will be left up to the states and
local governments. At least, however, local
governments are assured a major role.
Because the land use legislation is a pro-
cess of limitation, with lands and uses excluded
unless included, the limitations on the fi-
nancial and staff resources of the states, and
the fact that most of the land uses and critical
areas will occur outside urbanized and developed
areas will further lessen the direct impact on
local government prerogatives. Cities could
expect that their powers will be increased over
land uses on the urban fringe because the de-
cision-making process regarding such uses will
now have to involve them significantly.
The land use bill would also incorporate by
reference the various substantive environmental
standards already adopted by Congress; it does
not add new substantive requirements. The state
land use planning process would have to assure
that there are methods to prevent land uses that
would violate applicable air, water, and other
environmental standards. The land use law's
proceduzal requirements could provide the
structure for all the environmental planning
requirements, thus further strengthening the
position of local governments. These procedural
protections of the land use bill are intended by
the House Interior Committee to apply to the
substantive environmental programs.
The coordination requirements of the bill
would have disadvantages for cities as well as
advantages. Additional layers of decision-mak-
ing, without adequate funds, expertise or staff-
fing, could create delays and duplications. The
regional planning agencies will become stronger
in their review and comment powers, so that
cities may wind up trading federal and state
controls for regional ones.
The statutory burden on the states to
demonstrate that local actions are not consis-
tent with the land use planning process may be
the most significant and precedent -setting
requirement of H.R. 10294. But even with this
major protective device, the state will have the
authority to disapprove and order revisions in a
local land use action. Such state review would
be based on consistency with state standards and
criteria, and only for designated land uses and
areas. This is an additional constraint on the
states, but still an added burden on local dis-
cretion.
C014CLUS I OII
On balance, the limited scope of H.R.10294,
the protections for local governments, and the
®potential increases in local participation in
land use decisions beyond their boundaries out-
weigh the disadvantages of encouraging in -
creased state land use controls and regulations,
delays and costs attributable to added layers of
goverment and procedures, and a 'greater federal
presence in land use decision-making. Since
the states already possess the authority to reg-
ulate local _ government land use actions, it is
best that such exercise of authority lie suhJocI I
to as many explicit protections for cities, and
as many constraints on the states as possible.
The adoption of any federal or local land
use program should not be considered the final
step toward resolving conflicting uses of land.
The institutional constraints are only one fac-
tor in determining how our lands are used. Fed-
eral tax policies, facility location decisions,
housing and transportation investment policies,
energy facilities siting, and population distri-
bution policies will contribute to the actual
land use and national growth decisions of the
nation. The Congress must address itself to
these major questions if the goals of the land
use legislation are to be fully realized.
C � Ij : I`2, OTEM7, [10 Villa IMCDE 20
by THOMAS BROM and EDWARD KIRSHNER
Only 14 cities now own and operate their own cable television systems. Yet it's a
profitable business that seems a natural for municipal ownership.
The city of Palo Alto, California, owns its own
electric -power distribution network. The system
earns S4 million a year for the city, and the citizens
of Palo Alto pay one-third less for electricity than
residents of nearby cities with private utilities. As
municipal income from such enterprises goes up,
taxes, correspondingly, can go down. Right now Palo
Alto is planning to expand its domain of profit-
making enterprise one step further into the fastest-
growing branch of electronic media: cable television.
Cable television normally has something of a
science -fiction air about it. Thanks in large part to the
spate of popular articles on the subject that have
appeared over the last ten years, the words conjure up
images of electronic newspapers, push-button bank
withdrawals, and credit-card grocery orders. It's only
a short step to a blcLuhanesque global village: no one
ever leaves home, and everyone has access to
whatever anyone else knows or wants to sell.
The technological reality of cable TV, of course, is
quite different. By and large, local CATV systems
consist of one or more receiving antennas built on a
convenient hill, with cables wired down public streets
to connect with people's homes. The high antenna
allows reception of distant broadcast television
signals. Instead of getting four fuzzy channels with
your own antenna, you pay S5 a month to get ten
clear channels from the CATV antenna.
THOMAS BROM is a freelance writer based in California. He
• was formerly communications director for American Doc-
umentary Films, and has written widely on films and
television. EDWARD KIRSHNER is a city planner an
activist specializing in ' municipal ownership and rew tow
development. Both Brom and Kirshner are presently con-
nected with the Community Ownership Organizing Project
located in Oakland.
What is important right now about cable TV isn't
technology, it's economics. CATV is rapidly be-
coming a multibillion dollar industry, with some of
the country's largest corporations acquiring vast
systems. At the same time, there is a small but
growing countermove afoot toward municipal owner-
ship of local systems. A few communities around the
country have been asking themselves why the
communications conglomerates should get all that
money from a monopoly that the communities
themselves franchise.
Here's how the economics of cable TV work. An
operator invests anywhere from S2—S3 million (for a
small city) to $15 million (for a larger one). This
investment pays for the antennas, cable, and other
equipment; for the contracts necessary to import
distant broadcast signals; and for a sales campaign to
enroll subscribers. From there on, it's mostly gravy.
Cable maintenance, personnel, and overhead are
minimal for the life of the system. Subscriber
monthly fees are a guaranteed base income. -Advertis-
ing revenue, the source of all broadcaster profits, has
yet to be explored. Pay cable, where a fee is paid to
receive special programming and movies, has just
begun in the hotels of major convention centers such
as San Francisco. Channels leased for business data
transmission may provide yet another source of
income. Most systems expect to make profits by the
fifth year of operation, with income spiraling
thereafter through the life of the franchise.
d At the moment, America's communications em-
pires are battling with each other over who gets the
biggest foot in the door. In June 1973, TelePrompTer
Corporation had 800,000 subscribers; Warner Cable
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Corporation, a subsidiary of Warner Communications,
had 450,000, and Tele-Communications, Inc., a
Denver-based firm, was third with 387,000. Viacom
International (a spinoff from CBS), Athena Com-
munications (a spinoff from Gulf S Western), Cox
Cable Communications, and UA -Columbia Cable-
vision are among the other big firms developing (or
purchasing) cable systems. In 1972, the top 12 firms
accounted for more than half of the 5.5 million cable
subscribers then enrolled. According to one estimate,
annual cable TV income will be S4.4 billion in 1980.
Aside from competition from the other giants, cable
TV operators generally face only one hitch. Because
cables must be strung over or under public streets,
operators must secure a franchise from each town
government before they build. Such agreements are
commonly signed for a period of 15 to 25 years, with
2-5 percent of the gross subscriber receipts paid to
the municipality. Recently, revenue -starved cities and
towns have been balking at giving away the franchise.
A small number have actually set up their own
municipally owned systems.
The prime example is San Bruno, California, a
suburb of 40,000 people 20 miles south of San
Francisco. After several early feelers from cable
operators, San Bruno performed its own CATV
feasibility study and marketing analysis in 1968. City
Manager Gerard S. Vergeer concluded, "a cable TV
utility operation is entirely feasible and would
provide additional general fund revenue in substantial
amount after repayment of the capital outlay."
San Bruno, which operates many of its other city
services, was able to borrow S505,000 from surplus
generated by the water department to begin CATV
construction in 1970. The Stanford Research Insti-
tute offered to investigate and predict the financial
expectations for the San Bruno system in 1971; it
reported that in the seventh and following years of
operation, the city would earn profits of S204,000 a
year. And that figure included income from monthly
subscriber fees alone.
In March 1972, after six months of operation,
revenues were so high that the second stage of
construction was begun a year ahead of schedule.
According to the most recent cash-flow charts, the
$100,000 one-year improvement loan from the public
works fund will be repaid in only nine months.
Presently CATV reaches 58 percent of the potential
subscribers in San Bruno; the feasibility study
projected profits at a 45 percent figure.
San Bruno has one of only 14 municipally owned
CATV systems in the country. And with a population
of just 40,000 it is still twice as populous as any of
the other 13 cities. Nonetheless, more and more
localities have had private feasibility studies per-
formed on municipal CATV development. Palo Alto
is committed to municipal ownership and plans to
finance a good deal of locally originated pro -ram-
ming. A mammoth Rand study of the Dayton, Ohio,
metropolitan area offered municipal -regional CATV
as one of the feasible options. The entire province of
British Columbia in Canada is currently estimating
the benefits of both CATV and telephone operation
as public utilities; the mayor of Vancouver recently
gave the concept his approval. Waiting in the wings
are such towns as Tonawanda, New York, Culver
City, California, and a five -city regional CATV
authority in the Huntington Beach area of California.
In Detroit, the CATV commission recently re-
leased a 162 -page report advocating municipalization.
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Detroit is the sixth largest media market in the
country; municipal ownership there would surely
mark a watershed in CATV franchise policy.
Where Will it Work?
Not all cable systems will be as easy to set up or as
immediately profitable as San Bruno's. One problem
is financing. Despite the potentially high profitability
of CATV operations over the life of a 15 to 25 -year
franchise, tlhe capitalization of such an operation is a
serious undertaking. The sheer magnitude of the
operation, coupled with the complex technology,
continues to persuade many cities to grant private
CATV franchises rather than undertake the enterprise
themselves.
Cities like San Bruno and Palo Alto have a history
of municipal ownership of basic utilities; their
citizens are used to the idea, and there are often city
funds available for initial capitalization. Other local-
ities may not be so fortunate. But bonding authority
is often available, and cities may be able to attract
financing that way.
Whether a city can finance a CATV system and
whether it should do so, of course, are two separate
matters. Among the profitability factors are geog-
raphy, quality of broadcast reception, proximity to
cities in the top 50 or 100 media markets, population
density, and local requirements on cable connections.
In the majority of American cities and small towns,
municipal cable is not only feasible but enormously
profitable on subscriber revenues alone. The present
exceptions are rural areas where population density is
so low that monthly revenues would not cover
construction and equipment costs, and in some of the
largest urban suburbs with excellent broadcastrecep-
tion. Federal subsidy, similar to Rural Electrification
Administration loans for rural telephone systems,
would make the former financially feasible. The
urban systems are more complex, caught in the
resent battle between competing technologies and
p
economic interests.
The latest set of CATV regulations issued by the
Federal Communications Commission -the Third Re-
port and Order—made things very difficult for cable
systems operating in the top 50 markets. Those
difficulties are in large measure a result of constant
and vigorous lobbying by the National Association of
Broadcasters, culminating in revised- urban -cable -
policy guidelines issued by the FCC on February 2,
1972. Commissioner Nicholas Johnson immediately
labeled that decision "a patchwork of protectionism,
designed to foster the interests of vested economic
institutions at the expense of the public," and "a cold
and smog -filled day" for CATV.
Briefly, the new rules provided "exclusivity'
contracts to broadcasters for certain programming
that could not be picked up by CATV systems. They
also severely limited CATV importation of distant
broadcast signals and forbade `leapfrogging" whereby
a CATV system might skip over nearby broadcasters
in favor of importing more distant stations.
The net effect was to protect local broadcasting
interests in the big markets. CATV systems in these
markets are also required to provide locally originated
programming and will be required to provide a free
government channel, educational channel, and public -
access channel by 1977. These CATV services are not
required in the smaller media markets, where,
ironically, subscriber revenues are generally higher
than in the cities.
All of this has produced a situation where many
big -city cable systems are not immediately profitable
on revenue from subscribers alone. Advertising, pay
cable, and various ancillary services will no doubt
insure the profitability of urban systems in the near
future. But at present, the media conglomerates write
off the losses (both real and fictional) against taxable
income earned elsewhere.
Municipal cable systems have no such latitude.
One alternative is for cities to create a partnership
that would allow private investors to claim losses for
tax purposes. The investors would in turn provide up
to 25 percent of the venture capital. Otherwise,
municipalities would have to absorb losses until
sufficient urban cable services were developed to
provide operating revenues, or until broadcast protec-
tionist policies eased. That period might be relatively
short, but cities contemplating municipal ownership
must consider financing through the lean years.
"Unfair Competition"
In most cases, all of these caveats put together appear
insignificant when compared to the potential benefits
of municipal ownership. Cable TV systems are
essentially simple, long-lived, low -maintenance com-
munications networks with enormous public value.
And, since most localities don't yet have cable
facilities, the time is ripe to explore and develop the
possibilities of municipal ownership.
It won't always be easy. Private cable companies,
organized into the National Cable Television Associa-
tion, are: none too happy with the prospect of
competition from nonprofit, municipally owned
systems. The nation's second largest city -owned
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system, in Frankfort, Kentucky, provides a good
example of the political obstacles that public TV
operations are likely to face.
Frankfort's system is unusual, in that it was
established more than 20 years ago; the city is located
in a river valley area that prevents good broadcast
reception. Like San Bruno, Frankfort operates a
municipal water department and owns its electric
distribution system. In 1952, the city utility plant
board formed a non -stock, nonprofit company to
operate the system, and insulated the municipal
CATV board from local political interference. Citi-
zens receive cable service for 52.50 a month, less than
half the national average, and the city has still been
able to support the Chamber of Commerce and the
United Fund generously from subscriber revenues.
But meanwhile the city council of East Frankfort
had issued a nonexclusive CATV franchise to Consoli-
dated TV Cable Service, a private operator. As both
systems expanded to increase saturation and thereby
to lower subscriber costs, they inevitably came into
conflict. Operating on a nonprofit basis, able to
secure low-interest loans from the city, and offering
high-quality service for low subscriber fees, the city
system grew faster than the private one. In January
1973, Consolidated petitioned the FCC for relief,
with full support from the National Cable Television
Association. The firrn charged "discriminatory con-
duct" by the city and its CATV system, official
refusal to renew Consolidated's pole -line -attachment
agreement, and refusal of permission to expand the
system. In the statement of support, NCTA claimed
"these actions occurred precisely because the city
owns a CATV system." The organization asked
rhetorically, "What would be the attitude if the city
owned the only newspaper in town, or the only radio
station, or the only television station?" It added, "It
seems particularly important to us that any medium
of mass communications should not fall into the
hands of government. The potential for abuse is
self-evident. A portion of that potential has already
been realized in Frankfort."
Government abuse, of course, would be a problem
only if the abusing government agency were beyond
public control; otherwise the presumption must be
that it is private interests, rather than the citizenry,
that are being abused. Cities such as Frankfort and
most recently Palo Alto have gone to great lengths to
ensure CATV accquntability, for example by a
governing board that"is part of the city government.
Whatever the theoretical dangers of government
control may be, the public accountability of such a
board is surely several orders of magnitude greater
than the accountability of private corporations, most
of whom in the CATV industry operate from
headquarters in New York City. But residual fears run
deep, however irrational they may be. The city of
Cupertino, California, dismissed further discussion of
municipal CATV precisely because fears of govern-
ment control ran so high. The Detroit study
commission majority recommended a municipally
owned, publicly controlled CATV system, but several
spokesmen in the minority were nearly apoplectic in
dissent. The arguments run the gamut from the
dangers of government control to the notion that
public ownership will be a further cause for private
businesses to leave the city.
The national campaign now being waged by the
NCTA to outlaw municipal and nonprofit CATV
systems shows to what extent the cable industry
appreciates the specter of increased competition. The
- people of Chicopee, Massachusetts, and Columbia,
Missouri, had a chance to see the cable industry's
campaign in action in November of 1972, when both
cities had CATV measures on the ballot.
In Chicopee, a referendum was placed before the
voters asking, "Should your state representative
support a municipally owned cable system?" The
NCTA Bulletin of January 13, 1973, describes with
pride the efforts of the local CATV operator,
Spectrum Communications, to control opinion on the
issue.
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They chose a multimedia approach which intensified
during rite last ten days before the election. First they
purchased program time on two radio stations for
saturation spots. Then they secured time on the
call-in talk shows of these two radio stations. [J.
Orrin] Marlowe (vice-president/ and George Town-
send, the president of Spectntnt Communications,
presented their views on these shows and then
answered questions telephoned in by the listening
audience. Newspaper ads were also purchased to back-
up
ackup the live presentation. Marlowe estimates that the
entire campaign cost his company approximately
51,000.
With little organized backing for the opposite side,
the measure, predictably enough, was defeated by
more than two to one.
In Columbia, Missouri, the referendum appeared as
a proposal for raising a revenue bond issue to finance
a municipally owned cable system. On measures
concerned with bonding, the local government was
forbidden to advocate an affirmative vote. The
Columbia Tribune, not so bound, nonetheless editori-
alized, "The most basic reason for opposing the bond
issue is simply that the city should not be in the
communications and entertainment business." This
time a simple majority of the voters approved issuing
the bonds, but a four -sevenths vote was needed for
passage.
Once again the NCTA Bulletin glowed with pride.
Certainly the struggle for community ownership will
not be an easy one. But cities have a lot at stake, and
a variety of tools at their disposal. For those that
have already granted franchises, condemnation pro-
ceedings—perhaps based on the misrepresentation
that has been a hallmark of franchise battles across
the country—can provide a threat sufficient to force
public sale of the system. Most model franchise
ordinances, including those provided by the League
of California Cities and the National Institute of
Municipal Law Officers, include a clause reserving the
right for the city to "amend any section of this
ordinance so as to require additional or greater
standards of construction, operation, maintenance or
otherwise." A city that wanted to own and operate
its system could pressure the private owner into
selling through increased demands and strict regula-
tion, coupled with the threat of eminent domain. It
could then simply buy the system outright. -
Financing, for purchase of an existing system or
construction of a new one, will normally be available
through bonding or borrowing. Municipal bonds are
tax-exempt, and thus carry lower interest rates than
other forms of borrowing. Minority communities
would in addition be eligible for federal funds, for
example through a MESBIC minority enterprise loan.
Each week, Variety reports more and more cities that
are commissioning special CATV feasibility reports
and citizen study groups. Securing a private francftise
is not nearly as simple as it was only five years ago.
And if even one major city, such as Detroit, makes a
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commitment for municipal ownership, then the
CATV scenario planned by the industrial giants may
be radically altered.
Surely it is a race against time: whether enough
communities can wake up to the potential of cable
before some kind of prohibiting legislation is passed.
With control of communications go vast amounts of
money and power, a truism not lost on the current
hierarchy of communications conglomerates. Local
communities can pre-empt the corporate vision of the
CATV future, and they can provide revenues for
other services in the bargain. Feasibility studies are
not lacking. Technical and financial help is available.
Support from established community -owned systems
has already been offered by San Bruno, Palo Alto,
and others. What remains is for community organ-
izers, interest groups, and their representatives on
town councils across the nation to take over cable
'IV—and thus to return a little more power to the
hands of the people.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Cedar Rapids Area Office
Iowa State Universit� of &iew and Teciaoiov Boa 1427
4401 - 6th St. Rd. SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406
Dear Friend: Telephone:319-363.9637
Enclosed is the regular release of the Metropolitan Cedar
Rapids Consumer Price Index. Please feel free to conl.act
us if we can be of assistance.
David H. Hammond Charlotte Young
Extension Resource Extension Consumer
Development Specialist Management Specialist
lona State University and U. S. Department of Agriculture cooperating
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METROPOLITAN CEDAh PAPI DS-
RELEASED BY IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION, CEDAR RAPII•c AHF.A OFFICE
DATA SUPPLIED BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LAIIUR STATISTICS
January 1974
CR prices
up
The Cedar Rapids Consumer
Price Index
continued its rapid
2.6% past
quarter
rise during the past year.
Prices in
Cedar Rapids were up
8.9% past
year
2.6% from mid-October to mid-January
and now stand 8.9%
-.6%
4.7%
above a year ago.
5.5%
2.5%
US prices
up
4.1%
1.2%
4.6%
2.3% past
quarter
The U.S. average Consumer -Price
-Index
was up less the past
9.4% past
year
quarter, 2.3%, but was up
more during
the past year, 9.4%.
Food up 3.5% past The rise in food prices again was the largest group increase.
quarter, up 19.4% Food costs were up 3.5% the past quarter and are 19.4% above
from year ago a year ago. Fruit and vegetable prices showed a sharp rise
this quarter, up 12.5% but they were down sharply from July
to:October. Thus, they -tow stand about even with the July
price level.
Meat down a little Meat, poultry and fish prices declined 2.0% between October
and Jamiary but are stil.l 23.9% above a year ago. Cereals
Bad bakery products and other foods continued their price rise.
Housing up 3.3% Housing costs were up 3.3% over the October to January period.
Higher homeownership costs and gas contributed to this rise.
Gasoline price Private transportation costs were also higher due to increases
rise increased in gasoline prices but used car prices were down a little.
transport index
Apparel down a bit Apparel and upkeep prices declined .6% from October to January
but remain 4.4% above a year ago. The largest decline was for
women's and girls' apparel.
101 IOrilrrr ndnrm.lhon LOnlal.l
PERCENT CHANGE IN CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Group
All items
Food
Housing
Apparel
Transportation
Health &
Recreation
Cedar Rapids
Last Last
Quarter Year
.U.S. Average
Last 'Last
Quarter Year
2.60%
8.9%
2.3%
9.4%
3.5%
19.4%
3.6%
19.5%
3.3%
8.0%
3.0%
8.1%
-.6%
4.4%
-.6%
4.7%
3.2%
5.5%
2.5%
5.9%
1.6%
4.1%
1.2%
4.6%
David Hammond or Charlolle Young
Cedar Rapids Area L.lensmn Olhce. 4401 61h Street Hold S W:. Boa 142l CG:d;u 161,0% kwa ',/404 Pham- I :I'11 i1,
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Group
All items
Percent change over
1/ Past Past
Index Quarter Year
132.5
2.67 8.9%
Food
146.4
3.57
19.4%
Food at home
146.0
3.67
22.0%
Cereals and bakery products
142.1
6.87
25.2%
Meats, poultry and fish
157.9
-2.07
23.9%
Dairy products
137.5
4.27
22.4%
Fruits and vegetables
147.6
12.5%
24.7%
Other food at home
137.5
4.6%
13.8%
Food away from home
147.4
2.87
11.3%
Housing
130.2
3.37
8.07
Shelter
132.2
3.3%
9.0%
Rent
111.4
2.27
4.87
Homeownership
138.8
3.67
10.2%
Fuel and utilities
130.1
4.67
5.5%
Gas
- 142.4
5.37
6.97
Electricity
112.4
.6%
1.0%
Household furnishings & operation
123.7
2.3%
6.5%
Apparel and upkeep
130.8
-.6%
4.47
Men's and boys'
-132.7
-.47
.57
Women's and girls'
129.6
-1.87
7.37
Footwear
138.1
.67
5.77
Transportation
122.2
3.27
1 5.57
Private
122.7
3.47
5.97
Public
115.5
1.0%
1.2%
Health and recreation
130.0
1.67
4.1%
Medical Care
134.1
1.47
6.0%
Personal Care
124.6
2.6%
4.97
Reading and recreation
131.6
2.57
4.3%
Other good and services
126.1
.37
1.37
l/ 1967=100
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GROSS AND SPENDABLE: EARNINGS OF CEDAR RAPT I)S FACTORY Wl1 KVIO;
January 1974
The gross average weekly earnings of Cedar Rapids factory workers
increased to $202.19 in January, 1974. This was more than offset by the
rapid increase in consumer prices. The gross earnings were up $4.00 per
week from October to January but on a purchasing power basis (1967 do ll;11,;),
there was a decline of $.80 per week. Compared to a year ago, gross c:irnln),:;
are up $14.27 per week but in terms of purchasing power, there was a do -cline
of $1.81.
Spendable earnings start with the gross earnings and subtract state and
federal incomes taxes and social security. The spendable earnings in current
dollars were up over the past three months and for the past year. But again,
rising consumer prices reduced to increase to a lova in purchasing power as
shown on the table below.
Expressed in percentages, spendable earnings were up 6.7% during the past year
but because of rising consumer prices, purchasing power declined 2.0%.
GROSS AND SPENDABLE EARNINGS OF CEDAR RAPIDS FACTORY WORKERS
Change Over
Past Past
Jan 73 Oct 73 Jan 74 Quarter Year
Gross Average Weekly EArnings
Current Dollars
$187.92
$198.19
$202.19
$ 4.00
$14.27
1967 Dollars
154.41
153.40
152.60
-.80
-1.81
Spendable Average Weekly EArnings
for worker with three dependents
Current Dollars $154.91 $162.42 $165.30 $ 2.88 $10.39
1967 Dollars 127.29 125.71 124.75 -.96 -2.54
ANNUAL AVERAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
• The 1973 annual average Consumer Price Index for Cedar Rapids was
126.3 (1967100) This is 4.7Z higher than the 1972 annual average index.
There is frequently confusion about the annual average indexes and their relationship
to the regular Consumer Price Index releases. The annual average index represents the
average level of prices for the entire year rather for a specific month. Annual
average indexes are useful in analyzing long term consumer price trends.
The chart below shows the relationship between the annual average and the monthly
Index numbers. As stated above. there was a 4.7% increase in the annual average
Cedar Rapids Consumer Price Index between 1972 and 1973. When the January 1974
Cedar Rapids index is compared to January 1973, there was an 8.9% increase in consumer
prices during the year. Although there is considerable difference in magnitude, both
are correct since they do measure different things. The 4.7% measures the price
increase between the average indexes. The 8.9% measures the price increases during
the January 1973 to January 1974_period. The latter measures price changes during the
year while the annual average comparison measures price change between the years.
The annual average indexes are 1088 volatile since rapid price rises may be averaged
with more stable price periods. The 4.7% change between 1972 and 1973 annual averages
is an understatement since some of the impact of the rapid price increases during 1973
will not show up until a comparison is made with the 1974 annual average. This
illustratesthe time lag inherent in annual averages.
Measuring price changes using monthly indexes gives a better assessment of current
short term situations since more recent developments are taken into account. They may,
however, overstate price changes when extended to a yearly basis. Short term data are
useful in making public policy decisions since it is necessary to quickly recognize
and compensate for price trends.
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135
130
125
120
115
CEDAR RAPIDS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
1971
1972
1973
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Jan. '73
1974
&VICE REQUEST CITY OF IOWA CITY
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Date
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Dear Resident: Thank you for calling this matter
to our attention. Please call 354.1800 it you
have any questions. We welcome your inquiries
and are always at your service.
By
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
SCULPTURE PROJECTS
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The City of Iowa City desires to commission two sculptures for
permanent- display outdoors. One sculpture (Civic Center Project)
will be located in the Chauncey Swan Plaza across from I:he Civic
Center. The other (Urban Renewal Project) will be located in the
urban renewal area. This site is not finalized, however; the inter-
section of Dubuque and College is a location presently under consider-
ation. This location will not be available for several years so this
sc:I.tlpture must be able to be moved from a temporary location to its
permanent location,
A Steering Committee composed of local people will govern the project.
This committee is to be composed of the Mayor of Iowa City, the City
Manager of Iowa City, two members of the business community of Iowa
City, one member each from the University Museum of Art, the Univer-
sity School of Art and Art- History, Project Green, the Design Review
Committee and the Iowa Arts Council.
The Steering Committee has established the following guidelines which
.:hall apply to the process of selectin.cr the two winning sculptors. The
selection process is under the general supervision of the Steering Com-
rnittee. The Steering Committee shall set up a jury of six people, three
of whom will be chosen by the Steering Committee and three of whom
will be chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts in accordance
with grant regulations. These six people are responsible for selecting
the winners of the two projects. They are additionally responsible to-
gether with the Steering Committee for seeking out qualified contestants.
U.lfert Willie, Frank Seiberling and James Schramm have agreed to
serve as the three local jurors. The Steering Committee shall be respon-
sible for making available a clear description of the proposed sculpture
:sites including photographs and site plans if necessary. Each sculptor
wishing to enter must submit his biography together with photographs,
drawings or a model of his/her proposed sculpture prior to midnight• of
.Tune 3, 1974. Any sculptor is eligible to compete in either or both
projects, however; he is eligible to win only one of the commissions,
Tiie jury may select as many as five contestants for each project. These
scUlptors considered as finalists will be promptly notified of their status
and asked to submit detailed models of their proposed sculpture for final
judgement• prior to midnight September 3, 1974. Each contestant who is
asked to submit a model and who is not a winner will receive comp(-nsatiorn
in the amount of $500. 00 for their entry. The winners will not receive
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compensation for their models. Applicants should seek information
and send entries to W. Richard Summerwill, Iowa Statc Bank R Trust
Companv, P. 0. Box 511, Iowa City, Iowa 52240,
The Steering Committee shall select a chairman and a co-chairman to
solicit - donations for this project. from t.hF: bu.;iness cnmrnnnity as well
as the community at large. The committee shall be charged with
raising $19, 000. Gene Claussen and Ernest Lehman have agreed to
serve as chairman and co-chairman of the fund drive. A breakdown
of the anticipated sources and uses of funds follows:
Uses of Funds
Commission and construction of two sculpture projects:
Civic Center $62, 00O
Urban Renewal 26,000
Total Cost including materials, ^
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nr.odels, admin. , etc:. 4'. 000
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Sources of Funds
Grant- -National Endowment for the Arts $44,000
City of Iowa City (non -Federal funds) 12, 500
Donation from Project Green 12, 500
Fund Raising Drive 19,000
Total Sources of Funds $88,000
Critical dates for this project are outlined below:
April 1, 1974 -------Publish guidelines for competition.
Initiate all publicity required to insure maximum
participation.
June 3, 1974 - Receive photographs, drawings or models from
(Midnight) interested sculptors. Must be received
prior to midnight to be eligible,
June 5, 1974 ------Jury meeting in Iowa City to select up to five
finalists for each project.
September 3. 1974 -Receive models from finalists.
® (Midnight)
September 5, 1974 -Jury meeting in Iowa City to decide winner of
each project.
September -2, 1975 -Completed sculptures delivered and installed
in Iowa City.
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COUNCIL DISCUSSION
MARCH 51 1974
4:00 P.M,
The Iowa City City Council met in informal session on the
5th day of March 1974 at 4:00 P.M. in the Conference Room at the
Davis Building.
Councilmembers present: Czarnecki, Davidsen, Brandt, White.
deprosse absent. Staff members present: Hayek, Kraft, Morris,
Pugh, Wells, Bonnett, Maune, Hurkett, Zelenka. Library Board
members present: Buchan, Downer, Farber, Canter, Trumpp, Kirkman,
Richerson.
Concerning the Library's request, City Manager Ray Wells
explained that the cause of the problem had been identified as
a mid -year adjustment in 1973, which caused the1973budget to
be overexpended by $5,600, and recommended Council approve the
$5,600 increase to the Library budget for 1974, from year -ending
balances. This would meet what the city employees were given.
Council discussed if service contracts with other cities
reflected the increase in library costs, and noted budget
process -to start soon.
Councilman White commented on the relationship between the
Library Board and the City Manager, and suggested a discussion
by a committee from the Board and the Mayor and City Manager on
whatever ways could facilitate library operations by utilizing
managerial ability and staff capacity. It was the general
concensus of the Board to agree, and they advised that they
would discuss it at their next meeting.
The City Manager noted that concerning the mass transit
grant application, the items as pointed out at the last
discussion- maintain the level of service that Council had
indicated it wanted, including three buses and other routing_
In answer to the question on what effect consolidation
of facilities would have on our dollar amount, the City
Manager said that basically the maintenance facilities are
sized to accommodate a fleet of twenty-five.pieces of equip -
1 t 1 inte rated additional shelters
ment, and if comp e e y g
would'be needed, and noted would have to see the other applications.
It was suggested that if each governmental unit submits
an application, it would speed up the process. The review
could,start and UMPTA would send someone in. The Mayor noted
that it could be discussed at the next University meeting.
Mr. Kraft advised that the grant application would have to
be increased $2,000 for each bus, so this item would increase
to $141,000.
Councilman White explained the difference between the
Transit Co-ordinating Committee and the Transit Advisory
Committee. He then advised he would be resigning as Iowa
City's representative to the Transportation Policy Committee,
because of other demands on his time and also that he felt
that the chairperson of the Commission itself probably best
not be involved in submitting recommendationsto the Commission
on which he will be chairing debate and discussion.
The City Manager stated that other ramification,'of new
routes and purchase of leased buses could be discussed on
March 19th. He noted it would take a minimum of thirty days
after the decision to implement the routing.
Council then discussed the List of Pending Council Items,
and requested some designation or symbol on items which would
not appear on the next list. Mr. Kraft advised of an up date
for 74-1444A in their next Planning and zoning minutes. Attorney
Hayek noted he had been considering hiring a law student to
assist in area of landlord -tenant item. In discussion of street
storage ordinances, Mayor Czarnecki commented that a fee could
be charged to park on the streets. Mr. White suggested a response
to 73-1541. Concerning 73-155Q Mr. Pugh reported a plan utiliz-
ing the bank had been given to the Chamber of Commerce, and
the Mayor advised ISPIRG had circulated a flyer.
Attorney Hayek advised he would file a report on the status
of the vacation of Lower West Branch Road, but noted that the
easement was owned, rather than fee title; had been deeded in -1.860
as Davenport Road, and upon vacation possession reverts to adjoin-
ing property owner. He discussed Council options. The Ordinance
will be added to the agenda on March 19th.
The City Manager presented the Policy Handbook and Admirii.s-
trative Manual prepared by Administrative Aides Kay Maune and Bill
Neppl, noting that it was the basic format, and there are other
areas Council might want to add. Staff is developing the Purchasing
Policy and Procedures and the Personnel Manual. Discussion was
set for March 26th.
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March 5,
Discussion '
1974
The City Manager and Public Relations Director Julie Zelenka
reported that the radio question and answer broadcasts were set
up for the 25th for WSUI and on the 27th for KXIC, two Dottie
Ray broadcasts and one WMT -TV taping. Those participating were
not designated. The Mayor announced that there would be a series
of nine public meetings, adding Grant Wood School and Memorial
Union to the previous seven schools, at which Council and Staff
would answer questions about the urban renewal referendum.
It was moved by Brandt and seconded by White to adjourn
to executive session to discuss appointments to Boards and
Commissions and negotiations for urban renewal contract. Upon
roll call Czarnecki, Brandt, Davidsen, White voted 'aye', deProsse
absent. Motion carried.