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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-10-17 TranscriptionPage I Item 2. Student Leadership Awards Item 2a Horace Mann Elementary Throgmorton: I know there are two fine young .... kids, students (laughter) Horace Mann Elementary. And I can't wait to give you your awards! (laughter) Would you come on up? (talking in background) Yeah, so maybe I could stand between ya I guess. Um .... so my .... my daughter went to Horace Mann. Did you know that? She was a Mann Mustang! Yeah, and she graduated .... I don't know, a few years ago, and is now a student at the University of Iowa! Yeah, and I live like two blocks away from Horace Mann. Yeah, so I'm a big fan, as you can tell! (laughs) Okay! So.....what do we have here? I think, Jose, you're gonna be first, Jose! So .... maybe you could read your .... your, uh, paper there and then I'll .... read the Student Leadership Award for ya. Okay? So, here ya go! I can hold (mumbled) Amador: (clears throat) Thank you for the people who nominated me because they noticed me by doing the right thing. I think I got nominated because my friends see me like a good person, a helpful guy. I help other people in their learning because this is .... it is not fair that kids that don't get their problem in class and there are teachers busy sometimes and that nobody .... no one helps them. And another reason is when some students are done with their work, they start to play around and being loud. So I think it's unfair to the kids that aren't done with their work get distracted by other students. It is important to be a good citizen because without (mumbled) our world will be messier than now. Throgmorton: Very good, thank you! (applause) So, I probably should have read the award first anyhow, but it says Student Leadership Award (reads award) So, there's your (mumbled) and .... Liliana Moessner? Messner. Macener... is next. Okay, so the award reads exactly the same as what I just read, except it has Liliana's name on it. So, uh, would you read your statement please? Moessner: Thank you so much for allowing me to speak tonight. I believe I was nominated because I try to help people as .... be as optimistic as possible because it creates a better environment and an overall better day for I hope everyone. I also try to be as helpful as I can in general. I al .... I try to keep people happy, even if it's hard to look past the bad things in our life, but I would.... because I would rather have everyone else in the world be happy than just myself because that would be self- centered. I believe a good citizen is someone who focuses on the benefits of the community because if everyone spends time doing the wrong thing, it takes away This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 2 from the things we should be doing to better the community. Thank you. (applause) Throgmorton: Very good. I know there's some pretty proud parents out here and other relatives, so .... congratulations to you for doin' a great job helping to bring up your .... your kids. I also note that this is the 100th anniversary of Horace Mann Elementary. So, wow! A hundred years! Can you imagine that? It's been around that long? Unbelievable! Here you go, here's your award. It says the same thing as Jose's does but has your name on it, okay? Okay, join me please in congratulating our great (mumbled) (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 3 Item 3. Special Presentations Item 3a Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Throgmorton: So Item 3 is a special presentation by Josh Schaumberger from the Convention and Visitors Bureau. Good evening, Josh! Schaumberger: Good evening, Mayor. (mumbled) congratulate the kids but they're gone so (laughter) All so excited their school's about to get done! So that's.... fantastic! So good evening, Mayor, and Council. Um, as you know my name is Josh Schaumberger and I have the pleasure of serving as the President of the Iowa City/ Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. I'm joined here today by Nick Pfeiffer, our Director of Marketing/Communications. We're here on behalf of the local organizing committee behind the recent UCI Telenet Cyclocross World Cup. As many of you know, this was the second consecutive year that North America hosted two of these globally broad.... broadcast races with Iowa City having served as a back-to-back host city. Once again Iowa City was the center of the cycling world for a weekend in September, with a televised viewing audience of more than eight million people. Things were a little more challenging this year due to the races taking place during a Hawkeye home football game, uh, but the weather was perfect and our community stepped up once again to truly set the bar for how a world cup city should host an event. And those aren't my words. Those are truly the words from UCI and the professional riders. Over 350 of our neighbors volunteered for the three-day event that attracted more than 10,000 visitors and approximately 1.7 million in local visitor expenditures. I want to especially thank Geoff Fruin and the City of Iowa City for their continued support of this event. People from all over the world know Iowa City for its literary heritage. They know Iowa City for its wrestling greatness. But they also know Iowa City and Iowa, uh, for its love and passion for cycling. It's only because of the support of Geoff and Tom Markus before him, who helped us land this event. Geoff s entire team, people like Captain Troy Kelsay, Darien Nagle- Gamm, Juli Johnson, and certainly all of you that Iowa City is held in such a high regard. I know I saw many of you out there over the weekend. I know I was out running everywhere, so I'm sure all of you were there, but I saw Susan and Kingsley and John and Pauline, Mayor, um, thank you for bein' out there and for your recognizing of this as not only a .... an important economic impact, but a .... the social impact this has on our community. On behalf of race founder Dr. John Meehan, course director Ben Anderson, and the entire World Cup Cyclocross Committee I'm pleased to present you with a scaled down replica — it's very scaled down — of the official Telenet UCI World Cup backdrop that was This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 4 broadcast all over the world for three hours last month. I'm sure Geoff and Simon will find a great place to hang it here, uh, somewhere at City Hall or elsewhere. So I'll put it up here, Mayor, if you want. Throgmorton: All right! Could we set it right here? Maybe just turn it around (both talking) Schaumberger: All right, it looks good! Throgmorton: Fabulous! Mims: Thank you very much! (several talking) Great event! Throgmorton: Great seein' ya, Josh! Thank you (several talking) Mims: Yeah, thanks for all your work on it, Josh, you and your staff. It's..... Schaumberger: For sure! So hopefully we'll, uh, learn in a couple months whether we do some more cycling with RAGBRAI next year! (laughter and several talking) Throgmorton: Well I know you have many other events comin' up, you know, cause we have World Cup Wrestling (both talking) Schaumberger: ... a marathon now, so should be fun! Throgmorton: Are you gonna run in the marathon? Schaumberger: No, I don't run (laughter) I bike! Throgmorton: Maybe Juli will though. Schaumberger: Juli's run `em all, everywhere! Thank you! Throgmorton: Good deal! Thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 5 Item 4. Proclamations Item 4a Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery Throgmorton: (reads proclamation) Zach, I think you're gonna come up. We have one of our terrific firefighters to accept this proclamation. (applause) Hickman: Just real briefly, uh, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, City Council, for, uh, recognizing this special day, um, in the fire service, but uh, I want to assure you as the Iowa City Fire Department that, uh, this is a message that we, uh, preach all year long, uh, how ... the importance of working smoke detectors and how they save lives, from the elementary kids to the senior citizen groups that we work with and talk to. Uh, this is just a very important message and without working smoke detectors, it's an uphill battle for us in our jobs. So, thank you for this opportunity. Mims: Thank you. Throgmorton: Thank you, Zach. (applause) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 6 Item 4. Proclamations Item 4b United Nations Day Throgmorton: The next proclamation has to do with United Nations Day and I'm especially proud to read this particular proclamation, given, uh, recent statements by some other elected official. (reads proclamation) Jim, Jean, who all's gonna accept this proclamation? (applause) Lloyd -Jones: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Members of the Council. Maria Padron is a member of our board, um, of the Johnson County United Nations Association. Um, she's a native of Argentina, but has been a citizen here for many, many years. She's, uh, employed here in Iowa City and is a great, uh, board member. So.....and I'd also like to introduce Jim Olson who is secretary of our local chapter of the United Nations Association. We thank you for the proclamation and for getting the year and the date right. The UN is 72 years old this year, and we're kicking off the week with a celebration of the world's children, which will be held Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 at the University Club on Melrose Avenue. And we invite any and all of you to come if you can make it. So, thank you very much and peace and prosperity to all! (applause) Throgmorton: Jean, it's wonderful to see you, and if I remember correctly, you will be making the keynote speech at the Human Rights breakfast? I'm re ... I'm really looking forward to hearing it. Lloyd -Jones: (unable to hear, away from mic) (laughter) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 7 Item 5. Consider adoption of the Consent Calendar as presented or amended Botchway: So moved. Thomas: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Thomas. Discussion? I want to note two items, uh, Item 5d(10) is a resolution accepting the work for the Ashton House site improvements as a result of a REAP grant. Item 5d(10)Ashton House Site Improvements REAP Grant 2016 - Resolution accepting the work for the Ashton House Site Improvements REAP Grant 2016 Project I don't know if any of you have been to the Ned Ashton House, but uh, the improvements made there are really terrific. Juli and I were down there and Geoff was down there just a few days ago. So ... it's wonderful to see them. Item 5e(2) sets a November 6 public hearing on an ordinance that would restrict sales of consumer fireworks in Iowa City .... to industrial areas. I know there are a lot of people interested in fireworks and how they're used and misused and so on. So, uh, they might be interested in that particular public hearing. Item 5e(2) Regulation of sale of fireworks — Motion setting a public hearing for November 6, 2017 on an ordinance amending Title 14, Zoning, Chapter 4, Use Regulations and Article 14-21), Industrial and Research Zones, to restrict sales of consumer fireworks to Industrial Zones Okay, so, uh, any other discussion? Pauline: I just wanted to make a comment about the Ashton House. Uh, I've been to an event there, I believe it was the League of Women Voters' event and so a lot of folks who were attending had never been there and .... but that's ... the conversation throughout the room was how beautiful that venue was and what.... especially the, uh, landscaping around the area, so, uh, compliments and kudos. It's a great jewel and .... and we should promote it a lot when we do. Throgmorton: Absolutely! I just rode on the bike trail that runs on the river side, right next to the Ashton House, earlier today. So it was really fun to do that. So, bravo to the Parks and Recreation Department! Okay, uh, any further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 8 Item 7. Planning and Zoning Matters Item 7a Cardinal Pointe West Part 2 — Ordinance conditionally rezoning 28.03 acres from Interim Development - Research Park (ID -RP) zone to High Density Single -Family Residential (RS -12) zone for 5.35 acres, Low Density Multifamily (RM -12) zone for 3.3 acres and Rural Residential (RR -1) zone for 19.38 acres for property located west of Camp Cardinal Road and south of Kennedy Parkway (REZ17-00014/SUB17-00015) a) Public Hearing Throgmorton: Before I open the public hearing, I need to know if anybody needs to make ex parte disclosures. No? Okay. So I'm gonna open the public hearing. (bangs gavel) Uh, yeah, so .... good evening, John. Yapp: Good evening, Mayor, Members of Council. Uh, the overhead shows the location of the proposed project. While the total size is about 28 acres, the majority of the property, uh, would be reserved in outlots. Uh, they are wooded ravines and slopes. Uh, the development activity would take place on the .... the previously farmed area, uh, in between the wooded ravines. (clears throat) This map shows a zoning pattern, uh, in color. The .... the pink area would be the low-density multi -family, uh, which would be townhouses. The yellow area would be high- density single-family, a complex ... uh, excuse me, a combination of single-family and duplex structures, and then the blue areas would be set aside, uh, as outlots, as .... as private open space. Uh, this is just another graphic showing those zoning designations on the property. Uh, the property is located south of Kennedy Parkway, uh, off an extension of Preston Lane, just on the west side of Camp Cardinal Boulevard. This is a, uh, concept plan that the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council reviewed when the first phase of this development, the single-family loop street, uh, was developed, uh, last year. The proposed concept is generally consistent with the concept that we saw at that time, meaning townhouse development, uh, in the center of the property, bracketed by, uh, these wooded ravines, which would remain open space. Uh, and this is zooming in on the design, uh, for the project. Uh, again, townhouses in the middle, uh, there'd be single-family lots on the ... uh.... it appears to be north, but it's more like the eastern part of the property, and duplex lots on the western part of the property. Uh, couple things that came up during staff and Planning and Zoning Commission review were the width of the alley, uh, or private drive that serves the, uh, rear of the townhouses. Uh, staff had recommended, and Planning and Zoning agreed, to narrow that .... that drive to 18 -feet wide, uh, to discourage excess pavement, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 9 discourage speeding traffic. Uh, and also landscaping, uh..... being required both at the ends of the townhouse units, you know facing the duplexes across the street, and also landscaped areas in between the driveways, along the alley. Uh, so the recommendation is with a condition, both for a narrower alley and with the final plat a final landscaping plan, uh, for .... for this area. I would also note, given your previous discussion, uh, the residential streets are proposed at 26 -feet wide, which is currently our narrowest residential street standard. Uh, I do expect there would be on -street parking in this neighborhood because of, uh, townhouse -style development. Uh, in discussing traffic issues with the applicant, the applicant has also proposed, uh, what are called neck downs, uh, at the intersections. These two intersections with Preston Lane, uh, those would neck down to about 22 -feet in width, uh, to encourage slowing down traffic as they go through the intersections. Uh, this is just another view with the sensitive areas identified, all the hash marks you see here are all steep slopes and .... and it's all woodlands. Uh, but those would be set aside. Uh, with that, uh, staff recommends approval and Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, and I would also point out the... the condition regarding the narrower private drive, uh, the Planning and Zoning recommended, we did receive a .... an updated graphic with that narrower drive, uh, shown on it. Oh, the other issue that came up at Planning and Zoning was regarding a sidewalk connection along the, uh, west side of Camp Cardinal Road, Camp Cardinal Boulevard, bordering this property. Uh, that sidewalk has also now been shown on the development plans. With that, I'd be glad to take any questions. Throgmorton: Okay, uh... well, yeah, so .... uh.....do y'all have any questions (laughs) for John. Cole: Just super quick, how many single-family homes, how many duplexes, and how many townhomes? What are the numbers on that? Yapp: Nine single -families; six duplex lots, so 12 duplex units, six duplex lots; and 33 townhomes. Cole: Thanks! Thomas: John, on the .... on that alleyway question, um, as I remember in the P&Z minutes, the .... the standard alleyway width is 16 -feet? Yapp: In the older parts of town it is, yes. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 10 Thomas: Uh, what .... what is the alleyway width in the Peninsula neighborhood? Do you know? Yapp: Off the top of my head I don't ..... I don't know. Thomas: Cause I .... I was trying to scale it off Johnson County GIS and it scaled it less than that. So I ..... I have a little bit of a concern even with the com.... I mean if 16 is .... is considered acceptable, um, I mean I'll just leave it there, but it's, you know, that was a compromise it sounds like that you .... you're reached with the.... Yapp: The, uh, the, uh, developer, the applicant, would have preferred what they submitted (both talking) which was a 21 -foot ... foot wide. Throgmorton: It's hard to understand why it has to be that wide. Are, uh, are there other questions for John? Taylor: (mumbled) comments now or just questions for him? Throgmorton: Well, just don't get into the decision part of this. Ask questions if you have questions. Taylor: Well I'll state a positive thing first though. I'm glad to see the woodlands preservation. That's good, but my question is about, uh, do you have any idea what the price range of these units are going to be? Yapp: I don't, and that's.... that's typically not a part of our (both talking) Taylor: Right, it wouldn't be, cause you had mentioned the first phase, and from what I've heard, uh, from folks in that area are that those homes are .... are pretty pricey, running like $350,000 to $400,000. Yapp: The .... (both talking) to the north? Taylor: In the first phase, yeah. Yapp: Yep. Taylor: And .... and that's concerning to me, that if these units would also be in that kind of a high price range. That doesn't seem to be what we really (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 11 Yapp: I would say at least for the duplex and the townhouse units, those will be on smaller (both talking) smaller lots, smaller footprints of structures. Taylor: Okay! Thank you. Throgmorton: John, I have a question about Borlaug School. Yapp: Okay. Throgmorton: I know we had another, uh, rezoning for .... for another part of this development earlier, and I think at the time I, maybe some other Council Members, expressed concern about kids crossing this Camp Cardinal Boulevard, right? Yapp: Right. Throgmorton: Yeah, so my concerns are redoubled. I don't want to get us in a situation where we find that kids are havin' to run across that street in order to get to school. What are we gonna do to make sure that intersection is safe for them to cross? Yapp: I know the M .... the MPO has had some conversations with, uh, City of Coralville, uh, and the School .... the School, and their preference is that the .... the crosswalk be on the north side of the intersection, uh, because the school's on the north side. That's actually in the City of Coralville. Uh, so the MPO I know has been working with Coralville. I'll have to get you an update on where that's at. Throgmorton: It'd be very good to know that, uh, before a second reading on this. Uh, other questions for John? Well, I'm hearing no other questions. Thank you, John. So I need to ask you if you are inclined to vote in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation. If not, uh, I would have to continue the public hearing to allow for consultation with the Planning and Zoning Commission. So, uh, are you inclined to vote in accord with the Commission's recommendation? Thomas: Would, um, recommending that the alleyway width be 16 -feet be considered in accord? Dilkes: Well when you close the public hearing as well, the conditions are .... of the conditional zoning agreement (mumbled) as it stands. I don't know where the .... where's the width addressed? In the plat? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 12 Yapp: Uh, the width is addressed in the conditional zoning agreement. Dilkes: Okay. So.... Yapp: That .... that has been signed. Dilkes: You'd have .... if you want to explore that, then we'd have to keep the public hearing open. Throgmorton: Do you want to explore that? Thomas: Uh, personally I .... as I said, it sort of speaks to what we were talking about in the work session, and urn .... on .... on this alleyway, if it's anything like the alleyways in the Northside, you typically only have cars traveling in one direction at any given time. So it gets into this question of, you know, you have.....you know, the ... the wider the alleyway, um, the more likely there will be higher speeds, uh, combined with the fact that it's more paving if. ... if you look at the design here, there are, um, driveways that look to be equivalent in width to the alleyway, so you have close to 50 -feet of pavement there. It would reduce costs to the, uh, contractor, I would ... or the developer, to .... to narrow the alleyway as well. So I'm not quite understanding the, um, why the ... why there's the need to widen it. Throgmorton: Do the rest of you have an opinion about this particular point? Would you be inclined to favor the idea of.....indicating, signaling that we'd like to see a narrower alleyway? Botchway: Eleanor, what's the procedure basically from that standpoint? Do we extend the public hearing and then we'd have to consult with P&Z? Dilkes: Well, I'm not.. A think you have to offer a consult to P&Z if it's on that alley width and it's .... they very well may not want to do that, but I ... the bigger issue is it's part of the conditional zoning agreement because it's reflected in the ... the site plan, um, which ... the conditional zoning agreement says it must be in compliance with the site plan which is attached to the CZA. So you can't .... if you want to change that term, you need to keep the public hearing open, and you can do that by continuing the public hearing to the next (mumbled) Taylor: This doesn't have to do with the alley width but I echo your concerns about the safety of the students or the school, and I'd like to see a more definite plan before, uh, accepting this for .... for that. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 13 Throgmorton: I think John's gonna come back to us with information about what Coralville intends to do, uh, at our second reading, or during the continued public hearing, uh, two weeks (both talking) Dilkes: That's not an issue for the public hearing because you could vote no on it at second reading. That's not reflected in the conditional zoning agreement. Throgmorton: So I understand the point about continuing the public hearing. Uh, we .... we can certainly do that. Assuming we do that, and it's clear there's majority sentiment for wanting a narrower alley. What then .... would transpire? Dilkes: (several talking) Mims: ...who's the majority that (both talking) Throgmorton: Well, no I'm .... I said assuming. I don't know that (several talking) Dilkes: At that point there would be discussions with the applicant. Dickens: Now this is being built to the current standards that we have? We haven't changed our standards yet, right? That's.....so this follows what ... was presented follows our current standards. Botchway: And our current standards being what? Cause I ... didn't you say it was 21? Or the developer requested 21? Mims: Or is there a certain standard for alleyways? Dickens: I know we're working toward it but.....this project is here now. Yapp: Uh, I believe, and I just conferred with Ron Knoche, the modern standard for an alley is 20 -feet. Uh, the developer did agree to go down to 18 -feet. Throgmorton: What did the staff recommend? What did the staff advocate? Dilkes: 16 to 18. Throgmorton: So the developer agreed to cut it down to what the staff (several talking) Correct? Okay. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 14 From: One of the things to keep in mind here and while this wouldn't necessarily be a City operation for this particular development is the waste pickup will be off that alley. So even if it's a private hauler, you're lookin' at a larger vehicle comin'... corning through there. Uh, Councilman Thomas mentioned the Peninsula and the narrower alleys in the Peninsula and that's proven to be very difficult for our operations. We can't run our standard waste trucks down those alleys to pick up trash. We have to run a .... a smaller truck just for the Peninsula neighborhood to pick up that trash. Um .... uh, and I don't know what those widths are, but that's some of the complications you can get into when you have these alleys that ... that function, um.....uh, have .... have that waste function in them. Throgmorton: Would ... would the alley be a public street or privately owned and main.... maintained? Yapp: It'd be private. Privately owned and maintained. Throgmorton: You .... you wanted to say something (mumbled) Mims: Yeah I was gonna say, I'm in favor of closing the public hearing and voting. I think the standard, uh, well, I'll just say that at this point. I can discuss more once we make a decision, but..... Throgmorton: Okay, so I need to know if, uh, folks are inch.... inclined to support the Planning and Zoning Commission. So I'll just say for my part, I .... I'll support the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation. I think the alley's too wide. What's most important for me is getting the kids to school safely. That's crucial. So I don't know. How bout the rest of you? Botchway: Supportive of closing the public hearing. Dickens: Same. Throgmorton: Well, there are four in favor of closing the public hearing. Okay, so .... that's what I'll do! Unless ... is there anybody else who wants to address this topic? Okay, seeing no one else I'm going to close the public hearing. (bangs gavel) b) Consider an Ordinance (FIrst Consideration) Mims: Move first consideration. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 15 Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? Cole: Related to this topic of lane width, um .... for the alleyway, I totally hear what you're sayin', John. I .... I agree with you on that particular topic, but that said, I don't feel like this particular.... pro.... part of the process is where we make that modification. That's.... that's my view. I think if we have the standards, they need to be developed according to that standard. Um, and I think at some point in the future, if we want to change that, that should be part of a separate process, but I don't like making policy at this stage, and I think they need to be rely on very clear directions in terms of what we expect from our staff and ... and what our standards are, but I .... I would agree with you that we .... we do at some point in the future need to look at that. Um, one second thing I just want to quick bring up, I love the....this development in the sense it .... its mix of housing types, and I hear Pauline's concern about some of the more expensive units. Um, but I .... I think that's terrific in the sense that it's also balanced out by the townhomes, and I ... it seems like it's a little bit of a trend. I'm seeing more and more townhomes, duplexes, and single -families working together in terms of the development and I think that's a great concept, so we have that socio-economic diversity, to the extent that we can, um, in our developments. So I just want to give kudos to the staff and the developer. I like the.....especially in this part of town, um, you know, in terms of getting that density right with the mix of incomes. Botchway: So ... (both talking) Mims: I would agree with you on both points, Rockne. I .... I think when we have standards in place and developers have gone through and done ... had all the engineering, all the design work, had all the drawings done, I don't think we should be coming in like you're saying, Rockne, at the last second and trying to change policy or .... or make those changes. Um, I think if. ... if we feel as a Council that in these developments those .... those back alleys should be narrower, then we need to be looking at that as what our standards are. But given Geoff s comments on the fact that we're having to run special trucks through the Peninsula, I .... I think we've really got to look at what makes sense, but that ... that's a discussion for another time, and again, I agree entirely on the idea of this mixed housing. That's why I'm excited also about the form -based code down around Alexander and stuff. It gets to the point John's made previously about the This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 16 missing middle, trying to bring these, uh, diversified types of homes together in the same area at different price points, so .... (both talking) Botchway: So I would agree and disagree in part. I mean I .... well (laughter) because it kind of goes back to Pauline's point. I'm not necessarily seeing the same thing that y'all are seeing on this price point. I mean I'm thinkin' that it's gonna be (both talking) Mims: Rezoning is not dependent on price points! Botchway: Oh I'm not .... no, so I'm looking at it .... I apologize! I guess I'm looking at it from a macro level, because when I look at that area in general, I .... I feel like that's a priced out area. Like I'm not seeing (mumbled) just ... because you mention it, Pauline. And so (mumbled) after everybody was talking I was just kind of looking at whatever that graphic was, um, John, that was just showing the area in general, and I was like, man, what ... what different.... what kind of diversity as far as income housing types do we have in that area? And I agree, this is not the time to think about it, but I .... I guess I want to call attention to it in the same sense that Pauline is because.. A think that's, I mean it's ... most of the land is now being developed and I don't think there's any other time or, um, situation that we can ... do something in there, and if we can we may need to, just because I just feel like that's just a ... area that's gonna be .... a relatively unaffordable area for many and that's somewhat problematic for me. I mean somewhat problematic from the sense that I didn't think about it before. I mean it's problematic from the sense to me that golly lee, that's a .... that's a large chunk of Iowa City that's .... and I can think about it from the standpoint we don't have a lot of land, um, that's getting developed and so it's.....it's just problematic. But in general, um, kind of going back to why I agree in part, um, you know, I like the... I like the development. I like, um, how it's used and how it kind of abuts the woodland area as well, um, but that's concerning. Fruin: I'd just like to .... to point out if you were to zoom out of this area, um, there's a definite mix of housing types around here. Matter of fact the Council's approved a couple of, um, workforce housing tax credit applications from the same developer on adjacent properties, um .... and so you're kind of at a very micro scale here. I think as you zoom out, you'd .... you'd see a greater diversity. Botchway: You talkin' bout those townhomes? Fruin: No, I'm talking .... I'm talking (both talking) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 17 Botchway: ...up there. Fruin: No, I'm talking multi -family units. Botchway: Okay! Throgmorton: Any further discussion? Thomas: Yeah, I would just .... you know I .... I support the project. I think there is, you know, for this area, uh, a wide, as we've been saying, a wider range of housing types. Uh, so .... for this type of development I think there is some income diversity that will be generated by that. Uh, the .... the use of the alley I'm very supportive of. Uh, there is a small amount of open space there in .... in, um, at one of the entries to the alley on the, uh, on the left side of the image, and getting just quickly again, getting back to the alley, the staff had said that 16 -feet was okay, uh, and L ....I would assume that meant in terns of cs.... service vehicles as well, um, but you know, urn .... I .... I understand the point too then, this is why we had that conversation earlier. We really need to very .... be very clear on what those standards are so that we aren't in these situations. This is .... I don't like being in a situation where we see something that is of a concern to us. Throgmorton: Any further discussion? Well I'd just like to observe, uh, given what John said, that um, the alley is privately owned. Will have to be privately maintained. Uh, I don't particularly want to get into the business of tellin' `em exactly how wide their privately owned alley needs to be. Uh, so given what everybody has said, I'm.....I'm gonna vote in favor of the proposed rezoning. Roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 18 Item 9. Riverfront Crossings Park, Phase 3 - Resolution approving, authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute and the City Clerk to attest an Agreement by and between the City of Iowa City and Confluence, Inc. to provide consultant services for the Riverfront Crossing Park, Phase 3 Project Botchway: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Mims: Just exciting to keep it movin' forward! Throgmorton: Yeah! Keep it movin' on! Dickens: It's movin' fast (both talking) Throgmorton: We heard a presentation earlier in our work session from Juli Seydell Johnson about all the progress that's been made out there. Kudos to the Parks and Recreation Department, uh, and it's really great to see all the progress. Thank you. I'm hearin' no discussion. Yeah? No discussion? Roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 19 Item 10. Wastewater Treatment Facility Backup Generation and Electrical Distribution Upgrade - Resolution approving, authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute and the City Clerk to attest an agreement by and between the City of Iowa City and PRVN Consultants, Inc. to provide engineering consultant services for the Wastewater Treatment Facility Backup Generation and Electrical Distribution Upgrade Project Mims: So moved. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Discussion? Ron, did you want to talk about this some? Give us a ... us and the public a hint about it. Knoche: I'll just mention that, so PRVN's out of North Liberty. Uh, they have already done a concept on this project for us. Um, basically this will upgrade the generator on site to, uh, facilitate the whole facility. When we did our consolidation, uh, we just were goin' with the original generator. Um, and then along with that there's distribution within the plant site that we'll also be upgrading, um, along with some resiliency. There's some low areas that we want to elevate things so there's no issues with water in the future. Throgmorton: Okay, good deal, and the, uh, the cost is gonna be paid for by waste water revenues, is that right? Thank you. Okay, uh, we have a motion on the floor. Any discussion from Council Members? Botchway: Sounds important! (laughter) Throgmorton: (laughs) Sounds important! It's like listening to the SUDAS discussion! (several talking and laughing) Okay, hearing no further discussion, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 20 Item 11. Belt Filter Press Replacement - Resolution awarding contract and authorizing the Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to attest a contract for construction of the City of Iowa City Belt Filter Press Project Mims: So moved. Botchway: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Mims, seconded by Botchway. Ron, please, uh, explain to the public what this is all about. Knoche: So the .... the belt filter press is take the bio solids and squeeze the water out of them, and then they go and .... and we dry them and then they get field applicated. So ..... so this is the process actually squeezing the water out of it so that we can, um, then use it. It ... it, uh, it saves time in regards to the processing of that. Um, the belt filter presses that we have in place are original to the plant, so they've been in service and they've outlived their useful life. Uh, with this project, uh, there will be some upgrades in the ventilation in that area to help the corrosive nature that's in that room, and then also, uh, the alternates 1 and 3 are for some door upgrades and then also a driveway, uh, to the .... the door where these are at. So, um, we had great bids. Um, and it's a .... it's a well needed project, uh, down at the plant. Throgmorton: Good deal, and it's also funded by waste water revenue? Knoche: That's correct. Throgmorton: Yeah, thank you. Uh, any discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 21 Item 12. Workforce Housing Tax Credits - Resolution in support of the Dubuque & Prentiss Investments, LC Application for Workforce Housing Tax Incentives Program from the Iowa Economic Development Authority to construct residential housing at 225 E. Prentiss Street and committing local funds to the project Throgmorton: Is there a motion to approve? Botchway: So moved. Dickens: Second. Throgmorton: Moved by Botchway, seconded by Dickens. Discussion? Good evening, Tracy! Hightshoe: Hi! I'm Tracy Hightshoe with Neighborhood Services. We received another application for the workforce housing tax credits. Um, just as a reminder this is our 12a' request. We have .... we have approved 11 so far for 771 units. This is a program that dis... that is designed by the State, basically for .... it's targeted to middle income households to encourage the redevelopment. There are financial incentives that, um, reduces sales tax liability and it gives a 10% investment tax credit per unit. Um, we received a, uh, application from the developer Kevin Digmann, um, the name of the legal applicant will be the, um, Dubuque and Prentiss Investments, LC. So they want to build 60 .... up to 60 units at 225 E. Prentiss Street. Um, it is zone .... they'd have to get it rezoned. Um, they will apply for a Riverfront Crossings .... uh, Central Crossing. It is compatible with our Comprehensive Plan. That being said, this is a very preliminary concept plan. Um, we'll still have to look at flood plain issues, um, sensitive areas. It'll have to go through our design review. Um .... design requirements. So, there's a lot of legislative approvals still need.... still needed; however, all developers are trying to race for that queue. You know it's a, um, first-come, first -serve application with a .... at the State. So the developers are submitting. There are a lot of approvals to go to, and I did put in the memo that .... that catch-all disclaimer that your approval of the resolution does not commit you to .... or the .... require local match does not imply any support for any future legislative processes. So, this is just for them to submit the application to the State. Throgmorton: Great! Thank you. Any questions for Tracy? Don't run away, I have one! An... any questions? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 22 Mims: Hightshoe: Mims: Hightshoe: Mims: Could you just quickly repeat .... how many applications we've had. Did you say we've approved 1 I out of 12? You've approved 11 for 771 new units. 771,thank you! None have been completed yet. Okay. Hightshoe: But we have approved the applicant.... we've approved the local match for all of those. And the local match is $1,000 per unit. So if we've already provided, um, TIF financing, any type of financing like we did general fund. We provided 5600,000 to Three Diamond Development for the senior housing going on, uh, Williams Street. We don't have to provide additional match. So if we've already provided some, we don't have to come back, but if we've provided no match then we have to at least commit $1,000 per unit. Taylor: So, Tracy, did those 11 that you'd approved, did they get the matching funds from the State then? Were they approved, also approved for that? Hightshoe: I don't know if all of them are approved (mumbled) funded. Um ... once .... once they apply, the State doesn't come back and notify us, oh, they've been approved. Um, but the developers I've talked to say they submitted and they've been ... they've received a letter saying they're awarded. Now what they have to do at the end to prove they've qualified, um, this program's reminder does not require them to sell it to income -restricted people or sets a maximum rent or sales tax. The State just looks at is the cost to construct less than 200,000. These developers will have to go back to the State and show their budget to qualify, and then when that happens, then we'll have to .... we'll have to provide our match. We're only providing our match if they're going to get the federal... or the State credits. Throgmorton: Tracy, I'd like to ask a question about something that confuses me. In your memo you indicate that the .... the workforce housing tax credit program .... is designed to assist the development of housing projects that are targeted at middle income households and that focus on the redevelopment or repurposing of existing structures. But, what we're lookin' at here, and I think all the others we've This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 23 looked at, have to do with new structures. So I .... I'm confused. This is the first time I've noticed this so .... can you help me out? Hightshoe: That was copied from the State code. Um, it's just redevelopment and I guess they.... doesn't have to be, it can be new construction. There's no requirement. Can't be a Greyfield, a Brownfield; can be new construction. So it's any type of development that fits their.....under $200,000 per unit cap. Throgmorton: Well if that's quoted from the code, redevelopment or repurposing of existing structures. Hightshoe: No, I know what you're sayin' ! But yeah they .... they have approved..... Throgmorton: This is puzzling. Maybe (several talking) Dilkes: ....there used to be existing structures there. Taylor: It's repurposing ..... what was there. Frain: Yeah, in .... in this case, there's.... there's..... it's the old Plumb Supply building, so it's still there. They're not gonna repurpose it. It'll be a demo and rebuild, but Council's approved (both talking) Tlrrogmorton:... interpreting it, huh? Yeah. All right. Frain: Yeah, ultimately the State's the one that interprets it. Um, if. ... if someone applies and doesn't meet that standard, then our match is ... is out. Um, but Council has approved, uh, green field sites, in -fill sites with structures, in -fill sites without structures. Throgmorton: It .... it's the first time I've caught this language and .... and it confuses me (both talking) Hightshoe: I'll double check! Throgmorton: Yeah. Okay. Thanks, um, any further questions for Tracy? Thank you. Anybody else want to address this topic? Okay, uh, Council discussion? Oh (mumbled) yeah, any Council discussion? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 24 Taylor: I guess I .... might be another question for Tracy, as far as if it is 60 units, and from your experience, do you anticipate that there would be a demand for that number of units for this kind of a structure, for these middle income (both talking) Hightshoe: ....since there's no income or sales restrictions. It's in a .... a favorable location, so .... I don't anticipate a problem with demand for the property. There were 60 one and two-bedroom units. And it's up to 60. So due to site plan configurations, they might not be able to get 60 (both talking) Taylor: Thank you. Throgmorton: Further discussion? Hearing none, roll call please. Motion carries 7-0. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 25 Item 15. Community Comment [if necessary] (items not on the agenda) Throgmorton: Uh, Ben, I know you routinely speak at this moment. Nelson: Yep. I'll just keep it short and sweet, not too many announcements. Uh, just another reminder tomorrow is our City Council candidate forum, um, at 7:00 in the IMU on the third floor. Um, feel free to, like I said, it's student -oriented, um, but feel free to bring your own community members, um, whoever you, uh, would like to be there. Um, for those who are participating who are in this room, uh, let me know if you have any last minute questions or concerns and we can try to address those if necessary. Um ... also tomorrow morning between 8:00 to 10:00, we have `Mochas for Mental Health' where UISG is handing out free coffee, but also giving free mental health resources to, um, students who pass by and then also, I believe it's October 27`h, don't quote me quite on the date, um, the Friday before Halloween, UISG will be posted up downtown in Black Hawk Mini Park, uh, for our Hungry Hawks event where we'll be handing out free snacks, um, but then also, um, resources on safe drinking habits, um, trying to make sure that our .... our student body is, you know, practicing safe .... safe behavior, but um... other than that, that's all I have for you tonight! Thank you very much! Throgmorton: Thank you, Ben. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 26 Item 16. City Council Information Throgmorton: Maybe we'll start with Pauline and move to the right. Taylor: Well, I'm really excited.... Tracy's left the room but, urn, she and I are, ub, leaving on a flight at 6:50 tomorrow morning, so I'm glad we're movin' right along here to go to Henderson, Nevada for the Invest Health pod convening. Uh, that's where only about 10 of the 50 cities in the group, uh, get together on a certain topic, which, uh, the topic's going to be `Community Engagement,' so we're looking forward to .... to attending that. Throgmorton: John? Thomas: Oh, nothing other than I happened to be in California when the worst fire ever to (several talking) burn in an urbanized area took place, and that was quite an experience. Um, so we .... we here in Iowa have certain things to be thankful for. Um.....you know, I .... you know, the conditions that generated this fire, not the conditions that you would find in Iowa, but it was, urn .... truly an extraordinary event to witness. Mims: How close to it were you? Thomas: Uh, we were in Sonoma County when the fire started, so we were about 20 miles. And it....it started in the middle of the night. That was part of the ... the reason it was so catastrophic. Mims: Um, I've got two items. Uh, attended a great event at, uh, I guess I would say ICAD hit another home run, I think, last Friday with, um .... uh, `An Honest Conversation' was the title of the program. They had it out at the Kirkwood Community College facility out in Oakdale. Five individuals who are relatively recent, uh.....people to come to I ... the Iowa City area, um, a variety of ages, etc., and .... and uh, jobs and ... and things that have brought them here, and so just to hear them talk about what they have found in Iowa City, what they like, um, and I would say it was 5-0, in fact they love this place. Two of `em native Californians who just talked about, you know, how great Iowa City was. One young man was talking about .... he'd grown up, it sounded like in a fairly well to-do family, uh, in the Silicon Valley area and, you know, parents well to-do, and he says, `You know I would never be able to buy property in California unless I inherited it.' And here in mid-20s and he's bought a townhouse and so just .... you know, the difference in terms of those kinds of situations. So it was a great conversation. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 27 Um, and great to hear .... and let me tell you, when people are coming here from the outside, we .... we sit up here as we're developing policy and looking at issues in the city and I think sometimes if people loo .... listen to us they might think that this is a terrible place (laughs) cause we're always talking about things we want to improve and, you know, things that .... that should be better, but this is a really special place. A really, really special city and area, and um, these five people really were happy to be here and, you know, all of them had come not expecting to stay, and now they're all saying, `Eh, I might,' and some of `em already decided, yeah, this is long term, and others are saying, `I could see myself maybe staying here.' So great event on ICAD's part. Uh, second, the, uh, I'm not sure how many we've done now, but Crisis Intervention Training is going on this week and um, I was checking into the numbers. We have had 36 of our officers go through the Crisis Intervention Training so far, and we've got another 15 going through this week. So that's gonna put us, um, up at 51 of our officers having gone through it by the end of this week. Just a fantastic event, um, and .... and good training. I had gotten an email from Jessica Peckover, Jail Alternatives with the County. They're.... they, it really takes a village to put on this program, and so they were looking for people to bring breakfast in, and so I'm bringing part of the breakfast. I just pick it up at HyVee and take it over, and Kingsley's doing it on Thursday and ... so doing that for `em. So, great event and thanks to all of our officers and people that are going through it. Throgmorton: Yeah. Thanks to both of you for doing that too! (several talking) Botchway: Is that half? Mims: No, it's 60 or 70%. We've got, I mean we've got 80 -some odd sworn and this is gonna be 50 .... what'd I say? 51 of those. So.... Botchway: Cool! (several talking) Oh, nothing! Dickens: I'd like to thank the Englert again for bringing David Bromberg and John Sebastian, uh, who played for the Loving Spoonful (both talking) Throgmorton: What a day for a daydream, right? Dickens: Yes, if you believe in magic, they were! (laughter) The two of `em together and John came back on stage and played a great harmonica, so .... it was a .... my wife and I were some of the youngest people in the crowd (laughter) so it was, uh, it was a lot of fun! And on another note, Halloween is coming up. So, just be safe This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 28 out there. Uh, there's gonna be a lot of very excited kids on the sidewalks and streets, so ... before our next Council meeting, that'll... Halloween will be upon us, so be careful! Cole: Jim, we're updated now on our committees or is that a separate agenda item? Throgmorton: That's separate. Cole: Okay. So I won't discuss the City of Literature, UNESCO. I'll do that a little bit later! Um, Jim, you voted now I think three times against smoking in the park, and um, or to allow smoking in the park, and I actually ran into Feather Lacy the other day at the, uh, New Pi Co -Op. Throgmorton: Is she mad at me? Cole: She wasn't mad at you. She supported you. Um, because she brought up this question of wood fire policy in the City of Iowa City, and I .... I mentioned to Feather that I'm not gonna support a change. I'm one of the people who do burn from time to time with a little, you know, things that you can buy, but I did think she brought up a good point. Um, you know in terms of you brought up this question of well, how dangerous is cigarette smoke in our parks? I think there is an element of danger, but your point is is that it's relatively modest in an open air concept, and you know, I think Feather brought up some really valid points in terms of how .... how dangerous is wood smoke? Um, what .... what do we need to look at into the future? I'm certainly not ready at this point to evaluate or change the existing policy that we have. Um, but I think it'd be incumbent upon all of us as a community to .... I think she did submit this, she submitted these materials for us to look very carefully at that, and another thing that she had brought up was this concept of, you know, in the olden days we used to burn our leaves, and that was considered very routine, and then about 25 years ago that was changed. So, that was sort of a policy interaction where I wasn't expecting to think too much about that particular topic, but Feather, if you're listening, I did bring it up. Um, and I think you bring up some really good points, and I think it's something we have to monitor closely because really what it comes down to is air quality, uh, on that particular issue. Um, the second thing I guess is a little bit more substantive too. Mark McCallum has talked a lot, and we're going to address it I think in two weeks at the parking district (both talking) Throgmorton: You know we ... we probably (both talking) in the work session, Rockne. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 29 Cole: No (mumbled) had correspondence though. So I .... I don't know if there was an issue to bring up. The only question I had, and maybe this would be for the subsequent work session, can we use funds from the, um ... parking improvement district for general funds, cause that's.... that's an issue that I just didn't know, and I don't know if we want to defer that. Maybe that'd be something we'd bring up later, but I did bring it up in the context of the correspondence that was brought tonight. So.... Throgmorton: Okay. Cole: ....those two things. Throgmorton: Good. Fair enough. Okay, I want to mention several items. Uh, no one, uh, none of you mentioned the Book Festival, which I think was a terrific success, not that I saw every event or whatever that was taking place, but I did sit in on one panel discussion, which was really superb. So.....bravo to, uh, John Kenyon and everybody else involved in the .... putting on the Book Festival. Also I attended the International Writing Program's Gala 50'x' Anniversary celebration on October the 11'. Uh, bravo to Chris Merrill and everybody... everybody else affiliated with that. Uh, there were a lot of people there and .... they had a .... a really good time and it was a great thing to see being celebrated. Also, uh, Geoff, Captain Kelsay, and I attended a refugee and immigrant recognition dinner, uh, few nights ago. I don't know, we had big, long room. I don't know if anybody else was there. Yeah. Yeah, so congratulations to .... to the members of the association for organizing that event. It was a pleasure to be there. Uh, I see Fatima has left. I think maybe she was there earlier. I mean she was here earlier and I think maybe she was there that night. Uh, skip those two things. Um ..... tomorrow I'm gonna participate in a re-entry parole simulation, which'll be fun except the problem is I'm gonna get paroled and I'm gonna have a lot of trouble finding a job, I think. We'll see how that goes. But it's a simulation, you understand, so .... I'm looking forward to it! Uh, the Economic Development Committee's gonna meet at 8:00 A.M. here on the 19th of this month. Uh, the ped mall design open house will take place on the 26' of this month at the Sheraton Hotel, from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. And there's gonna be a Climate Action Plan public meeting at 6:30 P.M. in the Public Library on November the 2"a. I think I have all those dates and times right. So, that's enough for me! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017. Page 30 Item 17. Report on items from city staff a) City Manager Throgmorton: Geoff? Fruin: Nothing. Throgmorton: Ashley? Monroe: I'll just add that there will be child care for the Climate Action Committee meeting. The community meeting will include child care at the Library, so families are welcome to (both talking) Throgmorton: ... that was publicly noticed, right? Or (both talking) Monroe: Yeah, we're....we're getting the word out there about the meeting and I'll just note it again. Throgmorton: Yeah. Great. Thank you. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Iowa City City Council regular formal meeting of October 17, 2017.