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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-06-26 Bd Comm minutesF MINUTES j DESIGN REVIEW COMMI1P'1'LE JUNE 13, 1979 -- 4:00 P.M. RECREATION CENTER ROOM "A" MEMBERS PRESENT: Lilly, Summerwill, Alexander, Haupert MEMBERS ABSENT: Seiberling, Wockenfuss, Wegman, Sinek, Lafore STAFF PRESENT: Chiat, Deevers GUESTS: Dick Gibson, Patricia Boutelle, Roland Wehner SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION: Chairperson Lilly brought the meeting to order. Due to a lack of quorum the minutes for April 11, 1979 and April 25, 1979 were not approved. Also the election of officers was postponed until the next meeting. LINDQUIST AREA AND WASHINGTON AND CAPITOL STREET CONCEPT PLANS: Dick Gibson, Director of Facilities Planning at the University of Iowa presented the concept plans for the Lindquist Center and surrounding areas. Gibson explained that the project would be pieced out so not all the funds would be expended at one time. The streets and curbs for Capitol and Washington Streets will be bid out in June. The hopeful completion date for this project is October 15, 1979. The Univer- sity will be moving into planning of amentities with a construction starting date for this fall or next spring for the remainder of the project. Surfacing, lighting, and planting will he developed in coordination with the City so there will be an inter- facing similarity in ideas. The concept plans have been reviewed and approved by the University of Iowa User Group and the Campus Planning Commission. The Lindquist Center and surrounding area has been previously approved by the Design Review Committee. The Lindquist area will be responsive to the Mall details as well as retaining the design of the Pentacrest. Lilly asked why there would be parking by the University Library. Gibson explained that parking had been lost due to the Lindquist Center, therefore, additional park- ing is needed. Summerwill felt the art piece located by the Physics Building should be moved to where the original plan indicated. Summerwill commended Gibson for the University cooperating with the City's plan. Lilly asked where the University was with their plans at this point. Gibson said the University was negotiating on what portion the City would take for working, drawing, and design of the plans. The Committee thanked Gibson for his presentation and told him that they would endorse the plans. ECUMENICAL HOUSING CORPORATION -- ELDERLY HOUSING PROJECT: Roland Wehner, architect for the firm of Wehner, Nowysz, Pattschull, and Pfiffner, presented the Elderly Housing design plans. Wehner informed the Committee that there was a chance that the Elderly Housing Project would not continue because HUD had allocated $300,000 less than the contractors' cost estimate. The Ecumen- ical Housing Corporation will return to HUD and request additional funding. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES i;Vg 6 i MINUTES { DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE 1 JUNE 13, 1979 -- 4:00 P.M. PAGE 2 The building will have a stucco exterior which will be computable to the exterior of the Senior Center. There will be 11 floors with 8 apartments on each floor J and the first floor will be a lobby and common use area. Window unit aircondition- 1 ers.will be installed in each apartment. i Summerwill asked when he would know if additional funds were allocated. Wehner replied within the next 30 days. The Design Review Committee felt the design plans were excellent. The Committee thanked Wehner for his presentation. O'111ER BUSINESS: The Committee asked to review the design plans for the First National Bank. r The Committee would like a report from the City Inspector regarding the plantings in the Pentacrest Garden Apartments to see if in fact the greenery had been planted according to the .planting plan. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Julie Deevers, Senior Clerk Typist MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOIRES MINUTES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MAY 21, 1979 CONVENED AT 9:00 A.M. ENGINEERING CONFERENCE ROOM MEMBERS PRESENT: Anderson, Orelup, Nusser STAFF PRESENT: Pat Brown, Director of Human Relations RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF: None. RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY: None. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT DISCUSSION: The meeting convened for the purpose of conducting oral interviews for the position of Police Sergeant. The written examination for this position was given on February 26, 1979. At the close of the interviews, the Commission made the decision to meet at 7:30 p.m. on May 24 to discuss test results, oral interviews and input from the command staff. The May 24th meeting will be held for ministerial purposes only. Prepared by June Higdon MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES ia97 MINUTES BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION JUNE 7, 1979 4:00 P.M. CIVIC CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Terry, Eskin, Washburn, Pepper, Madsen STAFF PRESENT: Helling, Tiffany OTHERS PRESENT: Elliott Full, Bill Blaugh of Hawkeye Cablevision; Nancy Bruce of KXIC; Tom Seering of the Daily Iowan; John Munson of the Iowa City Press -Citizen The meeting was called to order at 4:05 p.m. Minutes of the June 5th meeting were distributed. Consideration of approval was postponed to the next meeting. Announcements The address and phone number of Hawkeye Cablevision is 605 Iowa State Bank Building; the phone number is 351-4470. Specialist applications have been narrowed to 15. Commission members will rank the top five to six to be interviewed next week. Discussion of the Eastern Iowa CableVision request for franchise was held. Each Commission member stated his or her viewpoint. Bill Terry said that cost, aesthetics and change of rules in midstream were his concerns. Primarily, the fair return justification in two years would result in higher rates. Low-income groups, students and young families should be able to get cable television at the lowest possible price. Double wiring down the streets would be ugly contrary to Joe Day's view. Jen Madsen said that she concurs with Day that competition is desirable. She wonders why they want a market where they would have less chance of profit, but there is no way of knowing. Secondly, she was unimpressed with Mr. Krueger's assumption that this was an exclusive franchise, when legally that is incorrect. Third, there is some question concerning Joe Day's statement whether Eastern Iowa CableVision would have the ability to provide the same service. She got the impression he wasn't saying identicals but comparables. His letter of June 1st says Eastern Iowa CableVision would follow the same or similar regulations and ordinance as Hawkeye Cablevision. She doesn't think he meant to match service for service. Concerning the chance of reasonable rate of return and competi- tion, she agrees with Day, but doesn't feel Iowa City can take two franchises. She does feel both had to know when bidding that a second franchise was always a real possibility. She doesn't feel under any MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1401nEs I ;M N �I Broadband Telecommunications Commission June 7, 1979 Page 2 Obligation to believe we would have to raise the rates in two years. Finally, she doesn't feel we can justify two franchises in Iowa City even though she likes competition. Sandy Eskin said her main point which had not yet been covered was Day's emphasis on cable television as entertainment and this did not consider the range of communication needs we expected to serve. Two franchises would mean a situation where people would have to buy two systems to get full communication or it would only be entertainment instead of a communi- cation system. 1 Washburn said the idea of a cable television war is intriguing. Consumers could benefit in the short run until one wins and then consumers would L have to bear the cost. Cable television could be regulated so the If citizens did not have to buy too much of the profits back for the company. It could be intriguing,but the telling point is that the communication service would be inhibited. Therefore, it is in the best interest of Iowa City to have one well run system with well developed services. I Bob Pepper stated the greatest advantage to competing systems would be if we had a large enough subscriber base to make it viable to have ongoing i competition in order to improve services. Iowa City is not large enough. f The single benefit stated by Day was to the system that would win. Cost to subscribers would be in ultimate rate increases. Cable proliferation and construction disruption are also drawbacks. The most convincing argument is in terms of system services. We are getting a sophisticated system for this size of community, but it is dependent on revenue to the company and rates to the subscriber for success. If we were not concerned about communication the competition would be great. The City has to reserve the right to grant a second franchise somewhere down the line if Hawkeye Cablevision is not satisfactory, Mr. Krueger overstated the single j franchise idea because the Council resolution reserved the right to grant other non-exclusive franchises. Terry moved that the Broadband Telecommunications Commission recommend to City Council it is not in the public interest at this time to award a franchise to Eastern Iowa CableVision. Washburn seconded, motion passed/5-0. The next meeting will be June 19, 1979 at 4:30 in the City Manager's Conference Room. Connie Tiffany will summarize the main points of the Commission review for transmission to Council along with the minutes of the June 5th and 7th meetings. Terry also recommended transmission to Council of the June 6th memo from Connie Tiffany. Pepper announced the Commission may want to discuss a citizen's program advisory committee to advise on local origination and the use of the matching funds. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES MI NU ITIS IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF 'TRUSTERS REGULAR MEETINC MAY 24, 1979 4:15 I'M S'I'ORYHOUR ROOM MEMBERS PRIiSFNT: Bartley, Bezanson, Farber, Moore, Osted- gaard, Richerson MEMBERS ABSENT: Hyman, Kirkman, Newsome STAFF PRESENT: Eggers, Westgate, Tiffany, McGuire OTHERS PRESENT: --- Summary of Discussion The meeting was convened at 4:30 PM by Vice -President Moore. The following Minutes were approved, with corrections as noted: Regular meeting of April 26, 1979 -- in Director's Report, correct spelling of Sandra Keller (not Keeler); Building Committee #3 meeting of May 1, 1979; Building Committee M1 meeting of May 2, 1979; Special meeting of May 3, 1979; Building Committee 91 meeting of May 17, 1979. Bartley/Ostedgaard. It was requested that Ron Farber's name be added with Jerry Newsome's under item #8 in the May 23 Building Committee N3 minutes. Minutes from Build- ing Committee R3 of May 23, 1979, were also reviewed. The May disburse- ments were approved. Richerson/Ostedgaard. Director's Report attached. President Bezanson noted that applications for the three positions on the Library Board for which terms expire June 30, are being accepted at the library and City Clerk's office through noon, June 11. Applications which are received by June 6 will be duplicated for distribution to Council members. Board members were asked to encourage people to apply for the positions. It was suggested that a press release go out with a statement from the President urging residents to apply. Bezanson appointed a nominating committee to recommend officers of the Library Board for the upcoming fiscal year. The nominating committee mem- bers are Moore, Newsome and Richerson. They are to report at the Regular .June meeting of the Board. Building Committee N1 will be meeting weekly at least until contract docu- ments are approved. President Bezanson expressed his hope that the existing Building Committees be carried over into next year. He also expressed his approval of the progress in general on plans for the new building. Building Committee N3 met twice last month. Bartley reported that she would be checking with the City's legal department to clear the legality of the Board's solicitation of gift funds. The brochure was distributed (over) MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOIIIES '`"1 MINUTES IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING MAY 24, 1979 STORYHOUR ROOM Page 2 and highly recommended by all present. It will be accompanied with a isolicitation letter, but is not to be mailed generally. It was suggested that donors be honored through recognition during dedication ceremonies. This committee will be meeting again with Darrell Ilyrick later in June. The Director was evaluated by the Board and unanimously approved a 10% raise. The increase represents both a merit and a cost -of -living increase based on the FY1978 base salary of $23,256. Tiffany reviewed, point by point, with the Board the first draft of the lease with Hawkeye Cable Vision. The Board approved sending this draft as amended during the meeting to the company noting that final approval must be made by the Board and that this draft is still subject to change. The Board was shown the picture chosen "Most Popular of Show" at the Iowa City/Johnson County Arts Council Paper/Fiber Show, the award funded for the second year from the Library's Gifts and Bequests Fund. The Board set Tuesday, June 19, 1979, at 4:00 PM, in the Storyhour Room, as the time for their next Regular meeting. New members will be invited to attend. Audio-visual consultant contracts with Harry A. Herbert and Dale Mallory totalling $1750 were approved. This was an extension of an earlier $2000 contract. The Director noted that their work on the new building had been some of the best dollars spent so far. Bezanson/Richerson. The meeting was adjourned at 6:40 PM. Respectfully submitted, 1 L� A4,�u.,c 1 Susan McGuire, Recorder. i MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES r i DIRECTOR'S REPORT IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING MAY 24, 1979 - 4:15 PM STORYHOUR ROOM PROGRESS IN BUILDING PLANS: 1. Building Committee N1 is now meeting weekly (Wednesdays, 4:15 PM). We will be sending those minutes out regularly. This is the best way to stay informed on day-to-day progress. i ! 2. The schedule has been revised. Contract documents will be ready for review by July 11 and bids opened August 29. Construction is sched- uled to start approximately September 26. 3. We are engaged daily in review of interior elevations, casework detail, telephone, security, lighting, electrical systems. 4. Furniture layout and interior design is moving slowly. Layouts will be completed by July 11. Details of color, fabric and furniture selection will be done in the fall. We project an August or Septem- ber presentation to the Board with revisions throughout the fall and completion by December 31. We will advertise furniture/equipment bids about March 1, 1980, open April 15, and ask for a September 1980 delivery. PROGRESS ON COMPUTER CONVERSION PROJECT: 1. We've had our first "bad" period with considerable down time the past 7-8 days. Previous to that time we had raised production to 5,000 items a week. CLSI has replaced the disc. controller and we expect to rapidly return to our former rate of input. The conversion staff was sent home part of the time and will be making up the hours in the next few days. We will be working on data entry seven days a week starting June 4. 2. Our library cards and application blanks are ready and the volunteers are being recruited for the massive patron re -registration that takes place this summer. There has been a very positive response to our request for volunteers so far. We will also be using some young people in the summer CETA program for the project. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES