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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-07-17 Info Packet&&'*city of Iowa Cit;` f MEMORANDUM DATE: July 6, 1979 TO: City Council FROM: City Manager RE: Informal Agendas and Meeting Schedule July 16, 1979 _ Monday 1:30 - 5:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M. - Review zoning applications 1:45 P.M. - PAD 1750 Rochester 2:00 P.M. - Council agenda, Council time and Council committee reports 2:30 P.M. - Review new Library plans 3:00 P.M. - Sanitary sewer system facility plan - Public Works 3:30 P.M. - Discuss transit routes and fares - Public Works 4:00 P.M. - Executive session - Pending litigation - Legal 4:30 P.M. - Consider appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Appeals, United Action for Youth Board, Parks and Recreation Commission, and Committee on Community Needs July 17, 1979 Tuesday 7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers July 23, 1979 Monday NO INFORMAL MEETING July 14, 1979 Tuesday 7:30 P.M. - Special Council Meeting - Public Hearing - Council Chambers July 30, 1979 Mondav 1:30 - 5:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M. - Review zoning applications 2:00 P.M. - Council agenda, Council time, and Council committee reports 2:30 P.M. - Discuss leaf burning policy PENDING ITEMS Northside Study Area Transportation Study Presentation on new Art Gallery - July 1979 Appointments to Housing Commission and Committee on Community Needs - August 14 Discuss major city projects MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES 10.9 I 0 City of Iowa Cit; MEMORANDUM Date: July 2, 1979 To: Department Heads, Division^Heads ` % From: Assistant City Manager � )y �/1 Re: Summer Council Meeting Schedule ( I` After the City Council meeting of July 3, 1979, the Council will begin meeting on its summer schedule. That schedule has been slightly modified as follows: July 10 --- No meeting July 17 --- Regular meeting July 24 --- Special meeting (public hearing) July 31 --- Regular meeting August 7 --- No meeting August 14 --- Regular meeting August 21 --- No meeting August 28 --- Regular meeting Sept. 4 --- No meeting The special meeting of July 24, 1979 is for the purpose of holding a public hearing to determine whether or not the liquor license of Woodfields is to be suspended or revoked as a result of complaints of alleged discrimination. It is not anticipated that any other Council business will be conducted during this meeting. cc: City Manager City Clerk Local Media bcl/24 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES HOMES TOO City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: June 29, 1979 To: All Department Heads, Division Heads, City Employees, Bulletin Board From: City ;pager Re: Credit Union Membership Approximately four years ago, City employees indicated a strong interest in credit union participation. Based on that interest we applied to the University Credit Union for membership. However, the State of Iowa stood in the way of such membership for a long period of time. As a result of these difficulties we worked with area legislators and the University of Iowa Credit Union to bring about a change in the State law which governs credit unions. Finally, this past week, the University of Iowa Credit Union received permission for City of Iowa City employees to be members. We are in the process of making final arrangements. As soon as the payroll deduction forms and information concerning credit union member- ship are available, they will be sent to every employee. cc: City Council im5/18 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1101?IES Presentation by Carol deProsse, Councilmember, City of Iowa City, Iowa, at a Colloquim sponsored by the Government Finance Research Center (Municipal Finance Officers Association) entitled "Performance Measurement in Local Goverment," May 18, 1979, Washington, D.C. Prior to July 1976, the Iowa City City Council had a continuing concern that our budget process was woefully inadequate. We had a budget that was impossible to read in a meaningful way because it dealt only in numbers. The Council had no basis on which to make funding decisions other than how much money had been allocated the previous year and whether or not we "liked" what was going on within a particular city department. The Council felt that if department heads could present some kind of a plan to us for the upcoming budget period, we would be better able to decide a department's budget on what was projected to occur within the coming year. As a body, we were totally inexperienced with any kind of performance standard measurement, but our city administrator heard us complaining and responded appropriately: management by objectives --performance standards and measurement --got underway in Iowa City. Initially, we started out with a performance program budgeting technique that attempted to answer the questions of the City Council. That process began with goals and objectives being set by department heads in conjunction with the City Manager. The City Council then reviewed these goals before moving into implementation through the adoption of the budget. It wasn't long, however, before we realized that for the Council to remain relatively happy with what was going on in any given year, we, as policy makers, needed to establish our own goals and objectives. Realistically, budget programming and the development of performance measurements is a continuing process in the administration of our various city departments. While the final performance measurements written into the budget document may appear to be the work of the originator of the specific budget portions under consideration, a careful scrutiny of the budget process quickly dispells this. Realistic performance measurements reflect the consolidation and accommodation of a large number of "cues" received by the originator of the budget in question. Perceptions of community needs from administrative and legislative points of view may be diametrically opposed. The administrator responding to "cue" stimuli often opts for both budget program and performance measurements that co-opt the "middle ground" in the decision-making process, thus satisfying, albeit moderately, as many "cue" givers as possible, especially if those "cue" givers have or can gain political influence. To the administrator, the budget process and the establishment of performance measurements often MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIDIBEs 1#sir ■ + Page 2 becomes satisfaction -oriented rather Lhdi product -oriented. Standards of performance measurements are relatively easy to establish as one discerns the desires of the groups within and outside of the government that impact upon government decisions. A "cue" given in the public budget hearing of a year or so past that seemed to indicate an immediate or future community need or direction is stored by a perceptive administrator or legislator and is later fitted with other "cues" given by other agencies or individuals and probably becomes the subject of performance measurement at some future point in time. Thus, perceptiveness to "cues", coupled with observed needs, becomes a partial basis for budgeting as well as the ensuing performance measurements that are a portion of the budget process. This process is at once both rational and political, but it is subject to so many variables that it is less than compatible with carefully arrived at, and subscribed to, planning efforts. Determining that the City Council wasn't offering enough initial "cues" early enough in the budget process, we modified our plan. This time the Council sat down and collectively arrived at a set of goals and objectives which were then used by the department heads as a guide in the preparation of their fiscal year budgets. This is now an annual occurrence by the Council with our goals and objectives serving as the directives for the priorities within each of the departments as well as for the city as a whole. Still further modification has brought about the issuance of quarterly reports by the individual departments which provide the Council with a step-by-step assessment of the goals and objectives of each department throughout the fiscal year. These quarterly reports enable the Council to change periodically the programs of the departments to coincide with changes in service demands. After several years of moving in a direction of measuring work productivity and program effectiveness it is now easier for the council to determine which departments are unable to meet their goals and what adjustments need to be made in order to bring about the desired result. One of the biggest benefits this system has brought about is the increased awareness the council now has of the amount of work being undertaken by each of the departments. This new sensitivity has helped to ease the unreasonable workload the council often puts on its staff. When we had no idea how many projects were underway in any given department, or their status at any particular moment, or the number of hours of manpower that those projects were expected to utilize, it was easy for us to refer everything to the staff with directions to "report back as soon as possible." There were no priorities except what a majority wanted done at any given moment. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES NOIRES Page 3 In Iowa City we do not define performance measurement as the measurement of the performance of a department in terms of the number of arrests, the number of miles of streets paved, the number of tickets issued, the number of employees hired, the number of citizen complaints answered or the number of water bills processed. Of course, these measurements can be put into such a form that they can be useful to decision makers. For example, one could say that an increase in the number of miles of streets paved from year one to year two indicates a greater performance from year one to year two. The fallacy, however, is that performance in the Streets Division might be better gauged by the number of preventive maintenance programs implemented and therefore how long between pavings the city can go and still maintain acceptable level of service. To examine simply the quantity of services without being concerned with their quality is to lose sight of the meaning of performance measurement. In Iowa ' City our aim is to balance the quantity and quality of service delivery. h I think everyone understands that in government, any theory, no matter i how sound, is seldom carried out in as pure a state as some of us might like. Public scrutiny, the need for policy makers to answer to their various constituencies, and the vagaries of human nature all cause disruption to the best laid plans. { A city council does make and adjust its decisions on the basis of individual I citizen requests, collective citizen desires, manpower availability and economic constraints. However, prior to FY78, Iowa City departmental operations were on a day-to-day basis and the council was unable to assess projects and programs because there was no plan of action. Since that time the council has been able ' to go to the budget document along with the quarterly reports and see where certain projects or programs have failed to meet a proposed service level. Performance standards and measurement in Iowa City serve to make the various departments accountable to the City Manager with the City Council as the final body of review. Performance measurement is good for planning, budgeting, work schedules, manpower allocation and control, production planning and control and cost accounting. 1 The legislative body is particularly involved in the planning and budgeting aspects of performance measurement. As an elected body, our decisions are political ones -- or at least perceived as political. If they also happen to be rational and logical, so much the better. In a local government setting, the more performance measurement you have, the more constraints are placed on the council's decision making process. Therefore, any system that puts too many restrictions on the council's ! ability to make political decisions'will be rejected., In local government, any system of performance standards and measurements must be flexible enough to produce MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES j 1 ! i I i r ' I' I- I I I I I L i II ti I i I j 5 i I I 1 i i 1 I Page 4 an improvement in efficiency and effectiveness, but at the same time permit the democratic process to work. In general, the implementation of performance management, therefore, is tied to upper, middle, and lower level management more than to the legislative body. Performance management in Iowa City is based on 1) the quarterly reports that are part of our management by objectives system, 2) citizen input as to service delivery, 3) economic constraints on service delivery, and 4) political considera- tions in providing services. These political considerations play the largest role in the city council's decision on the performance of each department. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROIAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES 110111ES -CITY JF IOWA CITY IVY c I (`III I-' /II' i 'ff:,I flf Ir ,;'r July 3, 1979 Mr. Mortimer L. Downey Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, D.C. 20590 Dear Mr. Downey: This letter is being sent at the request of the City Council in response to your letter of April 10, 1979, to Mr. Raymond Kassel, Director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, and also in response to his letter of ! May 7, 1979, to you relating to the proposed alignment of Arterial Highway 518 along the western limits of the City of Iowa City. Several statements made by Mr. Kassel appear to be either misleading or erroneous. Mr. Kassel stated that the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan depicts a primary arterial which generally follows the 518 corridor. He also states that a primary arterial in the plan was defined as a divided boulevard or expressway. While this is true, he fails to mention that in the City's Comprehensive Plan, on page 8, it specifically states that a majority of the City Council is opposed to the construction of a four -lane freeway and that it prefers a two-lane (relocated U.S. 218) facility. 1 While it is a valid transportation planning process for state traffic engineers to locate freeways within corridors that are one to two miles wide, the location of a high volume limited access route in proximity to urban development must be viewed at an entirely different scale. The proposed IDOT alignment for arterial 518 shows that route going within a few hundred feet of area within the corporate limits of Iowa City which is currently being urbanized. The route proposed in the City's adopted Comprehensive Plan shows this facility located two to three thousand feet west of the IDOT alignment. In both of the above mentioned instances the route would be located within the general corridor for the highway. In the case of the IDOT alignment the freeway would have a very adverse impact upon nearby residential development and would be in conflict with one of the plan's transportation goals (page 12) which is to protect neighborhoods from the adverse effects of arterial traffic circulation. If the route were to be located along the City's alignment, while still being within the i! general corridor, the adverse impact of the freeway upon the adjacent residential areas would be appreciably less. The City of Iowa City is presently in the final stages of redeveloping the central business district. This has involved an amount of approximately $12 million in federal and local funds (Iowa Urban Renewal Project R- 14). When this project is completed, it appears as though an additional X459 FIICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1101n E5 ` _1 Mr. Mortimer _. Downey July 3, 1979 Page 2 $50 to $75 million in both public and private funds will be used for the redevelopment of the central business district. This is very desirable in that the central business district is the focal point of the community, and is the area most efficiently served by the City's transit system. During this time of extreme energy shortage, it appears to be imminently sensible to al.templ. to provide for the most efficient location of both retail facilities and employment centers. to encourage the location of commercial faciIiLius on the periphery of the city is both in violation of the Cowicil's major program for the redevelopment of the central part of the community and is also a step which would certainly result in local residents traveling greater distances and utilizing more fuel. Mr. Kassel states in his letter that the City's Comprehensive Plan shows no commercial activity which would compete with downtown commercial activity on either the IOOT alignment or the Iowa City alignment. Obviously, we have not shown any commercial development on the IDOT alignment because the Plan in fact does not recognize the existence of the facility. If arterial 518 were to be put along the IDOT alignment, the City Council is very concerned that the pressure for commercial development of one or more quadrants of the intersection with Melrose Avenue would occur and that this would be conceivably to the detriment of downtown commercial development. The approved IDD r alignment was approved by at least one previous City Council, however, the last two City Councils have gone on record opposing j this particular, alignment. Also, Mr. Kassel's statement about a growing sentiment in favor of arterial 518 as proposed by the Iowa Department of Transportation appears to unsubstantiated. In fact, the sentiment appears to be more in opposition to the IDOT alignment as time passes. Recently the City Council received a petition signed by 175 property i owners stating their opposition to the IDOT alignment and supporting,the + Council's position of the road being located farther to the west. The City takes exception to Mr. Kassel's statement that there is riot any conflict with the plans that have been developed for the Iowa City area. If he is talking about the plans developed by the government of Iowa City for the citizens of Iowa City, there is certainly direct conflict. Included in the discussion of land use guals in the Comprehensive Plan (page 11), it is indicated that development patterns should be guided by watershed boundaries. The location of 518 along the IDOT alignment bisects the Willow Creek Watershed whereas the City's alignment would be along the edge of the watershed. The latter alignment would make for a much more efficient provision of municipal services. Among the transportation goals of the Plan is included one to protect, neighborhoods from the adverse effects of arterial traffic circulation (page 12). The IDOT alignment would in fact subject a new expanding residential neighborhood in Iowa City to the adverse impacts of both automobile and truck traffic along this four -lane arterial. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 11011jEs Nr. Mortimer , Downey July 3, 1979 rage 3 In page 17 of the Comprehensive Plan there is commentary to the effect .hat limited access roads create physical barriers which influence the atterns of growth by restricting utility extensions and vehicular and edestrian transportation routes. If 518 is located along the IDOT lignment, most certainly a physical barrier to westerly development ill occur. If development should occur on the western side of this oute, the City will undoubtedly have to spend more of its limited tax e501.1r•ces in the provision of transit, police, fire and refuse services. he City Council also is concerned about Mr. Kassel is comment that this ..ighway proposal does not override a locally developed plan or offset the impacts of federal, state and local investments being made to further local goals. At stated previously, the plan is in conflict with the Iowa City Comprehensive Plan which was adopted just last year. This plan, which was subsidized with both local and federal funds, has been a decision making tool to guide additional local governmental programs ;")If "V011diLuros of funds. Obviously the IDOT perspective is quite dilferent on this issue than that of the local government of the City of Iowa City. r In regard to Mr. Kassel's comment about this route representing a vital i link in the statewide primary highway system and further serving to maximize the utility of Iowa's Interstate highway System, we have no disagreement. It is our position that both of these objectives could be served just as well if the route were to be located along the City's alignment of tho edge of the watershed. If I can provide you with additional in formation on this subject, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely yours, Neal G. Berlin j City Manager City Council Raymond L. Kassel bj {f i I MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOVIES 1 ,) , Johnson county RECEIVED JUN 2 9 1979 � =� regional planning commission •'„I,,, Idriry 1. ... 5atlh dutnK�ue sheet. Iowa city. irxva .'iJ7N) �317J 3.51 8!i56 Incl i June 28, 1979 Mr. Neal Berlin, City Manager Civic Center i 410 E. Washington Street I Iowa City, Iowa 52240 RE: "Hold Harmless" clause for Section 8 Housing Assistance Agreements ! Dear Neal: Our Executive Board has discussed Iowa City's interest in providing i Section 8 Housing assistance opportunities to small cities within Johnson County. The Board is hopeful that several communities may be interested in the program. In this regard, Mrs. Barbara Murray of our staff has been working with Mr. Lyle Seydel of the City's Housing staff to inform small cities about the program, several have shown initial interest in participating. A potential stumbling block to executing a successful 28E Agreement between Iowa City and interested small cities j appears to be the "hold harmless" clause that Iowa City has been re- quiring. Apparently the small city officials fear potential legal problems. I suggest if the City is actively interested in promoting a 28E Agree- ment with several small cities in the County, that serious consideration be given to deleting the "hold harmless" clause, as it was in the City's agreement with Johnson County. Z10 rely, L. Brandt Executive Director cc: Mary Neuhauser, Chairperson Barbara Murray ELB: jmu MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES t1opirs /ygo -City of Iowa CRI" iE."IL 1015 j MA Date: July 5, 1979 To: City Council d From: Paul Glaves, Development Coordinator Re: Urban Revitalization Attached to this memo is a copy of House File 81, the urban revital- ization bill recently enacted by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. The act is primarily enabling legislation which allows city councils to enact property tax exemptions. The bill does, however, contain certain provisions not related to tax exemption -- most notably increased revenue bonding authority. The act establishes a procedure for city councils to designate revital- ization areas. The definitions in section 1 are almost word for word the definitions of slums and blighted areas taken from Chapter 403, the Urban Renewal Law. You should note paragraph 3 of section 1, which appears to allow designation of revitalization areas solely for historic preservation purposes. Section 2 of the act establishes the planning and procedural require- ments for designation of an area. The'city must gather certain basic information and prepare a proposal for the designation of revitalization areas. The proposal must be filed with the state's City Development Board but their authority is limited to requiring the second public hearing. They have no substantive power to overrule a city council's decisions. There are four exemption schedules established in the act. Once an area is designated, depending upon the classification of property (commercial industrial or residential), the appropriate exemption schedule would be applied to the value of any improvements added to the property. The exemption offered residential property includes the possibility of exempting 115% of the value added by the improvements. The use of such a schedule would in fact, in the short run, remove property from the tax roles and cause a decrease in the assessed valuation of the property. The other schedules do not contain any actual existing tax abatement but rather solely exempt all or a portion of the value added by improve- ments. In order to qualify for the exemption the improvements added must equal a threshold level. In the case of residential property 10% of the existing value must be added, and in the case of commercial or indus- trial property 15% of the existing value must be added before the property is eligible to receive the exemption. 1461 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOIIIES -, 2 The actual administration of the tax exemption rests with the assessor's office and most of the administrative burden will occur there. Two specific provisions of the act should be pointed out. Section 10 of the act amends Chapter 419 of the Code of Iowa, 1979, and expands the authority of municipalities to issue industrial revenue bonds. The issuance of bonds for commercial and/or residential purposes is now allowed by Chapter 419, as amended, within a revitalization area or within an urban renewal area which existed prior to July 1, 1979. This is the authority under which Iowa City will undertake revenue bond financing for the hotel project, if we choose to do so. Section 11 of the act states that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Iowa Housing Finance Authority make an allocation for single family residential rehabilitation from the proceeds of its bond issues, subject to the availability of funds. I am also attaching to this memorandum a summary of the bill published by the State Office of Planning and Programming which is in draft form at this time. The summary of the bill which is to become part of an OPP handbook is more detailed than this memorandum and is provided for your reference. If you have any questions I would be glad to discuss the possible uses of this new legislation with the City Council. jm4/20 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES Ii0111Es B a , SUMMARY OF H.F. 81 (URBAN REVITALIZATION ACT) PREFACE This summary of H.F. 81 is intended to present a general overview of the bill to interested officials and citizens. In order to explain certain provisions, it'has been necessary to choose between two or more possible interpretations. In addition, a few of the more technical provisions have been omitted. Before beginning an attempt to actually implement the legislation, it is recommended that the Act itself be consulted. WHAT 1S THE URBAN REVITALIZATION ACT? The Urban Revitalization Act authorizes city councils to designate an area of the city as a revitalization area. Improvements to qualified real estate within these designated areas may then be eligible to receive a total or.partial exemption from property taxes for a specified number of years. The exemptions are intended to stimulate private investment by reducing the tax increases that would normally result from making improvements to real estate property. The Act's primary benefit to communities is a long-term increase or stabilization of the tax base caused by new investments and improvements in the designated areas. The Act also authorizes the provision of low-interest credit by permitting cities to issue revenue bonds for residential, commercial, industrial or nonprofit projects within the revitalization areas. In order to implement the provisions of the Act, cities must prepare a plan for the area and ensure that certain criteria are met and that specific procedures are followed. WHAT AREAS MAY BE DESIGNATED AS REVITALIZATION AREAS? City councils are given broad latitude in determining areas suitable for designation. If a council makes a finding that the rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment -of an area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, or welfare, and if the area meets at least one of the three criteria listed in the attached Comments on Revitalization Process, the area may be designated by council resolution. There is no statutory limit on the size or number of the areas that may be designated. WHAT ARE IMPROVEMENTS? Improvements include both rehabilitation and additions to existing structures, as well as new construction on vacant land or on land with existing structures. The amount of tax exemption is based on the "actual value added by improvements," as determined by the local assessor, and is not necessarily the same as the cost of the improvements. That is, the assessor may determine that the actual. value added to the property is greater or less than the cost of the improvements. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOIIIEs 1 WHAT I(:AL CSIAIL 114PIMLId1.1115 ARL QIJALII 1L1) I L'IIAX I:XLMI'IIUN57 First, improvements DRIst hr, nn prnpert:y loratril within a (lrsignatrrl reviLalizaLlun area, and the improvements must have been node during the time the area was so designated. (That is, an improvement is not eligible for a tax exemption if it is assessed before the area is officially designated) Second, improvements must increase the actual value of the real estate by specified percentages, depending on the classification of the property involved. The Act establishes the following percentage increases in .actual value added by improvements: 1) If the property is assessed as residential, the improvements must increase the actual value of the structures by at least 10%. 2) If at least one structure was located on the property before the improvements were made and the property is not assessed as residential, the improvements must increase the actual value o7 the structure by at least 15%. If more than one building is located upon property not assessed as residential, the 15% increase applies only to the structure upon which the improvements were made. 3) If no structures were located on the property prior to the improvements, any improvement may qualify. However, if the land is assessed as agricultural, the council must justify its revitalization at a public hearing. Agricultural property does not qualify if the improvements were begun prior to January 29, 1979, or one year prior to the adoption of the revitalization plan by the city. MAY A CITY MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED PROPERTY? Yes. A city may establish percentages lower than those given in the Act, but may not establish percentages which are higher. For example, a city may decide that improvements on residential property need only increase the value of the structure by at least 5%; but a city could not specify that improvements on residential property needed to increase the value by at least 20% to qualify. If a city does decide to use alternative percentages, they must be included in the plan and must be the same for each revitalization area in the city. For example, one area may not have a 7% requirement for residential property while another area has 10%; both areas must have the same qualifying percentages. Finally, the city may limit the classifications of property which are qualified. For example, qualifying property may be limited to any combination of commercial, industrial, agricultural, or residential real estate. Further, the city may limit the exemptions to either rehabilitation and additions to existing buildings, or to new construction. WHAT AMOUNT OF TAX EXE14PTION CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE? The Act provides a tax exemption schedule which establishes maximum exemptions for specific classes of property. The schedule includes four methods of computing the exemption. Owners of qualified property may MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 6101nES elect which of the methods they wish to employ, if it is consistent with the class of property thry own. The methods are: 1) For residential property, 115% of the actual value added by improvements may be exempted for ten years. However, the amount used in computing the exemption may not exceed $20,000, regardless of the actual value added by the improvements. Therefore, the maximum amount of improvements exempted under this method would be 115% of $20,000, or $23,000. Another restriction under this method is that the actual value of the real estate cannot be reduced below the actual value upon which the homestead credit is computed (currently $4,500). 2) For all qualified property, the owner may elect to take a 100% exemption on tTie actual value added by the improvements, for a period of three years. There is no dollar limit under this method. 3) For all qualified property, the owner may elect to take a partial exemption on tle value added by improvements over a ten—year period. The.exemption under this method is 80% the first year, 70% the second year, 60% the third year, 50% the fourth, 40% the fifth and sixth years, 30% the seventh and eighth years, and 20% the ninth and tenth years. There is no dollar limit under this exemption method. 4) All qualified property assessed as•commercial, consisting of three or more separate living quarters with at least 75% of the space used for residential purposes, is eligible to receive a 100% exemption from actual value added by improvements for a period of ten years. Basically, this category applies to apartments. There is no dollar limit under this method. Once the election has been made and the exemption granted, an owner may not change the method of exemption. MAY A CITY ADOPT AN ALTERNATIVE TAX EXEMPTION SCHEDULE? Yes. A city may establish, in its plan, an alternative schedule of exemptions for qualified property, but the alternative schedule cannot result in larger exemptions in a particular year than that provided by the Act. For example, a city may modify Method Two above, giving an exemption for residential property of less than 100% for fewer than three years; however, the exemption may not be for more than 100% or for more than three years. If the city adopts an alternative exemption schedule, it must apply equally to all revitalization areas. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES IIOIIIES I'IIUCLUURL'ION 1MI'LLMLNIING IOWA UAW4 RLV11ALILAf1UN ACI STEPS FOR DESIGNATION STEPS FOR OBTAINING PROPERTY OF A REVITALIZATION AREA TAX EXEMPTION UNDER THE 'ACT t 3 E City Council passes a resolution finding that the rehabilitation of 1 a specific area of the city is necessary for the public welfare and that the area meets the eligi- bility requirements. City holds public hearing. City prepares a plan for the proposed revitalization area. , F - public hearing on =proposed-polan,and provides the hearing. City holds public hearing. city receives a properly - request for a second public g, the city must hold a public hearing. E Property owner applies to city for tax exemption. City transmits applications which are consistent with revitalization plan to local assessor. Assessor determines whether suf- ficient improvements have been made, notifies applicant of his decision, and transmits assessed valuation to Auditor. Assessor continues to grant exemp- tion each year until time period specified by city expires. At the end of each year, the City 1 Development Board presents an analysis of all revitalization plans to the Governor and the Legislature. City creates a designated revital- 0 ization area by adopting the final NOTE: For further information, refer plan by ordinance. to "Comments" which follow. SOURCE: Iowa Office for Planning and Programming MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOMES Continents on Revitalization Process (To accompany flow chart listing stops involved) STEP 1 An area is eligible for•designation as a revitalization area if it meets any of the following criteria: a.) The area is detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare because a majority of the buildings in the area are dilapidated, overcrowded, unsanitary, or undesirable for similar reasons. b) The area is detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare because of tax delinquencies, defective titles, inefficient land uses, or other similar conditions. c) . The area has a predominance of buildings or improvements which, because of age, history, architecture or signifi- cance, should be preserved or restored to productive use. STEP 2 The plan that the city must prepare has to include at least the following information: I a) A legal description and map of the area; b) The current assessed valuations of land and buildings in the area, by parcel; ` r pa✓L� 1 c) The names and addresses of property owners in the area; y / d) The existing zoning classifications, and existing and proposed land uses within the area; e) Any proposals for improving or expanding city services within the area; f) The. details of the exemption to be provided (e.g. which P property classifications are eligible, whether it applies to new construction and/or rehabilitation, the time period of the exemption, and any plans to use revenue i bond proceeds for revitalization projects); } g) Any provisions the city has made for the relocation of persons or businesses from the area. h) Any tax exemption schedule to be used by the city which is differentthan those specifically provided for in the Act. Any alternative exemption schedule set by the city may not allow greater exemptions than the schedules j specified in the Act, but may allow smaller exemptions; MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES ti0111Es .9I , 0 "l MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES NOIRES i) Any eligibility requirement relating to thp perrrntagr. increase in value due to improvemenCs which is different than those specified in the Act. Again, the city may not require a higher percentage Increase in value than the figures specified in the Act. , J). A description of any current or anticipated grant or loan programs to be used as a source of funding for residential improvements within the area. STEP 3 The -city must publish notice of the hearing in the newspaper as specified in Section 362.3 Code, notify all owners and occupants by mail at least 30 days before the hearing, and file a copy of the proposed plan with the City Development r Board (state agency) at least 14 days before the hearing. The requirement to notify occupants by mail may be waived by the City Council for good cause. STEP 4 ' The city must send the minutes of the public hearing to the City Development Board. STEP 5 Property owners representing 10% of the privately -owned property ! in the area, or tenants representing 10% of the residential i units within the area may, by petition and within 30 days (j 1 after the public hearing, request a second public hearing. The City Development Board may make the same request within 30 days of its receipt of the minutes of the first public hearing. At the second public hearing the city may request those in attendance to indicate the precise nature of any desired changes in the proposed plan. STEP 6 Whenever the governing body of the City feels that the goals of the revitalization program have been attained, it may f repeal the ordinance which established it. In such a case, a all existing exemptions would continue until their previously - established expiration date. Any tenant who has occupied the same dwelling unit within the revitalization area continuously since one year prior to the city's adoption of the plan may apply to the city for relocation compensation if they become displaced due to the action of a property owner attempting to qualify for benefits under this Act. Upon verification of such an application, the city shall require that at least one month's'rent be paid to the tenant, and may require the payment of actual relocation expenses to the tenant. At its option, the city may assume these expenses itself, or cause the relevant property owner to assume them: r• MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES NOIRES STEP 7 The property owner must apply for an exemption by February 1st of the assessment year for which the exmoptinn is first claimed, but nuL Idler than the yuar in which all Lhe.impruvements are first assessed for taxation. The application must contain, at a minimum, the following: the nature of the improvements, the cost, the estimated or actual date of completion, the tenants within the area as of the date the resolution in Step I was adopted, and which exemption is chosen from those available. Once the owner elects an exemption and it is granted the owner may not change the method of exemption. An owner has the option of submitting a proposal for an improve- ment project to the City prior to submitting a formal applica- tion. If the project is in conformance with the revitalization plan, the city shall, by resolution, give preliminary approval to the project. If the proposal is rejected, the owner may submit an amended proposal for the city to approve or reject. STEP 8 . The city reviews all applications to determine whether a proposed project conforms to the revitalization plan, is within the designated area, and if the improvements are to be made during the appropriate time period. If a proposed project meets all three criteria, the city must forward the application to the local assessor by March 1st, with a statement as to which exemption applies. If the city rejects an application because it is not consistent with the revitalization plan, the property owner may submit an amended proposal. STEPS 9.& 10 The assessor must physically review the property to make his determination on project eligibility. In subsequent years, the assessor should perform "periodic" physical, reviews of properties which remain exempt, and as long as the exemption applies, no additional application is necessary. If an appli- cation is rejected by the assessor, the applicant may appeal to the local Board of Review, or refile in a subsequent year after further improvements have been made. STEP 11, Self-explanatory. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MOINES i l House File 91, P. 2 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an HOUSE FILE B1 • economic or social liability and is a menace to the public • health, safety, or welfare in its present condition and use. 3. An area in which there is a predominance of buildings AN ACT I RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR PROPERTY ON WHICH or improvements which by reason of age, history, architectuYe IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN A REVITALIZATION AREA OF or significance should be preserved or restored to productive A CITY AND AUT7[ORIZINO CITIES TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS use. FOR REVITALIZATION AND URBAN RENEWAL AREAS. Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. A city may only exercise the authority conferred upon it in this Act after the following BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: conditions have been met: C' 1. The governing body has adopted a resolution finding { Section 1. NEW SECTION. The governing body,of a city that the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, or a S may, by ordinance, designate an area of the city as a combination thereof of the area is necessary in the interest revitalization area, if that area is any of the following: of the public health, safety, or welfare of the residents I in which there is a predominance of buildings of the city and the area meets the criteria of section one 1. M area or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential, which (1) of this Act. - by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, obsolescence, 2. The city has prepared a proposed plan for the designated inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, revitalization area. The proposed plan shall include all or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, of the following: the existence of conditions which endanger lite or property a. A legal description of the real estate forming the 'j by fire and other causes or a combination of such factors, boundaries of the proposed area along with a map depicting is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant the existing parcels of real estate. mortality, juvenile delinquency or crime, and which is b. The existing assessed valuation of the real estate detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare. in the proposed area, listing the land and building values ii ..I 2. M area which by reason of the presence of s subeten- separately. tial number of deteriorated or deteriorating structures, C. A list o[ names and addresses of the owners o[ record predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, of real estate within the arca. incompatible land use relationships, faulty lot layout in d. The existing zoning classifications and district relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness, boundaries and the existing and proposed land uses within •• •: unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or the area. e. Any proposals for improving or expanding city services ; 1111 other improvements, diversity of ownership, tax or special the area including but not limited to transportation '.•1 assessment delinquency exceeding the actual value of the land, within facilities, sewage, garbage cnllectien, street maintenance, ' defective or unusual conditions of title, or the existence park facilities and police and fire protection. of conditions which endanger life,or property by fire and _ other causes, or a combination of such [actors, substantially T impairs or arrests the sound growth of a municipality, retards 00 'I'll I !I� I , I MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES House File 81, P. 3 f. A statement specifying whether the revitalization is applicable to residential, agricultural, commercial or industrial property within the designated area or a combination thereof and whether the revitalization is for rehabilitation and additions to existing buildings or new construction or both. The city shall state how long it is estimated that the area shall remain a designated revitalization area which time shall be longer than one year from the date of designation and shall state any plan by the city to issue revenue bonds for revitalization projects within the area. g. The provisions that have been made for the relocation of persona, including families, business concerns and others, whom the city anticipates will be displaced as a result of improvements to be made in the designated area. h. Any tax exemption schedule that shall be used in lieu of the schedule set out in subsection one (1), two (2), three (3) or four (4) of section three (3) of.this Act. This schedule shall not allow a greater exemption, but may allow a smaller exemption, than allowed in the schedule specified in the corresponding subsection of section three (3) of this Act and shall be the some schedule used for all property of the same classification located in an existing revitalization area. I. The percent increase in actual value requirements that shall be used in lieu of the fifteen and ten percent requirements specified in subsection seven (7) of section three (3) and in section five (5) of this Act. This percent increase in actual value requirements shall not be greater than that provided in this Act and shall be the Yame requirements applicable to all existing revitalization areae. J. A description of any federal, state or private grant or loan program likely to be a source of funding for that area for residential improvements and a description of any grant or loan program which the cJLty has or will have as a source of funding for that area for residential improvements. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES (louse File 91, r. •i 3. The city has filed a copy of the proposed plan for the designated revitalization area with the city development board by the fourteenth day before the scheduled public hearing. 4. The city has scheduled a public hearing and notified' all owners of record of real property located within the proposed area, the tenants living within the proposed area and the city development board in accordance with section three hundred sixty-two point three (362.3) of the Code. In addition to notice by publication, notification shall also be given by ordinary mail to the last known address of the tyri owners of record. The city shall also send notice by ordinary mail addressed to the "occupants" of city addresses located within the proposed area, unless the city council, by reason of lack of a reasonably current and complete address list, or for other good cause, shall have waived such notice. Notwithstanding the provisions of section three hundred sixty- two point three (362.3), Code 1979, such notice shall be given by the thirtieth day prior to the public hearing. S. The public hearing has been held. 6. A second public hearing has been held if; a. The city development board requests, by certified mail, a second public hearing within thirty days after receipt of the minutes of the first public hearing or; b. The city has received within thirty days after the holding of the first public hearing a valid petition requesting a second public hearing containing the signatures and current addresses of property owners that represent at least ten percent of the privately -owned property within the designated revitalization area or; e. The city has received within thirty days after the holding of the first public hearing a valid petition requesting a second public hearing containing the signatures and current addresses of tenants that represent at least ten percent of the residential units within the designated revitalization area. 9 House File 61, P. 5 House File 81, P. 6 At any such second public hearing the city may specifically g. For the seventh year, thirty percent. request those in attendance to indicate the precise nature h. For the eighth year, thirty percent. of desired changes in the proposed plan. I. For the ninth year, twenty percent. 7. The city has adopted the proposed or amended plan, j. For the tenth year, twenty percent. 'as the case may be, for the revitalization area after the 3. All qualified real estate is eligible to receive a ` requisite number of hearings. The city may subsequently emend one hundred percent exemption from taxation on the actual this plan by following the procedures in this section. value added by the improvements. The exemption is for a Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. period of three years. 1. All qualified real estate assessed as residential 4. All qualified real estate assessed as commercial property is eligible to receive an exemption from taxation property, consisting of three or more separate living quarters �\\ based on the actual value added by the improvements. .The with at least seventy-five percent of the space used for 1,,,,,,� exemption in for a period of ten years. The amount of the residential purposes, is eligible to receive a one hundred exemption is equal to a percent of the actual value added percent exemption from taxation on the actual value added by the improvements, determined as follows: one hundred by the improvements. The exemption is for a period of ten fifteen percent of the value added by the improvements. years. However, the amount of. the actual value added by the - .5. The owners of qualified real estate eligible for the improvements which shall be used to compute the exemption exemption provided in this section shall elect to take the shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars and the granting applicable exemption provided in subsection one (1), two (2), of the exemption shall not result in the actual value of the three (3) or four (4) of this section or provided in the qualified real estate being reduced below the actual value different schedule adopted in the city plan if a different on which the homestead credit is computed under section four schedule has been adopted. Once the election has been made hundred twenty-five point one (425.1) of the Code. and the exemption granted, the owner is not permitted to 2.. All qualified real estate is eligible to receive a change the method of exemption. partial exemption from taxation on the actual value added 6. The tax exemption schedule specified in subsection by the improvements. The exemption is for a period of ten one (1), two (2), three (3) or four (4) of this section shall years. The amount of the partial exemption is equal to a .apply to every revitalization area within a city unless a percent of the actual value added by the improvements, different schedule is adopted in the city plan as provided determined as follows: in section two (2) of this Act. However, a city shall not a. For the first year, eighty percent. adopt a different schedule unless every revitalization area b. For the second year, seventy percent. within the city has the same schedule applied to it and the e. For the third year, sixty percent. schedule adopted does not provide for a larger tax exemption d. For the fourth year, fifty percent. in a particular year than is provided for that year in the e. For the fifth year, forty percent. schedule specified In the corresponding subsection of this f. For the sixth year, forty percent. section. S TI 00 r i; h ) MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MIRES House File 81, P. 7 7, "Qualified real estate" as used in this Act means real property, other than land, which is located in a designated revitalization area and to which improvements have been added, during the time the area was so designated, which have increased the actual value by at least the percent specified in the plan adopted by the city pursuant to section two (2) of this Act or if no percent is specified then by at least fifteen percent, or at least ten percent in the case of real property assessed as residential property or which have, in the case of land upon which is located more than one building and not assessed as residential property, increased the actual value of the buildings to which the improvements have been made by at least fifteen percent. "Qualified real estate" also means land upon which no structure existed at the start of the new construction, which is located in a designated revitalization area and upon which new construction has been added during the time the area was so designated. "Improvements" as used in this Act includes rehabilitation and additions to existing structures as well as new . construction on vacant land or on land with existing structures. However, new construction on land assessed as agricultural property shall not qualify as "improvements" for purposes of this Act unless the governing body of the city has presented .justification at a public hearing held pursuant to section two (2) of this Act for the revitalization of land assessed as agricultural property by means of new construction. Such justification shall demonstrate, in addition to the other requirements of this Act, that the improvements on land assessed as agricultural land will utilize the minimum amount of agricultural land necessary to accomplish the revitalization of the other classes of property within the urban revitalization area. However, if such construction, rehabilitation or additions were begun prior to January 29, 1979, or one year prior to the adoption by the city of a plan of urban revitalization pursuant to section two (2) of this House File 81, P. 8 Act, whichever occurs later, the value added by such construction, rehabilitation or additions shall not constitute an increase in value for purposes of qualifying for the exemptions listed in this section. "Actual value added by the improvements" as used in this Act means the actual value added as of the first year for which the exemption was received. S. The fifteen and ten percent increase in actual value requirements specified in subsection seven (7) of this section shall apply to every revitalization area within s city unless •,,,, different percent increases in actual value requirements are adopted in the city plan as provided in section two (2) of this Act. However, a city shall not adopt different requirements unless every revitalization area within the city has the same requirements and the requirements do not provide for a greater percent increase than specified in subsection seven (7) of this section. Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. A person may submit a.proposal for an improvement project to the governing body of the city to receive prior approval for eligibility for a tax exemption on the project. The governing body shall, by resolution, give its prior approval for an improvement project if the project is in conformance with the plan for revitalization developed by the city. Such prior approval shall not entitle the owner to exemption from taxation until the improvements �`' have been completed and found to be qualified real estate; l however, if the proposal is not approved, the person may submit an amended proposal for the governing body to approve or reject. An application shall be filed for each new exemption claimed. The first application for an exemption shall be filed by the owner of the property with the governing body of the city in which the property is located by February first of the assessment year for which the exemption is -first claimed, but not later than the year in which all improvements MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOVIES House File 81, P. 9 included in the project are first assessed for taxation. The: application shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information:, the, nature of the improvement, its coat, the estimated or actual date of completion, the tenants that occupied the owner's building on the date the city adopted the resolution referred to in subsection one (1) of section two (2) of this Act, and which exemption in section three (3) of this Act or in the different schedule, if one has been adopted, will be elected. The governing body of the city shall approve the applica- tion, subject to review by the local assessor pursuant to section five (5) of this Act, if the project is in conformance with the plan for revitalization developed by the city, Is located within a designated revitalization area and if the Improvements were made during the time the area was co designated. The governing body of the city shall forward for review all approved applications to the appropriate local assessor by March first of each year with a statement indicating whether subsection one (1), two (2), three (3) or four (4) of section three (3) of this Act applies or if a different schedule has been adopted, which exemption from that schedule applies. Applications for exemption for succeeding years on approved projects shall not be required. Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. The local assessor shall review each first-year application by making a physical review of the property, to determine if the improvements made increased the actual value of the qualified real estate by at least fifteen percent or at least ten percent in the case of real property assessed as residential property or the applicable percent increase requirement adopted by the city under section two (2) of this Act. If the assessor determines that the actual value of that real estate has increased by at least the requisite percent, the assessor shall proceed to determine the actual value of the property and certify the valuation determined pursuant to section three (3) of this Act to the House File al. F. la county auditor at the time of transmitting the assessment rolls. However, if a new structure is erected on land upon which no structure existed at the start of the new construction, the assessor shall proceed to determine the actual value of the property and certify the valuation determined pursuant to section three (3) of -this Act to the county auditor at the time of transmitting the assessment rolls. The assessor shall notify the applicant of the ("\1 determination, and the assessor's decision may be appealed to the local board of review at the times specified in section four hundred forty-one point thirty-seven (441.37) of the Code. If an application for exemption is denied as a result of failure to sufficiently increase the value of the real estate as provided in section three (3) of this.Act, the owner may file a first annual application in a subsequent year when additional improvements are made to satisfy requirements of section three (3) of this Act, and the provisions of section four (4) of this Act shall apply. After the tax exemption is granted, the local assessor shall continue to grant the tax exemption, with periodic physical review by the assessor, for the time period specified in subsection one (1), two (2), three (3) or four (4) of section three (3) of this Act, or specified in the different schedule if one has been adopted, under which the exemption was granted. The tax exemptions for the succeeding years shall be granted without the taxpayer_ . having to file an application for the succeeding years. Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. Upon application to it and after verification by it, the city shall require compensation of at least one month's rent and may require compensation of. actual relocation expenses be paid to a qualified tenant whose displacement is due to action on the part of a property owner to qualify for the benefits under this Act. However, the city may require the persons causing the qualified tenant to be displaced to pay all or a pert of the relocation payments as a condition for receiving a tax exemption under section T 00 J MICROIIIMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOVIES House File 81, P. 11 three (3) of this Act. "Qualified tenant" as used in this Act shall mean the legal occupant of a residential dwelling unit which is located within a designated revitalization area and who has occupied the same dwelling unit continuously since one year prior to the city's adoption of the plan pursuant to section two (2) of this Act. Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. When in the opinion of the governing body of a city the desired level of revitalization has been attained or economic conditions are such that the continuation of the exemption granted by this Act would cease to be of benefit to the city, the governing body may repeal the ordinance establishing a revitalization area. In that event, all existing exemptions shall continue until their expiration. Sec. B. NEW SECTION. Residential real estate located within an area designated as a revitalization area pursuant to section one (1) of this Act, is not subject to the additional tax imposed by section four hundred forty-five point. sixty-three (445.63) of the Code. Agricultural real estate located within an area designated as a revitalization area pursuant to section one (1) of this Act may be exempt from the additional tax imposed by section four hundred forty-five point sixty-three (445.63) of the Code at the discretion of the governing body of the city. However, before the governing body may exempt agricultural real estate from the imposition of the additional tax, it must have present at the public hearing required to be held under section two (2) of this Act evidence of the waiver of the imposition of the tax and the potential amount of the additional taxes that will not be collected. Sec. 9. Section three hundred sixty-eight point ten (368,10), unnumbered paragraph one (1), Code 1979, is amended to read as follows; The board shall conduct studies of city development, and shall submit an annual report to,the governor and to ouch members of the general assembly as request it. This report House File 81, F. 12 shall include an analysis of all plans for designated revitalization areas filed with the board pursuant to sections one (1) through seven (7) of this Act since the last annual report. Sec. 10. Chapter four hundred nineteen (419), Code 1979: is amended by adding the following new section: NEW SECTION. Cities may also issue revenue bonds for projects located within a qualified urban renewal area or an area designated a revitalization area pursuant to sections one (1) through seven (7) of this Act. The revenue bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and all provisions of this chapter shall apply, except that: 1. The term "project" as defined in section four hundred nineteen point one (419.1) of the Code includes land, buildings, or improvements which are suitable for use as residential property or for the use of a commerdial enterprise or nonprofit organization which the governing body finds is consistent with the urban renewal plan for a qualified urban renewal area or the revitalization plan, as the case may be. 2. To the extent that a city is authorized to pay out or contribute to the cost of a project under chapter four hundred three (403) of the Cede in the case of a qualified urban renewal area or under sections one (1) through seven (7) of this Act in the case of a revitalization area, the provisions of section four hundred nineteen point eight (419.8) of the Code shall not apply. 3. The provisions of section four hundred nineteen point fourteen (419.14) of the Code shall not apply to projects within a qualified urban renewal area. The power to issue revenue bonds pursuant to this section Is in addition to other powers granted cities to aid qualified urban renewal areas and revitalization areas. The term "qualified urban renewal area" means an urban renewal area designated as such pursuant to chapter four hundred three (403) of the Code before the effective date of this Act. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES "�% Yruse File E1, P. 13 Sec: 11. It is the intent of the general assembly that Iowa Housing Finance Authority shall make an allocation of funds subject to availability of single—family mortgage bond proceeds to be made available to or on behalf of owners of single-family residential property for mortgage loans on single-family housing that is rehabilitated with private funds and is located in urban revitalization areas designated pursuant to this Act. Sec. 12. This Act applies to all cities including special charter cities. FLOYD H. MILLEN Speaker of the House TERRY E. BRANSTAD President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 81, Sixty-eighth General Assembly. DAVID L. WRAY Chief Clerk of the House Approved 1979 ROBERT D. RAY Governor II1CROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOVIES u City Of IOWA C1 MEMOR_ ANDY Date: June 29, 1979 To: Neal Berlin, City Manager I From: Rosemary Vitosh, Director of Finance "V Re: Stoplight at Dodge and Church 1 This project was not considered during the C.I.P. Budget process and is thus not currently budgeted for at all. I believe the project came about as a citizen request resulting from a H.C.D.A. Neighborhood Meeting. Jim Brachtel, Traffic Engineer, indicates that a traffic count is scheduled for that corner in the near future, and he will then be making a recom- mendation based upon the results of the count. If a stop light is needed, the project can be incorporated into our next C.I.P. Budget. bc5/7 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES /#&a ■; A MINUTES OF STAFF MEETING June 26, 1979 Departmental referrals from the informal and formal Council meetings of June 24 and 25 were distributed to the staff (copy attached). Items for next week's agenda include: Second reading of Housing Code Amendment Public hearing on Tanglewood -Ventura projects Resolution awarding bids for River Corridor Sewer project Transit public hearing Offer for Parcel 64 1750 Rochester LSNRD and PAD Public hearing on truck wash Set public hearing for Block 64 parking garage Contract amendment for Block 64 parking garage design The City Manager recalled that a year ago the staff had discussed the abuse of City cars. Rumors are again circulating about the use of City cars on weekends and for personal business. The City Manager urged the department heads to assure that all employees who use City cars understand that personal use of City vehicles will not be tolerated. The City Manager expressed appreciation to the Police Department, Human Relations Director, Affirmative Action Compliance Specialist, and the Legal staff for the way in which the alleged discrimination at Woodfields was handled. The Human Relations Director spoke briefly about the pay plan. The pay plan and the resolution were handed out to the Council at last night's meeting. The financial implication memorandum will go out in Friday's packet. The staff was reminded that two payroll change forms will be necessary - one for the merit increase and one for the cost -of -living increase. Bob Bowlin introduced the new assistant city attorney, Roger Scholten. Prepared by: Lorraine Saeger MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES 110111Es 1#43 Informal Council Meeting Jun: -25, 1979 DEPARTMENT REFERRALS SUBJECT RECD TO DAN ~ CONM EMZSTATUS Clinton Street Parking 100 and 200 blocks south 6-25 Public Wks Explore possibility of angle parking on east side. Can meters be installed so as to eliminate every parking? When can change be Newspaper pickup 6-25 Public Wks Report to Council regarding quantity' of newsprint being picked up.and any significant increase or decrease from previous volume. Al 50 whar is stalus of special truck for paper pickup? Plastic street markings -25 Public Wks Where are these being used? Report to City Manager, t Sanitary sewer system facility plan .25 Public Wks Council to discuss at informal me<*)g. Request that V&K representative be° present when scheduled, Area Transportation Study -25 P&PD Advise Council on status of review by P&Z. This should not be deferred during review of zoning ordinance draft. Transit budget and revenues -25 Finance/ Public Wks Rosemary and Hugh to work with City Manager re. revenue and budget projec- tions involving grants, fares, etc. for Chauncey -Swan Addition -25 Public Wks July 2 informal discussion of this subject is cancelled. Defer demolition etc-. Infofmal Council Meeting dune 25, 1979 1 Pave 2 DEPARTMENT REFERRALS I� MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOINES O W SUBJECT DATE SFT ° � COMMENTS/STATUS .' i W Survey traffic, assess need for traffic i Stop light - Church and Dubuque 6-25Public Wks signals, report to Council. t Check northeast corner of Melrose Ave. Buses jumping curbing 6-25 Public Wks and Mormon Trek Road for damage, etc: Provide Council with solid figures ,;I j or project cost and cross-section i North Dodge Street 6-25 Public Wks diagram of the curb design. i i ;1 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOINES Regular" Council Meeting June 26, 1979 DEPARTMENT REFERRALS MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOIDES SUBJECT DATE RECD REFERR® M DATE DUE ~ ! F COWAM/STATUS Public Hearing 6-26 City Clerk Public hearing on suspension of Woodfields' license for racial discrimination. Parade Permit requirements 6-26 Le al 9 Review Cade regarding permits beini�i required for picketing. What is required - should it be changed? Public Hearing 6-26 City Clerk/ Public Wks Set for July 3 for public hearing -on Proposed changes in bus routes and rates. Put out press release. Property easement problem 6-26 City Mgr/ Legal Review tope from Steve Cook, 218 Nest Benton. Legal review the situation and provide information to Council. National League of Cities dues 6-26 City Mgr Resurrect letter to NLC regarding Payment of dues after 7-1-79. July 4 concert - City Park 6-26 Cit Mgr Y 9 Approve KXIC - KICG application su(,,,,tt to noise arrangements. Cab service for senior citizens -26 Public Wks Advise City Manager regarding status of funding. Downtown wooden fixtures -26 P&PD Advise City Manager regarding use of Penta on wood. Is this toxic, dangerous? What alternatives exist? MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOIDES Informal Council Meeting July 2, 1979 DEPARTMENT REFERRALS MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1,I01nE5 W SUBJECT DATE RECD REFERRED TO DATE� DUE COMMENTS/STATUS W CC What is status of attempt to resolve Sturgis Ferry Park 7-2 City Attny question of control of parkland re. Airport Commission claims? City Mgr Contact Airport Commission regarding Sturgis Ferry Park possibility of boat ramp being built there. Schedule informal discussion with Major City programs 7-2 City Mgr department heads prior to FY 81 Council goals and objectives session. Library Plans 7-2 City Mgr Schedule Council discussion at informal meeting. Traffic Engineer report to City Mgr Light fixtures 7-2 Public Wks regarding condition etc. of bollard lights and lights in Chauncey Swan report will be ready. i Planning and Zoning appointment 7-2 City Mgr I Contact Don Madsen f l MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1,I01nE5 DEPARTMENT REFERRALS 0 W SUBJECT ._ ....... . MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES tdolMEs DATE t o COMMENTS/STATUS Advise City Manager regarding back- Warrak property appeal 7-3 HUSdwelling), ground on inspection (single family and why before Appeals I es . inspecting such propertiexcept upon complaints. i Advise Council regarding decision by Electrical Permit fees 7-3 Legal Board of Appeals to modify fees for ACT (previous referral), Report to Council regarding how they Authority of Boards and Commissions 7-3 Legal can take action against decisions, rulings, etc. by various boards and PAD 1750 Rochester 7-3 P&PD Will be scheduled for further informal discussion on 7-16-79. Cab fare subsidy for elderly and Human Rel/ Report to Council on nature and J handicapped 7-3 Public Wks status of contract problems. Also Hugh report to Council on current Transit rates and fares 7-3 Public Wks Will be further discussed at informal meeting of 7-16-79. Ventura -Tanglewood special assessment 7-3 Public Wks Contact new owner of former Grell property regarding their position on assessment project. City Clerk's salary 7-3 Human Rel Increase to $20,673.00 annually. ._ ....... . MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES tdolMEs City of Iowa City Monthly Report Willow Creek Neighborhood Centers Inc. Junej 1979 Summer has arrived at the Community Center. The beautiful sunny weather has lent itself to many fun outdoor activities. Johnson County Extension office met for B days with a food force program. This program introduced new ways of learning about nutrition. Average attendance was about 20 children ages 2 to 9 years of age. The summer recreation grand opening was June 11. Each day the program offers 2 to 3 different activities for the children to chose from. Each day has a mixture of physical activity and quiet activities. Kickball, swimming] and new games top the list of physical events. The highlight of this month was the representation of Mark IV at the track meet held at City High school. Mark IV sent 12 children to the track meet which was held June 21. There were numerous first and second place winners. Hopefully we will be able to send children to the state meet in Ames. Other events that have happened this summer are field trips to the police station) fire departments and Willow Creek Park. Many arts and crafts projects have helped decorate the center. The children really liked playing with a parachute as one of the new game ideas our staff was taught at the recreation center. The library committee decided to have a garage sale to help raise money for books. This sale was held June 23. The senior citizens have continued to be active this summer. Another potluck was held in Willow Creek Park where we tired our hand at homemdde ice cream. Friday; June 29j this group went to the congregate meals and ate lunch together. They then visited a former resident at Iowa City Care renter and wurked on a quilt together. Welcome wagon and friendly visiting is still underway. Because of the turn over rate being highs there have been many residents to talk with. Several meetings this month have helped introduce Mark IV into the community. Debbie attends the vandalism meetings twice monthly and she also was asked to give a talk at Kirkwood College to help promote the "English as a Second Ianguage't class that had been held at the center all winter. All in ally the center has become a very busy and exciting place this summer. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES tdo111E5 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB IIA; ,n� t:���.:,t .I I•IF, -,City of Iowa Cit"; MEMORANDUM DATE: July 13, 1979 TO: City Council FROIM: City Manager RE: Informal Agendas and Meeting Schedule July 16, 1979 _ Monday 1:30 - 5:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M. - Review zoning applications 1:45 P.M. - PAD 1750 Rochester 2:00 P.M. - Council agenda, Council time and Council committee reports 2:30 P.M. - Review new Library plans j 3:00 P.M. - Sanitary sewer system facility plan - Public Works 1 3:30 P.M. - Discuss transit routes and fares - Public Works 4:00 P.M. - Executive session - Pending litigation - Legal 4:30 P.M. - Consider appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Appeals, United Action for Youth Board, Parks and Recreation Comniccion, and Committee on Community Needs I July 17, 1979 _ Tuesday '1111 7:30 P.M. - Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers I July_ 23, 1979 -__ Monde NO INFORMAL MEETING July 24,_1979_ Tuesday 7:30 P.M. - Special Council Meeting - Public Hearing - Council Chambers 1 July 30, 1979 Monday 9 1:30 - 5:00 P.M. e 1:30 P.M. - Review zoning applications 2:00 P.M. - Council agenda, Council time, and Council committee reports 2:30 P.M. - Discuss leaf burning policy PENDING ITEMS 1 Northside Study Area Transportation Study Presentation on new Art Gallery - July 1979 Appointments to Housing Commission and Committee on Community Needs - August 14 j Discuss major city projects MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES tI01NES i I i I I I i i I ' 1 i u t1 IJ � 1 I S I i I . 4 y f � � 002 July 11, 1979 Mr. Kenneth L. Lowder 1211 Wylde Green Road Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Mr. Lowder: Thank you for your recent letter concerning the difficulty which the Airport Commission apparently is having receiving correspondence. The FY80 budget indicates that $12,650 for commodities and $40,635 for service charges have been appropriated for Airport Commission purposes. It would be inappropriate for either the City Manager or the City Council to interfere in the internal operations of the Airport Commission. Under the law, the Airport Commission may utilize the budget allocated to it for purposes it deems appropriate. This includes postage and other expenses relating to the operation of Commission business. Sincerely yours, Neal G. Berlin City Manager bdw cc: Airport Commission E.K. Jones City Council MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES /J166 I comment-, 4A—Iowa city PrearCltbaa—EatordaY. July 7' 1979 Iowa City in a changed world Now and in the years Immediately ahead, major decisions need to be made which will appreciably Influence the nature and extent of governmental ser- vices, the appearance of the city, our personal lives and needs and national security. This change will be uaiike anything which most Americans have experi- enced because: 1. The impetus will be imposed upon us from an outside source, prey OPEC. 2. There will be a transi- tion from the profligate use of resurces to a scarcity of natural resources. The decisions which we will make here in Iowa City concerning mass transit, building codes, zoning and Lad use development and all public services will have a significant Impact on our lite style, the nature of Iowa City and the heritage we build or destroy for the future. Much of this change will be mandated by the end of Inexpensive energy resources. However, other factors also will influence this change. There are the "Proposition 13" movement — a general feeling that too often government Impedes our interests rather than serves them — a cry for political leadership and the schizophrenic attitude of the public demanding more programs and services while at the same time decrying government expenditures. Although it is always easiest to blame our dilemma on others, ie. Congress, OPEC, City Council, .Jimmy Carter, city manager or dog catcher, many of the prob- lems will be on the way to resolution when we recog- nize the enemy. Walt Kelly of Pogo fame clearly Identifies the cul- prit: "The real enemy Is always close at hand. Not under your nose, to be surely, but behind It... The world Is an available scape- goat. But when you have time, go to the phone booth, call up any stranger at ran- dom and confess. You did it all." Neal Berlin came to Iowa City as city manager early in 1975. He Is the city's fifth manager since the council- manager plan of govern- ment was adopted In 1951 and was selected from more than 70 applicants. Before coming to Iowa City, Berlin had been town manager of Hanover, N.H., for sir years. These comments on the future of Iowa City in an age when so many assumptions of the past no longer remain valid are in part an elabora- tion of a talk presented to the tions club late last month. Kelly's philosophy has been popularized as: "We have met the enemy and he is us." Yes, we are the problem. Only we, through conserva- tion, mature self-sacrifice and a reo�dcring of priori- ties, can prevent total destruction of the American way of life. The American character is being tested as never before. We must all be a part of the effort here in Iowa City. More fortunote In certain respects, Iowa City is more fortunate than many communities in Its ability to cope and change. The change can be built upon a foundation which already exists. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOIRES 1#41 \i�. 1; , v �I /1 Fry pie, ,T�i VVV , I the public demanding more programs and services while at the same time decrying government expenditures. Although it is always easiest to blame our dilemma on others, ie. Congress, OPEC, City Council, .Jimmy Carter, city manager or dog catcher, many of the prob- lems will be on the way to resolution when we recog- nize the enemy. Walt Kelly of Pogo fame clearly Identifies the cul- prit: "The real enemy Is always close at hand. Not under your nose, to be surely, but behind It... The world Is an available scape- goat. But when you have time, go to the phone booth, call up any stranger at ran- dom and confess. You did it all." Neal Berlin came to Iowa City as city manager early in 1975. He Is the city's fifth manager since the council- manager plan of govern- ment was adopted In 1951 and was selected from more than 70 applicants. Before coming to Iowa City, Berlin had been town manager of Hanover, N.H., for sir years. These comments on the future of Iowa City in an age when so many assumptions of the past no longer remain valid are in part an elabora- tion of a talk presented to the tions club late last month. Kelly's philosophy has been popularized as: "We have met the enemy and he is us." Yes, we are the problem. Only we, through conserva- tion, mature self-sacrifice and a reo�dcring of priori- ties, can prevent total destruction of the American way of life. The American character is being tested as never before. We must all be a part of the effort here in Iowa City. More fortunote In certain respects, Iowa City is more fortunate than many communities in Its ability to cope and change. The change can be built upon a foundation which already exists. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOIRES 1#41 Evidence indicates that smaller governmental units can provide service more efficiently, at less cost and with greater citizen satis- faction than massive gov- ermnent. Consensus and change in a community the size of Iowa City is easier. Iowa City recently com- pleted a comprehensive plan. An emphasis upon concentrated development rather than urban sprawl is important. Development must be encouraged as close as possible to the core of the city rather than at the urban fringe. This can reduce both government and personal costs and maximize energy effi- ciency. A new zoning ordinance will be considered shortly by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council. Zoning can be a vehicle for implementing many necessary changes. The size of lots and the placement of buildings both can have important energy considerations. Such actions can minimize initial and long-term costs both for residents and the city government. The effort by the county to control scat- tered rural residential growth is of great signifi- cance. Through the urban renewal turmoil we did not realize that redevelopment of Iowa City's central busi- ness district would place us in the forefront of revitali- zation of the core of central cities In an effort to pre- serve scarce resources and maintain a satisfactory environment. A revitalized business district sur- rounded by major employ. ers and served by efficient transit provides many opportunities for the com- munity. Iowa City's superb transit system serves most Iowa City residents -within three blocks of their homes and carries as many as 10,000 riders a day. This service affords an opportunity to meet changing public and private needs in a way In which most communities will be unable to achleve for the foreseeable future. Many governements have mortgaged the future to an extent that unfunded needs may seriously cripple the government's ability to change directions and establish new priorities. Major problem areas are the deferral of maintenance of basic facilities, streets, bridges, sewers and water lines and the underfunding of public pension systems. Iowa City has made progress in solving some of these problems. Detailed planning for street improvements provides a schedule which will mird- mize deferred maintenance costs, bridges are inspected and are being repaired and old undersized water rains are being replaced. The city's employee pension systema are actuarially sound. The combined effort of the city and the university to develop a first class cable television system rep- resents a potential for increasing services in the home, including life-long learning, sports and cul- tural activities, Increased participation in governmen- tal affairs and even the reading of utility meters. Again, opportunities exist to improve life experiences while minimizing the use of private and public resources. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 'IOIIIES New emphases Increasingly, there is rec- ognition in local govern- ment that we must move away from policies based on unlimited resources, including expensive energy. The emphasis will be on quality and demand man- agement. A report recently pub- lished by the International City Management Associa- tion, entitled "The Future of Urban American: Possi- bilities and Prospects" states: "If, because of the dmdnishing returns of energy use and production, and slower economic groth, past government policies of 'supply more' are inappro- priate, a new response becomes necessary." That response is demand management. The report continues: "Demand man- agement is a way of reduc- ing the need for direct gov- ernmental Intervention by emphasizing incentives or disincentives to private individuals. Implicit in demand management is the understanding that demands are often greater than needs and that 'enough' is preferable to ,more,. Demand manage- ment policies reduce vul- nerability and provide more ttme to make a tran- sition to renewable resources." Iowa City is amenable to change with the coopera- tive efforts of citizens and their government. It Is clear that the city govern- ment will have to establish a new initiative. The review of all programs, resources, needs, abilities and policies is necessary. First, we must understand the nature of the problem, identity the enemy and rec- ognize the excellent resources here in Iowa City upon which we can base change. This action must be initiated before we are dragged into it by the adverse influences from the outside. Such efforts will insure the quality of life which is Iowa City. — Neal Berlin MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOIIIE5 i City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: July 10, 1979 To: City Manager and City Council From: Hugh A. Mose, Transit Manager I)JallI Re: Route and Schedule Realignments In response to comments made by Councilpersons, input from the general public, and difficulties encountered in writing schedules, the following changes to the proposed bus routes are suggested: 1. The Towncrest bus would be routed via Seventh Avenue and F Street, outbound only. This route change would balance the need to shorten the Towncrest route and the need to provide service to the resi- dential area between F Street and the railroad. 2. The North Dodge route would remain in its present alignment, running outbound on Jefferson and Governor, inbound on Dodge and Market. The northside area west of Dodge Street would be served by the North Dubuque bus, which would run on Gilbert Street north to Church Street. 3. The Wardway-North Dubuque bus would run hourly from 6:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. The North Dubuque bus, however, would be supplemented by a "tripper" bus, so that 30 -minute headways would be provided during peak periods Monday through Friday during the school year. By lengthening these routes to 30 minutes each rather than 22h minutes, buses could also be operated via Gilbert Street, rather than paralleling the Cambus service, and, if desired, service could be continued to the area south of Wardway. The hourly schedules will also be infinitely more understandable to the riding public. 4. Twice daily, at 2:00 and 2:30 P.M., the Sycamore bus would operate via Gilbert Court rather than Keokuk Street. This route deviation will provide direct service to the bus garage, so that drivers can be transported to and from their shift change point by bus rather than by auto. jm2/3 MICROFILM BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES n0111ES City of Iowa Cit, MEMORANDUM Date: July 11, 1979 To: Neal Berlin and City Council From: Eugene A. Dietz, City Engineer Re: Melrose Court Gate This memo is written in response to a request for information regarding the extent and number of times repairs have been made to the Melrose Court gate which as you know eliminated through traffic to the facility. To date the gate has been vandalized five times. Each time has required approximately three crew hours (two person crews) plus a vehicle. The following is a summary of those incidents: Damage Repairs I. Pulled out posts Posts were replaced and embedded in concrete 2. Broke padlock and chain Items replaced 3. Broke padlock and chain Replaced 4. Lifted gate off hinges & Repairs were made and the hinges bent hinges welded in place 5. The welded spots on the Rewelded new hinges hinges were sawed off with a hack saw Each of these events have occurred generally on a Friday or a weekend and the notice of vandalism has generally been reported on a Monday morning. The exact dates had not been recorded as such, but the best estimate is that this has happened over a five week period. bj2/29 1�q MICROFILMED DY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES CIVIC CENTER OF 410 E. WASHINGTON- ST. CITY IUWA CITY IOWA'152240 (3191354-180D 6 SENT TO: Dick Gibson, UofI }� Board of Realtors I Allan Vestal (Pres. I.C. Bar Association) \ Chamber of Commerce N\ Merlin Hamm (Pres. I.C. Homebuilders Association) Jim Harris (Board of Adjustment) Please be advised that the Planning and Zoning Commission will soon be reviewing over a several month period a proposed new zoning ordinance T for Iowa City. To gain as much input at the initial stages of its y review from individuals and organizations most directly affected and to expedite ultimate adoption of the ordinance, the Commission is request- ing your assistance. The City staff will be submitting copies of three or four sections of the draft ordinance at a time to us for review and, if you are inter- ested in participating, to you for written comments prior to our review of the sections. Alternative to written comments, your verbal comments y can be relayed to us through Don Schmeiser of the Planning staff. At your earliest convenience, please notify us of your intent or inter- est to participate in review of the ordinance and the individuals to i, whom sections of the ordinance should be sent for review and comment. Zncly,, L Dick Blum, Chairperson Planning and Zoning Commission jm4/21 r 1470 n - MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES ia CITY OF CIVIC CENFER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. July 3, 1979 IOWA CITY IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354.180D Robert E. Crow 1601 Broadway Iowa City, IA 52240 Re: Petition to Switch No Parking Prohibition in 1600 Block of Broadway Dear Mr. Crow: The City Council has asked the Public Works Department to provide a recommendation on -changing the parking prohibition in the 1600 block of Broadway. In your petition, you stated that the placement of the signs was difficult to work with, since it necessitated entering private driveways to turn around for parking on the other side. We understand your concern and we usually prefer not to disturb the existing habits of Iowa City residents. We feel there are some pressing reasons why the parking should be left as it is. 1. During the winter snow plowing season, it is extremely helpful to our drivers to always having the parking removed on the same side of the street. Frequently, our snow plow drivers are operating under blinding snow conditions. The driver may not notice that parking was switched to the other side of the street in this one block and he may crash into the rear end of parked cars. 2. We prefer to prohibit parking on the same side of the street on which the fire hydrant is located. In this case the fire hydrant is on the west side of the street where the parking is prohibited. 3. The 1600 block of Broadway is a dead-end street. It would seem that regardless of which side parking is prohibited, the driver must ultimately turn around in a driveway. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Robert E. Crow ^1 July 3, 1979 Page 2 We were hopeful that we would be able to meet the desires of the neighbor- hood but the problem of snow removal really does concern us, since our winters have turned so vicious in the last few years. I am sorry we are unable to address your concerns, but I do hope we have explained the reason why. Weo , . P st Dirr f Public Works cc: Petitioners bc5/11 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES HOMES s I �Y �1 � 1 .l) �1 fr: a: d I s 1 � r 1 i ) r I I, j , i ij i 1 -. 4S i i i I j I I I ! t I I I I i Robert E. Crow ^1 July 3, 1979 Page 2 We were hopeful that we would be able to meet the desires of the neighbor- hood but the problem of snow removal really does concern us, since our winters have turned so vicious in the last few years. I am sorry we are unable to address your concerns, but I do hope we have explained the reason why. Weo , . P st Dirr f Public Works cc: Petitioners bc5/11 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES HOMES R''CEIVED JUL 1919 IN THE IOWA DISTP,ICT COURT IN AND FOR JOHNSON COUNTY CITY OF IOWA CITY, Petitioner, VS. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent, IOWA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ROBERT N. DOWNER, DONALD STRUB, DONALD HEBERT, RUSSELL MISHAK, THOMAS HOOGERWERF, and MARVIN HARTWIG, LAW NO. 45014 MOTION TO DISMISS PETITION OF INTERVENTION HEARING REQUESTED Intervenors. ) COMES NOW the Petitioner, in moving the Court to dismiss the Petition of Intervention of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce, Robert N. Downer, Donald Strub, Donald Hebert, Russell Mishak, Thomas Hoogerwerf, and Marvin Hartwig, and states: 1. To intervene in litigation, a person must be "interested" in the subject matter of litigation, or the success of either party to the action, or against both parties (Rule 75 of the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure). 2. "Interested" means to have a cause of action or legally -protected interest related to the subject matter of the litigation as to either or both parties [Llewellyn v. Iowa State Commerce Commission, 200 N.W.2d 881, 884-885 (Iowa 1972)1. 3. The "interest" alleged by the potential Intervenors herein is: (a) they would be entitled to judicial review ! had they been aggrieved by action of I Respondent Iowa Department of Transportation, i11ra. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES ?101MES -2- (b) 'l- (b) as businessmen and as an organization of MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MONIES businessmen in Iowa City, Iowa, they would benefit from Respondent's planned location and design of Freeway 518 and would be damaged if Freeway 518 is not built in accordance with said plan and without delay; and (c) Respondent Iowa Department of Transportation cannot adequately protect the interests of Intervenors. 4. None of the allegations of "interest" by Intervenors constitute "interest" within the meaning of Rule 75 of the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure, to -wit: (a) whether Intervenors would be entitled to judicial review had they been aggrieved by action of Respondent is irrelevant and immaterial to any pleaded issue in this case and certainly does not constitute either the statement of a cause of action or a legally protected interest. (b) though Intervenors allege potential damage if Freeway 518 is not built in accordance with Respondent's plan, no legally pro- tected interest is alleged nor is any cause of action against Petitioner plead; and (c) though Intervenors allege that Respondent cannot protect the interests of Intervenors, no legally protected interests and/or MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS•DES MONIES 6 - 3 - violations thereof by Petitioner are plead. 5. Petition of Intervention should be dismissed with 11 costs taxed to Intervenors pursuant to Rule 77 of Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure. DAVID A. ELDERKIN & CLIVE V. CLARK of WADSWORTH, ELDERKIN, PIRNIE & VON LACKUM 619 Higley Building - P.O. Box 1968 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406 ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER CC: R. Goodwin J. Honohan U..tlt.C. Phe Wasiined hereby certifier l:.: ;.-Coir J Li Iveoir. in - errant nos served Upon esth of the .I rvazy; el rec,rl of all pa6es His abova•enfilled Cruse by enclo;isy ihs sin. U; rl eav:Iape ad - acid to each soch attorney at his respacfiva:ddress as doe ID1aj by pleadin=s of rrord herein, with pe:!a,n fully paid, and by poillina saM aanlopr Ina United Swesp3c;l 011iee depository In dar Rapids, lost, ce 0a dry of /SEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE of IYAOSVINTH. El0.RX11. PIR31E S 403 MUM 619 Hl;ley E'AW1q, P.O. Bas 1969 Cebs Raids. Iowa 521M FIICROFILMEO BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOIHES , July 2, 1979 1-HNSON COUNTY,.P.E.A.T.S. 538 SOUTH GILBERT STREET IOWA CITY. IOWA 52240 TELEPHONE: (319) 351.6078 To: Hugh Mose, Iowa City Transit From: Don Schaefer, Johnson County SEATS RE: Amount for FY 1980 Iowa City -Johnson County SEATS Contract Summarized below is the Iowa City ridership on Johnson County SEATS for FY 1979. July 908 January 1,564 August 968' February 1,679 September 875 March 1,358 October 1,109 April 1,185 November 1,125 May 1,108 December 1,301 June 873 The total for FY 1979 equals 14,053. As agreed per contract Johnson County SEATS shall reimburse the City of Iowa City $0.50 per trip or $7,026.50 for FY 1979. Therefore the net total payment for Iowa City to Johnson County SEATS for FY 1980 equals $30,628.57. ($37,655.07-$7,026.50) Accordingly, a monthly payment schedule for Iowa City to Johnson County SEATS for FY 1980 is summarized below: July $2,552.38 January $2,552.38 August 2,552.38 February 2,552.38 September 2,552.38 March 2,552.38 October 2,552.38 April 2,552.38 November 2,552.38 May 2,552.38 December 2,552.38 June 2,552.38 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES A173 " July 2, 1979 joHNSON COUNTY 3'.E.A.T.S. 538 SOUTH GILBERT STREET IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 TELEPHONE: (319) 351.6078 To: Mr. Hugh Mose, Iowa City Transit Mr. Pete Albrecht, Coralville Transit Dr. James Stehbons, Mayor, City of University Heights From: Don Schaefer, Johnson County SEATS Enclosed is the FY 1979 .Johnson County SEATS report on its urban area operations. A .,, rG, ,Johnson County SEATS FY 1979 Urban Area Operations (1) Urban Area Ridership for FY 1979 Urban area ridership on Johnson County SEATS totalled 16,548 trips as summarized in Table 1. Urban area ridership on Johnson County SEATS increased substantially over FY 1978. As can be seen on Table 1 ridership increased 68.6 percent over that of FY 1978. Month Iowa City Coralville Univ. Total Heights July 908 223 13 1,144 Aug. 968 177 12 1,157 Sept. 875 228 12 1,115 Oct. 1,109 172 15 1,296 Nov. 1,125 116 21 1,262 Dec. 1,301 158 49 1,508 Jan. 1,564 200 48 1,812 Feb. 1,679 184 51 1,914 March 1,358 158 34 1,550 April 1,185 143 20 1,348 May 1,108 158 26 1,292 June 873 165 22 1,060 TOTAL 14,053 2,082 323 16,458 FY 1978 TOTAL 8,865 668 227 9,760 Pct. Change 58.5 211.7 42.3 68.6 Table 1 FY 1979 Urban Area Ridership (2) Summary of Cost Per Trip Information Table 2 summarizes the cost per trip information for the urban area ridership on Johnson County SEATS. As can be seen the total urban area contribution rose by 3.9 percent as compared to the ridership increase of 68.6 percent. The more substantial increase in ridership relative to expenses caused a 38.4 percent decrease in the cost per trip ratio. 05=_ -- MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Table 2 Cost Per Trip Information Year Urban Area Ridership Contribution FY 1978 $31,585.84 9,760 FY 1979 32,827.97 16,458 Pct. 68.6 Change 3.9 r MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES MOINES Cost/Trip $3.23 1.99 (38.4) • -� National 1620 Eyer``e6 N.W. OFFICERS: • League Washingl�.., 0. C. A•11�+ of 20006 u d�s..vw,»M a•o• Cities (202)293-7310 4r.•P•w Cable: NLCITIES n� n SxYNVI. P.W+ JUI- 5 1979 w.n» IW.I.II 41p. W�pY• NNn RECEIVED Anr.ewvrvlwM.+ ten won/ IINV Cw,a.AGb July 2, 1979 :!&Mp" MEWRANDU4 7o: CTIp Maobers Fran: Tara Hamilton, NIC Re: small Cities Advisory council Information As you know, I also staff NIC's Small Cities Advisory Council (SCAC) in addition to the CUP project, and hope to serve as a liaison between these two groups in terms of sharing program objectives and activities. Enclosed you'll find a recent mailing to the SCAC describing sone of the recant legislative and Administrative efforts of NIC in behalf of small cities as well as plans for the Crngress of Cities workshops in November. I tape this information will be of interest to you and I look forward to seeing you in November. cc: Ted Maher, PTI u RII/MYOINTD IwbNkN map . UMA As CIWnp MIM WYN»,M,p 4bwnn WNrn\w.dNICTOR{:P. YNNW NnP.L\tJnlp•Mlo MnAU/M/kpJ1Y'Iu1• M1Yk%4/N4 CnrtIR•V kM q+pnlM Nov41s0.4mNn /. {PwM14ap. W.'aaI ININk • RNNxO Mun, p WAn P,ttY. bp\ LArnO1M II.". RMnNN 0. {IxN•. [noon MNIn.CMAb NIN VA bgw•WwmnOp,Cw44Yrlw dANq W...,RXMI•IP CN ,NRAIMIp ILAW11 Cw M,A•NNMV{.CV\w.Mpv Mel-1•MIM•. CIY,xIACnwtl4wrM. Lw M'" t••m.MIMr/w1 don, WnICMnrMn. w.w Vln OC . /•VkR 0.d++.IrIW.w dxur. Mwllpp Mn[VY Alwcxm .IWMN L MrMP W p Iminr Aruw, IM• MMxMMCwk/PI W x[ Iwnd Ylnpn.tnvkl/ M•IM1 NPN'l .' MYaI GnO\.CNI1. 4ryw0. 4•A. dlpb. fab./Mk�rullMry, 41M ONINwu CJ10A4or'•. Nn YLCwr. Y.rp IYuxn.tx•\. JeMY NbVpKU,MM. Ninyn4J•tpYleyw.GM/PAWC••ConlYrrrOlr 01^.M.Gn/b•MIIpn /. Run. N. Map, MVVv4 SnIn G•WM•IIkIIx1Y. {tM. 4[p.l•M.IVw.YIMI/rW•RIYw{I{M+.I••CMnldrxt+.M•IWM•nlll•4n NCIw•m IMI. RMff. {WNx. lr•tM wa,M.AlWIMl a*0• m Gkt.Vklw P{YI/IRCMJNIn[•.. 9.,C114\Nr/I.OwIARVn NNM1 COvil4tnpw, JMwvn. b•t•Vw AV". Map YYnMr lmaV %Cltbna•MN WMrvM,Wp.N1[Iv0 "W .TWW.'Wp.S11 WGI Ym hIICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 6101RE5 June 28, 1979 MEMORANDUM National 1620 Eye Su, :[. N.W. League Washington, D C. of 20006 Cities J202)293-/310 Cable: NLCITIES To: Small Cities Advisory Council From: 5�Ferd Harrison, Chairman, SCAC Subject: Small Cities Business and Update OFFICERS I thought it would be helpful to put together a mailing to the SCAC at this mid- point between NLC's last March meeting in Washington and the Congress of C in Las Vegas this November. ities Since I last wrote you, some of our members have been quite active in NLC organi- zational activities and the League itself has closely followed events in Washing- ton that may interest you. RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY As you know, the Administration is working hard to put together a Rural Development Policy by the end of this summer. The policy so far has taken the form of agree- ments and letters of understanding among various federal agencies responsible for grant and .Loan programs. The White House has invited NLC and its representatives to Several briefings and announcements of rural initiatives which will eventually Conn the policy. Most recently, Mayor Guthrie Smith from Fayette, Alabama, represented the SCAC at the announcement on Rural Development Transportation Initiatives. Mayor Smith spoke with Jack Watson of the President's staff and told him how important these agreements among agencies to develop programs directed at small cities can be. Mayur Smith also met with NLC Executive Director Alan Beals, and NLC Board member Mayor Tom Moody of Columbus, Ohio to discuss transportation issues and the impact of deregulation of trucks in small cities. Tara Hamilton, our staff support for the SCAC, gave a briefing to the NLC Community and Economic Development Steering Committee last month on the rural development initiatives. Louis DeMar, Minneapolis, the vice-chairman of the committee stressed the importance of the Farmer's Home Administration programs in sewer and water, and what they can mean to orderly versus random development in small cities and flow often they encourage rural sprawl. That committee directed Tara to keep them Informed of developments in the rural development policy process. (Attached IS a check list of these initiatives, so far). NLC will continue to work with the White House on this policy and report to the full'SCAC in November. (Continued) PIICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1101RE5 SLAC Memo -2- June 28, 1979 NLC POLICY COMMITTEE PROCESS AND SMALL CITIES One of the major priorities of our SCAC this year is to have a working knowledge and participation with the NLC policy committees. Every year the majority of members on the full policy committees are officials from cities under 50,000 in population, however, they sometimes feel that they have no direct influence on the development of the policy. This year, for the first time, we have a member on each NLC policy steering committee, who also serves on our SCAC steering (:ommittee. This will ensure that small city perspectives are present when the policy is being developed in the early stages. So far, Ernest Thompson, our Vice -Chairman has met with the Finance, Administration, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee; Art Gray, has met with the Transpor- tation Committee and he sent you a report on that meeting; Orrin Juel met with the Community and Economic Development committee; Ken Peavyhouse with the Human Resources Committee; and most recently, Howard Neu met with the Natural Resources Committee. I understand that it was Howard, who led that committee to suggest a resolution calling for revenues raised from a windfall profit tax on gasoline to be used for improving public transportation, rather than mass transportation, since the latter would overlook small city transportation needs. We will have an opportunity in November to evaluate how well we've done in getting NLC policy to reflect small city interests when these representatives to those policy steering committees speak to the full SCAC membership. If you have been appointed to an NLC policy committee, please participate and read carefully the materials sent to you from the NLC policy staff. SliRMCE TRANSPORTATION DEREGULATION NIX has been waging a single-handed battle with the White House and the appropriate federal agencies over the last six months on the issue of deregulation. The first tegislatiun was passed last year which freed the airline industry from federal regulation to some extent. NLC was concerned that many medium-sized and small cities would suffer a loss of air service as a result and asked the White House Interagency Coordinating Council to conduct an urban impact analysis on the effects of airline deregulation on the economic and social well-being of the affected communities. Since then NLC has also written requesting similar impact analyses on rail and truck deregulation. Last week Art Gray from Port Jervis, New York, two other members of NLC's transportation steering committee representing small cities and I attended an announcement at the White House at which the President and Senator Ted Kennedy outlined the legislation they introduced to the Congress calling for the deregulation of the trucking industry. Again, Alan Beals, has written to the Department of Transportation and other interested parties urging that a careful look be taken at the transportation needs of small and rural communities before enacting any other IrPislntInn dha-nntroling the trnckfng industry. The Nation's Cities Weekly enclosed has an urLicle on that meeting. 1,1)e whiLu (louse and the trucking industry have both identified small city service as (in,- ul'Lhu key elements of the success or failure of deregulation. NLC needs to know Iram1 their membership what the real situation is in your communities and states. (Continued) IV— - MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS.DES 1101BCS SCAC Memo -3- June 28, 1979 The NLC transportation steering committee has also directed the staff to develop and send out a survey to the SCAC, the Transportation, Public Safety, and Recreation Policy Committee, and the State Municipal Leagues on deregulation and transportation needs of small communities. I hope you will be cooperative when you receive this survey and return it to NLC as soon as possible. CONGRESS OF CITIES UPDATE The NLC Congress of Cities will be held this year in Las Vegas on November 24-28. If you are a direct member of NLC you've already received advance information through the weekly newspaper. Although many of the workshops this year will be of interest to you, there will be seven workshops in the program track designed specifically for small cities: Managing Human Services in Smaller Cities -- Small cities have traditionally pro- vided services to their residents on tight budgets. How can they meet the demand for social programs with even fewer resources in the future? Your Local Economy is More Than Main Street -- This workshop will look at good and bad experiences with economic development and present techniques on evaluating the scope and character of your local economy, creating a development approach, and finding assistance to implement the development plan. Deregulation: The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore -- Local officials learn how deregulation will affect small cities. Strategies for dealing with loss of air, rail, or bus access -- both local and regional •-- Will be discussed. A Circuit -Riding Program to Help Small Cities Achieve Management and Fiscal Health -- Professional management and fiscal health go hand-in-hand. Unfortunately, many smaller cities can't afford full-time professional staff. This session will offer small city experiences with the circuit riding concept of pooling management resources among communities. Regional Approaches to Environmental Management for Small Cities -- One method of dealing with the problem of mandated environmental costs -- regional cost-sharing will be discussed by local officials. Regional air pollution control, safe drinking water, and solid waste management programs will be reviewed. Can Small Cities Afford Traditional Public Safety? -- With the rising costs of public I safety services small cities must compensate by modifying some of their present practices. This workshop will provide information on how to deliver police and fire services despite dwindling city funds. How Federal and State Mandates Limit the Ability to Manage -- More and more the local authority is being affected by rigid federal and state mandates and regulations. Often the local manager is unable to make the decisions he or she is most suited to handle because of requirements in personnel management, labor protection clauses, and other issue areas. This workshop will examine the future of local government authorities in the eighties. I hope you find these topics interesting. If you have suggestions on specific issues or material you would like to see in these workshops, or want to offer information on your city's experience in these areas, please give Tara a call at (202) 293-4909. (Continued) PIICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES !10111ES SCAC Memo -4- June 28, 1979 The SCAC has a responsibility to make sure that the small city program activities offered at the NLC meetings do reflect the needs and interests.of small city participants. At this time, I'd like to stress to you that Las Vegas is unlike previous NLC convention sites for many reasons, but especially because of the hotel room situation. Delegates to the NLC meeting can only check into hotels over the weekend, on Friday, November 23rd or Sunday November 25th The hotels will not accept any check -ins on Saturday, November 24th. Therefore, this year, all NLC Policy committees will meet on Saturday. November 24th. So, REGISTER EARLY. As far as the SCAC meeting, we are scheduled to have our full business meeting on Monday, November 26th from 5.00-6.30 v m Thia ie ae a direct result of some of our Steering Committee members concern that we most during the regularly programmed Congress of Cities meeting to ensure high attendance of the full group. I know this letter is lengthy, but full, I hope, of useful information. I'm looking forward to seeing you in Las Vegas to compare notes on our progress and future efforts. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOIHES ;TON CREEK COORDINATING COMMITTEE 27, 1979 MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM ;ONS IN ATTENDANCE: Mike Flaherty - Planning & Program Dept., Ed Brinton ' - Shoemaker-Haaland Consulting Engineers, Bruce Glasgow, Charles Eastham, Jane Jakobsen, Hellen Kavanaugh, Jane Kinney, Jim Hall, Dick Plastino, John Walker. :he beginning of the meeting Plastino handed out a memo dated June 27, 1 entitled "Funding for Ralston Creek Projects". The memo was a Irity listing of channel improvements on Ralston Creek and it listed ar amounts for each section of the creek. The priorities were as follows: 11175 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 110111ES Amount Top Priority Reserve fund for land acquisition & house purchases $635,000 Priority 1 - U.S. Hwy. 6 to Small Cities Rock Isl. RR Federal Program Priority 2 - Rock Isl. RR Small Cities to Washington St. Federal Program Priority 3 - F Street to $491,000 Memory Garden Cemetery Priority 4 - Glendale Ct. $275,000 to Sheridan Ave. Priority 5 - Sheridan Ave. to $ 80,000 F Street Priority 6 - Washington St. to $610,000 Clapp Street Priority 7 - Gilbert St, to (included in 11175 MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 110111ES Ralston Creek C",,dinating Committee June 27, 1979 Page 2 Washington Priority 8 - Confluence of both channels upstream to Hickory Hill Park Priority 9 - Memory Garden Cemetery to Brookside Dr. Priority 10 - Brooksdie Dr. to Scott Blvd. reserve fund) $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 TOTAL $2,091,000 The memo also recommends that the City set up a drainage crew composed of one Maintenance Worker III and three Maintenance Workers. Total cost for this crew with equipment and materials would be $100,000 per year. The Committee discussed the priority and there was some discussion of switching priorities 3 and 4. The Committee finally decided to leave the priorities as they were with the following recommendation to Council: 1. The Committee recommends that the three maintenance men be changed to temporary summer help for four to five months a year. The supervisor of the drainage crew should be assimilated into the Street Division during the winter months. This would lower the yearly cost of the drainage crew by approximately $20,000 a year to $80,000 per year. 2. The Committee recommended that Council be asked for the following funds: FY81 - $500,000 (land $450,000, engineering for priority #3 $50,000); FY82 - $500,000 ($441,000 to construct priority #3, $55,000 for engineering priorities #4 and #5); FY83 - $485,000 ($185,000 for land, $300,000 for priorities #4 and #5); FY83 - $610,000 (engineering and construction of priority #6). The Committee noted that an apartment building was being built by Medical Associates. Since a berm is planned in this area it was recommended that the Public Works Director contact the apartment house owners to see if they would be willing to install the diversion berm at the time they are building their apartment. MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1101MES 0 Ralston Creek C^`;dinating Committee June 27, 1979 Page 3 Charles Eastham noted that Scottsdale, Arizona was receiving $20,000,000 in flood control money and he wondered about the source Public of funding. Works Director stated he would find out. The Committee asked about the progress on the Hickory Hill dam. It was stated that the preliminary engineering report would be done in a few weeks and this would be the trigger for Council direction on when representatives of the City should again meet with Regina High School. Once again it was suggested that only a small group from the City meet with a small group from Regina High School rather than having a very large meeting. There was 'discussion about how work on Ralston Creek would continue if there were a turnover in staff. There was a discussion about setting up a subcommittee to aid in purchase of property when it comes on the market. This is in regard to the $635,000 reserve fund which should be set up. There was discussion about draw -down of HCDA funds and when the south branch dam should be built. It was decided that it would be advantageous to go ahead and bid the south branch late this fall even though it might not get constructed until spring since it would obligate HCDA funds. f' There was discussion about the Storm Water Management Plan and when it would be presented to the general public. It was decided that this would be done in august after Plastino returns from vacation. A meeting was set up for August 1 engineering report on the Hicko y Hill�dam979 to discuss the preliminary cc: Marianne Milkman r Ir :p 1 i 1 i I 1 1 �r I. Y: I' 1 i 1 I MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES IIOIMES 0 RALSTON CREEK COORDINATING COMMITTEE: JUNE 27, 1979 U Per request of Dick Plastino the following recommendations are submitted: First: The Scott Blvd. (South Branch) Storage Site and Dam must receive approval of site and dam from the Iowa Natural Resources Council. See 5.805.3 and 5.80.5.1: of Natural -Resources 'regulations, I£ this has not been done -. iti should have first priority. Second: Get planss, land acquisition, and other details going on the Scott Blvd (Soubh Branch) Storage Site so that Iowa City may draw on the monies allocated from the project. The "Fede" could z call a halt to this entire spending program. Third: Set up a $5000000 fund for property acquisition. This fund should ' be labeled as "An acquisition fund for the purpose of acquiring property when available on the open market for use in flood control, u Right of Way improvements and street extension" It should not be limited to flood control only. A. Pick up the back taxes on the Ralston Creek property :i near Court and Muscatine Ave Fourth: Obtain assurance from the City Council that city owned property in the flood plain would not be used for housing until all improvements as recommended in the Shoemaker Haagland report are accomplished Ii is Fifth: Acquire property or floodway easements along the Railroad ROW at the ends of Rundell, Dearborn and Seventh streets are recommended. 4j Submitted by: Bruce R. Glasgow Committee Member MICROFILMED BY JORM MICROLAB CEDAR RAPIDS -DES 1101NE5 Plaza Previews City of Iowa City, 410 E. Washington, Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 354-1800 Vol. 2, No. 5 Paul Glaves, Development Coordinator Linda Schreiber, Editor COUNCIL ACTION Recently the City Council formally transferred Blocks 83 and 84 to Old Capitol Associcates. Construction crews have been grading the mall site to prepare for construction. A building permit for Old Capitol Center has no::, been approved and actual construction on the mall foundation began June 21. The former mini -park next to Bushnell's Turtle was formally contracted for sale to North Bay Construction, Inc. by Council action this month. Earlier, designs for the commercial/retail/office building were reviewed by the Design Review Committee (May 22 issue). Norm Bailey, President of North Bay, has submitted plans for a building permit. The building, pictured below, will be a handsome complement to our downtown. Plans and Specifications for Streetscape Improvement Project II (May 1 issue) were approved by the City Council at its June 19 meeting. The schedule calls for bids on July 12 with construction to begin in August and be completed before the Capitol Street ramp is open. SHORT NOTES Behind schedule. Severe winter weather and the ten day ironworker strike have delayed construction on the Capitol Street Parking Ramp. The contract with Viggo M. Jensen Co. has now been extended 22 working days. Development Coordinator Paul Glaves expects the ramp to be open in October instead of September as earlier predicted. He notes that the electrician strike has also had an effect on the construction timetable, and an additional extension due to delay beyond the control of the contractor should be expected. Cycle parking. One of the City's smaller parking lots is located on Burlington Street between The Mill Restaurant and the Campus Standard Service Station. Last week Joe Fowler, Parking Supervisor, converted four automobile parking spaces in this lot to eight motorcycle spaces. The change, Fowler explains, will alleviate congested auto parking and provide more cycle parking in the CBD. The shopper parking is 204 an hour. Welcome to Iowa City. This month two new shops have opened. Don Fink, owner of Down to Earth Flower and Gift Shop, recently moved from Marshalltown where he operated a similar business. Previously occupied by Wayner's, Down to Earth's address Is 114 E. Washington. The shop specializes in wedding and flower arrangements for all occasions. As a member of AFS, American Floral Society, and Florafax, Down to Earth offers wire delivery service throughout the world. Free delivery in Iowa City/Coralville is available. Their hours of business are 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday -Saturday. Later this summer Fink will establish evening hours. /*7G '!1 CROF ILRCO B- JORM MICROLAB The Dairy Queen, 218 E. ashington, also opened this m h. This family business is operated by Leo and Linda Eastwood, who also run the Dairy Queen in Solon. The Washington Street Dairy queen will be open year-round and will offer a full line of D.Q. products and sandwiches. The hours of business are Monday through Saturday, 10 AM - ll PM and Sunday, II AM -II PM. The Design Review Committee informally reviewed the expansion plans for First National Bank this week. The bank is renovating the space on Dubuque Street previously leased by Frankel's into the Personal Loan and Trust Department offices. First National hopes to have the new facilities ready for use by October. Cleanup Downtown On April 22, Stash Trash Day, 250 University of Iowa students met at Blackhawk Mini - Park. The students had volunteered to help cleanup the downtown as a part of Greek Week activities. The students met at the mini -park and were divided into ten teams to cover the Central Business District outlined by Burlington (S), Gilbert (E), Market (N) and Madison (W)• in addition to the students' donated time, local service groups supported the cleanup efforts with donations. Trash bags were contributed by the Jaycees. Hardee's donated Coke refreshments. Cleanup equipment was provided by the City. The Chamber of Commerce awarded first, second and third place trophies to the fraternities and sororities with the most participation. Craig Minter, Street/Sanitation Superintendent, said the University students collected 2.4 tons of garbage in the CDB in two and a half hours. (Compare that figure to weekly totals for Iowa City - 38 tons/week for 50,000 population.) This year's program was so successful that the Chamber plans to make STASH TRASH an annual event. Chamber representative Michelle Fisher said the first place trophy has been designated as a traveling award and will be presented each year. In addition, first place winners received $100 donation to go to the charity of their choice. The winners of this year's award! First Place - Sigma Phi Eps Gamma. Calm miry Redevebpment Ovk Center 410 E Washington Iowa City, Iowa 522AC