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MEMORANDUM
Date: January 22, 2003
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk
Re: Council Budget Work Session, January 15, 2003, 8:00 AM in Emma J. Harvat Hall
Council: Champion, Kanner, Lehman, O'Donnell, Pfab (8:15), Vanderhoef, Wilburn
Staff: Atkins, Helling, Fowler, Karr, Knoche, Lewis, Davidson, Franklin, Hefting, Trueblood,
Schmadeke, Nasby, O'Malley, Mansfield, Fosse
Tapes: 03-07; 03-08
(A complete transcription and materials distributed are available in the City Clerk's Office)
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
City Manager Atkins introduced department representatives for discussion of the projects.
Parkinq & Transit - Director Joe Fowler
Court Street Transportation Center (formerly Near Southside)
Bus Acquisition
Parking Garage Biennial Maintenance
Old Bus Depot Land Acquisition
Parks & Recreation - Director Terry Trueblood
Miller-Orchard Park
City Park Pool Filtration System
Water Works Park/Butler House Trail Head
Iowa River Power Dam (also discussed later in meeting)
Meadow Street Bridge and Trail Connection (also discussed later in the meeting)
Public Works & Enqineerinq - City Enqr. Rick Fosse
Mormon Trek - Hwy 1 to 921
Dane Road Area Sewer
Burlington Street Bridge at Ralston Creek
Dodge Street Reconstruction, Water Sewer
Scott Park Area Trunk Sewer
iowa River Power Dam
Camp Cardinal Road
Scott Blvd.
South Sycamore Trail
Meadow Street Bridge and Trail Connection
Stormwater Permitting
Landfill Cell (Council directed staff to schedule work session on regulating commercial and large
multiunit residential solid waste)
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Taft Road GSR (Reservoir)
CulvertJRailing Maintenance
Plannin~l & Community Development - Director Karin Franklin; Asst. Director Jeff Davidson;
Economic Development Coordinator Steve Nasby
Lower West Branch Road
Riparian Restoration - Water Work - Peninsula
Gilbert StreetJHwy 6 - Dual Left (Council directed staff to schedule work session)
Targeted Areas Housing Rehab (TARP) (Staff to provide policy paper)
City Manaqer
Capital Outlay
Runway Extension
Fire Apparatus
Fire Station #4
Economic Development
64- la Plaza Towers
Unfunded Proiects
Staff responded to questions and created the following flip chart for future discussion of
identified projects:
Foster/Dubuque
Myrtle Signal
Sidewalk
Riverside
Myrtle
DISC,
1. In response to Council, Parks & Recreation Director Trueblood stated the Dog Park was not
a high priority identified by the Commission.
2. In response to Council Member Kanner, City Engr. Fosse explained that many of the storm
sewer projects (Van Buren Storm - 91; Brooklyn Park Storm Sewer - 82; Sandusky Sewer -
88) were not within the 5-year plan simply based on the decision to allocate resources. The
City Manager stated that the City has the ability to move fairly quickly on such projects if
circumstances arose by maintaining some sort of capacity within our debt service.
3. Council Member Vanderhoef raised concerns regarding the street and traffic plan (Lower
Muscatine/Kirkwood/Spruce - 32; Lower Muscatine/Spruce/Deforest - 33; Sycamore/Hwy
6/Deforest - 51 ).
SCHEDULE
City Manager Atkins reminded Council of the final two budget work sessions schedule January
27 and 28.
City Clerk Karr noted a number of Council Members meeting conflicts and reviewed a proposed
Council meeting schedule discussed on January 13. Council agreed to the following:
Council Work Session
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February 3/4
February 18 - Combined work session and formal
Majority indicated their desire to maintain the March 11 meeting as a combined work session
and formal for adoption of the budget. After further discussion Council agreed to finalize the
March and April schedule at their work session on January 21.
Meeting adjourned 11:30 AM.