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-May 5> 1975
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and seconded- yBrandt, CzMotio Carrie hearing closed.
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being. the
time
closed. this was-
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announced-that t project,
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seconded by There bean& closed
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Council Minutes
May b 1975
Page 3
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the time
set
of
tha--t-this-vas ications and rovewent
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the Plans,Sanitary
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public Neuhauser gall Neuhauser+
Contract fIt`was ,loved by Upon roll absent. Motion
Project Resolution. Iaye,.+ AeProt 0 speak, the Mas
toad°Pt the voted resent Welsh
Davi no otheYlTP answer to'Robert_ Washington
Czarned There beingclosed. the design of that
- carried. the hearing ends °n Plastino advised
the sewer plan deP
declared ewe Director Richard_
question 3- l- Wo of Patricia
Street, Court,
it did not. reapP°intment
announced the Blum,°2041 Rochester May 1
Mayor,Czarnecki of Richard terms expiring on
the apPand Zoning Commission'
seconded, by Neu The to.
Gain
andthe
Davidsen carYied•would be
1980 e It was moves appointments. Motion issi,on
980- e the Mayor,
ap s to the HousingM111ssi°n+s meetinCo prehensive
apPnoted that aand,that the Hous1He an ounced thMemorial Union
made later, been cancelled., -Thursday at `the of he
ad
Thursday had would meet on Thur
as a result the concensus of
Plan Comma- nd announce and United Way,
at
7130 the County Needs Plaounity Development
for the
ith
discission wwas t -hire of
• the Council men t.Department out
Community Develop on the agenda
funds d receipt of letters not
e t° our Housing and
in-respons from Harrison Williams,
The Mayor announce UMTA
ayor,-omaha office 7ication;
from Mr. meet Act aPP amendments to
noting -
ro m Mr Develop concerning Arthur Small,Legislature.
to
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responding and from Rep. Authority
legislation; on Housing Finance trip to
vat -ons the CoolcDick Clark+
reser orted °n Senat
Davidsen reported
by s were extremely
CouncilwoC for the meeting workshop aware that a
Washington D khat the meeting andtowere nedsensitivi.ty to
and advised Poi or out tial, there -S in increased
resulted in 3-t the City.
beneficlelther urban or ru that it In
cozy is inbetween, andwill eventually. Neuhausus
unitfor Council which Councilwoman discuregarding
knowhow were seconded n the CdtyisgrL
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to her 4 age
concerning City Man 29th.
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with the Transportation been set _ is for trash
the AYea al discussion had lacemen
reported also that oriephad been placed at
an inform
The City Md been ordered, and
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Page 4 Council Minutes
May 6, 1975
the First Christian Church. Mayor Czarnecki announced a -
meeting of representatives of Large Cities in Des Moines on
May 14th with Mayor Cole of Sioux City to lobby for pending
bills that affect cities, and advised that he would attend
with any others who wished to attend.
Mayor Czarnecki asked that a status report be given on the
UMTA Grant Application and the discussionswiththe University
and Coralville. Finance Director Joe Pugh pointed out that
because of the Department of Transportation s--decision-to-
consider the matter of deferring the portion ;of the grant
that applies to the University, two options had been developed
to present to -Council, -l) make a'decision ,to defer the
-..University-'s portion or 2) to negotiate and amend the present
13c Agreement. _-After talking to the Department of Transportation
on how the deferral works and how it affects the 13c Agreement,'
-he found that the Secretary of Labor's assurance was more
- -broad than had been anticipated under that agreement, and
recommended that it was vital to review the Secretary of
Labor's letter of assurance and -noted _that` -it points up the
important aspect that the 13c Agreement must=:be backed up
by ,strong lease; agreements. He reported that the Coralville
"City 'Council 'will -finalize their lease agreement after the
relationship with the University is clarified. After dis-
cussion, it was moved by Brandt and seconded by Neuhauser
that the City Manager and Staff analyze the letter from the
Secretary of Labor and continue the discussions with the
University, -_,and report back to Council`. Motion carried, 3/1,
Czarnecki voting 'no'.
The City Manager commented that as the noon luncheon at
Mercy Hospital would be late, that it would be a good idea
to defer the -starting -of-the"Monday May 12th -meeting to 1:30 P.M.
Council agreed. Mr. _:Berlin presented -a letter from the
Department of Public Instruction concerning a special summer
foodservice program for children, deadline for response is
May 7th: He advised he -would contract the school system to
see if it could -be coordinated with the summer 'school program,
and-:would--report-.back to Council
City Attorney John Hayek explained the problems with the
-County officials
property taxes
is
to�ins tituteperty tatDeclaratoryhe City hasgJudgement in acquired, anDistricto_Courtmtosionon the urban al
get this matter resolved and have the court make the determination
on property -taxation -for urban renewal purposes. It was so
moved` -by Davidsen and seconded by Neuhauser. Motion carried.
The Attorney also 'reported receipt of a letter from Attorney
Cilek advising of dismissal of the,; Appeal filed on behalf
Of Jerry Lnnser, thin cnncel.i.ng -t.he public hearing scheduled
-for.-May-6th. -It was moved by Neuhauser and-xec:anded by
Davidsen that-'the`Cilek letter be received -and -filed. Motion
carried: -
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April 15,-1975 =
•__ The Council discussed the request of the Public Works
Department concerning direction for preparation of the detailed
design and preliminary assessment ,plat_s r,
fothe 1975 Paving
Assessment Program'No. 1. Director Richard Plastino recommended
going ,ahead with`762 alley between Fairchild' and Davenport
East of Dodge, #3a, North 220' of alley between Dodge and
Lucas South of Bowery, #5, South Riverside DriveSouthof Willow
Creek, and on Sycamore Street.to the :;Southerly limits of Hollywood
Manor Addition,-Part 5,-if 'extra-width funding is available.
Finance Director Joe Pugh explained the cash flow in the special
'assessment fund. ,Charles Kelly, Presiding of Protein Blenders
and `Earl-Riley, President of Maher Brothers-appeared requesting
paving :on'Riverside Drive',' south of Willow Creek. -It was moved
Neuhauser to, direct the_City Engineer
by Brandt and seconded by:
to proceed with information on paving-on Ip2, #3a_and f5 and
cil for discussion. Motion carried.
Sycamore and bring to Coun
The following resolutions initiate the Washington Street
"Sanitary SewerImprovementsProject, -to-rebuild between Van Buren
Street and Linn Street and all of the'sanitary- sewer manholes
will.:be_reconstructed between Clinton and Gilbert Streets. It
was moved by 'deProsse and seconded by Davidsen to adopt the
Resolution Setting Public Hearing_on.the Resolution of Necessity
for May 6, 1975 at`:7:30 P.M. Upon roll call Davidsen, deProsse,
• Neuhauser, Brandt,-Czarnecki voted 'aye'. Motion carried. It
;was moved by'deProsse"and-seconded by Neuhauser.-to-adopt the
Resolution Directing the Engineer to Prepare; Plans and Speci-
fications. ;Upon roll call deProsse, Neuhauser, Brandt,=Czarnecki,
Davidsen voted 'ave'. Motion carried. It was moved by Neuhauser
and„seconded by Davidsen to adopt the Resolution Setting Public
Hearing on thePlans and Specifications and Form of Contract
for May 6, 1975 and receive bids on May 8, 1975-at 10:00 A.M.
Upon roll call Neuhauser, Brandt, Czarnecki,'_ Davidsen, deProsse
voted aye'. Motion carried.
The following resolutions initiate the 1975 Sanitary Sewer
Project No. 1 for Keokuk Street; lying'; south of U.S. #6 By-Pass
to the edge of Hollywood Manor Addition,...Pant 5. It was moved'
-by deProsse and seconded by Neuhauser toradopt the.Resolution --
Setting,Public Hearing on the Resolution of Necessity for 5/6/75
at 'x7:30 A.M. Upon roll call Brandt, :Czarnecki, Davidsen,
deProsse, Neuhauser voted 'aye':Motion carried. 'It was -
moved -by,Neuhauser and seconded-by -Davidsen 'to adopt the Reslo
lution:Directing Engineer to Prepare :Plans acid Specifications.
Upon roll call:Czarnecki,,-Davidsen,:deProsse; Neuhauser:voted
'aye'. Motion carried.It was moved by Davidsen and seconded
by deProsse-:to adopt the Resolution Setting Public Hearing on
-Plans and Specifications and Form of Contract for 5/6/75 and
Receive` Bids on May 8, 1975 at 10:00 A.M. Upon roll call
Davidsen, deProf;se, Neuhnuner., Brandt, Czarnecki voted 'aye'.
Motion carried.
I-IFORMAL DISCUSSION
APRIL 24, 1975
_
= 1:00 P.M.
-The Iowa City,City Council met in informal session-
on the 24th day of April, 1975 at 1:00 P.M. in the Con-
ference Room`aE'the'Civic Center. Councilmembers present:
Czarnecki,; Brandt, deProsse;-Neuhauser, Davidsen. Absent:
- None. Staff members present:'' Hayek, Kraft, Wollmershauser,
Strabala, Pugh, Berlin, Stolfus, Zelenka,"Neppl, Bonnett.
Mayor Czarnecki presiding.
The Mayor announced discussion of Urban Renewal
and'-reprecincting;`
Brad Meyers from the University 'of Iowa Veterans
Association was present and voiced concern•.over:.whether'
buildings_ in Urban Renewal will be accessible to'the `handi-
capped and volunteered their association's, services for
on-site inspection and planning. The Mayor.noted'that
the Council is cognizant of their needs, and that the
City would abide by Federal regulations.
Mayor Czarnecki announced that there would be a series
of reviews by Staff members of Engineering,_ Planning,
and Finance on Urban Renewal. Richard Wollmershauser
presented the Planning Department's chart showing the
shifts in the takedown schedule, land delivery dates
and construction • schedules necessary for the suggested -
changes from the developer..` George Bonnett discussed_
-=the concerns of the Engineering Department -on three items:
1) coordination for construction of the Mall and Parking
Ramp, 2) the heavy construction schedule for 1978=1979,
_._
but saw no problem in scheduling slid in the manner
presented; and 3)= =that very little construction is done
from October 15 through April -.15. =-
Concerning the Finance Department review, Joe Pugh
commented on the procedures used for analysis of _the
amendment proposed and advised that basically the contract
amendments revise Schedule C,--'whichis in .variance with<
-_the land -marketing documents, 'which 'served As a basis
-for evaluation of; the Old Capital proposal;in 1973. He
also stated that the 'take-down 'schedule -was part of the
bid 'and -the developer was tohavepurchased all parcels
no later than March 1,_ 1976. He outlined the reasons
-for the project close-out date -of March 1 1976.- He -
asked that the question_regarding Council's policy in
regard, to' -Schedule C -be addressed and decided upon
before any, detailed financial analysis was 'done. `
IIIFORPIAL DISCUSSION 3
- APRIL-28,-1975-
PRIL=28,-1975-1:00`PIM,
1:00 PIM,
The Iowa City City Council met in informal session
on the 28th-day of April, 1975 in the Conference Room
the Civic Center. Councilmembers present: Davidsen',
-at
- Czarnecki, deprosse, Neuhauser, Brandt. Absent: :None'.`
-'Staffmembers present: Stolfus,_Neppl, Plastino,"Pugh,-
:Bonnett. .Mayor Czarnecki: presiding.
The Mayor announced-discussion of the Paving Assess-
ment'Program, the"'UMTA Grant and Pending Items.
Director of Public Works Richard Plastino explained
'the four paving sites in the 1975 Paving-Assessment-.Project-.-
avingAssessmentProjectas
asdiscussed in his `memo _of April:-21st. #1, alley between
Fairchild`and'Davenport.-St. east of. Dodge St., a minimum
of--time needed for staff work; Council decided to, check
back with the requestor,-St. Wenceslaus Church, to see,
if they could>go,ahead and pay for paving it. #2, the
north :220 feet of the alley between bodge and Lucas St.
time needed;
-____---south-of-Bowerg
o St., also a minimum: of staff
__--
a'-storm sewer and catch basin-also-to-be installed, to '
help _correct a water discharge problem. It was pointed
out that the City has no ordinance covering storm sewers.
Council discussed the procedure for "future ;paving projects.
#3,_south ,Riverside Dr. south of Willow Creek, City cost
of $14,000 is not budgeted in''Fiscal Year 1976. :Plastino
=and Bonnett discussed the problems on maintenance of the
road, the heavy truck traffic, amount of time needed to
survey and`design-and prepare-assessments, ,23 man-weeks.
Finance Director- Joe Pugh explained-the financing, sale_
of bonds-under Chapter 391A, possible change in use of
Housing and Community Development funds, use of special.
assessment bonds to replace working -capital in special
assessment construction` fund.' Council agreed that the
work should be done, but should be:keyed --into.the discussions
of Capital Improvement Projects, and budget for; Fiscal
budgeted
Year 1977. #4, Sycamore St., 300 feet. The money
in Fiscal Year 197.6 for extra-width paving has already_
item
been paid to Frantz. The Mayor noted that this would
be deferred to the discussions on the CIP. -
Pugh advised that the Department of Labor had approved
part: of .the-Urban 'Mass Transit Grant,
•
-.the _-13c ..Agreement,
-and had notified the Department of Transportation, so
the no ve
all the requirements forpreparation-of. Grant
been completed. -.One condition, not in the regulations but
is—required—by DOT is a.final_draft,_of the Agreement to
-Lease-between the.City and, the University.and Coralville.
fT
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- Council Discussion
April 28, .1975
He presented the final draft, not executed, for Council
to
carry to Washington. Ile notedchangeas follows:
1) original agreement
was expanded tomodify the terms
of the lease from the original 20
years the life of
the buses -or 20, years whichever comes first; 2) Section
5 on Responsibility for Loss was revised, and '_3)_ -Sections
8, 9, 10 and 11'
were -added-because of new obligations from
the 13c Agreemment and,
assurances made in the Grant `
application. -Meetings with Coralville and the University
have
been scheduled.
Mayor Czarnecki announced discussion -of the Pending
Items. #73-794," Design Standards
will be on the May 6, 1975.
agenda and dropped from list. #74-895,'Tornado-Warning
System, information was presented, and-discussion,wll
- bescheduled for May 5th or 8th'infbrmal session. #74-972,
Prevailing Wage Ordinance, Staff
to communicate back that
nocomparable City ordinance can be -.found`: Concerning
the Ml -M2 Ordinance,Director of Community -Development
Dennis
" •
Kraft noted that it had been sent to Planning and
Zoning Commission. Kraft -noted
that concerning -the Sign
Ordinance, #74-1787,, he would be meeting with, the
'Commerce
of Chamber
May 29th, and that all amendments' would be
considered in the same:ordinance,-these; concerns are
actively being
pursued. Davidsen-and deProsse`will attend
the Chamber of Commerce' meeting the 29th.
on
=Item #74-1535, Jane Irish Property, this is a legal
matter referred to the City Attorney for report. On page
- 3, the Chamber
of Commerce film, no action required, so
should be deleted from list.
Regarding the process for
dealing with City's involvement in services 'social
and
needs, the Mayor advised of meetings' between the City,=
County and United Way; the availability of Title 20
money 25/758 match, for; planning purposes,, the. Housing,
and Community Development
monies could be used for the
City's -25% -match. #74-1959, Review of precincts and wards,
not ready to take --this off the list. Mayor Czarnecki asked -
the `Staff to keep -the
-informal -items on a-separate -list,
those' requiring action on another list. In
answer to
the question on Bikeways,_ Kraft noted they were progressing,
and -the -Mayor requested that it be put on an informal agenda
for_ discussion.
•
Councilwoman deProsse advised that she, Bonnett,
Hilgenberg and -Donnelly
had met with .the Highway Commission
concerning the Area TransPor.t-ation
Study,`aeY.ing wor
their"help. 'Mayor Czarnecki noted 'that other informal
itemsshouldbe added to that list -including the status
of the report from the League of Municipalities suit