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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-05-13 Minutes numberedMINUTES OF A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETIIIG MAY 13, 1975 7:30 P.M, The Iowa City City Council met in Regular Session on the '13th day of May, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. in the, Council Chambers at the Civic Center. -Present: Brandt, Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse, Neuhauser. Absent: none. Mayor Czarnecki presiding.- The: Mayor noted that the meeting was being recorded by KXIC Radio Station and that portions to be broadcast later were at the:discretion of the radio station and in no way controlled by -t - he City or._the Council. t r Mayor Czarnecki (proclaimed) the week ofMay11th thru 17th' as Municipal Clerks' i4eek -'t -Don(-Staten Vice President of(Meadow Lin in behalf of \Old Caait 1 Ass6ciatesl presented a'statement pncerning their ie�ised sche ule of_adtiv ties relatin.g to the develo went contract on Urban'Renewa They withdrew their request for extensidli beyond the date of March 1, 1976, with the under- standing that Staff-would recommend acceptance of the proposed construction'` schedule and Old Capitol will take: possession and pay -for -all "the land-covered by the contract on or before March 1; 1976. City Manager Neal Berlin stated that the Staff recommended �that the Council authorize the City Attorney to proceed to work with the counsel for Old Capitol Associates-and „prepare the U� necessary document changes that wouldundertake the change in the construction schedule as submitted totheCouncil by Old Capitol. He added that in the interim period, the Public Works De artment'and the finance Department will prepare \e orts or Council as to the ramific tions of the than es\j detaileKrom a c nstruction standpoint an the financia im li_cations.-- Concerns were expressed regarding the market- ability'stu y, the clarification of-street closings and exchange of air rights for parking lot, the-cost,of.the delay, and if May 20th deadline is r alistic. It was moved by Brandt and seconded by Neuhauser to oLauthorize the City Attorney) and Cit Manager to work o the legal ra ifications of the contract, so as to im ement the recommendation Motion- carried. The Mayor noted.concern raised by citizens over the- liability on the part of the developers in case of inability to perform the revised construction schedule and that the City should ,look into protections to incorporate into the contract. After di_scussi.on, it was-moved by Brandt and seconded //Gy David en LhnLCI.Ly )9unn4cr rtchcduLe - c,.E'sg ;rttc. l Planninsr. and`7onint Co nmisGion}ttten�ie deems Yt appropriate. I•iota.oa carried4/1.; Czarnecki. voting -'no'. Councilmembers Dleuhaucr ant liranclt voiced alpreci, on to Old Capital Assoc.L:ttes anel L'he SL'aLf: Eor. resolving,-'the differences. Pane 2 Council Minutes _ May 13, 1975 l .,)3alind i-loorel President of ChelCity Center Associatioc� presen ed a s atement thanking Coun i1 -for heir cooperation regarding the request fox temaorary parking'on the corner. -- �j ' ` R C i� Streets dulrina the Washington 'o_VA c The City Manager advised that the Finance Director will have a report soon.It was moved by Brandt and seconded -by deProsse that the letters from Scatena - and -Moore be received and filed. Motion carried. i // E nie Lehman appeare presenting a letter from(mary , Hartwi President of -the Chamber of omfherce supporti the City C nter Association'srequest fo'r'temoorar parkin ,"and asked that the City Center Association of the Chamber of _ �C ommerce be involved in the discussions and planning affecting Ctraffic`patterns�-_Discussion of.this parking lot will be scheduled after a memo -is received from Staff. ohn Har er)resented a Res ution for Entryin the 1975 ' unit Betterment`ProQra and explained that the i.tizens for a Better Iowa City were to act as sponsor for the Iowa Community BettermentProgramcompetition. There would be no financial commitment for the City. It was moved by deProsse. Y and seconded by Neuhauser to adopt the Resolution. Upon _roll call Brandt, Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse and Neuhauser voted ' aye' . 'notion carried. It was moved by Neuhauser and seconded by deProsse that the mina es of the meetings of Iowa City(Library Board of _67f7 rustees '3/27/75: = Citizens' Steerin Co=ittee'for he S 7 9 ou in and Community`Development Act 4/3j75 &'4/21/75 and eL 7f he City Conference Board A/28/75 b received an¢-�,fi1 d. ZKO Motion' carried. v�.1.' Gy�i�r�S�%-7s Concerning t �recommendatiA from the Citizens' Steering Co usi ttee for the Housing and Co.-,ununity Development Act : to Y approve new membe s to the Committee; after_discussion of proper procedure, it,was-moved:-by Neuhauser and seconded by Brandt to refer this recommendation to the ouncil Rules Coimnittce)for r port back to the Council. Motion carried. onc---rning the recommendation £or a new committee title tizen Involve ent'Co :itte it was moved -by Brandt and 'econded by deProsse to defer_this-recommendation` until the �Oo� Rules Committee comes back with the other recorendation. Motion carried, - The Mayor announced tha this was he time set -for the C ublic-hearinp� to(vacate)and remove the Lafayette Street B _d -_D i.afaett.eeStregbe Barricaded City anti chat at the creek. M.111 iger. 'wr. l I'll 11(( J cd Lhnt: t c LItL III,, o Ole agreement_ betc�c:�n the City and the Kock 1-s bind Ka.i7.roadonccrnlrtl; the Ctr_y';; Page 3 Council Minutes May -'13, -1975 financial obligations, the question will be referred to the City Attorney for resolution. There-being,uo`interested persons present to speak for oragainst the vacation of the bridge, etc.: the Mayor declared -the hearing closed. Th Mayor took note of the(memo)from Parksand Recreation` Director Chubb concerning o er tion of the Farmers Markep, and stated that the Council had previousl auth ize ex ansion of -the -Market. Conce ning releasing of the`names'of Section 23 �ease� d Hoqom(Aito neyProBow t ants; he advise receipt o emo from(Attorney Bowli __ Attorney: Hayek reminded „_Council of the executive-session=discussion previously. Brandt tormented that -he was against the, action. There was no Council action necessary. i yor Czarnecki announced the a ointment f Patric- Ramati and P,obert Hibb to fill the two vacancies on the Housin -Commi sion terms expiring on Play 1,-1978. It was moved by Brandt ancY seconded-by-Neuhauser to -approve --the Mayor's appointments. Motion carried, 4/1, deProsse voting 'no'. Councilwoman- deProsse stated --the reason for 'her '.no' vote. Concerning the (appointment) to the Johnson Counzty Re ional Planninp_Commissionl the Mayor noted that the name oto _ -- Stockma had been'- ominate -b t Par s an Recreation ommi.ssioTim Lindb-r. from the` lverfront Commissionand uise Larew from the lanning and Zoning Commissio to n replace Madsen and Brandt,,_ Brandt to be an alternate. -It was }/,fr moved by deProsse and seconded by navidsen-that-Larew and Lindberg be appointed to the Co=,nission „with Brandt as"an _. alternate. - notion'carri /ed. - - The Mayor noted the\Bicentennial, Commissior}-fund-raising S �0 circus on Play 24th. He also called attention to the public 0 hearing on May 15th, concerning the-Towncrest.Mobile Home and the meeting in Cedar Rapids on May 19th on the Section S Housing, Davidsen_and --deProsse--attending. He called attentfion to othe correspondence in the _May 9th and 12th packets, ) Dews releas notin re'ecti_on of the rant to continue Sex Crime Prevention'Unit It was moved by '� Brandt and seconded-:by_:deProsse-that this news release be -referred-to the Johnson Cou ty Re ion Planni Executive Boa Motion carrtied. =2) L tter to Sarah'Fo- Chair erson for Parks and Recreatio "fr Obert 0 esonj Chairperson fpr. larh-4ing and ZoninCommissio re ardin M1 S M2 zones 3) Letter] syy 4ro 0 eson to Ma or Czarneckiconcernin acation of streets'-- for ban enewal ro'ect 4) Letter rom +tike Finnegan) Associate j Page t Council Minutes May 13, 1975 $ isirtPcS cfana a_r fn`r- r --- Pu t .c ver t F' c rninp 3,_ inane_ Director Joe -�n�p pr000sed sewer serviceJrate increases and S Memo on General u cc Puuh the Mayor not c--r— iiia from _ 1 that_we are one_of_ the few cities getting more money than g'�1' previously; $63,000 extra. Councilwoman--deProsse a nounced a meeting of the Ralston Creek -Coordinating Committe on inlay 19th at 7:30,P.M. at the civic Ce-nter to discuss the Flood Plain Ordinance A draft 5� ofthe suggestions for formation of --the Ralston -Creek Committee will`be given to the Attorney for review and it will ;then be submitted to the Council. -Mayor Czarnecki advised receipt',of information con ernino allocation of $10,000 i the Park and Recreation Bud e � (3 e$5 00 for Publi Trees _42 500 for Park Design°Prn;unr for Zoo ex ansio and-- __ $1 500 .. __d$__, 000_ for S turgis Ferry Park)_ The City Manager commented that in the future the Staff would bring recommendation of -r eallocation 'of funding because of changes in programs to Council's attention. Concerning th use of this money for the (S,pecial Populations Involvement Arora Sarah Fox, Chairperson>of..Parks and Recreation,Commission ;advised that the application had. not been f_-/ n to the Commission for endorsement, She explained what the mon y would be used for in expansion of the Zoo. Funding for SPI as discussed It was moved by Neuhauser and seconded -by- r dt.to-defer action on, spending the $10,000 until Parks and Recreation Commission has had time to consider the SPI application Motion carried, 3/2, Davidsen and Czarnecki voting 'no'. Dennis Showalter- Parks Superintendent explained the Sturgis Ferry Park Improvements to be made.After further discussion of funding for. SPI Program, it was -moved by deProsse and seconded -by Neuhauser__to reconsider the previous motion. 24otion,carried, 4/1 Brandt voting 'no'. It was.moved by Davidsen and seconded by Czarnecki to; approve -the recommendation of the`Parks`and Recreation Commissionas to allocation' of $10,000_. 2 -lotion carried, 3/2, Neuhauser and Brandt votin� 'no'. Fox asked if_Council was soliciting the Commission s notion of where they see this (SPI program, priority),, and Council agreed that they wanted a Commissionreportand a Staff report. (iGTohle City manager presented the i1 Service Commissio ' certification f eligibility list for Police Officer position w is nc uc. CFiristine Juh B3�y: Tor an DaHelling Mike ciadherg�_Ronald Herman, -Gary Barker "Jeanette Fouse{, / Patricia K1uJann Ream and y Miller. It `,��as roved by P,ran t and �cconrc<I hj dcPr ;6;• ,ijOrovr_ Chu Civil Sere c�c Co[tmtiss .on's cC rtlEication-'yf °cai.gibili_ty. Motion carried. Page 5 Council Minutes May 13, 1975 It was moved by Brandt and seconded by.Davidsen to instruct the CiL�:Attorney to pr Geed =.•ith th necessary action to o11ec` delict uen'.rent from-Iodulay) other downtown deProsse vo�in no S1 T ental ..o err_ies� Motion .carried, 4/1, g that Hayek acvil sed he would notify those'-delinquent that they had a short time t-o'make ,up;the `payment, or they would be evicted and 'action would be taken to obtain judgements on others. Attorne Hayek eported that the Lawsui d been filed b) Robert :J Stevens concerning treCvacation of Lower Z•lest _ Branch Road> and copies would be-distribute to Council. It was moved by Brandt and seconded by Neuhauser that the rules be suspended and the first reading_of the Ordinance_. j a Amend the Zoning Code 'by Establis_ ng Section 8. .25H-- "p Commercial Vchicle Parking in R Zones be given by -title only. .7!2 pon roll, call Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse; Neuhauser, Brandt voted aye'. Motion carried and first reading given by title only. - It was moved by Davidsen and seconded by Brandt that the rulesbe suspended and the first reading of the 0 dinance to-Amend the Munici al Code by Establishing-=Provisions for O� LCn-Street-Parkine in R Zones be given<by title on1v. Upon roll call Davids n, deProsse, Neuhauser, Brandt, Czarnecki voted 'aye'. Motion 'carried and first reading given by title only. It was moved by Brandt and seconded by deProsse that ,y he rules be suspended and the s�I�Iayor eading of the Orden ce_ Providing for Compensationfor tand Councilmembers- _ -- omepealing Ordinance of the Council owa fity_,__ _ 1n 0/ (' No. 2252 be given by title only_ Upon-roll-call deProsse, Neuhauser,-Brandt, Czarnecki, Davidsen voted 'aye' Motion - carried and second reading given by title only. It was moved by Brandt and'"s conded by Neuhauser to adopt- the Resolution A rovinglAgre ,ent� with thp(Iowa-St to Highw Commission ConcerningEAUS-F-uing�for-the:Par Road Bridge Resurfacing_ Upon roll call Neuhauser, Brandt, Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse_.voted 'aye'. Motion carried. It was moved by Brandt and seconded b Neuhauser to:de_p the Resolution ReZ-ye-d v_ing nro(ParkingSpaces�on the West Side! of Clinton StreetmmediaLgt North_offhrrison to_enable maaJ Ar-ap_bo e-s-Co� _to _ tt11e-�� st szde of Clinton Street 603 ,across--rom the new Post b fic_ Upon roll call Brandt, ` Czarnecki; -`Davi ser_, deProsse,euhauser voted 'aye'. Motion carried. Page 6 Council Minutes May 13, 1975 It was moed by Brandt and eeoaded by,Davidsen-to adopt the Resolution Mwarcti C tra- r)for the(4Jashin�,toryry Street / Sanitary Serer Proj_ectoDaye. Schmidt Constructing) in -the Novy amount -of $57,695. Upon roll call Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse, Neuhauser, Brandt voted 'aye'. 'Motion carried. " It was mo ed by Neuhauser a d secon ed by Brandt to adopt the Resolution xaardin C ntract for the�9 5 Sanitary Sewer r., -__ --y ---- - Im rovement Pro ect �l)to�Zdeb�er_Uros, Constf in the amount �OOS of 14;279. Upon ,roll call Davi-dsen,'_deProsse, Neuhauser, /, Brandt, Czarnecki voted 'are'. Motion carried. 'Yvj[Public Works Director Richard Plastino advised that there- _ was a -Chan e-Orde)necessary before considering theResolution Accepting the Work on the Water _Treatment_Plant_Improvements_ 1 Contract No. 1_ This would deduct $1,555 from the total of (p Q the contract. It was moved by .Neuhauser andsecondedby Brandt to adopt the Resolution Amending the Contract. Upon roll call deProsse Neuhauser, Brandt, Czarnecki and Davidsen voted r -aye'. Motion carried. It was moved by Neuhauser an seconded y Davidsen to adopt the Resolution Accepting th Work on the later Treatment .Plant-Im rovement Contract No l5done by 'Kors.-o onstruction Co. in the amount 6f_payment 6PO 7 �'/% -CTue contractor. -Upon roll call Neuhauser, Brandi, Czarnecki, Davidsen and deProsse-voted 'aye'. Motion carried, Itwasmoved by Bradt and seconded by-deProsse to defer the Resolution Approvin�Rent Collection _Policy) for the L_easic -Housing Prograr for one caeek as paragraph ��3 is unclear Motion- Q� carried. It was moved ,by Neuhauser and s conded,by David en to ado t the Resolutio Approving_ he Purchase of 14 Acres of Pa k Land / 2 at the En of T�1or llriv an Iowa City. Showers EstaLe.' Upon (LIQ 9 \)� rj--- ---- - t roll call Bran L, CzarnecRi, Davidsen; d Prosse, Neuhauser �{ voted 'aye'. Motion carried. it: '',was -moved by deProsse-and seconded by Davidsen to adop t \ the Resolution i Approvng Class•C Liquor License Application \ for Pershell Corporation dba/_olonialBowl ing_Lanes-)_2263 Hwy. �X 218 South. Upon roll call Czrnecki,.Davidsen, deProsse, Neuhauser, Brandt voted 'aye'. ,,Motion carrie d It.was moved by_deProsse and seconded by Davidsen to adopt ^rl% the Resolution Approving Class_C Liq or Sunday Sales Appli- / Jia cation for Pershell,CorporaLion dba/oloniaf Bowling Lanes (o� -2263 Hwy. 218 South. Upon roll -call Davidsen, deProsse,_- Neuhauser, Brandt, Czarnecki voted 'aye'. Motion carried.