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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-01-29 Council minutesL�� •S• _ _ y £ '',.�5 :t i� -i L.t.ri -c{ r..� tc7- t r,,t - _ y ir. 'n J t4 �: i MINUTES, OF q;f REGULAR` COUNCIL. MEETING "J{ 22; 197471 11 ANUARY The'Iowa City City CounCiltmet="in regular session on the 22nd dayrofxJanuary, •1974 at `7 30 P.M ''-in the Council Chambers at' the Civic Center Memberspresent: Brandt, Czarnecki,,Davidsen, deProsse, white. Absent• none.„ Mayor Czarnecki presiding. A yY� It was moved. by deProsse_and seconded; by Davidsen to con seder the amount read £o be• a full YT - ng and _ o ,approve_ the mnutes,`of the RegularCouncil meeting .of January 15, 1974 subject' to'correction 1 Motion carried, -. -. It was moved ,-"Brandt�ia"' seconded by.deProsse that the minutes ;of 'the meetings of `the Parks and Recreation Commission of l%9/;74,`JghnsorihCounty Regional Plannin Commission of` 12/19/7,3, Library`Board�of Trustees Minutes. of: 12/20/73 and . Human Relations Commission of 1/7:/74 be received and filed. Motion carried _ -di It .:was moved ;byDavidsen and seconded ;by deProsse that the_ recommendation3concornIng by 'laws ;for .,Parks and Recreation Commission',bereferred to the `Council _Rules Committee. Motion carried.;£ It Rwas mwoved by Davidsen °and: seconded'by Brandt that thelParks andFRecreation Commission recommendation concerning Ralston CreekPro3ectbe� received 'and `incorporated .with des- cus`sions.oniRalston;Creek. Motion carried It was moved by white and secondedrsby Braft­ dtxthat the. request to the Parks and Recreatiori,Director from Parks andtRecreation Commission con- cerning the Mercer Park 'Tennis Courts :be referred to the City Manager forrimplementation. - It was moved by Brandt and seconded by=Davidsen_ that the letter from`Della A. Grizel, 1530 Sheridan Avenue, concerning the:operatlon of the Iowa�CityI-u§ system be received and filed. Motion cariied. _ - It was`mo"ved Fey Brandt and seconded_ by `deProsse that the letter frOmiiiElmer-E.°Sm1th, Regional Administrator HUD, Kansas City, forwarding the..Final Environmental Impact Statement for the City Universitg Urbah RenewalPro3ect be :received and filed.. Motion carried: �'u J N f • S S tr C �' 4'', It is �i'.tv�'.•--„c�ti N�tii mA '-�'"„,•ry; i i u v r"3 .moi .."`ter-��^r' � "�”' i^u'aS• K�. r -.� _(, K's.i�w F ?. ,, 4+ t <' S �s�'-.aa..h�Guwu?K.s�..r��''�i.�"�_`.���r'�.d?.bh..r�a�t."�i%�•s�"'2��}3�°.xiga-tel .,7.`.,s`' �_,. _,._ � ,. _ . <,. '�.,._. R CII tr f - r r r K s Council Minutes ;January 22, '1974 �n roiltycall d'eProsse aye',` `Motion carried andtsecondnreadinarnecki, �= r g given d bBr r Y andt and sedondid;by,White that the ed=and`thea'first reading of the Ordinance meet in Washington Park', Part VII be n'r r`oll call Whlte`, Brandt given by Motion carr�.ed and�firstnreadinDavidsen, g given Y - �, chasrmari `of' Citizens for a Better Iowa ng astatement,expressin City nrmoving'the urban renewal"appreciation for e"and seconded by Brandt.that thetstatementlt sled Motion carried. It was: moved by Brandt. avidsen t`o ado t E the; Resolution Stating Intention' lopmeIs%nt,Contract with Old:'Capitol Associates. it was, moved ,by White and: seconded b igraph on Page 'l ,be }amended to read,,Y Brandt �osal;asxmodified b mutual a regiment accept romandeProsse'explained thatgshe did11notMintion tend hex Resolution. The Mayor 'then called for the tion: Brandt Czarnecki; Davidsen and White ass"e voted no Motion ;carried :4/1. M1l J < y t bY;White=and seconded by Brandt to ado roving plans and'Specifications, Form of Con- reapowe'r` Industrial Typereel Tractor with ndiBackhoe''for the Water. Division -and Setting Bids :February 21, 19er, `V 1 :' deProsse ..,Upon roll call z . White:Brandt voted !apes, E 'Y, Brandt and seconded byWhite to adopt ,--.Contract .11for the 1974 Burlington Street the tl7 Pletr.. Pavers, Inc..in,`the'; amount of d" selvotedl�;Davidsen,.'Whlte,:Brandt' s ' ,` Czarnecki no . Motion "carried, 4/1 The gerBonne'tt., expaained"why the bid was higher he M t Brandt and seconded b tin Kthe Work. b y Davidsen to adopt g, y Metro Pavers on the First 'roject°and"Di=ecting Engineer to Prepare ;--r-commended byStaff; Upon roll call Czarnecki, Davidsen:'voted 'aye'. Motion hits and seaanded by Brandt to a ;1973 Court' g} Paving adopt the, by�lstaff; f t .rollject done by at e, Brandt, a adoI Bid Clef ceiv roll the ' ment _ Czar Moth Ju ly; reimt Reoki the F Pumpe Upon: voted rlr , Y ✓ \ _, n mlt Council Minutes January 22, 1974 d by'Drandt,and seconded by deProsse to tion A g ; P pprovin YS ecrficatIons and Notice to Amount'iof;Bidder's Check and Ordering cityvb -Notice Y"to; Bidders .aiid Fixing a Date for Re- February 11,4 1974, 'forTree Trimming. ,SCzarnecki, Davidsen, Upon deProsse, White voted 3rried. i rby Brandt and :seconded by deProsse to adopt Lect nq the Adjustment_.of-a Special Assess- :eDevelopment Company:'Upon zroll 'call oen, deProsses White;n Brandt voted 'aye' , The City had entered into':An`agreement on h Southgate Development Company, Inc to ie theyfull cost of;extra-width paving of ich had no eendone. `bY-Whlte:and5seconded by Davidsen to`adopt cept ngrDelivery of a l250 'Gallon Per Minute - re Department and Authorizing Payment of Same. vidsen,`deProsse, White, Brandt, Czarnecki Lon'- carried. ;ion of parking -polic �d b Y� it:was moved by y Davidsen that the:,request to remove 1gton:St`reet Between;Pleasant'and Governor._ �n�1nformal meeting and the Council 're-evaluate sly made. Moton,carried. ` bY,Wh_ite and seconded by deProsse o Authorize o;�Proceed ,T--. . 1 s Setting_ `a; Referendum on lion General ObligatonBonds to Finance ylti`es 'by '1) using Tax Allocation 'Financing bonds Issued for improvements and 2) to begin cessary to provide„a'.busshelter at the inton;and•Washngtonas quickly as possible. 3yor Czarziecki:also noted: that the University arts M4iah'.afh through"18th: After discussion concensus of 'the Council'that the election ver Spring Vacation.on March 28th. aeinoted+that after `the Executive Board ere Vwas;discussion about necessity of ma3or taxing bodies in -,.the county ,about the effeCt`adf theh financing that is being proposed nd announced a'meeting scheduled for Jan. 23 ith{JohnsontCounty Board of Supervisors: the Superintenient of 'Schools will be ictsytwo weeks ori, Urban Renewal financing as �l�distric,t, and possiblediscussion of Joint r - .... � ? '• ,-• c � — ' r -- it •^Page 5 7 Minutes �� --Council ;January WI ^i 22, 1974 It was -mored. b ite,. Wh' and seconded by deProsse that the s, �, City Manager be authorized and requested to proceed with proposed newsprint -2 -ram with, Saturday Morning pi. up,:`by Ciay crews; for Iowa City.'and•develop a specific _ proposal "`and xepor;t' back. at earliest date. Motion carried, Brandt voti.n` g Councilman White noted the inclusion in Capital Improve- ` menta Program :of ,the 1974 Sidewalk Assessment Program, and sug- gested the Council ubidt suggested inclusions and seta t} cut- off 'date which could'be given'somelpublidity. It was moved 1•-._ byyWhiteand seconded by deProsse_rto request the 'City Manager to .proceed on `•the `1974 Sidewalk Assessment Program, and sug- gested inclus onsfby members,;of the Council and public be received>up until March 1, 19,74. :Motion carriedy Brandt voting ,Mayor Czarnecki also noted�arequest from Mark VI Apart- 'regard ments in to bus operations.sn their area. City Manager ;. Wel s stated a memo would besent:out soon. Councilman White commented that Senate File 531, Collective Bargaining Bill, is scheduled to 'be discussed with our Legis- lators on, February' 2nd; ,and that ;the first step would be to set `•a date toimeet neither informational:or discussion session in which we would invite all elected officials in "- JohnsoniCounty concerning the bill and: -amendments, and attempt to,form a; position on that bi=ll.',%It.was moved by White: and seconded by Brandt thatsthe Legislative Committee report back on the House Lobbyist Rules (br Senate);,_if_City Officialsneedto register and list bills and recoid funding in support or opposition to•or regar`dng specific items of legislation. Motion carried _ It was moved by White and seconded by.. -Brandt that the letter from Robeit``Downer regarding.. the Streb-National By -Products "rezoning, ;application be received -and . filed and made a part of the ;Public Hearing scheduledeFebruary 19th. Motion carried. Mayor Czarnecki proclaimed the :week of February 3rd through the-'9thtas` Children's Dental Health Week. =Mayoi Czarnecki, announced the -Council received over 100 names of ,volunteers: for;thetvarious;=positions on Boards and Commissions, half, of the-names-A)eing for the Human `Relations f . .- ''Rk•_YK r -V y{.. r +S jy q�-S--.rK $z} i }"`4 i15', S'ar y rr .,;r .`Council Minutes x= January 22, 1974 ion. Aftertdiscussron, it was decided to adjourn to re session to maketthe appointments for the Human is Commission. The 'Mayornoted that -the Conference >uld ;make ahe'aatual appointments to .the Board of tnd ;the Assessors Examining Board. FIe then announced owing appointments,e` Ad�'ustment to succeed an, Berry; John McBride, 2617iFriendshIp- , term expiring Jan. 1, 1979 erfront Comm SSion: tO succeed Emanuel' Kaufman; Caroline Basaett,608 Eastmoor Drive,:°term ;expiring Dec. 1, 1976 rd of Examiners;of_Plunibers `reappointment of `William Gauger 11 KPotomac£Drve=<:an Benno Donat 164.7 Holl lv rd;of Aot`sin A ealss Ken rWessels,: 624 S. <_Cl Clinwood ton- --Zr Larry Brig am;�9 5';•North Dodge, terms expiring 1/22/77 sing_Commission a to f111 unexpired; term of Tom Nicholsen; .bi iKe�sv w Susan S eets,,:741 M61. term; expiring May 1 1978 b nson:Count 4v_Coiimisson on"Environmental p g y unex ire term o sWl iam K in Qualit to fill James Os urn; 1132 E. Burlingtons term expiring July '20;.1974 1—• 1 'i y [y tt wed `by white and seconded by deProsse that the Mayor's ants be approved. Motion carried. >The'Mayor also i ap'preciation';ao all of those who volunteered and noted parrticipation on &-J] ew subcommittiesfor the Human Commission: r ` A iasymoved bydeProsse and seconded _by Brandt 'to authorize Manager to continue ,to negotiate .to bring to the 'procedure - PUP , ntending'to represent Tees of the "City, and authorize all`_'.th46 particulars up, ection, agreement to ,be brought back -to the Council wal prior. to setting the',d_ate. y ast moved by x8randt` and rseconded,by White that the City s request_foriCouncil s authorization o employ Jay s Special Coun el ;for<the City in the 'case of Douglass the parkingramp case pending;,in,the Iowa Supreme Court, to of x$25?. 00 per hour, be approved. _Motion _carried. - a's moved by Davidsen and seconded by Brandt to adjourn ivesession to;discuss;Fai Market'Value for Acquisition Renewal Property and to discuss appointments to the ationskCommisJ-1.0 Upon roll -.c'11 deProsse, White, zarnecki, Davidsen voted 'aye;'. Motion carried. - hive- session was heald'and it was -moved by White and �y=Brandt_to ad3ourn back'to•regular:session. Motion t- l , } t — � �3'. a �•.?'.:.1 ,v_ r mae .e: .a._ ?... i^e w5- air! ° - '1 ': 1'a.Y v. -m Comm. exec Rela Bgar_i .Revie the ='i It, wa appo expre need ., ;Relat: th`e C, of .: an the er to i. the f or . al Attorr Honoha vs, -'Cit 3 at `thE ' I to exe r of _Urb Human':': - = Brandt E; j •: secondi carriei ''Rk•_YK r -V y{.. r +S jy q�-S--.rK $z} i }"`4 i15', S'ar y rr .,;r .`Council Minutes x= January 22, 1974 ion. Aftertdiscussron, it was decided to adjourn to re session to maketthe appointments for the Human is Commission. The 'Mayornoted that -the Conference >uld ;make ahe'aatual appointments to .the Board of tnd ;the Assessors Examining Board. FIe then announced owing appointments,e` Ad�'ustment to succeed an, Berry; John McBride, 2617iFriendshIp- , term expiring Jan. 1, 1979 erfront Comm SSion: tO succeed Emanuel' Kaufman; Caroline Basaett,608 Eastmoor Drive,:°term ;expiring Dec. 1, 1976 rd of Examiners;of_Plunibers `reappointment of `William Gauger 11 KPotomac£Drve=<:an Benno Donat 164.7 Holl lv rd;of Aot`sin A ealss Ken rWessels,: 624 S. <_Cl Clinwood ton- --Zr Larry Brig am;�9 5';•North Dodge, terms expiring 1/22/77 sing_Commission a to f111 unexpired; term of Tom Nicholsen; .bi iKe�sv w Susan S eets,,:741 M61. term; expiring May 1 1978 b nson:Count 4v_Coiimisson on"Environmental p g y unex ire term o sWl iam K in Qualit to fill James Os urn; 1132 E. Burlingtons term expiring July '20;.1974 1—• 1 'i y [y tt wed `by white and seconded by deProsse that the Mayor's ants be approved. Motion carried. >The'Mayor also i ap'preciation';ao all of those who volunteered and noted parrticipation on &-J] ew subcommittiesfor the Human Commission: r ` A iasymoved bydeProsse and seconded _by Brandt 'to authorize Manager to continue ,to negotiate .to bring to the 'procedure - PUP , ntending'to represent Tees of the "City, and authorize all`_'.th46 particulars up, ection, agreement to ,be brought back -to the Council wal prior. to setting the',d_ate. y ast moved by x8randt` and rseconded,by White that the City s request_foriCouncil s authorization o employ Jay s Special Coun el ;for<the City in the 'case of Douglass the parkingramp case pending;,in,the Iowa Supreme Court, to of x$25?. 00 per hour, be approved. _Motion _carried. - a's moved by Davidsen and seconded by Brandt to adjourn ivesession to;discuss;Fai Market'Value for Acquisition Renewal Property and to discuss appointments to the ationskCommisJ-1.0 Upon roll -.c'11 deProsse, White, zarnecki, Davidsen voted 'aye;'. Motion carried. - hive- session was heald'and it was -moved by White and �y=Brandt_to ad3ourn back'to•regular:session. Motion t- l , } t — � �3'. a �•.?'.:.1 ,v_ r mae .e: .a._ ?... i^e w5- air! ° - '1 ': 1'a.Y v. -m The Iowa City City. Council met in informal session on the 23rd day of January, 1974 at 11:30 A.M. in the Conference Room at the Davis Building. Mayor Czarnecki presiding. Councilmembers present: Brandt, Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse, White. Absent: None. Others present: Wells, Hayek, Kraft, Pugh, Bonnett, Stolfus, Zelenka, Klaus. City Manager Ray Wells presented the proposed schedule for takedown for parcels in the urban renewal project, and the proposed starting and completion dates for the City improvements. Completion dates are started after date of contract. It was moved by Davidsen and seconded by White to adjourn to executive session to discuss acquisition of Urban Renewal parcels 93/1, 81/3 and 81/4, as they relate to the takedown schedule. Upon roll call Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse and White voted 'aye', Brandt voted 'no'. Motion carried 4/1. Executive session was held and adjourned back to informal session at 12`:05 P.M. The Mayor announced discussion of the schedule for takedown. He noted that parcel 65/4 is now set ahead of previous schedules, and that the Mall on Clinton Street will exist until 83/84 is completed. In answer to the question concerning completion dates if there were an unavailability of materials, the City Manager noted he was concerned with -2 -dates, at this time, 1) when we start to issue financing & 2) March-1976,Mr. Klaus noted that the contract provides for delays. City Manager Wells advised of his discussion of energy consump- tion for the 2 -block Mall area with Iowa Illinois officials. 1970 costs were 82G per square foot and projected Mall costs were 814,' per square foot. Council discussed the Environmental Impact Statement/contract; status of College Block Building; possible informal discussions for future. Mayor Czarnecki advised that Project Green is scheduled for discussion and slides on design on February lst at 11:30 A.M. to which the Design Review Board would be invited. page 2 The City Manager stated that he would like to communicate with University President Boyd that the Council had decided to leave_ Madison Street as it is and concentrate on the project. Also he asked if Council wished to meet with University rep- resentatives. The City Manager noted concern over the maintenance problem in the Mall and advised that as there were no objections to the takedown schedule, he would start working it into the contract. ., May -or Czarnecki explained the option of actual expenses or per diem rate for travel accounts and suggested a raise in the 'Per diem'. It was the concensus of the Council that Attorney Hayek draw up the appropriate Resolution to Amend the personnel ordinance. COUNCIL DISCUSSION JANUARY 25, 1974 11:30 P, M, The Iowa City City. Council met in informal session on the 25th day of January, 1974 at 11:30 A.M. in the Conference Room at the Davis Building. Mayor Czarnecki presiding. Councilmembers present: deProsse, Czarnecki, Davidsen, Brandt, White (11:55). Absent: none. Others present: Wells, Pugh, Hayek, Stolfus, Klaus, Zelenka. City Manager Ray Wells stated that the Staff would go back through the details of the Tax -Allocation financing plan and would clarify some points, discuss schedule for the urban renewal referendum and question as it appears on the ballot. The general concensus was for a March 28th election. Joe Pugh, Finance Director, advised that the staff had met with the legal bond counsel on the financing, and said that on February 5th, the Council would have the financing plan -how it will work into the debt margin and allocation process. An ordinance would define the allocation process and it,plus the tax levy would be filed with the County Auditor. Each year the Council could abate the tax levy by resolution. He noted that the assesed value of property in 1968 to be paid in 1969 would be used as the base year. Each year after determining the overall levy, you subtract the debt service and the difference is multiplied by the millage rate. This is paid into a fund to pay the $6,000,000 principal and interest. A built-in safeguard is that the fund will build to twice any given pay- ment, so there is a one-year cushion. If in the early years, operating revenues are used, they can be paid back when the fund is built up. Some observations noted were: the petition for referendum after the 5th of February; it is a policy decision of the Council to go to referendum. The following meetings were set: Feb. 5th. -11:30 A.M. Design review with Project Green and developer; Feb. 6th & 8th - contract discussions; Feb. 7th -Explain to School Board at 4:00 p.m. in CouncilChambers and hold Conference Board meeting as Super- visors and executive board of Regional Planning also meeting at the Davis Building; ,Feb. --5th-Informal 4:00 p.m. -Discussion of status of legal cases by Attorney Hayek; Saturday, 8:00 a.m.- at Library discussion, of Senate File 531 and no meeting Wed. 30th. The Iowa City City Council met in informal session on the 29th day of January, 1974 at 4:00 P.M. in the Conference Room at the Davis Building. Mayor Czarnecki presiding. Councilmembers present: Brandt, Czarnecki, White. Absent: Davidsen and deProsse. Others present: Klaus, Stolfus, Smeed, Zelenka, Kraft. Absent: Wells. Mayor Czarnecki announced discussion of the collective bargaining_ bill and the report from the City Attorney on the status of legal cases. Attorney Hayek presented a list and explained that items 1 thru 28 were on Attorney Jay Honohan's list and items 29 thru 44 were urban renewal cases. He requested permission for Jay to continue to handle Item 5, Slezak Sewer Assessment; Item 7, Smith zoning on Olive Ct.; Item 13, Douglas Ramp Case; and Item 20, B.D.I. " Council discussed present status of several of the items. It was the concensus_of the Council to give approval for Attorney Honohan to handle the cases as requested by Attorney Hayek. Concerning collective bargaining, Personnel Director Nick Smeed presented S.F. 531 and some proposed amendments. He noted the major questions were on the 'impasse resolution' and the need for this type legislation. Council then discussed the need for collective bargaining, mandatory arbitration final and binding arbitration, voluntary arbitration. Mayor Czarnecki explained that at the League meeting straw vote, Iowa City representatives voted as opposing arbitration procedures and favoring the right to strike. of the 15 large cities, the majority voted not for arbitration and no stand on right to strike. He explained that voluntary and non- binding arbitration is not effective and the alternatives are mediation and fact-finding. Mediation is in the present bill, fact-findingis not. He noted thattheCity Manager was concerned with employee rights -Page 6 and scope of public bargaining -Page 7. Mayor Czarnecki stated that the list of items for Council position are: Discussion 29, 1974 1) need 2)philosophy 3) impasse resolution 4) employee rights 5) scope of collective bargaining. He questioned the status of the employee organization election. Mr. Smeed noted that Attorney Honohan was working with Library employees to see if elections could be co-ordinated, but no tentative target date yet. Concerning the University Law School program -loaning out law students, he advised that he had been approached by Mr. Baldus concerning, use by the City. Attorney Hayek requested that they be requested to contact him so he could co-ordinate the effort.