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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-02-26 Council minutes• =MINUTES OF-P►;REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - FRRUAW 13, :`19741. 7`:30 P M, The Iowa City City;Councll -met: in regular session on the 13th day of February,":1974 at 7,30'P.K. in the Council Chambers at the Civi&. center _ Members,,prese.nt :'Brandt, Czarnecki, Davidsen,`deProsse, - White-Absent .-: none., Mayor Czarnecki presiding. The Mayor noted that the meeting.was`::being;.`recorded by Radio Station KXIC. Joyce Dostale_, ISPIRG,appeared concerning material presented on .nuclear ower, -, and nformed:'the Council of a P,. public hearing scheduled tomorrow in ,the :Senate'_' Chamber, Des Moines at which both sides of the- issuer will be'presented: - It":was moved'by Brandt'; and seconded by Davidsen to approve the disbursements_in'the amount_:of;$272-826.81 subject to audit. Motion carried -It,; was moved. by deProsse and seconded; by White that the minutes. of-;the meeting°s of ':the Board of Electrical Examiners - of 1/31%73., :CATV Committee, of 1/_7/74;,and Housing Commission . _-. .. of ;1/16%74 be received" and -filed. ; Rev. Welsh appeared. After discussion,^it was moved--by-;;Brandt and seconded by Davidsen to-refer the ;minutes of the;CATV1 Committee to the City Manager and-.City Attorney: Motion `adopted; .White voting 'no'. Roll call was taken onthe'-motion as°`amended. Motion carried, White voting ,Inot.- ". -` It.'was moved'by White and seconded by Brandt to adopt the Resolution Approving Cigarette�Permif-Application for Holiday Stataoristores, Highway#6 Rocky Shore`Drive. Upon roll call Brandt,;:Czarnecki'; Davidsen; derrosse White voted 'aye'. -Motion carr.-ed. _ It was-moved,;by'deProsse and seconded by White toadopt Resolution ApprovingClass.'CBeer and Liquor Control License Application `for `Eugene,''Bresler .and .Stephen Thompson dba/Gene's, 1134 South Gilbert Upon roll call Czarnecki, Davidsen, deProsse, White,=Brandt voted 'aye'.,'Mot'ion.carried: It :was` moved; by Brandt and seconded %by. White to adopt the Resolution Approving Class ,;A' Sunday Sales-Beer &Liquor Permit Application .for V F W.`;:Post1..#3949,rHwy,. 6yBy-Pas s. Upon roll call Davidsen, deProsse, White, ;Brandt, Czarnecki voted 'aye'. Motion carried . Flb s `-'S 1; •c-"'y�,!ucf .K.. kY' .c +.nr•`T+.:- a tx`yh4 ;- �' ..T `.+5 .,_t_.k n..._r,_ s�n�rn :a.s_..-.,i'7' : .w.--=- Regu fy -Council :ke ting v»»... \1a»?l 4 /y ran t \n\- /cond d by White that the . ~ Xmma Jean wit b§ 1 $ams Chairperson, mayor's -« ,_. \/R� ttee dcon erni g<the appreciation for <, I o # Youth . . rm }§�¥)t Program beereceived ... . . .. � ... .. , , a... %nom a »IAd .�. � , , ... y /r \\t and seconded y White that the \ : © «» � . . &?St c§no h ..,_. 'resident z. . . .>«y \ % ice \f«\Secleta£y, ,» concern- ing s a e\orC §Ee to be ) for r Porte n L tes t Cha \Bo ri 3o in, er 2 .2 v� age ;3 p Regular Council Meeting•, r . . . . . . . . . . . . --Fe ru bi cary 13' 1974 aw. After a -',pre sentat' 'i6ii':by"'th,e,,Clty- Manager: outlining the project,--and-..-th'e-l�'-p.ubl*icity-:tok it *.:(Item #14), it was moved by Brandt' and:'se'conded- by White:. -6 -.ad t opt the Resolution Approving Notice-. to.-BiAd e*'rs,,-: P -and Collection System for roposa, -Form, :the, City 0 . ­1ow&-,.C1ty_'.:s Newsprint Recycling Program. Upon roll _6aVj-d call Czarnecki, en:j:idep 'aye', Brandt -rq_sseF-White:voted voted 'no' - ion ..was- moved by deProsse and seconded_hy,..iWhite;-to authorize the -Ct-y': Manager to expend funds i, -to jublciz6_--th&-`--project�� I = Page 4 Mayor Ci concerning su hadrecommend requested'tha Iowa City''usl this. emo'from the Johnson County iceland Human Relations uss, the letter from Rod urinal, penalties for the -ijuana at their 2/27/74 meet - e had received a copy of the ty, of Iowa Student Senate : the next meeting on the -ted,`on Senate File #531, the ioted that it had been drafted of ,the City Council and read t of legislation to recognize hen -.outlined several changes. 2. 1. It--,was-moved by White and :ment as recommended by the be -adopted by the Council with pions as 'discussed. Motion ie .informal agends of February 'discussion with Planning and 3 parks, riverfront, parking ?rodu'cts rezoning. Councilman.White,.=announced=?the Saturday>morning meeting with the Legisl'ators:'at.9r_30 A;M "and a; noon 'meeting of the East Central -Iowa Associa'tionof= Regional;- Planning Association for discussion of bylaw.'amendments-: it page 5" Regular CouncilMeeting February `, 1'3' ; 1974 The City Manager..commented�=on a- press release and stated ` that he did ;not; express the opinion ;of :.,the Council on, Madison . streetand _,that e.. -did say'`thatthe ;contemplated egress and ingress at .the approach .to<"Burlington Street Bridge would not be<.tolerable'r City Manager Wel s presented' .a proposed agreement to ' determine, whether or;not.eligible employees would be represented by AFSCME l6cal>,183, ;andoutlined several insertions ` and amend- ments,'oneof which w.as the date set for the"election, March 7, 1974,"and asked._Council's approyal".of.document to be signed. ` It was. °moved by White•:and seconded .by-dePros`se that the agree- ment between; the City=of Iowa ,City and AFSCME Local 183 be signed. Motion -carried.=.- After -inforiial meeting we.th the Library Board and as discussed, was.moved,by_deProsse-and seconded by White that the City Manager: be.'authorized;`to increase :allocation` to the Library - Board by the amount of insurance`='increases. ;Motion carried. City Attorney Hayek advised'. that the case of Douglass vs Iowa City"was set_for=argument en. the Supreme Court March 18th. Mayor Czarnecki noted 'a fee.s&hedule report from the Citv Attorney Hayek -".City=:Manager Wells. recommended adoption of the Engineering" -Society schedule of"'fees,,.'after discussion, it was moved by Brandt and seconded by:Davidsen"to approve the fee schedule Motion defeated;. deProsse,,Czarnecki, White voting 'no'."C ..Councilman, noted that there was nothing improper with talkingto and dealing`with,individual consultants on the ' terms. -an Afee schedules that they choose, but the City. of Iowa City ought not takeformal .'action adoptingior approving of any sort of fee 'schedulesbecause the Anti -Trust Division of the Depart- ment of.`Justce-is taking a':very'strong position on the illegality of these" things. Robe"rt Welsh ;appeared. Mayor Czarnecki'announced the availability of his State of the City message, covering his perspective of the operations of the City and.' a checklist Zof, items pending., He suggested estab- lishment of;a Transit :Board=arid a Social Services Board. The message;encluded'an anal of :the _Urban Renewal posture of the Council;; comments on the Noise'.Ordinance, CATV, _Landlord Tenant ordi.nance,`Housing,'Parks and Recreation, Library, long range implicate ons_of.financing, the Capitol Improvements=Program,:.Revefiue Sharing, efficiency of the City Jv, li ration. randt.and 'seconded by deProsse to adjourn M ;Motion carried _ v COUN FEE The Iowa City City C 23rd day of -.:-February, :., at the_,Davis Building: Councilinembers presf Brandt°'absent.. ;staff- :p Zelenka = Mayor Czarnecki pre: thoing wifficials of nt Discussionincua for early approv%al of ';aj contract, 'andirconcernf< -_ discussed was -what woulc Urban "Renewal Direcl Library, Lindquist Cent the 'yCitneeds.-.to docum7 that -costs for relocatii by use of ,hardship fun -Director'Joe Pugh state only $26,000 of relocat; -next year we will need- there -are: nation=wide._;p; our.'kind,-of .urban new Mayor Czarnecki sta Welton. Beckett would "go phases: I, 'design. ;for.' information'. Council then discus possible Council option advised Concil_,.to =no_t: by March .28th. it -- t - moved by.Dav to executive session:.ta Renewal area; .and the -'pe deProsse, ',White'and?,.Cz,a carried. 10:20 -P.M. i z3 Mayor's News Conference -on meeting with officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 21, 1974. On Thursday, February 21, Councilperson Penny Davidsen, the City Manager, two staff members and the Mayor met with officials of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at the Regional Office of HUD in Kansas City, Missouri. Our trip was prompted by several items concerning the Urban Renewal Project which we felt could best be handled on a person-to-person basis. We were well received by the HUD personnel and the meeting could certainly be termed successful. As many Iowa Citians know, HUD asked us to substantiate our financial status with regard to urban renewal in March of 1973. We did this formally in an application for an amended loan and grant contract which we submitted to the Omaha Area Office of HUD in August of 1973. we wanted to convey to the HUD officials in Kansas City, the Council's concern for an early approval of the amendments in order to enter into a redevelopment agreement with the developer. We were assured by the Regional Officials that upon updating of financial data contained in the application for an amendment, a letter of approval would be forthcoming from the Area Office in Omaha. lie anticipate such approval within the next 15 to 30 days. We were assured that there would be no withdrawal nor increase of federal funds. Part of the request made by the Omaha Office of HUD for further financial information involved a -clarification of funding credits claimed by the City for properties purchased by the University of Iowa for institutional uses. Technically, these are known as "Section 112 credits". Mayor's News Conference on meeting with HUD on 2/21/74 Page 2 We were assured the City will receive its 112 credits for land purchased by the University as soon as we certify that the University will use those properties for institutional purposes as required in federal Urban Renewal regulations. The HUD officials told us the review of our request for these credits was the result of a region -wide review of HUD administrative procedures regarding approval of claims for 112 credits in all urban renewal projects under jurisdiction of the Kansas City Regional Office. Another item discussed with the HUD officials was our continuing concern for those people who are being dislocated by urban renewal. Our budget for relocation did not anticipate the increased costs for relocation brought about by the Uniform Relocation Act passed in 1971. HUD officials reaffirmed that costs for relocation are to be born 100 per cent by the federal government and that they would make every attempt to provide for sufficient funds to complete our relocation program. One of our major concerns was about what happens if the pending referendum fails. Failure would cause HUD to seek the quickest way of disposing of project land and closing out the project with the minimum financial burden to both HUD and the City. As far as the urban renewal concept for Iowa City is concerned, failure of the referendum will mean that Iowa City will not achieve a people -oriented downtown redevelopment program that has been contemplated for many years. This means: No pedestrian malls. No street closures. No removal of onstreet parking. r Limited amounts of landscaping and open space for public use. The federal government, in anticipation of special revenue sharing Mayor's News Conference on meeting with HUD on 2/21/74 Page 3 legislation (the Better Communities Act), is in the process of terminating all conventional urban renewal projects. There are no additional funds available for this kind of urban renewal. HUD officials are aware of previous efforts to dispose of land parcel -by -parcel, including the unsuccessful parking ramp referendum of April 1972. HUD has encouraged our efforts to dispose of land under the unified development concept. To be successful, this concept must be approved by a vote of the people. If this vote is negative, HUD will not look favorably upon subsequent plans which are subject to referendum. Specifically, HUD will ask the City for a schedule which will assure the quickest sale of project land. It will review that schedule to determine if the city can continue to meet its financial obligations. Approval of the proposal before the voters next month will insure an investment of approximately $46.6 -million in downtown Iowa City. This investment includes approximately $12 -million in federal funds ($9 -million already spent); $10.6 -million in City funds ($1.1 -million already spent); $24 -million in private development funds. No estimate is available of the millions to be spent by the University on new facilities and by private property owners on new and improved facilities in a redeveloped downtown Iowa City. In contrast, if we are limited to selling land parcel -by -parcel we can expect the total investment in the downtown area to be far less. M i i scuss i ori 26, 19.74 P. A;: d§ The t \§)}\a a fem «c kik&\ {\e }§L for n n¥ Iad {ii�§ and.w # re&&i d } Fin for : §P actual---, and /e cost \o nine ¥o .., co 4 u! «¥pla e oats reserve;' 2 5 / .Council*.'Discu'ssion�-�'� --- ---- --- vn� February 26:, .1514 � ,V )n6f-'.w-bid i fig i on. page 1 a number 3 was T 0 . ithout.,written work orders from ,words'', added,'.0 when so:directed by the City" ,.4bconded:by White to adjourn ,i.-.',.DaiVi.dseii;..'��-and i to discuss,-.ur an. -renewal litigation. Upon ParnecklDavldsdhi deProsse, White voted ped 7 xl N