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April 24, 1973
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not only the financial aspect, but would include!�the general overall
plan and the architectural plan. But as perthe Council's request,
competitive bids will be solicited. one meth od 0 1 f soliciting,bids
is:,to advertise in the National Real Estate 'Investor. Another,is,
ito�advertise in local.ne—wspapers as well
as personal contacts which
have beem maintained throughout the time since initial contact by
mail ,and 'in person in November.
The bulk of notification will 'take
place between July and August.
Roberts asked where the profits for the sale' of land would fit into
the budget. Jack explained thatthe proceeds -would be part of the
difference betwee
n the $18 million gross project cost and the
$14 million net project cost.
Mrs. Frieda Heironymus was then introduced to give a developer's:r
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Port on the activities
of the Old Capitol Business.Center Company
a compahy'formed 1by interested,'citizens of Iowa City. She related
.the dissatisfactionf`
c, certain:interested citizens in the piecemeal
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selling of the Urban Renewal,Project land:and'the lack of local par-
ticipation in the downtown development as reasons-for.the formation
of 'the group. She: statedthat there welie^aipproximzitely 100 'people
in theellocal group; that ,they were aware of'com dtition and that 1
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�their interest was in thb whole downtown concept. She reiterated
that the group 'cannot specura—teon'the land.'. The : groupwas ti . ed t , o
.,a Plan—that anvIlbuilding was allowable as lo
. 'i -1 ng as it was,in accor-
d
ance with the plan. There would not necessarily be one builde*r.�
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Link Programs has been chosen to give the developer Old Capitol B I usi-
nessCenter Company the expertise and professionalism which they
la6k':in the field of development. They cannot self the land. They,
can only build the buildings and then may sell them or rent them.,
Hieronymus stressed that if old Capitol !does :not receive the
bid, they have "lost a lot of money," nothing more. They do not
have any connection with any other developer. The Old Capitol gr oup
would merely have:the satisfaction of knowing they had gotten off
"dead center." Link is now conducting a feasibility:and?marketab3'.lity
study. one In -7 Old Capitol's goals is to wind up the planning while
:the Present:Council is still in ',office.
Jack then explained the developer usually provides the leg work and
not too often the money. The developer will go to a lending company
for the money. Link is presently. in Phase I of the development stage.
Mrs. Louis wondered if any other:cities had participated in this type
of Project, using this typehthere'
of program. �(Jack answered t ati
had been a project similar to R-14 in Sioux City,but it had only
been sponsored by time participation of businessmen, no monetary
support had been given.
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IOWA CITY HOUSING COMMISSION
SPECIAL SESSION
MINUTES
APRIL 26, 1973
MEMBERS PRESENT: Stier, Duncan, Frimml, Hamer, Litton, Walker
MEMBERS ABSENT:White`
STAFF PRESENT: Schierbrock
Chairman Stier called the meeting to order. He presented
an excerpt from a Jacksonville, Florida newspaper about
the proposed Flordia Residential,,Landlord-Tenant Act.
In essence the article stated:
In addition -to meeting the local code the landlord
would be required to provide extermination of insects,.
pests, heat, running water and garbage removal: Tenants
could take"delinquent landlords to court to force proper
maintenance of the rental units. In cases lof serious
neglect, tenants -would; be authorized to stop paying rent.
This provision,' would only be valid in cases of 'serious
violation of the 'local',code.,` Tenants are required to notify
the'"landlord of reasons forlwithholding rent. If the
_landlord brought 'suit for -non-payment of :rent, the tenant
would have to pay the rent into'the court's registry until
the.,judge;reached a decision. If tenants must vacate an
uninhabital cental unit, this proposed act would relieve
tenants of the lease terms for continuing_ rental payments.
A>similar'bill is pending",before' the Senate's Consumer Af-
fairs Committee.
1. The minutes of April 4, 1973 were approved as corrected.
Motion was made by Litton and seconded by Walker, car-
ried'6/0.
Minutes.of April 12,. Special Session were approved as s
corrected. The motion was made by Litton and seconded
by Duncan, carried 6/0.
The corrections were:
April 4, 1973 ---
It was decide6 that a roll call vote was necessary for
these minutes under section 3a: Old Business paragraph
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three. The vote 'should read: Stier, Duncan,' Frimml,
Hamer as No;,and Litton and Walker as Yes. Motion for
the correction made by Litton and seconded by Walker,
carried 6/0.
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• April 12, 1973 -.--
Section A.' In discussion it was felt by the Commissioners
that pin -pointing who should take action to bring about''
the'desired response, was theirintent-They felt the
City should appoint a landlord -tenant committee,to'de-
velop a'lease in'which 'both landlords and tenants have
input. They felt that:a well ''written lease could pos-
sibly solve many of the landlord -tenant problems that
exist. Motion was made by
carried6/0: Walker and seconded by Litton,
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Section B. The Commissioners believedlithat the enforce-
ment of present codes would, possibly bring about -improved
conditions for better landlord -tenant relations. ,
Section C. The Housing Commission urges the City to
establish safeguards for 'tenants in buildings that
have code violations'that wil ' ,
l case,these deficiencies
to be`corrected, without tenant; harassment and eviction.
Motion was 'made by Litton,:.Hamer seconded and
approved PP ed 6/0.
2. Old Business:
a. Copies of the March 28
1Public!
.. 973 i Meeting will
be sent to the City, Council; no action was taken
on these minutes by'the Commissioners:,
b. Litton moved that receipt of PAT's letter dated
April 19, should have a written acknowledgement
to PAT by the 'Commission's:Chairman• Motion was
seconded by Walker wi il; all in favor.
c. Johnson County Regional Planning Commission's re-
quest for a representative for their Housing Commit-
tee has been tabled until the May 2,meeting.,'Select-
ion of arepresentative should be made at that time.
d. "Litton questioned how the work and study ,was .pro-
gressing 'on the proposed packet for housing for
the elderly. The packet was submitted by Progres-
sive Housing, Inc. Report will be'made 'by Seydel
at; May '2 meeting.
3. New Business:
,Litton requested Seydel to inquire what the, Council was.
,proposing for the revenue' sharing funds in the area of
housing.- She felt that if the City were proposing some
,• funds for housing, out of the general revenue sharing
money, that the Housing Commission ought to know what is
being proposed. She thought they should also have some
ideas'as`Commissioners'of what might ;best be the 'possible
way of`expending such money. It was the consensus of the
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Minutes of Iowa City Airport Commission,
April 19, 1973
Members Present; Perkins, Peterson, Summerrill
Members Absent:,F1t11, Hartwig
Others Present: ',Jones, l3 students WSUI Radio
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Sumrerwill as, neither
the Chairman nor the Secretary were present.
Minutes of the Com*aission's March meeting were read. It was moved, by
Perkins, seconded by Peterson, that the minutes be approved as read.
Motion carried.
The Commission studied the airport's income and disbursements pre-
pared by the City°s ,Finance Department.
Jones presented the bills for April. It was moved by Peterson,
seconded by ,Perkins,, that the bills!:be paid as presented. Motion
carried.
Jones read the 1973,Crop Plein, prepared by Doane Agricultural Service,
for the farm -.,'land on the airport.
A letter written to Mayor Tim Brandt from Mr. Bud Jamison, Airport
Manager of the Cedar Rapids Airport, and President of the`Iowa Airport
Executives, urging ,the Iowa City Council to support a bill, House
File 200 was presented. Jones., presented House File 200 and
a copy of Iowa Aviation Trades Association nresentation'given before
the Senates Sub -Committee on Commerce. It was the Commission's
opinion that House File 200 would be of no benefit to the, Iowa City
Municipal Airport.
There being no other business the meeting was adjourned.
Next meeting will be Mrty 17th, Civic Center, at 7:30 P.M.