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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-06-19 Bd Comm minutesI.j Page 2 Minutes May :16, 1973 BOATING ORDINANCE Discussion about whether to permit water skiing on the Iowa River' resulted in a vote to retain the boating ordinance in its present form. Water skiing would not be permitted. Members felt thatinasmuch as the state regulations never permitted water skiing on>the Iowa River, the Commission did not wish to recommend that the Council,take upon it the responsibility to provide safe water skiing. Mr. Kaufman moved the amendments introduced at the March 15 Commission meeting; 1. 'Class -3 and 4 boats should be, unless specifically approved by this Commission, prohibited from the river. 2. vessels should,proceed atla no wake speed when within 50 feet of another vessel or shore. The motion was '!not :seconded. BYLAWS Mr. Sangster, Chairman of the Bylaws Committee submitted proposed bylaws to the Commission. He moved the adoption of these bylaws, Mrs. Nicknish seconded. The motion carried. BUDGET In the absence.of Mr. Madsen and:Mr. Lambert, discussion on tFe- budget was deferred'. ADMINISTRATIVE Mrs. Neuhauser reported on a conversation with Mr. Hines ,.in which Mr. Hines recommended that the Commission set some objectives for Riverfront Development which couldthen be studied. It was agreed that the June 21'Commission meeting be spent in a discussion of these objectives.The Committee could then begin to determine feasibility of these objectives. In addition, it was agreed that the Committee would interview other Riverfront Commissions about their work and accomplishments. This could be done by letter, andt where deemed appropriate, by personal visit. The Committee was requested to research all:: laws which might pertain to the Iowa River. These laws might include environmental controls, pollution control, soil etc., on the federal, state and local levels. ENVIRONMENTAL This Committee is planning a:working trip by boat to do intensive study of the River. The sub -committee recommends consideration of a bicycle path 1'along :the west bank of the River south of' Route 6. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN Mr. Wollmershauer gave a brief:iand succinct presentation of the purposes of:the Capital Improvements Plan. A discussion on the of any mention of the Riverfront in the plan followed. It was pointed: out that under, Parks and Recreation, the old landfills along the river were listed as possible i• 3 Minutes Planning and Zoning Commission • ;June 14, 1973 -- 4:00 p.m. Civic Center Council Chambers MEMBERS PRESENT: Madsen, Larew, Horner, Henry, Ogesen MEMBERS ABSENT: Galiher, Davidsen STAFF PRESENT: Wollmershauser, Child Chairman Madsen called the meeting to order and asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes of the May 24 1973 meeting. It was moved by Dr. Ogesen', seconded by Mr: Henry; to approve the minutes as written. The motion carried r ied unanimously.' Chairman Madsen asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minute s,of the June 4 Special Meeting. -It. was moved by Dr. Ogesen, seconded by Mr'. Henry, to approve the minutes as written. The motion carried 5-7222. :Preliminary and Final Plan for'Oakcrest Apartments,, Large Scale Residential Development, a High -Rise Apartment Development (vic. northwest of intersection of Oakcrest Street and B1ane Roc Road). ..Owners: Mr. and Mrs. Roland Wehner. Date ,filed: ,May 31, 19.73. 45 -day limitation: rJuly ,15,'1973. ChairmanMadsen commented that there had been some ,question raised as,to the use of 'thertio ` ' p on :of the roof ofthe the parking garage which was to be considered as uncovered 'lot area, in rd to meet the maximum lot coverage provisions of M.C. Section 8.10.19.B.' 'Mr. Roland Wehner' indicated that this involves 1200', sq. ft. of 'garage roof and assured the Commission that it was his,intention:to make this into a usable, landscaped area. Dr. Ogesen asked if the discrepancies noted in the Staff Report had been resolved.', Mr. Dick Wollmershauser, the City's Senior Planner, stated that the discrepancies had been, taken care'of. After a brief discussion, it was moved by Dr. Ogesen and'seconded by Mr. Henry to recommend to the City Council approval of item S-7222' Preliminary and Final Plan for Oakcrest'Apartments, 'Large Scale Residential Development. The motion for approval was recommended with the understanding that the 1200 sq. ft. of 'garage roof would be developed as a usable ,'landscaped area. The motion carried' unanimously; S-7309. Preliminary Plat for Bryn Mawr Heights, Part V (vic.'east' and west of„a southward extension of Sunset Street). Date filed: May 14, 1973. 45 -day limitation: June 28, 1973. • It was moved by Mr. Henry, seconded b Dr. Ogesen, Y . g to defer item S-7309, Preliminary-Plan'for Bryn Mawr`.Heights,IPart V. Deferral was recommended ,on the basis that the lots do not conform to the Present RlA zoning requirements. The: motion carried unanimously.' Minutes of Iowa City Airport Commission Meeting May 17, 1973 1 Members Present: Full, Hartwig, Peterson Members Absent: Perkins, Summerwill, Others Present: Jones Jones presented the minutes of the April meeting. It was moved by Hartwig, seconded by Peterson, that the minutes be approved as presented. Motion carried. Jones read the bills for May. It was moved by Peterson, seconded by Hartwig, that the bills be paid as presented. Motion carried. The Airport's financial statement was presented and dis- cussed. Chairman,Full reported on the possibility of Central Iowa Airlines operating in and out of Iowa City. Jones stated that he had called the Regional Air Transportation Securi- ty Fie ' ld Office of the F.A.A. at Kansas City and talked to a,Mr. Hessler. Mr. Hessler stated Central Iowa Airlines was operating as a Supplemental Aircarrier, F.A.R. 121-538, which required Airport Certification for security. Jones asked about the fence, guards, and fire truck. Mr. Hessler didn't know about the security fence or fire truck, but stated that the City would have to provide a guardj and he would find 'the!answer to the other auestions. Mr. Hessler saide he had planned to be in Iowa the week of May 21st and would stop by and discuss the requirements. The Commission was of the opinion that nothing should be done until they received:: the requirements from the F.A.A. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 P.M. Nextmeeting: June 21st, Civic Center, at 7:30 P.M. Ari � � 'eon MINUTES CATV Committee' June 5, 1973 MEMBERS PRESENT: Welsh, Eskin, Hubbard,'Cordier„ Prediger,_Blum, Ehninger,.Russell, Kril, and two ,guests Chairman Welsh called the meeting to order and suggested the following agenda: 1'.Consideration of the minutes of May 29. 2 Public` discussion. 3. Items of concern, report from members of the committee. 4.' Report from chairman a. Conversation with Iowa State Education' Association b. Response of Cable Television Information Center to our questions and their suggested next step c.'Conversation' on City financial procedures d.` Reading from City Council relating to; our direction' e. Major tasks ahead of us< The minutes of May 29 were ',approved with two corrections. The second; sentence in the next to last paragraph should read "he then read a;draft of a letter that suggested a due process resolution be introduced in substitution of the one-year mora- torium resolution' on' cable 'television. The second sentence in the last paragraph 'should read "Blum' moved, seconded by Hubbard,.to,a'sk the City 'Council to contact the State Legis- lature 'in terms of doing away with the referendum requirement and replacing it with a due process requirement for cable television franchises." Minutes were approved: There was no public discussion. Dick Blum presented a suggested procedure to verify due process prior to award of CATV franchise in the Iowa' Incorporated Community. This paper was discussed, four additions were made and it was accepted as advice to the chairman that he might use in his personal' correspondence with persons. i Report on Conversation with Iowa State Education Association It will',be impossible for Dr. Wigren and Red Burns to come to Iowa ,City, on Wednesday, June 13. Mr. Sherman' expressed the hope that many of us would be able to attend the workshop' at Drake on June 14 and 15. He has indicated that he would be happy to schedule',time for us'to meet with both of the • resource persons. i • D1SCUSSlon: Chairman will contact Mr. Sherman to see if it is possible for Sandy Eskin to work with Red Burns on Wednesday', June 13, and will seek to set a time when members of the ;committee might 'confer',with Dr. Harold Wigren. Sandy Eskin and Dave Russell will lattend.the conference on June 14 and 15.'_ Flo BethEhninger will attend on June 14 and Bob, Welsh will attend on Friday the 15th, depending upon when a`conference can be_,scheduled with Dr. Wigren. It was'agreed.that this would be a legitimate committee expenditure. Report on Conversation with Cable Television:Information Center The Chairman reported'that:he made the following inquiries of the l Cable Television Information Center and reported the following response: 1. How sure are you of the penetration? Would a marked survey be: valuable?. What city 'with,.three networks with fairly good reception has this type ;of penetration? Answer: The measurement <techniques'that we are using are the best available. 'They are:,very defenseable,'they are not perfect, but they do combine the knowledge of the RAND Corp. ,and of the Cable Television Information Center and we believe they are the best measurement techniques that aie available. A marked -survey',has,just as many short -comings and we are not sure that thiswouldprovide any additional hard data. The type of 'city that would have this kind.of: penetration is one'. that has medium dium income of kI $9,942.00,!a color set, penetration of 61%,'a UHF:penetra- ti'on of 95% and -a service charge per year of $60.00 and that has the; type of reception you have in!the Iowa. City' area. 2. What is the breakdown in relation to 'advertising and paid TV income? :How is the amount used in the computer run - arrived at? Does the FCC.Regulations permit paid TV? Answer: All of our 'figures are conservative, we provided the computer with the range low of $9.00, middle `of $15.50, and;a -high of $21.25, ,as revenue per subscription per year. And the computer on the basis of all other' evidence selected the amount slightly higher than $16.00.' Again we would emphasize that, these are conservative figures. The FCC Regulations do permit paid TV - Federal Regulation 76.225. 3. What about income from leased channels? We noticed that no income projections are made., Answer: That 'is correct. The reason is that income in this area ,is too 'uncertain to predict and is too uncertain to put a''range on. There is at the ''present time no "rule of thumb"r • • 4. ,How expensive is the second educational channel? Answer: The difference this makes in the comp�oximatelyer run s in the "head end",equipment which would be app $1,800.00. ex enditures', projected. 5. We noticed that there are no copyrightP What will the implications of this be on cable system in IowaCity? Answer: Itis likely to have less significance in those Answ: Answernot in the top 150. It will probably not have a markgreat effect in the community, likely to be one or, two percent of the gross revenue, a maximum of three percent. In reality, taking Cable as a whole,'it,would probably not make a great impact, specifically in Iowa City. 6. Do you know of any municipally owned systems leasing commercial, channels? Answer: ,'None that we know of. The Committee in their discussion raised the following questions: 1: How large of a factor is the color set penetration? Are 2. How'many,,cities-are engaged in pay television. ion. any of these municipal'systems? 3`. Is the medium income.in Iowae idatalonlthe id fspread' , (The Chairman will seek to g of income features.) cable tele- 4. Is there data available`on various cities with, vision that would provide their medium income and fees and their actual,, penetration?` Report on Conve_ r_ s_aton on City Financial:Procedures Chairman reported that he went over with Ray Wells and Joe Pugh the capital .expenditures, the operating, expenditures,, and'the operating income projected by the Cable Television information Center for a''dual-cable single-feeder converter typesystem. ,.Taking-these,�. ures, there would be no roblem in makin resent these vlanlel'i a le al ve cure cle asis uncertaine.`thereAt tare ammend time the entire on:ing p ments now in the State Legislature and there are now items in the courts. Also at present the market is uncertain simply because there are not existing' models. The committee 'felt that there were no further steps to be taken in this area at this time. Report on Response from the City Council There is no clear direction from the Council, four of the members o 'discussed their feelings with me at this point in history, • • The one who has not, has frequently abstained voting on items relating to CATV due to a potential conflict of interests. Overall there Is support for the committee manner it !lie 22 pe�ing in whatever interest. This summary was written prior to this afternoonts Council meeting; at that meeting I discovered the councilm an who had not contacted me did not Understand due to late arrival at last week's council that the council members were contacting me individually. The councilman,does plan to vote on items of basic policy, such as ordinances; he will contact me this week., I would not seek to represent his feelings. I did indicate that I felt the entire matter of CATV will be discussed next month with the Council. Report on Dfaior Tasks Ahead of Committee between now and July 15 The chairman suggested the following major tasks now before the committee 1. To prepare basic outline of ordinance provisions of varied forms of ownership to be, draftedby the legal staff or consultant 'for later review. 2. To obtain additional economic data that will effect basic recommendations relating to system design, rates, and other matters. 3. To suggest additional steps that would be desirable in due' consideration of a broadband communication system for Iowa City and 4. To formulate:!such recommendations as deemed appropriate. The committee, by consent, accepted this direction and proceeded to review the ordinance provisions contained in the draft, presented some time ago by Hugh Cordier, indicating which::of those provisions were applicable for all types of ownership, which provisions 'would be variable depending upon the type of ownership and which provisionns would be'!:in the ordiance only if it was Privately owned.ii The committee examined an outline of the provisions, for an ordinance suggested by the Cable Television Information Center and bythe RAND, Corporation and!again made determination as to which ones would be similar regardless of the pattern of ownership, which ones would vary, and which ones would be appli- cable only to�a private franchise. The committee requested the chairman to have available for its next meeting information relative to how those systems which ;are municipally owned have handled their regulatory procedures. The Iowa City Council met in joint session with the Charter Committee to discuss the draft of the Charter on June 13, 1973 at 4:00 P.M. in the Conference Room. Councilmen present: White, Hickerson, Czarnecki, Connell, Brandt (4:40 PM) Others present: Wells, Honohan, Stolfus, Rosenstein Charter Committee: Meardon, Riggenberg, Corrigan, Knight, Cain, DeCounter, Baldus,Welt Councilman Connell presided as Mayor, Pro -tem. ;Charter Committee Chmn. Meardon, presented statements for ser- vices of Mr. Martineau and Mr. Kaufman: As the 'preamble and each article were discussed, "Mr. Meardon noted the changes made in the June 8th draft'. There was general discussion on several points including Definition #11; 208.B, (Council appointment of Deputy City Clerk; use of ',word 'quali- fications' inlparagraph E, page 7; use of word 'ordinance' page 7, Paragraph B,, could be measure or matter; 2;11A; 2:02; 2.03, definition for resident; 2.06,', how vacancy is filled; 2.08C; 2;12, 'could say; 'elected' County official;2.12C; and need: to make lclear "concerning May Pro -tem, 2.06. In Article IV, the City Manager requested that he be allowed to execute Federal and 'State Grants after they are approved by Council and wanted a definition of 'participate' in 4.05. Council discussed Item 13; page 13; 4.03, change to read 'Mana- ger does not make such a designation'. In Article V, discussion included 5.02, is it valid?; and 5.03, use of word 'uniform', could use 'common'. The City;Atty. noted use of various pro- fessions on Boards, so 'subject to State Law' could be added. In discussion of Article VI Chairman Meardon explained limi- tation and disclosure. The City Atty. was concerned over the penalty. Concerning Article VII, there was concern over the,definition of .the word 'substance', and there was considerable discussion on how these 'provisions ,would work. The City Attorney ques- tioned if Initiative and Referendum could be include in a Charter. Chairman Meardon advised the Council that the Committee would go over items discussed and noted that this was their 50th meeting. 1