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I ,f i 'i 'MEETING OF THE ,CITY COUNCIL�� • July 3;:1973 DISBURSEMENTS JUNE 14, 1973.THRU JUNE 29, 1973 GENERAL r Iowa City Petty CashMiscellaneous Calvin-Diegel Expenses 88.1. 63 D fi J Industrial Laundry Refund Uniform Rental 1'.00, American; Society of Planning Officials Publication ` 28.57 B'& B Transfer G4,50 Julie Zelenka Moving Expense 493.98 Governmental Guides TExpense 86ravel 86 Iowa City Press'Citizen' - Book .00.40 Lindis Photo $ Ait Supply Publication Office Supplies 656.39 29,14 Des Moines Register Newspaper 2960, Davenport Times Democrat Red Carpet Travel !Newspaper 30:80 Service jravel Expense 175.91 Eastman-Kodak Equipment lr' 757 70 Duncan Ross Distributing Rest Room Supplies 57:32 Int.-Assoc.,.of Elect. Inspectors Membership 15.00 o Industrial G Clean Towel Service Laundry,Service 48:75 Kay Maune'! - Travel= Expense 134:46 Acme Visible Records Equipment S37',g0 Soiltest;,Inc. Operating Supplies• Goodfellow Co. Printing Service 64:20 Burroughs, Corp. Maintenance Supplies 98.00 Arledge• Transfer Freight.,,,g:qp Larew Co Building Maintenance 6g,74� Medical•Associates Medical Costs 1 12 Do IBM Corp Insurers Equipment 67832 Press OfficeSupplies',5.00 ! Iowa Bystander Publication 42:00 t Davis B,Son Building 1. Maintenance 19.20 Daily Iowan Publication 43.20 Standard Blue Print Office'Supplies ,781.51. Iowa City ,Petty ;Cash MiscExpenses ,, 6;54 Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Curtis 1,000 Inc:: Printing Service '10.G4 174760 . Des Moines Register Publication 23':75 Pioneer Inc. Office'Supplies 30,45 Steamtronic Carpet Care Building Maintenance 10.72 National'fCash Register Office Supplies 1G:+80 McGraw-Hill Publication 57.60 Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co. Book 22:50 Law Brief Co. Printing Service 62.34 Iowa Book !F, Supply Office' Supplies 5.26 Elbert F, Associates Data Processing 325.00 Denominator Co. Operating Supplies, 145."18 Drawing Board,•Inc. Office Supplies lg,gy ' Maher Bros. Transfer MovingjEquipment 61.25 Tri-City Blue Print Printing Service 52:04 West Publishing, Co. Book13.00 Micro-Technology Printing Service 86.65 Relations Journal Publication 25:00 ;•Public Police Court Escrow q2 Reimbursement 89:00 7,317.18 i TRAFFIC'ENGINEERING`� „ r ••rio Radio Shack Gaskill sign Inc, Electrical;,Supplies D E J Industrial Laund •., rY Msc, 4,28< Hawkeye Lumber Co, Uniform Rental 250.00` Iowa.`;I1linois Gas $Electric Co, Lumber'84,001 Republican Electric:Co. Misc.,'Expenses 33.75 Arthur Schmeichel Electrical. Supply 345.65 H, B.'Allen,'IInc. Printing Service 2;645.90< Roger Brown Sales Electrical Supplies 4.00 Ken�s'Distributing Co. Electrical'Supplies 380.22 Premier'Sales Corp, ', Mi'sc. Supplies 767.94 Del Chemical`Corp. Electrical Su pplies 26.23 ' ' Cartwright Supply Co. Minor Equipment x550,00 paint Supplies 62.51 ' 60.23 POLICE! 5,214.71 I, ow a City Pett Cash as h Loren -Sign Lettering".' Misc. Expenses D E.J..Industrial Laundry Eby,!s Sporting; Goods Printing Service Uniform Rental 40.65, 25.00 Dan R. ;;Fes ler," Re c' ;Supplies 33.38 = ': `'99.95, Iowa City„Press Citizen Equipment Industrial 6 Clean Towel Service Subscription 890 00 Universit of, Y Iowa Laund rY,Service 6 40 Smith F, Wesson Chemical Bill's Work Study:Wages 5.72 166.40 Plumb, $Heating Misc. Supplies Goodfellow Cog o,. Build' ing Maintenance 7.94 Motorola, Inc.' Printing Service 10.00 Videosonics Communications Equipment 104.20 Mercy Hospital OPeratin Su g: pplies 3,099.00 He'nry,Louis Medical, Costs 263.40 ' Ken f'P s Distributing Co., Photo Supply 26.50 Daily Iowan ,'. Misc. Supplies 57.55 Iowa City Petty Cash Publication " 8.95 Iowa Gunrack'inc, Misc..Expenses 9.00 Law Enforcement: Equipment Co, Operating Supplies 13.83 some, Uniforms: Operating Supplies 27'52 " Kieck�s`' Uniforms 78.75 Iowa Book $ Su Uniforms 19.40 Ewers D1enfs Storey Operating Supplies 190.50 iConcord`Press Uniforms 39.82 Misc. Supplies!'47,23 31,76 FIRE 5FO 85 Iowa City Petty! Cash Marshall C. Hunter Misc. Expenses New Process Laund rY Ir Cleaning, Oil 2.08 Iowa City Fire Department Laundry Service 33.36 Industrial $ Clean Towel Service Food Allowance 54.87 PPG Industries Laundry Service 480.00 •Larew Co. Paint Supplies 71.60 Iowa City Petty', Cash Building Maintenance CR (2,17) Kahler'Electric Misc, Expenses 38'20 Building Maintenance 7•73 10.00 695;67 , SANITATION-!:' -r-7777-= b & J ind,ustrial'Laundry Hawkeye Lumbe r Uniform Rental 352,50, Iowa, Lumber C Lumber I : 01 15! %Iowa �City Press Citizen Office Supplies Publi cation �2: 13.S8 wicks, oil Co, Oil, 82.,37 Medical"Associates Medical Costs 99,50 71.00 Sun Oil Co. Ken Is Distributing Co. Oil ll 580.80 Mi3C. Suppliesi :46.04 1,446;9,4�, CEMETERY;,: D &,J Industrial Laundry Uniform Rental 58.18 Hawkeye' Lumber Co. Kenls:Distributing Building Supplies22,50 I Co Misc. Supplies 19.84 Daily:Iowan Publication, 21.60 i Tri State'Toro Co. Minor Equipment 35.55 157.67 .67 ETRANSIT I Iowa City Petty Cash Misc. Expenses 1, 65 fill. & J IndustriaV Laundry:, Red Carpet Travel Service Uniform Rental� i'74.88 Wi cks''i 01, 11 Co. Travel Expense SL;27 Larew Co Oil! Buildingintenance ,Ma 93.50 17,70 b KenlsDistri uting Co. Misc. Su plies: P 1.79 14-0.79 PARKS AND RECREATION Iowa w . ity. Petty Cash Kirkwood Kwik Kleen Misc, Expenses 4.83 McKesson, Chemical: Co. Towel Service 33.83 �D & J,IndustrialiLaundry Water Treatment Chemicals 1,198.70 Eby's Sporting Goods Uniform Rental 204.48! Plumber's; , Supply,co. Rec. Supplies 1,409.09 _Hawkeye Lumber Co'.! Plumbing Supplies 467.06 SM itty's, Sho,eRep'a'ir Sandi . 2 21.75 , J. M. Stratton Eq uipment Maintenance 1 4.00 River -Products co': Supplies" 103.30 Cedar Forrest Products Sand New Shelter 19.65 Ellen'McFirlind 3,489.00 :Mrs. Jake :Rosku p Refund 3.00L �Albert Spenne I r. Refund Boxes '3 .�O Iowa City Press Citizen' Publication 32.94 llind�Photo A Art Supply Rec.� Supplies 15.12 Metropolitan,Supply,Co. I Duncan Printing Supply 79,52 8.00 Ross Distributing Nagle Lumber Co. Misc.i Supplies ��8.50 Industrial & Clean Towel Service Sand Laundry Service 135.00 Central Pool Supply: AbCraft Corner Plumbing Supplies ! 9.93 35.55 Iwj. C. Penney Co. Rec. I Supplies 1 57.44 j J. Wilson Sp6rting Goods Rec. Supplies Flxible.Co. Rec. Supplies 214.34, Misc, Supplies 11.33 o 'RECREATION • i` PARK S'AND CONT'D• ' 'Fay's Fire Equipment of„Iowa Extinguisher`Refill 11,00 •bniveTsity ” Vanguard Crafts Work'Study,Wages 17.50 Medical"!Associates Rec,.Supplies 20.76 I B M Corporation Medical Costs Equipment Maintenance 12,00 Game Time 90,50 Pitney Bowes Equipment 1330,00 American Way Tree Service Equipment Rental 22,50 Steven's Sand & Gravel Tree ;Trimming 1858.62 Iowa Bystander Sand' 485,01 Ken's Distributing Co, Publication 11,50 Virgil Michel Misc; Supplies 217 91 N. C, R.. Animal Feed 70,80 Monroe Co. Office Supplies 28,72 Handcrafters Operating Supplies 2.72 J. P. Gasway Rec,'Supplies 26.95Office Flaghouse Inc, Supplies 140,00 Electric -Aire Corporation Rec.;Supples 39 96 R M, Boggs Co,' Electrica1nSupplies 33.64 C .R. Sporting Goods Buildin Re airs g P. 473,56 K -Mari Rec,,SuppIies 6 9S. Operating Supplies :34.20 ' 1. 12,,731.18,, 12, 3 ,18 ' l I DEBT SERVICE First National Bank Coupons Iowa -Des Moines National Bank Coupons 330,00 170,00 560-00 TRUST AND AGENCY i City Treasurer City Treasurer Police l 8,854,48 Fire Retirement 15,845,88 2TT�'6' ROAD USE TAX D, $ J Industrial'.Laundry Uniform Rental 303,80 HawkeyeLumber Co. Lumberi River Products Co. 11 Sand $ Gravel 207,54 390,19 Iowa Road Builders Co. Asphalt:68,00 Iowa City Press Citizen Publication ig 77 " L, L, P Co. Asphalt Steven's Sang 's `Sand F, Gravel Sand 478,23 ' Ken's Distributing Co, Misc, ,Supplies $5,73 44,49 Del Chemical Corp, Improvements 83,66 PARKING REVENUE Hawkeye Lumber Co. Iowa State Treasurer Meter Repair 17:00 •Nagle Lumber Co. Sales Tax 101,35 ' Halsted Co, Meter Repairs 2.20 Duncan Industries Meter.Repairs: 36,00 Rockwell; Manufacturin g Meter Repairs'- II 110,07 Meter Repairs P Ts 492.13 75., 75 t SE , WM. REVENUE Iowa City Petty Cash Misc; Expenses i; -Aft Martin Clague Sewer Refund 15.60 W City of Coralville S 'e� Sewer ervic 22. 85r 1 .11 r D & J -Industrial La=dry Uniform Rental 216...22 W. J. I Emanuel I , Refund� 2.53 Plu mb er's Supply Co. 'Plumbing Supplies 6.91,, Hawkeye lumberCo. I Meter Repair 'Services 64,60 Ia. Institute of Hydraulic Research Engineering 11270.00 r; River Pr6ducts'Co. Gravel. 15.20, Iowa City Press :Citizen Publication 50.45 Zeta:Beta Tau I , . Refund 6.56 Lo ri. ., Christiansen . Refund Industrial & Clean Towel Service Laundry Service .20 4.17 Karen Larson Refund 1 .50 Alter & Sons, Inc'. Equipment 41.09 Utility Equipment Co Equipment 74.38! i Electrical Engineering & E quipment Equipm.en t, i9,249.00 -.Iowa Bystander �,7Publicati,on 14' Is, Distributing Co Misc. Supplies, ._00 81 30 Cedar -'Rapids Gazette �i Publicati A; 52. Westinghouse 1 Electrical Supplies 517.00 Goodw 3111 Industries,; Operating Supplies rFandel� Inc.. U In n Eq ip 6 t Maintenance 72.51 11,733.63 �WATER REVENUE: Iowa City Petty Cash I Misc. Expenses .86 I i Martin Cl . 11 ape Refund 11.53 p Apache Hose .& Rubber Inc. Plumbing Supplies 227.63:, D & J Industrial Laundry UnifoimlReintal 293.40 W. J. Emanuel Refund' 1 5.21 "Plumber's Supply Co. I I , Plumbing Supplies 63 37,, 63 Lu mberrC o. Misr. Supplies River.' Products Sand �6.97 521.38'1 'Co. Iowa State Treasurer i Sales Tax: i 1,964,94 Red Carpet Travel Service,200 Travel: Expense 55 Zeta.Beta Tau Refund' ,52 1 Lori Christiansen Refund. 7,90 Nagle L. umbe'r� Co, Building Supplies 72,25 Industrial.&,Clean Towel Laundry:Se'rvice 56:11 -Cartwrightfs Carpets Misc. Supplies 40.00 4J Karen Larson Refund, 3.09 Utility:Equipment Maintenance 6,1 33.75 Zimmer & Francescon Maintenance supply 1,1458.70 Steven's`Sand &:Gravel Sand 114,41 'Ken's Distributing Co. Misc, Supplies 27.58 ClowCorp,; Tools 104.80 Advanced Drainage Systems 'Misc. Supplies 8,50 Vapor Blas t Co. Operating Supplies 73.39 StYI6/Craft Steel, Inc. Water System Improvement 96 8 .00 Park Son Meter Parts minor Equipment',62. 87 • Overton Chemical Sales �Chemicals 402.40,: JA -J Associates Operating Supplies :,39.95 e n Alli d.Chemicai Division Chemicals 1,481.74 14;267,26 SPECIAL,-ASSESSMENTS Iowa City Press Citizen , • Publication ub cation '68.87 68,87 CONSTRUCTION Iowa i City Press Citizen Publication 80.52 Veenstra & Kimm Engineering Service 2,213.88 Shay 'c Electric ec ri Soil Testing Services Building Improvement 6,423.30 i'' d I Howar R. Green Co. Engineering Service 21.00 Engineering Services 1,365.76'' 10,10, ,46 PAYROLL 77--7- Hawkeye State Bank Payroll Transfer 155,751.96 Hawkeye, State Bank Reimbursement 469.42 1156,221,38 REVOLVING FUND 12. Iowa 'City .Petty:Cash Misc.iExpenses 115.59 Marshall; � C. . Hunter I D,-&;J Ind ustrial Laundry Gasoline Uniform 3,342.,321, Emmett ,Evans Rental Misc`lExpenses'100.00 203.80 P lumbers Supp y Co. Vehicle Repair Parts 'Hawk L i 6y6 umber Co Misc.Su'pplies 3.82: i Hamer,Alignment:Frame & Tire Vehicle Repair s- 50.89. Iowa Lumber Co.I Building Supplies 123.23. Linder: Tire Service' V ic P Vehicle Re air 215.68 IowaiCity Press Citizen Publication 153,53 Edward Schultz Travel Expense 50.00 Nagle Lumber Co. Misc. Supplies 1:1.52 Industrial' &. Clean Towel Laundry Services 0 55. S Midwest Wrecker & Crane Towing Service 72.50 Wicks !Oil ".Co. oil 74.25 McCabe Equipment Vehicle Repair 18.51 Barker'sInc, Refun& 5.00, I� B M Corp.., Office'Supplies 57.73 Xerox Corp. Printing Supplies 475.00 owa Glass Depot Vehicle,Repair 31�98 A. Vehicle Repair , Robert Keating Travel Expense 1�53.12 150 All Wheel Drive Co, Vehicle Repair ,00 1,116.54 Steven's,Sand F, Gravel Gravel',$ Dirt 272.05 iIowa Bystander, 'Distributing Publication 5.25 Ken's Co. Misc, Supplies 23,32 GMC,Truckl& Coach Division Vehicle Repair 3,600.20 Des ,M61nes':Register Publication 46.25 Waterloo DailyiCourier Publication mo �Pioneer Inc. Office Supplies 64.81 Multigraphics Equipment Maintenance 239,95 Economy Advertising Printing Service 8 • Oak,fte Products Misc, Supplies C25 68.00 F .. REVOLVINGFUNDCONTID� • NewMethod Equipment Hilltop D X536.18 Vehicle Repair Globe'.Machinery Gasoline fi Car Washes 43,50 Mainstem Inc.'. Tools 219.95 Iowa City Petty Cash Data Processing 85 81 Misc, Expenses 250,00 12,03 ,98 ESCROW Jerry Goodwin Universit of Iowa Y Refund :356,00 Johnson CountyAgricultural Assoc, Supplies Building Rental 2.75 Brenneman Seed Store Iowa -Illinois o s Gas $rElectric Agricultural Su g Supplies' 7.00 7 5 � 6 ,Iowa City Press Citizen, Misc. Expenses 119.45 Don;Wehmeyer Publication 29.77. Craig'Lihs Technical Services 33,85 New York Graphic Society Technical Services — 41,93 Raymond $;Raymond Inc: iso' Mi. x43.11 'Audio Brand on 'r 163,25 Frame House Rentals 10,00 Don Wehmeyer. Other, 692,41 •, Dan, Lynch House Move 23,70 Iowa City Petty Cash House. Move : 23'.70 'Economy, Advertising Misc, Expenses 24.32 General'Bindin Co g Printing Service 139,90 Midwest Cycle Supply Printing Service 191.07 Vehicle Repair 173,30 2,083.07 LEASED HOUSING I Holub Apartments Tenant ', June Rent 57,50 Gilpin ,Paint $ Glass June.:Rent 45.00 Christopher Stam os Repairs "5.24 N,A, fof N, $ R': Refund Dues 50,00 Michael Logan 2S,00 i City of `Iowa City Repairs 35.00 May Expenses 3,398,06 3,615.80 URBAN RENEWAL w S ailes Refrigeration ' FixturesLawrence$_Ph Phyllis Swails Real E state 3 , 669.00 Mary Bakas 117,000,00 Ia. Appraisal $'Research Co Eugene Furnishings A Appraisal Service 713,50 Englebrecht 3,150.00 Linder',Tire-Service Closing Costs 141,75 -!E. Norman Bailey Rent 279.93 Johnson Count County Abstract g Title I Appraisal. Service Acquisition on E x easeNathen'B 165.00 Whiting Nathan 'B, Whiting Real Estate 10 .00 10,050.00 • Various Real-Estate 18900,00 Dislocation5,937.50 16 16.68 GRAND TOTAL �- P $430,853.64 INFORM ON FOR APPLICATION FOR'SUSPENS OF TAXES. Name:%�/� C Address: did �Tfi` /7 r/6iVda' Ase; Seo Occupation: {iCJ i IJO /iJ — r�0ery c�.Ft e Martial Status: ,0 ow Dependents: /(/O�icr Monthly Income: Earned: $ u `� Private Pension: n Government Pension: .: $ v0 TOTAL $ 7 vi, : rlarket Value of Houseper' Iowa City Assessor61 gg Have Taxes been suspended in previous years? I bT When: Is applicant disabled? /j10 r3„ i{O-s fif ff �2v/ r y s Status of General Health: Good? — Poor. V Bad? ' J -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH APPLICANT'FEELS ENTITLES HIM TO SUSPENSION: /aSSisLaA/cr r3. o firrzf ✓. �� L'na� n o> �r�Arcnc CcSrS,L_ Ssrc. tt/c. ten' A/o/ , /i :5e- U '7Z �'1.?. .vs'iJ..J �r.0 �. - .i i I. ;i L'I E'.i 7 •1 I i ..� • ' I i July 9, 1973 11 1, i I 1 , I I: Mr. Marcelo'P. Merino 'i ©B Olive Court'Apt. #1 I Iowal. City, Iowa' 52240 Dear Dtr. Merino: ` At ite July,3rd, 1973 meeting, the City Council received your 1= letter requesting warning signs to be posted near the Burlington Street ,Dam. At an';earl iet meeting the City Council had received a similar 'request, and referred this matter to the Riverfront Commission , f; and to the City Manager for review and a report back to Council. The an City;Mager'6 staff has investigated this" subject and will be making a report its back to the'City Council at July 10, 1973 meeting. ( Thank. you very much for bringing this,matter.,to the attention of the City Council. Sincerely, . fStan Rosenstein I,. �Administrative'Aseistant b `I F s SR/db I i w 1 Its. I � i I i I • 893 (I,,/h1V hfU 7. li.n >.'I!4nlir; Iot]rt C,l. t;l, 'IG?:a Iolra city ii7v, t tiu Oo .�. %l7V111r; C-CtV 2Cilri1.119GT' cl 7ic1 3GU�y; ?l he` .10 .Uaut ;,n LW�u on 4 . )). l .,.11•. nl;r, ? , x vl.fU± `a .,.'.f 3 ;�� .,,..tu . I1' Iotr, lvel 1iI C01",L..:y, i I!.l •r i;l I{U i7(?rt� iCUtiff l'.i I) I' c-�I:d department" of. : urban rene,waI MEMORANDUM .r date: June 28'„' 1973 to:; John B. Klaus, Director subject: 'Sealed Bid Sale (ending 6-14 J i g 73) T he following report is the results of our recent Sealed Bird Sale of immoyable fixtures:41 Four newspaper"ads were run -`insertions -'in the Press,'Citiz'en on May 17 and 3:1 and in the Interstate"Shopper on'. May:,23 and June 5..: Completelbid forms were made up andgiven out to interested,; bu ers. ;The overall interestshoian on this sale as,",someiahat Iacking;as.compared,to previous sales. Perhap's the merchandise " being offered was not in-demand`at this time .l commercial fixture ;interest seems to fluctuate in this vicinity.` Total receipt's of this sale amounted to,$1,501.M i MT: sh r� if l 1' � I' I i , jI Successful', Bidders ' Sealed Bid Sale Ended June 1 4 1973; 3. 3 Location Buyer 'Amount Donut Wagon BoardsOryx;Enterprisesi Sink John.Suns'trum $ 50.00 Pastry Cabinet Oryx Enterprises 6.50' 10.00 Ceiling System Oryx', Enterprises 40.00' HagenT.V. Fixtures Fixtures IowaCityTypewriter Co: 25.00 Round Mirrors Parson Supply Oryx�Enterprises 799.50 10.00 ,. Air"Conditioner Parson Supply 40.00; V.F. A', Service Table s Donakin S,tri ppinoa',Service 20 75 Carl"PryBil 1: Stable Mirrors Things and Things;, 40.00 Ebony cafe Walk -in -cooler Things and Things 0 5 4 .00 One East College (U.R.Bldg.) Driveon Ramp Bob Duff 25.00 f6 Lglits (Parts Room) .A Bob Duff 20.00 Paneling Bob Duff 60.00 ; s'4 Hanging Heat Heaters Russell Colon Y 1'00.00 Overhead Track Bob Duff 5.00 Lights (S.E.,Room) Russell Colony 15.00 TOTAL $1,501.70 I Name_l 11 er cau to ": hone our:attenhon Please call 35 Addras • ' �`_ CA" have any questions. We weleotne Reques and are always'at your service. ri -' - •f .J Cm " roe o l letVl � ^'`� r '. Ref I i r'` S+ala r i i,.� •1 r .t r ... 11 1 SE 11 REQUEST a CITY OF IOWA CITY IOWA CITY, IOWA NO. A 131 Dat �.��.�_c. ���i ®. How. Received: Phone 1 3 Time I _ U -PM :' �r Letter , `� ❑ InPeison-[� Received by . `; . q t`pfl, """ Dear Resident Thank�you for calling this matter, SJ k Of 7 _ , nl O to our attentio Pleasei call 354:186 0 �y Addles ' Phone / - have an t . It ou r cr, q c.._., f C , Y, questions. We welcome your inquiries v and are always at your service �Reques ff I,.,,` 141�hv.)! a ' , I•,a � ( / '....-irows'.. ' � �C n� , lrr.� -cG �,.d�.l� Y 'u h ' IGf. II.�.• Cn o. ...L. nvr.. o OI U)r Inv. J. 4 - Referred to r�.:SAr .r+iU�r G � , . �.. c � o „ d Both'Unted ,Youth of ,. �c America & 'United Boys Disposition Illinois, addresses on back of''this Y Group are comm_= organizations tin, each child has a Le9uest sheet. from peddler s' They recruit Iowa -0ity children' citlien'Notification ' - Date permit and gets a small profit. IJe've purchased Of Disposition: None This Form I] phone 8y�bbi Date letter Personal visit ED Dy W uMPIRnature and Title) DE..__PARTMENT HEAD . . Y, I le, 11 1 . ,AddreiiLq 'iRequest .arc : . sting a seven -route! city transit system, the laiwatity Coach Company operated a char= q �ter bus service and a school bus service for Iowa City. Community School Syfitem., The city transit service become a serious drain on an otherwise profitable! operation. Service Level The Iowa City Coach Company operated Wcontintious-service line -haul system, using 31- and 35'-OaBsengei coaches. The average age of the buses was nearly 14 years. Five 'of the seven routes contained long loops that were used to expand the area cover- age of the limited iystem;,Service hours were from 6:30 a:m. to 6:30 p in., 6 days per week.Headways were 30 minutes on four, routes and 20 minutes on the remaining th , "" There had been littleI expand service to new growth areas of the city ree. attempt to, even though the,city's population had Increased by more than'40 percent In the 10 -year period from 1960 to 1970. The level of service during the 1960s was fairly constant. Early Subsidy. The'increas'd to 'a 257cent fare in the spring of 1966 drove, ridership to a record low and actually: produced a decrease in revenue. In an effort to: maintain some form of transit service,= the university agreed to subsidize' the transit system at $3,000 per month, with the. stipulation that universitystudents be. allowed to ride for a 10 -cent fire: The: result was an Immediate doubling of ridership. "�'Because-of pre ssure from local ,citizens, 'the city: council,agreed to share in the sub-, sidy, :increasing it,to45,000 per month, and the general fare was reduced to 10 cents. The subsidy, created a highly profitable arrangement for the 'private operation though it waB:difficult to determine the extent of the profit because the company also operated a school bus service and charter service. The year-end audit seemed to indicate an overiubsidization, 'with excess profits.being earned by the operator. This resulted in a'demind for. extended service, which the private operator refused to do, and the, sub-,. sidy,widwIthd­ia,%rn. A labor.,con,tract, negotiated in 1967, raised driver wage levels nearly. 10 percent. T subsidy agreement,! created a rising fii6'6ontract,;:'coupIed with the cessation of the cost-c6fistant revenue situation. In an attempt to cover costs, the private operator, bean raising fares in 5 -cent increments to the 1970 level of 25 cents., The fare in - g' creases raised revenues but drove away choice riders. The result was further finan- ciii losses as cost continued to rise faster than revenue. Final Subsidy In L spring of 1970, the owner,, who had been opernting without a franchise, threat- I' the ened to terminate service as of June 6, 1970: The regional planning commission was in the process o[ contracting for a mass transit technical study at this time. A publicly financed system,was being considered, but it was at least I yearaway, from Implemen- tation. As stopgap measure, the greeme t with the, private a opg city entered into an agreement operator to continue service.* The city agreed toay the Iowa City Coach' p � Company $90 per day per routs with the city retaining all revenues. As a'result, the city has paid up to $9,000 per month in suWidy: This agreement continued for 14 months at a total cost of $81;805,($220,000 cost as compared to $138,000 in revenues) until I im roved public - siimplted. service was ery September 1, 1971' when the'p implemented. MASS TRANSIT TECHNICAL STUDY In mid -1970, the Johnson County Regional Planning Commission received a mass transit, technical study grant from the Urban Mass Transit Administration (UMTA). The Center for Urban Transportation Studies of the Institute I of Urban and Regional Researeh at the University of Iowa was awarded a contract to develop a short-range transit plan, 'consisting of an analysis to recommend alternative rouWpatterns and to estimate their patronage and cost. ' Comparison. of ,swept -area diagrams for turning, movements for. the 33- and 45- passenger buses shows little difference. These advantages were'felt to of feet the ad-' vantages of a smaller, more maneuverable bus. ' it was also recommended that'the'cft y proylde forjthe'elimination of on It parking for transit routes on narrow streets, lengthen curb radii at certainintersec-' tions to improve', lurnfng'movements; and Improve traffic (low on Heavily traveled streets used by transit vehicles.' Patronage Estimates Initially, a trip split model was formulated by using -data from the Iowa City Origin and Destination Study completed in 1964 by the Iowa State Commission. The ,Highway dependent variable, percentage of total person using transltwas related to vert- i' ablca of three t types: production -end variables, attraction -end variables;.. and zone -to- zone service variables. ;,The resulting estimating equation was unsuitable because it was based on,a`,small relative number of transit trips, 197 transit trips out of 11;512 person trips. It was a better descriptive than predictive model,', and the model was not sensitive to changes in level 10 transit service. Consequently; apurpose-specific model was developed utilizing the on -bus survey data gathered during the mass transit technical study and projected interzonal transfers. ' Because 91,percent of sill transit trips either started or ended in the CBD,'' and because this zone was to continue to be the; central node In the new. ,system;'^, it was decided to concentrate on'predicting,purpose-sped!ic attraclions,.to thlglzone. , The new total :L.. trips produced were based on increasing the11964 Interzonal trip matrix by'3 percent per: year, which;is the, method used by Iowa;City in estimating The control. ,traffic. total of transit tripe was; obtained from the sum of percentages oCtransit use in zones 'transit. currentlyserved by Use of this method enabled us to better utilize Iowa State Highway, Commission projections for the, transportation study, and'lt also gave us a greater sensitivity to J. level of transit service in,:predicling,future`ridership. ::.Three;trip purposes were used: work trips, school trips, and other trips: Manual assignment was'made to account for service,to proposed university periph- eral parking lots;' replacements of existing pr' lvate transit service; and an Improved, .' extended hour service to university,, h' sing areae. ' The resulting trips were then al- ,' located to bus routes and checked against current data for accuracy. .Implicit in the modal -split estimation fe a 25 -cent fare that'was in effect at the time of the on -bus survey. ' Past patronage data were analyzed to, detect relations between , fare and patronage.."Patronage data,j4hen prior subsidies and reduced fares were in effect,', provided good fnformation,for determining'the impact of fare on patronage. A ry high degree veof correlation was found,; particularly when university enrollment was introduced as a'controlling faclon .These relations are given in. Table 1J' The results of this analysis were then applied directly to the results of the'modal-split equation to indicate changes in patronage. In retrospect,separate equations for summer and " school year should have been used. This would have removed the need for using enroll- nroll- 'I ment as mentors a variable. d i implementation The recommendedsystem was implemented by the city on September 1 1971, with r' several exceptions; no nighttime service wasprovlded; all coulee had 30 -minute head - ways; no university subsideywas provided; no budget provisions were made for bus shelters and other amenities; and the'suburb of Coralville continued Its separate service. ANALYSIS OF PATRONAGE RESPONSE There has been a substantial increase in patronage as a result of the now: transit service in Iowa Clty. New routes, ;new 45-passenger,buses,: and reduced fare (25 to 15 cents) are the principallreasons for the increased patronage. The Iowa C1ly,tranaft'system is maintaining,,daily„and monthly' statistics generated - from fare -box revenue and le supplementing the data with counts of the number of the are com collected tor; the prlor'servJce;'they show a wldawarlattoln In monthp ridership tett `. responds to university .enrollment! and,cllmate •Figure 1 shows the percentage of ,; annual patronage by month.for,the pilor service. These from 12=month perlods'when fare and sIt ervice variables were conslanPercentages teThealculaled + of annual Patronage ranged from .5 66 Percentage Analysis of the new patronage data indicates thaf monthly variations are le eto 11.22 percent anuary.nced. I The .venation in patronage by month, 'with the sharp peak In winter, months, results In capacity deficiencies during peak hours of winter months. ,There Is also a consider- able daily variation in. ridership, again primarily due to university class schedules with Monday andWednesday being the peak days?Similarly, there is a considerable varfa- tion In transit patronage by Hme'of day with majority, of the,tranalt tripe occurring duiing the peak hours of the morning and evening, . On January 24, 1972;; additional peak=hour servi reduce30 ce was Instituted. Hcadwaya were d fromminutes to 20 minutes by adding five buses to each of the five cross- town route pairs. .This ncreased'the level of service one during the peak` hours of 7:00!to 9:00 a. M- and 4:00 to 6:00p. m. each weekday.! The monthly patronage for the new system (Table 2) has been 'increasing In general accordance with the percentages shown in Figure 1, The projections made from the actual September ridership (Table';2) seem to be consistent with`the observed ridership. The predictions made from the original revenue estimate (1) are slightly lower than; but also consistent with;'lhe,recent data: ;The original' Patronage estimates made by the authors (I. pp, 47_51) were obtained from a purpose-specluc modal -split model applied to, theIraffle zones served :by each alternative transit plan. The resulFofthe modal -choice analysis was an estimate of patronage for an"average weckday,ln April, which was"approxlmately 4;300 revenue passengers for the stage -two Octobof Implementation.. This could be compared to the weekday average of 4,445 1n'' O ctober and 4,975 in November of 1971. t, iiThe important figures; for operating purposes are both average weekday and peak - hour ridership; Examination of the patronage data reveals the following: I. The average weekday patronage has been steadily increasing, ' 2: ' The variance In petro"age between days of the'week has been decreasing, f 3. The nature of the peak hour does vary with different'days. ''Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays have a "two-pronged'! morning and afternoon peak hour lhatfe'due to uni verslt y class schedules. The Friday afternoon peak is much flatter, lasting from 3:30 to 5:30 P. m. Tuesdays and Thursdays have !'single" peaks at 7:45 a: m. and 5:00 p, m: 4. ':Saturday patrons a has increased threefold because the lower fare le attractive' to youths. 5. 'Normally, December patronage declines because' students are away for 2 weeks, This year patronage did not decllne, which Indicates that more Christmas shoppers and Youths used transit than in prior years. 6, LThe January patronage was depressed because of 'capacity deficiencies and "bugs" " !n instituting the improved service during the; Iasi week of January;, 7. The February patronage has slgniticanfly Increased over what was e ` cause of the im roved level of service durin xpected be- P addluonal day,) B Peak hours: (February 1972 Includes an 6. Examination of route -specific' patronage is Included in a more detailed description ' of the Iowa City experience. (2), CAPACITY CONTROVERSY During the fall of 1971, It became'apparent that the newly instituted transit service, might not be able to handle adequately the; peak -hour demand during the winter months of December c "'arch, The question of whether to provide additional capacity during peak hours became a controversial Issue. The city administration look the posluri 'hal adequate seo rvice may mean some crowding; delays,' and, In some Instances, passing people by. I I capacity was'ccnsidere`d by ihe'c(ty cot paper, and groups such a" CitizensYor to the' Area, Transportation Study,, and augmenting service. The city manages sable and reluctantly provided,cosl esti 12 -month lease and. operation. 'He alsc ing system,; which Indicated alarger It a projected deficit that the council was The posture of the'city,administratli ng !r resigned. A new estimate for lea sented to the ;city, council by the acting; �J.L' Indivlduals, including the authors of ti is eller Iowa'City, Citizens' Advisory Committee .izens for EnvironmenW Action;; pressed for lewed these efforts to be financially irrespon- ites for leasing additional buses based on a' reduced a revised cost estimate for, the 'exlst- budgeted'deficit. These estimates painted able to assume. changed in January. 1972 when the city man - service went into IMPACTS OF The new se use", buf for a shorter term,, was pre onager. In carly'January 1972, the city minute headways, on all routes during peak tydeficiencies became apparent to all. 'feet on January 29; 1972. :W SERVICE n attractive level o! service to the CBD - he principal Iowa City residential Arens: ire than 25 percent of the trips in the Iowa prior level of service attracted, at_most, •- r-. --- ­­.,. ..Mu4OU,..Y bui vub av,w rZ percent of the daily total and up to 15 percent of the,centrally;oriented trips occurring during . transit service hours: ` Oneof the concomitant effects of the new transit service is a significant reduction In parking revenues. The fall of 1971 saw an increase in the use of the transit system and in the use: of bicycles' Table 3 gives the decline 1n parking revenues for 1971- 1972 as compared to the 2 prior years. This decline appears to have been temporary, which Indicates it may have been influenced,by,bicycle'users ' ' as well as by transit riders. it, appears to be too early to draw conclusions: However, Ahis is an imoorlant issue because a proposal for a downtown parking rampis. dependent on Increasedpark- ing revenues hat would be achieved by increasing' rates. During November, the new system carried an average of 3.1 `revenue passengers per route -mite, generating an average of.approximately 96 cents, per route -mile In revenue.'During the aderage,weekday, the Hawkeye Apartments route generated 'i nearly $1.50 per route -mile, whereas the two lowest patronized routes acre about ' 20,conts per route -mile: `On Saturdays, nearly all routes operate at less than half the weekday revenue-producing levels: The 15 -cent fare has resulted In some fare collectionroblems causing g an increase in run times and a decrease in driver efficiency. The transit supervisor estimates that more than one-third of, all passengers require the driver to make change, s A solution 'would be to sell monthly passes or,tokehe at'a'slightly reduced rate. The use of the tokens or a pass would speed up both fare collection'and passenger pickup limes, allow - 4 ing'the driver to more closely adhere to his; schedule, particularly during peak periods. Generally speaking,', transit patronage has increased from about 2,000 patrons per weekday on tt a old system to about 6,000 patrons Per weekday on the new system. What has been the reduction in automobile trips? ` Parking revenues tell part of the story, and traffic counts, which are not available at this time, may Indicate more.' if one -, assumes that one-half oElhe new. patrons formerly, drove,'a sgniffcantreduction In automobile travel has been made.. CONTINUED INVESTIGATIONS In addition to the continued monitoring of patronage response as previously described, ' a variety of other studies are under, way, to continue analysis and improvement of trnnsil S ervice in Iowa City. ',First, abefore-and-atter study of transit attitudes' and prefer- t ences has been conducted and analyzed. :Second, a'campus travel behavior sludyhas been conducted and is being analyzed. Third, the university, has implemented a campus 13 b 21 I 10d -Z 6 4 3 F May I P1.11 0 Nov source.Iowa City Cicuich Comps , cii71tbN �FooVl`PW'0lUp 1. ritfiflo n. Tabloo Z. Rillthiplitio Powfwn Monthly Percenjace ot (cents) P., ronege, 25 -Cent SIARdard pwrwg, 1 10 93 104,319 Month Actual 15 023 FAAIm . :� i57 W,- Fellmads. 20 66:204 122 SePICInW, 65,510 25, 53,033 too October too' 540 111 000 30 43 907 5 :81 November 10903 Billow 04, : 4j 109: 112,000 December 420 10�000 I _ �_ VI 1252.6111-- 110 54.11119.547-1-23376325.,A. 1 26.851 a "mul' 05.0W 000 11.000 061 SF 131 ODO .415; February 136,582 "onew; 123'oDo Ie., J." I i 123.OW 11 5,5w U, '--ftV of jov, .1-Nwal"of Tow 1,178,00 1,100,000 —re-nbel)vvnber loll wwv..P.Yi on nev, ils.,t I.Mel W-iftlic. Tablit Type of Parki no Revenue'(dollars) you On-9trect Off-street Permit 1949-1070 73 370 1970-1971 7�587 36,370 8,115 30,238 117,004 :j p 1971-1972 81750 68,752 33,719 121,555 110,570 4 -le Duanng . 1.71•.0771 —4 $145. �* 10 6- tN-Fbu,,j. tOUl V4 $134.D57 Ioec �jv '114W on Upt"be, h,-* i --o •---- -. �.+ruperauoa,!.patronage, nae'averaged.7,000paeeongeraper day.vlN a peak;day of 8,200 Typlcaily,'Monday and.Wedneeday'are peak' days, during the :week although lmpacte weather of cold are more important. Many long; walking trlps'are.diverted to the campus shuttle on cold days,-' Curiently;'the impact of warm weather and, Increased use of bicycies ie'f concern. 'Use of Ne shuttle has:been predominantlyby the students and,'amongthe.'students, chiefly underclassmen. This parallels a tendency for, shuttle use to be heaviest among dormitory residents. The average'rider uses',the shuttle bus:about 10 times per week, and about 5,500' different persons use to bus,'during the course of an -average week (wlth,35,000 ridership),.-' It appears thatthe, bus system le used more in terms of tripe wlth,one end at'the residence rather that trips. around campus. This is because most riders have de changed their moof travel to campus. The most common change is ' from walking to using the campus bus, but use of the automobile has also been changed Such'that about 500 automobiles have been IThe' < eliminated from the central cam us. typical bus passenger Is a male, freshman,'' dormitoryresident who uses the bus, twice per day to get to class and to return to the dormitory. He.would walk if the bus were not available. The nature of.the bus use as shown in Nese data seems to support. fairly well the initial objectives of the bus system. f'It is not only providing a service to those without automobiles, but it is also getting people out of :automobiles and getting automo- biles of[ campus. Ttie. university is now exploring ways to make the campus shuttle a permanent fea-` ture. _Both Purchase and P ,lease arrangements are being explored. Long -Range Transit Planning Study i.The mass'translt technical study (1) that preceded the new bus system for Iowa City was of a short-range nature ' Itsemphasis en'the short range was primarily due to lhe,need to move rapidly and, to the lack of forecasts. •'Forecasts of population, em- ploy`ment; and travel 'r are now sing s part of the Iowa.City.UrbanArea g produced a Transportation Study. Consequently, it is now. possible. to conduct a long-range in- '; vestigaUon and develop a plan for the long-range transit needs of the Iowa City area. The Institute of Urban and,Reglonal:Research hopes to participate'in such along -range' transit investlgation again as a subcontract to'Johnson.Coanty Regional Planning Cam - mission, which is responsible for the area Po transportation study. ! CURRENT POLICY QUESTIONS Even though Iowa City does not suffer so severe a financial plight as most American municipalities, it does not have sufficient funds to use for risk capital to play; an active and innovative role in transit. Additional capacity was provided,with full knowledge that additional subsidy 'would be increased. ' The city could increase patronage by ex- tending the level of service, constructing bus shelters, developing a program to market transit, increasing parking costs, and integrating the transit system with a campus shuttle: system to Improve distribution. However, increased revenues would not cover Ne increase in cost, and still more lsubsidy would be necessary. What level of service should be provided 7 Thls ie a'key question in Iowa City and Is relevant to other public systems that have slmllar'!success.,,Every time'.a public sys- tem assumes a private operation,' the question of extending, the level of service must be addressed. H, as 1n the case of Iowa City, the patronage response is greater'than the ! capacity provided, there will be disagreement as to whether additional service should be provided: z CONCLUSIONS There are a variety of conclueiona that can be drawn from the experience in Iowa City to date. However, Iowa City is unique in that it 1s a university -dominant city, and the main campus and the CBD are adjacent, which provides an extremely strong central focus that is conducive to being served by transit' Thisuniquene@s, of course,, l limits the transferability of ,the experience. Nevertheless, the decline of transit has it ;y .4