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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-10-02 Council minutes• 0 MINUTES OF A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 25, 1973 4:00 P.M, The Iowa City City Council met in regular session on the 25th day of September at 4:00'P M., in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center. Mayor Brandt presiding. Members present: Brandt, Butherus, Czarnecki, Hickerson, White. Absent: none. The invocation was given by Rev. Robert Welsh, First Christian Church. It was moved by Butherus and seconded by Czarnecki to consider the amount read to be a full reading and to approve the minutes of the regular Council meeting of September 18, 1973, subject to correction. Jim Murphy, 555 Hawkeye Court, representing ISPIRG, pre- sented a petition signed by citizens from a'designated area, willing to 'participate in a pilot newspaper recycling project. It was moved by Hickerson and''seconded by Czarnecki that the petition be received and filed.Motion carried. It was moved by Butherus and seconded by White that the letter from ISPIRG requesting establishment of a pilot recycling project be re- ceived and filed. Motion carried. David Ranney, 711 Kirkwood,, appeared presenting a statement of the People's Alliance for Carpenter and Ranney on Urban Re- newal, requesting a public hearing on the future of Urban Renew- al before bids are let, and commenting on the environmental impact statement. It was moved by Butherus and seconded by Hickerson that the letter be received and filed. Motion carried. Councilman Czarnecki responded that there was no real value for public imput now. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus to approve the bills from September 1st to September 19, 1973 in the amount of $969,555.60,subject to audita Motion carried. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus that the minutes of the Airport Commission meeting of August 16, 1973 be received and filed,and the section concerning the advertizement for 36A of land be referred to the City Manager and City Attorney for discussion and report back to the Council. Motion carried. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by White that the minutes of the meetings of Human Relations Commission, 9/17/73, V 1 Page 2 Council Minutes September 25, 1973 CATV 6/26/73, 7/3/73 and 7/9/73, 6/27/73 and 9/4/73, and Library Board of Trustees 6/16/73 be received and filed. Motion carried. Councilman Czarnecki noted he did not receive the Ordinance mentioned in CATV minutes. Robert Welsh, Chair- man, CATV Committee, appeared for discussion, and noted that the Ordinance would be sent. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus that the letters from Mary C. Boetticher, 1211 Second Street, Coral ville, Susan Futrell, 2520 Burge, James W. Hackbart, 612 East Court St., James E. Murphy, 555 Hawkeye Court, Kristine Cordier' Karnezis,.221 East Fairchild and Mrs. Richard L. Jenkins, 431 Lee Street, concerning recycling of newspapers be received and filed. Motion carried. James Hackbart_appeared and read his letter. It was moved by Butherus and seconded by Czarnecki that the letters from Gary Koch, 1244 Quadrangle, University of Iowa, RebeccaReiter, 612 South Johnson Street and David Belgum, Mayor, Town of University Heights, concerning Iowa City bus fares be received and filed. Motion carried. It was moved by Butherus and seconded by White to request the City Manager and Staff to determine if the University Heights contractural agreement in- cludes participating in Mass Transit.' Motion carried. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus that the letter from Winnie ,Gent, 1103 Pickard, concerning a re- zoning of property on Summit Street be received and filed and a copy of the letter forwarded to Planning and Zoning Commission. Motion carried. It was moved by White and seconded by Hickerson that the letter from Elmer E. Smith, Regional Administrator, HUD, thank- ing the Mayor and Council for comments on the Environmental Impact Statement be received and filed. Motion carried. Council- man Czarnecki advised that he appreciated the modifications and generally supported the City's revised statement. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Czarnecki that the memo from David C. Baldus, 127 Grand Avenue, requesting a hearing time for the October 2, 1973 public hearing on the proposed 1974 Budget be received and filed and referred to the City ;•tanager to inform Mr. Baldus that in a Public Hearing there are no time allocations. Motion carried. Councilman Hickerson pointed out that any resources earmarked for 1974 projects would be independently considered then, and that the budget was at the maximum legal tax collection that the city can make, with certain decisions yet to be made, and the budget can be reduced but not raised. I Page 3 Council Minutes September 25, 1973 It was moved by White and seconded by Hickerson that the letter from Lloyd Berger, Chamber of Commerce Sign Ordinance Study Committee concerning a possible oversight in the sign Ordinance be received and filed and referred to the City Manager and Cit g Motion carried. y Attorney for report back to the Council. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus that the two letters from Donald A. Hoy, Chairman, Human Relations Ccmmission, requesting Council to enter, into data sharing agreement with the Equal Employment Opportunity and agreement with Iowa State Civil Rights Commission Commission concern- ing processing of complaints be received and filed. Motion carried, It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus'that the letter from Jamie Helland, 1308 Muscatine Avenue concerning. bus fares be received,and filed. 'Motion carried, It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus that the letter from George Robert Gay, 655 S. Governor Street, concerning recycling be received and filed. Motion carried. It was moved by Butherus and seconded by Hickerson that the letterfrom Elizabeth Diecke, for the Coordinating Committee of the Johnson County',Counci the compositl,on the Status of Women on of the Humal Relations Commission beeceived r and filed for future reference. concerning Motion carried. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus that the letter from Will Norton, Publisher, The Daily Iowan, in- viting the Council to open house Wednesday, September 26, 1973 at 2:00-5:00 P.M., be received and filed. Motion carried. It was moved by White and seconded by Butherus that the letter from Irving. Heller, Manager of the Englert Theatre, noting that Sarah Stewart's letter about theatre tickets had been sent to the Des Moines office, be received and filed. Motion carried. It was moved by Butherus and seconded by Czarnecki that the letter from Ms, Eva Dahm, 2126 J.Street, concerning announce- ment for closing of First Avenue be received and filed, and the City Staff be directed to make earlier announcements to the news media when streets are to be closed. Motion carried. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus that the letter from B. W. Sheridan, 102 Potomac Drive, concerning the railroad transfer track in the 800 block of Maiden Lane be received and filed and referred to the City Manager and City Attorney for report back to the Council. Motion carried. Page 4 Council Minutes September 25, 1973 The City Attorney reported that the previous description for property to be vacated was correct. It was moved b and seconded by White to adopt the Ordinance VacatingHickerson of Alleys in Pleasant Place, Second Addition, Block portions roll call Czarnecki, Hickerson, White, Brandt, Butherus voted Upon aye'. Motion carried. It was moved by White and seconded by Butherus to set a Public Hearing on Disposal for October 23, 1973. Motion carried. It was moved by White and seconded by Hickerson that the rules be suspended and the first reading of the Ordinance Re- defining "legal age" in Order to Conform with State Law be given by title only. Upon roll call Hickerson, white, Brandt, Butherus, Czarnecki voted 'aye'. Motion carried and the 'first reading given by title only. It was moved by Hickerson, and seconded,by white to defer the Resolution Awarding Bid for Transit Building Modification Project for one week. Motion carried. As explained and recommended by, the City Attorney, it was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Czarnecki to adopt the Res- olution Authorizing Execution of Contract Between the City of Iowa City and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a Data Sharing Agreement. Upon roll call White, Brandt; Butherus, Czarnecki, Hickerson voted 'aye'. Motion carried, This data sharing agreement makes available confidential statistical data on minority employment in Iowa City to Relations Commission at no cost, the Iowa City Human After Council discussion, it was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus to adopt the Resolution Authorizing execu- tion of Contract Between the City of Iowa City and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. Upon roll call Brandt, Butherus, Czarnecki, Hickerson, White voted 'aye'. Motion carried, This resolution authorizes the Mayor's signature on a memorandum of understanding between the City of Iowa City and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission for the processing of complaints City, of discrimination within Iowa It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by White Public Hearing on Disposal to set a of Walk -way in Oakwoods Addition, Part VI on October 23, 1973. The walk -way needs to be disposed back to the developer so that it can be replatted and replace- ment walk -way be rededicated to the City. Motion carried. The Mayer announced that this was the time set for public hearing on plan modifications to the R-14 Urban Renewal Project, said plan modification to add multi -family residential reuse to those primary reuses allowed in the CBS zone. There being no interested persons present to speak for or against the mod- Page 5 Council Minutes September 25, 1973 • ification, the Mayor declared the hearing closed. It was moved by Butherus and seconded by Hickerson to adopt the Resolution Modifying Urban Renewal Plan for Project Iowa R-141 approving the modification to the Urban Renewal Plan and Authorizing the City Manager to cause the proper proclaimed certificates to be executed. Upon roll call Butherus, Czarnecki, Hickerson, White, Brandt voted 'aye'. Motion carried. Urban Renewal Director Jack Klaus, as Acting City Manager, outlined the plans for the display of scale models of the new types of buses, and requested permission for the free bus day on Saturday, City Center group paying $200.00 and ,175.00 from the Transit Department. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherusthat the City Manager be authorized to proceed with plans 'outlined for free bus rides on Saturday, September 29th. Motion carried. Urban Renewal Director Jack Klaus, also discussed the City's observance of Veteran's Day to be on Monday, October 22nd, and asked that the public be informed concerning use of parking meters on that day and on November 11th, the State day of observance. The City Attorneyadvised that he would present a report at the next meeting. Mr. Klaus also reported to the Council that the requested street light on Clark Court had been installed. He commented on the League of Iowa Municipalities meeting in Cedar Rapids on October 3, 4 and 5th and requested that the Council inform the City Manager's office concerning reservations. City Attorney Jay Honohan, reported that as authorized by the Council. concerning the purchase of the Kunick property north of the Firestation, he had presented the offer to buy at appraisal price,$30,700.00,and the offer had been accepted, possession on November 1, 1973. The Attorney also explained the problems in the Magistrate Court with the illegal parking tickets, and requested author- ization to draft an ordinance to control illegal parking by removing the illegal parking violations from the operation of the magistrates court, take it out of the uniform ticket and set up a set of proposed fines for various type violations, and all will be collected in the same manner that parking meter tickets are now collected through the City operation, with appeal through the magistrates court. There were no Council objections. City Attorney Honohan informed the Council that new election • laws will be applicable to our City election. He is preparing a letter concerning the campaign contributions law which will be sent to all candidates who file for the Council election. Page 6 Council Minutes September 25, 1973 • lie noted that all election and registration procedures are under the Commissioner of Elections, County Auditor, Dolores Rogers. J It was moved by onohan and seconded by Butherus to adjourn to executive session to discuss the fair market value of Urban' Renewal Land. Upon roll call Czarnecki, flickerson, White, Brandt and Butherus, voted 'aye'. Motion carried. Executive session was held, and the Council adjourned to regular session, with all members present. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Butherus to adopt. the Resolution Establishing Fair Market Value for Acquisition of Urban Renewal Parcels 93/1, Charles and Jeanne Swisher, 101/5, Richard W. Johnson, 101/8, Bertha Wilson Trust and 101/13, Richard and Ellen Falls in Urban Renewal Project R-14. 'Upon -. roll call Brandt, Butherus, Czarnecki, Hickerson and White voted 'aye',. Motion carried. It was moved by Hickerson and seconded by Czarnecki that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried. 0 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OCTOBER 2, 1973 1.2;30 PA The l:owa City City Council met in informal session on October 2,, 1973 at 12:30 P.M. in the Conference Room at the Civic Center. Mayor Brandt presiding. Councilmen present: Brandt, Butherus, Czarnecki, Hicker- son, White. Absent: none. 'Others present: Wells, Honohan, Pugh, Klaus, Stolfus. The City Manager, Ray Wells, commented on the sanitation report from the Public Works Department, Phase 1, of possibly three phases. His summary included 1) location of garbage containers at property line, 2) type of containers -plastic bag, and 3) method of financing -by direct service billing and advised that the report substantiated these recommendations. He outlined four options for collection, 1)" presentsystem 2) upgrade present system plus new financing and recycling, 3) include commercial and industrial pickup with City pickup and 4) contract with private firm for whole city. Fie noted that the profitable part of refuse pickup had been taken over by private haulers. Mr. Wells also outlined present plans for the pilot recycling project, to start possibly the middle of November, and the need for two-way communication and another truck. He noted no change in refuse collection until after the study is completed, possibly July, 1974. Council decided to schedule discussion of recycling for October 16th, and October 8th at 4:00 P.M. for budget discussion. The Mayor requested roll call to go into executive session Lo discuss appointment for the City Attorney position. Upon roll call Brandt, Butherus, Czarnecki, Hickerson, White voted 'aye'. Motion carried.