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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-11-13 Bd Comm minutes• /53 • IOWA CITY HOUSING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES October 25, 1973 MEMBERS PRESENT: White, Hamer, Branson, Frimml, Bosserman MEMBERS ABSENT: Duncan, Mikelson STAFF PRESENT: Seydel, Schierbrock 1. Chairman White called the meeting to order. He reminded the Commission that the purpose of the meeting was to finalize. their .draft of recommendations 'concerning ia "need"'for a'tenant landlord ordinance, therefore, no agenda. 2. Bosserman pointed out an unclear statement in the second draft, page 3, beginning;The Commission suggests that there be more emphasis, placed on enforcement. By concensus, the paragraph now reads;,, The Commission suggests that there be more emphasis placed on enforcement of the housing standards, with a specific recommendation for additional staff personnel to carry out regular inspections of','permises, instead of inspections only, on complaint basis. 3. Discussion resulted in a motion by Branson to amend Section B - Rental security/damage deposits to recommend to City Council that a .provision be written into the Code for interest to be paid on any security/damage' deposits held for a year or longer.' Said motion died for lack of second. Discussion resulted with paragraph 2 o page 5 being revised ;to read; Additionally the,Commission recommends the guidelines set forth in the P.A.T. 'Model lease on page 7, item 24, referring to a damage deposit to beheld in an interest bearing account from the time of execution of the lease to be applied to damage or non-compliance with the lease agreement with the additional pro- vision that interest not be paid for a period of less than one year on`the ,damage deposit. This to be written into City Codes. Branson moved that this-paragraph'be accepted by, the Commission. Frimml seconded, motion passed with all in favor. Bosserman excused herself from the meeting. • 4. The cost of filing a claim was added to the first paragraph on page 4. The section now reads; Iowa has also made progress in the legislative area.relative to landlord -tenant relations in enacting Minutes • Planning '& Zoning Commission November 8, 1973-- 4:00 p.m. Civic Center Council Chambers MEMBERS PRESENT: Horner, Galiher, Cain, Henry, Ogesen MEMBERS ABSENT: Larew, Madsen STAFF PRESENT: Wollmershauser, Klaus, Schmeiser, Child Acting as chairman, Dr. Ogesen called the meeting to order and asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes of`the October ll, 1973 meeting. It was moved by, Mr. Galiher, seconded by. Mr. Horner, to approve the minutes as written. The motion "carried unanimously. S-7320. Macbride Addition, Part 2. Preliminary plat of Planned Area Development filed by Macbride Addition Inc. (vic. southeast corner- of intersection of Melrose Ave. and Mormon Trek Blvd.). Date filed: 10/2/73. 45-dAy limitation: 11/16/73. Dr. Ogesen pointed out that consideration of the above request would be for the Preliminary Plat without a recommendation going to the City Council at this time. A final recommendation will go to the City Council, he said, at the time the Final Plat is considered. Mr. Lyle Miller, Developer, indicated that both he and the owners of Macbride Addition were in agreement with essentially_ all of the recommendations as outlined in the City Staff Report dated November 8, 1973. Mr. Henry questioned the Staff about the parking arrangements indicated in an alternate site plan suggested by the Staff for the apartment area. He said he was sympathetic to the need to keep the apartments m the sin from le family as far removed as practical r g Y lots but questioned the close proximity of the parking lot in this alternate plan to the abutting single family development. Mr. Schmeiser explained that: the intention of the alternate site plan was to give more privacy to the interior court plus further, removing the apartments from the single family development.' Dr. Ogesen stated that he would prefer to see the multi -family separated arated or'set aside from the single family area by the use of open space. Mr. Galiher indicated he objected to the monotony of the expansive continuous walls facing the single family' development, and asked Mr. Miller if he might consider reducing the size of the proposed apartment building from a 48 -unit, 3 -story building to a 32 -unit, 2 -story building. Mr.' Miller indicated he would be willing to do • this. Mr. Schmeiser indicated that some concern had been voiced at the Informal Meeting on November 6,_1973 to change the street name to one name and suggested "Macbride Drive." -2- • It was moved by Mr. Henry, seconded by Mr. Galiher, that item S-7320; Macbride'Addition, Part 2, Preliminary Plat of PAD, be approved contingent upon: 1), the continuous street having one name instead of two names, and 2) that a 32 -unit, 2 -story apartment building be,substituted in the Final. Plat in place of the 48 -unit, 3 -story building located in the south part of the apartment area. Dr.Ogesen noted that the Planning & Zoning Commission some time agorejected a request for multi -family zoning for property across Mormon Trek from the Macbride Addition tract. Questioning whether there is a need for more apartment, construction in Iowa City, Dr'..Ogesen said he was opposed to apartment construction along+Melrose Avenue which might become a major entrance into the .Cityand, if so, should be a "showplace." Mr. Henry 'expressed the hope that Melrose Avenue would never', become a major entrance into 'Iowa City but added thateOalement buildings did not necessarily seem offensive to many p p Therefore, he found the,Macbride Addition, Part 2, to be an acceptable plan. The motion carried 4-1, with Dr. Ogesen dissenting. Mr. Jack Klaus, Urban Renewal Director, gave a presentation on the R-14 Urban Renewal proposal. Dr. Ogesen noted that he had received the letter from Helen Konba Kavanaugh concerning farm land east of the Village Green' residential area, and the letter from Willard Boyd, President of the University of Iowa, concerning a proposed zoning change. The next Planning -& Zoning Commission meeting was scheduled for November 29, 1973. The meeting adjourned. 4SRetar D. Henry; Jr. y Minutes of Iowa City Airport Commission October 18,'1973 Members Present: Full, Hartwig, Summerwill Members Absent: Perkins, Peterson Others Present: Jones Jones presented minutes of September meeting. Hartwig moved, Summerwill seconded the motion that 'minutes be approved. Motion carried'. Copy of the proposed lease between the Airport Commission and Attorney Tooney was, presented. Jones pointed out Lhat,' as written it was actually, a. six year lease. Summerwill moved, Hartwig seconded the motion to have the city attorney draw up a lease on the old United office for $150.00 per month on a three year term receiving, the first and last month's 'rent, with "the °lease being renegotiatedat the end of three years. Notion carried. The financial report for the month ending August 301 1973, was discussed. It was pointed out that expenditures came to $19,603.68, of which $6,700.00 was for clear zone easements, (capitol expenditures) making operational cost for the airport through August 30th of $12,903.68, and airport income through the same date of $17,423.01, or $4,519.33 in the black. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned. Next meeting: November 15, 1973, Civic Center, 7:30 P.N. i • _ MINUTES Iowa City CATV Committee October 9, 1973 ML'MBERS PRESENT: Blum, Cordier, Ehninger, Eskin, Hubbard, Russell and Welsh MEMBERS ABSENT Prediger STAFF PRESENT, Kay Maune and Bill Neppl The meeting was called to order at 7:45 P.M. The minutes of September 18 were reviewed and several corrections and additionslwere made. After the correcitons°are "made the minutes will be submitted to the Committee for approval,. The State Interim Committee on CATV met October 2. The Commi- ttee will meet again on October 29 or 30.' They would be interested in someone from Iowa City attending. Blum, Cordier • and Welsh were requested to attend this meeting. The Chairman indicated that he will inform the members of the date set for the meeting so that others who desire might attend. MikeHolland' reported to Rev. Welsh on FM facilities. Only the following would be needed: 1. FM equipment for 9 stations (cost',already computed in runs) 2. Mic'and tape deck (approximate cost = $750.00) 3. Small area of studio The Committee members share similar opinions on FM: 1. Inclusion of FM would be a plus item to the system. 2. There would be little additional cost involved to provide this service. It was moved and voted upon unanimously to accept Blum's provi- sions as subsections under c.(4) on page 4 of ,the August 24 draft of Ordinance Provisions. (See Attachment A) Procedure for Preservation of the FCC Rules Regarding the Presentation of Obscene, Lottery or Advertising Information was discussed next. The FCC requires that rules be estab • lished to prevent obscenity, lottery or advertising informa- tion. The system would be liable for all'cablecasting, as cable is not considered a common carrier. • MINUTES Iowa City CATV Committee October 9, 1973 Page 2 The question was raised as to who would '-judge technical s,tan- dards,and the possibility of implementing two different sets of standards.' Eskin expressed her feelings against prerecording. She would like the system to be a common carrier where the individual is responsible for what he cablecasts. Blum indicated ,that this is against FCC Regulations. :This fact was also called to the attention of the',Committee by Mike Holland. There was a vote taken on the acceptance of Blum's second draft, entitled,, "Procedure for Preservation of the FCC Rules Regarding the Presentation of Obscene,, Lottery or Advertising Information. This is to become VI B 4d (7) of the Ordinance Provisions,August 24, 1973. The votes on the sections of the draft were as follows: Preamble 6 for:- 1 against Section 1 6 for'- 1 against • Section 2 6 for - 1 against Section' 3 7 for Section' 4 7 for (as amended) (See Attachment B) Discussion next centered on the report proposing workshops relative to CATV, prepared by Sandra Eskin. (See Attachment C) Rev. Welsh expressed his concern about the community calendar being too full this fall for such workshops'. He felt that there were good ideas presented but they should be projected for the first of the year. It was felt that assistance should also be, sought from sources other than the library'. ,The Commi- ttee should strive to attract people involved in education,' government, medicine, students, etc. to attend. Cordier expressed his feelings that the community, has never_ been informed on CATV and what kind of system the Committee would like to see installed in Iowa City. He felt this infor- mation,might draw more interest to the workshops. Flo Beth Ehninger suggested that the Committee review,Eskin's proposal for later discussion. It was decided by the members that the Committee would hold their meetings on the first and third Monday of the month. • • MINUTES Iowa City CATV Committee October 9, 1973 Page 3 Chairman Welsh asked ' for the Committee's feelings on releasing. Computer run information to members of the community. The Committee felt that at ;this time the computer data should remain as working papers. Chairman Welsh asked Bill Neppl, Administrative Assistant, to work on a report regarding municipal uses of the system in Iowa City. The meeting adjourned at 10:15 P.M. i FM SIGNALS VI.B.4.c.(4) (a) There shall be no maximum number of. FM signals which may be carried by the systema (b) Minimum Signals The following signals shall be the minimums carried by the system: (11)Any stations licensed for broadcast within the communities which serve the system with primary TV signals and which are affiliated with National' Public Radio, or are non-commercial or educational stations. _.._. (2 1) In addition, at least one station from each commu- nity which supplies TV signal shall be carried. (c) So long as there is requested use, the.system shall main- tain one FM signal as,a local access facility, for use by the ublic local government and educational authority, • p under the same general rules as apply to access cable - casting. (d) So long as economically feasible, the system shall main- tain one FM signal of general listening music without commercial interruptions. (e) Insofar as possible, ,the signals carried shall be selected, as to provide as broad a variety of programming as possible. (f) All of the above, notwithstanding off the air signal need be carried which is not sufficient in strength at the system head -end to provide adequate signal' strength. (g) Milimum'facilities shall consist of: (1 1) Studio (not necessarily separate from TV studio) (2 1) Sufficient microphones for cablecast of up to and including small groups (approximately 6 people) (31) Equipment for receiving and cablecasting telephone calls (41) Equipment for playing all commonly current prere- corded materials over the cable Attachment B • PROCEDURE FOR PRESERVATION OF THE FCC RULES REGARDING THE PRESENTATION OF OBSCENE, LOTTERY OR ADVERTISING INFORMATION at shall be the general policy that presentations to be cablecast over the access channels shall be prerecorded and delivered into the hands of the operating personnel of the system no later than 24 hours prior to its scheduled cablecasttime. Exceptions to this policy shall be made by the system management li when appropriate and shall be based primarily, although not exclusively,', on requirements for spontaneity and timeliness. The managements in addition, shall make available certain preannounced times of approximately one hour per week, or more if that amount of time seems insufficient, for so-called "walk in" live presen- tations. VI.B.4.d.(7) Procedure for Preservation of the FCC Rules Re ardin the -Presen- tation of Obscene, Lottery or A vertisin In ormation: (a) Live Presentations: One individual, who shall be designated (Program Director, shall bepresent during all access pro- gramming and shall have responsibility ',for maintaining rules pertaining to presentation of matter which is obscene, adver tisng or lottery information, (b) Procedure for Prerecorded Presentations:' The management shall esi.gnate an ;in ivi ua s to screen all prerecorded materials for content as applies.'to the above mentioned! rules. If the material is judged to be outside the rules, the presenter shall' be notified and given' an opportunity to make suggested alterations. If!the presentor objects or disagrees with the management with regard to violation of the rule,; he shall so notify the general management of the system.' Upon such notification,' the management shall convene an appeal hearing in accordance with the procedure established above. (c) CONSTITUTION OF APPEALS BOARD The general management of the system shall appoint, within 10 days of the beginning of cablecasting activity, one individual to serve on the above mentioned Appeals hoard. The length of term shall be determined by the manngemnnl_ of the system. The City Council of Iowa City, acting upon recommendation • of the community at large, shall appoint an individual 4 from the community, not an employee of the City:, or any municipal agency, to serve as Chairman of the Appeals Board for a period of one year repeatable terms. - 2 A third member of the Board shall be appointed on each occurrence by, the individual or ,group whose presentation has been challenged on the basis of obscenity, lottery or advertising information. Any decision of the Board in regard to presentations shall be made by a majority of two members. (11) PRE-EMPTORY CHALLENGE: Any "offended party" whose cablecast`has been interrupted or prevented from showing may pre-emtorily challenge either one of the two 'permanent members of the Appeal Board from parti- cipating in the decision on any one specific matter. Upon such challenge, the challenged party shall be excused from deliberations on the specifically named appeal and the remaining two members ':shall "appoint a third person to sit on the Board during the course of that deliberations. (d) If, at any time, any person or group is refused access to the use of the cablecasting facilities on the access channels,' for any reason whatsoever, that person or group shall have the same rights of appeal as specified in Section • (e) In accordance with FCC Regulations, there shall,be no censorship of program content on Access Channels. October 21 1973 Attachment C •PROPOSAL FOR WORKSHOPS ON CABLE Prepared by Sandy Eakin I propose we proceed immediately in developing a community workshop program on cable in cooperation with the Library (coordinating on collection of materials, bibliography, meet- ing space and program planning, as already suggested by Carol,Spaziani), and hopefully with the cooperation of school board personnel, enlarging on their State workshop on cable (that ,some of us attended last June, and their forthcoming workshop on October 18), and drawing upon other individuals with expertise in the community. our staff person from the City should be used for aid in gathering speakers, material, • obtaining meeting locations, etc. I propose we aim for a two stage effort. In the fall (October through December) we should hold three symposia, one being a panel discussion of cable on WSUI and the others being meetings with speakers, held at some central location, such as the library. In January we could branch out to smallworkshops,where audi- ence participation is the major forum. These workshops, could follow the program outlined in the Contemporary Public Affairs Bulletin - which could be distributed as a text. The parti- cipants could be special interest groups such as teachers, or the general public who might sign up at the library. Subjects for the symposium workshops could be divided as follows (borrowing from the Contemporary Affairs Bulletin). Technical Nature and Potential What is it physically, head -end to home studio micro link. ' social, economic, ecological implications of development. Pie -in -the -sky. Cable and the Community Community use in education, library, community groups, local Programming, soft -ware, access', two- way communication. Ownership„ Regulation and Control FCC Rules, potential state regulation, Iowa City regulation, monopoly position, public utilities concept,.etc. I move that two or three members of this Committee be appointed to setup scheduling and coordinating for this proposal. Iowa City CATV Committee October 15, 1973 MEMBERS PRESENT: Blum,, Cordier, Ehninger, Eskin, Prediger and welsh MEMBERS ABSENT Hubbard and Russell STAFF PRESENT Bill Neppl' The meeting was called to order at 7:40 P.M. The proposed agenda for the night was as follows: 1. Review of minutes September 18 October 9 2. committee Voting Procedures 3. State committee Hearing 4. _ workshops 5. Ordinance Provisions Dick Blum expressed: his thoughts indicating that he would like the minutes to be more thorough. He felt that any materials distributed to the committee should be made, attachmentsto the minutes. "Members who distribute such materials should speci- fically indicate when they want the material to be made an attachment. Upon amending the minutes of September 18 to include Attach- ment A and B, Blum moved the minutes be approved, seconded. by Cordier,-and motion carried unanimously. The minutes of October 9 were reviewed with amendments being made. The minutes will be'submitted to the Committee for final approval at the 'November 5 meeting. Dick Blum suggested the possibility of amending the Committee voting procedures in light of the recent resignation'of one Committee member. After discussion Blum made the following motion: It is moved that a,quorum of the Committee shall be five members, and that lacking a quorum, no meeting shall be convened and nolbusiness conducted. :Flo Beth Ehninger seconded the motionandthe full Committee voted to accept the motion. ni*•k.ntum read portions of Section 76.251 of the FCC Regula- • MINUTES Iowa City CATV Committee October 15, 1973 Page 2 Blum also raised the question in relation to FCC Regulations, Section 76-251 A 10 II as to the implication of production costs for taping cablecast over public access. The Chairman indicated that he would seek specific information from Cable Television Information Center. The next topic of discussion was the State Hearing on CATV. Rev. Welsh outlined the points that he will present to the State Committee. (See Attachment A) 'It was felt the State Committee should look at the potential uses and services of CATV to'the 'State. "It was the feeling of the Committee that a State Committee could provide services to a municipality but that it should not become a: regulatory level. There were several suggestions made concerning various types and organization of CATV workshops: 1. Dick Blum thinks members could speak informally to service clubs without interrupting the community calendar`. 2. Sandra Eskin concurs with Hugh Cordier that Ordi- nance Provisions might be made a part of workshops. 3. Make it known that we have members available to speak to civic groups. It was moved and voted upon unanimously to take the following immediate steps to initiate dissemination of information and news reports: 1. Send letters to civic groups. 2. Contact WSUI, KXIC',WMT and KCRG radio stations. 3. Contact the Daily Iowan and Press Citizen. The idea was suggested to hold a special meeting and invite the City Council candidates. 'f After discussion it was decided to take no action in relation to the City Council candidates. The three before mentioned steps were delegated to Committee members: 1. Ehninger and Prediger to organize list of civic groups to receive letters. 2. Cordier to contact WSUI, KXIC, WMT and KCRG. 3 W l h t •We s o contact the Press Citizen. Eskin to contact the Daily Iowan. The Committee will project a series of three or, four workshops to be held near the first of the year concerning four areas of CATV: October 15, 1973 Page 3 1. What is CATV and is it desirable? 2. Uses 3. Ownership 4. 'Regulatory Procedures Sandra Eskin will be contacting the Institute of Public Affairs to inquire on the organization of workshops. Committee members will be selected for planning of the work- shops and the committee will be broken down to either functions' or topics. _ The proposed agenda, for November 5 is: 1. Final Adoption of Ordinance Provisions 2. Workshop Program Opportunities a. What is CATV and is it;desirable2 'b. Uses c. Ownership d. Regulatory Procedures The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 P.M. • sachment A • dI ( � CIVIC CENTER, 410 E WASHINGTON SI. IOWA CITY, IOWA 57710 319.3561800 October 24, 1973 TO: State Legislative CommitteeCATV FROM: Robert L. Welsh, Chairman, Iowa City CATV Committee RE: The Role of the State in Relation to CATV It is the basic position of the members of the Iowa City CATV ,Committee that ,the primary role of the state should be that of an enabler. We are not in favor of the state becoming'a regulatory agency. The following is a brief summary: 1. Areas in which the State might,'assist local communities through the exchange of information andl,other education activities. 2, 'Items of legislation that the State could enact to assist local communities. 3. Areas of concern that can be dealt with more effectively.at a State level than by.a single municipality; In addition, this communique ends with a proposal for the establishment of a State committee. 1. Areas in which the State might assist local'communi- ties through the exchange of information and other educational activities. A. A,State-wide resource library This might include 'a traveling display kit, with basic material. •B. An information exchange. i • Memorandum to State Legislative Committee - CATV October 24, 1973 Page 2 C. Workshops for communities at various phases of the franchising process. D. Resource persons, with specificexpertise,' to visit communities. E. State-wide conference. F. The adoption of model ordinances.and standards. G. Similar' activities to help inform and assist the communities in making wise decisions relating to CATV. 2. Items of legislation that the State could enact to assist local communities. A. Legislation that clearly enables' a community to take advantage of all ownership options. B. Legislation that makes it clear that ,a munici alit can finance CATV;(Broadband-Communicatian Y obli P 1 4 a 0 r general Systems) by rev bonds an / 9 tion bonds. C. Legislation eliminating the referendum require- ment. In',place of',this, we would suggest the adoption of a'due process procedure. 3. Areas of concern that can be dealt with more'effec- tively at a'State level than by a single municipality. A. Interconnection'. B. The problem of sural areas. um standards C. Helping the FCC to see that minim should not become maximum standards. D. To object to the FCC pre-empting all authority over cable regulation. E. The status of CATV as a public utility. In addition, we would like to ,support the appointment of a CATV Committee. The State, as well as local communities, needs to examine the possible uses of cable that in cable extending its services throughout the State. We believe health and can, be a natural extension of the educational, social services of the State. Our study of cable has convinced us of the enormous poten- than is conveyed by the tial of this media. It is far more sion", it is in fact,'the basis for term "cable televi on systems. Its potential in terms of broadband communicati human 'services staggers the imagination'. We hope that the • State Legislature and the Governor will take steps to help assure cable' fulfilling its human potential in the State ofl Iowa.