HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-12-11 Roll CallCOUNCIL DISCUSSION
DECEMBER 11, 1973
12;30 P, M.
The Iowa City City Council met in informal session on the
llth day of December, 1973 at 12:30 P.M. in the Conference
Room at the Civic Center.', Mayor Brandt presiding.
Council-ersons present: Brandt, Czarnecki, deProsse,
Nickerson, White. Others, present: Wells, Davidsen, Maune,
Zelenka, Pugh, Rraft, Stolfus.
City Manager Ray Wells commented on the leasing of the
four buses to initiate ,the 20 minute headways,'with'a possi-
bility of
ossi-bility'of acquiring the buses later.. He also noted the
Environmental Protection Agency conference on Solid Waste'.
Management in Arlington, Virginia on January 27-29. He then
explained the grant application to the 'Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration. Director of Public Safety Dave Epstein commented
on the present, policy, addition of female officer and need for
consultant. The Mayor requested that the item be on the 4:00 P.M.
agenda
The City Manager then discussed the make-up of the Items
of Business Pending for Council Consideration report. Council
considered: identifying each item with a'number;-status column
on the side; completion date to determine some kind of priority.
The Council then directed that the City Manager come up with
a format, and considered each item in the present list, and
established completion dates for #6, February 1, 1974; #14C,
design Standards, February 1, 1974; #16, March; #22, first week
in January. Discussion on item 14 included the Area Social
Concerns Committee, on item 15, Comprehensive Plan for the City,
need for Highway Commission 1995 trip-table;on item 23A,
Service Center facility, possible April referendum. Councilman
Czarnecki requested that other items be added: roof parking -
Open Space; drug abuse; truck traffic on First Avenue; bike
trails; flood plain insurance; underground wiring; the Summit
Street area rezoning,and attached buildings.
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