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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-12-06 Info Packeti � 1 n i ,p'> *x CITY 01 10VVA CITY www.icgov.org City Council Information Packet December 6, 2018 IP1. Council Tentative Meeting Schedule Miscellaneous IP2. Email from Mayor: A Healthy City for ALL registration IP3. Copy of article from City Manager: Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? IP4. Memorandum from Sr. Transportation Engineering Planner: Linn Street and Washington Street Collision and Citation Data IPS. Council Listening Post Summary Report IP6. 2018 Summer of the Arts Summary of Activities and Involvement IP7. Letter from Mediacom: Rate Adjustments IP8. East Central Iowa Council of Governments: ECICOG Area grant opportunities IP9. Civil Service Entrance Examination: Electronics Technician -Transportation Services IP10. Civil Service Entrance Examination - Maintenance Worker III - Streets Draft Minutes IP11. Historic Preservation Commission: November 8 IP12. Parks and Recreation Commission: November 14 IP13. Planning and Zoning Commission: October 18 IP14. Public Art Advisory Committee: November 1 December 6, 2018 City of Iowa City Page 1 Item Number: 1. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Council Tentative Meeting Schedule ATTACHMENTS: Description Council TentaLive Meeting Schedule r City Council Tentative Meeting Schedule M6011 AW ON Subject to change • Mw=IGQ CITY IOVVA ICITY December 6, 2018 Date Time Meeting Location Tuesday, December 18, 2018 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Saturday, January 5, 2019 8:00 AM Budget Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall Tuesday, January 8, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Monday, January 14, 2019 4:00 PM Reception Jo. County Admin Bldg. 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2019 1:00 PM Budget Work Session (CIP) Emma J. Harvat Hall Tuesday, January 22, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, February 5, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, February 19, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, March 12, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, May 7, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Tuesday, May 21, 2019 5:00 PM Work Session Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00 PM Formal Meeting Item Number: 2. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Email from Mayor: A Healthy City for ALL registration ATTACHMENTS: Description Email from Mayor, register Kellie Fruehlin From: Jim Throgmorton Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 10:06 AM To: Council Subject: FW: A Healthy City for ALL - An Urgent challenge! Register now, save $100 Fellow Council members, This conference might be of interest to one or more of you. I participated in one of the Making Cities Livable conferences several years ago, and found it to be quite worthwhile. Mayor Jim Throgmorton Iowa City City Council, At -Large From: Suzanne Lennard [suzanne.lennard@livablecities.org] Sent: Friday, November 30, 201810:08 AM To: Jim Throgmorton Subject: A Healthy City for ALL - An Urgent challenge! Register now, save $loo Dear Jim, We rejoice that many cities are becoming more healthy, with great improvements in walkability, bikeability, public transit, and access to community, nature and healthy food. We will hear from the best models around the world at the 56th International Making Cities Livable Conference on A Healthy City for ALL in Portland, OR, June 17-21, 2019 The URGENT CHALLENGE is that these goals are not reaching those most in need. Poor neighborhoods suffer the greatest health problems. We will hear from cities tackling these problems with outstanding programs for equitable, healthy neighborhoods. Special Awardees: • Mayor Rui Moreira, Porto, Portugal will receive the 2019 IMCL Joseph P. Riley Award and will tell us about his work in Making Porto a Healthy City for All, a magnificent program that includes social housing in the restored historic city; transformation of an abandoned valley into a neighborhood park; renovation of a historic market and slaughterhouse as integrative cultural, healthy food, small business, and social community spaces; and revitalization of poor neighborhoods. • Mayor Ada Colau, Barcelona, Spain will receive the 2019 City of Vision Award for the City's work in Making Barcelona's Neighborhoods Healthy and Equitable. During Mayor Colau's leadership Barcelona has reclaimed neighborhood streets as everyone's living room; introduced a city program to fight climate change; fought to solve the speculation -driven housing affordability crisis by protecting homeowners from unfair evictions; cracking down on Airbnb for illegal tourist accommodations that drove out poor residents; and limiting the increasing speculation and touristification of the city. Keynote speakers: See: https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/Fce-CJ61wkiKovgfV5btA for partial list of outstanding keynote speakers Register now: Click here to register now and save $loo! https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/nyUpCKrGx1S4kN7FvtHgC Join us in Portland to share solutions for making our cities healthy and equitable! For questions, please contact us: https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/7hVtCLgGYMSQ2rBfPGahs With best regards, Suzanne Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Ph.D.(Arch.) Director, IMCL Conference Item Number: 3. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Copy of article from City Manager: Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? ATTACHMENTS: Description Copy of article from City Manager 12/4/2018 gUPBfO PROPERTY i INF - Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? - Curbed 2 Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? The bland, boxy apartment boom is a design issue, and a housing policy problem By Patrick Sisson I Dec 4, 2018, 12:34pm EST Shutterstock A wave of sameness has washed over new residential architecture. U.S. cities are filled with apartment buildings sporting boxy designs and somewhat bland facades, often made with colored panels and flat windows. Due to an Amazon -fueled apartment construction boom over the last decade, Seattle has been an epicenter of this new school of structural simulacra. But Seattle is not alone. Nearly every city, from Charlotte to Minneapolis, has seen a proliferation of homogenous apartments as construction has increased again in the wake of the financial recession. A Twitter qui seeking, to name this ubiquitous style was a goldmine. Some suggestions seemed inspired by the uniformity of design in computer programs and games: Simcityism, SketchUp contemporary, Minecraftsman, or Revittecture. Some took https://www.curbed.com/2Ol8/l2l4/l8l25536/real-estate-modern-apartment-architecture 1/7 12/4/2018 Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? - Curbed potshots at the way these buildings looked value -engineered to maximize profit: Developer modern, McUrbanism, or fast -casual architecture. Then there are the aesthetic judgement calls: contemporary contempt, blandmarks, LoMo (low modern), and Spongebuild Squareparts. "Part of what people are responding to isn't the building themselves, it's that there are so many of them going up so quickly, all in the same places in the city," says Richard Mohler, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Washington. 5hutterstock Many of the replies to the Twitter call simply pointed out that these buildings are housing, and much-needed housing at that. Though they can be defined or classified by aesthetics, this wave of new apartments is perhaps best described as a symbol of today's housing problems: a lack of developable land; rising land, material, and labor costs; and an acute need to find more affordable places for people to live. "At the end of the day, if you line up multifamily apartments from Boston, San Francisco, and Miami that have been built in the last decade, you're going to see a very strong pattern," says Scott Black, senior vice president of Bristol Development, a Nashville - based firm that develops apartments across the Southeast. https://www.curbed.com/2018/l2/4/18125536/real-estate-modem-apartment-architecture 217 12/4/2018 Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? - Curbed Good architecture should always respond to the local context. In the case of these buildings, the local economic context just happens to be the same in just about every major U.S. city. "Critics don't understand what we're working with, the parameters and the financial constraints," says Black. "It's like any other business: If you're selling autos or selling widgets, there are certain costs, and a certain profit you need to make to do business in the future." Shutterstock It boils down to code, costs, and cram Perhaps the biggest constraint in the urban U.S. apartment market, a $61 billion annual industry, is the amount of available space. Many cities zone with an overwhelming preference for detached, single-family homes, with small corridors in downtowns or dense areas set aside for large, multistory towers. In Seattle, for instance, roughly three- quarters of residential land is zoned for single-family homes. That means new apartments are forced to cluster in small areas of the city, amplifying the impact of a rash of new, similar buildings. https://www.curbed.com/2018/12/4/18125536/real-estate-modern-apartment-architecture 3/7 12/4/2018 Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? - Curbed The buildings themselves are an effort to fit within the small niches made available by local building and zoning codes. According to Mohler, due to height limits and safety/fire requirements, most of these structures are what's known as "5 over 1" or "one -plus -five": five stories of wood -framed construction, which contain apartments, over a concrete base, which usually contains retail or commercial space, or parking structures. Some codes also mandate a modulated facade, or varying exteriors across adjacent buildings to avoid repetition. Cities' design review boards can add to the pressures caused by zoning. Ideally, these groups work with architects and developers to improve upcoming buildings and make them more compatible with the neighborhood. Mohler says that's not always the case; in some cities, there's a tendency to rubber-stamp structures that have already proven themselves, leading to a formulaic feel. Code constraints, which allow construction on restricted areas, help create the second major restraint: cost. The reason our cities are filled with so much of the same kind of building is because it's the cheapest way to build an apartment. In this case, that's light - frame wood construction, which often uses flat windows that are easy to install; a process called rainscreen cladding to create the skin of the building; as well as Hardie panels, a facade covering made from fiber cement. The need to cut costs limits facade options, says Black. Hardie Panels run roughly $16 a square foot, roughly the same cost as brick. The next upgrade, metal siding, costs from $25 to $5o a square foot, potentially more than triple the cost. "Since we're facing a housing affordability crisis, it makes a certain amount of sense to build a building as affordably as we can," says Mohler. According to Black, variation is costly. Many units get made to a standard size, say 12 - foot -wide bedrooms. Repeat that a few times per floor, maximized to create rentable space, and you start a domino effect toward generic architecture, because the floor plates end up very similar. Once the interior is laid out, there are ways to make the exterior look more interesting using setbacks, materials, and massing. But giving up space for units and creating more complicated construction plans cuts into profitability. https://www.curbed.com/20l 8/l2l4/l8l 25536/real-estate-modern-apartment-architecture 4/7 12/4/2018 Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? - Curbed "The bigger issue is construction costs have escalated pretty significantly over the last two years," says Black. "We need to deliver a product within a price point. People don't always understand the margins we work with. We really do want to build something that'll sparkle and shine and look great from the outside. At the end of the day, we feel like we're able to do that." Some critics dismiss the cost issue as a small piece of a larger problem. Michael Paglia, a writer for Westword in Denver, penned a popular piece about his city's rash of bad design, "Denver is Drowning in Awful Architecture." He feels architects aren't just cost - constrained, but are being left out of the equation. Computer-aided design has led to a degradation of the role of architect, Paglia argued, replacing a noble craft with a series of equations that wring every last bit of value out of a site, aesthetics be damned. Formulaic floorplans are cost effective, while good design is considered an unaffordable luxury, concentrated, like so much else, among the 1 percent. "I don't think you can call the designers of these buildings designers or architects," he told Curbed. "I think accountants are designing these buildings." The art of design has become a science, he says, and that's created another important, but less tangible, constraint on new construction—the loss of construction craft. Paglia feels that construction standards, and the expectations renters have of new buildings, have diminished. "Many of the renters living in those buildings don't even know they're terrible," he says. "And as far as cost constraints go, talk to someone in Florence, Italy, where there are numerous constraints on development. Nothing is an excuse for bad design." Mohler agrees that there are tangible difference between the apartments of today and yesteryear. Older apartment buildings have something that the Hardie -clad structures lack, a certain texture and materiality. "Today's flat window may be a great product, easy to install and cost-effective," he says. "But the depth of facade on older buildings offers a whole new level of detail and scale." https://www.curbed.com/2018/12/4/18125536/real-estate-modern-apartment-architecture 5/7 12/4/2018 Shutterstock Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? - Curbed History judges architecture on a curve Since the constraints creating the conditions for this generic apartment architecture show little sign of abating, cities may be stuck with buildings like these for the foreseeable future. New construction slowed this year after peaking in 2017, but that still means 283,000 new apartments are expected to be finished by the end of the year, many in this generic style. What happens to them further down the road, decades and generations from now? "I don't think these buildings will be around in 40 years. They'll collapse and be maintenance problems," says Paglia. "We'll remember the small sliver of good architecture being built today." Mohler, though, thinks time will play a trick on detractors of today's bland, boxy buildings. He points to neighborhoods of identical bungalows, celebrated and often enshrined as historic districts. At the time they were built, in the early half of the 20th century, they weren't the product of forward -thinking architects seeking to create character -filled dwellings for today's homeowners to drool over. They were factoring in cost, code, and craft, and creating their own equations to maximize profit and product. Placing them above today's building, often meant to meet contemporary needs for https://www.curbed.com/2Ol 8/l2l4/l8l25536/real-estate-modern-apartment-architecture 6/7 12/4/2018 Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? - Curbed affordable housing, can be, as McMansion Hell's Kate Wagner wrote, a form of "aesthetic moralism." "Many of these houses were the same, and many were completely identical to each other because they were being built by a single developer," Mohler says of past urban developments. "At the time, it was criticized for wasting land and all looking the same. Looking identical today means neighborhood character. If it's old and looks the same, it's good, but if it's new and all looks the same, it's bad." Even Mohler doesn't say these boxy builds will be celebrated in coming decades. But, arising from an era with an acute housing shortage, perhaps they'll have kitsch appeal, or be appreciated for what they represent: a part of the solution to today's housing crisis. "I'm optimistic that people's opinions of these buildings will change over time," he says. "Will they be celebrated? Not likely. But will they be more accepted? Probably." https://www.curbed.com/2Ol 8/l2l4/l8l 255361real-estate-modern-apartment-architecture 7/7 Item Number: 4. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Memorandum from Sr. Transportation Engineering Planner: Linn Street and Washington Street Collision and Citation Data ATTACHMENTS: Description Memo from Sr. Transportation Planner r tit '-_.-'.®� CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: November 30, 2018 To: Geoff Fruin; City Manager From: Emily Bothell; Sr. Transportation Engineering Planner Re: Linn Street and Washington Street Collision and Citation Data At the November 20, 2018 City Council meeting, Council requested that Staff summarize the collision data before and after the installation of the all -way stop control (installed late October 2016) at the intersection of Linn Street and Washington Street. Previous to October 2016, the intersection was controlled with a traffic signal. Collision Data Table 1 shows the number of reported collisions that occurred two -years prior to the installation of the all -way stop control and two -years after. Of the four collisions reported during this time, zero involved a pedestrian or bicycle. Based on the number and type of collisions per year, there is not a documented significant safety concern at the intersection. Citation Data rr As shown in Table 2, between November 1, 2014 and October 31, 2016 the majority of citations were issued for motorists disobeying the traffic signal. After the installation of the all -way stop control, the majority of citations were issued for motorists disobeying the stop sign. The number of citations issued before and after the installation of the all -way stop control are consistent. Ta610 9• w.:...._ 6_—___ . -- 4LVYCI LV IO Linn Street and Washington Street Linn Street and Washington Street Major Cause of Collision November 1, 2014- October 31, 2016 Traffic Control Signal November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2018 All -Way Stop Control Failure to yield making right turn 1 0 Ran traffic signal 1 0 Improper backing 1 0 Ran off road - right 0 1 Total: 3 `Collicinn data rotricved from Le 1....... nnT.- n 1 Citation Data rr As shown in Table 2, between November 1, 2014 and October 31, 2016 the majority of citations were issued for motorists disobeying the traffic signal. After the installation of the all -way stop control, the majority of citations were issued for motorists disobeying the stop sign. The number of citations issued before and after the installation of the all -way stop control are consistent. Ta610 9• w.:...._ 6_—___ . -- 4LVYCI LV IO Linn Street and Washington Street Statute November 1, 2014- October 31, 2016 Traffic Control Signal November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2018 All -Way Stop Control Disobey traffic device/sin 4 2 Disobey traffic control light (red or yellow) 3 0 Disobey stop sin 0 3 Failure to yield left turn 1 0 Bicycle — sign/signal violation 0 2 Total: .Citatinn data -tri—I f— 0'. In. _ r; , 8 7 Should you have any questions about the data, please contact me at 319-356-5250 or emily- bothell@iowa-city.org. Item Number: 5. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Council Listening Post Summary Report ATTACHMENTS: Description Council Listening Post Summary Report LISTENING POST SUMMARY REPORT Date: November 29, 2018. Location: Irving Weber Elementary Time of Listening Post: 5:30 — 7 p.m. Council Members Attending: Jim Throgmorton and Pauline Taylor Approximate number who attended: 7 Topics discussed (bullet points): • Concerns about the increased numbers of Confined Animal Feedlot Operations (CAFOs) in the southern part of Johnson County, especially around Old Hwy 218 and Old Man's Creek. Concerns involve localized odor but also adverse public health implications (possibly including MRSA) for people who live farther away, including Iowa City. People expressing these concerns are part of Iowans for Clean Air and Water and are supported by 100 Grannies. They are trying to alert the public and to build strong public opposition to having more CAFOs in Johnson County. • Challenges experienced by recent immigrants/refugees from Sudan. The Sudanese population is quite diverse and hence has varying needs. ® Complaint about how the School District keeps changing things; e.g., elementary school boundaries and voluntary transfers. • Complaint about the continuing difficulty of crossing at the intersection of Burlington and Clinton. • Puzzlement about the huge number of new apartment buildings in Iowa City. Who will be living in them? Who can afford to live in them? Public Comments on this location of listening post: No explicit comments, but it seems as though they were pleased. It was a good location for a west side listening post- easy to find and easy to park, and the library was a very comfortable spot to meet. Public Comment on future locations of the listening post: None Public Comments on the listening posts: None Any items/things that would improve future listening posts: s:listeningposts/report Item Number: 6. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 2018 Summer of the Arts Summary of Activities and I nvolvement ATTACHMENTS: Description Summer of the arts Summary of Activities 2018 Summer of the Arts Summary of Activities and Involvement Provided to the City of Iowa City Festivals Produced: • Friday Night Concert Series = 13 weeks (May 18 - August 31) • Iowa Arts Festival (June 1 - 3) • Free Movie Series = 11 weeks (June 9 - August 25) • Iowa City Jazz Festival (June 29 —July 1) • Iowa Soul Festival (August 17 - 18) • Oaknoll Concert Series= 7 weeks (June 5 Sept 11) Volunteer Involvement: • 523 Total Volunteers • Over 2,323 Volunteer Hours City of Iowa City Support (in addition to financial support): • Assistance from City Departments: City Manager's Office, Public Works, Streets & Engineering, Fire, Police, Housing & Inspections, Landfill & Recycling, City Clerk, Water, Communications, City Attorney, Parking, Parks & Recreation, Public Library, Transit Services, Animal Care and Adoption Center • Use of land and space for all Summer of the Arts festivals • Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp for rain location for Friday Night Concert Series • Parking for staff, vendors, performers and artists in ramps and on streets for festivals as needed • Coordination of City of Iowa City's fireworks in conjunction with the Iowa City Jazz Festival • Coordination of pole banners and the locations/timing they are displayed • Coordination of Shelter House Fresh Starts to assist in grounds clean-up/trash removal • Partnership between Summer of the Arts, University of Iowa and Iowa City Parks and Recreation for final Party in the Park on September 300' Financial Summary: • 209 Individuals made personal donations to Summer of the Arts during the past year (not including cash contributions at festivals) • 100 Businesses supported Summer of the Arts with cash and in-kind sponsorships • 13 grants including the National Endowment for the Arts "Our Town" Grant for 2016-2018 2018 Awards/Recognition: • Best Area Festival for the Iowa Arts Festival, Iowa City Press -Citizen • Best of CRANDIC best festival for Iowa Arts Festival, Little Village • Locals Love Us Area Events for Iowa Arts Festival and Iowa City Jazz Festival • International Festivals and Events Association: 1 Silver Award and 2 Bronze Awards • Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance Reaching Out Award for Collaboration with Iowa City Pride on parade, movie and fundraiser at the Englert Theater The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Collaborations: • ICDD to move Friday Night Concert Series to Iowa Ave. & adjust start time of movie during Block Party • Special performances at Oaknoll (two in addition to concert series) • Iowa City Pride parade and fundraiser • Dream Center for Our Town grant programming and performance opportunities • Ul Stanley Museum and PSI Iowa Arts Show Up Spectacular on Sept 30 Summer of the Arts 2018 Report: Page 11 Balance Sheets as of October 31, 2018 and 2017 Assets: 2018 2017 Checking/savings $72,553 $92,165 Accounts receivable $1,000 $0 Other current assets (petty cash) $440 $130 Festival equipment Office equipment Accumulated depreciation Summer of the Arts endowment Total Assets Liabilities & Equity: Accounts Payable Current Liabilities (Payroll) Total Equity Total Liabilities & Equity $45,691 $24,808 ($53,085) $44,612 $24,833 ($46,408) $10.039 $8.441 $101,446 $123,773 $0 $3,763 $1,828 $4,326 $97.683 $117.619 $101,446 Statements of Revenue and Expenses For Periods Ending October 31, 2018 and 2017 Revenues: Government and Related Grants Sponsorships and Donations Event Related Receipts Other Expenses: Entertainment Event Expenses Payroll & Related Expenses Our Town Grant Expenses Other general, administrative & rent Fundraising Events Fundraising printing/postage Depreciation Excess Revenue over Expenses 2018 $123,773 2017 $193,776 33% $178,478 32% $278,679 47% $240,582 43% $116,170 209'0 $131,213 23% $3.673 0% $11.154 2% $592,298 100% $561,427 100% $146,163 24% $137,152 25% $187,336 30.6% $181,694 32.4% $183,712 30% $168,950 30% $27,446 4.5% $11,978 21% $50,982 8.3% $50,114 9% $7,190 1% $283 09'o $2,730 .590 $2,434 0.4% $6,677 1.1% $7.255 1.2% $612,236 100% $559,860 100% ($19,938) 1567 Summer of the Arts 2018 Report: Page 12 2018 Iowa Arts Festival 1 2018 Iowa City Jazz Festival El Summer of the Arts 2018 Report: Page 13 777 kill L�1 I 1. . Item Number: 7. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Letter from Mediacom: Rate Adjustments ATTACHMENTS: Description Fetter 1'rom Mediacom, Rate Adjustments November 28, 2019 Ms. Julie Voparil City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 Medi-a_-Com� r., Dear Ms. Julie Voparil: The purpose of this letter is to inform you that, on or about January 1, 2019, Mediacom will be implementing the following rate adjustments:' Product: Old Rate: New Rate: Net Change: Local Broadcast Station Surcharge' $12.34 $14.95 $2.61 RegionalSports Surcharge $3.02 $3.34 $0.30 Family TV $74.49 $76.49 $2.00 Prime TV $94.49 $96.49 $2.00 The decision to make price adjustments is always a difficult one. We are very reluctant to raise video prices because, when we do, we lose subscribers. However, cable and satellite companies are constantly being pressured by the programmers we buy from to pay more for the channels we carry. The fees we pay to retransmit local broadcast stations like ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC are by far our fastest growing programming cost component. All told, the fees charged by broadcasters, according to SNL Kagan, grew from $800 million to $10 billion annually or 1150% between 2009 and 2018. The problems with sports programming is equally as alarming. One look at the skyrocketing rights fees announced with recent deals and it is easy to see that the marketplace for live televised sports is out of control. Broadcast networks and national and regional sports networks are shelling out billions of dollars for the rights to the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, the Olympic Games, World Cup and NCAA football and basketball. Unrestrained spending has become the hallmark of the sports programming business, and the American consumer, whether a sports fan or not, is left to pay the price. In an effort to bring more transparency to the unjustified fee increases being taken by the owners of broadcast and sports television channels, Mediacom previously introduced a Local Broadcast Station Surcharge and a Regional Sports Surcharge. By identifying the cumulative fee increases being taken by 1 Depending on the terms of each customer's promotional package, these rate changes may not impact a customer until their current promotional package expires. 2 Mediacom bills monthly in advance. As a result, the increases for both the Local Broadcast Surcharge and Regional Sports Surcharge are based on our best estimate of the cost increases our company will incur for broadcast and regional sports programming. Mediacom will "true up" customer bills in a subsequent month if it turns out that our estimate was too high or too low. these channel owners, we hope to draw the attention of consumers and their elected representatives to this rapidly escalating problem. Despite the challenges we face, Mediacom has continued to aggressively invest in the communities we serve. As part of a 3 -year, $1 billion capital investment plan that began in 2016, virtually all of the 3 million homes and businesses across Mediacom's 22 state footprint now have access to 1 Gig broadband speeds. In addition, Mediacom has broadly launched a low-cost internet service for low-income customers featuring 10 Mbps download speeds for $9.95 per month. The service, called Connect2Compete, is offered in partnership with EveryoneOn and is available to families with students participating in the National School Lunch Program. Additional information is available at www.mediacomc2c.com. Mediacom appreciates the opportunity to continue to serve your community's telecommunications needs. If you have any questions, please contact me directly at 319-395-9699 ext. 3461 or Igrassley@mediacomcc.com. Yours sincerely, Lee Grassley P Senior Manager, Government Relations w 21Page Item Number: 8. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok 10WA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 East Central Iowa Council of Governments: ECICOG Area grant opportunities ATTACHMENTS: Description ECICOG grant opportunities Kellie Fruehling From: ECICOG <natalie.fraehlich@ecicog.org> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 12:04 PM To: Council Subject: ECICOG Area Grant Opportunities Aft ECICIrGAREA If you have any questions about a grant or would like more information, please respond to this email. Feel free to forward this information! High Energy Cost Rural Communities Grant Program Application Deadline: 12/11/2018 The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces the availability of up to $10 million in fiscal year 2017 (FY17) and application deadlines for competitive grants to assist communities with extremely high energy costs. These grants are made available under the authority of section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, and program regulations. The grant funds may be used to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, or otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities in which the average residential expenditure for home energy is at least 275 percent of the national average. Grants may also be used for programs that install on -grid and off -grid renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements in eligible communities. Grant awards are not made directly to individuals or for projects that primarily benefit a single household or business. This notice describes the eligibility and application requirements, the criteria that will be used by RUS to award funding, and how to obtain application materials. 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APPLY HERE Youth Garden Grant Application Deadline: 12/17/2018 The 2019 Youth Garden Grant is open to any nonprofit organization, public or private school, or youth program in the United States or US Territories planning a new garden program or expanding an established one. If your program serves at least 15 youth between the ages of 3 and 18, we encourage you to apply. APPLY HERE Solid Waste Management Grant Application Deadline: 12/31/2018 This program reduces or eliminates pollution of water resources by providing funding for organizations that provide technical assistance or training to improve the planning and management of solid waste sites. APPLY HERE Community Development Block Grant Economic Development Set -Aside Application Deadline: 12/31/2018 The program provides financial assistance to those businesses and industries requiring such assistance in order to create new job opportunities. Assistance is provided to encourage new business start-ups, expansion of existing businesses and/or the relocation of out-of-state businesses into Iowa. Assistance may be provided in the form of direct loans or forgivable loans. Priority is given to projects that will create manufacturing jobs, add value to Iowa resources and/or increase exports out of state. Preference will be given to those businesses which will create or retain the greatest number of jobs with the least amount of program dollars. Refinancing or restructuring of existing loans and projects involving a single retail establishment will be considered low priorities. APPLY HERE Pre -Disaster Mitigation Grant Program Application Deadline: 12/31/2018 The Pre -Disaster Mitigation program provides funds on an annual basis for hazard mitigation planning and the implementation of mitigation projects prior to a disaster. The goal of the PDM program is to reduce overall risk to the population and structures, while at the same time, also reducing reliance on federal funding from actual disaster declarations. Projects submitted for consideration must be consistent with the goals and objectives identified in Iowa's State Hazard Mitigation Plan and local mitigation plan for the jurisdiction in which the activity is located. The PDM grant provides an excellent opportunity for communities to initiate mitigation projects that provide protection against natural hazards. APPLY HERE Community Development Block Grafts: Water/Sewer Application Deadline: 01/01/2019 This competitive program offers grants to assist cities and counties with water and sewer infrastructure improvements including sanitary sewer system improvements, water system improvements, water and wastewater treatment facilities, storm sewer projects related to sanitary sewer system improvements and rural water connections. APPLY HERE Alliant Energy Hometown Safety Grant Application Deadline: 01/01/2019 Hometown Safety Grants are awarded to organizations and projects that serve or protect the community. This includes police and fire departments, as well as schools, libraries and other public service organizations. APPLY HERE Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) Application Deadline: 01/03/2019 This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP). This program supports eligible hospitals in meeting value -based payment and care goals for their respective organizations, through purchases of hardware, software and training. SHIP also enables small rural hospitals: to become or join accountable care organizations (ACOs); to participate in shared savings programs; and to purchase health information technology (hardware and software), equipment, and/or training to comply with quality improvement activities, such as advancing patient care information, promoting inter -operability, and payment bundling. APPLY HERE Iowa Domestic Abuse Comprehensive Application Deadline: 01/21/2019 The Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence and member programs developed standards which outline the basic core services which are listed below. These standards were developed by engaging in a process of defining expectations for services and visioning best practices we hope to articulate a philosophy of safety for survivors, accountability of perpetrators, and social change. The core services under this Request for Proposal (Funding Opportunity) are based on these best practice standards. APPLY HERE Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program Grant Application Deadline: 01/27/2019 The Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program of the USGS is offering a two-year cooperative agreement opportunity to state or local water -resources agencies that collect groundwater data to participate in the National Ground - Water Monitoring Network. The USGS is working with the Federal Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) and its Subcommittee on Ground Water (SOGW) to develop and administer a National Ground -Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN). This funding opportunity is to support data providers for the National Ground -Water Monitoring Network. APPLY HERE Community -Based Coalition Enhancement Grants To Address Local Drug Crises Application Deadline: 01/29/2019 The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) are accepting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Community-based Coalition Enhancement Grants to Address Local Drug Crises (CARA Local Drug Crises) Grants. The goal of this program is to prevent and reduce the abuse of opioids or methamphetamines and the abuse of prescription medications among youth ages 12-18 in communities throughout the United States. APPLY HERE This list is provided for information purposes only, and is not intended to be inclusive of all funding opportunities that may be available. If you are aware of other resources that should be added to this service, we welcome your suggestions. ECICOG, 700 16th Street, NE, Suite 301, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 SafeUnsubscribeTM council(cbiowa-city org Forward this email I Update Profile I About our service provider Sent by natalie.fraehlich(a)ecicog org in collaboration with Goru&WGOiTAxt', f Try it free today Item Number: 9. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Civil Service Entrance Examination: Electronics Technician - Transportation Services ATTACHMENTS: Description Civil Service, Electronics Technician - Transportation I � i CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826 (3 19) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org November 29, 2018 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Electronics Technician — Transportation Services Under the authority of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, I do hereby certify the following named person(s) as eligible for the position of Electronics Technician — Transportation Services. Dalton Beckler IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Rick yss, Chair C':7 Item Number: 10. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Civil Service Entrance Examination - Maintenance Worker III - Streets ATTACHMENTS: Description Civil Service, Maintenance Worker I I I - Streets �. ®i® CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. Iowa 52240-1826 (3 19) 356-5000 (3 19) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org November 29, 2018 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Maintenance Worker III — Streets Under the authority of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, I do hereby certify the following named person(s) as eligible for the position of Maintenance Worker III — Streets. Brandon Speers IOWA CITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Rick W ssyssy Chair -; a Item Number: 11. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Historic Preservation Commission: November 8 ATTACHMENTS: Description Historic Hreservation Commission, November 8 MINUTES PRELIMINARY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION EMMA J. HARVAT HALL November 8, 2018 MEMBERS PRESENT: Thomas Agran, Zach Builta, Gosia Clore, Sharon DeGraw, G. T. Karr, Cecile Kuenzli, Quentin Pitzen MEMBERS ABSENT: Kevin Boyd, Helen Burford, Lee Shope STAFF PRESENT: Jessica Bristow, Anne Russett RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (become effective only after separate Council action) CALL TO ORDER: Vice Chairperson Builta called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA: There was none. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS — CONSENT AGENDA: 608 Grant Street — Longfellow District. This project consists of basement window removal and stair reconstruction. MOTION: Karr moved to approve the certificate of appropriateness for the project at 608 Grant Street as presented in the application. Agran seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0. (Boyd, Burford, and Shope absent). REPORT ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF Certificate of No Material Effect — Chair and Staff Review. 506 North Linn Street — Northside Historic District. This house was recently purchased by a new owner. He is going to go through and repair siding, replace any parts that are damaged, and repair trim. 402 North Dodge Street — Goosetown/Horace Mann Conservation District. This owner has been repairing her windows over time and she has a few more that she will repair. Bristow displayed where the windows would be repaired, including one on the back of the small addition and one on the north side of the house. 925 South 7t" Avenue — Dearborn Street Conservation District. This house has some siding in the gable end that will be replaced because it has deteriorated under the window. The rest will all be painted to match the new siding. 722 North Lucas Street — Brown Street Historic District. This house is having some soffit and fascia replaced. Bristow noted they are replacing them with tongue and groove soffit as it would have been originally. Minor Review —Staff Review. 709 Oakland Avenue — Longfellow Historic District. The front door is being replaced. 416 South Governor Street — Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District. This porch will have new piers, skirting, stairs with closed risers and an appropriate handrail. 1025 East Washington Street —College Hill Conservation District. Bristow reported the owner is putting handrails on the concrete steps outside. They are using the simplest black metal. She displayed a photo showing a new pipe railing that will be painted. They were able to remove the stairs between the sidewalk and the street. 656 South Governor Street — Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District. This is new construction in the Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District. The approval for the new house included vinyl lap siding and cement board shingle siding in the gables. When it was built, the builder used cheap vinyl siding and used vinyl shingles in the gables. The siding has been blowing off the house in the 15 years since then. Now the owners are residing it with a better -quality vinyl. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 11, 2018 MOTION: Agran moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission's October 11, 2018 meeting. DeGraw seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0 (Boyd, Burford, Shope absent). COMMISSION INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION: Downtown Public Meeting and City Council Work Session Update: Bristow provided members the same handout given to the public during the public meeting for reference in case people ask questions, particularly the difference between a local and national register historic district. She said that was a big question and one of the things that will be asked quite a bit through this process. Following the public meeting on October 22nd, the consultant, Alexa McDowell, made the same presentation to City Council in a work session. City Council requested that HPC review the recommendations Alexa made in her report and make a recommendation to Council on how to proceed. Because of time, HPC did not have this on the agenda this month, but will discuss it next month. Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Packet from Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting: Russett reported back to the Commission regarding TDR questions and concerns raised at their October meeting. Russett reviewed comments from the Commission meeting in October. One concern was only allowing future local historic landmarks to be eligible as sending sites for the Transfer of Development Rights Ordinance. If this eligibility did not apply to districts, the Commission was concerned it would dis-incentivize the creation of districts. The City Council landmarked several properties over the summer. The Commission felt those properties should also be eligible as sending sites.—. Russett said the ordinance was revised to include the properties landmarked in summer 2018. In addition, contributing properties within future local historic districts would be eligible as sending sites. Another concern expressed was the potential for increasing height in neighborhoods and the impact it would have on adjacent communities or single-family neighborhoods. Staff had originally proposed a cap on the receiving site at 40 feet above the maximum height in the receiving site district. Staff revised the receiving site maximum. Now, if the receiving site was adjacent to an existing single-family home, it could only be two stories above that existing single-family home. Russett noted if the ordinance is approved, all requests will go through the staff design review committee and ultimately City Council. The Planning and Zoning Commission met on October 18th and they recommended to move this forward to City Council. The public hearing and first consideration of the ordinance before City Council will be on November 20tH Kuenzli said that after reading how other cities arrived at their transfer formulas, she believed the proposed way of calculating formulas in Iowa City was exceedingly generous. She thought the height would still be too high, using the diminishment of the former Unitarian Church as an example. Kuenzli asked who was on the design review committee and if there was a requirement to be an architect, an artist, or if it was just designated by the City Manager. Russett is currently on the committee along with Development Services Coordinator, Danielle Sitzman, and Senior Building Official, Tim Hennes. Kuenzli referenced Table 3 from their packet, which provided examples of transfer formulas and how they were calculated in other cities. She cited the paragraph following the chart, which said "Compared with these other local jurisdictions, the City's current transfer formula in Riverfront Crossings is very generous. Unlike the examples above, the formula in Riverfront Crossings does not take into consideration the existing development on the sending site." Kuenzli said they seem to be looking at the square footage of everything and, consequently, at the Tate site they ended up with 27,000 square feet that they can apply somewhere else, which is a tremendous amount to transfer to a new site. She wondered if the proposal would create developments so dense and so high that no one would want to live here. Russett said for the City-wide ordinance they are not proposing to use the Riverfront Crossings formula. She said the proposal would be very similar to Table 3 and the examples from other local jurisdictions where it is a difference between what is currently on the site versus what is allowed in the zoning code. Kuenzli noticed some of these other cities limit the use of the TDRs strictly to downtown areas, not to residential areas. Russett recalled there was one local jurisdiction that did not — West Hollywood, CA only allows it in commercial. Kuenzli continued, when used effectively in other places they do not offer alternative incentives for transfer bonuses, whereas we are offering those, plus generous calculations to encourage developers to take advantage of these. She wondered why we have to offer so much when other places successfully have offered less. Russett said this was discussed with the City Council and will likely be discussed further on November 20tH Kuenzli discussed a parking concern. She did not believe building more structures, and higher structures with more density, while not providing parking, would make Iowa City a better place to live. Referencing page 8, Kuenzli noted the successful projects have administrative oversight. She wanted to know who was responsible for watching over to ensure things are done the way they should be done, and then evaluating their effect. She asked what it meant when it said approved administratively. Russett said it would be approved by staff. She explained that part of an effective program is having black and white standards that need to be met and that could be checked off by staff, so it would provide some degree of certainty, not only to the developer, but to the person who is landmarking their property. Knowing that they could sell those transfer rights and that they could be used, and that they would not have to go through a process where there is not as much certainty on whether it would be approved or not. Karr asked Russett to clarify her comments about future historic districts being eligible and the thought process, and why we retroactively took some of the individual properties from 2018 but didn't go back any further. He wondered what to tell someone who was upset from 2017 or 2016. Russett said she looked back at landmarks approved last year. She said there was only one and it was the Unitarian Church. She felt comfortable limiting it to 2018 since there were several and they were around the same time period as we've been discussing this, and they were also in the same group of rezoning applications as 410-412 North Clinton. Karr asked what the rationale would be for somebody living on Summit Street if the downtown district gets the local historic designation. He wondered if the exclusions were based on volume of the earlier historic districts. Russett believed it was the volume. She also noted the development potential that's lost. It's very different in a CB -10 zone like you have in the downtown versus an RS -8 or a single-family residential zone like there is on Summit. Kuenzli asked how this would apply to the Johnson Street/South Van Buren area because there is limited space. It's already zoned high density. How would transfer development rights be applied without making it more dense and higher? Russett thought if someone wanted to use that area as a receiving site, it would be through redevelopment. It would not be through the existing structure. It would be complete redevelopment of one of those multifamily buildings. She thought the places this might be utilized more, are those parcels of land that are currently vacant or underutilized. Kuenzli said the Mayor suggested those areas for redevelopment, but only with the creation of an urban plan for the area. Russett agreed. The Council also recommended to include areas zoned multifamily, and that area is zoned multifamily. That may be a discussion that comes up on the 20in. They may prefer to remove that area as a receiving site. DeGraw proposed introducing language that would consider the height of the existing neighborhood structures. If the existing structures were all one story, limit it to only one story higher rather than automatically two, and say two if it's appropriate. Kuenzli agreed. Russett said she would pass that recommendation along to Council. Builta asked if there was a digital, interactive version of the map. Russett noted the map was being updated. She said she would send the PDF to the full Commission and would send the shapefile to Builta. If public hearings were to be held, Builta suggested maps be provided that made the changes clear to people living in neighborhoods that may be affected. He pointed out it would be good public relations and asked if there was any outreach to property owners if their neighborhood would be affected. Russett said as part of a rezoning there would be, and a public hearing would be noticed. If changes were being made to a receiving site, Builta wanted to know if the neighbor would be proactively notified of Council discussion and given an opportunity for public input. Kuenzli noted the importance of public education in the success of these things and, if the concept is hard to follow, that is even more reason to reach out and let them know in advance, before something comes up. Builta suggested looking at any historic structures added in 2018 to determine how many floors and square feet would come from those, as well as the average number of historic sites added per year. He thought a visual showing this would make it more palatable for everyone. Russett said an analysis was in progress looking at the five landmarks that were designated in 2018, looking at the list of potential landmarks, and looking at the proposed boundary for the downtown as a potential local landmark. The analysis is looking at what's on the ground now and what's allowed by zoning — how many more feet could be transferred, how many more units could be transferred, and that information will be in the City Council packet. Historic Preservation Awards: Potential award winners were reviewed. MOTION: Agran moved to approve the nominated properties for the awards. Clore seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 7-0. (Boyd, Burford, and Shope absent. Properties Purchased: Bristow advised the Commission that the City bought two properties across from Mercy Hospital next to the Haunted Book Shop and wanted to investigate whether they were local landmark eligible Staff is in process of hiring a qualified historian to research the properties. Podcasts: Bristow said Channel 4 is going to start a series of podcasts and the first one they want to do is on historic preservation. The Sanxav-Gilmore house: Bristow said an emergency grant was obtained to hire an architect and structural engineer to investigate how the house would have to be prepped for moving, how it could be moved, how it would need to be mothballed afterward. Currently this is in process. there is not yet a designated site where it will be moved. Staffing: Bristow noted that for the last year staff has temporarily enjoyed an extra 10 hours a week. When the Planning Department became short staffed, the Senior Planner had to devote all of their time to typical planning projects instead of assisting with the Historic Preservation work load. Preservation staff was given the extra time because of this which also allowed for an improvement in customer service and the ability to take on special projects. Once the department became fully staffed, the temporary hours were dropped assuming that the new Senior Planner would cover the overload of duties the current half-time position cannot cover. Bristow noted staff would not be able to pick up special projects moving forward due to this reduction in staff time and the inefficiencies and reduction in availability this causes. ADJOURNMENT: Clore moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by DeGraw The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m. Minutes submitted by Judy Jones. 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Revise the section of the sentence that reads "sets up well for tube slides" to "sets up well for embankment slides." Moved by Hamann. seconded by Russellto avvrove the October 10 2018 minutes as amended Passed 8-0_(Venzon absent). PUBLIC DISCUSSION None Seydell Johnson introduced Brad Barker as the new Superintendent of Recreation replacing Chad Dyson. Barker shared that he is very excited to be a part of the Iowa City Parks & Recreation Department. He is originally from Ames. He has a Masters in Parks and Recreation Administration from the University of Illinois. He started as the Assistant Director of Parks & Recreation in Vinton, Iowa and eventually moved into the Director position. He feels that this position is a great opportunity to further his career while using what he learned. in Vinton and expand on that. He is excited about moving back to a college community. RECREATION OUTREACH AND EOUTTY: Seydell Johnson reported that at the request of the City Council, the department has been asked to report on ways in which they are currently reaching out to the Community and what attempts are being made to involve a more diverse population in recreation programs in the future. She noted that the department has been using a social equity tool kit that allows staff to see where participants are coming from. The department started with swimming lessons and garden plots. Jeff Sears and Matthew Eckhardt will report PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION November 14, 2018 Page 2 of 6 on this topic. The Mayor asked RaQuishia Harrington to look at Birmingham, Alabama's youth programs and compare them with Iowa City. Harrington will present her findings as well. EQUITY TOOL KIT MAPS & PROCESS — MATTHEW ECKHARDT & JEFF SEARS: Eckhardt and Sears explained that several months ago they discussed the idea of using the City's GIS mapping software to look at current program participants and to determine what future efforts can be made to reach underserved areas of the city. It was determined that swimming lessons was the best program to begin the analysis process, as it is easily identifiable. The GIS system allows staff to see which people are served in the various areas of town and neighborhoods. Eckhardt explained that staff could go back as far as 2014 to look at each session (three sessions per year) since then to determine what areas are best served and what areas need increased outreach. It has been expressed that there is a need for more outreach and programming for the south district of Iowa City. Eckhardt explained the equity tool kit maps and the processes for using them. Because there may be multiple people from one household who sign up for lessons, it was determined that it was best to use a heat map for this analysis. A heat map shows data represented in colors. Eckhardt explained that red to yellow on the heat map indicates a high density of users. He also noted that in summer months, the numbers increase. Eckhardt explained that the department partnered with the Sudanese community in 2016 and therefore, the map indicates a higher density of users in the Pheasant Ridge area. In 2015/2016, the department started the swim scholarship program. Eckhardt said they found that transportation, not necessarily fees, is the biggest obstacle when it comes to increasing the diverse population using the Recreation programs. Fett asked why it doesn't show that to be an issue in Pheasant Ridge. Eckhardt explained that this group tends to carpool. Sears also noted that staff will begin using this method when looking at the departments summer camp programs. Sears explained that when looking at the garden plot registrations, they added an overlay minority impact map and then retrieved addresses from the departments registration system which then populated onto the map showing where the garden renters are located. He noted that those that rented the Kiwanis garden plots all lived on the west side, Chadek Green gardens were rented by those that live on the east side, while Reno was further widespread. He explained that Wetherby garden plots had the most diverse group of renters noting that this could be because it offers 110 plots and has been established in Iowa City the longest. He stated that there are renters from outside of Iowa City as well that use Wetherby park garden plots. Laurian expressed her concern that renters would not be shown on the minority impact map. Hall noted that the City has an overall minority impact map where information is gathered from census data collected. Seydell Johnson explained that these maps provide a tool for the department when planning future programming. For example, it will likely show that there isn't a need for garden plots in areas where there are fewer renters as home owners may have the available space to plant a garden in their own yard. Hall noted that the future Walden Hills gardens will serve the many renters on that side of town. PARTNER & OUTREACH EVENTS — RAOUISHIA HARRINGTON Harrington noted that staff is reaching out to various parts of the community to learn what their interests are, educate them about the programs that are offered that they may not be aware of, and to determine how to better serve them. She expressed the importance of collaboration and listening to them. She said that, although, there are some language barriers, she is working with family advocates at the schools as well as nonprofit organizations around the community to see how information can be better translated. She has worked with groups such as United Action for Youth to assist her in reaching the teen population and to determine what programs they are interested in. As mentioned, Mayor Throgmorton asked that Harrington look at programs offered in Birmingham, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION November 14, 2098 Page 3 of 6 Alabama for potential programming ideas for Iowa City. Harrington found that Iowa City offers many of the same or similar programs that Birmingham offers. Specifically, the Parks and Recreation Department offers programs in sports and fitness, music and movement, special events, social & cultural activities as well as programs centering around Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM). The department has started hiring high school students in the aquatics and customer service areas. The Iowa City Library offers a program called the Teen Activity Group (TAG). This group meets monthly to discuss books, upcoming events, play video games and just to talk about what is going on. This program is to allow teens a greater voice at the library. The City's Summer of the Arts Festival features a variety of opportunities for musical performers and entertainers from both high school and college age students. Harrington expressed the importance of offering awards for their performance. An example is the Iowa City Human Rights Youth Recognition program. Area youth are nominated by members of the public for their promotion and contribution to human rights causes both locally and globally. Harrington stated that there is a long list of agencies who are doing great programming but need further collaboration. Harrington noted that it may be helpful to have a youth advocacy group where youth can come in and talk about what is needed and wanted. There is a need to learn how better to serve them and how we can be more involved in these initiatives. She also noted that transportation is an ongoing concern for both youth and adults. Younker asked if there is an area of Iowa City that we don't currently have contact with. Harrington said that the west side of Iowa City is the most underserved. She also noted that finding space to hold a program on the west side is a challenge. There may be programs that have a following but nowhere to meet. Laurian said that she is impressed with what is offered in the community. She does have a concern about there not being more programs for afterschool hours. Harrington said that Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County offers such programs. However, she also noted that once a child reaches the age of 51/611 grade, the supervision drops as well as the afterschool program attendance. (Harrington's presentation is attached to these minutes.) SWIM LESSON OUTREACH —MATTHEW ECKHARDT Eckhardt shared that the department has been raising funds for a swim lesson scholarship program for the past few years. This program has raised a considerable amount of money; however, the department has resources for more. Eckhardt is working with other community members in developing a program called Swim Here in an effort to teach everyone in the community to swim. Eckhardt said that the fees do not seem to be a barrier for participation as the lessons are offered at a very economical price and the department offers low-income discount for residents of Iowa City who qualify. Eckhardt also reiterated that transportation is a big issue. He further stated that while many programs can be taken to the public, swimming is not one of them. Staff will be offering a physical education style course to Faith Academy, a faith based elementary school geared to reach low-income neighborhoods, set to begin in January. Staff is in the final phases of developing an after-school swim program with Alexander Elementary that will begin in January and run for b weeks. Looking to expand the program, staff is finding that most after-school programs have 90 participants, which is posing an obstacle. Staff is currently working with Lemme Elementary staff and City Transportation Services to see how we can overcome the transportation issue. When reaching out to targeted areas, Eckhardt has worked with Alexander Elementary to gather data from their free lunch stats and demographics. Eckhardt commended staff member Kate Connell for gathering much of the information needed for tonight's presentation. Seydell Johnson mentioned that staff is currently looking at partnering with the U of I Department of Public Health to offer another initiative to get kids involved in health and wellness activities. Staff would be able to do programming in our gyms teaching them healthy lifestyle choices as well as swimming. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION November 14, 2018 Page 4 of 6 CIP BUDGET UPDATE — JULI SEYDELL JOHNSON Seydell Johnson shared the most up-to-date budget information with Commission, explaining that this is still in draft form. This draft will go to Council in January. Seydell Johnson reviewed the various items listed in the Parks & Recreation section of the report (full report is attached to these minutes). She started with the Park Annual Improvement Fund explaining that this is for general miscellaneous small projects within the parks system. The next item on the list is Park Annual ADA Accessibility Improvements. She noted that the projects that have been completed with ADA updates include Pheasant Hill, Mercer, Highland and Tower Court Parks. Next year's projects will include Brookland, Oak Grove and Black Springs Circle Parks. Willow Creek Park will get new restrooms, a park shelter and a playground in the summer of 2019. She said that she will have more information for commission regarding the Annual Recreation Center Improvements at the December meeting. She noted that the budget for both the Lower City Park Playground and Willow Creek projects have been boosted. She explained that the East Side Sports Complex Tree Buffer includes only tree planting next year. These trees will serve as a buffer between the railroad and future development. There is no indication that the City will proceed with a master plan for an athletic complex. A new item on the list is the City Park Ball Field Improvements. These will include improvements to lighting as well as the addition of some fencing around the dugouts and backstops. She stated that the City will be looking for designers to develop a plan for 2020 projects to include a new shelter and small playground at Fairmeadows Park. This playground will focus on activities for younger children as there is a largerplaygtound with amenities for older kids located at Grant Wood Elementary nearby. Wetherby Park will get a new restroom, shelter and playground. In 2020 the playground will be installed and the shelter replaced at Scott Park. Napoleon playground, located in the center of the softball complex, will be replaced. Other items will include repairing of drainage issues and providing accessible pathways to trails. HVAC and dehumidification upgrades to the Mercer Park Aquatic Center and Scanlon Gymnasium are included in the C1P. Laurian and Bentler both expressed concern about the Ped Mall project being listed under the Parks and Recreation budget. Seydell Johnson explained that is because the downtown area used to fall within the Parks Division and it hasn't been moved from there on this report. Laurian asked about the item titled Mercer Park Ball Diamond #1 Turf Conversion. This project would convert one field from natural materials to synthetic turf. Seydell Johnson said this would likely only occur if the school district agrees to be the primary financier. REPORT ON ITEMS FROM CITY STAFF Parks & Recreation Director — Juli Sevdell Johnson: Staff Training: Seydell Johnson held an all -staff training that included a tour of several park projects. + Staffin : Seydell Johnson reported that staff have been busy with hiring and that it is great to have a full administrative staff again. Recreation Division Superintendent — Brad Barker: • Staff Meetings & Training: Barker noted that he has been busy meeting with all the staff of the Recreation Division learning what they do, how he can help to make their jobs more efficient, and learning about the community. He has also been busy training in the budget, finance, and purchasing procedures. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION November 14, 2018 Page 5 of B Parks Division Superintendent — Zac Hall • Snow & Leaf Removal: With the recent snowfall, staff has been cleaning snow from parks/trails as well as assisting the Streets Department in leaf pick-ups. Villa Park: Parks staff have been working on this project with a portion of the playground installation. Tree Advi Committee: Hall reported that this committee held its first meeting on Friday, November 9. They will be working on the forestry management plan. • Sand Prairie: Staff has been doing natural areas work at Sand Prairie which includes pulling out much of the invasive species. • Facilities: Staff is in the process of winterizing athletic facilities, park shelters, restrooms etc. within the parks. + EAB Update: Staff will return to council to discuss the EAB plan. Hall is currently working with purchasing to create an RFP looking for a company to treat trees deemed healthy enough to do so. • Staffin : Seydell Johnson reported that there will be a staffing change within the Parks Division. With the recent retirement of a maintenance worker, staff asked council to approve the hiring of an assistant superintendent, rather than fill the maintenance position. They were agreeable. This staff member will work on tree inventory and other new projects within the city. This person will also work with the new mowing contract approved by the City. CHAIRS REPORT: Younker expressed his appreciation for the equity presentations given at tonight's meeting. He would like to make this a regular topic on future agendas. COMMISSION TE4DSUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE ATENDA ITEMS Smith said she appreciates the ADA paths that are going into various parks. She noted that it would be nice to have a playground for elopers. Seydell Johnson said this is being addressed during playground designs. Laurian also mentioned that the tree committee held their first meeting. While she believes that we should not be treating trees that are going to have to come down anyway, it is difficult to stick by that after speaking with a member of the public who expressed the value of that same tree in a whole different way. She finther noted that that kind of value cannot be measured. She has concerns about how to balance both Bides. Bentler suggested that there is likely a need for more education to the public, stating that it is important to let them know that the tree will be replaced. Younker expressed his concern that these trees may become a liability issue which also needs to be shared with the public. Bird agreed that education is very important. He noted that he learned a lot from the EAB presentation given by staff and that the public could learn from that as well. Laurian asked if staff should lobby for more money. Seydell Johnson said that this topic will be on the next council agenda. Younker stated that it may be helpful to educate the community through letters to the editor. Seydell Johnson noted that she has been approached by a realty group to discuss trees in general. Staff will proceed with a presentation to educate these realtors. Bentler asked if the treatment proposal has been taken to the northside neighborhood group. Hall said not since the Council Meeting. JOU NT: Moved by Bentler seconded by Lauriam to adjourn the meeting at 6.16 P.m. Motion massed 8-0 (Venzon absent). PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION November 14, 2018 Page 6 of 6 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Abspnt/F'.Yrnead NAME TERM EXPIRES 00 � Suzanne Bentler I/1/17 X O/E X X O/E NM X X X X X X Steve Bird 1/1/22 * X X O/E X NM X X X X X X Larry Brown 1/1/18 X * Clay Claussen 1/1/18 X Wayne Fett 1/1/19 X X O/E X X NM X O/E X X O/E X Cara Hamann 1/1/20 X X X X X NM X X O/E X O/E X Lucie Laurian 1/1/l0 X X X O/E X NM X O/E O/E X X X Ben Russell 1/1/22 * X O/E X X NM X X X X X X Angie Smith 1/1/18 X X X O/E X NM X X O/E X X X Jamie Venzon 1/1/20 X OIE X O/E X NM X X X X X O/E Joe Younker 1/1/20 O/E X X X X NM X X X X X X NM = No meeting LQ = No mien due to lack of auornm * = Not a member now Birmingham Youth First CenterA • Fust fames & 1"2, tbe Youth Advisory Commission was put in puce to attend to 'Yaea pregnancy, education and illiteracy, yoatir gang violence, dmg and alcohol abuse, Ed unemployment Psoblems dbeting Birmingham's youth population." • Upbeat by the Maya' Randall WoodSn and Executive Dh=Wrc, Michael Moore, youth aro provided with quality Programs in many different areas. • Today, Birminglism, AL is one of the only American cities to have a department that Wm an issues affecting today's youth. t k S.E.C.U.R.E Yonth TaakA Birarimpam's DivhM ofYoath Services (DYS) currently serves youth in 1 Binniogham's 99 oeiedwhoods. 23 communities, and 9 city council I SECURE is an acronym f)r diatricb. SaP1 '0011,011, Understand, Reapeet, and DYS developed a comprehemive, fonr� Tonged approach m urviug Yoolh. EarkL f Develops strategies diet world PRONG I: DYS Disseminates Youth -Related kfamWaL help to increase appoRunities PRONG H. DYS Advocates Yarm hrcLraion & partrcrpation, saT sufficiency, employabRity and PRONG HE DYS Maintains a Network Collaborative Parmeas. the overcall quality of life for youth PRONG IV DYS Assists With Monitoring City-pbodad Youth Initiatives, in the City of Birmingham. 11/14/2018 1 11/14/2018 Youth First Featured Programa YOUTF I�r t 1- 1 YOUTH FIRST YOUTHFIRST YOUTH 16 YOVTMFIRSTYOUTHFIRST 0 0 1 AtMeties & Reemdon ♦ Youth First Give -2 -Get pros The Youth First Give -2 -Get lace= Program promotes oomnmwrikY service, off lrmg exciting incentives to youth wha giving back. 8 Caught Doing Good hogmut, (CDG) CDG scab to reward young people, age 1g and under, who demonstrate outstanding character in their homes, schools and Community. O ForYorth—By Youth Young people throughout the city will hale the opportunity to envision a beats Birmingham and will be provided resources to make it happen. e` Featured Programs t Youth Floret Sa_mmer snorts Series I Consists ofa wide-nw of camps and clinics focused an various sprite toehrding WbW% me= tennis, voftWi, gaff and mare. Ywdr are taught the fundamentals of each sport, w wa m different mama and ddSs designed to a improve Pafarmance. t Summer E Ukn=t Cum Partners with vwiaos camp sites to offer agoeppropdate c oostr ave summa activities to promote peer items to middle school -aged Youth. f Youth Firer_ Sports Network The Youth First Sports Network is a collaborative eff xt bdween eommuui //wed sports arganhafi= aW DYS PSP is to serve notice to the public about sports programs and w ars that are accessible to Biffimo m 35t 11/14/2018 Cultural Arts rx • SMARTART: Youth C Rural Arta Festivalt Utugae ads &sbval brings tom ethnic and cukmel Smaps, and mclu lea live pw&mmncM danmshattom,ech tallms pn art, arts & crafts booth and a food buck " courey e. This event is FREE and opou to die puWe. • Cakaral Sampling Tours Tows expose you& and their families tO various culdual amenities available throoghout the city. The toms areis mum ES s a '� } 1 • DYS 411 CrewlPhe Wzmgwts 411 Crew uses a "dramatic' approach to show youth bow to apply positive choices to difficult situstiom The Wataapets are an adensim of the 411 Crew. These tiny dmwtms help to teach wWkr children how to apply positive tlitiioult situations. • Youth First S.T.A.R. Posner Hollywood at'= ce abate Bhmhlghsm stars at Youth Fust S.T.A.& Power. To participate, students ars requited to shor Power in the areas of .-okb ,v, ), s�- •, )ill IJ.ano14FSITt. � Education • Bridging the Gap.- Conversations In Uvb6 Hh tU7 P -V= designed to "W -91e Black History Mm& with living legends as they share details about thea ltiatarie camrihtttioas to the City of Bkminghem. Birmingham youth and their Semx'Ses ars meatal to Mal presort ens and upclme.aad peisoaal chats to show that th historyis being made dally and that their eftiorb axe able to inspins geoemti ns in the • WEE Read An event that promotes literacy and a granite hove fro readies books for youth in lK to Sdt t Wades- Youth meet and interact with local Bhmmo. m t mrs and ars engaged in hands on sodykies that further promote the fim ofrdding. • Operation Straight A's The Opmhon Straight A's program recogaim youth far academic achievemurt, perfect attendanm and good conduct while in school - Students am rewarded with a variety of prizes to both apphtud their effort and to mooxuage them to beep rap the good work. • Youth First Holiday Campaign DYS' Youth Feat Holiday Cempaigo provides food for Thanksgiving and boys for Christmas to area Birmingham youth in new. #; • Step in the Name of Love Extravaganza Step in the Name of Lave F.xt;avagauza is a benefit step show to kick off the annual DYS' holiday initiatives. Step teams fitrn local churches, schools, and Creek argaui2XtR s perform at the event to help DYS tolled food and gifts for youth and " "R families in need. - s • Harvest Festival Harvest Festival is a safe sad fun alternative to Halloween for all youth ages 2 to 10 years old. This eweut is FREE and youth are encouraged to wear costumes. • Equal Access Network Equal Access is an inf ivatien-shnW effast that tetg& youth who reside in commuartiea managed lay the Housing Authority of do Bhu iogham District, YOUTH F IRS 7 A Health & Wellness Faith AA DYS pefteps with the healthcare community to provide FREE seruamga for uncured and aoderiasur ed Birmingham youth. Attendees are also treated to healthy snacks and beverages, edocatioa on living a healthier lifestyle, and tame put in interactive Baines drat encourage movement and eae+cise. 11/14/2018 4 11/14/2018 Mentoring HE'S FIRST/SHE'S FIRST SUMMITSIERm8 Thu summit is dally designed for those parents, mentors. you& waders and cammrmity leadless who are loal# i rseom+ees to fiffiflor equip your 61h — I2th graders fur a successfirl fbt ue. This FREE event is open to the public ani t features several Sonios that Cover topics seaSitivo to WHY'S young person. Youth and their &dolt mentor mast be 11 registered as a pai and attend the event TDGETHERI A.C.E. Meagorlog Program } S A.C.E. (Another Caring Example) is a direct serve mentoring program for Young boys and girls ayes 8 —17 years okL l A.C.E. participemta take part in gender and age specific sessions that cover topics mkvamt to the issues they face to*.'�re A.C.E. curriculum includes montldy group meetings and activities. t FREFahty Cbecir is a program designed So expose students treaded down the wrong path to the r ,hbw of incersmuon by ,, i mmg detention centerS and correctional Facilities. This program provides an up-cbse and -personal eRpesiaooe to '"ienth and their parents offering than the wake-up call needed to stress Bre benefits of staying FREE firm a life bel:" h YOUTJ�J FlRS7' ' i s 5 WarkfaDevelopment t 1 EMS do Jobs Program t Ago-ai ate empl,5,, oppet:unitias designed to help cultivate the professionaleoos devekapmmt naary ree '101 adults to become an integral part ofthe wcsicfmm Biradngh&m YottrgAdvbwry Comieslon (BYAC) BYAC is for college students and young professionals ages 19-25 years old who world hTm to neprese&t the vo%eof the matters that direct impact their futum Youth Advisory Councu (YAC) DYS is eaeoaraging youth 10-18 Yam old to gat involved with YAC. Youth who have ideas that they believe can a better place to five are cuooaraged to participate Similar Programs in low 1 Youth Programs —100 R -U and fitness, music & movement, spacial events, NMI & cultural activities as well as 8L"tvl I around the concepts of Science, Technology, R*mmm& Art and Math (STEAM). Field tripe, R=W guests and swimming. Iowa City PUbUC LlbrWT TOM Activity GTOID • Deshgned to energize teen Programming and services as well as allow teems a gr a w voice at the Library. Tho Tea Activity Croup ( TAG) meets monthly to discuss books, plan upcoming evmla, play video games, tdk about what's going on, • Sommer of tke Arts Endmb Features a variety of opportunities for musical performers and entertainers. High school, college, and UMMOity swdents fiom across Iowa ase featured m the Emerging Arbors Pavilion at the Iowa Arts Festival to share their talents with the comm®ity. Creating a Lacy of Local Artists is a project aimed at supporting and encouraging emerging artists (age IS - 22) to pane a career in the arts by providing the opportunity for their first commissioned pine, Similar Programs in Iowa Cite The Dreary Cour-The Chosen .."ratioa The program provides mortal and emotional support for young mem and women, between grades 3rd through 8th, which is geared towards creating leaders through Personal development, community engagement, and mentarimg through interactions with Positive role models. F MM is a local organization that provides wrap aMUrAI, multi -systemic services that help youth grades 9-12 connect to Char own dreams and goals through support within their community. Fasliae strives to help students create a successful course of action that will put them on the right path wward their More. 11/14/2018 Umhed Action for Youth is a non-profd 1 wodmg with yam, Perms and the local caammmmity to provide services for all !. teenagers 12-18 years old. It is a Place for yarith to have a voice and give bad: restively to their community. The Teen Patent Program provides a oompreb maws away of ao VUM to young Para* in Johnsen County. Youth Devek4-cot programs give tanageaa as oPPmtUM ty to gain self-esteem,, sinus and leadership. UAY also offers counseling 365 days a yam 24 hours a day far youth, parents & &miliea.,t 11/14/2018 I Similar Programs in Iowa City • Nehthborhood C�tees of Je _ n t.,oanty fN J['� ams a �„r;�y of ager school and summer Pig for echo] aged youth that promote leadership and laming throgo htmacy. community se"ice, mcmDrmg, tutoring, emrichment activities, hcd& and welbaeU per, and preemployment programs. ftograms we offered year rmW m a number of neighborhoods and outreach areas. BOMT ( B t)ppornmitles dudug Out Of School Time) is an after school program that emaoarages stmdeats focus an aadOWS whr7e OffizW fin activities and field trips. YES (Youth F..mpmrered to 89"e) aims to mwaeae *0 Involvement of yonth engapd m manMgfrd experiences and employment by placing them with local agencies. G! WORLD is designed to empower, inspire and educm self'-de£mcd mblmiW young won= through group activities and me mmig al discussions, impactful wmkdx pe, cahmal outings and rad wavld eegmiences. filWORLD provides summits twice a year and additional enrichment activities year round All Girls! Working on goals Overcoming obstacles Realizing their potential Leading by example Destined for greatness I •G! WORLD is gender and culturally responsive to the needs of self -defined minority young women in grades 7-12. Similar Programs in Iowa City AM LAk multicuit ural ministry, focused on lids in diverse cultural communities and &on in eoeammically-depaessed areas. Young Life begin Pi1ih war d SalntsAWlatkx is a with it few simpie ideas about sharing the truth of saciel-Emotional Athletic God's leve With adolescents. These simple ideas Development Program that uses have become time tested methods for retiring out sports W budd reh tionships and to middle school, hrgh school and college students engage plum and their families in friendship and hope, with community resonroes. These trusting relationshipa and SRhmtke Ariaev Offices various character bm'i ft envi mments allow players and opportunities. These programa encourage the their famto express ongoing youth of our and to succeed by deve1oping them the the hat are negatively imposing dy system. A also allows a physwdlS. meatally and socially. Chr7dren will safeplace for families to accept build seMoonfidenoe as they cam badges far the recommended nef'arraWmaurces activities they complete. Throughout the summer by volunteer social workers. months a number of outdoor activities and camping opportrmities are offered. 11/14/2018 8 Similar Programs in Iowa Citgo 'S'i�° t�„� 1at�Sty',9rUita� t'rr�cr6 ' "1,4F• L a non-profit o¢ttesch collective founded by Ux"arsity of Iowa. Committed teens of vobntears visit wa k hop sutra each week with lesson Ph= that faces on literacy, $nagu ation, self -advocacy, social ewareoes% mid play hi addition to werekly writing wadmhopa, the IM offers s —kand activities, a=nal ubnf ices and events, and special one-time wotkahops for stode nta not reacted by weedy programming, ft2ftibul ttrg ststtrs of Jnhrery uuufjoa Adult voluaftn provide companionship, role modefing, guidance and MandaW tbtoagh dMer a Community Based or School Based Program fir children facing adversity! Similar Programs in Iowa Ci Dotaertle Woleaee Interveatbr ]program MVM Provides the oonSde tud rams intervmtiaa services: 24-hour safe ahebw and hotfnq advocacy with hew ft e=at, Mt,, medical and social services; oetmsehng ead support Woups; youth rapport services; VOI= Q opportunities; and community edrtCdion. Darr Calm Provides community and school-based pM"ms. ft* 6-M, remedial aavioes, and v towmd safety cad permanency for DHS f adlim. Fon Oaks also PIM” emergency eheker care end special needs adoptidWkni7y foster care. The He dthy Kid@ School -breed Health Chelan p vvxtw f ce heath Cafe, =cola] health services, dental Carp and Vision rare to childrm m Jenson County film bit& tbtougk high ached graduation who are uninsotod, umdrsi Mu'ed, or leve other bar ieas to accessin8 heatthc M Giunta are efibrad at South Bast Jr f4b, City High, and Northwest Jr. High Schools. ti VSmuts uttsws to,,,,t��4MMPjj,,�� �+e*Mfiemt d�e M,,e��V T believes III the power, of every ()Jlt.L (GOSOC4 Innovator, itisk-taker, - Leader)— to change Ate world. The (Girl Scan P WM Pmvxks !3his of VMY=$ backgrounds and abilities Are opportomity to discover adventum, gain new d Wb, and change the world. 11/14/2018 Similar Programs in Iowa City Joan Bwtnn Scbeol tU a'a Aid Funds provide clothing, boots, tennis shoes, school supplies, eye -mus, Owes, medications and other resources to children in need. Free dihm dWff*ovidW free Out-patient medical and dental services for nmmsmrod and undamsured members of the community, including medications, labs, radiology procedures, specially care and case management. COUDO Provides immediate support through the F Bank and Crisis Intervention Programs. All services are fine and confideotiaL 24 -How - Crisis line, Cbat, and Text services. Available by phone 24/7, walls -in counseling and moble crisis antceach. Special M in suicide prwalbon and crisis intaventiou seviaes, and hosts monthly support groups for individuals wt& specific needs. 11/14/2018 HE Programs To Consider Programa: A9daces end neervatico- is every suoffia and offers a wide nmge of Mareot spats varying fiamh fiOotball GOO Teaching at finhdametals of each sport while including various eae cis" and drill to maid skills and improve performance. FwMated by coaohes orad professional athletes. Ace MMUring ( Another carom example)- Mebatmg paogram fix' boys and girls ages 8-17 with geoder and age specific sessions are relevant to issues they face today . (teals to iospae youth to be leaders in the fi 1 Focuses on 8 own nw"Ag cnknral acts, athletics, remvxbon, education and faith basad butiatims, family services, Leann and wellness, metering NO workforce develop meat. Continued Summa movie sorters- provides youth the oppo wnq to cam tickets to ace latest blockbua w movies. 0* if they attend and pm icpate in offered summa emrkhomt, Attendance rewards youth with 2 five tickets of admissica. One for a guest and themselves. They must also preset a book report following the DYS book form, and must be hsndwr*en. Sports is something youth ace very idaester the I'Mutian renter is themoat ublbW by � 'They strive to M"Wc thea adds in various basketball or volleyball. Showing yuA a wi aporia may spade their interest to get them m Couuaaing youth to the commmay can be achieved 11 mentoring. Devaloprag a mentor reWiaoahip with son community would help them fed nacre ooaneatedi. As w+ providing mentons in various areas of irrtereat soul( as csi eatrepreuemahip and the trades would be helpful 1 bwbdwg you* in program development so that thmc vaccs beard. h also shows that we rune about dram and would lrk,. know thm mere as individuals. J PmvMbag more events and progans to showe"I tabeats and that are gender and ealtmmBy ri!qy A-� very beneficial to showing thele aatieatle ads whoa conaidwing youth, they're all: an hx=tive always gets $e youth m dram a Chance to PWdCiprate in many have ooukkred be om This could bring youth fi+om all over the comm to participate in order to enjoy the newott social skills, learning, achieving and overkoaung along the way. 11/14/2018 11 About Birmingham Youth F1rrt 'About Birmingham You& First" Birmingham Youth First N. p., 201 S. Web. 8 Aug. 2018 WdWme The Offl" Webdfe of the Chy of Bbmb%bam4 AL 1 "Welcome The Official Website Of The City OfBirmingham, AL.' The Official Website far the City of Bamiugham, 2018. Web. 8 Aug. 2018 United Way of Johnson County- http:/Avww w itedwayjwc.,W 11/14/2018 12 City of Iowa City, Iowa Capital Improvement Plan 2019-2023 2019 ffi„ 2023,' PROJECTS & FUNDING SOURCES BY DEP Department Project # Priority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TOW AUZPORT__ Alrport' artdrg Lod E*wWon A3447 3 60,000 AOWORTFWfD 80000 fun OTT MSTATEGRANTS !; 444 6cpehd airport parking to cmftcl additional spaces Mind tis airportbeacon circle. Projectwould made 15,20 edditiorrd epaces �.� A"rtield Pavement RehaMbfion A3461 1 286,000 ANWWFL4 0) 571MOW 280000 OTM STATE i1RANTS ngm MW This project prepares nor Pavement replacement near tee fennM building by pacing additional pavement on the west afthe airen it parking apron in order lo the rARaoa axi ft avalable parking area during recmnsluctlon. main Rumvay7Bw1ronmentelAssessment A3465 2 150,000 AIEPORTmm 150000 FEDERAL GRANTS 14NO 144 94M Flow up project trarn Riamy 7j25 Conversion. This Is me EnWmnmmW Assessment required before conshmft an approximately 213 feet and of Runway 7125. 144 extension at the Rummy 7 Runway 7 Erdenalun (213') A3466 2 AAPWTam 1,170,000 1,170.000 1'FVMW GMM f1W t7TAW Fdkw UAW up PmjWftm Ruriway7125 Conversion. This lothe Emromnental Acte mment required before conatrutdirng an apprmdmaiely 213 fact 1AW axWddm the Runway MW of Rummy 7{25, at 7 Runway 25ThrachddRelocalon A3470 1 106,000 460,000 AM W000 W000AMmrFumD FEDERALvRMMM 0440 414000 Runway 25 Threshold Rdoceecn and Re-Ilghtng. Runway 1200 Threshold DlsplaromenWelocalon A3471 1 72250 325,000 WFM W,260AiR FEDBIAL GRANTS Munn 21ZM Runway 12 Threshold Dbpleowwd- Runway 30 Threshold Rekkation WAS Self Sera feel Seaton Kiosk Replammerd ANEW1 2 661100 AMPWFUMD 88,000 191Mf4w OTk9rSTATE GRAArT3 44M UPWaft 10 'be Airporfs $a0 ServiW l0osb to replace seat card readers io snow for use of RFID Chipped cards. An AirportAprornEapanalon ANEVQ 2 AAMWTFM 1,25000D 1,250000 FEMBAL GRANTS 124000 faw This project adds additW apron apace for airs r ll parking, 111 MIM MAW AIRPORT Total 392,001) 65800 475,1)00 1,17101 1,250000 5,1)46,250 CITY MANAGRR County Behavioral Aa ess Center 04723 2 6,500,000 OP29 AL Re8 L 6y600 000 07T/ERLOCAL Gt7YEA110ENTS 4MM�� t:0011eD0 This hiding B for tfe qty of Iowa Mft es*A*d propoftel share r>rthe capital costs of a cantyafda bdnaAWW Oases canter b serve dents andlar eubelance abues cissa Partners In the pro)ect Include load healhc 4�CG aperkncing meatal heath Department Project # Prlority 2019 2420 2021 2022 2023 Total CITY MANAGER Tofal INANCE InlreskftroAnd Management 04724 3 275,000 if3pm 274M 274WO And managermant solb mm that WA be umired by d city departments to manage %a Phyntcei waits for 0"109 and management dcurrerd or tubrne Projects. 2AW FINANCE Total 275,000 FIRE 5000 20010W14M AM am Stdm Annuat ioprovarrherhts neadad b matndfn Ck Har blAdng klu ft HVAC, boor, fire Fire Apparatus Reple "WA Program 24406 1 MIM mrppreal0n, amrityand other b0inq components. Gt AERAL FW 955,000 1,900.000 4 1,90fI,00D ,f55�000 tftm fe4m 104001 wow Annual funding for smal caput projects and hWove anis throughout Priorities Por UAW drA01a0a 4RM um"M irromwA Park AnnuaiADA AecresAfttmpmvemehts 84132 1 30.000 30,000 30,000 30,000 f,0ra,6as i a0"M 4240 Repfaoament of Fins Department equipment 30,000 264000 314M 6" In 2020 Fire Pumpertit51 2020 Scotty House 2021 fire PwnperlAeriait1M 2023 Aerial T-1 Fire Station 05 1 6EAE>: MABD 524000 To acquire property and construct the0 Cilys filh fire station in the souln aided Oro city. FIRE Total 11E8,010 1,910,000 1,900,000 4,b11,000 RARY Library Carpet and Fumiehings Repleearheet 8M 2 608f�t�T 400,000 400,000 A mull -year Project to replace cwpe0rg and sane furnishings in targe areas of the 4ndudes updates for cerpek demo and floor prep, mohnhng, GC, iwmnca, lees, ba Lcbrsry Fist 4K� 41W poen has 31,000 square feet d carpel, and 2nd floor hes 30,000. Pin" Mary HVAC Repairs 234345 2 224 QEWW Rw Ziba 25y800 Savereh years ago there was an ar%bmdng study done to detemina, among o0w things, moo a replaoamand rehormund repleeirg four bloarer oohs and four condwW g units in 2019, echedule for WAC components for fine wrsry bulgch9. They LIBRARY Total 25,100 40000 425,100 NEIGHBORHOOD & DEVELOPME ParmNj% Softare Upgrade 64720 1 400,000 GOOD= rOQm 40Q000 This Project upgrades the c1Vs current psrm*q sWara, Trdamark NEIGHBORHOOD & DEVELOPMENT 400AN Tafel 400,009 PARKS & RECREATION City Hal - Other Pmjecfs R4129 1 50,000 25,000 25,000 r:61YERAL 14ifItD 50,000 5000 20010W14M AM am Stdm Annuat ioprovarrherhts neadad b matndfn Ck Har blAdng klu ft HVAC, boor, fire 64M MIM mrppreal0n, amrityand other b0inq components. PaftAnrarattmprovemerdaAAain co 84130 1 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 OEAERA!fiMty 100,000 500,000 tftm fe4m 104001 wow Annual funding for smal caput projects and hWove anis throughout Priorities Por shin drA01a0a �� n ShWWT8eihiy !V!Ah eharhea„ Const Maintenance, Partner and per Ina 2011 Perk Master Plan are Park Signs Site Furnishings, Oppaimc'6'ea for Sinal Projegs end E Park AnnuaiADA AecresAfttmpmvemehts 84132 1 30.000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 150,000 De1l"U meat Pt*ci # Priority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total SBWLRW a4a6e 34M 34x60 MAN 34000 W= Smd projsds in pada m Improves and enhance phyafsd ahx Wkty iDperk teh Un and adit ae dn, 2018 -Mom Playground Area, Phasaart Hol, High land 2019 - Tower Court College Green, Brookland parks; 2020 - Hun*rs Run, Black Sp p►arla Camdery Road Asphalt Dseday 84145 2 50,000 50,000 GEPOW FUND 64000 Mill and resurface with 2' asphalt ovedey on a perlon of the 19,090ef of road in the aemtwy. Riverhad Crossings Pads Development 84185 1 950000 gr WO t;+oeDaros a4ao3 WOOD Development of the Rh whM Croasbrps Park on silo of old wealewaler plant in Rhor ked Crossings Dbft Phase 2 101plemsnta8on of Uhe park sleeted of the Rn fit Craaskrgs Plan added a reskoornk picric shd* and pow staion to increase ser kft-' Bike Tib 84206 2 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 125000 AEAERALRAW macro AAO zs000 26yo00 r�asc f13,Op3 Annual appropriation forthe construcion or repair of bike talo. HthwaY 1 SideweWrd 84225 3 902,000 GO MAUS m,em g � MAW h4RAA178 3x4000 097,006 This project will construct a 110' wile aldawelk along k4 Hwy i between Sunset Street and Mormon Trek Boulevard. 54030 Wilow Craei Omanis Park lmprovarnenla R4322 2 900.000 Soso 1Gh4 W y�� �� WAN 370RtfW7PRF= in se eas RePboe PMC sfkaller, restrooms, playground, creek realumfion. and signage. an of g Upgrade eoce>ar AddiBorwl Ph7elr aocerelbidty alsnranis and arrrtacrg for a of playground to be regionel draw for inclusive and accessible play. portiah Annual Recreation Center knprovmwnta R43M f 65AM 50,000 501000 50,000 50,000 26AM G OW19HLRAID e6,e00 34eea 64000 51%M 64M 3 APA Annual projects to monhlein RALRC & MercerlScenlan Recrealon Centers. 2019 RALRC Fire Ale nn System Update WW) and HVAC Component Repdaoeknarrk; 0351Q. 2020 - resarve finding for 2021. 2021 Lipper Cartel ADA Restrocrns Remodel, Moes kitchen la social Hal Pedestrian Mal Reconstrucilon R4340 1 4A30,000 GD80AdaSX00 STORtr WATO Ptr1V 254"0 4s74M M 33RANM0 WAVR FM 104000 This pr*cd is par of the do wnfoam a masher plop. This project updates the Blaftaw k mini park and the east and weal wigs of Ute pedesbien melt The project Includes replacing brick pmays rarer landscape and ", enhanced fpuntain lig New Part Development- Location Unspecified R4346 2 GOOD= 370,000 370,000 344 374010 Funding to develop anew neighborhood pwk In on emerging or underserved location. The City own several parcels designated for parka and deveelopments are oanpleled. Faimeadows Playground end Shelter 84348 2 150,000 15900 (W Bam, law fm Rapfeoemed of WWW, park sign and smell doll playground. 1Netherby Restroom, Sheller 3 Pkyground upgrades 84349 2 550,000 OOBOMD9 SIAM Replace park shale6 rairoams, pfaygronand and signage. Upgrade access paths. 5RODO AM Chadek Green Park Reskoonas and Sheller 84350 2 365,000 1K000 GODOM SAM 334060 Build picnic she9er, restrooms, accessible paths and poking at C hadek Green Park- Community Garden. Recreation Canter ADA hiprovemsnto 14351 1 430,000 8MML RAND ,per 30,WOD0 This project k pWMIng Ibr ADA movalons for the Reber A Lee Recreation Carder. The Phase 11 renovaion work scheduled in 2019 will aftese Ptiorllse and came brine ADA renovations for rvcW*dl oaurt signage, hooker rocahs, second loot mW Lower Cdy Pack Adserdure Pbyground R4356 2 6501000 60110AW a64se0 � Now playground on hillside between Upper and Lower Gly Parc Repleces Lawer City Park playground and amusemarrt park rides. Whispering k'leadows SheOar d Pbygroknd R4357 2 185,000 l85hD00 GODOAIDS ften Add pkrWc shelter; god playground, park n and aocwsa paths to WhisPig Meadows Park 1 Low Cly Park Shelers & Restroom Replacanant R4368 2 490,000 494000 G061G1EDS 494M 4KW r--- rroject # l'a irity 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total Replace 3 picnic shelters end m*Dom in Lower City Pack Cosa= Kfwants Park Fiwj ramd A Steelier Romoon 84359 2 1,100,000 370,DW 370,000 Renovate Nature PloyAres, replace ehetter, add aocesaibtaRqM P� and opponbnWWea for creek access; at Kiwarais Park SAM East Side Sports Coarptez Tres Buffer R4380 78,0D0 10" GIMERAL� 78,000 744 Plant tress along he soulrem border of site for East Side �� Complex t0 provide bolter of fire sale from the 7wSports edjaasdraMroed badus. Napoleon Park Sabel Fields 5$ Renunfiora 84362 448,000 3 6r sE AL AIM 350.000 350,000 Tia Pr'ojea t will renovate and enhance fields 54 at he N 154M aPdeon Park SsibaM Complac. The projad ar01 hrckde he laser WIM new outleld kaf to 5elds 54. grading InialiK the 80111110n of drainage tie and Upper Gly Park Sheflers d Restroom Repleoer w R4383 2 2354000 GOBOMtoa 490,000 490,000 Replace 3 picnicsheRers and realrow in UpperCfty Park 44as0 49M Scott Park Sheller and Playground Replacement 84364 2 00BDAwoa 185,000 186yoo0 184M Replace playground and plawtccaheberat Scott Park Add ooncraba paths fa iraessed accessibility.1ikW0 Playgrand replacemaol at Happy Hollow Pak HidM NO Park Conkin St Shelter A Re straws R4366 2 124M sop01101a 245.000 24AWD Replace PlowiC shelter and restrw= at Conklin Street entrance to Hickwy HE Park MAW 34M Glendale Park Sheller d Playground Replacement 84366 2 6001000 608001100 215,000 215,000 214dw Replace playground and add picnic siheRer, pads sign and creek access at Mandale Park Add concrete paha far Increased 214M atcessUNy. Napes Park Pleyground & Accessible Path R4367 2 GO80M 165,000 180,000 Te4oao Replaos play9nxmd and add PaOa for increased aeewib011 r at Napolew Park I'M Court HE Park Shelter b Playground Replacement 84368 2 ooeOlMtls 185,000 184000 Replace Playground and picnic shelter at Court HIM. Add concrete low paths for kwcreased acorassibilMy, Add oppoArawiMea for creels INAI0 access, Mercer ParkPool - Dehuanidifiaa60Nf•ugrpoFalrg 84369 1 927,589 6FARUL t 927,569 GDBONDS 2'w 227,66! The Bast phase of the boler replacement projed is n oo IKM taymnesknr The majadty d the HVAC tdpmaat I►� been h This P� will a0ow for HVAC and ddunifics6on upgMdes b the MewAqualc CenieF end SceNan eq gp Mft conlinaously sin RAL Recreation Center Pool Filer and HVAC 11,070 2 MOM 60,000 640,000 704000 Tth ProMd world include he roplacemad Of the erdsting pool tibM the addition of a UV system, and new pod delanmldi&aion 2TRaao YAM Mercer Park Ori Gianonnd Al Turf Canvasionsystan. RNEtN1 3 Cosa= 1,700,000 1,100,000 OTHRLOP,ALC,BY&aIIM M ?%ex 10g600 P1*d WOO anved OWN Meld and wMW from natural materials to syntildc turf. Adaiond 10" City Hag Bola Systern Repkioernerd RNEW2 modl0calons would include new Sell and bullpen fardeg. 1 6EAfERALFiAl61r 1940a0 22,000 448,000 e2, 7Qa0a 1 " The project will slow for the design, purchase, and krate0efion of an energy etlkderd baler and hearisystem for City HaA. opkaional. This project wil aim for a radea�n ofhe system for bast 9M. ala of the two ballets is not 44400ng Hunters Ran Pads Playground 6 Sheffer RNEW3 2 60BOMM 235,000 2354000 Replace playground and one shelter, and adds a MWW access pates from street aid difewak ZMAW 234M IfappyHOft Playground RepFscernent RNEVV4 2 6DBOMtaS 120.000 120, 000 Playgrand replacemaol at Happy Hollow Pak 124000 124M Terror Ul Skate Park Redovabprrnent RNEWS 2 GEAE UL FM 600,000 6001000 This project nenmias the skate park and adds access paths. SKM WRO City Park Ball Field Imp w march RNM 3 50,000 100.000 100,000 260,000 Dept+rtmeat ProjW # Priority 2019 2020 2021 2,022 Total 2673 ►Nest RWrbmk Sbbtlration P3981 1 270,000 MM 124901 04001 84001 12400! Arcual appmpdaion for resurki ft roadways and alsys bdu ft asphalt concis, and brick go Be= 270,000 Final do*n for and "Won Ol fie west bank of the Iowa River from Mfr *891 10 liay 6. Feasibl8y level study and Class 4 opinion of probable cost for bank ttabi Edon cmapletrrd by Mcl NAillewalor Design 7 000 MhOn Group based on survey work torn Dubuque Street; Riverside Ddva, and Gibot Street are currently the pdOrly corrldom for undergrorrxft sbclkical faa110es. Equipment Shop Perking LotAWd* Overlay P3983 2 123 00 Bbyde Manton Plan tmplementetion 53827 3 150,000 300,000 160,000 150,000 150,000 RMDUSETAXAMID EQU4p01U�YTRw $x290 723,200 TMs project willirck+ds milling and nsskrtadng drive areas of he exising Equrprnent makrd PW40 pwft lot wily 4' asphal ovwlay. 1200 Smd%k Skrage Bunkers PNEW1 3 210,000 MWIM Legion R"wj Bbd b TaftAve S3154 2 578,000 9,444,000 BC10,000 WOETAVAIM 214M 21RWO red Coveoutdoor areas fiat wN Blow far improved abragsam e of dlsalt mbchre and Aar !W materials. These swo erase were oiglnaiy lrrduded kt the Pubic Works P*4 but were removed due b budget comb Tho storage areas can also Fedly Brine Mskerand 9leridirg Station Pf4EW2 3 95.000 40APM 40,30 This F*d roll'Douala the ehkdy tithe inter mfr of Scott Boulevard snd M 4mbe AvanuelAmariran legion Roadto ddmine he prS%mW relic oonlyd mass ues b rodwe deleykanges6on. The study A RevUSEMFUND IA 95000 74090 Bdne-mddng and blondist emSOn that oboe for Onsite creating and 6*ution of brine sd" far winter mdr>tenenee. This would allow the City to prebeat roads prior b a caowltee everd, pretreat the sat as l carries eutthe beds of the akrdka, a Annual TrelicStgnalProje* 33814 3 150,000 300,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 RMDUSE TAKR#M 900,000 154000 704090 law 154009 10A0a0 on= This is instal a PrOjectto replace or add tragic sig►afs at k1bsrsectiM wih OUMBI ad traficeig W egkdpment or at deVerous and tar =bokd if�rsekalOrks This prOjeet WE PORMWOM F17) camwm at soalked Intereadipa that do r Trac C"V S3616 ROAD USE TAKRMID Annual opMO Oorr brbafiC WhiOg prejeds Curb Rar wwADA S3822 RMD USETUR MD Arurual approprisdlon for he =Nlf rllon OfADA amossible curb ramps. 15,000 15,000 15,000 15000 15,000 75,000 75y000 14000 15,800 14800 14M 74000 100.000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 500,000 104000 104M 180,000 104080 184000 88000 Annual PavementRehabiitdon 53824 1 2,004,388 2,108,90( 2,205,901 2,306,901 2,408,801 ROWUSETAKRM 11,049922 UMffY RANCINETAX tUAM i'M&M 2,05;,000 MUM x2149" N^W MM 124901 04001 84001 12400! Arcual appmpdaion for resurki ft roadways and alsys bdu ft asphalt concis, and brick 04M UndergroundEled*dFacilNes S3826 2 183.582 190,352 190,352 190,352 190,352 UILIMPANOMM TAK g gg0 !8!,002 194752 fOq 75¢ 1s4s52 194752 This is an annual project to convert overhead electrical systems to und"Mund 144000 Dubuque Street; Riverside Ddva, and Gibot Street are currently the pdOrly corrldom for undergrorrxft sbclkical faa110es. Bbyde Manton Plan tmplementetion 53827 3 150,000 300,000 160,000 150,000 150,000 RMDUSETAXAMID 900,000 f30,0pp 794000 104090 104000 150,009 This is an annual pmjectio ts> brnwd the recnmaan MMM of Bre bode natter plan, trrrpmvement projocte iukdude oorretudbr► o(blce Innes bibs boulevards, 000,009 f rll improve abeeb to pronate equal Mess and usabiNly for al mo and other**M$Orad MWIM Legion R"wj Bbd b TaftAve S3154 2 578,000 9,444,000 6ommiUnm S Damn= tJOD !W GDDOM 4o7slsm 40AM 40APM 40,30 This F*d roll'Douala the ehkdy tithe inter mfr of Scott Boulevard snd M 4mbe AvanuelAmariran legion Roadto ddmine he prS%mW relic oonlyd mass ues b rodwe deleykanges6on. The study A wahate a dtft condrhons, traffic sign Annual Bridge Maintenance & Repair 53910 1 150,000 250.000 250,000 250,000 90400RQADlR4ETARFLOi� 154M 25Mess !04,000 254000 TMs provides forhe� on and Fewva0on of boa CRYS bridges MdLK major 004000 q repairs and reet9rallm 2019 fi WjV for Ora projed was nwMed t9 Avow pojed hs 2nd MXolsWBhd-Golder(ioSycamore 33934 2 4,650,000 4s14M 660,OD0 S7tGOBQIM UMORMW 44%W NPIMT FUND 040 0 44600 This project will Includeo9nsbucionalanow arbdalre fromGVwtSbaetb 44M may Street Thep x31 induda a 49' 8 B mad with Me lanes bdh aides. The protected project also 6rduclss 5' nide sidewalk 8' wide sidewalk 1 akrng Premie, Street Moe RePtecamkar 53935 1 735,000 This project 1011 include the removal end replekxmrentof Oro existing triple corrugated metal pipe culverts %M new mkhreed concrele bout culverts. The projedt wi alae ow include rarroval and replacement of downstream Ramon Cro* slope probo6on, ups --2-- Pro set # Prl0r its' 2029 2020 2921 2022 2023 Total �RALFjAlO Tocondructisld' ANN "'M �� tS4eoe cmprovanerds an the baselxeft diamonds at City Perk. PARKS & RECREATION Toted 1,860,000 $510,561 1�d81A10 2,105,008 3,770.000 1I,f45,661 LICE Polk* Ca► 8 Body Camera Repboement Y4441 1 250,000 OBNER4LRM Man 250,000 ft)ect will replace the entre W16m oonstsing of all polkr vehicle video recordems, di body wom aanneree24000 Poke Front ONoes Remodel ). server storage 2 74,760 74,,750 t#EAERIa.1'IA4tp 74M 74750 Remodel three oboes (one Watch Commander and two k teMewh 74730 o=mmudale poo Interview rooms. This work coincides with other � ft Poke Departm at a fee poke depertrnant One of the oi6oea would be modified b Crime Scene Mapping System YNEW2GWJMFEM 3 100,000 WOOD MIMMISFITOFMINAND 04sss Replace cid Crime Scene Mappkg system that p used for focoMill, cot eang, dapan XAM Ynciudea 5re egrdpmard end training. ems' �d Pining aimahaasfn scone evidence in court The cost POLICE Tota! 424,750 424750 rUMAU WORKS LarAl Ev"ant Bulft Replacement LM LAWRLL mw ma'am 800.000 800,000 Tbis Pmjedwo* oonalct Athaso4sss repleoerneM and reczirg ache landfil equipment storage tw8dngs, uareMly known Buldnp am ev A and BuBd'irg B. ImM Leachate Pumping System L3330 2 565,000 L4MWU MADThis 58x000 Incl des th r imrWiffiion a hiireedruclure to impiernent a asnprened oh dual wftction Poenefpm)ect l system, ohich will improve �� gas w t don Of 9a migration, and pookN* Imp as wal as trraZ Compost Rad stents LNEW1 1 250,000 LAAIDF>l DASD 2AMV 24"0 The landA's *,acre compost pad wit be baddtled it muMple area to fl large W An asphlt 25402s fsiuidetamsg. Aeacoatwillbeaddeooetherawmlaewilbeaddedonoterockandaeacasteviboapetopw Soulr Side Recycling Site LNEW2 3 520,000 LANrMi¢1141AiD520,000 A new drop -of site would require several acxes of d OMAN signagearil ydMmrarl larAcoong. Depending on re, two material compactors with eischicol fnlrestrucirre, seven ral-off bins, tencing, Aghling, Lendli Dual Extr8cft System Exp Hkm LNEW3 3 LAAMIU RM0 45,000 455,000 W4000 ThistNoJeCt Indrrdse the design and Instela8on a an 4MW X00 oil Landfill Dual Extraction System, which was 10""current "m to an additional eight u nine wo originally ft2016. Thb proJectwi sxpenalon of WE s expand the Annual Storm VA& trnprovarnania M3631 2 240,000 240,000 BTOVtI MERFlSIiD 240,000 240,000 240,000 1,200,000 BROW MOOD JKM M4SA � aev This is an annual ProJadthat wM mepatr andfor fmproau mn slowader iniesbkrre r aeq oso ucthranrghoul the City. Loaner Muscatine Arae Stone Sewer improvanents W632 2 76,000 875,000 STOWWA7RRM 750,000 TNs Ko)ect willinstal nsw slam waren and Inmkes akrg DeforestAvenus, Frenlder Street, Ash MusceBns Road and Syeamme Mea Sheet, Pine Strout and Spruce Sheet now their i isrsecions with 7alsV Lower NOTM Wesidnster Sloan Sawa Upgrades M3633 2 1TOR1f 1m17ER tM 148.000 1,040,000 1,180,000 "ia Pged evil Imams ihs storm sewer on OWN capacity Nath Wesinirater brigs end Washirgtan Street. 41841" Pubic VftM Fatty P3969 3 3,200.000 woo=a200,o00 Move LAMNKL A00 x 704009 Thh for the strulk Uaiic engineering, storm meet dMerona n�hs ;�6" &' and a The 209 Ar id adds arlwnpan 1�facift and sariwy sewer maiNanance, refine colt Department Project # Prior[ty 2019 7020 2021 2022 2023 Total Mokm Avenue lmproyemenia S3936 2 250,400 3,750A00 Amem BRANTs 4,000,400 HAMGO80NDS macro f,4m000 onf><RrocAr oDur,Rnlmrrs 1yi1AM ta"m This project wll raeonsbud Melrose Avam&%W Road from Highway 218 to lien Avenue, and is ajdrit pr* d bsb oom the City d Imre Cly and Jchnean County. 1900 Dubuque Street Recomftcdon S3939 1 132,000 1,232,500 'm WAV Bosom1,364,504 STORM WATERFtM 11114m 119500 114n7ERRMiD 104000 f04006 This projedis part of Be d0anrlown afreetacape maeW plan. This project reconsbucts 10Roes (04000 Dubuque Streetfrom WWhing0on b lows Avows. The project also inprwres adewals pavarrt0rrf, addresses discal uh'ily updates, end ertnarucee the retail eaviorxnentw Obrood Avenue b Capkd St ealcomedion S3944 2 4�pp O00 6144000 GOAIMW 200,000 2,800,000 9,400,ODO 8M MWATERFUK) 4111011I)0A0 4104000 114tMM MD 1/4000 t5440o This project would extend Capid Sheat and Kubmod Avenue as 0 part of the Rheiont area rovrenne AL The 254000 CroseNng pr0j also irrctudee replacement of the 12 -inch in wafer aeon on Capitol Street between Benton Street and the mikood to the north, wet 13,361,000 First Av&I%coR Blvd Inbreerdion krprovements 53944 2 200,400 950,DOD MW GODONDS !,154000 4,150000 lr s project w1 make fm ThIntissaproveanents to the First Avenue and Scott Boulevard kderaeaion, including a proposed roundabout: b improve tack 1,(54000 movemenNhrough the SIAM CourtSbeetRamnshuclon S3946 2 GO GOND$ This project will reconsbud Court Street from Muscatine Avenue to 1st Avenue. 775,040 5,570,000 4345400 774M 4940o0 4301000 Benton Skeet Rehabiit m Project 53947 2 254000 2,560,000 FEDERAL GRgm $$10,OD0 1,z17rtf01 GODOM palm 1,04'f'a This projad wl! include PCC Retching and HMA Overlay of Benton Skeet from Mormon Trek Boulevard to 150' Benton Drive. f pl fm out of In eddiim the project striping bike lanae on Benson Street and updating ADA curb reaps. will include Second Avenue BridgeReplaarnernt SAEW10 1 100,000 WOOD� OTM STATE GRANT$ 454M, M 'm WAV RdIDr1sETAXF1AlID mom nun x$m This project wll Indude the removal and replaeernent of ilia mhft pmcad conerele penes bridge with 0 new atngieVan reinforced corrcrele box cuk art The projedwi also include removal and replacement of dopa P *don edjeoent W the bridge c Rochaaler Ave Reeonst- Fist Ave. lo Ralston Creek SNEW 2 650,000 5,750)= 0080ND3 0540,0 47e4a00 4�pp O00 6144000 Reoonstrudion of RohesterAvenue from First Avenue to the bridge over RaMm Creak. The project will hdude new street paving, sidemk, utOty improvements and other msodated work. Hwy 1Aixy6 intersection Improveroenb Study SPEW4 2 75,000 GNOW FUNA 75,000 716 projed will study 1ne south Hwy 11}#ey 6 intersection and provide a functional tutrre knprareraenM. tonal design for be > > Dodge Street Reconoud - Governor to Burlington SNEW5 2 117,OD0 1,250.000 12,000,000 FEDERAL MUM 13,361,000 GOBOAM PON MW l,25Mom 400 00 RGID e>gE TAxF M "4611101S7OBUtas 4^M YMFIM 117,M WAND ftmnstn d of Dodge Street from Governor Street 10 Burlington Skee4 This wA be a joint proJed with the DOT, and wil Include SIAM new street Pavement ardewelk bprovmlenb and other associated work. utility Market & idkm on Street TWO -Way Conversion SNEW9 5 5011,000 GOMM NOW m40e0 Canvension of Mart She & Jefferson Streets from one-way b hv** y eOMMOM The proect cost tndudas new troft atgnob, pavWMM marldrip, buffered blke lanae, and signage neoeaaaryb implerpenl fine canveraiorn The conversion is inbnded b go AmudSow Mob Repb mwd 113101 2 750,000 760,000 750,000 7601400 750,000 3,74000 NYISIEWATE,RRAUD 764x100 754000 MAN 750m This project co nsb}a of annual sanitary sewer repaire and Wevenihtsnthroughout ire sewer eyatem ve maenca � 47 os0 . WaitoweixClertlerRepelre V3144 t 350,000 WAS7i716tTERMO 750000 350,000 JROW Dgwtmmt Project # Priority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total This project nil mpBrtr bur of the aiginel clerfiaethat we kneepad In 1989_ They all have the Original n stea nal carbol mechanisms that ere replacement andfor repair, aevarh+ corroded and ere in need of So* Bowed Tru* saw w V3145 2 475,000 ],550,000 WASM07ERFUAID zV5,060 47400 115900 Mass, This prejed YA extend tha Soon Boulevard Tnric SeVW*= the north side of be Iowa i rteretets Railroad at the Soon Six Industrial peak to the M station currently serving beWindurRidgeSob nhkN. Nevada Ave Sanitary Sawa Replacement V3147 2 60,000 290,000 WASMUT):RFWIItI 35g om � tlelEce �� This project lnd Wm renro ft and replsdn9 the sarnitary sewer RING Ore back Ys*bshlrnd Nevada Avenue from Lakeside Drin 10 Whispering Meadow Detre West Park Lit Staion Rehablitatim V3148 2 105,500 MASTfOti 500 E7tib47ERRmID 114600 1� Prefect includes noacing the eodslrtg 11 station with a standalone wret wel, eubmerelbis prmpa. valva vault va control valves, new pump controls and panel, natural gas gensmbr, equipment salvage and demotion of be esdstirg dry WOW well and Digester Cover Renovalon WASIEWA7ERRM V3150 1 864 851000 Renovate two (2) dfgester covere. 64000 V3151 120000 7,870,500 7,910,500 WASO ATERFUND 7tR,601 7,FAW 124M rtCm The (lura Project has two parts: l) Provide prooasskelade d structures and equipment removing phosphorous before cigBstion. 2) Replace rddl * heal vrib internal carodm and Shift deposrb'on, ranovele Ove (5) digaster covers, Inst (HE)4 Influent Rake and Screen Replacemard VNEW] 1 1,000,000 1.000,000 110$7 M7XWFUW Lso4ee1 This Project will replace be eodating mire and Screens that was Installed into 2802 projact and have virtually been it corarhant screen suffered a rabesUnphic ialure in 2017 wkh be iafure of then" operation alnce lrrstalatiom The west rebs and Wmicaye LII Sbalon Rehabitialim VNEM WASTEN 4MR= 2 1,OAOOO 1104000 Rehablkhalon incudes demobs Ore WON 11245 demolishing existlrg �I , convering the slalom to a wst-wet vahre vault will surface hetdNee for pump ac�a, basket aaeeni now ef" gerneretor, replace ZO year old PSP, naw conirds, valve vaultwkh bypass ape l,9. Y Rohred Smith Saw VNEW5 2 250000 2,]75,000 REVENI E60MOS z42A000 This pro)ect would odend 1116 30-inch sanitary Bawer pipe along Abbey Lane tam Burry Drive b the west aide of US H' 218, %440N 405 phway IiretAvenue (400.500 Bbdk) Water Main Replace M212 2 577,100 W47ERFM 577100 �'� f1D This pro)ect is a w&W main mplacematt projad wdb rest &Aw street end skiexmk replacernBmL Apprwdmaliy 1,1DO feet of a, cast Iran (vintage 1955) will be replaced wli77, ti' PVC and duclk Iran watEr main. 60 tof 16' cast hm (*tage 1962) rail Spruce St (1300.1400 Block) Water Main Repi W9216 3 20,900 197,358 111t7ERFilHD 211,330 This pro)rrt is a water main 217.3*PVC and dM rot pipe roplecoment pmjW with raBpaalva sleet and sidewalk rgcnnvwk ApprmdmgWy 675 feet Of 6, cast iron (vintage 1955) will be replaced will, B" Melrose -Lendbl Wider Main Erdenaln W3220 2 110,000 1,310,000 L91,42;1000 LANDFILL MOW 1,310,000 1,20009 This Project will mclond Cify water mob along li ircoo AverwrellVW Road, Iran SlOmor Road b Heol Avernw, and along Heol Avenue to the Land61.. Apprmdmelly 8,5go W ofwaler main (400 ft 12' duclile iron and 8,000 Jest of W PVC), N nt erraW �ed W3221 2 100,000 600,000 780,000 This fM phase is 108000 614010 TAM beet eakur&L sl, eetgitearinG study which is intended fO irweB% opdom for the removalof source water nubierd contaminants, spedicely mUaft, and than eonsbad Pttjectwill remove nutrient contaminants from source w Di St. Water Mein Replarernent W3222 ] 75,000 725,001) WATERRM 800,000 YAM TAM This is a water main neplamwd project wlh mSpacffve street and tddt Ak replacement Approd 1200 feet of r cael Von �� replaced with r PVC Pipe (new mtrimum standard pipe 94 The project rho Inc P� (nn tags 1920, f9�, Band 1953) will be BWW Drive Water Mab Replacertmrd W3300 3 40ORTIRFINO,000 310,000 352000 44M 310000 r4we This is a waler mein replacement PrOjsd wdb respective rivet and sidewalk replacement 1250 feat of &Inch PVC. �'p10Bd'" '550 of �"du raal:iron Pipe (*'WP 1956) will be replaced wllr WaterDislribullonPressure Zone lmprovemandn KIM 1 100,000 1450,000 959000 Mepa tment Project # Priority "19 2020 2021 2022 2023 RDBWBQM Toted /natal died* valm and H'W a reducing valve on du baler main tat Ave creat vahxs or dose vahnea the localooc SKM pump at Rochester grad reg Three at vad0*x tcnuphout the Cly. storage reeeuvitsr. Three eddrh"cnal shed* valla ver Instill a third p Jwdan Wal Rdmbrftilon W3305 1 MBrl7EltRM 150.000 150,000 rsgoae Reunove and reihclal, or repetr the one Jaden wen. rs4000 Deforest Ave Water tdain Replacement M307 1 IBI1F MAID 40,0110 910,000 MON APP G&w* 5110 feet of 84mb caet-iran pipe (AMP 1958) will be replaced with 500 feet of 8*4 PVC on the 900 bbd* of DeforestAwanue. Collectr Wei Ca m* imp ovemenia W3311 3 JIMMMEeOW 6110,000 800,000aogoW An engineering study of wkft ailuuiel raw water fartlifes is sdredu fed for 2018 MW which trillerherata g Plane and cpedBcaDoae b devgop or uedey�P new or existing aoureas. The study would be Wowed by the exmxftn of the recommended solution fo Hwy 1 Nawk Ridge to 1MaIK*Q %ler Main Rep! W3313 2 E47ERFUND 64.000 840,000 70!1000 Rqft*appnazlmately 1,600 feet of 72 in* h wafer matin 1990 KM g'aw 704#00 VV"rt entente. No service lines are hr iris ares. 12�ihdh PVC with hendrleac installs the FlecA* Ridge epartrneMs b Ore nom rade of Flphisatr 1 arrow from fie f4gh Se*vbe PUM VFD RdPlacemen# W3314 2 91VITMAW 50.000 MAN Replace the (4) four variable frequency drives (VFDs) on our high senke pumps. 514M 6W Peninsula Wal Field Pavan Redundon WNEW1 3 WAIM AIM 75.000 740"75000 4 Edend MldAmedcan elecbicet zwwmB down Foster Rd to the Peninsula Wet Field U648N aet s iluded to Ore AW nalh of the t*ensler Of"" power. dog park Upgrade the ssritdrgear set to slow Chlodne Feeder System Upgrade V NEM 3 VAUERMW 60,000 60.000 Design and have installed new chlorin feedsaAOe equipment wily associated compubr system idepretiuhn. PUBLIC WORKS Total 16778,770 25,930,808 17 41,253 16,085,753 30,244,753 .. �, _.� 1 0b,181,152 SENIOR CENTER Armal � FadOty, hlWrnemeraa K1007 4 50000 50,000 350,000 3REML 100,000 50,OOD improvemeu>lairdude phualerrePelra, in8 54M s6*40oo r04Wo AM wallpaper 600.000 MOD OmWdm of needed ebcbir al u uiee b i p �, i*snikhre replacement tc inprow us op of fecilly. pd mprove ihf0 about t Aso Programming coming L progremmng i.a lalmd SENIOR CENTER Total 50,000 50,000 350,000 100.00/ 50,OOD NAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES Paridng Fo ft Restoration Repair 73004 2 80,000 300,000 PARlmU PAD 300.000 300,000 300,000 1,280,000 This PAM xgWO 3dgw TODD x4m el �light� applicationof concrab web* repair of cont of and expansion joints in upgrades addition b other paddrg feci(y ape*a8c a9 g Piles on top decks of fed rapsf� d PWNN Equipment EW Upgrade T3018 2 75.000 PAINO' PAD 75,000 7RANWFWW f4mv s0.aas This prayed will involve the upgrade of g equipment to be able to ehde8ng Parkin revernue control accept aedi tarda 14060 with EMV chips. Rec CenterParldng Lot Overlay 6 Crede hiNviement 73019 2 165,00D PAMMFM 1IM 164000 This This projadwt inuiude ►erxxh5guretion/redeelgrr of the RobertA Lea Raaeetm Canter fain 80 and mang heat*rfadng ofthe Robert A Lee Reaee9on C b hnprare dreufatlon, Ralston Creak bank sdebtliration and aeekslde TransilEquipment Facility Rebcalion 13055 2 EQtawlsE*1r FUW 16,000.000 181000,000 AMEMIt G A M 4004M 4000 TPANaf7F11WD 12.604a00 $0AW 10VIIW 40UN Deput0eent Project # Priority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total This Pmjehi Wolves the wnabuc6on of a new basrlait and equipffog far maintenance aimaions and storage. As pat of tNs prg84 the storage area will be expanded a0owkng for an know In feet oke and the mslnalence facYly will be Transit Bus ,,1' xier Replecema t & UpNWM T3059 2 �� x,000 TPAM8I7FM 50,000 15000 sun Skm This pmjed will allow for the purchase of bus shebm to replace nhekaa in need of extenalve repair as wet ae cow for new bus WIN shaker lnstallatims. Transit Facft S LotAsphelt Ory T3063 2 50,000 6AM KNO This project Wil MAD ming and resurfacing drive areas of the e>dsbng Tnmett mainierranoa and storage Padang lot With 4' asphalt overlay. AM Transit Moble Column Vehicle Lilt T3004 2 60000 7RAAWPM 60,!100 This wouM allow Transk to purchase a moble lilt used fara4ar►a Heart and Light Duly Buses, DANrepairig Muscatine Ave PadesbieryfrenskAmeniles TNEW1 2 60,000 7AA WFIAln egon 60,000 This project involves the instelaion of an accessible mW4Ao r aosswalc with Pedestrlen rouge area en Muscaine Avenue between Wade Street and yMiam 9 adjeceat to Hy -Vee treel Pm pmperly. This Project also trhroNes =*Ucbm of pedestlar cirarlat RaPINIMMM ofElectronics in Smart Pad*V Meters TNEW2 1PAMMUiI60,000 968000 Tlft Pmjed hvr*es the repleaxrrent of the eloftnk s in our & street parking meters xlme $mW Yideo Cameras for Parking Facilities TNEW 3 100,000 100,000 AI PARMWM I04R0 2MON This pojod Wolves Yrs Installation of addiional high-deiration rammas in panting fedW*L Parking Enfowernard Vehides 7NEW4 3 90,000 60,000 PANIQrt�i FUAtD 8.000 150,000 PROM Purchase of a new vehicle wit k wm phrle reader loopvehicle that Is scheduled for replacement in 2021. y to M P9 entoroement lo 2019, end the purchase ofa. replecerlfent license plate, reader for existing Parking Ramp Auto -*d Pmtrrg Equipment 7NEM PAUMFIAW Rept men! auforreted psrkng aquipmant in par % feagw. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ToW 275,000 275,000 SWIM V400 2MOD 59000 73CAN 675,000 1,37000 18,57500 350,000 21,700,000 GRAND TOTAL 34AOXP 31,813,422 21,327,213 36,715,753 37,161,753 10,367,501 Item Number: 13. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok 10WA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Planning and Zoning Commission: October 18 ATTACHMENTS: Description Planning ano Zoning Commission: October 18 MINUTES PRELIMINARY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OCTOBER 18,2018-7:00 PM— FORMAL MEETING EMMA J. HARVAT HALL, CITY HALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Carolyn Dyer, Mike Hensch. Phoebe Martin, Max Parsons, Mark Signs, Billie Townsend MEMBERS ABSENT: Larry Baker STAFF PRESENT: Sue Dulek, Anne Russett OTHERS PRESENT: Megan Carr, Gina Landau, Victoria Sharp, John Sharp, Matthew Kulzak, Andrew Hoffmann RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL: By a vote of 4-2 (Martin & Dyer dissenting, Baker absent) the Commission recommends approval of REZ18-00020, an application submitted by IC Housing, LLC, for a rezoning from ID -RM to RM -20 for approximately 1.79 acres and RM -12 for approximately 2.55 acres on approximately 4.34 acres of property located south of Herbert Hoover Highway and east of Scott Blvd subject to City Council approval of the following conditions: 1. A north/south street shall be built to City standards and dedicated to the City as a public improvement in accordance with a subdivider's agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. 2. A detailed landscaping plan to be approved by the City Arborist to ensure a landscaped area that buffers noise and wind from the proposed housing communities at the time of platting. 3. No building permit shall be issued for the subject property until the City Council approves a final plat that conforms to the proposed zoning boundaries and generally conforms with the street layout on the concept plan. By a vote of 6-0 (Baker absent) the Commission recommends Council update the Fringe Area Agreement with Johnson County. By a vote of 6-0 (Baker absent) the Commission recommends Council not write a letter of support for CZ18-00002 an application submitted by Claude and Adam Greiner for a rezoning from County Agriculture (A) to County Single Family Residential (R) for approximately 11.34 acres of property located south of American Legion Road and west of Wapsie Avenue SE. By a vote of 6-0 (Baker absent) the Commission recommends approval of ZCA18-00003 Amendments to Title 14, Zoning of the Iowa City Code related to transfer of development rights for historic properties. CALL TO ORDER: Hensch called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA: None. Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 2 of 15 REZONING ITEM (REZ18-00020): Discussion of an application submitted by IC Housing Group, LLC for the rezoning of approximately 4.34 acres of property located at 4643 Herbert Hoover Highway SE from Interim Development Multi -Family Residential Zone (ID -RM) to Low Density Multi- Family Residential Zone (RM -12) for approximately 2.55 acres and Medium Density Multi -Family Residential Zone (RM -20) for approximately 1.79 acres. Russett began the staff report showing an aerial map of the site, the applicant is proposing to rezone some of the area to RM -12 and the remainder of the site will remain Interim Development- Single Family Residential (ID -RS). The applicant has used the "Good Neighbor Policy", and a Good Neighbor Meeting took place on September 25, 2018 at Helen Lemme Elementary School. One neighboring resident attended the meeting and expressed concerns related to construction site runoff and stormwater management and concerns related to the proposed public street. The same neighbor also submitted a letter to the Commission which was included in the agenda packet. Russett gave an overview of the three part project, phase A is the rezoning of about 2.5 acres to RM -12, the applicant is proposing an affordable, family apartment building of about 36 units on this site. The applicant has secured tax credits from the Iowa Finance Authority for the project as well as $400,000 from the Johnson County Trust Fund and $200,000 from the City of Iowa City. Phase B (on the east side of the property) is the proposal of about 1.8 acres to RM -20 and are considering an affordable senior housing project of about 52 units. Phase C would be a future rezoning. With regards to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map it identifies this area as residential development around of 2-8 dwelling units per acre and in addition the Plan encourages goals for a diversity of housing options. Additionally, the Northeast District Plan encourages housing diversity and a mixture of single family residential along with townhomes and small apartment buildings. The Northeast District Plan lays out how this should be done by locating townhouses and apartment buildings adjacent to neighborhood commercial areas and at intersections of arterial and collector streets. Staff finds the proposed rezoning is consistent with the Comprehensive and District Plans due to the location of the project near the Olde Town Village commercial areas and along the Herbert Hoover Highway arterial, therefore a mixture of housing types, including multi -family, is appropriate. Russett next showed pictures of the project site. The applicant has provided a concept plan and elevation for the design of the two multi- unit buildings. Russett noted these are just concepts and staff will need to review plans as they move through the site review stage. In terms of transportation issues The Northeast District Plan discusses the importance of an interconnected transportation system. There is a current 8 foot side path constructed along Herbert Hoover Highway and the project site is within half a mile from a transit stop. Staff is proposing a condition of approval be a north/south street shall be built to City standards and dedicated to the City as a public improvement in accordance with a subdivider's agreement as well as a detailed landscaping plan, particularly focusing on providing a buffer from the proposed housing and Herbert Hoover Highway. Russett noted one correction regarding the neighborhood open space requirement, the staff Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 3 of 15 report stated approximately 0.28 acres of public space is require or they must pay a fee -in -lieu and that number should actually be around 0.35 acres. Staff recommends the approval of REZ18-00020, an application submitted by IC Housing, LLC, for a rezoning from ID -RM to RM -20 for approximately 1.79 acres and RM -12 for approximately 2.55 acres on approximately 4.34 acres of property located south of Herbert Hoover Highway and east of Scott Blvd subject to City Council approval of the following conditions: 1. A north/south street shall be built to City standards and dedicated to the City as a public improvement in accordance with a subdivider's agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. 2. A detailed landscaping plan to be approved by the City Arborist to ensure a landscaped area that buffers noise and wind from the proposed housing communities at the time of platting. 3. No building permit shall be issued for the subject property until the City Council approves a final plat that conforms to the proposed zoning boundaries and generally conforms with the street layout on the concept plan. Hensch asked about landscaping and noted the main concern is providing a buffer from Herbert Hoover Highway but the Commission prefers to see a landscaping plan for the entire project and not just focused on one area. He noted the Iowa City Care Center is to the south of the project and there should be some buffering there as well. Russett stated the applicant is required to submit a complete landscaping plan that meets the City's landscaping requirements, what staff is asking for in the condition is for the applicant to go above and beyond the standards in that area. Hensch also inquired about a topographical map for this area because of the concerns raised regarding stormwater. Russett does not have a topographical map but showed on her map where the site slopes heavily on the eastern side of the site. Hensch noted with the third parcel being undeveloped that will temporarily mitigate stormwater issues going to the southeast, but feels it should be addressed now and not wait until that third parcel is developed. The final point Hensch is concerned about is the fee -in -lieu of public space, and none of the developments in area have any neighborhood space. Russett noted that it is possible that all developments in the area will do a fee -in -lieu of if there is not space on the sites for park areas. Staff would work with the City's Parks Department on this during final platting. Hensch asked what size of space is needed for pocket parks, he feels it is necessary for children to have a place to play close to their homes. Russett is unsure of the preferred size but noted the applicant is proposing some open space for the residents of this project. Townsend asked what the affordable housing is based on since this project is receiving funds towards affordable housing. Russett noted the applicant can address the rents and target renters. Dyer noted that since affordable housing is likely to include children it should be expected to have a playground or facility for children to play onsite. Russett noted the applicant is proposing a playground on the site. Hensch open public meeting. Megan Carr (IC Housing Group, Sand Development LLC.) stated they do have a proposed Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 4 of 15 playground for the site, there are also picnic tables, a bike rack and they intentionally moved the parking lot over so there would be open green space for the children to play. Carr also stated there will be a buffer along the property line next to the Iowa City Care Center, it is a hedge along the parking lot. Martin asked about the playground area and Carr said they can send the City photos of the playground equipment and areas they have developed on other sites. Dyer noted the handouts the Commission received in the packets are not easy to read. Martin agreed noting it is better to have more visuals so they can make better informed decisions. Carr said when they come back before the Commission at the preliminary plat stage they will provide better detailed plans. Carr noted they have received tax credits from the Iowa Finance Authority and hope to close on the land in early 2019 and start construction. Townsend asked if the entire project is considered affordable housing. Carr noted the first phase is funded through Iowa Finance Authority so it will all be affordable, low-income housing. Townsend asked what is considered affordable. Carr said in this community they have proposed 6 1 -bedroom units, 12 2 -bedroom units and 18 3 -bedroom units and there is a mix of 30, 40 and 60 and there will be 4 market rate units. Carr said current market rate for a 1 - bedroom would be under $1000 and up to a 3 -bedroom would be $1300. At the 30% rate it is about $450 for a 1 bedroom and about $620 for a 3 -bedroom. Parsons asked how many people would live in phase A if all bedrooms were full. Carr said it is unlikely they would ever have full maximum occupancy, they do allow up to 2 occupants per bedroom in their units, but in most cases the occupancy is less. In this development there would be around 80-81 bedrooms. Signs asked how many stories are the buildings. Carr said they are both 3 -stories, and within the 35 foot roof height requirement. Hensch asked if phase B is maybe a senior housing development or surely a senior housing development. Carr said if built at 52 units it would have to be a senior housing development because of the bonus, if they kept the development as family housing they were unable to garner any additional funding from the City of Iowa City or Johnson County. Martin asked about the concept of the building. Carr said they are looking at a row -house style so the one building looks like many different buildings to better blend in with the community. The building would be 60% brick or Architectural CMU Block and the remaining portion would be a cement board siding or similar product. Signs asked why they are not including phase C into this current plan, and noted his concern about stormwater draining and neighboring properties. Carr said they are not including phase C right now because they are unsure what they will do with that development, most likely it will be an outlot and it will need to come back to rezoning for a platting process. She stated they are also looking at doing a regional pond on phase C where the stormwater would collect. Carr said they have talked with the neighbor and will continue to keep an open line of communication with the concerned neighbor as the development moves forward. Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 5 of 15 Hensch closed the public hearing. Parsons moved to recommend approval of REZ18-00020, an application submitted by IC Housing, LLC, for a rezoning from ID -RM to RM -20 for approximately 1.79 acres and RM - 12 for approximately 2.55 acres on approximately 4.34 acres of property located south of Herbert Hoover Highway and east of Scott Blvd subject to City Council approval of the following conditions: 4. A north/south street shall be built to City standards and dedicated to the City as a public improvement in accordance with a subdivider's agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. 5. A detailed landscaping plan to be approved by the City Arborist to ensure a landscaped area that buffers noise and wind from the proposed housing communities at the time of platting. 6. No building permit shall be issued for the subject property until the City Council approves a final plat that conforms to the proposed zoning boundaries and generally conforms with the street layout on the concept plan. Signs seconded the motion. Martin noted this area is one of the entrances to Iowa City and it is very important to keep the entrances to Iowa City beautiful and she is concerned about how little information the Commission was given on concepts and not knowing %^.,hat the end result will !000 like wit" all three pieces. Hensch agreed with Martin's concern regarding this being an entrance to Iowa City and feels the landscaping plans along Herbert Hoover Highway are important as well as his concern about the people living at the Iowa City Care Center and the view from their facility should not be a parking lot. It is a lot of density in this area so landscaping is needed. He acknowledged Iowa City desperately needs affordable housing but that doesn't mean people who live in affordable housing shouldn't have decent facilities and areas to live in. Hensch is concerned about the overall lack of green space or a place for a pocket park. Additionally there seems to be chronic problem in Iowa City regarding stormwater management and he feels the Commission should receive a City Engineer's report for any rezoning, especially in this area when they know it is an issue with the neighbors. Parsons asked if the City Engineer has to sign off on every application for stormwater management. Russett said stormwater management is addressed at platting and the site plan stage so the applicant will be required to meet all the City's stormwater management regulations. Martin noted that yes the City needs this type of housing and really likes the style of the building but wants to make sure smart decisions are being made for the entire community. Hensch also noted that the Commission has often seen elevation drawings at the rezoning phase so they can be better informed and that hasn't happened lately. Signs concurred and noted that is his concern about the phase C lot, the area is dense, it is neighboring both residential and commercial, and is uncomfortable not having a picture of the whole property at this stage. Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 6 of 15 Dyer noted the landscape issue is because the parking lot in phase A is a large asphalt/concrete parking area and often with areas that large there is also landscaping within the parking lot, the residents of one side of the building will have a view of only the parking lot as well. Russett noted the City does have landscaping requirements for parking lots and all of that is addressed at the site plan stage and the whole project is subject to the City's multi -family design standards. Townsend noted the concern regarding the nearest bus stop '/z mile away when this is to be low-income, affordable housing. Signs noted a challenge of affordable housing in the community is there is not a lot of options of where to put it, and most of the places are on the fringe of town. The Iowa Finance Authority scores the applications based on the housing being close to schools, shopping amenities, etc. and that is not possible in Iowa City. Parsons said there is such a prejudice against affordable housing so it is important to make sure these developments are done right to counter the prejudice. Hensch noted he has many questions still lingering tonight regarding the development. Hensch asked if the sense of the Commission was to defer this topic for more information. Dyer stated it would be good to see examples of other affordable housing this developer has completed. Russett asked what the Commission would like the applicant to further provide. She has heard pictures of playgrounds, other developments, etc. Martin said often the Commission has received pictures of products that will be used, playgrounds, and at the very least elevations to see how it will all look. Russett noted the rezoning request is not for phase C and therefore there is no concept for that area. Signs feels that is part of the problem and the whole area should be handled as a whole. Hensch would like more information regarding a landscape plan and building elevations. Dulek noted the Commission must act within 45 days of the application or it will be considered approved and day 45 is Sunday, October 28th therefore unless the applicant is willing to waive the 45 day requirement action must be taken. Parsons noted that most of the informational items the Commission is requesting can be on the preliminary plat which will come before the Commission. Russett acknowledged they can definitely provide more detail at that stage. Tonight's decision is a land use decision, is the Commission comfortable with multi -family use in this area of the city, will it be compatible with the neighborhood and consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Parson stated he is comfortable with the RM -20 and RM -12 at this location. Hensch acknowledged they will see more information at the preliminary plat stage for this project and could take a leap of faith and approve this. However he noted staff should be aware the Commission wants to see more detailed information on similar applications in the future. A vote was taken and the motion passed 4-2 (Martin & Dyer dissenting, Baker absent) Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 7 of 15 FRINGE AREA REZONING ITEM (CZ18-00002): Discussion of an application submitted by Claude and Adam Greiner for a rezoning from County Agriculture (A) to County Single Family Residential (R) for approximately 11.34 acres of property located south of American Legion Road and west of Wapsie Avenue SE. Russett noted this item is located in Johnson County, not in Iowa City limits, but is in fringe area B, outside the City's growth area, She showed on a map where the proposed rezoning is located, and noted the current County zoning for this area is agricultural. The applicant is proposing dividing the parcel into seven single family residential lots and one outlot. Russett noted the City is required to look at rezonings in the fringe area per the Fringe Area Agreement. The County's future land use map indicates this area as residential, the residential land use category allows single family detached dwellings with a preferred density of one dwelling unit per acre or more. Although the density shown on the concept plan is less than one dwelling unit per acre, the proposed rezoning is generally consistent with the County's Comprehensive Plan. The Fringe Area Agreement is a component of the City's Comprehensive Plan and applies to areas not specifically planned for in the City's Comprehensive Plan. Staff relies on this Agreement and policies in reviewing proposals and the Agreement is intended to provide guidance regarding the development of land located within two miles of Iowa City's corporate limits. This property is located in Fringe Area B — Outside the City's Growth Area. For this area, the agreement states that agricultural uses are preferred. The Agricultural land use category envisions agricultural uses, such as row crops and animal husbandry, with "very limited residential development." Based on the policies outlined in the Fringe Area Agreement, which is part of the City's Comprehensive Plan, staff does not recommend approval of this rezoning. Staff recognizes that the proposed rezoning is consistent with the County's recently updated Comprehensive Plan; however, staff relies on the Fringe Area Agreement policies when reviewing rezonings in the Fringe Area. Hensch asked that since the Fringe Area Agreement hasn't been updated since the County's Comprehensive Plan was updated perhaps the recommendation is the Fringe Area Agreement should be updated. Parsons agreed and said they should be updated together. Russett said that could be passed along to the City Council. Signs asked that the rezoning application does fit within the County's Plan but not the Fringe Area Agreement. Russett confirmed that was correct. Hensch opened the public meeting. Gina Landau (MMS Consultants) represents the applicants, Claude and Adam Greiner, and wanted to address the Fringe Area Agreement. She has spoken with the County and was told that at any time the County or the City can request an update to the Fringe Area Agreement and it is the County's intention to request an update as well. The County has also told Landau they are in the process of working with some of the smaller towns to update fringe area agreements and were working their way up to Iowa City. The current Fringe Area Agreement is 12 years old and that is why it doesn't reflect what the County's current objectives are. The application however does follow all the County rules regarding density, acres of correct size, street locations, and stormwater management. Landau requests the Commission recommend that Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 8 of 15 yes, this area is good for residential use. The County has the ultimate say and Landau believes they will recommend approval. Victoria Sharp (5124 American Legion Rd, SE) noted some concerns regarding changing from agricultural to residential based on a number of issues. First is the heavy traffic already on American Legion Rd, speeds are quite fast, and multiple accidents have happened very close to this area. Hensch asked what the speed limit was along American Legion Rd. Sharp said it is 55 mph but often people go much faster as well as there is heavy truck traffic on the road. Another concern is the number of driveways onto the road, right now there is one, adding two additional driveways (as seen in the plan) would increase the traffic. Another concern is location for emergency services such as fire, where West Branch responds because Iowa City will not. Sharp wonders if West Branch has been consulted as they would have to have additional people available if there was a fire. Finally she noted a concern about how much overall agricultural land will be rezoned to residential, there is the new school going up and it has a lot of agricultural land around it and it would make more sense to rezone that area closer to the school. Sharp also commented on the drainage, currently there is drainage that goes into that area and there may be difficulties due to that drainage. John Sharp (5124 American Legion Rd, SE) added that the American Legion Road is a very recreational road, there is a bike path out there to Scott Park, and people do drive 70 mph down the road and to have a residential development where there are these reckless speeds and truck traffic from the propane place down the road is risky to the families that may live in this residential area without addressing some of the safety concerns. Sharp also wanted to acknowledge the concept of a good neighbor meeting would have helped a lot in this situation, they found out about the rezoning by a sign across the street. Hensch noted the Commission is a proponent of good neighbor meetings however this is a county rezoning. Parsons also acknowledged the Sharp's concerns will have much more meaning at the County level. Hensch closed the public hearing. Parson moved to recommend Council update the Fringe Area Agreement with Johnson County. Townsend seconded the motion. Hensch agrees and hopes it can be done soon. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 (Baker absent) Parsons moved to not approve CZ18-00002 an application submitted by Claude and Adam Greiner for a rezoning from County Agriculture (A) to County Single Family Residential (R) for approximately 11.34 acres of property located south of American Legion Road and west of Wapsie Avenue SE. Martin seconded the motion. Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 9 of 15 Parsons stated he made the recommendation because while he believes the application probably does conform with the County, it does not comply with the current Fringe Area Agreement. Signs noted this may become a bigger issue as he is aware of two other large open green spaces nearby are destined for development so there is the potential of a rather large rural residential area here. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 (Baker absent). ZONING CODE AMENDMENT ITEM (ZCA18-00003): Discussion of Amendments to Title 14, Zoning of the Iowa City Code related to transfer of development rights for historic properties. Russett began by providing the Commission with background as to why staff is working on this ordinance, she will then talk about the existing transfer rights provisions which exist in Riverfront Crossings, and finally will get into the specifics of the amendment proposed tonight. At the City Council's May 29, 2018 meeting the Council considered the local landmark designation of the property. at 410-412 North Clinton Street. Council deferred action on the local landmark designation until January 2019 while staff reviews and analyzes the establishment of a city-wide transfer of development rights (TDR) program for historic properties. On August 7, 2018, Council discussed a city-wide TDR program at a work session and then on September 4. 2018, provided direction to staff on some key policy issues. Staff has been given a timeline by Council, in June and August staff conducted a lot of research analysis of TDR around the country, on September 4 they presented that research to Council and they directed staff to move forward with drafting an ordinance. Last week staff presented the draft to the Historic Preservation Commission and tonight are before the Planning & Zoning Commission for review and discussion of this ordinance. Staff would like to present a draft to City Council next month, the deadline for adoption of this ordinance, should the Council decide to adopt the ordinance, is January 29, 2019, because that is when the expiration of the deferral for the local landmark designation on the North Clinton Street property happens. Russett provided some background as to why the City is perusing this ordinance. National Register Districts are an honorary designation, it does not provide any protection for listed resources, it does not limit a property owner from making modifications on a building or demolishing a building, but it does offer incentives. On the flip side Iowa City's local historic districts and local landmarks provide protection to historic resources and any changes to the exterior of those buildings need to either be reviewed and approved by the Historic Preservation Planner or the Historic Preservation Commission. The idea behind the transfer of development rights ordinance is to provide an incentive to property owners to landmark their historic buildings. Transfer of development rights is meant to protect historic resources by giving property owners of those historic resources the ability to sell or transfer development rights to another property. The areas that may receive the transfer of development rights are in areas where the City wants to see more development. Russett acknowledged the goal is to preserve historic landmark designations and buildings, right now it is uncertain the effectiveness of an ordinance like this, there has been no market analysis to determine a market for these transfer rights, and if people will actually utilize it. Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 10 of 15 Russett noted key components of TDR programs are: • Sending Areas: Areas identified for protection. These areas are typically required to be preserved and all or a portion of the development potential of the property could be transferred to another site. • Receiving Areas: Areas where the development rights from the sending sites could be transferred. These are areas where the City wants to encourage growth and development at a higher density or intensity than currently allowed. These areas should have adequate public services and utilities to accommodate additional growth, as well as a healthy market demand for growth. • Transfer Calculations: TDR programs can allow the transfer of all or a portion of the development potential of a sending site. Ordinances must outline how the transfers are calculated. • Process & Administration: TDR programs need to establish a process for how transfers are reviewed and approved. Additionally, transfers must be tracked over time (i.e. how many transfers do property owners in the sending area have; how many have been transferred and how many remain; where have they been transferred). The City currently has a TDR ordinance in the Riverfront Crossings District for the dedication of open space, preservation of historic properties, and the dedication of public right-of-way. Below is a summary of the existing provisions for historic structures: • Eligible sending sites include properties designated as an Iowa City Landmark, eligible for landmark designation, registered on the National Register of Historic Places, or listed as a historically significant building per a survey • Prior to requesting a transfer of development rights, the property must be designated as an Iowa City Landmark to ensure its protection long-term • Receiving sites include properties within the Riverfront Crossings District • The formula for calculating the transfer is Lot Area of the Sending Site X Maximum Number of Stories Allowed on the Sending Site = Square Footage Eligible for Transfer • City Council must review and approve all projects receiving transfer of development rights • No transfer can exceed the maximum height allowed through the building height bonus provisions, which varies depending on the subdistrict One example of a transfer of development rights was for the transfer of development rights from the Tate Arms building at 914 S. Dubuque (sending site) to a new building at the corner of S. Dubuque and Benton Streets (201 E. Benton & 912 S. Dubuque (receiving site)). Out of the 34,800 square feet of development rights available for transfer, the Council approved a transfer of 7,400 square feet to add a 5th story to the building. The property owner has 27,400 square feet of development rights remaining to transfer. Signs asked about the calculations of transfer rights being based on the square footage of the entire lot and why aren't they based on the allowable square footage of a building that could go on that lot. Russett stated when the formula was developed for Riverfront Crossings they intentionally made it very generous because they anticipated development and redevelopment in Riverfront Crossings and wanted it to be a higher amount that could be transferred. Russett noted the direction staff received on the city-wide ordinance is to have the sending sites Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 11 of 15 to only apply to future local landmarks, not to existing, staff is to develop a new transfer formula, however the current formula used in Riverfront Crossings would remain intact for that area only, Council will continue to have oversight on the program and will review and approve any transfer right requests, and in terms of the receiving sites Council directed staff to look at Riverfront Crossings and sites that allow multi -unit development throughout the community. Russett next gave an overview of the proposal for the City-wide ordinance. For the sending sites staff is recommending looking at future properties that are listed as Iowa City landmarks as well as contributing properties listed in future Iowa City local districts. Staff presented this proposal to the Historical Preservation Commission on October 11 and they expressed concern that the proposed ordinance only applies to future Iowa City landmarks and if it is not provided to future districts it could be a disincentive for the creation of districts and people will just want to create landmarks. The Historic Preservation Commission also noted Council recently adopted several Iowa City landmark designations and requested those properties also be eligible for the incentive. Properties within existing historic districts would not be eligible and property within existing and future conservation districts would also not be eligible as sending sites. Russett noted in addition to this proposed ordinance, staff is recommending an amendment to the existing Riverfront Crossings transfer of development rights provisions to allow the transfer and incentive to also apply to districts and not just landmarks. In terms of receiving sites, staff is recommending any site zoned Riverfront Crossings, multi- family residential or any commercial zone that would allow multi -family be eligible as a receiving site. Russett showed a map indicating the potential receiving sites. Staff is recommending the transfer of development rights be one of two options, either a height bonus or a density bonus, but not both a height and density bonus. Additionally, staff proposes to allow transfer requests to exceed either the height or density permitted on the receiving site, but restrict any height bonus to no more than 40 feet above the maximum height allowed. If the receiving site is next to an existing single family home the height is limited to twenty feet above the height of that existing home. Staff is not recommending any restrictions on the density bonus. Hensch asked if for density someone could use every square inch of the parcel. Russett noted with density there would still be parking requirements, open space requirements, and all other regulations in the zoning ordinance. Russett noted the formula to be used to determine the potential transfer a sending site would have, staff is proposing the difference between the maximum allowable height of the sending site and the existing height of the historic structure. However they are noting that no transfer would be less than 12 feet, or one story. For example if there is an existing historic structure that is 30 feet and the maximum height on the sending site is 35 feet, the difference is only 5 feet but the transfer would be 12 feet as it is the allowable minimum. For the density bonus option staff is proposing the transfer be the difference between the maximum number of dwelling units allowed on the sending site and the existing number of dwelling units on the sending site. The maximum density should also be based on the on the underlying zoning designation at the time of Iowa City historic landmark designation. In terms of the transfer process, any requests for a transfer of density or height from a sending site to a receiving site will be reviewed by the staff design review committee, which will then Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 12 of 15 submit a recommendation to the City Council for their review and approval. Russett noted the proposed ordinance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan as there are goals in the Comprehensive Plan to protect our community's historical, environmental, and aesthetic assets, there is also a Historical Preservation Plan component of the Comprehensive Plan which again has goals for the preservation of historic resources and also a specific goal to establish economic incentives to encourage the preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods. Staff recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend adoption of the draft ordinance by the Iowa City City Council. Hensch thanked Russett for the thorough presentation and how helpful it was to explain the proposal. He noted he is not a big fan of the density bonus and feels there could be issues with that but likes that City Council has to approve all transfer requests. Martin acknowledged the process this has gone through and asked if the Historic Preservation Commission did approve the ordinance. Russett said the Historic Preservation Commission did have some concerns but recommended moving it forward, she will go back to the Historic Preservation Commission in November with an update and let them know the progress. Signs asked about the historic district piece, noting a few meetings ago when the Commission voted on a large group of properties on South Clinton Street (the Railroad District) that was to be made into a historic district, would those properties then qualify to have transfer rights. Russett noted they would if it was a contributing resource to the historic district. Hensch asked for clarification on how the transfer rights work within a district. Russett used the Railroad District as an example, any property within that district that is identified as a contributing resource, that site and that building, would be eligible for a transfer and the formula would be based on that specific property, not the district as a whole. Hensch asked who can take advantage of the transfer rights, only the owners of the property, or could they give that right to some developer in their name. Russett said the transfer rights could be sold to a developer. Dyer asked about demolition by neglect or any provisions that say the owner must upkeep the landmark property. Russett said they followed the language that was in the Riverfront Crossings Code that says the property is subject to the demolition by neglect ordinance and property needs to be maintained. If the property is deteriorating the owner would not need to make improvements to be eligible for the transfer rights. Townsend asked how they would keep track of these transfers. Russett said the City will maintain a database of eligible properties and transfer potential, where they are transferred to and what the receiving site is. Staff is also proposing as part of the application to apply for a transfer details on the application. They are also requesting that if there is a private sale on the open market that the City at least be notified the sale has happened. Martin asked what would happen if a private sale happens and the developer does not use the transfer rights for a while and in that time the City decides this ordinance is not appropriate and removes it from Code, what happens to the developer that is now the owner of a transfer they cannot use. Dulek acknowledged that is an issue that is potentially out there. She added with Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 13 of 15 regards to maintaining this database there will have to be the ability to keep track of the change of title for these rights. Hensch asked if this ordinance is in response to market demand. Russett said it was a request of the property owner's at 410 North Clinton when that property was going through the historic designation process, they requested for their local landmark designation be put on hold until this ordinance could be discussed and implemented. Hensch opened the public hearing. Matthew Kulzak (222 N. Clinton St,) is an econ student at The University of Iowa and is taking a class on planning livable cities and that is why he attended today's meeting. In class they are discussing the development rights and transferring those and he feels from an economic perspective it is great because one issue that occurs with historic buildings is there is potential development in that area but it is unusable because it historical and something that is valued by a city to maintain historic character. One issue that could arise is the building being neglected and the rights still sold, and that seems like a valid concern and not in the spirit of the program to benefit for the historic building but not maintain it. Andrew Hoffmann (718 Oakcrest Street) is a College of Law student at The University of Iowa in a property law class and commented on the density issue noting it was pretty limited in the way the presentation was shown because the density can only be transferred by the extent that the landmark has the capability to do that. Hoffmann feels it would be a pretty small transfer and not a big issue. Additionally the distance of transfer, the transfer could be sold and used anywhere in the City and there are no restrictions given in the presentation. Hensch closed the public hearing. Signs moved to recommend approval of Amendments to Title 14, Zoning of the Iowa City Code related to transfer of development rights for historic properties. Parsons seconded the motion. Signs noted he likes this amendment in that it does address some of the concerns he expressed when the Commission was acting upon the historic properties at past meetings. There is potential for economic loss to a landowner when the City designates a landmark against the property owners will, and now there is a potential benefit and may mitigate any owner loss on the property. Townsend would like to see some requirement that the property had to be kept in good condition to be eligible to transfer development rights. Martin asked if a property sells their rights, then has the property demolished due to disrepair, what can be rebuilt in that location. Dyer recalls that when the Tate Arms transfer of development rights happened the property owner was required to upgrade and maintain the Take Arms building as well as be able to construct the new building. Russett agreed and noted there was a provision in the Riverfront Crossings Ordinance related to demolition by neglect. That provision will also be in this ordinance. Russett also noted there is a City ordinance that requires all buildings in the city to Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 2018 Page 14 of 15 be maintained. Signs is concerned about an indefinite time frame, but likes to idea of bringing the building up to standards at the time of development transfer. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 (Baker absent) CONSIDERATION OF MEETING MINUTES: SEPTEMBER 20 2018 Signs moved to approve the meeting minutes of September 20, 2018. Martin seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. PLANNING AND ZONING INFORMATION: Russett noted two things. First she introduced the new associate planner Ray Heitner. Second, staff received a letter from property owners in the Cardinal Pointe Subdivision that she emailed out to the Commission members, the letter expresses some concerns to a property that is for sale off Camp Cardinal Boulevard. Russett noted staff has not received an application for a rezoning on the property yet. Signs noted there has been a substantial change of membership on the Commission and in staff and he wonders if a work session is needed to talk through expectations going forward. Hensch noted it seems like staff reports are different now and perhaps stormwater can always be referenced even if just to say no report for that application. Signs agreed, that is an issue brought forth in many applications. Adiournment: Signs moved to adjourn. Parsons seconded. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 G OIXIVi 14<H41 i IX Ni XIO 1><Hxk-1, IX c Ixla -1 �XIXMIXU Ix OOIoIOI` 1><Ixlxlxl-1 Ix nIxIXI ! �x1XIXIXI-i IxI i 0Kx xlxlxlX OI �I IXxlxlxlxlxxl zn I xxxxxxx i U) ❑ 2OLOXoXxxxx iLLI ; OU U W ZV c x X X X X X x O z N Na ca �W xxxxxxx zF za J Lo I LU � X X X X X X 0. 04 X X x X X X X LO M 1 0 X 0 X X X X ; MI1HxI0LL,0Hxl xl M tIX X X X X � N L c U a w W W J >- >-zWWx ❑OJ Nc6 �OZYO�`L�m ai NM o away= moo a)-0az Jain CLC <Jz dQ UY2 z�aw } 11 ii W x U Z O m� w WOWtnt-U) OZ Yx00 YwWZMEZw�: maLL=*aau��� Item Number: 14. + r ui �1 lat • yyrrmr�� CITY Ok IOWA CITY www.icgov.org December 6, 2018 Public Art Advisory Committee: November 1 ATTACHMENTS: Description RUNIC Art Advisory Committee: November 1 Preliminary MINUTES PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 1, 2018 — 3:30 PM LOBBY CONFERENCE ROOM — CITY HALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Tam Bodkin Bryk, Vero Rose Smith, Wendy Brown, Steve Miller, Joe Welter (for Ron Knoche), Juli Seydell Johnson NOT PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT: Marcia Bollinger, Morgan Musselman PUBLIC PRESENT: Thomas Agran, Kumi Morris PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA: Thomas Agran stated that he would like to discuss the BenchMarks program and the de- installation of the benches on the Ped Mall in response to the concerns raised by Vero Rose Smith on the behalf of the Blue Stockings art collective during the October 4 meeting. Agran works for the Iowa City Downtown District and has managed the BenchMarks program for the last few years and has also participated in it himself. Agran stated that the Downtown District was aware of the benches' de -installation for a while and that they had been talking with the City for a long time about how that de -installation would be handled. Agran stated that the Downtown District had solicited feedback from the BenchMarks artists which they submitted to the City along with their recommendations. Agran stated that the artists' feedback involved an understanding that the benches were impermanent and there was a desire for the money made through the sale of the benches to go back into the public art fund or to go back to the artists. Agran stated that the Downtown District's full recommendation was that if the benches were marketed as painted benches and gave credit to the artists, that the public could interpret the sale as supporting public art, therefore, if the money from the sold benches could not go towards public art, then the benches should not be advertised as pieces of art in order to not mislead the public. Agran stated that, because the benches were going to be sold as just a City asset, the Downtown District's recommendation was that the benches not be advertised as art in order to not mislead the public as to where the money from the sale of the benches was going. Agran said it felt unfair to credit the artists and leverage the value of the benches accordingly without any of that money going towards serving a similar project or program. Agran stated that his current understanding of the future of the BenchMarks program, given the Ped Mall renovations, is that the Downtown District has reallocated their title sponsor for the Benchmarks program to the downtown mural program. Agran stated that the last he was aware of, in regard to the Ped Mall renovations, benches were being set aside in order to be part of this program once the renovations are complete. Agran believes the benches will be installed near the playground area. Agran stated that he is not sure how things will pan out, but that as far as he knows right now, the program will continue as a funded opportunity Tam Bodkin Bryk noted that she believes the concern over the de -installation and how it was handled centered around the artists feeling disenfranchised by not receiving credit for their artwork. Agran responded that he understands this frustration but that his view of the situation is that, in this specific context, he sees it as an issue of artist rights and that exposure is not necessarily a fair way of promoting the benches. Agran also mentioned that the Downtown District asked the City to be notified of when the benches went up on the auction site so that he could communicate with the artists, and that he was not ever notified of this. Vero Rose Smith arrived at 3:40 p.m. Rose Smith stated that the conversations she is aware of through her involvement with Blue Stockings was that there was miscommunication of professionalism in dealing with contracts and how much an artist should expect to hear after their work has fulfilled a contract. Agran stated that there had been a lot of conversation about how credit is given and how credit is leveraged for financial gain and that the Downtown District had taken the position of discouraging the City from using the artists' names because they did not think it was something that actually benefited the artists. Rose Smith thanked Agran for coming to clarify and discuss the situation with the Committee. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 4. 2018 MEETING Wendy Brown moved to approve the minutes of the October 4, 2018 meeting. Juli Seydell Johnson seconded. Motion passed unanimously. REVIEW OF SUBMISSIONS FOR THE PUBLIC ART MATCHING FUNDS Marcia Bollinger announced the first applicant is Jenna Larson, the editor-in-chief of Fools Magazine. Larson distributed copies of Fools Magazine's most recent publication, which was released in Spring 2018. Larson stated that Fools Magazine releases publications once a semester and has been in operation for a little over two years. Larson stated that Fools Magazine is a student organization that serves as an arts and culture magazine for students who are interested in expressing their creativity and for the city as well. Larson stated that they have both student and community members and that the entire editorial board for Fools Magazine is made up of students. Bodkin Bryk asked Larson where the magazine is distributed. Larson responded that Fools has their release days every semester and that this semester's release day is December 7. Larson stated that their location changes each semester and that last semester it was Merge and the semester before that was at the IMU. Larson stated that because the magazine is free and there are limited copies, the magazine is distributed very quickly. Brown asked if the libraries receive copies. Larson responded that as of now, Fools Magazine does not provide copies to the libraries. Bodkin Bryk asked how many copies are typically printed. Larson responded that they usually print around 300 to 400 copies and that last semester was the magazine's largest release, of around 450 copies, which was possible due to funding from the University of Iowa Student Government (UISG). Larson stated that they expect a smaller printing this semester due to financial reasons, which is also why she has applied for the Public Art Matching Fund. Bodkin Bryk asked how Fools Magazine's story is driven for each edition and where they get their ideas from. Larson stated that the theme of the magazine changes each semester, along with the cover. Larson stated that the editorial board works with the members throughout the entire semester to not only decide on the pieces that will go in the magazine but also to workshop and edit those that will be published on Fools' website, as well as pair members with a visual artist. Larson stated that the editorial board finalized the twenty literary pieces that will be included in this semester's publication and that the rest of the photo stories, illustrations, and other similar elements will be decided soon by the visual team. Larson stated that the story for each edition depends on the submissions they receive, and that they love a mix of different literary genres and photo stories, illustrations, etc. Larson stated that they try to find a place for every member of Fools Magazine. Bodkin Bryk asked what Larson's role is in the magazine. Larson responded that she is the editor- in-chief and that her responsibility is to make sure that the magazine happens and the rest of the editorial board stays on track and she works with the treasurer to manage the budget and to look for financial support, which they currently receive from UISG, JMC, and the Magid Center. Larson stated that Fools also works with UI Printing to create the magazine, which is managed by the design editor. Larson stated that she is the overseer for the work created by the other members of the editorial board and the members of Fools Magazine. Bollinger asked what the hard costs of producing the magazine were. Larson responded that the overall cost of printing for Volume IV was around $7,000 and that the cost has been much lower in previous printings. Larson stated that the fourth volume has more pages than normal that they printed around 400-500 copies, which is much higher than normal. Larson stated that this semester, Fools is looking to print 400-450 copies with editions of around 52-56 pages. Larson stated that the cost ranges from $11-$13 per copy. Bodkin Bryk asked if UI Printing priced per issue or per page. Larson responded that UI Printing prices per issue and that the price per magazine generally ranges from $11-$13 and that if there are more pages, it tends to gravitate more towards the $13 mark. Larson stated that Fools works with the Journalism School and the Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing to secure this funding, in addition to funds they have received from the University of Iowa Student Government. Larson stated that UISG provided Fools Magazine with a grant of $5,000 for 2018, and that Fools used half of this grant for last semester's edition and will use the other half for this semester's edition. Bodkin Bryk asked if the magazine was also published online. Larson stated that they do publish an online edition as well, because physical copies are so limited. Larson mentioned that the virtual edition is also convenient as an archive. Bodkin Bryk commented on the many members involved with Fools Magazine. Larson stated that Fools' editorial board consists of 10 members and their assistants, and that this semester they wanted to become more efficient in how time during meetings is managed, and so they have been integrating workshops into their meetings which are run by workshop leaders. Larson stated that Fools has been working on cultivating a reputation as an empowering organization that helps its members develop and expand their leadership abilities, which has motivated changes in their meetings and workshops. Larson stated that the editorial board has recently been redesigned to include assistants, so that editor's assistants are prepared to take on the editor's role when the time comes, if interested. Larson stated they also encourage editors, if they are in an editor role for more than one year, to take on a new role in their second year rather than stay in their current position in order to foster a deeper connection with and understanding of the organization. Larson also stated that Fools has members from many different colleges within the University, including STEM majors, which makes for more well-rounded and exciting content in the magazine. Bollinger asked how Larson found out about the matching funds. Larson responded that Chosie Titus, the Design Editor for Fools Magazine, knew about the matching funds because her boss had informed her, and Titus had then informed Larson. Bodkin Bryk clarified that Fools was requesting $2,000 in matching funds. Larson confirmed. Bodkin Bryk asked if the requested amount was specifically for publication costs. Larson responded that Fools would use the $2,000 for printing. Larson stated that Fools Magazine also receives funds from UISG, which they use to support their visual artists in projects that are unrelated to the publication, but that the matching funds money will specifically be used towards printing costs. Bollinger asked if there will be more opportunity in the future to get the magazine out into the public with the money from the matching funds. Larson responded yes, that Fools wants to place more editions in bookstores and coffee shops and become broaden its reach, which goes hand-in-hand with having the funding to produce more copies. The Committee thanked Larson for speaking with them. Bollinger brought in the second applicants for the public art matching funds, Green Iowa AmeriCorps, represented by Megan Hill, the Outreach Coordinator, Sheri Deal -Tyne, the Education Coordinator, and Rachel Oswald, the Logistics Coordinator. Oswald stated that their project is inspired by a project done by Green Iowa / Land and Water Stewards AmeriCorps of Cedar Falls where they organized an event in which they provided rain barrels for people to paint, which was open to the public and organized on a first-come, first-served basis, and then sold the barrels to cover the costs of materials used. Oswald stated that the Iowa City Green Iowa AmeriCorps plans to organize their event a bit differently and needs to account for only the costs of brushes and paints for the community painting event, and that they plan for the sale of the rain barrels to account for the cost of conversion kits. Hill stated that they have 25 conversion kits already provided by the River Network and 9 which were provided by the Cedar Falls Green Iowa AmeriCorps, therefore the Iowa City Green Iowa AmeriCorps needs 16 more kits to reach their goal of 34 conversion kits. Hill stated that the funds requested in their application would go towards purchasing brushes and paints so that community members would not have to take on those costs themselves. Hill stated that they already have the barrels, which were donated by Coca Cola. Brown asked what the barrels are like. Hill responded that they are white plastic barrels. Hill stated that the Cedar Valley AmeriCorps painted the barrels and used a sealant afterwards, which works well to ensure that the paint stays on the barrels. Hill stated that the Cedar Valley AmeriCorps group found that sealant worked better than using primer. Bodkin Bryk asked what kind of paint the group would be using. Hill stated that they are planning to use exterior paint because it is more durable and long-lasting. Bollinger asked about displaying the barrels so the general public could view the painted barrels. Hill responded that they had considered displaying barrels and having informational tables about the importance of rain harvesting at the Farmers' Market or displaying it at an Earth Day Festival. Welter asked if they had considered contacting Channel 4 News about the project. Hill responded that they had not considered that. Rose Smith asked how the Cedar Valley barrels look now, a year after they were painted. Hill responded that the barrels still look good. Bodkin Bryk asked for clarification on the specific paint that will be used and how it will be distributed. Hill responded that the group would hold a day event in the beginning of April to have the painting event, and that they would have pre -confirmed painters who could register online due to the finite supply of rain barrels. Hill stated that they would supply the paint, brushes, cups for mixing paint, etc. Bodkin Bryk asked what kind of sealant would be used and who would be applying it. Hill responded that they haven't finalized the type of sealant yet but that the AmeriCorps group will be the ones applying it. Hill stated that the painting event is separate from the event in which they will sell the barrels, which they plan to put on once the barrels have been finished and sealed. Hill stated that the barrels will be sold at a low rate to just cover the cost of the conversion kits and that any profit made will go back into the Outreach and Education Fund for Green Iowa AmeriCorps. Brown asked if they had thought about soliciting designs. Seydell Johnson stated that the group just intended on having people come to paint. Hill confirmed this and stated that guidelines will be provided for painters. Steve Miller asked what the plan was concerning painters wanting to buy the barrels they had painted. Hill responded that she had been thinking that painters could have first choice on their barrel if they wanted it. Bodkin Bryk asked what the requested $600 would be used for. Hill responded that it would be used for paints, sealant, and brushes only. The Committee thanked the Green Iowa AmeriCorps group for speaking with them about their project. Miller asked how much the Committee has allocated for matching funds. Bollinger responded that they have $8,000 dedicated to matching funds and that the next deadline is in the middle of March. Miller asked if others had applied, or if it was only the two applicants who appeared before the Committee today. Bollinger responded that they put out a press release in August that announced both of the deadlines for matching funds but that they should send out another reminder in the middle of January. Bodkin Bryk stated that Fools Magazine requests $2,000 from the Committee. Seydell Johnson stated that she liked Fools' project but she questions whether it is too University oriented to be considered public art. Bodkin Bryk stated that Larson had informed the committee that she intends to spread the magazine within the Iowa City community more. Brown stated that doing so is difficult when the run is so small. Miller asked the Committee members to remind him where Larson said the copies are distributed. Seydell Johnson responded that Fools distributes copies through a pop-up event. Miller asked if the committee could stipulate that with the provision of funds from the Public Art Action Committee, Fools Magazine could be required to put copies of future editions in more public places. Bollinger responded that the Committee could do this, but expressed concern on how limited that coverage may be. Seydell Johnson suggested that the Committee offer Fools Magazine $1,000 now with the provision that copies be made more publicly accessible and then Fools could re -apply for the Spring issue. Bodkin Bryk stated that she loves the magazine but that she is hesitant to provide the full $2,000 because the magazine feels very University driven, especially because few Committee members had heard of Fools before this proposal. Welter stated that if the Committee did not provide any funds to Fools there is a significantly lesser chance of it getting out into the community, therefore providing them with some funds with the stipulation that the publication is more publicly accessible in the future is the best option for the Committee. Rose Smith asked if Larson had said whether there are copies at Prairie Lights Bookstore. The Committee agreed that she had. Rose Smith stated that having copies at Prairie Lights but not at the Iowa City Public Library indicates that the magazine needs a more fleshed -out distribution plan. Seydell Johnson motioned to provide $1,000 to Fools Magazine with the stipulation that Fools Magazine provides the Public Art Advisory Committee with a distribution plan and that the copies produced with the $1,000 from the public art fund are distributed at a non -University location or locations. Miller seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Seydell Johnson stated that she would encourage the Green Iowa AmeriCorps group to re -apply for matching funds in the Spring with more information on the event. Brown and Miller expressed concern over whether the AmeriCorps proposed project could be considered public art. Bollinger stated that she would like the painting to be done by professional artists instead of randomly - selected community members. Miller stated that he agreed. Welter asked if the Committee could require that the barrels be placed in public areas. Seydell Johnson responded that they would have to discuss where those public places would be. Seydell Johnson stated that they had also spoken with her about painting around storm drains, which is a project Seydell Johnson has more interest in than the rain barrels. Bollinger stated that she knew about the storm drains project as well but that she questioned the longevity of that project. Seydell Johnson stated that she liked the idea of commissioning a few local artists to come to the community painting event to offer guidance or ideas. Bollinger stated that there also needs to be the opportunity for the public to see the rain barrels after they are completed and that she is concerned the barrels will just end up in people's backyards where they will not be visible. Welter stated that he agrees that the project needs to be expanded on more in order to be considered public art. Miller agreed that the project has a lot of potential. Seydell Johnson stated that Green Iowa AmeriCorps is always welcome to come back with another proposal but that, as of now, the project seems more well- suited to receiving a sustainability grant than public art funds. Miller motioned to not provide public art matching funds to Green Iowa AmeriCorps and to inform them that the Committee chose not to provide funds for the rain barrel project because they did not see a connection between the proposed project and public art. Welter seconded. Motion passed unanimously. DISCUSSION OF CITY HALL LOBBY ART PROJECT Tim Adams was present from Stony Creek Landscapes to discuss the City Hall Lobby Art Project with the Committee. The Committee introduced themselves to Tim Adams. Bollinger stated that the Committee's intention in having Adams attend this meeting was to have a conversation about what the Committee likes about Adams' other work, such as "Freebird" in Cedar Rapids, and to discuss other design expectations for the City Hall Lobby project. Adams asked the Committee if they had thought his first proposal was too busy. Brown responded that the Committee had thought it was too focused on the University and writing, and not enough on the other aspects of Iowa City. Bodkin Bryk stated that she believes the Committee is looking for something elegant and simple for the lobby. Seydell Johnson stated that the Committee does want color, but also simplicity. Bollinger agreed that color is desired, though the vividness of the colors used is up for discussion, and that the Committee is also interested in including lighting with the design. Adams reviewed that elements of his past proposal for the Committee members. Brown stated that she would like Adams to create a beautiful piece of art more than something that has a strong conceptual link to the Iowa City community. Bodkin Bryk stated that there are a lot of challenges with the space to keep in mind as well. Adams responded that he got familiar with the space during the time of his first proposal and understands its limitations and challenges. Adams asked the Committee for their opinions on the florescent colors he had proposed earlier. Rose Smith responded that she likes them but would perhaps prefer just using one to keep a streamlined design. Brown responded that Adams should feel free to explore other materials as well. Bodkin Bryk and Miller stated that they liked the colors as well. Bollinger stated that the piece needs to appeal to the wider Iowa City population and should include elements that reflect the community. Adams stated that he appreciates the Committee's opinions and feedback. Adams asked if the Committee wanted to stay away from literary elements. Brown responded that because City Hall is used by so many different people, the Committee wants a piece that a lot of people can relate to and that it doesn't need to be so literally tied into Iowa City so much as it needs to be beautiful. Bollinger reminded the Committee and Adams that the City Manager had requested the piece demonstrate an attachment to Iowa City. Rose Smith suggested a piece that has a broad concept but still relates to something like civic life and what it means to be a participant in the Iowa City community. Seydell Johnson suggested building off elements of the physical world. Adams stated that one of his earlier concepts was an abstract piece that involved maps of Iowa City and its waterways. Bodkin Bryk and Bollinger stated that they like that concept. Bollinger stated that there is a piece in the Johnson County Auditor's Building that also involves the river and that they should be careful that the City Hall piece does not look too similar. Adams asked the Committee why they had stopped working with the artist who was initially chosen for this project. Bollinger responded that there had been a lot of continual redesign and that the Committee could not get a finalized concept of the piece that would be installed. Seydell Johnson stated that this is why the Committee thought it was important to discuss things with Adams before he begins on the project. Rose Smith asked what the process for the next steps of the proposal should be. Adams stated that he could provide the Committee with concepts and sketches within a week. Adams asked the Committee when they want to have the project installed. Bollinger responded that they want it to be installed by June 2019. Adams stated that he would like to have the project installed by the first part of March because Spring and Summer are busy seasons for his company. Adams stated that he would need a lot of time to install it. Seydell Johnson stated that Adams could install over a weekend. Adams provided the Committee with a break -down of those involved in his team and informed the committee that they fabricate their own projects in-house. Adams stated that they complete around four to five projects a year. Brown asked if the Committee had included information about where the piece should be oriented on the wall in order to avoid interference from passersby. Bollinger stated that the original call suggested making sure the piece is stable and sturdy in case it was interfered with. Bollinger stated that as long as the piece is out of arms reach and is maintainable it should be good. Bollinger stated that they also need the piece to not take away from the light fixture which is currently installed in the lobby. Kumi Morris stated that the project would also need to be easily removed in case there is construction or a remodeling project happening in the area in the future. Bollinger stated that the wants to propose a process for going forward and confirmed that Adams could provide the Committee with initial concepts and designs within the next week, then suggested that the Committee forms a subcommittee to review the designs and come back to the Committee with more fine -turned designs. Adams stated that he will email sketches to Bollinger and then the subcommittee, which will be decided among Committee members, can get back to him on their thoughts. Adams stated that by November 30' they could finalize a concept. Adams also suggested that he could email the Committee a time table for his own process that the Committee could agree upon. Bollinger stated that she and Adams can work together more on those details. Bollinger stated that the Committee members need to decide on when they want a final decision to be made as well. The Committee thanked Tim Adams for taking the time to speak with them. Bollinger asked the Committee members who would like to be on the subcommittee to work with Adams more directly. Miller stated that he would. Bodkin Bryk stated that she would as well, but reminded Committee members that her term ends in January 2019. Rose Smith stated that she would also like to be on the subcommittee. COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR REPORTS Brown asked Rose Smith when the pop-up exhibition she has been organizing with architecture firms will open. Rose Smith stated that the grand opening begins Friday, November 2, from 4-6 p.m. Bodkin Bryk asked for more information on the event. Rose Smith replied that she has been coordinating a pop-up exhibition with four architecture firms—OPN, Heery, Shive-Hattery, and Neuman Monson—that will occupy the pop-up spaces on the Ped Mall that were developed by Sanjay Jani from AKAR Architecture, Rose Smith stated that the pop-up event is in response to an exhibition she curated at the Figge in Davenport and that they will present ideas of home in the twenty-first century. Rose Smith stated that during the opening on Friday there will also be a costume contest and that there will be an opportunity to receive a free drink from the Dandy Lion for the first 50 people to visit the two pods on the Ped Mall STAFF REPORTS Bollinger stated that she will be meeting with the Summerwill's and the Paul's to update them on the Snelson sculpture and get their feedback. Brown asked how the development of Riverfront Crossing Park is going. Seydell Johnson responded that it is going well. ADJOURNMENT Welter moved to adjourn. Rose Smith seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 5:15 pm. Public Art Advisory Committee Attendance Record 2018 Key X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused = Not a member Term Name Expires 2/1 4/5 5/3 6/7 7/12 8/2 9/6 10/4 11/1 Bodkin Bryk, X x x x x x O/E O/E x Tam 01/01/19 Brown, Wendy 01/01/20 x x x x x x x x x Erin Fitzgerald 01/01/20 x x x x x x x x -- Knoche, Ron x x x x x x x x x Seydell- Johnson, Juli X x x x x x x x x Vero Rose Smith 01/01/21 O/E x x O/E x O/E x x x Steve Miller 02/01/21 x x x O/E x x x x x Key X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused = Not a member