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Council Present: Alter, Bergus, Harmsen, Taylor, Teague, Thomas, Weiner
Staff Present: Fruin, Jones, Kilburg, Goers, Fruehling, Platz, Hightshoe, Sitzman,
Laverman, Knoche, Sovers, Yoder, Dumachi
Others Present: Zeimet (USG Alternate)
Teague: All right, well, welcome to the City of Iowa City on this 2nd day of August 2022. This
is the City of Iowa City's formal meeting and it is just after 06:00 PM and I'm gonna start
with roll call, please. [Roll Call]
2. Proclamations
2.a. Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day
Teague: All right. Well, welcome to everyone that is in our ci- in your city hall. I'm happy to see
you here. We have a room full. Um, we're going to start with the first item on our agenda,
which or the second item on our agenda 2.a, which is proclamations. And the first one is
Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day. (reads proclamation) And to receive
this proclamation is Ed Esbeck, self -advocacy Coordinator with the Iowa's University
Center for Excellence and Development- Developmental disabilities. So welcome.You're
welcome to say some words.
Esbeck: Yeah. Um, this is a big opportunity and a great honor to be here among everybody. Um,
thank you to Iowa City for recognizing the disability act. And we still have a long way to
go- to go in encouraging people with disability to- to overcome their challenges towards
the [INAUDIBLE] and to know that we have the power to change who we want to be.
We have the power to change who we are, where we want live. And we- we're part of the
community. We saw people with disability among those ones the people who are about to
see and to achieve their dreams and their accomplishment. So thank you so much for- for
the- for this government proclamation.
Teague: Thank you [APPLAUSE].
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9. Community Comment
Teague: We're on to item Number 9, which is community comment. This is an opportunity for
those and the community to come forth and share some things that is not on our agenda.
Um, and we will allow, um, the period will end at 7:00 PM. Unless an extension is
needed to meet a minimum of 30 minutes. But we have plenty of time today. We ask
people to keep their comments to three minutes. Um, and we will start with everyone
giving us their name and where and the city they live in. And there also is a sign -in sheet
at the podium, and there's also a sign -in sheet at the back of the room.
Sinnwell: Should we go in order of who signed up?
Teague: We're gonna go in order of who's in the line right now, but thank you. Welcome.
Campos (via translater): Hi, good evening. My name Ninoska Campos. I'm here supporting the
319 people that were excluded from the- from the checks. I'm also with Escucha Mi Voz.
We are in disagreement of the solution you came up with, where you would pay for half
and the county would pay for the other half. The County, um, made their word they gave
out all $2 million. They completed with giving out all the resources that they said with
the 2 million. Um, you -all promised 1.5 million. Um, it doesn't make sense for you to
have the county give more when they gave out all their 2 million and when you still have
extra money, the 1.5 million to give out. So to, ah, make a solution, um, you could pay
the county for some of the people, your people, Iowa City residents that they paid for so
that they can cover the rest. That way the county is able to cover the other people that are
outside of Iowa City. Ah, you did promise $1.5 million and, um, it's important to, um, do
what you say. Uh, it seems silly, uh, for you to ask the county to give money when you
do have the money, um, in your hands to, um, use. So to stop playing this game, it would
be easiest if you gave the county, um, money to cover more of your residents and they
would have enough to cover the others. That's all. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you.
Sinnwell: Hi, Emily, um, Emily Sinnwell from Iowa City. Uh, so Iowa City was given a lot of
money from ARPA. And just to put this in perspective, on- on a per capita basis, Iowa
City was given $246 for every person. Johnson County, it's 190 per person, Coralville,
152 per person, and North Liberty, 90 per person. The 1.5 million the city initially
allocated for the direct assistance could have helped Johnson County create a 3.5 million
fund enough to cover 2,500 residents. However, because of the particular way the sub
recipient agreement was written, that's not what happened. So 2,238 county residents who
are deemed eligible but only at 1,919 were funded, this left 319 people behind. Of the
1,428 county residents funded by Johnson County, 823, were Iowa City residents, so
that's 57 percent. Again, Johnson County paid for 823 Iowa City residents, Iowa City
only funded 472 city residents, that's less than a third of the total who applied. Johnson
County paid for nearly two-thirds of Iowa City residents and 75 percent of the total
program. As a result, Johnson County exhausted its funds on Iowa City residents and did
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not have enough money to cover other residents. As it stands now, Iowa City only paid
25 percent of the total program cost, but got 67 percent of the benefit. We don't think this
is a fair contribution by Iowa City. A super majority of applicants came from here and
Iowa City received a vast amounts of ARPA dollars compared to non entitlement units in
the county. What I want to ask you today is what I see as the most simple, fastest, and
easiest solution and that's to reauthorize the reimbursement of an additional 319 Iowa
City residents. You don't have to pay for people outside your city, cover 319 Iowa City
residents so that Johnson County has enough money to fully fund all the remaining
eligible applicants. Like Ninoska said, the county used all their two million and you have
lots of money left. In fact, if you do this, Johnson County will still pay more than 500
Iowa City residents and Iowa City will still come nearly $250,000 under budget. But it
will come closer to paying the fair share given the circumstances and everyone will win.
You really are in the best position to step up and make this a fast, easy solution. Thank
you.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome. Please give your name and city.
Porter: Supervisor Royceanne Porter, Iowa City. Um, I just come back from Denver, Colorado. I
was out there for six days. When I got back, I had an anonymous letter in the mail which
stated, "Supervisor Porter, I have attached episodes of the podcast, Rock Hard Caucus to
this USB. You should listen to them. Iowa city TRC chair, Amel Ali says very offensive
things about you and other community members, community leaders, calling you coons,
describes getting intoxicated before meetings, insults your daughter's business, and
describes inappropriate personal conduct on her own part, including driving while
intoxicated and prostituting herself to sugar daddies." To the Iowa City Council from the
Black Voices leadership team, regarding racism and slander perpetrated by TRC chair
Amel Ali. Last week, it came to our attention that Amel Ali who was appointed to the Ad
Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission by the Iowa City Council and selected by
TRC members to serve as Chair, has appeared on a local podcast, Rock Hard Caucus or
more than once to slander local black leaders. She has called out a number of Black
Voices project members and other community leaders by name, using the most racist and
offensive terms, calling out Supervisor Royceanne Porter, body shaming and calling out
her and her daughter Staci Porter, which do not bear repeating in this correspondence.
This is far more than an extension of the disagreement between current TRC members
and BVP members who had previously resigned from the TRC. She has verbally attacked
a whole swath of our local community leaders, a choice wholly inconsistent with the
charge of the commission she is supposed to be leading. We call on all members of the
council to listen to the June 9th and June 16th Rock Hard Caucus podcast episodes and
consider the message you are sending when your appointed representative is publicly
degrading members of the very community with whom your TRC is supposed to be
working to repair fractured relationship. Her choice to speak this way clearly
demonstrates that she is not capable of leading us towards reconciliation. She should
resign and we urge you to go into executive session asap to remove her and make
Chastity Dillard your new chair so that the TRC can move forward. And I just want to
say if you don't remove her soon, I'm telling you now we will remove her. So it's best if
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you don't want to hear the slander you -all appointed her to the TRC, you appointed her as
your chair, and she is not representation of our council. Thank you. Of our community.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
Townsend: Good evening. Orville Townsend, 713 Whiting Avenue. My topic is the same as
Miss Porter's. I was disappointed that this young lady chose to use my name. I don't know
her. I don't know why she would, but I guess she felt like she said, I'm just tired- an old
tired person, which means there's age discrimination, and that I should just pull aside and
get out of the way. I want to make two things perfectly clear. First, I respect an
individual's right to freedom of speech therefore, I respect what she said. Why I have a
problem is, I understand that you have recently appointed her to one of your
commissions. And I feel that any person that would go to this extent to treat fellow
citizens verbally the way that she has has no right to be on any position where she's
representing citizens or anything that the city has to do with. So therefore, I'm requesting
that you remove her from any commission, or committee that you appointed her to, and
that you bar her from future participation on committees. This I mean, I'm- I'm for public
service. I- I have done everything I can, I could, to try to help our city be a better place.
But it really irks me when I see an individual who just out of- I don't know what it is,
ignorance, I don't know that would go to this extent, to just tear other citizens down that
she doesn't know personally. I mean, personal feelings are personal, you should keep
them to yourself or you should pay a consequence. And I think this young lady should
witness consequences based upon her behavior. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
Figueroa (via translator): Good afternoon. My name is Maria Figueroa. I live in Mobile Homes
of Breckenridge. I'm here because I was excluded from the checks, the $1,400 that the
county was giving out. I would like to ask you please that you make us included again in
this help of $1,400. Please, if the money- if Iowa City has the money or the county has
the money- I'm confused. I thought I lived in Iowa City. But now I know that my trailer is
in the county of Johnson City, but I am in Iowa City- sorry is in Johnson County but I am
in Iowa City. It's confusing for me. My direct- my address is Iowa City. The truth is I
have three children who are citizens. I have one child who has autism. And I'm just
asking, please, if you can make a way to work with the county to give out the $1,400
checks, this would be a huge help for me. It will be help for me for my family,
specifically to make improvements on my trailer. Thank you for listening.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
Flores (via translator): Yeah, Benito. Good afternoon. My name is Maria Flores. I'm one of the
people that were excluded. I'm here to ask or like yeah- strongly ask. For the check
because it said I was eligible. I wasn't excluded from the pandemic. I didn't have work.
The pandemic didn't exclude me by saying like who had the money and who didn't. The
pandemic didn't exclude me when it came to choices if they would give me the money or
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not. A lot of debts- debts because of the pandemic. Almost losing my house. I feel like
this money should- went- is supposed to be for everyone in the world. I have to- we're
having to do a lot, even just to see if they're gonna give it to us or not. Especially when
there's enough money to give out.
Teague: Great. Thank you. We have some people also online, so I'm gonna switch to a few
people here. We're gonna welcome Amel. Welcome.
Ali: Can you hear me?
Teague: Yes.
Ali: Um, thank you for giving me this chance to speak candidly. My words and comments
contained in the released recording were wrong, they were ill-considered and most of all
they were hurtful. And for all of that, I'm deeply sorry. Trauma begets trauma in many
ways. I made those hurt- harmful comments at a time when I was experiencing trauma,
personally, while under the challenges of navigating my role in the context of this
commission. The recording with my comments was released, in my view, um, or at least
in part to disrupt our important work to address the continuous harm BIPOC communities
experience, particularly following the murder of George Floyd and many others
thereafter. Telling the truth about harmful experiences, healing from harm, making
repairs, and reconciliation are the pillars of our work. Despite the call by the mayor and
others to have me resign, I can't walk away and turn my back on the trust, hope, and run
responsibilities entrusted to all of us on this commission. Resignation to the way things
are has been the default of too many communities for too long. Let's put our words over
these last few years to the test and follow through, um, on forgiveness, belonging, and
truth. You may not always like what you hear. But like me, we will be bringing our
community to the table to share their experience. It might not feel good to hear, but it's
not to shame you or anyone. It's to tell the truth about my experience that isn't privileged
or valued. We took our lead from those in South Africa where women spoke about their
trauma and the entire world stopped to listen. Here in the United States, it made an
undeniable impact on all of us. Reverend Nelson Johnson, the Co-founder of the
Greensboro Truth Commission, sat down face to face with the grand wizard of the KKK
because he believed they had to face hard truths. Can we not do this here? I submit the
only way forward is the restorative justice process, one which I'm trying- currently trying
to use to address harm someone else caused me. I've learned a great deal about myself
through this harm I caused and will continue to learn and heal with this community and
the mental health professionals that are supporting me. I truly believe in the notion that
forgiveness does not change the past, but it- it does enlarge the future. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you. I'm gonna go to the next caller on line. Anna, welcome.
Gudenkauf: Hi. Can you hear me?
Teague: Yes.
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Gudenkauf: Hello. My name is Anna Gudenkauf and I live in Iowa City. It is my understanding
that over the past week, TRC chair Amel Ali has been under attack by a handful of
community members asking for her removal. I wanna state my complete confidence in
her work. Ali has regularly been a target of racist and homophobic harassment from Iowa
City community members in her time on the commission. And despite this, has continued
to be a unifying leader. She's helped move the TRC forward despite constant challenging
by community members and council members, uninterested in a racial justice reckoning.
I am grateful for Ali's tireless work both on the TRC and in her community care in Iowa
City. I ask that council consider a restorative justice process from recent events and that
she remain the head of the TRC and continue the amazing work the commission has been
working on. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you. I'm gonna do one more from online then we're going to come back in
person. Welcome, Feli- Felicia.
Pieper: Hi, can you hear me?
Teague: Yes. Welcome.
Pieper: Hi. My name is Felicia Pieper and I live in Iowa City. Um, I'd also like to speak in
support of Commissioner Amel Ali and I would like to say that, um, on top of the other
comments that have been made in support of Commissioner Ali, that there's been a
disturbing trend, um, since the protests in 2020 of disparaging and, um, just eve- even
ignoring black progressive female leaders. Um, as another commenter already spoke
about, um, Amel specifically has faced a lot of harassment and disparaging comments
both, um, as a black person and- and as a queer person. Um, and I wish I could say that
this was unique, but it's a pattern, um, that's been continuing to go on. Um, I also wanted
to just go back to the beginning of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and point
out that, um, when IFR demanded for this commission to be, um, put in place, that the
city fundamentally, um, removed any of the people power that the commission should
have had. Um, and I still support, um, Raneem Hamad and her resignation as that
unfolded. Um, I would say that what is happening right now is predictable and it's
unfortunate. I support Amel Ali fully. Um, she continues to do good work not only in her
job in her everyday life but in her free time regularly through mutual aid. And this has
clearly something that she's very passionate and good at. Um, I think I find it very
disturbing that both black and white people continue to go out of their way to target, um,
Amel Ali and this needs to stop. I fully support Amel staying on the TRC as
commissioner and look forward to seeing the work that she continues to do. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you. We have a total of 13 people that- we have Natalie still online that I will
acknowledge in a little bit. Um, and we have 13 people. I'm not sure if we have 14. But in
order to, um, get everyone in, I'm going to drop the minutes down to two minutes. Thank
you. Welcome- welcome.
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Rivera (via translator): Good- good evening, my name is Brisney Garcia Rivera. I live in Iowa
City. The trailers off of Scott Boulevard. I was one of the people that were excluded from
this check- this benefit check. What I understood was I was a person according to my
address that I live in Iowa City. I don't understand why we're being excluded just because
we don't live in the center part of Iowa City. For me, this is a- I feel like a discrimination.
I work here in Iowa City, the restaurant. I contribute to the economy here. Just like the
319 people that have been excluded. I do know that you all have the money to be able to
help the 319 people that were excluded. Please, we ask you to come up with a solution.
It's getting really tiring to come up here over and over. I know it's worth it, but. It's been a
long year, a lot of fighting so that we could get some help- some of this help. And thanks
to God it was- a lot of people are able to get help but others were deceived. I'm a mom of
two, I'm with my husband. Please, urn, you know, please don't go asking the county to
give this money if you have the ability, you have the money in hands to help these people
that were excluded. Thank you and God bless you.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
McCoy: Hi, my name is Jenna McCoy from Iowa City and I'm here as a friend of Escucha Mi
Voz as well, because I'd like to see the ARPA funds get fairly distributed here. Um, first
of all, I'd like to thank you for the work you've already put into this and we know it's been
a long year, um, and we're coming to the end. Um, and we think there's a really simple
solution. So Johnson County funded over 800 people that are Iowa City residents, none of
this, "oh, they live on the other side." They actually live in Iowa City. There are now 319
people that live on the other side of that city line that are technically Johnson County
residents and not part of Iowa City. So what we think would be the best solution is for
Iowa City to simply pay Johnson County for those 319 people. It was a little upsetting to
hear about asking Johnson County to pay 50 percent of it because the money for Iowa
City is there and Johnson County already paid so many Iowa City residents. Iowa City
would still come out ahead of not having to pay around 500 people if we do 800 minus
300, that John- that Iowa City doesn't have to pay. So if Iowa City gives the money to
Johnson County, they still come out in a positive number, and then those 319 people are
able to be funded by Johnson County. And then the whole thing is over. Thank you for
your time.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
Jones: Hi, My husband and I planned for, um, we wrote our remarks out, to fall within three
minutes each, and it's not gonna make any sense if we stop at two. So we'll yield our
time, but can you tell us how we can get on the agenda for the next meeting?
Teague: Um, you have up to two minutes right now.
Jones: It's not gonna make sense.
Teague: Okay. Well, we meet again on the 16th.
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Jones: I know, but how can we get onto the agenda?
Teague: We meet again on the 16th.
Jones: But- but this is, you know, the comment section is different from the agenda section.
Teague: Right. You won't be able to get on the agenda.
Jones: We won't.
Teague: Or you ca- you have the opportunity now to speak.
Taylor: Comment.
Jones: Well, as I said, it's not gonna make any sense.
Teague: Okay. Alright. Thank you.
Jones: So what you're saying is that we can come back to be on the comments section.
Teague: Correct.
Jones: But- but the agenda is set by the council is that -
Teague: Either you can comment now or you can come back. Thank you. Welcome.
Fishbaugh: Hi, Justin Fishbaugh, Iowa City. I'm here this evening to point out some of the cost
analysis highlights of the 228 page Parks and Recreation Departments Condition of Pools
Report, which is this thing if you haven't seen it. Uh, the report, uh, conditional approval
report that support the idea of fixing the Robert A. Lee Pool. If you haven't had a chance
to view this report, it became available at the July 13th Parks and Recreation meeting and
is available online. In that report, WT engineering- engineering group looked at the
condition of the three Iowa City pools. Williams Architects looked at the buildings that
house the pools and BerryDunn Consultants presented results of a public survey and
made recommendations- recommendations for our future direction. Okay, here's the
important part. What WT Engineering and Williams architect show is that Robert A. Lee
Pool and natatorium could be repaired for a total of $579,000. This is nowhere near that
4.5 to $5 million figure reported to the public to repair the pool. The difference is because
expenses for Robert A. Lee Pool repairs are being lumped into the cost for the entire
RAL building and then reported as the cost of fix the pool. Uh, I'm gonna go ahead and
move on here, so in conclusion, the WT Engineering report says that the RAL pool is in
fair condition for its age, it doesn't leak water. And if repairs are made, Iowa City would
operate the pool for many years for costs are less than $600,000. That's eight times less
than what's being reported. The friends of RAL Pool, some of- of which are in the back
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there, and more than 280 people have signed on in support and I recommend making this
investment so that we can have a top-notch swimming facility as an important part of our
vibrant downtown. And I prepared a packet of specific pages from the report to help you
understand the cost if I can leave that with you. Thank you.
Teague: You- you can. Yeah.
Fishbaugh: Okay.
Teague: Thank you. We're gonna go online to Natalie. Welcome.
Harwood: Hi, um, my name is Natalie. And I am calling to express my, um, unmitigated support
for Amel. Um, what happened is the targeted attack against an incredible black activist in
Iowa, it's outrageous. Um, Amel has worked so hard. She's a powerhouse and every
single day I'm dazzled by her. She's the hardest working, most spectacular activist I've
ever met. I'm honored to be her friend and to work with her, I support her 100 percent.
This is a targeted campaign latching onto anything to disparage a black femme activist.
The podcast was with friends behind a paywall and it was stolen and released in a racist
attack. Amel is my hero. She is a tireless fighter. This is outrageous, racist, and a
distraction, and I stand behind her 100 percent.
Teague: Thank you, Natalie.
Harwood: Thank you.
Teague: Welcome.
Houlahan: My name is Anne Houlahan and I'm a citizen or a resident of Coralville and a
volunteer at the Iowa City Catholic Worker Houses. I was disappointed to hear Iowa City
Council say that Johnson County should step up to help fund the 319 excluded workers.
Most of the two million dollars spent by Johnson County went to Iowa City residents.
Whereas Iowa city paid for a 472 residents, Johnson County paid for 827 Iowa City
residents. So about half of Iowa City's contribution has been or will be refunded to the
city. These are federal dollars intended for pandemic relief. If Iowa City refunded the
allotment for 319 of the Iowa City residents paid for by Johnson County, all these
applicants can be received the $1,400 payments. Thank you for your consideration. And I
would like to say that the pickleball courts at Mercer are better since they're being
patched, but I look forward to when they will be re- redone. So [LAUGHTER] thank you.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
DeGraw: Hi, my name is Sharon DeGraw, and I've been working in the Northside area on a
petition with my friend Amy Kretkowski. And we've asked to have a meeting with the
council members to take in what our understanding is after we've spoken to many of the
neighbors in the north side and the Manville Heights area and will span out how the City
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Park Pool is used. Um, we're getting an overall consensus that many people didn't know
there was gonna be a major change made or is proposed. And many people do appreciate
the idea that the pool would retain its original footprint and could have an- a zero entry
along one side of the 18 inch depth, the show -the shallow end. And that for the little kid
pool perhaps that could be expanded with some of the amenities that are like sprayers and
I don't know what else, but it's very beautiful, tranquil pool and there are many people
that are surprised that it could change radically. So we hope that you can listen to us talk
to you for about 20 minutes and tell you a series of bullet points that we hope you'll, uh,
appreciate and digest. Uh, that's it.
Teague: Thank you. And there are stickers in the back for people to write their name on and they
can place the sticker up there so that people are aware. But welcome.
Kretkowski: Okay. Thank you. This up here. I'm also here to express- I'm a friend of the Robert
A. Lee pool and I'm also here to express my, uh, support for rejecting the
recommendation- the recommendation to redesign.
Teague: What's your name and city?
Kretkowski: Oh, Amy Kretkowski, Iowa City.
Teague: Thank you.
Kretkowski: Sony. The City Park Pool is, uh, for me, what makes summer here in Iowa City
really really incredibly special and I'm not alone. In the past two weeks, we've collected
over 220 signatures from swimmers of all ages who oppose the new design because it's
going to reduce the current lap lanes down to three- from nine to three and it doesn't
retain the current pools aesthetic or the original character. I honestly don't know how the
current and future users of Iowa City's current pools are going to be accommodated by
three outdoor lap lanes in the summer and, uh, and just the Mercer pool for the rest of the
year. It doesn't make any sense and it's really not what the co- community wants. The city
should keep the current traditional uh, footprint of the City Park Pool, fix it, repair it,
replace it by all means, add uh, a zero entry, add new spray features uh, but please don't
take away the existing features of this pool that are used and loved the most. One final
note, the Parks and Rec Commission voted to recommend this to city council at their May
23rd meeting. The public comment period didn't close until June 4th. For this reason
alone, the City Council should reject the recommendation because it was made without
the benefit of full public input. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you.
Kretkowski: I can just fill out a thing down there and just drop it off.
Teague: Yes.
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Kretkowski: All right.
Teague: Welcome.
Hein: Hi. I'm Mary Ellen Hein. I live here in Iowa City and I am on the- on the Pickleball
Johnson County Advisory Board. I'm here to talk about how we and Iowa City need new
and additional pickleball courts at Mercer Park and in Iowa City. We have 483 members
of Pickleball Johnson County. And Pickleball Johnson County uses a program called
Playtime Scheduler, where we can sign up for a game and people can join in with that
game. During the month of July, we had 977 players sign up through pick-up or Playtime
Scheduler to play just at Mercer, which averages out 31.5 players per day. Uh, this does
not count the number of players that do not belong to Pickleball Johnson County, and that
do not use Playtime Scheduler. There are many families that come out at night and on
weekends with their children. There are numerous young people, college students, uh,
that play. We have seen groups from churches, uh, residents, medical groups, um, friends,
coworkers, etc. that will play together that do not belong to Pickleball Johnson County
and- and we've tried to tell them about Playtime Schedule and they just want to come for
fun. So those numbers do not- that 922 for July do not account for people that have not
signed up for that. The wind barriers at Mercer had been torn and mostly taken down as
there's no way to repair them, to put them back up. So we found a sponsor that paid for
new wind barriers at a cost of $4,500 and those wind barriers are ordered and should be
coming soon and that $4,500 did not come out of any city budget. So two weeks ago or
so, a bench showed up at Mercer pickleball Courts and we absolutely love it and we want
to thank whoever brought it but we would like to ask for more benches. There's three
benches sitting at the little building in-between the two parking lots at Mercer that no one
uses. If- if we could get those moved over to the park, we need a place where we can sit
down and put our court shoes on.
Teague: Thank you.
Hein: Thank you.
Teague: Welcome.
Clark: Hello. My name is Myra Clark and I live in Coralville. I am a member of the Pickleball
Johnson County. I'm also a pickleball ambassador and give free pickleball lessons. Um,
there's two more of ambassadors, one is Duane Miller in North Liberty and Jim Broffitt
in Iowa City. We all give pickleball lessons and they're all free. It's a volunteer job. As
Mary Ellen said, we're growing and it's going to continue growing. We have lessons uh,
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, green- at Green State Family Fieldhoiuse,
Mercer park outdoor pickleball courts. We're giving uh, lessons at City Park in Iowa
City. And lessons have been given at the Iowa City Rec Center, Robert A. Lee. So I've
been averaging four new pickleball players a day, that's 16 per week. So the numbers are -
are growing and we're going to need more pickleball courts in the future. It is to
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everyone's benefit if the city pickleball courts are well-maintained and have the amenities
such as the shaded rest area, water fountains, and of course, benches. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
Broffitt: Thank you. I'm Jim Broffitt, resident of Iowa City and I also want to talk about
pickleball and mainly just the, uh, courts I play at in Alabama. There are two cities right
next to each other, just like Iowa City and Coralville, very similar in size. One is Auburn
or the home of Auburn University and the other is Opelica, which is smaller, kind of like
Coralville. The total population of those two towns in 2019 was about 10,000 less than
Coralville and Iowa City. In 2019, they finished some state-of-the-art courts. I have- You
can't say the pictures from here. I can leave some of these but, uh, there are 12 courts.
There are three rows of four courts and in-between the rows they have aisles with
benches and those are places for people to sit between games or congregate to talk. We
really need something like that at Mercer park. Sometimes we have 50 people there at
one time and there's no place for us to congregate. In fact we-, ah, you can't play on some
of the courts because people are standing basically on top of the courts. So aisles are a
great feature that we don't have now. The other thing is they have a canopy over these 12
courts. And the last time I was there, which was last September, I played with my
grandson in a pouring rain. We didn't get wet. So that's another great feature and I would
suggest that you consider these kinds of courts for Iowa city. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
Kirby: Thank you. Jerome Kirby. He/him/his, Iowa City resident. Nice to put a face next to some
of the names I've seen on signs throughout the community. Um, I am one of the younger
people for pickleball. You probably couldn't tell that but I like to go out and play with
them. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose. Uh, I will say that the courts out at Mercer
Park have been a gem and the nice thing for us is to established community as we
rebound from COVID-19, um, I think it would be nice to just shine that gem up for us.
Uh, there's eight courts out there. A lot of them cracked. Uh, I know that y'all have gone
out there and patching, but the patching y'all are doing is the little slick too. So it's not
really a safest thing for people that are a little bit more in age and a little bit mobile, uh,
limited. I do run for the ball sometimes too to help out and sometimes I slip as well. Um,
I also think that uh, the shading out there is somewhat good, but we end up with a lot of
leaves and branches out and some of the courts, so eight courts really drops down to six,
uh, pretty easily and then sometimes down to four. Um, I would appreciate if you all
could just increase the number of courts, if that's too big of an ask, then try to take care of
our course a little bit more. Um, I've traveled out to North Liberty, it's great out there, but
they don't have the gates in-between which Mercer does. So always going to play at my
home court in Mercer because I live on the east side. Also, if I could do one shout out,
these are not good. They don't stick it all. Uh, so please get yourself some new little
labels as well, but I appreciate the time. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you. Welcome.
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Traore: Mohamed Traore, reside in Tiffin, Iowa and speaking at this time as just myself and not
as a member of the- of a commission, I'd like to speak in support of the excluded workers
fund and like to point to some of the strategic priorities of Iowa City while I address this.
So it says that you're looking to foster a more inclusive, just and sustainable Iowa City by
prioritizing the physical, mental, and economic well-being of all residents. And that a key
piece of that is to advance social justice, racial equity, and human rights. So [NOISE].
Teague: Continue.
Traore: So in the human rights aspect, just like to bring up that, imagine having to come up here
and look at all of you knowing that there was an opportunity at the time an agreement
was made to make it ironclad so I could receive hype- not myself, but so I could receive a
$1400 check that I've been begging you for- for a year so that I could pay to put food on
the table for my kids, or pay the bills. And you do know that my mobile home is going to
have the rent increase by $200 or more in the coming months and that it's still a decision
of yes, we have to figure out how it's done. Would I feel like my human rights are being
respected or advanced? But also in addition to that, promoting an inclusive and resilient
economy throughout the city also knowing that throughout the pandemic that I worked in
the city and made sure that your essential services were running. And that at this time I
also got sick with this very disease that you got to stay home and avoid. And that for
many of those same people that they have lingering health issues and on top of that, they
missed more work because of that and in some cases we're not reimbursed and yet again,
standing here in front of you, begging you to make me whole or to try. All the while
knowing that it's a question of effort rather than having the resources when it comes to
whether you can actually accomplish this goal, but making sure that the remaining 319
are made whole. So when it comes to str- strategic plan, can you give a strategic reason
as to why you would not support the remaining 319 and do everything you can to make
sure they are whole? And with that, I yield the floor.
Teague: Thank you. So I'm going to take one other person that is online. Welcome Shay.
Church: Hello, Can you all hear me okay?
Teague: Yes. Welcome.
Church: Um, my name is Shay. I'm a resident here in Iowa City. I'd like the council to consider
allowing Amel Ali to hold her current position despite the negative comments being
made about her. Amel is loved by this community. She has gone above and beyond to
support the people of cover- the people of color here in Iowa City. Um, when it appears
that we have no other support. She's the- she's the most outgoing, respected person I
know. I truly do look up to her and I pray that Amel's positive intentions go noticed
during these times. She's had such a positive impact, um, a positive and big impact here
on the youth here in Iowa City, um, in the Iowa City schools. Um, as someone that
aspires to become as active in my community as Amel is, I would love to conti- continue
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seeing women of color and black women specifically hold these positions in council. In
this climate, um, that we currently live in our youth needs rep- rep- representation. So
thank you.
Teague: Thank you. And thanks to everyone that was a part of the comment time.
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10. Planning & Zoning Matters
10.a. Rezoning — Monument Hills
1. Public Hearing
Teague: We're going to move on to Items 10, planning and zoning matters. Um, Item 10.a is
Rezoning Monument Hills ordinance or conditionally rezoning, and approximately 64.37
acres of property located north of Rochester Avenue and west of North Scott Boulevard.
From interim development, single-family residential to low density single-family
residential with a plan development overlay and 0.31 acres to interim development,
single-family with a plan development overlay. I'm gonna open the public hearing
[NOISE] and we're going to start with, um, staff Danielle Sitzman. Welcome.
Sitzman: Thank you, Mayor and Council. Danielle, Sitzman, Neighborhood and Development
Services. As the Mayor stated, this is a rezoning application, uh, for two different zoning
districts requested as part of the rezoning in an area we commonly call Monument Hills.
shown here, uh, outlined in a white, uh, box, uh, and labeled as Parcel A and B. The
majority of the rezoning would be for Parcel A, which would be designated as a planned
district overlay and as low density single-family district, and then a remnant Parcel B
retaining its interim development residential status, but adding the overlay district zone to
it. Um, that is an area where there's an existing development of a cell tower, um, uh,
which was approved through a special exception in 2009. Uh for orientation purposes
along the bottom edge here is Rochester, the right-hand side or the eastern side is North
Scott Boulevard. To the north is Harvest Preserve and to the west is existing single-
family development on Larch Lane. Um, also just to the southeast along the intersection
of Scott Boulevard- Boulevard and Rochester Avenue is a commercial neighborhood,
commercial development, Old Town Village. Both Scott Boulevard and Rochester
Avenue are designated as arterial streets in the city street network. The applicant in this
case is a Representative, um, Mike Welch. He may be joining us online or be he may not
be able to speak, uh, depending on his technical savvy tonight. Um, the application is on
behalf of Monument Farms LLC, who are the owners of the land along, uh, in this parcel
and um, some surrounding area. It is not the Harvest Preserve ownership, um, like I said,
that is located further to the north. This exhibit, um, shows the existing zoning in the area,
largely single-family residential and as I mentioned, the neighborhood commercial as
shown in red. Again, this is exhibit showing the two proposed requested rezonings
tonight. Um, as I mentioned, the smaller Parcel B is an existing cell- cellphone tower.
Um, because this isn't a planned development of requests for rezoning, it does include
some additional details you would not normally see at a rezoning, um, it includes a
sensitive areas development plan, which is similar to a site plan. That's because of the
sensitive areas, uh, wetlands and slopes that are inc- included in this land and they
request for waivers from some of the baseline development standards to accommodate,
uh, preservation of those sensitive features. So this is the, um, overlay plan and sensitive
areas development plan, preliminary one. Um, it does show that network of streets that
would be developed by the developer here, essentially a loop network connecting to
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Rochester of pu- of public streets and then a segment of private street along the southeast
corner there, um, where there more colorful blocks outlined, uh, indicating, uh, future
housing development or senior community. Um, so the color -coding there is, um, the
white lots to the left are all single-family. Um, to the right in the senior community, the
kind of lighter blue color is single-family, the reds are duplexes and the purple is a
multifamily, uh, building that's proposed as well as the clubhouse for it as well [NOISE].
There are outlots included in this development labeled as Outlot A, B, and C. So there are
large areas that will not be developed as part of this, um, because they are the areas that
contain those sensitive features. Um, and the development is clustering itself elsewhere to
avoid impacting those as much as possible. Um one of those large outlots is Outlot A,
which actually falls to the west of this development between itself and the existing single-
family to the west further west. One of the conditions of the rezoning, as I mentioned, is,
uh, related to the cellphone tower, um, preserving the private access arrangement that the
cell phone tower has. Um, I'll go over that again when we get to the end of the
presentation and talk about the conditions that staff recommended. Because this is a OPD
or a planned development overlay rezoning, there are additional rezoning criteria that are
reviewed in addition to the general rezoning criteria that we look at for all rezonings. Um,
the general rezonings criteria have to do with the comprehensive plan and compatibility
with existing neighborhood and then add- four additional criteria that we'll go through
here. So starting with those general criteria, um, having to do with essentially compliance
to the comprehensive plan, in this part of town, um, there is a district plan and I'll go
over that in a second, but the basics of the comprehensive plan itself, uh, encourage
conservation design because they acknowledge that large areas of this, um, part of town
to have sensitive features. So encouraging clustering of development out of the sensitive
features as much as possible and then also interconnecting trails and networks, um, trails,
and uh, sidewalks as networks for getting around. Um, this is essentially a cluster
development in compliance with the comprehensive plan. Um, 65 acres or roughly half of
the total area will remain undeveloped, uh, when this is, uh, realized as this is proposed.
As I mentioned, there's also a district plan and there's the Northeast District Plan. Um, the
applicant did provide an overlay showing how their, uh, proposed development over -
overlays when compared to the Northeast District Plan. Um, essentially, the Northeast
District Plan encouraged, uh, and identified this area as a Bluffwood Neighborhood,
encouraged, um, concentrating development along the arterioles and included a variety of
housing types kind of, uh, to buffer between that and the single-family neighborhoods
around it. Obviously, the Harvest Preserve, um, is not realizing the style of development
as it's intended to simply preserve the land for use as a private open space. So if things
change over time and to adjust to that, um, the street network cannot o- obviously
connect in the same ways that were originally envisioned when the, uh, district planning
process occurred. However, staff does feel that this is an adequate street network. Um,
working with the conditions that are there now and ensuring that there will be connected
street network system. So it generally aligns with the concept and policy of the Northeast
plan. Um, just a little bit more specific about, um, some of the ideals and goals expressed
in the Northeast District Plan, especially related to trails. This shows a highlight in- of the
trail network connection being extended and the purple line there on the north, sorry,
upper -left corner of the slide showing a future trail connection to Calder Park. So to
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support that policy dire- direction staff has requested a condition for a 10 foot wide trail
connection and construction of that trail is part of future development. Talking about
compatibility with the existing neighborhood, now again, this shows the outline in red of
the proposed rezoning and how it relates to those other existing developments in the area.
The proposed development is generally consistent with existing neighborhood character,
focusing on housing and single-family housing, but also including a mix of other
development, um, as expressed in the, um, senior community, uh, included as part of this
proposal. So to move on to talk about the specific criteria now as related to the OPD or
the Sensitive Areas Development Plan Rezoning, we'll go through those just briefly here.
These are the additional criteria that would- were reviewed and- by the staff and Planning
and Zoning Commission. As it relates to land use, the density of this development, it
would be only about two per- two dwelling units per acre, just under two dwelling units
per acre. Which is well below the limit of five dwelling units per acre allowed by the base
zoning that's being requested. So it does meet the- the density requirements overall, even
with the clustering of development. And of course, the use as housing and preventing a
variety of housing is in line with the intended goals of the comprehensive plan. Talking
about the design now a little bit, um, looking at things like mass scale and general layout.
Um, predominantly, this is a house scale in a development single-family homes, both
single-family and duplexes. Like I mentioned, there will be a multifamily deve- building
proposed at the intersection of the two arterial streets, um, it would still only be two
stories in height and approximately 29 units. So focusing that multifamily development
and buffering it from the additional single-family development around it. Um, they have
requested a waiver from the base zoning requirements of RS5 to allow for some of the lot
sizes in that singer- senior community to be somewhat smaller than the base zoning,
which is 60 feet, reducing that down to 56 feet of a lot width instead. They've also
requested a waiver for the requirements for duplexes to only be allowed on corner lots. In
this case, they're including three duplexes, only one of which would be on a corner lot,
the other two would be interior lots and those are shown here in red. So again, this is the
senior living component of the rezoning, showing the blue lots which have slightly
smaller lot widths and the red lots, which would be the duplex lots, and again, the purple
being the multifamily. They have included some renderings which are included in your
packet showing, um the sing- the single-family housing, the duplex style housing, and the
multifamily housing. Those concepts would be tied to the rezoning as well so that future
development occurs in a way that is compatible with, um, having a slightly more density
and ensuring that things like garages don't dominate the view. Moving on to open space,
um, the development would be required to comply with both public and private open
space requirements. In this case, that has to do with a certain amount of private open
space based on number of dwelling units in the multifamily as well as a square footage
requirement, but for each single-family lot, they are in compliance with those
requirements. They also would be required to provide public open space, um, either
through dedication of land or they have the ability to choose a fee in lieu option instead.
They've indicated they prefer to do the fee in lieu and, um, instead- um also constructing
a trail segment, um, in an easement, um, to ensure the connections that, uh, matter for this
neighborhood. Again, we did look at light views and air and property, um, surrounded by
this. Um, whenever we look at a, um, plan development, we always compare it to the
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potential impacts of a conventional development. Um, this development is definitely
clustering and providing a s- a significant amount of land in outlots where development
would not be occurring and is providing more than probably a conventional development
would as far as open light and views, uh, throughout the develp- throughout the
development. Finally, touching on streets and utilities, um, we didt analyze whether there
was sufficient capacity, um, to- for this development, there certainly is. We also had the
developer provide a traffic study to, a- analyze the impacts of additional, uh, development
on the street network. Um, they would be- the street net- network is sufficient to handle
all of the proposed development. There would be, uh, water pressure study that would be
follow-up and would occur at planning just to ensure that if there are any improvements
needed for water pressure in this neighborhood, that they are addressed at that stage.
One, uh, final, um, another condition that was required in the- the final waiver, um, is that
there would be some dedication of right of way needed along the intersection of North
Scott and Rochester to facilitate perhaps city improvements in the future for a
roundabout. Um, because of that dedication of land, there is a need for a waiver from the
baseline setbacks in this area, um, to accommodate, um, the right-of-way that the city
needs. Um, that right-of-way does not impact the air, light and views of the property or,
um, put neighbors too close together because of it, so it meets city code requirements as
well. So that area in the pink on the screen it is the right of way dedication that would
impact slightly the setback of the multifamily building. As I mentioned, there are
sensitive areas in this development, significant ones. Um, the sensitive areas ordinance is
intended to allow development, but to still preserve, um, those sensitive areas. So because
of the impacts to wetlands and slopes on the site, they did have to prepare a study
showing where those sensitive features loc- are located and quantifying their impacts.
Um, those impacts are presented in their sensitive various development plan. And this
case, the- wetlands that are being impacted are largely because of the need for a road
development, um, they've tried to minimize those. There are some slight impacts to
wetlands because of sidewalks as well. There is also an existing rather large on the
northwest corner of the slide, an existing conservation easement already in place. Um, we
did- um, this development does qualify for, uh, several kind of flexibilities that are built-
in for wetlands, both having to do with where the buffers for the wetlands are, um,
determined to need to be. They can be averaged in width. Um, they can also be reduced
and, um, have a mitigation bank payment made. Um, in this case a wetland specialist did
study these wetlands and made proposals so that the most important parts of the wetland
could be adequately preserved, and then any mitigation, um, would be sufficient to offset
those impacts for the road network and the street works, uh, sorry, sidewalks.
Mentioning, uh, sensitive slopes are, um, ordinance basically kind of- can classifies
slopes as steep, steeper and steepest. Only the steepest of slopes are those that have to be,
uh, completely protected and not impacted. The steep and steeper slopes or basically
steep and critical can be impacted as long as they are quantified and- and then minimize
as much as possible. So this exhibit does show they're only, er, impacting those, um, two
lower end designations for slopes and, uh, that they are, um, quantifying those here in the
exhibit. So as far as process goes, we're at the rezoning step for the two different
rezonings that I mentioned. Um, there would be additional steps to follow up for
preliminary final planning and then final sensitive areas development plans, which would
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ensure that what's being represented here is, um, fulfilled as development occurs, there
would be site plans and building permits as well. So based on review of- of the irrelevant,
general, and specific criteria, step did recommend approval of the proposed rezoning with
several conditions. Those included the dedication of a private access easement, um, for
that cell tower as I mentioned, the dedication of a public access easement along a public
trail as I described there, and the construction of 10 foot wide trail in that easement.
Dedication of right-of-way to the city to allow for potential improvements at Rochester
and North Scott and then fmally, some traffic calming that was expressed here, including
raised sidewalks and roundabouts within the development, that those should be, um,
continued to be described and approved as part of the those additional land development
steps of plotting. Um, and it's July 6th meeting by a vote of 6-0, the Planning and Zoning
Commission encourages staffs opinion and also recommended approval. Urn, the
applicant did conduct a good neighbor meeting in May and, um, the conditional zoning
agreement has been signed tonight. If you can see Mike online, he was, er, going to try to
be available for questions, but I'm certainly happy to answer questions on behalf of staff.
Teague: Okay. Well, thank you. If anyone has questions for Danielle, and Mike I do see you are
present, so if anyone has questions for Mike, they can speak as well. I do have a question
for the dedicated access easement which is, um, um, still up which is great. I guess my
question is, what is the ongoing costs that the city sees with these dedications?
Sitzman: Are you asking about the public easement for the trail?
Teague: Yes.
Sitzman: Okay. So the trail, it's original construction would be the responsibility of the developer
and then trail maintenance would fall to the city after its original construction.
Teague: Yeah. Okay. Great. Any other questions? Thank you. And then we're going to go to
public comment, unless the developer had anything to add that staff did not mention.
Welcome.
Clark: Good evening. Our development team here tonight consists of Mike Welch who is online,
um, and available for questions and answers, Heather Ropp with Ewing Group and
Vintage Cooperative, and myself, Joe Clark with Monument Hills. As a fellow eastsider
and local land developer and broker, I will actively be involved in planning, development
and sales of these lots over the next several years, as I did with my previous
developments in Windmill Heights and Tamarack Ridge. I have five key points I'm
going to present tonight pretty quickly on rezoning, the comprehensive plan, Northeast
District Plan, and Bluffwood neighborhood plans are land use scenarios intended to be
general guides that may occur in this neighborhood. The principles set forth in these
plans were used closely by our development team in creating the concept being brought
before you tonight. Many different concepts were created and reworked prior submittle
of this current concept. In fact, the Good Neighbor meeting held in June, allowed our
team to see that six lots on the west side of the existing plan would need to be removed in
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efforts to satisfy the neighbors at Rochester Hills. We now have reached what we believe
is the best plan for this particular parcel. Number 2 is environmental features in sensitive
areas. The beautiful, older, more mature trees in Outlot B are being preserved and
additional street trees are being added to the new development with the landscaping plan.
The project has also met the 50 percent woodland retention threshold imposed by the
city. This has allowed us to preserve almost 33 acres of land in the conservation
easement. Sensitive slopes, woodlands, and stream corridors were taken into
consideration when choosing where to place roads and housing. These items limited the
options our team had when designing the current plan. Number 3, city staff is in full
support of our plan and rezoning. It has been over a year since the first conversation we
had about this development. The city staff has been very cooperative and helpful
throughout the process. We have reached an agreeable conditional zoning agreement that
has been signed by all parties. These land projects take a lot of time and a lot of money to
get started and we're thankful to have produced such a wonderful project that is agreeable
with all the city staff. Number 4 is P&Z staff are unanimously in support of this
development. On July 6th, the P&Z staff voted six zero in favor of the rezoning request.
Almost all favorable comments were given at this meeting, including the three neighbors
that showed up for the meeting. The P&Z members believe there's a great diversity of
housing types within the plan and the appropriate amount of preservation. Chair member
Mike Hinch is quoted as saying, "I don't recall seeing a proposal match the
comprehensive plan and neighborhood vision so well. I commend the developers for
doing this design and preserving the sensitive areas and the wetlands." Number 5 is
supply and demand. As a local real estate broker, I see this new development as a positive
way to increase housing stock at a time that it is needed most, the housing market has
reached a crossroads with its supply and demand. The higher the supply, the lower the
prices could be in the market. Each development that is voted through by this council is
increasing supply and only making housing more affordable across Iowa City and the
surrounding areas. I would like to end by restating some of the highlights of this
development. This includes minimal impact to the surrounding wetlands in mitigation
offsite, a 10 foot wide bike walking trail for public access connecting this new
development to Calder park, a new five foot wide sidewalk on the north side of
Rochester, over 50 percent woodland retention, including preservation of 32 plus acres in
conservation easements, protecting the older, more mature trees in Outlot B, supplies a
much needed independent living facility for the 55 plus aging population in the area,
creates a much needed variety of housing options, including small single-family lots,
large single-family lots, 12 patio homes, six twin homes and 29 multi -family homes. Has
a minimal impact on the view shed of the neighboring properties due to the conservation
design and adds land at no cost to the cities right-of-way at the intersection of Rochester
and Scott for future city improvements, including possible roundabouts. And lastly
includes traffic calming features for the Safe Street networking. In conclusion, our
preliminary drawings and rezoning requests are in line with the requirements imposed
upon our development team. And I'm asking you tonight to vote yes, in favor of this great
project. I think Heather Ropp, if you guys want to hear anything additionally with the
Ewing Properties, can briefly speak about that if you'd like to hear from her. Thank you.
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Teague: Yep. Thank you. Welcome.
Ropp: Thank you. My name is Heather Ropp. I am here on behalf of the developer Ewing
Properties, uh, specifically addressing, uh, the proposed senior living component, uh,
what we're calling the Borough of Iowa City. Uh, we currently have two communities in
Johnson County, complete, uh, one in Coralville, 59 -unit building, sold out with a 30 plus
person waitlist. Um, we have a community, uh, off Foster Road in Iowa City of 53 unit
building sold out with a 40 plus person waitlist and soon to be sold out community in
North Liberty. Um, so what we have seen is a really high demand for what we're
producing. Um, we are building, uh, not only beautiful, um, homes and communities for
people to live, but we are really building this to build community amongst our buildings.
Um, this is an ownership model for people 55 and above. It is maintenance free,
completely inside and outside of their home. Uh, and it's really designed for people to
age, uh, interact with one another really promotes healthy aging. Uh, we want people to
use the common areas. We want them to build friendships. Uh, we really want them to
enjoy, uh, the best years, um, that they have ahead of them. Um, being able to enjoy
leisure, retirement living. And so we're able to offer that. Um, we are proposing a two-
story building, uh, we are proposing 12 individual patio homes and three sets of duplexes,
six homes for a total of 47 homes on this property. Um, what's unique about what we put
together as when people buy with us, they're buying a share, they're a shareholder and
they own an entire piece of the entire community. So here in Iowa City they would own a
share of the 8-9 acres this sits on and a share of the clubhouse and the common spaces
that they will all use, uh, together as a community. So thank you.
Teague: Thank you. Anyone from the public like to address this topic? And we will give up to
three minutes. Welcome. Please give your name and the city you're in.
Sickles: My name is David Sickles, Iowa City. I won't take three minutes. Uh, just want to speak
in favor of this zoning. Um, I am a resident of Ewing Properties. Um, they are a very
good corporation and they do their job. They do it very well. Um, I would like to see this
property and the zoning go through. It looks like a very good property development for
Iowa City. Thank you.
Teague: Thank you. Will you please sign in right there?
Sickles: Yes, I will. Thank you.
Teague: And anyone else like to address this topic from the public? Good evening. Welcome.
Bradley: My name is Ruth Bradley. I'm here with my husband, Bruce Tidewater. Um, we would
like to speak in favor of this project. Uh, we are of a certain age where we're beginning
to, uh, look at moving out of our single-family home and have been looking for
something like this in the area. Not particularly interested in a condo building, but we
didn't want to live in North Liberty. There's a reason I moved to Iowa City 12 years ago
and I don't want to leave it so to have this, um, uh, community of The Boroughs being
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built here in Iowa City is so exciting to us. It offers the opportunity for socialization with
the community center. Um, as we saw in the pandemic, uh, older citizens became more
and more isolated. An opportunity like this where we'd have a close neighborhood, an
opportunity for socialization. Uh, we just think it's wonderful being able to age in place.
We just think this would be a tremendous asset to Iowa City and we are fully in favor of
it. So thank you.
Teague: Thank you. Anyone else like to address this topic from the public? Seeing no one. Just
wanna before I close the public hearing, if council is inclined to support in favor of this?
Taylor: Yes.
2. Consider an Ordinance (First Consideration)
Teague: Okay. I'm gonna close the public hearing. Can I get a motion to give first consideration?
Taylor: So move, Taylor.
Alter: Second, Alter.
Teague: Council discussion.
Taylor: I'm very excited about this project as the, uh, public members have said, it just seems
like it'll be really wonderful, uh, asset to the City of Iowa City. Uh, and, uh, as Mr. Clarke
mentioned, I think this is, we hear about the Good Neighbor meetings all the time. And I
think that this one is really a prime example of the importance and value of good
neighbor meetings. Uh, it's so obvious and I would commend the developers for listening
to the community members that came and expressed their concerns about the sensitive
areas and about the, uh, area off of Rochester, those six homes. It was obvious that you
listened to them and readjusted your plan, uh, to include that. And Mr. Thomas and I
have talked about the missing middle for many - many years and, uh, this isn't quite that,
but I think, uh, this is a good example, really good example of mixed housing types. And
I'm almost as close to missing middle, uh, as you can get with the open spaces that we
have on our community.so I'm just, um, really excited about it.
Thomas: I'll offer a few comments. Uh, I certainly appreciate, uh, the effort that the outreach to
the community, uh, the neighboring residents, that was, I think, a really successful
process and it did change the project in a modest way, but I think an important way. Um,
the connectivity to, um, surrounding neighborhoods with the trail, I think, is a really
valuable element, particularly with Rochester being, you know, the alternative. It's kind
of nice to have an off street opportunity to kind of connect through that part of Iowa city
without, um, I'm thinking particularly by bicycle having to navigate Rochester. Uh, and
it's also close to Olde Town Village. I think it's a major, uh, development next to a
neighborhood commercial area. So I'm- I'm- I think, the way in which the site has been
developed with higher densities near the corner, easy walking distance to, uh, Olde Town
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Village, uh, are all valuable. In terms of the senior living, I mean, that's- that's where, you
know, I think I certainly applaud the idea of community, uh, with the different
arrangement of housing types, and the common area. I think that common areas are really
important. You know, if we're talking about community and sociability among the
neighbors, um, you need that common space in order for that sociability to be activated. I
would make one comment on that. Uh, when I was looking at the site plan, I noticed that
there are some single-family residences which back onto that open space, on the south
side of the open space, and, um, I was trying to look for a reference for, you know, is
there anything in our code which speaks to that condition. [NOISE] And I recall that the
south district code does have, um, in addition to all the housing types, which I think all -
has really been our focus, I think. Certainly, I'd say most of the community conversation
is about the different types of buildings. But that code included, um, standards for civic
spaces, and it described kind of in a way similar to how we have different housing types,
uh, different open space types, one of which was, uh, the green, which I think was the
closest of the types to the condition we're dealing with. And under that category, you had
a description of what the green is, its general character and the standards. And under
standards, you have size, the size of the feature, how the boundaries or edges are
addressed, and then you also have a third- a third standard related to adjacent building
orientation. And it talks about the facades attached to or across a street shall front on the
green. So it's that- that- that notion that, you know, when you have a common open
space, uh, within a community or a neighborhood, the best relationship of the buildings
surrounding that space or to front the common space. A good example of that would be in
the Peninsula Neighborhood, uh, where you have Emma Harvet, there all the residences
surrounding that space, um, have their- the frontage- the front of the buildings facing the
common space. So, you know, that would be- the point I'm trying to make is, I think, you
know, we've- we've spent considerable time talking about the importance of different
housing types. Uh, I think it's also important to be thinking about the different types of
open spaces. You know, as I said, I really strongly support the idea of creating that
common area. I think that's critical to building community. Community doesn't happen in
thin air. You really do have to create the setting for that to happen. With- with these open
space types, there are different conditions and standards, which I think it's important for
us to think about as we develop them.
Weiner: I really like the idea of the- of the senior living component. Um, I appreciate all the
work that's gone into this. Uh, I'm not going to second-guess or micromanage it. My, um,
only wish going forward, not necessarily for this project, but for any others that mirrored
is that, some of what you're getting, what you're bringing us with this senior living
component, be included in single-family so that there are more duplexes or townhouses
and sort of more of a- of a mix in the- in that part so that you can get different price
points and so forth. That's-, um, I recognize that's not- that's not happening here, but I
would love to see that going forward. That's sort of like what we're trying to do with the
form -based code in the south district and other areas.
Teague: I certainly can support this project. Um, I'm pleased that there are so many people in
agreement with it. I'm sure there's-, you know, there has been this process of, uh, some
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negotiation and talks with staff, I'm sure, as well as community members. And, um, but
it's kind of nice to have a project that there is, um, support throughout the community for.
Certainly, the multi, you know, we have some diverse opportunities, so that's gonna be
coming to the- um, into this project. Um, the one thing that I will say, so I'm all for the
project. I love senior living, I've been out to the one in Coralville, um, and so great- great,
uh, space, great services from those that I've talked to. Um, this will be a- just a- I love
the diversity and the opportunities that people of the older population will have, um, you
know, through this project. What I will say, anytime I have the, uh, you know,
opportunity to talk to developers when, um, you know, when they talk about, you know,
supply demand and making this affordable. Um, so neighborhoods certainly have- can
dictate what the price points are. So I can build a house in one neighborhood and build
the same exact house in another neighborhood, and we're not even talking about the price
of the land, but just because of the housing around it, it can, um, create- it really drives
the market of what people sell it for. So what I will say is this, the market can dictate
whatever, but there's also an opportunity for developers to, you know, take some of these
very nice neighborhoods and, you know, yes the land is going to up the price from
another neighborhood, but we all have to work together. There's an opportunity for all of
us to work together to really create more supply and bring down those price points. This
is certainly not gonna- everyone in our community won't be able to afford this, it's not an
affordable, um, project. That's something that I know that this council has been talking
about. It's certainly in our- the form -based code with the south district. Um, that's
something that we've given great, uh, consideration for. But in this instance, I do believe
that this is great, um, for our community, and I look forward to seeing all the
development and I will be supporting it tonight. If no other comments, roll -call, please?
[Roll Call] Motion passes 7-0. Can I get a motion to accept correspondence?
Weiner: So moved, Weiner.
Taylor: Second, Taylor.
Teague: Roll call, please. [Roll Call] Motion passes 7-0.
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11. South District — Sale of 2023 Taylor Drive
1. Public Hearing
Teague: Item number 11, South District sale of 2023 Taylor Drive. Resolution authorizing
conveyance of a single-family home located at 2023 Taylor Drive. I'm going to open the
public hearing, and we're going to start with Stan. Welcome.
Laverman: Hey, how's it going?
Teague: Awesome and amazing.
Laverman: And I can't read, so we'll see here. [LAUGHTER]. All right, I'm gonna need some
help with my slide there. I have some before and after photos that I guess we can get
those pulled up here in a second. Um, so yeah, Stan Laverman, Senior Housing Inspector,
here to talk about, uh, one of the duplexes down in the South district. Um, uh, for your- to
refresh your memory this is the fourth house that we've sold under this program in the
South district. Um, won't go over too much or read the entire memo here, but I'll call out
a couple of different things. Specifically, the work that we had, we're able to do because
of, uh, the actions, are involved in a climate action, we were able to do a lot of
sustainability and energy efficiency, um, projects that we normally can't do. This house
has solar, it has an air sourced heat pump, air sourced water heater, energy-efficient
windows. We were added- able to add extra insulation to the project as well. So moving
forward, the operating cost of the property will be affordable as well. Um, additionally,
we had two additional partnerships that provided some labor and some other
opportunities. I saw some of you down there for the student built project, uh, that worked
on this. Uh, so not only did we get some labor from that, but, um, it was a good
opportunity for, um, students to gain some experience with, uh, some finished carpentry
for some siding, um, the school district assisted with that and the members of the Greater
Iowa City Horne Builders Association provided some oversight and we got some storage
sheds out about. So very good. And then last, the- the residential construction
competence course for women that was put on by Kirkwood with the Greater Iowa City
Home Builders Association also provided an opportunity for local women to gain some
experience with flooring and finished carpentry among other things. So those are the
pictures, um, I made snow go away. So that's always important to me. [NOISE] There's
your before and after. Um, so yeah, a great- great project for us, staff who enjoys working
on these, um, it gave, um, a- a local resident of the- of the south district an opportunity to
become a homeowner at an affordable rate and a first-time homebuyer. Um, and we're
looking at even with the higher interest rates of a monthly payment, including property
taxes, insurance of about $850 a month so. Any questions?
Teague: No, thank you so much. All right. Anyone from the public like to address this topic?
[NOISE] Seeing no one, I'm just gonna see if council is inclined to support this?
Alter: Absolutely.
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2. Consider a Resolution
Teague: All right. I'm gonna close the public hearing. Can I get a motion to approve, please?
Taylor: So moved, Taylor.
Alter: Second, Alter.
Teague: All right. Council discussion.
Bergus: This is great. [LAUGHTER]
Alter: Yeah. [OVERLAPPING]
Taylor: What can we say? It's amazing.
Weiner: It's a great project. So that's great.
Taylor: Congrats.
Teague: And thanks to city staff for taking I think that what started as a conversation on a long
time ago and kinda making it happen. So really appreciate that. All right. I think we're
ready for a vote. Roll call, please. [Roll Call] Motion passes 7-0.
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12. 2022 ADA Curb Ramp
1. Public Hearing
Teague: Item number 12 is 2022 ADA curb ramp. Resolution approving project manual and
estimate of cost for the construction of the 2022 ADA Curb Ramp Project, establishing
amount of bid security to accompany each bid. Directing city clerk to post notice to
bidders, and fixing time and place for receipt of bits. I'm going to open the public
hearing. [NOISE] And welcome.
Yoder: Hi, my name is Ethan Yoder, I'm with the City of Iowa City Engineering Department. So
to talk about the ADA Curb Ramp Project, we selected these locations based upon
complaints we have received. Um, and then when we take a look at these locations, we
also try to look at the surrounding area to see if they also need to have new curb ramps
placed. And with this year, we selected Lakeside Drive and Aniston Lane, Lakeside
Drive and both Amber Lane intersections, East Washington Street and Amhurst Street,
Hickory Trail and Evergreen Court, McCleary Lane between Foster Road and Ball Street,
which is an alley, Willenbrock Circle and McCleary Lane, Willenbrock Circle and Martin
Street, Willenbrock Circle and Foster Road. And the last one is Walker Circle and Martin
Street. And for this project the timeline, bid letting is August 23rd. The plan is to award
the project on September 6th with construction to start September 19th and completion
for the project to be the spring of 2023. The estimated cost is $140,000. Are there any
questions?
Weiner: My only question is, do- do you have any sense of what- what the scale is of these sorts
of projects that remained to be done in the city? I mean, this is what the anniversary of
the ADA, we should be doing this anyway.
Fruin: We- we do have a kind of an online database showing the condition of all curb ramps.
Um, and then we do an annual curb ramp report that we could- we could recall and look
at that, but we do- we do prioritize areas where there are not curb ramps. Uh, right now.
We're down to just a few of those locations. I mean, it's- we really made good progress,
but, uh, even ones that we built, uh, say in the '90s that were compliant at that time
could've are now out of compliance. So I don't think we're ever done improving curb
ramps, but we're certainly getting closer to the point where we've retrofitted a lot of the
older neighborhoods.
Weiner: It's great. It also helps people like with strollers and other things and- and that.
Teague: Thank you.
Yoder: Thank you.
Teague: Anyone from the public like to address this topic? Seeing no one. I'm going to ask the
council if they're inclined to support this. All right. I'm going to close the public hearing.
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2. Consider a Resolution
Teague: Can I get a motion to approve please?
Taylor: So moved Taylor.
Harmsen: Second Harmsen.
Teague: Council discussion.
Alter: I just want to say it's very appropriate that this came up for us today after the
proclamation. And, you know, every day should be an ADA day. So it's just really good
that, um, we're trying to keep up with it and make sure that the whole city is embodying
and accessible for all. So I appreciate it. It's the type of thing that's all, yeah, curbs what?
But it's- these are important things and make folks lives better. And I'm really
appreciative that this is something that the city has as part of its regular cadence. So thank
you.
Teague: I think it's very appropriate that it came up today as well. And of course, Harry
Olmstead can- comes to mind because certainly when I was running to be on council and
after being on council, ADA compliance throughout this community was his jam. And so
[LAUGHTER] curb ramps, um, he, I mean, he really opened my eyes to always think
about the challenges even though I'm in the field of disabilities, um, you know, just
opportunities speaking with him, but also to the staff that is really in tune to ensure that
we are ADA compliant through our community. So thanks for what you all do.
Harmsen: Yeah. Thank you for mentioning- mentioning Harry, I was thinking of that earlier,
this- this meeting too.
Teague: All right. We're ready for roll -call, please. Motion passes 7-0.
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13. Fairchild Street Reconstruction
1. Public Hearing
Teague: Item number 13, Fairchild's street reconstruction resolution improvement project manual
and estimate of cost for the construction of the Fairchild street reconstruction project
established an amount of bids security to accompany each bid directed city clerk to post
notice to bidders and fixing time and place for receipt of bids. I'm going to open the
public hearing and welcome.
Dumachi: Good evening, Mayor and Council. My name is Alin Dumachi and I'm a senior
engineer in the Public Works Department, and today I'll be offering you two brief
presentations, and I will start with Fairchild Street reconstruction. This project is located
along Fairchild Street between Clinton street and Linn Street. Uh, the project scope
includes the reconstruction of the existing brick street along Fairchild Street with new
concrete curb and gutter, and this work includes removal, salvaging, and resetting of
existing brick on a new seven-inch poured cement pavement with a drainable base. This
project also includes replacement of sidewalk on both sides of Fairchild's Street, and also
replacement of curb ramps at intersections to provide ADA accessibility for pedestrians.
This project will provide increased safety for vehicles and pedestrians while maintaining
street aesthetics in this historic district. Additional improvements include storm sewer
replacement with upgraded pipes and intakes at Dubuque Street and Linn Street
intersections. Sub drain tile installation to provide adequate sub base drainage and the
new upgraded eight -inch water main to replace the existing six-inch water main built-in
late 19th century. These are some of the pictures of existing conditions. As you can see,
the payment is uneven and present. There are existing, uh, lims- limestone curbs built
around 1892. Also, the existing pavement has poor drainage and there are- is one
driveway there is protruding over the driving area currently. This construction project has
been split in four phases to minimize impact to residents and allow access to their
properties. All property owners affected by construction will be allowed to park within
400 feet of construction and pedestrian access to properties will be maintained at all
times. Phase 1 and 3 relate to construction sequence of the water main, which include
installation of the water main pipes and valves, testing of water main, and temporary
shutdown for connection to the existing water main. Phase 2 and 4 relate to construction
sequence of the street, sidewalk, and storm sewer and includes removal, grading, brick
paving, sidewalk, driveways, and storm sewer. During phase 2, the 200 block of Fairchild
is split to allow parking lot access to residences at 216 and 222 Fairchild through one of
the two driveways during Phase 4 in the 100 block of Fairchild is split to allow parking
lot access to 427 North Dubuque, Fairchild, and 430 North Clinton Street. This is the
construction schedule for the 200 block. The early start would be September 2022 and the
late start of May 29, 2023. All work in phases 1 and 2 started this year shall be completed
prior to November 1st of this year. No work shall begin in the 100 block of Fairchild to
Clinton to Dubuque. And for the Phases 3 and 4, which represent the 100 block of
Fairchild, the early start or late start will be May 29th of 2023. All work on all phases
shall be completed prior to July 28 of 2023. The estimated cost of construction is
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approximately $1,610,000. And with this, I will end this presentation, and if you have
any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer them.
Alter: Hi, um, thank you very much for the presentation. That gave me a really good overview.
One of the questions I have, and maybe it's a naive question is, um, whether there are any
risks with your timeline of completion the early work, the first phases by November of
22, because I know that we've had in other contexts issues with supply and getting the
materials. So is that something that is a- is a risk factor or you feel pretty confident
about?
Dumachi: The- overall, we are somewhat confident. Only- the only thing that could be
unforeseen would be, uh, some material, uh, lead times. However, uh, we should- we are
expecting so for phase one to go- go on with no issues, and that's why we offered a
contract third option to complete everything next year if they- if, if they have issues with
supplies for this year.
Sovers: I just would like to add that along those lines, like Lean was saying, we're allowing them
to- if, if they start this year, they need to get finished so that we don't have street under
construction during- during the winter months. So that makes it complicated for
pedestrians, not only pedestrians but of vehicles, and then it's first -order mobile. So they
get started. We want to see them get finished, but they can also push it back to
completely until next year. So providing a little bit of flexibility there for them.
Teague: Great. Thank you. All right, anyone from the public like to address this topic? Before I
close, just wanted to see if councilors are in support, inclined to support this. All right,
I'm going to close the public hearing.
2. Consider a Resolution
Teague: Can I get a motion to approve, please?
Thomas: So moved, Thomas.
Alter: Second, Alter. [OVERLAPPING]
Bergus: Bergus.
Teague: Moved by Thomas, seconded by Alter. She was the loudest. Council, council discussion.
Thomas: I do appreciate all the, you know, thought that goes into the phasing of the project to try
to minimize day-to-day disruptions, project like this can be very disruptive. So appreciate
all the ways in which that disruption is attempted to be minimized.
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Taylor: I appreciate, uh, the department saving the brick streets. I think that's an important part
of the Iowa City history. And when we can do that, I know it's a lot of effort and work on
this part of the city, but I appreciate that.
Teague: Roll call, please. [Roll Call] Motion passes 7-0.
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14. Scott Blvd Sidewalk Infill
1. Public Hearing
Teague: Item 14 is Scott Boulevard sidewalk infill resolution improvement project manual and
estimate of cost for the construction of the Scott Boulevard sidewalk infield project.
Establish an amount of bids security to accompany each bid. Directed city clerk to pose
notice two bidders and fixed in time and place where receipt of bids. I'm going to open
the public hearing and welcome again.
Dumachi: Again, mayor and Council. My name is Alin Dumachi from public works department.
This is the second and my last presentation for tonight and I will be discussing Scott
Boulevard, sidewalk infill, and storm sewer improvement project. This project is located
a loss cod Boulevard just north of Amelic- American Legion road, between silver lane
and court he'll trail, and it represents an important pedestrian and bicyclist route on the
east side of town. Current existing conditions such as deteriorated HEMA shoulder with
poor drainage, narrow, and discontinued sidewalk warrant the need for this improvement
projects. With recent improvements at American Legion road roundabout, this project
will extend existing multi -use sidewalk towards Scott park entrance. Additional
improvements. The parking lot, asphalt surface, read as ranch dog park, is also in need of
significant restoration and this parking lot will also be reconstructed. Proposed
improvements include new eight feet wide PCC sidewalk along the east side of Scott
Boulevard between Silver Lane in Court Hill Trail with new reconstructed hot mix
asphalt shoulder. Other proposing improvements include this is the- the second part of the
sidewalk along Scott Boulevard. Other proposing improvements are new HMA surface
parking lot with 14 regular stalls in one van -accessible parking space At Rita's ranch, uh,
parking lot. An additional portion of sidewalk with connect Rita's Ranch dog park to the
existing sidewalk path at Esat Book- East Brook Street Development. Additional
improvements include replacing existing storm sewer system with upgrading stor-
upgrading storm sewer pipes and intakes to match recent improvements at the
intersection of Scott Boulevard and American Legion road. Some estimated quantities.
Um, there'll be an installation of approximately 1,400 linear feet of sidewalk,
approximately 1,082 square yards of new HEMA surface for shoulder in the parking lot,
and the installation of approximately 905 linear feet of storm sewer and associated
structures. The estimated construction cost of the, uh, project would be $355,000. And
the construction schedule has a specified early start date of September 20th, 2022, uh,
late start date of April 3rd, 2023, with a completion date of June 30th of next year. And
with this, I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have.
Teague: No questions. Thank you. Uh, anyone from the public likes to adjust this topic? I'm
seeing no one. Is Council inclined to sup- uh, vote in support of this before I close the
public hearing?
Alter: Great additions.
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Teague: I'm going to close the public hearing.
2. Consider a Resolution
Teague: Can I get a motion to approve?
Weiner: So moved, Weiner.
Thomas: Second, Thomas.
Teague: Council discussion. Roll -call, please. [Roll Call] Motion passes 7-0.
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15. CPRB Ordinance
Teague: Item number 15, CPRB Ordinance. Ordinance amending Title 8, entitled Police
Regulations, Chapter 8 entitled Community Police Review Board to clarify certain
procedural provisions and to codify certain existing procedural practices. This is first
consideration. Can I get a motion, please?
Thomas: So move, Thomas?
Taylor: Second, Taylor.
Teague: Council discussion?
Teague: Well, we should probably ask if anyone from the public like to go first. Uh, open up
public discussion. Seeing no one. Council discussion.
Bergus: I think, the amendments are pretty straightforward and we had the memos in the packet,
um, and in our info packet. So I think we should approve them.
Alter: [OVERLAPPING] Clear.
Teague: Roll call, please. [Roll Call] The Motion passes 7-0.
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16. Council Appointments
16.a. Board of Adjustment
Teague: Item number 16 is Council Appointments, applicants must reside in Iowa City and be 18
years of age unless specific qualifications are stated. 16.a is Board of Adjustment, Board
of Adjustment, one vacancy, unexpired term, effective upon appointment through
December 31st, 2023. And all right. [NOISE]
Weiner: So there's a gender balance requirement.
Taylor: It's kind of a no-brainer, whatever the gender requirement.
Weiner: [OVERLAPPING] If there's one- there's one female applicant who seems perfectly well
qualified?
Bergus: Yes.
Thomas: Yeah. I- I worked with Paula on planning and zoning. She's very very uh, savvy and
experienced on this- on this type of material. Um, the other issue here too is- is the uh,
board is, I think, they had to uh, cancel a recent meeting because of a lack of a quorum.
One- one of their members is in Europe and sometimes, it's not available for Zoom and so
um, I think, filling this if we can- if we feel we have a qualified candidate.
Weiner: I also appreciate Larry Baker stepping up with- with the notion of, you know, not being
able to fill- fill a gap until soon, uh, and we're fortunate that we got another good
candidate as well.
Teague: So it sounds like I uh, hear majority support for Paula Swagert?
Taylor: I'd agree.
Weiner: Yes.
Bergus: Yeah.
Teague: All right. So could I get a motion to approve Paula Swagert to the Board of Adjustment.
Taylor: So moved, Taylor.
Weiner; Second, Weiner.
Teague: Roll -call, please. [Roll Call] Motion passes 7-0.
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19. City Council Information
Teague: We're at Item number 19, City Council Information.
Bergus: I mentioned during our um, break that I need to figure out what to do for Saturday
dinners. Now, that the diversity market is done, [LAUGHTER] but I just want to give a
shout out to, I think, there were nine had planned on 10 and canceled one due to the- the
heat one day, but just a phenomenal uh, program and project and great- great things
happening in that area and I'm just grateful to see that continue.
Teague: Great.
Alter: [OVERLAPPING] I may just to follow up on that. There's been a neighborhood
discussion and it looks like the Summer of the arts is,- has rescheduled one of their
movies and they want to show it at Pepper Wood Plaza. Um, and so they've reached out
to Tasha Laird and it looks like that will be happening as well. Um, I will provide more
details on the specific date when I find out, but this is hot off the presses.
Weiner: I would- I would just add going back to one of our long standing agenda items, there's a
lot of COVID going around, so please- please take care. Please- please get vaccinated
um, that we can mitigate it.
Teague: All right. Any other items there? Hearing none.
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20. Report on Items from City Staff
Teague: Item number 20th is Report on Items from City Staff. For we're going to start with our
City Manager's Office.
Fruin: Uh, just quick mentioned that, uh, a lot of the police fire park staff are out at national night
out. We have four national night out in sites this year, which is great, uh, pretty much
every corner of town, so uh, it's a little warm out there, but hopefully, they're seeing good
crowds.
Harmsen: Could you remind us where those locations are?
Fruin: Uh, we have one at uh, Christ the King Church on the West side. That's Mormon trek
Boulevard. One at Weatherby park, one at Sugar Loaf Circle, which is the Peninsula
neighborhood, and one on Kilburnie Court, which is uh, East side, uh, Windsor Ridge
area.
Teague: Thank you. And we're going to move on to our City Attorney's Office.
Goers: And nothing for me tonight. Thank you, Mayor.
Teague: Great. And our City Clerk's Office.
Fruehling: No, thank you.
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formal meeting of August 2, 2022.