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CITY OF IOWA CITY
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826
(319) 356-5000
(319) 356-5009 FAX
www.icgov.arg
City Council Agenda — November 1, 2022 — Formal Meeting
Information submitted between distribution of packet on Thursday and 4:OOpm on Monday.
Late Addition(s):
Proclamations
1.a Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery Day — See proclamation.
Late Handout(s):
Consent Calendar
5.a 2022 Rochester Avenue Reconstruction from Ralston Creek to N First
Avenue — See revised resolution.
11. Public Measure #1, the 'Keep and Bear Arms Constitutional Amendment'
Ballot Referendum — See correspondence from Temple Hiatt, Carol
deProsse (x2).
Late Handouts Distil
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PROCLAMATIW
Whereas, the City of Iowa City is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all
those living in and visiting our city; and
Whereas, fire is a serious public safety concern both locally and nationally, and homes
are the locations where people are at greatest risk from fire; and
Whereas, between the hours of 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM are the peak alarm times for fire
deaths—when people tend to be asleep; and
Whereas, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths in the United States resulted from fires
in homes with inoperable smoke alarms or no smoke alarms; and
Whereas, the designation of a special day to remind residents of Iowa City to change
the batteries in their smoke alarms, timed to coincide with the fall ritual of changing
clocks, would greatly diminish the chance of this tragedy occurring in Iowa City; and
Whereas, smoke alarms should be replaced every ten years; and
Whereas, November 6th, 2022 is the day the community members of Iowa City
change their clocks from daylight savings time to standard time.
Now, Therefore, I Bruce Teague, Mayor of Iowa City, do hereby proclaim
November 6th, 2022 to be
Change Your Clock,
Change Your Battery Day
in Iowa City and urge all residents to change their smoke alarm batteries, install new
smoke alarms where needed, and to replace smoke alarms if they are ten (10) years old or
older.
Mayor
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa
this 1st day of November 2022.